tv NEWSHOUR Al Jazeera August 16, 2024 9:00pm-10:00pm AST
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all the color, i'm sort of any a, this is the news our lives from doha. coming up in the program. this our working towards a ceasefire and gaza mediators. they talk soon, katara have been constructive and will resume in egypt. next week, the un secretary general reiterates calls for a pause and fighting so that hundreds of thousands of palestinian children can be vaccinated against polio. and menu and fox. marian spreads to another continents cases have now been detected in pakistan. democratic presidential candidates, cumberland harris is set to unveil her economic agenda at a rally in north carolina.
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the will be getting this news hour with new developments. in the latest round of gauze, a ceasefire talks, mediators from guitar, egypt and the united states have released the joint statements after a 2nd day of discussions. and though they say that discussions were, quote, serious, constructive and conducted in a positive atmosphere. technical teams will work over the coming days on the details of implementation, including arrangements for the comprehensive humanitarian components of the agreements and those related to hostages and detainees. senior officials will meet again in cairo before the end of next week in the hopes of reaching an agreement on these new terms. us president joe biden briefly commented on the talks at the white house that we are closer to wherever man i don't want to. jinx, anything, but we're
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not very much, but of course so our correspondents are following developments across the middle east in the us in a moment we'll be hearing from honda. so who would for is really reaction. kimberly how get is that the white house, 1st the spring and mohammed jam june, mom and you've been following the talks here in the home. what strikes me about the statement, is it mediators or putting it may or may not be the 1st time a timeline on getting a deal done getting this finished, they're aiming to get it done in under a week of the yeah, that's right. 0. what was said in that statement is that these mediators are going to be meeting again in cairo before the end of next week. and also, when you look at the language throughout this statement, the indications are that the mediator is feel much more positive about the potential of reaching
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a deal. then they did perhaps 48 hours ago because you continue to see references to bridging the gap and narrowing the gap and that they feel confident that the gap can be narrowed. so that is certainly different than the mood that was surrounded these thoughts just you know, over 24 hours ago before the start of the talks in don't how, when a lot of diplomats were essentially expressing very low expectations about what might be achieved even at such a time of high stakes and you know there is so much volatility in the region. there is so much concern that if a ceasefire isn't reached, that that could potential potentially mean that there would be a wider regional war or regional conflagration. another thing of note dimension, is it just in the past 45 minutes or so. we seen a statement from the ministry of foreign affairs in which it was announced that those prime minister and foreign administer shift and how much of an app that i'm understanding that he held a phone call with his iranian counterpart, the acting of ronnie and foreign minister today and that one of the things that
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they discussed was the status of these joint mediation efforts that had been happening in the up that there was so much concern right now about trying to de escalate things in the region. all the mediators are doing all they can to try to bring these tensions down. and right now they're still far more questions and answers when it comes to what exactly was discussed in these talks. but there are indications that the mediator is do feel a lot more confident that in the days ahead that perhaps they can finally get to that deal that has been so elusive these last several months. 0100. thank you very much. honda. so who is in jordan's capital amman, and always that reminder that our team is there in jordan because he is really government has been down to 0 from reporting inside israel. so i'm the, it's going to come down to the prime minister and what he's willing to accept has benjamin netanyahu said anything about the talks and where they might be headed. a
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full circle. there has been a statement from that's an yellows office that says that they're thankful for mediators for trying to put the pressure on him as to not what he says is reject the deal. he says that he wants mediators to continue putting pressure on her mouth . so that they can agree to the framework and the outline of the agreement that was outlined by us president joe biden on may 27th. and that the mediators know israel's position and stand now is really media is reporting citing anonymous officials that is real, has already agreed to dispatch the negotiating team for talks in cairo on sunday. but all of this comes is you have to remember there been conditions that were added buying that's in yahoo. just around 2 months ago when we were seeing some sort of movement in the talks in the negotiations. but there are still 2 very large sticking points according to the source they and they are actually 2 of the demands
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. but nothing you all who have outlined back in july saying, but he wanted israel to have full control over the philadelphia core door for there to still be a military presence there. and he didn't want any armed fighters to return to northern gauze. the bees is really media is reporting are the 2 main contentious points, but these really is are still fighting to have so it's you have to be seen exactly what's going to happen. but mediators are scrambling behind the scenes. and in fact, you a secretary of state entity blinking is going to be arriving and israel to meet with nothing yahoo to put pressure on him to perhaps soften who stands a little so that there can be a deal on the table. right. honda, thank you very much. that's honda. so who reporting from amman? jordan, let's go to kimberly how good who is at the white house in washington dc. kimberly the u. s. president appears to believe that this 10 fingers crossed get done. yeah, and i can tell you that right now there is
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a senior administration official. that is the reason we're porter. so call isn't going to fax. it's in bargain until that call ends. and so if you do come back to me within the hour, i will have new lines for you. uh, what i can tell you is that uh further to what our corresponded. mohammed jammed you told us just moments ago. yes, there are indications that this deal is very close and i can give you more on that as soon as that and bar the lips. and i can also tell you that there is real interest in keeping the tensions between a ron ad is real low. just to make sure that this gets over the finish line again, the feeling that this has been what is the most productive sessions in terms of these talks, is one that is shared among the negotiators is actually the united states, but also top tar and egypt. so there is a lot of optimism going into next week in cairo. the fact that it is now just down
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to the fine details of the implementation building on the framework that was put in place on may 31st. when president biden unveiled his plan for bringing about a cease fire, israel's war on garza so again, 0, this is just dropping right now. and again, if you are able to come back to me as soon as this embargo live, i will be able to give you more of a finer points on what we're talking about right now. yeah, kimberly, we absolutely intend to do that. so we will speak to you again when you give us the green light. kimberly hacket reporting from the white house. thank you very much. and my number, sorry is houses. you were a senior political analyst. you are joining us by skype from paris. more one, are you hopeful that this deal is going to get over the proverbial finish line? you believe in this? probably yes, i'll give it 7. what's?
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what's changed because in the run up to these talks, i was still us hearing. i'm us saying, we want to greet the deal. we need the water at. that's the only thing we're agreeing to, and i was still hearing is really specifically the prime minister saying we want total victory. and we're not agreeing to deal until a mazda has been completely defeated. something if, if we're believing what the mediators are saying that they're really close to have never been as close as they are now to a deal, something must have changed. or as of course, a good number of things, 110 months of genocide has really dealt guys a huge blow on the new material level over a 100000 casualties. so much money more than $40000.00 backs and so on, so forth. basically there are, there is no more targets to bomb garza and as far as discharge is concerned. so
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it's really it this time to wind down the war. i mean, the war has lost its logic. it's the end of the line as the amount of time to talk to these raise these past few days. but they're just not going to continue with one of the same when it just means 0 strategic logic. i'm just going to hear many getting the structure. the 2nd thing that changed is that there's no original tract of them. why be why the new war? uh, that is coming to way in all the negotiations or on the, on the, on this, i'm the strongest starks where they are radians as well. not 7330 technician is right in the united states has been kind of drawing in doors and so on and so forth . thursdays, ready to public. i'm really getting tired of nothing else lies. well, the, i agree with him on number of things that aren't trusted and clearly they, is there any establishment in the military establishment at all the time out against him saying he's just maintaining the war for his own personal i'm,
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you know, and that he's the one who's actually delayed the pacific is happening in the united states were election year too much for the election. yes, he's doesn't want to be thrown into why the war by that has had his uh, you know, they in supporting his dread. i'm sure he's a very proud zionist now having agent then i bet the general side. but now he wants to play the, the, the, the peacemaker. you know, big enough. i mean, yeah, key is. so these are the reasons why there is more drive towards the not if you add to that the past few weeks months, there have been thoughts more, talk some more thoughts, agreements and disagreements and social for the best. you know, we've basically come after 8 months of negotiations that the gaps have been, not roads and nothing both boxes. now i go, you know, feel that they can't get something out over the mountain more than they can get out
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of a war. when, when you say you are actually helpful, you said 7 out of 10 chance that there's going to be a deal i do. are you hopeful that there's going to be a ceasefire? what's? what is the target in phase one of the deal, which is several weeks of no fighting or you hopeful that this is really the beginning of the end of the war, what, what they're targeting in the 2nd phase of the deal, permanent cessation of hostilities. i appreciate that question. so really because that is important to on the line that of course we are talking about the div that's being worked on in the high title we did by the americans or not. josh, and the dancers are, is the partners in order to work on a 3 stage the, in any normal situation, they would just sign on the spot. but because is on the united states or the one you know, way you have any on any negotiations because the united states refuses to be an honest broker. we've sort of somehow we got stuck with the 3 phase. why?
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because these are doesn't want to see something. so there was accepted 3 phase states by the door. they come out or they can walk away after the 1st phase were after the 2nd phase, the 3 phases give them the chance to break. or you asked me earlier about the what, what, what is it, what constitutes a detail, what constitutional problem, what are the contentious orange and so forth. and i been thinking about what exactly you meant by that question. let me tell you the, the move to move from this 1st page. second thing has not been negotiate. and this one pre negotiated until the end of the 1st page. so that's, that's, that's the dilemma with this 3 phase 3 t or sees 5. that's how they were devised by americans, and is it is only just to every other permanent ceasefire for 10 months. now. the only thing that they imposed on the screen is that they will stick with the council
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. and on the out of me they think partners, i don't have my social is 3 stage to be facing. the only way to move from stage one to space storage is that i think satisfied to leave with them or what have actually satisfied for that model. but anyway, is there a peep satisfied? because it does not be satisfied about how much is good, where a lot about the situation or about how many people literally use or about what has transpired over 5 weeks. how many palestinians were left company or not so hungry? how many cabinet has been consumed in garza and i don't mean to be facetious, but really it was left to is right after the 1st phase, and after the 2nd phase, to decide in negotiation with how most truly that may be. if there's, whether they've got to continue. so for the time being to make the long story short, we're talking about signing the framework agreement for a 3 face, the size of the movement from one to the 2nd, to the 3rd. would it be a reading course? you know, i'll just hear a senior political analyst,
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molanda shar, thank you very much my one year we can go back to our white house correspondent, kimberly how it gets. so kimberly you, you were saying and signaling very clearly come back to me in a moment. i'll be able to tell you more here we are of the yeah, the embargo has just lifted the senior administration official and briefing reporters. and i can now tell you that a call has just wrapped up with the leaders of the united states. how tar and egypt and what they discussed is, and there will be readouts on that call is really what the senior administration official is calling the momentum to get this deal done. and that is what our colleagues have a jump june was intimating, but there is a forward momentum to see this over the finish line. and that really, uh, the last 48 hours, according to the senior us administration official, has been the most constructive that to there has been in week since president biden
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unveiled the ceasefire agreement back on may 31st in terms of trying to not only bring humanitarian aid to the people of gaza, but also to bring the much needed medical assistance that is needed there. and also to bring about the clearing of rubble and the construction and to bring about the release of captives and exchange for posting you prisoners in is really jails. we also know that as part of this framework agreement, there is also assurance of israel's security. one that this administration says is enhanced significantly. so in terms of the structure, what we know is when asked by one reporter, what makes this different than any time before he said that in every single instance, what makes this difference is the fact that where there were gaps prior,
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there is now a final when he calls bridging proposal on every sort of outstanding obstacle or issue. in other words, there is no longer any sort of obstacles to seeing this over the finish line. they've got a solution, they're now just working out the fine details. so the bottom line, he says there's a strong desire by every one of the participants, a new spirit, and drives us to conclusion. it is ready to be implemented. and the only obstacle that remains could be some sort of retaliatory attack by a ron. something that the administration officials are working on over the weekend to make sure that there is no escalation in the region to very quickly. he says, the us is sending a message to a ron right now. do not do such a thing, don't we need it? the consequences for ron would be cataclysmic. and if ron should do something like that, they are prepared for all contingencies. because okay, that's really interesting. everything you've just brought to so that,
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so the us signaling very clearly that iran could scupper a deal. that's number one that i think or here is need to remember. and i want to drill down on something. you said, kimberly, i want to make sure i'm understanding this. you're saying for the 1st time the us has put forward a proposal for all the things that amazon is real, didn't agree on meeting that previously. there were areas of disagreement which like nobody knew how we were bridging that gap. now the us to said this is how you bridge the gap as i understand it, that's where we are. but we don't yet have an answer from him. austin is real. that yeah, we were okay to take that box. we agree with this bridging proposal what i think is, is that the, the, the proposal was already there, okay. but they, they have agreed on the terms of that proposal, those bridging proposals, everyone's on the same page. in other words, they have agreed in for each little obstacle. they have worked out the terms of
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those agreements and everyone's on the same page. the, the mazda representatives were out, the table is where it was at the table. they all have those proposals and they all agree to those terms on every single outstanding obstacle. and that's why there's the optimism understood. thank you, that's, that's very clear and very interesting and that helps understand how was explained also why the mediator is now seems so optimistic on a deal and actually putting a timeline on it and saying we could get then get this done by the end of next week, kimberly, how get a white house correspondent, thank you so much. these really army has issued several new displacement orders affecting the north, central and southern parts of casa. it effectively reduces the size of its so called safe soon to less than 20 square kilometers. palestinians who have been forcibly displaced numerous times have little option, but to move again with reduced access to water. a serious concern, michael apple has more, a cause
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a so called humanitarian zones are getting smaller with it. the opportunity to access something is basic but critical as water. hundreds of 1000 so forcibly displace palestinians are being pushed out of federal law in central garza and from the strip 2nd largest city fun eunice in the cell is ready for us to say how much says use these areas to find them. motors and rockets at israel, civilians have little option for us to pick up and go. packing that's played out repeatedly the we received warnings to evacuate this area we're collecting mold so that we can carry. you tell me where should i go? all the people of gods have been crammed into a tiny spot and with being pounded from all directions, paula has a teen water,
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wells. 10 of them located in the east. now the scene of fierce fighting in the fun, eunice, the population is being squeezed into the ever smaller parcels of land and fit to live in the lo, i even know, yes it is. uh, about 85 percent of the entire province of con you. this is on to see only 18 of the $108.00 square culum. he says i left for the population as a tiny area of crammed people who went is almost impossible. more than 80000 palestinians are crammed now without the basic necessities of life. this defies logic to panic and see if those the smoke these guys people forced to see again, the explosions on not far away. the bottom line is that there is no safe space in gaza, no sheltered, no food or water, nothing at all. the whole world is watching us inside of the un says about 84
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percent of the strip has been placed on the evacuation or is by these really military. that's one point. 9000000 people in forcibly displaced people in the gaza strip are exhausted, often more than 10 months of unrelenting attacks with no respite. some of these are struggling to survive and die humanitarian conditions, especially with israel reducing. it's so cold humanitarians on which is left even the less access to nearby water sources. mike level houses around the united nations is urgently calling for a 7 day pause in fighting and gaza so that it can vaccinate 640000 children against polio. you in chief antonio gutierrez, says the world health organization wants to send $1200000.00 vaccines to the strip after the virus was detected in wastewater last month. the successful vaccine
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nations campaign need safety, safety for elsewhere. curtis, to do that jobs, safety for the children and families to get to the health facilities and safety for those else facilities to be protected from bombardments. i am appealing to all part of this to provide concrete. the short of this is right away. get emptying humanitarian pauses for the campaign. let's be clear is a team. it's vaccine for paulding the space. and then the media to manufacturing ceasefire. gabriel, as on to is that un headquarters in new york, gabriel? it's notable that the secretary general is calling for a pause in the fighting and gaza just as there is this renewed push for a ceasefire and the strip. but more can you tell us? yeah, i think that is coincidence. quite frankly, the u. n. had been pushing for this polio vaccine roll out for many weeks now. so
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it is sort of a coincidence that they're calling for this. as these talks wrap up and go and continue in cairo next week. bottom line is the secretary general's been calling for a ceasefire for months now for a multiple host of reasons. but right now, particularly acute because of the polio situation, they've identified 640000 children in guys under 10 years old that they want to get polio shots to. however, the big problem is a getting access to these areas, making sure that the, the, the doctors and nurses and humanitarian workers are safe to get to areas. but then also how to identify and get to the children that need the vaccines because they've been constantly moved around with these evacuation orders. and not only that, but polio vaccines need to be kept cold. and that means they need refrigeration.
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and there is a shortage of gas saline the powers, the generators in guys are right now. so there is a whole host of issues for this to get this ambitious un polio vaccine roll out to actually take place. and i think that's why the secretary general went in front of the cameras today to say, we need a polio, paused as he called it, but also a policies fire. gabriel is on the reporting from you and a headquarters in new york. thank you very much for that or 11. no one has been following the ceasefire talks in doha, as the law has been in contact with israel in the south of the country. the own group says it opened up as a port front for palestinians in gaza. there had been increased concerns of escalation and a wider regional war. as the big reports, a fire and smoke rises from my team and showing another sign of tension along leopard. on the southern border. recent days i've seen a stream of gifts and that's pulse through a route on thursday because front is foreign minister center for could be we all
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concerned about the regional situation. a very simple message about the escalation, the message address. yeah. to the lebanese authorities, and it will also be addressed to all the countries in the region on friday is a different time to part. now would that mean a, an immediate cease fire must be reached in the gaza strip so that we can stop the escalation? i also asserted egypt full condemnation of the provocative policies which suddenly include the breach of liberty, suffered to be met, his blah has affected to retaliate against israel for the coming of a senior. come on the flagship of last month, under onto the same for the beginning of her most political head is mind and the in the wrong. i was late to because we was late this morning came the form of the video. it appears to show an underground facility, large enough for trucks load it with me. so i made for years of a white a reasonable the on group wants to show it's ready and that the weapons showcased,
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could be pro contraction. israel has continued to tell you, i don't strikes against what it says, his without targets in 711 on the new day. you cross border tex, have been slowly escalating in the last 10 months on friday, the reading and then proceed. baby, which use the social media platform x to say underground massage. cities are located over iran, and they can be used to attack the enemy from any point in the country. because these 5 talks are happening in doha, with the us got the egypt mediating. while the attention seems to be on the cx, 5 talks taking place in doha diplomatic efforts to david, the conflict hair and the size of the been on continues. but the outcome of those tools could determine whether the fighting is contained to the size here, full. if the rest of the non using present it or even the region, as i said, big data, i just show you stuff in the,
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in your cases of being pox virus have been detected in pakistan. the health department there says at least 2 people were in isolation. in peshawar of contract to the virus, they say the patients flew in from the u. a. and sweetie reported its 1st case on thursday. the recent impulse outbreak of the more deadly variance started in democratic republic of congo last year and spread to neighboring countries. the world health organization has declared a global public health emergency houses. there has come a height or has more from it. some of us, 3 baths in jag or we're coming from the united arab emirates were stopped. good for sure. all were at board of the which the head of the toner. do that issued a statement saying that uh the, the word carrying the symptoms do of gods have been confirmed? do have the impulse, why it is the 3rd one. i've got the rating that the dollars, which i've been sent to the nation is geared ahead and if summer bod,
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so the national combined and operation center i have course has already issued. and there do, why is it a to ensure all preparedness in the face of this new threat and did gm fox? uh, why did it go at the moment? uh, doors, the case is being reported from the high book from pop, roving. it did what? remembering that back and, and we want to take you to this a live event from a rally, north carolina where the us vice president come with harris. the candidates for the democrats in the coming us presidential election is laying out her economic plan. let's listen if we were facing one of the worst economic crises in modern history. and today, by virtually every measure our economy is the strongest in the world. is the strongest in the world.
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the we created 16000000 new jobs. we've made historic investments in infrastructure. it and ships manufacturing in clean energy and new numbers this week alone shows that inflation is down under 3 percent. c it is president of the united states. we will be my intention to build on the foundation of this progress. still, we know that many americans don't yet feel that progress in their daily lives. costs are still too high. and on a deeper level, for too many people, no matter how much they work, it feels so hard to just be able to get ahead. as president,
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i will be laser focused on creating opportunities for the middle class that advanced their economics, security, stability, and dignity. together we will build what i call an opportunity economy, economy and economy, where everyone can compete and have a real chance to succeed. everyone, regardless of who they are aware of, they start has an opportunity to build well for themselves and their children. and where we remove the barriers to opportunity. so anyone who wants to start a business or advance their career can access the tools and the resources that are necessary to do so. the,
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i will focus on cutting the list bureaucracy, an unnecessary regulatory red tape. and encouraging and encouraging innovative technologies while protecting consumers. and creating a stable business environment with consistent and transparent rules of the road. as president, i will bring together labor with small businesses and major companies to invest in america to create good jobs, achieve broad based growth, and ensure that america continues to define the future. and lead the world the
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n t t to creating this opportunity economy is building up our middle class. it is essentially the middle class is one of america's greatest strength to and to protect it. then we must defend basic principles such as your salary should be enough to provide you and your family with a good quality of life. the such in no time should have to grow up in poverty such as after years of hard work, you should be able to retire with dignity. and you to be
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able to join a union if you choose building up. the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency, because i strongly believe when the middle class is strong, america is strong, the feeling the weeks to come. i will address in greater detail my plans to build an opportunity economy. and today i will focus on one element that's on the minds of many americans as they pay their bills at the kitchen table or walk the aisles of a grocery store. and that is lowering the cost of living the so every day across our nation, families talk about their plans for the future,
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their emissions, their aspirations for themselves, for their children. and they talk about how they're going to be able to actually achieve them financially. because look, the bill that up the food rent gas back to school club boats, prescription medication. after all that for many families, there's month not much left. at the end of the month i grew up in a middle class household for most of my childhood. we were renters, my mother's saved for well over a decade to buy a home. i was a teenager when that day finally came. and i can remember so well how excited she was. i kinda understood what it meant, but we called her mommy. mommy was so excited it has made us excited,
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but she was so excited. later in college, i worked at mcdonalds to earn spending money. of the people i worked with were raising families on that paycheck. they worked 2nd or even 3rd jobs to pay rent and buy food. that only gets harder when the cost of living goes up. when i am elected president, i make it a top priority to bring down cost and increase economic security for all americans. as president, i will take on the high cost that matter most to most americans, like the cost of food. we all know that prices went up during the pandemic when the supply chains shut and failed. but our supply chains have now improved and price is still too high. a lot. a low
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bred costs 50 percent more today than it did before. the pandemic ground base is up almost 50 percent. many of the big food companies are seeing their highest profits into decades. and while many grocery chains pass along these savings, the others still aren't. look, i know most businesses are creating jobs, contributing to our economy and playing by the rules. but some are not. and that's just not right and we need to take action when that is the case. at the, as attorney general in california,
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i went after companies that illegally increased prices, including wholesalers, that inflated the price of prescription medication and companies that conspired with competitors to keep prices of electronics. hi. i won more than $1000000000.00 for consumers. the so believe me as president, i will go after the bad actors, the word to the 1st ever federal ban on prout price gauging on food. the my plan will include new penalties for opportunistic companies that exploit crises and break the rooms. and we will support smaller food businesses that are trying to play by the rules
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and get ahead we will help the food industry become more competitive because i believe competition is the life blood of our economy. more competition means lower prices for you and your families. now compare what no plans to do he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax on every day products and basic necessities that we import from other countries that will devastate americans. it will mean higher prices on just about every one of your daily needs. a trump tax on
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gas, a trump tax on food, a trump tax on clothing, a trump tax on over the counter medication. and you know, economist have done the math, a donald trump's plan would cost a typical family $3900.00 a year. at this moment when every day prices are too high, he will make even higher as president of tax intake on the issue of the cost of health care. as attorney general, i took on insurance companies and big pharma and got them to lower their prices. and together with president biden, we've gone even further. we kept the price of insulin at $35.00 a month and the total cost, the
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$2000.00 a year for seniors. we let medicare negotiate lower drug prices for seniors. and just yesterday and just yesterday we announced that we are lowering the price by up to 80 percent for 10 more life savings drugs the and i pledge to continue this progress out, lower the cost of insulin and prescription drugs for everyone with your ad only are in demand that transparency from the middleman who operate between big pharma and the insurance companies who use opaque practices to raise your drug prices and
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profit off your need for medicine. these 2 months ago i announced that medical debt will no longer be used against a credit for the and i will work as president with states like here in north carolina. roy cooper, thank you again to cancel medical debt for more and more 1000000. the ask for donald to. a he wants to repeal the affordable care act. with 45000000 americans rely on 45000000 americans. rely on it for health care. that would take us back to a time when insurance companies could deny people with preexisting conditions. well,
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remember what that was. the and and remember, and this is why we're not going back because we do remember he tried to cut medicare every year. he was president threatening, apr. 2 ram that tens of millions of seniors count on and according to his project 2025 agenda. he intends to undo our work to bring down prescription drugs, the cost of prescription drugs and insulin costs as well. we've come too far to let that happen. the
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so we're now going back on this and let's talk about the cost of housing. the new the housing market can be complicated. but look, i'm not new to this issue. as state attorney general i drafted and helped pass a home owner bill of rights. one of the 1st in america, and during the foreclosure crisis i took on the big banks for predatory lending with many of my colleagues, including roy cooper and $120000000000.00 for california families. when i was the attorney general. so i know how to fight for people who are being exploited in the housing market. and i know what home ownership means, it's more than a financial transaction is so much more than that. it's more than a house,
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home ownership, and what that means. it's a symbol of the pride that comes with hard work. it's financial security. it represents what you will be able to do for your children. the family right now, it is out of reach. for far too many american families, there's a serious housing shortage. are in many places it's too difficult to build and it's driving prices up as president. i will work in partnership with industry to build the housing. we need both to rent and to buy. we will take down barriers and cut red tape,
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including at the state and local levels the and by the end of my 1st term, we will end americas housing shortage by building 3000000 new homes in rental. c and, and we will make sure those homes actually go to working and middle class american not just investors because you know, some corporate landlords. some of them buy dozens, if not hundreds of houses and apartments. then they turn them around and rent them
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out at extremely high prices. and it can make it impossible then for regular people to be able to buy or even rent a home. some corporate landlords collude with each other to set artificially high rental prices and often using algorithms and price fixing software to do it. it's anti competitive and it drives up costs. i will fight for a law that cracks down on these practices the . we also know that as the price of housing has gone up, the size of down payment have gone up as well. even if aspiring homeowners and save for years, it often still is not enough. so in addition,
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while we work on the housing shortage, my ministration will provide 1st time home buyers with $25000.00 to help. 2 down payment on a new home, the phone to help more americans experience the pride of home ownership and the financial security that it represents and brains. so that's my plan. but here's what now trump would do if his project 2025 agenda is put into a fact, it will add around $1200.00 a year to the typical american mortgage. he's got it backwards. we shouldn't be
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doing everything we can to make it more affordable to buy a home, not less. finally, there's one more way. i will help families deal with the rising cost. and that's by letting you keep more of your hard earned money, the under my plan, more than 100000000 americans will get a tax cut. and we will do this by restoring to tax cuts designed to help middle class and working americans the earned income tax credit, the and the child tax credit business need to vice president tomlin harris was holding
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a campaign debate in raleigh, north carolina. now she has been laying out a good part of her economic policy in this reduced timeline for a campaign. as joined that, let's go down and fisher, who's joining us from washington dc allen. this, this is important. what for several reasons, but it's important because us voters always have the economy as one of their main priorities when they decide who to vote for. what did you hear today? what potential impact on the campaign a? well, you can talk about personalities. you can talk about intelligence, you can talk about military service, but the reality is most people do both with fair wallets. what is the going to do for me? how much money am i going to get? and certainly the message that she's putting out there is, but she is going to build a protect. the middle class is a very, very by the in message is the sort of thing we've had from joe biden over the last
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4 years. she's putting a bit more flash on the bones than we've had before. she's talking about how she's going to try and america's housing prices by the end of our 1st year in an office that is incredibly ambitious. the idea that you'd build somewhere in the region of $3000000.00 housing units by removing red tape is certainly unambitious. but she's putting that as a target. but the fact that she says they're also going to give $25000.00 for a down payment to property is expensive, but she believes it can be done and would certainly be safe guards. they have to try and make sure that that wasn't that exported by those who would defraud the system. and so that is certainly an issue the and she's talking about the cost of medication as well. and certainly the, by the administration with couple of how to stay as i said, some success and loading prescription costs across the board. in fact, i know some just on thursday, and she believes that she can continue to do that a,
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what i'm hearing from republicans is that if these are such great ideas of tumble of how this can actually do this and improve the lives of americans. why hasn't the buyer and the hottest administration started to do that already? why haven't they thought? let's do this now. we don't have to wait to john, you've come live, it's wins on this issue. and before we start putting this into place, and so for that reason the, it's interesting that there's a lot more flesh on the boeing than there is a donald trump plans. but this is going to come under a great deal of scrutiny over the next few days. ellen fisher reporting from washington d. c. thank you very much. that prime or we're going to bring in our guess just before we do that though, the economy as we're saying consistently ranks as the top concern for voters in november as polls. so let's take a closer look at how democrat and republican administrations have performed in recent years. says joe biden entered the white house in 2021. the economy climbed
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8.4 percent as measured by d. d p. when adjusted for inflation, that is significantly higher than the 6.8 percent rise during donald trump presidency. the last 4 year of his term 2020 was heavily impacted by the downturn. as a result of cobit 19 dependent goals, they had a negative impact on biden's economic record. it is seen as one of the driving factors behind a 19 percent rise in consumer prices since he took office. by comparison can see where the price is only climbed 7.8 percent during the trump presidency. all the money sure is president of global policy institute and professor of political science a b atlantic university. he joins us from washington, dc. i just, before we get into the, the, the substance of economic policy. is there anything you heard there from complet harris that you want to comment on? it will look up. there's nothing really helping to say i was standing, but there is no bows. new to and there's, there's, there's another great initiative. so there's a long laundry list of, you know,
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interesting job items that you've added together. sudley can benefit. so the average american family, the middle class consumers that she referred to, many, many times throughout her speech, one the sentence one, the one that statement i think concept that she advanced there, which i think could could have traction if it's developed throughout the remaining weeks of the campaign to ease opportunity society and that is really current, essentially american to say we want the society in which everybody with the goodwill and playing by the rules and advanced and doing well. and there is no reason why people work honestly and doing their thing. they can not have a decent, comfortable, reasonably comfortable life. and then eventually retired. i should put it with dignity. that'd be something that is the elaborate of properly can resume, i think,
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and find a way to choose a very bi partisan message. i would say, because this is something that republicans could say just as well as democrats. we are for an opportunity to society, which is open to everybody. now i don't know if that's going to be. yeah. further. how can i say developed, but other than that, ok, other things that you said the whole rather you know, interesting and, and we'll see in the aggregate if they can work, she talk about, they don't people who take advantage of thoughts, you know, also how can i say constraints and supply chains to artificially raised prices. and she brought back her past as a, as a prosecutor in saying i, i was going after those who were engaging inclusions in the artificially raising prices. whether it was of the items or, but she said that was one of the strong lines that i heard. she said i won more than $1000000000.00 with consumers going after companies. that capped price is high
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. and i see we're getting near the end of the hour. so i want to get this in. is she, i mean, she's kind of an incumbent, right? she's not the president, but she's the vice president. so she has a track record. she has the bite and harris administration's economic track record . does it work in your opinion, in her favor or does it work against her in this campaign? well, i think overall, it's pretty good. be there by the end, the economy, you know, say whatever you want, but america's trying to, but the americans, trump, i beg your pardon, trust trump more when it comes to handling the economy as well. that's a, that's a strange disconnect to which i don't think anybody can rationally explain the economy grows very significantly, inflation, which was very high, and this was the legacy of the enormous amounts of public money there were given to everybody at the time of company. we forgot that millions of people are out of a job and therefore, you know, a government money allowed people literally to survive. and that however it was an
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installation or a because, you know, all this money poured into the economy. but the more buying more purchases price is going up, etc. but let me just summarize 2 or 3 things that thing 1st, we don't have time to bill. okay, extra structure bill that was passed with strong bipartisan support at the end of the. ready progression reduction act, which is a reduction act which has billions of dollars in investments in renewable energy. the chips act at which it encourages production. also in the american electronics industry. this is for the big stuff that will support the foundations of the american economy. it's competitive best and its ability to wait. okay, now, how much percolates down to the average, you know, middle class family, that's it. okay, to say, i just, i'm not sure if this long laundry list that the camera harris has that, you know, i'm outlined today. if it's going to be transformative, i would say, okay,
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well i'm really transform. all right. how live on? sure. ok, sorry to do this to you. we're just coming up on the top of the hour. so we have to take a quick break, but we've got most of it in thank you so much for joining us. thank you for that debrief. we were just listening to vice president's come la harris there who is laying out her economic policy to campaign events in north carolina. and that's it for me. serial then you for this is our rep, memphis, and we'll be with you in just in the what we do it all just sarah is assigned to the following story. and he's the people who allow us into their own lives, dignity and democracy. the
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