Chaos continues in Kenosha, Wisconsin and spreads to Minneapolis as a false rumor of another

other police shooting goes viral.

The NBA closes down to protest supposed systemic American racism and the RNC defense

cops and the flag on its third night.

I'm Ben Shapiro.

This is The Ben Shapiro Show.

The Ben Shapiro show is sponsored by ExpressVPN. Why haven't you gotten a VPN yet? Visit ExpressVPN.com slash Ben. Well, before we begin, I'd be remiss if I did not mention it. It's a little volatile out there. You may have noticed this. I mean, we have a double-barreled hurricane that is now moving toward America's coast and it's already hitting. We have massive riots in the streets of the United States. We have a big election coming up. A lot of uncertainty out there. I've been telling you to invest at least a little bit in precious metals since 2016. Don't you wish you'd listen to me? That was way back when gold was $1,300 an ounce. And just look now, gold is at a new all-time high why well gold and silver thrive on uncertainty when you're

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the narrative that America is systemically racist and evil, and then watch as people burn down

large American cities in small American cities, Kenosha's a town of about 100,000 people.

But here's your quick Hurricane Laura update. According to weather.com at this hour,

Hurricane Laura has now moved inland across Louisiana with damaging winds, flooding rain, and tornadoes after category four landfall. This is wind gusts of up to

100 to 135 miles per hour being recorded in southwestern Louisiana. According to weather.com,

Hurricane Laura made landfall early Thursday morning is now tracking northward across western Louisiana

with threats of destructive winds, flooding rainfall, storm surges, and tornadoes. Laura made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana at 1 a.m.

Central time as a strong Category 4 with 150 mile per hour winds. This is the first category

for landfalling hurricane on record. According to the NOAA, Laura is now tracking through Western

Louisiana as a category two

hurricane this morning, which is certainly better than a category four. The hurricane's winds

will slowly weaken as it moves further inland toward Arkansas today. The winds have knocked

out power to more than 600,000 homes and businesses in southeast Texas and Louisiana. There's

extensive wind damage in Lake Charles, Louisiana, including numerous shattered windows in downtown skyscrapers. A communication tower collapsed. Power pulse toppled and

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