For President Biden, the tide is rising as one Democratic lawmaker told me. The lead

starts right now. President Biden isolating at the beach as a Democratic lawmaker describes

the tide around him is rising but a defiant President Biden is standing firm as

a staunch ally is being very direct even accusing by them of ignoring

polls that show he will lose. Is the president drawing out inevitable pain or

not? We'll discuss and former President Trump promised to unite the

country in his convention speech before taking a familiar turn. Did he

deepen the divides? Plus major meltdown of faulty software update has a catastrophic

impact around the world affecting airlines, banks, even hospitals, and 911 services.

How long will it take to get things back up and running?

Welcome to the lead. I'm Pamela Brown and for Jake Tapper on this Friday and we start with our 2024 lead.

There are now 32 Democratic lawmakers publicly calling for President Biden to drop out of the

2024 race. The growing list today includes a few high profile

figures on Capitol Hill including Senator Martin Henrick and former

January 6th Committee members of Lofgren and who wrote a letter to Biden saying quote pretty

directly as I am aware that you have been provided data indicating that you in

all likelihood will lose the race for president, I will not go through it.

Again, simply put, your candidacy is on a trajectory to lose the White House

and potentially impact crucial House and Senate races down ballot.

Well, today a source tells CNN that House Democratic leader

Hakeem Jeffries is not discouraging members from speaking out against Biden's candidacy.

President Biden for his part is publicly remaining defiant, saying in this statement that was

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