cleveland. joining us on the phone because this is a breaking news situation. the republican nominee for president donald trump. so, testimony of the broadcast we were discussing the terrible police assassinations. i think it's domestic terrorism. and whether the republican party is going to make that issue killing police officers a campaign issue. will you do that? >> of course. it's a big issue. it's a horrible issue. and it's going to be a very important one. it's called law and order. we want law and order. that's going to be one of may big issues and always has been? what about the black lives matter movement? will they be singled out as a provocateur in this terrible situation? >> well, you see them marching and you see them on occasion, at least, i have seen it, where they are essentially calling death to the police. and that's not acceptable whether you like them or don't like them, that, bill, is not acceptable. but i have seen it and you have seen it. >> when you say it's not

acceptable. if you are elected president, what can you do about a group like that? >> i think you have to look into it very seriously because people get themselves in big jams for saying a lot less than that i have seen them marching down the street essentially calling death to the police. and i think we're going to have to look into that. especially in light of what is happening with these maniacsing if and shooting our police. >> when you say "look into it," there is a constitutional right, of course, to freedom of assembly and free speech. are you saying that yrder the ay general to look into it for possible charges? >> when you see something hike that taking place, that's really a threat, if you think about it and when you see something like that taking place, we are going to have to, perhaps, talk with the attorney general about it or do something, but, at a minimum, we're going to have to be watching. that's really bad stuff and it's happened more than once. >> do you believe the group, black lives matter, is a fuse-lighter in the assassinations of these police officers?

>> well, certainly in certain instances they are. and they certainly have ignited people and you see that. you see that all over. and i think it's a very, very serious situation and we just can't let it happen. now, everybody is free to say what you want to say up to a point. but when you are calling death to police and to kill the police, essentially, which is what they said, that's a real problem, bill. that's a real big problem. >> you know by saying that that the press that doesn't like you, the far left media will now start to say that you are a racist again. you know that's what's going to happen. >> well, i'm probably the least racist person there is. i'm doing very well with the african-american community. i'm going to bring jobs back to the country. and nobody can bring them pack and you understand that, but nobody can bring them back like i bring them back. our jobs have been stripped and whether you are talking about african-american,

whether you are talking about hispanic, whether you are talking about asian, whether you are talking about anybody in this country, we are going to bring jobs back. a big problem that would have, you take a look at the african-american youth, they have a 48% and even more than that unemployment rate, it's unaccept. >> we have talked about that before and most of that said occasion driven. let's turn to the convention. the ohio governor john kasich should be at the convention is not. have you spoken with him? how do you feel about that? >> look, i beat him very badly. i won 38 states. i won the highest number of votes in the history of the republican party. second was very, very far away. i beat him very, very soundly. and you have to understand, this was a contentious, some people say the most contentious primary they have ever seen either party. if i were him and gotten

beaten that badly i probably wouldn't show up either. he has a problem he signed the pledge from. a standpoint of honor i think he should show up. i also think this. if this were the democratic party i think he should show up because it's good for ohio. i wanted it to be here. and we had lots of choices. i wanted it to be in ohio. i recommended ohio. and people fought very hard that it be in ohio. it's a very economic development event and you look at the way it's going so far, it's very impressive. i wanted it to be here. the republicans wanted it to be here. honestly even if this were for the democrats he should at least who he up and say hello and how are you doing? he got beaten very, very badly. he could have left -- he should have left many weeks earlier than he did but he just hung around. >> do you think so is he being a sore loser? >> i don't want to say that but you know what? it was a very contentious primary. he lost very, very badly and maybe if i were in his position i wouldn't show up

either. >> okay. let's go to "60 minutes." were they fair to you in the edit. >> i think so. she asked questions. i was against the war in iraq. and if you take any candidate and i don't care who, can i go through hundreds, you are always going to have differences in terms of what you were with and what they were with. i was against the war in iraq. mike pence who has been so fantastic and to well received. you see what's going on and the love in this massive arena that i'm about to go in to very soon. you see the love and enthusiasm in that arena, it's incredible i think a lot of it is the fact that they really liked my choice. years ago he has made decisions that were different than i would have made. i was against the war in iraq. i said it was going to destabilize the middle east. it has. right now the middle east is

in the worst shape it has ever been in. this is after spending trillions of dollars and thousands and thousands of american lives. worse off now bill than we were 15 years ago when we started. >> i think republicans genuinely like pence as v.p. the liberal press right away tried to demonize him as a right wing fanatic, religious fanatic because of his very pro-life stance. did you see those articles? did you see that commentary? and how did you react to that? >> i see it a little bit but overall he has gotten a tremendous response. i don't think i could have picked anybody good as response. the party themselves love them. i have seen it. i have been with them. they really like the choice. it was my number one choice. i will go a step further with the press. because of what happened the tragedy as you understand in

nyeste, i delayed it for a day. if i would have had that news conference that morning right after the horrible event that took place in france that would have been catastrophic. it would have been so disrespectful and i would have taken a lot of heat. by delaying it for a day, they said oh, maybe he is not sure of his choice. i was 100 percent sure of my choice. it was made up. it was pure fiction by the press. that's the way it is. i will say, this i'm very happy with mike. i cannot believe how well received he is. in fact, much better than i even thought, bill. >> you don't need any more flamboyance. i know you understand that. [ laughter ] you don't really need that. i think you have that category covered. in that regard, when you speak on thursday evening. what is going to be the theme of your remarks other than the general let's make america great again? what are you going to hit there? just give us a little preview? >> i have many themes, bill. this is going to be a speech that is going to be

relatively long speech. i have many themes one of them is law and order and that's coming up more and more. i'm coming up more strongly 'it when you see what's going on with everything. we have to demand and demand from our politicians who are week and effective right now we have to talk about law and order. i am going to be talking strongly about borders and security and part of law and order but i didn't view it as part as law and order but borders before. stop crime in this country and stop other problems and help with employment and lots of other things. we will be talking about the wall. we will be talking about the tremendous tax indecrease. biggest of any republican or democrat. we will be doing a make, major, major max cut regulations killing business. and very importantly, we are

going to fix our depleted military. we're going to take care of our veterans. we're going to get rid of obamacare and come up with a plan that is so much better and so much less expensive and many or things. it's going to be a large speech in terms of what it is going to cover. >> and, finally, the speech of the evening tonight is your wife, melania. >> right. >> what is she going to tell us? >> well, hopefully she is going to say that she really loves her husband. and she understands me she understands me better than anybody else. >> you need a ph.d. to do that. >> i could have had you. [ laughter ] >> she is going to hopefully be just doing a great thing. i mean it's a very, very tough thing for somebody to get up in front. >> she doesn't seem the spotlight. >> no, she doesn't. she has tremendous confidence. as i say do make america

great again. i'm so happy i did it. i have gotten to know the people of this country. if shy scad or nervous. >> i will give her a short explanation. she is a terrific person and i think she is going to do a terrific job. >> is she dismard. >> i think she is a very confident person but i think she has to be a little bit. i don't even want to ask her the question. i don't want to put it in her mind. >> you are going to introduce her, right? >> i'm going to give her a very quick brief introduction because i want -- this is about her. this evening is really about her. she is a great mother. she is a terrific woman. you know her. and she has been a great wife and i'm going to give her an introduction and she will go up and i think she is going to do really well. >> all right. look. we know how busy you are tonight. we can't thank you enough to take the time to talk to millions of people watching you right now.