Harris, Obama and Beyonc? (Maybe) At the DNC
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at Kamala Harris taking centre stage at the Democratic National Convention, as she is poised to become presidential nominee.
With just 11 weeks until the American people go to the polls, Kamala Harris will be nominated as the official Democrat presidential nominee on Thursday at the DNC in Chicago. Will we learn more about Harris? policies? What will President Biden Say? Could Beyonc? make an appearance?
Adam is joined by Americast host Anthony Zurcher and Caitriona Perry, BBC news chief presenter
Plus, Adam speaks to Zoe Kleinman, BBC technology editor, about the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch who is amongst the six people missing after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Miranda Slade and Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Ricardo McCarthy. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, it's another big week in American politics because the Democrats are having their |
| 0:09.0 | convention in Chicago, and this is where they sort of really, really properly unveil |
| 0:13.3 | Kamala Harris as their candidate. Although I say that she's been pretty well unveiled |
| 0:18.3 | already, so it's just another opportunity for them to promote her. And a sort of bit of a challenge for her, because she's got pretty well unveiled already. So it's just another opportunity for them to promote her. |
| 0:22.2 | And a sort of bit of a challenge for her because she's got to deliver a huge, big keynote speech |
| 0:27.2 | and show that she's up to the job. |
| 0:29.8 | And we'll be marking this week with loads and loads and loads of episodes of AmeriCast. |
| 0:34.1 | So check out their feed if you'd like to hear from them. |
| 0:37.1 | But we're going to give you a |
| 0:38.1 | little taster on this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. The exit poll is predicting |
| 0:45.1 | a labour landslide. We did it. And before you know it, you have a bright future behind you. |
| 0:51.3 | I really don't know what he said at the end of that sense. |
| 0:53.5 | Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go |
| 0:59.8 | have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio, but mentally my brain is in Chicago |
| 1:07.1 | in a big basketball arena because that's where the Democratic Party is meeting for their |
| 1:11.6 | convention and the world's media has decamped there to see, well, all the political royalty |
| 1:17.6 | from the Democratic Party to see President Joe Biden sort of begin his farewell to the American |
| 1:24.3 | people as president and also to see later in the week how Kamala Harris |
| 1:30.0 | does when she takes to the big stage and then does a speech and then loads of blunds drop |
| 1:35.3 | on our heads because that's what happens at these events. Anyway, let's get a little taster now |
| 1:39.1 | of what we can expect this week because we're joined by my podcasting brother from AmeriCast. |
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