Biden, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, has repeatedly said he's not backing down, adamant that he's the candidate who beat Trump before and can do so again.
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00:00Senior Democrats are making a push for President Joe Biden to re-evaluate his election bid.
00:09Former President Barack Obama has reportedly privately told colleagues that Biden needs to consider the viability of his campaign.
00:18And former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told Biden the party could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he doesn't step away from the 2024 race.
00:30Concerns about Biden's age have always been there but came to the forefront last month after his disastrous performance in a televised presidential debate.
00:43Biden acknowledged he'd been slow and stumbling but blamed it on tiredness after travel.
00:49Some Democrats hope Biden, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, will take a fresh look at the trajectory of the race over the coming days.
01:00Biden himself has repeatedly insisted he's not backing down, adamant that he's the candidate who beat Trump before and will do so again.
01:10In a radio interview, he dismissed the idea that it was too late for him to recover politically.
01:15I feel good. I feel as good as I did before. Look, one of the things is most communities don't really begin to focus on the election until they get into September.
01:28And so all the talk about who's leaning where and how, it's kind of, you know, everything so far between Trump and me has been basically even.
01:38If Democrats are seriously preparing the step of replacing Biden and moving Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the ticket, insiders say this weekend will be critical to changing the president's mind.
01:51The only thing age brings is a little bit of wisdom.