Event. We ll see kamala harris officially accept the democratic party nomination for president. But the line up also includes many others and many people in the arena this evening. We will be there to honour the current president joe biden. He will be addressing the convention later tonight. Many of the speakers will be reflecting on president joe biden s career and accomplishments. All of this comes less than a month since his stunning decision to step down from the race and go on to endorse kamala harris as his replacement. This is not the way he would have imagined the democratic convention playing out. It is potentially a bittersweet one as he passes the bat to kamala harris. As you can see, the convention floor is filling up over in chicago. The democrats have been riding a wave of excitement around kamala harris and her running mate governor tim walz. Let s cross to the floor of the convention centre in chicago and go to my colleague gary o donoghue at the convention for us. As w
States, plus primetime speeches from former first lady michelle obama. We need to get out every vote. And former president barack obama. America isn t about yes, he will. It s about, yes, we can. Full team coverage from rachel maddow, nicole wallace, joy reid, alex wagner, chris haste, chris o donnell, jen psaki, stephanie ruhle. Msnbc s coverage of the democratic national convention begins now. And here we go. Welcome to msnbc s special coverage of this second night of the democratic national convention. I m ari melber live here with joy reid live in chicago and we have a live view of that united center where joy and our colleagues and so many delegates are still filling in after that late and raucous night capped by president biden s historic speech. Tonight another president takes the stage. Barack obama while kamala harris and tim walz are leaving chicago to headline a wisconsin rally tonight at a venue which hosted the rnc, in fact. The harris campaign continuing to taut and flex
And in sport, 37 years old but still going strong, jamie vardy overcomes an injury to start leicester s premier league season with a goal, as his new boss calls him the club s main man. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. The search is continuing for six people missing off the coast of sicily, after a british flagged yacht sank during a storm. The bayesian had been anchored outside the harbour at porticello, a small fishing village to the east of palermo. The 56 metre vessel was hit by a powerful storm in the early hours of monday morning, and disappeared beneath the water at around 5am. 22 people were on board including 12 passengers and ten crew members. 15 of them were rescued, and a search operation is still going on to find the others. Our southern europe correspondent mark lowen joins us now from sicily. Mark, what s the latest on that search? the wind has really picked up in the last 15 minutes or so here in porticello, part of this extreme weather front that p
President, kamala harris, saying, we need you to beat donald trump. Meanwhile, the harris team have revealed more of their economic policies, proposing to increase the corporate tax rate to 28%, from 21%, if she wins the november election. It is a move that could help raise revenue for the us government but one that is likely to face criticism from business and republicans. For more on this, i am joined by an berry, founder and partner at threadneedle. Thank you forjoining us. Kamala harris s tax plans for business contrast sharply with her rival, donald trump. He wants to slash the rate to 15%. What do you think the reaction will be from the business community to her proposal? michel, giving that we are at a rate of 21%, any upward movement, which is what she proposes by seven percentage points, is not likely to be well received. There is actually a number of tax concessions that former president trump put in place during his administration, a number of them roelof next year, includin
Shuts at the end of august. And perhaps unsurprisingly chelsea are at the forefront of the latest one. They ve agreed a fee forjoao felix to move from atletico madrid. A deal which will include conor gallagher going in the other direction. The england midfielder was on the way to spain last week but had to wait for atletico to sell someone to raise the money to buy him. Felix will return to stamford bridge on a six year deal after spending time there on loan two seasons ago. Elsewhere, wolves have made an offer to sign aaron ramsdale on a season long loan deal after the goalkeeper lost his place in the arsenal team to david raya. The bid includes an option to make the move permanent in 2025. And brighton have broken their transfer record to sign georginio rutterfrom leeds for 52 million dollars. The french forward was also the biggest deal in leeds history in january 2023, and he has agreed a five year contract. Jannik sinner has won a fifth tournament of 2024, beating frances tiafoe