fiery speech to follow up a debate that many democrats called a disaster. can his direct attacks now on donald trump quiet the talk about his future on the ticket? plus, what the polling reveals about the democratic names floated to take his spot. our steve kornacki is standing by with the numbers. and the debate question that donald trump did not want to answer, his response when asked if he would accept the results of the next election. the supreme court siding with a january 6th rioters, that could upend cases, including one against former president trump. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in battleground, north carolina, where president biden s demeanor was completely different than the debate stage last night. nbc s mike memoli is reporting from raleigh. the president, he sounds rearing for a fight. reporter: yeah, that s right, chris. i mean, we started this debate series of events with a lot of people wondering whethe