misinformation about it every half year and now the probability is becoming i said there are some conservation there communities al-jazeera journeys deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist and her team's effort to save the flora and fauna so precious in the region women make science ecuador's hidden treasure on al-jazeera. donald trump has failed at the most basic and important job of a president of the united states. he failed to protect the american people democratic vice presidential nominee carla harris attacks donald trump's conduct out of his address to the republican convention.

on down jordan this is down to 0 live from coming up nato warns russia against meddling in bella ruse as president putin promises troop support to protests get out of control. laura one of the strongest storms to hit the united states batters southern louisiana we'll have a live update. on the crisis deepens in the eastern mediterranean as turkey and greece stepped up the rhetoric over a maritime dispute. welcome to the program democratic vice presidential candidate carla harris has delivered a preemptive strike on donald trump just hours ahead of his pitch to the party faithful at the republican national convention harris condemned trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic and addressed the unrest over the police shooting of jacob blake saying america must fulfill the promise of equal justice. the reality is that

the life of a black person in america has never been treated as fully human and we have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law well earlier president trump praised the national guard's efforts to quell sometimes violent protests in the city of connection i'm suggested the same approach should be used in other cities like portland with federal troops remain in wisconsin although demonstrations over the past day have been largely peaceful we'll get a live update from our reporter in connection in a moment let's go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly how get kimberly so the democrats have clearly thrown the cats amongst the pigeons on president trump's big night out come the hours besting trump over the pandemic of a racial divisions tell us a bit more about what she said. this writing the president and his platform and also his record something the u.s.

president is hoping to boost in terms of public opinion the democratic vice presidential nominee harris talking about donald trump's handling particularly of the pandemic that of course hit the whole world and also the united states resulting in millions of americans losing their jobs and 180000 americans losing their lives she said that he was too slow to act there were too many missteps and that is what has resulted in a long term impact she also said that he doesn't seem to understand the role of the president or the presidency making it all about him instead of americans health and safety a pandemic is unforgiving if you get it wrong at the beginning the consequences are catastrophic and it's very hard to catch up you don't

get a 2nd chance at getting it right well president. he got it wrong from the beginning and then he got it wrong again and again so can really all eyes will be on trump's official acceptance speech later on tonight presumably we can expect him to go on the attack against biden and harris what's he likely to say. yeah we are expecting the president to officially accept that nomination of this party at the white house something that is pretty unconventional but even before that i can tell you that already the protests are forming around the white house the goal of these protesters that so far peaceful is that they want to dress this up to or drown out the president as he speaks on the south lawn of the white house and we know in the past that there has been some success with protesters doing just that when the president spoke in the rose garden

we expect that this will be even louder as they protest the president's agenda now with respect to the president firing back at the democratic vice presidential nominee couple of harris there's no question the president will do that but it's really joe biden the democratic presidential nominee that the president has in his sights we expect that he will attack joe biden's strategy for dealing with the pandemic saying that the so far there's no strategy except the high in his basement we also expect that he will attack by the record of public service saying that he's weak on private we could fighting back against china and also he is a front for one of the most radical platforms of any presidential candidate in history so these are some of the themes we expect the president to strike back on but at the same time he is already facing resistance right outside the white house . in washington d.c. kimberly thank you for that with about me talking to you throughout the night as we

lead up to president trump's speech let's bring in clyde wilcox from the jimmy inclines a professor of government georgetown university kline so what do you make of commerce's address blasting president trump's humbling of the pandemic and racial divisions the economy i mean how much was this designed do you think as an effective prebuttal to trump on his big night out. well so both parties to the same problem when the other party has a convention they don't know all the years out of the room they can have a hard time getting their message across so here's the really quick jab or 2 just to keep their their message go and he is a normal thing to do with this one and how do you think harris is the dress went down particularly with black and asian voters i mean joe biden could have made the same speech i guess but it wouldn't have the same residence would it though i think the 1st legion biden's really remarkable there was a convention. and trump's ego won't allow him not so much that biden and harris

tonight when he talks is the danger for the republicans though that trump gets sucked into some kind of political ambush by going on the offensive but leaving little time to address the real issues that affect americans like the pandemic jobs and the economy. well so the republican party for the 1st time in modern history has no platform this time their platform is just simply saying whatever donald trump was so there's not a right there's not a set of things that they want to do. try to write about himself an attack of the people so he will be in his element here but let's contrast that to the successful presidents of 1984 it was morning in america for reagan and i can 96 bill clinton was you know extolling all of the things that he got right in his administration trouble really can't run on his record right he can't run on handling the pressure the pandemic well he can't run on the economy being strong so

the only strategy he heads is to say you should be really really afraid of joe i'm trumpets branded himself as the law and order candidate and says america won't be safe and joe biden presidency but could these latest protests in connection actually damage the democrats with voters who are clearly concerned about safety in this city as well yeah i think that it will be time for the for the violence in these protests to disappear that does definitely play into trump's hands he's been running some a and showing the protests and saying this is what will happen in biden's america of course it's actually happening and trying to there so tribes argument is essentially a little you can save you from what's going on during my presidency but the law and order argument is about his best argument at this point clyde let me get a final thought from you so tonight brings the conventions to a close after we hear from trump honest things stanton trump is trailing by in the

polls but then he was trailing hillary clinton in the polls at roughly the same time back in 2016 and yet he went on to win so how does biden stay ahead with trump closing that gap. well so we would expect to get to narrow a little because republicans seeing a republican. are tempted to come back to their candidate there's a lot of republicans out there indorsement by you know there are 2 other republicans one a vote for their own party but hillary clinton was a very popular candidate joe biden's actually very likable very popular and donald trump was running low on promises look what i'm going to do i'm going to make his great you know for your record so it will be a little harder for him to close that gap the real threat in this election is are we going to care at all that is are going to be irregularities in delivering the mail ballots and that's what that card will cause great to get your thoughts thank

you for talking to al jazeera now hundreds of federal and regional troops patrolling the u.s. city of ken osha after several nights of violent protests spot by the shooting of a black man however there's been relative calm on thursday activists pushing the charges against the officer who opened fire on jacob blake the 29 year old was shot 7 times in the back as he opened his car door on sunday incident led to protests across several cities 2 people were shot dead during demonstrations in coach on tuesday and a 17 year old suspect has been arrested and charged live now to john hendren it was in connecticut john major national guard and police reinforcements were sent in to kind of show last night what's been happening there today john. that's right daryn they came out in force last night when the curfew began at 7 pm local time an armored personnel carrier drove straight over the curb into the main park behind me sprayed tear gas and spread people out and from there on that police

presence was felt so a funny thing happened when people woke up here on thursday morning and that is that they had a quiet night a night without massive looting without massive fires a couple nights ago firefighters responded to 37 separate fires in this city whole blocks of the city have been leveled but they've just finished a prayer vigil in the park behind me people are cooking food there has been some marching but it's been a relatively quiet day so that police presence and we're talking about hundreds of federal national guard troops local police from various places f.b.i. agents and police from various departments across the u.s. coming here in the hundreds the police were unable to control the streets up until last night even though they could control these public spaces here guarding the

courthouse behind me they were able to control the neighborhood and that's where the looting began so last night they simply shut it down and reports that this teenager has now been charged with 1st degree murder following the deaths of those 2 protest as what more can you tell us. that's right police have identified him as 17 year old kyle rittenhouse from just across the border in illinois he has been charged now with 2 counts of 1st degree deliberate or 'd murder there are a number of other charges but one of them interesting lee interesting lee is possessing a dangerous weapon under the age of 18 because he is only 17 so he wasn't lawfully allowed to carry that weapon this viral video that many of us seen on the internet and elsewhere shows a man police say it is him not to the ground apparently after a conflict with protesters get up and then fire at several protesters police say he

hit 2 killing them and then struck another wounding that person who is expected to recover now all of this is generated a lot of anger not just among people here not just among protesters but also among the icons of the american sports world the national basketball association had 3 games scheduled for wednesday night playoff games they were all postponed because the teams refused to play in solidarity with the protesters. baseball major league baseball did the same thing the women's n.b.a. also games so what you've got is a cultural phenomenon that goes beyond this sound you hear behind me is part of that influx of police officers talking about they've been manning the streets in both directions responding to any of that evidence and they do seem finally to be here 1st john hendren there live for us in wisconsin john thank you. and

a state of emergency has been declared in the us city of minneapolis soft of violent protests on the wednesday the demonstrations follow the death of a black murder suspect who police say shot himself the state's governor says the national guard will be deployed in the city minneapolis has been the center of protest since may when george floyd was killed when a police officer knelt on his neck well benjamin crump is jacob blake's lawyer he also represents the families of george floyd and briana taylor black americans who were shot dead by the police and he explained why this incident has caused so much pain. here really. justify the unjustifiable actions they have taken and so that's why it's called out room. and civil rights community. activists even the national basketball so you know many do. everybody is are outraged about this senator now because i'm out in the in the

reactor. no one's been the white house that ministry should. concentrate in now all we have now. you know we can't have violence. only by words now has taken place you could know sure wisconsin. why me who shot jake do you 7 times in the back. to lebanon now at least 2 people have been killed and others wounded in fighting between supporters of sunni and shia parties. gunfire was exchanged during the confrontations and some houses and cars were set on fire in colored it that south of the capital violence reportedly erupted over a dispute involving a flag related to the assura ritual the lebanese army has been deployed on its conducting patrols the army says 4 people have been arrested including 2 syrians.

break here and i'll just when we come back. protests against police brutality in south africa after a disabled teenager shot dead more than status. hello there all eyes again on the southern states across the united states and this is why of course hurricane laura coming on shore early hours of thursday morning continuing to work its way northward as we go through friday still as a tropical storm pushing up into arkansas and then eventually it's going to head more towards the east so continuing to bring some damaging winds and of course some very heavy amounts of rain as we go through saturday it will work its way east as pushing likely across into the genya but really having an impact further to the south across the carolinas but also taking heavy rain up into the northeast so it's

a question of just watching really where the storm has but of course all the while the winds will be strong and it'll produce heavy amounts of rain meanwhile out across the west into california the fires of course continue this is the worst a fire season ever recorded in california and this is just one area of course after the fires have swept through there is more very dry hot weather in the forecast and those fires continue to burn and meanwhile to the south across into mexico we watching this this is the latest topical storm hanna and it's all for the coast as you can see by producing some very heavy amounts of rain sunday through friday by saturday it should take a turn further to the west but again it could produce heavy rains across into the baja peninsula will continue throughout much of southern mexico and elsewhere we've got scottish thunderstorms. victim. being his palm city as an instrument of pinochet's brutal dictatorship.

a father tries to forget. but his son's quest for answers reveals there are often 2 sides to even the docket of stories witness the color of the chameleon amount is there. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera a democratic vice presidential candidate has attacked president trump's record hours before the final light of the republican national convention she condemned his handling of the pandemic call for racial justice. president trump will

officially accept the african party's nomination in a few hours' time he'll address supporters at the white house but hundreds of protesters are also gathering outside. federal and regional troops on patrol in the u.s. city of kenosha up to several nights following the test bought by the shooting of a black man who activists are pushing for charges against the officer working file on change of play. now the u.s. states of louisiana and texas have been battered by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the region and nora made landfall in the early hours of thursday morning as a category 4 at least 4 people were killed and hundreds of thousands are without power at a gallop i reports. the sheer power of hurricane laura left a wide trail of destruction through louisiana the storm didn't bring the un survivable tidal surges forecasters predicted but the damage is severe neighboring southeast texas escaped the worst of lloris 240 kilometer per hour winds but more

than half a 1000000 in both states without power as the storm steam rolled through louisiana it ripped facades off buildings down telephone poles and left a massive cleanup for those that rode the storm out it's pretty bad i mean you can it's really right around the corner there the whole garage is smushed down the power line is is. it's down in the yard. fences down so. it's like a long road to recovery all i can do is pray that i have the faith of god right now they i know i have to have for my kids that if i panic they're going to panic so i have to keep it together and that's what i'm doing in westlake louisiana the hurricane caused a fire at a chemical plant while flooding in some areas is still a major concern and the full extent of the damage won't be known until the winds die down the storm surge recedes and officials consider some of the baldwin rable

communities it is clear that we did not sustain and suffered the absolute catastrophic damage that there. was likely based on the forecasts we had last night but. we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down. because their businesses and or their homes have been damaged or a massive search and rescue operation is now underway those who were evacuated were sent to hotels to avoid a potential spiking cases of the coronavirus it's clear that hurricane laura could have been much worse but nonetheless the lives of hundreds of thousands of people have been impacted industries been damaged homes lay in ruins and a full recovery could take months president says he plans to visit the region in the coming days now it turned out we got a little bit lucky it was very big it was very powerful but it passed quickly and

so everything's on schedule will probably be going on saturday or sunday and will be heading to texas and louisiana and maybe an additional 6 louisiana has already been hit hard by the coronavirus with 145000 confirmed cases now they're dealing with another disaster and a gallica al-jazeera let's bring in n.b.c. correspondent chris pallone joins us live now from lafayette in louisiana chris so just bring us up to date with what's happening there where you are and what are the main challenges ahead as people try and clean up the damage. yeah well luckily lafayette is in the most heavily damaged town in the state of louisiana there are large trees down all over town some windows blown out power lines down things of that nature but this area really was pretty lucky when it

comes to this storm if you went just an hour to my west to lake charles you would see a great deal board damage and so people in this area think they're pretty fortunate but of course you know for the folks who had trees and power lines and things of that nature down have part of their roofs torn off it's going to be a slow process you know taking down the damage you know cutting down the trees or whatever having them removed repairing their homes obviously there's going to be a huge demand for contractors and carpentry over the next several months lot of people looking for all kinds of repairs throughout this entire region all right to chris paul in there live for us in lafayette in louisiana chris thank you now the head of nato and ponens prime minister russia not to meddle in the crisis in bella ruse comes out of that and that putin sent his clearest signal yet that he's ready to use force to support the belorussian president russia's president said it was a police force has been set up to help and examine the question but will only be

deployed if the unrest spins out of control of the mass protests across the country since no question could declare another overwhelming victory in the election just over 2 weeks ago on wednesday more than 30 journalists were arrested for a voyage chan issues on the massachusetts institute of technology and there's originally from belarus she says russian involvement could take several forms. indirect help from russia isn't good though what's likely scenario so for instance . russia could in full continue to contribute to the spread of misinformation about the protests it could keep signaling because one of the the signals is that again targeting the protesters was a warning that had if that may be the best outcome for them is to go home and prevent russian intervention. i believe in direct support assurance to look at assurance to the security forces of bella ruse might be some

of the approaches russia could take put in its most recent statement as a warning so this is a warning that is pro really signaling to the e.u. to stay away signaling to broader stairs to stay away and i believe that you know that if that came as a statement the deployment is likely only of proto spin out of control is an important element certainly. could create the illusion that sings a spinning out of control but that is also perhaps not in his interest russian authorities say there's no indication of a crime of the suspected poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley he's been in a coma for a week and has been airlifted for treatment doctors say they found traces of poison in system but the russian prosecutor general's office says there's no sign of deliberate criminal acts against him and has demanded to see his medical files.

turkey has extended its mediterranean gas exploration mission and ordered new navy drills as its dispute with greece deepens turkey says the exercises are not related to its standoff with greece of a potential gas and oil reserve as athens as ratified a maritime deal with egypt which turkey opposes both countries have been holding drills near an area of see that they both claim. or germany's top diplomat have been calling for an end to turkey and greece is exercises in the mediterranean and the e.u. is urging them to pull back from the risk of confrontation like a mass poke at a meeting of foreign ministers in berlin. we will see how things develop at the end of this month where the ships will move to and we will also work here to create the conditions for turkey and greece to solve their problems directly with each other and to do everything possible to avoid military confrontation now coup leaders in mali say they've released ousted president abraham boubacar kater from detention

and allowed him to go home he resigned after soldiers seized him from his residence last week that followed months of mass protests against corruption and attacks by armed groups the west african organization ecowas has urged the immediate return of civilian rule but coup leaders want the next election to be held in 3 years protests broke out in south africa after police killed a disabled 16 year old boy the family of nathaniel jr says he was shot out of failing to answer questions by the police for me to miller has more now from johannesburg. boils over in eldorado pocket after the death of 16 year old nathaniel julius a police officer allegedly shot the teenager with down syndrome on wednesday and he died later in hospital. protesters who fought running battles with police say it's just the latest example of police brutality in the community south of johannesburg . near where her son was shot his mother bridget says had done nothing wrong we

asked them to protect does have a killed us. why. if the american just the only way out is so cool people out there it doesn't matter if you were bullies men or a doctor or what ever is cool people old the i learned today this cruel people out the word when through use meant to shoot my son what winterreise my the police haven't responded to all to zeros questions about the shooting they say an investigation is under way and are calling for calm but people here want the police officer they say is responsible for the killing arrested and charged with murder they accuse local police officers of ignoring the community's needs. that i think. is the police that's what police work that's criminality that is what

it is that this. standoff between police and protesters is continuing late into the day police are using rubber bullets protesters are throwing rocks at police to keep them back police have also used water cannon they've also used tear gas to try and disperse protesters here but protesters say they're angry at the killing of nathaniel julius. the community says police are using gang violence in the area to cover up the killing. and i saw in the friday. 015 years. 2 and it came after i understand short when i just had a pretty day with something and that the act of putting out somebody and. there were no gang fight last night it was very very quiet protesters say they'll continue demonstrating as long as nothing is done to address their anger and

a mother questions what she calls the senseless killing of her son loved by his community for me to. johannesburg. the united nations is warning that the real number of coronavirus cases in syria far exceeds official figures more than 2 and a half 1000 infections have been confirmed but humanitarian chief say many are reluctant to seek treatment and cases have not been properly traced they say the situation is particularly serious in the refugee camps in the north east of the country. for a quick check of the headlines this hour democratic vice presidential candidate camila harris attacked president donald trump's record hours before the final light of the republican national convention she condemned his handling of the pandemic and called for racial justice. the reality is that the life of

a black person in america has never been treated as fully human and we have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law well president trumbull officially accept the republican party's nomination in a few hours time trump will speak from the white house south lawn to make his case for reelection. hundreds of protesters are already gathering outside. federal and regional troops upper told in the u.s. city of kenosha after several nights of violent protests by the shooting of a black man activists are pushing for charges against the officer who opened fire on jacob lake a state of emergency has been declared in the us city of minneapolis after violent protests on wednesday the demonstrations followed the death of a black murder suspect who police say shot himself the state's governor says the national guard will be deployed in the city minneapolis has been the center of protests since may after george floyd was killed when a police officer i know on his neck. one of the most powerful storms ever to hit

the u.s.s. baton of the southern state of louisiana killing at least 4 people are coming or it made landfall with category 4 storm strength and took 11 hours to be downgraded to a tropical storm spotter evacuation orders for half a 1000000 people. that of nato and poland's prime minister have urged russia not to meddle in the crisis in belarus it comes after that amid putin sent his clearest signal yet that he's ready to use force to support the bill or russian president putin said it was a police force has been set up to help alexander lukashenko but would only be deployed if the unrest spins out of control turkey's extended its mediterranean gas exploration mission and ordered new navy drills as this dispute in greece deepens both countries have been holding exercises near an air sea but they both claim. well those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after we one station

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