and big trunk, let's do this. and donald trump reacted on the social media platform truth. the road for joe biden was not fit to run for president. it is certainly not fit to serve as never was the only attain the position of president bylines fake news. and not leaving his basement all those around him, including his doctor. and the media knew that he wasn't capable of being president . and he, he isn't capable of being president. it wasn't. and now look what he's done to our country with millions of people coming across our board are totally unchecked and undulated, many from prisons mental institutions, and record numbers of terrorists. we will suffer greatly because of his presidency, but we will remedy the damage he has done very quickly make america great. again. of course it's not just politicians reacting to news that joe biden is stepping down. but the american people as well here, some of them in the midwestern state of ohio. well, i think that's a good decision. i think you didn't have a chance to get his trump

a too many people are concerned about his age, which i was still very happy. but he, i mean, look at what he's done to our world. i just, i think donald trump should have been back a long time ago. so i mean, it makes me really happy, even though he's out. would you have voted for joe if he were still in? i would have i would have because simply because he can, there's certain things he can still do, but he can't campaign anymore. so i'm, i'm sad and he's a, he's a, he's a true patriot for stepping down. let's go straight toward the w. washington bureau chief knows pull, so he knows after weeks of rumors and talks, it's finally happened. president joe biden drops out of the 2024 election res. so what are the reactions in washington so far? scaling 2 notices. 3 are x 3, the former to the platform,

which is also kind of surprising for many i mean the reactions are you know, as big as this country are as big or as diverse and different. all the quin uh, reactions, many of course price and saying what a great a presidency was sort of great centers. he was with a great political career he had but of course there are others who immediately react to vice, saying he should step down. one of the more uh, kind of better known one is of course uh the speaker of the house. the republican speaker of the house was said if he's not able to run again, then yes, a step down immediately. and this is what we hear more and more, and we'll hear more and more over, over the course of the next days from the republican camp. however, there is also um, and of course the big question now,

who will endorse camelot harris? what's president biden did himself, and this will be interesting to watch over the next hours and days while you were just talking about kamala harris. they are biting, has, of course, picked her as his presumptive follower. but the question is, does she have the support among other democrats to take over the mental joe biden? so this is a big question, you know, and just as the process um comes here in place. uh, you mentioned that there will be the democratic convention soon and the national convention in chicago in 3 weeks or so. and this is when the presidential candidate will be nominated. it of course, was supposed to be drilled by them. this is not happening now. now the big question is, will the majority of the delegates kind of come together behind kind of the harris and her peak as the vice president? or will this be an open convention where everybody, all every single delegate and it kind of can decide whether he or she supports

coming to harris with other a prominent seekers. step in, we'll see you have some challenges. we all know that not now as for now, so we have to wait for the next days. probably to learn more about that. but it is really an open, totally open situation and coming to harris is far from being the presidential candidate for the democratic party. now if it does come to an open convention, is there a short list of names who could also possibly step up into their having the race? you know, there are many names solid them. i don't know. i think we should wait and see what happens. some of them are more likely other, so not likely there is, there are senators, governors um, but we shall see. i mean i, what i found really interesting was kind of the 1st person who said that she will not challenge come with harris and then open convention was catching mid for

another woman who was like high on the list to be a possible the vp pick for kimberly harris, so that's, that's, that's interesting to see, but it's, i think it's too early to say who else will jump in. we have to really see how the more than to tie the shifting here over the next couple of hours in days. there is, of course you are just covering the republican convention for us as dw. how does this announcement change plans by the trunk campaign? do you think? yeah, that's a really interesting question because the campaign is soul or what's the focus of course on joe biden, on this disaster is the page has biden. and uh, and uh, donald trump 24 days ago. uh, they had many, many little video clips at the convention in milwaukee at these 4 day long. you've been showing a bite and falling losing words, they definitely have to shift their tone. and it's not going to be easy for donald

trump and to speed to pick a band state event to really a tech is carmella her is makes the nomination to a type of like a woman. so yeah, they really have to change gear and there is no doubt that they the, the republican party done the donald trump cam definitely which has wanted joe biden to stay in the race. yeah, i would definitely be seeing both parties changing gears moving forward would have to leave it there. 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 in italy, your job in the wake of biden's debate performance about his campaign and press team sought to don't play concerns. a. he had a cold and

a bad night. i would not see this as an episode. i would see this is what it was and what we believe it to be, which is it was a bad night. and he did on top of that, he had a cold biden's. every move was closely scrutinized. initially he refused to devote out a letter he said to democrat lawmakers, failed to alleviate worries. pressure grew as high ranking democrats and donors publicly expressed reservations, including former house speaker nancy pl. most many praise bindings achievements which include major infrastructure spending and restoring transatlantic partnerships. while at the same time concluding that biden was no longer up to the job of stopping a 2nd to trump presidency. and for more we now joined by dw own brand gulf here in the studio. so brent,

we seeing weeks of pressure building around joe biden. what do you think finally causes him to change his mind? what we may never and have right. but what we know, what the sources have told us is, is that in the last 4048 hours the decision was made. so maybe he's been bowling it over this weekend, but you know, for years there have been grumblings within the democratic and the republican party about the fitness of joe by any but it's 24 days ago when there was the debate debacle. and since then, we've just had this snowball effect, the more and more democrats coming out tightens within the party. also privately questioning the fitness or whether or not bite and good beat donald trump ad. or we're going to find out when the president answers questions. maybe that will be this coming week. we know that in the statement and the letter that was published today, he said that he would address the nation this week. but yeah, that's going to be the question to ask him, mr. president, when did you decide? it was enough when the question is also why he hold on for so long. i mean,

he had actually said he had intended to be a one term president coming in to his 1st election. why do you think he decided to push on afterwards and actually attempt to make it, you know that 2nd to launch it were you know, at the, the 70 to the anniversary of native the press conference episode after that the last press conference that button held. he was asked by a reporter and he said it was true of i did pledge to be a bridge candidate and he said things have changed since then. he said that the national security issues have gotten worse. he said that there's more polarity in the united states. now, you said there's also a greater risk or greater threat from vladimir approach in russia. then there was 4 years ago. and he also imply that, you know, the, the china elephant in the room hasn't gone anywhere either. but i, i don't think many people bought that. i think many people felt like that the answer was just too weak and that maybe this was a man who i didn't want to see the writing that everyone else saw on the wall. now

we've been hearing words of praise from your team. leader is also american leaders saying that this is a sign of strength and pre existing jo peitner is a true patriot. but where is this lead? the democratic party is like the looking more a party that's more a re, a party that's not a unified bind, a single candidate where they left. and let's talk about that. let's, let's talk about that. before we go to the democrats, what about job? i didn't meet the fact that she did today voluntarily give power. i mean, he is the most powerful man on the planet. and he is voluntarily walking away from that. it doesn't happen very often, doesn't, but he is doing that. and as i was just looking at some of the numbers here, every winning democrats presidential ticket in the 21st century has had jo, by on that ticket for me. that is how big he has been in this century that he ran for president in 1988. he ran for president in 2008,

but wanted to but pulled out of course it became rock obama's vice presidential running mate. but it is a man who has always had his finger in the political part of the united states. and doug, briefly, us a story and said that biden was elected, his presidency, was a reprieve for a nation exhausted by trump and the pandemic. that's where we were in january 2020 . what now, what about for the democratic party? the risk and the downsize, the disk. okay. recent polling shows that, kimberly here says chances are slightly better at beating trump than vitamins right now. that's not a ringing endorsement that she could not get out of the park. and some posters have been recommending that the democrats should stick with the candidate they know. instead of her, they don't know meaning that bite and maybe should have stayed in the race. those are the risk, the upside of this, i think are becoming clear by the hour. now me, this is uncharted territory and we haven't seen

a situation like this before. so the democrats, they do have the chance now at least to maybe spring a surprise candidate out who they think would be, i mean, we're going to just wait and see what happens. although the endorsements for cumberland harris, they've been coming in quickly this evening and i suspect that someone wants to challenger at the convention in august, they're going to have to make their candidacy know very soon. now let's turn to some of those possible candidates. what do you think actually could challenge come over here is if it were to come to an open convention, i'll tell you what we're seeing right now is the polling data that is coming out points to california. governor gavin, do some, and a pollster state the circulated a memo a couple of days ago, this was before, obviously, before by the announced that he was on stepping down in november saying that if you have a nuisance numbers on 17 points showed that he would be the strongest candidate and

that he would easily defeats donald trump to that's what we're hearing right now, that there's other people, there's the governor of pennsylvania shipped or josh shapiro. i think it's been a bit, but we haven't heard anybody come out yet and say they want this except for kimberly harris. she has the advantage. her name is on the bite ticket, which means that the campaign funds that have been raised, they can easily go to her if she becomes the nominate. right. i mean, they don't have to worry about on putting in a super pack or transferring it. she has automatic claim to that and that's of course this means if she gets all of the delegates boats and that's not assured me . no and nothing sure at this hour we have to leave it there for the moment. that was the w brent golf. enjoying this in the studio. thank you very much for your analysis. let's take a closer look. now, what vice president come over harris. there has been great debate among democrats, whether she would be the strongest candidate against former president donald trump,

from her or her child in california, politics to washington dc. it was always assume she would one for president one day, but perhaps not so soon. camella harris has already made history once by being the 1st female and the 1st black vice president of the united states. she was in no hurry to get rid of fighting, initially holding the line for him. after his disastrous debate performance. we believe in our president joe biden, and we believe in what he stands for the soonest of this. oh, this began to push the hood to replace him. if he stepped aside, it's a scenario. few would have predicted just a couple of years ago. the story of her vice presidency was overshadowed by criticism. a subset harris was failing to make the most of her role

and was being an effective. however, suppose this claim she was being sidelined and held to the highest standard because she was a woman on black. yeah, perhaps on surprisingly for one who managed to become the vice president of the us, she's not the person to back down there going to be many times in your life where you're going to be told that can't be done. it's never been done before. it's not time, they're not ready for it and then this is the one i love is going to be a lot of hardcore don't to listen. i know for breakfast some other fun to the also working in a favor. she's already on the ticket and a search would automatically inherit the infrastructure and funds of biden's campaign with tens of millions of dollars. she also has the highest name recognition of all the alternatives. and he's already

a player on the global stage. she has become a leading voice on abortion rights. one of the key issues of the campaign and his prioritize finding solutions for the migration crisis of the us is southern border . but most crucial level, perhaps in the weeks after the debate, i think companies showed harris had a great a chance to buy a winning the election. and we've had some reaction from germany which and so it will, i'm sure it's where he prays by them on the platform x a lot. schultz wrote my friend joe biden has achieved a lot for his country for europe, for the world. thanks to him. transatlantic cooperation is closed, nato is strong and the us is a good and reliable partner for us is decision not to run again, deserves respect for more european reactions on jo biden's announcement we're now

drawing but did the dw brussels correspondent, which usual. so has the, this political earthquake in the us already reach brussels community did. so the news broke around 8 o'clock local time here in brussels. and i think you can be sure that the european institutions which are based in brussels and took note of this decision by joe biden, even though we do not have official statements on this. well, has there been any reactions from other european leaders not just and brussels? yeah, there has been a number of leaders that have posted on x, for example, of the spanish prime minister page was sanchez has been praising joe biden for his decision saying this is a great gesture by a great from a great president. also, donor to us keys, the powders prime minister,

he's been saying that this might have been the most difficult decision in the life of to buy it. and so, so the knowledge in what this might have meant for joe biden to take this decision . and then finally, a t, as tom of the newly elected elected british prime minister. he said that he respects this decision and that he's looking forward to work with joe biden for the last month office presidency. and as you say, there we are. and during the last 6 months of biden's presidency and some might argue, he is now a week into president. how might that affect transatlantic relations? oh, yes. so that is of course, the big, the big question here as well. but what you have to see and disregard is that already before today. it wasn't so clear whether the next president would also still be jo by and so that has been, for example, in nature summit 2 weeks ago. rev is already with regards to maybe a future president, donald trump, that has been some,

you can call it may be prep her preparatory work that has been done. for example, the nato has decided to take over the coordination of military it to ukraine before this was done by the united states. when there was another decision that has been taken by the united states to deploy and miss. so it's to germany, and this has been priced by outgoing secretary general, and jack installed in back s and then commitment to nato to the alliance, but also to the security in europe. so it is a bit early to say what, what would happen next? the mean for the trans atlantic relationships shift, but what is clear also is federal by and was a strong trans atlantic coast. and as we have just heard, also has been priced for this for a strong nato. by chance, the feel it's right. i'm afraid we'd have to leave it there. that was due to be corresponding. lucida,

schultz and brussels. us further and biden's withdrawal from the us presidential res comes less than a month ahead of the democratic party convention which begins august 19th. he hasn't or twice present kamala harris, but other names are also being suggested as a potential successor. how would the party pick another candidate? one option is what is known as an open convention to us president joe biden has withdrawn from the presidential race there. now just weeks to go until this is democratic convention, where he would have been officially annoying to does his parties presidential know me? the question now is, what happens next? how will the democrats select and you know, many one on surveys? 3, what is known as an open convention. the last time the democrats held and opened convention

was in 1968. it descended into chaos as tempest flagged over the vietnam war, both inside and outside the building rest. somehow this is one of the reasons the rules were changed and parties have since last year to clear orders without the slight bought it remains a legitimate way of picking the candidates. it means rather than confirming and nominee selected in the primaries as biting was delicate. so we'd have to choose a new nominated in an open and potentially phase competition this year, around 99 percent of some full 1000 delegates that the democratic national convention a pledge to the jury biden. but now that he has stepped aside, they are free to back. whichever kind of that they want. this is probably inviting, has already endorsed covent vice president carmella harris. to be the know many of the names floated include california governor,

governor newsome and governor gretchen whitman of michigan delegates would just have to keep verging until one of them achieve the majority and was declared the winner. the critics of the open convention method say it would be a free for rule which could expose divisions within the democratic party as a new candidate spotwood account and trying to win the support of the newly freed up delegate divisions that could potentially alienate voters in november. the other say that it is a risk was taking if this is the only way to beat donald trump. and then once again joined by dw brent golf here in the studio at. so brent, as we were hearing there an open convention, it is potentially anyone's game. um what are some of the big names that you're seeing? well, you know, as what, going back to what dina said, the governor of michigan regine whitmore, she has said that she is not going just to stand to run. so we know that she's not

going to be in the running. now i have to ask, does that surprise issue was long kind of bandied about is one of the favorites could be but we don't, we don't know what's been going on behind the scenes here. right. and, and i think the, or i think that as we speak right now, the vice presidential running mate come with the here's, i think that is being hashed out right now. there's that, that, that has to be, i would say within a matter of days, it has to come out and also the parties asking itself the dnc essence of our we're going to put everything into comma, la harris. i mean, there's been letters that have been written in our support. i think the, the democrats, the young wing of the democrats there pending a letter that's going to go out later today. so it's like i was saying earlier, i think that if people want to come out and, and buy for the nomination against couple of years, they're going to have to do it quickly. gavin newsome, you know, the california governor, he has been mentioned, probably the most of anyone,

and his people have been sending out polling numbers that suggested of all the possible candidates. he would have the greatest chance of beating donald trump. so we'll have to see the money right now that has been raised by bite and that money is before the biden couple of harris ticket. if she gets nomination, she gets access to that money. that would be a lot easier, right? but a, another candidate would have to maybe have their own money and hope that the dnc would then take that money that bite and has right now. and for all that, maybe into a super packed for them to have access to the all of this has to be determined in the next couple of days. why do you think the democrats were so ill prepared for this contingency plan? i mean these concerns about biden's age were nothing new. you would think they would have already had um, you know, uh reserved and lined up in case this actually happened. you know, there have been grumblings within the party for years about the job. i never since he was inaugurated. right. so if you, if you took him by his word 4 years ago when he said that he was going to be

a bridge candidate, then what would that meant for the party that would have meant that as soon as he was inaugurated in january of 2021, the party would have had to have started finding a possible can that is for 2024 and that candidate. and you know, they would have had to make sure that the candidate is known. and they would have one of the candidate to be a sure thing against donald trump, that but it has not happened that. and i think it has to do with the fact that bite and has said that he's going to run again. and, you know, under and by law and by the rules of the democratic party he passed eventually says he doesn't want to run around is truly an exciting time. the united states that was the, the use of bring coffee or joys in the studio. and the that's it for now you're up to date, but please stay tuned with us. we'll have more news on vitamins by the

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