who will be the democratic candidate for president of the united states instead of biden. biden offers to send vice president kamala to the elections. but what are her chances of defeating trump and, in general, will the democratic party unite around her? we are talking about this on the bbc broadcast live from london, i am evgenia shedlovska. so, there are 3.5 months left before the american presidential elections , and the democrats have to replace a key player. president joe biden ended his election campaign, said that he was doing it in the best interests of the country and the party, he did not will try to be re-elected for a second term and immediately offered his other candidacy.

vice president kamala harris. it's time to unite and defeat trump, said biden, and harris immediately replied: "thankful for the support, ready to do it." but consider. all these statements were made as several posts on social networks. on sunday. here is such a letter addressed to the americans. these were all statements from biden. he promises to speak during the week. he himself has been sick with covid since last week and is not in washington, not in the white house, but in his house on the coast in state of delaware. but already today, kamala harris had a public speech. she met did not say a word about her fight for the party's nomination, but at the same time noted the achievements of biden. joe biden's accomplishments over the past three years are unparalleled in modern history. in one term, it's already like that, you can applaud. in one term, he has already surpassed the legacy of most presidents who have... held the office twice, i

first met president biden through his son, because we worked together as attorneys general in our states, and then bo often talked to me about his father, he talked about what kind of father and what kind of person joe biden is, the qualities that bo mentioned in his father are the same qualities that i saw every day in our president, his honesty, his decency , his devotion to his faith and his family, his big heart. and his love, deep love for our country. i personally witness how every day our president joe biden fights for the american people, and we are deeply grateful for his service to our country. consider that kamela harris would have run for these anyway election with biden, again as his vice-presidential candidate, but now harris may become the main candidate for the presidency of the democrats. if she is supported at the convention of the democratic party, he will be in the second half. august in chicago,

that is, in a few weeks, but wait, how is it possible, if the primaries have already taken place, where biden received support from democrats state after state. well, now biden is said to be able to release his delegates, it's a formality, and they can vote for someone else at the caucus candidate, but the question is, will anyone else besides garis want to compete for the party's nomination? garis' candidacy has already been endorsed by many democrats, including california gov. gavin newson, gov. ... former speaker of the house of representatives. the clintons immediately declared that they should fight for the election of harris. but the prime minister , former president barack obama, although he welcomed biden's decision, called him a patriot, but did not directly support garis. so are the top democrats in congress, senate majority leader chuck schumer, leader house minority leader hakeem jeffries, the support of such high-ranking party members is extremely important for the future democratic nominee. one of the key

advantages of kamela harris is that she is a well-known, recognizable candidate. she was a prosecutor, a senator, competed for the democratic party nomination in the previous election, but then biden was the main candidate and he chose her as his running mate. they were in the same team for four years, and already in these elections , kamalagaris supported the current president to the last, while other associates openly urged him to retreat. let's look in detail, who is kamala harris? kamala harris is 59 years old. she was born in the city of oakland, california, in a family of immigrants. the family lived in a poor area, populated mainly by african americans, but in the late 60s in california, a program for the integration of racial minorities was announced, assigning black children from poor families to schools in prosperous white areas, one of which yagaris went to. later, she studied law, obtained the degree of doctor of jurisprudence and took the position of deputy district attorney in alameda county, california. in 2003, she was elected district

attorney of san francisco and the district of the same name, and in 10 she became the first female attorney general in california. she started her political career in 2016, when she won the senate elections. can you think of any laws that give the government the right to make decisions about the male body? her sharp questions as a member of the judiciary committee attracted the attention of the public, and within three years she filed for nomination to the presidential candidates of of the democratic party, but withdrew her candidacy for the primaries. then presidential candidate joe biden teamed up with harris and made her. vice president of the usa. yes, they then together defeated trump and his vice presidential candidate pence. i may be the first woman in this position, but certainly not the last. since then, kaala has always supported biden. in her position, she dealt mainly with migration issues on the southern

border, and she was also the most ardent defender of reproductive rights. donald trump thinks the government has more reason to talk to women, which is in their interests. in the past few weeks, when biden has been under enormous pressure to step down, she has continued to support her president. our candidate is joe biden. biden himself confirmed that garis is worthy to replace him in the position, if necessary. what are her qualities and achievements over the past four years that make her ready to start performing duties on the very first day, if necessary. first of all, for the way she decided. the issue of women's freedom to dispose of their bodies, she is qualified to be president. tomala garis maintains consistent support for ukraine and condemns russia. if the democratic party nominates harris, then trump, the republican candidate, will not

be able to use the argument that he is the younger candidate. trump is 78 years old, and biden is 81, and the very question of whether biden was too old to run for president again became decisive for his participation in the elections. joe biden's age was a big concern even before this election race began, but his team just shrugged. donald trump lost to me in two rounds of debates in 2020 and has not participated in them since. now he wants to debate again. come on, cheer me up boy, i'll do it a second time. he confidently called donald trump. to the debate, thinking he would boost his ratings, but instead the debate turned into a complete disaster, panic set in within the democratic party, he tried to fix things and held meetings with voters the next day, but just as quickly gave up. a powerful speech

could not convince the voters that he can continue the fight. i give biden my word, i wouldn't be running, again, if i didn't believe with all my heart and...soul that i could do the job because, frankly, the stakes are too high, precisely because the stakes are so high, every stumble he makes like this that when he tripped over a sandbag last june was alarming despite the misses and falls. biden was critical of any comments about his health and that he might lose them. he hoped that the old ones he will be able to solve the problem with good jokes. the 2024 election is in full swing, and yes, age is an issue. i am a grown man competing with a six-year-old. but the republicans recorded

his every step. here he froze in the middle of the dancing crowd. here, confused and confused during a summit of world leaders. at this meeting with donors, barack obama is forced to lead him off the stage by the arm. he had no more right to make a mistake. especially after the assassination attempt on donald trump. immediately after the injury, trump is especially active sharply contrasted with the coronavirus-stricken and weak biden. and the recent debate only finally decided the fate of the president. he was forced to withdraw his candidacy from the race. and now there are details of how biden made the decision to withdraw from the election, how early on saturday, representatives of his campaign headquarters drew up a schedule of future campaign events. what will he do in his campaign? then, as biden and

the closest circle of advisers and assistants discussed the prospects for the elections. they were looking at new polling data, not the best for biden. and already in... biden decided to withdraw from the race. throughout the day , he reportedly spoke with kemal harris several times before releasing his statement, something that happened behind closed doors, the conversations describe. bbc: biden is still staying at his home in the state of delaware, but what will he do next, bbc correspondent ayona bells analyzes. in his statement about his refusal to run, he said he was going to address the nation and explain in more detail the reasons for his decision. it should happen this week, but we haven't yet we know exactly when. he is still isolated in his beach house here in delaware. behind me you can see that some of the roads are closed now. it's business as usual when he's here. there are many questions about what this week will be like. depends on how easily or not biden recovers from covid. his doctors said his condition is improving

but he still has covid. it is said that in connection with this, all those crucial meetings over the weekend, which ended with the announcement of the upcoming resignation, were held at a social distance in his house. i think it is worth remembering that he is very well aware that his first appearance in public after announcing his refusal to fight will be a huge event. it will be broadcast around the world, everywhere, it will be one of the defining moments that will define his presidency, his legacy. he wants to do everything he can to get the timing right, to look strong, to be able to preserve that legacy, especially after weeks and weeks of criticism and scrutiny about whether he's fit for office, whether he's too weak to be president, in my view. , this one of the reasons why it will probably take time for him to choose exactly the best moment. joe biden remains the president of the united states until the inauguration of his successor, that is, until january 25, although some republicans, such as the speaker of the house of representatives mike johnson, are already demanding biden's resignation. they say that if he can't run for president, he can't serve as president, but the white house

denies such claims. actually, what's next? if kamala harris becomes the democratic presidential candidate, what are her chances of winning? trump? here is the opinion of thomas gift, an expert on us politics at university college london. i think that after biden supported kamelo garis, she should be considered as the most likely candidate. party leaders say a transparent process to find a successor to biden will be streamlined. in fact, they simply want to create a process in which kamalagaris emerges as the unopposed and stronger candidate than he is now. names of other politicians are mentioned, and they say that they may offer themselves as a possible candidate. so is joe manchin, a moderate independent senator from west virginia. he used to be a democrat, but now says he might rejoin the party. i think the fact that biden waited so long to get out of the race works in the democrats' favor simply because ... there's going to be this long and drawn-out process that comes with infighting.

of course, this is even less likely now that biden himself has endorsed kamelo garis. delegates who have supported biden up to this point will now be able to support anyone, and of course if camela harris remains the only candidate, then all the votes will go to her, and if someone else wants to run and challenge her, then there should be a vote. i think she personally needs to make sure that... that she has her own image that's separate from the biden administration, because she hasn't been herself for the last 3 1/2 years, she's been a mouthpiece for the biden administration, so she has to prove that she has her own independent voice, as well as her own independent priorities, but i want to add that in the fight against donald trump, camela harris has better chance than joe biden had, if you just look at the results of the polls, the numbers are similar, but in my opinion, her support can still ... change a lot, simply because the americans don't know her very well, if they will debate, she'll need

to do a lot better than biden did. again, she will also make a speech at the party convention if she is the party's nominee. for her, this will be an opportunity to formulate her message, to be in the center of attention. a key factor will be that whom she will nominate as her vice-presidential running mate. for her, this will be another opportunity to demonstrate in which... direction she will lead the party in a more moderate or left-wing direction, this is the opinion of a british viewer, and read more about the course of the american election campaign on our website bbc.ua, in particular, how biden changed his mind weekend as he decided to withdraw from the election race. well, subscribe to our pages on social networks, we are on facebook, instagram and tiktok, on youtube you can watch our broadcast if you suddenly missed it its live, i say goodbye to you until tomorrow, see you.

it's a new week, we're going back to... live, and now we'll have about 45 minutes of our analytics, our opinions, actually our expert assessments of what's going on in the country on probably painful topics, on important topics, well and we will talk, of course, about johnson, and the question of which johnson, since we confused the johnsons in the first part of our program, now we will be more careful and talk about who was the prime minister

of great britain, but before that, let's not forget about our survey, you are already a thing of the past. voted, for which we are extremely grateful to you, but our survey continues, it is absolutely free, you can take your phones or smartphones and vote, answer the question, do you approve of the withdrawal of the president of the united states of america, joe biden from the presidential campaign? if yes, then call 0800 211381, if not - this will be fair to our viewers and how unexpected was this statement by joseph biden for you andrew, the statement was made through social media in particular to the world that he is withdrawing from the election

race. i think that's expected, the only thing i didn't expect was that it would be sunday, seriously, frankly. i will say, vitaly portnikov and i have already talked about this for four weeks in a row, i asked him the same question for four weeks in a row, when every saturday we slowly reached the point that this probability grew, and i said in particular, that really, if it's going to happen, it's got to be before the end of july, and so, frankly, it's sooner than... anything, given all that pressure, given that bain's funding was limited, taking into account the fact that the governors and a number of senators and congressmen had already opposed his candidacy, which meant that, as they say, time or medicine went by for days, for

hours, the only thing that really was sunday, well, not quite such a day, in my opinion. politically active to make such an announcement, but we have what we have, indeed, the american press, by the way, predicted that such a statement could be made on the weekend, so rather, rather expected, but not on sunday, well, let's go, but i thought that in on sunday after church this is the most likely to happen, ayder muzhdabaev, by the way, our colleague from otr, thought about the same, well, but less so when a few days earlier or later, it is not so important. indeed, colleagues at the bbc have quite rightly noted that at a certain point the surveillance of the sitting president's every move reached such a level that he no longer allegedly had the right to make any mistakes, and i don't know how to assess the cognitive abilities of biden or that same as donald trump, but the speech is now it is about a certain uncertainty in

the election campaign, kamala garis, the current vice president, she... is supported by the current president joseph biden, she has already collected a rather large sum for herself in this election fund, but i just don't know procedurally, will this be in addition to the millions that have already been secured for the company of donald, oh, sorry, joseph biden, there may be a legal conflict, yes, and in fact it was already written today in the american press, that it could.. . may be a problem to overcome some kind of legal conflict in order to avoid the courts of litigation, in fact there, we understand, this is the united states of america, there just, accordingly, they can be sued, and if they are sued, then accordingly , these funds will simply be frozen for a while , if kamala harris is a woman, and

actually a woman who was quite listened to. minorities and people of different skin colors can react, and that's a perfectly normal story, i think it's going to be extremely interesting to watch, so far, so far sociology in america is saying, that kamala harris has no less and no more chance of defeating donald trump than the incumbent president joseph biden, that is , everything is not so bad, maybe not as good as everyone else. we would like to, but less so, there are still a few months before the election, and the question remains, in case she runs, who will she take as her vice president, because frankly , the option of donald... very seriously. well, there is actually now, if you look at this list, there is a list of up to 10 people, these are

the governors of the states, these are also people from the congress of the united states of america. potentially, by the way, what kamala harris is doing is interesting, she offers those people who could potentially be candidates for the presidency. as candidates for the position of vice president, that is, she chooses among them as well, and this is absolutely the right approach, because these are popular people among the democrats, these are prominent people, these are people who have a certain influence in the democratic party, and therefore, of course, we will be frank from the choice of the vice president. or a potential vice president will also depend on whether kamala harris can claim those percentages for

to win, or the vice president, is essentially also a person who is a candidate for vice president, who adds a lot, who can become this crucial bridge to the dream. offices of the president of the united states of america. so. well, for now , world leaders, people who are important in the politics of their countries meet and talk with the candidates, with the candidate, in particular from the republican party, donald trump. we promised you a conversation about johnson, and we will definitely talk about him. boris johnson, the man who has just brilliant. tion among ukrainians, and what else did we not see and cakes that looked like and were called by the name of the former british prime minister, and we

had songs on the subject of boris johnson, and now we have a kind of peace plan from boris johnson, and ukrainians do not like him at all, i understand them perfectly myself among these people. when we read this plan, we see the date... the 22nd year is actually the year in which the borders of the russian federation and ukraine should have been arranged, if we were seated at the table negotiations, so boris johnson thinks. boris johnson also thinks that with the help of donald trump, with the help of donald trump , it may be possible to achieve some kind of peace between russia and ukraine. how stable. that question remains open for me, which does not impress me at all, these are special protection measures for russian-speakers in ukraine. and so we are slowly entering into the discussion of the issue

of language again, andrei, it seems to me that we are somehow walking with you, even in our spiral programs. the language question arises every time, and seemingly completely different information reasons. political, criminogenic, as we will continue to talk about iryna farion, the kingdom of heaven. character, all this rests on the language, how did it happen again? well, i'll probably comment on johnson's plan first, yes, in general, so to speak, well, first of all, i think this plan is unrealistic because, first of all, nobody knows whose plan it is, or if it's johnson's personal desire to promote and get him remembered, at least in the uk, at least on the world stage, we don't know if this is... this is a possible trump plan, it was also dubbed by many yesterday that this is the johnson-trump plan, we don't know if it's really true, and secondly, or thirdly, we have to

understand one thing, is this plan including one more party, the country of the terrorist and vladimir putin personally, because very often for some reason we believe that whatever someone decides, it will be, but we... do not know the realities of that time, and we do not know in fact, what factors will influence the possible implementation of this or that plan in the future, we also do not know, uh, more precisely, we are more than convinced that putin will bite his teeth into the territory that he now controls, the occupied territory, that is, i do not know what should be done, how should we effectively help ukraine, and are we ready to take action? countries, western civilization to help so much that we really win back these territories, this is also a big question, because considering how they help and how they

act, unfortunately, the last. year, i have great doubts about this, and by the way, about trump and about vance, there are also great doubts, that is, whether will they be ready to invest so much in ukraine so that we can really win back these territories, the main thing is whether ukraine will also be ready at that moment, there are a lot of factors, so let's evaluate this plan, whether it will be 100% yes or not 100% trump's plan, i wouldn't say that i didn't like it yet, i didn't like what... johnson says, well, in fact, that some part of the territory will have to be given up, if these negotiations were to be considered or stopped , for example, on the same front line on february 24 or february 23, 2022, here too the question is what it can be, it can be some kind of legal consolidation, if it is legal consolidation, then i'm sorry, in this case it

's just the world community. general international law, because we have international, internationally recognized borders, and even if russia controls some part of our territory, we do not have any right in any case, and no one has the right to generally talk about revising these internationally recognized borders, well if it yes, then i'm sorry, then china will say that the border must be violated, then russia will say, listen, let's give him some more territory we... grab, well, you have recognized that this is the territory of russia, have you recognized our effective control over this territory, this is another thing that i did not like, for example, in all this, another very unpleasant thing from this column of boris johnson, this is what he said that russia can be returned to the great eight, that is, to the great eight, now it is the great seven, the great seven, well, i'm sorry, after all the murders, rapes.

terrorist acts after the occupation, after the destruction of hundreds of square kilometers of our territory, our facilities, our people, to talk about some kind of return of russia somewhere, by the way, without reparations, without compensations, and johnson does not write about it, well, open it, look, for the return of russia somewhere, that is, in fact, he proposes, conditionally speaking... after the establishment of peace, to make russia how hand-shaking, affectionate, hand-shaking. well , let's get to the point you talked about, which is, relatively speaking, the status of protection, some kind of status for russian speakers. we fully understand what this status can mean. well, it is clear that it will not be something like that ephemeral we understand that any status

that is being talked about. in such a context, in such a tone, what will happen is a revision of the current legislation, not only the law on language, but it is most likely a revision of a whole series of legislative acts, ours, well, maybe we will be talking about national minorities, perhaps, if we are talking about recognizing the russian national minority, we, by the way, according to the legislation on national minorities, we did not recognize that we have a russian national minority, but... if we we recognize this, then accordingly we need to conduct a revision of the law on language, accordingly then russian returns to television, accordingly then russian returns to radio, accordingly, there is the question, when did we adopt legislation on national minorities, we established there that we are a national we give minorities the opportunity, conditionally speaking, for example, to have their own tv channels, yes, this is all written down

in the actual legislation, but less. we don't know what johnson is proposing, we're just theorizing that it could be anything de facto return to the promotion of russian peace in ukraine. we understand that russia will always manipulate the issue of the protection of the russian language, as the promotion of the narratives of the russian world, no more and no less, that is, there is no need to even go to fortune-telling and even theorize what will happen. we understand that this is a revision. legislation, we understand that this is the promotion of a cultural muscovite product, we understand that this is the promotion of the informational russian agenda and everything that is connected with it, well, we have already gone through it all many times, and unfortunately, you are absolutely right about the fact that in fact we seem to be entering a repeated circle, already another repeated repeated circle, that is, what is probably the second, third, fifth, tenth?