debt to society. i am the 41st state. why are we at the end on all of these racial issues? we should be leading the nation on that. the cause of civil rights is often bumpy and difficult but the fight goes on and we will continue to fight in the commonwealth of virginia. >> governor terry mcauliffe, thank you for being on c-span's newsmakers. what did you learn from the governor? learned that he can turn any conversation to a discussion of what's going on in virginia like a good governor should. president? ning for be running for senate. we did not ask him but he gets to pick the replacement for tim kaine.

we tried to ask him. >> what did you hear? >> one thing that stuck out to me was how confident he sounded about virginia and hillary clinton's chances there. it didn't seem he thought there was any chance donald trump would win. obviously he's going to be saying this but the way he was saying it made it seem like he was much more concerned about ohio and pennsylvania. >> at the same time the trump team has said there are some democratic states in play for us. >> i think he was not buying that. obviously they ohio pennsylvania thing is a huge point of concern. the governor said it is something you see secretary clinton's strategists say. he was very disciplined in pushing that message today. >> you made the comment that

they are driving a bus through this area. is that significant? >> the symbolism could not be more clear. as soon as they leave pennsylvania tomorrow, there's a toly here in philadelphia kick off a bus tour that will kaineclinton and through pennsylvania and ohio. go tore going to pittsburgh, the western part of the state where the economics and demographics are very different than the eastern part of the state. support for democrats generally and clinton in particular is a lot lower. a lot of the reason for that is the economic malaise they are trying to confront in this election and which the governor intioned as a huge factor just getting past the idea for

that after almost eight years of a democratic president, there aren't more jobs and wages haven't risen is one of their biggest problems and that is part of what they are going to confront in driving around to some hard loouck places. >> is the democratic ticket beginning from a more left position? . >> absolutely. their theory of the case is because they are running against donald trump that is going to happen anyway -- their real is making sureow their core constituencies particularly young voters and minorities are turning out in enough numbers to actually give them those states. >> yes. this is a go to war with the

army you have election very much for the democrats. the goal being re-create the obama coalition, build it even more, get young people. it is why the sanders phenomenon was such a problem for clinton. he poached the young vote which she really needs. this is newsmakers from philadelphia. >> next we will show you some of the speeches from the republican national convention held in cleveland beginning with former new york city mayor rudy trump,i, then melania his daughter tiffany and his son

donald trump jr. q&a journalist and author joshua kendall discusses parentingirst dads, and politics from george washington to barack obama. >> fathering is kind of a way into character. we tend to think this is a bad guy or this is a good guy. to see that a lot of these men who have been president had different parts, they were compartmentalized and some of them could be very laudable and do amazing things and some could be really disappointing and horrifiey us. >> tonight on c-span's q&a. >> now we will look at some of the speeches from the rnc which was held in cleveland during the week of july 18.

monday's speakers included former new york city mayor rudy giuliani and claudia trump, the wife of donald trump. >> please welcome the former mayor of new york city, rudy giuliani. [applause] [cheering] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, new york. [applause] for a new yorker for once on the ticket, donald trump. [cheering]

i'm here to speak to you about a very serious subject. how to make america safe. the vast majority of americans today do not feel safe. they fear for their children. they fear for themselves. they fear for our police officers who are being targeted with a target on their back. we pray for our police officers in dallas and baton rouge and their families. [applause] and we say thank you to the cleveland police department for protecting us. [cheering] thank you.

we know, we know the risk you are taking and we say thank you to every police officer and law enforcement agent who is out tonight protecting us, black, white, latino, of every race, every color, every creed, every sexual orientation. [cheering] when they come to save your life, they don't ask if you are black or white, they just come to save you. [cheering] we also reach out, we reach out our arms with understanding and compassion.

to those who have lost loved ones because of police shootings, some justified, some unjustified. those that are unjustified, must be punished. those that are justified, we must apologize to. it is time to make america safe again. it is time to make america one again. one america. [cheering] what happened to there's no black america, there's no white america, there is just america? [cheering] what happened to it? where did it go? how has it flown away? [cheering]

i know we can change it because i did it by changing new york city from the crime capital of america to the safest large city in the united states. [cheering] what i did for new york, donald trump will do for america! [cheering] i have known donald trump for almost 30 years. and he has created and accomplished great things. in my city, and all over the world.

beyond that, this is a man with a big heart. every time new york suffered a tragedy, donald trump was there to help. [cheering] he's not going to like my telling you this, but he did it anonymously. when police officers were shot, fire fighters hurt, when people were in trouble, he came forward and helped and he asked not to be mentioned. well, i'm going to break my promise to him, i'm going to mention it. this is a man with a big heart who loves people, all people from the top to the bottom, from the middle to the side. [cheering] i'm telling you this because i'm sick and tired of the defamation of donald trump by the media and by the clinton campaign.

[cheering] i'm sick and tired of it! this is a good man. [cheering] and america should be sick and tired of their vicious, nasty campaign. [cheering] you deserve to know this about your next president, he's been a great father, father-in-law, grandfather, and friend to me, my wife judith, and my family for most 30 years. i know him personally. this is a very good and decent man and he will be a great president. [cheering] in the last seven months, there have been five major islamic terrorist attacks on us and our

allies. we must not be afraid to define our enemy. it is islamic extremist terrorism. [cheering] i, for the purpose of the media, i did not say all of islam. i did not say most of islam. i said islamic extremist terrorism. you know who you are. [cheering] and we are coming to get you. [cheering]

failing to identify them, failing to identify them properly maligns all those good muslims around the world. who are being killed by them. they are killing more muslims than anyone else. it also sets up a fear of being politically incorrect. that can have serious consequences. it did in san bernardino, it did with major nadal. he was yelling allahu akbar. the only person who cannot figure this out that this was a terrorist attack was barack obama. who called it workplace violence.

this is why our enemies see us as weak and vulnerable. donald trump has said the first step in defeating our enemies is to identify them properly and see the connection between them so we can find them and catch them. to defeat islamist extremist terrorists, we must put them on defense. if they are at war against us, which they have declared, we must commit ourselves to unconditional victory against them. [cheering]

this includes undoing one of the worst deals america ever made, obama's nuclear agreement with iran, that will eventually, that will eventually let them become a nuclear power and is putting billions of dollars back into a country that is the world's largest supporter of terrorism. we are actually giving them the money to fund the terrorists who are killing us and our allies. we are giving them the money, are we crazy? donald trump will make sure that any agreement with iran meets the original goals of the u.n. and our allies. a non-nuclear iran. [cheering] donald trump is a leader. he will reassert america's position as the nation with the best values to lead the world.

it was hillary clinton who advocated for the overthrow of muammar gaddafi in libya. now libya is in chaos. hillary clinton is accountable for this and much more. her dereliction of duty and failure to keep her people safe played a major role as you heard tonight in the horrific islamic terrorist murders on september 11 and 12, 2012. in benghazi. which claimed the lives of four brave americans. ambassador j. christopher stevens, u.s. foreign service officer john smith and cia agents tyrone ashwood and brian dougherty. may they rest in peace. [applause] and clinton and the obama

administration for political reasons lie. about the purpose of the attacks. including hillary clinton lying directly to the families of the people who were killed right to their face. >> boo! >> hillary clinton's answer to congress about the deaths of these four brave americans because of her gross failures as secretary of state, was, quote, what difference does it make? >> boo! >> what difference does it make? watch the video yourself. and see the arrogant disregard for american lives lost unnecessarily because of her and then make up your own mind.

it means we're getting to them. it means we're getting to them. it means we're getting to them. anyone who can say that it makes no difference how or why people serving america are killed should not be entrusted with the awesome responsibility to protect us and should not be allowed to be our commander-in-chief. [cheering] who would trust hillary clinton to protect them? i would not. would you?

>> no! >> donald trump will change all of that and more. in short he will lead by leading, not by following. you know donald trump will secure our borders. his opponent has had her chance to do this and she has failed. hillary clinton is for open borders. >> boo! >> she is in favor of even taking syrian refugees even though the islamic state has told us they are going to put their operatives in with the syrian refugees. operatives who are terrorists who will come to western europe and come here and kill us. they have told us that and she still wants to take in these syrians. we can't afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. [applause]

hillary clinton's experience is the basis for her campaign. hillary clinton's experience is exactly the reason she should not be president of the united states. [cheering] there is no next election. this is it. there is no more time for us left to revive our great country. no more time to repeat our mistakes of the clinton-obama years. washington needs a complete turnaround and donald trump is the agent of change and he will be the leader of the change we need. [cheering] he will make america once again like the president i worked for,

ronald reagan. [cheering] the shining city on the hill. vote for donald trump for a safer america and for an america headed in a different direction. greatness! [cheering] god bless our next president, donald trump and god bless the united states of america! usa! [cheering] ♪ [queen's "we ar ethe the

champions" playing] ♪ [applause] donald trump: thank you, everybody. we love you. we are going to win so big. thank you much. thank you. thank you. [cheering]

we're going to win so big. thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. we're going to win so big. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great honor to present the next first lady of the united states. my wife and amazing mother, an incredible woman, melania trump. thank you very much. thank you. [cheering] ♪

melania trump: thank you. thank you very much. you have all been very kind to donald and me. to our young son barron and our whole family. it is a very nice welcome and we are excited to be with you at this historic convention. [cheering] i'm so proud of your choice for president of the united states. my husband, donald j. trump. [cheering] and i can assure you that he is moved by this great honor.

the 2016 republican primaries were fierce and started with many candidates, 17 to be exact and i know that donald agrees with me when i mention how talented all of them are, they deserved respect and gratitude from all of us. [cheering] however, when it comes to my husband, i would say that i'm definitely biased and for good reason. i have been with donald for 18 years and i have been aware of his love for this country since we first met. he never had a hidden agenda when it came to his patriotism. like me, he loves this country very much. [cheering] i was born in slovenia, a small,

beautiful and communist country in central europe. my sister, an incredible woman, and a friend, and i were raised by my wonderful parents. my elegant and hard-working mother introduced me to fashion and beauty. my father victor installed in me a passion for business and travel. their integrity, passion, intelligence reflects to this day on me and for my love of family and america. [cheering] from a young age, my parents impressed on me the value that you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond and that you do what you say and keep your promise. that you treat people with

respect. they taught and showed these values and morals in their daily life. that is a lesson i continue to pass along to our son and we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. [cheering] because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievement is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. [cheering] i'm fortunate for my heritage, but also for where it brought me today. i traveled the world while working hard in the incredible arena of fashion. after living and working in milan and paris, i arrived in new york city 20 years ago.

and i felt both the joy and hardships of daily life. on july 28, 2006, i was very proud to become a citizen of the united states. [cheering] the greatest privilege on planet earth. [cheering] i cannot overstate the freedom this country offers for granted. but these freedoms have come with a price so many times. the sacrifices made by our veterans, a reminder to us of this. i would like to take a moment to

recognize an amazing veteran, the great senator bob dole. [cheering] and let us thank all of our veterans in the arena today and those across our great country. [cheering] we are all truly blessed to be here, that will never change. i can tell you with certainty -- certainty, that my husband has been concerned about our country for as long as i have known him. with all of my heart, i know that he will make a great and lasting difference. donald has a great and deep on bonding determination and it never give

up attitude. i have seen him try for years to get a project done or even started and he does not give up. [cheering] if you want someone to fight for you and your country, i can assure you that he is the guy. [cheering] he will never ever give up most importantly, he will never ever let you down. [cheering] donald is and always has been an amazing leader. now, he will go to work for you. [cheering] his achievements speak for themselves and his performance throughout the primary campaign proved that he knows how to win.

he also knows how to remain focused on improving our country, on keeping it safe and secure. [cheering] he is tough when he has to be, but he is also kind and fair and caring this kind this is not always noticed, but it is there for all to see. that is one reason i fell in love with him to begin with. [cheering] donald is intensely loyal to family friends, employee, country. he has the utmost respect for his parents, to his sister, to his brother into the memory of his late brother. his

children have been cared for and even his advisers admit that they are an amazing testament to who he is as a man and a father. [cheering] there is a great amount of love in the donald trump family. that is our bond, and that is our strength. isald thinks big, which especially important considering the presidency of the united states. no room for small thinking, small results, donald is a big thinker. [cheering] our country is underperforming and needs new leadership. leadership is also what the world needs. donald want our country to move forward in the most positive of ways. everyone

wants change. donald is the only one who can deliver it. we should not be satisfied with stagnation. donald once prosperity for all americans. [cheering] we need new programs to help the poor and opportunities to challenge the young. there has to be a place for growth, only been released to this result. my husband's experience exemplifies growth and success. his success indicates inclusion rather than division. my husband offers a new direction.

welcoming change, prosperity, and greater cooperation among peoples and nations. donald intends to present all the people, not just some of the people. [cheering] that includes christians, jews, muslims, it includes hispanics and african-americans and asians and the poor and middle class. [cheering] throughout his career donald has , successfully worked with people of many faiths. i have seen the talent, the energy that a soul for mind and a simple goodness of the heart that god gave to donald trump. now is the

time to use those gifts as never before, for purposes greater the and ever. and he will do this better than anyone else can and it will not even be close. [cheers and applause >> people are counting on him. all of the millions of you who have blessed us so much with your kindness and confidence. you have contained this into a movement that is still gaining in strength and number. [cheers and applause] > the primary season ended its

toughness is behind us. let us all come together like no other. [cheers and applause] >> the race will be hard all the way until november. there will be good times and hard times and unexpected turns. it would not be a trump contest without excitement and drama. but throughout it all, my husband will remain on one thing, this beautiful country that he loves so much. if i am honored to service first lady, i will use the wonderful privilege to try to help people in our country who need it the most. one of the

many causes dear to my heart is helping children and women. you judge society by how it treats its citizens. we must do our best to ensure every child can live in comfort and security with the best possible education. [cheers and applause] >> the citizens of this great nation, it is kindness, love, and compassion or each other that will bring us together and keep us together. [applause] >> these are the values donald in and i will bring to the white house. my husband is ready to lead this great nation. he is ready to fight every day to give

our children the better future they deserve. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, donald j. trump is ready to serve and lead this country is the next president of the united states. [applause] thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. [applause]

(music) [cheering and applause] >> today democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees hillary clinton and tim kaine will speak at a campaign rally in columbus ohio. our library to the white house coverage begins at 2:45 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> did you miss any of the republican or democratic national conventions in?

know you can go back and watch every moment. go to c-span.org to find every speech from both conventions and watch on-demand whenever you want. here's how. at the top of the c-span.org homepage, click on either the democratic or republican convention right you will find videos from each day of both conventions. you will also find convention highlights near the top. scroll down and browse through every speaker. click on the speech you want to watch. and you can click any speech and share on social media. c-span.org is your most comprehensive guide for finding video of any convention moment. c-span, created by cable, offered as a public service by your television provider. on tuesday, july 19, delegates to the republican national convention heard from two more members of the trump family, dr. tiffany and the son donald junior. new jersey governor chris christie also spoke. later we will show donald trump junior's announcement officially making his father the 2016 republican presidential nominee.

>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome tiffany trump. [applause] tiffany trump: thank you all so much. it's so amazing to be with you all tonight and say a few words about my father and your nominee for president. please excuse me if i'm a little nervous. when i graduated college a couple of months ago, i never expected to be here tonight addressing the nation. i've given a few speeches in front of classrooms and students, but never in an arena with more than 10 million people watching. but like my father, i never back down from challenges, so here i am, a little new to the convention scene, but

incredibly honored and very confident in the good man america is coming to know. it's often said that with enough effort and determination, you can do whatever you put your mind to, but saying those words and living them are different things, and my father has lived them. it's one of his defining qualities, and i've seen it in action all my life. whatever he does, he gives his all and does it well. his desire for excellence is contagious. he possesses a unique skill in bringing that trait out in others. he's always helped me be the best version of myself by encouragement and example. he motivates me to work my hardest and to always stay true to who i am and what i believe. that's

what he does. he draws out that talent and drive in people so that they can achieve their full potential. that's a great quality to have in a father, and better yet, in the president of the united states. as a recent college graduate, many of my accomplishments are still to come, but my dad takes such pride in all that i've done so far, no matter how big or how small. i still keep all of my report cards, some dating back to kindergarten, because i like to look back and see the sweet notes he wrote on each and every one of them. contrary to what you might expect from someone who places an emphasis on results, my dad's comments referred often to the sentiments expressed by my teachers about how i acted in and out of the classroom. just not even focusing on the letter grades themselves. donald trump

has never done anything halfway, least of all as a parent. my father always asked about my family in georgia, to make sure that they are healthy and safe. my uncle served in vietnam, and my 97-year-old great grandfather served in world war ii. i believe the measure of a person is revealed in their darkest times. for me, the measure of a parent is based on how they support and bolster you when you're down. a few years ago, someone very dear to me passed away, and the first call i got, as i knew i would, came from my father. without his unwavering support and care for me during such a challenging time, i don't know how i would have made it through. as far too many know, it is the small, loving acts that help an enormous amount in times of grief. my father is good with advice, as you might

guess, but he keeps it short and the takeaway is usually the same, to help us find our own way and our own gifts. if you do what you love, hold nothing back, and never let fear of failure get in the way, then you've pretty much figured out the trump formula. my dad is a natural-born encourager, the last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights up give up your dreams. i always looked forward to introducing him to my friends, especially the ones with preconceived notions, because they meet a man with natural charm and no facade. in person, my father is so friendly, so considerate, so funny and so real. my friends walked away with a glimpse of all that he is, and all that he means to me, of the strong,

protective, kind, endearing man i am so proud to call my father. i never pictured myself saying all of this to a packed arena, but i'm grateful and fortunate for the chance. i have admired my father all my life and i love him with all my heart. god bless you and thank you. [applause] >> please welcome donald trump junior. [applause] donald trump jr.: thank you. good evening, i'm donald trump, jr. thank you.

thank you. i'm the father of five young children, from 2-year-old chloe to kai who just turned 9. i'm the husband to vanessa, an amazing wife and mother, and the son of a great man. i'm an american. and tonight i want to talk to you about the country we live in, the country our children will grow up in. for my generation, this is the most important election of our lifetime, one that will determine the future of our country and, in turn, the future of the world. for too long, our country has ignored its problems, punting them down the road for future generations to deal with. in business, i was trained by my father to make the tough investments and decisions today to assure a brighter future tomorrow. we've actually started to believe that solving

our great problems is an impossible task, and that's why we need to elect a man who has a track record of accomplishing the impossible. [applause] for the first time, parents no longer think that their kids will be as well off as we were. we've lost the confidence in our leaders and the faith in our institutions. but remember one thing: we're still americans, we're still one country, and we're going to get it all back. we're going to get it back better than ever before. i know we'll get it back because i know my father. i know that when people tell him it can't be done that guarantees that he gets it done. i know that when someone tells him that something is impossible, that's what triggers him into action. when people told him it was impossible for a

boy from queens to go to manhattan and take on developers in the big city, rather than give up he changed the skyline of new york. i've seen it time and time again, that look in his eyes when someone says it can't be done. i saw that look a little over a year ago when he was told he couldn't possibly succeed in politics. yes, he did. for my father, impossible is just the starting point. that's how he approaches business projects, that's how he approaches life, whether it's teaching his granddaughter how to swing a golf club, or tackling the toughest negotiations, he's always fully committed. that's why the person who had never run for office

before stood on the stage 11 months ago in this very arena with 16 professional politicians and this week that same man will stand before you as our party's nominee for the president of the united states of america. as a proud son and family member, it was one of the great honors of my life to be able to put him over the top in the delegate count earlier today. his unrelenting determination is why he's going to become our next president and why i know that when my father says he can fix the country he means it. you want to know what kind of president he'll be? let me tell you how he ran his businesses, and i know because i was there with him by his side on job sites, in conference rooms from

the time i could walk. he didn't hide out behind some desk in an executive suite, he spent his career with regular americans. he hung out with the guys on construction sites pouring concrete and hanging sheetrock. he listened to them and he valued their opinions as much and often more than the guys from harvard and wharton locked away in offices away from the real work. he's recognized the talent and the drive that all americans have. he's promoted people based on their character, their street smarts and their work ethic, not simply paper or credentials. to this day, many of the top executives in our company are individuals that started out in positions that were blue collar, but he saw something in them and he pushed them to succeed. his true gift as a leader is that he sees the potential in people that they don't even see in themselves the

potential that other executives would overlook because their resumes don't include the names of fancy colleges and degrees. i know he values those workers and those qualities in people because those are the individuals he had my siblings and me work under when we started out. that he would trust his own children's formative years to these men and women says all you need to know about donald trump. we didn't learn from mbas, we learned from people who had doctorates in common sense. guys like vinnie stellio, who taught us how to drive heavy equipment, operate tractors and chainsaws, who worked his way through the ranks to become a trusted adviser of my father. it's why we're the only children of billionaires as comfortable in a d10 caterpillar as we are in our own cars. my

father knew that those were the guys and gals that would teach us the dignity of hard work from a very young age. he knows that at that heart of the american dream is the idea that whoever we are, wherever we're from we can get ahead, where everyone can prosper together. the other party also tells us they believe in the american dream, they say we should worry about economic inequality and immobility. you know what? they're right. but they don't tell you that it was their policies that caused the problem and it was their policies that have no accountability. they gave us the worst immigration system in the world, one that imports immobility, one that drives down employment and wages for hispanic americans, for african americans and for everyone, an immigration system that favors illegals over those trying to go

through the process legally and, at times, even over law-abiding citizens. it was bernie sanders himself who warned that a large tide of new workers keeps wages low and poverty high. the other party gave us public schools that far too often fail our students, especially those who have no options. growing up, my siblings and i we were truly fortunate to have choices and options that others don't have. we want all americans to have those same opportunities. our schools used to be an elevator to the middle class, now they're stalled on the ground floor. they're like soviet-era department stores that are run for the benefit of the clerks and not the customers, for the teachers and the administrators and not the students. you know why other countries do better on k through 12? they let parents choose where to send their own

children to school. that's called competition. it's called the free market. and it's what the other party fears. (applause) they fear it because they're more concerned about protecting the jobs of tenured teachers than serving the students in desperate need of a good education. they want to run everything top-down from washington. they tell us they're the experts and they know what's best. the other party gave us a regulatory state on steroids. dodd- frank was a thousand pages long and it's already spun off 22,000 pages in regulations. imagine trying to digest all that before you even open your doors for business. that doesn't help consumers. what it does is destroy small business in favor

of big businesses who can afford the vast number of lawyers and accountants needed to comply. dodd-frank is consumer protection for billionaires. we've produced the thickest network of patronage and influence of any country at any time in world history. it's composed of a self- satisfied people at the top, our new aristocrats. we can't live that way any longer, it's too risky. let me talk a little bit about risks. the other party is the party of risk. i've spent time with many great americans who have served this country in the military, and they know what's at stake. when we have weak leaders in positions of power, americans risking their lives for our freedoms are less safe. you know, almost daily i get a call or a text from a real american hero. his name is mark geist and i'm proud to call him a friend. mark was part of the

security team at the annex on our grounds at the consulate in benghazi. mark was one of the men who received frantic phone calls from his buddies at the compound, calls that pleaded for help, calls that he and his team tried to answer. but calls didn't save all his friends because secretary clinton's state department had ignored their requests for help, both on the night in question and even in the weeks and months leading up to the attack. it was a tragedy and one that would be repeated were she to win the election. ask mark who's fit to lead, who has the judgment to lead, who will take that call at 3:00 in the morning? or better yet, ask yourselves, if you were in mark's shoes that night, who would you rather call? >> trump! trump! trump!

>> let me tell you something about risk. if hillary clinton were elected, she'd be the first president who couldn't pass a basic background check. it's incredible. hillary clinton is a risk americans can't afford to take. she says she'll issue executive orders to take away americans' guns. she wants to appoint judges who will abolish the second amendment. just look at how effective those laws have been in inner-city chicago, a city with the toughest gun laws in our nation, where 70 people were murdered last month alone and where over 3,400 american lives have been lost since this administration took office in 2009. you know why those laws fail? because criminals by definition don't follow laws. rather than prosecuting real

criminals, she would strip hardworking, law-abiding citizens of their rights to protect themselves and their families. she'll throw every possible obstacle in the path of safe, reliable, affordable energy produced in america, by americans, for american businesses and families. rather than being energy independent, our country will be forced to remain beholden to her buddies in the middle east. those are risks we can't afford to take. and when we win, we're not going to have to. there's so much work to do. we will not accept the current state of our country because it's too hard to change. that's not the america i know. we're going to unleash the creative spirit and energy of all americans. we're going to make our schools the best in the world for every single american of every single ethnicity and

background. we're going to put americans first, all americans, not a special class of crony elites at the top of the heap. we're going to elect a president who will work with everyone to pass legislation that will make our country great again, a president who will give us a tax code that will free the american economy and end special loopholes for the wealthy, a president who will give us an immigration law that protects american citizens and gives them jobs, a president who will repeal and replace "obamacare" without leaving our most vulnerable citizens without health care and who will do it without destroying medicare for seniors, as hillary clinton has proposed. a president who knows we can't simply delete our problems, but that we have to tackle them head on. a president who won't allow pc culture to put the safety and well-being of

our children and our loved ones at stake. a president who won't bow and pander to nations that shudder at the very thought of america's existence. a president more concerned with the safety and comfort of his fellow americans than the feelings of those hostile nations abroad who, if given the option, would wipe america off the face of this earth. a president not beholden to special interests, foreign and domestic, and one who funded his entire primary run out of his own pocket just to prove it. a president who will secure and defend the borders of the united states and who will appoint judges who believe that freedom requires a limited government. a president who won't use the highest office in the land as a path to personal enrichment. a president

who's actually created real jobs, who has actually signed the front of a paycheck, and who doesn't just talk about it in theory. a president who has real people's families and livelihoods dependent on his success and the success of his company for decades. a president who speaks his mind, and not just when it behooves him to do so, who doesn't have to run a focus group or use data analytics to be able to form a simple opinion. who says what needs to be said and not just what you want to hear. a president who will unleash the greatness in our nation and in all of us, who will give the hardworking men and women who have built this great country a voice once again. that president can only be my mentor, my best friend, my father, donald trump.

[applause] and when we elect him, we'll have done all that. we'll have made america great again, greater than ever before. thank you, and god bless. [cheering and applause] >> please join me in welcoming from the state of new jersey, governor chris christie. governor christie: good evening. good evening. i'm here tonight not only as the

governor of new jersey, but also as donald trump's friend for the last 14 years. we are about to be led by not only a strong leader, by a caring, genuine, and decent person. i am proud to say that the voice of the people of our nation being heard in this hall tonight, and those voices want to donald trump be the next president of the united states. but everybody, this election is not just about donald trump. it's also about his democratic opponent hillary rodham clinton. now, in the past few weeks, we have seen the justice department refused to prosecute her.

over the last eight years, we have seen this administration refused to hold her accountable for her dismal record as secretary of state. so let's do something fun tonight. former federal prosecutor, i welcome the opportunity to hold hillary rodham clinton accountable. now. all right. all right. we are getting there. give me a few more minutes. we will get there.

here is what were going to do. we will present the fact to you. juryonight sitting as the of her peers both in this hall and in your living room around our nation. since the justice department refuses to allow you to render a verdict, i'm going to present the case now on the facts against hillary rodham clinton. now, she was america's chief diplomat. so let's look around the world at the violence and the danger that hasevery region been infected by her flawed judgment. but i will be specific so that you can render your verdict tonight on the basis of the facts. let's go to north africa.

engineer ofchief the disaster's overthrow gadhafi in libya. libya today under hillary clinton's strategy, their economy has been ruined, there is death and violence on the street. and isis is not dominating the country. so let me ask you this. failure forton as a ruining libya and creating a nest for terrorist activity by isis, answer me now. is she guilty, or not guilty? in nigeria, hillary clinton amazingly thought for two years to keep an al qaeda affiliate off of the terrorist watch list. now what happened. because of this reckless action by the kennedy -- who is the self-proclaimed champion of women all around the world. these al qaeda terrorists abducted hundreds of innocent young women two years ago.

these schoolgirls are still missing today. and what was the solution from the obama clinton team? a #campaign. so now let's figure it out. let's decide. hillary clinton as an apologist for an al qaeda affiliate in nigeria resulting in the capture of innocent young women. and she guilty, or not guilty? see, she fights for the wrong people. she never fight for us. she does not get the real threats that america faces. so now let's go to china. in china, hillary clinton praised the chinese government for buying our debt to finance barack obama's stimulus plan. she was so desperate for chinese oppose theomised to buy american provision in the stimulus bill in exchange for the cash. -- to finance a huge expansion

of federal spending. so, hillary clinton putting big government spending financed by the chinese i had of good paying jobs for middle-class americans, is she guilty or not guilty? syria, in syria, imagine this. imagine this. she called president assad a reformer. a differentssad kind of leader. there is now 400,000 at. -- dead. think about that. 400,000, dead. at the hands of the man that hillary defended. so we must ask this question. hillary clinton as an awful judge of character of a dictator and butcher in the middle east, is she guilty or not guilty?

next, in iran. she launched a negotiations that brought about the worst nuclear deal in history. let me be clear. america and the world are measured -- safe and respected because of the iran deal that hillary helped cut. after she loves those negotiations, she began the biggest cheerleader -- agreement in the end. as a deal that will lead to a nuclear iran and in israel less safe and secure and a much more dangerous middle east. so let's ask, hillary clinton as an and -- a negotiator of the worst nuclear arms deal history, issue guilty or not guilty? is she guilty or not guilty? next.

up, locke: lock her her up. christie: believe me, we are not done yet. the indictment is hardly complete. next, let's go to russia. she went to the kremlin on her very first visit and gave them that stupid symbolic reset button. you know what i think that button should have read? it should have read delete. she very good at that by the way. it should have read delete because she deleted in four years the safety and security --

the next year, she said our goal , america's goal was the to strengthen russia. strengthen an adversary led by dictator who dreams of reassembling the old soviet empire. what an extra ordinarily dangerous lack of judgment. so once again, we need to ask, as if flawed a valuator dictators and strategists was permitted russia back in as a major player in the middle east, is silly clinton guilty or not guilty? now we go to cuba. hillary clinton supported concessions to the castro brothers and got almost nothing in return for ending the embargo. she supported a deal that did not even require this murderous regime to return a copy other -- cop killer to face justice.

i know about this personally. he murdered a new jersey state trooper in cold blood, fled to cuba, and lets there under cuban protection to this very day. i want to ask you, how can someone live with their own conscience when you reward a domestic terrorist with continued safety and at the same time be traded family of a foreign police officer waiting for decades for justice for his murder. let's ask the question. hillary clinton, as a cobbler of the brutal castro brothers and betrayer of the family of fallen state trooper and his family, is she guilty or not guilty.

now finally, finally here at home in one of her first decisions as secretary of state, she's had a tribal e-mail server and her basement in violation of national security. let's face the facts. hillary clinton cared more about protecting her own secrets than she cared about protecting american secrets. then, she lied about it over and over and over again. markedd there is no classified information on her server. the ei director said that's untrue. she said she did not e-mail any classified information. the fbi director said that's untrue. she said all work-related e-mails were sent back the state department. the fbi director said that's not true.

so, as to hillary clinton, the charge of putting herself ahead of america, guilty or not guilty,. i have another question for you. i have another question for you. lying to theon american people about her selfish, awful judgment and making our secrets honorable, what is your verdict? guilty or not guilty? time, the time after facts and just of the facts lead you to the same verdict. both around the world and here at home. in libya and nigeria, reald.

in china and syria, guilty. in iran and russia and cuba. and here at home for risking americans secrets to keep her on and lying to cover it all that -- it all up. her focus group tested persona with no genuine -- genuine soup -- genuineness to be found as a sham. we cannot permit someone to commander in chief who has made the world a more violent and dangerous place with every bad judgment she has made. we cannot make the chief law enforcement officer of the united states someone who is wrist american secrets and lied to the american people about it day after day after day. here it is everybody. we did not disqualify hillary

clinton to be president of the united states. the facts of her life and career disqualifier. i can tell that everybody in this hall agrees with this. all atto talk to you home in your living room sitting that tonight. you are the ones who will decide this election. we have an alternative. .e have a man who is unafraid we have a manual was to lead us. we have a manual understand the frustrations and the aspirations of our fellow citizens. we have a man u judges people based on their performance, regardless of your gender, race, ethnic or religious background. need toe you, we do not set up for less in this election. we cannot reward incompetence and deceit. we need to demand more than what

hillary clinton offers for america. we know exactly what four years of hillary clinton will bring. all the failures of the obama years but with less charm and more lies. tonight those of us in this hall and the people at home, it is our obligation to stop hillary clinton now and never let her get within 10 miles of the white house again. [applause] it is time to come together and make sure that donald trump is the next president of the united states. and applause] i am proud to be part of this team. now let's go out and win this thing together. good night!

[applause] later that evening the row: the states was held. donald trump junior a delegate from new york announced that state's votes, officially giving his father did both needed to clinch the 2016 republican presidential nomination. secretary, new york, the empire state, proud to be the home of donald j. trump and proud that we were the first state to cast the majority of our primary votes for donald trump. 62ud that he won 61 of our counties and more than 60% of the vote. and we are proud that we have as one of our delegates donald j. trump junior. [applause] donald trump junior: thank you very much.

thank you to my family. all of our supporters in the great state of new york. even in the places that aren't so conservative. we have had such incredible support you won't believe it. we will put new york into play this time around. i have the incredible honor of not only being a part of the ride, that is been this election process and to watch as a small fly on the wall what my father has done in creating this movement because it's not a campaign anymore, it's a movement. americans,r real giving them a place again, and if my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count -- count tonight with 89 delegates. and another six for john kasich. congratulations dad, we love you. [applause]

[cheers and applause] >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, new york six thirds kasich, 89 votes donald trump. [applause]

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>> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. aming up monday morning, with republican and democratic national conventions over, we will talk with managing editor for political newsletter at the university of virginia. as he previews the 2016 on the 2016 electoral map including key senate and house races. then patrick tucker, technology editor talks about the hacking of dnc e-mails released by wikileaks and what impacts that may have on the 2016 election. president and ceo partnership for public service and center for presidential transition on how the clinton and trunk campaigns are preparing to occupied white house. and what has to happen before either one can take office next january. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7 a.m. eastern monday

morning. join the discussion. wednesday night, july 20 in cleveland, texas senator ted cruz address the convention. he did not endorse donald trump and instead told the audience to vote their conscience. also speaking that evening, eric trump and the vice presidential nominee, indiana governor mike pence. welcome united states senator ted cruz of texas. [applause]

senator cruz: thank you. thank you and god bless each and everyone of you. heidi and i are so honored to join you here in cleveland where lebron james just like an incredible comeback victory. i am convinced america is going to come back to.

i want to congratulate donald trump on winning the nomination last night. and like each of you, i want to see the principles that our party believes prevail in november. conventions are times of excitement. but given the events of the last few weeks, i hope you will allow me a moment to talk to you about what is really at stake. just two weeks ago, a nine-year-old girl named caroline was having a carefree texas summer. swimming in the pool, playing with friends, doing all the

things a happy child might do. like most children, she relied upon the love that she received from her mom, heidi. dad, a police sergeant named michael smith. until he became one of the five police officers gunned down in dallas. the data are probably was murdered, caroline gave him a hug and a kiss as he left for .ork but as they parted, her dad after something he had not asked before. what if this is the last time you ever kiss her help me -- kiss or hug me? later as she thought of her falling father, and that last ,eartbreaking height, -- hug

caroline broke down into tears. how can anything ever be ok again? michael smith was a former army ranger who spent three decades with the dallas police department. who he voted for in the last election. or what he thought about this one. but is life was a testament to devotion. [applause] he protected the very protesters who mocked him because he left his country and his fellow man. his work in new meaning to that line from literature to die of love is to live by. it.

as i thought about what i wanted to say tonight, michael smith's story weight on my heart. maybe that's because his daughter caroline is about the eldest daughter and happens to share the same name. maybe it's because i saw a video of that year, sweet child choking back sounds that she remembered her daddy's last question to her. maybe it's because we live in a world where so many others have had their lives destroyed by evil in places like her lando and paris, and a nice and baton rouge. maybe it's because of the simple question itself. is our this right now last time? our last moment to do something for our families and our country.

values wee up to the say we believe? did we do all the really good. that's really what elections should be about. millionsght you and like you devoted so much time and sacrifice to this campaign. we are fighting not for one particular candidate are one campaign. but because each of us wants to be able to tell our kids and grandkids our own caroline that we did our best for their future and our country. [applause] america is more than just a landmass between two oceans.

simple,is an ideal late yet powerful idea. freedom matters. for much of human history, government power has been the unavoidable constant in life. government decreed and the people obey. but not here. we have no king or queen, we have no dictator, we the people constrained government. [applause] our nation is exceptional because it was built on the five most beautiful and powerful words in the english language. i want to be free.

never has that message been more needed than today. we stand here tonight, a nation divided. partisan rancor or anger, even hatred are caring america apart. and citizens are furious, rightly furious at a political establishment that senegal he breaks its promises and that ignores the will of the people. [applause] we have to do better. we owe our fallen heroes more than that. now of course, obama and clinton will also tell you that they

care about our children's future. i want to believe them. but there is a profound difference in our two parties vision for the future. there is is the party that thinks isis is a jv team. responds to the death of americans in benghazi by asking what difference does it make. think it's possible to make it deal with iran which the death to israel day. friends, this is madness. president obama is a man who does everything backwards.

bayants to close guantanamo and open up our borders. jobs and imports terrorists. enough is enough. i hear to tell you there is a , ater vision for our future return to freedom. on education, your freedom to choose your child's education even if you aren't as rich as hillary clinton or barack obama.

on health care, your freedom to choose your own doctor without obamacare. on taxes, your freedom to provide for your family without the irs beating down your door. the internet, keep it free from taxes, free from regulation, and don't give it away to russia and china. freedom means free speech, not politically correct safe spaces.

freedom means religious freedom, orther you are christian, jew, muslim, or atheist. whether you are gay or straight, a bill of rights protects the rights of all of us to live according to our conscience. freedom means the right to keep and bear arms and to protect your family. freedom means that every human life is precious and must be protected.

freedom means approved for who don't dictate policy, but instead follow the constitution. and freedom means recognizing that our constitution allows states to choose policies that reflect local values. colorado might decide something different than texas. new york, different than iowa. estimates opposed to be, diversity.

if not, what the point of having states to begin with? hillary clinton believes that government should make virtually every choice in their life. education, health care, marriage, speech, all dictated out of washington. but something powerful is happening, we have seen it in both parties. we have seen it in the united kingdom unprecedented right to vote to leave the european union. [applause]

voters are overwhelmingly rejecting the political establishment and overwhelmingly rejecting big government. [applause] that is a profound victory and it is one earned by each and every one of you. people are fed up with politicians who don't listen to them, fed up with her the corrupt system that benefits the elite instead of working men and women. [applause] systemrve an immigration that puts america first and yes builds a wall to keep america safe. [applause]

a government -- a government that stops admitting isis terrorists as refugees. [applause] thatserve trade policies put to the interests of american farmers and manufacturing jobs over the global interests that are funding the lobbyists. [applause] and if we stand together and choose freedom, our future will be writer. freedom will bring back jobs and raise wages. ofedom well left people out

dependency to the dignity of work. [applause] we can do this. 47 years ago, to this day, america put the very first man on the moon. that was the power of freedom. our party, the republican party was founded to defeat slavery. [applause] abraham lincoln, the first republican president signed the .mancipation proclamation

together, we passed the civil rights act and together we passed -- thought to eliminate jim crow laws. [applause] that is our collective legacy, although the media will never share it with you. those were fights for freedom. and so is this. upgeant michael smith stood to protect our freedom. so did the soldiers and sailors and airmen and marines every day fighting radical islamic terrorism. [applause] >> usa, usa, usa!

senator cruz: and so did the wholy of alton sterling bravely call to end the violence. so did the families of those murdered at the charleston emmanuel ame church who forgave that hateful, bigoted murderer. [applause] and so can we. we deserve leaders who stand for principles. who unite us all behind shared values. who cast aside anger for love. that is the standard we should expect from everybody. pleasethose listening,

don't stay home in november. if you love our country, and love your children as much as i know you do, stand and speak and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. [applause]

>> we want trump! cruz: i appreciate the enthusiasm of the new york delegation. [applause] and i will tell you, it is love of freedom that has allowed millions to achieve their dreams. mom, the first in her family to go to college. and my dad who is a tonight who fled prison and torture in cuba coming to texas with just $100 sony into his underwear. sewn into his underwear.

and it is love that i hope will bring comfort to a grieving nine-year-old girl in dallas. and god willing, propel her to dream, andd and sore, and make her daddy proud. most of our the moment, to fight for freedom, to protect our god-given rights, even those with whom we don't agree. so that when we are old and done,and when our work is and we give those who love one final kiss goodbye. we will be able to say, freedom matters and i was part of something beautiful.

>> we want trump! senator cruz: the case we have to make to the american people, the case of each person in this room has to make to the american people is to commit to each of them that we will defend freedom and be faithful to the constitution. we will unite the party, we will unite the country by sanding together for shared values by standing for liberty. god bless each and everyone of you and god bless the united

states of america. boo! >> please welcome eric trump. [applause] eric trump: wow. wow. good evening cleveland. wow. it is such an honor to be here for a man i love so, so, so, so much, that's my father. thirteen

months ago, my father sat my family down and told us the time had come. he could no longer sit idly by and watch our beloved country, the country that had given our family so much success, so much opportunity, crumble before our very eyes.trump: he confirmed to us that he was prepared to announce his candidacy for president of the united states. he made sure to acknowledge that ours would not be an easy path. that we should prepare ourselves for what was to come, that we quickly learned who are true friends were. without hesitation, we each committed

our unwavering support, but this time none of us could have predicted what lay ahead. the records he would break. the stadiums he would fill. the movement he would start. today, my father stands before you with the most primary votes of any republican candidate in the history of our nation. he shattered voter registration records across the country. he has defied the predictions of every single political pundit and turned traditional debates into must see tv. he has inspired multiple generations, including my own like millennials like myself who have so little faith in our politicians, that they no longer even consider public service to be a noble career. a year ago, my father was a businessman, but like many americans he simply could no longer see, stand to see what was happening to our great country. he could no longer stand to see special interest dollars dictate an

incompetent foreign policies that put foreign countries before our very own. he could no longer tolerate an inept administration that considers giving $150 billion to iran or releasing five radical islamic terrorists a successful negotiation. he could no longer bear witness to our continued second amendment attacks. he could no longer stand to see the word christmas stripped from public use or the pledge of allegiance removed from our schools in an effort to be politically correct. so my father made the courageous decision to set aside a company to which he has dedicated his entire life, to set aside a global brand that he's made synonymous with success, with quality, with uncompromising,

just the best. at a time when the people at the pinnacle of their career, like my father, would have held fast to a lifestyle that has truly become the epitome of the american dream. my father instead chose to give that dream back to the people it had eluded for so long. as daunting of a journey as he knew would be, for him it was the easiest decision in the world. after all, who better to implement common sense business approach to this country. who better to apply practical solutions to be impractical decision-making that have bred a $19 trillion debt. one which goes up by $32,000 a second and over $2 billion a day. who better to implement common sense tax reductions for

one of the highest taxed nations in the world, allowing our citizens to keep more of what they earn as opposed to having it squandered away by our inefficient government the group at to negotiate the return likeerican manufacturers nabisco, ford, and so many others back to the united states where they began than a man who is single-handedly employed tens and tens of thousands of people around the country. it is time for a president with common sense. it's time for a president who understands the art of a deal and appreciates the value of a dollar, our tax dollars. it's time for a president who has always been the one to sign the front of a check not the back.

throughout my father's career, he has been repeatedly been called on by government to step in and save delayed, shuddered and grossly over budget public projects. everything from the exterior of grand central terminal in new york, the iconic old post office in washington, d.c., just to name a few. back in 1986, the city of new york tried to refurbish a simple ice skating rink in central park. the project dragged on for over six years and blew to over $13 million, $5 million over an already inflated budget. that's when my father, who overlooked this disastrous construction site from his office window, each and everyday decided he had to step in. disgusted by government, incompetence and ineptitude, he invested $2 million of his own money in order to complete the project. what had taken the city over

half a decade to botch, my father completed in less than six months, two months ahead of schedule and over $1 million under budget. (applause) it's time for a president who can make america great again, ahead of budget and ahead of schedule too. my father has revitalized run down neighborhoods, shaped skylines across the country and turned dreams into reality his entire career. it's what he does, it's who he is. oprah winfrey once famously asked my father if he ever envisioned running for the presidency of the united states. his answer, only if it got so

bad that i had no choice. only, if it got so bad, that i had no choice. well ladies and gentleman, that day has come. as i travel the world of my dad, building the greatest golf courses, and hotels and real estate projects, i see the unmistakable look in his eyes. i see in his eyes the indignity and frustration of a domestic infrastructure back at home, that is in complete disarray and no longer on par with so many other developed nations. i see in his eyes, the sadness of innocent lives lost like those of kate steinle and jamiel shaw and so many others cut short by illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities. victims of a revolving door of government ineptitude and corruption that leaves innocent americans defenseless. i see in his eyes, the humiliation of an education

system ranked 30th in the world. i see in his eyes, the disgrace of nearly $400 billion trade unbalance with china. the $60 billion trade unbalance with mexico and the continued destabilization of the middle east which has cost our nation trillions and trillions of dollars and thousands and thousands of lives. but today, i see in his eyes, a man who truly loves his country. who is proud of his country and who wants his country to be great again. i want to thank my father over there for the life that he's

provided me. for the life that he's provided my family and the life that he's provided all of our employees around the world. i want to thank my father for the life that he's enabled me to provide to my future children, as my beautiful wife laura and i start thinking about that amazing chapter of our lives. to that end, i often think about the legacy i wish to leave my children. that to me, there are a few things that i hold closer to my heart than charity. for me, it's the essence of who we are as human beings. it's the barometer by which we will be measured for our time here on earth. as martin luther king jr. once said, life's most persistent and urgent question is what are you doing for others? when i was 22 years old, i founded the eric trump foundation to benefit st. jude's children's research hospital, an