il had i i had had il had hada i i had had a secret imagine if i had had a secret chinese bank account when i was running for reelection?! you think fox news might have been a little concerned about that? you are watching bbc news, we are wives in pennsylvania where former president barack obama is speaking on the 2020 campaign trail supporting joe biden. that is not a good idea. of the taxes donald trump pays. he may be sending more of the foreign governments then he pays in the united states! his first year in the white house, and we she only paid seven of $50 in income taxes stop my first opposite of baskin robbins. —— 750. i think i might‘ve paid more taxes. that year.

working at a dispensing ice cream. how is that possible? how many people paid less than that? it's possible, just possible that, if you are living high on the hogging and yearly pay 750 dollars in taxes, they may be, does may be, he might not just know what working people are going through here in pennsylvania. we cannot afford four more years of this, philadelphia. but the good news is, right now, you can choose change. right now, you can choose change. right now, you ca n vote can choose change. right now, you can vote for my friend joe biden. in his running mate, , can vote for my friend joe biden. in his running mate,, le harris. as the next president and vice president of

america ——. he is a native son, joe biden. and you know that he knows you. and let me tell you how i came to know him and love them. 12 years ago, when i chosejoe biden as vice president, as my vice president running mate. i didn't knowjoe biden all that well, we served in the senate together but we were not super close. he and i came from different places, we came from different places, we came from different generations. but i came to admirejoe different generations. but i came to admire joe biden as different generations. but i came to admirejoe biden as a man who has learned early on to treat everybody he meets with dignity and respect. living by the words his parents taught him. no one is better than

you, joe. but you are better than nobody. and that empathy, that decency, that belief that everybody counsel stop that is whojoe biden is. that is who he will be. and i can tell you the presidency does not change who you are. it reveals who you are! and joe biden has shown himself to be a friend of working people! for eight years, joe biden was the last one in the room when i faced a big decision. he made me a better president. and he is cut the character and experience to make us a better country. and he and kamala harris are going to be in the fight, not just for themselves, but for every single one of us. look, i get this president wants full credit for

the economy that he inherited. in zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored. but, the job zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored. but, thejob does not work that way. tweeting at the television doesn't fix things. making stuff up doesn't fix things. making stuff up doesn't make peoples lives better. you've got to have a plan, to put in the work, and along with the experience to get things done, joe biden has concrete plans and policies that will turn our vision ofa policies that will turn our vision of a better, fairer stronger country into a reality. we literally left this white house a pandemic playbook that would have shown them how to respond before the virus reached our shores. they probably used it to, pf°p up shores. they probably used it to, prop up a shores. they probably used it to, prop up a table somewhere, we do not know her playbook went. eight months into this pandemic, cases are rising again across this country. donald

trump isn't suddenly going to protect all of us. he can even take the basic steps to protect himself! just last night, he complained that the pandemic made him go back to work, i am courting he was upset that the pandemic made him go back to work. if he had actually been working the whole time, it never would've gotten this bad. here is the truth. i want to be honest here. this pandemic would've been challenging for any president. but this idea that somehow this white house has done anything but com pletely house has done anything but completely screw this up is just not true. i will give you very specific example, korea identified its first

case at the same time that the united states did. at the same time. their per capita death toll is just i.3% their per capita death toll is just 1.3% of what ours is. in canada, it is just 39% of what ours is. other countries are still struggling with the pandemic but they are not doing as bad as we are because they've got as bad as we are because they've got a government that's actually been paying attention! and that means lives lost and that means an economy that doesn't work! and just yesterday, when asked if you would do anything differently, donald trump said, not much. really? not much? nothing you can think of that could have helped some people keep their loved ones alive? so, joe biden is likely to screw up testing. he's not gonna call scientists idiots. he is not going to host a super spreader event the white

house. he is going to get this pandemic under control with a plan to make testing free and widely available to get a vaccine to every american cost free and to make sure that his front line heroes started not ask other countries of their equipment they need. —— don't have to. he will guarantee paid sick leave for those affected by the pandemic. and make sure that the small businesses that hold our community together and employing millions of americans can reopen safely. donald trump likes to claim that he built this economy. but america created 1.5 million more jobs in the last three years of the 0bama jobs in the last three years of the obama joe biden administration than in the first three years of the donald trump michael pence administration. how do you figure that? in the house before he

complained the pandemic. —— before he could blame the pandemic. he inherited the longest streak ofjob growth in history, but dislike like your thing else he inherited, he messed it up. —— just like. everything else he inherited. the damage she inflicted by watching the pandemic means he is the first president since herbert hoover to actually lose jobs. joe biden has president since herbert hoover to actually losejobs. joe biden has a plan to create 10 million good clean energyjobs as part of a historic to trillion dollar investment to fight climate change, to secure environmentaljustice and he will pay for it by rolling back that tax cut for billionaires. and joe biden seize this moment notjust as a chance to get back to where we were, but to finally make long—overdue

changes so our but to finally make long—overdue changes so oui’ economy but to finally make long—overdue changes so our economy actually makes life a little bit easier for everyone. the waitress trying to her own, the student trying to figure out how to pay for next semester of his classes. the shift worker was already on the edge of getting laid off. the cancer survivor who is worried about pre—existing conditions protections being taken away. let me tell you something, pennsylvania, is, i know will be true. joe biden and kamala harris will protect your health care and expand medicare and make sure insurance is affordable for everybody. you know, republicans love to say, right before an election, that they will protect your pre—existing conditions. now, joe and! your pre—existing conditions. now, joe and i actually protected your policies to make sure people with pre—existing conditions could get health insurance enough coverage, we

did it to something called the affordable care act. aka, 0bama care. and republicans tried to repeal or undermine it more than 60 times. and when they have been asked about it, they keep on promising, we are going to have a great replacement, they said it is coming. it has been coming in two weeks for the past ten years! where is it? where is this great plan to replace 0bama care? for about ten years to do it. there is no plan! they've never had one! instead, they have attacked the affordable care act at every turn, driving up costs, driving up the uninsured, now they're trying to dismantle your ca re they're trying to dismantle your care in the supreme court as we speak, as quickly as they can in the middle of a pandemic. with nothing

but empty promises to take its place. it is shameful! the idea that you would take health care away from people at the very moment when people at the very moment when people needed most, what is the logic of that? there is no logic! joe biden knows that the firstjob ofa joe biden knows that the firstjob of a president is to keep us safe from all threats foreign and domestic or microscopic. when the daily intelligence briefings flash warning signs about a virus, a a president cannot be a wall. when russia puts bounties on our soldiers in afghanistan, the commander—in—chief cannot be missing in action. i can tell you this, joe biden would never call the men and women of our military suckers or losers. who does that? these heroes

are somebodies children. somebody‘s spouse, somebody‘s dad or mum. he understands that. and he is going to restore our standing in the world because he knows that america pots strength comes from setting an example of that the world wants to follow. in a nation that stands with democracy, not dictators. in addition they can mobilise and inspire others to overcome threats like climate change and terrorism and the poverty and disease. and with joe and and the poverty and disease. and withjoe and kamala harris at the helm, you're not going to have to think about the crazy things they said every day. and that is worth a lot! you are not going to have to argue about them every day. itjust won't be so exhausting. you might be able to have a thanksgiving dinner

without having an argument. you will be able to go about your lives knowing that the president is not going to retweet conspiracy theories. about secret cabals running the world or maybe navy seals running the world or maybe navy seals didn't chill bin laden. think about that. the president of united retweeted that! —— kil. imagine that. what? what? we are not going to have a president that goes out of his way to insult anybody who doesn't support him. 0r threaten him with jail. that is not normal presidential behaviour. we would not tolerate it from a high school principal, we wouldn't tolerate it from a coach, we wouldn't tolerate it from a co—worker, we wouldn't

tolerated in our own family except for maybe crazy uncles somewhere. i mean, why would we expect and accept this from the president of the united states? and why are folks making excuses for that? that is just him. no. no. there are consequences to these actions. they embolden other people to be cruel and divisive. and racist. a phrase that the fabric of our society and it affects how our children see things. and it affects the ways that oui’ things. and it affects the ways that ourfamilies get things. and it affects the ways that our families get along, things. and it affects the ways that ourfamilies get along, it things. and it affects the ways that our families get along, it affects how the world looks at america. that behaviour matters. character

matters. and by the way, while he's doing all of that, it distracts all of us from the truly destructive actions that his appointees are doing all across the government. actions that affect your lives. the environmental protection agency that is supposed to protect our air in our water is right not being run by an energy lobbyist that gives polluters free reign to dump unlimited poison into oui’ reign to dump unlimited poison into ourairand water. reign to dump unlimited poison into our air and water. the labour department, that is supposed to protect workers and their rights. right now, it's being run by a corporate lobbyist who has declared war on workers. protections to keep

essential folks saved during the pandemic. makes it easierfor big corporations to short—change them on their wages. the interior department, that supposed to protect oui’ department, that supposed to protect our public lands and wild spaces, oui’ our public lands and wild spaces, our wildlife and our wilderness. and right now, that's being run by an oil lobbyist who is determined to sell them to the highest bidder. you have the education department that is supposed to give every kid a chance and that is being run by a billionaire who goods rules designed to protect students from getting ripped off by for—profit colleges and steal from students looking for long relief in the middle of an economic collapse. i mean, the person who runs medicaid right now is doing their best to kick people off the medicaid instead of signed them up for medicaid. come on! when joe biden and kamala harris are in charge, they are not going to surround themselves with hacks and

lobbyist. they are going to appoint qualified public servants who actually ca re qualified public servants who actually care about looking out for review, for yourjob, for your family, for your health, for your security, for your planet. and that, more than anything is what's going to separate them from their opponents. they actually care about the american. including the ones that don't agree with them. and they are going to fight for you every day. they care about you and they ca re day. they care about you and they care about this democracy. they believe in a democracy. the right to vote is sacred. and that we shouldn't be making people wait in line for ten hours to cast their ballots. we should be making it easierfor ballots. we should be making it easier for everybody to vote. they

believed that no one is especially the president is above the law. they understand the protests on behalf of social justice isn't un—american. that is the most american thing there is. that's how this country was founded! protesting injustice! we don't threaten our political opponents, threatened to throw them in jail opponents, threatened to throw them injail because we opponents, threatened to throw them in jail because we disagree with them. they understand that our ability to work together to solve big problems with the pandemic depends more on notjust photo ops, it depends on actually learning the fa cts it depends on actually learning the facts and following the science. and not just making stuff facts and following the science. and notjust making stuff up whenever it's convenient. 0ur democracy is

not going to work if the people who we re not going to work if the people who were supposed to be our leaders lie every day! and just make things up. and we've just become numb to it, we've just become immune to and we've just become numb to it, we'vejust become immune to it, every single day, fact checkers can't keep up. and, look, this notion of truthfulness and democracy and citizenship and being responsible, these are not republican or democratic principles, they are american principles. it's where most of us grew up learning from her parents and her grandparents. not white, black, latino or asian values, they are

american values. human values. and we need to reclaim them. we have to get those values back at the centre of our public life. and we can. but, to do it, we have to turn out like never before. we can leave no doubt in the selection. because you know, the president deserves that, if it's even close, i'm just going to make stuff up. he's already started to do it. so, we cannot have any doubt, we cannot be complacent. i don't care about the polls, there were a whole bunch of polls last time, didn't work out. because a whole bunch of folks stated home. and got lazy and complacent stop not this time. not in this election. not this time.

listen, listen. i understand why a lot of americans can get frustrated by government. and can feel like it does make a difference. even supporters of mine, during my eight yea rs, supporters of mine, during my eight years, it felt like stuff we want to get done didn't get done and people said, you know, gosh, if barack 0bama didn't get it done, maybe it's just not going to happen. government is not going to solve every problem. it's true. every elected official is going to make mistakes. this is a big, complicated country in the systems designed so that change happens slowly, it doesn't happen overnight. and believe me, i've got a first—hand experience with the way republicans in congress abuse the rules to make it easy for special interest to stop progress. but we

can make things better. every shoe should be making things worse. the president by himself can solve every challenge and a global economy, but if you've gotjoe biden and kamala harris of the white house and the house and senate that are focused on working people, it can make a difference and give millions of people that they need. a president by himself cannot eliminate all racial bias in our criminaljustice system, but if we've got district attorneys and states attorneys and sheriffs and police chiefs focused on equality and justice, it can make things better! in pennsylvania, you've just got to flip nine seats and just state out, just five seats

to give democrats control in a new life or policies they'll make a real difference that will work for families right now. it can make things better. and in the end, pennsylvania, that is what voting is about. making things better. not making things perfect, but putting us on making things perfect, but putting us on track so that a generation from now, we can look back and say, things got better starting now. and thatis things got better starting now. and that is what voting is about. voting is about using the power that we have and probably get together. if you have a government that is more concerned and more responsive and more focused on you and your lives and your children, and your grandchildren, and future generations. and the fact that we don't get 100% of what we want right away is not a good reason not to vote. it means we've got to vote and get some change and then vote some more and then get some more change and then keep on voting until we get

it right. and we will never come close to seeing what it would be like if everyone voted. when i heard people say, i don't know, voting, don't make a difference. we don't know because usually, no more than half the people that could be voting vote. we get 50, 50 5% of people voting and people say look, you know, none of change happen. well, imagine what would happen if 60% voted ? imagine what would happen if 60% voted? but imagine what would happen if 60% voted ? but about imagine what would happen if 60% voted? but about 70%? imagine when we swear and a president and a vice president who have a plan to get us out of this mess, who believe in science and have a plan to protect this planet for our kids, and to ca re this planet for our kids, and to care about working americans have a plan to help you start getting ahead. and believe in racial

equality and gender equality and believe and not discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation and are willing to bring us orientation and are willing to bring us closer to an america where no matter what we look like and where we come from, who we love and what her last name is, if we go out there we were, we can make it. and we are pa rt we were, we can make it. and we are part ofan we were, we can make it. and we are part of an american family, all of thatis part of an american family, all of that is possible and within our reach if we vote. let me and on the, pennsylvania, people asked me sometimes, ma'am, have you been able to ta ke sometimes, ma'am, have you been able to take it these last four years just watching all of this? —— man. how to use keep your spirits up? for all the times these last four years that we have seen our worst impulses revealed, we have also seen what our country can be at its best. we have

seen country can be at its best. we have seen folks on every age and background pack city centres in airports in town squares just so families would be separated. live on bbc news. so our kids when i grow up on an uninhabitable planet, we have seen on an uninhabitable planet, we have seen americans of all races joining together to declare in the face of injustice, that black lives matter. no more but no less so that no child in this country feels the continuing sting of racism. we have seen folks, are essential workers, our health ca re are essential workers, our health care workers risking their lives day in and day out to save somebody else's loved ones. we have seen people volunteering in contributing to help those who are having an especially difficult time right now. that is true in pennsylvania and

thatis that is true in pennsylvania and that is true all across the country. america is a good and decent place. but we have just seen so much noise and nonsense that sometimes it's ha rd and nonsense that sometimes it's hard for us to remember. philadelphia, i am asking you to remember what this country can be. what it's like when we treat each other with respect and dignity. what it's like when our elected officials actually behave responsibly. i am asking you to believe injoe's a ability to lead this country out of these dark times and build it back better. because we cannot abandon those who are hurting right now we cannot abandon the children who are not getting the education that they need right now. we cannot abandon those protesters who inspired us. we have got to channel their activism and action. we cannotjust imagine a

better future, we've got a fight for it. we have to out hustled the other side. we've got our work the other side. we've got our work the other side. we've got our work the other side. we have got to vote like never before and leave no doubt. so, make a plan right now for how you're going to get involved to vote. do it as early as you can, tell your family, tell your friends to do as early as you can, tell your family, tell yourfriends to do make friends i can vote, don'tjust stop with joe friends i can vote, don'tjust stop withjoe biden, friends i can vote, don'tjust stop with joe biden, harris, friends i can vote, don'tjust stop withjoe biden, harris, vote down the long the ticket. and if we put all our efforts into these 13 days of stubble revote up and down the ticket like never before, then we will not only electjoe biden kamala harris. we will no doubt leave, we will not leave any doubt as to who we are as a people and our values and ideals that we embrace. what

lincoln called the better angels of oui’ lincoln called the better angels of our nature. those are still in us. we see them operating every single day. we see them in neighbourhoods. we see them in churches and synagogues and mosques and temples. is the former president of the united states ba rack is the former president of the united states barack obama as a campaigning rally, a car rally in philadelphia hence that is why the beginning, we heard all of those car horns and campaigning on behalf of joe biden and his running mate, harris, sharply criticising donald trump at that car rally in philadelphia in the us. now, let us get all the weather. it's been the first half of the week but will be a drier day and for some, even a brighter day with some express coming through. more rain

and wind on the way for the weekend and wind on the way for the weekend and into next week too. for now, low pressure is moving away debris for each of high pressure is arriving before the next weather system travelling from the atlantic. so, this gap is not going to last too long. as was her thursday, some heavy rain and the parts of scotland gradually easing with a windy night in northern ireland which we will see slowly ease and be a across the uk and still in scotland in northern england, a lot of cloud during the morning and some patio bricks of rain, southern counties of northern england should improve in the afternoon, some sunny spells brightening up in northern ireland in the mid—areas of southern england having a dry afternoon with sunny spells after a chance to sing some patchy rain in the morning. and up to 17 in the southeast of england, cloudless, the northern parts of northern england will be a cool day the chance to in this other parts of southeast england and some quite heavy showers moving through and the next weather