Week. The statue was a site of an ambush where protesters pelted police with water bottles. They were demanding the citys Police Department be defended. Melissa th the mary is speaking with President Trump about his plans to send federal agents into the city. She warns that any abuse of authority by agents will be met with legal consequences. If you see something that doesnt look right, please dont hesitate to report it. We are going to remain diligent and if we see any steps out of line we are not going to hesitate to take the president to court. Melissa mike tobins live in chicago with more. The base is now covered in plastic, and that plan had to move under cover of the night, bring in the cranes and remove the columbus statue. The big statue was removed. The Mayors Office is issuing a Statement Today saying the statue was removed because it had become such a flash point, it was removed for safety reasons. The catch is, she did not talk about it with the chicago alderman. Many of th
Conditions. The jobs report so much better that and are calling it the worst pressure result because it reduces pressures on republicans to bend to democrats. The surge is tracking downward in daily new cases and seeing half the deaths during the first surge. Keeping an eye on portland. The scene of continuing unrest directed at local police. The mayor said protestors are trying to commit murder. First we kick off on another round of Economic Relief for millions still out of work. Not much good news for them tonight. Washington has a simple message for 10 mill plus unemployed americans. You are on your own. Democrats and republicans cant make a deal and President Trump is not issuing his executive orders yet. It was a disappointing meeting. I am extremely disappointed. About the only thing democrats and republicans agree on is they cant make a deal. In an evening News Conference at his new jersey golf club, President Trump said he would change american law if there was not a deal soon.
Sandra that disturbing scene played out just blocks away from the federal courthouse. The d. A. Condemned the attack saying assaults will not be tolerated in our community. More on this Ongoing Investigation in just a moment. But we begin with the Democratic National convention. Weeklong Virtual Event kicking off with democrats calling for unity while slamming President Trump. Im sandra smith. Trace good morning to you, im trace gallagher. Tonights speakers are the rising stars like alexandria ocasiocortez, as well as heavy hitters like bill clinton and the presumptive nominees wife dr. Jill biden. Last night Michelle Obama and senator Bernie Sanders both slammed President Trump on character and leadership. The state of this nation is very different. More than 150,000 people have died and our economy is in shambles because of a virus that this president down played for too long. Whenever we look to this white house for some leadership or consolation, or any semblance of steadyness, wha
Seen more than three months of protests, which have sometimes turned violent. We received some insight earlier from cnn security correspondent, josh campbell, he spoke with us on the phone from los angeles. This city has been the focus of so much attention in the United States for well over two months now. There have been these nightly clashes between protesters and Law Enforcement officers, both federal and local Law Enforcement officers. But today is starting to take a bit of a different turn, in that these protesters arent just antiLaw Enforcement. What we saw, and continuing as we speak, is there is also a large group of prodonald trump protesters, who are now also inserted into the mix. Earlier this afternoon, they staged hundreds of trump protesters outside of the city of portland and indicated on social media they were going to be heading downtown. And portland police, in fact, put out an alert saying there was this caravan heading downtown. They were asking people to please sta
Congress returning to the capitol chambers hours after the mob stormed tblg. Lawmakers working through the night to certify the results of the president ial election. Vice president pence saying joe biden was the winner. Joseph r. Biden junior of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. Donald trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes. We have team fox coverage. John roberts at the white house, where the president is promising an orderly transition. Katie pavlich with reaction. We begin with mike emanuel live for us in washington mike, good morning to you. Set the scene for us if you will. Good morning. Sad and ugly day at the United States capitol. Great anticipation of the Electoral College certification. Protestors stormed the Capitol Building became the story. Journalists focused on the debate on the house floor as lawmakers argued over the Election Results in arizona. Things stopped. The gathering crowd outside tblg was walking freely through the capitol. Police pu