katty kay, great to have ou on democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with _ democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your analysis _ democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your analysis and - democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your analysis and thank| you on with your analysis and thank you, us special correspondent katty kay with the view from the us. that's the view from the us. so what's been the reaction here in the uk? henry zeffman is in downing street. when it comes to the people behind me, keir starmerand his team, they would say not a lot has changed. they will work, uk prime minister will work with whoever the us president is. it is striking, keir starmer hasn't been prime minister very long, he went out to the oval office just a couple of weeks ago 0ffice just a couple of weeks ago when the nato summit was in washington to meetjoe biden for the first time in very quickly afterjoe biden made his announcement last night keir starmer released a statement saying he respected president biden's decision and i look forward to is working

katty kay.rmer has been speaking about his government's plans for skills this morning in hampshire. he was asked about the us president's decision to pull out of the 2024 race, and whether he thought mr biden was capable to serving out his last six months as president. cani can i first says since we are here at this airshow, how much he cares about security and defence, that was introduced leadership. he led us through the nato counciljust ten days or so ago. really important, a bigger, stronger nato with resolve. i respect the decision that he has now made. a decision that i know that he will have arrived at, taking into account the best interests of the american people, and i look forward to looking forward to working with him for the remainder of his presidency. coming up later, we'll bejoined by a number of experts to talk about the big decisions being made in the states after biden announced he will be stepping down for re—election. we'll be answering your questions live, so get in touch us

our us special correspondent katty kay told me more about the reaction to biden�*s decision to step down. this is something i have been hearing pretty firmly from people around president biden for the last week or two. it seems like there was a last—minute push back by the president but once the poll numbers came in after the debate, particularly poll numbers from swing states, it became very difficult for him to stay. today you are getting democrats lauding president biden as doing the right thing, as putting his country first and giving them a chance to win. but there is also a lot of frustration amongst democrats i have been speaking to overnight about the fact he didn't do this four months ago, that he didn't do this a year ago. because by staying in the race as long as he has, he has deprived the democratic party of this incredibly important process of the primary test, and that is when candidates can test their mettle, become better candidates and become, if you like, political athletes, and by dropping out this late he hasn't given them the opportunity to do that. so in a sense, y

katty kay is still with us. ersation, we have katty's co-host for the podcast, "the rest is politics u.s." managing partner at skybridge capital, anthony scaramucci. author of the new book entitled "from wall street to the white house and back." also with us, special correspondent at "vanity fair" and host of "the fast politics" podcast, molly jong-fast. she is an msnbc political analyst. >> molly, i love your take on what happened yesterday, specifically the buildup, obviously, being was congress came back into town, they were going to pressure joe biden out of the race. for now, again, using sort of wimbledon speak, the president seemed to hold serve at least for a day. nato summit is coming into d.c. i doubt democrats are going to undermine him while world leaders are with the president. so where are we? where is the biden administration? where is the democratic base on this? >> so, again, look, this is all a question of data. we don't really have amazing data. we're all going on polls here, so we certainly se

our us special correspondent katty kay told us more about the reaction to biden's decision to step down. this is something i have been hearing pretty firmly from people around president biden for the last week or two. it seems like there was a last—minute push back by the president but once the poll numbers came in after the debate, particularly poll numbers from swing states, it became very difficult for him to stay. today you are getting democrats lauding president biden as doing the right thing, as putting his country first and giving them a chance to win. but there is also a lot of frustration amongst democrats i have been speaking to overnight about the fact he didn't do this four months ago, that he didn't do this a year ago. because by staying in the race as long as he has, he has deprived the democratic party of this incredibly important process of the primary test, and that is when candidates can test their mettle, become better candidates and become, if you like, political athletes, and by dropping out this late he hasn't given them the opportunity to do that. so in a sense, y

correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. managing editor at the bulwark, sam stein is with us. and u.s. editor at "the financial times," ed luce, as well. great group, joe, with a lot of crosscurrents this morning, to say the least. >> a lot of crosscurrents. i will say, the speech last night by the president, i thought there were a couple things that stood out to me. one was the contrast between an autocratic vision of the future and a democratic thought for the future. instead of saying, "i alone can do it," instead of talking about moving all of the power into the white house, joe biden did something last night that sounds a little radical in 2024 but, actually, it goes all the way back to the founding of america and has its heritage in the founding documents. at the end, as we played, he said, "history is in your hands." >> it is. >> he was like, the power. instead of an autocrat going, you know, i have the power, he said, "the power is in your hands." the idea of america is in your hands. it was beautiful. it was beautiful because it was true. it also was beautiful because

special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. also with us, congressional investigations reporter for "the washington post," jackie alemany is with us this morning. a lot going on amid new cries for the president to step aside, and the debate, you can hear it across the country. >> you can hear it across the country. you can definitely hear it, mika, across the party. in the gospel of matthew, jesus said to religious leaders, every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. lincoln, with the specter of a civil war rising over slavery, quoted jesus, a house divided against itself cannot stand. lincoln said, i do not expect the union to be dissolved. i do not expect the house to fall. but i do expect it will cease to be divided. it will become all one thing or all the other. lincoln encouraged his party in 1858 to stand together once again. quote, two years ago we did this under the siege of impulse of resistance to a common danger with every external circ

special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate eh editor of "the washington post," eugene robson -- robinson. economic analyst steve rattner. and "the new york times" mara gay. as it pertains to the campaign, joe, it is go time. >> it is go time. look at the headlines here, "starting a 15 week dash, harris presses case." 15 week dash, i mean, it must feel like i'm in london at the beginning of a, you know, british election. this is the way we should do it. i'm serious. i always thought it is just insane that people run for four years. this is great. i'll start with steve rattner. he's really rich. he coughs, and a million dollars comes out. for a poor country lawyer like me, steve, this is hard to put my arms around, just how much money the vice president has brought in the last 24, 36 hours. >> she's raised well over $80 million, perhaps as much as $100 million. these are almost entirely small donors going online to the website and sending in $10, $25. i think she had something like

i am jonathan lemire along with katty kay in for joe, mika and willie., and also with us, managing editor, sam stein, and editor at large, erin haynes. yeah, we have children and love our children and wouldn't do anything in our lives, but to suggest those childless americans don't have quality lives, too, and not only inaccurate but deeply insensitive to people, and it's a news cycle that is relentless and we seem to move on to the next story in a few hours at times, and this is really staying, and particularly for somebody like j.d. vance trying to introduce himself nationally, this is not a good first impression. >> yeah, people with kids don't like it. people, of course, without kids don't have it. and there's a proposal that people with kids should get more votes, and i think i was the last person that should have had extra votes when my kids were tiny, and the democrats are making hay out of it. meanwhile, looks like vice president harris has closed the lead or taken over the lead. competitive races are shown in all seven battleground states among

but i said on this panel with jonathan lemire and katty kay, there's a story there. they should do a story. maybe they do the story about less press conferences. maybe they do the story about how maybe he is slipping. there is a story there. but this wasn't it. >> right. i think it is an important distinction. look, no one here is against reporting. this organization runs on reporting. all of us write, even on the opinion side, we write on reporting. reporting is one of the central tenant of all we're doing here. the larger question just is, you know, is the coverage covering these stakes and not the odds? are they covering the policy and not the probability? i think that is the larger question. we have ravi here who has more thoughts on the democratic anxiety. >> yeah, biden could be winston churchill and it won't change the dynamic of the race. people are smart enough to know you have good days and bad days. thursday night was a catastrophe. i think the white house invited the scrutiny by not putting biden out there, by attacking people who have spoken the truth ab

you know, katty kay, in politics, you always have people fighting hard in the primary. they come together at the end of the day. i will say, though, this -- for everybody, whether it's marco rubio, or ted cruz or, you know, nikki haley, we can just go through the years. and of course, jd vance, his vp pick called -- you know, said he could be america's hitler. just the most extreme attacks against donald trump. and they are, in.wo the words o nikki haley now, all kissing the ring. the question is, is this just like every other political convention? or doesn't this seem a bit more extreme and the criticism of the people -- well, there you go -- somebody there -- lacks the moral center we need in the white house says the speaker of the house. america's hitler. questions jd. and i hate him passionately. so, i'm just wondering, donald trump is fine with that, as long as they line up with him at the end. he's totally fine. but is this an extreme version of what happens every four years in every party? >> i think it's qualifyively different. nikki haley saying with donald tru