Kamala Harris becomes Democratic nominee for president

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Kamala Harris has officially accepted the Democrats' nomination for the US presidency with a fiery speech at the climax of her party's national convention. Also on the programme, India's PM walks a diplomatic tightrope in Ukraine; and, Chinese scammers in the Isle of Man.

(Photo: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris laughs on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to News Hour. It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service
0:07.4	studios in Central London. I'm Tim Franks and you join us with politics, US politics, back to, well I was going to say normal, but it's actually rather abnormal.
0:18.5	Yes, the heavily staged political theatre of both parties national conventions is over, the Democrats wrapped up
0:24.8	last night, but what's abnormal is that this feels, unlike the usual phenomenally prolonged campaigns
0:32.1	for the presidency, this one feels very compressed, just
0:36.0	over 10 weeks till the election itself, just a few days before early voting begins in several
0:41.2	states, and we have a pretty new candidate for Kamla Harris.
0:45.0	Last night was her big moment to introduce or reintroduce herself to the American people
0:50.0	with her speech to the Democratic Convention. We'll be getting reaction to it throughout
0:54.4	the program. Let's begin with our correspondent in Chicago, Emmavardi.
0:59.1	A month ago many people did not envisage this moment.
1:07.0	America's lesser known second in command propelled into the starring role. Now Carmelah Harris is the woman
1:15.2	Democrats believe can make history by becoming the first female president of
1:19.9	the United States. On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth.
1:31.1	I accept your nomination. She offered Americans a chance to move beyond the
1:37.3	highly polarized politics that have defined recent years. I will be a president who unites us around our highest aspirations, a president who
1:50.2	leads and listens, who is realistic, practical, and has common sense, and always fights for the American people.
2:05.0	From the courthouse to the White House, that has been my life's work.
2:11.0	And she took the fight to her opponent with a warning. Donald Trump is an
2:14.9	unserious man. But the consequences, but the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely
2:27.7	serious. Women's bodies she said would be policed when it comes to America's most divisive issue.
2:34.0	He plans to create a national anti-abortion coordinator and forced states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions.
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