in decades whether or not biden still should be at the time top of the ticket, whether or not he can continue to lead the nation. a question illuminated at lead last week, cnn presidential debate for years, biden his push back on that question consensus distantly answering in two words, he would say, quote, watch me. here he is in september 2022 ask whether you who are fit for the job. and when you hear that i wonder what you think let s take that and it s all my watch me. if you think i don t have the energy level mental acuity then then, you know, that s one thing another thing watching and keep my schedule just one month after that. i asked the president to respond to american voters who frankly admin watching whenever anyone raises concerns about your age you oldest president in the history of the united states, you always say, watch me. voters happened, watching you democratic voters approve of the job you re doing. democratic voters overwhelmingly like you but one poll
is cnn. the world s news network damage control, panic sweeps the democratic party as top officials scrambled to freeze the fallout from president biden s debate performance. when you get knocked down, you get back in his day on the ticket two of the president s most prominent supporters, former house speaker nancy pelosi and congressman jim clyburn. our next and the path ahead, as calls grow for biden to step aside, his campaign says that would cause chaos and give trump the win. we ll, lawmakers agree, stay the course. sheila, our panel and i love experts is here to discuss plus victory lap after a torrent of debate falsehoods former president trump calls it a when we had a big victory did he convince any swing voters, senator lindsey graham will be here hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is at an inflection point. president joe biden is in camp david today for a long-planned family my gathering, it comes as he faces pressure from panic democrat
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capture the first nhl championship in franchise history congrats to them. and thank you so much for joining me today and fredricka whitfield, the cnn newsroom continues with alisyn camerota, right? now hello, everyone. juan, you re in the cnn newsroom. i m alice and camerota and new york tonight, president biden is meeting with his family at camp david. multiple sources tell cnn the meeting was planned i had a long time ago for a photo shoot and it is not some kind of emergency gathering to discuss the future of his campaign. but it has new significant in light of growing calls for the president to exit the race after thursday s alarming debate performance. and now there s new polling that suggests voters concerns are growing about the president s fitness for office. one of the burning questions since the debate is how much did president biden s inner circle? no about his apparent frailty before thursday night axios has new reporting that president biden s closest aides hav
fredricka would you like to enjoy a baseball game from that seat? yellow everyone. thank you so much for joining me is back on the campaign trail hoping to re-energize his election bid after sure. when he acknowledged was a weak debate performance thursday night, the president just touching down in east hampton, new york. today s making several campaign stops on long island and in new jersey as well today but it comes as cnn has learned, the democratic party leaders are conducting polls to determine if biden is really the best candidates the party is conducting new poles to determine if biden will drag down candidates down ballot especially in critical races in the house and senate. cnn s arlette saenz as jordi us right now with a very latest on this. arlette out. what more are you learning about these efforts behind the scenes? well fread, we re learning that behind the scenes, democrats are quite anxious relating to the president s debate performance on thursday night. and