Democratic national convention. She hit the road today, meeting with voters as she and her running mate tim walz make their way across the battleground, state of pennsylvania on a bus it s tour. Harris is trying to build up the momentum as she takes on trump today, calling him a coward without saying his name this campaign is about a recognition that frankly over the last several years there has been this kind of perversion that has taken place. I think, which is to suggest, which is to suggest that the measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you beat down when what we know is the real and true measure of the strength of a leader is based on lift up. Anybody was about beating down other people is a coward harris also visiting a high school football practice and she was there with tim walz, of course, for football coach, and he leaned into that identity as he has talking about what they re calling their game time strategy being an old football coach, there s an old saying yo
I m kaitlan collins and tonight the source is coming to you live from chicago hours before the nic off of the democratic national convention, right now, i am on the floor at the united center home of the bolts of the blackhawks usually. But for the next four days home to a reinvention graded political party, right here tomorrow night will see president biden take that stage over my left shoulder, addressing what is expected to be a roaring crowd as he he passes the proverbial torch to vice president harris. A bittersweet moment at what, just a month ago was going to be his convention. The vice president has just landed here in chicago saga. We saw her descending the steps of air force two moments ago she will attend the president s speech in person here tomorrow night before she briefly returns to the campaign trail it s an allstar lineup throughout the week featuring some of the biggest names in democratic politics including secretary hillary clinton, former president barack obama, fo
Central starts. Now top the hour good morning to you. I m sara sidner with john berman, kate bolduan is in new york for us, john and i hear in chicago this is the big dance for democrats in the belly of the bold then blackrock stadium, democrats later today will be kicking off a historic democratic national convention history will happen here inside the united center. It will become the the home to the first ever formal nomination of a woman of color, black and asian as a major party presidential candidate in the coming days and hours, we will see past presidents, current republicans, social media influencer, then hollywood stars speak at this convention is kamala harris is agenda messaging and momentum. Take clear shape with just 78 days to go to election day, but tonight it is president biden s night, who just four weeks ago, thought he would be the one accepting the nomination, even mentioned the bulls. I think the roster tonight might be able to beat the ball size. Riley construct
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business and households manage spiralling bills. arnold schwarzenegger is involved in a multi vehicle pile up in los angeles. one person is in hospital but not thought to be seriously injured. welcome whether you re watching in the uk or around the world. good to have your company. we begin in the ukraine with the us has delivered its first shipment of military aid says are 90 tonnes of legal aid, words which don t often get said together. the details are not public but this is what it looks like. a planeload arrived in the early hours of saturday morning. the crates being unloaded are clearly too small to contain tanks or armoured vehicles but the box plasma contents, though unknown, is thought to be ammunition. russia has sent military hardware to the region. these pictures show fighter plane setting off for belarus which has its southern border with ukraine. to take part in military exercises there. all this comes after the high level talks between the us secretary of stat