in the us is always of inside the people around the world. people pay attention to this one here, and i'll just see this very good that bringing the news to the world from here. the the hello, i'm way a rock you're watching. i'll just there it is. one gmc, that's 9 pm in washington, dc. and a pivotal moments in american history, us presidential barton has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race against donald trump. he has endorsed his running mate, vice president cala harris to take his place. and this is the scene right now at the white house as night falls,

the decision that throws the entire 2024 presidential race and the democratic party into chaos and disarray. our white house correspondent, kimberly how good reports as after days of isolation recovering from cove it and deliver ration, consulting with his family and a handful of friends. us president joe biden made his historic announcement on x. he'll no longer seek the democratic nomination for president. i believe it's in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term. the calls for by then to drop his bid for a 2nd term exploded last month after. what many critics described as a disaster is debate performance. it goes for were us president donald trump, president biden,

clearly believed. probably still does believe that he could win re election, but that view is not shared by many voters. stepping down 5 in immediately endorsed vice president comma la harris to be the democratic nominee. harris responded, saying, i'm honored to have the president's endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination. the democratic national convention is just a month away, bite and had secured the most delegates to win the parties nomination was bought and gone. those delegate stores automatically passed to harris. it's now what's known as an open convention with delegates free to support the candidates of their choice. things are changing so quickly. we have, we have really no idea how this is going to work out. harris already has 2 powerful endorsements. former us president bill clinton and former 1st lady,

and the 1st female nominated for president hillary clinton. but for us, president brock, obama and former 1st lady michelle obama have not endorsed harris. in the statement, obama writes the party will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead. republicans are threatening to challenge still biden's decision to step down. they argue a president no longer fit to be the nominee should also no longer be running the country. kimberly health is algebra 0 the white house and we can talk to kimberly how good she comes to us from washington, d. c. kimberly a lot of moving parts since we last spoke now so long ago i some she endorsements, i understand have started pouring in. yeah, they've been pouring in for hours, but the latest our number of governors and the transfer stations, secretary,

people who judge, so a, it's just been a rocking them off is they like to say in washington, in terms of these endorsements, the latest california governor gavin newsome the pennsylvania governor, josh shapiro and also in colorado, another governor there. but she has been collecting a chorus of endorsements from some heavy hitters in the democratic party and not just a collection of dozens of members of congress from the democratic party, but also heavy hitters. like i mentioned in my report, the of former 1st lady and presidential nominee herself for the democratic party that bill and hillary clinton and also senator kerry. another of one who made a presidential bid himself. and senator ward, who also was running for president, wants herself as well. so these are heavy hitters to get those kind of endorsements . is a big deal for campbell harris. that means that she's really a contender and that they,

they're willing to go out there and stuff for her as is said, meaning that they're willing to go out and make the case that she deserves the spot middle office. right. and kimberly, you're talking about heavy hitters. us present brock obama also issued a statement. here's what he said on social media platform. x turbine has been one of america's most consequential presidents as well as a dear friend and partner to me today. we've also been reminded again that he's a patriot of the highest order. interestingly though, he did not use that opportunity to endorse the vice president as yeah, and a little bit of a head scratcher for me to be truthful for a couple of hours until i start to piece it all together. and it wasn't just brock obama who didn't endorse uh, connell, a harris. it was also nancy pelosi, the former house speaker. and it was also the top democrats,

the leaders of the parties in the lower chamber, the house of representatives in the upper chamber of the us senate came jeffries and chuck schumer. and here's why all 4 of those people were instrumental and nudging joe biden to step aside. and so now they are quick to make sure that they don't appear to be coordinating comma le harris. and the reason is, is because she's going to be heavily scrutinized when ultimately it appears that she is going to take the top spot. they don't want it to look like she just sort of wrote the coattails of joe biden into that spot. that won't be a good look for the potentially 1st female president. they want it to look like she earned it, but she worked for it because otherwise that opens her up to an enormous amount of criticism, something that a woman's already going to face as so this is a critical for optics. and for some, like nancy pelosi,

who was the 1st female speaker of the house, she's keenly aware of how important those optics are in a presidential election. all right, kimberly how good, thank you for all your reporting. thank you. us and vice president's tomlin harris released the statement following biden's announcement. she sang president barton for his leadership and decades of service to the country. she went on to say she's honored to have binds endorsement, but intends, on earning and winning the nomination. she added, she will do everything in her power to unite the democratic party, entered the seats republican candidate, donald trump, in the november election from new york to ohio and wisconsin voters in the united states have been reacting to barton's exit. his performance was, has been a debacle. i think that it made the public very nervous as far as him going into this presidential race. that's where your age based the major part in

politics and making decisions. i think it's a good decision. i think he didn't have a chance against trump a too many people are concerned about his age, which i was to look at what he's done to our world. i just, i think donald trump should have been back a long time ago. there are certain things he can still do, but he can't campaign anymore. so i'm, i'm sad and he's a, he's a, he's a true patriot for stepping down. i think it's best. i didn't see him. and so there will be entry, just interesting to see how it all things hash out. looks like it's gonna be coming with harris, which i'm fine with. i think it's very surprising news. um, definitely not something i personally so i'm coming. i think it puts the entire

election in a kind of a weird position. i think calmly, harris is the easiest pick based on the back to the vice president. and i think it would be tough for the party to try to go a different direction than that. and i want to show, you know, a live shot said this is the scene in chicago, illinois tonight. and you can see there the united center, that's the venue where the democratic national convention is set to take place from august 19th to august 22nd. it was at that very convention, the democrats were supposed to officially nominate jo, bind as their candidate on ours, on clear exactly what will happen inside the united center. next month's lots to look forward to finding out patricia is a democratic party strategist and a former deputy campaign manager for bernie sanders in 2016. she joins us live from dallas, texas,

and michael la fontose. it is an associate professor of policy and government and director of the race politics and policy center at george mason university, and he joins us live from washington. d. c. a very good date to both of you. want to start with you a ragna? if i may, so what's the thinking now among democrats? so, apologies. were having just some audio issues with ronnie out, lew that were gonna work on right now. uh, want to put that question to you, michael. if i may. um, in terms of, you know, all eyes are now on a vice president that com or harris. she has already come out and says she plans to earn and when the democratic nomination um, how easy will it be for her to secure those delegates that are committed

to joe biden? i mean, is that support transferable to the vice president? i wouldn't for the easy but i think it's very clear that the frame delegates that were place to present abide for the most part are going to stick with the vice president. they were refer a 2020, many of them were damages van. and her support of the ticket all along. now there's no question of the some democrats that were may prefer somewhere else. but i just think at this point it's, it's pretty much the parts present harris and, well just let the chips fall where they may let the chips fall where they may. i mean, it's still, there is a width of uncertainty still swirling around this process right now. i understand that our connection has been re established right now. so just want to ask you again, the question that i started our conversation with,

what's the thinking now among the democrats? a yeah, i think for a lot of us, the writing has been on the wall. we were hoping this would come sooner, but grateful that it has come today. as you know, the reality is i believe that what the vice president said that she wants to earn and when the domination i think we've seen in our country coordinations do not work very well. and i think a lot of a start necessarily want to see that we'd like to see an abbreviated process. what was said previously, courses craft that there's not a lot of times it is very likely that most of these delegates will be with the vice president. but i, but i think she has a very quick but imperative opportunity to have some very important conversations with a lot of voting box and felt disenfranchised, and ignored and upset. and i think, you know, she has an opportunity to do that. i think she will do we know michael uh,

in terms of the vice president's approval ratings, what's the level of support that she enjoys, and then how, how ensues to is the democratic base. and so she paused better than present by a relative to the former president trump. i think the democratic base for the most part is supportive, but the democratic party is a party of a variety of different constituencies. and not every constituency is happy with for the bottom. and then to an extent, because she has been his vice president, that some of that discomfort of, or misgivings could potentially transfer. but i think she's a well regarded and well known enough that she can overcome many of those ultimate concerns. and all, by the way, i think all democrats or united and their desire to be donald trump. and i think that at that point,

those democratic voters will some tomorrow's whatever misgivings they have concerns a for what they would say to be the grid of good, which is to be donald trump. and oh yeah, i mean, in the past couple of hours the, the vice president has been a, securing a lot of of endorsements. some of them are quite high profile, like gavin newsome, the, the governor of california. how important is that for the vice president? and i, you know, i think it's really important all of these things, all these big names that we're seeing come out are really important in their own way. but the reality is just like i mentioned before, these conversations, if she's going to be having over the next several days and, and 2 weeks are really, really important. so again, those leadership names that work, that work that are coming out or coming out, you know, in droves all day. today we've seen that very important. but at the end of the day, she has to convince this country as a whole,

to vote for her. and whoever she chooses as vice president, so those additional conversations and endorsements from other more grows, more grass roots, folks are going to be very important to. and michael is going to pick up there on what vanya said regarding a potential running mate. what are some of the weaknesses that the vice president has, the potential of running mates could make up for so this is the preferable question as far as i'm concerned, because she does have some, some witnesses, all presidential nominee is or can guys do? she is, is not particularly strong in the midwest and playing states and some of the battleground states that i think will determine the election. so i wouldn't be surprised if she alternately went with someone who can help speak to those voters and reassure those voters that she is somebody worthy of their support. and

so that's, that's the sort of geographical piece to this. she bring something that i think will turn the election on and fred and that is compared to former present trump overall attributes. you know, there are some who are who are concerned about present by the age i get it. but now donald trump is the oldest candidate to see the president free. and she is able to potentially bring the vice presidential running mate deckard as bill clinton and al gore, due to 1990 to send a sort of generational message to the country that could be very effective. and i want to give you the last word. if i may, um, what's gonna happen in the days a tacoma? what's the process now? so i think that's still kind of being discussed, but we knew from the beginning when this discussion around the president stepping

aside and passing the torch 1st began that there was going to be a need for some kind of a mini process. again it's so under discussion there's still conversations happening regardless of what ends up being settled from the convention logistics standpoint. i think the vice president is going to very likely be criss crossing the country. we're calling folks and together bringing people into the room, sharing port, her vision for this country and reminding people, as michael mentioned, the existential threat. that is donald trump, one of the challenges i think we have is the democrats that we can't just be against. but i'm think we have to be foreign things as well, and i think the vice president will need be making that case all across the country . and here patrice and michael are fond troyer talking to us. thank you so much for your time, greatly appreciate it. and republican

presidential candidate donald trump has posted on his social media platform to its social and he says, joe barton was not fit to run for president and a certainly not fit to serve all those around him, including his doctor, knew that he was not capable of being president, and he wasn't so and look what he's done to our country with millions of people are coming across our border. we will suffer greatly because of his presidency. all right, let's the flesh this out for you. alan fisher is in washington d. c. for us, i guess a predictable reaction. allen, as i, i know i'm hearing from some republicans that they're going to, in american terms, flooding the zone, which means essentially they're going to go on all low to attack against pamela harris to try and disable her at a very, at least stage. they want to attack cars that are going to tire the problems that the board, the going to say she knew about job items. the claimant is condition and did

nothing about it. and they're going to say that the problems with a emigration and inflation can also be traced to the bite and hottest white house. and they're going to spend a lot of money doing this. i'm doing it very quickly. but i'm also hearing that the democrats have raised their own $75000000.00 since day and night spent. the joe biden was going to step down. and so we're going to see a lot of political lads, a lot of postering and a lot of talking. they're going to try and stop couple of harris before her campaign even begins to ignite across the country. but of course, we're 4 months away from the election. and that's expensive. and at the moment the republicans con, raising that sort of money. now, a speaking of political ads there shortly after president binding doors, calling harris the trump campaign released a video attacking her of political record to the sick of us. and it will tucker at the other end of it comm lowest in on it. she covered up, chose obvious mental decline. our president is in good shape in good health,

tireless 5 rent and i have no doubt about the strength of the work that we have done, but commonly knew joe couldn't do the job. so she did it look what she got done, a border invasion, runaway installation, the american dream debt they created this mess. they know commer owns this fails record. so alan, i guess this is the attack strategy here that you mentioned in on display a exactly, i may need to try and do something because they're looking at polls that we've been looking at. and it suggests that while donald trump was be saying, joe biden, in all the key swing states, you can put national, pulls aside both candidates within, within the martin nevada. in the swing states, donald trump had a lead, a not lead was increasing. however, you could come a high rise up against your bike, and then that's a completely different. uh, so you put come a lot of stuff against donald trump. that's a completely different equation. she starts to tie and in some cases,

even leave. i mean, those polls the effect of lee told joe biden he had to get out of the race, because not only was he behind in swing states, but he was behind in states like virginia, a new mexico states that the democrats expected to win and did not expect to spend any money fighting those states essentially jo, buys is passed to the presidency, went from there to there. it disappeared, not quite overnight, but certainly in the last 3 weeks since that terrible debate performance. and so what the democrats will be hoping is a couple of hours we open up that path will be able to push forward. she will get the nomination from the convention in chicago next month. and then we'll spend 3 months on the campaign trail and sadly, from what we're seeing, it looks as if a lot of big name endorsements are flying behind. and it would really a speaking to one democrats, but it would be political suicide for everyone to go up against her at the moment.

this is really going to be the coordination of come up a couple of hers. and she is going to, more than likely be the nomination. the only caviar i would put on that is that 3 weeks ago we thought the joe biden was going to run for the democrats, and that donald trump was going to struggle in the debate. so what if any of us know here has no, right? because my goodness and we still have some ways to go out and it's not november yet . well, thank you so much. great. we appreciate your reporting. and gabriel alexander has been outside trump tower for you in new york city. he says that donald trump will now have to re shape his campaign, which until now had so we focused on binds and abilities. he built a campaign infrastructure to go against jo bite. that's very clear. now, joe biden will not be the person that donald trump is going up again. so yeah, he's gonna have to completely probably change his message as we heard from alan

fisher already talking about some of that. but he has a major pivot to do now, and i'll tell you he is now facing a someone that is certainly much younger than he is. certainly a woman and certainly who comes from a more of diverse background than donald trump comes from. so he's gonna have to completely probably change his message because he knows that this is going to rile up the democratic base. let's not forget. the majority of, of registered voters in the united states since they were not satisfied with either donald trump or joe biden. they wanted it different option. well now they have it. and that is now going to be the interesting part of is where we move on from here and how donald trump is gonna have to re shape his message. he is up and a lot of the polls, almost all of the polls, but we'll have to see in the coming days, what the democrats do, what kind of momentum they get. and most importantly, how you see donald trump shaped and re shaped his campaign message in the coming days, weeks and months. and the speaker of the house,

mike johnson says the republican party could legally challenge the replacement of drove by as these elections are handled at the state level. every state has its own system in it. and some of these it's, it's not possible to simply just switch out a candidate who has been chosen through the democratic small deed, democratic process. over such a long period of time, 14000000 democrats voted to make joe biden to nominate. so it would be wrong. and i think on lawful it in accordance to some of these states rules for a handful of people to go into the back room and switch it out because they're, they don't like the candidate any longer. that's not how this is supposed to work. so i think they would run into some legal impediments and at least a few of these jurisdictions. and i think uh, they'll be a compelling case to be made that that shouldn't happen. and so i think they've got legal trouble if that's there and you know, that's our intention and that's their plan. well, bruce fine is a former us associates a deputy attorney general and he says there's no legal basis for the house speakers

claims. they think secret johnson was stating nonsense on stilts. is your fellow during the bentham set about the british common law? the united states supreme court held the case many years ago called cousins against will go to that political parties are private organizations. and they have exclusive jurisdiction to prevent any state government from deciding who should be attending and voting as they will at a convention to select a presidential nominees. there was a case concerning, a dispute, internal party dispute among the democrats who would represent uh, the delegation from illinois. and the court made it quite clear. know, the democratic and republican parties are private organizations. they have exclusive authority over deciding who gets the vote for the nominated for press. i think this would be relating to the internal party routes that may provide that if

you. ready were select. ready committed to vote for a particular candidate like bite and you are bound and you cannot vote for someone else to be so called faithless delegate. but here, where mr. biden is the one who would say i'm releasing you and i don't know whether he could direct them to vote for campbell harris. he could urge them to do that. i think if he released them from voting for himself, they may have been free choice to vote for whoever they want. now that may be more academic than real, depending upon how much loyalty they have for bite. and so they may vote for camella harris. but that's kind of a small glitch. i do not think that's an insuperable problem. and remember that the democrats, again, being a private party, could change the rules with regard to how you deal with situation,

which is unique in a long time, where a candidate drops out after having one delegates and is a thought authorizing his delegates or directing them to vote for a different can of orders across the united states have been speaking about binds decision. let's now hear some of their reactions this time from washington dc. i know that women can read. absolutely. i will support her if she is the nominee. i wonder if she would be chosen. i think the party needs to think about who can successfully win and is which country i put it bluntly is this country res will as a black woman to be president over a convicted felon, having a little bit of youth with actually go a long way. you know, president trump next president, trump the 78th and our current president's 81. so, um, yeah,

i actually think that age limit terms would be on the other side as well. cuz i think that obviously it's a little bit more complicated and you know, you know, all of us them, as we get older, you know, obviously natural things started occurring to and still have here for you on algae 0. bring you more rolling or live coverage of the us election campaign. after president joe vice announced he's dropping out of the rates. is not expected to speaker on sunday nights, but we're likely to hear from him in the coming week when he addresses the nation. stay with us, the ally. there may be the start of a new week in north america, but last week's weather pattern is following us in some monday we've got that

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the, [000:00:00;00] the there you're watching alger 0. i'm, we're laraca or bringing you. we're rolling live coverage of the us. the election race presidential barton announced just hours ago that he will be stepping aside as candidate for the democrats and endorsed his vice president, pamela harris to run in his stead. but as my counter reports are wrote to securing the nomination won't be easy for us. but the light is now shining brightly on cumberland harris. president biden's endorsement may make a pass to the democratic party nomination a lot easier, but they are still many hurdles in who way. former president bill clinton has

endorsed us party candidates, along with some of her former colleagues on the senate. but for my president obama, i made no mention of kamala harris and his statement reacting to president biden's decision to step down. instead, he said, we will be navigating uncharted waters in the days ahead. but i have extra old re confidence that the leaders of potty will be able to create a process from which an outstanding no many images. there's also be no immediate endorsement from the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, the house minority lead to hakim jeffries or the former speak up the house, and nancy pelosi cumberland harris broke wasn't gender ceiling when joe biden, us to be, as vice president, picking the 2020 election going on to become the 1st female to hold the office or the way did it. so you're getting a really nice president of the united states. congress pointed proudly to the

historic nature of the appointment as vice president. but while i may be the 1st woman in this office, i will not be the last, the because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. as vice president terrace was tacit, tackling the sony issue of immigration, giving a trip to guatemala, she was criticized for what some liberal so as a harsh message do not do not come under relentless attacks from opposition, republicans and the right we can use media. harris struggled wouldn't widespread public approval, although she remained popular with young voters and people of color i going to run for re election part is sold to really voters around issues of civil rights, excess to abortion,

and gun violence. we will not be defeated. we will not be deterred. we will come supporters with quick to go and attack posting video, accusing of creating what is described as a per folder invasion, and runaway inflation lation. paris, a soap released the statement, thanking president biden for his leadership and accepting his endorsement as candidates. we have a 107 days until election day. she concludes. together we will fight and together we will win california georgie, win the nomination and defeat donald trump in the election, the door, twelf, jamaican, an indian immigrant parents would become the 2nd, the black president of the united states and the 1st woman to hold the office. mike, kind of out just the era washington and our show at the house on is

a democratic political strategist, so he believes the party will easily endorse calmly. harris, as is candidates at the democratic national convention set to be held in chicago next month. joe biden's endorsement goes a very long way for all of us who are delegates, but we are delegates mentioned to represent joe biden and specifically dividing voters in our states. so he's saying something in particular then that's gonna carry a lot of weight more over. this is for somebody who's already on the ticket as you've all already explained. so we've all already cast our implicit support for a couple of harris. so now we're going to have the opportunity to do it explicitly . i will tell you this. so my state party chair called me and said, would you support coming, harris? i said yes. so i presume then that all of these other delegates are getting similar calls from their state, pretty chairs, who they themselves have probably gotten

a call from joe biden or the campaign itself. so this is a process that is happening as we speak. and because it is happening swiftly, i think it will be, uh, i, i think it harris as a very good shot of getting the sports he needs from the delegates at the commission. it's already happening when it comes to the policies that joe biden and come over here as a push through for the last 3 and a half years. i should say 1st, the record of accomplishment is extraordinary. most people and i'm a progressive. we've had a number of criticisms with a democratic party and we had maybe lowered expectations for the bite in harris administration. instead, what's happened is they deliver more and the last 3 and a half years and obama had and about 8 years. part of that is because of the republican opposition, but biting an harris had been highly talented in getting legislation passed. that includes the infrastructure and the question reduction act, which is the biggest climate and infrastructure bill this country has seen in a generation. so when we take a look at our roads, the project, so you might be saying that americans might be seeing as they're kind of driving

through our new schools, our new airports. those are things that by and has accomplished economically in terms of the things that he's been able to do, we've been able to lower inflation, increase jobs, increase, take home wages to all of these things. if you compare to where we were 4 years ago, which i think is actually very good comparison again, july of 2020 was very different than we were where we are today. i think that when biden and harris this case now harris, make the case for the policies that they push through, people will see what the difference is. while driving us now is down the road in a senior vice president of touch down strategies and a former spokesman for the republican national committee and he comes to his life from alexandria, virginia sir, welcome to l,

just 0. the vice president harris seems on a path towards the nomination, or shall we say, um, what does it mean for the race? well, i think when everyone woke up this morning, it was a foregone conclusion that donald trump was going to win this election in november . and this causes a bit of a reset on that. i was up in the walk for the republican convention last week. it's the 5th one i've been to. and i don't know if i've ever left the convention where people were more optimistic about their chances of winning. i think that wasn't just the republicans in milwaukee. i think it was political handicap versus around the world. and now we have to look at the new dynamics. this is no longer president trump versus president by the as a new on and, and it's certainly a. ready that's going to be vice president. talked us a little bit more about the change dynamics. i mean, obviously the campaign has to to pivot because they were, you know, expected to run against a job line. they might now have to face

a couple of harris and her running may to oh, so it has to be determined. um how, how should they change their strategy now? well, they're gonna have to look and see the presidential campaign is a whole bunch of statewide elections. so they have to look at the states and see do any of the dynamics of the state elections change. now that harris is at the top of the ticket invite and it's gone. you had mentioned the vice presidential kick beckett have an awful lot to do with the calculus of the campaign, because we'll have to see from what state does the vice presidential candidate. com . a lot of the names are we're hearing our from battleground states. mark kelley from arizona, joshua bureau from pennsylvania, rory cooper from north carolina. those are all states that are going to determine the outcome of the election and not to mention whitmire up in michigan. right, and in terms of, you know, next steps um, you know, especially we've seen that as a reaction to these historical events. the trump campaign has released

a political as going full attack mode. that is, of course, part and parcel of elections in the united states. but do you feel that their approach is the right approach? i think the approach is to talk about the record we've endured 40 year high inflation in the united states as a result of policies push forward by the by and harris administration. the borders a low end estimates 8000000, high end estimates. 10 to 15000000 people cross it legally since 5 men harris took office. she's in charge of the border of the number area code is down now. so that is not completely correct. i understand the number is down at this at the moment that we're speaking right now to we've had a massive, massive influx of billing goes in. ringback the country and people are very upset about it and it's something that the vice president is going to have to defend as

the borders are right now of the us republican house speaker, mike johnson. the was the quick to respond and he basically is calling for the president present joe biden to resign immediately as president if he's not fit to run for office a bit far fetched. no, and i think that it's a very big issue. the vice president harris is going to have to speak to, and that is, how long is the president been incapable of doing his job? and if he isn't capable of being on the campaign trail, can he remain as commander in chief i, i think it's a very fair question to be asked. and again, i think it's something that will dog, the vice president through this campaign. the country saw president biden go out. ready debate when his campaign ended 3 thursdays ago and were stopped by what they saw of vice president harris is in regular contact with the president. when did she

see bist administer capacity? it's going to be starting her shooting through the entire campaign. what he's planning, he says on serving out his the term um now going forward in terms of the your trump vance tickets. um, you know, watching the convention earlier this week it was a very muscular if, if i can put it in, in those terms convention. um, do you feel that, you know, if they're up against a harris, a ticket that they're leaving space there for the harris to pick up more votes? what things are going to contrast very aggressively with the binding harris record? and we'll see, i think you mentioned vice president, the selection of bands. yeah, that's the mid western rust belt pick uh, that could make some arguments for se shapiro from pennsylvania is

a pick for harrison. pennsylvania is going to be one of the absolute key states in the election. i think again, that's the calculus. it needs to be done. now from what state, are they going to pick a b p? what stage does the dynamics change? shapiro seems to be at the top of the list. i read a report from a smart think tank up there called the commonwealth foundation that said that he's the least productive governor in pennsylvania. in the last 50 years. i will say he's become a darling of the left, but cool here is adds to a ticket. ready going to be incredibly interesting and very important because this election is probably going to be close. that's going to be close. in conclusion, a final thoughts from you. i mean, how are you thinking about this moment? it's, it feels unprecedented. it feels monumental. and you know, we're not, you know, november still a months away the whole thing's been weird. you know,

we had a debate in june. uh, everything's off kilter, but i wonder if, if the vice president was the one that convinced the president to participate in that debate, she's a lot smarter than we're giving her credit for. she's may be playing chess and everyone else is buying checkers. i sat down arrow ne, no senior vice president of touch down strategies and a former spokesman for the republican national committee. thank you for your time for it to be with you as well. joe biden is a 1st sitting presidency in nearly 50 years to drop out of a presidential race to other presidents have also chosen to withdraw from campaigning for a 2nd term. in early 1968 democrats, the elizabeth b johnson was the front runner for his party's nomination. but by march, his approval ratings have fallen over the vietnam, vietnam war. 7 months out from the election, he announced he would quit the race in 1952. harry truman started the year seeking

re election, but in february, his approvals had dropped to 22 percent. and just one month later, truman announced that he won't be running again. and there have been mixed reactions from calmer harris's home child in oakland, california. here's what some voters have had to say a hi. this is going to be the president shows of the district attorney and san francisco attorney general of california and uh, from here. and i think she's gonna, she's going to be great as the president, i would have voted for, you know, a stick if it were running against trump. so i'll vote for whoever, if it was going to be buying it. but i don't think that covers the choice because i think a lot of the countries will dislike and already does. and especially in most bank states, i do think that, you know, i appreciate buy it and setting aside

a good example of what it means to be a public servant and not have self interest. and we'll see how come a light begins to sway voters and especially young voters. i'm really excited for her to make some connections there. some views there from vice president's the home town in clark plex. the quote is a former democratic states senator for north carolina, and he says that if com, la harris becomes presidential nominee, her vice presidential pick will be crucial. of many of the reasons that we were talking amongst ourselves about why we saw he should step aside. are still relevant in this decision of how we pick the next presidential candidate. my preferences is that it would not be in a nort month, but it wouldn't be more of a of an open convention. i went campbell harris, i was glad that she was selected 4 years ago. i think she wouldn't be a good president. i'm just talking about the process and what i think would be

better. not only for the democratic party, but for the country in the long run to, to go through a more open open process that may not happen. we may find so many people, as one person said, falling in line, that that becomes a big point. and that, and she is the and she's the nominee in which case 6, streamline important who she picks for vice president. and in some of those people who are being talked about as potential presidential candidates, could also be a wonderful vice presidential candidate if let's say, for example, tomlin harris is the nominee picking someone like a governor and the machine of kentucky who has proven he's young. he's proven he can win in a state that went over whelming wait for donald trump. she takes away. oh, is there any if there are any advantages that j. d advance brings to the republican ticket of being from the midwest ended this year,

takes those away. he is from kentucky, he would be, he has the value is he is shown, he can win on a more modern approach. he has, he would be excellent balance with kind of harris or others again. and if you choose to run, he be a very valid candidate on his own. and there are others all earlier in my calling. guess a hail rahman this spoke with jeremy. yes. kyle, a journalist and co founder of drops site news. and he told him the democratic parties policy on israel and gaza is unlikely to change, regardless of who takes over from by is obviously um, the presidents mental acu man came under intense scrutiny, although it's been an open secret in washington for years now. that joe biden is far, far from the political figure or the man that he was decades ago. but it also comes at a time when you have donald trump writing this boost from the attempt on his life in pennsylvania. and then you have the war and gaza,

which is just continuing on. and the democratic party has been hemorrhaging support, particularly from young people from arab americans, from ordinary americans across the ethnic and religious spectrum, who just don't want their tax dollars going to finance what they clearly see as a genocide. so i, i think though that as i, as i assess this moment, one font that comes to mind is that the, the war and gaza has really uh, accentuated the cold hard fact that the us policy toward israel is a firmly bi partisan one. and so regardless of who would pick up the bath mantle from july and whether it's complet harris or it's got a new some, or it's any number of other democrats on the issue of israel and us view of palestinians is less than human beings, as indicated by the policy is gonna remain the us policy regardless of who wins the white house or who wins the open convention or the selection process from the elite some of the democratic party. but it is going to be

a policy that's going to have to be justified if you're going to get that use vote out. all those that decided not spain. a topic that has been repeated in the conversations i've had in the last few hours is that reassign the list, right, and let's take a couple of harris as an example. she's cheating her track record on israel and gaza issues didn't begin the day that she and joe biden were sworn into office. in fact, her reputation in the us senate was uh, being a particularly strong supporter of israel in 2017. as a senator, she met with netanyahu and you know that it posted up a smiling picture. she's repeatedly gone to visit a pack. she dissented when president brock obama abstained from a boat at the united nations security council. she's on record as saying that the issue of israel's violently annexed territories and um, illegal settlements that the united nation should play no role in this. so, you know, when, when, when people talk about, oh, well,

maybe this opens up space to reclaim some of that use about if you just scratch a little bit at the surface of camelot harris's record. even prior to becoming vice president, you see someone who was both separately, pro israel, including when it was at its most brutal as vice president. as you, you indicate it does seem like in the spring, the white house decided that comma la harris would be the most senior person in the us government to start to express. kind of this forced empathy with the suffering palestinians of gods. and so you can pinpoint and march and april a couple of key moments where it was clear that they were, they were sort of testing the waters on what it might look like for complet harris to adopt a different line then president binding, who was full throated supportive of the israeli government, in fact she became the most senior us official, although it was couched and, and, and there were caviar to mention the word ceasefire in the affirmative. so it's clear that there was some thought or thought that went into this. but what i'm saying is that if you look at it on a purely factual level, um, almost any one that would possibly be chosen to replace joe biden at the top of the

ticket and harris seems to be the front runner right now. that person is going to maintain this bi partisan u. s. policy of just merciless punishment of the palestinians in favor of an unquestioning servitude israel's policy towards the palestinians. and we are tracking reactions for you to the story from around the world. our correspondence are following developments in the middle east, europe, russia, and latin america. first let's hear from our honda so but we haven't heard from prime minister benjamin netanyahu, which is interesting considering that he's supposed to fly to washington on monday and then meet with us presidential binding on tuesday. but we have heard from the countries president issac heard song to emphasize that joe biden was the only us president to visit israel at war time. and that he also wanted to thank president joe biden for his support for israel. additionally, we heard from the defense ministry of kalonde, who did say that joe biden support for israel during this current war on gaza. is

something that is quote, in valuable. we do know that biden has been supporting israel and how they've been prosecuting this war. whether it's through weapons or moral support, constantly speaking with is really leaders throughout it. and it's kind of become unpopular for him back at home, where the war has become such a controversial issue in terms of a change in policy with the united states as a whole has had a policy when it comes to israel, their, their biggest ally in the middle east, the americans say they are preserving american interest abroad, which is why this relationship is so strong. so no matter who is on the democratic ticket and no matter who eventually is the united states president, the support for israel is going to remain the same. but i want to point to something that members of nathaniel whose own government have said months ago when they didn't agree with the decisions that joe biden was making when it came to the war, saying that he wasn't supporting israel enough. now these are known,

alter nationals. these are members of the far right camp. settlers themselves who have said that they're waiting for trump in november because they are going to have essentially a free pass to do whatever they want. the general feeling in latin america is one of release, none of also certain puzzlement as to what to job. i do so long to decide to step down. and that's because the general consensus in this part of the world as in many others, in fact, is the joe biden had become an electable. he could not be re elected. and that's what really concerns most countries in this region. and that is because there was very little level last for donald trump. he was not well liked during his 1st presidency, he was seen as beings and phobic, anti migrant. and even more so now that he's running on a campaign that's even more anti migrant than most of those migrants are from latin america as we all know. so there is a sense of whoever is going to replace joe biden as the democratic presidential candidates will have more or less the support,

at least in the hearts of most latin americans, with the exception perhaps of the government of argentina, which is very, very close to to donald trump, that is we're talking about the delay government, but just about everybody else. even the conservative government seem to believe that a trump administration will hook the economy of the region more than a democratic one. and certainly that it will destabilize the world more than it is they believe. already. see a newman al jazeera santiago. the most good believes that invite his team remains in the wide has his withdrawal from the presidential race will not change the us down. so new frame, the us will continue supporting, is trembling, sparks passing every trip. a scope has said that russia's priority is achieving the goals of it special mitchell operation in ukraine. i knew the results of the us selections at the same time, he has noticed that there were still a long time to go before the us selections and a little can change during this period of time. rushes for an ministry spokeswoman

marie is a har right. has said that an investigation is now needed into the conspiracy of the american media and political circles who were hiding the true picture of binders. mental states, as they were manipulating public opinion according to the our law. and according to which law logia in russia's house of parliament speaker, as they do must speak to us present. joe biden should be held accountable for sanctions against russia. the conflicting ukraine as well as for the destruction of b. e. u. economy and another state dream interpretation there need slootsky a set the binders, administration actually stands have become fixing ukraine. so the relationship between the us and russia have recently been as a story for low. but despite the old presence of jimmy patient has many times said that russia will work with any person in the white house,

u dash above all of the ultra 0 most screw as well. that ends up contesting it the coming. your selection could be pivotal for the security situation in europe, and the nice person in statement on that school was one of the last ones to come through from europe as late as president for them is a let's give you cry. writing that ukraine was grateful for biden's unwavering support in the struggle against russia. and i'm the bike pauses on support in the united states. i was thankful for bite and supporting you, cried during the most dramatic moments in its history. i'm hoping the america's continued support and leadership will prevent russian aggression from paying off site price, foot wide and, and perhaps a veiled appeal to trump and the republicans if they happen to win the election elsewhere in europe, springs, padre sanchez, called buys ins, decision a great gesture from a great presence of shots of germany thanking by the end for making ne type

stronger. nothing as yet from a manual macro of friends. as he proposed to be limping games in paris next week. and recovers from his own disastrous election. but in many ways the coming your selection could be more crucial for friends and say, your full res, i'll just era blended and they'll go anywhere. i'll be back in just a moment. the these off cheers solutions that gives us know for future that we have to find creative solutions, not just turn our backs on the. don't think that has a number, think about it as a person and yourself and that person shoes. so as you can see for this is my us, my life, or at least in my life, those stages we want. we want the education,

we want to go great. because the women in my country, they're not sweet to come up to us. we are in the night all or 2. we are human beings on this earth to be trees and the coins. we are working in their thoughts, that's our officers. whatever has been done before can be done even better. as long as the human being is doing it, you just have to keep pushing because no one else can see,

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