85 days to Election Day and eight days to the Democratic National Convention. Today, Vice President Kamala Harris is in San Francisco for a political event. Donald trump also fundraising out west this weekend. As they hit the trail, President Biden opens up for the first time detailing why he left the race and back to harris as the nominee in his place. It was a Neck And Neck race. Went down to the wire, but what happened was a number of my democratic colleagues in the House And Senate thought that i was going to hurt them in the races. And i was concerned if i stayed in the race, that would be the topic. I can even say how old i am. Its hard to get out of my mouth, but things got moving so quickly. It didnt happen. And the combination was that i thought there was a critical issue for me still and its not a joke, maintaining this democracy. Harris Campaign Officials picked up the raton and are running with it, hitting Swing States to harness the renewed Energy And Enthusiasm from voter
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We started with financial markets, some say its the perfect storm, Oil Prices Surging after opec and its allies did not increase crude production as many had hoped to. With europe and asia dealing with tight Energy Supplies, what impact will this have on inflation and economic recovery . Fears of Central Bank Action and possible Interest Rate rises coming sooner triggered a sell off. On wall street we saw a slide intact stocks, facebook down and we will hear more about facebook in a moment, but the likes of apple, amazon, microsoft, many other tech darlings dragging down since latejuly. Lets have a look at things are progressing in asia now. The hang seng has recovered, it was down over 1 earlier in the day. Just to say that the Chinese Markets are still closed, for a Public Holiday but look at the price of oil, still above 80 each barrel. After the opec decision it was above 82 per barrel, lets have a look at wall street, you can see for the s p 500 the broadest market down by 1. 3 bu
When they were at their most vulnerable. The trust is rated inadequate. She is still bouncing from crisis to crisis and i dont know if we just have to try and manage it because there isnt any support. Some men in parliament behave like animals the verdict from a Cabinet Minister after allegations that an mp watched porn next to female colleague. Porn next to a female colleague. Sainsbury s doubles its profits but says it wont last. Customers are watching every penny as the cost of living crisis bites. Brilliant with a bat and a ball, but can ben stokes bring his special brand of magic to his newjob as test captain . And coming up on the Bbc News Channel. The Europa League semi finals get under way. West ham and rangers are in action against german opposition. The scottish champions are in leipzig for their first leg tie later. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six, from the ukrainian capital kyiv. The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres came here today to see fo