Anderson Cooper Welcome back to the whole story. Im anderson cooper. President Bidens Decision to step aside from the race came as a shock to many americans, including some of his own campaign and White House staff. Even after the disastrous Cnn Debate against former President Donald Trump and the growing calls from democrats for him to pass the torch, biden seemed Dug In. So the question is, what finally changed his mind . Over the next hour, cnns Pamela Brown examines the Rise And Fall of candidate Joe Biden from his motivations for running against Donald Trump to the final days and hours before his historymaking decision. [music playing] Pamela Brown voiceover it was summer 2017, Joe Biden was out of the vice presidency, out of washington dc, and in his Home State of delaware. Evan osnos Joe Biden found himself in a place he hadnt been in his entire adult life, frankly. His politics had defined his identity, and now all of a sudden, he was a man without a purpose. Jeff zeleny it was
Whole story. I m te house staff. Even after the disastrous cnn debate against former president donald trump and the growing calls from democrats for him to pass the torch, biden seemed dug in. So the question is, what finally changed his mind? over the next hour, cnn s pamela brown examines the rise and fall of candidate joe biden from his motivations for running against donald trump to the final days and hours before his historymaking decision. [music playing] pamela brown (voiceover): it was summer 2017, joe biden was out of the vice presidency, out of washington dc, and in his home state of delaware. Evan osnos: joe biden found himself in a place he hadn t been in his entire adult life, frankly. His politics had defined his identity, and now all of a sudden, he was a man without a purpose. Jeff zeleny: it was always hanging over the question, would he get back in and run? jill biden: every single day, would come up to me at work or in the grocery store or the pharmacy, people on the
republicans say democrats don t deserve to stay in power. right now the party of blue has the advantage in the house, 220 seats to the gops 212. that s right now. in november, fox predicts a flip. our forecast has the g.o.p. gaining nearly 20 seats giving them control. the very worst case scenario for republicans ends with a very slight majority for democrats. but that s only if the g.o.p. loses every competitive race. a lot of confidence republicans can pull it off. there will be a surprise in the election, a surprise in the governors race, house races, senate races. the price of gasoline every where in the country, october will be a tough month for the democrats. i think the republicans run the table in the house and senate and have a majority. harris: alexandria hoff is live in washington, d.c. the power ranking is fascinating. alexandria. it truly is. you know what s more fascinating the notable shift we see in voter priority spelling real trouble for democrats.
president obama campaigning together in pennsylvania to help push fetterman across the finish line. bill: that seat is democrats best hope for a senate pickup as it stands now. it a win there would make it harder for republicans to take control of the senate. dana: both sides are calling in big surrogates. the stakes could not be higher for this election. the most important election in our lifetimes to take shape in this country. biden are waging war on your job, safety, values and freedom. if you help democrats keep the house and get more seats in the senate you can guarantee he will make more progress on the issues you care about. america is the best country in the world and we aren t going to stop fighting for her until we get her back and we make her strong again. bill: we roll now team fox coverage. marc thiessen with analysis. mark meredith in ohio where former president trump holds a valley for j.d. vance. we begin with riched son in the pennsylvania race
conflicting claims. the russian military said that as of friday, they controlled the town. ukrainians dispute that claim. and say they still have parts of it. now, what we know is what we saw. we were in in the area around soledar for several days. what we saw is ukraine forces are digging in, they re not trying to retake the town, just trying to hold the pogs they have. now this afternoon we got in touch with some of the troops and they say they are no longer in the area and that they have pulled back. now we don t know if that is part of an organized withdrawal or just a rotation of troops. but what is clear is that the situation is very difficult for ukrainian troops around soledar and the fear is that if and when soledar completely falls and that is confirmed two the russians, that the fighting will intensify further south. as the russians seem to be gaining control of soledar north of here in bakhmut, the fighting is intensifying. one local resident told us before mort