 downplayed the numbers. Also, Newsom spent the 4th of July in Michigan, another swing state to campaign for Biden and try to convince voters that the 81-year-old president deserves another four years in the White House. Newsom will continue to campaign for President Biden and other Democrats next week in New Hampshire. Tropical depression barrel still is churning in the Gulf of Mexico. It's expected to hit the Texas coast late Sunday or early Monday after regaining strength as a hurricane. Michael Brennan is director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.