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
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that s going to do it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow come hell or high water. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. we ll continue the gram news fame here but will have good news in this hour and actually, good news on the vaccination rate in one small town in the south where the state has the lowest vaccination rate in the country but this one small town is a remarkable success story, thanks to one retired woman there who took it on herself to get the town vaccinated. it s really an amazing story. we ll do that later in the hour. that is exactly the kind of story i need on a day like this and on a night like this. i m going to sit here and watch it. thank you for finding that story and b, thank you for telling me that s ahead. that s what i need. that s what is coming up. thank you, rachel. thanks, lawrence. what could become one of america s enduring lies to itself about afghanistan is being given birth on live tv these days. l
beat. we have a lot of news tonight. senator durbin is here as the trump s doj is prepping for witnesses. we ll explain with the evidence. governor cuomo with an investigation with a new report. the president urging the unvaccinated to go ahead and do it, get the shots. everyone sees how this delta variant of covid is surging in different parts of the country. president biden is calling out governors who are standsing in the way of what he calls an urgent fright to save lives. some state officials are passing laws or signing orders that forbid people from doing the right thing. as of now, seven states banned mask mandates. i say to these states, please help, if you are not going to help but there s get out of the way. he s literally telling people, desantis, get out of the way, let me handle it. don t make it worse for the least of the request of the federal government may make. desantis, a trump s favorite in florida continuing to vow to fight the safety measures, his sta
washington. i am bret baier. president biden is in houston right now delivering remarks at this hour of coronavirus vaccination facility run by the federal emergency management agency s. you will see him there. we are monitoring these remarks and we will finish later. peter doocy on the white house domestic trip when one of the questions he is facing is about foreign policy, surrendering air strike in syria that we first told you about at the end of special report last night. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. on his way to those remarks president biden said that the air strike was to send a message to iran. you can t act with impunity, be careful. today after iranian forces, he has they are trying to heal texas. saving people s lives and as my mother would say, doing god s work. on the way to texas, the white house explains the rationale behind the first air strikes biden ordered as commander in chief. american interests in iraq. speak of the president sendin