kenneth craig at the quicken loans arena in cleveland with what you can expect from the first day. >> day one of the republican national convention kicks off today. >> a real opportunity to control the dialogue and narrative. >> today's message is all about national security and immigration. but the overreaching goal for the campaign will be to soften trump's image and introduce vice presidential candidate mike pence. trump told 60 minutes he selected pants -- pence to help bring republicans together.>> now they are saying what a great pick. he has helped bring the party together. >> many political pundits describe the chemistry between the two as awkward, but senator john brasso who worked with pence in congress says the differences will work well together. >> donald trumps speeches are lofty and big picture but mike can dig into the details and get the job done. >> nominees typically don't appear until the last day, but donald trump isn't your typical candidate, he plans to take the stage tonight to introduce his wife melania trump when she speaks. >> she came into the country and g

. >> kenneth craig is live from the republican national convention. this speech writer is coming forward so she is just a scapegoat? >> reporter: michelle and kenny, this is the first time we have gotten an explanation about exactly what happened. yeah, she is taking the blame for this. it comes a few hours before donald trump's vice- presidential pick takes center stage here tonight for a very big speech. something the trump campaign would rather focus on. the trump campaign is still dealing with the fallout of melania trump's speech from monday night that had many similarities to michelle obama's 2008 speech. >> your word is your bond. and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> that your word is your bond that do you what you say you're going to do. >> today the campaign said the speech writer took responsibility, saying she felt terrible and offered to resign. but mr. trump rejected it, saying people make mistakes. trump himself doesn't seem upset. he tweeted out, good news is melania's speech got more publicity than any in the history of po

kenneth craig, cbs news, cleveland. >>> our coverage from cleveland continues today, stephanie ramirezill have more convention, twitter and facebook, and of course live shots later today. >>> hillary clinton has fundraisers, had plenty to say about the republican convention last night. lots of sound and furry even a fog machine, but when you pulled back the curtain, it was just donald trump with nothing to offer to the american people. >>> clinton made those remarks in las vegas where she was courting the union vote there, spoke at the american federation of state, county and municipal employees asked the union to get out the vote come november. >>> get the latest from campaign 2016 any time on your smartphone or tablet, download the wusa 9 app. >>> new problems for volkswagen over the auto makers, top executives were involved statement volkswagen said they are essentially not new. bought a 2011 audi equipped with one of those devices. >> 9 guys stood around the table and go, hey, let's cheat and no one else goes, that's a bad idea. >> the suit stopped short of claiming the ceo is awar

kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> and let's check the big board right now and see how stocks are doing. you can see the dow is up about 14 points. >>> planning to get away this summer? southwest just announced expansion to their oakland service. the airline will add nonstop flights to two cities in mexico, san jose del cabo and puerto vallarta both popular tourist destinations. last month southwest added new flights part of its sustained growth at oakland airport. >> roberta is excited about puerto vallarta! >> nice trip. >>> it was a scene like out of the movie "jaws." a massive great white shark took a bite out of a man's boat offshore of capitola. he called it a full on slam attack. the 15-foot great white swam from underneath ramming the boat spending the ship's own -- sending the ship's owner stumble. when he got back to dock he saw the bite mark and shark tooth in the hole. betty yu took to the air to try to find the shark. >> reporter: specialized aviation is seeing more and more sharks choser to shore off the beaches south of santa cruz sometimes within feet of people and

kenneth craig at the quick and loans in cleveland, ohio with what you can expect from the first day of the republican national convention. >> day one of the republican national convention kicks off today. >> real opportunity to just control the dialogue, control the narrative, and suspend your message. >> today's message all about national security and i am graduation. but, the over reaching goal throughout the campaign will be the soften trump's image, introduce vice presidential candidate mike pence. trump told 60 minutes he selected pence to help bring republicans together. >> and now they're saying what a great pick. you see the casino of reaction. many political pundants describe as awkward, but senator john, who worked with pence in congress, says, their differences will work well together. >> donald trump speeches with lofty, big picture, but mike is the guy to dig into the details. >> president a.m. know, typically spirited convention until the last day. donald trump isn't your tip cap candidate, he plans to take the stage tonight to introduce his wife milan ya when she speaks.

kenneth craig is live in cleveland. it comes from ted cruz. >> reporter: sure thing, from his former rival after that speech last night. he tried to morning at a breakfast we went to, to explain himself and it didn't go over well not even with his own state delegates. he thinks cruz did more harm than good. >> senator cruz, do you regret your remarks last night? >> i'm getting ready to talk to the delegation. >> reporter: at a breakfast for texas delegates, ted cruz refused to back down about not endorsing donald trump. >> if you go and slander and attack heidi, then i'm going to nonetheless come like a survive puppy dog and say thank you very much for maligning my wife and my father. >> reporter: cruz stole the show wednesday night when he snubbed trump during his speech at the republican national convention. >> vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom. >> reporter: he was then booed off the stage by many in the crowd, who had been cheering up to that point. >

kenneth craig talked to cruz in cleveland this morning. senator cruz, do you regret your remarks last night? >> i'm getting ready to talk to the delegation. >> breakfast for texas delegat delegates, ted cruz refused to back down about not endorsing donald trump. >> if you go and slander and attack heidi that i'm going to nonetheless come like a puppy dog and say thank you very much for ma lining my wife and fath father. >> cruz stole the show wednesday night when he snubbed trump during his speech at the republican national convention. >> vote your conscious, vote your candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom. >> he was then booed off the stage by many in the crowd with cheering up to that point. >> i never heard boos like that. the house this whole auditorium was literally shaking. >> cruz rocked not just the republican convention but his own state texas delegates are split between supporting him and supporting their own party's nominee. >> he will never be president. i'll campaign against him. all he was doin

kenneth craig is at the quicken loans arena in cleveland with what you can expect from the first day of the republican national convention. >> reporter: day one of the republican national convention kicks off today. >> this is a real opportunity to just control the dialogue and control the narrative. and -- and to spend your message. >> reporter: today's message is all about national security and immigration. but the overreaching goal throughout the campaign will be to soften trump's image and introduce vice presidential candidate mike pence. trump told "60 minutes" he selected pence to help bring republicans together. >> and now they're saying what a great pick. you see the kind of reaction. he has helped bring the party together. >> reporter: many political pundits describe the chemistry between trump and pence as awkward. but senator john boraso who worked with pence in congress said the differences will work well together. >> donald trump's peach are you know lofty and big picture but mike is guy that can dig into den. >> reporter: presidential nominees typically don't appear at

kenneth craig, cbs news, cleveland. >> new jersey governor chris christie will address the convention tonight. christie on the short list to be donald trump's runningmate, but the job went to indianna governor mike pence, there are reports former presidential candidate and trump had worries about christie being left off the ticket. >> we had a conversation that's typical of our relationship for the last 14 years. >> which is? >> which means free wheeling, and rollicking and -- >> also say the golf more misspoke when cited trump donation to super storm sandy relief efforts to sign of trump's generosity. christie told republican delegation his wife mary pat asked the billionaire businessman for a donation and trump responded how much does the check need to be? >> jessica dean traveling in cleveland right now for the republican national convention, so look for her live reports later today on cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> and we're counting down to the start of the democratic national convention right here if philadelphia, all starts in less than a week just six days away. now ahead of th

kenneth craig, for cbs news, new york. >> would i. >> mother nature could set off a few fire works ofer own later today. >> coming up, lauren is tracking storms. >> that was such a good tease i cannot do better than that. >>> we have a few storms in the forecast, humid conditions already present, still firing off as we head in the afternoon, a few on the stronger side. we will talk about the timing on those and your fourth of july weekend >>> okay. check out this, the latest out of this world images from nasa's hubbell space telescope. the image reveals interior of one of the most active galaxies in our local neighborhood. it is a small galaxy known as ng1569 about 11 million light years away. nasa experts say it is a hot bed of star formation pumping out stars more than 100 times faster then our own milkie way galaxy. >> a hot bed of star formation. >> yes. >> that is serious. >> are you a space girl and into outer space. >> of course. >> not weather here. >> it is just all science but weather is top science. >> yes. >> i thought it was 1568, it was 1569 the galaxy. >> okay. >> it is

kenneth craig has our report. >> he was a living witness to one of the world's worst atrocities and he made sure no one ever forgot. >> it propelled elie wiesel to become one of the world's most recognized humanitarians. he was born in romania. he and his family were deported by the nazis to auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. his mother, one of his three sisters and his father were killed. he survived and was freed in 19450. his 1955 memoir "night," a devastating account of the holocaust, went on to sell 10 million copies in 30 languages. >> with my background, with my passion for study, i never left god. although he may have left me. >> reporter: he became an an american citizen in 1963 and new york city quickly became home. that is where family and friends said good-bye sunday at manhattan fifth avenue synagog. among them were friend and billionaire ronald lauder. >> wherever there was hate, he said we must speak out. question never be quiet. de was one of the great leaders, jewish leaders of the last hundred years. >> he was an author, a teacher, a husband, a father and a nobel p

kenneth craig, cbs news new york. >> and the time now is 5:38. in business news this morning, test less auto pilot, under scrutiny. >> the fall out continues following the brexit votement money watch's jill wagner joins us liver from the new york stock exchange, jill? >> good morning, brooke, joe, what a difference a week makes on wall street. global markets, brexit losses, the dow jumped another 235-point yesterday, the nasdaq rose 63, futures are pointing to flat open today. hard to believe us stocks have mostly recovered after plunging on friday, and monday, following that brexit vote. the british stock market the footsie is actually hire than where it closed thursday night. still a lot of uncertainty about how this brexit is actually going to play out, most analysts say we could see a lot more market volatile at this. government is investigating, after driver in florida died while using tezsla auto pilot feature. happened when tractor-trailer made left turn in front of the car. car's auto pilot system didn't recognize the right side against t

kenneth craig, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> that's real interesting. can't remember the last time i ate cereal. well, i had some yesterday, i had a cleanse, cocoa pebbles, way to sweet. >> yes, give it up for awhile. >> overwhelming. >> gentlemen, snack every now and then, cinnamin toast crunch, i like that. >> it depend where you are, you could get stuck in heavy downpours, looks like repeat, and possibly this afternoon and again tonight. very humid outside it, will stay like that, little bit nasty, as we head into the start of august. look at this shot from the shore. kind of cool with the clouds around, trying to see few peaks of sunshine coming in, and overall i wouldn't cancel your beach plans, don't expect to see whole lot of sunshine if you are headed to the shore or delaware beaches, again, just keep in mind it could be passing shower really any time through the day today. >> make sure you have the beach umbrella, may have to huddle turned briefly as the shower moves by. thunderstorm not much of billing threat today but the threat still there.

seven others as we mentioned were hurtment kenneth craig with more now on the lives that were lost and those that are forever changed. >> dozen officers were shot in the street of dallas, five of them made the ultimate sacrifice. >> good young man, he's my boy. >> rick's son patrick was a navy veteran of iraq, and married with a two year old daughter. senior corporal lauren, 48 year old father, and the husband after dallas police detective. sergeant michael smith was a married father of two teenagers. dart officer, brent thompson, married a fellow officer, just two weeks ago, and 40 year old michael krol always wanted to be a cop. >> we need to all get along. this has to stop. >> the seven wounded officers are expected to recover from their physical injuries. doctor rom jensen through on his clothes and headed to the er thursday night, along with about 50 other bail or university medical center employees who were home when the violence broke out. >> our whole team is bleeding blue today. these have been trains formed into memorials for the fallen officers after what was the deadliest d

. >> learning more, about a peaceful protest in dallas, kenneth craig reports, tensions remains high even days after the attack. >> high drama on the street of dallas saturday night. sniper took position, police search for suspicious person inside parking garage near police headquarters. roads were also shutdown after hours of searching, the city on all clear, the city has been on the edge after micah johnson opened fire after a peaceful protest was ending thursday night. many former army reserve verse had been builds ago far as until over the last two years. cbs news, also, learned, johnson was honorably discharged from the army, even after he was accused of sexually harassing a female soldier. president obama called johnson, dim ended. >> so, we cannot let the actions of a few define all of us. >> police also found bomb making materials inside johnson says home, and adjourn al. they say he may have been planning the attack here, for awhile. >> he was trained to fight in our military for us. and used it against us. among the group, as they said prayer for the officers who survived,

also hear from trump's choice to be the next vice president of the united state, correspondent kenneth craig in cleveland at the gop convention. >> it is mike pence's big night at the republican national convention. the indianna governor will officially except his party's nomination for the vice president of the united states. >> so humbling for me, pence will be the keynote speak he tonight at the convention that so far has been more about hillary clinton, than the republican nominee. >> hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton. >> new jersey governor chris christie used most of his time on the big stage, to attack her. >> that's hillary clinton, in charge of putter herself ahead of america, guilty or not guilty? >> the anti-hillary clinton tone could change bit tonight during governor pence's speech, trump's selected pence to help unify republicans who are weary of trump's conservative credentials. >> because of his popularity within the grass roots of the republican parties, bows both in washington and across the country, we feel he helps us to accelerate the inch vocation of the party. >> som

. >> reporter: kenneth craig, cbs news, cleveland. >> social media has been flooded with responses to melania trump's speech. some were encouraging like deborah who tweeted melania trump was an excellent presenter at the rnc. a proud moment for donald trump. others seemed to take a more comedic approach to the speech. this picture of stunt man evel knievel wiping out saying ouch, that's got to hurt. reporting on the goings on at the convention, including the main event, donald trump's keynote speech thursday night. >>> the campaign manager blaming hillary clinton for the controversy over melania's speech. clinton will be in las vegas today for a rally with union workers. on monday she was in ohio. she addressed the naacp convention in cincinnati and she spoke to volunteers at a rally at the university of cincinnati. clinton took direct aim at the republican convention. >> we're going to hear a lot about taking our country backwards because that's really what they mean when they talk about making us great again. >> during her stop in cincinnati, clinton said voter turn outs would be th

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kenneth craig cbs news dallas. >> and the number of police officers shot and killed in the u.s. is 44% higher than this time last year following the shooting in dallas wednesday night according to the national fallen officers memorial fund 26 officers have been killed compared to 18 at this point 2015. a collection of cards and flowers has been growing in d.c. and many people told wusa 9 ellen bryant they felt compelled to visit. circled together saying a prayer for tolerance and understanding. the celebration junior high mission team started their day with hands holding for peace around the flowers left for dallas police officers. >> it's shocking and pointless and saddening it's numbing that we are used to it at this time. >> these lists the name of law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty. >> this memorial is their legacy for rememberance of everything they have done for their country. >> tarik singlebury walks through the memorial on his way to work every day but today he was different. he paused to think about what the names really mean. >> they are metr

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kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >>> cleanup is under way in parts of north florida, after strong stormsh last night. trees came tumbling down, taking down power lines. one tree came crashing into a bedroom. a woman who sleeps there was called in to work and left five minutes before that tree fell. fortunately for her. that is good news there, i guess. here's topper. >>> okay. a live look outside. courtesy of our michael and sons weather cam. it is 90. and the dew point is in the low 70s. it is rather sticky out there, no doubt. probably a good time to exercise in the morning, not the evening. certainly tomorrow it will be. there are flash flood warnings in effect across you might have received one on your phone early this afternoon. that was a bogus warning. we just showed you this a little bit ago. heavy storm now. north of marshall. drifting off to the south and east. right now, expecting heavy rains with it. headed toward waterfall at about 6:10. kind of drifting to the southeast. and this is not becoming any stronger. but still heavy downpours, west of culpepper. eventually going --

kenneth craig, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> and stay with "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of the ambush in dallas and the deadly police shootings across the country. we'll have the latest on our website cbsphilly.com. >> some good news for rail commuters, septa releasing new rail schedule today. that will will include additional trains. our sister station "kyw news radio" live at 30th street station, and tells us when the changes will go into effect. good morning, cherri gregg. >> reporter: good morning, rahel. i am aim here at 30th street station, and it is pretty quiet here now, but it will be a different story come tomorrow morning. all of the trains here are on time but the new regional rail schedule couldn't come any sooner. it will go into effect monday morning bringing additional 1700 seat. but let's remember what the commuters experienced this week. take a look at the tape since tuesday, regional rail custom verse seen delays, over crowded trace, and skipped stops resulting in excessively long wait times. the relief being rolled out tomorrow come thanks to three tr