welcome to this special convention edition of "inside politics," i'm john king, and it's day two of donald trump's convention here in cleveland, and it is, again, chaotic. i'm told donald trump is furious at the campaign team and said melania is just as mad, if not more so. you most likely know why. to borrow a phrase, we hold this truth to be self-evident, this is pla seniorism. >> we want all children in this nation, and we want all children in this nation to know.

>> that the only limits to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and willingness to work hard for them. >> that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. >> what was supposed to be the magic moment of opening night has instead turned into a trump campaign nightmare. with us to share reporting and insights, let's begin by giving melania trump or whoever wrote the line some credit. >> it's going to be good times and hard times and unexpected turns. it would not be a trump contest without excitement and drama. >> well, you can't argue with that. day one had drama. >> all those in favor of say aye. all those oppose, no.

in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, and the resolution is agreed to. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon -- >> and? here you go. this was an amazing entrance. day one also had excitement. ♪ and then this most unexpected turn, the biggest moment of the night, the testimonial about the man and the marriage, well, it included something borrowed. >> we were raised with so many of the same values. >> from a young age, my parents impressed on me the values -- >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> that you work hard for what you want in life. >> that your word is your bond that you do what you say you're

going to do. >> that your word is you know bond, and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> and now the fallout dominates day two. let's just go down the line and share some reporting. the trump campaign at first tried to brush it away. internally, they can see there's a huge problem. i'm tolds the candidate's mad, wife is mad, his kids are mad, most anger directed at the chairman. he did not write the speech, but the guy brought in to right the ship and make sure the convention was well, and day one is off the tracks, but they say they are not going to fire anybody. >> well, that's the whole mo of trump and the campaign is to never apologize or admit anything happened. we see shifting explanations the campaign offered this desire to shift attention elsewhere and not admit anything happened, which is to postrous looking at those clips. >> this is what the trump

campaign has been doing all season, saying if they get in trouble, says something, to not acknowledge it. not acknowledge the campaign did anything wrong. fight back, blame the media, get intense pushback that the media thinks about this, going after the candidate's wife, and in the end, just will not really care about it. in symptom ways, they may be right. she's not the candidate. she's the candidate's wife. the fallout, politically, would not be as bad as if it were donald trump, but, clearly, they believe the news cycle will move on. >> this happened at 11:45 to midnight last night seeing reports. in most campaigns, john, overnight, there would be a scramble to figure out what happened to address it and to issue a talking point that includes accountability and apology. at 8:00 a.m. this morning, when i saw the chairman of the rnc eating breakfast with the press, it was clear he was on his own, no explanation for what happened

here at all. there's been an incoherence you see from both the national party and trump campaign. there's no plan for how to respond to this, and, still, here it is, noon, and it's still almo almost, 12 hours later, i don't know, dooup wh you know what th answer is? it's not clear. >> what i hear from trump sources last night and today is this is a situation where, you know, this was a speech that was not written by one person. there was a number of guiding forces, you know, helping her. obviously, she's not innaa nati english speaker, and there's confusion in the campaign how this happened. that's why there was a delay getting a coherent message together. the statement out last night was incoherent talking about gr fragments coming from somewhere. it didn't make sense. >> getting herself in trouble yesterday saying it was all her, and the campaign said it was a

team of aides that helped her. >> all politicians say this, i write my own speeches, few do. spouses are not politically active to write their own. she gave thoughts, about the upbringing, this is great, wonderful, we'll fancy it up, make it into a speech, and in the process, somebody, somebody, and there's no disputing this. you can want say these lines were not taken from the michelle obama speech, but to that point, the statement issued by the communications director was incoheerpt. i don't know what point they made other than go away. the press asked for a statement, throw a dog a bone, but this morning, the man brought in to right the ship, the alleged adult in the trump blames someone else. >> these are common words, values, and she cares about her family, things like that, but she was speaking in front of 35

million people last night. she knew that. to think she's cribbing michelle obama's words is crazy. this is once again an example of when a woman threatens hillary clinton how she sneaks into demeanor and take her down. it's not going to work. >> now, we're in cleveland, not roswell. can someone help me understand how the trump campaign player -- >> it was so -- where do you grab that, right? the case they made is people pointed it out on twitter, perhaps, and we have no idea. clint clinton sources pointed out similarities in the speech, but the biggest point though, is that a lot of people will see

melania as the victim here, and the trump campaign could use that to their advantage in a sense that, you know, if this turns into a pile on where it hurts her image, that's an interesting conversation we have towards the end of the week. >> is it more, though -- you're exactly right. there's no evidence it's her fault other than the fact, if you speak in a convention, she's a businesswoman, not just a spouse, she has a brand, which is why i'm told she's mad, take responsibility. she watched what happened in the last year, been a low key player on the campaign trail in part because there was a great interview saying i disagree with my husband from time to time, dial back the tone from time to time. you are responsible, as we are sitting here for whatever you say, you are responsible for. she has to own up to some responsibility. however, when you understand the process, there's no question she's not the source of where the words came from as we go forth, but we can make it about melania trump and who helped her, but is it the biggest

question, this is donald trump's moment. this is donald trump's convention. donald trump says all the people in the obama administration are stupid. i hire smart people. i will hire the people to get the right things done. if you can't run a convention, if you can't vet speeches, can you run the country? >> to that point, though, last week, what they were totally focused on with a very organized operation was squashing revolt in rule, and they had a fleet of a hundred lawyers working on that. clearly, there's some aspects of the campaign organized and others that are not organized at all. things are falling through the cracks because they are not fully staffed yet, and this is the complaint of, you know, republicans all over the country. they don't see the ground game yet or the staff yet, and he's yet to show that he has a coherent organization that can win. >> those things that are controlled, at least in large part by the national parties, and by those loyal to the national party, which, basically, the lobbyists here for the weeks leading up to the convention, are typically run

with fairly good precision. those things that are largely controlled by the trump campaign, which is not really a campaign, but basically making it up as you go, oftentimes, you have issues. i think the speech she gave was the domain of the campaign, not the folks here for the last month organizing the convention. i think that's the problem. is that when these things are, you know, done by the bare bones trump operation, things don't always go well. >> tim tebow, right? he was reported to be a speaker, and then suddenly, it was the committee on arrangement blamed for tim tebow. >> it was not -- the campaign was rushing to get the list out to the press of who was going to speak, and they put tebow on the list before he was confirmed. >> if your brand is the aparen s -- apprentice and you're fired, why not fire someone? >> then you have to acknowledge someone was long. >> we hold some truths to be

self-evident. yeah, something's wrong. >> well, to your point earlier, nobody thinks that melania trump did this or that donald trump did this, right? it was somebody in the campaign, but it's -- but, you know, when you're the candidate, you're the ceo of the campaign, managing an enterprise, and so if your claim to fame is that's what you are good at, that's called into question, but this is a huge missed opportunity. the whole point of the week, we've been told, is soften donald trump's image and show him as a family man, someone devoted to his wife, his children, and who has this humanity that has not necessarily come across over the course of the primaries, and so when the story becomes about this instead, you have missed that chance. >> and look what happened, you know, yesterday, it started off with that revolt on the floor to force a procedural vote to drop proceedings on the floor, and that was dominating the news coverage beforehand. then the speeches, party on

message going after hillary clinton, and then this controversy. clearly, a rocky start. >> the governor -- >> two-term governor of perhaps the most crucial state in the country. >> right. >> in the middle of the convention. >> right. >> we'll get to all of that, just stunning, their central theme for all the cases to prosecute this week, priority number one, the trump campaign says, this is a likable guy. give him a a look. you'll like the guy if you learn from his family, and most strategists disagree, but most think off the rails on the first night. we'll see if they get back on rail night two. up next, the trump campaign says benghazi is critical to the case against hillary clinton. well, maybe someone should have told the candidate. your insurance company

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a little look at the convention hall in cleveland. the team says they are thrilled with how things played out. tough talk about law and order. >> we know the risk you're taking, and we say thank you to every police officer and law enforcement agent who's out tonight protecting us, black, white, latino, of every race, every color, every creed, every

sexual orientation, when they come to save your life, they don't ask if you are black or white, they just come to save you! >> giuliani on fire last night if you didn't watch and attack of hillary clinton's handling of the u.s. consulate attack in benghazi. >> i blame hillary clinton personally for the death of my son. she lied to me and then called me a liar. [ audience reacts ] when i saw hillary clinton at the coffin ceremony just days later, she looked me squarely in the eye and told me a video was responsible. >> but not everyone watching saw what the trump campaign says

what was a big part of the opening night. during the speech, the candidate, donald trump, called into fox news to, among other things, continue a fight with john kasich who has not endorsed trump and has no role in this convention. >> if i were him and beaten that badly, i would not show up either. he has a problem, though, he signed a pledge, and from a stand point of honor, i think he should show up. >> just from a management perspective, number one, never seen a candidate counter program against his own convention, but the campaign chairman this morning said, i didn't know he was calling into fox news. >> yeah. the thing is underscoring the staff cannot control the candidate. even if paul gives reassurances to republicans in washington, particularly establishment-types worried about the candidate, he can't do anything because donald trump will freelance like calling into fox news and

overshadow a key aspect of that program. at that exact moment, the mother of one of a man killed in benghazi was blaming hillary clinton for her son's death, but no one was watching fox news saw that. they were listening to donald trump criticize john kasich. >> it was the same reason why the rollout was problematic too. he wants to do rallies and interviews. i bet the campaign, right? >> and talk about himself. >> himself, exactly. >> so, i mean, that is the campaign for him, and anything that sort of takes away from that, he's not interested in, and so, you know, conventions about the vp rollout has to focus on the vp's bio, record, traditions about you don't show up for the convention on the first night, or call in, he doesn't care about that stuff. >> well, but, okay, they can't control him. >> right. >> they should be able to control the stuff he's not directly involved in. one of the goals is to improve trump's standing among women.

one goal is to prove to people he's commander in chief. close your eyes, see the room. if you look at the map, if they can't get pennsylvania, if they can't get a wisconsin, they have to find them elsewhere. you get six in iowa, four in new hampshire, to a rising star in the republican party. joni, a big speaker last night, except, except because the program kind of went off the rails, when joni delivered this message, it was closing in on, i think, 11:30. >> take a look, folks, at the pathetic track record she and obama have on the war on isis. this administration has called them junior varsity adversaries ignoring some of the best advice they were given. >> hello? general flynn was on earlier. he went on and on and on like

bill clinton convention. >> she's one of the best people to be on the trail with him this fall. the fact they buried her in a 11:30 speaking slot was the first thing that did not make sense. she's one of the few people with a friendly relationship and good repor with donald trump behind the scenes. go out there and help with women. >> and tea party credentials. >> and a military veteran. >> right. >> the theme of last night, make america safe again, in a lot of ways, it's an election playing out on donald trump's turf. the campaign from the beginning has been about the threat of terrorism and the threat of crime, and all of the events around the world, international and domestic, are now reenforcing that theme so this should be a huge opportunity to make the case to the american people that he is the candidate who is most tuned into those problems, and, insed, at every turn, he finds impressively

creative ways to step on the message, and to that point, the fact that, you know, benghazi was a big focus last night when it was about, you know, make america safe, they are still speaking to the fox news voters who are already supporting donald trump. where are we going to start seeing this outreach to women through people like joni ernst, et cetera. >> speak before melania trump because melania was going to be the headliner, the big story coming out of the convention. everyone is stuck with the convention watching with all the networks until melania trump spoke, but in addition to that, the convention, albeit, they thought it was over when melania trump was done. >> because that's the traditional way to do it, just build up. >> another thing, this is a distraction, this won't last until november, but, again, to the point opening night being so important. the race is competitive. slight advantage to hillary clinton, you don't want to waste a second, right? as part of the conversation last night calling into fox news,

listen to this, donald trump says he's the reason we're here in cleveland. >> i wanted it to be here, and we had lots of choices. i wanted it to be in ohio. i recommended ohio. people fought really hard that it be in ohio. it's a tremendous economic development event, and you look at the way it's going so far, it's very impressive. >> i e-mailed six people at the republican national committee last night asking for proof that donald trump had anything to do with the convention being here in ohio. i don't know why he does things like that. the decision was made in 2014. he was maybe thinking about running for president, but he was not involved. he had nothing to do with the process. why? >> he can't help himself. >> did he invent ice cream? >> i think what we learned, we learned in the iraq war as well. donald trump has the ability to go back in time and take positions on things after the fact and take credit for them.

this is another example. >> this is a side show, but donald trumpmented don king to speak to the convention. he was once convicted of manslaughter. the staff including the chairman talked donald trump out of that, saying bad idea, but you have to say, sorry, don, stay home. instead, don king was outside the hall to make a point about the republican party. >> oh, sorry. >> i'm not speaking because reince is still thinking he don't like black people. when they give donald trump another look, if this guy's your friend, with "friend," cliche, again, not my line, with friends like these -- >> well, you get the worst of both worlds, right? the point of having don king stay home is to not have don king on television in the republican convention. now, you don't get whatever hypothetical benefit there might be of having don king speak, but you also don't get don king not in the frame because he is, and he's blasting you. >> great reporting about that earlier in the week.

surprising given the, you know, the -- having don king saying such inflammatory things about the party chairman on issues about interracial relations is problematic. >> it's another one of the circus acts, whack-a-mole, if you will, of things happening here with the discipline of the organization. coming up, make america work again it tonight's theme. we'll preview the lineup. first, how about this, our "inside politics" quiz, switching parties, hillary clinton announcing a running mate this week or early next. is the country ready for an all-female ticket? go to cnn.com/vote. ugh. heartburn. sorry ma'am. no burning here. try new alka-seltzer heartburn relief gummies. they don't taste chalky and work fast. mmmm. incredible. can i try? she doesn't have heartburn. new alka seltzer heartburn relief gummies. enjoy the relief.

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night two of the republican convention, and tonight, make america work again is the theme. on the speaking list? several republicans who had a hard time making their relationship with donald trump work. senate majority leader mitch

mcconnell says trump is scripted because he does not no much about policy. paul ryan has a long list of policy differences with trump and repeatedly criticized his tone, but there's one loyal soldier, new jersey governor, kris kentechris christie who wa his running mate, but he says it's in the past and ready tonight to help frame the fall choice. >> listen, i think what you'll see tonight is somebody who has experience in the courtroom and knows how to make a case. >> what's the case to make? >> i'll wait until tonight to make the case, but a case that donald trump is ready to be president of the united states, and that perhaps his opponet is not. >> to his credit, odd spot for kris kentechris christie. disapointed, lobbying trump until the end. knows he's a former prosecutor, we know he didn't win, but a good debater. we also get more from the trump family tonight, but what is chris christie's role to try to make the case?

>> he's a very effective, makes effective arguments against hillary clinton. i mean, the republican prosecuting the case against her, promote donald trump, and win in some ways because he was passed over for the vp slot. interesting to see the extent he praises mike pence. interested you mentioned paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, how much will they emphasize their support of donald trump? >> right. >> i'm told they'll probably speak a lot about their own party caucus's agenda, house republican agenda, what senate republicans have done, keep the congressional authority in gop hands and attack hillary clinton, of course, but how much will these folks promote donald trump is the interesting question. >> i actually talked to governor christie on the floor last night, surrounded by cameras tracking his every move, just being a team player, saying he and pence were texting constantly, out there making the case saying that, of course, he

was disappointed, but said i'm a big boy, moving past this, and focus on things i want to do, focusing on the transition for the campaign, and went on to talk about what donald trump could do to soften his image among women. he's very much on message playing the good soldier here. >> if we're going to make america work again, right, look at the other speakers. you have mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, kevin mccarthy, they are thinking about how do we keep our jobs and majorities. you have christie, tiffany trump, his daughter speaking tonight, and don, jr., continuing the family effort, and dr. ben carson, and i think the gentleman, the ceo of trump winery speaking. you're looking at -- the theme is make america work again. we know presidential campaigns, the economy is almost always issue number one, and trump has the advantage on the economy at the moment over hillary clinton by eight points voters say trump does a better job. where is the person to make the policy case? the jobs case?

i will create jobs, make the economy better case? >> well, look, it's not happened yet. maybe we're being unfair. it is technically a possibility that everybody comes on that stage tonight, and they are all on the same page reading from the same playbook driving a strong message about the economy, right? they've all got talking points about republican agenda for jobs and growth, and there is a strong case to be made as you said, voters tend to trust them on this issue, but as we -- but as we've seen, there's this sort of weird motley crew of speakers, in part, because people were not willing to come, and in part, the party is in such chaos, it's hard to know what it stands for and what kinds of policies -- is this the paul ryan agenda, which donald trump said he disagrees with? is that what the party is for, or is it something else entirely? there's a lot of confusion on these things. >> i was out doing door knocking in cleveland suburbs yesterday talking to voters about, you know, the convention being close

by, and a lot of them talked about, you know, leaning towards trump because they do still feel that while all the economic indicators say things are getter better, they are not feeling it in their lives. they feel like their friends are working multiple jobs, not getting enough work, you know, that health care is a big issue. he has a huge opportunity here tonight, and going forward into the fall, particularly if he starts to be more on message on that issue and actually lay out a plan. >> can we expect as he tries to take advantage of the opportunity it is an opportunity? the dynamic in the country is for change right now. hillary clinton has some favor in the polls, but dynamic in the country is change. that's the competition. do we expect tonight as they try to get to the economy and jobs issue anymore disruption from the floor? we had the rules fight yesterday. people said it was chaos and people said trump people took control of the convention. when they were challenged, people changed their minds and got the rules fight, but never trump or anti-trump forces try to place cruz's name in the nomination, but try other things on the floor. do we think that's stunt

material or something big? >> something like that could happen today, unless the trump team can squash it. there's a lot of people talking about this organically. i think the whips feel like it's under control, there's not one central person leading it, and cruz's team has been very clear that he's not directing this effort, encouraging this effort, in fact, it would put him in an awkward position, but we may see drama on that front today. >> would not succeed and stop donald trump from becoming the nominee. what they want to do is get headlines, get in the news, show disruption. you may see some, maybe a walkout, something like that, that's not out of the question tonight. >> no surprised if there's an effort to do that. there's a lot of delegates out there still on that floor. i mean, talking about the stuff last night -- >> they have no investment in a republican victory? anything they can do to distract to cause a problem? >> i don't think that's how some

of the folks think on the floor. some are savvy like that, but the delegates are what you call regular republicans, fairly conservative, go to the party conventions, the reagan day dinners, and they have for years, and they'll get out there and be for trump because he's not hillary, just watching the applause and reactions last night, it's so different. don't feel the energy. >> not at all. >> with the exception of rudy lines there last night, you never felt much energy out there from the floor, and the energy you felt with rudy was not about trump, but really raw red meat lines. >> when we come back, hillary clinton needs high african-american turnout to win, and while she thinks donald trump is her best friend. to the democrats next.

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we know hillary clinton is watching the republican convention quite closely, and she sees opportunity. number one, to motivate african-american voters. >> donald trump led the movement to delegitimize our first black president. trumpeting the so-called birther movement. donald trump plays coy with white supremistsupremists. donald trump insults mexican immigrants, even an american judge born of mexican heritage. donald trump demeans women. donald trump wants to ban an entire religion from entering our country. >> and secretary clinton looks at the sec half of the republican ticket seeing an opportunity to motivate voters

who see gay rights or abortion rights as key to the presidential vote. >> i think he's made a very devid divisive choice picking someone who stood for a law that would have legitimized blatant discrimination against the lgbt community. when in congress, he tried to defund planned parenthood. he has a record of, you know, divisiveness in both -- >> it's been said before, but it is striking. when you watch what she has in recent days, reacting to the convention trying to get in the stories about the convention, the political convention, and it's two worlds. she's focusing on the bamako ligs, 2008, 2012 turnout, similar coalition. i win. the republicans think, go hard against the clintons, chin up

conservative turnout, we win. two americas. >> rest in peace swing voters. what happened to the day you tried to persuade the vast middle of the country to vote for you? it's not vast anymore. that's reflected in the strategy of the two campaigns. i was so watching the fox prime time variety show feeling like the b block of watching the program. benghazi, fast and furious, you know, hillary should be in prison, clark from milwaukee, this is, like, the conservative media universe. i tweeted out a couple -- >> just to play contraryian, though, if people are uneasy, anxious, the economy, about the police being shot by snipers and the like, that's an environment for change argument, if you want to make the case, up to voters, but smart to make the case that what we have is not working, try something different. >> if it's a turnout election.

that's the point i'm making. you might sort of have the zones in your convention program, but if this thing's aimed at getting every conservative in ohio out to the polls to vote for you, then you should do benghazi all four nights. >> you should pitch that program, i don't know that this is the right program for it -- [ laughter ] >> we will see. natural segue talking about the vp pick. interesting to see what clinton decides on vp, but if she decides, as donald trump did, to go conservative with the vp pick, if clinton goes liberal to generate enthusiasm among the democratic base and not be as focused on the swing voters. >> to that point, everyone, we're in the reporting business, here's secretary clinton talking in the pbs interview about the vice presidential pick seeming to say what she's supposed to say, but any clues? let's listen. >> have the blessing of having some excellent choices, people

who -- here's my criteria. will this person be a good president? i'm afflicted with the responsibility gene, and i know what it's like being president. i've seen it up close. i've worked for one. i had that experience. for me, there is nothing more important than my rock solid conviction that the person i choose could literally get up one day and be the president of the united states. >> now, that last sentence, i don't believe donald trump spoke in introducing mike pence. it's a cliche i picked the person because i know god forbid anything happen to me, ready on day one to be preponderate of the united states. you're supposed to say that, but anything in there, the responsibility gene, i'm a poli policy, and anything that gives a clue? >> suggestive she's framing this as competence rather than ideology. instead of saying she's looking for someone who believes in what she believes and casting this as

being about the sort of philosophical principles of -- particularly of the progressive movement, which we saw create so much of a stir in the democratic primary, she's casting this much more as a pragmatic choice, and it's a cliche so saying what every condition candidate says in this situation, but seems to be framing. >> whispering skills are on, sorry elizabeth warren? >> i'm not so sure cane is in the mix. i i moderated an event in the governor's race, and he was not very aggressive in that debate, and you need a vp that can go after -- that's one of the big -- in that debate. >> you're saying he did not touch the democratic -- stopping right there. reporters with notebooks next and look at how mike pence could fill the ticket and how it's paying off. first, the results of our quiz. with clinton's announcement coming up, is the country ready

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let's head the line as we always do to close out "inside politics." >> we touched on it a little bit already, but as chaotic as the convention looks from the outside, it is more chaotic behind the scenes. the planners of the convention, the party people, the convention people say they are getting almost no direction from the trump campaign, and when they do get direction, it's to blow up their plans, so they are having a really hard time, and there's a lot of frustration building up there. >> it's only day two. only day two. >> john, after the 2012 election when romney only got 27 latino votes, they did an autopsy to see what to do differently.

one was outreach to latinos. they look at the convention, and they are concerned. there's not a lot of messaging or latino speakers. one, ted cruz, cuban-american, but really not many other speakers to do that. we'll see if there's a messaging change, but there is a concern. that's a key demographic. >> absolutely is. >> striking as who is speaks is who is not speaking. three generations of the bush family are missing here as the convention. first time in decades you have not had a bush presence on stage at a gop convention. i have a story right now on "new york times" website detailing just the degree to which the bush family removed itself from the campaign. they are effectively self-imposed exile right now. what's not well-known how personal it is for them. it's caused huge divide in the family, deep anger as those they

see being too trump friendly, like the former press secretary, for example, and what's at stake here and what's important is if trump wins, it's a repudiation of the bush-style conservative politi politics, and if trump loses, it redeems bushism a little bit in history, and it makes his approach more inclusive, more bihe party. lots at stake for the bushes. >> watch that one. >> yes, the millions of voters tching at home are incredibly important this week. what they take away from the convention, but there are also a lot of donors, many of whom didn't come to the convention this year unlike past years, who are watching closely to see if donald trump turns thinged around this week. there was a lot of them ebold ed by the pence pick. the saying they are not getting involved in the presidential level, but watch to seeabout ma

much, but they are under heavy pressure right now. >> money is the lubricant of politics. all politics is local, maybe this is just a war of wills between two stubborn men or cost republicans ohio and the presidency. call it what you will, but the feud between the trump campaign and ohio governor kasich is only intensifying. trump called in fox news, and the chairman called on kasich yesterday saying he was embarrassing his state. now, team kasich is befuddled by this saying there was a deal negotiated between the two camps. kasich tells his team to organize in ohio and avoid criticizing the rivals. in turn, team trump said they would not make a stake about the refusal to endorse. what happened? each side blames the other and there's little hope, although the state is important, for immediate peace. thank you for joining us. hope to see you tonight. back here tomorrow at this time

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hello, i'm wolf blitzer, 1:00 p.m. in cleveland, from wherever you are watching around the world, thank you very much for joining a. it's day two of the republican national convention, kicking off in cleveland again in just a few hours. day one saw its share of unrest with outbursts of accepting the rules. could have a similar scene today in the official actions since today is the day donald trump will be officially nominated. the theme tonight is make america work again. special focus