fitton is part equal watch we do not know which grand jury tom fitton who s a close trump ally appeared in today that s because tom fitton has interests with both specia tom fitton drafted a statement for president trump declaring how he won the election though he hadn t won the election yet. the draft statement which was sent on october 31st declares we had an election today and i won. and the fitton memo specifically indicates a plan that only the votes counted by the election dayhe deadline and there is no election day deadline would matter. an election day just after 5:00 p.m. mr. fitton indicated he spoke with the president about the statement. tom fitton actually suggested trump could claim victory by saying he won all the votes counted by a made up election day deadline and ignore all the other ballots, which is on the mar-a-lago front cnn reported it was tom fitton in trump s ear saying you can keep all the documents, they re yours, you own them. which turns out
When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Well, were here. Here we are. Now officially in the final chapter of this president ial campaign. Both conventions are over. We are down to three president ial debates, one Vice President ial debate, and thats it. 67 days until election day and early voting starting much sooner. The central fact remains. After both those conventions and all you have seen this, donald trump is an unpopular president in a historical sense. He was elected by a minority of voters. He lost the popular vote by almost three million votes but, and its a strong but, he retains a strong almost unshakable grip on 42 of the nation, what is often referred to as his base. And that story, that has basically been the story of his entire presidency from day one no matter what is happening, from the muslim ban to charlottesville to immigrant children being stolen from their parents to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to Robert Muellers investigat
Americans have died, more than were killed on 9 11. But those tragic numbers were overlooked at the Republican Convention last night, and social distancing rules were also overlooked last night. 1,000 people packed tightly on to the south lawn of the white house. Very few, as you can see, were wearing masks. A senior white house officials tells cnn everybody is going to get this thing eventually. Really . They actually said, everybody is going to get this thing eventually . That is the white house explanation . Everyone is going to catch it. Might as well be at the white house, the taxpayerfunded seat of the executive branch. And about that, for the first time in history, the white house served as a convention backdrop. This shatters all precedent, a political rally at the white house. Which by cnns count, included at least 20 lice es or misleadi claims. The goal of the convention was crystal clear, to smooth some of the president s edges, make him acceptable to some voters. But more t
Leland gillian, nice to be with you as well. The suffering in louisiana, the southern part of the state, its unimaginable for most of us at home with air conditioning and watching television. Im leland vittert. The president will touchdown first in lake charles. Well take a look at damage hes going to see. Woo we head to the white house where the president just left. Hi, david. Hi, leland. Its been a difficult day for people in louisiana and east texas. And the president of the United States should be the comforter in chief. Thats a role that he will take on today as he meets with people in louisiana and texas. Hes in the air right now as gillian said, should be landing at some point in the next hour and a half, two hours, depending how much time he makes up in the air. The president did not stop for cameras as he got on air force one at joint base andrews. Sometimes he comes over, but not the case today. Hell makes comments on the ground in louisiana and texas. One of the hardest hit
Hands of police who is now paralyzed in the hospital still. His father was on cnn earlier today, and hes said that his son is not only in pain but that hes also shackled to a hospital bed. Again, hes paralyzed and shackled to a hospital bed. President trump, he made no mention of jacob blake as he accepted the Republican Partys nomination in front of a packed crowd outside the white house last night. Instead, he continued to hammer away at his message that really has been his message since the 2016 campaign of law and order painting a dark picture of America Today including in the city where jacob blake was shot. We must never allow mob rule. We can never allow mob rule. The Republican Party condemns the rioting, looting, arson and violence we have seen in democratrun cities all, like kenosha, minneapolis, portland, chicago and new york. So were going to get back to the president s remarks in a moment but lets start with the march on washington. Many speakers, including members of the