Joe Biden goes on offense, campaigns in Georgia

Joe Biden is telling Americans to "clear decks for action" on everything from coronavirus pandemic to ecomy if he is elected president.

In remarks at Warm Springs, Georgia, Biden went after President Donald Trump and his administration for saying y can't contain virus, calling it a "capitulation" and "a waving of a white flag" on virus. Biden said it revealed " shocking truth of this White House: that y've never really tried" to deal with pandemic. He says Trump "turned a crisis into a trdy."

In contrast with Trump, Biden pledged that he would act "on first day of my presidency to get COVID under control." Biden also said he'd pass an ecomic plan that would "finally reward work," a health care plan and a climate plan, and he pledged to address systemic racism.

Biden is offering a hopeful call for healing in face of "lasting wound" coronavirus pandemic has left on country.

presidential minee spoke of need for nation to come toger to address its challenges and overcome division. Biden asked if heart of nation "turned to stone," and replied: "I don't think so. I refuse to believe it."

With just a week left until Election Day, Biden is making his closing pitch to nation with a mess focused on unity and a call to rise above division he says President Donald Trump has sown while in office. It's a mess with which Biden launched his campaign in May 2019, and it's one he's returned to again and again as he's sought to draw a contrast with Trump.

Previously, Biden's last major speech on me of unity was held at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in early October. His setting Tuesday was intentional as well: Warm Springs was home to Franklin D. Roosevelt's private retreat and where he came to recover from polio. Biden made reference to history made re under Roosevelt, saying site was "a reminder that, though broken, each of us can be healed" and country "can overcome this devastating virus" and "heal a suffering world."

remarks come as Biden made a late play for Georgia, a traditionally red state where Democrats see an opening because of Trump's mishandling of pandemic. He's also slated to speak at a drive-in rally in Atlanta on Tuesday evening.

(Im Credit: AP)