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Dozens of people ran, and authorities warned civilians to stay inside as they searched the area. Republican donald trump said the u. S. Must do all it can to ward off terrorism. Republicans have all but packed up and cleared out of cleveland, and now the democrats get their chance in philadelphia. The focus today shifted to anticipation of Hillary Clintons choice of a Vice President ial running mate and new controversial comments by donald trump. Correspondent Lisa Desjardins begins our coverage. Reporter Hillary Clinton spent the day campaigning in florida florida as reports swirled about how shes filling out the democratic ticket. First a roundtable in orlando, and later, a rally in tampa did anyone watch the convention in cleveland . Its hard to believe they spent so much time talking about me and no time talking about jobs or education or healthcare. Reporter kaine is a current senator and a popular former governor of virginia, a key swing state, and he was one of clintons earliest backers, even before she formally announced her candidacy. He explained why, in may of 2014 she has the best experience, both domestically and internationally. She has got the accumulated backbone, wisdom, judgment, scar tissue from a long period in public life to be the best president of the United States beginning in 2017. Reporter kaine speaks spanish fluently, and recently campaigned with clinton in virginia. Hes also familiar with the national stage. Thensenator barack obama eyed him as a possible running mate back in 2008. After his election, he named kaine to chair the Democratic National committee tim and i share a philosophy. Its a pragmatic, progressive philosophy that was at the heart its a philosophy that measures the strength of an idea not by whether its republican or democrat, but whether it can actually solve a problem and make a difference in peoples lives. Reporter others on clintons short list, include agriculture secretary tom vilsack, labor secretary tom perez, new jersey senator corey booker, and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, a leading progressive voice in the party. Choosing kaine might rankle supporters of clintons primary rival, bernie sanders, and so might some of kaines views. A catholic, he personally opposes abortion but supports roe versus wade with some restrictions. In addition, he supports u. S. Trade deals, including nafta, and the transpacific partnership. Democrats also have to figure out how to hold on to kaines senate seat, if he becomes Vice President. All this comes as republican nominee donald trump wrapped up his partys convention in cleveland. Today he thanked organizers and supporters a final time, as he dismissed the democrats veep selection process, and their own gathering, in philadelphia. Hillarys trying to pick her Vice President as fast as possible, because she wants to take away a little of the success that we had at this convention. Nobody is going to watch this next convention coming. Whos going to . Im going to have a hard time watching her final speech. Number one, i know her too well. Number two, boring. Reporter but even with the nomination firmly in hand, trump took on his former opponent, texas senator ted cruz, who pointedly refused to endorse him during his Convention Speech wednesday. I dont want his endorsement. If he gives it, i will not accept it, just so you understand. I will not accept it. It wont matter. Honestly, he shouldve done it because nobody cares and he wouldve been in better shape for four years from now. Reporter trump even suggested he might set up a super pac to oppose any future president ial bid by cruz. In washington, president obama took his own shot, at trump and the tone of the g. O. P. Convention. The one thing that i think is important to recognize, is this idea that america is somehow on the verge of collapse, this vision of violence and chaos everywhere, doesnt really jibe with the experience of most people. Reporter the president is expected to speak in support of Hillary Clinton at the Democratic Convention in philadelphia on wednesday. For the pbs newshour, im Lisa Desjardins. Woodruff in the days other news, president obama denied today the u. S. Knew in advance about the coup attempt in turkey, or had any involvement. He also said turkeys request to extradite opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen from the u. S. Will go through proper channels. And, he voiced concerns about thousands of turks being arrested, and thousands more being fired from government jobs in a sweeping purge since the failed coup, one week ago. Back in this country, former ku klux klan leader david duke announced hes running, as a republican, for the u. S. Senate in louisiana. He said the climate of this country has moved in his direction, and he elaborated in a video statement im overjoyed to see donald trump and most americans embrace most of the issues that ive championed for years. My slogan remains america first. The time is now. A revolution is coming in the United States of america. Woodruff Republican Leaders quickly announced theyll oppose dukes bid. It comes amid heightened tensions over the Police Killing of a black man in baton rouge, and a separate attack that killed three officers. The first funeral was held today in baton rouge for one of the officers killed last sunday. Hundreds of mourners attended a service for matthew gerald. He had joined the baton rouge force less than a year ago, after 11 years in the military. Its hard to say goodbye to a good man, to capture in words, not just the facts and the dates that make a life, but the essential truth of that person. Their private joys and sorrows. How much harder to do it for someone who protected and served both with honor and dignity. Woodruff funerals for the other two officers will take place tomorrow and monday. Federal authorities announced an indictment today, alleging a 1 billion medicare and medicaid fraud scam, in florida. The Justice Department says its the largest Single Health care fraud case, ever, against individual suspects. Three men are accused of using 30 Nursing Homes in miami in the scheme. Officials say thousands of patients received unneeded services. North carolinas republican governor fired back today after the nba pulled next years all star game from charlotte. The league cited the states law barring transgender bathrooms and limiting antidiscrimination protections. In raleigh, governor pat mccrory called it the wrong decision. I think it sets a dangerous precedent where a corporation can demand a quid pro quo, and in return for that quid pro quo on legislative policy they will bring their service. And if they dont do it, they will deny their service. Woodruff a number of top entertainers, including bruce springsteen, have also canceled appearances in North Carolina in recent weeks. And, on wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 53 points to close near 18,571. The nasdaq rose 26 points, and the s p 500 added nearly ten. It was the fourth consecutive winning week for all three indexes, their longest streak since march. Still to come on the newshour the strategy behind Hillary Clintons v. P. Pick; how the deck is stacked against residents of the mississippi delta; the women and children risking their lives on the mediterranean, and much more. Woodruff now, a closer look at the democratic ticket and the strategy behind Hilary Clintons potential coming Vice President ial pick. We turn to long time democratic consultant hilary rosen, who joins us from philadelphia, site of next weeks convention. Hilary rosen, welcome. What are your sources and instinct telling you . Well, my instinct tell me democrats are ready for this convention. There is a big contrast that were excited to have between the sort of hostile and pessimistic show that the republicans put on this past week in cleveland, and the optimism that democrats are going to feel this week. Woodruff and for all the speculation right now, and theres been a lot of it, so much of it seems to be directed at Virginia Governor former governor and now senator tim kaine. What do you think about that . What would be the calculation in a tim kaine choice . Tim kaines been governor, senator , member of the Foreign Relations commit y, knows a lot about domestic policy, fluent spanish speaker. He would be an excellent pick for Hillary Clinton. He checks a lot of boxes. Virginias a battleground state. One thing thats interesting about this vp selection over the last ten days ive noticed with democrats contrasting with the republicans is democrats are not very sort of hostile or energetic around which one of these top tier candidates Hillary Clinton picks. I think there is a lot of enthusiasm for her and, frankly, people are giving her leeway to pick the vp that she wants to govern with. Woodruff if it were a tim kaine, what would the pluses be for her and what would the liabilities be . So hes, you know, a white guy, a little boring. You know, weve talked about latinos. Weve talked about other women. Weve talked about africanamericans. Theres a lot of enthusiasm around having a person of color on the ticket or another woman. You know, so thats the down side is that maybe people say, well, is she playing it safe . On the other hand, i think you get in tim kaine a really thoughtful policy leader and somebody who she gets enthusiastic about. So much of this has to be about how Hillary Clinton feels every day when she wakes up and has a partner in governing. So i think that democrats are going to give her kind of the benefit of the doubt there, and if youre Hillary Clinton, you want someone you know and feel comfortable with and feel aligned with. Woodruff hilary rosen, its point out she knows tom vilsack, has a closer calculationship with him. Why wouldnt tom vilsack make sense . You know, this is i havent talked to secretary clinton about. This my view is that clinton about this. My view is maybe hes a little old, that he doesnt bring the kind of diverse constituency that a tim kaine brings with his experience in a latino community, and iowa is a smaller state, a battleground state but has fewer electoral votes than virginia does. So if youre going to go for balance, if youre going for the middle of the country, shoot for a bigger state. Woodruff hilary rosen, we talked about whether the Vice President ial pick makes a difference. How do you see that in this Election Year run against donald trump . You know, i think sort of the polls always say the people vote for the president , not the Vice President , but there is something about the Vice President ial pick in every president ial campaign because its kind of the first important decision that these nominees make, and, so, what goes into that decision, what they talk about, how they justify it, the kinds of character theyre looking for, that does matter. The fact trump picked mike pence. For someone like me, hes way too conservative, he only appeals to a limited base. On the other hand, it was a solid, safe pick for donald trump. So that says something about him, that he was serious, he wasnt going to play games. I think with Hillary Clinton, people are looking for, you know, will she govern from with solid progressive values but try and appeal to the middle of the country . Will she go to independents . Can she even get moderate republicans or is she just trying to make a statement pick . I think tim kaine offers a lit of both for Hillary Clinton. Again, its not going to make people vote or not vote for her, but it will Say Something about what shes looking for in character. Woodruff it will tell us a little more once we know what it is, and everyones waiting. Hilary rosen in philadelphia, thank you so much. Take care. Woodruff while all eyes were on ohio this week, we look now at another cleveland this one in the mississippi delta, where poverty and economic mobility are worse than anywhere else in the developed world. This report is part of our series, how the deck is stacked, funded by the corporation for public broadcasting, and a collaboration from American Public medias marketplace, and pbss frontline and the newshour. Its all blues thursday reporter the mississippi delta is known for music, and juke joints like this one. And for rich agricultural land. Cotton was once the main crop. Now, mostly corn. Despite how fertile the ground is here, one in five households live below the poverty line, and in fact, mississippi is ranked 50th out of 50 states by poverty rate. 68yearold Katherine Wilson has lived here her whole life. Back then, in the 60s, just like we had to move from home to home we didnt have enough to eat, enough money to survive on. Reporter in 1964 president johnson introduced legislation to deal with a National Poverty rate that was almost 20 . It became known as the war on poverty. Jobs training, Adult Education and loans were all part of the plan. In april 1967, senator Robert Kennedy visited the delta, to have a look for himself at how bad the poverty was. So this is 1967. Thats Bobby Kennedy right there. And is that you right there in the striped dress . Lord, my goodness. I remember the day he came alright. Reporter what did he want to know . What did he ask you about . He was asking about what did we want to see done. They said they want jobs and houses. Reporter blacks in the delta had historically worked the land, but mechanization and pesticides meant fewer jobs, and less money. Weve come a long ways since back then. We were so poor and struggling, we didnt have anything. But right now a lot of people have jobs, they couldnt get no jobs back then. Reporter Catherine Wilson lives alone in a place called Freedom Village, built originally to house those displaced farm workers. Peter edelman was an aide to Robert Kennedy. He was with him on that 1967 trip to the delta. He said to me as we went from one house to the next, that this was worse than anything hed seen in a third world country. Reporter Marian Wright had been working in the delta, opening head start offices to help low income families. Shes the one who convinced kennedy to come to mississippi. There is a little bit of romance in this story. Marian wright and Peter Edelman met on that trip to the delta. They have been married for almost 40 years. Marian Wright Edelman went on to create the childrens defense fund. Catherine wilson, meanwhile, did get some education and training from programs that grew out of the war on poverty. But the Economy Today isnt the same as then. What has happened over the last 40 years is that weve had a major change in our economy. Good jobs have gone to technology, to globalization, and the consequence is that half of our population is not earning enough to support their families and a whole lot of them cant find jobs at all. Reporter Catherine Wilsons had a whole series of part time jobs, but shes never made much money and has survived mostly on government assistance. Shes on Social Security now. 22 of the people in mississippi rely on food stamps. Some things have gotten better. Weve got a middle class that wasnt there. Reporter but theres still lots missing. Over 80 of the black children in mississippi cannot read or compute at grade level in 4th or 8th grade. What is a child going to do if they cant read and compute at the most basic levels . Reporter in cleveland, those basic levels are determined, in part, by literally what side of the tracks you grew up on. Economic mobility, or the lack of it, is plain to see. The Unemployment Rate for whites is 6 ; for African Americans it is 22 . Our goal with this project to promote racial healing in our community. Reporter Travis Calvin runs the Delta State University mobile music lab. Its a refurbished school bus outfitted with a complete recording studio