i'm in bethlehem, pennsylvania. an average of recent polls shows joe biden up by a considerable margin, beating president trump by nearly 7 points. this morning we have brand new polling numbers courtesy of nbc news which shows how things are shaping out in arizona. i want to get to our polling wizard steve kornacki at the big board. steve? >> here we go. brand new nbc news poll looking at the state of arizona. i'm standing in the way of the numbers. for context here, in 2016 donald trump won this state by 3.5 points. no democrat has carried these state since bill clinton. joe biden right now in our poll leading donald trump in arizona 50% to 45%. this is a state democrats have been optimistic about flipping in 2020. it's one where they think there are demographic trends in phoenix. our poll puts biden ahead by 5 points. we can show you what goes into that lead in arizona. break it down by race. among white voters biden is trailing trump, but only by 3 points. that's good for a democrat in a presidential race in ari

houlahan of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: pourpt to house resolution 105 , the gentlewoman from pennsylvania and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from pennsylvania. s. houlahan: several weeks ago the president was considering and the secretary of defense was in the act was not invoggede this case but for many case it was the law that was drafted more than 200 years ago. for many it was the first time taking the oath that they might be deployed gets their own citizens. many of us are troubled to watch as member of our national guard re deployed as part of our response. in the markup and earlier today, we heard debate with the authority and that it is healthy. personally, i believe these authorities have done some good. the act authorizing authorities were instrumental in enforcement of civil rights law. my amendment is very narrow in scope. title 10, section 105 reads the president by using the armed forces or by any other means will take such mers t

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you're in pennsylvania. do you get a sense -- he won that state narrowly as well. do you get a sense he has met quite the competitor right now in joe biden so who is from p.a. >> reporter: the mask game sort of belies one of the realities now for us road warriors who like to read the polls and get out the communities and talk to voters about where they're out because right now there are no more diners or coffee shops for us to get into and no more political rallies where you could find all of the voters and take the pulse with them. because the thing i remember in 2016 is coming here to places like pennsylvania and hearing from voters at trump rallies they like the fact he wasn't a politician and liked the fact he would be able to get things done. the promise of trump then evaporated as soon as he got into the white house because he became a politician in an official capacity. what is interesting to see, as you look at his approval ratings across the board, nationally and in states like pennsylvania, he's below that 50% threshold right now. does he have a record th

no path to the presidency without pennsylvania for either of these two campaigns. the reason she will see significant amount of time and investment is the area of pennsylvania, if he doesn't go for biden to me doesn't have the path and he doesn't have a pal. >> dana: the other thing that happened overnight, is you have this bernie sanders, joe biden committees getting together, and have released information and you hear on the bernie side of things, the left did not win every argument but still you have biden trying to reassure the progressive side that he should be there guy, what is your take on that? >> it boggles my mind, dana because four months since the nomination and he did it without moving too far to the left but now ensuing time continuing to move to the left when he's running against a guy in some polls my 40% in approval rating. they electoral votes run up the middle. and the fact joe biden is talking about bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez indicates to me he must see troubling numbers in his internal numbers with support among his core voter

he is a pennsylvania artist, early 19ths in the century and early 20th century. it was washington's army marching into valley forge. find me is a magnificent painting. it is a copy. frenchman.l, a the original hangs in versailles. this was created in the middle of the 19th century. this copy was. it shows the siege of yorktown. since a french artist painted this for the king, the most prominent individual is general rochambeau. -- general, will george washington, is behind him to the left. it does capture the incredibly important role that the french plate not only in yorktown but throughout the revolution. ais shows a tent, really french attend. it looks more napoleonic. not the type of tent george washington would have used. but it does show how armies would have traveled, living in tents. the crown jewel of our collection is george washington. washington's war tent. >> i am scott stevenson. we are standing on the second floor of the museum. this is where our core exhibition, 16,000 square feet of exhibition space, kind of wraps around this court that i'm stand

biden will try to set in scranton, pennsylvania. his parents did not work for done their mifflin, of course -- course,er mifflin, of the iconic paper company at the center of "the office," but he knows scranton, pennsylvania because he lived it just so. kevin cirilli, why has the vice president selected scranton for this presidential speech? kevin: from a practical standpoint, it is socially distant and he is able to get there from philadelphia, where the campaign is headquartered. from an optical standpoint, this is a working-class type of community that the president wants to win over. remember, trump won pennsylvania, the first time a republican has ever done it since 1988, in 2016. we've got to focus on the policy here. jared bernstein, the longtime economic advisor to vice president joe biden, for years now, has crafted a moderate, centrist approach to reopening the economy. it focuses on workforce development, infrastructure to some extent, and of course, racial inequality. he is trying to bridge the progressive and centrist w

the speaker pro tempore: the chair from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to commend valley grove school istrict of pennsylvania for truly going above and beyond to connect with their students pandemic. covid-19 during -- due to coronavirus, we saw schooloors close across the country. many parents found themselves in unexpected homeschooling situation and tchers -- school district rose to the occasion. with effort to connect students during the quarantine, teachers and administrators vgtv, a youtube channel lessons and o updates with children and families. videos can range from a music l tutorial, from home economics, or the early childhood teachers reading story books. grades have all gotten involved to contribute vgtv.ing to one high school teacher said the quote, started out as a morale boost to stay in contact thand let them know we still care about them even though we are stuck at quote.nd third grade teacher, jewelr videosto create informed for her students. raising to talk about how to raise and care for

we have a weather vane from one of the first lutheran churches in trapp, pennsylvania, 1743. we even represent the presence of islam in america, very difficult to document through material culture, but a very small charm, this is a little copper charm with an inscription from the koran that was excavated in pennsylvania from an archeological site dating from the 18th century, perhaps owned by an enslaved african who was muslim. so it's really tremendous to be able to have this tradition represented through an object in the museum. when you get to this point in the galleries, you then encounter the statue of king george iii. we bring you back to that moment when that started when that declaration of independence was being read in march, 1776. we have a sailor who is offering you a rope that he is throwing down to try to invite you to consider, where would you have stood at this point in the story? you heard what the loyalists critique is. you see the people trying to remain neutral. you see fervent revolutionaries, we also want you to feel you had a choice and that the outcome

to build a line of forts and defend pennsylvania. washington has to go west, ahead of the militia, and defend what is now western pennsylvania. so they started to work together. both worked with braddock. both warned braddock, don't do it. these native americans will cut you to slices, which they did. famously, braddock said back to franklin, they may cut your poor colonial militia to slices, but they will not know how to beat the british army. they did, including braddock, who washington carried back and buried under the road traveled by franklin's wagons. here, we have the two people working together then. they realized, we can only win by working together. these colonies can't work independent. they have to work together. they also learned that you cannot trust the british. they don't care about us, they only care about themselves. so after the war, they drew a proclamation line and said, you cannot settle in the west. this is what sets franklin and washington off because they thought public virtue would come by people having econ

to recognize bud cook, the northeast pennsylvania nature director for the conservancy. for more than 30 years, bud has foremost f the advocates for conservation and environmental protection in my and in pennsylvania. for decades, bud has led efforts o conserve and protect nature in the greaterly high valley and valley and high beyond. ms. wild: he let a pie nearing undraising campaign in -- pioneering fundraising campaign. and he's mentored generations of has rvation advocates who gone on to spear head successful campaigns of their own. for quick wit and passion his work have endeared him to many and helped create for collaboration in communities that might otherwise be divided. citizens ogether united by their mutual desire to rotect their beloved natural environment. bud's legacy can be experienced in he howser nature center

i know we don't have complete numbers yet from pennsylvania, but if you look at the numbers from pennsylvania. what we know is the white, black, asian and other. african-americans are about 8% of your state population, i believe, 12% of your state population. >> yeah. >> the cases in the deaths are running higher than those numbers. i know you're still in the middle of this and what have you learned so senator are steps being taken to address them mid-stream? are you waiting for more data? >> steps are being taken to address that. one of the most comprehensive steps that we took was one of the leading feedback information we got on the disparities is the looming rent crisis in pennsylvania that disproportionately affects african-americans and the enormous homeless problem with evictions. the governor issued $200 million in rental assistance and also extended the eviction ban in pennsylvania to the end of august. this virus has -- is laid bare the racial disparities here in our state and the next looming one we'll have to confront is opening our public schools back up, whether that happens hor

houlahan of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: pourpt to house resolution 105 , the gentlewoman from pennsylvania and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from pennsylvania. s. houlahan: several weeks ago the president was considering and the secretary of defense was in the act was not invoggede this case but for many case it was the law that was drafted more than 200 years ago. for many it was the first time taking the oath that they might be deployed gets their own citizens. many of us are troubled to watch as member of our national guard re deployed as part of our response. in the markup and earlier today, we heard debate with the authority and that it is healthy. personally, i believe these authorities have done some good. the act authorizing authorities were instrumental in enforcement of civil rights law. my amendment is very narrow in scope. title 10, section 105 reads the president by using the armed forces or by any other means will take such mers t

deion of pennsylvania -- ms. dean of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from pennsylvania. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yea on the dean amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. kuster of new hampshire, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. kuster will vote aye on the dean amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for

let me bring in katy tur, pennsylvania, pennsylvania, pennsylvania. we know why joe biden is there a lot. it's easy to get to, and short. >> no doubt about that. it's also a battleground state, and it's one that the trump campaign is worried about. given their internal polling and the president's inability to travel there to campaign in person. i'm told this from a campaign source. today in pennsylvania, as you just said, there are dueling 2020 campaign events this hour. vice president mike pence is on a bus tour and about to hold a roundtable in malvern. joe biden is in donemore, just outside of his childhood home town of scranton. he's there to roll out his first major economic agenda which his campaign calls build back better. recent polls show biden leading on just about every issue except the economy. joining us from the white house is nbc news correspondent carol lee, and from dunmore, pennsylvania, is correspondent mike memoli. let's start at the white house. carol lee, they have the vice president in pennsylvania. this is a campaign that can't

the speaker pro tempore: for the gentleman es from pennsylvania seek recognition? does -- for ose what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. boyle: thank you. adam speaker, as the member designated by ms. lofgren, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform house that ms. lofgren will vote yea on the omar amendment. madam speaker, as a member designated by mr. garamendi, to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. garamendi will vote no on the omar amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by mr. laci clay, pursuant to h.r. 965, i inform the house, mr. clay will vote aye on the omar amendment. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 129 and the nays are 284. he amendment is not adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is question on amendment number 6 printed in house report 116-457 offered by the gentlewoman from washington, ms. jayapal on which

and to police departments across the state of pennsylvania number one, i assume this will be public so that if somebody in -- if a police department in ohio wants to look at the pennsylvania database, to look at somebody, it will be available to them. but let me ask you this. how do you envision -- do you hope this becomes copycatted and becomes essentially the beginning of a national database >> absolutely. i'm hoping that this can be a national model, that other states can use and when we have a critical mass of databases, and we see what best practices are and we see what the regulations are, this is something that congress can use. by the way, the center for policing equity who has been on msnbc a number of times, had a lot to do with the formation of this bill. and he and other stakeholders are fighting for this on the national level so i definitely see that and also, this database will be accessible to any law enforcement employer anywhere in the country if there are law enforcement agents in pennsylvania who flee philadelphia where i am and go to cleveland or washington, d.c.

pennsylvania. pennsylvania does a lot. people don't realize that. a lot. it would throw pennsylvania, ohio, so many other places. you don't realize how big it is. they want to have no fracking, no nothing. the policies required to implement this extreme agenda that would mean the death of american prosperity and the end of the american middle class. it would mean i think even worse than that. it would destroy our country. i used to say we would become another venezuela. the same ideology. you would become another venezuela. venezuela used to be one of the richest in the world per capita. and one of the richest in the world among the largest oil reserves. now, they don't have water. they don't have medicine. they don't have food. they've got a lot of oil, but is it doesn't seem to matter. they don't have anything. that can happen to us. all you have to do is look at portland. look at the agitators. look at the anarchists in portland. and our people have done a great job in protecting our courthouse. i told my people, a little while ago. if they don't solve

as much as we talk about rural pennsylvania or suburban pennsylvania in a certain way when it comes to demographics, i was able to find a democratic diverse and politically diverse crowd. i asked them what -- not what donald trump, i'm sorry, what joe biden need toes do in terms of picking a vice presidential candidate. here's what they told me. >> because we only have two choices at this point, that's why i'm going with joe biden but i also say i feel joe biden does need an african-american woman vice president. i say that because the state of the nation i feel like having a woman as vp will be very important in that stride in healing this country. >> if you said, look, i have four african-american on my short list but regardless, african-americans -- the expression he used is -- they brought me to the dance, and they will be -- they will be recognized in this administration, quite possibly with senior positions in the cabinet. would that be satisfactory to you? >> dno. i want him to select -- he narrowed it down to four people. he has already committed it's going to be a woman. i wan

that is how close pennsylvania was in its most recent election. joe biden hopes to claim a little bit of the home field advantage in pennsylvania, having grown up in scranton. he often talks about his working-class roots. pennsylvania has got a lot of working-class people who were hoping donald trump would change things for them. a new fox poll of pennsylvania shows joe biden at 50%, donald trump at 39%. but how well do the polls like this reflect the reality on the ground in pennsylvania? >> well, i'm here to find out. sunday will be 100 days until election day 2020, and i'll be hosting velshi live on sunday from the steel stacks in bethlehem, pennsylvania. the steel stacks are the site of a steel plant that closed in 1995. bethlehem steel after operating 140 years. the city of bethlehem straddles two of the swingiest counties in a swing state. lehigh county went for clinton in 2016. northampton flipped for trump after obama and biden won it twice. sunday i'm going to meet in a safe and socially distanced way with a handful of pennsylvania reside

president, i will yield to the senator from pennsylvania. >> the senator from pennsylvania. >> just to stretch how grateful i am for the persuasive and effective advocacy throughout this entire effort i'm grateful to him as i am to other colleague that helped make this happen. in the legislative session i ask the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of hr 40 that was received fromg the house. >> the clerk will report. >> hr 470 to impose sanctions with respect to certain obligations of china with respect to hong kong and for other purposes. >> is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. >> mr. president. iil ask unanimous consent that will be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. >> is there objection? without objection, so ordered. >> thank you mr. chair, and i note the absence of the koran. about the impact of the corona virus pandemic on the 2020 violate season.

while in law school at the university of pennsylvania at age 23, i ran for an open seat in the pennsylvania state legislature. the same seat for which my father had run six years prior. i thought it would be a case of a hollywood ending. but i lost, too. by 419 votes. i have since located 2236 36 of those people. that fall while still a law student i managed a portion of senator arlen specter's re-election campaign. he won. then in the spring of my third year of law school, frank rizzo, the former philadelphia mayor, changed his party from democrat to republican to run for his old job. and i became his political director. but it was a combination of all of these unique political experiences at an early age that caused me to be invited as a guest on television and radio. one of the people to put me on air? larry kane. and that local television exposure would lead me to radio. 30 years ago. here's the funny thing. there were days when i guest hosted for both o'reilly and matthews. i would leave fox news and walk into 30 rock and guest host "hardball." i didn't know whether the risk was higher

there was a couple of polls in fact out of pennsylvania. one poll out of pennsylvania today, a couple of numbers from that poll. the bottom line, it's a monmouth poll. 53-40. biden leading trump. we've seen a number of polls, out of those states, there's the three traditionally democratic states that switched to trump in '16 that have shown results maybe not as lop ssided, but certainly in biden's favor. in the poll, they asked folks about the prospect of secret voters. the idea of folks not telling you they're going to vote for somebody, but they codo it. there's a strong suspicious, seems to cut across party lines, that there are secret voters there for donald trump. somebody that wouldn't pop up in polling. that would only come up on election day. do you think there's anything to th that or do you think that's a lot of folks letting their minds get away with them a little bit? >> i think it's a little bit of them letting their minds get away with it. i think certainly there are people who may not want to tell a pollster they support dona

an exception albies in nazareth, pennsylvania, that has been -- exceptional business in nazareth, pennsylvania. for almost 200 years, they have produced acoustic guitars widely recognized as the finest in the world. the product of an unparalleled legacy of craftsmanship, martin guitars have been proudly used by legendary musicians across our country and the world. bob dillon and eric clapton, paul mccartney and joan baez, willie nelson and kurt cobain, to name only a few. i want to express my gratitude to chris and the martin guitar team for their continued dedication to contributing to a made in the u.s.a. economy based on excellence. for their commitment to maintaining and expanding music education in our classrooms. and for their determination to advance social, economic, environmental and racial justice. congratulations on all you've achieved, chris. as you look forward to a new chapter, i wish you the very best. thank you, mr. speaker. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. section 202-d of the natio

you see a 13-point overall lead for joe biden in pennsylvania. the story in those three states, of course, there was this big divide among white voters in 2016. college/noncollege divide. trump doing extremely well among noncollege white voters in 2016, and doing better among college educated whites than prevoting expectations. the comparison of what happened in pennsylvania in 2016 with what this poll is showing. noncollege white voters. in 2016, trump won this group by a 2 to 1 margin, 64 to 32. in this poll, he still leads, but the margin basically is cut in half. he won by 32 in the 2016 exit poll. his lead in this poll today is 16. that's cut in half. he still leads, but we're not looking at the margin at least right now that you saw in 2016. then the other side of it, college educated white voters. again, a big group there. let me get that number up. in 2016, that was a tie in pennsylvania in the exit poll, and look at that movement. in this polling right now, it is a 27-point advantage for joe biden among white voters with a college degree

honest, probably everybody agrees with you, he needs pennsylvania. in the polls we have seen so far, there are a lot of pathways forward provide an -- forward for biden and few pathways forward for trump. i think he is simultaneously trying to take a pragmatic approach, but he is not ignoring in the name of center is him the the votersenterism at preferred sanders, warren, or those types. francine: how important is the pickup vice president? does it need someone who rallies the troops or someone from one states he needs to win? jack: what we've heard from him is that he wants to pick a woman of color. that is kind of the specific area that he pointed to, which is not surprising, especially with the focus now on civil rights issues and leasing. -- and policing. i don't think the state the future vp picks for him is necessarily pivotal. i think there's going to be some ideological agreement. maybe playingis both sides in somewhat of a centrist approach but not abandoning progressives. i think that is still an x factor as long as there is more diversity

she's from hershey, pennsylvania. what are you getting, hillary? >> what's interesting is joe biden is pitching himself as the man who will look out for main street but says president trump is the one who was only looking out for wall street. but we are here in hershey, pennsylvania, on the heels of joe biden's visit yesterday. he talked a small business owners and asked them how they feel about this contrast between wall street and main street. >> he's looking out for wall street, that's great because guess what? i have a 401(k) that is invested in wall street. my employees have 401(k)s invested in wall street. before this whole thing at the beginning when the stock market tanked, my biggest concern was my 401(k). i knew that my business would survive through the long run, but no, he's not leaving people behind. speak of the pandemic has become embedded in presidential politics, but mom and pop shops here in pennsylvania say it's really local leadership that has had a big impact on their business. >> i take it from the governor level down. so my c

speaker, i rise today to recognize july 20 as pennsylvania day. since the inception of our nation, pennsylvania has played a transformative role in the united states history. in our foundational years, pennsylvania was the site of many important battles and military milestones like the battle of valley forge in the revolutionary war, and bat of gettysburg during the civil war. pennsylvania is home to a lot of firsts including our nation's first capital, philadelphia. the american flag sewn by betsy ross. pennsylvania has a proud history of american craftsmanship and work ethic from our steel mills and coal mines to farmlands and forests. i'm encouraged each and every day by pennsylvania's rich history and grateful for our residents who continue to build a bright future for the commonwealth. mr. speaker, i'm proud to call pennsylvania my home today and always. thank you, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the ho

of manufacturing jobs away from states like pennsylvania. when you look at these trump voters who are not willing to come out in public is a god embarrassment but attacks from the left and liberals that are making it so difficult for people, for their livelihoods, their jobs. the goya president said something positive about hispanic prosperity and get attacked from the canceled culture saying don't by his product. for what reason? they are a good product and providing jobs for people but that is what we are up against. people are afraid of the backlash from the liberal knob. that is what we saw in 2016, people will come out in support him, a silent majority. he can laugh all he wants to. jillian: look at these numbers. a monmouth poll of presidential preference from july 9th through thirteenth and you can see the preference is joe biden 53% compared to donald trump 40%. you think these numbers are not emblematic of the truth? >> they are not. we saw that in 2016, people were not publicly saying they would support the president when they got

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charles: these key states you mentioned something earlier about florida, pennsylvania. you think he has got, do you see signs, momentum that he can do this and how important is it that president trump deliver one big sweeping stimulus package before the end of the month to kind of help seal that deal? >> well i think he is absolutely going to do it. i think the key when you look across florida, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, you're really looking at three groups. you're looking at seniors. you're looking at working class voters. and you're looking at conservative minorities. i do agree with you. i think we need to deliver another stimulus not just to keep hope and consumer confidence growth in jobs going forward but to make sure we don't have a future slowdown. i hope it is narrowly tailored we have to add to it we can. i have a feeling nancy pelosi and chuck schumer will stick a lot of things in there but it is about doing right for the american worker around putting money in their pockets. charles: ford, very much appreciate it. correlation is not necessary always

first pennsylvania is diverse economy. philadelphia and especial think suburbs, a lot of high-quality white-collar jobs, some other pockets to have state that you just referenced in the southwest as well as the northeast, they are heavily dependent on energy jobs. the reality is coal isn't coming back. big reason why coal has been in decline over the last decade is actually because of the second thing you said, fracking, so really, again, this is an area where donald trump talks a big game but the reality is it's quite something different. i'd also point out, again, like i said before, even before covid-19, including in pennsylvania, we were seeing a decline of manufacturing jobs and that is wrong. there's nothing that says that in order to have the top gdp in the world we have to decline in manufacturing. i point -- >> leland: i'm really confused. the idea is that you're saying that trump hasn't done enough to bring back manufacturing back to the united states and the biden administration wants to spend more money to do i

give today joe biden will an economic address from scranton, pennsylvania. a top aide saying this will be the largest mobili

for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i request permission to address the house for one minute. seek unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise this morning to congratulate the house for passing the ndaa, national defense authorization act. mr. cartwright: it is a win for pennsylvania and it's a win for civil defense workers all over this country. namely toby army depot in my district is a winner here because this fixes a problem. there is a wage and salary disparity between the maps. there is a map mismatch that's been going on that i have been fighting ever since i got to congress. this year my bill, the locality pay equity act, got in the ndaa and i'm so grateful to chairman smith of the armed services committee, and the entire armed services committee. and the overwhelming vote on a bipartisan basis of the u.s. to pass this. at long last wage grade workers in civil defense industry in these particular districts wil

>> guest: i look at my state of pennsylvania and i was in pittsburgh and a lot of people think of pennsylvania as the adelphia and pittsburgh but it's in between philadelphia and pittsburgh is all whole bunch of farmland and dairy farms and the very rural state if you know it well and a lot of times these folks find themselves hundreds of miles away from certain types of healthcare. in pittsburgh were blessed with the largest academic medical center in the state of pennsylvania and then we have another there so we have many things available at our fingertips here in pittsburgh but if you look and central pennsylvania those facilities aren't available, especially some types of healthcare and so this is where telehealth really closes the gap where the best and brightest surgeons and researchers matt and hospitals in pittsburgh and facilities in philadelphia basically they can consult, look at x-rays, it's almost like bringing that for people who drive to hunter miles for an appointment to talk to someone. it's important and in more rural parts of the country is very important. >> speaking of rur

>> guest: i i look at my state of pennsylvania. i live in pittsburgh. a lot of people think of pennsylvania as philadelphia and pittsburgh. in between philadelphia and its berg is a whole bunch of farmland and dairy farms. it's a very rural state, if you know it well. a lot of times these folks find themselves hundreds of miles away from certain types of healthcare. in pittsburgh we are blessed with the largest academic medical center in the state of pennsylvania. we have another health network there. we have many, many things available right at our fingertips in pittsburgh, but if you live in central pennsylvania, those facilities are not available especially some of the specially healthcare. this is where telehealth fills a gap are some of the best and brightest surgeons and researchers that work in our hospitals in pittsburgh and facilities in philadelphia can basically consult, look at x-rays, look at, you know, it's almost like bringing that talent writing to those areas with the people having to get in the car and drive 200 miles to get an appoint

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soldiers more black coming from pennsylvania than any other state in the nation? theou think he has any clue 33 thousand pennsylvanians died in the civil war, fighting against everything that flag stood for? i see a different america than that, despite all our flaws and shortcomings and failures, is still, after more than two centuries, dedicated to equality, liberty and human dignity. challenges we face today are among the biggest in our history. we have to come together in this country to solve them. there is no other way. we got criticized during the primary by saying i was running for three reasons, restore the soul of america, number two to rebuild the backbone of america, the middle class, and number three, to unite america. i was told you can't unite america. we are done. i have long said, america is at its best when we act as one nation, one america. that is the tragedy of donald trump being president today. he is exactly the wrong person to lead at this moment. he will not bring this country together. he is determined to drive us apart, to keep his base i

more again on biden in a few minutes, from pennsylvania. but it is interesting because that is the prism people are seeing things through these days. good to see you again. james freeman. jackie, back over to you. jackie: all right. the u.s. reporting more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day as texas governor greg abbott suspends elective surgeries in dozens of new counties. fox news's casey stegall in dallas with the latest there. casey. reporter: jackie, up until today elective surgeries were on hold in eight counties in the state of texas but today's proclamation of the governor expanded it to 113 counties. that is out of 254 in the entire state. so no elective surgeries for the time-being in 113 counties here in texas because not only is hospital bed space running tight in texas and also other states where they're experiencing surges of cases, officials say staffing also has become an issue. the feds are sending in additional help in fact. more than 1000 doctors, nurses, other medical personnel deployed to places like cali

there was a monmouth poll in pennsylvania that 57% of voters there were sure some of the neighbors were planning to vote for trump but weren't saying it, there's a reason for that, cancel culture has taken hold in a way it hasn't in recent months. is it more or less hospitable of an environment for a trump supporter to express support for the president now? bennett was four months ago? i think not. if i think they're going to vote for him in the ballot box. >> martha: back in 2173 years ago, that number was at 58%. we've seen an increase in the people in the country who are just saying i'm not going to talk about it, i'm keeping my decision to myself. >> every democrat i know is running like joe biden is ten points behind for this exact reason, people were very confident in 2016 at hillary clinton would win, we know there's a hidden trump voter then in many of these swing states that the fox news poll spoke to today in michigan and pennsylvania were donald trump won by very little in 2016. democrats are worried about this, they want to act like they are running from behind. i think thes