(colonial penn jingle) it's thursday, july 21st, right now on "first look" -- has donald trump showed up to support his running mate's big coming out? >> when donald trump becomes president of the united states of america, the change will be huge. >> but the spotlight may have been stolen by political rival who was booed off stage. but dangerous high heat across the country. the pokemon go craze is causing more dangerous behavior around the world. "first look" starts right now. good morning, everyone, a rauk us night in cleveland.

a primetime focussed on showcasing mike pence to the american people goes off the rails. former presidential candidate ted cruz took the stage at donald trump's convention and purposefully did not endorse his party's nominee. near the end of the speech, convention goers broke out into fits of boos as trump crashed the speech. >> if you love our country and love your children as much as i know that you do, stand and speak and vote your conscious, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. i appreciate the enthusiasm of the new york delegation, we must make the most of our moment to fight for freedom, to protect our god-given rights, even if

those with whom we don't agree. god bless each and every one of you and god bless the united states of america. >> and while governor pence's primetime address was supposed to be the capstone of the night, trump's first reaction at the close of the night's events twhuz -- tweeting, wow ted cruz got booed off the stage. didn't honor the plenl. i saw his speech two hours early but let him speak any way. no big deal. but the damage was done with cruz stealing the spotlight from pence, knocking him out in online searches by over 50%. and in headlines across the country, reaction from the political class came crashing down on cruz. >> it was an awful, selfish speech by someone who tonight through the words he said on that stage showed everybody why he has richly earned the reputation that he has on capitol hill. i just think it was an awful

performance by someone who showed himself tonight to not be a man of his word. >> it's unfortunate that it wasn't more of a unifying speech. >> to me, ted cruz showed america what he really is, a fraud, a liar, self centered and disqualified himself for ever being considered for president of the united states. >> things became so fraught during cruz's speech, they had to escort his wife heidi out of the arena. last night was just the latest dustup. watch what happened when cruz held a rally for supporters earlier in the day. >> our party now has a nominee. and i don't know -- [ boo ] >> that was pretty well

orchestrated. jeff, did you e-mail them to fly the plane right when i said that? >> but cruz's nonendorsement last night was the exception, as 2016 candidates finally rallied behind donald trump. >> donald trump is committed to getting our national debt under control. after a long and spirited primary, the time for fighting each other is over. it's time to come together and fight for a new direction for america. >> let me be clear, a vote for anyone other than donald trump no november is a vote for hillary clinton. >> and while the night also had another trump family member, son eric trump, offering a strong personal endorsement of his father, it also included a roster of republican minorities, making their best pitches for a gop win in november. ultimately the night was fwrugt a close by indiana governor mike pence making his introduction to the american people, defending trump and taking on hillary

clinton all at once. >> on behalf of my family here and gone, i accept your nomination to run and serve as vice president of the united states of america. hillary clinton wants a better title and i would, too, if i was already america's secretary of the status quo. donald trump gets it. he's the genuine article. he's a doer in a game usually reserved for talkers. and when donald trump does his talking he, he doesn't tiptoe around the thousands new rules of political correctness. it's change versus status quo and my fellow republicans when donald trump becomes president of the united states of america, the change will be huge. >> and just when everyone was ready to move on from the controversy behind melania's speech monday night, donald tweeted this quote, good news

melania's speech got more publicity than any of the history. that was contradicted by meredith mciver when she took full responsibility. mciver ghost writer for trump said, quote, in working with melania trump on her recent first lady first, we discussed many people who inspired her and messages she wanted to share with the american people. a person she has always liked is michelle obama. over the phone she read me some passages from mrs. obama's speech as examples. i wrote them down and later included some of the phrases that ultimately became the final speech. i did not check mrs. obama's speeches. this was my mistake and i feel terrible for the chaos i caused melania and the trumps as well as mrs. obama, no harm was meant. it is clear that trump team now hopes this controversy is behind them as the donald is set to close out the convention tonight with his own keynote address.

nbc's tracy potts joins us now from cleveland. tracy, after three nights of controversy, does the success rest on trump's shoulders tonight and what else can we expect from the convention's final days? >> well, it really does. if trump can knock it out of the park tonight, it will to some degree diminish these unexpected issues and controversies that we've seen everyday of this convention. clearly tonight is his night to pull things together. unity is the theme of the day. make america one again. there are ten speakers set for tonight. we're going to hear from the reverend jerry fallwell trying to again give a prime spot to evangelicals, those ultra conservatives that they're trying to pull into the trump campaign. we're going to hear from reince priebus, the head of the republican national committee again about unity, about bringing together these dissident factions of the party.

ivanka trump will introduce -- the last trump child to speak will introduce her father. yes, it's up to donald trump tonight to end this convention on a positive note. there's been a lot of dissension here. >> tracy potts reporting from cleveland. stay with msnbc for complete coverage of the final day of the rnc. tell us your thoughts on the candidates, the election and the state of our country by visiting election confessions.com. historic and deadly heat is gripping much of the country, extreme temperatures coupled with high humidity is blanketing major parts of the nation. the heat index or what is sometimes called the feels like temperature is the hottest of the summer so far. president obama was briefed on sweltering conditions by his science adviser. he later tweeted this map says it all, stay safe as it heats up.

drink water. stay out of the sun and check on your neighbors. it was so hot in rapid city, south dakota that sales men at a car dealership were able to bake some cookies on the dash board of a car. well, maybe a bit soft but i bet they are absolutely delicious. bill karns is here with more of his dangerous heat wave. >> important part is check on your neighbors. especially elderly neighbors. these end up being deadly heat waves. the longer they go, the deadlier they typically are. now we're on the fourth day in a row in the middle of the country. 21 different states, advisories, watches and warnings. it's going to be the worst under the warnings. we have 36 million under heat advisories. how bad will it get underneath our big heat dome and this heat dome will move to the east coast this upcoming weekend. today kansas city will be one of the worst, look at omaha, it

will feel 112. on friday, we push the heat to the east a little bit. louisville gets into it, 101. st. louis will feel like 109. by the time we get to saturday, then we move into carolinas with washington, d.c. will feel like 104. it won't be quite as bad in areas from philadelphia north wards because the humidity won't be quite as bad. 103 in richmond. yeah, this is the time of year you expect this. we just don't want it to be deadly. we want to try to protect as many lives as possible. well, a major announcement from the family the 2-year-old boy killed in an alligator attack at a luxury walt disney world resort. lane graves was wading in beaches when he was snatched away by an alligator. his parents, melissa and matt graves issued a heartfelt statement saying in part we know we can never have lane back and therefore we intend to keep his spirit alive through the lane

thomas foundation. we will solely be focussed on the future health of your family and will not be pursuing a lawsuit against disney. in the days following the attack, disney installed new signage and barriers around its parks. baltimore police released new video as a warning to drivers that pokemon go isn't all fun and games. he slammed into a parked police car while officers looked on. when they catch up with him, he admitted he was distracted playing pokemon go. authorities are cautioning people to stay alert after several dangerous incidents were linked to the hit game. did the "wolf of wall street" get made with stolen money. a store clerk takes an incredible risk when confronted by an armed robber. details next.

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a key moment in last night's address by newly-minted vp mike pence was where he blasted hillary clinton, demonstrating his ability to serve as a gop attack dog. take a listen. >> and it was hillary clinton who left americans in harm's way in benghazi and after four americans fell said what difference at this point does it make. >> we would like to play for you the exchange that led clinton to say those words in their full context. take a listen. >> we were misled that there was supposedly protests and something sprang out of that and an assault sprang out of that but that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact and american people could have known that within days and they didn't know that. >> with all due respect the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a

walk decided they would go kill some americans. what difference at this point does it make. it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again now, senator. honestly, i will do my best to answer your questions about this but the fact is that people were trying in realtime to get to the best information. the ic has a process i understand going with the other committees to explain how these talking points came out. but, you know, to be clear, it is from my perspective less important today looking backwards as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice and then maybe we'll figure out what was going on in the meantime. >> thank you, madame secretary. >> let's bring in daniel strous. good morning. >> good morning. >> pence's attack on clinton was one in many we've seen in the past few days.

is this a preview of the negative campaigning we can expect in the general election. >> absolutely. this is the role that pence is supposed to take. he is supposed to be a happy warrior or happy attack dog. someone who can deliver a solid punch while trump delivers over and over his message of making america great again. >> we had another surprise last night and this time it was ted cruz stealing headlines. how does this play out for party unity? >> well, definitely calls into question how unified the gop is. listen, booing on the convention floor, especially at a time when a former rival is supposed to deliver an endorsement to the nominee is not exactly how things were supposed to go. and it really calls into question how much support donald trump has among top republican former candidates and figures. listen, ted cruz is like rumored to consider or to be playing to

run for president again. that's a rumor with some foundation to it. >> here trump tweets out that she saw cruz's speech ahead of time. he knew he wasn't going to get the endorsement. was this a setup? >> possibly. it's a little wishful thinking here, but you know, neither of these republicans like each other. so, maybe it is something -- a situation where trump wanted to let ted cruz step in it. >> the rivalry is absolutely apparent. mike pence, though, he did deliver a pretty solid speech by many accounts. what did you think? >> i was impressed by the speech. it was well delivered. it was concise and it was appealing, but i really doubt it's going to distract from ted cruz's speech earlier in the night and the reaction to it. >> and one more night to go. we'll have to see what happens. daniel strauss, thank you so much for joining me. >> thanks for having me. just ahead, car pool

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welcome back. james corden had a special guest on car pool karaoke last night. michelle obama joined the late late host to perform "this is for my girls" which aims to raise awareness about education and equality ♪ this is for my girls ♪ this is for my babies, my sisters all over ♪ ♪ this is for my girls

♪ >> great popping by missy elliott there. caitlyn jenner spoke at an lgbt event outside the republican convention. >> i get it. the democratic party does a better job when it comes to lgbt community all that kind of stuff and obama actually has been very good from that standpoint. i think the republican party needs to understand, they need to know people who are trans. it was easy to come out as trans. it was harder to come out as a republican. >> donald trump got his wall but it may not be the one he's been wooing crowds with. keep out read signs on it.

>> that protest is far away from cleveland. cleveland has been kind of quiet. >> don't forget to like us on facebook. "way too early" starts right now. [ we want trump ] >> i appreciate the enthusiasm of the new york delegation. >> it's the latest in the series of unfortunate events at the republican national convention as the crowd turned on ted cruz when he refused to endorse donald trump. the drama overshadowing what was supposed to be the vice presidential nominee's night. >> it's change versus status quo and my fellow republicans, when donald trump becomes president of the united states of america, the change will be huge. >> we'll hear more from governor

mike pence after his debut on the national stage. and just as everyone was moving on from the debacle over melania trump speech, the campaign breathes new life into the controversy, so is this the final answer? it is 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west, this is "way too early." ♪ ♪ good morning, it is thursday, july 21st i'm chris jansing live in cleveland with an enthusiastic crowd on day three of the republican convention was supposed to be the nation's formal introduction to vice presidential candidate mike pence, but by the end of the night, the republican party found itself as divided as ever, after senator ted cruz left out one thing in his