as president job i, one month ago biden's re election campaign was about to go full throttle, confidence was strong, and then it was it. the debate debacle on june 27th. marked the beginning of the end of by this re election hopes suddenly pushed back from his own party and the american public went from potential to kinetic strong enough to turn a would be to term candidate into a will be one term president on board golf. berlin, this is the day, the american just spend the privilege of my life service patient for over 50 years. i think he did the right you know, there was a time and a place for long years of experience in public life. there's also time in the place for new voices. i think that's

a good idea though to select fresh me into the game. and i have newer people in politics for sure. americans connect to the p, moving forward, backward between hope and hate to treat unity division. also coming up the olympics open in paris on friday, the organizers claim they'll be the greenest games yet. so less constriction, the more utilities have for after games. and we try to have the compact concepts to reduce the carbon print emission half of the outlets. and for the district goes into our viewers watching on cbs in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin today with a dramatically different path mail taken by a us president. for weeks ago, he was president joe biden was determined to defeat donald trump. and when a 2nd turn i'm in the november election,

there was an abundance of evidence favoring his re election, domestic and foreign from nato's rejuvenation to a u. s. economy that is defying inflation. as well as economist predictions the signs of victory where they are, the signs of a man in physical decline, where they are to all began as last over a series of gas became serious questions about a politician possibly too old for the demands of the us presidency biden's dismal performance and last month's debate with donald trump triggered an avalanche of calls for him to drop out of the race last weekend president by the balance that he will not seek re election last night. spite and spoke to the american people for the 1st time since ending his re election campaign, he did not mention his age or his health. he did mention that his administration had achieved a lot. in a moment, we'll discuss the buttons, legacy and his legacy building. but 1st, this report,

i reviewed back in front of the cameras for the 1st time since biling out of the race to be re elected for joe biden, laid out the reasons for his decision. democracy. no racial weeks has become clear to me. i need you 9 my party in this critical endeavor. i believe i recognize president my leadership and the world. i vision for america, shoot, you all murder the 2nd term. nothing. nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. that includes personal ambition. so i've decided the best way for it is a past the tours from new generation as the best way to unite our nation. the pressure on biden to step aside, had been growing since lots of many democrats felt was a disastrous based performance against the republican nominee. donald trump,

in june, in the days and weeks that followed very public gaffes by buying food in tooting coating president savanski of ukraine. president putin led to more calls for him to buy, lived of the race at times by biden, and his staff to allay fears, advantage, age and cognitive ability. the little to quell the cold for a new democratic candidate. and to know that he's out of the race fight and made it clear who he wants to see, winning the white has in november, just a few months. the american people choose the course of america's future. i made my choice. i made my views now. i'd like to thank our great vice president, come wires she experienced she's tough, she's capable. she's been an incredible partner me, leader for our country. one of several important endorsements for coming to harris . the vice president is already busy campaigning to win the presidency,

despite having not yet officially being named the democratic nominee. the parties convention is expected to decide that next month or more for more now i want to bring in steven worth time. he's a senior fellow in the american statecraft program at the carnegie endowment for international peace. mr. west time is good to have you on the program tonight. me ask you, has president biden has he restored us leadership in the world? that's a promise he made after the trump presidency. i think it depends on what one means by world leadership, by a conventional standard here in washington. perhaps he has that standard would center on strengthening us military alliances in the key regions of europe and asia. and i think the president does deserve a great deal of credit for doing that, for rallying nato to support ukraine in the wake of russia's full scale invasion

and about 2 and a half years ago. and for building up on us alliances and partnerships in, in asia. but it global leadership means bringing countries together, solving problems and inspiring confidence. if it has that broader conception, then what seems the most striking is whether it's job items, fault or, or not. so that the events during vitals presidency have expose the limits of american power. and influence united states has struggled to rally countries besides its preexisting military allies and security partners to, to come to ukraine's aid or to impose sanctions on russia. well, who's supposed to send this over to you to, to start? would you say that is, is that joe biden is my fault because he's not

a good leader, or is that just the reality of, of the results of american foreign policy? i think it's very debatable and a lot of it is not joe biden spot. a lot of it comes from a sense in many countries around the world that the united states has not been a principal and constructive actor for some time. that it is hypocritical, for example, and it's support to ukraine, but also israel or with this invasion of iraq several decades ago. so that is a situation that president bided inherited on the other hand, president by that. and i think has often played into those preconceived notions, those criticisms of the united states. he's often couch the war and ukraine as a battle between democracy in autocracy. and then strikes the observers

as a recipe for an endless kind of conflict when what, what the at stake, something that could unify more countries is the defense of ukrainian sovereignty is, is a, a battle between democracy and i'll talk or see is that not correct? as the question isn't, whether it's it's correct. the question is whether it's the most powerful and productive way to frame the struggle because it's also correct to say that rational launched in illegal invasion of ukraine. and that it thereby violated the un charter is pro condition on the use of force. unless in self defense or with security council approval, that is not really about democracy and autocracy. that's about the basic rules of the international system. and those are rules that countries around the world know

that they have some kind of stake in maintaining, including small countries outside of europe that have often been the least reluctant to, to take sides in the war. i want to ask you about the situation in, in gaza, and get your opinion, where would a harris, kamala harris presidency? and where would it be different from jo biden's approach to israel? so there's not much evidence to go on right now. but there are some reasons to think that terrorist would be inclined to be less staunch in her support for the israeli government policy toward gaza and palestinians. one data point is that in march, harris became the 1st senior administration official to call for an immediate cease fire. she has reported, we've been very concerned about what she's called in humane conditions in gaza. so

i'd expect her to make real efforts to do more then by new ministration did, could you make is these aren't support for the things you can make a ceasefire. a reality. oh, my goodness says, well, it's very difficult. please have president biden is very intent on trying to achieve that in the 6 months that he has remaining an office and an intention to bring about a cease fire is not enough to actually make it happen. at the end of the day, the parties have to agree, and that's an ongoing, an ongoing issue would come over here is would you have a better chance in making the situation in the middle east better? because unlike joe biden, she, she doesn't have the inclination to over identify with us partners as a brittany. would that be maybe a key to a possible success for her? i think that's something to look for in her foreign policy statements in the rest

of the campaign. job i didn't, i think has been somewhat remarkable among us. presidents for being at least in public, varies thoughtfully aligned with us security partners with ukraine. he has been uh, quite deferential to, to key of ams for the war with israel. he has sought to avoid criticizing israel publicly, and it is adopted a quote unquote bear hug. approach to shape is rarely behavior. and even with taiwan, he made a number of statements contradicted us policy and say, and united states would definitely come to the defense of taiwan. if it were invaded by, by the p r c, we don't really know where a common le harris stands on these issues. and i hate to say it's, it's not that exciting to say, you know, but she's going to have a real problem in this campaign. contradicting the policies of the sitting president. well, she's vice president, so we might not learn a whole lot about her born policy vision until unless it,

until she actually takes office. okay. well let's say that the donald trump wins the presidency in november. what in america then be free to focus on the bigger issue of china. if he ended the war in ukraine on day one of his presidency as he says, he would do a while you're smoking there, rightly so because he's not going to be able to end the work in ukraine on, on day one. i do think he will make efforts to try to end the work he will be stigmatized. negotiations, i suspect to put pressure on a key of and moscow will like to come to the negotiating table. people don't like to play an active role. do you think the pressure on me could be it could be, although equal would it mean threatening to reduce us support for ukraine? so it doesn't start from an equal position, right? so i don't think he will be neutral toward the 2 actors. i think he will remain,

he will be inclined to continue some support for ukraine, but it will be very hard for him to bring it in to the war. again, the parties were actually fighting this war, have a vote. so whatever he does on european security issues, even if he tries to pull back from europe, that will take a really active, determined effort to accomplish so he will be, if he is elected very uh, occupied with european security issues. he will not somehow be able to clear the desk off and just focus single mindedly on trying. okay. true leaders know when to make room for others. that was the last sentence in an op ed piece that you wrote for the new york times. recently. i'm waiting for who, in your opinion is more inclined as you as president, or would be more inclined as you as president to make room for others? kimberly harris or donald trump. why didn't have in mind

a joe biden stepping aside in the presidential election race when i wrote that mine that uh does deserve it. he deserves some credit for or indeed literally a stepping aside to make room for it for someone else with harris. i think again it's, it's hard to know, except that, you know, i think that she comes from a, a younger generation than joe biden. and if she is more representative of the democratic party as it stands today on foreign policy, as opposed to in the past, then i do think she would be more inclined to reflect sentiments that save united states doesn't need to be militarily engaged everywhere in the world for donald trump, it's a really tough question. on the one hand, we know he doesn't finish eyes the us military presence everywhere. he can take or leave alliances. but he also puts himself at the center of just about every issue himself. and he also promises to be dominant on the world stage and

seems to be, you know, quite invested in the idea that christ, you shouldn't be happening just about everywhere. so that really cuts against some of his impulses to, to pull back in global affairs. yeah. it makes you wonder how big is the room, have to be to fit all the egos when you think about the possible combinations there of world leaders. i guess we will find out even more time with the carnegie endowment for international peace. but towards times good talking really we appreciate your time and analysis tonight. thank you. thank you very much. i or recording the number of dead gods it. that is a contentious issue. the boss run helped him, industry has been providing figures since the started the war last year. figures international organizations and journalists had been relying on but with coffee yachts. no one can independently verified the numbers published by her palm oss. documenting this is becoming as difficult or is as difficult as ever in the figures

they are increasingly disputed. in the war and gaza, only one institution has been providing detail of death toll the territories health ministry which is overseen by him. us. the ministry collects data from hospitals and regularly updates a central list, including not only the name, sex, and age of the victim, but also their personal identification number. whenever possible. multiple independent studies have shown this list to be trustworthy. in january of this year, even as rarely intelligence confirmed that the goals and health ministries count roughly match their own estimates. although the remain skeptical of how many casualties are combatants and how many civilians. but now is the word directs on counting, the dead has become more difficult and has led to renewed accusations from israel that the figures are unreliable. with more than 3 out of 4 hospitals damaged or destroyed. the traditional system for establishing

a casualty list has all but collapsed more and more how mazda authorities are using on the ground media reports, and i witness testimony to count bodies over 30 percent of the health ministries. death though, now consists of an identified individuals. and yet, even as it's really authorities draw attention to the increasingly poor quality of data, some independent analysts say the cause of death toll could be vastly underestimated . study published earlier in july, in the medical journal of the lancet claim that at least 186000 palestinians had most likely died as a result of these really bombing and ground defensive and gaza. a clear picture of the death and destruction will likely emerge after the fighting is over and a non partisan investigation is allowed to take place. michael's back it is a professor at the royal holloway university of london. and his chair of every casualty, count and investment in g o committed to ensuring that victims and armed conflicts are recorded, recognized and remembered the death toll in gauze,

and according to him, us is nearly 40000. we asked him how reliable that number really is. so i would say that that's a plausible number, but it consists as a report side of 2 components. and one component is actually much more credible than the other component. i should say that just yesterday, the ministry of health released another detailed list of victims that has 28185 on it. and that comes from their mort based monitoring system plus a form that people can fill out reporting tests that they know about. so i, i view that $28185.00 as a highly credible rock bottom minimum. the other bid of that to essentially $10000.00 additional tasks that bring you up to the figure that you just mentioned is really a black box. and they've never explained where that comes from. they said that it's

based on reliable media reports, but they've, they've never actually publish those notes reports, or even a methodology for how they go about compiling them. the for the final count down to the parents olympics is well and truly on with just hours to go until the opening ceremony know behind the excitement locals as well as torres say, they're frustrated at these strict security measures. and the french capital authorities say the precautions are necessary for public safety is just ahead of the olympic games. opening ceremony in paris, there's a norm is anticipation and excitement in the french capital. many are looking forward to an atmosphere of celebration way probably a few years. parents is more festive and hectic with lots of torres. but there's also some frustration as locals and tories to like have to deal with the inconvenience of message security measures. yeah, it's really or a

story, do you see the strict security measures are an absolute necessity to protect both spectators and athletes and many locals. agree there is a some of the so i'm not sure. and the reason here in friends, friends is a to country a all the 3rd along with tens of thousands of soldiers and police patrolling the streets. the french air force is also playing a major part by securing the skies during the games. fighter jets surveillance drones helicopters that can carry sharp shooters and equipment to disable drones will all be deployed. we have to protect against some commercial laptop that could be used like a weapon low to, to, to reach, to have tried to reach us. so it could be used like quick dense and come tell you

are these receive up to date, but they are a free media on. so you a visa in france, and we know of a to a can be a real uh, re or afraid for such an event. for fridays opening ceremony, a no fly zone extending some 150 kilometers will be in place around the french capital. and cameras. twins with artificial intelligence software will flag potential security risk, such as abandon packages securing these olympic games is a massive undertaking and comes at an enormous cost. but france has spent the last several years preparing for this moment. any visitors say they appreciate all the efforts to keep them safe for us to come in here to paris in seeing the gendarmes, the national police presence. it's impressive. it's impressive. so it's something you always have to be concerned about. but knowing, you know,

knowing how prepared they are and stuff. no, i feel i feel safe repairs walking around, enjoying the city. i do my home kind of chicago. the hope is that all the security efforts will pay off end result and see some successful summer gains for everyone willing to build up to these games. there has been one question post time and time again. will the same river that red power has invested $1500000000.00 to clean up the river also to the infrastructure, to catch most storm water. when it rains, the best them can hold the equivalent of 20 lumping. swimming pools of 30 was a one something to the river, but that would now be treat. this is a center piece of major infrastructure improvements for the games, but to also ensure that parisians have a clean, a send and they use to come the organizers of the games one to stand out just not only by having a clean river, but with a sustainability concept of a new kind that would take them into the future. instead of building numerous new

stadiums and the reno's 95 percent of the locations already existed, all of the temporary furniture and the equipment have been reused. although they welcome the foot containers. so it doesn't make the game screen. paris had planned the biggest infrastructure project in europe as part of the game. several metro lines were due to be built, to transfer the millions from the metropolitan area into the city, boston, and in the mall climate friendly way. from us that has not yet been kept so far. only one extension of a line needed for the olympics has been completed and local transport tickets prizes would definitely during the game. experts say that monitoring the olympic games footprints as being done in paris. so with the aim of making the most of sustainable is essential to go green, but to truly minimize the impact in the future. such mega events would need to become much smaller. well, the day is almost done,

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