wins for the president secured the democratic nomination. biden also called out his opponent in a statement, saying the threat trump poses is greater than ever. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, march 13th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." presidential rematch. it's official, the race for the white house is set as president biden and donald trump clinch their parties' nominations. time running out on tiktok? a high-stakes vote today that could ban the app in the u.s., but the company and its creators are not backing down without a fight. and breaking overnight, a space one rocket explodes after launch. good morning, and good to be

with you. i'm anne-marie green. we are not even halfway through the presidential primary calendar, and the stage is set for a sequel to the 2020 election. a sequel polls show most americans really don't want. after contests in four states, cbs news projects that joe biden and former president donald trump have enough delegates to officially become presumptive nominees for this year's presidential election. cbs' jarred hill is joining us with more on last night's big but somewhat predictable vote. >> reporter: buckle up because we are in for a long general election season. as you mentioned, no huge surprises in the primary but we are getting a look at how president biden and former president trump could fare in some key battleground states come november. the stage is set for the 2024 presidential election after president joe biden and former president trump won enough delegates to become their parties' president trumptism

-- president trumper it nominees in yesterday's primaries. >> we should win by a lot. there's never been anybody worse at doing that job than joe biden. >> reporter: in a statement claiming victory, the biden/harris campaign described trump's campaign of resentment and revenge and retribution that threatens the idea of america. it's a message vice president kamala harris echoed yesterday in colorado. >> the former president has told us who he is. it's on us then to recognize the threat he poses. >> reporter: both candidates swept tuesday's primaries in washington state, mississippi, and georgia. now a crucial battleground where trump hold a slight edge in a new cbs poll. >> this is a big state that is considered really important, and i just think that it's going to be even more important than it was the last time. >> reporter: though both sides will also have to work to win over voters who are not thrilled to see a biden/trump rematch -- >> i would love to see our

country not represented by someone in their 80s who's a white man. >> reporter: today president biden kicks off back-to-back trips to multiple states in the midwest. first traveling to wisconsin, then michigan tomorrow. trump is expected to rally in ohio over the weekend. so you got another big primary day coming up next tuesday when voters in arizona, florida, illinois, kansas, and ohio get their say. and while the presidential nominations may essentially be wrapped up, don't forget that there are a ton of other down ballot races that could have a serious impact on who controls congress as well as state and local governments. >> that's a very good reminder. thank you very much. now to the firestorm on capitol hill. former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into president biden's handling of classified documents. hur was defiant while lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used the hearing to score political points ahead of the presidential election. the story from cbs' ed o'keefe. i did not sanitize my

explanation, nor did i disparage the president unfairly. >> reporter: former special counsel robert hur's public grilling at times looked more like a proxy fight for the white house. republicans raised questions about president biden's mental fitness. >> i'm trying to figure out is whether or not biden's lying because he's still so senile -- >> reporter: democrats aired unflattering footage of former president trump. >> an ominous -- >> reporter: hur defended the report that biden was a well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. >> my task was to determine when the president could make a decision willfully -- i could not make that determination without assessing the president's state of mind. >> reporter: democrats said he went too far. >> mr. hur, you cannot tell me you're so naive as to think your words would not have created a political firestorm. you understood that, didn't you, when you wrote those words? >> congressman, politics played no part whatsoever in my investigative steps. >> reporter: hur questioned the

president for five hours over two days in october and wrote that the president forgot key dates like when his son beau died. but a 258-page transcript of the interview shows the president remembered the month and day, may 30th, just not the year. after the report was released last month, the president blasted hur. >> referenced that i don't remember when my son died. how in the hell dare he raise that? >> reporter: hur explained -- >> the need to show my work was especially strong here. the attorney general had appointed me to investigate the actions of the attorney general's boss, the sitting president of the united states. >> reporter: several republicans accused hur of letting the president off easy. >> all i have to do when i'm caught taking home a classified material is to say i'm sorry, mr. hur, but i'm getting old, my memory's not so great. >> reporter: in the hearing, democrats also repeatedly called out the differences in the biden and trump documents cases. the current president had about

80 documents in his possession while the former president had more than 300. it's a point that hur had also made in his written report. ed o'keefe, cbs news, the white house. well the house is set to vote today on a bill that could ban tiktok in the u.s. the legislation would force tiktok to separate from its chinese-based owner or face a possible ban. lawmakers are concerned about u.s. national security because of tiktok's ties to china. yesterday users, influencers, and tiktok's creator lobbied congress to reject the bill. >> this app is so much more than just an app for dumb tiktok dances. when i hear these elected officials literally mock and make fun of tiktok and its creators, i'm disgusted. this -- this is a life-changing app. >> president biden says he'll sign the legislation if it passes, but its fate in the senate is uncertain.

boeing is promising to make changes after a government audit found dozens of issues in the company's manufacturing process. the faa conducted the audit after a door panel blew off an alaska airlines jet in january. the agency said it reviewed 89 aspects of production at a washington state plant, and it failed 33 of them. the former -- a former boeing employee, john barnett, who raised safety issues in a whistleblower lawsuit was found dead in his truck saturday in south carolina. the coroner's office says it appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the parents of an american israeli soldier got the news they have been dreading -- their son, who they thought had spent the last 157 days as a hostage, had been dead the entire time. itay chen was just 19 years old and on duty the morning of october 7th when israeli officials say he was killed. his body was taken to gaza. his family, who had been prominent in the struggle to get hostages back, say they will not be give up the fight. cbs' chris livesay reports from

jerusalem. >> reporter: itay chen was only 19, a life cut short by the hamas massacre of october 7th when he was serving in an israeli tank unit. the israeli american was long thought to have been taken alive by hamas, among more than 240 hostages. earlier in the war, cbs news spoke to the parents, his father carrying an hourglass to remind the world that time was running out. >> i'm just a mom that wants our son back home where he belongs. >> the most frustrating question that you could ask yourself when you are exhausted and before you fall asleep, you ask yourself have i been productive? have i moved my son's release an inch? an inch forward? >> reporter: they became outspoken activists pressuring prime minister benjamin netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal and leaders around the world not to forget those trapped in hamas' tunnels. >> do whatever they can to bring

our loved ones back home. >> reporter: israel announced new intelligence revealed only their son's body had been taken hostage, killed on october 7th. an emotional national security adviser, jake sullivan, recalled conversations with his family. >> this hits hard for us, this news. >> reporter: that leaves five americans still presumed alive among 134 hostages in gaza. itay chen's bereaved parents say they will continue to fight for their return. they're also fighting to get their son's body back. it's still considered a hostage as well as a hamas bargaining chip. his parents won't hold a funeral until they get it back. chris livesay, cbs news, jerusalem. the white house says the pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to ukraine after finding some cost savings in its military contracts. meanwhile, a stark warning from russia's president today.

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