Voting. Youre going to have a catastrophic situation. With universal mailin votes. He doesnt want an election. Our Convention Coverage starts this morning with senator Bernie Sanders, top Trump Campaign strategist jason miller. Nate silver. And insight and analysis from our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. Four years ago, on the eve of the democratic convention, we were in philadelphia as the delegates gathered. All set to broadcast from the Convention Hall as all networks have done since the dawn of the tv era. Not this year. The pandemic thats upended so much of our lives has essentially cancelled the convention, the delegates wont beeakers will be taking a virtual stage. Beaming in from all over the country. In an epic display of social distancing. One thing that wont change from four years ago, the kickoff speaker will be the runnerup of did nomination, Bernie Sanders
When he was charged with no crime at all in the trumprussia probe. Well talk to carter page about his warning that the Obama Administrations quote insidious, overuse of federal power now puts allamericans Civil Liberties at risk. Also now this. Former fbi director james comey, he is now trying toe flip the script on this whole story. Tonight, top Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli on the state of emergency in kenosha county. Lou wisconsin. Cuccinelli on this story, black people feeling unsafe in their communities. How to stop the outrageous happenings with people in their communities, africanamerican communities but do rioters, here is the story, do rioters have to set fire to another American City . Do you have to burn down innocent homes and businesses in minority neighborhoods where minorities are fleeing burning buildings . Do you have to do that to tell the world that your protest matters . Fox news contributor byron york, former Ambassador Nikki Haley at the Gop Convention
Bay area wildfires turning even more deadly tonight weve learned a 70 yearold man has been found dead in Santa Cruz County where the czu lightning complex fires are burning coal fire says those fires are burning at least 74,000 acres so far in san mateo and santa cruz counties. It is at 8 containment at least a 163 structures have been destroyed. There are roughly 1500 fire personnel working on the fire lines kron fours gayle ong joins us now live. In the Santa Cruz Mountains in Scotts Valley with more on this fire fight. Gayle. Well that 70 yearold man was found in the low area of last chance the road and of Santa Cruz County sheriffs deputies are also looking into 3 other missing persons cases. Firefighters are focusing on saving homes. We have video of what theyre doing today and you can see a they were a back burning they were setting fires to control the fire line around a home on highway 9 in Boulder Creek and this is right by the Boulder Creek Community Church. They were making
That you are really good at portage is, so we are going to do a lot of canoeing. Back then, it used to be birchbark canoes. Of course, lisa was totally wired up in the adirondacks. Did you have anything at all . Lisa no communication, no internet. I am glad to be back, though. A pretty active late august, all things considered. Tom it is, lisa, without question, the most odd august since 1998. Mr. Ferro is still off. It has now gone from vacation to sabbatical for jon ferro. Lisa and i will get you through the week. Dow futures up to 70. We will get you to the data in a moment. Yields really havent moved, and that is a key item. Also, Lisa Abramowicz with some of the ideas of the morning. What do you have . Lisa not only do we have the political backdrop in the u. S. And also in europe, with the u. K. And the European Union continuing contentious negotiations this week. Last week, talks broke up friday with Michel Barnier warning that an agreement seems unlikely. New york city tentativ
The dow now positive for the year as the s p and the nasdaq close in on alltime highs yet again. Is a deal to buy tiktok hours away . As we reported here first, microsoft ceo speeding fastest toward the social media prize. Now its confirmed walmart has bet on microsofts horse to nudge it across the finish line. The analyst who says a deal has been sealed and is down to the wire in a fox business exclusive. Dan ives of wedbush, only here coming up. Hurricane laura leaves destruction in her wake as the energy world scrambles at this hour to restore power and get natural gas and Oil Operations back online. We are going to take you straight to lake charles, louisiana, where the eye went right over for a look at the ontheground damage. And the boycotts spreading at this hour from sport to sport as americas top athletes protest racial injustice. The ceo of the Company Whose name is on the bucks home arena is with us live on hoops, protests and what big business can do and what hes doing to f