President Joe Biden is facing media in a rare, solo news conference, his first since his disastrous debate against Donald Trump two weeks ago. It's a high stakes press conference for him as he fields growing calls to step down as the Democratic nominee. His first question from reporters was about his capacity to defeat Donald Trump, but flubbed the answer and accidently referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as Donald Trump. Ben Strang gets the latest from Washington DC correspondent Simon Marks.
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