Heres what we can expect tonight in these covid times. For the first time ever, plexiglass will separate mike pence and Kamala Harris on stage. The candidates will be separated by a bit more than 12 feet apart. Tonights moderator, susan page of usa today, is not prerelease topics. The Debate Commission says there will be nine segments about 10 minutes each. Lets bring in tom bevan, president and cofounder of real clear politics. Tom, good evening and welcome back to our coverage. A little more than a week later. Lets start with the Vice President. What is mike pences challenge tonight . Hes got a tall order. I think mike pence is going to have to be very, very sharp. Hes got to present a robust defense of the Trump Administrations record. He has to present a forwardlooking vision as to what the Trump Administrations will do if they were given another four years. He has to press Kamala Harris on the questions that the campaign has not answered. Does she and joe biden support packing the
A camp thousands of refugees are relocated on the greek island of less was but there are new fears for their health. And in sport patrick reid has a halfway lead at golfs u. S. Help then the 20000 masters champion is a need to win his 2nd major title. Shes been a pillar of the fight for womens rights a liberal icon in the us now the death of long serving Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is poised to trigger a significant political battle just weeks ahead of the president ial election even as the 87 year old was dying from panda cam pantry pancreatic cancer she passed on a plea that there should be no rush to fill a vacancy at americas highest court. Aljazeera alan fischer looks at ginsburgs legacy. They started to gather on the steps of the Supreme Court in washington as news of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death broke it brought flowers and candles the number swelled people marking a loss they felt personally. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was physically small but her presence loomed large on
Taking us out of the eu with no deal with all the damage that will do to peoples jobs and livelihoods. A former Supreme Court judge says the court had put parliament back at the heart of the Decision Making process. What has happened is that our famously flexible and informal constitution has responded to an abuse, by restoring the previous position. Well be live in parliament when it opens, at 11. 30am, and be getting reaction throughout the day here, on bbc news. Good morning and welcome to westminster, where mps are returning to the house of commons. It follows that dramatic and historic ruling by the Supreme Court, that borisjohnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks was unlawful. The Prime Minister said he profoundly disagreed with the judges, but would respect their decision. A senior Government Official said borisjohnson spoke to the queen after the ruling, but wouldnt reveal any details of their conversation. In the past half hour, the Prime Minister landed back in
This indictment is so off the walls, wearing uncharted territory with these types of charges, is absolute nonsense political persecution, this complete tierney in georgia today. The air has to come out of some of the tech names because they have been really stressed over the last six months those things are going anywhere. We go to yearend market is looking at the high evaluation against higher Interest Rates and the underlying economy is so strong and after this rocky. Things might get a little bit better. Stuart i love this song, here comes the sun from the beatles. I was shimmying before this came on. Stuart i hope we got on tape, 11 00 oclock on the east coast on this friday august the 18 18th, to the markets, the dow is turned around, at one point down over one or two points, now its up eight, same with the nasdaq down 150 now its down 74 a small lawson s p, big tech earlier they were all down, they are still all down but not as much, apple 173, microsoft was at 312, now it is at
Fundamental principles. Another day, another flag. Tonight, stunning new reporting that Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito has been caught flying another favorite flag of the insurrection outside his second home. Then the man has an Ankle Bracelet and cant leave the five boroughs because he always has to be in court. Congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez. And is it a Campaign Gaffe if you dont understand what you said . Do you support any restrictions on a persons right to contraception . Were looking at that. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. There is another flag. Last week we got the Bombshell News that the household of a Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito had flown an upside down American Flag in the days after january 6, according to the flag code of 1942 that should only be done as a signal of dire distress and extreme danger to life or property. After the 2020 election and in rightwing circles that symbol, the upside down flag, became wi