Amazing journey to file land. All in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im sam seeder in for chris hayes. It may not come as a total surprise to you to hear that russia is once again trying to interfere in our president ial election to help donald trump. But the twist today is that the Trump Administration is the one that is claiming it. This afternoon, the office of the director of National Intelligence released a statement updating the foreign threat to our elections. Quote, we assess that russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former Vice President biden in what it sees as an antirussia establishment. Some kremlin actors are seeking to boost President Trumps candidacy. Donald trumps own intelligence is publically saying that russia is actively trying to help him and hurt joe biden. Quote, we dont need or want foreign interference, and President Trump will beat joe biden fair and square. But given all of the president s lies over the last five years, not one
It almost sounds as though you are saying this is the reason we have it is because the courts and the prosecutors were not doing their job. They were doing too easy from the rioters the last time around. Dont take it from me. Just go by what has been done. Just go by what has been done. There were no consequences for the people arrested. Dont bait us. This is a serious situation. Wow, just look at what has happened. Meanwhile, seattles police chief as resigned after the city Council Voted to cut the Police Budget despite violent protest in that city. We have a life team fox coverage now on all of it, dan springers in seattle. Garrett kinney in chicago. Lets start there, garrett. Harris, the widespread looting and destruction early monday was completely justified and acceptable according to black lives matter chicago. Remember, more than 100 people were arrested during those riots in last nights black lives matter chicago held a rally in support of those in Police Custody demanding that
Make that decision not just mine, of course. But, you know, i think that given that we know that kids are going to be going back to school in the you know, in late august, that we want to make sure that we can do it as safely as possible. Thats really our charge here to ensure that kids at school are safe. We really appreciate you bringing us behind the scenes on how the decisions are being made. And new day continues right now. This is cnn breaking news. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Breaking overnight, a Tropical Storm is racing up the east coast and it has turned deadly. We have just learned that one person was killed when isaias slammed into the North Carolina coast. It slammed there as a hurricane when it made landfall. The storm has weakened slightly, but new york is bracing for the strongest winds they have seen since superstorm sandy. Isaias has already caused widespread blackouts, more than half a Million People a
President trump. Well dive into the conspiracy group. Velshi starts now. Good morning. It is saturday august the 15th. We are 80 days from election day. Im ali velshi. Nearly 170,000 americans are dead from covid19. More than 5. 3 million americans have been diagnosed with the disease. And for the first time in 21 weeks, weekly initial jobless claims fell below one million but only barely. More than 16 million americans remain out of work. Both the house and the senate have left for recess and not scheduled to return until the second week of september and there is no deal still for the next round of Coronavirus Relief funds. Polling shows joe biden with a significant advantage and despite what he says, it certainly does not look like President Trump believes that hes going to win the reelection in november. Not if you watch what hes doing. If you watch what the president is doing you are going to see the measures of a desperate man. Take, for example, what he admitted to actively engag
So is the other resident inside his head, hillary clinton. Not only that, but theyre appearing on the same night that Kamala Harris, who is both the first black and the first asian Vice President ial nominee, will officially be introduced to the country. Were also learning that obama will be going after trump by name, something he rarely does. According to newly released xerpss hes expected to say wow. Likewise, senator harris will highlight the stakes of this election, describing it as an Inflection Point in history. Shes expected to say that now, for President Trump, tonights speakers are sure to have him wearing out his twitter thumbs. Joining me now is the mayor of atlanta who will speak tomorrow night at the Democratic National conventi convention, and marilyn mosley, states attorney for baltimore. Im going to let each of you tell me what you expect from tonight, and what you expect really from both Kamala Harris and from president barack obama, former president barack obama. And