and my answer to her question where he had opera to need to talk to supporters. he's done it a couple of times at this point and laid out what happened on that night, talked about how he understands and it was not his best night. he understands that it is fair for people to ask that question. but we cannot forget his record and what he's been able to do we cannot forget how he has been able to deliver for the american people for almost four years. that matters to and he has the most record administration. the most in modern politics. and that should matter. and he wants to continue to do that work and a lot of his what's on his agenda is very much popular with majority of the american people. whether is continuing to build a strong rec, economic economic economic policies.

he's done not creating new jobs, he's done that 15 million jobs. he wants to work on that and continue to do that and so he wants he's anything corinne that we can change his mind cannot lay out something that would change the president's mine. he has been very clear and he's going to continue to build on the unprecedented record that he's been able to lay out for the american people. that's his focus right now. >> thank you green. >> what does the president do outside the address of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. well, you heard him speak to supporters yesterday outside of four 4:00 p.m. you've heard you saw the president land in north carolina and the middle of the

night at 2:00 but was he doing he was greeting supporters hundreds of supporters that showed up to cheer him on after the debate you saw him speaking at 9:00 or at night in new york in front of supporters. >> so he's been pretty pretty much out there after the hours of 4:00 p.m. and before before 10:00 a.m. for sure. and so that has been something he has consistently done over the past couple of days for sure. for certain, haven't afternoon nap every day let me be very clear about this. >> this is a president that wakes up every morning and puts the american people first. >> that's what he does he does that every single day. that is his focus. i am not going to speak two sources out there unnamed sources out there. that's not what i'm going to speak to almost speak to what i know. what this president does and how he is committed to the

work of the president of the commander in chief and his record clearly lays that that lays that out and speaks to it and that's what he's going to continue to do. the american people first, the american people first, and delivering for them also clarify assignments, question sure. >> how how is it that the president was still tired 12 days after returning from europe had a cold, but then went to the waffle house and then the following day stage such a huge comeback that he gave those north carolina remarks like help us understand. i've had a cold before. of course it. okay. so you probably come on come on, jack let's be very let's return though. and you also jet lag yesterday. >> hold on a second. there's a cold there's a jet lag. you combine that he continues to work on for the american people day in and day out around the clock things happen things have in the cold thing is something that you all pointed out during

his debate. we didn't even point that out. you all pointed out when you heard his his voice being horse because he knew he had to push through. he knew he has to power through. that's what presidents do. if you care about this country, you don't care about yourself. you care about the american people. you can care about delivering for this country. you care about how you're going to continue to work every day in and day out. you push through. we've all we've all we've all that has all these democrats seek him. >> it's good to that, but we're not, we're not we're not we didn't share that information ahead of time. you asked what this is going on and then we share that information we didn't use that. we didn't use that before the debate. you all ask hazy under the weather and we confirm that he was under the weather. he pushed through. that's what this president does. he is going to continue to fight for the american people. so he pushed through it. i think i think anybody who does that and i just the president should be commended and he also said you've heard him say this on

friday when you get knocked down, you get back up. that's what you saw there. any discussion that if the president were to suspend his campaign, that he would also resign is any discussions about absolutely vice president assuming a student? absolutely. go ahead, kelly up does the president have a duty to review data like polling information that's coming in. >> donor information. the fears and concerns or anxieties expressed by democrats, does he have a duty to review what's happening now when you say a duty can you say more about the duty pace is absolutely running? yeah well, he's saying that and i'm sharing i'm sharing with you his his view. and we would invite the president come here and tell noted direct noted, noted kiloohm is awake that's enough for collision. as you heard from your colleague, the president of the we are ata, that's an appropriate thank you. kelly my question is, information is coming in. >> an assessment is happening within the party. does he have

a duty to review that? has he closed the door on reviewing the data? >> so i'm, going to be really mindful. obviously, you're asking me about campaign numbers and data that's coming in and look what i will, i will note is that this is a president that looks at everything, takes in all the information it's important to him to do so. i don't want to get into hyper medical here. that's not what i'm here to do what i can say is in this moment, we move forward on building on this unprecedented record that the president has been able to lay out for the american people. and that's gonna be our focus i don't want to get into hypotheticals. i don't want to get ahead it into any anything else like closing the for two reviewing this over a period of time, what i can say is the president is moving forward. he's moving forward as being president. he's moving forward with his campaign as his campaign has been very, very clear about that that's what i can that's what i can speak to. and that's what i can say and that

is the president's focus, the presence focus is how does he continue? new to do that work? and anything else that we're hearing or that's being reported is absolutely false. he is the president telling people he's evaluating the results. that is absolutely false. i saw that reporting we were not given enough time to get back to that reporting just a couple of minutes and we asked the president present, responded directly when asked about this question because we said that we would and the presence said it is no, it is absolutely false. that's coming directly from him what steps would the president be taking or would you as a team plan to try to prevent another episode in public that would be deemed worries. >> i would not call it an episode. i would call it we had a bad night right? it was not his best night. he had a cold. he was jet-lagged. you heard directly from the president about this. and when we get back, when we get knocked down,

when he gets knocked down, he gets right back up and that's what i would that's what i would focus on the present continuing to be very steady and continuing to to work on for the american people they just evolve on kennedy was question. >> do you think the president feels like things coming days are very critical for him as he ido you laid out all these events and he is going to be doing or these are these events very important for him to show to the american people that he stole, caused the ability to be i would say hey, that this moment is critical regardless of the debate or not. we are living in an important moment right now, everything is at stake. and i gotta be mindful because this is all connected to what's happening in november and i think any any leader would say they always have to prove to themselves sue oh, to their constituents, right? it's it is a day in and day out work and yes, the presence going to have engagement. he's gonna be out there speaking to the american

people. obviously we mentioned wisconsin. he's going to do an interview and wisconsin as well. we talked about pennsylvania, but the president was also out last week atlanta, north carolina, new york, where he saw supporters. this is a president that has been consistently out there talking directly to the american people. he understands as you all ask me about the economy and what people are feeling, he understands that they have to hear directly from him and he has to continue to do that so that he can lay out his agenda. he can lay out what he wants to continue to do. it's always going to be part of the calculation, right? to continue to prove to the american people that he can continue to do the work and deliver for the, for him on behalf of deliver on behalf of the american pete and jeff had the staff meeting can you just give us a rundown of really what he tried to cross? is there a morale issue it's a fair question i do have a couple of things i want to say as you just said, the chief of staff, jeff science did have an

all-staff call. >> he wanted to gather the team across the building and acknowledged what the president said himself, right? that the last few days have been challenging. we've been very clear and acknowledging enlarging that but we have had an extraordinary record to be proud of, and we know we have more work to do. presence says that had all the time. he can fake conveyed the importance of executing on our mission. he talked about the importance the of coming together as a team and also having each other's backs. and so he also said, which i think was really important, and i think every staff wants to hear that the chiefs of staff doors open and is open to hearing directly from them any questions or any concerns. and i think that's what you do as a leader okay. thanks. great. if there were so many questions right now about whether president biden can do this job. why are we not seeing a precedent out there every single day in an unscripted way without teleprompter while you're good, you're going to see them today? certainly. and

i know you're asking about the teleprompter. you're going to see him tomorrow, right. for the july have an opportunity to welcome active duty military and their families and certainly their loved ones here on the south lawn as he does every year. i think that's gonna be important. he'll be able to engage with them and thank them directly. and you'll see him in wisconsin. and your continued to see it officer, in the upcoming weeks. look, it is not unusual for a president to use a teleprompter. it is, it is not unusual that is something that presidents have done in the past i think what we also have to remember and now, i keep saying this because i think it's important to not forget that he has the strongest economic recovery in modern in modern history. he has led historic midterm when when everybody was talking about a red wave and he was been able to defy that and deliver by leading by being a leader, right adversely doing the midterms as a democratic

leader. and he's going to continue to work to get lower, lower cost. i think that matters. i think his record certainly matters. and you are going to see him continue to see him having interviews. he's gonna do abc as you know, with george stephanopoulos, one of your colleagues. that's not scripted he has done more than 40 interviews that have not been scripted. interviews do not have a script this year alone. so you'll see him out there connecting with the engaging with the american people. and i think that's important, but again, we're now almost a week after the debate. why does the president just come here right now and answer for himself? but his briefing room, although i shouldn't i want, you you asked me a couple of things. you asked when when is he going to be on scripted? he has been when he went to visit a diner in a couple of days ago at the waffle house when he met with met with some of the supporters in atlanta, north carolina for

hundreds of supporters showed up he certainly had an opportunity to engage on friday. he's going to be taking some questions from one of your colleagues. i think that's gonna be important and we're going to continue to engage with all of you we're going to certainly looking forward to doing that. he'll have a press conference next week nato press conference. a big boy press conference as justin from bloomberg stated yesterday. and so we'll do that and he's looking forward to it and create president biden has always promise to tell the american people the truth. so can you be straight with us and the american people is the president clear eyed about what it takes to stay in the race? and what it would take for him to drop out. >> the president is clear eyed and he is staying in the race. i don't have anything else beyond that. he is staying he's staying in the race. that is what the president is promised to do. that is what he wants to continue to work on the successes that he's had, his record is on presence. unprecedented record. and that

is what the president is focused on continuing to deliver for the american people. and he looks forward to doing that veneto, some is coming up next week. >> a sprays the president frustrated that this debate over the presidential election a quick cast a shadow over your goals for the native summit because he made any effort to reach out to have been nato liters, that will be coming to shore them. that this isn't going to do real that agenda. >> as you stated next week, the presence going to host the natal summit here in washington, dc. it is also the 70, 75th year anniversary of nato. and let's not forget, natal has become stronger and has gained two more countries because of this president's leadership in all very much which important in doing so was very much important in stopping and helping to stop putin's aggression as ukraine continues to fight, certainly for their

freedom and democracy. look foreign leaders have seen the president close-up. they have and you know and close up and personally for the past three years. and i think that's important to know. they know who they are dealing with and how effective he has been. i just talked about how natal has expanded because of his leadership. how natal is stronger because of his leadership. i think that's important to note as well. and so look you're going to see the president being a leader in front of the, in front of these world leaders. you're going to see the president continue to bring these world leaders together and as it relates to what's happening currently, you heard directly from this president he understands the criticism, he gets, the criticism he has owned up to it. but he also wants to move forward and continuing to deliver on really critical, important issues that the american people care about when you think about natal, you think about foreign policy is

important to continue. our world leadership on that liters and strengthening our national security as well. and that is how the president thinks about this day. in, day in and day out. >> what kind of questions about the outreach from the white house does the president intend to make any other cops you've made today to the congressional leadership. >> and then representative doggett, but he reached out to the white house before he made his comments and did not here. he said he wanted to speak personally about his concerns. >> yeah. i look, i can't speak to the outreach that he made. i have not spoken to the office of ledger affairs so i can't speak to that. what i can say is the president certainly has looked forward to working with democratic leaders and congressional members over the past three i'm talking about out his record certainly his record when it comes to legislation getting things done, he couldn't have done it

without. democrats like doggett and appreciates his off obviously his support and his partnership. i can't speak to outreach is not something that is taught, spoken to the office alleged affairs about. and look, the president i'm going to take that he sees like you just brought me up as a briefing room. i have something to say i would also note that i don't have any additional calls to read out or to lay out one of the reasons that i i mentioned it at the top because i know some of you were trying to confirm and wanted to make sure that we got to you got back to you. all of you about that. and as you know, he's going to meet with democratic governors as i just stated at the top. so he's gonna continue to do engagement it is important summit against some of these leaders. he could not have delivered on this record on this record accomplishment that he's been able to get done without them and so i'll just leave it there for the

question that last asking you the different ways in different has the precedent and has the white house, have you missed the boat in terms of responding quickly enough? mean i spoke to someone today who said it was too little too late quickly enough phone on what specifically in explaining and discussing what happened if they debated and reassuring donors and so people who tends to keep running, but look as it relates to donors or anything political like that. obviously that's something that the campaign should, should respond to but i would remind you that the day after in north carolina the president spoke to his debate performance. he did. he talked about it he gave his thoughts. he also stated that, look, i'm not as young i'm not a young man. he said that i'm not as smooth talker as i, as i used to be. i don't walk easily as i used to be nice. i know i don't debate as well as i used to. he said this and so owned

up to it in on friday the day after the debate that afternoon and so we didn't wait now, as far as engagement that is something certainly the campaign can speak to more. but the president in front of hundreds of supporters in north carolina talked about his debate performance can be great. i just wanted to clarify one thing it got a lot of questions about yesterday. house, the president had any medical exams since his last annual physical in february and got and we were able to talk to his doctor about that. and that is a no any kind of medical exam. >> so the white house has said no to releasing the full results of that annual i've said no to make a dr. o'connor available for questions from us know to releasing any other information that would shed some more light on the president i guess i'm just wondering if now is not the

time for full transparency. what is so i would say mj to your question that what we have released over the past three years, every year since he's been in office has been transparent it has been comprehensive. >> it has been one of the most transparent. we have been one of the most transparent administration when it comes to medical records. that is that is what we've been able to do. and i would add that it is not it is not the norm to bring the doctor to the podium. that is not the norm and we have owned up this president directly has owned up to what happened at the debate last thursday he's talked about it multiple times. and directly to supporters, directly to the american people and what we want to do is continue to certainly deliver

on the record accomplishments as we've been able to do i understand that. you feel like the white house has been thorough in the medical record records that you all have at least, but obviously you're getting these questions in large part because of what we saw for 90 minutes on thursday night, and peoples responses to what they saw, right? a lot of people expressing shock. so why not release more information that would be the downside? >> look, what i can tell you is that we have been transparent. will continue to be transparent. and that's what i can that's what i can share with all of you at this time. and i do want to follow up on out with salman brought up, i think others as well. >> you did get numerous questions yesterday about the president's debate performance. you didn't mention travel the jet lag, the foreign trips. so i think you can understand why it was a little bit puzzling to hear the president mentioning that as his explanation for the first time last night, i'm just yeah. can you clarify whether

when you took the podium yesterday? do you not know that? but i can that is my bad. that is part of that is part of definitely part of the explanation of what had occurred. i i did know that i did know that i did i did know that. but we were so focused. i was so focused on the on the cold and that's what i kind of leaned in in two and talked about. but yes, his scheduled did have something to do with it. it was the schedule and the cold and i did i was aware of that yesterday. yeah, sure. one other broader question of the president and i know you will remember this app in 2020. referred to himself as a transition candidate. he also said back then that he would be a bridge to the next round. creation of democratic leaders. >> does he still believe that yes. >> i mean, i think he's statements stands i mean, one of the reasons why he picked the vice president, president kamala harris, is because she is indeed the future of the party and he's very proud to have partnered with her and continue to partner with her and delivering an unprecedented

rate record for the american people and i think he's going to continue certainly to do that. they're going to do that as partners. like i said, i just saw them before walking into the briefing room, we stopped by to talk to me and my team and they're ready to go. they're ready to continue the transition would happen in eight years. i am i going on form. i'm not going to get into speculation from here. but you asked me if that his remarks and statements still stands. yes. it's still my screen. if president biden was fatigued during the debate because of over seas travel, that was 12 days beforehand, like he said, he was last night. it doesn't that raise questions about his ability to effectively serve another's a second term, antilles six years. >> i mean, look, i think there's multiple factors there's here to consider. there was to travel the travel lead to a cold and i think that matters as well. and i think we've all been there. we've all been there it is not

unusual. and what the president did is he pushed through he did he push forward and he pushed through. and that's what you saw him do and look, you heard me say this yesterday and i'll and you heard directly from the president say this multiple times when you get knocked down, you get back up joe biden is someone who has faced tragedies and he's taking them on. and when he does that, he gets right back up and that's how we see that day. that's how we see that night. >> but it was his message to congressional leaders today. i mean, is he tried to still competence in them. that in them that he can run effectively for his reelection. is that was that the purpose of silica? i'm not going to get into certainly private conversations he had he he shared with me those conversations we're strong and i think that's important to note. i'm not gonna go into details but the president is going to continue to have those direct conversations with

leaders, with supporters, and he believes that's important to do a united with him in the call, they continue to be united and some of them have spoken to they've been very clear has spoken, have gone on television, spoken to some of you in your reporting. and said that very clearly on things create, can you share any details on president biden's and vice president harris is lunch today. do you know if they discussed vice president harris potentially taking over that came up, didn't i mean, i just stated that the president has not dropping out. that's something that the campaign has shared. i'm just repeating what the campaign has shared. they regularly have lunch and i'm not going to get into who private private conversation. i would also say that the vice president spoke spoke to cbs just yesterday. and, you could see what she said herself. and i think that's important to note as well. >> also ask you mentioned that president biden golf the cold

because of traveling so as cold as the directly tied to him traveling or is it jesse golf, the coal practically what i can tell you as he traveled, then he got a cold. >> that's what happened. get you mentioned a few times that person is proud of his record. >> he wants to continue his work and building on that record. i'm trying to understand how how that's relevant to an assessment self-reflection by him on whether or not he's physically capable i think there's an assessment i think the fact that he's able to work across the aisle get really big bipartisan legislation done. >> he's been able to get us out of the pandemic, able to get the economy back on its feet. i think that shows leadership i think that's important, right? he, he is making these decisions on behalf of the american people. and he's able to do that because of his experience, because of his wisdom. and i

think that's all that's all connected as well. we can't forget that building on we question on self-reflection by the president you've mentioned as well that he understands the stakes of the election. and the data is showing but he may be needing a party toward a total disaster is they're not going to be reflection right now. >> i got to be really mindful. you're asking about a campaign you're asking about data that's connected to the campaign. i want to be really mindful here and it's also hypothetical and so also want to be really mindful here what i can say is right now, and where the president is, he is continued. v0 is continuing to fight for the american people, continue to build an economy that works for all, continue to create good paying jobs expand health care. that is the president's focus. that is the

president's focus. anything else related to the campaign? i would refer you to the campaign to speak to that directly as it relates to data that is not something that i can i can't be a pundit from here. >> thanks for your question first, former president of bolivia and also argentina we, had. monday have accused pressing this out a set of staging that's that's the illustration. believe any evidence was the case so look i want to be really mindful here. we've seen the false allegations of us involvement in the events of bolivia on june 26. i know that's something that has come up a couple of times and so want to make sure that it's it's clear that the u.s. had no involvement in that look, we certainly condemn strongly condemn the deployment of army units in bolivia and any

attempt to subvert constitutional order. and we're going to continue. and i said this last week, we're going to continue or the week before standby democracy and the people a bolivia. and that is, that is where we're going to continue to stand with the u.s. government and diminished fifth and government, we're assuming patients today i wanted to get if you can give us like a fewer picture of what entails how far the u.s government is willing to go so two questions on that would the u.s. government would be willing to alleviate sanctions. is there any plan? for you to sit down from four? without fear of continuing legal prosecution so to your question about the dialogue that's happening, we certainly welcome that. >> and if in good faith, right. the dialogue and good faith. so we welcome that we're clear. i that democratic change will not be easy and requires serious serious commitment. so we remain committed to supporting

the will of the people venezuela and a path toward democratic governance via competitive and also inclusive elections. any specific details about that? i don't have any share to share about the diplomatic engagement, but we certainly welcome it in good faith. and that's what we want to see so much i can wanted to ask the president yesterday, the fundraiser. >> he said that he didn't listen to so what kind of advice did he get? because it gives the impression that he's staff is asking me to slow down or maybe cancel some trips or have a light of schedule look i didn't get into the president specifically about what he meant by that. so i want to be really mindful. i don't want to get into that, but i think what the president was trying to say is that he had a schedule that was rigorous the travel that he had to do crossing multiple obviously going going going

from italy all the way to the west coast. and i think as you know, that that can be deccan have a toll on anyone, whether you're 20 or at that can have a toll on you. and so i think that's what he was alluding to speaking to. i don't want to go beyond that because i haven't spoken to him on on the other component of when he was speaking about his staff. but as it relates to certainly the travel, it was rigorous. he had a rigorous travel. we talk about it sometimes i think i've mentioned this to some. of your colleagues that he has a especially when he travels abroad, it's a pretty rigorous to travel. we get tired looking at him doing his meetings and traveling. and so i think that's what he was speaking to. and then i don't think it has a toll on regardless of what age you are, it has a toll on you that type of trump thank you. >> there's no question that international travel can be rigorous. i think that

confusion is that he's still suffering from the effects of that nearly two weeks later. so i can articulate a little bit about like, do you guys usually have accommodations for him after he does a trip that he's going to have jet lag for that long a period of time. >> so can you when you say two weeks later, what do you mean? >> he arrives back in the united states 12 or 13 days before the debate. so his explanation for a poor debate performance is jetlagged. >> so what i want to say is the jet lag and also the cold, right? it is the two things and that occurred and you all heard it in his voice when he did the debate, right? it is not even something that we shared ahead of time. you heard it in his voice and we confirmed it and i think that's important to note as well, like it is the jet lag and the cold but i want to be really i wouldn't be really clear here. this is not an excuse, right? this is not an excuse. you all ask for an explanation and we get worth giving an explanation. it is not an excuse. i don't want

that to be the leading piece of this asked for the only reason we're sharing this because it was asked of me here and the presence ctainly wanted to give an explanation himself. and that's what he did yesterday. we want to we understand that it wasn't his best night. it wasn't a great debate. we understand that and we understand what supporters saw, what the american people saw, and what you all saw. and so we wanted to give an explanation. so i don't want to get into this. are you giving this excuse? not excuse. we're giving you what our explanation was we want to continue to make sure that we do everything that we can deliver for the american people. that's what we're going to continue on. >> i also want to ask just about the schedule because a lot of high-level democrats, i think we're concerned with debate performance, but they've also been almost just as or more concerned about the response since then that he hasn't done more. he spoke for four minutes in public on

monday evening on the supreme court decision. and you spoke for about ten minutes in public yesterday with the emergency, weather situation is going to speak today. he's going to go to wisconsin. he's gonna go pencil the vein is an emergency situation. it's taking almost a week for him to sort of address it when there's natural disasters, when there's other things happening, he wants to get in front of the cameras and speak to it in this case, there seems to the yeah. i would i would disagree with you. >> he did address it. he addressed it on friday in north carolina in front of hundreds of supporters. he addressed it and. he talked about an issue that you all asked me about all the time. his age, like he took it head on. literally head on. he didn't run away from it. he didn't hide from it. he said i am not a young man, obviously i'm that as a good debaters, i used to be. i don't talk as smooth. i don't talk as i don't walk as easily as i used to. he said himself to hundreds of supporters in north carolina. so i would disagree

that he didn't take this head-on. he did. he did. he talked about it in front of supporters who won instance with that and he's called six people if but by the way, that matters, right engaging with the american people and standing in front of them and being honest about that and talking about age. again, something that you all asked me about all the time. he took that right on now he is talking and engaging with leaders. that is something that he's doing. he's having good conversations with them he's going to meet with democratic governors, people who governors who he believes have been really strong partners with him and delivering on some of these historic accomplishments. but you know, i i would disagree on him not taking this head on. i mean, talking, going, being in north carolina and taking that on obviously that's not the speech that he was going to give on thursday right before

the debate. so he understood right when he got to north carolina, the he needed to address it and he decided to do it in front of supporters and he talked about it i'm gonna go to the back. i'm going to come back to the native meeting. if i share pulling this week shows the president losing more brown in the americanized over integration over economy and foreign policy. so does that with everything else diminished the position of the president as these nodal leaders are coming in for those meetings? >> no, i don't think so. i don't think so. and i said this moments ago when i was answering a question of one of your colleagues these foreign leaders have seen the president personally up close for the past three years they have talked about his leadership. they have amended his leadership. they have been proud to see him as the president of the united states after what they experienced in the last administration they have some of them have been even quoted about what the president has been able to do

during his past three years german chancellor scholtz, i think that that joe biden is someone who is very clear, who knows exactly what he is doing and who is one of the most experienced politicians in the world? especially when it comes to international politics. the prime minister of israel, bibi netanyahu, i have had more than a dozen phone conversation, extended phone conversations with president biden. he has also came he also came on a visit to israel during war time, which is an historic first, i found him very clear and very focused. i mean, these are these are leaders that he has had extensive engagement with over the past three years. they have seen him up close and personal. the president looks very, very much looks forward to hosting hosting natal next week and see about the supreme court quickly. so the comments that the president made on monday does the president respect the authority of the supreme court here's what i will say. >> the president has spoken

often very powerfully about the events of january 6. he has and his views on what happened on that day and what you heard from the president monday night. he wasn't supposed to speak. he came back, he saw he he felt so strongly about the decision from the supreme court that he came back early and wanted to speak directly to the american people. and that's what he did it was that significant, he believes is president of the united states to speak directly to the american people and he said this is a dangerous precedent it is. it's a dangerous precedent. he also said and laid out that the supreme court has continued to take away long established freedoms and norms, including a woman's right to choose. and now threatening the fundamental american principle that no one is above the law. and so this is why the president came back. and that's what he spoke out about. and he fears for our democracy and he knows we must do everything that we can to fight agree with a ruling. does

he respect get 30? he respects the authority of the supreme court and like you just said in your question, he disagrees with the ruling. >> absolutely. it is unprecedented. it is dangerous. and that's why the president wanted to make sure that the american people heard directly from him get raquel, thank up about the lines that you are just reading. a foreign liters because it seems like these perception has changed after the debate. >> you mean the quotes that i was, that i was laying out for all of you from chancellor and because i've been talking to diplomats here, you see they're telling me that the war diplomats or, or leaders of countries for these leaders, okay. >> no, i know i just wanted to make sure i was talking about the leaders. here. you what i'm talking about dilute others who have been on the record but after the debates, what they're saying that after the debates allied countries are worry about the future of the u.s and that it is a scary embarrassing time for the

country and that he was neither she was that is taken once imagined a watch party in beijing and moscow so i rights to be worried. >> look there's a lot at stake. there's a lot of stake right now. there is and i think that's why the president fights day in and day out. on behalf of the american people. i got to be careful because you're kind of worried about, i'm assuming the election and what's going to happen. so i don't want to speak to that. but what i can say more broadly, there is a lot at stake and we see that, we see that with role row being overturned, adopts decision. we see that with what happened on january 6, our democracy and freedoms are at stake and not only do diplomats and more leaders care about that, americans here at home care about that. that is something that they worry about. embed is something that the presence is going to continue to fight for, gonna be careful, i can't get into hypotheticals what will happen. there's obviously an election and going on. but there is indeed a lot of stake.

and we talk about this all the time democracy, freedoms. a woman's right to choose. that is important. that is important to fight for. and what republicans are trying to do. extreme republicans and congress are trying to do put three national ban on abortion. that's what the type of legislation that they want to push forward. so we disagree with that. we're going to stand with majority of americans. go ahead, paris great two questions. >> one, than nato. so on. next we summit this president's schedule. i need important ballots with the bilaterals we didn't leaders, especially including turkish president autobahn. a second question is, we know china have been causing a lot of complex i'm trying to see if tawam straight at you see yesterday we saw chinese calls god harassed japanese ship. yes. and cut while also detained a taiwanese fishing boat how went straight, what is white house reaction to those

costs on the fishbowl were obviously closely monitoring the incident, so we're going to continue to do that and as far any bilateral meetings, i don't have anything to read out to you at this time i believe nsc is going to do a call on friday to talk through what next week is going to look like with the natal summit being here in dc. so i would say stay tuned, look out for that and we'll have more to share. and obviously when there is a bilateral meeting, we certainly share that with all of you. just don't have anything to preview at this time as us reach out to japan and taiwan, opposite over he said, why well, i don't have any calls. >> obviously to speak to at this time, but we encourage both sides to maintain open lines of communication so they can get to a resolution here. and that's what we call we call for okay. >> oh no, go ahead i just wanted to get to your answer to

raquel a few moments ago, you talked about it being launched stake. i i'm trying to be mindful so what you're trying to the way that you can shave but i think millions and millions of americans would agree with that assessment. but there's a lot once yeah, i agree. i agree. that's what i said. it's not just well, my answer, but it's also americans here. the present and jury and others in the administration have acknowledged he didn't have a good night up the debate is within his reaction to his room forms. does he think he left people die look, this is certainly a president that. >> i will say and if you know joe biden, you know, him as a senator and as and as vice president he's very sensitive to how people feel, right? and he's very aware of that. i think he has that iq that is certainly incredibly important as a president to be able to to

feel people's pains, feel people's concern, and be able to listen to them directly. and you see that you see him do that on a on a anytime you see him engage with everyday people, americans, i think that's what makes this president so unique. i think also, because he's dealt with so much tragedy and knows what that feels like and i have not asked him specifically that question. but he understands the concerns he understands what people saw and that's why he's spoken to it multiple times. and he's spoken about his age for example, multiple times i'm not just this past friday and he gets it he gets it we get it and so what we're gonna do is continue to continue to look forward continue to work on behalf of the american people. and there is a record here. there's a record here that we can speak

to. there's a record here that matters to majority of americans. we were able to turn some things around whether as the pandemic, the economy, expanding health care. all of those things matter to the american people. and so that's gonna be certainly our focus. but the president gets it, guys. he does, he gets what people saw and how people felt i get i get i can't know, but i can't i really can't. i get i gotta i gotta continue taking questions from the back and i'm already being i'm already being pulled backfill where we being pulled. thank you. i wanted to ask you about the things the president said last week, last week? yes. okay obviously 13 years service members died during yet dennis can withdrawal and then this year three us service members died and drone attack in jordan and yet the president said he's the only president this century, this decade. that doesn't have any troops dying anywhere in the world, like he did and i get having a bad

night, but the person i get that so wrong. >> so i appreciate the question. i really do and i was asked about this, i believe in the gaggle on friday, i believe. i said this melt just reiterate this. now. and again, i appreciate the opportunity. look, the president cares deeply about our service members. he does and their families. there are men sacrifices that they've made to take on the end. and he takes on his responsibility but he has a commander in chief and that is something that certainly he will continue to do. i mentioned moments ago that tomorrow on july 4th, he's going to have active military members here and their families to thank them personally and obviously they make sacrifice, their families make sacrifices as well. and as you know, he attended the dignified transfer of the 13 as you just mentioned, brief service members who lost their lives and afghanistan on august 26 in 2021. and as well as the three who lost their lives and jordan earlier this year, i was

there with the president and you can see how much it how important he he understood it was for him to be there for that moment, to be there for the families and so just want to want to be really clear about that because he has so much gratitude. we know that as a country we can never repay them for their courage. but to your question, the president was making a comparison between how many service members have died under his leadership versus in previous years? that's what the comparison that he was making. and he is doing doing he was doing that because he cares so deeply care so deeply about them and their families and wants to keep troops safe. and that's what he certainly wants to continue to do. let's not forget that for some time. he carried a card in his pocket about how many service members were wounded and killed in iraq and afghanistan. that's how much it was a reminder to him the times

that we live in this president said this century, this decade. >> but a setting that aside, maybe on a different front, you, what was the president trying to say when he said? the heap beat medicare? >> he meant to say he beat big farmer. i mean, that's what he meant to say you have more interaction with the president than most folks you have better than most anyone else. >> can you say do you believe that the president is as sharp today as he was when he took this job. in any slow what i can say is this is a president who is strong and resolute in delivering for the american people. that's what i see. i see a president when i'm in sitting in front of him going through the de are talking about what he's doing next he is someone that engages with us. he wants to know he pushes us, he probably produce us wanting to figure out like the

bigger picture of whatever we're trying to explain to him, or even granule details as far as he is a sharp as ever as i have known him to be in my engagement, in my experience with him, and i know when i walk into the oval office or were see him on air force one, i have to be on top of my game. i do. i mean, that's just my endangerment with him and how it's been for the past couple of years. i know i have to wrap it up. go ahead just wanted to ask, how is the president's health today is does he still have this cold or is he feeling better? >> and then to clarify the medical exam because you said he hasn't had one friend since last physical. he was on the way to the debate. the doctor was with them. he had a cold, his 81 does he not get checked out by the doctor? i'm telling you he did not get did not get checked out by the doctor. it's a cold guys. it's a cold and i know that it affects everybody differently. we've all had colds. and so no it was not checked by the doctor. what

was your other question today? because he still have i saw him today and my team and i saw him today. >> he looked great and he was with the vice president. they both look great i know i was asked yesterday if he still had a cold. i think if he still has a lingering cold but he is ready to go he's ready to go i kinda have to wrap it up with sources told abc that the concert recognizes count difficult a little hole predict meant is how has this mood ben, as a way down as i dressed for it, i just i just i mentioned i think multiple times at this point that i got to see him, my team and i got to see him in the vice president he's great. he's like in a great mood, ready to get things going. he's going to do the medal of honor later today is going to meet with democratic governors and that's kinda what you want to see from you later what i can say, what i can say is that he wants to move forward. that's what he wants to do. he wants to move forward. acknowledge right. acknowledge

what happened be very clear eyed about it in very forthcoming and honest about what he what you all saw. but he also knows that he's the president of united, say he has to continue to work and deliver on behalf of the american people. that's what he has to continue to do and that's what he's that's how he's going to move forward. all right. everybody. thanks, everyone today craig a mask proposal that hamas answer that is, just got. i can hear anything for you but certainly reach out to us and look at your answer. thank you. thank you, guys all right. >> that is the end of the white house press briefing. corinne john p. are asked, is biden considering stepping down absolutely not. is what she said. there were president biden is staying in the race, at least according to korean job i'm pure. she says that biden directly says that reports that he's evaluating any exit from the race or

quote, absolutely false. she went on to say that on a staff call held earlier today, according to sources, the president and vice president were on that call. he said i'm in this race to the end. she also allowed i've are rated on the idea that part of his less than stellar performance on thursday was due to a jet lag and a cold. but she says the president is as sharp as ever, and she was asked if he has been looked at by his doctor, even though the doctor traveled with him, she said no. we know of course he had a physical back in february. so many questions. i think reporters would like to ask dr. o'connor, but she said it's not the norm to bring the doctor to the podium. of course, we're not in a normal place right now with the questions surrounding president biden let's go to cnn's arlette saenz, who is live outside of the white house. arlette while briana, i think you guys covered a lot of those top lines from this briefing, but president the white house press secretary,

karine john pierre, really insisted that president biden plans on remaining in this race, even as there are so many questions about his candidacy swirling. >> she said that the president personally disputed a report that's justin. he is weighing dropping out of the race and the president were told and vice president both called into an all-staff campaign call earlier this afternoon where he insisted that he would stay into this race until the end, according to a source, who was on the call, the president said, quote, i am running, i'm the nominee of the democratic party. no one's pushing me out. i'm not leaving. i'm in this race to the end and we're going to win because when democrats unite, we always win. now part of what the white house is trying to do and president's trying to do both privately and publicly is really tried to reassure a voters, but also top democratic allies, that he just staying in the race and that he is up for a second term. this comes, as you have started to see some cracks within the democratic

support for the president's at least one congressman, democratic congressman has called for president biden to step aside in this race, and others have voiced their belief that biden would lose to try in november if you were to stay at the top of the democratic ticket. now, we are told that president biden, in a conversation with one ally in the last 24 hours, did privately acknowledge that these next few days in the campaign will be critical for him as he is trying to reassure voters that he is up for a second term. this source said that the president is clear-eyed about the situation moving forward, the campaign has sketched out some of the public events that the president will be doing. he will be sitting down for an interview with abc news on friday. we're also told that he's taping some interviews that will with black radio show host that one will air tomorrow morning. and the president is also planning to hit the campaign trail on friday and sunday to make his case to voters in wisconsin and

pennsylvania. but there's still seem to be many questions about biden's a future within this race. he himself trying to make clear to his campaign staff that he plans to remain in then as some are suggesting, that the president should simply step aside for the good of the party and the go to the country at this moment arlette saenz from the white house. >> thank you so much. let's turn now to our experts, cnn senior political analyst gloria borger is with us, former adviser to hillary clinton, philippe raina's an editor at large for the bulwark bill crystal. he's the director for defending them. mock proceed together. thank you all for being with us. gloria. i want to start with you, even though the white house is putting forward the united posture, k jp saying that the president is as sharp as ever. we have this reporting from at least one allies saying that the president sees the next few days is critical. so he is actually weighing whether he's going to stay in this race. >> well, he has to live in the real-world. and if he's not paying attention, that says something, am i think he is paying attention. how can you

not pay attention and i think when he talks to people like chuck schumer or hakeem jeffries. the question he has to be asking is, how is this affecting down-ballot races? i mean, i don't think joe biden is somebody who wants to cost democrats control of either house of congress. and so i think he's realistic about think about questions like that. the question that i have is, who is he listening to? who is giving him this advice? it's a very insular family is in jail. is that his sister val is at his best friend, ted kaufman, who lives in wilmington is that hunter we just we just don't know who's who's really got him this ear. and what what his thoughts are as he goes through the next few days which are going to be so critical, tell us your thoughts on what we just heard, but also can you describe to us how you see this moment is this, is

this a holding pattern? what would you describe it as? >> well? certainly a difficult moment. health issues in general are very difficult for anyone, any of us our spouses, our kids, our parents, you don't always know in the moment unfortunately, the president has to live this out in front of 325 million americans. so i would start by saying we, especially the democratic party, should give his team his family and the president himself the benefit of the doubt that they are sharing with us what they can or what they know. and just because it's unsatisfying, are not fast enough, doesn't mean there's any malicious intent to it. i think nancy pelosi put it very well yesterday where she said, obviously there are questions we need to know if this was an episode or condition, but also is importantly, she said, and this needs to apply to both of them. both of them being trump and biden and i'm not downplaying this. there's another downplayed this is very serious but i will say this present

biden more than anyone to your point, doesn't want to lose the white house or senate and he wants to take back the house. i think he is earned trusting us, trusting has got us being democrats. he got us to this point where we didn't think we'd ever be beyond that there is the part of him that talks to folks. and i think he is hopefully talking to the, you know, the minority leader in the house yesterday. he's going to talk to governors tonight. i think this is what he's known for. he's going to listen to people. he's going to talk to people and he'll process that and he will make a decision that's best for the country bill, what do you make of the white house and campaign response? >> so far because the president had a number of opportunities to speak with congressional leaders and to perhaps even get up at the podium the white

house himself and answer questions directly from reporters. going back to the de after the debate that's not the approach thus far no but what really struck me, i've got to say is he is not seeing had a medical exam since february. >> any is not seen a doctor since he is not apparently seated, specialists since either between february and the debate, but since the debate, i find that extraordinary and frankly, just a terrible if he were an 81-year-old who my new and i he had presented as he did thursday night. i would be urging him to go see a doctor. and your present united states, a great advantage you have is that you can have the best doctor from johns hopkins or any of the great hospitals in america come, come see you immediately it's just irresponsible and i think it's untenable. i don't care about whether he's meeting in voters here or talking to minority leader jeffries a lot that's interesting political maneuvering candies to see it, he needs to assure us that he is well. you can't assure people that he's well after

what we've seen unless the doctor says that he is well or that he has a condition, but that it's manageable and so forth. of course, that might be the case. but you can't the refusal to see the doctor. i find both for political point of view, but honestly from human important i also found it strange that he hasn't seen a doctor as well. >> bill, i also noted that corinne john p, or said it's not the norm to bring the doctor to the podium and we should note the doctor was with him on this trip. that's customary so the doctor certainly sees him quite a bit, observes him. it's not the norm to bring the doctor to the podium, but we're not in normal times, as i mentioned before, do you think think that there should be some kind of public testament from the doctor or do you think this is a period of time where they could be figuring things out. what do you think i mean first of all you go to see a specialist. >> will the kinds of symptoms he's presented with obviously that can be arranged. secondly