at cbs's robert costa joins us now with what's next for the trump ticket. >> reporter: good evening, the new ticket heads to battleground michigan tomorrow for the first rally together. top campaign advisors tell me senator vance and former president trump will be there in pennsylvania and wisconsin nearly every week since both campaign see the industrial midwest as a must-win on the way to the white house. >> maurice: now it's whether trump can expand his coalition. >> reporter: that's exactly right, can he expand beyond his base. we've heard about the base during the convention or is it about his grievances? everybody's watching that right now. >> maurice: robert, we are hearing the former presidents posted on social media he had a very good phone call earlier today with ukraine's president zelenskyy. and this is significant, is an? >> reporter: this is potentially a significant exchange. president biden has made it a keystone of his record. if trump starts to build a rapport with zelenskyy, it could quiet some concerns. along with traditional republican voters and lawmakers about

>> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. the director of the secret service resigned today one day after admitting the assassination attempt on donald trump was the agency's most significant operational failure in decades. as cbs's scott macfarlane reports, kimberly cheatle drew start criticism from both parties. >> reporter: ten days after the historic failure in butler, pennsylvania, kimberly cheatle resigned as u.s. secret service director, writing to colleagues, "this incident does not define us" and that she didn't want to be a distraction. in a statement, president biden said cheatle had shown incredible integrity. >> i take full responsibility for any security lapse beards between nearly 30-year veteran of the agency and director since september 2022, cheatle frustrated u.s. house panel monday. >> i believe your horrifying ineptitude at your lack of skilled leadership is a disgrace beards be too declining to answer questions about what went wrong. >> i lost all confidence in her in that hearing. >> reporter: more reve

norah. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. for many americans, tonight will be the first time they will be hearing from the vice presidential nominee. cbs's major garrett takes a look at what a second trump term would look like with j.d. vance by his side. >> reporter: if he wins reelection, donald trump will have an isolationist ally in vice presidential pick j.d. vance, a staunch critic of u.s. military aid to ukraine. >> i don't really care what happens to ukraine once way or another. >> reporter: hawkish republicans and european allies who fear russia's ambitions if it conquers ukraine. vance, like trump, -- raising the cost of imports. something economists warned could trigger another bout of inflation. >> we need to protect american industries from all competition. >> reporter: of the two, he's been visibly more pro union, visiting the picket line in ohio last year. trump appeared separately with nonunion workers. if trump has harsh plans for undocumented immigrants, a view shared by vance. >> on day one we will begin th

>>>robert costa is the chief election campaign. correspondent for cbs news, robert thank you so much for taking the time with us today. president biden said to address the nation about two hours from now, the first time we've really seen him on tv. since he announced he was stepping down from the ticket and endorsing vice president kamala harris, what are you going to be looking for? tonight? i've been speaking to advisers. close to president biden all day and it's evident to me he has two goals tonight number one to reflect on his decision to not seek the democratic nomination. to go over in a reflective thoughtful way, his thought process how he arrived at that decision at age 81. so the nation understands why he made this decision. in the summer, not earlier in the year. how he came to it the second goal is to make sure he defines the rest of his presidency. yeah. his allies telling me he doesn't want to be seen as a lame duck president. so he's going to talk. in particular about foreign policy on the same day, prime minister net

cbs's robert costa joins us now. and, robert, what are your sources telling you? >> reporter: norah, good to be with you. former president trump has landed in milwaukee, wisconsin. he is telling friends and associates, family members behind the scenes, that he might want to appear at the convention earlier than his thursday signature acceptance speech moment. he is in good spirits, we are told tonight. he is someone who is recounting what doctors told him behind the scenes, how it felt to have blood on his ear, to have a bullet whizzing by him. he's been recounting these stories all day by telephone, now in milwaukee. >> and, bob, i guess we're hearing the president is going to be out in the public this week. are we expecting? >> reporter: it's still a fluid situation, norah, because the trump campaign is concerned obviously about outdoor events. they're working with federal officials, the secret service, to figure out what the footprint is in milwaukee, what the possibilities are. some of these events, if trump does make an appearance before thursday, before his

we have team coverage tonight, and cbs's robert costa will start us off from right here at the conventionvening, robert. >> good evening, norah, residents here in milwaukee talking about that assassination attempts, but a burst of excitement today, trump secure the nomination, averted a legal challenge down in florida, and revealed his running mate. former president trump and fellow republicans in milwaukee were all smiles monday. a welcome change for them just days after trump survived a harrowing assassination attempt in pennsylvania. >> it is my honor to nominate donald j. trump! >> while many attendees remain rattled, a boisterous roll call kicked off the national convention this afternoon and settled nerves, cementing trump as the party's nominee for a third straight time. >> on behalf of the 125 delegates in the unbelievable state of florida, we hereby nominate every single one of them for the greatest president that's ever lived as donald j. trump. >> reporter: trump announced his running mate naming ohio senator j.d. vance, a 39-year-old staunch trump ally who was once a trump cri

cbs's robert costa joins me here.the reaction from former president trump and those around him? >> reporter: on social media today, president trump called the ruling a big win, but behind the scenes still apprehension. you might have face prosecution this year on january 6 or a classified reference, but he does still face criminal sentencing coming up in new york on july 11th, and he still is the possibility of being tried down the line. >> major: president biden returning to deliver my remarks tonight, does anyone in the campaign believe this decision could alter the current campaign conversation? if so, how? >> it he radius based on my call today, democrats feel galvanized by what happened at the supreme court, yes, those concerns about the debate and the performance of the president still linger, they are part of an ongoing conversation among democrats, but they feel now that the argument against trump had sharpened because of the supreme court rule, democrats saying even if they have

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i want to turn now back to our panel caitlin huey-burns and robert costa here. it is notable that j.d. vance has a record of criticizing donald trump in the past. >> he has had a lengthy record of that but he is also considered a trump convert and that is something that is appreciated in trump's inner circle. maybe he didn't see it the first time but came around. he's also seen as someone who can translate trump early on. remember when they came out with hillbilly elegy, that was right around the time of the 2016 campaign. he was able to tell the country about this base of support donald trump had to. i also think it's significant governor dewine mentioned j.d. vance got the endorsement from trump, he was also one of the first senators to endorse donald trump all the way back in 2023 and that is also seen as something admired in the trump circles. we talk a lot about j.d. vance as a member connected to the working class but i've also talked to those close to him who believe he could also have an appeal to the suburbs, given of course his educational connections.

. >>> i'm robert costa in washington, and this week >> i'm robert costa in washington, and this week on "face the nation," israel fires back at hezbollah after a deadly rocket strike. plus 100 days until the presidential election with a new candidate. what's next in the race? >>> overnight, the israeli military launched strikes on a series of hezbollah targets, retribution for a rocket strike in israeli territory that killed at least 12 people including children in the country's northern border. the iran-backed terror group has denied it was behind the attack. >> the indication is that indeed, the rockets were from -- or the rocket was from hezbollah. >> we'll get the latest from chairman michael mccall and senator chris van holland who has been outspoken against israel's actions in gaza. chuck schumer will also weigh in in a rare sunday interview. plus -- >> we are not going back! >> new candidate, new energy for the democratic party as vice president kamala harris moves to formally clench the nomination this week after president biden's departure from the race. >> i'm super excited

with the vice president's campaign moving full steam ahead, let's bring in cbs's robert costa. next big decision for her is who will be her running mate. >> reporter: let's go right to the latest reporting at cbs news. a lot of pressure on vice president harris to expand democrats appeal nationwide. four names emerging, governor andy beshear of kentucky, governor roy cooper of north carolina, governor josh shapiro of pennsylvania, and senator mark kelly of arizona, all perceived with in the party as centrist democrats. but the discussions are fluid, infact some major donors are urging the camp to think more broadly about the pick, one may be retired general william craven who saw the raid that overtook usama bin laden. if you take a military leader or a business leader, it could help. >> norah: he is popular. let me ask you about some of the high-profile democrats who have not yet endorsed kamala harris, why? >> reporter: if she moves towards a centrist pick for vp, some go what about us, bernie sanders has not yet offered his endorsement, cbs news has just learned from a source

at cbs's robert costa is with us. what is the reaction from the former president?rter: on social media, former president trump called the supreme court ruling a big win, but there's still apprehension. he might not face prosecution this year on january 6 or classified records, but it still does face criminal sentencing coming up in new york on july 11th. and he still has the possibility of being tried down the line. >> major: robert costa, as always, thank you. trying to bounce back from that disasterous debate, cbs's weijia jiang reports from the white house where the president spoke a short time ago. >> no one, no one is above the law, not even the president of the united states. today supreme court decision of presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed. >> reporter: tonight president biden delivered a stark warning about the supreme court's ruling on presidential immunity. >> american people must decide if they want to trust the president once again, the presidency to donald trump. now knowing he will be even more emboldened to do whatever he pleases what

>> major: robert costa, thank you very much peered vice president harris spoke to the family of sonyasey today as we learn more about massey's death. a coroner confirms the supreme filled illinois woman died from a single gunshot wound to the hy responding to her 911 call aboua possible prowler. roxana saberi has more on what cbs news has learned about the former deputies troubled past. and a warning, some of the video is very hard to watch. >> reporter: the autopsy reveals the bullet hit sonya massey under her left eye, then exited from the back of her neck. [knocking] after sangamon county sheriff's jeopardy sean grayson at his partner responded to her 911 call. >> you called us. >> reporter: body camera video reveals the moment grayson shot the mother of two in the face after asking her to check the stove. >> i rebuke you in the name of. >> i'm sorry, [bleep] your face. drop the pot. drop it! [gunshots] massey's autopsy report list gabapentin, and thc, and active ingredient in cannabis. ben crump is an attorney for the family. >> medication. >> reporter: this comes as cbs news has

>> norah: robert costa, thank you very much.ector of the secret service resigned today, one day after admitting the assassination attempt on donald trump was the agency's most significant operational failure in decades. as cbs's scott macfarlane reports, kimberly cheatle drew sharp criticism from both parties. >> get down, get down, get down! >> reporter: ten days after the historic failure in butler, pennsylvania, kimberly cheatle resigned as u.s. secret service director, writing to colleagues, "this incident does not define us," and that she didn't want to be a distraction. in a statement, president biden said cheatle had shown incredible integrity. >> i take full responsibility for any security lapse. >> reporter: and graphic video after the assassination attempt, agents can be seen over the bloodied body. investigators also sought access to a drone. more revelations today. the pennsylvania state police commissioner revealed to local police snipers were posted with a view of the roof used by the gunman but left their posts to

robert costa for us tonight in washington. thank you.service director kimberly cheatle will be in the congressional hot seat on monday where she is expected to be grilled about the security failures that allowed a would-be assassins to get a clear shot at the former president. the firefighter killed, in the meantime, in the shooting was laid to rest today in pennsylvania, and cbs's charlie de mar is there. >> reporter: a community in mourning. dozens of fire trucks formed a procession through pennsylvania to honor 50 year old corey comperatore. the retired firefighter and father who died shielding his family from gunfire at saturday's rally. firefighters from as far away as florida joined residents as his casket was draped with an american flag. >> it's an emotional feeling. he served our country. he served his community and his family. >> reporter: his wife and two daughters were among the mourners. also paying tribute, former president donald trump appearing on stage thursday night with comperatore's uniform. trump kissed his helmet du

>> major: robert costa, thank you very much.e president harris spoke to the family of sonya massey today as we learn more about massey's death. a coroner confirms the springfield, illinois, woman died from a single gunshot wound to the head after she was shot in her home by a deputy responding to her 911 call about a possible prowler. roxana saberi has more on what cbs news has learned about the former deputy's troubled past. and a warning: some of the video is very hard to watch. >> reporter: the autopsy reveals the bullet hit sonya massey under her left eye, then exited from the back of her neck. [knocking] after sangamon county sheriff's deputy sean grayson and his partner responded to her 911 call. >> not going to hurt you. you called us. >> reporter: body camera video reveals the moment grayson shot the mother of two in the face after asking her to check the stove. >> i rebuke you in the name of jesus. i rebuke you in the name of jesus. >> huh? you better not. i swear to god. [bleep] your face. drop the [bleep] pot. drop it

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>> norah: all right, robert costa, thank you very much for your grantors breaking news tonight.e president has wrapped up her first high-stakes leader with the world leader since launching her campaign for president. she met one-on-one with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu following his meeting with president biden. cbs's weijia jiang has new details tonight on a busy and important day at the white house. >> got a lot to talk about. >> reporter: in the private meeting, president biden pressured prime minister bibi netanyahu to accept the latest cease-fire at hostage release deal, a top priority for biden in the last six months of his term. >> bring home all of the hostages and bring peace and security to the middle east and end this war. >> reporter: the white house believes it is on the brink of brokering an agreement. >> we are closer now, we believe, that we have been before. >> reporter: promising words for the family members apostate's who met with the two leaders in private. >> they understand the urgency of this moment now to waste no time. >> reporter: three isr

>> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. time ago we spoke with the former president's son eric trump, who says it has been a scary 72 hours for his family. i asked him about his father's health and the injury to his right ear. >> he says it's the greatest earache in the history of earaches, but that can be imagined. i mean, it's crazy. you see the picture, the famous "new york times" picture now where you see the vapor trail of the bullet coming out of the back side of his ear. it's hard to believe. it could been so much different. i can't even imagine what that would have meant for this country. >> norah: is he having trouble hearing? like, what else can you say about his health? >> no, his ear hurts, and he is lucky. it's a bad skin wound. but, no, he is in great spirits. >> norah: we also learned just a short time ago of an iranian plot to assassinate your father that officials in the white house did alert the secret service about that. what you know about that? >> yeah, well, that's what i know. that's all i know. we ha

norah. >> norah: robert costa on the floor of the convention, thank you, robert.bring in face the nation moderator margaret brennan, and about that imagery that robert was mentioning and who we will hear from tonight, there's also a sign posted throughout the convention hall that says they are not after me, they are after you. what is that meant to convey? >> this is very much a strongman image, i am your protector. anything new here in terms of criticisms of me, it's about you. it's the culture war, class war messaging here. but really, norah, what is striking is this is not just -- this is not the republican party, this is the trump family party now. and we see this very clearly. built around this one personality and from the walk on song, it's a man's world yesterday to kid rock tonight, to coming down with all of the fighting, it's about i am your protector. it is an image we have seen around the world and other countries and here, there are no other giants in the republican party. the only one here is donald trump on these walls, only him. >> norah: and there

former president trump told our robert costa that he's calling off this planned debate in september,joe biden. he says the democrats don't even know who their nominee is going to be. but what would a debate, donald trump versus kamala harris, look like? >> i actually think he's scared. i think that's why he's saying that he won't debate her. i think he's scared. have you seen those clips of her grilling, during those judiciary committee hearings from kavanaugh to other witnesses? i think he's absolutely scared. but here's going to be the key, i think. donald trump is a horrible debater. i think the more that people see of donald trump, his numbers go down, especially with that 1% or 2% that's going to make the difference. that's another reason why he would want to back out of this particular debate is because he actually doesn't want to keep exposing himself and really tanking his numbers among those key constituencies. discussion, thank you so much. >>> and we'll have some final when we're young, we're told anything is possible... ...but only a few of us go out and prove it. witness

cbs's robert costa has more. >> reporter: donald trump's last public rally was on saturday.mar-a-lago, he had a conference call with reporters and took aim at his new target, vice president harris. he called her radical, falsely claimed she wants open borders, and accused her of aggressively attacking president biden's record on race and busing in a debate five years ago. >> there's nobody nastier than her. she played the race card at a level that you rarely see, and she really was very nasty to him. and then he picked her, so i don't get that exactly. >> reporter: republicans are eager to define harris on their terms. vice presidential nominee j.d. vance claimed harris lied about president biden's health and questioned her love of country. >> if you want to lead this country, you should feel grateful for it. you should feel a sense of gratitude. and i never hear that gratitude come through when i listen to kamala harris. >> reporter: vance has long criticized democrats. >> we're effectively run in this country by a bunch of childless cat ladies. >> reporter: and often with

let's start with robert costa. robert, what are you hearing from the trump campaign tonight? >> reporter: former president trump, norah, has a major decision to make within the next 24 hours. who is he going to put on the republican ticket as his running mate. the vice presidential selection expected to be known some time by monday night, maybe tuesday morning at the latest, based on my latest conversations with people close to former president trump. at the top of the list, ohio senator j.d. vance, who now has an increased security presence outside of his home, though that does not signal in any way he's the test test test test test test test test test test names in the past week, as he mulls that final decision. we're all waiting, though, to see if an offer has formally been made. no word yet on that. >> and robert, one surprise, nikki haley, the former u.n. ambassador, who was campaigning hard for the republican nomination, recently released her delegates, was not expected to speak here, is now slated to speak. what does that tell us? >> reporter: i was with former ambassa

let's bring in cbs news robert costa with the latest from the trump campaign. bob, good morning.u hearing? what's the latest from your sources? >> reporter: there continues to be a sense of shock inside of former president trump's inner circle. but it is notable as of this morning the republican party, the trump campaign carrying on with their plans for the convention. cbs news has just obtained a memo from top trump campaign advisors that say they are calling for what they are calling an expanded armed security presence at the convention in milwaukee set to begin tomorrow. on monday, 24/7 officers on site. additional security assessments. the trump campaign advising some employees to stay away from its offices as they continue to evaluate the situation. this is a fluid moment politically as well. former president donald trump about to name his running mate in the coming day or so at the convention. there are still plans to do that. this is a person behind the scenes i am told telling his advisors push forward, we are having the convention. >> all right. r robert costa, thank you

joining me now, chief election correspondent robert costa, face the nation correspondent margaret brennan, and major garrett. and major, this has been a stunning day of news. speak to a stunning day, and former president trump is going to own the night in a few moments, he will do fine at the end of this convention and characterize for the country and for all of history what this last week has meant to him. and when he believes it should me into the country, and to your point, norah, about the excerpts, they do have a more unifying message, less personally strident and more reflective, all of that is true. but i want to point out and hulk hogan's speech and eric trump's speech will not compete with donald trump's speech, but they suggested rhetorically the assassination attempt on saturday was aligned somehow with the political opponents of former president trump. that is not true, the motive is indistinct and the political orientation of the shooter completely unknown. that is a calibration they are going tgh to tell this crowd in the country at large there is some force out there behind

robert costa cbs chief campaign correspondent described it this the pressure campaign is picking up speeddemocr party by democratic leaders and, donors, saying they want current president to not run for a second term. ook presidential nomination speeches at the republican national convention over to 1984 and ronald reagan speech before his party, 50 five minutes long, the shortest speech was by mitt romney in 2012 with 38 minutes and like we said, donald trump tonight broke his record and u.s. history record, 92 minutes, talking for over an hour and a half tonight. let's go to our next phoneall. go ahead, caller shawnee new jersey, democratic caller. -- sean in new je,atic caller. are you there? ok, one last call for sean in ne jersey. all right, let me move on to glenn in pennsylvania. are you there? >> yes, greta, it is the first time i have called you and i am happy i got through. i hope i can have few minutes to explain the things i want to get through. [indiscerniblecorey comperatores visitationig there were 1000 people who went to see him and he looked like an the wd have seen him t

. >> presid>> robert costa, you he emphatic endorsement and knowing it's time for a generational changehich thee wanted. a speech to the late president john f. kennedy passing the torch to a new generation to new generations of leadership inside the democratic party. ahead of the speech i've been% speaking to his closest advisors and there i has been -- i've tathinkabout march 1st, he run d senators to the oval office and he looked up at the portrait of fdr on the wall and he said that's where we are going. he wanted have a new deal size presidency on device to policy and foreign policy he truly wanted to be a command. but the tension has been with the ambition has been why he got into the race in the first place. donald trump, charlottesville 2017, the white supremacist march pulled him back into the riptide of politics. he decides to run in his political winter and it's donald trump's ascendancy once again which is making him move toward this decision to leave the democratic presidential race. >> you covered the white house and talking to the president's advisors, the fdr model and he

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cbs news chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa is here with me to dig into further tot project 2025 thing that ed mentioned. so the blueprint, we have read through it, it describes repealing what it called lgbtq+ equity policies and shutting down climate change initiatives. this is a culture war. is it a winning strategy? >> robert: inside the trump campaign, my sources say they don't want to be talking about projeproject 2025. impact, trump has disavowed it publicly. they believe it could scared boaters in the suburbs of philadelphia and other major cities, so you are going to see at the republican convention not talk about a sweeping conservative policy agenda, but some speeches by conservative celebrities and by what they are calling every day americans to try to break it to the democratic coalition. >> norah: and what do we know about trump's search for a vice president shall candidate? >> robert: not enough. he is keeping it very close to his best. in fact, trump campaign sources say he wants to announce it, if possible, at the convention next week. they say he is

>>> i'm robert costa in washington, and this week on "face the nation" -- with july 4th behind us the week ahead could be a critical one for the political future of president joe biden and the democratic party. ten days after mr. biden's debate performance rattled democrats, many of them across the country are privately and publicly questioning whether he is the strongest candidate to face former president donald trump. president biden says he's up to the job, and insists, as he did in an exclusive interview with abc news's george stephanopoulos, he will not quit the race. >> i mean, if the lord almighty said joe get out of the race, i would get out of the race. >> the pressure on the president to consider stepping aside from the contest is intensifying and with congress back in session and key u.s. allies headed to washington for a nato meeting, the next few days are said to be crucial ones. as for former president trump, he's largely been off the trail, playing golf, and poking at the democrats on social media, and finalizing his decision on a running mate. we'll talk to two key pol

now by our senior white house and political correspondent ed o'keefe who is in milwaukee, and robert costahere with me in washington. ed, we know this was already a high-threat environment and very tight security protocols were being rolled out around the republican convention. those going to an even higher level now. >> reporter: they are expected to, margaret. we're standing outside the fister hotel where former president trump is expected to stay. we were in there as they're making the final preparations to begin locking it down as a completely secure facility. ma magnatometers being set up in the lobby, which is standard. we anticipate that the perimeter around this hotel and other buildings here downtown might expand in the coming hours or days in anticipation. nicole reported that more law enforcement, for example, are being sent here to wisconsin to help with screening and protecting various places. so, it is expected to intensify, and especially for those of us going into the convention center throughout the day-to today and throughout the week. >> bob costa, we know donald trump i

cbs's robert costa reports after the close call, the speech will reportedly focus on unity. >> reportert for the third straight election, former president trump will accept the republican nomination. and for the first time all we could viewers will see the full trump family on hand for the speech including melania, the former first lady, plus daughter ivanka and jared kushner. >> i read parts of it, and it was beautiful. and as i said, it's a positive speed. in our country deserves a person who will stand up after getting shot in the face and having blood run down his face, stand up and say "fight, fight, fight," this country needs a fighter. >> reporter: trump is expected to mention the assassination attempt, he said that the dramatic incident has had an impact. >> many ways it changes your attitude, your viewpoint on life, and i think honestly, you appreciate god even more. >> reporter: in 2016 and 2020, trumps exempt its speeches featured heart attacks on opponents. >> this is the legacy of hillary clinton, death, destruction, terrorism, and weakness. no one will be safe and biden's

in a phone conservation with cbs news�* chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa, mr trumpked our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal about the endorsements the vice president has so far. you have this group of governors that were suggested as potential contenders tojoe biden�*s throne. you had the governor of california gavin newsom who has backed kamala harris tonight. you have the governor of pennsylvania josh shapiro. you have the governor of michigan gretchen whitmer who has not explicitly endorsed kamala harris and then you have the kentucky governor andy beshear who has not specifically endorsed her. we will have to wait and see what happens in the next few days and weeks, i think the democratic party will want to unify behind one candidate. they have been in such disarray over the past few weeks while republican parties are coalescing around donald trump and we saw that at the republican convention. what they will want to do is get back to focusing on the issues rather than the focus being on ifjoe biden is fit to run for the white house. they want the focus to

in a phone conservation with cbs news' chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa, mrtrumpe is north america correspondent nomia iqbal. thank you forjoining us. much pressure had been circling around joe biden for a few weeks now since that debates in atlanta, but was there any indication that news coming today he would make that decision see mark? it today he would make that decision see mark?- today he would make that decision see mark? it is been an extraordinary _ decision see mark? it is been an extraordinary few - decision see mark? it is been an extraordinary few weeks l decision see mark? it is been| an extraordinary few weeks in us political history. as you said, on the moment the presidential debate wrapped in june, it has been huge pressure on president biden to stand aside from members of his political party, which came to a standstill with the attempted assassination of former president donald trump last week but the momentum came back againjust before the week but the momentum came back again just before the weekend, and you know it there were lots of reports

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in a phone conservation with cbs news�* chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa, mr trumpent democrats in congress are coming out in support of ms harris�* bid for president. our us news partner cbs reports that ms harris spoke on sunday with senate majority leader chuck schumer, as well as hakeem jeffries, the top democrat in the us house. progressives in the party have also endorsed her. senator elizabeth warren from massachusetts and representative alexandria ocasio—cortez endorsed the vice president on x. senator warren touted the vice president's legislative agenda, emphasising her role protecting abortion rights. she said: "kamala has been a ferocious warrior "on the issue of abortion and under kamala's leadership, "we are going to get roe v wade back into the law of the land". representative ocasio—cortez pledged her full support to ms harris, saying their endorsements add to those from other top figures in the democratic party, including bill and hillary clinton and congressmanjim clyburn — an influential lawmaker among black voters. jasmine wright is a journalist

in a phone conservation with cbs news' chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa, mr trumpmez with us, and i will get to that phone call. we are getting more reaction to kamala harris being endorsed by joe biden and other endorsements. i joe biden and other endorsements. , ., ., endorsements. i spoke to a senior house _ endorsements. i spoke to a senior house democrat - endorsements. i spoke to al senior house democrat who endorsements. i spoke to a - senior house democrat who was already endorsing kamala harris and that democrat told me in conversations with kamala harris the vice—president essentially said that she does not want to be a coronation in getting the nomination. some members of her party as a whole are planning a roll call vote as early as august one to determine who the nominee will be. from that of the session it does seem to indicate that she may not want that and she may want a more traditional path to sicker enter nomination which will likely be something in late august.— will likely be something in late august. what could that look like? — late august. w