Headliners tonight. Hes expected to share personal stories about his marrrriage an Family Life with Vice President harris and around the same time, xi will be about 90 miles away in milwaukee, just up the way theyre holding a rally in the same arena where republicans held their convention last month. I want to bring in cnn chief national Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny at jeff, you have some reporting on what the obamas are expected to say tonight. What can you tell us . Rana, we know that former President Barak Obama likes to make the case for democratic candidates as hes done since leaving office. And tonight im told he will give a forceful articulation of why he believes the country and democrats should elect a Kamala Harris . Yes. Within any individual issues like the Economy And Democracy is really going to be laying out the stakes and drawing a contrast with former president Donald Trump. But something that we have seen him do, of course, back in the 2016 campaign, he made a si
The United Center in chicago, site of a far different and far more historic 2020 for Democratic National Convention and was even remotely imaginable just four weeks ago tomorrow night, the former candidate, President Biden, will give a Keynote Speech finalizing the transition to the new candidate and presumed nominee, Vice President harris. She is heading here from Pittsburgh Tonight after spending the afternoon on a Bus Tour with Running Mate Tim Walz through some of the surrounding Towns West of the city the two visited with firefighters and a Fire Dog in one locality, reporters traveling with them, so they brought baked goods. They also went to a Campaign Office not far from there talking to staffers are working the phones and later to convenience store. She goes into the convention with a batch of new polling to point to in one from the Washington Post and Abc News, she is now just outside the margin of error leading the former president in a multi candidate race, cbss new polling
Manchester united taking on fulham. All Manchester United taking on fulham. This and not far. All this and not much to report so far. Fairly quiet and that matchup. No goals. Around 30 minutes gone there. This the first match of the weekend, with plenty more to come on saturday and sunday. In france, Ligue Unis back underway tonight too with the champions Paris Saint germain in action. Theyre up against le harve. 0 1 Psg Kang in lee with the goal. Two fixtures in spains la Liga Tonight too Celta Viga are very new early leaders after beating Deportivo Alaves coming from behind to win 2 1. Las palmas are taking on sevilla right now thats just kicked off. Barcelona kick off their la Liga Campaign on Saturday Night theyre away at valencia. Barcelona came second last season but finished 10 points behind champions real madrid. New Barcelona Head coach Hansi Flick believes itll be a much tighter Title Race this time around. I know it is not easy but i totally trust and believe in the club tha
Morning. What more are we learning about this . Jose, what were learning this morning is that former President Trumps lawyers are asking Judge Juan Merchan to move the date of his sentencing, which is currently scheduled for September 18th to some date after the election. Now, Judge Merchan has a pending motion before him to vacate the verdict. That motion is supposed to be decided by September 18th. By September 16th, a couple of days before. The conventional wisdom is hes going to deny it and move on to sentencing. Theyre telling him, you should hold the sentencing if at all until after the election and one of most interesting features they say is if you deny our motion to set aside the verdict, by postponing the sentencing, you will allow us to pursue appellate options. Thats a signal that former President Trump is not going to take a decision from Judge Merchan lying down, but is thinking about going to either state and or federal Appeals Courts to try and fight the verdict before
From a weekend of more violent disorder in england and northern ireland. Police forces across the uk have made more than 250 arrests and that number is expected to rise. This morning, the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has condemned what she called the disgraceful scenes of Violence And Thuggery promising swiftjustice for those involved in the unrest. In the next hour, the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, will hold an Emergency Response Meeting known as cobra with senior Police Leaders as they look to de escalate the violence, following the fatal stabbing of three young girls in southport a week ago today. Misinformation about the identity of the southport attacker, spread on Social Media, led to the riots. This is footage taken from Social Media which has been looked at by our team on bbc verify. It shows rioters, starting fires at a Holiday Inn express hotel in tamworth. Staffordshire police said an officer was injured during what they described as acts of thuggery. Ten officers wer