good evening our special coverage of the republican national convention begins right now. i m ari melber. i m jen psaki with you for the next two hours as we get into the second day of the rnc. this rnc includes the typical trappings of any political convention including what you see on your screen. yesterday the delegates affirmed the running mate senator jd vance and he s getting a walk through. there are the speakers. and appearances from past rivals now pushing unity. tonight ron desantis and nikki haley will speak. a boom for trump as they are the rivals who did best against him in the primary. and the force and enthusiasm of nikki haley s speech did matter. she did build support among conservatives and independents who were skeptical of joe biden and donald trump alike. tonight s theme is make america safe again a place nikki haley can draw on her foreign policy experience. that s the typical part of the gathering. then there s the assassination attempt hanging over
having it both ways where they d be saying get them out, get them out. but don t bring them here. can t have those people here, they re brown, a lot of them are brown. a lot of them? now because you have so many on the right and a lot of veterans actively trying to get people out, they ve been quieting people with their xenophobia for now. that s the only perceptible change i ve seen, the big lie, the recall in election in california is going to be rigged. trump is spreading that bs again. all of the same visiis still at play. i m not saying you re doing it, i meant us in general, the media. to think that we re in a place now where as you said has not changed much because people are still believing the lyie s even with all of the video that came out of january 6th. even with all the evidence that came out about the election. the most secure election, the most secure in the history of this country. even with that, even with the fraud happening in arizona and no informati
vaccinated against covid 19. # magic. and one of the most influential reggae producers and performers, lee scratch perry dies injamaica, aged 85. hello and welcome. let s start with some breaking news now. as many as five rockets have reportedly been fired near kabul airport in the last couple of hours. a us official said the rockets were intercepted by an american anti missile system. it is not yet clear if all were brought down by the defence system, nor if there were any casualties. it comes a day after the us led an air strike on a vehicle in kabul, reportedly targeting a suicide bomber who was about to attack the airport. of course, we ll bring you more details as we get them here on bbc news. one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit america s gulf coast in 200 years is now approaching new orleans. hurricane ida s centre isjust 30 miles to the west. nearly one million people are without power, including the whole of new orleans, after what s being called catastrophi
category 5 status as we give you a look at new orleans, one of many areas in the state where forecasters are warning of life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic wind damage, major flooding and even tornadoes. the new orleans mayor will be giving us an update in a few minutes. we ll bring that to you live. earlier today here on msnbc the mayor of baton rouge expressed the serious nature of this threat for the 14 million people in its path. we have become more resilient, but my greatest concern is making sure that people are safe and sound and listening to the messages that we ve been communicating with them. so that s my greatest concern. in terms of evacuation, everyone, just moments ago officials have shut down the interstate 10 causeway over lake pontchartrain. that s what we ve been showing you there as the winds are definitely picking up. earlier today officials closed the floodgates to protect the area south of new orleans from flooding. louisiana, in fact, bracing