1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,400
Speaker 1: Karmala Harris will formally accept the Democratic nomination for president today.

2
00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,520
Speaker 1: This is at the DNC in Chicago. It comes as

3
00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,240
Speaker 1: Robert F. Kennedy, who's that independent third candidate, is expected

4
00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,720
Speaker 1: to drop out of the race today and endorse Donald Trump.

5
00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,799
Speaker 1: Simon marx Is if it sends correspondent at the DNC

6
00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:21,600
Speaker 1: in Chicago. Simon, thanks for being with us this morning.

7
00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,800
Speaker 1: Great to have you back on the show.

8
00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,440
Speaker 2: Good to be back, Ryan Simon.

9
00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,600
Speaker 1: It's start with the DNC. What are we expecting from

10
00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:30,360
Speaker 1: Karmala today?

11
00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,200
Speaker 2: Well, I think, you know, the most important political speech

12
00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,400
Speaker 2: of her life. I mean, that's often a cliche, but

13
00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,159
Speaker 2: it certainly isn't on this occasion. Kamala Harris has to

14
00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:48,519
Speaker 2: capitalize on the incredible sense of electricity and desire in

15
00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,159
Speaker 2: the room for this convention to end on a high.

16
00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,280
Speaker 2: It has moved from the Obamas speaking a couple of

17
00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,480
Speaker 2: nights ago to her running mate Tim Walls captivating the

18
00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,200
Speaker 2: audience last night with that speech that very much portrayed

19
00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,640
Speaker 2: himself as a high school football coach who was now

20
00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:11,040
Speaker 2: coaching Democrats in preparing for the fourth quarter of the game.

21
00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,280
Speaker 2: He wanted them to go out and fight for every

22
00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,600
Speaker 2: single inch and every single yard. And so now it's

23
00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,600
Speaker 2: Kamala Harris's turn to introduce herself in detail to those

24
00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,160
Speaker 2: Americans who have not followed her career even as vice

25
00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:29,959
Speaker 2: president with a tremendous degree of regularity, but also to

26
00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:34,040
Speaker 2: inspire Democrats to get out and work, as Barack Obama

27
00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,400
Speaker 2: put it, like they've never worked before, in order to

28
00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,720
Speaker 2: try and eke out a win over Donald Trump. I

29
00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,640
Speaker 2: think this is going to be a speech that is

30
00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:49,919
Speaker 2: very big on large inspirational promises and perhaps not quite

31
00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:56,480
Speaker 2: as thick in terms of policy prescriptions. This convention really

32
00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:03,520
Speaker 2: has been all about one central theme and to average

33
00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:07,120
Speaker 2: Americans than Donald Trump and JD Events, and so far

34
00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,000
Speaker 2: in that regard it's worked.

35
00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,679
Speaker 1: Robert F. Kennedy expected to pull out of the race

36
00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,560
Speaker 1: today and endorse Trump. Does that change the result? Do

37
00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:16,919
Speaker 1: you think?

38
00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:19,919
Speaker 2: Well, it has the potential to have an impact. There's

39
00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,920
Speaker 2: no question about that. I mean, it's often been debated

40
00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,080
Speaker 2: ever since Robert F. Kennedy got into this race, first

41
00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,880
Speaker 2: as a Democrat, of course, challenging Joe Biden, then deciding

42
00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,920
Speaker 2: he was getting nowhere in that regard and so he

43
00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,360
Speaker 2: became an independent. It's often been debated where the most

44
00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,240
Speaker 2: of his supporters, and he's getting you know, between eight

45
00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,360
Speaker 2: and ten percent in the polls, are likely Trump voters

46
00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,959
Speaker 2: or likely Biden voters. Now, I think most analysts think

47
00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,600
Speaker 2: that given some of Robert F. Kennedy's positions, he draws

48
00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,760
Speaker 2: more support away from Donald Trump than he does from

49
00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,799
Speaker 2: Joe Biden. So an endorsement of Donald Trump will certainly

50
00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,560
Speaker 2: help him at a time when Kamala Hara is hoping

51
00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,440
Speaker 2: to leave Chicago with a huge bounce in the opinion

52
00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,720
Speaker 2: polls that she can then try to maintain and perhaps

53
00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,520
Speaker 2: even extend. It's something that Donald Fum desperately needs at

54
00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,320
Speaker 2: the end of a week that obviously has been all

55
00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,600
Speaker 2: about Kamala Harris because that's the nature of a convention

56
00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,960
Speaker 2: that is a four day made for TV spectacular. Whether

57
00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,360
Speaker 2: it appreciably changes the outcome of this election is just

58
00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,720
Speaker 2: too early to know. You know, this is still a

59
00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,560
Speaker 2: fifty to fifty country, so it could make a big difference.

60
00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,280
Speaker 2: But we need to factor in what kind of impact

61
00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,320
Speaker 2: Kamala Harrison, Tim Wa Walls have had this week here,

62
00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,240
Speaker 2: and we still don't know that because obviously the convention

63
00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:40,040
Speaker 2: is still underway.

64
00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, and we'll hear from Kamala Harris today, Simon, thank

65
00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,840
Speaker 1: you for that, Simon Marx. If it's in correspondent at

66
00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:49,000
Speaker 1: the DNC in a Chicago for us for more from

67
00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,240
Speaker 1: news Talks, it'd be listen live on air or online.

68
00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,680
Speaker 1: And keep our shows with you wherever you go with

69
00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,760
Speaker 1: our podcast on IR Radio