 Leslie Vincimuri and Eric Albert are our guests. We'll stay in the States. More lawmakers from the Democratic Party, at least nine on Friday, have called on President Biden to abandon his re-election bid. Four congressmen endorsed Kamala Harris, the vice president, as their preferred candidate. Earlier this week, reports emerged that Barack Obama had joined other high-profile Democrats in privately expressing their concerns about Mr Biden's ability to win in the presidential election in November.