>> and i'm abby hunts man. so day one of the republican national convention bringing into shortage of drama with chaos breaking out on the convention floor. >> dramatic last ditch effort to block donald trump from nomination. >> in the opinion of the chair the a's have it. >> a live look for you now in cleveland at the quicken loans convention center. a star studded lineup less than 12-hours ago. the theme of the night, make america safe again. >> he started for years to get a project done. he does not give up. if you want someone to fight for you and your country, i can assure you, he's the guy.

>> what happened to there is no white america, there is no black america, there's just america? we know the risk you are taking. we say thank you to every police officer and law enforcement agent when they are out tonight. when they come to save your life, they don't ask if you are black or white. they just come to save you. >> blue lives matter in america. >> these are self evident to me in which i practice. they are the truth that donald trump understands and supports. >> we cannot go down this road any more. we need to stop. we need donald trump to fix this. we have a choice in november. we can go for hillary clinton or we can go for donald trump. >> we would like a commander-in-chief who speaks of winning wars and not merely ending wars. we would like a commander-in-chief who calls the

enemy by its name. a commander-in-chief who draws red lines cautiously but enforces them ruthlessly. it would be nice to have a commander-in-chief who could be trusted to handle classified information. >> my message to you is very clear, wake up, america. >> the time is now, and with donald trump in the white house, we will make america great again. >> i am concerned about our country's future. i believe we need donald trump. >> enough is enough. now is the time to make america safe again. >> let me tell you why i have been on the trump train from the beginning. america is in a bad spot. we need a president who will have our backs. i can tell you this, no matter who you are, donald trump will have your back. >> i am so used to speaking from the heart. not only do leaders have to step

up and support us but the family. those of us in here we are family. we step up and back up them up, too. for my generation that was for you all for the next generation this is for you. your war is here. >> ladies and gentlemen, donald j. trump is ready to serve and lead this country as the next president of the united states. >> god bless our next president, donald trump and god bless the united states of america! usa! >> let's bring in our political panel. welcome fox news contributor and former spokes american for george w. bush mercedes flap wells go pack and strategist david novela. what did you think of the speeches last night? mercedes? ladies first. >> i was on the convention floor. what energy there was in the

room. but there was also a sense of emotion. that came from the everyday americans. the mother of the benghazi, the one who lost her son in bengh i benghazi. marcus luttrell a navy seal. it brought people to tears at the convention? why? because it came from the heart. it wasn't necessarily incredibly scripted. i have to tell you the powerful speech of the night was rudy giuliani. he spoke about race relations and law enforcement and how they are there to help save people in the streets, and also talks about the message of one america. i think that's so important. that's the message donald trump is definitely pushing through this convention. we can't forget of course melania trump her story as an immigrant coming to america talking about hard work and kindness and compassion, talking about her husband as really being one who can do great

things for america. it was such a diverse group of speakers for the first night. it set the stage for what i think is going to be a very powerful and uplifting convention. >> really emotional night. i agree with that, such a powerful moment when he talked about the police officer, doesn't matter what religion or color they are, they go out and protect. >> not once has rudy giuliani spoken at a republican convention and not have people on their feet. he's a fantastic communicator. he knows what we need to do to keep america safe and he was an outstanding choice to have speak last night. i will say this as well. if you are looking for the one reason most people support donald trump, willie robertson said it, they are looking for someone to have their back. for too often the government has done more to be on people's backs in a harmful way. they are looking for someone to have their back to help lift them up. trump with his policies are going to do that, getting

america safe not only economically but also our personal safety. as mercedes said, we would be remised if we didn't talk about melania doing a great job and opening the door for people who might have been for trump but didn't know who he was really like. she gave some insight. folks are excited to hear ivanka and the two sons because they are going to give more insight to what donald trump is like. >> tiffany is speaking tonight. we have never heard from her at all. >> same with melania trump, a lot of people had not heard from her. hillary clinton was a target for a lot of the speakers. specifically want to talk about what general michael flynn has said. he called saying i have called for hillary clinton to drop out of the race because she put our nation's security at ex tremly high risk for the use of the private e-mail server. if i attempted to do what she

did, i would be in jail. >> hillary clinton is the easiest target for the republicans, just what we have seen with the private e-mail scandal, obviously the comments james comey the fbu director made regarding hillary clinton about being extremely careless. it talks about hillary clinton's misjudgment. can she be trusted with classified information when the mere fact of what she did was out of pure convenience and gross negligence. i think for the republican party they are saying, send ago clear message to the americans saying we cannot go in this direction. hillary clinton is unfit to be president. she will not keep america safe. do we really want a third term obama term presidency, because she is part of a failed foreign policy that president obama has pushed forward in the past 7 and a half years. >> there was a real focus last night on our military. a lot of messages from our

veterans. >> it was a good night for communicating that message. we are thinking about having our convention this week and next week. after the two conventions the fundamentals are the same. can donald trump convince voters to tais a risk from him. we don't know what we are going to get out of a trump presidency verses making a bad voice for hillary clinton. we started hearing that last night with the military focus, we know from the decisions she has made so far and the fact that she is saying she wants to continue the policies of the last seven years which americans decidedly do not want to continue. she is a bad choice for america. that is what the election comes down to. do you want more of what we have had the last seven years. >> david mercedes, thank you for waking up for us.

>> voters will have to answer that. we want to hear from you. what do you think? who gave the best speech of the night. >> we will p -- send those we will read those a little later in the show. never trump delegates making a loud effort, short lived, to dump the presumptive nominee. >> those who oppose shall say no. >> they have been elected to this convention. >> tempers were flaring on the convention floor as protests kickoff outside with open carry activists refusing to leave their guns at home. >> we have more on how this all shaped out with rich moore. >> good morning, heather and abby. this convention started in a manner fitting this campaign season and this election season.

there was a bit of a controversy between the pro trump and anti trump. they were allowing those delegates on the first round to vote for whom ever they want to in an effort to try to derail the trump nomination. >> the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> donald trump will have the delegates necessary to officially become the republican party's nominee's president. >> mccarthy discussing all of this. says despite the protests any anti trump movement, the election of mike pence as his running mate indiana governor tries to bring together the party. >> you always have a little of that. i think the time is now to unite. i talked to a number of members

that weren't there yet and after the selection of mike pence said they are there. i think coming out of this week you will see a lot of uniting of the republican party. >> with the beginning of the convention also began the protests. we were out among the pro pest testers yesterday. there was a sizable anti trump rally, but there was pro jump folks shooting them down. there were protestors protesting a number of things. moving forward, there has been a concern about ohio's open carry law. you are allowed to carry your firearm in the state of ohio without a license. it is a law here. there was an appeal to the police union the governor and police department trying to restrict that and suspend the open carry. the governor saying you can't do that. it's a second amendment right and it is within state law. you can carry and there are plenty of folks doing so around

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>> we are back with a fox news lart. brand new chilling video showing a cop killer stalking police moments before his rampage. >> let's go to leland vittert with the new developments. the word they are using is hunting to describe how gavin was acting in baton rouge and during the killing spree itself. a car wash and convenience store down the road from police headquarters was the best place to carry out the rampage against police officers. it was a chilling picture of how he moved and fired and how he took cover during the shootout with police who ended up killing two officers wounding three more. grad garafola a neighborhood man

a family man and now a hero in his death as he ran into the gunfire to try to save another officer police tell us they can tell he fired back at gavin long until the very end. >> they ran to the threat, not from the threat in an attempt to protect and preserve life. they were ambushed by a man clearly targeting law enforcement. deputy gar fo garrafola died as protecting and serving. so did the other officers. >> now a look the a long's weapons three in total one hand gun and two rifles. the rounds were able to go through the bulletproof vests that they wear. that would have been the case

with nicholas toliar who is literally fighting for his life. two wounds in the chest one wound in the head. i spoke to a source close to the investigation close to the sheriff's deputy. what we need here for him to pull through is a miracle. that's something this city badly needs as well. back to you. >> leland vittert live for us. thank you. >> the mother of benghazi victim shawn smith showing her support behind donald trump as she places direct blame on hillary clinton for her son's death. >> when it comes to the threat posed by radical islamic terrorism, he will not hesitate to kill the terrorists who threaten american's lives. >> what grade haare the viewers giving her passionate speak. this just in overnight.

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montrell jackson >> star studded first at the republican national convention. did the gop message resinate on the big stage? >> we put the speeches to the polls. we divided this between republicans and independents and let's start with marcus latrell last night. he went off prompter. look at this. >> i am so used to speaking from the heart when i have to read

this it goes wrong. so i am just going to go. the you ready? not only do the leaders have to step up and support us but the family. those of us in here we are all family. we step up and we back them up, too. not only that we hold them accountable for every position and office we hold. the only way we survive this is together, not apart. in order for any life to matter, we all have to matter. you understand? >> looked like everyone is loving this moment. >> i think that last night was a huge night for the republican party. this is one of the first times we have seen independent republicans and democrats come together. this appealed to the heart which was most of the night last night which is not political politician's speech. it really resinated. you can see republicans and independents gave it an a and even democrats gave it a b. interesting dial line. >> speaking from the heart.

pat smith she lost her son in benghazi, shawn smith. she said last night trump is everything that hillary clinton is not. listen to this. >> donald trump is everything hillary clinton is not. he is blunt, direct and strong. he speaks his mind and his heart, and when it comes to the threats posed by radical islamic terrorism, he will not hesitate to kill the terrorists who threaten american lives. >> you can feel the sorrow and desperation there. what was the grade? >> independents and republicans gave had a b plus. democrats gave it a c minus. the word the people use to describe it was raw, emotional, powerful, authentic. it was a real story. the only beef that people had with it, are they exploiting her

grief. most people said this is what we need to hear. most people really responded to this. whether or not they did with their dial because it was so raw and so emotional. >> sheriff david clark spoke last night. a powerful speech. he talks about no person or group being above the law. here's what he says. >> you see, donald trump understands what can make our nation safe again is a recommitment to a system of justice in which no government official, not even those who have fought their way to the marble and granite halls of washington, no private citizens, noel elected official, even hillary clinton, and no group of people despite the fervor with which they press forward their grievances can claim privilege above the la you. it cannot happen in the united

states. >> a little more divided on this one it looks like. >> they were a little more divided. democrats gave it a c but there was flight at hillary clinton. this is about fairness. fairness is at the heart of what so many people like of donald trump and bernie sanders. part of the reason he got to where he was is he wasn't in the pocket. it was one that really resinated across the board. >> sheriff clark also talked about ferguson, baton rouge and he referred to them as a collapse of social order. listen to what he had to say. >> american law enforcement officers understand race is and has been a heated issue in our country. most appreciate the need for thoroughness and transparency and the greater food of their actions and investigations.

these are truths that are self evident to me in which i practice and they are the truth that donald trump understands and supports. >> lee, what are the grades here? oo i think across the board you can see republicans enenp enindependents you can pause and take care of that for a second. this is one of the first times we have seen that. in that message law enforcement is good, their intent is in the right place. it was one that really resinated. folks ask me all of the time whether or not democrats automatically turn down when they see republicans and vice versa. there were a lot of democrats willing to listen to the people who spoke last night. >> a lot of powerful moments everyone can agree on. it was nice to see that. >> the time is about 27 minutes after the top of the hour.

the first night of the rnc taking direct aim at rival hillary clinton. >> a vote for hillary is putting all of our children's lives at risk. >> i blame hillary clinton personally for the death of my son. >> did they make their case? >> our live coverage from cleveland continues next. ♪

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usually does on a rare appearance center stage last night at the republican national convention. it is tuesday july 19th. you are watching "fox & friends first". i am heather childers. >> i am abby huntsman. tonight's theme, make america work again. >> in the same spot the theme was make america safe again. harshly criticizing president obama's foreign policies. a hillary clinton presidency will fail to keep america safe. >> a vote for hillary is putting all of our children's lives at risk. >> barack obama and hillary clinton brought us isis and brought down benghazi. i shudder to think how many times our flag will fly at half mass if hillary clinton is in the oval office. hillary clinton has failed to stop the expansion of terrorism.

her policies in libya, afghanistan, iraq and syria have created more safe havens for terrorism. >> under barack obama, we have no coherent strategy to protect our citizens. under hillary clinton, it will be more of the same. >> now hillary clinton is promising more of the same, open borders, executive amnesty and the surge of syrian refugees. >> over and over obama and hillary apologized for america and allow jihadists to spread like wildfire. we cannot afford hillary in the white house again. >> benghazi was about opportunity. opportunity is taken when we defy the stand down orders. opportunity squandered when hillary failed to protect her people on the ground.

>> i blame hillary clinton personally for the death of my son. personally. >> so did they make their case? joining us for a fair and balanced debate strategist kathy lynn taylor and move on.com spokesperson careen. thank you for being with us. careen, i will start with you this time. did they make the case? what do you think? >> of course i don't think they made their case. they said the same rhetoric they have used over and over again whether it was the president or hillary clinton. hillary clinton 25 years the president the last eight years. last night when at we saw was m of the same. on the eve of the rnc there was a wall street journal poll that said 20 percent of the republican party didn't see the party positively.

what happened is you go into this convention you are missing the bushes, mccain, you are missing big important leaders of the party, so how are you going to unify the party if you are missing the leaders of the party like i just mentioned and you are continuing the same receipt tick over and over again. >> we talked a little bit about that in a moment. some people saying that would benefit donald trump to not have some of those folks there. >> what was in unity is the attacks on hillary clinton. you saw the clip of pat smith saying she personally blames hillary clinton for losing her son. those are very strong words against donald trump's running mate or who he is going to go up against. >> they are strong words, but on the other hand president obama

and secretary linton have presided over a rise in this country and afraud. what was so remarkable, what was so powerful about last night was the fact that last night put faces on the tragedy of terror. from pat smith to marcus luttrell to sheriff clark to mayor giuliani. they put faces on the tragedy of terror. that is what is bringing people together. the message was not divisiveness or have is reel at all it was holding them accountable. the message last night was unity. every speaker spoke about unity calling us to come together to be compassionate to love all americans, one america. rudy giuliani almost brought down the house when he said when you call us for help we don't ask if you are black or white, we come save you. that was a powerful moment. a moment of unity. >> karine as we wrap up here,

the theme was keep america safe again. hillary clinton as secretary of state was part of president obama's administration for a period of time. do you feel safer now than you did before? >> i think what we need right now is someone who is going to keep us safe once january 21st comes. i don't think it will be donald trump. he is not a unifier. he's a divider. that's my concern is making sure that donald trump is not the person that is the president that we are going to in the inauguration. >> do you feel safer now than you did when hillary clinton was secretary of state? oo it is a tumultuous time domestically and abroad. we are looking for someone who will keep us safe come january. >> karie jean-pierre, katherine, thank you for waking up with us.

>> thank you. >> have a great time today. >> the time is 37 minutes after the top of the hour. john kasich a no show at the convention in his own home state. what the ohio governor has to say for himself after being called out by the trump campaign. >> looking to score, we go to the marketplace on a tour next.

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>> over on the democratic side bernie sanders gave a 23 minute speech at a conference last week after he endorsed hillary clinton, but he didn't mention her by name. so people had a pretty good idea who he was referring to when he said money bags and pant suit. >> former trump rival ted cruz

expected to take the convention stage tomorrow. but he still has yet to endorse the presumptive go pshg. he is no the only one. john kasich is a no show to a major event in his own backyard. he believes trump will have a hard time winning the battle ground state. >> can donald trump win in ohio? i think it is hard if you don't have a unifying message. i think if you go too hard one way or the other way it is hard to win. if you are not a unifier, it is a real challenge. >> governor chris christie is calling him out for not signing the pledge. they vowed to support the nominee no matter what. >> it should be acceptable to me and you whoever signed that pledge is not supporting the

nominee. >> they called kasich's actions embarrassing. he is laughing off those claims. >> today is day two of the rnc. the focus shifting to president obama and his so-called failure to put americans back in work. some of the biggest names in politics taking the stage joined by donald trump's inner most circle. peter doocy has a presview of what we can expect today. >> to explain how a president trump would jump start the economy, today's program, make america work again, we have two of his adult children and the heist ranking republican in town. dr. ben carson and governor chris christie both of whom ran against in the primaries before jumping out and became the first high profile endorsers will be here. so will speaker of the house paul ryan who is the convention

chairman who stayed mostly out of sight as they tried no vain to vout out the rules. dana white will speak tonight as well as will run of trump's daughters tiffany and one of his sons donald junior. >> i have learned a long time ago never to bet against my father. he understand these things. he has an innate ability. when he puts his mind on something he is totally focused. i learned never to bet against him. >> the businessman trump talks about his expertise more than anything else on the trail he will not be here tonight instead choosing to watch from trump tower in new york. he and his wife melania left after her speech last night. >> peter doocy, thanks so much. >> hnow let's check in with stee doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends" in cleveland. exciting time for you guys. >> no kidding.

ladies, so many people were excited to see last night melania trump because, as it was revealed on "fox & friends," donald trump introduced his own wife. >> earlier in the program one of the most heartfelt speakers was the lone survivor marcus luttrell. at one point he went off script and spoke from the heart. got a little bit of it. if you missed it, listen. >> i am so used to speaking from the heart when i read this it goes wrong. i am going to go. you ready? (cheers) >> not only do leaders have to step up and support us, but the family. those of us in here we are all family, we step up and we back them up, too. not only that, we hold them accountable for every position and office they hold. look, either way, the only way we sewer vooif this is together, not apart. in order for any life to matter

we all have to matter. >> mr. mark cushion luttrell ie marcus luttrell. we will have complete coverage of what to expect this evening. also something a little different. ladies, we know how much you love cooking with friends. today cooking with friends we have a doctor in the house. dr. ben carson will be joining us live. >> what is he going to make? >> that's a good question. it could be a salad. i hope it's salad. >> we will find out. >> who wants salad. it's breakfast. pancakes and eggs. i heard anna kooiman was in search of eggs yesterday. >> i am sure there are eggs somewhere in cleveland. >> busy three hours kicks off 15 minutes from now. >> we will be right back.

welcome back to "fox & friends first." are you hoping to score some rnc swag? look no further than cleveland's freedom marketplace. >> i love this stuff. anna kooiman has more and joins us with more. where's your swag, anna? >> reporter: leave it to me to find some shopping to do while in cleveland. normally cleveland's monthly flee bargains draw millions of people. the freedom marketplace is the real place to go from everything from american flags, artifacts, patriotic jewelry. we caught up with summer chance and delegates to get in on the action. ♪ ♪

>> reporter: normally progressive field is home of the cleveland indians and these stands are full of fans. this is about 25 different vendors. let's go take a look inside. what are some missouri and texas delegates doing here. what are you finding? >> we're ready for trump. it's all about law and order and fox news is the best. >> reporter: thank you. thank you. what are you finding? >> i found this for my wife. it's a little pin. i think she'll enjoy it but now i've ruined the surprise. >> reporter: red, white and blue. diamonds are a girl's best friend and i'm feeling patriotic. >> $10. >> reporter: female leaders think they're hillary's worst nightmare. why do you connect with the conservative ideals? >> i want to be on my own, independent and responsible. >> reporter: take a walk through history of places like the great republic with artifacts like these. what are we looking at?

>> wood from the original white house. >> reporter: but you have to check out my favorite store front, flags of valor. veteran owned, veteran operated and combat veteran made. >> i got injured when i was deployed. got back and had final surgery and wanted something therapeutic. there was a flag i really liked, the wooden american flag. unfortunately it wasn't made in the united states. kind of upset me as an american. i figured, why not, let's launch a company. made in america still matters, believe our veterans are an untapped resource and we believe in giving back. >> each of the flags has a special significance and this one is caldwell come home. >> my dad was a vietnam veteran. this is a way as our company to say welcome home. >> reporter: are you ready for your website crash? let's make america work again. >> yeah, let's make their website crash. no, really, flags of valor is great. visit their website

flagsofvalor.com. you see it on the bottom of your screen. the more flags they buy more combat veterans are going to get to work. we know they face challenges. we did the honors and got one as well. >> i love it. >> reporter: gentleman. hang this in our greenroom. >> i have one of those in my bedroom. i look at it every day. >> i do. i love it. i love that you're highlighting that. >> reporter: that's incredible. they're just outside of d.c. if you want to find them. >> he said made in america, our veterans and giving back. a lot of fox fans there, too, i love it. >> they're everywhere. >> reporter: you know it. a lot of colorful people, too, and a lot of red, white and blue. >> bring us back some swag, anna. >> reporter: okay. bye, ladies. >> bye. >> thanks, anna. the time now is about eight minutes until the top of the hour. hitting it home, a lot of heated and passionate speeches definitely last night in support of republican presumptive nominee donald trump.

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the republican convention started today. donald trump spent the past several days preparing his acceptance speech while chris christie spent the past two weeks blowing up balloons. >> a live look outside quicken loans arena there in cleveland as the sun begins to shine. this will be day two of the republican national convention, and the economy will be the focus today. but it was a big night in speeches last night keeping people safe, keeping america safe at home. that was the topic. we asked you who you thought gave the best speech on the first day of the rnc. your comments are pouring in on this one. mary on facebook writing rudy giuliani was so passionate about his message, so powerful. i was concerned that he might have a heart attack on stage. then georgia says, i loved

melania's speech. she absolutely won the crowd over to her side tonight. she's a charmer as well as being very smart she will be a wonderful first lady. nate writes donald trump had the best speech. didn't have much to say but you could feel the love for his country through his eyes. roger writes lieutenant flynn, i personally liked how he had the u.s.a. chant going and he kept it up. bonnie, she tweets, i think that it was rudy g. his speech. he brought the house down. and it is day two of the republican national convention and the trump family using their business success to highlight the economic failures of the obama administration. make america work again. donald trump jr., executive vice president. he's sharing the stage with his younger sister, tiffany trump. she's breaking into the world of modeling and social media. other stories will come from paul ryan, new jersey governor

chris christie and dr. ben carson and ufc president dana white. speeches kick off at 5:30 p.m. eastern time. the night ends with a charity performance by rick springfield. "fox & friends" starts right now. we'll see you tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. bye. what happened to there's no black america, there's no white america, there is just america! ? what happened to it? >> i've been speaking for years and he does not give up. if you want someone to fight for you and your country, i can assure you he's the guy. >> i had a chance to actually spend time with mr. trump and i know he understands what it's going to take to fix this. an t