>> but we supply israel with billions of dollars in military aid, and yet prime minister netanyahu seems to be charting his own course. the biden-harris administration has pressed him to agree to a ceasefire. he has resisted. you urged him not to go into lebanon. he went in any way. does the u.s. have no sway over prime minister netanyahu? >> the work that we do diplomatically with the leadership of israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles. >> but it seems that prime minister netanyahu is not listening. >> we're not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the united states to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end. >> do we have a real close ally in prime minister netanyahu?

>> i think with all due respect, the better question is do we have an important alliance between the american people and the israeli people. and the answer to that question is yes. >> while the war in the middle east has dominated recent headlines, it's the economy that most concerns american voters this election year, as always. there are lots of signs that the american economy is doing very well, better than most countries, i think. but the american people don't seem to be feeling it. groceries are 25% higher and people are blaming you and joe biden for that. are they wrong? >> we now have historic low unemployment in america among all groups of people. we now have an economy that is thriving by all macroeconomic measures. and to your point, prices are still too high. and i know that, and we need to

deal with it, which is why part of my plan, you mentioned groceries. part of my plan is what we must do to bring down the price of groceries. >> harris says she'll push congress to pass a federal ban on gouging on groceries. but details are yet to be defined. you want to expand the child tax credit. >> yes, i do. >> you want to give breaks to first-time home buyers. >> yes. >> and people starting small businesses. >> correct. >> but it is estimated by the nonpartisan committee for responsible budget that your economic plan would add $3 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade. how you going to pay for that? >> okay. so the other economists that have reviewed my plan versus my opponent and determined that my economic plan would strengthen america's economy. his would weaken it. my plan, bill, if you don't mind, my plan is about saying that when you invest in small

businesses, you invest in the middle class, and you strengthen america's economy. small businesses are part of the backbone of america's economy. >> pardon me, madam vice president. the question was how are you going to pay for it? to make sure that the richest among us who can afford it pay their fair share in taxes. it is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations. and i plan on making that fair. >> but we're dealing with the real world here. >> but the real world includes -- >> how you going to get this through congress? >> you know, when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in congress, they know exactly what i'm talking about because their constituents know exactly what i'm talking about. their constituents are those firefighters and teachers and nurses. their constituents are middle class hard-working folk. >> and congress has shown no

inclination to move in your direction. >> i disagree with you. there are plenty of leaders in congress who understand and know that the trump tax cuts blew up our federal deficit. none of us, and certainly i cannot afford to be myopic in terms of how i think about strengthening america's economy. let me tell you something. i am a devout public servant. you know that. i am also a capitalist. and i know the limitations of government. >> kamala harris has been in government for decades. she was first elected san francisco district attorney in 2003, then california attorney general. she went on to the u.s. senate and now vice president. a quarter of registered voters still say they don't know you. they don't know what makes you tick. and why do you think that is? what's the disconnect?

>> it's an election, bill. and i take it seriously that i have to earn everyone's vote. this is an election for president of the united states. no one should be able to take for granted that they can just declare themselves a candidate and automatically receive support. you have to earn it. and that's what i intend to do. >> let me tell you what your critics and the columnists say. >> okay. >> they say that the reason so many voters don't know you is that you have changed your position on so many things. you were against fracking. now you're for it. you supported looser immigration policies. now you're tightening them up. you're for medicare for all. now you're not. so many of the people don't truly know what you believe or what you stand for. and i know you've heard that. >> in the last four years, i have been vice president of the united states, and i have been traveling our country, and i

have been listening to folks. and seeking what is possible in terms of command ground. i believe in building consensus. we are a diverse people. geographically, regionally in terms of where we are in our backgrounds. and what the american people do want is that we have leaders who can build consensus. where we can figure out compromise and understand it's not a bad thing as long as you don't compromise your values. to find common sense solutions. and that has been my approach. >> and we'll have more of bill whitaker's "60 minutes" interview with kamala harris when we come back. stay with us. you're watching "cbs news you're watching "cbs news roundup." subject 1: who's coming in the driveway? subject 2: dad! dad! dad, we missed you! daddy, hi! subject 3: goodness! my daughter is being treated for leukemia. i hope that she lives a long, great, happy life

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we have more now of bilwhitaker's "60 minutes" interview with vice president and democratic presidential candidate kamala harris. >> reporter: but one issue that has proven impervious to compromise is immigration. over the past four years, the biden-harris approach has been inconsistent, and republicans are convinced immigration is the vice president's achilles heel.

you recently visited the southern border and embraced president biden's recent crackdown on asylum seekers. and that crackdown produced an almost immediate and dramatic decrease in the number of border crossings. if that's the right answer now, why didn't your administration take those steps in 2021? >> the first bill we proposed to congress was to fix our broken immigration system. knowing that if you want to actually fix it, we need congress to act. it was not taken up. fast forward to a moment when a bipartisan group of members of the united states senate, including one of the most conservative members of the united states senate got together, came up with the border security bill. well, guess what happened? donald trump got word that this bill was afoot and could be passed, and he wants to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem.

so he told his buddies in congress, kill the bill. don't let it move forward. >> but i've been covering the border for years. and so i know this is not a problem that started with your administration. >> correct, correct. >> but there was an historic flood of undocumented immigrants coming across the border the first three years of your administration. as a matter of fact, arrivals quadrupled from the last year of president trump. was it a mistake to loosen the immigration policies as much as you did? >> it's a long-standing problem. and solutions are at hand. and from day one literally, we have been offering solutions. >> what i was asking, was it a mistake to kind of allow that flood to happen in the first place? >> i think -- the policies that we have been proposing are about

fixing a problem, not promoting, a problem, okay. >> but the numbers did quadruple under your watch. >> and the numbers today, because of what we have done we have cut the flow of illegal immigration by half. >> should you have done that -- should you have done that -- >> cut fentanyl by half. but we need congress to be able to act, to actually fix the problem. >> you have accused donald trump of using racist tropes when it comes to haitian immigrants in springfield, ohio, when it comes to birtherism, when it comes to charlottesville. in fact, you have called him a racist and divisive, yet donald trump has the support of millions and millions of americans. how do you explain that? >> i am glad you're pointing these comments out that he has made that have resulted in a response by most reasonable people to say it's just wrong. it's just wrong.

>> so many people supporting donald trump, a man you've called a racist, how do you bridge that seemingly unbridgeable gap? >> i believe that the people of america want a leader. who is not trying to divide us and demean. i believe that the american people recognize that the true measure of the strength of a leader is not based on who you beat down, it's based on who you lift up. >> you see the full "60 minutes" report on our website, show cbsnews.com. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.

despite the massive amounts of rain that devastated parts of the south and more being carried by hurricane milton bearing down on florida, much of the world is suffering from a lack of fresh water. the united nations weather agency says many of the earth's great rivers are drying up, and it's a huge red flag for the future. cbs' tina kraus has the story from london. >> reporter: 2023 was the most parched period for the world's rivers in more than three decades. the world meteorological organization says record heat caused prolonged droughts in some regions, leading to the driest spell in 33 years. >> we had never such a large area around the world which was

under such dry conditions. >> reporter: the united nations report shows large parts of northern, central and south america suffered severe drought last year, the mississippi and amazon river basins seeing record low water levels. the u.n. weather agency also says glaciers that feed rivers in many countries saw the most water loss in five decades, warning the ice melt threatened long-term water security for millions globally. around 3.6 million people don't have adequate access to water for at least one month a year, and that figure is expected to rise to five billion by 2050. >> water is becoming the most telling indicator of our time of distress. and yet as signaled by society, we are not taking bold action to protect this resource. >> reporter: climate experts say rising temperatures have contributed to the water cycle being more erratic through both intense floods and severe droughts. the u.n. is urging governments

around the globe to collect and share more information about water to help protect the planet's most precious resource. tina kraus, cbs news, london. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs 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 the top stories on "cbs news roundup." florida residents flee tampa bay ahead of what could be a deadly direct hit from hurricane milton. after gaining strength, milton is back up to a category 5 hurricane. we'll have the latest update on the storm's projected path. and explosive new allegations are being made about president trump and biden. we new information from the national hurricane center about hurricane milton's growing strength and where it's likely headed. millions are now bracing for life-threatening impacts in what could be tampa's worst tomorrow in a century. milton strengthened back up to a monster category 5 with winds howling at 165 miles per hour. it's expected to make landfall on florida's central gulf coast wednesday night as a dangerous major hurricane. residents are streaming out of

th tampa bay region ahead of the storm's arrival. we have team coverage from the tampa area, where floridians are still cleaning up piles of debris left behind by hurricane helene. leading us off, cbs' jonathan vigliotti tells us how milton's deadly winds could turn all this trash into deadly projectiles. >> reporter: tampa bay streets are lined with miles of potentially deadly debris. the goal, according to tampa's mayor, was to have most of it cleared. >> the federal government, the state government are working hand in hand first and foremost to get that household debris up and out of the way. >> reporter: the city fell short. now hurricane milton is menacing the coast just more than a week after helene decimated it. >> i'm praying that we won't be put to the test. >> reporter: she rode out helene but evacuated monday when milton exploded to a category 5. >> people are staying at home.

but these storms are different. ask the citizens of asheville, north carolina. >> reporter: millions of people in the tampa area are under a mandatory evacuation. many have left, but some aren't going anywhere. cbs' nicole valdez is on sanibel island with one of them. bridget budd says she is staying. >> there is just no place i would rather be. i don't suggest it for anybody. i'm not promoting it. >> i'm rob marciano along the bay here in tampa where they're bracing again for a damaging and life-threatening storm surge. if it makes a direct hit, it will push seawater all the way up the bay, potentially pouring up to 15 feet of water right into the heart of downtown tampa. >> we're emergency management. we have to plan for the worst things. >> reporter: >> there is a lot of vulnerable infrastructure here, and the geography itself that puts us at much more of a risk. >> reporter: the storm track determines where the highest

storm surge happens. anything into or north of st. pete brings winds that funnel an already high water up into the city. a track just a few miles south actually pulls the water out of the bay, leading to minimal storm surge. what's the one thing that may make you worry at night when you go to sleep? >> it's the storm surge on this one. ultimately, our first responders. we're going to be here, going to try to save lives, protect property first, and then we'll go through that recovery process if that does happen to us. >> reporter: it's been over 100 years since a major hurricane has made a direct hit here in tampa. this cat 5 is less than 500 miles away. the latest track does give it a chance of going just south of the bay area. but the approach of milton gives the bay area the highest risk i've ever seen of getting a direct hit. >> rob marciano and jonathan vigliotti in florida for us. now for the very late ohs tonight storm we go to ivan cabrera, the cbs news chief meteorologist in miami. ivan? >> yeah, hurricane milton still

a category 5 hurricane. we're expecting some weakening over the next 24 hours. but before it makes landfall, this is still going to be major hurricane with the latest advisory coming in, pressure at 915 millibars that is extremely low. forecast has it coming down to a cat 4 and event live a cat 3. it's going to start feeling upper-level winds that will disrupt it here. thankfully not as intense. but still, wherever it makes landfall and points to the south, that's where we're going to get the catastrophic storm surge from 10 to 15 feet. and the storm quickly races off to the east. but a close-up shot of where it is intended to make landfall here, anywhere to the south. that's where we're going to get that onshore push. the gulf of mexico coming in, and that's where we're going to be looking at the potential for up to 15 feet of storm surge. we'll keep you posted throughout the day. >> thank you so much, ivan. now washington, where there has been a blockbuster new account of donald trump's close relationship with vladimir putin and their alleged private phone

calls after trump left office. cbs' scott macfarlane has more. >> reporter: during the early days of the pandemic in 2020, then president donald trump sent russian president vladimir putin covid-19 test machines, according to the new book "war" by bob woodward, who sat down with cbs sunday morning. >> these are precious assets to anyone in the world, in the country, and he gives it to him for his personal use. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris responded during an interview with howard stern. >> everybody was scrambling to get these kits, the tests, the covid test kits. >> couldn't get them. >> couldn't get them. couldn't get them anywhere. >> right. >> and that guy who is president of the united states is sending them to russia, to a murderous dictator for his personal use? >> reporter: even after he left office, trump stayed in touch with the russian leader, according to woodward. he cites an unidentified trump aide who said the former president had as many as seven

private calls with putin, even one as early as this year when he was urging republicans to block aid to ukraine. it raises questions about trump's relationship with putin. in the presidential debate trump twice refused to say who he wanted to prevail in the war with ukraine. >> do you want ukraine to win this war? >> i want the war to stop. >> reporter: the vice president told "60 minutes" trump would have allowed putin to conquer ukraine. >> donald trump, if he were president, putin would be sitting in kyiv right now. he talks about oh, he can end it on day one. you know what that is? that's about surrender. >> reporter: and biden's frustrations with the israeli prime minister as the fighting if gaza escalated earlier this year, saying that son of a bitch, bibi netanyahu. he is a bad guy, he is a bad f'ing guy. woodward who rose to fame investigating watergate wrote that trump is far worse than nixon. a trump spokesperson says

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it was one year ago that israel declared war on hamas in retaliation for its brutal terror attack on october 7th. since then, israel's battle has spread to hezbollah in lebanon, the houthis in yemen, and to iran. but the brunt of the carnage has been done in gaza, where the health ministry there estimates more than 42,000 palestinians have died, many of them women and children. foreign journalists are barred from gaza. cbs news now relies on producer marwan al ghoul to report what's happening there. marwan has lived in gaza for many years and has reported on the war nearly every day since the hamas attack. now he tells his story. apart from videos of the october 7th massacre, everything you're about to see was filmed by marwan and his family. >> i am marwan al ghoul, was born in gaza. i am 61 years old. i am married and have a

beautiful family. before the 7th of october, gaza had been going through years of relative calm. that night was pleasant and the sea was calm too. i woke up on sounds of a barrage of rockets with launching from gaza toward israel. the sky was lighted up by hundreds of rocket signs. i saw dozens of hamas militants driving very fast, heading the border with israel, and others capturing hostages into gaza. the next day, gaza was under bombing. so i decided to move with my family to the heart of west of the city to find electricity,

communications, and water. then i began working very hard on covering this war. >> i'm afraid of what's going on now. i am worried about my family, about my granddaughters. >> re in the second week of the war, the israeli war began bombing around the hotel. >> oh, no. >> and destroying the buildings nearby. it was terrifying. on the morning my family rushed ourselves into one car and headed to rafah. i had left my house, farms, dreams, and memories.

this means a long journey of torment that you never know when it will end. i have covered many rounds of violence and baptists in gaza. but i have never, ever seen such an ugly war as the current one. no defense, no balances, just the people by their bare hands carrying the bodies, try to take the injuries out of this massive destruction in rafah. >> the surviving children whom i saw alive under the rubble breaks the hearts. >> everything is gone. i can't tell now. this is woman, body. at least 50 were killed in this place, mostly children and women.

>> among the dozens who were killed in this bloody air strike were my nephew mahmoud and his family. i kept myself strong as much as i could, and started searching with others to identify mahmoud. then i hear that his daughter maria is alive. she is the only alive one of her family. she lost her parents, her two brothers and two sisters. maria has heartbroken and still living in the drama. i'm marwan al ghoul from gaza. i've been working years with cbs news as a producer. i'm speaking to you from the city of deir al balah, the

middle of the gaza strip. after being displaced multiple time from north to south, it's not easy to keep reporting the ongoing war. every day i see heartbreaking victims. children are bleeding on the ground. tears of grieving woman i have family, children. i am worried about them too as there is no safe place in gaza. no one is safe at all. i am afraid that me, my family needs years to get recovered in this cruel circumstances. thank you all for listening to me

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as florida braces for hurricane milton, north carolina is still grappling with the crushing destruction of helene. with the presidential election now less than a month away, the key battleground state is changing some of its voting rules to make sure no one is denied the right to cast a ballot. polls show the race there is razor-thin. so turnout can be crucial. cbs' skyler henry has more. >> i think that this is going to be the biggest challenge we

face. >> reporter: for election official jake quinn, pulling off the vote in asheville, north carolina this november is now a herculean task. >> we're in the middle of an election right now. and helene or no helene, the election must go on. i'm really concerned about folks throughout the community who are stressed like they've never been stressed before. >> reporter: more than one million registered voters live in disaster areas and in 13 counties, accessibility to voting sites and postal services remain severely disrupted. >> it's a very fluid situation. >> reporter: karen bell chairs the board of elections. >> many of these communities will be without power, without water, without internet, without cell service potentially for weeks. some may even be facing months. so our job is to figure out as long as there are citizens in those communities, how do we provide them with voting opportunities so they can exercise their right to vote. and we will make workarounds with the facilities, with the

power supply and so forth to do that job. >> reporter: election offices across the state have reopened with staffers urgently working to restore operations and clear up confusion for those tries to vote. >> i swear on ten bibles that it's my ballot in here. >> reporter: the state election board changed the election rules to help voters impacted by the storm. early voting hours will be extended, and election officials will be on hand at disaster shelters to assist with absentee voting. some voters here are determined to make their voices heard. >> it is critical that we make this vote in this election, regardless of what your circumstances are. circumstances are. >> reporter: ♪♪ whenever heartburn strikes, get fast relief with tums. it's time to love food back. also try new tums gummy bites. our right to reproductive health care is being stolen from us.

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>> i don't remember much from that night, but i mean, the aftereffects, i'm a chronic epileptic now because i have a bullet fragment in my brain. it causes me to have seizures. >> reporter: boyd was shot allegedly by a teenaged friend fooling around with a ghost gun he bought online. >> i want people to see the effect, see what happens after. >> now the industry argues that the biden administration, the atf don't have the authority to regulate ghost guns under existing laws. they say that's a job for congress, that congress should pass a new law. but the justices sure seem to think that ghost guns are covered by laws already on the

it's wednesday, october 9th, 2024. there is "cbs news mornings." the race to escape from hurricane milton. millions of floridians are boarding up, packing up, and ge