Thank you so much thank you so much for joining us. Cnn news night with abby phillip starts now tonight, i m a republican imagine if 2000 for her this from 2020 before dick cheney will be voting for kamala harris, a nailbiter election turns american politics upside down, plus whatever sentence since donald trump receives, voters won t know about it until after they cast their ballots also the republican nominee rips his female accusers while he tries to port female voters. She would not have been the chosen one. And an obama vet warns that democrats are too confident i think it s very possible to election were held today, trump would away live at the table, shermichael singleton, ashley allison, bryan lanza, keith boykin, and geoff duncan welcome to a special edition of newsnight state of the race good evening everyone i m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about hell has officially frozen over tonight. Former vice president dick cheney, who democrats
Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. It is a tuesday, full of news. Victor blackwell by my side. Good morning. Good to be back. Good to have you. Here all week. Five things to know for this tuesday, august 8th. New this morning, the east coast cleaning up after deadly storms, trees are down, roads are blocked. Hundreds of thousands of people without power. Already more than 300 flights cancelled. Happening today, the police chief in montgomery, alabama, is expected to reveal more information about that brawl that broke out on the citys river front. It started after a black dock worker was attacked by a group of white people. So far no arrests. But four warrants have been issued. Right now, Los Angeles City workers are on a 24hour strike. 11,000 workers including Sanitation Workers, engineers, life guards, all headed for the picket lines. They say its a fight for fair contracts. This hour, polls open in ohio as Voters Decide whether to make it harder to amend their state const
Now. I am writing myself a note. Its worth just put the 20 bucks in. Buy lottery ticket. Its tonight, right . Yeah. To do. I will do that. Maybe ill see you back here tomorrow morning. Would you come back if you won . Yes. Oh, okay. You not . No. A billion and a half dollars . Yes, i would. I like what i do. I like it too. But not when im a billionaire. I hear you, my friend, victor. Lets get to the powerful storms ripping across the east coast. Theyve been deadly. We know this morning at least two people have died, Hundreds Of Thousands of people, though, waking up to Power Outages this morning. Oh my god. That is a tree snapped in half in north carolina. While indiana residents are digging out after a tornado touched down there. Maryland state police say 47 people were rescued after being trapped in their vehicles for hours. Look at this. This is the people who were trapped between these power lines. Today already nearly 900 flights have been delayed. More than 300 cancelled. Here is
United states of scandal with jake tapper new episode tonight at nine on cnn welcome to the whole story. Im Anderson Cooper, a year ago, a gunman armed with two assaultstyle weapons and a handgun, shot and killed three children and three adults. The Covenant School in nashville. It was one of the Deadliest School shootings in tennessees history. Theres led to a Renewed Push For Gun Control with thousands of people protesting in the state capital i dont three democratic lawmakers joined that protests and two of them were then expelled from the state house representatives. And unusual move that highlighted the power of the republican its in the state Legislature Tennessee is considered one of the most conservative states in the country, with some of the most restrictive laws and abortion and Voting Rights. But it wasnt always run by republicans for decades, democrats rule the legislature and the Governors Office than the party shared power until about a decade ago so how did this state e
Aid before go to harrys. Com slash shave to claim your 7 Trial Vegas The Story Of Sin City to 9810 on cnn you are in the cnn newsroom, im jim sciutto in washington. All eyes on the Us Supreme Court where tomorrow the justices could back. It might look like likely theyre going to provide an answer on whether former President Donald Trump is eligible for colorados president ial so ballot and therefore for other states that have raised this issue, the constitutions 14th amendment says that americans who engage in insurrection are disqualified from holding future public office. The Colorado State Supreme Court ruled this applies to trump after his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election, which then led to the january 6 attack on the capital. But the constitution does not spell out exactly how to force that banned, nor does it define what qualifies as insurrection, leaving the Us Supreme Court now to fill those gaps, colorado Secretary Of State Jenna Griswold joins us now. Good to ha