conditi convention, even though she s a leader of the democratic party. amid fallout from the e-mails revealed in the dnc leaks controversy this week. if you re not familiar with what i m talking about, let s get an explanation from jeff. let s start with exactly who it s going to be taking her position as the permanent convention chair? brian, congresswoman marsha fudge, she s a democrat of ohio, she has been selected by party leaders as the convention chair, she will be the one welcoming the delegates, she will be the one gaveling it in and out, the business section of the convention, she will be a visible role here, she s a strong supporter of the clinton campaign and this is all coming in response to an uproar over the reports of leaks from the democratic national committee from staffers who were favoring the clinton campaign over the bernie sanders campaign. now this was coming just as the peace accord was really being reached between the clinton campaign and the sande
chance form the democratic party. and as the protests continue and another woman speaks out, new reporting that fox news is finally turning on bill o reilly. caution. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. everything is happening tonight, it seems. an incredibly busy night of news. the polls are now closed in the special election that is the first real test case to see how powerful the resistance to donald trump can be. we will be going to georgia and bringing you the results as we get them. but first tonight the white house is attempting to contain a budding conflict of interest controversy of the first order. at first glance, it made no sense. why would president trump place a phone call to turkish president recep erdogan to congratulate erdogan for winning a heavily disputed referendum that will greatly expand his power while, many experts say, effectively putting an end to democracy in turkey? america, after all, likes to thin
our job is to radically chance form the democratic party. and as the protests continue and another woman speaks out, new reporting that fox news is finally turning on bill o reilly. caution. new reporting that fox news is finally turning on bill o reilly. caution. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. everything is happening tonight, it seems. an incredibly busy night of news. the polls are now closed in the special election that is the first real test case to see how powerful the resistance to donald trump can be. we will be going to georgia and bringing you the results as we get them. but first tonight the white house is attempting to contain a budding conflict of interest controversy of the first order. at first glance, it made no sense. why would president trump place a phone call to turkish president recep erdogan to congratulate erdogan for winning a heavily disputed referendum that will greatly expand his power while,
separated from parents at the u.s./mexico border. just a few minutes ago, the u.s. border patrol said the situation there is getting worse. not better. at the same time there is action on the ground with protests at an i.c.e. facility in new jersey and in washington, d.c. where administration officials show no signs of changing what they say they can t change, but in fact they could. it is their policy, the white house s policy. b soroff is touring a detention center in texas as temperatures near 100 degrees fahrenheit. my colleague mariana atencio is on site. and i ll sit down with former homeland security secretary jeh johnson. we ll have the physician from the american academy of cs to talk about the trauma to children. the most traumatic thing to do to a kid, straight them from their parents once they ve made that dramatic journey. i understand we have an immigration debate going on in this country. why use these kids as leverage? well, i certainly don t want anybody
and residents are being told to shelter in place. early this morning, about a dozen people had to be plucked to safety by boat and helicopters when flood waters surged in terrebon parish just outside of new orleans. we had people on island road to the east of us that ignored that warning, decided to stay in their residence. then during the early morning hours this morning had to call for help, started attacking on a lot of water. their houses were flooded. i m not sure how much water was inside the house but multiple feet of water inside that residence. the water levels and weather condition at the time, we didn t have the equipment to rescue them. we had to make a phone call to the coast guard and thankfully the coast guard was able to go in with a helicopter and get them out. let s begin with cnn s natasha chen in morgan city, what are you experiencing there? well, fredricka, we are getting a lot of gusty wind right now, and one of these bands of rain. it s not so muc