 And now new financial pressure on Biden. Reed Hastings, the co-founder of Netflix and a Democratic mega donor, is now calling on Biden to exit the race to allow a vigorous Democratic leader to beat Trump. The White House had blamed Biden's performance on a cold and on jet lag. On this 4th of July, people in the nation's capital are being told to boil their water before drinking it as a precaution because of an issue at a water treatment plant.