>>> A NOTABLE DEVELOPMENT AS 2020 CANDIDATES BALANCE PUBLIC
HEALTH MESSAGES AND CAMPAIGN
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY. THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
UNLEASHES ON NBC’S "THE TONIGHT
SHOW."
SHOW." WATCH.
WATCH. >> JOE BIDEN WOULD BE OPENING TO
HAVING A PHONE CALL TO TALK
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
>> THAT’S OKAY.
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU TAKE HIS
CALL?
CALL? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I’D LOVE TO SPEAK TO HIM.
>> WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TESTS
OUT THERE, STILL DON’T HAVE OUR
FIRST RESPONDERS AREN’T HAVING
THE PROTECTION THEY NEED,
DOCTORS DON’T HAVE THE
PROTECTION THEY NEED.
ONLY YESTERDAY AT HIS PRESS
CONFERENCE DID THE PRESIDENT
START TO GRASP THE REALITY OF
WHAT HE’S FACING IN TERMS OF THE
NUMBER OF POTENTIAL DEATHS, THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING
TO CONTRACT THE VIRUS.
>> THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN ALSO
CONFIRMING IN HIS STATEMENT "OUR
TEAMS WILL BE IN TOUCH AND WE
WILL ARRANGE A CALL."
STEVE KORNACKI IS HERE IN THE
STUDIO WITH ME AT THE BIG BOARD.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> I HOPE YOU’RE DOING WELL.
YOU HAVE A NEW ARTICLE THIS
LOOKS AT HOW HISTORY SHOWS AND
TEACHES US ABOUT RE-ELECTION
CHANCES FOR PRESIDENTS DURING
TIMES OF NATIONAL CRIES SSES.
>> WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS COME
OUT, A LOT OF POLLING IN THE
LAST WEEK OR SO.
I’M NOT SURE WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN
IS QUITE GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS BUT THERE IS
GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF A
CAMPAIGN, THERE IS GOING TO BE
AN ELECTION.
AN ELECTION. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE FROM POLL
NUMBERS WHAT PEOPLE MAKE OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS RESPONSE
TO THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS HIS AVERAGE
APPROVAL RATING.
APPROVAL RATING. A BUNCH OF POLLS COME OUT JUST
IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS ASKING
THE QUESTION DO YOU APPROVE,
DISAPPROVE OF TRUMP.
THIS IS THE CLEAR POLITICS
AVERAGE.
AVERAGE. THEY HAVE MET 47.7% APPROVAL
RATING.
RATING. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT
THIS.
THIS. NUMBER ONE, IF YOU COMPARE THIS,
YOU MENTIONED PAST PRESIDENTS
WHO HAVE BEEN HIT WITH SUDDEN
EXTREME CRISES, THINK OF JIMMY
CARTER WITH THE EYEIRAN HOSTAGE
CRISIS IN THE LATE ’70s, FIRST
GULF WAR WITH BUSH SR., AND
9/11.
9/11. THEY SAW APPROVAL 20, 30, 40
POINTS WHERE WHERE THEY HAD
BEEN.
BEEN. FOR DONALD TRUMP A GAIN OF TWO
OR THREE POINTS SO IT’S
SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY
SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN PAST PRESIDENT, BUT
AT THE SAME TIME THIS NUMBER
47.7 IS THE HIGHEST DONALD TRUMP
HAS BEEN IN HIS AVERAGE OF ALL
APPROVAL RATINGS SINCE HE’S BEEN
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE HIGH WATER MARK FOR
HIM.
HIM. THE QUESTION WITH TRUMP, WE’VE
SAID THIS FOR YEARS, IN SUCH A
TIGHT RANGE OF APPROVAL, SO MANY
PEOPLE ON EITHER SIDE ARE JUST
DUG IN, EITHER DON’T LIKE HIM OR
THEY LIKE HIM, VERY FEW PEOPLE
HAVE BUDGED.
HAVE BUDGED. SO EVEN A GAIN OF TWO OR THREE
POINTS FOR TRUMP WHICH IS WHAT
THIS REPRESENTS, IS ALSO
SIGNIFICANT AT THE SAME TIME.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
OBVIOUSLY BEING IN THE EARLY
STAGES HERE.
STAGES HERE. BUT ALSO THIS IS NOTABLE, TOO,
WHEN YOU AVERAGE TOGETHER TRUMP
VERSUS BIDEN, NOTE JUST THE
APPROVAL RATING ANYMORE, BIDEN
CONTINUES TO LEAD HERE.
THIS IS THE AVERAGE OF ALL THE
POLLS THERE, IT’S ABOUT A
SIX-POINTENING VA FOR BIDEN AND
ALSO THIS BY THE WAY, WISCONSIN
THIS COULD BE THE ULTIMATE SWING
STATE IN 2020, CERTAINLY PIVOTAL
IN 2016.
IN 2016. CHECK THIS ONE OUT.
TRUMP NARROWLY WON WISCONSIN,
THE FIRST REPUBLICAN TO DO IT IN
32 YEARS.
32 YEARS. TRUMP TRAILING BIDEN BY THREE
POINTS IN WISCONSIN, A POLL FROM
MARQUETTE LAW OUT YESTERDAY AND
ALSO THAT PRIMARY THAT IS
SCHEDULED FOR WISCONSIN NEXT
TUESDAY, A LOT OF STATES HAVE
MOVED THEIRS TO MAY TO JUNE, TO
MAIL-IN.
MAIL-IN. WISCONSIN IS GOING FORWARD THEY
SAY NEXT TUESDAY.
BIDEN VERSUS SANDERS AND HERE IS
THE POLL THERE, THE NEW ONE FROM
MARQUETTE LAW, 62-34, BIDEN OVER
SANDERS.
SANDERS. KEEP IN MIND IN 2016 SANDERS WON