It's Thursday, October 8th. I'm Achilles Hughes.

And I'm Gideon Resick and this is what the day where we are offering to hose down the fly that landed on my fence.

Yeah, you can't feel good after landing on pence. If you want a shower or a hot bath, you know, you can get one here.

We're also willing to give you old fruit.

That's just for snacks though.

On stage show the first and only vice presidential debate, then some headlines.

But first the latest like last week's debate, everything currently happening outside of the debate hall was overhanging the entire evening.

So a quick update on that.

First, there's president Trump's COVID diagnosis.

So yesterday, Trump, who could still be contagious went back to the Oval Office and released another long-winded bizarre video in which he said contracting COVID-19 was a quote

blessing from God and talked about the antibody cocktail he received from Regina Ron as a quote cure for the record.

It is a potential treatment. It is still experimental and it is very much not widely available yet due diligence also dictates that we mentioned that Trump previously had a financial stake in Regina Ron, the makers of that antibody treatment, as well as a stake in Gilead, the makers of the other experimental drug that he was given rim, Desevere.

And meanwhile, as cases linked to the administration spread, a memo obtained by the New York Times warned White House staffers about what to do and interacting with Trump, including wearing yellow gowns, surgical masks, and gloves among other PPE, when within six feet of him.

We haven't gotten more information about Trump's current condition.

We still don't know when he last tested negative for COVID.

And multiple recent reports also suggest that Trump wasn't being tested daily at least recently.

His physician Dr. Sean Conley said that a test on Monday revealed the president had antibodies, which prompted health experts to question the significance of that given the fact that he received an antibody treatment just days before.

Even a spokesperson for Regina Ron suggested that the test was likely just detecting the antibody cocktail that was given to Trump.

Yeah, and then outside of DC, there's still about 40,000 new cases being identified daily in the United States as we approach winter.

Particular trouble spots have emerged in states like North Dakota, where hospitalizations have been rising.

The situation in Wisconsin is also grim and health officials announced on Wednesday that they would open a field hospital to accommodate more potential COVID cases.

Right. So the pandemic remains the top story. And that was the case at last night's debate where Senator Kamala Harris and vice president Mike Pence faced offered about 90 minutes with some plexi last dividers between them.

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