perry russom, abc news, washington. >> today's bombshell from biden comes as he self-isolates at his beach house in delaware following a positive covid test on wednesday. reporter caroline goggin from our sister station in philadelphia, is in delaware with reaction. caroline >> well, jr. good evening from rehoboth beach, delaware, where president biden remains at his beach home tonight recovering from covid 19. when we got to the beach town about 5:00 this evening, we were met by people who hadn't heard about the news yet that president biden has decided to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, and that he has also decided to endorse his vice president, kamala harris, as the democratic nominee. now, let's show you some video from the last time that we saw president biden. this video was taken last wednesday as he boarded air force one right after he had been diagnosed with covid. that is what brought him here to rehoboth, where, as i mentioned, he has been isolating in his beach home and he has been recovering as pressure has been mounting for him to bow out of the race. now, conce

abc's perry russom is in milwaukee, where the republican national convention will begin today. alison kosik is also here with details on the suspected shooter's past. >> but we begin with those new comments from president biden and former president trump. >> but politics must never be a literal battlefield. and god forbid, a killing field. >> president biden addressed the nation last night, pleading for unity and calmer political discourse. >> a former president was shot. an american citizen killed while simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. we cannot we must not go down this road in america, former president trump, in his first interview since being shot, tells the washington examiner that he was saved from death in this moment because he had turned away from the crowd to look at a screen that featured data he was using in his speech. >> this photo captured the split second after a bullet hit trump's ear. trump saying, quote, i rarely look away from the crowd. had i not done that in that moment, well, we would not be talking today, would we? a

perry russom abc news at the supreme court. >> so what does the ruling mean for donald trump ahead of the november election? what does it mean for the institution of the presidency? what does it mean for our democracy? joining us live to talk about this impactful ruling ruling is rory little, professor of law, uc law, san francisco. professor little, thanks for your time today. >> thank you. what was the main legal reasoning behind the majority's ruling here? >> was it based on president? >> well, let me let me say that, the patina of their ruling makes it sound pretty reasonable. oh, it's a limited grant of immunity, it only applies to official acts. et cetera. et cetera. justice sotomayor, in dissent, says, she really sort of shreds the patina of moderation here and demonstrates that this is a wildly broad immunity that they have recognized. and it's only because there are three justices appointed by president trump who have shifted the majority on this case, even justice barrett, appointed by justice trump or president trump. didn't agree with everything in the majority, it's not b

. >> abc news reporter perry russom takes us on the campaign trail. >> tonight, vice president kamalating for support in the battleground state of georgia. >> the path to the white house runs right through this state. >> georgia playing a key role in president biden winning in 2020. well, donald, i do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage. >> because as the saying goes, if you've got something to say, say it to my face. >> former president trump's running mate, senator jd vance in nevada today, kamala harris was rated as the most liberal senator in the entire united states during her tenure. >> that is not a reasonable moderate. that is a crazy record. she is dangerously liberal, and she will never be the president of the united states, because we're not going to let her. >> vance's supporters standing by him after more comments surfaced from 2021, where he called democratic leaders childless cat ladies well being, i am a childless woman. >> that was a choice that i made. i don't take offense to that. and anybody that does needs to get a life. >> trump is facing accusa

here's abc news reporter perry russom. >> tonight, president biden planning to meet with democratic mayors. his latest effort to rally support after yesterday writing a letter to congressional democrats calling into msnbc speaking with donors and meeting with the congressional black caucus. >> we are riding with biden this morning, congressional democrats meeting behind closed doors, discussing the party's future. >> he just has to step down because he can't win. >> after the meeting, lawmakers asked if they're on the same page. >> they're not even in the same book. >> we are unified. that's all i can say. >> congressman jerry nadler, who sources say on sunday said biden should drop out, apparently flipping his support. today only he can withdraw. >> he's made it very clear that he won't. and that's the end of the senate democrats now being asked about biden's candidacy. >> president biden has been a really excellent president. he had a bad debate. we have to take the concerns that were that have emerged since the debate very seriously. >> that was abc's perry russom joining us live now to

abc news reporter perry russom with how she responded when asked about biden staying in the race. >> good evening. >> tonight, president biden toasting nato leaders at the white house, the military alliance standing firm for 75 years as the president's alliances within his own party are shifting. a full day of appearances for biden with union leaders, nato members and oval office meetings with foreign leaders, including the new british prime minister. tonight, vermont senator peter welch calling on biden to withdraw from the november election, becoming the first senate democrat to do so. in a blistering op ed in the new york times, democratic fundraiser and actor george clooney says biden needs to step aside. clooney writing, we are not going to win in november with this president. on top of that, we won't win the house and we're going to lose the senate. this isn't only my opinion. this is the opinion of every senator and congress member and governor that i've spoken with in private every single one, irrespective of what he or she is saying publicly. and former house speaker nancy p

perry russom, abc news, milwaukee. >> perry, thank you.n facing those mounting calls to end his reelection bid, montana senator jon tester, whose seat is among the most vulnerable, became the second senate democrat and 23rd member of congress to publicly urged biden to drop out. but a white house official is denying reports that it could happen as early as this weekend. abc's mary bruce has more. >> president biden isolating at his beach house recovering from covid as calls from democrats for him to exit the race reach a crescendo. >> the white house releasing a letter from the president's doctor saying biden is still experiencing mild upper respiratory symptoms and he does not have a fever and his vital signs remain normal. the president is taking paxlovid. we heard the toll of covid in his voice. this radio interview, conducted right before he tested positive. biden coughing as he tries to explain his disastrous debate performance. >> i have exhausted. i've been traveling around the world, i wasn't ready and i performed terribly. and so

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. >> abc news reporter perry russom takes us on the campaign trail. >> tonight, vice president kamalais fighting for support in the battleground state of georgia. >> the path to the white house runs right through this state. >> georgia playing a key role in president biden winning in 2020. well, donald, i do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage. >> because as the saying goes, if you've got something to say, say it to my face. >> former president trump's running mate, senator jd vance in nevada today, kamala harris was rated as the most liberal senator in the entire united states during her tenure. >> that is not a reasonable moderate. that is a crazy record. she is dangerously liberal, and she will never be the president of the united states, because we're not going to let her. >> vance's supporters standing by him after more comments surfaced from 2021, where he called democratic leaders childless cat ladies well being, i am a childless woman. >> that was a choice that i made. i don't take offense to that. and anybody that does needs to get a life. >> trump is facing

abc news reporter perry russom with how she responded when asked about biden staying in the race. >>ght, president biden toasting nato leaders at the white house, the military alliance standing firm for 75 years as the president's alliances within his own party are shifting. a full day of appearances for biden with union leaders, nato members and oval office meetings with foreign leaders, including the new british prime minister. tonight, vermont senator peter welch calling on biden to withdraw from the november election, becoming the first senate democrat to do so. in a blistering op ed in the new york times, democratic fundraiser and actor george clooney says biden needs to step aside. clooney writing, we are not going to win in november with this president. on top of that, we won't win the house and we're going to lose the senate. this isn't only my opinion. this is the opinion of every senator and congress member and governor that i've spoken with in private every single one, irrespective of what he or she is saying publicly. and former house speaker nancy pelosi, with the change

and arrested with him, the son of el chapo, another former cartel leader and perry russom joins now fromon with more on this. good morning, perry. >> reporter: rhiannon, good morning. fbi director christopher wray says ismael zambada also known as el mayo and joaquin guzman lopez the son of el chapo, have been evading law enforcement for decades now accused of overseeing the trafficking of tens of thousands pounds of cocaine, heroin, meth and fentanyl into the u.s., making billions of dollars. now they're in u.s. custody. el mayo is the leader of the mexican sinaloa cartel, what prosecutors say is one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world. a homeland security investigations official said the operation to arrest el mayo had been planned for months. they say he was lured into custody by a senior ranking member and he thought he was being flown to a secret airfield in mexico, but instead he was flown to an air strip close to el paso, texas. when he landed he was arrested along with the son of el chapo. el mayo had his first court appearance yesterday m

perry russom abc news, washington. >> you can see the full interview with joe biden again tomorrow at a.m. on this week with george stephanopoulos. members of an oakland church are showing a commitment to service just days after being burglarized, twice in 48 hours. volunteers showed up for grocery giveaway at the east bay church of religious science last saturday and sunday. thieves broke into the church, damaging doors and a security gate. they then took off with the church offerings, audio and video equipment, along with several computers. church members say they will rebuild. >> you know, from the beginning, our thing was forgive and for john. so we had prayer for the people who broke in and will continue to do that. and we just kept going. we have our community service event today. last week we were doing a celebration of queer youth in our community. tomorrow will be continuing that work. >> insurance will help cover their losses, but church officials say there's still about $20,000 short. so they've launched a gofundme to help bridge that gap. new details dublin based patelco c

perry russom, abc news, washington.is seeing charged political unrest as one of the country's most critical elections in decades ends with both candidates claiming victory. >> socialist and authoritarian president nicolas maduro was declared the winner by his electoral council, but now the country's opposition is also claiming it won. independent exit polling suggests opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez had more than double maduro's votes. us secretary of state antony blinken says the us has serious concerns about maduro's claims of reelection, and called for transparency in the vote count. you may have felt it. two small earthquakes shook parts of the bay area this afternoon. the first was centered near suisun city around 2 p.m. the usgs says it was a magnitude 3.3 quake. people reported feeling it as far away as santa rosa, sacramento and as far south as hayward. there was then a second quake, a magnitude 2.7, in the same area before 5 p.m. given the smaller intensity, there have been no reports of any damage. new b

we cannot condone this. >> perry russom, abc news, milwaukee. >> what went wrong?will be the focus of what will be a sweeping federal government investigation into today's attempt on former president trump's life. cory allen of alameda is a former u.s. secret service agent who protected president obama and his family. he was very forthright about what happened today. >> there was a there was a lapse in security, something something was missed or something went behind. after the sweeps were done. and somehow somebody gained access to it with a weapon, allen told us protecting a president and a former president involves not only the secret service, but also local and state police, multiple security sweeps are performed. >> he defended his former agency, which he called the best in the world. >> they're safe and these agents do a stellar job, and they are the best at what they do in the world, period. people come to them to get trained for their expertise and the foreign dignitaries that come in and out of the country constantly, and you never hear a peep about it. it

live in milwaukee, perry russom, abc seven news. >> thank you perry. less than an hour ago, the director of the secret service issued a statement saying, in part, secret service service personnel on the ground moved quickly during the incident with our counter-sniper team neutralizing the shooter and our agents implementing protective measures to ensure the safety of former president donald trump. the secret service is working with all federal, state and local agencies to understand what happened, how it happened, and how we can prevent an incident like this from ever taking place again. we understand the importance of the independent review announced by president biden yesterday, and will participate fully. the secret service, as you can imagine, is under scrutiny after the assassination attempt on former president donald trump. abc seven news reporter amanda delcastillo joining us live at amanda, many americans want to know exactly what went wrong at the rally saturday. >> yeah, kumasi there is a strong likelihood there may have been a problem in the

perry, russom abc news, washington. >> perry, thanks so much.out his plans to walk away from the race, the first lady's communications director commented on the first lady's reaction, saying she was supportive of whatever road he chose, saying, quote, she's his biggest champion believer and always on his side. and that trusted wei, only a spouse of almost 50 years, can be a longtime friend of joe biden, says he has no doubt that the president could have successfully served another term. but he says biden made the right decision. we caught up with joe cotchett at his home in the peninsula. >> i think it's one of the great moves of joe biden that goes to show that he's all hard about this country. i think he decided in his heart, the best thing for him to do was, rather than just seek a longer legacy, to now turn it over, to people that were younger than him. let's face it, getting old was difficult. difficult for anybod. uh- joe has been one of the great presidents we've had, and with all the nonsense about his age, the problems he's been having,

. >> abc news reporter perry russom has a closer look at the court's ruling. >> in the six three decisione justices ruling former presidents are shielded from prosecution for some acts, but not all. >> recognizing this kind of immunity, some absolute immunity for core presidential functions, some qualified immunity for other official acts. that seems to be what the opinion says is an enormous addition of new powers and protections to the president in a way we just haven't seen before. >> the case is tied to trump's january 6th election interference case. today trump says the ruling is a big win, even as he's been calling for absolute immunity for all acts since he was first charged in the case. >> a president has to have immunity. if you don't have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president with the opinion of the court, chief justice john roberts writes. >> trump asserts a far broader immunity than the limited one we have recognized in dissent, justice sonia sotomayor writes, the ruling makes a mockery of the principle foundational to our constitution and system of government, that n

perry russom, abc news, washington. >> joining us now with more on this topic. abc seven news insider film material. we heard a lot of hedging going on there. let's start with nancy pelosi. not exactly a rousing endorsement of the president. what do you read into that? well i read into that. >> we have a very prominent democrat publicly stating it's time for the president to make up his mind. she didn't say he's made up his mind. and we're already there. let's go forward. what's interesting about the former speaker, now, current speaker emeritus is that she is the one voicing this. we're not hearing anything from the senate president, chuck schumer. he says he's behind joe biden. hakeem jeffries is sort of soft on that as well. so there are democrats out there that i talked to today that said they hope that whatever nancy pelosi said gets louder and said more often in the next couple of days, other people are talking as well, hollywood heavyweights and certainly big democratic fundraisers. >> rob reiner and george clooney asking biden to step aside. and of cours

he gave his first live speech since the assassination attempt on his life, abc news reporter perry russomells us the other hot topics he addressed on the final night of the rnc. >> former president trump formally accepting the republican party's nomination for president trump on stage for the first time since the assassination attempt in pennsylvania. >> i had god on my side. >> trump saying he's not supposed to be here tonight. the crowd chanting, yes, you are. yes you are. >> i stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty god. >> on stage with trump, the firefighter helmet and jacket of corey comparator who was killed saturday. trump kissing the helmet. >> in an age when our politics too often divide us, now is the time to remember that we are all fellow citizens. >> after promising unity, trump quickly slipping into the same divisive attacks he's been giving on the campaign trail while talking policy, trump delivering what can be seen as a transphobic comment. >> we will not have men playing in women's sports, the former president making no mention of abortion rights, i

abc news reporter perry russom joins us live from the convention in milwaukee. perry, what can we expect today? and how is the former president responding? >> yeah. so for today, the theme is make america wealthy once again. so the plan is to introduce trump's economic plan. but this entire week has already been overshadowed by what happened this weekend in pennsylvania. today, day one of the republican national convention in milwaukee, the trump campaign planning to highlight the former president's plan for the economy as the week has taken a dark turn. >> i want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics. >> president biden addressing the nation last night. >> you know, the political record in this country has gotten very heated. it's time to cool it down. we all have a responsibility to do that. >> security, a top concern at the rnc. >> we are confident in the security plans that are in place for this event, and we're ready to go. it's been an 18 month process. >> trump arriving in wisconsin yesterday pumping his fi

. >> abc's perry russom explains the impact in the six three decision. >> the justices ruling formerresidents are shielded from prosecution for some acts, but not all. >> recognizing this kind of immunity, some absolute immunity for core presidential functions, some qualified immunity for other official acts. that seems to be what the opinion says is an enormous addition of new powers and protections to the president in a way we just haven't seen before. >> the case is tied to trump's january 6th election interference case. today, trump says the ruling is a big win, even as he's been calling for absolute immunity for all acts since he was first charged in the case. >> a president has to have immunity. if you don't have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president with the opinion of the court, chief justice john roberts writes. >> trump asserts a far broader immunity than the limited one we have recognized in dissent, justice sonia sotomayor writes, the ruling makes a mockery of the principle foundational to our constitution and system of government, that no man is above the law. a

abc news reporter perry russom is in milwaukee with the celebration at the convention.onald j. >> trump, former president trump's first public appearance since the assassination attempt days ago. >> the man is tough. >> trump walking into the republican national convention monday night. now the party's official nominee, a bandage covering his right ear right by his side, his newly named running mate, ohio senator jd vance. >> he knows what it's like to live in poverty, forgotten by washington politicians. >> the 39 year old former marine and venture capitalist rose to national fame with his memoir, hillbilly elegy. vance was once a trump critic, calling him america's hitler. >> i don't hide from that. i was certainly skeptical of donald trump in 2016. but president trump was a great president, and he changed my mind. i think he changed the minds of a lot of americans. >> president biden on vance's nomination. >> he's a clone of trump on the issues, a clone of trump on the issue last weekend's assassination attempt becoming a rallying cry for republicans. >> on saturday,

. >> i'm abc's perry russom in milwaukee. nikki haley taking center stage at the rnc.called trump unhinged. that story coming up, san francisco mayor london breed facing a number of challengers in her reelection bid. >> we ask her why she feels she deserves another term in office. good morning everyone. it's wednesday, july 17th. >> let's check in with drew for a look at the weather. hey, good morning. >> we have a warmer afternoon on the way later today, but this morning it's all about cloudy skies. some gloomy weather outside right now from our okay camera this morning. currently 59 with mostly cloudy skies, high humidity out there and a light breeze. in fact, most of our area is reporting that fog overhead this morning. a lot more fog than yesterday morning. 50s and 60s around the bay shoreline. good morning. fremont route 5856 in redwood city, 61. that current temperature in san jose, the wider picture it's cool in parts of the north bay. santa rosa coming in at 49 degrees. but today we're back into the upper 80s, lower 90s inland today, so it will feel warmer than

abc news reporter perry russom is in milwaukee, following it all. >> man made the train.president trump preparing for his major speech at the republican national convention tonight, days after the assassination attempt in pennsylvania. last night, trump watching his running mate, ohio senator jd vance. vance, his mother in the crowd who struggled with addiction during his childhood, now almost ten years sober. i love you, mom. vance focusing on the economy. it's about the autoworker in michigan wondering why out of touch politicians are destroying their jobs and immigration. >> when we allow newcomers into our american family, we allow them on our terms. >> vance, steering clear of some of his more controversial positions on abortion rights funding the war in ukraine and his eagerness to blame democrats for trump's assassination attempt. overnight, president biden returning to his vacation home in delaware after being diagnosed with covid. biden apparently needing help getting into the suv. moments later, seen with a mask over his face, the calls for biden to drop out of

abc's perry russom begins our coverage from milwaukee. perry.rning. >> andrea, good morning to you. it was trump's first speech since the assassination attempt over the weekend. he was expected to focus on unity, but things went awry as he kept going off script. >> i proudly accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> thank you. >> overnight, former president trump delivering the longest televised nomination acceptance speech in history, speaking for 92 minutes, trump beginning the speech with a commitment to uniting the nation. >> i am running to be president for all of america, not half of america, because there is no victory in winning for half of america. >> then, giving a minute by minute recount of his assassination attempt, describing the moment a bullet grazed his right ear. >> there was blood pouring everywhere and yet, in a certain way, i felt very safe because i had god on my side. i felt that. >> thank you. >> the now famous photo of his fist raised skyward, projected into the large screens on stage, trump paying tr

abc news reporter perry russom has the latest from washington. >> a defensive president biden pushingng calls for him to drop out today. in a letter to congressional democrats, biden writes, i'm firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end and to beating donald trump. biden doubling down on msnbc minutes later, blaming the elites for trying to push him out. >> i'm getting so frustrated by the leaks now. i'm not talking about you guys, but about the elites in the party who they know so much more. but any of these guys don't think i should run against me, go ahead. announcer. announcer. president challenged me in the convention. >> the first lady, jill biden, on the campaign trail today in north carolina. joe has made it clear that he's all in. it comes as white house visitor logs show an expert in parkinson's disease visited the white house eight times in eight months from last summer through this spring. >> has the president being treated for parkinson's? no is he being treated for parkinson's? no. he's not. is he taking medication for parkinson's? no. so

perry russom abc news, washington. >> vice president kamala harris traveled to las vegas today lookingtant swing state polls in nevada. across the board show the biden-harris team trailing donald trump anywhere from 3 to 10 points. biden carry nevada back in 2020, winning by almost two and a half points. >> federal reserve chairman jerome powell says a possible interest rate cut is still weeks away. powell's comments came today during his semiannual monetary report before the senate banking committee. he says inflation has eased notably in recent months, but the fed will likely keep rates where they are for the time being. the central bank's latest projection shows it's likely to cut rates once before the end of the year. >> tough times continue at boeing. today, the company reported that its gross sales dropped 70% in the first half of the year compared to a year ago. the aerospace giant says it sold just 14 new jets in the past month, which was actually better than the previous two months. boeing sales have fallen sharply since a 737 max door plug blew out mid-flight this january. ai

abc's perry russom has it all covered from milwaukee. perry. good morning ryan, and good morning to you. >> security was very tight here last night inside the arena as trump was here. there were snipers on rooftops as the former president arrived. former president trump walking into the convention, a large bandage on his ear covering the place he was shot. trump apparently emotional as the crowd chanted fight, fight, fight! echoing the words he shouted while pumping his fist after being shot saturday. trump taking his seat next to senator jd vance, his running mate who had only 20 minutes notice before trump's vp pick was made public. >> he just said, look, i think we've got to go save this country. i think you're the guy who can help me. >> years ago, vance compared trump to hitler and was called a never trumper republican. >> i was certainly skeptical of donald trump in 2016, but president trump was a great president and he changed my mind. >> a former marine who served in iraq, vance rose to prominence after writing hillbilly elegy, a memoir

abc's perry russom begins our coverage now from milwaukee. y, good morning rhiannon. >> good morning to you. trump's former rivals taking center stage here last night including nikki haley, who had previously called trump unhinged and unstable. former president trump entering night two of the convention with that large bandage on his ear, watching his former political rivals embrace him, donald trump has my strong endorsement, period. nikki haley, whose invitation to the convention was announced after saturday's assassination attempt taking on the role of unifier. >> you don't have to agree with trump, 100% of the time to vote for him. >> florida governor ron desantis, striking a different tone while slamming president biden. >> america cannot afford four more years of a weekend at bernie's presidency. >> much of the night focusing on border security, crime and the economy. trump's daughter in law lara, co-chair of the rnc, speaking to trump's toughness millimeters separated him from life and certain death and yet it was in the midst of it all

. >> abc's perry russom begins our coverage from milwaukee. od morning, rhiannon. >> good morning to you. as president, biden faces more pressure to step aside last night, it was vice presidential candidate j.d. vance in the spotlight here in milwaukee. >> i officially accept your nomination to be vice president of the united states of america. >> reporter overnight, 39 year old jd vance, introducing himself to america. >> vance telling his story of growing up in poverty in ohio while invoking the memory of his grandmother, who raised him while his mother struggled with addiction. >> despite the closing factories and the growing addiction in towns like mine in my life, i had a guardian angel by my side. she was an old woman who could barely walk, but she was tough as nails. i called her mama the name we hillbillies gave to our grandmothers. and i'm proud to say that tonight my mom is here ten years clean and sober. i love you, mom. >> vance. wasting no time addressing voters in key swing states. >> it's about the autoworker in michigan wonderin

. >> i'm abc's perry russom in milwaukee.rmer president trump with his first appearance since the assassination attempt. and now he has a running mate. that story coming up. >> another rave coming to the streets of san francisco. when and where this weekend's dance party is going to be. good morning everybody. it is tuesda, july 16th. >> let's start with the weather. hi, drew. hey. >> good morning. we'll take you to a beautiful picture, our south beach camera showing you the bay bridge. just a little bit of cloud cover out there on the horizon. our sunrise now occurring after 6 a.m. in the morning. we'll find current conditions that some patchy cloud cover does exist around oakland san francisco, also in the south bay, but are farthest inland areas. concord and napa are reporting clear skies, so a marine layer isn't that thick this morning. and that means we'll find sunshine pretty fast over the next couple of hours. our coolest areas in the 40s like santa rosa, some mild conditions across oakland and brentwood and palo alto

perry russom abc news, milwaukee. >> now let's get you to the i.t. malfunction that has crippled much of the world. overnight, a cybersecurity firm called crowdstrike is taking the blame. this morning, crowdstrike services, large corporations and government clients like global banks, health care systems and utility companies. >> in a statement posted to x this morning, the ceo of crowdstrike writes, quote, crowdstrike is actively working with customers impacted by defect found in a single content update for windows host mac and linux hosts are not impacted. this is not a security incident or a cyber attack. the issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. >> perhaps most concerning in all of this is the impact to emergency services. the city of oakland says it is aware of the cybersecurity outage affecting jurisdictions worldwide. it issued a statement saying, quote, the impacts in oakland have caused many computers to become inaccessible and are being evaluated and responded to. now, oakland's 911 call lines remain active and ope

let's bring in abc's perry russom in washington.he doj, they're defending this new law that would force tiktok to sell its operations or be banned together. >> reporter: the justice department is warning allowing tiktok to operate under byteda bytedance's chinese parent company has a risk. letting china influence u.s. elections where china can manipulate the platform to sway the views of americans. tiktok's parent company has sued the federal government arguing the law violates the first amendment. u.s. officials say tiktok employees have sent significant amounts of restricted user data to each other storing it on chinese systems where bytedance employees in china could access it. the chinese government could require bytedance to help with national security efforts. a spokesperson for tiktok says the u.s. government has not shown any proof of its claims. >>> now to the summer games, team usa off to a strong start winning its first gold medal for swimming a short time ago. earlier today u.s. cyclist chloe dygert appeared headed for g

abc news reporter perry russom has the latest response to biden's run. >> democratic donor and actor george clooney now calling on president biden to drop out of the race with an opinion piece in the new york times, clooney, who hosted a fundraiser for biden last month, writes, most of our members of congress are opting to wait and see if the dam breaks. but the dam has broken. we can put our heads in the sand and pray for a miracle. in november, or we can speak the truth. the biden campaign not directly responding to clooney, but pointing to biden's comments that he's not leaving the race today. more democratic lawmakers speaking out, worried about biden's electability. >> i am deeply concerned about joe biden winning this >> this morning, former house speaker nancy pelosi on msnbc. >> it's up to the president to decide if he is going to run. we're all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. >> meantime, the biden campaign is contending with another hit. a passer by on the streets of new york asked abc news anchor george stephanopoulos, who had interview

now, for the very latest, we turn to abc news reporter perry russom. perry, what can you tell us? >> well, you know, this week was supposed to be a week for republicans to celebrate, but now this is taking a serious turn with the fbi investigating the assassination attempt. a former president trump. this morning, the fbi is naming the suspected shooter as thomas matthew crooks, 20 years old, from bethel park, pennsylvania, south of pittsburgh. the fbi saying this remains an active and ongoing investigation. overnight, former president trump arriving in new jersey, walking down the stairs of his plane hours after what the fbi is calling an assassination attempt at his campaign rally in pennsylvania. look what happene. new video shows the secret service reacting to the shooting on top of that white roof, a law enforcement source tells abc news the shooter is believed to be a lone wolf. we do not currently have an identified motive, although our investigators are working tirelessly to attempt to identify what that motive was. >> law enforcement sources tell abc news. >> the shooter f

abc news reporter perry russom live on the convention floor in milwaukee. rmer president, has already rewritten the speech he planned. >> yeah, he said he rewrote the entire speech after the assassination attempt over the weekend. i'm curious to see what he has to say because he says he wants to unify the country. man made the trip. former president trump preparing for his major speech at the republican national convention tonight. days after the assassination attempt in pennsylvania last night, trump, watching his running mate, ohio senator jd vance vance's mother in the crowd who struggled with addiction during his childhood. now almost ten years sober, i love you, mom. vance. focusing on the economy. it's about the autoworker in michigan wondering why out of touch politicians are destroying their jobs and immigration. >> when we allow newcomers into our american family, we allow them on our terms. >> vance, hearing clear some of his more controversial positions on abortion rights funding the war in ukraine and his eagerness to blame democrats for trump's