vowing to stay in the race they returned to the campaign trail on monday we have a team of correspondents covering this for us, priscilla alvarez is covering the biden campaign. but let s begin with capitol hill reporter annie grayer. annie, what s at stake today as president biden reaches out to elected democrats on capitol hill fred, everything is at stake with these calls. biden is trying to make direct outreach to house democrats to try and stop the bleeding of democrats calling for him to drop out as we ve seen, a slow trickle of democrats making those calls ever since biden s disastrous debate performance, more than two weeks ago. so biden is going to speak with few key groups of house democrats. first, the progressive wing of the caucus, and then a more moderate group, many of whom are running in very competitive house races who have raised serious concerns about the president s ability to remain atop the ticket. now, biden started his formal outreach last yet, stark s
mode activated. that s tonight on newsnight evening, i m abby phillip in new york, president biden in full. nothing to see here mode at a critical press conference in the middle of a crisis like no other who, did you looked at my schedule since i ve since i made that stupid mistake of and i ve campaign in the debate i mean my schedule has been full bore but, what biden is shrugging off there as a stupid mistake was consequential enough to trigger it 17 democrats to call on him to quit this race. that now includes the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, congressman jim himes and also cnn has learned tonight the two of the democrats whose opinions are probably regarded the most highly among their party loyalists. they are now worried. brock obama and nancy pelosi have spoken privately about biden and the future of his 2024 campaign, and about how much harder they think biden has made it to beat donald trump. but there is no consensus between the two on a pathway
sitdown interview since his first debate performance, but was it enough to quiet his critics? congresswoman, nikita williams joins us live is another one of her congressional colleagues calls on the president to drop out spotlight on project 2025. by donald trump is trying to distance himself from the plan made for his agenda, the biden s campaign stinging response. and new follow from the supreme court s immunity decision, donald trump gets a delay thanks to that ruling of the judge appointed. i am katie van, in for jonathan. and this is the saturday show. the biden campaign is coming out swinging, pushing back to quiet the noise, but the next several days could be critical after his debate performance in atlanta just nine days ago, a defiant president biden sat down for his first inclusive interview since his face off with donald trump. and on the campaign trail he has made it clear he has not that aside and plans to win the 2024 election. let me say this as clearly
with about 30 americans as well as other passengers became the first international flight to take off from kabul since the withdraw from afghanistan was completed ten days ago. now as the senate arms services committee says, it will hold a hearing on the withdraw process later this month featuring testimony from three of the nation s top military leaders. elsewhere on capitol hill, several house committees are putting together their portion of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill focusing on other priorities, education, childcare and fighting climate change. we re going to talk about that process and what comes next later this hour with michigan democratic congressman dan kildee. we begin with that imminent announcement from the justice department regarding the texas abortion law. joining me now, nbc news correspondent julia anzly, also joining me is civil rights attorney. great to have both of you with us. julie, excuse me, let me begin with you. what more can you tell us a
court precedent. instead the statute includes an unprecedented scheme to, in the chief justices words, quote, insulate the state from responsibility, closed quote. it does not rely on the state s executive branch to enforce the law as is the norm in texas and everywhere else. rather, the statute deputizes all private citizens, without any showing of personal connection or injury, to serve as bounty hunters. the obvious and expressly acknowledged intention of this statutory scheme is to prevent women from exercising their constitutional rights by thwarting judicial review for as long as possible. thus far the law has had its intended effect. the department of justice has a duty to defend the constitution of the united states and to uphold the rule of law. today we fulfill that duty by filing the lawsuit i have just described. this action from the biden justice department is described by the wall street journal today as certain to set off a federal versus state clash over