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
Commercial for the Sherrod Brown campaign, admits he has kind of a gravelly voice. We are going to show that later in this hour, for anyone who has been wondering why does he sound like that . You had me so worried that there was something terribly wrong. I was like no, its just he has an adorable voice. He does. I like it. Andrew weissman is back. Donald trump is 71 days away from discovering whether he will spend the rest of his life as criminal and civil defendant donald trump in trials and Appeals Courts or whether he gets to wipe away most of that if he becomes president. But, they are ready to take a look for us. If the harris momentum continues, what it means for Defendant Trump Next year. Ever since i saw, today, unexpectedly that jack smith filed an appeal with the 11th circuit, i did not expect that to happen today. They found the appeal on whether or not judge aileen canon is going to be allowed to have the last word informing out of the classified documents case. Ever since
President trump still insisting the election is far from over taking his fight to the court. Supporters also protesting the ballot count. What happens next. And the Biden Harris Team laying out their plans for the nation dealing with a pandemic and a struggling economy. I sought this office to restore the soul of america, to rebuild the backbone of this nation. The challenges ahead as joe biden gets ready to lead america. Good morning. President elect biden with a message to the country overnight saying its time to heal. Yeah, with a country deeply and bitterly divided and a pandemic raging, those words especially relevant at this time. His speech overnight focusing on unity, a theme of his campaign and that came as thousands of biden supporters flooded the streets of several major cities as soon as the news broke of bidens projected win, and the celebrations continued well into the night as biden delivered his victory speech. Abc news characterized biden as the apparent winner of his
The election of joe biden as president of the United States and Kamala Harris as the first woman and black and Asian American Vice President of the United States. Doesnt that just feel good . President biden, Vice President harris. You are looking live at the scene at 1600 black lives matter plaza in washington, d. C. Celebrations have been busting loose all day following the eviction notice to the current resident, donald trump. As they have in cities all across the country, from atlanta to Kamala Harris hometown of oakland, california, and of course in philadelphia, where voters propelled joe biden to victory today, putting him over the top with the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to be declared the president elect. Tomorrows New York Times front page says it all. After record turnout, Donald Trumps chaotic term is coming to an end. Just two hours from now, well hear from the Golden Ticket joe biden and Kamala Harris in wilmington, delaware. This is going to be a hot city, for