Are any of these announcements from Democratic Party activists and members of Congress?

Any of it getting to the White House bunker?

The lead starts right now.

The headline of the day comes from The lead starts right now.

The headline of the day comes from Hollywood Heavyweight and Major Democratic Fundraiser George

Clooney, he's saying he loves Joe Biden, but the Democratic Party needs a new nominee. Mr. Clooney is far from alone.

Who else is calling on Biden to step aside in the 2024 race while others so fresh seeds of doubt.

Plus, brand new on the lead, fraudulent electors from 2020 set to have real jobs as delegates

at next week's Republican National Convention, the new face or faces of the GOP ahead.

And new video of actor Alec Baldwin pulling a gun in a rehearsal.

The evidence just unveiled as the criminal trial against him

for involuntary manslaughter gets underway in New Mexico.

Welcome to the lead.

I'm Jake Tapper and we are starting in our 2024 lead as the floodgates against

Joe Biden's continued candidacy appear to be opening a bit. The day began

with the former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi seeming to suggest that

Biden should reconsider his decision to run for

re-election and other lawmakers followed suit. But the most damning opinion

shared today came from Academy Award winning actor George Clooney who emphatically

called on President Biden to step aside in a New York Times op-ed titled, I Love Joe Biden, but

we need a new nominee. Clunney, who has led some of the Democratic Party's biggest fundraisers

in American history, including for Biden on June 15th,

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