good evening our special coverage of the republican national convention begins right now. i m ari melber. i m jen psaki with you for the next two hours as we get into the second day of the rnc. this rnc includes the typical trappings of any political convention including what you see on your screen. yesterday the delegates affirmed the running mate senator jd vance and he s getting a walk through. there are the speakers. and appearances from past rivals now pushing unity. tonight ron desantis and nikki haley will speak. a boom for trump as they are the rivals who did best against him in the primary. and the force and enthusiasm of nikki haley s speech did matter. she did build support among conservatives and independents who were skeptical of joe biden and donald trump alike. tonight s theme is make america safe again a place nikki haley can draw on her foreign policy experience. that s the typical part of the gathering. then there s the assassination attempt hanging over
christina? john, a fun annual community bike ride this morning turned into chaos after a man plowed into the cyclist. possibly 10 victims. including six people hospitalized in critical condition. graphic shots horrific aftermath after the incident. it happened before 7:30 this morning solo, a town 180 miles northeast of phoenix. it s unclear if all of the victims were cyclists. about 250 people from volunteers to the cyclists were at the bikes race when this happened. the suspect driving this truck when he blued straight into the crowd and then led officers on a 3-mile chase. officers say they tried to stop him and he was shot by authorities outside of a nearby hardware store. the suspect is hospitalized in critical but stable condition. details on the 35-year-old suspect and the circumstances regarding the shooting have not been released but what is clear is the heart break and the sadness of this close knit community as victims of this tragedy fight for their lives. the
the guys are revving up the cars. it is loud. i am telling you it is louder in person. they will be coming here soon to us. we re so excited. we have a great show everybody today. i think they re getting out of the cars now. they said it would be pretty tight. they will get out of these windows, i think. can they get out? here they are. pete: that s great. will: not made for guys my height. must be smaller guys driving those cars, sometime. rachel: good job. good job. who had a hard time getting out the window. pete: i got out first. will: he is taller than me. the guy that got out of that car must be taller than i. it is a first for sure. will: that is a lot of horsepower. you can feel it when it rumbles. pete: the other thing, the steering wheel is right up on your chest. will: that is why you beat me out of the car. forgot to take the steering wheel off. pete: i watched the undercard races. when they drive, they re driving like this. there is no room in there. rachel: like
this morning s first congressional hearing on the capitol insurrection, key testimony from officials who have not spoken publicly until now. but first, our conversation with dr. anthony fauci this morning. we began by talking about the incredible loss of life from the pandemic. as you look back over this year, have you concluded that it was our political positions and political division that led to this death toll? i certainly think that that s part of it. it was very complicated situation. and one we re dealing with a very formidable virus to begin with. so anything that s not at its top peak in addressing it in the most appropriate way is going to lead to the kinds of things, the experience. so i have said i believe it s the case when you have a common enemy, you ve got to pull together in the same way. it s like people on a crew team rowing in the same direction. you can t have disparate responses. and unfortunately, there s a lot of good about the differences in state
hello and welcome, the white house says an invasion of ukraine is imminent, the ukrainian government think the imminent nature of the threat is over dramatised, the russian foreign ministry suggest there is yet room for diaologue, despite the fact their main demands over ukraine have not been met. it is a high stakes game of cat and mouse, but the cat is wily and an instinctive predator which is why the nato members are twitchy. so here are the main developments on ukraine today. the german government, under considerable pressure from nato allies, have hardened their position regarding sanctions. we have made it clear that further military action against ukraine will have massive consequences for pressure. it is on this basis we are working on a strong package of sanctions in case of further aggression in the full range of responses are available including. the russian foreign ministry said the best way to reduce tensions was for nato to withdraw its forces from eastern europ