9 Jul 2024

USA correspondent Ximena Bustillo

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 9 July 2024
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 24: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after signing legislation giving $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in the State Dining Room at the White House on April 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. The legislation was months in the making and put Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) in a vulnerable position with hardline conservatives in his own party who oppose funding for Ukraine’s defense against Russian invasion.   Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

President Joe Biden Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

President Joe Biden is out on the campaign trail, as Democrats broadly grapple with whether or not they see him as a viable candidate.

Meanwhile Republican frontrunner Donald Trump's criminal sentencing has been delayed.

And an extreme heat wave is gripping the East and West coasts.

Kathryn speaks to Ximena Bustillo, a multi-platform reporter at NPR covering politics out of the White House and Congress on air and in print.