October 5, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode

President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis also affects the campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden in the final weeks before Election Day. Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to the Biden campaign, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss her reaction to Trump’s illness and how Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris and their staff have been working to prevent coronavirus exposures while still appealing to voters.

Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and NPR’s Domenico Montanaro join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including how President Trump’s COVID-19 infection is affecting public sentiment toward him, the Biden campaign’s response to the news and how the Supreme Court nomination battle could motivate voters.

Some medical experts have expressed confusion and concern over President Trump’s treatment. George Washington University’s Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and former Baltimore health commissioner, and Dr. William Lang, former deputy White House physician and director of the White House medical unit under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, join Judy Woodruff to discuss.

Several of President Trump's family members and close associates have tested positive for COVID-19 along with him. What is the atmosphere like at the White House when it comes to the pandemic? Olivia Troye, a former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence who previously participated on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, left the administration in August. She joins John Yang to discuss.

President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis sent shockwaves across the country -- and through his reelection campaign. How is his team responding to his illness, and what can we expect from the final few weeks before the election? One of his campaign’s senior advisers, Steve Cortes, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss reaction to the first Trump-Biden debate and the latest poll numbers in battleground states.

In our news wrap Monday, some New York City schools will close Tuesday in areas where COVID-19 infections are on the rise. Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an order affecting 100 public and 200 private schools, citing a lack of testing data. Also, a single fire north of San Francisco has charred 1 million acres, making it the state’s largest ever. Some two dozen blazes are still burning.

President Trump returned to the White House Monday evening, after spending just under three days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for coronavirus treatment. How will his medical care continue outside the hospital, and what does his illness mean for White House staff and Trump’s reelection campaign? Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.