Democratic national convention. Im anderson cooper. Were heading into the second night of this unconventional convention. Tonights theme is leadership matters. We expect a stinging indictment of President Trump as commander in chief from former military and National Security officials who serve and we just learned secretary of state colin powell will help make the case against trump promising that biden would bring values back to the white house and protect u. S. Troops. Powell is the most prominent gop figure to speak at this Democratic Convention so far. Bidens appeal to republicans will be under scored in a very moving film about his very close friendship with the late senator john mccain. Were covering this convention as only cnn can along with jake tapper, dana bash, and abby phillip. Jake, were also learning more about bill clintons remarks. Former president s tended to not publicly criticize their successes but no longer the president Whose Campaign mantra, its the economy stupi
President ial candidate Hillary Clinton, Vice President will nominate Kamala Harris and more, all taking shots at President Trump on a range of issues and tonight he has once again responded with searing attacks of his own against their record when they were in office. Put it all together and its a question we are trying to answer tonight, can the democrats persuade progressives and young voters that the partys old guard now led by nominee joe biden really stands for what they are hungry for based on a made for television, tightly scripted drama with few specifics on their own plans, but plenty of jabs of the president. Hello and welcome to fox news night, im Shannon Bream in washington. We start with corresponding peter doocy and tonights highlights. Peter. Shannon, good evening. Barack obama is a tough act to follow, but thats a democrats designed this evenings program. He spoke in philly and then Kamala Harris spoke behind me. Right now we have a president who turns our tragedies in
Biden, something that would have been unthinkable when he was vice president. And Michelle Obama, warning that a second trump term would be even more intense than the first. A president s words have the power to move markets, they can start wars or broker peace. They can summon our better angels, or awaken our worst instincts. You cant fake your way through this job. If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can, and they will, if we dont make a change in this election. If we have any hope of ending this chaos, we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depend on it. Like our lives depend on it. That was the direct argument, and democrats are not shy about fortifying that dire case with actual americans who see the trump era as a life or death issue. A woman saying her father listened to Donald Trumps misinformation before he died of covid. My dad was a healthy 65yearold. His only preexisting condition was trusting donald trump, and he paid for his life. The c
Explained to us on this snow yesterday. He misstated the magnitude of the benefit he said that there was a 35 reduction, that 35 out of 100 people would be saved, right, if they got plasma. Thats a complete misrepresentation of what the data actually showed. Dr. Khan now acknowledging marrazzo was right and apologizing for overstating the benefits of convalescent plasma pushed by President Trump, calling the criticism of his statements justified, but maintains the emergency use of the Plasma Treatment was not politically motivated. Many Health Officials believe theres not enough evidence behind its use and have been concerns the push is part of President Trump looking to deliver victories of sorts ahead of the november election with many experts worried the president may push a vaccine before one is ready. Cnns senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joins us now. Elizabeth, how significant is that overstatement of efficacy by dr. Hahn . Its a big difference. I mean, we heard we j
This is what everyone woke up to this morning in the town joe biden was born. In scranton, pennsylvania. City native joe biden accepts democratic nomination. Proving that the best news is always local news. Look at the subhead there. Former Vice President rises from green ridge streets to lead party. And then, of course, look at the rest of the front page. On the lower, righthand corner, this is where it started. Northeastern pennsylvania. Biden backers hold watch parties to mark key moment. And then, look at this. In the lower left. Trump questions bidens local roots. This is the scranton paper. He said hes from here. Hes not really from here. Dont believe it when he tells you hes from here. Were about five minutes away from President Trump saying that joe biden is from kenya, too. Hes not really from scranton. President questions bidens local roots. So those were sort of bidens hometown papers this morning. But heres how it looked around the country today, including some states thoug