President Biden pushes back on concerns after debate performance

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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President Biden hosted Dem governors and spoke with congressional leaders Wednesday, assuring them that he was not leaving the race. Plus, the Supreme Court's recent ruling on immunity has thrown a wrench in Jack Smith's case against Trump; what could be next. Peter Baker, Eugene Daniels, Donna Edwards, Marcus Childress, Joyce Vance, Melissa Murray, and Michael Beschloss join.

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0:00.0	Tonight growing pressure on President Biden and his very clear message about
0:04.8	staying in the race and winning as he meets with key Democrats. Then the
0:09.9	path forward for Jack Smith, a former January 6th Committee investigator is here
0:14.3	on what's next for the Special Counsel after the Supreme Court's immunity ruling.
0:18.6	Plus, we mark America's birthday and a pivotal week for American Democracy with
0:24.1	presidential historian Michael Bacheloss as the 11th hour gets underway on this
0:28.8	Wednesday night.
0:30.8	Good evening. I'm Elisie Menendez in for Stephanie Rule. We are now 125 days
0:39.7	away from the presidential election. And tonight President Biden says he is not leaving the race.
0:45.6	Today he talked to his campaign staff, top Democrats in Congress, and Democratic governors,
0:50.6	and reiterated that he is in it to win it.
0:54.0	It came after criticism that the president hadn't personally done enough to address the reservations
0:58.4	among some in his own party after last week's debate.
1:01.8	Today, a second Democratic House member said the
1:04.4	president should step aside. Here's our colleague Kelly O'Donnell with more.
1:10.7	Facing doubts from within his party and new polling that shows the president
1:15.2	falling further behind former President Trump. Today candidate Biden
1:19.7	telling his team, no one is pushing me out.
1:23.5	The President and Vice President held a conference call with campaign staff.
1:27.8	Officials say he was direct, saying to AIDS, let me say this as clearly as I possibly can, as simply and straightforward as I can.
1:36.3	I am running.
1:38.3	Nearly a week after the debate that the White House labels a bad night, the president called Key Congressional Democrats, officials here acknowledging
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