T minus 74 days until america decides. One final day in chicago. Here in downtown chicago. Dana: yes, hi. How are you? i m great. I am. Bill: can i tell you something, i ve been looking forward to that day for a week. Dana: i know, this is america s newsroom. We came to chicago. We had a great time. It is a lot, fox news has done amazing getting us all here, people behind the scenes. We re here, everybody has worked hard and thank you for that. Bill: huge summer of politics, being in milwaukee and now chicago. Peggy nunan puts a fine point on what she sees. Kamala harris off to a strong start. Dnc was fine, it will come down to policy. If you have followed our coverage this week, policy is a big deal. There are clear distinctions in the trump camp and now in kamala harris and tim walz in minnesota. Dana: fourth and final night of dnc in the books. Vice president kamala harris officially accepted her party s nomination. Her speech gave a peek at how she would govern. Middle class is whe
The Harris Campaign pulls inTo Atlanta. The path through the White House runs through this state. Tonight, new momentum with Georgia Senator Raphael warnock. Then they have kid rock, Kevin Sorbo and a Dolphin Aficionado and we have the whole, luke Skywalker And Mayor pete just on this zoom. Thats pretty cool. The secret genius of white dudes for harris. Plus we are effectively run in this country by a bunch of childless cat ladies. Why the Weirdo Tag is proving to be very sticky for donald Trump And J. D. Vance. When you think of monitoring girls periods, thats weird. When all in starts right now. Good evening from los angeles. Jason johnson in for chris hayes. Tonight, Kamala Harris is in atlanta, headlining a packed rally. The Vice President s first visit to georgia since becoming the De Facto nominee, bringing the key Battleground State back into play. Harris has swung Momentum And Enthusiasm back to the democrats, particularly among young voters. The campaign had hoped to view with
Jessica. Jessica thank you so much. Bret thanks. Good evening. Im bret baier. We are coming to you tonight from milwaukee, wisconsin, site of this weeks republican national convention. We are covering several major stories at this hour. Newly anointed republican president ial Nominee Donald Trump has selected ohio senator j. D. Vance as his Running Mate Myrtle beach time a federal judge in florida also a dismissed the classified Documents Case against the former president. The judge ruling the appointment of special Counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutional. Smith says he will appeal that according to the Justice Department. The former president telling me today he is thrilled with the ruling and, quote. Is having a great week, blessed to be alive after the Assassination Attempt saturday, those are some of his first public comments since the shooting in pennsylvania which resulted in a wound to the former President S ear. The death of one spectator and injuries to two others. The shooter
To help estimate a number. Many times throughout american history the question of how many jellybeans are in a jar has been a racist tool of oppression. In 1890 mississippi lawmakers gathered in jackson to find a way around the 15th Amendment which gave africanamericans the right to vote. The white judge who presided put the matter bluntly. We came here to exclude the negro. Nothing short will answer. The mississippi lawmakers adopted two measures to make voting all but impossible for black people in mississippi. One was a poll tax. You had to bring the equivalent of 58 in Todays Money to vote. The other was a literacy test. Registrars could ask arbitrary questions to decide if prospective voters were smart enough to vote. White people always seemed to get the simple questions. Black voters, well, black voters were asked such things as how many bubbles are in a bar of soap . And they were also asked things like how many jellybeans are in this jar . These practices became common across
Our thanks. Your rewards. As we begin a new hour, we turn to the biden agenda. Joe manchin says he wants a Spending Bill not too big. In moments, how the poor Peoples Campaign is putting pressure on the West Virginia senator. Plus, a humanitarian crisis in Del Rio, texas. New developments about how the biden administration is responding. And the woman who designed the dress that has the worlds of fashion and politics buzzing. This is American Voices. We begin this hour in texas where the states ultraconservative legislature kicks off a new Special Session tomorrow. This time around, texas republicans plan to focus on redistricting. They are already busy working to redraw maps to favor republican incumbents. The Texas Tribune reports, quote, republicans hold majorities in both chambers they will have every advantage as they use the process to position their party for the next decade as the State Population becomes younger and more diverse. This is a process known as partisan gerrymander