Biden, Trump in close race with 6 months until presidential election

HERE. VLAD, ANNE MARIE? BACK TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> WELL, WE ARE NOW JUST SIX MONTHS AWAY FROM THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AND THE LATEST CBS NEWS POLLING SHOWS IT'S DOESN'TLY A CLOSE RACE BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. LET'S BRING IN FIN GOMEZ. A BUSY WEEKEND FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HE HAD HELD A BIG FUNDRAISER AND HE HAD SEVERAL OF HIS POTENTIAL VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICKS JOINING HIM FOR THE RNC DONOR RETREAT IN FLORIDA. WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT, ANY CLOSER TO FIGURING OUT WHO MIGHT BE HIS RUNNING MATE? >> Reporter: IT IS STILL A LONG LIST. BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF FOCUS ON JUST THE FEW NAMES ANNE MARIE. AND YOU SAW THAT AT THIS DONOR RETREAT. THEY WERE THERE AT THE RETREAT. HOLD ALL THE POTENTIAL RUNNING MATES FOR DONALD TRUMP. INCLUDING SENATORS TIM SCOTT AND MARCO RUBIO AND JD VANCE AND NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR BERGEM AND THOSE ARE THE TOP NAMES YOU KEEP HEARING ABOUT FROM TRUMP HIMSELF. TRUMP ALLIES. AND THEY ALL, ALL THESE -- THIS PANEL HERE VYING TO BE DONALD TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE, WERE THERE AT THIS FUNDRAISER, ANNE MARIE, BUT WE HAVE HEARD A LOT. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE NAMES I JUST MENTIONED, THE MOST ATTENTION THAT WE'VE HEARD RECENTLY HAS BEEN FOR -- ABOUT MARCO RUBIO. TIM SCOTT. JD VANCE. AND DOUG BURGUM. THOSE ARE THE MOST WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FROM OUR SOURCES BUT OF COURSE THEY ALSO TELL US THAT IT'S DONALD TRUMP AND ULTIMATELY HE MAKES THE CALL. AND WE CAN HEAR ABOUT IT FRANKLY ON A TRUTH SOCIAL POST. AS THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. MORE YOU KNOW, BEFORE HE EVEN TELLS ANYONE ELSE. BUT THAT'S THE ATTENTION, THAT'S THE FOCUS WE'RE HEARING ABOUT OF THOSE TOP CONTENDERS. >> A FEW OF PEOPLE WERE BUSY GETTING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS ON THE SUNDAY MORNING POLITICAL SHOWS INCLUDING SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR NOEM. SHE WAS ON "CBS MORNINGS" ACTUALLY EARLIER TODAY BUT SHE WAS ALSO ON "FACE THE NATION" OVER THE WEEKEND. WHERE SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT AN ANECDOTE IN HER UPCOMING BOOK. SHE TALKS ABOUT KILLING A DOG. SHOOTING THE DOG. I WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE SOUND. >> I THINK THAT THE MEDIA HAS TURNED ON ME. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK THAT THAT'S THE PART OF BEING HONEST. AND BEING GENUINE. I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT SOMEBODY WHO IS REAL. AND DOESN'T PRETEND TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT. >> SO SHE GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM ABOUT THAT PART OF HER BOOK. SHOOTING THIS PUPPY AND THEN ALSO SHOOTING A GOAT. I BELIEVE. AND THEN ON "FACE THE NATION," SHE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SHE ACTUALLY DID MEET SOUTH CAROLINA -- NORTH KOREANLEADER KIM JONG-UN. SHE SAID THAT PORTION IS BEING REMOVED FROM THE BOOK. IS IT FAIR TO SAY SHE MAY NO LONG WE ARE PART OF THE VP CONVERSATION? >> Reporter: YEAH, ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCES, ANNE MARIE, SHE -- HER STOCK HAS ESSENTIALLY DROPPED BIG TIME IN THAT SORT OF TRUMP VETTING PROCESS RIGHT NOW. IT WAS NEVER REALLY THAT HIGH ON THE LIST. SHE WAS NEVER REALLY THAT HIGH ON THE LIST. BUT IT IS -- IT IS PRECIPITOUSLY DROPPED I HAVE BEEN TOLD AND LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THIS SHOOTING OF CRICKET SCANDAL IF YOU WILL BUT ALSO KIND OF LIKE THE UNFORCED NEEDLESS ERRORS I HAVE BEEN TOLD SHE INCLUDED IN THE BOOK. HER -- AND HER ADVISORS HAVE SAID THAT ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE BLAMING THE GHOST WRITER. BUT THE WHOLE THING HAS GOTTEN MESSY A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADACHE, AND IS YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN TOLD ALSO HAS PERSONALLY IRKED THE FORMER PRESIDENT OVER THIS SORT OF ATTENTION OVER SHOOTING OF HER PET. THAT SHE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO PUT HER IN A POSITIVE LIGHT ANNE MARIE, BUT SHE WAS ALSO ADVISED NOT TO PUT IT IN FROM OTHER OUTSIDE ADVISORS. BUT SHE INSISTED AND HER CLOSE ALLIES AND ADVISORS INSISTED TO PUT THAT IN THE BOOK. BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD MAKE HER LOOK TOUGH. AND CLEARLY THEY DID NOT EXPECT THE BACKLASH. >> NO, SHE ARGUED THE DOG WAS PERHAPS THREATENING AND

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Length: 4min 23sec (263 seconds)

Published: Mon May 06 2024