Top House Democrat Meets with Biden, Election Polling Margins Razor Thin, Virginia Moves to Ban Cell Phone in School | July 12

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Biden holds his first press conference this year. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries meets with Biden to discuss Democrats’ opinions on Biden’s “path forward.” Rep. James Clyburn voices strong support for Biden. A new national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll has Biden polling at 50% and Trump at 48%. The state of Virginia is moving to restrict student cell phone use in schools. Movie review on “Inside Out 2.” Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	President Joe Biden's press conference was meant to reassure Democrats, but did it?
0:06.0	I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Friday, July 12th. President Biden held a press conference last night from about 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
0:25.8	This was the first press conference that Biden held this year.
0:29.2	It followed the NATO summit that took place right here in Washington DC this week and Americans
0:34.4	were watching closely to see exactly how Biden handled himself. The president
0:39.2	had a list of journalists that he called on to ask questions. The first several questions
0:44.3	all revolved around his ability to carry out the role of president and whether he
0:48.8	believed Vice President Kamala Harris was up to the job of president if Biden does decide to step out of the race.
0:56.9	This question led to arguably Biden's biggest gaff of the night.
1:01.2	He referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as Vice President Trump
1:05.6	per C-SPAN. I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be Vice President
1:10.1	until I think she was not qualified to be president.
1:13.0	So let's start there.
1:15.0	Former President Donald Trump wasted no time pointing out this gap on social media.
1:20.0	As Biden continued to be pressed on the issue of whether or not he would stay in the race,
1:25.2	he said the only way that he would drop out is if polls show that there is no way he can win.
1:31.8	No, unless they came back and said there's no way he can win. No unless they came back and said there's no way you can
1:35.0	win. Me. No one saying that. No poll says that. No one saying that according to the president. This was a really interesting moment
1:48.0	during the night's press conference because there is about 18 Democrat
1:51.7	lawmakers that have expressed their opinion
1:54.6	that Biden should drop out of the race. That's according to ABC News.
2:00.5	Well speaking of Democrat lawmakers House Minority Leader
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