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keeping on. it is all "happening now". >> but we begin with the fox news alert ahead of the republican national convention. welcome to the second hour of "happening now". i am jon scott. >> i am melissa francis in for jenna lee. hours from now donald trump will take the stage to accept the republican nomination capping off a convention that was anything but conventional including twists and turns including this last night. god bless each and everyone of

you and god bless the united states of america. >> texas senator ted cruz refusing to endorse his party nominee and was booed off of the stage and prompting donald trump to make an unplanned early entrance to take back the crowd. a crowd is expected to gather for an anti- trump march planned in cleveland. we have live fox team coverage. we start with carl cameron. carl, what everyone is talking about is the cruz controversy today. where does all it stand? >> reporter: in limbo and may not be resolved for four years. the cruz campaign made it obvious that cruz is thinking about p political ambitions and still includes the white house

and might be so in 2020. and if donald trump were president he would challenge the commander in chief. otherwise mr. cruz is banking on donald trump losing. staffers for a former rival for the presidential campaign, not cruz or trump's campaign. i asked them what they thought. when trump loses, ted cruz will be blamed. and that is to say potential candidates four years from now are are thinking that they are going to beat up ted cruz with undermining the nominee with the speech. that is a lot of delegates and republican pobas, congressman and senators thinking that ted cruz, charged with shutting down the government without a plan to reopen it.

and angerred the republican establishment over the course of the september career did it again, this time with now nominated and soon to be accepting that nomination donald trump, jon. >> increase his dreams. tell us about the speech. what will he say? >> reporter: it is going to be longer than expected. this is the biggest audience donald trump will have until the election. they know it will not be a national speech only you but globally. he will focus on all of the themes. there will be contrast with with hillary clinton. clinton campaign slogan is i am with her. and trump's is i am with you. and he will be specific and saying this is what my position on trade will mean for you and

obama care will mean for you you. and global and domestic security will mean for you. and talk about law and order. and as the speech was being written. some of the folks working on it suggested that there will be be aspects that will be so sweeping and elaborate in the reforms and type of conventions that could be brokening if donald trump believes current treaty such as naughto is not working for the american people, he's not afraid to make changes. it could be as sweeping as some of the ronald reagan's speeches when the cold war was ending and the soviet union was collapsing. they are taking certaining of the audience and recognizing this is an opportunity for trump to show what he stands for and lay forth the persona and candidacy and direction for the

general election which is what convention acceptance speeches are about. >> he shattered norms of campaigning and might do the same in the carl cameron, thank you you. >> fox news senior political analyst brett hume. i want to ask you you about the things that carl just said. talk about the speech for tonight. speech writer is stephen miller. he's looked closely at the things that trump wants to contribute to the speech that there was things written on unlined pages. and he down loaded anti- plagiarism software to go through everything that is written. do you know stephen miller? >> i don't. >> yeah, what do you think and how the description of how they

are putting it together. >> they are trying to do it in a professional way than they did with melania's. any time you have a speech under the glair of scrutiny. they afford of slip ups and even though what it may go over well. you don't want criticisms or stories about facts that were wrong, things that were said that don't make sense of previous events that somebody didn't realize or plagiarism. >> i don't know if you heard carl, it is sweeping and as ambitious as anything that reagan ever said and thinking outside of a box about's hopeful

message and what this presidency can be. do you think that trump can do that? >> trump exists outside of the box, there is risks involved here. you you notice he did an interview to the new york times and he said we have to at an out of other nation's business and shouldn't shape the direction of turkey and a countries like that. turkey is a lynch pen of western and america foreign policy and what happens there matters to the united states. and if it is trending to a islamic dictatorship. if donald trump doesn't care about that and not worry about overseas. they are not mutually exclusive.

yes, we deal with with issues at home and issues abroad. he needs to be careful to not sound like he doesn't know that. people will say he doesn't understand the presidency. the content and the tone is important. this has to be focused and disciplined. but it has to be positive. that's what analyst said so far today and any time a sitting president or candidate is trying to get people to vote for him. it is well to state your attention. and it makes sense and given the way he explained it, it is possible and this is someone who could do it. that needs to be a part of it.

it also needs to be be a credible accountive that could be achieved by this candidate. >> always brilliant brit hume. thank you so much. >> and we want to hear from you. were you disappointed that ted cruz didn't endorse donald trump last night? go to foxnews.com/happeningnow and join the conversation. >> antitrump protestors are expected to march against the presidency nominee. they are part of the last crowd that has permission. it is a grouch muslim doctors that stand together to oppose clinton's comments. >> this would be a first crowd that goes on the parade roup.

the crowd is under whelming. if you look over here. you can see the demonstrators and a lot of them are media. and a group coming over the bridge. but they have to bring a lot of people. you can see the guys from the westborrow baptist church. the exitment we have seen thus far communist attempted to burn the flag. the problem is they set a person on fire. a second person ended up a total of 17 arrests and out of that reskirmish. revolutionary communist deny everything that the police said so far. and the march against trump organized by a group of muslim doctors and we'll look at a group coming across the bridge. they are coming and if they want

to shake the earth. they need people here in 20 minutes. >> mike tobin for what will be the final march there. >> we'll see. and fight for the gop nomination and even though septemberor ted cruz did not win the coveted prize he won a prime time convention speaking spot. >> we will unite the party and country by standing together for shared values and standing for liberty. and now senator cruz faces criticism he did not unite the gop after refusing to endorse donald trump. ruddy guiliani had thunderous applause for him.

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>> fox news alert. we are getting reaction to ted cruz's nonendorsement. and he pointed to trump's attacks to his wife and father. and cruz went on to say this. listen. >> i promise you, i was not eager to do that and that is not something i had an obligation to do. what does it say when you say vote your conscience? and rabid supporters of our

nominee what a horrible thing to say. if we can't make the case to the american people that voting for our party's nominee consistent with defending freedom. then we are not going to win and we don't deserve to win. that's how you win elections. >> and in case you missed it. this is the moment at the republican national convention. >> if you love our country and love your children much as i know you do. stand and vote for conscience and candidates up and town the ticket whom you trust to defend our freedom and be caringful to the constitution. [crowd noise]

>> i appreciate the enthusiasm of the new york delegation. >> he never said vote for donald trump. and that had him hearing boos as he left the stage. joining us now the man from new york. former mayor rudy guiliani and also a presidential candidate in 2008. what do you think over the flap of ted cruz and nonendorsement?

>> i think ted cruz has done something very damaging to himself. he gave his word that he would support the nominee of the republican party. your words your bond and he broke his word. and it is clear that the reason he's doing he wants to run in 2020. this is what nelson rockefeller did to goldwater and nelson rockfeller and oven as a vice-president he had to be dropped. we are elephants in the republican party. they have long memories. they remember that rockefeller double cost. >> i think ted cruz is vastly overerated as a speaker and

ronald reagan endorsed gerald ford and he was a viable candidate four years later. i believe that donald trump will win and obviously ted cruz will have a minor role in government. everybody in the senate doesn't like him already. i mean, he's one of the most disliked people in the senate. if trump were to lose. everyone would say how can you trust this man? he complains about what was said about his father. he said horrible things, too. he sand bagged ben carson with phony leaflets with ben p carson out of the race. he did vicious attacks on rubio and trump. politics is hard ball and not

soft ball, and when you make a promise in politics your words your bond. and when you are known as a president breaks his word. remember what trump used call lying ted. no one will work with you. republican or democrat. >> you may have a long memory as a republican but short on your voice right now. was it from monday's speech. >> no, it is 20 or 30 others to the delegations that i do every day. i have been talking quite a bit. catch your voice back and we want to play portions of that monday night speech. and we'll talk to the mayor on the other side of the commercial break after you hear part of what brought that convention crowd to their feet. >> i am telling you this, because i am sick and tired of

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>> fox news a scomplert man of the hour is in the quicken loans arena. donald trump taking a walk through of the space where he will tonight accept the republican nomination for president. what an unlikely trip it has been for the billionaire developer from new york city. and there is a brand new podium in place that they are unveiling. trump and his children taking a walk through.

and we'll get back to our discussion with former senator ruddy guiliani. he's running as a law and order candidate mr. mayor. you alluded to that when you talked about the response to the horrible police shootings. i want top play a fired up rudy guiliani. >> we say thank you to every law enforcement officer protecting us. black, white and latino, and every race and every color, every creed and sexual orientation. when they come to save your life, they don't ask if you are black or white? they just come to save you. >> those of us in new york city

at the time, you and your police commissioners took over in the bad p old days in new york city in the 1980s before you took over? >> absolutely right. we reduced crime in the eight years i was mayor 60 percent x. homicide by 65. and michael bloom berg continued and expanded the program. my other programs we used and he brought crime down to 85 percent which is astonishing. and we did it by backing our police. and making them proactive. now you can contrast us to chicago where they have three and half-times the murders of new york. we have the same gun control laws and so don't tell me gun control has going to do with violent crime. it doesn't. violent crim names don't register their guns. it is proactive policing that

reduces crime 65 and 85 percent. when you don't back your police and find them guilty before they have a trial and turn out to be acquitted like the police officers in baltimore. and you don't apologize, you create a terrible atmosphere and it comes from the top. right from president obama, who is quick to judge these police officers as guilty. a common criminal is innocent until proven get. if it doesn't change, you will see crime going back to where it was before i was mayor of new york. >> another thing in eric trump's speech. we are looking at donald trump now, taking to the stage where he will deliver his acceptance of the republican nomination.

the new podium he will be speaking behind is all wrapped up and will have a new look. we'll listen as he goes to the microphones here. [inaudible] >> maybe they don't have the sound system piped hot. you can see he's flankws to his left to your right by his daughter ivanka. and i want to take you back to something that eric trump spoke about last night. and city of new york spent six years trying to rebuild the woman's skating rink in central park. >> i remember it well. >> i will let eric trump tell the story.

>> here it is. i remember like yesterday. >> the project dragged on six years and blew over 13 million. 5 million over the already inflated budget. my father overlooked the disastrous construction sight from his office window each and every day decided to step in. what took a city half a decade to botch, my father completed in six months two months ahead of schedule and million dollars under budget. >> for those in new york city it struck me a guy who gets things done. >> that's how we actually became friends, because that created animositty with then mayor koch and when i ran for mayor donald trump supported me because he felt i could bring change to new

york that were needed. it was like come full circle and it was that innocent. i knew him before that incident. but it was that incident that brought him close and in addition to the many years it took. there was a lot of corruption involved and i was the u.s. attorney and i brought a racketeering case against the koch administration and personally prosecuted the case myself and put them in jail. i had a great knowledge it was not all inefficient work it was corruption that was involved in the delays that go on. you got to it know about donald trump is, he is an honest man and operates honestly, and he operates in an honorable way and a man of his word unlike the texas senator. >> we appreciate your insights and thanks for sharing what

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>> now it appears to be ivanka's turn and she will introduce him tonight. she is taking time in the new

podium that is not unveiled. it is all wrapped up in fabric and it will be unwrapped tonight. they are getting used to things and sizing things up before the acceptance speech tonight. new poll numbers showing where things stand in the battleground state. florida, ohio, north carolina and pennsylvania competitive states in the race. a new survey shows colorado leaning to hillary clinton. and josh homes is mitch mcconnel. and thank you for joining us. and you hear from political strategist and trump's best path runs through the midwest and turning out white working class voters in ohio, pennsylvania and

michigan and wisconsin. do you agree with that? >> i think that is right. the larger problem is that he has to win states like north carolina and florida and virginia. large suburban populations that he is underperforming. the rust belt states are important and evident to support he is doing better with white working place democrat and lapsed democrats. he's doing that okay. but it is the large suburban areas that i worry about and it is reflected in the poll. >> penny, is colorado important and why is it going to hillary clinton? >> yeah, it always been and a bell weather state. similar to virginia in the past and a purple state. and democrats have consistently won it. many out of the last presidential contest and it is from the west, but it has

a suburban and interesting mix in the hispanic community. and when you have the comments that trump made in the hispanic vote, you are seeing the leaning to colorado, shifting to republicans, as they are finding the comments very offensive. >> and josh, when you look at the line up of speakers, pam bondy showing you how important florida is to trump. what is his odds of winning there? >> there is large hispanic numbers and you have huge media marketses and one thing about florida, you have 5 million a week television proposition if you want to influence the electorate and it is expensive and the demographics are not ideal. he's staying close in all of these states, right?

there is a enormous amount of spend attacking trump. there is no margin and exactly the same it has been. i am interested to see is if numbers move? >> i hate to interrupt you guys, we want to take you back to the the convention floor and he was there for a mike check and we'll listen n. he said thank you to the group that is there on the floor testing what is going to be his place for a big speech tonight and everyone watching there and he's talking to the crowd on the floor. there is a new podium and haven't seen it yet. it was brought out and wrapped up and huge night for donald trump on the floor and he will go down and make sure it is the way he needs it to be. and there were technical challenges and his son was up in the podium there was technical

problems on the screen. paul manafort is making sure it is where mr. trump wants them. we'll go back to our guests. and obviously a very important time. and penny, let me talk to you about pennsylvania. that is the state that is democratic. and we have seen donald trump resonate with the people there, the economy has passed people by and looking for a new direction. is that a state he has a good chance. >> i had the pleasure of working with the governor there and there is a splet between the east and rural areas and in the middle. so he is appealing to the more working class out there in the west. but to josh's point, suburban counties around philadelphia are the drivers of the vote. and those include main college

educated women and minority and right now in pennsylvania. he's polling 0 with with african-american in pennsylvania. and that makes it difficult to win the state. and yes, he is getting in roads. he will have to change the policy and rhetoric. and making that speech tonight very, very important. and thanks for bearing with us. we watched him prepare for that and thanks to the insight, jon. >> donald trump estimated tax cut raising concern with his campaign now reworking the numbers. rich is live in washington with that? >> and donald trump and the economic team are reworking the plan. the tax foundation would cost the u.s. treasury 9- 10 trillion

over a decade if you don't factor in spending cuts. the new proposal. and influx according to the economic people. 2 or 3 trillion over ten years and top rate of about 30 percent. and top business rate from 35 to 15 percent. and raise money. there would be deductions from the code. he has yet to sign off on the plan. and running mate mike pence said tax cuts is a cornerstone of their campaign. >> i know firsthand, it doesn't have to be like this. in my home state of indiana, we prove every day you can build a growing economy on balanced

budgets. >> reporter: tonight is a bit of an economic theme. and some of the business community who support donald trump like peter teal. co-founder of pay pal and facebook and tech investors and libertarian who wants less government and fewer american commitments overseas. tom baron a real estate insistors and told bloomberg the united states needs a vision to inspire people and take that and make it a reality. democrats who are reacting to it the tax plans that trump puts out. say it would be a give away to the rich and cost the treasury too much money. >> hillary clinton narrowing down the vp list. and she could be close to announcing her running mate. we'll talk about that, next.

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with our strategist and julian epistein. is former chief council for the democrats and former staff director for the house director committee. julian, if it were you would you pick senator kaine. >> he is a safe choice. and i think he is a safe one. and the republican theory of this election for the most part if donald trump is going to win, he will have to win 65 and 70 percent of the white vote and that's because of changing demographics and his deficit with women and hispanics and others. he will have to win 65 or 75 percent of the vote. and the reason that hillary clinton is likely to pick senator kaine. he performed well in virginia when he was a governor of the state. he is a likely choice and the

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it a race to the bottom. >> i think ford is exactly right about that. i think a lot of people in the bernie sanders camp will not like the tim kaine because been lot of issues like trade, his history on questions of choice. so i think the about his camp wouldn't particularly like it. but i think he is the best choice from a general election point of view. the second point i would make to ford's very good point about the rollout, the rollout of this vp selection i think will be very carefully done. you'll see hillary and tim kaine together, they'll go on the road together. that's in stark contrast to what you saw with donald trump and mike pence where the choreographing the introduction of pence wasn't done particularly well, you don't see them at public events together. >> ford, hold on to that thought. we are looking at the republican

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hello, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. very big night ahead for donald trump. new details on the speech he's working on, how it's being vetted. he just took a walk on the podium, we'll show you that. the texas delegation a little upset with ted cruz. we'll talk to a ted cruz supporter and a texas delegate who is not happy with their senator. and ivanka trump practicing at the podium as well moments ago. what will she say tonight about her father and how she'll work to help unify the party.

the real story starts moments away, live from cleveland. a fox news alert, donald trump has just left the stage, as martha just alluded to, after a walkthrough at the convention in cleveland. let's bring back ford o'connell and julian epstein. ford, i know you wanted to say something about julian's points about the possibility of tim kaine as a vice president on the democratic side. >> absolutely. hillary clinton once used tim kaine to win florida. if she wins florida, it's all over. she's playing electoral calculations. it's not sexy for democrats but it's safe for clinton, she can keep it in her syndicate. >> let's look at what donald trump needs to say tonight, it will probably be the most-watched television event ever for him, despite his years on the "the apprentice." what does he need to say to

americans? i'll go to you first, ford. >> basically donald trump needs to hit it out of the park. he needs to give the feeling that he can presidential. he'll want to pass the commander in chief test. he'll want to say why america needs him, why his policies are going to put people back to work and how he's going to fix america on the world stage. what he wants to do is come across, i'm running for everyone, i'm running for the little guy, i'm running for vets, i'm running basically for all colors and all people in america. >> all right. real quickly, julian, just a couple of seconds left. what should he say? >> that would be a brilliant speech if he made it. he has to reassure the public that he can pass the commander in chief test. this convention wasn't particularly well-imagined. he has to listen to republicans who say he has to be much more specific. if he wants to increase security for this country, he has to say how. if he wants to get the economy going at 4% a year, he has to say how. if he wants to improve our educational system for everyone, he has to give more details.

thus far this is a campaign that's been lacking in substance as many republicans have said. >> advice and commentary from a democrat. julian epstein and ford o'connell, thank you who haboth. we're back in a moment. from bank of america to earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. at places like the batting cages. ♪ [ crowd cheers ] 2% back at grocery stores and now at wholesale clubs. and 3% back on gas. which helped him give his players something extra. the cash rewards credit card from bank of america. more cash back for the things you buy most.

great having you here. >> thank you. >> hope you've enjoyed it. "the real story" is now. thank you, guys. donald trump looking to end the republican convention on a very high note tonight, despite some of the drama we've seen playing out over the last few days. hello, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. as trump wraps up his walk through of his highly anticipated speech tonight, no doubt this is the most important night of donald trump's political life. all of this comes after a fairly dramatic evening when senator ted cruz snatched headlines with the speech that he gave. he support for donald trump, urged republicans to, quote, vote their conscience, he said, and basically said that he was