Charlie Rose: "Vice Presidents Don't Win Elections"

Norah O'Donnell, Gayle King and Charlie Rose of CBS This Morning give a preview of their convention coverage plans, and share their thoughts on Trump's choice of running mate.

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PLEASE WELCOME CHARLIE ROSE,
GAYLE KING, AND NORAH O'DONNELL.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE ALL
THREE OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> HE SANG "LOVELY DAY" WHEN WE
WERE COMING OUT.
>> Stephen: I KNOW, IT IS A
LOVELY DAY.
>> THE BIGGEST THING I WANTED
NOT TO DO WAS TRIP.
I TRIPPED LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS
FRANKENSTEIN.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE THE
BOOTS OR THE PROSTHETICS ON YOUR
FACE.
>> INDEED.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS THE
NICEST THING YOU DID WAS
SURRENDER YOUR DIGNITY FOR ONE
OF MY SHOWS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A
LOT OF DIGNITY.
>> PHYSICALLY, I NEVER LOOKED
BETTER.
>> Stephen: YOU LOOKED FRESH.
HE LIKES TO SURRENDER HIS
DIGNITY.
>> Stephen: DOES HE?
I'D LIKE TO HEAR STORIES OF
CHARLIE SURRENDERING HIS
DIGNITY.
>> OR NOT.
>> Stephen: BEFORE WE TALK
ABOUT THE CONVENTIONS NEXT WEEK,
JUST FOR THE PEOPLE WATCHING AT
HOME AND IN HERE, WE'RE ACTUALLY
RECORDING THIS ON THURSDAY
EVENING FOR THE FRIDAY SHOW, AND
RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOW, WE FOUND
OUT, AND THE PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE MAY NEVER KNOW HERE
THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ATTACK IN
NICE, FRANCE WHERE DOZENS OF
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT SO FAR?
WHAT CAN YOU GUISE TELL ME FROM
CBS NEWS?
>> WE KNOW A LOT WERE INJURED AS
WELL AS THOSE KILLED.
WE KNOW THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO
A CROWD.
>> Stephen: IT'S A TRAGEDY.
PEOPLE DIED IN THE SOUTH OF
FRANCE.
TOO MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE
HAPPENING.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE WATCHING
THE FIREWORKS CELEBRATION
BECAUSE IT'S BASTILLE DAY.
>> MOMENTS BEFORE WE WERE
WALKING IN.
>> THIS IS TERRORISM RELATED.
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS WE
HAVE TO DO AS A TEAM IN THE
MORNING IS WE WAKE UP A LOT OF
TIMES TO THESE EVENTS.
WHETHER DOMESTICALLY OR
INTERNATIONALLY IN THE PAST TWO
YEARS, WE'VE HAD WAY TOO MANY OF
THESE TRAGEDIES TO COVER.
>> Stephen: FOR NEXT WEEK, WE
FOUND OUT A LIT MORAL ABOUT WHAT
WAS HAPPENING AT THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHO THE
SPEAKERS ARE AND AREN'T.
ALL TRUMPS ADULT CHILDREN ARE
GOING TO BE SPEAKING NEXT WEEK,
WHICH SHOULD BE FUN TO HAVE THEM
THERE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU WILL BE THERE
FOR THE FULL WEEK.
HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE YOU DONE?
HOW MANY OF THESE CONVENTIONS
HAVE YOU GONE TO?
>> MY SIXTH.
THE FIRST ONE I WENT TO WAS
1968.
>> Stephen: IN CHICAGO?
YES.
>> Stephen: LET'S HOPE IT'S
NOT AS EXCITING AS THAT.
>> YEAH.
I WENT AS A DRIVER FOR THE "NEW
YORK TIMES."
IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING THING.
>> YOU WERE A DRIVER?
ES.
WHO DID YOU DRIVE AROUND?
REPORTERS BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN THE CONVENTION AND THEIR
HOTELS.
>> ARE YOU AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK?
>> Stephen: ARE THE
CONVENTIONS FUN TO GO TO?
IS IT, LIKE, NEWS CAMP?
BECAUSE ALL THE NEWS
ORGANIZATIONS ARE THERE IN ONE
BUILDING.
IT'S LIKE A FESTIVAL.
>> I THINK THEY'RE FUN,
ESPECIALLY THE REPUBLICAN ONE.
THIS IS WILL BE MY FIFTH.
IT'S VERY UNPREDICTABLE WHAT CAN
HAPPEN AT THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.
YOU DIDN'T MENTION ANTONIO
SEBATO, JR. IS GOING TO BE
SPEAKING.
REMEMBER HIM FROM "DANCING WITH
THE STARS."
>> Stephen: IT'S GOING TO BE A
SEXY CONVENTION.
THIS MUST BE REFRESHING.
WHAT FAKE CONVENTION AVERAGE
I'VE DONE, THIS WILL BE MY FIFTH
TIME MAKING JOKES ABOUT
CONVENTIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS I
WOULD MAKE JOKES ABOUT, LIKE THE
REAL NEWS PEOPLE, IT WAS ALL A
STAGED PAGEANT FOR YEARS AND YOU
HAD TO GRUDGINGLY GO, WHY ARE WE
HERE, SHOULD WE BE COVERING
THIS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
IT FEELS LIKE THERE COULD BE BIG
NEWS ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> HISTORICALLY, THE BROADCAST
NETWORKS HAVE REDUCED THE KIND
OF ATTENTION WE'VE GIVEN THESE
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THEY'RE SO
HEAVILY SCRIPTED AND COMMERCIAL.
THIS CONVENTION WITH TRUMP IS A
SEAT OF THE PANTS.
REMEMBER WHEN CLINT EASTWOOD
CAME OUT WITH HIS CHAIR?
I TALKED TO A REPUBLICAN SOURCE
WHO SAID THIS IS CLINT EASTWOOD
TIMES 20, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
SEE.
A LOYAL REPUBLICAN.
>. IT WILL BE GREAT FORIO.
YOU WILL BE LIVE.
>> Stephen: WRITING JOKES UP
TO THE LAST MINUTE.
>> SOMETHING TELLS ME YOU WILL
HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
BEFORE I CAME IN TODAY, THEY
WERE TELLING ME, TENNIS BALLS
AND SLEEPING BAGS ARE BANNED
OUTSIDE THE ARENA BUT GUNS ARE
OKAY OUTSIDE THE ARENA.
THAT JUST MAKES NO SENSE TO ME
WHATSOEVER.
>> I UNDERSTAND PART OF THAT IS
THE NATURE OF THE STATE.
>STATE.
IT'S WHAT?
AN OPEN CARRY STATE.
>> Stephen: IN OHIO YOU'RE
ALLOWED TO CARRY A GUN OPENLY
BUT NOT BRING TENNIS BALLS.
WHAT ABOUT A TENNIS BALL GUN?
>> WELL, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES --
(LAUGHTER)
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT MIKE
PENCE BEING THE NO, MA' NOMINEE?
RIGHT REFLECTS OFF HIM, BUT I
DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT
GOVERNOR PENCE BESIDES THAT.
>> VICE PRESIDENTS DON'T WIN
ELECTIONS.
>> Stephen: THEY CAN HURT,
THOUGH.
>> OR HELP BY GIVING AN AURA TO
THE CANDIDATE THAT HE'S SERIOUS,
PRESIDENTIAL, THAT HE'S CHOSEN
SOMEONE TO BALANCE HIS OWN
EXPERIENCE.
>> Stephen: WHY DID HE PICK
THEM?
>> AT THE BEGINNING HE SAID HE
WANTED AN ATTACK DOG.
THE NEXT DAY HE SAID, NO, HE
DIDN'T, HE WANTED SOMEBODY TO
COMPLEMENT HIM AND HELP HIM ON
THE TICKET.
THIS WILL BE INTERESTING.
>> THE TRUTH IS DONALD TRUMP IS
DOING POORLY AMONG CHRISTIANS,
PEOPLE WHO TURN OUT TO THE POLLS
O MIKE PENCE IS EXTREMELY
POPULAR.
THIS IS A NOD TO THE RIGHT WING
TO SHORE UP HIS BASE AND TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT WING OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO DUES
TRUSTED HIM AND NOT SHOWING UP
AT THE CONVENTION.
MIKE PENCE SERVED A DOZEN YEARS
IN CONGRESS, ROSE THROUGH THE
LEADERSHIP, COULD BE A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE
FUTURE AND IS A SAFE CHOICE IN
TERMS OF SHORING UP THE
REPUBLICANS.
>> AND HAS ACCESS TO THE MONEY.
THE KOCH BROTHERS LIKE HIM A
LOT.
KOCH MONEY IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS BIG.
>> Stephen: I SUPPOSE.
SO BUT THE INTERESTING THING
ABOUT TRUMP PICKING PENCE, THE
SAFE CHOICE, IS THAT I THINK IF
IT WAS REVERSED, IF PENCE HAD
BEEN THE NOMINEE, I CAN'T
IMAGINE HIM PICKING TRUMP.
(LAUGHTER)
>> WHO WHO WOULD PICK TRUMP,
STEPHEN COLBERT?
>> Stephen: I WOULD.
(LAUGHTER)
>> IT'S THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON
GIVING.
>> Stephen: WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A LITTLE BREAK.
BUT STICK AROUND.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE GAYLE
KING, NORAH O'DONNELL AND OUR
FRIEND CHARLIE ROSE.