Becoming the first black woman, also the first asianamerican and just the fourth woman in u. S. History on a major Party President ial ticket. This morning, what she brings to the Campaign Including a new jolt of excitement for democrats as well as republicans. With President Trump already on the attack, how he plans to go after his newest general election opponent and if his attacks will stick. Our team is spread out covering every angle of this story. Lets start with nbcs andrea mitchell, in wilmington, delaware, this morning, ahead of their joint debut. Also with us, msnbc contributor yamisha alsindor and carol lee live at the white house. Andrea, lets begin with you, what can we expect for this big kickoff . Well, were here at a school in wilmington, it happens to be the school where joe biden usually votes. And this is where hes going to appear socially distanced with his running mate. This is their first joint appearance, you saw the video, which was of him asking her in a chat o
Know what actually happened there are going to be developments Significant Developments before the elections. Brand new fox news poll may shed some light on the socalled silent majority. The 39 think their neighbors are going to support President Trump. There is simply more enthusiasm for him than there is for joe biden. Life is a highway i want to ride it all night long youre going my way. Brian i just looked at the rundown, i dont know if were going to get all this in today. Thats how much is going on in the news. This might be too much. Steve i got news for you,. Brian look at how much news there is to go over today. Ainsley you will be done in three hours. Steve or three hours after this on the radio. Brian all right, good. Steve listen, everybody, it seemed like a long summer, right . We are already halfway through the month of august. Its august 14th. Brian look at our tans. Steve we know have you many choices in the morning on what to watch cable news thank you for watching us a
Outside for the next three months at a minimum. President trump today we saw joe biden continue to politicize a pandemic and to show his appalling lack of respect for the american people. Joe doesnt know too much. Sandra President Trump firing back at joe biden as the Presumptive Democratic nominee slams the administrations Coronavirus Response while calling for a National Mask mandate. Good morning, everyone. Ifm im sandra smith. Trace im trace gallagher. President trump calling the proposal unscientific but Public Opinion appears to be in biden. More than 70 of americans support a requirement to wear a mask outside the home. Sandra jackie is reporting live for us this morning. Good morning to you, sandra, good morning, trace. 16 states currently dont have statewide mask mandates. All of them run by republican governors. Former Vice President joe biden was talking to them when he called on governors to enact a nationwide mask mandate. The estimates by the experts are it will save over
Independence. Every single american should be wearing a mask when they are outside for the next three months at minimum. Every governor should mandate, every governor should mandate mandatory mass squaring. Its not about your rights, its about your responsibilities. Thats what real leadership looks like. We just witnessed real leadership. Jesse once again, joe and kamala didnt even bother to take questions from the press after the event. Dana perino, at an event like this when youre going to make a big policy splash that a lot of constitutional scholars like myself have major questions about, you think youd be able to maybe open it up for one, maybe two questions afterwards. Dana theyve got a strategy from the campaign and they are sticking to it and look, its working for them for right now but as ive been saying this week, i dont think that is sustainable and i think a couple things on this point. I believe it is politically smart for them to draw a stark contrast with President Trump
Where the president makes comments that oh, my god. I dont know, we wont call them fascist comments and wont say look at these people squashed together. That its what autocrats do and say, but it is what autocrats do and say, when youre once again glorifying violence. And as the president s long done, you know, celebrated the fact that people could get hurt at their rally if they exercise their First Amendment rights. And of course, later on in the rally, the president , basically said a member of congress was not an american, that you know, the whole how is her country doing . Why is she telling us what to do in our country . Oh, my god. Im sorry, if thats not what fascists do, i would love for a professor or somebody who studies fascism to let us know if that is not the practice of fascist leaders, and if donald trump may not be trying to imitate them and working his crowds into a frenzy. Well go through the clips, but youre right, rarely do you see bigotry as explicit as it was, don