Of the right wing Patriot Prayer group during a confrontation with black lives matter protesters. The fbi and atf are not helping portland Law Enforcement in that investigation. Yesterday, the mayor of portland, oregon, rejected help from the feds to contain the unrest and accused President Trump of inflaming tensions. The president responding this morning tweeting portland is a mess. And it has been for many years. If the stroke of a mayor doesnt clean it up we will go in and do it for them. Florida congressman val demings say President Trump created the crisis. This is exactly what happens when homeland security, the intelligence community, the military, and others who were charged with protecting our homeland are politicized. Melissa matt is life in portland with more. Right now, Portland Police are actively investigating this weekends shooting death. Police are asking for any eyewitness accounts or video which they say can greatly help them. This is the intersection where police say that man was shot in the chest and killed on saturday. Theres a small card and flowers tied to the tree here. Portland police have not officially released the name of the victim, but the victims name has appeared on social media and in local reports as aaron danielson, a reported supporter of the conservative group Patriot Prayer. The shooting happened after a caravan of President Trump supporters cruised through portlands downtown streets in a planned demonstration on saturday. Opposing groups and rioters clashed and ultimately a man was shot dead hours after the caravan ended. Local reports say there is a shooting suspect being investigated this morning, we will keep you updated throughout the day as police formally identify the victim or shooter. Oregons governor and portland mayor are pointing the finger at President Trump and the Patriot Prayer group. The person that ended up being the victim appears to be associated with Patriot Prayer. Here is portlands mayor blaming the protrump caravan that came to the city this weekend. When people say they want to come to the city in a caravan supporting their president ial candidates, we cannot tell them no. Their Constitutional Rights to be here, rights which i embrace and support. The violence however is the problem. Here in portland, it was the 94th night of unrest last night. Police formally declared yet another Unlawful Assembly and made 29 arrests because of criminal rioting including throwing objects at police. Portlands mayor is urging anyone that might come to portland to seek revenge for this weekends shooting death to stay away. Pullens police chief says its critical that people refrain from conjecture, because lives are at stake. Theyve chosen not to prosecute many of the criminal violent rioters here over the past couple months, but federal authorities are not being as lenient. Here in portland, 76 people have been hit with lateral chargers and nationwide, 302 people are facing federal charges related to ongoing unrest and rioting. Oregons governor has authorized state police to return to portland to help the Police Department which has been stretched thin. Melissa. Melissa matt, thank you for that. Speaking of portland, we want to go right to the white house. Kelly mcinerney is addressing. Lets listen in. Nearly 1,000 National Guard troops were deployed at the request of local officials. Resident trump showed up and law and order arrived. Nationally according to the doj, 300 have been arrested under 302 charged amid riots and unrest. Democrats are late to the game, i stood behind this podium and highlighted this issue for months. This president is always willing to show up, it is incumbent on president s to step up. Invite federal Law Enforcement and we stand ready, do not tolerate anarchy, violence, and destruction. Rioting is not right, secure your streets. President trump will visit kenosha, wisconsin, tomorrow, this president will go to cities where americans are hurting and with that ill take questions. Hes going to kenosha tomorrow, does the president have plans currently to meet with jacob blakes family . Currently the plans are to meet with local Law Enforcement and Business Owners and survey the damage, there will be more detailed plans forthcoming. I know that theres been outreach from the white house, who has the white house reached out to in a jacob blakes family and why have they not been able to get a connection made sense he was shot and hospitalized . I would refer you to what the chief of staffs office has tweeted, they detailed that operation. The president was asked on friday if he thought the shooting of jacob blake was justified, he said he was going to learn more about it. Now that days have passed, does the president think that shooting was justified or unjustified . I would refer you back to the president s remarks thursday, the investigation is ongoing. He was not willing to weigh in more. He will have a briefing this afternoon you can ask him more about. Do you think he doesnt have any further thoughts . I refer you back to his comments and will say there is an ongoing investigation. The president condemns the actions of kyle rittenhouse, accused of shooting protesters. The president is not going to weigh in on that, he may weigh in further this evening but at the moment, hes not weighing in. I think he wanted to bring some attention to some of the details that arent as well known that the individual would be attacked, and one of the individuals who arrived on the scene did have a gun, so there was some detail that were not public or as public as they should be, hes referring to that. He wanted supporters to show up. The president roundly condemns violence in all of its forms. The National Intelligence briefings with the hill, the information leak was wrong so if thats the case, how can it be considered sensitive . Are you referring to the jul . So the president has been very clear and more clearly director ratcliffe in saying that leaks for political purposes are not to be tolerated, we will fulfill statutory obligations but leaks private briefings to congress should not be tolerated. How long will debriefings be off the table . Is this permanent or through the election . I refer you to dni but they have been very clear they will fulfill their statutory obligation but not participate. Tiktok, china has said they will require ticktock to signt to chinese approval question marks negotiations are ongoing on the sale of tiktok, we will not get in way of that by providing comment. The administration is committed to protecting the American People from all cyber related threats to critical infrastructure, Public Health and safety, and these apps that ive detailed from the podium before collect significant amounts of private data on users which can be accessed and used by the prc. On the timeline here, theres some confusion among buyers. There was one that said it would be a 45day deadline to ticktock to stop business in the u. S. , there was a 90 day deadline for tiktok. Can you clear that up for the market, what is the actual deadline question arc i have to check in, i will get back with you about the discrepancy. Thank you, broadly what does the president want to achieve by going to kenosha and what is his or the white houses response to local and state leaders urging him not to come at this time question marks because the president wants to visit hurtinn louisiana and texas in response to the hurricane so he wants to show up in a city that is hurting. Also i think its important to note that our federal response, in kenosha and minneapolis, there was violence on the streets and literally within 24 hours you saw a turnaround when federal officials came in. So i think highlighting that the federal government has done a lot in the way of keeping law and order to create peace but showing up for hurting americans is a primary concern. He didnt show up in portland where they were also protests that he talked about a lot, is it not also because wisconsin is a political state . Hes showing up to see hurting americans, he goes to several states every week. Coronavirus infections have now reached 6 million in the u. S. , over 180,000 dead. Why does the president retweet report over the weekend that appears to have a death toll much lower than that . If the president was referring to ac dc, new information that shows that 94 of cases of fatalities were not just covid alone, there was another comorbidity or extenuating matter. Hes just pointing to those numbers, we are encouraged to see a drop in cases, deaths, hospitalizations, we have one of the lowest case fatality rates in the world, in fact hours is 3. 1 . E. U. And u. K. Together is 10. 5 , we are encouraged our therapeutics are working and saving lives thanks to the hard work of President Trump. He tries to downplay the doctoral. He was highlighting new cdc information that was worth noting. Took a video or retweeted a video of people driving into portland with trump and american flags on it. What about that image does the presidency as patriotic . You are talking about people going into a city which they dont live, presumably to protect property they dont own. The president was highlighting these are good americans going to peacefully protest and show their voice, and thats what he was noting by the tweet and highlighting the video which he routinely does. Shooting paintballs at people, getting in the mix with people. I dont think the president has seen that video, if youre going to ask about paintballs its incredible that for 90 days i stood at this podium talking about officers who have lasers flashed in their iced to blind them, commercial grade fireworks being thrown at them, a Church Burning down, people harassed and yelled at, dan bongino right out here, and youre going to ask me about paintballs when in fact for 90 days youve seen horrific, horrific violence by antifa and radical Anarchist Organizations, youre going to ask me about paintballs . Im going to ask you about it, you maintain that the people who went into the city the president has not seen that video, i dont know the people youre referring to were part of that activity. Look, theres been 90 days of violence from leftwing anarchists. Its incredible that today is the one time youre interested in violence when its paintballs and we dont even know who set off these paintballs, but you failed to ask for 90 days about violence from an Anarchist Organization because it happens to be on the left. President also traveling this week to wilmington, why is he traveling specifically to wilmington, why is that the place hes choosing to designa designate, and is this related in any way to the fact that North Carolina is considered a must win state for the preside president . There is not a political purpose, the president is visiting to commemorate a great site in american history. A federal judge in georgia last week denying citizenship to a couple. And it must ration denying gay couples for their children born overseas. How can this be part of the lgbtq that was nothing to do with the sexual orientation. Leading a Global Initiative to an decriminalization of homosexuality throughout the world, launching a plan to aid d the aids epidemic and easing a ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. If anything were further id refer you to th to the its an important question, we will always stand on the side of freedom and democracy. We continue to follow the developments in belarus closely and to support International Efforts to look independently into electoral irregularities, human rights abuses, and the government crackdown and massive number of belarusians protesting peacefully makes clear that the government can no longer ignore the people call for democracy. Russia must also respect belarus sovereignty and the right of the people to elect their own leaders. The president had a Campaign Rally friday night talked about the possibility of declaring insurrection over the rioting. If so, what is holding them back . The president does not want to invoke insurrection act, which has been used very sparingly. What he does want is to help the cities where he can, and when you see kenosha, there was peace. In minneapolis, and both of those cases thats the invitation of the governor so we want to work collaboratively with democrat mayors and governors, they do hold the police power as embedded in the constitution to control their streets. We are willing to supplement. The person killed in portland last weekend was a trump supporter. Does the president feel like portland is too dangerous for his supporters . Should they stay away . The president believes that people of all ideologists should be able to peacefully protest and not have their lives put at risk like Aaron Jay Danielson who lost his life. His suspected killer said he was 100 antifa and ready for warp appeared on acceptable. Given that the coronavirus numbers are going up, is the president rethinking opening schools . What is the administrations message to parents who worry about sending their kids back to class . Theres been a drop in cases, deaths, and hospitalizations since the peak in july. We saw a 38 decrease in the seven day average of cases. So numbers are going down, its paramount that students have the option to go back to school, that students have a choice to send their kids back to school. As dr. Redfield said, cdc director, i think we have to be honest that the Public Health and interest of students is to get a quality education and facetoface learning, we need to give parents this option. Theres a lot of consequences for schools being closed. Kellyanne conway says the more chaos and anarchy and violence rains, the better it is for the clear choice of Public Safety and law order. Democrats say the president inc. Violence works in political favor. He is not rooting for more violence in the slightest, under his administration we saw crime nationwide decrease in 2017 and 2018 after rising the two previous years. We are encouraged that operation legend is working in kansas city, violence has been cut by a third and indianapolis weve gotten 49 guns off the streets in two weeks were related to gun violence. Does it help make a case for his reelection question marks because no one wants to see this, in seattle you are the first eight months total of murders almost surpassing the entire amount in 2019. This is because the defund the police movement, because of the criticism of belief its officers and drawing down of funds for these officers. No one wants to see this, which is why the president is fighting against that movement and hes fighting for a robust operation and response. Why hasnt the president said americans shouldnt be taking their own weapons to protect buildings and condemning the idea of people deputizing themselves . Does the white house believe that citizen should stop showing up in cities . This white house believes police should be fully funded, we should have more Police Rather than less. Our police officers, who are responsible for taking to the streets and protecting us. When they are called cancers by congresswoman ilhan omar, when they are compared to the kkk by current sitting Vice President ial candidate, its appalling, its despicable, we need to protect our police officers. One of the president s position on victims, family, businesses as a result of these riots . I havent spoken to him about that specifically, but certainly what you are seeing is democratic cities where you are seeing these numbers increase. When you look at portland, seattle, philadelphia, minneapolis, chicago, new york city, these have all seen anywhere from 33 spike in the murder rate to a 277 increase in one month alone in new york city. Its appalling, it is democratic governors and mayors and of lawlessness they are allowing to prevail. When federal laws come income of the situation changes. Democrats once ignored the violence, all of a sudden caring about it. Lets not forget what they said previously, nancy pelosi downplaying the violence, ignoring glee saying people will do what they do. Jerry nadler said that was a myth being spread around washington, d. C. Its not a myth, a antifa individual took the life of an innocent from supporter in portland. Chris cuomo saying show me where it says protesters are supposed to be peaceful, ill give you an idea, its the constitution. Don lemon saying the rioting has to stop. As you know, and i know its showing up in the polls, in the focus group, the only thing right now thats taking. The president has talked about law and order repeatedly. Its time for the democrats to deny what they said previously, and focus on law and order. Thats like the arsonist blaming the firefighter. Melissa that was Kelly Mcinerney speaking at the white house, the president is going to kenosha, wisconsin, despite a letter from the states governor, an expert of that letter reading i am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing, i am concerned your presence will only delay our work to overcome division and move forward together. Now is not the time for elected officials to ignore armed militants and outofstate instigators who want to contribute to our anguish. Joining me now is congressman, he represents the First District of wisconsin which includes the city of kenosha. So youre the one who represents the very district we are all talking about. It tell me what the people you represent need. I was on the ground early, thats actually why i called the president of the United States could he answer my phone call and offered to provide federal assistance immediately. Our governor waited another 24 hours but ultimately accepted that help, and on wednesday we were able to bring Public Safety to the community of kenosha. So many people called my office, they were scared, petrified themselves. For the family, for their business, for their homes, and what the president date is he said enough is enough, he answer my call, he brought resources to wisconsin, the community of kenosha, reestablished Public Safety. Now we need to rebuild and heal the community of kenosha. Melissa who do the folks in your district blame for things getting so far out of control . You have heard the back and forth, you have heard of the former Vice President biden now candidate saying the president has fomented this, the president of course from the beginning has blamed local leaders who have let what perhaps began as peaceful protests get out of control. They did not move in and stop it. When you are there in person, how did things get so far out of control . I spent time on the ground talking to people, community members, local elected officials, when this began on sunday night we were closely monitoring it and we saw things get out of control. By monday morning, i was on the phone with local elected leaders and making sure we knew we needed additional resources, ultimately the governor brought in a woefully insufficient force, by Tuesday Morning i was on the phone again and made Public Statement saying if the governor doesnt believe he has the resources, we need to seek federal assistance. Thats when i called the president , he took my call, the white house called the Governors Office and offered that assistance, it was denied for an additional 24 hours. By the time we get to wednesday, those federal resources were accepted and we brought Public Safety back to the community of kenosha. Theres a lot of questions that need to be answered. When local officials were asking for those resources, they werent coming from state leaders. Melissa i want to ask you about the visit as second, let me ask you when you look at things happening like whats going on in portland and how far out of control it is, do you think were it not for federal intervention that your city could have gone to that point . What we saw was people coming in from outside the community into kenosha with the intent of causing criminal damage, destruction, injury, and possibly death. At that point is when it became obvious and necessary that we needed those resources. When the president makes a statement that he was willing to help, it was ultimately accepted. Thats when these criminal elements new we meant business, and they ultimately were either arrested on their attempt to get into the city of kenosha but those federal resources and the president making that statement was absolutely critical. Melissa we have to go because of the breaking news, we will see if the president coming to your area makes it better or worse. 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Trump Campaign Press secretary hogan gidley says the biden team is the one taking advantage of the violence. This is their platform and plan, they want this chaos. They want to so division in his country, so it often democrats accuse republicans of doing things they themselves are guilty of actually doing. This is a great example. Melissa former arkansas governor and Fox News ContributorMike Huckabee joins me now. He is the author of the brandnew book three cs that made america great. Christianity, capitalism, and the constitution. Thank you so much for joining us. Why do you think it is we are about to see joe biden go out on the campaign trail . Just two weeks ago we heard from them probably saying be strategy was working. Why do you think hes coming out now . Because melissa it clearly isnt working anymore. If it were working, hed still be in the basement. The fact that he is coming out like Punxsutawney Phil to see if he sees his shadow is evidence that somehow they understand he should go out and face the American People. When he goes out there and delivers a speech, if you took the script away, could he deliver a speech without the words printed for him . Is he going to interact with reporters and do it without a script, predetermined questions, because if he cant, then his coming out may be more problematic than his staying in the basement. Melissa thats interesting, we look for that. In the meantime, this was former clinton strategist mike penn on the very moved to the campaign trail. Watch. There is no question that trump has picked up some momentum here coming out of the convention, that is why biden is coming out of the basement post labor day. They are organizing events, trying to figure out how to campaign, they are going to go ahead and get out and campaign because they have to but these polls are closing, its a real race. Theres no question about that. But when i said mike penn, thats mark penn of course. If he goes out and reads from up the prompter, its different if he stands there and just speaks or takes questions. Do you think average americans noticed a difference, when they turn on their tv and see him talking, dont they just listen . Its us political people that are looking closely at the details. If he goes out there and rides around in something akin to the popes bubble mobile its going to be obvious. If he doesnt take questions from reporters or doesnt interact with the public, thats not a campaign, thats a paid appearance if you will. He has got to show that he is capable of thinking on his feet, answering questions that he was not given in advance, having some type of opportunity to deal with people on the fly, and spur of the moment, because if you cant do that not only are you not a good candidate, you have no business being an elected official to anything. Thank you so much, on the other side of this break we are going to bring you that speech live just as soon as it happens. Also steve bannon facing a judge today, accused of fraud meant to help build the wall along the border, we have a live report on that. Then to Chicago Police officers are shot, while trying to make an arrest during another weekend of deadly violence. We should never question the commitment, dedication, and bravery and courage of our Chicago Police officers. Veterans, if you could lower your mortgage payments by 250 a month 3,000 a year, what would you do with the money . Save for your retirement, update your home, maybe buy a new car . Record low rates have dropped even lower. Use your va streamline refi benefit now. One call to newday is all it takes to save 3,000 every year. Ygypaex thiand its missionedic is to give you truly transformative sleep. So, no more tossing and turning or trouble falling asleep because only tempurpedic uses proprietary tempur® material. 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Starting with the two Chicago Police officers who were shot, one took a bullet in the shorter the remark shoulder, the other was shot in the torso and he is still being treated. There part of a special unit, police say they spotted a car with a suspected gunman in it, spotted the gun, called for backup, ultimately they conflicted with the gunman and he fired. But gunman also shot and survived, 19yearold Javon Williams is looking at eight felonies. Sunday morning gunman opened fire at a brunch and pancake house, frequented by the after trickster crowd. A31yearold man was crowd, there were 42 shooting scenes in chicago after that we, 52 were shot, ten killed and the Police Superintendent has gunman have been acting without consequence. Offenders have acted with impunity much more than we have seen in the past this year. Whether associated with a gang or not we have seen increasing violence aired to the wreck. Melissa breaking news right now, lets listen to joe biden on the campaign trail. The job of the president is to tell the truth to be candid, to lead, not to incite. Thats why im speaking to you today. The incumbent president is incapable of telling us the truth. Incapable of facing the facts. And incapable of feeling. He doesnt want to shed light, he wants to generate heat. And hes stoking violence in our cities. This is a tragic fact of the matter that about his perilous hour and how hes dealing with it in our nation. Now we have to stand against violence might in every form it takes. Violence weve seen again and again and again of unwarranted police shootings, excessive force, seven bullets in the back of jacob lake. Me on the neck of george floyd, killing of Breonna Taylor in her old apartment. Violence of extremists and opportunists, rightwing militias. Melissa oh goodness, there is obviously some sort of technical problem going on right there. We are going to try and see what thats about it and go to it. We may have straightened that out. I want to be clear about all of this, rioting is not protesting aired looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. If its lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted. Violence will not bring change, it will only bring destruction. Its wrong in every way. It divides instead of unites, destroys businesses, only hurts the working families that serve the community. It makes things worse across the board, not better. No its not what dr. King or john lewis taught, and it must end. Fires are burning and we have a president who fans the flames rather than fighting the flames. But we must not burn, we have to build. This president long ago forfeited any moral leadership in this country. He cant stop the violence, because for years hes fomented it. He may believe mouthing the words law and order makes them strong, but his failure to call on his own supporters to stop acting as an armed militia in this country shows how weak he is. Does anyone believe there will be less violence in america if donald trump is reelected . We need justice in america, we need to safety in america. We are facing multiple crises. Crises under donald trump have kept multiplying, covid, economic devastation, unwarranted police violence, and bold nationalists. A reckoning on race, declining faith, and the birth of the right american future. There is no reason we cant do so much more than we are doing. The common thread, the incumbent president who makes things worse not better. And incumbent president who sows chaos rather than providing order. Unencumbered president who fails in the basic duty of the job, which is to advance the truth that all of us know, that we arn with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thats right, all of us. The moms and dads in scranton where i grew up who have worked and scrape for everything theyve ever gotten in life. The autoworker in michigan who still makes the best automobile in the world. The single mom in ohio working three jobs to stay afloat, who will do anything for her child. Retired veteran in florida who gave everything he had to this country, now just once us to honor the promises made to him. A lord taylor salesperson who just lost her job, a store closing after 194 years in business. Nurses and doctors in wisconsin, seeing so much sickness, so much death, in the past six months. They wonder how much more they can take, but still they muster up the courage to take care of those patience and this pandemic while risking their own lives. Researchers in minnesota woke up this morning to find a breakthrough in treating cancer. And will do the same thing tomorrow and the day after and the day after because they will never give up. White, black, latino, asian, native americans, everybody. Im in this campaign for you, no matter your color, no matter your zip code, no matter your politics. When i think of the presidency i dont think about myself, it isnt about my brand, its about you. The American People. We can do better. And we have to do better. I promise you this we will do better. You know, the road back begins now in this campaign. You know me, you know my heart, you know my story, my familys story. Ask yourself much do i look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters . Really . I want to save america, safe from covid, safe from crime and looting, safe from socially motivated violence, safe from bad cops. Let me be crystal clear, safe from four more years of donald trump. I look at this violence and i see lies to the mike lives and communities and the dreams of Small Businesses being destroyed the opportunity for real progren issues of race and police reform. And justice been put to the te test. Donald trump looks at this violence and he sees a political lifeline. Having failed to protect his nation from the virus, that has killed more than 180,000 americans so far, trump posts and all caps treaty screaming law and order to save his campaign. One of the closest political advisors doesnt even bother to speak in code, just comes out and says it. The more chaos, violence, the better it is for trumps reelection. Just think about that. This is a sitting president of the United States of america, he supposed to be protecting this country but instead hes rooting for chaos and violence. The simple truth is donald trump failed to protect america, so now hes trying to scare america. Donald trump and mike pence cant run under record that has seen more american deaths to this virus than the nation suffered in every war since korea combined. Since they came out on their car economy, since they cant run on the simple proposition of sending our children safely back to school, since they have no agenda or vision for a second term, trump and pens are running on this and i find it fascinating. You wont be safe and joe bidens america. Whats there proof . The violence we are seeing in Donald Trumps america. These are not images of some imagined Joe Biden America in the future, these are images of Donald Trumps america today. He keeps telling you if only he was president , it wouldnt happen. If he was president. He keeps telling us if he was president , youd feel safe. While he is president , whether he knows it or not and it is happening, its getting worse, and you know why because donald trump adds fuel to every fire. Because he refuses to even acknowledge that there is a Racial Justice problem in america. Because he wont stand up to any form of violence. Hes got no problem with rightwing militia, white supremacists, and vigilantes with assault weapons often better armed than the police, often in the middle of the violence at the protesters and aiming at them. And because tens of millions of americans simply dont trust this president to respect their rights, to hear their concerns, or to protect them. It doesnt have to be this way. When president obama and i were in the white house, we had to defend federal property, we did it, we didnt see it, you didnt see us whipping up fears around the deployment of secret federal troops. We just did our job. And the federal property is protected. When president obama and i were in office, we didnt look at cities as democratic or republican run. These are american cities. But trump doesnt see himself as president for all americans. Frankly, i believe if i were president today, the country would be safer, we would see a lot less violence and heres w why. Ive said we must address the issue of racial injustice, i personally spoken to George Floyds family and jacob blakes family. I know their pain, and so do you. I know the justice they seek and so do you. They told us none of this violence respects or honors george or jacob. I believe we can bring these folks fighting for Racial Justice. Ive worked with police in this country for many years, i know most cops are good, decent people. I know how they risk their lives every time they put the shield on. And go out the door. Im confident i can bring the police to the table as well. I make sure every mayor and governor had the support they need from the federal government, but i wouldnt be looking to use the United States military against our own people. If i were president , my language will be last to be back devices. Id be looking to unite the nation. But look, if donald trump wants to ask the question who will keep you safe or as president . Lets answer that question. Some simple facts. When i was when i was Vice President of Violent Crimes fell 15 percent in this country. We did it without chaos and disorder. And yes, we did it with democratic mayors and most of the major cities in this count country. The murder right now it is up 26 across the nation this year under donald trump. Do you really feel safer under donald trump . Covid has taken this year, just at the outbreak, has taken more than 100 look, the lives, i mean, think about it. More lives this year than any other year for the past hundred years. More than 180,000 lives in just six months. An average of 1,000 people dying every day in the month of august. Do you really feel safer under donald trump . Mr. Trump, you want to talk about fear . Do you know what people are afraid of an america . They are afraid that they are going to get covid. They are afraid that they are going to get sick and die. And that is in no small part because of you. We are now on track to more than 200,000 deaths in this country due to covid. More than 100,000 seniors have lost their lives to the virus. More cops have died from covid this year then have been killed on patrol. Nearly one in six Small Businesses closed in this country today. Do you really feel safer under trump . What about trumps plan to destroy the Affordable Care act . And with it the protections for preexisting conditions. It impacts more than 100 million americans. Does that make you feel safer . Or how about trumps plan to defund Social Security . The Social Security administrations chief actuary just released a report saying that if a plan like the one that trump is proposing goes into effect, the Social Security trust fund would be and i quote permanently depleted by the middle of calendar year 2023 with no ability to pay benefits thereafter. To put it plainly, trumps plan would wipe out Social Security period. Do you feel safer and more secure now . The fear that reigns under this president does not stop at our shores. The kremlin has put bounties on the heads of american soldiers. Instead of telling Vladimir Putin that there would be no putting up with this, that there will be a heavy price to pay, they dare capture an american soldier. This president does not even bring up the subject in his mobile phone calls with putin. And they just attacked american troops in syria. Did you hear the president say a single word . Did he lift one finger . Never before has an american president played such a subservient role to a russian leader. Its not only dangerous, it is humiliating and embarrassing for the rest of the world to see. It weakens us. Not even american troops can feel safer under trump. Donald trumps role as a bystander in his own presidency extends to through the economic plan and pain. The plan let matt plan he does not have and the pain being felt by many americans. He said this week and i quote you better vote for me or youre going to have the greatest depression youve ever seen. Does he not understand and see that tens of millions of people who have had to file for unemployment this year so far . People wont be able to make next months rent payment . The people who lost wages on the cost of groceries have gone up dramatically president obama and i stopped a depression in 2009. We took a bad economy that was falling and turned it around. Trump took a good economy and drove it back into the ditch. Through his failure to get covid under control, his failure to pull together the leaders in congress, the failure to deliver real root link and real relief to working people has made our Economic Situation so much worse than it had to be. We talk about safety and security, we should talk about basic security of being able to look your child in the eye and tell them everythings going to be okay. Dont worry, honey, we are not going to lose our home. Im going to put food on the table. Its going to be okay. Thats the job of the president. Ive laid out an agenda for economic recovery. That will restore a sense of security for working families. We want just build things back the way they were before. We will build them back better with good paying jobs building roads, bridges, solar rays, windmills. With investments in the health care and child care workers so that they get the pain and dignity they deserve while easing the Financial Burdens on millions of families. With a clean enters Energy Strategy that is a place for the Energy Workers right here in western pennsylvania. I am not banning fracking. Let me say that again. I am not banning fracking. No matter how many times donald trump lies about me. This future, the future, thats what this is all about. You know, we are donald trump selfcentered rants and rifts that the voice of american should be heard. The one you should listen to is julia jackson, the mother of jacob blake. Hers is a voice of courage, character, and wisdom. Youre looking at the damage that has been done in her city, she said to the violence and destruction doesnt reflect my son or my family. These are the words of a mom, a mother whose son had just been shot seven times in front of his children. Badly injured, paralyzed, perhaps permanently and even as she seeks justice for her son, she is pleading for an end to the violence. And for this nation to heal. She said she was praying for her son, and then she said something to me that surprised me. She said she was praying for all police officers. She said she had already been praying for america even before her son was shot. She has publicly asked all of us to examine our hearts, citizens. Elected officials, police, all of us. And then she said this we need healing. More than anything thats what we need to do as a nation. We need to heal. Our current president wants you to live in fear, advertises himself as a figure of order. He isnt. And he has not been part of the solution thus far. He is part of the problem. The problem that i as president will give you my all resolve to solve. I will deal with the virus. I will deal with the economic crisis. And i will work to bring equality and opportunity everywhere. We have arrived at a moment in this campaign, we all know including the press in front of me knew that we would get to. The moment when donaltrp