alison kosik, thank you for that. three other people were shot at that trump rally, including corey comparator, a firefighter who was killed trying to shield his family from the bullets. doctor james sweetland was nearby, and he tried to save his life. >> i heard a woman screaming ou, he's been shot. he's down. i heard his voice in my head saying, go, go, go. what's taking you so long? get to that person. go. and then when i got to the scene, my training kicked in. >> the two others who were shot are both in stable condition. >> and we want to get to abc's perry russom in milwaukee, where the republican convention kicks off today with some changes. perry. good morning. what can you tell us about the expected shift in tone. >> yeah andrew, good morning to you. overnight former president trump making some changes to the convention here in milwaukee. he is already in town saying he would not let a shooter change his plans. this morning, republicans ramping up for their convention in milwaukee days after the assassination

here's abc news reporter alison kosik. >> just one week after an assassination attempt, during a campaign rally in butler, pennsylvania, donald trump back on the campaign trail. i stand before you only by the grace of almighty god, the former president and his new running mate, jd vance, campaigning together for the first time in the key battleground state of michigan. >> what is this campaign about if not restoring the american dream for every child in this country? this is going to be the most important election. >> we cannot let it slip by. >> meanwhile, president biden, vowing to get back on the campaign trail next week despite growing calls for him to step aside. more than three dozen democrats in congress are calling on him to drop out, including zoe lofgren of california, lofgren telling msnbc, i think kind of a mini primary, maybe a vetting hosted by former presidents, including obama and clinton, would be helpful, sources tell abc news. senate majority leader chuck schumer, house minority leader hakeem jeffries and former house speaker nancy pelosi have all told biden he'll lose

abc's alison kosik takes a look at her career journey, her record and the path forward after serving as california's first female attorney general and making headlines for enacting criminal justice reform, kamala harris went on to the senate. >> but it was this moment in 2019, taking on joe biden at the presidential debate, when harris stepped into the national spotlight. >> there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bussed to school every day. and that little girl was me. >> years after that moment, blasting biden for opposing federally ordered bussing in the 1970s, biden is now looking to pass the torch to harris, endorsing her to become the party's nominee. this moment is sort of built for someone like her running against a convicted criminal, a former prosecutor, supporters pointing to this moment at the 2020 vice presidential debate. >> mr. vice president, i'm speaking to become the presidential nominee in 2024. >> harris needs to win over delegates for next month's convention. >> democratic delegates to th

reporters and reporter alison kosik has the latest. president biden hit the campaign trail friday, speaking to supporters in detroit. >> the president continuing to convince voters he's up for the job. i'm the nominee of the democratic party and the only democrat or republican who has beaten donald trump ever. >> and i'm going to beat him again. i know him. donald t is a loser. >> biden keeping up the momentum after a solo press conference thursday night following the nato summit in washington, still a growing number of democrats continue to call on biden to drop out of the race friday evening, representative mike levin joining the group. >> i have deep respect for president biden's five plus decades of public service, an incredible appreciation for the work we've done together these last three and a half years. but i believe the time has come for president biden to pass the torch in an effort to reassure lawmakers, biden met with both the congressional hispanic and asian pacific american caucuses friday. >> this weekend, he's expected

andrew dymburt joined alongside by alison kosik. you know, bounce houses are becoming very popular among adults. now, i've seen millennial adults, we bounce around probably because we're looking for fun just about anywhere. yeah, i think so. that does look like fun. you got castles? yeah, i guess the largest one in the country. >> or one of them. maybe some extra elbow room, which would make me happy. i get claustrophobic really easily. >> again, it is for kids mostly, but adults are enjoying it. >> we'll find you in one, that's for sure. >> we'll tell you where it's coming to a city near you in just a little bit. but we want to begin this morning with barrel already slamming parts of the texas coast, conditions have deteriorated through the night as heavy rain and damaging winds intensified. >> barrel regained hurricane strength overnight with winds of at least 80mph. >> as the storm's outer bands started to arrive, the skyline of houston basically disappeared, and this was the home of a meteorologist at corpus christi, texas, an e

alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> and this hurricane is acting somewhat unusually in terms of itsre about that. spencer. >> yeah. well, one of the interesting features about beryl is that it was a category five hurricane at one time in the caribbean, and after making landfall and pounding areas like jamaica, it weakened to tropical storm intensity. but then it reformed or re-intensified in the gulf of mexico. that's not unheard of for a storm to do that, but we'll see that happening more frequently now that the water is all around. the globe are warming now, let's take a look at our heat alerts here in the bay area. starting tomorrow morning at 8:00, at 11:00 and into friday evening, 8 p.m, we will have a heat advisory in effect for all of our areas near the coast and bay, and even reaching into some inland areas and in excessive excessive heat warning for most of our inland areas. so the heat is returning. but first, we get this refreshing break overnight with a low temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 50s, and we'll feel a little bit of that marine influence. but then tomorro

alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> former first lady melania trump released a statement on x reflectingn what the incident means for her and her family. she writes in part, when i watch that violent bullet strike, my husband donald, i realize my life and barron's life were on the brink of devastating change. she also said the winds of change have arrived. for those of you who cry in support, i thank you. i commend those of you who have reached out beyond the political divide. thank you for remembering that every single politician is a man or a woman with a loving family. >> saturday shooting is sure to have an impact on the republican national convention all week. abc news is in milwaukee and we'll have special coverage every night this week. you can watch that live at 7 p.m. right here on abc seven, and you can find the latest headlines on the investigation on the abc seven bay area apps and at abc seven news.com. >> we are updating as new details come in. >> good monday morning, 6:00. our sunrise just ten minutes ago setting at 830. so still nice. long days, but not as long, right? th

here's abc news reporter alison kosik. >> former president donald trump returned to the campaign trail just one week after an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in butler, pennsylvania. trump and his new running mate, jd vance, campaigning together for the first time in the key battleground state of michigan, the former president referencing last week's shooting in the first few minutes of the rally. >> i stand before you only by the grace of almighty god. >> meanwhile, president biden, vowing to get back on the campaign trail next week despite growing calls for him to step aside more than three dozen democrats in congress are calling on him to drop out. senators like elizabeth warren are still backing biden, but leaving the door open for an alternative. >> if president biden decides to step back. we have vice president kamala harris, who is ready to step up to unite the party to take on donald trump and to win. in november, one of the president's closest allies, senator chris of delaware, says biden is listening. >> i think our president is weighing what he should weigh, wh

alison kosik, abc news, new york bay area congressman john garamendi is among the democrats stickingoined us on our 3 p.m. show getting answers. he called the reaction to biden's debate stumbles a feeding frenzy. >> now that we're in this situation is, oh my, my, my, maybe i got a chance to be president after all without having gone through the primaries and proving themselves. the fact of the matter is that biden went through the primaries and he was not challenged. and there was opportunity after opportunity for anybody to do so. now, going forward, going forward, we have a president who has proven that he can govern. >> on cnn, representative garamendi called for an end to the infighting within the democratic party. a new poll shows the race is still incredibly close. the marist national poll survey found 50% of voters say if the election happened today, they'd still vote for president biden. the same percentage also said they would vote for vice president kamala harris or governor gavin newsom. several other polls over the last two weeks had president trump leading biden by up to

alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> new trouble for the 15,000 north american auto dealerships dealingut a critical computer software system. many aren't able to make payroll. the issue has caused other major problems with order tracking, sales and negotiations. analysts estimate june car sales might be down 7 to 10. because of this, the software company cdk global says it's making progress getting dealers back online, but it has been slow. customers have a dublin based bank can't access their banking apps after a cyber security incident. several viewers have reached out to our newsroom. patelco credit union says it's working to restore service after a problem. over the weekend. they sent us a statement. it says in part, we proactively shut down some of our day to day banking systems so that we can remediate the issue and contain the impact, the credit union says. that includes online banking, its mobile app and its call center. >> the most decorated gymnast in history is heading back to the olympics. simone biles competed in the olympic trials last night, qualifying for team usa for t

alison kosik, abc news new york. >> the saturday shooting is sure to have an impact at the republican national convention all week. abc news is in milwaukee, and we'll have special coverage every night this week. you can watch live at 7 p.m. right here on abc seven. and you can find the latest headlines on the investigation on the abc seven bay area apps and at abc seven news.com. we are constantly updating as new details come in. >> all right. we're starting out monday morning with some cloud cover. it is going to increase into our inland valleys. so widespread low clouds and fog. the westerly winds you can see to the north and south of the bay area had a little activity. even some showers in the sierra nevada, lots of lightning strikes and some fires started in yosemite and points south. so the bay area dodging that bullet. but we are looking at temperatures on the cool side back to average here with 55 in sonoma, 59 in fremont. good morning oakland 60 for you. hayward is at 60. and a look outside from our roof camera. it's a cool start this morning. the next few days we will have n

. >> abc's alison kosik is here to break it all down for us. what can you tell us what happens next? yeah. >> good morning, andrew and rhiannon. yeah we're looking at the calendar. we are just 28 days until the democratic national convention. the party has no formal structure to transfer biden delegates to harris. so the dnc rules committee, it's called a meeting for this wednesday to discuss the process for picking a new nominee. and while harris is probably the best in this position to become the nominee, it's not guaranteed. delegates are free to support whomever they choose. one possible scenario is the party holds a pre-convention virtual vote around one candidate, and if that fails, there could be an open convention. now, we do not know. we do not. we do know the vice president spent ten hours on sunday placing about 100 calls to prominent democrats. and we're told she also prayed with her pastor, and she arranged a pizza dinner for her aides. and i'm curious what else she put on her pizza. i'm hearing that her pizza came with anchovies.

here's abc news reporter alison kosik. >> former president donald trump returned to the campaign trail just one week after an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in butler, pennsylvania. trump and his new running mate, j.d. vance, campaigning together for the first time in the key battleground state of michigan. the former president referencing last week's shooting in the first few minutes of the rally. >> i stand before you only by the grace of almighty god. >> meanwhile, president biden, vowing to get back on the campaign trail next week despite growing calls for him to step aside. more than three dozen democrats in congress are calling on him to drop out. senators like elizabeth warren are still backing biden, but leaving the door open for an alternative. >> if president biden decides to step back. we have vice president kamala harris, who is ready to step up to unite the party to take on donald trump and to win in november, one of the president's closest allies, senator chris of delaware, says biden is listening. >> i think our president is weighing what he should weigh,

. >> i'm danny new in for andrew and i'm alison kosik in for rhiannon. >> and we begin with reactionpresident biden's high stakes news conference last night. yeah. >> today, he heads back out onto the campaign trail with a rally in detroit hours after more congressional democrats came forward publicly calling on him to drop out of the race. >> abc's christiane cordero is here with the latest. christiane, good morning alison. >> good morning. the news conference was biden's biggest test since the debate. and even many of his supporters are saying it's not clear he passed it last night. president biden doubled down on his decision to stay in the presidential race. >> i'm not in this for my legac. i'm in this to complete the job. i started marking the end of the nato summit. >> he made two notable gaffes early on. first, he mistakenly referred to ukrainian president zelensky as president putin. >> ladies and gentlemen, president putin, president puti, we've got to beat president putin, president zelensky, i'm so focused on beating putin, we've got to worry about it. >> then, during his

here's abc's alison kosik. >> this morning, some families of the hundreds of people killed in two deadlying 737 plane crashes are crying foul over a proposed plea deal between the justice department and boeing. >> i'm feeling denied, justice attorneys for the families say the proposed deal would allow boeing to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge for misleading the faa during its evaluation of the 737 max aircraft. >> that's the plane involved in the two crashes in indonesia and ethiopia in 2018 and 2019. but under terms of the deal, boeing would not have to acknowledge that its alleged conspiracy killed the 346 people lost in those crashes. the deal would allow boeing to avoid a public trial, which families wanted, and would find the company about $200 million. well short of the $20 billion families have requested. >> we need to hold boeing accountable, not have them just pay fines as part of the cost of their doing business. this is just another sweetheart deal between the department of justice and boeing. >> nadia milleron, whose 24 year old daughter was killed in one of those crashes

i'm alison kosik in for rhiannon. and we begin with weather extremes record heat gripping the west. now a wildfire is approaching the famous neverland ranch, once owned by michael jackson. >> but first breaking news. hurricane beryl making landfall near matagorda, texas, this morning as a category one storm with wind gusts up to 87mph. flooding rain in the houston area and officials concerned not enough people in vulnerable areas have evacuated. this morning, barrel slamming the texas coast with flooding rains, damaging winds, even the threat of tornadoes. time lapse video shows houston's skyline disappearing as beryl approached. rainfall totals could reach 15in in isolated areas, with a storm surge up to seven feet along the gulf coast. >> the next 24 hours are going to be rough for harris county. what we don't know is exactly where and exactly how rough we know we're going to have wind. we know we're going to have rain that could lead to flooding. >> the surfers in galveston kicked off the beach. the conditions too dangerous. >> this is what we came for. this is what we do for thi

. >> abc's alison kosik reports, beginning with that flooding in the south >> this morning, heavy raincentral and east tennessee, triggering flash floods at dollywood, the theme park co-owned by singer dolly parton. walkways and parking lots under water. a road into dollywood shut down because of a road collapse. but the bigger weather story today smoke from hundreds of fires burning across the west and in canada, now spreading across the u.s, the effects could be felt as far as new england. >> if you look up at the sky across much of the northern half of the country, you see evidence of that smoke, hazy skies out there across much of the u.s. and canada, 850 plus fires burning in canada, 100 in the western u.s, the explosive park fire in northern california has grown into the biggest fire in the state. >> this year, burning up to 5000 acres per hour. thousands of residents have evacuated. >> we're doing the best we can to safely get them back, susan singleton and her husband took shelter in their vehicle with their seven dogs. >> whatever we had can be replaced, but i wouldn't have le

. >> abc's alison kosik looks at harris's role in the biden administration and what comes next for her. >> after serving as california's first female attorney general and making headlines for enacting criminal justice reform, kamala harris went on to the senate. but it was this moment in 2019 taking on joe biden at the presidential debate when harris stepped into the national spotlight. >> there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bussed to school every day. and that little girl was me. >> years after that moment, blasting biden for opposing federally ordered bussing in the 1970s, biden is now looking to pass the torch to harris, endorsing her to become the party's nominee. >> this moment is sort of built for someone like her running against a convicted criminal, a former prosecutor, supporters pointing to this moment at the 2020 vice presidential debate. >> mr. vice president, i'm speaking. >> but to become the presidential nominee in 2024, harris needs to win over delegates for next month's convention. >> democ

here's abc news reporter alison kosik. the former president donald trump returned to the campaign trail just one week after an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in butler, pennsylvania. >> trump and his new running mate, jd vance, campaigning together for the first time in the key battleground state of michigan. the former president referencing last week's shooting in the first few minutes of the rally. >> i stand before you only by the grace of almighty god. >> meanwhile, president biden, vowing to get back on the campaign trail next week despite growing calls for him to step aside more than three dozen democrats in congress are calling on him to drop out. senators like elizabeth warren are still backing biden, but leaving the door open for an alternative. >> if president biden decides to step back. we have vice president kamala harris, who is ready to step up to unite the party to take on donald trump and to win in november, one of the president's closest allies, senator chris of delaware, says biden is liste