and memos that donald trump pretended to issue on saturday from a golf club in new jersey that donald trump has an ownership stake in and where donald trump was cheered on in his signing of those fake documents by some of the rich members of that golf club. after donald trump did that on saturday, republican senator ben sasse called the trump executive orders, quote, unconstitutional slop. and ben sasse did that for two reasons. number, most importantly, because donald trump is so politically weak that ben sass believes he can win without any more help from donald trump. that's the most important reason ben sasse did that. there was no political courage involved, just political calculation. donald trump can't hurt me. that's what ben sasse thinks. and the second reason ben sasse called donald trump's executive order unconstitutional slop is because it is unconstitutional slop. the unconstitutional slop includes a memo that the president signed about protecting people from being evicted from their homes. the memo orders members of the trump administration to study if there are any ways

we try to shift the race from a referendum on donald trump between a choice between donald trump andimportant point. donald trump cannot win a referendum on him. that is where he is right now. he used joe biden ‘s name 41 times do not, joe biden never mentioned donald trump last week. in those 41 times, he tried to define him as the antithesis of what donald trump is doing and would do. in these past four yea rs would do. in these past four years in another four year term if he had it. in every term, he ran into three of the same issues, covid—i9, economy and racial injustice. donald trump tried hard to make the race now a choice going forward, now that the general election officially begins now and we will see if it works, but i don't think it will go much beyond the people who were in the audience today, his face in particular will love it, there we re particular will love it, there were certainly references along the lines we had this week to appeal to black voters, which is really to appeal to suburban women voters and certainly appealing to his face, he did nothing to expand tha

donald trump is falling apart.w him up there behind the podium slurring his words today, lost, confused at times. and i don't think that the president looks well, and he is being defeated politically. his trump coalition is in retreat. his attacks are more outlandish by the day, and we have the spectacle in the united states of america that an american president who knows he's losing trying to disrupt the free and fair election for the president of the united states that has gone on uninterpreted in this country since 1979. it is a real threat to liberal democracy from this president. and we see the huge suffering that will be caused in delays by veterans getting their prescriptions delivered, people getting what they need in the mail. it is an appalling moment to see donald trump launching the type of assault he's delivering for the purposes of trying to advantage himself in the election by making it harder and harder to count the votes of the majority of this country of people that want him out of there because t

but not so in the era of donald trump. when celebrity appearances include stars of viral videos, controversial for their racial dog whistles, a member of trump's own family, who will feature prominently each night of the convention. the very same family that's now complicated in yet another newly revealed investigation. news breaking just this afternoon that the new york attorney general is investigating the trump organization for misleading len adores, by inflating the value of their assets. it's an investigation based in part on testimony from trump's former fixer, michael cohen, before congress last year. and it places trump's son, eric, in particular hot water. from david tharnfold, the filing asks a new york state judge to compel the trump organization to reveal information. the filing said that eric trump has been scheduled to be interview in the investigation in late july, but abruptly canceled that interview. the filing says that eric trump is now refusing to be interviewed, with eric trump's lawyers saying, we cann

-- donald j. trumputh dakota. delegates with the following delegates, 29, president trump. >>>> madam secretary, i'm christine olds. [applause] [cheering] the firstoud to be female governor of the great state of south dakota. we have the beautiful black hills, the greatest pheasant hunting in the world, and we have mount rushmore. the most iconic monument in this nation. and it is honoring leaders that led this nation through calendaring times. south dakota is proud to be the home of medal of honor recipient, fighter pilot and former governor, joe voss. we are proud of the great lakota leader, sitting bull, and author, laura ingalls wilder. in south dakota, under god, the people rule. our government respects people's rights. we love our freedoms. and we honor the men and women who have come before us to build this great nation. we are grateful to president trump for bringing fireworks back to mount rushmore. [applause] bringing jobs to our towns and he puts america first each and every day. on behalf of

i wish donald trump knew how to be a president. >> i did hope for the sake of our country that donald trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously. >> look at how bad he was, he was so ineffective, so terrible. they did such a bad job that i stand before us president. >> donald trump and establishment democrats attacking each other as kamala harris makes history as the first woman of color to accept a vice presidential nomination. >> democrats rolling out star power on night 3 of the dnc is barack obama, nancy pelosi, hillary clinton and elizabeth warren. todd: we rollout our star power. griff jenkins in delaware with our best agenda, i, griff. >> reporter: history was made as kamala harris accepted that on a mission formally and highlighted personal history talking about the promise of the country but also on full display was the prosecutor in her. >> i know a predator when i see one. donald trump's failure of leadership is cost lives and livelihoods. right now we have a president who turns our tragedies into political weapons. joe will be a president who turns our chal

he has social media that says he's a huge fan of donald trump. white 17-year-old kid who went up there. who is a domestic terrorist. exactly what this former trump administration official says is making our job harder. yes, he's giving permission to domestic terrorists. i don't know this 17-year-old kid but you look at his social media and his profile, he looks like a white supremacists. if he's not on out front white issue pr supreme assists. he is a terrorist. anybody who leaves their home, drives to another state and shoots two people on the street meets the legal definition of a terrorism. we're seeing it now. trump's silence is another version of the permission structure that allows those kinds of feelings to take root and those behaviors to happen with impunity. again, i with hold judgment. we have not heard the president speak but so far we're four days into this and what the president said and what he hasn't said is exactly the problem and gives exactly the kind of implicit racially, insind area message that allows this violence to take p

basic duty of the job. >> joe biden's condemnation of the violence stands in direct contrast to donald trump, who spent all day yesterday tweeting praise for his supporters, who wrote in open trucks, waving flags, but seems reminiscent of faraway wars. from "the washington post," scenes of trump faithful firing plant and pellet guns during a trump cruise rally caravan through downtown portland, a liberal bastion that has been the site of weeks of street demonstrations, raises the specter that the summer of unrest reaches a new phase, in which the president's ral ee's have fighting back. the portland mayor accusing trump of inciting the violence after a man was shot and killed there among his clashes between those pro-trump caravan and black lives matter protesters on saturday. >> he encouraged them to come into our community. and previously, he has actually encouraged or at least tacitly approved of violence. the tweets that he's been putting out in the last 48 hours, attacking democratic mayors, attacking those who are trying to bring resolution to the violence in their local communities. h

we either support donald trump. well, that's not gonna happen. do nothing. ll, that kind of stinks. or work to beat trump. so we know how to do certain things. we're just doing those try to beat trump. we see donald trump as being the most anti-conservative president really of our lifetime. and it offends us. and we don't understand why others in the republican party don't feel the way we do. but apparently they don't. so we're going to go out and do what we're going to do and hopefully it will have some impact. i think it already has had some impact. i think that we distracted trump and every hour that the trump campaign isn't focused on biden and he's over there like fuming about the lincoln projecor responding to an ad that we did, that's a good day for the biden campaign. so we're going to keep at it. >> one of the things you're also doing is attacking every republican senator who is up for re-election that didn't vote against donald trump for impeachment. and i wonder if the strategy sort of the burn the house down strategy doesn't enable the party to mo

and very much in the way that donald trump does very much in the way that donald trump did when he was a reality show horse saying there are other developments other things going on and i can't tell you about them he often teases these things sometimes they don't come to fruition but he seems to suggest that this time there are certainly things that are moving behind the scenes and jerry seemed to suggest that that was the case as well what is clear is that they've been working on this for about a year you'll remember that donald trump moved the embassy to jerusalem the u.s. embassy to jerusalem the 1st u.s. president to do that even though numerous people who run for the office said they would and eventually back down he recognized israeli sovereignty over the occupied golan heights which pleased israel no end and then when those talk about an exception we were told on this driveway by kellyanne conway there would be an announcement in a couple of days a couple of days went past we tried to check what was going on we were told that the team was no discussing technical issues over that

what i say about donald trump and racists, you don't have to be a racist to support donald trump.omfortable with having a racist as president. and it's something you think that you're getting from him being president is more important than him being a racist. and that's increasing difficult to deny every hour as we go forward. i think that that's just a very haunting truth, that you have to come to grips with. the same weekend that my home state of mississippi took down their state flag, which is a confederate battle flag, a very moving moment, donald trump was trying to raise the confederate flag over the white house. it's a sad way the republican party has gone. >> and that full story is told in stuart stevens' book. the book is "it was all a lie: how the republican party became donald trump." stuart stevens gets tonight's last word. thank you, stuart. "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> and good evening, once again. day 1301 of the trump administration leaving 82 days until our presidential election and today we got to see the democratic ticket. joe biden, kamal

. >> donald trump's failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods. >> i wish donald trump knew how to be a president. >> i did hope for the sake of our country that donald trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously. >> look at how bad he was, so any effective, so terrible, did such a bad job that i stand before you as president. jillian: donald from that assessment democrats attacking each other as kamala harris makes history as the first woman of color to accept the vice president will nomination. >> democrats rolling out star power on night 3 of the dnc with former president obama. nancy. hillary clinton analyst with warren. jillian: griff jenkins live in wilmington, delaware with their message and the president's response. >> reporter: history was made as kamala harris accepted the nomination talking about personal history and the promise of america is what she wanted to beat it but when it came to rebuking donald trump the prosecutor in her was on full display. >> i know a predator when i see one. donald trump's failure of leadership has cost lives and livel

show more of you. >>> do you really feel safe under donald trump? mr. trump, you want to talk about fear? you know what people are afraid of in america? they're afraid they're going to get covid. they are afraid they're going to get sick and die. and that is in no small part because of you. >> as trump tries to distract with his dire warnings of death and destruction in american cities, he continues to ignore the death and destruction by covid-19 and his own mishandling of it. we blew past another mind blowing milestone. more than 6 million americans have been diagnosed with the virus. about a million and a half in the past month alone, and the death toll is inching closer to 200,000. the devastating human toll isn't the only thing that has wreaked havoc on america. just last week, a million more americans signed up for unemployment benefits. extended unemployment benefits have decreased since the initial $600 in supplemental insurance lapsed in august. because the white house refwuz 20d negotiate with the federal democrats. and the moratorium on evictio

in many ways to donald trump. > we have just scratched the surface of this new book called "trump on trial: the investigation, impeachment, acquittal and aftermath." kevin sullivan, mary jordan, congratulations and thanks for being with us. >>> we have one final update for you just crossing now. the chicago sun-times is reporting that jacob blake, the 29-year-old black man who was shot multiple times by police in kenosha over the weekend is paralyzed from the waist down. the paper is reporting blake's father gave that update of his son's condition in an interview. doctors do not yet know if that injury is permanent. so we've been hoping for the best. we heard he was in serious condition. now the "chicago sun-times" telling us he is paralyzed from the waist down. >> it's absolutely terrible. it's a tragedy, and you have republicans, of course, talking about what happened in wisconsin last night at the convention. it's going to be interesting tonight at the convention. are they going to be talking about what happened

you summarize the overall argument of the book that donald trump, quote, has returned to the frame's original vision of the presidency, and office of unity, vigor and independence in securing the benefits of an energetic executive, trump may have done the nation his greatest service. elaborate on that and describe the argument of the book. >> guest: that is great writing. i should have taken a third of the words out of that. one long sentence. a fair summary of the book. when trump ran for president i was wary of him. he wasn't my first pick for president and one reason i was wary of him is he is a populist in the constitution fears populists. think about populism, fdr, andrew jackson and even abraham lincoln, people think they have popular will behind them in the constitution is often seen as an obstacle and so you would have thought donald trump would come into office and find the constitution a hindrance, an obstacle to what he wanted to do but instead the last 3 and a half, four years what i have seen is it is his opponents who wants to up and and change constitutional tradition a

robert mueller's report found that russia attacked the 2016 election in order to help donald trump win the presidency and that the trump campaign welcomed that help. today the office of the director of national intelligence, the odni, confirmed that russia is once again interfering in our election to help donald trump win in 2020. quote, we assess that russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former vice president biden, pro-russia ukraine ran parliamentary is spreading claims about corruption, including through publicizing leaked phone calls to undermine former vice president biden's candidacy and the democratic party. some kremlin-linked actors are also seeking to boost president trump's candidacy on social media and russian television. the assessments also warned of threats by china and iran, but in less specific terms, indicating that china preferring that president trump does not win the re-election and that iran seeks to undermine u.s. democratic institutions. president trump and to divide the country in advance of the 2020 elections. now, this announcement come

moving away from donald trump, educated voters moving away from donald trump. that still a little too close for comfort? not only in this poll but also in polls that you see in michigan, arizona, north carolina and other swing states? where are we? where is this state of the race as far as you're concerned by all the numbers you're looking at? >> joe, on the electoral college likely voter polls, biden has a meaningful but not sufficient advantage. and i think it's important in the coming weeks that people focus in those states, they focus resources, communications efforts, strategic efforts in those states to rev up the early voting because this is going to start as early voting starts in a very short window from now in most states, donald trump is going to try to roll out an august, september and october surprise to drive down democratic turnout. we're going to have to be ready for those things. the earlier people vote and request their absentee ballot and get back in, the better we are. especially if he's playing shenanigans with the postal service and other

and on that measure donald trump has failed you see at its most basic level donald trump doesn't understand the presidency he thinks it's all about him well it's not it's about you it's about all of us the people. as a lawyer an advocate when i would rise to speak in a courtroom i'd say the following words camila harris for the people and that is why i stand today to speak for the people because we know the truth donald trump has failed at the most basic and important job of a president of the united states he failed to protect the american people. plain and simple trump showed that we in the legal profession would call a reckless disregard for the well being of the american people. a reckless disregard for the danger a pandemic would pose to american lives for the devastation it would do to our economy for the damage it would do to communities of color who have been subjected to structural racism for generations for the chaos that would up and our daily lives make it impossible for many of our children to go to school make it impossible to live normally and with a sense of certainty he nev

donald trump jr. was the one speaker who had the opportunity to humanize his father, the president of the united states of america, but he didn't do that, did he? he was more like a political speaker. >> in many ways was ramping up for his own father's speech, which we're anticipating on thursday which obviously will be written out and it will be prepared but we do know that he tends to go off and riff. i think what we saw in donald trump jr. is what donald trump wanted to hear his son say as he was preparing for perhaps the biggest speech of his lifetime on thursday. >> donald trump has raised hopes in america promising a covid-19 vaccine will come very soon in his words. we were told to expect surprises this week during the convention. any idea what that might be and what the rest of the rnc might offer? >> i think if you saw what happened this past evening where he had hostages that were repatriated back to the united states, freed, i suppose, from their captivity from some of these nations, i thin

how does donald trump continue to be donald trump in face of that.nswer is we're going to see more of donald trump. not a different donald trump. more of donald trump but just like in spinal tap he's going to try to turn it up to 11. >> let me follow up. i guess i'm coming from what i learned from matthew dowd and some of the smartest pollsters that i worked with when i was on campaigns. an attack, no matter how nasty and brutal and i think when we watch it, we cover trump on the dial. it goes to 11 and you think it's more damaging. no, no, no. the measure of how damaging attack is how plausible it is. we know there's 35% that will believe anything trump says. if he says joe biden hangs upside down at night. they will believer that. that's not who you're talking to by this week. by this week, you're talking to largely married suburban women in lake county, ohio and wisconsin and erie, pa and people who have been given pause over the last few years. of good people on both sides of a kkk rally and for them to see joe biden not just in command and contr

donald trump is erasing them. before the virus hit, trump made us vulnerable. he failed to do what was necessary. as it continues, he is making it worse every day. just this week, the social security administration said a cut to social security like the one trump is proposing would end disability benefits within one year. and all benefits within three years. let me be as clear as possible. if donald trump's extreme proposal goes into effect, the checks that american seniors are relying on, that you rely on, to pay your bills, to buyer medicine, to live, will stop coming. the very people who have suffered greatly in this crisis, it is unthinkable. in the middle of a health crisis made worse by his own actions, donald trump is in court right now, trying to throw out the entire affordable care act, including protections it provides for people with pre-existing conditions. that means if you are fortunate enough to survive covid-19, insurers could deny you coverage for treating any long-term effects. president trump will not tell you any of this at the republican co

. >>> president donald j. trump is a working class president. >> i'm rich. >> this campaign is going to match his work ethic. >> i'm an ivy league, i went to ivy league college, i went to wharton school, which is the best business school in the world. >> he's a working class president -- >> i just sold an apartment for $15 million. >> it's all too much. this is -- they shutdown the campaign -- it's like, meltdown, meltdown at the core and homer simpson turns it off. when we turn it on we'll say mr. burns is working class here. it's not going to work. the campaign is trying to rebrand donald trump as a blue collar working class every man. good morning. we have former aid to george w. bush and from the state department elise jordan. the host of "politics nation" and president of the national action network al sharpton. reporter for axios, jonathan swan. more from his remarkable interview with the president coming up. willie, it's a thing we're starting to see more and more from donald trump. him working against his ow

she is blaming the death directly on the policies of donald trump. so the theme of donald trump.e of tonight is we, the people. they claim donald trump has failed in the pandemic, the economic response and failing to lead america at this moment in the quest for racial justice. that is the theme so far. move technical glitches really, which i am short of the relief of the producers, but the keynote speakers are coming up, burning sanders and michelle obama. what is your sense about how this will play with the voters? for people who don't watch this obsessively, it won't be that much different, because the bid networks only usually take an hour of the thing itself. this next hour is the hour that the us networks are opting into. so if you are an undecided voter rather than a committed part of them has probably been watching online devotedly since the cable networks started running live coverage a couple of hours ago, then this next hour is the key one. the messages that come out of it, these other clips that will be repaid on the news, one that will be influential in morning tv. we

coming up, programs about donald trump and his supporters thoughts on how to win reelection in november. first up from this past february on our either interview program afterwords k t mcfarland recalls her time working for the president. >> trump understood if you rebuild the american economy to make the strongest economy in the world, all the middle east oil and make america energy independence, you have a lot of leverage in the energy world and also because we are the recipients of purchasers, other countries make stuff and sell it to us. they need to sell it to us. we make stuff, trump understood and realized if he could fix the american economy, get us off of middle east energy could use trade wars to renegotiate agreements with china, japan, south korea, one with britain soon, mexico and canada. put the united states enough far better position of much more leverage and then start negotiating and my advice to him is now that you have china, you have a trade agreement with mexico and canada, japan and south korea, probably get one with the brits by the end of the year, we now have a

, their hatred of donald trump.g raging hatred that doesn't usually work well in elections. the problem here is you have people like aoc and bernie sanders who do stand for things and do believe things. it is nuts, totally crazy but they believe in things and that is the animated part of the party but trying to put joe biden into that tent is kind of impossible and a striking moment when michelle obama gave what is so far been the most unifying -- not most unifying but most high profile speech the last two nights where she took a dig at bernie sanders and aoc about how this is not a time to waste our time with people who can't get elected, that was a real digger people like aoc and all of her ideas. >> she has felt herself elected and the number people she backed in the primaries unseeded incumbents this time around, the squad is growing and will continue to grow after the election this fall so the party has a lot to manage with that wing and those who would say joe biden is truly a moderate, that he will not pull t

he must've cheated, sounds like something he would do. >> i wish donald trump knew how to be a presidentecause america needs a president right now. remember back in 2016 when trump asked, what you have to lose? well now we know. our health care, our jobs, our loved ones. our leadership in the world and even our post office. don't forget, joe and kamala can win by 3 million votes and still lose. take it from me. so we need numbers overwhelming so trump can't sneak or steal his way to victory. >> tucker: see? trump stolen along with the mailboxes and the pay phones. of course he did. donald trump is such a bad person at the true scope of his diabolical awfulness is hard to describe. maybe impossible to describe. maybe it's better to not even try to describe it. it's like when your grandmother got sick, no one wanted to say what it was, the disease was too scary. trump is that bad. the good news is, compared to donald trump, everybody else looks good. even the worst people, especially the worst people and that's the beauty of it. listen to how they are describing teddy kennedy at the dnc. >

donald trump has been talking for months about joe biden is mentally soft. he blue a whole in that characterization. >> joe biden hit a home run. he had pace, rhythm, energy, emotion and delivery. we have to say that is the best be of his life. todd: our next guest, kathy smedley, has a different take. jillian: thanks for being here. i think it goes without saying republicans are going to have a different view of the speech overall but a lot of people praising the speech saying it was pretty well done. what did you think? >> people on both sides saying it was well delivered but it was short on substance and talk about lobar the we have a presidential nominee for one of the major parties in this country and the bar that is set is he can deliver a speech from a teleprompter without flubbing the lines. that is it. that is the bar for joe biden. there wasn't much substance in it. when he did recite a plan for the economy or the pandemic it was the president's plan, things donald trump did when joe biden was telling him he shouldn't do it like cutting off travel

donald trump said it is what it is. with more than 30 million unemployed, donald trump says great.nd suffering and more now that republicans have failed to make a deal on an extra $600 insurance benefit, donald trump tweeted great jobs numbers. donald trump said about the jobs report this. >> that's big stuff. that's big news and great news. we're getting them even in a pandemic, which is disappearing. it is going to disappear. >> the pandemic is not disappearing. today the united states got closer to reporting five million cases of the coronavirus. the united states has suffered 161,657 deaths from the coronavirus. that 1,333 deaths reported just today. it's not disappearing. here is the reality about today's job's numbers. the unemployment rate dropped to 10.2%. the unemployment rate for hispanic workers 2.7%, higher for black workers. it's 4.4% higher. 1.8 million jobs were added in july. but the cumulative number of those employed is still the lowest since the great recession. stock markets are actually near record highs right now. the s&p 500 is within striking distance of its

we should never ever forget the very first time we saw her publicly lying to help donald trump. >> how would you describe the job president trump is doing behind the scenes and in front of the cameras during these daily briefings we're seeing. what's been your perspective dr. birx. >> he's been so attentive to the scientific details and the data and i think his ability to analyze and integrate data that comes outs out-his long history in business has really been a real benefit during that he has discussion about medical issues. >> what a loathsome lie. donald trump does not even read his presidential daily brief, the intelligence brief that was telling him that vladimir putin was paying the taliban to kill american soldiers. he doesn't read anything. he's a functional illiterate. and deborah birx went out there and told that lie for him to benefit him. to ingrateiate herself to him. no public health official in the trump administration has ever told a lie of that mad magnitude. in testimony to the house of representatives today dr. anthony fauci showed exactly why he's not donald trump

it's now dominated by donald trump and by people who have bent the knee to donald trump. the constitution, there's no coming back. it does no good for marco rubio to allow -- he got a little bit -- rubio got a little bit of positive spin for saying he allowed the report to come out, as if this were a favor to the american people, and then he betrayed it by attacking the report of his own committee. the party has -- the president has, i think, is a binary choice because at this point, you know, any other choice really is almost inexplicable to me. this isn't a 1996 where you're picking between bill clinton and bob dole. this is a time for choosing. but also, there has to be a voice raised and a vote cast against the enablers. we're all former -- we're either current or former republicans. we have a sentimental attachment to the republican party. we all loved "old yeller," but at some point you have to take him behind the barn and put him down. >> wow, that's an analogy. let's talk about the convention because it kicks off tomorrow. it's going to be four days of what i anti

she went after donald trump. and as i mentioned it, she did mention donald trump's name is. it was an elevated speech, she talked about what biden was going to do in contrast but barack obama went low. i thought it was really bad. shannon: you pick the portion of the former president's speech. let's get your reaction. >> what i know about joe. what i know about kamala is that actually care about every american. and they care deeply about this democracy. shannon: most of his speech wasn't about somebody to get around to endorsing and praising his former vice president. why did you pick this part? was plank of the speech, turned into 3 sections, the first section was donald trump is completely inadequate and not -- totally bungled the job. the second part about joe and the human connection in his capacity and kamala harris's capacity to care about people, this is been central to joe biden's success throughout his career that he can connect with everyday americans. and he is the amtrak guy. that video of amtrak workers was especially powerful. when you look at how historically

>> i would want donald trump.nce of my service was under the obama administration which joe biden was a part of and i can so you point blank it is not even the same military morale, has never been higher, the military loves this president and it is not even a question, donald trump is our commander-in-chief it needs to continue to be the commander-in-chief or another four years. jillian: those of us who are not on the frontline to don't know what it is like to be fighting for this country what is the big difference between the administrations? >> i got out as donald trump was getting elected. i served in iraq underneath bush and obama. the difference is the feeling of the president has our back, the president has our men and women in uniform's back, what is going on with police right now sometimes these men and women putting themselves in harm's way to protect citizens it is not always about needing more money, more health care coverage, it is knowing when push comes to shove the commander in chief is going to hav

arkansas, the state that gave donald j. trump0% margin of victory over former resident, crooked hillary, and will do so again over the radical democratic ticket that has d.c. swamp.of the arkansas proudly casts its 40 votes for donald j. trump. [applause] secretary drummond: pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and rules and procedures of this convention, arkansas casts 40 votes, president donald trump. california, 172 delegates with 172,ollowing delegates -- president trump. congressman of kevin mccarthy, our national committee woman, our national committee man sean still, and over 5 million registered republicans from 50 -- to san diego and everywhere in between, i'm the chairwoman jessica patterson. want to bringe, forth 172 delegates for donald trump. [applause] secretary drummond: pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules and procedures of this convention, california casts 172 votes for president trump. colorado, 30 -- [applause] secretary drummond: 37 delegates. 37 for president trump. >> madam

we'll talk about it on the other side. >> evangelicals like donald trump. they like donald trump.nd, you know, jerry falwell jr., who's an incredible guy from liberty university, he endorsed me. jerry falwell jr. has had so much to do with my success with the evangelicals. >> charlie, where does this leave donald trump? >> well, by the way, he's actually right about that. jerry falwell jr. was crucial in that remarkable shift of evangelicals behind donald trump, and their decision that personal character didn't matter that much anymore. so where does that leave donald trump? where does that leave evangelical christianity, which has made this faustian bargain with donald trump when they decided that the access to power was more important than the content of their faith? so you would like to think that people would be repelled by this, that this would have an effect, but no. look, if you've gone so far as to support donald trump to be the president of the united states, the role model in chief, you've obviously also signaled that you're prepared to sacrifice a lot of other values. a

frankly donald trump should worry. part of the role of the vice presidential nominee is to be able to get out there, be on the stump and hammer away at president trump. i think either of these two women, and others, would do exactly that. i don't like to speculate. i'm really looking forward to the choice. >> you know, jason, i know that normal candidates look for a partner to run the country should they win. i reported this earlier and i think it was misconstrue. the trump organization views this as a casting for the vice presidential debate. my reporting suggests they're most anxious of senator kamala harris, that she could chew up and spit out mike pence. obviously that's not the only criteria for joe biden. from the psychological impact that that choice would have on the trump campaign, seems they're already psyched out and they have the opposite frame around the more debates are more strategy for donald trump. >> yeah, i agree, nicolle. senator harris would do a very good job of taking down mike pence. mike pence w

that's donald trump. i thoi don juniors speech very much channeled his father and where they are going to go. we had the greatest economy. he can build it again. biden is a socialist. he's going to take us in the wrong direction. and cultural wars. and i think we'll see a lt of that for the rest of this week. >> yeah, we'll look ahead to the second night of the convention after a quick break. we'll be right back. ♪ water? why?! ahhhh! incoming! ahhhahh! i'm saved! water tastes like, water. so we fixed it. mio it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere migraine strikes without worrying if it's too late, or where i am. one dose of ubrelvy works fast. it can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within two hours, relieving pain and debilitating symptoms. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea and tiredness. migraine hits hard. hit back with ubrelvy. the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine. so are we. prudential helps 1 in 7 americans with their financial needs. that's over

there is no one else running besides donald trump who can do that. todd: you hear that with trump supporters. the trump campaign suing new jersey governor phil murphy over mail in voting plans, the postmaster general says proposed changes suspended after the election. with regard to the suit, the latest information we have, what happens in the other 49 states if trump wins? >> this is another attempt to alter in the last minute the process by which we elect the president. if we wanted to make major wholesale changes to our voting system that should be something done in between presidential election cycles, not now. the president has to win all of these so that we have the ability to conduct a fair and lawful election this november. early voting begins shortly. we don't have time for this. jillian: thank you for joining us, appreciate it. todd: a desperate manhunt for the person brutally attacking a man. jillian: police declaring a riot after a fire was set in the county seat of government. the mayor condemning the violence. >> reporter: the video was

we should never ever forget the very first time we saw her publically lying to help donald trump. >> how would you describe the job president trump is doing behind the scenes and in front of the cameras during these daily briefings that we're seeing? >> he's been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details of the data. and i think his ability to analyze and integrate data that comes out of his long history and business has really been a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues. >> what a loathsome lie. donald trump does not even read his presidential daily brief. the intelligence brief that was telling him that vladimir putin was paying the man to kill american soldiers. he doesn't read anything. he's a functional illiterate. and deborah birx went out there and told that lie to ingratiate herself to him. no public health official in the trump administration has ever told a lie of that magnitude. no wonder she is donald trump's favorite. in testimony to the house of representatives today, dr. anthony fauci showed exactly why he is not donald trump's favo

it seemed very anti-donald trump. >> mrs. obama has to give you her very best in identity politics to scare the heck out of you and i agree, we are telling everyone to vote. the president reminding people to send absentee ballots, go to the polls, socially distance and voted vote early so if you create chaos and scare people you're going to give them the answer and she is doing an excellent job at that. we are seeing identity politics at its best. she was compelling, she didn't say about biden or harris. i remind people don't be fooled by pretty brown faces. we are dealing with identity politics. jillian: did you want her to say anything about kamala harris? this was recorded before harris was vp pick but did you want to hear anything about her? >> i am wondering what any of those who are speaking, none of them are running for office. it is going to be there strategies to attack donald trump is doing a really good job, getting people checks, money, payroll tax cuts, things he is helping a lot, doing his best to find actions t

donald trump is neither of those things. do you think they recognize that's the strategic imperative and will attempt it next week or do you think trump is beyond strategic council? >> it's a very complicated question. i think they do recognize that's the strategic imperative. i think trump is largely incapable of making that turn. in part because he feels the need to defend his own record, not just defend it, but tout it as the greatest record in presidential history. his knee jerk reaction is to tout what he's done, which is a reminder to people of what he's done. for you guys in 2004 there were events you could use to change the talk of the race. trump doesn't have those types of initiatives or big campaign moments ahead to make that turn. if anything, we're looking at a staggering economy that could get worse because there's no progress on another stimulus bill and unemployment benefits will decrease. we're looking at the potential of another spike of covid with cases in the fall coinciding with the flu season, all that w

actually thought that donald trump could pick up some export there because joe that donald trump couldre becausejoe biden has shown that he is not exactly the statesman that he was when he was vice president to barack 0bama. almost a decade older and just has not been as fast and is click on the campaign trailas many not been as fast and is click on the campaign trail as many would like to have seen. so i think that donald trump may well have some cars up

donald trump stood idly by and decision.eadly donald trump froze. he was scared. and he was petty and figment it -- and vindictive. he told them it was not his job to give personal protective equipment to frontline workers. "respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment, try getting it yourselves." we have -- today, we have nearly 6 million. even now, donald trump will not take responsibility and will not act. the tragedy in all of this is it did not have to be this bad. just look around. it is not like this and the rest of the world. , guys, all we needed was a competent president. one who is willing to listen. willing to lead. , have aponsibility plan. do their jobs. joe biden will be that president. he has got a national strategy. he is more than ready to lead. every month since march, as the pandemic has unfolded, joe biden has updated steps he would take to save american lives and he has done it based on what every scientist, expert, and economist says we should be doing. joe biden will put a plan into effect on day one, deploy rapid tests with immediate res

donald trump has failed at the most basic job of the united states. he failed to protect the american people. plain and simple. trump showed that we in the legal profession would call a reckless disregard for the well-being of the american people. a reckless disregard for the danger a pandemic would propose for american lives, for the devastation it would do to our -- to our economy. for the damage it would do to communities of color, who have been subjected to structural racism for generations. for the chaos that would upend our daily lives, make it impossible for our children to go to school. he never appreciated a president swears an oath before god and country to protect america against threats seen and unseen. it is his duty, it is his obligation to protect us. and yet he has failed, miserably. here is the thing. donald trump's incompetence is nothing new. that has always been on full display. in january of this year, it became deadly. that is when the threat of a virus that would endanger the world first emerged. trump dismissed the threat, but j

donald trump didn't create the initial division. the division created trump. he only made it worse. >> with a lot of work from the autoworkers and too little help from the white house joe biden and kamala harris will lead by example. >> reporter: tonight's theme will be leadership matters. aoc, senator schumer, bill clinton and doctor jill biden and our keynote will be led by 17 rising stars including stacy abrams. we will see how it goes. jillian: another recap tomorrow morning. todd: michelle obama's remarks the main event of the night, a reaction to the first lady's emotional appeal to the country. >> michelle obama doesn't like politics, she said this speech was her main contribution to the biden campaign. she really flayed, sliced and diced donald trump talking about the chaos and confusion and lack of empathy, spoke about the deficits of donald trump and classism of joe biden. >> bernie sanders was the big headliner of the night. the host of the next revolution says the democratic socialist with the only speaker with any real energy. >> the only speaker

donald trump puts pressure on the u.n. to reimpose sanctions on iran often embarrassing defeat to extend an arms embargo. defiant and determined protesters braved the threat of a renewed crackdown in groups to rally against the will of the president. former u.s. president barack obama has delivered a stinging rebuke of his successor on day 3 of the democratic national convention he says donald trump has shown no interest in putting in the work and has sought. need to help himself and his friends obama urged americans to vote for joe biden in the presidential election saying he has the ability to lead the country out of dark times. a former democratic nominee hillary clinton and current house speaker nancy pelosi expressed their support for biden i have sat in the oval office with both of the men who are running for president but i never expected that my successor would embrace my vision or continue my policies i did hope for the sake of our country that donald trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously that