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rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!ly mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> welcome back, everyone. microsoft says it's still discussing a possible purchase of tiktok. that follows president trump's threat friday to ban the popular video app from operating in the u.s. tiktok is owned by a chinese startup. len nghi jokos is live to join us to talk about this. microsoft is still toying with the idea of purchasing tiktok. how will the security concerns be taken care of? >> reporter: an american company purchasing it will take care of many of the concerns. under chinese law, if the government were to replace any data information that they wanted, then a chinese owned company would have to be beholden to those rules. what's interesting is microsoft says they are currently in discussions with bytedance which is the parent company to purchase the u.s. operations. they're looking to purchase the canadian operations as well as new zealand operations. this is an interesting t

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> deutsche telecom has posted a jump along with raising its guidance after the u.s. t-mobile became the second largest state side following the merger with sprint eam monumental shift theout look is one bit better than consensus the third quarter itself was a lot better they were expecting some 25.6 billion euro. the core profit is up more than analysts had expected. companies are not saying they are impacted by the corona crisis they are seeing a slowing in orders from business clients and slower revenues from rooming that was overcompensated by more broadband and that part of the business that across from the board they call germany rock solid especially when it comes to broadband. they could add more than 80,000 new customers in that quarter. of course now that is the focus. three fifths of all the revenue is coming from the states the numbers look really good calling that historic step

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> the lebanese government has ordered several porto officials to be put on house arrest pending investigation into the blast that killed over 135 people >> new videos tonight show how the powerful blast changed the city in an instant a church service was under way when the roof begins caving in a bride posed for the wedding video. you can hear the first blast a reporter in the upper corner, doing a live interview she survived >> tonight, we learned one american is among the more than 100 people who died. at least 5,000 were injured and hundreds are missing >> hospitals already struggling with covid are beyond capacity >> we have a small 60-bed hospital and it is not equipped. i've never seen something like this >> officials say it was caused by a fire. can you see it sparking and popping. it grew setting off the big explosion at a storage facility packed with 2,750 tons of a m n amonium nitrate u

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!ly mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> welcome back. two big competing protests in the capital of belarus. a huge one demanding a new election and a much smaller one held in support of embattled president alexander lukashenko. let's bring in fred pleitgen this morning live from minsk, belarus. no sign that lukashenko is backing down. >> reporter: certainly not yet anyway. people are calling the protests historic saying it's the largest protests in history. they're saying belarus wants to be an open country. polling for alexander lukashenko being asked to step down. the building i'm standing on is state tv. it's normally a propaganda arm. today the folks have not shown up to work. they are sick of censorship and they want to. at the same time he was he ywas shouted down there by people saying, go away. it seems russia is trying to drag him in. >> thank you so much for that, fred. >>> we turn to iowa and the governor requesting the

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions. touchdown! only mahomes. expect anything different? the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. s. >>> welcome back to "street signs. the national hurricane center has upgraded laura to a category 2. let's get out to jay gray who joins us now from lake charles with the latest. >> reporter: louisiana, specificy lake charles is in the crosshairs very calm but that is going to change radicily. turning in the warm waters of the gulf of moechl gaining momentum and strength. this could intensify before it makes land fall early tomorrow morning. with all of that said, we expect once the storm makes land fall, that will deliver a storm surge of 9 to 13 feet and cause major problems inland as well. why such a huge storm surge? that is expected to hit about the same time as high tide that is on top of significant storm surge. for those in the strike zone, the time to prepare and evacuate is quickly running out >> a quick look at the oil majors and how they are reacting

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rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. simon pagenaud takes the lead at the indy 500! coming to the green flag, racing at daytona. they're off... in the kentucky derby. rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. todd: arizona teachers stating a sick out today as classroom was set to reopen. jillian: here with more in the schooling situation and i'm sure you have fired up people on both sides, carly? reporter: absolutely. students at one school district outside of phoenix were supposed to head to class today, but that was canceled after more than 100 teachers called out sick and the superintendent saying in a letter to families that we have received an overwhelming response from staff indicating they don't feel safe returning to classrooms with students. in response we received a high vol

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> the u.s. finalizing the sale of dozens of f-15 fighter jets to taiwan. they're already sparring on issues including huawei, trade, beijing's territorial claims in south china sea. cnn's ivan watson has covered that extensively. he joins us with a new first-hand look. what have you got, ivan? >> reporter: right. let me just mention, you're right. china's foreign ministry has criticized the sale of 66 f-16s to taiwan saying the sale would, quote, seriously damage china's sovereigness. and there's the issue of the south china sea. that's where the u.s. and chinese militaries have been engaging in shows of force. final preparations before takeoff. rare footage of u.s. navy air crew flying a mission over the south china sea last week. this aircraft bristles with high power scopes to conduct surveillance. >> we're serving as the eyes and ears patrolling ahead of the force closely monitoring our adversaries.

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!y mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> college football this fall. andy scholls has more in the bleacher report. >> the college football world was bracing itself yesterday for conferences like the big ten to come out and announce that they were, in fact, postponing this fall's season. then you had superstar players, administrators, coaches come out today. they want to play this fall. they even had president trump chiming in with a tweet saying the student athletes have been working too hard. #we want to play. trevor lawrence leading a campaign saying they want universal health and safety protocols but adding they definitely want to play this fall because being together on campus is what will be safest for everyone. >> we feel safe here. we feel safer here than anywhere else, honestly. when you go outside of these walls, you go do anything, you're at just as much if not more risk. >> it's my belief that these guys are safer here. n

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> all right. the miami marlins are out of quarantine now and back on the field for the first time in eight days after a covid-19 outbreak swept through the team. andy shoals has more on this morning's bleacher report. >> reporter: good morning. marlins had 18 players test positive for covid-19 after that opening series and even when first pitch rolled around last night they apparently still weren't able to go out there and play. so they had a game against the baltimore orioles and ended up being postponed for 41 minutes because they were waiting on test results. according to multiple reports there was a round of inconclusive test on the marlin. several players reportedly had to leave the ballpark, go back to their hotel after getting tested. when they finally did get started marlins had 17 new players on the team. they ended up winning the game 4-0. matthew stafford has been taken off the n

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >> today i also signed an executive director declaring racism as a public health crisis in michigan. this pandemic has confirmed and highlighted the danger of reflects long-standing, deep, societal, and economic disparities. >> laura: stay with me here. the real public health crisis according to witless whitmer is not covid, its racism. she also mandated that state employees go through "implicit bias training" and created a black leadership advisory council to eradicate racial inequality in her state. joining me now is the next desousa, author of "the united states of socialism," writer and director of a film that will be out in any moment, "be a five card." dineshe, this feels all about governor whitmer and the democrats consolidating power, but what are they really doing here? >> they are unleashing this allegation is balloons that have become h completely untethered from their original sou

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rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!y mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> tonight we heard from joe biden and kamala harris in their first interview as running mates. it came after a virtual democratic convention that went off pretty much without a hitch. >> it depends on what he's left me with. right now it looks like what's going to happen is that the numbers are going to go up. there's estimates that well over 200,000 people will die. significantly more people will be infected. it doesn't have to be that way. he can take action now. >> polling shows biden maintaining a double digit lead over president trump. the latest cbs pole puts him 10 points ahead of the president nationwide. let's continue with kimberly atkins be with the boston globe and also sarah longwell publisher of "the bulwark." good to have you with us. let's begin with another cut from the abc interview. referring to the criticism that's been leveled against joe biden over not hitting the campaign

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rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!s are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> welcome back. the manhattan district attorney battling the president in court over the release of his tax returns and now what's leading into a wide-ranging criminal investigation. cy vance subpoenaed records from deutsche bank last year. according to "the new york times," the bank supplied the d.a.'s office with detailed records and financial statement. the subpoena to deutsche bank sought documents on various things of president trump and materials that might point to upon fraud, according to two people briefed on the subpoena's contents. the president and his company have repeatedly denied wrongdoing and repeatedly have tried to have other subpoenas dismissed as well. joining me now, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. this is interesting. talk to me how the compliance with the subpoena helped the case that is still in court -- or does it help with the case? >> it does. as deutsche bank provides documents to the

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rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!nly mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> back with me, dr. sanjay gupta, who sat down with dr. anthony fauci today as part of a forum at harvard university. dr. fauci took questions from sanjay and other medical professionals. sanjay, one of the things that has shocked all of us, really, is the extreme reactions that some people in this country have to being asked to do simple things like wear a mask, and for the sake of the public health. i mean, listen to the scientists. that's not too much to ask. and dr. fauci has a really interesting theory about why that is. >> yeah, right. well, you know, it is interesting. there was two things that really struck me. i want you to listen to this. but one is, you know, laura, i think people often think of medical science and public health science like math, right? 2 plus 2 equals 4. we want that degree of medical certainty when it comes to science. and sometimes it's messier. you have to arr

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!y mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> four republicans took the virtual stage for night one of the dnc. not unprecedented. seen lines crossed before at conventions but given the polarized nature of politics, will someone like john kasich change minds in 2020? bring in former republican congressman, charlie daniels. coming from pennsylvania by the way, going to be a pivotal state in this election. congressman, good evening or morning depending where you are, where you're watching from. i know it's good morning where we are. donald trump on air force one issued verdict on john kasich even before seeing the speech, calling him a loser. how much weight does someone like kasich still have within the party? >> well, i think that john kasich has some weight with people who might be considering themselves between center right and center left on the political spectrum, maybe doesn't have punch in the party at moment but i think he has pun

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!y mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> this virus it has no eyes. and yet, it knows. exactly how we see each other. and how we treat each other. and let's be clear, there is no vaccine for racism. we have got to do the work. >> on that note we are happy to be joined once again tonight by james car ville the veteran democratic strategist to rose to family with the clinton campaign. cohost of the 2020 war room pod cast. james, i want to say no matter where you are in the political spectrum if you stop in and watch this tonight, it was bracing, it was urgent. and owing to this new formatt and the intimacy of it, i don't think i have seen anything like tonight. >> i thought one of the most effective things i have ever seen in a political convention. a medal of freedom ceremony. it didn't look political. i was actually moved when they were reading the citation. and i just whoever thought of that, they should get a promotion. and presid

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> months into the coronavirus pandemic many americans still don't seem to be getting the message about social distancing and wearing masks, or they're ignoring it. cnn's miguel marquez talked to a couple who learned the hard way just how serious this virus is. >> we were totally lazy about it. >> debby and michael patterson didn't think the coronavirus would ever affect them. >> sort of almost like a joke in our group of friends. >> did you wear masks? >> no. >> did you hang out with your friends as normal? >> uh-huh. >> so all the things you're told you should back off of -- >> we did. we did. and we still -- >> paid the price for it. >> reporter: from arizona's border with california, the pattersons didn't give the virus much thought even once developing symptoms in late june. >> we just carried on, went to the pool, the rest of the weekend and then that monday we both woke up and we just

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!ts are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> welcome back to "state of the union." i'm dana bash. this week republican governor mike dewine of ohio became at least the fourth person to test positive for coronavirus before meeting with president trump. but later that day the governor took another test that came up negative, and another test yesterday also negative. joining me now is ohio's republican governor mike dewine. first of all, governor, thank goodness that you're okay. we're glad that you're healthy. but what i want to ask you about is about this experience you called it scary. and what i wonder is whether it gave you a greater appreciation for the panic and confusion that americans feel because the testing situation is so inadequate. and specifically about the plan that you have. there are millions of antigen tests that are out there. and people are concerned about them. but you're obtaining with a group of six other states the ability to do more of

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. i think we should call this one the hour of power. you got to be strong to get through live tv at this hour. >> long and strong, all night long. >> all morning long. if we keep this up, they're going to have us on. we're going to be throwing away "new day," your old show. welcome, everyone. this is cnn's coverage of the final night of the democratic national convention. i don't know. should we say final morning? what? we've been on tv a long time. >> yeah. just keep going. >> joe biden's drawing one of the starkest contrasts, yet, between he and the man who currently sits in the oval office. >> and joe biden really did wind up making it about fundamentals. light and dark. good and bad. and he cast this president on the side of the negative. now, clearly, this president still has a grip on many of the voters in this country. because that's what we see from the polls. however, biden's starting

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rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> here's an invent question but we ask all kinds of questions. do political conventions really even matter that much in some say in modern days they don't before we get to virtual. just ask barack obama that question. he catapulted to national fame by using the 2004 convention address. tonight he goes back on that stage. these addresses matter. here on every channel, speaking to the whole nation. he is now the former president live from philadelphia. a place that he picked because of its place in history. the birth place of american democracy. we're learning more about what obama will do. a preview of tonight's address, obama also, this is a preview we got will say, trump has shown no interest in putting in the work no, interest in finding common ground no, interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends. obama in these new remarks will say that

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions. touchdown!. expect anything different? the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> in our health lead today, nursing homes were basically ground zero for the coronavirus in this country. with nearly 50,000 covid deaths in these facility as cording to the centers for medicare. now the department of justice is going to handle how four states handle outbreaks in long-term care facilities and if poor policies were at place. sanjay gupta has a look at how serious conditions have been at these homes during the pandemic. >> she didn't deserve to die like this. >> these were the heartbreaking scenes at some of the outbreaks in the country. long-term care facilities. they've since been described as tinder boxes for this pandemic. so many people closely clustered and vulnerable. according to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, more than 300,000 confirmed and suspected cases in the united states have been recorded at these facilities. and sadly almost 50,

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!nly mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> as you heard earlier in the program, the death toll has surpassed 175,000, there's the new projection from the university of washington tonight. 310,000 deaths by december 1st. a toll that could be lowered if 95% of the country would commit to wearing masks. only about 55% of the country wear masks. meanwhile more than a dozen covid cases in three states have been linked to that motorcycle rally in suturgis, south dakota last week, where few wore masks. you don't thinker of a back-to-school guide and dr. hotez, certainly no surprise there would be cases connected to the sturgis motorcycle rally. i talked to sanjay earlier who pointed out it's been five days, so the chance that there will be even more is greater as the next week progresses. how much of events like this can be super spreader events? and spur the virus? >> they certainly can be, right? i mean i would now expect to start seeing

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> welcome back. president trump is trying to take coronavirus relief for americans into his own hands, but it's not clear if he has the legal authority to do much of it. on saturday he signed four executive actions, since congress hasn't worked out a stimulus deal. the most controversial will enact a payroll tax deferment for people who make less than $100,000. that's met by partisan opposition on capitol hill, since it will mean less funding of social security and medicare. he's promising a partial extension of federal unemployment benefits as well. >> i'm taking action to provide an additional or an extra $400 per week in expanded benefits. $400, okay? so that's generous, but we want to take care of our people. >> this as the u.s. inches ever closer to a new milestone, nearly 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. more than 162,000 people have died, and health experts say the toll will likely

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> democrats kick off their convention week tonight. pressure building for the nearly all virtual event to deliver as new polling from cnn shows biden's lead over trump narrowing. cnn senior political analyst and writer harry enten joining me now. the numbers a big change in cnn's polling in just a few weeks. >> let's put the numbers up and give you an idea of what's cooking, right? we still have biden up, getting a larger percentage of the vote, 50-46. that is important to point out, 50% number for biden, in fact if you go back over time, what is so key in all of our last few polls is that biden is consistently at 50% or greater. the other thing on veebviously tightening of the race since june, largely consistent with what a lot of other polling showed, some slight tightening though biden is still ahead at this point. >> there are other polls out with starkly different numbers. help put us

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!s. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >> shannon: a stirring scene last thursday near san antonio, a community where a funeral possession passed through, and law enforcement saluting a marine veteran and border patrol agent, marcos gonzalez, after his death from complications with the coronavirus. customs and border protection's say at least ten border agents have died from coronavirus, and the cdp is classifying some of their deaths in the line of duty because they came in contact with immigrants or confirmed cases who had signs of covid-19. one agency reportedly transferred to a hospital. they are admitting across the southern border. >> coming in because they say they don't get the same in mexico. >> shannon: ken cuccinelli is the acting deputy terry secretary of the department of homeland security, welcome back, sir. >> good to be with you. >> shannon: so, listen, these border patrol agents, as we all know, they face a difficult, challen

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions. touchdown!homes. expect anything different? the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> welcome back to the halftime report >> good afternoon. here is what's happening at this hour the white teenager charged with killing two protesters in kenos harks, wisconsin will stay in illinois for now he has received a one month delay for his extradition hearing so he can hire a private attorney >>> four people have tested positive at the republican national convention in charlotte, north carolina. a convention spokesman said all four tests positive on arrival and were immediately isolated. >>> americans have saved more than 90 billion dollar on community cost since the pandemic began that's according to a new study from remote work specialist up work that comes out to about $2,000 per person or more than $750 million per day if r the whole country. you are up to date that's the news update this hour back to you. >>> let's get to some trader moves. john, you are book

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!nly mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> as we have been talk about this morning, the new york school system the largest in the country, now has the go ahead to start in-classroom learning. in georgia where the school year has already begun for many, hundreds of students and a few teachers have been quarantined after just one week of classes as schools grapple with how to resume teaching, there are growing concerns over the potential psychological impact on students. dr. tyler black is medical director of emergency psychiatry at the british columbia children's hospital and joins me now to discuss. doctor, thanks so much for joining us. i want to begin by bringing up what some influential groups are saying, including the american academy of pediatrics. they say the goal should be to get kids back into a real classroom as soon as possible, as safely as possible obviously. you're not sure about that advice. why not? >> thanks, bianna

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!y mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> some important breaking news out of the justice department. a former fbi lawyering intending to plead guilty of falsifying a document used for surveillance on president trump's 2016 campaign, the charges the first out of that investigation into the origins of the russia probe being led by the u.s. attorney durham. let's get to justice correspondent evan perez. here's the first result. >> reporter: that's right, john. this is what the president is asking for which is to see something out of the john durham investigation and kevin kleinsmith is the name of the former fbi lawyer. during the time that the -- that this was under investigation, they found that some anti-trump messages that he had written in text messages but this is the thing that got him in trouble is in june of 2017 as they were getting ready to do the fourth warrant on carter page, former associate of the trump campaign, he alte

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!nly mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. ♪ ♪ >>> president trump is warning he will use his executive order powers to ban tiktok from the u.s. he says he could take that action as early as today. the popular video app is owned by a chinese company. critics long warned that data from u.s. users could end up in the hands of chinese government. the president's latest threat comes as u.s. tech giant microsoft is in talks to buy tiktok. kristen holmes is at the white house. kristen, what the president is threatening to do, is it actually within his power to ban an app, to ban tiktok? >> reporter: well, erica, that's the question right now. and president trump was very vague as to how he would actually do this. he floated several ideas. one, saying he had the authority under some sort of executive action. the other being the emergency economic powers. but we have heard that the white house is contemplating several different ways to go about

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!s. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. here are the facts we know this hour. nationwide this morning, the total number of cases has grown to more than 5.7 million. and nearly 178,000 americans have lost their lives since the pandemic began. the financial times reports that the trump administration is considering bypassing normal fda standards so they can fast track a new experimental coronavirus vaccine that comes from the united kingdom. this would be for use in the united states ahead of the presidential election. and president trump announcing the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for covid-19 patients. the blood plasma is taken from patients who recovered from the coronavirus and is rich in antibodies. but the evidence -- i'm going to say it -- the evidence has been inconclusive as to how it actually works. joining us for a serious reality check, dr. naheed bedalia, an infect

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!y mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> the apple fire in california is now 15,000 acres. 0% contained. evacuation orders are in place around the area which it's east of los angeles, almost 8,000 people were evacuated from that area overnight. emergency workers also have to work around challenges presented by, of course, the coronavirus. >>> we're also tracking this morning, tropical storm isaias. i want to go to meteorologist allison chinchar who has been looking at the models. what are you learning? >> the storm st. getting awfully close to florida. you're looking at sebastian inlet south of melbourne. one thing to note, the long period lines, the distance between the waves. fun fact. before satellite and radar, that is what sailors used to use as the warning of an impending tropical system. you can see the darker skies on the right-hand side of your screen. it's because of this. tropical storm isaias, sustained winds gusting up

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!s. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> breaking news we're getting our first look at the video that will introduce senator kamala harris before her speech tonight. it makes the case that harris is the right choice. >> i'm talking about someone who can fight for black people, brown people, undocumented people, lgbt people, disabled people, young people, old people, all of america. >> it's about all of us knowing our power teaches us to lift people up, right, and to remind them that we see them and that we hear them and that they matter. >> m. daily is "outfront." m.j., that seems to be the theme, that kamala harris is like many americans and people can connect with her, and that is her big selling point. >> that's right, erin. this will be a major theme tonight. kamala harris is the daughter of indian and jamaican immigrants, and she will be making history tonight as the first of woman of color to be nominated to the vice presidency. the g

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> new tonight, states banding together to do what the federal government has failed to do. six governors announcing bipartisan deal to announce rapid antigen spread to detect and slow the spread of coronavirus. this comes as their remains no national plan to deal with the testing fiasco, weeks long waits in many places. drew griffin is "outfront." >> why is coronavirus testing in the u.s. still a debacle? cnn spoke to state health officials, testing labs, testing suppliers, hospitals and industry insiders, more than 20 testing experts. the overwhelming consensus, no federal plan. >> we need to have a better national strategy to deal with testing. >> reporter: but wait a minute, wasn't there supposed to be a plan, a white house coronavirus task force, and wasn't this man tasked with fixing testing? the answer to all three is yes, and according to admiral brett, the federal government is doing all it can. >> it's

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rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> today the united states post office is warning states that there is a significant risk that some mail-in ballots may be delivered too late to be counted in november. "the washington post" reports that 46 states and the district of columbia received letters warning that their voters could be disenfranchised by delays in ballot delivery. an internal postal document obtained by nbc news details plans to remove 671 high volume mail processing machines from postal facilities across the country. in a statement to nbc news, a postal spokesman for the postal service characterized the removal of hundreds of machines as, quote, normal business adjustments, including the exclamation mark. that's theirs. that is one of the many changes being made by trump's campaign donor, the first postmaster general with no experience in the post office, louis dejoy. it's already causing delays in service, banning

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> four more years of trump. that's the gop's pitch to voters starting on monday. their plans to address a nation on edge because of coronavirus, a recession, and widespread social unrest. >>> the eighth trump adviser was criminally charged this week. steve bannon, arrested for defrauding donors of millions of dollars. >> i'm not going to back down. this is a political hit job. everybody knows it. i love a fight. >> and a 966-page intel report details even stronger connections between paul manafort and the russian government. what the intel groups think russia is doing now. >>> good morning, it's saturday, august 22nd. we're 73 days from the election. i'm ali velshi. we can officially say joe biden is challenging donald trump for the presidency of the united states. >> the current president has cloaked america in darkness for too long. too much anger. too much fear. too much division. here a

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> this was the scene at donald trump's private bed minister golf club in new jersey tonight, where the club fees reportedly run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. all those paying customers were waiting for donald trump to emerge at his haas hastily call press conference to listen what the president had to say. millions of people are suffer g suffering, so, tonight, donald trump used the occasion to say he would go it alone, signing executive orders if there's no deal. while still giving himself plenty of time to rail against protesters in portland and to ramble about the trajectory of the coronavirus across the country. here with me now, someone who has been covering the negotiations, lee anne caldwell, nbc news correspondent. what just happened there at the golf club? >> well, 7:00 friday night in the middle of august is usually not the most opportune time to get your message out, if you're the presiden

rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown!mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. >>> how do we protect the integrity of the election process? how do we make sure that people's votes are counted? how do we police and monitor how state officials are setting up polling places and ensuring that every vote is counted? so there's a whole bunch of work to be done there. and by the way, that's not all just the job of political operatives and lawyers. >> if you're planning to vote by mail in the presidential election and if you're worried about how to do that in the midd middle of a pandemic, when the president is attacking the post office, there are ways to make sure your vote gets counted. for one thing, register to get your absentee ballot as soon as possible, that way state and local systems goent get overwhelmed the last-minute requests. once you get your ballot, consider turning it in by hand instead of mail which many states offer. there are many ways to protect your vote this el

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