Biden vows peaceful transition
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In his first public address since the US Presidential election, Joe Biden has commended Kamala Harris, saying she led an inspiring campaign, and has promised a peaceful transition for Donald Trump. We'll ask a newly elected congressman, Brendan Boyle, what the Democratic Party will do next. And speak to Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, why things went so wrong for the democrats. And one Mr Trump's most most loyal lieutenants, his former secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, on what he thinks of Donald Trump's economic plans this time around.
Also on the programme: UNESCO to hold a meeting to consider enhancing protection for cultural sites in Lebanon where Israel is continuing to launch strikes; and President Zelensky says calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine without guarantees of security for the country are dangerous and irresponsible.
(Photo: President Biden. Credit: Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. I'm Celia Hatton, coming to you live from London. |
| 0:12.1 | We'll start in the place that's been the center of attention in the last 24 hours, the White House in Washington, D.C., and its current and future occupants. |
| 0:22.8 | President Biden has addressed the American people in his first public comments following Donald |
| 0:28.1 | Trump's re-election, and he's urged the country to lower the national temperature. |
| 0:33.4 | Speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House, Mr. Biden said he'd already pledged his full support to hand over to Mr. Trump's team. |
| 0:41.6 | The people vote and choose their own leaders and they do it peacefully. |
| 0:45.9 | And we're in a democracy. |
| 0:47.7 | The will of the people always prevails. |
| 0:51.7 | Yesterday, I spoke with President-elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory, |
| 0:57.4 | and I assured him that I'd direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a |
| 1:03.6 | peaceful and orderly transition. That's what the American people deserve. |
| 1:09.0 | President Biden said the U.S. public had spoken. |
| 1:12.1 | He urged all Americans to go forward in a spirit of cooperation and understanding. |
| 1:18.1 | We accept the choice the country made. |
| 1:21.7 | I've said many times, you can't love your country only when you win. You can't love your country only when you win. |
| 1:28.7 | You can't love your neighbor only when you agree. |
| 1:34.3 | Something I hope we can do no matter who you voted for. |
| 1:38.7 | You see each other not as adversaries, but as fellow Americans. |
| 1:43.4 | Bring down the temperature. |
| 1:45.9 | Earlier, I spoke to our correspondent Will Grant in Florida, |
| 1:50.2 | and I asked him more about President Biden's conciliatory address to the nation post-election. |
| 1:56.4 | I think he had very little choice, but to strike that note. |
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