Shock national poll shows candidate taking the lead in the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Kamala Harris surged ahead of Donald Trump in the two weeks after announcing her entrance into the presidential race.

But that 4 percentage point lead over the former president increases to 6 percent when likely voters are also taken into consideration.

The poll was conducted July 24 through August 1, meaning the results did not include opinions on Harris’ new running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who joined her campaign on Tuesday.

Results also indicate that Harris has not necessarily given Democrats a higher chance of victory in November.

When registered voters were asked who they would have cast their ballots for if Joe Biden remained in the race, 43 percent said the president to 47 percent who said Trump and another 11 percent said they did not know.

Both Harris and Biden are 4 percentage points ahead of Trump among registered voters in this poll.

A Trump supporter who was shot twice during the ex-president's assassination attempt last month has spoken for the first time since he left the hospital.

David Dutch, a 57-year-old Marine, issued a statement Wednesday evening through his attorney expressing his gratitude to everyone for their support since he was shot while standing behind the stage where the former president was speaking on July 13.

He had initially been placed in a medically-induced coma for the gunshot wounds to his chest and liver.

'David and his wife, Sheree, and the rest of the Dutch family wish to express their sincerest gratitude for the enormous level of support that they have received from their friends, their fellow Americans and everyone else, whether domestic or abroad, that have kept David and his family in their prayers,' the statement to Fox News said.

The family also thanked 'the brave men and women that saved his life, including, but not limited to, the police officers, the medics, the life flight crew and the medical professionals of Allegheny General Hospital, as well as those who continue to care for him as he navigates the road to recovery.

Joe Biden has predicted that Donald Trump will refuse a peaceful transfer of power if the 2024 race doesn't go in his favor.

Biden sat down with CBS' Robert Costa for his first interview since dramatically dropping out of the presidential race on July 21.

The first clip that was released featured Biden's now-trademark mumbles.

'If Trump wins - no I'm not confident at all - I mean if Trump loses I'm not confident at all,' the 81-year-old president replied when asked by Costa if he was confident there would be a peaceful transfer of power.

When Trump lost the 2020 election to Biden he encouraged his supporters to march on the Capitol Building where the Democrat's win was being certified on January 6, 2021.

The crowd got wild at the biggest rally thus far of Kamala Harris' campaign and the Democratic nominee snapped when it got out of hand.

In Detroit on Wednesday night, the raucous gathering sang along to Beyonce and screamed to 'lock up' Donald Trump while the speakers dropped obscenities and f-bombs as they spoke in Harris' favor, only pausing to direct medics after multiple people fainted in the heat.

Even vice presidential nominee Tim Walz felt the mood. 'Holy h***, can you throw a party here in Michigan,' he told them.

The mood ramped up another notch when he introduced Harris. She came out to a sustained, minute-long screaming ovation but then struggled to regain control of the unruly rally.

There were 15,000 people spilling out of a hanger at the Detroit airport, the biggest crowd yet of Harris' presidential campaign.

And when a group of Gaza protesters started yelling at her, Harris snapped.

'If you want Donald Trump to win then say that. Otherwise I am speaking,' she told them as her supporters cheered her on.