continue seeking the kremlin's stance in the issue in a bill or rousseau european council president charles michel said that he spoke to blood may putin on tuesday and said that the e.u. began working on personal sanctions against all those responsible for human rights violations against peaceful protesters michelle added that there should be no outside interference in this matter now in 2 separate cell phone calls and shoes day and they shaded by burned and paris let him is. and spoke to his counterparts angela merkel and emanuel mccraw on and he said that any example by outside forces to intervene in the internal political crisis in bella roosts is counterproductive and he stressed that placing external pressure on the officials in the bill of rights is on acceptable now a german chancellor angela merkel also outlined germany's position after the phone call with a lot of my position let's have a listen to issue and help today as spoke with russian president putin and made it clear once again that freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed that prisoners be released and

interference in belarus warning that it would be counterproductive european council president charles michel also spoke with live near putin on tuesday saying the e.u. begin its working on personal sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations against peaceful demonstration. now to discuss this further we're bringing in eastern europe specialist ben eris here very welcome to the program as we just mentioned present mccrone and chancellor merkel have both been in contact with president putin about the situation in belarus why do you think they've reached out to him rather than engaging in talks with. well it's ironic isn't it i mean it's and here now you've got putin warning western leaders not to interfere in the domestic politics of another country and better russia is struggling its people are trying to free themselves from 26 years of rule by a shank of the reasons economic stagnation is appalling handling of the covert crisis but this is within the european context and of course ukraine is standing in the background and geo political forces are aligning themselves. to s

discuss the disputed election and the violent crackdown on protesters european council president charles michel of tweeted that violence against demonstrators cannot be allowed the e.u. is already drawing up a list of belorussian individuals to hit with sanctions the many canes in battle and brings us more on the reaction from europe there's been a chorus of condemnation from across europe capitals to the events that have unfolded in minsk and in yellow rose out of wider level in the last few days in the last week or so and in this capital city in berlin the government pressing for strong measures to be taken part of a raft of ideas that are coming from europe right now the polish government to view from the being fact the european in damage for democracy should be enacted to help the situation in belarus and then it a pan-european level from brussels the president of the european council calling a special summit video conference of heads of state heads of government for wednesday to discuss what more can be done given the fact that the european union's clout as it were is political and economi

this is charles michel, the president of the european council. >> our m message is clear.top the violence andd we do not accept the impunity. amy: in russia, opposition activist alexei navalny fell ill and collapsed during a flight from siberia to moscow, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in omsk, where he was rushed to a hospital and placed on a ventilator. a doctor said the 44-year-old kremlin critic remains in serious s condition. passengers say navalny became violently ilill after he was photographed d drinking tea a an airport cafefe shortly before boarding the flight, raising the prospect thahat he was poisoned. in the gaza strip, israeli tanks shelled hamas positions overnight in a ninth consecutive night of violence, as palestinians continued to launch incendiary balloons into israeli territory. in the occupied west bank, thousands of palestinians rallied wednesday to protest israel's agreement normalizing ties with the united arab emirates, in a deal brokered by the trump administration. at least three palestinians were wounded as israeli t troops fir

>>charles michel traveled to lebanon to visit the site of the explosion, he said he was quote shocked by the scale of the disaster and he tweeted his assurances that europe will be there to help beirut rebuilt. >>and a couple of being less than 2000 feet from the blast site in beirut say they were lucky to survive. abdel aziz has more now on the story. >>it began with what sounded like fireworks from their balcony husband and wife lena allow me tell you could see a fire growing in the beirut port. >>less than 600 meters away the couple live stream from their apartment as the flames and smoke grew thicker then a second blast. >>lena says she only remembers flying through the air both were knocked unconscious. when lena woke up she saw her home destroyed and her husband bleeding profusely. the couple nolley together in a local hospital room recovering from severe injuries that required hours of surgery to treat. this video shows the catastrophic destruction to their apartment every window with glass blown out. the once gleaming kitchen in bedrooms are now filled with debris and blood st

after after a virtual meeting of a youth leaders we heard from charles michel from the european council a sort of on the lion of the european commission saying that they're going to impose targeted sanctions on individuals. in belarus and also mobilize cash to support the people of belarus but really saying that what is happening in belarus must be solved in. ok. let's go back now to one of our other top stories the situation in mali the president has been ousted in a coup the now the military has taken over for the time being for the country is considered strategically important to ensure stability for the entire saheli region but the country has been in turmoil partly stemming from another coup back and 2012 following that armed groups took control of large parts of the country and forcing a strict religious code they were driven out by french forces have continued to attack civilians in rural areas in mali and in neighboring became a fast so the share more than 10000 people have died in the violence and more than a 1000000 have fled their homes forces from france and west africa have

>>world news now charles michel, the president of the european council is calling for an independent inquiry into that explosion that left at least a 158 people dead. thousands others injured in beirut. michelle visited the port of beirut today to see the aftermath of the explosion and in a statement, he said the eu is a quote longstanding friend and partner who is in full solidarity with lebanon more than ever. michelle also called on the lebanese political leaders to see this moment as an opportunity to implement much needed structural reforms. and tonight we're learning more about that deadly plane crash in india yesterday, the special flight suede violently as it tried to land in monsoon type weather before skidding off the runway and then splitting in 2 18 people died more than a 120 others were injured. and now there's an investigation under way into the design of the runway at the kalla cut international airport local news reports say before the crash the runway was riddled with cracks and rubber deposits and pilots have complained about low visibility. there investigators ton

charles: president trump pushing back against former first lady michelle obama who declared him in over his head. we'll get reaction from katie pavlich on that. all that and much more on coming up on making morn any. -- "making money." charles: golly, folks, monster quarters for two of the bigger names in retailing. walmart, home depot posting results well ahead of expenses. mind-boggling increases in same-store sales. wall street is anxious what happens next with additional stimulus. that is stuck in limbo. we are erin sikes and kristin benz. let me start with you. walmart was initially up 6, 7% in the premarket. home depot, again, surge, surging, folks kind of wondered can it be reflip indicated, can it be replicated without stimulus? where do we go from here? >> is certainly can, charles we're? a wall-a so no economy. home depot will progress and sustain itself with or without stimulus. walmart has taken market share. if you didn't use walmart before the pandemic, i think you're using it now. today's fantastic earnings demonstrated that. charles: erin, isn't it interesting, two years

charles, louisiana and blew out hundred of windows in this building. laura sent trees and power lines crashing onto houses and roads. what was above here? eric and michelehan's dream home in lake charles was ripped apart. laura's winds were so powerful, they sucked the curtains out through the trahans' closed windows. the family is safe as are their rescue animals. >> we're used to being the ones to help people and we need help and to hear him say, "i don't n'tw what to do," is terrifying. >> reporter: cleanup will take months and hundreds of thousands of people are still without water and power. but there is an army of line crews working nonstop to try to restore electricity. jamie. >> yuccas: omar. thank you. today, a peaceful protest led by jacob blake's family took place ck seven times whi officers shot the 29-year-old in the back seven times while attempting to arrest him six days ago. mola lenghi is in kenosha, where emotions are still raw. >> reporter: a eaceful rally in kenosha saturday, marking a deadly and tumultuous week. what's the message that you hear from the protesters? >> the concern is that there is an issue of fairness and equity in t

the speakers include bernie sanders, michelle obama, and even some republicans. joining us now for a preview, charles. great to have you with us. let's talk a little bit about this convention, done virtually. i mean, one of the big points of a convention is to generate as much excitement as possible, have voters come out and vote in november. can you actually achieve this virtually? charles: that is a great question, and you know, it will certainly be new for both parties, democrats and republicans, and we will see how it works over the next four evenings, but it certainly will lack that in person very large crowd excitement that is generated by live events. the one thing democrats are taking some comfort from is when joe biden announced his pick of kamala harris for your, that was done in an essentially virtual format and did generate quite a bit of excitement so it's possible i guess and we will find out over the next four days. tory: will she be enough sway the swing voters that are still undecided right now? charles: party conventions don't change voters minds either way. they are really designed

charles: too many hoops to jump through. thank you very much, my friend. joining me for action young americans for liberty analyst emma michelle is interesting for me as i monitored new york city over the last four or five months, there was already a defacto travel ban in effect. they wouldn't reopen the city not because of manhattan but out you are boroughs, bronx, places like, that dramatic difference in casings everything else. to change the focus we don't want people from over 30 states to come here unless they can jump through these hoops i think is economic suicide? >> yeah. it sends a message how and clear. those are bill de blasio's own words, we want to send a message. america hears him loud and clear. he doesn't want people from other states coming to new york. that is exactly what is happening there. we've seen a population decline for the first time in decades. that is because of his tyrannical policies. people don't want to live in crowded, overpriced, democrat-run cities. americans want liberty. they don't want little tyrants like bill de blasio or folks in their statehouse telling them what to do. charles: it is

michelle obama featured speakers. aoc will be there. a lot, the left will really probably flex their muscle this week, aren't they? >> yes, they are, charlesand they're not happy in particular that aoc, for example, only gets a 60-second spot where as john kasich and mike bloomberg and other centrists are being given a lot more airtime. i think, i think the takeaway from the programing and the messaging here is, you know, they want to tell america that they can unify the country but reality is they can't even unify their own party and we're seeing discord as was hillary vaughn's message earlier from the left. people saying, yeah, yeah we'll come out to vote for the biden ticket, but guess what? we're not really happy with the platform. they will continue to push joe biden to the left. i think, i think this is worrisome for the biden campaign because awful lot of their supporters are moderates, particularly black voters tend to be moderate voters. they will lose some of those votes. charles: right. no, i think he -- listen, this was supposed to be the year that the democrats were going to have a young presidential candidate, perhaps a woman

here's the eu council president, charles michel.uropean union stands in solidarity with the people of belarus. and we don't accept impunity. on august 9, belarus held elections. these elections were neither free norfair and did not meet international standards. we don't recognise the results presented by the belarus authorities. the people of belarus deserve better. he was referring to the belarus presidential election on august 9, in which official results awarded 80% of the vote to the incumbent alexander lu kashenko. there've been widespread claims of vote—rigging and ten days of mass protests. but ahead of today's eu summit, mr lukashenko told the european union to stay out of belarussian affairs. translation: they're holding a meeting today of eu foreign ministers or leaders. i would simply advise them, before pointing fingers at us, to focus the agenda on, for example, the yellow vests of france, the terrible chaos in the united states, the protests in germany and other countries against coronavirus restrictions. what i'm sayi

here's the eu council president charles michel.opean union stands in solidarity with the people of belarus. and we don't accept impunity. on august the 9th, belarus held elections. these elections were neither free norfair, and did not meet international standards. we don't recognise the results presented by the belarus authorities. the people of belarus deserve better. it was poland who called today's emergency summit. it wants president lukashenko to commit to talks with the opposition. here's poland's deputy foreign minister. you cannot rule the country without a popular support. itruly you cannot rule the country without a popular support. i truly believe that the president lukashenko understands is very well, he cannot rule without a popular support of your own people. so the dialogue is the best option for now. all this follows the belarus presidential election on august nine in which official results awarded 80% of the vote to the incumbent alexander lu kashenko. there've been widespread claims of vote—rigging and ten days o

here's the president of the european council charles michel.cept impunity. on august the 9th, belarus held elections. these elections were neither free norfair, and did not meet international standards. we don't recognise the results presented by the belarus authorities. the people of belarus deserve better. president lukashenko has ordered an end to protests in the capital, minsk and he told the european union not to interfere in belarusian affairs translation: we are holding a meeting today of eu foreign ministers or leaders. i would simply advise them before pointing fingers at us to focus the agenda on for example the yellow vests of france, the terrible chaos in the united states, the protests in germany and other countries against coronavirus restrictions. what i am saying is they have lots of problems of their own, so don't point at belarus to deflect attention from the problems that exist in france, the united states, germany and so on. for neighbouring countries like poland ? which had called for the special eu meeting — the instabilit