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>anchor>good evening and thank you for watching a special edition of cbs news bay area. after night three of the democratic national convention. over the next hour, we'll look at the highlights of a big night in chicago. we'll look at the growing power and influence of an often overlooked voting bloc, and also discuss just what vice president kamala harris is bay area roots mean for this race. so we start with the big news of the night. minnesota governor tim walz, a relative relatively unknown, just weeks ago making his debut on the national stage, formally accepting the nomination for vice president >>it's the honor of my life to accept your nomination for vice president of the united states

country >anchor>walz, a former high school teacher and football coach, was introduced by one of his former students and several of his former football players. all right, let's get out to ryan yamamoto who kicks off our convention coverage. governor walz introducing himself to the country for the first time. and i'm sure it's finally quiet now after a lot of electricity, there >reporter>yeah, it was definitely an electric night inside the united center as america got a chance to meet and learn more about tim walz. more than just a governor, more than just a politician. tonight, the country got to meet a fiery coach. walz >>our job for everyone watching is to get in the trenches and do the blocking and tackling one inch at a time one yard at a time one phone call at a time, one door knock at a time one $5 donation at a time

that's nothing. there'll be time to sleep when you're dead. we're going to leave it on the field >reporter>and before tonight's minnesota take over. after two days of focusing on the golden state earlier in the day, i had a chance to catch up with members of the california delegation including senator alex padilla, who talked about what walz brings to this ticket >>everybody that i know from minnesota that has known governor walz thinks the world of him. and so it's a great decision by vice president harris to pick governor walz as their running mate. i think they're a tremendous tag team duo really complement each other. and it's evident in the crowds that you're seeing everywhere they go. anybody who has been in the convention hall this week has felt the energy. so while this week we celebrate make the nomination formal, we know that when we get home, it's back to work. 76 days to

win this election >reporter>so one and a half of the democratic presidential ticket is now set. tomorrow, kamala harris will solidify that ticket when she officially accepts the nomination. jules. >anchor>yeah. and, ryan, we were kind of watching as you were there, seeing it live. i know that it didn't really clear out for quite a while. a lot of minnesotans didn't really want to leave, did they? >reporter>no they did not want to leave, especially after hearing about california, california, the golden state for the past two days. also, the state of illinois and chicago playing a big role here, but tonight belonged to minnesota. >anchor>all right, ryan yamamoto, we'll check back with you. thanks, ryan. so democrats for the most part, are on board with the selection of tim walz as vice president. kamala harris's running mate. 60% of those surveyed in a cbs news poll were enthusiastic. only 5% of democrats were dissatisfied. all right. so joining us now is a heavyweight panel of political experts. thank you so much for joining us this evening. both of you. professor

david mcewen of sonoma state university, doctor caroline heldman of occidental college, thank you both for joining us tonight. you know, people are going to like their own party's candidate and i want to play a bite from governor walz giving his biography and reaching out to small town voters. so let's listen in first before we get your insight >>now, i grew up in butte, nebraska a town of 400 people. i had 24 kids in my high school class, and none of them went to yale but i'll tell you what growing up in a small town like that you learn how to take care of each other >>that family down the >>do. they may not love like you do, but they're your neighbors and you look out for

them and they look out for you. everybody belongs and everybody has a responsibility to contribute. >anchor>all right, so there you hear it now the margins are going to be razor thin in swing states. so caroline, why don't i address this one to you. first and foremost, how important is the vp's introduction to independent voters. and tonight, as he introduced himself to the country. >reporter>well generally, vp picks aren't all that important they tend to not affect the top of the ticket in a dramatic way they're generally chosen for their you know, they add something geographically or demographically or ideologically. but tim walz is a very important pick because we have the first woman of color who's running for the presidency. and so we know that tim walz and whoever she picks as her, as her vp is going to validate her leadership. unfortunately, that's the world we live in, right? and so a lot of these men are playing this validation role for her given

the barriers that she'll face and biases that a lot of voters don't even know they have. and it's also really important in that she's coming from california and tim walz is like this, you know, this midwestern dad, everyman. you see him talking about his upbringing and using that folksy language. and that's going to be really key for her to get those razor thin margins, which come from independent voters. >anchor>yes. okay. caroline thank you. all right. professor, i want to talk to you also talking about the swing states. how do you think that they received him tonight >reporter>well, if you look at coach waltz and kind of the metaphors that are used, the sports metaphors, you know, trying to soften kind of that image of the left coast liberalism and these elements, what you see is a guy who a talks about loving his family, talks about his neighbors, talks about those people that are around him as his entire world. this is a very different approach because you're talking about kind of the group hug and democrats. and this is kind of a hokey problem in politics. you can't go too far with this you've got to be kind of careful with this in a retail

way but what it does is it helps kind of if you will offer him and introduce his bio, but also soften some of the edges of that left coast liberalism argument. that's going to happen around issues of crime around immigration, around the republicans coming hard. and that is going to help not just in the rust belt, but in the sun belt with the five people who haven't decided how to vote this election. so it will help, as caroline mentioned, on those margins. but other than that, it's going to help. and kind of building that base a little bit of enthusiasm while he gets introduced with that kind of hard cutting, you know, hard hitting edge about not going to yale and elements towards donald >anchor>trump as well. yeah. kind of down home. and he's the coach of of all the people okay. so one of the more striking things in this campaign is the emphasis on freedom. tonight's theme was a fight for our freedoms. so let's listen to wall's address on that aspect >>when republicans use the word freedom, they mean that the government should be free to invade your doctor's office corporations free to pollute

your air and water and banks free to take advantage of customers but when we democrats talk about freedom, we mean the freedom to make a better life for yourself and the people that you love freedom to make your own health care decisions and yeah, your kids. freedom to go to school without worrying about being shot dead in the hall. >anchor>all right, tim walz clearly defending democracy there. so caroline heldman, let's talk specifically about will this message resonate. >reporter>well it's certainly what the democrats are hoping for. i would argue that it's a very broad definition of freedom. i think the abortion issue, this is the first presidential election since the overturn of roe and the republicans should be really worried because 85% of americans support some form of

abortion, given certain circumstances ivf, you they, as you just saw defined it. tim walz defined it as being able to go to school without being shot. he also later defined it as economic freedom. so it's surprising to me that even 20 years ago, the republican party was the party of small government. but tim walz is making this pitch and kamala harris, you know, that the democrats are about keeping the government out of your bedroom and also about neighborly love and also about minding your own business. so it's a complete kind of shift in the way that the parties are framing themselves. and i think it's probably going to resonate with a lot of independent voters. >anchor>all right. so let's kind of turn this around. professor mcewen, let's talk about biden and how he kind of centered his campaign on defending democracy. and it didn't really resonate. >reporter>yeah, i mean, look the harris people know, the biden people know that the twin arguments of biden nomics weren't working with independent voters. they knew that the argument about defending democracy to those swing voters wasn't working. so you this is part of the viral

nature of tim waltz's talking about the other side is being weird. that captures a bit it's simpler. it's much more direct. and if you were going to have a vice presidential candidate out of a petri dish, out of central casting, you'd pick somebody like >anchor>tim walz >reporter>and that's exactly what you get here and in doing this, he talks about these broad freedoms that caroline mentioned in the sense of common good for all of us. and that reaches across the aisle. that's the theme of unity. and that's what comes out of last night, headed into tonight and sets up kamala harris for tomorrow, which democrats hope carry them forward for, say, the next 75 days >anchor>or so. all right. well, we have more insight from both of you to come in the next hour. professor mcewen, doctor caroline heldman thank you both. and we'll see you in just a few minutes with more insight into kamala harris. so we'll see you in just a few. and thank you both so much. all right. and still to come on cbs news bay area as kamala harris is set to take center stage tomorrow we look at the rising influence of the south asian voting demographic so ryan

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in 2000, only five indian americans had been elected to public office in the u.s., but that number grew to 176 south asians in 2022. and now kamala harris, who is half black and half indian, is now one step away from the white house. ryan yamamoto, joining us live from the democratic national convention in chicago, where he has more on the growing power of the south asian political movement hi, ryan. >reporter>hey, jules you know, you can see the pride from south asians and indian americans here at the dnc. and for one woman from san mateo county who has spent the past several years mobilizing her community to vote, the convention has been part of an emotional journey, a journey to see one of their own. in kamala harris potentially become the president of the united states >>in the here and now that we're not going back >reporter>for harini krishna, the democratic national convention is all about soaking in the

>>moment. i feel like hope is back i feel like joy is back. >reporter>the joy coming from witnessing history in >>the making to proudly announce i am now officially the democratic nominee >reporter>we see kamala harris who is both black and indian become the president of the united states. what does it mean to you to see a south asian woman this close to the white house you're going to make me cry i have waited six years. from the first moment i met her i knew that this is a leader who leads with empathy. this is somebody who looks like me. this is somebody who gives my daughters hope that they too can aspire to the highest office guerrini's journey to support kamala harris began long before this presidential >>run. i had so beautifully look at that. >reporter>where she began rolling out the support by organizing the south asian community in the bay area,

california and now across the country >>there's a lot of excitement and energy going into the convention knowing that we're going to see her, on the cusp of history. but there's also this awareness that we need to keep doing our work to make this dream a reality >reporter>where weeks before the dnc >>this is going to be my style of convention i'm ready. i like it. >reporter>she was already preparing for the convention and what lies ahead. in november we feel >>she will become our first south asian woman >reporter>president where every appearance by kamala harris has been a moment for harini, with the biggest moment still to come. this means the world and i'm emotional. i'm overwhelmed. i

know i'm going to be a ball of nerves on thursday, and i know when she accepts that nomination, i know the tears are going to come out. tears of joy, tears of happiness, tears coming from the hard work to see someone who looks like >>her >>rise on the nation's biggest political stage. >>so much more common. >reporter>and if you want to talk about tears i can confirm i've seen her cry several times here at this convention especially when kamala harris made those two surprise appearances on monday and of course, on tuesday. so you can only imagine the emotion come thursday when kamala harris officially accepts the nomination. jules, >anchor>back to you oh, boy. get ready. she'll need those tissues. all right ryan, thanks so much. and ryan will be bringing us reports throughout the evening at the 11:00 hour and all throughout the dnc. he'll have live reports as the convention wraps up. all right, in north carolina, former president donald trump held his first

outdoor rally since last month's assassination attempt. with that rally came a lot of new security measures from the secret service right there. bradley blackburn, now with more from the campaign, as trump also dealt with renewed criticism from his predecessor >reporter>former president trump landed in asheboro, north carolina, wednesday and once again rallied supporters outdoors in the open air. on stage, a clear bullet proof barrier added by the secret service for his first outdoor rally since the attempt on trump's life last month. >>76 days from now, we're going to win this state and we're going to win the white >reporter>house. trump has been campaigning across the country this week with rallies in key states, while democrats hold their national convention >>behind closed doors trump mocks his supporters he calls them basement dwellers. >reporter>tuesday night trump's own former white house press secretary stephanie grisham, criticized him and former president obama and first lady

michelle obama took on trump with direct language >>there's the childish nicknames the crazy conspiracy theories. this weird obsession with crowd sizes, who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs >reporter>on thursday in north carolina, trump responded, >>did you see barack hussein obama last night? take little shots? he was taking shots at your president and so was michelle you know, they always say, sure please stick to policy. don't get personal. and yet they're getting personal on i long. these people. >reporter>north carolina is a key swing state. trump won it in 2016 and 2020. but a new york times siena college poll now shows trump trailing kamala harris by two points. >anchor>now, tomorrow, the former president will hold an event in arizona. another key swing state. he will focus on the border. still to come on cbs news bay area distrust in

the electoral process has gone up in the last few years. how voting officials in one county is trying to get its community back on board. and an inspiring journey from west texas to washington d.c.. why did a 17 year old walk more than 1600 miles to deliver a message to his congressman >paul>the fog is taking back over this evening, and the cloud cover is going to be widespread as we start the day tomorrow, which means tomorrow's temperatures are going to be even cooler than where we were today which wasn't bad at all. 60s, 70s and 80s earlier today, but a little taste of fall tomorrow and friday. details coming up in the first alert forecast

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>anchor>absolutely gorgeous evening in the city. you usually go for >paul>a run >anchor>on your dinner >paul>break a couple times a week. i can't do it every day anymore. i know you can't. i went >anchor>for a walk and >paul>it >>was just absolutely beautiful >paul>in the >anchor>city >>i'm so used >anchor>to east bay >paul>temperatures, but i got to tell you, it >anchor>was >>beautiful in the city tonight. yeah. pleasant temperatures. and now we're in for a cool down. even inland in the east bay. we're going to get that little taste of autumn for the next couple of days, which will be replaced by august reasserting its dominance by early next week. so >anchor>mix >>and match a lot of weather whiplash on the way. so i'll send you that way. i'm going to step back this way, and we're going to put a big old map on the floor and talk about how things are going to change over the course of the next couple of days. big changes are on the way. the l

on the map is the reason why another storm system, unusually strong for this time of year, is going to be diving unusually far to the south like the one that came through on saturday. didn't directly impact us. we are wandering a little bit here. let's get back to the center. we're talking about a storm system that's going to be sending most of its moisture, most of its energy, into the pacific northwest, but close enough to us. and more clouds overhead strengthen the onshore breeze and even send a chance of a few rain showers into the bay area. let's check out futurecast. we'll zoom in for a closer look, and as we head through the next couple of days, we are going to see more fog and low cloud cover to begin the day tomorrow. that will give way to a mix of clouds and sunshine, but some coastal drizzle possible tomorrow and then as we head through the day on friday, we are looking at the chance on futurecast here of a few rain showers trying to make a run into the north bay. they're going to be very few and far between and all likelihood, never count out the ability of the atmosphere to overachieve in these type of scenarios, but it is unusual for any shower activity to develop in the bay area in the month of august. so we'll be watching that chance of showers for the north bay

friday into friday evening. if it does actually hit the ground it wouldn't amount to much more than a trace of rainfall. a few hundredths of an inch of rain is going to be the most likely scenario. as we head through friday and friday evening. right now, taking a look outside from salesforce tower, seeing plenty of that fog that is spreading out and swallowing up the top of salesforce tower. temperatures running mostly in the 60s, but it is down to 59 degrees already in san francisco. these numbers are going to settle down into the 50s pretty much across the bay area by early tomorrow morning, and the fog is going to continue to not only swallow up downtown san francisco, but spread across more and more of the bay area. in fact, as we turn the clouds on our floor map, you're going to see plenty of cloud cover throughout the day tomorrow, as i get a little bit wobbly there, then back up to the coast as we head towards lunchtime on on thursday with the wind kind of taking over, its impact on our temperatures at that point, the stronger onshore breeze pushing that marine layer farther and farther inland, which means inland temperatures are going to be a good 5 to 10 degrees below average by tomorrow

afternoon. let's take a look at those forecast highs temperatures reaching up into the mid 70s in san jose it's about six degrees below normal closer to ten degrees below average. inland in the east bay only 76. in livermore, the average high is 88. it's also the average high of 88. in concord, you're only going to make it up to 78 degrees tomorrow afternoon. still 70s around the bay and 60s along the coast, so not a huge departure from average there. but when the warmest spot on the map in august is 81 degrees in fairfield, this is an unusual map, and temperatures on friday are actually going to be a couple degrees cooler. and then we start to warm up a little bit as we head through the weekend temperatures. as we look at the inland forecast for livermore, you can see that spike in temperatures is going to kick in by early next week. so we're talking about the full fledged ride on the temperature roller coaster over the course of the next several days near 100 degree high temperatures for a few days monday, tuesday and wednesday, and then kind of settling back down on the other side of that temperature roller coaster by late next week. so here's the seven day forecast. we'll confine our focus to just the next week or so. and you can see that up and down pattern down the next couple of

days up over the weekend, peaking by monday. and tuesday and then starting to retreat a little bit already by wednesday. but enjoy the cooler temperatures while they're here because it will be replaced by heat farther inland and warmth around the bay near 80 degrees. monday tuesday and wednesday, while along the coast the mist, the drizzle that you see over the next couple of days maybe adding up to a few hundredths of an inch of moisture and then temperatures in the 70s for a couple of days monday and tuesday, which for the coast is a heat wave even >anchor>in august. that's >paul>true. >>all right, >paul>paul, >>thanks so much. and just ahead on this special edition of cbs news bay area, a closer look at the california factor. could kamala harris's home state be a drag on her across the country? >>night three of the dnc and democrats are leaning into protecting personal freedom. some skyler henry in chicago where governor tim walz

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>anchor>democrats in chicago wrapped up day three of their party's national convention as minnesota governor tim walz formally accepted the nomination to serve as vice president kamala harris's running mate. so our skyler henry is live in chicago with the latest on the dnc. skyler, thanks for joining us. this evening >reporter>hey, juliette, good to be with you. well, the governor had the opportunity to introduce himself on the national platform, and some would say he did just that, telling the audience here inside the united center about his background and his public service, both in the classroom as a teacher on the football field, as a coach and as a public servant, as a lawmaker on the federal and state level >reporter>minnesota governor tim walz stepped into the spotlight inside chicago's united center on the third

night of the democratic national convention, formally accepting the nomination to serve as vice president. kamala harris's running mate. >>so go ahead say it with me. we're not going back. got no back. we've got something better to offer the american people. >reporter>chicago's own oprah winfrey made a surprise appearance, pledging her full support to the harris walz ticket. and what was her first time speaking at a political convention. >>let's all choose kamala harris yes >reporter>former president bill clinton also spoke, warning democrats to avoid overconfidence. >>we've seen more than one election slip away from us when we thought it couldn't >reporter>happen tonight is considered governor walz's debut on a national stage. he was a relative unknown about a month ago, but a new cbs news

poll finds that some 60% of democratic voters say they're enthusiastic about it. walz highlighted his upbringing in a small nebraska town his service in the army national guard and his work as a high school teacher and football coach that eventually led to congress and the minnesota state capitol actress mindy kaling was the night's celebrity host and comedian kenan thompson hosted a game of hollywood squares featuring delegates >>oh no, let's go! let's get great >reporter>musicians john legend, maren morris and stevie wonder kept the party going on the convention floor >>soldiers y'all >reporter>say keep on. tomorrow, harris will cap off the dnc with a speech and accept her party's nomination for president >reporter>and we will see what the vice president has to say when she takes the stage here in chicago tomorrow night. juliette. >anchor>yes, i understand that. she was in her hotel room watching as walz gave his speech tonight. you know, he kind of gave this fiery pep

talk really, like a locker room. halftime speech. fitting for a former coach as we saw. so, do we have any indication about what harris's campaign may be talking about tomorrow night >reporter>yeah. i think these past three days have certainly laid the breadcrumbs if you will, in terms of what we can expect from the vice president tomorrow in it, in her remarks, we will likely hear her talk about her background, her heritage of a jamaican father and indian mother, and her life of service, both as representative in california but also as vice president. she will also juxtapose her and the vice president, you know, to former president trump and senator vance, while also looking at laying out certain policies and things that she and fellow democrats stand for as well, should be an interesting speech and what many call an opportunity for the vice president to stick the

landing, if you will, at the end of this dnc. >anchor>skyler. henry. skyler. thank you. and vice president kamala harris california roots will be a major talking point for both sides of this election. in fact, a recent l.a. times poll shows about half of americans view the golden state as too liberal. reporter steve large has more on how nationwide views of the state could impact the race. in november >>reporter >>tupac's rap song california love blared in the background. >>my name is governor gavin newsom. >reporter>as governor gavin newsom announced, kamala harris, california delegate count at the dnc, only harris must confront a political problem. much of america does >>not >>love california. i think it's hard to underscore enough just how peculiar the other 49 states view california as >>being. i spent 4 or 5 >reporter>years. republican strategist mike madrid is supporting kamala harris because of his opposition to donald trump.

a survey of 1000 americans showed when it comes to california, 87% of americans believe it's too expensive, 50% believe it's too liberal, 29% believe it's not really american. madrid says other states do not agree with california policies on social change or social progress. i would expect that number probably grows over the coming years as we continue to head in a very different direction. >>so you coined the phrase the california effect. yes. >reporter>uc berkeley professor david vogel says the california effect is the impact of california's policies on other states and the united states. i think to some extent, it could be seen as a slight handicap. well kamala harris's presidential candidacy become a referendum on california politics and policy. >anchor>that was steve large reporting. so let's bring back our panel. professor david mcewan of sonoma state university and also doctor caroline heldman of occidental college. thank you both for

joining us again this evening. so this was tim walz night, but we did hear a good bit of back story on kamala harris from people who've known her for a while. so let's listen to that first. >>there's something about kamala harris for those who know her. you know when she hears your story she carries it with her. when she sees you, she truly sees you she truly sees you she is the best among us. i've known kamala harris for decades. personally i know her. a person of deep faith, which is reflected in her community care and service officially, she is a leader of strength and wisdom and eloquence on policy. >anchor>all right so let's talk about testimonials like that

so, caroline, can this sort of testimonial fight back the narrative that california is too out there, too left coast? >reporter>well california is on the cutting edge. right. and that poll reflects that, this idea that that folks view us as being further out. but when you look at it, the rest of the nation tends to follow us. and i say this as somebody who's worked on on major legislation, but i also think, you know as one of the transplants in california, and there are many, many of us. what this poll is not showing is that there might be some jealousy. i mean, we have all the sun. we got a lot of freedom we have our problems. but when you think about california, you think about beaches, you think about paradise. i mean, there are. so i look at this and i say, okay, they might think we're further to the left. and tim walz plays a really important role in kind of grounding us in the midwest. but i also look at that and think, you know, how many of these folks would really love to live in california? it is

expensive, but how many of them would love to be >anchor>here? all right, professor mcewen, you were kind of chuckling. can you answer that question as well? >reporter>you know, there is this caricature of california that it's the loss of the american dream, but it's also the possibility of the american dream. not everyone out here is a surfer, you know, a vegetarian who drives a prius and has this kind of crazy political leanings to or fro. it's a diverse state, and the diversity of that state is reflected by politicians that means donald trump wins certain counties governor newsom can have an attempted recall, but it's not just a place of limousine liberals. and that means we are going to hear a lot about crime in california. we're going to see a lot about homelessness in san francisco we're going to hear a lot about homelessness in los angeles, juxtaposed with pictures of a burning minneapolis. republicans are going to use crime like they did in 1972 with richard nixon. we're going to see that. but the harris team is ready for that. they haven't had to take that hit. and so one thing to pay

attention to is what comes out of the convention. and is she 5 or 6 points ahead in swing states with likely voters to account for racial and gender bias? that's where she needs to be to have a shot, because she hasn't really been hit yet. with all those caricatures and stereotypes of california that are coming. let me go get my surfboard. >anchor>okay. all right. let's talk about former president trump. he rallied in north carolina, but his campaign could get a big boost right now from robert f kennedy jr. he's making this announcement friday that he has fueled speculation that he could drop out and endorse trump. in fact, j.d. vance talked about that just minutes ago. let's listen to that >>i do think that he is a guy who recognizes that the kennedy democrats of old have been replaced by the kamala harris democrats, who support high inflation and open borders. so i'm not surprised that he feels left behind by the democratic party. i think a lot of democrats, a lot of people like my grandparents, feel left behind by the democratic party. i would certainly welcome his endorsement of donald trump. i've seen the same reports you mentioned. i don't know if it's

actually going to happen, but i certainly hope it does, because i do think it would be helpful because it drives home this idea that the democratic party of john f kennedy, it's just not the democratic party of 2024. >anchor>all right. let's do some of the math here. caroline, what would that do to the math in this race for the trump campaign and for the harris campaign? >reporter>well, we know that as soon as kamala harris entered the race that rfk's numbers that were nationally in national polls, 9% immediately were halved, down to 5%, and that he went to both campaigns and tried to get them to give him a cabinet position. we have the washington post is reporting that he gave the harris campaign some polling, showing them that it would benefit them in swing states should she award him a cabinet position. the campaign rebuffed him because he is funded by a maga mega donor, and they as we've seen since nicole shanahan and the rf, which is his vice presidential pick and

the team behind rfk have been really upset about that and it does appear that they have tried to negotiate something with trump. if they're smart, they've negotiated with trump. nicole shanahan has said, oh, he'd make a great health and human services secretary. and this is a man who, you know, doesn't believes that that vaccines lead to autism, believes that chemicals in water cause trans kids who knows what actual effect it will have because it's hard to say which states he would actually get on the ballot with, but it would help trump. it's mostly siphoning votes from trump at >anchor>this point. all right so the rfk factor, professor mcewen, and then also i want to touch on the oprah factor. when do we see these waves of these factors kind of kicking in to the vote? the female vote, the the the the household vote, the >reporter>swing, the the beehive vote, the swing >anchor>vote. there >reporter>you go. i mean, you lock, you lock up beyonce you get taylor swift, it's over, that's one thing you need to do. but if you look at the rfk vote and you look historically at third parties, third parties poll typically about three

times what their final vote is. so if you're looking at rfk, there's a regional effect here in the northeast. if that's what you look at, the boston media market affects, for example, new hampshire. but, rfk, if they're going to sell something, they're going to have to sell it to trump. he is on the ballot in at least 15 states that may help him in nevada. that could help them in a few other battleground states. but overall it's going to put some wind behind the sails in the environment of what's happening and tightening this race. it's not going to do much more than that. he's also running out of money, and this is a guy who has support from fringe elements. there's no way around it. and if you want to bring that into your party, it goes to the message that donald trump is a tired candidate. that's not where you want to be because he hasn't been disciplined the last four weeks. so we could see, i think, an announcement thursday or friday to try to grab the news >anchor>cycle. >>i think it's a blip in the overall message of what's going on. but the race will tighten as we head to labor day, there's no doubt >anchor>about that. all right, professor mcewen, doctor caroline heldman, thank you both for your insight this evening, and we'll touch base with you throughout the the

weeks to come. all right. just ahead on this special edition of cbs news bay area, a closer look at what happens after the voting, the story of an election clerk fighting an uphill battle to get people to trust the process again. >reporter>a texas teenager tracked more than 1600 miles from his home state to the nation's capital. i'm natalie brand in washington. with his journey and i'll say what city hall insiders won't. we have a drug, homelessness, and economic recovery crisis, because the system that's supposed to fix things is the problem. record budgets. fewer officers. business killing bureaucracy. the insiders won't change a system built for their benefit. i'm daniel lurie and san francisco needs a mayor unafraid to take on the status quo, bring accountability, and stop the excuses.

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>anchor>one of the bigger stories of the election will happen. after all of the votes are cast. a cbs news poll finds that doubts about the integrity of our elections are growing, particularly among republicans. one republican election clerk in the battleground state of michigan is trying to get people in his party back on board to trust the process again. as adriana diaz reports,

that's proving to be an uphill battle. >>yes >>late summer on the eastern shore of lake michigan is a slice of serenity. unless you're discussing elections, then forget about smooth sailing. >>we have to beat a corrupt voting >reporter>system residents are sounding off at a commission meeting about voting in ottawa >>county. there has just been much distrust sown into the system. do you solemnly swear that you will support the constitution of the united states? >reporter>justin roebuck, the republican who runs elections here, is no stranger to the skepticism. do people still think in this area that the 2020 election was stolen? >>we talk to people who do still have really serious concerns and who are not really trusting the process. >reporter>that distrust was on display during local elections two weeks ago. do you have complete trust in elections here eyebrow raise sure. yeah. >>even though the officials say that the election was not

rigged >reporter>that >>there wasn't widespread fraud >reporter>it's it's hard to trust sometimes. these are the people who roebuck is trying to convince that the data doesn't lie. >>we conduct post-election audits where we have a 100% accuracy rate on the equipment itself. so that is a really great thing, >reporter>100%. it's a 100% accuracy, not 99, not even 99. >>it's really hard to do a job where you know you're doing everything right and be attacked. >reporter>it's a distrust that helped push former township clerk teresa degraff to retire >>everyone that works, those are your friends, your family, your neighbors. and do you really believe that all those folks would try to cheat you? >reporter>republicans are half as likely as democrats to say they're very confident in the accuracy of the state's election system. that's according to a new cbs news poll, which also found 32% of republicans were not confident in their state's voting system, as opposed to only 8% of

democrats. >>the radical left democrats rigged rigged the presidential rig, the presidential election >reporter>so far this year, former president trump has said the election system is rigged more than 140 times. >>it's >>rigged. despite dozens of audits and lawsuits that found no fraud in 2020. >>if we cannot trust the way that we choose our government, we are in a bad situation. as a >reporter>country. that's why this republican is working on restoring that trust. >>please feel free to come out. we're here from 9 to 1030 this >reporter>morning with demonstrations on how voting machines work. >>we are essentially testing the accuracy of this equipment >reporter>and confronting officials who allege fraud. it has been proven ballots are coming in from outside sources that are not from voters. we have not seen any evidence >>at all. >reporter>with the presidential election just months away clerks like roebuck, >>you know, we live in this community too. we shop here, our kids go to school here we go to church together, and we need to be able to build those bridges

>reporter>are trying to rebuild that trust one voter at >>a time >anchor>adriana diaz, thank you. okay, let's shift our focus to a different kind of mission to restore faith in the political process. right up there. a 17 year old from texas, he walked more than 1600 miles, is jogging right there from lubbock to the nation's capital. his mission raise awareness for social security reform to help seniors struggling to get by. cbs news natalie brand met with him. >>so this is day >reporter>one. attract more than 1600 miles on foot over 40 days through five states. eliseo jimenez finishing strong, arriving at the nation's capital wednesday, greeted by congressional staffers cheers and a candy >>bar. almond joy that you've been wanting. >reporter>the 17 year old started his journey on july 12th in his hometown of lubbock texas, to raise awareness about the challenges facing his grandmother and her elderly

neighbors struggling to get by on social security. >>their checks would be late or it just wasn't enough. so i decided to do something about >reporter>it. earlier this year, jimenez started his own nonprofit to help any way he could. he says his walk helped raise more than $20,000. >>what was the hardest part of your journey? definitely being away from my family. i think and then the heat >reporter>carrying only a single backpack full of supplies. jimenez suffered blisters, poison ivy and at times slept on public benches. but the kindness of strangers kept him going >>along the way. i found a few nice people that let me stay in their house here and there, and even a church on this trip, i learned that the nation is actually pretty unified and everyone is pretty lovely. >reporter>while in d.c. jimenez met with staff from his texas congressman's office to talk about what can be done to address issues with social security. he'll fly back home just in time to start his senior year of high school. >>i have one ... of a college essay, i'll tell you.

>reporter>and will continue to push for change. >anchor>jimenez did speak with his congressman by zoom since lawmakers are on august recess, he is pushing for legislation to eliminate federal taxes on social security benefits for seniors. by the way, his nonprofit helps pay for groceries and utility bills for older americans. >paul>man what were you doing when you were 17? let's take a look outside from our salesforce tower camera. as the sun went down this evening, the marine layer getting its act together, the fog within the marine layer starting to spread out. it was a beautiful sunset this evening. we are going to see a lot more cloud cover to start the day tomorrow, and that will have an impact on our temperatures. details on our little taste of fall coming up in the first alert forecast >reporter>the raiders may have a new home, but old rivals are knocking at the door for th bounced from one doctor to the next. did they even send my lab work...? wait, was i supposed to bring that? then there's the forms. the bills. the 'not a bills.'

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>anchor>get to our first alert weather again. and you know, you kind of start craving those lattes. >paul>those pumpkin spice lattes on the days it turns >anchor>into the >paul>autumn feel. >anchor>but you only think that's for two days, >paul>right >>too soon. too soon? >paul>no, don't >anchor>don't go >paul>there? pumpkin spice. nothing get that out >anchor>of here. >paul>okay, well, just pumpkins >anchor>in general. >paul>out. when you start out with >anchor>the pumpkins. >paul>oh, no, it's a gourd. >anchor>you like >paul>like to decorate your house in the halloween? sure. yeah, i know that that's what pumpkins are. they're decoration. they're not >anchor>flavor. >>all right let's take a look at what's happening out there this evening. talking about how the weather is going to change and our taste of fall that is coming in pumpkins purely optional. and yeah, i'll judge you if you do add them. we do have a late start. late a fall like storm system, a late summer storm headed for the pacific northwest. it's going to bring significantly cooler temperatures, especially to inland parts of the bay area. stronger onshore breeze and even the chance for a few light rain showers so let's switch to a forecast model that takes us a little farther into the future, and we will wind the clock forward and zoom in for a closer look at the bay area as

we get closer and closer to that chance of showers heading in. for the most part, we're talking about the potential for some coastal drizzle that's going to be tomorrow, and on friday a few blink and you'll miss some blips of green on futurecast. those radar freckles here and there. the best chance of a shower looks like it's going to stay just to our north in mendocino and lake counties, but maybe some of that sneaking out into sonoma and napa counties by friday afternoon into friday evening. it is an outside chance if we get any of those showers, they're not going to amount to much more than a trace of rainfall, maybe a few hundredths of an inch. but even that in the month of august, it's really unusual, something we'll keep an eye on right now. we're keeping an eye on the fog, just swallowing up more and more of downtown san francisco. temperatures are still in the 60s, for the most part, down to 59 degrees in san francisco. those numbers will continue to drop off, mostly to the 50s. by early tomorrow morning. the fog and low cloud cover is going to continue to spread out. it's going to be a mix of fog at ground level and those low clouds just off ground level to begin the day on thursday. you see how widespread it's going to be and the presence of the fog and

clouds for the first half of the day going to have a big impact on temperatures. so it's the fog blocking the sunshine for the first few hours of daylight. and that stronger onshore breeze pushing the marine layer farther and farther inland. that is what's going to keep a lid on how much we warm up by tomorrow afternoon. so let's talk about how much we are going to warm up by tomorrow afternoon, or how little we're going to warm up by tomorrow afternoon. inland temperatures mid to upper 70s in the santa clara valley. inland temperatures for the most part running about 5 to 10 degrees below average. only 76 degrees in livermore, only 78 degrees in concord. both of those communities, the average high for tomorrow is 88 degrees. we're going to be 10 to 12 degrees below that around the bay, mostly in the 70s 67 degrees in san francisco, still in the middle portion of the 60s, right along the coast and for the north bay temperatures also mostly in the middle portion of the 70s. this is unusual for august when the warmest spot on the map in fairfield is 81 degrees. we're in kind of weird territory, and actually friday is going to be a couple degrees cooler than that. so let's take a look at the seven day forecast. we will start inland where temperatures

are going to bottom out thursday. and friday. and then we warm up a little bit by saturday. we warm up more than that on sunday and then the other side of the temperature roller coaster, we climb monday and tuesday inland temperatures are going to be flirting with 100 degrees. we back off a little bit on wednesday, but we're still going to be running above average temperatures around the bay will also climb next week, but not as much flirting with 80 degrees instead of triple digit territory. by monday tuesday and wednesday. and along the coast, you are not going to be immune from this warming trend. not a full fledged offshore wind event, but a weakening of the onshore breeze allows temperatures along the coast to make it up into the 70s for a couple of days. monday and >anchor>tuesday. a little bit of a roller >paul>coaster. >>all right. thank you and thanks so much for watching. the late news starts in two minutes. we'll be >paul>right back