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Good morning, I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch.

Brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Friday, July 12th, 2024. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, Biden buys some more time.

Number two, a sit down with Mitch McConnell and number three, the latest fundraising numbers.

All right, Jake, let's get into it. All eyes were on President Joe Biden last night.

As he took to the podium at the close of the NATO summit for a highly anticipated press conference. And I'm very interested to hear your thoughts here. The stakes could not

have been higher. A lot of people wondering if he was up to the task, was he going to be able to take questions?

And you got a little bit of everything last night with Joe Biden.

Certainly for folks that were expecting this to be the last, you know, potential press conference that Biden gives, that, you know, his days were over.

I think he performed at a level that showcase that

he certainly has a grasp on foreign policy, was able to mix it up with reporters. But there were

certain gaffs. So if you were, you know, looking for challenges and potential kind of missteps that Biden was making.

It's a little bit of a choose your own adventure here.

Yeah, I mean, listen, here.

So he didn't, he didn't spit up all over his shoes, as the saying goes.

But, no, but it was a generally good news conference.

Let's say this.

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