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The chat between former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on X, which marked Trump's return to the social media platform, started over 40 minutes late due to technology issues. During the conversation, Trump attacked President Biden and Vice President Harris, and also discussed the assassination attempt on him last month at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Donald Trump uses an interview with Elon Musk to attack his rivals, spread falsehoods and discuss the attempt on his life. Also, new tensions in the Middle East threaten America's push for a cease-fire in Gaza. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.

STORY: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's two-hour interview with billionaire Elon Musk on X got off to a delayed start after more than half an hour of technical problems on Monday (August 13). Musk blamed the delays on a DDoS or distributed denial-of-service attack, where a server is flooded with traffic to shut it down, though his claims could not be verified. The friendly talk with Trump offered the candidate an unfiltered venue to air his usual mix of grievances, personal attacks and overstated or false claims. That included attacking Democrat candidate Kamala Harris, whose 11th-hour entry into the race as president Joe Biden stepped aside has galvanized her party and boosted Democratic fundraising. “....say what you want. This was the coup. This was a coup of a president of the United States. He didn't want to leave. And they said, we can do it the nice way. Oh, we can do it the hard way.” Musk, who backed Democratic President Joe Biden in 2020, has supported Trump since his attempted assassination. Trump praised Musk's willingness to fire workers demanding better conditions and Musk praised Trump for bravery after the attempt on his life last month. “So, I think it's a massive, I think we're in massive trouble, frankly, with a Kamala administration. And that's my honest opinion. And I think really it's essential that you win for the good of the country of this election. And, I mean, that's understating my opinion.” A counter on X showed as many as 1.3 million people listened to the interview at some points. Musk let Trump lead the conversation and did not challenge Trump's statements including the false claim that bacon prices had risen four or five times or that other countries were sending criminals from their prisons across the southern U.S. border. Studies show immigrants, including those in the U.S. illegally, do not commit crimes at a higher rate than native-born Americans. And while Trump is a longstanding critic of electric vehicles, on Monday he described the electric cars made by Tesla as "incredible." Trump had been leading Biden in many polls of battleground states likely to be critical to the outcome of the Nov. 5 election, but he is now trailing Harris in some of the same states. Musk has started an external super PAC spending group to support Trump's campaign. It is now under investigation in Michigan for possible violations of state laws on gathering voter information.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump spent two hours in conversation on X, which is owned by Musk. The talk ranged from criticism of the Biden-Harris administration to illegal immigration.

STORY: The FBI said Monday it was investigating claims by Donald Trump's presidential campaign that it was hacked by Iran. The former president said on Saturday that Microsoft had informed his campaign that Iran had hacked one of its websites. Trump said Iran was "only able to get publicly available information." His campaign has pointed to a report on Friday by Microsoft researchers indicating that Iranian government-linked hackers tried breaking into the account of a "high-ranking official" on a US presidential campaign in June. The report added that the hackers took over an account belonging to a former political adviser and then used it to target the official. It did not give further details as to the targets' identities. The Washington Post also reported on Monday that the FBI was investigating an alleged hack targeting advisers to the campaign of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The newspaper, citing sources, said the FBI began the investigation in June, and suspected that Iran was behind the attempts to steal data. The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee after Biden withdrew his bid last month. The Iranian government has denied that it hacked the Trump campaign.

STORY: :: August 12, 2024 :: @REALDONALDTRUMP VIA “X” :: Trump says he'll return to Butler, where he was shot, in an audio interview with Elon Musk on X :: Voice of Donald Trump “Well, I was going to say how good the numbers were. By the way, we're going back to Butler and we're going to come back in October. We're all set up and the people are fantastic in Butler. It's a big, it's a great area. These are incredible people like the three that in the case of Corey killed and the other two, the families there, I got to know them a little bit and the families are great, but we're going back to Butler” Musk began the event at 8:42 p.m. on Monday (August 12), more than 40 minutes after the scheduled start time. He blamed the difficulties on a distributed denial-of-service attack, a type of cyber attack in which a server or network is flooded with traffic in an attempt to shut it down, though his claim was not confirmed. More than 1 million people were listening as the conversation started, according to a counter on X. Trump sounded at times as if he was speaking with a lisp, many listeners on X pointed out. Some said it made him sound like a cartoon, others suggested it could be due to audio compression issues.

The Trump campaign over the weekend claimed it was recently hacked, and it blamed Iran, without evidence, for the data breach. CBS News confirms the FBI is investigating the hack. Homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga joins "America Decides" with more.

Former President Donald Trump is returning to the social media site X for the first time since his ban under the old Twitter ownership, and he'll be interviewed by the site's current owner, Elon Musk. His campaign may need the jolt as new polls show Vice President Kamala Harris leading in the battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Robert Costa has more.

As the two major parties fine-tune their messages to voters, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is promoting positive "joy." In contrast, Republican Donald Trump paints a darker picture of the current state of the country under Democratic rule.

The state of the economy continues to be a top voting issue in 2024. Here's how Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump differ on economic policy proposals as they campaign for the White House. CBS News' Tom Hanson reports.

The Federal Reserve, which is chaired by Jerome Powell, is nonpartisan and overseen by Congress.

The campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran’s involvement, but the claim comes after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign attempts to interfere in the 2024 election.

There are new concerns over cyber threats to the 2024 presidential race after former President Donald Trump's campaign said it was hacked, with the revelation coming after Microsoft reportedly detailed foreign agents' attempts to interfere in this year's elections. CBS News campaign reporter Olivia Gazis has more on that and the latest news from Kamala Harris' campaign.

Former President Donald Trump's campaign says its emails were hacked and suggests Iran may be involved. A CBS News cybersecurity analyst says if Iran did this, it's similar to hacking done by Russian-backed WikiLeaks in 2016 that obtained information about then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. It's raising concern about wider efforts to interfere in the upcoming election.