Critic, ted cruz. And election day countdown. Control of congress at stake. Stats guru nate silver reveals his latest pick. Are republicans a lock to retake the senate . This week with George Stephanopoulos begins right now. The latest in the battle with isis. The significant expansion of the campaign inside iraq. Martha raddatz is here with all the latest. Good morning. Good morning, george. The president s speech will lay out a strategy to destroy isis, far beyond what hes proposed in the past. A complicated, longterm and Urgent Mission that could likely mean air strikes in syria. Day after day, the brutality of isis stuns the world. This week, images of the horrific execution of a second american reporter. Over the weekend, mass grave discovered. 15 bodies, each shot in the head, and vows from the terrorist group that america should be on guard. Americans should be very concerned. This in many respects represents the most significant threat that the country has seen since september
Martha raddatz is here with all the latest. Good morning. Good morning, george. The president s speech will lay out a strategy to destroy isis, far beyond what hes proposed in the past. A complicated, longterm and Urgent Mission that could likely mean air strikes in syria. Day after day, the brutality of isis stuns the world. This week, images of the horrific execution of a second american reporter. And over the weekend, a mass grave discovered. 15 bodies, each shot in the head, and vows from the terrorist group in iraq and syria that america should be on guard. Americans should be very concerned. This in many respects represents the most significant threat that the country has seen since september 11th. Reporter a threat by a Jihadist Group that the president says cannot be merely contained, it must be destroyed. Were going to degrade and ultimately defeat isil, the same way we went after al qaeda. Reporter meaning hunting down the leaders with drones and manned aircrafts and relentle
Senator harris will add to his candidacy, already assumed to have the lions share of black support this year, if for no other reason than the opponent is donald trump. As team biden settles on a narrative for mondays Democratic National convention, we know, as we always did, what the Trump Campaigns response will be to a black woman on the ticket. Since tuesday President Donald Trump labeled the senator as a radical in the same vein as the rest of his democratic enemies. And because shes a woman, theres that term with him, but what is likely to trip trump up in his approach to harris has and will continue to be unsophisticated racism, a return to the birtherism that elevated him a decade ago with attacks on her parentage and her claim on the black experience. And the president is in new jersey today where hes expected to give a press Conference Starting later this hour. Well go there live once it starts. Another opening battle front for the Trump Campaign, the u. S. Postal service. Nea
210,000 americans, and joe biden hoping to win election as the oldest president ever, people are very focused on the health of the two men at the top of the ticket. Which puts mike pence and Kamala Harris in the spotlight. Were anything to happen to either mr trump or mr biden, one of these two would be the next president of the United States. Normally wed say theyll be face to face tonight but they wont. Theyll be separated by 12 feet of stage and two panels of plexiglass. Thats what a debate looks like in the midst of a pandemic when the white house has become a hot bed of covid 19. Amanda renteria is it with us and the republican strategist ron christie. 0ften, sometimes, the Vice President ial candidates have to be attack dogs and sometimes do no harm. It is more third do no harm category. Given that the president ial debate was more of a fight than talking about issues and policy, i think we will see Something Different tonight when both candidates feel they will be able to talk a
Preparing on both sides, it hasnt changed that much. Kamala harris was always planning on hitting coronavirus particularly hard, particularly that hes the head of the Coronavirus Task force. He has culpability. And he was always planning on hitting her on the radical left positions, whether or not thats true, and other things like law and order. I think well hear a lot of those issues come up, despite the fact that it feels like were in such a different world in washington. And were all living through coronavirus, right . We all have kids doing remote education, we have parents that we havent seen in months. And there are questions that senator harris could ask mike pence that we cant get answers to. Vice president pence, when did President Trump last test negative . Because thats relevant, because hes been traveling all over the country, including at the debate a week ago, and in minnesota, in new jersey, in ohio. When did he test negative last . Because thats how we Contact Trace . W