2024-08-06
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From the New York Times it's the headlines.
I'm Tracy Mumford.
Today's Tuesday, August 6.
Here's what we're covering.
The Times has learned Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota governor Tim Walls as her running mate.
The governor doesn't have the name recognition of some of the other contenders who were on the shortlist, but he became a favorite recently after multiple cable news appearances in which he framed the behavior of Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, as, quote, weird, a term that caught on with Democrats and Harris herself.
Walls, who's 60 years old, was a social studies teacher, coached high school football, and served in the Army National Guard before he won a congressional seat in rural Minnesota, which he held for twelve years.
He's currently on his second term as Minnesota's governor, where he signed bills securing abortion rights, paid family leave, gun control, and the legalization of marijuana.
He doesn't represent a crucial battleground state like some of the other vp contenders that were floated, but his plain spoken style and midwestern roots could appeal to moderate voters while his progressive record has made him popular with liberals.
Walls will be in Philadelphia tonight with Harris for a rally.
From the moment the financial markets opened in Asia yesterday to the closing bell in the United States, stock prices plummeted on Wall street, the S and P 500 had its biggest drop in two years.
Driving the dip was widespread panic that the United States economy could be slowing down, which could shake the global economy.
But as of this morning, some measure of calm has returned, with the markets in Asia on the rebound from their sudden drops.
So Monday's market freakout was really dramatic, but it doesn't necessarily reflect what's really going on in the economy.