Good evening. I'm Amman Navas. And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight,

President Biden's news conference fails to quiet his Democratic doubters who were uneasy about his re-election

prospects. But our new poll shows his potential replacements might not fare

better. A look behind the curtain of the Trump campaign's months long strategy to seize on Biden's

missteps.

The advertisements that they're cutting, the fundraising poise that they're making the viral internet videos that they've been turning out.

They're all designed around Joe Biden.

And the struggle to restore power to more than a million people

sweltering in the Texas heat after Hurricane Burrell. Welcome to the news hour.

President Biden is facing more calls from Democratic lawmakers to step aside as the party's nominee

since his Thursday night press conference.

Five House Democrats, Jim Himes, Eric Sorensen, Scott Peters, Brittany Peterson, and Mike Levin have all issued statements asking

for the president to step down.

They joined 15 other congressional Democrats who've made similar calls earlier this week.

Our White House correspondent Laura Barone Lopez has the latest.

Thank you, please.

I see it.

With all eyes on his high stakes press conference, I'm not doing this for my legacy.

I'm in this to complete the job I started.

President Biden played defense Thursday night, trying to prove that he's still fit to run for re-election.

A lot can happen, but I think I'm the best quality, I know I believe I'm the best qualified to govern and I think I'm the best qualified to win

and while there were gaffs and slip-ups what concerns do you have about Vice President Harris's ability to beat Donald Trump if she were at the top of the ticket?

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