Anderson Cooper Welcome back to the whole story. Im anderson cooper. President Bidens Decision to step aside from the race came as a shock to many americans, including some of his own campaign and White House staff. Even after the disastrous Cnn Debate against former President Donald Trump and the growing calls from democrats for him to pass the torch, biden seemed Dug In. So the question is, what finally changed his mind . Over the next hour, cnns Pamela Brown examines the Rise And Fall of candidate Joe Biden from his motivations for running against Donald Trump to the final days and hours before his historymaking decision. [music playing] Pamela Brown voiceover it was summer 2017, Joe Biden was out of the vice presidency, out of washington dc, and in his Home State of delaware. Evan osnos Joe Biden found himself in a place he hadnt been in his entire adult life, frankly. His politics had defined his identity, and now all of a sudden, he was a man without a purpose. Jeff zeleny it was
Whole story. I m te house staff. Even after the disastrous cnn debate against former president donald trump and the growing calls from democrats for him to pass the torch, biden seemed dug in. So the question is, what finally changed his mind? over the next hour, cnn s pamela brown examines the rise and fall of candidate joe biden from his motivations for running against donald trump to the final days and hours before his historymaking decision. [music playing] pamela brown (voiceover): it was summer 2017, joe biden was out of the vice presidency, out of washington dc, and in his home state of delaware. Evan osnos: joe biden found himself in a place he hadn t been in his entire adult life, frankly. His politics had defined his identity, and now all of a sudden, he was a man without a purpose. Jeff zeleny: it was always hanging over the question, would he get back in and run? jill biden: every single day, would come up to me at work or in the grocery store or the pharmacy, people on the
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through what this is actually going to look like. gene sperling is a longtime economic aide. he served other presidents. he has been a adviser to president biden on the campaign trail. but he is not expected at the sore money. because right now like most americans he is working remotely, has not been vaccinated yet, and is still in california according to the white house. and he won t be in the west wing doing the job for several more weeks according to the press secretary earlier today. that is interesting. gloria, this package, relief package is popular. is the white house worried that it won t be so popular, that popularity that wane? why this real effort to bolster this. well, a lot of people who were there, including the president himself, were there in 2009 when the stimulus package passed. and one of the problems with that, biden himself has said, is that they never explained the benefits of it to the american people. and it was unpopular. this bill starts out more
people to get the vaccine. we re moving from that phase, the survival phase, really into the phase of taking action yourselves. but also collectively, investing in ourselves, beginning to ask the question that why it was so many americans were so close to being on food bank lines when had their jobs disappeared and beginning to make choices about setting ourselves up for the future. van jones? look, help is on the way. help is on the way. and i think it s not good enough just to win, it you ve also got to spin to win. he s going to do that tonight. progressives like this, which it s hard to please progressives. and republicans like it so much they voted against it they still want the credit. 50 days in this is really about joe biden s legacy as president of the united states. this is the largest anti-poverty program in decades. he s talking about ending a pandemic and most of all in many ways he s trying to tell people that government works, government can work for you