Weve got the tales on the latest conditions on our latest correspondents. Al roker is here where they just released the National Forecast from the National Hurricane center. Let us start there. Latest advisory just coming out. Mr. Roker, what are we seeing . Heres the deal. There you can see this is the path where we finally saw landfall in america in Cape Hatteras. Interestingly enough, its the fourth landfall. It ran it made three land falls in the bahamas, of course creating massive destruction. And now there it goes. This is the latest from the National Hurricane center. Still a category one storm. Its 50 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. The winds are still 90 miles per hour, but heres the big change. Finally getting picked up by that trough northeast. Its moving northeast at 17 miles per hour. So this things is now finally starting to book. Look at this. We have Tropical Storm watches all the way up into new finland. Weve got hurricane watches for parts of new england. And were i should say Tropical Storm storm warnings for parts of new england. And then we still have the Tropical Storm watches and warnings as you come down the south from ocean city to norfolk Tropical Storm warning and hurricane warnings down to the south around Cape Hatteras. There is still a threat here that dorian flood threat. Weve got 3 Million People impacted. This flooding in norfolk is part of storm surge. We were talking to you about this yesterday. We were probably going to see storm surge that norfolk would be involved. From Kill Devil Hills down to Cape Hatteras where weve got a flood emergency going on right now. Stumpy point, 71 miles per hour. Elizabeth city gusts of 47 miles per hour. Bow ford, 43 miles per hour. We are seeing those strong Winds Continuing and those storm surges continuing from 4 to 7 feet. There could be a lot of flooding especially down in the hampton bays area. Cape hatteras, cape lookout, a 4 to 7 foot storm surge possible. Were going to be watching that. And, in fact, as we track dorian heres the path. This is what were looking at. Friday its still a category one. Saturday morning around 8 00 a. M. Its moving past new england. And then up on into canada and beyond and then this is out of here. Here are the impacts we see. Those winds, you can see were looking at Tropical Force Winds just to the east of new york city but parts of long island, the long island sound, connecticut, on into new england. We are looking at wind gusts that will be somewhat strong, Tropical Storm force gusts tonight. Rainfall, weve got a flood threat for cape cod. Minor flooding expected down east maine and nantucket. Rainfall totals up to 5 inches. Again, this system now picking up speed, craig. It is going to be moving rather rapidly. But back behind it theres still going to be strong winds for our friends along the outer banks. I know nags head is getting slammed right now. I know catie beck is there. But it is a real zbles mess. It seems like weve been talk about this for a week. I believe its ten days since it first formed. And we knew that it followed the path fairly fairly accurately. The National Hurricane center i think did once they got past those initial models that showed that it possibly could have made its way into the gulf. That was more the euro than the american model and the National Hurricane center. So i think they did a pretty good job. And it looks like this hurricane is by the time it finally dissolves or dissipates, whatever hushs rricanes do, it have affected every state on the eastern seaboard. The fact it was able to hug the coast and run parallel to the coast there are was just a chance it was going to miss cape halter russ and if it did that there would not have been a landfall in the United States. Mr. Rok, er, thank you. Nbcs catie beck is there in North Carolina. Shes made her way to the outer banks. Shes in the beach town of nags head about 50 miles from where dorian made landfall. It looks like its worse there than it was just a few hours ago. Reporter absolutely. We are getting crushed right now. Torrential rain and some very, very strong hurricaneforce winds. Im actually kind of winded myself from all of the wind hitting me. But in any case, we are seeing these conditions continue to deteriorate as this eye wall makes igts way up the coast. And after making landfall in hatteras, these conditions have really, really started to bear down on the outer banks. We did hear from the governor earlier this morning, obviously encouraging people again to not take this storm lightly, do not think its blowing by. Hes saying hunker down. This is going to be a while before it passes. He also mentioned the top concern right now for North Carolina officials is about 200 people that are stranded on island. The road they that they would use to rescue those folks semipassable at this point. Thats going to be a top priority to get out and get those people some help. Right now there are over 200,000 people in North Carolina without power. That number is expected to increase after the storm surge. They said they were expecting 4 to 7 feet. Weve definitely been noticing the beach behind us disappearing. There was a pretty big beach this morning and that water, as you can see, is creeping up rather quickly. So although dorian seems to be passing through, it doesnt feel that way to us. All right. Catie beck, get inside. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. Msnbcs ali velshi is in the North Carolina coastal town of the moorhead city. Whats the scene like there . Reporter well, look, caties 65 miles northeast of me which makes that hurricane 110 miles northeast of here. Its long gone. But about ten hours tag sounded like a Freight Train coming through here. We didnt get Hurricane Force winds. It didnt make landfall. But it was windy, a lot of rain. We dont have a storm surge problem here. Much like when i was in charleston talking to you yesterday, the storm surge didnt up being as serious in some of these places because it didnt coincide with its high tide. In charleston they were expecting 8 feet, they got 6. 2 feet. Similar situation here there are was flooding in town but nothing serious. What we did have was some damage, downed trees, branches, some downed power lines. And in North Carolina thats going to be the biggest problem. Theres some scattered flooding and as catie was telling you, there are some people trapped but powers going to be the issue. There are 9,000 power workers staged and ready to go once the winds are low enough do so. They felt like they were here and then we got this gust about five minutes ago. But once that happens, there are 9,000 of those trucks that youre very familiar with that go around the country, they move into these emergency areas and theyre ready to start repairs very soon. There have been fema vehicles and National Guard vehicles stationed all around the area for the rescues that are necessary. Weve not seen anywhere around here in this region of North Carolina or in South Carolina that required water rescues. But there are highwater vehicles and there are lots of people ready. So the one advantage of the fact that weve been talking about in the storm for two weeks is that it gave North Carolina a chance to be ready even though it wasnt obvious that the storm was coming to North Carolina at all. Greg. Thats a really good point there. A lot of folks had a lot of time to get assets in place. I saw one of the caravans, power trucks as i was leaving florida a couple days ago. Yeah. Ali, thank you, my friend. Do appreciate you. Have a good weekend. Lets bring in craig now, former fema director of florida emergency as well. Thanks for your time on this friday. The biggest challenge is right now in the areas that we just saw, areas along the North Carolina coast there. Well, its going to be power restoration. Both of these states have unfortunately been through this several times the last couple years. And i think for the majority of the area, the high winds, power lines, and trees down are probably going to be a lot of the damages when you get off the coast. So if you can get the power back on quickly, thats going to take care of most people. Then you can focus on whats going to probably be a couple more days of getting roads reopened and getting traffic and supplies back into some hardhit areas. But, again there is a part of the country where these are very experienced state teams. Theyre well practiced. They know what do. The local communities know what do. I think it recoverys going quickly. Big thing is get the power back on. Thats the big thing with storms like this, a lot of folks dont fully appreciate the fact its not just a matter of reconnecting lines. First youve got to get the debris off of the lines, remove the trees in some of these places. A process that oftentimes depending on the extent of the damage can take days if not weeks. Priorities for the fema Response Teams up and down the east coast, craig, outside the power outages. Well, again, theyve been positioned to do search and rescue, commodities have been prestaged. But for fema, this is this is the way its designed is femas not running this operation. Were in support of the governors. A lot of this will be done by state and local officials. Although fema as there and a lot of these are urban search and rescue teams being deployed. The primary response is state and local government. The National Guard unit is out there. Femas very much it a support role here. The bahamas hardest hit by dorian. What advice do you have for folks who might be watching and listening to us on sirius satellite radio, folks who want to do something and help. Whats needed most in the bahamas specifically . Get out your credit cards, its money. People want to doe nignate item. But this is a situation where the best way to help long term and shortterm is to give to the organizations that are there working. The bahamian government is leading this response. Were, you know, u. S. Is support. But for most people the fastest and most effective sway to give money. Ill tell you why. Everything we ship over from the u. S. Is great, its needed. But it means that local businesses in the unaffected areas of the bahamas arent getting any business. We have to be concerned about the bahamian economy. This was not all the bahamas that got hit. This was two hours. Bahamas are a long island chain, 700 miles from top to bottom. But for everything that we send that we could have bought there, were were taking away business and jobs. Because what people use is whats in the bahamas every day. Better to give money, support the response, but also support the economy and thats going to be needed in the is a huge Financial Impact to these islands. Were going to go to the bahamas a little bit later in the broadcast. Craig, wonder advice. Thank you so much. In fact, the advice so wonderful were going to help you out here. On the screen right now, the web address is for three of the organizations that you can reach out to if youd like to help. These are three reputable organizations, the american red cross, the salvation army, and team rubicon. American red cross, salvation army, team rubicon. Those addresses are on your screen and well put them on our website as well. Speaking of the bahamas, a horrendous challenge, that is how the Bahamas Health minister describes the daunting task they are facing in surveying the damage across the 50mile range of the islands affected in the is thousands of survivors are still waiting on assistance there. We will head to the bahamas live ahead. Also all things granite. 2020 democrats hitting the trail in New Hampshire. Including joe biden who just picked up a big endorsement in this state. Limu emu doug hour 36 in the stakeout. As soon as the homeowners arrive, well inform them that Liberty Mutual customizes home insurance, so theyll only pay for what they need. Your turn to keep watch, limu. Wake me up if you see anything. [ snoring ] [ loud squawking and siren blaring ] only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. For adults with moderately to severely active crohns disease, stelara® works differently. Studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. 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Let us bring in mike memmaly. Hes live for us in laconia, New Hampshire. What can we expect to hear from the candidates this weekend, buddy . Reporter well, for those 19 Democratic Candidates who will be here tomorrow, this weekends message is about message and manpower. Well talk about the message part first. This is the last stage that theyll stand on before that third democratic president ial debate next week in houston. You heard the advice from ray buckley, hes the chairman of the New HampshireDemocratic Party earlier speaking with stephanie ruhle. He said the activists here who are attending that Convention Want a forwardlooking and positive message from these Democratic Candidates. Theyll have a chance to shrug it out next week. But they want to see the next president of the United States on this stage. Thats an important opportunity. There are a lot of endorsements up for grabs. So many of these key players have yet to make endorsements in this race. We saw joe biden getting some endorsements. Two former state Party Chairmen bringing his number to three. I talked about the manpower as well. Tomorrow say show of force for a lot of these candidates. Youll see on the streets of manchester even in a little bit of rain an attempt to show that theres real enthusiasm behind their kans candidacy. The ground games that these campaigns have been building up for months will be on full display. And for the guy i cover, joe biden, thats where that endorsement from the Firefighters Union is so important. Theyre talking about tomorrows convention, breakout moments in store. On the back page, you see the first paid media from the International Association of firefighters for joe biden. Ill reedly bill bit. It says joe biden is a lot like firefighters. Hes a Problem Solver that cares deeply about america. Later it says joe is drich to bring our country together. He has the knowledge we need and he has earned our trust. Most of all he is the candidate that can win in 2020. That electability message to key to biden who speaks here in laconia later this afternoon. All right. Mike, thank you. Let us bring in rick tyler, republican strategist, hes also msnbc analyst. And rick sea wright. Mthe title is New Hampshire power brokers surprised by the number of the field. They have yet to pick a candidate suggesting that the first primary state in the nation still very much up for grabs. How true is that . Is New Hampshire really still up for grabs . I think so. I always remind people theres still a lot of time left on the clock, still a lot of plays to be ran in this president ial primary. But, craig, i will tell you why New Hampshire is good to flirt with. South carolina is the place you want to marry if you want to beat the democratic nominee. 60 of the people who cast their vote will be African American. 55 women if the in our 2018 midterms we had 1 million between women and people of color vote for democrats. And not to mention it is the home of the most powerful African American in the u. S. Congress, jim klei born and after South Carolina many of the states that follow South Carolina will have similar voting demographics. Rick, a trump rally as you know set the record for largest crowd size as an arena there in manchester, New Hampshire, the same spot the democrats are holding that convention this weekend. Does this give you the sense that New Hampshire is going to be a legitimate battleground state next year . New hampshire has been a battleground state for a long time. The state house and senate has flipped back and forth repeatedly. The democrats took control of it in 2016. But the democrats, the state democrats are far outraising the republicans in New Hampshire. I think donald trump has weakened New Hampshire and the Republican Party and it looks to me as though the democrats are pretty energized there. Antwan, i want to go back to you. I think weve had this conversation before, this idea that democrats, two of their first primaries are in iowa and New Hampshire, places that arent necessarily as representative of the party. Yes, the party. But has there been a serious conversation had about changing that . And what is the effect of having your primary contests in states like that versus making a state that would be more representative of the demographic base of the party . I think theres work to this point. But i make no apologies by saying you cannot be the nominee without africanamerican vote. While those states are reflective of the big, broad, scope of the Democratic Party because were a bigten party, i think the ball game starts in South Carolina. What happens after South Carolina . If you dont believe me, ask candidate barack obama in 2008 and candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016. And i make no apologies testifying about the goodness of South Carolina and what she brings to this democratic nominated process. Rick, the gop continues to face significant challenges with afternoonamerican voters. If joe biden does win the nomination, how will his support specifically among that group of voters, how will that threaten the president s reelection bid . Let me disagree with a little bit of what i heard. I think you can win the democratic nomination without the africanamerican vote and i think thats what most of the democrats frankly are trying to do. Because African Americans have, far be it for me to speak for them but let me make a political observation. African americans as a whole are not progressive. Theyre more moderate. Joe biden is a safe vote for them. They do not like big promises like medicare for all. They dont like the idea of someone comes along and says were going to give you free healthcare, that sounds great. But a lot of africanamerican voters are more skeptical. Theyre going to say whos going to give me free healthcare . They dont believe that. They dont believe of that anybodys going to give them free healthcare and i think theyre very skeptical of these large promises that are made by the progressives. Which is why i think theyre not supporting Bernie Sanders and theyre not supporting elizabeth warren, but theyre supporting joe biden. And can he keep those votes. Now, the question in the general election, if African Americans stay home in the general election, trump will be president again. I think that that vote is incredibly important to the general election. I dont think it is important to the democrats, but the africanamerican vote has been promised so many things for year after year and generations. They are the most skeptical voters. Theyre going to go with someone who promises lets build on what we have, lets not throw out everything weve got and hope for the best. Rick, with all due respect you just committed the highest act of malpractice you could ever commit. The fact that theres no way i hope so. You can be the democratic nominee without having the africanamerican vote. Ask bah iraqi obama and Hillary Clinton in 2008 and 16. I will also tell you whoever the next president will be will be because African Americans voters showed up dore not show up. I totally agree with that. But to your point but during the primary, i think you can win the primary thats not mathematically possible to be a democratic nominee with having the without having the most loyal voter block in this party show up to vote for you. All you have to do is crunch the numbers. Men and women lie, numbers do not. Thats been proven election after election. If it were binary youd be correct, that is one the African Americans all voted for one candidate and not the other. The problem is you have all these candidates and votes get split. Im saying its possible. Im saying its not a great strategy, which is why my overall point is why have these progressives constantly go after these progressive ideas because they are not talking to the africanamerican voter. And thats why theyre not with us. What theyre doing is gentlemen, heres the thing. Well be able to have this conversation a lot over the next few months but well have to wrap it up there. Rick tyler, thank you, sear. And antwan, thank you as well. Still packing a punch. Had say live look at cape fear as dorian continues to just batter the North Carolina coast. Well head back there. Well also go to the bahamas where Officials Say that the final death toll, the final toll will likely soar as they are still assessing the damage there. 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All right, lets get back to our breaking news right now. Hurricane dorian just battering the North Carolina coast. Catie beck has made her way to the outer banks. Shes in nags head, North Carolina. Catie, when we checked in with you a few moments ago the wind and rain were pelting you and that seems to still be the case, although maybe to a lesser extent. Reporter yeah, absolutely. The wind is now coming in gusts so ive got a slight reprieve for a few seconds and then you get one of these massive, forceful, powerful gusts. It definitely has been interesting this morning to watch the conditions deteriorate as the eye wall of dorian makes its way around the North Carolina coast. Getting closer you can feel the impacts of that closeness almost immediately. The other thing weve been noticing is the disappearing beach behind us. We have about 15 feet before the water reaches this dune. Yesterday theres with 200 yards of beach in front of us and now its encroaching on the boardwalk where i stand. These conditions have definitely, definitely deteriorated. The other thing the governor is saying is that Everyone Needs to get to high ground at that point. Hes calling this a flash flood emergency because of this storm surge, because of whats happening now as a result of this weather moving in. He says the flooding is going to be the big concern. Roadways impassable and people stranded. There are currently 200 people stranted on an island. The governor is trying to figure out a way get those folks some help. But at that point hes telling anyone that remained on the island, get to higher levels of your house. Get as far away as you can from the flooding because the storm surge is serious and it is happening. There was a occur knew was curf until noon today. Theyre out to assess the damage and if there are passable roads. At that point no evacuation orders have been lifted yet. I think as the weather continues to hammer us i dont think that there will be. Craig. Catie beck there for us, nags head, North Carolina. Thank you. And of course the beach rhee recognition wi erosion will one of the damages there. Whatever they see there in the tar heel state and South Carolina and florida will pale in comparison to what they are dealing with in the bahamas and what theyll be dealing with for some time. The death toll from dorian has risen to 30. Its expected to climb even higher. Theres a 24 hour rescue and recovery ef nor t recovery effort in effect right now. Morgan chesky is live in nassau and i understand you were able to get a first hand look at some of the most devastated parts of the island. Weve seen some of the overhead, some of the aerial footage of the damage and devastation there. How bad is it on the ground . Reporter craig, to witness the devastation from the air is one thing. But when we arrived in Marsh Harbour on abaco island, one of the first places that dorian struck, it was simply stunning devastation. We kept waiting to drive out of the damage, but then we realized that it just continued as far as you could see in nearly every direction there. And right now there are dozens of people just trying to get off the island anyway they can. Thats who we met when we first landed at that airport there when was under water until about yesterday. And then as we drove into the town, a lot of the roads still submerged in certain spots, covered in debris. We came upon a clinnic that was useds a shelter where people rode out the storm but its been a gathering place. These people arent necessarily injured but they have nowhere else to go. Time and time again when i asked them what dorian took away, they said everything. For the people with critical injuries they have been airlifted here to nassau where they have been taken to nearby hospital to get care. I spoke to a gentleman who saved his brothers life after he slipped off a roof into the water in Marsh Harbour. He suffered a broken leg when debris hit him. I had a chance to ask him about that experience and heres what he to say. Youre on the roof grabbing your brother and then debris does this. Does this to me. And i didnt let him go because if i let him go, he would have gone in the wind with the surge. Washed away. Washed away. I watch my friends die in front of me. Reporter those stories coming out time and time again, craig. And we dont think theyre going to be stopping anytime soon. The minister of health telling me there is still hundreds if not thousands of people that are unaccounted for on those hardhit islands. Craig. All right. Morgan chesky there in nassau for us. Morgan, thank you. Keep us posted. Well be checking in with you a lot over the next few hours and days. Justice for all, that is the theme of our new network wide series. 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For the children of incarcerated, a parents absence can take a toll. Recently i visited a program to help these kwids. And officials, officials contend its making prisons safer. This is selena valley state prison, home to more of 3,000 of the states most serious criminal offenders. For 360 days of the year it can be one of the hardest places to serve time. But for five days, there are smiles, laughter, even hugs. This is camp briggs. A summer camp unlike any other designed to reject children with their fathers. I feel very blessed to be able to be here with my kids. On that is incarcerated for attempted murder. But by steering clear of trouble for a full year, he and six other dads earned a spot at camp grace. For him, that means seeing his daughter and son. How did you qualify for this . No writeups. Basically dont get in trouble. Do good. This is an incentive do good, i would imagine. This is a big incentive do good. There nor saints among the men here. 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They contributed to the first stall meant of the life series feature inmates sentenced to life in federal prison for nonviolent drug offenses. First of all, thank you, eileen. If you for yo thank you for your time. Ive enjoyed this series. These men are going remain in prison for nonviolent low level drug offenses for the rest of their lives despite the first step back which was releasing people on a thirdstrike drug charge. How are they slipping through the cracks or the first step back . First, thanks so much for having me. Youre absolutely correct. First step back was passed last year. And the impression is that its all encampusing, all sweeping. Weve heard about thousands of inmants mates being released. But the part you talked about, that third strike reform, its not retroactive. So for somebody who may have a third strike incarceration today, that mandatory life science, that mandatory minimum wont be there. But for people who have already been incarcerated under third strike, their, you know, presumably at this point in for life. And you also introduce a guy whos been in prison for more than 11 years, sentenced to life for pot distribution. Right. Now that the sale of marijuana is legal in a number of states, is that going to change his sentence . Might that change or does it go back to what we just talked about . You know, at this point thats not changing for him. So he has applied for clemency once already. He applied and that was rejected in 2016 under the obama administration. Hes trying to apply for that again. But, you know, youre absolutely correct. He is not going to be free at this point. You know, hes going to be in there for life. This was a third strike offense. A marijuana charge. He had actually had two other strikes. One more marijuana and one also for cocaine. But, you know, at this point hes not saying that he doesnt deserve to be incarcerated the thats the interesting thing. Both of them that i talked to said, look, we know we did some things that were not okay. We know we broke the law. But a life sentence for Something Like selling marijuana just seems a step too far. Especially, as you said, across the country were seeing this legalize. Were seeing people making millions of dollars off marijuana sales. Were seeing states collect millions of dollars in taxes off of marijuana sales. And hes going nobody there at this point for the rest of his life. For selling weed. Right. Accord to the aclu, as you know, theres no difference in the rate of pot use between blacks. Correct. Between weihites in this country. In 2018, 84 of the more than 2000 marijuana offenders who were federally sentenced look like me and you. Thats right. 11 were white. What do we know about the reason behind this Racial Disparity . Its very interesting. We know theres a history in this country of black and brown communities being disproportionately affected throughout the criminal Justice System. Its not necessarily just for pot use. Its not necessarily just for drug use. We know that things like stop and frisk affect black and brown communities more than white communities. So, you know, theres historical precedence for this. Its not unusual that theres a heavy crackdown in black and brown communities over marijuana use. And that, you know, i talked to somebody part of my piece focused on how a lot of whites in this country are getting rich off of the marijuana sales. So if you look at, you know, the top tier of the industry for legalized pot sales, its dominated by white mails. But doesnt mean there arent black people getting into the system and selling legally. I spoke to a man who has an online website where he hooks people up who have medical problems with doctors for cannabis. And i said, you know, there arent a lot of people who look like me in the Legal Industry because of the history of whats happened with the overincarceration of black and brown people. So even though now theres a legal avenue for people, there are people who are afraid to enter it because theres a history in this country of certain people being overincarcerated and other people not. Eileen rivers, usa today. Eileen, thank you. Thanks for your time. Thank you so much for having me. Again, read the first stallments at liefrs. Usatoday. Com. Also in todays paper, an interview with lester holt in angola prison reporting on massive incarceration in this country. You can also catch lesters experience inside angola on a special dateline, tonight 10 00 eastern only on nbc. And on sunday lesters going to take us inside Sing Sing Correctional Facility for a special conversation on criminal just reform. Watch the justice for all town hall 10 00 eastern including john legend. Thats only on msnbc. 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Look, part of what the white house is saying, part of it isnt true. There is a history of parties canceling primaries. That happened to pat buchanan when he challenged president bush in 1992 in iowa. They canceled their priority. Primaries can be canceled if theres no legitimate candidate that qualified for the ballot. Thats not whats going on here. The president is trying to keep anybody who would challenge him off the ballot by making it more difficult. Ballot access in most states is controlled by the party. Even if theres not a ballot, they can do other things. Where i live in virginia, they can select whether theyll have a primary or a convention, depending on who they want as a nominee. They can also decide is this going to be an open primary. Can independents vote in the prime or is it a closed primary or even a possibility of having a crossover where people in the other party so theres all kinds of things that can go on. When they curry favor with the president , they end up doing their bidding. Gabby, do we know if the white house initiated this move, or if state officials nish yalted this move . Its a little bit of a mix of both. The Trump Campaign has had a hand behind the scenes. Theyve been trying to coordinate with state parties to erase the primaries in a number of these states. It comes from the Republican National rules committee as well. Theyre pro trump individuals who want to do away with the primaries. So as to save the president the embarrassment of having bill weld or joe walsh or any other potential primary challenger to gain traction in those states to gain votes that peel away support from the president. Essentially their key motivation there is to prevent President Trump from feeling embarrassed. We know back in 2016, the way that the convention unfolded in the primaries leading up to that there were a number of moments where President Trumps nomination did not seem to be clear. That was because of republicans who were challenging him, republicans who obviously wanted to peel support away from him. He avoided that ultimately but its something they dont want to have the chance of repeating this time around. Gabby e theres also as you know this new poll thats out looking at battleground wisconsin. According to the poll, President Trump loses to joe biden and Bernie Sanders. This is from marquette university, among 800 registers voters there in wisconsin. Margin of error, plus or minus 3. 9. Whats the current state of the president s Reelection Campaign in wisconsin . What do we know about it . Well, theyre building their ground game in wisconsin. They do have a presence there already. It will grow by the end of the year and into early next year. One of the things theyre doing with an eye towards wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania, is they are trying to make a play for organized labor, Union Households. People who may have been inclined to support President Trump in 2016 but ultimately voted for Hillary Clinton. This time around would be more supportive of a nominee like joe biden versus the president. They plan to have a grass Roots Coalition that will go after those Union Households and labor voters. Rank and File Union Members included. Theyre definitely paying close attention to the dynamics and the landscape in wisconsin. Certainly something thats at the top of their minds, an area of concern i would say. Gabby orr, politico, and mr. Tyler, pulling double duty for us, thank you, enjoy the weekend, guys. Coming up lester holt will join Andrea Mitchell to talk about the eye opening two night stay at this countrys largest maximum security prison. Hell have that conversation ahead of tonights dateline special. When you brush, you may have gingivitis. And the clock could be ticking to much worse bad breath. Then, over time, receding gums. And possibly. Tooth loss. 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To give a life sentence and say, look, youre not worthy of rehabilitation, i believe thats where we get it wrong. Youre saying if we take hope out of the equation, thats where we get in trouble . You take hope out of the equation theres going to be a lot of trouble. Good day, everyone, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Tracking dorian, the hurricane now making its first landfall on the atlantic coast. This morni