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A 67-year-old climber fell off the 450-foot-tall Independence Monument on Saturday.

A 67-year-old climber fell off the 450-foot-tall Independence Monument on Saturday.

Term. he's been in office one year. i think it's a little bit, let's say, disrespect spl to expect everything to be laid out, it's going to be completed in the first year of his term. >> reporter: will these voters give the president more time? >> i will never turn my back on joe biden. >> he has to show me a little more. i don't really want to commit to that at this point. >> reporter: the president needing to re-energize key supporters in a critical election year. so, craig, those supporters do want to see action on the vote rights and economy. fletcher smith said something really interestin...

>> do you think that president biden has fought hard enough for the priorities of black voters? >> i do not. >> reporter: bradley, a trusty at her church, just outside of columbia, says her top priority is democrats voting rights legislation which was defeat this had week. she blames president biden for not pushing for it earlier. >> our ancestors fought long and hard to get these rights for us and for them to be taken away would be detrimental. >> reporter: bradley praises the president's handling of covid, but not the economy. >> when you go to the grocery stores you find things three and fo...

>> reporter: fletcher smith, a former state delegate and long-time biden supporter commended the president for passing a covid relief bill. his advice now, more direct outreach. >> we will continue to be with him, but he needs to be with us walking side by side, not behind us, not necessarily in front of us. but side by side as martin luther king did. >> reporter: it is not just in south carolina our news poll shows black support for president biden has dropped 19 points since april. now it's down to 64% what do you say to these black voters who say that you do not have their backs as you prom...