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good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, september 8th, and i am yasmin vossoughian. we've got less than two months to go until the 2020 election, and the president spent labor day using the white house as a backdrop to launch an attack against joe biden and kamela harris. >> biden cheers china as a great power because they add to nonproliferation and human rights. well, that didn't. they took advantage of stupid people, stupid people. and biden's a stupid person. you know that. you're not going to write it, but you know that. you're not going to write it. biden and his very liberal running mate, the most liberal person in congress, by the way, not a competent person, in my opinion, would destroy this country, would destroy this economy. >> all right. so later during that same appearance the president also demanded that "reuters" white house correspondent jeff mason

take off his mask. >> the issue of what happened when you were in france continues to be -- >> you're going to have to take that off, please. you can take it off. your health -- how many feet are you away? >> i'll speak a lot louder. >> if you don't take it off, you're very muffled. if you would take it off, it would be a lot easier. >> i'll just speak louder. is that better? >> it's better, yeah. >> based on your -- >> you sound so clear as opposed to everybody else. >> all right. so major elements of "the atlantic's" reporting on the president's disparaging remarks on u.s. sourcing by other organizations, his discenter in finding captured soldiers has now been reported by the "washington post" and "new york times." his discomfort with wounded veterans now confirmed by "the new york times," his asking what's in it for them while standing with john kelly at kelly's son grave has been

reported by the "associated press" and the "washington post," the claim that the president did not want to visit an american military cemetery in france because it was, quote, filled with losers, was also reported by the a.p. sources also told "the post" and "the new york times" that unlike him, they didn't find a way to dodge service. and this is what fox news reporter jennifer griffin confirmed. >> i've spoken with two senior u.s. officials who were on the trip to france who confirmed to me key details in "the atlantic" article and the quotes contributed to the president. my source, a former trump administration official said when he spoke about the vietnam war, he said it was a stupid war, anyone who went was a sucker. as to veteran, he said what was in it for them, they don't make any money. the source said it was a character flaw for the president. regarding the french chip to

mark the end of world war i, according to the former official, the president was not if a good mood. french president macron said something that made him mad. he questioned why he had go to two cemeteries, why do i have to go to two. regarding the military parade planning, during a planning session at the white house after seeing the deal day parade, he said regarding the inclusion of wounded guys, he said, quote, that's not a good look. americans don't like that. >> all right. so amidst all of these sources confirming this report, the president yesterday continued his denials. >> the story's a hoax. he made up the story. it's a totally made up story. who would make up a thing like that? only an animal would say a thing like that. there's nobody who has more respect not only for our military but for people who gave their lives in the military. >> so former white house chief of staff john kelly has stayed silent following last week's

report in "the atlantic" despite being pushed by friends and associates who speak out that kelly has refused on the record interview requests on comments president trump reportedly made while kelly was with him on a 2018 trip to france, but even kelly's silence didn't keep the president from attacking him on friday. >> i know john kelly. he was with me. didn't do a good job. he had no element, was petered out. he wasn't able to function in the last number of months. was unable to function. he was unable to handle the pressure of this job. this job was a tough job. mark meadows is doing a great job, but kelly was unable to do that. >> serving in wars also takes a lot of pressure, and he certainly survived that. democratic presidential nominee joe biden spent the holiday weekend continuing to lay into president trump's

reported comments bashing american troops. while at a campaign stop in pennsylvania yesterday, joe biden told union members he was close to losing his temper as he called trump, quote, un-american. >> when it comes to veterans, he's downright un-american. i've never said that about a president ever, ever, ever, but calling those who have served, who risked their lives, gave their lives to our nation, losers, suckers, these are heroes. >> according to axios, biden's campaign is seizing this moment and investing heavily in ads to sway voters around military bases in five swing states. the ad dubbed "protect our troops" which debuted earlier this year, highlighting biden's connections to the u.s. military and his plans to support troops will relaunch this week as part of a $47 million ad buy across tv, digital, and radio. it's going to roll out to voters

living near military braces like fort mccoy and elsewhere. so let's get into this a bit. joining me now, managing editor of the "washington examiner" magazine, jay caruso. jay, good morning to you. i hope you had a good labor day weekend. >> good morning. i did. >> a lot happening these last couple of days as we're marching closer and closer to the election. what do you make of the president's defense following this "atlantic" report, especially when you consider outlets like fox news that we played, jennifer griffin there, confirming key aspects of this report? >> well, first, yasmin, let me commend you for keeping a straight face as the president attacked somebody else's temperament, which i thought was rather amusing when he said that about john kelly. as far as the story is concerned, yeah. other news outlets have confirmed it. here's the thing.

is the story believable? i think so. if you go back to what president trump said as candidate trump about john mccain back in 2016, disparaging his service because he was captured, saying i prefer people who weren't captured. we've heard him say nasty things about people before. you can be skeptical because all of the sources are off the record. the other outlets could have confirmed with the same sources. however, when you have this -- when everybody was going nuts saying, oh, it's "the atlantic," "the new york times," the "washington post," and all of a sudden it's fox news, all of a sudden it's like, oh, well, it's fox news. and jennifer griffin is an excellent reporter. the thing is these kinds of stories with anonymous sources, the whole idea that jeffrey goldberg got some sources and went with it, he has people to answer to, despite the fact he's

the editor of the magazine. they still have to go through people to see whether this is val valid. is there a possibility that there are details of the story that are inaccurate? sure, we may find that out. as far as the president's denial, i don't take them at face value whatsoever. unfortunately he hasn't earned any kind of good will in that respect. >> so i think the ultimate question here that a lot of folks are asking, is this going to hurt him come november 3rd, this new atlantic reporting and what he's been saying about troops over time in his presidency. i think i can say outright that it doesn't necessarily seem like it's going to hurt any of his base support because they turn out no matter what this president says. but beyond his base with which the president has had a lot of difficulty turning out and expanding his base and getting more folks to turn out, is it going to hurt that?

>> yeah. there's the solid base probably which is what, 35%, 36% of republican voters. it doesn't matter what he does, what he says, who he talks about, they're going to vote for him no matter what. there's a section of -- what you refer to as wobbly republican voter. smib may have voted for him in 2016. maybe they didn't. will it hurt him? probably. it's another layer of people who may say, i'm going to stay home, not that they're going to vote necessarily for joe biden but that they're not going to go out, saying, i'm going to sit this one out. >> jay caruso, thank you. stay close. i'm going to talk to you again in just a little bit. still ahead, the white house is launching an zbegs into the

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did you pay back several of your top executives for contributing to the trump campaign by bonusing or rewarding them? >> that's an outrageous claim, sir, and i resent it. >> i'm just asking a question. >> the answer is no. >> so, that was postmaster general louis dejoy and denying fund-raising campaign promises. despite that, the "washington post" reported on sunday dejoy

pressured his employees to contribute and then reimbursed them through bonuses. five people who worked for dejoy's former business new breed logistics say they were pressured to write checks and attend fund-raisers. the "post" writes this -- carol maloney said she is opening an investigation on the matter and is calling for dejoy's immediate suspension. it was reported mr. dejoy was never notified by the new breed employees referenced by the "washington post" of any pressure they might have felt to make a political contribution, and he regrets if any employee felt uncomfortable for any reason. joining me now, msnbc legal

analyst danny secevallos. it doesn't seem like there's any denial there. it's interesting to say the least. what part, first, of campaign finance law here is alleged to have been violated, and how would it need to be proven in a court of law? >> first, that denial, that's a classic one. if you're accused of one, call it outrageous and move on without actually denying it. i think that's what you're saying. >> no, no, no. in his testimony -- let me just clarify. in his test he actually said, yeah, that's outrageous, but from this spokesman for dejoy -- i'll just read it again. mr. dejoy was never notified by the new breed's reference by any pressure they may have felt and he regrets if any employees felt uncomfortable for any reason. so is that statement there is not an outright denial.

>> that's even more damning because really the pressure that an employee felt is irrelevant to an analysis of whether or not federal or state law was violated because federal law prohibits the straw person donor activities and also prohibits the coercion of an employee to do this, but that's only -- you know, the coercion part is only one prong. masking up the donations by reimbursing bonuses is independently a violation of federal and probably state law. there are federal violations. and in north carolina they have no statute of limitations for felonies, so even if it has passed for federal crimes of, say, five years, they have likely not passed in north carolina where the statute of limitations is infinity. >> so what about the fact that new breed was sold back in 2014?

how is that going to play into it? >> it won't make much of a difference. whether or not the company -- it could be held criminally liable. companies can be held criminally liable, but individuals is probably who investigators would be interested in. even with the statute of limitations passed in federal court, there are many ways around statutes of limitations. so if there's any effort to cover this up over time that is still within the statute of limitations, federal prosecutors or investigators could look at that, too, as a possibility to get around where the statute of limitations has expired on some other crime. they do it fairly often. they may consider it in this investigation. >> all right, danny cevallos. glad to see your daughter back in studio, my friend. thank you as always. still ahead, everybody, the latest on the wildfire threat in california. it's a state of emergency as firefighters race to contain

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welcome back. protests were peaceful last night. protesters marched to the steps of city hall where they announced their demands including the firing and prosecution of the officers involved in the death of daniel prude and the resignation of the mayor and police chief there. the peaceful demonstration followed days of clashes between police and protesters which began with the release of body cam footage of prude's arrest. he went into cardiac arrest and died a week later. letitia james announced she will im panel a grand jury to hear evidence on the officers' actions during that arrest.

the president yesterday tweeted they all had bad nights. rochester mayor lovely warren released a statement that said i ask that all involved ignore the commentary from the president. it is clear it is his only desire to bait people to act with hate and incite violence that he believed will benefit him politically. we will not give him what he wants. let's go to california. the state faces a record-breaking fire season. dry conditions and high winds have fuelled the blaze now torching more than 2 million acres, forcing the forest service to close eight national forests. in northern california, the three-day-old creek fire has grown and is zero percent contained. at least two dozen homes in the

small mountain town of big creek have been destroyed but no injuries have been reported thankfully. people were trapped at the vermillion resort. the pacific gas and electric company has started shutting off power in parts of 22 counties because of the severe weather there. for a first look at your forecast, let's go to nbc meteorologist bill karins. the images coming out of california, bill, are just astounding with these wildfires, and it seems like it is a long ways to go before they can actually contain these fires. >> yeah. we don't see any chances of wet weather, you know, for the next couple of months, maybe till the end of november is when their rainy season begins. we're witnessing the effects of climate change. california is front and center

on that. t it's a state that's been warming up the most. they hit 121 degrees. that's the all-time hottest weather anywhere west of the mountains of california toward the coast. then we get the dry conditions on top of this, which is very typical. it's always this dry this year before the wet season begins in the winter. and the rapid spread of these fires is just incredible. we weren't even having a horrible fire season until a month ago in california and now it's just exploded. this is video of the el dorado fire. it was raining ash. all of california. so let's get into some of the numbers on this right now. to put this into perspective, of all the fires we've measured in california, the second, third, and fourth are burning at the same time. we have the top 20 list. if you have the top fire, it's a big deal. we have two, three, around ffrmt

some could threaten. the fire season is longer because of climate change, and 18 of the 20 largest have been since 2018. there's a red flag warning. critical fire danger, even in oregon. yesterday was a horrible day in washington state where we had rapid spreading of fire. we also at the same time have winter storm warnings in colorado. denver is expecting 2 to 4 inches of snow today. talk about a weather whiplash in the rockies. >> that is for sure. thank you, bill. still ahead, everybody, we're going to dig into new poll wes have out showing the state of the 2020 race. you don't want to miss those. the president and joe biden, they're both accusing each other of politicizing the issue.

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welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we want to begin this half hour on the state of the presidential race with election day less than two months away, if you can believe it. a new national poll from cbsnew cbsnews.gov. joe biden has a six-point lead over president trump in the swing state, 50-44. that six-point lead is the same as it was prior to the start of

the unrest in kenosha. then we have news out of texas showing a very close race there. president trump leads joe biden, 48% to 46%. a statistical tie there. the u.s. death toll tops 190,000 people. health experts are again warning about a possible surge in cases this fall. according to the "washington post," the long fear of a second wave at a catastrophic scale can well begin before election day on november 3rd. it comes in time despite a rise in cases. national numbers have been trending downward for several weeks following early summer surges in the sunbelt. experts say the fall wave is likely to be more intense than the peak in the spring. maryland, for example, had 2,000 covid cases at its peak in april

and they expect twice as many at the next peak. and the president is continuing to tease a potential coronavirus vaccine before the election, but joe biden's campaign is remaining apprehensive. here are joe biden's and kamela harris's initial responses after president trump's remarks yesterday. >> one of the problems is the way he's playing with politics is he's said so many things that aren't true, i'm worried if we do have a very good vaccine, people are going to be reluctant to take it. he's undermining public confidence. thank god we have it. >> i think that we have learned since this pandemic starts but really before it there's very little we can trust that comes out of donald trump's mouth. i would say i do not trust donald trump and it would have to be a credible source of

information. i will not take his word for it. he wants us to inject bleach. no, i will not take his word. >> should immediately apologize for the reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric that they are talking right now, talking about endangering lives. it undermines science, and what's happening is all of a sudden you'll have this incredible vaccine and because of that fake rhetoric, it's political rhetoric. that's all it is. just for politics. we'll have a vaccine very soon, maybe even before a special date. you know what date i'm talking about. >> joining me once again, managing editor of the "washington examiner," jay caruso. i want to talk about the vaccine because it's an important one but first the polling at the top. let's bring up that national poll, guys, if we can. if you tick through it, it seems as if joe biden is still having much of the lead there, 52% to

42% according to this latest cbs news s/yougov poll. then you go to texas and there is a statistical tie between the two in texas. and texas has been quite a big part of the election conversation leading up until this conversation because three's a possibility that biden can clinch tgs, whiexas, which know, unbelievable to think a democratic nominee can take texas, if you take a look there. so talk me through some of these polls that we're seeing. >> there's two things to keep in mind here. one, donald trump has not led in a national poll since february, so joe biden has led in every national poll that's been taken since february, every single one. the other thing that's important to take a look at is that 50% marker that biden keeps hitting

in a lot of these polls. that's pretty big. even if it's off a couple of points here or there on the election day, remember, trump won the election through the electoral college by 11 votes hchl's got no wiggle room, none. if biden can turn half of the voters or increase the turnout from people who voted in 2012, donald trump is in real trouble. and even if you -- let's take texas out of the equation, for example. you still have the possibility of biden capturing north carolina, arizona, and the three states that hillary lost in 2016, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan. all of that would give him a clear electoral college win and then a likely -- you know, assuming the polls are even close, a very strong popular vote. and with all due respect, i just hope that -- i'm looking for the election to be settled on election day.

whether somebody loses -- whether one or the other candidate loses big, i would hate to see what would happen if we've got to go a week or two past election day to decide this, but right now, joe biden is in a very strong position, national average lead of about seven points, which is about two or three points higher than hillary in 2016. >> i know you're hoping for things to be settled on election day, but you and i both know it's unlikely. good luck with that, my friend. let's move onto vaccines because this is important. there's a conversation surrounding vaccines. if you're thinking about the fact that this vaccine started being developed in jab or so and they're looking at seeing the vaccine from some of the drug companies by late october, early november, you have a pledge by johnson & johnson and moderna about making the vaccine's

safety a priority. it's been very politicized. it takes on average four years to be developed. >> yeah. it's disheartened to see the president doing that. i would basically at this point -- when a vaccine becomes available, look to dr. fauci. if he says, hey, i've looked at the data, i've discussed it with people, i think we're safe, i think we're going to go, that's who you listen to. unfortunately to have the president saying we'll have one by election day, that's sort of ridiculous. we're hoping for a vaccine. it doesn't matter when we have one. it's a matter of whether it's safe. >> absolutely. jay caruso, thank you. so good to see you this morning. >> still ahead, the president continues to pit himself against

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because your strength is supported by ours. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. welcome back. secretary treasure steve mnuchin says he and nancy pelosi are working on a plan to avoid a government shutdown on october 1st, before the election. mnuchin expects a continuing resolution would expend funding into december, although, nothing has been agreed on yet. without action by congress, it would expire at the end of september and the government would begin to shut down at that point. the "washington post" is reporting president trump is moving to revamp federal agency's racial sensitivity traini training, kafcasting some of th

as, quote, un-american. in a letter on friday, white house off of management and budget director russell vogt spoke. the omb is speaking on white privilege, training and other efforts that teaches or suggests that the united states is an inhaerntly evil race or country. once those contracts are identified, the letter says the agency should work within the confines of the law to cancel them. trump also tweeted the education department would be investigating schools that use the programs from the 1619 project which looks at american history through the trim of slavery's consequences and the contributions of black americans.

okay. let's get a check on your weather once again with nbc meteorologist bill karins. good to see you again, bill. take us through it. >> all right. thanks, yasmin. i'm going to briefly touch on covid. i know you did briefly during the show. there wasn't reporting over the holidays. they're the lowest they've been in a long time. yesterday we had new cases reported, 25,000 on the holiday. the seven-day average is about to dill to under 40,000. considering the july peak was 70,000, we're almost half the new daily cases right now than we were at the peak in early july, and death, 286 reported yesterday. again, holiday, the number was low. it should be higher as we go throughout the next couple of days, but you can see the trend is down. it will be interesting to see if we can dip under the 521 new deaths, that was the july low after the surge in march and april. let's talk tropics. the next name would be sally.

we only have four hurricane names left in this season. it's been an incredibly active season. everywhere in red, all the storms this year, this is the earliest. this is the peak of hurricane season. that means we're only halfway through. it's almost assured with only four names left we'll have to go to the greek alphabet after w l wilfr wilfred. we did it in 2004. pa paulette is way out. we'll have to keep an eye seven days from now, eight days from now as it tries to sneak its way through bermuda. the national hurricane center says the says there's a 40% chance this hurricane could develop. it doesn't look too bad for the coast of the carolinas. we like these storms. they're the fish storms. they're the storms that stay out in the ocean and don't hit land.

>> stay out there, please. continue to stay out there. thank you, bill. not you, of course. the storms. >> still ahead, major tech deal concerning 5g and a big test and whether americans are ready to return to the movie theater. the stories driving your business day coming up next. service is here to deliver your packages. and the peace of mind of knowing that important things like your prescriptions, and ballots, are on their way. every day, all across america, we'll keep delivering for you. every day, all across america, did you know that some aluminum- free deodorants only mask odor? secret aluminum free helps eliminate odor instead of just masking it. and is made with three times more odor fighters. with secret, odor is one less thing to worry about. secret. when the first snow fell, the kids went sledding right there. this used to be a shed. now, it's where they get breakfast.

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welcome back. time now for business. samsung has taken a major step in becoming a supplier for 5g services after finalizing an over $6 billion deal with telecommunications giant verizon wireless. cnbc's julianna tatelbaum is joining us from london. good morning, by the way. talk us through this latest deal. >> good morning. well, this is one of the largest deals of its kind for samsung. the order is to provide 5g or fifth generation wireless solutions to verizon in the

united states. the contract is valled through december 2025. it also comes at a time when huawwo wowway is grappling with u.s. sanction and efforts to get countries around the world to shut out the chinese company from building out these 5g networks. samsung is also pushing hard to compete with nokia and erickson. this $6.6 billion deal with verizon is a huge step forward for samsung. now, i want to take you to wall street where we're looking at a weaker start for u.s. stocks. the nasdaq, the tech-heavy index in particular, is set for a weak start today after the labor day weekend. tech stops were sharply in focus as they suffered their worst selloff in march. one of the big questions for stockmarkets and investors around the world is whether we're going to see continued demand for these tech stocks that have performed so well since the spring lows or whether

we'll see a rotation out of the tech stocks into some of the less loved stockmarkets, some of those cyclical sectors. one of the big questions for investors and it will be long after today. back to you. let's back to you. >> let's talk about something we have not talked about in quite some time. that is movie debuting, box office, words we have literally not used in months. h you had the biggest movie debut, "tenant" bringing in 20 million this past weekend. what can you tell us? >> which was a huge weekend for "tenant". 20 million in the u.s., close to $150 million globally. i have to say i was one of those contributing to those $150 million in ticket sales resently. it's caused a huge amount of attention from movie goers.

mul mulan" also debuted in some markets. so we are getting back to normal when it comes to the movie industry. i can say i didn't understand all of "tenant" but certainly a compelling watch. >> thank you for your movie review. julianna tatelbaum live from london for us, thank you so much. up next, a look at axios' 1 big thing. and coming up on "morning joe," more disparaging remarks by the president against the military, first he reportedly called military members and war casualties, suckers and losers. now he's going after the top leaders, we'll play his latest comments. new polling from the key swing state of wisconsin, which the president won by less than 1% in 2016. "morning joe" is moments away. o.

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joining me now with a look at axios a.m., political reporter for axios, hans nichols. good morning to you. great to see you this morning. axios' 1 big thing this morning is a brand new ad from the biden camp. let's look at that. >> this is our chance to put the darkness of the past four years behind us. to end the anger, the insults, the division, the violence and start fresh in america. we can stop focussing on a president that thinks it's all about him and start focussing on what's best for us. we need to get control over the c virus. donald trump failed. joe biden will get it done. joe biden's plan rewards work and makes the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share. we need to take the next step in health care, joe biden will lower premiums and reduce drug costs while still protecting those with preexisting

conditions. we need to take on climate change and protect social security and medicare. we had four years of a president that brings out the worst in america. isn't it time we had a president that brings out the best. >> i'm joe biden and i approve this message. >> there it is, hans. so talk to us more about this ad. what they're trying to achieve here and the target audience. >> the target audience is the swing states. all the states we're becoming familiar with as our geography improves this time of year. two important points, the ad is a minute long, not 30 seconds, and it's the size of the buy. there's a $47 million buy that's broadcast and digital, almost $50 million for one week. and it gets to what we've been reporting at axios and others have confirmed, there's a cash advantage that the biden campaign has. they had $300 million come in last month.

the trump campaign wasn't up in some of these crucial states in terms of campaign ads so you're seeing the enthusiasm among small dollar donors for joe biden filter through their ability to transmit and translate that across the country. so 60 seconds and almost $50 million. those are the two takeaways i have. >> let's talk about a coronavirus vaccine here. we all want a vaccine. >> yes. >> it's going to help get rid of this pandemic. but we all want it to be safe and effective. you have both joe biden and kamala harris warning americans over the weekend to be skeptical of anything this president is saying about a potential coronavirus vaccine. especially if it's delivered in late october, early november. what more can you tell us about this? >> clearly president trump is teasing this out. he's hinting at this, did so yesterday saying there's a big

surprise around the corner. we know he likes drama. but from trump and harris you're hearing them say trust the science, don't trust donald trump, trust the science. we need to get this right. if there is a broad community level concern about the safety of a vaccine, it won't be effective. that's why it's important to get the science right and to get public buy-in this is going to be something that is going to help and protect all americans. yasmin. >> it's astounding the time line of this thing. an average vaccine takes four years to develop, this would be inside of eight months if this thing comes to market before november 3rd. >> that's what they're getting at. the idea of warp speed and that's why they wanted to accelerate that but with acceleration comes concern. that's what i think the biden campaign is trying to imply. >> let's talk about house leader

kevin mccarthy encouraging voting by mail and warning the president and the party they could get hurt by his fight against mail-in voting. >> this is a great story by my colleague. any time you have distance between the top republican in the house and the president, that's a great story of the same party and there's a clear different here. mcconnell wants mail-in voting. it's a great story. encourage you to read it. >> hans nichols, thank you as always my friend. i will be reading axios a.m. in just a little bit, you can read it, just sign up at signup.axios.com. that does it for me this morning, i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts right now. >> the issue of what happens -- >> you have to take that off, please. you can take it off. how many feet are you away? >> i'll speak louder. >> if you don't take it off,

you're very muffled. if you take it off -- >> i'll speak louder. is that better? >> it's better, yeah. >> hi. just based on some of your recent tweets -- >> you sound so clear. as opposed to everybody elsewhere they refuse. >> so here we are in september. and we thought that we had to go back like a couple of months to find him mocking somebody wearing a mask -- >> nope. that was yesterday. >> -- and he's still -- he's still in the middle ages here. why don't he just recommend leeches to bleed people out to help them with the coronavirus. >> that was white house reporter for "reuters" jeff mason. good morning, it is tuesday, september 8th, along with joe, willie and me -- >> wait