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| Good morning Daily Briefing readers! It's Jane Onyanga-Omara, bringing you today's news. |
| Here's the buzz: Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris hit each other on taxes, climate change and the response to the coronavirus pandemic at last night's debate — moderated by USA TODAY's Susan Page. But it was a pesky fly that stole the show. |
| Meanwhile, a restrengthened Hurricane Delta is charging toward the U.S. Gulf Coast and we're saying a tearful goodbye to Regal Cinemas. |
| Here's today's news: |
'Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking:' Takeaways from the VP debate |
| It was almost a given that Wednesday's debate in Salt Lake City between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris would be less chaotic than the match-up in Cleveland between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden. Name calling and insults were largely absent and at one point, Pence congratulated Harris on making history by being the first Black woman and first Asian American woman on a major party ticket. But there were plenty of skirmishes between the two candidates who were separated by plexiglass barriers and seated 12 feet apart because of coronavirus precautions. The debate featured tense moments and Harris chastised Pence for interrupting her several times, interjecting at one point: "Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking, I'm speaking." On today's episode of the 5 things to know podcast, our Washington correspondent Maureen Groppe breaks down the debate. |
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An uninvited guest buzzed in... |
| An unexpected guest joined Mike Pence on the debate stage: a pesky fly that sat on the top of his head for several minutes while he debated Harris. The indolent insect quickly went viral, inspiring a number of new Twitter accounts and endless jokes. Joe Biden's Twitter page posted a photo of the Democratic presidential nominee with a fly swatter. "Pitch in $5 to help this campaign fly," the tweet said. A fly swatter in the Biden campaign store has a handle emblazoned with: "Truth Over Flies." There are mugs and T-shirts to memorialize the insect's actions being sold on sites like Etsy . Fans of David Cronenberg's 1986 sci-fi/horror remake "The Fly," are campaigning for its star, Jeff Goldblum, to reprise the role in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch about the debate. |
Post-debate, Harris and Pence jump back on the campaign trail |
| Mike Pence and Kamala Harris will jump back on the campaign trail Thursday and move from Utah to Arizona. Harris will join Joe Biden, her running mate at the top of the Democratic ticket, on the trail for the first time and meet with tribal leaders in Phoenix and then give a speech and take a bus tour through Phoenix and Tempe. Pence plans a campaign stop in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria for an event at a tactical equipment manufacturer. The announcement of Pence's planned Arizona stop followed President Donald Trump's cancellation of multiple planned stops after he contracted COVID-19. |
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Hurricane Delta restrengthens to Category 2, heads toward Gulf Coast |
| Hurricane Delta restrengthened to a Category 2 storm early Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph as it charged toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. Landfall is expected sometime Friday near the Louisiana coast, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center issued storm surge and hurricane watches Wednesday for portions of the northwestern and northern Gulf Coast ahead of Delta, which battered Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, knocking down trees and power lines. Delta could bring 4 to 8 inches of rain, with isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches, to the central Gulf Coast through parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley. Heavy rainfall could result in flash, urban and small stream flooding along with minor river flooding, according to the hurricane center. When Delta moves inland, heavy rain is expected in the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic region this weekend, the center said. |
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Regal will close all US theaters |
| Cinema chain Cineworld will close all of its movie theaters in the United States on Thursday after the postponement of the new James Bond film left a big hole in schedules. The closures affect all 536 U.S.-based Regal Cinemas and 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse venues in the U.K., according to a Regal news release. Some 45,000 employees are affected. Cineworld did not share any plans for a reopening date. Regal is the second-largest exhibitor in the U.S., after AMC Theatres. Producers said last week that the James Bond thriller, "No Time to Die," slated to open in November, is being delayed until April 2, 2021, because of the effect of the pandemic on theatrical business. |
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