Hours. What we will see in this Arena Today will be radically different than what was imagined just a month ago as Kamala Harris prepares to formally accept her partys nomination. For president , a party that is now reinvigorated. And for good reason, cnns latest poll of polls shows the Vice President two points ahead of Donald Trump. Very small lead, yes, but one that President Biden never saw and since harris is Running Mate, is a former coach, that wisconsin and Pennsylvania Delegates got a peptalk of sorts. This morning from the Vice President ial hopeful Well Sleep when were dead, when this is done. But not now not now because no one in this room wants to wake up on that next day and have anything except looking at your children, waking Up To that sunny November Morning and being able to smile and say, my god, we elected a Woman President of the United States democrats are keenly aware that none of this would be possible without Joe Biden and his decision that completely upended t
It. Thank you for watching newsnight, state of the race. Laura coates live starts right now well the. Spread for harris is Running Mate nears the finish line. Well take you inside what is shaping . You have to be the most dramatic Veepstakes Ceremony ever. And the major news at the pentagon, Defense Secretary Lloyd austin withdrawing a controversial Plea Deal for three alleged 911 terrorists. The abrupt Reversal Tonight on Laura Coates live all right. So Kamala Harris is a bad to have one of the most interesting weekend and political history. And by the way, a long line of interesting weekends in political history recently, hear me out on this she became the official democratic nominee for president today, as you know, even though the Dnc Convention is two weeks away. But shes got to pick her Running Mate. Shes got to do it pretty quickly. I mean, as in like this weekend, it is arguably the most important decision any camp and a date, let alone she can make and has to make and sun and
Milley who obviously cooperated with the book. The clash between conservative and liberal media is this. Was the chairman of the joint chiefs acting courageously when according to the book he twice reassured china the u. S. Would not attack because it was worried about trumps mental state and when milley told senior Defense Officials to check with him on any president ial order to launch a nuclear strike or was milley Out Of Control and undermining the civilian Chain Of Command. These are crucial questions. Woodward is sometimes accused of granting favorable treatment to those who give him access. Trump who is denouncing the Book Wouldnt speak to Woodward And C of osta. Once the hearings and investigations are underway, well see how it holds up to media scrutiny. Scrutiny. Im Howard Kurtz and this is Media Buzz. The press quickly divided into two warring camps, those on the left using the book to hail Mark Milley, those on the right practically calling him a tray traitor. The thing tha