good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin this milwaukee for day three of the republican national convention, which will be focusing on foreign policy today. tonight marks a critical moment

for ohio senator j.d. vance, who is set to deliver a speech on the national stage for the first time as donald trump's running mate. and it comes after donald trump's former rivals took the stage to rally around him in a major show of unity. >> you don't have to agree with trump 100% of the time to vote for him. >> let's send joe biden back to his basement and let's send donald trump back to the white house. >> leading us in this fight will be a man who although wounded and facing danger, he stood up and raised his fist and reminded us that our people and our country are always worth fighting for. krld krld. >> if there was any doubt left that this party belongs to donald trump, listen to what one of his first political opponents, senator ted cruz, told my colleague, hallie jackson. >> is this donald trump's party now? >> absolutely. he is the president, he's going

to be re-elected as the president again, and i am proud to be supporting donald trump. he's going to be president, he was 45, he's going to be 47. >> joining us live from milwaukee, anchor katy tur and also with us, former policy adviser to the romney campaign and former senior aide under the george w. bush administration. we're going to be hearing from senator j.d. vance, it marks a major moment for his political career. what can we expect? >> well, the nbc news reporting is that he's going to lean heavily into his background, obviously. he wrote a best selling book about it, there was a movie about how he grew up in poverty and made his way out of it. he's going to lean on that to say that's what america can be for others, if only the policies get in line. interestingly, j.d. vance is really such a distinguisher about the new republican party versus the old republican party. just the other day, the head of

the teamsters, a union president, came on stage here at the rnc. somebody that once would have been unthinkable. and this is before j.d. vance was announced. he made a point to mention just a handful of lawmakers, and j.d. vance was one of those lawmakers who has been pushing this idea of economic nationalism, that we would do better if we made more things here. it alliance very much with donald trump's idea that we need to start a higher tariff policy for goods coming in around the world, economists say it could raise prices here at home. they're very much in line on that. when it comes to union workers specifically, donald trump has been trying to convince the teamsters to endorse him for years now. they did endorse the other night, but it was notable they were here. it is also in contrast, jose, with what donald trump tells the big money aspect of the party, that he's not going to raise taxes, that he's going to protect their interests,

deregulation, et cetera. so there is some tension there. i'm looking to see what j.d. vance says on that tonight. also on foreign policy. j.d. vance is an isolationist. that's very much in line with donald trump. what does he say about the state of the world, he's also a military man. does he say that we should be pulling out of conflicts? he does not believe in the war in ukraine, he doesn't believe that american money should be going to fund that war. what does he say about that tonight? and on that subject, there is still a portion of the republican party that feels quite uncomfortable with that direction that donald trump would take, this idea that we don't need nato, that isolationism is a better bet. we could see some interesting reaction tonight within the republican party in regards to j.d. vance. >> vaughn, what are you going to be looking for? what else can we expect to hear tonight? >> we're going to hear from don jr. of course we heard from lara

trump, donald trump's daughter-in-law last night. don jr. is going to be speaking, and the other interesting character, if you will, is going to be peter navarro, who is literally being released from prison this morning for his contempt of congress charges, for not complying with the subpoena from the january 6th select committee. he has served a three-month prison stay, being released this morning, making his way to milwaukee, wisconsin, today, and he will be delivering a speech tonight. and notably, our best recollection, from the first two nights of speeches, we have heard no talk about a stolen election or the january 6th attack yet. does that change? does that become a focal point of these final two nights? that's a question mark i'll be looking at. and of course j.d. vance is going to tap it off tonight, and i think the question that katy was just hitting on here, is to what extent does he signal this is more than just donald trump's republican party, but this is the future, the maga wing of the

republican party is the future and it is here to stay? he is half of donald trump's age. >> and, lonnie, what's on the line for j.d. vance tonight? >> let's remember, even though people in politics know who j.d. vance is, i think a lot of americans don't. so as katy noted, this is really an opportunity to introduce the vice presidential nominee to the american people. when i worked with mitt romney and paul ryan in 2012, that was the first opportunity we had for people to get to know who paul ryan was, even though a lot of people around politics had gotten to know him and his policies and the things he stood for. so it will be an opportunity for that. but i also think in terms of articulating what this america first agenda is, we hear about america first applied in the national security context, in the economic policy context. it will be a chance potentially, if they choose to go in this direction, for senator vance to put some meat on the bones. what does that mean to have an

america first economic policy or national security policy? so he can accomplish all of those things tonight, and also humanize the trump-vance ticket a little more. i think there are a lot of different things they're trying to accomplish this evening. >> vaughn, today it's going to be foreign policy. yesterday was crime and immigration, tying the two things together. last night we heard from a mother whose son, a veteran, was killed in new york city in 2018. listen to some of what she had to say. >> my son, sergeant hassan correa, an afghanistan war retired veteran, he received enemy fire from the taliban, only to be murdered with a knife on the streets of new york city. soft on crime prosecutors like alvin bragg in new york, kim fox in chicago, and george gascon in

los angeles, have turned our great country and cities into war zones. >> "washington post" says she brought down the house. what role are people like this mother having and playing in this convention? >> right. they've had a series of what they're referring to as everyday americans taking to the microphone. there was another mother last night who lost her son to fentanyl, and it is those sorts of messages, that mother who lost her son to fentanyl spoke and consistently looked over to the vip suite where donald trump was sitting and he was directly acknowledging her up on stage and on the video board that showed the reception. because for these individuals, it is the -- i think a different convention than what we are typically used to a republican convention looking like. it's more diverse. it is a populus sort of message that is trying to make the case to the american public that a trump administration would be

listening to the people and what they are experiencing. and i think in a lot of ways, you know, j.d. vance's only life story is reflective of that, in which he wrote about growing up in poverty, his mom with an opioid addiction. it's those types of stories that they are trying to harness to make the case to the american public at large that they hear them and they understand them. >> i mean, that case was bolstered, i guess, last night by top republicans, who focused on crime and border security. listen to some of that. >> the democrats have handed over control of my state, arizona's border, to the drug cartels, and because of them, criminals and deadly drugs are pouring in and our children are dying. >> democrats cynically decided they wanted votes from illegals more than they wanted to protect our children. >> we can't survive the dramatic

increases in violence, crime and drugs that the democrats' policies have brought upon our communities. >> i'm just wondering where that whole thing of lowering the temperature went, and to reaffirm and underline that in this country, only citizens can vote. >> listen, i think we were told there was going to be a change in tone. there has not been a change in tone by and large. it's a lot of the same rhetoric, a lot of the same policy. and immigration is bread and butter for donald trump. you know this, jose. this goes back to the very first time he came down the escalator and announced that he wanted to shut down the border, that immigrants and migrants were coming over, they were drug users, they were rapists, et cetera. this has been what donald trump has been running on since then, and this is now a continuation of it. and he's got some insight into how the federal government works

now. so the party is going to run on closing down the border, run on trying to deport as many migrants as possible. steven miller wants to do a million migrant deportations a year. they want to end birthright citizenship. this is all encompassed by the larger idea that they need to keep this country safe, that the porous border is making americans less safe. and that's what we saw evidence last night, that's the testimonials that you see. and this is just in furtherance of what we've now come to learn is just a core tenet of the republican party under donald trump. >> and lonnie, i'm just wondering, words matter, and the issue of immigration, it's something that has forever been utilized, exploited by politicians in lieu of actually doing anything about it. i'm just wondering, lonnie,

where is the talk of how to deal with immigration? where is the talk of what happens to the 12 million people that have been here, many for decades, with u.s. born children, and who have contributed and continue contributing to our country? where is the talk anywhere of anything that could have a positive impact on our nation's immigration system? >> well, i think, jose, that discussion was left back in 2015, the last time that we looked seriously at how we can reform our immigration system. and we have seen over and over again -- i think you're right, this issue has been politicized rather than really thinking about how do we address this issue practically, humanely, how do we think about it in the context of the capital that our economy is going to need over the course of the next decade and decades to come. what's been most discouraging to me, we don't even talk about how we can bolster legal

immigration, how we can think about the ways in which we welcome people to american society, one of the hallmarks that has made america great over the many decades, many centuries since the founding. this concept of bringing people into society to become productive members and to become americans. and i wish i had greater confidence that we could go back to a substantive discussion about that, but immigration policy is just one of the primary examples in my view of an area where it's all about the politics now. very little about how to actually solve and address this really vexing issue. >> i couldn't agree with you more, and, you know, who are the people that suffer, not just the people that are directly affected by being here, many with mixed immigration status households, but it's also all of us, the entire country. and it's just such a pity. katy tur, vaughn hillyard and lonnie chen, thank you very much for being with us this morning. up next, new reporting on a

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15 past the hour. the democratic national committee is pushing back plans to hold a virtual roll call vote to renominate president biden. nbc news has obtained a letter from the co-chairs rules committee which says the panel will not adopt final convention rules until august 1st, meaning there will not be a vote on the party's nominee before that date. this comes as some lawmakers have drafted a letter urging the dnc to stop plans to hold that virtual vote this month, and it comes as president biden campaigns in the battleground state of nevada. later today, the president will speak to the nation's largest hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. yesterday he spoke at the naacp's convention in las vegas. in an interview with b.e.t. news, the today talked about why he is staying in the race. >> i said i was going to be a transitional candidate, and i thought that i would be able to move from this and pass it on to

someone else. but i didn't anticipate things getting so, so, so divided. and quite frankly, i think the only thing, age brings a little bit of wisdom. and i think i've demonstrated that i know how to get things done. >> with us now, nbc news senior white house correspondent, gabe gutierrez. good morning. what more can you tell us about this letter from the heads of the dnc rules committee? >> reporter: jose, good morning. there are a lot of moving parts. this all comes after nbc news reporting yesterday that more than 20 members of congress, house members, have signed on to this draft letter, basically asking the dnc to slow down the process and to not nominate president biden by virtual roll call vote. today we're getting word of this letter, four democratic sources have passed along to the co-chairs of the democratic convention rules committee, and in it they say the convention rules committee will not adopt

final convention rules on friday, august 1st, meaning no vote on the party's nominee, which president biden, of course, will begin before that date. now, the dnc is still planning to virtually nominate president biden to be the party's nominee before august 7th. one member of the dnc rules committee pushed back on this idea that the party was trying to stall nominating president biden, but, of course, jose, this comes in the context of uncertainty on capitol hill about the path forward and after that draft letter was being circulated yesterday, jose. >> gabe, the president has been having difficulty shaking questions about his candidacy from some within his own party. there's new nbc news reporting about this circle around the president actually tightening. >> reporter: over the last few days, jose, we have seen the president shift a bit in terms of being conciliatory at first in the days after the debate. but last week we saw him at that rally in detroit, really seeming irritated with the idea that

this effort to get him to step aside was still continuing. we also saw him being a little combative in the interview with lester holt. now, according to multiple sources familiar with the internal dynamics at the white house, they say that the president has tightened his inner circle. they now have a call -- always had a call daily at 9:00 a.m. with his trusted advisers, now there's been another call added at 9:00 p.m. to discuss how the day went. but more importantly, the president is now really focusing on some of those internal -- some of those close advisers, as well as family members, who have encouraged him not to abandon his candidacy. and he's focusing on people that have been with him for a long time. for example, people like steve and the white house says he has not made changes for the group of advisers. the white house argues that he has been consulting with a lot of people over the last several

weeks, including members of congress, governors and other democrats throughout the country, jose. >> nbc news has also learned the president is preparing to endorse significant reforms to the u.s. supreme court? >> reporter: yeah, this comes after increasing pressure from progressives, and multiple sources tell nbc news that the president is now considering a significant announcement, potentially within the next few weeks, endorsing potential changes to the u.s. supreme court. now, some of those changes might include an updated ethics code, also reforms including term limits for justices, and, again, this all comes after many controversial decisions by the supreme court in the past several years, most recently, of course, the president spoke out against its controversial ruling on presidential immunity. notably, any of these potential changes would require congressional approval. that seems very unlikely with the house controlled by republicans at this point, jose.

>> gabe gutierrez at the white house, thank you very much. with us from the security forum is delaware senator chris coons, he hits on the judiciary committee and is chair of the ethics committee. he's also a biden campaign national co-chair. thank you so much for being with us. i very much appreciate your time. >> great to be on with you, jose. so much to talk about today. >> we do, indeed. and let's start with the president's potential supreme court proposals. what do you think of that? >> yes, well, i won't get ahead of what the president is going to announce in the coming days. but in the senate on the judiciary committee, there is widespread concern among democrats about the ethics and the transparency and the recusal practices of the justices. this was not always a sharply partisan issue, jose. just two years ago republican senator john cornyn and i led a bipartisan effort that passed the senate and has been signed into law to require all federal judges, including the supreme

court justices, to disclose any stock holdings or financial investments that might require them to recuse. this was after a series of stories, i believe, in the "wall street journal" suggesting that some sitting federal judges were not properly following existing ethics rules. in the last two years, we've seen more and more evidence that justice thomas has taken dozens of trips, accepted hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars of gifts and of hospitality, and has failed to report them or to appropriately recuse himself. questions have also been raised about justice alito and the appearance of a political favor in his actions at his home with flags. the larger point is that we have passed out of the judiciary committee the supreme court ethics recusal and transparency act. i'm urging that we take a vote on it on the floor so the american people can see where we are. one of the biggest pieces of

president trump's -- former president trump's legacy was he moved the a federal courts, and in particular the supreme court far to the right. they've stripped away a fundamental freedom, religious freedom that americans relied on for 50 years. but just in the last few weeks they've also taken very forceful steps to defang or to de-power or reduce the capabilities of the administrative state, to make it, frankly, very difficult for federal agencies to protect our air and water, to improve and enforce workplace safety rules, to crack down on companies that sell unsafe products. there is a very wide range of federal agency regulations that, after very recent decisions by this conservative supreme court, will no longer be able to protect the average american. this is something that doesn't get a lot of coverage, jose, and it's why president biden and many of us in the senate in the democratic caucus are gravely concerned about the impact.

president biden has nominated and we have confirmed hundreds of judges, just over 200 federal judges. that's an important piece of the biden-harris legacy. but this is a hinge point in our history. if there is not trump term, we won't recognize a fellow judiciary and supreme court that will move further to the right. >> senator, all of that that you talk about, and i'm glad you bring it up with such lucidity and details, all of this is not in the responsibility of members of the house and in the senate to deal with this once the supreme court decides one way or another. in other words, an eo -- i don't know what eo, executive order, could have any weight to it when it's what you and your colleagues have the responsibility to do. >> well, there's a number of things at play and i'll try to be quick about this. as i just pointed out, two years ago congress did pass a binding

ethics and disclosure rule, a bill that's become law, that every federal judge, including the justices, are now following. that puts to rest the argument that we can't legislate around ethics. every federal judge is subject to a binding code of ethics, except the nine justices of the supreme court. and after respectfully and repeatedly urging them to do so, we've taken up and passed through the judiciary committee a bill that would require them to do so if we could pass it into law. no republicans support it. every democrat does. that lays out pretty plainly our views on the urgent consequences of the significant contributions that were made through super pacs to ensure the confirmation of several of the most conservative justices now serving, and the ways in which money in politics facilitated this sharp right turn in the federal judiciary and supreme

court. jose, it gives me no joy to have to make these points as a practicing attorney, i would never ten years ago have criticized our judiciary in this way. but, bluntly, this is a moment of urgency. critical decisions are being made by the supreme court and federal courts that are impacting the rights and freedoms of americans, and president biden and vice president harris are laying out a clear agenda to move us back in a more balanced direction, to restore some of those freedoms, and president trump and now his vice presidential nominee, new senator j.d. vance, who has been with us in the senate 18 months, are making it clear, if you look at their plans and what's being said at the rnc, that they would take us even further to the right using the power of the president and the senate to nominate and confirm even more conservative younger, longer serving judges and justices. >> elections matter. nbc news has new reporting that the president is tightening his

circle, gabe gutierrez was talking about that just a minute ago, amid growing combative moments in reaction to these questions about his future. you're part of that inner circle. is the patience of the president waning? >> well, the president is doing what everyone called on him to do in the days after the debate several weeks ago. he's campaigning and he's leading. i'll remind you, just in the last few weeks he's campaigned in north carolina, pennsylvania, michigan, in nevada. he's done small group and large group events. he's done press conferences. he's done long interviews. he's also not just the leader of the free world, he's leading the free world. last week, jose, we had 37 heads of state in washington and president biden led session after session, meeting after meeting, to emphasize the importance of nato, the investment in strengthen the fight for freedom in europe. something senator j.d. vance has been one of the strongest voices against. and in the middle of that week

last week, he was also listening to and hearing from house leaders, mayors, governors, senators, caucuses. he is opening, widening the circle of his campaign engagement, his leadership, and his work as president. so, you know, i hear you on the coverage, but, frankly, president biden is hearing from a very wide range of people, average voters, members of congress, and world leaders in just the last few days. >> so, senator, just over the weekend california congressman and senate candidate adam schiff spoke to donors at a fundraiser about democratic prospects if the president is still at the top of the ticket. he essentially said if it's president biden, i think we lose. what would you say to those people within your own political party who say, well, this may not be the most winning ticket? >> jose, i understand the widespread concern among some of my colleagues. i know congressman schiff and respect him and look forward to

serving with him in the senate. but poll after poll, nationwide head-to-head polls still show this within the margin of error in a head-to-head race, and bluntly, it's july. there are months left. i don't know of any candidate for president in modern history, who because the polls are moving one way or the other by a few points, abandon their campaign for the presidency in july. i do know that president biden has heard from lots of folks like congressman schiff and many others in my party and their concerns. we have a convention coming up in a few weeks, after the republican convention this week. president biden is doing the things that my concerned colleagues asked him to do. he's doing long tv interviews, he's doing briefs, small group interviews. he's campaigning hard and he's leading hard. i support joe biden, i am, of course, a campaign cochairman. i've also been urging him to pivot and change the tone. the tragic events of saturday, where several folks were shot

and one killed at a rally in pennsylvania, and former president trump was injured and nearly assassinated, give us a moment to reflect as a country and to look at what kind of tone we want. and, jose, the reality is it's joe biden who, from his inaugural, from his campaign, has campaigned on restoring the soul of our country and bringing us back together. that's the record that he and vice president harris have as leaders. he ran for the presidency because of the charlottesville event where there were people waving ku klux klan flags and screaming about not being replaced. that's what moves him, is to try and bring us back together. and he's got a strong record of doing so. >> senator chris coons, thank you very much for being with us. we will continue our conversation in the days and weeks to come. i thank you for your time. up next, what a town official says happened after one of his officers locked eyes with the shooter right before the gunman opened fire on former

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34 past the hour. this morning, new revelations about the assassination attempt of former president donald trump. a secret service official now tells nbc news the local s.w.a.t. team was not inside the building where the gunman climbed on the roof. that contradicts what the secret service direct said earlier this week. the attorney general of the homeland security department says they are opening an investigation. shaquille brewster joins us. good morning. so every day there are more questions about how this assassination attempt could have even happened. what's the latest today? >> reporter: yeah, jose, more questions, more clarifications. we'll expect to see if we get any more information about this investigation. we know that members of congress will be briefed separately by

the fbi, the secret service, and the department of justice, but -- with the latest into this investigation. early this morning we saw the fbi on the roof of the building, the complex of buildings where we know the shooter was able to fire off those shots. this is also coming in the context of more information we're receiving. we know that the secret service in the weeks before that rally ramped up security around the former president in response to intelligence over an iranian plot to kill him. now, let's be clear, there's no connection with that intelligence to what happened here on saturday, but it's raising questions about all the missed calls that we continue to hear about. we know that, for example, ahead of the rally by the metal detectors there was a report of a suspicious person. that person was not found, but later was identified as the shooter. we know that there were warnings of a suspicious person on the roof of the building near this rally. we spoke to the town manager of the butler township, who said it

was his department's police officers that responded to that report of a suspicious person on the roof. the officers circled the building, they couldn't see anything. one officer was propped up and essentially hung on to the edge of the roof to pull himself up, and that's when he got eyes on the shooter. he saw the rifle, but then the shooter pointed the gun at him. he fell, injured himself. but that information was then radioed into a channel that the secret service was on. so many questions about what was missed, especially if there was this heightened posture. we know there are more investigations. we just learned the dhs inspector general is investigating, on top of what the fbi is doing, what we know state police is doing, and what we know will come from members of congress with that investigation that is going to be launched. i do want to note we are also hearing from the family members of one of the people, one of the men who has critically injured in that shooting. the family members thanking the members of the public for the

outpouring of support, but saying he's still recovering from, quote, life-altering injuries. although the life of former president trump was saved, they will still not be able to live the life they lived before this. >> one life was lost as well. thank you very much. up next, what could happen to new jersey senator bob menendez if he refuses to resign after he was found guilty on 16 counts of corruption? you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you fixed it. you looked after it. maybe it's time for your home to start taking care of you? we've invested in our home, we've worked on it, we had a whole lot of equity just sitting there, you paid down the mortgage, invested in your home. i guess, you could say, your home owes you. if you're 62 or older and own your home, learn how you can access a portion of your home equity to give you cash.

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42 past the hour. developing this morning, senator bob menendez was found guilty on all 16 counts of his corruption trial. senator carter is asking him to resign, in total 42 senate democrats are asking him to step down, including senate majority leader chuck schumer and new jersey senator cory booker. menendez vowing to appeal. joining us now, nbc's national political correspondent, steve kornacki, and former deputy chief of the criminal division of the southern district of new york, also an msnbc analyst. steve, does menendez have to resign? if he does, what happens, if he doesn't, what happens? >> he doesn't have to. his term was expiring anyway at the end of this year. he's up for re-election this year. so if he refuses to resign, which all indications are he's

going to continue to do, the senate would have the option of expelling him. they could put a resolution on the floor to expel the u.s. senator, this is extremely rare. it would take a two-thirds majority. we're hearing democrats talk about doing this, especially in the close senate races see this as an opportunity to kind of show their constituents. >> is it just a resolution, presenting a resolution? >> you need a two-thirds majority. the big question mark would be, would republicans go along with that, join with democrats and expel him? if they exceeded in doing that, the governor of new jersey, phil murphy, would appoint someone for the rest of the term. the question for murphy would be, would he just appoint andy kim, the democratic congressman now the senate nominee. menendez did not seek the nomination. so kim is the nominee. the governor could say, i'm going to appoint you to the senate, you'll run for the full term and you're the senator in the meantime. or would the governor appoint

someone else who would hold the seat for a few months and give it up after the election. >> you used to prosecute case with the lead prosecutor on the menendez case. there were three superseding indictments after the initial one was presented. how big of a case is this? >> it's a very big case. in particular, that last superseding indictment where they added the charge for acting as a foreign agent, this is the first time we've ever seen a sitting member of congress be convicted of that charge. so these are significant charges, they're serious charges, and, again, this was a big case. >> what is the senator facing here? >> well, he's certainly facing jail time. there are significant maximums, but that's not really what you look at. you look at essentially the sentencing guidelines, there are various enhancements that go into play here, where you have abuse of public trust, enhancements for that. so i expect his guidelines will probably be in the range of several years, and that the

prosecution in this case will seek a guideline sentence. >> what is an appeal that the senator announced he's going to do, what does that look like and what would that be based on? >> it's hard to say. they didn't go into details about what they're going to appeal, but there were various evidencery decisions, they wanted to call psychiatrists, various people they wanted to call as witnesses that the judge said we're keeping that out. they'll likely appeal decisions like that. >> steve, you've been covering new jersey politics for years, bob menendez has been really a staple of that state's politics, mayor, state senator, member of the house, and then in the senate. what kind of an impact has bob menendez had in that state? >> he's been a power player in new jersey politics. and the way new jersey politics works is different than other states, it's more old school.

there are still big political machines that have lots of power, really can determine the winners of statewide elections before even primaries are held sometimes. and menendez was somebody -- again, you mentioned union city, hudson county, big urban county just across the river from manhattan. menendez basically was the big power broker for much of his time, even in washington, for hudson county and the democrats there. so statewide campaigns in new jersey, aspiring democrats were make or break based in part on what menendez wanted and hudson country would go along with him. he had incredible power and a lot of respect from democrats in the state and a lot of fear through the years from democrats in the state. menendez was first indited and tried six or seven years ago, if you remember, the entire democratic establishment stayed with him. back then they were afraid of him. it was a big deal to break with him this time around. >> union city, at one time so overwhelmingly latino, and his impact and service to the latino

community, not just in new jersey but throughout the country. >> and a big reason, union city, they call it the little havana of the north. in miami, the cuban vote, more republican. menendez may be a big reason why it's democratic in union city. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. up next, j.d. vance's big night. we'll have someone who worked closely with trump's running mate about what this ticket means for the republican party going forward. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. it's an outlet-free air freshener that fights odors for 45 days. so even after every flush... you know your bathroom smells amazing. ♪ lalalalala ♪ growing old is part of the journey, even when you have heart failure. but when he had shortness of breath, carpal tunnel syndrome, and lower back pain, we wondered, could these be warning signs of something bigger? thank goodness we called his cardiologist

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52 past the hour. j.d. vance will make his big speech tonight. joining us now, mark short, former chief of staff to mike pence. he is a contributor to nbc's "meet the press." what do you think a trump advance ticket brings to the party today? >> well, i think j.d. vance offers an appealing alternative to kamala harris. i think he provides an inspiring personal story of being raised in appalachia and going from rags to riches. i think conventions, you want to be additive. i think that's a good thing by having non-conventional speakers. coming off the heels of a platform that had dramatic changes and walking away to commitments to life and traditional marriage and basically embracing full-on protectionism across the board,

10% tariffs and bringing on j.d. vance signals a bigger shift away from traditional conservatism. if you look at the speakers monday night were having speakers who, you want to bring in labor union, but when you have speakers referring to job creators as corporat renouncing the national right to work and speakers accusing nato of causing putin to invade ukraine and i think you add on the pick of j.d. vance, more in the protectionist camp, it's a different direction for the party. >> a direction which seems to be set in concrete by picking j.d. vance. >> perhaps so. i think at the end of the day, donald trump is going to do the policies he wants. he is not going to defer a lot to the vice president. i think he has in j.d. vance an articulate spokesman who can defend them on media or

potentially in his debate with vice president harris. >> vance has echoed trump's false claims about the 2020 election. he told abc news, february of this year, that lawmakers should have fought the results. a huge contrast from your former boss, mike pence. what do you make of that? >> he should read the constitution again. i understand that he is a lawyer. the reality is the constitution is very clear as to what the vice president's role is. the framers of our country wanted it that way. they want to a decentralized election system. they didn't want an expanded role because it would be easy to distort it. that's why it was decentralized. both congress' role and the vice president's role is to certify what states say is the victor. >> that's not what j.d. vance sees it and the responsibility of a vice president to do. >> i think that's unfortunate.

i think he needs to re-read what the constitution says. it's clear. it's not up for debate. i think there's been 250 years of precedent in our country as to what the vice president's role is in these circumstances. for those who think there's some novel notion the vice president has unilateral authority to overturn the results, i think that we fought a revolution for that purpose. >> mark short, i thank you very much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on social immediate yat -- media. thank you for the privilege of your time. katy tur picks up with more news next live from the republican national convention. that leap in our hearts into something we can see and hold. etsy. ♪ ♪ have you always had trouble losing weight and keeping it off? same. discover the power of wegovy®.

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