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A vast lineup of passionate speakers from both sides of the aisle but the pandemic means this years convention is an entirely virtual affair. And here in germany trial begins an unprecedented online paedophile case alongside the defendant more than 150. 00 suspects have been identified and prosecutors say theyre investigating tens of thousands of leads. On nichols good to have you with us. And belarus president aleksander sending mixed messages about his willingness to hand over power on sunday ...

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...

And all the work that you will continue to do on the days ahead. In the car on the way here after i landed in charlotte i was on the phone with more than 5000 volunteers all across america. Well be getting people together in your state and in every state and territory across this land. We already have the largest Grassroots Campaign in American History and were going to secure two million volunteers before election day. [applause] it israelly about reelecting this president for four more years b...

Democratic ticket. K looks atey beycho campaign news. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Good morning, this is the washington journal for august 18. There is the Wisconsin Center in milwaukee, site of some of the activity of the Democratic National convention. A lot of it being done by zoom and other means. Day one taking place yesterday. Day two tonight and it will feature speeches by bill clinton , alexandria of garcia cortez, and dr. Jill alexan...

Who has done stiller work at the disinformation tell all, coolers title ever and before that she was scholar with institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose the information war, russia fake news and the future of congress is conflict is an amazing title and essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom and all your friends. We remember russias Successful Campaign to sow distrust and confusion ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information as nina would say we...

Ban on evictions in place really big win and just a huge relief for tenants across the city in a district overwhelmingly filled with renters city supervisor dean preston says he introduced the legislation to protect people. He feared without covid19 rent forgiveness, a wave of evictions would follow the small Property Owners of San Francisco weighed in on their failed attempt at suing the city over the eviction ban saying in part quote we are very disappointed in the decision we are not looking ...

Safely lets bring it back into our salons governor newsome hashtag open salons now. Some hair salon owners in the bay area say they plan to reopen later this month despite orders from the governor and local Health Officials to remain closed. Over the weekend several salon owners in the tri valley area met up and decided theyll reopen on august 17th with or without approval on 4 michelle kingston talked with the attorney ernie of the professional Beauty Federation of california about the plan. Sa...

Republican opponent . Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. Tonight, less than one week away from the 2020 Democratic National convention, the big announcement by joe biden. Putting past tensions aside to choose Kamala Harris as his running mate. Rachel scott is outside the senators home in d. C. Reporter the anticipation has been building for days, and tonight, frenzy outside Kamala Harris apartment, television crews, cameras, reporters, all camped out. We have seen this crowd grow hour ...

Mostly Clear Conditions a little bit of patchy fog but not much to get in your way look at the shot, this is our east bay. Shonda our camera on top of the Berkeley Hills we could see all the way to the bay just a Beautiful Day in store for you temperature were looking pretty good out of the house right now 50s to 60s and low but theres a mid 70 now on the board antioch youre currently at 75 degrees 70 in concord 66 oakland and 58 right here in San Francisco. Temperatures are only going to heat u...

California is the first state to top a half a million coronavirus cases its a record first that no one is envious of the state will have to endorse stricter shutdowns or the stopping of indoor activities if the numbers dont improve in the coming days. Stephanie elam has the story. California was the first state to shut down. And now its the first to have more than half a million coronavirus cases on sunday, the state recorded almost 509,200 total infections. But back when california began reopen...