Nation Jul 19 News Wrap: ‘We have your backs,’ says Obama in open letter to cops In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama penned an open letter to law enforcement officers condemning attacks on police. Also, airstrikes aimed at Islamic State forces in northern Syria killed at least 56, according to opposition activists.
Politics Jul 19 At a disunited Republican convention, the one thing that unifies Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill talk to Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland about Melania Trump’s speech that borrowed portions from…
Nation Jul 18 News Wrap: Top ranking officer in Freddie Gray death acquitted, Nice death truck driver ‘recently radicalized’
Politics Jul 18 The Republican convention pauses to mourn slain Baton Rouge officers The theme of the first night of the Republican convention was "Make America Safe Again" and it coincided with the slayings of three Baton Rouge officers, punctuating Donald Trump's vow to be the “law and order president, Lisa Desjardins reports…
Nation Jul 18 Baton Rouge reels after Sunday’s ambush murders of three police officers Another city is mourning the fatal shootings of its police officers — this time three in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which exploded in protest earlier this month when white cops killed Alton Sterling, a black man, outside a convenience store. The…
Politics Jul 18 Donald Trump’s coronation week as GOP standard-bearer begins The first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland was action-packed. What can we expect to see Monday night? Rachel Martin of NPR reports from the convention floor, while Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff talk with Kellyanne Conway, an…