Top Joe Biden adviser has surprising response for why the 81-year-old REALLY dropped out... and reveals his 'greatest' lasting legacy

Former senior advisor for President Joe Biden Anita Dunn spoke about the president's decision to quit his reelection campaign, but argued his 'legacy' would be selecting Kamala Harris to be his vice president and political heir.

She said:

Dunn spoke about Biden and his decision to exit the race in an interview with Politico.

She indicated that Biden still believed he was the best candidate to beat Donald Trump, but said that Harris was suited to take on the challenge.

Dunn stepped down from her White House position on July 30, choosing to go work for a SuperPAC that supported Kamala Harris.

Some Biden donors blamed Dunn for Biden's debate disaster that kicked off the movement to remove him from the presidential race, but she insisted that Biden had done fine.

Dunn also dismissed the idea that advisors purposefully put an aging Biden on the debate stage to force him out of the race.

'Totally ludicrous. The idea that we ever would have put him in that situation is just crazy,' she said.

Gov. Tim Walz helped free a man he believed was not deserving of life in prison after fellow Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar prosecuted the case in 2002.

The case of Myon Burrell dominated headlines in 2020 after the Associated Press revisited his case even though he was twice convicted for the death of 11-year-old girl Tyesha Edwards who was doing homework in her home when a stray bullet struck and killed her.

Walz voted to free Burrell, arguing that life in prison was too draconian a sentence.

Since obtaining his freedom, Burrell has been arrested twice by police for drug and gun charges.

Read more about the case at DailyMail.com.

Earlier this week, a Pakistani man with ties to the Iranian government has been charged with plotting political assassinations that may have targeted Donald Trump.

Asif Merchant, 46, is accused of working with an undercover officer posing as a hitman who would carry out the assassinations after travelling to New York.

The Department of Justice says his aim was to take out high-ranking U.S. officials in  August and September.

The investigation was carried out weeks before Trump was shot at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

And now lawmakers want to know why Trump's security at the rally wasn't sufficient in light of the plot.

Before she was carefully scripted, Kamala Harris often took time during her speeches to explaing ordinary things to her audiences.

DailyMail.com has highlighted the puzzling moments when Kamala Harris responded to questions by defining the issue or thing at hand, leaving people wondering why.

By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent

Doug Emhoff marked the 40th anniversary of the attack on the Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant in Paris with a solemn ceremony and then purchasing a falafel sandwich.

Emhoff, who is in Paris to lead the U.S. delegation for the closing ceremony of the Olympics, visted the restaurant in heart of the Jewish district, where on August 9, 1982 there was an attack carried out by the Palestinian militant Abu Nidal Organization, a group that splintered from PLO.

Six people died and 22 were injured.

He joined Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo in lighting a candle for each of the dead. The attackers have never been found.

People in Washington are including those in the Capitol Complex are under a tornado warning as storms head through the DC area.

The U.S. Capitol Police said due to the warning, personnel within the Capitol Complex should immediately move to their office's severe weather shelter locations and no one should exit the building until directed.

They indicated to take emergency equipment and visitors with them. If people were not near their offices, they were directed to go to the nearest office and shelter there.

The police said to close and stay away from exterior doors and windows.

Kamala Harris said she will sit down for a media interview by the end of August after being repeatedly criticized by Republicans for not doing one.

Harris has not given an in-depth interview since she became the Democratic presidential nominee.

But she told reporters on Thursday night that 'I've talked to my team. I want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month.'

She did not indicate a more specific date or what news outlet she would sit down with.

By Sarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Both Democrats and Republicans have spent millions on political advertising in the presidential race since President Biden's exit last month.

When it comes to TV advertising in battleground states, both sides have spent more than $20 million from July 21 through this weekend according to tracking by AdImpact.

It's where both sides have spent the most on TV ads, showing just how important the state is to winning in November.

Democrats are spending more in the other two so-called blue wall states with more than $10 million in Michigan to Republicans' $7 million and more than $8 million in Wisconsin to Republicans' more than $6 million.

At the same time, Republicans have outspent Democrats in Georgia with $10 million to more than $6.5 million and in Arizona with $7.5 million to Democrats' $3.4 million.

Natinonally, Democrats spent $14 million on ads in the Olympics as well while Republicans haven't spent anything.

But one of the most dramatic differences is in digital advertising. Democrats have spent a whopping $42 million on Facebook and Google while Republicans have spent just over $5 million.

Americans can now see how much money they would lose every year if Vice President Kamala Harris ditches Donald Trump's tax cuts.

A new website exclusively shared with DailyMail.com includes a calculator function that voters can use to see an estimate of how Harris' tax policies would impact them.

The largest PAC supporting the former president is unveiling the tool in the days after Harris announced her running mate as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Visitors to kamalataxcalculator.com are prompted to input their income, state, marital status, age, and number of children and dependents to then see how the policy change 'will impact you.'

The PAC's web page accuses Harris of an 'assault on the Trump tax cuts.'

A new website lets users input their tax filing information to find out how much money they would miss out on if Kamala Harris were to reverse Trump-era tax cuts

Doug Emhoff is cheering on Team USA at the Olympics.

The second gentleman, who is leading the U.S. delegation for the closing ceremony, attended the men's basketball game between the U.S. and Serbia.

The game was a nailbiter with the U.S. lagging behind Serbia for a majority of it.

But, in the fourth quarter, theTeam USA managed to rally to a a 95-91 win.

Emhoff led the congratulations afterward, giving Steph Curry a big hug.

The campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris has been forced to update its online bio for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after a glaring error about his military history.

Walz retired from 24 years in the National Guard in 2005 to run for Congress. He did serve as a command sergeant major, but was reverted back to master sergeant as he left the military because he had not completed the coursework for the higher rank.

President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will make their first appearance together since she became the Democratic nominee.

The duo will head to Maryland on August 15th to 'discuss the progress they are making to lower costs for the American people,' the White House said.

Donald Trump told a dramatic story on Thursday about how he was on a plane with Kamala harris; ex-boyfriend Willie Brown when it nearly 'went down'.

However, Gavin Newsom, the California governor said he was calling 'complete B.S.' on the story.

Newsom claimed he was on the helicopter in 2018 with Trump and Jerry Brown, the former California governor.

Separtely, Willie Brown, now 90, said he had never flown on a helicopter with Trump.

Newsom said there was no emergency landing.

Former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown, 90, has said Donald Trump's claim they shared a near-death experience 'never happened'.

Republican presidential nominee Trump told reporters at a Mar-A-Lago news conference that he and Brown were in a helicopter that was forced to make an emergency landing and both men thought this 'may be the end'.

However, according to Brown, he and Trump have never rode in the same helicopter and he was instead doing his best 'creative fiction'.

The Kamala Harris campaign revealed two new campaign ads that promote her 'toughness' on the Southern border.

'Fixing the border is tough. So is Kamala Harris,' the male narrator proclaims.

A second ad features Harris as someone who grew up in the 'Middle class.'

'She worked at McDonalds while she got her degree... Kamala Harris knows what it's like to be middle class,' the ad narrator says.