On down jordan this is down to 0 live from coming up nato warns russia against meddling in bella ruse as president putin promises troop support to protests get out of control. Laura one of the strongest storms to hit the United States batters southern louisiana well have a live update. On the crisis deepens in the Eastern Mediterranean as turkey and greece stepped up the rhetoric over a maritime dispute. Welcome to the program democratic Vice President ial candidate carla harris has delivered a preemptive strike on donald trump just hours ahead of his pitch to the Party Faithful at the Republican National convention harris condemned trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic and addressed the unrest over the Police Shooting of jacob blake saying america must fulfill the promise of equal justice. The reality is that the life of a black person in america has never been treated as fully human and we have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law well earlier President Trump praised the National Guards efforts to quell sometimes violent protests in the city of connection im suggested the same approach should be used in other cities like portland with federal troops remain in wisconsin although demonstrations over the past day have been largely peaceful well get a live update from our reporter in connection in a moment lets go live now to our White House Correspondent kimberly how get kimberly so the democrats have clearly thrown the cats amongst the pigeons on President Trumps big night out come the hours besting trump over the pandemic of a racial divisions tell us a bit more about what she said. This writing the president and his platform and also his record something the u. S. President is hoping to boost in terms of Public Opinion the democratic Vice President ial nominee harris talking about Donald Trumps handling particularly of the pandemic that of course hit the whole world and also the United States resulting in millions of americans losing their jobs and 180000 americans losing their lives she said that he was too slow to act there were too many missteps and that is what has resulted in a long term impact she also said that he doesnt seem to understand the role of the president or the presidency making it all about him instead of Americans Health and safety a pandemic is unforgiving if you get it wrong at the beginning the consequences are catastrophic and its very hard to catch up you dont get a 2nd chance at getting it right well president. He got it wrong from the beginning and then he got it wrong again and again so can really all eyes will be on trumps official acceptance speech later on tonight presumably we can expect him to go on the attack against biden and harris whats he likely to say. Yeah we are expecting the president to officially accept that nomination of this party at the white house something that is pretty unconventional but even before that i can tell you that already the protests are forming around the white house the goal of these protesters that so far peaceful is that they want to dress this up to or drown out the president as he speaks on the south lawn of the white house and we know in the past that there has been some success with protesters doing just that when the president spoke in the rose garden we expect that this will be even louder as they protest the president s agenda now with respect to the president firing back at the democratic Vice President ial nominee couple of harris theres no question the president will do that but its really joe biden the democratic president ial nominee that the president has in his sights we expect that he will attack joe bidens strategy for dealing with the pandemic saying that the so far theres no strategy except the high in his basement we also expect that he will attack by the record of Public Service saying that hes weak on private we could fighting back against china and also he is a front for one of the most radical platforms of any president ial candidate in history so these are some of the themes we expect the president to strike back on but at the same time he is already facing resistance right outside the white house. In washington d. C. Kimberly thank you for that with about me talking to you throughout the night as we lead up to President Trumps speech lets bring in clyde wilcox from the jimmy inclines a professor of government Georgetown University kline so what do you make of commerces address blasting President Trumps humbling of the pandemic and racial divisions the economy i mean how much was this designed do you think as an effective prebuttal to trump on his big night out. Well so both parties to the same problem when the other party has a convention they dont know all the years out of the room they can have a hard time getting their message across so heres the really quick jab or 2 just to keep their their message go and he is a normal thing to do with this one and how do you think harris is the dress went down particularly with black and asian voters i mean joe biden could have made the same speech i guess but it wouldnt have the same residence would it though i think the 1st legion bidens really remarkable there was a convention. And trumps ego wont allow him not so much that biden and harris tonight when he talks is the danger for the republicans though that trump gets sucked into some kind of political ambush by going on the offensive but leaving little time to address the real issues that affect americans like the pandemic jobs and the economy. Well so the Republican Party for the 1st time in modern history has no platform this time their platform is just simply saying whatever donald trump was so theres not a right theres not a set of things that they want to do. Try to write about himself an attack of the people so he will be in his element here but lets contrast that to the successful president s of 1984 it was morning in america for reagan and i can 96 bill clinton was you know extolling all of the things that he got right in his administration trouble really cant run on his record right he cant run on handling the pressure the pandemic well he cant run on the economy being strong so the only strategy he heads is to say you should be really really afraid of joe im trumpets branded himself as the law and order candidate and says america wont be safe and joe biden presidency but could these latest protests in connection actually damage the democrats with voters who are clearly concerned about safety in this city as well yeah i think that it will be time for the for the violence in these protests to disappear that does definitely play into trumps hands hes been running some a and showing the protests and saying this is what will happen in Bidens America of course its actually happening and trying to there so tribes argument is essentially a little you can save you from whats going on during my presidency but the law and order argument is about his best argument at this point clyde let me get a final thought from you so tonight brings the conventions to a close after we hear from trump honest things stanton trump is trailing by in the polls but then he was trailing Hillary Clinton in the polls at roughly the same time back in 2016 and yet he went on to win so how does biden stay ahead with trump closing that gap. Well so we would expect to get to narrow a little because republicans seeing a republican. Are tempted to come back to their candidate theres a lot of republicans out there indorsement by you know there are 2 other republicans one a vote for their own party but Hillary Clinton was a very popular candidate joe bidens actually very likable very popular and donald trump was running low on promises look what im going to do im going to make his great you know for your record so it will be a little harder for him to close that gap the real threat in this election is are we going to care at all that is are going to be irregularities in delivering the mail ballots and thats what that card will cause great to get your thoughts thank you for talking to al jazeera now hundreds of federal and regional troops patrolling the u. S. City of ken osha after several nights of violent protests spot by the shooting of a black man however theres been relative calm on thursday activists pushing the charges against the officer who opened fire on jacob blake the 29 year old was shot 7 times in the back as he opened his car door on sunday incident led to protests across several cities 2 people were shot dead during demonstrations in coach on tuesday and a 17 year old suspect has been arrested and charged live now to john hendren it was in connecticut john Major National guard and Police Reinforcements were sent in to kind of show last night whats been happening there today john. Thats right daryn they came out in force last night when the curfew began at 7 pm local time an armored personnel carrier drove straight over the curb into the main park behind me sprayed tear gas and spread people out and from there on that Police Presence was felt so a funny thing happened when people woke up here on thursday morning and that is that they had a quiet night a night without massive looting without massive fires a couple nights ago firefighters responded to 37 separate fires in this city whole blocks of the city have been leveled but theyve just finished a prayer vigil in the park behind me people are cooking food there has been some marching but its been a relatively quiet day so that Police Presence and were talking about hundreds of federal National Guard troops local police from various places f. B. I. Agents and police from various departments across the u. S. Coming here in the hundreds the police were unable to control the streets up until last night even though they could control these public spaces here guarding the courthouse behind me they were able to control the neighborhood and thats where the looting began so last night they simply shut it down and reports that this teenager has now been charged with 1st degree murder following the deaths of those 2 protest as what more can you tell us. Thats right police have identified him as 17 year old Kyle Rittenhouse from just across the border in illinois he has been charged now with 2 counts of 1st degree deliberate or d murder there are a number of other charges but one of them interesting lee interesting lee is possessing a dangerous weapon under the age of 18 because he is only 17 so he wasnt lawfully allowed to carry that weapon this viral video that many of us seen on the internet and elsewhere shows a man police say it is him not to the ground apparently after a conflict with protesters get up and then fire at several Protesters Police say he hit 2 killing them and then struck another wounding that person who is expected to recover now all of this is generated a lot of anger not just among people here not just among protesters but also among the icons of the American Sports world the National Basketball association had 3 games scheduled for wednesday night playoff games they were all postponed because the teams refused to play in solidarity with the protesters. Baseball Major League Baseball did the same thing the womens n. B. A. Also games so what youve got is a cultural phenomenon that goes beyond this sound you hear behind me is part of that influx of Police Officers talking about theyve been manning the streets in both directions responding to any of that evidence and they do seem finally to be here 1st john hendren there live for us in wisconsin john thank you. And a state of emergency has been declared in the us city of minneapolis soft of violent protests on the wednesday the demonstrations follow the death of a black murder suspect who police say shot himself the states governor says the National Guard will be deployed in the city minneapolis has been the center of protest since may when george floyd was killed when a Police Officer knelt on his neck well Benjamin Crump is jacob blakes lawyer he also represents the families of george floyd and Briana Taylor black americans who were shot dead by the police and he explained why this incident has caused so much pain. Here really. Justify the unjustifiable actions they have taken and so thats why its called out room. And civil rights community. Activists even the National Basketball so you know many do. Everybody is are outraged about this senator now because im out in the in the reactor. No ones been the white house that ministry should. Concentrate in now all we have now. You know we cant have violence. Only by words now has taken place you could know sure wisconsin. Why me who shot jake do you 7 times in the back. To lebanon now at least 2 people have been killed and others wounded in fighting between supporters of sunni and shia parties. Gunfire was exchanged during the confrontations and some houses and cars were set on fire in colored it that south of the capital violence reportedly erupted over a dispute involving a flag related to the assura ritual the Lebanese Army has been deployed on its conducting patrols the army says 4 people have been arrested including 2 syrians. Break here and ill just when we come back. Protests against Police Brutality in south africa after a disabled teenager shot dead more than status. Hello there all eyes again on the Southern States across the United States and this is why of course hurricane laura coming on shore early hours of thursday morning continuing to work its way northward as we go through friday still as a Tropical Storm pushing up into arkansas and then eventually its going to head more towards the east so continuing to bring some damaging winds and of course some very heavy amounts of rain as we go through saturday it will work its way east as pushing likely across into the genya but really having an impact further to the south across the carolinas but also taking heavy rain up into the northeast so its a question of just watching really where the storm has but of course all the while the winds will be strong and itll produce heavy amounts of rain meanwhile out across the west into california the fires of course continue this is the worst a fire season ever recorded in california and this is just one area of course after the fires have swept through there is more very dry hot weather in the forecast and those fires continue to burn and meanwhile to the south across into mexico we watching this this is the latest topical storm hanna and its all for the coast as you can see by producing some very heavy amounts of rain sunday through friday by saturday it should take a turn further to the west but again it could produce heavy rains across into the baja peninsula will continue throughout much of southern mexico and elsewhere weve got scottish thunderstorms. Victim. Being his palm city as an instrument of pinochets brutal dictatorship. A father tries to forget. But his sons quest for answers reveals there are often 2 sides to even the docket of stories witness the color of the chameleon amount is there. Welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on aljazeera a democratic Vice President ial candidate has attacked President Trumps record hours before the final light of the Republican National convention she condemned his handling of the pandemic call for racial justice. President trump will officially accept the african partys nomination in a few hours time hell address supporters at the white house but hundreds of protesters are also gathering outside. Federal and regional troops on patrol in the u. S. City of kenosha up to several nights following the test bought by the shooting of a black man who activists are pushing for charges against the officer working file on change of play. Now the u. S. States of louisiana and texas have been battered by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the region and nora made landfall in the early hours of thursday morning as a category 4 at least 4 people were killed and hundreds of thousands are without power at a gallop i reports. The sheer power of hurricane laura left a wide trail of destruction through louisiana the storm didnt bring the un survivable tidal surges forecasters predicted but the damage is severe neighboring Southeast Texas escaped the worst of lloris 240 kilometer per hour winds but more than half a 1000000 in both states without power as the storm steam rolled through louisiana it ripped facades off buildings down telephone poles and left a massive cleanup for those that rode the storm out its pretty bad i mean you can its really right around the corner there the whole garage is smushed down the power line is is. Its down in the yard. Fences down so. Its like a long road to recovery all i can do is pray that i have the faith of god right now they i know i have to have for my kids that if i panic theyre going to panic so i have to keep it together and thats what im doing in westlake louisiana the hurricane caused a fire at a Chemical Plant while flooding in some areas is still a major concern and the full extent of the damage wont be known until the winds die down the storm surge recedes and officials consider some of the baldwin rable communities it is clear that we did not sustain and suffered the absolute catastrophic damage that there. Was likely based on the forecasts we had last night but. We have sustained a tremendous amount of damage we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down. Because their businesses and or their homes have been damaged or a massive search and rescue operation is now underway those who were evacuated were sent to hotels to avoid a potential spiking cases of the coronavirus its clear that hurricane laura could have been much worse but nonetheless the lives of hundreds of thousands of people have been impacted industries been damaged homes lay in ruins and a full recovery could take months president says he plans to visit the region in the coming days now it turned out we got a little bit lucky it was very big it was very powerful but it passed quickly and so everythings on schedule will probably be going on saturday or sunday and will be heading to texas and louisiana and maybe an additional 6 louisiana has already been hit hard by the coronavirus with 145000 confirmed cases now theyre dealing with another disaster and a gallica aljazeera lets bring in n. B. C. Correspondent Chris Pallone joins us live now from lafayette in louisiana chris so just bring us up to date with whats happening there where you are and what are the main challenges ahead as people try and clean up the damage. Yeah well luckily lafayette is in the most heavily damaged town in the state of louisiana there are large trees down all over town some windows blown out power lines down things of that nature but this area really was pretty lucky when it comes to this storm if you went just an hour to my west to lake charles you would see a great deal board damage and so people in this area think theyre pretty fortunate but of course you know for the folks who had trees and power lines and things of that nature down have part of their roofs torn off its going to be a slow process you know taking down the damage you know cutting down the trees or whatever having them removed repairing their homes obviously theres going to be a huge demand for contractors and carpentry over the next several months lot of people looking for all kinds of repairs throughout this entire region all right to chris paul in there live for us in lafayette in louisiana chris thank you now the head of nato and ponens Prime Minister russia not to meddle in the crisis in bella ruse comes out of that and that putin sent his clearest signal yet that hes ready to use force to support the belorussian president russias president said it was a police force has been set up to help and examine the question but will only be deployed if the unrest spins out of control of the mass protests across the country since no question could declare another overwhelming victory in the election just over 2 weeks ago on wednesday more than 30 journalists were arrested for a voyage chan issues on the Massachusetts Institute of technology and theres originally from belarus she says russian involvement could take several forms. Indirect help from russia isnt good though whats likely scenario so for instance. Russia could in full continue to contribute to the spread of misinformation about the protests it could keep signaling because one of the the signals is that again targeting the protesters was a warning that had if that may be the best outcome for them is to go home and prevent russian intervention. I believe in direct support assurance to look at assurance to the Security Forces of bella ruse might be some of the approaches russia could take put in its most recent statement as a warning so this is a warning that is pro really signaling to the e. U. To stay away signaling to broader stairs to stay away and i believe that you know that if that came as a statement the deployment is likely only of proto spin out of control is an important element certainly. Could create the illusion that sings a spinning out of control but that is also perhaps not in his interest russian Authorities Say theres no indication of a crime of the suspected poisoning of Opposition Leader alexina valley hes been in a coma for a week and has been airlifted for treatment doctors say they found traces of poison in system but the russian Prosecutor Generals Office says theres no sign of deliberate criminal acts against him and has demanded to see his medical files. Turkey has extended its Mediterranean GasExploration Mission and ordered new navy drills as its dispute with greece deepens turkey says the exercises are not related to its standoff with greece of a potential gas and oil reserve as athens as ratified a maritime deal with egypt which turkey opposes both countries have been Holding Drills near an area of see that they both claim. Or germanys top diplomat have been calling for an end to turkey and greece is exercises in the mediterranean and the e. U. Is urging them to pull back from the risk of confrontation like a mass poke at a meeting of Foreign Ministers in berlin. We will see how things develop at the end of this month where the ships will move to and we will also work here to create the conditions for turkey and greece to solve their problems directly with each other and to do Everything Possible to avoid military confrontation now coup leaders in mali say theyve released ousted president Abraham Boubacar kater from detention and allowed him to go home he resigned after soldiers seized him from his residence last week that followed months of mass protests against corruption and attacks by armed groups the west African Organization ecowas has urged the immediate return of civilian rule but coup leaders want the next election to be held in 3 years protests broke out in south africa after Police Killed a disabled 16 year old boy the family of nathaniel jr says he was shot out of failing to answer questions by the police for me to miller has more now from johannesburg. Boils over in eldorado pocket after the death of 16 year old Nathaniel Julius a Police Officer allegedly shot the teenager with down syndrome on wednesday and he died later in hospital. Protesters who fought running battles with police say its just the latest example of Police Brutality in the Community South of johannesburg. Near where her son was shot his mother bridget says had done nothing wrong we asked them to protect does have a killed us. Why. If the american just the only way out is so cool people out there it doesnt matter if you were bullies men or a doctor or what ever is cool people old the i learned today this cruel people out the word when through use meant to shoot my son what winterreise my the police havent responded to all to zeros questions about the shooting they say an investigation is under way and are calling for calm but people here want the Police Officer they say is responsible for the killing arrested and charged with murder they accuse local Police Officers of ignoring the communitys needs. That i think. Is the police thats what police work thats criminality that is what it is that this. Standoff between police and protesters is continuing late into the day police are using rubber bullets protesters are throwing rocks at police to keep them back police have also used water cannon theyve also used tear gas to try and Disperse Protesters here but protesters say theyre angry at the killing of Nathaniel Julius. The Community Says police are using Gang Violence in the area to cover up the killing. And i saw in the friday. 015 years. 2 and it came after i understand short when i just had a pretty day with something and that the act of putting out somebody and. There were no gang fight last night it was very very quiet protesters say theyll continue demonstrating as long as nothing is done to address their anger and a mother questions what she calls the senseless killing of her son loved by his community for me to. Johannesburg. The United Nations is warning that the real number of coronavirus cases in syria far exceeds official figures more than 2 and a half 1000 infections have been confirmed but humanitarian chief say many are reluctant to seek treatment and cases have not been properly traced they say the situation is particularly serious in the refugee camps in the north east of the country. For a quick check of the headlines this hour democratic Vice President ial candidate Camila Harris attacked president Donald Trumps record hours before the final light of the Republican National convention she condemned his handling of the pandemic and called for racial justice. The reality is that the life of a black person in america has never been treated as fully human and we have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law well president trumbull officially accept the Republican Partys nomination in a few hours time trump will speak from the White House South Lawn to make his case for reelection. Hundreds of protesters are already gathering outside. Federal and regional troops upper told in the u. S. City of kenosha after several nights of violent protests by the shooting of a black man activists are pushing for charges against the officer who opened fire on jacob lake a state of emergency has been declared in the us city of minneapolis after violent protests on wednesday the demonstrations followed the death of a black murder suspect who police say shot himself the states governor says the National Guard will be deployed in the city minneapolis has been the center of protests since may after george floyd was killed when a Police Officer i know on his neck. One of the most powerful storms ever to hit the u. S. S. Baton of the Southern State of louisiana killing at least 4 people are coming or it made landfall with category 4 storm strength and took 11 hours to be downgraded to a Tropical Storm spotter evacuation orders for half a 1000000 people. That of nato and polands Prime Minister have urged russia not to meddle in the crisis in belarus it comes after that amid putin sent his clearest signal yet that hes ready to use force to support the bill or russian president putin said it was a police force has been set up to help Alexander Lukashenko but would only be deployed if the unrest spins out of control turkeys extended its Mediterranean GasExploration Mission and ordered new navy drills as this dispute in greece deepens both countries have been holding exercises near an air sea but they both claim. Well those were the headlines the news continues on aljazeera after we one station thats watching this is going to go down think there are no other revolutions in all of. 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