nbc's vaughn hillyard is in litchfield park, arizona vaughn, we spend so much time talking about pennsylvaniachigan, wisconsin, these midwest states that donald trump flipped by very, very slim margins, a fraction of a point in 2016. you near arizona, a state that on paper trump won fairly solidly in 2016. it was a 3.5 point margin, bigger than the midwest states yet, the signs for the trump campaign have been particularly onminous in arizona. what's going on there? >> reporter: that's why it should be of no surprise that donald trump was here monday, ivanka trump was here wednesday. yesterday karen pence, the second lady was there. today vice president is here on tuesday, don jr. is here. because these poll numbers are so worrying. just yesterday monmouth gave joe biden the four-point edge. "the new york times"/siena college gave biden a nine-point edge these polls have been consistently in joe biden's favor ever since march when he became the presumptive ominee. when you start looking further into these polls, just look at independents donald trump in 2016 won independents here in the state

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vaughn in morrison, colorado. beautiful state. it a very politically interesting state and vaughn has a beautiful backdrop there. >>> coming up next, my discussion with colorado voters about the racial injustice reckoning around the country but first, words of wisdom from republican voter jessica navis how we might reduced and the polarization in our country. >> what i see every day is individuals that cover their ears and don't want to hear it because you're not part of the main stream. you're oc your opinion is different. we'll only get to a better place when we hear each individual story and start listening to each other. each other tonight, i'll be eating a veggie cheeseburger on ciabatta, no tomatoes.. [hard a] tonight... i'll be eating four cheese tortellini with extra tomatoes. [full emphasis on the soft a] so its come to this? [doorbell chimes] thank you. [doorbell chimes] bravo. careful, hamill. daddy's not here to save you. oh i am my daddy. wait, what? what are you talking about? i got this mountain bike for only $11. d

vaughn hilliard is in phoenix, arizona. both of them are talking to voters about this nomination fight. ali velshi, i'll start with you. what are voters there in wisconsin telling you? >> reporter: well, when i landed here in kenosha, which, of course, on the beautiful shores of lake michigan, but this is a city we've been talking about for many weeks because of the racial tensions here after the shooting of jacob blake. when i landed here, this was top of mind for a group of six voters, independents, republicans, and democrats who i had met. they had strong views, not just on ruth bader ginsberg, but about what the president should do about it. listen to what they told me. >> it's sad and it leaves a hole that needs to be filled. she was wonderful for women. you know, she stood up for women to equal pay. you know, i don't know a whole lot about what she did. i know it was extensive. >> reporter: that was one of the biggest deals. >> yeah. >> reporter: so she would be very pleased that that's the thing you know. >> yes. we

vaughn hilliard is in phoenix, arizona. president trump will be holding a campaign event there after the visit to california. and mike memoli is in wilmington, delaware, covering the biden campaign. erin, i'll start with you in california. what are you seeing on the ground now? >> reporter: hey, craig. here in california, scenes of complete devastation. the community of berry creek totally destroyed. the firehouse burned out. a school totally leveled. this home is gone. thousands of homes like it gone in oregon, as well, including the home of cecil reynolds. she's a single mother of five, now living in a motel. she told us that she had to leave everything behind. >> we just had to grab at that moment what was valuable to us, and i knew that i needed the boys and i's birth certificates, so we can identify ourselves if need be. immunization records. that was it. that's all we had time for. >> well, i was feeling sad and scared at the moment, because i knew we were most likely going to lose our home. >> reporter: it takes year

finally, let's go to vaughn hillyard. another topic in the debate, vaughn, was the coronavirus. we heard the president again question the effectiveness of masks. arizona has been hit hard by the virus. what have you heard today? >> yeah, this is a president that has held several maskless events here in arizona. more than 5600 people have died. for arizona voters over the last seven months, the impacts of covid have been unavoidable, and has propelled people like justin, who owned three restaurants here in town, but since covid struck arizona seven months ago, had to shut down two of them. this propels him to take part in this upcoming election. listen to him a few minutes ago. >> don't want to say i would blame them for the virus being here, but for every day saying it's nothing, it's going to go away, of course, every day that you don't do something reflects the next six month, i believe. i mean, and i think that the callousness of the first few months of the reaction to the covid is we're all seeing it now. >> again, justin didn't vote in 2016, katy, and he said not only is he

vaughn joins me from iowa state university. vaughn, what are states saying are the cause?porter: already 160 individuals on the iowa state campus has tested positive for the coronavirus. two hours away is the university of iowa. there were 147 more students this weekend who tested positive there. when you look around the country, you're seeing college towns become hot spots. we're now in our third week here on campus at iowa state university, and the issue is trying to trace where these covid cases are coming from. right now, alicia, there are more than 800 individuals who are in quarantine here on campus, and i want to introduce you to one of them, blake mcgill, up there on the second floor of the -- which dorm are we in? what is your major? >> i'm an aerospace engineer. >> what day of quarantine? >> i'm on my fifth day of quarantine. >> there are a couple hundred of you in quarantine. what is a quarantine life like for a student right now? >> all classes are virtual, but the university has done a good job of making that very accessible to us and smooth transition to that

hillary vaughn is live in wilmington, delaware. hillary. reporter: hi jon well democratic socialist bernie sanders thinks thing is very wrong with democratic nominee joe biden's presidential campaign strategy and is warning the behind closed doors it could cost biden the election in november. as biden's campaign has socially distanced itself from the democratic social liberal base sources tell "the washington post" that sanders has been talking to biden campaign about how to adjust their message into one that looks a lot like more bernies did when when he was still in the race. sanders former campaign manager saying this in a statement senator sanders is confident that joe biden is in a strong position to win this election and nevertheless feels there are areas that campaign can continues to improve upon. he is been in direct contact with the biden team and also thinks that a stronger outreach to young people, the latino community and the progressive movement will be a real help to the campaign. the report says sanders also thinks biden is

. >> joining us now, vaughn hilliard live in las vegas. the president will be coming back. what's the plan? >> reporter: the president is in las vegas today. he is holding a round table of what he's calling latinos for trump before heading to into the suburbs of las vegas. you hear him say it's a rigged election. it's only the way we're going the lose. he's taking aim at the democratic governor suggesting that millions of ballots have been entrusted into his hands and he's not to be trusted. this is a twofold campaign. he spoke for 90 minutes last night. there's very little policy. only one minute worth of discussion about the wildfires that are ravaging across 12 states. this is classic what you could call donald trump. we're 51 days away from election day. take a listen to him last night. >> nobody wants to go. this is a guy that we're entrusting with millions of ballots, millions and millions and we're supposed to win these states. >> reporter: suggesting you don't have to have an authorized signature which is completely false. that is why this counting process is expect

joining me now from california is msnbc political reporter vaughn hillyard.an you tell us about senator harris' event today in fresno. >> reporter: the creek fire already the sixth largest wildfire in california history, senator harris is currently meeting as you can see with governor newsom just about 20 minutes down the road from here, this wildfire here not even the largest one in california right now is at the point where more than 300 square miles have already burned the senator here today, just one day after president trump stopped into sacramento to meet with local and federal officials. this is still senator harris' home state, she grew up and spent most of her adult life just 200 miles north of her, for the senator, this is a moment for her to bring the west into this picture here to have this conversation, because what you're seeing here right now are ten active wild pires. >> but president trump down played the science the impact climate change has had on the wildfires. i want to play for you and our viewers. >> we want to work with you to really r

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jon: hilary vaughn in wilmington, delaware. thanks.ustice ginsburg's death sending shockwaves across capitol hill. democrats are pushing republicans to agree to delay filling the high court vacancy until after the election. chad pergram has more on that from capitol hill. chad, there are some republican senators who say they oppose confirming a new justice before the election. >> that's right, and just in the past hour or two here, we've heard from susan collins, republican of maine, she had expressed some skepticism of moving quickly before, but she put out a statement this afternoon, and let's read this to you here. she said given the proximity to the presidential election, i do not believe the senate should vote on the nominee prior to the election, the decision of a lifetime appointment should be made by the president who is elected on november 3rd. now, another senator to look at here who is also expressed some skepticism is lisa murkowski republican of alaska believing they should wait till after the inauguration and keep your ey

i want to go live to my colleague vaughn hillyard in des moines, iowa, where cases are surging.n, let's walk through this because the governor has issued a mandate that all schools must open in person. you're actually outside a school that's refusing the state orders and saying we're putting safety first. if you need to be virtual, let's be virtual. >> exactly. today is the first day of school. the first day of school is coinicidesing with the fact that iowa is spiking in covid cases. right now it's the third highest per capita rate of positive covid cases in the country which puts these school districts at odds directly with governor kim reynolds here who has ordered schools to have at least 50% of their classes in person. the des moines public schools here, which have more than 33,000 students, filed a lawsuit saying today they're starting virtually. they are not coming. they are not bringing their kids onto campus. a judge is expected to rule in that very case today. i would introduce you, though, to keshia barnes who is a president of king elementary school. your students ar

vaughn, i want to start with the age split.'re voting for biden by a massive 55-point margin. that shrinks to 18 points with latinos over 40. can you explain this to us and if any of these numbers could be influenced now that we have got a supreme court vacancy? >> reporter: i think the dichotomy of this that we have to look at is the conversation we were having in the spring when it was bernie sanders performing so well among particularly younger latinos. now you see evidence from this data that joe biden is attracting this young latino population, which is reflected in a lot of the conversations that i had specifically out here in arizona. i think we have to distinguish here the difference when you're looking at this data between voters based on the origin of the country. looking at florida, where joe biden is trailing among latino and hispanic voters to joe biden, most of the state puts roots back to puerto rico and cuba, as opposed to look at arizona. 90% of latinos in the state of arizona have mexican roots compared to 7%

>> vaughn hillyard in ames, great to see you, thank you for being with us. >>> i want to bring in dr.ta patel, former obama white house health policy director. dr. patel, thank you for joining us here. >> thank you, hallie. >> we have been spending some time talking about the issue on college campuses. we are just now at labor day. it is still very early in the semester. some of these students are still just moving into universities even as we speak here. what happens if you see more of these campus shutdowns, students go back home, right, to parents, grandparents, leave the communities they're in, what is the thing you're most concerned about? >> yeah, hallie, great question. and i think the thing most health professionals and public health people are afraid of including myself is that we create not just the continuation but a worsening of this first wave. we have started to see nationwide declines, not to the level that would make us feel comfortable to, you know, stop doing any of these masks, distancing, et cetera, but this is incredibly concerning because as you rightly point out

thank you, vaughn. we look forward to talking to you again. let's get news from deepa on this "new york times"/sienna college poll. is it good news for biden? is the campaign talking about that? >> reporter: alex, let's talk a look at this poll very quick. they are in favor of joe biden. the lead is only slight. in nevada, joe biden up by four points, minnesota up by nine. new hampshire up by three and wisconsin up by five in this latest "new york times"/sienna poll. the margin of error is 3.9 to 5.5%. some of these leads that joe biden has is within that marnl of error, which is important to point out. if you zoom back and look at how the joe biden campaign has been talking about their strategy going into these next eight weeks, these 52 days until election day, they've always acknowledged that these numbers are going to be close, that this is going to be a tight race. if you look at what voters are resonating with when it comes to joe biden's leadership, they think of him as more of a leader than trump on issues like handling the pandemic, o

our nbc reporters on the ground there, erin mclaughlin in orville, an hour north of sacramento and vaughn hillyard to the south outside fresno. that's where kamala harris is going to be meeting with firefighters today erin, you've been talking with people who lost their homes to these wildfires, what are you hearing from these folks and what are you seeing? >> reporter: hey, hallie we're seeing complete and total devastation. fire officials are continuing to work through this area, they're focusing on containment lines and potential spot fires but as you can see behind me, the fire is completely gone from here, well into the national forest but leaving behind a trail of destruction, the entire community of berry creek has been flattened including the home of julian rouse and her family this is the second home they lost to wildfires. two years ago they lost their home in paradise julian was telling me she learned key lessons from the fire, she knew when she got the alert this time around, they needed to leave and they needed to leave right away. they lost everything once again. take a list

vaughn, you're on the ground there talking to voters. this race between martha mcsally and mark kelly is critical because it's a special election. if mark kelly wins he could be seated in november which could potentially throw mitch mcconnell's calculus into a bit of a tail spin if there are three other or two other republicans that say no, they're not going to vote on any confirmation. tell me what you're hearing from voters out there. >> yeah, hey, katy. that's right, because there is that heightened sense of attention on this race because the state will certify their election results on november 30th. because this is technically a special election to replace john mccain. mark kelly could jump in there by the end of november, placing that sense of urgency up there on capitol hill where garrett is at. and i had this conversation where voters here because right now, martha mcsally is already losing among independent voters. which make up a third of the arizona electorate. she's down by more than 30 points in recent polling. you frankly c

nbc's vaughn hillyard is live in las vegas ahead of the president's visit. a sense of things there on the ground. the unemployment numbers are high. covid-19 testing positivity rates are high. it sounds like we're hearing the venues that the president planned to visit may have canceled on him. >> exactly, the president is going to be in reno tomorrow, vegas on sunday, craig, but the problem for the trump campaign is right now they have no place to go. if you go and try to logon to the event site and register here, right now there's no address on where you're going to head. that is because here in the state of nevada, there is a state mandate to have no more groups of more than 50. well, you saw what happened last night at the trump rally in michigan where there were more than 5,000 mostly unmasked individuals gathered together, and that is where the trump campaign is actively struggling to find venues. the white house says the president is still coming. it's a matter of where. you said that. the president is looking to expand the map on his path to 270 elect

>> all right, vaughn hillyard out there in ames, iowa.now a doctor, vice-chair of preventive medicine at the fienberg school of medicine at northwestern university. doctor, thank you for joining us. that report we just played where there's a quarantine dorm, anybody who's come in contact with a case goes there for the period of the quarantine. i just, when i think of the reality of what the in-person experience is at a college, all of the close contact with other people that's just invariably going to come with that, whether it's through a class, whether it's through eating, whether it's through a social event, realistically can you see a way where any of these schools can get through a semester? >> well, what we know is that these schools are not going to get through a semester or a quarter or a school year without having a case. and without having many cases. i think the marker that we should follow is how well do they contain the cases that occur in their midst and how well do they stop the spread out to the local community? it goes wi

vaughn, thanks for joining us. how is this shaping voter turnout there? >> well, i think if we could start with the idea, we're 37 days away, and the question on voter turnout, alex, comes down to the very heart here of a supreme court battle is going to be waged while these voters are actively deciding what their mail-in ballots, how they're going to vote. when you're talking about the republican party, we should note, there's about 13 incumbent republicans still in competitive races. at the forefront, cory gardner. he first won his seat in 2014, running at this sort of colorado independent. two years later, donald trump won the presidency, and a lot of voters we have talked to have criticized cory gardner, suggesting he has been anything but independent of this president. now they have the option, give cory gardner, the republican, a second term, or vote for their former governor, john hickenlooper. take a listen to a little bit of the conversation we had with a few voters here in town. >> the fact that he wants makes me look at it closer to see how con

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arthel: hillary vaughn, thank you. eric. the nation now gears up for one giant of a political fight over the future of the supreme court. john bosse, fox news contributor, john, it's already turning sharp because the president, the majority leader push to go announce a nominee maybe even as early as next week and get the nominee approved before the election. democrats are saying no-go, what do you see happening in the next few weeks? >> well, mitch mcconnell and the president have a clear advantage here because the senate that confirms and it's the president that nominates, so it's possible that this could get done before the election. it might happen in the dame-duck session after the election takes place but before the new senate is put into office in the beginning of january. we have to see whether or not they want to push it through now. either way, you know, the president has the kind of advantage at this stage to have game because there's still several months before a new president takes office at the end of january, s

finish hillary vaughn was in the room where biden spoke, and she joins us now with more. hey, hillary. >> reporter: hey, cheryl. well, democratic nominee joe biden dished out heated attacks against president trump for not doing enough in the middle of the pandemic to keep businesses open and workers on the job. but biden made those comments while speaking at the west end neighborhood house that received a ppp loan for at least $350,000 on april 27th as part of the relief in the cares act that president trump signed into law. biden also talked about today's jobs report saying while it is good news that 1.4 million people got jobs in august, those new jobs are not going to the right people, saying that some economists believe we are in a k-shaped recovery where people on top are benefiting from the recovery, but people on the bottom are not. we did get reaction to that from white house economic adviser larry kudlow who tuned in to biden's comments, and he he said that those added jobs have actually benefited lower income sectors, leisure and hospitality, food, beverage and

is at in colorado. >> vaughn, this -- this closely watched senate race there in colorado, what are youearing from voters on the ground there? >> reporter: i'm hearing that voter are trying to sort through the chaos. as garrett mentioned, the supreme court battle is at the heart of voters' minds here the next month. we could make the case that there's 11, 12, 13 senate races still competitive. you know, that includes right here in colorado. and you'll recall back in 2016, it was democrats that largely steered away from the supreme court messaging. but this go round in 2020, it's these democratic challengers taking on the 12, 13 republican incumbents that are trying to use this scotus nomination fight to their advantage. reminding voters that daca protections are on line, roe v. wade, gun restrictions, the fakt affordable care act. listen to my conversation with colorado's former governor and the democratic challenger, john hickenloop hickenlooper. he was here taking on republican incumbent cory gardner. why should cory gardner not fight on amy coney barrett when colorado voters elected

arthel: hillary vaughn, thank you very much. eric?c: the former vice president has joined in a warning from democratic senators who are on the judiciary committee. they have sent chairman lindsey graham a plea to wait until after the election, saying in part, quote: there cannot be one set of rules for a republican president and one set for a democratic president. and considering a nominee before the next inauguration would be wholly inappropriate, they say. so what can we expect? or "wall street journal" supreme court correspondent, jess pravin joins me now. she was a trailblazer and a pop culture icon in her own right, notorious rbg. what do you see coming? you have warned about a bitter fight. what are the next few weeks going to be like? >> well, we're going to see an eight-member supreme court like we did back in 2016 when justice scalia died. for the court, the dynamic is going to change very significantly because you're going to have emergency applications involving the election, pandemic beginning to come in, so something's go

hillary vaughn, thank you. prepare both those guys. >> that is not the argument you made earlier. you were talking about hunter biden earlier. >> talking about the draft dodging. >> did his son draft dodging. >> don't be hypocritical like trump. >> i'm not being hypocritical. draft dodging, you want to use one issue that has nothing to do with joe biden. don't compare another issue. >> going on airplane with your father to receive 3 1/2 million dollar check you are in the same, he is traveling on air force two with his father. taxpayers paid for his airplane flight. >> and taxpayers paid for donald trump's golf outings. connell: debate watch party, that we put together last night in ohio. look at me looking at my phone earlier in that debate between the two guys, trump supporter and biden supporter. it was somewhat interesting. what i will say, is that people there on both sides of the aisle, put together biden supporter, trump supporter, a third man who was going third party, they all seemed to leave somewhat

hillary vaughn live on the ground in wilmington, delaware. susan, start with you. >> we're seeing a record close for the nasdaq and s&p 500 as well. now one star stock performer today, we have to bring updraft kings, don't we? it rallied almost 14% in presession. not a bad 8% gain today. this is after bringing michael jordan on board as stakeholder, investor in the company and special advisor now to the board. jordan brings his brand name along with him star power and strategy and sports knowledge. we have news from the world's biggest company apple, today. yes, a bit of a drag. giving back some of the advance, not all the advance we've seen on monday. world's biggest company, $2.3 trillion. that is bigger than the entire european market and the ftse 100. they created 100,000 new economy jobs during the pandemic. that brings it up to 2.1 million. that is 15% up in the last year. biggest states with jump in app economy jobs, not talking california, new york. texas added 36,000 app economy jobs. maryland 12,000. alabama, nevada, oklahoma saw do

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hillary vaughn thank you. melissa. melissa: all right.e now to discuss all this is james freeman from the "wall street journal." he is assistant editor of the editorial page and he is also a fox news contributor. so, james, just for the record, listen closely to this and tell me if it sounds like a contradiction. go ahead, play it. >> would there be any place for fossil fuels including coal and fracking in a biden administration? >> no. we would, we would work it out. we would make sure it is eliminated and no sore subsidies for either one of those. no more, no new fracking. >> i am not banning fracking. let me say that again, i am not banning fracking, no matter how many times donald trump lies about me. melissa: i'm confused. or he is confused. someone is confused. what do you think? >> so i guess lying about joe biden means playing tapes of joe biden saying what he claims he doesn't say. you know, you can look at this and say, he is sort of a typical politician. biden, long-time washington swamp creature, trying to have it both ways. i

so i want to go to hillary vaughn in washington with the very latest.rue but he said it anyway. reporter: that's right, charles. this is not the first time democratic nominee joe biden made the claim that the small business loan program did not help as many small businesses as the program was intended to. he said that back in may. he was fact checked again. he is pair losting the claims today. look what the data from the paycheck protection program shows. analysis over five million loans were approved. of that the average loan size was just over $100,000. 87% of loans were just for $150,000 or less. so really not a big money bailout to big business like biden claimed yesterday in his remarks in wilmington. part of biden's trip to kenosha today is really about small businesses. he not only talked about how the paycheck protection program did not help as many small businesses but he also talked about the president has not done enough to help small businesses that have been caught in the middle of these ongoing riots as their businesses are shuttered, many

simonetti is following the market, edward lawrence live in washington on the august report and hillary vaughn is in wilmington delaware. lauren we will start with you. >> talk about a u-turn, we had a swing from high to low, 875 points on the dow jones industrial average and it closed at about 160. the nasdaq at one point down 582 and at the close the nasdaq is off of about 140 points. it is down maybe 702 days which is pretty intense and you can finally see the s&p 500 down not even 8% or 28 points. why the selloff, why the rally back, as for the cello question the wall street journal was reporting a jump in trading volumes and options that are linked to technology companies and as for the u-turn major rent from the record that we had on wednesday and that might've been overdone with that technology. delete they come back mainly apple, it was down over 8% at the lot but in did hire a bit and it averted a three-day losing streak, other tech names, the work from home stuff, they did continue to get humbled suggesting that investors are betting on the economy reopening a little bit. look at tha

hillary vaughn has latest on covid relief package. kick it off with you, blake where all the action is now. reporter: we saw president trump here as the closing bell hit and the topic again was tapes and conversations that the president had, 18 conversations, nine hours worth with reporter bob woodward whose book is to come out tomorrow. we saw the defense second day in a row, he said he did not want to panic as covid-19 was coming. the question still remains as the president acknowledged he was playing it down, why would the president of the united states play down such a manner? in any event he did so not to try to panic the country. we heard democrats say this was lack of leadership, failed leadership. chuck schumer saying at one point, we've had lying, ignoring the problem, misleading the american people, no leadership at a time when we desperately need. the back and forth on that continues with 53 days to go until the election as the president will now get aboard air force one shortly to head to the state of michigan, free land,

vaughn hillyard in phoenix, arizona, where president trump will head after his trip to california and michael memoli in wilmington, delaware, which many will say is memoli's home away from home. vaughn, the president, he has not even talked about these wildfires in weeks, and he blames the governor for bad forest management. so explain today's trip. at the very least, it's going to be awkward between the two of them. >> yes, stephanie. before the president arrives here for a campaign event in arizona, he's going to be stopping in a community just north of sacramento for a briefing from local, state and federal fire officials. but you know, we should note this weekend, his attention was pretty much everywhere else but these fires. he had two campaign events this weekend in which he spoke for more than 150 minutes and dedicated less than two minutes of those two speeches to wildfires. and focused in on this idea of, quote, fire management. it echoes what he said in 2018 when talking about the california fires and saying the forests need to be raked out. this is a moment where the presid

on that front, here's an interesting angle we can talk to vaughn hillyard.csally the republican. the issue here of a lame duck confirmation potentially if mark kelly wins that senate race, could really scramble what happens after the election. take us through that. >> exactly. forward this confirmation process, steve, they need four republicans it looks like. that's if mark kelly, though, is sworn into office. he won't be sworn in with other senators in january. he would actually be sworn in early because this in arizona is technically a special election to fill the seat that's vacated by john mccain. the senate would have to wait for the official results here in arizona to be certified. that certification day, november 30th. so mark kelly if he were to beat martha mcsally in arizona could be sworn in as early as november 30th which addscconnell and theo get this confirmation prosmoces moving. and that's why this senate race here already had eyes here but now with this added element to it, this is a whole other ball game. i want you to listen to a few voters

neil: hillary vaughn thank you very, very much. go to congressman brady the house ways and means committee the man responsible for those tax cuts that joe biden has been haranguing. congressman, good to have you you. >> good to see you neil. neil: i heard larry kudlow tell dana perino that now would not be a food time to raise taxes. the presidents saying things are so much better we can raise taxes. which is it. >> i can't think of anything more economically damaging to this recovery than to raise taxes either on families or on businesses as joe biden has proposed. the truth of the matter is, joe biden pro-sided over the worst economic recovery in our lifetime. with this report today, pump has pro-reslided tyke economic drifts in his straight. >> p. frokd never yeemed of 14.2 million jobs a month. we are not throat this yet. nearly half the jobs we lost from covid in a fairly short time is impressive. i think looking at the numbers today in that report, neil, you probably noticed, too. but for households job prospects are up. the

that's where we find nbc's vaughn hillyard in des moines.t is the school district doing to fight the governor's order? >> reporter: governor kim reynolds, a republican here in the state, ordered that at least 50% of classes must be held in person. but that's when the des moines public schools board is fighting back, filing a lawsuit against the state, and saying today, this tuesday, on the first day of school, their kids are not showing up to campus. so there's no little jaspers, little nates, or little abbys here today, instead they're setting up virtually. principal keisha barnes here said, look, this is predominantly black and brown community here and they're not going to subject students, students' family members, and faculty to greater covid spread. iowa is now a hotspot, with the third highest rate in the country, just behind south dakota and north dakota. take a listen to part of our conversation with keisha barnes, the principal here, as to why this school district is pushing back. >> my message to governor kim reynolds is, i believe

hillyard is there vaughn, i want to play a bit of joe biden's speech yesterday talking about climate change it wasn't just the science of it he was talking about the economic impact. watch this >> you know, when donald trump thinks about climate change, he thinks hoax. when i think about it i think jobs good paying union jobs that put americans to work building a stronger, more climate resilient nation >> a sustainable recovery, sustainable infrastructure, jobs and the economy. will that be kamala harris' message today? >> exactly kamala harris overnight and in california she'll be in the fresno area to assess fire damage and talk with officials here talking about the economic costs here long beach fire department, two fire trucks just drove by, you have resources in here from across the state because there are now active wildfires in ten states across the west this is a democratic party that put climate change as the center point of the primary process it was governor jay inslee of the state of washington that led those 20-plus other candidates in pushing for rather intense climate

vaughn hillyard is in las vegas, nevada, deepa shivroom is in washington, d.c. president trump holding another rally tonight in las vegas. tell us more about the rhetoric at last night's event and what we can expect tonight. >> linlwe can't underscore wher are in the campaign, we're 51 days away, and the president of the united states is down in polling. not only in states where he won last go around like michigan and wisconsin, but that is where he's turning his attention to places like here in nevada. that's why what you saw take place last night in mindon, nevada, just outside of reno, was the president of the united states making the decision to gather thousands of supporters in the middle of a pandemic, most all unmasked with no social distancing taking place, together in one area for what? for the purposes of his political campaign. what you heard last night was the president continuing to spread disinformation, factually inaccurate statements over the course of an hour and a half speech in front of those supporters, and consistently denigrating joe biden,

joining me now, nbc's vaughn hillyard in toll house, california is there any progress is getting controlthese fires >> reporter: you said it, andrea, there's more than 25 fires just across the state of california in the state of washington, there's ten afctive wildfires, ten states in all in which wildfires are taking place you see crews just getting off a 12-hour shift last night i have fire departments from palo alto, mountain view fire department, san jose i saw several crews from amarillo, texas. this is a situation in which essentially you have rural communities here that are being aided by a lot of these urban fire departments, because this is a real crisis, communities have been lost one family that erin mclaughlin talked with earlier today, take a listen >> it doesn't feel real because i'm having deja vu so bad from the camp fire, this is what happened last time, to tell them, this is the same thing that happened, they look at us, like, what and i don't even understand it, how am i supposed to explain it to children? but we did it last time, so we'll do it again. >> reporter: and

hillary vaughn reporting live now from minneapolis with more. hillary? connell: looks like we're having a little bit of trouble with hillary's shot and or her audio. we'll try to get her hooked back up. take a quick break. get back to that. melissa. melissa: meantime a city in disarray. the nation's biggest school district halting plans for in person instruction just days before reopening. amid new signs of an impending exodus from the big apple. this will seal the deal for sure. we'll tell you what is going on next. >>> plus the race for a vaccine taking center stage in the 2020 race. president trump and his rival joe biden trading barbs how to approval a potential vaccine. >>> under pressure from the amusement park industry and tourism dependent cities, california governor gavin newsom is vowing action, quote, very, very shortly. yeah. okay. on guidelines that could reopen disneyland and other shuttered theme parks throughout this state. i have faith. wait, no, i don't. we'll be right back. it's made for him a veteran who honorably served and it's made

cheryl: hillary vaughn following every move of former vice president joe biden. thank you very much. we appreciate it from kenosha. >>> well, back to the big board, back to the markets. session lows for the dow. we are down 947 points. we are pushing lower, as you can see, we are below that 29,000 mark, well below it, which we had just jumped above just yesterday. but look, there's a lot of things going on and a lot of it's tied to the development of a covid vaccine by november 1st. the hunt still goes on. novavax shares are up on positive results out of its early trials. moderna paring early day gains. the top three developers viewed as nearest to an effective covid blocker, these are the companies and vaccine companies to watch. pfizer falling despite saying it could know by the end of next month if a vaccine it is developing with biontech is actually going to be successful. it's all about the trials, folks. as you can see, novavax, moderna are higher. >>> until a vaccine is ready, one university going high tech to fight covid outbreaks and keep in-person learn

they be dogged plea like a puppy follows us around he was a christmas surprise for susan's son vaughn, who grew up with patches, this is just the little guy so i d s little girl. >>we are moving from are forced property and relocating into a duplex it's pretty hard to let him go, but i mean i'm just glad he's going to do on that is going to love him and take care of them. >>it was time to get patches to the plane and that man trying to hustle him past the unsuspecting staff at the airport office. the next challenge getting his 40 plus pound goats into a cage in the back seat. there you did it. it took a >>we've got to be ready to make sure that you're safe. >>and then the question. >>hatch is going to handle the takeoff. >>the answer no problem. the visibility was great heading over the mountains here the great fine with that change once we crossed into the central valley smoke was everywhere. >>we flew toward the destined to avoid the fire tankers battling the scu complex fires. >>we saw a huge plume of smoke from more than 50 miles away towering above our 8500 foot cruising out to 2

hillary vaughn is following the biden/harris ticket.hey slipping with latino voters? >> eric they are coming out today with three new spanish-language ads that will be hitting tvs in the key swing state of florida or this is part of the biden campaign's effort to woo back some of those latino voters that they may have lost and instead to president trump. they also have the vice president nominee kamala harris in arizona virtually today holding an event with latino small-business owners. >> arizonians deserve a president of the united states to this going to put you first. the biden/harris ticket is proving we can build the broad and diverse coalition we need to make sure sure that donald trump is a one-term president. >> today in a report in the "washington post" says senator bernie sanders though is worried about joe biden's presidential campaign reportedly calling them close allies take biden could come up short in november if he continues to run a vague and centrist campaign. his former campaign manager telling the "washington post"

neil: hillary vaughn, thank you very, very much.ry closely. you know, i caught up with ohio senator rob portman yesterday on this. he thinks these businesses need relief. he's optimistic part of a package could be cobbled together on extended relief that goes to the virus and some of these ancillary issues as well. but the devil's in the details. this is from senator portman yesterday. senator, it doesn't look like the two sides are remotely close to a stimulus package. is it safe to say that it would take a miracle to have one by election day? >> well, it may take a political miracle to have one, but we're actually not that far apart on substance. everybody wants to extend the ppp, which is the program for small businesses that expired on august 8th. so you have small businesses who can't apply, ones who need an extension of their existing proposal in order to keep their doors open. so everybody wants that. neil: all right, everybody wants that, the but as we were saying at the outset of this hour here, easier said than done. that

neil: hillary vaughn, thank you very very much. hillary vaughn in wilmington, delaware. guys are going, they are both picking up the pace. the president has already kept a very busy travel schedule and now out of the bunker, joe biden. a lot of critics say it's about time. others say you should make the time to visit these battleground states and indeed he is, beginning next week after labor day. some are afraid he's played this too tight to the vest, too conservati conservatively in terms of strategy. elijah collins is "wall street journal" columnist, much much more, and let me begin with you, get your take on whether you like or dislike joe biden, whether you like the president, not flipped over the president, clearly biden must be responding to pressure to get out more, speak out more, address the law and order issue. he's going to kenosha tomorrow. is that a worry? what do you think? >> there is certainly a segment of the democratic party that wanted him to get out more. what they really wanted him to do was to address the president's attacks on him on law and order.

our vaughn hillyard is in arizona, a key swing state. >> reporter: craig, arizona could be a deciding state this november. the impact of covid here is undeniable over the last seven months, from education workers to those working on the front lines of health care, to those small business owners. i'm going to