President Biden held a high stakes news conference.

Half a million Texans are still without power.

And a rower in the Atlantic had a close-in counter with hundreds of whales.

That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewel.

It's Friday, July 12th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Number one, President Biden stumbled a few times at a news conference yesterday.

The much anticipated Q&A session took place at the NATO summit in Washington, D.C.

It was closely watched by fellow Democrats and by world leaders looking for signs of Biden's mental fitness.

Since his shaky performance at a debate with Donald Trump last month,

Democrats have been in crisis mode. They're divided over whether their presidential

nominee should step aside for a younger candidate. And yesterday, Biden had a

mixed performance. He showed his command of the details of foreign policy, but he also mixed up some important names.

Before the news conference, he accidentally introduced Ukrainian President Volodomir

Zelensky as President Putin. Then early in the questioning he had this mix up.

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

until I think she was not qualified to be president.

So let's start there.

After the event, at least three more elected Democrats called for Biden to end his re-election

bid.

This has been a roller coaster of a week in politics.

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