<a class="post__byline-name-unhyphenated" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/associated-press" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <span itemprop="name">Associated Press</span> </a> <a class="post__byline-name-hyphenated" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/associated-press"> Associated Press </a> <br>Leave your feedback<br>Vice President Kamala Harris will speak before at the annual meeting of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation’s oldest Black sorority, in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday.<br><strong>Watch Harris’ remarks in the player above.</strong><br>Harris’ appearance comes as President Joe Biden faces pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign.<br>The 81-year-old Democrat is set to meet Wednesday with the executive council of the AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of trade unions.<br>The AFL-CIO said the president has been booked to attend the meeting for more than a year, but his participation now involves much higher scrutiny after his weak debate performance against Donald Trump raised fears about his ability to compete in November’s election. His sit-down with union officials also overlaps with the NATO summit in Washington, where Biden is navigating geopolitics with other world leaders.<br>The council is composed of more than 50 officials from the unions that compose the AFL-CIO, with the group representing 12.5 million union members.<br>So far, the unions are sticking with the Biden administration despite widespread fears that his age handicaps his candidacy after his shaky performance in the June 27 debate. But some statements of support are also worded diplomatically to suggest a degree of flexibility in case Biden chooses to drop out — saying they back the Biden-Harris administration and not just Biden personally.<br>“President Biden and Vice President Harris have always had workers’ backs — and we will have theirs,” Shuler, the AFL-CIO president, said after the debate.<br>After Biden was interviewed by ABC News last week in the aftermath of his poor debate, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, posted on X: “Biden is an incredible President and tonight we saw that he’s on top of the details. He has my support and we’re ready to keep working for Biden-Harris to win in November.”<br><span>By</span> Josh Boak, Associated Press<br><span>By</span> Jill Colvin, Associated Press<br><span>By</span> Chris Megerian, Associated Press<br> <a class="post__byline-name-unhyphenated" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/associated-press" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"> <span itemprop="name">Associated Press</span> </a> <a class="post__byline-name-hyphenated" href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/associated-press"> Associated Press </a> <br> <span>Support Provided By:</span> <a href="https://help.pbs.org/support/solutions/articles/5000677869" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more</a> <br>Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.<br>Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.<br>© 1996 - 2024 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.<br>Sections<br>About<br>Stay Connected<br>Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins<br>Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.<br>Learn more about Friends of the News Hour.<br>Support for News Hour Provided By<br><br><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiiQFodHRwczovL3d3dy5wYnMub3JnL25ld3Nob3VyL3BvbGl0aWNzL3dhdGNoLWxpdmUtaGFycmlzLWRlbGl2ZXJzLXJlbWFya3MtYmVmb3JlLWJsYWNrLXNvcm9yaXR5LWFscGhhLWthcHBhLWFscGhhLWFubnVhbC1tZWV0aW5nLWluLWRhbGxhc9IBjQFodHRwczovL3d3dy5wYnMub3JnL25ld3Nob3VyL2FtcC9wb2xpdGljcy93YXRjaC1saXZlLWhhcnJpcy1kZWxpdmVycy1yZW1hcmtzLWJlZm9yZS1ibGFjay1zb3Jvcml0eS1hbHBoYS1rYXBwYS1hbHBoYS1hbm51YWwtbWVldGluZy1pbi1kYWxsYXM?oc=5">source</a>
