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We're following multiple breaking stories this evening.

First, the growing outrage over the shooting of Jacob Blake. As players on several professional

sports teams lead a strike in protest of racial injustice here in the United States

games and practices across the NBA and h h h h h h hl wnba some games in major league

baseball other leagues they've been postponed or cancelled.

President Trump is slamming the strike just ahead of his Republican National Convention speech

later tonight and a top eight in his administration is attacking the movement as absurd and silly.

But the president has remained silent on the shooting of Jacob Blake even as he vows to

crack down on violence in Kenosha. We're also tracking the devastating

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