- [Ben] Tonight,

the 2020 Democratic NationalConvention goes virtual

as speakers go on the attackagainst President Trump.

- He has had more thanenough time to prove

that he can do the job, but heis clearly in over his head.

- [Ben] We recap the firstnight of the convention

and look ahead at what to expect tonight.

Plus the coronavirus crisisand its devastating toll

on nursing homes in New York.

- Governor Cuomo ought tobe impeached for the worst

public policy, public healthdecision maybe in a century.

- [Ben] Why some say thatgovernor needs to step aside.

And an update on the latestwildfires burning in California.

All of this and moretonight on "Faith Nation".

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Democrats take a swing at President Trump.

Welcome to "FaithNation", I'm Ben Kennedy.

Tonight President Bill Clintonand Dr. Joe Biden are among

the list of those set toaddress the virtual crowd

of the Democrat National Convention.

They'll make their case toDemocrats and those tuning

in to prime time coveragewhy Joe Biden should be

the next president.

Last night former firstlady, Michelle Obama,

was the one to watch.

Eric Phillips has morein tonight's top story.

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- A number of big nameshighlighted night one

of this virtual convention.

Among them, so manyaverage Americans spoke

that the common man seemedto take center stage.

Still, the night will beremembered by the closing speech

from former First Lady, Michelle Obama.

- Donald Trump is the wrongpresident for our country.

He has had more than enough time to prove

that he can do the job, but heis clearly in over his head.

He cannot meet this moment.

He simply cannot be whowe need him to be for us.

It is what it is.

- [Eric] It was a speechmeant to appeal to humanity

while making the case.

It's a necessary quality missing

from the current oval office.

- Whenever we look to thisWhite House for some leadership

or consolation or anysemblance of steadiness

what we get instead is chaos, division

and a total and utter lack of empathy.

♪ For the land of the free ♪

- [Eric] The virtual event was a mix

of live and taped segments.

- We, the people.

- We, the people.

- We, the people.

- [Eric] Includingtestimonials from citizens

like Kristin Urquiza wholost her father to COVID-19.

- My dad was a healthy 65 year old.

His only pre-existing conditionwas trusting Donald Trump.

And for that, he paid with his life.

- [Eric] There were Republicansand former Republicans

who spoke in support ofBiden, including one who ran

for president himself.

- In normal times somethinglike this would probably

never happen, but theseare not normal times.

- I've registered as a Democrat

for the first time in my life.

- We are the United States of America.

(crowd cheering)

- [Eric] And at eachopportunity the party faithful

raked President Trump over the coals

for his handling of racerelations and the pandemic.

- Donald Trump didn'tcreate the initial division.

The division created Trump,he only made it worse.

- Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

Trump golfs.

- We know that what'sgoing on in this country

is just not right.

This is not who we want to be.

- The night opened and closed with prayer,

obviously carefully orchestrated to appeal

to the faith audiencebelieved by both sides

to be a key demographic in this election.

Eric Phillips, CBN News.

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- Thank you Eric.

Chief Political Analyst,David Brody, is with us now.

Now, David, night one ofthe Democrat Convention

is in the books, yourthoughts on the biggest wins

for the Democrats last night?

- Well, Ben, I watched it all.

Michelle Obama clearly hitthe home run for Democrats,

exactly what they wanted her to do

and she totally delivered.

That's the good news.

The bad news is last timeI checked Michelle Obama

isn't running in 2020 andthat's a problem for Democrats.

Boy, they wish she wasrunning instead of Biden

and she probably would haveit all locked up by now.

Anyhow, I think that was the big win.

Other than that maybe Eva Longoria.

I thought she was fine.

She was actress and convention moderator,

whatever that means.

But, you know, someone giveher an Oscar, she was good.

- David you talked about the big winners

being the former firstlady, who were the losses?

- Well, look, I think JoeBiden was, I don't want to say

a loser, but a loss last night.

And here's why.

80% of that convention,like I said, man, I watched

every single minute of it, about 80% or so

was orange man, bad.

That Donald Trump ishorrible for this country.

I get it.

That's what Democrats are gonna say.

But at some point you have tosay what Biden is going to do

and how great he is.

And maybe 20, 25% if I'mrounding up, as to how great

Joe Biden's gonna be.

Look, and the one time wesaw Joe Biden last night,

other than in tapedperformances, or taped videos,

it was him on stagelooking like Wolf Blitzer

from "The Situation Room",interviewing governors

and mayors on like thesescreens in front of him

and he was asking whatthey would do to solve X, Y

and Z issue and I'mthinking the whole time,

"What, why is he askingwhat they would do?

How about Joe, what would you do?"

I thought it was a missedopportunity for Democrats.

- David, looking ahead,what's on deck for tonight?

- Well, this is goingto be interesting, Ben,

because remember before Iget to answer your question

let me preface it, yougot two lanes here, right?

You have the one lane whereDemocrats hope to get some

of those blue collar,centrist Democrats back

and then you have theprogressive lane, the AOC lane,

and oh, did I mention AOC?

She's gonna speak tonight.

So they have AOC, onlyspeaking for about 60 seconds,

that's gonna be veryimportant, it'll go viral

and you'll see clips on it allday tomorrow, on Wednesday.

And that's important 'cause they wanna get

the progressive young millennials out,

millennials and all thoseother folks, and then you have

Bill Clinton speaking tonight.

Very, very important as well.

He's gonna appeal to thoseblue dogs if you will,

those centrist Democrats,those blue collar Democrats.

So those are the twolanes working tonight.

You got Jill Biden rightin the middle there.

It'll be interesting to see howshe might look as First Lady

in terms of presenting herself to America,

really for the first timeif you think about it.

- All right David, we'll be watching.

Thanks for your insights.

- Thanks Ben.

- Well things will stay asis at the US Postal Service,

at least through the election.

The Postmaster General isdelaying new operational changes

and cost cutting measuresafter some Democrats claimed

they could negatively impact

mail and voting practices in November.

In a statement this afternoonPostmaster General Louis Dejoy

said he believes changes arenecessary for the longterm

sustainability of thePostal Service and, I quote,

"Work towards those reforms will commence

after the election."

And the coronavirus crisisis hitting nursing homes

pretty hard with devastatingdeadly consequences.

In New York the deathcount could be far higher

than what is even reportedand many say the blame lies

directly on Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Now, as Charlene Aaron reports,

families and lawmakersare demanding answers.

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- The official COVID-19death toll in nursing homes

across New York stands at6,600 but that number may

be far greater because thestate only counts residents

who died on nursing homeproperty and not those who died

after being transported to hospitals.

For Fox News meteorologist,Janice Dean, the stats

on COVID-related nursinghome deaths are personal.

Earlier this year she lost herelderly in-laws to the virus.

- So coronavirus happens,we're not allowed to see them.

We didn't know his dad was ill at all.

We were getting updatesfrom the nursing home,

regular updates, and one Saturdaymorning we get an update,

the end of March, sayingyour dad's not feeling well

and three hours later they call us back

and tell us he's died.

His mom was in theassisted living residence

and several days later she got ill

and she had to be brought to the hospital

and they diagnosed her with coronavirus

and she just, you know,died a few days later.

- [Charlene] New York GovernorAndrew Cuomo says his state

has only 20% of COVIDdeaths from nursing homes

compared to 68% in Pennsylvania,64% in Massachusetts

and 44% in New Jersey.

The controversy began inMarch when Cuomo mandated

recovering coronavirus patientsbe placed in nursing homes.

This despite the availabilityof the Navy hospital ship,

Comfort, 2,500 hospital beds set up inside

the Javits Convention Centerand the field hospital set up

by Samaritan's Purse.

Many say the policy led tothousands of possibly preventable

deaths across the state.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paulwants Cuomo removed from office.

- Governor Cuomo ought to beimpeached for the worst public

policy, public healthdecision, maybe in a century.

Sending patients with coronavirusback to nursing homes.

- [Charlene] Despite multiple calls

for an independent investigationthe Governor's still

refusing as recent as last week.

- [Andrew] No, I wouldn'tdo an investigation.

I think you'd have to be blind to realize

it's not political.

Just look at where it comesfrom and look at the sources

and look at their political affiliation.

- [Charlene] The New YorkState Legislature wants answers

and recently invited familieswhose loved ones died

in elder care facilities to testify.

During those hearingslawmakers also grilled

state health commissioner Howard Zucker

for failing to report theactual number of COVID deaths

in nursing homes.

- Your administration'sdefinition truly misrepresents

the true scale of thiscrisis in our nursing home.

Let's try and get thefull picture here and now.

How many of New York'snursing home residents

died in hospitals?

- I am not prepared togive you a specific number.

- [Charlene] Meanwhile, Deanbelieves she was dis-invited

from the public hearingbecause of her affiliation

with Fox News.

Regardless, she says all the families

affected deserve answers.

- I would like a 9/11style commission hearing

because it's not only NewYork, there are several other

states that did the same thing,putting coronavirus patients

into nursing homes.

So, you know, listen that'smy hope, I don't know

if that'll ever happen, butmy argument is Governor Cuomo,

what do you have to hide?

- [Charlene] Charlene Aaron, CBN News.

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- And for more one thecoronavirus crisis we turn now

to ABC News, Chief MedicalCorrespondent, Dr. Jen Ashton.

Dr. Ashton, COVID cases in nursing homes

and longterm carefacilities are skyrocketing.

Is it possible to slow the spread

in that kind of environment?

- Well, you know, thosehave emerged as two

of the most vulnerablepopulations in the country.

The other being inmates inprison or jails as well.

And in medicine, public health,science, infectious disease,

when you observe an at risk population

like that it is incumbentupon us to try to target,

in a specialized manner,that particular population

in terms of prevention,diagnosis, treatment

and therefore control.

And these populationsare particularly at risk

so they have been apriority from the beginning

in terms of really putting a bubble

of infection control around them.

Surveillance, testing reallyimportant in this age group

because we know that ifinfected there is such a high

mortality risk in this group.

So it's something that absolutely requires

special attention.

- Dr. Ashton, you seepatients all the time

and as we head into the fall flu season

facing this pandemic, whatis your biggest concern?

- Well, I've already beentalking to my patients

actually about this andthere's really two issues

as I see it at this point.

Number one, under the categoryof control the controllables.

We know that while absolutely not perfect

the influenza vaccine is thebest way to reduce our risk

of getting influenza.

We also know that anywherefrom 30 to 60,000 Americans

die every year of flu.

So we don't want to addanother respiratory viral death

statistic to something thatwe're already in crisis mode

with right now on COVID.

However, there might be a silver lining

in all this when it comes to the flu

which is that all of thesesocial distancing, hand hygiene,

masking measures that are soimportant right now in slowing

the rate of transmission forCOVID-19 may actually wind up

lowering our rates of flu this year.

That's what we're seeing from early data

coming out of the Southern hemisphere.

And it would be great ifwe could catch a break

on that level.

So right now it's, the vaccines are out,

they're in pharmacies, they're in clinics,

they're in doctor's officesand the CDC is encouraging

people to get vaccinatedagainst influenza.

You don't want to be dealingwith two issues at once.

- All right, Dr. Ashton,thank you for your time.

- Pleasure to be with you.

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- President Trump traveled to Iowa today

after it was declared a disaster zone

after storms damaged ordestroyed thousands of homes.

70,000 homes are still without power

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Four people were killed in the storm

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- Now the National Guardwas called in to help

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And out west in Californiafirefighters across the state

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The fires are burningtens of thousands of acres

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The lake fire is nowmore than 19,000 acres.

It's been burning since last Wednesday,

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- This one's especiallychallenging with the given the hot,

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- At Napa County Hennessy Fire

is causing widespread evacuations.

The wildfire has not been contained.

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Well coming up, 75 yearsafter one of the most critical

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- This weekend marked the 75th anniversary

of the end of World War II.

Fox News anchor MarthaMacCallum has written a book

about some of the heroesof the greatest generation.

"Unknown Valor" profilessoldiers who fought

and died at Iwo Jima, oneof the bloodiest battles

of the war.

"Faith Nation" anchor JennaBrowder spoke with McCallum

about why the fight has sucha personal significance.

Here's that story.

- We're gonna obviouslycome back to this live.

- [Jenna] Martha MacCallum hostof "The Story" on Fox News.

- The ongoing feud betweenPresident Trump and Nancy Pelosi

boiling over today.

- [Jenna] Knows how to tell astory, each night interviewing

guests from politicians and heads of state

to everyone else in between.

- What's the impact on the economy

and also potentially on your re-election?

- And now she's tellingher own, "Unknown Valor",

a story of family, courage and sacrifice,

from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima.

It's the story of these menright here, who sacrificed

everything at Iwo Jima,one of the bloodiest

and most brutal battles of World War II.

And for Martha it's deeply personal.

Who was Private Harry Gray?

- He was my mother's first cousin.

His sister is still alive, Nancy Gray,

and she's my Aunt Nancy.

So, you know, he wouldhave been my Uncle Harry.

- [Jenna] At 18 Harry left homeand enlisted in the Marines.

- Obviously his family wasconcerned, he was very young.

His mom wanted him to finish high school

and so he did that for herbut as soon as he graduated

he was off to ParisIsland in South Carolina

for training and then to the west coast

and then on the USS Rochambeauacross the ocean to Guam

and ultimately to Iwo Jima.

- Martha skillfully weaves his story,

and more than a handful ofothers who served on the island,

together with the history ofthe war on the Pacific front.

She says her fascinationwith Harry started

when she was young.

What kind of stories didyou hear about Harry,

your Uncle Harry, whenyou were growing up?

- Well, my mother sharedhis letters with us

when I was a teenager andI remember reading them

and just, I just started crying,they were so moving to me

and I wanted to know moreabout him and about his life.

And then when I started writing the book

I got to a whole notherlevel because my Aunt Nancy

and I sat down and we spoke forhours and I interviewed her.

- And that was just thestart of her research.

You went to Iwo Jimayourself and researching

and writing this book.

What was that like, actually being there?

- It was extraordinary.

And I knew that I had to gothere in order to tell the story

accurately, to walk on the island.

The Island is small, it'sonly eight miles square

and it was loaded with 60,000 US Marines

and 20 to 30 to 40,000 Japanesesoldiers who were mostly

in the island, they haddug 11 miles of tunnels.

So we got to see some ofthose caves and those tunnels.

I climbed Mount Suribachiwhere the flag was raised

and looked down at the black beaches.

And we climbed up the beacheswhich are black, volcanic

sand, and they're hard toclimb up those terraces.

And so I climbed them with,you know, jeans and a shirt on

not with a rifle or a pack on my back

and certainly not underfire and it was difficult

just under those circumstances.

So it gave me a real senseof, you know, just how hard

it was to fight on that island.

It was a brutal, brutal battle

and so many people lost their lives.

- [Jenna] Including Harry Gray who died

in a nighttime water attack.

With the constant fearof death looming large

over these men Harryand many on the island

turned to their faith.

- One of the most movingthings that I found,

that I didn't knowexisted, was Harry's wallet

which was in his frontpocket when he was killed.

And there was, there were bloodstains

on that, there werepictures of his family,

and then there was this little, tiny,

little tiny prayer book.

And in the back of it he hadwritten in his own handwriting

this beautiful prayer whichbasically said, you know,

watch over me but whatever isyour will is what will happen.

And I, you know, praythat you'll watch over me.

And just to think of this18 year old, you know,

writing this beautifullywritten, painstakingly lettered

prayer and making sure thatit was with him in his pocket

was really moving to me.

And I thought it wasfascinating that there were

19 Catholic priests who were on the island

and that they were givingcommunion sometimes four,

sometimes five times a day,these men were asking for it,

these Marines on Iwo Jima.

And knowing that theycould die any minute.

So there's a real presenceof God in this story

that was kind of unfoldedto me in a very, you know,

sort of real way as I learnedabout them and their faith.

- [Jenna] Even though Harrydidn't survive the war

his legacy lives on.

- My son, Harry, is myyoungest and I named him

with Harry Gray in mind.

He's roughly the same age nowthat Harry was at that time

and I hope that this bookwill be a legacy for him

and for all my kids andfor other people too.

Because my feeling is that,you know, it's not just a story

about Harry Gray, it's astory that so many families

across this country havea Harry Gray, have someone

that they lost, who is not,you know, sort of, you know,

someone who earned manymedals or was a hero

that everyone's aware of,but just an everyday Marine

who gave everything for our country.

- The battle of IwoJima lasted five weeks,

in all close to 7,000men lost their lives,

but because of those likeHarry Gray who gave their all

the United States won thebattle and ultimately the war.

In Washington, Jenna Browder, CBN News.

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- A vote that changed foreverthe life of women in America.

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On August 18th, 1920,Tennessee voted to give women

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Later that year the 19thAmendment was officially certified

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And President Trumpmarked the historic day

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