Bidens pick for vice. Senator Kamala Harris of california. The news broke about 4 15 eastern time with texts and email from biden going out to his campaign supporters, saying he followed up shortly with a tweet calling senator harris the senators first reaction came on twitter, writing shes honored to join the ticket and do what it takes to make biden the commander in chief. It was a fitting virtual reveal and reaction for a campaign thats been running almost entirely without inperson events for months amid the coronavirus crisis. Joe bidens Campaign Photographer posted this photo after the announcement, showing the moment that he told senator harris that he had selected her as his vp today over video chat from his home in delaware. But they are actually going to be together in person tomorrow. Theyll deliver remarks at an event near bidens longtime home in wilmington, delaware. A lot of americans were introduced to senator harris during her president ial Campaign Last year. She was bo
York times and arthie shohani, the author affhere we are American Dreams and american nightmares. That is a great title for a book. Thank you for joining us. Were going to wake up tomorrow a new face in the campaign. What should we be looking ahead to now that the vp choice has been made . I think this means the kind of the general election kind of final frontier is upon us. We are now going to get to the conventions although theyre both going to be like more virtual conventions, but were now going to see the kind of bidentrump matchup in all its glory. I think what the vp pick did today is show from the Biden Campaign that they are at once trying to energize a kind of constituency in the partys base but also making a very conventional choice willing to make sure this does not have any surprises between now and november, that it doesnt throw a wrench in the race. Senator harris is a known quantity on the National Stage and that allows the Biden Campaign to focus its efforts most clearl
Claire mccask ill from missouri. Michael steele, former rnc chairman. Thanks for being with us. Fascinating night. The fly is in negotiation for a netflix deal, going to cover that on the business side. Our coverage now with brian williams. To Rachel Maddow and joy reid and all. Expanded debate Night Edition of the 11th hour, day 1,5 of the trump election. Only Vice President ial debate of the cycle is in the books. Mike pence and Kamala Harris faced off behind plexiglass shields 12 feet apart on a stage in Salt Lake City before a small, masked and distanced, audience. All reminders how the coronavirus continues to ravage our country uncontrolled, including at the white house where lets not forget the infected president , who had to be hospitalized, today returned to the oval office, posted a video calling his illness a blessing in disguise, talking about a cure. Tonights debate was much more civil than the one we saw last week, but this administrations response to this virus still cam
Charles, and now regards championing Environmental Action is one of his key responsibilities. Justin rowlatt, bbc news. You can hear Prince William talking about the launch of the earthshot prize in a bbc news special, and theres a further interview with Sir David Attenborough in the new podcast, what planet are we on . Both are available now on the bbc sounds app. Time for a look at the weather. Over the next few days as we head into the weekend, its going to be feeling a bit cooler. Lower temperatures by day and by night. That is because we have High Pressure to the west of the uk. We are drawing down this cold north and north west air stream, bringing cold airall the north west air stream, bringing cold air all the way down from iceland. Earlier today, we had milder conditions across southern areas of the uk. But it has come with a lot of cloud and there has been rain and drizzle. The last of that is clearing away from the south east of england. That rain is moving out into the engl
210,000 americans, and joe biden hoping to win election as the oldest president ever, people are very focused on the health of the two men at the top of the ticket. Which puts mike pence and Kamala Harris in the spotlight. Were anything to happen to either mr trump or mr biden, one of these two would be the next president of the United States. Normally wed say theyll be face to face tonight but they wont. Theyll be separated by 12 feet of stage and two panels of plexiglass. Thats what a debate looks like in the midst of a pandemic when the white house has become a hot bed of covid 19. Amanda renteria is it with us and the republican strategist ron christie. 0ften, sometimes, the Vice President ial candidates have to be attack dogs and sometimes do no harm. It is more third do no harm category. Given that the president ial debate was more of a fight than talking about issues and policy, i think we will see Something Different tonight when both candidates feel they will be able to talk a