of all confidence was strong, and then it was at the debate debacle on june 27th. marked the beginning of the end of by this re election hopes suddenly pushed back from his own party and the american public went from potential to kinetic strong enough to turn a would be to term candidate into a will be one term president. i'm for golf berlin. this is the day, the funnel american defend the privilege of my life service patient for over 50 years. i think he did the right you know, there was a time and a place for long years of experience in public life. there's also a time and a place for new voices. i think that's a good idea though to select freshmen at the end of the day. and i have newer

people in politics for sure. america is connected to the t moving forward, backward between hope and hate to treat unity. the vision also coming up the olympics open in paris on friday. the organizers claim they'll be the greenest games yet. so less constriction, the more utilities for after games. and we tried to have the compact concepts to reduce the carbon print emission, half of the outlets and for the district goes on to our viewers watching on cbs in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome to we begin the day with a dramatically different path mail taken by a us president. for weeks ago, he was president joe biden was determined to defeat donald trump and when a 2nd term in the november election there was an abundance of evidence favoring his re election, domestic, and for in from natives rejuvenation to

a us economy that is defying inflation. as well as economists, predictions the signs of victory where they are, the signs of a man in physical decline, where they are to begin is laughs over a series of gas. became serious questions about a politician possibly too old for the demands of the us presidency. biden's dismal performance and last month's debate with donald trump triggered an avalanche of calls for him to drop out of the rigs last weekend president by the downs, that he will not seek re election last night. spite and spoke to the american people for the 1st time since ending his re election campaign, he did not mention his age or his health. he did mention that his administration had achieved a lot. in a moment, we'll discuss biden's, legacy and his legacy building. but 1st, this report, i reviewed back in front of the cameras for the 1st time since biling out of the

race to be re elected for joe biden, late i the reasons for his decision democracy, you know, racial weeks has become clear to me. i need you to 9 my party in this critical endeavor. i believe i recognize president my leadership in the world. i vision for america's future. all married to the 2nd term. nothing. nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. that includes personal ambition. so i've decided the best way for it is a past the tours from new generation. some best way to 9 are nation. the pressure on biden to step aside had been growing since lots of many democrats felt was a disastrous based performance against the republican nominee. donald trump, in june, in the days and weeks that followed very public gaffes by bite and put in tooting

coating president savanski of ukraine. president putin led to more calls for him to buy lived of the race attempts by biden and his staff to allay fears about his age and cognitive ability. the little to quell the calls for a new democratic candidate. and to know that he's out of the race by made it clear who he wants to see, winning the white house in november. just a few months. the american people choose the course of america's future. i made my choice. i made my views now. i'd like to thank our great vice president campbell harris experienced she's tough, she's capable, she's been an incredible partner me, leader for our country. one of several important endorsements for coming to harris . the vice president is already busy campaigning to win the presidency, despite having not yet officially being named the democratic nominee. the parties

convention is expected to decide that next month we'll work for more now i want to bring in steven worth time. he's a senior fellow with the american state crap program at the carnegie endowment for international peace. mr. worth, i'm just going to have you on the program to night. me ask you, has president biden has a restored us leadership in the world as a promise. he made after the trump presidency. i think it depends on what one means by world leadership, by a conventional standard here in washington. perhaps he has that standard would center on strengthening us military alliances in the key regions of europe and asia. and i think the president does deserve a great deal of credit for doing that, for rallying nato to support ukraine in the wake of russia's full scale invasion

and about 2 and a half years ago. and for building up on us alliances and partnerships in, in asia. but it global leadership means bringing countries together, solving problems and inspiring confidence. if it has that broader conception, then what seems the most striking is whether it's job items fault or, or not. so that the events during bite is present. so you have expose the limits of american power and influence. united states has struggled to rally countries besides it's preexisting military allies and security partners to, to come to ukraine's aid or to impose sanctions on russia. well, who's supposed to send this over to you to, to start? would you say that is it is that jo biden's fault because he's not a good leader, or is that just the reality of, of the results of american foreign policy,

as i think is very debatable and a lot of it is not joe biden spot, a lot of it comes from a sense in many countries around the world that the united states has not been a principal and constructive actor for some time. that it is hypocritical, for example, and it's support to ukraine, but also israel, or with this invasion of a rock. several decades ago. so that is a situation that president bided inherited on the other hand, president by that. and i think has often played into those preconceived notions. those criticisms of the united states has often couched the war and ukraine as a battle between democracy in autocracy. and then strikes observers as a recipe for an endless kind of conflict when, what, what the at stake,

something that could unify more countries is the defense of ukrainian sovereignty. is, is a bit a battle between democracy and i'll talk or see is that not correct? the question isn't whether it's, it's correct. the question is whether it's the most powerful and productive way to frame the struggle because it's also correct to say that rational launched in illegal invasion of ukraine and that it thereby violated the un charter is pro addition on the use of force. unless in self defense or with security council approval, that is not really about democracy in autocracy. that's about basic rules of the international system. and those are rules that countries around the world know that they have some kind of stake in maintaining,

including small countries outside of europe that have often been the least reluctant to take sides in the war. i want to ask you about the situation in, in gaza and get your opinion, where would a harris, kamala harris presidency. and where would it be different from jo biden's approach to is real? so there's not much evidence to go on right now. but there are some reasons to think that terrorist would be inclined to be less staunch in her support for these rarely governments policy toward gaza and palestinians. one data point is that in march terrace became the 1st senior administration official to call for an immediate expire. she has reported, we've been very concerned about what she's called in humane conditions in casa, so i'd expect her to make real efforts to do more then the binding

ministration did. could you make these signs support for you? do you think you could make a ceasefire? a reality. oh my goodness. well, it's very difficult. the president biden is very intent on trying to achieve that in the 6 months that he has remaining an office. and an intention to bring about a ceasefire is not enough to actually make it happen. at the end of the day, the parties have to agree, and that's an ongoing, an ongoing issue would come over here is would you have a better chance in making the situation in the middle east better? because unlike joe biden, she, she doesn't have the inclination to over identify with us partners as a brittany. would that be maybe a key to a possible success for her? i think that's something to look for in her foreign policy statements in the rest of the campaign. job i didn't, i think has been somewhat remarkable among us. presidents for being at least in

public, varies thoughtfully aligned with us security partners with ukraine. he has been uh, quite deferential to, to cuba ams for the war with israel. he has sought to avoid criticizing israel publicly, and is adopted a quote unquote bear hug. approach to shape is rarely behavior. and even with taiwan, he made a number of statements, contradicted us policy and said united states would definitely come to the defense of taiwan. if it were invaded by, by the p r c, we don't really know where our commer harris stands on these issues. and i hate to say it's, it's not that exciting to say, you know, but she's going to have a real problem in this campaign, contradicting the policies of the sitting president. well, she's vice president, so we might not learn a whole lot about her born policy vision until unless it, until she actually takes office. okay. well let's say that the donald trump wins

the presidency in november. wouldn't to america then be free to focus on the bigger issue of china if he ended the war in ukraine on day one of his presidency as he says, he would do while you're smoking there, rightly so, because he's not going to be able to end the work in ukraine on, on day one. i do think he will make efforts to try to end the work. he will be stigmatized. negotiations. i suspect to put pressure on a key of and moscow will like to come to the negotiating table. would you like to play an active role? do you think the pressure could be it could be, although equal, would it mean threatening to reduce us support for ukraine? so it doesn't start from an equal position, right? so i don't think he will be neutral toward the 2 actors. i think he will remain, he will be inclined to continue some support for ukraine,

but think it will be very hard for him to bring it in to the war. again, the parties were actually fighting this war, have a vote. so whatever he does on european security issues, even if he tries to pull back from europe, that will take a really active, determined effort to accomplish so he will be, if he is elected very uh, occupied with european security issues. and he will not somehow be able to clear the desk off and just focus single mindedly on china. okay. true leaders know when to make room for others. that was the last sentence in an op ed piece that you wait for the new york times. recently. i'm waiting for who in your opinion is more inclined as you as president or would be more inclined as you, as president to make room for others. cumberland harris or donald trump? why didn't have in mind a jo biden's deputy aside in the presidential election rates when i wrote that mine

that are you does deserve it. he deserves some credit for or indeed literally a stepping aside to make room for it for someone else with harris. i think again it's, it's hard to know, except that, you know, i think that she comes from a, a younger generation than joe biden. and if she is more representative of the democratic party as it stands today on foreign policy as opposed to in the past, then i do think she would be more inclined to reflect sentiments that say the united states doesn't need to be militarily engaged everywhere in the world for donald trump, it's a really tough question. on the one hand, we know he doesn't finish eyes the us military presence everywhere. he can take or leave alliances. but he also puts himself at the center of just about every issue himself. and he also promises to be dominant on the world stage and seems to be, you know, quite invested in the idea that christ,

you shouldn't be happening just about everywhere. so that really cuts against some of his impulses to, to pull back in global affairs. yeah. makes you wonder how big is the room have to be to fit all the egos when you think about the possible combinations there of world leaders. i guess we will find out even more time with the carnegie endowment for international peace be towards i'm just good talking with you. we appreciate your time and analysis tonight. thank you. thank you very much. i recording the number of dead and gods. it is a contentious issue, how mos run help them. industry has been providing figures since the started the war. last year. figures international organizations and journalists have been relying on but with coffee yachts. no one can independently verified the numbers published by her mos documenting the this is becoming as difficult or is as difficult as ever in the figures. they are increasingly disputed in the war and

gaza. only one institution has been providing detail of death toll the territories health ministry which is overseen by him. us. the ministry collects data from hospitals and regularly updates a central list, including not only the name, sex, and age of the victim, but also their personal identification number. whenever possible. multiple independent studies have shown this list to be trustworthy. in january of this year, even as really intelligence confirmed that the goals and health ministries count roughly match their own estimates, although they remain skeptical of how many casualties are combatants and how many civilians. but now is the word directs on counting, the debt has become more difficult and has led to renewed accusations from israel that the figures are unreliable. with more than 3 out of 4 hospitals damaged or destroyed. the traditional system for establishing a casualty list has all but collapsed more and more how mazda authorities are using on the ground media reports,

and i witness testimony to count bodies over 30 percent of the health ministry's death. it'll now consist of own identified individuals. and yet, even as it's really authorities draw attention to the increasingly poor quality of data, some independent analysts say the cause of death total could be vastly underestimated . study published earlier in july, in the medical journal of the lancet claim that at least 186000 palestinians had most likely died. as a result of these really bombing and ground defensive and gaza. a clear picture of the death and destruction will likely emerge after the fighting is over and a non partisan investigation is allowed to take place. michael's back it is a professor at the royal holloway university of london, and he's chair of every casualty count. now that's an in g o committed to ensuring that victims in arm conflicts are recorded, recognized and remembered. the death toll in gauze, and according to him, us is nearly 40000. we asked him how reliable that number really is.

so i would say that that's a plausible number, but it consists as a report side of, of 2 components. and one component is actually much more credible than the other component. i should say that just yesterday, the ministry of health released another detailed list of victims that has 28185 on it. and that comes from their mort based monitoring system plus a form that people can fill out reporting tests that they know about. so i, i view that $28185.00 as a highly credible rock bottom minimum. the other bit of it, the essentially $10000.00 additional tasks that bring you up to the figure that you just mentioned is really a black box. and they've never explained where that comes from. they said that it's based on the liable media reports, but they've, they've never actually publish those, those reports, or even

a methodology for how they go about compiling them. the for the final countdown to the parents olympics is well and truly on, but just hours to go until the opening ceremony. now behind the excitement locals as well as taurus, say they're frustrated at the strict security measures in the french capital. but authorities say the precautions are necessary for public safety is just ahead of the olympic games. opening ceremony in paris, there's a norm is anticipation and excitement in the french capital. many are looking forward to an atmosphere of celebration way probably a few years. parents is more festive and hectic with lots of torres, but there's also some frustration as locals and tories to like have to deal with the inconvenience of method security measures. yeah, it's very key.

authority. see the strict security measures are an absolute necessity to protect both spectators and athletes, and many locals. agree, there is some so much and there isn't a chair and friends. friends is a, it's a country a all the 3rd along with tens of thousands of soldiers and police patrolling the streets. the french air force is also playing a major part by securing the skies during the games. fighter jets surveillance, drones helicopters that can carry sharp shooters and equipment to disable drones will all be deployed. we have to protect against some commercial laptop that could be used like a weapon, but also to reach to have tried to reach us. so it could be use liked with events and come tell you if these receive up to date, but the free media on. so you

a visa in france, and we know of a to a can be a real, a real or frightful, such an event. for fridays opening ceremony, a no fly zone extending some 150 kilometers will be in place around the french capital. and cameras. twins with artificial intelligence software will flag potential security risk, such as abandon packages securing these olympic games is a massive undertaking and comes at an enormous cost. but france has spent the last several years preparing for this moment. any visitors say they appreciate all the efforts to keep them safe for us to come in here to paris in seeing the gendarmes, the national police, the presence, it's impressive. it's impressive. so it's something you always have to be concerned about. but knowing, you know, knowing how prepared they are and stuff. no, i feel i feel safe for parents walking around,

enjoying the city. i do my home kind of chicago. the hope is that all the security efforts will pay off end result and see some successful summer games for everyone willing to build up to these games. there has been one question post time and time to get. we'll the send river that runs to paris. will it be clean enough for the athletes? just women or will it stay as dirty as it has been for the past century, the mayor of paris, she says, oh con trail. she even took a dip in the water's last week to prove it. frances invested time and money to make the olympics these olympics, the greenest games ever investments that should bring dividends long after the torch is history. on the fresh dive in the summer sun in paris and just in time for the olympics. first may a new dial go fix and media savvy, dip in the sand, defense capitals. this story once polluted, find us for a waste,

sewage and debris. it had been impossible and even illegal to swim it for more than a century. until now it's a very lucky and happy day. it's also for the plan that's, you know, and for the river and for the ocean we, we did it. we did, it has invested $1500000000.00 to clean up the river also to the infrastructure, to catch most storm water when it rains. that as them can hold the equivalent of 20 lumping, swimming pools of 30 water on something to the river. but that will now be treated . it is a center piece of major infrastructure improvements for the games, but to also ensure that parisians have a clean, a sent in the us to come. the organizers of the games one to stand out, not only by having a clean river but with a sustainability concept of a new kind that would take them into the future. instead of building numerous new stadiums and the reason is 95 percent of the locations already existed,

all of the temporary furniture and the equipment have been reused. although they welcome the efforts campaign, i say it doesn't make the game screen. paris had planned the biggest infrastructure project in europe as part of the game. several metro lines were due to be built to transport millions from the metropolitan areas into the city, boston and in a more climate friendly way from us that has not yet been kept. so far, only one extension of a line needed for the olympics has been completed and local transport tickets prizes would definitely during the game. experts say that monitoring the olympic games footprint as being done in paris. so with the aim of making the most of stain, the bulk is essential to go green, but to truly minimize the impact in the future. such mega events would need to become much smaller. well, the day is almost done, but it continues online. you'll find this on x,

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