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angeles and this is america's late news, "fox news @ night". you think biden should step down? you've talked to him more than anybody else lately. >> trace: breaking tonight, tmc capturing george stephanopoulos who interviewed the president just days ago admitting he thinks biden cannot serve another term. meantime another day of democratic cleanup after biden's bad debate night at all eyes now looking toward the president's "big boy press conference" this week. >> it was a bad night, we understand that. i would call it we had a bad night. right? >> he had a bad night. >> a bad night. >> a bad night. he will have a press conference lot -- next week at nato. a big boy press conference. when he gives his press conference,'s big boy press conference. >> a press conference, i guess a big boy press conference. >> trace: and former president

trump getting his essay on the democrats chaos at a massive rally in florida tonight with senator and potential vp marco rubio. >> whatever else can be said about crooked joe biden, you have to give him credit for one brilliant decision, probably the smartest decision he's ever made , he picked kamala harris as his vice president. because it was an insurance policy. maybe the best insurance policy i've ever seen. >> trace: ashley strohmier is live in new york with more on trump's first rally since the day after the debate. >> reporter: hello trace. former president trump hit the campaign trail in his home state of florida discussing a number of topics including resident biden's perceived cognitive decline, even challenging him to another debate. >> sleepy joe biden can prove to everyone all over the world that he has what it takes to be president. but this time it will be man to man, no moderators, no holds

barred. just named the place, any time, anywhere. >> reporter: he did not stop there, slamming vice president kamala harris coming amid growing pressure from democrats and mainstream medium -- media up for to step aside from the presidential race. >> he picked kamala harris as his vice president. no, it was brilliant. because it was an insurance policy, maybe the best insurance policy i've ever seen. if joe had picked to someone even halfway competent, they would have bounced him from office years ago. >> reporter: and then there's this on the economy, trump blaming biden for sky high prices. >> under my leadership we will make america affordable again so every american family can afford to take a vacation. on day one we will throw out bidenomics and replace it with maganomics. >> also growing speculation

about trump's vise presidential pick. some top contenders including marco rubio, jd vance and north dakota governor. senior advisor for the trump campaign jason miller said on monday that the former president is close to making his decision which could come as soon as this week. >> trace: ashley strohmier live in new york, thank you. let's bring in strategies aaron per renee and princeton university political scientist lauren right. welcome to you both. the former president at his rally tonight says it does not matter who the democrats nominate. watch. >> despite all the democrat panic, the truth is does not matter who they nominate because we are going to beat anyone of them in thundering landslides. joe, kamala, the entire democrat establishment have been caught red handed in the thick of the biggest scandal and the biggest cover-up. it's a cover-up, that's what it is. >> trace: it really does feel

like there was some kind of cover-up going on, erin perrine. >> i really appreciate that donald trump stood there and made such a strong contrast between the democrats. all of them in totality. joe biden included and the republicans. it's not just joe biden. we said this in the 2020 cycle, he was a vessel for the radical left policies that they were going to pursue, same with kamala harris, she's just as culpable. it does not matter who the democrats would put up and at this point it will be joe biden and if he decides to step aside it could be somebody else. but these policies have failed the american people. contrast that with trump's policies and the efforts to cover-up not only joe biden's decline but the failure of his policies. that is a contrast point. the american people are responding to it in tropes of support for donald trump at this point. >> trace: it's interesting because everybody is looking at what happened over the past ten days, lauren wright, and looking closely at the polls.

we have the aarp poll, battleground wisconsin, these numbers on the screen, i have trump at 44, biden 38. that's a bunch of independent voters there, changing percentages that are kind of shifting towards the former president. what do you think? >> i think that's true. that's why trump is ahead on all the national averages including all the swing states, and those are the most important polls. it's because voters are unhappy with the policies and angry about what they've seen. the biden campaign's message is trump is a liar and he's dangerous to democracy. well now they don't have much of a leg to stand on themselves. i will say i think harris is the only option for their replacement but she has a huge problem and that is that the administration has sold the biden harris administration, every single day we see that label. it's a partnership.

so either she's complacent in hiding biden's condition from the american public or she wasn't as involved as the american people thought she was. and so what is the message there? i don't know but they need to replace her. >> trace: reuters ip so's, biden should drop out. here's the results, 56% say yes, he should drop look at the independence. sixty%. i have one more poll so quick answers from both on this. >> it's very clear that the american people and democrats who are trying to be quiet but are very loud do not want to joe biden at the top of the ticket. this isn't about age, it's about mental acuity. polling shows time and again that the american people and especially democrats do not trust joe biden's mental acuity. for democrats it's a big pickle because they don't trust his mental acuity but would rather vote for joe biden who they believe is not fit for office over donald trump because they have such hatred for him versus putting the country on the right track. >> trace: talking about mental

acuity, let's put this poll up. biden mentally sharp and able to deal with challenges, 23%, trump 49%. final thoughts? >> it's pretty dismal but i will add i don't think trump can take anything for granted at this point. he's in a golden position that none of us probably thought he would be heading into 2024, but he needs to win back those moderate republicans that put him in the white house the first time around and needs to concentrate on them with his vp pick and his policy message. >> trace: which could be coming any day. lauren wright, erin perrine, thank you. meanwhile the white house press briefing had a challenge today defending biden over concerns about his mental capacity and calls from fellow democrats to drop his reelection bid. bill melugin is live with new information. >> reporter: good evening. the white house is trying to clean up concerns about president biden's cognitive decline. during today's white house press

briefing our colleague peter do see pressed karine jean-pierre on why he hasn't recently been tested. >> are you guys just not since february testing president biden for parkinson's or dementia back because if he gets a bad result, it's all over? >> again, as i've said many times before, the president has had a full some, comprehensive, what we shared with you was comprehensive but he's had a full...physical. we've shown the results of those physicals this past three years. just to clear this up got the white house medical unit, his doctor, they don't believe that he needs anything more than what we have been able to provide. >> reporter: and karine jean-pierre also clarified why a neurological specialist with an

expertise in parkinson's had come to the white house multiple times. she says it was just to give biden his annual physicals. >> when i said only three, i said only three visits, that this particular doctor had, i said a neurologist. what i was not able to confirm is the name and to the reason why is because we do not share a private information. >> reporter: karine jean-pierre went on to say biden is more determined than ever to run for president and also added that top democrats and to the congressional black caucus have all come out in support of him as calls for him to step aside continue. we will see where it goes next. >> trace: we will indeed, thank you. [♪♪] the "fox news @ night" commonsense department was intrigued by the white house press briefing today where fox's own peter doocy asked a simple question, why doesn't the president get checked out and say the coast is clear?

karine jean-pierre's abrasive answer left commonsense with an on feeling that the coast is cloudy. maybe evening heavy fog. claiming the president doesn't need a cognitive test because he has a full medical unit with them at all times and gets an annual physical. she says every day americans are lucky if they can get a physical because "they have to get into a car, they have to take public transportation." if commonsense has this right, us americans need a ride to the dr, joe biden's medical team is in the next room, begging the question why doesn't joe biden walk into the next room and get a cognitive test? you know, before 8:00 pm. the press secretary says the president's medical team does not think he needs a cognitive test. did the medical team see the debate? do they talk to the president? truth is the medical team does not decide if a cognitive test is needed by joe biden, joe biden makes that decision. both joe biden and commonsense realize that not taking a test means the race continues.

taking a test means the race is likely over. at least for the man who took the test. with that let's bring in the gop nominee for congress in california is district, intensive care physician along with townhall.com managing editor spencer brown. thank you for coming on. a board-certified neurologist, dr, said this on nbc about joe biden. watch. >> this is not a palatable issue or speech discrepancy which is different from word retrieval, plus the rigidity. lots of arm swings, you notice when he turns it's kind of and block turning, not a quick turn. so that's one of the hallmarks. i could have diagnosed him from across the mall. >> trace: a lot of dog new -- diagnoses going on. why doesn't joe biden just get a cognitive test?

>> it's exactly what you said, he has everything to lose and really nothing to game. but without saying that i can diagnose him from across the mall, i think to myself, what is the second or third step? people say he has parkinson's, fine, the trouble is that side effects of medications include hallucinations, solutions, and so do you want somebody who was holding the nuclear codes to be suffering from those medication side effects? >> trace: the answer is no, i do not. a lot of people are in sync on that. over the couple of years biden's speaking errors have increased. we have this graphic for you and you can kind of look at it, this is from june of last year through may of 2024. it keeps going on. i've put this up on the screen because it really tells you that there is something happening and it also tells you it's happening to a man that doesn't really speak publicly very much. >> exactly right. this is a president that is far less accessible than his

predecessor, he doesn't to press conferences normally. he has the white house playing up his big boy press conference which should be beneath the office of the president but these aren't necessarily just he said the wrong number or used to the wrong name. he's the president of the united states, supposedly the leader of the free world and what he says has an impact. when you have somebody who not he does not only recently but throw the last few years has misstated policy, exit only called for a regime change in russia, he's continuing to do things that projects more weakness and our enemies are watching. including the debate last week, our enemies are watching and see that if they are going to do something, now would be the time. he goes to bed early, sleeps then, doesn't have his wits about him and it's a problem. >> trace: thank you, spencer. it seems to be some kind of a divide in the democratic party that there wasn't a couple of days ago. they are kind about loggerheads now and i'm wondering what you think when you watch him. does he make it through the next four and a half months?

does he make it through the next six, seven months before he would have to leave office? >> in the icu where i work we have something called sundown inc. where older frail patients in the night when they get sleep disturbances become confused and nonsensical. disturbed to sleep is part and parcel of being president. of north korea is going to fire missiles at the middle of the night, you won't like grandpa vote -- let grandpa joe sleep until the morning, you will wake him up but unfortunately he will be sharp as a marble at that point. >> trace: after seeing what many people are calling the cover up for lack of a better term, it's typical, when you listen to these white house news conferences and press briefings, it's difficult to trust the information coming out. >> completely and that's ultimately the biggest problem the administration has had from the start. in the skates it's more serious because it's the physical health of the man who has the nuclear codes but this is something the administration has done from the start. i remember being on your show when the classified documents

scandal happened and karine jean-pierre wasn't being forthcoming and had to be corrected all the time. it goes to everything, whether it's the economy, the border, every single crisis the administration has brought they've denied until they can't anymore and it seems like they've hit that point with biden's fitness and i don't know if there's a path forward for them. >> trace: going down the list, crime, the border, the laptop, everything that this administration has been challenged on, they have denied and they have lied and so it really is tough to trust them when they talk about him being cognitively all there. to you both, thank you. he'd been home for almost two weeks. he was jetlagged? how big is that [ bleep ] jet? the point is, for a campaign based on honesty and decency, this been about the debate appears to be blatant be -- [ bleep ]. get on board or shut the [ bleep ] up is not a compelling pro-democracy bumper sticker.

nor is what are you going to do? >> trace: clearly that is the daily show host calling out president biden and his enablers for their lack of transparency about his mental fitness. let's bring in the host of a home that heals podcast, one of america's great former tv news anchors, and talk radio host. thank you for coming on. jason, you and i look like twins, this is great, that jacket, that tied, everything in sync. i wanted to play this soundbite because the democrats are now, we are being told, out loggerheads, a lot of disagreeing, there's bickering in-house. msnbc said the following... >> if you saw any of the white house press briefing today, it was the white house press corps, many of them at their absolute worst in the way the -- they approached press secretary karine jean-pierre who was trying to be responsive to

medical questions where there were limitations on what she could say. >> so he's angry that the white house press corps is now asking questions that they have ignored for the past three and a half years. >> how dare they get upset, finally by the way, that they are not actually being, you know, told the truth, given the information the american people deserve. you have karine jean-pierre who's just a shameless lawyer, who's been lying over and over again. and for the most part, the exception of a few, everyone there seemed to be okay with it. seams to be okay they were told about the cheap fakes that we knew were not fake. when we were told lie after lie after lie they said nothing and all of a sudden they are acting as if they are offended. the reason they are acting this way is because the american people clearly and obviously know the truth about joe biden and they can't get away with lying about it anymore, unless you are on msnbc. >> trace: you talk about getting caught red-handed, this

was red-handed all the way. dee, i saved of you ladies for you. here's joy, watch. >> i'm tired of all the biden bashing. i am angry with it frankly. there's a lot of biden fashion going on and no calls for the sexually abusive felon to step down. >> trace: biden bashing. they've been gas lighting us for three and a half years on this, they finally got caught and now we are bashing for asking questions that should have been asked a long time ago? >> what i loved was that the questions were being asked but than the other members of the press corps were following up and actually doing what the press should do, and that is press the issue. i would just like to see them following up with peter doocy on this whole idea. i think the people i talked to say i just want to know, is he are is he not fit to serve. the only way we will know is if

he has a cognitive test done, a neurological test done, they are released and the president is transparent, the way he promised he would be. we have to know. >> trace: we do. meantime george stephanopoulos let us know, kind of a big tell today. he was asked if biden should step down. you have to listen close, it's hard to hear, but watch. >> do you think biden should step down? you talk to him more than anybody else lately [ inaudible >> trace: i don't think he can serve four more years, jason. >> he's obviously right. he's the person you go to if you are a democrat and one a softball interview. while i don't think it was necessarily a softball interview, he did not make it as contentious as it could be and even he sat back and said man i gave you every opportunity to hit a homerun and clear this up and you still could not so i'm glad he's being a bit more honest. i just wish he would be honest

when not being secretly recorded or however that was done. go on television and be honest about it. >> trace: i want to play this quickly, a montage. it seems like the media is starting to swing back toward team biden, at least a morning show, watch. >> the latest on president biden, defiant in the calls to bow out of the race, during his potential rivals to challenge him. >> we will begin with a defiant president biden pushing back forcefully against pressure to drop out of the presidential race. >> the president for his part is trying to slam the door on the democratic debate following last month shaky debate performance, arguing we are done talking about it, it's time to put trump in the bull's-eye. >> trace: so he's not old and feeble, now he's defiant and daring. i've got about 20 seconds. >> i will just say i think the american people, this is a nonpartisan issue, is the president fit to serve or not? we need to know, we are getting ready to hire the president of

the united states. a lot of jobs require cognitive and neurological testing. this one should too. >> trace: it should. dee sarton, jason ratz, thank you up next kamala harris defending anti-israel college protests as speculation mounts that she could replace president joe biden. and later in the nightcap... [ simultaneous talking ] >> very unified. >> all on the same page? >> know. >> what do you mean not on the same page? >> not even in the same book. >> trace: democrats are divided, the media divided, even liberal elites divided. last week most of you told us joe biden would be pushed out, forced to step down, do you still feel like it's only a matter of time before he leaves or do you think you might survive? let us know x and instagram @tracegallagher, we will read your responses in the nightcap. we are coming right back. [♪♪] in your own life with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more.

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[♪♪] >> trace: if president biden does indeed drop out of the presidential race, kamala harris is currently considered the favorite to replace him but in a new interview the vice president expressed empathy for the recent wave of anti-israel college protests. back live now to bill melugin with more on that story. >> reporter: good evening. as a some democrats out there are calling for bp kamala harris to replace president biden at the top of the ticket this fall, harris is now reupping her defense of those anti-israel protests we saw spreading all across college campuses in recent months. she told the nation magazine in part "they are showing exactly what the human emotion should be as a response to gaza. there are things some of the protesters are saying that i absolutely reject so i don't mean to wholesale endorse their point but we have to navigate it.

i understand the emotion behind it." harris was in las vegas today campaigning as president biden's political future continues to cause turmoil amongst democrats with some saying harris gives the best chance to beat donald trump. while she was in sin city she met with team usa basketball team as they prepare for the 2024 summer olympic games. in the meantime, at his rally in florida tonight, former president trump went after harris and the idea that she could be president. >> i don't think kamala harris is california's socialism is going to go down well with the people of doral, the people of miami, the people of florida, because in florida we don't like socialism, we want our freedom, right? >> reporter: and trump went on to challenge president biden to another debate this week as well as an 18 hole golf match. but the biden campaign responded that they don't have time for " trump's weird antics." they are dodging it. >> trace: biden's the one who

said he could beat him. bill, thank you. let's bring rabbi chaim mentz in the co-author of stolen youth bethany mandel. thank you for coming on. the national review rights, kamala harris is anti-israel student protesters are showing exactly what the human emotion should be. going on to read,'s democrats take a closer look at her as the most likely replacement, should biden drop out of the race? her views on middle east policy will undergo closer scrutiny. now in an interview, harris makes clear she sympathizes with the anti-israel protesters on college campuses. i mean this has been going on these types of comments, since back in october, bethany. >> yeah. i mean now we know new reporting coming out of the free beacon that a lot of these protests are funded by the iranian's. i don't understand where the vice president's concern is for people that are living in gaza. like someone just kidnapped by

hamas for speaking out against the terrorist regime. where's the sympathy there? i don't understand why she only has sympathy for protesters who are anti-american and anti-one of our greatest allies in the middle east. >> trace: yeah, a fair point. you kind of look back on this thing, rabbi, and joe biden, for a lot of the times behind closed doors you hear them say things like israel needs to get it's act together, pull out, of the most part publicly he was supporting israel. kamala harris does not seem to be taking that stance. >> no, but she's acting like a politician. saying a lot of things but not really saying anything. when she goes and says two things like i don't like certain things, i'd love to know what is that that you don't like. tell us, take leadership,'s show some leadership. i'm telling you guys, i don't like it, stop it. i would love kamala harris to come out and say you guys, are you posting for america or just anti-israel? talk about the hostages. there's nothing being spoken

about that. takes on leadership, show the people who are protesting, give them something pro- america, pro-israel. it should not always be -- and not telling you exactly what i'm really mean. >> trace: i think the rabbi makes a good point because you go back to october and november, talking about what about the hostages, what about the attack by hamas on october 7th. but i want to play a soundbite because this is kamala harris back in december of 2023 and she doesn't say anything, nor did she then, about the hostages or about october 7th. >> international humanitarian law must be respected. too many innocent palestinians have been killed. frankly the scale of civilian suffering and to the images and videos coming from gaza are devastating. >> trace: i mean this is the woman by the way who bailed out the rioters in the george floyd riots back in 2021, so there you

go. >> yeah, i mean at that point there were still eight american hostages, and there are still eight, some of whom are no longer alive. there have -- has been next to no mention from the white house of the plight of those hostages, five of whom are presumed to be alive. but talking about humanitarian law, when we talk about a 4-year-old little boy and a 1-year-old little boy, one of whom has spent the majority of his life in captivity. we've heard nothing about if they are alive, how they are doing, the red cross hasn't visited, so she can save the talk about humanitarian law until she talks about those kids >> trace: and i wonder what this does to the contest, the election, if, for some reason, kamala harris ends up in that lead position, what does this do , what do the jews that you've to talk to, what do they think about these policies? >> the jewish people are very much divided. you put two jews in a room and come out with three opinions.

we don't know yet when it comes to kamala harris. she will have to say straight up what she stands for. but we will be listening to what she says to other groups. where does she really stand. one thing we need more than anything else. i'm an american and a democrat believe it or not. i need a strong israel, not because my brothers live there, because i need a strong america to be able to defend and no when there will be an attack from the radical islamists, et cetera. israel is our best friend. kamala harris, tell us what you think, are you on the -- are you going to be on the top? tell us what you think. >> trace: we hope to get in touch with you while you are in israel. bethany, thank you, we appreciate it. coming up as -- president biden remains under intense scrutiny over his mental fitness. today he paced world leaders at the nato summit in washington. our u.s. allies reacting to the 2024 election chaos?

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[♪♪] >> trace: with nato ministers in washington this week for their 75th anniversary conference, the alliance finds itself at a pivotal point with the possibility that former president trump could return to office and bring with him his hard-line attitude toward the allies. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin

is at the pentagon. >> reporter: the leader of the world's largest democracy, india's prime minister, warmly embraced russian president vladimir putin today in moscow, just hours after russian missiles targeted a children's hospital in kyiv, killing dozens of children. a senior nato official warned that rush up plans more of these high-profile attacks ukraine. the timing of the meeting by a key u.s. ally an affront to nato as world leaders arrive in washington, dc to celebrate 75 years of the western alliance. all eyes now on president biden after a rocky debate performance and to the future of the alliance in question. european allies are moving quickly to trump proof the alliance with former president trump continuing to threaten to stop funding the war in ukraine and pulled out of nato. the u.s. currently deploys 90,000 of nato's 500,000 armed forces in europe. nato leaders plan to sign a

defense industrial pledge to strengthen the allied industrial base on wednesday, to enable arms makers across europe and north america to produce at a larger, faster scale. allies assigned a multi- nation contract for nearly $700 million of stinger missiles. those are produced by the u.s. >> the allies are now spending at least 2% of gdp on defense. from three allies back in 2014. >> reporter: when biden became president, only 9 of the 32 nato members were spending 2% or more of their gdp on defense. now 23 nato allies are doing so, and achievement president biden highlighted two nato allies as he welcomed them to the summit. those still not pulling their weight include canada, spain, italy and belgium, home to nato headquarters. trace. >> trace: jennifer, thank you. let's bring in former navy seal

cameron hamilton and for a desk editor in chief lisa daftari, thank you to both. i want to put this up because this is critical on a worldscale, talking talking about countries that have lost confidence in joe biden since 2023. you look at the united kingdom, down 14%, spain down 13, sweden down 13, poland down 13. it's a big drop and it's very concerning, what the rest of the world thinks about america. >> these are allies, not talking about the adversaries. what's crazy is that the mainstream media is talking about what the world and our advertise -- adversaries think about biden in the last week or so since the debate but our adversaries have been watching biden for the last three and a half years and they understand the weakness not just in his physical weakness but in the posturing and policies and the lack of deterrence. now we are trying to play catch up and say well here we are at nato, will the world all of a sudden understand that we mean business, our president is strong enough, he's fit enough.

his own party is saying he's not fit enough yet here he is standing before the world stage saying leads believe in us, we mean business and we are the united states. >> trace: cameron hamilton, you wonder why other countries are losing faith, losing their respect and confidence in president biden. you look at this, this is the daily why are talking about biden skipping meetings, it says biden skipped an early eating -- evening meeting so he could go to bed. german officials were aware of biden's fatigue and decided to accommodate the president by holding a confidential meeting about the war in ukraine in the early evening so that he could attend, however biden never showed up. secretary of state antony blinken attended instead and announced that biden had to go to bed. i mean if you are in the military, if you are anybody and you see the allies losing confidence, it's a big deal. >> it's a major deal. i think what we are seeing right now is unfortunately a man who is not competent and not capable

of doing the job. the american presidency is not something to be desired by any individual, there is so much stress upon it. and so we need a president with all of his faculties and all of his abilities to deal with the stressors of today's era. right now we are facing international war on a level we've not seen in quite some time. so i think again his behavior and his rhetoric and tone has been projecting weakness over and over. there was a different rhetoric and tone under president trump. traveling overseas with the state department, we saw a clear difference. they may not have liked him but they respected american might and influence and power. we don't see that now so those numbers are not surprising. >> trace: how important is the state of the nato address, the news conferences thursday? >> it will be all eyes on biden. 's words,'s actions, every handshake, every entry, every exit in and out of her room, he will say much more than just his words with his body language and he's the leader of the free world so how can we walk away

thinking that the world is a safer place, a better place, a stronger place when he's at the helm? it will be a really big deal, all eyes on biden. >> trace: peter doocy was asking this question of the white house briefing today, watch this. >> he also said he's sharpest before 8:00 pm. so say the pentagon at some point picks up an incoming nuke, it's 11:00 pm, who do you call, the first lady? >> he has a team that lets him know of any news that is pertinent and important to the american people. he has someone that is decided with his national security council, who gets to tell him that news. >> trace: it's the old 3:00 am call. right now it's 11:00 pm and soon it will be -- it's one of those things, another thing that is distressing for a lot of people who are concerned about national security. >> look, the office of the

president projects strength and confidence throughout the world, not only for american interests would also to defend freedom and democracy around the world. so we need to have an american president who projects that strength. aside from all the rhetoric, we needed american president who is capable and who we believe the greatest stressors of conflict and international instability can be counted upon to have a resolute and strong mind. unfortunately that is not what we are seeing out of the white house so the fact that peter asked that question is again because many americans are simply concerned the democratic party, their consultants across the country have admitted the same. >> trace: they have. cameron hamilton, lisa daftari, thank you. he's going to come to the conclusion that this is just not a good idea. i don't predict things, i'm just telling you it's inevitable. they will prey on it and make the right decision. i don't have any doubt about it. >> trace: democrats and the media divided over whether joe biden will stay in the race. last week most of you told us that biden would be pushed out.

a lot has happened since. do you still feel like it's only a matter of time before he leaves? let us know x and instagram @tracegallagher, we will read your responses, they are interesting, coming up next in the nightcap. [♪♪]

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back with the nightcap crew, ashley strohmier, bill melugin, rabbi chaim mentz, dee sarton, jason ratz. democrats in disarray. the media divided, even liberal elites divided. last week most of you thought biden would be forced to step aside but a lot is happened since. do you still feel like it's only a matter of time before he leaves or do you think he might survive the battle? jason. >> i never thought he would leave. he's 100% going to survive the battle because time is on his side. here's a number that is actually really important. twelve, the amount of electoral college votes he would lose, democrats would lose, if this went to an open convention because in washington state you have to be certified by the 20th of august. >> trace: ashley. >> i'm with jason. i don't think he's going anywhere but there's so much chaos going on in the party, who knows what's going to happen. i personally don't think he's going anywhere.

>> trace: phil. >> i think it's a lose lose situation. for the people who want him to go, if he does leave, then they have to callable someone together quick. if he stays, republicans have all the ads they could hope for with other democrats saying he's not capable and qualified and can be president. >> trace: dee. >> i just have this sense that the family is in this with him, like they are all in. he's staying. that family pressure, i think that's powerful and i think he's going to stay. >> trace: rabbi. >> democrats are very loyal. he's going to stay, he's not going anywhere, this is just noise so that we don't talk about the economy. >> trace: it's interesting because a week ago, ten days ago i thought oh, no, he's out, there's no chance he's going to make this, dr, but now they are starting to rally around him and the media is starting to swing in his direction. >> jill biden is hanging on for dear life. that's who's driving it. >> trace: okay, there you go. we asked what you think, you still feel it's a possibility he

hangs out? there it is, a matter of time, x 62% think he's on his way out and 55% on instagram. and sam says he will survive because jill likes the limelight and perks. hunter needs joe to win so he has a parking card. leslie, he's going to stay until the end, his ego is too big and his hate for president trump too strong. rosemary, when the money stops, so will biden. tom says after several more gaps during tonight's nato speech, not tonight but you get it, he's history. julie, 25th amendment removal if he doesn't step down. and brian says his mental health is getting drastically worse by the week, there is no more denying it. apparently leaving. thank you all for joining the nightcap, thank you for watching the nightcap and for watching america's late news, "fox news @ night". i'm trace gallagher in los angeles, see you back here.

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