are, we are less than a mile from police headquarters. the convenience store is where all this unfolded as officers chased this man down several businesses bravely going after him although he was targeting them. you could not tell that anything happened here yesterday. the scene is mostly clear. the investigation is still unfolding. we're told that last night officers detained two people and questioned them for several hours. no charges were filed. this goes in line with what officials told us. this suspect was not alone in baton rouge. it is unclear if the people he was with knew the extent of the plot he was about to undertake. a plot that has rattled this community and shocked the nation. [ gunshots ] >> shots fired. officer down. got a city officer down. >> reporter: three officers ambushed and gunned down in baton rouge sunday morning with

three other officers wounded. at 8:40 a.m., officers spotting a man dressed in black wearing a mask and holding an ar-15 style semiautomatic rifle near a convenience store. a laurenw officer said eugene l was intentionally trying to lure police. >> i'm hit. left arm. >> reporter: two minutes later, gunshots rang out. the killer out gunning the officers at the scene. 41-year-old matthew gerald and 32-year-old montrell jackson and brad garafolo. >> we never would have thought this could have happened in baton rouge, but it has. >> reporter: the attack coming ten days after five officers

were killed in the dallas ambush by another former military veteran. 25-year-old micah johnson. gunning down officers protecting a peaceful protest to the police killings of philando castile and alton sterling. >> we are mourning just like dallas. my partners and my brothers. i was in the hospital with them. i saw the grief on their faces as they were trying to talk to the families. >> reporter: law enforcement says the killer rented a car in kansas city and stopping in dallas where he shot this video on his cell phone before carrying out from the attack. he was discharged as a sergeant. he tweeted about the dallas killer calling him one of us. in a youtube video saying. >> you got to fight back.

>> reporter: sterling's aunt pleading for peace. >> these people call these families. they tell them their daddies and moms are not coming home. i know how they feel. i got the same phone call. stop this killing. stop this killing. >> reporter: one of the slain baton rouge officers posting this plea on facebook after the dallas ambush, quote, please don't let hate infect your heart. montrell jackson wrote. if you see me or need a hug, i got you. president obama forced to address a mass killing yet again. >> we need to temper our words and open our hearts. all of us. >> until we come together and this madness continues, we will surely perriish as a people. >> reporter: there were three others injured in the attack. two with non-life threatening injuries.

one is in critical condition. a 41-year-old who served 18 years for the east baton rouge parish sheriff's office. he is fighting for his life. officials yesterday pleading with the community to send their thoughts and prayers to he and all the families of those affected. >> boris, three officers lost their lives here. montrell jackson and matthew gerald and brad garaofolo. those are the names that matter most. you will hear a lot about the murderer in the situation. he will provide an unusually complex character portrait. you will hear a lot about him and his different names and affiliations and ideas and books. at the end of the day, he was a simple thing. he was a murderer. he was in the marines. he had gone to infantry school.

he had an ar-15. he lured police officers to the location and tried to kill as many as he could. this man stands in stark contrast to montrell jackson. why is he standing out? you heard boris report part of what is drawing people to the facebook post. in it, he talks about what happened in dallas and how hurtful it was to him as a police officer to be second guessed after all the work he had done to secure tough communities. he identified as knowing the problem in uniform as a cop and the issues as a black male as well. yet, he found a way to look past all of the negativity. he saw the hope for something better in humanity. listen to his own words. read them for yourself. sure, he was disappointed in being second guessed. he always choose to look past

it. that is something in short supply. it is worth reading montrell jackson's words if you haven't already. not just for his family's sake, but for all of us in the dialogue. let's discuss what the situation means in terms of how we move forward. we have david clinger, mark lemont hill. mark is a friend of the show and author and professor. david clinger is a former officer. we relied on stories from him before. he is the author of the book "into the kill zone." david, good to see you. horrible it is under these circumstances once again. >> good to be here. >> this murder is different in the complexity of character. in the end of the day, he is one simple thing. what points out to you? >> i think they need to know law enforcement is a dangerous

profession. for that, police officers are willing to go out and protect people and put themselves in harm's way. that is what they are trained to do. you have murderers out hunting police officers, that's not what you sign up for. everybody around the country needs to rally around these police officers, the police officers in dallas, texas. police officers shot and survived around the country in the last week. thank god men and women are willing to put on the badge to protect us. >> mark lemont hill, you have this situation. there are similars in apparent motive, but also preparation of both killers. both military trained. it seemed to give them a tactical advantage in the situations. the frustration here will be balancing the absolute wrong of killing police with the need of so many to talk about the situation surrounding the policing of black communities. how do you balance the two or do

you see balance? >> i find it difficult to balance the two. honestly, yesterday, in the aftermath of the shooting, i wasn't really thing about it at that level. i was thinking about it at the human level. all three of the officers who died. all three officers lost their lives tragically. black lives matter and the movement at the core has been a non hiviolent movement. it is not about reversing the relations. it is not about hunting officers. when i see this, i feel sad and disturbed. it compromises the movement and undermines the progress. at the most human level, three fathers did not make it home. three spouses did not make it home. friends and brothers did not make it home. that, for me, is tragic. as a nation, i do believe we have to change our access to guns. we have to access mental health resources more deeply. some of the conversations need

to change. we can never stop demanding justice. we can never stop offering critique of the police. what happened was disgusting and nothing we should do but try to come together and heal. >> joe, what does this do to the mind and psyche of police officer in your experience in what marc lemont hill says is very appropriate and the right way to look at it. it is not the way everybody is looking at it. when we were broadcasting here last night, a local resident intent on saying there is a reason the cops get killed. it is because of what is happening to us. police officers are encountering that. how do you do the job when you are worried you could be a target all the time. >> unfortunately, things willow down. the cops will always respond to 911. they have to make sure they are not walking into an ambush.

they need to take extra precautions. the police officers are no good to anybody if they don't make it to the help the people are needing. this is what happens now. i think we will see a situation where police officers are going to just slow it down. listen. good tactics is something that officers have to think about. especially in this environment. don't rush into things that they normally would. take a step back. watch the whole thing unfold in front of their eyes so they don't have to be another statistic. >> david, let me end with you where we began in terms of looking at the shooting. it seems on set up simply. my sources at the fbi and police said warning us away from the word ambush. this guy who orchestrated the 911 call or knew one would come because he was dressed in battle and carrying an ar-style riff.

does this break down because he was trying to draw them on? >> i don't know enough about the details to say, but all of the elements are there for an ambush. when you go out after leaving a manifesto on a cell phone video talking about frustrations and you are targeting police officers, i don't understand how you can call it anything but. >> david, joe, marc, thank you for your perspective on this. it is the murder of three police officers. three others injured. two in critical condition. we will get more information on the investigation throughout the morning. right now, let's get to alisyn in cleveland with the big rnc getting ready to go. alisyn. >> chris, we will talk about baton rouge and dallas and how it affected the convention. the ambush killings of the police officers in baton rouge are raising security concerns here in cleveland. of course, this is where the

republican national convention begins today. the city's police union was calling on ohio's governor to suspend the state's open carry gun laws to try to make it safer and more manageable for police. that hasn't happened. cnn's ryan young is along the protest route along downtown cleveland. ryan, what are you hearing and seeing? >> reporter: that hasn't happened yet, alisyn. we saw someone walking through the crowd in dallas with that weapon. that is something that police officers here are talking about. to show the official route, you see the police officers watching the route and keeping it safe. there are rules up here. we walked behind the parade yesterday and making sure the parade route stayed safe. you know people want to make sure this remains calm. obviously rules in place to make sure that all this goes smoothly.

the government provided cleveland with $49 million to make sure the event stays safe. and the police chief is talking about the measures to keep everyone okay through the next few days. >> some anxiety to make sure that the things we put in place were actually going to work the way we planned them. we always know in an operation this big there will be adjustments. our plan is made to adjust on the fly. we made some tweaks here and there. i'm sure throughout the week, we will make adjustments also. >> reporter: alisyn, people were talking about tweaks. drones or fireworks or audio equipment. you cannot tell through here, because we are a mile from downtown, but when you are closer to town where you are, you can see the gates up. you can see the people who are set up for security. we have been talking to the officers to make sure this route stays safe throughout the night.

alisyn. >> ryan, it is interesting to see all those prohibited items, but to know the open carry gun law continues around the perimeter where we are right now. thank you for that reporting. the convention itself begins officially in just a few hours. the next four days here will be a trump family affair beginning tonight with melania. she will be speaking in primetime. the trump/pence duo giving the first interview and downplaying their differences. phil mattingly is at the quicken loans arena with more on that. hi, phil. >> reporter: alisyn. the new running mate. perhaps pivoting to the general election. these are components that republican officials say donald trump has to achieve in the next four days. rising above all of it, today, in this stage behind me, you will hear about security at home

and abroad. >> our world is spinning out of control. our country is spinning out of control. that's what i think about. i'll stop that. >> reporter: donald trump pledging strength ahead of the first day of the republican national convention. >> obama's weak. hillary's weak. part of it is that. a big part of it. we need law and order. >> reporter: weeks of turmoil heavily impacting today's events. coincidently themed make america safe again. trump slamming president obama's response of the killing of three officers in baton rouge saying the president doesn't have a clue. tweeting the country is quote a divided crime scene and it will only get worse. as all eyes are on the presumptive gop nominee to see if he is ready to pivot to a more presidential tone. >> it is not a change of pivot. it is a showing of the rest of the person. that hasn't been done in the

campaign. the trump that i see on a daily basis is more than a donald trump sitting out in campaign rallies. >> reporter: the campaign touting a different type of convention. one featuring fewer politicians and more voices with a personal connection to trump. >> often times other than the wife of the candidate, you don't see a glimpse into the personal life. this convention is going to show donald trump from the viewpoint of his children. >> reporter: trump balking tradition as he is expected to introduce his wife, melania. >> the next vice president of the united states. governor mike pence. >> reporter: indiana governor and trump vp pick mike pence expected to speak on wednesday. he and trump giving a preview acknowledging their differences with "60 minutes" interview. >> what about the negative side?

he apologizeapologized? >> i'll give you an example. hillary clinton is a liar. hillary clinton, that was just proven last week. >> that is negative. >> hillary clinton is a crook. >> that's negative. >> i call her crooked hillary. i didn't ask him to do it. i don't think he should do it. it's different for him. >> reporter: two very different politicians in trump's case. not a politician hitting the campaign trail in the weeks ahead. worth noting, democrats keeping a close eye on things. hillary clinton's campaign is not backing off. jabbing at the unity idea. putting out their own list of speakers for the republican convention with strikes through all of them. the ones not speaking tonight, mitt romney and george w. bush. keep an eye on democrats. they will ring around the

convention. this is a very republican event. alisyn. >> phil, it is very interesting to see what happens here this week. thanks so much for that. so the police ambush in dallas and baton rouge have, of course, made a big impact on the campaign and the republican convention not just in terms of security, but also in donald trump's message. we talk about how that's changed next.

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mark preston. thank you for being with me in cleveland. it is changing the tone of the convention. it is more law and order. does it change the tone of the campaign? >> i think for a period of time. it is in keeping with what we heard from donald trump for a long time. he is is a strong man candidate. that's what he's offering. there's chaos in the world. he can bring strength and order. he can fix these problems that have befallen america over time. i think hillary clinton not seeing that. i think as he is speaking to the party, america is weak. i'll make us strong. don't ask me how he projects that. >>errol.

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we're here in baton rouge. six police officers shot. three murdered by one man who

was carrying a long gun a and dressed for battle. baton rouge, louisiana, once again, reeling from violence. we know about the situation that happened here involving alton sterling. that is still being investigated. now we have this. for perspective on how not just this community, but the national community should respond against violence against police, we have general russell honore. he is an author called "leadership in the new normal." general, i wish we did not have to call on you, but we need a leader like you. the title of your book. "leadership in the new normal." when you look at the social reality, violence is on the uptick. with communities that police serve or on police themselves. what is the issue?

>> we have to keep the ship shed i. we don't overreact. at the point in time with a shooting, we have to deal with it and we have to be more proactive in seeking out these individuals. i don't think citizens in their right minds do these. we have some pattern. now we have two former military men who used their skills to go out and attack police. i think we need to identify them and who will do that? friends, relatives, people in the community. they can see something is going different. this pattern of getting a high-powered rifle. the pattern of going out and you have to practice to do that. somebody else around these men knew something was going on. and using that as and encouraging the community to reach out through mental health through police and wellness checks on them. other than that, the response. i think police will adjust

tactics as we talked about early yesterday. maintaining the low standoff. in the military, we call that develop the situation. >> develop the situation. >> you know ten soldiers, but two soldiers forward to assess the situation. >> how does that help? >> it will slow things down. their job is to save lives and take care of business. the introduction of the long guns and ability to get them on the streets. what is confusing, chris, the idea of open carry. how stupid is that? >> it is not stupid of those who voted it in. >> in retrospect it is fis stup. i lived overseas. no country, even in war zones, people are walking around willy-nilly carrying a gun.

the good guy is backwards. ill conceived as a tag line and ended up being where people believe is a right. the idea of guns anywhere, anytime is bad. it has not shown to have any appreciatable difference. we are exposing the cops. >> you hear that every time. if more people had weapons when you have a mass shooting, there could be a better percentage chance the shooter is taken out. >> that is made up. that is tv-type stuff. >> those in favor of being able to carry guns more easily say there is no data because we are not allowed to do it. if you are able to do it in ohio and louisiana, we will be able to do it. >> we have the most liberal gun laws in the country. if you are over 17, you are able to carry a gun openly if you are a non felon. this made our police less safe. we talk about making our police

safer. the only way to do is it seek out and find zones and to talk it out. >> you don't see the zones as bait to mad men? that's the argument. you have a gun-free zone. that means i can go there and there are no guns. >> we will never control the mad men. we have to use intelligence and communities and families to seek them out. those are lone individuals. hard to stop. when we do engage them, the police who are brave as heck will have to develop that situation and it will take more response time to figure the situation. >> that's what's in the hand that we're discussing. what about what's in the heart? if you look at the stats. you have more police killed than by a lot than this time last year. that is a troubling statistic. the numbers, 31 now versus 17. 72%. those are the numbers.

you have in the 30s versus the teens. that goes to what is in somebody's heart. where is the leadership on that? how do you deal with that dynamic? even the president said killing the police is an absolute wrong. period. yet, every time there's violence against police, there's push back to the other context. why do you think this happened? it is not just out of nowhere. how do you balance the voices or do you not balance them? do you just separate them? >> i think we have to compartmenta compartmentalize this. these are some acting with a mental disorder or some type of ideology. we cannot treat all our citiz citizens. if that is a perception we are leaving with the police, we

cannot use that philosophy. we are standing in front of police headquarters. america is going to work today. >> although they were in tactical gear this morning which is in response to the situation. sheriff's officers had vests and long guns and covers on. understandable given what just had. >> absolutely. we need to embrace our police and take better care of our police. you know police in baton rouge starting off as a rookie, he makes less than $15 an hour. that means as soon as he starts to work, he has to get an overtime job to support himself. we have to take better care of them. we need to give them martial arts training and embrace our police. if this is an important job, treat it like so. how do we embrace and take care of our police and take care of their families if one of them loses their lives.

chris, it's taken three to five years for them to claim that money from the federal government. the very federal government, congress, who will give all kind of eloquent speeches to take care of police and those families waiting three-to-five years to apply for those grants. we need to turn that and do like the military in two or three months where that family is taken care of. out of this ugliness, i think we need to get our communities to see something, say something. that is a proven method for stopping a lot of these events. the nation is steady. we shouldn't overreact. at the same time, i think when we see events like the convention that's going on this week, the police will be big-time on the engine because of the open carry. this is a conflicting concept. while it is a right, it is conflicting. if you have a right to curse all over the place, too, but we don't do it. >> we try not to.

general honore, thank you. the secret and solution is always to be together. >> together. >> thank you very much. >> bless those faemilies. >> absolutely. many families hurting. we will take a break. when we come back, we will take you back to cleveland. yes, we had technical difficulties. it happens on live television. we are up and ready to go. you see the cnn grill in cleveland. that is where alisyn is with the impact on what happened here in baton rouge and what's to come in the convention next. ou hdera toe plaqriasis, isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic

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baton rouge. six officers shot at by one murderer. three killed. how is that going to reverberate across the country? we know what it is doing to the national dialogue, but specific to the republican national convention in ohio, it will effect safety concerns. there's an open carry law in ohio which has police there on edge about what that means for protests in and around the convention center. martin savidge took a look at the concerns. >> reporter: in cleveland, high security and high anxiety. new fears circulate that the police and security forces set to guard the rnc could be targeted themselves. more than 50,000 people expected

for the republican national convention. attempting target for terror. add to that, trump's polarizing campaign with violence at his rallies, the angry demonstrations against recent police shootings and shootings of officers in dallas and baton rouge and you get the picture. even so, city officials say they're ready. >> we have planned, we have what if, we have table top this from day one to yesterday. >> reporter: with the convention set to begin, the head of the police union told me he's anxious. security rules ban people from bringing 70 different items during the rnc. from axes to tennis balls, but not guns. ohio's an open carry state. meaning you can holster your handgun or sling your rifle over your shoulder and it is perfectly legal. one group the new blank panthers

plan to do just that. >> it is legal for them to do, it is irresponsible for them. >> reporter: that is problem one. as many as 4,000 military troops have been deployed. cleveland said it needs about 3,000 police officers. it doesn't have them. so to secure the rnc, it is temporarily hiring roughly 2,500 cops from around the country. some are backing out. greensboro was sending 50 police officers. then changed its mind. in a memo, the police chief noted a lack of confidence in the preparedness for the rnc. the cleveland police chief has taken to social media saying our officers have undergone hours of training relative to many subjects. he did not give details. the post revealed one new weapon in the security arsenal.

hardly sounding like a curtain of steel. 300 bicycles. the documents obtained by cnn, the city of cleveland is on a shopping spree. horse trailers and rain ponchos and flex cuffs and 2,000 sets of riot gear. >> they ordered without measuring anybody. that causes problems once it got here. >> this is the main element? >> reporter: problems such as the riot gear would not fit over officer's bulletproof vests. a local company is busy with last-minute alterations. >> how many have you done? >> between 50 and 60. >> reporter: making sure the body armor and riot gear fits. martin savage, cnn, cleveland. >> our thanks to martin and everybody hoping the rnc, the

republican national convention, is a non event from a security aspect. no question what happened in dallas and baton rouge and what is going on around the country with the dialogue on policing will have a big effect on both national political conventions. we will take a break. when we come back, we will take you to cleveland and get some inside scoop on how the man who wants to be president will deal with what's happened here in baton rouge and elsewhere. stay with us. my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count.

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welcome back to "new day." i'm alisyn camerota here in cleveland where the republican national convention begins in earnest in a few hours. we are in a middle of an old fashioned thunderstorm here. so forgive us for satellite interruptions. we want to talk about all of the news from around the country and how it is effecting the convention. particularly the police shootings in baton rouge and dallas. trump now casting himself as the law and order candidate. let's talk about this with our panel. david gregory with the david gregory podcast. we have the anchor of time

warner newserrol lewis and mark preston. how have they changed the message and tone, david? >> this a challenging time. presidential campaigns try to react to the atmosphere around the political issues. these are hard issues. both candidates want to bring order in a way to america. what we see in trump is a strong man candidate. whether violence against police or racial tension or what is going on in turkey, syria or iraq. he says the failure of leadership is creating the vacuum. he is the one to claim to fix it without specifics. i think he is supporting the police as is hillary clinton, but i think he is lacking a certain bit of context and compassion around how we deal with some of the very difficult issues of race that some of these police shootings have

brought up. i think so far that is a missed opportunity for him and is a big tonal difference from what we hear from hillary clinton. >> let's read one of his tweets. he says we grieve for the officers killed in baton rouge. how many people in law enforcement have to die because of a lack of leadership in our country. i know twitter is not good for specifics, errol, has he talked about what he means by more law and order? >> no, he has not. the reality is you cannot sit behind the big desk in the oval office and dictate to 7,000 plus law enforcement agencies. they have different policies and populations that want law and order. what law and order means in new

york city is different from rural community. hillary clinton talks about training and standards for all 17,000 departments. well, how will you do that? you know, you have financial inn tentatives that come from washington. that is not really going to get the job done. we have seen lots of discussion about this. this is a federalism question. what is the relationship to washington? it is a law and order question. it is a really complex kind of a situation. not only twitter is bad for that, but conventions, where you have 30,000 screaming people who are trying to be partisan, that is the one part of the system where you are supposed to be partisan is also not a good place to shore this out. >> it is hard to figure out how to mend all of these things. hillary clinton put out her statement. she says there is no justification for violence and hate and attacks on men and women who put their lives on the line every day. we must not turn our backs on each other. we must not be indifferent to

each other. good statement, but where are the specifics? >> certainly trying to offer a measure of inclusion. trump says i'm the law and order candidate. it is black and white for me. it is lineal. hillary clinton is saying let us be a uniter. we saw barack obama come out yesterday say tone down the rhetoric. let's come together as a nation. he would see that on the eve of the republican convention where the rhetoric is going to be very heated. let's not forget. we are protected by thousands of police officers outside these doors right now who are looking for a message from hillary clinton and barack obama about how do you solve this problem? in many ways, it is not solvable in just a convention. >> beyond the specifics of what you do, you know, we have the chief in dallas saying we ask too much of the police to deal with society's ills. that is its own difficulty. you have the tearing of the

social fabric of the country. at a time when it politics is in a very weakened position to solve it. we have very unpopular candidates with high negatives. a feeling in the country and is headed on the wrong track. a certain level of confusion of what role america should play overseas. it requires leadership. in many ways, leadership beyond specifics about how to move people and unite people. we're going to begin to see that here over the next couple weeks. >> in an anti-government era, feeling of anti-establishment and feeling of government has done us wrong, the police become an arm of that. it all becomes this violent stew. >> i talked to a big city mayor. i won't give away his name. we had a frank conversation right after orlando. the big city mayor, a democrat, was extremely frustrated with washington. frustrated with the senators and congress members who went on tv

who said we need to come together. we need to fix things. these are police departments and mayors. these are local officials that get no help from washington, d.c. they get unfunded mandates and they have to be on the frontlines to protect our communities. you have all of the folks in washington, democrats or republicans, dictating what needs to be done. not giving the money or resources. frankly, not giving the support. >> panel, thank you very much for all of your insights. thanks for your patience with us this morning. we will tell you all watching "new day" willing live at 5:00 a.m. eastern all week for the republican national convention here in cleveland. keep it tuned here. also, there is breaking news to tell you about in turkey. there is a security scare after the failed military coup over the weekend. let's get to cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson in ankara. nic. >> reporter: alisyn, in the last few minutes, police running

through the traffic pulling people from vehicles. security forces were on a hair trigger. the reason why is next to me. the main court in the center of ankara. just about two hours ago, the 27 men that the government accuses of leading the coup here were brought in here. they had three officers escorted them. their hands were flex cuffed behind their backs. one is a four-star military general. he is very well decorated. he served with nato in afghanistan. we saw pictures of him yesterday. his face appeared beaten. his arms had severe bruising. we are told in the courtroom, it appeared he had been more beaten. these are the men the government considers led the coup. the government is deciding after a session of discussion whether or not they will face the death penalty. so tensions here are still high. the government is mostly in control of the country. they are still worried the elements of coup plot is out

there. 103 admirals and generals arrested. we just heard in the last hour, 8,777 members of the interior ministry have been removed. 3,000 army officers have been removed. 2,000 judges around the country have been removed. alisyn. >> nic, those numbers are staggering. thank you for the update. up next, we will head back to chris who is in baton rouge live for us where the deadly ambush of police officers has shaken this country. what leaders are going to do to keep officers safe? we explore that next. rhaps ti acqularger dwelling. but the mortgage process has proven to be challenging. not with rocket mortgage by quicken loans. it is the easiest and most logical way to secure financing for your living quarters online. you can securely share your financial information with the push of a button. it appears now is a sensible time to relocate.

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it is monday, july 18th. just about 5:00 a.m. local time here. 6:00 a.m. where alisyn camerota is in cleveland at the site of the republican national convention. of course, what happened here in baton rouge playing out in cleveland as well. we'll be with alisyn for that part of the story in just a moment. here, the headline is as terrible as it is simple. six officers were shot at by a murderer who took three police lives. the headline should be the names of those who lost their lives here, three officers. montrell jackson, 32 years old, matthew gerald, 41, and brad garafola. their lives are gone. their families will have to pay that price of loss. there are also three officers who were injured. one, the name has not been released. we understand his injuries are nonthreatening. two others, nicolas tullier, 41, critical