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Let me begin by making a pitch for you for ae to go. But how does this sound . Jacksonville, florida, late august, three straight days, outside. The temperatures will likely be around 95, humidity 80 , so it could feel like its 105, 110, who knows . Oh, and you will not be at the beach. No, no, youll be walking on hot pavement or in an arena, surrounded by a big group of people screaming and cheering, kind of like this, in the middle of a pandemic, in one of the hardest hit places in the entire ...

In from out of state to reinforce exhausted medical workers, and in texas, mayors are demanding the right to shut down their cities to avoid overwhelming hospitals. The center for Public Integrity today obtained white house documents that show that 18 states are currently in what is known as the red zone, and that means those states have more than 100 new cases per 100,000 people in the previous week. According to that document, which was prepared for the White House Coronavirus task force but n...

They will both tell us about the side of donald trump the media dont want you to see, but we are going to show it to you. And our own Raymond Arroyo on the ground in charlotte tonight where earlier he spoke to some of the delegates who just renominated the president what he found found out. But first, the greatest country on earth. Thats the focus of tonights angle. The rnc kicks off tonight as i said, it stood in sharp contrast to the doom and gloom, america is racist nightmare that the dnc por...

To confirm the new running mate. But there will be no giant crowds or fireworks or spontaneous inperson moments. Instead, there will be scenes like this, a prominent democrat addressing a camera, call it the zoom era or very 2020, but the Biden Campaign is arguing it has the hot hand with the electrifying vp pick of Kamala Harris and this forthcoming star turned by Michelle Obama. Heres a preview the Campaign Just dropped. He knows what it takes to rescue an economy beat back the pandemic, and l...

Were learning that the post master general himself will testify friday before a Republicanled Senate committee. This will be his first chance to answer questions about those delays in service and the implications for our election come november. Meanwhile, President Trump taking his voting rhetoric even further. In just the last two hours, the president raising the possibility of redoing the election. He said universal mailin ballots would be a disaster. He called them rigged. Your daily reminder...

He said that while he believes significant reforms are needed, quote, to avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, im suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded. He said the Postal Service is ready today to handle whatever volume of election mail it receives this mail. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi learning of that Decision Just moments ago live in an interview with politico. Watch. Somebody handed me a note that, re 2ushgs reuters reports that the postmaster...

Kenosha, wisconsin, overnight. Police are searching for a man with a long gun who apparently opened fire on protesters and agitators. Police say two people are dead this morning and one injured after a group of heavily armed vigilantes took it upon themselves to police the streets. Many videos on social media show the chaos as some of these shootings played out. [ gunfire ] [ screaming ] he just shot that guy in the stomach [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] people are getting shot all arou...

Especially moral leadership and biden had plenty of people to make that case on his behalf. Among them, cindy mccain, who talked about her late history, senator john mccain, a biden supporter and longtime friend. Bill clinton, jimmy carter, as well as former secretaries of state, john kerry and colin powell. I support joe biden because beginning on day one, he will restore americas leadership. America deserves a president who is looked up to, not laughed at. A gotowork president , down to earth,...

Plus, our knew reporting on the u. S. Mail slowdown across the country. And cheating to win. Bad news for trump on his taxes and what we now know definitely about his russian collusion. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Im going to be honest. The last four days of the Democratic National convention went a lot better than i thought it was. It was a real open question, right, how a fully Virtual Convention was going to go. Over the last nearly 70 years of te...

They will be hearing from their constituents, because this hits home. Coming up i will talk to congresswoman Brenda Lawrence about all of this. President trump continuing his offensive against mailin voting today and also, keeping up his attacks against his democratic rivals ahead of his republican convention. One thing the president is not tweeting about, the arrest of his onetime top political advisor. Steve bannon vowing to fight back against charges that he defraughted those who donated to a...