bob schieffer has covered every presidential election since 1968, and he thought he had seen it all. bob? >> reporter: scott, i cannot remember a primary season ending in such gloom. when a political party's bigwig spend the last weekend of the primary season, as senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, house speaker paul ryan and former speaker newt gingrich did, that is criticizing, correcting and trying to separate themselves from the guy who has just wrapped up their party's nomination, you know the party has a problem. when the "wall street journal," a powerful voice of conservatism, finds it necessary-- their words-- to separate the odious from the just obnoxious in the republican candidate's message, you know it is a big problem. just when leaders were trying to begin a healing process, trump's attack on that federal judge of mexican heritage and new mexico's hispanic governor caught all of them by surprise. they all remember candidate barry goldwater's opposition to the 1964 civil rights act turned blacks against the republican party not just in '64, but for decades. now they

i think she did quite well tonight. >> that was bob schieffer on cbsn. >>> president obama congratulated his former secretary of state, and he also spoke to sanders, thanking him for engaging and energizing millions of voters. sanders and the president will meet face to face thursday at the white house. last night, a defiant sanders says his campaign will continue. >> we are going to fight hard to win the primary in washington, d.c. -- [ cheers ] and then we take our fight for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice to philadelphia, pennsylvania! >> sanders says the mission, as he calls it, is about more than defeating donald trump. it's about transforming the country. "the new york times" reports sanders plans to lay off half of his campaign staff in the coming days. >>> donald trump heads to the convention with more than enough delegates to be the official nominee. his comments about a federal judge's mexican heritage sparked a firestorm of criticism that snowballed yesterday. brook silva braga is here in new york. >> reporter: trump said his statement yesterday would be hi

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i talked to former face the nation host bob schieffer. during the presidential debates in 2008 that were at belmont university, gaylord entertainment, now ryman hospitality group, had a special performance of the grand ole opry in this building, and they invited bob schieffer who has a country band to perform, and brad paisley was hosting that night. and interestingly enough, i talked to bob schieffer about that because later on he was moderating another presidential debate that cycle against president obama and john mccain. and i asked him, were you more nervous moderating a presidential debate or playing at the ryman? and that was an easy answer. he said i was so nervous here at the ryman. this was my childhood dream, to play the ryman auditorium, and it was as exciting as i thought it would ever be. the ryman's legacy on a national level is a venue that has literally had speeches of presidents that have organized parties here. we have had famous politicians even in the 20th century, al gore or sr. and al gore jr., another name that a l

a hospitality group has special performance of the grand all opry in this building and invited bob schiefferho has a country band to perform and brad paisley was in the opry that night, interestingly i talked about schieffer later on, moderating a presidential debate that cycle against president obama and john mccain. i ask were you more nervous moderating a presidential debate are playing at the ryman. that was an easy answer. i was so nervous at the ryman. this with my childhood dream to play the ryman auditorium and was exciting as i thought it would ever be. the legacy on a national level is a venue that literally had speeches that were organized parties here. we had famous politicians even in the 20th century. al gore senior and al gore junior. another name a lot of people, speaker of the house, president roosevelt's time, many debates before congress in the ryman. when joe burns died his funeral was in nashville and fdr came to that, the legacy of the ryman is tied with the legacy of the opry. today the opry is heard on the internet and the grand all opry is the oldest radio show in th

i mean, i remember watching bob schieffer just get his groove on in denver mile high stadium. mean, it really can be a lot of fun, and that kind of spirit, i think, philadelphia is tailor-made for, and a lot of people here will be interested in all the concerts, the food, just meeting people from all across the country. and we like politics here. we'll strike up the band anywhere we go, so i think it'll be fabulous. >> but are people a little shell shocked or shy about it now, ajay? because the city's launching the "you don't want to miss this" campaign. they must feel like people are about to do the same thing again. >> no, i don't think so. one is preparing for the mother-in-law coming in. you have to clean the house. it was papal visit. it was homeland security, had to protect the pope. this is a bunch of girlfriends coming home. you don't have to clean up as much. it's gonna be much more of a party and fun. but it is an opportunity to go to mexico before the wall comes up, so... [ laughter ] that's the only temptation. otherwise, i think, to val's and mayor kenney's sugges

. >> our former chief washington correspondent bob schieffer has covered every presidential election964, nationally, since 1968. >> let's just say a very long time. >> we should note, this is a historic moment for the country and for the democratic party. >> it is, the first woman to be nominated for president and all of that, you can't make too much of that, it is kind of a big thing. my guess is that hillary clinton would have preferred that this became known later today. there is a downside to this. she has to be very kaf want to get her people out to vote. >> she won, that is the total upside. she would really like to win california. whether she needs california or not, it is the biggest state and they would really like to come out of this with a victory here. because you know, she had some tough times, just trying to shake somebody like bernie sanders, you know, he never sought office before, and he has been like gum on your shoes, you just can't get him off of you. and it has gone on and on. and she has to show people now and turn to donald trump as quickly as she can. >> and d

whitman, a top pentagon official and senior spokesperson for the d.o.d., once interviewed by cbs's bob schieffer, now has a criminal record. court documents say he was apparently upset that the nanny was using a visitors permit. he stole her virginia license plate, three times. he was finally caught on the family surveillance camera they installed after the second theft. >> he might use his security clearance. well, there's a guy that should lose it. what kind of judgment is that? >> there was no answer at his door today. but when police knocked, whitman gave up the goods. four license plates in his car. >> you live in maryland. you park on capitol hill? >> what kind of problem, not. >> reporter: all families provide a visitors pass to nannies. ask we spotted several today. she actually knows the victims and offers these words. >> don't worry. sometimes that happens. crazy people do that. but all nannies support her. yeah. >>> we can tell you that bryan whitman paid a $1,000 fine. and get this. he lives here on first street southeast, just a couple of doors down from where we are. he has been or

bob schieffer. no it wasn't bob. it's not bob. who took bob's place? oh damn.dn't. he's with cnn. [ laughter ] still a c in it. but anyways, so there's like -- john dickerson was really nice and placating. gayle king was like, hi, jim, what are you screaming at us for? >> jimmy: "the news people." >> i just couldn't believe -- no one's a bigger fan. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but it -- i liked your energy. i like that you get excited about stuff. obviously i do as well. but we're talking about j.j. watt. and you love sports. but you have superstitions. like when you're just watching sports. >> i think a lot of people who watch sports get superstitious if things are going well in the game. my biggest problem is that like, for football on sundays is football day usually. and if things are going well, i'm -- i'll be memorizing my lines for the show on a sunday typically. that's cause we're working. and it's my day. i have to memorize. if i've been memorizing in like another room and i check back in and the game's going well, i assume it's because i've been behaving an

bob schieffer reports. bob: the president spent a lot of time visiting various state allegations. he went to some of the headquarters hotels and had other dollar legation to headquarters on the 18th floor of this hotel. one of the things you come away with after talking to people here, members of the white house staff is this -- the ford people seem a lot more comfortable about their vote count. on the other hand, they are 16c thingout this coming up tonight to force the president to name his running mate early. the organization conducted a poll and while it should they would win on the issue, they would probably win on a thin margin. the ford people know when you have a margin that then, anything can happen. somehowo know that if the reagan forces push that through, there is a good chance it is going to cost mr. ford some votes. that is why they will be working very hard against it and that's why the reagan folks will be working hard. a crucialis has been day for the presence challenger, ronald reagan. >> the reagan camp is operating on the premise that the actual delegate battle