this is t.v. news live from the u.s. democrats debut their new presidential tickets joe biden is due to make his 1st campaign that appearance today alongside running mate camelot highers selection makes history in the u.s. but how much do presidents really matter the program for a debt in scotland after a passenger train comes off the rails the 1st minister declares a major incident as emergency service has a tendency. time

phil gale welcome to the program u.s. presidential candidate joe biden is to make his 1st campaign appearance alongside his running mates. the new democratic ticket will debut at a high school nearby home in the state of delaware how this is the 1st woman of color to be nominated for national office by a major party democrats hope her profile will boost efforts to beat donald trump in november. one time rivals no joining forces to launch a historic presidential bed this was how joe biden i asked the california senator to help him reach the white house opinions are divided. but that you will pick the fall over due course that will block him in the memory of the vice president i think it's a little bit risky because she's highly controversial can it be true for you in

fact it was biden who welcomed the tough on crime prosecutor on to the national political scene when she was sworn into the senate in 2017. but looking at it. from there she burnished a credential as a combat's of lawmaker the president has asserted that torture works do you agree with that statement and for the last time yes or now did you have any communications with russian officials striking fear into her opponents you know not able to be rushed this fast it makes me nervous in 2019 she ran for the democratic presidential nomination herself that campaign saw her cross examined biden over his track record on race. and said of joe's show to rush it was hurtful. to hear you talk about the reputations of 2 united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race

in this country mischaracterized my position across the board i did not praise racist them bury the hatchet when she dropped out of the race and backed him to win the nomination. right up there on the ground. and so on. and saw no is harris with rumors that the aging biden me only 7 single town it's a landmark pick that me one day propel hard to become the 1st female president. so do presidential running mates matter while who better to ask than the author of a book by the name christopher divine joins us from dayton ohio in the united states a welcome to you what will come of the horace's job in the campaign be. good to join you i hope they're watched you would you know you every day so early that

when to be here so come here is this real campaign 1st of all is to reassure voters about joe biden's judgment that's what we find in our research my book with hope was a little town called we find there are primarily running mates influence how people think about the presidential candidate so come on here here's needs to show that she is up to the job that she could step in to be vice president and present if necessary her research shows she does there you lately have a positive effect on how voters you joe biden and maybe make them more likely to vote for biden although not dramatically so just at margins ok so the job that it's her is to bring in the outlines of biden supporters is can i categorize it that way . all right you know i think everybody in this reply to swing voters but also maybe some people who are leery about him in the progressive base of the party i mean one thing that's tricky about kamel harris is that she's hard to place ideologically is she a win for the progressives in the party she has more of the lap but you know she's

not exactly when a court may progress they think that she's not progressive enough so you know she's designed i think to appeal to a wide range of voters primarily in a democratic coalition but also if there are people who aren't what say to specter republicans may be independents or other swing voters it least they probably won't be alienated by this pick like they would be if i had made so reckless electoral gamble and pick someone you know just to try to win a swing state run and indicate to voters that maybe this guy does have the judgment to do the job as president good talking to you thank you for joining us christopher devour. a place in scotland say 3 people were killed when a passenger train came off the tracks in the northeast of the country they were pronounced dead at the scene 6 of us have been taken to hospital the incident to follow the night of heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area.

an aerial pitches show the full extent of the accident. the train derailed knees stonehaven in scotland about 160 kilometers north east of edinburgh. the sound of sirens could be heard from the 5 and 6 smoke billowed from behind the humi terrain both already say they were called to the scene just before 10 am on wednesday morning dozens of emergency service fee crews arrived soon afterwards. shortly after the 1st reports of the crash scotland's 1st minister nicola sturgeon addressed local lawmakers emergency services are currently on site and a major incident has been declared i have just come off a call with network real and the emergency services and details are still emerging i am afraid to see that there are only reports of serious injuries. in

a tweet british prime minister bar's johnson said it was a very serious incident and his thoughts are with all of those affected. the cause of the incident is unclear although the area was hit by thunderstorms and flash flooding overnight. and these pictures were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways. they working alongside emergency services as investigations into what caused the accident continue. we'll take a quick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world security forces in mali have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who camped out overnight in the capital bamako demanding the resignation of president abraham. because of the faltering economy and the ongoing insurgency in the country's north

. the prime minister of marisha says engineering teams have removed almost all of the oil from on board a grounded japanese ship more than a 1000 tons of already spilled into the waters around the island after the vessel on the ground on a call leave. flooding in south sudan has forced an estimated 135000 people from their homes one of the worst affected places is the town of bor where heavy rains causing the about like 9 never to burst its banks efforts to reinforce the levee prevented even more of the town being swarmed. germany has pledged 20000000 euros for relief efforts in lebanon on a visit to pray route to foreign minister said the aid was contingent on bethany's on thirty's tackling corruption and that emergency responders at the site of last week's massive explosion which killed more than 170 feet.

with football europe's top 8 football clubs are in the portuguese cup the lisbon competing for the coveted champions league crown operad so as it is here to talk about the quarter finals are welcome fashion kicks off tonight so what has the mood in lisbon been like well it's quiet and cautious and quiet again because there are no fans because of the cold in 1000 outbreak and normally at a time like this where the 8 best teams. in europe supposedly the bay best teams are playing against each other they would have. tens of thousands of supporters there not even if they can't get into the stadiums they'd be in the restaurants and in the pubs and everything now the portuguese prime minister is putting on a brave face and saying come on down even though you can't get into the stadium you can enjoy the city it's going to be great they're still going to be a lot of atmosphere everyone's putting on a brave face and we also have

a correspondent on the ground there in lisbon he's been talking to some of those brave faces so why don't we take a look at his report right now. lisbon's main square that should be full of football fans the coronavirus has turned the city into a ghost town lacking an atmosphere you wait for branding there's little evidence of european football's best treatise trenching has been that the moment there is no one there is no terrorist action in the middle of august this is like never seen before. going to be safe i prefer to stay in the country we are known as one of the best i will say people to do to receive foreigners and it's quite hard for us not to have it because is it a big part of the economy particularly on i may say that english band in some boy could make some unfairness and study old delusion with the likes of buying munich cannot be leipsic new hygiene regulations clubs must tense of the pitch separately

they have water bottle restrictions and there are guidelines around buses perry says a man checked the main venue for today's opener against the land said. back in the sense of portuguese tourism struggles to district champions league be a source of hope and opportunity to list both says how good it is very good for our economy. 4 hours yeah and put the ball yeah. there's not going to be any truth. really. in come out of this because it's just the team's no no no supporters so i think it's just a question of visibility. guys don't be afraid dick here at the counter. you wait for in fact it's

a move its flagship event. because of the country's favorable coverage 90 numbers speak despite the precautions the planning lets you claim a treat players have tested positive for the coronavirus before the children see even starts it is a reminder that this unique champions league remains a risk to all of those involved and supports a goal and its people. so despite the lack of funds and tourists in lisbon it should be lively inside the stadiums when the italians allowed to face the french champions of p.s. treatment and that's right well i mean on paper it looks fantastic at least for p.s.g. fans i mean there are a who's who of football greats starting with the world's most expensive player neymar and they're up against a team that comes from the epicenter of the kovac 1000 outbreak to comes from bury them all just very close to milan and that's where many many people died because of covert 19 and they would like nothing more than to give hope and great enjoyment by

beating p.s.g. and they are working hard working side and they are worthy they they they are capable of upsets i mean nobody expected them to get this far so it could be a very interesting match again concentration on the game there are no fans it's going to be quiet but there's an interesting point to all of this that's happening now if you have the language capabilities and the announcers and talking too much you can listen to what the players are saying to each other on the field and that's very interesting now it's not exactly poetry i just want to put that one. not there for everybody but it is interesting is sometimes it's kind of mean sometimes it's really good advice and it makes the game a little bit different than the events on t.v. at least we have german bundesliga sides by munich and. later this week against my league opponents believe that even of the women when all the way through well i don't think leipsic is going to get past this point i think that let's go madrid they were finalists in 2000 twice this decade already so i think that they're

hungry to get to the finalists when it they have the stars and asked for byron munich i really do think that they could make it all the way to the final this should be the final actually between barcelona environment that's what everybody says but they've got great byron have robert leaven dusty 53 goals to his credit this season nobody else has come close to that and 13 of those are in the champions league the closest to him in the champions league have scored 6 goals so it'll all they're all great match ups it's a good. servants for doing it for the w. sports. assisting the news is a reminder of our top story this hour u.s. presidential candidate joe biden is due to make his 1st campaign appearance with the running mates come on her wrists of the summer so from california is the 1st woman of color to be nominated for an awful office by a major cause. it's a chill up today fred goff well how i feel next to world updates at the top of the

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