Coronavirus and then. We begin in the u. S. City of kenosha where reinforcements are being deployed as outrage continues to grow over the Police Shooting of a black man jacob blake President Trump says he has called in the National Guard following 3 straight nights of protest which have occasionally turned violent in the most serious incident 2 people were shot dead a young white man has been arrested investigators have named the officer who shot blake in the back 7 times as rust and sure i say that blake who is now recovering in hospital had a knife in his car at the time. Mr blake walked around his vehicle open the drivers side door and leaned forward while holding on to mr blakes shirt officer ruston chef ski fired his Service Weapon 7 times officer he fired the weapon into mr blakes back during the investigation following the initial incident mr blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession and the cia agents thats the division of criminal investigation recovered a knife fro
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Then, naacp president and ceo Derrick Johnson on black voters and the important issues in campaign 2020. Washington journal is next. I am pleased to announce that Vice President joe biden has officially been nominated by the Democratic Party as our candidate for president of the United States. Vice President Biden is hereby invited to deliver an acceptance speech. Thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. It means the world to me and my family, and i will see you on thursday. That took place after a first ever virtual rollcall vote officiallyn is selected as the nominee for the Democratic Party. Just some of the activities on night two of the Democratic National convention. Watch our coverage of night three starting at 9 00 tonight on cspan, cspan. Org, and follow along on our cspan radio app. In the first hour bang, you can give us your impressions of the activities. In the first hour, you can give us your impressions of the activities. If you support joe biden, 202 7488
Good evening america its an honor to speak to you tonight from the hallowed of the hallowed grounds of fort mchenry the site of the very battle that inspired the words of our National Anthem those words have inspired this land of heroes in every generation since it was on this site 206 years ago when our young republic heroically withstood a ferocious naval bombardment from the most powerful empire on earth they came to crush our revolution to divide our nation and to end the american experiment the heroes who held this for took their stand for life Liberty Freedom and the American Flag and those ideals have defined our nation but they were hardly ever mention at last weeks Democratic National convention. Instead democrats spent 4 days attacking America Joe Biden said that we were living through a season of darkness but as President Trump said where joe biden sees american darkness we see american greatness thank you and. In these challenging times our country needs a president who bel
Would neither. The i mean Bernie Sanders did tell his followers or joe biden would be the most liberal president in modern times in fact he said and i quote that many of the ideas he fought for that just a few years ago were considered radical are now mainstream in the Democratic Party at the root of their agenda is the belief that america is driven by envy not aspiration that millions of americans harbor ill will toward our neighbors instead of loving our neighbors as ourselves the radical left believes that the federal government must be involved in every aspect of our lives to correct those american wrongs they believe the federal government needs to dictate how americans live how we should work how we should raise our children and in the process deprive our people of freedom prosperity and security their agenda is based on government control. Our agenda is based on freedom. Thank you eon where President Trump cut taxes joe biden wants to raise taxes by nearly 4 trillion dollars whe