 President Biden is standing firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy. Mr. Biden wrote in a two-page letter, the question of how to move forward has been well aired over a week now, and it's time for it to end. The president stressed the party has, quote, one job, which is to defeat Donald Trump in November. Stacey Lynn, CBS News, the White House. Hurricane Beryl made landfall along Texas Gulf Coast near Matagorda this morning, knocking out power to more than 1.5 million homes and businesses.