October 7, 2020

27 days away from the election, President Trump continues to trail Joe Biden in the polls, and questions remain over how the breakdown in stimulus talks may play into voters' thinking. Michael Steele, former chair of the Republican National Committee and now an ardent Never Trumper, joins Christiane to break it all down.

Mental health issues have skyrocketed around the world, and the WHO says COVID has disrupted mental health services in over 90% of the world's nations. The crisis is particularly urgent for young people who may be living in isolation and struggling with the stress of remote learning. Laurie Santos is a professor of psychology at Yale and host of hit podcast "The Happiness Lab."

Astronomer and UCLA Professor Andrea Ghez has been named a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in physics. She shares the honor with Berkeley colleague Reinhard Genzel and Sir Roger Penrose of Oxford University. Ghez is only the fourth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, and she joins Christiane to react to the news.