 Top stories we're working on for you right now on WTOP. President Joe Biden says it's time for the calls for him to step aside as the party's nominee for re-election to end. He wrote a letter to congressional Democrats that the party has one job to defeat Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. A heat streak is expected to continue here in our region today and for several days. Keep it here for full details on these stories in the minutes ahead. It's 2-18. Traffic and weather on the 8th. Back to Dave Dildine in the WTOP Traffic Center.