counties can have a really big turnout which, coupled with more rural counties in north florida, tend to deliver trump margin of victory. i usually look at florida voting patterns not so much by region, but by race. we have more polarized voters based on race. registered voters here are white, non-hispanic. 17% are hispanic and 13% are black and then there is a mishmash of others in the voter rolls. turnout,is low latino that is going to be bad news for joe biden. he needs a good 60% vote out of them, and a high turnout. we are expecting a relatively high white turnout. white voters tend to relatively over perform relative to registration, but if you look nationally with older voters, donald trump is hemorrhaging their support. if that happens in florida, it's lights out for the president. i'm saying this in june. anything we can happen. moons andon is many many miles in the century and a lot -- in the future, and a lot is going to occur between now and then. steve: florida is now the president's home state. will that make a difference? marc: it makes a difference to this degree. president trump knows

florida, those counties could have big turnout with some of the rural counties in north florida and deliver trump once again a margin of victory. i look at florida voting patterns not by region by but race. we, like the rest of the nation, have more polarized voters based on race. 62% of the registered voters here are white and not hispanic and about 13% are black and there is a mish-mash of others in the voter rolls. if there is a low latino turnout, which there might be. that is going to be bad news for joe biden. but he needs to get a good 60% vote out of them and a high turnout. we are expecting that there is going to be a revel -- relatively high white turnout. but if you look at the polling nationally, with older white voters, donald trump is starting to hemorrhage their support. if that happens in florida, and this is an if, i need to stress, it is going to be lights out for the president. now i'm saying this in june. and anything that could happen as we've seen, the election is many moons, many miles and many centuries it seems in the future and a lot will occur in between now and then. >

just this morning, the president retweeted a disturbing video purportedly taken in florida of trump supporters chanting a racist slogan while facing off with counterprotesters. >> racist! racist! >> white power! white power! >> there you go, white power. you hear that? >> nbc news has verified the

he retweeted a disturbing video taken in the villages in florida of trump supporters chanting a racist slogan while facing off with counterprotesters. >> where is your white hood? >> white power. white power. >> there you go, did you hear that? >> all right. nbc has not verified where and whether th when that was taken. the individupresident retweetin tweeted with a comment, great people. it's clear donald trump has reverted back to what he knows best. what he believes, i guess, will help him maintain power in november. this time around, it may not work out. if recent polling is any indication, it's failing. according to a new fox news poll, trump is trailing joe biden in key southern states in georgia, texas, florida and in north carolina. in national polls, a majority of americans are more aligned with black lives matter and protesters, with 66% approving of the movement in a recent "new york times" poll. even in mississippi, both chambers of the state leng legislature advanced a bill to remove the confederate emblem from the state flag. against a mismanaged pandemic and global unres

also florida, president trump's 1.19 percentage point victory was bigger than obama is one point victory in 2012. in 2018 in the midterms, we had the senate race, governor's race into thand the race for the stae chief financial officer that was a margin of half a percentage or less. so we have a history of close elections. it's a sort of transient state they are still a state influx into% 2000 which i referenced earlier most political parties have seen this as being crucial especially in the presidential race. we look at the vagaries of the electoral college, the democrats in the biggest electoral college vote and they are going to win new york it is now the fourth highest in florida and that is 29 electoral college votes. republicans are going to win texas, so if republicans do nott or that they are essentially already so far behind that it is impossible to catch up. it is possible we saw in 2016 because of the rust belt states trump had been able to play at wisconsin, pennsylvania, ohio, michigan he didn't need to win florida. this year they're a little bit more doubtful about being ab

but this must-win, big, important florida swing county, donald trump is behind joe biden in our data eight points. so between this and the venezuela thing he just did, siding with the dictator. there's a vocal community in south florida, venezuelans who hate the dictator maduro in their country. it's like trump is trying to lose the state that could end it all for him. put it in the trump book under weird behavior. >> i want to focus on the ballot question. as you pointed out, i'll say it again. this is a county, duval county, that republicans have won for the last 30 years consistently and that trump beat clinton by a point and a half. you have biden up by eight right now. it's early. but, you know, again, talk to us about what -- about how worried the trump people should be right now about if you think about the core six battleground states. michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, north carolina, florida. the trump people have been most confident of those six states about florida throughout. president's second home, et cetera, but he's getting creamed right now in duval. >> yeah, no, loo

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29 votes if the republicans did not know in florida he's arty essentially so far behind it's impossible to catch up. still possible is on 2016th because trump been able to play the straight flush my wedding wisconsin, pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, he did not need to in florida. this year they are little more doubtful about being able to do that in florida is a must win state for republican not so much for the democrats. >> in terms of political power what does the governor bring to this truck camping? >> he has favorable numbers that are higher than his unfavorable numbers that's an important thing taking a bit of a shot in his capability ratings delays handled coronavirus. are the weight the national news media has portrayed florida with the coronavirus. i do have some issue with some of the coverage but that's for another day. as the head of the state, the governor is picking the secretary of state who oversees elections and the like. if it looks like didn't you thousand 12 huge lines of people waiting to cast early votes, the governor of the time made sure to get people more to do that. later on, or that was thousand eight pardon me. in

coupled with some of the more rural counties in north florida, could deliver trump a margin of victory. i usually look at florida's voting patterns, not as much by region, but by race. we, like the rest of the ration -- the nation, has polarized voters based on race. 62% of registered voters here are white, not hispanic. 17% are hispanic. 13% are black. in theere is a mishmash voter rolls. there is a low latino turnout, which there might be, that would be bad news for joe biden. he needs to get a good 60% vote out of them and a high turnout. we are expecting there will be a relatively high white turnout, is there usually is. white voters have a tendency to over perform. if you look at the polls nationally, donald trump is starting to hemorrhage their support. if that happens in florida, and this is an if, it will be lights out for the president. i'm saying this in june. anything can happen as we have seen, the election is many moons, many miles and many centuries that will occur in between now and then. host: florida is the president's new home state. will that make it different in any

a new representative from northeast florida region called the president trump when he saw donald trump talking about how north carolina was jerking him around. he said -- come on down to florida and check out jacksonville. jacksonville is an ideal situation for the president in this regard. it is also on the border of georgia. the downside for jacksonville is this -- i don't there is a covered arena that would be adequate for having the big kind of rally he wants. remember that president trump is a rally politician, a movement politician. he needs those big crowds. if you look at the polling, that is one of the reasons he is not doing well currently. if the county or if the city of jacksonville had a covered stadium, i would be much more sanguine on their chances but right now i think there is a good shot. said itinally, as you is all about turnout. turnout. in light of the pandemic, how the that impact productivity for both parties moving into the fall? things that will hurt democrats is they have not been able to register voters the way that they want. you saw obama's election and re

take a look, president trump down seven points in arizona, down six points in florida and down 11 pointsorth carolina, it is a nine-point deficit. trump down ten points in pennsylvania and 11 points in wisconsin in this "new york times" sienna college polling. the president's struggles include voters who were part of his base in 2016 and his struggles have republicans worried, very worried. they could lose their senate majority as well as the white house. let's discuss with alex burns. he's national political correspondent from the "new york times" and the national political reporter for "politico." >> if you know you have a problem you can fix it, but the president's problem looking into these numbers is he's down among white voters and seniors and he's down among men and so he has many problems to try to fix all at once. >> well, that's right, john. there's very little good news for the president in any of this polling, and if you are an embattled incumbent, even someone who is not terribly popular, where you would want to be at this point sat least having a very, very solid political

because trump is seeing florida opening up and responding to the coronavirus. ll the president sees things that are important the trump campaign and that is certainly something they are hoping to get again perhaps further along as trump continues his reelection. tom: emily wilkins covering congress for us. we've got much more coming up, how about a former presidential candidate? the technologist, andrew yang will join us. it says 5:30 p.m. in new york. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg surveillance, let's get the bloomberg business flash. it can dedicate is taking its toll on american homeowners. liquidities climbed to the highest since 2011. the number of borrowers more than 700,000 to 4.3 million. that's according to an information service. more than 80% of all u.s. mortgages were past-due or in foreclosure. facebook is reportedly in talks to take over a retail space. they filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month that would allow it to back out of a lease without penalties. in almost one third of u.s. at $35roducers with oil per

get the republican, any republican to victory if you're losing duval and i-4 corridor and south florida. trumpd well in northeast florida. so there's some risk here, a little bit. >> right now, mike pence is speaking in the potential in the one-time battleground state of ohio. maybe it will be back in the battleground again, at the youngstown police department. president trump is expected to arrive at another truly battleground state, wisconsin. let's bring in steve ckornacki, and steve, we're just drowning in state poll data. and you know, it didn't have a great track record in 2016, but it does seem to comport with our national numbers. >> yeah, that's the interesting thing. we were here yesterday talking about 14-point lead nationally for joe biden. "new york times" and sienna, they went through six of these battlegrounds. i'm going to show you, this was the 2016 result in pennsylvania. remember, trump narrowly won it. what does the nigh poll show? completely different. biden up by ten in this pennsylvania poll. michigan, another one, three tenths of a point trump won the state by in 2016.

. >> reporter: the vice president said he ts ncluding texas, arizona and florida. the trump administration maintains it is now better prepared to handle the surge. >> the reality is we are in a much better place. >> reporter: task force officials urged the public to follow safety measures such as wearing masks but the vice president defended president trump's decision to move forward with large rallies. >> we are creating settings where people can choose to participate in the political process. and we will continue to do this. >> reporter: the trump administration is taking aim at the affordable care act asking the supreme court to strike it down. the trump administration filed an 82 page brief one hour before a midnight deadline. the law is unconstitutional after congress ended one part of the statute while they eliminated the tax penalty for those who don't buy health insurance. >> if you have a pre-existing condition you no longer have the benefit of access to quality care. and the list goes on. of the benefits it would overturn. we speaker pelosi is expected to bring up

what you've seen from desantis, the governor of florida, is essentially a lot like trump, just sort of ignore the problem, we can handle it, not a big deal, no statewide rules, no statewide orders, and then you start to see the numbers. and so, what i'm looking at now is these governors who had sort of been living in the dark. what you're starting to see is them recognizing they actually don't have a handle on this. the doctor was mentioning the numbers. and you're starting to see cities within these states and counties begin to enforce masking orders, because it's really the only tool left at this stage to try to protect the

trump country. here. is a republican mayor of course, a republican city council, as well as a republican governor of the state of florida. but we have spent the last several days here talking to trump voters, his base supporters about how they view his re-election. from front yards to a storefront campaign office, science of tig president's re-election are blossoming in trump country, which more than ever these days feels like a world away from washington. >> sometimes, you look at him and you go, okay, that may have been crossing a line, but he means well. he loves our country. >> reporter: here in jacksonville and northern florida, the trump army is mobilizing for november, promoting the president's record, and not dwelling on his rhetoric. >> for me, specifically, it's the judiciary. >> reporter: steve adams, a retired naval aviator, believes trump's most important legacy is building a conservative federal bench. that, alone, he says, warrants a second term. it's not that trump supporters aren't watching events unfold across the country. they simply view them through a different lens that many americans. from the pho

amanda golden, thank you so much. >>> president trump under fire after re-tweeting a controversial video taken in the villages in florida it shows a trump supporter shouting white power. if you haven't seen it, here is part of it. [ yelling ] >> white power. >> there you go. white power. did you hear that? >> indeed we heard it. as we've said. joining me now, maxine water democrat from my home state of california. glad to claim you as one of my own. so let's get to the tweet. it has been removed from the president's twitter feed. the white house is saying the president did not hear the one statement that we just highlighted until the video. but what is your reaction? do you think the president was willfully pushing an agenda or would he be unaware of what is being said there eight seconds into the video? >> well, you know, we have learned a lot about this president. and so it's not believable what he said he did not hear it. as a matter of fact, since he's been president and increasingly we're hearing all kind of racist comments. people, the white men who just did that, they felt empowered by this president. that it is

trump won florida by one point in 2016. some groups are split down the middle. rgia and north carolina, things are closer, joe biden's two-point advantage is within the margin of error. biden has the advantage. trump radically did well with white voters, but not as well as expected with seniors. biden overwhelmingly had the black support. the shift away from trump there is do to the shift away from him. both biden and trump's supporters are costly not to read too much into the numbers. >> i think many of these polls are misleading. people think that their votes do not matter. >> we don't give these polls any credibility because they did not pan out in 2016 either. we know internally on this campaign, then would we look at the states that we're tracking, the lettuce >> reporter: president trump said do not believe the fake news media. sean hannity dominated tv on thursday night, more than cnn and msnbc combined. these are the real polls, the silent majority, not fake polls. meantime, joe biden does not plan to switch up the method appears to be opening him. no pla

president donald trump has threatened to send in the military to put an end to the violence that's come alongside the protests sparked by the death of george florida police custody. president trump was speaking at the white houses police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters nearby later thousands of people marched through brooklyn in new york city shouting for justice the wave of protests began after a video circulated a week ago now showing a police officer kneeling on george ford's neck and ignoring his pleas that he couldn't breathe. as the protests enter their 2nd week now the president told mares and governors across the country that if they do not get things under control he deploy the military 1st we are ending the riots as a lot of listeners that has spread throughout our country we will end it now today i have strongly recommended to every governor to deploy the national guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets mares and governors most establish an overwhelming law enforcement presence until the violence has been quelled if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life a

he holds it over the president in texas, in north carolina and in georgia, while trump trails biden by 9 points in floridaining us now nicholas wu, politics reporter for "usa today." scale one to ten, how concerned is the trump camp? >> well, i'd say based on some of the ad spending they've done over the past week the trump campaign is very concerned, maybe seven or eight. they're buying ads in georgia right now. you would think if you're going into the general election and you are a republican, if you are defending georgia that's a sign of concern. >> that really is. there's new reporting that several members of the campaign staff who were at the tulsa rally are now being asked to quarantine as a precaution after eight staffers tested positive for covid-19. what more are we hearing about this? >> well, i think it's likely that we will see more people continue to self-quarantine after this as test results start rolling in. we saw some news yesterday that one of the oklahoma reporters who was there tested positive for the coronavirus. so, you know, as someone who was at that rally, knock on wood. >> no dou

in florida trump is down by 9 points. in north carolina and georgia trump is down by 2 points. in texas, texas trump is down by 1 point behind joe biden. yes, you heard me correctly, texas. and trump is reacting by resorting to his tried -- tired and failed playbook by asking the supreme court of course to wyche out the affordable care act jeopardizing the health care of 20 million americans in the middle of a pandemic. st strategery. thank you for being here, john. great to meet you. let's go through "the new york times"/cnn poll. they did a series of polls, we'll put them up on the screen. biden up 47/36 over trump in michigan which trump managed to win in 2016. in wisconsin where trump very narrowly won biden is up 49/38. pennsylvania the same story, 50 and 40. no one is ever up in florida. i find that very weird. arizona, biden up by 7. north carolina biden up by 9. polls can be wrong. polls can make you think that somebody's going to lose when they're going to win. that's what happened in 2016, although hillary clinton did win by the margin the polls showed her winning by

states including texas florida and oklahoma president trump is due to hold a rally in oklahoma this weekend the president of honduras. has tested positive for the virus as have his wife and 2 aides he says is receiving treatment and would work remotely and germany is said to extend a ban on large events until at least the end of october. now to some of the other stories making news at this researchers in the u.k. say they have identified the 1st drug proven to significantly reduce the risk of death in patients with severe cases of over 19 in a major study the low cost deck some of us on was found to cut deaths by a 3rd in patients on ventilators and a 5th in patients receiving oxygen. brazil has reported nearly 35000 new coronavirus cases its highest daily jump since the start of the pandemic a senior official leading the country's virus responses the outbreak is under control brazil is the world's number 2 covered 900. 30 u.s. . the trumpet ministration is suing former national security adviser john bolton to prevent the release of a book about his time in the white house the administratio

he is joining us from his home florida,ga, sarasota, former cochair of the trump campaign 2016 a chair of the florida republican party, thinks are joining us. steve: our coverage continues. speech will be airing overnight with the president, also vice president mike pence bok center in tulsa. but first, campaign ads now on the air in key battleground states, and an anti-trump campaign at from the lincoln group. we will show you that. our coverage continues on this saturday evening. trump,r president america has become safer and stronger. endorsements from countless veterans and first responders. joe biden received an endorsement from osama bin laden . >> i didn't say go. laden launched his attack on obama to make joe biden president, thinking that would be a u.s. disaster, expressing biden is totally unprepared, sending the u.s. into crisis. candidate, iina's ran's candidate. we need a president to terrorists and tyrants fear. >> i am fighting for you and i love doing it. ♪ i am donald trump and i approve this message. >> what a beautiful history we wrote together. ♪ china is not our p

just this morning, donald trump retweeted a pretty disturbing video, pourportedly taken in th villages in florida of trump supporters chanting a racist slogan while facing off with counterprotesters. >> white power! white power! >> there you go, white power, did you hear that? >> now, the white house is claiming the president didn't hear the racist language on the video even though the chant occurs just eight seconds into the clip. he tweeted approvingly, quote, "great people." the president has now deleted the tweet and the house claims he didn't hear the supporters shouting "white power" although it was said several times. is this the kind of things we're concerned about on social media? we are in almost july, late june of 2021, and people are openly screaming "white power" and the president of the united states is retweeting it? >> look, it's a sad -- it's a sad statement that the president of the united states seems only able to divide rather than unite. i mean, really, al, i'm not surprised. four years ago i was on your show and on this network talking about him retweeting anti-semitic memes

there are new fox news polls out tonight showing joe biden with a nine-point lead over trump in floridaen ahead but in the margin of error in three other states trump won in 2016 georgia, north carolina, and texas. college polls also found biden beating trump in six swing states which trump won in 2016 and by double digits in must-win states, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin which of course he won by less than a percentage point last time. outfront now the former governor of ohio john kasich. these are a slew of swing states we are now talking about. these are polls from various organizations. and they're showing the same thing in state after state. how much do you -- we're months away and we're in a very unprecedented time. but how much do you read into this? >> i kind of feel as though he jumped the shark, erin. that's the thing where the guy goes too far or person goes too far, they begin to lose the audience. the trip he made in front of that church was a disaster. the rambling, whatever it was down there in tulsa didn't go well, and that long dissertation about why he had trou

donald trump doesn't seem to be in the process of evolving. what will it mean for florida for donald trump to come to the stats state of florida and except on the anniversary date of yet another racist massacre? >> we're 50 years after george wallace. that's the part that's so disconcerting. i agree with the mayor. these are not coincidences. this is deliberate. whether it's donald trump or stephen miller whether i say perring in his here, these are deliberate attempts to play into the race card going into november innen aefr an effort i us. it should shadden the nation. we know this is a president. we had said have you seen the nation so divided. i love it that way. donald trump operates in a divided nation. where we have to be very careful, donald trump could break us. he truly could by dividing us on the issue of race where the wounds are so deep, not just coming off of george floyd but after 230 years, the wounds remain deep and the work remains ahead of us. if he divides us on the issue of race, he could take us back 100 years and break who we are as nation. as voters

it was the reverse that helped president trump in 2016, more now it's flipped, congressman. >> well, in florida these are the same poll that's had hillary clinton beating trump in florida by 10 and 15 points. i don't think the polling is accurate. it hasn't been accurate in the past. look at 2016 before the presidential election. we're bringing his no nominatioo our party back here to florida and jacksonville because you had a democratic governor in north carolina who was refusing to allow us to go up there and congregate for our convention. i feel good about where we're at in florida. the 1.8 million trump voters will be out in force in the general election in november and those people aren't being polled because they're not typical voters that vote every election cycle. dagen: joseph, you want to jump in. joseph: congressman, i think you hit the nail on the head. i think president trump is gearing up to renew his efforts for re-election as we see with the rally coming up. my question to you and possibly to the administration is why aren't we leaning in more as a party to this moment, to have

in related news, thehe republicn national convention has been relocated to jacksonville, florida, after trump pulled the event from north carolina over governor roy cooper's refusal to allow for a packed arena during the pandemic. republican jacksonville mayor lenny curry said they are planning on a full arena although questions remain over how the city will accommodate the influx of visitors during the rnc. in 2005, cruise ships were brought into house visitors when they hosted the super bowl. trump will accept the republican nomination on august 27, which will be the 60th anniversary of one of darkest days in jacksonville's history. on august 27, 1960, the ku klux klan organized a white mob -- mamany carrying ax handles -- to attack black civil rights attack black civil r rights protesters attempting to desegregate a white-only lunch counter. the day became known as ax handle saturday. last week under cover of night come the city quietly removed a confederate statues from the square where in observance will be held one mile away from the convention on the same day convention on the same day

states including texas florida oklahoma and oregon president trump is holding a campaign rally in oklahoma this weekend the president of honduras orlando hernandez has tested positive for the virus and 400 people have tested positive for the virus at a meatpacking plant in the western german district of view just low it's the latest of several such are breaks in recent weeks and german chancellor angela merkel is meeting the country's state premiers to discuss how to proceed with easing coronavirus destructions it's the 1st face to face meeting between the chancellor and regional leaders in 3 months following regular video conferences they'll be discussing whether schools can reopen as normal how long to maintain a ban on large public events guidance on face masks and the continuation of physical distancing. let's cross over now to our chief political editor behavior. what other key decisions expected to come out of this meeting. well we're clearly expecting to see a common line there on large events and not being held and we expect that there will be an agreement that those can't be held

breaking tonight, one day after being pressed about campaign rallies, the trump campaign now canceling events in arizona and florida involving vice president mike pence, quote, out of an abundance of caution. and tonight, abc news confirming the trump campaign ordered thousands of stickers be removed from seats enforcing social distancing. >>> the statue showdown. hours after president trump signed an executive order protecting federal monuments, six protesters arrested, allegedly clashing with police over a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. authorities saying officers were hit by paint balls and fireworks. >>> new demands for justice in the deadly police encounter involving elijah mcclain. protesters demanding three officers be charged for his death. police confronting him as he walked home last summer, using a choke hold to restrain him. he later died at the hospital. >>> we're also following severe storms moving through the northeast at this hour. thunderstorms, flash flooding, damaging winds and possible tornadoes. our rob marciano timing it out. >>> annbearesu 16 players testing positive for covid-1

shows vice president joe biden ahead of president trump in some key battleground states including a narrow lead in texas and a full nine points ahead in floridatate trump won in 2016. "usa today" politics reporter nicholas wu joins me now. nicholas, you see the numbers there. democrats, even "the wall street journal," criticizing the president saying you doesn't have any clear plans in place for a possible second term. what do you think is playing into these poll numbers, and what do you think he needs to do to bring them up? >> well, i think what we're seeing from these poll numbers is continued weakness for the president among racial minorities and more recently softer numbers among elderly americans. traditionally a group that tilts more republicans but we're seeing the shift especially as the coronavirus pandemic affects older americans, towards joe biden. and we saw this even this past week. the trump campaign bought ads in georgia. if they're playing defense in georgia, that's already a sign of trouble for them. >> well, the entire democratic party really seems to be on the edge of their seats. they're waiting to hear who joe biden is p

states including texas florida oregon and oklahoma president trump is holding a campaign rally in oklahoma this coming weekend the president of honduras one orlando iran does is being treated in the hospital for pneumonia after testing positive for the buyers and chile has tightened the walk down restrictions in the capitals on the jago as the country's confirmed corona virus cases top 200 valves. well here's some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour and the white officer police officer who shot and killed a black man in a restaurant parking lot in atlanta georgia has been charged with felony murder his partner has agreed to testify against him former officer garrett rolfe shot 27 year old rae shard brooks in the back killing him last friday in paris under the police officers have been protesting to demand better working conditions at the rally in response to demonstrations around france against alleged police brutality and racism police unions when they victory earlier this week when the government backed down from a newly announced ban on chokeholds fearing arrests. t

just this morning, the president retweeted a disturbing video purportedly taken in florida of trump supporters chanting a racist slogan while facing off with counterprotesters. >> racist! racist! >> white power! white power! >> there you go, white power. you hear that? >> nbc news has verified the authenticity of the video, which is also posted on the web page for the villages. hourslier, after making headlines, it appears the tweet was removed. let's bring in national political reporter josh letterman at the white house. josh, what is the white house saying about this video? >> well, alicia, let's start with what the white house is not saying. gnaw condemning this trump supporter who in the video was chanting white power, nor condemning his comments to that effect. but the white house is saying, according to a spokesman, judd deer, is president trump is a big fan of the villages, the retirement communities where you see the protesters and supporters squaring off in the video. the statement from the white house spokesman going on to say president trump did not hear the one statement made on th

florida. donald trump made this mistake before. he pretended the problem was not there.appy talk his way through it. he focussed on spinning the economy and it cost tens of thousands of american lives and i'm afraid we're watching it happen again. joining me to talk about it, the acting director of the centers for disease control under president barack obama. and let's talk about that. every public health expert i have talked to says unified messaging is to key. right now the messaging from the white house is everything is fine. get back out there. what effect does that have? >> you know, that is one of the biggest challenges i'm seeing, chris. when i was running cdc during the start of the swine flu pandemic in 2009, one of the things that was the most important tools we had was communication, being able to talk to the public every day through media about what we were learning, what people could do to protect their death. and the messaging we were hearing from politicians was we want you to follow the public health signs. what we're seeing now as states are reopening is

for some very severe measures against the russians >> reporter: president trump, with an offensive retweet. he thanked florida's included shouts of white power trump ally republican senator tim scott called it indefensible >> there's no question, he should not have retweeted it and should take it down. >> reporter: the president's retweet was deleted and the white house claimed the president did not hear the racist chant kelly o'donnell, nbc news, the white house. >>> the night a protest turned into a fatal shooting in louisville, where a gunman opened fire filled with then administratstra - demonstrators. >> reporter: this louisville park where protesters have demanded justice for breonna taylor is now the scene of a deadly shooting. >> oh, my god. someone is shot. >> reporter: a witness capturing the chaos saturday night, after a gunman appears to fire several shots into the crowd, sending people scrambling for cover. police say 27-year-old tyler garth died and a second is recovering the gunman is in custody police did not release the suspect's name >> this man had been participating in the protests and arres

rnc chair says they're thrilled it will take place in the crucial battleground state of florida. >>> president trumpg up an executive order amid growing demands to end police brutality. he says the order is to encourage police departments nationwide to meet the most current professional standards of force. meanwhile, general mark milley, the joint chiefs chairman, is apologizing for his role in the president's controversial photo op outside st. john's church. more from abc's jon karl. >> reporter: president trump's top military adviser, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, apologized for walking with the president and his top aides across lafayette park to that photo op outside of st. john's church. general milley was right there wearing his battle uniform. just 30 minutes earlier, the space was forcibly cleared of peaceful protesters. >> i should not have been there. my presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. as a commissioned uniformed officer, it was a mistake that i have learned from, and i sincerely hope we all ca

video but it comes a day after the president retweeted another video showing an apparent trump supporter at a florida retirement community shouting white power at anti-trump protesters. >> white power, white power. >> reporter: the president took the tweet down amid bipartisan backlash and after his ally senator tim scott called the tweet indefensible on sunday. >> there's no question he should not have retweeted it and it should be taken down. >> reporter: joe biden saying white supremacy should be rooted out, and relegated to the pages of history not promoted by the president of the united states. the white house on defense. >> we did not hear that particular phrase when he tweeted out the video. he did and he did not hear that particular phrase >> reporter: it's not the first time the president has sparked controversy over protesters and the issue of race. he has disparaged unruly demonstrators as thugs and recently tweeted when the looting starts, the shooting starts. remarks, quoting the miami police chief in the 1960s widely criticized for contributing to race riots. it all comes as the republi

becoming a hot button political issue, despite record breaking surges in several states including florida the trump administration is still claiming things are under control. here is vice president mike pence at the coronavirus task force meeting the first in nearly two months. >> under the leadership of president trump we have made truly remarkable progress. we are in a much stronger place. the truth is, we did slow the spread. we flattened the curve. it's almost inarguable that more testing is generating more cases. >> that comes as the trump administration asks the supreme court to strike don't obamacare putting nearly 20 million at risk of losing their health insurance in the middle of a pandemic. with me now is -- [ no audio ] all right. it appears we have lost alicia menendez. we will go ahead and continue on with the program we had scheduled and bring in our guests to talk about this. brittany, let's go ahead and start with you. we see people there at the podium. they sound furious that there will be a mandate for these masks. can you understand the anger these people are feeling? >> well, s

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