In his first sit-down interview since stepping down from the 2024 race, President Joe Biden explained his historic decision.

"Look, polls we had showed that it was a neck-and-neck race, would have been down to the wire. But what happened was a number of my Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was going to hurt them in their races," Biden said earlier this week in an interview with CBS News that aired on Sunday.

He also pointed to the fact that he always saw himself as a transitional figure, and he said that beating Donald Trump was "the most important thing" for him.

"Number two, when I ran the first time, I thought of myself as being a transition president. I can't even say how old I am, it's hard for me to get out of my mouth. And, but things got moving so quickly, it didn't happen. And the combination was that I thought it was a critical issue for me still, it's not a joke, maintaining this democracy. But I thought it was important because although it's a great honor being president, I think I have an obligation to the country to do the most important thing, and that is we must, we must, we must defeat Trump," Biden said.

"It's a danger -- he is genuine danger to American security,” Biden said. “Look, we're at an inflection point in world history of the decisions we make in the last three, four years, the next three, four years determine what the next six decades look like, and democracy is the key."

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to reporters Saturday evening before boarding a flight from Phoenix to Las Vegas for a campaign event and discussed the latest incidents in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

She was asked about the Israeli Defense Forces strike on Al-Tabeen School in Gaza City, and said there are "far too many civilians who have been killed."

"Israel has a right to go after the terrorists that are Hamas. But as I have said many, many times, they also have, I believe, an important responsibility to avoid civilian casualties," Harris said.

When asked about the possibility the administration might set arms limitations on Israel, the vice president said it was important to have that a hostage deal and a cease-fire.

"And I can't stress that strongly enough, it needs to get done. The deal needs to get done, and it needs to get done now," she said.

-ABC News' Frtiz Farrow, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

Former President Donald Trump's campaign is claiming it was hacked by "foreign sources" with the intent to interfere in the upcoming election.

The Trump campaign statement cited a report published by Microsoft on Friday, which said, "In June 2024, Mint Sandstorm—a group run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence unit—sent a spear-phishing email to a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign from a compromised email account of a former senior advisor. The phishing email contained a fake forward with a hyperlink that directs traffic through an actor-controlled domain before redirecting to the listed domain."

Microsoft does not identify the presidential campaign in its report. Microsoft has also not responded to ABC's request for more information.

Outside of the Trump campaign statement, ABC News has not confirmed the campaign was hacked by foreign sources with the intent to interfere in the election.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz dropped by the North Phoenix coordinated campaign office on Friday to meet with volunteers making signs.

"Aw, Momala," Harris said reading a sign that made mention of her step kids' nickname for her.

The vice president laughed when she saw on person's "Coconut > Orange" sign.

"We just wanted to stop by to say thanks, guys," she said.

The duo took a selfie in front of a large "Kamala and Coach" sign at the end.

They then invited those in attendance to join them in the motorcade to the rally.

On the tarmac, a reporter asked Walz if he had spoken with Sen. JD Vance. He did not answer.

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie