possibly slim chance but possibly even take back the senate. alan fischer at the white house stick around we will be back with you in just a few moments time. it is over 200 hours g.m.t. 10 pm on the east coast of the united states i'm kemal santa maria continuing coverage here on al-jazeera of the democratic national convention day 3 of that convention happening virtually of course health concerns to do with the coronavirus right now it is the speaker of the house nancy pelosi who is giving her address she is one of many speakers today high profile speakers that we've had in the past 3 days nancy pelosi giving her speech now we have just heard in the last 10 minutes or so from this woman hillary clinton who is of course the former secretary of

state under barack obama she was a former 1st lady herself and 4 years ago she was at the democratic national convention accepting the democrats' nomination as a candidate to go up against donald trump what a different world it was 4 years ago and a very different world that she's giving this speech in now this was hillary clinton a few moments ago alan fischer as our correspondent in washington who was listening to that tie again allan what did we hear from as i don't know what to call it for former 1st lady former secretary of state former candidate. exactly all of those boxers it was interesting she was saying that a number of people have come up turned in the last 4 years and saying if we'd known then what we knew no i would have voted or i would have voted for you she said this can't be a shooter woulda coulda election you've got to get out and vote no donald trump

will undoubtedly claim that she's trying to relive to get the 2016 election that she hasn't quite got over it and there may be some truth in that but hillary clinton is also making the point that donald trump went on the campaign trail and told people what do you have to lose and she's pointed to the state of the united states in the in the moment with $170000.00 dead because of course the fact that the unemployment rate is over 10 percent and she says that joe biden his intention isn't just to try and fix the problems that we've seen over the last 4 years but to build and create and move on of course you would see that that sort of hope here she's trying to get your biden elected but it was a pretty strong speech from the former 1st lady and as i was saying just in the last command there are people who are on the on the right who say why would you put hillary clinton up to to deliver a speech to the d.n.c. she lost the election she's hugely unpopular that is why donald trump managed to beat her but the reality is she still won the popular vote across all of the united

states by 3000000 more votes than donald trump so she remains in many quarters a very popular candidate as does a husband bill clinton new address at the convention some would suggest maybe for the last time or in on tuesday night but hillary clinton delivering a speech that she hopes will do what she failed to do and that is deliver a victory for the democratic presidential candidate. hillary clinton of course was speaking from well her living room in chappaqua new york maybe just a quick word alan if you wouldn't mind on the style of this convention lots of people mentioning it i've seen it on your twitter as well the fact that this format as virtual format it's actually pretty good. they're also looking at the ratings in the ratings for the 1st 2 nights down over what we've seen from 4 years ago so people aren't tuning in quite the way you would expect but there are moments that are going viral such as the rule call on tuesday

night which everyone was impressed with and i think i said this perhaps it's a template for future conventions where instead of people in the whole show shooting to try and have their voices hared against the noise in the background here there where well known one marks or picture exports with the states represented or with white that diverse population represented standing and delivering delegates for the convention and everyone thought that that was a really slick really smart really polished bit of television and has certainly gone viral people today talking about their top 4 states and everyone seems to think that rhode island won it with their convention kalmadi. quite a remarkable viral moment and so it is it is different of course it's different. and whether or not the take some elements you know i think i think this is maybe

sounded the death knell of for the conventions in the future i think what we mean well see is perhaps one maybe 2 big nights for the set piece speeches but perhaps the 2 being held online it will reduce cost but also it becomes a much more intimate experience because you are there in your home watching it on your computer with your family which is suppose you do on television but it just feels different if you're watching it on a device or watching it on one of the american networks and it's it's all teeth rather than in a big hole you don't feel quite so part of it and the other point i was making in the last hour as well there's a change from the way people have to speak they can't rely on applause lines when you write a speech we're told on it you know the line that's going to get the laugh the. cheer. from the crowd this time you've got to change it it's going to be slightly slightly less slightly more low key and deliver that sort of speech and so far it seems that more stuff excepted. that challenge and i think perhaps the most telling

example of that was going back to the very 1st night michelle obama who 4 years ago was why you received as delivering a fantastic speech in support of of hillary clinton to a huge hall that got a great reception and this time people were seeing what a great speech should deliver what is felt more like a one on one chat intimacy that we were just talking about a quick preview of what's coming up this hour then alan we have got sent as a comma harris who will accept the nomination as vice president and then a former illinois senator who gave a pretty good speech around 16 years ago. stright a state senator who very few people had heard of any actually made the point that he was a skinny kid with a name that was hard to pronounce and he went on to deliver a speech that left many people saying this guy is the future of the party and then

4 years after that 12 years ago he decided the future was now he ran for president and against all the odds we remember of that night in iowa where he won the caucuses and went on to defeat people like hillary clinton where ever happened to her and a guy called joe biden who he picked out of the rank of hopefuls to become his vice president he's going to talk about the joe biden he knows joe biden he essentially employed for 4 years for 8 years as vice president but he's also going to touch on a more personal aspect of joe biden what he thinks he can deliver for the country and then a real moment of history in what has been a history making convention already we are going to for the 1st time in more than 180 years at a democratic convention here a woman of color stand up and accept the nomination to be vice president the 1st woman of color to be on the ticket of one of the 2 big parties in the united states . will introduce herself to the american public some people already knew or but

they tend to be political narrative like you and me and she will see about her background the fact that she had a jamaican father an indian mother how she grew up in california where she went on to be the attorney general in california and then became a senator and how she's built a reputation over the last 3 years in the senate but then she will turn their attention to what she can deliver with joe biden and to do that she has to do all vice presidential candidates do not go on the attack against donald trump mike pence and their record in the white house as i've said before donald trump once described this as a nasty woman someone close to the democratic party said it better for us not. she's got a lot of ammunition to use in their speech at the convention in the next hour ok thanks alan we'll talk to you again later on alan fish is at the white house saying as allen's been talking about commerce there we're going to bring in stephanie brown james co-founder and chair of the collective parent which is an organization working to address the representation of african-americans in public office on

skype from washington and thanks so much for your time stephanie this is as alan was saying a really important for a moment for common the harris people who follow politics know who they know what she stands for but she's got this national platform now to introduce herself to the rest of the country absolutely i mean this is a story tonight for common areas but also for women of color all across this country our cost across this world for her to be the 1st black woman the 1st asian american woman to be at the top of the presidential ticket is my you meant my images and especially in the ear where we are celebrating women's suffrage and women getting their right to vote in so this is going to be a big night for her to tell her story for others to speak up on her behalf and tell her story she's going to be able to shape the narrative and talk about you know being a child of immigrant parents from jamaica and from india which is so much of the american story and so i think that she's really going to work to make that

connection with voters today to let them know exactly who she is and why she's finally with them in this election do you believe all of that will translate into votes and support for the biden heris ticket a sort of said this before that obviously it's important to have a woman on the ticket and a woman of color here but it still has to be the right woman and the right woman of color who connects with people and who offer something to people. absolutely and i think that this is the time for a camel and here is this is the time for her to say this she represents so many aspects of american that she has been a champion of the people for so long from being a district attorney to running the 2nd largest legal system in the country by being the attorney general of california she's been able to show that she has been a service but also can win she has never lost an election if you don't count the primary of course and so you know she really is a person that embodies that american journey that american spirit of being

relentless the being focused movement forward and it is on her in a campaign to be able to show that message in a way they are boehner is a matter of there and will america or in the suburbs or in the cities can relate to not just here is joe biden right not that they are a better choice to move america forward in. and say what's interesting is that's actually a narrative you that's the 1st time you've mentioned donald trump and i've noticed the speeches that we've heard so far hillary clinton just before yes she talks about donald trump because it's easy to talk about general trump and everything that's gone wrong in the last few years but then there's a definite pivot let's focus on what biden and harris can bring not just what we can do by getting rid of donald trump. absolutely which is a necessary thing for the campaign to do and for those that are supporting the campaign this is not a situation where the biden here is to get can assume that any voter is just going to vote for them because they don't want donald trump or not is not

a number of voters will but we're looking at the margins here you know you have an electorate where 60000000 people will be from the hispanic raising from the black race and these are 2. 2 groups of people you need to be spoken to directly to talk about the ways in which they're going to advance their communities forward through economic development through immigration reform through our school reform and so they have to be very specific about introducing themselves but also the policies on which they want to cheer if they are able to be put in office and so i appreciate that they're not just leaning on when you get trapped by the office but they are saying that we need to make sure we can give a compelling reason why voters to come to the polls in november and vote for us so great to talk to previewing the speech from coming here is to come and please do so with us so that we can talk to you after the speech and review what the vice

presidential candidate has to say thank you so as stephanie was outlining there calmly harris will make history when she accepts the democratic nomination for vice president a woman who represents the complexities of race and gender in the united states the 4th woman to appear on a major parties election ticket but the 1st woman of color protocol again has the support. when former vice president joe biden announced the person he wanted to take his old job the campaign made it clear that they saw senator come all harris's heritage as a major strength my mother and father they came from opposite sides of the world to arrive in america. one from india and the other from jamaica that makes her the 1st woman of color on a major party's presidential ticket and the 1st of asian descent and it didn't look to fight for her because we're not used to seeing black women in these roles she is a tent black woman elected to the u.s. senate we have never seen

a black woman on the court even before her selection her race was a target for the trump family the president's son don jr retreated and then deleted an argument that she isn't african-american because her father is jamaican political analysts doubt that will have an impact i think that it's important for people to drown out that kind of noise i think once you have. young african-american experience in this country you're an african-american you know her parents her all that was generated when she was an african-american was like rock obama's father was african reason african american but her selection and ancestry could help the campaign in a new way asian americans are the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in the electorate accounting for 5 percent of people eligible to vote. trump could have been trying to reach those voters over the years he has made a big deal of his relationship with the indian prime minister but some activists

don't think that will sway many voters of asian descent there are people who came here recently or in the past whose predominant singular focus is how is the u.s. behavior towards india or is there prism. and everyone or has there. very few of those who born and brought up here a 2nd 2nd generation feel that way quite frankly as the nominee she now receives protection from the secret service she's reportedly picked a very appropriate call sign they will now refer to her. as pioneer. al-jazeera. and we'll leave out democratic convention coverage there for now as we say waiting to hear from senator komla horace and then former president barack obama in the meantime some of the day's other news and president donald trump has demanded all united nations sanctions be reimposed against iran trump says the secretary of state will meet the u.n.

secretary general to stop the process iran will never have market market in iran will never have a nuclear weapon when the united states entered into the iran deal it was clear that the united states would always have the right to restore the u.n. sanctions that would prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon we paid a fortune for a failed concept and a failed policy a policy that would have made it impossible to have peace in the middle east so more context on the story now with mike hanna in washington d.c. . terms of resolution 2231 which is the one which actually set out the or a new nuclear deal that makes very clear that snapback and sanctions can only be called by a country or a member who is a participant in that deal now remember president trump will be us out of the deal back in 2018 so the very strong argument in the legal supposition would be that as

no longer a party to that deal by its own definition the us has got no rights to demand anything let alone some kind of snapback effect like this and one must remember as well that the deal makes very clear that there are certain parameters that iran must stay within to avoid such a snapback the other members the other parties to that deal make very clear that they believe that iran has largely complied with the requirements in terms of their 2015 deal so very difficult to see what president trans basis for this is nevertheless he said to get secretary of state to the u.n. tomorrow to meet with the secretary-general you'll also be lobbying among other members of the security council to try and get some kind of support for the deal but you remember that iran meeting last friday when the u.s. attempted to extend the arms embargo which expires in october and it was absolutely humiliating only the dominican republic voted with the united states the other normal allies such as france britain germany abstained russia and china didn't even

need to use the veto that they threatened iraq's prime minister the me is in the united states to make president trump they're expected to discuss iraq's relationship with iran and so the withdrawal of u.s. troops and coordination against eisel from baghdad also jabari reports on what is at stake for the iraqi prime minister u.s. troops in iraq will be at the top of the agenda during prime minister in the stuff a meeting with the u.s. president in washington their 1st meeting comes at a critical time. the recently appointed prime minister says iraq is still need u.s. assistance to counter the threat from isis but they don't need to wreck the military support on the ground. nor will the device that has right now we see iraqi defense capabilities have improved maybe we need help and american presence and training in intelligence with regard to weapons but the situation doesn't require

a wide military response more than 5000 u.s. soldiers are stationed in iraq some iraqi m.p.'s want fewer kazumi took over in may when baghdad's relations with washington were seen by some as being especially precarious the american drone strike killing of a rainy and general hossam so the money an iraqi militia leader abu make the on the hundreds in fact that in january prompted shia m.p.'s to demand u.s. forces leave iraq after months of anti-government protests causing me inherited many problems 3 months in and his administration has also faced challenges such as protests by pensioners which hindered plans to cut state salaries as oil revenues drop drastically over 1000 infections continue to reach record highs and militia groups taunt the government with regular rocket attacks targeting iraqi bases and the heavily fortified green zone home to the us embassy i call it the make or break

with it now that he is about $100.00 days in office we need to see how many people doubt if he struggled up to actually do everything he promised he promised the country the former head of iraq's intelligence has often had to deal with the rivalry between the united states and iran. his 1st official visit was to tehran last month before flying to washington to me was whether or not he was carrying any messages from town hall and he replied we do not play the role of post man in iraq while the white house meeting is about a plan to reconfigure ties with the background of washington its outcome will have consequences beyond the iraq's borders. dorsets a party al jazeera back to. opposition supporters in belarus of our own to defy warnings by alexander president alexander lukashenko the tough new crackdown on dissent has ordered security forces to clear the streets after nearly 2 weeks of

mass rallies over disputed election results is warning workers who have gone on strike risk losing their jobs permanently also the european union is announce new sanctions and says it won't recognize these elections so it's more on the sanctions in our report in a moment 1st step fasten at one of the larger protests in independence square in minsk. was a very different mood on the streets of today compared to previous days not much of the euphoria and the festive mood that we felt that people had sort of found a new kind of freedom today was more dominated by fear. because oppressor look at announced a new crackdown he has instructed his ministry to find those who have been organizing the rallies but still. protesters are back on the streets and a smaller number but they're here and they're still asking for new elections and to release all the political prisoners.

and that this happens despite the threats and also the risk of hundreds of people have gathered here again at the. independence square say if the president is fired meanwhile the coordination council set up by the opposition leader. held its 1st meeting and has issued a manifest calling for dialogue about a transitional and new elections look at. this council illegal saying that it was planning a coup d'etat but. they just want to have to start with the president. of course i'm afraid because i know the system is doing yesterday present a very negative where. this was against what was.

for me personally. we want to do a lot we're not propose any legal steps so why should we be punished why that's a challenge for the opposition to keep the same masses on the street they had last week it's clear protesters i'm not giving up yet but maybe it's alex on the look. on the lucas shanker is feeling the pressure he's not showing it's the man who's rubella rose for more than 25 years and officially won this month's election with 80 percent of the vote says his leadership is not in doubt yes with put the boot if anyone thinks that the power here is staggering and shaking you're wrong i want to say that the power has someone to rely on so we will not waver we will follow up the path as we should those who today especially a broad and this is clearly visible are plotting against us will get

a serious rebuff i was earlier the losing opposition candidate who fled to lithuania for her own safety and whose husband is in jail in belarus called on european leaders to get tough mr. lost or the legitimacy in the eyes. and. on the. euro. i call in here to support it wake you know. those e.u. leaders gathered online for an emergency meeting convened by shell michel head of the european council after talks broke up he outlined how they'd agreed to respond to an election they say was not free or fair and the subsequent crackdowns on protesters we stand firmly behind the writers belarusian people to determine their own food and the e.u. will impose shortly sentients on a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence repression and

election fruit on top of those sanctions that use making money available for pro-democracy groups in belarus as well as for its health sector and the european commission will mobilize now an additional $53000000.00 euros to support the belorussian people in these challenging times. 2000000 euro want to assist the victims of repression and unacceptable state violence. 1000000 year old to support civil society and independent media and 50000000 euros of coronavirus in america emergency support. well this of course is seen by the russian government as meddling a day after president vladimir putin will and he's german counterpart not to interfere his foreign minister rejected calls for russia to press president lukashenko to talk to the opposition good each to the dudes to the who is in the news nice to everybody believing mediation is the only way out i'm ploy of them not

to forget the way out west and colleagues mediated in 2014 during the my down in kiev when the esteemed vet percentage of the european union mediated reached an agreement i will remember what that led to. so for now with the president threatening to go off to dissenters in belarus and his main ally rejecting outside involvement in dialogue the fear and uncertainty that surrounded the elections a still there the dean baba al-jazeera we're turning now to the democratic national convention which is carrying on virtually at the moment and former u.s. president barack obama good evening everybody as you seem by now this isn't a normal convention it's not a normal time so 'd tonight i want to talk as plainly as i can about the stakes in this election because what we do these next 76 days

will echo through generations to come i'm in philadelphia where our constitution was drafted and signed there was a perfect document that allowed for the inhumanity of slavery and fail to guarantee women and even men who didn't own property their right to participate in the political process but embedded in this document was a northstar that would guide future generations a system of representative government a democracy to which we could better realize our highest ideals through civil war and better struggles we improved this constitution thing clued the voices of those who once been left out. and gradually we made this country more just and more equal and more free the one

constitutional office elected by all of the people is the presidency so to minimum we should expect a president to feel a sense of responsibility for the safety and welfare of all $330000000.00 of us for guard less of what we look like how we worship who we love how much money we have or who we voted for but we should also expect the president to be the custodian of this democracy we should expect that regardless of ego ambition or political beliefs the president will preserve protect and defend the freedoms and ideals that some many americans marched for went to jail for fought for and died for i have sat in the oval office with both of the men who are running for president. i never expected that my successor would embrace my vision

or continue my policies i did hope for the sake of our country that donald trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care but he never did for close to 4 years now he has shown no interest in putting in the work no interest in finding common ground no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves. donald trump hasn't grown into the job

because he can't and the consequences of that failure are severe 170000 americans dead. millions of jobs gone while those of the top taken more than ever our worst impulses unleashed our proud reputation around the world badly diminished and our democratic institutions threatened like never before now. i know that in times as polarized as these are most of you have already made up your mind but maybe you're still not sure which candidate you'll vote for for whether you'll vote at all maybe you're tired of the direction we're headed but you can't see a better path yet or you just don't know enough about the person who wants to lead

us there so let me tell you about my friend joe biden 12 years ago when i began my search for a vice president i didn't know i'd end up finding a brother joe and i come from different places different generations but what i quickly came to admire about joe biden is his resilience born of too much struggle is empathy born of too much grief joe is a man who learned early on to treat every person he meets with respect and dignity living by the words his parents taught him no one's better knew joe but you're better than nobody that empathy that decency the belief that everybody counts that's who joe is when he

talks with someone who's lost her job joe remembers the night his father sat him down to say that he had lost his when you're listening to a parent who's trying to hold it all together right now he does it as a single dad who took the train back towards wilmington each and every night so he could take his kids into bed when he meets with military families who've lost their hero he does it as a kindred spirit the parent of an american soldier. somebody who's faith has endured the hardest loss there is for a here is joe was the last one in the room whenever i faced a big decision he made me a better president and he's got the character and the experience to make us a better country and in my frien kamel harris he's chosen an ideal partner who is

more than prepared for the job someone who knows what it's like to overcome barriers and who's made a career fighting to help others live out their own american dream along with the experience needed to get things done joe and comma have concrete policies that will turn their vision of a better fairer stronger country into reality they will get this pandemic under control like joe did when he helped me manage h one n one and prevent an ebola outbreak from reaching our shores they'll expand health care to more americans like joe and i did 10 years ago when he helped craft the affordable care act and nailed down the votes to make it the law.