Post Game with Mike Memoli: Obama urges Biden to beef up his campaign

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🗓️ 7 January 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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NBC News White House Correspondent Mike Memoli joins Kristen Welker in the Post Game to bring his new reporting on President Biden's sharpening 2024 messaging ahead of the State of the Union address on March 7.

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0:00.0	Hello there. I'm Kristen Welker. I just stepped off the set of
0:05.5	Meet the Press where I interviewed Congresswoman Elise Stephanic, chair of the
0:08.7	House Republican Conference, Quentin Folks, Deputy Campaign Manager for President Biden and Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
0:16.5	President Biden intensified his re-election campaign in the New Year placing a strong emphasis
0:20.9	on democracy as a voting issue and calling former President Trump a
0:24.7	threat to Democratic rule as Mr Trump continues to cast January 6th as a beautiful day
0:29.9	and calls since arrested Capitol Hill rioters
0:33.0	hostages.
0:34.0	The Biden campaign's first week of 2024
0:36.0	included remarks near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania,
0:38.0	a landmark for George Washington
0:40.0	and the Continental Army.
0:42.0	And now we are getting hints of what President Biden may say at another
0:45.5	critical speech his State of the Union address for the inside scoop I'm
0:49.2	sitting here now with NBC News White House correspondent Mike Meme who was traveling with the president this week and every week.
0:54.7	For 15 years, Kristen.
0:56.7	It's so great to have you.
1:00.0	Great to be with you.
1:01.0	To start the year, Kristen.
1:02.0	Exactly. It's great to start the year with you, Mike.
1:04.0	So let's start the scene first with this new reporting,
1:07.1	these new revelations that former President Obama and President Biden
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