Biden's Decision

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🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Behind President Joe Biden’s fateful decision are decades of challenges and controversies, triumphs and tragedies. FRONTLINE tells the inside story of Biden’s rise to the presidency, and the personal and political forces that shaped him and led to his dramatic decision to step aside.

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0:12.0	Right now, here is the audiocast of Biden's decision. You're going to. If I've decided the best way forward is to pass the torch for a new generation.
0:41.0	Behind President Biden's faithful decision,
0:45.0	he thought that he'd be able to power through it,
0:46.0	but many leaders within the party thought differently.
0:49.0	It is a stunning and historic development.
0:51.0	Through years of interviews.
0:53.5	Culmination of a half century in public life,
0:56.4	the very last decision he would make would be to surrender.
0:59.6	Of course that's painful.
1:02.0	Now on frontline, Biden's painful. Now on Frontline, Biden's decision.
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