more than any president in my lifetime, he has acknowledged the importance of farmers and agriculture. that's support and focus on negotiating new trade deals. >> tucker: there it is, the republican national convention night two. we will turn it over to sean hannity for the next hour. hey, sean. >> sean: all right, tucker, thank you. welcome to hannity. we begin tonight with a fox news alert. we're broadcasting live from the newly renovated rose garden at the white house in our nation's capital where first lady melania trump is set to be the headliner tonight and deliver remarks in just a few moments. breaking moments ago, president trump he issued a pardon for john convicted bank robber started a nonprofit that helps enter after prison. why didn't they do that during the biden obama years. night two of the national convention the theme is appropriately named america, land of opportunity.

now, coming up in addition to the first lady, we will all hear from secretary of state mike pompeo, pam bondi larry kudlow, eric trump, tiffany trump, remember nicholas sandmann he is going to be a rich man at the very end of all of those things the covington high school student who took on the liars and the media mob. by the way, people surround me right where i am. and unlike the dnc, well, this convention won't be ignored and it won't ignore the safety and security and violence going on in american cities all around the country. and, by the way, but, first, i want to go right to this video that starts about the economy and we will be carrying as much as we can let's go live to this video. >> able to shed light on an area that had been so long left behind. tax cuts jobs act was huge especially for a community like ours that has a lot of small businesses. manufacturing, deregulation, fair trade. >> real life policy changes that

affected real americans. >> an amazing opportunity to get ahead, to have our businesses, to have our children educated. school choice. >> that is something that's huge for parents right now, especially black moms whose kids are trapped in failing school districts. >> black unemployment race was lowest ever. >> i have seen the numbers of employees go up and they're earning a lot more for their family than they have previously. >> what this administration has done simplifying the government that's really cut the handcuffs off 6 america again and allowed us to grow and move forward in a way that i have never seen in my lifetime. >> when you pull regulation and allow smart companies to go out there and be able to play in the game, that is the american dream. >> people feel that they can support and have a family and it can build and make us stronger as americans. >> what could be taken away if he doesn't win again? joe biden said the first thing is he going to do is increase

taxes on everyone. >> overregulated and making it where small business can't grow. that's taking away the american dream. >> i think with the upcoming election, people just need to think about what is better for them and their family. >> the president's job is to be the ceo of our country. and he is doing his job. >> he has improved jobs. he has improved health. he has improved wages. he has cut taxes. >> i could go on for an hour and a half. >> the plan is working. everybody had a job. making money, spending money. boom. my kids are going to look up to me and say you are the best mom for working, raising us, it's just tremendous what i could do, i guess. this is somebody who loves our country. he is truly fighting for the american people. ♪ >> hello, folks. you know me from tv and radio.

i'm larry kudlow. years ago i worked for ronald reagan. more recently i helped the team craft donald trump's economic plan during the campaign. it was a roaring success. inheriting a stagnant economy on the front end of recession the program of tax cuts, historic roll back of onerous regulations that crippled small business. unleashing energy to become the world's number one producer. and free, fair, and reciprocal trade deals to bolster manufacturing, agriculture, technology and other sectors: the economy was rebuilt in three years. unemployment fell to the lowest rate of 3.5%. blue collars, african-americans, hispanics, women, all groups benefited enormously. everyone was better off, a rising tide lifted all boats. then came a once in 100 year pandemic. it was awful. health and economic impacts were tragic. hardship and heart break were

everywhere. but, presidential leadership came swiftly and effectively with an extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the covid virus. the great bipartisan rescue also saved the economy. right now our economic health is coming back with emergency spending and tax cuts, americans are going back to work. there's a housing boom. there is an auto boom. a manufacturing boom, a consumer spending boom. stocks are in record territory. a v-shaped recovery is pointing to better to record growth in the second half of this year work looking ahead more tax cuts and payroll tax cuts for higher wages. income tax cuts for the middle class. capital gains tax cuts for investments, productivity and jobs. much more regulatory relief for small businesses. and economic terms, folks, this

is no time for a 4 trillion-dollar tax hike. coming out of the deep pandemic, who in their right mind would pick the pockets of taxpayers and drain money from their wallets and purses. look, our economic choice is very clear, do you want economic health, prosperity, opportunity and optimism? or do you want to turn back to the dark days of stagnation, recession and perform. i believe there can't be better economic policies than we have had in recent years i say stay with them. thank you. ♪ ♪ >> i'm jon peterson, owner of a second generation metal fabrication business called shoey metals. we have been stamping our products and services made in

the u.s.a. since 1957. my brother and i purchased the business from my uncles almost 38 years ago. what was a 12-person shop has now grown into a company employing 165 people today. like most companies, they are successful over the long run, we had to reinvent ourself as the market changed. six years ago we invested heavily in our business just as the greatest recession appeared. barack obama and joe biden, two career politicians who knew nothing about business couldn't get the government out of our way. and it put our business in a tail spin. sadly we were forced to make decisions which included cutting staff. a torturous experience when our employees are like family. the obama-biden era banking regulations left us no choice. it tied our lenders' hands and

dried us of the lifeblood of our business capital. we scratched and we clawed for two years and then everything changed. donald trump was elected president, he knew what it was like to build a company and create jobs. one of the first things he did was to cut red tape and put an end to draconian type banking regulations. he also cut taxes on small businesses, allowing us to be more competitive both domestically and internationally. in fact, we increased revenues by 25% for two years in a row. getting rid of the job-killing nafta and negotiation the us mexican-canada trade agreement. president trump ensured a more competitive playing field for american companies. even with all the challenges protected by the coronavirus, president trump is rebuilding and our economy is roaring back again.

but when i hear that joe biden is ready to raise taxes, crush us with regulations, and weaken our international trade position, i shutter. we simply cannot endure a biden-induced recession. some will struggle, some will not survive. and working men and women of america will get crushed yet again. this is not time to hand our government over to a washed up career politician who will be nothing but a puppet of the radical left democrats. as a life-long resident of wisconsin, i'm a fan of the badger football team. many may not realize that the wisconsin bangers and the president share three common qualities. they are smart, they are tough, and they are dependable. as a businessman, i can tell you that those qualities we need in our country's leader and that's

why we need to reelect donald j. trump. thank you and god bless america. ♪ ♪ >> good evening. i'm sissy graham lynch. and i'm honored to speak to you tonight about something that is so important to all of us, our faith. as americans, we know the first line of the first amendment protects our freedom of religion but what we often forget the actual words are free exercise of religion. that means living out our faith in our daily lives and our school and jobs and, yes, even in the public square.

our founders did not encourage a quiet hidden faith. they fought to ensure that the voices of faith were always welcomed, not silenced, not bullied. during the obama biden administration under attack. tried to make faith organizations pay for abortion indo you seeing drugs. democrats tried to force adoption agencies to violate their deeply held beliefs. democrats pressured schools to allow boys to compete in girls' sports and use girls locker rooms. those are the facts. but then we, the people, elected donald trump. people of faith suddenly had a fierce advocate in the white house. he appointed judges who respect the first amendment. he supported religious beliefs in court. he ensured religious ministries would not be forced to violate their beliefs.

he withdrew the policies that placed our little girls at risk. and on the world stage, president trump became the first president to talk about the importance of religious freedom at the united nations. giving hope to people of faith around the world. in america, we have not yet experienced physical percent cushion. even though the left has tried to silence us. even during the pandemic, we saw how quickly life can change. some democratic leaders tried to ban church services while marijuana shops and abortion clinics were declared essential. but you know what truly is essential? our right to worship freely and live our faith in every aspect of life. the biden-harris vision for america leaves no room for people of faith. whether you are a baker or a flores or florist or football ch

obedient to god or caesar because the radical left god is government power. so in the words of my grandfather billy graham, let us stand for political freedom, moral freedom, religious freedom and the rights of all americans and let's never give in to those who would attempt to take it from us. tonight i am proudly standing in that public square and i hope and pray you will join me in voting to reelect president trump. ♪ ♪ >> i am bob, mayor of eveleth. a small town in minnesota. my father and grandfather earned their livings mining steel. this election is a make or break for workers carrying on the legacy of men like them. sings iron range economy is vulnerable to economic trends and to foreign trade, we have always needed a strong voice in washington.

why look to democrats to fill that void for many years because we actually thought they cared about our welfare. not anymore. the radical environmental movement has dragged the democratic party so far to the left they can no longer claim to be advocates of the working man. this is hard for me to say because i am a lifelong democrat. but for far too long members of both parties allowed our country to be ripped off by our trading partners. especially china who dumped steel into our markets and slapped tariffs on our products. and what did so-called leaders like joe biden do? nothing. the human cost has been devastating. we lost thousands of jobs. we lost a generation of young people who had to leave the iron range to find a livelihood. worst of all, we lost hope. and something unexpected happened. the straight talking new yorker burst onto the scene, promising to stand up to china and the rest of the world on behalf of

the american worker. four years later, the iron range is roaring back to life and we have one man to thank, president donald trump. he made good on his promises by cutting our taxes, rolling back senseless regulations and delivering trade deals that put america's interests first. the fight is not over. joe biden has allowed radicals like aoc to craft his environmental policies. their so-called green new deal is a job-killing disgrace dremplet up by people who don't live in the real world. biden is too weak, too scared and too sleepy to stand up to the radical left. he has been doing nothing in washington for 47 years. why would year 48 be any different? president trump won't back down to anybody. he delivered the best economy in our history and he will do it again for all of us. the iron range's economic future and survival is at stake and so is america's.

we know we can count on president trump to fight for us and win. let's make sure he wins on november 3rd. god bless america. ♪ >> my name is abby johnson. i spent 8 years working for planned parenthood. but today i am a pro-life activist. when i was in college, planned parenthood approached me at a volunteer fair. they talked about helping women in crisis and their commitment to keep abortions safe, legal, and rare. i was convinced volunteer and later offered a full-time job as a medical assistant before my promotion to director of the clinic. i truly believed i was helping women. but things drastically changed in 2009. in april, i was awarded planned parenthood's employee of the year award and invited to their annual gala where they present the margaret sanger award named

for their founder. and margaret sanger was a racist who believed in eugenics. her goal when founding planned parenthood was to eradicate the minority population. today, almost 80% of planned parenthood abortions facilities are strategically located in minority neighborhoods. and every year planned parenthood celebrates its racist roots by presenting the margaret sanger award. later in august, my supervisor assigned me a new quota to meet, an abortion quota. i was expected to sell double the abortions performed the previous year. when i pushed back underscoring planned parenthood's public facing goal of decreasing abortions i was reprimanded and was told abortion is how we make our money. but the tipping point came a month later when a physician asked me to assist with an ultra

sound guided abortion. nothing prepared me for what i saw on the screen. an unborn baby fighting back, desperate to move away from the suction. and i will never forget what the doctor said next. beam me up, scotty. the last thing i saw was a spine twirling around in the mother's womamotherwomb before succumbine sukdz. on the 6th i left the clinic looking back only to remember why i now advocate so passionately for life. i founded and currently run and then there were none. a nonprofit organization that's helped nearly 600 abortion workers transition out of the industry. for most people who consider themselves pro-life, abortion is abstract. they can't even conceive of the

bar bare at this. they don't know about the products of conception room and abortion clinics where infant corpses are pieced back together to ensure nothing remains in the mother's womb. or that we joked and called it the pieces of children room. see, for me, abortion is real. i know what it sounds like. i know what abortion smells like. did you know abortion even had a smell? i have been the perpetrator to these babies, to these women. and i now support president trump because he has done more for the unborn than any other president. during his first month in office, he banned federal funds for global health groups that promote abortion. that same year he overturned an obama-biden rule that allowed government subsidy of abortion. he appointed a record number of pro-life judges, including two

supreme court justices and importantly he announced a new rule protecting the rights of healthcare workers objecting to abortion, many of whom i work with every day. life is a core ten nangts o tene are. this is a choice between two radical antilife activists and the most pro-life president we have ever had. that is something that should compel you to action. go door to door, make calls, talk to your neighbors and friends and vote on november 3rd. take action that reelects our president and do it with our very most vulnerable americans in mind. the ones who haven't been born yet. ♪ >> it began as a class trip to join thousands for the annual

march for life. these catholic young men traveled from kentucky to stand up for what they believed in. but what happened was something very different. >> cracker make america great. you dirty cracker your day is coming. young clansmen. look at make america great again hat. >> news, even celebrities launched a campaign of persecution that was completely false. against a boy in a make america great again hats. >> the maga hat carry as certain connotation that provokes a conditioned reaction. >> i blame that [bleep] kid. what a little prick. >> nic lazarus sand man received death threats and his school was forced to close. tonight, nicholas tells his story. >> good evening, everyone. my name is nic sandmann, and i'm the teenager who was defamed by the media after encounter with a

group of protesters on the steps of the lincoln memorial last year. before i begin, i would like to thank president trump for the opportunity to share some of my story and why it matters so much to this november's election. in 2019 i attended the march for life in washington, d.c. where i demonstrated in defense of the unborn. later that day, i bought a make america great again hat because our president, donald trump, has distinguished himself as one of the most pro-life presidents in the history of our country. and i wanted to express my support for him, too. looking back now, how could i have possibly imagined that the simple act of putting on that red hat would only hate from the left and make myself the target of network and cable news networks nationwide. being from kentucky, the birthplace of abraham lincoln, my classmates and i visited the lincoln memorial. i found myself face to face with

nathan phillips and other professional protesters looking to turn me into the latest poster child, showing why trump is bad. while the media portrayed me as an aggressor with a relentless smirk on my face. in reality the video confirms i was standing with my hands behind my back and an awkward smile on my face that had two thoughts. one, don't do anything that might further agitate the man bagging that drum in my face. and, two, i was trying to follow a family friend's advice, never to do anything to embarrass your family, your school, or your community. before i knew what was happening, it was over. one of mr. phillips' fellow agitators yelled out we got him. it's all right here on video. and we won, grandpa. what i thought was a strange encounter quickly developed into a major news story, complete with video footage.

my life changed forever in that one moment. the full war machine of the mainstream media revved up into attack mode. they did so without researching the full video of the incident. without ever investigating mr. phillips' motives. or without ever asking me for my side of the story. and do you know why? because the truth was not important. advancing their anti-christian, anti-conservative, anti-donald trump narrative was all that mattered. and if advancing their narrative ruined the reputation and future of a teenager from covington, kentucky, well, so be it. that would teach him not to wear a maga hat. i learned what was happening to me had a name. it was called being canceled. as in annulled, as in revoked. as in made void. canceled is what is happening to people around this country who refuse to be silenced by the far left.

many are being fired, humiliated or even threatened. and often the media is a willing participant. but i would not be canceled. i fought back hard to expose the media for what they did to me and i want won a personal victory. well, much more must be done. i look forward to the day that the media returns to providing balanced, responsible and accountable news coverage. i know president trump hopes for that, too. and i know you will agree with me when we say that no one in this country has been a victim of unfair media coverage more than president donald trump. in november, i believe this country must unite around a president who calls the media out and refuses to allow them to create a narrative instead of reporting the facts. i believe we must join a president who will challenge the media to return to objective journalism. and together i believe we must all embrace our first amendment

rights and not hide in fear of the media or from the tech companies, or from the outrage mob either. thithis is worth fighting for. this is worth voting for. and this is what donald trump stands for. thank you all for listening to me tonight. and one more thing, let's make america great again. >> sean: wow, powerful moment. nicholas sandmann speaking night two at the rnc media mob, did you that to an innocent person. you did that. fake news cnn, you paid. others have paid. nbc and others next. he did nothing wrong. totally smeared, slandered besmirched by the hate trump media mob for wearing a maga hat. we're live in the rose garden awaiting the remarks of the first lady and others. back to night two of the republican national convention and former florida attorney general pam bondi. >> as a career prosecutor and

former attorney general of florida, i fought corruption and i know what it looks like, whether it's done by people wearing pinstriped suits or orange jump suits. at the democrats' convention we were told to look at joe biden as the model of integrity but when you look at his 47-year career in politics, the people who benefited are his family members. not the american people. let's take a closer look. we all know about joe's son hunter biden, a corrupt urk an h put on him board. no experience. he was paid to do nothing. he only had one qualification that mattered, he was the son of the man in charge of distributing u.s. aid to ukraine. and recently reported information revealed that a few months after hunter biden joined

that corrupt company's board, the obama-biden's state department began doing business with them even when it remained under investigation for corruption. and it gets worse. that very same company was being investigated by a ukrainian prosecutor. joe biden, the vice president of the united states, threatened to withhold aid to ukraine unless that same prosecutor was fired. and then, he was fired. hunter only resigned from that board just before his dad announced his campaign for president. now, let's talk about china. fact: joe biden flew to china on air force 2 with hunter along for the ride. they said he was just there as a family member, but we know that's untrue. in beijing, hunter didn't just go sight-seeing, he had meetings with his chinese bank partners.

hunter even arranged for his dad to meet with bun one of the partners. 10 days later those chinese communist bankers approved millions to go to hunter's firm. and those bankers work for the chinese communist party which oppresses their people, cheated american workers for decades and covered up a deadly virus. to this day, hunter controls a 10% stake in that firm. and joe biden has done more than look the other way on china. he said the chinese aren't our competition. come on, man. they are not bad folks. come on, joe. talk to the folks in middle america who lost countless jobs to china while your son was getting rich with them. but there's more. fact: there have been numerous press reports that have shown other close biden family members benefited from joe's 47-year

political career. joe biden was point person on iraq. the president of a construction firm met with biden's team in the white house and then who did they hire to build thousands of houses in iraq? joe biden's close family member. who, you guessed it, had no experience in the industry and no experience in iraq. a company official bragged that it helps to have a family member the vice president partner. the family member put it more bluntly by saying there is a line of 747s filled with cash ready to invest. now, let's follow the money down south. again, as reported in the press yet another close family member of joe's set his sights on costa rica and jamaica where millions of dollars flowed from the obama-biden administration in taxpayer-backed loans to projects linked, to yes, that

same family member. these aren't isolated incidents. it is a deliberate pattern of conduct. and that's just what he did as vice president. imagine what he would do as president. how many american families would be allowed to get away with this? why should there be one standard for the elite political class and another set of rules for the rest of us? when millions of americans voted for donald trump, they knew he would be different, and he is. he is a tough, no-nonsense outsider who can't be bought or intimidated. he won't even take a paycheck from the american people. he don't united states his paycheck to charities across this country. democrats have been lecturing america about integrity for four years while their nominee has been writing the textbook on abuse of power for 40 years.

if they want to make this election a choice between who is saving america and who is swindling america? bring it on. joe says he will build back better, yeah, build the bidens back better. our president is in this to build a safer, better, and stronger america and he will finish what he started to keep this a real land of opportunity for everyone. if you want to check your voting status, secure your ballot, or register to vote, text vote to 88022. remember, the best is yet to come. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> women have played a very, very big role. at the level of geniuses, unbelievable, frankly. >> you have 70, 08 years on this earth? what are you going to do with it? are you going to make that difference? are you going to say i was there for the big battle in our country to save america? >> i feel very much called to do ever since i was a very young girl. >> in 2016 donald trump made his historic run for the office of united states president. knowing the monumental task he would be undertaking he rested all of his hoption for winning on one woman. because of that trust, he became the 45th president of the united states and kellyanne conway became the first woman in u.s. history to manage a winning presidential campaign. >> this president has been a champion for women mostly

because he speaks to them as if they can handle and tackle all issues. i don't want a job because of my gender. i want the job because i'm the best person for that position. that's it. and he respects that. and he appreciates hard work. you can't ask for anything better,. >> president trump continues to place strong women into significant positions throughout his administration and campaign, far more than any other president in u.s. history. >> that he has had -- does have more women on his top team than any president before but it actually goes down to his deputy assistants, to his special assistancstudents andawesome te. >> when he calls and says i want to you represent my entire campaign i became the first black woman to represent a republican presidential campaign winning presidential campaign in united states history.

>> throughout his career trump has always touted family first as a core value. he shows this especially with his choices of press secretary choosing sarah sanders the first mother to become a press secretary. stephanie grisham the first single mother to serve as press secretary and kellyanne who kayh mcenany. >> kellyanne conway has four children. between all the senior staff women we might have 75 kids. i'm not sure we have lost count. the importance of the work is never lost on any of us. and truly it is those children we are fighting for and for their future. >> with these capable women placed in positions of powerful influence and authority, president trump has proven that when the stakes are highest, he is proud to entrust many of our nation's most crucial jobs to women. >> the number of dedicated, amazing, brilliant, relentless women that are dedicate to the country and to the president and

to preserves the american dream is one of the greatest, if not the greatest things i will ever be a part of. ♪ ♪ >> only the president would say let's take that stay-at-home mom and have her run the party. what a smart guy. ♪ ♪ >> good evening. i'm tiffany trump speaking at the republican convention four years ago. so much has changed for the world, for our country and for my family. like so many students across the world, i graduated from law school during the pandemic. our generation is unified in the facing the future in uncertain times. and many of us are considering what kind of country we want to live in. as a recent graduate, i can relate to so many of you who might be looking for a job. my father built a thriving

economy once and, believe me, he will do it again. this election, i urge each and every one of you, to transcend political boundaries. this is a fight for freedom versus oppression. for opportunity versus stagnation, a fight to keep america true to america. i urge you to make judgment based on results and not rhetoric. if you believe in criminal justice reform, there is only one president that passed the first step acted giving people a second chance, a chance of at a life once again. if you believe in expanding quality and affordable healthcare, only president trump, my father, signed the right-to-try into law, the favored nation clause and other actions to lower drug prices and keep americans from getting ripped off. people must recognize that our

thoughts, our opinions and even the choice of who we are voting for may and are being manipulated and visibly coerced by the media and tech giants. if you tune in to the media, you get one biased opinion or another. and what you share if it does not fit into the narrative that they seek to promote then it is either ignored or deemed a live regardless of the truth. this manipulation of what information we receive impedes our freedoms rather than allowing americans the right to form our own beliefs, this misinformation system keeps people mentally enslaved to ideas they deem correct. this has foster you had unnecessary fear and divisiveness amongst us. why are so many in media and technology and even in our own government so invested in promoting a biased and fabricated view?

ask yourselves why are we prevented from seeing certain information? why is one viewpoint promoted while others are hidden? the answer is control controversy breed profit. but, what are the consequences when only one side of a story gets out or when only one viewpoint is acceptable. for our education system, it meant sacrificing civil debate by creating atmosphere for students with contrary opinions, are too afraid to speak. many students find themselves suppressed in their beliefs to fit into what acceptable group think is. in short. our nation suffers by inhibiting our diversity of thought and inclusion of ideas. working together outside of our political comfort zones we will accomplish so much more. some cynical politicians do not seem to believe in the miracle

of america. well, i do. as maximo alvarez said so eloquently last night, if freedom is lost in this country, there is nowhere else to go. having hope is not weakness. and believing in miracles is a gift from god. so tonight, i want to tell you the unsensorred truth of what we believe in. we believe in equality of opportunity we believe in freedom of thought and expression. think what you want cycle out the truth and learn from those with different opinion and freely make your voice heard to the world. we believe in school choice because a child's zip code in america should not determine their future why believe in freedom of religion for all faiths and we believe in the american spirit a country founded on ideas not identity.

a country where our differences are embraced and the only country where the word dream has been attached to it. because, in america, your life is yours to chart. so, if you are hearing these things and thinking to yourself, that is the kind of country that i want to live, in well, whether you realize it or not, you are a trump supporter. i encourage to you see beyond the facade so many other politicians employ. they mask themselves in disguises and decency as they try to precious to mask our own identities and beliefs. my father is the only person to challenge the establishment, the entrenched bureaucracy. big pharma and media monopolies to ensure that americans' constitutional freedoms are upheld and that justice and truth prevail. my father does not run away from challenges, even in the face of outright hatred. because fighting for america is something he will sacrifice

anything for. he dreamed big dreams for our country and he is relentless in achieving them. you see, make america great again is not a slogan for my father. it iit is what drives him to kep his promise of what is right for american citizens the energy of change and opportunity is with us. god has blessed us with unsufferable spirit, his spirit, the american spirit. my dad has proven to be driven by that spirit. he has demonstrated his faith and uncompromising heart and action. my father has made me believe that america can truly be great again. if you care about living your life without restraints, about rebelling against those who would suppress your voice and building your american dream, then the choice in this election is clear. a vote for my father, donald j.

trump, is a vote to uphold our american ideals, be true to yourself and stay true to the dream of america. thank you and god bless you all. ♪ ♪ >> sean: wow, powerful comments president trump's daughter tiffany trump. what a difference from a week ago radical socialist convention against american goodness and greatness and american exceptionalism. in a few moments first lady melania trump will address the rnc on night two from the rose garden which is where we are broadcasting from. also vice president pence will make an appearance at the convention tonight. we are awaiting speeches from eric trump and secretary of state mike pompeo. let's get back to night two rnc convention iowa governor kim reynolds now speaking. >> grateful for the freedom it provides. as i like to say, iowa is one big small town. neighbor helping neighbor is in our it d.n.a. from the sick farmer who can't harvest his crops to the single

mom who loses her job and is struggling to get back on her feet, the town, the community helps them get through it. but what happens when a storm rips through almost the entire state, when it's not one farmer who lost his crop but hundreds? when it's not one neighbor who was without food but thousands? that happened just two weeks ago. a storm called a derecho choo hurricane force winds up to 140 miles per hour wiped out millions of acres of crops, left thousands without power. it destroyed homes, wrecked lives, and left devastation in its wake. it was the worst storm in our state's history. and iowans did what you expect iowans to do. they helped each other, they took care of each other, and they still are. but someone else had our back, our president. when the winds had finished raging and the clean-up had only begun, he showed up.

now, you might not know that because the national media didn't report it. but the trump administration was here in full force. the day after the storm, the president called to assure me that we had the full backing of the federal government. and later that week vice president pence came to iowa to, again, assure us that the president and his administration were behind us. with the help of the trump administration, we quickly received a major disaster declaration that will help juans get back on their feet. the president he cut through the bureaucracy to do what needed to be done and to do it quickly. but that's not the first time president trump showed iowans that we can rely on him. in 2019, when 100 year floods breached nearly every liv levy d devastated communities large and small along the missouri river

in iowa, nebraska and missouri the president our request for made record time in just two days. well, this year he did it in less than 24 hours. so, whether it's providing needed relief to farmers who were the target of china's unfair trade practices, hammering out new free and fair trade deals, or fighting for workers and small businesses who were hit hard by covid-19, we have a president and a vice president who get things done. and because of president trump and his leadership, our country is able to bounce back from setbacks. and see opportunity grow and thrive. this is an administration of action and outcomes. they are delivering every day on their promise to make america great again. and that's exactly why we need to reelect president donald j. trump in november. thank you and may god bless the united states of america.

♪ >> america, the land of opportunity, a country where your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. abraham lincoln's words from 165 years ago still resonate today because of who we are and because of what we are. a country where a boy born into poverty in a log cabin raised right here on the frontier of indiana could educate himself, become a lawyer, become a president of the united states who would preserve the union, abolish slavery and save the nation. as a fellow hoosier, visiting lincoln's boyhood home has always been a treasured experience for me and my family. it's a place that made lincoln. it shaped lincoln, and defined the man that lincoln would become.

america is the land of opportunity. as president donald trump declared at mount rushmore in america you can do anything. you can be anything. and together we can achieve anything. every day president donald trump is fighting to protect the promise of american liberty. every day our president has been fighting to expand the reach of the american dream. and on every single day, without fail, president donald trump has been fighting for you. so tonight, i would like to introduce you to a few remarkable americans who represent that solemn pledge. who embody our president's unbreakable devotion to ensuring that america is a land of unlimited opportunity for all. jack is an 8-year-old from wisconsin, who was struggling academically and socially in school. jack's mom, sarah, who works three jobs to support her son

applied for wisconsin's school choice voucher program. >> we are glad that we were able to get the school choice voucher to go to that school. with gentleman, he would have slipped through the cracks in public school and having the option to go to a school that fits him has been a real game changer for us and i know that because of that opportunity that he is going to succeed and he is going to achieve that goal of being an apparatus engineer if that's what he chooses to stick with. >> laura mclin is the mother of another boy he has a fatal muscle weakening disorder. at my side in indiana when as governor i signed a law allowing terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs not yet approved by the fda. in 2018 president trump signed the landmark federal right-to-try bill into law.

thanks to the president's leadership, critically ill patients have the right to access life-saving experimental treatments. >> we started fighting for right-to-try which basically says if you have a terminal illness and there is a drug that exists and you don't qualify for the clinical trial, there is no way to receive it, this is a unique pathway that allows to you have access. he made us a promise back in indiana that you would do whatever it took to help jordan and we're so grateful that you joined us on this journey and stuck it out until it became law so other people could access treatment. >> so, jordan, if president trump was standing right there, what would you say to him today about right-to-try? >> thank you for being a hero to everybody in the country. >> judge cheryl allen made history in 2007 when she became the first african-american woman to be elected to serve on the pennsylvania's superior court. it's because of leaders like

judge allen that our nation has overcome our greatest challenges. in this time of racial division in the country do you see faith and values. >> absolutely. >> and the strong stand that president trump has taken for equality of opportunity, as a pathway towards bringing the country together? >> as a senior citizenship, i will leave it at that i know what racism feels like. but i also know that but for my being in this country, i would have never been able to achieve the things that i have been able to achieve. there are injustices, but the way to deal with those injustices is for people to sit down across the table and talk and come up with solutions. i do believe that president trump is committed to that. in 2016, i have to confess that i really did not know candidate

trump at the time. but i have to say that he really won me over. >> geno is a truck driver from ohio who heard politicians for years make empty promises about defending american jobs only to see those promises broken. again and again. but in 2019 when general motors closed its plant in lords town, ohio. president donald trump refused to stand by and watch it happen. and as geno observed, this president reached out to general motors to find a way to bring jobs back to lords town. and plans were soon set into motion to create lords town motors. >> president trump says this is how we fix it and i thought well, that's a simple solution. there is no other private -- no one tried to do it. president trump is a doer. he appreciates every one of us and i know he does. i have seen it. when he said make america great again that was his task. that wasn't his slogan. that was his task.

every hat you see that says maga on it, that's what your president is doing for you. thank you, mr. president for keeping the promises that you made. >> and then there is pastor aaron johnson. today he is the executive director of the tulsa dream center a nonprofit that provides education and medical services and food to those in need: a.j., you have a great personal story when you see the way this president and administration have been leaning in to create opportunities, investments in communities around the country to create jobs, expanding education choice. what does that mean to the families that you serve every day? >> it means so much to our families. did i grow up in a single patient home, so we serve over 600 boys and girls right now on a daily basis even in covid. so for us to have these moms to take more money on their paycheck home back to them to have their children be able to go to a school that they may not ---it means so much to us.

so. opportunity for individuals to come together in any walk of life. people have been able to see such a possible change passed been changed with hope. >> lydia left friends and family in honduras to pursue a better life in america. while raising their four daughters lydia and her husband run a small business that creates security systems. but just months after think business was up and running, our nation was struck by a global pandemic. that's when president donald trump stepped in. and enacted the largest financial relief package in american history. her small business stayed in business. and her american dream kept running strong. >> what did the paycheck protection program mean to your company as the coronavirus struck? >> yeah. it was a huge, tremendous help in and a big blessing. we applied. we were accepted and complete it was so grateful. you can't believe how much radio

leaf. we want to continue serving our clients. we want to continue to grow our economy. we want to ail continue to move forward. >> we are all able to make it. because of the support of family and friends, the government i tell my children they are born here in the u.s. i tell them you are sore blessed to live in america. >> here at abraham lincoln's boyhood home a young man would grow up to become the first republican president of the united states. and today another republican president is fighting to preserve that same noble leg gales of freedom. and president trump will make certained thacertained that thef american opportunity illuminates every city, every town and every community in this blessed land. >> hi, i'm ryan, i'm a police

officer from new mexico. in 2017, i had an encounter that changed my life forever. i had just started my shift and responded to a call for supervisors at a gas station. when i arrived, i saw a man and a woman sitting on a grassy slope. i recognized the telltale signs a needle, a spoon, i knew immediately that they were preparing to inject themselves with heroin. sadly, this is a common sight for me. i encounter the ravages of addiction every day. but, nothing could prepare me for what i discovered as i approached them. the woman was very pregnant. in my shock, i asked her if she knew that she was harming her baby by doing drugs. she crumbled and burst into tears. two worlds collided as i knelt down beside her. a police officer and a homeless drug addict brought together by forces outside of our control. as we talked, our humanity

distinct from our stations in life, was made abundantly clear. her name was crystal and in the midst of her suffering, she confided that she loved her unborn baby. she wanted the best for her child. in that moment, i saw her the way that all of you who know and love an addict see them as fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, children, cousins, and friends. as human beings full of value and dignity but robbed of their potential by this disease. when crystal said that she was looking for a family to adopt her baby, god showed me exactly what i had to do. without hesitation, i told her that my family would welcome her baby through adoption. today our beautiful daughter hope is a thriving 2-year-old, crystal is fast approaching three years of recovery. she is a dear friend and a

constant inspiration to me and others. i hold a special place in my heart for those facing opioid addiction and that's why i am enormously grateful to the president for his leadership in fighting this deadly enemy. through his efforts, we're turning the tide on the crisis of addiction. president trump declared the opioid crisis to be a public health emergency and then secured $6 billion in new federal funding to help americans fight opioid abuse. he invested an additional $100 billion to stop the opioid crisis in rural america and a root at the root of the problem safer prescribing plan aimed at reducing opioid prescriptions by over a third within three years. this is an effort that stops addiction before it ever gains a hold in someone's life. and it's having an impact. drug overdose deaths decreased

in 2018 for the first time in 30 years. many of the state's hardest hit by the opioid crisis are seeing the largest drop in deaths. we are seeing that doctors are writing fewer prescriptions for opioid pain drugs. these are significant improvements that have a meaningful impact. >> what a difference a week makes. that was a police officer that adopted the child of an opioid addict. so far night two, major success. it's not the radical socialists. great americans speaking about a great country. great inspiration. unlike last week's hateful anti-trump every second of the dnc. oh, positive messages about the greatest country god has ever given man. country that has always striving to be a more perfect union. programming note. tomorrow night we'll be broadcasting from the historic

fort mchenry in baltimore maryland where vice president mike pence will address the nation. stay with our continuing coverage. bret and martha followed by laura ingraham. we'll see you tomorrow night at fort mchenry. >> bret: good evening. welcome to washington, night two of the republican national convention. i'm bret baier. >> and i'm martha maccallum. in view of the newly renovated white house rose garden, first lady melania trump will give her speech, about 25 minutes in length, her longest address yet to the nation. and we also expect to get another surprise appearance from the president this evening as well. >> bret: as we await that, let's bring in our panel. chris wallace, brit hume, dana perino and juan williams. chris, start with you. a number of speakers, compelling