IN THE NEARLY
THERE HAS BEEN
SILENCE.SILENCE FROM
THAT EMPTY SPACE AT
THE DINNER TABLE.
WHERE HUNTER WOULD HAVE JOINED
HIS BROTHERS AND
SISTER AND US
FOR FAMILY GATHERINGS.
IN THE SO-CALLED LEADERS
WORK TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES RATHER THAN
THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO TOOK THE
National Convention coverage from
Mil waukee. I'm
Fre dericaFreyberg. We'll stay
with NewsHour coverage,
but we want to check i
n now with "Here
& Now" senior political r
eporter Zac Schultz, who comes to us
from Milwaukee.
And hi, Zach. So Wisconsin Republican congressmen
today w
anted to talk about his
allegations of political
ce a gainst him
outside the RNC. What can
you tell us a
bout this?>> Well, this happened
yesterday. It
involved Congressman Derrick Van Orden,who represents the
third, which is the across western part of
the state . He's in first term.
He's been heavily targeted
b yDemocrats all
along. A little bit o
f a controversial member.
He's had some anger issues withsome incidents
i n his district.Tried
to bring a loaded gun ontoa flight.
H e got in trouble
for yelling at pages at the Capitol
in the last session.
So apparently he was in
line and was bumped b
y a member ofCodePink, which is
a protestgroup.
V an Orden this morning
to the breakfast delegationdescribed this person
a s a gloryseeking
Ham as. Slipknot
I n wordsto that
effect, this woman was a
Palestinian, and she says s
he was actually targeted by Van
Orden, but apparently she hasbeen charged with
battery to a sitting member of Congress,which
i s ironic because Van
Orden, in his description to thedelegates, said
this morning he's been hit harder
by a blastof air from
a hair dryer. But this is how he
d escribed theincident to
the members of Wisconsin's d
elegation. >> And we w
ill not tolerate this any longer. We have the same
rights as t
hese code pink buffoons and
e verybody elseacross the
board as American citizens don't
we? Yes. Okay. I've c
alled for anybody committing political violence tobe
prosecuted to the greatest extent of the
l aw.>> So he
certainly is a fiery.But moving into
another matter, we talked about a
shooting yesterday and Columbus, Ohiopolice did in
f act shoot
a ndkill a Milwaukee
man armed with a knife who
was reportedly living in a
tent a
t King Park. What do you know about
the community reaction to that
? >> Well, there was a vigil heldlast
night, and there was a lotof anger
in the community because it was supposed to
be Milwaukee police responding toissues this far
outside the perimeter. And the question is,would
this have been the response if it was
a Milwaukee PD involved instead of an out
of state police department?>> That's, people are
definitely talking about that in thecommunity. So
we wind into ourfinal days
of this convention and we
do expect, of course, tosee most of
the delegates intheir seats tonight
and tomorrow .Zac Schultz, thanks very
much. We look forward to talk with
you again. Same time tomorrow night.We will
be here tomorrow nightwith
latest updates from the last day
of the RNC in Milwaukeeon Friday. Joint
"Here& Now" at seven for full coverage
of the convention and what it means for
KEEPING THE PEACE
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