About the campaign and the federal judiciary. And tony perkins looks at evangelical voters in the november election. We will also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. 550 for president donald j. Trump. President trump and Vice President mike pence were officially renominated for the gop ticket this november. We will get your thoughts on the first day of the Republican Convention, from rollcall call to the speeches last night, and a preview of tonights lineup. Here are your lines. If you are supporting the president this november, dial in 202 7488000. If you are supporting joe biden, your line is 202 7488001. If you are undecided, please call us at 202 7488002. Your first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Or facebook tor join the conversation. We will begin with one of the keynote speakers, the president s son, donald trump, jr. [video clip] after eight years of slow growth, trumps policies have been rocket fuel to th
Over Police Violence violence against americans of color. E. U. Foreign ministers meeting in berlin have agreed to impose sanctions on senior bellaver scene officials accused of Election Fraud and cracking down on protesters they also urged russia not to intervene after russian president Vladimir Putin promised military support for the countrys leader Alexander Lukashenko. A corps in berlin has overturned a ban on a demonstration against coronavirus restrictions planned for saturday it said the protests could go ahead of organizers and here to strict conditions to stop the spread of the virus police are appealing the decision a similar event earlier this month drew tens of thousands of people. This is to give you news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram a t w news or visit our website. The Republican National convention finished refined work some time rousing speech from President Trump in the teeth of a worldwide pandemic that killed more than 180000 americans record unempl
According to neils melzer the un special rapporteur on torture who visited julian a songe in prison is being held in londons atory s high security belmarsh prison for publishing classified documents which exposed u. S. War crimes in iraq and afghanistan is being indicted on 17 counts under the 1917 espionage act a low he is not a u. S. Citizen and wiki leaks is not a u. S. Based publication charged would be unauthorized possession and dissemination of classified material something that has been performed by countless journalists including myself when i worked for the New York Times and publishers over the decades. The such case is a frontal assault on the 1st amendment it will be used should a songe be extradited tried and sentenced in the United States where he faces the possibility of 175 years in prison to shut down any press investigations into the centers of power joining me to discuss the importance and ramifications of the a songe case is Marjorie Cohen professor america at Thom
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Director of the fbi on james comeys testimony last week, along with congressman darrell issa, as we look ahead on sunday morning futures right now. The attack against Dallas Police officers putting police in cities nationwide on high alert, this as protests are erupting for the fourth straight day this morning following the fatal shootings two of black men at the hands of the police in minnesota and louisiana. More than 200 people arrested as some of the protests took a violent turn. There have also been more attacks against officers as well as a threat against the Dallas Police department this morning. We look now at how Law Enforcement and the communities they protect are coping with this growing unrest. Joining me right now is ray kelly. He is the former new York City Police commissioner and the vice chairman of k2 intelligence. He is also author of the book vigilance. Commissioner, nice to have you on the program this morning. Thanks very much for joining us. Good to be with you, m