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it is official. donald trump becomes the republican presidential nominee, as the rnc kicks off in milwaukee. trump also revealing his vice presidential pick. a one-time fierce critic turned ardent supporter. ohio senator, j.d. vance. just days after an assassination attempt on trump, president biden now walking back some of his remarks about the former president, as he echoes bipartisan calls for unity. and amid those calls for unity, political violence is in the spotlight, with red-hot rhetoric soaring in a presidential election. what can be done to tone things down. overseas, volodymyr zelenskyy now planning the details of a peace deal to be presented at a summit this fall. we have live coverage on russia's response. and how one new mom is hoping to inspire other women struggling to start families. it's tuesday, july 16th.

"early today" starts right now. good morning. thanks for being up early with me. i'm frances rivera. donald trump making his first public appearance since the attempt on his life. attending the first night of the republican national convention with his newly-announced running mate, senator j.d. vance of ohio. alice barr kicks off our coverage from milwaukee. >> reporter: for the third time in less than a decade, donald j. trump is officially the nominee for president. making a surprise appearance on the first night of the party's national convention in milwaukee, having survived an assassination attempt just two days earlier. former president trump and the party celebrating his newly-announced running mate, ohio senator, j.d. vance, the 39-year-old first-term senator who is half mr. trump's age rose

to prominence with his 2016 memoir, "hillbilly elegy," focussed on growing up in rural poverty. attacking the legitimacy of the 2020 election. republicans cheering on their new tickets. galvanized by the former president's fist pump and vow to fight following the horrific attempt on his life. >> the devil came to pennsylvania holding a rifle, but an american lion got back up on his feet, and he roared! >> reporter: former president trump now reportedly rewriting his thursday night acceptance speech to focus on unity. president biden pressing for the same, in an exclusive interview with nbc's lester holt. >> there's no place at all for violence in politics in america. none, zero. >> reporter: both candidates looking ahead, as a 2024 campaign like no other enters a

new stage. in milwaukee, alice barr, nbc news. >> in that interview with lester holt, president biden was asked about a comment to donors that it's time to stop infighting over his candidacy and instead put donald trump in a quote, bull's eye. the defepresident defended usin that language. >> you said it's time to put trump in the bull's eye. there's some dispute about the context. >> i said cross hairs. i was talking about focus on. the truth of the matter was, he what i guess i was talking about was there's very little focus on trump's agenda. >> you said bull's eye. >> it was a mistake to say the word -- i didn't say cross hairs, focus on him, focus on what he's doing. >> president biden arrived overnight in las vegas, making a return to the campaign trail. the president will speak to

several groups there over the next two days, including addressing the naacp national convention. let's turn now to the investigation into the assassination attempt on donald trump. we are learning more about the shooter, his background and his familiarity with firearms. nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest. >> reporter: grainy video shows the shooter, thomas crooks, moments before he fired a ar-style rifle at donald trump. he did not go unnoticed. >> he's on the roof! >> reporter: according to two senior officials, loke police officers saw crooks on the rooftop but couldn't stop him before he opened fire, injuring former president trump. 50-year-old corey comperatore was killed. david dutch and james copenhaver were critically wounded before a sniper shot and killed crooks. among the questions, how did the 20-year-old get on the rooftop, and why wasn't it better

secured? he had a vantage point just 148 yards from the podium where trump was speaking. snipers took up positions nearby, but the secret service says the rooftop was outside their security perimeter. crooks' father has been cooperating with the investigation and legally purchased the rifle his son used. crooks purchased ammunition at this store near his home hours before the rally. senior officials say nearly a dozen firearms were found while searching the family's home. after the shooting, his father called police, worried his son and a ar-style rifle were missing. crooks graduated from community college and worked as a dietary aide at a nursing home. >> he was just a normal kid to me, walking around the neighborhood. i mean, he was just a bit odd. that's all. >> reporter: but authorities still have not identified a mote

i motive. while the small town of butler struggles with what happened here. >> right now it's the feeling of numbness in the city. >> reporter: the fbi has conducted over a hundred interviews and continues to pore over the shooter's electronic devices and is looking at photos and videos from saturday's rally and calling on the public to come forward if you have any information that could be helpful. >> stephanie, thank you. another legal win for the former president. the judge in his florida classified documents trial has dismissed the case. judge aileen cannon saying the appointment and funding of special counsel jack smith was unlawful. trump had pleaded not guilty for keeping boxes with classified documents at his mar-a-lago estate and obstructing efforts to get them back. he called for the remaining cases against him to be dropped. the special counsel's office has

indicated it will appeal. ukrainian president zelenskyy is planning a peace summit in november. it could be the followup to a summit held in switzerland last month. zelenskyy said monday he is preparing all the necessary elements for a peace plan and urged russia to attend. but a kremlin official said that no russian representatives would be present. for the latest, let's go to danielle, do we know any details of zelenskyy's peace plan? >> reporter: well, good morning to you, and those remarks by volodymyr zelenskyy coming on the heels of that summit in washington last week. the first summit tackled three of ten points that are part of this peace formula. they focussed on food security, nuclear safety and the release of prisoners of war and children. now ukrainian officials have said the second summit to be held in november would discuss a plan devised in advance by dozens of countries, split in various groups.

zelenskyy has said that the first meeting would be held in qatar at the end of july, early august, and would focus on the energy security. the second meeting would be held in turkey and would tackle the issue of food security, and finally, canada would host a meeting in september, and on the agenda there would be prisoners of war and children. the american position on this is that decisions on peace talks are up to ukraine, when ukraine is ready. but that it's never been clear that the kremlin is ready for actual diplomacy. on the russian side, last week, a deputy foreign minister said moscow would not attend the followup summit in november. but, as is often the case, what is stated by individual politicians doesn't always reflect the actual government position, and so the kremlin has been left category calan said t

there was no substance for another summit. a lot can happen until then. >> thank you, danielle. school districts in california are no longer required to tell parents if their child changes pronouns. democratic governor gavin newsom signed the bill into law yesterday, making california the first state to make such a move. a spokesperson for newsom says this law helps keep children safe while protecting the critical role of parents. teachers and staff are no longer allowed to disclose information about a child's gender identity and sexual orientation to anyone without the child's consent. a daughter and father died while hiking in utah. the 23-year-old daughter texted authorities in the afternoon. the two were lost and had run out of water, with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. the search and rescue helicopter crew responded. and after hours of searching, they found the pair dead. rescuers say they were on the

most challenging trail in the region. and that dangerous heat continues in much of the country, along with a threat of severe storms. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking it all for us. good morning. it doesn't seem like there's going to be any break. and hopefully, we'll get one. >> yeah, this was a very dangerous evening yesterday. at one point, chicago o'hare airport was reporting a large tornado. they evacuated the control tower. everyone went to the tornado shelters, and, you know, there's still about half a million people without power in northern illinois, coming out of iowa and in western portions of indiana from this likely derecho that went through. it is of long duration, about 250 miles worth of severe wind. fl now now we're watching that fal apart. a few storms in detroit and central illinois. as far as severe weather from today, nebraska to kansas and

texas. isolated storms are possible there. and later this afternoon, a hot, humid, summer-like day, storms will fire up from central new york, all the way to washington, d.c. that's why we're watching more travel delays. and then the heat yesterday, 101 in washington, d.c. two days in a row of 101. excessive heat warning continues today along with the outer banks, memphis to little rock with excessive heat warnings. washington, d.c., probably 102. it's going to be close. you notice how hot it is, and the humidity, too. the good news is, there's only one or two days left for everyone and then we're getting s oler a dallas to

wichita to oklahoma city, easily into the low 100s. a lot of people will be looking forward to a much cooler weekend. >> wanting to get outside but stuck inside with the cool ac. thank you. "early today" is back in a minute with more reflection on the divisions in our nation. what canbe done to cool the rhetoric during heeda at presidential election. new mr. clean ultra foamy magic eraser? it's more magic than ever. with the scrubbing power of magic eraser and the cleaning power of dawn. watch it make soap scum here... disappear... and watch how sprays can leave grime like that with up to 10 times the cleaning power, foamy melts it on contact. magic. it makes this ring a thing of the past. it makes you forgetti about baked on spaghetti. new ultra foamy magic eraser. clean with more magic than ever. if you're frustrated with occasional bloating... [stomach noises] or gas... your body is giving you signs. it's time to try align. align probiotic was designed

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>> reporter: president biden's sharp warnings that electing former president trump would put dn d democracy at stake, and increasing hateful rhetoric online has led to real world violence, according to a criminologist. incidents have been on the rise since 2016. the year trump was elected. in 2017, a man shot former house majority leader steve scalise at a republican congressional baseball practice. in 2020, the fbi foiled a plot to k to kidnap gretchen whitmer. >> she's against building a wall at our border even though she has a wall around her house, which obviously didn't do a very good job. >> reporter: now trump himself targeted by a would-be assassin.

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due to endometriosis. so here i am, 37 years old, blessed. beyond measure. i can't even begin to, you know, tell you how i think about it avenue day, like, this is life. i can't believe it happened to me. >> reporter: lee's triplets are now nine weeks old. the girls were born early, at 30 weeks on april 19th. the triplets had to spend time in the nicu but were able to go home. >> i pinch myself to make sure it's real, after all this time wanting children and finally having them. >> reporter: she credits her faith for helping keep her positive throughout her nearly two-decade-long journey.

>> he is the one that made it possible. so many doctors will tell you the report of you can't, you can't, you can't. and because of my prayer life, i think that is, i believe, that that is what has kept me so mentally strong. and i'm so grateful that he chose me. >> reporter: now she hopes her suc success story can inspire other struggling mothers. >> the one word that i would tell anywoman is to stay lifted up. know that god can, and he will, just keep your faith. >> look at all that pink. our thanks to ellie davis for sharing that story. and thanks to you for watching "early today" and being up early with us. have a great tuesday. see you back here tomorrow morng. in (vo) with wells fargo premier, a team can help you plan for your dreams. so your dream car, and vacation home, may be closer than you think. ready to meet the dream team?

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