john dickerson is down on its podium, john?thing about ronald reagan, is he could stick to a scripts. and it sending a little bit with a whimper here tonight as it did last night. but delegates and some of the republicans i talked to today might be happy with the fact that this at least went off without any major hick uns. the problem with the controversy over the plagiarism is that it got republicans i was talking to today worried again about the volatility of the trump campaign. donald trump is dwing to do his own thing, but what does that mean for other republicans, those republican senators who are running and the rest of the party which is still trying to raise money? >> john dickerson, thank you. and we should note that mike pence will address the convention tomorrow night. then thursday night the grand finale when donald trump delivers his acceptance speech. >> convention coverage continues now on your late local news. and our streaming news service cbsn. for norah, charlie, gayle and john, i'm scott pelley in cleveland,

john dickerson is right there on the podium with our closest, john? >> dickerson: that's right. a speech of personal testimony but also a job recommendation. campaign said when he was named at vice president if you want to know what a person is really like look what they cared about before politics. and so bill clinton went through a long list of all the committees and reports and studies, before she was in politics. all character witnessing for her. but the job recommendation part was interesting. that idea of change maker she's running against change. donald trump and his campaign is saying we are change and that hillary clinton not change she's been involved in politics for a long time. what bill clinton is changing the definition. he was saying change only comes about through hard work then telling story of how she's so good at that. these are two different concepts of change we'll have in this election. >> pelley: down to the floor to hear delegates who made history, start with nancy cord cordes. >> one of the greatest things that believe that republicans have created a car

they have some coming together still to do. >> pelley: bob schieffer, john dickerson, thank you very hn will have a special guest sunday on "face the nation." president obama. that's the "cbs evening news" from cleveland. prime time coverage begins at 10:00 eastern time and we'll see you then. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> right now, a prince george's county police officer faces accusations of taking photos up the skirts of women. >>> delegates say the pressure is on for trump to reunite the party, a look at the final evening of the republican national convention. >>> a viral video of the day making everyone laugh, and all this dog wants to do is sit in that chair. little challenge for him, though. thanks for joining us, i am jan jeffcoat. >> i am bruce johnson. if proven true, i find it disgusting, from the prince george's county police chief about allegations of one of his own police officers, a grand jury indicted prince george's county officer james sims for allegedl

they have some coming together still to do. >> pelley: bob schieffer, john dickerson, thank you very hn will have a special guest sunday on "face the nation." president obama. that's the "cbs evening news" from cleveland. prime time coverage begins at 10:00 eastern time and we'll see you then. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to live a full life. but living for today doesn't mean forgetting about tomorrow. most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do for retirement. but i like to think of retirement like it's a 30-year vacation. so how are you going to get there? don't worry. it just takes some planning. and i can help. so if you have a question about retirement, ask me. sincerely, bernard tynes fellow vacationer and fellow citizen. who do you talk to for military advice right now? i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. well, i watch the shows. i mean i really see a lot of great - you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows... while donald trump

they've got some coming together still to do. >> pelley: bob schieffer, john dickerson, thank you veryll have a special guest sunday on "face the nation." president obama. and thats the western edition of the "cbs evening news" from cleveland. prime time coverage begins at 7:00 western time and we'll see you then. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group a access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. they've a ral criminals off the >>> brand-new cameras have only been up on the bay area freeway for a week. but only on "5," we have learned they have already helped take several criminals off the street. good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. we first reported more than a dozen cameras went up on highway 4 in pittsburg because of all the shootings on the freeway. now kpix 5's emily turner has learned that the cameras are paying off in a way that police never expected. emily. >> reporter: in a big way, veronica. you know, there haven't been any shootings on this highway since those cameras went up. but just because there hasn

the man they hope to replace, president obama, sat down with john dickerson of "face the nation."ey discussed life in the white house and the race ahead. >> mr. president, when donald trump spoke to his convention, he talked about the security threats. he painted a very dark picture. now there's been a terrorist attack in germany. doesn't that suggest he's right about the darkness? >> no, it doesn't. terrorism is a real threat. and nobody knows that better than me. i've been spending most of my days over the last seven and a half years coordinating our intelligence, our military, our diplomatic efforts, to crush organizations like al qaeda and now isil. it is going to be an ongoing threat for some time. but what we've been able to do i think is to build coalitions with other countries to make sure that rather than have 180,000 troops overseas, fighting a nonstate actor that we've got special forces and intelligence assets and local partners and isil is being defeated in syria and iraq, but we're going to have circumstances in which small cells, individuals, are going to be able to

i'll be joined by norah o'donnell, charlie rose, gayle king and john dickerson. in another breaking story tonight, explosive wildfires are burning in the west, including two large fires in california, enflamed by triple digit heat and drought-dry brush. what forecasters call a heat dome is smothering much of the nation and here's mireya villarreal. >> reporter: fire crews struggled to stop the fast- moving sand fire from gutting more than a dozen homes. for three days more than 1,600 firefighters have been battling the blaze in temperatures as high as 110 degrees. >> that fire came through like a freight train. >> reporter: l.a. county fire chief john trip. >> all the experiences we have seen with fire, that is all out the window. you got to look at the four major fires we've had in this county in six weeks. we have seen fires explode all over this county. so that ready, set, go program has not worked, folks. it's real. >> the fire was right here, gigantic flames and houses were circled completely. >> reporter: steve artland and derek hunt own 650 acres in the af

john. > -- dickerson, john.>> it's oe first night. may remember when nancy reagan waved to ronald raggen waved in the hall and people went nuts. that's what happened here tonight with donald trump and he shaped the party in his image. that was literally him reshaping the party in his image. he said nothing but the crowned went crazy. scrazy-- the crowd went crazy. just as we watched the transformation here, that will be a notable moment. back to you. >> as i mentioned since we're hearing from flynn, we also heard from joni efforts, a -- efforts from thernst and many p. you're on the floor tell us what you heard about the delegates. >> you heard about the roll call vote. >> gayle is there. you were just talking about the roll call vote. >> we were having a conversation with the delegates from utah because you were involved. people say it's much to do about nothing. some people say it shows a fracture in the party. you say what. >> it's not clear for the delegates who can speak and be heard. >> your reaction to melania trump. >> i thoug

be coming up very shortly, and while we are waiting for that moment, we're going to go down to john dickerson at the podium. john? >> john: well, scott, that's right. we're about to reach that magic 1,237 total. that number we heard so much during the bitter primaries as donald trump fought off 16 opponents. that number is almost here, as you said. the order has been rearranged so that new york can take him over the top. they have pride of place here right in the front. and it's very crowded up here. they're itching for this, and that will make donald trump the official nominee on the nominee for that 45th spot as president. and we've got the whole... everybody's crowding around here to try to be in the mix at this famous moment, and now we just will have the wait until the totals are arrived at. >> pelley: john, you know, there has been so much controversy at this convention about the republican party being divided and anti-trump dissidents being voted down yesterday, but there's a great deal of enthusiasm on the floor. >> that's exactly right. there is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm. the

box. >> john dickerson, thanks. donald trump's 32-year-old son and executive vice president of the trump organization has taken the podium. let's listen in. >> a man i love so, so much, that's my father. 13 months ago, my father sat my family down and told us the time had come. he could no longer sit by watch our country, the country that he had given our family so much success, so much opportunity crumble before our very eyes. he confirmed to us that he was prepared to announce his candidacy for president of the united states. he made sure to acknowledge that ours would not be an easy path, that we should prepare ourselves for what was to come. that we quickly learn who our true friends were. without hesitation, we've committed our unwavering support. this time none of us could predict what lay ahead. the records he would break, the stadiums he would fill, the movement he would start. today my father stands before you with the most primary votes of any republican candidate in the [cheers & applause] he shattered vo

joining us now are john dickerson, our cbs news political director and anchor of "face the nation," andur chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. jan, let's start with you. director comey said clinton and her staff should have known that an unclassified system was no place for many of those e-mails. we learned today that more than 100 of them were, in fact, classified at the time they were sent. that begs the question, why isn't that a crime? >> well, i mean, director comey's bottom line seems to be just because you were extremely careless or you should have known better, that doesn't mean you've committed a crime that will be prosecuted. the law says it's a felony to mishandle classified information intentionally or in a grossly negligent way. now, extreme carelessness, which director comey said that clinton and her team did, that sounds like gross negligence, but historically prosecutors have required something more to bring charge, something like intentional or dlib ratted mishandling of classified information. that's what we saw in the case of former c.i.a. director of david petrae

john dickerson is at his listening post near the podium. john? >> scott, i'm looking down on bill clinton, who is in the orchestra pit here right below where the first lady will speak. he's up, shaking hands, ever the politician. she will finally get a chance to do the talking herself. all the three speakers have defined the presidency in shoes only hillary clinton can fill. she will be optimistic in contrast to donald trump, but she's well aware and the campaign is well aware that there's frustration and anger. she's going to try to strike the balance and answer for the woman that wrote "it take a village" will be this notion of coming together as a nation. >> and we're expecting chelsea clinton, the 36-year-old daughter of bill and hillary clinton to be coming out at any moment. you can hear, she's coming around the corner. ♪ ♪ >> thank you! thank you! oh, thank you! thank you. it is such an honor for me to be here tonight. i'm here as a proud american, a proud democrat, a proud mother and tonight in particular a very, very proud daughter. [che

let's listen for just a moment. ♪ i'm happy john dickerson is down by the podium for us. john?> reporter: scott, whatever low-grade fever there may have been in terms of upset in the party, that fever has broken. the roar here was deafening as everybody celebrated hillary clinton being named as the first woman to be the nominee of a major party. this is an extraordinary political march for hillary clinton. nine years, six months and five days ago she first declared for president. she has now been a part of four presidential campaigns. three of them have gotten the nominee, two for husband and now one for herself, and the history just marches on. later tonight bill clinton will become the first former president and spouse of a party nominee to get up and vouch for his wife. >> pelley: john dickerson, thanks. the crowd still celebrating here in philadelphia the nomination of the first woman candidate. almost 100 years now since women first got the right to vote in the united states. >> i have been asked to inform you that secretary clinton thank you and will deliver her acceptanc

j pelley: and now we're going to turn to john dickerson, our cbs news political director and the anchor of "face the nation." john, clinton's folks hope for a show of unity at this convention, it's not happening so far. >> you know, conventions are about control and choreography, but those forces have not had a very good record this election so far. and here at the grand opening, the voters are interrupting again. and it is fitting that the bernie sanders voters are angry about what? they are angry about the democratic national committee trying to control events. and i was talking to a democratic-- top democratic strategist who said we are all committed to making sure this convention comes off without a hitch. well, there are people in this hall that are committed to something else. you hear it in the bernie chants. one thing that is extraordinary here, unlike the republican convention where we were last week, when her name was mentioned it created instant unity. here, when donald trump's name is mentioned, it doesn't do the same thing yet. there are a lot of themes convention players w

john dickerson, what do you think of this speech by governor kaine?rson: wells barack obama was telling that he was trying out his donald trump impersonation. tim kaine did several impersonations. what was interesting was when he was testifying to the trust factor. we know that is the under tone, the big question. who find her not trustworthy. he mentioned he felt that key trust her with his son's life. his son is with nato. i thought that was an interesting line. in addition to donald trump, he also talked about again we hear this constant, republicans who are out of step with donald trump. first he talked about his father in law, saying that he didn't have place in the republican party any more. even though he still was a republican. then quoted barbara bush earlier tonight, john mccain was mentioned. so, 24 is just a continuing theme of calling out republicans who were out of step with donald trump. >> o'donnell: that's right. it was i can ordinary to hear tim kaine who is bilingual, which is familiar frein among labor unions and she's is lisat, re

. >> i'm john dickerson.ight hillary clinton's rebut alto donald trump's convention begins. >> we're in philadelphia with the democrats, on cbs. >> when i look at out at all of you, i see america's future. in america we put common interests before self interest. >> we need a president who can help pull us together, not split us apart. >> we need a doer. she knows what i takes to be a changer. >> hillary is ready ready to make history. >> judgment remember -- applause >> and good evening. it is opening night of the democratic national convention at the wells fargo center here in philadelphia pa. >> the last time the democrats met in philadelphia was the first time "cbs news" televised their convention, 1948 so it's something of a homecoming for us , too. >> it's good to be here and more history coming as the democrats nominate a woman to be president , hillary clinton. but but first they have to get past the presented. >> there's a rift between the sanders and clinton camps over e-mails that suggests leaders t

on "face the nation," cbs news political director john dickerson asked the president about trump and the birther debate. >> reporter: he was the chief birther in america, questioning you. what is your reaction of the fact that he is the nominee of the republican party? >> well, i think it says something about what has happened to the republican party over the course of the last eight, ten, 15 years. if you think about what bob dole or jim baker or howard baker or dick lugger, or what colin powell stood for, they were conservative, they were concerned about limited government and balancing budgets and making sure we had a strong defense. but they also understood that our system of government requires compromise, that democrats weren't the enemy, that the way our government works requires us to listen to each other. and, you know, that's not the kind of politics we have seen practiced. i think all too often. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," the very latest on the democratic national convention live from philadelphia including john dickerson and more of his interview with the presid

i'm john dickerson. we had plans to start with john mccain and lindsey graham wo are in kabul, afghanistan, while we wait for their helicopter to land, we'll start to the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. i want to start with a more recent news. attorney general lynch who has the ultimate say in the e-mail case in which hillary clinton is involved, had a chance meeting with bill clinton on a tarmac. you were a prosecutor. wouldn't the fact that the husband of someone you were investigating was on the tarmac at all set off alarm bells immediately? >> well, it certainly could. look, i think both of them wish their airplanes had nerve come near each other. and i think they both acknowledged they preferred they had nerve gotten together. i do think it was a chance encounter, and i do fully believe what the attorney general said, that they discussed nothing about the case, and just talked about their grandkids and playing golf. so i understand this was a regrettable instance where they got together co

john dickerson is there on the podium. don? >> well, the new hire seems to have done well in front of the boss, donald trump. pointing to him and letting him bask in the acclaim here. you know, governor pence has put the moment back on the beam after the ted cruz nonendorsement. the reason is that pence is loved by conservatives, he's an evangelical, a member of the grass roots and he's supporting donald trump, that put donald trump, the outsider, into the coalition. the republicans -- the trump team knew what cruz was going to say. the irritation is that he didn't improve a little bit on it. that he basically -- it was such praises to be nonexistent. a lot of irritation. although it's not clear. they -- the reason they had the speech and the remarks in front of them. it may be after the fact irritation. there's in question in the republican national committee and the trump campaign, they're irritated with senator cruz. >> john dickerson, thanks very much. ted cruz earlier tonight walked out to a thunderous standing ovation and

john dickerson down near the podium. >> dickerson: you think about a former president speaking, a sittingvice president speaking, this is the establishment. this is government. argument that the clinton campaign is making is that government can work if you have the right person in there. that is such a different message from the republican message that government is a disaster, it needs to be broken apart totally destabilized by donald trump. sit gets to a fundamental question, people think the government can be reformed. the part of that pitch, you hear these stories, bill clinton told one about hillary clinton working with tom delay, working with george w. bush, lot of democrats are suddenly getting very supportive of former republicans, the way to make the stage that hillary clinton will build bridges between two parties when people think politics is totally broken. >> rose: to barack we'll hear three words, trust, change and work. >> o'donnell: hearing warmth from the from the podium. great melodies from alicia keyes who will be introducing hillary clinton who is going to join this co

color="#ffff00">i'm john dickerson. color="#ffff00">we had plans to start with john mccain and lindsey graham wo are in kabul, afghanistan, while we wait for their helicopter to land, we'll start to the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. i want to start with a more recent news. attorney general lynch who has the ultimate say in the e-mail case in which hillary clinton is involved, had a chance meeting with bill clinton on a tarmac. you were a prosecutor. wouldn't the fact that the