 Time for News Update with Emily Reese. Emily? Hi, Kathy. President Joe Biden, in a letter to congressional Democrats, is standing firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy after his dismal debate performance. Biden wrote in a two-page letter today that the party had one job, which is to defeat presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in November. The letter was sent from his campaign to Democratic lawmakers as they returned to Washington following the July 4th recess.