Presidency of donald trump. Joe biden took the stage for the first time with his running mate Kamala Harris. Shes the child of immigrants from jamaica and india. The socially distanced joint appearance was at a high school in bidens home state of delaware. The pair promised to reverse the damage inflicted by trump and pence and offered warm words for each other. It was their first full day together in what biden called the battle for the soul of the country. Kamala knows how to govern. She knows how to make the hard calls. Shes ready to do this job on day one. And were both ready to get to work rebuilding this nation. I asked kamala to be the last voice in the room, to always tell me the truth, which she will, challenge my assumptions if she disagrees, ask the hard questions. Because thats the way we make the best decisions for the American People. Biden and harris also gave us a first look at how they plan to make their case against trump and pence, a case that Kamala Harris cast as o
Stimulus relief, as capitol hill remains in total gridlock. Millions of americans remain out of work. Thats the backdrop for this campaign. But there definitely feels like there has been a jolt of excitement injected into the Biden Campaign. They have provided this view how president ial tickets are made during a pandemic, over videoconferences. Hi, hi, hi, hi, sorry to keep you. Thats all right. You ready to go to work . Oh, my god. I am so ready to go to work. First of all, is the answer yes . The answer is absolutely yes, joe. I am ready to work and do this with you. Welcome to 2020. That was such a 2020 moment. Joining me now is our correspondent live in delaware. Mike has been covering bidens care for more than a dozen years. So, look, i mean, every week we say boy, weve never seen that on the campaign trail before. And lo and behold, weve never seen that on the campaign trail before but here we are. Reporter yeah, and its just getting started. This pick that joe biden made was no
U. S. Averaged more than 1,000 deaths from covid. And while americans are dying, the testing czar says its sufficient. Over the last week, the u. S. Has reported more than 365,000 known coronavirus cases. Thats enough to fill up a stadium in atlanta. This stadium in atlanta over five times. California leading the country in the number of infections becoming the first state to surpass 600,000 covid cases and the new warning from the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Fauci says the consequences will be devastating if the u. S. Does not get coronavirus under control and reopen safely. You will never get a good marching back economically back unless you control the biologic. You have to be able to control it. And one of the problems is in your understandable zeal to quickly get back to normal and revive the economy you can do it if you do it in a measured, prudent way. The lesion is the jumping over the benchmarks and the guideposts put forth so to think to ignore the biologic and
Liberty, your freedom. I say to you, and you will understand that it is a privilege to fight. They want to control what you see and think, and believe so they can control how you live. We are warriors. Dont let them step on you. Dont let them destroy your families, your lives, and your future. Salesmen of northeastern pennsylvania, i ask you once more rise and be worthy of this historical hour. That beacon shine bright once again for the world to see. You have the ability to choose your life and determine your destiny. We must never cede control of the motherland. Leaders and fighters for freedom and liberty and the american dream, the best is yet to come. The best is yet to come ladies and gentlemen, your 2020 Republican National convention. Wow. Good morning, its i just you know, willie, i just dont know where to go with what we all saw yesterday and what we saw last night. I was thinking back, people deeply offended in 1992 by Pat Buchanans speech. And i mean, let me tell you someth
President trump is blaming china and claiming it could have been worse. I think its a shame. I think if we didnt do it properly and do it right, youd have 2. 5 Million Deaths. The original numbers were around 200,000 if you did it right, if the public worked along. If you didnt do it wrong, youd be at 2 million, 2. 5 million. Those were the numbers. But this should have never happened. This should have never come out of china. They should have never let it happen. Six months and 200,768 american lives lost. Somehow that a good job . Plus, President Trump saying hell announce his pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg saturday at 5 00 p. M. Judge amy coney barrett, who sources say is a favorite, was at the white house today for the second day in a row. Republicans seem to have the votes to confirm a nominee before election day. Is there anything democrats can do to stop them . Were going to break down these stories and more in the hour ahead for you. So, actionpacked. Weve got a lo