Friday, August 23, 2024

The 7

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Friday briefing: Kamala Harris’s DNC speech; Arizona voter law; new coronavirus vaccines; Texas heat; giant diamond; and more

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0:00.0	I accept your nomination to be President of the United States of America.
0:07.0	Vice President Kamala Harris made the biggest speech of her life.
0:16.0	That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewel.
0:21.0	It's Friday, August 23rd. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.
0:27.0	Harris accepted her party's presidential nomination on the last night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
0:38.0	In her speech, she introduced voters to her life story.
0:41.0	She cast herself as a defender of America's middle class. She
0:45.3	laid out a vision for her presidency and she criticized the tactics of her
0:49.8	Republican rival Donald Trump. And I want you to know.
0:54.0	I promise to be a president for all Americans.
0:59.0	You can always trust me to put country above party and self.
1:06.7	To hold sacred America's fundamental principles from the rule of law to free and fair elections to the peaceful
1:17.4	transfer of power.
1:21.3	Earlier in the night, actor Carrie Washington joined Harris's great nieces to lead the
1:27.0	crowd in a lesson on how to pronounce Kamala correctly.
1:30.4	All right, so let's practice. Let's practice.
1:34.0	Everybody on the...
1:35.0	Everybody over here, say comma.
1:38.0	Everybody over here, say la.
1:42.0	Together. Everybody over here say la! Together!
1:45.0	La!
1:47.0	Donald Trump has repeatedly been saying Kamala incorrectly on the campaign trail.
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