Breaking News: Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 11 August 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is CNN breaking news. |
| 0:04.0 | And welcome to the lead. I'm Pamela Brown and for Jake Tapper today. |
| 0:07.0 | We begin this hour with breaking news. |
| 0:10.0 | Joe Biden has decided on a running mate. |
| 0:12.9 | Sources tell CNN he has revealed his choice to top advisors |
| 0:16.7 | and the announcement could come as soon as today, |
| 0:19.2 | really any minute now, potentially this hour. |
| 0:21.8 | We'll have to see moments ago. |
| 0:23.8 | We also learned the Biden campaign has now informed some of the contenders of his decision, |
| 0:28.6 | and Congresswoman Karen Bass was told by Biden herself that she is not the pick, three sources say. |
| 0:35.0 | Let's start with seeing as Jeff Zellini. So Jeff, what are you learning about this decision? |
| 0:39.2 | Pamela, good afternoon. Joe Biden of course has been looking for a running made of his own for |
| 0:43.1 | about three or four months or so and we are told this afternoon that he has indeed |
| 0:47.4 | made a decision on his choice. He informed just a handful of small a small handful of advisors earlier today that he had |
| 0:55.6 | indeed settled on his choice and that sets into motion the rollout plan and what |
| 1:00.2 | this means is it is going to be a historic choice |
| 1:02.6 | whoever he decides. |
| 1:04.1 | Why? |
| 1:04.6 | Because he pledged some five months ago |
| 1:07.0 | that he would pick a woman as his running mate. |
| 1:09.7 | So whoever he decides is going to be the third woman |
| 1:12.4 | in US history to be a running mate on a |
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