j.d.: 32. brian: how old is your mother? j.d.: 55. brian: i have a string of names here i want to ask you about. bob, chip, steve, matt and the can. who was bob? j.d.: a stepfather i had. my mother's third husband. bob was and still is my legal father. what happened was when i was about five or six years old, my biological father decided he would give me up for adoption for complicated reasons. he and i are close now and we have reconnected. bob, who was my mom's husband at the time, was the person who was there when my biological father wanted to give me up. bob became my legal father and i took his name. i became james david himmel, which you will notice is not my name anymore. like a lot of the men we were exposed to in that phase of our lives, he didn't stick around. he did not become my dad. he was a guy in the picture and he left after a couple years. brian: who was chip? j.d.: ship was one of mom's boyfriends. she stayed with chip for a little while. he was a reasonable guy. he was the sort of classic -- you know, he worked as

[cheers and applause] >> j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! for those of you who have tuned out politics or have never even voted, i want you to know if you're looking for a better life and more prosperous if future, a safer, more wholesome and patriotic place to call home, there's room for you in this party and in this movement. [cheers and applause] in fact, you're the ones who matter most after all -- of all. my father has always said the people he gets along with best are the people who really work for a living. [applause] it's because of with his background as a builder in construction. in construction it doesn't matter how smart your with dark ark a text is if you -- architect is if you don't have the best guys laying the bricks. people with grit, people who fete their hands dirty -- get their hands dirty. that's a big problem with washington, d.c.. most of the bureaucrats who recall over -- rule over us have never built anything this their lives. it's time to build something real, something tangible, something that will last and leave t

that j.d. could meet at all let alone fall in love and marry is a testament to this great country. [cheers] >> it is also a testament to j.d. and it tells you something about who he is. when j.d. met me, he approached our differences with curiosity, and enthusiasm. he wanted to know everything about me. where i came from. what my life had been like. although he's a meat and potatoes kind of guy he adopted to my veggie diet and learned to cook food for my mother, india food. before i knew it, he had become an integral part of my family, a person could not imagine living without. the j.d. i knew then is the same j.d. you see today except for that beard. and his goals in this new role are the same that he's pursued for our family, to keep people safe, to create opportunities, to build a better life, and to solve problems with an open mind. it's safe to say that neither j.d. nor i expected to find ourselves in this position but it's hard to imagine a more powerful example of the american dream. a b

[cheers and applause] >> j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! lucky guy. isn't she lovely? amazing? [cheers and applause] greetings, milwaukee, my fellow if americans and my fellow republicans. my name is j.d. vance from the great state of ohio. [cheers and applause] tonight -- o-h-i-o! you guys, we're going to chill with the ohio love of we've got to win michigan too here, so -- [cheers and applause] my friends, tonight is a night of hope, a celebration of what america once was and, with god's grace, what it will soon be again. [applause] and it is a reminder of the sacred duty we have to to preserve the american experiment, to choose a new path for our children and grandchild. but as we meet tonight, we cannot forget that this evening could have been so much different. instead of a day of celebration, this could have been a day of heart ache and mourning. for the last eight years, president trump has given everything he has to fight for the people of our country -- [applause] he didn't need politics, but the country needed him. [applause] now,

j.d. his pick for vice president as the republican national convention kicks off. a federal judge dismisses the classified documents case against donald trump, saying the special prosecutor was improperly appointed. investigators seized the phone of the 20-year-old gunman responsible for saturday's assassination attempt. a very warm welcome to bbc world news america, broadcasting from the republican national convention in milwaukee. party delegates from all 50 states are here, plus territories. they took part earlier in what's known as a roll call, formerly nominating -- formerly nominating trump as the republican pick for the white house. >> we hereby nominate every single one of them for the greatest president who has ever lived, donald j. trump, hereby declaring him the republican nominee for president of the united states of america. sumi: you can hear that prompted cheers from the crowd. mr. trump had already secured a majority of delegates during the state-by-state primaries and nomi

j.d. vance, the 39-year-old senator from ohio. he writes this on truth social. after lengthy deliberation and thought and considering the tremendous talents of many others, i have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of vice president of the united states is senator j.d. vance from the great state of ohio. j.d. honorably served our country in the marine corps, graduated from ohio state university in two years, sue ma cum laude and is a yale law school graduate where he was editor of the yale law journal and president of the yale law veterans association. j.d.'s book, "hillbilly elegy" became a major best seller and movie. j.d. has had a very successful business career in technology and finance and now during the campaign will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the american workers and farmers in pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, ohio, minnesota, and far beyond. so donald j. trump has made his announcement right in the middle of the roll c

>> j.d., j.d., j.d., j.d. >> first of all, am i a lucky guy. isn't she amazing.d my fellow republicans, my name is j.d. vance from the great state of ohio. tonight, o-h, ohio. you guys, we have to chill with the ohio love and we have to win michigan, too, here. my friends, tonight is a night of hope. once was and with god's grace what it soon will be again. and it is a reminder of the sacred duty that we have to preserve the american experiment to choose a new path for our children and grandchildren. but as we meet tonight, we cannot forget that this evening could have been so much different, and instead of a day of celebration, this couldhave been a day of heartache and mourning. for the last eight years, president trump has given everything that he has to fight for the people of our country. he didn't need politics, but the country needed him. and prior to running for president, he was one of the most successful businessmen in the world, and he had everything that anyone could ever want in a life, and yet, instead of choosing the easy path, he chose to endure a

j.d.ce. no one has eyes on him. presumably he is with the former presidents right now. we were able to talk to his delegation from ohio and governor mark the wine and had asked him earlier in the day how he felt. he said he had a good feeling and that he was already sort of picking about who we might want to replace the senator with if he was indeed,'s. you have any names on his mind yet but he'd already been thinking about that. we also caught up with don junior a few moments ago. he talked about how scary that moment was when he first found out that his father had been shot. you said it took him about 90 minutes to even figure out that his father was indeed, okay, because there was just an information block and then eventually he was able to talk to his father and the former and told him that he was, you know, a hero, can't say the word on national tv but he said that he was very brave for the way he reacted in that moment and then i asked him about j.d. vance, the vp, of course a big fa

j.d. vance as his running mate, he announced this on a post on truth social writing after lengthy deliberation and thought and considering the tremendous talents of many others i've decided the best person suited to assume the position of vice president of the united states is senator j.d. vance of the great state of ohio, j.d. honoraby served our country in the >>> this is an nbc news special report. >> good afternoon we are coming on the air with breaking news. former president donald trump has made a choice. he has just posted on his platform social that j.d. vance is going to be his vice president. so the ticket is going to be trump and vance. he has aligned with him consistently in that time. the news is coming just before they are both set to be formally nominated on the first day of the republican national convention, and less than 48 hours ahead of the assassination attempt at his rally over the weekend and just hours after the documents case was dismissed by the judge in florida a

the j.d. i knew then is the same j.d.cept for that period and the goals and the new role he is something he pursued for our own family. to keep people safe, to create opportunities, to build a better life, and to solve problems with an open mind. it is safe to say that neither j.d. nor i expected to find yourselves in this position, but it's hard to imagine a more powerful examhe american dream. a boy from middletown, ohio. [cheers and applause] [chanting "j.d."] raised by his grandmother through tough times, chosen to help lead our country through some of its greatest challenges emma i am grateful to all of you for the trust you place in him and in our family. and with that, it is my great privilege to introduce my husband and the n vice vice president of the united states, j.d. vance! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> hello! thank you! ♪ ♪ thank you! thank you, please. wow, wow! [chanting "j.d."] first of all, isn't she lovely? isn't she amazing. greetings, milwaukee. my fellow americans and my fellow republicans, my name is

that j.d.ould meet at all, let alone fall in love and marry, is a testament to this great country. [cheers and applause] it is also a testament to j.d. and it tells you something about who he is. when j.d. met me, he approached our differences with curiosity. and enthusiasm. he wanted to know everything about me. where i came what my life willhad been like. although he's a meat and potatoes kind of guy, he adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food for my mother, indian food. before i knew it, he had become an integral part of my family. a person i could not imagine living without. the j.d. i knew then is the same j.d. you see today. except for that beard. [ laughter ] and his goals in this new role are the same that he has pursued for our family, to keep people safe, to create opportunities. to build a better life. and to solve problems with an open mind. it's safe to say that neither j.d. nor i expected to find ourselves in b but it's hard to imagine a more powerful example of the

j.d.vance and his ties to silicon valley. ed: a $1.4 billion chip already sector. caroline: and salesforce cuts for of its workforce. first, let's check in for those markets at the moment. we are barreling towards another record high at the s&p 500. small caps doing the heavy lifting, retail sales coming in solid. even though it is not good enough, we are still seeing resilience in the u.s. consumer. .6% the last two days on the s&p 500. given that we see tech money coming off the table when it comes to nvidia, more broadly we are managing to push onto new record highs. what are you looking at in terms of the micro data. ed: our top stories former president trump picking j.d. vance the senator as his running mate. we talked about the trump trade the last 24 hours. trump media and technology group, the parent of to social, is the most -- of truth social, is the most direct example of that. because jump since march, and we are giving some of it -- biggest jump since march, and we are giving

senator j.d. vance! ♪ [♪ "america first" by merle haggard ♪] >> ♪ who's on the hill and who's watching the valley? and who's in charge of it all? god bless the army and god bless our liberty and dadgum the rest of it all yeah, men in position are backing away freedom is stuck in reverse let's get out of iraq and get back on the track and let's rebuild america first once more why don't we liberate these united states? we're the ones who need it the most you think i'm blowing smoke? boys, it ain't no joke i make twenty trips a year from coast to coast ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ >> ♪ why don't we liberate these united states we're the ones need it the worst let the rest of the world help us for a change and let's rebuild america first our highways and bridges are falling apart who's blessed and who has been cursed? there's things to be done all over the world but let's rebuild america first who's on the hill and who's watching the valley? and who's in charge of it all? god bless the army and god bless our liberty and

j.d.! j.d.!.d.! >> raised by his grandmother through tough times, chosen to help lead our country through some of its greatest challenges. i am grateful to all of you for the trust you have placed in him and in our family. and with that, it is my great privilege to introduce my husband and the next vice president of the united states, j.d. vance! [applause] ♪ >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. please. wow! wow! [applause] j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! >> first of all, isn't she lovely? amazing. greetings, milwaukee. my fellow americans and my fellow republicans, my name is j.d. vance from the great state of ohio. [applause] tonight, ohio! you guys, chill with the ohio love. we got to win michigan too here. my friends, tonight is a night of hope. a celebration of what america once was and with god's grace what it will soon be again. [applause] and it is a reminder of the sacred duty we have to reserve the american sperm, choose a new path for our children and grandchildren. but as we meet tonight, we cann

j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! >> raised by his grandmother through tough times, chosen to help lead our country through some of its greatest challenges. i am grateful to all of you for the trust you have placed in him and in our family. and with that, it is my great privilege to introduce my husband and the next vice president of the united states, j.d. vance! [applause] ♪ >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. please. wow! wow! [applause] j.d.! j.d.! j.d.! >> first of all, isn't she lovely? amazing. greetings, milwaukee. my fellow americans and my fellow republicans, my name is j.d. vance from the great state of ohio. [applause] tonight, ohio! you guys, chill with the ohio love. we got to win michigan too here. my friends, tonight is a night of hope. a celebration of what america once was and with god's grace what it will soon be again. [applause] and it is a reminder of the sacred duty we have to reserve the american sperm, choose a new path for our children and grandchildren. but as we meet tonight, we ca

republicans here see senator j.d.fellow traveler of former president trump on the is to use, but they say their sources for other issues too, nikki haley, traditional republican will also be speaking this week. norah. norah. >> norah: great reporting, robert costa, thank you so much. getting new details into the decision-making behind choosing j.d. vance, cbs news has learned the senator from ohio made a secret trip to mar-a-lago saturday morning to meet with donald trump. cbs's ed o'keefe reports on how this once trump critic beat out the other contenders. >> reporter: j.d. vance has spent the last several months as an attack dog for donald trump. over the weekend suggesting rhetoric of president biden and democrats may have fled at directly to the assassination attempt on trump, but has not always been a staunch supporter. in 2016, he suggested trump might be america's hitler, refer to them as cultural heroin and is obnoxious. he also said women would accuse trump of sexual assault. >> and at the end of the day, do

soon, his new running mate, j.d. vance. standing next to j.d.ance who in turn is standing next to the speaker of the use mike johnson. >> the n with a high-pitched voice that you hear off-camera is lee greenwood who is there live singing the song and doing commentary along with it. >> the 45th president of the united states and soon to be the 47 president of the united states, please welcome donald j. trump. >> stephanie ruhle joins us, lawrence o'donnell is back with us. joy reid. the theme tonight at the rnc is make america wealthy again? they are it's make america blank again. every night a approach to the theme this week. were you able to see president biden's interview with lester holt earlier? it does seem like the campaign is back on. i don't know if that means president biden's campaign will read up its ads. they had taken them down since the shooting and they canceled a bunch of campaign events. as president biden does appear to be pivoting back to normal campaign tactics and normal campaign messaging around his opponent, do you think t

j.d.ce on the ticket. it is a trump-vance ticket in 2024 for the republicans. a little bit about this senator. 39 years old, elected in 2022 to serve his first term for the state of ohio, served in the marine corps from 2003 to 2007, made a name for himself as the author of the book hillbilly elegy, a new york times bestseller and netflix film. today he became the 2024 vice presidential nominee for the republicans. we want to get your reaction to all of this before we bring you back to the convention for their second session later this evening. republicans, dial in. democrats, all others, and undecided, please call in. the number is on your screen. you can also text. join us in a post on x @c-span. we will get to your calls in a minute but first we will show you the nominating speech for the ohio senator j.d. vance to serve as the vice presidential nominee. here it is. >> time for little convention business. the chair states in compliance with rule 40 be the chair has been furnished with e

j.d.repares to take the stage for the first time as donald trump's running mate. leading house democrat adam schiff joins calls for president biden to abandon his reelection bid. ♪ sumi: welcome to "world news america." broadcasting from the republican national convention in milwaukee, wisconsin. i am sumi somaskanda. it is great to have you with us today. it is day three of the convention. the theme is "make america strong again." focusing on u.s. national security and foreign policy. donald trump took a walk-through of the stadium, inspecting the stage where he will address the republican party on thursday for the first time as their 2024 nominee. days after surviving an assassination attempt as well. later today, his running mate, j.d. vance, is set to make a speech accepting the party's nomination for vice president. he gave the media a preview this afternoon. >> it is time to get rid of the corrupt biden-harris regime that has broken this country, that has ruined its reputation in the

j.d. vance goes further. j.d.e, you are an idiot if you voted for donald trump. he said he was a, quote, terrible candidate. he described himself as a, quote, never trump guy who, quote, never liked him, donald trump. >> yeah, and the interesting thing here is what this says about j.d. vance's character. because he says, oh, well, i didn't realize what a great president he was going to be. i've got news for everybody, j.d. vance doesn't believe he was a great president. i don't know any republican senators that believe that donald trump was a great president. and the people that were around him that provided some kind of measure of, no, you can't do that, you can't call up the military to attack protesters in america and, no, you can't do that, you can't go down to the border and just start shooting people, those people are all gone and the idea that they picked this guy shows that they're sure that he would never stand for the constitution before he would stand for donald trump. because he has said that mike penc

j.d. vance. national public opinion and reproductive choice. the fact they are putting the vice president out at this moment on this issue as her opponent is making his grand debut. >> her with republicanwomen. >> including olivia who will be familiar to nbc viewers because they think they could make inros there. >> very interesting programming. the republican national convenon continues to thursday night in milwaukee and happening unr unusual circumstances in the wake of the shooting, attempted assassination, the nonominee donald trump on saturday night. the democratic campaign has taken down all its ads an stopped it'scampaigning. it sounds like maybe, as of wednesday, they'll beck doing campaign style events. that is one of the unusual things that is happening in american politics right now is our special coverage continues of the republican national convention. tonight's theme night at the republican convention was make america wealthy once again. tomorrow it is make america safe oncea

j.d. vance formally accepts the republican vice-presidential nomination to run with donald trump, the man vance once described as america's hitler. in a populist, anti-immigrant address, vance attacked joe biden for supporting free trade agreements and the iraq war. we will air excerpts of vance's rnc speech and look at his views on domestic and foreign policy. close together we will send our kids to war only when we must. as president trump showed with the elimination of isis and so much more, when we punch, we are going to punch hard. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org. this is war, peace and the presidency: breaking with convention. i'm amy goodman. president biden has tested positive for covid and cancel a campaign speech wednesday evening as he headed back to delaware to self-isolate. the white house said biden has mild symptoms and is being treated with the anti-viral drug paxlovid. he was set to address the unidos u.s. conference in las ve

j.d. vance be nominated by acclamation by this republican national convention as its candidate for the office of vice president of the united states of america. amy: america's hitler. reprehensible. and a terrible candidate. that's how ohio senator j.d. vance once described donald trump. but on monday, the 39-year-old former marine and author of "hillbilly elegy" stood side by side at the republican national convention with trump as the former president made his first public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt on saturday. his ear, bandaged. we will speak to the acclaimed sociologist arlie russell hochschild and pulitzer prize winning journalist david cay johnston. we will also look at a shocking decision by a trump-appointed judge to dismiss the classified documents case against trump. then we go to the streets of milwaukee where protesters marched on the rnc. >> we are giving a genocidal man and a fascist man and that is a terrible choice to pick from. amy: all that and m

interesting j.d.as born two weeks before the republican convention in 1984 and that was the year in which ronald reagan swept 49 states. there was something inspirational about donald trump and how reacted to the assassination attempt and putting them together with a young, dynamic sort of can-do young american. i think it is inspirational. >> carley: the trump campaign is tweeting out what led to donald trump electing j.d. vance as his running mate. one of the things that has come up j.d. vance military experience. listen to this. >> he has served his country in the marine corps and enlisted in the marine corps after the twin towers came down. he has come of course, realize many of that generation with veterans that americans should not be in worse that don't service interest. he is completely aligned with president trump's position to make this country wealthy and strong again. >> carley: his military experience, robert, one of the reasons he opposes foreign wars. he's one of the senators that has l

j.d. vance talks about sean hannity 9:00 p.m. eastern time for that exclusive. thanks for inviting us into your home. that's it for "special report" fair, balanced and unafrd. special conch of the convention tonight at 10:00 p.m. "the ingraham angle" is now. >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is ingraham angle live from the republican national convention day one here from wisconsin. new calls for unity and calm by president biden, which he undercut in a new interview with lester holt. >> i didn't say crosshairs. focus on. i didn't say crosshairs. i bullseye focus on it. >> laura: that's his answer? i told you this guy was one of the most stubborn and self-unaware people in modern day american politics has ever seen. eric trump will respond in his first interview since the attempt on his father's life. and disturbing new details of the security break june that allowed auto would be assassin to spend almost 30 minutes getting into position to shoot president trump. >>

j.d. vance is dreaming it." we will look at how j.d. vance has gone from a to a leading fierce critic of donald trump to a leading in the maga movement. and now trumps running mate. >> we need a leader who answers to the working man, union and nonunion alike. a leader who will not sell out to multinational corporations but will stand up to american companies and american industries. amy: we will speak to politico reporter ian ward and historian nancy isenberg, author of "white trash: the 400-year untold history of class in america." all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, this is war, peace, and the presidency. breaking with convention. i'm amy goodman. president biden has tested positive for covid, and canceled a campaign speech wednesday evening as he headed back to delaware to self-isolate. the white house said biden has mild symptoms and is being treated with the anti-viral drug paxlovid. biden was set to address the unidos u.s. conference in las vegas to appeal to latinx voters. earlier in the day,

best thing j.d. vance can do is speak on his own behalf, very articulate and energetic, defends himself very well. stuart: the teamsters union may not back either candidate. the union president praised vance as trump's running mate. >> he has been great on teamster issues, cosponsored airline manufacturing bill that addresses outsourcing of critical and line maintenance to china and also supported paid sick leave for railroad workers. he's been right there on all the issues and how the us marine represented as a vice president can. the youth is great. often times people are overlooked because of their age but should be looked at because of their ability. stuart: if biden fails to secure the teamsters endorsement how big a blow is that to biden's campaign? >> a significant blow. the teamsters are large union. to get a union endorsement that comes with money and volunteers. they will knock on doors, hand out literature, make phone calls and do grassroots support which is important and some may do it on

pick j.d. vance. trump announcing on truth social saying j.d.ill continue to fight for our constitution, stand with our troops and do everything he can to help me make america great again. advance spoke with sean hannity about his history with president trump. >> i was skeptical of trump in 2016, but president trump was a great president and changed my mind and changed the minds of millions of americans. it is good when you see somebody, you are wrong about them, admit you were wrong. i have the vision and the agenda aligned with president trump to make the american worker better off, bring peace to the world and advance an against for american citizens. we have president biden slamming trump's newly selected running mate. >> he is a clone of trump on the issue, i don't see a difference. >> brooke: amber rose took the stage. >> i'm a mother, my whole world revolving around providing for my children, keeping them safe and giving them a opportunity for a better life, something that unites all american pa parents, we all want a better country for o

j.d. vance is great. >> according to our reporting as well, rubio's out of the mix, but j.d.l keep you posted. thank you, enjoy the convention. >> appreciate it. i want to show you a little bit about if placement's any indication, may have been a clue. here's the north dakota delegation. i'll show you where the stage is in relation to north dakota. this is the stage here. come with me, the people in the very furthest back of the entire republican national convention. i want to give them a little bit of air time. this is the very back of the north dakota delegation. ladies and gentlemen, i just want to give you a quick minute here. we're live on television. we're hearing that your governor is not going to be the vice presidential pick. anybody want to react to that? >> you know, i think -- i trust donald trump to pick who he feels is the best vp for the u.s. right now. >> diplomatic response, i appreciate you very much, and we'll make our way back, chris, out of the very back here of the rnc. thank you, guys, very much. great state of north dakota, appreciate you very much. i'

j.d.ce is now casting his sharp, unsparing criticism of donald trump, things like calling him a, quote, cynical a-hole or not, quote, america's hitler, as the result of brain washing he was subjected to by the media. really? here is how he tried to explain it on fox news last night. >> i was certainly skeptical of donald trump in 2016 but president trump was a great president and he changed my mind. i think he changed the minds of a lot of americans because, again, he delivered that peace and prosperity. if you go back to what i thought in 2016, another thing that was going on, sean, is i bought into the media's lies and distortions. i bought into this idea that somehow he was going to be so different, a terrible threat to democracy. it was a joke. >> and what are vote towers make of someone so susceptible to tv? an earth 2 answer from an earth 2 candidate encapsulating everything you need to know about who j.d. vance is now and where the maga movement is heading as well. liz cheney puts i

there were also many speeches before j.d.ance came to the podium but members of congress, former white house officials during the trump administration. we want to hear from you, what are your thoughts on that? some moments before we get to calls from the convention hall tonight, bill lachman of real clear politics noting the moment when j.d. vance's mom mild the words "that's my boy," telling speaker johnson who was next to her who listed -- next to her inside the box at fiserv forum as she fights back tears as her son, the vice presidential candidate for the gop celebrates her 10 years of sobriety. also some other moments from the floor. politico tweeting this out, air bandages are trending on the floor. -- as a sign of solidarity with president trump. let's get to those calls. j, have you come down to the fiserv forum? >> i could not make it down, unfortunately, but i do have a speech i would like to say everybody here that i wrote. sorry about not being able to come down there, but with how busy it was, with transportation

j.d. vance be nominated by acclamation by this republican national convention as its candidate for the office of vice president of the united states of america. amy: america's hitler. reprehensible. and a terrible candidate. that's how ohio senator j.d. vance once described donald trump. but on monday, the 39-year-old former marine and author of "hillbilly elegy" stood side by side at the republican national convention with trump as the former president made his first public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt on saturday. his ear, bandaged. we will speak to the acclaimed sociologist arlie russell hochschild and pulitzer prize winning journalist david cay johnston. we will also look at a shocking decision by a trump-appointed judge to dismiss the classified documents case against trump. then we go to the streets of milwaukee where protesters marched on the rnc. >> we are giving a genocidal man and a fascist man and that is a terrible choice to pick from. amy: all that and m

j.d. vance taking the stage tonight. do not go anywhere. >>> good evening a thank you for joining us for special coverage of day three of the republican national convention. the convention is a four day affair altogether. it means we are nearly there. tomorrow night will be the big finale. donald trump giving his speech accepting the presidential nomination of his party for the third straight residential election. the last time they had a different nominee it was 2012. every time they have had a nominee since then. it has been this guy. his democratic opponent the president of the united states joe biden tonight announced he has tested positive for covid. he has therefore canceled all events so he can recover back home in delaware. the president is said to be mildly symptomatic. the president's doctor releasing a statement saying he has upper respiratory symptoms including a runny nose and a nonproductive cough. the doctors a statement says the president has general malaise which generally

in fact, senator j.d.vance's name already being added to the campaign plane right under donald trump's name. and here on the convention floor, you have delegates taking out their sharpies and pens and writing in senator j.d. vance on their trump campaign posters. as for the trump campaign, they are hoping that senator vance helps mobilize and energizes their base in those critical battleground states, michigan, pennsylvania, and of course, his home state of ohio. david? >> david: rachel scott, we'll see you in prime time right here on abc later tonight. thank you for that. let's get straight to our chief white house correspondent mary bruce, also with us. she's live in las vegas, where president biden is headed as he returns to the campaign trail tomorrow. and mary, president biden already weighing in tonight on trump's vp choice, senator j.d. vance, calling him a clone of donald trump. >> reporter: david, the president calling him a clone. his campaign says j.d. vance will bend over backwards to enable do

reportero: a primera hora saliÓ el senador j.d. como candidato a la vicepresidencia. en una entrevista, expresidente donald trump (2017—2021) dijo que " no se supone que estÉ aquÍ, deberÍa estar muerto". dijo que modificÓ su mensaje. llamarÁ a la unidad del paÍs. >> sabemos que el presidente cree en la unidad y cree en el paÍs. que tenemos cosas importantes. reportero: el expresidente se recupera de la herida en la oreja, pero asegurÓ que el hecho le ha dejado un gran impacto. justamente para que usted vea lo que sucediÓ en este lugar, vamos a ver el lugar donde estuvo expresidente donald trump (2017—2021) y j.d. vance. la gente querÍa ver a expresidente donald trump (2017—2021). la emociÓn crece con el paso de los dÍas. faltan unos dÍas para que expresidente donald trump (2017—2021) llegue y que lo nominen. luis: hablemos un poquito de j.d. vance, senador por ohio. tiene tres y nueve aÑos. naciÓ en ohio, autor de de un gran libro. fue a la universidad de ohio donde estudiÓ ciencia y filosofÍa, luego estudiÓ derecho. es casado, cat

j.d.e, a never trumper who recast himself in the trump world. haley released her delegates so they could support trump at the convention. joining me, katy tur, former florida republican congressman, carlos cabello. >>> he appeared somewhat emotional? >> not a side of donald trump i have ever seen. he's usually so welcome posed and bullish and confident, and swaggers into a room, and whether you like him or not, that's what he does. he was more humble, and as you said, more humbl ifou goacknd watch it, it's a slight movement in the millisecond before that bullet goes by his head, he wouldn't be here. here's telling interviews that, that he should not be here. you can see it on his face. i was speaking to somebody close to donald trump earlier today, and they said the emotion has gotten to him and the entire family that they could have lost their father, the kids say. donald trump could have lost -- >> just -- i think we lost katy tur's mic. let's try and reconnect with her. meanwhile, the a

who is j.d. vance? he went from calling donald trump cultural heroin to his pick for vice president. >> i think he has lived the epitome of the american dream. >> norah: plus the new video of people at the trump rally saturday warning police of a man with a gun. and case dismissed, the surprise news about the classified documents charges. a special edition of this "cbs evening news" from milwaukee starts now. ♪ ♪ former president donald trump is officially named the republican nominee for 2024 for the third time in the last three presidential elections. good evening. i'm norah o'donnell in milwaukee, wisconsin. and thank you for being with us. the former president making big news on this first day of the republican national convention just days after surviving an assassination attempt. the attack on trump has changed the story line and the tone of this convention with the former president calling for unity. a major decision today, trump selecting ohio senator j.d. vance as his running mate. the 39-year-

that j.d.eet at all, let alone fall in love and marry, is a testament to this great country. [applause] it is also a testament to j.d. and it tells you something about who he is. when j.d. met me, he approached our differences with curiosity and enthusiasm. he wanted to know everything about me. where i came from. what my life had been like. although he's a meat and potatoes kind of guy, he adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food for my mother. indian food. before i knew it, he had become an integral part of my family. a person i could not imagine living without. the j.d. i knew then is the same j.d. you see today. except for that beard. and his goals in this new role are the same he's pursued for our family. to keep people safe to create opportunities. to build a better life. and to solve problems with an open min it's safe to say that neither j.d. nor i expected to find ourselves in this position. but it's hard to imagine a more powerful example of the american dream. a boy fro

that is where j.d.ance, who once was considered something of an ally to immigrants because of the way he spoke, because of the kind of midwest kind of certainty about the presence of immigrants and refugees, now goes incomplete opposition to what he was saying before. the problem, amy, you and i are new yorkers. we have been in new york for decades. and so the notion of donald trump is actually -- again, i hate to say this, but we all know he is a con man. you understand this as a new yorker. he is the guy doing the three card monte. what we have to understand is that the rest of the country actually falls for the three card monte, as many of them do when they come to new york. they're like, wait, what happen? i just lost 20 bucks. you have to have your wits about you. for me, it is a smart choice, actually, for j.d. vance. i think you are exactly right, he is a fern out -- for now trumper. he's a good continuation for what donald trump has started. where he will go, who knows? maybe that is his play. i

j.d. vance, 39 years old -- only sworn into public office in 2023 -- will campaign in -- jonathan: the pickets about campaigning, not governance. if we talk about governing, that is where things start to get a little more confusing. what does this pick mean? annmarie: for the policy platform, this will be an individual who wants to be very tough on china, has questions to all the money going to ukraine. when it comes to economics, he wants to put those barriers up. he wants to put barriers up coming from china. he is anti-technology, antibusiness. one of the key voices that was interesting was the teamsters' head railing against big business and also saying we come as a union, are not beholden to anyone or to any party. j.d. vance speaks to that. in his book -- and he talked about this in interviews -- his grandparents who raised him are blue dog, union dairy -- union carrying democrats. very different when he will square off with joe biden, who says he wants to be the most prolabor union

maria: donald trump said. >> j.d. vance on aboard that being said we need to watch out in states that have a ballot initiative on abortion we are vulnerable there saw 2022 we got to not make same mistake make this all about abortion. >> they are going to make it all about abortion. >> they are that is a message -- >> we are getting started a lot coming upstay trumps classified document case dismissed, my next guest investigatinging from day one house judiciary committee chairman ohio congressman jim jordan with me to tell us more you are watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business from the republican national convention here in milwaukee, stay with us. ♪ ♪ maria, ♪ did i read this? did i get eggs? where are my keys? memory and thinking issues keep piling up? it may be due to a buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain. visit morethannormalaging.com things will go wrong for your customers. but your business can make it right, with watsonx assistant. ai that can help resolve problems by understanding your customer

j.d. vance who will address the party for first time since becoming former president trump's running mate. you are watching "fox and friends first"s, i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. vance's speech after a moment when nikki haley gave a full-throated endorsement of the former president. brooke singman with a look at what is coming up today. >> brooke: j.d. vance will speak for the first time since being named trump's v.p. pick. he and the former president look to highlight strength of their foreign policy agenda. we heard tragic stories yesterday from americans about impact of violent crime and illegal immigration there families and unity has been a major focus of the convention. former president trump making another appearance to hear his former rivals speak to uniting the party. >> donald trump has my strong end endorsement period. if we have four more days of biden or single day of harris, our country will be badly worse off. for the sake 'of our nation, we have to go with

you have j.d.ce trying to counter the democrats overtures to working voters because that is what the campaign has been intently focused on over the past year. >> remember when we saw the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, j.d. vance was at the forefront of that. when donald trump visited that was a moment for him and his campaign. he's also able to draw a line to suburban voters. >> norah: i want to go to scott macfarlane, there are some updates in the investigation into that shooting, and attempted assassination of donald trump. >> that rally stage behind me here in butler, pennsylvania, it's been untouched since saturday. it's a crime scene. the fbi is leading the investigation along with local police. there is a focus on trying to figure out the motive of the shooter, 20-year-old thomas crookes. in his neighborhood near pittsburgh they were going door-to-door try to ask neighbors what they knew of this man. our latest reporting is the feds have gotten little information useful from the ph