martha: excited to see the tree show up. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. right now on the story, this quote from the white house just moments ago, it s not the age, it s the experience. responding just a couple minutes ago to some reports of panic behind the scenes on the president s 81st birthday. a lot of people concerned and getting louder about it as it gathers momentum saying he needs to step aside, that he s too old to be president for another term. so meanwhile, there s numbers to back this up. he s just hit an all-time low in his job approval, this is an nbc poll that just came out. 57% disapproval number for president biden. for the first time in these numbers, he loses to former president trump in a hypothetical matchup. his support slipping while trump s numbers have stayed roughly the same. what is increasing are the number of people that say that they are not sure who they want to vote for. also, since october 7th, a new road block has emerged for this