tara palmieri is traveling with the president in florida and has the voices weighing in today about the announce month. >> reporter: beto o'rourke officially launching his presidential candidacy from his hometown in texas, a city that lies just miles from the border in mexico, a border president trump is threatening to close. >> this area has welcomed thousands from mexico. >> reporter: praising the pro-immigrant stance of his community, just one day after president trump ordered they put an end to the influx of migrants, claiming he'll shut down the border if not. >> for us, it's the uncertainty is the worst thing that can happen. >> reporter: a border shutdown would cause severe economic consequences. an average of $1.7 billion worth of goods cross back and forth between the u.s. and mexico every day. >> you're going to lose $1 billion a day to stop a few families from coming through? that doesn't make sense. >> reporter: the president's threat just as a new caravan is approaching the border. >> we were paying them to tremendous amounts of money. and we're not paying them anymore, bec

tara palmieri, abc news, west palm beach florida. >>> meantime, 2020 presidential hopeful bernie sanders shared his thoughts on the report during his first stop in the bay area. cornell ber narcotic was at the rally in fort mason and joins us. >> reporter: bernie sanders got right to it blasting the attorney general's summary of the mueller report while telling the crowd whey he wants to be president. >> san francisco, thank you! >> reporter: senator bernie sanders got a big welcome from his bay area sporters. he wasted no time criticizing a released summary of the mueller report, which finds no trump/russia conspiracy. >> well, i don't want a summary of the report. i want the whole damn report. because nobody, especially this president, is above the law. orr: the vernt s regain his mom after finishing second to hillary clinton in california's 2016 democratic primary. he calls donald trump the most dangerous president in u.s. history. >> he wants to divide us up. we are going to bring our people together. black and white and latino, asian american, native american -- >> sanders supports

abc news reporter tara palmieri explains. >> reporter: after a bruising week, the president letting offve audience, fire off his strongest language yet against the special counsel's russia investigation. >> and all of a sudden, they're trying to take you out with bull [ bleep ]. >> reporter: with robert mueller's probe reportedly wrapping up, trump suggesting a broad conspiracy by unelected justice department officials to remove him from office. >> now, robert mueller never received a vote and neither did the person that appointed him. now we're waiting for a report and we'll find out whether or not and who we're dealing with. we're waiting for a report. by people that weren't elected. >> reporter: speaking before a crowd of supporters at a conservative conference in washington, it was one of the president's longest speeches since taking office. two hours. >> you know, i'm totally off-script right now. and this is how i got elected, by being off-script. >> reporter: trump blasting house democrats for their new oersight powers. >> there's no collusion. so now they go and morph into, let'

tara palmieri, abc news. >>> get ready to feel the "bern." yes, he's back. presidential candidate and senator bernie sanders will be at great meadow mark at ft. mason. the doors open at 11:00. you may want to get there early because entrance is first come, first served. this is the senator's first time trip to the second since announcing his second white house run. >>> happening now, thousands of athletes are competing in the tenth annual oakland running festival. this year's festival includes several events including a half marathon and full marathon. runners in the marathon face an extra challenge this year. they will race across the eastern span of the bay bridge. there are a lot of street closures during today's event. that includes grand avenue along with many streets near the start and finish lines. the full marathon started about an hour or two ago at 7:00, but keep in mind that this will impact traffic into the afternoon. lisa, the good news for runners out there, it's kind of perfect running weather. >> i wouldn't know, but that's what they say. >>

. >> reporter: tara palmieri, washington. >>> a former democratic candidate for lieutenant governor ofa is accusing former vice president joe biden of inappropriate touching. lucy flores says she was at a campaign rally in 2014 when biden put his hands on her shoulders, leaned in to smell her hair and then kissed the back of her head. a spokesman for biden says neither biden nor his staff recall the events described by flores but biden believes in her right to share her recollection. she decided to move on at the time but recent pictures of biden with women and young girls made her feel compelled to speak up. she says she is not suggesting that biden broke any laws. >>> new developments on california's gun control law backed by governor newsom. a san diego judge has declared the ban on high-capacity magazines unconstitutional. voters passed it in 2016 which banned magazines holding more than ten rounds. the governor says the ruling is dangerous for our communities. he says he remains committed to gun control. attorney general javier becerra's office is reviewing the decision and will e

thank you, tara palmieri, we appreciate it. >>> let's bring in george stephanopoulos who will be hosting "this week" later this morning. >> never too early. >> that's your rule? all right. we'll take you up on that. what about joe biden's slip of the tongue? this guy, all but in. >> i think so. he could walk up to the line again and say no, i'm not going to run but he's been talking to potential financial supporters and possibly staff. all signs are now that he wants to get into this race, and he comes with a lot of advantages. he's likely to cross with democratic party, and they're looking for someone who can beat donald trump. he scores high on that as well. you saw the slip of the tongue, one of his liabilities. that's not too serious, but he has had trouble making gaffes out on the campaign trail, and also he is running in an environment where a lot of the energy on the democratic side is with those who are far more left wing than joe biden has been. the question is even if he's a strong candidate against donald trump in the general election, can he get through the primaries? >> that