If it's Monday, standing by their man, Democrats in the White House defend President Biden's

fitness for office and blast Special Counsel Robert Hur's damning report as Republicans rally around the former

president after he attacks NATO and Nicki Haley's husband who is deployed overseas.

Plus, Israeli Defense Forces release new footage of a hostage rescue mission as key

negotiators close in on a potential hostage release deal.

All as President Biden meets with the Jordanian King at the White House about the crisis in Gaza.

And new details on the Houston Megachur shooter revealing that the word Palestine appeared

on her assault-style rifle

and an attack that left two people injured

including a young child now fighting for his life. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington, where we're awaiting remarks from President Biden after his meeting with the King of Jordan coming as the administration is signaling optimism about a potential new hostage deal in the Israel-Hamais War.

We'll bring you the President's remarks when they begin.

But we begin today with allies of President Biden and allies of his likely general election opponent former President Trump

both grappling with their candidate's biggest vulnerabilities for

President Biden it is his age and concerns about his fitness for office for

Donald Trump it's his increasingly

reckless rhetoric on the campaign trail. Biden administration officials and

supporters criss-crossed the airwaves this weekend trying to rebut and rebuke Special Counsel Robert Hurr's report

on President Biden's mishandling of classified documents, a report that also

noted some difficulties with the President's memory and his quote diminished faculties in

advancing age. A loud chorus of Biden defenders are pushing back against that

assessment and accusing the special counsel who was appointed by

President Biden's own attorney general of playing politics.

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