Hurricane laura. There is heavy damage along the gulf coast, where the storm made landfall as a category 4. But search and rescue operations have just been suspended. The halt was caused by a plant fire that has spawned a chemical cloud right along interstate 10. Youre looking at that image. Were going to go live to louisiana in just a moment. We expect to see President Trump this afternoon as well. He will visit fema headquarters to be briefed on the storm response. And later, he is going to blur the lines between campaigning and governing again as he accepts his partys nomination for another term from the lawn of the white house. If you believe Jared Kushner, mr. Trump will offer a hopeful vision of america. But leaked excerpts of the speech sound less hopeful. Politico reports the president will unload on joe biden in a blistering convention speech. He will claim that he has spent his first term reversing joe bidens damage. All of this against the backdrop of extreme unrest that is
inquiry very seriously. democratic senator chris murphy joins me to discuss next. plus, taking the lead. there s a new front-runner in iowa. very encouraging. at the same time, there s a long way to go. the south bend, indiana, mayor, surpasses his rivals in the first caucus state, but can he do the same across the country? hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is just trying to keep up after a difficult week. president trump is waking up to not so great news politically. democrat jon behn bel edwards h narrowly won re-election in louisiana as governor despite president trump putting his full support behind the republican challenger and traveling to the state to campaign twice in the past two weeks, trying to make the louisiana race a referendum on impeachment. this as new details are piling up quickly on saturday. newly released transcripts revealed that former national