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
Jspeak of the white house red to listen to warnings about the situation on the ground. As the saying goes, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. And fail, they did. To the families here today and two to the American People i say i will not rest until i get to the bottom of this tragedy. You deserve answers. The American People deserve answers. There is no military leader, we have lost troops and combat who have this feeling so this is personal to be. This is culpability in this attack lies in Policy Decisions that created the environment of august 2021 kabul. John powerful testimony from the two generals who ran President Bidens chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan an event that defined his first term in office and theearing is right now on a capitol hill. Sandra the president meanwhile thousands of miles away about the land in nevada on a Campaign Swing asking americans to give him four more years. John john roberts in washington. Sandra good to be with you im sandra smith in new york
areas seeing nine inches, higher than hurricane irene. the p.g.a. tour and saudi-backed liv golf teed up for a merger. congress is stepping in. 9/11 families, betrayal to the community. obesity is body positive. neo-nazi and white supremacy ideology. if you are woke, be out of shape, fat, antifa. ainsley: president biden and leaders of g-7 will huddle up on the sidelines of the summit. todd: nato declined to invite ukraine into nato for now. steve: griff, day one got a deal with his best friends. griff: best way to describe what is about to happen is the consolation prize to not join nato. what we re watching any moment is president biden and g-7 leaders will have an official announcement. it wasn t on the schedule. they will announce joint declaration of support, similar to what we give to israel annually and it comes after we just heard president zelenskyy expressing frustration that the summit will end even without a conditional invitation to join nato.
the president says an american response is coming. the president s been crystal clear. we will respond decisively. tonight, what we know about the biden decision, a dangerous moment on the global stage. then he s nothing. we don t need to be afraid of him. he can be knocked down. after e. jean carroll, awaiting a trump verdict and how the courts can make trump pay. plus, everything you need to know about the bad faith it has always been about helping donald trump. and michael isikoff with exclusive new reporting on the secret recording of trump s attempt to steal georgia. fellows, i need 11,000 votes. give me a break. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes and president joe biden says he has made his decision on how the u.s. will respond to the deaths of three american soldiers in the middle east. retaliation, escalation, look increasingly likely. those three army reservists were killed and more than 30 of their comr