good morning. 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific on the west coast. we are just hours away from a crucial test for president biden and his political future as he faces pressure from some in his own party to withdraw from the 2024 race. the president will hold his first solo press conference in eight months. he will also sit down for a one- on-one interview with lester holt. it all comes has more democrats call for the president s exit. peter welch became the first senator to call on the president to drop from the race joining nearly a dozen house members. despite the pressure coming from all sides, the president is remaining steadfast. the campaign now firing back at george clooney for calling for a new nominee just weeks after the hollywood star hosted a major fundraiser for the president. the campaign saying, quote, the president stayed for over three hours while clooney took a photo quickly and left. joining me now is senior correspondent gabe gutierrez, alan catelli, ashley park
biden is old. he s not as articulate as he once was. i m going to run and win again. he may not be the best choice to take on donald trump. are you sure you are being honest with yourself when you say you have the mental and physical capacity to serve another four years. you have to pick the strongest candidate possible and every day he delays in making that decision makes it more difficult. joe biden is running against a criminal. it should not be even close and there is one reason it is close and that is the president s age. do you have questions? all the data shows the average datagram out there in the 14 million of them that voted for me still want me to be the nominee. john: president biden facing what could be the most consequential week of his career as more lawmakers in his own party car on him and to end his reelection campaign. in a short time from now we are expected to get reaction from the white hou when the briefing gets underway. that will be
demand answers. todd: and there s this. definitely no great pleasure to call out democrats, i was a democrat. todd: did you see this, a hollywood actress and former democrat throwing her support behind republican gubernatorial candidate larry elder, the stunning allegations that is made as voters prepare to head to the polls in california s recall election. good morning, you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m jillian mele. todd: i m todd piro. the fight against the president s vaccine mandate heating up as republican governors vow to challenge the order. jillian: lauren blanchard is live with the backlash as new york city begins enforcing its own mandate. reporter: the list continues to grow by the day, the governors say the vaccine mandates are unconstitutional and an attack on personal freedoms. we have had people that have been working hard for months and years, throughout the whole time, and now he wants to cast them aside. he s got no a
islamic government. so, by that, we mean all other afghans have also participation in that government. we ll have the latest from kabul and washington. also this lunchtime: a one minute silence is held in plymouth, to remember the five people killed in last week s mass shooting. we grieve because we love, grief is love. we are in shock, feel guilty and angry about the events surrounding the deaths of our beloved community members. people who ve had both covid jabs no longer have to isolate in england and northern ireland if they re in contact with someone with the virus to help firms struggling with staff absence. and frustration for england after two early wickets they ve struggled to make further breakthroughs against india at lords. and coming up on the bbc news channel: mark cavendish prepares to compete on home soil for the first time since his tour de france heroics, confirming he ll race in next month s tour of britain. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at