donald j. trump. [applause] mr. the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, arkansas, 25 votes, trump. 15 votes, cruz. hudson: california. 172 delegates with the following bound delegates. 172, trump. [applause] >> hold it down, california. [chanting "we want trump." >> mr. chairman, my name is shirley. boys ofmother of three the greater los angeles area. mr. chairman, it is so important havemy sons, my three sons both an opportunity for their .uture with good jobs mr. chairman, donald trump is the candidate that can provide for my boys and all californians. the opportunity of the true america. i'm honored to stand before you today as behalf of -- great state of california rockornia that is 100% solid. the trump delegation and i'm thed to place 172 votes to nominee of the next president of these united states, donald j. trump. [applause] god bless you, god bless america. we want trump. we want trump. we want trump. mr. kent: pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this

donald j. trump jr., a delegate from new york, an opportunity to clooef that, they will stage it in a way that when it comes time to go over 1237, it will be new york, and donald trump jr. that delivers it. >> a new yorker will be the republican nominee. we'll see if any drama unfolds behind us. i want to go to dana bash in the iowa delegation. >> yes, i'm in iowa, and i just want to give you a sense of the active delegation that we're in now. we talked about the floor whips going around right now to all of these delegations as they're hearing things from their colleagues and rumors about whether or not certain states are okay, and are going to go in for trump, and whether or not there is a chance as david was talking about, there could be snuff states, they would need eight total, for people who support ted cruz for him to formally put his name in nomination. i'm told right now as we speak, it is a moving situation. states like colorado, they were very unhappy with all of the chaos yesterday. the st

votes for john kasich, and 11 votes for my friend and the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> the back story here of course is that cory lewandowski was fired last month as donald trump's campaign manager. he's never been replaced on the trump campaign. they technically have no campaign manager. even when he still had that role in the trump campaign, he was named to be head of the new hampshire delegation and he just got to make manifest the most important part of that role, putting donald trump's name forward as the winner of new hampshire's votes in this year's primary. >> on the east coast, it's about to be 7:00 p.m. i think it was ben ginsberg's rules of order which said that if we get to 7:40 p.m. eastern time, without trump going over the top, then it's time to start schvetzing but we have not reached that point yet. chris matthews? >> i thought it was interesting cory lewandowski represented the new hampshire delegation for trump and was very loud in supporting trump as you might expect. but today in an interview he was very tough on paul manafort who replaced him a

donald j. trump, jr., his eldest son, will put donald trump over the top. so that will be coming up very shortly, and while we are waiting for that moment, we're going to go down to john dickerson at the podium. john? >> john: well, scott, that's right. we're about to reach that magic 1,237 total. that number we heard so much during the bitter primaries as donald trump fought off 16 opponents. that number is almost here, as you said. the order has been rearranged so that new york can take him over the top. they have pride of place here right in the front. and it's very crowded up here. they're itching for this, and that will make donald trump the official nominee on the nominee for that 45th spot as president. and we've got the whole... everybody's crowding around here to try to be in the mix at this famous moment, and now we just will have the wait until the totals are arrived at. >> pelley: john, you know, there has been so much controversy at this convention about the republican party being divide

trump. >> donald j. trump! >> donald j. trump! >> donald j. trump! >> donald j. trump! >> donald j. donald j. trump! [ cheers and applause ] . >> jimmy: come here, mom. give me a hug. i don't know. the "j" is a big thing. and a lot of people don't realize, the "j" stands for jamal. he left cleveland and went straight to new york after his wife spoke, people think, but chris christie. watch kind of in the background. you will see -- [ laughter ] it just seemed like he wasn't there because that had an orange background, but he was there. i think the most unusual comments were made by former trump rival dr. ben carson. speaking with the authority of a brain surgeon that had performed a lobotomy on himself. saying that lucifer is her top running mate. that's how you feel the bern. but than that, dr. carson's warning not to underestimate how damaging four years can be. >> we must be wary of the narrative being advanced by some in our party. the notion that a hillary clinton administration wouldn't be that bad, the effects wouldn't be temporary. you know, that it would only last for four,

delegates. 89 trump, six kasich. >> madam secretary, new york, the empire state and the home of donald j. trump passes. >> new york passes. >> the reason that new york has just passed is for dramatic purposes. new york state is of course donald trump's home state. they are holding off in terms of their position in the alphabetical call so that they can be the state that comes in at just the right numerical time in order to cast their vote so they can be the state that puts trump over the top to 1237 and officially clinching the nomination. >> even more catching up the person doing the passing for new york, richard nixon's son-in-law and before that, the governor of new mexico was in that famous tussle with donald j. trump during the campaign. >> north carolina, one of the fastest growing state economies under governor pat mccrory and the republican-led general assembly proudly casts our 72 votes as follows. one, dr. ben carson. six, senator marco rubio. nine for ohio governor john kasich. >> in the great conservative tradition of the old north state, the home of billy graham, we proudly cast 27

for marco rubio, 13 votes for ted cruz, 36 votes for the next president of the united states donald j trump. [applause] maria: alabama becomes the first state to formally nominate donald trump. such an exciting night you can feel the energy in the room. >> he was casting alabama's vote. what is important about that is that he was the first establishment conservative it really changed the trajectory of the candidacy. so his report early on made a world of difference. he was one of the main architects and immigration reform. one of the men behind donald trump's ideas ensuring that america has a clear handle on immigration. that is the issue that launched donald trump. he announced last june. he never knows that position. and here we are one year later facing the most astonishing is a cool story of our lifetime. ed rollins we are watching alaska. your thoughts. obviously a minority but they are still there. >> the most important thing is it always seems to start with alabama. i think i was 13 years old. they have an extraordinary southern voice. the key thing is other people are getting votes.

>> yeah i got you. >> indiana is awarding 57 delegates to donald j. trump. it was, of course, and now you hear it, that put donald trump over the top in the nominating process. we expect it will be new york officially at the convention tonight. a couple of quick notes. we're not expecting any mass walkouts at any point. senator mike lee, of utah, thought he may organize such a thing, but ted cruz tells me people are fantasy sizing about it, but when new york goes, he is going to walk out. it will probably be a small number of people who do that beyond that individual. one other point, we are are hearing on the floor here some displeasure with what happened with melania trump's speech. not because it reflects poorly on her, but they say it reflects that donald trump's campaign has not become fully professionalized, even after the big shake up with corey lewandowski and paul manafort taking the helm, and furtherm e furthermore, it casts that he has hired the best people. if you're going to hire the best people, how did something like this happen, bret. >> the t

donald j. trump. [applause] >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules convention, one vote kasich, two votes paul. ms. hudson, virginia, 49 delegates. 17 trump, eight cruz, 16 rubio. five kasich. three carson. >> na mass te, mr. chairman. - namaste, mr. chairman. digital, grown into the dominion. virginia is truly about opportunities. i'm the delegate from virginia. and i'm proud to report that the republican primary in virginia, our delegation cast the following votes. three votes for dr. ben carson. kasich.es for eight votes for senator tezz cruz. 16 votes for senator marco rubio. 17 votes for our next president of the united states of america, .r. donald j. trump cheers and applause] >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, virginia, 17 votes. trump, eight votes, cruz. 16 votes, rubio. five votes, kasich. and three votes carson. ms. hudson: washington, 44 delegates to the following bound delegates. 44, trump. >> madam secretary, from

the united states, donald j. trump! [ cheers and applause ] >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, new mexico, 24 votes, trump. >> new york! [ cheering ] 95 delegates with the following bound delegates, 89, trump, six, kasich. >> madam secretary, new york, the empire state and the home of donald j. trump passes. >> new york passes. north carolina, 72 delegates for the following-bound delegate, 29, trump. 27, cruz. six, rubio.

agana i'm sure you will agree, i don't know a lot of people know about this about donald j. trump. i wanted to reduce to you and help you become more knowledgeable when you're talking to people about women to support donald trump. donald trump has promised to fight the corrupt and incompetent da executives who that our veterans down and update the va policies to meet the needs of the younger veterans who serve in iraq and afghanistan. what a great thing. let's give him a hand for that. [applause] >> here's the part many of you probably don't know about donald trump which i find quite interesting that the news media doesn't talk about this. this is a quote from mr. come. the fact many va hospitals don't permanently staff ob/gyn doctors chosen utter lack of respect for the growing number of female veterans. i could not agree more. how wonderful he thinks of as women. how many of you would agree with that? [applause] the media will not report this that's why we want anyone to know what the truth is. it's not a woman problem for trump. the woman problem comes from immediate and the prop

proud to be the home of donald j. trump. proud we were the first state to cast a majority of our primary votes for donald trump. won 61hat he was 61 -- of our 62 counties. proud that we have as one of our delegates, donald j. trump junior. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you to my family. everyone here. all of our supporters in the great state of new york, even in the places that are not so conservative. we have had such incredible support. we are going to put new york and to play this time around. i have the incredible honor of not only being a part of the ride that has been the selection process, and to watch as a small fly on the wall what might other has done creating this movement rate it is not a campaign anymore, it is a movement. speaking to real americans. it is my honor to throw donald trump over-the-top in the delegates count. with 89 delegates. and another sick for john -- six for john kasich. congratulations dad, we love you. [applause] and with that, donald trump officially became the republican party n

six, kasich. >> madam secretary, new york, the empire state proud to be the home of donald j. trump and proud that we were the first state to cast the majority of our primary votes for donald trump, proud that he won 61 of our 62 counties and more than 60% of the vote, and we are proud that we have as one of our delegates donald j. trump, jr.! [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you very much, ed. thank you to my family, eric, ivanka, vanessa, laura, tiffany, all of you here earn, all of our supporters in the great state of new york, even in the places that aren't so conservative, we've had such incredible support, you won't believe it. we'll put new york into play this time around. >> i have the incredible honor of not only being a part of the ride that's been this election process and to watch as a small fly on the wall what my father has done in creating this movement because it's not a campaign anymore, it's a movement. speaking to real americans and giving them a voice again and it is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 dele

donald j. trump. d applause] >> you know omarosa for all the criticism that republican party gets for not being diverse getting more diverse. >> enthusiastically putting their support behind donald trump. it just gives us the motivation that we need to keep up the work. >> what's different about him? you have supported donald trump for a long time and know him well. what's so different about him? >> he understands at the end of the day we need jobs. our community needs jobs and training to jobs. donald trump's ability to make good business deals will be the most powerful asset that he has because he will make a great deal for america. >> the middle class doesn't have much choice right now. they have got the two candidates. vote secretary clinton or donald trump. how do you convince the middle class that two wealthy people donald trump and secretary clinton, i mean, how can you even get what it is like. neither one of those in recent years has had to worry something like college tuition or even paying a

we have a 29 votes for the next president of the united states the honorable donald j. trump. [applause]. one vote for carson. obviously proportional votes. 1101 for donald trump. >> the governor of the state of north dakota it is my honor to announce the delegates of north dakota and the great state of north dakota. .. the university of north dakota, fighting hawks, and the only state in the united states last year to actually grow younger, casts one vote carson, six votes cruz, and 21 votes for the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. [applause] . >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of the convention, north dakota, 21 votes trump, 1 vote carson, 6 votes cruz. lou: for the first time tonight. >> northern marianna islands, 9 delegates to the following bound delegates. 9 trump. >> for the most republican territory, the beautiful islands of the northern marianna islands where the weather is 85 degrees all year around. traveling over 7,000 miles, i am ralph torres, governor of the cnmi. it is my great pleasure and honor, being the first

doctor, i'm sure you'll agree with this but i'm not sure a lot of people know about this about donald j. trump. i want to read this to you and help you become more knowledgeable when you're talking to people about women that support donald trump. donald trump promised to fire the corrupt and incompetent v.a. executives who let our veterans down and update the v.a. policies to meet the needs of the younger veterans who serve in iraq and afghanistan. what a great thing. let's give him a hand for that. now here's the part that many of you probably don't know about donald trump which i find quite interesting that the news media doesn't talk about this. the fact -- this is a quote from mr. trump. the fact many v.a. hospitals don't permanently staff ob/gyn doctors shows a growing lack of respect for the growing number of female veterans. i couldn't agree more, mr. trump? how wonderful he thinks of us women. how many of you would agree with that? the news media won't report this and why we want everyone to know what the truth is. it's not a woman problem for trump for those women who support him. the

staring down the barrel of a trump presidency, it's time for me to say goodbye to america. >> donald j. trumptal and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. what i want is i don't want them to come here. >> donald trump telling nbc news he would certainly implement a database system to track muslims in the u.s. >> bans, registries? doesn't take a genius to see he's going to kick my brown ass out of here. so i decided to say goodbye to my home the united states and all the places i would never get to visit. what's the best thing about wisconsin. >> the packers. in georgia, white water rafting. >> oklahoma. the sooners. maui, meaning it's the best. i would love to go. you're welcome to come. i would love to come see a game. >> come. i can't. why? i'm a muslim and if donald trump is elected, he's probably going to throw me out. >> oh, i don't think so. well, he has already asked for a complete and total showdown of plumedzs entering the country -- muslims entering the company and asked american muslims to sign up for a registry. >> well, you kind of have to understand a little b

. >> proud to pledge 172 votes to the nominee of the next president of these united states donald j. trump. >> greatest country in the world and in in accordance with the will of its citizens or delegation is duly bound to cast 10 votes for senator rubio and nine votes for governor kasich.

donald j. trump is elected. i love it. >> sajid, i want to get your reaction to what the wife wrote in an op-ed to "the washington post." donald trump asked why i did not speak at the democratic convention. he said he would like to hear from me. here's my answer to donald trump because without saying a thing, all the world, all america felt my pain. i am a gold-star mother. whoever saw me felt me in their heart. how do you think donald trump should respond to this? he did call their son a hero in a statement his campaign issued. do you want to hear him come out and say that in person? >> two things. first of all, "the washington post," the most liberal newspaper on a national level -- >> this is an opinion piece. >> no, let me finish. >> this is an opinion piece. those were her words, not "the washington post's" words. >> please allow me to finish it. plus at the same time, not in a single times that donald trump has not accepted his sacrifice. he has not. ghazala, nor his mother, and he has said --

that is what donald j. trump is promising that is a message that can lift up all of our hearts, that can make us all proud to be part of this political process. to reject the politics of yesterday that tears people down and pulls us apart. and to embrace a new future in which we are all united by our common identity as united states citizens. [ applause ] so with that, i will ask all of you, are you ready to stand strong and stand tall and elect donald j. trump? are you ready to send a message to the special interests that this country still belongs to working people? are you ready to deliver justice on behalf of every person who has been cut out of our political process? are you ready to stand for the rule of law in america? are you ready to stand for justice in america? are you ready to stand pour the rights of working people to get ahead in america? will all of you today make that commitment to go that extra mile to walk that extra foot, to find that extra measure of resolve to deliver for america this once in

that is my boss donald j trump. there is one guy to vote for. i don't know what he was trying to say it was such an honor for anyone. and cynics say he was just trying to set himself up and he wants to be the person at the have of the next race ticket. donald trump himself tweeted deirdre: i was just an essay that did not help his case at all. >> america knows he is a sore loser and it was not exactly what someone should be doing if they have an end goal in mind. america has a great memory and actually it helped our case because the support when i was out at the speech that are 100% behind it it was quite tainted for the senator. it was a missed opportunity to show what a team player heas for the republican party. >> i think a lot of people really questioned his plant at all. wow, he got booed off the stage. it was a pledge to support whatever candidate won. i saw the speech two hours early. no big deal. obviously, he is not bothered by it and it does seem to be that he took a much bigger hit what are you most looking forward to. >> i am looking

here's major garrett. >> it is my zing honor and great pleasure to nominate donald j. trump for the office of president of the united states of america. >> it's the moment donald trump craved and the republican establishment dreaded. the roll call cementing him as the gop nominee. it opened day two of the convention. >> 36 votes for the next president of the united states, donald j. trump! >> interviews with more than two dozen revealed those who were behind trump, those who are the smallest category of all, those who still cannot make up their mind. >> major garrett, thank you. and while republicans are making the speeches in this arena, protesters are having their say outside. in public square. demarco morgan is covering that dimarco in. >> good evening, scott. we're about three blocks away from the convention site. about an hour ago, we will hundreds if not thousands of protesters who were here in public square making their voices be heard. of course, we have video of them shoving each other when things got out of hand. there's a technique law enforcement have been using

hampshire cast their vote. >> and 11 votes for my friend and the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> but trump didn't win all the votes. utah gave its delegates to ted cruz and ohio gave them all to their governor john kasich. but in the end, that at any time matt didn't matter. it was trump's home state of new york represented by his own son didn't matter. it was trump's home state of new york represented by his own son giving him the delegates he needed. >> it is my honor be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. congratulations, dad, we love you! >> the arena going wild as new york new york blared over the speakers, trump thanked the convention via satellite. >> watching my children put me over the top earlier, what we did getting the party's nomination, i'll never forget it. >> and donald trump will formally accept the nomination tomorrow. back to you. >> living history. you can feel it. >> i love all the hats and things matching their state. thank you. >> yeah, each state had its own personality. >> almost 20 after the hour. the theme of night

tonight, donald j. trump clinching the republican nominee. his four grown children right there frp the historic moment. >> congratulations, dad, we love you. >> two of them wowing the crowd here with prime time speeches. this, as charges of plagiarism flying with potentially first lady melania. and michelle obama in 2008. >> your willingness to work hard for them. >> and your willingness to work hard for them. >> also, being ivanka trump. she is gearing up to introduce him at this convention. >> i'm trying to avoid the question. >> what does she think about the comments. first, the nrl nl five. >> wearing depends underwear allowed me to meet people. >> it's more flexible to meet with you. get a free sample. >> number >>> and good evening from cleveland, the site of the republican national convention. the g.o.p. now officially has its nominee, and his name is donald trump. the grand old party is new the party of trump. it maybe fraktous, it maybe but never boring. history is made here. the role call that formally awarded their father the hard

it is my distinct honor and great pleasure to nominate donald j. trump for the office of president of the united states of america! [cheers and applause] lou: that man was enjoyingwith . he was the first senator to endorse donald trump for president. he's a member, of course, of several important senate committees including budget and armed services and the judiciary. and importantly -- and i might even say more importantly -- he has been a thought leader for the conservative america who is, all of whom have been concerned about the direction of this country. it's great to have you with us on this great, important night. >> thank you, lou. and i've got to say, of all the people i've worked with in the media, you have understood the key issues more than anybody else. that is that people want, our good, decent people want a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interests. it showed that he cares about the average guy for a change. lou: this is, this country is built on our middle class. it's built on our capacity to you our economy and to s

the fighter, the doer that you have chosen as your nominee, my father and our next president donald j. trumpcheers and applause] >> meanwhile during mr. trump's campaign, hillary clinton campaign tweeted out the only thing standing between donald trump and the white house is us. clinton is narrowing down potential running mates. her finaleses virginia senator kaine, vilsack or corey booker, a decision could be made, announced today but none of the three, vilsack or booker or kaine has receive ad phone call to tell them one way or the other, you're going to be my running mate or not my running mate. lauren: it all starts monday morning, the democratic national convention. lea: more hee lights from the gop convention including the first openly gay speaker at the republican national convention. >> i am proud to be gay, i am proud to be a republican. but most of us, i am proud to be an american. >> in sports the nba is moving all-star nba game because of controversial law and nba is fining three teams and players for making social statement. you're watching fbn:am, first look at morning markets

arrival of the official nominee, donald j. trump. breaking news at this hour, the speech writer coming forward, taking the blame for his wife melania's controversial monday speech which appeared to contain passages from that speech that michelle obama gave eight years ago. halle jackson covering this story very closely. halle, what do we know that the point? what are your sources inside the campaign telling you? >> reporter: he's telling me he plans to emphasize the why and governor mike pence giving his big headlining remarks as well. >> do we have halle jackson? halle jackson standing by for us, halle, what can you tell us about all of this? what are you hearing from inside the campaign? >> reporter: so listen what we're hearing from inside the campaign is what we've been reporting on as well. i'm going to drop you out of our ear piece. when you look at the statement that came out, it's interesting in a couple of ways, number one it is directly from the source herself. this staff writer, remember, working for not the campaign, but

donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. congratulations, dad. we love you. >> reporter: everybody knows the song. it is now official. donald j. trump, a business man with zero prior political experience, has now officially won the nomination for president of the republican party, which he will accept right here in this room on thursday night. trump later appeared by video in the hall. >> today has been a very, very special day, watching my children put me over the top earlier. the party seal. what we did getting the party's nomination, i will never forget it. it is something i will never, ever forget. >> reporter: during the celebrations after he clinched the nomination, what many saw as a telling moment. three of trump's children, hugging. awkwardly left out for a minute, the younger half-sister, tiffany. hours later, tiffany, a 22-year-old who we have not often heard from during this campaign, strode on to the stage to speak in primetime. >> please excuse me if i'm a little nervous. when i graduated college a couple of months ago, i never expected to be here tonight, addressing the nation. >> reporter: tiffany is his only

katy tur, not just donald j. trumpoks like he has the family in tow as well. >> repeat that question one more time. >> there was no question i was just talking about the fact that mr. trump entering the arena. he has family members in tow. it will be interesting to see how much time he spends on the teleprompter tonight and how much time he decides to spend being donald trump. >> absolutely. this is the walk through for tonight's speech, something that was expect ed. he's going to get the lay of the land, figure out how he'll enter and leave and he'll be next seen on stage tonight after -- to accept the republican nomination. what will he say? we're told his remarks will center around the idea as america first. he's been trying to lay this out in the last few months trying to put into a more coherent formation what is in that speech we don't know because they have not given us prepared remarks i expect there to be a greatest hits of his campaign season so far. we'll find out if we'll hear him say "build a wall" that's

vegas claiming a donald trump presidency would be disaster for america. >> when i am president working people will always have a seat at the table and a champion in the white house. >> donald jmp taj mahal the eighth wonder of the world. >> reporter: on the trail and on the web clinton's campaign coupling that message with this web video featuring an resident business owner who says trump taj mahal casino short change him over pianos. >> i feel somebody stole $30,000 from me. >> report roar whether or not atlantic city or trump university clinton supporters are accusing the businessman of dealing hard working americans a bad hand. >> trump and his businesses have been named in more than 4,000 lawsuits and in the words of donald, that is a huge none number of lawsuits. >> reporter: as for the home field advantage poll shows the former new york city clinton leading the new york born trump by 12 points in the empire state and split decision when it comes to gender. with clinton doing better with women trump better among men. meanwhile clinton continues push to register voters setting new goal of 3 million committed supporters by november. in washington, doug mckelway, fox news.

donald trump on honesty and trustworthiness. charles: donald trump released a statement titled "donald j. trump's statement on the rigged system." he said the f.b.i. confirmed 100 peoples had been deemed classified. and clinton's lawyers cleaned the server on other emails. people have little faith in any large institution anymore. this is what we see across the atlantic. a rejection of the establishment. >> james comey is everybody slobbers at his feet. every moment was political. for 13 minutes he laid out the indictment. then --ing this is what's shocking to people. what he laid out even i thought they would not do a felony and it would be a misdemeanor. but not even that. we are looking at a framework that confirms the problems here. and obviously we know the attorney general makes the final decision, not the f.b.i. this press conference was unprecedented. he said he spoke to no one. why is he laying out his position when the woman who makes the decision isn't present. i think this is to give her cover and confirmed the politicalization of the entire process. charles: today former rival

investigation now under way to find out what led up to this scene. >>> plus -- >> i formally declare donald j. trump and michael r. pence the republican nominees for president and vice president of these united states. >> and it's official. donald trump is the republican nominee for president. we'll have reaction from last night's convention coming up in a live prort from cleveland. welcome to "today in the bay" on this wednesday. thanks for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. welcome to wednesday. welcome to the forecast. >> it's doing to be a niece day. no reason to complain about today. yesterday it was so beautiful with all of that sunshine and a nice breeze to keep those temperatures down. but it does start to warm up a little bit today. so we will talk about that. let's get a live look outside now at all of our microcloi mates. 60 degrees now in the east bay and 50 in the north bay. we will see a spread in our temperatures anywhere from 65 in san francisco and along the coast to 83 degrees in the south bay and the tri-valley. a look ahead to a hot weekend ahead. that's comin

donald j. trump. this is an abc news special event. >> we will make america great again. >> right now, as the republican gather in cleveland to anoint their nominee. >> we're going to win, win, win. >> we are just minutes away from donald trump taking the stage, speaking to america, rallying the crowd, and introducing his wife, melania. this is the republican national convention. live from cleveland. now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >> good evening from the quicken loans arena, they call it the "q" in cleveland. in just minutes, donald trump will bulldoze through tradition one more time. making the first primetime speech at his own convention. i'm here with our team of political analysts right here. strategists from both parties. our reporters tracking all security issues surrounding the event. and matthew dowd, looks like a normal convention. but this is no ordinary convention, no ordinary time. >> i don't think you can underestimate what's going on in the country, and with the republican party.

>> i know without a shadow of a doubt that donald j trump will make sure that all americans will havecheering] why, because donald tomp is not going to pander any race. his heart is for the human race. [cheering] together, not as black americans or black americans or brown americans, yellow americans, or read americans but just as . [cheering] together as americans we will get to the promised land. [cheering] in the promised land is a place where jobs have returned back to the country. in congress agrees -- and the matter -- the matter what terrorist group tries to destroy our lives, we will rise from the ashes. [cheering] we will never die. we will always thrive. you know why? because we are the united states of america! [cheering] and despite the color you were born with, here in america, the only color that matters other colors of the red, white -- >> and blue! [cheering] earns it withmark my lovely wife tomorrow and our beautiful baby, i invite everyone of you to help me elect the next president of united states of america, donald j trump! shout trump! trump!p trump trump [cheerin

donald trump over the top, the 1237 needed for that nation. here is what it looked like. trump: madam secretary, new york, proud to be the home of donald j. trump and proud that we were the first state to cast the majority of our primary votes for donald trump, proud 62 counties and more than 60% of the vote, and we are proud that we have as one of our delegates donald j. trump junior. [cheers] donald trump junior: thank you very much, ed. thank you very much to my family, everyone here. all of our supporters from the great state of new york, even in places that are not so conservative, we have had a great time. we will put new york into play this time around. [cheers] i have the incredible honor of not only being a part of the ride that has been this election as a small to watch fly on the wall what my father has done in creating this movement, because it is not a campaign anymore, it is a movement, speaking to real americans again, and it is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates. and another six for john kasich. congratulations, dad, we love you. [cheers] [applause] pursuan

. >> eighty-nine votes donald j trump. >> this is the way it looked as trump's home state of new yorktheir ballots and put their man over the top. donald trump becomes the first private citizens since dwight eisenhower to be nominated by a major party. it has a remarkable urine you since declared in june 2015a it as an effort marked by controversy and regardless of what happens in november, the trump candidacy has already earned a unique place in the american history. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist is on the convention floor as the climatic moment. >> we are here on the convention floor, donald j trump has just secured the republican nomination. i'm here with the pennsylvania delegation, tell me what is this moment like. >> it is a great moment for done will old trump, should be a very interesting election season. i think he will do very well. >> donald trump earned it. we were concerned from the beginning even though wow win majority of the vote he wouldn't get the delegate race. that is why we ran. we ran a trump delegates and we were proud to be here to cast our vote. >> i

. >> >> donald trump spoke from new yorknewyork city thanking the delegates for making him the nominee. york, the empire state, proud to be the home of donald j. trump and proud that we were the first state to cast a majority of our primary votes for donald trump proud that he won 61 of 62 counties and more than 62% of the vote and we are proud to have as one of our delegates donald j. trump junior bank. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much ed. thank you to my family, eric, yvonne cup -- ivanka, tiffany. all of our supporters in the great state of new york, even in places that are not so conservative, we have had such incredible support. we are going to put new york into play this time around. [cheers and applause] i have the incredible honor of not only being a part of the ride that has been the selection process and to watch as a small fly on the wall in what my father has done a in creating this movement, speaking for real americans, giving them a voice again, and it is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top and the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates and the other six for john kasich. congratulations dad. we l

tonight the republican nominee himself donald j. trump taking center stage. >> everybody waiting for that. but it was mike pence's time to shine last night and the governor accepted the vice presidential nomination and made the case for donald trump capping off a night of rousing speeches calling for party unity. >> oprah winfrey's father was asked about if he ever in envisioned running for the president of the united states. and his answer, only if it got so bad that i have no choice. >> after a spirited rally, the time for fighting is over. it's time to win in november. >> we should all, even all you boys with wounded feelings and bruised egos, you must honor your pledge to support donald trump now. tonight. >> we're fighting not for one particular candidate or one campaign, but because each of us wants to be al to tell our kids and grabbnd kids that we did ou best for their future. to those listening, please don't stay home this november. stand and speak and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust

. >> it is my distinct honor and great pleasure to nominate donald j. trump for the office of president of the united states of america. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: it's the moment donald trump craved and the republican establishment dreaded, the roll call cementing him as the g.o.p. nominee. it opened day two of the convention. >> 36 votes for the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> reporter: donald trump, jr., will read the new york delegation's total and put his father other -- over the top and later gave prime time speech team trump hopes will be less controversial than his stepmother melania's. i'm going going over it now. people are sending me texts. they, there's only 25 million peach watching, what could happen. >> reporter: others prepped for their speech, the culmination of their trump transformation since neither rushed to endorse him. >> i'm not ready to do that at this point. i'm not there right now. >> my advice to our noam knee would be to start talking about the issues that the american people care about and the s

great pleasure to nominate donald j. trump for the office of president of the united states of america. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the states are voting for officially making donald trump the gop nominee for president. >> california, that is 100% rock solid. and i am proud to place 172 votes to the nominee of the next president of these united states. donald j. trump. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: but controversy is still swirling about melania trump's speech at the convention monday night. portions bear a striking resemblance to michelle obama's 2008 speech at the democratic national convention. >> your word is your bond that you do what you say you're going to do. >> that your word is your bond, and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> reporter: but trump's campaign chair claims mrs. trump didn't copy from mrs. obama's script. and claims that clinton campaign is fueling the controversy. >> when hillary clinton is threatened by a female, the first thing she does is try to destroy the person. >> r