Monday. But this afternoon harris crossed the delegate threshold to clinch the nomination during a virtual roll call. He dialed knee a campaign shortly after that moment and here is what she said. Here is the bottom line, i say to all of the friends on the call, we are going to win this election, and it is going to take all of us, whether it is making calls, connecting with our communities, engaging online, orrine talking with people where we go every day, whether it be to the grocery store, our church, we are going to talk with people about the fact that we are all in this together, and we stand together. And so let s let folks know that our campaign is about the future, and it s about an expansion of the rights and freedoms and for opportunity of everyone, not just to get by, but to get ahead. Harris will accept the nomination in chicago at the democratic national convention? just under 3 weeks. Joe biden posted this photo of the two of them together and tweeted, quote, one of the be
the news of the day. a number that tells a larger story, a larger story about who we are, where we are and what we re up against as a country. tonight that number is 31%. remember it. 31%. today the harvard kennedy school s institute of politics released their biannual harvard youth poll. they have been doing the poll for 20 years asking 18 to 29-year-olds so kids out of high school, out of college, early in their careers asking them what they think about the state of our country. over 1,000 young americans were polled, the margin of error 3%. there were a number of fascinating findings but one number stuck out to us. 31%. they were asked their views on american exceptionalism. is america an compensational nation? 31 percent said america is the greatest country in the world. 50 percent said other nations are greater. greater 18%. out to lunch. 31%. 3 in 10 young people in america believe america is the greatest country in the world. now, i for one am not surprised by the sour
stalwart liz cheney in iowa. she had scathing words not just for her own party for, quote, abandoning the constitution, but also for the united states supreme court, the nation s highest court, for potentially paving the way for donald trump the supreme court to grasp exactly what it is doing the supreme court realize what he s doing is a delaying tactic, and that the american people, it cannot be the case that a president of the united states can attempt to overturn preventing the american people from seeing that evidence in open court is itself suppression of the evidence. that the american people have a right to see that evidence and the court ought to recognize that. it cannot be the case that our justice system is incapable of holding him accountable, from liz cheney. she s talking to you, supremes. she s saying that there is a threat that the courts are now enabling trump from avoid all legal accountability and political accountability from the voters. more th
election. though the dispute is technically over the handling of evidence, it s become a proxy war of the ex-president s mob boss tactics. it s a little complicated, but incredibly important. here is where things stand right now. federal judge chutkan was ordered a hearing over the justice department s request for a protective order. the rules governing the process between prosecutors and the defense team. the washington post notes such orders can be technical but are routinely approved by judges to protect witnesses and government investigative methods and priorities by limiting evidence by the defense to people authorized by the court. in its argument for a protective order, the justice department made a nod to the fact that the defendant has prosecutors explained they wanted to immediately turn over evidence to speed defense trial preparations but were concerned in part over trump s history of posting on social media associated with cases against him. trump s defense t
united states of scandal with jake tapper new episode tonight at nine on cnn welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper, a year ago, a gunman armed with two assault-style weapons and a handgun, shot and killed three children and three adults. the covenant school in nashville. it was one of the deadliest school shootings in tennessee s history. there s led to a renewed push for gun control with thousands of people protesting in the state capital i don t three democratic lawmakers joined that protests and two of them were then expelled from the state house representatives. and unusual move that highlighted the power of the republican it s in the state legislature tennessee is considered one of the most conservative states in the country, with some of the most restrictive laws and abortion and voting rights. but it wasn t always run by republicans for decades, democrats rule the legislature and the governor s office than the party shared power until about a decade ago s