Can be really vicious. Sleepy joe biden surrendered. You know where he is right now . Hes in his damn basement. The fallout this morning with senior advicers to both campaigns. Jason miller for trump and Symone Sanders for biden. And wildfires ravage the west coast. Over a million acres burned. Right now, our air quality ranks the worst in the world. The clairon call for action. We have to start thinking there are more climate fires. Were live from the fire zone with Washington Governor Jay Inslee and senator jeff merkley. Plus, the roundtable analyzes all the weeks politics. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week just over seven weeks until election day and the voting has already begun in the battleground state of North Carolina. Georgia and minnesota start this week, in an election that will break new records for early voting and vote by mail. And with the days ticking by, President Trumps still fighting from behind, dealing with the fallout from those explosive bob woodward tapes. Our brandnew poll with ipsos indicates its taking a toll on the president. 65. Of americans now disapprove of how the president has handled the pandemic. 67 think he acted too slowly. Less than 1 out of 3 trust what trump says about the pandemic, compared to 51 who trust joe biden. Lets take that straight to the Trump Campaign, Senior Adviser jason miller joins us now. Welcome back to this week. Some pretty harsh judgments of how the president is handling this crisis. George, good morning. What you didnt mention that americans very much trust President Trump to help us recover with the economy and americans also believe that President Trump is the one whos best positioned to lead us to a vaccine, something that President Trump i believe will deliver this calendar year in a return to normal in 2021. But george, one thing, theres a reason why Bernie Sanders and other democrats are so concerned about joe biden, the lack of enthusiasm with his candidacy, last night i was with President Trump in northern nevada and what we saw were thousands of enthusiastic people. And listen to this, over 20 of the people who are at that event didnt even vote in 2016, thats why our internal numbers show us actually winning nevada, very well positioned. Another blue state were going to trip this year. What do you make of the criticism that so many people are showing up at those rallies without masks . We take safety very seriously. People are given masks when they come in, we do temperature checks, plenty of hand sanitizers. We encourage people to wear the masks. This is something that President Trump takes very seriously. Lot of folks taking our direction here. As we approach 200,000 death from the pandemic, the president s new refrain were rounding the corner on the virus, heres what dr. Fauci said about that on friday. Im sorry, but i have to disagree with that, because if you look at the thing that you just mentioned, the statistics, theyre disturbing. Were plateauing at around 40,000 cases a day and the deaths are around 1,000. So is the president still downplaying the severity of the virus . Not at all. But i think the president is accurately saying that americans are starting to safely and responsibly reopen. All around the country. People want to get back to work. They want to get back to school. They want life to return to normal. Football coming back. Saw the nfl started on thursday. Saw College Football yesterday. More pro football today. Americans want to get their lives back. This is a key differential between President Trump and joe biden. Joe biden wants everyone to stay locked in their basement forever. President trump wants to be safe, responsible, get us back open. This is the key, one of the key contrasts in this race. What evidence do you have Vice President biden wants people to stay locked in their basements forever . Very simply, when he was asked if he would shut down the economy in january, he said yes if the scientists. Thats exactly what i said, if the scientists want me to shut it down. He hasnt said who these scientists are, even dr. Fauci hasnt said that. What we need to do is we need to safely and responsibly move forward and developing this vaccine is absolutely critical, and i think its very dangerous that biden and Kamala Harris are throwing out these antivaxxers doubt. All the vaccinemakers have come out and made it very, very clear, its going to be driven by the experts and approved by the experts. And thats why were moving ahead with operation warp speed. Eight different vaccines that are currently in the works well get america back to normal. Were going to defeat this virus, george. Everyone hopes we have the vaccine tomorrow. Theres no question about that. Vice President Biden said he would take the vaccine if it was safe, even if that cost him the election. Well, he needs to share that information with Kamala Harris, who was very much throwing out some different rhetoric last week. Thats why they changed their tune. But the fact of the matter is, americans know that President Trump as a businessman, as someone who cuts through all the bureaucratic nonsense, is pushing this ahead. The fact that were going to have a vaccine the same year were getting hit by this global pandemic, this is unheard of. And if it was typically going back to the bureaucrats and the swamp mon terse and the status quo, we have seen from Vice President biden. We would be go slowly. They didnt have an absolute pandemic. They did everything wrong. Americans dont want someone like joe biden did everything wrong the last time they had a chance. Only 17,000 people died from the swine flu. Its up to 200,000 from the coronavirus. President trump sent another tweet encouraging people to vote twice in North Carolina. Well put up on the screen right now. Twitter said put a warning label on that tweet and the North Carolina attorney general responded as well saying, dont do with the president directs. To make sure you ballot counts, sign it and send it in early and then track it online what ballottrax. Why is the president telling people to vote twice because its a felony . Reverse order, first of all, the president is not telling people to vote twice, what hes saying vote, vote early, whether its by absentee, early voting in person, and then make sure that your vote is counted either call or show at the registrar or show up at the polls, make sure your vote has been recorded and counted. What if not, vote. The fact of the matter is hold on. You vote once, vote early, and you make sure that your vote is counted. Every american gets the right to vote and their vote counts. Let me take this in reverse order, lets go nevada here, this clubhouse governor, this sisylak, they went and pushed through in the middle of the night, these sweeping changes to where theyre moving to this unrequested mass vote by mail, plus theyre keeping polling locations open, many of them open, instances of double voting. Theyre allowing ballot harvesting. A step above organ harvesting. Most americans would agree with me that you have to vote by election day. You cant vote after election day. Thats not how it works. Theyll receive and theyll count ballots that were sent and received after the election with no postmark, think about the fraud and abuse that can happen there. Thats ridiculous. Final question, the Biden Campaign outraised you by almost 150 million in august, and they outspent you on television by 4 to 1, that has a lot of republicans including the rnc chair quite worry, what do you say to them . Well, youre going to see a big increase in spending from the Trump Campaign this week, were expanding into new battleground states, ads up in arizona and pennsylvania. Some great new ads. Look, we were outspent bigly in 2016 and President Trump whooped on Hillary Clinton, so it was a great victory. It doesnt matter what the democrats try to spend this year. Well have plenty of money to go and run a successful campaign. Were actually on track to spend 2 to 1 over what we did in 2016 and we have some great ads showing what President Trump has done for the country. A key difference between the president and joe biden, joe biden i think wants to stay in his basement with old ideas and 47 years of doing nothing. President trump is going to lead us forward. Jason miller, thanks very much. Lets get a response from the Biden Campaign. Symone sanders. Thank you for joining us. Says Vice President biden wants to stay in the basement and have everybody else stay there, too. Thank you for having me this morning, george. Look, what jason miller and Trump Campaign are asserting isnt true. Vice President Biden was out campaigning this week as you know, folks saw him not campaigning but reverencing and really taking a solemn moment marking the 9 11 this past friday. And Vice President biden will be out next week, hes going to florida, well be in minnesota, well have some things that well be announcing. So the reality is Vice President biden is actively campaigning, as is senator harris. But the difference is, george, were doing it so safely. Were letting the science lead us, safety is of the utmost importance to our campaign the safety of the voters, our campaign staff, and thats why Vice President biden is modeling good behavior. Hes a wearing mask, were social distancing at our events and press conferences. That stands in stark contrast of what President Trump is doing. Having large rallies with huge group of people that are packed together. Thats not safe. Vice President Biden has said the president s response to coronavirus is a betrayal, it cost american lives, what evidence do you have that Vice President biden was calling for a significantly different response early on . Can you point to public statements in january and february where the Vice President called for travel bans, social distancing and Wearing Masks . George, in october 2019, Vice President biden warned that we were susceptible and vulnerable to a pandemic. In january of 2020, he wrote an oped that warned and cautioned that donald trump should take this seriously. On march 12th, he put out his plan for a covid19 response that spoke of widespread testing, making sure everyone had the proper personal protective equipment, that called for operationalizing the defense protection act. Tenpoint plan frankly. Later on, about a month or so later, Vice President biden actually had the opportunity to speak with President Trump about this very issue. In public statements he urged President Trump to take his advice, please adopt his plan, because Vice President biden was concerned about whats most important to americans. On the contrary, george, i will note that those bob woodward tapes as you noted earlier were very explosive. President trump was speaking privately to at least we know one reporter saying he knew the virus was right, symone, that was back in february, i asked you about january and february. You pointed out in march that Vice President biden put out a plan and he also put out a tweet, that a wall will not stop the coronavirus. I asked you specifically about january and february, i saw the oped the Vice President wrote in october, i saw the one he wrote in january, but he didnt call for travel bans, for social distancing or Wearing Masks. Look, george, in january and february, joe biden was not being briefed by National Security experts who warned him how deadly the virus was and in january and february, joe biden did not have the knowledge that President Trump did, but i will tell you that if joe biden were president in january or february, he would have taken proper precautions, he would have warned the American People. He would have told folks to social distance, he would have modeled good behavior. In january, he wrote that oped. The reality here is, donald trump had information that could have made a difference not seven months ago but right now. Im thinking about the folks who are sending their children to schools across the country tomorrow not knowing if theyre safe. Im also thinking about the parents who are trying to juggle working from home or setting up child care because their children cant get go to school. Theyre setting up schools in their kitchens and their basements. Im concerned about the folks who are going to work in Grocery Stores and person to Person Services who dont have the proper personal protective equipment, because donald trump, the president of the United States, hasnt moved to ensure that its so. Donald trump here has failed the American People. You heard jason miller talk about the trumps rally in nevada. A pretty close race in nevada right now. Former Vice President biden having relatively weaker numbers with latinos in nevada, in florida, democrats are concerned about that, as well. Heres how the president addressed the hispanic vote last night in nevada. Our incredible border agents, theyre incredible people, more than half who happen to be hispanic americans, did you know that . I know all of them. Jose, how you doing . Juan, how you doing . Every once eve time, id you . Some of the concerns about the latino vote has been echoed by Bernie Sanders, senator sanders has expressed concerns about the Biden Campaign, to your campaign, the senator identified several specific changes hed like to see, should campaign more with figures popular among young officials. Are you going to take that advice . Well, george, look, we know that we have work to do and we have said from the beginning, and Vice President biden has been very clear about this, as has senator harris, were really working to earn every single vote in the country and we want to earn the votes of the latino, hispanic community. Were doing the work, george, you saw senator harris out in florida just this past week, she also did Virtual Events in arizona. Vice President Biden himself will be traveling to florida next week and well be doing Virtual Events and interviews, because were committed to doing the work. 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