White House gives shocking response when asked if Biden would deal with a nuclear attack after 8pm and is grilled on if First Lady Jill makes decisions

White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre took a forceful reside pinch reporters connected Tuesday aft a contentious briefing connected Monday, wherever she defended her ain words but besides made statements that led to much questions astir President Joe Biden.

She pushed backmost astatine allegations she has not been forthcoming astir Biden's wellness and that nan White House has had to later explain her statements, echoing nan president's fierce strategy to combat Democratic calls for him to exit nan 2024 race.

'I disagree. I disagree,' she said erstwhile pressed connected nan issue.

But she besides caused much uncertainty erstwhile she wouldn't corroborate if President Biden would woody pinch a imaginable atomic onslaught that takes spot aft 8 pm.

Fox News' Peter Doocy referred to President Biden's comments to governors he would schedule less events aft 8 p.m. truthful he could get much sleep. Doocy asked: if location was a atomic onslaught past that time, who would woody pinch it? The first lady?

'He has a squad that lets him know, any, immoderate news that is pertinent and important to nan American people,' Jean-Pierre said. 'It is National Security Council that gets to show him.' 

Doocy was referring to comments from erstwhile House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made connected Fox News connected Monday night, erstwhile he noted, arsenic speaker, 'many times erstwhile we had meetings successful nan Oval Office, Jill was location arsenic well.'

'Many times, Jill would travel in,' McCarthy said.

Jean-Pierre said nan first woman does not make decisions.

'The President is nan President of nan United States who makes nan decision,' she said.

The U.S. President has sole authority to authorize nan usage of U.S. atomic weapon, according to American law.

Jean-Pierre besides brushed speech a mobility astir Hunter Biden joining nan president astatine White House meetings. She noted nan family together was astatine Camp David and, upon their return to nan White House, Hunter simply walked consecutive into a gathering pinch nan president.

'He's very adjacent to his family. As you know, it was nan week of Fourth of July, which is why his family members were present past week. They walked together and they walked together into nan meeting,' she said. 

The White House property caput was trying to reset relations pinch nan media aft Monday's briefing, wherever she, astatine times, struggled to beryllium heard amid a cacophony of questions astir nan 81-year-old president's health.

She confirmed he had been examined 3 times by a neurologist but refused to opportunity why a master successful Parkinson's illness visited nan White House 8 times successful 8 months, citing privateness and information concerns.

But that simply triggered a hubbub from nan usually docile beforehand statement of reporters who peppered her pinch demands for a due explanation.

On Tuesday she denied allegations nan White House has been engaged successful a coverup erstwhile it comes to nan president's health.

'There is simply a broad medical, afloat broad aesculapian study connected nan website whitehouse.gov. I would promote them to return a look to return a look publication read that report,' she said. 'It's transparent. It's retired there, it's for them to read.'

She did statement nan president has verbal check-ins regularly pinch Dr. O'Connor.

'The President checks successful while he's exercising pinch his expert — a mates of times a week,' she said.

The White House is successful week 2 of trying to retrieve from Biden's disastrous statement performance.

Jean-Pierre is facing questions astir her ain credibility aft she wouldn't reply questions connected whether Cannard, a activity upset master astatine nan Walter Reed Medical Center, was treating nan president. 

It raised truthful galore questions that later Monday night Biden's individual doctor, Kevin O'Connor, collapsed protocol and released a missive explaining why Dr. Cannard visited nan White House 8 times successful 8 months. 

Most of Cannard's visits to nan White House were pursuant to his domiciled arsenic a master attached to nan White House Medical Unit, treating patients for a wide array of neurological issues astatine nan White House for a twelve years, O'Connor said.

He said Cannard 'has held regular Neurology Clinics astatine nan White House Medical Clinic successful support of nan thousands of active-duty members assigned successful support of White House operations.' 

'Many subject unit acquisition neurological issues related to their service, and Dr. Canard regularly visits nan WHMU arsenic portion of this General Neurology practice,' which whitethorn explicate immoderate of nan visits,' he added. 

And, erstwhile asked connected Tuesday if immoderate of those 8 Cannard visits were to dainty nan president, Jean-Pierre said:  'I tin opportunity that it was not.'

Jean-Pierre besides told reporters that nan connection from nan president's expert — that Biden is capable to execute his occupation without immoderate accommodations — is still correct, contempt concerns from Democratic lawmakers, donors and NATO allies.

She besides based on galore of her points from Monday were outlined successful Dr. O'Connor's letter.

'I said galore of nan things that were laid retired successful nan missive was really repeated correct present down this lectern astatine this podium yesterday,' she said. 

'It was besides being assumed and insinuated that Dr. Cannard was, personification who only worked connected Parkinson's, erstwhile successful fact, he's a wide neurologist, that was thing that Dr. O'Connor was really capable to corroborate that,' she noted. 

Jean-Pierre was asked by CNN's MJ Lee if she wanted to revisit immoderate aged statements she had made astir President Biden's verbal flubs.

Lee specially asked astir an incident past twelvemonth erstwhile Biden asked astir nan beingness of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski astatine a White House event. Walorski had been killed successful a car clang a period earlier.

'Would you connected that example, would you connection a different explanation?,' Lee asked.

Jean-Pierre said she stuck by her original reply that Walorski was astatine 'the top' of Biden's mind, noting 'that was coming from him. And I was delivering straight nan President what he was reasoning astatine nan time.'

And she noted that erstwhile she hasn't 'had nan afloat information. I really ain up to that.'

'I've ever been committed to doing nan champion I tin to springiness you nan accusation that we have. That is simply a committedness from nan team. It has been an unprecedented time. I deliberation you guys could admit that, right? It is an unprecedented time,' she said.

'And so, we are gathering nan infinitesimal — a caller infinitesimal that has ne'er really existed before. And so, we want to make judge that we get you each nan accusation that we person and erstwhile we don't person it, we do effort our champion to supply information. And so, that is thing that I'm going to proceed to do.'

Biden is battling disapproval from immoderate Democrats that he lacks nan intelligence acuity to guidelines arsenic their nominee against Trump successful nan Nov. 5 statesmanlike election. 

The disclosure comes amid mounting scrutiny complete nan president's intelligence authorities pursuing his car clang statement against rival Donald Trump.

Biden, 81, has sought to quash rumors he is unfit to lead and still asserts he will run successful nan November election, but has refused to authorities whether he is undergoing regular, charismatic cognitive tests.

Jean-Pierre started Tuesday's briefing astir 90 minutes aft it was primitively scheduled. She said it was because she was successful nan Oval Office talking to President Biden astir Hurricane Beryl.