Trump reverses decision to cancel rallies in Kansas and Iowa
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[0:04] But first, right off the top, after
[0:06] cancelling two red state midterm
[0:08] rallies, President Trump says he will
[0:10] now be there in person at rallies in
[0:12] Kansas and in Iowa this weekend. Today,
[0:14] Mr. Trump's campaign blitz takes him
[0:16] back to Florida. Live now to CBS News
[0:19] politics reporter Katherine Watson.
[0:20] Katherine, good to see you here today.
[0:22] So, why the on again off again?
[0:25] Yeah. Well, a source familiar with the
[0:27] president's schedule said the rallies in
[0:29] Iowa and Kansas are back on and they
[0:31] were will both be back on Sunday or they
[0:33] will both be on Sunday instead of one
[0:35] Saturday, one Sunday. The president was
[0:37] going to do dozens of teller rallies
[0:39] instead and we're still expecting him to
[0:41] do those. But look, he doesn't like the
[0:43] suggestion, even if it's not the case
[0:45] that he isn't up to a rigorous campaign
[0:48] schedule. He lobbed insults at a
[0:49] reporter yesterday when the reporter
[0:51] asked the president if he was sick of
[0:53] the campaign trail. The president may
[0:54] have misheard the question and thought
[0:56] the reporter asked if he was ill, but
[0:58] regardless, um the president said
[1:00] yesterday that the Kansas uh rally for
[1:02] Senator Roger Marshall there was
[1:04] cancelled because Marshall is doing
[1:06] quote really great and he didn't need to
[1:08] go. So, rever