Cause of this country is larger than any one of us, and those of us who cherish that cause cherish it so much, a cause of american democracy itself, must unite to protect it. In recent weeks it s become clear to me that i needed to unite my party in this critical endeavor. I believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for america s future all merited a second term, but nothing, nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition. So i ve decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. President biden expressed enormous gratitude to the american people for the honor and privilege of serving in elected office for so many decades. He also discussed what he still has left to do in his last six months, even making a little news tonight by saying one of the thing he s going to work on is supreme court reform, something he was long resistant to. We have had reporting that something like this was in the works, bu
Ron klein, who served on joe biden sentence health, and is president biden s white house chief of staff gets tonight s last word. The 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. Tonight biden passes the torch and defends his legacy. The president speaks to the nation for the first time since exiting the 2024 race. Then the democrats push to make vice president harris their official nominee. The votes beginning as early as august 1st. And the race to pick a running mate is on. I will talk to one of the top contenders, governor tim walz, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. There are now just 104 days until the election day. As promised, tonight president biden addressed the nation for the first time since he decided to leave the 2024 race and endorse his vice president, kamala harris. This is a man who has dedicated his life to public service. For 36 years he was a senator from the state of delaware. He then served as vic
Thank you for being here with us on msnbc for our special on president biden. It was an that the president spoke live from the oval office to the american people about his stunning decision three days ago to drop his bid for re election. When you elected me to this offimise to always level with you, to tell you the truth, and the truth, the sacred cause of this country is larger than any one of us and those who cherish that cause, cherish it so much, the cause of american democracy itself, must unite to protect it. In recent weeks it has become clear to me that i need to unite my party in this critical endeavor. I believe my record as president, my leadership in the world, my vision for america s future all merited the second term, but nothing, nothing could come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition. So, i have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. Presently expressed enormous gratitude to the american people for the honor
Exiting the 2024 race. Then the democrats push to make vice president harris there official nominee. The votes beginning as early as august 1st. The race to pick a running mate is on i will talk to one of the top contenders, governor tim walz as the 11th hour get underway on this wednesday night. Deadly nicole once again point i am stephanie ruhle and there are now just 104 days until the election day. As promised, tonight president biden addressed the nation for the first time since he decided to leave the 2024 race and endorse his vice president, kamala harris. This is a man who has dedicated his life to public service. For 36 years he was a senator for the state of delaware. He then served as vice president to the nation s first black president, barack obama. It was joe biden stream to hold that office himself. He ran three times before finally winning in 2020, just a few hours ago he explained to the nation his decision to drop his bid for reelection. Take a look. I ran for preside
Serve his nation over 50 years. Nowhere else on earth could a kid with a stutter from modest beginnings in scranton, pennsylvania, and clay minute, delaware, one day sit behind the resolute desk in the oval office as president of the united states. But here i am. That s what s so special about america. President joe biden addressing the nation for the first time since ending his reelection campaign. In a somber speech the president talked about uniting the country and putting what s best for our democracy over his desire for a second term. We ll have more of his historic remarks in just a moment. Meanwhile, the president will hold a high stakes meeting today with benjamin netanyahu following the israeli s prime minister joint address to congress yesterday, which was skipped by dozens of congressional democrats. And elsewhere on capitol hill, lawmakers are taking more action to investigate the assassination attempt on former president donald trump. Good morning and welcome to way too ea