and under president trump, we will always stand with those who stand on the thin blue line and we are not going to defund the police, not now, not ever! applause if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, live from fort mchenry in baltimore, this is the vice president of the united states speaking to the republican national convention. more to come and more analysis and breaking news. but soon we will come to a time for choosing. joe biden has referred to himself as a transition candidate and many were asking transition to what? last week democrats did not talk very much about their agenda. and if i were them i would not either. bernie sanders did tell his followers thatjoe biden would be the most liberal president in modern times, in fact, he

said, andi in modern times, in fact, he said, and i quote, that many of the ideas he fought for that just a few years ago were considered radical are now mainstream. in the democratic party. at the root of their agenda is the belief that america is driven by envy, not aspiration. that millions of americans harbour ill will towards our neighbours. instead of loving our neighbours as ourselves. the radical left believes that the federal government must be involved in every aspect of our lives to correct those american wrongs. they believe the federal government needs to do tate how americans live, how we should work, how we should raise our children. and in the process, deprive our people have freedom, prosperity and security. their agenda is based on government control. our

agenda is based on freedom. applause and cheering where president trump cut taxes, joe biden wants to raise them by nearly $4 trillion. where this president achieved energy independence for the united states, joe biden would abolish full —— fossil fuels, and fracking and impose a regime of climate change regulations that would drastically increase the cost of living for working families. where we fought for fee —— free and fair trade where we fought for fee —— free and fairtrade and where we fought for fee —— free and fair trade and this president stood up to china and ended the era of economic surrender, joe biden has been a cheerleader for communist china. he wants to repeal all the terrorists —— tariffs that are levelling the playing field for american workers and he criticised president trump for suspending all travel to china at the outset of this pandemic.

joe biden is for open borders, sanctuary cities, free lawyers and healthcare for illegal immigrants and president trump, he secured our border and built nearly 300 miles of that order wall. —— border wall. joe biden wa nts to wall. —— border wall. joe biden wants to end school choice and president trump leave that every pa rent president trump leave that every parent should have the right to choose where their children go to school, regardless of their income or area code. president trump, president trump has stood without apology for the sanctity of human life every day of this administration. joe biden, he supports taxpayer funding of abortion right up to the moment of birth. when you

consider their agenda, the moment of birth. when you considertheiragenda, it the moment of birth. when you consider their agenda, it is clear. joe biden would be nothing more than a trojan horse for the radical left. the choice in this election has never been clearer. and the sta kes never been clearer. and the stakes have never been higher. last week, joe biden said that democracy is on the battle and oui’ democracy is on the battle and our economic democracy is on the battle and oui’ economic recovery democracy is on the battle and our economic recovery is on the ballot. law and order on the ballot. law and order on the ballot. so are things far more fundamental and foundational to oui’ fundamental and foundational to our country. in this election it is not so much whether america will be more conservative or america will be more conservative oi’ more america will be more conservative or more liberal. more republican or more democrat. the choice in this election is whether america remains america. it is whether we will leave to our children and grandchildren a country rounded in our highest ideals

with freedom, free markets and the unalienable life —— right to life and liberty or whether we will leave them a country thatis we will leave them a country that is fundamentally transformed into something else. we stand at a crossroads. president trump has set our nation on a path of freedom and opportunity and joe biden would set america on a path of socialism and declined. but we're not to let it happen. applause president donald trump believes in america and in the goodness of the american people. the boundless potential of every american to live out their dreams every american to live out theirdreams in every american to live out their dreams in freedom and, every day, president trump has been fighting to protect the promise of america. every day oui’ promise of america. every day our president has been fighting to expand the reach of the american dream. and every day

president donald trump has been fighting for you and now it is oui’ fighting for you and now it is our turn to fight for him. applause and cheering 0n on this night, in the company of heroes, i am deeply grateful. deeply grateful for the privilege of serving as vice president of this great nation. and to have the opportunity to serve again. i pray to be worthy of it and i will give that duty all that is in me. in the year 2020, the american people have had more than our fairshare of people have had more than our fair share of challenges but tha nkfully fair share of challenges but thankfully we have a president with the toughness, energy and resolve to see us through. now

those traits actually run in oui’ those traits actually run in our national character. as the invading force learned on approach to this fought in september of 1840, against fierce and sustained bombardment, our young country was defended by heroes, not so different from those who are with us tonight. the enemy was counting on them to quit but they never did. fort mchenry held and when morning came our flag was still here. applause my flag was still here. applause my fellow americans, we are going through a time of testing. but if you look through the fog of these challenging times, you

will see our flag is still there today. applause that star—spangled banner still waives over the land of the free and the home of the brave. from these hallowed grounds, american patriots in generations gone by did their pa rt generations gone by did their part to defend freedom. now it is our turn. so let's run the race marked out for us. let's fix our eyes on old glory and all she represents. let's fix oui’ all she represents. let's fix our eyes on this land of heroes and let their courage inspire.

and let's fix our eyes on the author in perth —— protector of oui’ author in perth —— protector of our faith author in perth —— protector of ourfaith and author in perth —— protector of our faith and freedom and never forget that where the spirit of the lord is there is freedom. that means freedom always wins. my that means freedom always wins. my fellow americans, thank you for the honour of addressing you tonight and the opportunity to run and serve again as your vice president. i leave here today inspired and i leave here today inspired and i leave here today more convinced than ever that we will do, in our time, as americans have done throughout our long and storied past, we will defend our freedom and our way of life. we will re—elect our president and

principal republican leaders across the land and with president donald trump in the white house for four more years and with god's help, we will make america great again, again. thank you, god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. you are watching bbc news live there from fort mchenry in baltimore as the american vice president speaks at the republican national convention. jane, those who know said that, actually, mike pence and joe biden have a close relationship personally, especially four yea rs personally, especially four years ago with the handover. but we do know, quite clearly one of my p‘s job tonight was to go hard onjoe biden. one of my p‘s job tonight was to go hard on joe biden. it seems like the old days when

there was some sort of bipartisan relationship, i don't think that exist in any way shape or form at the moment and certainly, as you said, mike pence went in on the attack. what stood out to me was when he was talking about donald trump ‘s standing as the president for law and order he said categorically you will not be safe injoe biden's america. referring to the fact that mr biden has said... hasn't made particular mention of the violence that a lot of cities have experienced in recent weeks and has been more vocal about the need for social justice and justice reform. the two have become an either or in this divided america. president trump has focused more on law and order, the results of the

cries for justice and order, the results of the cries forjustice reform which has been a lot of violence in the cities, he says that that has to stop. and that is what we heard from mike pence. it is about stopping the violence, not about addressing the issue of justice. not about addressing the issue ofjustice. so, again, a clear indication of the split screen of america that we see at the moment and one, again, that mike pence made reference to. this is all about whether america remains america. well, whose america? and this is the fundamental problem that america is in right now and very much what we have seen over the last two weeks with the democratic convention earlier and now the republican convention, both presenting starkly different visions of the future. on point, he did make mention of hurricane laura menacing the gulf coast at the moment and spoke of sacrifices

and hardship of this year like no other that it is as if they we re no other that it is as if they were passed. what you make of the tone and whether the speech felt, whether the administration feels in touch with the sacrifices, hardships and tragedies around america at the moment. i think they are playing to a specific audience tonight because most of the support that the republicans will enjoy or do enjoy come from the rural heartland. most cities in america which have borne the brunt of the deaths from the pandemic have been in democratic areas where there have been greater calls for lockdowns, for social controls, for distancing, for wearing of masks. the america that i think we have heard being addressed over the last week has been an america where the pain has come not so much from the pandemic itself but from the efforts to control it. so main street

being locked down in a rural town, it's very difficult to explain to people who do not know any covid—19 for firms, have not even met someone who knows a victim, why do they have to do that. the virus is not coming to them. i think those are the people who the republicans are talking to this week. and when mike pence talks about reopening the economy, reopening schools, he is really articulating the desires of a lot of republican supporters and, in particular, a lot of supporters from president trump, of president trump who categorically say thatjoe biden will shut down the economy to control the virus. donald trump will never do that and in their eyes that is a good thing. as you said before it isa good thing. as you said before it is a pitch as well to people who may not particularly like president trump or believe everything he says but feel that he is doing the things

that he is doing the things that they want a republican president to do on deregulation, contacts, on abortion and the supreme court. those are more important to them than who the president actually is. i think the long—term strategy of republican voters is often underestimated. a lot of republicans do look at the supreme court as their single issue on the ballot. it is getting another supreme court justice on board who is a conservative. donald trump has been very successful in doing that, not just in been very successful in doing that, notjust in the supreme court but in district courts around the country and that, more than anything, more than the four year term of a president, will shape the future of the country and will shape the political direction of the country. a president ends ina of the country. a president ends in a maximum of eight yea rs ends in a maximum of eight years whereas when you change the make—up of a court you talk

about generational change and republicans will look at that, we'll look at donald trump and say i don't care who is on the ticket, i am voting republican. just seeing president trump and his wife there at fort mchenry right now. another night still to come with a big speech from president trump. you have been observing this for awhile, does any of this seemed to be enough to turn the polls around ? seemed to be enough to turn the polls around? no, i don't think so. polls around? no, i don't think so. i think democrats watch the convention last week and republicans that wash them on this week. this is not so much about i think broadening the base. i think it is a bit late for that. what this is all about is infusing the base that he has. he wants to, needs to get his supporters out to the polls, he needs to persuade them that the alternative to him is far, far worse. and that is why we have heard message after message, statement after

statement painting a very, very bleak picture that the trojan horse for the radical left, thatis horse for the radical left, that is how mike pence described the joe biden that is how mike pence described thejoe biden kamala harris ticket, they are talking about something that is more scary than another four years under president trump. they have been very unambiguous about what that would mean, getting back to will america still be america if you wake up on novemberfour still be america if you wake up on november four and realise that a democrat is in the white house. so, i don't think it will necessarily broaden the base, i don't think it will really pull undecided voters on board. i don't even know if there are undecided voters anymore. it is whether or not voters are enthusiastic enough to get to the polls in the pandemic or squash their qualms about the potential for male in

about the potential for male in a balloting. and there is a sense too, so much incalculable at the moment on the mood in the countries. two of the biggest teams in the nba, including the biggest star in the sport saying they want to boycott the rest of the season because of the events in wisconsin and all the events before that. there's so much really that you can't calculate about what is on the move. no, it's extraordinary to think that we are 70 odd days out from an election and the battle lines are still so fluid. who would have thought that we would have thought that we would be having an election in a pandemic to start with. people are slowly getting used to that idea but that has caused extraordinary social upheaval in itself. who would think that a category five hurricane would be barrelling onto texas right now and parts of louisiana, causing devastation, anticipated devastation, anticipated devastation that could again

shift the focus to economic destruction and the need for a recovery effort. we just don't know. the number of unknowns, the number of events that could still happen between now and november three make this an extraordinary election and an extraordinary election and an extraordinary year anyway. the response to those events. there are so many divisions in america. there is the rural urban division. there is the generational division. there is the gender division, the racial divide. and that is before you even get to the party divides. this is an unbelievably polarised country and on so many different fault lines, it's hard to see how any call for unity right now could have much effect. just worth saying, staying with those events at the moment in fort mchenry in the moment in fort mchenry in the baltimore. this is president trump in his element

with a live crowd. very unusual to see a live crowd and very, very few of them wearing masks, as if the pandemic was under control and scarcely happened was yellow well of course, wearing a mask or not wearing a mask has become in some quarters a political statement. it is something that president trump has not felt strongly about. he has dismissed criticisms when he has been called out for not wearing a mask. this is not on typical, i would be surprised if he was wearing a mask or anybody in the crowd was. it is something that the white house is co nsta ntly that the white house is constantly asked about, they say temperatures are tested and social distancing is adhered to, sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. but again, look at the audience here, mike, a lot of people watching this will think that wearing masks is a

waste of time anyway or a social distancing really doesn't have that much of an impact. so for people watching this, they aren't likely to be as critical of the things they are seeing right now than perhaps others who have been more severely affected by the pandemic itself. the messaging very clear, jane, as you say. we are leaving those events in fort mchenry in baltimore and we will be back of course. the republican national convention which resumes tomorrow night with the big space from president trump. there is a lot else happening in the rest of the world that we should bring you. now, within the past hour also, a court has sentenced brenton tarrant the person who shot at 51 muslim worshippers to life in prison without parole. thejudge said he planned his attacks carefully and plans to attract a fad. it is the first time that sentence has been passed to new zealand. let's speak to our

correspondent in new zealand. the sentencing itself didn't ta ke the sentencing itself didn't take long but the judge took time, it took nearly an hour to remind brenton tarrant of each person he killed and each one he wounded. he gave details of their lives, their achievements, of what they did, of who they were to their families and the agony these families and the agony these families now feel without him. he also spoke about brenton tarrant‘s attitude, that he showed no remorse of his crimes and the premeditated nature of those killings, the shootings on march 15, 2019. he said that each murder was a product of a calculator, lengthy planning committed with high levels of cruelty and callousness. he also told tyrants that some of his victims were children, including a three —year—old child who he shot in the head as he climbed onto his father's leg. and he said others were

murdered while lying down wounded and incapacitated. he handed down that sentence as you say, life without parole which is the first time this has been handed down in new zealand. i have actuallyjust gotten a message from one of the vic's families, a sister whose brother was shot in the mosque and she said, she was smiling and laughing and said long live justice. she smiling and laughing and said long livejustice. she was really ha p py long livejustice. she was really happy with this sentencing because this is exactly what many family members and survivors have asked thejudge for. members and survivors have asked the judge for. very powerful appearances in court, as you say, from survivors and relatives of victors two victims. the prime minister jacinda ardern saying the gunman deserves a lifetime of com plete gunman deserves a lifetime of complete and utter silence. also striking, how fast new zealand changed its own laws as a result of this. that's right. almost a few days after this, the gun was changed because the government had armed himself ——

gunman armed himself with military style rifles, semiautomatic weapons. he was armed to the teeth with endless rounds of bullets and the prosecution and the judge today went into detail about how he was fully armed, how he sprayed people in the main prayer room of the mosque in the main prayer room for example, they we re prayer room for example, they were sitting huddled together in both corners of the prayer room trying to escape. so really, the nature of it, the planning of it and the extreme violence and relentlessness of it as well. as you say, it resulted in new zealand changing its gun laws. the other thing i would say is the other thing i would say is the other thing i would say is the other thing thejudge other thing i would say is the other thing the judge pointed out and many pointed out in the impact statements is the long—term psychological and mental effect it is hard, not just on the victims families but on the whole of the muslim community. many have pointed out, including thejudge, that these mosques and places of worship were places where people went for prayer, for going with the rest of the

community and many have said that now these are places with incredibly agonising memories. many have said that they are now afraid to go back to the mosques, including one of the imams, the one of the linwood mosque whose wife was shot. he said he tried to be a leader in the community, try to be there for the community but it is very ha rd for the community but it is very hard for me to go back to the mosque. having said that, many also pointed out that despite this act being an act of terror and hate, many looked at the killer, directly and told him he had failed to terrorise the community, pointing out to the worldwide support for the muslim community in christchurch. clearly, for all of those people it is very far from over but it does seem for the gunman it is in one sense that there won't be an appeal. thank you so much. there is much more for you on all of the news any time on the bbc news website and on outward offence. thank you so much watching. —— for watching.

hello. so, wednesday was a pretty decent day for many parts, but that was wednesday. and now thursday has a different look to it because low pressure is increasingly dominant. after a bright enough start in the east, the cloud piles in from the atlantic. and before too long, i think it will be thick enough for some rain to get in through the north of wales, the north of england, into central and southern scotland, through northern ireland, too, in places. and later in the day, will bring some really quite heavy showers and some longer spells of rain through wales and the south—west of england on a day where we might make 20 in the drier spots in east anglia. i say drier until later in the day when you, too, mayjust pick up on some heavy bursts of rain there. and all the while, the rain just fizzles away across the heart of scotland. now, having brought that area of low pressure in on thursday, it's still around on friday, and the isobars quite tightly packed on its western flank.

so, it's a spell of pretty wet and windy weather. less so perhaps again for the far north of scotland, northern ireland drier, too. but the rain in the north of england quite persistent, the showers in the south really quite heavy, quite a lot of them and they may have a rumble of thunder about them. and again, really disappointing temperatures for the time of year. and surprisingly, as i talk about the weekend, i'm talking about quite a lot of dry weather. it will be on the cool side both by day and by night, and the winds will eventually ease. what winds, you say? well, the low pressure's not a million miles away and the high pressure's trying to build in, so the squeeze comes on, the isobars pack together and they‘ re coming from a cool direction. the wind running along them from north to south, never a warm direction, even at this time of year. and you've got the overhang of cloud to contend with through east anglia and the south—east with a wee bit of rain for the first part of the day. and that's the gustiness and the nature of the wind

from the north, so you can imagine it's not going to be the warmest of the day despite the fact that many areas will be dry and really quite bright. but look at that, a max of only 18. that's below par for sure. and having reached those lofty heights, it'll be quite a cool night because the high pressure topples in, the skies begin to clear, the winds fall lighter and we end up with temperatures well down into single figures well across the country. and then sunday is a really decent day if you want to get out and about because there's a lot of dry weather. there won't be much in the way a breeze, so you'll feel every bit of that 16, 17 or 18.

the latest headlines from bbc news. the first third night of the rnc has seen mike pence formally accept nomination to run as vice president. he called for an end to violence in american cities and said four more years of president trump was the only way to keep america great. the court in new zealand has sentenced the white supremacist who shot dead 51 was limb worshippers in christchurch to life in prison without parole, the first time that sentence has been delivered in new zealand. the judge said he planned the attack and on a third mosque as well. police in wisconsin have charged a 17—year—old with the murder of two people during unrest. president trump said he will send federal officers to restore order. disturbances began on sunday when police shot and wounded jacob blake.

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