♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, and from all around the world, you are watching cnn newsroom, and i'm rosemary church. donald trump's family took center stage on the second night of the republican national convention. first lady, melania trump, and two of the president's children eric and tiffany made the case for a second term. the theme for the night was land of opportunity. other speakers included a farmer, a fisherman and the reverend billy graham's granddaughter. president trump appeared in two rerecorded segments. >> i would like to invite john's wife jamie to join us, as i grants john, i'm not sure if you

know, this a full pardon. >> that is convicted bank robber, john ponder who converted to christianity, and now is working for prison reform. >> the first lady called for unity and understanding as the nation wrestles with the economic crisis and racial division. >> i don't want to use this precious time attacking the other side. because we saw last week, that kind of talk only serves to divide the country further. i'm here because we need my husband to be the president, and commander in chief for four more years. he is what is best for our country. he makes no secrets about how he feels about things. total honesty is what we as

citizens deserve from our president. whether you like it or not, you always know what he is thinking. and that is because he is an authentic person who loves the country and its people and wants to continue to make it better. donald wants to keep your family safe. he wants to help your family succeed. he wants nothing more than for this country to prosper and he doesn't waste time playing po politics. >> america's top diplomat, mike pompeo delivered one of the most controversial speeches, less for the content and more for location. he broke with long standing tradition that secretaries of state avoid partisan politics especially while overseas, he offered praise for the foreign policy. >> he ended the ridiculously

unfair trade arrangement with china, those jobs are coming back home. in north korea, the president lowered the temperature. and against all odds got the north korea an leadership to the table. no nuclear tests, no long-range missile tests and americans held captive in north korea came home to their families as does precious remains of scores of heroes that fought in korea. >> maria is a political commentator and strategist. they co-host a podcast called hot mics from left to right. welcome to you both. >> thank you for having us. >> wonderful, so, two nights in to the rnc, and we have seen a blatant attempt to rewrite history, calling president trump's handling of the pandemic

decisive even as the united states has 20% of all virus deaths in the globe. and the greatest economy in histo history, but no mention of the endless lean lines in food ban the unemployment record. >> it's been a good two nights for a couple of reasons. first of all, what the president aims to do here is to energize his base and rally his base and to reach out to swing voters and those that are undied e -- and , what i saw was inspirational. talking about the united states being the land of opportunity and how we work hard and you can achieve great success. and we saw that through example after example of the farmers, the people that work and live in middle america and the benefits that this president has made which which strengthened their lives. and look, there are certain things as you say, that might

not pass the fact check. but at the end of the day, the inspirational message that, people can take away from this convention will go a long way to swing voters. >> maria, how successful will this whitewashing of the president's history be with voters? >> i don't think it will be very successful. it is very hard to feel inspired by president and by an administration that has stood by, idolly by, when 180,000 americans have died of the covid pandemic and we still have yet to see a national strategy, a national solution to deal with it. there's a ton of rewriting of history. but that is not the least of it, rosemary. tonight, i was deeply offended as a naturalized citizen myself to watch thepresident of the united states sit there and politicalize a ceremony that is

sacred to so many people who are looking to become americans. i went through the ceremony, my parent s went through the ceremony, there was nothing more important in our civic life as we became americans and to see a president weaponize it and use it during the republican national convention? i'm sorry, it was nothing less than disgusting and i think it turned off a lot of people around the country and a lot of people really saw through what it was. a desperate attempt to try to fix the president's numbers in the polls. but i don't think it's going to work. >> alice, the trump administration is also pushing back onizati accusations that ha racist and going so far to pardon a black man who is a convicted bank robber turned political advocate. was it a stunt or a effort to

reform the criminal justice system? >> that specific act there, was a continuation of what the president has done with regard to his first step act. and giving people a second chance at life. and showing redemption for people, and that person you are specifically talking about, had served his time and came out and he really wanted to make a change. and to see the president get so vested and involved and supported not just this person, but the program that he outlined was truly inspirational. and to that, to this issue, the first night we heard from senator tim scott who talked about his relationship with the president. and how close they were and how much he knew that the president supported him not just because he was a senator from the great state of south carolina, but as an african-american senator. wily also heard from herschel walker.

there's countless people that we will hear from and continue to hear from that will give firsthand accounts how the president has supported them, first that they are americans and second, african-americans that he wants to see thrive and succeed in the country. >> how likely is it that rnc speakers can convince voters that trump is not a racist and has deny a lot for black and latino voters as he is suggesting? >> not likely at all. what we have seen in the past two days is complete and total desperate pandering. pandering to a country that this president knows sees him as a racist. pandering to a country who's diversity is exploding and the only thing he has done had in the last four years is, is use rhetoric that is denegrating and dehumanizing and devisive, here is apresident who called mexicans rapists and criminals

who put immigrant children in cages, ripped babies from the arms of their mothers for simply trying to come here to seek a better life. no one is buying it. they are trotting out their token people of color to speak to the camera, to try to convince america that what they have seen and heard in the last three years they have not seen and heard in the last three years. we are smarter than that. >> we will have to leave it there. maria, and alice, many thanks to you both. >> thank you, rosemary. in kenosha, wisconsin, a third night of protests sparked by the police shooting of an unarmed black man in front of his children. [ gunfire ] >> protesters are demanding justice for jacob blake, who was paralyzed after police shot him

multiple times on sunday. wisconsin's governor has declared a state of emergency, and increased the number of national guard troops in kenosha, that didn't stop at least 200 people from defying curfew and challenging law enforcement again with bottle rockets, and fireworks. police were seen deploying tear gas and shooting pellets in to the crowds of protesters. meantime, cnn has obtained new video of the police shooting and we must warn you it is disturbing. it shows jacob blake struggling with officers before he is shot. >> lives forever altered, new video showing the chaotic scene where jacob blake on the ground struggles with police officers before he walks around his vehicle. and shot multiple times in the back. >> they shot my son.

seven times. seven times. like he didn't matter. but my son matters. >> this family is hurting. he loves his family. i just want my brother -- >> still in intensive care, blake now paralyzed from the waste do waist down, likely a permanent injury. >> that bullets severed sis spinal chord and shattered some of his vertebrae, it will be are a miracle for jacob blake, jr., to ever walk again. >> blake's attorney calling for action. >> we are demanding that the prosecutor arrest the officer who shot jacob blake and we also are asking that these officers who violated the policies and their training be terminated

immediately. >> reporter: the department of justice announcing an investigation in the incident. but so far offering few details about the events that led up to the shooting. the man who took one of the viral videos shares what he witnessed. but did not capture on camera. >> i just seen him walking in the house behind one of the women that was outside. i stepped away and i came back and i see the police wrestling him and i was confused. because it happened so quick. >> reporter: we may never see exactly what happened before the disturbing moment. because police in in kenosha do not have body worn cameras, but city leaders are promising justices will prevail. >> people will be held responsible for their actions, and we will know the truth. >> blake's family demanding justice, not just for jacob but his three children now traumatized by what they witnessed. >> they are stuck right now. we are going to seek out some of the best child psychologists in the united states. and we are going to work with

them and let that whole picture that plays over and over in front of their little faces, all my grandson asked repeatedly is why did the police shoot my daddy in the back. >> we are going to get justice. we are going to demand justice. but we are going to do it without tearing up our own communities. >> still, protests erupted in destruction for the second night. a familiar scene of tear gas, smoke bombs and fires. protesters clashing with police and the national guard. >> kenosha waking up to destruction, another community rocked by police vincolence. >> if jacob knew what was going on, as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very unpleased. >> the frustration from yet another black man shot by police felt far outside of wisconsin. >> why does it have to get to a

point where we see the guns firing. his family is there, the kids are there, we are scared as black people in america. black men, black women, black kids we are terrified. >> we are learning the extent of the injuries that jacob blake has suffered. he a bullet, according to his attorney, severe or almost had completely sever his spinal chord, has had most of his intestine removed. he is expected to survive. his family is asking for calm. they say they are behind those who protest peacefully but they don't want to see any more destruction. cnn, kenosha, wisconsin. >> and next hour, i are will interview award-winning journalist jared hill about the kenosha shooting.

he is an officer with the national association of black journalists. and still ahead, president trump called it a break through against the krocoronavirus and a top regulator is walking back promising claims about a certain type of blood plasma, and we are tracking the movements of hurricane laura, it's getting stronger as it gets closer to the u.s. gulf coast. millions could be in its path. we will take a look. ♪ so you ready to hit the road? i don't know. come on your fine. you can't leave your bike here. now man up.

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well now to the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 178,000 people. the head of the food and drug administration is admitting that he over stated t ed on of a tret praised by president trump. he said that he could have done a better job explaining convalescent plasma. erica hill reports that while the numbers are moving in the right direction. there's new trouble spots. things are getting better, new

cases falling 21% over the past few weeks and hospitalizations down a third and deaths also on the decline. >> when you look at texas, you look at florida, it, it makes is sense that cases went down, because they took this more seriously. and they started applying the same tools that have worked in other states that have seen numbers go down and stay down. >> ask the hot spots cooled, others heated up. >> it's now the midwest that we have our eye on. >> reporter: average new cases surging by more than 50% in south dakota, north dakota, iowa, illinois and kansas among the new rolling hot spots. >> i think it is the new normal, at least for the near future. this really waxing and waning and how we live through the, the length of time that we have to manage is going to be the challenge over the next 18 months or so. at least 24 states reporting new cases on college campuses.

many linked to the off campuses gatherings and greek life. ohio state students suspended for breaking the restrictions on socializing. >> we are trying to open up college campuses in a time when we have a huge amount of transmission and the problems we are hearing is national campuses where people are coming in from all over the country. >> reporter: while plenty of universities are testing. off campus it's a different story. half of states are reporting a drop in testing over the past week. new information about the virus' early transmission in boston. 200 people attended a bio-tech krves in late february. now, researchers say they have linked some 20,000 cases back to that one super spreader event. >> i do think it speaks to the power of that virus to move from one person to another to another to another if people don't wear masks, don't social distance.

>> reporter: masks were not mandated at the time, another reminder that there's still much to learn. >> i think we learned a lesson that i think we should have known from our experience with other o outbreaks that when you are dealing with a work in progress, things change and you have got to keep an open mind that you certainly don't know the whole story and the first or the second or the third month. >> reporter: here in new york, we just learned that fashion week will in fact move forward next month. but like most events there are changes. it will be a mix of live events, and inside and outdoor events, capped capacity and no spectators. we have a professor in the department of epidemiology in the university of los angeles, she joins me from l.a., good to have you with us.

>> thanks for having me. >> we have seen an effort to rewrite history in the rnc for the last two nights when it comes to the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. painting him as effective, despite the death toll nearing 180,000. what is your reaction to that, and the medical professionals that came out praising his efforts? >> i think we have to late the data speak forrist. we are a country that has not been able to control the epidemic here in our own, in our own borders and we have had a very high death toll, we have had very high infection rates and i just don't think that anybody looking at the data can suggest that we as a country or our leadership in the country has done a good job. there's no reason to be let willing anything but data speak here. and i have said it before, and i'm going say it again, when we

have the opportunity, when we have mixed messaging, politics creeps in. i like to call it an acute infection of politics in our public's health. and this is really true. data needs to lead the way here. >> right. >> and science, not opinion. >> and scientists are responding to president trump and his administration's claims about the effectiveness of convalescent plasma in treating covid-19, saying they are wrong and misleading, including those made by fda chief stephen hahn, who suddenly approved the emergency use of convalescent plasma on sunday, he came out and said criticism was entirely justified. what does it say about the credibility of the fda? >> that's a big problem. we cannot have the fda be subject to approximately

particul -- subject to politics. they have to be making decisions in the interest of the public health here. it was a clear indication that politics is leading the day. when you look at the information that was made available, there was no real basis for the information that dr. hahn gave, and one of the other really important things here is that there was a lot of, of hoop-la made about this paper from the mayo clinic, from the study that they did, which was an observational study and in fact, the conclusion cans s -- the conclusions of the study were clear, it was an observational study that the data was interesting. and that they should inform clinical trials. the study that is informing what we are doing right now is an observational study. there's clinical trials that are still ongoing and those clinical trials should be leading the

decision making. >> and six months in to this pandemic, we are now starting to see a decline in hospitalizations and deaths. which is a good thing. what do you think is behind it and how big a role is mask playing in the declines? >> there's several studies now that are, that have provided evidence to show that masks do work. and i think we are seeing widespread mask wearing now and social distancing which has made a major difference in driving down the rate of spread in the country. we have seen it in other countries. there's no reason that it would be different here. i think that the mask mandates in, in the states where cases have been very, very high, have made a major difference, as well as rolling back and keeping people out of bars, and restaurants and gathering in larger groups. so, our big concern is, what

happens when we start to open back up? >> yeah. good question. and many thanks, as always. >> my pleasure. >> first lady, melania trump took center stage at the republican national convention, her message about immigration and her had husband's plans for a second term. that is just ahead and parts of the u.s. are getting ready for what could be a big hit from hurricane laura, the latest on the storm in just a moment. experience the ultimate sports hub.

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stoked division. the president appeared in two prerecorded segments, first lady melania trump spoke about her experience as an immigrant. >> i arrived in the united states when i was 26 years old. living and working in the land of opportunity was a dream come true, but i wanted more. i wanted to be a citizen. after ten years paperwork and patience i studied for the test in 2006, and became an american citizen. as an immigrant, and a very independent woman, i understand what a privilege it is to live here and to enjoy the freedoms and opportunities that we have. just as you are fighting for your families, my husband, our family and the people in this administration are here fighting

for you. no matter the amount on negative or false media headlines or attacks from the other side, donald trump has not and will not lose focus on you. he loves this country. and he knows how to get things done. >> well, the first lady did not attack democrats other speakers did. >> criminal justice reform, joe biden, couldn't do it. but president trump did. on the economy. joe biden, couldn't do it. but president trump did build an economy that worked for everyone. especially minorities and he will do it again. on immigration, joe biden perhaps more to illegal immigrants than he does to you. but president trump believes isd highest duty is to the american worker.

>> compare president trump with the record of joe biden who has consistently called for more war. joe biden voted for the iraq war that president trump has called the worst geopolitical mistake of our generation. i fear that biden will support war again. joe biden will continue to spill our blood and treasure, president trump will bring our heroes home. mark preston is a cnn senior political analyst and joins me had now from washington. good to see you. >> good to see you, rosemary. >> so how did the second night of the rnc go? >> i think if you were to consider this anything, you would consider it a rifle shot. meaning they were focused on who they were delivering a message to. they were trying to deliver a message to their base. and they did so is. again, in a very effective way.

but not something that would broaden it. not something that will bring folks who maybe on the outside looking in. trying to find a way to support donald trump. having said it, you know, i do think that melania trump did a fairly good job tonight delivering remarks and trying to show folks that she supports her husband, because there's always a question whether she does or doesn't. all in all, they are going to take it as success, but they are not broadening their appeal right now, and they need to do so. >> the secretary of state mike pompeo speech sparked controversy and sparked house democrats opening an investigation. >> couple things, one, very, very strange to have a secretary of state appear at a political convention. you will see other cabinet members participate and have done so in the past. you normally don't see the secretary of defense or the secretary of state participate

in these things. democrats are upset about it, they are upset that he happened to be in israel, which is a key voting block here. folks of jewish decent, very key voting block here in the united states. there was a lot of controversy about that. all he said is listen, you was here on official business and i wanted to speak in my own capacity as a person. so, democrats are going to make a lot of hay about it. but in the grand scheme of things, it's going to go to the bottom of what matters right now. and had ththat is fixing the pa and getting the vaccine done and turning the world economy around. >> that is the priority. and we saw a pardon and a naturalization ceremony, some view them as political stunts and others as moving in the right direction. how did it go over? >> definitely moving in the right direction, definitely a political stunt. not a question about it. so much so, there was question about the use in the official

program that ran at night. because these were actually events that were put on tape that they were filmed. so, what they did was at the white house, put those out on a public youtube channel hours before they were supposed to appear in the official program. and by doing so, the official program could use those events without any question. because they were out in the public then. having said that, donald trump was trying make an appeal to say, look, i'm empathetic, i believe in, in immigration and what have you here in the united states, fact of the matter is, he doesn't necessarily believe that. but it was a good image for him. no question about it. and pardoning somebody who has done great work. since robbing a bank was amazing. but again, it was done for a political reason. >> all very strategic. mark preston, many thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks, rosemary.

millions people along the u.s. gulf coast could soon be facing a hit from a major storm. hurricane laura is now a category two hurricane, and it is strengthening as it moves closer to shore. and while some people are bor boarding, others are getting out. with thousands near houston, urged to evacuate. and here is an incredible view of the storm, taken tuesday, by astronauts aboard the international space station. that is massive. let's turn to our meteorologist, he is tracking the storm for us. did you see that picture, justin credible. >> yeah, that's the first time i have seen it. >> wow. >> i mean, it does cover. it's so extensive. talk to us how bad it's looking. >> it looks like a bad storm system, it's strengthening and it's a strong category, and six miles per hour shy of what would

be a major hurricane, category three. what you are seeing, is the organization, the syhmetry, all quadrants of the storm are impressive, with the winds around 105 miles an hour. in fact, the top of the storm nearly ten miles high, you see the image from space, keep in mind, it's a well structured area here as it's beginning to move in to very warm waters. water temperatures in to the middle and upper 30s, there about to say 33 and 34celcius, and some of them up to 90 degrees farenheit. it can further intensify and unfortunately do it before it makes land fall in the next 18-20 hours. we think late wednesday night in to early thursday morning will be a major hurricane category three, and some models trying to push it up to a strong category three, and maybe a category four. notice the area of interest. south louisiana, and the

forecast could shift it further west that would put a higher population at risk across the region. regardless, we know category 3 storms, historically speaking, are devastating in the way of impact. you look at the forecast for the coast here, for storm surge, 3-1/2 meters, up to 13 feet high. that's the amount of water. the height of water above normal dry ground. typically a couple of feet will erode the beaches and get up to say, 4 feet, and that brings water in to your property and when you are talking about 10, 11, 12 feet high. that often decimates homes and pushes them off of their foundation. that's the concern with a major hurricane making land fall in a populated area, and unfortunately with the sort of wind speed of course, you notice the wind forecast and ask it relates to power out acknowledges, widespread power out acknowledges expected across the region. we have seen it with other storms in recent weeks. you know power out acknowledges don't bring light back quickly when it comes to the pandemic and getting people out during

all of it. so, again, a tough few days ahead. absolutely. thank you so much, pedro for keeping a close eye on all of that. appreciate it. and with an eye toward his political future, the u.s. secretary of state makes an unusual and controversial speech to the republican convention. that is next. ♪ love them, hate their laundry, protection. lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria. detergent alone can't. lysol. what it takes to protect. ® robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are -

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so we collaborate ♪ ocean spray works with nature every day to farm in a sustainable way u.s. secretary of state, mike pompeo defied a political norm. it was recorded in jerusalem and gave him a chance to appeal to president trump's base. supporters pompeo would like to win over as he considers his own presidential run in 2024. when the president took office, radical islamic terrorists had beheaded

americans and eisis controlled area the saez of great britain. the isis caliphate is wiped out and the leader dead and our brave soldiers they are on their way home. the president exited the u.s. from the nuclear deal with iran and squeezed the opposition. the president too, moved the u.s. embassy to this very city of god, jerusalem, the rightful capitol of the jewish homeland. >> we are in jerusalem, and good to see you, pompeo had to know the pretaped comments for the rnc had to set off a controversy, what are the ramifications of all of it? >> we have seen the criticism coming, but it seems the

secretary of state and president are not afraid of the criticism, in fact, they seem to revel in it, as it helps on set them apart. did they know it was coming? it looks like it because of the cnn reporting that pompeo had a team of lawyers look at whether he was allowed to do it. they knew it was controversial and weptnt ahead with it. in terms of the context of the speech. you heard it. not all that surprising. we expected him to hit the highlight of the foreign policy and trump's foreign policy moving, including the killing of the leaders and the moves on jerusalem. that is the appeal that pompeo was expected to hit, the leader of trump's foreign policy. his trip continues at this point. he starts day in bahrain and

back. it is seeming to warm up the nexted a had minute stragz visitor to the middle east and that is jared kushner, who is expected to build the momentum of the agreement between israel and the united arab emirates. kushner will lead a flight, the first flight of an isreali delegation to tag along with israel to the uae, it's all building on what we saw in the last couple of weeks. >> live from jerusalem. many thanks. >> and do stay with cnn for special live coverage of the republican national convention, as vice president mike pence headlines the event wednesday, and coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern in the u.s., that is midnight thursday in london.

and 7:00 a.m. in hong kong. well president trump and his allies spent the night sending messages intended to energize his base, will it be enough to keep his party behind him? i talk with one form er republican congressman who said he stands with joe biden. that is next. they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the services of the post office plus ups only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. it's kind of my quiet, alone time. audible is a routine for me. it's like a fun night school for adults.

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u.s. president donald trump has failed to -- and now a qanon congress member is saying that the president will attend the rally. the openness to fringe conspiracy theories is not sitting well. many have broken ranks and endorsed joe biden. one of them is my next guest. tom coleman is a former republican member of the u.s. congress. and this week, announced his endorsement of joe biden for president. he joins me now from alexandria

in virginia, good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> i do want to start by asking you why you wanted to endorse joe biden instead of your own party's candidate, donald trump? >> i will make it brief, i was never a supporter of donald trump, even in 2016 for that campaign, because i watched him up closes and knew that he was unfit for the job. and said so, on national television and he is proven me correct every day of the year that he has been in office. he as you kn he is unfit. >> now, of course, two days in, what do you think of the messages being sent in the rnc and what appears to be a blatant effort to re-write history on the president's record when it comes to handling the pandemic, the economy, race relations in the country. will it help broaden his base, do you think?

>> well, first of all, we have a reality show with very little reality in it. and that's pretty par for donald trump. no mention was made, i think maybe the first lady mentioned it once, we have one hundred, almost 80,000 people who have died due to the pandemic. and most of them due to the botching of the affair and mishandling of it. of course, they don't want to talk about it and it shows why he is trying to tear down the opposition instead of building himself up. he has done very little positive things as president of the united states. >> and mike pompeo pre-taped his addresses while on tour in israel, a sitting u.s. secretary of state addressing a political convention has set is off alarm bells of course and now, there's even an investigation in to whether he violated federal law and departmental rules. pompeo said he did it as a

private citizen. how is it possible to do while on an official diplomatic trip? >> it's just part of the trump con-game. to say something, and expect people to believe it. it was the first time, i think, in our history, that we have had a secretary of state who is supposed to be above politics, to be able to carry out his or her duties and to do it as he did, in a foreign country, even, on a trip paid for by the taxpayers, it was a little bit too much for a lot of people. >> and we saw first lady melania trump address it was her biggest speech in four years, of course when she spoke at the 2016rnc, she was accused of plagerising michelle obama's speech. how did she do this time, trying to get suburban women voters,

and -- >> you know, she was trotted out to make this speech, and her entire effort as first lady, every first lady has something that they like to zero in on and have as their cause, and her cause was supposedly online bullying. her husband bullies every day, multiple times on line. and it's just ridiculous that this is what she picked out of all the things she could have picked out. but if you notice, donald trump always projects on to other people, his own failures. and he always says about the other person, things that he himself has done. so, you have to remember all of this this, when you look at the trumps and the entire administration. we are looking for something to return to normalcy here in the united states. >> we will see what happens. former u.s. representative tom coleman. thanks so. >> thank you. >> and thank you for your company this hour, i'm rosemary church, i will be back with more

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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. once the most important production of donald trump's political career capped a second night with republicans and several members of the president's own family making their case for why america needs four more years of his administration. the republican national convention saw norm breaking moments, focus on the economy, divisive rhetoric and continued