曾心脏骤停捡回一命 丹麦中场埃里克森再倒下所幸恢复意识

2026年6月8日 07:15 / 联合早报

埃里克森第二次在球场上倒下，吓坏现场众人。 （路透社）

五年前在欧洲足球锦标赛中经历心脏骤停捡回一命后，丹麦中场埃里克森（Eriksen）于新加坡时间星期一（6月8日）凌晨在主场对阵乌克兰的比赛中再度倒地，不过幸好他不久后恢复意识。

34岁的埃里克森在这场比赛第65分钟时，突然捂住胸口倒下，让众人震惊不已，毕竟他在2021年欧锦赛丹麦对垒芬兰的第一场小组赛时，也曾无预警倒下。他当时接受心肺复苏抢救后醒了过来，随后植入一种特殊的心脏除颤器，并在事发七个月后重新回到球场，延续职业生涯。

当他再度倒下后，丹麦和乌克兰球员迅速围成一圈，将埃里克森围住，医护人员随即入场进行救治。（路透社）

这次当他再度倒下后，就像五年前丹麦和芬兰球员所做的那样，丹麦和乌克兰球员迅速围成一圈，将埃里克森围住，医护人员随即入场进行救治。最终，埃里克森能够自行步行上救护车。

丹麦足总队医博森（Boesen）说：“克里斯蒂安（埃里克森）情况良好，他自己走下球场。在我看来，他的心脏起搏器运作正常。他短暂失去意识，但很快就恢复知觉，我们很快就与他保持沟通。

“他将在医院接受进一步检查，以查明事件发生的原因。我们与他和医生保持联系。克里斯蒂安情况良好，他让我转告所有球员，他没事。”

比赛在事发后中断，随后提前结束，丹麦当时2比1领先乌克兰。这两队都没有晋级今年的世界杯足球赛，赛后两队球员肩并肩围成一圈，丹麦主帅里默尔（Riemer）在中间向双方表示感谢。

过后两队一起感谢球迷，乌克兰球迷也不断鼓掌高呼“埃里克森”。

五年前同样的事情发生时，比赛中断了1小时45分钟，直到确定埃里克森苏醒后才继续，最后丹麦0比1输球。

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九寨沟面包车与货车相撞 致六人死亡

2026年6月8日 07:32 / 联合早报

中国四川省九寨沟星期天（6月7日）上午发生面包车与货车相撞的事故，造成六人死亡。

新华社引述九寨沟县委宣传部报道，这起事故发生在国道247线九寨沟县至甘肃文县段，一辆实载六人的面包车与一辆货车相撞，造成三人当场死亡，三人经抢救无效死亡。目前事故调查和善后工作正在进行中。

报道没有提到货车上的具体人数，也没有披露死者的身份。

Federal judges who’ve ruled against Trump administration denounce threats against themselves, their families

2026-06-07T19:00:12-0400 / CBS News

This is an updated version of a story first published on March 1, 2026. The original video can be viewed here.

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When the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s tariffs last February, the president lashed out against two Supreme Court Justices he nominated calling them fools and lapdogs. The president has frequently railed against judges when they rule against him. What often happens next is a barrage of violent threats from his followers against those judges. As we first reported in March, we spoke with 26 federal judges – nine Democratic appointees, 17 Republican, both sitting and retired. The sitting judges told us they feel under siege. Most would not appear on camera, fearful for their safety. Judge John Coughenour – appointed by Ronald Reagan – is one of the few who would. He blocked President Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship. He wasn’t prepared for what happened next.

Judge John Coughenour: My wife and I are at home. And the doorbell rings. And I go to the door. And there’s, I think, five sheriff’s deputies there with long rifles –

Bill Whitaker: And they show up with guns drawn?

Judge John Coughenour: Oh yeah. Yes, yes. Long guns, very intimidating guns. And they said to me, “Sir, could we see your wife?” And I said, “whatever for?” And they said, well, sir, we’ve had a report that you’ve murdered your wife.”

It was a cruel hoax. The next day? A bomb threat. For John Coughenour, a federal district court judge in Washington state, it didn’t end there.

Judge John Coughenour: There was a congressman that had a wanted poster. It just said Wanted in big letters at the top and then a picture of several of us. It said everything except “dead or alive”.

His trouble started when President Trump signed an executive order to end the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship for infants born on U.S. soil to non-citizens. Judge Coughenour ruled it, quote, “blatantly unconstitutional.” The threats poured in.

Judge John Coughenour: Some of it was very very ugly, and very threatening.

Bill Whitaker: Death threats?

Judge John Coughenour: Oh yes, yes dozens of em. Dozens if not hundreds.

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Judge Coughenour told us threats come with the turf. He has sentenced an al Qaeda bomber and Montana militia members and needed round the clock protection. But he said he’d never had as many death threats as with the birthright citizenship case.

Judge Coughenour: I’ve been at this for 44 years. I have never encountered the hostility toward the judiciary that has existed in this country in the, the last year. And I don’t think it’s’ because we’re making bad decisions. I think it’s because there are people who think that they can make a lot of political hay out of criticizing the federal judiciary.

President Trump (in 2025): “And also we cannot allow a handful of communist radical left judges to obstruct the enforcement of our laws and assume the duties that belong solely to the president of the United States.”

When President Trump lost a battle in court to deport migrants, he called the judge a lunatic. When immigration crackdowns were ruled illegal, he called the judges monsters. It’s incendiary comments like that that have provoked a torrent of death threats.

Our reporting found hundreds of threats were left on judges voicemails. This one after a judge ruled the president had violated the First Amendment:

Recording of threat: I hope your whole family and everybody you love is raped in front of you and has their heads cut off.

And this one after a judge ruled the president couldn’t cut certain government benefits.

Recording of threat: I wish somebody would f assassinate your ass.

It’s a volcano of vitriol

Recording of threat: I double dare you to try to put charges on Donald J. Trump. You son of a bitch.

It falls to the U.S. Marshals to pinpoint the verbal threats that might lead to physical violence. Judges told us the Marshals are overwhelmed. Last year 400 federal judges were targets of serious threats, a 78% jump in four years.

Judge Jones: In very plain English: if we’re not careful we’re gonna get a judge killed. It’s just that stark.

Bill Whitaker: It’s that serious

Judge Jones: It’s that serious.

Judge John Jones is a retired federal judge from Pennsylvania, a George W. Bush appointee. He – and 55 other retired judges – were so concerned they formed a bipartisan group to lobby the White House to stop demonizing judges.

Judge John Jones 60 Minutes

Judge Jones: This is such a toxic environment, where people are taking arms, and can identify where a judge lives – can strike out against that judge or the judge’s family members.

Bill Whitaker: So when President Trump attacks judges as rogue, deranged, corrupt, what do you think he’s doing and, and why?

Judge Jones: I think that he’s attempting to delegitimize the federal courts.

Bill Whitaker: Why would he do that? What’s the benefit to him?

Judge Jones: It’s a presidency sort of on steroids. And you have a very dormant, I think, United States Congress, and a president who means to really say what the law is. Well, you know, civics taught me that Congress makes the law, and the president faithfully executes the laws of the country. We’ve turned that on its head right now.

Judge Jones told us this White House is testing the bounds of presidential power. Today the Trump administration is facing nearly 800 lawsuits contesting its agenda, from immigration to job cuts. Judges are caught squarely in the crossfire.

Judge Esther Salas: As a judge who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and defend the rule of law, I have a duty to call this out. That’s why I’m talking to you.

Judge Esther Salas is a federal district court judge in New Jersey. A Barack Obama appointee, she has become a leading voice against the personal attacks on judges – which has made her the target of death threats. She knows the stakes. In 2020 a failed litigant came to her front door, shot her son Daniel dead, and wounded her husband Mark. It was not driven by politics, but she fears today’s inflammatory rhetoric makes such horrors more likely.

Judge Esther Salas: I’m more concerned right now than I was after my only child was murdered —

Bill Whitaker: Why?

Judge Esther Salas: Because I think that the attacks against the judiciary are only– getting worse. What I am seeing now is far different than what I have seen in the past. This is coming from our national leader on down.

Judge Salas told us vilifying judges is eroding trust in the courts.

Judge Esther Salas: If you disagree with a ruling that we make, appeal us. If you disagree with a sentence we render, appeal us. The answer is not to dehumanize us. And that has been, I think, the active agenda as of late. I feel like sometimes our political leaders are playing Russian roulette with our lives.

Bill Whitaker: Do you think the rhetoric emboldens people?

Judge Esther Salas: I do. I think it’s dangerous.

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In a statement the White House said, “as a survivor of two assassination attempts no one understands the dangers of political violence more than President Trump.” It went on to accuse the judiciary of “brazen defiance” with its “unlawful rulings”

Then Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche called it a war.

Todd Blanche: We are routinely getting stays and getting reversals because of local judges um just not following the law, full stop. And and it’s the same judges or not the same judges but there’s a group of judges that are repeat players. And that’s obviously not by happenstance. That’s intentional. And it’s a, it’s a war, man.

Todd Blanche declined our request for an interview. In a statement to us, he said some judges continue to issue “overbroad and even unreasoned injunctions,” but adding “threats and intimidation of federal officials is unlawful.”

Judge John Coughenour told us the constitution is a judge’s north star.

Bill Whitaker: So to someone who says that you are a political agent and trying to thwart the goals of the president you would say?

Judge Coughenour: I would say you don’t understand what we do. We apply the Constitution. For the last 250 years in this country it’s been the judges that that say this is either constitutional or it isn’t. If if nobody is going to make that decision and nobody’s gonna enforce the Constitution it becomes like the Constitution of Russia.

The threats aren’t just coming from the right. In 2020, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would, quote pay the price for restricting abortion. He later apologized. In 2022, a would-be assassin was arrested for trying to kill Justice Kavanaugh at his home. But Judge Jones – a Republican appointee – told us the violent language of the right has no match.

Judge Jones: The national rhetoric from both sides has probably gotten worse over time. However I would not concede that the Democratic party or or that Democratic office holders have conducted themselves in any way that’s similar to what this is administration is doing with respect to the federal judiciary. There’s simply no evidence of that.

Ron Zayas: And when you look at the database, it’s the names and addresses of hundreds of elected officials and judges —

Ron Zayas is the CEO of Ironwall, a company that scrubs judges’ personal data from the web.

Ron Zayas: So here is another threat that we have toward a judge

Zayas told us in 14 years, he has never seen as many violent threats as today.

Ron Zayas: You know, if you broadcast that message to a million people, you just need one to act on it. and that’s the terrifying part that judges are having to deal with today.

Zayas also combs through the dark web,a criminal haven on the internet where anonymous threat actors try to cause real-world harm. These days, Zayas is worried about a new type of threat.

Ron Zayas and Bill Whitaker 60 Minutes

Ron Zayas: The threats used to be, “you ruled against me. And I wanna kill you.” Now the kind of threats we’re seeing — there’s a whole other sphere of saying “I wanna influence what you do.” It’s mob mentality. They wanna threaten you so that you make the right decision.

The Marshals are also investigating a striking new form of intimidation: hundreds of unsolicited pizzas sent to judges and their children across the country, an innocuous delivery with an ominous message:

Judge Esther Salas: We know where you live. We know where your children live. And do you want to end up like Judge Salas’s son?

At least 20 were sent to homes in the name of Judge Salas’ late son.

Judge Esther Salas: The order form had my murdered son’s name on it. They’re weaponizing my baby boy. They’re weaponizing Daniel’s name to inflict fear on judges.

Bill Whitaker: I know that’s shocking, but it must be so, so painful

Judge Esther Salas: Oh, you know. That one took me. And you add to that, for flavor, that I have yet to see the attorney general or the deputy attorney general stand at a podium and denounce these forms of intimidation.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi also declined our request for an interview. Judge Salas – among many others – told us the rule of law is at stake.

Judge Esther Salas: I sit here as Daniel’s mom. I sit here as a woman who lost her only child. Mark and I have been to hell and back. And when I see that kind of irresponsible behavior coming from our political leaders and people in power, it makes me sad. And it makes me very worried, because I worry for our democracy, I really do.

Produced by Heather Abbott. Associate producer, Paulina Smolinski. Broadcast associate, Mariah Johnson. Edited by Sean Kelly.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/threats-against-judges-60-minutes-video-2026-03-01/

伊朗向以色列发射多枚导弹 美伊临时停火以来首次

2026年6月8日 06:54 / 联合早报

伊朗向以色列发射多枚导弹 美伊临时停火以来首次

伊朗6月7日晚向以色列发射导弹，一道光束照亮天空。 （路透社）

以色列星期天（6月7日）对黎巴嫩贝鲁特郊区发动致命空袭后，伊朗向以色列发射了至少四波导弹。以色列官方媒体称，美国总统特朗普和以色列总理内坦亚胡过后通电话。

这是自4月初伊朗与美国达成临时停火协议以来，伊朗首次袭击以色列，进一步冲击了美伊岌岌可危的谈判。

综合彭博社和《华尔街日报》报道，以色列国防军7日晚间通报，以军拦截了伊朗所有来袭导弹。以色列军方发言人说：“伊朗政权犯了一个严重错误。”他也说，以色列将继续打击黎巴嫩境内的真主党。

以色列教育部当天晚间宣布，以色列全国范围内8日起停课。以色列急救组织“红色大卫盾”通报，至少两人在前往避难场所途中受伤。

而伊朗警告，如果以色列进行报复，伊朗将对以色列及其盟友采取武力回应。伊朗最高领袖的军事顾问雷扎伊告诉半官方伊朗学生通讯社，向以色列发射导弹是“警告以色列停止在黎巴嫩的敌对行动”。

传美国拟用伊朗资产 助波斯湾盟友重建
特朗普：伊朗导弹只剩两成 最终必会接受停战协议

特朗普似乎试图缓和局势，他告诉福克斯新闻和美国新闻网Axios，他正在向伊朗和内坦亚胡施压，要求他们停止攻击行动。

以色列国家电视台Kan TV报道，特朗普和内坦亚胡通了电话。在两人通话前，特朗普告诉以色列第12频道新闻，他会叫内坦亚胡不要反击，因为他不希望美伊延长停火谈判破裂。

内坦亚胡办公室和白宫均未立即回应置评请求。

特朗普6月5日到威斯康星州出席助选活动后，乘空军一号抵达新泽西州机场，到特朗普国家高尔夫俱乐部度周末。 （法新社）

伊朗星期天（6月7日）晚间就黎巴嫩局势对以色列实施导弹打击后，美国总统特朗普呼吁伊朗就此收手，重返谈判桌，并要求以色列总理内坦亚胡不要反击。

新华社引述特朗普告诉福克斯新闻频道：“我对伊朗的建议是：你们已经发射了导弹，就行了。回到谈判桌，达成协议吧。”

特朗普称，伊朗向以色列发射导弹前，美伊已“非常接近”达成协议，他原本估计8日至10日左右就能签署协议。他同时说，以色列当天早些时候空袭黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特南郊，没有事先与美方协调，他对此感到不快。最新事态“肯定对谈判没帮助”。

特朗普过后告诉美国新闻网站Axios，他将马上致电内坦亚胡，劝他不要对伊朗采取报复行动。

特朗普说：“伊朗的打击没有伤及任何人。希望以色列不要进行报复。如果内坦亚胡对伊朗还击，局势只会像过去47年或过去3000年那样，一直持续下去。”

特朗普还说，美国与伊朗距离达成最终协议“已经非常接近”，他“不希望因为现在发生的事情导致协议破裂”。

Axios稍后报道，特朗普与内坦亚胡通了电话。

《华尔街日报》报道，伊朗7日晚向以色列发射了至少四波导弹。其他美国媒体称，伊朗总计至少发射了10枚弹道导弹。这是自美伊停火约两个月以来，伊朗首次直接攻击以色列。伊朗最高领袖的军事顾问雷扎伊告诉半官方伊朗学生通讯社，向以色列发射导弹是“警告以色列停止在黎巴嫩的敌对行动”。而以色列国防军称拦截了所有来袭导弹，并表示以色列将继续打击黎巴嫩境内的真主党。

伊朗革命卫队称警告性打击以军基地 指责美以未履行停火承诺

2026年6月8日 07:47 / 联合早报

伊朗革命卫队6月7日发表声明说，伊朗4月8日接受停火安排的前提是所有战线全面停火，但美国和以色列并未履行相关承诺。 （路透社档案照片）

伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队星期天（6月7日）晚发表声明说，革命卫队航空航天部队当晚用弹道导弹打击位于以色列北部的拉马特戴维空军基地。

新华社报道，伊朗革命卫队说，这次行动旨在回应以色列近期在黎巴嫩南部多地和首都贝鲁特南郊实施军事行动。伊方认为，拉马特戴维空军基地是以军实施相关军事行动的重要基地之一。

声明称，伊朗4月8日接受停火安排的前提是所有战线全面停火，但美以双方此后并未履行相关承诺。声明指责以方继续在黎巴嫩开展军事行动，并指责美以在霍尔木兹海峡、阿曼湾和印度洋针对伊朗船只和沿海目标采取行动，破坏停火安排。

声明说，伊方7日晚对以色列的导弹打击属于“警告性质”，如果以方相关军事行动继续升级，伊方未来回应范围将进一步扩大，可能覆盖地区内更多美国和以色列相关目标。

据以色列国防军同日通报，伊朗向以色列发射至少三轮导弹，以军拦截所有来袭导弹。《华尔街日报》称，伊朗向以色列发射了至少四波导弹。

伊朗向以色列发射多枚导弹 美伊临时停火以来首次
特朗普呼吁伊朗回到谈判桌 要求以色列别报复

以色列同7日早前对黎巴嫩贝鲁特郊区发动了致命空袭。黎巴嫩国家通讯社报道，以色列对贝鲁特南郊和黎南部港口城市提尔等地发动空袭，造成至少14人死亡，包括三名黎巴嫩军人。

Lawsuit attempts to stop UFC fight at White House on Trump’s birthday

June 7, 2026 / 6:24 PM EDT / CBS News

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Washington — A federal lawsuit filed Saturday seeks to shut down the Ultimate Fighting Championship fight night on the White House’s South Lawn on President Trump’s birthday.

The lawsuit, filed by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of a political activist and an Air Force veteran, calls the plans around the June 14 event “deeply corrupt” and argues that it seeks to enrich the president and his allies.

It also argues that the Trump administration’s approval of the event on national parklands violates federal law, the construction of the venue, which includes a massive arch, on the South Lawn lacks congressional authorization and did not go through an environmental review.

“The president is giving UFC chief executive Dana White and his company what none have enjoyed before: unfettered access to the White House and Lincoln Memorial to stage a private, for-profit sports event, with all the promotional and branding opportunities that accompany such access,” the lawsuit says.

The weekend’s events are set to kick off Friday night at the Lincoln Memorial.

The lawsuit contends that those who stand to benefit financially from the event include the president, who has investments in UFC’s parent company, White, and the company’s broadcast partner Paramount SkyDance, which is the parent company of CBS News, and its advertisers. Paramount declined to comment.

The UFC has said that the event is part of the celebrations to mark the country’s 250th anniversary. But the lawsuit notes the date of the fight night falls on Mr. Trump’s 80th birthday, about three weeks before July 4.

“The event is neither ‘for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American Independence’ nor, crucially, being ‘planned, organized, and executed’ by the federal government,” the lawsuit says.

It later adds, “Rather, UFC Freedom 250 is being held for the financial benefit of the UFC, Paramount, and their advertisers, and to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Donald Trump’s birth.”

An administration official called the lawsuit “an obstructionist, baseless, and dilatory” attempt to prevent Mr. Trump from “from hosting what will undoubtedly go down as one of the most historic sporting events in our nation’s history during our semiquincentennial celebration.”

“This iconic event is no different than the various other White House-hosted events on the South Lawn and properly permitted events on the Ellipse and National Mall throughout the year,” the official said.

UFC did not respond to CBS News’ request for comment.

Emma Nicholson contributed to this report.

Alexander Zverev becomes Grand Slam champion with French Open win

June 7, 2026 / 2:06 PM EDT / The Associated Press

By The Associated Press

Alexander Zverev is no longer one of the best players never to win a major title.

He’s finally a Grand Slam champion.

In his fourth major final, Zverev beat Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1 for the French Open title on Sunday.

It was a unique opportunity for Zverev without Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz across the net and the third-ranked German took full advantage on the red clay of Roland Garros.

When Cobolli missed an overhead on the second championship point after more than four hours of the five-set encounter, Zverev dropped on his back to the clay and covered his face with his hands as he began sobbing. When he got up, with his shirt and arms covered in clay, Zverev put his hands back on his face before he lifted both arms in celebration.

Zverev has now joined an elite group of players that captured their first major in their fourth final: Eight-time major champion Andre Agassi, 2001 Wimbledon winner Goran Ivanisevic and 2020 U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem.

Alexander Zverev reacts after winning the men’s final match at the French Open in Paris, Sunday, June 7, 2026. Aurelien Morissard/AP

No Sinner or Alcaraz

Zverev had been an overwhelming favorite for the title ever since the top-ranked Sinner struggled in the first week’s heat wave and wasted a two set and 5-1 lead against Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the second round. A day later, 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic was also eliminated.

Alcaraz, the two-time reigning champion, withdrew before the tournament with an injured right wrist.

It was Zverev’s second French Open final, having wasted a lead of two sets to one against Alcaraz in the 2024 championship match.

Zverev had an even bigger advantage — two sets to none — in the 2020 U.S. Open final and lost that one, too, to Thiem. He was also beaten in straight sets by Sinner in the 2025 Australian Open final.

It was the 25th title of Zverev’s career.

Cobolli’s 1st Slam final

The 14th-ranked Cobolli had never been past a Grand Slam quarterfinal until this week. He was attempting to become the first Italian man to raise the singles trophy at Roland Garros since Adriano Panatta 50 years ago.

Cobolli comes from the same tennis club in Rome as Panatta did and Panatta was asked by tournament organizers to present the Coupe des Mousquetaires to the champion to celebrate the anniversary of his 1976 triumph.

The honors, however, were going to Zverev.

Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva won the women’s singles trophy on Saturday.

Alexander Zverev plays in the men’s final match at the French Open in Paris, Sunday, June 7, 2026. Christophe Ena/AP

Zverev took control early on

The match was played in perfect conditions and Zverev’s game was almost flawless at the start.

Zverev broke Cobolli’s serve in a long opening game when Cobolli shanked a forehand into the first row of the stands. The break came after Zverev had a bit of luck when a backhand return hit the net but dribbled over on game point for Cobolli.

A group of women in the stands held up letters to form Zverev’s nickname: “Sascha.”

Cobolli likes to stand way over near the corner of the court and hit big kick serves out wide into the ad court. Zverev knew what was coming and returned one such kick serve early in the first set with a backhand that he wrapped around the outside of the net post. Cobolli ended up winning the point, but it was a message from Zverev that he knew how to handle his opponent’s tactics.

The next time Zverev hit a wrap-around-the-net-post return, Cobolli couldn’t handle it and Zverev won the point.

Cobolli’s supporters in his box were all dressed in blue, the color of Italy’s national teams, and as Cobolli worked his way back into the match, there were chants of “Ole, Ole, Ole; Flavio, Flavio.”

After Zverev held for a 6-5 lead in the fourth, he had his upper right leg treated by a trainer. Then Zverev wasted a 3-1 lead in the tiebreaker, which Cobolli concluded with a forehand winner up the line that produced a roar from the crowd.

But Cobolli appeared to run out of energy in the fifth, running down a drop shot only for Zverev to then pass him up the line for a 3-0 lead and a double break.

Transcript: Rep. Ro Khanna on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 7, 2026

2026-06-07T12:05:11-0400 / CBS News

The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on June 7, 2026.

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MARGARET BRENNAN: But we begin this morning with Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna of California. Good to have you here in person.

REP. RO KHANNA: Good to be back.

MARGARET BRENNAN: You’re just back from Maine, and on Tuesday, there’s a primary there for Democrats. It will help to determine who is going to challenge Susan Collins for her seat. She is the longtime Republican senator who has held on to it. This is all ultimately about who is going to control Congress, control the Senate. There’s been a lot of excitement around Graham Platner, who we mentioned there, right at the top. He’s a veteran, an oyster man with this anti-establishment progressive message. Why are you still campaigning for him after all of these questions about action, comments, activity in his personal life.

REP. KHANNA: Well we had a rally planned, and I want to be clear: his actions were misogynistic, they were shameful, they were wrong, but they didn’t come as a surprise to a lot of the folks in Maine. People in Maine knew that he had had two tours of duty in Iraq. He came back broken in a dark place. That doesn’t excuse his behavior, but they knew this. He was in Washington, and then he went back to Maine, and he started an oyster farm. He took accountability. He himself has said it was shameful, and he had redemption. And now he’s running on a platform of national health insurance when Susan Collins is voting to cut it. He’s talking about taxing billionaires. Susan Collins is for tax breaks to billionaires, and he’s opposed to this foreign war where Susan Collins supported the war in Iran, and that’s why I’m still supporting him.

MARGARET BRENNAN: But I want to go through some of what we’re referring to here in specifics. The campaign acknowledged a candidate sent sexually explicit texts to multiple women while he was married, quite recently. He’s acknowledged he had a tattoo with Nazi symbols that he’s since covered up, but he claimed he didn’t know the linkage and the symbolism, and he’s had social media posts insulting rural people downplaying sexual assault. He has apologized or said he regrets some of that behavior. As you just alluded to, he has also referred to the fact he has dealt with PTSD and some alcohol issues. Are you confident all the damaging info is out?

REP. KHANNA: That’s what he says. My sense is, before the primary, a lot of this has come out. Obviously, look, if there was evidence of violence. I would not support him. If there was evidence of sexual assault, I’d have zero support for him. He acknowledges that he was misogynistic, it was shameful. One thing I want to make very clear, we should not be attacking the women who came forward. We should not be attacking the journalists. Some people have been attacking the New York Times journalists- they’re- they did their job. We should focus on acknowledging it was misogynistic, acknowledging it was wrong, moving on with redemption, and then focusing on his issues, which are stopping the war, taking on the billionaire class.

MARGARET BRENNAN: You said there was no evidence of violence. You- in your view, there’s nothing credible at this point,

REP. KHANNA: My view is that even according to the New York Times piece, they said there was no harm, no injury, there was toxicity, and there was verbal intimidation, which I condemn, but Graham has made it clear that there was no evidence of violence, that to me is a red line.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, because there’s this woman, Lyndsey Field, who dated him for about two years’ time, and she’s been posting on social media, speaking on the record about their relationship. She said he left an AR 15 lying around his Capitol Hill apartment when he lived here, told her if anyone broke in he’d rape them to show he’s dominant. She did say he never hit her or punched her, but said he could be rough, and she described being grabbed by her shoulder. She described him pulling her arm as she was refusing to get out of a car. Years ago, the mantra was ‘believe all women.’ Do you believe her?

REP. KHANNA: Yes, and I don’t think our side should be attacking her, and I appreciate her courage from coming forward. I know some people are saying, ‘Oh, she’s a Republican.’ I think that is irrelevant. I believe her. I think Graham acted shamefully, and he acted as The New York Times characterized it, as a toxic relationship. It is shameful. It is ugly. It happened in a dark period of his life, and the Maine voters that I met said they don’t like it. They knew that he had these chapters. They are willing to extend him grace and redemption, and they’re focused now on what he’s running for. But I do not think we should be attacking her.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So it is his campaign, the Platner campaign, that described the accuser as a GOP operative who has dedicated her career to electing Republicans. She is a conservative. Would you advise the campaign to stop attacking her?

REP. KHANNA: Absolutely. They should not attack her. They should not attack the New York Times reporters who wrote the story. I know those reporters, they have written things critical of me. That’s what journalists do. Donald Trump is the one who attacks the press. Our party doesn’t attack the press. Our party believes that you treat women with equality and respect in all aspects of their lives. Graham Platner did not do that in the early 2000s. He should just say what he has said to Maine voters, that was a shameful period in his life. He’s ashamed of that conduct, and that’s what makes him different, is that he’s taken accountability for that period of his life. Others, like Trump, have never taken accountability.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So you mentioned the PTSD, and he has been very open about that. What he went through, coming back from, I believe, three tours in Iraq, and then he worked in a private capacity in Afghanistan. But some veterans groups have said that, you know, he’s basically using it as an excuse for bad behavior.

REP. KHANNA: I don’t think–

MARGARET BRENNAN: –and maligning them in that way,

REP. KHANNA: It’s- it’s not an excuse, it doesn’t justify him being in toxic relationships or saying misogynistic things–

MARGARET BRENNAN: Because it sounds like it’s being used as an excuse.

REP. KHANNA: Well, I don’t view, in fact, in my remarks I said it’s not an excuse, it’s- but it’s the truth, it’s his truth of who he was, but what it should tell us is we broke a lot of people in this country by sending people to Iraq. Susan Collins sent people to Iraq, and now on the 100th day of a war in Iran, we’re breaking more people. Gas is through the roof, food is through the roof, and this Iran war is an illegal war, immoral war, an unstrategic war, and Graham Platner is running to stop it. That is the big issue that Maine voters were talking about, the war that’s increasing gas prices, the lack of healthcare, but I don’t believe PTSD should be an excuse for bad behavior. But we do need to recognize the toll these wars are taking on people.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And Platner did protest against the war, but that was before he enlisted in the Marines. And then subsequently worked in a private capacity in Afghanistan, another war zone.

REP. KHANNA: He was patriotic. Look, I ran against the war in Iraq in 2003. That was how I started. He was opposed to the war. We have made a mistake by getting into the war in Iraq. Now he served the country, but one of the reasons he went into PTSD, if you talk to him, as he said, I realized that my service did not have a purpose for doing good. And now you’ve got Susan Collins, who has been an apologist for the war in Iran on this 108 What have we achieved? You still have an Iranian regime there, they still have the nuclear fuel there, the gas prices are through the roof. And why is Platner in the race? Because he’s saying stop these foreign wars.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So it just- I raise this because I have heard Democrats argue over this issue, and the worry that they are ceding the moral high ground that they want to hold in order to stand on it and criticize Republicans, right? CBS News has spoken to a former campaign official who expressed concern about the lack of vetting of Platner. This sounds like it’s just, you know, this is just politics,

REP. KHANNA: Like I said, the people in Maine were not surprised. I mean, it was a surprise to the national story. They knew that when he was in DC, he had shameful parts of his life. Then he came back, he started an oyster farm, he was on the ocean for years, he found himself. But the big issue for voters, in my view, is, are you for these wars, are you for taxing billionaires? Are you for national health insurance? And that’s the contrast, and the campaign is a vetting process, and the voters of Maine are asking these–

MARGARET BRENNAN: The campaign’s the vetting process?

REP. KHANNA: Well, the primary campaign, I mean, it’s been a year of campaigning that he has, that he has had.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Can he survive another scandal? You have five months here.

REP. KHANNA: Well, it depends. What I’m not, you know, I mean, obviously, if there was any evidence that comes out that there is actual domestic violence or assault, I have zero tolerance for that. I led the fight against the Epstein class, which has been a cover-up for sexual abuse with Thomas Massie. I’ve been at the forefront of championing women’s rights and rights of survivors, but here you have a case of someone who had a dark chapter in his life, was in toxic relationships, was ashamed about it, who served this country, and the Maine voters are saying, Look, let’s give him some grace, and his focus is stopping these wars, and it’s getting national health insurance, and it’s taking on economic inequality,

MARGARET BRENNAN: Okay. And that is the progressive message that you are supporting. Ro Khanna, thank you for your time.

REP. KHANNA: Thank you.

Transcript: Rep. Don Bacon on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 7, 2026

2026-06-07T12:07:00-0400 / CBS News

The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on June 7, 2026.

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MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Republican Congressman Don Bacon, who joins us from Omaha, Nebraska. Welcome back to Face the Nation.

REP. DON BACON: Thank you, Margaret.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Before we get to national security, I want to ask you about politics and candidate quality. Last month, Texas Republicans chose to make Ken Paxton their Senate nominee, despite the fact, as Texas AG, he was impeached by the Republican-controlled House on multiple charges of abuse of office, including bribery. His wife is divorcing him on what she called biblical grounds because of adultery, and he was indicted in 2015 on securities fraud charges that were later dropped. Despite all this, the President backed him over sitting Senator John Cornyn, and so did Texas Republicans. For your party, does Trump’s favor carry more weight than character?

REP. BACON: I think in many cases it does. His endorsement in a primary is often carries- carries the most weight. I think it was a mistake. I think this has hurt the president. A lot of senators feel very close to Senator Cornyn. He was a big fundraiser. He helped a lot of these Republicans get elected all over the country, so there’s a lot of loyalty to John Cornyn. In fact, I know him too, and I admire the guy. And now they’ve not- we’ve nominated a guy in Texas that is probably the most vulnerable in a general election, and it puts that seat up for grabs. So, it was- I don’t think it was a wise decision, and I would say- one other factor here is the Democrat nominee. I think he’s also pretty weak, though, in Texas. So, I think they both- both sides have nominated people that are vulnerable in general. But, John Cornyn could have won the seat easily, and now the Republicans will be spending a lot of money to hold it, and I think it was a mistake.

MARGARET BRENNAN: I know you have chosen to retire, but if you were having to campaign and explain all this, including the higher gas prices, how would you persuade voters?

REP. BACON: Well, I try to, in my case, I try to show- I try to do what’s right, whether it’s President Trump’s position or not his position. And I just try to look voters in the eye that say, “Hey, I support Ukraine. I think tariffs are a mistake. I have votes to back it up. I also support the fact that we secured the border. I support, generally, what we’re doing in Iran, because Iran has been waging war against us for 47 years.” So, I just try to call balls and strikes, and I try to be honest, and I try to do once I’m elected what I campaign on.

MARGARET BRENNAN: All right. Well, we’ll let you call some of those balls and strikes on the other side of this commercial break that I have to take. So, please stay with us. We have more questions for Congressman Bacon, and a lot more Face the Nation. Stay with us.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation. We return now to our conversation with Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon. Congressman, I want to go to Europe and talk about Ukraine, but let me first ask you about what was said at Normandy on Saturday. Secretary Hegseth seemed in his remarks to link immigration to the legacy of the D-Day landings by Allied forces who were liberating Europe from the Nazis. Take a listen.

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SEC. HEGSETH: Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria. Boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion?

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MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m not sure who the allies were in that analogy, but I wonder what you make of Hegseth’s remarks.

REP. BACON: You know, Normandy is a time to celebrate a great day. You know, it was- I’ve been on the beaches of Omaha, and you know, we lost about 3,000 troops on that beach on one day. That’s where the focus should have been. It’s a chance to celebrate with our allies. We work together to defeat Nazi Germany, and one of the concerns that many of us have when it comes to this administration, and particularly the Pentagon, right now, they’re very critical of Europe, they’re critical of the EU, they’re critical of NATO, they’re critical of a lot of the countries that make up NATO, and you never hear him criticize Russia, and that bothers us. Why are they so weak on Russia which affects their Ukraine foreign policy, their policy towards the Baltics, but they are quick to always want to criticize Europe. It reminds me of the message that Secretary Hegseth sent to the Vice President on Signal when he said how much he loathed Europe. Well, I think that’s not good for America. It’s not good for our national security, and we are allies. We have to work together to counter Russia, to counter China, to help us in the Middle East, and his constant criticism, along with the President’s threats towards Greenland, as well as Canada. It’s hurt us. Our allies have lost a lot of trust. So, I don’t think these comments by the Secretary were helpful.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, I know you have been taking a stand against Russia and for Ukraine. You did that this past week, along with some of your colleagues, as you put it in remarks on the House floor. “This is our Churchill moment, or our Chamberlain moment, and by God, I’m going to choose Churchill.” 17 Republicans joined you the last time we saw a vote on Ukraine aid, there were 100 Republicans supporting it. What is going on here? And how do you get the Senate to take up what you did get over the line?

REP. BACON: Well, a couple things here. First of all, the President has had a policy of wanting to negotiate a settlement. I don’t think it’s working. He is too much as trying to act like an umpire, trying to work with two different people in a boxing match, but it’s not the case. You have a country that’s invading Ukraine, they’re bombing cities every night. There’s a good versus evil here, and America should be, you know, unabashedly for the right side here, the democracy, the country that wants free markets, the country that wants to align with us. Russia hates us. I don’t know why the president can’t see that. Putin hates the United States, he hates what we stand for. So that’s- that’s a problem there when it comes to the House, the Speaker has not wanted his, not wanted to get in front of the president on this, and so he lobbied pretty hard, and we call it whipping against this vote. I think he was wrong. I’ve waited for a year and a half in this Congress to get something done on Ukraine, and we’ve done nothing. There’s been no votes, no policies from the leadership here or the president to support a country that’s fighting for its life. I agree with your previous interview that Ukraine has the upper hand right now, but Russia is bombing those cities every night, and we should be there to help them to defend against these ballistic missile attacks. The Speaker whipped against us, so that’s why I drove that number down. I think he was wrong. He says he’s pro-Ukraine, but the actions speak louder than words.

MARGARET BRENNAN: President Zelensky was on this program last Sunday, asking for more interceptors, but also he made clear that he wants friendly countries in Europe who have a good relationship with the US to be able to produce the Patriots as well. I know your colleague Mike Turner wrote to the President last week asking for that part to be delivered on. Do you support it? I mean, what’s the hold up?

REP. BACON: I do support it. We cannot produce enough Patriots right now to handle what we’re doing on Iran to provide. Ukraine, but also we need to have the same missile defenses in Asia, for whether it’s North Korea or China, and we’re not producing enough, so we should look for our allies to help create additional production lines. I know Ukraine would love to help do that, and they need these missiles very badly. What I would do in this case, and we have a low stockpile because of Iran, I would sit down with our allies and just look at what assets we have and come up with a plan to give anti-ballistic missile technology and capabilities to Ukraine, and we can’t do it all, but we should sit down with our allies and build a plan and get it done.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Don Bacon, Republican from Nebraska. Thank you so much, sir. We’ll be right back.