CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 07/17/24
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🗓️ 18 July 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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A new poll says Biden should withdraw from the race, including 65% of Democrats compared to 26% of Republicans who say trump should leave the G.O.P. Ticket. In another sign of waning support, senate majority leader chuck Schumer and house minority leader hakeem Jeffries pushed the DNC to delay its roll call to formally nominate Biden.
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight we're following several political stories on day three of the Republican National Convention. |
| 0:06.6 | Here in Milwaukee, we hear from Senator J.D. Vance for the first time since becoming Donald Trump's running mate. |
| 0:12.8 | And we take an in-depth look at what a second Trump presidency might look like. |
| 0:17.1 | We have got to re-elect President Donald J. Trump to the White House, right? |
| 0:22.1 | Plus, the turmoil in the Democratic Party as another House member calls on President Biden to drop out. |
| 0:27.5 | And the stunning number of Democrats who want a new candidate. |
| 0:31.5 | The CBS evening news starts now. |
| 0:42.6 | Good evening. I'm Nora O'Donnell right here in Milwaukee, the site of the Republican National Convention, and thank you for being with us. We're going to get to tonight's events |
| 0:46.9 | from here in just a moment, but we have breaking news out of Las Vegas. President Biden has |
| 0:52.9 | canceled an event after testing positive for COVID. |
| 0:57.1 | The 81-year-old was an hour and a half late to a campaign speech in the battleground state |
| 1:02.0 | when it was abruptly called off. |
| 1:04.1 | We saw him boarding Air Force One a short time ago saying, |
| 1:08.8 | I feel good as he heads back to his home in the state of Delaware. |
| 1:15.2 | CBS's Ouija Jang is at the event tonight, and Weija, what do we know about the president's symptoms? |
| 1:23.3 | Nora, tonight the president's doctor says this afternoon he had a runny nose, a cough, and he just wasn't feeling well. |
| 1:30.0 | So even though he does not have a fever, he took a COVID test and tested positive. |
| 1:35.6 | He has already taken one dose of Paxlovid, which is used to treat COVID, and he will self-isolate at home in Delaware. |
| 1:42.9 | Of course, this comes at an already trying time for the president. |
| 1:47.0 | In Washington, a new call for Biden to stop his reelection efforts from California Congressman Adam Schiff. |
| 1:54.5 | The powerful Democrat says he has serious concerns about whether the president can defeat Donald Trump in November. |
| 2:01.8 | The consequences are too high, not that have that tough conversation. |
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