it's going to run in the key battleground of pennsylvania, what we know so far. this comes as joe biden now doubles down on his core issue, the pandemic. the former vice president today laying out his plan to battle the virus, how he plans to reach out, if elected. >> reporter: david, he outlined a rather detailed plan. he said he'd start during the transition by reaching out to every governor of every state, democrat and republican, to assess what each needed. he also outlined a testing plan aimed at testing as many people in a single day as are now tested in a week. david? >> quite a night last night, jon, watching it here with us. >> no doubt. >> jon, thank you. this all comes amid alarming coronavirus numbers tonight, cases surging in every state. more than 82,000 new cases in just 24 hours, approaching a record set months ago. more than 1,000 deaths for two days straight now. tonight, more than 223,000 lives have been lost. a public health official breaking down today.