Today we look at celebrity political endorsements, and whether they make a difference at the polls. At the Democratic National Convention last night, Hollywood stars took to the stage to endorse Kamala Harris for President, but will their support actually change the results of the election? Adam’s joined by Marianna and John Burn-Murdoch, chief data reporter at the Financial Times. And, the first drug to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s will not be available on the NHS in England, with health assessment body NICE saying the benefits “are too small to justify the costs”. Adam discusses the decision with medical editor Fergus Walsh. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Joe Wilkinson and Sam McLaren. The technical producers were Mike Regaard and Ricardo McCarthy. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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It's not often we have an excuse to play a montage on newscast, but there were so many celebrities making surprise appearances at the democratic National Convention in Chicago last night that there was a whole montage's worth.
Are you ready?
Everybody clap your hands like this.
Everybody clap your hands.
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap.
People you see keep on laughing.
We have a word of God.
Let us choose.
Let us choose truth.
Let us choose honor.
And let us choose joy.
You get a vote.
You get a vote.
You get a vote.
Well, actually, very few of us get a vote unless you listen to this in America and you're registered.
Yeah, that was Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, and Stevie Wonder.
And just very interesting that Oprah said the word joy there, because having done Newsnight for a couple of nights this week, another plug.
When you speak to people from the Democratic National Convention, from the democratic side campaign, they keep using that word joy.