Welcome back to The Weekend. Brandnew Details President bidens reshaped role of the Democratic National Convention now that he is no longer at the top of the ticket. The president spending this weekend at camp david, Fine Tuning a speech he is set to deliver on monday. That is Day One of the Dnc Convention in chicago. Multiple say that it will outline the stakes of this election. He will focus on Donald Trumps threat to american democracy and at the same time he will build the case for his Vice President , Kamala Harris. Biden is, quote, please debt the momentum behind the campaign. Joining me now is Allison Gill and latifah simon. Go ahead. She is worked for Vice President harris when she was San Francisco District Attorney. Welcome to you both. What you think it is at the need to hear . I think is a lot of the same. It is like the Oval Office Address and he is passing the torch wants to step aside. That is one of the most patriotic things i have seen a president in my lifetime do. To
Is priority will be working day today. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. These are tough times in South Africa. Officially, covid has taken more than 55,000 lives. Researchers reckon the real figure is much higher. And right now there are fears of a third wave of infection. But many minds in the Ruling Party are consumed not by this national health and economic crisis, but by Anc Infighting and mudslinging over corruption and accountability. My guest is Finance Minister Tito mboweni. Has the anc lost the plot . Tito mboweni in limpopo province, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me here. Ive been here before on hardtalk, but those days i was at the studios in london. This time im speaking to you from modjadjiskloof in limpopo province. Thank you very much indeed. Well, its a, its a pleasure to have you on the programme, minister. Last time you were with us on hardtalk, of course, none of us had heard of covid 19. Now your country is sti
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. These are tough times in South Africa. Officially, covid has taken more than 55,000 lives. Researchers reckon the real figure is much higher and right now there are fears of a Third Wave of infection. But many minds in the Ruling Party are consumed not by this national health and economic crisis, but by Anc Infighting and mudslinging over corruption and accountability. My guest is Finance Minister Tito mboweni. Has the anc lost the plot . Tito mboweni, in limpopo province, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me here. I have been here before on hardtalk, but those days i was at the studios in london. This time i am speaking to you from limpopo province. Thank you very much indeed. Well, it is a pleasure to have you on the programme, minister. Last time you were with us on hardtalk, of course, none of us had heard of covid 19. Now your country is still in the grip of a national crisis thanks to the pandemic. How damaging, in that co