Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck.

With the five things you need to know for Monday, July 8th.

It's going to be a critical week for President Joe Biden,

as the number of Democrats calling for him to step out of the 2024 race is growing.

Sources told CNN that in a call yesterday, at least six House lawmakers from the party told minority leader

Hekem Jeffries that Biden needs to drop out after his poor debate

performance two weeks ago.

CNN's elect signs has more.

Now it all presents a very interesting dynamic for President Biden,

especially as Congress is set to return to Washington this week.

So much of the debate about President Biden remaining in the 2024 race has played out while

lawmakers have been back at home over the 4th of July holiday hearing directly

from their members but this week they will be back here in Washington in front of reporters holding meetings

of their own where certainly this issue of the 2024 campaign will arise.

Now President Biden is still charging ahead with his campaign, campaigning in the battleground of Pennsylvania on

Sunday, and joining him on the trail several elected officials from Pennsylvania.

The campaign really hoping that this will show some elected officials who are still supporting

President Biden who are out there campaigning with him.

This week also brings a chance for Biden to show his foreign affairs strengths on the global

stage as he hosts NATO leaders for a summit in DC.

Beryl has strengthened to a category 1 hurricane and made landfall in southern Texas.

The National Hurricane Center said it had winds of 80 miles an hour when it hit near Matagorda Beach this morning. It's expected to bring heavy rainfall,

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