referring to the senate vote the previous day. [applause] [cheers and applause] well, good morning again. we are thrilled to have you with us today, mr. president. we are excited about this breakfast. and we want to just let you know that there are people from all over the world here who have been praying for you and we want this to be a blessing to you today. thank you, mr. president. [applause] at this time, please welcome our very special guest, the speaker of the house of representatives, who has come to speak to our prayer breakfast. speaker nancy pelosi who is the poor and for the persecuted and many that you saw in that video. speaker, thank you. [applause] speaker pelosi: oh lord, we thank all gathered at this prayer breakfast. lifting our voices to the poor and the persecuted. buddhistsy for the and those in china. let us pray for [indiscernible] forced from their homes and incarcerated in camps. writers andfor the religious thinkers first speaking their minds.
Magazine which cited sources who said trump referred to u. S. War dead as losers and suckers. And now a flurry of tellall books hit the shelves. Cnn has obtained a copy of Michael Cohens book and he says that the president thinks not so well of minorities in the wake of the president ials kickoff announcement in 2014. According to cohen, trump told him, i will never get the hispanic vote. Like the blacks, theyre stupid to vote. We should note that cohen went to jail for lying. And obamas book in 2018 made trump rant saying, tell me one country run by a black person that isnt an s hole. Theyre all toilets. Another book is on its way according to the former fbi agent peter strzok, he said investigates had to decide whether russian was secretly controlling trump after he took office. He said given what we knew about trumps compromising behavior in the weeks, months and years leading up to the election, it seemed conceivable that moscow had pulled off the most stunning intelligence achieve
Biden campaign is putting on the campaign at this point. Were seeing joe biden touch down at an airport not far from here from what is a short trip from delaware. The kind of trip he will be doing behind me. Its something he could be doing from home. Its largely virtual conversation that hes going to be holding with Union Workers but at this stage of the game, youve got to win by showing up. Thats what the bhiiden came pp is doing by having him come here. Theres really no electoral map that has joe biden winning the presidency that doesnt have him winning pennsylvania. Part of his message will be focused on the economy. Thats one of the issues that shows polling shows President Trump continuing to hold an advantage over joe biden on. He laid out his economic plan in the month of july. Its called build back better. What well start seeing today is a shift towards talking about his on plan versus contrasting it with what he says is the lack of plan for President Trump. In terms of bringin
It is a labor day battleground blitz on this holiday monday. With campaigns making their final pitches in the traditional turn to the final sprint before election day. Youve got joe biden talking labor in pa. The vp candidating holding duelling events in wisconsin. Well take you to all of it. Plus, nbc news exclusive reporting on a possible pentagon shakeup. With the president looking for possible replacements for defense secretary mark esper. Were also live on the latest with the out of control wildfires in central california. One of them growing to 114 square miles. Thats about the size of fresno, california. We have a lot of news on a busy holiday monday. I want to start on the campaign trail and our nbc News Reporters there. Mike memoli is in harris beburg washington. Ali vie ali vitali is in wisconsin. Mike, talk about what were going to hear from bilater. T reporter the Biden Campaign knows pennsylvania well. Biden held his First Campaign event in 2019 at a union hall in pittsbur
Associate Tony Bobulinksi today. And Matt Whitaker weighs in. We are looking at will longterm effects of keeping students out of school. And robert wilke will talk about caring for covid19 patients. Kevin cork joins us live from pensacola. You know the democrats feel bullish about their chances in the sunshine state. They told me tonight on the Trump Campaign they will not only do well, but win this state like they did in 2016. We saw the president makes twin stops in the sunshine state. First at the villegases and later on in pensacola along the alabama border. A two for one stop for the president tonight. He told the overflow crowd the choice in 2020 is clear. Vote trump or lose your country. If you want your children to grow up in a free nation where they can speak their minds and practice their religions, then you must defeat Sleepy Joe Biden and reject left wing fascism and vote for america first. Thats what we are all about. Stops in florida, kicking off a furious sprint to the f