it is funny, because earlier, i think only yesterday, mikejohnson said it would be illegalfor presidentwn, because there are many people in the primaries who had already cast their ballot forjoe biden, so now there is an issue of, you know, what happens they are legally? and donald trump had basically wanted joe biden to continue running, and i think that the view in the republican party, certainlyjudging from what i had observed at the convention, is that they wanted him to stay in the race, because they believed he was beatable, based on all the poles we have seen coming out since the debate, where donald trump has been leading by quite some percentage in battleground states. in fact, there was a poll out today from michigan, a key battleground state thatjoe biden would need to win in november, which suggests that donald trump is ahead by seven points. so, yes, they had a different view on it yesterday, but now, they have come out to criticise him, and i have got donald trump's response here on his truth social website, in which he says: crooked joe biden was not fit to run for presid

he's almost at the location, and that protocol they will have with mikejohnson to give that address ine 6th. there is to be a permanent fixture in the wake of that disruption. they came down in recent times, but they have been re—erected in anticipation that there will be quite a significant level of protest and demonstration. protesters are here for a variety of reasons. a large number of course are here to call for help for the palestinian people in gaza, that there should be a greater humanitarian aid there, that they don't want to see us taxpayer dollars spent on military aid to israel on large farms that are being dropped by the israeli defence forces. there is also a significant number of israelis who are here, family members of some of the hostages still held by hamas, who want to petition prime minister netanyahu and us lawmakers to take a peace deal with hamas, the deal that is on the table. we heard from those who are very resentful of the fact that prime minister netanyahu has left israel at this time. all the israeli national still held by hamas, he's left for the first tim

one from mike johnson describing one from mikejohnson describing this as a horrific act of political mayor of new york eric adams, interestingly, reflecting that as well that political violence has no place in this country and he is saying that out of an abundance of caution the new york police department is sending officers to certain areas across the five boroughs. home to donald trump, he has many properties there and that reflects a concern, i think, there and that reflects a concern, ithink, in there and that reflects a concern, i think, in that locality and in that statement. another one from robert f kennedyjunior whose family have been utterly visited by political violence in this country over the decades he said that now is the time that every american who loves our country needs to step back from the division. renounce all violence and unite in prayer for president trump and his family and the list goes on and on. additionally we were talking earlier about the international reaction and that continues. international reaction and that continues-_ continues. briefly it is cle

mikejohnson has said, he's putting extra security with arms in the building, potentially on the floore middle east but it is all playing into an extremely fraught relationship between president biden who has been largely unable to get netanyahu to do any of the things he has wanted him to do particularly around getting aid to properly into gaza to bring down that massive civilian death toll over the months. his has led to this fraught relationship, at the same time, mr biden probably remains the most pro—israel democratic president in recent history and the arm supply from the us, crucially, has continued to largely unimpeded. we are monitoring the situation in wisconsin. we are told senator tammy baldwin, of course the democrats really need to win wisconsin if they are going to win donald trump. we are going to win donald trump. we are watching and waiting for carmela harris to stand and speak. kamala harris. the moment that happens, we will bring that to you. stay with us around the world and across the uk. welcome back to bbc news. we are continuing to monitor the situation in milw

that is from the house speaker, mikejohnson.l be getting a lot of reaction throughout the day and we will bring it to live on news. she's an associate fellow with the international security programme at chatham house. it is good to talk to you and i appreciate you taking the time to speak to us on a sunday. first of all, your reaction to this incident. my all, your reaction to this incident. my reaction of course is that it is shocking and deeply regrettable and i think it is time to revisit rhetoric, the relationship between rhetoric, the relationship between rhetoric and incitement and violence, as well as gun laws. there is a problem with the way political rhetoric has led to incitement. it is not clear at this particular case what the motives of the shooter where, but nevertheless this is a stark reminder for all of us to tune in to the relationship between what we say, what we carry with us, and what the consequences are. we heard from mikejohnson about turning the rhetoric down. we from mike johnson about turning the rheto

it was one reason why house speaker mikejohnson gave house speaker mike johnson gave to house speakerbillions of dollars in aid a few months ago, that he wanted to give, to put ukraine into a better negotiated position that if trump got back into office, that ukraine would be, could negotiate from a position of strength rather than feeling like they have to capitulate to everything putin wants. daniel li man, everything putin wants. daniel lippman, thank— everything putin wants. daniel lippman, thank you _ everything putin wants. daniel lippman, thank you for - everything putin wants. daniel lippman, thank you forjoining us. lippman, thank you for “oining us. . ~' lippman, thank you for “oining us. . ~ , ., let's get some of the day's other news now. a child and two adults have been killed by a russian missile in southern ukraine. it hit a playground in a residential area of mykolaiv, a city near the black sea which has come under repeated russian attack. and called on the army to help quell deadly protests triggered by civil service job quotas. 35 people died in clashes on friday, ta

former 2024 white house speaker mikejohnson. former 2024 white house challenges, florida governor ronit dissenters and former south carolina governor and former us ambassador to the un nikki haley will also speak amongst others, and we will bring you those remarks live as they happen here at bbc news. the theme of tonight is make america safe again, so the focus will be on immigration and crime but also on matters of family rights and abortion and rental rates, so we will have lots of analysis and discussion of what that message is from the trump campaign and how it matters to american voters. first, security here at the rnc continues to be a key focus following saturdays attempted assassination of donald trump by a 20—year—old gunman and a pennsylvania rally. early today a deadly shooting one mile from the rnc main venue here in milwaukee prompted a large police presence, including members of the secret service. local media reports either visiting police officers are from columbus, ohio shot and killed a knife 0hio shot and kil

as you mentioned, the republican speaker of the house, mikejohnson, invited him.y, who stand firmly with israel. the democratic party is a bit more complicated. there are members of the party who are boycotting the address later today. many of them object to him being here, saying that they don't want to be used as a p"°p that they don't want to be used as a prop to bolster him and offset what is deep unpopularity back home in israel. he also has a complicated relationship with president biden at the moment, but he will be looking to ease tensions with the president, especially as mr biden is someone who he will rely on in the last six months of his presidency. the vice—president kamala harris will not be in dc. she is at a prescheduled event in indiana, but we understand that mr netanyahu will meet the president and the vp later this week. he then plans to travel to florida to mar—a—lago to visit the former president donald trump. nomia iqbal. eluned morgan is the new leader of welsh labour and is set to become the next first minister of wales. she'll become wale

sense of amusement as they walk by and see reporters huddled around democratic leaders offices with mikejohnsonis returned back to washington to be used, the reporters are teasing after democrats and looking at them and we haven't seen donald trump in large numbers, they are letting democrats have two answer for this are letting democrats have two answerfor this moment and are letting democrats have two answer for this moment and that i want to distract from it. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes on howjoe biden intends to fight back, especailly during the upcoming nato summit hosted by the us. they will be talking aboutjoe biden, that's the only topic it seems on the agenda for the democrats because this is their biggest crisis they could possibly face at this stage in the election cycle withjoe biden now, i think it's on four occasions over as many days, twice on friday, in a speech, television interview on another television interview on another television interview on another television interview under letter he sent to the democrats for them to digests and to discuss, sayin

there, and in a sense i think the fact that the republican speaker, the house of representatives mikejohnsonvitation to mr netanyahu to make this joint address. it was really according to some democrats, part of the design but this was supposed to expose those rifts within the democratic party, that have really gone right up party, that have really gone right up to the very top. criticism of president biden's handling of the war in gaza, over these many, many months. so i think we are going to see a pretty febrile day in washington tomorrow, already one protest group saying that it will have tens of thousands of protesters outside congress tomorrow and various parts of washington. and again, rememberthat various parts of washington. and again, remember that the other part of all this is that president biden has not invited mr netanyahu to washington since mr netanyahu was reelected a year and a half ago. he doesn't like the fact that mr netanyahu has had to rely on the far right ultranationalist to create that coalition, there is a deep rift over that but of course as you say, all of this un

and we heard the house speaker mikejohnson getting the process under way and when he mentioned the president's a deafening roar and i can say for certain that the jubilation and the further you are hearing and seeing and feeling is palpable at the convention. we hope we will aet palpable at the convention. we hope we will get in — palpable at the convention. we hope we will get in the _ palpable at the convention. we hope we will get in the next _ palpable at the convention. we hope we will get in the next hour- palpable at the convention. we hope we will get in the next hour an - we will get in the next hour an announcement on the vice president choice but what are you hearing in the sidelines as to who it might be? there is a lot of chatter on the sidelines at the convention and what we have heard from media who are reporting here, they are saying that to mecca of the candidates who were in the running, the governor of north dakota and senator marco rubio, they have been told they are not the pick. we have not been able to verify that independently but that's what we're hearing from media he

but let's also remember, the speaker of the house mikejohnson, he voted one way before he was speakere helped shepherd in record funding just a few months ago. if helped shepherd in record funding just a few months ago. iijid helped shepherd in record funding just a few months ago. iij vance a- eals to just a few months ago. iij vance appeals to the _ just a few months ago. iij vance appeals to the base _ just a few months ago. iij vance appeals to the base and _ just a few months ago. iij vance appeals to the base and widens i just a few months ago. iij vance appeals to the base and widens of| appeals to the base and widens of the base, i thought one of the interesting guests they brought to the stage last night was the teamster president sean 0'brien, we've never had a teamster president speak to the republican convention before and it really underlines how the party is changing. let's have a listen to what he said in the reaction he got which is interesting. the american people aren't stupid, they know the system is broken. we all know how washington is run. working people have no

current house speaker mikejohnson called for mr biden to step down as president, saying �*ifjoe bidenpresident of delivering the secure borders, safe streets, and stable prices that working families deserve�*. let�*s talk about this decision. joining me live lindsay m chervinsky, a presidential historian. put into context for us just how dramatic and historic this decision is from joe biden.— is from joe biden. thank you for havin: is from joe biden. thank you for having me- _ is from joe biden. thank you for having me. it's— is from joe biden. thank you for having me. it's an _ is from joe biden. thank you for having me. it's an extraordinaryj having me. it�*s an extraordinary moment and it takes a lot of ego to believe that you can be president, and believe you are the right person to make the incredibly difficult choices that come with office, so thatis choices that come with office, so that is a requirement, and it is extremely rare for people to actually set that aside. we have only seen it happen a few times, truman and lyndonjohnson are the examples that come to mind, and those

he wanted biden to stay in the race and it is late people like speaker mikejohnson, i don't know if youon to keep bidens replacement from being undeveloped. they wanted to run against biden, which should have been another indication to those reluctant that unfortunately, president biden is no longer the strongest candidate. he deserves our utmost respect and admiration for his five decades of service, and his immense selflessness today. what you did today was extraordinary. i5 selflessness today. what you did today was extraordinary.- selflessness today. what you did today was extraordinary. is that how he is able to — today was extraordinary. is that how he is able to let _ today was extraordinary. is that how he is able to let go? _ today was extraordinary. is that how he is able to let go? the _ today was extraordinary. is that how he is able to let go? the fact - today was extraordinary. is that how he is able to let go? the fact that i he is able to let go? the fact that there is a recognition, certainly from among his supporters, of what they believe he has done for the united sta

could do itjoe biden was not fit to run for president, we've got the speaker of the house, speaker mikejohnsons, this unprecedented juncture in american history we must be clear about what just happened. he goes on to say the democrat party forced the democratic nominee off the ballotjust over 100 days from the election, having invalidated the votes of more than 14 invalidated the votes of more than 1a million people who voted forjoe biden to be the nominee, he goes on to say that this is in quote marks, a party of democracy. he's trying to make the point that this is a very democratic, i think that's an argument we will hear multiple republican politicians make over the next couple of days or weeks. this is kind of in the democrat's interest to try and show a degree of unity, the question will be can they or delay as they say get behind kamala harris, do enough delegates decide to vote for her, does that vote go ahead in the first week of august as the party was plenty, if so this could all be done and dusted pretty quickly, if it doesn't and this continues to stretch out until the end of aug

the speaker of the us house of representatives, mikejohnson, called for mr biden to step down as presidentresident, he is not fit to serve as president. he must resign the office immediately." us senate minority leader mitch mcconnell heavily criticised democratic party policies, writing "washington democrats have not proven themselves any more capable than the president of delivering the secure borders, safe streets, and stable prices that working families deserve." for more, let's bring in leigh ann caldwell, she's the anchor of washington post live and co—author of the early brief. thanks indeed forjoining us again on bbc news. given the pressure that had been building, was this expected thatjoe biden would reach this decision today? that joe biden would reach this decision today?— that joe biden would reach this decision today? well, it's been a tumultuous _ decision today? well, it's been a tumultuous three _ decision today? well, it's been a tumultuous three weeks - decision today? well, it's been a tumultuous three weeks since i decision today? well, it's been a l tumultuous three w

mikejohnson took to social media saying that...and governor doug bergen of north dakota as well. three of those republicans contending to be donald trump's running mate. they all expressed prayers for the former president as well as his rally attendees as well. you have to say on social media. i was mentioning that reaction coming in from across the aisle, some comments here from dean phillips. the democratic house members who challenged president biden in a permanent —— primary. no matter your politics, please pray for donald trump. gretchen wittner, democratic governor in michigan, she has also, she had been the target of a kidnapping plot herself, she has been a critic of donald trump and she writes condemning the violence saying what many people have been saying, there isjust saying what many people have been saying, there is just no place for political violence in this country, period. this is not, she said, how we solve our differences. just coming through more of the reaction that i'm taking a look at now. democrat of pennsy

we also have heard earlier today from the speaker of the house, mikejohnson, who says there will be are going to be waking up, as many people are saying, to a new dawn almost. yes. saying, to a new dawn almost. yes, there is a real _ saying, to a new dawn almost. yes, there is a real shock— saying, to a new dawn almost. yes, there is a real shock here _ saying, to a new dawn almost. 1553, there is a real shock here that something like this could happen. sadly, assassination attempts, assassinations of presidents are part of american history, so this is a seismic moment, a sadly historic moment that this attempt has happened here. and yes, shock, disbelief, anger and people want answers because there are so many questions. it is early days yet but so many questions as to how this could happen in modern day america. jenny, we will leave it there for now, thank you very much. just to update viewers, short time ago the federal aviation administration had confirmed that they had closed the airspace for security reasons above the hometown of that shooter, that 21—year—old shooter. so the ai