How Biden’s Exit Shakes Up the Campaign

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🗓️ 22 July 2024

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A.M. Edition for July 22. After President Biden bows out of the presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris gathers support to be the Democrats’ nominee. WSJ editor Aaron Zitner breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of her candidacy, and how the Republican campaign is adjusting course. Plus, lawmakers prepare to grill Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle about the security failures during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. And, flight cancellations and delays continue to plague travelers after Friday’s tech meltdown. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.0	Kamala Harris racks up endorsements after President Biden ends his re-election bid.
0:24.4	The party is consolidating around her.
0:26.5	She's got momentum and one important thing is the Democrats had their best
0:31.0	day of fundraising and small dollar donations after President
0:35.6	Biden withdrew. Plus the director of the Secret Service prepares for a
0:39.2	grilling on Capitol Hill over the near assassination of Donald Trump, and flight cancelations continue in the wake of Friday's Tech meltdown.
0:48.0	It's Monday, July 22nd, I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal and here is the AM edition of What's News?
0:55.7	The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:02.4	We begin with the reaction to President Biden's decision yesterday to drop out of the race for
1:06.8	president after failing to quell a Democratic rebellion against his candidacy, since there is still a lot that we don't know following Biden's historic announcement,
1:17.0	I'm joined by Wall Street Journal editor Aaron Zittner now to walk us through what is likely to come next.
1:23.0	Aaron, am I right that the biggest question at this point is what the process to
1:28.1	fill the nomination is going to look like.
1:30.6	Biden, we should know, says he wants Harris to replace him but it's not that simple.
1:35.6	Luke here are the unknowns at this point. Number one will the party consolidate around
1:41.2	her quickly and there are signs as of last night that this is happening.
1:46.2	And then the second question is what process will the party arrive at to formalize this nomination.
1:54.0	Will it happen at the convention?
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