later for the morning news and d it's friday, july 15, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." mass casualty in france. the terror attack leaves dozens dead in nice when a truck files through a crowded street and the driver opens fire. good morning. this is cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. a scene of horror when a truck

plow sbood a crowd in southern france. the large, white truck mowed down people bathered in a bastille gathering. the texas family was on vacation. the attack went a mile. the french interior minister said we are at war with terrorists. france extended the state of emergency. we are in london with the latest. tina, good morning. >> reporter: meg, good morning. the truck was loaded with guns and grenades. the driver plowed through the crowd for a mile as people ran to get out of the path. some held on to the doors of the truck trying to get it to stop. forensic teams in nice examined the bullet-ridden truck overnight. the driver mowed down dozens of

people celebratie ining bastill hours before. mike lives in nice and heard the screams as people ran for cover. >> we looked down the window and there were people screaming down the pedestrian mall and knocking down the tables of caffees. >> reporter: a family from texas was among those killed. he says the driver opened fire on spectators before police eventually shot him. >> we wanted to believe it was just fire crackers going off or fireworks, but it became something more sinister than that. hours after the attack, the french president, francois hollande spoke.

french officials are looking into who else may have played a role. so far, no group claimed response nlt. it's possible to death toll will grow. authorities say at least 20 people are in critical condition this morning. meg? >> tina kraus in london, thank you. the truck driver was a 30-year-old born in tunisia. authorities were on high alert ahead of next week's republican convention. they will coordinate with french officials to learn more. >> who was this person? what was around him? what did the network look like? is there something we can learn from this other than the obvious, which is a truck that is u bin america and can do a l of damage against this civilian

population. the truck is the weapon. >> french president hollande is trying to figure out if the truck driver had any help. france suffered major terrorist attacks over the last two years. militants linked to isis opened fire in a concert hall and other sites in paris. earlier that year, a gun assault on the satirical magazine and a kosher grocery store killed seven people. al qaeda claimed responsibility. coming up, we speak with former cia director, michael morell into the investigation and the nice truck attack. donald trump spoke out about the massacre and postponed the rollout of his running meat, mike pence. when will we learn, it is only gets worse. we are covering the trump campaign. >> i support donald trump.

he has the right vision. >> he settled on the indiana governor to bring conservative and low-key personality to the ticket. he was born in indiana with a law degree from indiana university. he served six terms in congress and carved autoa record that tea party republicans fancied long before they became a force within the gop. pence endorsed texas senator ted cruz in the indiana primary that clinched trump's status as the nominee. >> a principled conservative who dedicated his career to advocating the reagan agenda. >> reporter: earlier, he opposed trump on two issues, temporarily banning muslim immigration and a trade teal. pence came around to team trump and has been singing his praises since he laid claim to the

nomination. >> he's a builder, a fighter and patriot. >> reporter: a new poll shows 86% of voters are undecided or do not know enough about pence to form an opinion. he's not been touched by scandal as a member of congress. he denied services based on beliefs. after swift opposition, he had the law redrafted. >> it's been a tough week in the hoosier state. >> reporter: the koch brothers, wealthy conservative brothers who shied away from the trump campaign. pence does not guarantee he can change their minds, but creates a possibility where none existed before. cbs news, new york. john dickerson is in cleveland for the republican national convention. he looks at what pence brings to

the ticket. >> he is not of washington but has some washington experience. donald trump wanted to pick somebody who could help him get something done. he has strong ties to the republican party. he helps trump cinch that unity. it's part of what he is trying to do at the convention. unlike somebody like newt gingrich, mike pence is not somebody who is going to cause issues or probably not somebody who is going to cause issues for someone at the top of the ticket in terms of behavior. >> trump did not say when he plans to announce the running mate decision. the republican convention kicks off monday. attempts to derail trump's nomination had a blow. they voted to reject a proposal to let delegates vote for any candidate they like. the outcome all but ends the so-called never trump movement.

hillary clinton condemned the attacks in france saying we will not be intimidated. hillary clinton is with senator tim kaine, a potential vice president pick. elizabeth warren, brown and sanders. religious leaders in minnesota called for healing of racial profiling. 3,000 mourners filled the cathedral for castile's murder. his girlfriend live streamed the aftermath of the shooting. president obama says bridging the gap between blacks and whites will take time, much more time than he has left in office. he addressed the deaths of black men at the hands of police during a town hall yesterday at washington theater. >> i think in that sense, what is true for me is true for a lot

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forecast in some cities around the country. the latest now on the bastille day attack in france. dozens of people were killed after a man drove a large truck into a crowd. at least two americans are among the dead. tina kraus is in london with more. good morning, again. >> good morning. at least 20 people are in critical condition. the death toll may climb according to authorities. so many people hurt after the terror hit the french riviera last night. the truck was loaded with guns and grenades as it plowed through the streets. people watched in horror, some taking pictures on their cell phone as it barrelled think the promenade barrelling down everyone in the path. they watched people desperately

try to get out of the way. some hanging on to the doors of the truck trying to get it to stop. the truck tore through the crowd for miles before police opened fire on the driver who would open fire on the crowd before that. they did kill the driver. thousands of people were in the streets last night celebrating france's bastille day, a french national holiday similar to our american fourth of july. they were watching fireworks, celebrating when the truck driver went on this deadly rampage. a father and son from texas are among more than 80 people killed. shawn and brody copeland died in the attack. brody was a little league baseball player in texas, just 11 years old. they were vacationing in nice, celebrating a family birthday on the streets, enjoying themselves, until, at random, this truck came out of nowhere. french officials are looking into who else may have played a

role in this. so far, no group claimed response nibili responsibility. interesting to note the spokesman for isis issued a statement relating to, quote, the filthy french, telling muslims to attack them in any way they can, including, quote, crushing them with your car. meg? >> as you mentioned, nobody claimed responsibility for the attack. have authorities learned anything more about the man who drove the truck into the crowd? >> there are reports he is tunisian. it's not confirmed at this point. they have been combing through the truck trying to pull forensic evidence from there. there were, of course, weapons inside the car along with grenades, possibly meaning this could have been worse. meg? >> thank you so much. we are learning a homemade chemical was used in the

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we'll speak with a former cia deputy director and we go to cleveland and security is ramped up for the republican national convention and steve coe bare joins us. i'm meg oliver, have a great day.

this is cbs-3 eye within news this morning. >> horror again has struck. >> france ravaged by its thirds attacks in two creeks, a truckloaded when guns, grenades, plows through a crowd during a bastille day celebration in the resort city of nice. more than 80 people are dead, this morning, learning more about the horror and about the victims, including two americans, as investigators work to determine who is behind the attack. >> and in the wake of that attack, donald trump announces he's plans for presidential pick. most people think they know who it is. >> looking at another day of excessive heat. little relief on the way. when you can expect it, coming up. >> today is friday, july 15th,