let's bring it and dw washington bureau chief enos full who is joining us from washington d. c. he knows this is not being investigated as an attempted assassination attempt by the secret service. what more can you tell us about that as well? we know now that the shoulder, it was on the move, the top out side this riley venue. and we also know from an interview, a b been calling from the b c conducted with someone who was there. that's apparently, i mean this is not proven whatsoever, but this is at least out there that apparently some people were warning the secret service and also a police officer said someone was on this uh rooftop just outside of this venue. but no action was taken. and that, of course, now slowly starts to take over the political debates here in the beginning of the was of course, a huge shock. couldn't just understanding that. uh, it was just 8 inches away. this bullet uh, which did not its uh, president trump, uh, hotel, really killed uh, a former president in the presidential candidate. this was kind of dominating the 1st hours, but as we learn now that

well for more now on this story, i'm joined by dw washington bureau chief enos pool, who's joining us from washington, d. c. is there is the confirmation that gun shots were fired. what more can you tell us this? well, i think the big news here is that the donald trump of a former president then the the candidate for the republican party is fine. his group, his press advisors, just put out of this announcement that he is final quote in here and that he's being tax you think of the law enforcement and the 1st responders. this also reports that at least one spec taser the gods killed by these assaults and another one is in really dire conditions. then we also just got in the news that the potential shelter didn't. he's dead and he did not kill himself. it was a self inflicted word was also at some point and assumptions about the show to gods killed all the potential of suicide, gods killed by the secret service. everything is of course rolling us little is confirmed. so i think we have to be very careful. but as we just also described, the scene, donald trump seems not to be really clos

all right, let's go back to washington where dw is bureau cheesy, and his pole is still with us, anus had at that moment to go down at the so must have that other leaders and attendees been commenting on biden's mental fitness. that was of course, a shock and it was right before this highly anticipated press conference, but i think we have to be fair here to buy it and correct it themselves right away . and that's exactly what, for example, the german chancellor or love shots referred to when he was asked about bad saying, or love shows that many people make mistakes much more than one would think. i just referred to to joe biden as a president. donald trump, you know, people mix up names, i think that's not really the problem here. you do that after a long conference with these hours and hours of meeting and high performance, which joe biden did. it's more of the, the kind of the optim off of this, this is really this, the page which was such a deep thirty's officer and you know, everything is kind of adding onto that. and the big question will be, is a joe bite and really will be ab

all right, let's go back to washington where dw is bureau, cheesy, and his poll is still with us, anus had at that moment to go down at the so must have that other leaders and attendees been commenting on biden's mental fitness. that was of course, a shock and it was right before this highly anticipated press conference, but i think we have to be fair here to buy it and correct it themselves right away . and that's exactly what, for example, the, the drum and chancellor or lock charts referred to when he was asked about that saying, or lock shows that many people make mistakes much more than one would think. i just referred to to joe biden as a president. donald trump, you know, people mix up names, i think that's not really the problem here. you do that after a long conference with these hours and hours of meeting and high performance, which joe biden did. it's more of the, the kind of the optim off of this, this is really this, the page which was such a deep, the, these officer and, you know, everything is kind of adding onto that. and the big question will be, is a job. i didn't rea

dw washington bureau chief is always a pleasure. the united states will begin stationing long range missiles here in germany from 2026. washington and berlin saving deployment cements their commitment to nato and your pain defense. the agreement includes tomahawk s, m 6, and type or sonic me. selves. weapons are new care capable on top of a range of more than 2000 kilometers. they were bind under a treaty with russia until the us withdrew from the treaty 5 years ago. or the nato summit in washington, german transfer or shelter. welcome the us decision to station long range missiles in germany. that's, i think it's also important the results of this meeting together with the decision to organize coordination and responding in germany. which i think is really a better step forward. altogether, i think it is the right time for right decisions. i believe that's another aspect which is important for me. the nighted states decided to deploy at the precision strike capabilities in germany, which i think is a very good decision. and it fits

well for more on this story, i'm joined by dw washington bureau chief anus paul, who's joining us now from washington. d. c. e s. this story is unbelievable. there is no confirmation that gun shots were fired. what more can you tell us about that? i think the most important news is really that donald trump, former president donald trump, is doing fairly well. he is with his doctors right now, and he's checked to put out a statement or has come pained, put out a statement right away, thinking law enforcement and 1st responder for the creek action during this assassination attempt. i think one can talk about that right now. so that's what we know, but we also know that at least one spectator is dead. so you've got shots and to are in critical uh conditions. so this really cause of fema nights in which the former president of the united states accords has been shocks. uh he donald trump, himself says uh that he was shot uh by a bullet. i quote him here. i was charged with the bullet the used the upper part of my ear. others say that the bullet hits um his tele problem through and the adj

washington bureau chief in his poll told us earlier what the reaction to jo binds withdrawal has been like so far in the united states. miss douglas, this sunday afternoon after the republican conventions last week. and then there was a, a, a, the nato summit here in washington just sundays earlier. so, you know, that was a very intense news. so anyhow, i know this polish i'll exploded in this sunday sunday afternoon and of course, many people i think relieved that this kind of long, long waiting is over. others jumped in immediately as to j. d events as to the pick off for president donald trump saying that a bite and should resign immediately if he would be not able to run for president again then to he also and i'm putting him here is not able to run the country for another a 6 months or so, so this will definitely be also uh, the bade which will be louder from the republican side, but was in the demo, democratic kind of a area of people all really i think mainly relieved. and now of course, trying to find out how is who just said proceed in this uncharted area. and that was due to

he had been a vocal critic of trump, but has since become a loyal ally and dw washington bureau chief and as pull reports from that convention in milwaukee a stolen from so many nation as the presidential candidate on the 1st day of the republican national convention, plus expected this hopeless wasn't the question he would pick for vice president. the excitement from the delegates was strong when they learned it would be j d v. i think it's amazing. i like them a lot. i think he's very smart. i think he's got a wide range of popularity and i think it will attract a lot of people that may be traveling younger. that may be trump would have had a hard time with it. so i think it's wonderful with this was upbringing that he had in the appalachian mountains, regardless of just it. he is the common man that became wash, you know, went to washington rather than he was not a product of washington. that's why, like i say it's or advance is a man. i think it's perfect for the role. we need someone with you in vigor in the republican party such as myself. and i'm glad that donald j. trump has d

washington bureau chief in his poll told us earlier what the reaction to jo binds withdrawal has been like so far in the united states. miss douglas, this sunday afternoon after the republican conventions last week. and then there was a, a, the nato summit here in washington just sundays earlier. so, you know, that was a very intense news. so to any, oh, i know this polish i'll exploded in this sunday sunday afternoon and of course many people i think relieved that this kind of long, long waiting is over. others jumped in immediately as to j. d events as to the pick off for president donald trump saying that a bite and should resign immediately if he would be not able to run for president again then to he also and i'm putting in here is not able to run the country for another. a 6 months or so, so this will definitely be also uh, the bade which will be louder from the republican side. but this is a demo democratic, a kind of a area of people all really i think mainly relieved. and now of course, trying to find out how is he just said proceed in this uncharted area. and that was due to

and that was dw washington bureau chief in as pull let's cross over now to los angeles and bringing ethan beer. and he's a us political commentator, an adjunct professor at the level of law school in los angeles. so we start off with this, why do you think bite and decided to withdrawn now as well? i believe he probably met with his advisors. he was under a lot of pressure and the timing is right. so the republican convention is over. it's leading into the democratic convention on august 19th in chicago, illinois. and this is perfect to catches the trump campaign off guard. they were ready to fight over fighting, and now they have a strong young in the prime for life accomplished harris. the vice president is a former prosecutor, and donald trump is now the oldest person ever to run for president of the united states. well, as we have been hearing, kamala here is actually slightly, with the worst pulling numbers, been biting. why do you think she is such a good choice for the democratic nomination? well, all you have to do is look at the reactions across the democratic party here in unite

that was dw washington bureau chief municipal reporting for us. thank you very much. i and as mine says he will be focusing on fulfilling his duties as president for the remainder of his term. let's take a look now at the weeks that have led up to today's decision. inflation has, it was a moment that changed the trajectory of the 2020 for presidential campaign has increase. making sure that we're able to make every single solitary person right. eligible for what i've been able to do with the uh, with the cobra. excuse me, with um, dealing with everything we have to do is uh what if we finally be medicare to for does it make joe biden called for an 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 spectacularly the total edition, as viewers watched by and struggled with his answers in more asylum of questions about biden's fitness, had dodges campaign from the beginning in his public appearances in the us and abroad, the 81 year old appeared increasingly frail. like at last month's g 7 summit

now let's bring in dw, use washington bureau chief eunice pool, who's asked the republican convention in milwaukee. and this is good to see you. what do you make of his speech in lines of la subsidized assassination attempt? was this the from, we know the most interesting in the beginning i was really close to the very top down there to the stage. and this is like being very humble the, what's happening on this very day. how he's heard me say so the 1st for the carried away and also the main name and his id is really baby baby through america. his ideas of american foreign policy. his idea is when it comes to renewable energy and the beginning of the school, we were to come pay that out to the american people. but he tried to do that at the very end. but during his speech, of course, he described to nancy pelosi is crazy. so, oh, it is, the problem is that you really would stay in a different person, a kind of faded also this very 1st let's talk a little bit about the issues that he brought of immigration and the board us the top issue for many voters. how did from the address that ye

i dw, i'm washington bureau chief, thank what's the go see i in washington. it for mr. netanyahu's visit is type multiple prototypes have been plan of his handling of the war in gaza is writing. dana is due to address both houses of congress on wednesday, is visits being overshadowed by president bivens decision to drop out of the presidential rice will take a look. no acts of all stores making news around the world. world health organization says it's extremely worried about a pony or a potential podium breaking gaza. it's one that traces of the virus have been detected in the territories wastewater and that the diet savvy taishan situation could allow it to spread quickly. pogo attacks the central nervous system, quotes and paralysis and death, extreme cases to at least $229.00. people have been killed into land slides in southern ethiopia. the death toll has risen significantly over the last 24 hours. as all pharmacy such the mountainous region for survivors, officials say casualties include women and children. the indian government has on file spending pl

, as washington bureau chief enos, pole control coast through this. she joins us from the republican national convention in milwaukee. welcome amos, so took us through the judge's decision. yeah, so this judge decided that the classified documents case against form and also trump was illegal and he basically dismissed the whole case saying that it's over that donald trump didn't do any wrong by taking these classified documents back home to his place and by the local officer he left the white house, i'm sure that many of all of us remember these pictures with these big boxes full of documents and in the bathroom and in the living room of donald to him. but this case is dismissed. and of course, many people here in milwaukee, you attend the republican national convention, really applauded this ruling. they had told us yesterday that they think it was wrong in the 1st place. and they see that as another huge victory of donald trump. so the good news, this good news for the full, the president comes, of course, after he survived an attempt on the slide f

to drop out of the race in favor of his vice president dw, as washington bureau chief municipal as more kind of the harris and the presidential race, the dynamic speeds showcasing her energy and readiness to take on donald trump. as former prosecutor, she drew on her experience dealing with sexual abusers and perhaps those emphasizing her familiarity with. i quote types like former president trump. however, she made it clear that to a campaign is not only about opposing trump, but about fighting for the issues that matter to all americans. she outlines are a vision for a country that supports the middle class, provides health care and ensures dignity and retirement. care is also addressed on control promising to ben assault weapons, once in the white house. her main message is to look towards the future in congress to from smaller, nostalgic make america great. again, slogan, reproductive rights will be a key focus as she aims to win over republican voters, concerned about extreme a portion bands. speech energized for campaign, leaving democrats proved by causing concern amongst republi

thanks so much sort of watering from milwaukee dw, a washington bureau tv and his folder. thanks so much and us a quick look now at some of the stories making news around the world, isabel is ministry and emergency services have said an abundance of joint attack on israel's tentative eve has killed one and wounded others. yeah, men's, it on back to the rebels released the statement, claiming responsibility for the attack, adding they would continue to target is fairly and solid. dotted to with palestinians in the guns that will, to mexico city has introduced new laws with strict punishments for the mother of johnston to people, the crime now counties a prison sentence of up to 70 years. the reforms come out of a string of getting spock protests from the l g b t q, community and they have this. yeah. a french police officer has been seriously wounded in the 9th attack and betters. this evidence has been shot dead by police authority. these do not suspect a terrorist motive, but the incident has raised security concerns in defense capital ahead of the of the big games. canad

dw, as washington bureau chief amos poll has more on the voices calling on by the step aside. it's all, it's, uh, it's really called this despite the hold of the volume companion to come down to the bay divided by it and sickness. and also really use the nato summit kind of to show what a successful president biden boss and will be in the future. nothing really is coming down here in the united states squared. the officer just talked about george clooney is very, very popular. he's a major donor. and and he said that he just wrote him just the new york times piece that he just saw him lately. and the t by them is still the same man, i quote him here, we all witnessed at the debate. and then we also mentioned that there's of course, the still very influential. former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, who talked about by in a very prominent tv interview and when she says, we are all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running out. this is kind of a typical wait for her being such an experience policy maker to didn't directly urge bite and to reconsider his fi

in his poll, i dw, i'm washington bureau chief, thank well, as you can imagine, security in washington will be particularly tied for mr. ness and you know, who's visit there are multiple protests planned over his handling of the war and gaza. he's writing the latest you to address both houses of congress on wednesday is visit has been overshadowed by president biden's decision to drop out of the presidential race a shiny resolve. this is um, at least at least the welcome showing me this is mr. destiny on whose 1st visit to washington during the bite and administration. what does he want? oh, officially, he wants to cement the bipartisan support as well. of course, it's very critical to you as well the times like this after the last months we've been seeing, you know, the going uh can prophecy and criticism over is really actions. we've seen it tearing apart the democrats and republicans from each other, but also within the functions within the democratic a party. and from that to now he wants to sort of show strong unity between the us and, and israel most to show it to the world to th

to reconsider his re election bid dw, use washington bureau chief anus paul has more. everybody starts talking about it from the i'm a product perspective, this was really a voice. many, many were hoping for because of a big names, didn't really obviously convince joe biden to consider it to not run again. so he'd needed his former boss if needed. brock obama to speak out. and what we hear. the rug obama has not talked to only talked to joe biden once, directly off to the the page. and once he says why, he's no asking joe biden to buy it and not to run again. it's really a to protect his legacy. and do you know, brenda, that's what many people talk about here in the united states that it's, it's got so sad in a way that a job i didn't obviously, is not understanding that his time seems to be over and of, as you said earlier, when it rains it pours this coming onto the same day that the white house told us that president biden has been diagnosed with cov yeah, not only that, so he had to cancel that a very important to come pay and he wanted to convince a very important

let's go straight to dw as washington bureau chief in his poll. welcome. avis talk us through the slicing staff is out in this debate surrounding jump biden's candidacy. well by the spokes person just said that she's absolutely i quote to hear absolutely not considering to step down. and she didn't either report by the new york times that the president is indeed weighing if you should run for a 2nd term. you know, there are more and more prominent democrats who are exactly ask him to do so like illinois report representative mike clearly, for example, he said, and i quote him here. we have to be honest with ourselves. that wasn't just a horrible night and tea of course is referring to this debate night and then there is and that's even more permanent form of house speaker nancy pelosi has said that she really hers menu critics, voice is even from donors. so the pressure is definitely increasing by the day and the hope of the by then come pain that the storm bullet kind of come down is definitely not coming through. especially with polls like the l

it just gets right across to dw the washington bureau chief in as all she's on the ground in milwaukee reporting on the republican national convention in us. a big news here with a court ruling tossing the case against trump. what more can you tell us? most definitely clear. so breaking news really don't stop coming out of the united states. this is a standing ruling. it basically says that the whole case against donald trump regarding the classified documents he brought after his presidency bank home to his place and my logo is dismissed. it is of course, also interesting that the judge was appointed by donald trump himself. i mean here in milwaukee where we're just waiting for the republican national convention to start in one and a half hours or so. this decision, of course goes down very available. many, many of the trump supporters already told us yesterday. and now telling us uh, 2 days that they never believed that donald trump should have been, uh, kind of, uh, brought to court in the 1st place. so a big celebration here just hours before the convention starts supporters, we'll

i dw, i'm washington bureau chief. thank you. as you can imagine security for benjamin netanyahu is a visit will be tied to task multiple protest plan. a res handling of the war in gaza. is there any leader is due to address both houses of congress on wednesday at the time when relations between his government and the, by the administration on the massive strain? isn't that yahoo has been resisting pressure from the wife, has to agree a cx 5 with how much correspondent janelle do. malone takes a look now i'd have to visit, could bring those tensions back to the surface. and since prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president joe biden last saw each other in september ties between the 2 countries, have only become more tense. and when the israeli leader makes a speech to the us congress on wednesday, experts say he hopes this message would convince more than just to gather lawmakers . he goes to audiences in mind. one is the american audience. and he wants to build support for israel gold support for his role in congress. reinfo

as washington bureau chief, n s o n s. what is the feeling there in the nation's capital? do you have the sense that there was a new momentum of new energy within the democratic party after this announcements, the you know, clear, the majority here in the united states was really not excited about this election campaign at all. this is 12 men who had no new message to deliver. so the biggest crest really felt was who is able to get more people out to vote. but this of course, has totally changed over the last 24 hours. one clear indicator is of course, the money pouring into this election campaign of fundraising, really rems upcoming. the harris race nearly $50000000.00. just in the hours of the president abiding and doors to her. and then there are of course, also very important young voters and extra dislike. for example, david talked, we survived the 2018 mess, shooting and parts and raised over $200.00, also within hours on his social media calling. so yes, it's a totally different vibe in the united states, which is j

here's our washington bureau chief in his poll. i'm the choice of j d fence for vice president graduates. first of all, readings for things that you now and he told me to pronounce his social is a social media platform. it was kind of underwhelming, someone expected on something. so counting on stage, maybe this is big, but no, he put it out there on a trip social, but it was interesting to see the people here surrounding. i said, really, really, i love this. think about the senator from ohio is very conservative when it comes to boston whites, he's one of the strongest opponents, for example, for ukraine age. and of course, he's one who was very critical of a strong piece, said he didn't devote 5 in 2016, even a call to him a monster and said that use america simpler but know being off of his job, the obviously changed his mind. and that's innocent pulse. now i dumped a drug the last base of associate professor of political science at emory university. she joins us from washington. welcome to dw dr. let's start with the the select

use, and it calmly and keep and the w, washington bureau chief in his pool. thank you so much. both of you for your time of the us president joe biden has insisted once again that he intends to stay in the presidential race despite concerns about his mental capacity. he's not received some unexpected support from germany, strong level officials who says, but he's not worried about the american president's mental ability. but some members of binds democratic policy have often to step aside after disastrous debate performance against donald trump last month. but defiant, president biden on the campaign trail, been doing this a long time and i honest to god, have never been more optimistic about america's future. if we stick together, i really made it around 2 weeks after a poor debate performance sparked calls for him to step aside as the democratic presidential candidate bite and is on a mission to prove. he's still got what it takes, the doubts about his mental and physical health persist. why no recent headlines haven't helped reports in the new york post. a

we cannot condone this well for more on this story, let spring and dw washington bureau chief enos full who is joining us from washington . d. c. e. news. this is that being investigated as an attempted assassination attempt by the secret.

washington bureau chief in his pole told us earlier what the reaction to draw binds withdrawal has been like so far in the united states. douglas was sunday afternoon after the republican conventions last week and then there was a, a, the nato summit here in washington just sundays earlier. so, you know, that was a very intense news. so to any, oh i know this polish i'll exploded into sunday sunday afternoon and of course many people i think are relieved that this kind of long, long waiting is over. others jumped in immediately as the j. the benz is the v p. pick off for president donald trump saying that a bite and should resign immediately if he would be not able to run for president again then to he also. and i'm putting him here is not able to run the country for another a 6 months or so. so this will definitely be also uh, the bade which will be louder from the republican side. but this is a demo democratic kind of a area of people all really i think mainly relieved. and now of course, trying to find out how is who just said proceed in this uncharted area. and that was due to the w