Trumps most ardent and early supporters. Lets go outfront. Breaking news this hour, wisconsin on the brink the state calling in 125 members of the National Guard to the town of kenosha just an hour south of milwaukee. Protesters already gathering in the city tonight coming face to face with Police Officers, which is where Officials Say a 29yearold black man named jacob blake was shot in the back at least seven times by police. Tonight blake remains in the icu is what his attorney is telling us at this hour. Local officials are prepared for unrest after protesters broke windows, torched cars, and started a fire at a county courthouse last night. Now there is a curfew about to take effect in less than two hours and across the country you see protesters in the streets. The scene in new york city. Hundreds protesting near times square. As you can see there. It all comes as blakes lawyer Benjamin Crump said jacob blakes three sons were just a few feet away in the back of the family car when
Health officials to rush coronavirus treatments and vaccines. And an 8 00 p. M. Occcurfew has t been announced in kenosha, wisconsin, where a Police Shooting has taken place of an unarmed black men. Lets begin at the white house right now. Our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is with us. Jim, President Trump appeared in person in charlotte, north carolina, as the Republican Convention got underway today. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump is kicking off the Republican Convention with more of his unproven conspiracy theories about mailin voting in the upcoming election after promising an optimistic message at his convention, the president and his team are issuing dark warnings about what will happen with joe biden wins the white house. The president is also guaranteeing medical breakthroughs in the battle against the coronavirus, as he knows all too well voters have rejected his handling of the pandemic. Three nights before his scheduled speech, President Trump appear
he has been. and frankly a lot of republican responsible voices have been absent. laults of responsible republicans are afraid of anchoring the far right at this moment of high emotion. but now is where the rubber meets the road. we re a week away and change from the debt ceiling. so it really is up to some of these folks to get up off the sidelines and get in the game. and one of the things ryan does in this op-ed that anchored a lot of folks on the far right as well, i m sure, the sequester was stupid. let s go back and look at more targeted cuts. that is hopeful. but responsible voices need to grow a spine, step up and start putting forward ideas. john avalon, thanks for your insight this morning. appreciate it. checking our top stories at 50 minutes past. some people are defending the georgia tech fraternity member