Happy Sunday. Anything going on? Thank you for joining us for this special coverage tonight.

I'm Rachel Matto.

I am joined by my beloved colleagues who I cannot wait

to talk to tonight about what has happened today.

Joy Reed is here, Nicole Wallace is here,

Jen Saki.

You do not see Joy on your screen right now

because there's some gremlin with the camera,

but we'll have her in just a moment.

Joy is standing by as well. The four of us will be with you

throughout the duration of this special coverage tonight. You know, we do special

coverage for all sorts of stuff. This is not all sorts of stuff. You will always remember where

you were when you heard the news today. What a day in history. President

Joe Biden making American history with an act of profound political and personal sacrifice.

Three and a half years into his presidency, President Joe Biden stepping down from his re-election

bid in favor of his Vice President Kamala Harris. I've been processing this

for five hours already and it still gives me chills to say it.

In the instant he announced it at 146 p.m. this afternoon, everything changed. Everything changed. The Democratic Party instantly ends its internal war,

this emotional, intense harrowing fight that has torn the party apart for the past three and a half weeks

that is over in an instant. The expectation among Democrats which was being

voiced more and more openly in recent days The expectation that the Democratic Party was in

for a historic wipeout in November with not just the White House in danger but the

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