growing and renewing concerns about his age. on the other hand t could be that the guy it could be that the guy misspoke. the white house later clarified he was merely referring to a previously-scheduled interview. oh boy. so, um, you know, i i think we ve got a lot of work to do. i m and i m doing a major press conference this afternoon, so, um, i love you all, but i d like to ask you to leave so we can get down to business. reporter: when he said that, literally everybody in washington was like, say what? now, biden did that previously-scheduled interview, as expected, and in it, he touted his decades of washington experience as a great reason to support his re-election bid, despite the fact that he s 80 years old. i ve required a hell of a i ve acquired a hell of a lot of wisdom and know more than the vast majority of people and more experienced than anyone that s ever run for office. reporter: in the meantime, the latest jobs report gave the president a
axios which reports top aids to president biden clashed with hunter biden s team over strategies for dealing with the legal battles and republican attacks that surround the president s son. biden s top diplomat had to face questions about the laptop in this interview with fox s benjamin hall. can you explain what your role was in that and if you incentivized it? they don t do politics and don t engage in it but with regard to that letter, um, i didn t it wasn t my idea. i didn t ask for it or slid zit it. reporter: some former intelligence officials refused to sign the letter. former moscow station chief dan hoffman explained why. the letter noted there was no evidence. i just felt like we needed to do the forensics. it was a very convoluted story. reporter: john brennan and james clapper are slated to testify before congress later this month. rich? rich: lucas, thank you. let s take a deeper dive into
has always disapparentlied john mccain and just about everybody else and everything else. the reason that these people babe in there fashion and use this kind of language is because the fish rots from the head. that s what the president does and he sets the tone. they emulate it. the other reason i think they are leaking this is a slowly dying administration in which scandal and incompetence and dishonesty are going to be what is it s known for. everyone is scramblinging to distance themselves so they re painted as somehow purer than the next guy to get their position out so that the blame falls elsewhere. they re not traitors. . that s something far different. in one sense they are cowards. this they really don t believe in this administration, they know this president is so corrupt, they should leave but don t have the nerve to do so. it s interesting you said this is the axios source, axios
quote from president trump who has always disapparentlied john mccain and just about everybody else and everything else. the reason that these people babe in there fashion and use this kind of language is because the fish rots from the head. that s what the president does and he sets the tone. they emulate it. the other reason i think they are leaking this is a slowly dying administration in which scandal and incompetence and dishonesty are going to be what is it s known for. everyone is scramblinging to distance themselves so they re painted as somehow purer than the next guy to get their position out so that the blame falls elsewhere. they re not traitors. . that s something far different. in one sense they are cowards. this they really don t believe in this administration, they know this president is so corrupt, they should leave but don t have the nerve to do so. it s interesting you said this is the axios source, axios which runs a ton of blind items an sometimes in helpful bull