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- will be in the history books like lyndonjohnson for- like lyndonjohnson for guitting _ like lyndonjohnsons groups said about her as a candidate with the caveat that this is still very fresh and very new? to our very fresh and very new? to your point. _ very fresh and very new? trr your point, she has absolved most of the biden campaign infrastructure so that she starting zero but being vice president is a different role to being president or presidential candidate and her key roles are setting a forward—looking agenda so that people know what she would want to do as president and trying to do as president and trying to own or explain or confront people's unease about border security and about inflation and the economy, in a way that president biden has not been able to do. but part of the reason i didn't want to make this a conversation about democracy is because he actually believes all that stuff. probably because this is a referendum on people's pocketbooks and the post covid inflationary period and that will be tough for kamala harris. if you can offer a different vision that turns ou

in 1968, lyndonjohnson moved aside only to see the republican challenger, richard nixon, ultimately wing itself with donald trump. in north carolina, the republican candidate dropped the short—lived unifying tone of his campaign, turning on both the president and his new presumptive rival alike. we officially defeated the worst president in the history of our country, crooked joe biden. he quit because he was losing so badly in the polls, he was down in every single poll and down by a lot, so he quit. politics is all mr biden has ever known. a career which has spanned five decades from, as he put it, a kid with a stutter from scranton to the white house. this decision will define his legacy. november's vote will define whether that gamble has worked. will grant, bbc news, washington. let's speak to our state department correspondent — tom bateman — who's outside the white house. in the next while, the president is due to meet israel's prime minister. tom, that would be a crucial meeting, especially as relations between the two have been strained for such a long time, and also because of

mr biden is the first sitting president to not seek a second term in office since lyndonjohnson steppedindianapolis, addressing black women voters in a speech that barely mentioned her republican rival donald trump by name. mr trump spoke in north carolina in the last few hours in his first campaign rally since mr biden dropped out, and sharpened his attacks against the vice president. as the race to the white house heats up, new polling from cnn

in 1968, lyndonjohnson moved aside, only to see the republican challenger, richard nixon, ultimatelyy. mr biden will hope that history won't be repeating itself with donald trump. in north carolina, the republican candidate dropped the short—lived unifying tone of his campaign turning on both the president and his new presumptive rival alike. we officially defeated the worst president in the history of our country, crooked joe biden. he quit because he was losing so badly in the polls, he was down in every single poll and down by a lot, so he quit. politics is all mr biden has ever known. a career which has spanned five decades from, as he put it, a kid with a stutter from scranton to the white house. this decision will define his legacy. november's vote will define whether that gamble has worked. will grant, bbc news, washington. let's speak to gina yannitell reinhardt, a professor of government at the university of essex. welcome, good to have you on the programme. what did you make a president biden�*s speech, given he glossed over shoes around his cognitive abilities?— cognitive

it's been a problem, hubert humphrey was the vice president in the 1960s, when lyndonjohnson bowed out have to identify herself with the things people liked about biden's policies and make sure that people know that she is a very different kind of candidate. it will be a challenge. at the response so far at least in the next three days since biden's pull out on sunday to her campaign has been rather astonishing, actually. over $100 million, mostly in small donations, tens of thousands of new volunteers. so that didn't happen with al gore. it didn't happen with hubert humphrey. so in that sense, if you look at the presidents, she's doing better so far then those previous vice president �*s who try to succeed a president of their own party. henge a president of their own party. have not to talk a president of their own party. have got to talk to _ a president of their own party. have got to talk to you — a president of their own party. have got to talk to you about _ a president of their own party. have got to talk to you about what's going on today in the us congress and her absence fro

we have only seen it happen a few times, truman and lyndonjohnson are the examples that come to mind, has been much from the republican partyj been much from the republican party for him to step down as president entirely, which would also be rather unprecedented. it entirely, which would also be rather unprecedented.— unprecedented. it would, it never ha--ened unprecedented. it would, it never happened before _ unprecedented. it would, it never happened before in _ unprecedented. it would, it never happened before in the _ unprecedented. it would, it never happened before in the middle i unprecedented. it would, it never happened before in the middle of| unprecedented. it would, it never. happened before in the middle of a term, and i should say it is extremely unlikely to happen, but it is never happened before we ate president has stepped out in the middle of term for things like illness or health, richard nixon did resign after the watergate scandal. what does it mean for the democratic party after moving forward with their convention just four weeks away? their convention “ust fo

in 1968, lyndonjohnson moved aside only to see the republican challenger, richard nixon, ultimately winitself with donald trump. in north carolina, the republican candidate dropped the short—lived unifying tone of his campaign turning on both the president and his new presumptive rival alike. we officially defeated the worst president in the history of our country, crooked joe biden. he quit because he was losing so badly in the polls, he was down in every single poll and down by a lot, so he quit. politics is all mr biden has ever known. a career which has spanned five decades from, as he put it, a kid with a stutter from scranton to the white house. this decision will define his legacy. november's vote will define whether that gamble has worked. will grant, bbc news, washington. we are bringing you continuing coverage of the post office inquiry where vince cable is giving evidence. the inquiry is examining how hundreds of sub—mothers were wrongly prosecuted after a bug caused problems. bring us up—to—date. caused problems. bring us up-to-date-_ caused problems. bring us up-to-date. ca

in 1968, lyndonjohnson moved aside only to see the republican challenger, richard nixon, ultimately winropped the short—lived unifying tone of his campaign, turning on both the president and his new presumptive rival alike. we officially defeated the worst president in the history of our country, crooked joe biden. he quit because he was losing so badly in the polls, he was down in every single poll and down by a lot, so he quit. politics is all mr biden has ever known. a career which has spanned five decades from, as he put it, a kid with a stutter from scranton to the white house. this decision will define his legacy. november�*s vote will define whether that gamble has worked. will grant, bbc news, washington. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal is in washington for us now. the next few months, joe biden still the president, anxious to show he is not a lame duck president and about to have important talks with the israeli prime minister.— israeli prime minister. yes, and if ou think israeli prime minister. yes, and if you think about _ israeli prime minister. yes, and if you

lyndonjohnson may decide to see richard nixon when the presidency.condition in hospital. the actor, amanda abbington, said she has been under pressure from "brutal, relentless and unforgiving" threats from fans of strictly come dancing. the actor has previously made accusations about the teaching methods of her strictly partner, giovanni pernice, who has denied her claims and since left the show. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, reports. amanda abbington says she went on to strictly, thinking it would be hard work but fun. speaking on camera for the first time about her experiences with her professional dance partner giovanni pernice, she told channel 4 news that what happened in the rehearsal room left her with ptsd. it still has a lasting effect on me, like i still can't talk about certain things that happened in that room because of... because it immediately triggers a feeling of anxiety. and that's not right. this is a bbc show on a saturday night. this response shouldn't happen from a bbc show. that's crazy. giovanni pernice has ref