this is where we have can't that? this is where we have seen biden try to shore up weaker part of his re—election and moved to the centre on his immigration policies, trying to safeguard against some of those criticisms. when it comes to the border with mexico, there will be a lot of talk about that, how we deal with immigrants in america. we have seen biden pivot towards the centre there. it does have the flexibility to do so. he doesn't have any serious primary challengers at the moment. we have seen some of the aggressive side of the democratic party come out against that recent posturing by biden, but i don't think it is something that will come back to bite him. we have seen him make moves on that side and try to show up criticisms against his administration and how they have handled the influx of immigrants. the issue that has come back many

times during biden�*s term, largely because it is raised by donald trump and his supporters, and that is whether the voting system can be trusted. where do americans stand on this? i trusted. where do americans stand on this? ~' , , ., this? i think there is still going to be a contingent _ this? i think there is still going to be a contingent of _ this? i think there is still going | to be a contingent of americans this? i think there is still going - to be a contingent of americans who follow a lot of the conspiracy theories that were thrown around immediately after the election, continue to not necessarily seejoe biden as the true presidents. i think we have begun to see dents and elements of that. the dominion lawsuit had a part to play. the various legal recourse is trials that we have seen have had something to play in that. for the moderate voters, i think this list —— this is less of an issue. there always will be a contingent of the republican party, your hardcore trump supporters, he will never be convinced. on the one hand that is

something that we need to take seriously, concerns about democracy are not necessarilyjust on the democratic party and concerns about infringements on access to voting, but there is contingent on the republican start —— the republican party who buy into those conspiracy theories and i don't think i necessarily ever be won over. it is more a question of how you begin to limit the of that mindset. again, some of the recent events that we have seen, dominion being the most recent, have begun to help that a little bit, but as i say, ifeel there will always be a contingent who will never be able to be won over. . ~' who will never be able to be won over. . ~ , ., y who will never be able to be won over. . ~ ,, , . let's speak to david dunn, who's a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham. we now have this salvo, if you choose to call it that, from the democrats. how will this play out,

particularly what the republican response will be to this? just talking aboutjoe biden and him sank that he wants to stand for election, one wonders how this will play out, this salvos that might be shot by both sides, the democrats and republicans over the coming months. this campaign has been long planned. the republican response was predictable. i think we can expect them to go after his age in a variety of ways. as part of that they will all boost —— all to be saying if you're voting forjoe biden, you are voting for kamala harris and they will attack her and her record, who she is. they will play to what they regard as a weakness in theatre tickets and attacking kamala harris. there will

be a very attentive to every aspect of his campaign. last time round, with covid and lockdown, joe biden had the luxury of not having to tramp around the country, given his advanced age. it doesn't have this this time so it will be long and gruelling and we can expect there to be fumbles and the media and the opposition will pick up on all of those, therefore we can expect this to be as divisive, as politicised, as personal as the last campaign, and then some. d0 as personal as the last campaign, and then some.— and then some. do you thinkjoe biden will be _ and then some. do you thinkjoe biden will be drawn _ and then some. do you thinkjoe biden will be drawn into - and then some. do you thinkjoe biden will be drawn into dads . and then some. do you thinkjoe biden will be drawn into dads or| biden will be drawn into dads or will he be better keeping out of the more personal aspects? what will he be better keeping out of the more personal aspects?— more personal aspects? what the democrats will _ more personal aspects? what the democrats will do _ more personal aspects? what the democrats will do is _ more personal aspects? what the democrats will do is try _ more personal aspects? what the democrats will do is try to - more personal aspects? what the democrats will do is try to rise . democrats will do is try to rise above it, by and large. michelle obama, when they go low, you go high. that seems to be the idea, trying to be the grown—ups in the room and not steep to the level of

trump. there will be a tax on trump for his record, for his strict denial and every other aspect of that. i think that the country has shown last time there was an election, the midterms, that they are sick of the trump agenda, they are sick of the trump agenda, they are sick of the trump agenda, they are sick of the conspiratorial approach that he is putting forward and by the negativity of his campaign, focusing on the stolen election rather than say what he would do if he was elected into office. therefore, ithink would do if he was elected into office. therefore, i think the democrats will see that they have the issues, and the issue of abortion for example, the issue of the economy, the issue of supporting ukraine. all of those things are popular in the country as a whole and they thought they will play to the things that are popular for them, ratherthan the things that are popular for them, rather than to go in for the personality politics and the truth denial that is part of the trump administration legacy and approach.

of course, interest rates still going up in the united states. the end is in sight for that. the economic impact of rising interest rates continue to play out. that economic impact of rising interest rates continue to play out.- rates continue to play out. that is true. inflation _ rates continue to play out. that is true. inflation in _ rates continue to play out. that is true. inflation in america - rates continue to play out. that is true. inflation in america is - rates continue to play out. that is true. inflation in america is much| true. inflation in america is much lower, it is about half that of the united kingdom, for example. the massive infrastructure projects that he got funded by congress, repatriating jobs to the united states, are getting manufacturers to invest in the new economy, as was the plan, therefore many of the indicators of the american economy are much more positive than they were at the midterms and of course the democrats did well then. the democrats have a plan and despite their limited control of congress, they have legislation through. on

they have legislation through. on the issues, things are going in their direction. of course, the election is some way off in the expectation is that interest rates, inflation rates and unemployment will all be much better in that period. therefore, they are confident, and that is partly why they decided to go with the incumbent again and to put that record on the table in front of voters. it is a record that is much more successful in terms of what it is done for the economy and what it is done for the economy and what it is done for the economy and what it is done by getting things passed either by executive action in congress that was in the four years of donald trump.— of donald trump. interesting that his opening _ of donald trump. interesting that his opening salvo _ of donald trump. interesting that his opening salvo concerns - of donald trump. interesting that his opening salvo concerns the i of donald trump. interesting that i his opening salvo concerns the soul of america once again. he hasn't moved on from that. in a way i suppose he is trying to pick up on the frequency of donald trump, who talks about more conceptual, more

philosophical issues. i talks about more conceptual, more philosophical issues.— philosophical issues. i think what biden is doing — philosophical issues. i think what biden is doing there _ philosophical issues. i think what biden is doing there is _ philosophical issues. i think what biden is doing there is the - philosophical issues. i think what biden is doing there is the real . biden is doing there is the real concern that america has that the trump presidency, which is what is in prospect ofjoe biden doesn't win, would be one that would be massively divisive and problematic for the nature of american democracy. more election denial. more attempts to try to institutionalise the republican hold on power. therefore, what biden is doing is suggesting that this is an existential election and therefore the soul of america and the nature of what america is as a democratic republic is on the line, therefore you are better off sticking with him, better off uniting them as the democratic party has, around the continuity character, around the person that represents that long tradition of american democracy, and biden has been what seems like forever in american politics, and thatis forever in american politics, and that is what is putting on line, the

line, the idea that he represents the mainstream, the predictable centre ground and not the unpredictable radical populism of trump or ron desantis.— unpredictable radical populism of trump or ron desantis. thank you very much — trump or ron desantis. thank you very much indeed _ trump or ron desantis. thank you very much indeed for— trump or ron desantis. thank you very much indeed forjoining - trump or ron desantis. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. i live now to brett mchargue who is the chair of democrats abroad in the uk. we talk a lot about being outside of the united states and kamala harris being rather absent, especially on the international stage. will there not be a bid to make a more present? for most of her face presidency she has been in a 50—50 senate so she needed to be in dc to pass certain votes. i can envision her being more active in this coming term we have

talked about a fight for the soul of america, that certainly is in a way they approach that donald trump took anjoe biden is fighting back on that same territory. haifa an joe biden is fighting back on that same territory.— an joe biden is fighting back on that same territory. how to see brou . ht that same territory. how to see brought in _ that same territory. how to see brought in that? _ that same territory. how to see brought in that? what - that same territory. how to see brought in that? what else - that same territory. how to see | brought in that? what else does that same territory. how to see - brought in that? what else does he say about that?— say about that? good question. i know this from _ say about that? good question. i know this from speaking - say about that? good question. i know this from speaking to - say about that? good question. i know this from speaking to a - say about that? good question. i know this from speaking to a lot | say about that? good question. i l know this from speaking to a lot of fellow democrats, we often feel that democracy is actually on the ballot. on the other side there is voter suppression, interactions. it is the important thing to say, look at what is happening at the other side, we need to return to a normal discourse of debates. ., ~ need to return to a normal discourse of debates-— of debates. thank you very much indeed for _ of debates. thank you very much indeed forjoining _ of debates. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. _ of debates. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. so, - of debates. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. so, just - of debates. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. so, just to | indeed forjoining us. so, just to update you, it has not been announced thatjoe biden is going for a bid to be re—elected as the president of the united states of

america once again, at which point he will be 82 years of age. this is bbc news. hello again. it's been a cold and a frosty start to the day, but a sunny one for many of us. as we go through the next few days, what you'll find is temperatures will start to rise across some southern areas, as represented by the yellows here, but we hang on to the blues further north. it's not until we get into the weekend we see the milder colours push up towards the far north—east of scotland. today, though, after that sunny start, we see more cloud develop. that cloud will spread out, so we'll have some sunny intervals or bright spells through the afternoon. still a peppering of showers in the north, a few in the east, but by the end of the afternoon a new weather front coming in across the isles of scilly and west cornwall will introduce thicker cloud and some spots of rain. breezy, but not as breezy as yesterday, with highs up to 12 degrees.

pollen levels today, and we're talking tree pollen, are going to be high across much of the country away from northern ireland and northern scotland, where they are low or moderate. through this evening and overnight our weather front makes a bit more progress moving northwards and eastwards, so from south wales to kent and all points south, it's going to be murky tonight. there will be some light rain, some drizzle, some hill fog. further north, where we've got the blues under clear skies, it's going to be cold. cold enough for some pockets of frost, but here tomorrow is where we will see some sunshine to start with. meanwhile, our weather front, you can see the thicker cloud here, pushes further north and east, again with some drizzle in it, some patchy light rain and hill fog and a bit more cloud will develop through the day. then we've got this rain coming in to northern ireland, which will push across northern ireland through the course of the rest of wednesday. as we move from wednesday into thursday, we still hang onto this milder air across the south and the west. it pushes a little bit farther north, but not in across the north of scotland. remember that rain i was telling

you moving across northern ireland on wednesday night? it's going to be pushing across scotland, preceded by some hill snow. further rain coming in across the south of the country too. in between, some bright spells, but temperatures up more widely. we're looking at widely ten to 15 degrees, but still colder across the north of scotland. on friday the rain clears off on to the near continent. it's going to be quite a dull day, quite a lot of cloud around. some brighter breaks and still one or two showers dotted around here and there. temperatures seven to ten in the north, but up to 16 as we push further south

live from london, this is bbc news. joe biden has confirmed he will stand for a second term as united states president. at the age of 80, mr biden is already the oldest holder of the office in history, and would be 86 by the end of a second term. confirmation of his latest run for the white house could set president biden up for a potential rematch against donald trump. hello, welcome to bbc news. president biden has announced he's running for a second term in office next year. confirming the news in a video message focusing on protecting personal freedoms, he drew a clear line between his party and members of the republican party who he called "extremists".

mr biden also said that kamala harris, his current deputy,