Protestors and batteries heckled president Alexander Lukashenko and the main Opposition Leader calls on the military to switch sides you must tear gas and stun grenades fired at demonstrators and threw don demanding fans to change a year off to a power sharing deal the size. Donald trump is the wrong president for the United States thats the overwhelming message from the 1st day of the Democratic National convention that will now formally name joe biden as its president ial candidate former 1st Lady Michelle obama and vermont senator Bernie Sanders were among a number of prominent democrats and republicans giving speeches at the most about to event they gave damning reviews of trumps term as president while backing joe biden who is said to be formally nominated at the end of the 4 days. This election is the most important in the modern history of this country in response to the unprecedented crisis we face we need an unprecedented response a Movement Like never before of people who are
Belief that each of the 330000000 lives in this country has meaning and worth while alan fischer has been following all the night speeches from outside the white house for us he has more on Michelle Obamas address. For someone who famously does not like politics and even mentioned that during his speech this is perhaps one of the most searing indictments of the Trump Presidency that weve heard she talked about how there not been just a failure of policy but a failure of character and she said that doesnt just make me upset its infuriating and then the point that she was making is that donald trump. Had not met the moment and was not fit to be president and therefore that is why in her opinion the country should vote for joe biden but clearly what the democrats are hoping is that she can reach out to some republicans and weve heard from plenty over the last 2 hours who are changing their vote from 2016 when they back door trump to support joe biden this time around and perhaps even inde
Anger and division in this final stretch to november. They dont even know who george floyd is. Acting secretary chad wolf, senator amy klobuchar, and insight and analysis from our powerhouse round table. Good morning, and welcome to this week. Every four years americans come together to make a choice. We expect hardfought campaigns and we expect politicians telling us this is the most important election of our lifetimes, but with the conventions that just played out, we saw something different. Democrats told us if the other side wins, our democracy is over. Republicans said if the other side wins, america is over. Both suggesting an apocalypse if they dont prevail on november 3rd. In the visuals of this weeks Republican Convention, we saw the world as donald trump wants it to be. His name in fireworks over the washington skyline, the White House South Lawn transformed into a celebration of all things trump, and his supporters shoulder to shoulder as if the pandemic had never happened
Francisco and went on to be elected statewide is California Attorney general and won her senate seat in 2016. She announced her candidacy for president back in january 2019 in oakland, california. She withdrew from the race in december of last year. Joining us from los angeles is seema mehta, l. A. Times political reporter, and in philadelphia, covering politics for politico, holly otterbein. And i want to begin with you, holly otterbein. It seems the Biting Campaign and did it search where it began. Can you tell us what led to her selection . Holly sure. When the primary was going on, in the debate between joe biden and Bernie Sanders. Biden broke the news that he was going to choose a woman as his Vice President ial nominee. That kind of kicked everything off, and then, a little while later, in april, he announced his Vice President ial search committee, which included four people, including former senator chris dodd, who has been a longtime friend and ally to biden. He took an impor
Wisconsin protests. World Central Bank Leaders coming together virtually, Federal Reserve chair jay powell speaking at key economic conference and investors closely watching what he has to say. Ahead of the speech, few hours are lower. We are taking a look at decline at start of trading. S p and nasdaq hit record highs again yesterday. This morning dow futures down 88 points. Mornings with maria live right now. Global markets this morning are red across the board. Take a look at european indices, the cac quarante down 31 and the dax index lower by 52. In asia overnight markets mostly lower, worst performer was korea down more than 1 . Top stories that we are watching this morning. Night 3 of the Republican National convention honoring americas bravest, devoting their lives defending our freedom. Since 9 11 ive seen americas heros up close. Some of them saved my life. Service, its more a word to me, its a way of life. Maria meanwhile mike pence touting President Trumps economic success