A defiant Joe Biden declares I'm running and going to win again. The lead starts right now.

Moments ago, the president rallying supporters in a key battleground state promising he is in this race for the long haul.

I'm trying to push me out on the race.

Let me say this as clear as I can.

I'm staying in the race.

Is that enough, though, to calm the growing number of Democrats who want Biden off the ticket.

Plus, a conservative plan lays out sweeping goals for a second Trump term.

A plan Donald Trump now says he's got nothing to do with, Doesn't even like some of it.

So what's really going on here?

And Barrel churns toward the United States,

expected to make landfall as a hurricane with dangerous winds

and catastrophic flooding.

We'll take a look at where that track is now shifting.

Welcome to the lead.

I'm Erica Hill in for Jake Tapper.

We begin in our

2024 lead with President Biden saying very clearly he is staying in this

race a defiant confident Joe Biden just wrapping up a rally moments ago with supporters in the battleground state of Wisconsin

insisting he is the man to beat Donald Trump.

There's been a lot of speculation. What's Joe going to do? Is he going to stay in the race?

Is he going to drop out? What's he going to do?

Well, here's my answer. I am running and going to win again.

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