I would like to welcome everyone, there might be big news today in american politics, but it aint nothing compared to this, which is so much bigger insignificance, and opportunity for us to celebrate eric alterman. With his new book lying in state why president s lie and why trump is worse we are going to spend, my name is Leonard Bernardo by the way, Vice President of the open society foundations, hosting this event, i should say that we are going to talk for around 45 minutes, give or take, then we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions, those questions that you would like to share with eric and maia and me should be sent to questions opensocietyfoun dations. Org. You can also do this via twitter and you can also if you really need to, do it via facebook. We are recording this event. Its being live cast and its going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, maia wiley with us as a discussant. Meyer, who is been a very long time
Trump. [applause] [applause] [chanting] pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Friends, delegates, and distinguished guests, please, i stand before you tonight honored by your support, proud of the extraordinary progress we have made together over the last four incredible years and blooming with confidence in the bright forre, we will build america over the next four years. [applause] evening, our thoughts are with the wonderful people who have just come through the wrath of hurricane laura. We are working closely with state and local officials in texas, louisiana, arkansas, mississippi. Sparing no effort to save lives while the hurricane was fierce, one of the strongest to make landfall in 150 years, the casualties and damage were far onlythen thought possible 24 hours ago. [applause] to the greatue work of fema, Law Enforcement, and the individual states. Weekend, going this and congratulations, thank you for that great job out there. We
Even how many hamburgers you can eat. They want to defund the police and take away Second Amendment rights. They want Free Health Care for illegal immigrants. Yet they offer no protection for unborn americans. They want to pack the Supreme Court with liberals. Thiswant to codify all of by making the swamp itself, washington, d. C. Americas 51st state. With two more liberal senators, we cannot undo the damage they have done. Democratsderstand why spent an entire week telling us about who joe biden is, not what he intends to do. I am immensely proud of the work the Republican Senate has done. We are the firewall against nest Nancy Pelosis agenda. We will not be bullied by a liberal media intent on destroying americas institutions. We will stand our post on behalf of millions of americans whose stories are told in americas newspapers whose struggles are just as real. We will continue to support American Families as we defeat the coronavirus and return our economy to the envy of the world.
The white house. Without further adieu lets get and the individual states. To that video. Winning the trade war, i will be going this weekend protecting and strengthening and congratulations, thank you medicare and social security, for that great job out there. Lowering the cost of insulin, delivering the first real drop we really appreciate it. We are one National Family and in drug prices in 50 years, we will always protect, love restoring our military, fixing the va, bringing our troops and care for each other. Home and taking the worlds here tonight are the people who deadliest terrorists off the have made my journey possible battlefield, soleimani, al baghdadi, isis brought to and filled my life with so much justice, moving americas joy. Embassy to jerusalem, a new era of strength and solidarity with for her Incredible Service to our nation and its children, i our ally israel, negotiating a historic peace deal between want to thank our magnificent israel and the united arab first
Hello im down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up nato warms russia are against meddling in delarue says president putin promises troop support if protests get out of control. And the crisis deepens in the Eastern Mediterranean as turkey and greece stepped up the rhetoric over a maritime dispute. The. Democratic Vice President ial nominee comedy harris has delivered a preemptive strike on donald trump just ahead of his speech to the Party Faithful at the Republican National convention how is condemned trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic and address the unrest over the Police Shooting of jacob blake saying america must fulfill the promise of equal justice the reality is that the life of a black person in america has never been treated as fully human. And we have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law well earlier trump praised the National Guards efforts to quote protests in the city of can osha suggested the same approach should be used in