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MARTIN: Before I let you go, just briefly, Mara, what about the race for the Senate? I mean, getting Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation through was a big deal to Republicans in the Senate. In the near term, Amy Coney Barrett is going to be on the court in time to hear some voting rights cases that could determine whether hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots are counted in states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and North Carolina, which is one of the reasons Republicans were in such a hurry to confirm her and swear her in. He did swear her in at the White House last night. This is something that conservative Republicans have been working towards for decades. This is a huge triumph for him to cement a 6-3 conservative majority on the court. LIASSON: He's not really talking about it, which is puzzling. But he's not really talking about it, is he? I mean, this is his third Supreme Court nominee to get confirmed. She was sworn in as the newest justice on the U.S. MARTIN: You know, it's notable, to me anyway, that you haven't mentioned Amy Coney Barrett. And they're especially hopeful about young voters who are turning out in multiples of the rate they turned out in 2016. Democrats are hoping they can continue the strong turnout of minority voters and women. Republicans are hoping that their voters will now start turning out in droves between now and November 3 to offset the advantage the Democrats are believed to have from mail-in votes and early voting. LIASSON: The race stands where it's been for a long time. MARTIN: Remind us where the race stands now actually. And Biden is presenting himself as the antidote to Trump's divisiveness and chaos. He says he's the outsider, and Biden's the establishment figure who's been around for 47 years and hasn't solved any problems. But Trump has settled on an outsider message even though he's the incumbent. And he's been saying that Donald Trump is the worst president to deal with the virus. As a matter of fact, it is surging in several important swing states like Wisconsin. Well, the closing arguments are a lot about COVID - for Trump, COVID's over for Biden, COVID's still here. But more broadly, what are their closing arguments? MARTIN: So we heard in those clips, in the introduction, the two of them going at it over a coronavirus response. If Biden were to win, he wants Democrats to have the Senate majority. And there are two Senate races in Georgia, which is very important. But the polls show that Biden is even or slightly ahead of Trump there. He's also going to Nebraska - that shows you how he's playing defense. Those are states where he's been trailing Biden pretty consistently.

Today, he's going to be in Michigan and Wisconsin. Biden, on - he is going two swing states that got him to the White House last time. This time, he's trying to find and excite more of his base voters and turn them out. In 2016, those big Trump rallies were a sign of his momentum. His campaign says it's a sign of his stamp and energy, something they say Biden doesn't have because he's been keeping a lower key schedule.

LIASSON: Donald Trump is using the time to go to a lot of rallies and a lot of places. MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: Good morning, Rachel. MARTIN: National political correspondent Mara Liasson is with us. JOE BIDEN: The bottom line is Donald Trump is the worst possible president, the worst possible person, to try to lead us through this pandemic. MARTIN: And here's Joe Biden speaking in Chester, Pa. And we're going to have a boom like you've never seen before. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: The Biden lockdown would crush America, and my plan will crush the virus. Here's President Trump in Martinsburg, Pa., yesterday. In these last few days, both candidates are attacking each other, especially over the pandemic. Joe Biden is going to Georgia, making two stops in that red state now considered up for grabs. The president will be in three states today. And with the clock counting down, both President Trump and Joe Biden are on the road. We have just one week before Election Day.