Biden to pass torch to Kamala Harris at Democratic National Convention  - video Dailymotion

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00:00After touching down in Chicago, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will be crowned by

00:05delegates for the Democrats at the party's convention in the city.

00:10It gets underway with President Joe Biden reduced to a warmer pact after his shock withdrawal

00:15from the White House race.

00:17So, I certainly love Joe. I think he's been a fantastic president. I believe that he has

00:23not gotten the full credit for the accomplishments he's done in office, but I also certainly

00:28understand the feeling that we now have with a new generation stepping forward.

00:33I'm excited to be here. I think all the delegates, it was known that Harris' walls ticket was

00:39unanimous. We voted for her early. We voted for them. We're excited to see what they're

00:44going to bring.

00:46The first female, black and South Asian Vice President of the United States has breathed

00:50new life into the Democratic Party after the trauma of Biden's decision not to run for

00:55re-election. She has wiped out Donald Trump's lead in opinion polls and for the moment

01:01has the momentum.

01:02That Vice President Harris was able to get so many endorsements from so many people so

01:06fast indicated there's no room for debate. She's going to be the candidate, the party's

01:10coming together, positive Democratic message, fighting back Donald Trump and whatever disagreements

01:15there are, and they're real and important disagreements, can wait for another day.

01:19The attention will focus too on her running mate.

01:22Tim Walz will play an important role in the convention in showing America that the Democratic

01:26Party represents a whole lot of people. Not just people from San Francisco, not just lawyers

01:32like Vice President Harris is, but people who are high school teachers and football

01:36coaches who come from the middle of the country, who look like they do, who talk like they

01:40do.

01:41Thousands of activists outside the venue are expected to make their voices heard on issues

01:46from abortion rights to the war in Gaza.

01:49The party will be hoping the Harris-Walz ticket convinces undecided voters ahead of next month's

01:54Harris-Trump TV debate.

Biden to pass torch to Kamala Harris at Democratic National Convention

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