Joe Biden’s last act
The News Agents
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🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
On Monday night Joe Biden made what was almost certainly his final speech as US President, and Lewis and Jon were in the hall at the Democratic National Convention to watch it all.
It was the speech Biden never wanted to make. But did it ensure a smooth handover of the baton to his VP Kamala Harris?
Later in the show we bring you a special report from outside the convention centre earlier on Monday where thousands protested against the US government's policy regarding the war in Israel and Gaza.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.3 | Been the honor of my lifetime. |
| 0:16.7 | The serve as your present. |
| 0:18.8 | I love the job, but I love my country more. |
| 0:26.6 | I love my country more. |
| 0:31.6 | And all this talk about how I'm angry all those people who said I should step down. |
| 0:36.6 | That's not true. Inside the United |
| 0:40.7 | Center, a forest has grown up of we love Joe Banners. Everyone is holding one. |
| 0:49.1 | They are still distributing them and the crowd is chanting. We love Joe. We love Joe. |
| 0:56.8 | Joe Biden is saying goodbye to a 50-year career at the top of the Democratic Party. This was |
| 1:04.0 | supposed to be his night. Instead, he's the ghost at the feast. What has he said? How has he |
| 1:10.4 | handed the baton over? We're in the hall and we'll bring you every step at the feast. What has he said? How has he handed the baton over? |
| 1:12.1 | We're in the hall and we'll bring you every step of the way. |
| 1:15.4 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:20.3 | The newsagents. |
| 1:22.0 | It is John. |
| 1:23.2 | It's Lewis. |
| 1:23.7 | And Joe Biden is just coming to the end of his speech. |
| 1:28.3 | It has been raucous, emotional. |
| 1:32.9 | Joe Biden has talked about the future, passing the baton on to Kamala Harris to take the fight to Donald Trump. |
| 1:41.3 | And they have just finished handing out another banner, which is not, love you Joe or we want you Joe, but thank you Joe. |
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