indiana governor mike pence seems to be the front-runner. confirming that he left indiana to new york where trump plans to announce his pick tomorrow. it was a media circus outside governor pence's home in indianapolis. about two hours ago, tv crews reported pence left the mansion and has not returned. donald trump has said he wants someone with experience in washington. pence has been indiana's governor since 2013. but before that, he served six terms in congress. and this morning pence tweeted about his hoosier state. and touted lower taxes and how he helped create jobs. donald trump jr. said it's down to three candidates. governor pence, new jersey governor chris christie and former speaker of the house newt gingrich. aundrea? >> chris christie makes it clear that he wants to be the vice presidential nominee. but he said if he does not get the job, his focus remains on getting donald trump elected president. >> there's no one who is better prepared -- >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie also serves as a chairman of donald trump

logo and a new page republicanh the presidential candidate, donald ,rump, and his running mate governor mike of indiana. let's go to your calls. we start with mark, who joins us from danville, virginia for democrats. caller: good morning. how are you? host: your thoughts about governor pence as donald trump's running mate? caller: i just think, first of indicative,trump is today, of how he would be as president. he is all over the board. -- he had a hard time even introducing mike pence as his running mate, because you are so busy trying to touch on everything going on. he is just very frenetic. and as far as mike pence himself, as an evangelical christian, or any other religious group, i think they to, asng in too much trump referred to, the johnson act. to groupso much more not being able to talk about politics within the church or things like that. , you know, we need saying,at what they are how frenetic they are, how all over the board -- they cannot focus on one particular thing as who they would be or what they would stand for as president and vice president of this country. host: we g

right now and they're being led in prayer an a lot of delegates there and we heard from indiana governor mikeence making his debut tonight and comes down to tomorrow night when trump will take the stage. as we showed you earlier republican vice presidential candidate sean governor of indiana mike pence made his debut at the convention. here are highlights. >> mr. chairman, delegates, friends and my fellow american americans, thank you from the bottom of my heart. i am deeply humbled by your confidence and on behalf of my family, here and gone, i accept your nomination to run and serve as vice-president of the united states of america [ cheers ] growing up i actually started in politics in the other party, until i heard the voice and ideals of the 40th president and i signed on for the reagan revolution, now if you know anything about hasers you know we love to suit up and compete and play to win. that's why i joined this campaign in a heartbeat. you have nominate aid man for president who never quits, who never backs down, a fighter, a winner, until now he's had to do it all by himself agains

knee fully on anything. >> now, we may still get another indication this morning as to whether governor mike pence is, indeed, trump's pick. bin 9:00 this morning, our time, pence must file paperwork in indiana to withdraw his name from the governor's race there if he is not going to run for reelection to allow indiana to have candidates. some see this as a possible response to some of the gop concern that trump is not conservative enough. as for other candidates, we understand that possibly newt gingrich may be given a top security position if trump were elected president and chris christie may be selected as attorney general. but we'll wait and see until this formal announcement comes out. >> brian, thank you. >>> the republican convention starts monday in cleveland ohio. ktvu's ross palumbo will be there. elf bring us live reports all week. >> a new poll finds hillary clinton is being hurt politically by the e-mail scandal. the associated press poll thinks that half of the americans broke the law using a private e-mail account. the same survey finds nearly 4 in 10 thinks she did so intent

. >>> police welcome the governor of the great state of indiana, mike pence. >> we love indiana. we love our country. my family and i couldn't be more honored. to have the opportunity to run with and serve with the next president of the united states. >> donald trump is going to provide the kind of leadership that america needs. >> we're ready to put a fighter, a builder, and a patriot in the oval office of the united states of america. we're ready for donald trump. >> to strengthen our nation at home and abroad and give americans the confidence that we'll be appointing people to the supreme court that will stand by our constitution. >> donald trump knows that the boundless potential of the american people awaits, and we can make america great again. >> welcome to "hannity," and donald trump has made his decision. and today he tweeted, quote, i am pleased to announce that i have chosen governor mike pence as my vice presidential running mate. news conference tomorrow, 11:00 a.m. tonight in light of all this breaking news, we have the honor of interviewing the man that donald trum

governor, running a state. i think certainly he's ready for the national stage. now, getting ready to run against the clintons. that's a tough go. so we'll see. i'm not worried about the big arrows of mikeg that. >> i think he's ready. i think he's more than ready. i mean, certainly serving the crucible as governor was a huge opportunity for him to sort of expand his knowledge beyond the congressional world today. and for him, it's going to be an important opportunity to have that first conversation with the people of indiana and then come out here on wednesday and lay out a national message. >> we look at the plane that's landed here. and started frrt start. a >> there's a lot of excitement here. people who have been waiting for a couple of hours to see governor mike pence come home after a very big turn in his life. they were taking photos and excited. the music from the movie, i believe, air force one. it's a regular when it rolls as part of the set for the political event and we know he was traveling with his wife, karen, and daughter charlotte. and they have had a whirlwind day in new york from the very public sort of debut of the trump/pence ticket and some personal time and the d

indiana governor mike pence was my first choice. i have admired the work he has done especially in the state of indiana. and i'm going to go over some of those accomplishments in just a minute. but i also admire the fact that he fights for the people and he is going to fight for you. he is a solid, solid person. [ applause ] governor pence served indiana with distinction in congress. he rose to leadership and served as chairman of the entire house republican conference. he's really got the skills of a highly talented executive leading the state of indiana to jobs, growth and opportunity in spite of the relentless obstacles put in his way and every state's way by the obama administration. it's horrible out there. high taxes and regulations. and it is out of control. mike pence is a man of honor, character and honesty. we know that. hillary clinton is the embodiment of corruption. she is a corrupt person. what she has done with her e-mails and so many things. i see the ads up all the time. she is totally bought and paid for by wall st

has picked indiana governor mike pence.. to be h >>> breaking news on the campaign trail. sources telling cbs news that donald trump has picked indiana governor mike pence to be his running mate. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. cbs news' weijia jang is live in cleveland with the latest developments. and weijia, trump wants supposed to make this announcement until tomorrow. >> reporter: you're right. but a gop source tells us that in fact indiana governor mike pence will be his pick. and pence will add a significant amount of experience to the gop ticket. for weeks trump said he wants someone who can help him work with congress. pence was a congressman for 12 years before becoming governor. he can also help calm some of those republicans who are still skeptical about trump. a gop official tells cbs news that donald trump will choose indiana governor mike pence to be his running mate. pence and trump spent time with their families in indiana on wednesday. >> a man that's going to be a great president, a man who really can tell a lot about a person whe

this time, governor mike pence will have the stage all to himself in front of a national tv audience. here's nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: donald trump's name, practically everywhere. his running mate, not so much as "saturday night live" found out. >> reporter: can you tell us which one is mike pence? >> isn't that him? >> reporter: a young jay leno. >> governor mike pence still a mystery to many. >> i'm a christian, republican and conservative, in that order. >> reporter: he will step out into his own spotlight that highlights how different they are. trump often brags. >> we will win ohio. >> reporter: pence often prays. >> permit me to give thanks to god. >> reporter: trump criticized the war in iraq, pence voted for it. trump married three times, pence, married three decades. none of it phasing many supporters like indiana senator, dan coates. >> some marriages are like, that including my own. we've build off each other's strengths and recognized each -- our own weaknesses. >> reporter: pence started his career in talk radio. >> i thank god for you. the flag ought to be flyin

remarks. >> it all distracted from what was supposed to be the highlight of the night, indiana governor mike pence accepting the nomination for vice president. steve starts our coverage inside the quicken loan arena. >> reporter: wisconsin governor scott walker endorsed for the first time the republican nominee. >> we need to support donald trump and mike pence to be the next president and the vice president of the united states. >> marco rubio by video. >> it's time to come together. >> reporter: conservatives want to do here, ted cruz. the texas senator had done the best against trump calling him unfit for the white house. would cruz endorse? >> i want to congratulate donald trump on winning the nomination last night. up and down the ticket who you trust. >> donald trump arrived backstage. as he came into the hall some delegates booed cruz. >>efore trump running mate mike pence spoke, it was trump's son eric. >> today i see in his eyes man who truly loves his country. who is proud of his country and who wants his country to be great again. >> tomorrow night trump's daughter ivanka speaks.

penceiana governor mike was my first choice. one ofthink you look at the big reasons why i chose mike , and one of the reasons his honest. as 50,000ajor focus people travel to cleveland for the republican national convention. >> once and for all, the possibility there could be an anti-trump rebellion at the convention. the conventionof hall, peaceful protests already blocking streets. demonstrators promising a much larger showing when the convention begins. >> we expect thousands of people from around the country to be coming here to express their anger. marci: the police say they are prepared with barricades and fences and thousands of officers, many from out of state, ready for any potential problems. in cleveland, marci gonzalez, abc 7 news. chief political correspondent is heading to cleveland for the rnc. his live reports begin monday at 4:00. covering metro, this week we got our first in many problems had been found on the rails. the data from the federal transit administration is troubling. 1,124 had been a total of ,112

in just minutes donald trump will make it official and introduce the indiana governor, mike pence as g mate. these are live pictures coming in from the new york hilton hotel. this is where donald trump and mike pence will be appearing momentarily. they billed it as a news conference. they will make statements, we'll see if they answer reporters' questions at the same time. this is the first time trump and pence have taken the podium together since the presumptive nominee announced his discussion on twitter just before 11:00 a.m. eastern yesterday. the revelation came after weeks of dropping hints and very dramatic plot twists. there was even talk of a last minute change of heart. sources telling cnn that trump didn't go with his gut on this one, instead choosing political pragmatism and hopes for a unified republican party in selecting the indiana governor, mike pence. we have team coverage standing by for this major announcement. let begin with our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. he's covering trump he's at the new york hilton hotel. set the scene for us. >> reporter: th

indiana's governor mike pence as his running mate. >>> good evening. donald trump says his pick of mike pence is a nod to party unity. he lauded pence, who spurred job growth in indiana. he told a room of supporters pence was his first choice to join him on the gop ticket. he praised his running mate. >> having had the privilege to spend time with this man and his family out of the limelight, i know what all of america will assume though, even better, these are good people. donald trump is a good man and he will make a great president of the united states of america. >> trump's choice has been praised by paul ryan and marco ru rubio. >>> and here in philadelphia, we're just nine days away from a democratic national convention. tonight protesters are getting ready to make their moves at the dnc. but some bernie sanders' supporters who want to protest at a park near the wells fargo center will not be able to do it. drew, thousands of sanders supporters were trying to rally there. >> reporter: they were expecting to hear from the senator himself because th

governor mike pence. >> and governor mike pence was quick on the draw as an attack dog. that's a role trump said he wanted. blasting hill on sever ining hi several issues. >> where donald trump wants to cut taxes, hillary clinton plans to raise taxes. on working families, small businesses, and family farms. where donald trump is committed to repeal obamacare lock, stock, and barrel, hillary clinton looks at obamacare as a good start and wants to take bernie sanders' path down to single payer socialized medicine. hillary clinton must never become president of the united states of america. >> nbc's katy tur has been with the trump campaign since the start. it didn't seem at every point it was exactly the roll out they wanted but they got it. what jumped out for you today? >> well, certainly, he spoke for 30 minutes before getting to introduce governor pence. donald trump spoke about hillary clinton bashing her for her e-mail servers, bashing her for being in his words corrupt. he also talked about his own successes, his primary victories, and even his d.c. hotel at one poi

tell us the story of governor mike pence. who is this indiana politician jacob u.s. congressman her, governor, fox talkshow host? >> he's a kennedy democrat. he is an irish catholic kennedy democrcrat who reaeally either t his way or changed his way back in college at a christian rock astival that was meant to be evangelical woodstock. he decided to accept jesus and become an evangelical and that turned him on the path to conservatism, a wayay from the sort of dedemocratic rootsts. in 1980, think hee voted for jimmy carter. i 1984, he was a regular republican. i the early 1990's, h he was running for congress. he was losing badly because of his very sort of negative howaigning and he learned to be a kind of smoother, kinder ted cruz who sort o of characte. he is the ideological makeup of ted cruz, he just does not havee the visible venom. he entered congress in 2000. what is interesting is the way the press is playing him as mr. stability, as this more moderate, conservative but mild-mannered -- you go back and look at his record, and you see this is easily the most

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nbc's steve handleman reports. >> reporter: donald trump said indiana governor mike p#vréñ his first the republican party. >> mike pence is a man of honor, character, and honesty. >> reporter: who, trump said, put hoosiers back to work. >> the turnaround and the strength in indiana has been incredible. >> reporter: in fact, the recovery of pence's state was typical. but unlike trump, pence is a favorite of family values republicans. >> i'm a christian, a conservative, and a republican, in that order. >> reporter: pence said yes to trump on wednesday. >> america needs to be strong for the world to be safe. on the world stage, donald trump will lead from strength. >> reporter: after the terror attacks in france and in the u.s., trump pledged his ticket has a mission. >> we are the.cnvu and order candidates. and we're the lawdfát order party. we're going to change things around.z1 o no carrierr0 lawke toasseris g >>> in the wake of a string of eass shootings, many are calling n lawmakers to pass serious gun anvtrol measures. today, an east bay congress men eurned up with the city attorne

indiana governor mike pence.s news correspondent weijia jiang has details. >> the next vice president of the united states, governor mike pence. >> reporter: donald trump introduced indiana governor mike pence as his running mate saturday in new york city calling him his first choice. >> i found the leader who will help us deliver a safe society and a prosperous, really prosperous society for all americans. >> reporter: but. >> but back to mike pence. >> reporter: it took trump nearly half an hour to bring trump on stage. >> i come to this moment deeply humbled but with a grateful heart. >> reporter: trump praised pence as a problem solver. >> people who know me well know i'm a pretty basic guy. i'm a christian, a conservative and a republican in that order. >> reporter: pence adds significant political experience to the republican ticket. he served as a congressman for six terms before becoming a governor. the republican national convention gets under way on monday here in cleveland but many high profile party m

thank you, sir. >> governor mike pence gets ready to take the stage tonight, there is news that the vp job was once offered to someone else, ohio governor and former trump rival john kasich. donald trump tweeting john kasich was never asked by me to be vp. just arrived in cleveland will be a great two days. for more on that go to martha maccallum on the convention floor. martha? >> good evening. this is a story that is just heating up. if anybody was looking for some sort of a calm in the feud that seems to exist between governor john kasich and trump today did nothing but add fuel to that fire. the story is that kasich was asked by trump people to be the most influential and operative, like a coo vice president in history. that he would be given a huge sway over domestic and foreign policy and that donald trump, according to something that paul manafort said in may when he described what kind of vp they were looking for. someone who was almost a coo or ceo and that donald trump would function as the chairman. john kasich's people are not shooting down this story tonight. they are sayi

former house speaker newt gingrich, new jersey governor chris christie, and indiana governor mike pence. ultimately what happened was that donald trump decided that he wanted somebody who could balance him out. and tonight you're seeing governor pence come off of a plane in new jersey on his way to donald trump's new jersey golf course where he will stay overnight. tomorrow we'll get the announcement at 11:00 a.m. governor pence impressed donald trump the other night when he opened for him in indiana. sources tell me that they were expecting him to be quiet. instead he was quite vocal and quite an attack dog. why did he pick pence? donald trump said he wanted somebody with legislative experience. for many, that's pence, an evangelical christian with ties to the grassroots. a known quantity in washington like trump says he's looking for. the former congressman from rural indiana rose to one of the highest house gop leadership positions riding the tea party wave to indiana's governorship in 2013. >> here in indiana we've been proving every day that we can balance our budgets, run our scho

donald trump and indiana governor mike pence joining forces after a rocky rollout. >> one of the primary reasons i chose mike was i looked at indiana and i won indiana big. >> reporter: trump speaking nearly 30 minutes before introducing pence on stage, riffing on his primary wins, brexit and hillary clinton promoting his new washington hotel. >> i won the right to have the old post office building on pennsylvania avenue right near the white house and it's probably the best location. >> reporter: how about that running mate, the billionaire candidate revealing why he selected pence. >> now, i think if you look at one of the big reasons that i chose mike, and one of the reasons is part of unity. i have to be honest. >> reporter: trump maintaining he never wavered. >> indiana governor mike pence was my first choice. >> reporter: sources say trump questioned his decision and pence's timeline of when he was asked raised questions. >> i truly am deeply humbled to be at his side. when i got this call last wednesday i could only think of that ancient question, who am i oh, lord and who is my fa

we know who donald trump has picked to be his running mate, it's indiana governor mike pence. nbc takes a look at the probable gop ticket as the race for the white house heats up. >> reporter: donald trump said indiana governor mike pence was his first choice to unit the republican party. >> he's a man of honor, character and honest sti. >> reporter: he put hoosiers back to work. >> the strength of indiana has been incredible. >> reporter: the recovery of pence's state was typical but pence is a favorite of republicans. >> i'm a christian, conservative, and republican if that order. >> reporter: pence said yes to trump on wednesday. >> america needs to be strong for the world to be safe. on the world stage donald trump will lead from strength. >> reporter: after the terror attacks in france and in the u.s., trump pledged his ticket has a mission. >> we are the law and order candidates and we're the law and order party. we're going to change things around. >> reporter: the changes are bad for the economy, women, immigrants and the planet. at the rock and roll hall of fame today

governor pence is going to be supportive of that. when donald trump becomes next president, mike pence's vice president is going to help that agenda get implemented. >> of course mr. trump made sure to mention governor pence is his first choice and one of the reasons he chose pens was to promote party unity. is there anything for pundits to read between the lines there that pence was a compromise choice? >> i don't think so. i've talked to donald. he's excited about mike pence. he's excited for the right reasons. he's a governor. he's got experience but he also has great relationships and experience in congress, and he believes in this country. he believes in the american dream. that's what the republican party believes in. we believe you can come from any zip code, any family and achieve anything. that's what mike pence believes, donald trump believes. this is donald trump's agenda, build jobs, american jobs, destroy isis, build our military. that's the agenda that's going to go forward. >> now that governor pence has been chosen as veeps pick, game on. in what areas does govern

whether or not donald trump is really going to pick indiana governor mike pence, the trump campaign did down in indiana today. trump met with mike pence there, again this morning, alabama senator jeff sessions flew into indiana today. former house speaker newt gingrich flew into indiana today, on sean hannity's private plane, which is weird, but that happened. just a minute ago, donald trump tweeted that he will be announcing his vice presidential pick on friday at 11:00 a.m. eastern time in new york city. we'll see if we get unofficial word of who it is before then. the hillary clinton vice presidential announcement is probably not as imminent. we expect to know from her probably a week from friday, probably next friday or maybe the weekend thereafter. but details are starting to leak out about who is going to be speaking at hillary clinton's nominating convention. we learned last night that elizabeth warren will speak on the first night. that report came out yesterday. a lot of people interpreted that as a sign that senator warren will not be the vice presidential pick, because the fi

indiana governor mike pence as his running mate saturday in new york city calling him his first choice. >> i've found the leader who will help us deliver a safe society and a prosperous society. really prosperous society for all americans. >> he praised pence as a problem solver especially on the economy and national security. >> people who know me well know i'm a pretty basic guy. i'm a christian, a conservative and a republican in that order. >> he has significant experience. he served as a congressman for six terms before becoming a governor. it gets underway on monday here in clapd but many high profile party members are not coming like john mccain and mitt romney one of the reasons trump picked pence was to unite the gop. >> pence will try to convince skeptics. >> he understands the frustrations and the hopes since no leader since ronald reagan. >> some plan to voice their concern next week. they have prepared for demonstrationings for months: the area -- demonstrations for months. officers are scattered throughout the city. >> pence is holding his own event in indianapolis tonigh

mike pence, governor of indiana.now he had a deadline of noon today to file paperwork to run again for the govern governorship there. that's part of what precipitated donald trump's need to send out the word at 10:00 eastern time that mike pence is his choice to be his running mate. now it's game on as we await hillary clinton's choice on the democratic side. >>> all eyes are on cleveland as the city prepares to host the republican convention next week. a movement to contest trump's nomination seems to be dead in the water. >> reporter: the antitrump forces who hoped to free delegates from the results of their primaries and caucuses fell well short of the votes they needed to throw the vote to the convention next week. the rules committee rejected a motion from the leader of the anti-trump movement that would have freed delegates to, quote, vote their conscience. debate on the measure, which had the support of a lone u.s. senator on the rules committee, mike lee of utah, a backer of ted cruz, proved intense. here is

presumptive nominee, donald trump, and his selection to be his vice presidential running mate, indiana governor mikece. we are going to take your calls and get your thoughts on this selection of governor pence. the numbers on your screen. for those of you listening on c-span radio, as a democrat, it is 202-748-8920. 202-748-8921. 202-748ence and others, -8922. the trump campaign has redesigned a website already. the new trump-pence campaign with a new logo and a new page republicanh the presidential candidate, donald trump, and his running mate

governor mike pence traveling with him. and the governor set to talk to the crowd there in indiana just in a matter of moments. stay with us, we're going to ask you to be patient and watch these very important messages. we'll be right back. much more straight ahead. we hope donald trump is next. ♪ ♪ i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... ...can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. harvoni is a simple treatment regimen that's been prescribed to more than a quarter of a million patients. tell your doctor if you've had a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or any other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal

. >> reporter: well, we can break this morning that indiana governor mike pence will be traveling today to meet with donald trump. this is a very big development. the indiana governor who is a social conservative and he is someone who is credible with the establishment, having spent a dozen years here in washington in the u.s. house of representatives. mike pence is being vetted for the running mate slot, and now this is moving to a phase where there is that personal interaction. now, only yesterday, the governor told reporters that he had not spoken with donald trump since before the may 3rd indiana primary. now, you may remember at that time, pence had sort of a split endorsement. he praised donald trump for being able to voice the frustration of voters, but said he would personally cast his ballot with ted cruz. politically this is very important for mike pence, because he is on the ballot in november seeking a second term as indiana's governor. it's a tight race. so this elevates mike pence in the national conversation and for donald trump, if this moves forward in the process, penc

indiana governor mike pence. nbc's katy tur is inside the arena in westfield, indiana and joins us now. katy, you have got the greatest job in the world following trump around. here's the "hardball" question. is it pence or is it christie? or is it somebody else? >> reporter: i don't know. i can tell you that sources around donald trump say that pence is the likely pick. i have heard quote, newt is not our guy, it's going to be pence. but this is donald trump we're talking about. ultimately it's up to him. i don't think anybody knows what is in his head unless it's donald trump himself. people can make predictions, they can make advisements, they can tell him what they think he should do but ultimately he will go with his gut. as for pence, he makes a lot of sense. but is he somebody that's going to get along with trump, are they going to click. >> is he warm enough? >> reporter: exactly. they're worried that even though pence is a good option, they likes him, the ones that favor him are worried donald trump will

indiana governor, mike pence, who hit it out of the park for trump and the gop. humbly recounting his childhood. the son of a korean war veteran. his son is training to be a marine pilot. he also spoke about how he was originally a democrat. his heros, jfk and martin luther king junior. he switched parties during the ronald reagan era, and he was ready to join the campaign for trump in a heart beat saying the country needs a common sense policies of trump. one of the most touching moments when he recognized his mother in the audience. >> my mother is here. [ applause ] >> would you join me in welcoming the light of my life, my mom, nancy? >> and he spoke about his mother. he spoke about his father who has since passed away. his wife of 31 years, karen, and we mentioned the kids earlier. they were there joining him on stage. pence later acknowledged trump's children, saying you can't fake good kids. which i think everybody would agree with, and i think a lot of people have put the focus on trump's children. ivanka specifically who we know will introduce trump toni

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indiana governor mike pence was my first choice. >> let's have a fair and balanced debate.he now official trump-pence ticket affects the political landscape. angela mcglowan, a fox news political analyst and in cleveland, careen jean-pierre a democratic strategist. thank you for joining us. i want to start with you and get your reaction. i assume that you listened to the press conference. is this a ticket now, we're seeing them join forces, two very different stielyles, sometg that hillary clinton should be worried about? >> oh, not at all. i don't think so at all. as far as the democrats, we unanimously basically passed a progressive platform which has never been seen before, especially coming out of the primary we came out of where bernie sanders really had a message that resonated, bringing in new voters, bringing in young voters, and so having that and being unified and having bernie sanders come behind her, i think we're in a good place for our convention in philly. look, when it comes to donald trump and the vp pick, the vp pick is supposed to be a do no harm. it's su

again, the headline tonight is really governor mike pence. we're going to hear from him coming up in just about an hour. >> going back to the speech real quick with ted cruz, in the speech when you glanced at it, it doesn't have him coming out and actually supporting donald trump? ld >> reporter: no. we just literally received the speech seconds ago. as far as supporting donald trump, but he's not flat-out endorsing him. that's been the controversy. we're waiting for a formal endorsement. endo there's a problem of unity within the party right now. there's a large faction that supports ted cruz. >> we'll check back with you later tonight. >>> here's a look at the main speakers at the convention tonight. the headliner the vice presidential nominee indiana governor mike pence. newt gingrich, donald trump's son eric, and senators cruz and rubio who ran against trump during the fight for the republican nomination. >>> our coverage continues now with analysis. joining us from our news room is brian sobel. at 5:00 o'clock you suggested mike pence ne

mike pence is his running mate. the governor of indiana.o come down today, this very hour, live from new york. donald trump, after the devastating attacks -- attack in nice, france, tweeting out he wo

mike pence is his running mate. the governor of indiana. the news was supposed to come down today, this very hour, live from new york. donald trump, after the devastating attacks -- attack in nice, france, tweeting out he would delay the announcement. things change, as they say, in a new york minute. and now donald trump is releasing or has decided after his campaign criticized a number of leaks regarding his decision. and now the presumptive nominee for the gop, making it official that governor mike pence is his running mate. we'll have much more. and you see there, there's a news conference scheduled for tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. kelly o'donnell standing by for us. kelly, to catch our audience up, i think people certainly saw many of those political junkies, as we refer to them, saw yesterday donald trump was expected to come out of the hotel and make this big announcement regarding his running mate after the devastating attack in nice. the campaign said that they would put it off until an undetermined time. and now here we are, at 11:01 eas

later, donald trump welcomes governor mike pence and his family. >> live from the republican national convention. coming up wednesday morning. stephen yates, the former national security affairs director will discuss national security issues facing the next president and recent acts of violence from overseas and in the u.s.. the director for the conventionversity will join a california delegate to discuss the efforts to become more diverse. also joining us, a reporter from review theblade will recent events and look ahead to what is next including the acceptance of the vice mikedential nomination by pence. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. >> tonight, donald trump officially became the republican party's nominee. his home state of new york put him over the top. here's a look at the action from the convention floor. afterwards, donald spoke from new york city. york, secretary, new 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

in the last hour he was seen wlooefing the home of indiana governor mike pence.. his son don

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nanny governor mike pence when he served in congress had a perfect score from the union. nald trump great pick. mike pence is rock solid. jeb bush who says he is voting for the libertarian ticket writing in a choices mike pence is a good man. he will add value to the ticket. and house speaker paul ryan says in a i can think of no better choice someone steady and secure in his principles. someone cut threw the noise and make a compelling choice for conservatism. mike pence is that man. we also spoke to a handful of republicans here at the convention right before donald trump tweeted out his selection. many of whom say it's a good ticket. >> he will bring a very good heart to this white house team. i couldn't be more excited about anybody that donald trump could pick. >> you know, trump brings excitement. i was hoping that he would make an exciting choice to make our base excited and bring in the i wants. i'm afraid pence is not going to do that. >> >> he clinton campaign calling him most extreme pick in a generation for the vice presidency. we will get the official announce