captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, july 28th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." i'm asking you to join me to reject sin savecynicism and rej and summon what is best in us to elect hillary clinton as the next president of the united states! >> in a stirring speech, the president passes the baton to hillary clinton and teams up with vice president biden to deliver a one-two punch on donald trump. >> i promise you, our strength, our greatness does not depend on donald trump. >> he is trying to tell us he

give me a break! that's a bunch of malarkey! and there is new controversy for trump this morning after he reached out to russia with a request. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> now gop leader and his own running mate are distancing themselves from the nominee's plea to hack hillary clinton. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. tonight, hillary clinton formally accepts the democratic party's nomination for president of the united states. last night, president obama said he was ready to pass the torch in a forceful and sometimes emotional speech, the first black president made the case for his former rival. the first woman to be nominated

jamie yuccas is in philadelphia. good morning, jamie. >> good morning, anne-marie. >> reporter: i don't know if you can see behind me right now but a lot of construction is taking place. they are going to set an entirely new stage for hillary clinton tonight. chelsea clinton will introduce her when she accepts the nomination. but as of this morning, everybody is talking about president obama's speech, as well as all of the other speakers and how they went after republican rival donald trump in a much hsh hillary clinton joined president obama on the convention stage. her former political foe, turned biggest ally. >> she is fit and she is ready to be the next commander in chief. >> reporter: the president used his address wednesday night to bash her opponent donald trump. >> the donald is not really a planned guy and not really a fact guy either. >> reporter: vice president joe biden, newly minted vp tim kaine

the attack. >> he has no clue about what makes america great. actually, he has no clue, period. >> you cannot believe one word that comes out of donald trump's mouth. >> trump says he wants to run the nation like he is running his business? god help us. i >> i'm a new yorker and i know a con when i see one. >> reporter: top democrats also used their remarks to bash russia to find hillary clinton's missing e-mails. >> it is inconceivable to me that any presidential candidate would be that irresponsible. >> reporter: clinton will have the last word tonight when she formally accepts the democratic nomination for president. now after trump made those comments, his running mate mike pence actually released a statement saying that he thinks russia should stay out of the

trump's campaign now clarifying those remarks saying, quote, trump never urged russia to hack clinton's e-mails. >> jamie yuccas in philadelphia, thank you, jamie. cbs news contributor bob schieffer says trump's remarks appear to call for moscow to interfere in a u.s. election is unprecedented and are a game-changer. >> i don't know if we will remember what was said in this hall as in florida today when he called for the russians to help him win this election. that is a first in american politics and the more i think about this, i think this election may be decided on what donald trump said today and the temperament of the man who said those word. people here were fighting. some laughed aloud. they were agasped. people simply couldn't believe

words. senator chris coons says he is looking for some way to disqualify himself. he said that as a joke and i don't believe that to be true. what he said tonight may well be the turning point in this election. >> in his speech, president obama said there has never been anyone more qualified to be president than hillary clinton. he reminded the convention that clinton was at his side in the situation room when some tough decisions were made. >> you know, nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the oval office. you can read about it. you can study it. but until you've sat at that desk, you don't know what it's like to manage a global crisis or send young people to war. but hillary has been in the room. she's been part of those

the decisions our government makes, what is at stake for the working family, for the senior citizen, for the small business owner, for the soldiers, for the veterans. and even in the midst of crisis, she listens to people and she keeps her cool and she treats everybody with respect. and no matter how daunting the odd, no matter how much people try to knock her down, s that is the hillary i know. that is the hillary i've come to admire and that is why i can say with confidence, there has never been a man or a woman, not me, not bill, nobody more qualified than hillary clinton to serve as

of america! >> well, also speaking last night, vice president joe biden unleashed a stinging attack on donald trump's foreign policy qualifications. >> let me say -- let me say something that has nothing to do with politics. let me talk about something that i am deadly serious about. this is a complicated and uncertain world we live in. the threats are too great, the times are too uncertain. to elect donald trump as president of the united states -- now, let me finish. no major party -- no major party nominee in the history of this nation has ever known less or has been less prepared to deal with our national security.

exploits our fears of isis and other terrorists, who has no plan whatsoever to make us safer. a man who embraces the tactics of our enemies. torture, religious intolerance, you all know. all of the republicans know. that's not who we are. it betrays our values. it alienates those who we need in the fight aga donald trump, with all his rhetoric, would literally make us less safe. we cannot elect a man who belittles our closest allies while embracing dictators like vladimir putin. no. i mean it. a man who seeks to so division in america for his own gain and disorder around the world. a man who confuses bluster with

we simply cannot let that happen as americans. period. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will talk with clinton campaign manager robbie mook is donald trump's e-mail request to russia and hillary clinton's acceptance speech tonight. john hinckley's lawyers says hinckley is gratified by a court order permantly freeing him from a psychiatric he tried to assassinate president reagan. >> reporter: on march 24th, 1981, john hinckley attempted to assassinate president reagan outside a washington hotel. at the hospital, reagan told the surgeons he hoped they were republicans and told wife nancy, honey, i forgot to duck. in fact, though, it was far from funny. the bullet stopped less than an inch from his heart.

including press secretary jim brady, who sustained a severe brain injury. hinckley said he wanted to kill the president to impress actress jodie foster, after seeing her in the movie "taxi driver." hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and for 35 year, he's lived under court supervision at a mental hospital in washington, d.c. the court has allowed hinckley frequent visits to the home of his 90-year-old mother in williamsburg, virginia and president judge paul friedman said he will be set free to live with her full-time. they say he has shown no signs of. who might have saved reagan's life that day by taking a bullet himself. >> i'm very concerned. i hope they are right that they

to injure anyone else. >> reporter: in a tweet, reagan's son michael said, my father did more than say the lord's prayer. he lived it in forgiving john hinckley jr. maybe we should do the same. coming up on the "morning news." library location. mr. obama chooses a site for his presidential library. and mystery in the sky. a fireball is spotted over southern california. this is the "cbs morning news." , i need the right nutrition. so i drink boost?. boost? complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones, and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. in three delicious flavors. i'm not about to swim in the slow lane. stay strong. stay active with boost?.

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here is another look at this morning's top story. at the democratic convention last night, president obama said there never has been anyone more qualified to be president than hillary clinton. the president called the election a and blasted donald trump for trying to scare americans. >> we are not a fragile people. we are not a frightful people. our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. we don't look to be ruled. >> tonight, clinton formally accepts the democratic party's nomination for president. president obama's speech was one of his last on a major

but also touted his eight years in office. >> time and again, you've picked me up. and i hope sometimes i picked you up too. and, tonight, i ask you to do for hillary clinton what you did for me. i ask you to carry her the same way you carried me, because you're who i was talking about 12 years ago when hope. it's been you who fueled my face in our future, even when the odds were great and even when the road is long. hope in the face of difficulty. hope in the face of uncertainty. the audacity of hope. hope these past eight years, and

and do my part as a proiivate citizen, so i'm asking you to join me to reject fear and summon what is the best in us to elect hillary clinton as the next president of the united states and show the world we still believe in the promise of this great nation. thank you for this incredible journey. let's keep it going. god bless the united states of america. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on president obama's speech. we will hear from john fabrow, the former director of speech writing for president obama. plus a parallel of two daughters. we will take a closer look at chelsea clinton and ivanka trump.

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there's never been a man or a woman, not me, not bill, nobody more qualified than hillary clinton to serve as president of the united es >> a surprise on stage. hillary clinton embracing president obama minutes after his passionate speech at the dnc. >> a peaceful end to a tense 7-hour stand off. what we're learning about the suspect who told police he was armed. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning.