and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the fight of our lifetime. well, that s what kamala harris says it is, as she slams the growing number of laws that democrats say will seriously restrict voting rights in america. these laws create obstacle upon obstacle. these laws make it harder for you to vote. because they don t want you to vote. and so i will say again, your vote matters. your voice matters. this is the fight of our lifetime. well, right now, ground zero for the fight over voting rights is the state of texas. there are protests tonight outside the state capitol where a special session is under way. republicans there proposing legislation that critics say would suppress voting. by banning drive-through voting, putting new restrictions on mail-in voting and granting new powers to poll watchers. the original bill had measures taken out. it was blocked by democrats, who walked out of the state s capitol, leaving republicans without the minimum numbe
discussions as they re described with some of his top allies. let s discuss now more with cnn, senior political commentator, former special advisor to president obama, van jones. and cnn legal commentator and former for trump white house lawyer jim scholtz, van guys, good morning. let me start with you first van. what do you think biden needs to do first and foremost, in this debate? well, i mean, if you re joe biden, you ve got a hill to climb here the reality is he is behind in most polls. the momentum is not with him yet. and so i think you ve got to reassure the american people that he is the commander in chief, and that he has commanded the situation when it comes, especially to the economy that s where he is struggling the most. and so number one, the contrast is going to be very clear joe biden s going to have a lot of facts and expect donald trump to have a lot of insults. so you already know that s already kinda baked in the entertainment factor is going to be on t
criminal conviction? today, the campaign announced a $50 million ad. part of which will be used to highlight the simple fact that their opponent is now a felon. and if there goal is to break through a broad audience with that fact a week before the debate, the announcement is pretty good start. we are going to play in full in just a few minutes and talk to deputy campaign manager about the strategy behind it. but first, as we get closer to election day 2024, it is clear that a key piece of the trump strategy is to continue to stop the same lines they pushed in 2020. and you would think that after charges were brought against the former president at the federal level and against many of his accolades in five different states, they might try a different approach. maybe cut it all out but instead, four years later, the same dog is relying on the same old tricks. but this time, the language is actually getting darker. listen to how trump talk about the election over the weekend.
serve.com. i hanako montgomery and tokyo. and this for joining me this sunday on for greek, a whitfield. and we begin with gun violence across the us weekend, mass shootings across three states have killed two people and injured dozens there s more from massachusetts to michigan and texas. a short time ago, police in massachusetts said eight people were injured after an overnight shooting, were hundreds of people gathered at a spontaneous meetup, organized over social media seven young people were shot, two of them are in critical condition. one other person was seriously injured while trying to escape and fell official say no arrests have been made and they do not have a suspect at this time and hours earlier in rochester hills, michigan, nine people were shot at a random attack at a splash pad park, including four and 8-year-old brother s. and their mother authorities say the gunman pulled up to the brooklands plaza splash pad and open fire nearly 30 times under no circ