Unshakeable. Woodruff and to denounce President Trump. Today we are a country divided and we have a president doing everything in his power to make it that way. At the time like this the oval office should be a command center. Woodruff tonight former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former president barack obama and this years Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris. Day three of the Democratic National convention. Woodruff again, im Judy Woodruff and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the Democratic National convention. Were now on night three of this virtual event. Tonight, we will hear from Hillary Clinton, the partys nominee four years ago. Well hear from former president barack obama and then we will hear from Kamala Harris, a historymaking Vice President ial nominee. Im here in our studio with political analyst amy walter and right around the corner our senior correspondence amna nawaz. Both socially distanced. And we have reported and guests across the coun
he s boasting about the fact that he that he canceled roe v. wade. i think joining us thank you to our viewers. thanks very much for watching our special coverage of debate night in america continues right here, right now on cnn with anderson cooper and erin burnett good evening from cnn headquarters in atlanta. we re just two hours from now. history will be made joe biden and donald trump s squaring off on the stage. we are showing you in the earliest ever presidential debate, the first ever between the president and ex-president the first in which one of the candidates is also convicted felon awaiting three other criminal trials and so much sets this debate apart from others, including rules tailored just for this occasion in and agreed to by both candidates. but there are so many unknowns about what will happen tonight. anderson, can president biden overcome the difficulties that so many incumbent presidents have faced in their first debates, can donald trump do what
Bellwethers in the future . Howard fineman, and the National Politics correspondent with the washington most. First, rand paul is out there explaining the hell out of his moment in the sun on the issue of government surveillance. Yesterday he single handedly brought the Republican Senate to a halt. Forcing the exploration of key elements of the patriot act. Here is paul making his stand. The people who argue that the world will he believed and well be overrun by jihadists tonight are trying to use fear. They want to take a little bit of your liberty but they get it by making you afraid. They want you to fear and give up your liberty. People here in town think im making a huge mistake. Some of them, i think, secretly want there to be an attack on the United States so they can blame it on me. Theyll be the first to point fingers and say, oh, yeah. It is all your fault. We never should have given up on this great program. The republican freakout was then palpable. John mccain who has a lo
Enormous respect and crucially respect of both parties so a position when you look forward to the approval process, when hes nominated and when senate and house get their chance to vote, not someone likely to face a difficult confirmation process. Jim sciutto, thank you for that reporting. Joining me now, cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. Cnns senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny, lynn suite, the Washington Bureau chief for the chicago suntimes and Cnn National Security analyst juliette kay m kayyem. Well talk about this and other trumprelated topics but juliette, lets start with this breaking news. The nomination of retired marine general john kelly to be Homeland Security secretary. You have said long time employees of Homeland Security department are relieved over this pick. Why . This is a relief. There is the issue that this is another general, another marine, another white male but putting that aside, the other names that were being floated were terrifying senior
And endured devastating personal tragedies. We can always get another senator but they cant get another father. You cannot lose a child and three months later get on the campaign trail. This was a tough one. He said beau was his soul. He has stepped off the political stage but doesnt hold back when it comes to an unconventional president. We are in the battle for this nation. I dont think the tombing was ever right for joe biden, but now might be the time. A number of women said his public conduct with them made them uncomfortable. Joe biden tonight is grappling with another womans accusation of unwanted touching. Does joe biden still have what it takes to make history . Its a question people have been asking joe biden for decades. Do you think you could go to your grave never having run for president . Oh, man, youre tough. You going to run for president . Are you going to run . Is there no scenario in which you could see yourself getting into this race . Absolutely not . Im not going