what was the republican national convention in milwaukee behind me. you can see the leftovers up a wild week that hit a crescendo last it s tonight. donald trump strode onto the convention stage. trump s style to the bright white light illuminating his own name. the former president promised a different tone. he gave it in pieces, book ending what was effectively a classic it s a trump rally speech, disjointed and at times divisive with an appeal to unity, he promised after a gunman attempted to take his life more for on that in a few moments. but first there is reading the tea leaves and then there s trying to break the code coming out of the white house at this very moment, everyone wants to know the big question, the answer to the big question is, what is joe biden going to do? and you can cherry-pick perhaps whatever answer you like. this morning. the number of congressional democrats publicly telling biden to step aside is growing. it seems by the minute, donors cont
convention. donald trump came in through those corridors, and it was beamed on the big screens in the arena, and he walked into, among supporters up walked into, among supporters up a small flight of stairs to a special seating area with a prominent white bandage on his right ear. donald trump greeted his reporters with the fist bumps he used moments after the failed assassination attempt on saturday. the audience could be heard chanting back the words that he shouted from the podium, fight, fight, fight , which has become the chant of the convention. donald trump also greeted the man he is named as his vice presidential candidate, 39 year old ohio s senator]d vance. this comes two days after the former president survived an attempted assassination at a pennsylvania rally. we will have more in the investigation and response a little later. we also have plenty on the other developments to bring you including the legal victory for the former president as a judge dismisses clas
vaccination effort at home and abroad. the president is also expected to take indication on a number of topics, including the refusal investigation from the investigation into governor cuomo. we will carry the president s comments live when they happen, and talk more about the investigation into governor cuomo. but we re going to start with the unfurling human tragedy among the men and women who protected the capitol and the lawmakers who worked inside it on january 6th. it s now colliding with one of the party spiraling into conspiracy lies. yesterday officials confirmed two more police officers who responded to the attack at the capitol, have died by suicide. speaker pelosi issued a statement about hashida, who called him a hero. d.c. police also confirming that officer kyle defrietag was found on january 10th. officer harry dunn spoke specifically about the ongoing trauma to officers who responded that day. i m now receiving private counseling, therapy for persistent, em
hello i m brianna keilar alongside john avlon. good morning. happy friday. good morning to you. happy friday indeed. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, july 23rd. and alabama s republican governor says it bluntly, it is time to start blaming the unvaccinated, she says, for the current state of the pandemic. despite a life-saving shot being available to every american 12 and older. in the past 30 days, coronavirus cases around the country have nearly quadrupled. hospitalizations almost doubling. and most of those by people who refuse to get vaccinated. and if outbreaks among unvaccinated players hit nfl teams this season the league may force them to forfeit the game. covid or not, the olympics are officially under way this morning in tokyo after a year of delays and uncertainty. first lady jill biden is there meeting with japan s emperor and she s one of 950 vips invited to attend the opening ceremonies today in a mostly
their first child, wilfred, was born in april last year. and, it s blast off for britian s telecommunications industry their latest multi tonne satellite heads into orbit. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there is heavy fighting in the southern afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. security forces in two other key cities, kandahar in the south and herat in the west, are also battling to try to halt the taliban offensive. thousands of people have been fleeing their homes to other parts of afghanistan and neighbouring countries. our correspondent, secunder kermani, is in kabul with the latest. this is the most serious moment, i would say, in the weeks of intensified fighting that we ve been seeing in afghanistan. the taliban already control vast swathes of rural territory, they ve captured that in the last couple of months, but now they re trying to take their first city. earlier this evening they advanced right into