With byron pitts. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Tonight, with just 83 days left until election day, Presumptive Democratic of candidate for president , joe biden and Kamala Harris stepping out for the first time and already on the offensive. Heres janai norman. This is a moment of real consequence for america. Everything we care about, its all on the line. Reporter this afternoon in delaware, the official debut of the joe bidenKamala Harris ticket. The former Vice President and hi his historymaking choice. This morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities. But today, today just maybe theyre seeing themselves for the first time in a new way. Joe, im so proud to stand with you. And i do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me. Whose sacrifice, determination and resilience makes my presence here today even possible. Reporter the candidates walkin
Republican opponent . Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. Tonight, less than one week away from the 2020 Democratic National convention, the big announcement by joe biden. Putting past tensions aside to choose Kamala Harris as his running mate. Rachel scott is outside the senators home in d. C. Reporter the anticipation has been building for days, and tonight, frenzy outside Kamala Harris apartment, television crews, cameras, reporters, all camped out. We have seen this crowd grow hour after hour. So many of the voters i have spoken with here say they didnt support harris in the democratic primary and they didnt support biden either, but seeing the diversity was enough to stoke their hope in the election. Bidens barrierbreaking running mate. I am not perfect. Lord knows, i am not perfect. But i will always speak with ct senator Kamala Harris, the 55yearold stepmother and wife. The daughter of immigrants, a jamaican father and indian mother, who, as her Guiding Force growing up
Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Tonight the disparity in cases of covid19 in america. Soaring among the hispanic population, working some of the most underappreciated and vital jo jobs in this country. Heres rachel scott with her nightline debut. Reporter for years, this was the highlight of the day. Returning home from work to his wife and children, cal a carrngith him theaily pride of his job as an essential worker in the Construction Industry until everything changed, and he brought home something terrible. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter first came the chills, then the loss of taste and smell. Like many in his industry, he says he contracted covid19 in early june, but his fear was for his family and whether hed given it to them and what that would mean for not just their health but their life. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter it is a unique and terrible situation many essential workers across the country deal w
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