Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and the future for Democrats

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🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today on Post Reports, national political reporter Annie Linskey breaks down the reasons behind Joe Biden’s historic choice of Sen. Kamala D. Harris as his running mate. Sports columnist Sally Jenkins on why it takes courage to hit pause on college football. Sarah Dadouch reports on the shattered lives left behind after the blasts in Beirut last week — plus, the story of a doctor whose wedding video shoot accidentally captured the explosions and went viral.

Inside Biden’s unusual VP pick process: Tough questions, 11 finalists and many lawyers.

An emotional moment for Black women.

Big Ten and Pac-12 leaders had the courage to exercise a rare American trait: Caution.

At Beirut’s shattered port, a crater nearly 50 yards deep and small signs of previous lives.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:05.0	It's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:08.0	Post is Sarah Kaplan.
0:10.0	Hi, this is Ella Hayes, I'm with the Washington Post.
0:13.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm Nicole Ellis.
0:18.0	It's Wednesday, August 12.
0:22.0	Today, Biden's historic choice of Kamala Harris
0:26.0	and what it means for November.
0:28.0	Hitting paws on college football and a wedding interrupted in Bayroot.
0:33.0	Hi, hi, hi, hi, sorry to keep you.
0:39.0	That's all right.
0:40.0	You ready to go to work?
0:43.0	Oh my god, I'm so ready to go to work.
0:47.0	I was raised to take action.
0:49.0	After a very lengthy process,
0:52.0	Joe Biden announced the name of his vice presidential pick.
0:57.0	Annie Linsky is a national politics reporter for the post.
1:00.0	A selecting Kamala Harris, who would be a number of firsts,
1:05.0	should be the first black woman,
1:07.0	and also first Indian American woman to be the vice presidential nominee of a major party.
1:11.0	First of all, is he answered yes?
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