tomorrow, which means that there will likely be an expression of nato criticizing russia tomorrow, which in our country means what? trump pulls us out of nato tomorrow in response? yeah. brace yourself. watch this space. new blockbuster reporting from "the atlantic" magazine and the real reason why president trump canceled a trip to a cemetery for fallen soldiers in 2018. plus new overnight, the suspect accused of shooting a man in portland was himself shot and killed as law enforcement moved in to arrest him last night. we'll have the latest. and joe biden visits kenosha. he called for an end to stimsic racism while also condemning looting and violence.

good morning. it's friday, september 4th. i'm alicia menendez. losers and suckers, those are the words used by president trump to describe american soldiers. according to a new report in "the atlantic" that says president trump has repeatedly disparaged servicemembers. citing four unnamed people, the magazine reports that when trump canceled a visit to an american cemetery near paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision saying the helicopter couldn't fly and the secret service wouldn't drive him there. neither claim was true. trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain and because he did not believe it important to honor american war dead. in a meeting, he said, why should i go to that cemetery?

it's filled with losers. in a second conversation on the same trip, trump referred to more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at bella wood as suckers for getting killed. he has a continued fixation on the late john mccain, one who accused him after he won the nomination. trump expressed his contempt for mccain being called a war hero in 2018. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like a war hero who wasn't captured, i hate to tell you. >> trump told his senior staff according to three sources with direct knowledge of the event, we're not going to support that loser's funeral, and he became furious when he saw flags lowered at half stachlt he said what the eff are we doing that

for. he was an effing loser. within hours of its publication trump hopped off air foirs one, made a statement, and took no reporter questions. >> to think i would make statements negative to our military and our fallen heroes when nobody's done what i've done with the budgets, with the military budgets, with getting pay raises for our military, it's a disgraceful thing by a terrible magazine. i don't read it but i just heard about it. they made it up. it's probably a couple of people who have been failures in the administration who i got rid of and i couldn't get rid of fast enough, or it was just made up. >> shortly after he also released a torrent on twitter writing part, quote, i was never a big fan of john mccain, disagreed with him on many

things, but the lowering of the flags and the first-class funeral he was given by our country had to be approved by me. also i never called him a loser. i never called our great fallen soldiers anything but heroes. the white house also denied the report imt's worth noting in 2015 the president retweeted the article with the headline, quote, donald trump, john mccain is a loser. he ant went golfing after not being invited to attend the services. presidential candidate joe biden also spoke. it reads in part, quote, it is another marker how deeply president trump and i disagree about the role of the president

of the united states and if i have the hans of serving as the next commander in chief, i assure americans i will always have their back always. his son who served in iraq added, generations of troops around the world in defense of our freedoms and to protect the u.s. interest -- during his remarks at a church in kenosha, wisconsin, joe biden addressed attendees on the need to combat systemic racism in america and how they should handle looting during protesting. >> let's get something straight here. protesting is protesting, my friend john lewis used to say, but nothing justifies looting, burning, or anything else. you should be held accountable,

period. it cannot be tolerated across the board. >> biden then went after president trump, krut sizing his remarks after the 2017 rally, a self-proclaimed white nationalist in charlottesville over a woman who had been killed. >> i'm hadn't planned on rung for anything after my son died until i saw the people coming out of charlottesville carrying torches. remember. close your eyes. their veins bulging, their hate-filled speech. the president was asked, what do you think. he said, quote -- something no president has ever, ever said -- there are very fine people on both sides. no president has ever said that. what it did, though, it also exposed what had not been paid attention to is the underlying

racism in the united states. >> president trump is threatening to take away federal funding in cities he calls anarchist. governor cuomo responded and did not hold back. here's what he had to say. >> he'd better have an army if he thinks he's going to walk down the street in new york. he can't have enough bodyguards to walk through new york city. people don't want to have anything to do with him. it's more of the same from him. it's cheap. it's political. it's gratuitous. and it's illegal. but it is another attempt to kill new york city. >> a spokesman for the governor later clarified that cuomo did not mean the president would literally need extra security. he just expressed how unwelcome he would be in new york city.

joining me now from "the hill," julia manchester. good morning. how is his motor base reacting? >> elise yarks i think this is something his voter base is going to agree with. we've seen this after a lot of protests erupt over racial injustice and police brutality that president trump has essentially said, look, you know, some of the riots that have spun out of these mostly peaceful protests are happening in democratically run cities, and that's president trump's attempt to sway this notion that this is happening under his watch, during his administration. so he's definitely trying to pin this on democratic mayors. it's also not the first time he's gone head to head with leaders of these democratically run cities.

he tried to send federal troops, and we've seen there's been tension as to whether these cities actually want this federal help. i think this is a clear indication of the tension that really exists between president trump at the federal level and the mayors at the state and local level. >> julia, let's go back to that stunning report on the atlantic of trump using disparaging words to describe american soldiers. how is that going to play out in the next nine weeks? >> it's going to be interesting how it plays out. i'll be fascinated to see how voters react to it. i think president trump is vehemently denying it. he'll probably launch more attacks on the media. on the whole, this is not the first time the media has published a blistering portrayal to how he's reacting.

you know, i'm fascinated to see how this will play out on the debate stage. president trump is someone who is the commander in chief of our military as president of the united states, but he does not have experience serving in the military. we know he's had a lot of issues in the past, not serving in the draft. however, on the other side, joe biden is one, i don't believe, who served in the military, however, his son beau biden served in the military, and we know how connected he is with troops and stuff and giving back to troops. i'd like to see how that plays out on stage because we've seen president trump in the past really position himself as a really pro military president, someone who's going to be there for american troops despite making disparaging comments

about veterans like john mccain. >> julia manchester, thank you. we'll talk in just a bit. a car ran through a group of black lives matter protesters, many on foot and bicycles. a dark sedan honked several times before plowing through a crowd leaving a crowd of people chasing after the car. video shows the car initially stopped for a brief moment and then excaccelerated through the crowd. protesters were gathered last night following the release of body footage cameras. there's video showing the police handcuffing daniel prude. still ahead, the president walks back his remarks that voters should test the system by

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now to a legal case in north carolina where a group of voters with pre-existing conditions sued the state over a requirement to have mail-in absentee ballots signed by a witness. the plaintiff said the rule would force them to come into close contact with others, thereby, jeopardizing their health, but a judge was not convinced. the panel ruled making the change would require making a change for ballot rules and voter guides that have already cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. such a cost will cause delays with all north carolinians. the general assembly in june

reduced the requirement of two witnesses to one for safety reasons but would not remove it all. danny cevallos joins us. would they have a right to an appeal when other states have eliminated the requirement of witnesses? >> these plaintiffs should appeal right away and they have to because time is running out. north carolina is one of only 19 states that has a witness requirement and one of only three that has a two-witness requirement. north carolina legislature passed a law from two to one, they were essentially acknowledging a witness requirement is a problem, but they said, okay, we get witness contact would be an issue, so we'll reduce it from two to one. they recognized the problem but kept the problem. then you have the court here saying, well, even if it is going to cause a problem, it's

too much of a hassle at this point and it might end up confusing voters. so they're essentially recognizing there is a danger with a witness requirement and saying, oh, it's probably too expensive and who cares at this point. so obviously i'm paraphrasing, but this is something that should be appealed not because the decisions in other states are binding in north carolina because they're not but because they may have a state constitutional claim here that a higher court might listen. >> danny, is there a cause of action for a vote not being counted if not those with pre-existing conditions elected not to have a witness in their house? >> people have a constitutional right to vote, but constitutional rights are not absolute, and courts generally take an individual right and balance its against the greater good. that's exactly what this court is trying to do. it's what almost every court is trying to do when evaluating an village rights claim.

so even though the right to vote is maybe one of the most cherished rights in state and federal constitutions, if it infringes or damages the greater good or the population as a whole, then the court may not consider it absolute. so that's right to vote-claims, everyone has a right to have their e vote counted, but like most constitutional rights, it's not absolute and it can be limited if it goes so far as to harm others. in this case, the court appears to be looking at economic harm as a consideration, which is why it's worth appealing because another court might look at it differently. >> all right. danny cevallos, always good to see you. still ahead, facebook vows to crack down on disinformation. and also, economists expect to learn recovery slowed even further last month. "morning joe" will have the numbers as soon as they cross later this morning. we're back in a moment. this morg we're back in a moment

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facebook says it will block ads leading up to the election. they will blank posts who try to dissuade people from voting. mark zuckerberg made the announcement through a post saying in part we all have a responsibility to protect our democracy. that means helping people to register and vote, clearing up confusion how this election will work, and taking steps to reduce the chances of violence and unrest. misinformation and other toxic content also flows freely on facebook outside of ads.

let's turch to the weather. hey, bill. >> this epic heatwave is heading to the west coast. this is a good time to take a step back and look at what's happened this summer in the role of climate change and what's been a very, very warm period. the summers are getting harder, no one can argue that. june 2020 the temperature anomaly, it was the hottest june we've ever recorded on the globe, measured by the satellites. july 2020, the northern hemisphere had its hottest july on record. august 2020, that was the top three hottest augusts across the southwest. and in areas like phoenix, it was the hottest they've ever recorded. they've had their most 115-plus days, the most 90-plus degree lows, the hottest july and august on record, and 40 times they've had excessive heat warnings. and how is the role of climate

change in all of this? we know there's more intense heatwaves, they're longer with climate change, and you get the warmer summer nights, and that tees up the record-breaking heatwave we'll be dealing with. we have 49 million people under heat warnings or heat advisories, much of arizona, southern nevada, and southern california. we're going to see windy conditions too. saturd saturday, these are your record highs. you look at billings, montana, close to 100 degrees, denver too. then we get this wild and crazy swing next week. look at denver. it could be 99 degrees with record highs possible sunday, and then tuesday it could only be 44 degrees, and there's a chance of snow. so it's going to be a wild ride next week. no such luck for cooling down in the desert southwest.

los angeles cools off a bit, but phoenix and vegas will still say excepti exceptionally hot. here's the forecast for today. notice the beautiful weather, great lakes, northeast, the level of humidity will be dropping after two days of horrific thunderstorms in the d.c. and washington area. it will be a beautiful afternoon. the southeast as well. alicia, the getaway day for the labor day weekend looks very nice with the exception of the heat in the west. in the second half of the show, i'll give you the full labor day forecast. you know, it's still summer. hopefully everyone can get in the pool to cool off. >> we'll see you in just a bit. still ahead, breaking news overnight after police shoot and kill a man in washington state while trying to make an arrest after murder last week in portland. plus joe biden visits kenosha and meets with the family of jacob blake. we'll hear from the democratic candidate next. we'll hear from the democratic candidate next

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welcome back. i'm alicia menendez. we begin this half hour with new developments this morning as the man suspected of shooting and killing a right-wing activist after black lives matter protesters clashed with trump supporters in portland saturday was himself shot and killed by law enforcement outside of olympia, washington, last night. it happened as the u.s. marshals fugitive task force tried to

arrest him. he was carried a gun. it's unclear if he fired it. federal officials say portland police issued a warrant for his arrest earlier in the door and asked u.s. narr shamarshals to and arrest him. after the arrest president trump asked why aren't the portland police arresting the cold-blooded killer of aaron "jay" danielson. do your job and do it fast. everybody knows who this thug is. no wonder portland is going to hell. danielson was killed last weekend. presidential candidate joe biden and his wife jill met with the family members of jacob blake for 90 minutes. blake jointed by phone. blake, a black man, was shot at least seven times in the back by a white police officer and is now paralyzed.

according to blake family attorney ben crump the family was grateful for the meeting and impressed how biden treated blake jr. with care. he spoke of grace lutheran church about his conversation with the blake family. >> 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, and what i came away with was the overwhelming sense of resilience and optimism that they have about the response they're getting. his mom asked my wife to say a prayer. his mom said a prayer.

she said, i'm praying for jacob, and i'm playing for the policeman as well. i'm praying that things change. >> president trump continues to muddy the vote progress says after first urging voters on wednesday to cast their ballots twice. now he's suggesting americans send in mail-in ballots, then visit their polling location to make sure their vote was counted. yesterday in a series of tweets that were flagged as a violation of election integrity of twitter, the president wrote, quote, in order to make sure your vote counts and is counted, sign and make sure your ballot is mailed in as early as possible. go to your polling place to see whether or not your mail-in vote has been tabulated, counted. he said, you're now assured your precious vote has been counted, not lost or destroyed. god bless america. later in the day he made similar

comments at his rally in pennsylvania. >> what you have to do is send in your early ballot and then go and make sure that ballot is tabulated or counted. and if it's not counted, vote! and then they have the job if it comes in late and if it's not too late -- they have the job of making sure they don't count it, but follow that ballot because these people -- they'll be lost, they'll be gone. the numbers are incredible. >> the north carolina board of elections announced it was a felony to intentionally vote twice and yesterday the executive member of the board released a statement writing, quote, the state board office strongly discourages people from showing up at the polls on election day to check whether their absentee ballot was counted. this is not necessary and it would lead to longer lines and

the possibility of spreading covid-19. attorney general william barr used an example. >> they have found substantial fraud and coercion. for example, we found someone in texas, 1,700 ballots collected for people who could vote. he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to. okay? that kind of thing happens with mail-in ballots. everyone knows it. >> according to the "washington post," that indictment never occurred. the case barr was referring to was a 2017 investigation into possible mail-in voter fraud in dallas county, when a man named miguel hernandez pleaded guilty to improperly returning an invalid ballot. investigators said they initially suspected there were 1,700 fraudulent ballots.

but they say, we did not ununcover that at all. we couldn't find anything but one single tiny case. joining me wasn't again from "the hill," julia manchester. how are lawmakers dealing with the comments coming from president trump? >> from the democratic side you're hearing quite a bit of criticism. president trump is essentially directing voters -- let's be clear. a lot of times the mail-in process can be complicated, even figuring out where your polling place is and such can be confusing. he's directing voters to vote twice, which is illegal. then you have the attorney general continuing push these claims of voter fraud, which we don't have evidence of. so there's definitely, i think, a lot of confusion. critics would say there's confusion from the administration about this issue

right now when people are, quite frankly, trying to figure out how to vote right now. there are also a large number of young first-time voters who will probably have to vote by mail this election. so they're having this inundation of information being thrown at them at this point, and a lot of this is coming from the president of the united states and the administration, so that makes things quite a bit more confusing going into november. >> julia, we reported in the last block about facebook, how they're going to be cutting down on political ads. they're saying it's not just about ads. there's so much other disinformation on facebook where it spreads. is there any plan to clamp down on misinformation and how quickly can they get things done? >> remember last month when a

number of the leaders of tech giants including mark zuckerberg for facebook as well as jeff bezos with amazon all testified before a committee. however, i think it would be difficult to get something done between now and november. i think republicans and democrats have a very different view about this. i think republicans are definitely looking at this from a very different perspective from democrats as to how to clamp down on these tech giants and many will push back on this because they have their own way of handling this. and i think there's too much partisanship on capitol hill for both sides to come together. but i will say this. talking to lawmakers and staff up on capitol hill, there definitely is a concern about any interference from, you know, adversaries like russia online ahead of the election. we know there's been evidence of that happening ahead of this election cycle. >> julia, let's talk about

biden's visit to kenosha. how was his manager received? >> i think it was received very positively, i think, from his reporters on the ground there from the blake family. it's clear he has built a good relationship with that family, but overall, i think you've seen a very stark contrast between president trump's visit to kenosha earlier this week and former vice president biden's visit. it would be interesting to see how the law enforcement community is reacting to that. i think a lot of the law enforcement community appreciates trump's presence. there however, biden is coming at it from an angle of reaching out to the broader community, reaching out specifically to the blake family. but overall it's interesting that this is all taking place in a major swing state, wisconsin. so, you know, going forward, you know, polling out of wisconsin, polling out of that district

kenosha is in, how this impacts 2020. >> all right. "the hill's" julia manchester. thank you, julia. still ahead, what the chief administration's adviser is saying about the cdc's time line for a coronavirus cure. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. k at "morni" is back in a moment.

facing leaks takes strength, so here's to the strong, who trust in our performance and comfortable, long-lasting protection. because your strength is supported by ours. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. in the hopefully rounding the turn on the pandemic, we're rounding that turn, and vaccines are coming along great. you know the job they've done, the doctors, everybody else, we're years ahead of schedule. anybody else as president, you wouldn't be talking about vaccines for two or three years from now, i'll tell you right now. >> i've never seen a man who likes a mask. i'm all for it. distancing and all that stuff.

wear your mask when you're close together, wash your hands, and all those thing. we have labor day coming up. have you ever seen a man who like as mask as much as him? then he makes a speech and a lot of times he has the mask hanging down. you know what? it gives him a feeling of security. if i were a psychiatrist, i would say, this guy's got some big issues. >> that was president trump at his rally in pennsylvania last night speaking to hundreds of supporters in a crowded airport hangar with little social distancing and few masks. while the cdc calls for a vaccine in the coming months, a chief top adviser says that timeline is extremely unlikely. according to npr, that adviser who reportedly worked for a

company says it could be ready by the end of the year. he explained we may have enough vaccine by the end of the year to immune nice probably i would say between 20 and 25 million people. he said immune nicing the population as a whole would take until the middle of 2021. temple universities is joining others nationwide in moving toward online learning. 95% of the classes will be done for the rest of the fall semest semester. it comes after a two-week suspension was put in place after a spike in covid cases at the university. meanwhile indiana university is calling for all fraternity and sorority houses at its bloomington campus to close. let's check in now with nbc

meteorologist bill karins. bill? >> thanks, alicia. actually i listened to an interview with dr. fauci yesterday. he said, we want to get to the point where when we head to the more increased active season, when they expect cases to go up in the bin twintertime, we want concentration low enough. it's too widespread, too difficult of a job. kind of the thing he's watching and a thing that a lot of us are watching is can we get these numbers low enough before we head into december, january, and february, when we spec expect things to peak back up. reported deaths, a little over 1,000. 1,094. the new average dropped by low 500. the low in july was 521. right now we're at 898. so the deaths have slowly been declining over the last month, but still close to a thousand a

day. new cases was roughly around 45,000, slightly above the seven-day average. wednesday, thursday numbers were the highest. the seven-day average is now about 42,000. so the low that we had in the middle of june and july was roughly around 28,000. so we've still got a ways to go. those are some of the numbers that they're watching at the cdc. so let's talk about the forecast as we head to the labor day weekend. the least in the west is the story out there. you want to talk about a perfect late summer forecast? the great lakes, northeast, the mid-atlantic, the ohio valley, humidity levels will be much lower than they have been. it should be enjoyable. by the time we get to sunday, still gorgeous on the east coast. perfect beach weather with lots of sunshine and low humidity. few stories in florida.

huge changes. look at denver. 97 degrees on sunday. then we watch this cold front coming down from the north and we could see areas going from 80s and 90s to rain and some snow. yes, snow, by the time we get into iciaalicia. it's wild. the hardest place to live right now is in the rockies and especially colorado. >> bill, thanks so much. still ahead, a new study says the majority of demonstrations that swept the country over the summer were non-violent while another puts the u.s. on pace this year for the most mass shootings on record. those details next. s shootings n record those details next and lying in the bed were my two little boys. i couldn't have imagined what it would've been like if i didn't have insurance to cover them immediately and fully.

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as racial justice protests swept the country this summer, a new study said that 93% of those demonstrations were nonviolent. that's according to a report

from the event data project, a nonprofit monitoring war zones and political crises around the world, but the report warned the united states is heightened risk before the november election. adding in this hyper polarized environment, state forces are taking a more heavy handed approach to dissent, nonstate actors are becoming more active and counter-demonstrators are looking to resolve their political disputes in the street. quote, in some contexts, like seattle and portland, heavy-handed police response appears to have inflamed tensions and increased the risk of escalation. 2020 is on pace to have the most mass shootings since they began recording them in 2013. the violence is occurring in

predominantly black neighborhoods when a gunman kills multiple by standers in a black or brown community. writing, quote, the bloodshed is written off by some journalists, politicians and onlookers as redigitable, endemic to the neighborhood and therefore not worthy of the same sympathy. coming up on "morning joe," jeffrey goldberg joins the conversation with his new reporting on president trump's disparaging comments about people. and representative lauren underwood. "morning joe" is just momenting away. rwood. "morning joe" is just momenting away go go go on a real vacation. visit go rving.com or your nearest rv dealer.

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in the past... they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. let's help protect them together. because missing menb vaccination could mean missing out on a whole lot more. ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. joining us from washington with a look at axios a.m., political reporter for axios. alexi mchammond. good morning, we have a clip for

axios' 1 big thing this morning. take a listen. >> i think this is important because there is, unfortunately, i think, a heightened risk of civil unrest in the period, you know, between voting and a result being called or after that. and i just think that we need to be doing everything we can to reduce the chances of violence or civil unrest in the wake of this election. >> alexi, what else did mark zuckerberg have to say to mike allen? >> good morning, it's so good to see you. happy friday. i'm happy to be on with you. >> happy friday. >> mark zuckerberg told my colleague that facebook is rolling out these new election tools that they're implementing as a way to try to deter the spread of misinformation and e violence on its platform and also help americans realize that the election results are

legitimate. they're scrambling for a way to help americans sort out what's going on on election night. we're seeing in polling that most americans think we'll have a result within one to two days or the night of election night but at the same time experts are warning it could take weeks. and because of that, it could lead to confusion in terms of what's happening on election night and who won. >> still a lot to do in setting that expectation. axios reporting that joe biden spoke with jacob blake by phone yesterday, 15 minutes on a call visiting his family in wisconsin. >> yesterday was biden's first visit to wisconsin since he became the democratic nominee. that's important because wisconsin is not just a battleground state but it's a

symbol for the racial injustice that's capturing the nation's attention and changing the political discussion right now. joe biden held a lengthy, it was over an hour community listening session at a church in kenosha, wisconsin. where he spent most of the time listening to various folks who lived in the area about their concern and pain after the shooting of jacob blake. it was during that meeting that he revealed that during a private meeting with jacob blake's family he spoke by phone with jacob blake himself for 15 minutes. biden revealed he's now out of the icu where he was hospitalized after the shooting by the police officer. and he talked to him about how blake said i'm not going to let anything get me down, whether or not i can walk again i'm going to keep fighting. biden said he spent 90 minutes total with the blake family in addition to that conversation. >> alexi mchammond it is good to see you. thank you for your time.

i'll be reading axios a.m. in just a little while. you can sign up for the news letter at signup.axios.com. that does it for me this friday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >> i supported him for president. i raised a million dollars for him, that's a lot of money. i supported him, he lost, he let us down. he lost, i never liked him as much after that because i don't like losers. let me get to it -- >> he's a war hero. >> he's not a war hero. >> five and a half years in a pow camp. >> i like people that weren't captured, i hate to tell you. >> does donald trump owe you an apology? >> i don't think so. but i think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. i'm in the arena, as tr used to

say, but in the case of many of our veterans, when mr. trump says that he prefers to be with people who were not captured, well, the great honor of my life was to serve in the company of heroes. i'm not a hero, but those who were my senior ranking officers, people like colonel bud day, congressional medal of honor winner, those that inspired us to do things we wouldn't otherwise have been capable of doing, i think those are the people he owes an apology to. >> there are so many people who miss the great john mccain. >> late senator john mccain on "morning joe" back in 2015 reacting there for the first time to donald trump disparaging his military service. this morning new reporting from jeffrey goldberg in the atlantic magazine has more details on the president's fixation with mccain and a whole