Live from moscow this is R T International welcome to the program after a tense wait joe biden is on course to become the 46. 00 president of the United States but. The election was rigged readying all suits in the coming week r. T. America has been sworn in for us how it came to be. Joe biden has officially become the president elect for the United States it was saturday when that announcement was made by a number of media organizations after biden secured more than 270 electoral votes enough to put him over the top he spoke in wilmington delaware tonight alongside the 1st Vice President of the United States come all the harris 1st woman ever to ascend to the position of Vice President heres what harry had to say in introducing the new president have elected a president who represents the best and. A leader the world will respect and our children will look up to a commander in chief will respect our troops and keep our country safe and a president on american the new president elect b
Election that could still be a twister it was the republicans launching most serious. And postal products. On the floor out from Election Night and america created stiffish and we have from new york claims of fraud time for the Us Democratic system. Ole miss gold or you know. What good would it be to people we trust is a direct threat to our democracy trump hes right and hes to find out what hes trying to for because to be some kind of front this country. Hello youre watching out international this sock say the 7th of november detail joining me in the studio also today will be dont know of course i will be talking through the big moments because its now food days since the u. S. Election on a looks like we might finally however result a number of media all projecting that joe biden has been elected the 42nd president of america having secured 290 addict World College votes just to remind us to 70 are needed for victory in the form of the piece when in his home state of pennsylvania see
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
I am right here. You can be right here, congresswoman. Mayor. Hi. Thank you. Nice to meet you. Okay. There we go. Sixhour technical difficulties. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here afternoon. I am a National Political reporter forrt politico. I am thrilled to be here in austin with you. At the Texas Tribune festival. We will have a great discussion this afternoon on border politics immigration and the 2020 president ial election. Love to welcome our panelists. Right here next to me is congresswoman sylvia garcia. A freshman democrat from texas. Mustve her district is eastern houston. Next we have the mayor of san antonio. On a maria coexecutive director of the center for popular democracy based in new york city. For those of you joining fee of the live stream, you can also follow the conversation on twitter using the. Immigrants about lawmakers of color and have frequently use the term invasion. When describing them what is going on at the border. How has the ta