we talk about hillary clinton and more with john heilemann, katy tur, megan murphy and jonathan karl. obama's speech in talking about how important toifts her daughter to have a woman as president, i thought that was one of the most powerful and gavel niegz moments for hillary clinton's campaign. yes it was about a progressive optimistic image in contrast to trump but it was also this is symbolic, a day of reckoning and a choice of ages for where we're going on the pathway. they did a good job. this is a serious moment for our future. >> rose: also this week some of the speeches and the bes

we begin with abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: shocking scenes tonight in istanbul. a show of force. heavily armed military units taking control of key lifelines in turkey. hands raised. civilians detained. stopped vehicles. tanks at the city's main airport, now closed to all commercial traffic. soldiers blocking istanbul's bosphorus bridge, the main artery connecting the european and asian sides of the city, now closed to traffic. and in ankara, turkey's capital, fighter jets flying low. a menacing show of force. turkish state television taken over, too. a news anchor reading a statement from a group calling itself the turkish peace council claiming to have taken over the government and imposing martial law. turkey's president, his whereabouts unknown, in an interview via facetime on cnn turk, is urging supporters to mass in the streets and vowing "the highest penalty" for those behind the attempted coup. and tonight, the u.s. embassy tweeting a warning to americans. "u.s. citizens in turkey should shelter in place and stay indoors." the stakes are high. turkey, its

let's get back to jonathan karl. bernie sanders, moments ago, making his way down to the vermont delegation with his wife, jane, who has been so instrumental in his campaign, jon. >> reporter: wife jane right with him, his family with him, waiting for that moment, vermont going absolutely last in this convention, again, david, we know, the viewers know that hillary clinton has the delegates she needs. she's clinched the nomination, but this auditorium, this arena does not yet know that. waiting for the final word, which will come after the state of vermont and bernie sanders. >> all right, we're going to take another quick break. when we come back, vermont and bernie sanders' moment. we'll be right back. derate to se crohn's disease,... ...i was always searching for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought i had it covered. then i realized managing was all i was doing. when i finally told my doctor, he said humira was for people like me who have tried other medications,... but still experience the symptoms of moderate t

joining me is katy tur, meg mealing and jonathan karl and -- megan murphy, jonathan karl and john heilemann. i am pleased to have all of them on this program. i begin with john heilemann. hid hillary clinton add -- did hillary clinton advance her cause and do what she needed to do at this convention and how will it benefiter? >> i think the big answer is yes. by common consensus among people who are interested in image and that is what conventions largely are in addition to unifying the party, their a television production, there was a well-crafted convection. we talk about how one big speech is what people remember, usually the nominee's. this convention is received more holistically. they put together four nights, strong speakers from michelle obama, hillary clinton, joe biden, barack obama. all of those people are huge, political talents. but the convention advanced an argument in toto and it was an argument about the d. j. party and hillary clinton are the optimistic, patriotic party, and that the republican party under donald trump is the pes pessimic party. the sum total argument that

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jonathan karl, abc news at the supreme court. >> hillary clinton was back on the campaign trail slamming donald trump as accusing him of pitting americans against americans. clinton delivered a speech in illinois in the same room where abraham lincoln gave his house divided address about the perils of slavery. she said trump would do little to heal this country. >> the man is the nominee of the party of lincoln. we are watching it become the party of trump. and that's not just a huge loss for our democracy. it is a threat to it. >> she tried to present herself as a unifying force. she acknowledged she has to do better as well. turning to the weather and powerful storms in the northwest, triggering flooding that killed two people. this crushed the roof of a home in the city of independence. wind per hour at times and knocked down power lines. this morning nearly 100,000 are still without electricity in the greater st. louis area. crews are working to try to restore power to so many of them. >>> and then in wisconsin, this is what they're left with. cleanup underway. heavy downpours causin

joining me is jonathan karl chief white house correspondent who was in cleveland i'm pleased to have him at the table. welcome. >> great to be here. >> rose: some week. >> unbelievable. we set a new record, longest acceptance speech of the modern era. >> rose: i've said this before he had choice to drill down or reach out, he chose to drill down. >> he sure did. it was -- they were explicit that they were emulating here not ronald reagan and city on a hill. but richard nixon 1968. law and order, this was speech unplanned order talking about the forgotten americans. this was a direct echo of richard nixon. >> rose: what was amazing to me, in terms of one of the biggest applause lines was "i am your voice." >> yeah. unbelievable. in the focus groups, they were looking did not rate well with that crowd. but not with those outside. >> rose: what else rated well? how was the speech being analyzed outside? from people watching on television? >> one of the key moments was when you heard those chants "lock her up" trump waited and said, let's defeat her. took some of the energy out of the ro

from miami in nbc news in new york is megan murphy, washington bureau chief of bloomberg, and jonathan karl and john heilman, the co-host of with all due respect. i begin with john heilman. does hillary clinton advance her cause, did she do what she needed to do at this convention and how will i.t. benefit her? >> i think big answer is yes. i think by a common consensus among people who are interested in image, that is what the conventions usually are, in addition to unifying the party they are a television production, this was well staged well crafted convention. whether that translates to bump in the polls or not i don't know. advancing the kind of case she wants to make against this particular republican nominee it laid it out in a very rigorous and powerful way. >> rose: katie. >> i think what the convention did a relatively good job of doing was try humanize hillary clinton and what you had at this convention there, speech after speech, who hillary clinton was behind the scenes as a wife as a mother how she has played into this completely world we live in now for the past 30, 40 years

. >> i want to bring in jonathan karl, here in the convention hall. we were just with the president in the national town hall, and tonight, he's just addressed the nation again. >> reporter: over and over, he's had to address the nation. but there's something different. the fear is we're looking at potentially a new trend. the intentional targeting and hunting of police officers. that's why you heard real anger from the president. >> and my next question, a lot of eyes on donald trump and the tone, really both presidential candidates, listening to their every word with the edge. >> no question, these issues will be front and center as they take the stage. but david, these are the two most divisive candidates we've seen in in memory, at exactly the time that voters say they want to be unified. in our poll, 83% say they expect the next president to put a major focus on improving race relations. >> jon, thank you. >>> both donald trump and hillary clinton have responded to the shootings in baton rouge. tom llamas tonight on what, if anything, changes now

abc's jonathan karl is on the floor tonight, and you have learned, he was up watching and then stayed up for hours after the first lady's speech to finish this off? >> reporter: david, the president started writing his speech more than two weeks ago. he had been through it about a half dozen drafts, at the white house on monday night, he was watching michelle obama give her speech, and after that, he stayed up until 3:30 in the morning, we are told, at the obama alumni on the clinton team are not lowering expectations. they are expecting one of his best speeches. >> and we heard cecilia just record that the president is expected to talk about donald trump here. but you have right in front of you some of that speech. one of the central arguments the president plans to make tonight? >> reporter: he'll talk about his time working side by side in the white house at hillary clinton, including during that raid. "nothing truly prepares you for the oval office." hillary has been in the room. she's been part of those decisions. >> all right, jon karl, thank you. >>> as you know, also on that s

let's get right to abc's jonathan karl on the floor right by the stage, not far from the podium tonight. and jon, quite a scene of all those female senators lined up tonight. >> reporter: absolutely, david. and we've learned that hillary clinton will make a specific and direct appeal to people who have serious doubts about her. they may not be sold on trump, they may not like donald trump, but they still have doubts about her. so, her most important audience here is not the people in this room, but independents republicans who she simply knows may not trust her. we're told she started working on this speech weeks agoal. last night, after that moment on the stage with president obama, she worked late into the night and today she's been in a philadelphia hotel room putting on the final touches. >> all right, jon karl, thank you. >>> donald trump telling his supporters, don't watch hillary clinton's speech tonight. donald trump tweeting last night, president obama spoke but it's not what president obama said, but what donald trump said that trump is now responding to tonight. the appeal to

jonathan karl, did he really say that? >> he did. about a month ago, the dnc computers were hacked by computers believed to be in russia. and they attribute it to experts. >> do we know if there was any pressure from the clinton camp for congressman wasserman schultz to >> make no mistake, she was pushed out. the clinton campaign wanted to be done, turn the page. it also took a call from president obama to finally get her going. she is going to gavel in the convention, and i'm sure the bernie sanders supporters will be booing her quite loudly. >> thank you, jon. >>> in the meantime, the trump campaign already reacting, saying hillary clinton should follow wasserman schultz's lead, due to clinton's own e-mail scandal. some saying trump's speech was too dark. and trump still talking about ted cruz. tom llamas on the campaign trail tonight. >> reporter: tonight, on the eve of the democratic convention, donald trump still bragging about his own big speech. tweeting out this video with an applause-o-meter, claiming 24 minutes of pure chee

abc's jonathan karl, also on the floor tonight. >> reporter: when donald trump met with mike pence today, his introduction was short and tweet. >> the last time i got accused of speaking a little bit long, so, this time, i'm going to speak a lot shot. >> reporter: he's talking about the awkward announcement over the weekend. >> he looks very good. >> reporter: trump spoke for 28 minutes. pence, just 12. then, that joint interview. awkward body language and repeated interruptions by trump. >> clearly, this man is not a politician. he doesn't speak like a politician -- >> he's done pretty well. >> he speaks from his heart -- >> is that a good thing? i think that's a good thing. >> he speaks from his heart. and -- >> well, i -- i speak from my heart and my brain. just so we understand. >> right. >> this is maybe more important. >> reporter: if there's one thing mike pence has learned so far, it's not easy being donald trump's number two. >> and jon karl joins us now from down in the united nations delegation tonight. and this is mike pence's biggest audience ever tonight? >> reporter: oh, b

here's abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: sides are being taken in the unlikely battle of the titans. the 6'2" bombastic billionaire versus the 5'1" soft spoken supreme court justice. and perhaps most surprisingly, it's the justice who started the fight. ruth bader ginsburg telling cnn about trump, "he's a faker. he really has an ego." not an offhand comment, she slammed trump in three separate interviews, in another, saying, "i can't imagine what the country would be with donald trump as our president." even joking she'd have to move to new zealand. trump took to twitter, saying ginsberg "has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. her mind resign." the white house tonight lining up with ginsburg. >> she didn't earn the nickname the notorious rbg for nothing. >> reporter: david, supreme court justices rarely weigh in on anything even remotely political, so, ruth bader ginsburg is drawing some surprising criticism, even "the new york times" today in an editorial saying that mr. trump is right about justice ginsburg, saying she needs to drop the name calling.

abc's jonathan karl, right here in philly, witnessing the anger up close today. >> reporter: in philadelphia, it's democrat versus democrat. >> shame on her. >> and you will see me every day between now and november 8th on the campaign trail. >> reporter: with the crowd shouting her down, dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz hustled out of the room. congresswoman, are you going to apologize to bernie sanders? >> reporter: senator cory booker, another big hillary clinton supporter, also running from questions. senator, what did you make of that scene? are you guys going to be unified after all that? they could both feel it. the wrath of sanders supporters is rising against wasserman schultz. you guys were shouting her down. you weren't even letting her speak. >> absolutely. she's not welcomed. >> reporter: and, more troubling to democrats, against hillary clinton herself. >> i can't support her. >> reporter: you can't support hillary clinton? >> i can't say right now. >> it's going to be very hard to support her. >> reporter: in another state delegation, sanders supporters were actually chantin

and abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl is there. in cleveland, too. jon donald trump's pick seems a safe choice. does it help or hurt him? >> reporter: it helps him right here in this hall, cecelia. mike pence is a no doubt about it long time conservative republican well liked by conservatives including those with doubts about donald trump. this is a unifying pick. it ends once and for all the possibility that you would have an anti-trump rebellion in this hall. that said in terms of temperament, style, positions on many of the issues, this is the ultimate odd couple. >> let's talk convention, this has been anything but a conventional race. does donald trump end up sticking to tradition when it comes to show time? >> reporter: well, he's promised to put showbiz into the convention. if you look at the list of speakers, it looks like a traditional republican convention with one exception. there are a lot of trumps, i count a half dozen trumps with major speaking roles. all of his adult children and his wife. melania. this is a trump family affair. >> th

abc's jonathan karl is there tonight. >> reporter: two presidents and two first ladies, joining a dallas police community mourning the hate-filled murder o of their own. >> dallas, i'm here to say, we must reject such despair. i'm here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem. >> reporter: president obama praising the courage of the men in blue. >> when the bullets started flying, the men and women of the dallas police, they did not flinch. we mourn fewer people today because of your brave actions. >> reporter: sentiments echoed by another president, now a resident of dallas. >> we will not forget what they did for us. your loss is unfair. we cannot explain it. we can stand beside you and share your grief. >> reporter: and a heartfelt standing ovation for dallas police chief david brown. the man who has held this community together. he offered some much-needed laughter to go with the tears, joking that when he really l wonder. >> so today, i'm going to pull out some stevie wonder for these families. so families, close your eyes and just imagine me back in 1974 with an afro and som

abc's jonathan karl tonight, right there with the camera. >> reporter: this morning, ted cruz came to what should be friendly territory, his home state texas delegation. any regrets, senator cruz? >> i'm getting ready to address the delegation. thanks for being here, though. welcome to the texas delegation. >> reporter: still, it was a rough night. cruz infuriated the convention by refusing to endorse donald trump. >> stand and speak and vote your conscience. >> reporter: as the crowd turned on cruz, his wife, heidi, was hustled to safety. and trump himself made an entrance in the back of the hall, seeming to enjoy the scene as the senator got booed off the stage. less than 12 hours later, cruz's fellow texans demanded to know why he didn't endorse. >> you signed a pledge that said you would support the party nominee. i expect you to keep your word and say that your wore is your bond. >> reporter: cruz says it's personal. >> that pledge was not a blanket commitment that if you go and slander and attack heidi, that i'm going to nonetheless come like a servile puppy dog and say, "thank

. >> i want to bring in jonathan karl, who is here in the convention hall. hard to believe, we were just with the president in the national town hall, and tonight, he's just addressed the nation yet again. >> reporter: over and over, he's had to address the nation. following mass shootings. but there's something different. both in terms of what is happening, and in the president's words. the fear is we're looking at potentially a new trend. the intentional targeting and hunting of police officers. that's why you heard real anger from the president. talking about cowards who speak for no one. >> and my next question, a lot of eyes on donald trump and the tone tomorrow night, really on both presidential candidates, listening to their every word with the nation on edge. >> reporter: no question, these issues will be front and center as they take the stage. the republicans here in cleveland, and next week, democrats in philadelphia. but david, these are the two most divisive candidates we've seen in in memory, at exactly the time that voters say they want to be

bloomberg politics featuring the trump campaign manager paul maniford and andrea mitchell, abc's jonathan karl and "the washington post" karen tumulty and jonathan martin of "the new york times." we'll go through some highlights of that conversation with paul starting with what trump's campaign manager said about the plans at the convention to introduce some of trump's lesser known traits to the american public. >> it's an important convention. you know, people need to see all aspects of donald trump, not just the part they've seen. >> you've seen other parts of the personality, what are his traits. >> everybody knows about his business career. nobody know what is that means other than trump tower. >> you said personality, not accomplishments, personality, what is his personality? >> just his generosity, his caring about people, his focus on little things that he sees that -- and how he tries to fix people's lives. you know, one of the stories that have been reported in the past was one of the young kids who was dying of a disease, i don't remember it, but he saw in the newspaper and was a mic

in the meantime, i want to get right to abc's jonathan karl, right there on the floor with the vermont delegation, where that historic moment came just moments ago. and jon, there was so much talk all day long, we were trying to find out whether or not bernie sanders would play apart in that historic moment, and boy, did e he, not only he, but his wife, jane, right there by his side. >> reporter: drama until the end. we didn't know until minutes before if he would come on the floor for the final vote. we didn't know for sure if he would speak. when he came down, they announced the votes for vermont, a state he won with 86% of the vote. and he got up and he, as you saw, urged this entire convention to make it unanimous. make every vote for hillary clinton. this place erupted. you saw tears in the eyes of the vermont delegation, but it was over. >> and tears from bernie sanders' own brother, who helped announce the delegates for him earlier in the evening. jon karl, our thanks to you. >>> there are also major new developments tonight, u.s. authorities do believe russian hackers were behi

jonathan karl, did he really say that? >> he did. this is a huge allegation, david. this would make the watergate scandal look minor by comparison. here's what we know. about a month ago, the dnc computers were hacked by computers believed to be based in russia. but the clinton campaign presented no evidence that the computers were tied to the russian government. or that there was any collusion whatsoever with the trump campaign. they attribute it to experts. >> do we know if there was any pressure from the clinton camp for congressman wasserman schultz to resign? to sort of make sure we were talking about this on sunday night, and not monday, tuesday, wednesday, during the convention? >> make no mistake, she was pushed out. the clinton campaign wanted to be done, turn the page. it also took a call from president obama to finally get her going. she is going to gavel in the convention, she is going to be here, and i'm sure the bernie sanders supporters will be booing her quite loudly. >> but a much smaller role. thank you, jon. >>> in the meantime, the trump campaign

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, "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 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 h

let's get more now from abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: sides are being taken in the battle of thetic billionaire versus justice with the justice starting the fight. ginsburg saying trump is a faker. he has an ego. she slammed trump in three separate interviews. in another saying i can't imagine what the country would be with donald trump as our president, joking she'd have to move to new zealand. trump saying ginsburg embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. her mind is shot, resign. the white house lining up with ginsburg. >> she didn't earn the nickname notorious rbg for nothing. >> reporter: they rarely weigh on anything political. that's why she's drawing some unusual criticism. "the new york times," usually one of donald trump's harshest critics, had an editorial saying donald trump is right about ruth bader ginsburg, saying she should drop the name calling. really extraordinary criticism of a supreme court justice from "the new york times". jonathan karl, abc news at the supreme court. >>> hillary clinton was back on the campaign trail slamming dona

jonathan karl, mike pence does know his way around washington. >> he said he wanted someone with experiencedoesn't have. and this was the unify to satisfy the conservative. >> mike pence. [ cheers and applause ] >> mr. chairman, delegates, friends and my fellow 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 at vice president of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] let me thank speaker paul ryan for that gracious welcome. you're a true friend, and great american leader. paul knows me well, and knows the introduction i prefer is a little bit shorter. i'm a christian, a conservative, and a republican, in that order. [ cheers and applause ] you know, i'm new to this campaign. and honestly, i never thought i'd be standing here. i thought i'd be spending this evening with all my friends from the great state of indiana. [ cheers and applause ] yet there i was, a few days ago, in new york city. with the man who won 37 states. who faced 16 talented opponents