(colonial penn jingle) it's wednesday, july 20th. right now on "first look," donald trump is officially the stand ardbearer for the republicans as the speakers built up their candidate and bashed hillary clinton and the democrats. >> our schools used to be an elevator to the middle class. now they're stalled on the ground floor. they're like soviet era department stores that are run for the benefit of the clerks and not the customers. breaking overnight, garry marshall one of hollywood's most beloved producers and directors has died at the age of 81. plus one of the media world's most powerful figures may soon be out of a job. president obama tells law enforcement he's got their backs. and late night has a field day with the donald. "first look" starts right now.

good morning, everyone. i'm dara brown. it is official donald trump is now the 2016 gop presidential nominee. and it was donald jr. who announced the delegates, putting his dad over the top. >> and it is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates! and another six for john kasich. congratulations, dad! we love you! >> donald trump addressed the convention again, this time via satellite, thanking supporters and vowing to win in november. his adult children also took to the stage to humanize their father, with donald trump jr. delivering what many have called the strongest speech of the night. >> if you do what you love, hold nothing back, and never let fear of failure get in the way, then you pretty much figured out the trump formula. >> i know when people tell him it can't be done, that guarantees that he gets it done.

i know that when someone tells him that something impossible, that's what triggers him into action. and this week, that same man will stand before you as our party's nominee for the president of the united states of america. >> and prominent republican officials also did their part in making a case for party unity ahead of the general election. >> we need to demand more than what hillary clinton offers for america. because see, we know exactly what four years of hillary clinton will bring, all the failures of the obama years. but with less charm, and more lies. it is time to come together and make sure that donald trump is the next president of the united states. >> with donald trump in the white house, senate republicans will build on the work we've done and pass more bills into law than any senate in years. >> what do you say that we unify this party? what do you say that we unify this party at this crucial moment when unity is everything?

>> it was a night of fiery speeches, as newspapers across the country took notice, and while the theme of the night was make america work again, speakers spent the night prosecuting hillary clinton's past controversies. in fact, just take a look at this word cloud with the night's most prominent themes. at some point the crowd even broke into chants saying lock her up while speakers attacked clinton. >> lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! >> if hillary clinton were elected she'd be the first president who couldn't pass a basic background check. >> friends, not since baghdad bob has there been a public figure with such a tortured relationship with the truth. >> as first lady you viciously attacked the character of women who were sexually abused at the hands of their husband!

>> hillary clinton understands coal miners, and blue collar workers, about as well as she understands secure e-mail. >> are we willing to elect someone as president who has as their role model somebody who acknowledges lucifer? think about that. >> it is our obligation to stop hillary clinton now, and never let her get within ten miles of the white house again. >> republican senator jeff flake reacting to that rhetoric late last night posting, quote, hillary clinton now belongs in prison? come on. we can make the case that she shouldn't be elected without jumping the shark. but it was a trump campaign's own controversy over wife melania's monday night speech that continued to hang over the convention, as news outlets report mrs. trump's speech was partly written by a trump organization confidant. here was msnbc contributor and "washington post" reporter robert costa last night.

>> what we've confirmed is that two bush speech writers, john mcconnell and matt scully were commissioned to contribute some kind of passage and theme to melania trump's speech. their draft was scrapped. she ended up working mostly with meredith macgyver a longtime trump organization employee, a loyalist to the trump family. >> a ballet person. >> someone who has done ballet. also a ghost writer for trump. someone who helps trump with public speeches and books. >> nbc's tracie potts joins us from cleveland. good morning, we're halfway through the gop convention. have they moved the ball at all in pushing their message of party unity and what can we expect today? >> well, dara, there were a couple of messages. they wanted to get across the message of party unity. not so clear how that's going. they did get this nomination done but not without some trouble over the last couple of days. the other message is portraying donald trump as not just a smart guy, a smart businessman, but someone who is more down to earth, who is compassionate, who can understand the middle class. he's not just a billionaire who

is sort of rises above that. and that is the case that his children have been trying to make. we'll hear from eric trump tonight. but really it's the big night for mike pence. he's the head liner tonight. he'll accept the vice presidential nomination. typically the vice president is the attack dog but in this case it was chris christie with the hillary clinton trial on stage last night. mike pence tonight expected to balance this ticket what and draw in conservatives. we are also expecting to hear from newt gingrich tonight, two former rivals, ted cruz and marco rubio, both set to speak tonight, as we get halfway now, just past the halfway mark of this convention. >> interesting night ahead. tracie potts live in cleveland. thanks so much. the entertainment industry is reeling over the news of the passing of legendary garry marshall. the director, writer, producer and actor suffered from complications from pneumonia following a stroke. he was known as the hitmaker creating wildly popular tv

programs like "la tern and shirley," "the odd couple" and "happy days." >> lock the doors! >> marshall was also at the helm of blockbusters, like "runaway bride," and "the princess diaries." but it was "pretty woman" that got julia roberts her first nomination for best actress and became a box office sensation. >> oh! richard gere issued a statement saying everyone loved garry. he was a mentor and a cheerleader and one of the funniest men who ever lived. he had a heart of the purest gold and a soul full of mischief. he was garry. >> something's happening to the fonz. >> what is it? >> this morning -- >> actor henry winkler best known as the fonz from happy days tweeted thank you for my professional life. thank you for your loyalty, friendship and generosity. and from actor rob lowe, garry marshall hired me at 15 years

old. he gave me wife her start at 18. he changed our lives and many others. garry marshall an entertainment legend died in california, he was 81 years old. 21st century fox is denying reports that legendary fox news both roger ailes has been ousted. the company says an internal review is ongoing after former anchor accused ailes of sexual harassment. but this morning's "new york post" cover says it all. the paper owned by fox's parent company news corps reports the end is near for ailes. nbc's cynthia mcfadden has the details. >> reporter: reports circulating that fox news chairman and ceo roger ailes is on his way out. this in the wake of a highly publicized claim of sexual harassment by former fox anchor gretchen carlson who says ailes fired her in june after she rebuffed his advances. a claim ailes denies. ailes is widely credited with turning the cable giant into the financial and political

powerhouse it is today. with revenues last year of more than a billion dollars. >> ailes is fox news. there's not a detail of fox news that ailes does not have his fingers on. he is the person who is most central to his organization and the product it produces. >> reporter: ailes' rise included working as a media consultant with the mount rushmore of republican presidents, richard nixon, ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. but in becoming the founding ceo of fox news he solidified his reputation as a kingmaker. working closely with rupert murdoch, the executive chairman of 21st century fox. >> it has always been a very good relationship. roger ailes provides the one thing that rupert murdoch likes most, and really can't do without, which is money. an enormous amount of money. >> reporter: a year ago murdoch put his son's lackland and

james, in charge of fox news. a source with direct knowledge of the situation told nbc news the brothers wanted ailes out, even back then. the drudge report posted a document that purported to be the $40 million separation agreement between ailes and 21st century fox. the document was almost immediately taken down. the company followed with a statement, tweeted out soon thereafter. roger is at work. the review is ongoing. the only agreement that is in place is his existing employment agreement. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning, landon. >> hi, dara. wall street will try to keep the good times rolling today. the dow managing to close at a record high for a sixth straight day. the broader market falling on netflix disappointing earnings. the stop dropping 13%. that's its worse day in nearly two years. you want to look for earnings from morgan stanley, american express and intel.

meanwhile the back to school shopping season is here. a survey by deloitte finds the average household plans to spend about $488 this year. for those who started shopping before july will spend nearly $700. back to school sales are forecast at 3%. that's the slowest growth since 2012. >> landon, thanks so much. >> important health news that all men need to hear. plus president obama tells america's law enforcement we have your backs. details up next. she spent summer binge-watching.

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to the east coast. by the numbers, we have 46 million people affected by this heat wave right now. 16 states or at least portions of them are included. that's over 575,000 square miles from louisiana all the way up to the dakotas. so how hot is it actually going to feel over the day today and the next three days? well, omaha's going to be about 110. st. louis is going to feel like 109 to 110. same for little rock. memphis is going to be just as brutal the next couple days and then we bring some of the heat towards even areas like cincinnati, chicago, will feel like 102. finally by the weekend, friday builds a little bit, peaks saturday and sunday. d.c. should feel like 105 over the upcoming weekend. norfolk sunday near 110. not quite as bad, philly, new york and boston but their standards into the 90s, near 100 will feel very uncomfortable. >> very uncomfortable. >> it looks to break about tuesday next week. >> okay. we might hold you do that, bill. thank you so much. well, in the wake of the deadly police shootings the president met with attorney

general loretta lynch and fbi director james comey among other security officials yesterday proposing how he intends to use his remaining time in office to support law enforcement. >> engage the community, build up trust, what kind of equipment to they need? what kind of training do they need? what kind of recruitment strategies do they snead? and then to do everything we can to convene all parties concerned. >> the meeting follows an open letter that he penned to police on monday in the face of criticism from some police leaders, the president repeated his words from sunday, stating that any attack on police is an unjustified attack on all of us. a pennsylvania prison is reeling from a terrible freak accident on monday. a first year corrections officer and an inmate were scuffling when they smashed through an elevator door and plunged down an open shaft to their deaths. officials say an elevator car was on its way up from the first floor at the time of their fall. an investigation is ongoing as the prison remains on lockdown.

there is alarming news about the deadliest kind of prostate cancer. a new study from northwestern university has found the most advanced cancer cases have jumped by 72%. the current recommendation for men with an average cancer risk is to begin screening is at age 50. and this report is now prompting health officials to rethink screening guidelines. now to sports and tiger woods has withdrawn from this year's pga championship. this is the first time in his career that he has missed four consecutive majors and his agent says he will not play the rest of the season. a scary moment in pittsburgh, pirate pitcher takes a 105-mile-per-hour line drive right off the head. he stayed down for a few minutes but was amazingly able to stay in the game. now to the bottom of the ninth, game tied at two, josh harrison just misses a homer. but the throw goes into third and goes wild and harrison skips on home. pirates beat the brewers 3-2. and to philadelphia, and the philly fanatic trying to catch a

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again, and she destroyed 34,000 e-mails she had no right to destroy. i have convicted people on 20% of that evidence. >> joining me now, raul reyes, attorney general, columnist and nbcnews.com contributor. >> good morning. >> rudy giuliani speaking there. is he just preaching to the choir? >> totally. if anything that was the theme of the night last night was hillary clinton, you the the republicans went all out in demonizing her, in tagging her to all sorts of offenses real and imagined. so when, when he's talking about that he would have prosecuted her. i mean he can say that. that's his rhetoric but the facts are the facts the fbi did not move forward with the investigation so here we are. >> well, last night we had donald trump's children propping him up. >> right. >> and then we had the rest of the group actually tearing down hillary clinton. did that help unite the group? >> to a certain extent. i mean, to me, donald trump's children were the highlight of the evening. tiffany seemed like a perfectly

lovely, very well adjusted, ambitious young woman. nothing wrong with that. donald trump jr. was great. he had a very effective presentation, strong. and unlike so many of the other speakers, he spoke about donald trump. the problem with paul ryan, he talked all about the party and its vision, only i think he only said the words donald trump twice. chris christie, his whole speech was against hillary clinton. it's not enough to just say all the reasons hillary clinton is not bad, or is not good, or why she's not suitable for the country. they need to make a strong case for donald trump. and to me only donald trump jr. was able to do that successfully. >> well, that's exactly what they expected melania to do monday night. but now her speech they're saying it's possibly plagiarized. you know, why is this controversy not really been spoken about? >> i think it hasn't been spoken about because they haven't dealt with it. their response to it, you know, paul manafort was asked about it and he just denied it and donald trump himself on social media has completely denied it and that's a problem. if they have -- look plenty of

people have plagiarized, public figures, including joe biden, president obama, but when it's been brought to their attention think apologize and move on. the problem for melania, this was basically her introduction to the nation. this is when the whole country really gets to see a very knee mig matic figure who many people find fascinating. to have this shadow hang over it and not be willing to make an apology it's a drip drip drip and that's something that will unfortunately always stay with her. >> raul reyes, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> just ahead, jimmy fallon's take on the melania trump speech. and it is huge! we'll show you next. it's 24 minutes after the hour now. you show up. you stay up. you listen. you laugh. you worry. you do whatever it takes to take care of your family. and when it's time to plan for your family's future, we're here for you. we're legalzoom, and for over 10 years we've helped families just like yours with wills and living trusts.

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the late night comedians were given an early treat this week from the donald. the chat shows had an almost universal reaction to donald trump's big entrance on the first night of the republican convention. and "the tonight show's" jimmy fallon, he could barry contain himself. >> it's been a great convention so far. last night was fantastic. it was huge. did you see melania? she stole the show. literally. i mean she delivered her speech like a true first lady. that first lady being michelle obama, but still, she might have plagiarized some of it, but you got to admit she did it harder, better, faster, stronger, and it was working on that. >> and you know this is just beginning. can you imagine what we're going to get as the election -- >> we need more fog machine entrances.

fallon won that with the michael jackson -- the whole dance. >> it was awesome. it was the best. i'm dara brown and this is "first look" on msnbc. don't forget to like us on facebook. stay tuned, "way too early" starts right now. the chair announces that donald trump, having received a majority of these votes entitled to be cast at the convention, has been selected as the republican party nominee for president of the united states. >> and with that donald trump officially becomes the standard-bearer for the republican party. but not without a last-minute floor fight. we'll tell you what got alaska all upset. and new information on the melania trump speech fallout as the trump campaign continues to deny that lines were lifted from

michelle obama's speech eight years ago. and last night's convention theme was make america work again. but perhaps the most memorable phrase of the night was, quote, lock her up. it is 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." in >> good morning, it's wednesday, july 20th, i'm chris jansing live from cleveland. and it was one for the history books here last night. donald trump, now officially the republican presidential nominee. the businessman and first-time candidate was nominated by his ally, senator jeff sessions, of alabama, and put over the top by his four eldest children, casting the votes of the new york delegation. >> it is my distinct honornd