Oval Office Talks And Ice-Cream: Joe Biden Tries It All To Save Agenda

All week the Democrat's official daily agenda, sent out each evening by the White House, has been startlingly empty.

He's tried everything from Oval Office sitdowns to delivering ice cream, but nothing so far has been enough for Joe Biden to get his Democratic party in line -- or save his presidency from the threat of dramatic failure.

At 78, Mr Biden is one of the most experienced politicians to live in the White House. Before defeating Donald Trump he'd had 36 years as a senator and eight years as Barack Obama's vice president.

Now he's having to rummage deep into that box of tricks to try and keep his administration's ambitions from dying in Congress.

All week the Democrat's official daily agenda, sent out each evening by the White House, has been startlingly empty. His one big event, a trip to Chicago on Wednesday, was cancelled.