Whole story. Im anderson cooper, president Bidens Decision to step aside from the race came as a shock to many americans again, its 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 thats the torch. Biden seem dug in so the question is what finally changed his mind over the next hour, Cnns Pamela brown examine the Rise And Fall of candidate Joe Biden from his motivations for running against Donald Trump to the final days and hours before his history making decision it was summer 20 2017 Joe Biden was out of the Vice Presidency out of washington, dc sea. And in his Home State of delaware, Joe Biden found himself in a place he hadnt been in his entire adult life. Frankly, his politics had defined his identity to now all of a sudden, he was a man without a purpose. Theres always hanging over the question, would he get back in . And run . He single day wit
president donald trump hard on his recent nato comments. and the stock market today take as big hit after higher than expected inflation numbers. the dow today tumbling 525. the s&p 500 was down 69, the nasdaq fell 287. we will talk about the state of the u.s. economy and u.s. policy with fedex founder and executive chairman fred smith. momentarily. today, president biden issued a very short statement after the consumer price index showed inflation continuing to be a major drag on the economy. he says there s still work to be done to lower costs. meanwhile, republicans continue to work hard to keep the focus on the president s age. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. well, the president wants to focus on a critical bill, house republicans aim to keep his age in the headlines. reportedly drawing out a potentially month s long effort to get materials from the special counsel s prob
the comments made by that prosecutor, inacaccurate and inappropriate. the way the president s demeanor was characterized could not be more wrong on the facts and clearly politically motivating, gra tuittous. kamala harris rushing to defense of her boss after what was said by the special counsel. the president melted down in front of the nation, they sent out ian samms and of course, binder. facts and evidence refute the theory they explored. the public is smart and can see what is going on. they can see and understand when people are gratuitous and make comments they should not make. peter: significant limitations on memory, who is helping him run the country? the president and commander-in-chief runs the counter. that part of the report does not live in reality. jesse: special counsel hur skipped charges and portrayed joe as elderly man with a poor memory. biden went laballistic saying h the f could i forget the day my son died. you are a well-meaning elderly m