tim scott is in the senate. he's theav only active american republic in the country break nikki haley is the daughter of an indian immigrants raise in south carolina. she became a governor paid south carolina folks is not about the color of your skin we came from, it's about your ideas. the reason i'm going to win this race because my ideas my conservative philosophy my willingness to reach across the aisle gets our state. i am in line with tim scott and nikki haley. my opponents going to lose not because of race because he is in line with the most liberal people in the country. he is raising $50 million from liberals all over this country to flip the state into the democratic column. it's not going to work. so count me in for reforming the police. i voted for the first step act they gave african-american males and hispanic males in prison under the joe biden three strikes you're out bill. president trump led the way. i went with cory booker there are a lot of people getting out of jail who were sentenced to lon

i am in line with tim scott and nikki haley.ur opponent is going to lose, not because of race, but because he is so liberal. count me in for reforming the police. he's raising $50 million to flip this state into the democratic column and it won't work. coming in for reforming the police. i voted for the first step act. president trump led the way. i worked with they can go back cory booker. a lot of people getting out of jail that resentenced to long terms in jail. 31% of our state is african-american. i'm asking every african-american out there to look at my record. supporting historic black colleges and universities and i'm glad president trump made it a permanent fixture. i care about everybody. if you are a young african-american, a democrat, you can go anywhere in this state, you just need to be conservative, not liberal. gordon: senator graham -- carolyn: senator graham, i would like to talk about that a little bit more. if you could explain yourself. you said you do not believe there is systemic racism. but you named two

since then the close supporters on capitol hill including mitch mcconnell, senator tim scott, senatorindsey graham have been looking for a clarification as to where the president stands on all of this. so i asked kayleigh mcenany at the briefing, will you make a definitive, and unambiguous statement without any kind of deflection that the president denounces whites a premises and any group that espouses that philosophy? the president was asked about it yesterday. and was asked by my wife who said, do you denounce them, do you denounce white supremacists? he said i always announce any form. and she said of white supremacy? any form of that you have to denounce. but he did not say the words white supremacist, so for absolute clarity i ask of the secretary if she would clear up any doubt about what the president was referring to. listen here. >> can you right now denounce white supremacy and the groups -- >> the president has denounced white supremacy, the kkk, and hate groups and all form. he signed a resolution to that effect. the president last week, perhaps you are not covering it, b

i am in line with tim scott and nikki haley.ur opponent is going to lose, not because of race, but because he is so liberal. count me in for reforming the police. i voted for the first step act. president trump led the way. they can go back to their families. they can get a job. 31% of our state is african-american. at my record. i have been supporting historically back colleges -- black colleges. you need to be conservative, not liberal. i would like to talk about that a little bit more. if you could explain yourself. you said you do not believe there is systemic racism. but you names to people who are elected officials, nikki haley and senator tim scott, do you think there is a problem that you are only able to name so few people of color when it comes to people who have had success in their careers? perhaps there is a problem when you can only name so few. sen. graham: naming nikki haley and tim scott, national leaders in the republican party. this a proud moment for south carolina. not just for the republican party. tim scot

tim scott or president trump. believe this bill coming out of the house is a bad deal for south carolina. it gives $1200 to illegal immigrants. that is not the solution. it has money to bail out blue states, not helping businesses in south carolina. there is not a dime for small businesses that need it in south carolina. when it comes to police reform, count me in, more transparency, hiring officers of color, body cameras so we can see what happened. one thing i want to do, i have been a prosecutor, a defense attorney, a military judge, i have been around about enforcement all my life, moveon. defund thech want to police, he is one of their chosen candidates. planned parenthood want to defund the police, they are supporting him. can you tell me how we would just how you would help police officers as mental health -- mr. harrison: we put too much on the docket for police. we are asking them to wear too many hats. they can't be a drug treatment person, mental health specialist, also do the job of protecting and serv

we worked with senator tim scott.reated more than 8000 opportunity zones in cities around the country with largely african-american populations that are attracting billions dollars of investment. this president passed criminal justice reform after joe biden's record on the crime bill back in the '90s. this president step forward and worked with republicans and democrats, liberals and conservatives and moved forward criminal justice reform in a way that no one had been able to accomplish. for decades. finally, this president has stood for the principle that every parent ought to be able to choose whether children go to school regardless of income and area code. that's why it's really unconscionable that joe biden and kamala harris want to end school choice in this country. they want to shut down charter schools in america. the truth is our minority communities in major cities are predominantly those who benefit from school choice. the truth is kamala harris called out joe biden because he opposed bussing. she said she

tim scott saying the president miss spoke, he needed to clarify. saying they did not believe the president was misspeaking when he made the comments. john thum, brasso, romney saying the president does need to be more forceful on this, wolf. it's not just a matter of semantics and what the president said, listen to the fbi director who testified about the threat of white supremacy right her in the united states saying racially motivated extreme events, mostly white supremacy in recent years, is seriously a lethal domestic threat facing people who live here in the united states. even the fbi director says it's significant yet the president when he's given multiple opportunities and aides given three opportunities by reporters in a 30 minute briefing can't put out a statement that most people believe would be something really easy to say. >> it's easy to say i condemn white supremacists, period. it's not that hard to say that. kaitlan, thank you very, very much. let's continue the discussions with martin luther king iii, global sense right leader. we

. >> still senators tim scott of south carolina, mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham among others are looking for clarity from the president on exactly what he meant over the last couple days. so i asked the press secretary if from the podium if she could issue a statement. watch here. does the president denounce white supremacy in all of their forms? >> this has been answered yesterday by the president himself and yesterday the day before on the debate state. the president was asked this. he said sure three times. yesterday he was point blank asked do you denounce white supremacy. he said i've always denounced any form of that. >> the president continues though to say that joe biden needs to denounce antifa saying that is not just an idea, it is in fact a group. because ideas don't create the damage that antifa supporters do. >> dana: john, i know kayleigh mcenany , the press secretary, she feels like she was very clear. do you feel like this is all cleared up now between what the press secretary is saying and your question? >> i think it's probably safe to say there's still people o

. >> i want to associate myself with the comments of tim scott. he said it was unacceptable not to condemn white supremacists so i do so in the strongest way. >> obviously they didn't condemn president trump for his remarks, they backed into it that way. there's a reason for that. because the republican party just like president trump is locked into a strategy and has been for decades of almost exclusively appealing to white voters. republicans have not gotten more than 20% and he makes it embarrassing for them because he's not subtle and more explicit in what he does. but this is a road that the republican party has been driving down for a long time. to try to squeeze as many votes as possible as they can from whites, even though whites are a declining share of the american population. and that's the path that they're following all the way through to the election. it does not look like it's paying off for the president, it's turning off a lot of the college educated white voters but that's the path that the republican party is on. >> john harwood

hasn't been finalized to the satisfaction, resolved to the satisfaction of south carolina senator tim scott. in a statement issued moments ago by his press secretary, sean smith, saying "senator scott communicated his concerns to the white house immediately following the debate, heard from the white house earlier today and spoke with mark meadows recently as well." no indication that this has been resolved. to the satisfaction at least of south carolina senator tim scott who was very concerned about what he heard at the debate tuesday. >> bill: thank you, john roberts. 32 days left in the campaign. the biden team is mobilizing volunteers to campaign, telling fox news launching in person canvassing operations and some of the critical battleground states with covid safety measures in place. that's a bit of a change from earlier. jacqui heinrich reports live in wilmington, delaware. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, bill. this is a brand-new strategy for the democrats who twice over the last two months defended their choice to keep their outreach entirely virtual. back in august the dnc slamm

whites of pharmacy and he said i've always denounced any form of that. >> for south carolina senator tim scott the issue appears to have not been resolved at this point. this afternoon his press secretary sean smith in a statement to fox news saying "senator scott communicated his concerns to the white house immediately following the debate, heard from the white house earlier today. spoke with mike meadows -- mark meadows recently as well." nothing in there but the issue being resolved to the senator's satisfaction, bret. >> bret: john roberts live on a north lawn, thanks. ♪ even though tuesday a posthumous debate was hardly considered an artistic success, it apparently financial one. both campaigns are reporting major surges in donations. the biden team is meanwhile still refusing to discuss one major issue in the race. correspondent peter doocy is with the biden campaign tonight in wilmington, delaware. >> is the dust settles, joe biden's laughing. >> i had a unique experience of debating whatever his name was, donald trump. >> and he's laughing all the way to the bank, raising $31.5 million

and second with regard to the ways to see issue i want to associate with myself remarks of senator tim scott heap earlier today i think he said it exactly correctly and that's how i would express myself on that issue. >> can you explain what to whom scott said? >> he said it was unacceptable not to condemn white supremacist so why do so in the strongest possible way. >> but on the national stage was that appropriate? >> i think it is answer the question. >> with the ballot with the presidents to be performance last night? >> i don't know any of my colleagues who have problems as a result of that. >> we will clear it sometime tonight. thank you >> good afternoon everyone. thank you for coming and socially distancing joining us for a few minutes. we just want to express our support for our supreme court nominee amy coney barrett and we had the opportunity to be at the white house on saturday to participate in this announcement

so listen. >> i want to associate myself with the remarks of senator tim scott.t was unacceptable not to condemn white supremacists. and so i do so in the strongest possible way. >> so peter, you cover the white house day in and day out. what message has the president at this point heard about the debate and process? does he know that by and large this was seen as a disaster? >> well, does he know or does he care? remember, his goal of the point was to get dominance over joe biden, to make biden look weak and fragile and to question his capacity to be president. that's his only game plan at this point. he's behind the polls, 8, 9, 10 points. he had to shake things up. his shaking things up was to get in biden's space verbally the same way he got into hillary clinton's space physically in the debate four years ago. i don't know that he understood it would backlash quite the way it has. it might not have among his own supporters. it might have rallied who like that demeanor on his part. but i think at this point his advisers are ringing their hands trying to figure

it is remarkable that when senator tim scott tried to pass a police reform bill, put together a grouped out of the room and then you filibustered centre tim scott's bell on the senate floor that would have provided new accountability, new resources , we provided new accountability, new resources, we don't have to choose between law enforcement and supporting our african—american citizens and all the minorities. supporting our african—american citizens and all the minoritieslj will citizens and all the minorities.” will not sit here and be lectured by the vice president on what it means to enforce the laws of our country. lam the to enforce the laws of our country. i am the only one on the stage who is personally prosecuted everything from child sexual assault to a homicide. i am the only one on this stage who is prosecuting the big banks are taking advantage of america's homeowners. i am the only one on this stage who prosecuted those taking advantage of veterans. the reality of their says, we are talking about an election in 27 days where last week the president of the united states

can you explain what tim scott said that you endorse? >> yeah.nacceptable not condemn white supremacist, and so i do so in the strongest possible way. >> presidential ally senator lindsey graham of south carolina tweeted, quote, the president needs to make it clear. some campaigning republicans speak on condition of anonymity say they fear a backlash at the polls for the president's debate posture. joining me now, nbc news reporter brandy. thank you so much for being here. you and your nbc news colleagues spend a lot of time looking at this stuff on the internet. i, frankly, don't think i could do your job every day with what you guys are seeing. can you explain a little bit about what the reaction has been among this group and other groups like it to what they had to say in this debate? >> yeah. frankly they're thrilled. you know, i was in a slot with a bunch of researchers and data nerds, and when that moment came, my colleagues and i all and these researchers were just astonished, and we went right to their telegram channels and discord serves

she had an opportunity to lead democrats and say let's talk about this bill that senator tim scott proposed did not do it. laura: go ahead, senator shaheen . sen. shaheen: for scott legislation would have only provided recommendations. there was no real law as part of what he was proposing. and as the top member on the appropriations subcommittee that has oversight over the justice department, i have worked hard to get those kinds of incentives for our law enforcement, to get incentives for accreditation. to get cops grants for community policing. and i think that's important. unfortunately mitch mcconnell had an opportunity to get all sides to sit down and work together and he refused. if you want change, you want somebody who is not going to move in lockstep with mitch mcconnell. as my opponent keeps talking about. laura: as we were talking about the tim scott bill, i did not get enough clarity on my question about these changes that the governor and his attorney general have signed onto that they support. again, mandatory body cameras, implicit bias training, other measures that were inc

messner: senator tim scott of south carolina proposed legislation to help law enforcement.e better training. reporting, toter provide more funds in the u.s. senate. senator shaheen and the other democrats said no. in fact, whether republicans wanted to do in the u.s. senate was to simply debate that bill, and offer that the democrats could make up to 20 amendments. and senator shaheen and the others said no. they would not even debate it. vote to debate that bill. she was not looking for common ground. commonea that she wants ground and compromise, she had an opportunity to lead area she had an opportunity to lead democrats and say let's talk about this bill that senator tim specht -- tim scott proposed and she did not do it. >> go ahead. scotthaheen: for legislation would have only provided recommendations. there was no real law as part of what he was proposing. theas the top member on appropriations subcommittee that has oversight over the justice department, i have worked hard to get those kinds of incentives for our law enforcement, to get incentives for accreditation.

tasers for officers and i think you would acknowledge that a lot of these ideas included in that tim scottroposal but what i'm always struck by when we see riots, violence in these inner cities predominantly it is what happens after the cameras go away, after the focus of the nation's attention is the inaugural it, writers and protesters do what they do and then leave and these communities are left to pick up the pieces. >> absolutely, leland has been showing us all week what that looks like, business owners who suffered through covid-19, suffered through a pandemic, suffered through the george floyd riots, not that but there's a clear distinction and they are continuing to suffer, suffering in los angeles, all over the country and for what. it is not racial justice. this is not police reform, this is not genuine protest. what we are seeing on our tv screens is not genuine protest that people looking to take advantage of the situation and they are nefarious actors and this is when donald trump says law and order should be essential, when you can point clearly to him being correct, your des

you look at what we've done with senator tim scott of south carolina, opportunity zones and the jobs created. i said it strongly. perhaps, criminal justice reform, people say maybe that is the best of all, but the fact is they are all great. i say the fact is i have done more for the black community than any president since abraham lincoln. nobody can dispute it. nobody can dispute it. nobody can dispute it. so, we are now beginning the fastest economic recovery in history. we created a record 11.4 million jobs just in the last four months. that's the fastest ever. the u.s. has seen the smallest economic contraction of any major nation anywhere in the world. we have seen the smallest going down. that is an incredible statement. our opponents will crush the comeback with unscientific lockdowns. they want to lock everything down. here we go again. they want to lock everything down. no. we are not going to let it happen. so important you get out and vote. so, we've got a great poll in florida. a great poll in north carolina. a great poll in arizona. a great poll in nevada. just got a gr

here is south carolina senator tim scott.he only black republican in the senate. >> i think he misspoke. in response to chris wallaces comment asking what he wanted to say. i think he misspoke and correct it. if he doesn't correct it i guess he didn't misspeak. >> joined by lindsey graham. who tweeted the president needs to make it clear proud boy ss racist organization. joining me now. democratic candidate for the u.s. senate in south carolina. jamie harrison. >> i'm good. how are you? >> you saw that hot mess last night, i'm sure. >> i have to debate on saturday. i'm focussed on that. >> a lot of republican senators including your opponent came out today to make sure everyone knew they agreed with tim scott. the senate's only black republican. do they recognize how bad the president screwed up even if the president doesn't understand it? >> this is what i believe. i think all of our elected officials, democrats and republicans. independent. men from mars and women from venus. they got to be crystal clear on this. that there

>> we have senator tim scott from south carolina. he came up with the bill, a bill that was strong in terms of law enforcement and strong in terms of enforcing the proper thing and doing the proper thing by law enforcement and the democrats just wouldn't go for it. >> a lot of things at his fingertips. he was on his game. donald trump was a different setting outside in miami but what came off the townhall was a lot of pointed questions by savannah guthrie about a variety of different issues. shannon: they were mixing it up, the two of them, they felt they were in a debate. let's go to the biden townhall because he had to face questions about things he supported as well. >> reporter: it is interesting. goes back to the 1994 crime bill. he was asked specifically about that. take a listen. >> was it a mistake to support? >> yes it was but here's where the mistake came. the mistake came in terms of what the state stood locally. >> a follow-up on the crime bill, it funded 100,000 police. you often said the more cops mean less crime. do yo

i stand with senator mcconnell and senator tim scott with the comments they have made. >> senator john barrasso is not alone among republicans urging the president. that is very significant because, remember, republicans usually stay silent or shrug off the president's comments. they fear it will hurt republicans beneath the president on the ballot and every day trump refuses to do so, democrats take a shot. >> speaking of violence, the proud boys, the president's friends, the proud boys celebrating the green light he gave them in the debate? >> this is the pandemic election and the coronavirus is making a late campaign statement of its own. september was another lost month. zero progress in lowering the base loon of new infections. cdc predicts as many as 132,000 americans will be -- 232,000 americans will be dead by the election. more than half states report more new infections now come parred to last week. wisconsin is a campaign battleground and the white house coronavirus task force warning the state of an intense viral surge recommending people practice social distancing to the q

>> we have a senator named tim scott from south carolina. he came up with a bill that should've been approved. it was great. it was a bill that was strong in terms of law enforcement and strong in terms of enforcing the proper thing and doing the proper thing by law enforcement. the democrats just wouldn't go for it. >> a lot of things at his fingertips. he was on his game, president trump. he was a different setting come outside and miami. again what came off from the town hall was a lot of pointed questions by savannah guthrie about a variety of different issues. >> shannon: they were very much mixing it up. it sometimes felt like they were in a debate. let's go over to the biden town hall. he had to face questions about things that he has supported. >> right, and this is interesting because it goes back to the 1994 crime bill. he was asked specifically about it. >> was it a mistake to support it? >> yes it was but here's where the mistake came. the mistake came in terms of what the states do locally. >> let me ask another follow-up. 100,0

tim scott's bill 70% of what the democrats were asking for, it was good reforms, in order to address some of these issues and gave more funding to police. i'd back the blue. i've gotten the endorsement of the arizona police association. what's happening right now in our cities of violence is despicable and you see many on the left who are standing by and doing nothing. again, i'd ask my opponent whether he wants to take back the endorsement that he gave to ilhan omar who in minneapolis is leading the effort to defund the police. he's standing there with his arm around him. this is dangerous. 12,000 officers in the arizona police association they know that i've got their back and that's why they're backing me and i think i just heard-- i'd like to know whether he'd vote for tim scott's bill, but i think i should heard that he wants to support criminals being able to sue police officers just for doing their jobs. now, i know what it's like to make life and death decisions and they kiss their family goodbye. they need to have their backs and not have criminals sue them. do you support t

>> you know, tim scott has spoken out against some of the president's racist comments. mitch mcconnell has picked his spots so to speak when the president says something outlandish. what we've seen is the republican party isn't interested in being a referee for the president's behavior. that's not an excuse. that's how they see it. they don't see themselves as having to weigh in on all the president's statements and things of that nature. doesn't make it right, that's just what they believe. >> kimberly, let me play what michigan's attorney general said earlier to katy tur on msnbc. >> things have escalated exponentially recently with the combination of a few things. first of all, having a president that seems to condone these types of actions, certainly i would say more than dog whistles out there. very good people on both sides. as you indicated before, tweets to liberate michigan. what does that mean? >> of course we all remember not just the michigan militia that stormed the capitol. where else do you feel donald trump's rhetoric has emboldened these militia's, kimb

democrats senator harris you got up and walked out of the room and then you filibustered senator tim scott bill on the senate floor that would have provided new accountability new repeat resources but we don't have to choose between supporting law enforcement proving public safety and supporting our african american navy race for all of our minorities under president trumps leadership by sprawl we stand with law enforcement and we'll do what we do as friends they want to thank you for your time with the lives of african americans thank you very much president employment record it hasn't been as you're doing as a fight for school choice for all of our make you guys i'd like to respond senator harris i will not sit here and be lectured by the vice president on what it means to enforce the laws of our country i am the only one on the stage was personally prosecuted everything from town sexual assault to homicide i'm the only one on the stage was prosecuted the big banks for taking advantage of america's homeowners i'm the only one on the stage who prosecuted for profit colleges to take advant

you look at what we've done with senator tim scott of south carolina, opportunity zones and the jobsreated. i said it strongly. perhaps, criminal justice reform, people say maybe that is the best of all, but the fact is they are all great. i say the fact is i have done more for the black community than any president since abraham lincoln. nobody can dispute it. nobody can dispute it. nobody can dispute it. so, we are now beginning the fastest economic recovery in history. we created a record 11.4 million jobs just in the last four months. that's the fastest ever. the u.s. has seen the smallest economic contraction of any major nation anywhere in the world. we have seen the smallest going down. that is an incredible statement. our opponents will crush the comeback with unscientific lockdowns. they want to lock everything down. here we go again. they want to lock everything down. no. we are not going to let it happen. so important you get out and vote. so, we've got a great pole in florida. a great poll in north carolina. a great poll in arizona. a great poll in nevada. just got a grea

republican leaders, including tim scott, republican majority leader mitch mcconnell. they all take an issue with how the president has handled this issue. isn't that right? >> yeah. wolf, if you cover this white house or cover capitol hill, you know republicans are never rushing to criticize the president. he knows how popular he is within the party. they often do not want to comment on controversial things that he has said. you are even seeing not just tim scott, the only black republican in the senate, said the president should clarify his statement but the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, john thune, others as well said the president should be clear when he ices his words and do not think he's being clear now, of course, when he is not. >> president trump's former national security adviser john bolton is joining us as author of the new and best-selling book entitled "the room where it happened." you see the book cover. ambassador bolton, thank you so much for joining us. as you worked with him on a daily basis for a long time, you saw him every single day. why can

. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying he agrees with senator tim scott's comments. >> he said it was unacceptable not to condemn white supremacists. so i do so in the strongest possible way. >> reporter: while white house press secretary kaylee mcenny says the president believes he did well in the debate. biden called trump's performance a, quote, national performance. >> he thinks if he just yells louder and louder, throws out lie after lie after lie, he'll get his way. he thinks we'll forget. well, he picked the wrong guy. >> reporter: after tuesday's event unravelled into an ugly spectacle, the committee on presidential debates says it will be making changes. writing in a statement it, quote, made clear that additional structure should be added to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues. trump's campaign complaining about the move. >> the bipartisan commission is wri riding to the rescue of their guy. changing ruling mid stream is a bad idea. >> reporter: the president also falsely claimed democratic nominee will cancel the remaining debates. biden's campaign sa

so, here is south carolina senator, tim scott, the only black republican in the senate. >> i think he misspoke, in response to chris wallace's comment. he was asking chris what he wanted to say. i think he misspoke. if he doesn't correct it, i guess he didn't misspeak. >> okay. so senator scott joined by fellow south carolina senator lindsey graham, who tweeted the president needs to make it clear, proud boys is a racist organization, antithetical to american ideals. joining me, now, democratic candidate for the u.s. senate in south carolina, jamie harrison. jamie, good to see you. how you doing? >> good seeing you, done. i'm good. how are you? >> you saw that hot mess, last night, i'm sure, right? i'm doing okay, by the way. >> i got a debate on saturday. so i'm just focused on that, right now. >> so, jamie, a whole lot of republican senators, including your opponent, came out today to try to make sure everyone knew they agreed with tim scott. the senate's only black republican. do they recognize how bad this president screwed up, even if the president doesn't understand it? >> well,

. >> it wasn't enough for tim scott of south carolina.ch mcconnell, as well as lindsey graham and others who continue to wonder exactly what it is the president was talking about on tuesday night when he said for sure i will denounce, then he talked about the proud boys. i asked the press secretary about it early today. here's what he told me. >> can you come up right now, denounce white supremacy. >> i just data. the president has denounced white supremacy, the kkk, and hate groups and all forms. he signed a resolution to that effect. you weren't covering it but just last week he expressed a desire to see the kkk prosecuted as domestic terrorists. his record on this is unmistakable. >> doesn't seem to have resolved the issue for tim scott of south carolina heard in the statement he said senator scott communicated his concerns to the white house for immediately following the debate. this was about the proud boys moment. heard from the white house earlier today and spoke with mark meadows recently as well, but nothing about statement about

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and you know, tim scott has been a voice on issues of race for republicans.pretty straightforward at many times and he basically said i hope the president misspoke. if he didn't misspeak, that's a problem. you saw and we showed this morning what the president had to say, that was after tim scott's remarks that the president went down to the lawn and basically did not take back what he had said in the debate on tuesday. so all of this is a huge problem for the republicans that were just parading past the cameras. this is the kind of thing and the reason why they are so worried they may lose the senate and if they do lose the senate, it could be a landslide. especially if you look at the numbers. >> not like we didn't see this coming. >> ya eah. jake we said earlier and ed luce was talking ability russia, as it pertains to putin's propaganda to undermine the legitimacy of american democracy. if putin had tried to do as effective a job as donald trump has done over the past month in undermining confidence in american democracy, couldn't have happened. let's move

tim scott has tried his best to find a solution. unfortunately my democratic colleagues stopped him because they want not to solve the problem. moderator: mr. harrison? mr. harrison: let me be clear because again senator graham sometimes exaggerates. i have said clearly and i am going to say it clearly here, i do not believe in defunding the plague. -- defunding the place. -- defunding the police. on thedfather served force 30 years on homicides risking his life day in and day out so i understand there are good plays out there working to protect and serve. we also understand there are bad apples. there's an entire community a blue when sometimes light comes behind them because they do not know whether or not their lives are going, they're going to have their lives after the interaction. we have to admit there are problems in some of our policing now and we have to work with our police and the community members to bring folks together to do that. not to define them, not to scare them, to work on addressing this problem. one question

can you explain what tim scott said that you endorse?> yeah, he said it was unacceptable not to condemn white supremacists. and so i do so in the strongest possible way. >> -- stand by and stand back. was that appropriate for him to say that specifically about the proud boys? >> yeah, i think i just answered that question. anyone else? >> the hand wringing from republicans comes as the president's campaign is reeling. they are trailing in the polls and they are being just pounded on the air waves by the biden campaign. trump is being outspent in battleground states by more than a 2 to 1 margin. and we're going to dive into these numbers in a moment. just in the month of september this advantage. we've seen this movie so often from republicans. and it usually ends with them fully backing the president when push comes to shove. but is this round of hand wringing difficult? this close to the election? it's a question of major importance as we inch closer to election day that the president is clearly expecting to lose. in his recent behavior

. >> i want to associate myself with the remarks of senator tim scott that he put out earlier today.id it was unacceptable not to condemn white supremacists, and so i do so in the strongest possible way. >> reporter: and today, biden had his own message for the proud boys. >> cease and desist. that's not who we are. this is not who we are as americans. >> reporter: now, tonight, the candidates are in states that their parties lost in 2016. the president holding a rally in northern minnesota while that train trip took biden through parts of ohio and pennsylvania where he needs to boost his support. norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. let's get more now on the strict new rules the debate commission is considering issuing in the coming days, including cutting off a candidate's microphone. cbs' chief washington correspondent major garrett joins us now. and major, many are demanding this dramatic rule change. can they do it? >> reporter: the commission can do it, norah. it is empowered to set the rules for the debate, and they do that in collaboration with the campaigns. and they

. >> reporter: president trump praised a criminal justice reform bill by senator tim scott and said his precreation job numbers were a boom for the economy. >> a lot of people agree. i have done more for the african-american community than any president with the exception of abraham lincoln. criminal justice reform. -- >> reporter: on the supreme court president trump avoided questions about hopes to overturn roe vs. wade. i asked cal state east bay political science professor and nbc bay area political analyst larry gurston for their takes on the town halls. >> one of the weak spots i felt for joe biden were the opphics of him looking up to the voters whereas trump was on the same level looking eye to eye with them. >> biden is the front-runner. he can afford to be a little bit more embracing, if you will. trump is down in the polls and he's got to find a way to get out of it. i think that explains a good deal of their approaches. >>> well, the pandemic a good focus of both town halls as coronavirus cases are on the rise again across the country. tonight we've learned the number of cov