tamara: yes, and that is by design.here have been numerous opportunities where joe biden could have tried to getwn on a trump cycle and the biden gn purposely did not jum in on the news cycle, in a way not taking the bait. that is a contrast with past people who have idn against prt trump. other news happening right now.h will joe biden and his running mate be able to dominate the news? will they be able to dominate the politicalthews? part of might depend on how negotiations go on coronavirus relief packages and the ttential existst biden and his running mate don't get as long onews cycle as one noally would. and what does that mean? it's not clear. judy: well, we know it will be a won. how much is riding on this? 'amy:amy: that' a good point that they might not get the cycle to themselves. to me it wouldugst this is a good pick for joe bidenecse it's not raising the level of controversy that would keep it in the news for more than a couple days. but this, he has said yes he will pick a woman, but in the last couple of

trying to get to people who are inside the rubble the president has been briefed about the situation tamara has been declared a national day of mourning in israel and hizbullah have both denied involvement any kind of speculation that there was earlier as to whether this was an israeli strike or his action both of them are denying involvement we are receiving some reports that the 1st explosion might have been caused by an electrical spark we're hearing from the lebanese customs director who says it was caused by nitrates he says it was a warehouse we highly explosives materials are housed and that the initial explosions might have set off fuel and that might have caused that huge secondary blast but we still haven't had confirmation as to what caused either the 1st or 2nd blast there is an investigation that's underway as i say at least 10 people who have been killed a massive mushroom cloud over the port hundreds of people who have been injured a big fire is roads closed a lot of panic a lot of speculation and a deep sense of dread that is occurring in beirut tonight. just briefly paula.

>> let's let tamara answer this one. >> yes. there were significantly more democratic women elected to congress in 2018 then there were republican women. the fact is that is sort of a long-standing trend. we've got particularly dramatic in 2018. one republican congresswoman from upstate new york thinks that this is a problem. she is now actively working to recruit more republican women to raise money for republican women. she has a fact that she has formed with the specific goal of getting more republican women into congress so that it will be a little bit more representative. some people laughed at her and wrote her off initially. that is to say some of her colleagues. but she seems to be getting some traction. who knows how it will work out electorally. you have to make it to a primary to get into a general election. that is often a challenge for female candidates on both sides of the aisle still. >> this is nancy. i want to make a few remarks about the legal voters which i should've emphasized in my remarks. when the lead was

and tamara keith of npr.co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." >> woodruff: hello to both of you. we heard william brangham a few minutes ago speak about the requests are going out for absentee ballots in a number of statessfor these aut primaries. amy, tomorrow primaries in arizona, michigan, washington state, missouri, kansas, an then on thursdayin tennessee. you've been focused particularly on the kansas senate republican primary. tell us what you're looking at. >> right. judy, kansas isn't normally considered a battleground state at the presidential or senate a democrat hasn't won since the 1930s, but a lot publicans are worried that that streak tsuld end and democ could find themselves on top of what they see is a very contentious primary, and that is the former secretary of state, chris cobak. atoria the gubern nominee for republicans in 2018. he was endorsed by donald trump. e is also an immigration hardliner like donald and the fact that he lost to a democrat in kansas spooked a lot of t publicans who s

and tamara keith of npr. she also co-hosts the "nprli cs podcast." >> woodruff: hello to both of you. good to see you after two weeks of conventions. i want to start with what joe biden and the president are saying about source ofand th it, but, tam, i want to start with something the moments ago at a briefing at the white house. he was asked about the teenager, kyle rittenhouse, in kenosha, wisconsin, who just a few days ago shot and killed two black liots matter tors in the aftermath of the shooting of jacob blake, and here is what the president said in answer to a question about mr. rittenhouse. >> preside trump: he ll and they very violently attacked him. it was something we're looking at right now, and it is under investigation. >> woodruff: so, tam, in essence, the president defending why kyleri enhouse has done. he was a 17-year-old carrying a long gun, and the presidenis saying it s in self-defense, in essence. >> that is what the president is saying. you know, president trump has this tenncy to, when

tamara keith, amy walter, thank you both. >> you're welcome.>> ou're welcome.t 2 would have been literary icon james bal bdwin's 96th birthday. the resurgence of "black lives matter" in the world has created new interest in his bk. it explores baldwin's ideas for these times. anna recently spoke to author and princeton professor eddie glow jr. this is part of our arts and ercultures. >> my own december spare, my -- despair, my own rage, grappling with the fact that the country seeminbly was dg down on its darkness, on its ugly commitments and trying to figure out, how could iuster the energy to push the rock back up the hill, andin wat it take root in my own son. it m seemed toe that i needed to find a way to get it on the page.n and i've b reading jim baldwin -- i call him jimmy because he's likeso a pl friend for all these years. i've been reading him for about 30 years, grappling with his ideas. finally i turned to himel to me think about this current moment. so this is a book written with him about the darkness of our times. >> we should poiut this wasn't a

tamara keith and amy walter, thank you both. >> you're welcome.>>you're welcome. >> woodruff: finally tonight, as more institutions across the country start to reopen-- and some close again due to spikes in the coronavirus-- we look at how the 173-year-old sprawling smithsonian initution is gradually welcoming back the publ john yang visited two of the key attractions of the world's largest museum, education and research complex. aris report is part of our ongoing ts and culture series, "canvas." r:>> reports re-opening day at the national air and space "museum's "udvar hazy center in chantilly, virginia, outside washington, home to some of the greatest exhibits and space travel. there's no crush of hethousands of visitors as normally would be this time of year. stead, an orderly, timed entrance of no more than 1,500 people-- the daily lf advance tickets available online. the same day, under a morning rain, animal lovertrickled into the smithsonian's national zoo. these two sites are the "tip of the spear" for an institution that has more than 150

and joining us via skype is tamara keith of npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." you, it is now the republican's turn. but tam, before we move to the republicans we are now what, four days out. we have had tour days to let it sink in, settle in, what is lefn lingfrom the democrat's asin messageweek? >> well, we haven't seen a lot of polling yet to see whether therwas a convention bump. i think one question that hangs out there, there was o lf focus on coronavirus and tackling that. and there was a little bit less focus on the economy. so that is one area where president trump has more strength and where former vice president joe biden tends to not poll quite as well. and so therere some questions remaining there. i will say that, and this is highly informal but in my neighborhood there is a sign, i think a lot of people have seen these signs that say any functioning adult 2020. and this we the sign was replaced with a biden campaign sign. and you know, i think part of what this convention was all about for biden, president trump has put outis there thdea that he w

. >>> police say they arrested 23- year-old tamara white on suspicion of murder and robbery. >>> the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus so for this morning, 750,000. here in california we are expected to hit 600,000 comfort cases either today or tomorrow. 10,753 people have died from the virus here in california. officials say the daily infection numbers this week or wrong. they include back logged cases. governor gavin newsom says he is encouraged by new numbers showing the rate of hospitalizations are down 21%. and admissions to icu units dropped 15% in the past two weeks. >>> gavin newsom says he will help struggling businesses during this pandemic. with tax breaks, fewer regulations, and new loan programs. debora villalon tells us, many business owners say they cannot wait any longer for help. >> i think about it, i dream about it, i have nightmares about it. >> reporter: a brand-new jim. adam kovacs opened this 20 foot square foot facility after two years of planning. covid-19 closed it three weeks later. with limited classes, outputs only, membership went from 1300 sign-

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he's been identified as 29 year-old tamara spill hannon he'd been with the department for 3 and a half years. a second officer who was shot in the leg was treated and released after the shooting on saturday. we have more information about this story on our website just head over to kron 4 dot com. due to an increase in covid cases all classes at chico state will be held virtually the university says in just 3 days since the start of the semester over 30 cases were reported. this comes as 36 states have reported a total of 8700 cases and colleges and universities around the country. well the oakland a's are self isolating in houston after a member of the organization tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend. the oakland a's had to postpone their game in houston yesterday. it was not revealed if the infected person as a player or coach. the team has conducted testing and contact tracing. they will stay in houston this morning as they wait for the test results that will determine whether this is an isolated infection. well the giants shut down the diamondbacks in arizona yesterday

on the 50th birthday and they would not play the winner of tamara's quarterfinal and madrid.e northern irish champion sue play in belfast will progress to the next stage where they will play in poland. next tuesday. rangers made it three wins out of three of the scottish premiership and there are 3—0 with the other games and they were meant to be two more but they were postponed because of covid—19 violations. he has won the opening stage of the criteria in south africa with second, just ahead the race as a final warm—up for the tour de france, which starts at the end of the month. it often goes on to claim the tour de france, he has done that three times. but during last years race, a horrific crash ended his hopes of winning cyclists greatest price for record equalling fifth time. his injuries were so bad, he was months and he is still to recapture his old form. more than three miles from the finish, he dropped back from that and into the stage and 80 sixth place. you will need to improve if used to make the tour de france as part of the team. put into the raining tour cham

tamara co-op president trump says federal mournful cement will remain in portland oregon until what is restored it comes just hours off to he threaten to replace them with national guard troops a fine it stretches into the weekend in the protest plagued city. friday night so less of the rest than previously by demonstrations against the deployment of miniaturize federal agents that continued the trunk administration had started destroying some offices and lined with the pads for it was on father's day that process seems to have been put on hold professor cherry sauce you know portland state and foster says the presidency time it could be a reelection campaign ploy. president truman is giving mixed messages is very much. part of his repertoire. he often puts out negative messages to test the reaction i believe is very much a public relations that the president and many of the things that he says is actually targeted for his his base is political base and he doesn't necessarily intend to carry out the policies that he initially announces he may run as related to provoke violence because

so, panel, and tamara, i turn it over to you. [ applause ] >> naunk, everyone for being here and thank you for the panel for being here. i am going to let you carry all of the heavy weight on this. but -- you know, we know how the story ends. this story ends with the 19th amendment to the constitution being ratified and we all get to vote. so the question that i'm hoping we can cover tonight is, how we got here. and how we got to the end of that story in 1920, starting, though, in the 1900s, because it's a long story. so linda, i think that you have, at least a bit of an overview you can give us and maybe -- also you can start at the very beginning, or the early part of the century. >> okay, yeah. and i'll condense it, because it is a long story, but basically i would say--thank you so much for having me. when talking about the suffrage movement so much is about communication and targeting, and very simply, what really was an impetus for women to vote in the 72-year struggle was in the 20th century when women took to the streets and basically emergence of public women in the united sta

louis police officer shot in the head after responding to a shooting call has died. 29-year-old tamarasanan was with the department for three and-a-half years. his family releasing a better saying, quote, he is a hero to many but most importantly to his loving wife and three incredible children. a second officer was shot in the knee and is out of the hospital. the suspect is in custody. no charges have been filed. todd: louisiana residents can now apply for fema aid after hurricane laura devastated the state. governor john bel edwards warning it will be a long and difficult road to restoring power with 170 of electrical towers destroyed. a resident telling fox news they need help now. >> there are elderly people sleeping in mold and wet conditions. they can't even get out of their homes. this is going to get horrific. there's no water. people can't bathe. i mean, they're drinking out of swimming pools. todd: more than 300,000 homes and businesses remain without power. jillian: overnight, jared kushner taking the first ever israeli commercial flight to the united arab emirates after the

officer tamaras bohanen was shot in the head, he was a 29-year-old and served in the department for 31/2 years. he leaves behind a wife and three children. a second officer was wounded as well. eight st. louis officers have been shot since june. the suspect was taken into custody after a 12-hour standoff. >>> in california, cooler weather is helping firefighter gain ground on nearly two dozen wildfires. that includes two complex fires in the san francisco area that have burned 750,000 acres. more than 60,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation orders throughout california. temperatures are forecast to get back near 100 degrees with gusty winds this week. >>> all right, this one is every kid's fantasy. when it actually happened on sunday, it was terrifying. that is a real life 3-year-old girl at the bottom of tip of that orange kite you see there. it's a festival in a seaside town in taiwan. local media say it's unclear how she got wrapped up in the kite's tail. she's obviously in the air, and you can see onlookers rescued her, and she only suffered mild scratches to her neck and

. >> reporter: tamara is co-owner at the mane gallery in concord. after waiting so long to finally reopen indoors, she learned that customers would be allowed to come back in starting monday. >> we were a little confused by the information and where to go to. we figured it out. and we knew it was -- we're back in business. >> reporter: the salon is ready with extra cleaning supplies, dividers, signs and layers of safety precautions. but they didn't have to scramble. they already had the supplies in place. >> the last opening up we were kind of like, you know, we're opening and then shut down, so we were just kind of took us back a minute. >> reporter: the business shut down when contra costa county went on the state watch list. many businesses are hoping this tiered reopening on friday makes the process easier to understand and it will lead back to another shutdown. >> no, we have not heard what we're allowed to do or not allowed to do. >> reporter: while businesses are preparing amid the pandemic, not everyone is aware of what takes effect tomorrow

. >> reporter: david phillips and tamara cochran-may represents lars. their client and thought the jury would, too. >> this was simply a terrible accident. >> when i first met lars, i could see his remorse. and after speaking with him, i said, this man didn't do anything on purpose. >> reporter: the prosecution started off in dramatic fashion. they played lars' 911 call for the jury. as the tape rolled, lars shook and sobbed with his entire body. once again, the prosecution wondered, was it real remorse? >> i have small children. i have seen that face before. and it usually involves just before a dirty diaper. >> reporter: now, that's a first on "dateline." >> he had that expression of bearing down, and he was kinda turning red. and you never saw a tear. >> reporter: next up, the first officer on the scene that night. he testified that lars didn't look like a man who'd been doing cpr on his mortally wounded wife. >> he was clean. >> what do you mean by clean? >> he didn't have any blood on his body. once i saw him doing cpr, then he had blood on his han

and we're expecting to hear why possibly a similar voice of support from the green party as well tamara so a deeper investigation would enable for more files to be viewed and also for more witnesses to be question but that kind of investigation would take as well into 2021 which of course is germany's next big election year argentina is on track to restructure its massive $65000000000.00 debt burden after weeks of wrangling bondholders appear to have embraced the terms of a deal which the government hopes will enable the country to avoid a 10th default in the future but as negotiations between borrowers and lenders have showed it takes 2 to tango. even anomic crisis and financial disaster can't take away argentines love of tango as evidenced in this international on line dance competition but the coronavirus pandemic has made the situation drastically worse argentina is in its 3rd year of recession and its economy is expected to contract by 12 and a half percent this year inflation is running at over 50 percent and more people are slipping into poverty. a lot more to. her many people li

joe biden tapping senator tamara harris as running mate. president trump's reaction straight ahead.l with the congress. treasury secretary steven mnuchin is here live on where the talk stand and how soon americans could see extra unemployment benefits. announcing 5 to 1 stock split. stock is shifting into high gear on

tamara is one student who tapped her creativity to pay the bills.thing business which she runs from her apartment near campus. listen. >> i have to pay rent and have a light bill and i have to also juggle debt and school as far as books and access codes and all this other stuff that college requires, so i knew i needed money and i knew i needed it fast so i just found a way to get money. gerri: so her cousin lent her the money to start the venture and in july, she bought a machine to cut cloth and a heat press. she also takes orders from students in over 30 universities, most of her business done over instagram where she sells sweatshirts, tee shirts hoodies and masks. she's made about $2,000. listen. >> so it started off for financial reasons but now it's truly something that makes me happy. i enjoy seeing everyone when they get their stuff and they take videos and they tag me on instagram and twitter. gerri: so among the things these college students are doing to make money, they try just about everything door-to-door sales, customer research. one

joe biden tapping senator tamara harris as running mate. president trump's reaction straight ahead. stimulus stalemate still no deal with the congress. treasury secretary steven mnuchin is here live on where the talk stand and how soon americans could see extra unemployment benefits. announcing 5 to 1 stock split. stock is shifting into high gear on the news. we are looking at 5% rally right now. broader markets also higher. take a look at futures, dow futures currently up 250 points, that's about 1%, nasdaq futures up 92 and s&p futures up 25. stimulus standoff leading to -- the nasdaq lower by 185. gold losing some of its shine. tumbling 4 and a half percent yesterday. more tiktok security concerns this morning. the popular chinese app reportedly tracking user data for millions of people in violation of google policies. plus college football taking time out, the big ten and pack 12 postponing the fall season due to coronavirus. mornings with maria is live right now. ♪ maria: and global marks this morning are mixed. ftse 100 in london is up 48 points and uk economy falling into a r

esta tamara, nina, chiara,natalia, rosibel, son enfermeras que han ido mÁs allá de sus tareas habitualesque durante estos tiempos si hay alguien que los apoye y que los ame, que se sientan apreciados por lo que hacen por nosotros. francisca: de verdad es que estamos maravillados contigo, merecido este reconocimiento te lo dije anoche, quÉ te dijo tu familia y tu madre cuando te vieron brillando en ese escenario? andrea: mi madre grabÓ la tele y lo va a llevar en un vÍdeo para enseÑar a toda mi familia, cuando estaba allÍ me mando un mensaje me dijo, te miramos, tambiÉn mis amigos. francisca: andrea esto es lo que es un agente de cambio, se mando un abrazo grandes o mÁs sigue siendo la diferencia en su comunidad. quiero que disfrutes de este kit de coca colas tuve la fortuna que me lo mandaron tambiÉn, voy a disfrutar de mi coca-cola favorita para seguir viviendo estos momentos extraordinarios y refrescantes, asÍ que un abrazo nos vemos pronto porque estoy seguro que siempre vas a dar noticia, y estaremos hablando de ti. raÚl: gracias por el gesto que das y ojalÁ hayan muchas andreas mÉnd