July 9, 2024: NATO is Biden’s next big agility test

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🗓️ 9 July 2024

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Over the next few days, the spotlight on Joe Biden will only sharpen as the president attends this year’s NATO summit in Washington. His first big test will be a major address today commemorating the 75th anniversary of the organization. Whether a strong performance there — and at a Thursday news conference — can calm the nerves of Democrats still shaken by a shoddy debate performance is another thing entirely. White House correspondent Adam Cancryn joins Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels to walk through what's happening with the Democratic debate over calling for Biden to step aside. Plus, what we’re watching out of Biden’s ultra secure meeting with House Democrats this morning, and all the rest of the news you need to know today.

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0:00.0	Hey, good morning. I'm play with co-author Eugene Daniels. It is Tuesday, July 9th. Here is what's driving the day. First and foremost, you want to keep your eyes on a House Democrats meeting. It's going to be at the D-Triple C at 9 a.m. this morning. The guidance read, and you guys will get a kick
0:23.0	out of this quote, this meeting is strictly members only. Cell phones will not be permitted.
0:28.0	Secure cell phone storage for members will be provided on site. Hot breakfast will be served.
0:33.1	So they're taking their phones, but they're giving them breakfast. That is the payoff. A lot of the conversations
0:38.2	obviously expected to be about President Biden and him staying the nominee. There was a big question
0:44.3	of whether or not the bottom would fall out at the beginning of this week after July 4th weekend.
0:50.7	That seems to not have happened. A lot more members of Congress have come out in support of
0:56.9	President Biden staying atop the ticket for November, then have come out against him. That doesn't mean
1:03.3	the concerns are gone. They are clearly still there. But the momentum, as of right now,
1:09.6	all of this is very fluid, but the momentum is in the direction President Biden and his team wanted to be.
1:16.8	Last night, President Biden met with his most loyal base on the Hill, the Congressional Black Caucus.
1:25.1	President Biden started the meeting thanking the CBC for getting him
1:29.1	this far. He reminded them about the letter that the president sent to the Hill, saying that he
1:35.5	wasn't going anywhere. But I'm told he also outlined what he would actually do in a second term.
1:42.7	This is something that CBC members have been looking for for a long time,
1:46.7	and they reported to President Biden what they heard from their constituents
1:50.7	after his debacle of a debate and the reasons why they were staying with him.
1:56.9	As lawmakers left the meeting, they praised the president, they praised his record.
2:01.7	The conversation largely focused on policy, black economic progress.
2:06.4	It was quite the warm welcome.
2:09.0	Later today, President Biden will start attending the NATO summit.
2:13.2	It is going to be another one of those moments where people are kind of testing the president after that debate performance.
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