the, the, this is vito when you use life and for lynn. joe biden withdrawals from the us presidential race, leading the democratic campaign in turmoil. the sitting president made the announcement on social media platform x, that he would not be a democratic candidate to contest against donald trump. biden is now endorsing vice president campbell harris. the . hi melissa, janet, thanks for joining us. joe biden is withdrawing from the us presidential race. the 81 year old says he will be focusing on fulfilling his duties as president for the

remainder of his term. a bike has also endorsed vice president carmella harris to lead the democratic party against former president donald trump. aiming to avoid further party division. here is what he had to say on ex quote, my fellow democrats. i have decided not to set to the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as president for the remainder of my term. my very 1st decision, as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick. com le harris as my vice president. and it's been the best decision i've made today. i want to offer my full support and endorsement for a comma to be the nominee of our party this year. democrats, it's time to come together and beat trump. let's do this and quote, a less crossover to dw reported chiffon z man's in washington dc chiffon.

after weeks of rumors and talks, it's finally happened. present. joe biden drops out of the 2024 election race. what more do we know? oh yeah, you're right. it has been $24.00 days after this disastrous performance at the tv debates and debating a former president donald trump. and ever since it has been a downward spiral for the president and for the democratic party. and as you said, this is a historic moment. this is actually history in the making, at least us history in the making. i can tell you that the political washington political centers all over the country are really buzzing, not just media, and not just pond. it's not just experts, but politicians themselves. i think nobody has this timing on the map. of course, everybody saw me probably here will throw in the towel this week coming monday, tuesday. what have you. uh, but uh, 146 p. m. local time, eastern standard,

time or savings standard time here at the east coast, this letter of resignation out of the race. not as president. that's a very important distinction here. he dropped out of the presidential race, but not as president republicans by the way, already calling for his resignation as president since he is not up to run the race, the presidential race. the speaker of the house says he should also resign as president. that is not going to happen. i am fairly certain of this. however, $146.00, 1st the letter that he's dropping out, and then half an hour later, also on x, formerly known as twitter, the full endorsement of kamala harris. now, with all of this, with all of this, the president now not running for reelection anymore, a treasure trove of uncertainties are coming out of a putting themselves up these questions, which, frankly not just me,

but nobody else has answers for well kamala harris be automatically the new candidate that the, for the democratic party in the november res, will choose what will happen to the delegates vote, which voted rewarded for it don't from forced upon me for it is joe biden overwhelmingly. so there are many, many questions which will also make the democratic convention in about 3 weeks time . now really, really interesting and unique and historic, as you say, unprecedented and at 146 p. m. local time in washington dc, right after church there about so many people expected that if he was going to make an announcement, it would perhaps be in the evening time but no sunday afternoon. and as by noon says he will be focusing on fulfilling his duties as president for the remainder of his term. i want to take a look now at the weeks that have led up to this decision. inflation has, it was

a moment that changed the trajectory of the 2024 presidential campaigns has increase. making sure that we're able to make every single solitary person right, eligible for what i have been able to do with the, with the coven, i should be with dealing with everything we have to do with uh, what if we finally be medicare? therefore, president joe biden called brent early one on one tv debate with donald trump. to dispel concerns about his age, we get to tony don't was a plan that backfired spectacular way. the total edition, as viewers watched bite and struggle with his answers and more side of questions about biden's fitness, had daughters campaign from the beginning in his public appearances in the us and abroad, the 81 year old appeared increasingly frail. like at last month,

g 7, summit in italy, you've got me in the wake of buys, debate performance about this campaign, and press team start to don't play concerns a. he had a cold and a bad night. i would not see this as an episode. i would see this is what it was and what we believe it to be, which is it was a bad night. and he did on top of that, he had a cold biden's. every move was closely scrutinized. initially, he refused to devote out a letter. he said to democrat lawmakers failed to alleviate worries. pressure grew as high ranking democrats and donors publicly expressed reservations, including former house speaker, nancy, but most many praise bindings achievements which include major infrastructure spending, and restoring transatlantic partnerships. while at the same time concluding,

that biden was no longer up to the job of stopping a 2nd to trump presidency. steph, on, as we've reported on by and said she would like to see vice president campbell of harris in his stead. but you had suggested earlier, this isn't a foregone conclusion. is it a very unclear what's gonna happen now? there is, i have to say up that is the apparent days already, party leaders and, and some governors. democrats coming out in support of kamala harris. but however, there is a democratic convention and if somebody in this is uh, you know, following the rulebook there were democrats have those rules for a reason. they are people who may want to call for a open convention. that means that anybody can suggest other candidates to jump in instead of president bind, but here, dangerous territory. but i bet it will be come all i, harris, it will,

most of the democrats, most of democratic democratic party leaders and the big weeks so to speak. if you will, will throw their support behind kamala harris and for her, it's then to pick a good, a running mate. and number 2, because a couple of course, joe biden is also taking, so it will be harris plus question mark. there will be interesting. when is this going to happen? nobody knows. however, kamala harris is saying for many, many, many democrats, the next logical choice she has, according to joe biden, done a fantastic job as well as president in the last 4 years. he's putting his full support behind her. so come all that hers will probably don't, naomi on this bottom probably be the next democratic candidate for presidency into in the 2024 race. well, let's take a look now at vice president carmella harris. there has been a great debate among the democrats,

whether she would be the strongest candidate against the former president, donald trump. from her rise in california politics to washington, dc. it was always assume she would run for president one day, but perhaps not so soon. as kamala harris has already made history once by being the 1st female and the 1st black vice president of the united states, she was in no hurry to get rid of fighting, initially holding the line for him. after his disastrous debate performance. we believe in our president joe biden, and we believe in what he stands for the soonest to this. others began to push the hood to replace him. if he stepped aside, it's a scenario. few would have predicted just a couple of years ago. the story of her vice presidency was overshadowed

by criticism. some said hers was failing to make the most of her role and was being an effective. however, supports his claim. she was being sidelined and held to a higher standard because she was a woman on black. yet perhaps on surprisingly for one who managed to become the vice president of the us, she's not the person to back down there going to be many times in your life where you're going to be told that can't be done. it's never been done before. it's not time, they're not ready for it and then this is the one i love. it's going to be a lot of hardcore don't to listen. i you know, for breakfast some of the front to the also working in a favor. she's already on the ticket and a search would automatically inherit the infrastructure and funds of biden's campaign with tens of millions of dollars. she also

has the highest name recognition of all the alternatives. and he's already a player on the global stage. she has become a leading voice on abortion rights. one of the key issues of the campaign and has prioritized finding solutions for the migration crisis of the us is southern border . but most crucial level, perhaps. in the weeks after the debate, i think companies showed harris had a great to chance to buy a winning the election stuff. and how much will this development change the republican presidential campaign strategy? it's a great question. guess what? the worst case scenario for the republican party right now for donald trump and j events because they really wanted joe biden to stick to the ticket because they

thought and they made it pro accordingly to the thinking of the appropriate strategies. it will be a more or less walk in the park to win against bite, and after his performance in the last few weeks. and now they have to deal with a new candidate and a new number to whoever that will be. we don't know. again, there's many, many questions on the answers and the answer, and we don't even know all the questions nor do we have a clue about all the answers for the unknown questions. anyway, the point is, the republicans have not a problem now, but they need to change. did they need to change strategy? how will they do this needs to be seen. however, there is, of course politics. this is washington. if you need a friend, i get a dock as truman said, once, the republican speaker of the house already said that the president should step down as president, as he is not able to run in the race and steps down from the presidential race. you

should not also step down as president, so he tries to portray a bite is very weak, but that's not going to happen. republicans have to change on enroll with a bunch of see a go with the flow like we all know very quickly with harris. if she does become the non any, how does this work? will she take over biden's campaign team and the money that's been collected the that's the hard to answer. i say it to be safe. i don't know why, because there's a legal question involved that could be lawsuits against her doing exactly that. but there's also an argument that we're just ready for her to do that. so i'm going to stay out of this. this is all legal mumbo jumbo and there should be and could be lawsuits around this. but that would be the next logical step, or at least from a political point of view. she's in the race, she knows all the makers, she has contact to the donors. she's on the trail on the campaign trail for many, many months. she should take over their campaign. will this happen like this? we will see. will it be difficult?

probably it's not going to be easy. one way or another, this pants out to you and what the democrats do have. what camella, how is the, who is she choosing as a running, made judge shapiro, pennsylvania governor of or, or others. there are few all the names that roommates all to be seen. sorry. as of now, no clearance is on a lot of questions. yeah, it's going to be a very interesting next few weeks going up to the convention. and as you say there, there could well be legal issues with um of, with the campaign funds. and i have also seen reports that it's definitely this is a potential republican strategy to make that a particular issue, a step on z months in washington dc. thank you so much for joining us. and that is it for the program. for now, we will be back at the top of the hour with more on this momentous day of the us the elections. i. melissa chad. thanks for joining us.

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