it has been a long day and a long night in milwaukee, the end of a very long week of the republican national convention which began on monday. they say a week is a long time in politics but who would have thought this time last week, at this event, it would have been dominated by an attempt on donald trump's life which of course happened at a rally in butler, pennsylvania on saturday night. the climax, we have just seen it, saturday night. the climax, we havejust seen it, the saturday night. the climax, we have just seen it, the speech by donald trump, accepting formally the republican nomination to run for president once again we spoke it is fair to say for much longer than expected, about 90 minutes or so. cannot be certain but it felt as if he went off script in what has been known as his trademark style. a style that he has moderated in more recent times but there was quite a lot of ad—libbing in his speech,

ringing in subjects as random as the silence of the lambs, even referencing its cautery to hannibal lecter but other core political themes such as illegal migration, very much dominated the event —— core character. we've been guided to expect unity to be a theme, rhetoric being toned down, especially after the attempt on his life last saturday. he did allude to the need for unity but there was also many other things that we have come to expect from donald trump, such as attacks on his opponent. he said he would not mentionjoe biden by name but, indeed, he did. at least once that i heard and my colleague caitriona perry i think heard it twice. let's have a listen to some of the highlights. he spoke a lot about the attempt on his life and described in

some detail, retelling his experience he said was very painful and he felt safe, he said, because he thought he had got on his side on that fateful day. i got on his side on that fateful da . , . ., 4' got on his side on that fateful da . , ., ., ~ , day. i started to like this, turn to my _ day. i started to like this, turn to my right. - day. i started to like this, turn to my right. and - day. i started to like this, turn to my right. and wasj day. i started to like this, - turn to my right. and was ready to begin a little bit further turn, which i'm very lucky i didn't do, when i heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear. i said to myself, "wow! what was that? it can only be a bullet" and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down. my hand was covered with blood. just absolutely blood all over the place. i immediately knew it

was very serious, that we were under attack, and in one of —— one movement, proceeded to drop to the ground. bullets were continuing to fly as very brave secret surgeons —— secret service agents rushed to the stage and they really did, they rushed to the stage. these are great people. at great risk, i will tell you. they pounced on top of me so that i would be protected. there was blood pouring everywhere and yet, in a certain way, ifelt pouring everywhere and yet, in a certain way, i felt very safe because i had got on my side. i felt him. just a small sample of the words that donald trump shared with delegates at the republican national convention.

accepting the nomination formally to run for the white house once again. let's speak to anneke green, a former george w bush speech writer and director at the white house writers group. what did you make of the speech? i actually at reach global strategies now, my own firm. he started off on script and then he went into rally mode because i think he couldn't help himself at the beginning he was introspective, emotional and explicit by saying that god was on my side and i've not heard him reference faith so explicitly before. he said i stand before you only by the grace of god and i was very curious about that, knowing that there is, in the past when he was president, there was some tension between evangelic christians are supporting president trump, contrasting

with his very publicised lifestyle and the departure from christian values and those ways so it seems that he's had a real reckoning through this experience that he's gone through and but towards the end of the speech, even though he was off script, and that's probably why it went so long, he was recounting his accomplishments while he was in office and i think the crowd stuck with him, the energy stayed high even if maybe viewers at home thought, "0k, we've got it. it's good. let's move on." we've got it. it's good. let's move om"— we've got it. it's good. let's move on." , �*, move on." indeed but let's face it, of move on." indeed but let's face it. of course. — move on." indeed but let's face it, of course, last _ move on." indeed but let's face it, of course, last saturday's i it, of course, last saturday's events have made feels like changed everything and it certainly changed the plan for this particular event. you know, after the shooting, we were guided to expect a little bit more unity in terms of the rhetoric that donald trump would use in his campaign. certainly, we did hear reference to the need for that type of unity but at the same time, he did go back to those

usual things that we expect to hear from usual things that we expect to hearfrom donald trump, talking about the witch—hunt against him, as he described it, describing howjoe biden, as he put it, is done "unthinkable damage" to the country and surely, those are two contradictory things, aren't they? i contradictory things, aren't the ? ~' contradictory things, aren't the ? ~ , , they? i think so. even despite what happened _ they? i think so. even despite what happened and _ they? i think so. even despite what happened and wanting i they? i think so. even despite| what happened and wanting to sound a note of unity, at the same time, he is still running a campaign and he has an opponent and he has to contrast what he has to offer the nation versus whatjoe biden offers the nation so i think that what we saw tonight was a more conciliatory candidate in the sense that he talked about the need for unity but he is uncompromising in painting the picture of whatjoe biden has offered the country that is different from how it was when he left office.— he left office. what about, thou . h, he left office. what about, though. his _ he left office. what about, though, his grasp - he left office. what about, though, his grasp on - he left office. what about, though, his grasp on the l he left office. what about, - though, his grasp on the facts? we've become used to donald trump's very bold

pronouncements and, you know, one statistic stands out for me, particularly when you think of this in the context of everything we have been talking about in terms of president biden and his gaffes recently, one thing donald trump said tonight, "0ne one thing donald trump said tonight, "one hundred and 7% of jobs are being taken by illegal migrants" those are his words. they came out of his mouth. you don't need to be a genius to know that that is impossible and statistically impossible as well. , , , ~ ., well. president trump is known, art of well. president trump is known, part of his _ well. president trump is known, part of his brand _ well. president trump is known, part of his brand is _ well. president trump is known, part of his brand is hyperbole. . part of his brand is hyperbole. that's true. what i find interesting, though, is what is depicted popularly is that president trump's grasp on the facts is not good whereas if president biden�*s grasp on the facts is not good, it is depicted as a gaff whereas when i watched the debate between the two of them, both had at times struggles with the facts, with depicting things accurately with statistics and i think it comes down to politics. in i think it comes down to politico—

i think it comes down to politics. in one case, it's accidental _ politics. in one case, it's accidental and _ politics. in one case, it's accidental and in - politics. in one case, it's| accidental and in another politics. in one case, it's - accidental and in another case, in trumpify case, arguably it's very deliberate.— very deliberate. wouldn't you say there's — very deliberate. wouldn't you say there's certain _ very deliberate. wouldn't you say there's certain amount i very deliberate. wouldn't you say there's certain amount of| say there's certain amount of credulity that you are extending to say it is accidental on one side and on the other it is not mr mike there are a lot of documentations of president biden saying things that are not true and are not gaffes and he repeats them.— he repeats them. indeed, fair enou:h. he repeats them. indeed, fair enough. let's _ he repeats them. indeed, fair enough. let's talk a _ he repeats them. indeed, fair enough. let's talk a little - he repeats them. indeed, fair enough. let's talk a little bit. enough. let's talk a little bit more aboutjust how much saturday's incident, the assassination attempt at that rally in bud light and sylvania dominated this speech —— butler pennsylvania. certainly the opening stages of the speech and undoubtably it is a terrible thing and it has been condemned on all sides. but is there a risk, do you think, that he could overdo it, overplay it? to distract from basically what kind of president he would be if he gets back in to the white house? ~ . �* , gets back in to the white house? ~ . v , gets back in to the white house? ~ ., �*, , , house? what's been interesting to me is after — house? what's been interesting to me is after the _ house? what's been interesting to me is after the attack - to me is after the attack happened, he did stay very

quiet. things we heard out of the trump campaign, first is that he was thinking about changing his plans for attending the convention, when he went and then, he decided to go ahead and not let the terrible action, the terrible event to change his plans and yet, he hadn't gone on the record to talk about it. there was nojumping on, you know, prime time address and that was strategic and intentional and then, he got to tell his story then, he got to tell his story the first time tonight. it remains to be seen whether this will truly be the first time he talks about it but being so explicit to say in his speech tonight this is the only time i'm going to talk about it i think as deliberate as well, think as deliberate as well, think he doesn't want it did overshadow his actual candidacy. overshadow his actual candidacy-— overshadow his actual candida . �* , ., candidacy. and if you were advising — candidacy. and if you were advising him, _ candidacy. and if you were advising him, would - candidacy. and if you were advising him, would you . candidacy. and if you were i advising him, would you say just that thing or would you say to make some more capitol out of it? i say to make some more capitol out of it? ., ., , out of it? i would advise him to focus on _ out of it? i would advise him to focus on what _ out of it? i would advise him to focus on what he - out of it? i would advise him to focus on what he has - out of it? i would advise him to focus on what he has to l to focus on what he has to offer the american people. nobody is going to forget that that happened. there's investigations happening. members of congress are so

upset. at a recent day, i think it was yesterday, they actually put footage on one of them cornering the director of secret service and then, she walks away from them, a group of them, you know, and there are rumours going around whether the secretary of the department of homeland security that's over the secret service's retreating members phone calls so this is definitely something i hope it doesn't get politicised but it is very serious and it appears there may have been some serious breaches that need to be looked at in terms of protocol because it puts everybody with the secret service detail at risk, republican or democrat. it’s republican or democrat. it's fair to say — republican or democrat. it's fair to say there's _ republican or democrat. it's fair to say there's a wind behind president trump, former president trump, right now. getting with the focus onjoe biden�*s mental acuity, the assassination attempt has undoubtably helped. also, the dropping of those classified documents case this week. you know, there are still several months ahead, though. do you

think he has got this in the bag, is president biden remains on the ticket? 0r bag, is president biden remains on the ticket? or is there still a risk to his campaign? it's not over until it's over and i would not advise him to get too comfortable and i don't think he is. is going to continue doing rallies, probably with beefed up security, which is necessary, but yeah, anything can happen. you never know. and anything has happened. before the last election, the laptop was found that belongs to hunter biden and that was perceived to be such a threat that great lengths were gone to improperly, in multiple cases, to keep it from the public because they did not want to influence the election so you never know when can happen. fiiq never know when can happen. 0k. anneke green. _ never know when can happen. 0k. anneke green, former george w bush speechwriter, thank you for joining bush speechwriter, thank you forjoining us. thank you for sticking with us while we waited for that speech to end. let's move over to the other side of the presidential campaign now.

pressure is mounting on president biden to bow out of november's presidential election as he recovers at home from covid. mr biden�*s campaign team have dismissed reports, citing senior democrats as sources, which suggest he could drop out as soon as this weekend. the washington post reports the former president barack 0bama has said mr biden needs to seriously consider his candidacy. the 81—year—old has been under increasing pressure to drop out

certainly, those opening stages were not seen as a success, were not seen as a success, more were not seen as a success, more as were not seen as a success, more as a were not seen as a success, more as a failure, so if winning is really the objective here and, i'm sure it is for you, can you hand on heart say that kamala harris is the best candidate or should the party start looking elsewhere to gavin newsom or gretchen whitmer or some of the other names in the frame? i

completely get what you're saying, she did have a really rough start and no—one will deny that but at the same time, there are serious logistical and legal and political reasons why she is the ideal candidate. she is the only one eligible to inherit the $240 million war chest and i know that as a member of her national finance committees i am keenly aware of fundraising agreements. 0ther fundraising agreements. other candidates would have to start from scratch and this is a multibillion—dollar operation. running for president isn't just a political operation, it is a business and secondly, the democratic base consists of black americans. they are not going to allow our party to justjump over a potential, a woman who could potentially become our first female become ourfirst female president, the first asian—american president, our first black female president. it's historic on a monumental level and ijust don't it's historic on a monumental level and i just don't see that the base would let us override her like that and also, we could coupled her with some of the names you mentioned, gavin

newsom, josh shapiro or gretchen whitmer. i don't think it is a zero—sum game. we could have a situation where we bring out the best from across the country. out the best from across the count . , . ~ out the best from across the count . , ., ~ , ., country. lindy li, thank you forjoining _ country. lindy li, thank you forjoining us _ country. lindy li, thank you forjoining us and _ country. lindy li, thank you forjoining us and sharing i country. lindy li, thank you i forjoining us and sharing your insights and that change in perspective that you have with us on bbc news. of course, stay with us here on bbc news throughout the day today. there will be plenty more to digestive from the republican national convention and that speech by donald trump, formally accepting the nomination and the growing pressure of course there has been on president biden, growing pressure to bow out of the race. vehicles were set on fire and a police car was overturned as residents were warned to stay at home following an outbreak of disorder in leeds last night. the "shocking scenes and attacks" —— the home secretary condemned what she called the "shocking scenes and attacks" in the harehills area of the city, where there was a large police presence into the evening, with helicopters deployed to the area. 0ur reporter

tom ingall has more. violence flares in a residential leeds street. this is the hare hills district. west yorkshire police say they were first called at five o'clock on thursday and in their words, to a situation involving agency workers and children —— harehills. a crowd gathers and this is what happens next. 0ne witness told us at least 1000 people eventually spilt out onto the main road. a double—decker bus was set alight. these pictures are being widely shared on social media. 0therfires are being widely shared on social media. 0ther fires were started and bricks were thrown. home secretary yvette cooper wrote on social media:

by midnight, the police had withdrawn and the road reopened. as we drove into the area, there were still hundreds of people on the street. the air heavy with smoke. quarter past midnight and this is foundry approach next to harehills hillsjunction, one harehills hills junction, one of harehills hillsjunction, one of the images of the night, the burnt out bus that we saw in flames earlier on but it's happening now is the community are rallying around, trying to put it out. we saw someone drag a wheelie bin full of water around the side of the vehicle and you can see that god buckets, they are bailing the water onto the flames, trying to cool things down. it’s water onto the flames, trying to cool things down.— to cool things down. it's the same message _ to cool things down. it's the same message we've - to cool things down. it's the same message we've been | to cool things down. it's the - same message we've been giving all night — this community is yours and belongs to us and anything that gets found in this community is ours and this bus was ours, this library is ours, these lights are ours. we need to take pride in our own community and make sure that these kind of things cannot happen here. these kind of things cannot happen here-—

happen here. from what i understand _ happen here. from what i understand there - happen here. from what i understand there has - happen here. from what i | understand there has been happen here. from what i i understand there has been a roma — understand there has been a roma community incident and some — roma community incident and some kids were taken away. and they have — some kids were taken away. and they have reacted to say that they— they have reacted to say that they want their kids back and exactly— they want their kids back and exactly what the background isn't — exactly what the background isn't why they were taken away isn't why they were taken away is still— isn't why they were taken away is still a — isn't why they were taken away is still a bit of a mystery but the community has reacted. in the community has reacted. the small the community has reacted. in the small hours, the police returned. this time with you west yorkshire fire service. whatever anke had provoked the trouble, it had long since dissipated. to be replaced with confusion, even disbelief from people who live here. it may have only lasted a few hours but the legacy of this violent july evening will echo for much longer. tom ingall, bbc news, leeds. now to rhe middle east. the israeli military says it's investigating an apparent drone attack that hit central tel aviv early on friday. emergency services said the explosion killed one person and injured several others. the military said an initial inquiry indicated the explosion

was caused by the falling of an aerial target which did not trigger air raid sirens. yemen's houthi militants suggested they were responsible for the apparent attack. they said on social media that they would reveal details about a military operation that targeted tel aviv. mohamed taha from bbc arabic is with me in the studio. what more do we know about the explosion? it seems like something very new and different in terms of what we've been seeing in the middle east in recent months. it's very significant. it's a turning point in this war. this projectiles came from somewhere that the israeli army or the israeli authorities did not announce until the moment. they do not know whether it came from the north, where hezbollah is, orfrom the from the north, where hezbollah is, or from the east or from the west because the area that witnessed this attack is yehuda

road which is the american embassy is located and other embassies. 0rfrom the embassy is located and other embassies. 0r from the south, from the yemeni side which means this projectile travelled 2200 kilometres without any interception. but the israeli 12 channel said that the americans informed the israeli authorities that they intercepted four group drones heading to israel. this is very new and the silence that we can see from the israeli authorities is similar for the silence we experienced upon the attack on the seventh of october. attack on the seventh of october-— attack on the seventh of october. ~ . . . october. what are we reading into the silence? _ october. what are we reading into the silence? that - october. what are we reading into the silence? that they i october. what are we reading | into the silence? that they are investigating. _ into the silence? that they are investigating. it's _ into the silence? that they are investigating. it's very - investigating. it's very serious that the sirens did not work. it's very cerence that the iron dome did not intercept this projectile once it entered

the israeli territories and it reached tel aviv. it reached the yehuda road which is where the yehuda road which is where the american embassy is there. it's very significant and we are expecting a very high israeli official would come out to tell us what is going on. there is reports that some person were killed, several injured, and it is very significant incident. waiting for words. _ significant incident. waiting for words, as _ significant incident. waiting for words, as you _ significant incident. waiting for words, as you say, - significant incident. waiting for words, as you say, in i for words, as you say, in response to israel but what about actions? what kinds of actions would you be concerned about hearing in response to this attack?— about hearing in response to this attack? the action will be de-end this attack? the action will be depend on — this attack? the action will be depend on what _ this attack? the action will be depend on what this - this attack? the action will be depend on what this is - this attack? the action will be depend on what this is really. depend on what this is really official would say. ——is really official. whether they would confirm that the houthis are responsible of that which means the israelis would be opening a new front to this war with the

houthis directly with the houthis, are they going to attack the houthis directly or will they say that has polar is responsible for that —— has polar. riversleigh the houthis announcing they announce the attacks into elad and hi—fi with the cooperation with this so—called iraqi islamic resistance —— hezbollah. whether this would be the case, the response into iraq and towards hezbollah —— haifa. depends to israel wants to blame on that. but what we really understand and know that this war is really widening and the corridor of the war is what's happening in gaza and this is what will put a lot of pressure on benjamin netanyahu to accept a hostage deal. if there is to be a military reaction to this latest attack, just put into context for us how stretched the israeli

military is already with its operation in gaza. what capacity does it have to respond in a more dramatic way to add otherfront respond in a more dramatic way to add other front in conflict? —— another front. this would add a new element to the disagreement between the army and military elements in israel and military elements in israel and the political elements. the military elements in israel are saying repeatedly that this war cannot be one on the ground. there should be a hostage deal that should be a deal that returning the hostages back and coming down all the fronts, the gaza front, the hezbollah front, the west bank front and the front, the previous front, with iran. however, the political level in israel is really keen to continue the war on all fronts, giving that there are two right wings israeli ministers are pushing into this war to continue which

are the finance minister smotrich and the security manager ben gbr, they are into that and they are considering any hostage deal are surrendering to harm us. stay with us, we need to say goodbye to some of our viewers and no doubt we will talk about this through the day on bbc news. you are watching bbc news. stay with us. breakfast is next for viewers in the uk.