Morning Joe 7/12/24

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Washington, Congress, Government, Politics, President, Scarboro, Election, Brezinski, Ms Now, News, Issues, Giest, Campaign

3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Biden holds press conference amid calls to end campaign

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0:00.0	President Biden continues to dominate the news.
0:04.0	Yep, the whispers about him dropping out of the race keep getting louder.
0:08.0	They're getting so loud Biden can almost hear them.
0:10.0	We also learned today that some Biden advisors are discussing how to convince him to step aside.
0:16.7	That is not going to be easy.
0:18.7	Okay, they're thinking about just putting a Klondike bar on a string and pulling it slowly down Pennsylvania Avenue.
0:24.0	Come on, let's go.
0:27.0	Come on.
0:28.0	Biden's conference today was a big deal because it was unscripted,
0:32.0	like the whole country got invited to our grandpa's level one
0:35.8	improv class.
0:36.8	A look at some of the late night shows talking about President Biden last night.
0:42.6	The president hoped to overcome that poor debate performance a couple of weeks ago and
0:47.1	concerns about his mental acuity with the news conference last night at the close of the
0:51.7	NATO summit.
0:52.6	He did have some gaffes, but also showed strong command of key issues, particularly on foreign
0:57.7	policy.
0:58.7	Behind the scenes, though, advisors and close allies are said to be making the case for why he should step aside.
1:04.7	We'll go through our new reporting from NBC News.
1:07.8	Also on Capitol Hill, more Democratic lawmakers calling on the president to withdraw from the race over concerns he
1:14.7	cannot defeat Donald Trump in November. Good morning, welcome and morning Joe.
1:18.8	It is Friday, July 12th. I'm Willie Geis. With us, we the host of Way Too Early, White House Bureau Chief
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