Following terry marks it good to have you with us Us Democratic president ial candidate joe biden has chosen kabul harris to be his running mate in novembers election the senator from california is the 1st black woman and the 1st person of indian descent to be nominated for a National Office spot a major party the decision comes a week ahead of the Democratic National convention where biden and harris will be officially confirmed. One time rivals no joining forces to launch a historic president ial bed this was how joe biden asked the california senate. To help him reach the white house opinions are divided. Up a good deal but the ball over the course of a black woman with. The Vice President i think its a little bit risky because shes highly controversial candidate through free in fact it was biden who welcomed the tough on crime prosecutor on to the National Political scene when she was sworn into the senate in 2017 you. Look at it. From there she burnished a credential as a combats of lawmaker the president has asserted that torture works do you agree with that statement and for the last time yes or now did you have any communications with russian officials striking fear into her opponents you know im not able to be rushed this fast it makes me nervous that in 2019 she ran for the democratic president ial nomination herself that campaign saw her cross examine biden over his track record on race. Joes gender roles she was hurtful. To hear you talk about the reputations of 2 United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country which characterize my position across the board i do not praise racist they have buried the hot chip when she dropped out of the race im back to him to win the nomination was right up there on the ballot. And. On the ballot. And saw no is horace with the rumors that the aging biden merely say over single its a landmark pick that may 1 day propel hard to become the 1st male president. William group is following the story for us and joins us now in the studio good see you william there so what does couple harris bring to joe biden Selection Campaign optics Balance Experience this is what a Vice President ial pick wants they want that to be a Vice President ial pick is always about balancing that ticket joe biden i even before the black lives matter protests and the the the the Racial Justice movement that swept the country even before that people were rolling their eyes saying democrats this is who you have for 2020 an old white man so come on ours has the optics of being a black woman she also has a similar ideological profile to Joe Biden Joe biden is reported to have said he didnt want anyone that would challenge him too much on the issues they basically said he wanted a Vice President president ial because someone was basically seeing eye to eye to him and she brings a lot of experience as and as a attorney general of california as a District Attorney of san cisco before that she has she knows how to argue she knows how to craft the question and we saw in the report she knows how to ask pointed questions and joe biden wants a fierce debater and thats something i come oharas brings to the table. Joe biden had a lot of choice when it came to picking a running mate how are democrats what are democrats make of his choice here you know he did have a lot of choice he already promised months ago he was going to pick a woman so really that we are just looking at a field of very qualified women. Being the Vice President ial candidate no our the presumptive candidate now obviously the Democratic Party back that its not just up to joe biden who becomes his his nominee so the party is clearly behind him on this but the party is also different than the voters the democratic voters and many democratic voters especially ones further to the left of the party people who might be former Bernie Sanders supporters are highly critical of harriss record on criminal Justice PoliceReform Police brutality when she was a District Attorney in San Francisco when she was attorney general of california she was not not present but she wasnt present and people especially communities of color wanted to see her take a lot more forceful action on those very important issues to them so shes more centrist than a lot of democrats would like what about donald trump and his republicans what are they saying or do you think. Theyre already calling her part of the radical left trumps called her phony a weak bad candidate calling her mean horrible disrespectful of joe biden during the primaries and none of this is a surprise no matter who joe biden picked these would be the adjectives applied to or its really hard to make a case that shes from the radical left and she has such a long record of working with police of working with prosecutors of working with a criminal Justice System so much so as i mentioned being criticized for being too centers for being too pro police. And as far as you know their relationship during the primaries alls fair in love and president ial primaries of course they went after each other when they were vying for that canvas seat and they make they make up and now here we are so donald trump is going to face some issues with camel harris and more specifically mike pence his Vice President his Vice President is going to be facing her in october for a Vice President of the day because as i said she is extremely good debater wherever you might stand on the issues theres no disputing that she is a very very skilled debater and question looking forward to those debates william good crop thank you so much. For now a quick check on some of the other stories making news around the world today a team of United Nations experts have arrived in to aid efforts to prevent an oil spill from further damaging the nations environment salvage crews are racing to pump fuel from the japanese ship which ran aground last week authorities fear the vessel could split in 2 as cracks in the hole grow. Flooding in givens capital has damaged the World Heritage listed old city conservationists say the roofs of over 100. 00 of the citys distinctive mud brick houses have collapsed they blame several the severe rainy season along with years of neglect. More than 300. 00 landmarks across london have been lit up to highlight the plight of the live Events Industry during the pandemic Lockdown National theatre the london eye and several skyscrapers were illuminated as part of the Red Alert Campaign most live venues have been closed since march. Now to bill or us where unrest has erupted for a 3rd night with Security Forces firing rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse thousands of protesters they accuse president Alexander Lukashenko of rigging last sundays Election Results which saw him win 80 percent of the vote amid the crackdown the oppositions top president ial candidate has fled the country. 3rd night of anger in the capital. Protesters here are still furious about an election they say was rigged. But as demonstrators rallied once more to voice their Outrage Police moved in to make arrests. We are all below luciens how is this possible fighting against your own people this is unfair. President look i shant go has vowed to crush the protests and crackdown on the opposition that crackdown has now claimed its most high profile victim opposition candidate svetlana. On sunday she was claiming victory in the countrys president ial election 2 days later she fled to lithuania citing concern for her childrens safety. Issue you i made a very difficult the situation for myself and ive made it absolutely independently the its me in the game in europe they moved many will understand me many will denounce me and many will hate me. God forbid anyone should face the choice that i faced. So its really not still our thought of. The 2 for the families of detained protesters many have been gathering at Detention Centers like this one on able to locate loved ones arrested amid the unrest. Sit around. Yesterday in the evening my father was kidnapped they were walking on the streets one riot police ran to them and took him to the Police Vehicle police do not give any information 24 hours have already passed since he was kidnapped but we have no information about his whereabouts we are worried and we are searching for him. At the European Union has denounced the result of sundays election which saw president look at shank when a 6th term with a widely disputed 80 percent of the vote in a tweet the e. U. Used top diplomat. Called the poll neither free nor fair and pledged to conduct an indepth review of relations with by the roots he said the 27. 00 nation bloc was considering sanctions against those responsible for violence unjustified arrests and falsifying Election Results. He is emily sure when in moscow has been following developments in belarus and joins us now emily the protesters were back on the streets again last night challenging the police and defying the president at great personal risk what do these protesters hope to achieve. Well the main chant that weve been hearing from protesters is you which means go away protesters whove been taking to the streets. Across the country say that they just want looks on the good to leave power hes been power for 26 years and he says that he won the election with over 80 percent now the protesters say that thats not true that the elections the Election Results were falsified and they say that he said lalage was the real winner and i think theres also a growing anger at the scenes that people have been seeing playing out on social media on the streets as well where you know the police has been pulling people out of cars where theyve been using rubber bullets where theyve been beating protesters with buttons including theres been some video circulating of them beating women and underage protestors children as it were so i think theres also some growing anger at the Police Violence that weve been seeing. Now. Has fled the country is there anyone to lead this protest movement really. Well in a way the protest movement now is leaderless and the belorussian government the validation government has been making kind of emphasizing that in some ways there have been reports that. It was really pressured to leave yesterday there was a strange video released of her calling on protesters to not take to the streets anymore that looked like it had been filmed under pressure of course we dont know and this morning there were reports as well in belorussian state media of the fact that these Security Forces had arrested allegedly leaders of the protests this morning but it seems like the leadership in these protests hasnt been so important in fact you had last carousels had never joined the protests she had kind of called for deescalation and yesterday those protests took place despite the fact that you can ask ourselves have left the country the protests have been very decentralized theyve been taking place across the country not only in minsk and even in minsk theyve been taking place not just in the center but across the city even in the suburbs really thank you very much for no that was the w. s only sure win in moscow. The u. S. Space agency nasa says its found water on a socalled dwarf planet now so Scientists Say there are rows of words of salty water beneath the surface of serve as the largest object in the Asteroid Belt between mars and jupiter they think its craggy surface could have been formed from water using other cracks and then freezing researchers dont know whether the door planet has ever supported living organisms. Youre watching t. W. News just reminder the top story were following for you today u. S. President ial hopeful joe biden has picked the terrorists to be his running mate for novembers election to be california and senators will be the 1st black woman to run on a major president ial ticket. Youre watching t. W. News so stay tuned for business coming up in just a moment. Well be looking at lots of interesting stories coming up at the top of the next hour as well im terry marsh and thanks for being with us. Beethoven. To do. It is it is about a 60. Many romance of stolen beethoven. 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