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Comala Harris puts the spotlight on her running mate as she kicks off a battleground state blitz.

With Tim Walls by my side and with all of you at our side,

let us fight for the promise of our future.

Plus the Bank of Japan walks back talk of interest rate hikes after a volatile few days in markets.

And with Elon Musk waiting into social and political

debates we'll look at how that's going down with investors.

It's Wednesday August 7th.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal and here is the AM edition of

What's News? The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

Last night Vice President Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Governor Tim

Walls as her running mate at a raucous rally in Philadelphia. Journal White

House reporter Tarini Party, was there.

One of the standout moments came even before Harrison Walls took the stage.

It was from Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who had been on the short list for the Vice Presidential

pick. He gave a fiery speech and stressed that even though he didn't get the job

that he was still going to be campaigning hard for the Democratic ticket. This was important for the Democrats to show

that they're united after this nomination process. Harris praised Walls, a former high

school teacher and football coach, as a homespun leader and highlighted his efforts

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