Coverage. Blake burman at the white house. Edward lawrence in washington. Well start with you, blake. Reporter jackie, last night during the Coronavirus BriefingPresident Trump first floated this idea of him potentially going down the path of trying to get a cut on capitalgains taxes going forward. Here is what im told according to sources. Right now the white house is exploring that idea, looking into it and doing so via the form of an executive order because there would be little to no appetite within washington, d. C. Right now of doing that legislatively, especially when you consider what the grand picture is with everything. Weve just heard some of it from Mitch Mcconnell within the last half hour or so. Both sides, democrats, republicans, still 2 1 2 trillion dollars apart. Both side right now not even talking. They are also acknowledging that this is going at least for the moment, nowhere. Watch. We are i will two sit down as long as it is a serious negotiation. Thus far it has not been serious. The numbers, democratic numbers are way too high. We are not just going to split the difference. While President Trump and his aides certainly been an impediment, awful impediment to an agreement, the Republican Senate is equally culpable and the American People know it. Reporter we might potentially get President Trumps thoughts on all of this coming up next hour. The president will hold another one of Coronavirus Briefings, 5 30 on the schedule at least. Jackie, connell, the white house said today President Trump would get an update on the process regarding vaccine development. So also possible we hear from the president on that front. Back to you. Jackie blake burman, thank you as always. Connell . Connell lets talk to Vince Coglianese about all of this from the daily caller. A lot of blakes report properly focused on what President Trump can do on his own, he was focused on himself over the weekend rather than Congress Might come up with on stimulus. Mitch mcconnell confirmed that on fox news last hour. Doesnt look like theyre getting together anytime soon. What do you make of all this . No. Theyre not going anywhere. The story of this past weekend with the president coming out with four executive orders all designed to help people economically who are struggling because of lockdowns nationwide, that out maneuvered democrats. The president truly out maneuvered democrats in a negotiation where democrats were not relenting, not giving an inch. You had republicans make offer after offer after offer to extend Unemployment Benefits to the American Public and democrats refused over and over and over. That left the president with no choice. He did what he could as president of the United States on saturday. I thought it was deeply unusual for a republican president to seize the high ground in a negotiation like this. Democrats look no further than their actions. What do they do in response in they went home. Theyre not in congress right now. Theyre back home in the districts which suggests that the president did it on his own and he didnt need them and no matter what theyre saying in public, they seem okay with that. Connell the whole thing happens of course, amidst of the campaign, whether it is control of the senate or control of the white house at stake and it seems like, with the president s moves he wants to make it about taxes, make it a simple choice between he and joe biden, if you reelect me, President Trump would argue you will pay lower taxes, higher taxes, if it is biden. Biden has been leading in the polls largely making it about trump, about his response to the virus or about his personality, whatever the case may be. Which side wins out do you think in the next few weeks and how all of this is sculpted politically . President is playing to a strength of his which is that people like the economic circumstances that they were in prior to the pandemic hitting. That is why you keep on hearing say, i did it once. We can build it again. This is why he wants to hit really hard on an economic message. He sees the coronavirus and handling of it a liability when it comes to public polling. When you look at numbers, it is really clear, people are concerned about the handling of the actual pandemic. Economic side of it, boy there is real strength. He is bringing this up. I will say the key here economically you cant pay taxes unless you actually have a job. You actually have to have income to do that. So the more the president and any politician for that matter can focus on getting americans back to work, making sure they have good, healthy jobs for their productive families, the better. I think that is where the president wants to be focused. Connell the other conversation going on, kind of in the background today, throughout the day, if youre on twitter, you would think it is the only thing happening in the country, who would joe biden be to hit the running mate . Somewhat amusing moment on Fox News Channel earlier today when dana perino had the mayor of los angeles on, Eric Garcetti own the vetting committee. Biden narrows down choices between number of women on the screen here and garcetti ad this to stay when dane at that brought it up at the end of the interview. I want to know how imminent the decision is . Can i walk the dog the next two hours without worry i will miss the vicepresident ial announcement . I cant guarranty anything, but i would walk him outside and relieve him close to home. Connell dana loves her dog. Maybe she had headphones on, but pick seems to be down, if you believe these betting markets and pundits and Everything Else to Kamala Harris versus susan rice. It has been volatile throughout the day about which one is in the lead. Your thoughts who might be, how much it matters . All the theatrics here are designed to draw your attention. That is the whole point. That is why the Biden Campaign is slow rolling this out. They want a big splash. I feel like to joe biden said to peter doocy, it is going to be you. Im still pulling for peter doocy. If it is not peter, my suspicion i think it will be susan rice. Ultimately they want to get the old band back together. Joe biden wants voters to think of him as the obama administration, not the biden administration. He wants to come in and have people think of him as the old days, as the obama administration. That is what susan rice will make them think. I wouldnt be surprised susan rice for vp. Should he be elected president , maybe he will make Kamala Harris attorney general. Connell obviously that would relitigate benghazi. Would bring up the flynn unmasking. All things republicans Trump Campaign would want to talk about, right . Sure. Here is the thing. Not only brings back the old days, it brings back establishment washington. If joe biden chooses susan rice, youre choosing to a woman who lies very easily. She did that on national television. That was the story of her role of benghazi lying about the Youtube Video involved t wasnt. More importantly she was the one who told president obama to go to war in libya. She is the on often pushed for military action in a world where donald trump was elected to push back against all of that. The message of the Trump Campaign. Message the Trump Campaign will have, the reasons you elected me, establishment washington we dont go on foreign excursions with no end in sight, boy, joe biden, susan rice will get us back into messes and i will clean them up. President trump will run on a message really clearly if those two are on the ticket. Connell well see. Vince, thank you. For what it is worth, the online betting markets, day like this, earlier in the day, rice the big favorite, the last 15, 20 minutes, harris the big favorite. We dont have the announcement yet. Vince, always good to talk to you. Jackie, back over to you. Jackie were watching a possible break through in covid19 testing. The saliva test used in the nba bubble may soon be approved by the fda for broader availability in this country. Edward lawrence is in washington with those details. Reporter jackie this, comes from the yale school of Public Health. The Research Found that the coronavirus floats in your saliva. The nda was on the verge of the approving the saliva test, called saliva direct. One the students who cree h created this, researchers says, spit in a tube. Three hours later you can find out if you have the coronavirus. Yes, that is indeed the whole idea behind this, to make it less expensive, to make it more flexible that we can scale up testing. That is really what we need right now. Reporter the yale school of Public Health partnered with the nba to perfect the test. An nba spokesperson says this about the test, quote, working with the Nba Players Association to support research in the interest of Public Health is a league priority and were encouraged that the contributions of our players, team and league staff are helping the larger fight against covid19 by advancing this new technology. The test also reduced the risks for the person giving the test there is no swab to go up your nose that could cause a cough or a sneeze which is a good thing receipted to this. Researchers say once approval cops through for the fda, they will if i have the process away for free to any company or any lab that wants it. Listen. We dont make any money out of this. We dont want to have this something commercial. We want to keep the cost down to products currently available and we want to make sure, you know, testing gets scaled up and becomes more available so we can prevent the transmission of the coronavirus. Reporter she says they want to help States Reopen also. This test costs only between one dollar and 4 to give. Very cost effective. You could see it distributed if it is passed, if it is approved within the next two months. Back to you. Jackie edward lawrence. Thank you. Connell . Connell all right a vaccine in question, jackie. Russia today approve being approving the worlds first Covid Vaccine but critics are sounding alarm on that on the wormed stage. Well talk about the historic decision on the world of College Football. 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Russian president Vladmir Putin claims his country has the worlds first covid19 vaccine. This despite the fact that the final tests on the vaccine were apparently not completed. So lets get to Ashley Webster with more on all of this. Ashley. Reporter just a minor detail, connell. Theyre claiming the gold medal in the global race for the vaccine. The big question being asked after the surprise announcement is this russia trying to put forward some National Prestige ahead of sound science and. Russia says no, the claiming that the vaccine has undergone necessary tests and proven efficient that offers lasting immunity from covid19. In fact russian president Vladmir Putin said one of his daughters has already been inoculated and quote feeling well now after earlier testing with 100degree temperature. Putin went on to say during his announcement he said i would like to repeat it has passed all the necessary tests. The most important thing is to insure full safety of using the vaccine and its efficiency. Russia, as you said, connell, says the vaccine will be marketed to as sputnik 5. A nod if you like to sputnik 1, the worlds first satellite launched by russia 63 years ago saying were first again. Russias enthusiasm as you can expect met with a lot of skeptical global. It ignored accepted protocols. Connell ashley, got to jump on you for some breaking news right now as we come back. The pick is in as they say in politics. We just learned from joe bidens campaign he is picking california senator Kamala Harris to be his running mate. The Biden Campaign making that announcement moments ago. News release is out. Biden talks about in the news release why he is picking harris. Among other things, these are not normal times. For the first time in history were facing three historic crises, facing them all at the same time, worst pandemic in 100 years, worst economic crisis since the depression. The most powerful calls for Racial Justice in a generation. Talks about how in his view the president failed to lead there and he works alongside someone who is, to quote, from the release, smart, tough, ready to lead. He says kamala is that person. He needs someone who understands the pain that some people in the nation are suffering Kamala Harris who had run, unsuccessfully herself for democratic nomination for president , much as joe biden had in 2008 before being picked by barack obama to be his running mate, is now the choice of biden to be his running mate in the election of 2020. A live reaction now as were joined on the phone by a former aid to aforementioned president obama, the Global Situation room ceo right now. So the pick is in as i said. It is Kamala Harris. Not a big surprise. We were led to believe it would be down to harris or susan rice. Your thoughts . Im really excited about this ticket. We just went on the podcast, hot as a woman, talked to dr. Jill biden bit. In the podcast i said who it is, dr. Biden . Is it kamala is the first one. A lot of us is thinking she is vetted, through the process. He it is painful as woman to be judged in politics. Both sides of the aisle recognize that, whether Melania Trump or mrs. Obama. Were judged by a different standard sometimes. When we see kamala, she is representation of a modern american woman, to her modern family to what she has done in, really breaking barriers as woman who didnt have political connections in california and rising in the ranks. I think it is really exciting. I cant wait to see her story come to the forefront in the next couple weeks. Connell that story, as you reference includes you know being the child of immigrant parents. Rising up through state politics as District Attorney in san francisco, the attorney general in california, now a senator from that state. Does being elected statewide a number of times in a large state like california, is that the deciding factor for, you know someone who may, maybe more than any other vicepresident ial pick is, running mate pick in modern times looked upon someone who has to have qualifications to eventually step in to be president herself . That is what a lot of people talked about in this election process, how important do you think that was . We elected a president with no political experience and bankrupted multiple companies. I dont think that there is a precedent now. I think that kamala shown through her dedication of Public Service for years, she is dedicated to the American People. So i think that her qualifications that she takes into office are, or that she would take into that office would be exceptional in terms of leadership, bringing people together. Its a hard thing to run a president ial campaign especially for women. And weve seen that on both sides of the aisle. I think that she did a very good job. I know in Middle America where im from, illinois, my family was thrilled watching some much her town Hall Meetings early on. So i think you know, as the American People get to know her, they are going to know she stands up for what is right, stands up for the law of the land and who will stand up for the American People. That is really important. Connell the numbers didnt back that up as you know. They didnt back biden up himself when he ran for president but he was still the pick for president obama. It is not like that particular part of it is unprecedented when you run a president ial campaign that isnt successful. Weve seen a pick like that before. Why Kamala Harris, not susan rice . Do you think it came down to those two . I remember when we picked joe biden. I was kind of liked, i worked on the obama campaign. We worked against him in iowa. His campaign did not work, successful in iowa. I was kind of, why joe biden. David axelrod told me you will not meet a more sincere person than joe biden