two of the night's most speakers, former nfl speaker and star herschel walker, andrew pollock, two who stole the show tonight. they will both tell us about the side of donald trump the media don't want you to see, but we are going to show it to you. and our own raymond arroyo on the ground in charlotte tonight where earlier he spoke to some of the delegates who just renominated the president what he found found out. but first, the greatest country on earth. that's the focus of tonight's angle. the rnc kicks off tonight as i said, it stood in sharp contrast to the doom and gloom, america is racist nightmare that the dnc portrayed last week. i felt and i hope you felt this way, it was like a breath of fresh air. may be more accurately, it felt like millions of patriotic hardworking americans were exhaling a sigh of relief after a very difficult last six months. now america isn't a country that they were described of as it was last week, no way. tonight we were reminded that donald trump is the man who cares deeply about the present and future americans of all races, all backgrounds, all

. >> reporter: the rnc tapping florida father andrew pollock, whoses daughter was killed in the parklandool massacre. >> i believe the safety of our kids depends on whether this man is re-elected. i hope you join me in helping to make that happen. >> reporter: abc spent months with pollock for our film after parkland. >> my daughter is on my shoulder all day long, telling me never to quit. we are going to fix it. we are going to fix it for these people. i focus all my energy on what i can do to prevent things like this from happening again. >> okay, everybody, girls look at me. big smiles. that's less painful when i do things like that than thinking about my daughter all the time and who could have been. >> reporter: the president is hoping voters will focus on his successes. >> trump's america is a land of opportunity. a place of promise. >> reporter: this type, without much of a party platform, the rnc marking a crucial moment for the president and the country. >> we live in a world had that only wants you to believe in the bad news. racially, economically and culturally polarizing new

he had andrew pollock, father of a parkland victim saying it is the president who is protecting schools and so on. natalie talking about healthcare, another key democrat line of attack saying if it wasn't for what donald trump done on healthcare she literally wouldn't be alive. altogether an incredibly powerful opening evening. shannon: you want to respond to what jessica said about whether republicans are making inroads with the african-american community. you are doing something that hasn't in done long time in baltimore. are you truly hopeful you will connect and voters will give a republican a chance in that district? >> yes and here is what jessica doesn't understand, this is democrats in general. there are a lot of black people that do not want to outright support trump or publicly admit it because there's so much backlash. when i'm in the community i talk to people and a lot of people say they will trump this time around, a lot of people vote hopefully for me this time around. i was in a special election, 9 point swing. 42% of my votes in the city came from independents and democ

whether it's andrew pollock who in the time of crisis the president spent time away from the cameras.lked to families of victims of violence with law enforcement. step away from the cameras. personal stories i think also one of the moments that stood out to me when he pointed out how many women of power like yourself that the president has empowered with his campaign and with his administration. >> absolutely. and that's one of the things that i have loved about this convention. i have spent almost every single day for two and a half years with the president. and i got to know him very well during that time. he is a man who loves this country and loves the citizens of this country. and is willing to take all the heat, all the negativity every day to make their lives better. he is making his life harder every single day that he sits in that office so that everybody else can be better off and to me i think we have seen a lot of those moments, some of those behind the scenes moments. the call he had with jim jordan's family. i experience those every day with the president when he interac