tonight, first lady, melania trump, taking center stage from the white house. >> i'm here because we need my husband to be our president and commander in chief for four more years. >> a show of force from the first family. personally making the case for the president's reelection. >> every proud american who bleeds red, white and blue, my father will continue to fight for you. >> what the republican party plans to do to appeal to female voters, and how the trump administration is fighting criticism over the president's handling of the pandemic. plus, the unprecedented convention moment, a secretary of state showing his support. >> this president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world.

this special nigh line, your voice, your vote starts right now. tonight the family of the president, front and center on the second night of the rnc, sprinkled with guest appearances from the incumbent candidate himself. >> i think it was a mixed bag for republicans tonight. donald trump looked at the democratic national convention, he looked at that kind of zoom conference convention and said i want more excitement. i want more pizzazz. and there were long stretches where that didn't happen tonight. there were some breakout moments. there's no question. i thought kentucky attorney general daniel cameron was a breakout star. we saw part of the future of the republican party. no question, in his retort to joe biden, his stinging rebuke of biden, really, biden, if you ain't voting for me, you ain't black, i thought was one of the most telling moments of the convention, melania trump, the

headliner. she gave a traditional first lady speech about bringing the country together around issues of family and issues of togetherness, but it seemed to be mixed a little bit with also that, that attack mode that we've seen so much from the trump family. and i thought it was an uneasy mix. i also thought it was too long. so a mixed bag for republicans. some breakout moments, but i don't think it was the pizzazz and the excitement that donald trump reality tv star and the best producer in this medium right now wanted for night two for the convention. now more on the second night of the rnc and the big moments. here's janai norman. >> a highly-anticipated speech by the first lady. >> the past three and a half years have been unforgettable. there are no words to describe how honored, humbled and fortunate i am to serve our nation as your first lady.

>> melania trump delivering her keynote address, live from the white house rose garden, speaking to an audience that included her husband as well as vice president pence and the second lady. >> just as you are fighting for your families, my husband, our family and the people in this administration are here fighting for you. >> ladies and gentlemen, rarely speaks publicly about the president. >> he loves this country. and he knows how to get things done. as you have learned over the past five years, he's not a traditional politician. he doesn't just speak words. he demands action, and he gets results. the future of our country has always been very important to him. and it is something that i have always admired. >> and it wasn't just his wife. trump's children, eric >> i'm proud of what you're doing for this children, i'm proud to show my children what

their grandfather is fighting for. >> and tiffany spoke to their father's vision. >> 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 dreams big dreams for our country. >> president trump's leadership at the forefront of the evening's program. the rnc paying tribute to the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, highlighting the women in the trump administration, winning over suburban women voters will be crucial to the president's reelection chances, a group the president has been vulnerable with. and tonight's lineup appealed directly to them. the first lady speaking to mothers. >> i have a special message for the mothers of this country. this modern world is moving so fast. and our children face challenges that seem to change every few months. like every parent in this country, i feel there are so many lessons to teach our son.

and responsibilities as his mother, but there are just not enough hours in the day to do did all. >> the first lady speaking on a range of topics from racial injustice to the coronavirus. >> i know many people are anxious. and some feel helpless. i want you to know, you're not alone. my husband's administration will not stop fighting until there is an effective treatment or vaccine available to everyone. >> pandemic will be a major issue this fall. and a new poll out yesterday, only 31% of americans approve of the president's handling of coronavirus. trump, and the rnc, are trying to change that narrative. and when it comes to the economy, the white house is facing an uphill battle. since march, the u.s. has seen record numbers of unemployment, with millions of jobs lost in

just five months, and the worst gdp drop in history last quarter. still, white house economic adviser, larry kudlow hailed the economy pre-covid and doubled down on the administration's economic recovery plan. >> 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 pessimism? i believe there can't be better economic policies than we've had in recent years. so i say, stay with it. >> and kudlow wasn't the only member of the administration to voice support for the president. >> i'm mike pompeo. i'm speaking to you from beautiful jerusalem, looking out over the old city. >> mike pompeo became the first sitting secretary of state in modern times to deliver a speech in support of a president at a political convention. america's top diplomat spoke about trump's global initiatives in this prerecorded message,

taped during an official overseas trip to jerusalem. >> delivering on this duty to keep us safe. and our freedoms in tact. this president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world. >> i'd like to introduce to you to a few remarkable americans. >> in a pre-taped video, vice president pence listening to voters on a range of issues, from school choice to pandemic response. >> what did the paycheck protection program mean to your country as the coronavirus struck? >> yeah, it was a huge, tremendous help and a big blessing, and so we applied. we accepted. we're so grateful. >> throughout the night, speaker after speaker, echoed a chorus of support for the president. >> he's a career politician who's never signed the front of a check and does not know the slightest thing about the american worker or the american business. >> 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. >> the biden-harris vision for america leaves no room for people of faith. >> as night two of the rnc came to a close, trump, by his wife's side, a definitive moment for the president, with only a couple days left in the 2020 convention, he will make a push to shore up his base while hoping to draw in more undecided voters. for "nightline," i'm janai norman. >> our thanks to janai. coming up, lindsey davis breaking down tonight's convention with our powerhouse political team. for a flare-up? enough, crohn's. for adults with moderate to severe crohn's or ulcerative colitis, stelara® can provide relief, and is the only approved medication to reduce inflammation on and below the surface of the intestine in uc.

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"nightline," youvoice, your vote, now, linsey davis, with our powerhouse political round table. >> good evening, everyone, we are joined now by chris chrissechris

tee. first lady melania trump spoke about embodying the american dream. does her speech tonight make her and the president more appealing to some of the women who may have dropped off. governor chris christie, how did she do. >> i've known her for 17 years. she was direct, she was honest, she was herself, uniquely herself, and you saw the content in that speech was different than anything else you've heard, that's because she wrote it. and i thought she delivered it well. i thought she delivered it sincerely, and i've always thought, for the last three and a half years, that she is simply the best surrogate that the president has. >> and tonight we saw a steady stream of women speaking out in support of president trump, and yet suburban women currently favor biden by 13 points. what does the president have to do in order to try win over more of those suburban women voters? >> well, i think we need to see more speeches like the one we

heard from melania trump. the first lady did something else that was very effective and i think needs to be part of the trump case to america, which is she was very subtle about it. she made a joke. she said, yeah, you know, i know you don't like what he saysy. you're going to hear what he says whether you like it or not. and people chuckled. set that haside. twitter doesn't matter. what matters is he goes out and fights anne eve fights every day, tax cuts, deregulation and peace in the middle east. >> i want to live in the world melania trump talked about. that is not her husband's america. that is not trump's america. like most of this convention, it's devoid of reality. it's performance. it's rhetoric. it's empty words, just like, i think that's challenge with

melania. you get this inconsistency. she says she cares about kids. she has the jacket "i don't care, how about you" when she goes to see kids in cages. she has a program about not bullying, and her husband is the bully in chief. if it was real we would all embrace it. i don't believe people believe it, particularly people who are drowning under the weight of this man's policies. >> several of the speakers used language describing joe biden as far left and radical. rahm, how does biden avoid getting painted with this same brush >> i don't think it's going to work. his speech introduced himself and inoculated himself from that. he has a son in the military.

they know him by joe. i want to pick up on something. i think she did a good job. the reason is, successful campaigns take a negative and turn it into an affirmative. she took all the things you don't like about donald trump, the rough edges and said that's an honest man. and a successful campaign takes all your stripes, positive and negative and takes the negatives and makes them work for you. she is the best surrogate. people know, if this is someone she would marry, he can't be that bad a man. so, by just talking about what motivates her and cares about her, she gets that glow by standing next to her. it was not the best of first lady speeches its when you look at other things, but it was an effective first lady speech, because he gets the benefit of people liking her. >> the economy of course continues to suffer greatly. over the past few months, with

tens of millions of americans applying for unemployment benefits, governor chrkristy, wd you say he's able to dig all of us out of this mess? >> he still has the advantage over joe biden. it's the only category that he has the advantage over joe biden is on the economy. the reason for that is two fold, one is the back ground. they affected h they elected him as a businessman who could restore the economy to be greater, and he did. and as rahm talked about before about inoculation, that's true. biden did a lot to inoculate himself, but the only way that inoculation stays is if he doesn't talk anymore. now we're going to see in the democratic party what joe

biden's going to say when he eventually starts to talk. is he going to sound more like rahm or yvette. and when that happens, that's going to cause a bit of a schism ing on w one he c party, chooses. and we don't have that problem in the republican party. >> which one is he going to choose? >> in his heart he's rahm, but he signed an agreement saying he's going to be like yvette with bernie sanders. what i urge the president is to start talking about your vision of the future so that joe biden has to talk specifically about his. and if he does, he's going to have to make a choice. >> the same thing, you talked a little bit about this last night. this campaign is still, or the convention, i want credit for what i did before covid hit. it cannot be retrospective credit. it has to be a touchstone for credibility about the future. and there's still no future. >> he's got to do it thursday night. a big swing and a miss if he

doesn't. >> i also want to talk to the governor's point, it depends on who we're trying to talk to. i think both parties are trying to talk to this narrow group of people who can move one side or the other. and i think for the millions of people suffering under the weight of this pandemic, i don't think anybody's talking to them the way they need to be talked to. and i think that's the mistake of this campaign. we know every election is decided by the people who don't show up. 2016 was decided by the folks who don't show up. they are the largest plurality of voters. 42%. if nobody's reaching them -- >> we all know that is a fair point except for one thing. every primary, every general election starting from 2018 and in this process, there has been higher turnout than ever before. turnout is going to hit historic highs. you have a midterm election that was turnout level of a presidential election. everyone is voting. and i don't disagree with your premise. i just don't agree with the

conclusion of that premise. >> but yvette, i wanted to bring back that jon ponder moment earlier tonight at the beginning of the event, president trump had that surprise pardon for jon ponder who was the convicted bank robber. in many ways you saw that as a draw for black voters. is that effective? >> for most black folks, i just pardoned a black man, it does not work. i don't think it's for black people. i think the objective is to make him seem like he has black people who support him or he supports black people. this is for the suburban white women who think he's too racist. >> not every one of these individuals is a token. with all due respect, no one forced them to come up and speak at this convention. these are folks who have a different view on how to solve problems in america. >> he is a politician. and he knows he only has 8% of black people, please, this is so

orchestrated. >> this guy could have been pardoned by barack obama, and he was not. he was pardoned by donald trump. that's what his family appreciates. and they don't appreciate him being a political symbol of something he was not. he chose to be there tonight, and donald trump gave him his name back tonight. >> thanks to our round table, we'll send it back to you. >> we'll be right back with a final note. where are you?! honey, did you hear about these new geico savings? mom? you'll get an extra 15% on top of what geico could already save you. can i call you back? your father's been researching our geneology. we're vikings! there's never been a better time to save with geico. switch by october seventh for an extra 15% on car and motorcycle insurance. hey, we lost the wifi password. do you remember what that is? for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors

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taking the stage tomorrow evening at the republican national convention, vice president mike pence and kellyanne conway, the departing counc counselor to the president. thanks for the company, america, good nite. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live," with guest host, david spade. tonight, lauren lapkus and music from the avett brothers. and now, here's david spade! >> david: hey, guys, welcome to "jimmy kimmel live," wow, it's

me again, david spade, wah, wah. what a ripoff, right? my second night at uncle jimmy's creepy dungeon. so excited to be here. they never even let me leave. this is a big gig for me. if it goes well, i can charge a little extra on my cameo. mee-mop. you actually get a lot of power as a guest host, but it's harder to be a diva in a pandemic. it's not as fun to throw coffee in a pa's face when it bounces off the face shield. it's tough to host jimmy's show because i'm really his best guest. in the end, who really suffers? you, the american people, right, guillermo? there he is. >> guillermo: that's right! >> david: that's it? hey, by the way, what's going on in that room? a little bleak there, you got a couch and a plant. is that a house or a crate and barrel that went out of business? >> guillermo: look, it's my meditation room.