the interesting thing about this is that before the switch, the great switch from the republican party to the democratic party, black women were also the most loyal of republican party voters. we can see there is a political consistency to the political activism of black women, whether in the republican or democratic parties. once african-american women got the right to vote along with other women, white women as well, most african-american women got the right to vote, they cast ballots for the republican party. saidafrican-americans farewell to the party of lincoln, black women were among andfirst to do that as well then became supporters of the democratic party. that has remained true to the present day, where they make up the back owner of the modern democratic party. >> when do you first start to see african-american women moving towards the republican party in this present time period? prof. rigueur: the interesting thing about women and political activism is even as they are incredibly loyal voters to the democratic party, we do see them come up occasionally in the republican par

the interesting thing about this is that before the switch, the great switch from the republican party to the democratic party, black women were also the most loyal of republican party voters. we can see there is a political consistency to the political activism of black women, whether in the republican or democratic parties. >> once african-american women got the right to vote along with other women, white women as well, most african-american women got the right to vote, they cast ballots for the republican party. when african-americans said farewell to the party of lincoln, black women were among the first to do that as well and then became supporters of the democratic party. that has remained true to the present day, where they make up the back owner of the modern democratic party. >> when do you first start to see african-american women moving towards the republican party in this present time period? prof. rigueur: the interesting thing about women and political activism is even as they are incredibly loyal voters to the democratic party, we do see them come up occasionally in the

voters under 30 years of age, 11% claimed allegiance to the republican party. it was operationally dead. it was only one state in the country that had republican-controlled with both the legislature and government. had near total control of 49 of 50 states. there were state in the south that did not have elected republicans to constitutional offices. republicans in the senate were below, 38 senators. they cannot mount an effective filibuster. the reporting party as of august, 1974 was a dead political party. >> one of the moments you recount in your book, a moment not scripted. gerald ford securing the nomination called on ronald reagan and nancy reagan to come on down. let's watch courtesy of cbs news. [applause] reagan to comed down and join him. gesturing to him. reagan is still signing autographs. may not even be able to see the president. shouting into the microphone's. . would you come down and bring says. he they just delivered the alabama standard and arizona standard. he is walking downstairs but he ultimately comes to the podium. we will show that. suc

on issue after issue that we have come to identify as the conservative hallmarks of the republican partyld trump has shattered that and a lot of those delegates, a lot of republican voters out across the country still hold fidelity to those positions. >> interesting, you see the party platform go down the line orthodox, pretty hard right conservative. you see the nomination of mike pence to be the vice presidential running mate who by one pretty well-respected estimate out of 435 members of the house was ranked 432 in terms of how conservative he was. but those things don't necessarily comfort conservatives and republicans who are looking just as you said, at the top of the ticket and not at the other things that might sort of soften that blow. >> exactly right. at the end of the day, people vote for the top of the ticket, not for who's going to be in the cabinet, not for the vice presidential candidate. >> a newcomer to american politics has gone to be the gop nominee. i'm told from the control room that now both sets of numbers make it official. the number from the floor and the number

what about the fall of roger ailes is significant within the republican party and andervative party politics what fox news has done? >> there is a very good argument that we probably should not be discussing the republican national convention as much as we are discussing this transition. if we expect that media is now such a dominant force in our politics, the change of command at fox, an operation conceptualized by roger ailes, is an incredibly big deal to her people need to know who he is. roger ailes is a tv guy from the 1960's, and richard nixon came ailes and nixon were talking about stuff, and nixon said that you're the kind of guy i think i can work with. ailes left media to go into politics he was a critical figure in defining the modern ways that we do politics. when people say they hate politics, how cruel it is, how negative it is, that is roger ailes' construct. he literally developed that. and your show will reflect back and remember 1980 eight, a transitional presidential campaign and his country. in that race, roger ailes had the revolving door ad, which showed people convicte

a very different republican party on full display. and silicon valley's billionaire, proud to be gay, proud to be a republican, proud to be an american right up front and center. ivanka trump, direct appeal to women, affordable child care, equal pay, not your usual republican theme, is it? the main event, donald trump, i am your voice and i will win. hillary clinton, he says, brought death, destruction, terrorism and weakness, wow. tens of millions watched. what a night it was. look at the media reaction, fascist says "the washington post," he's just a strong man. the candidate of the apocalypse says the new york times. eight it's a campaign of fear. get the picture? the media is apoplectic. you'll hear what he said. my opinion? donald trump just launched the new republican party. "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ fellow americans, i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. i am the law and order candidate. i have seen firsthand how the system is rigged against our citizens. i am your

, seemed very happy with the republican party. that is not really so with tea party women. they are very critical of the republican party. my book, i encourage you to buy it. lots of analysis on how tea party women compare with other women nationally on issues from gun control, obamacare, immigration reform, minimum wage, paid leave. the upshot is tea party women are a lot more conservative than other american women. on economic issues they tend to be similar to republican women more generally but they look very different than other american women. there is one question i want to share the response to because it is very revealing. the question on other surveys that i call the american dream question. this is the question. to what extent do you agree children from all income groups have opportunities for success? most american women, 70% or so, just 38% agree children from all income groups have opportunities for success. when you go to republican women who don't identify as part of the tea party, half agree with the statement, 52%

. >> exploring the motives of african-american women who are active members of the republican party. the is the author of " loneliness of the black republican." we interviewed the professor at the meeting of american historians. is about 10 minutes. pragmatic politics and the pursuit of power. what is this about? womenking at the men and present day. broad and includes figures jackson.g or a jesse >> you focused on the roles of women in the republican party how have african-american women tended to vote? >> they are described as the back bone of the democratic party because they are the most loyal of the constituents for the democrats and you see this over the last 80 years. women have cast their support for the democratic party and they have been instrumental in winning a number of elections. most recently with the 2012 election. and we can see the political consistency with the republican or democratic party. voting for the republican party after the civil war. >> right. when african-american women got the right to vote, they casted ballots for the republican party andthere was a gr

they are critical of the republican party. y book and i encourage you to buy it, has lots of analysis on how tea party women compared on a shoestring gun control, obamacare, immigration farm, a blaze. the upshot is tea party women not surprisingly are not more conservative than other american women. economic issues tend to be similar to republican women were generally, but they look very different than other american women. one question i did want to share response to that is very willing. pri often asked the question on their surveys that i called the american dream question. to what extent do you agree that children from all income groups have opportunities for success? most american women are 70% or so, just 38% agree that children from all income groups have opportunities for success. when you go to republican women who don't identify themselves as part of the tea party, half agree with that statement. among tea party women, 75% say they believe that every child has a chance to get out of poverty or become successful. it fu

now with his running mate at his side, republicans gather in cleveland. can donald trump unite the party and continue his march to the white house? it's day one of the republican national convention. >>> in boisterous darned near democratic fashion, the republican national convention under way in cleveland tonight. the quicken loans arena, home of the world champion cleveland cavaliers. for the next four days, home to the republican party of donald j. trump. good evening. welcome to our new home for convention coverage, msnbc election headquarters here in new york. affording us a stunning view of the proceedings in cleveland. we have correspondents and cameras covering every angle of this convention, inside and outside the venue, and there's already been drama today. a floor fight as the stop trump delegates made one last attempt to force a roll call vote on the rules. >> the question is on adoption of the resolution. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. and the resolution is agreed to. without objection, the motion to reconsid

those are the principles of the republican party that people united behind after 1980. was party chairman in the mid'90s. that was clear and universally accepted. >> but with the rise of donald trump tis clear that many republicans are rethinking free-trade. >> we have lost our manufacturing and furniture. it is lost to china and they are looking for somebody to stop the bleeding. >> jack morgan, the trump operative we met early saw bad trade agreements caused wide spread harm. >> we are losing our nation and can't worried with preferal issues. >> he's not alone. >> we need someone to take a sledge ham tore the [bleep]. >> no other way around no othe >> reporter: cody directs low-budget horror films. ♪ he considers himself a reagan man but also says donald trump is the only candidate he trusts to take action on the economy. >> none of them want to change trade policy. they all want to sell out the average working man so that their buddies can make more money. is he the best messenger? no. but he's the only messenger we got. >> hillary clinton unleashed a trade war again

certainly the republican party looks brutally alive and i mean both republican parties. nor my afraid of the democratic party is old and fat and insulin. after 150 years, it has been old for a long time and it will never be indolence as long as it looks forward and not back. as long as it commands the allegiances of the young and the hopeful who dream the dreams and see the visions of a better america and a better world. you will hear many sincere, thoughtful people expressed concern about the continuation of one party in power for 20 years. attitude,little this but change for the sake of change has no absolute merit in itself. [applause] hazard is thet preservation of western civilization, in our self-interest alone if you please, it is the part of wisdom to change for the sake of change to a party with a split personality. to a leader home we all respect, but who has been called upon to minister to our hopeless case of political schizophrenia. if the fear is corruption in official position, do you believe with charles evans knows no party, do you doubt the power of any

there probably will not even be a republican party in four years. amy: attendees at the republican national convention are overwhelmingly white, according to the republican's party owned it. out of nearly 2500 delegates come a only 18 are african-american. it is compiled, and the study shows that is the fewest number of black delegates at t the rncn at least a century. one of the few african-american delegates at the rnc this year spoke out. >> a delegate is a delegate is a delegate, and that is what matters. hopefully for the next time around, we will have more african-american delegates and people of color. however, right now, it is only about americans. amy: this comes as donald trump has an approval rating among african americans in ohio of 0%. this is according to a recent poll come a which also said he had 0% approval rating among african americans in pennsylvania, as well. the rnc has b been markeded by intense anger against secretary of state hillary clinton, with "any chanting "lock her up during speeches. one trump adviser has called for he

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as the day just ended, the republican party decide at the party has a new nominee for president of the united states, donald j. trump. it's official. but inside the arena it was a night to attack hillary clinton, attacks ranging from the mild to the criminal. >> let me tell you something about risk. 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 your 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. >> nasty times and former new york mayor rudy guiliani even told me, she should be in jail. hillary

he took on the republican party and now he's taking on the democrat party.t took a lot of guts and smarts as well. grassroots party these days. and a lot to look forward to in cleveland as the nomination at the convention continue. david bossie thank you. charlie hurt, thank you so much. we are coming right back. later tonight house speaker ryan, knowledge governor chris christie. former presidential candidate dr. ben carson. they are some of the big names taking this stage behind me tonight. but first alex sawyer and tom sullivan join trish regan and me after this break. we are live at the republican national convention in cleveland. stay with us. [vet] two yearly physicals down. martha and mildred are good to go. here's your invoice, ladies. a few stops later, and it looks like big ollie is on the mend. it might not seem that glamorous having an old pickup truck for an office... or filling your days looking down the south end of a heifer, but...i wouldn't have it any other way. look at that, i had my best month ever. and earned a shiny new office upgrade.

ladies we're finally live tell me what is current relationship with republican party. separated and headed towards divorce. >> headed towards divorce. >> you're what do you think. >> absolutely. >> do you think they can get out of it. >> no, no. absolutely not. >> it's an interesting time how about you. >> complicated. very come my ailtd. >> certainly complicated that's consistent theme that's so much ladies happy birth day. . >> that's what women are seein seeing. . >> i'm curious what do folks think about wanting to hear from donald trump's wife. >> i have a couple back here and i know we spoke a little beforehand changed question a little bit. what do you think about malania trump chiming in today do you think she could help donald trump and the way he's viewed. >> should teams so know him better than nivrn else and she's an imgrant and he's not crazy about immigrants. >> she's legal. . >> shee brpingz a unique perspective on the conversation about immigration. >> compared to previous kong conveniences it's early for the candidates spouse to give present thistation.

it's not just the republican party. both parties are like dinosaurs and the meteor has hit but they're taken to their knees and we won't come out of this period until we have huge fndamental reform that changes both parties and maybe makes one go away and we have a new way of governing and running campaigns. >> think about it this way we're here watching the nomination of a republican national candidate estranged from the commerce and the bush family and estranged from the romney family and governor of ohio. >> rose: the reluctant support comes from the speaker of the house, the former and the major. >> and i don't think we've seen anything quite like that even in 1980 when there was a anti-establishment tone to the reagan candidacy he was a governor. >> we haven't seen this 120 year ago we had economical transitions and technology change and economic shifts that created a time when people felt distanced from their institutions. they were really down on politics and had a lot of first-term presidents and had big changes

parties. republicans and democrats. both parties and out of both parties. i agree completely. i have not thought from the this election this is about donald trump. i thought it was about the disillusioned so with politics, the institutions, and want fundamental change in our lives, how we run our economies and run all of ur institutions, businesses, churches and schools. especially government and politics. eithergoing to happen is donald trump will win and people will be really angry when they changed the country, hasn't lived up to his he's going to lose -- to your point, it's not just the republican party. parties, they are like dinosaurs and the meteor has his. to the it's hit closer republican party but it's shaken them to their knees and we won't until weof this period have huge fundamental reform. both parties, maybe makes one go away and we have a you this way of governing and running campaigns. about it this way. we're here watching the nomination of a republican is idential candidate who estranged from the chamber of commerce. from the bush family. he's estranged from

, the new republican party you're talking about.evel of enthusiasm, even the level of unity is pretty low as we have been talking ability. and one of the things, having covered convention, the draw here is the celebrity, not the policy, not the programs. it is the trump family and donald at the top of it. it's a different kind of ideas, since ronald reagan. >> that leads to a question about trump's speech on thursday night as well. how much traditional policy as we saw from don jr. do we actually see in donald trump's peach we see thursday night from the themes he struck through the his campaign. >> well, paul manford has said that is not going to be the speech he has had rally after rally. he suggests it's going to be a much more tra kigsal speech. he just reassure those in the republican party that don't like the direction he is going that he can be president and reassure the country that he can be steady, actually a commander in the united states. >> give don jr.'s speech. >> david muir? >> i got to tell you as i there is talk ab

it's a different kind of republican party, and the party of ideas, since ronald reagan. >> that leadsquestion about trump's speech on thursday night as well. how much traditional policy as we saw from don jr. do we actually see in donald trump's peach we see thursday night from the themes he struck through the his campaign. >> well, paul manford has said that is not going to be the speech he has had rally after rally. he suggests it's going to be a much more tra kigsal speech. he just reassure those in the republican party that don't like the direction he is going that he can be president and reassure the country that he can be steady, actually a commander in the united states. >> give don jr.'s speech. >> david muir? >> i got to tell you as i look around her. there is talk about how many trump members are on the speaking circuit here this week in cleveland. but this audience, this is what they are here for. they were here if donald trump jr. tonight. and melania last night. this is a group is telling me this family is going to reunite the republican party. >> that's the story with th

the fact of the matter is that now, today, the republican party is now the party of donald trump and the republican party has a severe issue because it has not grown the way it should in the last eight years. the question is whether or not donald trump can bring more people into the republican party because since he announced one year and a month ago, he's turned more people away from it. so i am looking forward to see whether or not they can experience a coalition to bring more people. >> i agree with you, and i think we've seen it on the floor. we are still seeing it today. this is the convention of donald trump. you cannot argue with that. this is the nomination of donald trump, and you cannot argue with that and as much as democrats would like to portray it this way, this is not the party of donald trump and this is the party that is suffering -- >> but ana, he's your nominee. he's your nominee. >> i disagree with ana, the party is not divided. >> half of those elected officials and those on the ballot statewide are not even here. why do you think that is? so, you know, let's giv

this is a new republican party, a trump republican party. >> chris christie delivered a point by point, he called it a prosecution of hillary clinton. in fact, he kept asking for guilty judgments and he kept getting it from the crowd. it was like the roman coliseum tonight. here's his closing argument. >> her focus group tested persona with no genuineness is a sham, meant to obscure all the facts and leave to you vote fo e her. we cannot promote someone to commander in chief with all the bad moves she's made. i want to talk to you at home in your living rooms sitting there tonight, you're the ones who will decide the election. we have an alternative. we have a man who is unafraid, we have a man who wants to lead us. we know what four years of hillary clinton about 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. i am proud to be part of this team. let's go out and win this thing together. let's go get 'em. tonight. >> the entire speech was a number of ind

third, the republican party as the party of the future because it draws people to gather, not drives them apart. [applause] our partyower: detects putting group against lyricalr cheap advantage. it is a chief principle of contact not just a phrase on nickels and dimes. motto of ours, ae player out of many, one. pluribus unum, out of many, one. independent democrats, barn teetotalers, vegetarians, and transcendentalists. now, one hundred years later, the republican party is again the rallying point for americans of all callings, races, and incomes. ] pplause eisenhower: they see in this the straight moving, greatest progressor their own for the bright future. opponents have tried to call it the one-interest party. indeed it is. that one interest is the interest of every man, woman, and child in america. applause] mr. eisenhower: and most surely as long as the republican party continues to be this kind of a one interest party, a one-interest universalist party, it will continue to be the party of the future. fourth thing. the republican party as the party of the future because it is th

and politics in this country, you'll know that that is just a seismic event in terms of the republican party, the conservative movement and the swath of american media that leans toward the republican side of the ledger. roger ails essentially started fox news 20 years ago. within five years of starting it, it was the number one cable news network in america and has maintained that grip all of these years. it's almost impossible to imagine the republican -- the modern republican party without roger ails' fox news. again, this is not finalized reporting. what is being reported tonight by multiple news sources is that ails is in the final stages of negotiations that will result in him leaving that company. if that, in fact happens, if he's announced that he's leafing, if it's announced that he's leaving on the same night that the republican party nominates donald trump to be their nominee, this will go down in history for a lot of different reasons for the history of conservativism and the republican party. impossible to overstate the importance of that news. >> and to rachel's point, a histor

it was a different republican party at that time. republicans, and unfortunately, if we ask olympia snowe and lincoln chafee and other republicans why they are no longer in congress, we may have an idea of republicans who are being pushed aside by this kind of fact. -- kind of act. there was that memoir on the republican war against women. ann: the republican war on women. have you ever heard of tanya mitchell? kathleen: she was involved in republican politics. ann: sen. sanders: you can forget -- ann: you can forget her. [applause] but i was going to say something about the war on women . carol: you are not going to ask us about hillary? kathleen: i'm sorry, go ahead. i want to thank his group over here forhis group over keeping it simple. -- civil. [applause] kathleen: go ahead. we shouldon't think vote for any candidate just because they happen to be black or a woman. we should be thinking of the best-qualified candidate. nationcase of where our stands today, with some much chaos and the breakdown of the rule of law that we have se

i didn't quit the republican party, the republican party quit me.l of it. , anday they did yesterday during the rules committee just proves that they are not for the delegates. they are for tightly controlling just a few people, so they can control the whole thing. part of it,n't be but are their efforts underway to try and make more noise on the floor today? guest: i haven't talked to anybody about it. i will be truthful, i haven't. i suspect that i will, but i have not at this point. still early. to calls, michael is a first in clarksville, tennessee. go ahead. caller: hello, thank you for having me on. reasonr concern in the expressalled was to that i'm a express that i'm a veteran. the other thing is that this seems to me like almost -- there is a minor group inside the a rankcan party that has system of who becomes president. so it doesn't matter who you are, as long as you don't fall into that system, you will become president of the united states. and it doesn't matter how much it hurts us as a nation, they will still -- you cannot tell it wi

>> reporter: scott, this is an historic moment for the republican party, a party that is quite clearly in transition. you talk to delegates here, some are so clearly enthusiastic about donald trump, believing he's an outsider, believing he will do things for them that elected republicans in washington have failed to do even though they control the house and senate. trump supporters believe they are not serving their interest or needs. that's one of the things that fueled trump's rise to this moment of ascendancy, of taking control of the republican party on the floor of this convention. one of the things that's slowing things down tonight on the floor is that every delegation is going through all the counts for the other challengers to trump. and they're given their moment of respect of getting delegates in the primary caucus process. but be not afraid, trump supporters, this is going to work out. trump is going to be the nominee, and it's going to get back to new york and donald j. trump, jr., will have the distinct honor, rare in american history, of saying to the world, my father is

however, the republican party of the bushes and romney and mccain "this is not your father's republican party. this is now the party of trump." the polls taken right after the gop convention showed that trump indeed got a bounce. joining us this morning, ed cox, chairman of the new york republican party, who was at the convention as kind of the bird's-eye seat. you were right there in the delegation. >> we right there up in front. we're the home state of donald trump, plus we're the state that our decisive primary, for the first time new york had a decisive primary, we made him the presumptive nominee. he got 61 of our 62 counties. works. >> where he lives and works. but we're also the elite of the country. what he said what -- the party is different. this is the party of the working men and women of america, and he understands them, he's talking to them, and that's why it's a different party. it's no longer the party of the elite of the people here in manhattan. >> and is that a different approach to politics than, let's say, when your father-in-law, richard nixon, was president. the r

republican nominee. - so confident and so wrong. - donald trump delivers a knock-out blow in indiana. - today he wears the party's banner. presumptive nominee. - after winning indiana, donald trump will be the republican nominee for president. american politics has just entered a whole new world. just like the one aladdin and jasmine sang about, except--except they can't come 'cause they're muslim. [laughter] how did donald trump go from being the guy who fake-fired people on tv to the orange-tinted terror? you know, how the [bleep] did we get here? it's the subject of our new segment, how the [bleep] we got here. [fast-paced music] 2016 was hillary's presidency to lose, and it looks likes that's exactly what she's doing. - for the first time ever, donald trump takes the lead over hillary clinton in the national polling average. it is close though. 43.4% to 43.2%. - [yelling] how the [bleep] did we get here? how are you stuck with two choices? this is the same country with 17 different types of cornflakes. ♪ the republican presidential debate in las vegas, and as soon as all the candidates walked out on stage, one thing b

we need to understand what is good about trump kind of cramping up third republican party is it createsn opportunity for reorganization that is more libertarian like to the vast amount of people are fiscally conservative. stossel: there is a state called the libertarian party but it doesn't get much support. >> no, that's true and i suspect they will do well this year simply because people are appalled at the republican and democrats. for decades people than running away from identifying as either of those options so this is the place for libertarian party to do well but that's not what i'm talking about really. for several decades we have seen a lot of things traditional authorities losing their way whether your priest or a professor of stockbrokers certainly a politician. what the trump insurgency is doing into a certain degree the sanders insurgencies during the democratic party is how stable these establishments are. they no longer have much energy for the power to control their own people and the vast majority of people don't want to be part of either. stossel: they have the power

governor pence grounds donald trump's ticket in the mainstream republican party. ill bring in the republicans that opposed him -- not all of them. the loudest ones you will hear tomorrow. list -- never the top of anyone's list as a governor -- and frankly your member during the primaries, marco rubio'sof idea of succeeding. get just enough people to get over the line. complaininght less from the average republican since that announcement was made, although you will hear a lot of complaining about how it was rolled out. susan: how was the rollout handled? what was the reaction among the republicans that you can tell so far as to mark >> this is one of those topics were i cannot tell the media from the general public. stage process to rolling out a nominee. wasey and ryan's rollout mastery of form. they went to an aircraft fairer, announced it with fair -- there is a way you usually do this. this was another haphazard trump event, not even super well lit, a tense event on his own, which is not the norm. the p1 the press notice all that stuff. i'm not sure homage that

we don't trust the republican party. we don't trust the american government so we're officially asking for a u.n. observer to come to chicago." the city denied organizers permits to sleep in lincoln park d mayor richard j. daley had 12,000 police officers and 15,000 national guard troops to keep the peace if necessary. undeterred, protesters remained in the park when it closed and the cops wasted no time clearing them out. "police moved in to enforce the 11 o'clock curfew in lincoln park where the demonstrators want to sleep." it was one of five chaotic days in the city both in the streets and at the convention. "the protesters are on the march again today after a series of bloody clashes with police last night and early this morning in which at least 20 persons were injured and a dozen arrested." to those watching it all play out on television, chicago cops did not look ready to handle the crowds. "a noisy but non-violent crowd jammed the streets as chicago police charged suddenly in all directions." "many of the 300 in

i didn't quit the republican party, the republican party quit me.'ve had my fill of it. , anday they did yesterday during the rules committee just proves that they are not for the delegates. they are for tightly controlling just a few people, so they can control the whole thing. part of it,n't be but are their efforts underway to try and make more noise on the floor today? guest: i haven't talked to anybody about it. i will be truthful, i haven't. i suspect that i will, but i have not at this point. still early. to calls, michael is a first in clarksville, tennessee. go ahead. caller: hello, thank you for having me on. reasonr concern in the expressalled was to that i'm a express that i'm a veteran. the other thing is that this seems to me like almost -- there is a minor group inside the a rankcan party that has system of who becomes president. so it doesn't matter who you are, as long as you don't fall into that system, you will become president of the united states. and it doesn't matter how much it hurts us as a nation, they will still -- you can

moment of having ted cruz booed off the stage, tonight is the moment where that vision of the republican partyn, donald trump says look, you saw ted cruz stand for some old version of the party, he got booed off the stage and here i am telling you what this party stands for now. this is his conquest of the republican party. he has idealogically, philosophically made it. >> jacob soboroff has newt gingrich with him. are you there? >> reporter: yeah, i'm here with speaker gingrich who will sit with the georgia delegation tonight, not in the box with donald trump. i want to ask about your defense of ted cruz's speech last night. you defended his use of the word conscience. lot of people thought that was a reference to the colorado delegation, kendal unruh, the conscience clause. you don't think he was endorsing those protests? >> i have no idea. the very paragraph he stated which was you can vote for anybody who supports the constitution, would mean if you are a conservative, the only candidate you could vote for was trump. clearly no conservative believes that hillary clinton will support the co

. >> i don't think you can underestimate what's going on in the country, and with the republican party. we have immense social, cultural, and political change. and a billionaire is taking over a party and the establishment. >> and martha raddatz, it comes against the backdrop of so much turmoil around the world. and the theme tonight, make america safe again. >> people are scared. you look at nice, paris, and san bernardino. and donald trump is talking right to these fears. donald trump, they say, will make america safe. he says waterboarding, bomb isis. these are complex problems, he doesn't have detailed plans, but this is what he's saying. >> and david muir, one of the never trump forces caused some trouble. >> some real tense moments to start the convention. there are still real divisions on full view. the never trump faction, the stop trump faction, they've been in existence since trump started to gain steam. trying to force a roll call vote on the rules, but the ayes prevailed. you heard chants of shame, shame, shame, and trump supporters chanting trump, trump, usa. but there's a

tonight trump accepts the nomination of a fractured republican party, and our major garrett begins our coverage. >> reporter: donald trump walked through the depths of the convention arena before envisioning his speech at the summit of republican party politics. >> it feels good. >> reporter: slotted for nearly 40 minutes, he will describe an mesh at risk at home and abroad and weakened from within by a clubby brand of special interest politics only a wealthy businessman can fix. campaign chairman paul manafort. >> there will be a section that will be a bit more than normal in the convention speech that will deal with current affairs such as the crisis facing the cities and terrorism in the world. >> reporter: trump will also seek to minimize anxiety about his showboat temperament, well on display this convention, promising a transformation from self-promoting real estate mogul to humble, people-focused, problem solver. >> i want to congratulate donald trump on winning the nomination last night. >> reporter: humility was not the word to describe texas senator ted cruz's non-endorsement

. >> let me ask you, why go through all this effort to help the narrative if the republican party is> you saw bernie sanders endorse hillary clinton, bitter rivals, is this about setting up ted cruz for the next cycle? >> absently not. we believe this is a great way to help the republican party's organization organization. >> if you are successful in the rules committee and you are able to get movement to a nominated candidate to the floor,. >> there's been a hard push earlier last week to get scott walker to put his hat in the ring. you have people speaking at the convention who could emerge as a nominee. >> this is why people don't like politics. most people hearing that they do not write out. >> you have to recognize that the reason why we are in the position were in right now is because the public and the primary voters rejected the standard establishment choices and chose from. that's why trump is in the position that he's in. everything that you're doing trying to change the laws and break the laws, not having the right number of delegates but wanting to pick some of the ells w