Out in charlotte, north carolina. All of this erupting in the wake of the shooting of another black man in the hands of police. Some of the protesters turned on police. In total, 16 police were hurt, multiple vehicles damaged. Fires lit and looting broke out. Police releasing tear gas canisters to try to disperse those crowds. Charlotte police say keith lamont scott, a 43yearold father of seven was armed. This is what police say but scotts family say he didnt have a gun and that it was a book. The officer who shot scott was africanamerican, is africanamerican, but his daughter claims her dads killing was about race. My gosh, yall, look, the police just shot my daddy four times for being black. They tased him first and then shot him. Talk about he got a [ bleep ] gun. They just shot my [ bleep ] daddy. My daddy is dead they just shot my [ bleep ] daddy they just shot my daddy, hes dead my daddy is dead [ screaming ] those harrowing cries live streamed on facebook the moment she learned
By the way, brokered convention is when no one singular candidate has enough delegates for that nomination. So then you have these deals that are made, brokered, to select the nominee. And that meeting, that was reported in the Washington Post, spurred carson today to release this statement in part, it reads like this if this was the beginning of a plan to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, i assure you, donald trump will not be the only one leaving the party. So lets go straight to senior political rather niamalika henderson who has the scoop. Lets begin with this carson third third you know party option ticket. Explain what you know. You know, this is strong words from ben carson who is typically pretty mild mannered. But i think you see him very much trying to line himself with donald trump. Ben carson in a very odd position in this campaign right now, declining in some of those national and state polls, so here he is, in a very stron
Youre watching cnn, im brooke baldwin. Thank you for being with me. Four days to go before america decides who will be the next president of the United States. At any moment now, the current commanderinchief is expected to take the stage in North Carolina, a state thats emerging as the possible game changer this Election Year. President obama is making two appearance there is today on behalf of Hillary Clinton and all of this is coming as cnns new electoral map shows clinton dipping below the 270 electoral votes needed to win the white house. You look at her 268 to Donald Trumps 204, she clearly has the advantage but still isnt hitting the magic 270. This is based upon cnns analysis of the latest polls and cnns new National Poll of polls shows only four points separate the two rivals as they scramble for votes in its final weekend. Lets go straight to our guru, David Chalian. Show me the map, tell me whats changed. Its not just polls we do the changes on, its based on spending, candida
Action on gun control days after the orlando nightclub shooting. The deadliest shooting in the United States. Democrats left the house floor and went to the steps of the u. S. Capital. They were greeted. You can see this picture. Before leaving, the man who set off the sitin, civil rights icon, congressman, john lewis, he spoke. Were going to go home, as jim suggested. Were going to organize, mobilize. Our people are with us. Not just in our district but people all over america and around the world. Social media told the story. After the sitin was well in, we heard from house speaker, paul ryan, especially calling this a publicity stunt. Speaker ryan ended aup floor session and shut down the house camera. The democrats went to social media to keep the images up and running. Speaker ryan insisted the public should not be swayed. They are not trying to get this done through regular order. Instead, they are staging protests. They are trying to get on tv. They are sending out fundraising s
Doubledigit lead against donald trump. Both new polls also confirm that these two front runners are most liked candidates to run for the white house in the history of these kinds of favorability surveys. And as the gap between the frontrunners is tightening, brauns is hardening the stance to stay in the democratic race. More on senator sanders in just a moment. But first lets get straight to tom foreman to walk through the polls and so, so important especially seeing the difference between trump and clinton so close. These are numbers, brooke, that Many Democrats and republicans just a couple of months ago thought they would never see. The Washington Post abc news poll. Trump up. Clinton up over trump 4644. Both within the sampling error but this is undeniable. Look at the trend lines here. Back in april, trump was at only 39 . Now hes at 43 in the aggregate. She was at 50 . She is now at 46 . This is the undeniable part. Her numbers are inching down. His are inching up. This can all c