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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.

Biden drops out of race, scrambling the campaign for the White House

WRAL, NEWS LIVE IN RALEIGH. >> DEMOCRATS ARE NOW TRYING TO FIND A NEW PRESIDENTIAL TICKET. JUST 3 AND A HALF MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S DECISION TO LEAVE THE RACE IS SENDING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE POLITICAL WORLD. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS FULLY BACKING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. BUT HARRIS IS NOT OFFICIALLY THE NOMINEE. THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE PLANS TO USE A VIRTUAL CALL TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE IN EARLY AUGUST. IT COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO OPEN ITS CONVENTION TO NOMINATIONS. BIDEN SAYS HE WILL ADDRESS THE NATION ABOUT HIS DECISION LATER THIS WEEK. HE'S STILL RECOVERING FROM COVID. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE REACTION TO BIDEN'S DECISION AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WE BEGIN WITH LAURA LEVINE WHO IS LIVE IN RALEIGH THIS MORNING. AND LAURA, GOVERNOR COOPER IS ON THE SHORT LIST TO BE THE NEW VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. >> YEAH, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, RENEE. WE'RE HERE AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING AND WE KNOW THAT THE RACE TO BE KAMALA HARRIS IS A RUNNING MATE, HAS ALREADY STARTED SPECULATION BEGAN SWIRLING THAT PRETTY QUICKLY ON WHO THAT PERSON WOULD BE. ALL EYES NOW ON THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND GOVERNOR ROY COOPER. HE IS ON THAT SHORT LIST LISTED AS A POTENTIAL A POSSIBILITY HERE. IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK WHEN HE JOINED HERE IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN FAYETTEVILLE. NOW, THE LOGIC BEHIND HIS POTENTIAL VP PICK BOILED DOWN TO A FEW REASONS FOR ONE. HE'S A DEMOCRAT PROVEN TO WIN AND A RIGHT-LEANING FLU STATE THAT COUPLE MORE PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND CONSERVATIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BE FRANK. HE HASN'T LOST THE RACE AND THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AT THIS POINT. LITTLE SCIENTISTS ALSO KNOW COOPER HAS MADE IT THROUGH HIS POLITICAL CAREER WITHOUT MAJOR SCANDALS MAKING HIM A SAFER PICK >> I THINK YOU'D BE VERY AND THAT I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY IN THE YEAR. BUT I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR IT SPECIALLY IN PARIS IS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET. I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE SOME UNIQUE STRING STARTING WITH THE FACT THAT HE KNOWS HARRIS, THEY TRUST EACH OTHER. THEY WORK WELL TOGETHER AND I WOULDN'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT. THAT. >> WELL, LAST TIME WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH COOPER ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK. HE SAID HE HADN'T HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. HOWEVER, WE KNOW THINGS CAN CHANGE PRETTY QUICKLY. HE DID IN A STATEMENT ENDORSE KAMALA HARRIS LAST NIGHT STATING THAT SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP AND LEAD OUR COUNTRY. HE SAYS HE LOOKS FORWARD TO JOINING HER ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. LEVINE, WRAL, NEWS LIVE IN RALEIGH. >> FOR MORE ON GOVERNOR ROY COOPER'S PROSPECTS AS THE DEMOCRATIC RUNNING MATES GO TO OUR IN-DEPTH STORY AT NC CAPITOL SECTION OF WRAL DOT COM. YOU'LL ALSO FIND A LINK TO A SPECIAL EPISODE OF THE WRAL DAILY. DOWNLOAD BREAKING DOWN COOPER'S CHANCES. >> HERE IN THE WRAL LIVES AND I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT SOME OF THE REACTION WE'VE SEEN IN RESPONSE TO WHAT DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING BIDEN DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS LOVINGOOD HERE IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER. WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS. THIS IS SECOND GENTLEMAN, DOUG X PROFILE SAYING ESSENTIALLY THAT HE IS DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY FOR THEIR YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT SAYS A PRESIDENT BIDEN IS A TRUE PATRIOT. THIS IS ALONGSIDE THE VICE PRESIDENT. THEY HAVE FOUGHT TIRELESSLY FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. SO ESSENTIALLY JUST A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT THAT HE IS PUTTING ON FOR THE PRESIDENT AND WHAT HAPPENED IN TERMS OF HIM DROPPING OUT THE RACE THAT WILL SHOW YOU. ONE THING FOR HIS WAS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. THIS IS THE BANNER THAT SHE PUT UP ON HER FACEBOOK POST NOT TOO LONG. ABOUT 3 HOURS. LET'S WIN THIS PARIS FOR PRESIDENT. AND CHRIS DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHING FOR UNITY. IS THE PARTY SEEKS ITS NEW NOMINEE. >> THE PARTY STOPPING SHORT, THOUGH, OF FULLY BACKING HARRIS JUST YET DNC CHAIR JAIME HARRISON SAYS THAT THE PARTY WILL UNDERTAKE A TRANSPARENT AND ORDERLY PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CANDIDATE WHO CAN DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP IN NOVEMBER. CATAWBA COLLEGE, PAULO POLITICAL SCIENTIST MICHAEL BITZER SAYS THE DEMOCRATS WILL NOMINATE HARRIS, ESPECIALLY AFTER BIDEN'S ENDORSEMENT. >> IF YOU BUY PASS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO POTENTIALLY HAD A TICKET. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH A CORE BASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE POTENTIAL RETRIBUTION THAT THAT COULD BRING AS WELL. >> AS A PARTY LEADERS SAY WAITING UNTIL THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHICH STARTS AUGUST 19TH 2 SELECT A CANDIDATE WOULD BE TOO LONG. >> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP QUICKLY REACTED TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DECISION TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE IN A POST TO TRUE SOCIAL TRUMP SAID IN PART WE WILL SUFFER GREATLY BECAUSE OF BIDEN'S PRESIDENCY. BUT WE WILL REMEDY THE DAMAGE. HE HAS DONE VERY QUICKLY. >> THIS MORNING ON TODAY, CONTINUING COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HISTORIC DECISION, INCLUDING AN EXCLUSIVE LIVE INTERVIEW WITH CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF ABOUT

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Monday, July 22, 2024 -- President Joe Biden's decision not to seek a second term in office put the best interests and concerns the nation and his party ahead of personal ambitions or pride -- as exemplified by his term as 46th president, his eight years as vice president and 36 years in the Senate.

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WASHINGTON (AP) â Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee Sunday after President Joe Biden 's ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race, a volatile fast-moving political situation just months before the November election.

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