With Democratic Leaders in the house to extend relief payments. , asre negotiating right now we speak. We will see how it works out. If democrat leaders put partisan demands of side, we would reach an agreement very quickly. It would happen very quickly. Meantime, my administrations executive actions to provide protections against you actions. Eviction is a big problem and unfair to a lot of people. The virus came from a faraway land. Towell as additional relief those who are unemployed as a result of the virus. Very importantly, i am also looking at a term limited suspension of the payroll tax. Something that has great support from many, many sides. Especially some of our Top Economists and people that we have Great Respect for. So we are looking at a suspension of the payroll tax. The democrats are primarily interested in a 1 trillion bailout of the poorly run states. We have some states and cities, you know them all. Run over been poorly the years. We cannot go along with the bailout money. We will not go along with it, especially since its not covid related. A greattoday i met with governor, arizonas governor. Has done a fantastic job, beyond the covid situation as it pertains to arizona. A state that is a model for applying a science taste approach to decreasing cases and hospitalizations without implementing a punishing lockdown. Arizonas record in reducing the spread of the virus while maintaining hospital capacity, and allowing society to continue functioning, and functioning nicely. Very successfully. Its an example that shows how the path forward can work in other states. Arizona has a record to be proud of. Its reduced the number of daily new cases by over 75 . At the Positivity Rate in half erduced yar visits , all whilewo thirds keeping the economy functioning well. In june, therged Vice President and dr. Birx visited arizona to consult with governor ducey. They had long consultations with governor ducey and his staff. The Vice President has been in Constant Contact ever since. My administration is collaborating with the state and local officials across the south and midwest to provide similar guidance. We had a great relationship with the representatives in arizona. It has been such a successful endeavor. The federal government has supplied or delivered nearly 400 pieces of personal protective equipment to arizona, along with 70,000 vials of remdesivir. 18ave provided over billion in economic support to arizona, including more than 8. 6 billion to support over 80,000 small businesses. Really have been helping arizona and it has gotten tremendous results. Our goal is to protect the most vulnerable increased recovery rates. And prevent hospital overcrowding, all the while avoiding lockdowns that would create suffering. We have the tools, resources and knowledge to implement a race to approach as we deliver a vaccine. We are really working very hard theye vaccine, and i think are doing a fantastic job. We are meeting with officials and scientists. They are getting very close. Any propersting analysis of protection control must take into account the longterm Public Health harms. Including death caused by a farreaching shutdown. Haveyou shut down, you many, many things that happened. From suicide to depression to ,rinking and alcohol problems to drug problems. To problems with marriages. Confined topeople their house or apartment for a long time, it could cause a lot of problems. Arizona has adopted the following measures. The governor advised residents to aggressively social distance and maintain strict hygiene. The state encourages masks to be used in crowded places, especially when social distancing is not possible. The governor also exercised his discretion to restrict capacity at indoor locations to limit the possibility of super spreading. Its a big thing. We got them a lot of treatments and therapies to the states, including nearly 70,000 vials of remdesivir. And up to treat over 11,000 patients. It has been very successful. My administration also delivered care testing to over 100 Nursing Homes. The federal government has provided massive amounts of wns. S, equipment and goy you know some of those numbers. Arizona was a big inefficient erie. They very much appreciated it. More than 1000 National Guard a medical personnel have been deployed in arizona. They have really helped. There have been terrific and i want to think them think them thank them. Have supported our tribal communities. They were hit very hard. Governor ducey and i delivered Rapid Testing systems to the model donations, which has been in bad shape, now Getting Better very quickly. The Navajo Nation now has one of the highest levels of testing per capita anywhere in the world. Really worked very hard on the tribal areas. In this case, the Navajo Nation, they have done incredibly well. Over 1. 1as conducted million tests. More than the entire nations of japan, mexico and switzerland. Arizonas per capita testing is higher than germany. South korea, france and canada, and tribal governments in arizona have received nearly 1. 3 billion for the Coronavirus Relief fund. ,eanwhile, Outdoor Dining limited indoor dining, and most businesses in arizona have remained open and vibrant. That hasn approach been incredibly successful. Arizona has been able to protect high risk populations and quickly bring its outbreak under control without the need to impose overly punitive measures. Thanks to advances in treating the virus, the fatality rates across all age groups in arizona is very low. Arizona scientific and data driven strategy also preserved hospital capacity, ensuring that those who need care are able to receive it, and receive it immediately. Very quickly. 15 of beds remained available statewide. That was at their peak, with roughly 20 of all occupied beds going to patients hospitalized for the virus. They kept other things going. They kept other forms of operations going. They kept elective surgery going. Only 6 of the current hospitalizations in the state are related to the china virus. Has also demonstrated success in protecting the states africanamerican population. Only 5 of patients hospitalized were africanamerican. Africanamericans represent 2 of all deaths from the virus. I has worked to contain its outbreak, arizona has been formulating a plan to get children safely back to school as soon as possible. We want our schools open all over the country. We want our schools open. Arizona has worked very hard and they are doing well. The department of education is providing arizona schools with 625 million. They are working very hard. Thats in conjunction with cares funding. My administration is actively working with other states in the same way we worked with arizona. Members of the Coronavirus Task have visited over 15 states to encourage them to follow our path forward. Including tennessee, kentucky, virginia, indiana and ohio. I will go to ohio tomorrow. I look forward to it. Its a great place and a great state with an excellent governor. We look forward to being there tomorrow. Next week dr. Birx will visit iowa, nebraska, kansas, oklahoma and arkansas. To get they are trying in west virginia, a great state. Im sure that will happen because they would like to see her. We will try very hard to get the doctor to west virginia, in addition to those dates to deliver targeted guidance. The strategy we are taking to the states will protect those at risks whilest allowing those that lower risks work and school. If we do this successfully, it could be incredible. We are talking about many, many states. Its really great to see that florida is coming down. Its coming down pretty substantially in many locations. Then miami is starting to come down. Miami was hit very hard. And likewiseexas starting to be a substantial of production. It recognizes that lockdowns and a wide range of serious Public Health threats and higher levels of suicide, drug overdoses, and other Significant Health harms resulting from the depression that we talked about. It has been very tough for those people that are put in a locked down position for too long. It has been a tough and harmful situation for many people. The fact is that these harms are not measured daily. It makes them a very serious threat because people dont know exactly what they are and how bad they are. I think they are very bad. Remain toard we shield the elderly and those with underlying conditions. All deathsly half of have occurred in Nursing Homes and longterm care facilities, h has an incredible number, if you think about it. I urge americans to help us stop the spread of the virus, practice good hygiene, social distance, avoid crowns and wear a mask where distancing is not possible. It is a patriotic to do. Yourself,ck, isolate especially from highrisk risk family members and friends. So important. Isolate yourself from high risk family members and friends if youre not feeling well. Together we will defeat the virus and emerge from this safer and stronger than ever. Thanks to be robust federal action in partnership with local leaders new cases of the virus are declining. 80 of the jurisdictions, which is incredible. The overall test Positivity Rate has declined by 8 since last week. Zero states have seen outbreaks get worse since yesterday. Zero states. Also continuing to make progress in the development of a vaccine. Important. Ething so therapeutics are on the front burner. We are having tremendous, we will let you know soon. Long before the end of the year. Having tremendous success on therapeutics and vaccines. We are ready to deliver them as soon as they are ok. My administration approved 1 billion for johnson johnson, working very hard. They have something very special, to manufacture 100 million doses of a vaccine as soon as one is available. And again we think that is going to be soon and we will have the vaccine before the end of the year. Finally today i am pleased to announce the department of justice has issued 35 Million Dollars in grants to 73 organizations nationwide providing assistance to Human Trafficking victims. A terrible thing. You think of human traffic being ancient. It is a very modern crime all over the world. All over the world. Human trafficking. Usually women or women and children. Internet,use of the it is a terrible situation. Never been like this. And survivors that faced dangers during the pandemic. It is actually increasing during the pandemic. Some reasons are obvious and some are less obvious. Human trafficking, we are working. The wall is up to 277 miles right now. It is going up by the end of the year. It will be largely finished shortly after the end of the year. It has had a tremendous impact on Human Trafficking. Actually. Le my administration will never rest in our fight against Human Trafficking. One of the most horrific of crimes. We work very hard on that. With that we will take some questions. You said voting by mail is an invitation to fraud. Can you lay out where the evidence is right now mailin ballots is banned for will lead to fraud . Pres. Trump even the Washington Post had a terrible story on mail in. Have hadpapers terrible stories. You see them over the internet. Some horrible stories on mailin ballots. You look at arizona, you dont have to have, they have a provision, they dont check signatures. You sign it and could have a different signature. It will not be approved. Seven days after the election. You wont even know who won nevada. We did call the secretary of state and they said that is not true. And nevada will continue to check ballot signatures against registration cards. Pres. Trump that is not what they said when they approved it. They wont be able to. And the machinery does not allow them to. It is going to be physically impossible to do that. In addition you have a november 3 election and they are allowed to count votes until seven days after the election. State,da, which is a big a state i like very much. Are we going to wait a week after november 3 . If it comes down to nevada. I dont think so. I dont think it is appropriate. With all of the bundling youre going to have, with the harvesting, with people being sent ballots all over that have may be nothing to do with the state anymore. It is terrible. In new york they had the situation and i criticized it badly. I mean, i gave it some very strong criticism. All of a sudden, like a miracle, they approved it. Did the person that was second concede the race . Even though it was close . They have a terrible situation in new york with the ballots. You know that. As soon as i said you should have a new election. They dont know what to do. All of a sudden they announced a winner. I assume it was her. I dont agree. Did somebody speak to the person on the others . Did they do something . Take a look at paterson, new jersey. Its all over newspapers what is going on with the mailin ballots. They send out millions of ballots, totally unprepared and then they come back and its going to be a disaster. I am doing our country a favor by bringing it up. Sense, if you look at it, just out of common sense and basic beautiful intelligence. You know i cant work. Florida has worked hard for years in developing a system. Im sure they have problems. Absentee ballots are different than mailin ballots. Much different. You have to apply for it and it is a better system and is a system that can be accurate. There is no system like going to the pole and voting. Out whyld like to find out of nowhere in the midst of all of this, why is it they approved the new york race. Evidence ofno widespread voter fraud. Pres. Trump you are reading a different newspaper than me. On the coronavirus, you said it will go away like things go away. Pres. Trump it will go away. Like things go away. Absolutely. Go ahead. Hopefully sooner rather than later. One of the things was to delay the start of public schools. I would like to see the schools open. Many of the schools will be open. I can say republican areas want to see them open and the democrats want to keep them closed until after november 3. They think it is good for them politically. I dont think it is. Parents want the school open. We want them open safely. We are going to practice hygiene and all of the other things i have enumerated. We want to see the schools open. What part of that model pres. Trump he has done a great job. You look at how it has dropped. He is a great governor. Said children are virtually immune from covid19. Children have contacted this virus. Pres. Trump im talking about from getting very sick. They are able to throw it off easily. Its amazing because some flus, they dont. They get sick and they have problems. For whatever reason, the china virus, children handle it well. They may get it. They get it and it doesnt have much of an impact on them. In terms of mortality, fatality, the numbers under a certain age, meaning young, their immune systems are very strong. They seem to be able to handle it. That is according to every statistic. Two people have been connected to the republican party. Kanye west. His wife is worried whether hes having mental issues. Said that . who i dont know that. I like him. He has always been very nice to me. Are you aware of anyone in the party helping him get on the ballot. Not at all. I get along with him. I like his wife. I have recommended certain people, including alice johnson, a fantastic woman. Certain people to get out of prison. They were in prison for a long time. A long time. That should have never happened. I took what she said very strong. Kim kardashian. A very good heart. I like kanye very much. Nothing to do with him getting on the ballot. We will see what happens. I am not involved. I wanted to ask the senators are backing 25 billion in payroll assistance for the airlines. Do you endorse that . To goican senators want ahead with 25 billion for airlines to keep their payroll going. President trump some businesses are doing better than they would normally. We know where those businesses are. The Airline Business is not doing well. You have shutdowns all over the world. You have airlines that are shut down. Some are doing modest, the best of they are doing is modest. Its important we keep the airlines going. Ouront want to lose airlines. If they are looking at that, whether republican or democrat, we cant lose our transportation system. There has been some question about your comment yesterday saying it was an attack and you heard from military officials there was an explosion. Pres. Trump whatever happened, it is terrible. They dont really know. Nobody knows yet. They are looking. How can you say an accident . Some terrible explosive devices and things around, perhaps. Perhaps it was that. I dont think anybody can say right now. We are looking into it. Some people think it was an attack. Some people think it wasnt. In any event, it was terrible. A lot of People Killed and a tremendous number badly wounded and injured. And we are standing with that country. We have a very Good Relationship with that country. A lot of turmoil. A lot of problems. We stand with them. Earlier you are considering using the white house as a venue for your nomination speech. One senator questioned whether that is legal under the hatch act. Is this something you would get clearance for . The republican . Ok. It is legal. It does not pertain to the president. If i use the white house, we save tremendous amounts of money for the government in terms of security, traveling, if we go to another state or another isation, the amount of money enormous. I think it would be convenient. By far the least expensive. Very little in terms of the travel and security with airplanes and everybody flying all over the place. I think it would be a convenient idea. Something we throughout. It would be cost conscious. Yesterdayn tweeted asking the epa to reject a pebble mine in alaska. It is a giant copper and gold mine. Pres. Trump in what way . Objected to construction. The army corps of engineers suggested they proceed with the project. Your son said it would be armful to fisheries. Pres. Trump i dont know the argument yet. I would listen to both sides. My son has some very strong opinions. He is an environmentalist. He was impresse