ways has, has come to an end. but i think he's made some very strong speeches. they're connecting that history to how he sees the present challenges of today. >> so to that point, as he was arriving in france, the white house had to respond to that wall street journal piece that was entitled quote behind closed doors, biden shows signs of slipping. it evoke questions about his age how well do you think he did to counter that perception on this trip yeah. >> i mean, look, i thought these were very strong speeches by biden there is no question. you don't need some secret republican sources which is largely what that wall street journal piece fit to tell you that biden has visibly age to a certain extent over the last four years at a very different question. then the question of whether he is mentally up to the job. i've done a lot of reporting on this, of course, are constantly checking this,