Tonight on the reidout she was always of indian heritage. And she was only promoting indian heritage. I didn t know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black. And now she wants to be known as black. So i don t know. Is she indian or is she black? you know the answer to that. Trump s train wreck going into a convention of black journalists and insulting them, vice president harris and your intelligence. While doubling down on those black jobs. Senator cory booker joins me in a moment. Also tonight, as we continue to expose project 2025, which trump now knows is very damaging to his campaign, we ll talk about the big republican push to make the air you breathe and the water you drink less safe so that the wealthiest americans can make more money. But we begin tonight with the visual depiction of a dumpster fire. That may be the only appropriate way to describe what happened today when the nabj, the national association of black journalists hosted donald tr
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are so grateful. The beat with ari melber starts right now. Nicolle, thanks so much. Welcome to the beat. This general election clash between kamala harris and donald trump has really come into full view today. Trump on defense over his own running mate pick and other issues and rough outing at a black journalist conference. 10,000 people uniting in a raucous display as the washington post put it, the vice president on offense as well taunting trump over running from his past battles to debate the democratic nominee. Donald, i do hope you ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face! say it to my face. Fair. Harris showing some confidence, we also saw her there arriving today in texas for her campaign travels. And plenty of buzz still coming throughout the day and in coverage last night from that big rally. She s now flip
Impact when an olympic champion from todayis impact when an olympic champion from today is sending these messages, and we are very happy that many athletes are very active in this respect. There will be several firsts at these olympics, but for andy murray, it will be his last. The three time grand slam champion confirming that his career will officially come to an end after the olympics. The 37 year old is planning to compete in the singles and doubles for team gb in paris, in what will be his fifth games. Posting on x, murray said that competing for team gb has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and i m extremely proud to get to do it one more time. Well, the paralympics starts on the 28th august and great britain have named 11 athletes in their para triathlon team. They include 2021 tokyo gold medallist lauren steadman who says she hasn t done anywhere near the level of training she d have liked after contracting covid in march. The normal benchmarks i have, the norma
This is bbc news. The headlines: kamala harris takes her campaign to the critical swing state of wisconsin after declaring she s secured enough support to be the democratic party s presidential nominee. Israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is in washington, preparing to address a joint meeting of congress tomorrow. The bbc s director general has apologised to struck the contestants after complaints of abusive behaviour on the show. Researchers find that wild chimpanzees take it in turns to communicate with each other just like in turns to communicate with each otherjust like humans. Now for all the latest sport. Hello from the bbc sport centre. We start with the olympics with just three days to go until the opening ceremony in paris. In an exclusive bbc interview, the president of the international olympic committee thomas bark has said that climate change represents an extremely serious threat, not only for sport, but for all our lives. The organising committee of paris 2024
Hi there, everyone. It s 4:00 in the east. Stop me if you heard this before. A prosecutor and a felon walk into a bar in milwaukee. All right it s more like a high school auditorium but you get the point, the black and white night and day contrast between the expresident convicted on 34 felony counts for hush money payments to interfere in the 2016 election. Versus the tough as nails prosecutor who rose to become the country s first female vice president. Just hours after she clinched enough delegates to win the democratic nomination with the wind at her back, a boost in fundraising and palable enthusiasm and energy from democrats, vice president harris held the first rally of her campaign in wisconsin when she put trump s feet to the fire. In this campaign i promise you i will probably put my record against his any day of the week. [ cheers ] as attorney general of california i took on one of our country s largest for profit students scamming students, donald trump ran a for profit co