Beyonce's Harris rally tests superstar's political reach

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Singer Beyonce took the stage at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Houston on Friday night. The superstar offered her first public political appearance this election cycle at a crucial moment for the Democratic presidential candidate. - REUTER

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00:00SUPERSTAR BEYONCÉ OFFICIALLY ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN

00:06HOUSTON, TEXAS.

00:07ACCOMPANIED BY FORMER DESTINY'S CHILD MEMBER KELLY ROLAND, THE HOUSTON-BORN BEYONCÉ WALKED

00:12ON STAGE IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF SOME 30,000 ATTENDING HARRIS' ABORTION RIGHTS-THEMED

00:17RALLY.

00:18I'm not here as a celebrity.

00:19I'm not here as a politician.

00:20I'm here as a mother.

00:21A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in.

00:34BEYONCÉ'S FIRST POLITICAL APPEARANCE THIS ELECTION CYCLE COMES AT A CRUCIAL TIME FOR

00:39HARRIS.

00:40NATIONAL OPINION POLLS SHOW HER SUMMERTIME LEAD OVER REPUBLICAN OPPONENT DONALD TRUMP

00:45IN THE RACE FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION HAS ALL BUT EVAPORATED.

00:49HOWEVER, HARRIS HAS PICKED UP A CONSIDERABLE ADVANTAGE OVER TRUMP WITH WOMEN, WHO MOST

00:54POLLS AND SURVEYS SHOW MAKE UP MUCH OF BEYONCÉ'S AUDIENCE.

00:58BUT A COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR AT PACE UNIVERSITY TOLD REUTERS THAT WHILE BEYONCÉ IS ONE OF

01:03THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN, CELEBRITIES ARE NOT GUARANTORS OF POLITICAL

01:07VICTORY FOR CANDIDATES.

01:10HARRIS HAS HAD HOLLYWOOD ENDORSEMENTS FROM ACTORS JULIA ROBERTS AND JANE FONDA, AND MUSICIANS

01:15BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, USHER AND LIZZO.

01:18TRUMP HAS WON THE ENDORSEMENT OF WRESTLER HULK HOGAN AND MUSICIANS TED NUGENT AND KID

01:23ROCK.

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