Political clash over protests, safety and Racial Justice. Joe biden will directly take on the president this hour. This as President Trump prepares to visit kenosha, wisconsin. Plus, the uproar in congress after the director of National Intelligence decides no more inperson briefings on Election Security just weeks ahead of the 2020 election. And the fda chief now says he may fast track a Coronavirus Vaccine before phase three trials are complete. Is it safe . Is it doable . Weve got the latest on the race for the vaccine. Welcome to monday. Its meet the press daily. Im Steve Kornacki in for chuck todd. You are looking live at pittsburgh. That is where joe biden is expected to speak in just a few minutes. There are those biden expected to condemn President Trump as a leader, inciting violence. Biden will rebuke President Trump for failing to call on his supporters to, quote, stop acting as an armed militia. Bidens speech will come a day before the president is expected to travel to kenosha. This is a trip that the democratic governor and kenoshas mayor are urging him to postpone but President Trump isnt changing his plans. Tweeting this morning, quote, if i didnt insist on having the National Guard activate and go into kenosha, wisconsin, there would be no kenosha right now. I will see you on tuesday. The president is also once again blasting the mayor of portland, oregon, and seemingly threatening to send federal forces into that city where over the weekend a man was shot and killed an hour after pro Trump Supporters clashed with counterprotesters. The leader of Patriot Prayer said the shooting victim is a supporter of his group but its unclear if the shooting was connected to the protests. Here to start us out of, we have our own mike memoli, hes in pittsburgh where joe biden will be speaking. Monica albin, Erin Mclaughlin is in oregon. Mike, again, in the next half an hour or so we expect to hear from the former Vice President. What is the message hes trying to convey here . Steve, joe biden just touched down at the airport nearby here in pittsburgh, a place of great political significance to him. It was the place where he held his first rally of this 2020 campaign and where he has always kicked off the general election of past campaigns since 2008, usually at the labor day parade, but obviously Something Different here at the time of the coronavirus. What the Biden Campaign wants to do and hoping to accomplish is looking over the last few weeks, especially in the wake of the republican convention, not abiding by what they have seen from the Trump Campaign, which is trying to take the pictures of public demonstrations, violence in American Cities, and using that as a warning sign of what they say would be in bidens america. As the Biden Campaign points out, this is all happening on Donald Trumps watch. So well hear the former Vice President in his remarks today talk about donald trump as somebody who sows chaos and cannot stop it because hes fomented it. They see the narrative building without evidence on the part of this democrats that this law and order message from the president might actually be taking hold. We havent seen a lot of polling since the conventions to really evaluate what kind of bounces weve seen, but the Biden Campaign is eager to have the former Vice President nip this in the bud quickly. Take this message of law and order and say it is a sign of weakness on the president s part that he has to resort to this. As biden will fgo on to say, he has not dealt effectively with the coronavirus and the economic fallout. This is a time in our countrys history where were seeing less optimism about the future. Biden wants to build on that message talking about being an ally of the light, to put forward a positive message for the country about what they will in fact see in joe bidens america, steve. Mike, im curious about a point you were making about whats taking place, whats being said, what the apprehensions are inside the Biden Campaign. Weve heard a lot from republicans and on trumps side that they think this issue of public safety, of order in the street, they think that is something thats going to resonate with exactly the electorate that they are trying to reach here. You mentioned the idea here from the Biden Campaigns standpoint is to nip this in the bud. What are the conversations like in the campaign right now about this issue, about strategically how they think this is playing or might play . Steve, ill just mention as you were talking about, i see the biden motorcade arriving. So not something we often see in the Biden Campaign, on time. We were expecting his remarks at 1 30. Perhaps were on track for that. Joe biden announced his candidacy last year, last april, by pointing to those scenes in charlottesville. The public demonstrations of the White Supremacists marching in charlottesville and the peaceful protests that were against it. That was joe bidens opening argument, that this is a battle for the soul of america. So theyre a little con founded by the fact that people see this law and order message on the part of the president and see that as effective because that has been joe bidens response all along. They also point out joe biden was as busy in the 2018 midterms campaigning on behalf of Democratic Candidates as anyone. As he kicked off that campaigning here in pittsburgh in 2018, what was the concern late in that campaign . It was donald trump running on this idea of an immigrant caravan, that that might limit democratic gains in the midterms. What did we see . Democrats won back the house and made gains in the senate as well. So this is the response from the Biden Campaign, lets not forget our recent history here. Mike memoli is where the former Vice President will be speaking shortly. Let moo bring in monica alba. Donald trump is by all indications set to go to kenosha, wisconsin, tomorrow. What can we expect from the president on that visit . What kind of message is he planning to bring . And also i know theres been some conversation, some suspensisuspens suspense, i guess. Has there been outreach to jacob blakes family from the white house . Is there any possibility of a meeting between the president and his family . Whats happening on that front as well . Steve, were learning a lot more about that. It does appear that chief of staff mark meadows has reached out to the blake familys pastor. Were told they had a couple of different conversations, but so far no call or meeting has been set between President Trump and the family of jacob blake. Now, its significant because a couple of hours ago you had benjamin crump, the family attorney, telling our own Hallie Jackson there hadnt been outreach to him in terms of trying to get in touch with the family on behalf of the white house. So a couple of questions about how that arrangement is being made, who actually has been in touch. Theyre hopeful that could come together as soon as today in terms of what we may see. But tomorrow the president is headed to kenosha and there is no meeting on the schedule at this time. Were told by the white house instead the focus is really going to be on Law Enforcement and surveying damage. It comes after calls not just from the wisconsin governor, but other local officials to really rethink the visit. In the words of the governor, theyre worried that the president being on the ground there could hinder the healing process. But the white house wanted to proceed with the visit saying he absolutely will be going forward. There were a lot of questions raised earlier when kaleigh mcenanmc mcenany said it is being efforted. It is notable as the president goes to wisconsin, the Trump Campaign feeling very confident that a law and order message is something thats going to be critical. They even held a Campaign Press call on that earlier today, similarly knocking former Vice President joe bidens expected remarks in pittsburgh later this afternoon, steve. Lets go to Shaquille Brewster in kenosha where the president will be tomorrow. Shaq, set the scene for us as to what the president will be walking into. We saw businesses burn, the National Guard called in. Now a week later, what will he be walking into tomorrow . Reporter steve, right now there is a big divide over President Trumps planned visit to kenosha on tuesday. When the white house announced this visit on saturday night, by sunday you had opposition to this trip from kenoshas mayor. You had opposition from the attorney general of wisconsin, who is currently leading the investigation into the shooting of jacob blake. And you had a letter from Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers expressing or asking the president to delay and postpone this trip. Part of that letter says i, along with other Community Leaders who have reached out, are concerned about what your presence will mean for kenosha and our state. I am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. On the other hand you have Many Republican leaders in this state still inviting the president , saying that it is important for him to come to survey the damage as he plans to do, to meet with members of the Law Enforcement community. You know, things here in kenosha remain tense. Theres still that mobilization of the National Guard. There is still that curfew that starts at 7 00 p. M. Each night. Although there have been peaceful protests the past couple of days, the concern among local officials is that that may change with the president ial visit. Steve . Thank you for that, shaq. Lets go to portland, oregon. Erin mclaughlin. An ongoing story portland has been this summer, erin, flaring up again now. What can you tell us about this man who has been shot there . Reporter its still very much the subject of an ongoing homicide investigation, steve. Meanwhile the war of words between the president and the mayor of portland, ted wheeler, continues today. President trump tweeting out, calling portland a, quote, mess, saying that it has a joke of a mayor. Hinting that he could send in potentially more federal forces if the situation he says doesnt get under control. Ted wheeler just yesterday in a press conference firing back at the president saying that it was his rhetoric that is creating the violence and the division that weve been seeing for days now in portland. Last night no exception. Clashes on the streets between police and protesters. The protesters hurling projectiles including eggs and rocks. 29 arrests were made last night. A number of items seized, including two loaded handguns and a knife. This following the shooting that happened on saturday. As i said, still a matter being investigated. No arrests have been made and the victim has yet to be named by authorities. All right, Erin Mclaughlin in portland, oregon. Thank you. Mike, monica, shaq as well appreciate that. The question for who is responsible for the unrest in American Cities and whether voters think theyll be safer with joe biden in the white house or donald trump for another four years is shaping up to be a key issue this november. For more im joined by craig gilbert, the Washington Bureau chief for the milwaukee journal sentinel. Thanks for joining us. Im looking forward to talking to you because you have a better grasp of the politics of wisconsin, the demographics, the politics, the political geography than most folks out there. Politically right now, this seems like a very key question folks are trying to get a grasp of. You have republicans saying that the events in kenosha, the events in cities around the country are redounding to the president and other states like it. Democrats are saying, no, no, no, donald trump is the president while all this is happening. Im curious to get your sense of how this is playing right now. People are trying to answer this question in a state thats both in the epicenter of this and of course the epicenter of the president ial campaign. We dont have an answer to that question right now. Theres a lot of talk, theres a lot of expectations, theres a lot of speculation. There was a tantalizing bit of prekenosha polling done by the Marquette Law School in august which showed that support for the protests over policing had declined from about 60 to a little under 50 . And a lot of that decline was among Republican Voters and a lot of it was kind of in small towns and rural counties. But that didnt come with any real improvement in approval of the president s handling of the protests. It didnt really come with any change in the horse race between donald trump and joe biden. So we just dont have the kind of hard evidence yet for how this is going to play politically. Let me ask you from this standpoint. Wisconsin is critical to Donald TrumpsElectoral College map. Hes got to win wisconsin and do some other things too. If his folks are saying an issue like this in their view will help him in the state, where does he need help in wisconsin right now . What are the voters who are there for him in 2016 who have been missing so far . Theres traditionally been a suburban Rural Coalition in wisconsin. What happened in 2016 is that he blew the doors off when it came to his performance with rural voters. Wed never really seen anything like it. But he did underperform in the suburbs and even in the republican suburbs. So obviously not much of a cushion having won that race by less than 0. 8 of a percentage point. I think his path to victory starts with kind of trying to replicate that rural route that he produced in 2016. Thats a challenge because there are parts of wisconsin there are rural parts that are purple and have a history of voting democratic and are very swingy. So its not an easy bar to get over again. And also trying to do something about his suburban problem. You know, in the suburbs, the republican suburbs outside milwaukee, these are mostly Republican Voters and hes more popular with republicans today than he was four years ago. But weve had two or three election cycles in wisconsin in the erosion of the republican vote in these republican suburbs. We just heard mike memoli say the Biden Campaign is not seeing numbers right now that suggest what the republicans are forecasting in terms of the effect of this is happening, but the idea with joe biden making this speech is to nip this in the bud. Im curious what youre hearing from democrats in wisconsin. Is this something theyre apprehensive at all . Are they seeing any numbers . How do they view the political potential here . I dont know if its based on numbers, but there is appear hen appe it would be worrisome for a variety of reasons but also because it takes the focus off their most effective arguments going to things like the president s handling of the pandemic first and foremost. So there was some apprehension. There was also some urgency about joe biden getting out on the campaign trail after not coming to milwaukee for the convention. Democrats are traumatized still by what happened in 2016. You cant compare the Clinton Campaign to the Biden Campaign. The Biden Campaign is spending infinitely more money in wisconsin than the Clinton Campaign did, but that hangs over there. Craig gilbert from the milwaukee journal sentinel, thank you for time. Appreciate it. Great to be with you. Joe biden has arrived at the location in pittsburgh where hell give what we are hearing will be a fiery speech. Once he begins that address, we will bring you those comments live. Also, the director of National Intelligence says no more inperson Election Security briefings for congressional committees, this 63 days before the election. Ill talk to a member of the House Intelligence Committee about what happens now. To severe psoriasis, Little Things can become your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. 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