On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, moderated by Robert Costa: Sen. Bernie Sanders , Independent of Vermont Sen. Lindsey Graham , Republican of South Carolina NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Democratic strategists and CBS News contributors Ashley Etienne and Joel Payne CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes , Wall Street Journal senior political correspondent Molly Ball and New York Times chief Washington correspondent Carl Hulse .
Click here to browse full transcripts of "Face the Nation." ROBERT COSTA: I'm Robert Costa in Washington. And this week on Face the Nation: With July 4 behind us, the week ahead could be a critical one for the political future of President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party.
Then days after Mr. Biden's debate performance rattled Democrats, many of them across the country are privately and publicly questioning whether he is the strongest candidate to face former President Donald Trump. President Biden says he's up to the job and insists, as he did in an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, that he will not quit the race.
(Begin VT) JOE BIDEN (President of the United States): If the lord almighty came down and said, "Joe, get out of the race," I would get out of the race. The lord almighty is not coming down. (End VT) ROBERT COSTA: But the pressure on the president to consider stepping aside from the contest is intensifying.
And with Congress back in session and key U.S. allies headed to Washington for a N.
