campaign 24 developments. hello, steve. reporter: mike, the former president showing he can still draw a big crowd. pickens, south carolina, population just 3,000 and yet more than 50,000 according to local police turned up to hear nutes at midday in ther 90 sweltering heat. many of them arriving in the predawn hours. they heard the former president take credit for recent supreme court decisions. somebody that hasn t done nearly as well and perhaps has not worked nearly as hard will not be taking your place in school, at a college or university, they re in the going to be. we re back to the old merit system that that built our country. reporter: in the meantime, trump s competitors took shots at him from multiple angles. nikki haley, former governor of south carolina, said she expected trump s massive lead mt. polls to evaporate by the fall. it s not about how many people show up at your rally, it s how many times you show up and how hard of the questions you answer
campaign is leaning into this unavoidably political month. the president taking his re-election message to pennsylvania. that s a key state he won. and the symbolism of george washington s leadership what you see on the screen. valley forge. washington is touted for setting a standard for democracy. walking away from power after those two terms. biden will draw a contrast to trump on that score. trump being the election loser who tried to steal the race compared to washington who was making news in his day with what was described then as you see here. the resignation of george washington esquire as his situation of president of the united states of america. that was a time of kingdoms so it was a big deal that washington resisted, as this paper put it. the solicitations of his friends to continue in office. they concluded it was a life honor and glory. they wrote different back then. biden is going to argue that trump is the literal opposite and make that argument directly. i
[national anthem] [national anthem] rachel: good morning, everybody. that was the independence high school patriot brigade performing our beautiful if national anthem. it s 6:00 eastern time here in new york city, and i m joined by my friends pete hegseth and joey jones is here as well filling in for will cain. pete: straight from the anthem to starships. joey: from a song i know really well to a song i ve made heard on a kiddie movie. i m not sure about that one. pete: you can t say that word right at the end of the song. can t say it on cable tv. joey: starship. higher than a balloon. [laughter] pete: or maybe not, we ll see. i i like your pocket square. joey: that s feathers from animals that i hunt. pete: he makes his own pocket square. joey: little cuff links too. rachel: is this a company that you started? we re jee no, no. you know, if i m going to go out and hunt, take the feathers rachel: so are these, you actually gave them to joey: no. i bought these so
was greeted with a ton of applause and cheers in the crowd. now it is more somber. very respectable tone here and when we heard from the king today, he promised to renew the queen s vow of lifelong service. he also said that he sympathized really with the whole world. and he mentioned that the queens selfless service was unequaled induration, but also in dedication and in devotion. and i want to bring into people who really feel that she did in body that. first jeremy, and then pays a. and jeremy, you actually tell me about what this moment means to you, and what you almost remember about. it is an important day for the country. and you can see that many tens of thousands of people we have this evening the little feeling that the people of the uk have got towards the new king, and also the level feeling to wards the late queen. i think for all of us, this is a moving moment and for my me and my family to come out this morning in to see it all is an important part. you s
i declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to yourservice. o donnell: the global reaction. condolences pour in from leaders around the world, and her iconic encounters with presidents, first as princess and then queen, dancing and riding through 70 years of history. and finally, the queen s legacy. we talked to former prime minister john major. and we look back at her life, not just as monarch, but mother. her devotion to her family. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the on this historic thursday night. the world is mourning queen elizabeth ii who died this afternoon at the age of 96, surrounded by family at her summer home in scotland. earlier in the day, buckingham palace announced that her majesty, who ruled over the commonwealth for a record 70 years, was placed under medical supervision. her doctors were concerned about h