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government, created by america's cable television company as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. we will play you some of that speech from joe biden from yesterday afternoon and the reaction at the white house from president trump as part of his interview last night with laura ingraham on foxnews. headline, biden confronts trump on safety: he can't stop the violence. joe biden charged that crises kept multiplying under trump's watch with it ever to refocus the spotlight on the incumbent after a week of republican attacks. here is a bit of what joe biden had to say. the job of the president is to tell it straight from the shoulder, tell the truth, to be candid. face the facts. to lead, not to incite. that is why i'm speaking to you today. -- of the current

president is incapable of telling us the truth, incapable of facing the facts. he doesn't want to shed light, he wants to generate heat. stroking violence in our cities. host: reflecting joe biden's words, the headline this morning in washington times, biden says trump stokes fears for voters. they write that joe biden on monday blamed trump for fermenting violence in the u.s., saying he is struggling to solve the covid-19 pandemic and sees rising fear as a political lifeline. mr. biden making a rare come in person venture on the campaign trail said that instead of curtailing the right wing, mr. trump has created an armed militia fueling the unrest. he also cast the president as an ineffectual by sander did his own administration as he tries to manage multiple crises. again, the lines for you, if you support joe biden, (202) 748-8000. if you support president donald

trump, (202) 748-8001. all others, use (202) 748-8002. mark, ago first to trunk supporter in louisiana. good morning. >> thank you for having me, and thank you for c-span. i was actually thinking about voting for biden before all this stuff going on, and then watching the way biden has handled everything, he was cap goingent until it on and going on and he had to come out of his home to say something. almost forced to vote for trump. i was thinking about -- i voted for trump last time, and i thought i would probably vote for biden this time, and he's making it to where i can't. isthat is the way biden going to lead as president, i don't want them.

host: what did you hear from joe biden? caller: i was hoping to see him you keep hearing the media say trump will not go out to his supporters. out, iiden just now came have not heard him say anything about the destruction going on in the cities and stuff, i had not heard him say anything about all the businesses. these are businesses with black people or hispanic people that are being destroyed in urban communities, and he was silent. i don't get it. like i said, i really was thinking about voting for biden and i don't see how i can now, he doesn't look like he can command the job. ast: we will hear from gail, biden supporter in new york. caller: couldn't disagree more with that gentleman.

yesterday, when you compare how trump handled himself yesterday and biden handled himself, it's like night and day. biden in 20 minutes, what everybody who supports biden has been doing for a long time, he was terrific, he hit it out of the park. he undoes trump beautifully, and trump gives a speech that he has no feeling about. he doesn't really understand the problems. i just thought that biden hit it out of the park and i thought he became president yesterday. and what at guy strong man and what a weak president we have. more from joeplay

biden and reaction from the present in a moment. steve, on the others line. caller: good morning, america. i called on this third line because i am independent. i don't really like either one. we already know that trump is not going to bring this country and we need somebody to step up to the plate and trump already had his chance, biden kind of had his chance. some time, real leadership is when you have a crisis and step up to the plate. that is all we can hope for. if we are going to work out the other problems, we are going to have to bring this country together and work together. that is the only way, because we got about a dozen crises. it is going to be a hard job no matter who it is. i think this is the most important election since abraham

lincoln. host: reaction on twitter. t had thes if dj opportunity to refuse the vigilantism, but he refused, and even commended the shooter. is if heway trump wins scares everyone into voting for him, not going to happen. this one says do you think democrats and the media would have spent the last three months calling the peaceful protests if they were really trump's fault? and why would trump go to kenosha and not even the with the folks who are the focus of the conflict? and why did biden go2net the warehouse? he could have spoken from his basement heidi hall? -- hidey hole. here is more of what he had to say. >> the truth is, donald trump failed to protect america, so now he's trying to scare america. since donald trump and his friends can't run on the record,

facing more american deaths to this virus then the nation has suffered in every war since korea combined. since they can't run on their economy, bessie more people lose their jobs than any time since the great depression. since they can't run on the simple proposition of sending her children safely back to school, since they have no agenda or vision for a second term, trump and pence are running on this, and i find it fascinating. you won't be safe in joe biden's america. and what is the proof? the violence we are seeing in donald trump's america. these are not images of some imagined joe biden america of the future. these are images of donald trump's america today. you, if only he was president, it wouldn't happen. if you as president.

he keeps telling you. if he was president, you would feel safe. well he is, whether he knows it or not. and it is happening. it is getting worse, and you know why. because donald trump adds fuel to every fire. host: and we hear from william next, a joe biden supporter in florida, good morning. caller: good morning. to say thatalling i'm in favor of joe biden for president because i see in him someone who is balanced emotionally, psychologically, physically. who ily, and someone think can bring the country together and lead us in a good direction. i really do think that he and harris offer the best opportunity for our country to begin to heal and to begin to try to move in a new direction. host: larry in maryland, good morning. a trump supporter. caller: biden will lose. politics, hers in

is a chinese operatives, and he's talking about this virus which is a chinese biological weapon. simple joe is pathetic. his agenda is going to fail, trump will win. turmoil by wealthy people who want to destroy the country, biden will lose, plain and simple. host: mississippi, joe biden supporter. caller: good morning. i just wanted to address the first caller who said that biden didn't address the looting. he has addressed that and the first caller didn't address the killing. i mean, what is looting and burning when someone's life is being taken?

trump didn't address none of that. all he addressed is the looting. that's all. i've been to a couple of protests. thank you. host: michigan, undecided line, this is john. caller: good morning. thank you. comment, i watched c-span and i listen to people, i'm undecided. fromr very few suggestions politicianse to the to solve these problems. hitlers, all this name-calling. i hear nothing, any suggestions

on how the politicians can put things back together, and we the people are the ones that are supposed to solve this. they are supposed to take our suggestions and use that to solve this, but they don't listen to us at all. that is my comment, god bless we will go wherever. host: the presidential visit, that is the headline for the kenosha news. the president has been asked by the governor of the state not to come to kenosha. here is how the president reacted yesterday. trump: i give them credit. ultimately, he said yes. as soon as he said yes, the problem ended.

but i have to see the people who did such a good job for me, we have tremendous support in wisconsin. i promised them when it all gets taken care of -- >> there are concerns you will exacerbate tensions and increase violence. trump: i can also increase enthusiasm and increase love and respect for our country. and that's why i'm going, because they did a fantastic job. i told them, let's go. the whole problem stop. that was six days ago. >> why are you not meeting with the family of jacob blake? i've spoken with their pastor, wonderful man. i think it would be better not to do anything with their lawyers involved. but theyed to speak want to have lawyers involved and i thought that was an appropriate so i didn't do that.

but i did speak with the pastor of the family, a fine man, a wonderful man. i think we had a great talk. i may, at some point, do that. they did have a lawyer that wanted to be on the phone and i said that is inappropriate, i just gave my best regards. host: for those of you are trump supporters, mike pence supporters, (202) 748-8001. joe biden supporters, (202) 748-8000. morning.od caller: morning. i would like to know, how do you talk to these trump supporters, because they kind of sound like they are agitated, and when you tell them the facts, you tell them that donald trump slept star while his wife was pregnant and you ask them about it, and they are not into reality, is very clear where the country is headed. it is headed for a race war.

if that is what the people want, so be it. cannot see a suburban female if they arerump afraid that as people are coming to their neighborhoods to do them harm. intelligent, articulate, and have common sense, they will do that donald trump is inflating this racism. day, here comes this big old truck with donald trump signs. they are acting irrational. i just pray for the country. how can you have a conversation with a trump supporter when they are not in reality as to what is going on? host: alabama, a trump supporter, caller: welcome. caller:yes, good morning, thank you. i have several questions that maybe someone could answer.

why dot question is these mayors and governors not want peace in their cities? i don't understand that, i just really don't. we have bad apples in every walk of life, not only police. we have bad people in all walks of life. statement,make this i support donald trump, not for who he was or is, i support him because he may not claim to be a christian, but he does mention god in his speeches and there is tohance that he will submit living for the lord and i think we shouldn't down that. the guy who called in and said something about the name-calling, that is not really

good, either. they say donald trump lies. i've seen joe biden in several lies, he even stepped out yesterday in a couple of lies. we need to pray for our country. in the bible, it talks about the end of times, it will be fire. look at california, the whole thing is burning down. people better get on their knees and pray for our country and pray the lord is real. host: let me ask you about the previous caller from texas who said in his word that he felt that the end result of all this was a race war, very concerned the president is not addressing racism in this country. you are a trump supporter, what is your view on how well donald trump has or has not addressed racial can't in the country? caller: i think he has addressed

it. a lot of people talk about his compassion. i saw a lot of compassion from him. he may not show things like i do or maybe you do, but we all have and when his wife, the first lady was speaking the other night, i saw such admiration on his face for that lady. if you pull it up on your computer and watch it while she was speaking, i saw such admiration for her. very few relationships have that anymore. i think we should really be grateful that he does admire his wife and i think she admires him, also. host: we would go to tyler, texas, next and hear freom ela ine, a joe biden supporter. caller: yes, i'm really horrified and hurt.

trump never mentioned that young man that got shot seven times in the back and the young man's mother, his mother came out and consoled the nation as she hurt. i wouldn't vote for trump to be a dogcather. his family is robbing the country, stealing, he is as far as joed biden is concerned, i always loved joe biden and his family, even before obama selected him, i was praying to god that he would be. he just has a calming, honest effect. remember, i'll be 84 years old september 16. the second black to come in the door with a college degree. two ladies were sitting there having coffee.

one of them say, and i say this boldly -- host: we will let it go there. the washington post lead editorial this morning, mr. trump fanning the flames in the headline, the president a master of incitement in his element. this is a dangerous moment, citizens armed with paintball gun's, chemical spray, and assault weapons appearing in the streets, spoiling for a fight. some are welcoming or encouraging vigilantes. four years of the trump a crewncy capped off by of ours pandemic and a video footage of the violence including police against black people. amid a widening sense that grievances have become can rivale, no force the potency of the president. mr. biden is blaming the president and appealing for

calm, that seems all but drowned out. trump-pence to was constant against the pleas of the state's governor. there seems ever reason to fear he may further insight protests. undecided line, go ahead. alabama, are you there? all right. bill, new jersey, a joe biden supporter. thank you for taking my call. i find it very interesting that politicians are focusing so much on violence coming from the element of protesting. not from the protesters, from the whole environment of the

protesters. it doesn't not seeing that politicians and the media are focusing in on the cause of the violence, so-called violence. i mean, there has been violence on people of color in this country from the inception of this country. an immediate talks a lot about racial politics. bedrock of this modern political scene. talmagek to hermann because i grew up in georgia, i think he was a senator of georgia. host: yes. caller: when i was a kid. this was remember that the kind of political theme that was constantly programmed to the public when i was a kid. we go you belong in louisa --

we go back to huey long in louisiana, there has been racial politics in this country for 50, 60 years. what the republican party is soaking now is unfortunately nothing new. of course, the president's is about keeping this whole theme throughout the country. the republicans did have a platform. there were no issues. idea is to keep stoking this whole thing of violence in the streets. violence that is provoking the violence in the street, my last point is this. coach doc rivers made a very profound statement when he said

that black people or people of color, i'm kind of paraphrasing, black people or people of color continually show admiration and love for this country that this never loves people of color back. thank you very much. mike in virginia, a trump supporter. caller: thanks, c-span. i support president trump and the african-american population, they support president trump more now and president trump is bridging the gap that existed between democrats and republicans in relation to minority supporters. people want to protect their families, and there are these themes of violence, there's also

protests and they seem to go hand in hand. after president trump gave his acceptance speech at the white house, the people in attendance were attacked viciously by criminal mobs that were there for the purpose of protest. the very next day, these same exact violent people were at the march for life in washington, d.c., which was inspired by martin luther king jr. and attended by some of the people in his family for nonviolent protests. the truth is, i am here in the washington, d.c. area, it is the same violent people who are there the next day, literally saying we are here for peaceful protests. no, they are not. no, we don't want the violence. joe biden took way too long to come out and condemn the violence. mentioned the

incident outside the white house after the president's acceptance speech. caller.the daily they write that ellis johnson was accosted by demonstrators outside the white house following her appearance at the republican national convention. saturday told a group of journalists, commentators, and other figures about the confrontation. granted clemency by donald trump last year, praise the president's efforts on criminal justice reform while speaking at the rnc on thursday and you can read more about that at dailycaller.com. reaction to joe biden speech from members of congress, congress returns next week for the september session. this is eric swalwell of california tweeting that any

republican colleagues want to step forward and say we are not the master party?if you don't , donald trump just made you the notn schatz of hawaii, it's credible to claim that joe biden is scarier than donald trump. announcer: we are going to have to leave this program to go live to capitol hill where steven mnuchin is testifying before the house coronavirus subcommittee. this is live coverage on c-span.