. >> reporter: independent candidate robert f. kennedy jr. said he is taking his name off ballots in battleground states. >> if by staying on the ballot in the battleground states i would likely hand the election over to the democrats, with whom i disagree on the most existential issues: censorship, war, and chronic disease. >> reporter: but the controversial candidate isn't dropping out of the race completely, urging voters to support him in some red and blue states where he says he will remain in contention. >> it's a great honor, it really is. he's very popular. he's very smart. >> reporter: campaigning in the key state of nevada earlier today, trump welcomed the endorsement, a turn from his previous criticisms of kennedy as a radical left democrat. five of kennedy's siblings slammed his decision to endorse trump, calling it a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear. cbs news polling shows kennedy was generating 2% of the vote nationally, though it's not yet clear where his supporters could now go. the trump ca

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s robert f. kennedy, jr. is suspending his presidential campaign and endorsing donald trump. mr. kennedy: i am not terminating my campaign. i am simply suspending it and not ending it. >> authorities in russia say they have killed four inmates after a rebellion. agencies are demanding access into gaza amidst a potential outbreak of polio. ♪ welcome to "world news america." it has been a week dominated by the democratic national committee should. today it is an independent presidential candidate making headlines. robert f. kennedy, jr. announcing friday he is suspending his campaign. rfk junior said he is throwing his support behind republican candidate donald trump. mr. kennedy is the nephew of former president john f. kennedy and the son of former presidential candidate robert f. kennedy, jr.. he initially lost his campaign as a democrat before running as independent. he is running on criticism of the two major parties. he became known for his anti-vaccine stance. the 70-year-old made the announcement in the

s robert f. kennedy, jr. is suspending his presidential campaign and endorsing donald trump. mr. kennedy: i am not terminating my campaign. i am simply suspending it and not ending it. >> authorities in russia say they have killed four inmate after a rebellion. agencies are demanding access into gaza amidst a potential outbreak of polio. ♪ welcome to "world news america." it has been a week dominated by the democratic national committee should. today it is an independent presidential candidate making headlines. robert f. kennedy, jr. announcing friday he is suspending his campaign. rfk junior said he is throwing his support behind republican candidate donald trump. mr. kennedy is the nephew of former president john f. kennedy and the son of former presidential candidate robert f. kennedy, jr.. he initially lost his campaign as a democrat before running as independent. he is running on criticism of the two major parties. he became known for his anti-vaccine stance. the 70-year-old made the announcement in the

visit ncicap.org] >> robert f. kennedy, jr.uspended his independent campaign for president and has endorsed donald trump. his sister and four other siblings released a statement that reads we want and america filled with hope and bound together with a shared vision of a brighter future defined by individual freedom, national pride. we believe in harris and walz. our brother's decision to endorse trump is a betrayal of the values we hold dear. it is a sad ending to a sad story. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal. a live forum to discuss the latest issues and government, politics and public policy. from washington and across the country. coming up sunday morning we will look at campaign 2024 with the director of emerson college holding and the director of cnn college resource. and then the wilson center's jennifer joins us to talk about ukraine's incursion into russia and what it means for the broader conflict. c-span's washington journal. join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. ♪ >

robert f. kennedy jr. suspense his presidential campaign and endorses former president donald trump. >> we are aligned on many key issues. >> he is really a terrific guy. he's a talented person. it's an honor. >> norah: what impact could it have on the race? >> donald trump is an unserious man. >> norah: plus vice president harris leaves chicago after her historic nomination while trump visits two battleground states with just 74 days to go until "america decides." the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ the race for the white house enters a new phase tonight, with the two nominees set and former president donald trump celebrating a key endorsement. good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. just hours after vice president kamala harris accepted the democratic nomination for president, robert f. kennedy jr. joined forces with trump after giving up his long shot bid for the presidency. the former president is holding a rally tonight in arizona to keep the focus on immigration, which

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robert f. kennedy jr. suspends his presidential campaign and endorses former president donald trump. >> we are aligned on many key issues. >> he is really a terrific guy. he's a very talented person. it's an honor. >> norah: what impact could it have on the race? >> donald trump is an unserious man. >> norah: plus, vice president harris leaves chicago after her historic nomination, while trump visits two battleground states with just 74 days to go until "america decides." the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ the race for the white house enters a new phase tonight, with the two nominees set and former president donald trump celebrating a key endorsement. good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. just hours after vice president kamala harris accepted the democratic nomination for president, robert f. kennedy jr. joined forces with trump after giving up his long shot bid for the presidency. the former president is holding a rally tonight in arizona to keep the focus on immigration,

indianapolis, where robert kennedy was, did not. that was a magical moment. robert f.nedy: or we can make an effort, as martin luther king did, to understand and to comprehend and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion, and love. tim naftali: it was a beautiful, heartfelt, eloquent speech by a man who sadly would lose his life to a bullet within a matter of months. robert f. kennedy: i think that we can end the divisions within the united states. sara sidner: just two months after dr. king's assassination, cbs news covered senator kennedy's victory in the california democratic primary. robert f. kennedy: and with what has been going on within the united states over the period of the last three years-- the divisions, the violence, the disenchantment with our society, the divisions, whether it's between blacks and whites, between the poor and the more affluent, or between age groups, or on the war in vietnam, that we can start to work together. douglas brinkley: that evening at the ambassad

neil: it is interesting robert f kennedy junior is persona non grata among democrats, even john f.ennedy's grandson, never mentioned his cousin. what do you make of that, forget fellow democrats. even rfk junior's family. >> when i was part of the campaign, there were people who supported them, they were newsworthy, there were those who didn't. in political families it is not unusual to have people on both sides of an election but because he's a candidate the extent to which there is opposition, people saying things that are uncomplimentary it's getting a lot of publicity but not as telling as stories in left field about the election that got attention. bottom line, robert f kennedy junior, is not going to win the presidency, very well could if he throws his support to one candidate or another. neil: what cabinet position do you think donald trump would consider? that is what is up for grabs. >> that is so far away from my wheelhouse that i can't begin to get into that. i will say that one must be careful and discuss quid pro quo. stuart: donald trump made clear that he is ready to

i think robert f. kennedy junior's sen.ideotaped his father talking to trump on the phone and i know what his father was allegedly upset by a didn't know about it and it was taken down but it's interesting. i mean, if this has all played out publicly, the idea that he reached out to the harris campaign, reached out the trump campaign obviously, trump's smelled a reason to do this has sort of embraced him for now. who knows what promises were made? who knows if a promise will be kept given the folks we're dealing with, but it is just it's so interesting, just kinda see us so publicly play out yeah i mean, i think there's a reason to played out publicly because the person who's in the middle of it, rfk junior, wants it to play out publicly because he wants the attention i mean i mean, some of this is just about ego attention that the search for relevance in a world of our politics right now that, you know, in a close election, i guess he thought he could find it you know, it's i look, i do think this there are lots of america

indianapolis, where robert kennedy was, did not. that was a magical moment. robert f. kennedy: or we can make an effort, as martin luther king did, to understand and to comprehend and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion, and love. tim naftali: it was a beautiful, heartfelt, eloquent speech by a man who sadly would lose his life to a bullet within a matter of months. robert f. kennedy: i think that we can end the divisions within the united states. sara sidner: just two months after dr. king's assassination, cbs news covered senator kennedy's victory in the california democratic primary. robert f. kennedy: and with what has been going on within the united states over the period of the last three years-- the divisions, the violence, the disenchantment with our society, the divisions, whether it's between blacks and whites, between the poor and the more affluent, or between age groups, or on the war in vietnam, that we can start to work together. douglas brinkley: that evening at the amba

robert f. kennedy jr. lending the kennedy aura to the former president, he endorsed the former president earlier today, moments ago, we saw him ascend to the stage at a rally in arizona with trump accompanied by fireworks and played onto the stage by the song my hero. by foo fighters here's kennedy explaining his endorsement don't you want healthy children don't you want the chemicals out of our food and don't you want the regulatory agencies to be free from corporate corruption and that's what president trump told me that he wanted. >> also told me that he wanted to end the grip of the neo-cons on u.s. foreign policy back now with our panel, david, i mean, you were working for then candidate barack obama and in 2008 when the kennedy family endorsed him over hillary clinton, that was a huge moment for, for obama i'm wondering, just seeing rfk junior on that stage. >> what goes through your mind that he's trying to defeat? kamala harris, who is obviously been compared to barack obama in many ways look, i me

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for the last 16 months -- robert f. kennedy, jr. -- ♪ [applause] >> whoa! >> and he deserves this.e deserves this. [crowd chanting "usa"] >> for the past 16 months, bobby has run an extraordinary campaign for president of the united states. i know because he also went after me a couple of times. i did not like it. and i mean this sincerely -- had he been allowed to enter the democrat primary, he would have easily beaten joe biden but they wouldn't let him in. they put up rules. i've never seen rules. he had to have 65% of the vote in order to run -- you know, little things like that. he has raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country and brought together people from across the political spectrum in a positive campaign grounded in the american doll use of his father, robert kennedy, a great man, and his uncle, president john f. kennedy. and i know that they are looking down right now and they are very , very proud of bobby. i'm proud of bobby, if you want to know the truth. and i don't think i have ever introduced anyone that got applause like he just got.

un 15% apoyaba o se inclinaba por robert f. kennedy junior.mÁs de la mitad. y sobre los seguidores que aÚn le respaldan? >> yo creo que las personas que se iban a ir con harris despuÉs de que saliÓ de la campaÑa. eh, biden ya sucediÓ. los que restan. eh, yo creo que la gran mayorÍa, eh, se le van a ladear hacia el favor de de trump. >> kennedy es hijo de robert f. kennedy y sobrino del presidente john f. kennedy, ambos asesinados en la dÉcada de los sesentas en diferentes eventos. >> aÚn no habÍa terminado su conferencia de prensa y cinco de sus hermanos ya habÍan expresado su respaldo a la fÓrmula. >> harris walls subrayaron que la decisiÓn de su hermano de apoyar a trump es una traiciÓn a los valores que su padre y la familia kennedy han atesorado. kennedy sufre de una distrofia al hablar y por eso es que su voz se escucÍ. entre las cosas que comentÓ fue que poco despuÉs del intento de asesinato contra donald trump, el ex presidente hablÓ con Él sobre los temas que le importan. despuÉs Él hablÓ con cÁmara. harris dice y la candidata por el p

also coming up the independent candidate, robert f. kennedy junior drops out of the race for the white house and the goal. since donald trump put a riley in arizona more than a dozen dead. and $4800000.00 strands, bangladesh struggles to come to via flooding. from the pain migrants and south korea, so that being exploited and placed into the main conditions under special work is key. the thanks for joining us has been another night of bloodshed across the guns and strips. at least $42.00 palestinians have been killed and this really strikes and storm the 11 have been killed and con eunice, including women and children, is really a types of also struck homes and tense and dare abala and also at refugee camp in the center of this trip where more displaced palestinians have been killed. several people are also being wounded in the bombings that speak to honeymoon, who to joins us live from darrow bala m central gaza. so honey was seeing a real surge and strikes the overnights, causing a huge amount of the depth and injuries brings up to speed and what's been happening as well as we expect

f.dy jr. will end his independent presidential campaign today and back trump. cbs' jarred hill joins us with that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and you know, adding more energy to that rumor mill, we are seeing that actually overnight last night robert f. kennedy withdrew from the arizona ballot. the state was critical to biden's win in 2020 and is shaping up to be a serious player for both harris and trump this time around. in battleground arizona, former president trump is taking the fight for the white house to america's southern border. >> we will seal the border, stop the invasion and launch the biggest deportation effort in american history. >> reporter: cbs news polling shows 87% of likely voters see immigration as a major factor for their vote this election. trump using the issue to sharply attack vice president kamala harris. >> we had a border czar who was the border czar, she loved the title but didn't want to do the work because she's lazy. >>> in the biden

and tonight he told voters why he's supporting former president trump. >> robert f kennedy junior and former president donald trump joined forces on friday night. we are both in this to do what's right for the country. kennedy angry with the democratic party, threw his support behind former president donald trump. and do you want a president who's going to get us out of the war's end? it's going to rebuild the middle class in this country, even though kennedy says he supports former president trump. he said friday afternoon, his name will remain on the ballot in most states in about 10 battleground states. my presence would be spoiler. i'm going move rfk junior zags. it sets up a 2 candidate race with 74 days until the election. weiss, president kamala harris's campaign tried to convince kennedy voters to vote for the vice president. in a statement the campaign says for any american out there who is tired of donald trump and looking for a new way forward. >> ours is a campaign for you. the vice president did not answer questions about kennedy on her way. back from the democratic natio

dos fuentes cercanas a la campaÑa de robert f.narÍa saliÉndose de la carrera por la presidencia, justamente en un evento que se realizarÁ el viernes en phoenix, arizona, y declinarÍa a favor de donald trump. una de estas fuentes dijo que las conversaciones todavÍa estÁn en marcha y que ambas campaÑas tanto la de kennedy como la de trump, estarÍan tratando de acordar un encuentro. porque justamente donald trump estarÍa por el Área de phoenix este prÓximo viernes. cuÁl es el significado de esto? bueno, pues podrÍa tener un impacto, porque de los votantes que parecÍa iban a votar o que tenÍan la intenciÓn de votar por robert f. kennedy por cada uno que se vaya para kamala harris, dos se irÍan para el lado de donald trump. viendo las encuestas, por ejemplo, una reciente de yougov y de the economist, le estaba sacando kamala harris tres puntos porcentuales a donald trump y tres puntos porcentuales eran justamente los que tiene el candidato independiente kennedy. en fin, que faltarÍa tambiÉn ver cuÁl es el impacto en los siete estados q

kennedy, the sister of robert f. kennedy.s running for president or always an attempt to gain favor for donald trump or help donald trump? >> well, let me just start by saying that, everything i say i'm saying personally and not with my hat on for robert f. kennedy human rights organization named after my father who died in 1968 and carries over as unfinished work for justice. why did bobby ran in the first place? i think we grew up in a family where people are engaged. and who and we had lots of arguments at the dinner table about what was right and what was wrong. and who's on what side. and i think bobby felt like he needed to take a stand. i think this, and i understand that. because the stakes this november, this november couldn't be higher which is exactly why my whole family will be fighting so hard to reelect kamala harris and coach walz who have been champions for the values my family has fought for for years. >> well, i mean, it begs the question take a stand just to read a couple of things. this is a statement you

then robert f kennedy junior forget rallies, racing to get on ballots. he is here.is mark meredith in arizona with the harris campaign and bill melugin with the trump team. we take stock and you decide. neil cavuto. we might as well begin on the great wall street come back but i will tease you that is coming up. you won't believe how and why stocks turned around the way they did but first want to take you to mark meredith in glendale arizona where he's been complaining a lot about the heat in fact inordinate amount about the heat. but that's okay because he travels around and i guess he doesn't go to our places so what's the latest my friend? >> this is not honolulu. good afternoon. 140 degrees but they're hoping this will not stop people from turning up for democratic tickets. the vice president and running mate trying to win over voters in the sun belt. an effort they give democrats the best chance to generate enthusiasm for this new ticket. we saw the vice president arrived in phoenix late yesterday. the campaign train to get the same crowds we saw in wisconsin a

. ♪♪ appearing with robert f. kennedy jr.t hours after he suspended his independent run for president. >> he has a lot of votes that he could have gotten. i think he's going to have a huge influence. we're leading now, but i think he's going to have a huge influence on this campaign. >> reporter: kennedy's exit from the race, a potential game changer this election with thousands of his supporters now looking for a place to go. >> what's the potential impact on the harris campaign? >> yeah, we are just looking at a sliver of the electorate, 4 to 5% who were backing rfk jr. in the polls. just a slight difference could make all the difference. >> reporter: in a race with only ten weeks to go, every day and

well robert f. kennedy jr.t proved he values the principle of freedom and democracy more than the privilege of being a democrat. larry: now of course he doesn't agree with trump on everything. i mean, they've got their disagreements and agreements but besides the foreign policy stuff, he talked about ending childhood disease epidemic, securing the border, okay he's got more in common with trump than the democrats, protecting freedom of speech, unraveling the corporate capture of our regulatory agencies and then he goes on, getting us intelligence agencies out of the business of propagandizing and censoring and surveiling americans and interfering with our elections. now that is right out of the trump playbook, as you know. there will have to be wholesale change, fbi, secret service, cia, all that stuff, and these regulatory agencies have to go under complete reform as the supreme court has started so i'm just saying. these are pretty substantive agreements with at least those aspects of mr. trump's platform. >>

f kennedy jr drops out. plus, it's not just covid surging this summer. the warning from health leaders what's old is new again. but 1st august chill and even some possible rain to start the weekend. good afternoon i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. yeah, it's a pretty gloomy gray friday for us. let's take a look. live outside across the bay area. it is certainly feeling more like fall than summer today, with below average temperatures and even a chance of light rain for some spots. the national weather service says august is typically our second driest month, so a splash of rain isn't too unusual. but abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma will have a look at your weekend forecast coming up later in the show. now to your voice, your vote. independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr suspends his long shot campaign and endorses republican former president trump. the iconic democratic kennedy family was never supportive of rfk jr. s run. his siblings, in fact, said in a joint statement today, qu

host: robert f. kennedy, jr.rmer president trump in arizona at a rally, shortly after endorsing him and dropping his own bid for president. here are some of robert f kennedy's remarks from last night. [video clip] >> a few hours after the assassination attempt, i got a call from a state food advocate who has been fighting for many years to try to end the corruption at the cdc and fda and usda. [cheers] if these institutions, these regulatory agencies are actually run by the big food processing companies, the big ag and the chemical companies that they're supposed to regulate. he said to me that he'd been advising me for many years and on my campaign, and he told me that night he was also advising president trump. and he asked if i would talk to president trump. i said, of course. a few minutes later, i got a call from the president, and we talked. we had a very good talk. he invited me to come see him the next day. i went to minneapolis and saw him. we met again at couple weeks later in florida. we talked not abo

host: robert f. kennedy, jr.er president trump in arizona at a rally, shortly after endorsing him and dropping his own bid for president. here are some of robert f kennedy's remarks from last night. [video clip] >> a few hours after the assassination attempt, i got a call from a state food advocate who has been fighting for many years to try to end the corruption at the cdc and fda and usda. [cheers] if these institutions, these regulatory agencies are actually run by the big food processing companies, the big ag and the chemical companies that they're supposed to regulate. he said to me that he'd been advising me for many years and on my campaign, and he told me that night he was also advising president trump. and he asked if i would talk to president trump. i said, of course. a few minutes later, i got a call from the president, and we talked. we had a very good talk. he invited me to come see him the next day. i went to minneapolis and saw him. we met again at couple weeks later in florida. we talked not about

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f. kennedy jr. and former democratic congresswoman tulsi gabbard who backed him today. the vice president is going to kick off a bus tour later this week in georgia. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. there's this new development in one of the criminal cases against donald trump. special counsel jack smith is urging a federal appeals court to bring back the classified documents case against the former president that district judge aileen cannon dismissed last month. smith said her decision goes against long standing government practice calling the ruling nonsensical. it's not clear how quickly the

she has been covering robert f. kennedy junior extensively there. it's good to have you with this. what do you make of the timing of our if k juniors announcement to suspend his campaign? yeah, i think there were several factors. i think they were clearly running out of money . that was something that we knew for a while. i think also it looked like a lot of these ballots were going to be printed in swing states. so in arizona, which is the biggest, wouldn't state today at 6 am, they were going to start printing a ballot with kennedy's name on it. so if you wanted to be offered, if he really wanted to support a support between one, you know, be a one of the 2 candidates. this is the only time he could really do it. and you know, i think a lot of he clearly saw no path forward even though that been the case for months. i spoken to people in the campaign who told me that for more than a year they have been waiting, possibly endorsing donald trump. so i think for what i hear, he's has a very and decisive person and clearly partly enjoyed being on the contain trail and, and getting to

. >> reporter: in a likely move to help donald trump, robert f. kennedy jr. suspending his campaign. >> i promised the american people that i would withdraw from the race if i became a spoiler. >> reporter: and announcing he will now endorse mr. trump. >> i was surprised to discover that we are aligned on many key issues. >> reporter: kennedy suggesting trump offered to enlist him in his administration. he originally launched his white house bid as a democrat, then becoming an independent saying his principles including protecting free speech led him to today's decision. >> staying on the ballot in the battleground states, i would likely hand the election over to the democrats, with whom i disagree on the most existential issues. >> reporter: like today former president trump thanking his opponent turned ally. >> we just had a very nice endorsement from rfk jr., bobby. he is a great guy, respected by everybody. >> reporter: it's a major shift from the harsh words he had for him just a few months ago. >> rfk jr. is a democrat plant, a radical left liberal put

meanwhile, robert f. kennedy jr.the latest fox news poll, he was only getting 6% of the vote while vice president kamala harris and trump were both locked in a tie at 45%. we've got fix business team coverage of all of the moving parts in the 2024 presidential race. grady trimble is live in glendale, arizona, where trump will speak later, and griff jenkins is in washington with more on rfk jr.'s decision. grady, let's start with you. >> reporter: and, or kelly, the trump campaign is teasing a special guest who will be here this evening. widely believed to be robert f. kennedy jr. after he just made the announcement that he's dropping out of the race and endorsing former president trump. it's important to note that in making his announcement, kennedy says he is staying on the ballot in many states and voters there will still be able to vote for him, but he's pulling himself from the ballots in ten key battleground states, and those likely will be the states that decide this presidency. now, the impact of this race wil

the robert f. kennedy junior suspended his long shot presidential campaign and endorse donald trump. the former, independent candidate made the announcement at a news conference in arizona on friday. kennedy says, internal polling showed that stain, the race would hurt the trump campaign, so he is removing. he says his name from the ballots and about 10 battleground states. and in a short while donald trump will be inviting r f k junior to his campaign rally in arizona. if re elected, trump vowed to open the new presidential commission on assassination attempts, specifically task with releasing all information relating to the assassination of president john f. kennedy with r f k. juniors, late uncle rob reynolds was at kennedy's news conference in phoenix for robert f. kennedy. junior suspended his independent bid for the white house and endorsed donald trump. he blamed democrats of the democratic party and the major media outlets in the united states reporting his independent bid for the white house. and kennedy said that he had spoken several times with trumpet, strongly implied th

we have to start talking about robert f. kennedy jr. so we can stop talking about robert f.t impact will this have on the 2024 race? >> very little, except it does give the harris campaign a lot of opportunity for more attack ads. having sat in house congressional hearing with kennedy jr. on vaccines and on the conspiracy theories, i can tell you i think you can expect the word weird to continue to circulate from the campaign and supporters when it comes to being able to take on any kind of sense that this is something that might change the dynamics of this race. we know from polling that about frankly kennedy supporters were not very strong supporters not deeply committed to him, both harris and trump really kind of divided his constituents. i don't think this will have much impact at all except in attack ads. >> jennifer, speaking of polls, this average of polls we will put here on the screen. you can see there, before vice president harris took over the top of the ticket with kennedy in the race trump was leading president biden. now with vice president harris at the top

. >> reporter: to the news independent robert f. kennedy jr. suspending his bid for the white house, endorsing former president donald trump, hoping to stop harris' momentum. >> he is a phenomenal person, a phenomenal man who loves the people of this country as much as anyone can love the people of this country. >> reporter: kennedy telling supporters he is working to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states like pennsylvania, where he could be a spoiler for trump. >> i've already started that process and urged voters not to vote for me. it is with a sense of victory and not defeat that i'm suspending my campaign activities. >> reporter: there are just 74 days to go. with kennedy pulling 5% in the polls, which way supporters go could make a difference. saying vice president wants to earn your support, adding for any american out there who is tired of donald trump and is looking for a new way forward, ours is a new win for you. harris closing out the democratic national convention. >> on behalf of story could only be written in the

robert f. kennedy jr. suspending his independent campaign and endorsing donald trump. >>> rfk jr. coming before the cameras telling supporters he no longer believes he has a path to victory. why he says he's throwing his support behind mr. trump, and behind mr. trump le in a potential new trump administration? members of the kennedy family today speaking out against him today. that announcement coming on the heels of that historic night at the dnc. kamala harris, the first woman of color to accept a major party's nomination. the vice president promising a new way forward and attacking her rival, donald trump, as an unserious man, and now the race moving into a whole new phase. >>> also tonight, the fed finally signaling it will cut rates down from a 23-year high. what it means for your money. >>> the new fallout for multiple secret service agents after the assassination attempt on donald trump. >>> the deadly house explosion rocking a neighborhood near kansas city, the investigation tonight. >>> and the team usa paralympian who is chasing much more than gold at the paris games. >>

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. >> the washington post is reporting that former independent president duque candidate robert f. kennedy, jr. is not able to remove his name from the ballot in some battleground states. he partially suspended his campaign last week and endorsed republican nominee donald trump. he initiated efforts to remove his name from the states in the hope that more roads would go to the former president. however on thursday, north carolina announced he would remain on the ballot due to insufficient time remaining to print them before absentee ballots are distributed on september 6. issue can and wisconsin have also denied mr. kennedy's request. vp harris: we are witnessing a full on assault on other hard-fought, hard-won fundamental freedoms. [cheers and applause] let me just say something. hold on, hold on, hold up for a second. let me just say something. we are fighting for democracy. everyone has a right, and should have their voices heard. i'm speaking now, but on the subject, i will say this. the president and i are working around the clock. we've got to get a hostage deal done and get

as robert f. kennedy junior suspended his independent bid for the white house and endorse donald trump. he blamed democrats of the democratic party and the major media outlets in the united states for forwarding. his independent bid for the white house. and kennedy said that he had spoken several times with trumpet, strongly implied that if trump wins the race, the trump would be open to the idea of giving kennedy a significant job in a possible future. trump, administration, since kennedy's campaign has really revolved around issues of health care and chronic disease, it stands to reason that if such a job offer offer is forthcoming, it would be something in the vein of health and human services or the food and drug administration, or one of those other major federal agencies. so the big question really is how does this affect the race here in arizona, an important swing state and across the country? it's difficult to say exactly because robert f kennedy junior, would be voters don't fall into any particular category. and there's not really that many of them, but posters we've spoken

robert f kennedy junior, had suspended his campaign for us president, saying he no longer believed he had a puff to the white house. the full, my independent cabinet, blamed the democratic party on the media for 14 his ambitions. now he's endorsed republican candidate, donald trump, auto sales rep reynolds reports in phoenix, arizona. hours after suspending his campaign, robert f. kennedy junior was on stage with donald trump. but he is a phenomenal person, a phenomenal man who loves the people of this country as much as anybody could love the people of this country. and so you want a president that's going to make america healthy again. speaking to reporters earlier, kennedy slowly implied from promised him a high level job and a public health or food regulation capacity as a potential future trump administration, america, i'm always president trump and his family members and close advisors in florida and a series of long, intense discussions i was surprised to discover so that we are aligned on many key ashes in those meetings, he suggested that we join forces as a unity party. kenn

robert f. kennedy junior has joined donald trump on stage. a trump rally in arizona. well, that's after kennedy suspended his independent presidential boot and endorse trump . is accused the democrats of refusing to allow his name to be on the parties ticket and primary ballots. he started free speech, the war and ukraine, and what he called the war on children as the reasons that he is suspending his campaign. kennedy said he decided to support trump after several recent meetings with him. but peter matthews is a political ellis and professor of political science at cyprus college in long beach, california. he told me what this means for the presidential race. well it means we have to become the rotors, which are only about 4 percent now, least to be able to 15 percent the summer they've been dropping since job item drop down. and coming harris came in. many been going to come a as a trump. so only about 4 percent now i think we would really go go away, but most of it's going to go actually happened a house, a little bit over half the trunk and we're under half the c

so it is a lead though, a slim one robert f. kennedy jr.ets 4% also out today, pulling from monmouth, suggesting a sea change in how democrats view their choice now compared to before president biden bowed out, take a look at 5% of democrats. now say they were enthusiastic about harris trump race. that's up from just 46% back in june for biden trump match-up republican enthusiasm is unchanged at 71%, starting us off tonight. david axelrod, a former senior adviser to president obama, also, ashley etienne, former communications director for vice president harris, and man-hours, who served as a senior adviser in the trump administration. david, is there any way that the strategy to let trump be trump? we'll work in this election or does the trump campaign really needs to settle on a message well, it's only that's almost a rhetorical question, anderson. >> yes, they have to settle on a message and i think the message they tried to deliver on the teleprompter was probably close to where they want to appeal, which is to try and saddle the vice pr

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so it is a lead though, a slim one robert f. kennedy jr. gets 4% also out today, pulling from monmouth, suggesting a sea change in how democrats view their choice now, compared to before president biden bowed out, take a look at 5% of democrats. now say they were thursday asic about a harris trump race. that's up from just 46% back in june for a biden trump match-up republican enthusiasm is unchanged at 71%, starting us off tonight. david axelrod, a former senior adviser to president obama, also, ashley etienne, former communications director for vice president harris, and man-hours, who served as a senior adviser in the trump administration. david, is there any way that the strategy to let trump be trump? we'll work in this election or does the trump campaign really needs to settle on a message well, it's one that's almost a rhetorical question, anderson. >> yes, they have to settle on a message and i think the message they tried to deliver on the teleprompter was probably close to where they want to appeal, which is to try and saddle the