also, our gary tuchman with voters in michigan county, the democrats and republicans have split 50-50 the, over the last 20 presidential elections for the vice president's rise to the top of the ticket changes for them. and how they plan to vote. plus breaking news and the key question was donald trump hit by a bullet or not during the attempt on his life, the fbi has just weighed in good evening. thanks for joining us for vice president harris. it has been the kind of week that every new candidate wishes for, but few ever get. and tonight. there's new polling that reflects it one is from the wall street journal, the vice president is trailing donald trump by two points nationally within the margin of error, not in the lead, but six points better than president biden did in the last journal poll. last night on new york times poll showed similar gains also tonight from fox, the first new polling and key battleground states since the harris-biden changeup, it shows no clear leader in head-to-head matchups and wisconsin, pennsylvania, and michigan, and the vice president is up by six in

spoken to a lawmaker, want to get a sense from voters of how tonight went in their eyes, snyder, gary tuchman has been talking to a group of seniors in kalamazoo michigan, gary, what have you been hearing well, i understand we are in the battleground, state of michigan and the western part of the state. >> this is the portage senior center where seniors between the ages of 51, 50 could come for exercise and fund these, ladies, we have seven ladies are all of them like joe biden? none of them are voting for donald trump, but we want to see they feel about the problems that biden has been having. and how he thought his knew how they thought his news conference just went. now out of all seven of you, how many of you think it was better than you expected this news conference? i mean, it was better than you expected. it would be 12345. how many of you think it was worse than you expected? it would be how many of you think it was the same so overall it's a fairly positive review. i know what i was we were watching it together. they all just got out of exercise class. that's where the dress like i t

and gary tuchman watched it all with voters in battleground michigan.e's some of their initial reaction how many of you think it was better than you expected this news conference? >> i mean, i think he's better than you expected. it would be 12345. how many of you think it was worse than you expected? it would be. how much do you think it was the same he should stay and you weren't sure how do you feel now saying, i think he's the logical choice. >> okay. now, you thought he should pass the torch. how do you feel right? >> i still believe you should pass the torch. >> and why do you say that? >> i think he conveyed more defensiveness versus confidence. i think what came across was that of what he is joe biden is very caring about people he's very knowledgeable and experienced and he's not just out for himself that he really cares about the country i think joe biden did an excellent job during this news. scott joining me right now as former trump white house communications director alyssa farah griffin. it's good to see you so it was very it's always ver

undecided voters who may still be skeptical about sending him back to the white house and its gary tuchman watched the speech with some of those undecided voters here in the crucial swing state of wisconsin, gary joins us now. so what did you hear gary well, anderson, we're in the city of waukesha about 20 miles west of view in milwaukee. >> the battleground state of wisconsin with battleground voters, 13 wisconsinites. we watched convention speech of donald trump with, i want to tell you they're very nice people and they're also very interested people because of this group, 11 of the 13 still haven't decided who they're going to vote for for president in november 2 of them have decided this gentleman right here, kevin for donald trump, he knows that already. this woman here, paula for joe biden, or the democrat who might eventually take his place. she knows that already. but what i want to ask you all first at this point, all 13 of you, what you thought of the speech, not a yes or no answer if you thought it was good or not good. i want you to give a letter grade to it like you're in scho

and those all important battleground counties still undecided our gary tuchman was with a group in waukesha county and several voters did not give the speech high marks. jim, i think convention they often deliver a bounce, so i wouldn't be surprised at all if the former president gets one as well. those are often fleeting but republicans unified, no doubt. it's the democratic party heading into their convention. one month from today. that is certainly a washington just disarray and frankly paralysis jim yeah. >> and we'll have to see how that unfolds over the coming weeks. but as you and i both know, we've covered a lot of these races. you know, these candidates can come out of these conventions with commanding leads and that those leads aren't can be fleeting. it's not always a sure thing sure. that they could keep all of that support in their corner. jeff zeleny. thanks so much, really appreciate it. and we'll be right back waterpik sonic fusion. >> let you brush and floss with a touch of a button and it's clinically proven to be twice as effective as regular brushing and flossing. regula

and this what they told cnn's gary tuchman and about the president's news conference. listen relieved. >> i think he should stay in your opinion, has changed i'm not sure he should stay, yes and how about you how do you feel you weren't sure how do you feel now? same. i think he's the logical choice okay. now you thought he should pass the torch. >> how do you feel right i still believe you should pass the torch now, we can often talk about what happens inside the beltway. >> and then what happens outside the beltway. you and i have talked about a kind of a tale of two parts of the country. how do you see this? >> well, there's two joe biden's and we saw tonight the joe biden that was reading off the teleprompter delivered a very powerful speech. he saw that they after the debate, when he was the joe biden of 1015 years ago. but then when he has to do it off the cuff it's a completely different experience and yes, canada is make mistakes and by the way, you covered for your situation really well i've seen it happen before. you mastered it. he doesn't do it as well and

also, our gary tuchman with voters in michigan

nerves the president is headed back on the campaign trail today to battleground michigan and cnn's gary tuchman is in michigan and watch the press conference with a group of older voters there. listen turn the palms to face each other. but tight cheek class at a michigan senior center warned fritz as part of it. i am 83-years-old as of january of this year. >> he's a proud democrat and about two years older than president joe biden. after this debate and other things do you think that joe biden should stay in the race or they should pass the baton to a younger democrat. >> i think he should stay in the race any day that you have. one day, you have a bad day, doesn't define you for the rest of your life. >> i fully appreciate him. i think he was wonderful as our president jenice, we're been ski is 76-years-old and is also one more democrat. >> she says she would never vote for donald trump. but regarding joe biden, i'll just don't think he can manage for four more years we've come to the portage community senior center in kalamazoo county, michigan, a county where democrats have won eight presid

anderson back to you gary tuchman. >> thanks so much. glad they got the workout in. i did not. so i think her head the news continues. that's it for us. the source with kaitlan collins starts now see tomorrow i'm kaitlan collins live in the nation's capital but all on what is a pivotal night, president biden just delivered his first solo news conference in eight months. >> one that came at a critical moment as he's seeking to shore up his reelection bid and regain the confidence of his party as more and more democrats have publicly called for him to drop out of the 2024 race that includes another one, jim himes, who is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, minutes after biden finished saying this but i think i'm the most qualified person to run for president i beat him once and i will beat him again. >> i'm not in this for my legacy i'm in this to complete the job i started the president repeatedly argued that he does believe he is the most qualified to run, though of course, it's not his resume. that's under scrutiny tonight. it's his age and his ability to bea