For this leadership contest. Whittling that number down to five, then four, then they go off to the tory Party Conference and eventually there will be two left in the race. This is Kemi Badenoch making her case today, the launch of her campaign. Interesting there, that Question Right at the end about her character. She has said a lot about how she is a straight talker how she likes to get things done. She talked about how civil servants sometime stopped doing things she thought she should be able to do. I think her temperament is quite an important part of this. Some of her conservative colleagues have said to me they find are quite difficult to deal with. They felt it wasnt just her being a little bit abrasive, they felt that on occasion she was rude, and that was with colleagues, not when she was attacking the labour party. Others will say it is just because she has strong views and wants to get things done. She was talking here about renewal because the Conservative Party went throu
Within the next few minutes, the former conservative Home Secretary, James Cleverly, will try to win over his fellow conservative mps as he launches campaign to become leader of the party. Mr cleverly is one of the front runners to replace Rishi Sunak following the Conservatives Defeat atjuly s election. He is among six candidates vying for the job, and those candidates will be whittled down to four by the time of the conservative conference at The End of the month. After that, mps will carry out further rounds of voting to select two final candidates for the conservative members to choose between, with the result announced on 2nd november. Lets speak to our deputy political editor, vicki young, who joins us from westminster. Hello. Any hint as to what we are likely to hear from James Cleverly. I think he will talk about some specific policies. We can really say this Leadership Election has been rumbling along in the background over the summer. We have had a bit from all of the candida
Sprinting ahead a little differently. Vice president harris is making headlines with her first half sit down, and Donald Trump is making headlines over his deranged posts on Social Media. And Jd Vance once again is highlighting his bizarre comments regarding those who dont have children. In this one, hes Calling Teachers by Name And Randee weingarten is here to respond. And later as we get underway with paralympics, well show you two of the most inspiring pair olympians ive ever spoken with. Okay. So tomorrow is Labor Day, which for many of you likely means parties, picnics, parades, hot dogs, watermelon, whatever it may be. Its also usually the start of the political season. But this year its safe to say it came a bit earlier. I mean, Take A Look at what happened in the last few months. An Assassination Attempt against the former president , a change at the top of ticket on the democratic side. Its been a lot. We dont know whats going to happen in the next two months. We do know some
A special Labor Day edition. Enjoy the 5 00 p. M. Hour, ari. I was going to say, nicolle, it doesnt feel right being here 5 00 to 6 00. Doesnt feel right. But at least i got to see you. Yeah, have a great show. Its a great time. I was happy to come in early. Youre now here early. Its great to get to see more of you. Absolutely. And have a great rest of the Labor Day with you and yours. Welcome to the beat, everyone. Im ari melber. It is Labor Day but theres a lot going on in the world, on the campaign. The news doesnt stop. I can tell you Vice President harris is on the campaign trail. You see here the preparation with President Biden. Theyll be campaigning on this Labor Day holiday. We can also show you them arriving. This was moments ago. So were going to bring this event to you here in this 5 00 p. M. Eastern hour. As i mentioned, theres kamala i should say with the president. But i mentioned with my colleague Nicolle Wallace were here in the 5 00 p. M. Hour. Were going to bring you
In both in both georgia and nevada. Trump, meanwhile, leads by a single point in the bout appeared all of those results are within the margin of error, but the trendlines favor harris. It previous fox polls, conducted by president Joe Biden exited the 2024 race about six weeks ago, trump led by five points, in arizona, nevada, North Carolina and by six points in georgia, and we can hold the graph above the screen there for one more. And yes, the race is close, but when President Biden dropped out it reshaped the race. Not only does harris have omentum, but suddenly her path to 270 Electoral College Votes have really opened up. Well, and then you also looked at the down Ballot Races, and i was just, frankly shocked, by the Arizona Senate within this poll and how Ruben Gallego is just running away beyond the margin of error, with the Arizona Senate race, and yes, it is kerry lake she is up against, she is a drag on the Ticket Up in arizona. It is like 15 points. It is a big lead in a pla