following a very long recovery, gabby giffords resign from congress the following year. went on to be an advocate for anti-gun violence and so that her firm intern. hernandez went on to serve as a representative from 2017 to 2023 and still fights for gun safety to this day. joining us now is daniel hernandez junior prime, former democratic state representative in arizona, and a hero for congresswoman gabby giffords. and certainly, mark kelly, the retired astronaut and military veteran, who also is now a senator and gabby giffords husband. your former boss posted on x last night, daniel, that political violence is terrifying. i know. i'm hoping all those affected today in my heart. clinical violence is un- american and it is never acceptable. never. and i can hear her voice, i have heard her so many times, and her heroism, and yours. so just what was your reaction last night when you saw a really a very close call for the former president? >> to you so much, andrea. i hate to be back on for yet another shooting. but we have a uniquely american problem or gun violence is s

giffords. they hammer attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband, and the mockery that followed. >> how was her husband doing by the way, anybody no? >> reporter: part or send ship remains that reflex, feeding the hunger for combative language, mark robinson, leading candidate in north carolina was free to sounds like this. >> some folks need killing. >> reporter: in america cool down for more than a minute? if past is prologue, the answer is no. for now, political figures are offering a glimmer of light in an era of darkness. make it last. for "eye on america," i am major garrett and milwaukee, wisc wisconsin. >> norah: and coming soon, our coverage of the republican national convention will kick

gabby giffords putting out a statement saying political violence is terrifying. i know i'm holding former president trump and all those affected by today's indefensible act of violence in my heart, political violence is un-american and never acceptabl, never a view that is being uniformly expressed across the political spectrum and obviously beyond the political world with and obviously, john, something we also heard from the witnesses who were there tonight and witness this chaos and the bloodshed, asking, asking for prayers not only for former president trump, but for the bystanders, or at least one who may have been killed in this incident. >> john. thank you. stand by. we'll come back to you as the developments persist throughout the night. but i want to go back to mary bruce at the white house. mary, just getting some more information before i come to you, because we're also told now that fbi personnel are on the scene in butler, pennsylvania, the fbi will work jointly with the us secret service as the investigation moves forward. and, mary, i just wanted to

we've seen attacks on steve scalise a congressman in 2017 and tax on gabby giffords in 2011. and there was a recent survey done by noted terrorists expert last month, robert pape, that showed that 10% of respondents said that they would support violence to prevent trump from getting elected. a third of those owned guns and 7% of those respondents said that they would support violence to get trump elected half of those respondents own guns. so we have a powder keg, a horrible situation here where as i mentioned, were politically polarized, we are heavily armed and the norms of what's acceptable has changed. and some of this is due to the fact of what happened in january 6 that we've seen political violence and it's been acceptable, deemed acceptable in some ways legitimised by the supreme court. in its decision making. and that's changed the way we think about what is acceptable or not. and i think this is a bigger issue here. this really contrast with the assassination attempt of ronald reagan in 1981, where we felt this was more of an isolated incident driven by someone that

gabby giffords, of course, the former arizona a member of congress. she's married to arizona senator mark kelly elie he is one of the leading contenders. we believe in this vice presidential campaign. of course he's not the only one. she of course has no idea if he he is going to be chosen or not, but she been here and traveling across the country rallying voters. but we also know that several governors are on the list. you saw them on the sunday shows, minnesota governor a tim walz, of course, pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, north carolina governor roy cooper, kentucky governor andy beshear, transportation secretary pete buttigieg. those six we believe are in the top contenders. we know that democratic lawyers are spending this weekend vetting these candidates. we also know that vice president harris will close out this with one-on-one interviews. we don't know if she already has someone in mind, but we do know that she is going to make her a decision before august 7, so this week marks the august 1 is later this week. so the seventh is just arou

of the process and gabby giffords joins that ticket.them standing on stage together. i think it's a powerful message and this moment, we're thinking maybe about political attacks and gun violence. she is a wade for the democrats to have a conversation about what this really means through the eyes of somebody who is working to prevent other people from facing those problems versus donald trump, who is focused on himself. and the way he is suffering, gazans that's gabby. gabby was shot if you're talking about gabby giffords, who survived being shot in the gun violence issues, important issue. >> how much for her if it is harris to vice presidential selection. i mean, how much is it about? a swing-state play and how much is it about reaching out to moderates to the well, those two things are not mutually exclusive. in fact, i think they're very much related when you think of the people who are at the top of that list, governor shapiro of pennsylvania and pennsylvania is a absolute must ve he must win state he also is a very, very articulat

democratic congresswoman gabby giffords, and steve skallease shot in 2017.nce has escalated more. the 2022 attack on nancy pelosi's husband. >> we cannot condone this. >> reporter: both republicans and democrats are condemning the attack on mr. trmp. but the incident shows a growing srn of reports of political violence. a recent poll thinks violence might be necessary to get the country back on track. last summer, tucker carlson asked former president trump if he was worried about violence? >> why wouldn't they try to kill you, honestly? >> they are savage animals. they are people that are sick, really sick. but i have seen what they do. >> reporter: following saturday's assassination attempt, well known political scientist ian bremer expressed concern what happened in pennsylvania could leave lead to more violence. >> this is a grave turn of events in a country that is very deefly polarized and i deeply worry it prestages much more political violence and social instability. >> reporter: a dangerous reckoning in america now reaching a boiling point. and agai

gabby giffords, one of the first major voices who came out to wish trump well, and issue a very nonpoliticali talked with one of the lawmakers this morning, congressman mike kelly, who was actually sitting front row, 50 feet away from president trump, and witnessed the assassination attempt, who said his grandchildren were actually with him this morning, sorry, yesterday at the rally, and he was having a hard time fielding questions from them. one of his grandkids asking them, grandpa, why would someone want to kill president trump? he did not have a good answer to that. so, i think some of the preliminary responses you're seeing across the aisle are calls to tamp down the rhetoric. you saw speaker johnson call for that on your network, and he said basically the same thing in a security call earlier today with the house gop members and the sergeant in arms in discussing potential remedies for enhanced security going forward, especially ahead of the convention week where lawmakers are sensibly worried about their security and the potential risks going forward of political violence. >> but the

giffords is, quote, liked a lot by the harris team.n the list. tim walz from minnesota. josh shapiro from pennsylvania. a number of others, kentucky. so, let's talk about what you think, you know, all of these people, what you think the vice president should be looking for, and is there someone you think is particularly strong as a candidate? >> well, i think those names you rattled off there, andrea, are amazing. it shows the strength of the democratic party and a bench that's been building for a number of years, the vice president has got to look at a number of things. there's a short-term issue they've got to look at, and that is current record and what they bring to the ticket in terms of trying to get her across the finish line in november but there's also the long term. who best can step in the shoes of the president should they be needed? who best is compatible? who can she get along with. who will not be someone to nod their head and look adoringly that we've seen in the previous administration. not from kamala harris, but from

obviously your wife, gabby giffords, was shot and grievously wounded while serving as a united states you know firsthand the effects of both gun violence and political violence, what it does, even just at the human level. i am curious to hear how you have reacted to this news. how it landed in your household. >> certainly for me it brought back memories from those days. the day that gabby was shot. she was serving in congress. she was meeting with constituents. she was a member of congress. at the time i was an astronaut. i had flown a few space shuttle missions. 39 missions in combat. as it would turn out, my wife, gabby giffords, was the person who had the dangerous job and it is sad that this continues. that was 15 years ago and today we still have this kind of political violence and i feel for the president, the former president and his family. certainly for the family members of the firefighter that was killed that day. there is no place in our society for this kind of violence. >> senator, sorry, it is alex wagner again. do you have sort of an assessment of how the republican pa

i mean, we still recall gabby giffords. we still remember steve scalise. we still remember just recently the plot to kidnap gretchen whitmer, and we still remember we still remember what happened to nancy pelosi's husband. and so what we see though and what i'm proud to see is that this president stands up during those times where that of mocking or ridicule and he tries to bring this country together and does what a president should do. but you still have to prosecute the case and you still have to win this election and you have to show the american public what the difference would be between a joe biden presidency and donald trump presidency, because this race, regardless of whatever imagery has shown as we saw today, is still extremely close very close and jason osborne, you have worked for president trump in the past one thing that i think that is different from some of the areas that the bakari sellers was referencing? >> yes. voters remember martin luther king, but the speed with which information moves in our era, the fragmentation of the way people

we saw gabby giffords, a congresswoman. and arizona. and recent times has was shot. um and and and deeply hurt by the bullet wounds, so it's perilous out there. it's right, really, though it 1968 rings people's bells because of that moment when both dr martin luther king jr and robert f. kennedy were killed within just a few short weeks, and it led to a summer of anarchy, particularly at the democratic convention in 68. >liz>the fbi says violent political rhetoric is actually ticking up after this assassination attempt. but do you think there's any chance to its history? give us any kind of hope that events like these can actually soften the contention between the two parties, at least briefly. >live>um, i think it has briefly by and large on at least on the main game of public discourse. everybody's kind of cold their jets for the last few days. but, alas, you know, the secret service was established because william mckinley was assassinated. in in the beginning of the 20th century and buffalo and then when kennedy was assassinated in 1963, dallas, the secret servic

because gabby giffords was shot and me and colleagues and various house leadership senate leadership and campaign committee offices got on a conference call and the first thing we talked about was the rhetoric that we use and the fear of the rhetoric that our colleagues and members of congress, use 200 people that you sort of can't control the problem. and alyssa, elusive this, the problem is all of our rhetoric is weaponized and what we hear this phrase very often is both siderism. know my rhetoric is not the problem. you were rhetoric is the problem when we say it with anger everyone's rhetoric needs to calm down and toned down. and if we, if we look at the days after gabby giffords was shot, sara and bryan lanza brought this up earlier. sarah palin was sort of accused of with her rhetoric and using terms like bullseye and target, you can't say that. that's fair. but we all use that rhetoric and we don't just use those terms that we use in sports and football games in baseball games and so forth. but we you use it to attack people. we use it with hate, we use it with anger. and to

giffords.lowed. >> how was her husband doing by the way, anybody no? >> reporter: part or send ship remains that reflex, feeding the hunger for combative language, mark robinson, leading candidate in north carolina was free to sounds like this. >> some folks need killing. >> reporter: in america cool down for more than a minute? if past is prologue, the answer is no. for now, political figures are offering a glimmer of light in an era of darkness. make it last. for "eye on america," i am major garrett and milwaukee, wisc wisconsin. >> norah: and coming soon, our coverage of the republican national convention will kick off on cbs news 24/7, and right here on cbs at 10:00 p.m. eastern, we hope you will join us. and that >> judge judy: she brought out the saddle, tried it on. it needed to be adjusted. >> announcer: an equestrian bucks responsibility. >> she made the determination -- >> judge judy: not "she made the determination." your behind, your saddle. >> announcer: now is the seller saddled w

giffords.followed. >> how is her husband doing, by the way, anybody know? >> reporter: partisanship remains our national reflex, politicians feed the hunger for combative language. mark robinson, leading candidate for governor in north carolina was free to sound like this. >> some folks need killing. >> reporter: can america cool down for more than a minute? if past is prologue, the answer is no. for now, political figures are offering a glimmer of light in an era of darkness. may it last. for "eye on america," i am major garrett in milwaukee, wisconsin. >> norah: and coming soon, our coverage of the our coverage of the republican national convention will start now on cbs good i am norah o'donnell in milwaukee, wisconsin. we will see you in a minute. (vo) meet fargo, the new virtual assistant from wells fargo. fargo makes banking faster, and easier. (woman) fargo, turn off my debit card! (vo) lets you pick up the tab, even if you forget your wallet... (kaz) i got this. (ben) fargo, send kaz $14

like democratic congresswoman gabby giffords who was shot in 2011, and republican congressman steve scaliset at a congressional baseball league practice in 2017. since then, the divisive political climate has escalated even more, leading to the 2020 plot to kill michigan governor gretchen whitmer and the 2022 attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband, paul pelosi. >> we cannot condone this. >> reporter: both republicans and democrats are condemning the attack on mr. trump, the incident only punctuating growing concerns about increasing polarization in the country. a poll earlier this year found one in five americans thought violence might be necessary to get the country back on track. many who witnessed history saturday said something needs to change. >> how is this happening in our country today, and why is it happening. >> reporter: a dangerous reckoning in america now reaching a boiling point. liz kreutz, nbc news. >> i want to bring in michael beschloss, good to be with you tonight as part of our special coverage. we are only about 24 hours or so removed from this attempted assassi

as a popular democrat, an astronaut, the husband of a former congresswoman, gabby giffords, who was shot somebody that has mass appeal and could have it not just in arizona but across the board. pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro has been looked at by numerous republicans and is lauded in many ways. but also, do you want to take that chance, given how influential pennsylvania is? but i would say this: i'd hope the pick would not be kelly, because democrats have such a razor—thin margin in the senate. do they really want to put that in play? do they want to risk that? so i'm not really sure who would be the best one right now, but one thing is for sure. it doesn't seem a woman... governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, who isjust incredible — it doesn't seem like that will be a two—woman ticket, if i may go so far. it would have been exciting. rina, we have about 30 seconds left, but i want to ask you, how long do you think this harris honeymoon might last? the democrats are very excited, but it's only been a couple of weeks. well, i don't think anybody could have predicted this much energy

but mark kelly to the point of you introduce somebody in one sentence, astronaut gabby gifford, husband like done so he's really easy to package an introduced to the public. but my take no bad options of those being vetted on the part of this is also to do no harm if you're the vp. >> these are people it's scare you. >> think that's about to say, i'd never have a great handle on how much the vice presidents would not many really matters unless it's somebody like joe biden, who was there to vouch matter so bad, was there to tell jota white people that like dude school? not really. i talked to him my hands to trust me. all right. he offered their voices, spoke to a very particular demographic and the process now, if you think the j.d. vance is a weakness for trump, i don't know if you have heard would be shares had to say about him today, but he hates the way. >> all right. well andy, beshear speaking just not too long ago j.d. vance is a phony. he's fake. i mean, he first says that donald trump is like hitler and now he's acting like he's blinken i mean, the problem with j.d. vance is he

and gabby giffords joins that ticket. all of them standing on stage together. i think it's a power message. and this moment we're thinking maybe about political attacks and gun violence. you know, she is a wade for the democrats to have a conversation about what this really means through the eyes of somebody who is working to prevent other people from facing those problems versus donald trump, who is focused on himself. and the way he is suffering gazans. >> gabby, gabby shot. if you're talking about gabby giffords, who survived, being shot in the gun violence issues, important issue. >> how much for her if it is harris to vice presidential selection. i mean, how much is it about a swing state play and how much is it about reaching out to moderates. to the well, those two things are not mutually exclusive. in fact, i think they're very much related when you think of the people who are at the top of that list, governor shapiro of pennsylvania and pennsylvania is absolute must v must win state he also is a very, very articulate and moderate who's had great reach

and i'm fighting to make the country safer that obviously gabby giffords, the former congresswoman who was shot at a campaign event, is the wife of mark kelly. i'm just saying from a personal perspective, it's wonderful to see her continuing. she just is getting better over the time. i can't imagine what she's been through. how much does that matter as everybody kind of look? that's because it's an issue that kamala harris wants to talk about in terms of gun control, gun restrictions, things like that and you would be hard-pressed to find someone who communicates as effectively about it as gabby giffords. >> and the fact, i mean, they're story about where he was on that day and just the thinking she was dead thinking realizing she was alive and her comeback very powerful story, no matter where you are in the political spectrum. and she tells it. and i mean, the fact that she's recovered to this extent again, you just be hard pressed to find anyone who tells a better just real quick what i also don't think we should underestimate just the experience like kamala harris is off obviously h

and former astronaut and arizona senator mark kelly, husband of gabby giffords. in pennsylvania today, shapiro was asked about speculation he could be chosen as her running mate. >> this is a deeply personal decision the vice president will make. she will make it on her own timetable and on her own timeline. >> reporter: he also pointed out that he's known harris for 20 years. >> we have both been prosecutors. >> reporter: governor shapiro was one of the first calls the vice president made after president biden announced he was bowing out. >> our conversation was all about how we beat donald trump to protect our freedoms in this commonwealth. >> reporter: governor cooper has also known harris for some 20 years, going back to when they were both state attorneys general. today, he talked about harris's recent visit to north carolina to mark the anniversary of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. >> how dare they? how dare they? >> she's going to bring that excitement to the people that we need to bring to the polls -- young people, women, suburban women who c

he, of course, is married to former congresswoman gabby giffords, and andy beshear, the moderate democratic kentucky. other names certainly could be added to that list, but tonight, a senior administration source telling our martha raddatz that as of now, shapiro and kelly are the leading candidates. david? >> david: josh shapiro, mark kelly at the top of the list, according to sources and martha raddatz. mary, martha and jon all reporting this out. mary, thank you, leading us off tonight. >>> president biden, meanwhile, back at the white house tonight, after coming down with covid. his doctor says he tested negative today. the president is now set to address the nation from the oval office tomorrow night. we will carry it live right here on abc. and tonight, what we're learning already. here's our senior white house correspondent, selina wang. >> reporter: tonight, president biden back at the white house in public for the first time since making his historic decision to end his re-election campaign. >> why did you drop out of the election? >> reporter: as he left delaware, where he was iso

as a popular democrat and an astronaut, the husband of a former congresswoman, gabby giffords, who wasdy who has mass appeal, and could have it not just in arizona but across the board. pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro has been looked at by numerous republicans and is lauded in many ways. but also, do you want to take that chance, given how influential pennsylvania is? but i would say this: i'd hope the pick would not be kelly, because democrats have such a razor—thin margin in the senate. do they really want to put that in play? do they want to risk that? so i'm not really sure who would be the best one right now, but one thing is for sure. it doesn't seem a woman. governor gretchen whitmer from michigan, who isjust incredible — it doesn't seem like that will be a two—woman ticket, if i may go so far. it would have been exciting. rina, we've got about 30 seconds left, but i want to ask you, how long do you think this harris honeymoon might last? the democrats are very excited, but it's only been a couple of weeks. well, i don't think anybody could have predicted this much energy abou

and former astronaut and arizona senator mark kelly, husband of gabby giffords.n pennsylvania today, shapiro was asked about speculation he could be chosen as harris' running mate. >> this is a deeply personal decision the vice president will make. she will make it on her own timetable and on her own timeline. >> reporter: he also pointed out he's known harris for 20 years. >> we have both been prosecutors. >> reporter: governor shapiro was one of the first calls the vice president made after president biden announced he was bowing out. >> our conversation was all about how we beat donald trump and protect our freedoms here in this commonwealth. >> reporter: governor cooper has also known harris for some 20 years, going back to when they were both state attorneys general. today, he talked about harris' recent visit to north carolina to mark the anniversary of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. >> how dare they? how dare they? >> she's going to bring that excitement to the people that we need to bring to the polls, the young people, women, suburban women,

as a popular democrat, an astronaut, the husband of a former congresswoman, gabby giffords, who was shotomebody that has mass appeal and could have it not just in arizona but across the board. pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro has been looked at by numerous republicans and is lauded in many ways. but also, do you want to take that chance, given how influential pennsylvania is? but i would say this: i'd hope the pick would not be kelly, because democrats have such a razor—thin margin in the senate. do they really want to put that in play? do they want to risk that? so i'm not really sure who would be the best one right now, but one thing is for sure. it doesn't seem a woman. governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, who isjust incredible — it doesn't seem like that will be a two—woman ticket, if i may go so far. it would have been exciting. rina, we have about 30 seconds left, but i want to ask you, how long do you think this harris honeymoon might last? the democrats are very excited, but it's only been a couple of weeks. well, i don't think anybody could have predicted this much energy abo

now to put this all in context before that, in 2011, arizona congresswoman gabby giffords was shot during a public event. six people died in the incident. the shooting left giffords permanently injured. giffords posted this to x, saying political violence is terrifying. i know i'm holding former president trump and all those affected by yesterday's indefensible act of violence. in my heart, political violence is un-american and is never acceptable. never in our nation's history, more than a dozen presidents, former presidents and candidates for president have been attacked. the list includes abraham lincoln, who was the first president to die by assassination in 1865. former president theodore roosevelt was shot in the chest when he was on his way to make a speech for his 1912 campaign to get his old job back. he survived john f kennedy was shot and killed by a sniper in dallas in 1963. his brother, robert f kennedy, was a presidential candidate in 1968 when he was shot and killed in los angeles the night he won the california democratic primary. gerald ford faced two assassination attemp

as a popular democrat and astronaut, the husband of a former congresswoman, gabby gifford �*s, who washave it's notjust in arizona but across the board. pennsylvania governorjosh shapiro has been looked at by numerous republicans and is lauded in many ways, but also, do you want to take that chance given how influential pennsylvania is? buti given how influential pennsylvania is? but i would say this: i had hoped the pic would not be kelly, because democrats have such a razor thin margin in the senate. do they really want to put that in play? do they want to risk that? so i'm not really sure who would be the best one right now, but one thing is for sure. it doesn't seem a woman, governor gretchen whitmer, from michigan, who isjust michigan, who is just incredible, michigan, who isjust incredible, doesn't seem like that will be a two woman ticket, if i may go so far. it would have been exciting. we have about — would have been exciting. we have about 30 seconds left, but i want to ask you, how long do you think this harris honeymoon might last? the democrats very excited, but it's only

like democratic congresswoman gabby giffords who was shot in 2011. republican congressman steve scalise who was shot at a congressional baseball team practice in 2017. since then, the devices political climate has escalated more leading to the 2020 plot to kill michigan governor gretchen whitmer. the 22 attack and house speaker nancy pelosi's husband paul pelosi. the arrest of a man who was allegedly attempting to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh the same year. >> i cannot condone this. >> reporter: republicans and democrats are condemning the attack on mr. trump but the incident only punctuating concerns about a growing support for political violence. a recent pbs mpr marist poll found one in five americans think violence might be necessary to get the country back on track. tucker carlson as former president trump whether he was concerned about violence against them. >> you worry they will try to kill you? why wouldn't they try to kill you honestly? >> they are savage animals. they are people that are sick, really sick. i have seen what th

the shooting of congresswoman gabby giffords. >> drop the hammer. >> reporter: the hammer attack on houseaker nancy pelosi's husband. and the mockery that followed. >> how is her husband doing by the way? anybody know? >> reporter: partisanship remains our national reflex. politicians feed the hunger for combative language. mark robinson, a leading candidate for governor in north carolina, was free to sound like this. >> some folks need killing. >> reporter: can america cool down for more than a minute? if past is prologue, the answer is no. for now, political figures are offering a glimmer of light in an era of darkness. may it last. for "eye on america," i'm major garrett in milwaukee, wisconsin. >>> and that's today's "cbs news roundup." reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. ♪ >>> hello and thanks so much for staying up with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are some of the stories we're tracking on "cbs news roundup." >>> a jubilant gop nominates former president donald trump to lead the republican ticket. >>> trump names his runni

whether you are talking about gabby — whether you are talking about gabby giffords, the democratic congresswomant an event or you talk about the baseball— an event or you talk about the baseball shooting that maimed scaiise — baseball shooting that maimed scalise orjanuary 6 or what we saw happened last night, we as americans must commit ourselves to a democracy that is won at the ballot _ to a democracy that is won at the ballot box and not with bullets _ the ballot box and not with bullets. . . ., the ballot box and not with bullets. ,, , ., ., , ., ., bullets. stephanie do you think it will change _ bullets. stephanie do you think it will change how _ bullets. stephanie do you think it will change how the - it will change how the democrats approach their plans for the week? we have already seenjoe biden�*s campaign pull a number of tv ads that were scheduled to run with the president and vice president cancelling events as well. i think what they did have the right— think what they did have the right thing to do and that is what — right thing to do and that is what most campaigns do in the af

gifford shot years ago and seriously injured. they've campaigned for gun control. that's going to encourage some voters to, democrat party and also on immigration issues, at least as far as public polling goes, he is a border state governor, perhaps he could speak to those issues better than other candidates that kamala t harrisis could pick. >> virginia in houston, texas, republican. >> i want to remind people that they need to do their research on our candidate. harris, she has already picked her team and you c-span program a while back and they was already telling who was going to be what if she's elected and people are not doing their research to find out who is running and who is going to be elected, butwi they're doing everything possible, they are bringing their nationality into office and taking it. they are taking away rights, they are going to run a government, they are going to say how it's going to be and why it's going to be, turning our insurance down, putting us on one insurance and million other things that people

giffords who was shot in 2011. republican congressman steve scalise who was shot at a congressional baseball team practice in 2017. the divisive political climate has escalated even more. leading to the 2020 plot to kill michigan governor gretchen whitmer. the 2022 attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband paul pelosi and the arrest of a man who was allegedly attempted to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh the same year. >> i cannot condone this. >> reporter: republicans and democrats are condemning the attack on mr. trump, but the incident only punctuating concerns about the growing support for political violence. a recent pbs npr poll found one in five americans think violence may be necessary to get the country back on track. last summer, tucker carlson asked former president trump whether he was concerned about violence against them. >> are you worried they will try to kill you? why wouldn't they try to kill you, honestly? >> they are savage animals. they are people that are really sick. i have see

giffords story, and a border state on immigration. >> one thing governors always do, they go on foreignps, where it isn't real foreign policy experience. they'll want to emphasize this as they loudly demonstrate that they're behind kamala harris. >> mark is a great friend and great guy, and gabby, there was also an attempted assassination on her, but one of the names not on that list is tim walz has military experience as well. >> mark kelly is galactic. he sauce russia from a spaceship [ laughter ] >>> doug and joe, always a pleasure. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, chris and i will talk about former president trump holed up in his florida resort, how he is reacting to joe biden's decision to step aside. stay with us. s decision to step aside. stay with us an alternative to pills, voltaren is a clinically proven arthritis pain relief gel, which penetrates deep to target the source of pain with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine directly at the source. voltaren, the joy of movement. in the wayborhood, every delivery is a treat. voltaren, one pistachio for you, sir.

giffords shot in 2011 and republican congressman steve scalise shot at a congressional baseball game in 2016. since then the political climate has e escalated even more, leading to the 2020 plot to kill governor gretchen whitmer, the 2022 attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband paul pelosi, and the arrest of a man who was allegedly planning to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh that same year. both republicans and democrats are condemning the attack on president bidening but the incident only punctuating concerns about growing support for political violence. a recent pbsnpr marist poll think violence might be necessary to get the public back on track. last summer tucker carlson asked former president trump whether he was concerned about violence against him. >> are you worried that they're going to try to kill you? why wouldn't they try to kill you, honestly. >> they're savage animals. they're sick, really sick. but i've seen the lengths they go to. >> reporter: following saturday's attack, well known political science test ian bremmer excessing concern that what happe

sides need to turn down the temperature, whether you are talking about the attempt at assassinating gabbydnapping attempts or january six. too much of our politics has resorted to violence, and we should always resort to the ballots, not bullets into votes not to violence. and so he is absolutely right to call on both parties to dial it down into make sure that we have a democracy in a way that isn't dangerous for people who are seeking public office. rodney, cominu seeking public office. rodney, coming to _ seeking public office. rodney, coming to you. _ seeking public office. rodney, coming to you, stephanie i seeking public office. rodney, coming to you, stephanie was| coming to you, stephanie was referring there, you are with congressman at that congressional baseball game in 2017 when he was shocked. he was on our partner cbs news today saying, "i think moments like yesterday just everybody, reset everything. in the shooting for 2017 for a long period of time, there did seem to be a diving down. everybody has got to look in the mirror." do you have confidence that that will happen? i

giffords. but hopefully this will be somewhat different. but neil, as you know we are 100 plus days into very intense presidential election cycle it will get nasty again. >> neil: that is the bagels. and you and i are too young to remember that but bob can. editor-in-chief, so much at stake for young jd vance. i am understanding that we have a guy who is my daughter's age. [ >> "the five." ♪ ♪ fox news alert. an update on what the secret service knew about the shooter minutes before donald trump took the stage. much more later. g.o.p. unity is stronger than ever. the bandaged ear bad ass sizing up the stage and the podium. vance gearing up to give a prime time speech at the republican convention in earlier he gave us this preview. >> trump has taken everything they have thrown at him and come out stronger and the country has come out better for her service after he came within millimeters of losing his life in the service of this country. what did he do? he called for national unity, called for

giffords who is an astronaut.zing what is happening in these moments and the possibility of the virtual rollcall, whether this will be put off. already it has been put off until later so it does not happen during the convention. >> like i said, unprecedented. this is all crack the political reporters and political junkies that you get to speculate about all of these alternate scenarios. i think it more realistic terms, kamala harris would be at the top of the ticket. who knows, you have this vacancy at the vp slot. it is interesting to see all of these machinations go forward. i have peace earlier this week or last week -- the time is blurring for me -- about the democrats addiction to resume candidates and that is how they wound up with someone biden's age. they have this institutional deference to longevity and people holding power and it is a dramatic contrast to what has been happening on the republican side. you had trump, but even before trump, paul ryan. at one point with kevin mccarthy he was one of the yo

giffords. a powerful group of people. we, as democrats, should understand that we have momentum. we have energy. i am out here in nevada campaigning up and down the ticket right now because this election, as great as our candidate is, will be won by the grassroots, by seeing this record volunteerism that she has, these small dollar contributions. when it comes to leadership, i know the vice presidential pick is important but we are the leaders that we have been looking for. there are a lot of really important roles that each of us now have to play in getting this election to a victory spot. >> let's switch gears for a minute to your fellow new jersey senator, bob menendez. he announced this week he was stepping down after being found guilty in a federal bribery and corruption trial earlier this month. new jersey governor phil murphy will appoint someone to fill the rest of his term, which ends in january. what should governor murphy consider -- what should he consider before he makes such an ap

is the husband of gabby giffords who was shot a dozen years ago and very seriously injured. they have campaign for gun control. that will encourage some voters. it might alienate some voters more in favor of gun rights. also on immigration issues where there is a weakness for the biden administration, he is a border state governor so he could speak to those issues a little better than some other candidates kamala harris could pick. host: houston, texas. republican. caller: i just wanted to remind people that they need to do their research on our candidates. for harris, she has already picked her team. you had a c-span program hey while back where they were already saying who was going to be what if she is elected. people are not doing their research to find out who is running and who will be elected. they are doing everything possible. they are traveling the united states and they are bringing their nationality into ours and taking it. they are taking away rights. they will say how it is going to be and why it is going to be. turning our insurance down. putting us on one ins

kelly with the astronaut with the heart of gold and gabby gifford would be a great pairing there andrizona becomes more of a focus. you see restructuring. the sun belt is back in play. only the blue wall we were focused on. a much broader map with kamala at the top of his ticket. >> dana: biden said the next six months i'll get all this done and america turned the page and we're done. then kamala harris met with netanyahu yesterday and looked like a president. >> he is the lameest of lame ducks. jesse's analysis is correct. i wonder does that stay the case once americans realize this is someone who called for the end of private healthcare, the end of fracking, the green new deal, free healthcare paid for by us for illegal im granulitis. decriminalizing the border. the list goes on and paper in her own words. >> we have to also talk the vance's recordings that are there. the cat lady comments. also new audio that came out last night where he talks about a federal response to women going to other states to get abortions. that is not going to play well. >> dana: lots to discuss indeed.

like the democratic congresswoman gabby giffords shot in 2011.lise in 2018. since then the climate has escalated more leading to the 2020 plot to kill the michigan governor gretchen whitmer. and also the attack on nancy pelosi's husband paul pelosi and the arrest of a man allegedly attempting to kill brett kavanaugh that same year. >> i cannot condone this. >> reporter: republicans and democrats are condemning the attack on mr. trump, the incident only punctuating concerns about a growing support for political violence. a recent pbs poll found one in five americans think violence may be necessary to get a country back on track. last summer tucker carlson asked former president trump whether he was concerned about violence. >> are you worried they will try to kill you? why wouldn't they? >> they are savage animals and they are people that are sick and really sick. i have seen what they do and the links they go to. >> reporter: following the assassination attempt saturday, this political scientist expressed concerns about what happened in pennsylva

giffords from all of the people that do not like guns, i think that -- that it kind of goes back to that she hurt him, not necessarily that she should have, but that's what the media's perception was and they used it, but i think that the vice presidential pick this time has a little more effect than it normally does, any if kamala picks the right vice president here who is totally different from her and mark's a man's man who is a great speaker, who has shown his leadership, i do think that it could be tougher for -- for trump and j.d. vance than i thought, and i've met j.d. vance. he's a really nice man who is extremely, extremely intelligent, but i'm worried if they choose the right v.p., i think we could really have us a battle on our hands. >> tillman, speaking of optimism and caution and the v.p. picks, would you venture an opinion as to what you think would be the better business administration hypothetically speaking from your standpoint? we've asked a number of our guest over the last several weeks about predicting or trying to extrapolate what they think will be a friendli

like gabby giffords who was shot in 2011, and steve scalise, shot in 2015.he 2020 plot to kill michigan governor whitner. the attack on nancy pelosi's husband, paul pelosi. and the arresting of a man who was attempting to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh, that same year. both republicans and democrats are condemning the attack on mr. trump, but the incident only punctuating concerns about a growing support for political violence. a recent poll found one in five americans thought violence might be necessary to get the country back on track. last summer, tucker carlson asked former president trump if he was worried about assassination. >> they're savage animals. there are people that are really sick. but i've seen the lengths they go to. >> reporter: following saturday's assassination attempt, ian bremmer expressing concern that what happened in pennsylvania could lead to even more violence. >> this is a very grave turn of events in a country that is very deeply polarized and i deeply worry that it presages much more political violence and social ins

with gabbie giffords, this survivor.e trump campaign on border issues, which we know already they're going after kamala harris pretty hard on. >> let's go back to jd vance. a bit of a rocky rollout, i'd say. he's been on the fundraising swing this week, also meme fied and had a little bit of bad press. tell us about what's going on here. is there any buyer's remorse we're picking up from the republican side? >> it's been a weird week for jd vance, right? there's been some talk of couches, childless cat ladies. we don't need to explain all that, but it's been a weird week. we are not picking up any hints that there is buyer's remorse. first of all, the fact that joe biden might step down and kamala harris could take the top of the ticket, this was something that was very well-known at the time. trump picked jd vance. remember, he extended this for a really long time and didn't decide on jd vance until the republican convention. by then, the biden might go chatter was very strong. i think that they are fine with jd vance,

gabby giffords, back in 2011, steve scalise, congressman, out on a ball field, a george wallace, even democracies are messy and often being tested, aren't they? >> absolutely. and of course, this country has a history of four presidents cut down by assassins, three more, attempted, and close, assassinations, including, theodore roosevelt, being shot in the chest and, surviving, and as you mentioned, even, pope john paul the second being shot by a fellow named mehmet ali agca. in in 1981. and, of cours, anwar sadat. i remember being in egypt on a, on a delegation and looking at the venue where sadat was shot and, and what happens in these situations is that it's usually a large crowd or many times a large crowd. and in american history, it tends to be, retrospectively, these lone wolf situations, plots, too many people talk and so they don't work as well as the lone wolf sitting in his bedroom or wherever, plotting something. i mean, even if you go back to the attempt on gerald ford by lynette squeaky fromme, who was an adherent of charles manson, she stood on a rope line, with a gun.

in 2011, arizona congresswoman gabby giffords was shot during a public event.eople died in the incident. the shooting left giffords permanently injured and she would resign from congress the following year to focus on her recovery. she has gone to become a vocal proponent of gun control and anti-gun violence causes. the shooter pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life plus 140 years in federal prison. giffords posted this to ex. political violence is terrifying. i know i'm holding former president trump and all those affected by today's indefensible acts of violence in my heart, political violence is un-american and is never acceptable. never. we are updating this story as details come in on what happened at the rally and former president trump's injuries. you can find continuing coverage on abc seven news.com or wherever you stream abc seven. still ahead on abc seven news. a sad ending to the search for a three year old bay area girl. the emotional message from her mother and those who planned on visiting alcatraz this weekend might have to change those plans.

former astronaut, combat veteran, married to gabby giffords.ecurity, that's thousand. he's flipped on this because he knew that was a problem. his bipartisan legislation, but he has a dubious record on guns and on the border. he voted with joe biden 95.5% of the time. in 2020 he flipped arizona's senate blue in special election following senator john mccain's death. then over here we have josh shapiro. he's pennsylvania's governor. in 20 to the 22 the 2 he won pa governor by 15 points and 5 points back in 2020, but keep in mind that's when he ran, mastery january nose was running existence him and said absolutely zero exceptions when it comes to abortion, even if the woman will die or is raped. we think that's why he won by so many point ifs. in 2016 he won the pa attorney general's office. he was backed by president obama. approval rating has never fallen below 50% and a vocal support per of israel. and this is a problem for the squad, this angers the squad and the anti-israel protesters. now, let's look at roy cooper, he's in the great state

his marriage to gabby gifford is an amazing example for all of us.and if he is part of the ticket, i think it's likely that they win arizona as a result. >> you folks have a primary today, but i want to ask you about a race that i think is pretty set. the other senate race, which is between kari lake and rubin gallego. >> i think he's going to win that regardless. even had biden at the top of the ticket. lake, the more she talks, the worse her campaigns end up doing. that's how she lost the governor's race here. she has a democratic challenger in the primary, i'm sorry, another republican challenger and that person is getting more and more support because i think even on the republican side, they're seeing that she is just too extreme. >> you think she would lose? >> i think she's going to win, but it's going to be closer than you would have thought. >> mayor, it is great to have you on the program. >> thank you. >>> a major spoiler alert for any gymnastics fans. we're about to reveal the results of the women's team final. but look away. turn the sou

vance is military experience, they try to play that up, obviously senator kelly's wife, gabby giffordsntrol and hopefully pinned republicans down once and for all what they plan to do to keep the country safe, especially children. picking up hopefully latino votes in arizona would be helpful, significant number of electoral college votes as well . >> okay, one for governor shapiro, one for senator kelly. i'm not going to tell you i think because we are out of time. former governor christine todd whitman and professor christina greer, thank you both very much for coming back to "the saturday show" . >>> coming up, autocracy inc, a new book warns about the growing power of dictatorships and my next guest has a new twist on why we should fear a second trump term. -- -- pulitzer prize-winning author anne applebaum. >>> another moment of kamala and what she told about leadership in our 2019 interview. >> there is a thing about leadership which is that you have to have the courage to do things that are in the best interest of the people you lead, even if it is not in your personal best inter