Yesterday, wisconsin was one of at least ten states to report the highest number of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. And michigan also reporting a Record Number of cases. You see the numbers there climbing back up. Trumps Campaign Rally blitz looks to overcome a major deficit in the polls, but its now a race against the clock because more than 22 million and counting have already cast a ballot. Americans are voting early in Record Numbers. Just look at these images from georgia where some lined up for three or four hours this morning to cast their ballot. They got there even before the polls opened. A testament to how enormous the stakes are in this election and well take you there live coming up, but first, to michigan. Joe johns joins us from mus keegan, michigan, ahead of trumps rally about an hour from now and joe, just 17 days away from the election. What can you tell us about the president s closing message to voters . Reporter well, ana, i can tell you that this trip by the president to michigan is really going to highlight the president s attacks on the governor of michigan, the democratic governor of michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. The president has gone after her time and time again, including on her strict policies relating to coronavirus and the state. Its been a continuing controversy. The president even tweeted out the words liberate michigan, which joe biden just recently seized on, indicating that in his view, the president s words actually incited the kidnapping attempt on Gretchen Whitmer, which led to 13 arrests very recently. Nonetheless, the president has continued his attacks on Gretchen Whitmer as recently as just yesterday. Listen. How about your governor in michigan. She has that place locked down. We caught some people doing whatever. Well find out what that was all about. And then she said it was my fault. It was my people that caught them. It was trumps fault. Its always trumps fault. Can it ever be, like, rick gatess fault . Reporter now im told there at the very end, the president was actually referring to congressman matt gates of florida and not rick gates. Now, here at this location, perhaps a majority of the people we talked to say they also believe the governors policies are too strict. Though we did find at least one couple that said they thought she was right on point. On the other hand, we were not able to find anybody here that we talked to who said they believe the president s words led to the kidnapping plot. They say its more about frustration and anger over the situation with coronavirus. Ana, back to you. Okay, joe johns, bringing us the reporting from Trump Supporters in michigan. Well be talking with the Michigan Attorney general in the next hour. Thank you, joe. As the president makes a lastditch effort to shore up support ahead of election day, hes zeroing in on one age group in particular. Many Older Americans have endured months of isolation, missing weddings, births, graduations, church and family reunions. You know that very well. You know it all too well. My heartbreaks for every grieving family that has lost a precious loved one. I feel their anguish and i mourn their loss. I feel their pain. Joining us now, cnn medical analyst dr. Jonathan reiner, the Washington Bureau chief for the associated press, julie pace, and cnn political commentator david. Dr. Reiner, thats what the president is saying. Do his actions match the sentiment . No. In this country, the virus has disproportionately decimated the Senior Citizen community in the united states, particularly the Older Americans who live in nursing homes. Only about 1 of our population live in those kinds of facilities, but about 40 of our deaths have come from that population. Weve done a horrendous job in protecting our most Vulnerable People in this country, and i think thats a big reason why the Senior Citizen community, Older Community in this country, has moved away in large numbers from the president during this election cycle. David, the president continues with his big rallies in michigan and wisconsin. Later today, as the u. S. Has just reported nearly 70,000 new cases of coronavirus yesterday, the highest number since july with at least ten states setting record highs on friday and the Positivity Rate above 20 in some places like wisconsin. And yet, he keeps saying the u. S. Is rounding the corner. Our producers took a look, and in fact, he has said that over 20 times in the past 6 weeks. So, both his words and his actions, holding these large rallies, are the complete opposite of what is needed to help combat the virus, but is there any evidence that this is working for him, politically . I dont think its working very well, and i think this is a thing where its of his own doing, ana. On march 4th, the president gave excuse me. March 11th, he gave an Oval Office Speech where he said, we all have a role to play in this. And that was the right thing to say. And then guess what . To dr. Reiners point, he didnt do it. He didnt model maskwearing behavior. He didnt encourage social distancing. He mocked Vice President biden, at times, for wearing a mask. And now, everybody in the country and the world, frankly, understands that were in an abnormal crisis situation and when he goes out there and tries to act like everything is normal, people can see with their own eyes thats not whats going on. I was at my nephews soccer game last night. Adults were Wearing Masks. We were standing distanced apart from each other and the people that stood out as strange were the few people who werent Wearing Masks because now we understand that were all working on this together. The president goes out there, says that things are normal and that were rounding the corner, because hes stuck with that message that he has tried to drill home for the last eight, nine months and now in his closing argument, he cant just flip up and say, oh, everybody else was right, i was wrong, and so were going to continue like this until election day. As we can see in these images, a lot of people are following the president s lead. There are huge crowds with very little maskwearing, although some people are Wearing Masks at this rally as we watch the people just go by the camera here. Yet, no social distancing, so very tight quarters. Julie, things are clearly getting worse here in the u. S. , and yet the White House Task force, were learning, is meeting less and less. Heres dr. Anthony fauci. We were meeting, you know, sometimes seven days a week. Then it went down to five. Were down to about, i would say, consistent one day a week. So thats how often the task force itself is meeting. Do we know when President Trump last met with the Coronavirus Task force . The white house will not say. Its a Pretty Simple question. When was the last time that the president met with this task force . And we cant get an answer, and you can infer from that that hes not meeting with them very often. And you know, i think that is really actually remarkable when you really sit down and think about this. Yes, we are, of course, in the last final weeks of this campaign and the president is going to want to be out on the campaign trail in these battleground states as much as possible. But he is president through the inauguration, regardless of what happens on november 3rd, and he does not appear to be spending much of his time right now in touch with Public Health officials, in touch with others in his administration who are tasked with leading the u. S. Response to this pandemic, so its not just in what hes saying and what the public is seeing. Its really behind the scenes as well. It appears as though this is not, you know, really a top priority for the president. Dr. Reiner, whats your reaction to hearing that . Yeah, i mean, i completely agree. Its hard to understand well, maybe its not hard to understand because the news is so bad for this administration as it relates to, really, the only news now, which is covid. But the president s trying to, again, perpetuate this myth that were turning the corner and that theres light at the end of the tunnel. Theres a lot of misery in this country. In the 1970s, there was this Economic Indicator that was developed called the misery index, which basically added the Unemployment Rate to the inflation rate to give sort of a sense for how much pain the average American Consumer had. The new misery index is the covid Positivity Rate added to the Unemployment Rate. And its really hard really high in this country, and its something that this president just cant face anymore. David, as this National Health crisis continues to worsen by the day, biden is keeping the focus on healthcare. Listen. Mishandling the pandemic isnt enough for trump. On top of that, hes still trying to take away your healthcare. Trumps still determined, in the midst of this pandemic, hes still determined to destroy the Affordable Care act. This isnt hyperbole. Just like your opponent calls it a disaster. Talk about a disaster. Theres a disaster. We know the pandemic is top of mind for voters, david. How strategic is biden being in hammering away at healthcare in this final stretch . You know, ana, i think its sort of interesting that in the first term of the Obama Biden Administration, the Affordable Care act was sort of a liability for them with a lot of voters. Maybe not the majority, but quite a few voters that they were trying to reel back in. Then in the democratic primaries this year, it was a liability for biden because some democratic voters thought that the Obama Biden Administration hadnt gone far enough. Now, its like a lifeline. Vice President Biden can hammer home the fact that he was part of an administration that tried to push forward on health coverage, even if people dont think its perfect, and that the popular parts of it, like covering preexisting conditions, are there because they put it in the law and every time President Trump comes out and says, oh, i signed an executive order protecting preexisting conditions, it gives Vice President biden another opportunity to say, well, wait a second, thats even on the table because we put it there. This is a safe topic for him now, even if it wasnt before, and i think hes going to ride this, also, to election day. Meantime, new attacks on joe bidens running mate, senator Kamala Harris. Take a listen. But the most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer and joe biden are trying to perpetrate and bernie and kamala, mala, mala, i dont know. Whatever. Century perdues Communications Director says he didnt mean anything by it. He serves on the senate. Hes on the same committee as her. Julie, do you buy that excuse . I dont really buy that. He, of course, knows how to pronounce Kamala Harriss name, and i think its important to note that this is not really a oneoff even what we saw from senator perdue is probably one of the most greejs examples weve seen. Weve seen multiple republicans throughout the last several weeks mispronouncing senator harriss name and for a lot of people, this has smacked as racism, a way to try to undercuundercut her, the first black woman to be on a Major Party Ticket and this is probably one of the most egregious examples but it follows a pattern weve seen for several weeks. Its really just disturbing to hear that. Gross. Dr. Reiner, theres obviously so much passion and energy on both sides about the upcoming collection right now. Weve been reporting on the record turnout for early voting. What kind of risk is voting in person right now and what do people need to know to help stay safe . I think its quite simple. People need to wear masks and keep their distance, and there are certainly safe ways to do this. I think if you want to vote in public, in person, you should. You should go either early in the morning or late in the afternoon. You should maybe go in prevoting if your local municipality has that. And if youre particularly vulnerable, you should vote by mail. But i think that people who want to go and vote in person should do that, mask up, you know, stay six feet behind the person in line in front of you, and you can do that safely. Bring some Hand Sanitizer with you. I dont to discourage anyone from going, and if you have concerns, then vote by mail. All right, dr. 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Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum burke vo start with a quote at 1800farmers we are 17 days away from election day, but millions of ballots have already been cast as the coronavirus pandemic has spurred Many Americans to vote early, inperson or by mail, and the surge in early inperson voting has caused hourslong wait times across the country. In fact, in the battleground state of georgia, inperson early voting just that alone has increased by more than 50 compared to the same point in 2016 and cnns natasha chen is at one polling location in marietta, georgia. Earlier in the day, i mean, we knew the wait times there were hours long. Has that changed and what are you hearing from voters . Reporter right, ana, the good news is that its a lot better now. The people behind me will probably wait about 30 minutes. Thats the estimate right now. And people have until polls close at 5 00 p. M. Eastern to actually get in this line, so as long as theyre in line at 5 00, they can vote today. So that wait this morning when the doors hadnt even opened, people being here three and a half hours early, that has definitely improved this afternoon, and we even see people over here with that food truck delivering free meals for people, knowing that a lot of people are waiting. And you talked about the turnout being so much so much more increased from 2016 at this point in the election of that year. If we can bring up these numbers, in total, in georgia, theres been 134 increase when you look at both inperson early voting as well as absentee ballot, and if youre looking at just the early inpersonperson , that number you referenced, nearly 50 , thats where that number comes from and the absenabt absentee ballots, more than 615 increase from the 2016 election at this point in 2016, about five or six days into voting so a lot of enthusiasm that were seeing here. In fact, we talked to a couple of people who were prepared to wait much longer. Heres what they said about why theyre here to vote. Because of everything thats taking place, i think its important to do this in person. Now, for our son is doing absentee, correct, and hes in college, at wake forest university, so were going to make sure were actually driving up to have him cast his ballot and bring it back from an absentee standpoint. Were doing that tomorrow. Thats how important it is to us. Past history shows that people have died for our right to vote so that was important for me. Its also important for our three children know that what were doing. Standing and letting your voice be heard is important. Reporter yeah, and their oldest son, they told me, is actually an Atlanta Police officer, and so a lot of the issues that