thanks. 27 years serving milwaukee and the citizens of milwaukee, and one half -- what i have seen in the last four years, the denigration of officers and loss of officer morale, we had 79 officers at one point. we are under 1300 now. with that drop in numbers we saw a spike in homicides. and then we saw a drop in those clearance rates. we had a high of clearance rates in homicides of 80%. that is down to almost 50% now. think about the victims that are not being duly served by this police department and police departments across the country because they cannot have staffing because of the defund movement. we had 200 detectives in our bureau. we're down to 125. you do the math. you can only keep up so much. so, what we have seen with the support from president trump, when he was in office, and when he looked at our cities, when an osha, for instance, had riots, he send troops in. he made sure somebody had the officers' back. i cannot be more supportive of this administration and president trump, because i know we have a partner in him and he will always have our back. so, thank you ve

so i appreciate that. 27 years serving milwaukee and a citizen of milwaukee and what i have seen in the last four years, the declaration of officers and the morale. we had 79 officers -- 7900 officers. we are under 1300 officers. we doubled our homicide rate. we had a high of clearance rates in homicides of 80% or 90%. think about the victims that are not being duly served by this police department that can't have staffing because of the defund movement. we have doubled the amount of homicides. we can only keep up so much. what we have seen with the support from president trump when he was in office and looked at our cities when kenosha had riots, he sent federal troops and made sure somebody had the officers backs. i can't be more supportive of this administration and president trump because i know we have a partner in him and he will always have our back. thank you very much. [applause] >> with that i want to thank the media but especially the law enforcement officers for being here. thank you so much for the endorsement. it means the world to have the support of the people fundamenta

kennedy met with the milwaukee journal editorial board. his main objective here was to beg the paper not to endorse koehler. and he pulled it off. he did. they did not endorse koehler. it was a game changing moment for the campaign. but in addition to that, he did something more for himself. felicia nash, who was the democratic party chair in the state at the time, was in the room with him and he said that it was what kennedy did was one of the most impressive ad performances that i've ever anywhere. and he made a lot of friends himself. so here he was, of course, to help proxmire. but really, he would actually laid the groundwork for his for his own primary campaign a few years later. so let's fast forward to a few years later, april 9th, 1959, again, about two years from our past event, we've got 23 year old milwaukee journal reporter ira captain steen, who was covering a dinner at the schrader hotel. this was his first time ever covering kennedy and though kennedy hadn't yet announced his plans to run for president, that was foremost on

from milwaukee here on cspan2. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> oh wow, wow, wow. thank you milwaukee. wow. wow.art. you're seeing a lot of great governors. i want to say a huge thank you and think of this state for giving one of the kindest one of the most visionary one of my dearest friends governor tony evers. the state produces incredible leaders. like my friend former colleague congresswoman gwen moore. mayor of this great city mayor johnson. give it up, give it up, give it up. and while she is not with us, we have got to hold the united states senate tammy baldwin back to d.c. you know, it was only a month ago the republican party gathered for their convention right here on this very spot. that does not sound like any of you watched it. but in case you didn't, after promising us a speech that was going to be about unity and promising he was a changed man, donald trump suggested us to 92 minutes of ranting and raving insanity. now look, they left here at writing high. they were feeling good. this thing was over. won't trust me, milwaukee, a lot can change in four weeks. [laughter] you run a

[cheering] hey, milwaukee! [cheering] it's good to be back in milwaukee.at he would be my running mate -- and it's so good to be back with all of you. [cheering] so good to be back. and today, of course, i always and also bring greetings from our incredible president, joe biden. wasn't he terrific last night? [cheering] and i know we are all deeply grateful for his lifetime of service to the nation. thank you, joe. [cheering] so, wisconsin, we have 77 days until the election. seventy-seven days -- and look, we know this is going to be a tight race until the very end. we have some hard work ahead of us. we have hard work ahead of us, so we like hard work. hard work is good work. [cheering] and with your help this november, we will win. [cheering] we will win. we will win. because we are going to put in the hard work every single day. no, no, we haven't already one. seventy-seven days of work to do, my friends. but listen, make no mistake, make no mistake as we all know, this campaign is not just about us versus donald trump. this is not just about us versus

mj for news in milwaukee you're just in milwaukee a few days ago and now kenosha. trump campaign? and where he headed next in wisconsin? >> i just like wisconsin a lot. i'm going to spend a lot of time with you fine people. obviously politically wisconsin may be very well the most important state in the country come november. we believe that we know that all the polling says it but most of all the field on the ground. wisconsin is a state that i think is really suffered from two failures of the emily compagno vice presidency. the first is wisconsin is a great and proud manufacturing state with a lot of skilled craftsmen a lot of people who work with their own hands, make things with their own hands and they know what kamala harris' policies that raise the cost of energy you are shipping a lot of good manufacturing jobs off to china. president trump and i believe we ought to get those manufacturing jobs right here in wisconsin but was still with wisconsin workers and let's produce prosperity for the whole country. the second thing is just how the riots of kenosha in

tonight thousands gathering for harris in milwaukee. thousands gathered right here with the obamas set to take the stage in chicago. our special coverage of the race for president and the democratic national convention begins right now. >> announcer: this is an abc news special. >> when we fight, we win. >> announcer: the torch has been passed, and right now, barack obama and michelle obama take center stage to make the case for kamala harris and tim walz in the race for the white house. the democratic national convention live from chicago, now reporting, david muir. >>> you're looking at live pictures of a packed convention hall, the united center as that camera moves in on the abc news broadcast booth right in the hall. it is great to have you with us. good evening from the democratic national convention right here in chicago, of course. night two in primetime, and former president obama, former first lady michelle obama set to take the stage to make the case for vice president kamala harris. but it's a split screen kind of night here

meantime, the images from milwaukee. long lines waiting to get in to hear kamala harris and tim walz make their case in the swing state, knowing the obamas will be making the case in front of the nation tonight. we have it all covered, including donald trump in the the battlegrounds. what he said today in michigan about his opponent, and particularly about crime. abc's chief white house correspondent mary bruce leadings off on the floor right here in chicago tonight. >> reporter: tonight, barack obama, who electrified the nation with his vision of hope and change, making the case that kamala harris is now the one to take that vision forward. >> this november, we will come together and declare with one voice, as one people, we are moving forward. >> reporter: tonight, obama is expected to reinforce the message from the convention speech he gave 20 years ago that catapulted him to the national stage. >> there's not a liberal america and a conservative america -- there is the united states of america. there's not a black am

instead, now thousands are lining up to see her in milwaukee. she will be speaking there tonight at the same site where donald trump held his convention just over a month ago. a not so subtle jab at the former president, but it is likely we will see some of that event, and kamala harris here remotely in the hall tonight. david? >> david: mary bruce with the star spangled banner right behind her tonight. mary and the entire powerhouse team will be here tonight, night two of the democratic national convention. you can hear the applause for the end of the anthem here. streaming on abc news live at 7:00 p.m. eastern and then of kours right here on the network 10:00 p.m. eastern. abc tonight, 10:00 p.m. for former president obama and former first lady michelle obama. we'll see you right here. >>> meantime, former president trump and his running mate senator j.d. vance counterprogramming the democrats' convention in battleground states. trump in michigan today, focusing on crime, making an appeal to suburban women in america. here's abc's rachel scott

she is live in milwaukee campaigning today. she'll return to the convention hall on thursday for the biggest speech of the convention, and certainly of her political career. >> yeah, that's right. and california really was given an important role tonight. we saw so many leaders from the bay area, and they have been really at the front of this conversation in this race and on abc seven news at four today, our insider, phil matier, talked about the significance of so many california power players in the spotlight tonight. >> what we have here is a situation on a roller coaster that we've never seen before. we have a candidate from california, from san francisco, kamala harris. we have a speaker emeritus, nancy pelosi, who engineered or helped engineer the transfer from joe biden's exit to kamala harris. and we have gavin newsom, a rising star who's going to take the california delegation and put it over the top with kamala harris, somebody who he has been in a sibling competition with, sort of for more than 20 years. and so there

instead, they're three hours north for a campaign rally in milwaukee. they just arrived minutes ago. you see them right there? harris doesn't take the stage in milwaukee until 6:00, but you can see there's already a large crowd there waiting for part of harris's speech in milwaukee will be shown live, actually, at the dnc at the end of the ceremonial roll call. i thank god for this moment in time where kamala harris will change the world for the better. with love, hope and grace, we back in chicago. a lot of star power coming out for harris already. that's rapper and actor common, who took the stage about 30 minutes ago. patti labelle also serenaded the crowd to honor the politicians, activists and fundraisers who died over the past year. stop killing women and girls. stop killing women and nyjah. meanwhile, more disruptions by protesters at the dnc today. you're looking at a group being escorted out of the democratic women's caucus meeting this morning. the pro-palestinian protesters started chanting during a speech by tim walz. outside the convention

according to prosecutors, the four men dragged mitchell out of this milwaukee hyatt hotel in june and stomach for about nine minutes. the criminal complaint says mitchell was acting in a frantic manner when he ran into a woman's bathroom and attempted to lock himself inside with two women already in the bathroom. an autopsy showed mitchell had drugs in his system and died from restraint asphyxia. >>> "the miami herald" says nine family members including six children were killed after their suv overturned into a palm beach, florida, canal. authorities say the driver, pamela wiggins, failed to negotiate a turn and lost control of that vehicle. it went off the road hitting a guardrail and flipped onto the canal. the six children killed range in age from 1 to 14 years old. >>> and "the anchorage daily news" says a texas family is missing. this after the boat they were on capsized and sank near homer, alaska. a relative identified the missing family from troy, texas, as mary and david maynard and their sons. the coast guard says they were on a 28-foot aluminum boat with four other people o

i just have to tell you, senator, the bible here compared to milwaukee is so different. there's just -- it's not the same energy, it's not the same type of people. what are you expecting to see this week at the democrats convention? >> first of all, jesse, your head unless weaver -- j you got to keep your eye on your six. >> jesse: there also -- so i have to really pay attention. >> while it is funny, the democrats accuse me of lying when i say that their anti- trial! anti- child and they scheduled vasectomies of the convention that i don't know what to take from that but look, i think the reason the energy is different is because these guys know that they're running a candidate whose fundamental he a phantom. there's no actual evidence that kamala harris knows what she believes, she's not talking to the media and her entire argument so far of course scripted via helicopter, senator, -- jesse, is that if you elect a president you will somehow fix the inflation and border crisis that was caused by her leadership and promoted by her policies. so the entire idea that democr

same for the republicans in milwaukee.he people that come and descend on these cities for these four days, they are delegates, donors, lawmakers, supporters, volunteers. they are all in on their party ticket and the conventions when they take place every four years. sharon in california, democratic caller. have you been watching this week? caller: i have, and i love what i am seeing. i spent a gre -- it's been a great time. i want the democrats to focus on project 2025 more. the message, what this project is planning to do to this country. we will lose democracy. when we wake up the day after the election and if trump is in office, it will be the saddest day for our country. democracy as we know it will no longer be here. the plan is awful. ending no fault divorce, can you believe it? cutting social security, medicare. banning contraceptives. why? do we all have to have babies now? ending the affordable care act. all of these things hurt poor and disadvantaged people. it feels like the republican party and the people who a

they go out every day mobilizing voters in milwaukee.ala harris' campaign and the democrats have made investment on the ground in neighborhood across wisconsin. moved the state headquarters to milwaukee. >> ben was pointing out that the numbers of people who were in that arena are larger than the margin that biden won by in 2020. in terms of the vote. let's talk about how you can sustain this and keep that enthusiasm going. you know what to expect. it's going to be a very tough, gritty campaign. >> yeah. you are absolutely right. there were nearly 20,000 people in the forum. there were over 30,000 people that rsvped. there were 10,000 that couldn't get in. in terms of keeping up the enthusiasm here, certainly there will be a bump. democrats are energized after our convention. there are some republicans and independents who also will be energized. i think we will carry this energy on with other rallies and leather large gatherings across the country. the debate will show the truth. she's perfectly positioned to prosecute the case against

. >>> n disturbing video on the death of a black man beaten by security guards outside a milwaukee hotel. >>> thousands take to the streets in venezuela demanding president maduro step aside. the u.s. and others say maduro lost the election. >>> aerosmith say good-bye to the concert stage. >>> and what simone biles said when asked about the summer games in l.a. four years from now. ♪ >>> good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday night. i'm whit johnson. several developing stories as we come on tonight. vice president kamala harris closing in on her choice for a running mate, a big day for team usa in paris. we begin with that dangerous weather threat. in the northeast, 40 million people are under severe thunderstorm watches from the carolinas up the i-95 corridor including d.c., philadelphia and new york. the region facing damaging winds and flash flooding. further south in florida, millions are bracing and preparing for tropical storm debbie, the first named storm to hit the state this season, expected to deliver heavy rain across parts of georgia and the carolinas. multiple

[applause] >> when pete walked up here i said i saw you in milwaukee i said i remember that.asically live in wisconsin now. i don't know if you figured that out so you'll be seeing a lot of me over the next few months peat thank you so much for your support. i would like to have -- see about that, sir. i would like to have -- i would like to call up congressman brian styles brian, where are you out there? there we are. so brian -- give him a round of applause i appreciate it. but brian wrote a really, really good article about what happened in kenosha opened my eyes thank you for your service. >> senator. thank you. >> senator vance, thanks for coming to kenosha today. as we talked about earlier, the importance of standing with the men and women of law enforcement could not be more important than what we're standing here in the city of ken sha. as we saw four years ago this week, what what happens when eld leaders refuse to stand with the men and women of law enforcement and we saw in great contrast what happens when leaders like president trump answer the call and stand with

let's go to senior white house correspondent in milwaukee covering the rally. >> campaign framing thisbove the cloud dose above the crowd 1500 people we were told they take the speeches from milwaukee and beamed them to chicago but what is fascinating is unclear why kamala harris decided to skip out in chicago given a big display and it is obama's night as harrison walls can come to milwaukee anytime but all these reports biden left and thought he did not want to be around him but now the vice president trying to keep respectful distance and from obama a lot of stories that drop today talking about the close relationship with obama even though they are miles away and there won't be that embrace trying to see maybe nothing becomes a thing and could be attributed to biden as four years ago today he would be accepting the nomination and milwaukee as a pandemic canceled dnc in 2020 so some symbolism can't ignore rnc held here last month and democrats may be trying to send a message that they can fill this arena and we are watching and waiting for the night to get underway and we already he

the milwaukee d.a. says they're reviewing the case.t these new findings, the family's attorney argue, call for immediate charges. maura barrett, nbc news. >>> we'll take a break here. coming up, our olympics coverage continues. with gearing up for gold, the team usa cyclist and her surprising ride to the top. sco go through that again. but we could. with heart disease, you never know. so we made changes. green juice. yeah, not a fan. diet, exercise... statins helped. but our ldl-c (bad cholesterol)-it was stuck! stuck! just couldn't lower it enough. and high ldl-c meant a real risk of another attack. so i said, "let's ask our doctor about repatha." what can i say? listen to your heart. repatha plus a statin dramatically lowers ldl-c by 63%, and significantly drops the risk of having a heart attack. do not take repatha if you are allergic to it. repatha can cause serious allergic reactions. signs include trouble breathing or swallowing or swelling of the face. most common side effects include runny nose, sore throat, common cold symptom

milwaukee is the largest city in the crucial battleground state of wisconsin. harris kicked off the rally addressing the crowd in chicago where dnc attendees watched part of her speech on-screens at the united center. >> good evening, milwaukee! and hello to everyone joining us from exciting chicago. the delegates at the democratic national convention, well, they just completed their roll call. and they have nominated coach walz and me to be the next vice president and president of the united states of america. and i thank everyone there and here for believing in what we can do together. we are so honored to be your nominees. this is a people-powered campaign. and together we will chart a new way forward. >> joining us now here in chicago, white house reporter for the associated press, darlene superville. darlene, thank you so much for starting us off this morning. let's begin with the former president. his aides in previewing his speech yesterday sort of suggested, you know, that we don't see him that much, right? he kind of comes out and gives a speech to the

and the milwaukee bucks as well as u.s. senator [ inaudible ] i am here because i am jazzed as hell . >> while wisconsin cast its ballots in chicago the left side of your screen shows what is happening in milwaukee right now at the fiserv forum in milwaukee where harrison walls are doing an event tonight 90 miles away from the dnc in the swing state of wisconsin in which they have filled the fiserv arena. this is the same venue where donald trump and jd vance just tell the rnc last month. >> 94 votes for former wisconsinite, vice president and our next president of the united states of america, kamala harris. >> wyoming, how you cast your vote? >> mr. secretary, delegates, these folks around me are honored to be representing the great state of wyoming. both the first state territory in this nation to recognize a woman's right to vote and that the state that 100 years ago elected our nation's first female governor. with that legacy in mind and heart, the equality state casts all of our votes for the woman who will be the fir

she's going to be speaking on the very stage that he accepted the republican nomination in milwaukee. so that's a little bit of interesting fact and she is expected to be speaking in the coming hours as well. so we're going to be watching for that. that is expected to be highly autistic pages as well. well, it can be how we're going to be covering this for the rest of the night. so we'll be checking in with you later on. uh, to just find out how and who is going to be speaking ahead in the night to well, republican presidential candidate donald trump has criticized commer harris's right quote on criminal justice. trump made the remarks while visiting the michigan town of how a months off the white supremacist gaz. it's the democrats excuse trump, campaign of stirring up racial tensions for political games. now in terms of political arrival, is campaigning. it was in wisconsin. she's holding a raleigh in milwaukee and felt lavelle is that for us started the campaign trailers. heating up both candidates trained involves. uh so yeah, it says on the throne, but you say it was a michigan r

the nominees will spend the evening 90 miles north in milwaukee. vice president harris and governor walz holding a rally at the pfizer, the site of -- fiserv forum, the site of last month's rnc. we will have gavel-to-gavel coverage of the dnc without commentary, analysis, or interruption. this is how the proceedings will go down tonight. 6:30 p.m. eastern, it is expected to start and last until around 11:00 p.m. eastern, or later as it did last night. once the gavel comes down we will do what we do here, turn to all of our viewers for reaction about what you heard this evening. and the former president the primetime speaker tonight, this is his sixth convention speech. michelle obama also getting a prime time slot along with jb pritzker and second gentleman doug emhoff. and before the proceedings get underway, we want to know what you want to hear during convention week in chicago and who you want to deliver the message, what you want them to talk about. democrats, join us this evening, republicans, and all others, the numbers are on the screen. yo

they will actually be at a rally nearby in milwaukee, wisconsin. former president donald trump is also here in the midwest, visiting the battleground state of michigan in hopes of making a dent in the democrats so-called blue wall.

>> good evening, milwaukee! >> [ cheers and applause ] and hello to everyone joining us from exciting chicago. the delegates at the democratic national convention just completed their rollcall-- and they have nominated coach walz and me to be the next vice president and president of the united states of america! >> [ cheers and applause ] >> and i thank everyone there and hear for believing in what we can do together. we are so honored to be your nominees. this is a people-powered campaign, and together, we will chart a new way forward! if you for freedom, opportunity, of optimism, and faith. so, to everyone in chicago, and across america, thank you. thank you-- thank you-- and, you are going to hear from our wonderful second gentleman shortly. i will see you in two days, chicago. >> [ cheers and applause ] >> please welcome to the personality, loud and proud latina, ana navarro! >> so they have just finished the rollcall . the ceremonial rollcall, the celebratory rollcall is likely, in chicago. this is the cele

no joy in milwaukee.milwaukee, they did not board up the windows. >> brian: they did board up the businesses. >> this is the joy. who is more joyful democrats inside or outside burning the american flag? still joy. >> brian: never take that in stride, it is hard toin explai. they don't realize trump hasn't been in the white house. they are blaming trump. >> i know it, that is their go to, trump card. a decade from now, they will bring up trump. great kick to the curb send off to put him on at 3:00 in the morning. assigns were we love joe, not enough to keep you on the t ticket. we love joe, not enough. >> brian: you talk to r.f.k. jr. regularly, he is open to joining forces with trump, what do you hear? >> i support r.f.k. jr. and i think that he will -- what happened, it's been unfair. we talk about the democracy, democrats have squished, crushed democracy, tried to eshg eliminate any third party. i believe soon he will back trump. >> freedom of speech, you can do it. >> brian: you said, i will love this

vance is about to speak at the milwaukee police association.will bring that to you live when it begins. first, vice president kamala harris is on her way to north carolina to make her first major policy speech since becoming the democratic presidential nominee. harris has yet to speak about her first original policy idea. you remember no tax on tips, a carbon copy of trump. the first one is being hit as a soviet style price control scheme. welcome to "outnumbered." vice president kamala harris' campaign has unveiled a new policy position to tackle inflation. it's more bernie than it is biden with price controls. if that sounds familiar to you, you may remember this from your history textbook. price controls were used by the soviet union which lead to drastic shortages of food and basic goods. it sounds like a good idea. the consequences of kamala's price control proposal -- the u.s. tried this to control the high prices of gas. inflation at the time was through the roof. this was in the 1970s. the results were just like those in the soviet unio

the thing about milwaukee, you are in a city that has a ton of choice options.rivate schools serving low income families. they are in a neighborhood that has multiple options. public, private, charter. they found that kids that are going to the traditional public schools in those areas, the public schools improved faster because there's a great deal more competition for the students. the more competition you have for students the better the results are going to be in the traditional public schools. this is one of the things we don't talk about enough. it is one of the findings in the academic findings about school choice that very few people disagree with in the academic world. at the very least school choice is proving to have a positive result on public schools. that in and of itself to be a positive thing. the reasoning for this is kids in areas where there's lots of competition, the schools have to do more to make sure parents are coming to them, that the qualities is improved and they are getting better communications, their teachers are more responsive. it

the battle for the town of milwaukee is being one of the fiercest me and most civil at stake. who controls access to the hearts of the country? it's a gateway between tylen and me in law. and i believe that all the goods, you know, from the judge and to oil and things like that, come from thailand through me already into a. but i'm a proper all the hotline off of me and mail from one side fully to the people's defense both. so pdf, young and idealistic, driven to turn back the military coups of 2021. fighting under the leadership of the korean, an estimate company that's being locked in combat with me. i'm us military to decades on the of the, the full force, the nation's military might um, a artillery and power that by general mental life. critics say once nothing less than absolute power of the the pool, the town has a dark secret city is built in the jungle out of reach of law enforcement and surveillance centers for legal gambling and cyber crime generating billions of dollars a year. what's taking place in nearby you certainly indicates that it represents one of the large

the town of milwaukee itself is almost deserted. the residence heavy, the flood, or a hiding. but a new militias appeared on the streets. the boat called fos, b, g f. what is that for what's closer here? because once it turned this way, one way, which means turn against the s i c, and then you know, mean nobody was taken, but then when the beat you have turned the other way, then the sum of the s i c. so just wherever to retake some of the areas back. but the state administration counsel is the military, tentacles itself. fairly doesn't trust the bts strikes, hold the rebels back day and night bombs. pound me a while, the explosions echoing across the board. and then on the 23rd of april, and i see soldier raising the national flag, a battalion to 75, the jumped, his forces have returned further along the agent highway. however, the jumped his troops of tearing less well. units of rebel fighters interest set to release calling of soldiers. heading to milwaukee. the vehicles are easily ambushed as they move through the mountains houses. with as little the rebels can do about th

>> i am with fox six news in milwaukee. going off the dnc, vice president, harris is paying a visit to milwaukee. do you have response to that? >> no response. she is going to run the campaign she runs. i wish she would do what i am doing now, which is talk to the media and answer tough ques questions. if you think what i am doing here right now, what am i asking? i am asking for the fine people gathered to vote for me to be their vice president of the united states. what an awesome responsibility and an incredible thing i am asking them to do. kamala harris is asking people to be their president of the united states but she won't answer a question or interact with the american people unless there is a teleprompter between them and her and that is crazy. what the media has got to start doing as it has to start saying look, if she is not going to stand and answer questions, we are going to stop giving her this coverage demand that she do what any president has had to do, which is answer tough questions. her argument, i canno

and we both know that a milwaukee has been targeted a couple of times despite the fact that it's very fluid is missing, make it is as a safe human period. so now with every evacuation, boy there, the humanitarian zone is shrinking. so we just received new evacuation, but we carries from out of my god, the refuge account, most of that and the eastern part of betty blast. there's a new wave of different placement again. so people are literally on the move constantly on the move. thousands of israelis have been running in the streets of tel aviv against benjamin. that's now his government, a general source sees to come through on a deal to release captive held in java. and government protests has become a regular occurrence. and telling dave since the early months of the war as well. so a new crane have exchanged 230 prisoners of war. ukrainian soldiers sung the national sum of to $115.00 of them were released the same number of russian troops who were taken during ukraine's offensive of the cost legion of also being freed. please, in germany, have detained a 15 year old in connection wi

meanwhile, in oakland, it was the a's taking on the milwaukee brewers. the brewers took control in the second inning. milwaukee's rhys hoskins, with a three run homer, giving the brewers a 3 to 1 lead. milwaukee went on to cruiseo the two flag bearers for the opening ceremony. both stars in their own right. athletes steve serio and nikki nieves. serio is a wheelchair basketball star. this is his fifth paralympic games, already winning two gold medals and one bronze with his team. the other flag bearer is the sitting volleyball paralympic gold medalist, nikki nieves. the paris paralympic games begin with the opening ceremony on wednesday, and you can watch all the action from paris right here on nbc, bay area and peacock. the games start, as we said, on wednesday, and they go through september 8th. all right. we have made it to the weekend. yes, it is pretty much here, right? i know it is pretty much here and it's a little cooler. it is. but look, we're going to be able to manage a good weekend. i think we'll start off with some clouds and a few spotty sh

today in milwaukee. i've been talking to democratic delegates, party officials. they are just overcome with joy at this, a condition of their party. however, in the words of vice president harris harris, there she was taking questions from reporters, campaigning in pennsylvania. she calls herself the underdog she said that this will not be easy. i'm told that isn't intentional message that she is sending to really remind democrats that this is a tough race. democrats have sort of fallen into a sense of exuberance because they'd been a bit down on their luck for some time. and the joy and the excitement you know certainly is valid in their mind, but she is trying to say no, no, there is a tough race yet to come. i am told that will be a theme of the convention. she's going to be talking about the work that lies ahead talking about the values that democrats must instill and try and get voters to galvanize behind her. but for now, at least in chicago, it is a celebration. it is a party. and tomorrow evening, right here on the floor of the convention, there is going

that was crazy. >> yeah. 20,000 in chicago and 15,000 in milwaukee.ge craft as well. >> yes. >> by the way, lil' john is doing a roll call for the state of georgia, you're doing something right. lil' john is a contestant on "celebrity apprentice" season 11 who has turned his back on donald trump. >> i'm sure that had nothing to do with lil' john being selected! i will say, if you're looking at the contrast between the republican convention and the democratic convention, the roll call, what you're looking at now is when willie and eddie get together and have a party on the weekend. >> it's true. >> mine is more like the rnc. arnold palmer, anybody? >> the guy spinning the records. deejay cassidy, everybody wants that play list in the country. i went with springsteen and governor phil murphy said we are representing the great city of new jersey and you're not. >> exactly. along with joe, willie, and me, professor of princeton university eddie vaughn jr. and a partner in chief political columnist john heilemann. host of "way too early," jonathan lemire.

this is from milwaukee event. >> milwaukee, yes. >> president harris will be here at 9:00 p.m.like this. that is not, not politics as usual. as we know it. job heilemann and jim messina, two smarter humans about these things do not exist. thank you for making time for us today. great to see both of you? when we come back, we'll come back inside of the convection hall and a huge crowd and joined by our dear friend and colleague joy reid. our coverage continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. k. don't go anywhere. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. dude? dog food in the fridge? it's not dog food. it's freshpet. real meat. real veggies. real weird. he was bad luck anyway. for kids, summer break is the best. but for parents? well... that's why care.com makes it easy to find childcare that fits your summer schedule. from long-term nannies and daycar

yamiche alcindor in milwaukee. yamiche, it's an usual choice to hold an event like this during her own convention. >> reporter: well, lester, harris' campaign is coming as vice president and governor walz wanted to underscore their focus on directly engaging with voters in battleground states even during the week of the dnc. so they're coming to this critical state, her third visit here in a month. now, this campaign rally is in the same arena where former president trump and republicans held the rnc. she is expected to attack former president trump as well as lay out her vision for america. meanwhile, a source familiar with the speech said that vice president harris is going to be delivering at the dnc on thursday tells me the speech is largely done and that the vp and her team are making tweaks. lester? >> yamiche, thank you. >>> all right, let me bring in hallie jackson. hallie, obviously this is critical time for the harris campaign, but the trump folks are watching very carefully as well. >> they sure are. in

a sicyclist in milwaukee, unabl to stop there. and firefighters battling a boat fire in high winds and steep waves near detroit. lee goldberg standing by to time out these storms. we begin with abc's eva pilgrim, and the storms and the heat already. >> reporter: tonight, more than a quarter million still without power in michigan, after storms took out trees and power lines. near detroit, firefighters battling a boat fire amid highive withes and steep waves. thankfully, no one was hurt. a doorbell camera catching this cyclist crashing right into a massive tree in milwaukee. those storms now headed east, fueled by extreme heat, baking more than 50 million americans from new york to philly to d.c., where the temperature hit 100 degrees today. >> as soon as we come out into the sunshine, it's like -- >> yeah, it's beating on you. >> it's serious. >> reporter: scores of schools across the region letting students out early. >> i had to rearrange my work schedule to make sure we could get here on time. >> reporter: outside new york city