fuelled concern about his candidacy. the president is attending back to back fundraising events in two democratic stronghold states, new york and newjersey. it all comes as his campaign says it has raised more than $27 million between debate day and friday evening. these fundraisers and donation drives could help mr biden put his campaign back on track as some democratic lawmakers and party officials are actively considering working to replace him at the top of the ticket. on saturday, chicago tribune editorial urged mr biden to step down. that comes a day after the new york times board said that he should leave the race for the presidency. but campaign officials and the president himself say that he is not going anywhere. to hear more about those calls for mr biden to drop out of the race, i spoke to hugo lowell, a senior correspondent for the guardian. let s first of all start with these newspaper editorials. the new york times editorial board is incredibly influential, cal
deal would save the u.s. credit rating. i m gloria borger in for candy crowley. and this is state of the union. we re just an hour away from a vote in the senate on a democratic plan to raise the debt limit, but the real action is between the president and the republican senate leader mitch mcconnell. i spoke with him earlier, and he was optimistic about getting a deal. let me get right to it. can you announce this morning that a plan has been reached, there s a deal? we re very close. we had a very good day yesterday, both the president and the vice president called me, and the president talked to the speaker, as well. and they understand that with a republican majority in the house and a very row bous republican minority in the senate we have to come together. i think we ve made dramatic progress in that direction since april, for example, when the administration, gloria, was asking us to raise the debt creeling with no spending reductions at all, nothing, just a clea