1 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: From the Newsroom and News to come to A front 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: runner emerges to replace Joe Biden. Jason Derulo reveals the 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: crazy amount he gets paid for sponsored posts on social media, 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: and Julia Morris sets the record straight about a big 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 1: Robert Irwin ruma. All that and more coming up in 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: this episode from the Newsroom. It's Monday, the twenty second 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: of July. We'll start with the latest on Joe Biden's 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: bombshell decision to drop out of the US presidential race. 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: The eighty one year old has thrown his support behind 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee, but it's not 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: exactly a done deal yet. News dot com dot au 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: Sam clench joins me. Now, Clenchy, who's most likely to 13 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: take on Donald Trump? 14 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 2: Well, it may not be a done deal, but it 15 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 2: is very very close to being one. We're singing the 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: hour since Biden's announcement of fast consolidation of support behind 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: Kamala Harris, including swift endorsements from most of the Democrats 18 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: who could have challenged her, talking up people like California 19 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: Governor Gavin Newsom Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Those guys have 20 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 2: immediately fallen in line behind hers, so she's not really 21 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: facing any major opposition yet. There are some things that 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 2: independent Senator Joe Mentioned, who was formerly a Democrat, might 23 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 2: rejoin the party and run against Harris. He's very much 24 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: a moderate, she's more to the left, but at this 25 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,839 Speaker 2: stage he would be one man up against the full 26 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 2: weight of the Democratic Party. 27 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: Okay, So if it is Kamala Harris, what are her 28 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: chances of beating Donald Trump in November's election? 29 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: She starts from a position of weakness, no doubt about that. 30 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 2: And Trump hasn't just been pummeling Joe Biden in the polls. 31 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 2: He's also been leading all the other potential Democrats as well, 32 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 2: including Harris. That said, I think she is indisputably a 33 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: stronger candidate than Biden would have been in this election. 34 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: A big part of that quite simply comes down to 35 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: the age issue. American voters have been very very clear 36 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: for some time now that they feel Biden is too old. 37 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 2: His escalating inability to speak well and to form a 38 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: coherent case against Trump was a real handicap, and Harris 39 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 2: doesn't have that problem. We now also have an age contrast. 40 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 2: We instead of two old rambling men up against each other, 41 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: both of them deeply unpopular. We have one old, rambling, 42 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 2: unpopular man taking on someone twenty years younger than him. 43 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 2: I suppose it's worth knowing as well that Harris is 44 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 2: a former prosecutor, and the contrast of putting a prosecutor 45 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 2: up against a convicted criminal that works pretty well for 46 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 2: the Democrats. However, Harris has no record of winning anything 47 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 2: outside California, where it's not exactly hard to win as 48 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 2: a Democrat anyway. Last time she took a shot at 49 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 2: the presidency in twenty twenty, her campaign flamed out pretty quickly. 50 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: She can be awkward in interviews and on stage. She's 51 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 2: certainly not a preternaturally gifted politician. She's a coastal candidate 52 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: at a time when the election is going to be 53 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,839 Speaker 2: decided largely in the rust belt in the Midwest. So look, 54 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 2: there are weaknesses there for Tim to exploit, and he's 55 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: coming off a pretty healthy head start. 56 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: It's certainly going to be an interesting battle, isn't that. 57 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Clenchie. Let's move on to other news. 58 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 1: Britney Higgins is selling her home in the French countryside, 59 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: less than a year after buying it. She's told news 60 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 1: dot com dot Au she needs funds to pay for 61 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: defamation lawyers. Miss Higgins and her husband the currently being 62 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: sued by Senator Linda Reynolds over a series of social 63 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: media posts on Instagram and Twitter to show me is now. 64 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: Jason Derulo has revealed the staggering amount he was paid 65 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: for a single sponsored post on social media. 66 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, social media at one point was my biggest revenue. 67 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 3: I would say I was the probably the highest paid 68 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 3: person on social media besides the Kardashians during the. 69 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 4: Pandemic, Like, how how much are we talking here? 70 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 3: One point four was the most that I got for 71 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:34,279 Speaker 3: a single post. 72 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: Single post? 73 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 4: Holy cat? 74 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 3: What was the company? 75 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: I can't see that audio from TMZ and Julia Morris 76 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: stood up for her mate Robert Irwin on Radio this morning, 77 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: appearing on Kyle and Jackie, Oh, Julia shot down reports 78 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: that Robert is always chaperoned by his mum, Terry Irwin. No, no, no, 79 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: she's not. Hang on, hang on, what are you saying 80 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: that the press reports are inaccurate that everywhere you go 81 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: your mother. 82 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 5: Please let me address it because it drives me. 83 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: Read all the time, and I don't believe that's even true. 84 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 5: It's all my strength not to go onto the internet 85 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 5: and go absolutely spare every time it's written. All I 86 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 5: want you to do is every time you see that 87 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 5: written that you know Terry hangs around Trila last, I 88 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 5: want you to go directly to who's written that story 89 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 5: and know that that person hates their parents. 90 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: We'll be back in a moment. With the latest in 91 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 1: Sport to Sport Now and Ossie Boxer has slammed the 92 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: French government's decision to ban French athletes from competing in 93 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: he jabs at the Paris Games. Tina Rami, who is 94 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: said to become the first Muslim boxer to represent Australia 95 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: at the Olympics, criticize the rule in a scathing Instagram video. 96 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 4: So hard for you to be an Olympic athlete and 97 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 4: to think that, you know, you have to give away 98 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 4: your faith to participate in these events. In my belief, 99 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 4: everyone should be equal and like, you know, how is 100 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 4: my hajab going to affect anything? 101 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: Get on your team? 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