from a contextual point of view, you have a man who just delivered an oval office address . meone who spent 50 years in public service and office in some form. tensioning some parts of his legacy from these last four years in office. and then you have him passing the torch to a younger, newer, fresher voice. how much of that message today do you expect to be carry forward in a harris campaign? >> if we are going to take president biden at his word that he has passed the torch to kamala harris, he needs to get out of her way. she's got an incredible sprint to election day. she's trending. she's popular. she's building momentum. she may have to deviate on issues somewhat. she may have to deviate on something dealing with climate change. president biden has to let kamala harris be herself. she is showing she can do it. i know he loves her and he trusts her. it's not clear to me, if you are sitting as president and stepped down, you have a 38% approval rating. i don't know you are a help on the campaign trail. she white -- might want to embrace biden policies but also maybe not q

you know, this is only the fourth oval office speech. >> i'm just struck about how much he talked aboutharacter in public office. >> he underscored character at every turn. he avoided the reality of this moment, which was a very painful decision for president biden to make. his fancy as nancy reported in the oval office with him, they were with him in delaware thinking could he find a way to stay in the race. because for president biden, you talk about his family, his closest advisor, he was counted up from day one in his 20s. in law school, making up the rates in delaware, running for the senate at the age of 29, surprising everyone by winning in 1972. he endured personal tragedy with the death of his wife and daughter, served in the senate. he was discounted in the senate, some of the older senators thought he was a nobody, a kid, it took him decades to formulate his own presence in the united states senate. flames i would in 1988, deals with a plagiarism scandal. he's pushed back, biden's not major league level in politics, he just trudges forward. he's going to trudge forward again

thank you. >> president biden in the oval office looking well after a bout with covid. still with a soft gravelly voice saying he draws strength and finds joy working for the american people but also that it's not about him. he said nothing can stand in the way of saving our democracy including presidential ambition. he's chosen not to run again. he said there's a time and place for new voices, younger voices, but he didn't talk about the 14 plus million democrats who voted for him in the primaries and caucuses. he didn't talk about his health. he didn't talk about his party pushing back and just days ago, saying he would be the no, nomie of his party but he did talk about vice president harris talking about the convention in chicago. >> brett we didn't get that many details about what went into this decision. we know that he made it very quickly on sunday afternoon. we were told that by his press secretary earlier today. but he said i revere this office. but i love my country more and he did appear to be kind of tan and rested. and it makes you wonder whether there is

. >> live look at the white house as we wait for president biden to address the nation from the oval officepeaking about his decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race he first announced over the weekend. after his remarks will be opening our phone lines to get your reaction. >> our fellow americans, i'm speaking behind that resolute desk in the oval office. in this sacred space i am surrounded by portraits, extraordinary american presidents. thomas jefferson wrote the immortal words that guide this nation. george washington showed us a presidents are not kings. abraham lincoln employed is to reject malice, inspired us to reject fear. i revere this office and i love my country more. it's been the honor of my life to serve as your president. but in the defense of democracy which is at stake i think it is more important than any title i draw strength and find joy in working for the american people. but this sacred task of perfecting our union is not about me, it is about you. your families, your futures, it is about we the people. we can never forget that. and i never have. i haven'

the 46th president of the united states, speaking from the oval office and framing this in the starkest imaginable terms, saying it is democracy on the line, he said, i revere this office, but i love my country more. and he talked, lester about the need to unite his party. he argued that his record merited a second term, but it was clear to him that it was time to pass the torch. in his words, let's bring in our nbc news team covering all things politics. kristen welker, moderator of meet the press hallie jackson is our senior washington correspondent, and peter alexander, chief white house correspondent. kristen, let me begin with you. the president, by all accounts, resisted coming off the ticket for days as people lined up to show him polling data tonight. did he seem like a man who was all in on this concept? he did. lester and just taking a step back, this was a speech for the history books, just as when lbj announced he wasn't going to run for reelection in 1968. and we have seen those clips played and replayed throughout time. this is the type of speech that will be replayed for

the new polls tonight, the president's oval office address. 8:00 p.m. eastern, right here. >>> we continue tonight, and at this hour, former president trump back on the campaign trail, now in charlotte, north carolina, the first time since president biden dropped out of the race. tonight, trump's new line of attack targeting iing vice pre kamala harris, and lashing out over facing a new challenger. rachel scott in charlotte. >> reporter: tonight, in battleground north carolina, donald trump's supporters lining up. his first campaign appearance since sunday's political earthquake, president biden out of the race. vice president kamala harris now trump's new opponent. trump, who spent years attacking biden, now quickly trying to recalibrate to focus on harris, zeroing in on her role in the administration. harris tasked with addressing the root causes of migration at the southern border. >> she knew nothing about the border. the border is the most devastating thing to happen to this country in so long. >> reporter: but several republican members of congres

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he's well aware of the history of the oval office. he's been arriving american politics for more than 50 years. he's been a senator and then he was a bi as president. he knows the importance of the united states and the world. and he understands as well that if he continued with his campaign, it was likely he would lose. he looked at the falls, he saw the reality of it. so the idea of uniting the party was also because he knew that he could not. when i know he's hoping that by speaking i like this by saying to the american people, it is up to you to choose if you want america to be the ideal, the forefathers talked about to be the public that they gave us. then that's up to you in november, but effectively you'll find is no a lame duck president. he has very little power. he can try and push through the legislative changes he talks about. and certainly he has a majority in the senate to try and do that. but it will be difficult for them not because he can't twist on the way he used to. it can talk about what he would do if he were re

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it is rare for president to give an oval office address. but it is safe to say he's going to be unlike any other i mean, the president is going to be coming out after his political well opponent was nearly assassinated last night. and the eyes of the country will be watching that a trust. they absolutely well, it's an opportunity i think for president biden last 24 hours. >> his reaction to this. let's not forget if you step back just before this happened he was on a very tense phone call with democrats, house democrats who are asking him about his capacity to serve, he got off that call, went to saturday evening mass as he does every week, and then all this happens. so this is a new moment for his job as president and never mind presidential candidate, but this is an opportunity for him to obviously also be engaged and by calling for that independent investigation, i think that is something that only president's know what it is like. i'm sure to have that threat as we reported last evening, former president trump has always been nervous ab

i�*m return to the oval office. i'm not in this — return to the oval office. the oval office. in not in this for my legacy. i am in this to complete the job i started. as you recall, understandably, many of you and many economists thought my initial initiatives that i put forward can't do that, it's going to cause inflation to skyrocket. that will go up. what are you hearing now? what are you hearing now for mainstream economist? 16 economic nobel laureates said i have done a hell of a job. that under my plan so far and what is going to happen in the future if i am reelected, things are going to get much better. our economy is growing. i was determined when i got elected to stop the trickle—down economic theory. the wealthy did very well, everybody else would do well, my dad was a decent guy. i don't remember much trickling down at his kitchen table. middle—class people and working—class people need help. and so what happened is, i decided to implement, was able to implement as president but i believed when i was a senator, thatis believed when i was a senator

it's hanging on my wall here in the oval office, alongside the bust of dr. king and rosa parks and cesar chavez. when ben franklin was asked as he emerged from the convention going on, whether the founders have given america a monarchy or republic, franklin's response was a republic, if you can keep it. a republic if you can keep it. whether we keep our republic is now in your hands. my fellow americans, it's been the privilege of my life to serve this nation for over 50 years. nowhere else on earth could ae kid with a stutter from modest beginnings in scranton, pennsylvania, and claymont, delaware, one day sit behind the resolute desk in the oval office as president of the united states, but here i am. that's what's so special about america. we are a nation of promise and possibilities, of dreamers and doers, of ordinary americans doing extraordinary things. a i've given my heart and my soul to our nation, like so manyin others. i've been blessed a million times in return with the love and support of the american people. i hope you have some idea how gratef

he did so from the oval office. me to this office, i promised to always level with you. to tell you the truth. the truth, sacred cause of this country is larger than any one of us. in if recent weeks it's become clear to me that i need to unite my party in this critical endeavor. i believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for america's future all merited a second term but nothing, nothing could come in the way of saving our democracy. that includes personal ambition. i've decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. that's the best way to unite our nation. you know, there's a time and a place for long years of experience in public life. there's also a time and a place for new voices and that time and place is now. maria: well, we could talk abou

that is what you do with a speech from the oval office. you try to be in a fat, the father figure for the country and address moments of great crisis and ordeals. taking the politics out of it and address the culture of violence and the concerns about extremism and so forth in this country. so the oval office gives an opportunity to be the leader of the country, not just a candidate which he also is. who happens to be running against the person who was shot yesterday, it is an awkward and unusual situation but the president made a point of condemning the attack. he called out trump to wish him well and he made clear that he thinks there's no place in society for political violence like this. >> this would be the -- president biden's third address since he's been at the white house. >> he does not do them often, they are not his favorite venue. but to convey a seriousness, a certain seriousness of purpose because that is the place and venue used for major, often historic addresses to the nation. it is a way of saying let's pay attention to

this was only his third oval office address since taking office. thorough and swift in its investigation of this attempted assassination. he said they'll get all the resources they need. he spoke after meeting with his national security team in the situation room. he said he still doesn't know the shooter's motive, and he cautioned americans not to make any assumptions just yet about the shooter and his affiliations until the fbi has had a chance to learn more. the president said this attempted assassination was just the latest in a string of political attacks. >> violence has never been the answer, whether it's with members of congress of both parties being targeted and shot, or a violent mob attack the capitol on january 6th, or a brutal attack on the spouse of former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, or information and intimidation on election officials, or the kidnapping plot against a sitting government. when or an attempted assassination on donald trump. there's no place in america for this kind of violence, for any violence ever, period. n

seems that oval office address, the first - oval office address, the first lady doctorjill biden posted... we have our panel with us tonight, who have been watching the oval office address. stephanie, this address puts perhaps an end to the chapter of president biden seeking election but of course we're now looking ahead to kamala harris and still has six months left in his term. how do you think this address marks at this moment and the path forward? i this moment and the path forward?— forward? i think it was his opportunity _ forward? i think it was his opportunity to _ forward? i think it was his opportunity to explain - forward? i think it was his| opportunity to explain how forward? i think it was his - opportunity to explain how we came to the decision to step down from being the presumptive nominee. we should be clear that he was not yet the nominee and he took himself out of the running for it because he had seen the polling and the path was not possible and he felt it was not possible and he felt it was time to hand the baton over to a younger generation, as he talked about to

his oval office address tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m.tern right here on abc. >>> we continue tonight here, and the breaking news from the secret service. abc news confirming that the secret service now now recommend that donald trump stop holding rallies outdoors after the assassination attempt in pennsylvania. now, this news comes just hours after the secret service director resigned. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: sources telling abc news the secret service has recommended that donald trump's campaign stop holding outdoor rallies following the assassination attempt in pennsylvania. it comes just 24 hours after that blistering hearing -- >> you're full of [ bleep ] today. >> reporter: -- and bipartisan calls for the resignation of secret service director kim cheatle. tonight, taking responsibility for the security failures that led to the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. in an email to staff, cheatle saying, "i do not want my calls for resignation to be a distraction from the great work each and every one of

. _ through this election and into the oval office.— the oval office.ce. oh, my- goodness. michelle, barack, goodness. michelle, ba rack, this goodness. michelle, barack, this means so much to me. i'm looking forward to doing this with the two of you, jack and i both, and getting throughout, being on the road. but most of all, ijust want being on the road. but most of all, i just want to tell you that the words you have spoken and the friendship that you have given over all these years mean more than i can express. so, thank you, both.— so, thank you, both. obama's backin: so, thank you, both. obama's backing matters. _ so, thank you, both. obama's backing matters. some - so, thank you, both. obama's l backing matters. some analysts feel that it's backing matters. some analysts feel that its key to attracting key voters anderising — and there may, for some voters, be something very poignant in seeing the first black president endorsing the first black woman and the first person of south asian descent to be president if she were to win. some polls are sh

if you're just joining us, an hour ago the president spoke live from the oval office to the american le about his stunning decision three days ago to drop his bid for re-election. >> when you elected me to this office, i promised to always level with you, to tell you the truth, and the truth, the sacred

his oval office address tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m.e on abc. >>> but we continue tonight here, and the breaking news from the secret service. abc news confirming that the secret service will now recommend that donald trump stop holding rallies outdoors after the assassination attempt in pennsylvania. now, this news comes just hours after the secret service director resigned. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight new body camera video showing the first moments on that roof after a sniper killed the gunman who opened hire on a trump rally. >> we have one shooter deceased. >> it was posted on x. it shows a trail of blood trailing down that sloped roof and tonight sources telling abc news the secret service has recommended that donald trump's campaign stop holding outdoor rallies. following the assassination attempt in pennsylvania. it comes just 24 hours after that blistering hearing. >> you're full of [ bleep ] today. >> reporter: and bipartisan calls for the resignation of kim cheatle. >> if you refuse to do so president biden need

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this is fox news coverage president biden's speech to the nation from the oval office that evening and brett. good evening everyone martha maccallum coming to live from the visor form in milwaukee, wisconsin home to this week's republican national convention. our panel is here and with us standing by. >> back in washington the president expected to call for unity of the assassination attempted assassination biden of trump. they had eight short and good conversation. flexible repressi but present tn walk a short time it out let's check it was senior white house correspondent peter doocy from the front lawn. present biden's third ever oval office address is a key test of his pledge to restore the soul of the nation and it is a big moment for a president who says another act of political violence the deadly race riots in charlottesville inspired his last campaign the one that landed him here. we do expect this to be non- and unity. he's skipping events tomorrow the did tell us he will resume the campaign in las vegas on tuesday. >> peter doocy live from the north lawn thank you it is rare

the oval office is not a big place. there are about 40 people in there, maybe about 10 or 12 members of the biden family watching intently. and when the president wrapped up his remarks, they broke into spontaneous applause. and the president stood next to his wife, who came over to him next to the resolute desk and said, this was the honor of a lifetime. >> moments after the address, trump staffers released a photo of the former president watching the speech. trump slammed the address, saying crooked joe biden's oval office speech was barely understandable and so bad. >> if you don't mind, i'm not going to be nice. is that okay? come on. >> trump was back on the campaign trail wednesday at a rally in charlotte, now going after harris. >> the most incompetent and far left vice president in american history, slamming her role in the administration, harris, tasked with addressing the root causes of migration at the southern border. >> the borders are. >> oh, the borders are. when you look at how bad they are, you say, you

i have seen the and the oval office sitting across from him.remember that visibly in the aftermath of georgia floyd i was with him when he first viewed the video he wanted to heal the nation. i think we are going to see donald trump the healer tomorrow unified, united we may see him tomorrow but thursday his speech i would suggest if i was advising the bacteria july 4 remarks. he brought into some of the greatest cultist together in the greatest story ever told talked about defiance, excellence, advents are told a beautiful story unify the country. have a huge platform to do it and bring the american people into the story with you. bret: wanted it live from prison by from the oval office he has expressed the temperature should come down. democrats have gone after republicans for some things they have set on the trail. democrats have set a number of things in the past few days that republicans now point to. take a listen. i examiexamine this from the bof my heart trump is a threat to this nation. quick someone who suggests we should quote termin

. >>> and president biden addressing the nation tonight from the oval office, condemning the attempt on donald trump's life. the president tonight urging unity. a special edition of "world news tonight" starts now. ♪ >>> from abc news, this is a special edition of "world news tonight" with david muir. >>> good evening on this sunday night. the nation now struggles to make sense of the horrific turn in this race for president. the attempted assassination of former president trump at a political rally in pennsylvania. tonight both president biden and former president trump calling for unity. both men speaking on the phone last night. both men saying it was brief but good. and president biden speaking to the nation a short time ago, calling for all americans to condemn political violence in this country. the images, of course, now sered in our minds. the former president giving a speech eight and a half minutes in after walking on to that stage after the shots began. you can see him reaching for his hand and dropping to the podium. secret service agents rushing in. a new york times phot

in an oval office address three days after first announcing his decision, mr. biden taking the long view of not just his presidential term, but the life of a public servant as well. the president declaring that democracy is at stake. saying the idea of america lies in your hands and asking the question does character in public life still matter? he told the country question, does character in public life still matter? he told the country why vice president harris, who he called a younger voice, is his choice to run against former president donald trump. mr. biden saying, the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. peter alexander reports on a pivotal night at the white house. >> reporter: lester, this was a historic night. the president, the first in nearly 60 years to not run for a second term making that announcement just a couple of days ago and now delivering it eye to eye with the american people in this historic oval office address saying in part to his fellow americans, it has been the honor of his lifetime to serve as your president.

kennedy, the former new york senator, in the oval office.very day he looks at it, i'm told, and he thinks about his speech after martin luther king was gunned down in 1968. he quoted a poet, as he tried to ask the nation to come together. biden in the senate in the 1970s sees an assassination attempt against president ford, sees president reagan shot in 1981. someone for a half century on the american scene watching violence. violence prompts him into the race after charlottesville. he wins the presidency in 2020. this is a moment where a convention is beginning, but it is a presidential moment where you have the current occupant of the office communicating to the country about an attack on his predecessor. an unprecedented moment, a moment of agility in the american political system. >> that's an excellent point. i want to bring back in nancy, who covers the white house. there's clearly an element of hope in all this, president biden hoping the rhetoric can change. but that's -- you know, it's a hope. it's difficult, certainly, for these ca

this was the third oval office address of biden's presidency. response and message of unity and how the white house is handling it. >> it is remarkable when you think about the last 48 hours. we saw president biden on friday in detroit. the white house has been using the word fighter to describe him as he is in this battle to retain the democratic nomination for president trying to demic -- convinced democrats he should remain in this race with some of the toughest rhetoric on president trump and the rally calling him a loser and talking about his felony conviction or what he would do if he were reelected to another four years in the oval office. as a result of this assassination attempt on donald trump, this searing event in our nations history, the president has returned to home base, the joe biden that so many democrats and so many americans voted for in 2020 and president biden, the one who is drawn on that well of empathy and tragedy in his own life to be a consoler in chief or the uniter in chief before the country and this is really been

she has brought judgment to the oval office every day.key decisions and the decision room. she understands the security threats the country faces. she served on the intelligence committee. she understands the domestic threats the country faces as of prosecutor and member of the judiciary committee and given her experience on capitol hill and the white house and state government, there is no person better qualified to be president than kamala harris. i think it was not just a decision to leave the race, but to put the race in one person's hands. the person best qualified to lead our party and save democracy. i hope people understand that. that it was a decision filled with intentionality by the president. pointing a path forward. it obviously is painful in many respects, but i think the enthusiasm you see unleashed around the vice president, the deserved enthusiasm for her candidacy, her historic candidacy, i think should energize everyone. it energized me to move forward to do what we can do to make sure that his last wish as president, t

president biden will address the nation tonight from the oval office on his decision not to seek reelection. after words he can weigh in on the president's remarks on what his decision means for the november election. watch live coverage at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan2. c-span now are free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. vice president harris urging women of color to support her 2024 presidential bid during her remarks at the sorority conference in indianapolis. [cheering] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon them. good afternoon everyone. please have s a seat. good afternoon. i would just say to her most glorious president stacy, she and i talked about this visit months ago, sitting together having a meeting in the oval office. she invited me then to attend today. and i want if i can i just want to thank you in front of all the sisters who are here. she has provided years of support and friendship. like everyone here knows she always shows up. i am so, so deeply grateful. thank you. and to everyone here it is so good to be with you to the former presidents and ed tended to the inte

and biden using the oval office to push, right. >> mean he's only given four oval office addresses and his entire presidency. his fourth one, i'm sure he didn't expect to be saying and urging the american people to vote for, his vice president, you're already seeing the trump campaign complaining about the fact that he was using the oval office to do so. i mean, that is just the benefit that he has while being president trump held the republican convention on the south lawn but jamie, this comes as we're watching this, we're trump is trying to really try out these new lines of attack on vice president harris. we saw tonight in his first rally since she had this ascent towards being the presumptive democratic nominee so and also, i just want to say he mispronounces her name every single time. that is not by accident, that he does it. he's trying to make her it's disrespectful. the other for the world. >> camila rhymes with malala it's not that hard to figure out, but just to go back to this fighting that started, this has really left the trump campaign having to completely change their

from the oval office following the attempted assassination some of his political rival donald trump, we're following all the latest developments in this truly historic moment in american history. >> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. this special edition of the situation the fbi is now saying yesterday's attempt to shoot donald trump is being investigated. that only as an attempted assassination. but as a potential act of domestic terrorism. they say the shooter, timothy matthew crooks, acted alone and had no known ideology. meantime, the u.s. secret service says, it is fully prepared to maintain security at the republican good national convention in milwaukee and has no need to change its protocols in the wake of the attack. just ahead of his planned oval office address, president biden spoke of making a personal call to former president trump. and i've how critical unity is at this moment last night i spoke with donald trump i'm sure. surely grateful that he's doing well and recovering we had a short good conversat

live now to the oval office and president biden. we must stand together.terday's shooting at donald trump �*s rally in pennsylvania called on all of us to take a step back. take stock of where we are, how we go forward from here. thankfully, former trump is not seriously injured. i spoke to him last night and i am grateful he is doing well andjill and i am grateful he is doing well andjilland i keep him am grateful he is doing well andjill and i keep him and am grateful he is doing well andjilland i keep him and his family and our prayers. we also send our deepest condolences to the family of the vic who was killed. corey was of husband, father, a volunteer firefighter and a hero shielding his family from the bullets. we should hold his family and all those injured in our prayers. earlier today i spoke about an ongoing investigation. we do not know the motive of the shooter yet, we do not know his opinions or affiliations. we do not know whether he had help or support or if he communicated with anyone else. law enforcement professionals as i speak are inve

president biden with an oval office plea to the american people for unity then at a time of crisis, how americans can look to advice from past presidents about how best to come together it is five au 1:00 a.m. here in milwaukee, wisconsin. it is 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. a live look at the fiserv forum, the home of the republican national convention, where later on this week, donald trump we'll accept the republican nomination for president of the united states. good morning, everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it is wonderful to have you with us as we as a nation are grappling with something awful. a candidate, a convention in a campaign. all fundamentally shaken by a senseless act of violence. donald trump we'll wake up this morning here in milwaukee for the opening of the republican national convention and for the third time, donald trump will become the republican presidential nominee, less than two days after he narrowly escaped death. >> a really see something that said, take a look what happene d those bullets fired from a rooftop, approximately 150 yards away where 20-year-old thomas m

biden's third oval office address. the second was on the israel-hamas war and russia's invasion of ukraine. the other was after congress approved the fiscal responsibility act. president trump addressed the nation twice from the oval office, once at the start of the pandemic and one on both the government shutdown in 2019 and the mexico border wall. president obama held three oval office addresses a staff member for a democratic congressman is no longer employed due to a post that she made on social media following the assassination attempt, mississippi congressman bennie thompson announced he fired one of his staff members after screenshots of her apparent facebook post circulated online following the shooting, the post appeared to say she does not condone violence, but says the gunman should have received shooting lessons. the posts were made on the user's private facebook profile. >> the assassination attempt on former president trump is drawing widespread condemnation from leaders around the world today. israeli pr

he's too old to be in the oval office. but number two, they are also telling me that donald trump peacefully left the last time he was in the oval office. and why am i saying that the man would never leave? i want to get your thoughts because i think those statements were stupid. >> i agree, donald is too old. he's been too old, he's been too crazy, he's been to everything. he's too much of a criminal, as well. no, y'all cut right before the really good part where he said i'm not a christian. i thought that that was amazing as the super christian folk are saying that he is our savior. but nevertheless, no, we know this guy has flirted with things such as tyranny, where he said things like i will only be a dictator on day one. we know that they tried to pull a coup on us, even though they are now trying to make sure that they rewrite history and say oh no, this was just some sort of good patriots that were on a tour of the capital. they just happened to break ships, hurt people, and ultimately there were deaths, there were

last night or the other night he made a speech behind the beautiful resolute desk in the oval office.t to give people credit, or not credit, it was horrible. then you turn onto cnn and msnbc, horrible, and they say one of the finest speeches we've ever seen. churchillian, someone said. no, winston had on it a little bit. they pretend to do as good. she was a bum three weeks ago. a failed vice president in a failed administration with millions of people crossing and she was the border czar. host: we are looking for your top news story of the week. whether it be about the pridtial campaign with harris as the presumptive democratic nomin f president, or president biden's oval office address announcing his reasons fodrping out of the race, as well as trump and fans holding their first rally since biden exited the race, and the secret service director resigned. israeli prime nier benjamin netanyahu gave a speech to congress amid protests. ralph on the line for democrats. caller: i am a uaw worker from upstatne york and my top news story is the claim by president trump and j.d. vcef being f

president biden in the oval office addressing the nation.c comments since ending his reelection campaign, and explained why he's endorsing vice president kamala harris. mr. biden making a plea to americans to preserve our democracy. nbc's gia vang is in san francisco with the details. reporter. my fellow americans, it was just over ten minutes. president biden addressing the american public, making the case for his legacy as commander in chief. i believe my record is president, my leadership in the world, my vision for america's future all merited a second term. but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. that includes personal ambition. so i've decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation, one he hopes will be led by vice president kamala harris, whom he endorsed sunday just minutes after his announcement to end his run. she's been an incredible partner to me and a leader for our country, the country, the president has served for more than 50 years. and then turning his message to a warning and

he will be delivering a rare oval office address that is expected within the next hour, the last time he did so was right after the hamas terror attack on israel back in october. so it is a significant event tonight for him to make an oval office address and it comes in the context of so many questions this hour our reporters are covering the angles of the storage, tried to get answers on it. i want to start with the breaking news from kristen holmes. she is on the ground in milwaukee where trump just landed. kristen, what are you learning from your sources? well i talked to a number of people who have spoken to the former president and the last 24 hours, they all say that he is in good spirits. they also say that he is defiant, that he is ready to run this camp and that even though some of his aides and advisers have privately said they hope that he will take some time to rest, that he wants to continue hitting the ground running as noted here. and as you said, he did consider delaying this trip, but he is currently on the ground, which was the original plan to be here in milwaukee.

you were listening to the president deliver that speech inside the oval office. obviously you and i both have covered the white house, though. will office is actually that large. and i noticed that from the reporters in the room, there were 40 people in the room, including president biden. it was his children, hunter and ashley, his branch shoulder and the first lady and they said also mike donilon and steve richetti. obviously those if you've covered president biden, those are two of his closest aides and two people he's summoned to his beach house on saturday as he was making this final decision that culminated with address tonight. >> so poignant and of course, they were responsible for getting him over the line to seeing what so many people in his party saw that he simply was going to be a weight on the ticket, but watching him in the oval office, there, i was reminded of a speech she gave in the rose garden in 2015 when he stepped away from running for president that year, and president obama was at his side. died. dr. biden was there as well and he said thi

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at the top of the hour, president biden set to address the nation from the oval office.ial is telling nbc news that the president will make a forceful call, not just for the nation to come together in this moment, but also to end political violence for good. we of course will carry his address alive. the president's remarks just coming a few hours before the official kickoff of the republican national convention in milwaukee with former president trump arriving in milwaukee in just the last hour. before departing from new jersey, trump thanked the public on his social media platform for their thoughts and prayers. and a short time ago, the secret service, the fbi, and local law enforcement held a press conference in milwaukee, announcing that there is no known threat against the rnc or anyone in attendance. secret service also sang tonight, there are no changes to their current security plan. >>> and today, calls have been pouring in from members of congress to many answers from the secret service after that assassination attempt, including calls from house speaker mike

thank you. >> to be in the oval office is always an honor. it always feels historic to us who have been there so few times to you, i don't know if you have gotten used to it yet. but for me, when i was working in washington, it always felt like i was walking into history no matter what it was. but tonight, karine point tonight you were in that room for a moment that is going to be in history books for hundreds of years. the moment that is going to be read about. you were in the room for that. what did it feel like? what was your personal experience in that room, including with everything you have personally been through at the white house leading up to this hour tonight? >> will, lord, thank you so much for this opportunity. and you are correct, it is always an honor and i am always in awe every time i walk into the west wing lobby. every time i am in my office in the west wing. it is always, it is a privilege, it is an honor. it is never lost on me how historic it is just to be the white house press secretary, just to be speaking on behalf o