as president job i, one month ago biden's re election campaign was about to go full throttle, confidence was strong, and then it was at the debate. debacle on june 27th. marked the beginning of the end of by the 3 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 on board golf. berlin, this is the day, the funnel america defend the privilege of my life service patient for over 50 years. i think he did the right you know, there was a time in the 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 fresh me into the game. 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 division 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 those let's see what our viewers watching on cbs in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome to we begin today with the 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 turn on the november election,

there was an abundance of evidence favoring his re election, domestic and foreign from nato's rejuvenation to a u. s. economy that is defying installation, as well as economist 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 race 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 the buttons, 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, laid out the reasons for his decision. democracy in all racial weeks has become clear to me. i need you 9 my party in this critical endeavor. i believe i recognize president i leadership in the world. i vision for america's future. all murder 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 as the best way to unite our nation. the pressure on biden, to step aside, had been growing since water. 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 biting, 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, advantage, age and cognitive ability did a little to quell the calls for a new democratic candidate. and to know that he's out of the race by made is 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. like i sank, 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. was always good to have you on the program tonight. 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. and today's, here in 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. and 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 is real or with its 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 couch the war and ukraine as a battle between democracy in autocracy. and that it strikes the 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, a battle between democracy and i'll talk or see is that not correct? as 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 russia launched in illegal invasion of ukraine. and that it thereby violated the un charter is pro edition 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 israel? 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, harris 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 me? now? do you think you can make a ceasefire? a reality, oh my goodness says, well, it's very difficult to believe 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's what 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. interest of

the campaign, jo by and 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 sams for the war with israel. he has sought to avoid criticizing israel publicly, and it is adopted a quote, unquote bear hug. approach to shape is rarely behavior. and even with taiwan, he made a number of statements contradict to us policy and say, and 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. what in 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. people don't 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. 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 wrote for the new york times recently. what didn't, or 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, or why didn't have in mind

a joe biden stepping 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 said, 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. it 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 arms. good talking really we appreciate your time and analysis tonight. thank you. thank you very much. i or recording the number of dead and gods it. that is a contentious issue. last run helped him industry has been providing figures since the start of the war last year. figures international organizations and journalists had been relying on but with coffee yachts. no one can independently verified the numbers published by her palm oss. documenting this is becoming as difficult or is

as difficult as ever and 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 confirm 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 drags on counting the dead 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. this 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 counts. now that's an energy are 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 2 components. and one component is actually much more credible than the other component i should say. but 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 bid of 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 say that it's

based on reliable media reports, but they've, they've never actually publish those notes 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 with just hours to go until the opening ceremony know behind the excitement locals as well as taurus, say they're frustrated at these 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 message security measures. yeah, it's really our barricade

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. are there reason, cherry 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 sort of crowd that could be used like a weapon, but also to reach to have tried to reach us. so could be use like to offense and

come tell you are these receive up to date, but they are a free media on. so you a visa in france and we knew of a to it and your flight so 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 full 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. 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 and result in safe and successful summer gains for everyone willing to build up to these games. there has been one question post time and time again. will the same 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,

the french capital. so story for the ones polluted by industrial 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 the best them can hold the equivalent of 20 lumping. swimming pools of 30 was a one something to the river, but that will not be treated. it is a center use of major infrastructure improvements for the games, but to also ensure that parisians have a clean, a send and they use 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, the transfer of millions from the metropolitan area into the city, pasta, and in a more excitement 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 transfer tickets, prizes with delta during the game. experts say that monitoring the olympic games footprint as being done in paris. so with the aim of making them most of stain, the books is essential to go green, but to truly minimize the impact in the future. such mega events would need to become much smaller. when the day is almost done, but it continues online,

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