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MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Ali Velshi, Government, News, Politics, News Commentary, Versant, Ms Now, Versant Media, Weekend News

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Ali Velshi is joined by Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair MollyJong-Fast, co-host of MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend’ Michael Steele, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign William Browder, Executive Director and Founder of the James Madison Project Mark Zaid, host of ‘Mornings with Zerlina’ on SiriusXM Zerlina Maxwell, former Chief Media Advisor to George W. Bush & John McCain Mark McKinnon, NBC News’ Jon Allen, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan, NBC News’ David Noriega, and author of “The Last White Man” Mohsin Hamid

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0:00.0

VELCHIN starts now.

0:02.0

Have a great show.

0:09.5

Good morning.

0:10.4

It's Saturday, August 3rd.

0:11.7

There are 93 days until Election Day.

0:13.9

It's been just 13 days since Vice President Kamala Harris took over at the top of the ticket.

0:18.5

And yesterday, the DNC announced that Harris has

0:21.2

received enough votes from Democratic delegates to secure the party's presidential nomination,

0:26.6

although we should note that she will not be the official nominee until the DNC makes that

0:32.9

announcement at the end of the virtual roll call. It began Thursday. It's set to conclude Monday at 6 p.m. Eastern.

0:40.5

President Biden took two X to congratulate his vice president, quote,

0:44.3

one of the best decisions I've made was picking Kamala Harris as my vice president.

0:49.1

Now that she will be our party's nominee, I couldn't be prouder.

0:53.0

Let's win this.

0:54.1

We continue to wait Harris's

0:55.5

decision on who she will pick for a running mate. We know the campaign vetting team has met with

1:00.5

six potential candidates. We know a decision is expected before a Tuesday rally in Philadelphia,

1:07.1

where they are anticipated to appear on the stage together. We also know that in a very short time, Harris has built significant enthusiasm and momentum.

1:16.7

She brought in $310 million in July.

1:20.0

Her campaign entered August with $377 million in cash, which it says is a record for a presidential campaign at the stage

1:28.7

in the election cycle. Trump's campaign raised $139 million in that time, less than half of what

1:34.9

Harris did, and has $327 million on hand, also less than the Harris campaign. Around 3 p.m. yesterday

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