kevin o'connor at camp david in recent days, and o'connor determined it was a cold president of the united states, tested negative for coven of the new york times, published a pre debase arguments on bindings upcoming performance. suggesting the democrats planned to replace him with another candidate is sites the president's physical frailty. and we use is whether he should have found the account pain because he looks weak compared to donald trump. that question will be decided that the democratic national convention in a few weeks by didn't, can resolve this by withdrawing from the race. there isn't time to hold new primaries, but he could throw the choice of a successor to the democratic national convention in chicago. the democratic party has some prominent figures, who i think would be in a good position to feed trump in november. so to have state most book sites, democrats plans, biden's, poor performance to have a valid reason to replace them. it was a disaster for joe biden. and a guy from the 2nd he walked out onto the stage 12 minutes into it early on, he start, he just, he couldn

he was examined by his personal doctor, kevin o'connor, at camp david.id but he does have a cold. that's why he's raspy. but that begs the question why they didn't let people know beforehand to sort of set expectations among the audience of people weren't taken by surprise. particularly when so many voters already have concerns about his age, about his stamina. i asked all those white house officials after they confirmed he was sick why they hadn't said anything in advance. nobody answered. >> norah: nancy, so much of the reporting that you've done all week on the evening news is that the trump supporters, including the former president, said biden would be jacked up on drugs for the debate and he really sounded like he needed some cold medicine to take before this whole event so he could make some of his points. it was difficult even hear him on some of the exchanges. nancy cordes, thank you. i had, our own chief washington correspondent, major garrett is going to fact-check some of the candidates claims tonight. i know we are talking about style but th