187, 7866 at 5:55 anderson cooper, 360 weeknights at 8:00 on cnn today, pushing into the future with a little help from the past. It s day two of the democratic national convention here in chicago. And one of the parties best and most effective speakers will headline that stage tonight. That s former president barak obama. According to one of his senior advisors, obama will give a quote, forceful affirmation of vice president kamala harris as the right leader for this moment yeah. I thought you were gonna say that former first lady, michelle obama was griner tonight. Yeah, she s also very popular, is probably the biggest. She i think she might be. She will also speak tonight along with the second gentleman, doug emhoff and illinois governor jb pritzker so welcome to a special edition of cnn newsroom here in chicago. I m abby phillip. I m jim acosta, and it won t just be the democrat speaking at the convention this week, we are now learning that prominent republicans will take the stage
Tonight on the reidout. We have to decide, do we still believe in honesty, freedom, respect, justice, and democracy. Do we believe in the promise of america . And are we ready to fight for it . You know, they go crazy when they say the late, great hannibal lector. Okay . They say why would you mention hannibal lector . He must be cognitively in trouble. The stark contrast between bidens humility, harriss hope, and trump. Also, the misogyny and attacks on Gender And Jd Vances Attack on Childless Americans and the energy of american women. I am michael steele. We begin tonight with the stark and somewhat cartoonish contrast between the president ial race. Especially now that the torch has been passed. That was a message from President Biden speaking directly to the american people about his decision to leave the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. He did it for the love of his country. Now, well President Biden put humility ahead of humerus, Donald Trump, as
Pay attention to local Evacuation Warnings and forecasts. Heed these warnings, it is a big storm. Thats going to do it for us for now. Now Jonathan Capehart good evening jonathan, its a Big Night already. It is rachel, youve covered a lot of big news. But i have to say i couldnt get ready for tonights show, listening to you breaking down how people couldnt trust the cdc but fully taking recommendations medications to take ivermectin. What is it, ivermectin . Ivermectin. It does nothing for covid, it can prevent worms in your cow. It is turning into an epidemic of misuse, that is turning out to be dangerous. It is insane. Right. And at a time when Hospital Beds are filling up with covid patients and not having enough Hospital Beds, for people who dont have covid. We are going to be talking about a lot of this on the Sunday Show on sunday. But we have to get to the Breaking News, rachel, thank you very much. Thank you. And tonight we begin with Breaking News. The u. S. Military has condu
Starting with several antigovernment comments he made on facebook live during his standoff with police today. And, of course, No Matter What his motive is, this underscores the ongoing danger faced by u. S. Capitol police in the months since January 6th and the urgency of another Brand New Dhs Bulletin released just late last week that warned of a heightened threat of domestic terrorism. It is against that backdrop that Todays Incident played out among the police and residents of Capitol Hill. We start with some of our most favorite reporters and friends on this breaking news story. Nbc News Investigation Correspondent Tom Winter, Capitol Hill Correspondent Garrett Haake is here for us, near the site of the Bomb Threat, and former Fbi Assistant Director for Counterintelligence And Msnbc national security analyst, and our friend, former senior aide to Mike Pence and director of the accountability project. Tom winter, take me through all of nbcs reporting. I know a lot of it is Pete Will
Vaccination in boston. Quote, notwithstanding the fact that some 400,000 people have been vaccinated in boxing since january the 1st, the Board Of Health ordered that all the inhabitants of this city be vaccinated or revaccinated forth with. They explain that although there is been a remarkable cooperation throughout the city, the medical profession and the people in general having acquiesced to a most remarkable extend in its request for vaccination. It is necessary, in order to stamp out the Smallpox Epidemic that all persons not protected by Vaccination Or Revaccination shall be vaccinated, end quote. This is about the deadly boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1901, it killed hundreds of people. It would also turn out to be bostons very last smallpox outbreak, because cases kept climbing despite high vaccination rates, the Health Department mandated that everyone in boston get a vaccine. Doctors went Door To door with vaccines, look at this illustration from the boston globe. This is Janua