okay, that s fine. good evening once again, i m 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 biden has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race.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.
anticipation of hearing the former president speak. for me, what was important was speaking with the people around in the hours leading up, hearing how excited they were. and then, of course, when we heard the shots fired, immediately everyone ducked, and i was there to speak to them and hear from them and heartheir immediate reactions when it all took place. gary o donoghue from the bbc, where were you? we were set up just close to the exit where people i were would come out from once the shooting started and peoplej started running and wel were there with our car. we were actuallyjust - about going on air on the bbc world service. and you can actually hear this on the bbc world service - recording the shots- being fired live while they re coming to us. and so, we weren t penned - in in the way many of the media were in on the riser, . which is the sort of big structure that s often built i at the back of these events. you probably see it with sort of wood and metal where
for me, what was important was speaking with the people around in the hours leading up, hearing how excited they were. and then, of course, when we heard the shots fired, immediately, everyone ducked, and i was there to speak to them and hear from them, and heartheir immediate reactions when it all took place. gary o donoghue, from the bbc, where were you? we were set up just close to the exit where people i would come out from, - once the shooting started, and people started running. and we were there with our car, and we were actuallyjust - about going on air- on the bbc world service and you can actually hear this on the bbc world service - recording the shots- being fired live while they re coming to us. and so we weren t penned - in in the way many of the media were, on the riser, - which is the big structure that s often built at the back. of these events, you probably see it, with sort of wood i and metal where the crews all stand. we weren t penned in like that, s
manhattan with wolf blitzer at the pentagon, paula reed in shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 93 went down. at the memorial, two reflecting pools represent the footprints of the twin towers, north and south towers, surrounded by names of the victims of the 9/11 attacks. and also the 1993 world trade center bomb. families of the heroes lost, elected leaders from across the country, including four u.s. presidents past and present attending ceremonies in new york, washington and pennsylvania today. president biden and first lady jill biden arrive in shanksville any moment, will lay a wreath at the flight 93 memorial, there they are moments ago getting off in johnstown, pennsylvania. we heard from george w. bush who was president on 9/11. vice president kamala harris spoke as well. u.s. military leaders led the ceremony early this morning at the pentagon which was also struck, honoring the lives lost, sacrifice of so many families not only that day but in the 20 years that fo