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thing perfectly clear -- donald trump has my strong endorsement, period. [ cheers ] >> primary rival nikki haley throws her support to donald trump at last night's republican national convention in the name of unity. this as trump himself appears for a second straight night. assassination plot? security fears in connection to iran before the shooting at trump's rally as the secret service now faces increased scrutiny. and powerful storms tear up the northeast shredding roofs and shattering windows. good morning. i'm shanelle kaul in for anne-marie green. we begin this hour with a key endorsement for donald trump at the republican national convention. in one of the most anticipated speeches of the night, onetime opponent nikki haley backed trump for, quote, the sake of our nation. trump made another appearance at

the convention energizing the crowd once again as he entered it the arena. sabrina franza is at the convention center in milwaukee this morning with more on this. hey, sabrina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you mentioned, for a second day in a row the former president joined his delegates and supporters on the convention floor, as well as his vice presidential pick. they did not speak, but they presented a united front. the assassination attempt on the former president still very much top of mind. former president donald trump was back for day two of the republican national convention as several of his biggest 2024 primary rivals took the stage in a show of party unity. >> donald trump has my strong endorsement, period. [ cheers ] >> reporter: trump's former u.n. ambassador nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis flipped from fierce campaign foes to committed trump allies last night. >> donald trump has been demonized. he's been sued.

he's been prosecuted, and he nearly lost his life. we cannot let him down, and we cannot let america down. >> reporter: safety was the other theme on day two. speakers pushed for tougher anti-crime and immigration laws. >> the country is less safe, but here's the good news -- we can fix it. >> reporter: tonight all eyes will be on the vice presidential nominee, j.d. vance, as he addresses the convention crowd. the 39-year-old junior ohio senator was seen doing a walkthrough in preparation of tonight's speech on the convention stage yesterday. a new cbs poll shows there's enthusiasm among the maga base for the vp pick, though a majority of other registered republicans say they're unsure. >> i don't really know who he is. but trump is a smart man, so i believe that he made the right choice. >> reporter: trump and vance are scheduled to hold their first joint campaign rally together in

michigan this weekend. the theme for today, make america strong once again. we can expect republicans to talk about foreign policy, domestic energy production, and a boost in military spending. i'm sabrina franza in milwaukee. >> thanks so much. and we will have special coverage of the republican national convention tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern on cbs news 24/7. then tune in our primetime coverage. that will start at 10:00 p.m. eastern here on cbs and cbs news 24/7. president biden resumes his campaign swing in nevada today. yesterday he courted voters in the battleground state. he spoke at the naacp convention, his first political speech since the shooting at donald trump's rally on saturday. in an interview with ed gordon of b.e.t. news, biden was asked

about what it would take for him to step aside in a presidential race. >> is there anything that you would look to, you personally, not anybody else, not other pundits or perhaps family members, that you would look to to say if i see that i will re-evaluate? >> if there was some medical condition that emerged, if somebody -- doctors came and said you got this problem, that problem. but i made a serious mistake in the whole debate. and -- and look, when i originally ran, you may remember, i said i was going to be a transitional candidate. i thought i'd be able to move from this, pass it on to someone else. but i didn't anticipate things getting so, so, so divided. and quite frankly, i think the only thing age brings a little bit of wisdom. and i think i've demonstrated that i know how to get things done for the country in spite of the fact we couldn't get it done.

there's more to do. i'm reluctant to walk away from that. >> ahead on "cbs mornings", ed gordon will talk about his interview with president joe biden, and you can watch his full interview tonight at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central on b.e.t. which, just like cbs, is a division of paramount global. now to the investigation into the shooting at that trump rally. cbs news has learned the secret service had actually ramped up security for donald trump before the rally due to an assassination plot by iran. cbs' meg oliver is in butler, pennsylvania, with the new reporting about that iranian plot. >> reporter: cbs news has learned information from a human source along with a running chatter picked up by intelligence officials worried them enough to increase former president trump's security last month. there's been an ongoing threat to assassinate trump since he ordered a u.s. drone strike that killed qasem soelimani, the head of iran's powerful kuds force.

there's no known connection between iran and the assassination attempt over the weekend where the u.s. secret service faces increasing scrutiny. a local law enforcement officer tells cbs news three snipers from a local tactical team were inside the building where the shooter fired from. one of the snipers saw thomas matthew crooks outside on three separate occasions, observing the building's roof. then returning with a range finder, an instrument routinely used by marksmen to determine the distance of a target. at that point the sniper snapped a picture of him, 26 minutes before the shooting occurred, and radioed the command center. crooks briefly disappeared, returning moments later with a backpack. the sniper called for backup, but by the time officers responded, the gunman was already positioned on the roof. >> next thing you know i seen like i thought it was a backpack

or something, and then i seen what i knew was a gun, a machine gun. >> reporter: moments later, shots rang out. [ screams ] in this new video it shows the secret service sniper team that neutralized the shooter with a single shot. u.s. secret service director kimberly cheatle took responsibility for the security failure. >> the buck stops with me. it was unacceptable, and it's something that shouldn't happen again. >> reporter: the department of homeland security and the fbi have issued a bulletin to law enforcement nationwide warning that violent extremists could try to retaliate at election events of the next few months. meg oliver, cbs news, butler, pennsylvania. israel launched deadly missile attacks in south and central gaza. at least 60 palestinians were killed yesterday. officials in gaza say one air strike hit an israeli declared safe zone crowded with thousands of displaced people. this as the israeli government

said it would begin sending draft notices to ultra-orthodox jewish men next week following a recent court ruling. yesterday seminary students staged a protest by blocking a major road east of tel aviv. ultra-orthodox men had previously been exempt from the draft. a line of severe storms ripped through parts of the northeast. high winds uprooted trees and blew off roofs yesterday in downtown rome, new york. a church steeple was also toppled. no injuries were reported. the governor declared a state of emergency, though. in southern illinois, officials there say the situation is now under control after water overtopped a reservoir dam. hundreds of evacuated residents are now being allowed to return home. local officials had feared the dam could rupture after heavy rain. coming up this hour -- back to a russian court. the espionage trial of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich is set to resume

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