Months into the pandemic. And breaking news from the white house, an historic break through agreement between the United Arab Emirates and israel, made possible by israel for now giving up its plan to annex large areas of the palestinian west bank. Israel and the United Arab Emirates will fully normalize their diplomatic relations. They will exchange embassies and ambassadors and begin cooperation on a broad range of areas. This is a truly historic moment. Not since the israeljordan peace treaty was signed more than 25 years ago has so much progress been made towards peace in the middle east. And we begin today with nbc White House Correspondent and weekend today cohost kristen welker, nbcs mike memoli covering the Biden Campaign, Washington Post columnist eugene robinson. Kristen, the president is hitting senator harris hard and fighting any if ynew funding foe post office. Bring us up to date. Thats right, a lot of people woke up this morning to those comments by President Trump really escalating his attacks against senator Kamala Harris, as you point out, andrea, calling her both a madwoman and angry. Now, that was a reference to the Justice Brett kavanaugh hearing, during his confirmation process. But a lot of people have already said that what they heard was a racially charged attack. Of course black women have historically speaking been disparaged as being, quote unquote, angry. You referenced the former First Lady Michelle Obama who has spoken quite openly about how she felt she was labeled that way during the 2008 campaign. She said, for a minute there i was an angry black woman who was emasculating my husband. I had to work harder than any first lady in history. Still awaiting reaction from the Biden Campaign but undoubtedly people will hear that as having racial undertones. This is a strategy, racial politics, that he used, arguably, effectively in 2016 to win the white house. The president in his most explicit terms yet is explaining why he is refusing democrats demands to give billions of dollars to the postal service. President trump essentially saying if he does that, if he agrees to that, vote by mail would be able to move forward and would be able to move forward in a more broad form. Now, democrats are saying that, look, the bottom line here, this is critical to our democracy, the Biden Campaign did weigh in on this, saying the president of the United States is sabotaging a basic service that hundreds of millions of people rely upon, cutting a critical lifeline for rural economies and for delivery of medicine because he wants to deprive americans of their fundamental right to vote safely during this pandemic. Expect a lot of heat offed questio heatheat ed questions on the this throughout the day, andrea. And mike memoli with the Biden Campaign in wilmington, theyre going to have a roundtable with Public Health experts and talk afterwards. It was clear from their remarks yesterday that they are making the president s handling of the pandemic a key factor in the campaign. And Kamala Harris really went after him on it, shes prosecuting on that. Thats right, andrea. We reported yesterday there were two questions that bidens Vice President ial Search Committee asked each of the potential running mates for him. The first was what would be your agenda as Vice President. And number two was, what do you think President Trumps nickname for you would be in the campaign. Thats a pretty good encapsulation of the challenge before the campaign now as Kamala Harris is fully embedded within the campaign as joe bidens running mate. In terms of what well see today, behind me, the hotel dupont, the last time joe biden held a public event of any sort before he really did shut down the campaign, it was also here. He released his own plan for dealing with the pandemic. And what weve seen from that moment on, really, obviously without the ability to hold public campaigns and rallies, is joe biden doing everything he can do model what he believes is president ial behavior, showing what he believes the president in the white house should be doing right now, obviously embracing that contrast with what President Trump has been doing. Its really an interesting insight into the campaign that their first day, as you say, the first full day of campaigning, well see them surrounded by a team of Public Health experts. Theyre probably be doing some questions and answers, taking that insight from that team, and then delivering some brief remarks. The biden team has always believed that the pandemic is issue number one in this campaign. As it relates to the Trump Campaign and the response were seeing from the president himself and his attacks on Kamala Harris, you were in the room, i thought one of the most interesting moments yesterday in both of the speeches was hearing joe biden talk about the need to have Kamala Harriss back in this campaign. Think about what we usually see on a president ial ticket. Its the role of the Vice President ial running mate to support and defend the attacks coming at the principal, at the president ial candidate. But joe biden, somebody who served loyally and faithly to the faithfully to the nations first black president , he made clear he is going to be first and foremost to rebut attacks on Kamala Harris. And a signal around the country that they want leaders to push back against the racial taunts weve been hearing from the president , certainly accelerated since she was unveiled. To that, eugene robinson, the blatant racism in these appeals to suburban housewives, to say nothing of the misogyny, the suburban housewives who should not want low Income Housing in their lily white neighborhood that are of course no longer lily white thanks to the Fair Housing Act and a lot of the reforms under lbj, in fact, after dr. King was killed, i mean, you cant even put all of this together, but this is the messaging. And as kristen was pointing out, the angry black woman trope. Yeah, first of all, on the suburban housewives, our friend Claire Mccaskill said last night that it was as if hes speaking to june cleaver. He thinks that theres this sort of world of white apronwearing suburban housewives. And those are the voters hes in trouble with. So this is going to appeal to them by making them afraid of i guess cory booker and the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Its absurd. And then the angry black woman attack on Kamala Harris, i mean, its a twofer. You get both your racism and your misogyny all in one. And so hes going all in on this. And i frankly dont see how this helps him at all with the groups of voters that hes in trouble with. And i do see how it potentially motivates the core Democratic Party voters, including africanamerican women, to vote in large numbers, in obamaera numbers, and get out the vote in their communities. And if that happens, thats very bad for President Trump, and thats also very bad for some endangered gop senators like thom tillis in North Carolina and even Lindsey Graham in south carolina, if you get a big sort of obamaera africanamerican vote. That seems to be what trump is on the verge of provoking. He seems to be trying to spark a very different kind of vote. Im not sure that thats still gettable for him, for people people angry about what they see as the threats in the streets, those protests certainly have backfired, the ones that became violent, but im not sure that the president is in tune with america, in any of this kind of messaging. I want to get ayman mohyeldin, this is not only the first diplomatic relations, theyve been in formal contacts, absolute you know better than anyone, but the uae, the first petition treaty with israel since the one signed in aqaba with jordan back in 1998. This is very different because it also puts a halt to the threat by israel to immediately annex palestinian areas of the west bank. Yes, its quite fascinating, andrea, to listen to the conversation about all the other news happening in this country with the elections and politics and coronavirus and all of a sudden to hear that the United States is announcing there is now going to be diplomatic relations, full diplomatic normalization of relations between the United Arab Emirates and israel. Its against the context of whats happening in the world that makes this so surprising. Youre talking about two embattled leaders, Israels Benjamin Netanyahu and the United StatesPresident Trump. This agreement says there will be a peace treaty between the United Arab Emirates and israel in exchange for israel stopping from declaring sovereignty over the west bank. They think this will prevent israel closing the door on a twostate solution and protects palestinians claims on the west bank for a future state. From an israeli perspective, this is something theyve sought many years, recognition by one of the most important arab countries. There have been overtures in the past from the league of arab states if israel ended their occupation. This obviously falls very short of that agreement, this is not a call for an end of occupation, it just simply gets israel to stop promising to declare sovereignty over the west bank and annexing these parts. From a United States perspective, they get to claim they have been able to push forward the president s peace plan between israel and another arab country, something that he has sought to do ever since his vision for middle east peace fell on deaf ears in the region. No one has taken that plan very seriously. At least now he does have this victory to chalk up on the diplomatic side, andrea. It bolsters their case against iran as well. Of course. Because the uae joins the u. S. In being fiercely opposed to iran. Ayman, thank you so much for jumping in and helping to sort that breaking news. And of course thanks you to, eugene robinson, kristen welker, and mike memoli in wilmington. And here in d. C. , washington, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joins us. Thank you for waiting during all that breaking news. Of course the covid news, the pandemic, which youve been on top of, in trying to keep everyone safe and protect the region as well, working with maryland and virginia, and also of course the election. I want to ask you first about Kamala Harris and the angry black woman description, the way the president has been describing her as nasty and mean and horrible. What is your take on that . Well, andrea, we know that women and weve seen it, we saw it in the last election and we see it now with senator harris, that are frequently attacked, unfairly attacked, and often not defended. Im very sad to see the president of the United States attack this very accomplished woman and calling her angry because shes tough, or calling her mean because she wants to hold him accountable for four years of bringing our economy down. So i think as women and all of our allies, we have to stand up and speak up against that type of racist trope that so many black women have endured. There has been a lot of excitement among the black women whom ive interviewed and my friends and colleagues just about what she represents. Howard university alumna, a. K. A. , the whole sisterhood, seeing a woman of color on the ticket with her fascinating immigrant background and heritage from india and jamaica, but identifying herself from childhood on as a black woman, and being part of the civil rights struggle here in the district as well. Well, absolutely. And i agree with so many people who ive heard to say that black women have been the backbone of our party at every level, from volunteering to organizing, getting out the vote. And increasingly being candidates ourselves. And i think there was a real fear that we could be overlooked this goround. And im so proud that joe biden made the right choice. He picked a very accomplished woman from a major state who has run a major agency in her state. And is a United States senator, and comes to this campaign, having run her campaign and traveled this country, and having focused on issues that are important to americans. I know that senator harris in california was very focused on the foreclosure crisis when it hit california so hard. We need that experience in the white house, because we know recovering from this pandemic, were going to have huge impacts on housing in america. And we know that she will be a great partner to joe biden in bringing america back from this pandemic, and especially bringing our economy back for everybody. We know that this pandemic and the economic crisis it has created has been unevenly impacting americans. Black americans are dying more than other americans. Black businesses are being horrendously affected by this neardepression. And we know black women are disproportionately out of work because of covid shutdowns. So now more than ever, we need Diverse Voices at the table to speak up for all americans. And regarding the pandemic, one of the big sticking points of course in the negotiations between the democrats and the white house is state and local government funding to be part of this package. How important is that to you . We completely support the speakers position and senator schumers position that you cant have this you cant consider this Recovery Funding if youre not supporting states and cities, because by not providing that funding, youre actually eliminating critical local services that the federal government doesnt provide but local and state governments provide. And by no fault of our own, we are seeing deficits across the country because of covid shutdowns. Only the federal government can fill those gaps. So we completely support speaker pelosis position and senator schumers position in making sure that this deal includes funding for state and local governments. And right now, it looks as though there wont be a deal. And this may get caught up in the continuing resolution at the end of september, the normal budget process. What impact would that have on your community . We dont think that americans can wait. And we know that we need the state and local funding. 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