Biden Vows To Stay In Race Despite Pressure From Some Dems

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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As concerns over Biden’s reelection bid grow, Biden told Democratic governors during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday that part of his plan going forward is to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so that he can get more sleep, according to several sources. Plus, we take you inside the elections in England, including who looks to be the next UK prime minister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	President Biden says he needs more sleep, but is that the right message to calm
0:07.2	growing doubts about his campaign? The lead starts right now.
0:13.0	Preparing for prime time, the White House gearing up for an interview the Biden campaign is banking on.
0:18.0	As we learn new details about just what the president told Democratic governors behind closed doors
0:23.2	when they expressed concerns about his ability to win in November. Plus, chaos
0:29.2	is our friend. That from a person close to Donald Trump on how the former
0:33.4	president's campaign is taking in the Biden crisis. But behind the scenes,
0:37.6	just how worried is team Trump about the possibility that Biden drops out.
0:41.5	And weather extremes in the forecast this holiday weekend,
0:45.0	the latest on weather Hurricane Barrel will impact parts of the US,
0:48.0	while tens of millions suffer under heat alerts
0:51.0	with conditions so intense they're making wildfires even more
0:55.1	destructive.
0:58.8	Welcome to the lead. I'm Erica Hill in for Jake Tapper on this 4th of July. We start today with
1:06.1	our 2024 lead. In just a few hours we'll hear from President Biden who admits he
1:10.5	quote screwed up during last week's presidential debate, but insists, quote,
1:15.0	we're going to win this election.
1:17.0	Those comments from Biden comes a growing number of Democrats are publicly raising questions
1:21.6	about his ability to beat Donald Trump in November.
1:24.9	Here is Democratic Congressman Jared Huffman on CNN earlier today.
1:30.8	We need a reset, we need a course correction, we've got to acknowledge that this was not just one bad night.
1:37.0	This is a pretty pervasive and widespread perception that's been dragging President Biden down in the polls for many months.
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