Tonight? plus, democratic heavyweights former president bill clinton and former house speaker nancy pelosi make the pitch for vice president harris. After a fiery night from the obamas. America is ready for a better story. We are ready for a president kamala harris. Who is going to tell them that the job he s currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs. Norah: a special edition of the cbs evening news from chicago starts now. good evening. Tonight, the biggest test of his political career as minnesota governor tim walz introduces himself to america, as he formally accept the democratic vice presidential nomination p or good evening. I m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us again on day 3 of the democratic national convention. And what a crucial introduction it will be for the former school teacher, football coach, and 24 year national guard member who is now running alongside kamala harris. Recent polls show voters like walz even though they don t know much
Plus here if any issues as powerful for democrat as abortion. Galvanizing voters since roe was over turned. Now with emotional testimonials and intense strategizing i m talk to senator gary peters about what reproductive rights will mean for those critical down ballot races. And the stunning new fundraising numbers just released by the harris campaign. We know how a lot of it, nearly 300 million of it will be spent. So coming up, an inside look at the group that campaign affectionally calls a group of gen zers with good instincts and minimal over sight. My conversation with job flaherty on the campaign plan to turn the use of his candidate into votes. Look, kamala harris s job is to make wind, our job is to make windmills. We re turning all of that information into electricity for this campaign. And so we start with the democrats on a roll in chicago. Excoriating donald trump s claims that he s a man of the people and delivering a master class in how to go after the former president. T
Into hot water again. It was with professor christina greer. She had the best piece of Advice And Someone told her, shutting up is free. Giving out free advice to j. D. Vance. Sometimes, just dont talk. If you have got a big dont you want to butter up, that is fine, that is the business of politics. There was no reason to bring the military into that whatsoever. She could have talked about the metal she got and praised her. This was a complete, unforced error. He does it over and over again. It tells you what he really thinks the, about the military. Again, no need to say it. He cant resist. Guys, thank you so much, we will see you tomorrow morning, have a great rest of your day. Velshi starts now. Good morning, it is saturday, august 17th, 80 days until Election Day. This morning, we are looking at a change the Race And Change electoral map. In the four weeks since Kamala Harris took over the democratic ticket, she has upended a president ial race that had been looking quite grim for
Us about it, people on the right telling us about it, they all say the same thing, this isnt american, this isnt proper, this is improper abuse of power to intimidate someone, it is it is a uniting issue, there are few and far of those in our society nowadays. Eric meyer will join us Tomorrow Night to give us his reaction to Todays News and share his latest reporting. For now, i wish you a very good night and i will sign off. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up with me. I will see you again tomorrow. It was a little over a year ago when Donald Trump got his first big challenger in this whole election, florida governor Ron Desantis decided he would enter the republican primary and he was going to challenge Donald Trump for the nomination. Right out of the gate, almost immediately, things did not go well for the governor. He decided he would launch his campaign in a live interview on Elon Musks Social Media platform, which back then was still
The only thing those two guys know about working people is how to work to take advantage of them. Thats what they know about it. Every single Chance Theyve gotten, theyve waged war on workers. And their ability to collectively bargain, to take that away from them. All were asking for is better wages, better benefits, better lives, and dignity in the work that we do. Thats governor tim Walz Yesterday in Los Angeles. His first Solo Campaign Event since joining the democratic ticket. Well bring you more of his speech in just a moment. Plus, well break down the results of primary races in two Battleground States ahead of novembers election. And well get Expert Analysis on ukraines surprising offensive into russian territory and the Kremlins Response to the incursion. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, august 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Weve got a lot to get to this morning. And well begin with governor Tim Walz headlining his fi