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♪ ♪ ♪ howie: this is media buzz, i'm howard kurtz. we will talk with senior adviser from trump campaign. joe biden ended speculation with zoom call, harris has drawn walk on water news coverage, sharp criticism from media conservatives. >> the opportunity to make history with a black woman to put this black woman into the seat of power, center of power, black women will be in formation
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for this ticket. >> tonight when harris was announced some people said that it was a safe choice. ask a black woman what it's like being a black woman in america. >> the first time i saw harris speak i immediately understood why people in california saw her as the female obama. >> she's inconceivable given current state joe biden would pick someone transparently one-dimensional as harris, someone as empty as he is. >> even joe understanding that he's not really going to be running the show if he wins in november, biden's big mistake, of course, narrowing his options by limiting choice on the basic of skin color and on planet earth that used to be called bias or even racism. >> joe, didn't make this pick, this pick was made for joe and it just shows you the bad judgment and bad instincts that
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biden campaign, i wouldn't trust kamala harris. i think she's ambitious. howie: president trump wasted no time on pleasantries. >> she was very nasty and one of the reasons it surprised me, she was probably even nastier than pocahontas. she was disrespectful to joe biden and it's hard to pick somebody that's that disrespectful. howie: biden move from the virtual conversation with california senator to introducing her to reporters in delaware. >> we are experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systematic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscious to the streets of our country, demanding change. america is crying out for leadership. howie: joining us now to analyze
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the coverage mollie hemingway, senior editor at federalist and fox news contributor. sussa ferrechio and joining us by phone clarence page, columnist for chicago tribune. ly start with you, mollie. of course, kamala harris is a historic pick, what do you make to have way most media outlets are just absolutely cheering her selection with little to no mention of any possible negatives? mollie: when her presidential presidency faltered, they turned on a dime and praising her throughout this -- throughout this selection process, but more concerning than the headlines and the spreads they were claiming she was a moderate and that's a ward that has meaning and voting record is on the far left with elizabeth warren and bernie sanders no matter the
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issues, abortion, guns, immigration or government spending or whatever the issue may be, she's on the far-left side. you don't need to be as hostile you are toward republican pick, the media doesn't need to be hostile toward republican picks, not even as friendly as they are to nearly every democratic pick. they should just tell the facts honesty. howie: we will come back to this yes about ideology. clarence page, let me ask you first, what does the pick mean to you personally and do you think the late surge of media stories saying that african-american leaders would be disappointed if a woman of color was not chosen, kind of pressured biden into making the choice? clarence: well, he was pressured you might say by the needs of political -- national political campaign. what was surprising to me was that he telegraphed in advance that he was looking for a woman. if it would be me, i'm certainly considering a woman and then
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after the nomination i would just pick a woman by -- by announcing in advance he took a chance but nothing any less possibly with democrats because strong feelings among democrats for a woman and a person of color, for people of color very important because certainly black women are probably the most loyal group, demographic group the democrats have and black folks put biden over the top in south carolina which after he had lost 3 primaries in a row, put him back in the race at the front of the race that was not a big surprise. howie: all right, mollie, anticipated my question. she dropped out well before iowa, the media was filled with stories what a terrible campaign she had run and now she's being cast by many of the same people as, you know, excellent,
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terrific campaigner and amazing glad -- good choice and whether she's the best choice for bind historical vision at work here? susan: it's early and campaign together is underway and senator harris deserves as thorough a vetting as the vice presidential candidate as the press has given past running mates, particularly if you look back to last woman on the ticket not hillary clinton but prior to that sarah palin when she was picked to run as mccain's running mate. i'm thinking of that hypercritical coverage of her candidacy and the real scrutiny she got from the media. she was a surprise pick. we didn't know much about her. of course we know more about harris because she's been a senator and deserves a vetting
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as voting and abortion, immigration, let's take a close look at that and see. obviously she's not a moderate in those areas. you can take a quick look at voting record and what she said on the record that's not a moderate. it's our job in the media to give that thorough vetting. howie: i couldn't agree with that sentiment. we will come back to that question. i will play for you mollie a discussion where morning joe donnie said this. >> how do one and three americans still believe this man about corona or anything and the answer is only one thing, one if three americans are racists. howie: excuse me, but did donnie george just insult one-third of the country? mollie: yes and this is very common. you're seeing the media use this phrase racist to describe anything that they disagree with and it's unfortunately because not only is it not true it
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diminishes the power of that slur which is something that people should avoid and you saw this with coverage of kamala harris that any criticism of her is racist. that is not going fly and it's not going to work well. it's not going to work well as campaign message and not going to work well for the media in terms of having any credibility or trust. howie: donnie george later apologized after he used the word yellow man. clarence, media criticizing president trump, he was asked by reporters, the lawyer questioning kamala harris american citizenship and therefore eligibility to run for vice president, roll it. >> i heard it today that she doesn't meet the requirements and by the way the lawyer that piece is a very highly qualified very talented lawyer.
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i have no idea if that's right. howie: clarence as you know, harris was born in oakland, her parents were immigrants at the time getting their doctorates. what did you think about the way the president handled that question from the press? clarence: i'm one of the members to have press who criticized president trump for trying to revive birtherism. my column on the tribune now. the fact is that you mentioned earlier about the lack of criticism of her when she was announced partly because president trump thought somebody else like a karen bass was going to be announced who is further to the left or some other person further to the left, warren, for example. but the fact is kamala harris among democrats is definitely a nod -- moderate like joe biden and her leaf and approach to politics, that is a big reason
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why you saw so many scatter shot criticisms of her that she was too far left, too centerist to appeal to progressives. the fact is she's an excellent choice. she got off to a great start and certainly the ample opportunity to pull her background which obviously is already going on. howie: yeah, just the button this up the president slightened stance last night saying he's not going pursue question of eligibility, harris in interview, second interview since election, liberal site accused the administration or the white house of lies and deception. all right, susan, let me put up for you two different front ages to have new york times. one has to do with the day pence was announced as vp and on the right you see the kamala harris
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selection dominating four different stories on senator harris being chosen. what do you make of the disparity? susan: well, i justify it somewhat because she's more of a historic choice as black woman in presidential ticket as opposed to mike pence, another person male chosen to be president and i get that, it's "the new york times", i also get that. we should not be -- so often the press takes a side once the nominees are pick and once we get in general election, you see it already with a very positive coverage with harris and you will see it with i think from "the new york times" pretty well negative especially with this whole birtherism with the president. the media brought up the question whether harris was a citizen or not. the president didn't bring it up. the president was answering a
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reporter's question. you can criticize the way he answered the question. the media brought it up. they baited him on this. before i came on the set, howard, i was reading 2008 story from the new york city questioning mccain is eligible to run for president because he was born in the panamá canal. the media has been doing this to republican candidates. i think the story with baiting the president, it's a big issue. howie: all right, short on time so i need short answers, mollie, question of ideology. it's fair game to talk about harris' record, she has supported medicare for all before walking it back and new york times stories describe biden and harris as moderates. is it fair to say the former prosecutor is a bernie sanders radical? mollie: well, if you -- if people think that she's moderate it really only says something about political perspective that they are so far to the left that they think she's moderate by
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comparison to their own views. again, objectively speaking, when you rate the voting record, harris had the most liberal voting record in the senate last year in a party that's already getting more and more fringed to the left. that's just more objective thing that should be talked about. she had problems, she was one of the ring leaders of kavanaugh circus and trying to keep a judge from being confirmed and it means something, we have to be after it. howie: let me get clarence in here before we break. should conservative media be saying biden doesn't know what's going on, harris will be running the show, he will step down and she look president right away? >> that's part of saying joe biden can't handle the joe biden and it's up to joe biden to prove to us during campaign that
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the whole notion of kamala harris thing run government is a crazy conspiracy theory. howie: all right, let me get a break, we will talk to top trump campaign spokesperson katrina pierson. ♪ you say the customers make their own rules.
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howie: donald trump and a press in a war of words with the postal service with the president warning about widespread fraud from mail-in ballots and distracters says he's crippling the agency. maria bartiromo addressed the democrats' demands that the postal service get extra $25 billion. >> now, they need that money in order to have the post office
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work oh so it can take millions and millions of items. if they don't get the items you don't have universal mail-in voting because they're not equipped to have it. howie: much of the press said, aha, the postal office with the pleading of the fbi lawyer pleading guilty to altering evidence. we have seen no good reporting on this. it is true that president trump said that he didn't want to give them extra money specifically for mail-in balloting which he has opposed on the theory that it is not, it would take years to get it up to speed, not the weeks that we have here. i think what's really happening with the story is that the media
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did push as you note the mail-in balloting but the results are in from the summer and you had municipal elections and you had new yorkers having to wait months to find out results from mail-in balloting and nevada ballots sent to different address. they are trying to place trump and they are pretending didn't happen. howie: again, i was referring to the president's own words and susan ferrechio, the postal service run by major donor stopped removing mailboxes. we can't guaranty we can deliver mail ballots or process them or deliver them to be count bid the time of the election and that's why i think what sends the story
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in is stratosphere. susan: a lot of people declared to be part of the process in november and that needs to be fixed but as mollie was saying we are not up to speed on that. what i see confusing comments by the president and very poor reporting on the subject because there are huge issues with mail-in balloting that deserve good reporting and what the president is saying about not wanting to fund it has a lot to do with his concerns about potential for fraud and the press isn't covering that and they are also not covering what's going on at the post office. they are $70 billion in debt. the gao has determined the post office to be on an unsustainable financial path, nothing is being written about that. the president put in a post master, his job was to go the in and reform and cutting back on the overtime hours. combination of all that stuff -- the union is getting upset about it and creating this messaging war over what's happening at the post
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office while the november election mail-in balloting is approaching. the story is not being covered in a very accurate way. it's being covered by i think people with an agenda. howie: do liberal commentators go too far, i will let you talk in a second. do liberal commentators go too far of acting the president of trying to sabotaging or stealing election? clarence: they are questionable both legal and ethical sense. i appreciate the president's candor, i don't want to give extra money because it means i might lose as a result of it. he's trying to manipulate the election now when it's obvious that more money is needed in order to handle mail-in balloting. he is doing all he can to cut it off. at the same time the question about both fraud, i've been investigating vote fraud around chicago off and on since early 70's, i can tell you the issue
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should not be how the balloting is done and sent in. the issue is how are they counted and i don't care whether it's mail-in or in person the ballots are counted the same way and president trump says that it's going to be massive fraud, he has yet to give us a lick of evidence, howard. howie: mollie, quick response. mollie: reporting is bad. they got a massive loan sign bid the president just a few weeks ago and we -- we need accurate reporting on this. i have never seen such bad reporting as i'm seeing in picking up this democratic messaging and conspiracy theory regarding a -- war on the postal service. >> where are the media wrong? what's incorrect? mollie: i'm sorry? he's put in place by a bipartisan board of governors. there's no removal of mail-in boxes, it's different than change of structure, you have to
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move mail-in boxes to reflect where it's needed. we have people push conspiracy theories or amplify. actual funding -- clarence: the timing is suspicious. remember reconstruction and -- howie: clarence, i have to go, i want to make a quick point that there have been a lot of mail delays and particularly elderly people complaining they can't get medicine. it's not one of the abstract washington scandals. great to see you, mollie, susan, clarence. up next donald trump versus mika brzezinski and how would the networks cover the virtual convention with no cheering crowds. ♪ ♪
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howie: newsweek under controversial ownership has
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embarrassed on questioning whether kamala harris can run for vp. the columnist makes assumption that she cannot be vice president, she was born in oakland. legal question was set long ago. the editors defended the piece in a quiquín cysting it wasn't racist birtherism until criticism from its own staff prompted to apologize and convey the message that harris was somehow not truly american. wait, it gets worse. the magazine fail toddies close that the author john eastman among other things talk about harris divided allegiance was a republican candidate who competed with harris. this is a total media disgrace. president trump is calling kamala harris horrible and nasty and further unloaded with fbn's
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maria bartiromo. >> she was so angry and hatred with justice kavanaugh. i mean, i've never seen anything like it. she was the angriest of the group. howie: the president also had comments on mika brzezinski and joe scarborough is air head. >> what's your thing with women? you really have a lot of problems with women, like you're scared of them or something. i think this kamala thing has you completely strung out. howie: the president uses strong language against women as well but only women are called -- they are just tv shows without the delegates and the 15,000 journalists. we will all take the key
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speeches but i suggest you will hear more from the pundits and it also means so much spin that you'll have to sort things out for yourselves. coming up trump campaign spokeswoman katrina pierson weighs on kamala harris pick and the upcoming convention. stay with us.
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howie: joining us from dallas katrina pierson, senior adviser to the 2020 trump campaign. katrina, what do you make of overwhelming positive media coverage of kamala harris and any part of you that feels that it's progress to have a black woman even one you disagree with on a major party ticket? katrina: i think that the coverage is indicative of what most democrat coverage is and that's to provide protection. we have seen those in hollywood
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and politics alike come out and cuddle her but we also heard she's a strong black woman so she should be able to protect and defend herself but we will have to see what happens there. as being black woman, i don't like at person that i'm going to vote for by skin and gender and what really matters to me and i assume it matters to most women how they are going to govern and if they have experience and what policies they support specifically when it comes to being a black woman and kamala harris is on the wrong sides of policy that i believe would actually benefit black america. howie: right. "the new york times", washington post, george stephanopoulos calling as moderate and at the same time should they call her socialist and both biden and harris hate america, how do you justify that kind of language?
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katrina: you just have to look at their politics. look at what kamala and the vice president have been saying over the last few months. when you were talking about policies that actually hurt americans, when you talk about some of the policies and kamala -- and speaks about them. this is a red flag for the party itself because choosing kamala harris reinforces what the trump campaign has been saying for months that the polls are wrong because if joe biden were leading by ten points and had the black vote locked up you don't go with an attempt to energize the base so this is absolutely the final takeover of the hard-core progressives, socialists and even marxists, political positions of the democrat party. these are policies that are irrational like the crazy green new deal and eliminating private health insurance. a government take over health care which no one pants and putting illegal aliens ahead of americans is extremely radical.
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howie: i thought for harris to endorse medicare for all was fatal in campaign and since then walked that back. when you said takeover, she's number 2, nobody thinks that mike pence is making policies as vice president of the united states. katrina: i don't think anyone is deaf, blind or dumb to know that joe biden doesn't have faculties in place. number two is important. she's extremely radical and someone said during public hearing that interior law enforcement agency was compared to the kkk and this is something that i think is truly important and not the mention joe biden even forgot she was a united states senator when she claimed to have the support of only black woman in the united states senate, so people are right to look at her as leading the ticket. howie: all right, now the president we talked about this earlier told reporters that he had heard conservative's lawyer
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argument that kamala harris might not be eligible to run for vice president because of the circumstances of her birth, that was totally bogus in the sense she was born in oakland, california and under the 14th amendment she's a citizen. the president said i have no idea that's right. shouldn't he have checked it out before giving legitimacy or casting down on an opponent's eligibility to run for vp? katrina: look, our president has always spoke his opinion for or against or even on the fence in some cases and this is one of those cases. you know, you're going to have the legal scholars out there debating any and everything when it comes to presidential ticket as they should by the way, but the reality is she should just be disqualified simply because of the positions that she takes. i mean, the entire ticket itself, when you think about it, next week we will have a dnc convention which will be evident of the left-wing mob final takeover democrat party because the speakers lineup will mirror the party's ticket. they'll be some -- aggressively
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radical and power hungry old-school hippies and socialists and marxists what will be out there championing reimagining policing and fundamentally destroying security and way of life. i think next week will be a true eye-opener for the country. howie: just to be clear, kamala harris should be disqualified in political terms because of her position, you're not saying because of in terms of birth and questions about her eligibility? >> katrina: absolutely. we will have the legal psychological years make those debates and in november the people will decide. howie: now the president has called her horrible, angry, a mad woman, some people thing he's being particularly harsh, your response? >> well, look the president has always spoke his opinion about anyone, not just women. he's said some things about other men and if you look at
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kamala's actions, look at the way she treated brett kavanaugh and spoken about law enforcement agencies. this is a sitting senator who was offered some really nasty criticism of brave law enforcement agencies as well as justice kavanaugh himself. just go back to those hearings and i think most people would agree with the president's assessment. howie: all right, now the president as you know, if you pick up a newspaper in recent days, drawing enormous criticism on the situation with the postal service and coming out he doesn't want any extra service for the postal service because he opposes mail-in balloting for the election. even lindsey graham has broken off on this issue. is this a political blunder? katrina: not at all. the president has been very clear. there are issues that we have seen in some states but at the same time this is just another democrat conspiracy theory that's dredged to distract.
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think about it, we are talking about the u.s. postal service when we should be talking about the economy, when we should be talking about the vice presidential ticket and the fact that neither kamala harris or joe biden is taking questions from the press, they're not out there campaigning asking for the vote in contrast where you have the president, the vice president and their campaign who is out in all of the states asking americans for their vote and telling them what their vision for the future is. howie: i need ten-second answer, do you think a virtual democratic convention could help biden and harris if it gets a lot of favorable coverage? katrina: look, i think a virtual convention is going to give the candidate a bump for sure but one thing to note that joe biden is skipping where he was supposed to accept nomination for whatever because what i do know the president and the vice president and even myself has been to wisconsin in the last few weeks, so we will have the people of wisconsin decide if that's sufficient. howie: right, coronavirus campaign. katrina peer -- pierson, good
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seeing. katrina: thanks for having me. howie: the president says college football teams should take the field and media are choosing sides. ♪
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how we just heard from trump campaign an joining from
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syracuse jessica tarlov. we will keep asking in the interest of balance. jessica, when kamala harris dropped out well before iowa of the presidential race, the consensus among pundits she had run a terrible campaign, erratic, mismanaged and clobbered among black voters in state of california, how is she being described by commentators as political super woman? jessica: i think it has to do a loot -- a lot of the big boom that she's given the joe biden campaign. if you look at polls day or two added to the ticket that moderate democrats and liberal democrats are overjoyed at the selection and when you think about the target demographic the president trump is doing the worse with, women and college educated women and that's suburban women that's kamala harris' sweet spot and makes
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sense that voting public is reacting well to her selection. howie: certainly democrats are. now, obviously there's a lot of extra attention to the kamala pick because joe biden is 77 and on some level excitement phase aren't the media exaggerating and isn't the race going to come back to trump versus biden? yes,-- jessica: i would hope soe you better off than you were when president trump came to office? it would be joe biden filling his shoes if he gets elected on november third. biden has 8 years and say do you want more on what i delivered before or you want the last four years ago. it's absolutely about joe biden, his age is relevant. ronald reagan was the old nest the white house, he left at the age of 77 where joe biden is now. it does make a difference to be thinking about it and i was a selection of kamala harris
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really saw this as passing of the torch to some degree. she's 55 year's old, more progressive than joe biden so she's on his ticket and they will be running on his moderate policies. joe biden is signal to go younger voters, next generation of democrats, this is who is going to be in charge of your party. howie: now, what about media outlets and journalists an men at a timers describing senator harris as moderate despite the fact that during a campaign she went left, she backed bernie's medicare for all, doesn't does this show left-viewpoint by the mainstream media? jessica: i've never denied that there's left-leaning viewpoint among the mainstream media and that's problematic that opinion columnists and journalists, reporters get conflated, reporters are not supposed to have opinions and report the news. i think what they were reflecting upon is a couple of things. kamala harris started off as you pointed in your segment katrina
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pierson and she was for the green new deal but joined joe biden's ticket and she's for his more moderate climate policies making sure first and foremost that we reenter paris accord. i think that's what they are referring to and also the fact and it's incredibly important for the historic nature of the ticket that she's a black woman and if you look at black democratic voters, they are some of our most moderate and conservative voters and i think that they are speaking to that, that she hopefully will connect as joe biden with the more moderate core of the party. howie: but do you think the media were basically pushing the former vice president to pick as his number 2 a woman of color because there were all of the stories out, he picked a highly qualified white running mate would be great disappointment, were the media celebrating the result of the pressure campaign? jessica: i think it's two parts. i think there's the historic nature of this which matters tremendous amount and you have the daughter of immigrants, she's the true embodiment of the american story, right, this is
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possible, that civil rights activists that came from india and jamaica could have a daughter rise up and be ag, united states senator and now potentially a vice president and first black woman to whole the role. i think they are celebrating the historic nature for that and for good reason. i think they are also rightly commenting on the fact that representation matters especially in the democratic party and for years democrats have been playing lip service to our core voting block which is black women and that they needed to be represented but i would say more than the press, what mattered were the two open letters from prominent black women and prominent black men that said we need to have a black vp candidate and i think that's really what pushed joe biden over the edge to ensure this was an african-american pick. howie: all right, i will go out on a limb saying you're on board with the kamala harris selection. jessica tarlov, thank you very much for joining us. jessica: i have all my swag coming, thanks, howie. howie: with huge headlines over
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howie: president trump is known for making sports a hot-button cultural issue and he did it again with big ten and pack 12 conferences announced they are canceling their fall season. >> we want to get football in colleges. these are young, strong people. they won't have a big problem with the china virus, so we want to see college football start and hopefully a lot of great people are going to be out there. >> we have a lot of people mostly democrats who also want to take college football away from the country citing, of course, concerns about covid. >> when we look at the lack of
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sports in college football, every america is feeling lost and the right to blame the person who is responsible for it, donald trump. howie: joining us griff jenkins fox news correspondent and certified sports fan, look, son-in-law college -- some college athletes want to play, is it fair to blame this on the president? griff: howie, good morning, i'm not only certified but i went to fcc school and my daughter goes to university of georgia and nothing more synonymous, football is religion and way of life, here is the deal, what you're seeing now the president as the sec and fcc and big 12 will try to find a way to play as opposed to big 12. you have seen the president use this as political issue saying i'm for football and those guys don't want it, therefore i'm on the right side of this issue,
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but the honest truth is we just don't know. we don't know for sure the sec or any other league will get to play. we would have alabama and georgia kicking the season off in early september, that would be the biggest game of the season, but there's no indication that's actually going to happen. howie: yeah, it's like the debate over reopening the schools, we want it to happen but the question is can it happen safely. usa today columnist is are you willing to gamble life of 19-year-old that isn't getting paid but could make millions in the nfl especially when the virus can produce long-term heart complications so these are difficult issues? griff: they are difficult issues and these are not athletes getting paid and obviously we have seen in this sports league some have faired well and others have not like baseball. but in the case of colleges, we are seeing coaches say we will have approach we will do what we think is best for our students and athletes and after all they
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are students and so whether or not these programs can have protocols and the things in place to protect them, we will find out, but, you know, these are at the end of the day kids trying to get an education first and play sports second. howie: right, i understand how frustrating it must be that you have your shot for 4 years and then suddenly you can't play the season, i understand how -- just how frustrating that is. also you mentioned the national basketball association which has had more success in controlling covid in that orlando bubble. president trump not too happy with the nba, take a look. >> when you look at the nba and what's happening with the nba and their poor ratings, i don't know, i can't imagine why but they didn't stand, they didn't show respect to our flag, they didn't show respect to our national anthem, and maybe that's having an impact. howie: do president detractors have a point, well, he's criticizing a league that's
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mostly black but on the other hand, he says many viewers are turned off by the social-justice slogans and the painting of black lives matter on the court, your take? griff: did research, the nba is down 4% from the league's prehiatus period and they are about to go to playoffs so we will see. bottom line nation attitude has shifted, howie, it's okay 52% was okay to kneel compared to same poll in 2018 when only 35% supported it. we will certainly see what happens once the nfl start and nba goes into playoffs. howie: that's a real shift in public attitudes at the same time i always worry when sports becomes more about politics. griff jenkins, thanks for coming off the bench. that's it for this edition of media buzz, i'm howard kurtz, we post daily columns and let's continue the conversation at twitter at howard kurtz, check out podcast media buzz meter,
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he's about to join us right here on america's news headquarters, first televised interview since historic u.s. brokered peace agreement with the united arab emirates, what the landmark deal means and how the region is better prepare today face the threat from iran and more on the results of the trump administration foreign policy that exclusive interview with the prime minister coming up minutes from now. hello, everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm eric sean. hi, arthel. arthel: i'm arthel neville, i'm looking forward to your exclusive interview but we will begin with congressional democrats sounding the alarm on the u.s. postal