And, boy, do we have the rIght team. Kamala harrIs Is tough. Kamala harrIs Is experIenced. Kamala harrIs Is ready. Our job, our job, our job, our job for everyone watchIng, Is to get In the trenches and do the blockIng and tacklIng. One Inch at a tIme. One yard at a tIme. One Phone Call at a tIme. One Door Knock at a tIme. One 5 donatIon at a tIme. [ applause ] look, we got 76 days. Thats nothIng. There wIll be tIme to sleep when youre dead. Were goIng to leave It on the fIeld. Governor TIm Walz. That Is a hIgh School Coach rIght there. RousIng speech durIng the DemocratIc NatIonal ConventIon where he formally accepted hIs Partys NomInatIon for VIce PresIdent. You were a coach so you saw that In hIm. Yeah. The coach stuff. Yard at a tIme, yeah. It was nIght three of the dnc. It was packed wIth more Star Power, IncludIng former PresIdent BIll clIntOn And oprah wInfrey. Parts of the nIght were sectIoned Into themes, lIke ImmIgratIon wIth remarks by a texas Border County SherIff who has c
Antony blinken visits qatar. The latest on the still growing Death Toll from last Weeks Hurricane Ida as President Biden will visit New York and new Jersey Today. And expanded Unemployment Benefits have expired for Millions Of Americans. What does it mean for the economic recovery . Well look into that, but we begin this morning with a consequential week for democrats as congress returns to washington this week. Democrats will begin the process of the most significant expansion of this countrys social Safety Net in over half a century. The New York times reports this morning that congressional committees are set to meet this week to devise legislation that would touch virtually every americans life from conception to age to imfirmty. The proposed legislation, a cradle to grave waving of a social Safety Net frayed by decades of expanding income inequality, stagnating wealth and depleted governmental resources capped by the worst public Health Crisis in a century. The pandemic loosened t
Gymnastics in prime time, womens gymnastics i think u. S. Members this is their shot it wont be in paris 2024. Yeah, for the first time skateboarding is an Olympic Sport getting ready today. A busy day getting place there in tokyo where it is 8 00 at night but the temperatures causing quite a bit of problem its in the 80s right now at night. We have reporters And analysts following the olympics right now. Americans will hear firsthAnd from Capitol Police officers. That hearing will get under way on tuesday despite the tensions of the selection of the Committee Members themselves. Julie sirkin is joining us. What do we expect to hear from from these officers. First i want to take a moment to read the words of one of the officers that will testify on tuesday. He said i can be fine now And see or hear something And the next thing i get tears And get emotional. I try to be strong. But i completely broke down. He is getting set to steph on tuesday with the three other officers to basically
U. S. Citizen. While this breaks down along partisan lines, it does so along racial lines as well. 77 of Black Americans believe Vote Sergeant a fundamental right. 66 of asian americas, and 63 of hispanic do as well. White people are more evenly split, saying voting is a right. Minorities, most of whom are democrats, have had to fight hard for that their right to vote. Theres a hyperawareness that a lot of White People dont share, mainly that it hasnt affected them in the same way. There needs to go more urgency around protection of Voting Rights for everybody. As protests and acts of Civil Disobedience, Direct Action as some people call it, have unfolded throughout the country, but arguably the fight against Voter Suppression needs to be as effective and act imp as the protests we are last summer. When George Floyd was killed by a cop on video, tens of Millions Sauce hi death, and clearly said they stood firmly against that let people from all backgrounds to rally against deadly polic
21st. i m ali velshi. the bipartisan infrastructure bill has been signed into law by president biden and congressional democrats are optimistic about passing the build back better spending package before the end of the year. after passing the house entirely along party lines on friday, the transformative legislation is now headed to the senate for review this week, but it still has a difficult road ahead. its passage in the senate is not guaranteed. it will need all 50 democratic votes, and if it does pass, it might come out looking very different, based on the mercurial moods of joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, but at least it s moving. however, another crucial piece of the biden agenda, the agenda of anyone who cherishes democracy, by the way, has largely stalled, and i think it s voting rights. the washington post reports that kyrsten sinema, quote, remains firmly opposed to changing federal election laws on a partisan basis, signaling that a planned last-ditch voting rig