this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a teenager is charged with murder following the shooting dead of two people during unrest in the state of wisconsin. we have someone on the other side who's come in from outside apparently because he wanted to take to the streets. we don't know his motives exactly. we don't know why he shot these people. president trump says he won't stand for looting and violence, and pledges to send in the national guard. night three of the republican national convention will see the vice president speak, along with key trump adviser kellyanne conway, who's leaving the white house. leave or face death — as hurricane laura approaches, people living in the us coastal regions of texas and louisiana

are given a stark warning. hello, and welcome. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with murder after two people were shot dead in the us state of wisconsin during the third consecutive night of unrest sparked by the shooting of a black man by police. president trump has announced that additional federal forces and the national guard will be sent to try to restore law and order. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool is in kenosha. some of you may find his report disturbing. tensions on the street here have increased dramatically. at times, it's barely believable that these are scenes playing out in a small city in america's midwest. and there's a new

dimension to the chaos. as well as the confrontation between protesters and security forces, the fireworks and the tear gas, there are now armed vigilantes claiming they're protecting property from getting damaged. gunfire. 0h, he shot him! gunfire. mobile phone footage appears to catch the moment someone with a rifle... he shot him, man. ..fires on protesters. he laid him out, he died. it later zooms in on someone lying motionless on the ground as others run to help. another distressing video appears to show a similar incident. again, a protester is gunned down. two people were killed, and a third, seen here, was injured by gunshots. let's go! someone who appeared to be armed was later seen walking with his hands up towards police. straight ahead, come

on, straight ahead. a 17—year—old has now been charged with first—degree murder. get out of the road! but many here, including local officials, defend the vigilantes. for those who want to protect their livelihood, that is their right. it's something that every american is guaranteed. even if it could lead to the loss of life? obviously, i don't. .. any responsible gun owner, i think, myself included, i own firearms as well, none of us have the goal of taking a life. it's a reflection of the starkly polarised way in which different americans are viewing what's going on here. some see young people tired of police killings making their voice heard. others just see wanton destruction. protesting, peacefully protesting, yes, fine, go for it, peacefully protest. but don't burn down buildings, don't break windows and don't mess up other people's stuff. looting? burning? unfortunately, it's part of it.

how do you compare brick and mortar to life? but this did all start when 29—year—old jacob blake was shot in the back several times by police in front of his children. his family confirmed he's been paralysed from the waist down. they shot my son... ..seven times. seven times. like he didn't matter. but my son matters. ifjacob knew what was going on, as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very un—pleased. a mother's hopes of calm and of healing have as yet been far from realised, and there's no telling where this goes and how dangerous things get now.

aleem maqbool, bbc news, in kenosha, wisconsin. president trump has been tweeting in response to events in wisconsin. i'm joined now by katty kay in washington, democratic strategist mary anne marsh in boston, and republican strategist and former adviser to president george w bush, ron christie, who's also in washington. it is, of course, day 3 of the republican national convention, with vice president mike pence due to speak, along with outgoing adviser to the president kellyanne conway. before we get onto that, we

have to start with events in wisconsin. how will they impact not only the convention but the election? good evening to you. i think we will see here is a trifecta between now and the election. americans are very concerned by the state of the economy, they are very concerned about finding a way to curb coronavirus and they are also very concerned about the social fabric of the us. how are we going to find a way to stop the looting, stop the rising and pillaging is going on. the one issue we would not have been thought possible to be on the american clinical landscape three months ago is very much front and centre on the minds of american voters and people who are looking to make sure that they can go to work safely, their children can return to school safely and we can have a safe sense of community here in the us. i think it is going to factor very prominently in this election. the three things that

ron mentioned they are, the economy, covid—i9, and the issue of law and order on the streets, opinion poll suggested for a while the coronavirus and the economy are very high amongst the list of concerns for vote rs amongst the list of concerns for voters and i imagine that is what democrats would like the country to be focused on. how do they shift the conversation back to those issues in the weeks leading up to the election? i think it is inconceivable that covid—19 is going to remain at the forefront and most voters —— inescapable. voters will say if you can do it that you cannot deal with the economy. now what donald trump is trying to do is swa p donald trump is trying to do is swap out racial justice donald trump is trying to do is swap out racialjustice and equity which he pulls very poorly on him and those are the top three issues in most polls, coronavirus, the economy and racialjustice and coronavirus, the economy and racial justice and donald coronavirus, the economy and racialjustice and donald trump does very poorly on coronavirus and racialjustice. does very poorly on coronavirus and racial justice. he does very poorly on coronavirus and racialjustice. he will not try to make that law—and—order candidate is the fight. look in his attempt to try to win back donald trump voters, white

suburban women, that he had in 2016 and is losing in 2020, trying to reel them back in, that if the fighting point. is it going to be law and/or? is it going to be law and/or? is it racialjustice? it going to be law and/or? is it racial justice? will they fall for one of the other when the real fear and loathing for them in most cases is covid—19 and the fact that donald trump did not deal with it. with all the tweets earlier from donald trump positioning himself as law and or, and he wants to get that through to people and voters. i think you will see this tonight with the vice president and many other people that the donald trump campaign will showcase in the convention this evening. i think it is a very important thing to recognise that this is one of the stealth issues, if will. she talks about racial injustice but i think it is not racial injustice but a question of having a sense of tranquility to be able to go about your daily lives. this is

something the democrats and their convention all of last week, not one speaker, not one speaker at the dnc touched on the rioting or the looting and what was going on in the us. so looking to draw a contrast when the two candidates in the two campaigns, people recognise it president trump and their publicans are addressing this issue and the democrats and joe biden largely have not. this is going to be one of the sleeper issues of this campaign and i expect as we get closer to election day, you will hear more from both sides about how we will restore law and or and many of the cities refined burning and really out of control. we saw the first lady last night in the rose garden of the white house, president bush who you worked for in the 2004 republican convention in new york at madison square garden, i was there, would've

been applicable back then for the president to hold a major political reelection bid and speech at the white house. how discordant is a and is itjust that president trump has kind of blown through so many norms people don't count any more? good evening to you. you and i we re good evening to you. you and i were both there in 2004 for the convention but we are living in unprecedented times right now. and this situation we find ourselves in is making sure the president of the us, the commander—in—chief is say. and if you have the president going to charlotte and have him speak from the convention, think how many people... ron, i have to interrupt it i'm sorry but we have some breaking news and will go live now to wisconsin where we believe the attorney general is giving a press conference, obviously in response to events in wisconsin. recent events have

taken place in kenosha. first we will provide some of that information about some of the basic facts that have been learned so far in the investigation. we are able to do that at this point because this is an ongoing investigation and some of the interviews of material witnesses have now been conducted. so we now feel co mforta ble conducted. so we now feel comfortable consistent with the investigation to release this information. we have said in a press release that contains the details but the basic facts that we can report at this time are these. then on the evening of sunday, august 23, 2020, kenosha police department officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2800 block of 40th st after a female caller reported that her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to be on the premises. during the incident, officers attempted to

arrest jacob s blake, incident, officers attempted to arrestjacob s blake, a sunday night. law enforcement deployed a taser to attempt to stop mr blake but it has was not successful in stopping him. mr blake walked around his vehicle, open the driver's side door and leaned forward. while holding onto it mr blake's sure, one officerfired his service weapon sure, one officerfired his service weapon seven sure, one officerfired his service weapon seven times. the officer fired the weapon into mr blake's officer fired the weapon into mr bla ke's back. officer fired the weapon into mr blake's back. no other officer fired their weapon. the kenosha police department does not have body cameras and therefore the officers were not wearing body cameras. the shooting officer has been a law enforcement officer with the kenosha police department for seven years. during the investigation following the initial incident, mr blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession and dci ages, the division of criminal investigation, recovered a knife in the driver's side

floorboard of mr blake's vehicle. a search of the vehicle. a search of the vehicle located no additional weapons. law enforcement medially provided medical aid to mr blake and flight for life to mr blake and flight for life to wrestled him to a hospital in milwaukee. mr blake remains at the hospital. a division of criminal investigation at the wisconsin department ofjustice is leading this investigation and it is being assisted by the federal bureau of investigation, the wisconsin state patrol and the kenosha cou nty state patrol and the kenosha county sheriff's office. all involved law—enforcement officers are fully cooperating with dci during the investigation and the involved officers have been placed on administrative leave. as i said, this is an ongoing investigation so that if the extent of the information regarding the facts of this case that we can share at this point. there have been interviews conducted of material witnesses but the investigation remains ongoing.

under wisconsin law, in cases in which a person dies in a case in which an officer fired a weapon, the law requires that an independent investigative agency be brought into conduct the investigation. but in many other cases, the wisconsin department ofjustice is brought in to conduct an independent investigation as well and that is what is happening in this case. our agency is independent investigative agency. 0urjob is to gather the evidence as com pletely is to gather the evidence as completely and thoroughly as possible and provide the evidence to district attorneys office and i'm joined today by among others da it might gravely. their office then makes a determination about whether the term —— charges are filed. that is information i can provide right now. i can also comment on the events of yesterday evening in kenosha. what happened yesterday night in kenosha was despicable. two people were shot and killed and

a third person was shot and seriously injured. 0ne a third person was shot and seriously injured. one of the things that we have seen in the last few nights is that there area number of last few nights is that there are a number of people, certainly some and quite possibly many of the people who have been involved in destructive activity or violent activity who are not from the city of kenosha and in some cases not from the state of wisconsin. this community has been through some extremely traumatic events in the last few days. the people of this community deserve to have the opportunity to grieve, they deserve to have the opportunity to come together, to protest peacefully, to call for the change that they would like to see and ultimately to work to heal this community. people who are coming to the community to commit arson or violence, first of all if they think they are serving some agenda, they are wrong. all they are doing is

creating chaos. the people who have been impacted and particularly to people of kenosha are the ones who should be leading the way as he will protest peacefully. it is vital that we work to unify people. there has been a lot of division recently. it is easy for politicians to stoke division. but we need to do is to come together as we work to strengthen our criminaljustice system, as we work to call for justice in the system and as we work to heal our community. so with that, i will turn it over to district attorney graveley. so that was the wisconsin state attorney general they are bringing us some details, not very many details to be honest, about the events with jacob blake described in the original phone call to police and the actions that we have seen already on the video of mr

blake walking around the car. they were saying the police officers were not wearing body cameras and they did not have them so that is when there were no footage from the officer involved. the officer has been an officerfor seven involved. the officer has been an officer for seven years and police did find a knife in the vehicle but no additional weapons and stressing if their job to gather the evidence and also criticised not those who have been peacefully protesting over the last couple of days with those who have come in wanting to cause destruction in the state of wisconsin. let's move back to what we were discussing before that breaking news. we arejoined now by the presidential historian douglas brinkley. that you very much for coming on the programme and standing by their as we got that breaking news out of wisconsin andi breaking news out of wisconsin and i want to pick up on that because donald trump in response to these events sending out tweets defining himself as a law and or president and of course not the

first president to try that tactic. donald trump often steals a page from george wallace, the famous segregationist governor of alabama in the 1960s, he used to always go into these law and order rants which were really just keeping things segregated in the south. and also richard nixon, who in 1968 and 1970 212 elections largely on this law and order thing. the idea elections largely on this law and orderthing. the idea being that if america is having riots, there are civil disturbances, that donald trump wants to try to be like nixon and say i stand for the men in blue, blue lives matter. it is a cultural war issue and when donald trump being behind joe biden nine points in the polls with the american economy in a tailspin and high unemployment, covid—19 wrap it, i think trump sees this law and/or issue as being his best bet for getting

reelected. douglas we heard directly from the president that the law and order issue if he puts it particularly pertains to american suburbs and talking about them being overrun and becoming violent places and not being safe for you any more. i wonder if the american landscape, demographic landscape has changed in such a way that the message that resonated back in the 1960s might not resonate in the same way today. i would hope that it would not resonate today, one hates to think that sort of is sometimes called dog whistles with rampant kind of racism basically. president trump saying be careful in the suburbs, people of colour might be moving in and lord only knows what they will do. one hopes that that kind of messaging does not sell. but keep in mind that we probably underplay the divide between urban america and rural america

and donald trump is very strong in small rural communities. those are places where it is easy to vote. you just pull in, walk into a fire house, two people are in front of you and you vote. where urban centres are anti—donald trump and mainly big cities are democratic with mayors and city councils and he wants to make it hard for urban voters to six feet apart for covid—19 and will be november and cold in milwaukee and cleveland and detroit and minneapolis and you might have to wait for five hours in line in an urban ce ntre hours in line in an urban centre instead of the five minutes ina centre instead of the five minutes in a rural america. so everything donald trump is doing right now is trying to frame a way that he can barely win this election and at least electoral college. if this sells or not we don't know but racial politics have always beena part racial politics have always been a part of the american political landscape. great to

get your perspective on this, douglas, thank you for being with us. people living in the us coastal regions of texas and louisiana have been warned to leave or face death as hurricane laura approaches. it's forecast to cause a catastrophic storm sturge, which officials have described as "unsurvivable". the hurricane is due to make landfall in the coming hours. larry madowo has this report. people from south—east texas to south—west louisiana are boarding up their houses and hoping they survive whatever‘s coming their way. thousands of residents scrambling to evacuate in a race against time before laura makes landfall. once it gets past a category two with the surge issues, there's no way i'm going to take that chance. you know, we'lljust grab our dogs and our family and go. the national hurricane center now using the strongest terms possible in its warnings. it predicts an "extremely dangerous" category four hurricane, "unsurvivable" storm surge, large and destructive waves and water levels 10—15

feet above ground level. the storm surge could go as far as 30 miles inland from the coast. this region hasn't seen a hurricane this dangerous since rita in 2005. laura's shaping up to look a lot like rita did 15 years ago in terms of its forecasted intensity and the forecasted spot where it will make landfall in south—west louisiana. and again, we don't say that to scare anybody, but that point of reference sometimes helps in order to make sure people understand the seriousness of the situation. boston! is that you? galveston beach in texas among areas getting cleared out. it is beautiful most times of the year, but hurricane season worries even lifelong residents. the north—west gulf coast has handled many disasters like this, but evacuation and temporary accommodation has been complicated by the coronavirus outbreak that has hit the american south hard. covid—i9 is going to be

in texas throughout the course of the hurricane. as a result, everyone must ensure that they protect their lives also from contracting covid—i9. as hurricane laura drives people out of their homes, authorities have to figure out how to shelter them from a deadly storm and a deadly virus. larry madowo, bbc news, dallas. let's get more now from the republican national convention. in a few hours' time, we will hear from vice president mike pence and the outgoing senior adviser to the president, kellyanne conway, just days before she is set to leave the white house. another key speaker will be lara trump, wife of the president's son eric. so, what exactly can we expect? i'm joined now by our north america correspondent jane 0'brien, who's in washington. what are you looking out for?”

think a big speeches mike pence for you just mentioned. he has been interesting in the administration. a man who has kept to the shadows largely and survived the last four years by famously praising president trump even as he seeks to explain some of his policy decisions and often some of his tweets. he is frequently very self—effacing. he does not tend to make any waves himself and tonight he will be touting the president's economic record. we know that donald trump is doing very well in the polls when it comes to the economy. not so well when it comes to covid—i9 and containing the pandemic and the vice president will also address that. we have not heard her much with deep pandemic. the first and it was mentioned was last night when the first lady spoke. about the empathy into but the sheet felt for those who suffer the last several months. but tonight, the vice president will talk about the administration

response and also about honouring heroes, talking about law and or which i think will play an increasingly prominent role in the next 24 hours or so as this convention adds to its climax tomorrow night with the president himself making his speech from the white house. president himself making his speech from the white housem a couple of words because my friend we are running out of time, but overall we are coming to the end, the democrat convention viewed as successful in the new format online, how about the republicans? a very different convention, unconventional convention as we keep saying. i think that they have showcased women that are than expected. and i think they have got their message across that a presidency underjoe biden would be a dystopian nightmare, likewise a democratic saying a presidency under donald trump will be equally dreadful. you take your pick. great stuff. thank you so much, jane. stay for more

coverage of that convention. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello. so, wednesday was a pretty decent day for many parts, but that was wednesday. and now thursday has a different look to it because low pressure is increasingly dominant. after a bright enough start in the east, the cloud piles in from the atlantic. and before too long, i think it will be thick enough for some rain to get in through the north of wales, the north of england, into central and southern scotland, through northern ireland, too, in places. and later in the day, will bring some really quite heavy showers and some longer spells of rain through wales and the south west of england on a day where we might make 20 in the drier spots in east anglia. i say drier until later in the day when you, too, mayjust pick up on some heavy bursts of rain there. and all the while, the rain just fizzles away

across the heart of scotland. now, having brought that area of low pressure in on thursday, it's still around on friday, and the isobars quite tightly packed on its western flank. so, it's a spell of pretty wet and windy weather. less so perhaps again for the far north of scotland, northern ireland drier, too. but the rain in the north of england quite persistent, the showers in the south really quite heavy, quite a lot of them and they may have a rumble of thunder about them. and again, really disappointing temperatures for the time of year. and surprisingly, as i talk about the weekend, i'm talking about quite a lot of dry weather. it will be on the cool side both by day and by night, and the winds will eventually ease. what winds, you say? well, the low pressure's not a million miles away and the high pressure's trying to build in, so the squeeze comes on, the isobars pack together and they‘ re coming from a cool direction. the wind running along them from north to south, never a warm direction, even at this time of year. and you've got the overhang of cloud to contend with through east anglia and the south east with a wee bit of rain for the first part of the day. and that's the gustiness

and the nature of the wind from the north, so you can imagine it's not going to be the warmest of the day despite the fact that many areas will be dry and really quite bright. but look at that, a max of only 18. that's below par for sure. and having reached those lofty heights, it'll be quite a cool night because the high pressure topples in, the skies begin to clear, the winds fall lighter and we end up with temperatures well down into single figures well across the country. and then sunday is a really decent day if you want to get out and about because there's a lot of dry weather. there won't be much in the way a breeze, so you'll feel every bit of 16, 17 or 18.

this is bbc news. the headlines: police in the us state of wisconsin have charged a 17—year—old with the murder of two people during unrest in kenosha. in reaction, president trump has said he will send federal officers to restore order. the disturbances began on sunday when police shot and wounded an unarmed black man. 0n the third day of the republican national convention, theme is land of heroes, and will include speeches from vice president mike pence, his son's wife laura and key adviser kellyanne conway. "leave or face death" — as hurricane laura approaches, people living in the us coastal regions of texas and louisiana are given a stark warning.