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To the race for the White House and more fallout from the first presidential debate. President Biden spending the weekend at Camp David, his campaign, trying to turn the page, saying it has raised more than $33 million since Thursday. But questions about the President's age and mental fitness are not going away. Here's ABC's White House Correspondent, Mary Alice Parks.

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Tonight, President Biden with his family at Camp David, as Democrats try to chart a path forward following his dismal and worrying debate performance.

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There are very honest and serious and rigorous conversations taking place at every level of our party.

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Congressman Jamie Raskin saying there's a world where Biden is not the party's nominee, but Biden himself would have to choose to step aside.

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Whether he's the candidate or someone else is the candidate, he is going to be the keynote speaker at our convention. He will be the figure that we rally around to move forward and beat the forces of authoritarianism and reaction in the country.

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But other Biden allies offering a more full-throated defense.

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The stakes of this race couldn't be higher. The only Democrat who's ever beaten Donald Trump is Joe Biden. He is our candidate for November, and he has the best shot to beat him.

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The Biden campaign arguing that if the President were to drop out, it would lead to, quote, weeks of chaos on the convention floor. Republicans already tying senators up for re-election to Biden's debate performance. Former White House chief strategist for President Trump and his close confidante, Steve Bannon, predicting Trump will win in a landslide. During an interview with ABC's week co-anchor Jonathan Karl. Tomorrow, he begins serving a four-month prison sentence for defying a Congressional subpoena to discuss his role in the January sixth attack.

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Will you appeal right now, message to all of Trump supporters, to respect the results? Are you going to pull this again? Are you going to pull this again? It's your question. Have you asked a Democrat this question? Yes or no? The answer is no. Have you asked a Democrat that question? I haven't seen Democrats storm the Capitol to try to stop an election. Have you?

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No clear answer from Bannon there. Mary Alice joins us live from Washington. Mary Alice, the Supreme Court rejected Steve Bannon's appeal to delay his prison sentence, but all eyes back on the high court tomorrow, where the justice is expected to issue a major decision on Donald Trump's presidential immunity case.

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Yeah, that's right. The Supreme Court is set to decide on Trump's claim that he should have complete absolute immunity from criminal prosecutions for all of his actions while he was President. This is one of the most important cases of this term. It's going to have major implications, not only for Trump, for that January sixth case against him, but also for the future of the Office of the presidency. Rachel.

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The most consequential ruling coming at the end of the term. Mary Alice, thank you.

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President Biden's campaign is doing damage control after his disappointing presidential debate performance. Key supporters are ...