maria: is great to talk with you. we will see you tomorrow night. we have the speeches coming up. live from the 2016 republican national convention in cleveland, ohio. this is lou dobbs tonight. lou: good evening everyone. we are live from the huntington convention center here in cleveland for the opening night of the republican national convention and it has already been quite an eventful day here at the rnc. i never trump faction was shot down by people saying that we want trump. they make the chance. the supporters of loyal namely

former virginia attorney general and ted cruz friend mike lee. they tried to place that into nomination from the floor. those opposed should say no. [applause] it brought considerable drama to an important late night for donald trump. trump himself will be speaking to introduce his wife melania trump tonight. they take center stage and

with the spotlight. trump said his wife will speak with her love of country as an immigrant from slovenia. other big name speakers tonight will be hearing from in the coming hours senator jeff sessions, senator joni ernst, former new york mayor rudy giuliani and the net aim of this convention is "make america safe again". and it is a theme that certainly resonates with the law enforcement officers our men and women in blue following the fatal shooting of three police officers. i charge there. the highest rank police officer charged in the death of freddie great found out his fate today, trump and running mate running as the a law and order candidate. trump diametrically opposed to the current president they are

part of the problem. those are one of the demands of the black lives matter agitators. we will be taking all of that up here tonight. joining us now former political director great america pack strategist and fox news contributor ed rollins. thank you all for being here. it's quite a day it has been. we go back to 1976 for anything approximating this. it was a decision that the republican said. that was a very serious fight. neither ford or reagan had the delegates at the end of the day. but ford one by 117 votes. this is trump's nomination. this is about changing the rules for the future.

that's obviously where trump is not elected. that's what this is about today. it is this a romney lead direction in the party? this looks like a utah driven insurrection. >> i think it was more than ted cruz people. romney is irrelevant at this point in time. lou: i think it is short sighted. even though they might have long-term plans in mind it is harmful for the party any of the insight does not look good for the republicans. lou: at the same time it is a big hint getting bigger because of donald trump. the democrats when they have the sort of event they talk about the democratic party being themselves the

republican party seems to be fighting out a little bit more about who they are is it so a dire? >> i don't think so. i think the real issue for tonight will be setting up the contrast for the republicans on public safety. with the democrats i mean. the democrats as i understand it there convention plants they will have the parents and mothers particularly of men who were shot and killed by police officers in this environment we have a real contrast here is a rich party is more -- which party is more pro- police. lou: hillary clinton speaking to the naacp and she's gonna bring down the full force of law against law-enforcement in this country.

you can draw a more stark contrast between two parties and two nominees than on the issue of law and order. >> richard nixon in 1988 and ronald reagan launched his career that same cycle on law and order. if rudy giuliani gives the right speech tonight which i think he will and trump follows that force with military men they stand and fight to protect us and think that is a good place to be. lou: donald trump tonight introducing melania trump that is unheard of as well donald trump likes to break precedent and forge new ground ahead. >> number one it's a new way of doing things and i like that he's doing the jet only thing to do.

see them together is a nice thing. i think that is really important for the american people to see. i also think he likes surprising people. he likes to shake things up and do things like we haven't seen before. look for a lot more surprises. lou: and the tone of the convention itself we've heard a lot of discussion part of the republican national committee and the national leadership, the tone of things right now is full steam ahead, it is donald trump's convention and ted cruz you are history into the delegates that insist on being "never trump" we have a white house to win. there has been numerous occasions where events seem to line up perfectly donald trump's skills and his position. when you look at what is happening in the last week

from the attack in france and then the turkey insurrection that failed and then of course the police shootings in dallas in baton rouge. you have events all of which play into that strength the status quo is failing in the change is desired by everyone. lou: and the failure within the status quo. obviously president obama's diplomatic of it. at the same time the republicans whether it is john kasich the governor of the state in which this great convention is being held they are petulant and have it seemingly decided to accelerate the in relevance. >> it would be more irrelevant if they did not be here.

at the end of the day here john kasich can be important to us and certainly the bush family has big money. this is trump's game and they have to make a judgment on whether he can lead the country effectively. part of that is choosing him to run the campaign. he is operated with great effectiveness. some symbols here and there you can argue about but overall he has taken command of the organization to the level that some head liked but dramatically from what it was in at the convention he has big sickly taken the fight to that never traversed and those who would be an obstacle to the mission. >> he has brought a lot of structure to the campaign.

you can see that there is more discipline and more rigor around the campaign but he hasn't lost the message which is so important. he is lean and efficient. he still has a small campaign. one of the things that is so positive about donald trump as is he's able to do things evenly than they had been done before. if you change that it would be a totally different game he is still able to be disciplined. lou: and naming mike pence his running mate he has accommodated the party he has accommodated the factions including the ted cruz factions who went up against him today he has been the compromiser that every lady -- everyone within the party wanted. your judgment about where we go from here with his style of management and the way in which he is driving the campaign. >> if you try to imagine for a second that jeb bush was a nominee i know it's a little difficult at this point he might have chosen mike pence

as his vice presidential running mate. i think he was a good solid choice. >> can you think of an excuse for john kasich not to be here. he lost and he's not happy. jeb bush. trump humiliated them. part of it is that they are really sore at him personally. i think they should be here if you're ever in the state you speak for the party lou: do you think they will ever speak for the party again. >> i think a lot of things are happening. i think you did. i would've gone to las vegas and bet on it. he has run a good convention. the critical thing is can they put together a campaign moving forward because the convention is very important they are

kennett defined term. winning this thing. for hitting sitting here we've lost by two or three points we will know it didn't work. and it it might not had worked as a result of what likely ted cruz, on the bush family and the k-6 conspired to do. this is really bad form. it's horrible politics and it makes a mockery out of their relationship to the party. >> i don't know what their endgame is. what else can people assume. if you want to fight for your party fight within your party. you do not fight within your party. you don't give up and walk away. is not the right thing to do.

they've used other networks that are unfavorable to trump to attack him. he does speak to a deep and abiding decision will trash and we will hurt hillary. >> this has to be the last word trump has tried to bring unity in a compromise. he is reaching out he is trying very hard to unify is it going to be accelerated in your judgment tonight. when they step up and start taking the message forward to the american people this is

really about him and his vision for america. unlike most conventions which i've been to a lot of them this one will be of real measurement will be trump's party. the american people will be watching for that. that is a very heavy burden i'm sure he will be up for it. lou: we continue in just a moment. cap next donald trump says a lack of leadership led to the murders of three police officers in louisiana. we take up that issue next. we are live in cleveland, ohio.

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lou: the convention excited because we have just landed i'm told. it's a lack of leadership. trump posted this on facebook how much law enforcement we demand law and order.

on the law enforcement officers. it was a problem in an issue. that is going to contribute to real solutions and as i said yesterday it's cannot help make the job. >> what he said is labored as his speech was that it has sent shock waves through our country. our congressmen rob desantis and oversight committee. good to have you here. we wish you a successful

convention. to hear the president of the united states say those words stuns me as a citizen's. citizens. it really does. how do you react? how does the republican party react? >> this is angering a lot of americans. this is just wrong. when there are terrorist attacks even if that terrorist is a muslim they will always say caution don't jump to conclusions we don't know. it took them for years to call the fort hood attack took all terrorism. and yet if you have a police officer or there's any type of interaction he is the first one out of the gate to condemn the police. we are just sick of it and you look around this convention all of the cops who are sitting here guarding it. they had been a target for years now with all the rhetoric and now are seeing it in places like baton rouge and dallas they are targets of people who are trying to assassinate them.

lou: in hopes any citizen in this country would hope that those law-enforcement officers understand how much the communities and regular citizens we are all for them. to put into context with the congressman to said here. this convention center is surrounded by the over thousand law-enforcement officers in 2000 of them in 500 of them come from cleveland. the rest are federal selected service. all of the agencies protecting the candidates. it is a big undertaking and without those folks i would like to see if law enforcement is such a problem let someone say all right my community no longer wants law-enforcement. this is ridiculous the dialogue it has become absurd. >> even in the best of circumstances it is a tough job.

you have to go in and when there's problems you have to run towards the problem. if the potentially sacrifice yourself. what the president is doing an rhetoric like his is making it much more difficult to do an already difficult job. lou: i have to turn to congressman ryan in a wall street journal lunch today i wanted to quote this he's a conservative just not my kind of conservative. i come to a different part and wing of the party. he is a very tiresome fella because he says the same thing. he said i am "never trump" but he has been accorded every respect at the convention. what point do you guys and how say we've have a bellyful of this or maybe it's great for you. >> you are never going to agree with any nominee going back to reagan. you want to focus on the disagreements or do you want to say we have a big fight right here that we have to win

in a few months and let's try to unite and do that i think there has been too much emphasis on disagree with him on that. if you noticed when mitt romney was the nominee there was a lot of people that have disagreements with him. he lost by about 3 million votes and most of them were in new york and california. people don't realize that. if he would have fought half as hard is he short term short-term or will the party put up with him. >> i think a lot will depend on the selection. this president is can have a lot of ability to shape that. lou: how are you guys please

to put up with that kind of dynamic. we are watching him close in the polls. the most recent poll two points apart. a lot of it has the results that come in. it changes people's behavior. morgan had a big election in november and people will be able to see when you will see some things happen with the party one thing or another. it's just the reality of the situation. in 17 years he has passed three whole bills. and you have jeb bush and john kasich here. this is the establishment people that trump is running against. even his say that it's not the

first choice what they resent is run republicans are attacking our nominee with a greater ferocity than they have ever attacked barack obama because he was never as tough on obama as he's been on trump. people respect the disagreements but at the end of the day we have a president who was trying to go after the u.s. and by the way as you and i have talked you are one of the few that did do so and still do so. i want to give you credit for that. i think i see here resentment. he understands he was not successful in fundamentally transforming america. i think it is about to demonstrate. it is great to have you with us. there is more coming up. let me start with a reminder to follow me on twitter.

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lou: donald trump moments ago arriving in cleveland. we have new video of him stepping off the aircraft as the presumptive republican nominee. he's set to introduce his wife melania later tonight. the turkish president erdogan refused to rule out executing the ring leaders of last week's failed coup. 7,500 people have been arrested by the erdogan government since friday. they fired 9,000 bureaucrats

attached to the ministry. joining us, john bolton, and kt mcfarland. let's start with erdogan. i cannot the coup that was resolved so quickly. there are suggestions he himself organized that coup. is that too much in the way of a conspiracy theory? >> i think that's a bridge too far. but he will take advantage of this opportunity. he will consolidate this power having gone after the judicial branch, having gone after the military. he's going to execute everybody and clean slate, then he will be the new czar of turkey. >> i think he has been trying to reverse 00 years of the turkish effort to be a western-oriented secular state.

this removes the last obstacle. this is a purge that goes well beyond the coup plotters. there is nothing now to checkered began' authoritarian ambition. the real issue for the united states is does he press for advantages guess us. news reports are his first host-coup meeting will be with vladimir putin. that has to be bad news. lou: he has not been hesitant to defy u.s. requests and calls for assistance and cooperation. >> he was in 2003 the leader of the justice and development party before he became prime minister who i always believed stopped the turkish parliament from granting the united states authority to put an infantry division into northern iraq as part of our overthrow of saddam hussein.

but he's as the mayor of istanbul once said, democracy is like a streetcar, you ride it to the stop you want, then you get off. i think he fond his stop. >> the problem for us is he's a nato ally. what happens to nato now when the person in charge is best friending vladimir putin. lou: the european union reluctant to get closer to hip and his government an has been flirting with radical islamists for years now and getting ever closer. now to the point that's consider the erdogan government to be the last stable before an islamist government. >> i think he is an islamist. i think he's one of those who is reluctant to admit publicly he laments the loss of the

caliphate. he can kiss any chances of joining the european good-bye. lou: perhaps that's a kiss for mr. obama who urged the world to support his quote-unquote democratically elected government. >> as did secretary clinton. lou: and secretary kerry. >> they looked at erdogan as their linchpin and it would be happy days up ba kumbaya. and we would live happily. >> erdogan was in fact facilitating their trek across turk i territory. whether he will take any of those refugees back or if they are permanent resident of the continent of europe. lou: as i look at the situation in turkey and southern europe, i

wonder how even the president can delude himself that this is a policy formulated in any context in any way to represent the interest of the united states. >> it should be a wake-up call what happened to europe. open borders, multi-culturallism, cutback on defense and law enforcement. and what do you have? you have the french chief of intelligence saying we are preparing for a potential civil war in france. the obama thing is open borders, multi curmull -- multi-culturald gut the military. lou: they want to wage war against law enforcement in this country and what he said is repugnant.

i'm not hearing a lot from our national liberal media in defending those who defend us. i don't know where this is going to lead. >> i think it will potentially lead to chaos in this country. the way the president has approached this from the beginning of this administration from the famous beer summit called the cambridge police department stupid, it's like he intended this consequence. i think we are in real danger. >> if you wear the uniform, whatever that uniform is, you are not having a friend in barack obama and hillary clinton. lou: they are at this point one ebbing into irrelevance and the fight of her political life. from here at the republican national convention in cleveland, john bolton and kt mcfarland.

thank you. anti-trump forces shouted down on the convention floor. did they learn anything from that? chris stirewalt take up the lesson with us here next. you don't want to miss it. recovering the national convention live from cleveland. stay with us. to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns

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running mate, mike pence in their first joint interview vowing to push for a stronger america. >> we are both ready, i have no doubt. we need toughness, we need strength. obama is weak, hillary is weak. that is a big part of it. we need law and order. we need strong borders. >> one of the reasons i said yes in a heartbeat to run with this man because he embodies american strength and i know he will provide the broad shouldered american strength on the global stable as well. lou: joining us tonight, congressman tom mor moreno. let's get to the convention. that vote dismissing the never trumpers if you will by a voice vote other than a roll call.

depending on which side you are on, i would think the trump people would say that's leading with strength and the cruz people are saying, where is the justice in this? what do you think? >> here is the justice. the american people have spoken in numbers we have never seen before. i can understand when someone's candidate lost, there is a grieving period. but let's suck it up to get where we need to be to get trump elected because hillary will be a disaster. lou: can you define a motivation on the part of ther in trumpers, the ken cuccinellis, the mike lees, they have 559 delegates. trump has three times as many. what's the deal? >> it's face time.

it's spotlight and i want my 15 minutes of fame. let's continue as long as possible and not thinking of the american people. lou: it' an insult to the republican voters. the record number of vote horse support donald trump. and i have to say, reince priebus handled himself i think terrifically. what do you think of the way in which the rnc is handling the convention? >> reince has done an outstanding job. he hasn't backed down on any issues. he's diplomatic where he has to be diplomatic. but it's time to grow up and think of where this country could be if hillary clinton selects supreme court justices. lou: with those words you just scared a lot of people. i think rightly so from my perspective. to me there is just no question

whatsoever that should be reserved in any mind in the country. i just never can understand why everyone doesn't agree with me. >> i feel the same way. my wife doesn't agree with me 50% of t lou: i try not to put a percentage on it. unity here. that's been trump's theme. he's driving it. selecting mike pence. >> great move. lou: you worked with him. >> my first term in congress. excellent person. top-notch man. constitutionalist, very intelligent. very dip make it and polite. but when he has to get down and do what has to be done, he doesn't let anything get in his way. he's a well-liked person and well-respected. it brings balance to the ticket. lou: he's reaching across and

bridging a lot of fissures in the party. lou: do you suppose a president trump would be likely to invite the leaders of the congress and the white house, actually have a relationship with congress and the senate and look -- >> there is no question. when donald asked me to be the chairman of his campaign in pennsylvania and we swept all 67 counties but large numbers. >> we said that with great gusto. >> foreign affairs, domestic issues. one of the first things he will do is surround himself with the brightest women he can just like he did in business. but he will call everybody to the table, both sides, and say this is my agenda. help me with this. if you don't want to do it that way, fine. but i'm going to take this country to greatness again,

increase the military, make us strong. make us well respected around the united states. secure our borders. issues tonight will be security. people are afraid. i was a prosecutor. we had equipment that we gave to state and locals. heavy duty equipment. they wanted that back because it was too intimidating. well, i wonder how intimidating the president is feeling that law enforcement is now the law enforcement guy and we need to give law enforcement everything they need because it's the best in the country. lou: it's pretty clear, particularly with the president's most recent remarks in the last several weeks. he's not a law enforcement guy and he's an opposition to the people who serve in law enforcement. >> i hear it from agents i still have a relationship with.

they say we can't do anything. we can't hold them, we can't detain them. no matter what. lou: surplus equipment that's been moved out. >> the justice department doesn't even follow the rule of law. lou: it's time for law and order in this country without question. >> no doubt. the american people made that clear. lou: a presidential candidate, a nominee of the party who wants to represent and listen to the american people. >> look at the establishment. they are stunned. some came over and that's fine. i think more will. but they lost, people spoke. let's get on board and make sure the american people's voice is heard in washington. lou: up next, donald trump with a message for the defeated never

trump movement. >> never trump, never trump. we are going to win. they got crushed. and they got crushed immediately because people want what we are saying to happen. lou: is it time for the never trumpers to finally -- how did congressman moreno put it? grow up? our live coverage from the republican national convention here in cleveland continues. stay with us.

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>> the evening session of the republican national convention has just begun. let's take -- there we are at the q as they call it. the quicken loans arena. quicken loans spent all that money and they call it the q center. i'll throw in quicken loans just to be a booster. donald trump will officially become the nominee. but there are still a few never trumpers hoping to disrupt the

proceedings and divide the party. reince priebus is warning the never trumpers that dividing the party is supporting hillary clinton. >> they are delaying the evening and helping hillary clinton. there is no candidate. to those people, house your vp? what money are you raising? what is your goal other than to distract and cause problems? lou: it's nice to see priebus losing his patience with people who are not making sense. joining us, the host of "media buzz," howard kurtz. watching the evolution of reince priebus from telling trump to tone it down to now saying people, grow up here, we have a nominee, let's go beat hillary clinton. >> priebus is trying to hold the disparate elements of the gop

together. i happened to be over at the q and i was looking at my phone and news organizations were saying chaos, mayhem. a minority lost a vote on a deafening voice vote. lou: talking with congressman mormoreno, they can't even state their motivation. >> that was the time to be never trump. he won 14 million votes and that's why he's about to claim this nomination. lou: do we have president obama's statement from last week on law enforcement? i would like to roll that -- do we have it? we do not have it. in which he said, that the

police have to acknowledge mistakes before they this problem as he put it can be fixed. as if this is some sort of bureaucratic process not like a death of law enforcement officers all over this country. and the media just leaves it alone. >> having been on the air yesterday morning when the tragic news broke of the shooting of the several baton rouge officers and three of them died, i have the feeling that we all, the country, have whip lashed. we have been through the shootings, the massacre in dallas. the assassinations in baton rouge as well as the tear jr. attack in nice. any statement by the president of the united states lasts half a cycle then gets eaten up. lou: we know trump will regain that attention. but what is worrisome is we

don't have a national liberal media capable of sustaining, reporting on such a critical issue. and the fact that we have a president who is actually in opposition to law enforcement. >> a lot of the prewritten pieces in national newspapers and elsewhere say this will be a tough convention for donald trump because it's a divided party, true. just like the democratic party every year. but we knew all that because trump ran against the party establishment and he won. the media will have to cover it fairly because for the next four days, we have a big megaphone. but trump will control an even bigger one at the republican national convention. >> it's fascinating stuff to

look at the last 13 months of donald trump's candidacy and look at the issues he pushed to the forefront of the national debate about who will lead this nation on illegal immigration, open borders, national security, domestic security, economic growth. there is no issue that has been introduced by the democratic side that is held on the national agenda. >> no question trump is drying the debate. controversial issues that worked so well in the republican primaries will not work with the general electorate. many of these same commend day towards and analyst hospital said trump last had no way of winning the nomination. he was a side show and would implode. lot * now the pundits are back where the savants were. they are ignoring the fact that the polls have all closed and we

are looking at a national race that is within the margin of error. >> it's a tight race. one difference, trump doesn't have the conservative media, the cheering section because a lot of them did not want trump. but he's at war with the president and that works well for donald j. trump. lou: those publications you mentioned? the "national review"? it's great to have you here. paul manafort taking on the governor of ohio, john kasich, joining the bush family in snubbing our proceeding here for donald trump and the republican national conviction. but donald trump isn't too worried about it. earlier today the campaign responded to the high-profile absences. >> it's embarrassing the governor is not participating in a convention.

it is, but he doesn't want to participate. we invited him, we wanted him to participate and he chose not to. we hope when the bush family decide to participate again in the political process that they will join us. lou: paul manafort, some strong words for some folks. it's night one of the republican national convention under way. donald trump set to introduce his wife melania shortly. we'll have that for you live. and the presumptive nominee giving a preview his wife's speech on fox and friends. >> she'll be speaking about her love of the country. she came into the country. she worked hard. she came into the country. she gained legal status as the expression goes. she is a terrific person and a terrific woman. i'll bet she gives a great speech. i'll keep it quiet just among us. i will be there, i want to

watch. it will be very exciting. lou: joining us, the president of the conservative union, matt schlapp. also kelly ar riddell. this is make america safe night. that's the theme. >> i think this is a very appropriate, great way to start off the convention, especially given what's happened over the weekend and last week's events. donald trump polls very strongly in he pollack the board when people want a strong leader. he consistently beats hillary clinton. in the latest cnn poll when it comes with dealing with isis he beats her and dealing with the economy, he beats her. the issue of making america safe

again, americans don't feel safe. lou: that safety goes to national defense and the security of our very community which is all of us protected by law enforcement officers. the president making these outrageous comment about law enforcement. today hillary clinton actually saying she is going to bring the full force of law down again law enforcement officers depending clause follows. >> it's disgusting, it needs to stop, it needs to be called out. it plays into the question of political correctness. people in uniform are being assassinated and you have politicians justifying those actions. it started at the beginning of the obama administration with professor gates. these cops on the street are protecting us. they are protecting our very lives. every time i walk by them i say thank you. why can't the president of the

united states do the same? lou: why cannot hillary clinton do the same? >> because she is pandering to the african-american vote. you know, she cannot speak out against black lives matter and the fact that it is an extremist organization. lou: it's a hate group. >> if you look at what they are putting on social media. they are calling to defund law enforcement. it's outrageous. lou: as you suggest, they are doing so with the president of the united states and the democratic nominee for the presidency. >> if we can't rally around one idea, that we have public safety officers that protect our lives and when should protect them, if

we can't rally around that, what have we got? lou: we have a race that's tied up. the polls are very, very close. nearly all of the pun did and a extr --and the savants have beeg the bad week or two as turned into history. >> i think this is the comb question effect. after he basically -- i think this is the comey effect after he basically indicted her before he said he wasn't going to press charges. people see she is a liar. something you can point your finger on and say this was a blatant lie in recent memory. it's just resonating with people now. lou: can she recover from this?

>> no. it's 20 years of the way they act, a second set of rules, all these ridiculous explanations, not apologizing. what's the meaning of the word "is." what is a server, did i delete it, did i wash it with a cloth? the american people made a determination hillary clinton is not trustworthy. now all that needs to happen in an election. donald trump needs to prove to these voters that he can sit in that oval office and be their president. these are critical to his campaign. if he can seal that deal he's going to win. lou: the left likes to talk about she has an advantage among women. that donald trump has a deficit. they want to talk -- they are clinging to these sliced and diced demographics. the fact of the matter is in overall numbers it's tightened up.

but can he improve among women? can he improve over the advantage she has among minority voters? >> i think he has an advantage. both of them in the polls are viewed unfavably. but his unfavorable numbers are based on perception about the way the media has been portraying him. hers are based on facts that she lied and actions she has done. this is a great week. even his critics say he has a great family. we'll see melania speak tonight. and see his daughters and sons. i think that will resonate with voters. lou: i believe his family is one of his strongest assets. we'll test that this week. >> it humanizes him. he's a dad, he's a husband, and he has grandkids. he has skin in the game. an cares about the fabric of society. it's not just about dollars and cents.

lou: you probably didn't think you would hear me say this. we are interrupting matt schlapp for willy robertson of "duck dynasty." >> father we are so thankful and blessed to be in this country, father, we want to pray you keep us safe. i'm mindful of my brothers and sisters in louisiana. be with them in their pain. we love you through jesus. amen. i have always said that me and mr. trump have three things in common. we are both successful businessmen, although i flew commercial here. so i'm guessing he did. we both have had hit television shows. and we both have intelligent

wives who are much better look than we are. are you cheering because we are ugly? it's been a rough year for the media experts. it must be humbling to be so wrong about so much for so long. [cheers and applause] but, i have a theory about how they missed the trump train. they don't hang out with regular folks like us. who like to hunt and fish and pray, and actually work for a living. heck, i don't even know that they know how to talk to people

from middle america. when i tell them i'm from louisiana, they start talking real slow and real loud. let me tell you why i have been on the trump train from the beginning -- lou: he's making a wonderful connection with the audience. we'll take a quick break here and wrap it up. we appreciate matt schlapp and kelly riddell being with us. coming up next -- >> those opposed shall say no. lou: some upset anti-trump delegates. their unsuccessful push to

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lou: joining me now, trump campaign national spokesperson katrina pierson. >> we are having a great time at convention. we have been waiting for this

for a long time. lou: june 16 of last year you were told all the way down the line that your candidate was not serious, this was a joke, that he couldn't do it. the next juncture was, he got this far but he will never win a primary, and here we are. it has to feel great. >> it feels fantastic. trump didn't have a campaign. he doesn't have a ground game. he's not going to be the nominee. when the voting starts, people will decide. here we are, mr. trump signed the pledged, the tomorrow one willing to support the pledge. but we are here. 10 million votes later. 38 states later. energy and excitement and enthusiasm is somewhat outside the system. we have a choice in november to represent their cans. lou: i can't help but look at

the never trumpers. trump is a conservative but he's not his kinds of conservative. about the time you think paul ryan has joined the unity trump train he says the heck with you. donald trump is showing himself to be a very patient man in my view. is he going to put up with this nonsense much longer? >> the primary is over. the trump train left the station. we are going into november. we are uniting the party. but you will have those individuals who for their own personal reasons. bowter than that people are backing mr. trump. the dell gaifts seen that are exciting. women and they are black and hispanic. all those trump people that don't exist are here. and they came today. i spoke to a lady today who bought a car because she wasn't going to miss the trump

nomination. lou: we'll hear from melania trump and a lot of people tonight. the message is keep america safe. he no claimed himself to be the law and order candidate. we are going to see that play out with mike fence, his vice presidential choice because it's a constitutionalist, conservative. the poll numbers look very tight. you have got to be thrilled with where you are. >> we are thrilled mainly because the never trumpers, one of the reasons they said they didn't want to support trump was because he couldn't win. and here he is. lou: we are looking at rick perry on stage. i would like to turn to him and hear what he is saying. this is an image you didn't think you would see six months ago. >> our guy that day just happened to be this big sold

tall drink of water navy seal who was recovering from combat-related injuries. now, he was a texas boy. he was pretty plain spoke and respectful, and his love for america came through loud and clear. as we departed that day, i told him, kind of in passion, if you are ever in austin, come bane see us. some people might say that that meeting was just blind chance or twist of fate. i'll tell you it was by the grace of god. and he and i kept in touch over the course of the months through a tour that he had in iraq, and in his return to texas. darned if he didn't just show up

on our doorstep at the governor's mansion unannounced. with nowhere else to go. we welcomed him into our home. we helped him get the care that he needed. and today he's like a second son. many of you note battles he fought in afghanistan. but too few of you note battles that he and thousands of veterans just like him face when they come home. tonight our commitment is this. making america great again starts by taking care of our veterans. [cheers and applause]

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome an american hero, the lone survivor, marcus luttrell. >> i love coming down here. thank you. thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you.

all right. all right. [crowd chants usa!] >> thank you for having me back. for those of you i stood before in the past, it's a pleasure to do so again. for those of you i haven't stood in front of, thank you for the privilege of being able to do that. i mean it from the bottom of my heart. i was fortunate enough in life to be born from a patriotic family. taught me to love this country and the people who make her up unconditionally. to die for any woman and fight beside any man without hesitation or hope of individual achievement. that's the way i was raised and

that's the way i still walk my life. for generations the men and women in my family served this country proudly at home than he broad. my father served in vietnam. though he was shaped out of his uniform, it on solidified his resolve to raise his boys, me and my twin brother to be patriotic and love this country and its people more than we loved ourselves. [applause] the past 10 years of my navy seal career, the first 10 was in combat. the next part of it i was traveling around the country, 8 to state, city to city, town to town with the memories of your bravest fighters and the story of how hard they fought to protect our way of life. because i was willing to open up

my life and speak about the worst week of it. i was blessed with meeting and seeing the greatest people america had to offer. and i think it's important -- i think it's important to say that we have to make sure that the hell the veterans return from is not the hell they come home to, okay? [cheers and applause] that's what was promised and that's what's deserved. it speaks volumes about how i love my generation, generation x-men, i was proud to fight alongside of you. even when the system doesn't take care of our boys we start programs to help the families and wounded of the fallen. i'm thanking god for you all and

what you do and how you kit, my generation of veterans coming home. [cheers and applause] i got a chance for those of you who know me, i on talk about stuff that i have experienced. usually on the worst side of it and best side of it. i had a chance to spend time with mr. trump. i know he understands way it's going to take to fix this. and the on way we are going to keep america safe is to have an elite military, all right? [cheers and applause] made up of the warriors and prepared by the toughest training we have to offer, supported by the best equipment and backed up by the nation that put those people in harm's way. every one of us have to step up in some way. we need our leaders to lead by

example. they need to lead by example and show the american public that each and every life underneath the flag should be family and treated accordingly. i'm sorry ... i'm so used to speaking from the heart. when i have to read this it goes wrong. so i'm just going to go. you ready? not only do the lead verse to step up and support us. we are all family and we hold them accountable for every position and office they hold. either way -- look either way, the on way we survive this is together, not apart. in order for any life to matter, we all have to matter. you understand?

my generation that was for you all. for the next generation, this is for you. your war is here. you don't have to go searching for it. your people are afraid. i stand among you walking dish was allowed to walk with giants, now we are looking for the next generation of giants. who among you will love something more than you love yourself. who among you will step up and take the fight to the enemy? because it's here. [applause] >> i challenge all of you to fight for this country and for each and every one of us. the world outside of our borders is a dark scary place. america is the light. and her people are the goodness that grows from that. she'll always be worth fighting

for and it was my greatest honor to fight for her every day of my adult life. and i just wanted to come up here and thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my life for allowing me to serve you for 20 years and i swear to god i'll spend the next 20 paying you back. thank you again. god bless! [cheers and applause] lou: marcus luttrell, governor perry giving a heart-felt introduction to marcus. speaking obviously from the heart and commanding the room.

and their hearts. katrina, you know marcus. what a warrior, what a guy. he's such an amazing person. we have some wonderful stories to tell. he absolutely loves his country. i had some time to with marcus luttrell on the plane. he came to to fundraisers. it's in his heart. you saw him get emotional. that's who is. he supports mr. trump and knows mr. trump is going to keep this country safe. lou: we also heard that room give him a standing ovation after standing ovation, embracing him. which is i think as he put it, everyone who serves his country under his flag should be treated as family. and he's obviously part of the family as every veteran should be in this country. katrina glad to have you with us.

have a great successful week. thanks so much. up next, trump campaign chairman paul manafort says the republican party is unifying behind the presumptive nominee. >> we feel the unifying is happening. when we leave here by and large it will be a united republican party. we'll be on message. governor pence has helped us do that. lou: you have next "the five"'s juan williams and carrie picket. stay with us.

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let's start with you. this convention "make america safe again" is a theme tonight. the backdrop of what has happened in turkey and tran -- nice. the theme could not be more appropriate and compelling from what i would say every american. >> absolutely, most people want to be reassured that going forward they will have some type of security because they are wondering what exactly is can happen whether or not they will be able to protect themselves or whether they want foreign policy is going to be that of appeasement or if it is going to be going after isis. lou: obviously the convention is gonna make it clear in their diet judgment that this president is a failed

president. without even one success to highlight. your thoughts. >> i think what you have to understand is how a donald trump offers an alternative. what is the alternative to the policy. i am looking for to that. what were seen today is the condemnation barack obama's foreign policy just as you described and before this convention i don't think there was any argument. one of the thing that unifies the party is the specific just as we heard a few moments ago the kind of powerful condemnation of what happened in an ghazi. i know we could have arguments about it. it works for this audience at this convention. lou: in the backdrop of all of

these recent events i can't imagine it not been compelling for every american weather in cleveland, ohio or any other community in his country as we watch failure after failure and rising danger from nearly every corner without china or russia or iran or no turkey. >> i think he hit it right on the head. they were standing and that was not a dead issue. what is going on nationally and globally is a further personification of the policies here. it was just the tip of the iceberg. this is a big problem. and national security will be the have of the sphere. it's the only one.

also the issue of the administration of the war on law enforcement. he believes that the law enforcement should acknowledge their mistakes in order to solve the problem. he has not supported law enforcement it would not happen under any other president in my lifetime. i understand why he took this position. >> you how many consent discoveries have been forced upon all of these police precincts all over the united states who had agreed to these with local monitors and on top of that all of the police precincts have involved a lot of their vehicles that they have gotten through the justice department.

even as a threat is rising. they said we can't use this because it looks to military. and these guys are saying we need the vehicle for search and rescue. it is a punishment for baltimore and ferguson. >> i just took for a different point of view. one of the reasons you have not heard this from any other president in your lifetime was you've never have a black president. it's giving a voice to tremendous frustration over this issue. the question and i hear this question i take it to heart. is it fueling the kind of attacks and they have a legitimate grievance. lou: i don't support that.

let's be very candid. they had contributed nothing to a dialogue in this and they are still with hate. it's a hate group as far as i'm concerned. i think they are for many americans raising an issue that has been very real but now you have the videos showing how things happen and people get upset. but the criticism i've have of that is they don't have an agenda they are often lash out even president obama has said you have to have some constructive way to solve the problem. you can't just badmouth people. >> the big problem with black lives matter as they are not the ones who are causing all of the destruction i was on the ground during both riots for ferguson. the thing here is they will

turn the other way, black lives matter and a number of the protesters when the gangs go in there. could you had one that says white lives matter. >> that in itself is a racist. that is racist in itself. the fact we need to look at they had contributed to know positive movement. sure they want equality but come on. >> might equality is a big deal. in fact what you're hearing from them is not anything that poor black people it was between the rest of the nation

and poor black community. all lives matter. it sounds like you are undermining it. >> we will have to turn our attention. one of the heroes of the benghazi attacks is taking the stage. we want to tune in for him. >> it came to a point where we have to make a decision. he was still there. we have a responsibility so we have to make a tough decision and we headed back without the

ambassador. we took up our fighting positions because we knew they were going to be following up from that conflict come to our place but we were ready for him. we started seeing movement on the east side of our compound and then all of a sudden something came flying over the wall. we have also unleashed somehow on them. the first one have about 30 in it. they went in with a whole lot less. after the first initial firefight he kind of smiled.

that was kind of loud. >> that's because he come right up the side of me. i cannot hear till this day. i should have moved. soon after that we got word that the support came and they have landed in the airport. if you think the airport security is bad and the united states you should try living in a foreign country and you don't know who their loyalty is to you. you have a bunch of guns and a bag of money. thank goodness money talks. >> mine doesn't. we still have the u.s. ambassador. he is still missing. we have movement starting to come up again on the east side.

again you are looking at about three and half hours into the attack and we get the answer, i don't know. good intel. at that point the vehicle actually came out of the darkness. he drew his arm back. we ended up picking him out through three rounds. he dropped like the back of a sack of potatoes. and you would think that would all pop up. and then another guy would pop up. it's kind of like the arcade game. you would take him out. another guy sticks is out and you would shoot him. >> a little bit after that we

got a call that the ambassador was located at the hospital in benghazi. we did not know if this was him alive or dead. it could've been a trick for us to split our defense and then they were just screwed everyone else over at the consulate. at this time i have moved and i got up on the top of the roof. i was up there with tyrone. and tyra had told me about earlier that night the total disregard. after just coming out of a smoke-filled room. went back it and pulled him

out. it was during that we also were talking about the kids and he was really there. everyone of us that were there. so he have a newborn baby come in. none of us knew if we're where to make it home are not it's about 530. and then you start seeing the changeup on the horizon. the sky turns from dark to the light blue and you are hearing the morning prayers in the distance about the time the call for prayer finish about that time when we heard over the radio that they have made

their way he came up on top of the roof. he went to get in the fight. so he joined us up there. the first thing out of my mouth was a good thing to have them up on the roof. he turned and started walking away from him and about that type the final attack started. a rocket propelled grenade hit the back wall. it was right in front of me and tie. the state department said that it took it up to the four head. this opened up fire and they opened up with the machine

gun. a kind of knocked back a little bit. as i stood back up i noticed that it was on there. and i raise my left hand. in the left arm about six inches above the wrist was hanging off at a 90-degree angle. it was then that the third mortar happened. i noticed that it went facedown on the roof. i tried to get him to bring the arm up. and then that's when it hit. the first time that i ever felt like any pain that night. i felt like i got stung by a thousand bees. at that time it was probably getting some coverage.

i dove for cover. everything was quiet. i pulled the tourniquet out and started to get on my arm and i got it distracted. it was that time. it still have it been falling. they got this initially. they were at lane heat pretty much. when it hit the roof edges when dead quiet. the debris was so quiet. i started moving towards the belly.

we are looking at mark diced and john teagan. two of the four operators who survived the night of and ghazi. -- benghazi. the attack at the consulate. terrific american heroes they are two of the four the remarkable movie and book and they have given it all. it's what it was like to be very much alone. in a situation. these are just some of the heroes as i said we are joined now by mike gallagher of the

mike gallagher show. and also joined by political communications strategist i want to ask you i am indebted to the republican convention for telling the story again through the words of mark and john to great heroes and a night that has been investigated and there is no adequate explanation. >> it is an amazing story. to have these two heroes up there it really brings it all to late because i light because i think sometimes they are throwing around the word benghazi and they don't even know what it means. instead of understanding what these people went through and what this is really all about. i think it's really important that the american people listen to the stories.

>> this is a theme that said "make america safe again" and heroes keep us safe. so for the republicans to say we are going to salute these heroes tonight in the her found way it is a bitter reminder. and certainly the role. but to listen and see the tears tonight and the delegates. it was a very important way to kick off this weekend in cleveland. a remarkable man and a story again. and you can't help but think as we listen here we need to see and hear from far more of these warriors.

if it is on the streets of the community. the republican party has party has a long way to go. it says it again and to make it safe again. >> one of the things i think is so powerful is if you look at the website one of the things he talks about is supporting the veterans when they come home. it's important that they surround these people. he's also been thinking the police from day one. he thinks the police and honors them so after what we experience in baton rouge it is a very important message that the americans have to hear. i don't know how many pictures have been tweeted from the campaign. i hadn't thought about it. there is donald trump. thank you both.

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lou: mike slater great to see you. and in washington dc host of the chris plant show he wouldn't travel but we will talk with him anyway. fox news radio host tom sullivan. great to see you and we appreciate you taking the time. let's start, this convention to a degree a bit by the vote did you cheer or were you surprised i come from a unique perspective. and now i've jumped on the trump train. explain all of those other

folks. that is the guy you want. but let's do the best we can to jump on that trade and maybe move him in of election -- in a direction that crews would want. lou: cruz is showing something here but what is it. know when i've i talked with tonight whether in congress or whatever walk of life delegates here no one seems to understand the motivation of the ted cruz people here. what is the point? >> there were some other rules issued that they wanted to take issue with and a simple voice vote would have sufficed to appease the people that wanted to raise issues. and it wasn't just about sneaking ted cruz in. there were other elements to this that mike lee and others wanted to take issue with some

other rules that were laid down. this was the opportunity. they wanted to put their name on their candidate. and have about in convention. it was pretty straightforward. i have to say frankly if i was in the position of the voice vote. it has been sounding off in primary elections. i would have gone for a headcount myself. if you want to bring the party together respect everyone. >> 559 delegates for cruise, three times as many for trump. what else are we going to count? >> this was a preliminary motion if they have taken the time and it would've taken a lot of time i know to allow people the voice vote if they

lost it then you move on. >> why bring that divisiveness on the phone -- floor. >> to me the motivation is they want to get ted cruz ready for ted -- 2020. there is usually someone is angling that four years later is also a presidential candidate. the problem i head with this is when you are in business you can have all of your disagreements with your partners and your associates and everybody but you do it behind closed doors and when you come out here kobo joined in message and objective you don't hang your dirty laundry out. that's what my grandmother used to say. lou: indeed, it is good to see you both. i'm told we had three more

minutes. i want to take back all of those thank youse and good night and say are you as a former cruise guy are you optimistic that you will see this party unified? >> next week as the is the dnc, i think they will get a nice reminder about what we are really up against. it was tightening up. i want to knowledge one thing if i may. the niceties of process in 1976 which is the first convention i covered 20 years ago they did take the boat on

it. on a measure between ford and reagan of course reagan lost then. they may have done the easier for that. on the part of the republican party in convention. what do you think? >> i think they steam the steam drawled all of these outsiders who felt that way. if you are a trump person i think you should have respected the wishes of the delegates there are a lot of people who are new to the convention system or first-time delegates and i think if you are talking about unity. you should respect all of the various actors in the party and give them their moment.

lou: you are being a curmudgeon now. you had watched a few of these do you think he will be able to get unity established in this party and move it onto successful in november. >> you're not the only one who remembers 1976 convention. ronald reagan was coming up against gerald ford the appointed president and there was a strong camp of ford and reagan and there was bad blood for that convention and afterwards we are in the same situation now but if trump wins lou: that is also part of the equation.

we are not going to use that math. trish regan continues the coverage right now. live from the 2016 republican national convention in cleveland, ohio. here's trish regan. trish: "make america safe again" that is the theme tonight. night one. donald trump showcasing the very thing that many say elevated him to the top of the republican ticket. lawn order. welcome everybody. right now we have a lot of big things underway here.