Also served as California Attorney general. She is the first black woman and first woman of indian descent to run for the vice presidency and only the third female candidate as Vice President of a major party ticket. Harris will play a key role in the Democratic National convention with beat which begins next week in wisconsin. Joining me now is our politics and government correspondent marisa lagos and scott shafer. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for having us. We have all three known and covered Kamala Harris for many years. I remember covering her in 2005 when i first came to the bay area. Tell us about your Early Experiences with Kamala Harris, what she was like and how you have seen her change she was a political novice when she ran for District Attorney in 2003. She challenged an incumbent and i think something happened early that shaped the rest of her trajectory to where she is today. A San Francisco Police Officer was shot and killed and she promised in the campaign not to s
Unshakeable. Woodruff and to denounce President Trump. Today we are a country divided and we have a president doing everything in his power to make it that way. At the time like this the oval office should be a command center. Woodruff tonight former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former president barack obama and this years Vice President ial nominee Kamala Harris. Day three of the Democratic National convention. Woodruff again, im Judy Woodruff and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the Democratic National convention. Were now on night three of this virtual event. Tonight, we will hear from Hillary Clinton, the partys nominee four years ago. Well hear from former president barack obama and then we will hear from Kamala Harris, a historymaking Vice President ial nominee. Im here in our studio with political analyst amy walter and right around the corner our senior correspondence amna nawaz. Both socially distanced. And we have reported and guests across the coun
Also served as California Attorney general. She is the first black woman and first woman of indian descent to run for the vice presidency and only the third female candidate as Vice President of a major party ticket. Harris will play a key role in the Democratic National convention with beat which begins next week in wisconsin. Joining me now is our politics and government correspondent marisa lagos and scott shafer. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for having us. We have all three known and covered Kamala Harris for many years. I remember covering her in 2005 when i first came to the bay area. Tell us about your Early Experiences with Kamala Harris, what she was like and how you have seen her change she was a political novice when she ran for District Attorney in 2003. She challenged an incumbent and i think something happened early that shaped the rest of her trajectory to where she is today. A San Francisco Police Officer was shot and killed and she promised in the campaign not to s
California and acss the nation. In washington, d. C. , the senate is working toward a new Coronavirus Relief package, thdr white house ped its demand for a payroll tax cut, which gop lawmakers had opposed, big divisions remain as unemployment nefits are set to expire next weekfor 20 million people. Meanwhile, democrats on capitol hill are championing a 3 trillion relief planhat includes eight. Closer to home, governor gavin newsom announced on tuesday, california recorded mo than ,000 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily total get, cafornia now has the most number of cases in the nation, surpassing new york. Joining us now by skype to discuss this, our political and government correspondent, marisa lagos. With us by skype from palm springs is scott shafer. So, lets start with the national picture, i want to askr you, presidenp has canceled the Republican National convention that was to be held ti jacksonville, that this was not the right time to bring so many people together, he al
Coronavirus relief package, the white house dropped its demand for a payroll tax cut, which gop lawmakers had opposed,big visions remain as Unemployment Benefits are set to expire next week for pe20 milliole. Hill are championing a 3 pitol trillion relief plan thatin udes eight. Closer to home, governor gavin newsom announced on tuesday, california recorded more than 12,000 new cacoronavirus, its highest daily total get, california now has the most number of cases in the nation, surpassing nin york. Jous now by skype to discuss this, our political and government correspondent, marisa lagos. With us by skype from palm springs is scott shafer. So, lets start with the national picture, i want to ask you, President Trump nchas ed threpublican National Convention that was to be held in jacksonville, citing that this s not thright time to bring so many people together, he also this week wear face maskpolitically, to what is behind this shift from his earlier message in which he had downplaye