总统乔·拜登据会议室中的一名人士和另外两名了解讨论情况的人士透露，奥巴马周三在白宫的一次会议上告诉民主党州长，他需要更多休息，为了获得更多睡眠，他希望停止安排晚上8点以后的活动。
与州长的会议旨在缓解对总统年龄和精神健康的担忧。
会议期间，这位81岁的总统回答了夏威夷据房间里的一名人士和另一名熟悉讨论的人士说，乔什·格林州长声称自己很好，但他补充说，“这只是我的大脑”。
乔·拜登总统在白宫东厅举行的荣誉勋章仪式上发表讲话...显示更多
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更多:拜登告诉州长，他在辩论后进行了体检，健康状况良好:消息来源
两个人都说他们接受了那个评论最早由报道纽约英国泰晤士报(1785 年创刊)，当做笑话。
在美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中，拜登的竞选主席珍·欧玛利·狄龙在对话期间在房间里，他说，“他显然是在开玩笑，然后说‘别开玩笑了’。”"
白宫拒绝置评。
总统乔·拜登在与前总统多纳的总统辩论间隙走下舞台...显示更多
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更多:乔·拜登总统将于周五接受美国广播公司新闻采访，这是辩论后的首次电视采访
作为美国广播公司新闻也报道了据两位直接了解会议期间对话的人士透露，拜登告诉州长们，他在上周晚上9点的辩论后进行了体检，健康状况良好。
在周三公开告诉记者，总统在辩论时患了感冒，此后没有进行任何医疗检查，白宫周四承认，拜登总统几天后接受了医生的检查。
更多:白宫坚称，拜登没有考虑退出竞选
据白宫高级副新闻秘书安德鲁·贝茨称，“几天后，有人看到总统检查了他的感冒，恢复情况良好。”
另外，一些希望总统开始与州长和立法者进行对话的民主党人担心，从他的讨论中传出的这些评论无助于该党翻过这一页，只会使情况变得更糟。
拜登将于周五前往威斯康星州参加竞选集会，并在与美国广播公司的乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯辩论后首次接受电视采访。
第一个摘录将在“今晚世界新闻”播出，然后采访将在美国东部时间周五晚上8点的黄金时段ABC网络特别节目中完整播出。
观看:美国广播公司新闻主播乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯在辩论后对乔·拜登总统的首次独家电视采访将于美国东部时间7月5日星期五晚上8点在美国广播公司新闻黄金时间特别节目中完整播出。
“我哪儿也不去，”拜登周四在7月4日为军人家庭举行的烧烤会上说，此前人群中有人喊道，“继续战斗!”
Biden told concerned Democratic governors he needs more sleep, sources say
PresidentJoe Bidentold Democratic governors during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday that he needs to get more rest, and in order to get more sleep, he wants to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m., according to one person in the room and two others briefed on the discussion.
The meeting with governors was intended to ease concerns about the president's age and mental fitness.
During the meeting, the 81-year-old president responded to a question fromHawaiiGov. Josh Green about his health by stating he was fine, but he added, "it's just my brain," according to one person in the room and another familiar with the discussion.
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MORE: Biden told governors he had medical checkup after debate and is in good health: Sources
Both people said they took that comment, which wasfirst reported by TheNew YorkTimes, as a joke.
In a statement to ABC News, Biden's campaign chair, Jen O’Malley Dillon, who was in the room during the conversation, stated, “He was clearly making a joke and then said ‘all kidding aside.’”
The White House declined to comment.
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MORE: President Joe Biden to sit down with ABC News on Friday for first TV interview since debate
As ABC Newsalso reported, Biden told governors he had a medical checkup following the 9 p.m. debate last week and is in good health, according to two people with direct knowledge of conversation during the meeting.
After telling reporters on the record on Wednesday that the president has not gotten any medical exams since suffering from just a cold at the time of the debate, the White House acknowledged Thursday that President Biden was seen by his doctor several days afterward.
MORE: Biden is not considering dropping out of the race, White House insists
According to White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates, “Several days later, the President was seen to check on his cold and was recovering well.”
Separately, some Democrats who wanted the president to start having conversations with governors and lawmakers are concerned that reported comments like these coming out of his discussions are not helping the party turn the page and could only be making the situation worse.
Biden heads to Wisconsin on Friday for a campaign rally and a critical first TV interview since the debate with ABC's George Stephanopoulos.
The first excerpts will air on "World News Tonight" and then the interview will be broadcast in its entirety in a prime-time ABC network special on Friday evening at 8 p.m. ET.
Watch: ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos' exclusive first post-debate TV interview with President Joe Biden airs in its entirety in an ABC News prime-time special Friday, July 5, at 8 p.m. ET.
"I'm not going anywhere," Biden said Thursday, speaking at a July Fourth barbecue for military families after someone in the crowd shouted, "Keep up the fight!"
