Monitoring all of these developments. We have correspondents making source phone calls to try to get to the bottom of who this might me. Cnn correspondent Arlette Saenz is on the trail in bidens home town. So let me begin with you. What do you know . Reporter well, as our colleague jeff zeleny reported, joe biden has made his decision about the woman who will join him on the democratic ticket and he has told his advisers who that will be and an announcement could come as soon as today. Were still waiting to find out exactly who that woman is. But this will ultimately cap off a months long process where biden has been searching for his running mate. The women who are under consideration went through intensive vetting interviews with his Search Committee as well as interviews with the former Vice President. And the list had about initially 11 women to begin with and it has been narrowed down over the course of the past few months. Biden last week saying that he had narrowed down that list and would be letting people know shortly who his Vice President ial nominee would be. But some of the women who are considered to be serious contenders in this process, starting with Kamala Harris, shes the senator from california, probably one of the most wellknown women in this mix of women who are being considered, she ran against joe biden so hes seen her up close on campaign trail. And also National Security adviser susan rice who worked alongside joe biden in the obama administration, probably the person on the list with the most intensive working relationship existing with the former Vice President. There is also Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who recently traveled from michigan to delaware to meet with the former Vice President to talk about the running mate job. There are also a few other women considered to be in the mix. But really this process has been incredibly secretive. Other than the meeting with whitmer, we dont know exactly who biden met with in person versus having conversations with over the phone. Now the Biden Campaign said they will unveil this first to supporters. Theyve been encouraging people to sign up for Text Messages to get the alert when hes chosen his running mate so that could come soon and we know that joe biden will hold a grassroots fundraiser with the person so we could see if that could take place today and if that announcement could come as soon as today. Speaking of it being a secret, i read Barbara Boxer this morning, like the best kept secret in the universe. Well pop you back on as soon as you hear anything. Let me bring in david chalian. Help us understand what exactly and who exactly that former Vice President is looking for. Isnt it a combination of someone hes extraordinarily comfortable with but someone who will help him win. Yeah. And help his governor. He said, to your point about the Comfort Level, brooke, hes looking for someone hes simpatico with. That is the word he used. But looking for someone that he could work with every single day, that could take over in a moments notice and that could be a real governing partner for the kind of relationship that he was able to form with barack obama when he served in this role. That is one component of it. But there is no doubt there are political calculations of the next 84 days or whatever we have left here, in terms of who does he think putting on the ticket positioned him even to a better and stronger place than he is now against donald trump, for victory in november. So that is clearly a consideration as well. Obviously, i think many of the women could fit the bill there of that kind of characterization. So a lot of this just is coming down to the interviews, the personal interaction, a gut feeling that joe biden has about the person that hits on all of those things in the best possible way. That is what this whole search has been about for the last several months. David, stand by. Let me bring in mj lee. And m. J. , what are you hearing . Reporter well, brooke, i think david makes some really important points about what joe biden himself has said about this Selection Process and really wanting to find a partner he could work with every single day and have a Good Relationship with. I think something we should not understate is also needing somebody who could handle this historic moment that we are living in. The Vice President , of course, is always the person who is just a heartbeat away from the presidency. That role is so incredibly important. And powerful. But it takes on new meaning when you think about the fact that we are in the midst of a Global Public health crisis. The country is in the middle of a pandemic. There doesnt seem to be a National Plan for how to deal with it. And then the economic recession is the other piece of it, right. We have thousands, millions of people in this country who are go to be dealing with, for years to come, the economic recession that we are living through right now because of covid19. So the person he chooses is going to have to be qualified, of course. But will have to complement joe biden from his perspective in how that person could best complement biden as he works through years of really hard work to try to bring the country back. So i think all of these things are going to be important and i, of course, shouldnt forget to mention the fact that the question of whether hes going to choose a person of color, a black woman, that has been looming over this entire search process. We have known for months because biden himself told us on the debate stage that he intended to choose a woman. So that has not been a question. The biggest question in terms of what kind of person he will choose is whether he is going to choose a woman and make history in that sense, too, brooke. Women hes been vetting, asianamerican, latino, africanamerican women. Hang with me. J van jones, we had a long conversation on race for cnn. Com a couple of weeks ago. So as im listening to m. J. Talk about someone who could help governor during a pandemic during this fatal virus and im thinking of the virus that is racism and the National Outcry in the wake of George Floyds killing over the summer and the National Outcry and calls certainly coming into joe biden, please, mr. Vice president , will you pick a black woman. Why is that so important . Well it is important for a couple of reasons. First of all, this party relies uniquely on the black female vote. Were expecting 98 , 99 black female support for whoever the nominee is and that is true for a while. So there is a group of people you expect to save the party, but not lead the party. That doesnt make any sense. But also, beyond just the fairness question, there is a talent question. Youve got an Incredible Bank of black women from susan rice to karen bass, to Kamala Harris, who would be both good politically on the trail and great governing partners. And then lastly you have to have some kind of excitement factor here. The last ticket, i think everybody said trump is down in the polls in the summer, hillary is doing super great, we could we dont have to worry about who the vp is and make a good safe governing choice. You also have to make a campaigning choice. And i think that any of those three africanamerican women bring a lot to the stump. And so, if youre ever going to have a year where a black woman gets a shot, when you have the kind of awareness and the talent that youve got and the political need that youve got to inject some energy here, this would be the year to do it. This is the year to do it. David, chalian, i want you to jump in and the importance and call and need of all years to select a black woman as his running mate. I mean, this has been a part of the process, right. This public pressure campaign, if you will, on joe biden that there are many inside the Democratic Party who see that as a really important part of this process. That it is the moment in time for this. Not only just because of the new sort of demographics in america and the party overall, brooke, but because in the aftermath of George Floyds killing, weve seen this reigniting quest for Racial Justice in the country and there are Many Democrats inside of the party that have been communicating to the Biden Campaign that they think that speaks to a moment in time that the Vice President ial selection, the running mate could be a marker in that moment of time as well. What about, m. J. , let me head back over to you. As were waiting, let me remind everyone, if youre tuning in, were getting word that the former Vice President joe biden has selected his running mate. It is just a matter of who and when we get the news. And m. J. , i just wonder from you, from all of these extraordinary women, each woman also has her own baggage, so to speak. If you are team biden, how do you sort through it all . Reporter well, here is the thing. When you speak to biden allies and people who are close to the campaign, people who are senior on his campaign, they will acknowledge and have acknowledged for some weeks now that they know where they stand right now politically. They know what the polling shows them about where joe biden stands compared to donald trump. They acknowledge that donald trump is in trouble. This has been consistent for a while now, particularly since after the coronavirus pandemic really took hold in this country. Having said that, i think there is sort of a balancing act here, because while youre up in the polls and you feel pretty good heading into the fall, it does give the nominee some flexibility, some freedom to say to yourself, you know what, i dont need to necessarily base my decision entirely on a political calculation or choosing somebody who will necessarily give me an electoral advantage, maybe, i could be freed up to go with the person im more comfortable with even if that person couldnt necessarily deliver me an important swing state. If you feel like youre doing pretty well in certain swing states and dont need that political boost, maybe you dont need to go with the person who in past years might have been seen as giving you the most sort of raw political advantage. Now, having said that, this is a campaign, as most campaigns are at this process, that is not going to take anything for granted. As david was saying earlier, they are certainly going to want somebody that is a force multiplier for joe biden and part of that has to do with raw charisma. Is this somebody that would shine a spotlight on joe biden and take his message to the rest of the country in a compel way. And that is a particular challenge in the era of covid. Because we are not doing inperson campaign events. We dont even know if there will be a lot of joint events in person with joe biden and this future running mate in the future because logistically, that has just become so incredibly difficult. No, and so that woman needs to break through to punch through and reach out and energize as many voters as possible. M. J. , excellent point. Hang tight. Gloria borger, i hear you have a microphone on. Our cnn chief political analyst. You know the top women hes considering. What say you . I think that from my sources in the campaign who are familiar with the process, the biggest thing for joe biden is first do no harm at this point. And he truly has, as he said publicly, looked at all of the women and thinks a lot of them would be terrific. But he was Vice President. And he believes, a. , he was a great Vice President , and he believes, b. , he had a terrific relationship with the commanderinchief. And i think that is what hes looking for. First and foremost, a Comfort Level, do not harm and a Comfort Level and somebody who is loyal, above all else, because that is what he was for barack obama, he disagreed with him on a lot of things, but when the president made a decision, he saluted and that was it. And somebody who could governor alongside him. That sounds like a cliche but it happens to be true. He wants a governing partner as he was with obama, whether on the recovery act or foreign policy. So hes looking for someone not necessarily with that experience but somebody who could grow into that role. One more thing, i would say is that while he knows a lot of the women, hes not great friends with any of them. He campaigned against them, so he knows them pretty well. But it is not like he served in the senate for a long time with them. Im not sure he has real social relationships with any of them. So, as my buddy David Axelrod likes to say, this is a shotgun marriage. So you have to feel your way. And biden believes that hes got a good intuition whether it comes to this kind of stuff. But it is so, so tough to figure out who you can work alongside with and trust every single day and who will help your campaign and not harm it. And to your point, he knows when it could work and he knows when he could feel really good and being simpatico with your partner as commander in chief, he knows that so the bar is high as it should be. Thank you, everyone. Stand by. 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Were learning that the big ten, one of the Largest College conferences has decided to postpone its fall season. So joining me now, sports anchor andy scholz. This is huge. What went into this decision . Well, brooke, the big ten president , they got together again for another meeting this morning and this is after so much momentum over the weekend that they were going to postpone the fall sports schedule. But they got so much pushback from head coaches in the league, other conference commissioners, the players, all saying they wanted to play this fall but still they had this meeting this morning and voted to postpone fall sports. Ill read you what the commissioner kevin warren of what he said in the statement they put out. He said, after discussing with the big ten task force for the emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee it became abundantly clear there was too much risk to allow our student athletes to compete this fall. The big ten said that because you have the s. E. C. And other conferences saying theyre medical experts say it is fine to continue to try to play football right now. It will be very interesting to see if the big ten is the first domino to fall, the pac12 is also Holding Meetings amongst their leaders today. Will they follow what the big ten did with this decision or will they try to play. Well have to wait and see. What do you think about that . As big ten is giant and it does make you wonder, despite what other medical experts are telling other conferences, if you find out that the big ten is out, if youre another conference, larger, smaller, wouldnt you be thinking maybe i should do the same . Well, it is so interesting right now, brooke. In the south, s. E. C. Country, a. C. C. Country, big 12, theyre proceeding as normal. Teams are practicing. Theyre out on the field getting ready for the season whereas as the big ten and the pac12 is considering the same decision. You have the Mountain West and the midamerican conference have already uponed their seasons. So it is very interesting how you have portions of the country making decision and other portions not making the call. But when you think about it, what does this come down to. Is it players student safety, because students are going back to school and living in the dorms and going to the library, but not allowed to play football. Or is it about safety or about liability . That is the big question. I got you. I got you. Andy scholz, thank you so much. I want to bring in martin savidge, who is also on this. And martin, what are you hearing . Reporter well, one of the questions that you just heard being answere