 The president called in to MSNBC this morning to try to make his case for staying in the 2024 race as more Democrats ask him to drop out due to concerns about his mental fitness. The president claimed average Democrats want him to stay and he's not going to listen to elites calling for him to exit. He again insisted his shaky debate performance was due to an illness and he just, in his words, had a bad night. Hurricane Beryl still remains a Category 1 storm as of 10 a.m. Eastern.