Rebutta rebuttals. The only direct senator tim scott will hit back on issues of race challenging joe bidens record. Were told the former u. N. Ambassador will atatack biden o Foreign Policy. Youll hear from the president s son donald trump junior known for his steering attacks on biden. Hes one of many trumps speaking at this convention. Were covering it with our Political Team including jake tapper, dana bash and abby phillip. What are we learning about the president s role tonight . The president will try to put an optimistic spin on his response to the coronavirus pandemic even as the u. S. Death toll surpasses 177,000. Hes going to appear with Health Care Workers at the white house. Republicans know, they need to address the pandemic head on and President Trump will appear with americans previously unlawfully detain in former countries who were freed under the Trump Administration highlighting what the presidencys as a signature accomplishments. The big question is how much his how
President trump focused on an american rapper arrested in sweden with nothing to say about the american kid in dallas who starved for weeks in an immigrant detention facility. Welcome to the leed. Im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. A Significant Development as House Democrats take a major step toward launching an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Today the chairman of the judiciary jerry nadler filed a lawsuit to get access to secret grand jury material from former special Counsel Robert Mueller investigation including interviews with Key Associates of President Trump. Nadler insists that information will help inform democrats on whether to introduce articles of impeachment in congress. This is all coming as House Speaker nancy pelosi reiterated democrats will only move forward on impeachment based on the facts and law. She insists shes not trying to run out the clock. Though she is opposes as of now to impeachment. Sunlen serfaty starts us off from capitol hill o
One 2020 candidate who now supports starting an impeachment inquiry. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with our politics lead and a shocking admission by President Trump that he and some of his allies are now working hard to pretend he did not say or mean. After years of insisting there was no collusion, that he and his campaign did not receive any damaging information about Hillary Clinton from an american adversary, the russian government, the president stunned the political world last night by saying he would be perfectly willing to collude in 2020. Mr. Trump directly saying, yes, if a Foreign National or Foreign Government wants to share dirt with him about a political opponent, he wants to hear it. Your campaign this time around, if foreigners, if russia, if china, if someone else offers you information on an opponent, should they accept it or call the fbi . I think you do both. You might want to listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a co