'Couldn't be prouder to endorse you': Barack and Michelle Obama back Kamala Harris
Harris has now gathered the public support of more or less the entire Democratic elite, cementing her status as the party's presumptive nominee.
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00:00Kamala!
00:01Two of the Democratic Party's most popular members, former US President and First Lady
00:08Barack and Michelle Obama, have officially endorsed Kamala Harris' presidential bid in
00:14a phone call.
00:15We called to say Michelle and I couldn't be prouder to endorse you and to do everything
00:20we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office.
00:24Oh my goodness. Michelle, Barack, this means so much to me.
00:28The call came almost a week after Harris announced her candidacy for the November presidential
00:35election.
00:36Former Democratic Party presumptive nominee Joe Biden announced he would drop out of the
00:41campaign with 107 days left in the race.
00:44The Democratic National Committee is expected to vote and decide on the party's official
00:50presidential candidate and running mate in August.