Former President Donald Trump basked in the adulation of thousands of supporters on Long Island Wednesday night — insisting that recent attempts to kill him had “hardened my resolve” and

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insisted a rally here on Wednesday was more than an add-on for a fundraising swing: He’s serious about winning the state of his birth, which has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1984.

Donald J. Trump’s rally in Nassau County on Wednesday is another sign of the area’s shift to the right, but some question his choice to spend time in a non-battleground state.

Trump will be campaigning Wednesday evening in Nassau County, a Republican stronghold in a reliably blue state with weeks to go before Election Day.

For Republicans interviewed by Newsday, Trump’s visit is the ultimate opportunity to boost base support for down-ballot candidates including Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-Island Park), who is running against Democrat Laura Gillen for New York’s 4th congressional district, a seat long held by Democrats before he flipped it two years ago.

Donald Trump supporters were greeted by tight security for a rally Wednesday at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.

Nassau County authorities investigating the claim say no explosives were found, and police detained the person who made the false report.

Donald Trump told a raucous crowd that he would soon visit Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colo., two cities that are focal points of his exaggerated claims about migrants in America.

All eyes were on Long Island as former President Donald Trump held a campaign rally there Wednesday. As CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports, even though New York has voted blue in presidential elections for decades,