Hello. Im Brianna Keilar alongside boris sanchez. And at any moment, former President Donald Trump is set to take part in question and Answers Session at the national association of black Journalists Convention in chicago. That is what you were looking at there on your screen. The moderators selected for the event are Rachel Scott of Abc News, Harris Faulkner of fox, and kadia goba of semaphore. But the decision to invite the former president has really drawn Backlash And Vision among members, even prompting a cochair to step down from her role in the event this is happening as Vice President Kamala Harriss Campaign says she is set to name a Running Mate by tuesday, and shes going to hold her first rally with her Vp Pick in philadelphia on tuesday, kicking off a series of Campaign Events its in key Battleground States. Cnns Arlette Saenz is live for us in houston, where the Vice President is headed later. But first lets go to Cnn Anchor Sara sidner, who is at the nab, J Conference in c
Welcome to bbc news. Lets update you on our big story. Several top democrats are rallying behind Kamala Harris Afterjoe Biden announced he is ending his re Election Bid and endorsing her as the democratic nominee for the 2024 us president ial election. In a post On X, Vice President harrison said it had been the rather, this is President Biden s quote, it has been the greatest honour to serve as your president. He Says it is in the best interests of the country that he step down and focus on being present for the remainder of his term. He has formally endorsed Kamala Harris to be democratic nominee and will address the nation in a speech to the country later on this week. That is what he said in his letter, announcing that he was stepping down. Donald trump reacted on his social Media Platform Truth social Saying crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for president and is certainly not fit to serve and never was. He only attained the position of president by lies, fake news, and not leav
Mr bIden has ended hIs re ElectIon BId and endorsed VIce PresIdent Kamala HarrIs as the democratIc nomInee for the 2024 us presIdent Ial electIon. In a statement, he saId. He has offered hIs full Support And Endorsment for Kamala HarrIs to be the democratIc nomInee and wIll address the natIon In a speech to the natIon later thIs week former PresIdent Trump reacted on truth socIal, sayIng. He went on to say. PotentIal contenders In the runnIng for consIderatIon at the forthcomIng DemocratIc NatIonal ConventIon have begun to endorse Vp HarrIs after Mr BIden s decIsIon. CalIfornIa Governor GavIn Newsom has endorsed ms harrIs, wrItIng on x. WIth our democracy at stake and our future on the lIne, no one Is better to prosecute the case agaInst Donald Trumps dark vIsIon and guIde our country In a healthIer dIrectIon than amerIcas VIce PresIdent Kamala HarrIs. HIs endorsementjoIns that of pennsylvanIa governorjosh shapIro. But mIchIgan governor Gretchen WhItmer has stopped short of endorsIng V
this means. i will talk to a minneapolis city councilman about what he hopes to see from this investigation. people across the world watched this city as judge cahill announced derek chauvin was guilty on all three charges, guilty of murdering george floyd. i talked to floyd s brother in the hours after he learned about the verdict. i feel like this is a day that we all have been waiting for. the floyd family tells me they feel relief but they also feel a sense of purpose. they do not want this verdict to be the end of their story. they very much want it to be a part a start of the new story. i will talk to george floyd s cousin about the mission in a few moments. i want to start with pete williams following the announcement from the attorney general last hour. and shaquille brewster outside the maximum security prison where chauvin awakened this morning. he is being held there. it s 30 minutes east of downtown minneapolis. pete, explain what this means. what will the
systems of accountability and whether other mechanisms are needed to ensure constitutional and lawful policing. george floyd s family after a year of loss in such a horrible and public way are happy about the outcome. they talk about the moment judge cahill made that announcement. i hear guilty and some more numbers and guilty again. i said, lord, please let it be another one. and i hear guilty again. i was excited. i was excited. it was a pivotal moment for me, my family, the world. and gianna, she don t know that the word she spoke, my dad would change the world, he really did. he changed the world. let s begin with our legal panel. former federal prosecutor paul butler, tim alexander and former u.s. attorney chuck rosenburg. let s begin with the announcement today, chuck. a dramatic change from the justice department to have investigations, starting with minneapolis, but potentially any city s police department. yes. that s why we need a rigorous and vigorous civil