A night of pageantry and politics that collides with breaking news on our shores and in our streets. Protests continue for the third night in wisconsin after the shooting of jacob blake in the back by police. A young vigilante who took up a rifle to confront protesters there has now been arrested for shooting three. Two of the victims are dead. And in an extraordinary move, the nba has posttoned tonights playoff games after the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their game to protest the shooting of blake. The wnba, major league baseball, Major League Soccer have postponed their games tonight. Meantime, hurricane laura is bearing down on the louisiana texas border. Now a fierce category 4 storm. Set to be one of the strongest ever to make landfall in the United States. So, lets get the latest from ginger zee in port arthur. Ginger, i can see the wind is kicking up right now. We are just about to get in the main shield of what is hurricane laura. That category 4 storm, now the center of it is ab
Democrats and joe biden and Kamala Harris referring to them as radical leftists, and violence and chaos is a result of democratic leadership. And so the president again stressing that issue of law and order but certainly paramount in americans minds, the coronavirus pandemic, we have yet to hear about that except in economic terms and lives it has claimed. And also paramount is the racial tension that were seeing and calls for justice that much of our newscast has been about, especially athletes that President Trump publicly quarreled with, kneeling for the national anthem. So there is a lot at play here tonight. And it will be interesting to see how the speakers particularly Vice President pence address those issue is, so with that well have a full wrapup later, lets get back to the rnc stream. We need more leaders like President Trump who understand freedoms that pay up the fabric of america. My fellow americans, specifically my democrat and independent friends, it is now time for us
The shooting of a black man led to protest and violence there. And the protests have now reached the world of sports tonight. The nbas three playoff games suspended as well as three Major League Baseball games postponed for the night. And the rising death toll in the covid pandemic, surpassing 180,000 deaths in this country according to the latest count by nbc news. We are likely to hear more about these topics tonight and our team of correspondents will dig into how all these issues could shape this election. The convention has been underway tonight for 90 minutes. We heard from several white house staffers in the last hour, and we are waiting any moment now. Laura trump, the daughterinlaw of President Trump. But the main event, Vice President pence, chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson is at fort mchenry where the Vice President is speaking. Hallie, what are we expecting . Reporter savan saw, you talked about all the news happening as we come on the air tonight. The Vice Pr
From the heart which the news york times called a deeply felt kingly observed account and mrs. Bush conjures a hometown with enormous detail later system and feeling. Tonight mrs. Bush will be interviewed by Cokie Roberts and we are all delighted to look on her back to the Smithsonian Associates event. Copies of mrs. Bushs book which she has already signed are available in the lobby. Because of her schedule there will not be any personalization of the books after the program. Before we begin i would like to remind all of you to have your cell phones or Electronic Devices silenced and im going to do that with mine too. [laughter] additionally no photos are allowed during the program from cell phone cameras or any other cameras. We appreciate your cooperation on both of these items. As ive mentioned we are pleased to have Cokie Roberts. Conversation with mrs. Bush are cookies a senior news analyst for npr news where she was a Congressional Correspondent for more than 10 years. Additional
Wisconsin protests. World Central Bank Leaders coming together virtually, Federal Reserve chair jay powell speaking at key economic conference and investors closely watching what he has to say. Ahead of the speech, few hours are lower. We are taking a look at decline at start of trading. S p and nasdaq hit record highs again yesterday. This morning dow futures down 88 points. Mornings with maria live right now. Global markets this morning are red across the board. Take a look at european indices, the cac quarante down 31 and the dax index lower by 52. In asia overnight markets mostly lower, worst performer was korea down more than 1 . Top stories that we are watching this morning. Night 3 of the Republican National convention honoring americas bravest, devoting their lives defending our freedom. Since 9 11 ive seen americas heros up close. Some of them saved my life. Service, its more a word to me, its a way of life. Maria meanwhile mike pence touting President Trumps economic success