hello, everyone. i'm richard lui live in new york city. thanks for being with us on this sunday. it's been a labor day weekend of protests across the country from kentucky to oregon. demonstrators took to the streets overnight calling for social justice and police reforms. while the vast majority of demonstrations have been peaceful, there have been late-night clashes between police and protesters. saturday marked the 100th day of protests in ported, oregon. several protesters threw rocks and fireworks at the officers there. now, in louisville heavy police

presence was seen outside the kentucky derby. activists are protesting the death of breonna taylor after police killed her during a botched raid on her home. demonstrators faced off with an armed group of counterprotesters in downtown louisville as tensions continue to run high. in rochester, new york, in the wake of the death of daniel prude, police expect another round of demonstrations tonight, the fifth night. a video of his treatment in police custody was released this week sparking outrage nationwide. and then today after coming under fire for their use of force against protesters, the city's police chief vowed to do better. >> we want to make sure that mr. prude's death changes how we do policing in this city. moving forward, we're dedicated to taking the necessary actions to prevent this from ever happening again. and i understand that there are certain calls that law enforcement shouldn't handle

alone, and we are looking at ways to reimagine policing surrounding mental health. >> let's go straight to kathy park in rochester with the latest for us. kathy? >> reporter: richard, after days of unrest here in the city of rochester, we heard from the police chief, the mayor as well as a local pastor. they all had a unified message. they're calling for calm. they also said they will be stepping up their resources to help those having mental health crisis here in the community of rochester. as far as the ongoing unrest and the protests, they said that it's really important for the community to come together and they'll be doing that by actually having church elders serve as buffers between police and protesters. the mayor and police chief are from the community of rochester. they were born here, now they have some of the highest posts in the city. here's what the mayor said she's committed to doing. >> this work will be done in a week or in a weekend.

today, and to do this right, we will need to continue to deliver consistent progress over the coming weeks, months, and years. but i am committed to addressing these challenges in ensuring that change truly comes. but we need to also address the immediate issues in front of us. >> reporter: and you can see behind me law enforcement, they are really stepping up their efforts in advance of what could potentially be more unrest tonight. as i mentioned, they're putting these church elders, bussing them in to serve as buffers between the police and protesters. now, the police chief was asked about potential agitators in the group starting trouble, stirring up violence, and he said, in fact, there were some arrests, people from out of town, from alaska, mafbssachusetts. they'll be watching for that tonight as well.

meanwhile, as far as the investigation goes, the attorney general's office has said that a grand jury will also be part of this case. richard? >> kathy park, thank you so much for that. let's go now to portland where it is the opposite. not new nights necessarily of protests, they're on the 100th consecutive day of protest in that city. they're expecting more demonstrations tonight. nbc's erin mclaughlin is on the ground there. some things are new overnight. what are you seeing? >> reporter: hey, richard. it was another night of violence in ported. last night, though, the violence appeared to be escalating with at least 59 arrests made by police. most of those individuals arrested were from oregon. most men and women in their 20s and 30s. police seizing a number of items as part of those arrests, including explosives, shields, as well as body protective gear.

it all began at the park just behind me. we were here at around 7:00 p.m. yesterday evening. we saw hundreds of people dressed mostly in black gathering for an event that was billed as a blm demonstration with the promise of speeches and music. but from what we observed, individuals here in this park were preparing for a direct confrontation with police, preparing shields, preparing their body armor. we spoke to residents in this working class neighborhood. residents were shaken and nervous. many didn't want to appear on camera for fear of retribution. this is not the first time there have been clashes in their neighborhood. one of the residents said that he was given a number of pamphlets by an individual here at this park, including this pamphlet. i have a copy of it right here. inside of the pamphlet it says, nice to see you again. i'm your friendly neighborhood

anti-fascist. it's essentially a how-to guide to join their so-called black bloc. no mention of an actual blm protest. the group moved towards the east precinct not far away. they were soon met by police. clashes ensued, molotov cocktails were fired. police responding with tear gas. the clashes went on into the early hours of the morning and then dissipated as it does night after night here in portland. authorities are bracing for the possibility of more unrest tonight, richard. >> all right. erin mclaughlin, thank you so much in portland, oregon. now to the white house, now it's playing cleanup with another story that threatens the president's standing ahead of the election. first there was jeffrey goldberg's report saying the president's reference to service

members as suckers and losers. now we're beginning to get snippets of michael cohen's new book that give insight to his infatuation with russian president vladimir putin, cohen writing above all trump loves money and wrongly identified putin as the richest man in the world by a multiple. kelly o'donnell with the latest on how the white house is responding to that. hey, mckale. >> reporter: good evening, richard. michael cohen has certainly been the president's secret keeper in their past life together in the trump organization. his lawyer, someone calls him the fixer, helping to solve problems with the businessman donald trump teen candidate donald trump. but what he writes could be perilous with candidate trump 2020. will anything in the cohen book talking about the president's character or filling in details about past business dealings or

motivations behind the scenes -- will that have any impact on voters and how they're going to make their decisions for november 3rd? or is that already baked in considering how divided the country is? the white house is pushing back on the michael cohen book saying he was discredited by his own conduct, that he lied to congress, he's been convicted, he is serving his prison service at home because of covid pass and disbarred lawyer. but for a long time michael cohen was a trusted part of the trump organization, was at donald trump's side again and again. he talks about the president's focus on russia, his admiration for putin, being motivated by money, not a surprise given his past but he talked about relationships the president had and how he talked about leaders and his alleged racist comments about leaders like naejelson mandela or barack obama.

the white house is hoping people will have opinions about cohen himself. we'll see how that plays out. the president has also said he expects to have a lot of negative stories in the run-up to the election as a part of our very hot and hostile political season. richard? all right, kelly. thank you so much. white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. next, groups are gathering to celebrate the labor day holiday while 11% of u.s. households do not have enough food to eat. we'll dig into where the next round of stimulus stands. coming up for you at 6:30 eastern, cal perry shares his experience traveling more than 7,000 miles across 20 cities. he and his crew set out to speak with officials and everyday americans about how the pandemic is affecting their lives. watch "road to recovery: america at a cross-roads" tonight at 6:30 eastern on msnbc. safe drivers save 40%!!!

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with labor day weekend in full swing right now, health experts across the nation are warning americans not to make the same mistakes they did over memorial day or july 4th. the fear is that backyard parties, crowded bars and packed beaches could spark a nationwide surge in cases. meanwhile as the american people await a vaccine, they are waiting on the latest round of relief from congress tied up between democrats and republicans, a holdup that nancy pelosi says is costing u.s. lives. >> since we passed the h.e.r.o.e.s. act, the number of people who have died has doubled because mitch mcconnell pressed pause. we're not doing anything. now, could we have saved all of those people? no, but the number infected has

grown by the millions. we have, again, when we come back, members will be coming back to do committee work this weekend to vote on it the following week. we have to make sure the public knows how we can solve this. >> fox this morning treasury secretary mnuchin pressing for a more targeted bill, one that he says is expected to be moved on next week. >> we put $3 trillion into the economy when the economy was completely shut down. we've now reopened the economy. well, let's do a more targeted bill now if we need to do more in 30 days, we'll continue to do more. but let's not hold up the american workers and american businesses that need more support. our expectation is we'll move forward with that next week. >> adding to the pressure, vice president mike pence said friday the white house and congress have reached a deal to keep funding the government at its current levels to avoid a shutdown. that deal would not add funding

for any coronavirus relief, though. with me now, senior staff writer for "the hill," scott wong. what is potentially the middle ground between democrats and republicans on this stimulus bill? let's start with that. >> i think it's a really good sign that the two sides have agreed, nancy pelosi and treasury secretary mnuchin have agreed to put the government funding aside. that's off their plates now so they can now really focus on the coronavirus funding. and so, you know, the two sides are still very far apart when it comes to coronavirus aid, about $1 trillion. the senate is going to lay down this week -- mitch mcconnell's going to put down a vote, $500 billion for schools, for small businesses, more money for unemployment insurance. but chuck schumer and nancy pelosi say it's simply

inadequate. they want to go big. they think there's a real opportunity here to do something big, similar to what we saw earlier this year. so right now the two sides are still very far apart, but my point is is that they're talking and mnuchin and pelosi are negotiating and they've taken the government funding aspect off the table, which is a promising sign. >> you're saying it's doa. when does push come to shove here? >> you're seeing the pictures of thousands of families with small children standing in line at these food banks. americans are suffering. we've seen footage of, you know, families being put out on the streets evicted. trump is responding and they acknowledge there's a problem, that there's a housing crisis looming. they've taken executive steps to try to parenthesis some of these evictions, but people are still going to be owing this rent down the road come december/january. so this is not rent forgiveness,

if you will. that money is still going to be owed. so at some point there is going to be a housing crisis. and so i think that's putting real pressure on both the republicans as well as the democrats. >> let's move straight to something in the headlines over the past couple of days, that is the president's alleged remarks regarding the united states military service and those who have served, calling them losers amongst other words. no republicans have come forward. quickly here, scott, what's the talk when they're not on camera? >> well, i just think that we're so close to the election at this point that republicans are lining up behind the president, they're holding the line. they don't see any advantage right now at this point in the campaign to distance themselves from the president or throw him under the bus and show and highlight these divisions within the party. i think privately, you know, privately there is some disgust

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i'm just gonna... ♪ from glen to glen as the trump administration spends its sunday defending the president against claims made in "the atlantic," books have come out that promises to keep him on his toes. michael cohen claims the president wanted to be like russian president vladimir putin and shares details on his alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels. then there's former fbi agent peter strzok who was fired from the mueller investigation over disparaging texts he sent from the president -- about the president, rather. his new book "compromised" defends the handling of the russian inquiry and declares president trump a national security threat. joining us now, a business insider police correspondent, jacqueline alemany, "washington post" political reporter. that's not even all the books

here. when when we look at this -- let's start with cohen's book first. does this get worse, deeper, and stronger than any of the previous books that we've seen so far this season? >> yeah. so michael cohen has consistently shown that he is by far the biggest thorn in the president's side because out of all the books we've seen so far from former trump administration officials, former doj and fbi officials, no one has been closer to the president than michael cohen. he spent years working as the president's, quote, unquote, fixer, so he's privy to some of his deepest secrets with regard to finances, vladimir putin, and obama. there's so much based on the excerpts of this book that have been published in "the washington post" and cnn and other outlets today. one thing that really stood out to me was cohen's claim that president trump called black and latino voters too stupid to veto for him or said they weren't

smart enough to vote for donald trump. that's a big deal. you know, cohen's book has a lot of different claims, but especially for that detail to come out this close to the election, you know, i wouldn't be surprised if that had an affect on the president's polling numbers at the time when his campaign can't afford any more bad press. >> the question might be, jacqueline, how does the biden campaign use this or do they not because of the questions about cohen and his credibility? >> you make a really good point, richard. what the white house is banking on that cohen himself as credibility issues, so a lot of these claims they're trying to poke holes in, that cohen himself admitted to lying and that's why he's currently serving a sentence for lying to congress. but what democrats are going to point out and what people in general who are struggling with michael cohen's credibility should realize is that michael cohen lied to congress about

whether or not the president was seeking a deal about building a hotel in trump trump tower in moscow in 2016 and that he was lying in order to protect the president himself. so i think, you know, once you sort of realize that, it might change your idea of whether or not michael cohen is a credible person. on top of that, the president himself might not be the most credible source here. the president is, you know, currently battling credibility issues. over the course of his presidency, 3.5 years, he's told over 20,000 falsehoods according to our fact checker. so i think, you know, in this battle of credibility, the white house trying to slam michael cohen's book, it really can only go so far, and that's what gura going to see democrats hammer away at. >> let's look at the reportedly zarjds remarks about the military service members. what is the white house saying right now and how might they

justify this? >> yeah, it's really tough for the president and the white house to justify this just because so many of these comments that have been reported are things he's publicly said in the past, so it's very difficult for the white house now to say that trump has never said some of these things. you know, i mentioned this once before, but this is basically, like, the perfect storm for the trump campaign right now because not only are the details themselves, you know, pretty devastating to his campaign, they match up with statements he said in the past and they've been confirmed by multiple news outlets. this story came out ahead of a long weekend. so this has been in the headline for days now. i would anticipate it being in the headlines for a couple more days. on top of that, this also comes as, you know, the president is presiding over a pandemic that has infected millions of people and killed almost 200,000 americans. so it's difficult to see how he comes back from that, if he comes back from that. >> jacqueline, the military times showing joe biden at the moment has a lead by four

percentage points. this doesn't help in that gap, does it? >> no, it doesn't. but i think we need to be pretty clear and look at 2016. the president has said disparaging things about people in the military very publicly for years now. and it didn't seem to affect him during 2016. but i think one thing that the public should really know, while people are weighing whether the president is credible and if they should believe the denials coming from the white house after various news outlets have confirmed these stories and senior administration officials and former administration officials have confirmed the story on background is that the white house is trying to disparage anonymous sourcing, shadowy figures that lurk in garages that journalists don't even know who they are. but it's important that the public understands how our job really works and we're

transparent so they can understand that these aren't false climbs like the president's claiming. >> jacqueline, we'll have to leave it there. thank you so much. jacqueline, thank you so much. that does it for me this hour. after the break, cal perry takes to us more than 20 cities across the country. stick around for "road to recovery." when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. with fidelity wealth management, your dedicated adviser can give you straightforward advice and tailored recommendations. that's the clarity you get with fidelity wealth management. and tailored recommendations. every single day and instead, tothere was someonepresident in that office who thought about you? he'll bring that back. joe biden -- he knows us,

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