From CNN, I'm Fez Jamil with the five things you need to know for Friday, July 12th.

It was trial by news conference for President Joe Biden last night.

It was at the end of the NATO summit in DC,

and usually a news conference like this wouldn't be a big deal.

But even small mistakes are being closely criticized following Biden's disastrous debate performance last month.

He spoke for just under an hour and took questions from reporters, at times sounding strong and passionate.

I believe the American consensus from Truman to Reagan to me, still holes today.

But he still made a notable gaff.

Look, I wouldn't have picked vice versa. But he still made a notable gaff.

Look, I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be Vice President,

but I think she was not qualified to be President.

He made a similar mistake earlier in the day,

accidentally introducing Ukrainian President

Vladimir Zelensky as President Putin, though there he quickly corrected himself.

It doesn't seem like he changed many minds though.

Since the news conference, three more Democratic lawmakers have called on Biden to step down as the party's nominee.

Another day of record-breaking heat will bake parts of the US today from interior

California to the Intermountain West. Las Vegas hit 118 degrees on Thursday

breaking another daily record.

And extreme temperatures are now forecast for Monday for the southeast and east coast,

where cities like Atlanta, Washington, D.C. Baltimore and others could see temperatures in the upper 90s or low hundreds.

Meanwhile, the frustration continues in Texas. Another heat advisory has been issued for the Houston area today,

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