don junior was just behind him. tonight is going to from what we're hearing from sources about unity, you talked about nikki haley, she's a part of that, try to convince some of those undecided voters people who may be hesitant to vote for former president to go ahead and get behind him. we'll hear from another primary rival florida governor ron desantis also someone who had a bitter rivalry with the former president and is now standing behind him here, the other speakers are going to be senators and senate candidates, one thing the party will be focusing on today is those down-ballot races, the importance of trying to get more seats in the house and to take back the senate, guys. >> mark, let me turn to you, j.d. vance is expected to speak at the convention tomorrow in primetime, we're waiting for him to show up right behind dasha. we'll take it live when it does. i want to go to mark and ask about j.d. vance as running mate, it's a tight race, i don't have to tell anyone about that. what does he bring to ticket? >

vance, the vp, of course a big favorite of don junior's and asked him about the criticism out there thathaps his -- this junior senator from ohio isn't prepared. the speaker is actually speaking so let's go ahead and listen in to the house speaker, mike johnson. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is now my honor to introduce the attorney general and there goes the teleprompter. [laughter] >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> neil, can you hear me? >> neil: i can, back to you. >> so, neil, we're hearing that the former presidents and his new vice president pick might be coming out in to the convention center injures about 30 minutes to take the podium here and cheer the crowd and basically the former president presenting his new vp, in just about the next 30 minutes. right next to the stage and will try to inform you of that happened but i want to tell you again that i've been talking to both -- including glenn youngkin who was on the short list as well, don junior who said that, you know, j.d. vance was a favorite of his. i've been asking everyone about the criticism of the junior senator from ohio that you

. >> i think both don junior and kai trump were great speeches because the media coverage, this is a family that it's been through relentless, relentless attacks from the mainstream media for well over the past decade when donald trump first ran as an outsider in 2016. so what they have been through, whether it is the russia hoax, whether it was the two impeachments that were shams. whether it was just the attacks on their family members. i thought kai trump's speech that was a great surprise for everyone to hear the personal side of president it's been trump as a grandfather, which he is. and take a step back and think about his family members. many of those family members saw that live on tv. and we're praying for their grandfather or father to stand up so he is a person and i've been able to interact and become very close with president trump he is amazing when it comes to wanting the best for the next generation. weather britain's own kids or children across america, i feel that when i introduce my son a couple of months old to president trump, and i think don junior really touch

i'm told don junior was activity working the phone to get his friend on the ticket.cessful, david. >> jd vance, who spoke openly, very critical of donald trump for quite some time. he had said things along the lines of, i can't stomach trump, i think he is leading the working class to a very dark place, i never liked him. he was pressed by abc news not so long ago about this turn, now a supporter of donald trump and now his running mate, an extraordinary turn. but this is politics in america. >> oh, this is politics. this is certainly politics of the trump era. he said when vance got to know me, he was all in. that was entirely true. vance does have a pretty good answer to this, which is all of the criticism is 2016. so all of the criticism -- and it was very harsh criticism that jd vance had was before donald trump was president. now he can simply say that was before he was president. he became president. he convinced me. i think he's great. i want to say one other thing, by the way. trump in that moment before he came out into the hall when they showed that video g

when we look at this it seems like the only two people who were pushing hard for jd vance or don junior and peter teal, both of whom have a lot of influence over trumpeter wildly unpopular. >> yes, this was a catastrophic mistake by the trump campaign. what is amazing was that the next morning there was an nbc news report on the website with the campaign dishing that it was don junior who did it and they were kind of distancing themselves from the pick already, and it is pretty clear based on what we have seen, the videos that have come out, the audio that is come out, the quotes that have come out that they have edited him and they told the president that this guy was a big mess and going to be a big problem for them but trump did what trump does. he just did his own thing. he did not listen to his advisers and is creating a crisis in the campaign. i think he is the most unpopular vp pick in modern american history. he solidified trump on the ticket as an abortion extremist and has radicalized women across the country and has quotes, the things he have said, he is a disgusting pig, jd

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what don junior said? it's important because what can the democrats not do right now, the president knighted states cannot make the case. so if you have a ticket that can communicate and a ticket that can't, i'll take the one that can well i think couple things. >> first of all, this is kind of like a we positive for a second because i'm not happy. we're on the positive side. as like a clinton gore, right bill clinton doubled down on gore, we're both young southerners be both the same. sorry, i just going to go quickly to kaitlan, who has that? glenn youngkin. >> can you feel the enthusiasm in here, the republican party has come together? and america is coming together around strong leadership it's time for unity, it's time for us to put the divisions down and march forward together as one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all you were just quoting the declaration of independence and since you announced your delegates, of course, for donald trump, you also mentioned his pick for vic

earlier today don junior who was key in getting his father to pick senator vance was outside talking to. [captioning funded by cbs sports division] about tonight's speech about the senator. [indiscernible chatter] host: donald trump junior. now we are expecting that senator vance will be introduced by his wife. she's 38 years old. she met the senator while attending yale law school. master in philosophy from cambridge and clerked on the d.c. circuit for brett kavanaugh and chief justice roberts. they have three children. and you will hear and see them tonight. watch along with our coverage of tonight's republican coverage heren span and download our free mobile app c-span now or go online at c-span. david in d.c. caller: i want to say whatever the viewers' political leaning and recognize the flaying grant display of trump propaganda. hours of the same message and many of the same lies repeated. biden was terrible. fear mongering and over significant issues and when you talk about the wealth inequality and greed and produces drug adick homelessness. there has been misleading use of sta

sons don junior and eric, still tying things back to the upcoming election with don junior writing "he'll never stop fighting for america" and eric writing "this is the fighter america needs" and then a follow-up post saying "never surrender." the former president was already planning on staying here in bedminster after his rally. it's unclear now how long he will be here as he recovers from this assassination attempt. george. >> george: okay, trevor, thanks very much. >>> let's bring in jon karl, who's at the national convention site in milwaukee, and jon, this is reverberating across the political world, including former presidents. >> reporter: absolutely, george. we're hearing condemnations across the political world at what happened, calls for calm including from the former president, former president obama, said there is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy. we should all be relieved that the former president trump was not seriously hurt and use this moment to re-commit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics. michelle and i are wishing him a quick r

he was the pick of donald trump's gone, don junior, and perhaps even eric or we were to have had everything to do with this pick. i think for them they wanted their dad to see this exactly is what j. d. vance would be a legacy. pick somebody to carry forward the mantle, a mazda, and if trump had gone, would somebody perhaps a more moderate amended fences with nikki haley perhaps and chosen her? i think that would have been a strategically sound peg. and in fact, i think that could have been very competitive, could made the race more frankly, in favor of the republicans. i think trump would have had a better chance of winning this november or for one. so it's really not to that. let me just let me just interrupt you that quickly because the donald trump junior is just taking to the stage, you're going to dip in and take a few minutes of what he said. just let you mean as well, right, you? i think getting my remarks, i'm going to do something a little. i'm characteristic a trump is going to give up. the microphone doesn't happen often. you may never see it again. but i got a call on monday mo

we're told nbc is reporting that trump's sons, eric and don junior, talked him out of the more establishment pick north dakota governor doug burgum will ask eric trump about that reporting and just a second, vance had a hill to climb to win the heart of trump, given that he was once part of the never-trump camp, once wondered in a private message if trump was quote unquote, americans hitler. and he told me this in august 2016 so who are you going to vote for anyone else that you don't know i don't know who i'm going to vote for i'm definitely not going to vote for trump because i think that he's projecting very complex problems onto simple villains that was 2016, a big old change from that to this last night i was certainly skeptical of donald trump in 2016, but president trump was a great president and he changed my mind. >> i bought into the media's lies and distortions. i bought it under this idea that somehow he was going to be so different a terrible threat to democracy. >> it was a joke the republican national convention theme of tonight is make america safe once again, republicans her

in fact, don junior is one of his closest friends and on tuesday of two weeks ago, i believe a one week ago when he was doing that rally in miami and marco rubio is going to be there. don junior didn't entire show you about how marco rubio shouldn't be the pick for vp because he was too establishment. and instead, obviously, he has been leaning towards senator jd vance when i am i asked him about this, they say it's because he has acknowledged that he had this kind of change. of course. >> and what it is that he believes in is the mission of populism. >> and that is what they really hold onto. and i will say it does impact donald trump one that he has chemistry with jd vance two, he thinks he's really good on tv. he thinks that he's also good looking. he has but looking family and three, a lot of these big maga voices. it's not just on junior, it's also charlie kirk. these are people who back jd vance and he feels as though he was really changed. >> it doesn't hurt. also that he's got the silicon valley guys and elon musk yesterday says $45 million a month. he's going to that trump supe

. . . recommended by his son, don junior. , . , junior.ink the vice presidential choice - other vision? i think the vice presidential choice probably| presidential choice probably would have sucked up even more oxygen had it not been for this cataclysmic event where there was an attempted assassination against donald trump, but i think right now you have a republican party that has an opportunity at unifying especially some of the disparate factions within the conservative movement. we have seen nikki haley will come and speak of the convention, she was not before the incident on saturday. so it will be interesting to see how vance tries to expand the base, rather than just reinforce it. it seems looking around here that the republican party is truly the party of trump now, in a way say in 2016 where the ma gaa signs were in a separate part, they are now on sale in the gift shop here.— part, they are now on sale in the gift shop here. there is no cuestion the gift shop here. there is no question that _ the gift shop here. there is no quest

it's so notable, because his sons, don junior and eric trump, took on the role of the attack dog.ically see of the vice presidential nominee. as you point out, they didn't hold back. talked about the fact we no longer trust our elections. important to point out, there has been an erosion in our institutions and our elections because former president trump has yet to concede the last election. there has been questions about the last election, even though all of the legal challenges -- >> the irony. people are questioning it because he has been feeding that narrative for four plus years. >> exactly. it's part of what led to the lower turnout in the midterms for republicans. republicans are doubling down trying to say, we gotta get out early in this next election cycle. it's interesting, he tried to redefine retribution. he said our retribution will be our success. it was a slight twist, a slightly lighter way to get at what has been one of donald trump's biggest attack lines. >> he said, huge expectations about the country's ills, that they can be fixed by donald trump. many of you

i think what you heard from don junior is what's the most inspiring.the case and going onto different tv shows and essentially litigating the case for the president's agenda. and also the prospect of a vice presidential debate. they like the pitching and they want on one of jade events against kamala harris. some moderates have had opinions about jade events but for the most important part of this it is loyalty for president trump. and someone who can take over the job. and, you know, the biggest storyline here this part of their game of who is going to be the vp pick was always a big story. the biggest story today is that this nomination is in the bank for former president donald trump. argued with the biggest political comeback you teratogens he is positions currently and swing states and other places heading into november is important. it's only july, long way to go and already at the siding campaign is ripping to jd vance's choice with statements et cetera. we will hear from president biden i am sure on that today but right now former president tru

interesting character because of the transformation and it looks because he is also friends with the son, don juniors so | interesting in british politics seeing how when people say they are friends with jd, seeing how when people say they are friends withjd, almost seeing how when people say they are friends with jd, almost as seeing how when people say they are friends withjd, almost as if they're trying to get in early. bit more international news now because the new foreign secretary, david lammy, is in the middle east. he's been in israel, done various things like meeting front line politicians there, meeting the families of the hostages who are still being held in gaza by hamas. and so i decided to catch up with our bbc diplomatic correspondent, james landale, to get the latest on that conflict, and also to find out what david lammy can actually achieve or be seen to be trying to achieve there. and becausejustin and the americacast crew were in this studio when i needed to have that conversation with james, i went to our other spare studio to have that conversation with james. before we delve

i also asked don junior when he was walking if he had an opinion on some of those comments and he saidts.— the talk of unity there is some real policy disagreements. david, finally on that issue. _ policy disagreements. david, finally on that issue. it _ policy disagreements. david, finally on that issue. it seems _ policy disagreements. david, finally on that issue. it seems kimberly i policy disagreements. david, finally on that issue. it seems kimberly is| on that issue. it seems kimberly is fighting for a job and on some of theseissues fighting for a job and on some of these issues we discussed is there need to be a review on how this works and from what you see and have heard so far, is there a concern that it heard so far, is there a concern thatitis heard so far, is there a concern that it is not working properly. qt that it is not working properly. of course something went terribly wrong and everyone can agree with that and we should _ and everyone can agree with that and we should figure out as a country and in _ we should figure out as a country and in the — we should figure

as i listen earlier to don junior, we should also remember that every weekend in america there are hundreds of families who are experiencing the same tragedy, same agony except the bullet didn't miss. and maybe it will get all of us to take more seriously stopping the kind of violence that dominates milwaukee, minnesota, chicago. we should think about everybody else. >> sean: great to see you. we are awaiting speeches from nikki haley, rhonda santos. joining us with more reaction are south dakota governor christie gnome, alabama senator katie bread. great to see you both how are you. >> doing great. >> iselle you speak last night. now you guys are friends. >> we've always been friends. i got to help her get elected as well. >> sean: your reaction first. south dakota, it's a free state. you believe in the second amendment. you know 130 yards is nothing. >> it's nothing. >> i could spend ten or 15 minutes with one of my kids nov an easy shot. >> then you heard the head of the secret service... >> leadership has consequences and the buck always stops with a leader so she needs to be fired and

thank you, don junior. don iii. also a real friend of the family.as been friendly -- she started off in the five years ago and she made that show very successful. she was the start of that show and she was always good for me, long before i knew her in this capacity. she was a big star on television, very big. the five, when it was just in its infancy and it was as hot as can be. kimberly guilfoyle. , thank you kimberly. and she has not stopped. so, thank you all for being here. i know i didn't introduce many, many congressmen and lots of others, but i think we have to get back to the business at hand. is it too hot for anybody? no. once you get used to the fact that you are soaking wet. from the moment we take back the white house from crooked joe biden, i believe we are going to have the four greatest years in the history of our country. before i even arrive at the oval office, surely after we, we, all of us together when the presidency, i will end the horrible war between russia and ukraine settled and i will prevent our nation, and we will preven

so a lot of even his granddaughter spoke very well, said, don junior's daughter, cai, she's she's at that awkward age, not quite a woman, but too old for matt gaetz and of course of course it convention is also to introduce the vice president. >> we found out who that was just saturday. that's j.d. vance, the guy who wrote hillbilly elegy and boy, he ain't couldn't you see, this guy on the obscene him on abortion. he doesn't really been any exceptions. no exceptions for rape and incest, different from trump. trump believes there should be exceptions for rape and incest for him i can come on here but i'll give it to the republicans. they had a very effective convention right up i thought till the end last night was the finale. okay. we heard from tucker carlson later fox news heard from hulk hogan this this through a star in the world of professional wrestling. and franklin graham, a preacher. can you think of a better lineup to introduce the concept of get ready for some boy then trump gets up there for control i mean joe biden has spent the last three weeks giving americans a lot of

he did a show with don junior today which was a curious choice .ll that much but honestly what has happened is he has become almost name a fight but other are about cats and childless women creating this aura about him that is frankly, for lack of a better word, that he is weird and i think that's beginning to stick in one of the ways to get around it is to get out there publicly and do more media but he has been focusing on fundraising, mostly. >> all i got to say if the strategy

don junior said something similar. can you say that he is a changed man today and that speech last night, which was a little longer and perhaps a little slower with less enthusiasm reflects his state of mind when he thinks about what happened six days ago? >> absolutely. the speech he delivered last night was only five days after an assassination attempt. i couldn't even sit through the speech with a dry eye. how he could stand and deliver that is one of the great all-time speeches. the whole convention was great. that speech and call for unity and i'm only hear because of the grace of the almighty god. so many powerful lines delivered. this whole week the contrast between the unity with republicans and division by the democrats and there is a new acceleration to get rid of joe biden. they realize president trump has remade this republican party and it is united. >> dana: one of the things i really appreciated and love to learn more at some point, he said i know you want to hear this story and i will tell it to you in

other speakers tonight include don junior who will with introduce vance as well as governor greg greg abbott from. last night was a display of june unity p. last night we heard from the nikki haley. me urged voters who were on the fence about trump to come into the fold. >> you don't have to agree with trump 100% of the time to vote for him. we agree on keeping america strong. we agree on keeping america safe. and we agree that democrats have moved so far to the left that they're putting our freedoms in danger. i'm here tonight because we have a country to save. and a unified republican party is essential for saving her. >> reporter: another former political rival of trump, florida governor ron desantis, used his time at the podium to go after president biden over concerns of his age and cognitive ability. >> as a citizen, as a husband and as a father, i am alarmed that the current president of the united states lacks the capability to discharge the duties of his office. america cannot afford four more years of a weekend at bernie's presidency. >> reporter: and the much awaited speech

longstanding, very strong relationship with some of the trump family members, he and trump's son don junior have a strong relationship, he had an anned a advocate in the family. lot of trust there because of that, i mean, we talked about the different sort of political advantages to somebody like a rubio or a burgum. for vance, a familial relationship, someone who can be trusted to follow along with what former president trump wants and needs and perhaps this is i don't have reporting on this, pure speculation, coming from the feeling that we're all experiencing in the aftermath of this tragedy, perhaps after having such a near-death experience, having somebody by your side that's trusted, that someone who really aligns with your world view and your ideology it's something that really puts j.d. vance over the finish line. some reporting that florida senator marco rubio was not selected in part because of this constitutional hiccup, the constitution doesn't allow for delegates to vote for president and vice president from the same state. and that was a bit of a hurdle, it's been overcoming t

i thought don junior's daughter stole the show.ia: he that proud face on the whole time. >> so proud. so proud. granddaughter speaking like she did. i see her at the golf club at mar-a-lago, we're members down there and she has her hat on. i could never see how beautiful and sweet and cute she was. last night it was amazing. maria: morgan ortega said she's a fantastic golfer. >> she's a pro. wouldn't want to be playing there. maria: you were recently with melania trump, the first lady. want to tell us about that. >> back to the tent. donald trump is the first republican president in the history of our country to welcome gay and lesbian conservatives, he has a national coalition. we are raising millions and millions of dollars from that group. in 2016, i think it was two out of 10 maybe he got in the gay vote. i think it's going to be five out of 10. that's what we're predicting. it's going to be an effort. melania helped raise the money for the swing state initiative that rick burrnel, our great friend, put together for republicans

>> i think, let's be very clear, stephanie, to hans' point here, we're talking about kari lake, don junior individuals are said to be major speakers here at the republican national convention. and for anybody that has followed their rhetoric and the way that they have spoken about our state of politics, it is not one that would be a unifying message. instead, it is one so often on ensuring retribution and ensuring that there are investigations when donald trump were to take back the white house. and it is hard for all of us, having watched donald trump from the time that he announced his candidacy in 2015 through his four years in the white house and the immediate aftermath in 2021 to where we find ourselves today. donald trump does not have a steady record of providing a unifying message. yet, i will say on the political end of this, if i may, 114 days out from the general election, there are some allies of him who say the best way to win the election is by galvanizing the base and convincing trump supporters to become drunk voters, rather than trying to win back over some independent con

he did a show with don junior today, which is an interesting choice and does not expand the audience that much. others are about cats and childless women. it is creating this aura around him that is, frankly, for lack of a better word that is weird. i think that is beginning to stick and one ways to get around it is to do more media and do more publicly, but he has been focusing on fundraising mostly. >> all i have to say of the strategy to get a more normal is to have them do a podcast with donald trump jr., think again trump campaign. sam stein, thank you for staying late and doing some overtime with me. i appreciate it. that is our show tonight. now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> good evening, alex. we have our favorite pennsylvania election analyst joining us tonight and susan rice will join us because it is national security day with the vice president meeting with benjamin netanyahu. she is a former u.n. ambassador. and there is this guy who used to be on the show all the time who is coming back tonight. his name is andrew weissmann and he talks abou

he did a show with don junior today, which is an interesting choice and does not expand the audiencee about cats and childless women. it is creating this aura around him that is, frankly, for lack of a better word that is weird. i think that is beginning to stick and one ways to get around it is to do more media and do more publicly, but he has been focusing on fundraising mostly. >> all i have to say of the strategy to get a more normal is to have them do a podcast with donald trump jr., think again trump campaign. sam

it looked like don junior was especially emotional when he saw his dad walk out to god bless the usa by lee greenwood playing. former president trump joined his running mate, senator jd vance, who described on hand aty the call yesterday from trump. >> he just said look, i think we've got to go saves this country. i think you're the guy who can help me in the best way, you can help me govern, you can help me win, you can help me in some of the midwestern states like pennsylvania, michigan and so forth? >> reporter: at the convention to of day the theme is safety, yesterday was the economy. teamsters president sean o'brien was one of the speakers. he thanked the gop for outreach to american workers, the cooperation with labor unions more recently and had this to the say about trump. >> president trump is a candidate who is not afraid of hearing from new, loud, and often critical voices. and i think we all can agree whether people like him, or they don't like him, in light of what happened to him on saturday, he as phas proven to be one tough . >> reporter: and as we look ahead to toda

he did a show with don junior today which was a curious choice . did not expand the audience all that much but honestly what has happened is he has become almost name a fight but other are about cats and childless women creating this aura about him that is frankly, for lack of a better word, that he is weird and i think that's beginning to stick in one of the ways to get around it is to get out there publicly and do more media but he has been focusing on fundraising, mostly. >> all i got to say if the strategy is to get him more norm, do a podcast with trump junior, think again, trump campaign. thank you for staying late doing some overtime with me. that is our show for tonight. now, it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening, alex. we have our famous -- favorite pennsylvania election and was joining us tonight, bob casey and susan rice is going to join us because it is national security day with the vice president meeting with benjamin netanyahu. she is a former u.n. ambassador. and, there is this guy that used to be on

we actually heard from his son tonight, don junior, who said that the president again rewrote his entire speech after that. what happened on saturday. so we asked delegates what they want to hear and what they hope to hear coming up in just about an hour from now. >> i want him to stay the course, and i want him to save our country. and there's nobody in this world that can do it except president trump. and i really want to see hear more of the same. >> i think he can unite us, you know, because we're american. we have our borders, we have our laws. and i and i think he can promote all that and get us to appreciate america and love america again. >> we just walked around the floor inside fiserv forum about a half hour ago. the place is buzzing with excitement, so much so that arena staff are kind of having to move people around so that, you know, people can still get to where they are going because it just keeps building to this final moment. and really, what the republicans are hoping is a grand finale for the 2024 republican national convention. we're live tonight outside fiserv forum.

the president's son, don junior posting solid scotus ruling today. i'm sure the corrupt prosecutors and d.c. judge will work overtime to continue their lawfare. it is all they have left. now this is all about the calendar. we have talked about this a lot now. it looks like this will not go to trial. that means that the georgia racketeering case is now delayed until at least october. you have got the florida classified documents case that is indefinitely delayed and now you have this scotus ruling that will send it back to the lower courts and be bogged down in appeals. it looks like a former president for the next four months will be able to campaign freely depending on what happens on that july 11th sentencing date for the new york criminal case as we head to what has been thus far a tight election. another note based on what we've read here from the supreme court, it is interesting here remember that the former president was charged by jack smith with four counts, conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstructing an official proceeding and consp

. >> and, yeah, i mean, i, i spoke to don junior today.eric, the other two sons today and yeah, whilst they're mighty relieved their father's still alive , there is a simmering alive, there is a simmering sense of great anger. i mean, this guy on the roof was only 130 yards away. 130 yards, and he was wandering around for an hour. houn >> they had him. they there were people tracking him . people tracking him. >> we had police officers engage him . how is it possible that him. how is it possible that a sheriff's deputy engaged him? >> and did nothing about it? how is it that the snipe, the counter sniper teams on the roof and we're watching him and they it's the whole thing does not add up. >> we're going to get to it, but we're not going to get distracted by it, >> we'll get to it in the right time. but donald trump needs to win in november so that we can save this country. and western civilisation. >> yeah, he's a very important figure. i agree . now, on this figure. i agree. now, on this stage we're going to see him tonight. it'll be a

trump junior's speech sparking rumors that president trump is leaning toward ohio senator jd vance, don junior close friends apparently. every time i asked president trump about the criteria that he's using, he keeps saying the same thing, the person those be battle tested, ready to become president. he says it over and over again. which leads me to say who is battle tested, it's a governor. here's president trump with me earlier this year in february or in march. watch this. >> what criteria are you using to identify who your running mate is. >> always it those be one thing. it has to be who would be a good president. you have to think of that. in case of emergency, things happen. it's got to be number one. maria: so congressman, what do you think that means? i know he's considering several senators, jd vance, marco rubio. you've also got governors like virginia governor glenn youngkin, nor north dakota gover doug burgum, do you think he's leaning towards a governor or senator? >> the president remeeted you've got to be -- repeated you've got to be ready to go as president on day one. you hav

. >> reporter: we're expected to hear from don junior, we also expect to hear from peter navarro, he served the last three months in prison for contempt of congress charges that he was found guilty on after he refused to comply with the subpoena of the january 6th select committee, it's notable because he was released from hiss three-month prison stay literally this morning, he's on the way to milwaukee. he'll hear from texas governor greg abbott and north dakota governor doug burgum. >>> we'll have more coverage of j.d. vance's speech beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern on your local nbc stations, streaming on nbc news now. >>> time now for today's money minute. spacex is on the move. >> and making your dating profile just got a lot easier. kate rogers joins us now. >>> elon musk said the spacex and x headquarters will move to texas from california, musk cited a new school gender identity law as the last straw, he's already moved tesla headquarters and his residency to texas in 2021. philip morris will invest $600 million to build a manufacturing facility in aurora, colorado, 500 jobs. p

it's great point and don junior said that the republicans cannot get cocky and they are riding high right. i expect certainly some type of bounce from whether bounce for trump and/or biden going down further but they cannot get cocky. a lot of the key things a lot of decision-making is done after labour day for voters. spee kamala harris has been talking to big donors in the democratic party. she was saying we know which candidate in the selection puts the american people first, our president joe biden said in the oval office since about how it will impact working americans. bottom line she's to towing a very delicate line here. how did she balance especially if this push continues and strengthens? >> she's doing a good job so far. she has to support her boss joe biden and stay with what the white house is saying, that they are being defiant. i think the pendulum is moving back and forth and that's my the reporting on this has been difficult. but at the same time joe biden is saying i'm not going anywhere. he said that before andy singh now. i think she's doing good job it also has to get

this is his son don junior and actually emotional at this moment, it has to be scary particularly for the trump family what was narrowly avoided on saturday night in pennsylvania. >> greeting tucker carlson. and members of his family. and soon his running mate, jd vance. >> the man with the sort of high-pitched voice that you hear off-camera is lee greenwood who is there live singing and doing commentary with it. >> ladies and gentlemen the 45th president of the united states and soon to be the 47th president of the united states, please welcome donald j trump. >> joy read. it's the stuff the theme tonight of the rnc is make america wealthy again. they are doing this and it's make america blank again, every night and it's the theme this week. are you able to see president biden's, it seems like the campaign is back on, i don't know whether that means president biden's campaign will re-up its ads that they have taken done over the last couple of days since the shooting and have canceled a bunch of campaign events. but as president biden does appear to be pivoting back to normal campaig

take a listen to what don junior, his son said about what he was going to have as his speech, donald trump be, different different how i just certainly deescalate some of that rhetoric now, obviously leslie donald trump is not known for de-escalating rhetoric, but this was a harrowing experience and we are talking to allies, supporters, advisers behind the scenes, who say they really believed that he is changed and means it seriously when he wants people to tone down that rhetoric, when he makes these calls for unity in the party. >> now obviously, we're waiting to see for donald trump actually says on thursday. but again, talking to the people around them, even talking to some of his supporters were in the room last night when he walked in with that bandage on his ear the first time so many people had seen him in public since that assassination attempt. they said he looked different. that he looked emotional that is what i am hearing from his senior advisers as well, that he is taking this event, this assassination attempt on his life, very seriously. obviously, that is playing into

one of his loves this nation beyond good sense he has amazing kids have hunted and fished with don junior's an incredible outdoorsman and are really treasured friend. now imagine this eric and i have been so far back in the woods on top of a mountain and i blew the tire out on the back of my four by four. and who was under the vehicle? right then? >> eric trump eric trump changed the tire donald trump has taught his kids the very best he's talked them absolutely to respect the military he's taught them to respect our first responders he's taught him. absolutely to treat are working men and women with love and respect all across this land let me tell you, just this i was in the green room with president trump and there was a maga hat laying there affected up. we've just had our first grand baby boy named jc jc absolutely was just just not not old at all and all of a sudden, i asked president trump if he would sign that hat for our grandbaby jc he took it. you know what he wrote on it. he wrote jc always work hard now, let's review donald j. trump my friend my close friend he's tough. >> he

in fact, his son, don junior, in 2020 had a podcast or he had his dad on that.resident to talk to you on father's day? donald. trump told a sunlike, i would like to be at least a year so well-documented thing it's just one of his things. now that having been said, i mean, he's certainly probably going to overcome his aversion to the beard if he does pick jd vance. jd vance does seemed like a consensus favorite. it's either him or doug burgum kind of the insiders and the predictive betting markets are suggesting with rubio and third, but you never really know what trump is going to do until he does or who he's going to choose until he announces who chooses. one thing about vance's beard? is that it does make him look a little older, a little more rugged of vance is 39-years-old. he turns 40 next month if chosen, if elected, he would be the third youngest vice president to serve in history. and trump wants his vice president, who at least sort of looked the part will be a little more season perhaps a bigger knock on vance. is that he's only been in politics, has o

the president's son, don junior, has been extremely critical of rubio and has tried to frame sort ofonspiracy theory that he would try to plot to overthrow. trump when in office sen. take control. so there is major detractors for rubio, but there are pros, of course, if there's a change in the race and you're running against someone like a vice president, kamala harris, the first black woman running for president, having a latino on the ticket might be an important factor. i think that he i well, it said that it's decided who he by trump, who he is. it's going to be choosing. he's somebody to maggie's point who may change his mind up until the last minute and they're a little fiefdoms around him who are pushing for different folks. i think burgum is the favorite at this point, but you never know when it comes to donald trump maggie, do you think burgum is the favorite at this point i don't. >> but that doesn't mean he isn't. i mean, i don't i don't know that donald trump has a favorite, right? i mean, i think that he has a bunch of options none of whom we are perfect. this is differe

don junior and eric joked that he would have something in common with a vander holyfield heavyweight boxing champion who had part of his ear a bit off by mike tyson trump quipped, you want to be like one the greats. and what they really came out of that conversation with was a plan going forward. trump said, we're going to the convention, we're going to the milwaukee nothing changes. and so i think he realized pretty quickly on not only how lucky he got by surviving this assassination attempt, but that he has an opportunity to hold history in his hands and reshaped the election. and that his return to the white house is more within grasp now than it ever has been the newly minted trump vance ticket, which by the way was the name on the tank top that you saw hulk hogan rip one shirt away from to reveal. they're going to hold hold a rally tomorrow in michigan. and this is the first since that shooting is this going to also be a test? i only have maybe security measures, but vance's appeal in a place like michigan, which most agree they've got to win before you this evening with great.

. >> do you speak at all to your cousins or have they respond to this don junior ivanka, eric eric has put out a statement and he says things about me. >> and that's fine. i just asked people to read the book and find out what the real story. >> so i want to talk to you about something you write in the book. there's a moment, you're young, someone vandalized is donald trump's car because that's the setup. and then about this moment, right? you say n words this is you. i recall him saying disgustedly, look what the n-words did and then you add, quote, donald hadn't seen whoever did this so it's two-fold. it's one that he didn't say who did it. he makes an assumption about who it is, what color they are. and then refers to them as the n word his campaign says this is a fabric hey, did story. i just want to give you a chance to respond and tell me how this story has lived in your life it's the absolute truth. >> and i remembered as if it were yesterday, he had a black roof, he had a role of electrical tape taping up the probably the slash was about this long, two of them and he was he was

and i think that's why don junior and chris lacivita, who's the campaign manager, were warning at the convention. let's not get too ahead of ourselves. this is a long road. we need to, we need to get these voters. we need to make sure that we attract the voters, and we need to make sure we finished strong in november 5th. >> i'm curious what you think after this rough few weeks for democrats seen this past week for the report was fascinating to see what the maga version of the grand old party how that part how the maga version navigates things like a sick woman who is a trump advocate, who has helped him out as a california lawyer, gets up there and makes an invocation in her faith and happens to mostly speaking english and reference a few things in a foreign language. and you hear boos in the room you hear people online going crazy. saying, this is witchcraft. she should be deported. this is not this is not who we are and the right wing universe that advocates for uniformity, right? that you all have to kind of be the same if you want to be part of this project isn't ready to reckon

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i mean, this is what happened happens when you let don junior choose your vice presidential candidate, which is apparently what happened here and not when you're letting pure raw politics j.d. vance is used to speaking to the far right of the republican base. he is not used to trying to put a message that is going to appeal to the kinds of people that donald trump needs. he has been running behind with women. the gop in general has a problem with women, specifically when they're talking about reproductive rights, et cetera. and instead, what you have is another white man talking about the way women should be he having children. who is a mother who isn't, who is a parent who isn't that they should be having more voting rights i mean, that's kind of crazy, that really puts this, this debate on a completely different footing. >> when you talk about voting rights and children, i mean, there was a report in abc today, bear that says that vince wants had argued for higher tax rate for people who don't have children at 20:21. ancient history, reportedly, he said, i'm going to quote, if you'r