PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Thursday, September 19, 2024

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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Thursday, September 19, 2024

2024-09-20 09:38 Last Updated At：09:41

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

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A portrait of Karen Flores adorns a makeshift memorial outside Álvaro Obregón 286 felled by the 2017 earthquake, during the annual seismic drill that marks the anniversary date of the 1985 and 2017 deadly quakes, in Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Orbach)

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

A woman washes the floor at the entrance of a museum of body anomalies in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A model wears a creation as part of the Prada Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Boys salute during the funeral procession of Hezbollah members who were killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Visitors walk by workers installing a giant basket decorated with replicas of flowers and fruits on display at Tiananmen Square for the upcoming National Day celebration, in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Monaco's George Ilenikhena celebrates with his teammates at the end of the Champions League opening phase soccer match against Barcelona at the Louis II stadium, in Monaco, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Monaco won 2-1. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Cleveland Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel celebrates in the clubhouse after they defeated the Minnesota Twins to clinch a baseball playoff berth, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)

A man throws damaged goods and furniture off a house as residents return to clean up after recent floods in Mikulovice, Czech Republic, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Coffee producer Joao Rodrigues Martins holds a handful of damaged coffee beans during an inspection of his plantation consumed by wildfires in a rural area of Caconde, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Canadian Cultural Heritage Deputy Minister, Isabelle Mondou, left, and Andrea Clark-Grignon, Head of Public Affairs, unveil a photographic portrait known as 'The Roaring Lion', taken by photographer Yousuf Karsh in 1941 of Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, stolen in Canada in 2022, and returned during a ceremony at the Canada's embassy in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, rises to greet people as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America" event, Thursday, Sept. 19 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Chicago White Sox first base coach/outfield coach Jason Bourgeois (38) is reflected in the glasses of third baseman Bryan Ramos in the dugout during the sixth inning of a baseball game Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Classmates of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who went missing almost 10 years ago march to demand justice for their loved ones in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

The dead body of man, his arm marked with a tattoo of the Virgin of Guadalupe, lies covered on a street in La Costerita neighborhood of Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A visitor looks at male Hippo Tony, at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Palestinians duck for cover as the Israeli army raided the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya on Thursday, Sept.19, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets Andrey Koslov, an Israeli who was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023 and rescued by by Israeli special forces on June 8, 2024, at the Israeli American Council National Summit, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, smiles at teammates as he does a postgame interview after a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

People watch via video ahead of the arrival of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris who will join Oprah Winfrey at Oprah's Unite for America Live Streaming event Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 in Farmington Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Former President Barack Obama, center, attends to receive the 2024 Sylvanus Thayer Award from the West Point Association of Graduates during ceremonies hosted by the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

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This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

A woman washes the floor at the entrance of a museum of body anomalies in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A model wears a creation as part of the Prada Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Boys salute during the funeral procession of Hezbollah members who were killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Visitors walk by workers installing a giant basket decorated with replicas of flowers and fruits on display at Tiananmen Square for the upcoming National Day celebration, in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Monaco's George Ilenikhena celebrates with his teammates at the end of the Champions League opening phase soccer match against Barcelona at the Louis II stadium, in Monaco, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Monaco won 2-1. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Cleveland Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel celebrates in the clubhouse after they defeated the Minnesota Twins to clinch a baseball playoff berth, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)

A man throws damaged goods and furniture off a house as residents return to clean up after recent floods in Mikulovice, Czech Republic, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Coffee producer Joao Rodrigues Martins holds a handful of damaged coffee beans during an inspection of his plantation consumed by wildfires in a rural area of Caconde, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Canadian Cultural Heritage Deputy Minister, Isabelle Mondou, left, and Andrea Clark-Grignon, Head of Public Affairs, unveil a photographic portrait known as 'The Roaring Lion', taken by photographer Yousuf Karsh in 1941 of Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, stolen in Canada in 2022, and returned during a ceremony at the Canada's embassy in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, rises to greet people as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America" event, Thursday, Sept. 19 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Chicago White Sox first base coach/outfield coach Jason Bourgeois (38) is reflected in the glasses of third baseman Bryan Ramos in the dugout during the sixth inning of a baseball game Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Classmates of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who went missing almost 10 years ago march to demand justice for their loved ones in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

The dead body of man, his arm marked with a tattoo of the Virgin of Guadalupe, lies covered on a street in La Costerita neighborhood of Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A visitor looks at male Hippo Tony, at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Palestinians duck for cover as the Israeli army raided the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya on Thursday, Sept.19, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets Andrey Koslov, an Israeli who was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023 and rescued by by Israeli special forces on June 8, 2024, at the Israeli American Council National Summit, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, smiles at teammates as he does a postgame interview after a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

People watch via video ahead of the arrival of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris who will join Oprah Winfrey at Oprah's Unite for America Live Streaming event Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 in Farmington Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Former President Barack Obama, center, attends to receive the 2024 Sylvanus Thayer Award from the West Point Association of Graduates during ceremonies hosted by the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Harris looks for boost from Oprah as part of digital-first media strategy

2024-09-20 09:30 Last Updated At：09:40

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris looked for a boost with persuadable and less-motivated voters as she participated in a livestream Thursday evening with former talk show host Oprah Winfrey to focus on her plans to cut costs for the middle class, restore a national right to abortion and address gun violence.

The event, billed as “Unite for America,” and hosted by Winfrey from suburban Michigan, one of this election’s key battlegrounds, sought to tap into the same energy as long-running Winfrey’s talk show, which drove bestseller lists and allowed celebrities to share their softer side and everyday people to share stories of struggle and inspiration.

It leaned on celebrities like Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Lopez and Meryl Streep, but also the stories of ordinary voters to promote Harris's message. More than 300,000 people were watching the Harris campaign livestream on YouTube alone and the event was also being streamed on other major social media platforms.

“We each have those moments in our lives when it’s time to step up,” Harris said when Winfrey asked about her overnight transformation as she went from President Joe Biden’s running mate to being the Democratic nominee in her own right after he suddenly dropped out in July. “I felt a sense of responsibility, to be honest with you, and with that comes a sense of purpose."

Winfrey told Harris it looked as if a “veil dropped” and she “stepped into your power."

Harris was given the chance to talk about her plans to reduce the cost of housing and lower taxes for the middle class, as she took questions from voters in Michigan and Virginia.

Oprah recognized Hadley Duvall in the audience, a 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child.

“You can't wait until it's too late to care about reproductive healthcare, because then it's too late,” said Duvall, who is featured in a new Harris campaign ad. “Thank you for hearing us and seeing us when the Supreme Court won't,” Duvall added in praise of Harris.

Harris and Winfrey also welcomed the mother and sister of a young Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill. Amber Thurman’s death, first reported Monday by ProPublica, occurred just two weeks after Georgia’s strict abortion ban was enacted in 2022 following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn nationwide abortion rights. Harris has blamed her death on Trump.

“Amber was not a statistic, she was loved by a family, a strong family and we would have done whatever to get my baby, our baby, the help that she needed," said Thurman's mother.

Harris praised their courage in speaking out and called out a “healthcare crisis” caused by the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “They have no right to be in your womb,” added Winfrey.

Natalie Griffith, a student who was shot twice last month at Apalachee High School in Georgia, joined with her parents. Her mother described the fear she felt after learning about the gunfire at her child's school.

“No parent should go through this," Marilda Griffith said through tears, describing rushing out of work, then running to the school to learn if her daughter was OK. She appealed for federal action to curb gun violence.

Harris reminded viewers that she owns a gun — which surprised Winfrey — saying, “If somebody’s breaking into my house they’re gettin' shot." She added, "I probably shouldn’t have said that.”

But Harris said assault-style rifles were designed to kill as many people as possible on a battlefield, and “don't belong on the streets of a civil society.”

The event comes as Harris is working to continue to share her biography and governing philosophy with voters during her abbreviated presidential campaign, with early voting already underway in some states.

Harris has limited her interactions with the traditional media, instead prioritizing digital engagement and casual — and often more controlled — moments that her campaign hopes will reach voters who increasingly get their news from digital sources.

“I want to bring my daughters to the White House to meet this Black woman president,” comedian Chris Rock said.

The in-the-round stage has the appearance of a college campus, with faux brick pillars and a background of trees and green turf under the chairs of the several hundred guests in the audience. Dozens more supporters were featured on video screens in the hall.

“I look around at these screens, Oprah, and I look at who’s in the room, and this is America,” Harris said.

The event is meant as a unifying event of Harris supporter groups that spun off organically after a “Black Women for Harris” call drew tens of thousands of viewers — and raised $1.5 million — in the hours after Harris took over for Biden after he ended his campaign. They included “White Dudes for Harris," "Comedians for Harris" and 'Swifties for Harris."

The event included a direct call to action to viewers to volunteer for Harris' campaign and to make calls and knock on doors for the Democrat.

PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Thursday, September 19, 2024

PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Thursday, September 19, 2024

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

A woman washes the floor at the entrance of a museum of body anomalies in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A model wears a creation as part of the Prada Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Boys salute during the funeral procession of Hezbollah members who were killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Visitors walk by workers installing a giant basket decorated with replicas of flowers and fruits on display at Tiananmen Square for the upcoming National Day celebration, in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Monaco's George Ilenikhena celebrates with his teammates at the end of the Champions League opening phase soccer match against Barcelona at the Louis II stadium, in Monaco, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Monaco won 2-1. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Cleveland Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel celebrates in the clubhouse after they defeated the Minnesota Twins to clinch a baseball playoff berth, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)

A man throws damaged goods and furniture off a house as residents return to clean up after recent floods in Mikulovice, Czech Republic, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Coffee producer Joao Rodrigues Martins holds a handful of damaged coffee beans during an inspection of his plantation consumed by wildfires in a rural area of Caconde, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, rises to greet people as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America" event, Thursday, Sept. 19 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Chicago White Sox first base coach/outfield coach Jason Bourgeois (38) is reflected in the glasses of third baseman Bryan Ramos in the dugout during the sixth inning of a baseball game Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Classmates of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who went missing almost 10 years ago march to demand justice for their loved ones in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

The dead body of man, his arm marked with a tattoo of the Virgin of Guadalupe, lies covered on a street in La Costerita neighborhood of Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A visitor looks at male Hippo Tony, at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Palestinians duck for cover as the Israeli army raided the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya on Thursday, Sept.19, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, smiles at teammates as he does a postgame interview after a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

People watch via video ahead of the arrival of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris who will join Oprah Winfrey at Oprah's Unite for America Live Streaming event Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 in Farmington Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Former President Barack Obama, center, attends to receive the 2024 Sylvanus Thayer Award from the West Point Association of Graduates during ceremonies hosted by the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

A woman washes the floor at the entrance of a museum of body anomalies in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A model wears a creation as part of the Prada Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Boys salute during the funeral procession of Hezbollah members who were killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Visitors walk by workers installing a giant basket decorated with replicas of flowers and fruits on display at Tiananmen Square for the upcoming National Day celebration, in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Monaco's George Ilenikhena celebrates with his teammates at the end of the Champions League opening phase soccer match against Barcelona at the Louis II stadium, in Monaco, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Monaco won 2-1. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Cleveland Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel celebrates in the clubhouse after they defeated the Minnesota Twins to clinch a baseball playoff berth, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)

A man throws damaged goods and furniture off a house as residents return to clean up after recent floods in Mikulovice, Czech Republic, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Coffee producer Joao Rodrigues Martins holds a handful of damaged coffee beans during an inspection of his plantation consumed by wildfires in a rural area of Caconde, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, rises to greet people as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America" event, Thursday, Sept. 19 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Chicago White Sox first base coach/outfield coach Jason Bourgeois (38) is reflected in the glasses of third baseman Bryan Ramos in the dugout during the sixth inning of a baseball game Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Classmates of the 43 Ayotzinapa students who went missing almost 10 years ago march to demand justice for their loved ones in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

The dead body of man, his arm marked with a tattoo of the Virgin of Guadalupe, lies covered on a street in La Costerita neighborhood of Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A visitor looks at male Hippo Tony, at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Palestinians duck for cover as the Israeli army raided the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya on Thursday, Sept.19, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, smiles at teammates as he does a postgame interview after a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

People watch via video ahead of the arrival of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris who will join Oprah Winfrey at Oprah's Unite for America Live Streaming event Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 in Farmington Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Former President Barack Obama, center, attends to receive the 2024 Sylvanus Thayer Award from the West Point Association of Graduates during ceremonies hosted by the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

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