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President Joe Biden on Sunday abruptly abandoned his campaign for a second term under intense pressure from fellow Democrats and threw his support to Vice President Kamala Harris to lead their party in a dramatic last-minute bid to stop former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House.

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<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; WE JUST HAVE TOO REMEMBER WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE'RE NOW OUT TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO THEIR RESPONSE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, THERE'S BEEN A NOTABLE SHIFT WITHHE WAY THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN COULD IN FACT COME OFF THE TICKET. INITIALLY, IT WAS TO CAST PRESIDENT BIDEN AS THE ONLY ONE, THE INEVITABLE CANDIDATE, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST WEEK OR SO, THERE'S BEEN A NOTABLE DIFFERENCE IN TONE, WHERE REPUBLICANS ARE SUGGESTING WHOEVER IS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, THEY INTENT TO -- WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING. &gt;&gt; THIS WAS NO DOWN -- DOUBT THE DIFFERENT ADDITION OF THEIR POLITICAL CAREER. HE NO DOUBT HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT , AS WE'RE -- AS RECOVERING FROM THE COVID-19 DIAGNOSIS HERE HOME, AND REMEMBER, THIS ISN'T COMING AS TOO MUCH OF A SHOT. THERE ARE CONSIDERS FACTORS AS IF THEY WERE TO STEP DOWN, WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD LIKE, HOW HE WOULD LEAVE -- IN THE MOST STABLE POSITION AS POSSIBLE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE PARTY'S CASE TO DEFEAT FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN, BUT, OF COURSE, THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A SHOWS, CONSIDER HOW DEFIANT WE HAVE SEEN HIM IN RECENT DAY. AS RELY AS YESTERDAY, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT FUND-RAISERS ANOTHER IN CHICAGO AROUND THE DEMOCRAT TICK NATIONAL CONVENTION, AND, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THE ONLY THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE HIM RECONSIDER STAYING IN THE RACE IS THE LORD ALMIGHTY OR A MEDICAL CONDITION. AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS HE WAS HAVING IN RECENT DAYS WERE MORE REALITY BASED, MORE AROUND THE POLLING, EVIDENCE SHOWING THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DEFEAT IN A HEAD TOSS-MATCHUP. IT IS AN FULL-THROATED ENDORSEMENT OF HIS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. THERE IS EVEN DISAGREEMENT WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OVER WHETHER SHE HAD WOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO REPLACE HIM AT THE TOP OF THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. YOU'RE SEEING SOME DEMOCRATS COME OUT AND SUPPORT HER, BUT ALSO SOME DEMOCRATS COME OUT AND SUPPORT A MINI OPEN PRIMARY WHERE ANY, A VERY MESSY PROCESS, SO THE SYSTEM WILL SPEAK TO THE NATION LATER THIS WEEK. PRESUMABLY WE COULD HEAR FROM HIM FARCE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN AN ADDRESSSS LATER THIS WEEK. ALL SOME OF THE PUTTING MORE OF A SPOTLIGHT ON THIS ALREADY EXTREMELY TIGHT TIMELINE THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO RALLY AROUND THEIR NOMINEE. THE DELEGATES ARE PLANNING ON A VIRTUALOLL CALL, AND IN MID AUGUST IS THE NATIONANAL CONVENTION. AND ALL OF THIS BEGAN WITH THAT POOR DEBATE PERFORMANCE FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN ON JUNE 27th AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THAT'S WHERE WE SAW THE FLOODGATES OPEN WITH MORE AND MORE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS COMING OUT AND CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO PASS THE TORCH TO VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS OR OTHER DEMOCRATS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED. &gt;&gt; THE OTHER PIECE, ALLIE, IT WASN'T JUST FRUSTRATION, THEY WERE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE KEY DOWN-BALLOT RACES. IT WAS ALSO, HOWEVER, DONORS, CONCERN THAT MONEY WAS DRYING UP UNTIL AND UNLESS THE PRESIDENT WERE TO TAKE THE VERY STEP HE HAS TAKEN IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES OR SO. TALK US THROUGH THAT PIECE. IT. &gt;&gt; ABSOLUTELY, AS RECENTLY AS THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE SAW THE CAMPAIGN TRYING TO REASSURE DONORS, TO JOIN A CALL FOR DONORS TO TRY TO REASSURE THEM THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD STAY IN THE RACECE. WE ALSO KNOW FROM SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE CLINTONS, THEY WERE PRIVATELY SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO STAY IN THIS RACE, EVEN ENCOCOURAGING DONORS TO CONTINUE BACKING HIM, BUT YOU MENTIONED THE DOWN-BALLOT RACES. WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAS HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH PROMINENT DEMOCRATS, SOME OF THEM DECADES-LONG ALLIES OF THE PRESIDENT, HAVING BLUNT CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE TOLDLD, WITH THE PRESIDENT HOW HIS EMBATTLED CANDIDACY WOULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE DOWN-BALLOT RACES. WE KNOW FOR SENATOR SCHUMER, HE WAS HERE IN REHOBOTH BEACH MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT LAST WEEKEND. WE'RE TOLD THEY HAD A VERY BLUNT CONVERSATION, AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, ALSO LED TO, AND THIS ISN'T JUST VOTERS THEMSELVES ARE EXPRESSING THEIR OPINION. WE SAW A PROTEST OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY WHERE SELF-PROFESSED DEMOCRATS WERE CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO PASS THE TORCH. WE HAVE A NEW POST SAYING THAT THE MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS, OVER 60%, ARE CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO STEP ASIDE. THEY WANT ANOTHER NOMINEE AT THE TOP OF THE PICKET, HALLIE. &gt;&gt; ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS HAS BEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FITNESS FOR OFFICE. HIS AGE. THIS HAS BEEN A GENERATIONAL ISSUE HEADING INTO THIS ELECTION FOR SOME TIME. THIS PAVES T THE WAY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. WHO WILL THAT PERSON BE? IT SEEMS AS THOUGH MUCH OF THE THINKING OVER OUR LAST REPORTING, IT'S VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TOP OF THE TICKET TO LO, IF YOU WILL. SHE WILL INHERIT THAT WAR CHEST, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS. WE HAVE KRISTIN WELKER JOINING US ON THE PHONE, HOST OF "MEET THE PRESS." IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AND STUNNING DEVELOPMENT HERE TODAY. &gt;&gt; THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT, HALLIE, ONE THING WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON -- I'M AT HOME, SO YOU MAY HEAR SOME BACKGROUND NOISE. WE'VE BEEN BRACING FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH GROWING CALLS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO STEP DOWN. AND -- BUT THIS IS STILL A STUNNING MOMENT FOR HIM TO ANNOUNCE SPECIFICALLY HE'S NOT SEEKING REELECTION. WHILE I THINK A LOT OF DEMOCRATS THOUGHT THIS WAS COMING, THE FACT IT'S NOW HAPPENED IS HUGE. IN TERMS OF THE REACTION WE'RE JUST STARTING TO GET REACTION COMING IN, BUT I CAN TELL YOU BASED ON MY CONVERSATION, A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS SAID THIS WOULD WOULD BE A RELIEF. THEY WANT TO START MOVING FORWARD. I THINK THEY QUESTION WHAT HAPPENS NEXT -- WILL THEY TAP VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRY? WILL HE PASS THE TORCH TO HER? OR WILL THERE BE A MINI PRIMARY AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE CALLED TO. I THINK YOU AND I WERE COVERING THE NATIONAL CONVENTION WALKEE, I THINK THAT ADDED URGENCY TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS UNFOLDING INSIDE DEMOCRATIC CIRCLES, AND THE REALIZATION THAT SOMETHING QUICKLY NEEDED TO HAPPEN. HALLIE? &gt;&gt; OF COURSE, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IS SET TO BEGIN JUST FOUR WEEKS FROM TOMORROW WITH A MASSIVE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOKS LIKE, THAT CRITICAL PRIMETIME SPEECH, ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDEN. I HAVE TO WONDER HERE -- I KNOW OUR TEAMS ARE STILL REPORTING THIS OUT. EVERY TIME WE'VE SEEN HIM PUBLICLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, HE'S STRUCK A DEFIANT TONE. HIS CAMPAIGN, TOP LEADERSHIP HAD SUGGESTED HE AND THINK WERE DUG IN. AS THEY DESCRIBED IT, LOOKING AT THE MILL UNIONS OF AMERICANS WHO VOTED FOR JOE BIDEN IN THAT PRIMARY PROCESS. DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE MIND OF PRESIDENT BIDEN? WE'VE HAD REPORTING THAT TOP DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, CHUCK SCHUMER EXPRESSING TO THE PRESIDENT PRIVATELY, THAT THE POLLS WERE SHOWING THAT HE WAS UNLIKELY TO WIN. WOULD THAT HAVE AN IMPACT? &gt;&gt; I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY DROVE HIM TO HAD DRIFT, WHAT HAD TO BE AN EXCRUCIATING DECISION. HE WAS INCREDIBLY DEFIANT. THE FACT THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE A COORDINATED EVER, HAKIM JEFFRIES, CHUCK SCHUMER, FRANKLY FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA EXPRESSEN CONCERN, AND ALL OF THAT MILL OF REALIE CHECK, HE WAS SHOWN DIFFICULT POLLING. &gt;&gt; KRISTIN, I'M SORRY TO BANKRUPT YOU HAD. WE HAVE OR BREAKING NEW. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NO ENDORSEN HIS VICE PRESIDENT CAMERA HARRIS TO BE THE NOMINEE. I WANT TO READ WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID HIMSELF IN A POST ON X, FORMERLY KNOW AS TWITTER -- HE GOES ON TO SAYING THAT HIS FIRST DECISION AS THE PARTY NOMINEE IN 2020 WAS TO PICK CAM HA HARRIS AS MY VICE PRESIDENT, AND HE SAID IT WAS THE BEST DECISION I'VE MADE I WANT TO OFFER MY FULL SUPPORT FOR KAMALA TO BE OUR NOMINEE. HE CONCLUDE CONCLUSION BY SAYING, DEMOCRATS, THIS IS TIME TO COME TOGETHER AND BEAT TRUMP. LET'S DO THIS. WE NOW HAVE A REAL ANSWER NOW TO THE QUESTION WE'VE HAD EVER SINCE THIS NEWS BROKE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE RACE. HE ENDORSEN KAMALA HASRY. SHE OBVIOUSLY NOW WOULD HAVE TO SELECT, I SHOULD SAY A RUNNING MADE, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROCESS THAT WILL HAVE TO UNFOLD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE THE CONVENTION. &gt;&gt; THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HAD ACTUALLY STARTED THAT PROCESS, HALLIE. THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE. AGAIN, THIS MOM MOMENT IS STUNNING, AND YESTERDAY, THIS IS WHERE HE WE BELIEVED THIS WAS HEADING, IF AND WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN DID MAKE THAT ULTIMATE DECIDE TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE. THERE WAS SO MUCH PRESSURE ON HIM FROM WITHIN THE PARTY TO ENDORSE KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS REPLACEMENT. JUST THE DEEP CONCERN THAT IT IF THERE WERE TO BE A SO-CALLED MINI PRIMARY, THAT WOULD EXPEND A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF RESOURCES, THAT THE PARTY JUST DOES NOT THINK IT HAS AT THIS POINT. AGAIN, HALLIE, NOT OVERWHELMINGLY SURPRISING HE'S ENDORSING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. AGAIN, SHE HAS STARTED THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR A POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE, UNDOUBTEDLY LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF GOVERNORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT A STUNNING MOMENT THAT HE'S PASSING THE TORCH AS THE PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY HAD URGED HIM TO DO. &gt;&gt; ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, KRISTIN, IS DOES THIS PUT DEMOCRATS IN A BETTER POSITION IN A RELATIVELY EQUAL POSITION AS IF IT WERE PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE TICKET? IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS, THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT POLLS SLIGHTLY BETTER THAT BIDEN DID, BUT THERE'S SOME POLLING THAT SUGGESTS IT'S FAIRLY EVEN. SO THERE'S A REAL QUESTION MARK AS TO WHAT IT MEANS POLITICAL FOR DEMOCRATS COME NOVEMBER, KRISTIN. &gt;&gt; THERE IS A BIG QUESTION MARK, BUT YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. SHE'S COMPETITIVE WITH HIM. I THINK THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WANTED TO SEE BEFORE HE MADE THAT OFFICIAL DECISION TO PASS THE TORCH, AS IT WERE, TO HIS VICE PRESIDENT. HE WANTED TO SEE THAT SHE'S COMPETITIVE, AND THE POLLS SUGGEST SHE IS VERY COMPETITIVE. LOOK, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO DEMOCRATS WHO SAY, THIS IS A MOMENT IN WHICH SHE CAN BE RE-INTRODUCED TO THE COUNTRY. NOT JUST ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT T ALSO WHE YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE CONVENTION. THINK ABOUT THE CONVENTION THAT YOU AND I JUST COVERED IN MILWAUKEE. ALL OF THAT ATTENTION WILL BE FOISTED UPON THE VICE PRESIDENT, AS SHE PREPARES TO TAKE THE MANTLE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. I THINK THAT IS ANN OPPORTUNITY, AND THE I THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BELIEVES THAT'S A POTENTIAL STRENGTH, COULD HELP THEM IN THE POLLS WITH SOME OF THOSE UNDECIDED MODERATE, INDEPENDENT VOTERS THAT WOULD BE SO CRITICAL. BY THE WAY, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS ALREADY SET ITS SIGHTS ON THE VICE PRESIDENT. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING THEIR OWN OPPOSITION RESEARCH TO LAY OUT THE CASE AGAINST HER. KRISTIN WELKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW. WITH WEEKS OF PRESSURE GROWING PUBLICLY ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO WITHDRAW FROM THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, TO WITHDRAW FROM THE 2024 RACE, HE IS ANNOUNCING THIS AFTERNOON HE WILL IN FACT DO SO. IN A LETTER OUT FROM THE PRESIDENT, HE BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT PROGRESS HE BELIEVES THE COUNTRY HAS MEAT OVER THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS, TICKING THROUGH ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS HE SEES IT ON THE ECONOMY, ON GUN SAFETY, ON THE YOU DISHIARIES, CLIMATE LEGISLATION, BUT HE SAYS THE GREATEST HONOR OF MY LIVE TO SERVE AS YOUR PRESIDENT. WHILE IT'S BEEN MY INTENTION TO SEEK REELECECTION, H GOES ON TO WRITE, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF MY PARTY AND THE COUNTRY TO STAND DOWN AND FOCUS ON FULFILLING MY DUTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM HIM ON CAMERA LATER THIS WEEK ON THIS SIGNIFICANT DECISION. KELLY, REMEMBER, PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST CAME DOWN WITH COVID NOT LONG AGO. PERHAPS, KELLY, WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, WITH THE FIRST LADY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENORMOUS INFLUENCE ON HIS THINKING AND ON HIS THOUGHT PROCESS, AS WE HAVE REPORTED HERE AT NBC NEWS, TALK US THROUGH THAT ASPECT OF IT. &gt;&gt; Reporter: BASED ON ALL OF OUR REPORTING AND OBSERVATIONS WITH COVERING THE PRESIDENT, WHAT KED CERTAIN KNOW, SOMETHING THAT MANY AMERICANS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE TIMES AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS LIKE, AND FAMILY AROUND HIM. KEY FAMILY MEMBERS, AMONG HIS CLOSEST ADVISERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE FIRST LADY, DR. JILL BIDEN. HIS SISTER, VALERIE BIDEN OWENS. AND KEY FAMILY MEMBERS. WE KNOW THAT CLEARLY THE PRESIDENT HAD WANTED TO CONTINUE. HE ALSO WAS HEARING THE VOICES WITHIN HIS COUNTRY, YOU ARE IN FACT THE EXTEND BEARER OF THAT PARTY, AND THE BOUGH HAD BEEN BREAKING CRASH BY CRASH. AND LOOKING AT THE POLLING, LOOKING AT ALL. CONDITIONS, TRYING TO TAKE A MEASURE OF WHERE THINGS GO NEXT. AFTER THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HAS CONCLUDED, WE HAVE SEEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS NEW RUNNING MATE JD VANCE OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, IT GIVES A STARK PICTURE OF ONE PARTY THAT WAS DIVIDED INTERNALLY WITH WHAT SHOULD COME NEXT SHOULD THE PRESIDENT CONTINUE, IF WE DIDN'T CONTINUE, WHO WOULD STEP IN. NOW WE KNOW HE'S ENDORSING THE VICE PRESIDENT. THAT'S BEEN CRITICAL FOR DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS WHO REMIND ALL OF US, THAT THE BASE OF THE VOTER, THE VOTER CONSTITUENCY, IS CERTAINLY BLACK WOMEN, AND TO BYPASS THE VICE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE BEENEN TUNABLE FOR MANY OF THEM. PROGRESSIVES HAD BEEN STANDING BY THE PRESIDENT, THE CORE CONSTITUENCIES WERE WITH HIM UNTIL HE MADE THIS DECISION. SO, IT IS NOTABLE THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S TEAM WOULD NOW BE THINKING ABOUT POTENTIAL RUNNING MATES FOR HER. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THAT PROCESS IS N OPENING UP AND THERE WOULD BE A DEEP BENCH OF DEMOCRATS WHO MIGHT SERVE IN THAT ROLE. ONE PIECE AT A TIME, THIS DECISION TODAY ANNOUNCED PUBLICLY THROUGH HIS SOCIAL MEDIA, OBVIOUSLY MEANS THERE'S A CHANCE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM COVID, AND WHEN HE ADDRESSES THE NATION, HE'LL WANT TO DO IT IN FULL VOICE, FEELING BETTER, NO LONGER POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE'RE ALL IN THIS MOMENT AND IT IS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT NOT SEEK REELECTION AFTER HE FOUGHT SO HARD TO MAINTAIN POSITION AND MANY NEXT STEPS WE WILL BE EXPLORING IN THE DAYS TO COME BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. ONE SOURCE I TALKED TO SAID IF THEY WERE DIVIDED GOING INTO THE CONVENTION, IT WOULD BE A CERTAIN DOOM FOR THE PARTY. THIS ALLOWS SOME TIME TO GET BACK IN STEP AND GET ON THE ISSUES THAT CAN SUPPORT A VICTORY, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S TURMOIL ON THE TICKET. I'LL TO SAY IT BACK TO YOU. &gt;&gt;&gt; DON'T GO TOO FAR, POLICE. MIKE MEMOLI TELLS US A SOURCE SAYS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DID IN FACT SPEAK WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TODAY AHEAD OFF THE ANNOUNCEMENT. YAMICHE HAS BEEN THE TIP OF THE SWSWORD ON E PREPARATIONS BY THE TEAM. TALK US THROUGH IT, YAMICHE. &gt;&gt; THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS HUGE NEWS, BUT HUGE NEWS THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS PREPARING FOR. SHE IS SOMEONE WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN READY TO TAKE THE JOB, BUT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, SOURCES TOLD ME SHE WAS DOING A DISTINCT BALANCING ACT. SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT WHILE QUITE THELY GETTING READY HERSELF IF SHE BECOMES THE TOP OF THE TICKET. I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH ALLIES OF THE PRESIDENT THAT WERE LAYING OUT A PATH TO VICTORY FOR HER. SHE HAS TO MAKE UP FOR LOST GROUND HERE. THEY WERE TALKING ALREADY ABOUT MAKING STAFF CHANGES TO THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, POSSIBLY AT THE VERY, VERY TOP. THEY WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHAT A PATH TO VICTORY COULD LOOK LIKE, LOOKING AT MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, AND SHE'S REAEALLYLSO LOOKEDED IN THE SOUTH. AFRICAN AMERICAN BECOME A KEEP PART OF THECASE, AND IF SHE'S LEFT AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, IT'S A HISTORY-MAKING CANDIDATES, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND FIRST SOUTH ASIAN WOMAN. I WAS TOLD THAT GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA WERE THE PLACES SHE WAS GOING TO BE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT. REALLY WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT STEPPING INTO THE ROLE THAT PEOPLE CLOSE TO HER HAD BEEN PREPARING FOR BEHIND THE SCENES. YAMICHE ALCINDOR, THANK YOU. &gt;&gt; THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS OPEN PROCESS, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WOMEN, ESPECIALLY LOOKED WOMEN, LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAYING SHE CANNOT BE STEPPED OVER, NOT PUT ASIDE. AS THE VICE PRESIDENT AND ALSO A BLACK AMERICAN WOMAN WHO'S BEEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY BE PUSHING HARD. EXPECT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES OR SECONDS TO SEE A LOT OF BLACK WOMEN IN THE FATHER TALKING ABOUT SHE HAS TO BE THE NOMINEE. &gt;&gt; YAMICHE ALCINDOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. &gt;&gt;&gt; PRESIDENT BIDEN WITHDRAWING FROM THE 2024 RACE, STEPPING OFF OF THE TICKET AND ENDORSING HIS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, THIS START OF A NEW MOMENT. THAT DOES IT FOR OUR NBC NEWS WILL</p>

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West beats East in girls soccer all-star game for first time since 2015

NC high school MLB Draft tracker: See which 28 players were selected in 2024

State and local governments spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on studies, research projects, and consultants. However, not all of these projects pay off.

We spent how much on what? WRAL Investigates spending on projects with little, if anything, to show for it

WRAL Investigates wasted money

The scammers convinced a Raleigh woman to withdraw $15,000 from her bank account and deposit it in a Bitcoin ATM.

Bitcoin ATM scam prompted Raleigh woman to withdraw $15,000 from her bank

Pauline Miller

Raleigh woman warns others after experiencing Bitcoin ATM scam

The scammers convinced Pauline Miller to withdraw $15,000 from her bank account and deposit it in a Bitcoin ATM.

WRAL Investigates one of the most expensive city projects that went nowhere.

WRAL Investigates spending on projects with little, if anything, to show for it

On WRAL at 6: Hundreds of millions of your tax dollars wasted

Project 2025 outlines a massive overhaul of the federal government. Donald Trump and North Carolina Republicans are distancing themselves from the 922-page plan. Democrats in Raleigh are warning voters about it. 

In Depth with Dan: Who is behind Project 2025?

What is Project 2025? Conservative blueprint for presidential term becomes Dems' focus

NC Democrats lay out their objections to project 2025

WRAL Specialists

Ways to prevent tech outages and what to do if one happens

5 On Your Side restaurant ratings: Bruegger's Bagels, Sonic and Sunny's Diner 

5 On Your Side: Protecting yourself from cyber attacks

Sheriff's office warns of phone scam targeting Cumberland County residents

5 On Your Side

People push for accountability at Holly Hill Hospital

Patients call for change after Holly Hill Hospital inspection records reveal violations

'Ticking time bomb': Mom criticizes care her son received at teen behavioral health hospital in Raleigh

WRAL Investigates: Holly Hill violated standards of care that could've prevented patient escapes, inspection says

Investigations

Donald Thompson: Strong relationships power high-performing multigenerational teams

Guest column: Schools, business must work together to futureproof the next generation of STEM standoutsÂ 

Grace Ueng: Are you carrot, egg or coffee?

Eva Garland Consulting boosts diversity in grant funding

WRAL TechWire

Restaurant critic's departure reveals potential hazards of the job

A massive tech outage is causing worldwide disruptions. Here's what we know

Tech disruptions sparked by software update highlight the fragility of globally connected technology

American Airlines has a contract deal with flight attendants, and President Biden is happy about it

Business

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Happy surprises: When things didn't turn out how you wanted

Family

Disney on Ice announces NC stops this year

'Live After 5' summer concert series pushes start time back due to heat

Time-saving hacks for busy moms

Go Ask Dad: Avuncular

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