Thousands march on Washington for justice 57 years after MLK’s “I have a dream” speech; Trump claims he’s “law and order” president as he condemns “lawlessness” happening when he’s in charge; IHME Model projects 317,000+ U.S. deaths by December; 1.25 million acres torched in California wildfires;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Trump returns to campaign trail tonight after RNC speech; Trump claims Biden would destroy America in speech filled with lies and misleading claims; Kenosha police union claims Jacob Blake was armed with a knife; Atty: Jacob Blake no longer shackled, warrant for him “vacated”; Trump grants full pardon to Alice Johnson; Alice Johnson: “Compassion” of Trump freed me from a life sentence in prison; Obama granted 1,900+ clemencies while in office, Trump has granted 36 so far; Trump paints dark view of America, claims Biden will make U.S. unsafe; Former Trump homeland security official backing Biden; Ex-DHS Official: Country will be less safe if Trump wins; Mass gatherings in Washington, DC spark concern over virus spread; Trump defies his experts, holds RNC with 1,000+ people; Colleges across U.S. report 8,000+ COVID cases; White House announces purchase of 150M new 15-minute tests; IHME: If there was 95% mask wearing in public, 67,000 deaths could be avoided; Trump argues U.S. is unsafe and only he can fix it despite being president for nearly 4 years; Protesters surround Sen. Rand Paul after Trump speech; Hurricane Laura kills 6 people in Louisiana; RNC makes no mention of climate change as hurricane hits Louisiana & wildfires rage in California;

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0:00.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:04.0	Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper.
0:06.0	This afternoon, 57 years after the March on Washington,
0:10.0	thousands have gathered for a new march on Washington still calling for racial
0:13.9	equality at the same spot where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his I Have a Dream
0:18.7	speech. The planning began after police killed George Floyd, yet the nation is now grappling with another
0:24.8	black man shot by police, Jacob Blake, shot seven times in the back now fighting for
0:30.8	his life.
0:31.8	Jacob Blake's father is one of those people marching today in Washington.
0:36.0	Moments ago, former First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted a lengthy statement saying she is
0:40.6	devastated by the shootings in Wisconsin and exhausted and frustrated she says
0:44.8	but noting that the protests in her words are quote opening eyes.
0:48.8	At the White House last night President Trump spoke for 70 minutes accepting his nomination, but he remained silent on
0:55.5	Jacob Blake and other recent victims of police violence.
0:58.9	The President also silent on the apparent Trump supporter charged with murdering protesters in Wisconsin.
1:04.7	Instead, President Trump touting himself as the law and order president,
1:08.1	painting a dark picture of anarchy and violence in Joe Biden's America blaming the so-called lawlessness happening
1:15.9	on his watch, on Trump's watch, on Democrats.
1:19.5	Now both Trump and Biden are set to return to the campaign trail with just a little over two months
1:23.4	until the election as CNN's Ryan Nobles now reports.
1:28.7	Donald Trump today taking his campaign show on the road, plowing past accusations of racism, sexism, and
1:35.1	botching the coronavirus pandemic. I profoundly accept this nomination for
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