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
newtown, connecticut back in 2012. the uvalde superintendent sharing how crushed his family as this morning. this was a senseless tragic event today and my heart is broke today. our hearts and thoughts and prayers are with all of our families as we go through this day and days to come. again, my heart was broken today . we are a small community. and we will need prayers. us through the spirit get a total of 21 people killed in th shooting which to complete just two days before the end of the school year. 19 children among the dead so far, that number up from initially 14. listen to this chilling audio from the dispatchers calling fo rapid response. for 12 to all units, standby. we re beginning to learn mor about the victims this morning, eight -year-old yes i had garci among the dead. his grandfather providing this photo to the associated press. ten -year-old xavier lopez was fourth grader at the school who was killed in the shooting his mother was reportedly with him
Indian Railways on Sunday said that indigenously-developed automatic train protection system Kavach, which was not installed on the route where the accident in Odisha s Balasore occurred on Friday evening, could not have prevented it.
this type of atrocious act to happen and have a mental plan set forth. that s the day and which we live. we cannot rely upon law enforcement or security personnel for our safety unfortunately. tucker: this took place at youtube, part of google, one of the biggest companies in the world. how hard would it be to get a firearm in a building like that? if the individual knew the security protocols already in place, we ve already heard that there was a security at this facility, but you can t predict the unpreventable. you can only plan for it. if a person has a well, they ll find a way to conduct this. that s why we need to really stress that individual citizens need to have a plan to go to in these horrific events. tucker: the initial accounts of what happened in the