Welcome back to msnbcs continuing coverage of President Bidens historic decision to end his re Election Campaign just 107 days before the november election. Im jonathan in washington, d. C. Just hours ago, President Biden announcing he will be stepping down as the democratic nominee, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. And a statement posted to x, biden announced, while it has been my intention to seek re election, i believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term. And a second post, biden also made clear his choice to replace them is Vice President , harris, writing on x, today, i want to offer my full Support And Endorsement for kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. And in her own statement, she vowed to earn and win this nomination. Harris will be speaking at an event at the White House tomorrow morning. Bidens campaign has already re filed with
Okay, thats fine. Good evening once again, im Stephanie Ruhle and we are now 107 days away from the election. Four weeks away from Democratic National Convention, and tonight, president Joe Biden is no longer in the running for a second term. Biden has withdrawn from the 2024 president ial race. This afternoon, he released a statement saying the following, i believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term. Biden endorses Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement at the top of the ticket, and she has officially filed with the federal election commission. According to actblue, 46. 7 million in small donor donations were raised in the first five hours of the official harris campaign. Harris has also received an outpouring of support from democratic lawmakers. The Trump Team wasted no time when it came to weighing in on harris as a potential opponent. Spokesperson
There was a situation like this where President Stepped aside and the person who will take his place will not have gotten a single direct vote in the t primary process. It has not happened in a long ne time. There is all this talk about Kamala Harris, as you have been hearing. There is a little bit of a gap there that has been left open by democratic leadership and certainly by former president obama. So far, not endorsing harris, not even mentioning her name. Ev 56 years, Joe Biden would become a u. S. Senator. Just five years after that, i think. What an absolute huge risk and huge opportunity for the Democratic Party. At the main problems i saw with Joe Biden was he was too old. They have someone, at least by Joe 03 statement, 59 years old in Kamala Harris. If there is a problem, they believe, with his mental acuity, Kamala Harris has spent much of the last year prosecuting big, big issues for democrats. That, obviously is abortion. I heard You Talking about that earlier. The real q
Good evening from New York, i am Alex Wagner here with my friend and colleague, chris hayes. Thank you for joining us for our continuing special Coverage Of Night Three of the Republican National Convention in milwaukee. We are expecting to her remarks from North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum who along with Marco Rubio was one of the top three contenders to be Donald Trumps Running Mate. Trump ultimately chose Ohio Senator J. D. Vance who is scheduled to speak later this evening. The expresident himself toward the space this afternoon ahead of his Headlining Speech that happens Tomorrow Night where he will officially accept the Republican Party nomination. We expect trump to appear later tonight as well. Meanwhile the future of the democratic nomination is again under scrutiny after we learned President Biden has tested positive for covid. Even before the latest health scare, two thirds of democratic voters wanted President Biden to drop out of the race according to a new poll released t
On you. Ready, move. Moved to the stairs. Shooters down. Are we good to move . Let me get my shoes. [chanting] the former president had blood on the side of his Head And Ear for being rushed off the stage by Secret Service. Again, his team says he is fine. You can see he raised his fist in the air several times as the Secret Service was moving him off at the stage. Before all this happened, what youre watching right now, reporters on the ground said the sound of Popping Noises were heard just moments before trump went to the ground and we dont know what the incident was. We dont know if it was gunfire. We do not know the source of mr. Trumps injury. President bidens Communication Director Stephen Chung issued a Statement It says, President Trump thanks a Law Enforcement and first responders or the quick action during this heinous act. He is fine at being checked out at a local medical facility. More details will follow. With me now, Nbcnews Campaign Jake trailer, he was in the crowd in