starts right now. martha: thank you both very much. i m martha maccallum and this is the story. former president trump about to hold a rally in virginia, a tight race right now. he s trying to become the first republican presidential candidate to win the state in 20 years. biden won by ten points last time around. we will see what he has to say. we expect in any moment and will take you there. clearly he will reflect on last night s debate, which was very consequential in many ways, not grade ways for joe biden. we will talk about that quite a bit. the president also on the campaign trail in north carolina trying to clean up on aisle 5, and he worked hard at that this afternoon to get a bounce back from a very difficult night last night. here s some of the reaction to last night in the media, after the debate. the biggest issue he had to prove to the american people was he had the energy and stamina, and he did not do that. how long do we continue to act like we did not
i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we re covering two major stories. reaction to a major u.s. supreme court ruling today with far reaching consequences. but we begin with major damage control from democrats and the biden campaign following last night s performance by president biden in his debate with former president trump. the current president stumbling, losing his train of thought, freezing up numerous times during the event. many democrats said to be in a state of panic. they are reportedly is significant talk about trying to replace the president on the november ballot. whether he is capable to serve another four years or four months, president biden, however, was given a lifeline from two previous democratic presidents by midafternoon with posts of support for him. former president trump and president biden were both back out on the campaign trail today. the current president in raleigh, north carolina, where he did his own fact-check of his predecessor. but, admitted h