CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes tells "Face the Nation" that the upcoming week — when Capitol Hill lawmakers return after the July 4th holiday — will be critical for President Biden's reelection. "Any time they're all in one place together, they talk, they meet, they feed off of each other. Fear is contagious," she said.
Sen. Bernie Sanders said the focus should be on policy amid questions over President Biden's age that have roiled the political sphere since a disastrous debate.
After President Biden's disastrous debate performance last week, Democratic strategist and CBS News contributor Ashley Etienne tells "Face the Nation" that the party needs to "take a deep breath." Fellow Democratic strategist and CBS News contributor Joel Payne added that he believes "Democrats writ large overall feel really good about the Biden-Harris ticket."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key ally of former President Donald Trump, tells "Face the Nation" that if President Biden steps aside in the 2024 race, he believes Vice President Kamala Harris will be the Democrats' choice to be the nominee. Graham noted it will then be a "dramatically different race than it is today" for Trump, and he should factor that into Trump's VP decision.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg tells "Face the Nation" that although far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán recently visited Moscow, "that doesn't change the common decisions" the alliance has made regarding Ukraine. "The reality is that we are able to make decisions on how we are going to step up our support to Ukraine because we all want peace" Stoltenberg said.
