Welcome to our reports and we begin with the campaign for the white house. 85 days until Election Day and eight days until the convention with both contenders spending the weekend campaigning out west. New today we do learn some of the big names expected to speak at the dnc among them President Biden, former president obama, former president clinton, and former secretary of state, hilary clinton. Vice president harris, meanwhile, taking questions from reporters in Arizona Yesterday including one on the israel hamas war. Israel has a right to go after the terrorists that are hamas. As i have said many many times, they also have, i believe, an important responsibility to avoid civilian casualties. And the president and i have been working around the clock and we need the Hostages Out and a deal and a ceasefire. I Cant Stress that strongly enough. It needs to get done and it needs to get done now. Also today the allies for Donald Trump and his Running Mate turning up the heat on the democ
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are so grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Nicolle, thanks so much. Welcome to The Beat. This general Election Clash between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has really come into full view today. Trump on defense over his own Running Mate Pick and other issues and rough outing at a black journalist conference. 10,000 People Uniting in a raucous display as the Washington Post put it, the Vice President On Offense as well taunting trump over running from his past battles to debate the democratic nominee. Donald, i do hope youll reconsider to meet me on the Debate Stage because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, Say It To My Face Say It To My Face. Fair. Harris showing some confidence, we also saw her there arriving today in texas for her campaign travels. And plenty of buzz still coming throughout the day and in coverage Last Night from that big rally. Shes now flipped
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The fully vaccinated can go to nightclubs and mass events. A report by mps says former pm david cameron lacked judgement in the way he lobbied the government over the now collapsed firm greensill capital. More than 400 migrants crossed the english channel to the uk yesterday, a record number. The home office says it s acting to tackle the issue. And the world s richest man, amazon bossjeff bezos, prepares to blast off to the edge of space. Good morning. The prime minister s former chief adviser dominic cummings has launched a fresh attack on borisjohnson over his handling of the pandemic. Speaking to the bbc in his first broadcast interview since leaving number ten at the end of last year, he accuses mrjohnson of putting his own political interests ahead of people s lives. Mr cummings has claimed that borisjohnson resisted tightening coronavirus restrictions again last autumn because the virus mainly affected the elderly. He said that the borisjohnson had messaged him to say that he no