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Jul 2024
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Everything You Need to Know About Kamala...

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Today, everything you need to know about Kamala Harris.

We profile Vice-President Kamala Harris, who is the new favourite to be Democratic nominee for the White House after President Biden announced he would not be running.

What does she stand for? What has she done in her time as VP? And, is she the first truly meme’d politician?

Adam is joined by Astead W Herndon, national politics reporter for the New York Times and Maegan Vazquez, breaking news political reporter for Washington Post. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Sam Mclaren and Gemma Roper The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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