also, our gary tuchman with voters in michigan county, the democrats and republicans have split 50-50 the, over the last 20 presidential elections for the vice president's rise to the top of the ticket changes for them. and how they plan to vote. plus breaking news and the key question was donald trump hit by a bullet or not during the attempt on his life, the fbi has just weighed in good evening. thanks for joining us for vice president harris. it has been the kind of week that every new candidate wishes for, but few ever get. and tonight. there's new polling that reflects it one is from the wall street journal, the vice president is trailing donald trump by two points nationally within the margin of error, not in the lead, but six points better than president biden did in the last journal poll. last night on new york times poll showed similar gains also tonight from fox, the first new polling and key battleground states since the harris-biden changeup, it shows no clear leader in head-to-head matchups and wisconsin, pennsylvania, and michigan, and the vice president is up by six in

tuchman, representative of belarus at the pop song performers competition vitebsk, 2024, winner of the congratulations, we watched, kept our fingers crossed, rooted for you, and tell me, how exciting it is to stand on such a legendary stage, how exciting it is to represent your country in front of the whole world. in fact, i am infinitely happy that i was given such an opportunity to represent our beloved country at such, i would say, a legendary festival. of course, there was excitement, because the guys with me, who were competitors, were very strong, as i heard at the rehearsal, the first one, i think, yes, of course, good company, and this is generally the first such attempt at a large-scale competition, yes, well, yes, this is my first such experience, but how do you generally evaluate, it’s clear, the jury awarded you third place, but how do you evaluate yourself, did everything work out, well , in fact, i evaluate the first song a little weaker than. .. the second, since in the first song i was more worried, so to speak, i tried the stage, on the second day i came out more someh

anderson back to you gary tuchman. >> thanks so much. glad they got the workout in. i did not. so i think her head the news continues. that's it for us. the source with kaitlan collins

and you're dealing with high praise when you're getting into doris kearns goodwin, tuchman territory. well, you know, as a presidential, there had to be a for the big book this year for me is martin luther king biography. jonathan he wrote the ability to do king in a single volume in such a deeply readable but scholarly precision in where you can build king up at the same time you're leveling turning him into a human not sanctified figure hard beat that book of his a biography and and also as one on muhammad ali was really strong so what passed first u.s. president was the most voracious reader that's what people really. well the trick here is you got to say jefferson it's the library congress. and they he donated his jefferson library is the founder nation. so i would put jefferson high on theodore roosevelt read read. he can't stand reading he'd be up all night long. he had insomnia and would just pour through books. tr wrote like 35 books and 150,000 letters, but he read and the book that i think influenced him a lot was charles on the origins of species which came out in 1859, rig

and gary tuchman watched it all with voters in battleground michigan.e's some of their initial reaction how many of you think it was better than you expected this news conference? >> i mean, i think he's better than you expected. it would be 12345. how many of you think it was worse than you expected? it would be. how much do you think it was the same he should stay and you weren't sure how do you feel now saying, i think he's the logical choice. >> okay. now, you thought he should pass the torch. how do you feel right? >> i still believe you should pass the torch. >> and why do you say that? >> i think he conveyed more defensiveness versus confidence. i think what came across was that of what he is joe biden is very caring about people he's very knowledgeable and experienced and he's not just out for himself that he really cares about the country i think joe biden did an excellent job during this news. scott joining me right now as former trump white house communications director alyssa farah griffin. it's good to see you so it was very it's always ver

you have people, gary tuchman we have some new reporting on how democrats are viewing donald trump's convention speech, that turmoil in the biden campaign, jeff zeleny has that jeff, what are you learning? >> i understand democrats were watching this convention speech with a bit of glee as well, we're just moments ago getting a new statement in from the campaign chair of the biden campaign, jen o'malley, dillon. let me just read you a small part of that. she said that to donald trump rambled on for well over an hour and-a-half and failed to mention project 2025, even once she said he sought to find problems with america, not to provide solutions. of course, unsaid in that statement is whether the biden campaign will be able to draw the contrast pressed that they would like to from this talking to wisconsin democrats throughout the speech that i've been in touch with, they were also happy to see that, but also wondering what the state of their party is. so that of course is the question heading out of this convention. into the democratic convention one month from now can democrats cap

peter tuchman, one of the best of the best. he's sorry about not being there in 1929. i joke. hillary vaughan not joking that we are up to 18 democrats including one us senator saying time for joe to go. i suspect the list despite the president's press conference yesterday fillmore. >> reporter: we've seen it continued to go. hakeem jeffries met with president biden following the press conference to deliver concerns from his caucus in person to the president jeffries saying they discussed the path forward with no mention in his statement if that meant with or without biden on the ticket but his press conference was not a disaster some democrats were bracing for but didn't stop the drumbeat of democrats calling for him to drop out of the race. four lawmakers called for biden to step aside following the press or bringing the tally to 18 lawmakers asking him to pass the torch to someone else not just because biden's odds against trump are not great but because some of them don't think he's fit for the job. >> we can have a situation where every day we are holding our breath wheth

we are the country of thomas edison, susan b anthony, henry ford and harriet tuchman. we are the country who fought and won two world wars. and we are the country who always rises to meet the moment, no matter how insurmountable the task. and in that split second on saturday, donald trump reminded us all of that very history and who we are at our core as a nation. that is the donald trump that i know. [ cheering and applause ] >> he is an american, an american who conquered the business world, an american who made himself a household name, an american who is beloved by politicians and fellow celebrities for decades, until he ran for office with a r next to his name. an american whom even barack obama admits people consider the american dream. and instead of sailing off into the sunset after an illustrious real estate and television career, you decided to give back. he decided to bring some of the things that had made him so successful in life to all of you in order to improve the lives of all americans. black, white, brown, gay, straight, all americans because that is

also, our gary tuchman with voters in michigan

and those all important battleground counties still undecided our gary tuchman was with a group in waukesha county and several voters did not give the speech high marks. jim, i think convention they often deliver a bounce, so i wouldn't be surprised at all if the former president gets one as well. those are often fleeting but republicans unified, no doubt. it's the democratic party heading into their convention. one month from today. that is certainly a washington just disarray and frankly paralysis jim yeah. >> and we'll have to see how that unfolds over the coming weeks. but as you and i both know, we've covered a lot of these races. you know, these candidates can come out of these conventions with commanding leads and that those leads aren't can be fleeting. it's not always a sure thing sure. that they could keep all of that support in their corner. jeff zeleny. thanks so much, really appreciate it. and we'll be right back waterpik sonic fusion. >> let you brush and floss with a touch of a button and it's clinically proven to be twice as effective as regular brushing and flossing. regula

and this what they told cnn's gary tuchman and about the president's news conference. listen relieved. >> i think he should stay in your opinion, has changed i'm not sure he should stay, yes and how about you how do you feel you weren't sure how do you feel now? same. i think he's the logical choice okay. now you thought he should pass the torch. >> how do you feel right i still believe you should pass the torch now, we can often talk about what happens inside the beltway. >> and then what happens outside the beltway. you and i have talked about a kind of a tale of two parts of the country. how do you see this? >> well, there's two joe biden's and we saw tonight the joe biden that was reading off the teleprompter delivered a very powerful speech. he saw that they after the debate, when he was the joe biden of 1015 years ago. but then when he has to do it off the cuff it's a completely different experience and yes, canada is make mistakes and by the way, you covered for your situation really well i've seen it happen before. you mastered it. he doesn't do it as well and

the president is headed back on the campaign trail today to battleground michigan and cnn's gary tuchman is in michigan and watch the press conference with a group of older voters there. listen turn the palms to face each other. but tight cheek class at a michigan senior center warned fritz as part of it. i am 83-years-old as of january of this year. >> he's a proud democrat and about two years older than president joe biden. after this debate and other things do you think that joe biden should stay in the race or they should pass the baton to a younger democrat. >> i think he should stay in the race any day that you have. one day, you have a bad day, doesn't define you for the rest of your life. >> i fully appreciate him. i think he was wonderful as our president jenice, we're been ski is 76-years-old and is also one more democrat. >> she says she would never vote for donald trump. but regarding joe biden, i'll just don't think he can manage for four more years we've come to the portage community senior center in kalamazoo county, michigan, a county where democrats have won eight presid

anderson back to you gary tuchman. >> thanks so much. glad they got the workout in. i did not. so i think her head the news continues. that's it for us. the source with kaitlan collins starts now see tomorrow i'm kaitlan collins live in the nation's capital but all on what is a pivotal night, president biden just delivered his first solo news conference in eight months. >> one that came at a critical moment as he's seeking to shore up his reelection bid and regain the confidence of his party as more and more democrats have publicly called for him to drop out of the 2024 race that includes another one, jim himes, who is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, minutes after biden finished saying this but i think i'm the most qualified person to run for president i beat him once and i will beat him again. >> i'm not in this for my legacy i'm in this to complete the job i started the president repeatedly argued that he does believe he is the most qualified to run, though of course, it's not his resume. that's under scrutiny tonight. it's his age and his ability to bea