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News Wrap: Biden seeks comeback on campaign trail amid turmoil among Democrats

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In our news wrap Sunday, Biden made stops in Pennsylvania as more Democrats voiced doubts that he should stay in the race, Israeli protesters called on Netanyahu to agree to a cease-fire deal with Hamas, France's prime minister said he will resign after the country's second round of elections, and a NASA crew completed their simulated Mars mission in Houston after 378 days in a 3D-printed space. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good Sunday evening. I'm Lisa Desjardin. John Yang is away. President Biden is

0:05.4

looking for a comeback on the campaign trail as more Democrats voiced doubts that

0:09.7

he should stay in the rest of the race for the presidency.

0:13.0

PBS news has learned that at least four top democrats in Congress,

0:17.8

ranking committee members in the House,

0:19.7

told their leadership today that Biden should step aside

0:22.4

from the 2024 race that was

0:24.2

first reported by Punch Bowl news. Earlier a member of the Democratic National

0:28.6

Committee, a convention delegate, became another one to call on Biden to end his campaign.

0:34.0

The president himself was in Pennsylvania, including stops at a church and a campaign office

0:39.0

to rally his base, but even staunch supporters of the president say he needs to do more to convince

0:44.9

voters. I think that he's got to go out there this week and show the American

0:49.5

public that he is still that Joe Biden, that they have come to know and love.

0:55.3

I take him at his word.

0:56.6

I believe that he can do it, but I think that this is a really critical week.

1:00.3

I do think the clock is ticking. Congress is back in session starting tomorrow.

1:05.0

Five Democrats in the House of Representatives have already publicly called for President

1:09.6

Biden to step aside from the presidential ticket.

1:13.3

In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still a no to a potential ceasefire deal in Gaza,

1:19.4

saying today that he wants leeway to keep fighting until Israel decides its goals are met.

1:25.1

That in contrast with protester calls earlier today, hundreds of people marked nine months

1:30.3

since the October 7th attacks with marches and by blocking highways in

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