as i used to. i don t debate as well as i used to. margaret: former president trump touts his night on the stage despite a number of falsehoods and inflammatory treatments the number of people coming to the border. they are taking black jobs. to be new reporting and what we are hearing from voters. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m margaret brennan in for norah o donnell. it s a tight presidential race. president biden argues his opponent, donald trump, is a threat to the very future of american democracy. mr. biden helped last night s debate would tip the race in his favor. instead, today he s facing calls to step aside. today a lively president biden sought to calm concerns by campaigning in the key state of north carolina, arguing that he is still up to the job of commander in chief. despite those daylong attempts to reassure her, just moments ago, the new york times editorial board published this scathing headline to serve his country, president
And its present. jackson is a tough case. because he does have those ugly parts of his history. he s also a vital person in our history. yes, the declaration of independence is sort of a big deal. i m just not down for removing that out of our story. let me back up here. how important is this dinner, in this kind of race? i mean, at this point, with vice president biden bowing out, we have a situation where it looks like hillary clinton has a pretty clear pathway to the nomination. is this still critical? yes, it is. you showed the speech obama gave. at this point eight years ago, he was exactly where bernie sanders was really. down 20 or 30 points in the national polls. he turned it around if you start looking at the polls. the question is, is bernie sanders going to be able to do what barack obama did or is bernie sanders going to be more of a bill bradley situation? let s be really clear about how barack obama won in iowa. the speech was great. he won by having a better