📍Tucson, AZ

@vp tells Arizona voters during campaign stop:

“Here’s what a second Trump term looks like: more bans, more suffering, and less freedom.”

NEW: Biden tells me “my expectation is sooner rather than later” when I asked how imminent is an attack on Israel from Iran. Asked what his message is to Tehran, he warned, “Don’t.”

He reiterated U.S. commitment to helping Israel defend itself.

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson will be in Florida today with former Pres. Donald Trump, whose criminal trial begins Monday in New York.

“This comes at a precarious moment for Speaker Johnson,” says Robert Costa.

See you at 7am ET on CBS Mornings

I'll be in the anchor chair today for CBS News 'America Decides,' airing live at 5 p.m. ET

Could be significant:

CBS is launching a new show as part of its pivot to streaming. It's called 'CBS News Confirmed.' Devoted to combatting misinformation. 'Mission is to identify and fight the spread of false stories, conspiracy theories and bad facts.' variety.com/2024/tv/news/c…

Trump tells reporters in ATL that he would not sign a federal abortion ban if reelected in November.

“Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?” Trump was asked by the reporter
“No,” Trump said, shaking his head.
“You wouldn’t sign it?”
“No.'

REP. FITZPATRICK: HOUSE PLANS TO VOTE ON UKRAINE AID NEXT WEEK

🚨 SCOOP: Biden plans to soon issue an executive order to dramatically limit the number of asylum-seekers who can cross the southern border.

• He'd be taking a page from Trump, who leaned on Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. trib.al/ToTJ7Yd

BREAKING — TOM COLE of Oklahoma is now the chair of the House Appropriations Committee. Steering has ratified him.

CBS News will expand live news coverage on renamed national stream, CBS News 24/7, and debut new and expanded programming.

Read more: bit.ly/43Vw4uG

UK’s FM David Cameron flew to Florida to meet Donald Trump today.

UK spokesperson tells Sara Cook:
 
“The Foreign Secretary is on his way to Washington DC, where he will hold discussions with US Secretary of State Blinken, other Biden administration figures and members of…

“What kind of country do we want to live in?” VP Harris asks, making a surprise stop tonight at a Phila. Dems dinner… says Trump is “epitome” of chaos who “has said he’d be a dictator on day one.”

As President Biden says, “it’s a big… deal.” Crowd cheers “four more years!”

The scene in North Philly today in battleground Pennsylvania… VP Harris meeting with educators and underscoring the admin’s efforts on student-debt relief. At the top of her remarks, VP made sure to mention Sen. Casey (who is up for reelection).

Before boarding Air Force 2 heading to Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris responded to Trump’s video posted this morning indicating abortion policy should be left to states.

“Let’s all be very clear - if he were to be put back in a position where he could sign off on a law, he would sign off on…

VP Harris greeting locals at Phila. airport. Before she flew here, back at Andrews, she sharply criticized Trump on abortion rights.

“Let’s all be very clear, he were to be put back in a position where he could sign off on a law, he would sign off on a national abortion ban.”

in the anchor chair tonight for 'America Decides' on CBS News Streaming, join us at 5 p.m. ET

On Ky. radio McConnell makes clear he'll serve out his term ... with a hawkish task in mind

'I'm not leaving the Senate. And I'm particularly involved in fighting back against the isolationist movement ... for the next couple years it's something I’m going to focus on”

This Hope Hicks interaction with Donald Trump is the best glimpse into why Trump refuses to concede anything: 'It's not in me to do that. If I lose, that will be my legacy. My people expect me to fight, and if I don't, I'll lose 'em'
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#OnThisDay : Fifty-six years ago today, on March 31, 1968, #PresidentJohnson stunned the world by announcing a bombing halt in #Vietnam and that he would not be seeking re-election.

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