playing field already changing before our eyes with the announcement by independent candidate robert kennedy jr. that he is suspending his campaign and is endorsing former president trump's selection bid saying, i no longer believe that i you have a realistic path to victory. here's where we start with dasha burns. >> reporter: in a likely move to help donald trump, robert f. kennedy jr. suspending his campaign. >> i promised the american people that i would withdraw from the race if i became a spoiler. >> reporter: and announcing he will now endorse mr. trump. >> i was surprised to discover that we are aligned on many key issues. >> reporter: kennedy suggesting trump offered to enlist him in his administration. he originally launched his white house bid as a democrat, then becoming an independent saying his principles including protecting free speech led him to today's decision. >> staying on the ballot in the battleground states, i would likely hand the election over to the democrats, with whom i disagree on the most existential issues. >> reporter: like today former president trump thanking

but in a new twist, robert kennedy jr. suspending his campaign and endorsed donald trump. the two teaming up in a bid to stop kamala harris, riding a wave of momentum capped by her acceptance speech and her promise of a new way forward. the presidential campaign is now intensifying with just 74 days until the final votes are cast. abc's rachel scott leads us off tonight from washington. >> reporter: tonight, just hours after delivering her historic acceptance speech in chicago -- >> we're going to win. >> reporter: -- a confident vice president kamala harris heading back to washington, d.c. to a new phase in the campaign. >> i'm suspending my campaign. >> reporter: to the news independent robert f. kennedy jr. suspending his bid for the white house, endorsing former president donald trump, hoping to stop harris' momentum. >> he is a phenomenal person, a phenomenal man who loves the people of this country as much as anyone can love the people of this country. >> reporter: kennedy telling supporters he is working to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states like

s robert f. kennedy, jr. is suspending his presidential campaign and endorsing donald trump. mr. kennedy: i am not terminating my campaign. i am simply suspending it and not ending it. >> authorities in russia say they have killed four inmates after a rebellion. agencies are demanding access into gaza amidst a potential outbreak of polio. ♪ welcome to "world news america." it has been a week dominated by the democratic national committee should. today it is an independent presidential candidate making headlines. robert f. kennedy, jr. announcing friday he is suspending his campaign. rfk junior said he is throwing his support behind republican candidate donald trump. mr. kennedy is the nephew of former president john f. kennedy and the son of former presidential candidate robert f. kennedy, jr.. he initially lost his campaign as a democrat before running as independent. he is running on criticism of the two major parties. he became known for his anti-vaccine stance. the 70-year-old made the announcement in the

larry: i'll just say hat's off to robert kennedy or jr. pro-democracy movement and the democrats have been anti-dem do crass no matter what they may day. -- they say. and robert kennedy broke through that today for trump, and it's fascinating and hard-hitting, and it's a good move. and now for an even better move, always, liz macdonald, up next

arizona about ending his presidential campaign in this state, announced an independent candidate robert kennedy jr he has already filled out the paperwork, according to rumors, is preparing to support trump. why is robert kennedy jr.'s support useful? yes, because after biden dropped out of the race and kamela replaced him about a month ago, the number of undecided voters has been cut in half, and robert kennedy is now holding the votes of voters who should be for trump. that is, if kennedy jr. supports trump, then even the small lead haris has will evaporate, intrigue. today , a special guest has been announced at the republican rally. valentin bogdanov, ivan utkin, maria egorova and evgeny samsonov, news from chicago. what the newest russian airliner ms-21 is capable of was demonstrated in irkutsk. during flight tests, the aircraft performed the most difficult aerobatic maneuver ranversman at low altitude. usually , only combat aircraft are capable of this. but thanks to its reliable design and modern control systems, the ms-21 coped with the task, causing surprise and delight among everyone who

former president trump getting what may be a boost from robert kennedy jr., suspendin campaign and endorsing trump. what impact woucould this have the race? >> reporter: our latest pom shows it might not make much of an effect. rfk could get a role in a future trump administration. he promises if elected, he would create a government panel to work with kennedy to investigate chronic diseases in children. kennedy has been a skeptic of vaccines and often shared debunked theories on health care online. he discussed serving in her cabinet in exchange for an endorsement, though kennedy himself later denying that. harris and tim walz planning to

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robert kennedy jr., nephew of the famous jfk, publicly disavows the democratic party and calls on his supporters to vote for republican trump, while his family disavows him. his sister, progressive catholic carrie kennedy, writes that the family remains committed to the democratic party, supporting kamala harris as a presidential candidate, and calls his brother robert's statement a betrayal of family values. but robert has his own arguments. he laid them out in a nearly hour-long video address , saying that he went into politics to change the lives of americans who are mired in problems, and it is precisely that party that is to blame. as you know, i left the party in october because it had become a party of war, censorship, corruption, sold out to big pharma and the tech and industrial moguls, big money. gennady jr. is certainly not as charismatic as his famous uncle. perhaps the only thing that sets him apart is his distinctive raspy voice, the result of a rare disease. you listened to independent presidential candidate robert kennedy jr. describe what prompted him to leave his dan

the only president who was more of a criminal in the white house then richard nixon, whom robert kennedy jr.'s father tried to keep out of the white house until bobby kennedy was assassinated and created a beatific grow around the name robert kennedy, a name which his son has now fully disgraced. robert kennedy jr.'s younger sister, cary kennedy said, "and outraged and disgusted by my brothers gaudy and obscene embrace of donald trump and his flagrant and inexplicable effort to desecrate and trample and set fire to my father's memory." robert kennedy jr. told many lies in its speech announcing his endorsement of donald trump, including this one, "the mainstream media networks maintain a near- perfect embargo on interviews with me." over a year ago, on july 12th, 2023, i issued a public invitation to robert kennedy jr. to appear on this program at the time of his choosing and he never chose to do that. if he does show up, i will make it easy on him by giving him the first question ahead of time. i will give it to them right now. it is in the question that i didn't have until i read an articl

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visit ncicap.org] >> robert f. kennedy, jr.uspended his independent campaign for president and has endorsed donald trump. his sister and four other siblings released a statement that reads we want and america filled with hope and bound together with a shared vision of a brighter future defined by individual freedom, national pride. we believe in harris and walz. our brother's decision to endorse trump is a betrayal of the values we hold dear. it is a sad ending to a sad story. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal. a live forum to discuss the latest issues and government, politics and public policy. from washington and across the country. coming up sunday morning we will look at campaign 2024 with the director of emerson college holding and the director of cnn college resource. and then the wilson center's jennifer joins us to talk about ukraine's incursion into russia and what it means for the broader conflict. c-span's washington journal. join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. ♪ >

. >> reporter: trump is in the midst of a battleground blitz with sources telling nbc news robert kennedy jr., is planning to endorse him tomorrow though talks are still ongoing. we've reporting that rfk jr. is getting ready to endorse you. what role would he have in your campaign or your administration. >> you're telling me something i don't know. i've always been friendly with him. if he were to endorse me i would consider that a great honor. >> despite what he's said about vaccine and 9/11 conspiracies, would that affect you if you're in the administration? >> it doesn't mean administration and certainly having his endorsement. things he agrees on, i agree on, there are many things that are perhaps the opposite of what you're saying, but he's a respected guy. >> we asked him about the democratic convention. >> what do you make about the attacks against you last night? >> well, that's all they have. they failed on the border, as you can see. they failed on the economy and they failed on jobs. >> reporter: tonight trump going after vice president harris over border security. >> she wants to

robert, so good to talk to you pure i want to know what impact will this have come a robert f. kennedy jr. showing his support to donald trump? he is still going to be on the ballot in some battleground states. >> robert: he is, norah, good to be with you. my sources inside the trump campaign are relieved tonight. so far robert f. kennedy has moved himself from the ballot in arizona, pennsylvania, texas, and ohio. that helps the trump campaign. those boats are robert f. kennedy, they believe they could now go to trump. trump has also said he will move himself of the ballot in tenstates total, may be more appeared and it could have an impact because this now consolidates what the trump campaign believes is the antiestablishment vote. >> norah: could trump agree to give them a cabinet post or some other high-profile position? >> they have been having discussions on sources close to kennedy said he would not make this decision today unless he had some sense that he could end up in a high-ranking position in a trump white house or trump administration. >> norah: we just came from chicago, tha

robert kennedy jr., who supported trump, the republican, has been included in his transition team. valuable acquisition is former congresswoman atgavaev, who is worth it if trump wins. take over from the current administration. president trump understands the responsibility that the commander in chief bears for the lives of each of us, soldiers, airmen, sailors. when he makes decisions, he thinks about us, we saw this during his first term, when he not only did not start a single war, but also took measures to de-escalate and prevent new conflicts. gabart, an iraq war veteran, a military police officer, now a lieutenant colonel. often says that she is not afraid of anyone or anything, however, she has her limits, once the democrats accused a former congresswoman who ran for president of sympathizing with russia, she has been running from us like the plague for several years now, the only thing scarier than censorship is self-censorship, excuse me, i need to go there, thank you, excuse me, i need to go, thank you, that was america, all the best to you. for headaches , there is askaf

robert kennedy jr., who supported trump, a republican, was included in the his transition team. valuable acquisition is the former hawaiian congresswoman. if trump wins, they will both be taking over from the current administration. when he makes decisions, he thinks about us, we saw this during his first term, when he not only did not start a single war, but also took measures to de-escalate and prevent new conflicts. gabbat, an iraq war veteran, a military police officer, now a lieutenant colonel, often says that she is afraid of no one and nothing, however, she has her limits, it was worth the democrats one day... to accuse a former congresswoman who ran for president of sympathizing with russia, as she has been running from us like the plague for several years now, the only thing scarier than censorship is self-censorship. excuse me, i have to go there, thank you. excuse me, i have to go, thank you. that was america, all the best to you. pain, wherever it is, regardless of the reasons for its occurrence. pentalgin, we will do without pain t. only tender chicken is created fo

tucker invited us presidential candidate robert kennedy jr., who has publicly challenged the american diplomatic state more than once. the biden administration encourages france and macron in the arrest of the owner. look what happened to solomon musk: he was made a villain because his platform turned out to be the only one where it was allowed to freely express one's thoughts. but the owner of the meta corporation, banned in russia and recognized as extremist, mark zuckerberg, got scared, which he now publicly regrets. in a letter addressed to the head of the house judiciary committee, by the way, a republican, zuckerberg described how the biden administration pressured the corporation, demanding that it censor content. that digitally suppressed the spread of the hunter biden laptop story on its platforms, at the request of the fbi, the new york post story, which could have potentially become an october surprise and deprived biden of victory in the last election, was declared russian propaganda and forcibly restricted. i want people to be held accountable for violating the constituti

robert kennedy jr. is now officially for trump.h the democrats the politician disagrees on key issues. so he is now going to openly play against them in the election. i promised the american people that i would withdraw my candidacy from the race if i became a spoiler. a spoiler is someone who influences the course of the election but has no chance of winning. i no longer believe that i have a path to victory in the conditions of total media censorship, but i want you to know that i am not stopping my campaign, i am suspending it. our polls show that the democrats and republicans are currently moment are gaining. the same number of votes, and i can with high probability reach the white house, but in about ten states, where my presence will play into the hands of harris, i am going to remove my name from the ballot. after the announcement kennedy went to trump's rally, on the way officially confirmed the republican's main thesis about ending the conflict in ukraine. what about ukraine, how will you resolve this crisis? will i say th

robert f. kennedy jr. suspense his presidential campaign and endorses former president donald trump. >> we are aligned on many key issues. >> he is really a terrific guy. he's a talented person. it's an honor. >> norah: what impact could it have on the race? >> donald trump is an unserious man. >> norah: plus vice president harris leaves chicago after her historic nomination while trump visits two battleground states with just 74 days to go until "america decides." the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ the race for the white house enters a new phase tonight, with the two nominees set and former president donald trump celebrating a key endorsement. good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. just hours after vice president kamala harris accepted the democratic nomination for president, robert f. kennedy jr. joined forces with trump after giving up his long shot bid for the presidency. the former president is holding a rally tonight in arizona to keep the focus on immigration, which

tucker invited us presidential candidate robert kennedy jr., who has publicly challenged the americanre than once. administration biden is encouraged by macron's france to arrest telegram owner and founder pavel durov, who is currently in a french prison. i think that's the hallmark of a dictatorship. yes, you know, we lost. on the corporation, demanding that it censor content related to the pandemic on facebook and instagram, especially irritating white house officials, humor and satire on the topic of covid-19. in total , more than 20 million posts were removed. i think the government pressure was wrong and i regret that we were not more open about this about. i strongly believe that we should not compromise our standards and be pressured by how... surprise and deprive biden of victory in the last what could have potentially been the october elections, declared russian propaganda and forcibly restricted access to it. i want people to be held accountable for violating the constitution. the amendment says: the government shall not abridge free speech, but that's exactly what they did

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robert f. kennedy jr. suspending his independent campaign and endorsing donald trump. rfk jr. coming before the cameras telling supporters he no longer believes he has a path to victory. why he says he's throwing his support behind mr. trump, and would he have a role in a new potential trump administration? members of the kennedy family speaking out against him today. that announcement coming on the heels of that historic night at the dnc. kamala harris, the first woman of color to accept a major party's nomination. the vice president promising a new way forward and attacking her rival, donald trump, as an unserious man, and now the race moving into a whole new phase. >>> also tonight, the fed finally signaling it will cut rates down from a 23-year high. what it means for your money. >>> the new fallout for multiple secret service agents after the assassination attempt on donald trump. >>> the deadly house explosion rocking a neighborhood near kansas city, the investigation tonight. >>> and the team usa paralympian who is chasing much more than gold at the paris games. >> anno

for the past 16 months, robert f. kennedy jr- [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ there goes my hero, watch him as he goes ♪ [cheers and applause] maria: sparks flying, literally, over robert f. kennedy jr. teaming up with president trump. coming up, the state of the race with florida congressman byron donalds, coming up. plus, wisconsin senator ron johnson with new information on the assassination attempt investigation. also utah senator mike lee on whether the save act will ever see the light of day. all coming up moments from now. plus, president trump sticks to policy and wins the argument. rnc cochair lara trump on protecting the vote in a fair if election and her father-in-law if's strategy the now to win in november. plus, adoring comments about the communist party of china from vice presidential nominee tim walz. government accountability president peter is schweitzer with his notes on china's campaign to groom would-be politicos in america. it's all right here, right now on "sunday morning future9.. -- futures." ♪ ♪ if. maria: an

robert f. kennedy, jr., shown here posing with his fingers in the bear's bloody mouth in a photo obtained by "the new yorker," says he found the cub on the side of the road in upstate new york back in 2014. >> i picked up the bear and put him in the back of my van, because i was going to skin the bear. >> reporter: in a videotaped confession, the independent presidential candidate recounts the strange tale to comedian roseanne barr, after learning "the new yorker" planned to include the story in a profile on kennedy's life that was published today. kennedy says after a day of falcon hunting, he had to rush to a dinner at a fancy steakhouse in brooklyn and then had to catch a flight. anyway -- he says he doesn't have time to take the bear home, so instead, he left it in central park with an old bicycle so that it looked like it had been killed by the bike. >> i wasn't drinking, of course, but people were drinking with me who thought this was a good idea. >> reporter: in the video, he says he was shocked to

>>, following the announcement of the suspension of his presidential campaign, robert f. kennedy, jr. joined donaltrump in glendale, arizona where he endorsed the presidential nominee. here is a look. >> tonight i'm very pleased to welcome a man who has been an incredible champion for so many of these values that we all share and we have shared them for a long time. i don't think too many of you people have heard of him. he is very low-key. he is a very low-key person. but he is highly respected. he has a great person. i've known him for a long time. for the last 16 months -- robert f. kennedy, jr. -- ♪ [applause] >> whoa! >> and he deserves this. he deserves this. [crowd chanting "usa"] >> for the past 16 months, bobby has run an extraordinary campaign for president of the united states. i know because he also went after me a couple of times. i did not like it. and i mean this sincerely -- had he been allowed to enter the democrat primary, he would have easily beaten joe biden but they wouldn't let him in. they put up rules. i've never seen rules. he had to have 65% of the vote in o

as robert f kennedy jr.uspends his longshot campaign and throws his support behind former president donald trump after a long conversation with him. "we talked about, not about the things that separate us because we do not agree on everything. but on the values and the issues that bind us together. >> could rfk junior supported make the key difference for trump and battleground states where the race's neck and neck against vice president kamala harris? we'll talk exclusively with kennedy at his first interview since his big announcement. plus, trump and harris a battle over two of the biggest issues for voters to break with everyday brings another story about innocent americans being tortured, raped, murdered and massacred by illegal aliens that kamala harris has set free in our country frequently does not fight for the middle class and said he fights for himself and his billionaire friends. shannon: we live this week u.s. economy added nearly 1 million fewer jobs than previously reported. wewill get reactio

with impenetrable glasses and commented on the news that kennedy jr. may soon withdraw his candidacy in his favor. i have great respect for robertdy jr. i have known him for a long time. he is incredibly smart. he has slightly different views, but that is okay. he is smart and many people love him. there are rumors that he is going to support me. it will be a great honor. according to various sources, kennedy jr. has up to 7% of americans, which is more than the expected margin of harris. trump. if the elections were held today, this factor would rather would have been decisive. ilya zhuravlev, channel one usa. and breaking news from the usa. washington announced a new package of anti-russian sanctions. about 400 individuals and legal entities fell under the restrictions, in particular the manufacturer of the soyuz launch vehicles. mining and metallurgical plants and several companies, the yakut fuel and energy company , the yuzhny kusbass coal enterprise, the chelyabinsk coke and chemical plant , the kronstadt developer of drones and two design bureaus, which produce products for the needs of the special operation, as well as a

. >>> robert kennedy >>> robert kennedy jr. is officially on team trump.you may have heard this before. the former independent candidate for president was widely understood to be a republican spoiler. hoping to lure votes away from democrats in november. all but confirmed that speculation when he suspended his campaign and endorsed trump on friday. now trump has gone one step further. and appointed rfk jr. to his potential transition team. while the former president associated himself with a numberover cranks over the years. the guy had dinner with a literal neonazi, kennedy is his own special kind of problematic so trump is going to tie himself to a guy like that, he and his campaign really do deserve to inherit all the baggage that comes with him. >> i was driving really early. a woman in front of me hit a bear and killed it. a young bear. so i pulled over and i picked up the bear and put emin the back of my van because i was going to skin the bear and it was in very good condition and i was going to put the meat in my fridge. i go to the airport and the

just in tonight, third party candidate and scion of the kennedy family, robert f. kennedy jr., is poised to suspend his campaign and endorse former president trump according to two sources. peter alexander starts us off tonight from here in chicago. >> reporter: for tim walz, tonight is game night, a chance for the minnesota governor and former high school football coach to introduce himself to america. campaign aides tell nbc news walz will highlight the values he grew up in small town nebraska that shaped his service in the national guard as a teacher and as a six-term congressman. nbc news getting a first look at the dnc video to air tonight narrated by his wife. >> tim went to college on the g.i. bill and became a social studies teacher. that's where tim and i met. we shared a classroom with a divider right down the middle. >> reporter: democrats tout his plain-spoken manner, but some of his progressive policies as governor giving undocumented immigrants driver's licenses and tax-funded health care have come under attack from republicans who accuse him of embellishing his

one of the leading independent candidates for the us presidency, robert kennedy jr., stops his election campaign, he supported republican donald trump, which radically changes the balance of power between the opposing sides. 5-7% of americans were going to vote for kennedy. after his candidacy was withdrawn in a number of swing states, trump's victory there is practically guaranteed. kennedy said that he is categorically against the censorship in the media that the democrats were conducting, and also does not accept american participation in the ukrainian conflict. as this politician put it, only trump can stop the war against our children. kennedy, in particular, said that it was president biden who did everything to prevent the istanbul agreements from being concluded, which is why the bloodshed in ukraine could not be stopped 2 and a half years ago. a march was held in chisinau in honor of the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of the republic from the fascist invaders. thousands of people took to the streets of the moldovan capital with red flags, as well as portraits of grandf

, without waiting for her to get to the white house, here is another presidential candidate, robert kennedy jr., understands that he has no chance of climbing to the washington olympus on his own, he is looking for, whoever would have taken him on a trailer, started with trump, now, as the washington post writes, haris is casting fishing rods. however, the democrats were not interested, all forces were thrown at trump, the manhattan justice system became active again. juan murchin, who refused to recuse himself the day before, made it clear that the verdict on the former american president in the case of payments to a porn actress will definitely be passed on september 18, that is, just 2 days after the start of early voting in such an important state as pennsylvania. valentin bogdanov ivanutkin and anna lvova, news from new york. our broadcast will continue. local news, colleagues, as we see, have already taken their places in their studios, but before we all go to our regions, we will briefly introduce the country to what our two branches will tell us about, first we will give the floor to g

y se trata del candidato independiente robert kennedy jr.para explicar las implicaciones de esta movida en la arena polÍtica. quÉ es lo que representa? >> rogelio asÍ es aranza. dos fuentes cercanas a la campaÑa de robert f. kennedy junior le han dicho a la cadena nbc a nuestra cadena hermana, que el candidato independiente planea terminar su contienda presidencial. terminarÍa saliÉndose de la carrera por la presidencia, justamente en un evento que se realizarÁ el viernes en phoenix, arizona, y declinarÍa a favor de donald trump. una de estas fuentes dijo que las conversaciones todavÍa estÁn en marcha y que ambas campaÑas tanto la de kennedy como la de trump, estarÍan tratando de acordar un encuentro. porque justamente donald trump estarÍa por el Área de phoenix este prÓximo viernes. cuÁl es el significado de esto? bueno, pues podrÍa tener un impacto, porque de los votantes que parecÍa iban a votar o que tenÍan la intenciÓn de votar por robert f. kennedy por cada uno que se vaya para kamala harris, dos se irÍan para el lado de donald trump.

. ♪♪ appearing with robert f. kennedy jr.t hours after he suspended his independent run for president. >> he has a lot of votes that he could have gotten. i think he's going to have a huge influence. we're leading now, but i think he's going to have a huge influence on this campaign. >> reporter: kennedy's exit from the race, a potential game changer this election with thousands of his supporters now looking for a place to go. >> what's the potential impact on the harris campaign? >> yeah, we are just looking at a sliver of the electorate, 4 to 5% who were backing rfk jr. in the polls. just a slight difference could make all the difference. >> reporter: in a race with only ten weeks to go, every day and

in the us, independent candidate robert kennedy jr. supported donald trump in the upcoming presidentiallled on americans to vote for the leader republicans and suspended his participation in the campaign. i note that he suspended it, but did not withdraw from the elections completely. the candidate's name has been crossed out of the ballots in ten swing states. it is in these states that the tough confrontation between trump and harris will unfold, and the votes of kennedy's supporters may prove decisive. according to various sources, he is supported by about. john kennedy, here's what relatives think about robert's decision, five-member family members signed up. today's decision by our brother bobby to support trump is a betrayal values ​​that our father our family cherishes most. it's a sad end to a sad story. and trump was very happy with the decision, at his campaign rally in arizona, he went on stage with kennedy, thanked him for his support, and of course, trump never misses an opportunity to grow at any meeting. damn it, what's wrong with her? the fire is spreading rapidly in kar

kennedy family first supported president biden and now vice president harris. abc news reporter nguyen looks at how this twist might change up the race. >> today, independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr says spending his long shot candidacy for the white house. >> it's with a sense of victory and not defeat that i am suspending my campaign activities. >> the nephew of former democratic president john f kennedy throwing his support behind donald trump. >> that's big. he's a great guy, respected by everybody. >> how much that might impact the 2024 race is still unclear. >> my colleagues at 538 looked into this and the data suggests that maybe there's about a half a percentage point of gain for trump in some of that. if folks are supporting rfk jr, it's because they don't like the major parties. and so they may just end up not voting at all. >> it comes a day after vice president kamala harris stood on the biggest political stage of her life, closing the four day democratic national convention. i accept your nomination to be president of the united states. harris accusing trump of stripping women's reproductive rights and putting america's security and democracy at risk. >> just imagine

included in the system. everything was ruined by another participant in the election race, robert kennedy, jr unexpectedly withdrew his candidacy in favor of donald trump, he has already announced that he will work in the trump administration, including solving the ukrainian issue. from chicago, our american correspondent, valentin bogdanov. no candidate for us president has ever accepted the party nomination with swearing, that 's where kamela harris is definitely ahead of america. sometimes people open the door for you, sometimes they don't, then you have to kick that damn door down. now she's running for president. whether to laugh or cry about whether the states will be smashed by their own. voters will find out in november, but for now the delegates are thanked for the fact that all the united arena for 4 days is not argued with the party apparatus, which, of course, knows better who is ours and who is not, thank you. donald trump is not a serious person, but the consequences if he returns to the white house are terrible, he is convicted, imagine what he will do if we return power to him

. >> robert f. kennedy jr.s presidential bid today and throwing his support behind donald trump. brian todd is joining us right now with more brian rfk jr. has had more than his fair share of strange, rather memorable, often very controversial moments since launching his campaign, right? >> wolf, this campaign has been so bizarre, so fraught with strange stories and accusations that several members of robert kennedy junior's own family are calling this whole thing sad. analysts say it's put a stain on the reputation of one of america's great political dynasties and my heart, i no longer believe that i have a realistic path to the electoral victory. >> robert f. kennedy jr. who started his run as a democrat, then switched to being an independent bows out of the race and endorses donald trump and with that, one of the most unique presidential bids in american history comes to a close. >> this isn't just your typical bizarre campaign. this is almost carnival like in may of this year, kennedy claimed that a parasit

robert kennedy jr joins us tonight with more. how are you,le sirnges e ? i'm good, john. thanks for having me. you know, look polls have been all over the place in terms of your impact on this race. by my math, i have you at about 207 electoral votes. states with lot of states pending because most states have not certified who's going tos as be on the ballot y. you seem to be winning a lot of these cases on appeal. but the effortse to keep you off the ballot, even though it almost seems to be a wash, whether you're going to draw from republican or democrats. why democrats so fiercelyrats against you when you've been a loyal democraty whole life? yeah, i mean, i actually take my heart slightly more votes from donald trump than from the democratic party. >> and i and i trust donald trump. i've actually talked to him about it. and he knows that he is not trying to get me off of and noy ballots. the democrats have tried to get me off the ballot in every state. sean, i've done something that everybody said that i couldn'thing eve do. >> we now have enough signatures to get on

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them to do more the coming weeks to cast himself as an out outsider touting endorsements from robert f. kennedy jr. and former democratic congresswoman tulsi gabbard who backed him today. the vice president is going to kick off a bus tour later this week in georgia. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. there's this new development in one of the criminal cases against donald trump. special counsel jack smith is urging a federal appeals court to bring back the classified documents case against the former president that district judge aileen cannon dismissed last month. smith said her decision goes against long standing government practice calling the ruling nonsensical. it's not clear how quickly the

robert kennedy jr. ends his presidential campaign. >> i promised the american people that i would withdraw from the race if i became a spoiler. >> rfk throwing his support behind former president trump. the reaction from the kennedy family, one of the most legendary names in democratic politics. how will it impact the race for the white house? >>> new fallout. the secret service now putting several of its agents on leave, as questions mount over their handling of the assassination attempt against former president trump. what we're learning about the investigation into that security failure. >>> peak interest. stocks surge after the chair of the federal reserve signals that an interest rate cut is coming. this morning, the impact on your bottom line, everything from credit cards to car loans. >>> high stakes. a major decision coming from nasa today about two astronauts stranded 250 miles above the earth. just how much longer could they be stuck in space? >>> all of that, plus it's a boy. hailey and justi