Hello and welcome to bbc news. We start in the us. Its been less than 48 Hours Sincejoe Biden announced he was pulling out of the president ial race. But Kamala Harris campaign for the White House is building momentum. Yesterday she announced that she had enough support to secure the democratic Partys President ial nomination. Today, shell be in the Critical Swing State of wisconsin making her Case to be Commander In Chief directly to voters for the first time. Ms harris has already been clear about her agenda. On monday evening, she visited what had beenJoe Biden s re Election Campaign Headquarters in delaware to rally the staff who will now be working for her. Her message there that shell continue to push for Gun Control and protection for reproductive rights. For all the latest, heres our North America Correspondent david willis. 24 hours into her new role and Kamala Harris was already on the verge of becoming the first black and asian woman to win the president ial nomination of a
Of the country and here is that context because basically the biden administration is arguing that they are doing exactly what they intended to do that they knew would be tough and a lot of the critics or haters are essentially out of line especially republicans going with a trump taliban exit for years as a plan. They say the focus will be the evacuations because there is a hard fought effort here to protect some people but leaving no matter what is still they say the right thing to do. What interest do we have in afghanistan at this point with alqaeda gone. What is the national interest of united states in that circumstances . We went and did a mission, you know my position for a long, long time. It is time to end this war. End this war. We use words a lot on the news and we are all here talking to each other endlessly. In that very statement about ending the war, this president is reminding americans that something outside of military families and a few other folks professionally in
Of the reduction of civilian personnel out of the embassy to help facilitate their departure from the country, to also help with the process of moving special Immigrant Visa Applicants out of the country and provide additional security at the airport. We believe this is a prudent measure given the Security Situation. Youre moving a lot of people. What is can you give any better sense of daytoday, what are they doing . Sounds like theyre that number of people, they must be responsible for getting people sounds like theyre taking over security at the airport. I wouldnt go that far, courtney. The turkish forces are still at the airport. Theyre still in the lead of security. We already have some Security Forces, united States Security forces at the airport including Aviation Elements. These 3,000 are there to bolster it and the airport can facilitate the movement of people, this is about prudent preparation. We want to make sure that we have enough on hand to adapt to any contingencies. So
Are attracted to more partisan, opinionated platforms. Gb news, im looking at you. Even some politicians are openly disparaging of what they call the mainstream media. So, how can itv s news at 10 and Channel 4 news, with a soon to be departing john snow, win audiences back . Is it a lost cause in this fractured multimedia age in which we live, or can trust be regained . Well, if anyones got an idea, itd better be my next guest deborah turness, The Boss of itn, overseeing news on itv, Channel 4 and Channel Five, reaching around 10 Million people a day and, on top of all that, having to deal with a financial Black Hole that would give anyone nightmares. Deborah turness, welcome to the media show. Its good to be here. Thank you very much for inviting me to be on your show. Lets begin with a quickfire round. Where do you get your Evening News . What do you watch . I watch, of course, the output of my own platforms because thats, of course, a critical part of myjob and i always did anyway.
Spending. Barcelona. Now on Bbc News, the media show with clive myrie. Hello. No, dont adjust your set this is the media show on the bbc. But that Theme Tune to news at 10 and the famous bongs are part of our popular culture, along with the high Angle Sweep across london over the rooftops along the thames to meet the face of big ben. All that is part of the iconography of british Television News, but who watches the big Network Bulletins these days . More and more Gen Z Ers and millennials are increasingly moving online to get their news and information. Some older demographics, too, are attracted to more partisan, opinionated platforms. Gb news, im looking at you. Even some politicians are openly disparaging of what they call the mainstream media. So, how can itv s news at 10 and Channel 4 news, with a soon to be departing john snow, win audiences back . Is it a lost cause in this fractured multimedia age in which we live, or can trust be regained . Well, if anyones got an idea, itd b