BEAUTIFUL MOMENT WE’LL BE
TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
>>> AS I SAID, PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS STATED TO VISIT YUMA, ARIZONA
TODAY, TO MARK A CAMPAIGN
PROMISE.
THE COMPLETION OF 200 MILES OF A
NEW WALL ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO
BORDER.
IT IS THE PRESIDENT’S SECOND
VISIT TO ARIZONA IN THE PAST FEW
MONTHS.
AFTER THAT, TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO
HEAD TO PHOENIX TO DELIVER
REMARKS AT A CHURCH EVENT FOR A
STUDENT ORGANIZATION CALLED
TURNING POINTS USA.
BUT IN A STATEMENT THE MAYOR OF
PHOENIX SAID THE EVENT QUOTE
DOES NOT ABIDE BY CURRENT CDC
GUIDELINES DURING COVID-19.
THE MAYOR’S STATEMENT ALSO READS
IN HAD PART, QUOTE, WHILE I DO
NOT BELIEVE AN EVENT OF THIS
MAGNITUDE CAN BE HELD SAFELY,
PARTICULARLY AS ARIZONA SEES
RISING COVID CASES, THE
PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED TO
CONTINUE WITH THIS RALLY.
EVERYONE ATTENDING TOMORROW’S
EVENT, PARTICULARLY ANY ELECTED
OFFICIAL, SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE
TO RESIDENTS BY WEARING A MASK.
THIS INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT.
JONATHAN LEMIRE, I’M WONDERING
IF YOU CAN, FIRST OF ALL, BACK
UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I’VE
SEEN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ON
TWITTER.
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WALL AND
THE WAY DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS
ARE COVERING IT.
HE WANTS A CERTAIN STORY OUT
THERE ABOUT HIS WALL.
NOT SURE HE’S GOING TO GET IT.
BUT THEN ALSO THE SAFETY ISSUE.
THE TRAIL OF GERMS LEFT IN TULSA
AFTER 6,200 PEOPLE CRAMMED INTO
THE LOWER SEATS OF A CONVENTION
CENTER IS GOING TO BE BAD ENOUGH
NOW HE’S HOPSCOTCHING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, SENDING A SIGNAL THAT
MASKS ARE A BAD IDEA.
THIS PRESIDENT CONSTANTLY IS
PUTTING AMERICAN PEOPLE’S LIVES
AT RISK AS HE DEMANDS THEIR
PRESENCE.
>> MIKA, WE HAVE A LOT OF STORY
LINES COMING FROM THE
PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO ARIZONA
TODAY, OF WHICH I WILL BE
TRAVELING WITH HIM.
I’LL START WITH THIS ONE IT’S
GOING TO BE 109 DEGREES IN YUMA,
NOT GOOD FOLKS.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE HIM
HEADING TO THE BORDER WALL, AS
YOU SAY, TRYING TO IN SOME WAYS
CHANGE THE SUBJECT TO WHAT WE’VE
SEEN AROUND US.
HE’S TRYING TO GO BACK TO 2016,
TRYING TO GO BACK TO
IMMIGRATION, GOING BACK TO AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER HE SIGNED
YESTERDAY STOPPING VISAS.
IT’S 200 MILES OF THIS BORDER
WALL, IT WAS HIS SIGNATURE
CAMPAIGN PROMISE FOUR YEARS AGO.
HE DID INDEED FIGHT ON TWITTER
LAST NIGHT WITH FOX NEWS
SUGGESTING HE WASN’T GETTING
ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THE AMOUNT OF
WALL THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN
CONSTRUCTED.
THAT’S ONE STOP.
IT COMES ON THE HEELS OF THE
WHITE HOUSE TRYING TO MAKE THE
CASE THAT SOME OF THE RISE IN
COVID INFECTIONS THEY’RE SEEING
IN STATES LIKE ARIZONA AND TEXAS
ARE BECAUSE OF CROSSING FROM THE
MEXICAN BORDER WHICH ANGERED
IMMIGRATION GROUPS AND DEMOCRATS
SAYING THAT WAS A TACTIC.
THIS TODAY WILL BE THE
PRESIDENT’S FIRST POLITICAL
EVENT SINCE THE DEBACLE IN TULSA
THIS WEEKEND WHEN HE DREW A
SMALLER THAN EXPECTED CROWD TO
HIS FIRST COMEBACK RALLY.
LEAVING HIM FURIOUS AND HIS
STAFF IN TURMOIL.
TODAY IS A POLITICAL EVENT
SPEAKING AT THIS YOUNG
REPUBLICAN’S GROUP IN PHOENIX,
FOUNDED BY CHARLIE KIRK, AND
THERE’S GOING TO BE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE INSIDE THIS MEGACHURCH IN
PHOENIX.
AS THE MAYOR SAID SHE DOESN’T
BELIEVE IT CAN BE HELD SAFELY,
SHE’S URGING EVERYONE TO WEAR
MASKS.
AS WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAS YET
TO WEAR ONE IN A PUBLIC SETTING.
WE’RE NOT SURE IF THE ATTENDEES
WILL WEAR THEM.
IT COMES AS ARIZONA TURNS INTO A
HOT SPOT IN SURGE OF CORONAVIRUS
INFECTIONS.
>> IT’S A DRY 109.
YOU’LL BE FINE IN YOUR WOOL GRAY
SUIT THERE.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT CAMPAIGN
THEMES FOR 2020.
IF YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES AND
LISTENED TO THE RALLY THE OTHER
NIGHT, YOU COULD HAVE GONE BACK
TO 2016 RALLIES.
THERE’S AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO
SUSPEND WORK VIES A, GOING DOWN
TO SURVEY THE WALL, A TINY
SLIVER OF WHICH HAS BEEN BUILT
AS NEW WALL SINCE HE BECAME
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S LEANING BACK
ON THE 2016 PLAYBOOK GOING TO
THOSE FAMILIAR THEMES.
IS THAT THE IDEA WITH THESE TWO
ACTS?
>> I’M GOING TO BE BACK ON THE
LAWN TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE
SHOW SUN BURNED, WILLIE.
I THINK THAT IS PART OF IT.
THAT SHOWS YOU THE STRUGGLE THIS
CAMPAIGN HAS HAD TO MAKE A CASE,
TWO REASONS FIRST OF ALL IT’S
YET TO DEFINE ITS OPPONENT, JOE
BIDEN.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RALLY
IN TULSA, A LOT OF ATTACK LINES
THAT DREW APPLAUSE WERE ABOUT
HILLARY CLINTON OR BARACK OBAMA.
HE’S YET TO LAND ON SOMETHING
ABOUT JOE BIDEN.
EVEN THE VENDERS OUTSIDE ARE
STILL SELLING STUFF ABOUT OBAMA
AND CLINTON, NOT REALLY ABOUT
JOE BIDEN.
HE’S ALSO TRYING TO NOW MAKE A
CASE FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
TRYING TO POINT TO HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEY’RE
STRUGGLING WITH THAT AS WELL,
ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF OF THE
PANDEMIC AND HOW HE HANDLED IT.
THEY’RE HOPING THE ECONOMY
REVIVES ITSELF, THEY WANT THAT
TO BE THE MAIN ARGUMENT.
BUT WITH THAT UNCERTAIN THEY’RE
PIVOTING BACK TO CULTURAL WAR
STUFF, TALKING ABOUT FLAGS, NFL
PLAYERS KNEELING FOR THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
VISAS YESTERDAY, TRIPS TO THE
BORDER WALL TODAY.
WE’RE TOLD TO EXPECT MORE ACTION
IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS.