23 Jul 2024

US: Kamala Harris is presumptive nominee

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 23 July 2024
(FILES) Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a political event at the Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Experience in Portage, Michigan, on July 17, 2024. Joe Biden on July 21, 2024 dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a stunning move that upends an already extraordinary 2024 race for the White House. Biden, 81, said he was acting in the "best interest of my party and the country" by bowing to weeks of pressure after a disastrous June debate against Donald Trump stoked worries about his age and mental fitness. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)

Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo: AFP / Jeff Kowalsky

US correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben joins Kathryn to talk about the growing support for Kamala Harris to take the top of the Democrat ticket.

But there's still key Democrats who are yet to publicly back her - so who else could be in the running. What's the Republican reaction been to yesterday's announcement by Joe Biden and what are some of Harris' strengths - as well as her weaknesses?

Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.