President of the United States, Joe Biden, just concluding what was nearly an hour-long press

conference in the White House right by the White House after this week's NATO summit that was

hosted by the President.

It was a very interesting affair.

First of all, unlike most presidential news conferences,

this one was covered live by basically every network.

It was, of course, something that was

the source of tremendous interest and anxiety from different quarters as the president has been attempting to beat back efforts to convince him to drop out of the presidential race after that debate performance.

It was also obviously the longest bit of extemporaneous speaking

by this president since that debate performance.

It was a very different affair, I think it's fair to say. There were obviously some verbal

missteps. There were some periods of haltingness, but also periods of genuinely impressive

command and fluency,

the likes of which we didn't really see at the debate,

but are familiar to people that have been watching

Joe Biden's career through the years.

I want you to thank us for staying with us.

I am, of course, Chris Hayes here, helming the years. I want you to thank us for staying with us. I am of course

Chris Hayes here helming the hour. I have with me Rachel Maddo Joy Reed and

Nicole Wallace and I'll go for reactions first to you Rachel.

It was really a very interesting and I think unpredictable hour in terms of

how much news the president was going to break. I mean we're all watching for the president's performance here but he did also break some news just on the issue of domestic politics

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