the, the, the, the winners live from berlin, color harris gets a very important phone call. we called to say, michelle and i couldn't be prouder to torture to do everything we can guide you through the selection of the tenants available for rock and michelle obama endorse the now, more than likely democratic nominee for the us presidential race is also coming up suspect and sabotage on francis high speed streams just an hour before the non duration of the olympic gains. access of vandalism, including our center, are causing delays and disruption of the french rail network. just as the mega

sporting event is set to get underway. the welcome to the show, i'm gonna confirm this. cabella harris has moved one big step closer to securing the democratic party nomination to run against donald trump for the us presidency. and a video just released by her campaign, the vice president who is aiming to become the 1st female president and the 1st woman of color to lead her country has gained perhaps for most important endorsements. so far, the man who became america's 1st black president and his wife. com. oh hi. hey there. oh your boss together. oh it's good to hear you, but i, i can't have this phone call without saying to my girl, carla, i am proud of you. this is going to be historic, we call to say, michelle,

and i couldn't be prouder doors here and to do everything we can to get you through the selection of and then so they all blogs. oh my goodness. michelle black, this means so much to me. i'm looking forward to doing this with 2 of you, doug and i both and getting out there being on the road. but most of, i just want to tell you that the words you have spoken to end the friendship that you have given over all these years the more than i rest. so thank you both so much . and we're gonna have some fun with this to on. i spoke to us analysts, william green, craft deputy editor of the portland magazine in process for a stop. i wanted to get his reaction to how the obama endorsement was announced. well, if i could just give you an unscientific, unscientific poll, i happen to catch this video with my girlfriend and she actually had across the street because it was just too much cringe to watch what looked like

a highly orchestrated, highly staged event trying to appear natural as if just the obama's calling up come a lot, harris to say hi, you know, by the way we endorse you for president. and this was like many things in politics, especially, and campaign mode. clearly, some orchestrating going on behind the scenes between the harris campaign people and all the obama's and their people. but on a more serious note, this was something that come on here as had been waiting for for quite some time. how important is the endorsement find? the obama as for her for the democratic party is quite important cuz he was, as you know, that's sort of the last major democratic figure. a kind of waiting and seeing and not really putting his dumb on the scale anyway. and rock obama, given the fact that he was the president for 2 terms, and really the last very successful democratic president, no shade on joe biden meant there of course, so that they really needed that to, to show that the couple less thing around come layers show the unity show the

importance that said, many americans outside of the democratic power side of that sort of establishment elite there. you have to remember that after brock obama came, donald trump. so there was a lot of frustration with the obama administration among many american voters. in fact, many american voters who voted for brock obama then voted for donald trump. so beyond the unity that the democratic party wants to show both internally to itself and project outside. there are risks that come with us so, so much endorsement from people who may be american voters are not so fond of anymore. when you're starting your response there by some, by mentioning that obama was pretty much the last high profile democrats to back harris. why the weight you think as well, fits with brock obama as m. o. right? he was always as president. we saw this for 8 years. he was very careful, very carefully spoken. never liked to make a misstep, kind of waiting to see which way the political winds were blowing. probably one

reason that he and former german chance are under the macro got along so well because like hurts, he would also kind of not want to get out in front of anything too far. want to see what the successful policy position might be, where people work during their support and then get on that bandwagon to move it along. and that's kind of what we're seeing here, as well as a bomb and himself said at the outside of outside of all of this that he wanted something of an open and transparent campaign, or excuse me, nomination process not just immediately jumped to come out of harris i'm not quite sure if we really got that open and transparent process that many might have liked to have seen, but at least the delay a little bit gives the appearance that obama was seeing how the the, the cookie was crumbling, so to speak, before really putting his sizable political thumb on the scale in favor of couple of harris. and this is in, by all intents and purposes, another hurdle cleared by come on harris. what's next done for her on her path to

the formal democratic nomination? a yeah, right. informal turtle. we should make clear, right? brock obama doesn't get to decide who the, the nominee is going to be that will come from the delegates, come the national convention in just a few weeks time. and the less having all of the sort of big data people behind her make sure issue it for the nomination, and there is no serious competition facing her so she will be campaigning. she'll be right now. the big thing is, is really outside the party, right? she's clearly got the party locked up, but now it's having those campaign events. starting to tilt those polls in her favor, which we may have be sorry to see the 1st strips and drabs of those poles tilting in their favor. but it's much too early to tell what a match up with donald trump will look like. and then for their sake, hoping to have a strong democratic national convention in august and come out swinging, going into the final stretch in september and october before november's election day. against donald j. trump. as william gould croft of the parliament magazine and

brussels grace speaking to you. thank you so much for your insights and series of ours and attacks and parents have target of francis high speed rail network causing major travel disruption just hours before the olympic opening ceremony. authorities . a rail lines including those passing through montparnasse and paris has been severely effected. international rail lines have also suffered cancellations and delays, including services between france and germany. almost 800000 people are affected repairs are underway by an official state restrictions could last throughout the weekend. the olympic games are set to make history with the opening ceremony taking place outdoors instead of in a stadium. for more on this developing story i'm joint now by our correspondence lisa lewis and paris and rosie verger in brussels. lisa, let's start with you. what more do we know about this incident so far? a while we understand that the authorities are looking into what happened last

night. the section that is in charge of organized crime at the powers prosecutor's office has now been charged with the case. and they have opened inquiries for inquiries for damage to property in an organized group in with the attend to jeopardize the intent the, the interest of the nation. these charges can be punished with, you know, up to 20 years in prison, and fines of up to 300000 years. the interior minister going to that time, i just spoke with the french media saying that this was a organized attack and highly professional because they knew where to hit to block a large part of the train system hand front. and not only in france, rosie this incident, has also disrupted international travel. you're on the train station, brussels, where the eurostar and other international trains to friends are tile parting housing situation there. yeah. will passengers hoping to speed their way

toward powers from hearing brussels to day are being left disappointed because what networks the record are calling coordinated acts of vandalism in front are impacting international passenger. it's not the good news for those travelers. is it? most trains are departing, but they are operating with a delay. so delays of up to 2 hours when it comes to departure. and then the journey time itself is the extent just because those high speed, real risk having to be diverted to more classic lights. now this is not only can find to passengers the party from here in belgium. there's also being disruptions on route from germany and also from the united kingdom. no, of course it's important to say this is a busy route here from process to powers. and on any day it's a route for computers for business people, but not of course, passengers hoping to get a spot to watch that t opening ceremony at the olympics and waste the fact that trays are still running at least to some extent. menu will still be hoping to get there for those historic moments is also i should say, the departure point for athletes. this train station,

this decoration, besides a go belgium. there were many hopes for, for, for belgians at least that this would be the departure point. not only to france, but for a medal so far, pretty slow starts, at least as security of a huge concern going into this mega event. nice is the opening ceremony. what measures are in place to keep the game space a loss of security measures in place? we just heard also that the authorities extend the security permit or around the sun because there was a reaction to these are some on sabotaged ox left of of last night. and we know that about $445000.00 security personal will be deployed tonight during the opening ceremony. everybody here is on edge. obviously the looking in the water in the sand . they looking online, they've been checking all the buildings that are right next to the send. those who are checking the air because this is supposed to be

a breast taking ceremony that space to take place tonight. you know, with our kids are to sweep singers with light shows, people who came through the we've been working on volta and showcasing really the rich history of paris in it's, you know, the cultural and architectural history here of this or the french capital. lisa lou is in paris and rosie birchers in brussels. many thanks to you both and a quick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world today. hyphen k, me has weekends to a tropical storm after hitting mainland china. it has displaced nearly 300000 people in the east public transport and has been suspended across the region typo has killed more than 2 dozen people after a tourist from taiwan and the philippines earlier this week. and when is the way that presidential candidates have held their final rallies ahead of sundays elections? president nicholas montero is seeking a 3rd term, but the space is

a serious challenge from and one on one side of the polls. but the former ambassador ahead of them enduro the president has vowed a quote, blood bath, if he loses, are already in the us state of california have arrested amanda suspected of starting a mass of wildfire on wednesday. official say it was sparked when he pushed a flaming car into a ravine. thousands have had to flee the wildfire, which is the state's largest. this here. saying in the us, where authorities have scored a victory and their war on drugs with the arrest of one of the world's most powerful drug lords, the co founder of mexico sent a low cartel. it was arrested alongside the son of infamous drug king pin. i'll chop up reports, say the 2 men bordered a private plan in mexico, which then was flown to texas under a false private pretence. both men are now in police custody. these are the

faces of one of the world's most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world. the scene of the car town on the left is these my a mind your somebody on the right is joaquin guzman, is the best. both men are now in detention in the united states. after they landed in texas, a board, a private plane is mail some bought a garcia, or l miles, a co founder of the car tell. he is facing charges for fentanyl trafficking, money laundering, firearms, offences, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder. the 2nd watching guzman lopez is a son of its other co founder known as l chapel. and his facing charges for trafficking and large quantities of cocaine, heroin and meth, among other drugs. does he not? lower cartel has been blamed for decades of violence in mexico.

it was founded in the 1980s by east might have somebody that has to yeah. and fucking in chapel guzman and chapel is already serving a life sentence in the us. after being extradited there in 2017. prosecutors into united states say the car towel is the biggest supplier of drugs to the us. including fentanyl, seen here being smuggled in coconuts. the void is the leading cause of death for americans aged $18.00 to $45.00. but while these arrests may be a welcome step in the war on drugs, the us justice department has said it will not rest until every single cartel leader is behind bars. before we go here, it's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you today. but rock and michelle obama endorsed the likely democratic nominate for the us presidential race and a phone call to the vice president campbell harris rock. obama said he and michelle

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