this is a very different campaign event in the time of the pandemic behind porton was it that carla harris made a good 1st impression of this to vent. it was very important come of the harris has established a reputation within congress as a very fiery and fierce interrogator people come before senate committees but this was an opportunity for her to present herself to the majority of the american people she's known as a strong politician but now she's a candidate for the vice presidency and certainly this was an opportunity for her to have her say alongside the man that she will be running with coming to them but so it was a critical 1st move in the campaign the campaign has started rather slowly for joe biden but certainly with that event today it is a good beginning to gain traction and certainly began to explode into life and mike there was a common name wasn't there between both of them during the nomination process is this something they have now over common what is coming or horace bring to the ticket and to voters in the run up to the election. well there certainly was acrimony she

welcome to the program democratic vice presidential candidate carla harris has delivered a preemptive strike on donald trump just hours ahead of his pitch to the party faithful at the republican national convention harris condemned trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic and addressed the unrest over the police shooting of jacob blake saying america must fulfill the promise of equal justice. the reality is that the life of a black person in america has never been treated as fully human and we have yet to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law well earlier president trump praised the national guard's efforts to quell sometimes violent protests in the city of connection i'm suggested the same approach should be used in other cities like portland with federal troops remain in wisconsin although demonstrations over the past day have been largely peaceful we'll get a live update from our reporter in connection in a moment let's go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly how get kimberly so the democrats have clearly thrown the cats amongst the pigeons on president

had to be she has to introduce herself and the line of the night here in the united states from carla harris was there is no vaccine for racism and that's a hint she is going to build up from her background as prosecutor as attorney general and district attorney in california to go after structural and systemic racism big issue for the for the harris ticket. but let's get a quick look now at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic india has recorded another record number of new infections with almost 70000 new cases reported on thursday and the country is now ramped up testing to more than 900000 a day germany has seen just over 1700 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours that is the highest daily number since april when the pandemic was considered to be at its peak italy has also posted its highest new caseload since may when the country emerged from one of the longest lockdowns in the world authorities there reported $642.00 new infections on wednesday and south korea has warned a recent outbreak from a church in the capital seoul could spread nationwide the govern

around the world the democratic presidential hopeful joe biden and vice presidential contender carla harris signed the documents necessary to certify the nominations biden selected house as his running mate this week she's the 1st black vice presidential nominee in u.s. history. united nations says the death toll from last week's massive explosion in the lebanese capital beirut has risen to nearly 180 nearly 6000 people but the agency says the blast has affected operations at 2 dozen hospitals and clinics in the city schools used 550000 students. of afghanistan offering 400 more taliban prisoners release of government held prisoners as has been a key demand before entering into peace talks with the government in kabul it's a controversial move since the freed prisoners included such as convicted of attacks on afghans and foreigners. their last few minutes behind bars just one more signature from the prison management and they're free these are the 1st prisoners allowed to leave this prison near kabul they are serious criminals terrorists and murderers and it seems they've memorized what the

had to be she has to introduce herself and the line of the night here in the united states from carla harris was there is no vaccine for racism and that's a hint she is going to build up from her background as a prosecutor as attorney general and district attorney in california to go after structural and systemic racism because you for the for the biden harris ticket 7 i want to ask you about barack obama you know breaking with tradition really directly attacking president trump why do you think we've seen him take the gloves off. i think both obama remember michelle obama with a brilliant speech 2 days ago now barack obama with a speech which i have never ever expected nor heard from him in the last 3 years it is as you said he took the gloves off this was a takedown a 4 alarm fire a full frontal punch into the face of president donald trump and this is not usual not at all the present president barack obama has tried for the last 3 and a half years to actually he really quiet because that is the tradition he has a as a former president you do not criticize the sitting president even if you

he failed to protect the american people democratic vice presidential nominee carla harris attacks donald trump's conduct out of his address to the republican convention. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from coming up nato warns russia against meddling in better routes as president putin promises troop support.

wants to can't contribute to a realignment of the american public if you were mike pence watching carla harris speech what would you be thinking i would be thinking i don't want to go up against her she's a really tough she's very strong and you know trump tries to portray her as this angry black woman but she showed that she has this class a misdemeanor in this way of just slicing it with words and having a smile on her face so it's going to be interesting i'm looking forward to the debates says thank you. the government of the rose has confirmed the death of a man in police custody that says the 25 year old died after being detained a street protest at least $6000.00 demonstrators have been arrested since sunday's disputed presidential election protests continued into a 4th night wednesday. what began during the day carried on late into the night their defiance undimmed earlier hundreds of women stood arm in arm on the streets of men's protesting their government crackdown on free speech following sunday's disputed election. i came here to support our bellary see in people our women children

adding to the country's economic crisis presumptive democratic nominee joe biden has picked senator carla harris to be his running mate in the embers us presidential election she's the 1st black woman to be on a major party ticket heiress previously served as california's attorney general. mexico's former president enrique pena nieto has been accused of funneling millions of dollars in bribes to fund his election campaign and buy votes and influence in the congress he's accused of taking money from a disgraced construction firm brushed those are the headlines up next it's the stream i'm back to mediately after that will have 30 minutes of up to date news see that. talking to al-jazeera we ask is the government not to take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter how does iraq. there i want a work of this train home edition today we're looking at what the congress and the fiji settlements around the world how is it im

now where the democratic presidential candidate joe biden and his running mate carla harris made their 1st campaign appearance or is the 1st woman of color on a major party's presidential ticket event comes prior to biden formally accepting the democratic nomination next week. historic debut for the biden heris ticket even though the pandemic kept the crowds away the democratic duo campaigning in person together for the 1st time in joe biden's home state of delaware the former vice president called harris a tough proven fighter whose background reflected the diversity of america. and this morning all across the nation. little girls woke up especially little black and brown girls who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities but today today jess maybe they're seeing themselves for the 1st time in a new way. as the stuff of president and vice president harris is the 1st woman of color to be the vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket she used president trump of bungling the coronavirus response and failing to confront racism. the president's mismanagement

let's bring in boris foreman who is a berlin based us little analyst for us welcome to the program carla harris focusing on unity in the united states i mean it really looks like this is the theme of the democratic convention tell us a little bit more about the message that she got across yesterday. well it certainly is i mean there's a narrative that's running all through the 1st 3 days of the democratic convention and that is trying to divide and he'll do well in sort of a very polarized system but even more than that so an emphasis has been on the actual mismanagement trumps of ministration this is something that is really quite a stark contrast to earlier presidential campaigns where even former presidents have spoken out even republicans have spoken out for the year for the democratic team so what what all the speakers have been emphasizing is the greatness of the moment what's at stake carol the american democracy finds itself in. trying to point toward solutions we have to talk about what iraq obama also said yesterday the fact that he really took the gloves off and was highly critical o

had to be she has to introduce herself and the line of the night here in the united states from carla harris was there is no vaccine for racism and that's a hint she is going to build up from her background as a prosecutor as attorney general and district attorney in california to go after structural and systemic racism because you for the for the biden harrah's ticket. now the number of corona virus cases is on the rise here in germany with authorities recording just over 1700 new infections in the past 24 hours that is the highest daily figure since april 1 than pandemic was considered to be at its peak the surge has been blamed on vacationers returning home as well as parties and a family gatherings earlier this month germany introduced free mandatory tests for anyone returning from areas deemed to be high risk for a coded 1000 infections. and let's bring in our political correspondent nina has a with the very latest on this story hi nina of the highest number in new infections since late april so is it safe to say that the 2nd wave is now underway here in germany scientists caution again

and as you saw in that piece carla harris is a fighter. is her choice undisputed the democratic party is not undisputed there are a lot of people that supported of course the status from democrats love it there are some people that are part of the more composed of wing that are a little bit skeptical because of her record as an attorney general in california and as a district attorney in california but her supporters are quick to point out that when she became a lawmaker when she made it to congress she became more progressive and was pushing for the removal of mandatory minimum sentencing reduced sentencings over all and to get rid of bail bonds so this would keep black families together so what about donald trump and his republicans. saying about biden's choice well i mean if i were his v.p. i would want to go against her she's a fight she's a fighter she's a tough debater and i think that his the the top administration doesn't really know what to do with her because he's trying to put himself off as the law and order president but she w

and carla harris will answer honey. i was fighting for the neo liberal agenda in which the poor are locked in cages for tiny nonviolent crimes the prison inmates fight the fires raging in california while getting paid $1.00 an hour in the american military killing machine breaks the backs of countless other countries so that we can keep dominating the world i was there to do that for you sweetie now put on this gas mask so you can play outside and don't forget your a r 15 to defend yourself against the foreigners who want all their resources back oh and put on your ass p.f. 9000 sun block to battle the fire devils because the paris climate accord was a joke fine. to clarify everything i've said over the past few minutes donald trump is a dumpster fire within a larger landfill fire he is a symptom of a morally bankrupt system and you should vote however your conscience tells you to vote but just do me a favor don't believe the bull coming out of either of our 2 corporate parties. coming from washington d.c. the belly the

this is about protecting neighborhoods protecting people democratic vice presidential candidate carla harris shrugged off president drugs characterization of a as nasty and a sort of mad woman i think that there is so much about what comes out of donald trump's abound that is designed to distract the american people from what he is doing every day that is about neglect and negligence and harm to the american people and incompetence absolutely donald trump dismiss this week's democratic national convention and the outlined his line of attack against biden and hers but over the past week the democrats held the darkest and angriest. gloomiest convention in american history they spent 4 straight days attacking america as racist and horrible country that must be redeemed joe biden grimly declared a season of american darkness i'm the only thing standing between the american dream and total anarchy madness and chaos and that's what it is the republican national convention begins on monday she ever turns the washington. lebanon's gone back into lockdown for 2 weeks including nightly curfew that tri

nation's top job and he said the trumpet diminished america's reputation abroad came a speech from carla harris joe biden's pick for the vice presidency alan fischer reports these words i accept your nomination for vice president of the united states of america. a moment of history in 188 years of political conventions in america the 1st woman of color to accept a vice presidential nomination for a major political party common the hardest to get the moment to introduce herself to the country but the role of the v.p. candidate is to attack the president his running mate and their record donald trump's failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods if you're a parent struggling with your child's learning or you're a teacher struggling on the other side of that screen you know what we're doing right now is not working and we are a nation that is grieving it's rare for a former president to criticize a sitting president but from the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia and at times emotional the rock obama said that a public created by the movement that moment is in his belief un

fighter for the little guy one of the country's finest public servants as my running mate is what carla harris tweeted joe biden can unify the american people because he spent his life fighting for us and as president he will build an america that lives up to our ideals i'm honored to join him as our party's nominee for vice president and do what it takes to make him our commander in chief alan fischer reports now from washington. pamela harris's been the favorite to fill the democrats for some time. she brings a high national profile as a former presidential candidate a senator from california. and family connections to biden she was close friends with his late son both because this is my belief child of a mother from india and father from jamaica she takes 2 important boxes as a woman of color. such as a dynamic or and really good message right she's really good at talking about how they came in made very clear to the audience in to the american people former attorney general of california she's used her skills as a prosecutor in senate hearings to pick apart arguments put forward by the cou

convention former presidents and his former boss really barack obama as well as his running mate carla harris will address supporters in what's become a virtual event because a coronavirus biden was formally nominated by the democratic party on tuesday to take on donald trump and defend his presidential election here's alan fischer at the white house keeping an eye on events for us barack obama doesn't give a bad convention speech does say. and there has got a good history of barnstormers as they would call them of course 1st came to national prominence about 12 years ago when he was just a state senator in illinois picked to do the keynote not many people knew he was an o.t. came delivered this speech and many people said this guy is the future of the democratic party little realizing that the future of the democratic party was just 4 years away when he ran for president and against all the odds he won the surprise of course was that he picked joe biden as vice president he said he liked him he wanted him to help govern and so he will give his endorsement of joe biden is a bit difficult for

presidential hopeful joe biden is to be his running mate carla harris his hometown it'll be the 1st appearance together since by named as vice presidential contender . there's the headline as the news continues here on out is here at the stream next . talk to old is there a school is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. there are all ok what can this train home edition of the clitoris it's their fiji settlements around the world how is it impacting the help of 3 guess we will look at the conditions where they are working the challenges of handling kovac 19 and what help do they need i know you will have ice chains for them so you know what to do we have a huge conversation it is live right now if you have questions you have and cern's about refugees wherever they may be around the well line up is more than happy to tackle your questions if you've got stories.

stuff a quick check of the headlines on joe biden and carla harris of appeared on stage together for the 1st time was running mates in the race against president trump for the white house and presented themselves as the right team to lead the u.s. through the coronavirus demick and the national reckoning over racism. as a child of immigrants she knows personally how immigrant families are richer our country as well as the challenges of what it means to grow up black to do in america the united states of america her stories america story the president's mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the great depression. and we're experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change. america is crying out for leadership france will increase its military presence in the eastern mediterranean to monitor a growing dispute between turkey and greece of all in gas exploration the standoff escalated this week with the arrival of a turkish research vess

democratic presidential hopeful joe biden is set to make his 1st appearance with carla harris is a stark choice for running mate. i'm going with al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up waiting for news in belo roosts thousands are still imprisoned after protests against sunday's disputed election. homes and schools damaged beyond repair a severe shortage of hospital beds when we call in from the beirut blast cleanup efforts reveal the extent of the devastation. and a rise in child labor in syria as the war forces more children to money their families. and historic moment in american politics will play out in just a few hours from now the presumptive democratic presidential nominee joe biden will make his 1st joint appearance with his pick for vice president senator come our house she's the 1st black woman to be included on a major party's presidential ticket the 2 are expected to deliver remarks in wilmington delaware that's biden's home town just ahead of the event the biden harris campaign released its 1st ad since the announcement. i was raised to take action my mother kne

your center carla harris is preparing to appear longside democratic presidential candidate joe biden for the 1st time after being chosen as his running mate she's the 1st black and indian american woman to be included on the major parties presidential ticket the 2 are expected to deliver remarks in wilmington which is joe biden's home town or face republican president donald trump and vice president might pence in november's election. immersion prime minister says almost all of the oil has been removed from a damaged ship has been leaking into the country's pristine blue waters workers have been racing to empty the ship after it grounded off the mission coast last month spilling a 1000 tons of oil into the sea dead fish are already being pulled from the ocean and tourism operators are afraid their businesses will be hit. those are the headlines at the stream is next looking at how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting children's mental health to stay with us for that if you cannot without war news shortly i for now. let me take you back to when you're about maybe 5 or 6 years old how

work rebuilding this nation and building a better white house hopeful joe biden and running mate carla harris make their campaign trail debut attacking president trump for his handling of the coronavirus and then it. in just 83 days we have a chance to choose a better future for our country. hello i'm down in jordan this is down to 0 live from doha also coming up france are set to boost its military presence in the eastern mediterranean calling on turkey to halt oil and gas exploration that's raised tensions with greece. mothers called out to their loved ones are among thousands locked up since the disputed election in belarus. and lebanon puts a new estimate on losses from the beirut last for more than $15000000000.00 as residents say they may never be able to repair their. joe biden and camilla harris have appeared on stage together for the 1st time as running mates in the race against president trump for the white house they presented themselves as the right team to lead the u.s. through the coronavirus pandemic and the national reckoning of the racism. as a child of immigrants she knows p

time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera democratic vice presidential candidate carla harris has attacked president donald trump's reco hours before the final night of the republican national convention she condemned his handling of the pandemic and called for racial justice. a pandemic is unforgiving if you get it wrong at the beginning the consequences are catastrophic and it's very hard to catch up you don't get a 2nd chance at getting it right well president trump he got it wrong from the beginning and then he got it wrong again and again for president trump will officially accept the republican party's nomination in a few hours' time he'll address supporters at the white house hundreds of protesters that are already gathering outside. federal and regional troops on patrol in the u.s. city of can osha after several nights of violent protests sparked by the shooting of a black man activist are pushing for charges against the officer who opened fire on the late. head of nato and poland's prime minister have urged russia not to meddle in the crisis in belarus it comes out of

in the next hour, carla harris morgan staley vice-chairman of global management, that's an interestingrsation on diversity and the way forward at 6:30 a.m. in new york, 11:30 a.m. london and this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: "bloomberg surveillance" from new york, from london, we are focused on thursday jobless claims. without question in my career, the greatest mysterious friday jobs report ever, ever, ever. it will be something to see what the math is given this horrific pandemic that we are in. michael mckee yesterday was a smart conversation with with mr. kaplan from dallas. >> it is still our view we will contract for the year at about 4.5% to 5%. it has been our view with a sharp decline in the second quarter, we have healthy rebound in the third and fourth quarter. i think that rebound is more muted in the united states now. it has caused me to think the unemployment rate, if we do not do a better job managing the virus, the unemployment rate is likely to be above 9%, between 9% and 10%. we have moved up our unemployment forecast, and so i think we got a rebound but it is much more mute

presidential candidate he interviewed 11 people all told 11 women all of them before nominating carla harris to stand as his running mate and that in itself is a historic occasion she's the 1st black woman to stand on a national ticket in the presidential election she is the 1st asian african american woman to do so as well so this is a very significant tickets number of ways and one actually is potentially exceedingly powerful we've already heard in the hours since she was nominated reaction from wall street by nancy is who have been donating to joe biden's campaign to the tune of 5 times as much as that. president trumps according to a number of polls we've heard from silicon valley where camila harris is very high . regarded the technological firms so there is a real broad based swelling of support for the presidential ticket and certainly joe biden has got to going has got to traction going one must know as well is that the fund raising broke a one hour record shortly after he announced calm of the who is running mate once again you can see the impact that this will have on the president

us president donald trump took aim at harrison a tweet he said carla harris started strong in the democratic primaries cannot hold on to support he went on to say that makes her the kind of opponent everyone dreams of. joins me now live from washington d.c. alan so this event to delaware it's not going to be your usual formal running mate introduction is it. no normally that's a big rally a big parade those losses supporters lots of the party hierarchy ready to give their endorsement and their support to the pick because of course it will be very different there will be media there but there won't be so many supporters there won't be many people from the party we're told that both camelot harris and joe biden will speak i wouldn't expect them to take questions it's not the sort of thing where you want your message to be thrown off by an awkward question from an awkward reporter so or be a much shorter type of event but will certainly be joe biden introducing camelot hardest to the nation not that she really needs that much introduction she's forged a reputation for herself on capitol hill as

carla harris his record will be scrutinized like never before in california she worked as a prosecutor district attorney and state attorney before moving on to become a u.s. senator she's been accused of being reluctant to intervene in cases involving police killings during a democratic debate hawaii senator tell thinking about accused her of putting more than 1500 people in jail for marijuana violations heiresses decision on prison reform have also been questioned when the supremes court ordered california to reduce crowding in jails the attorney general's office that was sued accused of keeping inmates in jail to bolster the state's prison labor force lawyers for her says all this deny the accusations that harris has been a strong advocate for justice reform in her role as a senator and has spoken out strongly against for these brutality in the wake of the george floyd killing. joining us now from washington d.c. is ashley bryant adviser to high heights for america the only political action committee dedicated exclusively to electing more progressive black women she's also a principa

this is about protecting neighborhoods protecting people democratic vice presidential candidate carla harris shrugged off president drugs characterization of a as nasty and a sort of mad woman i think that there is so much about what comes out of donald trump's abound that is designed to distract the american people from what he is doing every day that is about neglect and negligence and harm to the american people and incompetence absolutely. doldrum dismiss this week's democratic national convention already outlined his line of attack against biden and hers but over the last week the democrats held the darkest and angriest and gloomiest convention in american history they spent 4 straight days attacking america as racist and horrible country that must be redeemed joe biden grimly declared a season of american darkness i'm the only thing standing between the american dream and total anarchy madness and chaos and that's what it is the republican national convention begins on monday she never turns the outdoors or washington california's governor has appealed to a stranger and canada for help

carla, you touched on how kamala harris came across. to me she felt less fiery than usual, whereas biden came across more fiery. do you agree? >> yes. >> is that intentional, you guys? >> i think that was intentional. for my view she had to introduce herself. californians know kamala harris, but she had to introduce herself to millions of americans who don't know her and talk about her immigrant background. so i think she did what she needed to do. i think we'll see the attack dog coming up. >> cooper? >> we've got the next 72, 73 days to prosecute the president by kamala harris. i think that we will see that very soon. and again, the only folks, that convention could have aired only in wisconsin and pennsylvania and i think senator harris was speaking to those people. >> real quickly, do you have a sense for how many people watched given the more limited coverage, but there was also streaming so maybe that offset some. how great was the reach, do you know? >> i think millions of people watched. i don't have the exact number. look, this