Into Historical Context the significance of the selection of Kamala Harris . Prof. Brown this is huge. She is the first woman of color, the first black and Indian American woman to serve in the senate, she is the first woman of color to be on a president ial ticket. This is monumental. There are no if sandor butz about it. There are two other white women who are there are two other white women who were Vice President ial nominees, Kamala Harris is the first woman of color. Host you are quoted as saying black women in politics are invisible and hyper visible at the same time. What do you mean by that and does this election change that . Prof. Brown i hope it changes some things. By hyper visible i mean black women are ever present. People notice them and we stick out because we are not the norm in american politics based on the simple majority of american politicians are white man. Of the American Senate are women. Any time there is someone who is a body out of place, someone who is not
Harris on the democratic ticket. Then, Purdue University associate professor nadia brown joins us for more on the Vice President of canada and the role of black women in american politics. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, august 13. Joe biden and Kamala Harris made their debut as democratic running mates. With of the ticket now set, harris biggest moments in the spotlight are set to come next week at the Democratic Convention and debate with mike pence. We are asking you how much you Pay Attention to the bottom half of a party ticket. Do you think running mates matter . Phone lines for you to call in, republicans, democrats, independents. You can also send us a text. Do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media, twitter and facebook. A very good thursday morning to you. You can go ahead and start calling in as we begin with this headline from yesterday from political. Mates dont usually matter, they write
Is definitely one of those iconic, good examples, courage and heroism, i understand that when there is a battle , no one thinks about it, you probably only think about how, uh, how to work in a combat sense, how to repel an enemy attack, but you did it just like that , as. As they call it today after it became known, and this is exactly what it is, this is heroism, in the literal sense of the word, i want to thank you for this, wish you success, the president also offered to honor a minute of silence in memory of those who died in that battle. Take action. In your ranks, together with you, almost two more soldiers fought in a trench, who voluntarily joined the armed forces from places of imprisonment, they died, firstly, i want to say that we are all people, everyone can make some mistakes, they once made them committed, but they gave their lives for their homeland, they atoned for their guilt in full, this is the first second, of course, we will do everything to help their loved ones,
Later today, florida senator and president ial candidate, marco rubio, will hold an event in iowa, speaking with voters in ames. Bill and Chelsea Clinton joint Hillary Clinton at a Campaign Event in cedar rapids beginning life at 8 00 also on cspan. Des moines, iowa simulcasting with iowa. God bless the state of iowa. In iowa in iowa here in iowa in iowa with wonderful friends here in iowa today it is good to be back in iowa. Hard to say. It is the third one ive been to. They are all different. It is good to be back in iowa. Thank you, iowa, for the good sendoff you are giving us. I want to thank the people of iowa. Iowa is the first. I love you all. If i lose iowa, i will never speak to people again. We have main engine start. 4, 3, 2, 1. Left off. Left off. Off. Ft it has cleared the tower. Every week on American History tv on cspan 3, we share programs that tell the american story. Highlights this weekend include at 11 15 this morning, diane discusses dorothy fairby. Then, on reel a
Underway. Walter mccormick, president and ceo of u. S. Telecom, retiring at the end of 2016. Chris lewis, Vice President of Public Knowledge at politico. Thank you so much. Cspan, treated by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago, brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspans road to the white house coverage continues from iowa with bill and Chelsea Clinton following Hillary Clinton in cedar rapids. It is live at 8 15 p. M. Eastern. More from the campaign trail tomorrow with remarks from donald trump. He will speak with supporters in council bluffs, iowa. You can see that live sunday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. After that, vermont senator and democratic candidate Bernie Sanders meets with voters in waterloo. That is live at 3 00 p. M. Eastern. All those events here on his here on cspan. Bus is in iowa, ahead of mondays caucuses to spread the word about cspan. Here is a tweet showing summer resources on the ground. Cspan all hands on deck as we prepare f