it is sunday, july 9th. i am ali velshi. the field of republican presidential candidates is growing. a date has when lockdown for the first republican primaries and caucuses. yesterday, the republican party of iowa announced that it will hold its first in the nation caucus on january 15th of 2024. momentum will pick up next month when the party holds its first primary debate in milwaukee, august 23rd. there is going to be a problem for the country to receive most or some of the candidates together. at least one dozen republicans should be competing in 2024 but only five of them declared candidates have met the requirements to qualify for the first debate. ron desantis, nikki haley, revak wamah swami, tim scott, and donald trump, the undisputed front runner in the race right now. it s difficult to overstate how unusual this race is turning out to be. the republican party has been impeached twice already. he s running for that position again. he is leading the pack. he has been
time in a year. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the us where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police in the city of memphis, has taken place. us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, in tennessee. following tyre nichol s death, five officers, themselves also black, were charged with murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger, as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man had been white, you wouldn t have beat him like that that night. applause. america s first black v
59 minutes, 38 seconds and counting until the first polls close on Election Night. Thank you so much for joining us for this election count down and here is what is going to be happening, every friday night from now until election day we are going to be right here, at this hour at this board, bringing you the latest in polling, the latest data, the latest on the Ground Reporting and expert analysis as we draw near one of the most anticipated Midterm Elections in modern memory. Thats going to be november the 8th. Already, voting started in more than a dozen states. That includes some of the most critical battlegrounds on the board, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin, just over the last couple of days, ohio, arizona, and a Georgia Early Voting set to begin this coming monday. It is the peach state where we start tonight with our breaking news. A head to head televised showdown this evening between democratic senator Raphael Warnock, and his republican challenger, Herschel Walker. All year,
talk to anyone in san francisco and they ll tell you now is not the time to make our city even more expensive by raising taxes. san francisco has one of the largest city budgets in america. yet when it comes to homelessness and public safety, we re not getting results. what we really need are better policies, more accountability, and safer neighborhoods. vote no on propositions m and o. the last thing we need are higher taxes, especially right now. now is not the time to raise taxes in san francisco. vote no on m and o. they will be counting votes across the country. those votes will determine not only control of congress but crucial local and local and state offices that can shape the 2020 race. both sides are out right now trying to fire up their bases. of course the president, he is taking a different tactic. he s trying to appeal to younger voters today, specifically on abortion rights. there is new polls that finding democrats may actually be in trouble with another
and we are 24 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes, 38 seconds and counting until the first polls close on election night. thank you so much for joining us for this election count down, here is what s going to be happening every friday night from now until election day, we are going to be right here, at this hour, at this board, bringing you the latest in polling, the latest data, the latest on the ground reporting and expert analysis as we draw near one of the most anticipated midterm elections in modern memory. that s going to be november the 8th. already, voting started in more than a dozen states. that includes some of the most critical battlegrounds on the board, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin, just over the last couple of days, ohio, arizona, and a georgia early voting set to begin this coming monday. it is the peach state where we start tonight with our breaking news. a head to head televised showdown this evening between democratic senator raphael warnock, and his rep