big response down here for donald trump jr. tonight. o you. >> martha, thank you. >>> donald trump making an appearance tonight in cleveland by video, but he's actually in new york. and ocarl cameron is live in ne york city. hi, carl. >> hi, megyn. it's killing me not to be here but here we are at fifth avenue at trump tower because the now nominated republican candidate, donald trump, spent the evening here. obviously he did make that video message thanking everybody for their support and for granting him this nomination. he will not formally accept it, of course, until thursday night. but with that said, he's going to go to cleveland tomorrow, and he will have an event, a rally outside of the convention sort of compound there where the security is so tight, in order to once again rally the troops, talk a little bit about what he expects to say when he accepts the nomination for friday. tomorrow, of course, the theme is going to be make america work again -- excuse me -- one again. and that's very important, and the evolution of all thi

donald trump jr. as we have been talking about praising his father on the world stage and changing some opinions of him along the way. >> it brought believability to him instead of all the outrageousness. >> donald jr. is proof that donald trump has some good qualities to him somewhere. >> why our focus group says trump's children are a true refler reflr rereflection of who he is. >> who do you think elvis presley would have voted for? >> they're entertainers, so i would hope donald trump. >> and jesse watters heads to the hnc. can't wait for this one. fnc. can't wait for this one. >>> in just a few hours day three kicks off. >> and it seems to be moving quickly. the theme make america first again, political powerhouses hammering home how a trump administration is necessary to keep the u.s. on top. rich has a preview in kreef land. >> good morning. part of what the trump campaign started with, its message and pitch to voters is this idea that america is losing it spot in the world and much of it has to

speeches from former rivals, chris christie and paul ryan, and from the candidate's son, donald trump jr., laying out the case for his father and blasting hillary clinton on the night after his stepmother, melania trump's, very controversial speech. we have got a lot to talk about tonight. so i want to get right now to may political dream team. that's who i'm talking about here. an andy dine is here. david chalian is here, kayleigh mcelnany. amanda carpenter. did i miss anybody else? i got everybody. all right, andy, who do you think was the big boss tonight? who had the best speech? >> i think donald trump jr. by far knocked it out of the park. just the star. there was one moment i did like when ben carson said that hillary clinton has ha connection to lucifer. i enjoyed that. >> that was a little odd. people were texting me going, what -- >> because there was a connection, like a kevin bacon game, that saying lucifer is the ultimate radical. therefore, by the transit, there may be a connection. >> i'm not sure i follow. but it spoke to andy. >> it spoke to andy dean demographic. >> hav

donald trump has won the republican nomination. it just happened with the state of new york voting. his son, donald trump jr. nouncing the final vote count. he now has the delegates he needs to win. the moment that so few people thought would actually happen is here. donald trump has won the republican nomination for president. >> all right, jon karl on the floor. jon, we'll see you in a couple hours in primetime. and we are here all week long. "world news tonight," "nightline" and "good morning america," all live from cleveland. and then, a network special report every night at 10:00 p.m. eastern. i'll be joining george and the entire powerhouse political team later tonight. and, of course, gavel to gavel coverage on our livestream channel. >>> in the meantime tonight, we move onto other news and the other breaking headline at this hour. and the swelling controversy at fox news. tonight, megyn kelly reportedly has been interviewed by investigators within fox. it comes after former anchor gretchen carlson filed a lawsuit against ceo roger ailes accusing him of sexual harassment. and reports that other women a

that was education policy in this speech from donald trump's son. >> what's so startling about that clip is that donald trump, jrtery of economic and education and national security policy than donald trump senior, right? if only donald trump -- if only donald trump could have that kind of discipline, that kind of message control, that kind of mastery of the facts and the issues, he would be doing even better than he's doing right now, so you sort of see that they're in the trump sort of world, there is an agenda, a policy, idea, a proactive, you know, aggressive sort of plan for how to impose trump's view of how government and the world should operate, but donald trump isn't capable of explaining that plan, because he can't concentrate on the teleprompter long enough to get through it. so you sort of see that donald trump, jr., really does have the stuff. >> but he doesn't come off as a prep school rich kid either, when he's talking about an elevator to the middle class. they sort of relatable, really, to working americans. >> that's what i found really refreshing about this, he found ways to message things lik

and donald trump jr. brought them to their feet. donald trump gives that speech on thursday night with that presidential atone, there are going to be a lot of happy republicans. >> happier than they have been so far. and the policy as well, you are reminded, he's the real republican and conservative in the family. >> he was the one republican, his brothers and sister were not registered republicans, couldn't vote in the primary. but that was the most substative speech. this is a policy speech, invoked the feelings of jack kemp, paul ryan. he talked about opportunity, school choice. that was a republican speech and i think the most effective speech we have seen in the convention so far. >> a reminder this is as much a republican convention this a trump convention. >> absolutely a trump convention. and the trumps are the people the people at the convention want to hear from. even the people who have not signed off on donald trump enthusiastically have told me, the kids are the people they want to hear from. this speech not only did go

that was donald trump jr. tiffany also spoke. donald trump jr.e had a lot of different things in one speech. he talked about the person. he talked about policy. education policy. we're back with our panel right now and it was very interesting to see, john, this very rich young man talk about his father. and how his father raised him as a regular guy. listen to this. >> we didn't learn from mbas. we learned from people who had doctorates in common sense. guys like vinnie scalio who taught us to drive heavy equipment and chain saws who worked his ways through the ranks to be a trusted adviser of my father. a d-10 caterpillar as we are in our own cars. >> being a billionaire, raised as a rich guy, yet, somehow able to connect at blue collar workers. all you have to do is go to a trump rally to see that. >> sure, it was personal, it was political and it was hopeful. he had children to three different women, they all seem to get along. if they can get those people get along, he can make nice with the ted cruz people. >> it was nice to hear, he's press

donald trump to take care of your family. martha: is that an endorsement? >> i think donald trump, jr.'speech will be one of the most memorable. they gave different speeches from different perspectives. she talked about donald trump as a parent. she said he was always protective of her. he's an encourager. that was a great way to describe donald trump as the human being, a man, the father. we know him as a celebrity. people have impressions about donald trump who never met him. when when you have the first-hand accounts from his children. donald trump, jr. talked about him as a businessman. he encouraged his children to spend time with the laborers, not the executives. bill: i thought on policy donald junior's most effective point was comparing democratic policies to soviet russia. >> he was suggesting our policies are going to be forward leaning and their policies are all backwards. >> the way that hit me was a little bit over the top. i don't think anybody thinks the obama administration policies has been a communist state. so to me -- bill: it was a metaphor for power in our country

that seemed to be the theme of donald trump jr.'s speech and tiffany trump's speech as well. the idea that the children are helping to make donald trump, himself, more relatable. one woman met tiffany trump back when she was a baby, 21 years ago in a casino at a trump event, a sign of just how long the children have been in the spot lights just like their father. their message, aspirational, the idea of the campaign trying to personalize donald trump, show that there's more to him than public often sees on stage, and at least for the delegates out on the floor tonight, savannah. >> a lot of delegates have said they think those children are such a credit to donald trump, and they are performing the task of character witness tonight. peter alexander on the floor in the vip booth and a lot are watching. >> donald trump, jr. got a standing ovation from the siblings. they just ran out, mike pence there as well. as soon as junior's speech was done, looked at the siblings, gave a thumb's up, wow, and i two of the siblings looked at me giving thumbs up, confident it was the well-deliv

all over the country. >> absolutely. >> allen west, thank you. >> donald trump jr. d his father over the threshold. is he here to go "on the record" next. >>> moments ago donald trump reached the delegate threshold. securing the g.o.p. presidential nomination. it was trump's eldest son donald trump jr. that pushed him over the edge. right now donald trump jr. goes "on the record" from this unbelievable arena. >> it is amazing, greta. we're about to hear from speaker of the house small ryan. what a difference four years makes. >> four years ago we weren't in politics. >> a year ago. >> people said impossible. hear in my speech. impossible is just a basis from where my father starts. when people tell him impossible he always proves them wrong. >> mind scenes four children, tiffany, ivanka, eric and you. >> yes. >> how did you manage to he will woe the other three out. >> i was a delegate for the state of new york. being a delegate i got to be a part of that process and a couple of the guys suggested i didn't realize you could play with the process that way. they struct

i very quickly exchanged messages with donald trump, jr., who you just saw put his father over the topeveland. in his words, he said you never know. even inside the family, they know, erin, sometimes things are unpredictable when donald trump starts talking. >> they certainly are and after last night's grand entrance it was hard to top that and he shocked everyone and we'll see what he does tonight. as you point out, donald trump himself will be speaking tonight, we anticipate from trump tower and his children speak every single night to try to give a personal side of their father and melania trump spoke last night to try to do that, of course, controversy around that speech. today you have donald trump, jr., along with tiffany trump, both going to be speaking, his 22-year-old daughter and sunyan,. >> and these kids have had such a big role and particularly don, jr., who has been out on the campaign trail many times during this campaign and tiffany trump, this will be her first big speech tonight. again, it just shows the significance in the weight that the trump campaign is placing on

trt 1:29 out standard donald trump 23-28 (r) presidential nominee donald trump, jr. 41-47 donald trump'shris christie 52-57 (r) new jersey rep. paul ryan 112-116 (r) house speaker source: py-21tu but there were moments of last night's roll call vote. delegates from d-c and three states that trump did not win in the primary tried to have delegates recorded according to the primary results. they were overruled, and all their delegates went to donald trump instead. trump failed to win a single delegate in d-c's march 12th primary. stay with abc-7 for your convention coverage. we're streaming all the convention events online at wjla.com. and each night at 7 on our sister station newschannel 8 -- catch an hour-long special look at the convention - including analysis from political insiders. on the democratic side... hillary clinton spent tuesday ralling supporters at a union conference in las vegas. she compared trump's convention entrance to the wizard of oz.

i never spent a lot of time with donald trump jr. night, and tonight, to me, he said that some of the delegates -- got to be careful here -- from the stop trump movement, or in particular, the ones that threw their credentials on the floor, were "acting like idiots." this is clearly really gotten under their skin. and i mean, it's over now at this point, this movement. but it really bothered them. >> that's an apple doesn't fall far from the tree moment. >> that's fair. >> i think tonight was all about chris christie. for all the attempts to personalize this, this was again the prosecution against hillary clinton. and one of the toughest speeches we've heard so far and a really memorable speech, and that was the moment that to me sounded most -- that and paul ryan, sounded most like real convention speeches, the kind that we've been covering for years. the other speeches were different. >> they were more personal and you saw that. it's funny, too, because tonight it's the most of the washington politicians, speaker ryans and the leade

donald trump introduced last night as the next first lady, his wife, melania trump. was part of her speech borrowed from the current first lady? tonight, we go straight to the campaign, donald trump jr., will never be fired? and what about michelle obama? does she deserve and apology? what he told me. but first, abc's tom llamas, with the two speeches side-by-side. ♪ we are the champions >> reporter: tonight, controversy at the republican convention looming even larger than donald trump himself. >> an amazing mother, an incredible woman, melania trump. >> reporter: a major introduction for melania's major audition to be first lady. >> it would not be a trump contest without excitement and drama. >> reporter: how right she was. trump tweeting, "her speech and demeanor were absolutely incredible. very proud." but at the same time, another tweet picking up steam. journalist jarrett hill posting, "melania must've liked michelle obama's 2008 convention speech, since she plagiarized it." take a look. both speeches side-by-side. similar passages highlighted. the similarities, striking. just watch. >> because we want our children and all children in this nation to know -- >> because we want

donald trump jr. with me tonight.s we said, the official roll call of states is under way right here in the convention hall. a big effort tonight to bring this party together after the division we saw here on the floor just hours after the convention started yesterday. the question tonight, will everyone come on board? let's go to abc's jonathan karl, near the utah delegation. everyone behaving so far? >> reporter: david, this is it. this is the point of no return for the republican party. as you mentioned, i am here in the utah delegation, all 40 of these delegates are for ted cruz. many of them waged a last ditch effort to try to stop donald trump, but they know that when this voting now under way is over, donald trump will have won the republican nomination. i wouldn't be surprised if we see some last-minute efforts to wage dissent about this, express some dils approval, but this is it. donald trump has won. >> all right, jon karl on the floor. jon, we'll see you in hours in primetime. we are here all week long, "w

i got more insight into donald trump as a father, because donald trump, jr., who gave a great speech,t more insight into donald trump the businessman, because that's sort of the -- it seemed like his access point to him, but tiffany, i thought, gave a real familial speech in that way that i hadn't really heard some of those anecdotes before. >> she was phenomenal, donald trump, jr., was and wait for ivanka, she's going to be great. >> i think the big challenge for the republican party, you know, don, you said that it remains to be seen what they're going to do to pivot to a wider audience. how long have we been saying that about donald trump and the campaign? and he hasn't done it. i think he has made a calculation that he does not want to reach out to latinos, that he does not want to reach out to african-americans, that he doesn't think he needs those voters, because nothing that he's doing is indicative of that kind of desire or that kind of necessity to want to broaden that kind of appeal. >> are there enough trump voters now in the voting pool in order for him to win without mino

you had donald trump, jr. not just talk about his father's business career, but framed him as a conservative. this is a reluctant audience, it's still getting to know donald trump at ideological level. >> yeah, what happened tonight, al be it with the alaskan delegation after so many reports of disharmony, that could not have played well, we will all dwelling on it. it was, as a practical matter, backing up the prime time television schedule. >> some of the biggest stories here, are the people who will have chosen not to attend. >>> or those who are spoiling for a fight on the convention floor. you look at some of the seats here in the arena. they're empty, you talk to some of these delegates, they're for other conservatives, even at this time as donald trump is preparing to accept the nomination, they describe him as someone who hasn't come up through the republican party, they think of themselves either as conservatives or party people and they want to see trump earn their trust. >> the other positive thing t

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 start doing it now. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie is also on the speech card, but like wisconsin governor scott walker and other establishment figures relegated to the preprime time undercard. given yesterday's attempt by anti-trump forces to make their voices heard, there could be some vocal opposition during the roll call. trump's running mate, indiana governor mike pence had a word of advice for his still-divided

there's been a lot of praise for donald trump jr.'ll americans. that president can only be my mentor, my best friend, my father. donald trump. amy tweeting donald trump jr. was the best, not only was he compelling with whip-like energy and command of the room, he made it appear effortless. and governor chris christie also getting a lot of attention for his speech for calling out hillary clinton. >> now, she was america's chief diplomat, so let's look around the world at the violence and the danger today in every region that has been infected by her flawed judgment. >> bill writing three cheers for chris christie for doing what the law under obama failed to do. and some mixed reaction to dr. ben carson's speech about his comments about hillary clinton and lucifer. >> this is a nation where every coin in our pocket and every bill in our wallet says in god we trust. so, are we willing to elect someone as president who has as their role model somebody who acknowledges lucifer? >> but lucy disagrees with dr. carson's word choice saying, qu

here's donald trump jr. >> good evening. i'm donald trump jr. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] i'm the father of five young children, of 2-year-old chloe to kai who just turned 9. i'm the husband to vanessa, an a amazing wife and mother and the son of a great man. i'm an american and tonight i want to talk to you about the country we live in, the country our children will grow up in. for my generation, this is the most important election of our lifetime, one that will determine the future of our country and in turn the future of the world. for too long our country has ignored its problems punting it down the road for its future generations to deal with. in business i was trained by my father to make the tough investments and decisions today to ensure a brighter future tomorrow. we've actually started to believe that solving our great problems is an impossible task. and that's why we need to elect a man who has a track record of accomplishing the impossible. [ applause ] for the first time parents no longer think that their kids will be as well

nominee. >> it is my honor to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates. congratulations, dad. we love you. reporter: donald trump jr. read the new york delegation's total and put his father over the top. he'll later give a prime time speech team trump hopes will be less controversial than his stepmother melania. >> i'm going through it daily in my mind. getting in stage in front of millions of people. all of my friends texting me text. you're in front of 30 million people. what's the worst that could happen? reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan also prepped for their speeches, the culmination of their own trump transformations, since neither rushed to endorse him. >> i'm just not ready to do that at this point. i'm not there right now. >> my advice to our nominee would be to start talking about the issues that the american people care about. and to start doing it now. reporter: new jersey governor chris cristie is also on the speech card, but like wisconsin governor scott walker and other establishment figures, relegated to the pre-prime time undercard. trump's runningmate, i

erin burnett on the convention floor with donald trump jr. >> i am here with donald trump jr. obviously you just heard sean spicer talking about ted cruz and the controversy there. this morning cruz said -- saw him come out of the breakfast, he's not going to vote for hillary clinton but he refused to endorse your faeshther, doubg down on what he said last night. >> i think he galvanized everyone behind my father. i was on the floor when we put my father over the top on tuesday. it was an incredible moment for me, just being able to do that. i'm not going to go as far and say it was like the cavs but it was pretty close and it was such an intense moment so when i hear the media the same two guys holding their credentials and dramatically throwing them on the floor as soon as they find a camera that's filming them and 50 yards later i see the same guy doing the same thing, looking for the moment of pr. i didn't see the divisiveness they were talking about. i saw incredible unity. if there were a couple of stragglers, after last night, they're in our court. they understand our p

. >>> members of the trump family will take the stage again this as donald trump jr.'s speech is drawing questions about plagiarism again. >> i know when my father says he can fix the country, he means it. >> donald trump, jr., went on to make a comparison about schools which closely resemble the pass anl from a conservative magazine. the speech writer came forward saying he wrote the speech and the article. he told the associated press that makes the similarities, quote, not an issue. early yesterday the trump campaign defended melania trump's address and its similarities to a speech michelle obama gave in 8. tonight at the convention. with more on that, here's tom sherwood from cleveland. >> two days down, two days to go. the republican national convention here in cleveland is halfway over. and tonight a big night. >> i formally declare donald j. trump and michael r. pence the republican nominees for president and vice president of these united states. >> formally nominated last night, indiana governor mike pence tonight will give his vice presidential acceptance spe

donald trump. the role of building up donald trump fell to the family members here tonight. and the mood on the floor from the delegates is that donald trump jr and tiffany trump were successful in doing that. eric trump speaks tomorrow and ivanka will introduce her father on thursday. >> if along the way, you could collect and show us, you have at least two more nights to do this, and we'll do it again in philadelphia, the swag, the copious amounts of convention swag. >> there's so much. >> it's unbelievable. >> there's signs, swag bags, with all sorts of goodies in them. this is what it looks like when the convention ends. i'm going to get this and bring it back to new york for you, and we'll start a collection of convention swag bags. >> that would be great. looks great. you can easily accessories. just trying to make the point that going to convention is supposed to be a fun thing. if you're a delegate from alaska, you had more excitement in your evening than you ever thought leaving anchorage a few days ago. it was an interesting evening, our thanks to hallie jackson. interesting evening on that floor. >> yeah. and again, we started with

votes not just to put donald trump over the top 1237, officially the nominee, but they expect to cast their votes through the voice of one of donald trump's sons. donald trump jr., who is the dark-haired young man you see on sort of the left center of your screen. he is expected to be the one announcing the new york votes. you see donald trump's other adult children there standing next to him. he's about to get the honors. >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, northern mariana islands cast nine votes trump. >> ohio, 66 delegates. >> welcome to cleveland, the city of champions. welcome to ohio, the host of the republican national convention. all right, guys. let's give it an o.h. o.h.! ohio, the mother of presidents proudly casts its 66 votes for governor john kasich. >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, ohio, 66 votes kasich. >> oklahoma. 43 delegates with the following bound delegates. 13 trump. >> good evening. my name is pam pollard. i'm the chairman of the republican party for the great state of oklahoma. as the second home to speaker paul and janna ryan, oklahoma

what has happened here is now that this, donald trump jr. trump's speech, melania's as presented was quite good. this statement will ensure that for the next, you know, seven hours, before the next night's program starts, this is what we're talking about. so it's just wasting momentum. donald trump is not going to win or lose the white house because of this, but conventions are meant to build momentum behind the candidate. unify, reach out, and this is not that. >> and chris jansing is joining us from inside the q. one of the issues here is whether melania trump needs to have her own staff, which the first -- well the spouses of candidates in the past have. and we've seen how bill clinton has messed up, the tarmac meeting by not being completely staffed and surrounded by someone saying this is what you do and don't do this. and this will really blow up. so even an experienced political leader needs to have help along the way. this is a, you know, a tough game. and chris, does mrs. trump need to have enough people around her who would have ve

as we mentioned, she just had an interview with donald trump jr. tell us what he told you. >> the head line from that interview was that it is down to three. sorry, there's a fire truck going by. it's new york city. so donald trump jr. tells me the decision is down to three officially. it will be either newt gingrich, pence, or chris christie. there's no other surprise name that is being put out there and that donald trump will make a decision today. we're e getting close to the witching hour. there should be a decision this it afternoon. any reports otherwise that a decision has been made are at this point unfounded. i asked donald trump jr. what it was like vetting these three candidates. he explained in pretty good detail to me just what it was like behind the scenes. take a listen. >> we actually have great choices. they are very different. but they are all great people and incredibly intelligent. it's kpoiting. >> what questions are you asking? >> you have to ask tough questions. this is a serious job interview. you have to see how people are g

it is official donald trump is now the 2016 gop presidential nominee. and it was donald jr. who announced the delegates, putting his dad over the top. >> 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! >> donald trump addressed the convention again, this time via satellite, thanking supporters and vowing to win in november. his adult children also took to the stage to humanize their father, with donald trump jr. delivering what many have called the strongest speech of the night. >> if you do what you love, hold nothing back, and never let fear of failure get in the way, then you pretty much figured out the trump formula. >> i know when people tell him it can't be done, that guarantees that he gets it done. i know that when someone tells him that something impossible, that's what triggers him into action. and this week, that same man will stand before you as our party's nominee for the president of the united states of america. >> and prominent

donald trump jr., said quote, unquote, it will be disciplined which is important, but yet not what some people want from donald trump. >> there is a whole new audience tuning in to donald trump that haven't been following every one of his rallies or events over the course of the last 13 months. >> right. >> so he does need to present some of those core principles that sort of brought him here to that larger audience, as well. this is my big question of what i am looking for tonight is to see if this floor and this crowd is so energetic and into him on this very big night, can he resist leaving the teleprompter for a little bit and turning it into a moment of a trump rally? >> let me answer that question, and i think that would be good for him. >> right. >> so i'm curious to see how he balances the discipline of the teleprompter and if that feels like a strait jacket around him or is he going to feel something on the stage tonight that he has rpt felt before and it's huge, this moment. >> it's a rush for him, andy, to feel that. he loves to talk about the crowds of thousands and thousand

the campaign says no one will be fired and donald trump jr. defended the speech in a one-on-one with abc's david muir. >> i know that you have now seen the comparisons side by side. melania trump's speech next to michelle obama's speech. >> a little bit. i've been a little busy today but i've seen it. >> you've seen the snippets. what do you make of the striking similarities. >> listen, you know, i don't think there was anything in there that was that novel in terms of those particular lines. when she talked about immigration and her son and having gone through that process legally that was the stuff that was much more striking. >> you weren't bothered by the striking skim lairs. >> i saw pretty common words in there. honestly there was no novel thought in that. now, of course, when you work with speech writers perhaps something -- honestly what i was more concerned about and what i was more proud of her about was to be able to get on that stage, having never done this before and be able to deliver a speech with that much confidence, with that

donald trump jr. joins me live. >>> plus the best political minds will be here live in philadelphia with insights from the campaign trail. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper at the democratic convention in beautiful philadelphia where the state of our union is exposed e-mails just published by wikileaks showing democratic party officials actively discussing possible ways to sabotage bernie sanders even as they were insisting publicly that they were staying neutral during the primaries. the leaked e-mails are dividing

donald trump over the top. wolf? >> dana is in utah. jake tapper is there. they want donald trump, jrstate but some states may not cooperate. >> that's right. but where i am right now, new york, the empire state, donald trump's home state, they are eager to see this. the seats are better than the utah delegation has. this is front row center, we're here with congressman peter king of new york. thanks for joining us. you have not been a huge supporter of mr. trump throughout the primary process but you're on board now. >> yeah, donald trump was not my first choice but he's my final choice. he's the nominee of the party and on the key issues between him and hillary clinton there's no doubt donald trump is superior in homeland security, supreme court, defending the police, all of that i support donald trump. we still have differences but it's a big party, a unified party. >> has there been a new york president since franklin roosevelt? >> not one. eisenhower was living in new york at the time. franklin roosevelt is the last one. >> so this must be kind of exciting for you guys, right? >>

donald trump. that's his daughter ivanka there in the middle, donald, jr., on the left. we'll be hearing from donald, jr., tonight. he will be speaking in prime time. there is tiffany trump there at the center. we'll also be hearing from her in prime time tonight. they're going to be describing the man, the father that they know. tiffany trump was raised in california. she's the second youngest of trump's children, just graduated from the university of pennsylvania with a double major in sociology and urban studies, but she's a fashion model, a singer and a presence on social media, as well. donald j. trump, jr., is the executive vice president of the trump organization, which, of course, runs the real estate holdings of donald trump. he's the eldest son of donald and ivana trump, donald trump's first wife. he will be leading the new york delegation. he'll be putting his father over the top when the time comes that they have enough votes tallied up so that new york will be the state that symbolically makes donald trump the republican nominee in 2016. >> donald j. trump. >

donald trump could get to 1237. well, he did, and then some tonight. >> exactly. >> ivanka trump, donald trump, jr., eric trump, tiffany trump, barron trump. [ applause ] >> naming the escort committee for -- for -- for donald trump. >> ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the missouri leader of the united states senate, the honorable mitch mcconnell. >> they'll be nominating for the vice president, and governor mike pence. jeffrey lord, from the beginning you were a lone voice early on in the media landscape. what are your thoughts upon this moment? >> it's amazing and it's certainly a big moment in american history. i think of barack obama's nomination, want all nominations are historical, in a sense and they're not always moment us and mean some particular thing. i think ronald reagan's did, and i think barack obama's did, and i think this does. i think he stands for winning in november and how that plays out we've yet to see, and clearly there is a new movement afoot and he's won. >> david, how big a problem is it that they're basically having trouble timing out this convention? i mean, last night, a

donald trump officially become the 2016 republican nominee for president. >> and his own son donald trump jrte to secure his father's mom nation. >> it's my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the

donald trump jr. who made the case who said if you think he doesn't understand the little guy, think again. >> he spent his career with regular americans. he hung out with the guys on construction sites. pouring sheet rock and hanging -- pouring concrete and hanging sheet rock. he listened to them and he valued their opinions as much and often more than the guys from harvard and wharton locked away in offices away from the real work. >> so donald trump is on his way here. they pl he's going to mike a dramatic entrance here. trump is being trump. a lot of people in politics say move past the melania story, get away from it. the campaign says there was no plagiarism. donald trump is tweeting on his way to cleveland. he said good news is melania's speech got more publicity than any in the hospital of politics especially if you believe that all press is good press. donald trump hardly ever stops at one trump. he said the media is doing more forensic analysis on melania's speech than hillary clinton's e-ma

again, i thought donald trump jr. did a lot to answer some of that. >> errol, your impressions? he managed to do that, but without talking about something like trade. how much have we heard about trade from donald trump? from the moment he came down the escalator and announced a year ago, it was all about the wall and mexico and we're getting beat, treated like children or dogs or whatever the metaphor he used is by china, mexico, this country, that country. nobody last night got up, not even his son, got up and really sort of explained what's going to happen. normally when you're arguing for a policy, you say, well, it was done in the '50s or done in the '60s or done in this place or that place and we know that it will work. nobody seems to understand where trump's coming from on this key cluster of issues. >> it's an incredible blank slate. there's all these things wrong. whether it's foreign affairs or trade, we're not sure what's going to happen. >> but last night was jobs night. we got through the evening without any extended conversation about what he was going to do. >> i

milling around in this-- one thing i was struck by, scott, this is still what we heard from donald trump, jr., a lot about his father's, a skill largely about taking on hillary clinton. donald trump still has lots of challenges in terms of his favorable rating. and we'll have to wait to see whether in future nights there is more of an effort to improve those favorable ratings. conventions are pep rallies for the home team but they are also public relations events for the outside audience. right now mostly what the outside audience is hearing is about how bad hillary clinton is. >> john dickerson has been down there all night, john, thank you. when we come back, we're going to speak with charlie rose about the battle for donald trump's time, when we come back here in cleveland. tomorrow is not a ven. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take ent

and facebook says donald trump jr.top last night. 66% of you thought he had the best speech. he was followed by chris christie with 23%. >>> it is day three of the republican national convention. the theme make america first again. mike pence now the official gop presidential nominee -- vice presidential nominee. also speaking texas senator ted cruz who has yet to endorse donald trump as well as florida senator marco rubio who will appear on video. tonight's other primetime addresses include eric trump, scott walker and former house speaker newt gingrich. speeches kick off at 7:00 p.m. eastern. we will see you back here on "fox & friends first" at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow but "fox & friends" starts now. >>> driving people so that they can achieve their full potential. that's a great quality to have in a father, and better yet, in the president of the united states. >> this is a nation where every coin in our pocket and every bill in our wallet says in god we trust. so are we willing to elect someone as president who has as t

donald j. trump, and we are proud that we have as one of our delegates donald j. trump jr. >> i have the incredible honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates. congratulations, dad. we love you! [ crowd chanting ] >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> great job. >> what was it like, man? >> other than the birth of my children, it was the coolest thing i've ever done. surreal. totally intense. >> don, why don't you go in the room. >> hold on. >> hey, how are you? >> guys, can you just give us two minutes? [ inaudible ]. >> there were a number of delegations and they were helping -- >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> so i've become a little bit of a student of your public persona. you seemed a little emotional. >> you know what, i actually was. that doesn't happen often. it actually -- it very rarely happens. >> so seven things happened yesterday that were controversy including your stepmother's speech. are you all -- >> honestly, it's not anything to block out. you know, whatever happened, happened. i t

i am so proud to be your nominee for president of the united states. >> trump's children center stage donald, jr what kind of president his father will be. >> you want to know what kind of president he will will he let me tell you how he ran this is business and i know because i was there with him by his side on job sites, in conference rooms from the time i could walk. he didn't hide out behind some desk in executive suite he spent his career, with regular americans, he hung out with the guys on construction sites, borrowing sheetrock pouring concrete hanging sheetrock listened to them valued their opinions as much often more than guise from harvard and wharton locked away in oversees away from real work. >> not all big celebration in cleveland, protesters are outside, raising security concerns right outside the arena we will take you there, more problems obamacare another health care giant is reporting losses related to the system speaking to technology now you can einvestor on twitter why social media giant is letting all euros apply for retailers back to school sales starringing amount famil

>> learning that donald trump jr. d chris christie begin to calm the jittery nerves of the gop. >> and donald trump is the official republican nominee has changed his psychology a little bit. not got the party fully united but it moving towards a little bit of a normal situation where it's the red team against the blue team. >> let's talk about the speeches last night. donald trump jr. had a difficult job, and in a way he took on more than he needed to, but it seemed like he delivered. not only did he do the character witness for his father, which most children of a candidate would do, he also made a policy argument, and also took on hillary clinton. do you think it was effective? >> you know, i do, and i think -- we've you talked about the family all week because they've been thrust into controversy, not willingly, but, you know, donald trump jr. did what every kid of a politician is able to do. they have more goodwill than the candidate themselves. all the ickiness attaching inside to a candidate does not attach to a