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Meet the Press NOW — July 5

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🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

President Biden campaigns in battleground Wisconsin and says he is staying in the race following last week's debate. Keir Starmer becomes the U.K.'s new prime minister as his Labour Party notched a big electoral victory. Tropical Storm Beryl heads towards Texas while millions of Americans face extreme heat and wildfires. The Biden administration signals a breakthrough in ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas.

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0:00.0

If it's Friday with his presidency in peril and a campaign in crisis, President Joe Biden

0:08.3

sits for his first network interview since last week's debate debacle as he hits the trail in battleground

0:14.2

Wisconsin telling supporters he is staying in the race.

0:19.2

Plus a landslide election in Britain, a new prime minister,

0:22.4

and a new era for America's closest

0:24.7

ally as voters give the left-leaning Labour Party a decisive mandate ending 14

0:30.6

years of tumultuous conservative party rule.

0:34.9

And a record-breaking holiday heat wave puts more than 100 million Americans on high alert,

0:39.5

with temperatures climbing towards 120 degrees in some places while fuelingker in Washington. President Biden's

1:00.7

allies have made it abundantly clear that he must prove his ability publicly for voters to see if he wants to rescue his candidacy.

1:09.1

Now that effort by the president begins in earnest today with his first network interview since

1:14.3

last week's disastrous debate and a crucial battleground rally. Right now president

1:19.5

Biden is speaking to an overflow room of supporters in Wisconsin after telling crowds just

1:24.4

moment ago that he wasn't going anywhere while criticizing those who are trying to

1:29.6

push him out of the race.

1:30.8

Had a little debate last week.

1:34.0

Can't say it's my best performance.

1:37.0

But ever since then there's been a lot of speculation.

1:41.0

What's Joe going to do? Is it going to stay in the race? Is it going to drop out? What's

1:47.8

you going to do? Well here's my answer. I am running and going to win again. I'm the nominating the Democratic Party. I'm

1:57.8

the nominee of this party because millions of Democrats like you just voted

2:00.8

for me in primaries all across America.

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