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
jon: donald trump drew a massive crowd in south carolina where he criticized president biden and his son hunters legal troubles his rivals trying media this weekend to react. senior correspondent steve harrigan live with details for us. steve. reporter: john pickens south carolina population just 3,000 more than 50,000 people came on saturday for independence day to hear that former president trump speak. many arrived before dawn and then midday sun and heat, they heard the former president speak for 90 minutes at times trump taking credit for recent supreme court decisions. somebody that hasn t done nearly as well who perhaps has not workeds nearly as hard will not be taking your place on a school, college or at a university they re not going to be we re going by merit back to old merit stham built our country. trump s competitors in the meantime attacking him on multiple front seat nikki haley former south carolina governor said she expected trump s high poll numbers
but prosecutors say he has refused to hand over that material to the fbi after he left office including war plans that allegedly showed he allegedly showed off to visitors, nuclear scents and our nation s vulnerability to military attack. special counsel jack smith charged trump with 37 felonies saying the the violation of our national security laws put our country at risk. as far as joke of an indictment, the it s a horrible thing. it s a horrible thing for this country. i mean, the only good thing about it is, it s driven by mol, can you believe this? somebody said the fund raising is through the roof. that s less important. but i will tell you it s really driven us right through the sky. arthel: let s go to alexis mcadams live in greensboro, north carolina, with the latest. reporter: arthel and eric, good evening. yeah, the former president will soon be here in greensboro, north carolina, at the gop convention. but he s still talking right now in georgia where he als
investigation of hunter biden. the proverbial walls are closing in and it is incredible he would create this drama in arkansas when you have the delaware criminal investigation into him looking to be coming to a head this week. you ve got his father now being accused by a new whistleblower. you have the oklahoma oversight committee is closing in on a lot of the financial records. todd: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. lucas. lucas: good morning. who doesn t involve a little controversy. there is new information from a whistleblower involving then vice president biden in a pay to play scheme. we have credible information that this possible criminal activity took place and i can t verify whether or not it is really a criminal activity, but i do have faith in it is whistleblowers that bring it to me that this document exists. lucas: in a letter, grassley and comer say the whistleblower describes alleged criminal scheme involving then vice president biden and a
us. i m ken wayne and i m grant lotus, vicious attack in the person who police say did it. has been caught. investigators have been at the pelosi home all day throughout tonight. and that is where we find kron four s dan thorn who is live at the scene. dan, what s the latest? well, grant, we ve all learned that paul pelosi suffered a fractured skull in this attack along with some other severe injuries. he underwent surgery today. zuckerberg, san francisco general hospital. but he is expected to make a full recovery. as for the man who is facing charges in this assault, police say a motive remains unclear. house speaker nancy pelosi s san francisco home swarmed by investigators. san francisco s police chief says a man brutally assaulted pelosi s husband with a hammer. this was not a random act. this was intentional. and it s wrong. officers responded to the scene around 2.30 friday morning. the 42 year-old suspect is david to pop a who apparently broke in through the bac