intrepid plus airplanes. something that a lot of people will visit this weekend on this holiday weekend. hope you have a good one. jed and pete i'll be watching you. we'll take it from here. we got it. >> have a good labor day weekend. >> sandra: fox news alert. the man accused of gunning down a pro-trump activist in portland has been shot and killed by federal agents. it happened hours after an interview was posted online in which he appears to admit to last weekend's deadly shooting. i'm sandra smith. hi, trace. >> trace: good morning. i'm trace gallagher. 48 years michael reinoehl was killed after feds tried to arrest him in lacey, washington the u.s. marshal service said they were acting on a murder warrant issued by portland police in connection to the death of aaron daniel son. in an interview posted thursday reinoehl said he was a marked

man claiming he acted in self-defense. >> i couldn't sit there and watch them kill a friend of mine. i wasn't going to do that. what i will say i felt that my life and other people around me's lives were in danger and i felt like i had no choice but to do what i did. >> sandra: matt finn is live in portland. what's the latest you're hearing about what happened last night? >> sandra, it is being reported that the alleged shooter was somehow killed and for nearly a week now here in portland there has been so much talk about why police never publicly made arrests or identified any suspects in the brazen shooting of that pro-president trump supporter last week. even video circulating appearing to show the shooter and the alleged shooter's name was reported and yesterday in a

shocking interview the man thought to be the alleged shooter 48-year-old michael reinoehl admitted to self-defense in the shooting of aaron danielson. the man said he was in hiding. now this morning in another twist that man, the alleged shooter, is reportedly dead. no official confirmation just yet that it is reinoehl. police put on a warrant for his arrest yesterday. the marshals attempted to appear remend that man 150 miles north of portland near lacey, washington >> there was a confrontation between the officers on scene and the subject. the information that we have at this time is that the subject was armed. there was shots that were fired into the vehicle. and the subject fled from the vehicle. at which time there was additional shots that were

fired. >> reinoehl's sister said she was angry with her brother and mad at his death and feels a lot of people out there feel that violence is the only solution to fixings things right now. people on both sides. looking ahead tomorrow there is a memorial for 39-year-old aaron danielson, the victim shot dead after participating in a pro-president trump caravan here in portland last weekend. danielson was not a high profile conservative leader or spokesperson or didn't have a target on his back and wasn't the type to look for a fight. we spoke with one of danielson's friends. >> he was very kind, a genuine man and wasn't for instigating or fighting anyone. he was very much against that. and a perfect smile. >> here in portland another night of chaos last night. police made two arrests.

a group gathered and threw large rocks at police. this weekend is the 100th day of unrest in portland. >> sandra: matt finn, thank you. >> trace: in cleveland police are looking for a person who shot and killed an officer last night. the patrol car was shot at several times before it crashed. the 53-year-old officer was taken to the hospital and died of his injuries. cleveland.com says a second person not a police officer also died in the shooting. >> sandra: seven police officers in rochester, new york, have been suspended for their involvement in the death of daniel prude in march. we will warn you the video is disturbing. this is the body cam video released by the family's attorneys officers covering his head with a spit hood. we will have more on that case coming up.

>> trace: with 60 days until the election democratic nominee joe biden is set to give a speech later today on the economy from wilmington, delaware. it's one day after he traveled to kenosha, wisconsin and met with the family of police shooting victim jacob blake. president trump rallying his base in the battleground state of pennsylvania last night. a new poll shows him trailing by 8 points there. the president is hammering his opponent over his response to surging violence. >> president trump: for the entire summer biden was silent as far left rioters attacked law enforcement in democrat run cities all. burned down businesses, terrorized civilians and recently marched through the streets chanting death to america. this is what we have, death to america. and by the way, we could end it like immediately. you saw what we did in wisconsin. biden went there today.

there was nobody there. there was nobody there. he was a little late. >> trace: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live for us on the north lawn. it was an enthusiastic ground last night. >> very enthusiastic. the president was on friendly territory, latrobe, pennsylvania, the birthplace of arnold palmer. the president won by 31 points in 2016. you heard him mentioned boilermakers in that sound clip. last night he accepted the endorsement of a boilermaker's union from the city of pittsburgh a little to the west of latrobe and continued to hit joe biden on the issue of law and order. listen here. >> president trump: biden's plan is to appease the domestic terrorists. my plan is to arrest them and prosecute them. we could end it in portland in a half an hour and now what we're doing is we're holding back funds for cities that don't know what they are doing

where they allow crime to run rampant. >> trace: the president is doubling down on his call for people who sent in mail-in ballots go to the poll to make sure their vote was counted and the white house is insisting the president is not encouraging people to vote twice, just to make sure that their vote has been counted and trace, when we hear these warnings about the potential for some mail-in ballots not to make it in time to be counted, the president is just warning his voters that he wants to make sure that they get theirs. >> trace: separately, john, the president responding to this report he disparaged military heroes. what do we know? >> president trump: the president was hot about this as he returned to joint base andrews. a story in the atlantic magazine that claims in november 2018 when the president didn't visit the cemetery east of paris he

didn't want to go out there because the people buried in that cemetery and the marines who died in the battle were losers and suckers. listen to what the president said last night. >> president trump: and to think that i would make statements negative to our military and our fallen heroes when somebody has done what i've done with the military budgets and getting pay raises for our military. it is a disgraceful situation by a magazine -- i would be willing to swear on anything that i never said that about our fallen heroes. there is nobody that respects them more. >> i was on that trip. the president did have to cancel the trip to that cemetery because of weather. the ceilings were too low for marine one to fly. according to the secret service who i contacted about it in order to get the president out there by motorcade they would have had to have closed a lot of roads in paris and on the way out to the cemetery for

hours, which they thought would be too much of an inconvenient for the french people. i've been talking to some other administration officials who were with the president on that day. they insist, trace, the story is, quote, b.s. >> sandra: let's bring in byron york and fox news contributor. i'll ask you about that in a moment. first i want to bring up the news that more than 175 current, former law enforcement officials have now endorsed joe biden slamming the president as the lawless president. nobel wray, a former madison police chief and one of the officers endorsing joe biden for president. it's ironic a lawless president claimed to be the law and order president. we're at a crossroads. we need a president prioritizing the safety of americans and their families. this has been the president's

big message over the past couple weeks, the law and order president. what does this mean for his strategy? >> well, i think it shows that the president's message is getting through in the sense that joe biden needs to push back against it. you have to remember the president has the endorsement of several very big police unions, national police unions of new york city, the president has a lot of support. he has staked out a very pro-police position in all of this unrest we've been having in the last few months. so joe biden does need to push back. he has emphasized his belief that there are peaceful demonstrations and then there are criminal acts and that they should be prosecuted. on the other hand, 175 is not a huge amount. it includes former u.s. attorneys and county attorneys and former police officers. there are thousands and thousands and thousands of them around the country. it is hard to see exactly how

much support this represents for joe biden. >> sandra: of course, this comes after the endorsements came down from several high-profile police and law enforcement organizations for president trump. here is the latest fox news polling that does show, byron, joe biden in front on policing in three swing states, arizona, north carolina, and wisconsin. although the president holds a slight lead in north carolina leading by one point there. what do you expect from these dueling messages? you know that joe biden will be talking the economy. we saw him visit kenosha after the president. but the president has been focusing on that law and order message but still polls better on the economy. >> well, the president has a long record on the economy before the collapse because of coronavirus. he is trying to make this argument that i built a great economy. we all know what happened with the virus but we're building it

back now. joe biden can't do that. that's the message that the president has to push on the economy. but as far as law and order is concerned, i think the president believes that it is working right now. if you look at the polls he is still significantly behind nationally and in a number of key states that he will need to win if he is to win reelection. so this is not like put him over the top but he feels he is making progress against biden on this particular law and order issue. >> sandra: if i could, byron, ask you about the report that we just led off with at the white house there, this atlantic report that is citing four people with first-hand knowledge of the discussion that day where the president reportedly called american war dead losers and suckers. the president is denying that report. >> well, this is something we'll need to know more about.

the atlantic story is based on four anonymous sources. we have had a lot of sources now go on the record denying the story. but the story starts out by saying that the president did not go to the world war i cemetery because he was afraid that the rain would mess up his hair. now, we have an account of that day from john bolton's memoir. he was a note taker and there the whole time and he talked about how it was unsafe to fly helicopters because of the weather. john roberts just mentioned that. also a motorcade would take 90 minutes to two hours each way making it very difficult to get the president out of france if there were an emergency of some sort. that's always a secret service concern. so we have a lot of accounts on one side of what happened and now we have these four anonymous accounts in the atlantic. a number of people would like

to see whoever is talking to the atlantic to come out and speak on the record. >> sandra: byron york, more on that coming up. thank you, have a great weekend. >> trace: fresh job numbers out this morning. 1.4 million jobs added in the month of august. the unemployment rate dropping to 8.4%. we'll have more on this later in the hour with former top economic advisor under president obama. >> sandra: new polling meanwhile showing president trump trailing joe biden in swing states key to his 2016 victory with 60 days to go to election day. should the trump campaign reconsider its strategy? we'll ask rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel. the salon owner who revealed nancy pelosi's controversial hair appointment responding to president trump's suggestion she run for office. protestors bring their anger to the house speaker's doorstep. >> three of my personal friends

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>> i say nancy pelosi, where is the mask? she said i was set up.

i was set up by the salon owner. i was set up. if she was set up she shouldn't be leading the house of representatives. i want the salon owner to lead the house of representatives. >> trace: president trump floating the idea of san francisco salon owner replacing her as house speaker. -- she responded to the president by saying i never expected all of this but the house i'm focused on right now is the house with two little girls under 10 with social distance learning. but i appreciate the sentiment. meantime protestors gathering outside nancy pelosi's home slamming the speaker for what they call hypocrisy leaving blow dryers and hair curlers there. >> sandra: 60 days to go until

election day. president trump is trailing joe biden in two key swing states that were crucial to his 2016 victory. biden meanwhile leads the president by 8 points in pennsylvania where 20 electoral votes are up for grabs. the former vp is three points ahead in florida where 29 electoral votes are at stake. let's bring in ronna mcdaniel. good morning to you. welcome. do those polls concern you? >> not with quinnipiac. they have historically gotten it wrong. they had hillary clinton clinton in 2016 and in 2018 was wrong. we're always looking at the polls. many of the times the data and metrics are wrong. in this one the independents are polled way too high and republicans way too low. i'm looking at the internal numbers we're saying in analytics show the president winning in these battleground

states and out registered joe biden in six battleground states where we have done a better job since 2016 and put the president in a better position and we're knocking on a million doors a day. joe biden is knocking on none because he has no infrastructure. >> sandra: women will be crucial to the election. new research for the center from responsive politics is showing the amount of dollars donated from women to political campaigns is reaching numbers never seen before. 44% now in 2020. that's up 13% since 2004. of course, majority of that money does go to democrats historically. does this concern you? are you regretful at all about the president and some of his freezing of the suburban housewives referencing women and does it hurt the president with the female vote? >> there is a franchise called

the real housewives pretty famous and shows strong women in powerful positions. it is not a pejorative word. i use it and i'm chair of the republican party. the president understands are the whole voter. we make the majority of healthcare and the economy and our national defense. we care about education. the president has been on the forefront of saying we need to get our kids back in school. virtual learning now for two teenage kids this is something i'm becoming more and more thankful for the president for saying we need to get our kids back in school. the president is taking on the law and order issue. many of my friends in suburban america are saying this is crazy what we're seeing in our cities with democrat mayors and governors standing down allowing lawlessness in their cities. we're thankful to the president. we're seeing in our numbers women are coming back to the president at a higher level because of his stance on these important issues. >> sandra: you and your party are quick to dismiss polling but when it comes to the law

and order message it appears joe biden is winning with the law and order message in swing states. when it comes to female voters the fox news polling in swing states arizona, north carolina, wisconsin, it shows a dominance over president trump when it comes to joe biden's favorability with women in those states. in this npr article this morning, when you are trying to dig into why because ronna you've always made the case all issues are women's issues and women vote with their pocket books, they want a strong economy. this one cites one big factor driving the surge in giving -- for women this year is the coronavirus. they're concerned about the coronavirus, the impact on the economy, any further shutdowns. the president's handling of that. could that be a big concern for the president in the female vote? >> i think that women recognize the president has led on

coronavirus with the rapid testing that he has ramped that up, with the warp speed vaccine. i will tell you personally i thought i had coronavirus in march. i got a bill from my healthcare provider for $2500. when i called my health company they said no, the trump administration worked it out. you don't have to pay anything. this is americans across the country not having to pay anything because of the negotiation of the president and the coronavirus task force to make sure that nobody is paying costs for coronavirus testing or anything related to coronavirus. that's huge. he is not getting enough credit for that. he is also taking the right stance which is recognizing the hard working americans cannot hunker down like joe biden and others for months on end. many americans live paycheck to paycheck. we have to balance health and safety with opening this economy. that's a message that is winning because it's relatable. many people have to go to the grocery store, we have to go to work. we have to get our kids in school and we can do that while combating coronavirus.

>> sandra: ronna mcdaniel, appreciate your time this morning. thank you so much. great to see you. trace. >> trace: a new jobs report out this morning and the numbers could bode well for the economy. shocking video from the heart of new york city last night as well. this was the scene in time square and we'll have much more on this. - hey, can i... - safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today.

>> trace: bottom of the hour.

top stories. federal agents reportedly shooting and killing the man suspected of killing a pro-trump activist in portland last week. it happened as authorities tried to arrest the 48-year-old suspect in washington state. >> sandra: coronavirus outbreak prompting the state university of new york to send students home for the rest of the fall semester. temple university responding to a rise in infection. 95% of its classes will be taught remotely. >> trace: democratic nominee joe biden set to give an economic speech today from his hometown in wilmington, delaware. the former vice president is expected to argue that president trump's coronavirus response has made the economic crisis worse. >> sandra: all right. brand-new jobs report is out and it did beat expectations, more than a million jobs were added last month. nearly 1.4 million to be exact. the unemployment rate, that headline number, came down to 8.4%. the dow opened for trading

about 43 seconds ago and it is up 180 points or so. let's bring in jason fuhrman former chairman of the council of economic advisors under president obama. what is your reaction to the jobs report? i'll reference back to an interview i did with you in may and you suggested that we are going to see a sharp snapback in the economy when we start to reopen. is this the sign of that? >> a lot of people who were temporarily laid off during the covid crisis are being brought back to work. that's great news. i expected it to happen. it is happening a bit faster than i would have expected. important to understand, though, part of why it's happening is some progress in containing covid. a lot of it is we had a massive fiscal stimulus. we're putting tons and tons of money into the economy. that ended at the end of july

and so our ability to sustain this if people don't have some of the money and resources they had earlier in the year is more of a question. >> sandra: all right. so the snapback in the economy is happening faster than expected is what you are saying but more stimulus will be needed for this to continue? on that note i want to ask you to put your political hat on for a second, not your economist's hat. you tied the two together during the pandemic. you were talking to a group of bipartisan business professionals and you suggested that the sharp snapback in the economy could be a bad thing politically for joe biden because president trump can make the case that look, here we're coming out of the coronavirus, the economy is improving and things are looking great. do you still think that way? >> look, 8.4% unemployment is a recession. it is a bad recession. not the worst recession in the last 50 years, but one of the

worst. 8.4% unemployment is much lower than the unemployment rate four months ago. the economy is improving really rapidly. president trump has a good line. look how fast it is improving. joe biden has a very good point the economy is still in bad shape. and regardless of what you think about the political debate, no one would say let's say mission accomplished, let's stop working. more needs to be done to continue this recovery. >> sandra: i don't think anybody is saying let's stop working. still a lot of work to be done and millions of americans that are out of work and still a lot of people who can't even return to work. you look at the case in california where you've got a lot of salons, restaurants here in new york. this is still a very difficult economic time for this country. larry kudlow, however, advisor to the president, says he expects 20% growth in the last two quarters of the year and a v-shaped recovery. here is kudlow. >> we're in good shape for the

v-shaped recovery. we're about 80% reopening. the spikes in the south and west did have some restraint on the recovery. consumer net worth has increased. we're now at a record -- >> sandra: jason, i just want to know where we stand, you know, as a country? what does our economic growth look like working our way toward christmas? major companies like fedex forecasting astronomical growth. >> we'll have a very strong growth rate in the third quarter of this year, i would agree with larry kudlow on that. we'll get that number at the end of october. happy to come back on and we can discuss it when we get it. the fourth quarter i'm not sure, october, november, december. what happens in terms of a

second wave, the first part of economic growth is easier than the second part. the first part you are bringing people back the their old jobs. the second part you are creating new jobs. that's always harder to do. do we sustain the policy that we need to continue all the economic growth? i think we've gotten off to a pretty good start in terms of where the economy goes is a lot more that needs to be done and i'm not at all confident about how great that will be in the fourth quarter. >> sandra: i will finish off by showing president trump still holds the edge on joe biden on the economy. this is the latest fox news polling in some key swing states arizona, north carolina, wisconsin. although he is about even with biden in wisconsin. north carolina still a pretty significant lead there. joe biden is going to make his case for the economy today. he has had to walk back some comments he made about his willingness to completely shut down the economy again. but what case can he make

against the president if things are looking up and getting better? >> look, i have no doubt that president trump has mishandled the covid crisis. testing started incredibly slowly. barely there, no national strategy. for months he was negative about masks which we know are one of the most effective ways to control it. that's why the cases are a lot higher in the united states than in many other countries. >> sandra: what does it say about joe biden's economic policy pitch? what specifically can he do to run against the president on the economy? >> he will do a better job on covid, which means he will do a better job on the economy. that's the biggest problem for the economy. second of all, the continuing the recovery. the years' long process to get us all the way back there, investments in infrastructure, investments in green jobs, those are things that joe biden will push and that he will work

in a bipartisan way if we can to get done. president trump has talked about infrastructure for four years and it hasn't happened. >> sandra: people come on the program and don't give the president credit for a robust economy before the coronavirus shutdown. did the president's policies lead to an economic boom before the coronavirus? >> i think we were in pretty good shape economically before the crisis. a lot of what happens in the economy has nothing to do with the president. partly it's a continuation of president obama, partly it's a temporary result of the tax cuts which, of course, in the short run helped the economy. the question is do they help the economy in the long run? i don't have a lot of evidence for that. >> sandra: we'll continue this conversation. final? thanks so much for joining us. we will have you and austin

back in soon. thank you. [shouting] >> trace: pretty shocking scene when car drove through a crowd of protestors last night in time square after hundreds of people turned out to protest. body cam video emerged of the march arrest of a black man who later died in rochester, new york. the disturbing video was released by the family's attorney. now the mayor of rochester has suspended all seven officers involved. laura engel is live for us now. what exactly happened last night? >> trace, well, both rochester and new york city saw protests last night. both the scenes of outrage and violence over the death of daniel prude who died in rochester over five months ago. eight protestors and two officers, eight protestors arrested, two officers injured

after a large crowd marched through the streets demanding justice. that happened in rochester. in new york city's time square a crowd rammed into a crowd of protestors. the driver who hasn't been found or identified hit the gas knocking down bikes and people, speeding off. no one was injured. this just a day after the public saw police body cam video for the first time which was released this week by the family of 41-year-old daniel prude who had called police march 23 when prude was experiencing a mental health episode. prude was naked and screaming in the street. after police tried to calm him down they handcuffed him, put a spit hood on his head. kneeled on his back and pressed his face into the pavement for several minutes until he stopped breathing. he was resuscitated and died seven days later. yesterday the mayor of rochester announced the seven officers were being suspended with pay. >> mr. daniel prude was failed by our police department, our

mental healthcare system, our society, and he was failed by me. >> the family obtained the video through the help of their lawyer and many are asking why it took so long for this story to come to light? the investigation was handed over to the new york state attorney general in april and yesterday the city of rochester released a statement saying that the assistant attorney general contacted the city's law department saying while she couldn't legally advise them what to do she asked the city to withhold the information and the body cam video saying it would, quote, interfere with the attorney general's investigation, which is still ongoing. trace. >> trace: laura, thank you. >> sandra: a month after the explosion that killed nearly 200 people in beirut rescuers have renewed hope of finding someone still alive in the rubble. and was it another gaffe?

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>> trace: critics going after joe biden for comments made during his trip to kenosha, wisconsin, he met with the family of jacob black but during a speech he made a point about inequities in taxes using this unfortunate choice of words. >> 19 corporations making a billion dollars apiece don't pay a single penny in taxes. i don't want to punish anybody but everybody should pay their fair share. i won't lay out more now because they'll shoot me. >> sandra: let's bring in marie harf. good to see you. joe biden is in a church talking to people affected by

the shooting of jacob blake, probably not the best words to use. >> well, here is the thing, trace, joe biden participated in a number of really powerful, emotional meetings yesterday including that one that you just played a clip from. and all accounts from the people that were involved were really positive. elections are choices, trace. i think that's worth keeping in mind when we talk about the gaffes by joe biden. this week donald trump compared police officers who shoot unarmed black americans to golfers who miss putts. we saw a story last night the donald trump called american war dead losers. if we do a gaffe-off i will take joe biden every day and twice on sundays, this idea that biden, not trump is harmed by this issue is laughable. give me a break. >> trace: the question that joe biden has a history of this. he is now coming out of the

basement and speaking and everybody in the country is waiting for joe biden to make another one of his famous gaffes and he keeps delivering. i think that's the issue here, marie. >> i think the issue is that every time joe biden's opponent gives an interview or speech he makes 20 gaffes. he lies 20 times. he says a bunch of things that are offensive or incorrect. i think in some ways, trace, the public knows who joe biden is. they have seen him over decades and i think that a lot of joe biden's public personality is -- >> trace: we've known joe for 55 years and it is time to do that. i think the question is this goes back to last year when the hill reported close allies of joe biden said maybe we should alter his schedule so he doesn't have events late in the afternoon. monday late afternoon in pittsburgh. joe biden talking about coronavirus. watch. >> covid thisier since the

outbreak has taken more than -- the lives -- think about it. more lives this year than any other year. >> trace: not a gaffe, marie but not focused i think people are suggesting. >> again, trace, if donald trump and republicans want to have a debate about mental acuity, about truthfulness, about who goes out in front of crowds and says normal, respectful, truthful things, democrats will take that any day of the week and twice on sundays. if donald trump wants to have a conversation about health he can release all his health records, too, trace. >> trace: you don't want to talk about joe biden. i have to go here, marie. >> i'm happy to talk about it, trace. i'm happy to talk about it. joe biden has publicly talked

about his stutter, about his issues with public speaking and how he has overcome this. despite that he keeps giving very powerful messages in his speech. elections are about choices. if the choice is joe biden who sometimes misses a word on a teleprompter versus donald trump i'm telling you politically democrats think it's a winning argument. >> trace: fair enough. good to see you. thank you. >> sandra: a word of caution from nation's leading infectious disease expert. >> we know from prior experience that when you get into holiday weekends, fourth of july, memorial day there is a tendency of people to be careless with regard to the public health measures we keep recommending over and over again. >> sandra: how the pandemic is changing american travel this labor day weekend. when their growing family meant growing expenses, our agents helped make saving on insurance easy usaa.

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how is it looking this morning? >> it's been a steady stream of travelers in and out of atlanta's airport. millions more around the country will travel this labor day weekend but far less than last year. reservations are a third of what they were in 2019 according to trip it with concerns about covid-19 experts say most people will travel short distances and by car this holiday weekend. >> more people will get in their car and driving to their destination. they feel more comfortable. they can control that environment. and certainly although air fairs are much lower, we think that people will feel more comfortable with their road trip. >> airlines like delta are trying to ease people's minds about flying this holiday weekend. they are insuring people it sanitizes its planes before

every flight. travelers we spoke to say they feel safe. >> my precautions and social distancing and wearing a mask, everything as long as you follow the rules you can stay alive. >> top travel destinations for people this holiday weekend las vegas, orlando and denver. >> trace: charles, thank you. >> sandra: both 2020 candidates hitting battleground states hard this week sharpening messages and attacks on each other. who is resonating more. rachel campos-duffy will join us on that just ahead. s and ear. the open road is open again. and wherever you're headed, choice hotels is there. book direct at choicehotels.com.

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>> sandra: more on all those stories just ahead. we begin on this friday morning on the campaign trail. president trump and joe biden each visiting battleground states today sharpening their messages and their attacks. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith, hi, trace. >> trace: good morning. good morning, i'm trace gallagher. the former vice president will talk about the economy in delaware. yesterday in wisconsin where he met with the family of police shooting victim jacob blake and spoke with blake himself. >> i had an opportunity to spend some time with jacob on the phone. he talked about how nothing was going to defeat him. how whether he walked again or not he was not going to give up. >> sandra: we have fox team coverage for you this morning. mark meredith in north carolina

with the trump campaign but first to griff jenkins in biden's hometown in delaware. >> in just over two hours we expect him to make the case that the economic crisis was made worse because of president trump not getting the coronavirus out of control after the jobs report for august shows 1.4 million jobs were added. yesterday in kenosha biden was hammering the president. >> there are a lot of folks who thought well, the president made great strides with this law and order strategy here. boy, after his convention he began making inroads. he hasn't, not at all. i mean, it should give you a little bit of confidence in the american people. >> and the president hammered back from the keystone state last night. today he is praising the jobs numbers tweeting this.

great jobs numbers, 1.37 million jobs added in august. unemployment rate falls to 8.4%. better than i expected better and deeper than thought possible. when you look at the battleground state of pennsylvania. trump won it by 45,000 polls. now in the new poll you see biden up eight points. 52-44. dig into the data on the issues. biden leads by the same number on the handling of the crisis but flips when you get to the economy. trump leads by 52-45. >> sandra: biden made another gaffe in kenosha? >> he did. he made a joke when he was talking too much about raising taxes on the wealthy. he used the phrase that may have failed to read the room. watch. >> 19 corporations making a billion dollars apiece don't pay a single penny in taxes.

i don't want to punish anybody but everybody should pay their share out. i won't lay that out for you now because they'll shoot me. >> speaking at the grace lutheran church. they're emotionally still dealing with the jacob blake shooting but he did do something president trump didn't do. he met with jacob s family and spoke to him. >> sandra: more on that coming up. thank you. >> president trump: what you have to do is send in your early ballot and then go and make sure that ballot is tabulated or counted. if it's not counted, vote. and then they have the job, if it comes in late, and if it is not too late, they have the job of making sure that they don't count it. >> trace: president trump urging anyone who votes by mail make a trip to the polls and vote again if it wasn't counted.

use provisional ballots that count mail-in ballots after election day. north carolina is the first day to send out its 2020 ballots putting 600,000 in the mail today. mark meredith live in raleigh, north carolina. how soon will the ballots reach voters? >> good morning. take a few days for them to get out there. starting today north carolina is sending out those ballots for voters who have already requested them and they will keep going out over the next several days. we had a chance to go inside wake county's election center to see how their workers are getting ready for the surge in absentee voting with workers social distancing and wearing masks as they prepare the envelopes. absentee voting is not a new program in north carolina. you don't have to give a reason why you want to vote absentee. during the pandemic there has been a surge of requests for ballots. the latest numbers showing 643,000 putting in a request to vote by mail. a fraction of the 7 million registered voters but how many

plan to vote by mail for now. >> the higher likelihood that there will be no waiting and you'll be counted. there are provisions. >> while the president was in north carolina this week he encouraged his supporters to do all they could to make sure their ballot gets counted even after it's mailed in and potentially vote twice but north carolina officials stress you cannot vote twice. they do not want people doing that. instead they encourage people to check the status of their ballot online. >> we do record when someone's vote has been cast by mail. if they come to vote in person, during the early voting period we have a record of that so if they show up on election day and have voted in either one of those situations we know that has occurred. >> north carolina also has early in-person voting. that begins in mid october. this is amazing. state officials tell me they

expect it's possible up to 80% of all the ballots that will be cast for this election will be cast before election day itself. trace. >> trace: fascinating. mark meredith. thank you. >> sandra: top postal officials are worried about the supply chain for ballots and recording in the daily beast they talk about possible problems with printing companies election officials have hired. a big concern whether they can handle the huge jump in demand for ballots and related material that's expected during the coronavirus pandemic. >> trace: fox news alert now. two top house republicans asking attorney general bill barr to investigate whether nancy pelosi committed a crime when she ripped up a copy of president trump's state of the union speech back in february. the pair sent the a.g. a letter saying the speaker violated her responsibility to preserve official documents delivered to the house of representatives. at the time pelosi said ripping

up the speech was the courteous thing to do. >> sandra: as for nancy pelosi, salon scandal. the owner of the salon closed during the pandemic calling out the speaker of the house after surveillance video showed her getting her hair done on monday without wearing a mask. it is a clear violation of state and local coronavirus rules. now the salon owner is explaining her decision to make that video public. >> the point of releasing this video was and is if a woman in a high-risk age group who spends much of her time on tv warning about the dangers of covid-19 feels safe and comfortable in a san francisco salon and can be responsible for being cautious and mindful, why can't the rest of san francisco and the rest of america do that, too? >> sandra: claudia cowan is live in san francisco for us. where the salon owner has been on the defensive all week and

seen her do interviews, the press con convenience she did virtually yesterday. what is she saying? >> that's right, sandra. you know, the fallout from this blow-out continues with this hair salon ownerferfully explaining that the video leak of pelosi's wash and dry was not a setup but a way to expose the speaker's hypocrisy. she took to zoom to say if she felt safe enough to have an indoor service when others can't, adding pelosi's visit is proof salons are safe. >> someone who breaks the rules to feed themselves or their children is very different from mrs. pelosi who supports rules that even she acknowledges by her actions are not necessary to insure safety. i just wanted all stylists, including jonathan, to be able to work and also ones including mine.

to be able to reopen safely for indoor services. >> pelosi is demanding the salon apologize for giving her misleading information about what was allowed. the backlash has been fierce. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany looped the incriminating video while slamming the speaker for holding up coronavirus aid and in pennsylvania president trump questioned the speaker's fitness to lead the house. >> president trump: if she was set up, then they shouldn't be leading the house of representatives. i want the salon owner to lead the house of representatives. >> other critics staged a rally outside pelosi's san francisco home. some in curlers, many with blow dryers demanding an end to things that have devastated thousands of businesses. >> we don't care if you have

gray hair. we want to work and we want you to grant us the opportunity to live our lives. >> the salon owner getting support from the governor of south dakota who tweeted an invitation for her to open her hair salon there after receiving hate mail and even death threats. kious says she will not stay here. >> sandra: it is not over yet. >> >> trace: what larry kudlow said about overcoming drug addiction. president trump and joe biden visiting kenosha this week. and how the issues have sharp -- >> this should give confidence to the american people, they ain't buying it. tempur-pedic's mission is to give you

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>> trace: white house economic advisor larry kudlow delivering emotional remarks at a drug recovery event organized by first lady melania trump opening up about his own past addiction. >> i was a hopeless abuser of alcohol and drugs.

i had tried several times unsuccessfully to get sober. like a lot of my peers and friends, i went through bloody hell and suffered significant consequences. >> trace: he says he celebrated 25 years of sobriety in july. his message to anyone else with addiction, quote, you can get sober, you can stay sober and you can lead a productive life. he urges employers to give others like him a chance. >> president trump: biden's plan is to appease the domestic terrorists. my plan is to arrest them and prosecute them. [cheering and applause] >> this is the first chance we've had in a generation in my view to deal and cut another

slice off institutional racism. >> sandra: president trump and joe biden giving starkly different messages on the surge of violence in america. the unrest in kenosha, wisconsin highlighting the differences this week. biden met with jacob blake's family during his visit to wisconsin yesterday. president trump did not. he met with law enforcement and toured damaged businesses on the trip when he went tuesday. rachel campos-duffy joins us now as a fox news contributor. thank you for being here. which candidate is doing better on this issue? i know you've been watching this really closely. >> you know, i think the trip to kenosha is so interesting. it perfectly en capsuleites which each of the campaigns will emphasize. donald trump said i'll deal with the economy and jobs. i'm the law and order president. joe biden came and said i'm a healer, i'm a racial healer. so donald trump comes, he meets

with law enforcement, as you said. he meets with the business owners and surveys the damage which kenosha looked like syria, not kenosha. then he does something very important. he doesn't just call out explicitly blm and antifa. he also talks about the marxist ideology behind it and he leaves promises to give money to kenosha to rebuild and promising to get to the bottom of who is funding these organizations antifa and blm and causing these riots. joe biden comes and he meets with the family. and the problem with not doing all the other things surveying the damage, going down and meeting with the business owners who were hurt and never ever calling out antifa and blm doesn't look like he is serious about fixing that problem. i think most people you did this great segment now on the hairdresser who -- the owner of

the hair salon and all the people saying open up our economy. get our economy going. i think that's top of mind here in wisconsin as well. we're open but we have a lot of rules on many schools are closed making it difficult for parents to get back to work. and so i think that donald trump looks stronger in this. i know there is a fox news poll that says that joe biden is up, yes, up by 9. i don't believe that at all. i'm not a polster but i live here. i don't think it's accurate. >> sandra: let me get your response to the breaking news this morning. 175 current and former law enforcement officials are endorsed joe biden. president trump got the endorsement earlier of other key police organizations. joe biden has always stood i'm quoting from the major city chiefs association has stood on the right side of the law and offering a vision for our nation. when asked the question would you feel safe in joe biden's

america the answer is yes. we asked ronna mcdaniel from the rnc about this last hour and here is how she responded. >> the president is taking on this law and order issue. i know many of my friends in suburban america are saying this is crazy what we're seeing in our cities with democrat mayors and democrat governors standing down and allowing lawlessness in their cities. we're seeing in our numbers women are coming back to the president at a higher level because of his stance on these important issues. >> sandra: still you have these big donations coming in for women now rachel. we know women are crucial to this election. here is the president's job approval rating on the economy. he is still beating joe biden when it comes to these issues. right now it stands 49.3%. why not focus on that message? you've always told me when it comes to women, while every issue is a woman's issue, the economy is so important. putting dinner on the table.

providing for their families. but safety is an important issue as well. do we need to see the president sort of pivot back to that message on the economy? >> i think he is hitting both. look, in kenosha the economy and security were together. you can't have your businesses come back when you have rioters coming in. what kenosha told a lot of suburban moms who thought this could only happen in chicago or new york or portland is that this could happen to you. 97% of wisconsin are made up of small communities just like kenosha. we have milwaukee, we have people's republic of madison but the rest is little towns like kenosha. kenosha told suburban moms and dads across the state it could happen to you and they wanted to know there was a president who could come in and say i can end this in one day he ended it. yes, you're right.

the economy affects moms especially but the shutdowns, the lockdowns, the triviality of it. again, i hate to get to nancy pelosi and the hair salon. what that told a lot of americans is that these democrats and these people imposing so many regulations and shutdowns are toig with our lives. they're toying with the childhood of so many kids who can't get back to school and parents who can't get back to work. donald trump seems to be the candidate on the side of those parents. >> sandra: i want to come in because we have a minute left or so. get the pulse of the people on the ground in wisconsin. i know so many republicans don't want to reference what is happening in the polls, don't believe the polls, i get that. you have to reference what you are seeing as far as the female support for joe biden. what are you hearing on the ground there from women? what do they want to see? what's the biggest issue for them come november?

>> the biggest issue is the economy, security and underlying that is socialism and marxism which i think is behind so much of this riot. worried about what their kids are being taught in school and such a rise in people wanting to homeschool. what i will tell you, sandra, quick is that the media, hollywood, social media and the democrat party have been pushing a narrative that if you support donald trump you are a racist. that is why so many wisconsin voters, so many moms and dads won't tell a polster or even their neighbors sometimes that they support donald trump because they know they aren't a racist. but in wisconsin people are nice and they just don't want to deal with it and so there is a lot of silent voters. i've told you this before, sandra. people know that i'm a conservative. they feel comfortable telling me. i get a lot of i'm voting for donald trump and i get that everywhere i go. i think there is a silent vote that is not being counted in these polls.

>> sandra: very interesting. rachel, i hope you come back soon. great to talk to you this morning. >> thank you so much. >> trace: an urgent search in beirut for possible survivors under tons of rubble a month after that massivexplosion, right? and federal agents finding and killing about the shooting if portland. what we're now learning about the suspect less. >> i watched them kill a friend of mine. i wasn't going to do that.

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>> sandra: bottom of the hour. time for the top stories. tense moments between police and protestors in rochester, new york after the mayor suspended seven police officers there involved in the suffocation death of daniel prude. >> trace: coronavirus cases linked to a maine wedding doubled to 144 people in one week. cdc spokesperson said a second person connected to the

outbreak died this week. >> sandra: a san francisco hair salon owner firing back at nancy pelosi saying she will not apologize for releasing video of the speaker violating lockdown rules by getting her hair done inside without a mask in that shut teared salon. >> what i will say is i felt that my life and other people around me's lives were in danger. and i felt like i had no choice but to do what i did. >> trace: a self-professed antifa person telling about the shooting in portland of a member of the group patriots prayer. law enforcement said that man identified as a suspect in the shooting is now dead. dan linskey is a former superintendent and chief of boston police and managing director of crow. this michael reinoehl told vice news saying the shooting was justified because he believes

the people in patriot prayer were about to kill him and a friend. more sound from him and get your reaction. >> totally justified. had i not acted i'm confident that my friend and i'm sure i would have been killed because i wasn't going the stand there and let something happen. what they've done is they are trying to make it look like we're all terrorists and they are trying to make me look like a murderer. >> trace: we should note we have zero evidence to back up his claim. what do you think, dan? >> when he went on tv and made that statement you knew it would be a difficult task for the marshals to take him into custody without violence. he made that statement and he had the mindset of thinking of his next chapter. when you go on tv and make a statement incriminating yourself and go on the run it was likely he was going to try to go out with a blaze of glory. that's exactly what happened unfortunately. >> trace: he was reportedly

arrested in july for carrying a loaded handgun and also in july was shot in the arm trying to wrestle a gun away from another right wing protestors and he posted this on instagram. i'm 100% antifa all the way. i am willing to fight for my brothers and sisters even if some of them are too ignorant to know what antifa truly stands for. we don't want violence but we want run from it either. he was clearly out for something. >> he said he didn't want violence but seemed to engage in it over and over again. so his actions spoke louder than his words. we heard from his sister that she was concerned that he was involved in something like this. that he didn't have the ability to deal with it without engaging in some type of confrontational manner. mental health issue. he wasn't there to make peace and have a protest he was there

to engage in an active and violent manner. >> trace: we've heard comments from people saying antifa, jerrold nadler the congressman saying antifa violence was a myth. this clearly disrupts that theory of that. what do you make of this group and the continued violence going on in portland and seattle? >> this group, the other groups, groups on both sides have used protests and are national movement to try and bring change in our system. groups all over have used it to use crowds to engage in violence. the authorities there need to get the right numbers, regional response where they prevent the groups from engaging in violence. it will not allow any group to take someone's life who is protesting and they need to get a handle on that as soon as possible and make sure they have the resources standing by before things get to gunshots in a protest. >> trace: that's a great point, dan. you talk about resources and

we've heard from businesses in downtown portland who keep saying they don't have the resources out there. we don't have any idea how we are going to protect ourselves and our business. i'm wondering, you have seen a lot of this type of stuff in your career. what happens tonight in portland as a result of this shooting? >> hopefully the governor has called out troops and the national guard to support local law enforcement who bring in regional law enforcement where they're able to have a low profile engage with crowds. they want to be peaceful. when people start to engage in disorder and violence they have officers come in and with a platoon with the appropriate systems and training to get the people under arrest very quickly and stop it from spreading. when you go in quickly and arrest the ring leaders and start to break it out you find those people who wanted to follow them lose their bravery and stop. and one of the other things making sure they aren't anonymous. if they're anonymous they like -- if you take away their

anonymity with photos and video they will stop as well. you need numbers to do that. >> trace: always good to hear from you. thank you. >> what we're searching for at the moment is likely one person buried not under much material. >> sandra: rescue crews in beirut detecting a possible heartbeat a full month after the massive explosion that killed 191 people and injured more than 6,000. benjamin hall is following all that from london this morning. hi, benjamin. >> hi, sandra. lebanon is a country so in need of a miracle right now. if they found a survivor 30 days after that explosion, this would be a miracle. all eyes, all ears are focused on the heartbeat weak though it may be. yesterday afternoon a sniffer dog belonging to a chilean search and rescue team detected a sign of life in a residential

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>> trace: ann romney whose husband mitt lost the race to barack obama will appear in a tv special with michelle obama to get out the vote. producer for the show says it's a nonpartisan special that uses comedy to encourage voting. comedian kevin hart will host the prime time special. >> president trump: i watched

nancy pelosi. you must wear your mask. you have to wear your mask. we're going to keep every beauty salon closed in california and all over the country. and then i see a picture. i say nancy pelosi, well, where is the mask? and i'll tell you what, she must have treated that beauty salon owner pretty badly. >> sandra: president trump at a rally last night in pennsylvania slamming house speaker nancy pelosi's visit to the san francisco hair salon that was closed due to covid-19 restrictions. new op-ed in the san francisco chronicle says pelosi's salon visit was not a good look for the speaker. happy to have you on this morning. this wasn't a good look for the speaker. she claims it was a setup. salon owner denies it was. even though nancy pelosi was told it was okay she should have known the rules and she should have known it wouldn't

look good to go in a salon when nobody else can't there. >> well, her hairdresser, her stylist says that she was set up and he also said that the owner of the salon has actually been operating the salon for months in contrast to the rules and regulations. but look, nancy pelosi clearly made a mistake because nancy pelosi has enough money so that she can have the stylist come to her own house. this issue of where to get your hair cut and colored is very, very important to women all over america. but it is not world war iii and it is not in donald trump's place to say -- to talk about nancy pelosi's hair or her hypocrisy especially when it seems to me that it is not exactly the most important thing going on in the world.

how about the allegations that donald trump called those who died in world war i losers and wouldn't go because he was worried about his hair? you don't see that being talked about by democrats because i do think --- >> sandra: to be clear that's an atlantic report citing four unnamed sources to be clear. >> absolutely. >> sandra: the salon owners everywhere have lost their is a ons, had to shut their salons. to say it is not an important issue i would question that. >> i think it is important. i think it is important. >> sandra: she jumped over restrictions to get her hair done. >> first of all, she was invited to come in if you believe what nancy pelosi says. and i do.

she was invited to come into the salon because it was reopening with restrictions. she was told there would be one person, her, in the salon. >> sandra: not in that county. not in that county. i read through the rules yesterday and she broke two rules and she clearly walked through a salon, an indoor public place with no mask on. and she pushes for that. >> i know. i know. that's why as i said at the beginning she does not look good. i just question whether or not with unemployment at 10% and a debate about whether or not we should be shutting down and opening up salons and other places of businesses that this was the way to discuss that. i don't think it is. i think because -- >> sandra: i'm hoping we aren't losing you, judith. if you are with us give us your kind of thoughts.

you are going in and out. >> i just think this is not the most important issue facing the country and it is not the way to have this debate. >> sandra: you talk to business owners who have their livelihoods at stake and not able to produce an income for bring customers through the door, it is a tough issue. >> trace: months of nightly protests in portland taking a big toll on people trying to make a living there. how business owners are coping with the unrest. cut! is that good? no you were talking about allstate and... i just... when i... accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today.

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down outside the nation's capital near annapolis, maryland thursday night. it brought heavy rain and hail and left thousands without power. >> sandra: a severe weather threat for millions of americans as we head into the labor day weekend. scattered storms heading for the mid-atlantic to bring damaging winds and isolated tornado and heavy rain possible in the nation's mid section. it's bringing a risk of flash flooding and extreme heat returning to the west through the weekend. >> trace: portland, oregon expected to hit 100 straight nights of protests. tomorrow night. many have been violent and destructive and businesses now face an uncertain financial future as they try to rebuild from damage and looting. with us now howie bierbaum, executive director of portland's saturday market. thank you for joining us, sir. the co-founder of downtown

development group, a big real estate firm in portland had this letter. they wrote it to the mayor and city council. you are willfully neglecting your duties as elected officials to keep our city safe and clean. what outreach have you had to small businesses and retailers to tell them that you have their back and are going to help them? is that a fair question to ask the mayor and city council, sir? >> yes, to a degree. i want to just state that since that letter was written over a week ago a posse of volunteers and the city itself has been cleaning up downtown significantly. removing graffiti and trash. the real challenge is that covid really stalled our city immediately in mid-march, the city and state took extreme measures, the right measures, to shutter in place in mid--march had the greatest impact.

there is no tourism. it is problematic in terms of the business climate downtown. i'm happy to report it is getting better. >> trace: when you talk about occupancy down there. you have the benson hotel says occupancy is at 15%. some others at 12%. normally in august occupancy is 90%. hilton hotel says violence, not the pandemic, is scaring away potential guests. what do you say? >> i don't necessarily agree with that. the violence and -- i want to make it clear part of the city that's being impacted by the protests is more or less the business side, the south side of downtown. it is two square blocks, maybe three. i work 10 blocks north of there and every day go to work around 9:00 a.m. you wouldn't know there was anything going on downtown, protestors clean up in the morning, clean up the site and there are other places in the city people can stay. it is just not the right year

for tourism. i run the saturday market that thrives on tourism. we attract a million visitors a year. we're down 60% because we have no tourists. to say it's downtown, the rest of the city thriving in many ways. new businesses are opening up in neighborhoods and it has been sadder than i expected. >> trace: sandra spoke yesterday who owns subway restaurants and can't get her employees, mostly young teenagers, she can't get her employees to show up because their parents are afraid to send them to their jobs. there are clearly businesses in downtown that are highly concerned about their future prospects. >> yeah, i work in old town which is a challenging part of town, probably the roughest part of town. i don't want to call it skid row but one of the more challenging parts of town. there are problems. we have an economic downturn,

we have more homeless people on the street and mentally ill people on the streets and drug abuse on the streets. so yes, are the streets rampant with crime and unsafe environment? no. i walk throughout downtown every day and i don't feel unsafe. it is just sad that covid took such a hit on us that downtown became largely abandoned and the protestors is cherry on top. >> sadly it has no longer to do with black lives matter and that's the tragedy of this. i think the message has been -- >> i agree with that to a certain extent. the real challenge when we had our unfortunate murder in the street last week. we have the proud boys and patriot prayer group come to town periodically.

i'm not sure why they are allowed to open carry when it is not an open county state. drive through the streets waving rifles and creating civic unrest. it cuts all different ways. we're in a very, very hard time now. there is systemic racism and it is hard on businesses. >> trace: thank you for coming on. thank you so much. >> sandra: fox news alert. live look at the white house where any moment the president is set to welcome leaders from serbia and kosovo to the white house. we may also get some remarks from the president if and when that happens we'll bring those to you. stay with us. brand-new hour coming up. ! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight.

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>> sandra: fox news alert moments from now we're expecting president trump to welcome the leaders of serbia and kosovo to the white house. the president looking to broker an economic deal between the two nations bitterly divided since kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008. just now fox news is learning the president will make a significant announcement regarding the two countries. we're watching that. another fox news alert. an accused cop killer under arrest a short time ago. fox affiliate in cleveland reporting that police have made an arrest in the murder of their brother in blue. it started as a mysterious case with somebody opening fire,

officer's car crashing and that officer and his informant ending up dead. the news is moving fast. hi, trace. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. developments coming quickly from local media. fox 8 reporting the arrest. the cleveland plain dealer is reporting the murdered officer was under cover wearing plain clothes and parked in his car with an informant. police are looking for more clues to give justice to a veteran of the force. >> we have information, we need to hear from you. this officer was out there trying to protect the people of this city. 25 plus year veteran of the city. excellent record, excellent officer. and pray for his family. >> sandra: mike tobin is live in the midwest bureau this morning. what else are police saying about the fatal shooting? >> the latest information sandra is still coming through

the fox affiliate in cleveland reporting now that two people have been arrested. number of people questioned in the slaying of this police officer and still unidentified second person. a manhunt is underway for a third person according to the reporting from our fox affiliate. 10:00 last night when this 25 year veteran of the police force was shot. he was in his car. unidentified person was in the car with him and also shot and both died of their injuries. not public why the second person was in the vehicle. according to local reports that second person was a confidential informant working with the police. a law enforcement source says the vehicle was not a marked police cruiser, motivation for the shooting is not public yet. cops are saying the detective was respected and liked. he died protecting the public and will be mourned. >> this is a bad one. they're all bad. this one is hard. this officer was well liked.

he has been around for a while. a good man. >> more information is expected later in the day. governor mike dewine has ordered flags in ohio flown at half staff in honor of the police officer. >> sandra: trace. >> trace: the man accused of killing a pro-trump supporter in portland is reportedly dead. reports say michael reinoehl was killed after feds tried to arrest him in western washington this comes after reinoehl basically admitted to fatally shooting aaron danielson in an interview with vice news claiming he acted in self-defense. it happened saturday night between pro trump demonstrators confronted black lives matter protestors in downtown portland. >> sandra: president trump is strongly denying a report he made disparaging remarks about fallen soldiers during a trip to fans two years ago. a piece in the atlantic says he referred to americans who died

in world war i as losers and suckers. john roberts is live on the north lawn of the white house. the president is come out hard on this report. what are we hearing? >> i remember all about this, too. not quite two years ago. i was there in france on that presidential trip and i can say that none of this came up at the time so it is curious that it is coming up now, now that we're within 60 days of the election. the president really infuriated over these reports that he would have referred to the marines, 1800 who lost their lives in the battle of bello woods and others buried at the cemetery as losers and suckers. the president tweeted a short time ago. the atlantic magazine is dying like most magazines so they make up a fake story in order to gain relevance. story already refuted. this is what we're up against like the fake dossier. you fight and fight and people realize it was a total fraud. here is what the president said last night arriving back from

latrobe, pennsylvania at joint base andrews. video is dark. listen to what he said. >> president trump: to think that i would make statements negative to our military and fallen heroes when nobody has done what i've done with the budgets, with the military budgets, with getting pay raises for our military. it is a disgraceful situation by a magazine -- i would be willing to swear on anything that i never said that about our fallen heroes. there is nobody that respects them more. >> this morning i have spoken with two people who were in the meetings about whether to cancel that trip. one of them would not be described as a supporter of the president current. the president never said that according to both of these sources. did not use the words losers or suckers. the recommendation to not go to the cemetery was not the president's. it was an adviseor to chief of staff john kelly. john kelly concurred saying there were security concerns.

the helicopter could not fly so they would have to motorcade out there. for security reasons it was not a good idea. the actual email said coming from the mail tear aide to the president. we're a bad weather call. kelly will replace potus for today's ceremony. advice if any questions. it was also -- the allegation was also made the president did not want to go because it was raining and he was afraid what that would do to his hair. the next day i was with the president at another cemetery where it was raining and he stood out for an hour in the rain and paid tribute to america's fallen heroes. >> sandra: president trump went after joe biden, john, pretty hard last night. what else did he say? >> the president is drawing sharp contrast with biden over many different things. he also referred to biden last night without using the words as a flip-flopper saying he has changed his positions depending on which way the wind or polls

are blowing. the president really tried to put law and order again at the top of the issue agenda even though in places like pennsylvania, the economy is still number one. the president drawing sharp contrasts with his approach to lawlessness, law and order with joe biden. listen here. >> president trump: biden's plan is to appease the domestic terrorists and my plan is to arrest them and prosecute them. for the entire summer biden was silent as rioters viciously attacked law enforcement in democrat cities all. burned down businesses, terrorized civilians and recently marched through the streets chanting death to america. this is what we have. >> the president is focused on jobs and economy as well as the energy industry there in pennsylvania. the president picking up a big endorsement from a boilermakers union out of pittsburgh. you mentioned at the top the president of serbia and prime minister of kosovo are at the white house expected to sign an

economic cooperation deal the president will be presiding over. big news out of the white house this morning. >> sandra: the new monthly jobs report is in and it did beat expectations with more than a million jobs added last month. lowering the unemployment rate to 8.4%. the dow jones industry all average, however, is significantly down this morning. a 500-point drop. the acting chairman of the council of economic advisors, tyler goodspeed. the drop in the dow. is this president saying anything about this this morning? it has been a wild week for markets and seems that the technology companies, american technology companies are losing a lot of steam after a record run-up. >> thank you, sandra. we're keeping a close eye on equity markets and we're digging into the details of where there is weakness. and these things happen in

equity markets. what we're focused on at the moment is what is happening in the real economy and as you said in the august jobs report we saw in addition to gains of 1.4 million employees in the business survey, we also saw a decline of 1.8% in the unemployment rate vastly exceeding expectations, which was for a more modest decline from 10.2 percent. we saw a decline to 8.4 percent, more people actively looking for work. we would have expected to bump up the unemployment rate. just to put it in perspective, only a few months ago the nonpartisan congressional budget office was forecasting an average unemployment rate during the three months of july, august and september of 14.1%. instead we've smashed through that and the nonpartisan cbo

was predicting an end of year unemployment rate of 10.5%. a vlasim provement on expectations and the strength of the pre-covid labor market and impressed with the u.s. government response. >> sandra: there are questions how long this recovery can last, how strong it can continue to recover. we were talking to a former obama economic advisor in the first hour of the show this morning jason fuhrman who gave credit to the rebound we're seeing in the economy. he said however for this to last it is going to take more stimulus because the markets have been going up with an unprecedented amount of help. how dependent is the market and the economic recovery on more stimulus? >> there is no doubt we have vastly exceeded expectations and already clawed back 50% of the jobs lost in march and

april and now the challenge is regaining the remaining 50%. that is why president trump remains committed to achieving bipartisan legislation that can pass both houses of congress and he can sign into law that includes things like a reload of the paycheck protection program and includes incentives for employee retention and hiring and that includes continued enhanced unemployment insurance benefits to insure household income is stabilized. we have achieved remarkable gains thus far and focused on making sure we get back to the state of affairs that prevailed on the eve of this pandemic. we would like to see much more willingness to compromise on the part of counterparts on the hill. we have upped our offer on state and local aid and upped our offer on nutritional assistance and upped our offer on the post office. we would like to see a lot more engagement on what needs to be done to achieve full recovery in the u.s. labor market. >> sandra: you always have on your economist hat.

how about your political hat? there is a lot of guessing going on where the economy will be early november. where -- what are your thoughts and projections? >> when we look at the real data, we look at the advanced durable goods orders numbers that came out last week. it implies a real equipment investment growth north of 20%. when we look at the retail sales number and personal consumption expenditures last month it implies good growth of 35%. almost 70% of the economy right there. also the housing market has been a particular source of strength. when we look at the increase in building permits, address dentional construction we're looking at analyzed growth north of 20% in construction. >> sandra: you are putting out a lot of positive data points. those are essential to point out. where are you most concerned? where is the economy having a

hard time coming back? >> well, i think what we are focused on is making sure that we achieve -- we close that gap in terms of the remaining employment losses to be recouped since april. >> sandra: are some of those jobs not coming back? >> i think that we're very optimistic we'll reattain the levels of unemployment we observed in february. and we're working very hard to make sure that policy continues to support that recovery because one of the things that we learned in the aftermath of 2008 and 2009 is when you allow these labor market disruptions to persist it can be a long time before you get full labor market recovery. back in 2009 the unemployment rate peaked at 10% in october 2009. it was 27 months before we saw an unemployment rate of 8.4%. we're very encouraged to see 8.4% in just one month. >> sandra: we'll have you back soon. we are awaiting the president

and we'll make sure we get back. >> trace: we're expecting to hear from the president any moment now as he meets with leaders of serbia and kosovo trying to work out a deal between the hostile nations. we'll take you there live. plus new battleground polls are in with both the president and joe biden on the ground in key states. how each of them can move the needle with just 60 days until the election. karl rove joins us and he will take us through the new numbers next. >> the president is taking on the law and order issue. many of my friends in suburban america are saying oats crazy what we're seeing in our cities with democrat mayors and democrat governors. tive sleep. tive sleep. so, no more tossing and turning. because only tempur-pedic's proprietary material adapts and responds to your body- -so you get deep, uninterrupted sleep. take advantage of our best offer of the year, with savings up to $500.

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>> trace: live pictures of the white house. we expect to hear from the president any time as he meets with the serbian president and we expect -- they are arriving now -- the prime minister of kosovo. the white house working to broker to deal between the two sides. they have been at odds since kosovo and serbia fought is civil war. many people died in the bloody

war. kosovo tried to -- in 2008 they were allowed to declare independence. the problem has been that kosovo since then, a very poor nation, about 2 1/2 million people, mostly muslim, very poor so this economic deal could be critical to the well-being of kosovo. of course, they have been at odds for the better part of the past two decades. more on that. reporters will be going into the oval office to record the event and bring it to you as soon as it happens. >> sandra: we'll watch for that. president trump saying a coronavirus vaccine could be ready next month. >> president trump: under operation warp speed we remain on track to produce a safe and effective vaccine in the record time we talked about. this would have been years later. it will be delivered before, in my opinion, before the end of the year but really might even be delivered before the end of october. >> sandra: top u.s. infectious

disease expert anthony fauci is warning about rushing the distribution of any vaccine that is not proven safe and effective in large trials. >> trace: as we wait for the president in the polling in the battleground states it emphasizes the importance of turnout and how the race could get tighter depending on who shows up to vote. karl rove is here. good to see you. it was fascinating. monmouth came out with the polls and included voter turnout. i want to put up pennsylvania if i can for you here. registered voters on the left. 49-45 biden leading. likely turnout. low turnout biden 48, trump 47 let's move to north carolina now. we'll have the same thing there. 47-45 for voter turnout. 48-46 high likely turnout. low likely turnout 48-46. what do you make of those polls, karl?

>> well, we're now getting to the stage where pollsters, a lot of them have been using registered voters, some even adults. now most polls are trending into likely voters. and this is not -- it sort of sounds exact and scientific but as those polls that you just related show, what model you arrive at and what model you use oftentimes will dictate significant differences. the higher the turnout, it tends -- the models sometimes the end to point towards joe biden doing better than with a lower turnout and sometimes the opposite. so we're just now getting into this phase. look, i'm skeptical of state level polls. we have a lot fewer state-level polls and the quality of those polls varies dramatically. some very good some not so good. i like looking at a national average of polls but it doesn't

give a look inside the states. these are interesting. the end to show a pattern. we have to be careful about investing too much in one single poll. >> trace: now that i know you hate state polls i'll show you one more. i am surprised you don't have the white board out. >> i have one and ready to prop up and ready to come if you give me the opening. >> trace: this is the monmouth poll on voters under 50. this is interesting because in -- now it's biden 49, trump 46. weeks ago it was biden 60 and president trump 29. that is a huge leap. what do you make of that? >> we see this over in the monmouth poll in the overall numbers as well. when you are dealing with sub s*ets of a big poll there is a great deal more vibration because you deal with a smaller sample. monmouth had a 10 point biden lead. now it has a three-point biden

lead. a seven-point shift. you see that can turn in things like men under 50 and some among african-american voters and so forth. we also see this elsewhere. emerson was 4 point lead for biden in late july. 2 points now. we're seeing evidence there has been a tightening of the race. my suspicion is if we are able to look inside a lot of these polls we probably see that they are the ending to point towards change among the same groups. that would be among them would be maybe younger black men, among them would be men under the age of 50. there might be some groups of suburbanites slightly moving. you have to again get inside all these polls and take a look at what the general trends are that are occurring in many of them. not just necessarily one. >> trace: the whole thing i want to get your take on this, the biden controversy yesterday

where he keeps making these gaffes. yesterday's was saying that he can't go on elaborate about his tax plan because they'll shoot me is what he said. what do you make of this, karl? >> well look, both candidates have a tendency to make people wince. the key is in the debates does one of these people do and say things that causes people to say i don't think they're up to the job. the one with greater risk of that is biden because biden has memory lapses. he sometimes appears to not know where he is. we'll see how well he is in the debate. i would caution people not to think what he says on the campaign trail is necessarily going to be indicative of his performance in debate. he had a dozen debate performances in the primary. he pretty well manhandled bernie. in the debate if somebody makes -- i happen to be around in

1976 as a youngster when in williamsburg, virginia when gerald ford said eastern europe is not under soviet domination. he tried to clean it up. it caused a stop in the campaign. his momentum was halted and some people credited with his narrow loss to jimmy carter that year. >> trace: great to see you. thank you. >> thank you, trace. >> sandra: private security guards hired to protect cal anderson park in seattle say they left during the first part of their shift after a group of people threatened them and verbally harassed them. the security firm says the group was armed with poles and sticks. seattle police then tweeted this photo of weapons recovered from the park. security firm says it is working with the city on a plan to safely return. meanwhile hilton pulling the plug on its property in time square as the 44 story hotel

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>> sandra: the suspect in the shooting that killed a right wing protestor in portland is now dead. michael reinoehl was an outspoken supporter of antifa who admitted to the shooting. he called itself defense. when police went to arrest him he pulled a gun and officers opened fire shooting him dead. >> trace: labor department saying the unemployment rate was 8.4%. better than predicted. the dow is now down by 500. analysts say it is due to a

brutal sell-off in technology share. >> sandra: anyone in the market for a puppy beware. crooks are using cute pictures to trick people. puppy adoption has skyrocketed during the pandemic. more than 2,000 people were scammed into pre-paying for their pets in february and promised puppies that were never delivered. >> trace: nancy pelosi facing more fallout after this video that was a salon that was supposed to be closed and not wearing a mask. nancy pelosi said she was set up. the salon owner responded. >> it's very different from mrs. pelosi who support rules that she acknowledges by her actions are not necessarily to

insure safety. i just wanted all stylists, including jonathan, to be able to work and all salons, including mine to be able to reopen safely for indoor services. >> trace: protestors gathering outside pelosi's home in san francisco with demonstrators wondering why pelosi got special treatment when salons were closed at the time. "new york post" columnist miranda devine wrote. pelosi's hair pocrisy is like democrat hypocrisy. it's about hypocrisy and jeff one understands that at the grassroots level. >> such is her sense of entitlement she refuses to apologize and on wednesday blamed the workers. telling her the appointment she

requested was kosher. what happened to no one is above the law after months of heckling the president for not wearing a mask and not listening to the signs. the hypocrisy was inescapable. >> it is. i think the hypocrisy of nancy pelosi and also her arrogance, sense of entitlement, her just refusal to accept responsibility, admit she has done something wrong in the eyes of any rational human being, what she did was appallingly hypocritical and just selfish. and yet that is exactly the way we see other democrats behaving in large. in fact, this is the entire campaign to shoe horn joe biden into the white house is -- everywhere you look. the small things. nancy pelosi's hair, governor andrew cuomo walking his dog

without a mask when he is talking about people wearing masks, blm protestors can get together in mass gatherings without -- and people not able to go to church. >> trace: it goes deeper. there seem to be no consequences for any politician. adam schiff come out and repeatedly saying he has the evidence against president trump. no consequences. if the speaker of the house came out and said yes, i messed up, i should have worn a mask it would probably be over by now, right? >> absolutely. that was the sort of normal, decent move of engagement that used to occur. i don't know what has happened with politics and the fact that the democrats maybe since donald trump was elected have gotten away with lie after monstrous lie starting with the russian collusion lie and

justville filing and demonizing the president and they have the media with them and twisting every word the president says and making it into some malicious, monstrous assault on america and democracy. yet joe biden goes off to kenosha, says some pretty inappropriate things and there is radio silence. in fact, when donald trump went to kenosha, there were all these dire warnings he was going to stoke more fires of unease and unrest and the mayor of kenosha and the governor of wisconsin said he shouldn't come. it was bad timing and would cause problems. the visit went perfectly. it was a really good, healing sort of visit and yet joe biden then realizes oh, i have to go to kenosha now. he goes and nobody complains. timing is fine for joe biden. >> trace: you talk about joe biden's trip to pittsburgh on monday saying when blaming the

president for stoking the riots in democratic city biden says does anyone believe there is less violence in america if donald trump is elected? he didn't take a single question, the trip was a disaster. 15 seconds for you to wrap this up. >> well, you know, the portrayal of joe biden as moderate sweet old joe has used mafia language twice. once when he said you ain't black if you don't vote for him and now you ain't safe if you don't vote for him. it is a menace underlying the whole democrat campaign and no one calls it out. >> trace: we shall find out. miranda devine, thank you. >> sandra: thanks. >> sandra: okay. we are just getting word the pool has been called to the oval office. as we told you earlier serbia and kosovo are expected to sign this economic deal at the white house.

the president touting this as a huge accomplishment, a huge deal that would be expected during this hour. so when we see the president and hear from the president on this, again the pool was just called outside the oval office, we'll bring that to you. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell facing a challenger in the bluegrass state. amy mcgrath will be joining us with that next. ♪

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>> sandra: a kentucky democrat. the latest poll shows mcconnell 5 percentage points ahead of amy mcgrath. former navy fighter pilot and mother of three. amy mcgrath joins us now. what does a former marine fighter pilot and democrat see as the most important issues in this election. >> the most important issue in this election is taking care of working kentuckyians and why my fellow kentuckyians are saying enough is enough. they're tired of a man who has been in washington 36 years who epitomizes everything that is wrong. the washington swamp. he built it and here in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic in which a million

kentucky people have filed for unemployment in the last 3 or 4 months, 300,000 people from kentucky that don't have healthcare right now and where is he at in the middle of this national crisis? he is on vacation. >> sandra: let's make it about how you are trying to win the race. what are the most important issues? what are you promising voters? >> you know what kentucky needs? we need good quality jobs here. we need investment in education and investment in 21st century infrastruck sure and we have to tackle healthcare. mitch mcconnell tried to throw people out their healthcare. and so i talked to my fellow people from kentucky every day about this. those are the most important issues. here we are in a national crisis again about leadership. where is he at? >> sandra: okay. i'm giving you a shot at giving me the solutions how you make those jobs and improve

healthcare. haven't heard that yet. i'll put it on the screen. is your opinion of amy mcgrath, favorable, unfavreable. responded said favorable 32%. larger% 42%. those not heard enough 25%. this is the opportunity for thoefs who have not heard from you. what are you saying you can do? how do you improve the economic situation for people in your state? >> well first thing we need to do right now is get immediate aid from washington, d.c. to help people, to make sure that we don't lose more jobs and then we have to invest in 21st century broadband for rural america. no business wants to come to a county in kentucky that cannot have wifi. the other difference let's get our government working again. i'm a united states marine and never looked at the marine on my left or right and said are you a democrat or republican? what's the mission? we have to get people in

washington that have been there 36 years out. they are only about their own power and partisanship and that's totally mitch mcconnell. i'm a democrat and my husband is life long republican. it's about america first. we're americans first. we have to get leaders again in this country and that's why i'm running. >> sandra: and there is still a sizeable margin lead by your opponent and some will point out there has been some fumbles in your campaign so far such as flip-flopping on some issues like whether or not you would have voted to confirm bret kavanaugh. what are your biggest struggles in this race? >> i think what people care about now are the bread and butter issues. so many people are trying to put food on the table. this morning i was talking to the head of the -- they told me not only is this race winnable, you must win. it is about the everyday worker and trying to make sure that we

have food on the table, trying to make sure that a guy who has been in washington 36 years who has systematically tried to undermine unions and tried to undermine the everyday worker. we haven't had an increase in two decades and the highest cancer rates in the country. we need better leadership. america can do better and kentucky can do better. >> sandra: this cycle 46 million dollars your campaign has brought insofar. 16 million on hand. that's a lot of money. will it help you potentially win this race? what is your strategy? >> my strategy is to make sure that people in kentucky now bad how mitch mcconnell has failed and that they have a choice. that right now they have a choice between somebody who has been in washington 36 years who has built the washington swamp, versus somebody who served her country and will always put her country and kentucky above her

political party. somebody that just wants to do right by everyday people in kentucky and working on the things we need. tackling the opioid crisis, tackling healthcare and making sure prescription drug prices are down. why can't we get that done? because of mitch mcconnell. bought off by big pharma. i'm about kentucky and this country. >> sandra: mitch mcconnell is always invited on this program as well and we thank you for joining us this morning and we'll continue to watch the race. thank you. >> trace: a fallen hero finally coming home 80 years after the attack on pearl harbor. remains identified by dna. he joined the navy when he was 17. 20 years old when japanese aircraft attacked. he was a sailor on the uss oklahoma. his homecoming set for next month in plano, texas after

giving his life in defense. >> sandra: a meeting at the white house right now between president trump and the leaders of serbia and kosovo with this big economic agreement that has been reached. we are expecting to see and hear the president when we do we'll bring that to you with those other world leaders. plus joe biden about to give a big speech at the economy taking aim at president trump and his policies. we'll have a preview of that as we await the president. we'll be right back.

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>> trace: in a matter of minutes democratic presidential nominee joe biden is set to give a speech on the economy. he has harshly criticized president trump's policies in reaction to the economic

fallout from the pandemic. hillary vaughn live in wilmington, delaware. what key points are we expecting the former vice president to hit on today? >> trace, the democratic nominee joe biden is going to talk about the number one issue on voter's minds, the economy according to the new quinnipiac poll that talked to people in swing states. a majority think president trump would do a better job of handling the economy than biden. now today biden will convince voters that he would be better talking about covid-19 slowing down the economy. 20 minutes from now biden will speak and part of his remarks will focus on the new jobs report. the president today says he is happy with the report tweeting this. great job numbers, 1.37 million jobs added in august. unemployment rate falls to 8.4%. wow, much better than expected. broke the 10% level faster and deeper than thought possible. biden will also attack president trump's approach to

the economy overall and last night biden attacked trump's record on trade tweeting this. in 2016 president trump promised to reduce the trade deficit and said you will see a drop like you have never seen before. reality, the highest it has been in 12 years. american workers can't afford another four years at his failed leadership. part of the drop in demand for u.s. products has to do with the pandemic. other countries hit harder by covid-19 not buying as many u.s. goods. it could take him into touchy territory. it could put his record in the spotlight. he supported nafta, a trade deal that many hold responsible for shipping hundreds of thousands of jobs overseas, many of those jobs from key battleground states like pennsylvania. trace. >> trace: hillary vaughn live in wilmington. thank you. >> sandra: president trump meeting with world leaders from serbia and kosovo. they announced an economic deal

by u.s.-brokered discussion. we're awaiting tape from that and when we get it, we'll play it for you.

>> trace: live look at the white house. the economic deal the president is brokering between serbia and kosovo is very important. kosovo got the independence they wanted 12 years ago but the economy there is a shambles and this is kind of pointing them in the right direction for them to kind of get back on track economically. we'll have more on that, sandra. >> sandra: big news there.

we'll hear from the president in a moment. we await joe biden. his big speech on the economy coming up as the dow falls 43 points. a lot of news friday morning. great to be with you. >> great labor day weekend to you. >> sandra: see you back here next week. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> fox news alert we're awaiting remarks from president trump at the white house after he strongly denied a report in the atlantic claiming he insulted former u.s. service members and chose to skip a ceremony honoring them in france. the atlantic citing unnamed forces. different from the official reason why the president didn't make the 2018 trip to a french cemetery and that he referred to the u.s. marines buried there as losers and suckers. the president last night forcefully denying the allegations calling the story totally false.

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