85 days to Election Day and eight days to the Democratic National Convention. Today, Vice President Kamala Harris is in San Francisco for a political event. Donald trump also fundraising out west this weekend. As they hit the trail, President Biden opens up for the first time detailing why he left the race and back to harris as the nominee in his place. It was a Neck And Neck race. Went down to the wire, but what happened was a number of my democratic colleagues in the House And Senate thought that i was going to hurt them in the races. And i was concerned if i stayed in the race, that would be the topic. I can even say how old i am. Its hard to get out of my mouth, but things got moving so quickly. It didnt happen. And the combination was that i thought there was a critical issue for me still and its not a joke, maintaining this democracy. Harris Campaign Officials picked up the raton and are running with it, hitting Swing States to harness the renewed Energy And Enthusiasm from voter
from that area of cloud, very wet in the highlands of scotland. to the north of that is where we have got cold air and that will move south in the next few days. the rain has eased a bit in the north west of scotland but there is a lot of cloud across other parts of scotland bringing with it some rain and drizzle also affecting some areas of northern ireland. but england and wales have that hazy sunshine through the rest of the day, warm again, 23, 20 4 degrees across eastern areas. a cooler day for scotland and northern ireland and cooler around some coastal areas of callable after that warmth of yesterday. we have missed in low cloud coming in from the sea. that will tend to get blown away during tonight. the rain and drizzle in scotland and northern ireland slowly petering out and we see that band of cloud moving down into northern england towards the midlands later on. with clearer and colder air returning to scotland there s the of some frost in the north but mild elsewh
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major perspective on events outside the uk coming up in half an hour. good evening. the three time wimbledon men s singles champion, boris becker, has been jailed for two years and six months for hiding millions of pounds worth of assets after being declared bankrupt. the 54 year old had been accused of trying to avoid paying his debts, including by hiding two of his tennis trophies. it s estimated his £38 million in career earnings was largely spent on a divorce settlement, child maintenance payments and what becker himself called expensive lifestyle commitments . our sports correspondent natalie pirks has more from southwark crown court. as he walked into court, his tie in the wimbledon colours that had always brought him fame and fortune, boris becker was no doubt contemplating how it came to this. three weeks ago, a jury found him guilty of four of the 2a counts against him, including transferring cash to avoid paying creditors from his 2017 bankruptcy and failing to d