Time. Shes more than prepared and spent her career defending our constitution and fighting for folk whose need a fair shake. Her own life story is one i and so many other ks ss can see ours in, who you worship or love there is a place for you here. Its a perspective that led us out of the hardest times before and a perspective we can all rally behind right now. Lets get more from jeff zeleny. Were learning about how this decision came about. Anderson, good evening. Were learning new details and told about 90 minutes before this announcement was made, about 4 15 or so here in the east, so about 2 45 or so senator harris was at her washington condo and received a phone call with a job offer from former Vice President joe biden. They have been talking throughout this process and had at least one meeting we know of, a Virtual Meeting before this but it was an offer of a job to join the president ial ticket, the democratic ticket there. This is the end of what had been a threemonth process
With the full emergency asknowl black person and a female person, i do not have a chance of gang that office in this election year. I make that statement seriously knowing my candidacy can change the face and future of american politics. It was a long shot and Shirley Chisholm lacked the support of the democratic establishment and the black political establishment but she ran. Nearly 50 years later when she ran for president , california senator Kamala Harris referenced chisholms legacy. So i stand on Shirley Chisholms shoulders with great pride and a profound sense of responsibility. I also know thats why this is so important. This is so much bigger than me. I know that. And, indeed, Kamala Harris has now made history. As the first blam woman to join a major party ticket, today former Vice President joe biden has chosen senator harris to be his running mate. And if they win she will become not just the first black woman Vice President , but also the first woman Vice President of any r
Experiencing. So thank you for covering that. Well, appreciate it. To hear the mayor of Rio Grande City say the way they have gotten out of this is by tapping the va hospital in san antonio, i mean, i didnt want to let that slip by either. The va facilities being used for nonveteran patients, thats supposed to be the emergency brake in terms of American Health care, and they have had to pull that. Just remarkable stuff. It is remarkable. Rachel, thank you. Have a great weekend. Well see you monday. Russia is doing it again. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it best with donald trump all roads lead to putin. It is the one consistent thread of the trump presidency. Robert muellers report found that russia attacked the 2016 election in order to help donald trump win the presidency and that the Trump Campaign welcomed that help. Today the office of the director of National Intelligence, the odni, confirmed that russia is once again interfering in our election to help donald trump win in 2020
Top of the hour. Good morning, everyone. Im poppy harlow. And im jim sciutto. History in the making. You want to take stock of moments like this. Hours from now, joe biden and Kamala Harris will appear for the first time together as running mates for the highest offices in the land. Senator harris will join biden for a speech this afternoon in his home state of delaware, and she will do so as the first black and south asian woman to be on a major partys president ial ticket. Two just released their first joint political ad. Have a look. All right. Hi. Hi. Hi. Sorry to keep you. Thats all right. Are you ready to go to work . Oh, my god. I am so ready to go to work. Well, this morning we are learning new details about why biden decided to pick senator harris. We are also seeing new attacks on her by the president. More on that, all in a moment. Lets go first to our Arlette Saenz who is in delaware this morning. Good morning, arlette. What are we going to see today . Reporter well, poppy,
Pediatrics reporting that nearly 100,000 children in the u. S. Tested positive for covid in the last two weeks of july. Yes, children. Thankfully, of course, make up a small fraction of the coronavirus related deaths. We do know that right now. This is important, this number that you just heard. It also flies in the face of President Trumps argument for why he thinks schools should reopen. If you look at children, children are almost and i would almost say definitely, but almost immune from this disease, so few. Theyve got stronger, hard to believe, i dont know how you feel about it, but they have much stronger immune systems than we do somehow for this. Definitely virtually almost immune, it was untrue then, more untrue now. One state that knows all too well the complications of reopening schools in the midst of a pandemic is georgia. Multiple districts in the state are already having to alter their school plans due to positive tests among students and teachers. Natasha chen is in atl