caravan through the city as fights break out between the two sides. i m trace gallagher. julie, good morning to you. julie: i m julie banderas in for sandra today. an unidentified shooting and killing one trump supporter. meanwhile police declaring a riot overnight in portland and arrest dozens after rioters swarmed ablg and threw things at officers there. the mayor of portland called for an end to the violence over the weekend but now the mayor is blaming president trump. deviceive rhetoric is making the problem worse. mr. president, why this is the first time in decades that americans have seen this level of violence. it s you who have created the hate and the division. it is you who have not found a way to say the names of black people killed by police officers even as people in law enforcement have. and it s you who claimed the white what is responsible for the violence is the deeply irresponsible defund the police movement. julie: matt finn is live from portlan
go until election day heading to florida and north carolina. the two battlegrounds showing a tight race between him and joe biden. good morning, everyone, i m trace gallagher. julie, good morning. julie: i m julie banderas. sandra smith is off. the polling average has joe biden leading the president by less than 2 points in florida and less than 1 point in north carolina. florida meantime is worth 29 electoral votes, north carolina has 15. president trump talking up the economy at a labor day news conference and warning a biden/harris administration would be a win for china and destroy our country. biden firing back saying president trump is on track to end his first term with fewer american jobs than in january of 2017. president trump: biden and his very liberal running mate the most liberal person in congress, by the way, not a competent person in my opinion, would destroy this country and would destroy this economy. if joe biden becomes president china will own the un
wisconsin and accusing biden of caving to the far left. president trump: but now biden wants to surrender our country to the violent left wing mob. you see what s happened. if biden wins, very simple china wins. if biden wins, the mob wins. if biden wins, the rioters, an flag burners win. the president thinks masks don t matter much. then he has these large gatherings with everybody around with no masks on and it is extremely dangerous. julie: john roberts joins us live from the north lawn. john, we ll be getting all of that in a moment. first do you have some breaking news? something we ll hear in the next couple hours or so. the white house will be announcing a major aid package for puerto rico stimulates on this morning. you will probably remember last week president trump issued a disaster package. lingering needs from hurricane maria that devastated the island three years ago. sources say it will be an 11.6 billion relief package for energy and education systems.
to nominate and senator lindsey graham says republicans now have the votes to confirm a nominee before the november election. president trump: i will soon announce a nominee for the united states supreme court. we will fill that seat. some of the same individuals who tried every conceivable dirty trick to obstruct justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh are lining up lining up to proclaim the third time will be the charm. this election and this vacancy mean everything. leader mcconnell and the republican senate majority have no right to fill it. we ve got the votes to confirm justice ginsburg replacement before the election. we re going to move forward in the committee and report the nomination out of the committee to the floor of the united states senate so we can vote before the election. julie: john roberts is live on the north lawn. what s the white house saying in terms of timing of the nomination? trace and julie, good morning. with lindsey graham saying the
he does plan to meet with barbara lagoa. she is distant second and amy barrett seems to be the favorite right now, brian. brian: he said there are five. we don t know who the others are. one week until the debates which i think we will be able to watch. ainsley: next tuesday. brian: the whole world is going to watch it. ainsley: right here. steve: i think my mother i dacaa is on that night. brian: the nation set to honor ruth bader ginsburg. the late justice will lie at the supreme court tomorrow. steve: this as the battle over her successor reaches absolutely a fevered pitch on capitol hill. ainsley: griff jenkins is live in washington with the war of words between republicans and democrats. griff? griff: it s going to be a war. good morning, anxiously, brian and steve. let s unpack some of that 42 days to go. the president said yesterday to you guy no, sir worry, plenty of time to confirm a nominee and we ll find out by friday or saturday that a frontrunners do include curr