LIVE Biden, 81, to address the nation on his decision to end 2024 bid as polls show Kamala Harris and Trump locked in a tight battle By Dailymail.Com Political Reporters Published: 12:42, 24 July 2024 | Updated: 12:42, 24 July 2024 e-mail View comments Advertisement President Joe Biden will address the nation at 8pm tonight from the White House to explain the reasons for his extraordinary decision to withdraw from the 2024 race. The 81-year-old was seen for the first time in six days as he returned to Washington D.
C. from his Delaware beach home, while Kamala Harris hit the campaign trail as she looked to build support from voters. Meanwhile Donald Trump will keep campaigning with a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina , while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address Congress for a speech that has sparked controversy on Capitol Hill.
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11:36 Bombshell new national poll reveals a crucial momentum shift in the race between Kamala Harris and Trump Kamala Harris has pulled ahead of Donald Trump in a national poll taken in the two days after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. The Vice President has taken the nationwide lead over her Republican rival after securing enough delegates to be named the Democratic candidate at the party's convention in Chicago next month. The Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Harris leading Trump by 2 percent in a head-to-head general election matchup as she hits the campaign in place of the ailing 81-year-old Biden.
It follows a slew of other polls taken in the aftermath of Biden putting a stop to his campaign. Trump was leading Harris by tight margins in polls taken when speculation swirled that Biden wouldn't be on the ticket. Bombshell new poll reveals shift in the race between Kamala and Trump Kamala Harris for the first time pulled ahead of Donald Trump in polling for what appears will be the new 2024 general election ballot in November.
Mail Online 11:40 Biden seen for the first time in six days...
and is asked about dropping out President Joe Biden was seen in public for the first time in six days on Tuesday as he left isolation in Delaware to return to the White House . The 81-year-old has not showed his face since his bombshell announcement he was dropping out of the race on Sunday and sparked wild conspiracy theories with his absence. The last time he made an appearance was last Wednesday - when he slowly exited Air Force One in Dover to go into isolation after being diagnosed with COVID.
Only his voice was heard on a call into his old campaign office on Monday. On Tuesday he emerged from his SUV with a mask, turned to the press and said he is 'well' and then slowly headed to the stairs of Air Force One to make the trip back to Washington D.C.
for the first time since ending his 2024 bid. 'Watch and listen. Why don’t you wait and hear what I say,' he said when asked what his message during his Wednesday night speech will be.
But when asked why he dropped out of the presidential race, Biden just laughed and walked away. He slipped on his aviator sunglasses and got into the Beast. Biden shows his face for the first time in six days President Joe Biden was seen in public for the first time in six days on Tuesday as he left isolation in Delaware to return to the White House.
Mail Online 11:35 The view from Air Force One as Biden was rushed to isolation By Emily Goodin, Senior White House Correspondent Air Force One was flying so fast that I was shaking in my seat. Less than 30 minutes ago, my colleagues in the White House press corps and I had received word – just before the rest of the world – that President Biden had been diagnosed with COVID . Now we were joining him on a mad rush back from Las Vegas to the Bidens' Rehoboth Beach getaway in Delaware .
Moments after fastening my seatbelt, the massive engines of the presidential Boeing 747 roared to life. The flight attendants, in their custom blue uniforms, stumbled in the aisles as the jet's nose pointed skyward. Tray tables shook.
Reporters held up their water glasses so they wouldn't spill. Most concerning, though, was that we had no idea what was going on. For security reasons, there is no Wi-Fi on Air Force One, so we were cut off from the outside world.
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