Harris on the democratic ticket. Then, Purdue University associate professor nadia brown joins us for more on the Vice President of canada and the role of black women in american politics. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, august 13. Joe biden and Kamala Harris made their debut as democratic running mates. With of the ticket now set, harris biggest moments in the spotlight are set to come next week at the Democratic Convention and debate with mike pence. We are asking you how much you Pay Attention to the bottom half of a party ticket. Do you think running mates matter . Phone lines for you to call in, republicans, democrats, independents. You can also send us a text. Do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter and facebook. A very good thursday morning to you. You can go ahead and start calling in as we begin with this headline from yesterday from political. Mates dont usually matter, they write
Shanghai and tokyo were moderately lower the nikkei finished down by almost 0. 9 . The shanghai was down by twothirds of a percentage point. This comes as we were getting manufacturing data out of china showed theyre still contracting. It was better than anticipated the number was 49. 7. That was better than the 49. 6 anticipated. Still below 50 in hong kong, the hang seng was down 1. 3 . Trading was cut short there because of an impending tropical storm. Markets were normally close at 4 00 p. M. Were suspended for the second half of the day this morning there are a mixed picture. The dax is up. The cac is up slightly the ftse is down a bit finally look at whats happening here in the treasury markets the tenyear right now ahead of that fed meeting, 2. 054 lets look at whats happening with gold. That could be a mover after todays fed decision gold is up more than 10 in the last three months. Apple big number of the week and its our top corporate story. Earnings and revenue topped estima
Democrats first vp nominee from west of the rockies. Listen to the partys front lay saying its a watershed moment for joe biden. I love it. I love it. Shes just someone that im excited about, about, you know, the people in my life who will look at her and get so inspired. Ive seen her on the campaign trail. She is both an advocate and also kind and gentle and wonderful moments of tenderness in. Saw that first. Ad already out. Biden and harris appear together this afternoon in his home state of delaware. Senator harris a known entity benefit of primary campaign vetting. Unhappiness abong progressives. Harris not the most liberal option on the former Vice President s short list. The picements the biden strateg. He agrees suburbs is the big battleground. Suburban housewife voting for me, the president insists, casting democrats as a threat to safety. And home values. In the White House Briefing room yesterday the president called harris nasty. Lets be clear. This is a trump biden choice.
The speech of another former white house occupant, Michelle Obama who said right nolastnight, President Trump isr his head, left the economy in shambles and has emboldened white supremacist. President trump called the Obama Administration the most corrupt in history adding that the reason he is in office is because of president obama and joe biden. Fox Team Coverage tonight, john roberts is at the white house with with the president is saying as he continues his battleground states to her. Chad pergram on capitol hill with the Postal Service drama, Gillian Turner looks at the bill clinton factor at the convention tonight and we begin with corresponding peter doocy in wilmington, delaware, very good evening, peter. Good evening, bret. There arent many places to go during a Global Pandemic but tv ratings compared to 2016 are down 28 . Digital streams are up, though. Most of the program is pretaped and the live portions of a little bit like this behind the scenes. You probably should get
Headquarte headquarters, one thing that was a lost opportunity was when he evaded the question about preexisting conditions. That is what took republicans down in 2018. That was a missed opportunity. There is a good answer. For some reason, this administration, which has, in my opinion, a very good record on health care, and all the things theyve done to improve obama care what . Theyve done tons of things by executive order to make the exchanges work better. And to expand plans. Theyve done tons of things. Arent they suing the Supreme Court . I have no idea why he didnt do that. But my overall take, i think pence made the best case possible for covid. You guys dont think it was a compelling one. I think for a lot of people, it was a good case. And he compared it, rightfully, to obamas record on h1n1. Which would have been disastrous if it was as virulent as this. My point is, he did everything that conservative wanted him to do, and made people feel comfortable, and even moderates, pe