let's bring in michael blake from washington he is the democratic national committee vice chairman and served as a senior aide in the obama white house many thanks for speaking to us here on al jazeera so you must have been listening in to those speeches what did you make of tonight's event well it was really going incredibly well scoring a night. and when you. when you think about. carmel erik's who's now opening up. for so many communities. coming open up no doors of any communities you know we think about president barack obama where they are working with him demonstrating what truly just looks like all of this was conveying that we have to watch for the country to move forward in a positive manner and while we celebrate tonight as we should we recognize that there is a very clear choice. communities or devastation and there are a trump presidency so it was incredibly but filling to see and listening tonight do you think coming to her as did enough in her speech tonight to win over those who perhaps don't know enough about her or listening to her for the 1st time on this sort of pla

michael blake is the democratic national committee vice chairman and served as a senior aide in the obama white house he says donald trump is trying to destroy the legacy of the united states. what we see is one person in president obama vice president biden who recovered the economy ensure that there was access to health care addressed minority women business issues and you have someone in donald trump who is a racist sexist sinopoli demagogue trying to destroy the legacy of our country and so it was making it very clear an election is about choice and contracts and here is the choice for everyone do we continue down a path where people are literally dying because of donald trump and mike pence or do we decide to move forward with a clear vision with the by the merest agenda so president obama was very clear we cannot wait we cannot sit on the sidelines we have to be engaged we have to be here to do everything for the biden harris to get to where the us democratic party has formally nominated senator come along the vice president in the forthcoming election it makes her the 1st woman of

with that, we bring in our experts, michael steele, blake zeff, and nbc news' janel ross. od evening to all of you. michael, your thoughts on that grim reality of planet earth 2020? >> yeah, you know, earth can be a tough place to have to hang out, you know? when you're trying to create these other worlds, what trump has done for the last three years. no, i think you nailed it in setting up this conversation, because this was not an easy thing to do. no matter how you cut it and i know folks want to get partisan here andar the democrats for figuring out how to take their message and put it in the context of every day. in other words, folks are at home, they've been there for a long time. how can we make this a story worth listening to? how can we make this entertainmeentertai entertaining? and how can we on the other end of this with joe biden say something and make them go, that man can be president? i think they accomplished a lot of that tonight. i have a friend of mine who is probably watching out in california, and he was like, let's not ever do anything other than thi

with that we bring in our experts, the former chair of the republican party, michael steele, blake zeff who's worked for dham paicampaigns of barack and hillary clinton. good evening to all of you. michael, your thoughts on that grim reality of planet earth 2020. >> yeah, you know, earth can be a tough place to have to hang out, you know? you're trying to create these other worlds which trump has done for the last three years. i think you nailed it in setting up this conversation because this was not an easy thing to do. no matter how you cut it, and i know folks want to get partisan here and partisan there. this is a major political statement that's made by both parties. having planned early for our convention back in 2010 i know what that detail looks like. and we didn't have to deal with one tenth of the crazy that the parties have to deal with today. so hats off to the democrats for figuring out how to take their message and put it into the context of every day. in other words, folks are at home. they've been there for a long time. how can we make this a story worth listening to? ho

i want to thank blake and liz, and michael steel, to get in the reporting we have been doing on the racial disparity and profiling, it's important. i know you care about it. he joins us later. much more ahead, and senator harris taking on trump with an s scathing rebuttal. you are watching msnbc. snbc it's 5g ultra wideband, and it's already available in parts of select cities. like los angeles and in new york city. and it's rolling out in cities around the country. with massive capacity, it's like an eight lane highway compared to a two lane dirt road. 25x faster than today's 4g networks. in fact, it's the fastest 5g in the world. from the network more people rely on. this is 5g built right. only on verizon. coming to the green flag, racing at daytona. they're off... in the kentucky derby. rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions. touchdown! only mahomes. expect anything different? the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. scathe. scathe. >>> the rnc is over and we're up late live with special coverage. john r

michael steele. you know him. we're also joined by blake zeff. he knows his way around conventions and our friend liz plank, host of spin and author of "for the love of men." this is a power panel for a finale night when americans have been watching all of this. michael steele, what did you think of the punches landed? >> well, so the punches were in some cases pretty good. they had some definition on joe tonight. be that's just -- i think more the combination as opposed to any one singular punch. so yeah, i think in that regard, the joe biden campaign probably has to come back and respond to some of that tomorrow. but overall, i still think this thing missed the mark simply because elections are about expansion, conventions are a way to create the backdrop for that. don't get me started on the white house as a backdrop. but the whole idea is to create the kind of momentum coming off the presidential -- the president's moment, the nominee's moment that carries you. i don't think it carries him as far as some may be saying, as you alluded in the i

blake. >> a perfect point. michael, let me bring you back in.ump cares very much what famous people and people more famous than him, more respected than him say and do in public. this is a rebuke of donald trump and mediaal lies, laura ingraham telling lebron james to shut up and dribble. it would appear athletes using their voice for change, to be exactly what they say it is. at least for now, get in the last word. >> i think it is true, that's how trump looks at matters like this, but it is contingent upon whether or not those celebrities he, quote, listens to, like him. that's the first order of business. if you don't like him, he is not listening to you. let's be clear where the line is. this is how i look and take what lebron said in that tweet. it is a powerful exclamation point on all this. i and a lot of others, i have two older sonls, i have had that talk, had the conversation. hell, i'm still having that conversation with my kids in their 30s and 20s. that is you tell me, america, tell me, wisconsin, tell me, missouri, tell me californ

michael bell case. and so i am very worried aboutut whether jujustice is going to be serveded in the jacob blake cas. amy: i'm going to talk about that in a second, where this jacob blake case is right now, who is doing the investigation. but take us a step further. 2 2004.is skilled in -- is killed in n 2004. you have your own indepenendent investigation done, completely completes with the police investigation that exonerated all of thehe officers. then in 2010, talk about the officer who o took his own life. >> we settled a civil rights lawsuit on michael's birthday in 2010. that'sur b belief that when i settle the civil rights lalawsuit, it was a a record lat at thehe time. i refuse to a accept nondisclose confnfidentiality agreement. it wasas importatant to me to me sure that michael's storory was told and these facts continued to come into the publilic. well, ththe city w was such -- r suchch pressure at the time t to settle, they excxcepted under those e conditions. later in the e summer, i started taking up billboards along interstates in wisconsin, and thus billboards said "when police kills

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michael smerconish in philadelphia. you know, three months ago, none of us knew the names george floyd or jacob blake.lled and blake became paralyzed at the hands of police, the country has entered a period of grief, reflection, racial reconciliation, and, in some instances, violence. where the incidents of alleged police misconduct occurred in minnesota and wisconsin bears added significance. both states were decided by slim margins in 2016, which has only heightened the political stakes of the aftermath. the trump campaign struggling to rebound in the face of national and swing state data showing joe biden, with a clear lead, has sought to capitalize on the situation. in republican national convention speech wednesday night, vice president mike pence warned, you won't be safe in joe biden's america. that same day, former vice president biden released a video on twitter saying this -- >> you know, as

blake's family plans to file a civil rights lawsuit. >> hurricane lara a category 3 set to slam the gulf coast. >> michael burgess on that storm, that storm coming up next. long-lasting protection. because your strength is supported by ours. depend. the only thing stronger than us, is you. bof frequent nighttime guys,bathroom trips?s. well, force factor prostate helps reduce urges to urinate, plus fully empty your bladder and promote a normal prostate size. don't settle. choose force factor prostate, from the #1 fastest-growing men's health brand at walmart. change all of us need to be prepared for the potential of a direct hit from the storm. this is when we have to say prepare for the worst. >> hurricane lara straight it then -- strengthening to category 2 storm expected to hit this evening. half 1 million people order to evacuate during the gulf coast. rob: expected to slam louisiana and texas as a category 3 with 105 mile-per-hour winds, 13 feet storm surge. janice dean joins us live. >> janice: striking similar to where rita did 15 years ago on the border between texas and louisiana. 105 mile-per-hour sustained windss, hurricane hunt

, it's not just jacob blake's you going to tamir rice an oscar grant, i mean there's countless names so let's not do in justice by the previous names. >>who come before them michael. >>you know as speaking as an african-american i can tell you every name counts just as much. and i can also tell you that alice johnson's name house and she made a good speech and she talked about the criminal justice reform measure for her and what being part of month for the republicans had. >>the white house and the congress for the first 2 years. do they have the senate now he's still the president and this is occurring under his watch whether it's so you have to ask yourself why isn't the only in the situation because this is is. >>and of course we're going to continue to have political analysis throughout the campaign about 10 weeks to the election. coming up at 6 track your sleep track your steps tracked the tone of your voice. well there's a new smart device that does just that how it works and coming up in sports. the forty-niners held their first practice at levi stadium today ahead of their season opener in a few weeks sports director jason dumas we'll have the latest from

michael smerconish in philadelphia. you know, three months ago, none of us knew the names george floyd or jacob blake. now that floyd was killed and blake became paralyzed at the hands of police, the country has entered a period of grief, reflection, racial reconciliation, and, in some instances, violence. where the incidents of alleged police misconduct occurred in minnesota and wisconsin bears added significance. both states were decided by slim margins in 2016, which has only heightened the political stakes of the aftermath. the trump campaign struggling to rebound in the face of national and swing state data showing joe biden, with a clear lead, has sought to capitalize on the situation. in republican national convention speech wednesday night, vice president mike pence warned, you won't be safe in joe biden's america. that same day, former vice president biden released a video on twitter saying this -- >> you know, as i said after george floyd's murder, protesting brutality is a right and absolutely necessary, but burning down communities is not protest, it's needless violence. so let's unite and

michael to death. this is d.w. news live from the lead and unrest and hopelessness in the u.s. after the shooting of another black man by police the father of the victim jacob blake says he saw this paralyzed after being shot multiple times in the back in view of his children this latest incident setting off protests not just in the state of wisconsin but across the country we'll get a live update also coming up russia hits back of german allegations that opposition leader alexei devolving was poisoned moscow.

blake. president trump slamming athletes overnight. this as the league and michaelreturn to the court. adrienne bankert is joining with us more on this. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning to you, cecilia. sports is in a time of tectonic transition. we know the nba has announced the players have agreed to continue with the playoffs. gam would start this weekend. we're still not sure. meanwhile word from espn that michael jordan, the only black majority owner in the nba, has become a type of peace broker, a voice of reason between players and team ownership. he's urging other owners to listen with those players talking and having a path to move forward. meanwhile, we saw major league baseball respond with this very emotional moment on the field. a tribute to jackie robinson, 42 seconds of silence. their uniforms before walking off the field before leaving a black lives matter t-shirt on the mound, but there was this mess involving the general co fm e worlpofor otten a lot ow us. thank you so much. we'll be right back. , cecilia. >> you'll be following i

michael brown, trayvon and anybody else who lost their lives. it's never been more clear than change right now. it's happening right now because we demand it. >> jacob blake is the latest victim of police brutality that this nation has witnessed. the 29-year-old was shot seven times in the back by a kenosha, wisconsin police officer and remains hospitalized. jacob blake's father implored those at the march to use their voices to stand up and make change. >> there are two systems of justice in the united states. there is a white system and there is a black system. the black system ain't doing so well. but we're going to stand up. of black person in the united states is going to stand up. we're tired! i'm tired! of looking at cameras and seeing these young black and brown people suffer. >> breonna taylor was 26 years old when she was shot by louisville, kentucky, police officers in march. no arrests were made in her death. her mother was making sure her daughter's name was still heard in washington, d.c. >> we want change. we're at a point where we can get the change. we have to stand together. we have to vote. >> wanda keerp jones shared a message about he

blake. tomorrow the playoffs should resume as normal, with the wednesday games played saturday and the thursday games played surprised. >> not much of a delay it's interesting, i heard that michael a go between getting involved in these talks. i wonder what you think of adam silver's handling this >> it depends who was going for what goal here michael jordan is the only black owner of an nba team he's the most famous basketball player that anyone on the earth knows, right michael jordan was a key person who could get the owners and the players together he reached out to a lot of the people on both sides he said, be quiet, listen to what the players have to say if you keep playing, that's going to help you guys get your message out there. he was someone who could bridge both sides and get them back to the table and back to the arena too get them to play this weekend. >> i was able to speak with tobin earlier today, to check up on his lake charles people, he's dealing with a lot with the storm. he reiterated what we've talked about, it's that, he's knocking trump away, but saying, mr. president, this is the world we are in, everything is political these days and that's okay as a b

trayvon, like they did with michael brown, like they did with so many others, reverend al, you know, you helped teach me not to get distracted. and so when we think about jacob blake jr., who was shot in the back seven times, i refuse to allow them to distract us and say, well, you have to put it in contest, don't rush to judgment. all we need to do, reverend al, is look at the videotape. it tells us exactly what is relevant here. jacob was not making a threat or posing a violent threat to anybody as he's walking away from the police. he never verbally threatened the police. all he was trying to do was get in his car and get his three little boys out of a volatile situation. it is the tale of two videotapes, reverend al, when you look at what happened to jacob, going away, being shot in the back and an alleged young white nationalist who shot three people, killing two of them, and walked down the street with an assault weapon hanging from his neck, past several police officers, past several national guardsmen and nobody shot him in the back. nobody killed him. it underscores the fact that we have two justice systems in america, one for black america and one for wh

there is not just jacob blake's you want to tamir rice an oscar grant, i mean there's countless names so let's not do in justice by the previous names. >>who come before them michael. >>you know as speaking as an african-american i can tell you every name counts just as much. and i can also tell you that alice johnson's name house and she made a good speech and she talked about the criminal justice reform measure for her and what being part of month for the republicans had. >>the white house and the congress for the first 2 years. do they have the senate now he's still the president and this is occurring under his watch whether it's so you have to ask yourself why isn't the only in the situation because. >>this is is. >>by the way credit for is your local election headquarters and will continue to have political analysis throughout this campaign. >>and we're continuing to remember black panther actor chadwick boseman who passed away from colon cancer tributes to him are pouring in on social media. this one is from california senator and joe biden's of vp pick kamala harris, she tweeted out heartbroken my friend and fellow bison. chadwick boseman was brilliant kind

even as the names have changed to trayvon martin, michael brown, eric garner, sandra bland, tamir rice, freddie gray, george floyd, breonna taylor, jacob blakeith -- i with him in selma when he pulled me to the front of the line so i could be there to witness history. i watched the reverend nurture families as they cry on for justice. he has had presidents confide in him. he inspired me to use my gift to make real change. he has been our backstop and defender in dark times. we know that when we call him, he will be there and do something and cause something to be done. the 57th anniversary march on washington, please join me in saluting our defender and my big brother, reverend al sharpton. [applause] ♪ >> no justice. >> no peace. >> no justice. >> no peace. >> no justice. >> no peace. >> no justice. >> no peace. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> alright. 57 years ago, in 1963, there was a struggle in birmingham, alabama. there was the assassination of med

blake. they'll continue to use the franchise's platform to unite and enact positive change. the wnba will resume the playoffs, they continue to have meetings amongst players. league officials and charlotte horn hornets owner michaelpart of it. >> thank you for your reporting. >>> all right. we have some major breaking news overnight from japan. prime minister shinzo abe resigns due to health issues. he's the longest serving prime minister and let's go live to will ripley with the breaking details. it sounds like he's not doing to leave right away. he'll wait for his successor to be named? >> he is. and, you know, it's important to point out, shinzo abe it's difficult to be a leader of any country, especially a leader of japan when you have abe's goal which was essentially to affect major institutional change. he tried to have japan's pacifist constitution revised so they could have a more assertive role in the asia-pacific which is something that president trump and president obama wanted and he's befriended president trump and had the pandemic not happened this year, chinese president xi jinping was supposed to be visiting abe in tokyo. that was of course canceled and the biggest cancellation, olympic, 2020. sup

michael brown, trayvon, and anybody else who lost their lives or are too evil. it's never been more clear than change right now. it's happening right now because we demand it. >> jacob blakeof police brutality that this nation has witnessed. the 29-year-old was shot seven times in the back by a kenosha, wisconsin, police officer and remains hospitalized. jacob blake's father implored protesters at the commitment march to use their voices to stand up and make change. >> there are two systems of justice in the united states. there's a white system, and there's a black system. the black system ain't doing so well, but we're going to stand up. every black person in the united states is gonna stand up. we're tired! i'm tired of looking at cameras and what happens when 2 million people switch to xfinity mobile? well, the good news gets shared. and it gets rated #1 for customer satisfaction. but don't just take our word for it. take theirs. it's your wireless. your rules. only with xfinity mobile. call, click or visit a store today. hey college students - sundays away from your team are tough. i'll take it from here announcer guy. i've got just the ticket. is this real? as real

michael brown was called by the white house in ferguson, we were on the call. when george floyd talked with vice president biden, we were on the phone call. when jacob blake's family, mr. blake and miss julia talked to vice president biden be senator kamala harris. we were on the phone. last i checked, jim, we have a department of justice investigation going on. so it would be most appropriate to have your counsel on the phone when you're talking to anybody involved in the government that would determine whether those individuals will be held accountable for shooting your son seven times in the back in front of your three grandchildren. >> and, ben, mr. blake didn't seem to have any idea who the president is talking about when he talks about this pastor. are you aware of the white house making any attempts to speak to the family, speak to you, speak to anybody associated with this family? >> yes. miss julia jackson, jacob's mother, her pastor, pastor james, and attorney salvi was trying to coordinate for the president to call while he was in communication with miss jackson and us, and she was ready to receive the phone call. but for some reason, the call ne

michael bell sr. joins us now. mr. bell, good evening. welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me on your show. >> what were your initial thoughts when you heard about the shooting of jacob blake? >> i was at the dinner table and i watched the video unfold, and the first thing that i saw was a family member standing next to him and jumping up and down. i was just sickened by the situation. but i also felt sympathy for the family member as my own son was shot in front of his mother and sister. >> we mentioned this law that has changed the way that investigations of police involved shootings are conducted in wisconsin. based on that and perhaps other changes, how are you feeling in terms of this investigation? how much confidence do you have that things today might be different than the investigation into your son's death? >> the investigation into my son's death took just 48 -- 56 hours. two calendar days. i was appalled by that. i'm a retired military officer and i knew how safety investigations should run. and so right now jacob blake's family has the benefit of an investigation we never had. the investigation in my own son's case is still ongoing. i have private investigator

blake in wisconsin. let's go right to kayna whitworth in portland with the latest. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: hey, michaelgood morning. so as we approach nearly 100 nights of unrest here in portland, the city's police chief says they desperately need calm. he's asking for people to focus on what they have in common, not what divides them, because lives are at stake. in portland, after hours of warnings for the crowd to dissipate, officers responded. officers are shooting. police seen here pinning down a protester repeatedly punching the person as other officers blocked the view. battles erupting between demonstrators and counter-protesters. and the president and local officials. portland's mayor blasting president trump after a weekend of violent clashes in his city and the death of a right wing supporter. >> do you seriously wonder, mr. president, why this is the first time in decades that america has seen this level of violence? it's you who has created the hate and division. >> reporter: the president firing back on twitter calling the mayor weak and pathetic. this as we learn new details about the cla

michael dell will be on to discuss results. >>> nba players decide to resume playoffs on wednesday in protest of the shooting of jacob blake byofficer. the nba is working to resume games today or tomorrow. nhl postponed games yesterday and today and will look to resume games on saturday baseball games have been canceled on a team by team basis. michael jordan has played a key role he owns the charlotte hornets. the only black team owner. saying listening is better than talking right now but i can tell you from many of my own reporting, there has been a lot of back and forth, guys, about how far some of the players want to push. some of them were on the brink of trying to end the season completely others being told maybe to try to bring it back that the public is with you but might not be with you if the season were to end. a lot of dynamics, a lot of economics. the nba pushing behind this. sponsors and a lot of discussion about the implications of the future >> on the other side of this break, we'll not continue this part of the conversation the u.s. open set to start on monday we'll talk to the head of the u.s. tennis associ