i david davis is such a great character. and i know that lincoln appointed him, i believe, to the supreme court. but i'm just curious what kind of relation ship they had after that convention. yeah. davis davis was appointed to the supreme court has is leonard who was i mentioned, was very involved in this had to pretty much browbeat lincoln to appoint davis the supreme court. he said you wouldn't be sitting in that chair if not for and lincoln said you're right but i can't appoint too many of my friends to these. but finally he did he did and he out to be a darn good supreme court justice. in fact, his most famous ruling was against lincoln believe, it or not, didn't come out until after he died. but it was involving whether you can try civilians in military courts and and davis said you can. so they had a kind of a strained relationship wouldn't win. listen though today this is advice. davis was sort of a conservative ish type. lincoln was more liberal than davis and he just wouldn't listen to during the presidency. you'd

i david davis is such a great character. and i know that lincoln appointed him, i believe, to the supreme court. but i'm just curious what kind of relation ship they had after that convention. yeah. davis davis was appointed to the supreme court has is leonard who was i mentioned, was very involved in this had to pretty much browbeat lincoln to appoint davis the supreme court. he said you wouldn't be sitting in that chair if not for and lincoln said you're right but i can't appoint too many of my friends to these. but finally he did he did and he out to be a darn good supreme court justice. in fact, his most famous ruling was against lincoln believe, it or not, didn't come out until after he died. but it was involving whether you can try civilians in military courts and and davis said you can. so they had a kind of a strained relationship wouldn't win. listen though today this is advice. davis was sort of a conservative ish type. lincoln was more liberal than davis and he just wouldn't listen to during the presidency. you'd

but for now, i'm delighted to be joined by former brexit secretary sir david davis, mp for goole and ngton, sir david. it's lovely to see you again now i want to talk to you today about this campaign that you're launching in memory of mike lynch to scrap the extradition treaty between the us and the uk . treaty between the us and the uk. can you explain a little bit more to our viewers about that ? more to our viewers about that? because this very, very complicated ten year battle for mike lynch, i just want to hear a bit more about the detail. >> well, it goes back even further than that . the, the further than that. the, the labour government under tony blair shortly after 9/11 in 2003. introduced an agreement, a treaty with the american government to accelerate extraditions, supposedly in both directions, and supposedly for terrorist offences, that was you know, perfectly commonsense thing to do. but what's happened in the subsequent 20 years or so has been that it's been used by the american justice department for all sorts of non—violent commercial offences , if you commercial of

thank you very much indeed to david davis. and of course, all my guests today. sunday at 9:30 am. this show will continue throughout the summer. you'll be pleased to learn while our other rivals put their feet up. coming up next, it's ben leo who's covering for michael portillo. here's a quick weather update to have a great day . have a great day. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello there! welcome to your latest gb news, weather forecast on the met office. well, today most of us should see some sunshine but it's not quite the case for all of us. northern ireland seeing a quite a wet start with some cloud here. that rain also moving into parts of western scotland, maybe at times cumbria too, but away from this zone it should be largely dry. best of sunshine will be across the south and in the sunshine feeling pleasant enough. highs reaching around 21 to 23 degrees but under the cloud in the wind and rain across northern ireland. i think feeling fairly disappointing for the time of year. disappointing for the time

sir david davis will join me in a moment. meanwhile, amidst the growing number of briefings being made to the press against the prime minister's chief of staff, sue gray, tonight, i for will the first time ever, try to defend the queen of the blob, and then the queen of the blob, and then the autocue got stuck. but can you guess how hard earned money is being spent on foreign aid.7 find is being spent on foreign aid? find out in a moment. as a new report shows, we've embraced the inversion of robin hood taking from taxpayers , poor taxpayers, from taxpayers, poor taxpayers, and giving to rich foreigners. plus, should the possibility of president harris fill us with a comforting optimism, or will she simply follow in the footsteps of her disappointing predecessors ? that's all coming predecessors? that's all coming up in a moment, as you would expect, but please send in the mail mmogs, which i'm always delighted to receive. but state of the nation starts now. holding the state of the nation flabellum for this evening is the hi

but as my next guest, sir david davis, pointed out at the time of mike lynch's acquittal, any sale toompany is plainly seen by the american department of justice to fall under american rules and regulations, no matter where in the world it is. he went on to say that he would be very cautious of any dealif would be very cautious of any deal if he were a british tech entrepreneur , because he would entrepreneur, because he would never know that 5 or 10 years later, he wasn't going to be carted off to america to face a partisan case in a partisan court. court. we must stop being so subservient to the united states on these matters . it is states on these matters. it is the duty of the british state to protect its citizens. but the case of mike lynch represented an abandonment of that principle. the special relationship does not mean we blindly follow orders from our american overlords, but rather we should stand up for our interests, as the us does for its especially when justice is at stake, as it was in the case of mike lynch. as ever, let me know your views via mailmogg@gbnews.com. bu

sir david davis will join me in a moment.gs being made to the press against the prime minister's chief of staff, sue gray, tonight, i for will the first time ever, try to defend the queen of the blob, and then the queen of the blob, and then the autocue got stuck. but can you guess how hard earned money is being spent on foreign aid? find out in a moment. as a new report shows, we've embraced the inversion of robin hood taking from taxpayers , poor taxpayers, from taxpayers, poor taxpayers, and giving to rich foreigners. plus, should the possibility of president harris fill us with a comforting optimism, or will she simply follow in the footsteps of her disappointing predecessors ? that's all coming predecessors? that's all coming up in a moment, as you would expect, but please send in the

, the david davis, he's been speaking about it a lot. of course, we followed that story. he sadly lost his life in that accident with the birds. a couple of weeks ago. he apparently was wanting to look into this case. he felt that there was a potential injustice done there as well. 24 neonatal experts have written to the government asking for a public inquiry. i've got to say. i mean, when you read some of the impact statements of the parents, and i'll bring you into this in a second. aaron. but when you actually look at some of the parents here and you understand how it's been impacting them, i mean, the statements are just they're heartbreaking. a baby boy for example, who died just before 6 am. on the 14th of june, 2015. of course, lucy letby . she denied an allegation letby. she denied an allegation that she'd injected air into charles's stomach and so on and so forth . but when you read some so forth. but when you read some of these statements, they just devastating, one mum, child a and b, because that's the children have just been

now, she adds her voice to quite a few people, including david davis , people, including david davis,. the suggestion is that perhaps the trial wasn't thorough enough in terms of the evidence that was presented, and she's urging the justice secretary to become involved. >> well, there's a couple of a couple of aspects to it, aren't there? so there's this this idea that there may well have been some faulty evidence presented, which i must say, the crown prosecution service vehemently dispute. they say that there was an issue when it came to who was logging in and out of the doors of the nhs wards, and but they rectified that and that when she had the retrial , that wasn't a had the retrial, that wasn't a problem anymore. the other aspect to it, which is possibly more compelling, i think , is more compelling, i think, is this idea that the state of maternity care in this country, at the moment is so catastrophically awful that was there a desire to pin every single baby death in this case. on lucy letby , as opposed to on lucy letby, as opposed to maybe taking some kind of responsibilit

of course, when it was david cameron versus david davis, david davis had, he was surrounded by a bevyties wearing. i'm i'm double d. oh, no. on the t shirt. couldn't do that these days. >> you couldn't do that now could you? no. times have changed very, very quickly, haven't they just. let's have a look at the weather, shall we? now, with annie . now, with annie. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. storm lillian has moved in overnight and will bring some wet and windy weather through the next few hours. but into this afternoon it will turn much dner this afternoon it will turn much drier as storm lillian clears into the north sea. but there are weather warnings in force for wind and rain through this morning for northern areas of the uk, so there could be some travel disruption that may last towards lunchtime for more southern areas , though, it will southern areas, though, it will be a fairly dry day, some sunshine around as well. still a bit of a

i'm also going to be speaking to david davis , the speaking to david davis, the veteran tory mp.ing on the right to protest and where that line should be drawn with sort of people's civil liberties, and that overspilling into unrest and inciting of hatred. so he's also going to be a very, very interesting guest on the subject. lots to speak about. >> so been very outspoken, hasn't he just recently about the lucy letby case. he's been clearly looking into this in more depth . more depth. >> fascinating. this he wants to raise it. he's going to spend the summer looking at all of the documentation and all of the court reports and all of the transcripts spend the whole of the summer doing that. i interviewed him about it last week for the telegraph. he has got doubts about some of the evidence that was presented in court. so he wants to pore over all of that documentation. and if he thinks that there is a chance that letby has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice, and there's a piece in the sunday telegraph today talking about how there was a bacteria in the taps at the counte

david muir. >> linsey: good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us on this friday. i'm linsey davis in for david.we're tracking tornado threats and severe storms across the northeast at this hour. >>> we do begin tonight with chilling images of a passenger plane in a freefall from the sky. the video is alarming. the plane in a slow spin, plunging helplessly to the ground near sao paolo, brazil. the pilots clearly had no control. more than 60 passengers and crew on board. the plane slamming into a residential neighborhood. at least one home going up in flames. authorities are trying to determine just what went wrong. abc's maggie rulli leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, this was the horrific moment a plane carrying 61 passengers and crew plummeted to the ground in brazil, killing everyone on board. the two-engine flight from local airline voepass spinning out of control toward a residential neighborhood. witnesses horrified. [ speaking in a non-english language ] >> reporter: this man emotional, saying he was late for the flight and was not allowed on. now grateful for the airport worker who he s

david >> linsey: good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us on this friday night. i'm linsey davisfor david. >>> we begin with hurricane ernesto, kicking up rip currents and high surf all along the east coast on one of the last weekends of the summer. ernesto is now a category 2 hurricane with 100-mile-an-hour winds, more than 700 miles off the u.s. mainland, bermuda directly in its path. the national weather service now issuing alerts for high surf and rip currents up and down the east coast. the waves kicking up on new jersey's long beach island. reports tonight that a man has drowned off hilton head island in south carolina, the cause still unclear. crews are getting ready on new york's jones beach, but so far this year rip currents have killed at least 30 people in the u.s. and its territories. bermuda is bracing for the hurricane's arrival, locking down, closing the airport, opening shelters, and waiting for the storm to pass. meteorologist brittany bell has the forecast and the timing in a moment. first, abc's morgan norwood leads us off from bermuda tonight. morgan, looks li

david muir. >> linsey: good evening, everyone. as we come on the air in the west, i'm linsey davis in for david. we'll get to that breaking news from overseas in a moment. but we do begin tonight with that new phase in the race for the white house with the nominating conventions now over. donald trump getting a high-profile endorsement from robert kennedy jr. will it change the race? vice president kamala harris and second gentleman doug emhoff seen leaving chicago, heading back to washington today after a high-energy week at the democratic convention. meantime, former president trump was courting voters in the swing state of nevada with some sharp words for his opponent. but in a new twist, robert kennedy jr. suspending his campaign and endorsed donald trump. the two teaming up in a bid to stop kamala harris, riding a wave of momentum capped by her acceptance speech and her promise of a new way forward. the presidential campaign is now intensifying with just 74 days until the final votes are cast. abc's rachel scott leads us off tonight from washington. >> reporter: tonight, just hours after de

david muir. >> linsey: good evening, everyone. thank you so much for joining us on this tuesday. i'm linsey davis, in for david.ight, the speculation is over. the democratic ticket now complete. with her campaign barely two weeks old, today vice president kamala harris made her most consequential decision so far, naming minnesota governor tim walz as her running mate. just moments ago, they made their debut during a rally in philadelphia. vice president harris and governor walz side-by-side for the first time in front of about 12,000 cheering supporters. walz, a progressive governor, considered a dark horse, chosen after a quick vetting process, managing to edge out popular pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. walz is a retired army national guard member, also a former high school teacher and football and basketball coach. the trump campaign immediately going on the attack, calling him a liberal extremist. but top democrats were quick to embrace the new add to the ticket. president biden calling governor walz a powerful voice for the middle class. walz is already credited with changing the tone of the race with

david muir. >> linsey: good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us on this monday night. i'm linsey davis, in for david. we begin with deadly tropical storm debby slamming the southeast at this hour. states of emergency along the coast, parts of georgia and south carolina are preparing for what could be historic flooding. hundreds of thousands of customers in florida now without power. the storm made landfall as a category 1 hurricane with winds of up to 80 miles per hour. debby then slowing to a tropical storm, as it cuts a path along the state's west coast, pushing its way toward the carolinas. this is the first hurricane to hit florida this season, dumping more than a foot of rain in some parts. at least four people killed, including two children. the storm is also blamed for a horrific accident in tampa, an 18-wheater losing control, careening into a canal. savannah, georgia, in the path, of what could be a once in a thousand-year rainfall event. the potential for as much as 30 inches of rain. the storm causing thousands of flight cancellations and delays along the east coast. the warning tonight th

davis. for david and all of us here, good night. you see it online social media. news. >> the issue of organized retail theft, they are worried. >> they are fed up and they want and are demanding solutions. >> it is incredibly harmful to our retailers, to our grocery stores. >> these bills will strengthen existing laws. they will enhance other laws. >> an unprecedented new effort to fight crime in california. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil and i'm kristen z in san jose today, governor gavin newsom announced a new plan to curb retail theft. >> newsom signed ten new bills into law to combat smash and grabs, car thefts, retail crime and the sale of stolen goods in california. >> abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has the details on this extensive bill package display cases broken and goods stolen, videos of smash and grabs like this one became a more common sight during the pandemic, but since 2022, california has been cracking down on retail thefts from issuing millions of dollars in crime fighting grants to sending additional chp

thank you so much for joining us on this wednesday, i'm linsey davis, in for david. we begin tonight with breaking news. authorities thwart an alleged terror plot targeting taylor swift's european tour, the highest grossing concert in history. authorities say two suspects have been arrested, accused of planning to attack one of her three shows in vienna, with tens of thousands of fans in attendance. the concert promoter says the shows were canceled after austrian officials confirmed the plot. the suspects allegedly radicalized online. at least one of them a teenager who pledged allegiance to the islamic state. u.s. intelligence alerted austrians and european law enforcement about the plot. abc's maggie rulli leads us off. >> welcome to the eras tour! >> reporter: tonight, taylor swift scrapping all three nights of her eras tour starting tomorrow in vienna after austrian police say they thwarted an isis-inspired terror plot targeted her concerts. ♪ you belong with me ♪ >> reporter: swift's team saying in a statement, "with confirmation from government officials of a p

davis. for david and all of us, good night. from a friend who witnessed this tragedy. >> also, the tough decision now facing alameda county's embattled da. it's a case that's going to be closely watched and the abrupt decision today by the organizers of a taco and beer festival turned fiasco over the weekend. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel on the way to a cooler day. i'll show you when temperatures will bottom out. coming up always live abc seven news starts right now. >> a hero's tribute for an injured san jose community services officer released from the hospital. just this afternoon. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. veronica bear is back home this evening, four days after the hit and run accident that killed her fellow community service officer. the two were conducting traffic control at monterey highway and palm avenue in south san jose when a speeding dodge charger hit them. >> abc's seven news reporter lauren martinez attended today's memorial gathering and joins us live. laure

that's eight until 9:00 pm here on gb news, as well as reflecting with sir david davis on the life andt else is on your show ? lynch. what else is on your show? >> yes. well that's primarily to talk about the unbalanced extradition treaty between the united kingdom and the us. and you will remember that an american spy who ran over a motorcyclist wasn't extradited when innocent britons have been. will also be talking about the news from america in relation to the democrat convention and a return of the hopey changey thing. well last time round, the hopey changey thing was pretty hopeless, and i think the same would be true again. hopey changey is not a satisfactory way to govern, as we discovered when mr obama was in charge and mrs. obama saying that's what kamala harris brings, i think should fill us all with trepidation. >> yeah. and of course, very much an anointment, a coronation the democratic party had scant democracy in electing, though it didn't elect kamala harris at all, did they, sir jacob all, did they, sirjacob rees—mogg, quick comment on that . rees—mogg, quick comment on

davis. for david and all of us here, good night. a rally just a few minutes ago, actually in philadelphia. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil and i'm kristen z. >> let's start in san francisco. a plan to save lives and stop right turns at red lights and police are saying drones have been a game changer for them for fighting crime. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena was at the press conference where the mayor said crime is down, in part because police are using those drones. luis. >> that's right. larry. sfpd has six drones and ten police officers certified to fly them. so far, the program is costing the city $35,000. in. the plan is to expand it. today's san francisco police chief bill scott said the cost and resources have been worth the investment. they are the new eyes in the sky. san francisco police officers are using from crime scenes and minutes later, leading officers directly to an arrest. >> drones have already assisted sfpd in numerous cases, including a sexual assault suspect that was arrested, severa

i'm linsey davis. david muir back here tomorrow. have a great night.re about to traverse the globe to see the most majestic mammals known to humankind. this is "oh baby!" today we're crossing the continents to find out how earth's mammals make their mark on the animal kingdom,

david dean, adam crozier , david davis, they adam crozier, david davis, they were all very instrumentalgland coaches and, you know, he was equally as proud as an english person to have that job. and because of his manner , despite the vast his manner, despite the vast criticism he got from different people on his appointment or, you know, various occasions, often because of his personal life rather than results, he just was able to carry himself with that warmth and dignity. he had a real charisma, quiet charisma, didn't say a great deal charisma, didn't say a great deal, quiet charisma and most because of that, he won an endunng because of that, he won an enduring friendship and respect and admiration from most of his critics. as time evolved, how i'd spoken to him about it in the past. >> but how do you think he looked back, especially straight after what happened with england? was he bitter about the end of it? you were around at the time. was he upset about the way things ended? because he also mentioned how successful as also mentioned how successful as a manager he was, but just c

i'm linsey davis. david muir back here tomorrow. have a great night.la harris holds a big money fundraiser at san francisco's fairmont hotel. we hear from some of those who attended. >> i'm talking about a thought experiment here. >> republican vice presidential nominee j.d. vance talks to abc news about this comment about giving more votes to people with kids, and a deadline today in the effort to clear out an rv encampment in san francisco. abc seven news starts now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> kamala harris left san francisco a few hours ago with millions of additional dollars for the campaign after today's fundraiser. a warm welcome for harris in the city where she got her political start. thanks for joining us. i'm j.r. stone, your voice. your vote. kamala harris has bid for the white house today focused on san francisco. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is in nob hill and spoke with some state and local politicians and democratic supporters who attended today's fundraiser. yeah. >> hey, jr. kamala harris back

david davis, you remember very clearly. >> that's right. he was the. tories become relevant again? chris, we've got a new government. people are wishing them well. i'm wishing this government well. how do they become relevant when you've got an insurgent farage party talking to a very senior person in number 10 yesterday? >> well, i've interviewed mel stride for my podcast. he started laughing. i mean , they started laughing. i mean, they just don't care who the leader is because look at those numbers two, four three and and five people voted in the last election. don't care who the leader is and a third of tory voters. i know that's the killer. >> don't care. how did the candidates feel? >> i mean, on a personal level, what is it like to know that i asked a question tom tugendhat yesterday. >> three and five. don't care and he didn't want to answer it. he got a bit shirty. >> yeah. oh did he. >> yeah. oh did he. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> chris and i were in edinburgh at the weekend and a lot of people asked us who's going to be the next tory leader. and i

. >> congressman, abc says the debate will be 90 minutes, moderated by david muir, lindsay davis, buthave not been worked out apparently. from what we saw in the last debate when they had no live audience, no fact checking but also those mic cuts, how important are those, and if you were on harris's team, how would you argue? >> i would keep it wide open. you can have a crowd there, but, you know, you're not running for are raucous seat in congress, where you're at debates and people are screaming and yelling at each other. the american people want to hear a conversation. you can have a crowd there. make sure people are being respectful. but i think a format that's wide open and will allow her to show her scope of knowledge on these issues that she's dealt with in the senate. she dealt with the criminal issues and the prosecutorial issues in california. she's been vice president for three and a half years, understands the foreign policy issues. so i say let it rip. you know, let kamala be kamala. let her go out and do her thing. she has a secret weapon, and her secret weapon is in the

i'm linsey davis, in for david. we begin tonight with major developments in the race for the white house. vice president kamala harris and donald trump confirm their prime time debate here on abc set for september 10th is officially on. trump going before the cameras at mar a rag go t-a-lago agreeing to the abc news debate to challenging vice president harris to meet for two others next month. trump criticizing the vice president's intelligence and lodging complaints about coverage of the large crowds at her rallies. he also claimed abortion a key focus of her campaign will only be a small issue come november. and he was pressed, will there be a peaceful transfer of power if he loses? on the campaign trial today, vice president harris and governor tim walz met with uaw members in michigan. their blitz of battleground states takes them to phoenix, arizona, tomorrow. abc's selina wang leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, it's official. former president donald trump and vice president kamala harris will face off in a pr

joe, in 2016 and then davis david in 2021, two colleagues had been murdered.things have got to change. and if and if they don't change, we've got to think along the lines that the public are very unsympathetic to all this stuff. >> yeah. but i would say to you at home who you know, are not very sympathetic about public money being spent protecting mps, don't at the same time moan about the quality of people going into politics because you can't actually have this both ways. moving on from that, moving on from that . we had moving on from that. we had consensus there, which is very dangerous, and we can't be doing that on this show for a moment. moving on from that, we have hate crimes. we have the proposal that labour may toughen up on it. we even have non—hate crimes which are still recorded by the police. if josh greeley had written something beastly on facebook, he would be in prison. and i've seen so many double standards over this. the riots in southport and elsewhere were unforgivable. but equally 61 police officers being assaulted at the notting hill ca

dreadful american justice system with their plea bargaining nonsense, which i'm very pleased to see, david davisg to try and deal with. and this in equalin try and deal with. and this in equal in equal extradition treaty. and it seems like they went right. well, he thinks he's got away with it, but hang on a second. we've still got a way to reach out, you know, and i don't know, i'm just very suspicious. >> and i can see why lots of people would be suspicious. but you're saying that someone could actually have conjured up a water spout during this, storm? >> there's been there's been a technology called harp that's haarp, which the americans have been developing with the university of alaska, presumably because there's loads of free space in alaska for them to mess about with the weather without, you know, endangering agriculture or anything. and i heard about that technology 30 years ago when they needed, you know, a ruddy great array of transmitters. it uses hypersonic frequencies , but in 30 years, frequencies, but in 30 years, i'm sure they, you know, what do we specialise in these days ? we

the scheduled september 10th debate is set to be held in philadelphia and be moderated by david muir and linsey davisabc news. >> he has committed to at least doing one major interview by the end of this month. so that's basically over the next week. but how many more is she going to do? >> now, kamala harris and her running mate tim walz will cross southern georgia later this week in a bus tour and later today, donald trump will speak in detroit at the national guard association conference. he's expected to talk about how three years ago today, a suicide bomber in afghanistan attacked the airport in kabul and killed almost 200 people, including 13 american military members. as the united states was pulling out of afghanistan. >> the foo fighters are now throwing their support behind vice president kamala harris, after former president donald trump used one of their songs without permission. a spokesperson for the group says the trump campaign used the song my hero on friday during a campaign rally in arizona with robert f kennedy jr. without asking permission. the band's spokesman says any royalties

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eastern moderated by our own david muir and linsey davis.e right here on abc and streaming on disney+ and hulu. mary? >> mary: and we cannot wait for that. >>> and now to the middle east and hope this morning that a cease-fire deal is close between israel and hamas. abc's tom soufi burridge is in tel aviv with the latest. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mary. yeah, after days of talks, president biden saying gaza cease-fire and hostage agreement is closer than ever, but the reaction so far from israel and hamas has been muted. this is not a done deal. this morning, with the war raging on in gaza, president biden saying, a cease-fire and hostage agreement between israel and hamas is closer than ever as key talks hang in the balance. >> i'm optimistic. it's far from over. just a couple more issues, i think we got a shot. >> reporter: the u.s., qatar, and egypt admitting specific details still need to be worked out. those mediators hoping to finalize a deal as early as next week. a cease-fire in gaza would help dial down tensions

i know the debate is going to be moderated by linsey davis and david muir. >>> here's what the vice president had to say about her day one agenda and the economy. >> day one, it's going to be about, one, implementing my plan for what i call an opportunity economy. i have laid out a number of proposals in that regard, which include what we're going to do to bring down the cost of every day goods what we're going to do to invest in america's small businesses, what we're going to do to invest in families, extending the child tax credit to $6,000 for families for the first year of their child's life to help them buy a car seat, baby clothes, a crib. there's the work we're going to do that is about investing in the american family around affordable housing, a big issue in our country right now. >> david, how effective do you think this line was because, you know, there's the criticism of where is the specificity. and on the other hand, she answered it with some specificity. >> i don't think voters are necessarily looking for specificities as much as an outline for where a president would take the

yeah, even worse, >> winston, in the telegraph, david davis, is looking into, lucy letby and a potential, he was contacted by lots of, you know, high up people who, you know, high up people who, you know , scientists and people that know, scientists and people that knew data people, people that knew data people, people that knew more about this case, and he said that there was a story, a 13,000 word story in america that was blocked from coming to the uk, which is rang alarm bells. and he says he's going to come now. he's going to investigate, he's going to read thousands and thousands of pages and words over the summer. and if he's three quarters of the way, convinced that she's innocent and he's going to try to make an attempt to go and see her, i mean, it's quite extreme for an mp to get involved in a, in a murder case and a murder conviction. i'd be interested to know how many other murder convictions he's got involved in over the years , because it seems over the years, because it seems an anomaly. >> well , yes. >> well, yes. >> well, yes. >> but if he believes that there is at lea

scheduled september 10th debate is set to be held in philadelphia and will be moderated by david muir and linsey davisc news. >> she has committed to at least doing one major interview by the end of this month, so that's basically over the next week. but how many more is she going to do? >> vice president harris and her running mate tim walz, will cross southern georgia later this week in a bus tour. later today, mr. trump will speak in detroit at the national guard association conference. he is expected to talk about how three years ago today, a suicide bomber in afghanistan attacked the airport in kabul, killing almost 200 people, including 13 members of the military. as the u.s. was pulling out of afghanistan. robert f kennedy jr is opening up about his decision to suspend his presidential campaign and back republican presidential candidate donald trump. kennedy faced criticism from many in his family for the move, some characterizing his endorsement as a betrayal. he calls it a practical decision. his polling numbers were dipping in the final months of his campaign, but kennedy was still pulling s

our own david muir and linsey davis are going to be the moderators, and it is live right here on abceaming on disney+ and hulu. >> rhiannon: we will be watching that, gio. >>> overseas now to the middle east as israel launches more raids on the west bank while some fighting set to pause in gaza for the sake of polio vaccinations. abc's britt clennett is in jerusalem with more on that. good morning, britt. >> reporter: good morning, rhiannon. yeah, it's now four days since the idf launched massive raids in the west bank. the idf releasing video from the operation that killed a top hamas commander in jenin. hamas confirming his death. now, that city, jenin, now effectively sealed off as intent fighting dins there. the idf claiming they've killed 20 militants in what they say is a major counterterrorism operation, but fears that the war in gaza could be coming to the west bank. we saw firsthand some of the destruction in this camp. locals very much angry and picking up the pieces. late last night, meanwhile, two car bomb attacks, the idf saying a terrorist infiltrated an israeli settlem

it will be on abc on september 10th, moderated by david muir and linsey davis.rris and donald trump will debate in philadelphia at the national constitution center. the race for the white house pre-debate special begins at 5 p.m. the debate itself starts at six. you can watch it all live here on september 10th on abc seven and streaming on abc news live, disney+ and hulu. >> president biden signed a proclamation today designating a new national monument for civil rights. in 1908, a white mob laid siege to springfield, illinois. looting, burning and destroying black owned homes and businesses. biden marked the 116th anniversary of the riots. he called out the efforts of those who want to, quote, literally erase history by limiting what can be taught in schools about america's complex past with racism. >> i know this may not seem significant to most americans, but it's important. it's important. >> important, important. >> and everybody walk by this area and know what happened here because it can happen again. >> if we don't take care of ourselves. >> two black me

reminder, david muir and linsey davis will moderate the abc news prime time debate between vice presidentnd former president trump. that's on september 10th right here on abc. rachel? >> rachel: all eyes will be on that debate. >>> new details in the case of a former paramedic accused of killing his wife with eye drops. prosecutors now say he poisoned his young daughter too. abc's ike ejiochi is here with details. ike, another twist in this case. good morning. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, rachel. prosecutors are now saying 39-year-old joshua hunsucker engaged in a pattern of aggression towards other witnesses including the alleged attack against his own daughter. >> the first matter this afternoon will be the matter of jos josh hunsucker. >> reporter: this morning, a new twist in the case of the north carolina paramedic accused of killing his wife by putting eye drops in her drinks. prosecutors are now accusing 39-year-old joshua hunsucker of poisoning his then 10-year-old daughter with the same substance. hunsucker back in court with new charges, four counts of intimidation o

i think it's david muir and linsey davis. if i'm correct but just just to be clear on that, but maximum me give a chance to respond the trump is so incredibly transparent, right? he's transparent about the fact that he's a very racist. he's transparent about the fact that he absolutely hates veterans, desecrates their service on the continued basis. and now he is just transparent about the fact that he is afraid of debating the vice president. >> and he is a chicken sorry i mean, there's no better way to describe it. >> fleas is good to see you. my friend all right. >> we hit pause on that. thank you. and we'll look for to having all of you back next. republicans laser-focused on kamala harris and the migrant crisis, right? show should she at this point now visit the southern border and do it really soon. i'm going to ask the illinois governor jb pritzker, who state-based a surge of asylum seekers and trump and rfk junior lavishing praise on each other. but cnn's k-file has gone through history and has some new reporting toni

our own david muir and linsey davis are the moderators.live on abc and streaming on disney+ and hulu. mary? >> mary: what a critical moment that will be. >>> to chicago now, ahead of the democratic convention starting tomorrow, abc's jay o'brien joins us with more on the preparations and the big week ahead. hey, jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mary. more than 50,000 people are expected to descend on this convention here in this chicago city officials say, that is on top of the tens of thousands of protesters that are expected to demonstrate on a wide variety of social issues, particularly the war in gaza. now chicago police have tapped a specially trained contingent of about 2,500 officers. to keep the peace during those protests. they have been training for a year. that is on top of the hundreds of state and federal officials that will keep the peace at the various venues for this convention. meantime, we're learning more about what tomorrow night, the first night of this convention will look like. in addition to former secr

it will be moderated by david muir and linsey davis of abc news. >> he has committed to at least doing one major interview by the end of this month. so that's basically over the next week. but how many more is she going to do? >> kamala harris and her running mate tim walz will cross southern georgia later this week in a bus tour later today. donald trump will be speaking in detroit at the national guard association conference. he's expected to talk about how three years ago today, a suicide bomber in afghanistan attacked the airport in kabul and killed almost 200 people, including 13 american military members. as the united states was pulling out of afghanistan. >> well, they're not just firefighters. they're also solving crimes. next here on the nine, a special division of cal fire actually serves as police. we'll explore what kind of crime the members are focused on. also, a hearing today about the future of a major merger in the world of grocery stores. we're about to talk live with an expert in the world of business law about why the federal government could prevent safeway and al