Key moments in Biden's speech aimed at saving his spot in the 2024 presidential race
Between flubs and misspeaks, Biden showed in-depth knowledge of world affairs. Is it enough to save his 2024 campaign? Here are the highlights.
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00:00Russia will not prevail in this war.
00:03Ukraine will prevail in this war.
00:05And we'll stand with them every single step of the way.
00:08That's what the compact says, loudly and clearly.
00:12And now I want to hand it over to the President of Ukraine,
00:16who has as much courage as he has determination.
00:19Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin.
00:22President Putin.
00:24He's going to beat President Putin.
00:26President Zelensky.
00:28I'm so focused on beating Putin, we got to worry about it.
00:31Anyway, Mr. President.
00:33I'm better.
00:34You are a hell of a better.
00:37What concerns do you have about Vice President
00:39Harris' ability to beat Donald Trump
00:42if she were at the top of the ticket?
00:44Look, I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump
00:48to be Vice President
00:49because I think she's not qualified to be President.
00:52So let's start there.
00:54Number one, the fact is that the consideration
00:59is that I think I'm the most qualified person
01:02to run for President.
01:04I beat him once and I will beat him again.
01:08Secondly, the idea, I served in the Senate a long time.
01:15The idea that senators and congressmen running for office
01:22worry about the ticket is not unusual.
01:25And I might add, there are at least five presidents running
01:29or incumbent presidents
01:31who had lower numbers than I have now.
01:35For months, the United States has been working
01:38to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, to bring the hostages home,
01:43to create a path for peace and stability in the Middle East.
01:48Six weeks ago, I laid out a detailed plan in writing,
01:54was endorsed by the UN Security Council, the G7.
01:59That framework is now agreed on by both Israel and Hamas.
02:04So I sent my team to the region to hammer out the details.
02:08These are difficult, complex issues.
02:10There's still gaps to close, but we're making progress.
02:14The trend is positive,
02:16and I'm determined to get this deal done
02:18and bring an end to this war, which should end now.
02:21Look, what I said was, instead of my every day
02:27starting at 7 and going to bed at midnight,
02:30it'd be smarter for me to pace myself a little more.
02:33And I said, for example, the 8, 7, 6 stuff,
02:36instead of starting the fundraiser at 9 o'clock,
02:39start at 8 o'clock.
02:41People get to go home by 10 o'clock.
02:43That's what I'm talking about.
02:44I'm not talking about,
02:45and if you looked at my schedule
02:48since I made that stupid mistake in the debate,
02:53I mean, my schedule has been full bore.
02:57I always have an inclination,
03:00whether I was playing sports or doing politics,
03:04just to keep going, not stop.
03:05I just got to pace myself a little more, pace myself.
03:11The next debate, I'm not going to be traveling
03:13in the 15 time zones a week before.
03:17Anyway, that's what it was about.
03:20That's what it was about.
03:21And by the way, even with that, I love my staff,
03:24but they add things, add things all the time.
03:28At the very end, I'm catching hell from my wife for that.
03:32Anyway.
03:35What do we got here?
03:39I've taken three significant and intense neurological exams
03:46by a neurologist.
03:51In each case, as recently as February,
03:53and they say I'm in good shape, okay?
03:56Although I do have a little problem with my left foot
03:59because it's not as sensitive because I broke my foot
04:02and didn't wear the boot, but I'm good.
04:07I'm tested every single day about my neurological capacity
04:11to do decisions I make every day.
04:14And every single day, I'm surrounded by good docs.
04:17If they think there's a problem, I promise you,
04:21or even if they don't think it's a problem,
04:22they think I should have a neurological exam again,
04:25I'll do it.
04:26But no one's suggesting that to me now.
04:28And I'll ask you another question.
04:30No matter what I did, no one's going to be satisfied.
04:34Did you have seven docs?
04:36Did you have two?
04:37Who'd you have?
04:38Did you do this?
04:39How many times?
04:40So I am not opposed if my doctors tell me
04:45that I should have another neurological exam, I'll do it.
04:49The, like I said, I'm dealing with Xi right now
04:59and direct contact with him.
05:01I have no good reason to talk to Putin right now.
05:05There's not much that he is prepared to do in terms
05:10of accommodating any change in his behavior.
05:14And, but there isn't any world leader I'm not prepared
05:17to deal with.
05:19But I understand the generic point is, is Putin ready to talk?
05:25I'm not ready to talk to Putin unless Putin's ready
05:28to change his behavior.
05:30Last time I talked to Putin was trying to get him to work
05:34on an arms control agreement related
05:36to nuclear weapons in space.
05:39That didn't go very far.
05:41I'm not in this for my legacy.
05:44I'm in this to complete the job I started.
05:47As you recall, understandably, many of you
05:50and many economists thought my initial initiatives
05:54that I put forward can't do that.
05:56It's going to cause inflation.
05:57Things are going to skyrocket.
05:58The debt's going to go up.
06:01What are you hearing now from mainstream economists?
06:0516 economic Nobel laureates said I've done a hell of a job.
06:10And under my plans so far and what's going to happen
06:14in the future if I've reelected,
06:17that things are going to get much better.
06:18You earlier explained confidence in your vice president.
06:22Yes.
06:23If your team came back and showed you data
06:25that she would fare better
06:27against former president Donald Trump,
06:29would you reconsider your decision to stay in the race?
06:33No, unless they came back and said,
06:35there's no way you can win.
06:39Me.
06:41No one's saying that.
06:42No poll says that.