," please welcome back to "the late show," john dickerson. all the breaking races that we've talked about. is there something, is there something before we start, is there something you can break right now? >> john: well, our producer just sent me that arizona -- cbs identifies arizona governor and senate both as lean democrat at this moment. [applause] >> stephen: okay. >> john: so that's before -- that's just a prognostication. but of course those, you know, the arizona senate race is one democrats have to hold if want to stay in control of the senate. and obviously in arizona, you've got a governor candidate, kari lake, on the republican side, who is a thorough election denier. >> stephen: and has said that she will accept the results if she wins. >> john: right. and you've got an election denier running for secretary of state, who has said a version of the same thing. blake masters running for the senate seat, also has denied and then has tried to kind of moderate as he has on a number of different positions. but anyway, that's -- it's bee

john dickerson is with us. lift, but this indictment and historical and political context. >> reporter: well, it is the most powerful person in the american system attacking the central pillar of the system, a free and fair election, and he is using the power to attack the system that he was given in order to protect the system. that's what happened in the last election. he is now asking to be rewarded for that behavior by being reelected to the office, and he very well, according to the polls, and as you know well from covering this race looks like he will be rewarded and in the final kicker, the person who held the line on january 6th, his vice president, who stood up for the system to protect it, is doing so poorly in the republican race he may not even make the debate stage to be in a position to call his former boss to account for attacking the system. >> major: it was a big lift, carried out beautifully. john dickerson, thank you so much. we turn now to the case of a suspected gilgo beach serial killer on

john dickerson is with us. ift, put this indictment in historical and political context. >> well, it's the most powerful person in the american system attacking the central pillar of the system, a free and fair election, and he's using the power to attack the system that he was given in order to protect the system. that's what happened in the last election. he is now asking to be rewarded for that behavior by being re-elected to the office, and he very well, according to the polls, and as you know well from covering this race, looks like he will be rewarded. and in a final kicker, the person who held the line on january 6th, his vice president, who stood up for the system to protect it, is doing so poorly in the republican race, he may not even make the debate stage to be in a position to call his former boss to account for attacking the system. >> it was a big lift, carried out beautifully, john dickerson, thank you so much. >>> we turn now to the case of the suspected gilgo beach serial killer on new york's lo

john dickerson is also with us here. all right, john.his year, but it does include some of the most serious charges so far. how will this look in the history books? >> i think historians will go all the way back to the beginning. 236 years ago at this moment in philadelphia, they were designing the presidency and the constitution. the founders had two fears, a president who would put personal ambition over the obligations of the job and a public that would resort to political violence. both of those questions are at the center of what president trump is facing in this case, and the test for history going forward is whether that system the founders created can handle this stress test. >> part of his legal strategy is also a political strategy, which is to try and get re-elected and become president again. >> and between the indictment and the january 6th report from the house, plus what president trump has said about these events, we've never had a more detailed look at how a candidate would act in office. and a lot of this detail comes f

i'm john dickerson in for norah.er across much of the nation, from scorching heat to thunderstorms and heavy rain. millions of americans are under flood alerts tonight, and flash flood emergencies were declared in parts of kentucky and tennessee this morning after torrential downpours dropped nearly a foot of rain in some areas. entire neighborhoods are underwater in union city, tennessee, where residents were rescued from their homes and evacuated. in the rest of the south, it's the heat making things dangerous for 65 million americans. it's been that way almost every day this summer in arizona and texas, where cbs's omar villafranca starts us off with the latest. >> reporter: tonight, severe weather slamming parts of the south. >> i want you to see how deep this is. >> reporter: nearly a foot of rain falling over 24 hours in northwest tennessee. the flash floods forcing emergency evacuations. this trailer park community under waist-deep water, some two dozen people rescued onto dry land. >> looked outside, and lite

john dickerson is also with us here. rd criminal indictment this year, but it does include some of the most serious charges so far. how will this look in the history books? >> reporter: i think historians will go all the way back to the beginning. 236 years ago, at this moment, in philadelphia, they were designing the presidency and the constitution. the founders had two fears: a president who would put personal ambition over the obligations of the job, and a public that would resort to political violence. both of those questions are at the center of what president trump is facing in this case and the test for history going forward is whether that system the founders created can handle the stress test. >> norah: part of his legal strategy is also a political strategy, which is to try and get reelected and become president again. >> reporter: and between the indictment and the january 6th report from the house, plus when president trump has said about these events, we have never had a more detailed look at how a candidate

. >> also joining us as our chief political analyst, john dickerson. i was struck when i heard the special counsel say that, of course, of inauguration day, when the new president comes and swears up there on the west front of the capitol before the american people and all those watching, to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. now the commander in chief is accused of doing something else than that, not holding true to that pledge. >> that's exactly right. the person is given tremendous power, use that power to attack the system he swears to defend. that is at the heart of this. the reason it matters, it is extreme. here the reporting that the president is bored by to former president isbored by . this is the beating heart of our democracy. we have also often heard this, that prosecutors or judges will say that justice does not sleep. it doesn't get bored. because, when things are at stake, as serious as this is, this isn't some parking ticket. that's what's happening here. it isn't about only what happened to two and ha

for all of us here in washington, i'm john dickerson. ♪ ♪ and here are tonight's headlines. ♪ ♪ the formernt now facing indictment in at least three separate legal battles. what we are learning about this federal indictment. >> the attack on our nation's capital on january 6th, 2021 was an

that aside, our friend john dickerson over at cbs wrote something i think interesting or provocative. republican debate mikpence's competitor should be asked if they believe what he did on january 6th was heroic. having recorded everyone's answer is if they would have done the same thing. >> i love that. >> it's pretty provocative to think about that and it's hard to imagine anyone maybe beside chris christie who will be on that debate stage taking a stand. >> yeah, because they realize that in order to win the primary, in order to get some traction in the republican primary which is really run and led by republican base voters who are loyal to trump, they have to be seen as being on trump's side in this battle between him and the justice department. so there are a number -- actually, a majority of republican primary voters who believe that the election was stolen, who don't have a problem with what trump did on january 6 and who if you look at the polls do not side with mike pence, do not think that mike pence did the right thing. his ability to raise money, his ability to get suppor

take away john dickerson. all right. well, thank you both, by the way. great job, martha and brad. welcome to "hannity"rtha and. ea the very first debate of the 2024 campaign is now on the books. in tthe election season is officially up and running. and tonight, we're broadcastin g live from the spin room. we are in beautiful milwaukee, wisconsin, whereee in just a moment, we're going to hear directly from the candidates themselves. floridy fra governor desantis.e he will be joining us. vache ramos twomey will join us. tim scott, nikki haley. we wummwithouction fro trump supporters. but without a doubt, every t t, everysingle republican run. >> guess what? they are far more articulatee and, ethical than your current president. you know, the compromised cognitiv you knowe mess that is joe biden. and tonight that was more than very obvious and transparent in case you missed it. here's how it all went down. a quick look all o. s >> we cannot succeed as a country if you are working hard and you can't afford groceries, a car or a new home while hunter can make hundreds of thousands of d