ed o'keefe joins us now and ed s beengingthll what do they tell us?> reporter: after two months of polling, it appears democratic voters are starting to break up the field into three distinct groups. the first tier led by joe biden, plus elizabeth warren, kamala harris and bernie sanders also in double digits. a second and third tier are hoping to break through but still in single digits. biden's lead is shrinking mostly because of harris and warren. who are also ahead of sanders for distinct reasons. after months of rolling out detailed policy plans after months of rolling out detailed policy plans a majority of democrats feel warren will fight a great deal for them and after a standout debate last month, harris is seen as one of the strongest in the field and one of the main reasons people are considering voting for her. >> o'donnell: and ed, what did we find out about the issues? >> reporter: healthcare, healthcare, healthcare, and voters are less concerned with how they're covered and more concerned about the cost. that's notable because these day

political correspondent ed o'keefe is covering the showdown in motown.d, on the first night of these two debates, how much substance can they actually get into? >> reporter: oh, norah voters we have been talking to here expect a lot of substance. they're especially eager to hear from the candidates about health care, and many we have been talking to are looking for someone who is a little more middle of the road. that's not bernie sanders or elizabeth warren, the two stars. they're pushing for things like a new government-run health care plan and take a far more aggressive stance on economic policy. >> o'donnell: ed, we saw that 18 million people watched the irrst debate last month, and it sure does seem like those democratic primary voters are rnergized and interested. >> reporter: they sure are. if you look at our latest cbs news poll 84% of democrats in early primary states said they watched all or part of those last debates live or watched highlights later, a signal they're definitely interested. 'r one voter put it to us here in michigan, they're lo

we'll see how it changes in weeks. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. we're going to stay on the topic of healthcare because a new study finds colorectal cancer rates are rising among americans under 50 years old. colon cancer is the second deadliest cancer behind lung cancer and when diagnosed in younger patients, it's more likely to be in advanced stages. our medical correspondent dr. jon lapook is here. jon, how concerned are you about this? >> i'm quite concerned. we've been looking at this apparent trend for years wondering if it is real, turns out this trend is real and especially worrisome because it turns out, in people under 50, colon cancer is more deadly. >> o'donnell: overall colon cancer rates are declining for those over 50, right? why the increase in younger adults? >> right well over 50 declined because of the successful colonoscopy. under 50, it has something to do with the gut microbiome, the trillions of species of bacteria in our gut linked to colon cancer. maybe we're messing up our gut micro biome with our diet. the antibiotics and

amy: that is senator kamala harris on "face the nation" speaking to ed o'keefe.you could respond to this, lara bazelon? >> sure. you can hear her struggling to cocome up with the list. she starts with her program she implemented as da, a programam that did help certain very select nonviolent offenders reenter society. she then talks about body worn cameras. she was asked by the california state legislature to support a bill to mandate all police officer's wearing body worn cameras and she declined to do that. with respect to implicit bias training, that is important all stop what i would say is more important is investigating officer involved shootings. she was called upon by the legislature to do that and decline. when you go down the list of the issues we think about when we think about a progressive prosecutor, on every single one of those issueues she was s on e wronong sidede. in some cases, her opppponent rn to the left. with marijuana legalization and her run for reelection as attorney geneneral, her opponent major legalized and she was a against it. now s

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o'keefe was famously arrested in texas for trying to wiretap the office of the former u.s. senator from louisiana, mary landrieu. a federal appeals court in virginia has dismissed a lawsuit against president trump arguing he broke the constitution's anti-corruption clauses by profiting from his hotel business in washington, d.c. a three-judge panel of the u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit ruled that trump's continued ownership of the trump international hotel did not violate the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses of the constitution. all three judges were nominated by republican presidents. the trump organization has canceled plans to host a charity golf tournament co-sponsored by a miamami-area strip clulub. wednesday's move by the trump national doral golf resort to scrap the planned event came a day after "the washington post" reported plans to have dancers from the shadow cabaret strip club work as so-called caddy girls to vip guests paying $450. the planned event was to benefit a basketball-themed children's program called miami all stars, which is not

joel payne appears frequently on our digital network and ed o'keefe on all cbs networks.e keep him very busy. joel, i want to start with you. the president sent 13 tweets in 24 hours about congress nanny lie gentleman cummings, it changes the news cycle. it forces the question to be asked of all democratic candidates how they respond. what does this mean politically on the campaign trail when conversation comes back to divisive issues that are often perceived as being about race. >> certainly distractive. forces all the candidates to have this come to jesus moment, that is the question that everybody likes to ask. i actually think it's rather obvious you can look into his soul when you look at his twitter stream. but the bigger point here is the president is talking about thing that normally are reserved for things that the far flung reaches of the party. people who are political advisors like lee at water or jessie helm we have not had a president that spoken like this. the challenge it creates for democrats when you look at things like impeachment and all of the other t

ed o'keefe reports that harris has received some unwanted attention from the trump family. >> reporternator kamala harris was off the campaign trail today, a day after participating in a gay pride parade in her hometown of san francisco. over the weekend, in a notable sign of unity, fellow opponents came to her defense. >> we have a president who is a racist and apparently based on a statement yesterday his son is following in his footsteps. >> reporter: he's referring to a retweet by the president's son, donald trump, jr. during last week's debate, he drew attention to a conservative commentator who claimed harris was "not an american black because her black father was from jamaica and her mother from india." a spokesman said he didn't know the senator's background and deleted the post once he saw that folks were misconstruing the intent of his tweet. on twitter, senator elizabeth warren called the attacks racist and ugly, and former vice president joe biden called the attacks disgusting and said the same forces of hatred that questioned former president barack obama's citizenship. he

ed o'keefe tells us how a senseless murder in washington quickly spiraled into a high- level politicalspiracy which today we learned was all due to russian trolls. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed a russian disinformation campaign helped push a bogus theory that hillary clinton's presidential campaign had paid to murder a democratic national committee staffer. police believe the victim, 27- year-old seth rich, was killed after an attempted robbery three years ago in washington. details of russia's involvement are outlined in a new report by michael isikoff of yahoo news, who spent a year investigating. >> we found that russian trolls in st. petersburg tweeted and re-tweeted about seth rich more than 2,000 times. >> reporter: the story resonated with conservative commentators and russian media outlets. >> a brand-new bombshell in the murder. >> of d.n.c. staffer seth rich. >> in the middle of the night. and police have no leads. >> reporter: it also found its way to the white house. steve bannon, a former senior adviser to president trump, in march 2017 texted a "60 minutes" producer

ed o'keefe reports. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed a russian disinformation campaign helped push bogus theory that hillary clinton's presidential campaign had paid to murder a are democratic national committee staff. police believe the victim, 27-year-old seth rich was killed after an attempted robbery three years ago in washington. details of russia's involvement are outlined in a new report by michael isikoff of yahoo news who spent a year investigating. >> we found that russian trolls in st. petersburg tweeted and retweeted about seth rich more than 2,000 times. >> reporter: the story resonated with conservative commentators and russian media outlets. >> a brand-new bombshell in the murder -- >> dnc staffer seth rich -- >> in the middle of the night, and police have no leads. >> reporter: and it also found its way to the white house. steve bannon, a former adviser to president trump in march 2017 texted a "60 minutes" producer about the rich case, calling it a huge story and claiming that it was a contract kill, obviously. the "60 minutes" producer confirmed receiving the text

ed o'keefe is at the debate site in detroit. how is the contest shaping up?reporter: good morning, tony. could be a big turning point in the friendship of bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, two like-minded liberals who we know spend some time together in washington when they're there. it also could be a big night for the lesser known more moderate democrats on stage who are eager to break through. >> we want to make change in this country. it's got to be big, structural change. >> reporter: on her way to detroit last night elizabeth warren stopped in toledo, ohio to tout her economic plan. her rally came a day after bernie sanders traveled to canada to make the case for his medicare for all proposal. >> we are going to take on the greed and the corruption of the pharmaceutical industry. >> reporter: the two liberals hope to take a bite out of former vice president joe biden's lead. biden, who takes the stage tomorrow night, has vowed to turn up the heat after facing criticism for his record on race. >> do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing

james o'keefe at journalists who publish deceptively edited videos.a platform. >> well, one, it's the clearest -- it's the clearest example yet of the president trying to legitimize fringe political allies. he's taking them from out there and bringing them into the real world at the white house. the second point is he's doing this while trying to delegitimize conventional sources of information. this network, washington times, new york post. he's bringing them in and he's trying to delegitimize legitimate sources of information. >> as a follow-up, i get this question all the time. should we be covering this? if it is a stunt by the way to try to elevate these people? should we have a national serious discussion. >> legitimate issues that need to be discussed. >> right. right. it's always a bummer when they seem to miss those legitimate issues and then they bring in these political acts. >> sure. >> but i do think it should be covered from the viewpoint of the president is bringing conspiracy theorists, people who push the worst kinds of misinformation

joining us now are ed o'keefe and cbs news elections and surveys director anthony salvanto.e you both here. expe dominating a week worth of news headlines. what were voters telling you? >> top line level you could see what you may of expected partisan splits on this. majority said they disliked the tweets. disliked what the president said. democrats especially called the tweets racist and unamerican. republicans said the media made too much of it. they thought the tweets were not racist. they thought the tweets were pro-american. you can see some of the political wheels starting to turn too. the four democraticÑixd congress woman referenced in the tweets are better known and unpopular among republicans then amongÑ/Ãç country at large. >> brennan: that's interesting. >> you see maybe the president trying to rile up the base. if you pull back and look at the context too. in the americans told u they feel the country is divide ad hong raeurl front. the parties they think are ngcaote voters.de as in this. the split starts to define what we're headed into in the 2020 election and

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extremely controversial conservatives, all breathless supporters of the president, including james o'keefeg, editing, and loathsome behavior in his efforts to expose alleged liberal bias. bill mitchell, and gateway pundit. twitter meme maker such as carpe donktum and mad liberals. a social media site once popular with neo-nazis was invited. even a right-wing cartoonists accused of pushing anti-semitic racist materials. after much controversy, he was uninvited. but plenty of others came to raise the cry that social media companies are silencing conservative voices. so who's out? neither facebook nor twitter was welcomed. two of the companies that could answer those conservative complaints amid a growing drumbeat for regulation. >> there are a lot of people that want us to take action against facebook and against twitter and frankly against amazon. >> reporter: the outrage is ironic for this president, who has used social media far more than any other, with more than 25 million facebook followers, almost 62 million on twitter, and tens of thousands of posts and tweets to his name, he has met

ed o'keefe is covering the 2020 campaign. ed, how did this come up? >> happy monday, tony.ator harris has faced questions about her background, but after the debate the attacks escalates and donald trump jr. whose father was one of the leading voices questioning whether former president barack obama was even born in the united states waded straight into it. >> growing up my sister and i had to deal with the neighbor who told us her parents couldn't play with us because we were black. >> it all started after the debate when donald trump jr. re-tweeted a conservative commentator who said senator kamala harris was not an american black because her black father was from jamaica and her mother from india. trump junior later deleted his re-tweet. a spokesman draw attention to it because he didn't know the senator's background, but trump junior deleted it once people were re-tweeting. >> this is the same thing they did to barack. >> since day one of his campaign harris has been clear. >> how would you describe yourself? >> i describe myself as a proud american. that's how i descri

ed o'keefe is in des moines. what's his plan? >> reporter: well, anthony, he is trying to set himself apart from some of his democratic opponents pushing so-called medicare for all plans by instead unveiling a plan that bolsters bmcare. and biden is set to say he'll take on anyone republican or democrat that seeks to try to replace the current affordable care act. biden's plan would cost about $750 billion over the next decade and would provide a public option if needed. it would allow americans to import cheaper drugs from overseas and the plan would be paid for in part by ending the trump tax cuts. healthcare is a hot topic on the campaign trail in recent days and this weekend another candidate south bend indiana mayor pete buttigieg told us he believes in universal health care. >> the way i've talked about doing it is medicare for all who want it solution. we take a version of medicare, make it available on the exchanges as a kind of public option. if the corporate world can come up with something better than they've done so f

ed o'keefe is keeping track of the candidates plans. what's behind this focus on health care?, specifically health care costs. a recent cbs news battleground tracker survey of early primary states find three in four democrats say they must hear a candidates's proposal for lowering health care costs before voting for them. >> we are american citizens. how can that be that in the united states of america that i am paying so much for insulin? >> reporter: bernie sanders on sunday crossed the border in canada with people seeking cheaper diabetes medication. >> depending on where you live, it will cost 350, 400 bucks. here in canada, it will cost 35 or 40 bucks. >> reporter: sanders is the lead advocate for medicare for all, a new government-backed health care system. it would virtually eliminate the private health care industry. >> health care accounts for 20% of our gdp. it's vitally important to the american people. it's unaffordable right now. >> reporter: several other presidential contenders support sanders' idea or some version of it. >> health care is a fundamental right. w

political correspondent ed o'keefe is in washington with more on the story.lse did we learn from this latest set of polling? >> it's now easier to group the candidates into three distinct tiers. former vice president joe biden and senators elizabeth warren, kamala harris and bernie sanders are in that first tier. indiana mayor pete buttigieg, former congressman beto o'rourke and julian castro in the second tier. everyone else polls at 1% or less and they are in the third tier. warren and harris and sanders are gaining ground mainly because each top tier candidate has carved out their own niche. >> i believe we are literally, not figuratively -- >> reporter: most democrats are more concerned about hearing from candidates how they defeat president trump next year, not how they differ from their primary opponents. that's what makes biden tops. he is the first choice of democrats in the early states. three in four democrats considering biden saying he would beat mr. trump. a higher number than those considering his opponents. and biden's backers want someone with

ed o'keefe is in detroit. what stood out to you? >> reporter: they wanted conversations and last night they got it. conversations about immigration, health care, gun control ask ndw to pay for college. just because it was substantive doesn't mean it didn't get testy. >> this is an example of wish list economics. >> you can't just put a plan on the world and expect it to succeed. >> reporter: moderates desperate for attention came out swinging early, knowing this might be the only chance to challenge the liberal views of bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. >> i think democrats win when we run on real solutions, not impossible promises. whether we run on things that are workable, not fairy tale economics. >> but the two senators anticipated the attacks and hit back. >> i don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the united states justst to talk abt what we really can't do and shouldn't fight for. >> medicare for all is comprehensive and covers all health care needs for senior citizens. it will f

ed o'keefe is in washington with more on this story. it is getting very feisty already. where is the new biden stance coming from? >> reporter: it's coming from an understanding the democrats are looking most especially for the candidate they believe is best equipped to defeat the president. doing so likely requires a strong debate performance. so biden knows he has to step up his game at next week's debate. >> wall street did not build this country. middle class people and access to the middle class did. >> former vice president joe biden and other democrats appeared this week at conferences hosted by civil rights organizations touting their plans to revamp the criminal justice system. biden also took time to defend his record on civil rights, in part by referencing president obama. >> they did a significant background check on me for months with ten people. i think i doubt he would have picked me if these accusations rights is correct.ng on civil - >> biden's lead has slipped since the first debates. >> do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in america

ed o'keefe is tracking the race. you talked to him in february. what did he tell you back then?> he said he wouldn't run for president saying he wanted to focus on increasing public support for impeaching president trump. now steyer's campaign says he will focus on environmental policy and ways to revamp the political system. the 62-year-old billionaire former hedge fund manager from california is a major democratic party donor and environmental activist. his on to jump aan californian, swalwell announces he is dropping out. the first candidate to do so since the debates. >> massachusetts senator elizabeth warren announced second quarter fund-raising totals. how does she stack up? >> pretty well. she raised a little more than $19 million in the last three months. that's more money raised in the past quarter than every can't except joe biden and pete buttigieg. as she pointed out, she's rai raising her money differently. >> i don't go to closed door fund-raisers. i don't hang out with millionaires and corporate ceos. i'm building a grass-roots movement. i think as democrats we sh

ed o'keefe is in des moines, iowa, where the democratic candidates are weighing in. ed, how is this playing out on the campaign trail? >> reporter: well, jericka, good morning. democratic presidential candidates get asked every day, heck, some get asked every few hours about something the president has done or said. sometimes they try to brush it off and change the subject but not this time. racist tweets. >> it's sickening. it's embarrassing. >> reporter: but from day one of his presidential campaign -- >> they're bringing crime. they're rapists. >> reporter: and ever since -- >> a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: the president has repeatedly stoked racial tensions. >> you had some very bad people in that group but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: democratic front-runner joe biden said it is not just the president who he disagrees with. >> what do you say to americans who might agree with what the president tweeted yesterday? >> i say i'm ashamed of you. >> reporter: you'd say t

on your screens now is michael o'keefe.o want to ask you about politics in everything, because everything is politicized, including several big name publicly traded companies which take a radical position on the issues of the day. i'm sorry, i don't like it. >> yeah, i think i look at it as two sides of a coin. that's really free speech. one of the things that makes our country great, right, it's also the thing that sort of fuels capitalism, companies, you know, publicly trading and listing stocks and away we go. so it's sort of part of what we have to put up with, in my view. stuart: you don't really care about the politics which a company may express, you care about the quality of the company and how much money it's going to make going forward? >> yeah. at the end of the day, if they are implementing strategies that are influenced by that, we will take a look and decide whether we think those strategies are good for the company, good for earnings, but otherwise, again, i kind of look at it as a part of what makes our coun