Cause of this country is larger than any one of us, and those of us who cherish that cause cherish it so much, a cause of american democracy itself, must unite to protect it. In recent weeks its become clear to me that i needed to unite my party in this critical endeavor. I believe my record as president , my leadership in the world, my vision for americas future all merited a second term, but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition. So ive decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. President biden expressed enormous gratitude to the american people for the Honor And Privilege of serving in elected office for so many decades. He also discussed what he still has left to do in his last six months, even making a little News Tonight by saying one of the thing hes going to work on is supreme court reform, something he was long resistant to. We have had reporting that something like this was in the works, but t
Cause of this country is larger than any one of us, and those of us who cherish that cause cherish it so much, a cause of american democracy itself, must unite to protect it. In recent weeks its become clear to me that i needed to unite my party in this critical endeavor. I believe my record as president , my leadership in the world, my vision for americas future all merited a second term, but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition. So ive decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. President biden expressed enormous gratitude to the american people for the Honor And Privilege of serving in elected office for so many decades. He also discussed what he still has left to do in his last six months, even making a little News Tonight by saying one of the thing hes going to work on is supreme court reform, something he was long resistant to. We have had reporting that something like this was in the works, but t
It is just past the top of the hour, im Chris Jansing and this is the day of historic importance. Let me bring you up to speed of what we know right now about the breaking news. Joe biden, the 46th president of the united states, announcing this afternoon that he will no longer be the democratic president ial nominee for this election. That News Drop at 146 p. M. Eastern on Social Media. Heres what mr. Biden wrote, it has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your president , and while its been my intention to seek reelection, i believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on the filling my duties as president for the remainder of my term. In another post moments later, biden strongly endorsed Vice President harris to be the democratic nominee. Quote, my very first decision as the Party Nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President , and its been the best decision i have made. Today, i want to offer my fu
Spokesperson, morgan ortagus. In the center virtual seat, Ben Ferguson, host of lee Ben Ferguson podcast. Lets get to Bill Cosby. Controversy raging over the opinion the court found that the prosecutor was bound by his Predecessors Decision not to charge for the Sexual Assault of Andrea Constand in 2004. She called it disappointing. Another is also blasting the ruling. My stomach is lurching, and i am deeply distressed about the injustice of the whole thing. You know, he is a sociopath. He is a serial rapist. This is a man who has no conscience, he has no sense of remorse. Harris cosby took to twitter, or somebody did on his behalf. I have never changed my stance nor my story. I have always maintained my innocence, and that we are hearing from cosby in his own ws shortly after release. You can see how powerless many of us feel, because this is my mantra. Its not what theyre doing to you, its what you are not doing. Because this is not just a black thing. This is for all the people who
First court appearance today, four days after she shot and killed 20yearold daunte wright. In chicago, authorities released body camera video that shows a 13yearold boy being shot and killed by a police officer on march 29th. We ll have more on those stories coming up, but first a big day in the chauvin trial. A trial that many of you have been closely following on live national tv for more than two weeks. The 45 witnesses from police officers to forensic scientists to george floyd s own brother all culminated today with the defense resting its case after just two days of testimony. Without putting chauvin himself on the stand. We did hear from him for the first time today, however, in a pretrial hearing in which he availed himself of his fifth amendment rights. Have you made a decision today whether you intend to testify or whether you intend to invoke your fifth amendment privilege? i will invoke my fifth amendment privilege today. You may also recall from yesterday defense witness d