Tim Walz to speak at DNC

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A number of prominent Democrats are due to speak on day three of the gathering. Tim Walz is expected to deliver the keynote address as he officially accepts the vice presidential nomination. We speak to Congresswoman Dina Titus.

Also in the programme: The Palestinian movement Fatah has accused Israel of trying to start a regional war, after it killed a senior official from the group; and we remember the life of pioneering Irish feminist and journalist Nell McCafferty and her decades of activism.

(Photo: Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gestures during a campaign rally at Fiserv Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 20 August 2024. Credit: EPA)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to News Hour with me Sean Lay live from the BBC World Service in
0:10.4	London. Now tonight is Bill Clinton night at the Democratic National Convention in
0:15.6	Chicago, the former president following in the footsteps of his Democratic
0:20.0	successor. If that makes sense, Barack Obama addressed the convention on Tuesday, but not before
0:25.0	being upstage by Michelle, his wife. During her speech, Mrs Obama had a dig of one of
0:30.0	Donald Trump's regular campaign talking points.
0:33.0	See, his limited narrow view of the world
0:37.0	made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard work
0:40.0	and highly educated successful people who happen to be black.
0:45.0	I want to know.
0:48.0	I want to know.
0:50.0	Who's going to tell him, who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs?
0:57.0	Well, after describing himself as the only person stupid enough to speak after Michelle Obama, Barack, the former president, paid tribute
1:05.0	to Joe Biden, his vice president for four years, before turning his attention to America's
1:10.1	wannabe comeback kid.
1:11.6	It is one of the oldest tricks in politics.
1:15.0	From a guy who's act has, let's face it, gotten pretty stale.
1:18.0	We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos we have seen that movie before and we all
1:28.6	know that the sequel is usually worse.
1:32.4	Well as well as hearing from Bill Clinton later, the Convention will be addressed by
1:37.0	Tim Wolse, the Democratic nominee for Vice President.
1:40.0	I've been speaking to Congresswoman Dina Titus from Nevada who's a friend.
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