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Former Vice President joe biden has chosen california senator Kamala Harris as his Vice President ial running mate in the campaign against President Trump. Presumptive democratic nominee announced his decision this afternoon in an email to supporters. Lisa de chardin joi me with the very latest. Lisa, remind us who Kamala Harris is. What experience does she bring . Lisa first, truly a pandemic moment. Hoer Vice President biden told Kamala Harris. It was digital. You can see the smiling harris accepting the offer. Judy harris is a wellknown name,et bus look specifically at her experience. Most of her career has been as a prosecutor in Law Enforcement. She was a District Attorney and then attorney genel of california, 13 years as a prosecutor, then she ran for the senate. Three years, she has been on capitol hill. Shes 55 years old. Elected wou be the oldestf president elected and age is campaign that they were thinking about. Judy right and she is more than 20 years younger than she is. What is known about why joe biden settled on her . There were a number of women he was consering. Lisa lets look at wt he said. He called harris a fearless fighter. But it is his second tweet that he wrote that he liked that harris was a friend when h was attorney general with his son who passed away from cancer. He was attory general from delaware and they worked together. And that he was proud of her then and he is proud of her now. That personal connection is important. I think one other insightou came frominterview one week ago tonight with jill biden, who may be the former Vice President s most important advisor when you asked her what qualities they were looking for in a nning mate. She saidor, trust is int to us, experience, a partner in governing, someone who knows how to govern and has the experience. Au know from his history that trust loyalty are critical and that personal relationship reallarris i think helped her get this job. Iey knew also she would be the first black womthe white house. She is already the first asianamerican to be in the president ial ballot. She is the daughter of immigrants. Ere is a lot of appeal to those qualities. Judy per father from jamaica, her mother from india. Already coming after her. What are her main drawbacks as the political experts look at this . Lisa two things. What her platform was before they were trying to say that, harris is to the left of joe biden in fact, the Trump Campaign said today that they see her as one who has embraced the radical left in her drive to be president. They point to her medical medicare for allal universal care program. It is not the same as bernie nders, but it waso the left. On immigration, she has said she would like to say undocumented immigran, make that a civil offense. Republans will try to caster or to the left abide in they will also point out when she was at odds with biden in one of the more vigorous attacks on biden was from primary. Ng the judy no question about it and im sure we wl hear a lot about that. We want to take a closer look at Kamala Harris and her career up until this moment. Here is lisa again with that. Lisa when Kamala Harris tells her story, it starts with parents who raised her with a sense of justice. My parents first mets gradua students at uc berkeley. [cheers] where they were active in the civil rights movement. My mother used to say, youve got to get up and stand up and dont give up the fight. Lisa harris was born in 1964 in immigrant parents. A, to her mother came from india to study science at uc berkeley. Her father donald immigrated from jamaica to teach economics at stanford. They came in pursuit of a dream and that dream was a dream for themselves, for me, and for my sister. Lisa rong up in oakland, she was an early participant in a school. Using progr harris moved to montreal with her mother wr parents separated, where she graduated high school. After decade upper attending predominantly white schools, harris wanted change. She enrolled at howard university, a preeminently historically black college in washington, d. C. It was at howard that she explored her interest in politics. She ran for studentouncil, joined a sorority, and demonstratedgainst apartheid south africa. Howard university is one of the most impornt aspects of my life. Lisa harris returned to the san school at the university of california, hastings. Back home,erareer took off. In 2003, she unseated san win election as californias first lap District Attorney. A this is celebration not just about me, but about our great city. Lisa it was the start of a decadeslong career in Law Enforcement that has come under increased scrutiny as she seeks higher office. To be a prosecutor is to be engaged in one of the most noble professions that anyone could do and have. Lisa harris is personally opposed to the dea penalty. It is the will of the majority of people in San Francisco that the mt severe crimes be met with the most ndvere consequences life without the possibility of parole is a severe consequence. Lisa as the citys top prosecutor, she promised never to impose it, even in a highprofile case about the death of a police officer. You did commit a crime, accept it, own up to it, then lets talk about what we can do goingange circumstance forwar lisa she pioneered a program to give nonviolent firsttime offenders educational and job skills to preven them from reoffending. W are talking about seriously violent crime, lock them up. Nonviolent crime, that is the crime occupying the bulk of our Public Resources in the prison systems and we need to have a meaningful system to reduce the revolving door. Lisa at theim same harris had some get tough policies, including on families whose kids skip school. Benefit of a good public the education, thedds on favorite they will not lead a productive life. Lisa os she opped to decriminalizing sex work. Some critics say those things disproportionately heard people of color. His is not about being compassionate and not about pretty woman. If you want to pass proposition kyou were going to have the opposite effect, you are going t give a green lighto the Sexual Exploitation of women and girls. Lisa after nearly a decade as next move and in 2011, she wasr elected cafornia attorney neral. Justice will be swift and thcertain i state of california. Lisa she gained national recognitionsu for pg predatory forprofit colleges. The peopl of our state should not be the subject of other people trying to make money off of them simply because they c lisa she also officiated the first sameex wedding in the state. By s thetate of california, i now declare you spouses for life. [applause] lisa her ag tenure coincided with the rise of the black lives Matter Movement and the death of Michael Brown and ferguson, missouri. Amid national calls for police accountability, harris refused to take a position on a bill w thatld have required her office to launch an investigation into any officerinvolved shooting. T she did mandate implicit bias training for california officers in 2015. We have developed and policy on implici bias and racial profiling. Lisa during h sixyear stint as attorney general, she befriended a fellow ag from across the count, delawares idau biden, son of Vice President joe ben. Now a recognized name in the democratic party, harris was ach cleace to run for the newly open senate seat in truth and transparency and trust. Lisa she wonn a landslide and was sworn in by biden in 2015. In the senate, she has sponsored bills on race and cl justice, including a bill to declare lynchingcr federal hate e. Call it what it is, which is a crime th shod be punishable with accountability and consequence. Lisa but her most shining moments have come in her prosecutoriaquestioning during senate hearings, first ofer attorney g nominee Jeff Sessions in 2017. A lot of people were at the convention. Will you let me qualify it . If i dont qualify it, you will accuse me of lying. I do want you to be honest. If im not able to be rhed, it makes me nervous. In the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for juste brett kavanaugh. Have you discussed mueller or his investigation with anyone aa thfirm founded by President Trumps personal lawyer . Be sure about your ansr, sir. Lisa all o it set up what seemed ivitable, a run for the white house in 2020. I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the united ates. [cheers] lisa by her side, her husband of six years,ss who a a social media following based on neverending support for har wifesr. Some of the first shots atred osimary opponent joe biden over his oion of School Busing programs in the 19 evan dees. It was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and careers on the seggation of race in this country. And it was not only that, but you also worked with them to opposeusing. And there was a little girl in california who was part of the Public Schools and she was bused to School Every Day and that little girl was me. Sa but that viral moment was not enough to grow momentum in iowa, especially as she fielded questions on her prosecutorial record. When you were attorney general, you opposed legislation that wld have required your office to investigate shape fatal shootings involving police officers. Why did you oppose that . You use to oppose the lega you use to oppose they investigation of police shootis. You said you have changed on these things because you were swimming ainst the current and the currents have changed, but when you had the power, why didnt you tryfect change . There have been many distortions of my record. I made a decision that if i was going to have the ability to reform the system, i would try to do it from the inside. Li she dropped out of the race in december. Iill keepighting every day for what this campaign has been about. Pjustice for tple. Lisa harris evenally endorsed biden in march and immediately entering the mostwatched list vp. E the judy for more on what the choice of Kamala Harris means, im joined by ian sands, who served as the Campaign Press secretary for senator Kamala Harris president ial campaign. And amy allison, the founder of she the people, an organizationv thatates for women of color and politics. We welcome both of you back to the newshour. Amy allison, what does this mean, what did she bring to this campaign . Aimee i cant say enough about how exciting and historic this momepa is. It is a of hope and it is a strong indication that the decrats areoised to win the white house in november. I think for millions of women of color who had for generations fought to make this country better for decades have been the backbone vote for democrats and the organizers on the ground, we have never been before, us. Where a woman of color is on the ticket. Women of color in battleground states, we were looking to deepen enthusiasm and to really dig in, i think this really an amazing moment and really thinking the godmothers of our movement, people like shirley chisholm, who laid the way. Who fought for not only recognition of the power of women of color, some 38 million, and impressive political force, but r odiness to govern. That is what todays announcement means to us. Judy l bn, t me of someone who has worked behind the scenes, what is it about her young think is g to be a boost to joe biden in this campaign . Ian what Vice President biden had to do was look for the best partner nd win this campaign sved as the next president , Vice President of the United States. Those are two vast sets of qualifications. Rely on both fronts, she is a you know, in the campaign, she d is tough, she ged. You can imagine her in a m debae wie pence effectively making the case against this administration and the way they govern the country. At the same time, she is a really empathetic leader. Dii was st by her side on the trail. Kids would come up to r and she would talk to them as if they were adults. Talk to them about what they want from leaders. That is a trait she shares with joe biden. I think there are a lot of characteristics that is really mgoing toe them a very dynamic and successful ticket. I think she brings to the table what amy w just talking about, a lived experience that really represents so many pin this country who for honestly too long had been positions of leadership. It really speaks to Vice President bidens commitment to not just bring the party together, but represent the entire country by picking someone who has the and Life Experience that senator harris does. Judy the republicans are already coming after her saying she is going to bring joe biden even further to the left, that e has taken extreme position on a number of things, talking about her position on medicare for all which by the way is different from joe bidens. But what about that . What about her record that could make her vulnerable . Aimee you are talking about two different things. One is we saw as joe biden was betting and historic number of black women and women of color, racist and sexist attacks were coming left, right, and center. Trump sethe tone. The whole time in the white house he has been specifically leadership and the ofcking the women of color and black women. What the republicans aren sayig is bom that. I want to point out that since the pandemic began, quarantines began, people started falling losing their jobs, senator harris has shown up and really important ways. She has been an advocate for Cash Payments oto 2000 a month elp people through the difficult time. She has been an advocatwofor essentiaers who are risking their lives to make sure that Services Continue like health care. She has advocated to increase spending on health care and Health Issues that impact black women and that kind of research. These things make a difference. Rethblicans are going to call names, they are going to denigrate women ocolor like they have been, but really the truth of the matter is and we hear it across the country is a woman of color on the tping ticket is deepening enthusiasm andt is motivating. This is a turnout operation from here on out. What the republicans think does not matter to us. Judy i want you to pick up on that, ian. We hear it from the republicans already. Saying if you go chapter and verse on her positions, she is how will she handle that . Ft. Ian she has faced attacks before and has come out just fine. What is remarkable about the attacks by trump and the republicans, they are so logically and insistent in the voters are not buying them already. They have been trying to paint joe biden as something that he is not. All that has happened as jo h biden buildi lead. This will be an election where i think voters will go to the polls thinking about the ragi across the country and is they will think about the economic circumstances that they and their familiesive in. You have a terrible record on bothf these fronts in the president of the United States. They have failed to get the pandemic under control. I would love to see them try to brand the democratic ticket is somehow out of touch with everyday peoples experiences and struggles in a moment like is. I dont think it is going to be successful. Judy quickly, remind us why she dropped out when she did last asdecember . She in the campaign, she was letting joe biden habit in that debate have it in that debate when she went after him on his busing position back in the 1970s. Then her camign faded away. What happened . Ian even l though it seemse a million years ago, given everything we have been true as a country, it was a historically large and crowded american pain. Kamala harris was in the race to win it, but whenechee apparent she did not want to win, she did not want to continue she was not going to win, she did not want to continuen just for the sake of being a candidate. Ultimately, Vice President ben won the primary in a real blow up. Ever since march, she has beensu an enthusiastic supporter of his campaign and trying to do everything she can to eure the democratic ticket is go be successful, even if she wasnt picked to be on it. I think what came out of the imary was a strong, unified democratic primary ofny of the candidates that came through. There could only be one winner and it was joe biden and now we see them joining together as a ticket, whichii is a huge testament to joe bidens values as a lder, to be willing to turn yesterdays rivals into todays allies. That is a really rare characteristic and character trait and it is such a difference from ate other side e have right now, which is basically just the cult of donald trump. Judy we are going to have to leave it there, but we think both of you for joining us. Moment, this announcement came out just a couple of hours ago. Thank you. Judy in the days other news, worldwide covid19 infections have topped 20 million after cases doubled over the past 45 days. Meanwhile, russia claime victory in becoming the first country to approve a vaccine. But with only two months of human testing and no largescale trials yet,ba ghealth experts sounded alarm. Still, president Vladimir Putin insisted it was safe for use. I know it has proven efficient in forming a stable immunity and i would like to peat that it has passed all of the necessary tests. One of my daughters has vaccinated been vaccited. She is feeling well and has a high number of antibodies. Judy meanwhile, the u. S. Recorded fewer than 50,000 cases for the second day in a row. Two Major College that athletics conferences announced they are pulling the plug on football and other falts amid the pandemic. The big ten and the pac12 paid they wiltpone at least some of those sports until spring to avoid potential health risks to student athletes. The decision takes two of College Footballs power five ynferences out of an alre uncertain season. Hundreds of thousands of people across the midwest are still without electricity today after a powerful storm ravaged to the region. Nds of 100 Miles Per Hour downed trees from nebraska to indiana yesterday. In iowa, the governor said at least 10 million acres of crops were damaged. It will be a number of days before we know the full impact of yesterdays storms, but on thing is for certain, man of our neighbors have had their lives drastically impacted, whether it is through injury or damage to theidylivelihood. The windstorm is deaths. Ible for at least two in belarus,n more t00 people have been detained in violent antigovernment protests over sundays disputed election. Amid the crackdown, the top opposition candidate said tay that she had fled the country. She urged her supporters to st the unrest. Nick schifrin has our story. Nick othe stres of the capital, a National Uprising after what demonstrators call a stolen election. They arrested thousands and shot this protester in the back. How much longer will we tolerate this mass . I dont understand. Nick ai the president he won for than 80 of the vote. No International Monitor agrees. Overnight, the opposition candidate fled to let the when you and from the election commissions offices recorded this video. I ask you n to confront the police, not to go to the square. She did not leave by her own she was forced out. Nick he says the protests will continue even without an opposition leader. Because they are fed up wh arbitrary arrests and manipulative elections. People are takinghe to t streets not because they are following the opposition leader, they are defending their rights to determine the leadership of their country, which was taken from them clearly on sunday. Ian today, the European Union nick today, the European Union blamed the government for the unrest ncredible harassment and brutal violence is unacceptable. Nick forced departure of the opposition candidate led to an emotionally raw video. I thought the whole campaign toughened me asoot and give me uch strength that i could endure anything, but perhaps im still a weak wom. Plea, please be careful. No lifeics a worthwhile for what is happening now. Nick the president seems to be willing to exact any price and accused protesters of violence. The police were delibthately had, s responded why are you crying now . The response will be adeque. We will not allow you to tear the country apart. If protests continue, there will be more strikes and companies theav weseen already today. Then basically the last resort for the president is some sort of state emergency or martial nick he is fighting fohis survival. There is no telling how far he ll go. For the pbs newshour, im nick schifrin. Judy the state Department Internal watchdog has determined acted legally in bypassing congress to approveassive arm sales to arab nations. He declared an emergency last year. Citing threats from iran. The findings come after the former Inspector General testified that state Department Officials pressured him to drop the vestigation. President trump fired him in may. Setles police chief i retiring. Made the announcement last night after the city Council Agreed to cut the Police Force Budget and eliminate about 100obs. The cuts were lgely supported by antiracism demonstrators in seattle forget the citys First Black Police c said the Council Actions undermine rye grass made at the department. It really is about the overarching lack of respect for the officers. The men and women who work so hard day in and day out. Honestly, the idea of working so incredibly hard to make sure our department was diverse, to flect the community we serve, to just turn that all on a dime, without having a plan in place to move it forward, it is highly distressing to me. Judy retirement will go into effect next month. A federal Appeals Court six to block foreman National Security chael flynns effo to immediately dismiss criminal case against him. Heui pleadedy to lying to the fbi during the speci counsels russia investigation. The justice departmen requested the case be dismissed after determining the fbi did not have a valid reason to eschew him in the first place. Primary and runoff elections were held today in five states. Minnesota, connecticut, vermont, wisconsin, and georgia. Minnesotas progressive candidate on omar is fighting for the first time to keep her congressional seat. In georgia, one republican runoff pits a farright you and in conspiracy theorist against neurosurge john cowan. Eestocks tumbled on wall s today. The dow lost 104 points. The nasdaq fell 185 points and the s p 500 slept 27. Still to come, lebanon grapples wiri multiples in the wake of last weeks cataclysmic explosion. Plus, much more. This is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the Walter Cronkite school ofat journalism Arizona State university. Judy t s now been one week since the earth shattering exosion ripped through beirut. A week of sadness and grief, of rage and recrimination. From lebanese who blamed the i blast as dead and wounded on the corruption and incompetence has plagued the countrys government for decades. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson returd to u for the city that she lived in for many years and she sends us this report. Jane one week after the explosion in beirutlbcc days here are filled with in beirut and still the days here are filled with salvaging from the wreckage what can be saved and what cant. Some are still in shock. This concrete shell used to be a jewelry shop wwore she was ing when everything exploded. Pl 500 pwere injured. O did not know what. She didnt know what happened. I said, close the door and go home. Jane down the street, a start at cleaning up. This man grew up in this thartment and lives here his parent it is an overwhelming task to sift through the ruined objects that make up a home, and entire life. By a miracle, they were not home when the blast hit. Whoo you blame for this . All of them. All of them. Jane nearly 30 tons of the hemicalexplosive fertilizer Ammonium Nitrate were confiscated from a russianhip six years ago and left to sit in a shed in beirut support. When it detonated, at least 200 20 people were killed, 6000 injured, and 300,000 made homeless. Just to illustrate how intense the blast was, this Apartment Building is half a mile from the blast site, which is in that up the road behind me for hundds of meters, buildings aretice as trashed as this one. Despite top government officials knowing about the chemicals, nothing was done to remove them. This week, frustration spilled over into angerhe and amid growing outrage, the Prime Minister and his cabinet resigned. Thatove i unlikely to be enough to quell the anger. Eentrenched politictes, including the president , still hold the real political and p economer. The president refused the prospect of an international investigation, claiming a lebanese probe wouci be more eft. The judiciary has to be fast in dealing with this. As they say, delayed justice is not juste at all. Jane nearly a year ago, massive protests broke out across the country. Since then, the countnks g system has been exposed as a fraudulent ponzi scheme. The economy has collapsed. To these people, theovnment first told their Financial Security and now their hes. Rinent months, hyperinflation has taken hold and the value of e currency has plummeted people are struggling to buy food. The prices of food have tripled the last year. Jane David Beasley flew to beirut to oversee unbelievable. The silos were just devastated. All thesi grain from ths completely gone. Now, it is not just mter of a Food Security situation in beirut. And the people affected by the immediate impacted of the explosion, the entire coury now. Jane negotiations with the International Community for billions of dollars in bailout money stalledee ago after lebanons leaders resiste demands from donor countries for major reforms. They would rather sink the country than give an inch of power or be foundut to be as corrupt as we know they are. Jane she says the people in ou turnainst all political parties. There have been insults hurled at has bull and that itsd. Which we have not seen before, because people were afraid or spectful. That is over. That is over. Overall, i would sayhat hezbollah and iran feel under a lot of pressure today. Jane while the politicians struggled to hold onto power, the people of beirut areng respo the crisis. Even before the dust had settled, many came out of their o homesfer help, medical aid , and comfort. Now, they are taking charge of the cleanup. Thessmashed up streets are filled wither volunte mostly the younger generation, going house to house, offering to clear rubble and handing out food. They know it is something the government will not do. Beirutbased radio host and dj now runs the center that organizes the volunteers, drawing up lists of which homes need hp every i think it is in our bneod. If you lebanese people before coming you see how we invite people to eat at our tables. Is is how we are. We cannot not helpjaeople. Ne these are dangerous timesin ebanon with the dark shadow of possible civil war looming over the country. Tbu they also present an opportunity for the countrys peopleo move beyond the political dysfunction and build whichever direction it goes in, surviving against all the gods is in its blood. We always get up. Newshour, impbs Jane Ferguson in beirut, lebanon. Judy as the new Academic Year gets underway at colleges and universities, students, parents, and ministry to, and faculty, and residents of College Towns are all asking the same questions. Will it be safe . Should students returned to campus . John yang reports on those concerns and looks at the larger westerns around affordability and cost getting new attention during the pandemic. It is part of on rethinking college. John se on campu across the country, this years annual Student Movement has been a little different from the past. Much smaller crowds. It is odd not seeing anybody. You expect hustle and bustle. John just about everybody wearing a mask. Im gog to do my part. I hope other people do theirs. John millions have been wondering the same thing is it safe . In may,ia the 23 campus califo State University system said that would be no intherson classe fall. Johns hopkins and Princeton University made that move only last week. In order to move in this w year, yout to make sure you have a reservation before hand. John accordi to the college isis initiative it fits in university, only about tee quarters of u. S. Colanges have a pl what schools to side effect more than just classrooms and campusesit is also felt throughout College Towns like amherst, massachusetts, home to amherst college, hampshire llege, and the university of massachusetts, amherst, which i kn umass. In a normal fall, their combined enrollment would double the population of the town. In june, umass announced that all students could return to campus when the fall semester begins later this month, even if all their classes woul be a system is in place for students to self admr coronavirus tests twice a week and they must pledge in writing to wea masks in public, not lad gather in large groups, and maintain social distancing. The umass chancellor he stepsout with all we were taki in terms of testing and contact traci and all th precautions and be in the precautionsthecommended by could safely invitents we back. John some yearround residents disagree. When we started to see with the university plans where in their first communications, it was alarming. John robin asked people to sign a petition that says returning students will increase a risk to our communities. A big concern, the behavior of students off campus. How do you implement the set of requirements for them that you have set for the same student bodyhat is on campus . This weekend, there will be a lot of parties. John town officials worried that an influx of students could drive up the currently low infection rate in the area. The town manager. The real fear isf our local spital gets overwhelmed and we have worked hard to manage at. We fear th our Public Safety emergency medical services, at police will erwhelmed. Colleges aree very comparabl to landlocked crew ships. John students who work as residential assistance also voiced their opposit the fact is when you put that ny people together in such confined spaces, social distancing is such the opposite of whathose environments are billed for. John on the other hand, local businesseaders here the Economic Impact of a fall without student. The executive director of the amherst downtown. If we lose our student population, we will lose more businesses than we are alrthdy presented losing due to the pandemic. Hn the coowner of a bookstore says he felt caught be. Een a rock and a hard la i could speak for most of the merchants in town that we are looking forward to having business com back to town, but we are also terrified that people are going to bring th virus. I need the business, but i also would just as soonhe students not come back. John as the Academic Year approaches with the pandemic worsening naonwide, umass officials realize pthat their plsented daunting testing all students. It is easy to say we will test everyone twice a week, but if you start working out the details of what that will entail , that takes a lot time and a lot of people. He umass wrote community late last week, abruptly reversing course. Only students enrolled in essential facetoface csses will be accommodated in campus residence halls. Instead of 15,000 on campus, officials expect fewer than 1200 in dorms andnother 3000 living in town. Most are in classes like science labs, which have bn modified for social distancing. The amherst residents concerns have been heard. We were both drifting in that direction. So to get to that decision to reduce the number, a lot of deliberation had to go into it. That was a lot of the steps we were learning as we go along. John a continuing education for College Administrators across the country. Gh educations response to the pandemic, especially the move away from in person classes to online learning, is highlighting larger questio about e high price tag on a college degree. Scott galloway is a leading ice in that debate, a critic of high tuition costs, a professor of marketing at New York University and he joins us now. Thanks for joining us. What has this pandemic, move away, the response we have seen from colleges, some of them puttinentire classes online, what has that done to this debatebout College Tuition costs . Covid19 is an accelerator. We have en tuiti up 2. 5 2. 5fold. The product has not really. Changed mu try to name an iustry that has increased price is 150 without innovation. As itrawn back the curtain onec what hase incredibly in sustaining pricing. Now it has become one of financial despair. With remote learning, a lot of parents and students are deciding, it is just not worth it. John not worth it. They dont see the value of paying tuition to sit in fnt of a computer . Well, primarily speaking, the University Value is from the certification, the edu, and the experience. We have raised prices so quickly that any sort of reduction in any one of those three things decide or rethink people to decision. With the experience so dramatically decreased or disabled, if y will, a lot errand dare saying,i really want to pay 58,000, 60 8,000 year for a series of zoom classes . John my colleague spoke with the senior Vice President from the American Council ofch education, w represents about 1700 colleges and universities. I want you to listen about what he had to say on this question of cost and then we will talk afterward read an College Universities were funded about 8 billion in room sd board char alone in the spring when c thsed early. Taken together, lost revenue, cost increases, enrollment declines, cuts in state support, and increases in stude financial need at up to roughly 120 billion. To put that inontext, total revenue of colleges and universities in01 was 650 billion. So, we are deali with a sudden, traumatic shock to the budgetary system of every institution of Higher Education. John what do you have to say t that that t actually increasing costs . There is no doubt about it. He and his constituents find the question is did we have it cominges how are theynding . Instead of cutting costs like regular basis, instead a have having an opera and sober conversation so that we can increase the quality of remote learning, while decrhasing cos, w entered into hallucination with their financial departments that we can have some sense of a normal experience that we can continue to charge these rates. In what is the mother of the tone deaf decisions, and has decided to raise tuition nyu has decided to raise tuition 3. 5 . I would say that he has to consume the pain of this situation like any other instant institution. Instead, they have entered into make tnial that will unwinding even more painful. John you have said this will education looks like. Higher what do you think Higher Education will look like after the that might . I think it will be a hybrid mode faculty has been very resistant to embracing technologma of these classes could be taught in line with the same level of outcome. It is the offcampus socialization that is probably the most valuable thing in terms of in person. You can envision the Silver Lining here is as big as the cloud. If we move to a reduction in tha cost aramatic increase in the supply of freshman seats, we might find like every other stin that we can increase the quality of the product and lower the price and we have done neither of those in education. This is not a debate, it is an iq any sober analysis of the upside versus downside shows that we are going to be all remote across every university this fall. It is just a question of how many infections we endure and how much pain we levy on university communities. Universities have been the warriors fighting viruses, not its enablers. We need to close campus as full stop right away. John scott galloway, thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Ju President Trump was outth in White House Briefing room tonight responding to the pic of Kamala Harris as joe bidens running mate. We have the latest. Tell uth whapresident said. He well, president wasted no time going after senator harris, saying she was a radical lefty. Who is for socialized medicine. Here is what he said specifically. She is in favor of socialdied ne. You are going to lose your doctors. Youur were going to lose plans. She nts to take your Health Care Plans away from 180 million americans. Mi18ion americans that are very happy with their Health Insurance and she wants to take that away. Erso, she was my nune pick. President three times during the Briefing Call senator harris nasty. She also went afterer for saying that she was someone who would abolish the police. The Trump Campaign released a video a few minutes after she was picked calling her phony Kamala Harris. The Trump Campaign was holding a phone call saying someone she is someone who was against normalized immigration. Someone who should not be for ere green new deal. They slammedn fracking. Overall, the president is going to be attacking senator harris, saying she is someone who did not w treat joe bidh respect. After senator harris. Judy ive seen some reporting that the president and his daughtervanka contributed to some of Kamala Harris campaigns in the past, including when she was running for attorney general of california. But you have covered Kamala Harris in the past. You have spent some me looking, you did a profile of her. At do you think w can look for in terms of how she is going to approach campaigning this fall . Well, President Trump started someone who did not tell the truth and someone who was when i sat down with her, she told me specifically that she is somee who wants to tell the truth, who feels like my mission is to be someone who is not grand tending, but someone who is to make this country better. She attacked President Trump, she said that he was fueling hate and division. I think what joe biden is going to get out of her someone who was a blonde talker blunt, talker who will be a formidable opponent to mike pence when they debate. She has a Large Network of africanamerican women. I talked to a lot of her sorority sisters. Theyaid she is someone who is known as someone you can count on. She was a debater in college. I ink she is going to leave the campaign trail making the case that her and joe biden are the be for this country and they will move the country in s e right direction and the President Trumpe wrong person and should not be reelected. Judy you are absolutely right entirely different from anything she has done before in all the campaign she has run, but we will see. Thanks very much. And with that, that f the newsho tonight. Im judy woodruff. Join usnd onlinerite here tomorrow evening. For all of us, thank you, please stay safe, and we will see you soon. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is respoptible for its n content and accuracy. ] major funding has been provided by when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. With fidelity wealthem mant, a dedicated advisor can tailor advice and recommendations to your life. At is fidelity wealth management. Consumer cellular. Johnson johnson. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Commission. 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