Also coming up tonight on this world elephant day will ask why these giant animals are still being poached 3 decades after the president of kenya tried to say. That grid didnt require good sacrifices and the people of the world to join. In. That tree. I voted. For. Viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day this 1st day for the Biden Harris Team the presumptive president ial candidate for the democrats joe biden has selected california senator come a hair still be his Vice President ial running mate there tick. It becomes official at the Democrats NationalConvention Next week biden harris are a team of opposites in many ways a white man a black woman a man in his seventys a woman in her fiftys a candidate who can ease the worries of voters who have seen a lot and a candidate who excites the hopes of those who are just beginning to use their vote. Harris is being celebrated as the 1st woman of color to run for Vice President that in itself is monumental harris embodies the evolution of america where the concept of we the people is expanding to offer more people a place at the table or us President Donald Trump has not even mentioned this Inflection Point in American History instead he reacted by calling harris a nasty woman Vice President my pens he has been noticeably quiet what must he be thinking there will be one Vice President ial debate before the november election it could possibly be the most watched debate of this entire Campaign Season and that speaks for harris not for mike pence. I was raised to take action my mother knew that she was raising 2 black daughters who would be treated differently because of how they learned growing up whenever i got upset about something my mother would let me in the eye and ask so what are you going to do about it thats why when i see a broken Justice System i became a lawyer to try and fix it. Its why during the foreclosure crisis i took on the big banks and californias attorney general its why as United States senator i have fought to represent people like their people who politicians often overlook or dont take seriously. Our joining me tonight here at the big table is a veteran of the obama campaigns julies fund of our he knows joe biden is now a Campaign Strategy consultant joins us good to have you back here at the big table weve been here many times before to talk politics did you expect biden to select fair. I think there are a lot of great candidates that he got to select from but i think it was the obvious choice not just for political reasons i think they also seem to have some sort of chemistry and so shes not radical she is going to be. Being able to excite the base so i think she is the right choice to make is is coming here is that is she a safe bit. She is safe but i think you know 1st and foremost this is the 1st president ial decision that biden makes in case he gets nominated that she gets elected so i think she checks all the boxes to be a formidable president and to clear that hurdle but i think just from a Pure Campaign perspective she is a former prosecutor she can bring the heat she can make sure members arguments actually grill somebody like. Bill barr and others have experience in the senate so i think this election today is about camelot hairs tomorrow it will be back on a referendum over trump and his handling on the coronavirus and the economy and so i think shes formidable and actually bringing that argument right to chop by his relationship most recently has been defined by what we saw during the debates during the primary season there was that one exchange there where she was talking about being a little girl who was bused to schools during desegregation so take us inside the thinking tonight. How do these 2 put that behind them because now they look like theyre best friends i mean joe biden in this initial email when he announced the pick of camel hairs said that his son joe biden had tremendous respect they had a great relationship and so you know he pointed that out but i think theres a big question of how to move forward and youre right every t. V. Interview is going to start with that exactly if you have debate and so there are 2 choices now on how they move forward even they say well you know this is primary politics were both pretty hungry come and iris is a young candidate you know and she wanted to make waves thats one way of doing it but i think itll turn voters off i think the better way to do it is to say look we had our differences and you know we stood for we believe in and we were divided that point but also. Well the country is divided and joe biden is actually someone who can bring in somebody who doesnt just always have the same pinion just like the countrys right now and hes actually that figure that could potentially unite the country yeah and you know i was reading today that obama had to forgive joe bartons back in 2008 when they were running against each other before biden became Vice President and now weve seen here couple of areas shes basically you know the roles have been reversed and. I want to take a listen now to how u. S. President on the trip how he reacted to the news i was a little surprised that he picked ive been watching her for a long time and i was surprised she was extraordinarily nasty to kevin legit judge kavanaugh then now just as she was nasty to a level that was just a horrible thing the way she was doing she treated now just as. I wont forget that so she did very poorly in the primaries and now shes chosen so lets see how that will work for her so how do you read that julie is doubling trump worried well i mean he says hes surprised but his campaign was a negative hit ad on camera harris just 30 minutes after the announcement was made by the campaign so i think theyre ready and i think a Good Campaign will be ready they pointed out that she is a you know tool of the radical left that essentially you know all the you know radical left wing policies are going to be stuck and because of it seems not right shes a she simply a moderate i mean she couldnt make the argument that shes been a law and order candidate and a prosecutor in california so shes pretty moderate when it comes down to the issues but of course you know there is a Campaign Tactic and strategy behind it that the Charm Campaign is trying to friendly that way what about the Vice President might tense should he be worried even more i mean hes the one who has to debate right here thats going to be a tough night and i think it will be watched a lot of people are going to be tuning in. To that to that fight look she has been proving that she can actually bring the heat shes a prosecutor shes a lawyer she knows how to make an argument she knows how to you know sort of lay out the bait and then actually execute on it and so you know theyre going to look for it but at the same time people take a hard look at the top of the ticket again today its commonly hares and thats the big story yes were going to be watching the baby but in the end people will make the decision based on the top of the take of which is joe biden and can you think of 2 politicians who represent such different ideas about america then come away here is mike pence i mean i do remember the Vice President ial debate in 2008 when there was sarah palin and joe biden different setting but it was also a female candidate against a old a white man back then so i think theres some some similarities in that regard but again its going to be super nasty i think this is already clear from the set out said the nasty woman this is the same rhetoric that they used 2016 when they tried to define and successfully define Hillary Clinton so i think its got to be ready to actually take that heat and she didnt do particularly well with some of that during the primaries what are you expecting next week at the Democrats National convention it is going to be completely different than anything weve seen before right i mean usually during this time the president ial candidate and the v. P. Pick would tour around the country and have a big rally with a lot of folks now they are pretty much stuck to zoom and the same thing is going to be true for the entire Democratic Convention so i think its going to be a lot tighter its going to be produced for t. V. I think theyre going to try to do a lot of biographical ads and actually tell the story of who joe biden and camel hairs actually are what their personal stories are vote there that values are but also draw a very stark contrast to trump you know itll definitely be different from the conventions weve seen in the past this issue or religion the lars always jewellers its good to have your insights im sure will be pocky again so close to election day its always good to see you thanks for. Well coming to harris being named a Vice President ial candidate is historic for people of color and for women across the u. S. I was thrilled i am and i worry that he would forget about the apple women and comments about game 3 i think it means a lot to have her at the top of the ticket and i think it means that we have a least a campaign that is responsive to black women especially as an africanamerican woman were used to being a target its not going to be anything new for kamel im pretty confident that she could and i think thats really important for america to see that black women are good partners it we will do the work that we will be aggressive and one where only being a black woman with ambition is not a bad thing all right you said that right im joined now by journalist k. J. Matthews in Los Angeles California t. J. Its good to see you we usually talk about hollywood in the world of entertainment tonight lets talk politics you know the saying is all politics is local that must have special meaning in california where you are coming harris shes a california senator and shes now running for Vice President. Yeah you know so many of us women of color particularly africanamerican women have been just on a high since yesterday the minute this news came out we were just really really allayed it like you said shes a california native mama california native shes from Northern California im from Southern California los angeles and shes one of the only 2 black women to be elected to the u. S. Senate so we thought that she was on the shortlist for biden for a very long time but we werent sure because there were so many other are black women who were asked on that list but were very very pleased to see that she was chosen for sure weve talked about Race Relations in the u. S. Before coming to harris is the 1st woman of color to run for Vice President on a major parties ticket she could very well one day be president i mean what does this mean to you and how you view the United States. I will definitely unavailing interesting time lets look at the fact that were in a pandemic and were having a racial reawakening in this country with the explosion of black white matter so our country is suffering a really difficult time right now and she really speaks to the change that we need in this country i think that biden knew for a very long time but he needs to choose the one that was not just a person of color particularly of black person but he needed to choose somebody that had the experience and the wherewithal that could take on the office should he not be able to complete the task he has 77 years old he would be the oldest u. S. President to be elected so we needed somebody with that you can come away is is 55 years old as you say u. S. Senate before that he was at an attorney general shes married to the stepmother shes shes really been away on and she ran for president sent her a gift that she was right president she pulled out very very familiar with the terrain that she will need to walk in these next 3 and a half months as she could very well one day be madam president as you said Valerie Jarrett the Senior Adviser to barack obama she has signed a letter today warning the news media to not rely on sexist troops in their reporting of strong women such as couple of hairs do you think she will be held to a different standard because she is a woman. I think shell be held to a higher standard and let me tell you why if you go back and you look at the headlines who are Elizabeth Warren who after went for president and for obvious is Hillary Clinton so much discussed about abu likable they come across as angry you want to have dinner with them and if you look at those headlines no one ever said that about him or the male candidates we ask yourself why not a tailor you bet i believe with camo up and ready people are questioning her ethnicity whether or not she can be considered africanamerican or just a black person whether or not hes had a slave lineage in her background so i read even hire their help i havent heard that is true with very High Standards and we havent even started the Campaign Race yet so yes i do believe they will hold her to a High Standard to a different standard but it is up to the American Society should question media and question people who do that yes this is very good point 0 leaves good as the questions you pose q jay mathews in los angeles kedzie as always its good talking to you good getting these insights thank you thank you. Well one way a politician can make a name for herself is through her name. Has a name that has challenged many a public speaker politicians and even t. V. News anchors i know from personal experience now the correct pronunciation is. But dont take my word for it tonight we go to the source herself for a video that is the definitive guide on how to pronounce mrs harris his name take a look take a listen its not. Its not come. Not from the. Comma pared down the. Comma or a part of the challenge that common come to my hair is that im common and i approve this method. Economic growth figures for the 2nd quarter they have been dismal all across europe but no contraction has been as bad as what we have seen in britain where the economy tanked by 20. 4 percent in the 2nd quarter in march the countrys deepest recession on record and u. K. s coronavirus forced walk down triggered deep declines in output. Well im joined here at the big table by my colleague for his in from the business good to see you so lets 1st talk about this the u. K. Is suffering by for the worst recession of the industrialized economies why is it so bad in the u. K. Well the governments response to the Coronavirus Crisis definitely played a major role here so britain compared to many other countries was much slower to acknowledge the severity of the situation and when it did it meant that its locked and was longer and more severe than that of other countries because britain relies so heavily on the Services Sector makes up 80 percent of economic output in britain so the closure for a long time of hotels and restaurants and Leisure Facilities plate a major role and how to disproportionately large impact on the economy. There who have been things that the conservative government under a minister johnson to be done right there has been some positive c. S. O. Once Prime MinisterBarak Johnston did acknowledge the seriousness of the situation he was quite swift to testing and hospital bed capacity at the government has also invested a lot in Vaccine Research with some promising early results from the university of oxford among others and it also has a scheme for for a lot of workers that has helped about 9000000 workers stay afloat during the crisis so a couple of hours of help there is the scheme yeah its due to end in october is there any reason to hope that things will improve by that to be honest it really doesnt look like the finance minister richie soon when he was announcing these figures now off the british people to prepare for more hardship and more job losses so thats what the government thinks is going to happen in the autumn so its not looking too good experts also think that unemployment figures wont return to their precrisis levels for another 2 years and even at the estimates i thought are very hard to make during a pandemic you know im wondering he does this all have to do with the pandemic were. Does bricks play a role here well there was a time when not a day would pots without us talking about. Just because the coronavirus is overshadowing everything doesnt mean that its going away so britain at the moment is in a transition period it has officially left the European Union but not much has changed on an economic front yet because its still in the Customs Union and in the Single Market thats going to end though in december thats when the transition period comes to a close and that means that britain is under siege pressure to come up with new trade agreements with other countries on top of that lived is the European Union itself now the last set of talks between the 2 sides and it early on without any sign of an agreement and the other big one of c