Announcing Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris this week and new nbc wall street journal poll numbers show they are still in control of the race. The poll taken during and after the roll out of harris as the v. P. Pick has joe biden up by nine points nationally. In bat ground states that lead is 7 points. Harris is also responding to the attacks against her in a series of interviews today. Joining me now from delaware. Kamala harris gave an interview. She addressed the attacks against her. Here is what she said. Look, im very clear eyed about the fact they are going to engage, as you said, in what they have done throughout his administration which is lets be very candid and straightforward. They are going to engage in lies. They will engage in deception an an attempt to distract from the real issues impacting the American People. I expect they will engage in dirty tactics and this will be a knock down drag out. Were ready. What does were ready mean . What will be the campaigns p
Family will not be safe in the radical democrats america. Dont let them step on you. Dont let them destroy your families, your lives, and your future. Joe biden and the radical left are now coming for our freedom of speech. They want to bully us into submission. The speakers did include many people of color as the campaign tries to peel away black voters from joe biden. Two of the speakers stood out for a strikingly different tone from the rest. My father wore a turban. My mother wore a sari. I was a brown girl in a black and white world. We faced discrimination and hardship. But my parents never gave in to grievance and hate. America is a story thats a work in progress. Now is the time to build on that progress. Our family went from cotton to congress in one lifetime. And thats why i believe the next American Century can be better than the last. Nbc White House Correspondent and weekend today cohost Kristen Welker is starting us off. Kristen, thanks very much for being with us. Look,
Principles. And an exclusive interview with joe bidens sister and closest political adviser who says very different thing about her brother. The Washington Post is doing something its never done before in an effort to argue against the reelection of a sitting president. Lets begin with hurricane marco and Tropical Storm laura rapidly approaching the gulf coast after battering parts of the gulf of mexico, haiti and the Dominican Republic over the weekend. Louisiana governor issued this warning to residents earlier today. You need to be prepared to ride out the storms, you and your family, where ever you are at dark tonight. Tropical storm force wind will be impacting Coastal Louisiana before daylight tomorrow. I know that youve heard that frequently but with this onetwo punch that what were expecting, this is a situation where you really need to be prepared as we have always told you to ride out these storms and first 72 hours is on you. Possibly onetwo punch. Joining me is bill karens
At the same time. The evidence so far has not been conclusive about whether convalesce convalescent plasma works, twhowhen to administer it and what dose to use. Kelly, what do we expect to hear . Reporter here it is a sunday evening on the eve of the president s own Political Convention and theres an announcement about a potential treatment option for doctors and their patients who have coronavirus. The timing is interesting. Is it being done safely . Those are some of the questions well put to the president. Our understanding is the president would announce this use of con velescent plasma. Some of the benefits of having recovered from the illness may transfer to that new pashtient. Among the questions and concerns, has there been enough data. Has it been done in the type of scientific studies that are done for treatment and is this happening too quickly. The fda does have the ability to authorize, on a temporary basis the use of a medication like this which opens some doors for doct
Any minute we expect to hear from the mayor of louisville about wednesdays protests and the shooting of two Police Officers. When mayor fisher starts, well take yaw there. Overnight protests erupting over the grand jury decision in the case of Breonna Taylor. No murder charges filed. One for want done endangerment for firing into an apartment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is talking about the Breonna Taylor case and the response. Lets listen in. For the children, nearly 8 billion in direly needed nutrition assistance, for seniors prevented, what would have happened if we didnt act, up to 50 per month expense for part b premium hike. Its nour four or five dollars versus the 50. We saved the republicans from themselves because we we know what were doing. For our communities, a oneyear surface transportation authorization and for our farmers boost accountability to the commodity credit corps which now prevents they were going to use money saying this is for the farmers. We want it to be for