Summary
That’s all for live coverage today, thanks for following along on this busy news day. Some links and key events from the day:
The White House insisted Joe Biden is staying in the race despite mounting calls for him to resign.
If Biden were to withdraw, vice-president Kamala Harris has emerged as the frontrunner to replace him.
After meeting with Joe Biden at the White House, a group of Democratic governors expressed support for the president.
Reed Hastings, the co-founder of Netflix and a Democratic party mega-donor, called for Biden to take himself out of the race.
Two House Democrats publicly called for Biden to withdraw from the race, and a third said he had “grave concerns” about his ability to defeat Donald Trump.
A new poll from the New York Times/Siena College showed that 49% of voters would vote for Trump, compared with 43% of voters who said they would vote for Biden.
A different poll said former first lady Michelle Obama is the only Democrat who could beat Trump, but she has previously said she would not be running.
ABC announced it would be airing its full interview with Joe Biden on Friday night.
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ABC to air full Joe Biden interview on Friday
ABC has announced that it will be airing its highly anticipated interview with Joe Biden in its entirety on Friday as a primetime special at 8pm ET and will also be making a transcript available:
BIG change to ABC's Biden interview rollout plan: It "will air in its entirety as a primetime special, Friday, July 5, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on ABC." Additionally, "a transcript of the unedited interview will be made available the same day."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 4, 2024
The network previously said it would air the George Stephanopoulos interview in parts, with excerpts on Friday, Sunday and Monday, a plan that had drawn criticisms.
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