Kamala Harris takes to the campaign trail in Wisconsin
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Kamala Harris, buoyed up by high profile Democratic endorsements and a massive influx of donations from ordinary supporters, takes to the US campaign trail in Wisconsin.
Also in the programme: why is the UK facing what some are calling a national emergency of violence against women and girls? And scientists push for a game-changing drug that prevents HIV infection to be made cheaply and globally available.
(IMAGE: US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at West Allis, Wisconsin, USA, USA, 23 July 2024 / CREDIT:Jeffrey Phelps/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:07.0 | Coming to you live from London, my name's Paul Henley, and coming up on the program, |
| 0:11.2 | actor Keanu Reeves about the novel he wrote with author China Meeville. |
| 0:16.0 | The character is 80,000 years old. He's half human, half God, alien, and cursed with violence. You can't kill him. He can die, but he rehatches. And he's looking |
| 0:30.1 | to find a way to be able to die. |
| 0:35.0 | That interview coming up in about 20 minutes. |
| 0:37.6 | Carmler Harris has been hitting the US campaign trail today, |
| 0:41.5 | having already secured enough backing to be formally selected next month |
| 0:45.6 | as the Democratic presidential contender. She's been addressing a rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, |
| 0:51.6 | where the Republicans held their national convention last week. |
| 0:55.0 | It's her first rally since President Biden withdrew from the race. |
| 0:59.0 | Supporters queuing to get in were enthusiastic. |
| 1:02.0 | I am super excited about Kamala. |
| 1:05.0 | She is the perfect candidate to run against Trump. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm excited that she's giving us a platform for the future, not a platform for the past. |
| 1:15.0 | I think that Kamala Harris has completely invigorated the entire base of the Democratic |
| 1:20.7 | Party. |
| 1:21.7 | Young people are going to come out in a way that they weren't |
| 1:25.0 | going to come out before. There's only only one old man in the race now and it's not Joe |
| 1:31.6 | Biden. It's just something new something I think we needed somebody |
| 1:35.1 | new. Well the Vice President spoke to a loud large and appreciative audience who |
| 1:39.8 | chanted her name as she approached the podium. Thank you. |
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