you see joe biden at 42, donald trump 42, robert f kennedy junior at nine. bring this up because robert f kennedy junior will join us in a few minutes here. i want to move ahead now to arizona, the five way race, joe biden at 39, donald trump at 43 and robert f kennedy at ten. you can see there's a pretty good number -- those are pretty good numbers for the third-place candidate and you can see why a lot of political analysts are saying, you know, this could be instrumental in how this presidential race comes out, the robert f kennedy candidacy. >> you know, these third candidates have always come out of the woodwork. they are not really going to make an impact because right now we know that president trump has the strongest record not only on the economy but immigration. when you look at arizona, it's devastating, the number of illegal immigrants without any type of measure to secure that border. so while we have this third party candidate, it's going to continue to narrow that margin. trump is going to continue to dominate and i think this is in effect, i

robert f kennedy jr, son of robert f kennedy, nephew of president john f kennedy, environmental lawyer, and more recently anti-vaccine crusader, held a rally in oakland. the democrat turned independent introduced his new running mate, 38 year old bay area tech lawyer nicole shanahan. >> the very failure of both parties to do their job to protect their founding values has contributed to the decline of this country. in my lifetime. maybe that's why i see so many republicans disillusioned with their party. as i become disillusioned with mine. if you are one of those disillusioned republicans, i welcome you to join me. a disillusioned democrat in this movement to unify and heal america. the >> a disillusioned democrat, we should also say a big donor to democratic candidates in the past, joining us live now to talk about this ticket and all things presidential politics. abc news political director rick klein. hey, rick. >> hey, great to see you. >> great to see you. all right. this is interesting. i think if you're really into politics, you know, nicole shanahan, if you know silicon valley,

robert f. kennedy jr. says there's got to be a better way, another way. maybe an independent way. r.f.k. jr. says he is that way. he is here. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. let's get to it. it was going to be controversial and it was going to be in your face. probably what robert hur wasn't counting on is that he would be getting broad side attacks in his face from both parties oftentimes. david spunts on capitol hill with the fallout. david? >> hi, neil. republicans welcomed robert hur to capitol hill. some were upset that he chose not to charge president biden. democrats disparaged the former special counsel that just left his post at the justice department after completing this. the most important thing is to hear from him and this is why he says he did not charge the president with the any criminal violations. >> we identified evidence that the president willfully retained classified materials after the end of his vice presidency when he was a private citizen. we did not, however, identify eviden

robert f kennedy, the nephew of the 35th president, john f. kennedy, will be running as an independent and needed to name a running mate before getting his name on most state ballots. so, how will the kennedy shanahan ticket affect the overall race for the white house? coming up, we talk live with sonoma state political science professor, david mcewan, for so >>> with a third-party candidate solidifying his name on the president shall ballot, a lot of questions this afternoon about how this could affect the vote for president biden, and former president trump. joining me alive now, political science professor david mcewan. thank you for being with us today. obviously, robert f kennedy jr. has a significant name recognition, what do we really know about him, though, and he's now running mate? >> if you look at rfk jr., this is someone who has been staunchly proenvironment, that is how he made his rotation, but also someone who has been at the forefront of many anti- coded -- or, anti-vaccine conspiracies around covid. he is someone who has been

today, independent presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr. came to the bay area to launch the next stage of his campaign, at an oakland rally, he announced bay area native nicole shanahan as his running mate coming after much speculation with a list of running mates including nfl quarterback aaron rodgers and republican senator rand paul, nbc bay area is in oakland with the details. >> robert f. kennedy jr. made this announcement in oaklands historical henry j kaiser center for the arts with an official vp running mate. he's hoping to secure his name and allstate throughout the country. >> the next step of vice president of united states of america, nicole shanahan. >> after months of speculation, robert f kennedy will continue his race with oakland born attorney entrepreneur where nicole shanahan. >> if nicole and i can get americans to refuse to view -- but from fear, we will be in the white house in november. >> he picked the 38-year-old because of her experience in tech and advocacy, children's health, environmental concerns, and her abil

. >>> with their own brother, uncle, and cousin, robert f. kennedyand potentially acting as a spoiler could throw the race to donald trump. the close-knit kennedy family is going public in a big way behind president biden. three generations of kennedys were at the what house on st. patrick's day posing for a photo with president biden, with some now openly voicing concern that rfk jr. who's had a controversial record as a vaccine denier, conspiracy theorist, could tip a close election to donald trump. joining us now is jonathan lemire, host of way too early right here on msnbc. susan page, usa today's bureau chief. a dnc spokesperson saying the picture is worth a thousand words and this white house photo is no accident. >> reporter: yeah, andrea, no doubt at all. i've attended a few of these st. patrick's day receptions at the white house, it's carefully managed in terms of who gets an invitation. that was an unusual display of force, and it was no accident whatsoever. first of all, most members of the kennedy family have spoken out against robert f.

robert f. kennedy jr.nnounced his running mate. he has chosen nicole shanahan, a silicon valley lawyer who was previously married to google's cofounder. she has donated to multiple campaigns even partially funding rfk's $7 million ad that aired during the super bowl this year. joining us now from oakland, california is vaughn hillyard. >> reporter: we expect her to take the stage here any minute. robert f. kennedy jr. who's running as an independent and trying to qualify for the ballot was anticipated to make this pick. nicole shanahan is now his selection. for folks at home who have not heard of her, you are not alone. she just had about 1200 followers on x. she does not have a large public profile by any means. she is 38 years old. never served in public office. she is a tech lawyer. a philanthropist. somebody who is at the age of 38 years old, has inserted here into politics here on behalf of robert f. kennedy. you said it there. that $4 million donation that went toward developing a super bowl ad that

visit ncicap.org] >> a couple of headlines in reaction to robert f kennedy's vice presidential pick. es a new play for the disaffected, saying his choice of -- will inject new support into his independent bid for the white house. emme kratz ramp up attacks on rfk junior -- democrats ramp up attacks on rp jr. with the headline "he should ashamuw hio will benefit former president trump. friday night, watching c-span's 2024 campaign trail. a weekly roundup of campaign , providing a one stop shop to determine what candidates around the country are saying to voter

let me be clear that's what robert f. kennedy is a spoiler. >> harris: jacque heinrich is live from the white house. >> democrats are so worried that robert f. kennedy, jr. will siphon votes for biden and get trump elected. they have heartburn from 2016 when donald trump's margin of victory was smaller than the total number of votes that jill stein got in three swing states. rfk junior is polling better grabbing 13%. dnc is waging this campaign to paint kennedy as a black sheep of the family, not a kennedy in the traditional sense. president biden posed with 50 members of the kennedy family to illustrate that and send that message. democrats are trying to keep kennedy from getting on the ballot in more states lodging a complaint allege knowledge a pro-kennedy super pac failing to disclose millions of dollars in loans. >> the truth is he was drafted into this race by donald trump's top supporters and is being financed in this race by trump's largest donor. that isn't merely a coincidence. he has no realistic path to victory in pen

it is robert f. kennedy junior shanahan is $38.00, grew up in poverty and became a successful attorney in tech entrepreneur. she's also the ex wife of google co founder surrogate. bryn kennedy is 70 a long time environmental lawyer and an advocate of various discredited conspiracy theories including the childhood vaccines and on specified environmental toxins cause autism. shanahan referred in directly to those claims. no single safety study can assess the cumulative impact of one prescription on top of another prescription in one shot on top of another shot on top of another side. kennedy's broader messages that all major government agencies and other institutions are corrupt. advanced agencies work for the military, industrial complex, and health agencies work for big pharma. at the us, the a work for a big ag and the process fluid cartels at the p a is in go with the polluters. many supporters say they are disillusioned and distrustful of government, political parties and the news media out of 350 some 1000000 people in the is that really all we get just happy to be here to support

as robert f kennedy junior and his new running mate, nicole shanahan spent just a few minutes on stage together waving to supporters as the announcement event ended. but earlier each spend time praising the other. i want nicole to be a champion, is a growing number of millennials and gems, the americans who have lost faith in their future and lost their pride in our country. there is only one candidate i have met for president who takes the chronic disease epidemic seriously. it is robert f. kennedy junior shanahan is $38.00, grew up in poverty and became a successful attorney in tech entrepreneur. she's also the ex wife of google co founder surrogate. brent kennedy is 70 a long time environmental lawyer and an advocate of various discredited conspiracy theories. including the childhood vaccines and on specified environmental toxins cause autism, shanahan referred in directly to those claims. no single safety study can assess the cumulative impact of one prescription on top of another prescription and one shot on top of another shot on top of another side. kennedy's broader message is

but on the flip side of that, they're also all very intrigued by robert f. kennedy jr. who is running as an independent. in fact, one woman who really strongly disliked donald trump told me that if trump were to choose robert f. kennedy jr. as his running mate, she would vote for trump. but really understand i get a sense from these women that they're not looking to hear something specific from biden or trump to win their vote. what they're looking for is a new candidate, a fresh face, who they believe will bring real change. >> anderson, randi kaye, randy, thanks >> just ahead. the latest on the search and recovery efforts in the midwest after a series of powerful tornadoes destroyed parts of towns, killing at least three and included scenes like these hello, my god, look at it, go oh, my god >> it's like go go, go, go, go, go, go. we need again from friends coming over to mom's coming over so many ways to save life ready, wallet, happy. that's 365 by whole foods market i am zara. can >> i am 39 years old? i've started thinking about getting botox cosmetic for the last

robert f. kennedy junior, sobrino del ex presidente john f. seguró que esta semana harán la petición a 19 estados más que requerían tener a una compañera de fórmula, fátima navarrete noticiero. telemundo 48. vámonos. otros temas organizadores del evento anual de marihuana hippie en el parque golden gate anunciaron hoy su cancelación según un mensaje en el sitio web oficial, los recortes presupuestarios en toda la ciudad, la situación actual en la industria del cannabis y la economía son las razones por las que no pueden conseguir suficientes respaldo financiero para un evento limpio y seguro. entonces yo digo que si lo cancelan va a estar todo cerrado, va a estar todo lento, 1 gente, nadie más va a querer venir a la ciudad, verdad? bueno, este evento usualmente se realizaba el 20 de abril y celebra la marihuana en todas sus formas. además suele. solía atraer miles de personas y vendedores al festival. la portavoz del departamento de parques y recreación de la ciudad dijo que fue difícil encontrar patrocinios este año. esta mañana, en la zona no

he is an independent, robert f. kennedy, jr.. [applause] yes. yes. his commitment to the peace and welfare of the hard-working people of america that drew me as a person of compassion to his candidacy. yes. [applause] as recently as a year ago i really didn't think much of bobby kennedy because i didn't know much about him. all i had was the mainstream media narrative that was effectively telling me horrible discouraging things. then a friend who is here today pulled me aside and said, nicole, please, do me a favor. just listen to an interview with bobby kennedy just wants. so, i did. i did. then i listened to another one, and another one, and i recognized the person i was seeing in these interviews was the opposite of the media slander of his character. i saw a person of intelligence, of compassion, and of reason. i saw a fellow lawyer who committed himself to finding the truth and fighting for the environment and people. i discovered a person who speaks out on issues that even though they are critically important to human health and welfare are con

the son of former senator robert f kennedy and nephew of president john f kennedy, has been criticizedout credible evidence, but anti-vaccine.e claim he's >> each one of these conspiracies, when you so called conspiracy theories, when you deconstruct them, is really about government and corporate officials trying to attack a critic by not answering the but not dealing, having a debate on the science, but rather by saying, oh, he's crazy, he's a quack. >> in recent polls, kennedy jr is polling ahead of other third party candidates with a favorability rating, often higher than president biden and former president trump. his challenge now is trying to get on state's ballots in california , his supporters have launched the we the people the ticket. ie successful, the party must get 75,000 people in the state to reregister with them. >> if you're voting out of fear, if you're voting for president biden because your because you've been told to be fearful of president trump getting elected, or the other way. if you're voting for president trump and really don't want to, but you're just scared

. >>> a local tech entrepreneur johns robert f. kennedy jr for his bid to the white house. >>> this is cbs news bay area. with you'lliet good rich. juliette goodrich. >>> dramatic video shows how quickly the francis scott key bridge collapsed t. happened early in the morning after a cargo ship lost power and rammed into the bridge's column. in a matter of seconds the span crumbles into the water. video of the aftermath shows a section of the bridge on top of the vessels bow. six construction workers filling potholes on the bridge are now presumed dead. the search for their bodies will resume tomorrow. two other people who fell in the water were rescued. pete buttigieg said it is too early to tell when it will be cleared. the images may be unnerving for many of us who cross a bridge here in the bay area to get to work every day. among them is bernie. i talked to him today along the embarcadero. >> when i thought about the bay bridge, could it happen to us as well? the civilians commuting in and out every day. it is a huge concern. naturally

robert f kennedy junior. his commitment to peace in to the welfare. working people in america. that job me as a person of compassion to his candidacy. >> kennedy is picking a running mate now because about half of the states that are require him to designate one before you can apply for ballot access, he will be competing against president joe biden and former president donald trump. nurses at john muir health in concord taking to the streets today. the picket they are in the middle of contract negotiations and they want a seat at the table. that's what they say. crowd forced to justice explains. now what they're demanding. >> currently are running into some roadblocks trying to get. >> safety implementations in place. registered nurses at john muir health picketing for 3 hours tuesday morning, demanding improvements over safe staffing in workplace violence. the registered nurses are asking for improve safety measures and to provide adequate relief staffing so that nurses can take meals and rest breaks very issue with workplace violence. >> unfortunately, yes, there we see it ve

the son of former senator robert f kennedy and nephew of president john f kennedy, has been criticizedout vaccines without credible evidence, but he rejects the claim he's antimvaccine. >> each one of these conspiracyútheories, when you deconstruct them, is really about government and corporate officials trying to attack a spcritic by not dealingl havingn spthe science, but rather by saying, oh, quack. >> in recent polls, kennedy jr is pulling ahead of other third party candidates with presidentr president trump. his challenge now is trying to get on state's ballots in california. his supporters the we the party,úwe the people party to get on the ticket. in order to be successful, the party 75,e to reregister with them. >> if you're voting outc of fea, if you're voting for president biden because you're because you've fearful of president trump other way, if you're voting for president trump and really don't want scaf president biden, you know, that's not how democracy is supposedúto work be able to vote somebody whot& inspires you, somebody. who you like. >> we will cover tuesday'st&

host: in issues of politics things to watch out for is robert f. kennedy, jr.s said to announce his running mate and oakland, california. as they seek valid access a few names have been circulating aaron rodgers, jesse ventura and nicole shanahan. they have kept the name secret and denied they wanted to turn the process into a guessing game. looking for that news to come out from bernie in florida on the democrats line. caller: good morning. a few things i wanted to say i'm from new jersey but i've lived in florida for the past few years. i know the man, i know a couple of the things that he did. he went bankrupt. and number two he never paid the high school associatesthey votet bankrupt because of that guy. what he has done now he's been doing that forever. host: this will be eugene from florida. hello mr. pedro. host: you are on. caller: i wanted to tell everyone to have a prayer for the people of maryland this morning. ■host: that's the collapse of te francis scott key bridge. that is it for

robert f. kennedy jr. and his own state of the union speech. >> growing number of americans are rejecting. they're ready to unite and build this country and rebuild the promise of the america of my youth. build for someone who rep resevenths hope and healing. >> harris: that was from his campaign add. we will have his speech coming up. ron johnson is where it happened last night. he's on deck. first to lucas tomlinson at the white house. >> the speech lasted just over an hour with several interruptions including congress women marjory taylor greene asking the president to say the name of the young women killed if her state by an illegal immigrant. president: i -- lincoln riley. an innocent young women killed by an illegal. >> lincoln riley is head coach of the usc trojans. let me be clear posted on x, no human being is illegal. that didn't bother former house speaker, nancy pelosi gives president biden a standing ovation. >> i don't think it's a big deal. >> more broadly -- >> i think his focus was on the

>> the thing is, on election day, assuming robert kennedy junior is on general election ballots in the states where he is, is it robert fnedy junior life long activist, that would pulled more from democrats but robert f kennedy jr. anti- vector conspiracy theorists that would pull more. more from the republican side. the thing is and you don't have the pull that many to be decisive. take stein in 2016 she got next to no votes. but her vote totals in wisconsin but the minute were bigger than trumps the margins in each of the states. i can be small and decisive. democrats and neither side is that torqued up about bobby kennedy junior. sting that might knock him back a little bit probably would not be the most popular person thanks giving dinner. we talk about these things you are talking about -- mchugh when i talked about how people perceive theaá economy tt is or isn't helping the current president. first of all i appreciate being here. it's part of an affirmative action program for people who did not do wellin economics 101 and college. [laughter] so i appreciate that. economists talk about the economy and swing voters

spend the next seven months of my life getting him on each and every ballot in this country. >> robert f. kennedy, the nephew of the 35th president, john f. kennedy, will be running as an independent but needed to name a running mate before getting his name on most state ballots. i spoke with a political expert about how kennedy and shanahan could skew the race. >> every vote will matter this particular november, and that's where rfk jr. can play an important role. and he's mostly playing in democratic states or states that democrats slightly picked up in 2020. he will draw from donald trump. you're absolutely spot on about that, but he also draws at a higher level with those disaffected democrat, particularly african american men and younger voters in those key battleground states. >> rfk jr. began his campaign as a primary challenge to president biden but last fall said he would run as an independent instead. >> thank, anne. >>> turning to weather right now, another full day of sunshine all across the bay area, but oh, that is about to change. first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen here wi

he is, of course the he is also was john f kennedy junior, the assassin, the president, and he is the son of robert f. kennedy also candidate for stressful 9068 on sale to assess and schools during the superbowl. i took the most closely, watched and have watched the advantage us tell of the honestly mimicking and had a rather nice e 60 for j of members of our case family hardly critical. we apologize. parts at ad was paid for our by nicole sherry, who gets the announcement shortly. we knew all the details. thanks very much indeed . well, let's take a look at the difference. 3rd party candidates can make to us presidential elections in 2016 independence, gary johnson, one around 3 percent of the vote. so let's say that helped donald trump with and see 1000 george w bush. one. the key state of florida by few, within the 600 foot green party candidate, neither 100000 bucks in the state to wells fargo recently led the posing 1992 ahead of george h. w. bush and bill clinton. he even made it into the presidential debates, but on this doubts, his ultimate influence, the clearest, fed candidate influence t

this is cnn robert f. >> kennedy jr. says his campaign has gathered enough signatures in nevada to qualify for the ballot in that swing state. if that state verifies them, it could reshape the race in yet another battleground as super pac supporting him announced last month that it's got enough signatures to secure his ballot access in arizona and georgia, those still need to be verified as well. our panel is here to discuss. >> i >> have to say i'm mildly obsessed with this story line because it does have the potential to be a but an earthquake. yeah, it depending on whether or not he has certified in these states and let me just give a bigger more fulsome picture. nia in utah, he is already successfully filed to appear appear on that ballot. utah's i think pretty reliably red state, but we'll say nevada, new hampshire, hawaii campaign has met this signature threshold to qualify. and as i mentioned, arizona and georgia, maybe the mother of all swings, twin swing states, the superpac, met the signature. >> yeah. this thr

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and robert f. kennedy jr. names a wealthy tech lawyer as his vice presidential pick working to hype the tension on his independent presidential bid as top democrats portray him as a spoiler that to help donald trump got elected welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room the skis cnn breaking >> news, let's get right to the breaking who's on the baltimore bridge disaster? the investigation now beginning into how and why a cargo ship slammed into the bridge, sending pieces of twisted metal into the water cnn's brian todd has been on the scene for us all day long. he's lived joining us now for baltimore harbor and brian authorities, i taken our focus again on the search and rescue operation. that's ongoing. give us the latest they are indeed wool from this unique vantage point, you can see the point of impact where this vessel, the dalai, this massive container >> ship, struck the francis scott key bridge. you can see the point of impact rig

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robert f kennedy, jr., in the ads i've been seeing things he has a chance, especially among young votersndering what your thoughts are with regards to rfk, jr., and in general why is he not covered anymore in the general media? guest: that is an excellent question. robert kennedy is running for president. he is only currently on the ballot in two states. one of the things that causes skepticism about whether he could compete to win is he is not on the ballot anywhere besides utah and new hampshire so far. they are working to get on the ballot and we are worried about that. fundamentally the question is can he compete to win the election? i would argue there is no chance of that whatsoever. not only because he is running as a third-party, but the views he has been carrying as a presidential candidate and before that -- he came to fame because he is profoundly anti-vaccine. not just the covid vaccine but all vaccines and he has traveled the world trying to convince people not to use vaccines, which has been enormously dangerous and has caused measles outbreaks and other things as a direct

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shannon. >> shannon: meantime donald trump and robert f. kennedy jr. turning tables on using the address and boosting the presidential campaign and live with that part of the story. reporter: trump's reaction to biden's speech is best summarized by his exclusive comments to fox digital when she said, he was angry, mentally disturbed and misrepresenting a lot of the facts concerning almost every subject he discussed and he was very angry and that was symptom of a certain type of problem and civility and the senator from alabama katie britt delivered the republican party's official rebuttal to biden last night from did a great job and offered a great youngest female republican senator ever. jot american dream turned into a nightmare and >> president biden probably proclaims that reporter: independent presidential candidate robert f. kennedy delivering his own state of the yawnon saying americans don't want to choose. >> americans to want heal that divide and nation artificially forced and only when we the people are at war with each other and people are

your vote, and a new name in the race for the white house independent candidate and anti-vaxxer robert f kennedy has named a bay area woman as his running mate. abc seven news reporter lena howland has the story. >> robert f kennedy jr, an independent presidential candidate, is wasting no time in his campaign to announce his running mate, nicole shanahan. >> i'm confident that there is no american more qualified than nicole shanahan, and as of today, she's no longer a democrat. >> as an antiwar activist during the iraq war, she's gravitated toward the man who she says is the only antiwar candidate in this moment. >> i, i am leaving the democratic party. >> shanahan is a 38 year old oakland native who spoke today of her upbringing. raised on food stamps and government assistance by a mother who immigrated from china and an american father who struggled with substance abuse issues. she's now an attorney, silicon valley entrepreneur, and a mother sharing a daughter with her ex-husband, google co-founder sergey brin. >> these are two of my political convictions. i hold today to serve peace and to he

. >> we'll celebrate in eight months when the election is over. >> but independent candidate robert f kennedycould play the role of spoiler with the help of some star power. abc news has confirmed. nfl quarterback aaron rodgers is on kennedy's short list of potential running mates. the two recently spending time together both appear to share views on several issues. both oppose vaccine mandates. >> he is very much known for his, you know, contrarian, libertarian, right wing, adjacent views. during covid, he seemed to lie about his vaccination status at one point and has worn that as kind of a badge of honor. >> kennedy's other top vp contender is jesse ventura, the former minnesota governor known as jesse the body ventura. in his pro wrestling days. >> i walk and talk where i want to, and i wear my hair the way i want to. >> the democratic national committee dismisses kennedy's vp list as the three stooges reunion. no one was asking for, but a recent poll found kennedy at 13, well ahead of other third party contenders in recent elections. >> i think bobby kennedy jr has the potential to be th

. >> robert f kennedy jr has announced a relatively unknown political newcomer as his running mate inite house. silicon valley lawyer nicole shanahan will join his independent ticket as they seek to win over voters unhappy with the biden trump rematch. shanahan is the ex-wife of google's co-founder and says she shares kennedy's concerns about the environment and vaccines. >> there is only one candidate i have met for president who takes the chronic disease epidemic seriously. it is robert f kennedy jr, and i will be his ally in making our nation healthy again. >> shanahan has deep pockets. she donated $4 million to a super pac that bought a super bowl commercial. >> now it's a former president trump enjoying a big day on wall street while also facing new restrictions in one of his legal cases this morning, ahead of his criminal hush money trial. former president trump is under a new gag order prohibited from making public statements about witnesses, court staff and jurors in the case concerning his alleged payment to actress stormy daniels. >> he's a democrat judge. he wants to do tha

does robert f kennedy junior and >> i will be his ally and making nation healthy again. >> so you'll probably hear a lot about the u.s. being a nation of chronic disease on the campaign trail. one of the major themes kennedy has established shanahan was formally married to google co-founder sergey brin. she's got a record of donating to democrats. she reaffirmed today she has left the democratic party because she says she feels that has lost its way. kennedy's team is obviously hoping that the in putting a running mate in place will inject new energy in the campaign. maybe bring in more donors. analysts say this is still going to be a hard fight. kennedy's campaign continues to fight to place his name on state ballots. no. alan grant. >> very interesting, catherine. thank you. nurses in the east bay are the latest group rallying for better working conditions. we've got the details. >> plus, a massive amount of fentanyl is off our streets. what is being credited for that success? and why san francisco is canceling one of the city's most anticipated events of the year. stick with event

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and robert f. kennedy jr. announcing his running mate, a wealthy lawyer who's once married to the co-founder of google, just who is nicole shanahan? >> i wish >> you pick for her politics over deep pockets. >> let's go out front >> good evening, america hill in for erin burnett outfront tonight, breaking news, dive teams at this hour searching for any survivors after the horrific bridge collapse in baltimore. and they are racing against time. >> we have left i pictures for you here of what was the francis scott key bridge is still and arches in the center span there, as you can see, a gone after a massive cargo ship plowed into a support sending cars and construction workers plunging some 185 feet into frigid 47 degree water and then tap school river below six construction workers who have been fixing potholes on the bridge when it went down are still missing. two other workers were rescued tonight. we're learning just how close this accident came to becoming an even bigger disaster. around 12, 30 the ship lef

story about robert kennedy jr and his running mate. >> my fellow lawyer, a brilliant scientist, technologist, a fierce warrior mom, nicole shanahan, independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr. >> and it's speculation and a weeks long search and named his vice presidential pick in her hometown. he chose nicole shanahan, a 38 year old attorney and tech entrepreneur. born and raised in oakland who has been a major donor to his campaign. >> if you are one of those disillusioned republicans, i welcome you to join me, a disillusioned democrat in this movement to unify and heal america. >> nicole shanahan, the former wife of sergey brin, the co-founder of google, has deep pockets and all of a sudden you are in a place where you can have access to the ballot that really can mess up democrats in particular, a few hundred supporters of rfk junior's campaign attended the announcement and rally at the kaiser center for the arts. >> they heard from speakers supporting kennedy's run and echoing parts of his message, including accusing the federal government of censorship and opposing public health and vaccine mandates. >> it feels like sometimes we're not always told the trut

those who voted for trump in 2020 fairly positive when it comes to robert f kennedy jr. hose with an opinion of him. and those who voted for biden in 2020 say they did very negative when it comes to robert f. kennedy jr. what's interesting, in other polls that test kennedy with biden and trump, you actually see he polls about equally in these polls from democrats and republicans even though on the whole, he's more popular with republicans than democrats. the smaller share of democrats saying they'll vote for kennedy is about equal for republicans saying they would, too. just in terms of what effect independents have had historically. not every year obviously produces a ground swell for independent candidates but go back eight years. high negatives for trump in 2016. high negatives for hillary clinton in 2016. gary johnson got over 20%. jill stein got 1%. evan mcmullan got about half a percent but got quarter of the vote in utah. 2000 is the famous recent example. there's a lot of democrats that believe ralph nader's president cost him. one county in florida, florida was o

again in 2025 and he could rule until the next decades independent to us presidential candidate robert f . kennedy junior has announced his running mate for november's election, california lawyer and philanthropist, nicole shanahan will run for the vice presidency alongside kennedy's bid for the white house. the 38 year old has never held and elected office, but has previously donated to democratic presidential candidates for reynolds was in oakland, california for the announcements, an independent presidential candidate, robert f. kennedy has made his choice of a running made and she is nicole shanahan. a 38 year old attorney and technology entrepreneur from the san francisco bay area. she's also the former wife of google, co founder, sergey green. kennedy phrase shanahan is having the skills necessary to be a great vice president. and also that she agrees with him that the us government no longer serves the people but his in thrall to wall street. and the extremely wealthy kennedy is the spark controversy for his stated believes in a number of discredited conspiracy theories including that of ch

. >> norah: robert f. kennedy jr.mate today, choosing silicon valley lawyer, and investor and philanthropist, nicole shanahan. shanahan is 38 and the ex-wife of google cofounder sergey brin. kennedy, running as an independent, also considered nfl quarterback aaron rodgers, who shares his skepticism of vaccines, and former minnesota governor and wrestler jesse ventura. an important note: kennedy is currently on the ballot in only one state, utah, in the general election. today, a russian court tacked on an additional three months of pretrial jail time for "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich. it was a year ago this week that he became the first american journalist arrested on spying charges in russia since the cold war. the u.s. considers both gershkovich and former u.s. marine paul whelan as wrongfully detained on bogus charges. well, lottery jackpots keep piling up. we'll tell you how much is up for grabs tonight when we return. ♪ ♪ tonight when we return. ♪ ♪ grabs tonight when we return. ♪ ♪ look at thes

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candidate and anti-vaxxer robert f kennedy has named a bay area woman as his running mate. >> abc7 newsrter lena howland has the details. reporter >> robert f kennedy jr in independent presidential candidate is wasting no time in his campaign to announce his running mate nicole shanahan. >> i'm confident that there is no american more qualified than nicole shanahan, and as of today, she's no longer a democrat. >> as an anti-war activist during the iraq war, she's gravitated toward the man who she says is the only antiwar candidate in this moment. >> i, i am leaving the democratic party. >> shanahan is a 38 year old oakland native who spoke today of her upbringing. raised on food stamps and government assistance, she's now an attorney. silicon valley entrepreneur and a mother sharing a daughter with her ex-husband, google co-founder sergey brin. she's now an attorney, silicon valley entrepreneur and mother, sharing a daughter with her ex husband, google co-founder sergey brin. these are two of my political convictions i hold today to serve peace and to help those in poverty. she talked a

in a hypothetical five-way ballot test, which includes robert f. kennedyr., cornel west, and jill stein, all candidates, form are president donald trump is narrowly favored over president biden with a 5-point edge that 5-point difference also carries over to our head-to-head match up or man to man. on their favorable ratings. independent candidate robert f. kennedy jr. tops trump and biden with 47%-45% and 39% respectively. officials at the white house are taking notice of the kennedy threat. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich following all of that live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> jacqui: good evening, bret. team biden knows this is going to be a close election. they feel confident in a faceoff with trump. but a new messaging tragedy shows how nervous they are about their chances in a three-way race. >> he is an extremist. he is not in the mainstream of this country. >> jacqui: robert f. kennedy jr. is polling better than any independent since ross perot in 1992. democrats are reliving their nightmares in 2016. you don't need signi

for either of them, and there's certainly not much in it for either trump or biden to debate robert f. kennedy who they would both like to keep as seen as a long shot candidate which is important to note he is a long shot candidate but in some of the very competitive states where elections aren't decided by just here in arizona where i am it's 10,000 votes, robert f. kennedy jr. could make a difference in whether trump or biden wins. neil: that's very interesting. i raise that issue of the long shot nature of his campaign, and a lot of it had to do, that is with robert f. kennedy jr. in the fact he's only in six state ballots. maybe by the end of the month with moves in michigan and elsewhere he could get up to 10 but there's another effort right now to widen that. this is from my interview with r fk jr. yesterday. i want you to react to this. there's been talk you're going to become a libertarian. they're interested in you. any truth to that? that could get you on pretty much all of them. >> yeah, we will be on all the state ballots and we've now launched, today, actually we're starting launc