Hi there. Im Stephanie Ruhle live from nbc news headquarters in new york city. It is thursday, august 20th. Lets get smarter. Tonight is the night. We are just 12 hours away from the grand finale of the dnc when joe biden will officially accept his partys nomination for president. Last night, it was his running mate Kamala Harris who took center stage, an historic moment. The first woman of color ever to take her place on a major party ticket. You are pushing us to realize the ideals of our nation. Pushing us to live the values we share. Decency and fairness, justice and love. We have a chance to change the course of history. Were all in this fight. You, me and joe. Together. The other big speaker last night, the warmup act, was former president obama who waited until this convention to level some of his harshest criticism yet of donald trump. In fact, we may have never seen one president take down another the way we did last night. Take a listen. For close to four years now, he has sh
What the president said before the riot started. Today the Washington Post is reporting that even as members of congress were trapped inside capitol hill desperately calling the president s aides and his family members to get him to call off the rioters the president himself was busy enjoying the spectacle, according to one close adviser trump watched with interest, buoyed to see that his supporters were fighting so hard on his behalf. At the very same time there is new fallout from the insurrection, more resignations, more arrests and now word that more than a dozen Capitol Police officers have been suspended or are under investigation for their personal role in the riot that ultimately caused one of their fellow officers his own life. And remember, this is not over. The fbi is warning of more possible attacks at the capitol, and every single state house in america all leading up to president elect bidens inauguration next week. Im bringing in Leigh Ann Caldwell on capitol hill, what
Dangerous and in the state of colorado . Just days before the anniversary of the Columbine School shooting. Tensions on the trail are rising as both booker and buttigieg face hecklers. Antiday and antiabortion rights protesters interrupting mayor petes rally twice. The good news is the condition of my soul is in the hands of god but the Iowa Caucuses are up to you. Good news is pete didnt flinch, and in just moments, 2020 president ial candidate andrew yang outlines his vision for the country, including an ambitious proposal centered on universal basic income. With roughly 24 hours to go before the Mueller Report is set to be made public, the president s legal team is still hammering out details on its counterreport. Even though trumps aides are projecting confidence on what report will ultimately show, theyre not taking anything for granted. Nbcs Kristen Welker is at the white house with brandnew details. What are they telling you about this counterreport they put together . Theres a
East peace. And family values, the Trump Administration reveals that it may have separated even more kids than it previously said, 1,712 more children taken from their families. And republican congressman justin amauj says attorney general bill barr deliberately misrepresented Robert Muellers conclusions and says the president has engaged in impeachable conduct sparking massive backlash inside the republican party. Its very disturbing. This is exactly what you would expect from he never supported the president. I think hes just looking for attention. We have got to begin with fierce reaction to congressman amaujs impeachment comments. Kristen welker at the white house. Jeff bennett in the newsroom. Kristen, what exactly did this republican congressman say and help us understand how the president s responding. Justin said he believes the president did, in fact, commit impeachable offenses. He said he read the entire 448page Mueller Report and hes basing that on what he calls several exa
With more. What will happen between now and the big vote tomorrow . Hey, testisteph, good mornin. When they vote on those two articles of impeachment, the House Rules Committee has to establish parameters for that floor debate. Theyre the smallest committee in the house. They neat in one of the smallest committee rooms, and members of that committee will consider things like how long wednesdays floor debate will last, which committee should have members on the floor offering up arguments. If people should offer proposals for any amendments that would change the articles of impeachment. We also expect they hear presentations from the top democrat and republican on the house judiciary committee. Normally that would be chairman jerry nadler. But a source connected to the committee tells us that he is back home dealing with a family emergency, and doug collins, the Top Republican will speak on republicans. We expect this rules committee to agree on rules. There is a 94 split that whatever