demand, what gives you a feel even with cars that are using coming up on "early today," as donald trump showed up to support his running mate's big coming out. >> when donald trump becomes the president of the united states the change will be huge. >> but the spotlight may have been stolen by ted cruz who was booed offstage by his nonendorsement of donald trump. >> and temperatures scorch much of the country with dangerously high heat. >> and much more on a sweltering thursday. "early today" starts right now. good morning, everyone. i'm dara brown. a raucous night in

a program show cased on mike pence goes off the rails. ted cruz took to the convention stage and purposely 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 conscience, 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

even of 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 prime time address was supposed to be the capstone of the night trump's first reaction was this tweeting quote, wow, ted cruz god booed off the stage, didn't honor the pledge. i saw his speech two hours early but let him speech anyway. but the damage was done knocking pence out by over 50%. and in head lines, reaction from the political clash came crashing down on cruz. >> it was a selfish speech by someone who tonight through the words said on that stage showed why he has earned the reputation he has

performance by someone who showed himself tonight to not be a man of his word. >> it's unfortunate that it wasn't a unified speech. >> ted cruz showed what he really s. he's a fraud, a liar, and disqualified himself. >> things became so fraught security had to escort his wife heidi out of the arena. 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 -- [ crowd booing ] . >> that was pretty well

orchestrated. can you e-mail them to fly the plane right when i said that? >> but cruz's nonendorsement was the exception as 2016 candidates finally rallied behind trump. >> donald trump is committed to cut taxes, curb spending and get 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 in november is a vote for hillary clinton. >> and while the night also had another family member son eric trump offering a strong personal endorsement of his father it also included a roster of minority making their best pitches for a gop win in november. it was brought to a close by mike pence making his introduction to t

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 thousand 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 c controversy from melania trump's

good news is melania's speech got more publicity than any of the history in politics. that speech was controverted less than an hour later by mciver when she took responsibility for the plagiarism controversy. she said in working with melania trump on her recent first lady speech 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 as examples. i wrote them down and included them in the final speech. i did not check mrs. obama's speeches. this is my mistake and i feel terrible for the chaos i have caused and no harm was meant. the trump team hopes

t tra v -- contraser vi is behind them. does the kuk sesz rest on trump's shoulders tonight and what else can we expect from the convention's final day? >> reporter: if trump can knock it out of the park tonight it will to some degree diminish these unexpected controversies that we've seen every day of this convention so clearly tonight is his night to pull things together. unity is the theme of the day. make america one again. weir going to hear from jerry falwell trying to give a prime spot to those ultraconservatives that they're trying to pull into the trump campaign. we'll hear from the head of the republican national committee about unity, about bringing together these factions of the

introduce the last trump child to speak will introduce her father and it's up to donald trump tonight to end this convention on a positive note. there's been a lot of dissension here. >> an interesting night ahead. nbc news will have live coverage of the republican national convention. it begins 10:00 p.m. eastern. extreme temperatures coupled with high humidity is having a major impact on millions and millions. 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 advisor. he later tweeted this map says it all. stay safe as it heats up. drink water, and check on your

neighbors. bi >> the longer the heat waves go, the the more deadly they get. the elderly and of course people left in cars. we have that pretty much all the time. we also have the severe weather threat that we're dealing with currently coming down out of minnesota and sweeping across wisconsin. you'll have really strong thunderstorms and strong winds coming through and this will eventually move across areas of all wisconsin. as far as the heat wave map goes we have excessive heat advisories and heat warnings now. 32 million in the warning. 36 million are in the heat advisories. we also added areas for friday, saturday and sunday. omaha 111. areas like

areas as far as friday goes, we start watching it spread to louisville and we start adding d.c. and the mid-atlantic and the carolinas into the excessive heat. look at these high temperatures today. 104 today in wichita. that's not encolluding the heat index. it's a dangerous afternoon. it's going to be playing hot in mid-atlantic and southern new england today i but the humidity levels aren't that bad yet. this is a classic heat dome over the middle of the country. >> rough days ahead. thank you so much. a major announcement from the family of the boy killed from an alligator attack in florida. he was snatched away by an alligator. his parents, melissa and matt graves issued a heart felt statement saying in part we know we cannot have

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now at 4:26. an unconventional convention. we're hours away from donald trump officially accepting his party's presidential nomination but not before some unusual moments at the rnc. travel troubles this morning. a major airline is still working to get back on track and it could have a huge impact on all of you leaving for summer vacation. and get ready for a triple digit threat. the heat is on and it's only going to get hotter from here. good morning, everybody. i'm i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we just had a nice, refreshing break.

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after that review of last night, it is the final day today of the republican national convention and here are four things to know as the convention begins that final day. today's theme is make america one again. donald trump will address the delegates tonight. he's expected to accept the nomination for president. trump's daughter ivanka will also speak. the trump campaign will try to promote unity. that focus on party unity comes just a day after contradick torii speeches on the stage. governor pence says a trump administration wi administration. you heard some

failed to endorse donald trump. >> we deserve leaders who stand for principle. who unite us for shared value. who cast aside anger for love. >> the texas delegation expressed frustration. and what you are seeing here security guards escorting mrs. cruz safely out of the arena. the texas senator was all but drowned out when he asked for god's blessing on the country as he left the stage. he placed second in the delegate count. donald trump says he's not surprised by senator cruz's address. in a tweet, he said wow,