tv Al Jazeera English Newshour LINKTV September 4, 2020 5:00pm-6:01pm PDT
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>> t this is al jazeeeera. ♪ host: hello. you're watching the news hour live from london. fire. up, the -- is under trump faces scrutiny over his opinions on america a blustery is war dead. it follows explosive allegations in the atltlantic magazine. of usaffirms what most believed to be true. donald trump is not fit to be the commander-in-chief. diplomatic went for donald trump after days in
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talks in washington, d.c., serbia and kosovo agreed to normalizize ties. -- 11 on fall silent one month after the exposure and torque to the b root. the philippines -- 16. 12 to the actctivist between the nation's fight for women's rights. >> -- is to remain a barcelona player. messi changed his mind about when to leave to avoid a legal dispute with the club. host: welcome to the newshour. donald trump's allies are scrabbling to his defense amid a growing backlash against the president about to be asked remarks on war veterans. suckers and losers are amongst the terms president as called america's war dead according to an article in the atlantic.
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given trump's support in the military and with less than 60 days to go until the election, it has become the focus of both campaigns overnight. our reporter has more. reporter: the u.s. military and veterans are a big part of u.s. president donald trump's base. he needs their support. that could be much more of a challenge for those who believe the allegations. in 2018, the president was supposed to visit a cemetery where more than 2000 american soldiers are buried, he did not go blamiming the weather, but according to the report in the atlantic, he skipped it concerned about what the rain would due to his hair. he said why should i go to that cemetery? it is field -- filled with losers. he then called the marines. there suckers and he did not want go terry to take part in parades, saying nobody wants to see that. in this visit to arlington with his thenery
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homeland security secretary who was buried there, the president reportedly said, i do not get it. what was in it for them? pres. trump: it was a totally fake story and that was confirmed by many people who were actually there. it was a terrible thing that somebody could say the kinds of things. reporter: that was met with skepticism because of the president's past comments like this one about senator john mccain. pres. trump: some never liked him as much as that because i do not losers -- i do not like losers. >> he is a were here a. pres. trump: i like people who were not captured. reporter: the biden campaign was quite to make this an issue, releasing this ad. >> the former vice president called the allegations, if true, disgusting. volunteered and joined the united states military as
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the attorney general. he went door rack for a year, q for a year. he was not a sucker. the servicemen and women he served with, particularly those who did not come home, were not losers. reporter: reaction was also swift on social media. this from a retired general. waseneral dunford, is, it that is a smart guy, why is he in the military? >> my message to donald trump is this. you have no right being commander-in-chief. inorter: trump did not serve vietnam, claiming to have bone spurs. he denigrated the parents of soldier killed in iraq. it did not cost him supppport in 2016. the biden campaign hoping this time might be different. well he is backing criticism at home, the u.s.
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president appears to be aiming for a win on foreign policy. two countries in the balkans are normalizing economic ties in anneal announced by donald trump. he has called the agreement between serbia and kosovo a major breakthrough. inovo declared independence 2008, and it is not recognized by the serbian government or its allies. mr. trump: serbia will also file is controversial -- well kosovo with establish -- will establish ties with israel. the drug administration says this will be a diplomatic victory at a very difficult time on the domestic front. -- gettingian-kosovo much coverage in the u.s.? reporter: not getting a lot of coverage. the story that patty reported on moste one getting domestically.
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when it comes to young people, they do not remember the conflict. when it comes to ordinary americans, they tend to be somewhat insular and really hold the military dear. that is the man on the street perspective. when you talk about it from a realisticic with -- perspective, reporters draw down on this as the white house held a press briefing, trying to get details about it. as the conclusion from a lot of the questions was there seems to be a lot of style here and a little substance. there was quite a bit of defense of this on the part of the administration as reporters asked wanted questions about this deal. the question becomes particularly in foreign policy circles was it done perhaps to try and distract from more negative headlines trump has been dealing with, not just the story that he allegedly called
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those in the military suckers and losers with the fact that he is trailing in the polls with just weeks until the u.s. election bombing his democratic rival joe biden and when it comes to covid-19, infections are still rising and there are still 30 million americans -- there is no question president looking for a devil medic win. trump is continuing to deny reports about the language he used went referring to u.s. servicemen. how are his aides trying to stem the fallout? house hasthe white for almost 24 hours been hammering away, bringing for ,estimony, various members former administration officials, members of the military crusade the president either did not say this or would never say this. we have now had confirmation from one of the reporters that
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has been a very strong supporter of the president in terms of its editorial perspective, and their sources saying these allegations against the president are in fact true. the president will have an opportunity to refute this. he will have a briefing and the next hour, and we will watch that carefully to see what he might say. it is some of the president evei -- whether it be on twitter, when it be when heer called john mccain a loser or -- we just had a report the pentagon as abruptly shut down one of the oldest military newspapers, dating back to the civil war. it is being shut down, the funding being pulled and has to fold its operation by mid-september. the problem is for the
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president, he isn't making these denials, but people are looking at other actions and questioning the validity of his apology. host: thank you very much, our white house correspondent. our other headline story to the -- suspect linked to in portland has been shot by law enforcement. -- being investigated for allegedly shooting a far-right counter protester last week. the victim was among dozens of trump supporters who clashed with protesters demonstrating against police brutality. -- spoke to vice news before he spoke -- had ially justified, and not acted, i am confident that my friend and i would have been killed. i was not going to let something happen. what they have done is they are
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trying to make this look like we are all terrorists, and they are trying to make me look like a murderer. i have noticed they keep saying it is not clear that it is related to the protests. that is a lie. they know it is related to the protest. host: jacob blake, a black man shot by police in kenosha -- >> are you able to hear me clearly today sir? host: blake faces charges of sexual assault -- abuse. charges are unrelated to the incident that led to his shooting. he was paralyzed after an officer shot him seven times in the back. it triggered days of protests in the city of kenosha and elsewhere in the u.s. john henry joins us live following the story. what happened in the court hearing today?
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reporter: it was an extraordinary scene. jacob blake was shown in this zoom cult lying on a hospital bed in a blue shirt or yellow tight, the first time any of us have seen him since he was shot nearly two weeks ago. he was asked for his pleas to the charges of third-degree sexual assault, disorderly conduct, and trespassing. he pleaded not guilty to all of those. those charges were not directly linked to his shooting. saw him on the street in kenosha, they at some point discovered that he had a warrant out for him, that his girlfriend made these accusations, and they try to take him into custody. to take him twice in the video we have all seen and shot him seven times in the back. this case indirectly led to that shooting that has jacob blake in
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the hospital room. bond and theory. he is still in that hospital room. it was held remotely online because of the covid-19 crisis. he is paralyzed, just got out of the intensive care unit and is unable to get around. appearancea court coming up. blakemily says that jacob is prepared to get through this. he is determined to make something good out of this experience. it was an extraordinary court experience. he will have to get through this case before key does much else. host: the latest on that story. much more and still ahead on this newshour from london. nato demands russia -- in the alleged poisoning of alexey navalny.
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vexing nationalism, the world health organization urges countries to back coordinate efforts for coronavirus treatment. deep to stay in height of contention at the u.s. open. ♪ host: lebanon has fallen silent to mark the moment exactly one month ago when a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital of beirut. it was caused by 3000 tons -- official figure say 191 people died. could be many higher with many undocumented refugees living in lebanon. werehousand people injured.
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many of them are permanently disabled and 300,000 people have lost their homes. some are instructors that are unsaved because they have nowhere else to go. feet 191 victims of the devastating explosion that tore through the lebanese capital were remembered. a vigil was held outside the port where nearly 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate unsafely stored in a warehouse ignited one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in history. one minute of silence was observed at the exact time of the explosion. -- 6:08 p.m. it was a moment still vividly remember. [sirens] >> [inaudible]
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this is really first rating. host: port and customs employees have been arrested but lebanese officials as high up as the president should be the ones held accountable according to some. they were aware of the expose of material and did nothing about it. today is about justice. >> [indiscernible] a kilometer away, desperate search for life underneath the rubble of a building that collapsed from the impact of the blast. teamffer dog alerted a from charlie dent was surveying damage in the neighborhood. breaths a minute. 24 hours later, the breathing slowed significantly. rescuers refused to say when they last had proof of life. a promise not to call up the search until they have answers.
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it is unlikely someone could have survived for a month beneath the debris but it is unheard of. many remain hopeful. it is another example of the state failing its people. >> a month later, we are still digging out bodies. this is another commemorative moment where we have to pay attention to all the situation was dealt with. it was dealt with in a haphazardly manner, nonprofessional manner. and noely no conscience feelings and no humanity. there was already much outrage over how the authorities had handled the crisis since the port explosion. they have been absent in the rescue, relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts. volunteers after taken the lead. reporter: it is them on the front lines of lebanon's latest calamity. many wonder whether it was false hope or the chance to find life amid all the darkness. host: nato is saying military
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level talks are the way between greece and turkey in a message to deescalate their territorial dispute play not in the mediterranean. this despite denials from the greek side. held large air and sea exercises. nato is concerned about military buildup. greek is unhappy -- ships are searching for gas in an area claim by both nations. for political developments in onarus, leader -- is calling the united nations to condense the -- condemned the government but to be as violent lukashenko won the election victory last month. -- believes that now he should've been accorded as the new president of baylor roof
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-- belarus. she has exiled and neighboring lithuania. -- belarus is in turmoil. protectors have been illegally -- protesters have been illegally beaten and imprisoned. reporter: the opposition colleague and others found a new put a party. all sides insist any misunderstandings have been ironed out. >> [indiscernible] we want to political prisoners freed. we want investigations into the newings of -- and we want elections. our choice was stolen and we will not leave it like that. reporter: speaking to al jazeera, check nazca a knowledge
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the challenges of not being in billers. belarus. >> it is safer for me to be here but it is more difficult to be here. i should be there with the people, and it is difficult for here as well, because she is under pressure all the time. on friday, police arrested students at the minsk state legalistic students wowoud ignored calls for the administration to stop protests. there of been demonstrations across belarus since the -- lukashenko said he won 80% of the vote. many russian and western powers had the vote was rigged. alexander petrenko says lithuania and other neighboring
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countries are buying the protest and he said nato is building up its troops along the baylor roof orders. u.s. troops have started arriving here, but the lithuanian government says it planned this long before the elections next door. the world health organization as again urged countries to join forces to tackle the coronavirus. slowtionalism would only the response to the pandemic. the organization is leading a global vexing allocation plan aimed to buy and distribute a vaccination shot fairly. some countries that have secured their own supply through unilateral deals, including the united states had said they will not be taking part. who as also said it would never endorse a vaccine until and is been proven safe. peopleeen revealed that who received russia about three us coronavirus vaccine have developed antibodies with no
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serious side effects according to a study. the reporters also word the trial is too small to prove the vaccine is safe and effective. in august, russia became the first country in the world to authorize a vaccine before large-scale trials were completed. -- is the associate dean at the international school of medicine joins me now over skype from houston texas. patient as developed antibodies without any side effects. does that give you reason for optimism? >> absolutely, i think the good news that you mentioned, the study as been published in the lancet. it gives a good service to all the great scientists that are actually doing all of this hard work. interesting that
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-- the viral platform seems to be safe. antibodies as well as -- [indiscernible] vaccines inng two one. they are doing a prime boost. it is unique. it is an interesting approach that they are advancing. host: what do you make of the fact that the information was published in the lancet? does that provide some ?alidation or seal of approval what concerns do you still have? data that you have the ability of reading and reviewing that has been peer-reviewed and validated by others that have the expertise.
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it was a great indication that they are transparent with the evidence they are compiling. at moderna, we have been hearing around with other trials is for you to really be able to register and use widely the vaccine, we do have to go through the very large phase three clinical trials. many others have already started doing large clinical trials. i think we need to have more patience to categorize any of these vaccines to be widely used. host: why is the current information or current testing in these early trials not enough to be able to roll out a --escale imitation program immunization program?
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>> when you talk about the studies, you are talking about not even thousands. it is early indications in a small number of people. ofhin experimental design only a selected type of likely healthyt of a given age range. when you are starting to do experiments in large phase three the potentialget to verify safety concerns. [indiscernible] host: the crucial part of that phase three testing where you scale up the proportion of testing is that you get genetic, ethnic, gender diversity so you can confirm the safety of this vaccine. determineely, you can better the percent effectiveness
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and the efficacy to know how good it is going to work. dosest work on 12, two two doeses. host: with the information that we have in countries russia, china, u.s., at long do you think it might be, the end of this year or next year? look at how these studies are designed, they all need to enroll 30,000 individuals, the fact that they are starting to look at two doses and they are one month separated, most likely no earlier than the end
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of this year, the first quarter of 2021 to be able to look at the data and decide which of these vaccines and how each of these vaccines will be deployed and used. [indiscernible] doctor.ank you, france has reported that single biggest date rising coronavirus infection since the beginning, nearly 9000 cases reported on friday. schools closeden just days into the academic year. the rise is partially because of an increase in testing. -- economy might be recovering. employers in the u.s. are hiring in the u.s. again. -- some hotels and restaurants might be gone for good.
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berry benedetto lost her job as a janitor at munson go when the coronavirus pandemic crushed the u.s. economy. like millions of others, she is worried for the future. >> if i cannot pay my rent, they will kick me out. i do not want to live on the street. reporter: president donald trump and his advisors -- speakingsident trump about that issue now. pres. trump: the implement rate plummeted to a .4%, the second 4%, the second largest drop ever reported. last month we sought large declines in the unemployment rate for african-americans, hispanic americans, and asian americans, very big declines. we are witnessing the fastest labor market -- from any
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economic crisis in history by far. by contrast, the last administration had the worst recovery in american history. that was well documented. this year, the united states has seen the smallest economic contraction of any major western nation, and we are recovering at a much faster rate than any other nation. business confidence is higher in anyn america then other -- and eu country. we have business confidence those than any of countries. in july, retail sales not only recovered but reached a new all-time high. retail sales, that is a very basic statistic, and it is a big says to stick. it not only recovered but reached the highest level ever. auto sales have surged to an incredible 74% since their april
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low and are nearly back to their pre-virus levels. that has been a tremendous thing. used cars and new cars have been doing incredible well. were 27%applications higher than in august than during the same. -- saint period last year. homeowner senate race -- homebuilding has been great and lending has been really incredible. u.s. manufacturing activity reached a 19 month high in august. well my administration has fought every day to restore prosperity, nancy pelosi and the democrats in congress are holding additional china virus relief hostage to reasons nobody understands. i think i have your stand. it is called politics. speaking of politics, i think north carolina, michigan, and
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pennsylvania and other states should open, the democrat governor should open the states. they should open them now. it is unfair to the people to have those shutdowns continuing. democrats are insisting on a massive tax -- a lot of badly run blue states, stimulus checks for illegal aliens edit massive release of inmates from jail. they want to release a lot of inmates, some of them for very serious reasons. they want that as part of the stimulus package. and you leave it? it is time for the democrats in congress to start working across the isle and put american people first. we have $300 billion in an account that we did not use, and we are willing to use that -- i would be willing to use that as stimulus money, and it would go
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right to the american people. billion in an account that we did not need because things are going so well with the economy. it would be a very appropriate thing to release that to the american people. i am willing to do it. all that we need is a signoff. that does not mean we will , somee prisoners prisoners are very vicious people. we would not put them on the streets like the democrats want us to. we will not give stimulus checks to illegal aliens. they came in illegally and now we give them a check. we want to give the checks to american people. we have $300 billion there. let that money get released to the american people. as our economy rebounds, there is only one thing that can stop the extraordinary economic comeback, and that is what the democrats what to do with a $400
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-- trillion tax hikes. this will be very bad for our country and this will cripple what we are doing on regulations and so many other elements of success. we had the greatest economy in history prior to the china virus coming in. now they want to stop regulations, bring up regulations -- stop the things that we are doing, which are at a much smaller level and bring up regulations to a level that nobody has seen before. they want to do things that will make it possible for -- impossible for any economy to go. they want to ban fracking. qc pulls going down and he says well i was only talking about maybe not banning fracking but now he wants to ban fracking. what he wantsnt
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to ban, the people who control him want to bend fracking. you cannot bend fracking. that would be a disaster. ohio, want to abolish american energy. dealsdisastrous trade likely devastating. we want to check it down. we would be willing to shut it down and you do not shut when you are setting records. by the way, we are rounding the corner on the virus. joe biden's blanket shut down to collapse our economy and we would cause countless deaths from suicide, drug abuse. shutdowns cause a lot of problems. a lot of very serious problems. more so than the virus itself. biden's plan is not a solution, it is a virtual surrender. our country is doing so well. i think we will have a great
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third quarter. the numbers will be announced sometime prior to the election on november 3. joe has been in his entire career at sending american jobs to china and other faraway countries for 47 years. people were pillaging our country, taking our jobs, our companies, and that is never going to change with that mindset and with that group. been is not going to standing up to these foreign countries, standing up more importantly to the people that run the democrat party. he does not have the strength to do that. he refuses to even condemn antifa, a far-left domestic terrorism organization. his plan to appease the domestic terrorists is the exact opposite of what i am doing. i think you saw that last night. yesterday, the u.s. marshals, we sent them in.
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we were waiting for a local government to take care of it, but they did not do that. the u.s. marshals, the law enforcement took down the antifa member who murdered a man in the street in portland. the suspect was killed after drawing a weapon when officers attempted to take him into custody. , of all marshals people. i want to think them for their strength, their bravery, and i really do wish that the mayor of portland and the governor of oregon would get going and stop the crime in that city. it would be so easy to do. while we are focused on creating good paying jobs, the radical left is focused on unleashing really violent mobs. whether you are conservative or liberal, republican, democrat, or independent, we must all
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agree the need for peace and order and safety -- under my administration law enforcement is conducting arrests nationwide of writers, looters, and domestic terrorist. funds froming back some of the states and cities doing such a poor job, such an incompetent job. a job that nobody can even imagine how bad. we are withholding it until they get their act together. we are having a lot of people in chicago right now and you noticed their numbers are going down rapidly. we had to put a lot of federal law enforcement inside chicago and they are taking out quite a few people and they are being arrested, put in jail, and that is why you see those numbers going down. you see that with respect to the mayor, we did not hold back funds in chicago. america is experiencing a tremendous crime wave. it is up over 300%, and they
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have to do something quickly. we spoke to mira bowser and she is willing to do whatever is necessary. i did very good talk with her in d.c. we are working with state and local authorities to comb through hours of videotape identifying and arresting suspects and prosecute lawbreakers. we have already got over 300 in jail, and we have tremendous evidence, and i want to think the media for helping us out, because they are taking different angles. we have it from every angle. you cannot have it any better than what we have got. we see it from the sky and the ground and from the right and left. when they say they did not do it, we say what is this? freet that from the media of charge. under operation legend, we have surged federal law enforcement to cities plagued by crime. the initiative has resulted in
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tremendous success and nationwide we have over 2000 arrests, and we do not talk about it too much, but we might as well. we have arrested over 2000 criminals,- they are and in a single month, the murder rate in chicago was cut in half actually. front, thea virus nation of austria's of europe have experienced a 38% greater excess mortality than the united states. 38% more greater excess mortality than the united states. a lot of you do not want to report that. we took new york out of the equation. the job we have done is incredible, and we do not get any credit for it. we have done an incredible job. we have three vaccines and the final stage of clinical trials.
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isterday, pfizer announced -- just spoke to the head of pfizer . they announced it expects to have the results of its trial very, very shortly, next month, but very shortly. we remain on track to deliver a vaccine before the end of the year and maybe even before november 1. we think we can probably have it sometime during the month of october. aszer is among the leaders, you know, and it is a great company. johnson and johnson also doing very well, but turned out. we have great companies all doing very well. they are all in final stages, and i think you will see results that are shockingly good. i want to provide you with a brief update in the virus. cases in the united states have declined 20% over the last month , and hospitalizations and deaths have continued to decline over the past week.
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thanks to america's mughal genius, the majority rate as been reduced by 85% in april. 85%,lity rate reduced by hospitalizations stay one third of their average length in april. hospitalizations down, the length of stay is down. in order to keep making progress against the virus, we ask all americans to remain vigilant, especially over labor day. you have the labor day weekend coming up on us immediately. i guess we can say pretty immediately. we need everybody to be careful, to apply common sense and do all of the things that we have dedicated to do as quickly, as much as you can. social distancing, wearing a mask whenever distancing is not staying like -- staying with a group that you
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know. let's try and get through this one weekend, and i think we have a chance of doing that. social distance, wash your hands , all the high gene things we speak about. we are rounding the term. vaccines are coming. therapeutics have already come, but they continue to come. anvalescent plasma has had tremendous impact already. remdesivir has been incredible. we have a lot of things happening, a lot of therapeutics coming out. it from the standpoint of common sense, you go to a hospital, you give somebody a shot or transfusion, it might be a transfusion. more than 50% are actually transfusions. you will leave the hospital shortly thereafter. to me, that is more important in a certain sense that the vaccine, but the vaccines will be created over the long-term,
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therapeutics over the short term. also knowing you have therapeutics is great from the standpoint of the mind. i want to think everybody for being here. i am going to ask larry kudlow to give a couple of examples of how strongly our economy is recovering, al strongly it is recovering, and it is setting records at every level, and we are doing better than every other country, and we are very proud of all of the people doing such an incredible job. , it is a super v . we have over $300 billion two. i would like to use it without their permission, but i guess i am not allowed to do that. congress has to say, use it. all they have to do is say use the money that is immediately put into our system. it will really help the american people.
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i will ask larry to come up. another man for being here today. there is a man who is an incredible leader, lou holtz. i think i have received letters from every football coach almost in the nation. .hat is a little exaggeration nick saban wrote a letter, coach oh at central casting. i said we will have to put him in a movie. he wouldn't really be good laying a football coach. urban meyer wrote a beautiful letter. so many great legendary coaches -- not only coaches, people in sports. host: we have been listening to the u.s. president obviously speaking, touching on a number of different issues, but no particular issue in any depth. he spoke about immigration, u.s. economic figures, the prospect
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of a coronavirus vaccine, key is to optimistic one can be found before the end of the year. i think he mentioned october in his remarks. of course, law and order. he spoke about recent protests and violence. that is a key issue in the upcoming election as he tries to play up his support for law enforcement and portray protesters and demonstrators as tong anti-american in a bid try to win overt swing voters. let's go to our white house correspondent was listening to this. conspicuous in its absence was any mark or even denial on the reports on the president's allegedly denigrating comments on u.s. military men and women. reporter: that is what is leading newscasts in this country right now. the president scored a bit of a diplomatic win today with regard to serbia-kosovo. nobody is talking about that.
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the president as top brought that up, and he also is not rival joeout his biden said there needs to be an apology, the president needs to apologize for calling service members suckers and losers for a listing or serving in the u.s. military. that is what atlantic article alleged. this white house for 24 hours has been spinning and deflecting this story. the problem for the president is that it has now been corroborated at least through sources from the fox news networks that leans conservative and the fact that their sources are now confirming that these remarks made by the president that he denies disparaging service members will be a problem for the president. he has his economic advisers speaking at the podium, whether
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or not the president will take questions. it is the only question that anyone in the press corps are wanting to ask right now. the president touting this being one of the swiftest economic important. it is there is a swift recovery if you are in the top income record. if you are working class americans, communities of color, they have not seen that same recovery. some are going up, others going down. many of these job losses have become permanent. one other point, there is news in there. the guys president suggesting and it comes two in relief not as big a package this time around as we saw back in march and april. the president suggesting there could be $300 billion of additional funds allocated for another area that could go to helping americans. he hasn't using this as a political weapon against
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democrats in congress he accuses of holding it up. host: thank you very much. following development there at the white house. analyst eric cam joins us now. aboutent trump speaking the latest u.s. economic figures. this jobs report is a good one, to be fair. unemployment down to 8.4%. the recovery is going to take a bit longer because of the pandemic. reporter: that is right. the president is already doing very well on the economy, even though we are seeing an economy that still sees millions of americans out of work. he leads joe biden by double digits on this area. unfortunately, it is not doing inthing 12 him close the gap those swing states. while the president is touting
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these numbers, the major focus and the only thing people want to talk about is what is the president of austria's response on these comments that were made in the atlantic about the comments he made about dead soldiers, u.s. soldiers? that will be another issue that we will see joe biden potentially do very well with a key demographic that the president needs in his reelection. host: we already knew about the president abrazo has animosity toward the lake senator john mccain. before ofe remarks this nature. why is it going to be different this time around? reporter: that is a really good question. i think the answer to that now is because we are seeing a very weakened president, a president who millions of americans disapprove of his handling of the covid-19 pandemic as well as
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race relations in this country. -- to take toomes task president donald trump for many of his failings. now that veneer has been burst. i think now there is actually a willingness and also a vulnerability to this president, which is allowing some of this to actually get through, whereas four years ago it would not. host: just going to t back into the white house for a bit with the president is taking questions. it is money that we have come up money that we build up and have not spent. i would like to give it to the american people as a very powerful stimulus. i think there is a theory that i could do it without having to go back. i think it would be appropriate to go back, and i would ask congress to approve it. it is a very simple approval. it is a one sentence approval,
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and the democrats to do that. the republicans will do that. we will see whether or not they do it. [indiscernible] he said that they work going to endorse you. what is your response to the fraternal order of police? honored.mp: i am i do not see biden anywhere but delaware. i am honored to of the law enforcement in delaware give their endorsement to me is a great honor. it shows you how pathetic the democrats are when it comes to crime, law and order. would you please extend my thanks. it is a great honor to get it from delaware law enforcement.
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we have gotten it from almost all law-enforcement. time i see biden, delaware, delaware, delaware. he never leaves. i am all over the place. germany has said that alexey navalny, the russian opposition leader was poisoned. that?o you think about what is your message to russia about that and how should the international community and the united states respond question mark >> -- respond? pres. trump: i get along with almost all countries. we used to be going to war with north korea. if hillary got elected, you would be at war with north korea, a very messy war a bad work. in the meantime, we have gotten
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along with them. everyone said if i was elected, i would be at war in one week. it is been just the opposite. bringing the troops down to very low levels. other things are happening interestingly. we have the great peace deal going on in the middle east actually, and that has been received like probably very few --ngs into fromto bring us the beginning. they want to be in. we are doing a lot of things. alerted thee that -- in the world. i said why is germany spending billions and billions of dollars to russia to get therapy from russia and we are supposed to protect germany from russia? what is that all about.
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and the sanctions and everything else. we are negotiating a nonproliferation treaty, which is very important. it is a very important thing. to me it is the most important thing. some people say global warming. i think this is far more important. business.second china is a distant third, but they are building up pretty rapidly. at some point, we will include china into those talks. we are doing very well with russia on nuclear nonproliferation. i do not know what happened. i think it is tragic, it is terrible. it should not happen. we have not had any proof yet, but i will take a look. it is interesting that everybody is always mentioning russia, and i do not mind you mentioning russia a month but i think probably china at this point is the nation you should be talking about much more so about russia,
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because the things china is doing are far worse if you take a look at what is happening with the world. look at what happened with the china virus. look at what they did not keeping that within the confines of china. they should have kept it within the confines of china. look what they have done to 180 countries all the world, but you never ask about china. you always ask about russia. i would be very angry if that is the case. we will take a look at the numbers and the documents, because we will be sent to a lot of documents in the next few days. >> [indiscernible]
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do you believe don jr. and ivanka trump will be campaigning on your behalf? pres. trump: i did not understand everything you said. i know india, and i understood those young people that you mentioned, they are very good young people. their relationship to india is very good and so is mine and prime minister modi is a friend of mine, nothing easy. he is doing a very good job. while we are at it, we are talking about china and india, they are going at it on the borders. it has been very nasty. it has been a very nasty situation, and we stand ready to help with respect to china and india if we can do anything to get involved and help. we are talking to both countries about that. sentiments. your they think a lot of india, and said why.
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>> [indiscernible] pres. trump: i do. we had an event in houston, as you know, and it was a fantastic event. i was invited by prime minister modi. this is where they play football, the houston football team. it was incredible. it was actually incredible. the prime minister could not have been more generous. we have great support from india. we have great support from prime minister modi. i would think that the indian people would be voting for truck. i also as you know went to india . the pandemic was setting in. india has been hit hard. about a week before that, and we had an incredible time. what we saw it, the people are so incredible.
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it is really an incredible place , and incredible country, and it is definitely big. it has a great leader, and he is a great person. china is think bullying india? pres. trump: i hope not. i hope not, but they are going at it much more strongly than a lot of people understand. follow-up [indiscernible] do you have any reason to doubts the results from germany? pres. trump: i do not. we have not seen it ourselves, no. be ok withtainly that if they want to do something, take action. it should not happen. it should not happen. again, we are working very closely with a lot of countries, a lot of different things. we have taken stronger action
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against russia than any other country in the world. i will tell you president putin will tell you that. the fact that i get along with russia and that i get along frankly with everybody right now , i am not getting along with china. i do not like what happened with respect to the pandemic, the respect to the china virus. what they have done to this country and this world and every other place. it is terrible. i do get along with president putin, but i have been tougher on pressure than anybody else. the obama administration, they were weak. look at the land they gave up. look at what happened with respect to -- ukraine giving
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