speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. for mines. this is. from tonight in the u.s. it is the biden here is to get as much of the country talking a bell election day. will soon hold his 1st campaign events he's doing right now with his new vice presidential running mate. his candidacy is a 1st in the u.s. for a woman of color well as hell will seem impact by the campaign also on the show

as fires spread through the amazon rain forest brazilian president remains in denial saying stories of the amazon in flames are along. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us democratic presidential hopeful joe biden is making his 1st appearance with his pick for vice president california senator. the new democratic ticket debuting at a high school nearby home in the state of delaware a harris is the 1st woman of color to be nominated for national office by a major political party biden and harris will be officially confirmed as the democratic party's candidates for the white house at the party's convention next

week. and here is why it's joe biden has been saying in just the past few minutes about his new running mate. a great choice but i have no doubt that i picked the right person to join me as the next vice pres the united states of america and that's senator coming to hers you know and it seems americans all across this nation lisa the outta here green with me yesterday we had our best grassroots fund raising day of the campaign more than double our previous record and in doing so we set a single day record for online political fundraising and i think i know why so. that was joe biden there speaking at his 1st event with camilla harris as his vice presidential running mate let's take the story now to washington to our washington bureau chief in this poll she's following this for skinny need to you it is i mean we have to say that couple of hair is she certainly is energizing the biden

campaign talk to me about what kind of partnership what kind of relationship these 2 will have. right brained i mean i think they're really matching each other weaknesses and joe biden just pointed it out as he just said she is a child of immigrants and she's different from my story so that's his own words so they will click play that big she is the 1st v.p. and possible president of the united states who is not white father is from to my call her mother is from india and so she most definitely appeals to minorities she appeals to women and as you said she is an energetic californian and she will bring that to come pain and that is very much needed because that's also something we see right now is joe biden's appearance he looks

a little tired. yeah we've heard that from several people and i'm wondering though after this 1st week or so after the initial euphoria has passed after the convention is over how big of a role will come a harris play at the end of the day this is still going to be a balance joe biden wanting to defeat don't withdraw. most definitely it's all about trying to bribe the referendum on donald trump i think that's how the democrats will shape their whole come pain it's going to be difficult for both of them joe biden and kind of the hair is especially hair is she's a very. personal whole. person who reaches out to people she's a hugger she would be great in really wentz know everything is kind of work that's shaping this whole come pain and we shall see how she handles that but i'm sure

that she will support biden as will all the other politicians he will pick this might be different from other come payne's maybe he brings in his possible cabinet earlier because joe biden knows that he needs the support of many to really make it into the white house what about the republicans as well what has been the reaction from the g.o.p. and from the white house to to this this team the biden here is to. kind of predictable. president trump reacted immediately after joe biden announced his pick last night called come on the harry's phony saying that she is flip flopping because she changed her death penalty she changed her takes how many policemen you would need on the streets but you know when he says things like that i think we always have to keep in mind how he changed his opinions for

example he was rude to the democrats for more than 6 years in the 2000 years but he criticizes her hard saying she's a very leftist radical person yes which we know is not true she's more center left if anything you just told the story words tonight in washington is always thank you. here's a quick look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world hundreds of women have marched through bill reeves's capital minsk in protest of the government crackdown on protesters 6000 demonstrators have been arrested since sunday's disputed presidential election the united nations has condemned the actions of police saying bystanders and minors are among those who have been detained germany has pledged 20000000 euros for relief efforts in lebanon on a visit to beirut german foreign minister. said that the aid is contingent on

lebanese authorities tackling corruption he met emergency responders at the site of last week's massive explosion which killed more than 170 people in the city of brussels has ordered residents to wear face masks in all public places the order follows a surge in the number of new coronavirus cases in the belgian capital belgium has been hit hard by the pandemic with nearly 10000 deaths. brazil's president. has denied the existence of fires in the amazon rain forest calling them quote a lie but satellite images from brazil's national space agency showed that forest fires in the amazon are actually increasing experts say most are deliberately set to illegally clear land for farming. this is all they got a few buckets and basic hoses but the farmers he had determined to battle the

raging fires in the amazon rain forest. forgot about part of the point it's now out of control we're trying to save animals and save houses that's the most important thing right now look at what we're doing to nature look at that just turning everything into coal and smoke. more than 10000 fires have been recorded in the 1st weeks of august alone the worst on record the fires are usually manmade to clear land for farming and ranching it's illegal but for many it's the only way to survive. but. we don't want to destroy anyone's lives i'm just clearing a field to bring up some cows. but they're in it. the brazilian government is now under mounting pressure to stop the forest fires. though president jerry able

to narrow has dispensed the military to assist with fighting the fire as the president has also denied the fire as exist. because of course fear but after i want to because it's a rain forest like most of you it does not catch fire so this story that the amazon burns with 5 is a lie and we must fight it with real numbers and that is what we are doing here in brazil. data from brazil's own space agency shows and nearly 30 percent increase in the fires in just over a year also narrow has fired the head of the agency international experts are increasingly worried about the decline of the world's largest rain forest and important ecosystem helping the planet against climate change. artless across now to brazil where journalist monte is a bird is standing by for us in the pine tent which is the world's largest tropical

what is good to see you you know we just heard in that report that there's been an increase in fires in the amazon of 30 percent in just the last year why is that. if you $11000.00 was already a record year for the imus own i regarding the fires and this year 2020 yeah the increase comes supposedly because it is a really dry year here in the pantano region the water levels didn't dries as they normally do and it's really dry and the last 100 days here in this region there was no rain at all so the everything is really the soil is dry and so the fire started these are the 1st fires in the last 22 years as locals say the so the wetlands are to dry to contain the fires and yet it may be also caused by climate

changes here in these regions and we are still in the beginning of the dry season it lasts until october you know we can tell behind you there much he is just how dry it is where you are has brazil been receiving foreign assistance to help tackle these fires. brazil is generally keen to not combat fires by their own it's part of the national policy but boats narrow sense of militaries to hear also 2 helicopters are helping with the just 6 and the fire brigades also 2 airplanes are dropping water 3000 liters per flight so there is. logistics here to come but the fire is out there too too many and they're too big so it's really really an ongoing crisis here. and what about the coronavirus pandemic what impact has it had on the world's attention on these fires.

yeah the corona crisis is an issue the attention on these fires in the amazon and here in the front now is not us high as the last year due to the corona crisis due to other crisis in the world to live in on hong kong belarus but also there is a risk that the world's attention might be less because the world gets used to the amazon fires each year and maybe also used to the policy of also narrow. reporting from the continental in brazil tonight thank you. police in scotland say 3 people were killed when a passenger train derailed in the north east of the country they were pronounced dead at the scene 6 others have been hospitalized the incident followed a night of heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area. an aerial pitches show the full extent of the accident. the train derailed in a store in haven in scotland about 160 kilometers north east of edinburgh.

the sound of sirens could be heard from a far and fixed my billet from behind the healy terrain authorities 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 lawmaking is 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 reports of serious injuries. british prime minister barr stunts and says he was saddened to learn of the incident and promised to improve safety clearly the most important thing now is that the british

transport police are in charge of the investigation to find out exactly what happened in that we all work together with network railway wheels who's responsible to make sure that we get to make sure nothing like this happens again. the cause of the incident is unclear although the area was hit by thunderstorms and flash flooding i have a nice. these pictures were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways they are working alongside emergency services as investigations into what caused the accident continue. our sports news now there is some gem on has won its quarter final match against italian club in the champions league the french side won the match 21

eric to promoting got the winning goal for p.s.g. in injury time it's the 1st time in 25 years that the team has advanced from the competitions quarter finals to the semis thursday will see atletico madrid take on german club lights. it's if you're watching the news coming up next business stick around you're right back. to any surprises. alex. thompson is going to get in the footsteps of the race. in missouri.