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Biden faces major public test as more Democrats call for him to step aside

PBS News Hour - Segments

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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President Biden is facing a high-pressure moment, preparing to hold his first solo press conference in several months at the NATO summit in Washington. It's a major public test for the president's re-election campaign as he faces questions over his stamina and health. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Welcome to the news hour. President Biden is facing a high pressure moment,

0:05.0

preparing to hold his first solo press conference in several months at the

0:09.3

NATO summit in Washington. It's a major public test for the president's re-election

0:13.9

campaign as he faces questions over his stamina and his health.

0:17.6

Earlier today three of the president's top campaign advisors met with Senate

0:21.7

Democrats behind closed doors to address concerns over his political future.

0:27.0

Some lawmakers expressed skepticism before and after the meeting.

0:31.0

What's the main objective in the room today?

0:34.6

To find consensus?

0:35.7

To make sure the health and well-being of the president

0:37.5

is able to do the job.

0:38.9

If things stay as they are, it's likely that Donald Trump will win the election and it will lose the Senate

0:44.4

and we'll lose the House.

0:45.7

He has to continue to allay those concerns that have been expressed by the American people

0:51.6

more than myself or my colleagues,

0:55.0

the voters are what matters.

0:57.3

And our White House correspondent, Laura Barone Lopez is at the NATO summit and joins us now.

1:02.4

So Laura, what has been the response from the Biden team

1:05.8

to these latest calls from more lawmakers for him to step aside?

1:10.9

I'm now President Biden, some of his closest advisors went up to the hill today to meet

1:15.3

with senators that included campaign chair Gen O'Malley Dillon and two of his top

1:19.8

advisors in the White House Steve Rachete and Mike Donnellan. Now, we, senators were pretty

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