Will Kamala Harris replace President Biden?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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There is a dizziness to American politics right now - Vice President Kamal Harris raised 49 million dollars in the first twelve hours following Joe Biden's announcement that he would exit the race.
She spent ten hours hitting the phones to garner Democratic support and is insisting she must 'earn' the votes of the delegates. But is the race already sewn up? Or might other candidates throw their names in the mix? And how well do we really know the figure who could be America's first female president?
We talk to Ambassador Tony Gardner - a man right at the centre of the Democrats presidential campaigns, and to our leading historian Simon Schama - about the legacy Biden will leave and what this moment means for America.
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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. Our president, Joe Biden, wanted to be here today. He is |
| 0:15.3 | feeling much better and recovering fast. And he looks forward to getting back on the road. |
| 0:20.5 | And I wanted to say a few words |
| 0:21.7 | about our president. Joe Biden's legacy of accomplishment over the past three years is unmatched |
| 0:28.5 | in modern history. In one term, he has already, yes, you may clap. |
| 0:44.5 | In one term, he has already surpassed the legacy of most presidents who have served two terms in office. |
| 0:46.7 | Camilla Harris there, Joe Biden's VP, |
| 0:49.6 | who is now going hell for leather to make sure she is the presidential candidate. Yeah, the king |
| 0:57.4 | is not quite dead, but the queen nearly has the crown on her head. And you want to believe |
| 1:05.0 | what she has pulled off in the 24 hours or so since Joe Biden announced that he was out of the race. |
| 1:12.8 | But formidable challenges still remain. |
| 1:15.9 | And on today's episode, two extraordinary figures, one extremely close to Harris and Biden |
| 1:22.9 | and the other one of our leading historians on what happens next for America. |
| 1:29.1 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:33.8 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:35.4 | It's John. |
| 1:36.1 | It's Emily. |
| 1:37.0 | And last night we got together and recorded an emergency episode when the news had just broken. |
| 1:42.4 | Emily was on a hard shoulder somewhere in a car doing her best to maintain a signal. |
| 1:47.7 | Lewis was in Seattle and I was here. And we've learned a bit more, haven't we? |
| 1:51.8 | About how this unbelievably dramatic weekend unfolded. |
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