joining me now, political reporter for "the washington post," eugene scott. eugene, good morning to you. great to see you this morning. thanks for getting up early for us. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about the stark contrast in words and messaging that we are hearing from former vice president biden to current president trump. you see in biden's political ad that he is calling for unity. he is calling out the current president for being divisive. you also know the current president has threatened military action against the american people amid these protests. how do you think this is going to play out with voters ahead of november? >> well, it's going to play out very well with their bases. their respective bases. you have to remember why both of these individuals are their party's respective nominees. biden's ad was reminiscent of his initial campaign launch ad. he has been running mainly based on the argument that he believes he can unite a very divided country and he doubled down on in this week because it's in these moments where people are mos

joining me now political reporter for "the washington post" eugene scott. gene, good morning to you. great to see you this morning. wow what a moving service yesterday so incredible to watch from beginning to end. so many different things said there. but there was some politics in the service. and the reverend al sharpton talking about the president's response to the protest, sharply criticizing the president's response to the protest. meanwhile, you have former vice president joe biden recording a speech, calling for racial justice, visiting with the floyd family hours before the funeral, saying he didn't want to attend the service to draw attention away from what was happening there. what do you make of the completely different responses from these two leaders, running for election against each other come november? especially in the context of these nationwide protests? >> i think with the different responses from president trump and the former vice president demonstrate is that both individuals are looking at their bases in terms of how they feel like the

joining me now political reporter for "the washington post" eugene scott. gene, good morning, thanks for getting up so early. appreciate it. let's start with the president's executive order on police reform. coming after he faced tremendous pressure to take action, federal action following the death of george floyd. we've seen a lot on the local level. mayors, governors, making significant changes in some police departments across the country, but not any federal changes here. the president doing so yesterday. the big question here, do you think the order goes far enough, especially when we talk specifically about choke holds in this order, right? the president saying, yes, choke holds are banned unless the police officer feels like his life is under threat which to me sounds like they're not banned. >> well, that is a fair interpretation, because the reality is police officers have the freedom currently to do quite a few things that many critics of our law enforcement find problematic, based on the belief that they believe their lives are in jeopardy. and t

and eugene scott, what is your reaction to all of this?nk a lot of the disappointment with brees' comments is that he is viewed by many people as particularly in new orleans as someone who they expected to understand what this protest was about. his legacy is very tied to his charitable response to hurricane katrina which disproportionately affected black people because of systemic racism. so there was some thought that perhaps brees got it. and when brees communicated his opinion and gave the impression that he did not completely understand why his own teammates were protesting police violence, that gave some concern that if drew brees doesn't get it, there's so many more nfl players who still, after all this time, are missing the point. >> and eugene, there are people now saying, including john lewis, that this time is different. what is different? is it that this is multigenerational and multiracial and that it's national in scope? >> certainly. there have been protests in all 50 states. when i compare these to perhaps the 2015 protest

. >>> let's turn to eugene scott now, political reporter covering identity politics for the fix at "the washington post." good to see you. my colleague, peter alexander, walked us through what's going to be in the president's executive order next hour. who does this executive order satisfy? does it satisfy the police? does it satisfy the protesters? is this about satisfying his base or is it some of all of the above? >> well, this executive order does not largely satisfy the protesters or anyone calling for defunding of police departments until they find ways to respond to non-violent protests or issues in a community without being violent themselves. the president ran in 2016 with law and order being a fundamental part of his campaign and he's doubling down on that. that's why people have law enforcement with him. as he introduces this executive order, that largely appeases them. it provides incentives for them to develop some best practices that they believe could prevent incidents like we've seen in the last few weeks. but the main criticism that activists have is so many of the depa

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conversation, c cc co-host of the circus, john heileman and reporter for "the washington post" eugene scottlls show joe biden is leading or tied with president trump in four key states. those states are, biden leading trump by nine points in florida, 49 to 40%. biden up two points in georgia, 47 to 45. the same for north carolina, only one point separates biden and trump in nevadtexas 45 to 4. those polls follow the "new york times," siena college poll from yesterday. biden is up 11 points in michigan, 47% to trump's 36%. biden is also up 11 points in wisconsin 49 to 38. biden has a 10 point advantage in pennsylvania, 50 to 40 in pennsylvania. biden is up six points in florida. 47 to 41. biden leads by seven points in arizona, 48 to 41. and the former vice president is up nine points in north carolina, 49 to 40%. >> and in their latest editorial that you talked about, john heileman, "the washington journal" absolutely savaged donald trump. they wrote, president trump may need a new nickname for sleepy joe biden, how does president elect sound? that's what mr. biden will be on november 4th.

also with me identity politics reporter for the "washington post," eugene scott. and nbc news correspondent jacob ward rounds out our panel. thanks to you for joining us. tracy, we've been talking about police reform. r talk to me about the things that can be done relatively quickly without ease that can make policing more fair for african-americans and all of us. >> you just mentioned the package of bills that passed in new york aspa well as throughou the country. you have the eric garner bill, the breonna taylor bill. police chiefs are taking a look inside toki answer the question what can we do now that we can rethink, that we can talk about. should we really be in this space? the interesting t part of all ts is the passage of all the bills is equally important, but i remind folks at the center of this has a to be the community. the community is being clear about the fact that they're asking for systemic and procedural changes. these are things that could have been done years ago. in new york, 850, where you have the -- open up the records of police officers wh

and eugene scott of "the washington post." check it out.t with ari melber" starts right now. good evening. >> good evening, chuck. we start with breaking news. all four officers involved in the arrest and killing of george floyd have been charged with murder. this is all brand-new this evening. so let's go through it. one, the main officer who led this arrest pinning floyd's neck until he died had been previously charged with third-degree murder. now late today prosecutors upping that to the more serious charge of second-degree murder.

and eugene scott of "the washington post." check it out. "the beat with ari melber" starts right now. good evening. >> good evening, chuck. we start with breaking news. all four officers involved in the arrest and killing of george floyd have been charged with murder. this is all brand-new this evening. so let's go through it. one, the main officer who led this arrest pinning floyd's neck until he died had been previously charged with third-degree murder. now late today prosecutors upping that to the more serious charge of second-degree murder. that itself is quite rare in police cases. two, you need to know tonight that all three other officers in the arrests have been hit with new murder charges, aiding the unintentional murder in the second-degree for their role in backing what we see here, what we all in mesh has been processing, which is how the main officer chauvin was strajing the air. peaceful onlookers pleaded to stop, to spare the life that was clearly dying in front of everyone in broad daylight on tape. three, another fact that

the "washington post"'s eugene scott joins us with hissa agnals of the president's legacy. >>> plus, valerie jarrett will weigh in on what we heard yesterday from the former president. also, a lot of polls came out yesterday, national and state polls, all pointing in the same direction. "morning joe" back in a moment. >>> when donald trump came out of hiding this week, he didn't do it to bring us together or heal the nation. he wasn't there to offer words of calm and comfort. instead, he became what we always feared. evoked the worst of our past. threatened our governors and states. he ordered our own soldiers, who fought in iraq and afghanistan, to flood the streets, instructing them to turn against americans. used churches and the holy bible as political props. he didn't invoke the lord to give us wisdom, but to boost his polls. ordered an attack on unarmed protesters, using gas, rubber bullets, and flash grenades. washington transformed into a war zone for this coward. this is a time for choosing. america or trump. >>> the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten n

can you both speak to the importance of eugene in the election of 1912 regarding wilson's taft and roosevelt. thank you. a. scottberg: he did mighty well. he was extremely important for any i think he was, more than just africa the big sue of that election. it was a really fascinating, this is not generally of ideas. notice that some of progressive's in the year . becomes extremely important in wilson's life later on because is one of those people who will be arrested a under the wilson law. for speaking sedition sleep . and when he was delivering a speech, said annoying going to be arrested for this note tell you, i have the speech at least 20 times, keep looking for this addition. just can't find it. it was basically telling the people, some workers that this was a capitalist war and they did not have to be cannon fodder in it. but for that he was arrested and was put in jail . and he was found guilty in the cayman nonexistent nine - zero news in prison this will tell you a lot about will drop wilson. for now over, woodrow was in his heavy stockings in the white house is about to leave the white house and peop