And the aflcios Richard Trumka talks about Union Members and campaign 2020. Then priorities usa chairman guy cecil talks about his super pacs role in the election. Washington journal is next. Ccept yours i a nomination for Vice President of the United States of america. That was californias democratic senator, kamala this is the washington journal for august 20. Joe biden will accept his nomination. You can see that starting at 9 00 this evening. For the next hour your comments on the event of the Democratic Convention including senator harriss acceptance speech. Yo if you support joe biden, 202 7488000. If you support President Trump, 202 7488001. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. Cspanwj, and you can post on our facebook page. Our coverage starts at 9 00 tonight for the final night of the Democratic National convention which you will hear from joe biden and senator cory booker and the former mayor of south bend indiana, former president ial candidate,
Desk. Every single senator in the Democratic Congress and in our caucus here in the senate is cosponsoring the for the people act. Senator merkley, senator merkley and my companion bill the h. R. 1, for the people act, but it is very deep in the leaders legislative graveyard. Over the course of the last year, as the for the people act has languished, tens of millions of dollars were spent, much of it in secret, to influence the policymaking process. Almost half a dozen states passed new laws restricting voter rights. The u. S. Supreme court gave the green light to political gerrymandering, and President Trump has with his own properties dozens of times funneled millions of taxpayer dollars into his own pocket. Yet, the Republican Senate is silent, sigh length as silent as our democracy faces a crisis like none we have ever seen in our lifetimes. We can draw a Straight Line from the crisis in our democracy to more than 300 bipartisan bills buried in the majority leaders graveyard. The b
And i approve this message. Now at 11 00, a tragic hit andrun leaves a twoyearold dead, and went to the man police say was behind the wheel. Plus. An older couple found after more than a week lost in marin. Their heartfelt percentage to their rescuers. And lets take a live look outside. Parts of the bears will see a big warmup this week. What you can expect for your workweek. And one lucky warriors fan gets a surprise of a lifetime, the huge milestone at chase center. We begin tonight with a heartbreaking story. A hitandrun left a twoyear old dead and police now tell us they have the suspect in custody, after they say he returned to the scene of the crash. And were also learning he is the victims uncle. Rick boone is in fairfield tonight. Reporter were still getting more details on this case. Theyre coming in a little slower. But this is what we know. Police say that the suspected driver in this case, did turn himself in, in a crash involving a small child, a crash they say may have be
A moment of music unites the basketball world in grief. And salute to a superhero. Pres announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im nikki battiste. With a democratic president ial debate tomorrow in the South Carolina primary this weekend, Bernie Sanders is surging. After his commanding victory in nevada, our new cbs news Battleground Tracker poll shows sanders is now gaining on joe biden in South Carolina. The former Vice President holds the top spot with 28 , but sanders isnt far behind. But will it matter . Another cbs new poll found two out of three voters believe President Trump will be reelected. Here is nikole killion. Ti histop we won the nevada caucus. And dont tell anybody, because these folks get very, very agitate and nervous. Were going win here in texas. Reporter as the surging frontrunner looked towards super tuesday i think its going to be bernie and me. Reporter former Vice President joe biden focused on the more immediate task at hand.
And its expected to get bigger with people hoping to reach the u. S. The United Nations considers setting up a Monitoring Mission in libya to keep an eye on any potential future cease fire. I mean again this news in the United States where the senate has launched formal proceedings for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as democrats have read the charges in congress what set in motion the Legal Process the trial which donald trump has denounced as a condo by the democrats is going to start next week i did jocasta reports from capitol hill. The ceremony laden impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is now underway very very. All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment donald j. Trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that. Using the powers of his high Office President trump solicited the interference of a Foreign Government ukraine in the 2020 United States president ial election john roberts the chief justice of the Us Supreme Court has ta