in a statement, white house press secretary karine jean pierre said: the white house will provide regular updates on his status as he continues to carry out the full duties of the office while in isolation. in the hours before testing positive, mr biden was on the campaign trail inside a restaurant, shaking hands and speaking with voters. following his diagnosis, the president was seen without a mask as he exited his motorcade and climbed the steps of air force one to return to delaware. this all comes at a perilous time for the president, with his re election bid continuing to lose support from allies. on wednesday, one of the most influential democrats in congress, adam schiff, called on biden to end his re election bid. congressman schiff said that while he believes president biden has been one of the most consequential presidents in us history, he said it was time for the president to pass the torch . mr schiffjoins 17 other house democrats who have directly called on
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in the days that followed his dismal debate performance, joe biden was, by all accounts contrite. and in listening mode. but this past week, we are told the mood has changed. the president is telling those closest to him the coversation about his future is over, and he is growing increasingly irritated that they are not getting it. the problem is, his assertions that he can win this race are not backed up by the numbers. indeed the numbers are getting worse. democrat funded polling shows he is going backwards in 14 states. in the swing states his approval rating is below a0%. it is a long way back from that position with just 16 weeks to run. on tuesday, jared huffman, the democratic congressman from california said: tonight his california colleague adam schiff, running for the senate, has issued a statement calling onjoe biden to step aside. joe biden has been one of the most consequential presidents in our nations history, he wrote, but our nation is at a crossroads, i beli
hello, i m matthew amroliwala. we start with breaking news from spain where a court has confirmed that the body discovered in tenerife is that of missing british teenagerjay slater. the body was found not far away from a house he d been visiting, near the village of masca. it s almost a month since the 19 year old disappeared after going to a music festival. the court said that the death was caused by trauma consistent with a fall in a rocky area. in a moment we ll speak to our reporter nickjohnson, who s injay slater s home town in lancashire, but first let s speak to guy hedgecoe, who s in tenerife for us. guy, confirmation of what everyone had feared? yes, i m outside the headquarters of the local police who have been leading the search forjay slater over the last month. we do now have this confirmation from the judicial authorities here that the body that was found yesterday by the mountain rescue unit of the local police was indeed that of jay slater. what we ve been t