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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Joe Biden met on Thursday night after the president's closely watched solo news conference as defections in Biden's Democratic coalition in Congress continue.

In the meeting, Jeffries "directly expressed the full breadth of insight, heartfelt perspectives and conclusions about the path forward that the Caucus has shared in our recent time together," the New York Democrat wrote in a letter to his colleagues on Friday.

But Jeffries did not offer Biden one key thing: His endorsement.

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A person familiar with the meeting said Jeffries "bluntly" shared the views of the caucus – as he stated in his letter – but intentionally did not offer an endorsement or say publicly that the decision is Biden's to make.

While it is uncertain if Biden directly asked Jeffries for his tacit endorsement, a person familiar with the matter said, Jeffries did not extend it at the meeting or in the public letter released on Friday morning.

Although Biden's performance during his news conference, which lasted just under an hour and during which he fielded 19 questions from reporters on topics ranging from his mental capabilities to foreign policy, was much stronger than his appearance during the CNN presidential debate, it has not stemmed the steady stream of House Democrats coming out against Biden's efforts to seek a second term.

More than a dozen Democratic House members and at least one Democratic senator have publicly called on Biden to withdraw from his reelection campaign. That list includes multiple House members in the nation's most competitive congressional districts, but also senior Democrats on influential committees and members in safely Democratic seats.

Dozens of other Democrats have stopped short of calling for Biden to end his campaign, but have either expressed concerns about Biden's chances, said he'll lose out right or remain publicly undecided. Still, more than 70 members of the House and Senate have publicly reaffirmed their support for Biden as the party's presidential nominee following his disastrous debate performance late last month.

The top Democrats in Congress – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Jeffries – have made a series of public statement supporting Biden's bid this week. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi – who remains in Congress and is among the most influential members of the party – has privately expressed her concerns, CNN reported on Thursday night.

Biden last night was able to provide incisive remarks on everything from Israel to Russia to China to gun control in the United States. But he also had two notable flubs: During a NATO event before the presser, Biden introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as "President Putin," and repeated a similar mistake during the presser, using Donald Trump's name to refer to Vice President Kamala Harris.

The evening served as a sort of Rorschach test for Democrats' feelings on Biden. Those who remain firmly in his corner seized on his extended answers on wonky foreign policy issues to prove he still has what it takes to lead the country effectively, while his Democratic doubters used his verbal miscues to reinforce their calls for someone to replace the president on the top of the ticket.

Biden, for his part, came off as chastened during the news conference and was less defiant than in previous appearances. While he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos last week that only the "Lord Almighty" could convince him to remove himself from the race, Biden on Thursday night opened the door for other scenarios in which he would drop out of the contest. Pressed on whether he might reconsider his stance if he was shown data that had Harris performing better against Trump, he offered some openness to that possibility.

"No, unless they came back and said there's no way you can win," Biden said.

Biden's campaign, meanwhile, has bluntly acknowledged the challenges it has faced since his debate performance two weeks ago.

Biden campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon acknowledged to staff in a call Thursday that the period after Biden's disastrous debate performance have been "hard," "very bad" and "bad f***ing weeks," a source who was on the call said. Some of the details of what O'Malley Dillon said were first reported by Axios.

O'Malley Dillon acknowledged when she fumbled words that she had not slept much recently. She tried to rally the troops on this call after first bluntly accepting that the most recent stretch has been deeply challenging, the source said.

Her case, as this source described it, was: "It's not just that we feel like we can win. We have a plan to get there."

She laid out both external and internal polling numbers, and made the case that the data still backs up that Biden can defeat Trump.

O'Malley Dillon argued to her team that the Biden reelection campaign is going through a moment that they are "built for," and that it is because of the team that the president would ultimately win.

A major manhunt is under way for two groups of teenagers accused of terrorising homes across Brisbane.

A young family was confronted by armed teens in the southern suburb of Holland Park.

Catherine Taylor woke up at 4.30am on Tuesday and saw three teenagers downstairs in her home – two of them were armed with knives, while she says another three were outside waiting at a getaway car.

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Taylor told 9News it was the most frightening thing to happen to her because her three young children were upstairs sleeping at the time.

But the brave mother looked one of the intruders dead in the eyes and screamed at them from where she was standing, forcing them to flee empty handed.

"There was no doubt in my mind that their body language and how they were acting in our house, that if anyone had tried to intervene there would have been an incident," Taylor told 9News.

"I cannot sleep. I haven't been to sleep since this has happened, I'm lying awake at night.

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"I don't think that these youths understand the impact they're having on families and what they leave behind in the wake of what they've done."

The family has installed security cameras, while the group responsible for the incident remains on the run.

In a separate incident, shocking video shows masked teens in action targeting homes in the middle of the day.

One brazen act in broad daylight shows three teenagers viciously trying to kick down the front door of a Pallara home.

They arrived in a Rav4, which was stolen almost a month ago.

The home is one of many targeted by the group this week alone, police say.

They were captured on camera in the same car, pulling up at a Sunnybank Hills home on Thursday about 2.30pm.

After reversing into the driveway, teens were seen getting out, holding bags and ready to fill them.

They were seen sneaking around the side of the property before breaking in through the back door. The homeowner had left the house just two minutes before.

They spent 10 minutes ransacking Carolyn Loy's home, ultimately getting away with cash and jewellery.

"Really not safe in this community," Loy told 9News.

"I'm worried that they come back. That is my greatest worries."

One of the teens barely made an effort to cover his face.

"They didn't care. They knew we had cameras but they were looking into the cameras," Loy said.

Forensic crews arrived at Loy's home on Friday morning in search of any clues.

"They had taken [out] all the drawers, everything. Everywhere was a mess," Loy said.

Just 20 minutes earlier the same group forced their way inside another home just a few kilometres away.

The place was locked and secure but that didn't matter, they still found a way in.

"Denials, scared and distress definitely," resident Michelle Tan said of the incident.

"It should be a safe place for myself as single mother and two young children," one local told 9News.

"As far as my children are concerned, they can't even go inside the house."

The car was spotted on CCTV footage driving away and tonight, they all remain on the run.

Rachel Galleghan will never forget the day when her beloved 16-year-old son was bashed and left to die alone on the floor in nothing but his underwear.

In the NSW Supreme Court on Friday, Kayla Dawson – who instigated the assault – and Richard Sione, who started the bashing, were sentenced to decades in prison for the teen's murder.

Galleghan said losing Jason has forever changed her life and caused her "pain, trauma and heartbreak".

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"I would give anything to hear Jason's voice, his laugh … and just being his mum," she said in her victim impact statement.

Dawson lured Jason – who she suspected of stealing her Apple AirPods – to her home, where he was attacked by Sione and subsequently by a group of teenagers who referred to the much older man as "uncle" or "dad".

The 16-year-old died due to his injuries two days after the assault.

For her role in orchestrating the plan to attack Jason, Dawson was sentenced to 20 years in prison with a non-parole period of 13 years.

The court was told Dawson and Jason were friends, and the 16-year-old felt bad for Dawson after she fell pregnant and lost all her friends.

"Jason helped Kayla during a difficult time in her life," Galleghan told the court.

"Kayla orchestrated the attack on Jason … she recorded the assault and laughed."

In his decision, Justice Robert Allan Hume accounted for the 22-year-old's intellectual disability and troubled upbringing.

"She lacked the capacity to reason as an ordinary person might … this lessens her moral culpability," he said.

Sione's defence attempted to have Justice Hume take into consideration his traumatic upbringing, mental health issues and history of substance abuse.

However, the judge determined that Sione's moral culpability was undisputed.

"I am prepared to accept that there are some adverse events that occurred in Mr Sione's life," he said.

"To what degree, I am not sure."

The 34-year-old was sentenced to 32 years with a non-parole period of 24 years.

Galleghan was visibly emotional and shaken when the sentences were read out, leaving the courtroom numerous times as the violent details of her son's murder were recounted.

In her statement, Galleghan urged the judge to sentence Sione and Dawson to life imprisonment.

"Words cannot express how much I loath Kayla. Jason trusted her," she said.

"[Sione] must be punished … his lack of remorse shows how severely he must be punished for his crime."

Eleven people aged between 13 and 29 were charged after parts of the murder were filmed.

One teenager was previously sentenced to 15 years in prison over his involvement in the bashing.

Queensland MP Darren Zanow has been diagnosed with an incurable brain disease, forcing him to resign at this year's state election just months after winning his seat at a by-election.

The Liberal-National Party member for Ipswich West announced today that he has microvascular ischemic disease, a "variety of changes in the small blood vessels of your brain" which can lead to dementia or stroke depending on the severity, according to the academic medical centre Clevland Clinic.

Zanow, who is 52 and only joined parliament after winning a 17.6 per cent swing in his traditionally safe Labor seat in March, said that in people his age, the condition is "likely to signal that a more rapid onset has begun," and further medical testing has "proven that to be true".

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"I have been given devastating news, I have been diagnosed with Microvascular Ischemic Disease," Zanow said in a statement.

"In a twist of fate, my initial diagnosis was first reported to me on April 16, the same day I had the great honour of being sworn in as a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

"Prior to April 16, I was unaware of it.

"This diagnosis means I will not be able to continue my work as the Member for Ipswich West beyond the next election.

"It is not a decision I have made lightly, but the reality is I have been given no other choice.

"Serving this community as an MP is one of the greatest honours of my life but because of this disease, my time in public office, and likely my life, will be cut short."

He will leave office on October 26, when the Queensland state election will be held.

"There is no proven treatment available to slow the debilitating effects of my condition, and the prognosis for me requires that I must turn my attention immediately to the needs of my daughter Lola, who is aged seven," Zanow said.

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State Opposition Leader David Crisafulli paid tribute to Zanow.

"Inside and outside parliament, Darren Zanow has fought all his life for the people of Ipswich," Crisafulli said.

"He now enters a new fight of his own after being diagnosed with microvascular ischemic disease.

"His time in parliament will end in October, but his character and generosity of spirit will be forever admired.

"I want to wish Darren and his family all the best as they take on this health battle."

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Queensland Premier Steven Miles also wished Zanow and his family well "for the battle ahead".

"My thoughts are with Darren Zanow, after his diagnosis with Microvascular Ischemic Disease.

"In this job, we might be on different sides, but we're all human and we all have families.

"Today's news is sad and shocking."

John Setka will step down as the CFMEU's Victorian secretary, effective immediately, the union says.

The controversial figure at the powerful union made the announcement tonight ahead of a joint investigation by 9News, 60 Minutes and The Age, which is set to be published this weekend and which alleges serious misconduct by some union members.

Setka was sent a list of questions today regarding recordings and text messages that are set to be published at the weekend, 9News Melbourne reporter Mark Santomartino reports.

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The union said Setka's decision was "in response to the ongoing and relentless stories written with multiple allegations whether true or not about this great union".

"I have proudly served this union in the capacity of an official for close to 40 years and as Secretary for the past 12 years," Setka said.

"These stories have been constant, and while I've been the target of many of them, enough is enough, the ongoing false allegations continually do nothing but harm the work this great union does for its members.

"If my stepping down can stop these malicious attacks on our members and officials and allow this great union to continue to fight for our members, for their wages and conditions, so that they go home safely to their families each day, then I'm happy."

The CFMEU has had allegations of misconduct levelled at it in the past regarding Setka.

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In a video interview with Santomartino, Setka insisted that he and his senior officials had done nothing wrong.

"I know it's just all about trying to get me," Setka said.

"I'm hoping by me stepping down a bit earlier, hopefully will stop the barrage and all the false accusations and all the false stories about this great union, and my job is to protect the members and to protect the union."

Setka recently told delegates at a monthly meeting he would not renominate at the next union election late this year, The Age reports, but that exit has now been brought forward.

In the union's official statement, Setka said "no individual is greater than the union".

"I depart knowing I leave this union in the very capable hands of the National Office and Victorian Executive to continue the work for our members.

"To the members of the CFMEU, you have made me incredibly proud, and it has been an honour and privilege to be your secretary, for that I say thank you."

Three teenagers have been charged after carrying out a terrifying alleged carjacking in Melbourne's south-east yesterday.

An Uber Eats food delivery driver parked in a driveway at a home in Langwarrin about 1.45pm before a 17-year-old allegedly ran from a passing ute and jumped into the driver's seat.

As the delivery driver attempted to stop the alleged carjacking, another teenager ran from the ute and punched the driver in the head.

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The man got back to his feet and chased the car as it sped off, but fell under the vehicle.

The 33-year-old was rushed to hospital with serious injuries.

Police said the teenagers drove from Langwarrin to Oakleigh, dumping their vehicle on Paddington Road, before allegedly breaking into a home on nearby Carlisle Crescent.

Police allege the offenders found an elderly couple, assaulted them and ransacked their house.

Officers swarmed the Oakleigh property and arrested three teenagers.

Two of the 17-year-olds were charged with aggravated home invasion and aggravated carjacking.

They were expected to appear in court today.

The third teenager was charged with aggravated home invasion and aggravated carjacking and is in hospital under police guard.

The personal data of thousands of people has been stolen after the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA) external contact centre was hacked.

9News understands the EPA advised around 2000 people that they had been affected by the hack in an email yesterday – months after the hack actually happened.

While no financial information is understood to have been stolen, the EPA told people that names, phone numbers and addresses had been.

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In its email to impacted customers, the EPA said it takes confidentiality seriously.

"While the accountability for this incident sits with the service provider, EPA has and will continue to work with them to ensure security remains robust and in line with our expectations," it said.

A small number of EPA employees were also impacted by the hack on the external contact centres, which are managed by Oracle.

The information targetted by an unknown third-party hacker was dated between 2021 and 2022.

The hack took place in April this year, the same month the EPA found out about the breach.

Customers were only notified by email yesterday.

"We have been assured by our service provider and our own internal security team the intruder has been removed and blocked," customers were told.

The EPA does not know who the alleged hackers are.

‘It is an extremely sad day for Ponsonby and we are devastated.’