Tonight it is the biggest fight of her political life for kamala harris. She needs to trump her arrival on the stumps of chicago. Kamala harris is preparing for the biggest moment of her political life so far her nomination speech in chicago in a few hours time. She s following joe biden and tim walz, but also oprah, both obamas, both clintons and stevie wonder. Faced with that kind of line up, we ve booked our own. Three of the most experienced commentators on us politics anywhere on british tv. They are bonnie greer, chicago s finest. Gabriel gatehouse, newsnight royalty. And frank luntz, polling prince. Here s the whole convention reduced to just a minute, too long for some but a moment in history for others. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is dj cassidy ladies and gentlemen, my name is dj cassidy and ladies and gentlemen, my name is dj cassidy and i would like to welcome you all cassidy and i would like to welcome you all to cassidy and i would like to welcome you all to the
Weve got another Big Show for you tomorrow morning. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper will join us to talk about Vice President harriss search for a running mate. Ali velshi continues our coverage now. Take it away. Is a former Lieutenant Governor, youve got to ask him, poor guy, Roy Cooper, Cant Run for Vice President , cant believe his state because his Lieutenant Governor is kind of a kooky guy. Can you imagine . The guy changes laws when he leaves. He says, he went to japan once and he had to come back early because the Lieutenant Governor was calling Press Conferences. Weird enough. By the way, i was not that kind of Lieutenant Governor. You are not that kind of god. The three of us spent a lot of time on tv for a bunch of people that work on the weekend. I try, it is the one weekend i tried to say i had to cancel my weekend appearances for no apparent reason, nobody bought that. They were like, come to work. No betting going on here, we will do our show. You guys do it great res
Im ari melber. Lets get into the headlines. Vice president Kamala Harris won the delegate votes to become the official democratic nominee for president , punching the nomination as expected, through the early virtual votes. The voting began today and she clenched. The dnc will make it fully official on monday because they will complete this virtual roll call vote. Just as the 2020 boat shifted virtual during the pandemic, this Cycles Shift for the democratic convention and assorted procedures has begun earlier. Like early voting, this is a step democrats have taken and it has become somewhat normal. In this case, they want to be proactively organize and stave off any possible republican legal challenges overstate deadlines. Even before harris jumped into the race, you heard people mention, they were planning to go forward with the delegate vote, theyre doing it today. Harris swift caps this woman convention tradition. We proudly cast 11 votes for our next president of united states of
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 youll 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. Shes now flipped
County, the democrats and republicans have split 5050 the, over the last 20 president ial elections for the Vice President s rise to the top of the Ticket Changes for them. And how they plan to vote. Plus Breaking News and the key question was Donald Trump hit by a bullet or not during the attempt on his life, the fbi has just weighed in good evening. Thanks for joining us for Vice President harris. It has been the kind of week that every new candidate wishes for, but few ever get. And tonight. Theres new polling that reflects it one is from the wall street journal, the Vice President is trailing Donald Trump by two points nationally within the margin of error, not in the lead, but six points better than President Biden did in the last journal poll. Last night on New York Times poll showed similar gains also tonight from fox, the first new polling and key Battleground States since the harrisbiden changeup, it shows no clear leader in headtohead matchups and wisconsin, pennsylvania, and