Up here . Whats going on . Every single week or every other week, its crazy what is happening, and its nerveracking, obviously, for them. But for people, like me, who are sitting here watching and in the middle of this pandemic, we cant travel. You know . I know. We cant travel because, if we do travel, weve got to quarantine in certain places. Cant be on the air, so on and so forth. So, i havent seen my mom in almost a year. Havent seen my family in almost a year. So, i just hope that everyones okay down there. Me, too. Obviously, we say thoughts and prayers. But just as important is staying aware for the needs that are going to develop. Thats how you show the manifestation of your thoughts and prayers. Our brothers and sisters down there are going to need us. So people have to stay aware. You know why. My mom called me today, she was so mad at someone who came on your show and she thought disrespected you. And i said, mom, chris is okay. Hes going to be fine. But you know how she feels about you, right . Yes. She calls you her her son. Her son from another mother or i forget. I tell you what, her eymy ey closer to hers than anybody in my family. She gives it to me pretty good. I know. I know. She gives it to me pretty good. There are few people, who arent related to me, who can give me a look the way your mother does and says that youre fos as much as her look does. But literally, never laid a glove on me. Yeah. Shes shes okay. So check in and ill let you know what is going on down there. I care about you and i know you care about that region, and we got to care about each other. There is a lot going on but we got to remember the people in need. I enjoyed your interview with miles. Interesting, interesting stuff. Love you, too. This is cnn tonight, i am don lemon. We have got a long way to go and short time to get there. I say long way to go and short time to get there because, six days, not that long, but there is a lot to talk about. Six days until election day. Six, whole days. And already, more than a third of registered voters have cast their ballots. More than 75 million, so far. Can you believe it . Thats a lot of people. Are you one of them . I cast mine. Stood in line. It was about 20 minutes. Not that long. Listen. We have a brand new cnn poll. It has joe biden with a substantial lead over the president. Now, this is a nationwide poll. Okay . So, this is not battleground states. Keep that in mind. So, thats a whole nother show when you talk about battleground states. Talking about the electoral college. This is a nationwide poll. He leads with people of color. He leads with the youngest voters. He leads with seniors. And this is his message, right now. Weve lost more than 220,000 lives to this virus, already. But this administration is just giving up. Over the weekend, the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, went on television and admitted that theyve waved the white flag and declared surrender. He said, quote, were not going to control the pandemic, end of quote. The American People deserve so much better than this. This election and the virus, at this point, they are one in the same, by the way. I want you to take a look at how it is shaping this race. Okay . This is how things looked on april 15th, in the ten states with the most cases. Okay . At the spring peak of the virus, right here. When the blue states were getting hit hard. You know, the states the president would like to just ignore. Remember . Big hubs for international travel. Most of the people came in through new york and washington state, right . On the coasts. And then, but, just look at how things change. This is how things changed with the summer surge. A lot more red states than blue states. Look at that. People who took heed, and those who said, maybe, believed what the president was saying. Lets hope that they know better, now. Okay . No judgment. But lets hope because that you were being told that. Here we are, tonight, smack in the middle of another surge and the virus is raging in the red states. Look at that. Hmm. So, that map is really, its illustrative, right . Its an indication. It just shows you, visually visually why the president is so desperate to convince you of his, no other way to put it, big lie that were turning the corner on the virus. Just look at what its doing to the upper midwest on this map. This map is from the new york times. The White House Coronavirus task force warning of, what they call, unrelenting, Broad Community spread. And you can see it, right there. Wisconsin is almost all bright red. Thats the highest number of cases. In a state that the president won, just by just 22,748 votes in 2016. A state where, today, joe biden is leading 52 to 43 . What do you think that is . Hmm, why . Look at those coronavirus maps. Look around you. Look at your life. Look at how your life has changed. Sadly, so awful. Maybe, some of the people who were with you, just last year, not here because of a terrible pandemic. I want you to listen to what every expert, who knows what they are talking about, is saying. The president , though, denying all of that. Saying its its orwellian, right . Its like something from a novel about a dystopian future where the truth and the very meaning of words has been have been annihilated. To quote from that book, the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. Thats a quote from 1984, the book. Thats why the president is out there on his superspreader tour, uncaringly, putting his supporters at risk. And complaining about having to hit the road for the rallies, that he demanded. Thats right. As usual, its all about him. And im sitting in the hottest sun ive ever felt. This is hot. Marshals and law men tame the frontier, and brave the blazing sun. Ill be just like a lobster tomorrow. I probably wouldnt be standing out here in the freezing rain with you. Id be home in the white house, doing whatever the hell i was doing. I wouldnt be out here. We win wisconsin, we win the whole ball game. [ cheers and applause ] i mean, what the hell do you think im doing here on a freezing night with 45degree winds . Huh . What do you think . You think im doing this for my health . Im not doing this for my health. I may never have to come back here again. Ill never be back. By the way, nice drugs. You thi trucks. Do you think i could hop into one of them . Id love to drive the hell out of here. I had such a good life. My life was great. I mean, im standing here, freezing. I ask you one, little favor, get the hell out and vote. The great, red wave. At least, youre down there with each other. Im all up here and that wind is blowing. Doesnt sound like he wants to be there, does he . I mean, i didnt hear any so happy to be here with you. The people who support me. By the way, wear a mask, keep yourself safe. I want you to be safe. Not just to get to the polls to vote for me, but in your life so you can be around for the people you love, and you can look out for them. Im so happy to be here to give you that mostimportant message. Nope, i dont want to be here. Drive the hell out. What do you think i had a better life . Huh . For real, for real. Thats what hes saying, come on. Somebody told me that, i would say, well, you are free to go. Nobody asked you to come here. Real talk. So, he thinks having to stand there making a 45minute speech is worse than all those people, who waited for god knows how long in the bitter cold last night. But there is more. So, the president took off on air force one. Leaving hundreds and hundreds of people stranded in the cold, on dark roads, waiting for buses to take them to their cars three or 4 miles away. I dont want to be here. Just going to, woo, zoom right out. And, there you are, waiting in the cold. Not only do they pack people into outdoor rallies, they pack them onto buses. In the middle of a pandemic. Joe biden talked about it, today. Just look at what happened last night in omaha. After trump after the trump rally ended. Hundreds of people, including older, americans and children were stranded in subzero freezing temperatures for hours. Several folks ended up in the hospital. Its an image that captures President Trumps whole approach of this crisis. He takes a lot of big pronouncements and he makes a lot of big pronouncements but they dont hold up. He gets his photo op and he gets out. He leaves everyone else to suffer the consequence of his failure to make a responsible plan. Hmm, think about that. Think about what you just heard so you heard there from joe biden but think about what you heard from the president. I dont want to be here. I dont want to. Now, imagine if i opened my show every night saying that. Oh, gosh, i have a better place to be. I dont want to be here tonight talking about this to you. I dont want to be here. Id rather be at home watching the tv. Could be watching the movie channel. Netflix or something. But instead, i got to be here. But just watch me. Can you imagine . Thats like my mentor, td jake, says. He would say he was so happy, every day, to get to the but i cannot wait every day to get to the studio to talk to you. When he says i got up out the bed to preach, i put on my clothes to preach, i got in my car to preach, i almost drove my car into the pulpit because god wanted me to deliver this message to you. Thats when someone is really happy to be with you. Every day, i feel like that. I cannot wait to get here to talk to you, every single day, because i love doing it. Not that, oh, my god, i dont want to be here. I love being here. Thats how someone respects you talks to you. And feels about you. So, we have all of that going on, as we are learning more, tonight, about just how thoroughly this white house mishandled the virus from the early days. Just listen to the senior white house adviser and president ial soninlaw, Jared Kushner, bragging to bob woodward. Bragging. This was back in april, when more than 40,000 americans were dead, bragging the president was taking the country back from the doctors. The last thing was kind of doing the the guidelines, which was interesting. And that, in my mind, was almost like, you know, it was almost like trump getting the country back from the doctors, right . In the sense that, what he now did was, you know, hes going to own the openup. As he said, trump getting the country back from the doctors. Taking country back from the experts . The doctors . Because they werent telling him what he wanted to hear. Because they were telling him the truth . This president thinks that he has to choose between fighting the virus and opening up the country when, the fact is, the only way to open up successfully was to fight the virus. And is to fight the virus, and that remains to be true. That remains true, to this day. Just imagine where we would be, right now, if he had said, look, we need to reopen. And the only way to do that is for every one of us to wear masks. That we need to socially distance, everybody. We got to stay home, for a little bit, so that we can all we got to get this country back up and running. If he had said that, if he had been capable of leading us in one of the toughest times in our history, wed be so much better off, today. Theres no other way of putting it. Its obvious. Obvi, as we say. Think of how Many Americans might, still, be alive. Think of how many kids might be in school. Think about the kids that i mean, i know people who didnt, necessarily, want to take a gap year but theyre doing it. They didnt want to waste their money distance learning. They wanted their kids to have the campuscollege experience. Not happening. Could be, though. How many businesses might be open, right now . How many of us could hug our loved ones again . Right . I wish i could hug you, mom. I cant. But i talk to you every day, but i wish i could hug you. Its not the same. How many of you feel that way . Many. Many of you, im sure. And guess what . This president would be a hero. Instead, hes sowing division. Hes pandering to his base, lying that were turning the corner on a pandemic that kills more and more americans, every single day. What do you expect from a president , whose response to the deaths of thousands and thousands of americans is this . They are dying. Thats true. And you it is what it is. It is what it is. And he is what he is. And he doesnt want to be out there fighting for you. He doesnt want to be there. Imagine. I have such a great life. Him speaking. None of that is going to change. He wont. With just six days until election day. You have heard what everybodys saying to democrats. Dont get complacent. But are there any complacent democrats, these days . And whats the state of the race, in just six days, with just six days to go . Jim acosta, david axelrod, both, here, after the break. Between , theres a bridge. Between ideas and inspiration, trauma and treatment. Gained a couple of more pounds. Thats good for the babies. Between the moments that make us who we are, and keeping them safe, private and secure, theres webex. Beautiful. Its velveeta shells cheese versus the other guys. Clearly, velveeta melts creamier. Working within amazon transportation services, i really saw the challenge of climate change. We want to be sustainable, but when you have a truck covering over 300 miles, or you have flights going hundreds of miles, its a bit more challenging. We are letting the data guide us to the best solution. 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But cnns recent poll of polls gives joe biden a slight edge there, so bidens hoping to flip arizona blue. Hes hoping to do that, this time around. Lets bring in cnns chief white house correspondent, mr. Jim acosta. And our senior political commentator, david axelrod. Gentlemen, good evening to you. So good to see you. Jim is out on the campaign trail. Jim, ill start with you. So, in 2016, President Trump was the outsider, right . He marketed himself as a successful businessman. But now, he is an incumbent president , presiding over a deadly pandemic and a hardhit economy, and he is trying to stay in this election by lying to the public about that. What gives here . Yeah. Yeah, don, i have come to the conclusion that were going to be a lot better off counting the number of times the president tells the truth, instead of tallying up all his lies. It would be a lot less exhausting. Case in point would be the rally he held in the phoenix area, earlier this evening, that we were at. Where he was talking about how, in california, they have a mandate that people wear their masks while they eat their dinner. That, they take off their mask in between taking bites of their food. Thats, obviously, false. But it is s you kn, you know, pe litany of lies weve seen out on the campaign trail in what is becoming just an ugly, ugly finish for this president. Hes sort of combining racebaiting with pandemic denialism, at every turn. And i will tell you, speaking of turns, don, when the president says were rounding the turn. Rounding the turn getting close to the end of this pandemic, nothing could be further from the truth. And i think, one of the, you know, one of the data points the president could turn to would be something he likes to turn to all the time, which is wall street. The dow jones was down more than 900 points today. The president likes to talk about the stock market. Investors are starting to panic over the possibility we might need lockdowns heading into this winter because of the way this president and his administration have handled this pandemic. I need a drink of water. Stand by. Sorry about that. David, i want to bring you in. Joe biden is up. This is our poll of polls. In michigan, 51 for biden, 43 for trump. If youre the biden campaign, you are telling voters dont get complacent, but do you know any complacent democrats, at this point . No. In fact, don, i think if i if i could have charged for therapy in the last few weeks, i couldve made a fortune just trying to calm people down. Democrats that i know. Who are looking at these polls, and simply refuse to believe them because of what happened in 2016. As you pointed out at the top, this isnt 2016. We have an embattled president with a 42 approval rating, who is denying a pandemic that is engulfing this country. And particularly, those states that he most needs to win. It is an insane strategy, but it is the one that he apparently is following. Jim, lets bring you back in because, as the president is going around on a hotspot tour of swing states, cnn obtained new bob woodward sound. Its of Jared Kushner. Heres what he said. This is on april 18th. So were testing now. What hes been saying is dont fall into the same trap that we fell into the first time. States have to own the testing. The federal government should not own the testing, and the federal government should not own, kind of, the rules. Its got to be up to the governors because thats the way the federalist system works. But the president is, also, very smart politically with the way he did that fight with the governors to basically say, no, no, no. I own the opening because, again, the opening is going to be very popular. People want this country open. But if it opens in the wrong way, the question will be did the governors follow the guidelines he set out . Or not . Sorry, david. I got that little tickle. I dont know if youve ever gotten that on tv and its its hard to get to make it stop. Listen. Jared kushner is basically saying the quiet part, out loud there. The entire calculation was about politics, it wasnt about peoples lives. I mean, i think thats absolutely right, don. And, you know, keep in mind, lets turn back the clock and go to where we were during the pandemic when the president , first, came out with those guidelines that people should be social distancing. That, you know, whole portions of the country should shut down. You know, they made the calculation, inside the white house, and Jared Kushner said the quiet part out loud, as you said, when they essentially forced these governors to reopen in certain parts of the country. When they, essentially, bullied their way into some of these red states to make sure that their friendly, redstate governors reopened their economies. And, don, when you talk to advisers to the president , people inside the white house, people inside trump world, there are some who be