There is nothing common, in what were doing. And its deeply its a deep disservice to georgians, to think that his allegations, his fraudulent allegations, should have any countinance. You think you have a chance winning either of these special elections . Absolutely. In 2008, 2. 1 million voters cast their ballots. As of today, more than 3 million have already voted, early. And of that number, 112,000 are people, who didnt vote in november, but believe it was so important that they showed up. 40 of those voters are black voters. And 22 of those voters are under the age of 25. Those are communities that wouldnt normally show up, but they understand how critical this election is, and we think they are excellent harbingers of what can happen tomorrow, if every voter shows up. Stacey abrams, well argued and thank you. Well be watching. Thank you, all, for watching. Thank you very much for watching. Cnn tonight. The big show, with the big man, d lemon, right now. Im all hopped up on energy
And five minutes. [applause] thank you, they didnt tell me that was coming so its probably just as well, it seems more like a threat than a promise. In grateful and i want to thank all of you because i see a lot of familiar faces here. People who have seen every week because ive done this, and im grateful for that, i know there are a lot of viewers on youtube as well. And i am grateful for those folks as well. This has been fun for me, its fun to be back in kansas, and its fun to be back at ku which is an institution that i love, its been great to be part of the dole institute. With the dull institute stands for, is a smart and civil conversation about politics, and there is too little of that in our society today. Im grateful to you for making that possible and being appreciative of that when it arrives. The Midterm Elections had big stakes in big consequences. Today we will talk about the consequences because we have seen what happens olivia and john will give us a fill in on where w
Three weeks ago he was elected to a second job, as a member of the uvalde city council, he intended to continue to serve as the chief of police for the Uvalde School district while serving on the city council. Here, arradondo was scheduled to be sworn in tomorrow as a member of the city council at a meeting of the uvalde city council. Earlier today, that uvalde city meeting scheduled for tomorrow was canceled. Yesterday, the president and first lady brought flowers to the Elementary School site, robb elementary in uvalde, and they touched the photos of the murdered children and two teachers who lost lives trying to save the lives of those children. President biden and the first Lady Joe Biden attended sunday mass in uvalde, at the Catholic Church filled with mourners including some of the family members of the victims, and as the president was leaving, some in the crowd pleaded with the president to do something. He responded by saying i will. Joining us now is msnbcs sam brock in uval
Support and protect womens right to choose. Heavy shelling in ukraine south. President zelenskyy has welcomed this as a positive development but he has also cautioned take hat trust remainw between russia and ukraine. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. It is wednesday, august 3, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, 4 00 p. M. In taiwan where u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making a defiant show of support despite threats of retaliation from china and a soaring tensions between the u. S. And beijing. Pelosi met with taiwanese president even as china ramps up its rhetoric and launches military exercises around taiwan. Pelosi is now the highest ranking u. S. Official to visit taiwan in 25 years. And has been given taiwans highest civilian order as well. Earlier the u. S. House speaker said her visit with the congressional delegation was intended to make it clear that the u. S. Will not abandon its commitment to taiwan. Taiwan has been an island of
Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered a blockade that has, quote, a slide that cant get through. The russians have made evacuations from the site too dangerous. Have a listen. Unfortunately right now there is no possibility to evacuate civilians from the star plan because we asked for a cease fire. We notified residents. The civilians are sheltering there now. They are constantly bombarded. Constantly bombarded. They have 85 tactical groups added over the past 24 hours. Ukraines president said its forces wont be deterred by the russian buildup. Translator they are a couple mu rlating forces. They are even trying start the socalled mobilization from the occupied regions of ukraine. None of these steps will help russia in the war against our state. Meanwhile, u. S. President joe biden says another shipment of u. S. Military hardware is heading to ukraine as quickly as possible. Mr. Biden says hell soon ask congress for more. In fact, House Speaker nancy pelosi also addressed while