There s not a normal week for you. You are not done by any stretch of the imagination. I am hoping for a nap, schedule and wheaties. But there s not a nap this week because there s too much to do to talk about important hours of the night. So i m going to be watching you guys all week and i thank you for everything you re doing and for some amazing shows this morning. And you guys, have a great few hours of breast. Yeah, write. A couple of hours and we are off. Have a good one. Velshi starts now. Good morning, to saturday august 18th. The election is 79 days away and tomorrow democrats will kickoff the national convention in chicago with the wind at their backs. Hoping to build on kamala harris momentum. This morning it was revealed the theme of this year s convention will be for the people, for our future. Which borrows from the vice presidents pass campaign slogan, kamala harris for the people. Is going to be s a slightly different affair from past democratic conventions and a very
Weekend. It was yet another busy week, so lets get right to some of the conversations you might have missed. Amy, i think when you were here before in july, we were probably talking about joe biden. The trump people were talking about how they were going to win. They were measuring the curtains, Et Cetera, Et Cetera. I think then we could say its only july. Now, its only august. But its still early, again, quoting churchill or the 18th time. At least its now sort of the end of the beginning. Looking at numbers from Swing States, what are you finding . Yeah. Youre right. This race has been reset, certainly, since may, but even since july when President Biden dropped out. Look, back in may, we did. We saw biden trailing in all of the Swing States or at best tied. Right now, harris is either leading or tied with trump in those Swing States. Theres one state, nevada, which shes still trailing in. But overall, if you look at those seven Swing States, harris is up, again, within the margin b
And good day. Im Jose diazbalart in for Chris Jansing. Help to get ahead, not just get by. Thats how Vice President harris is framing the economic Plan Shell be unveiling in her first real Policy Speech set to take place in the next hour. Plus, Hurricane Ernesto could hit bermuda directly by this time tomorrow. Residents warning theyre running out of time to hunker down before getting slammed with up to 100 mileperhour winds and more than a foot of rain. Ill talk to one of the heads of fema about that impending disaster and the one theyre already dealing with in puerto rico where a quarter million people are still in the dark. And the venezuelan Opposition Leader has been relentless in her fight for freedom. Now in hiding, she is calling for World Solidarity as she tries to ratchet up pressure on Nicolas Maduro following last months disputed president ial election. Coming up, more of my conversation with her about whats next for her country. We wont let go. We wont surrender. Well keep
Look at top issues for voters and candidate they think is best person to handle them. Both Candidates Layout their economic policy this week. Kamala harris trying to Distance Herself from bidenomics. Live report from washington. We are live at iowa state fair all morning long. Todd is in Des Moines talking to voters about the election and having Fun And Food while hes there. That funnel cake, like a champion. You are watching fox and friends first on Thursday Morning, im carley shimkus. Todd, how are you on iowa state fair grounds. It is 4 00 there, up before the animals. Todd i am up before the animals, some are up. What is first question i ask when you travel . How was the food . Food was great, we had a lot. The shirt is tighter than i want. We talked politics. Interesting stuff, carley. Carley i was looking at the video, you were having fair food with the governor. Food, fair and politics, nice. We have Election News to get to. Vice President kamala harris will make a joint trip to
Used by older americans and has resulted in about 6 billion in initial savings. And as you listen into the President And Vice president , its worth remembering that 24 hours ago over on earth 2 trump described President Biden as very angry a very angry man who vice president harris, quote, wants nothing to do with. Watch reality. And of course i can speak all afternoon about the person i am standing on this Stage With. [ cheers and applause ] our extraordinary president , joe biden and hes going to speak in a minute, but theres a lot of love in this room for our president. And i think its for many, many reasons including few leaders in our nation have done more on so many issues including expand access to affordable Care Act like joe biden. And today we take the next step thank you, joe forward in our fight. [ chanting thank you joe ] thank you, kamala. I love you guys, too. Ive been waiting for this moment for a long, long time. First time i sponsored a bill and let medicare negotiate