ryan ross abc news cleveland. has been a quest for sout of this world refreshment., now the search is over. cool! aquafina. for happy bodies. and see ice age: collision course in theaters july 22. >> in the morning buzz, as if ted cruz stink bombing the place was not stuff, trump is hearing about that awkward moment with mike pence. trump came on to stage to greet him, he went into the air pence. after the stutter step moment of the affection they shook handle and stood together before trump exited. social media is having a field day with that one. >>> since we met her on 901201. shannon based on your trainingy trainingy -- doughertyy was forecasted with her and a friend and went public with her fight after she filed a lawsuit after her manager left her high and dry not paying her health insurance premium. >>> we'll show you the suspected wawa coffee crook. hear what she is doing with all the java get gets to go. >>> suspected drunk driver ran from police and jumped into the schuylkill river. we'll have a report n

new running mate. democrats are already blasting the choice. marcy gonzalez son the ground in cleveland. >> reporter: making it official, donald trump naming indiana government mike pence as his running mate. >> i found a leader who will help us deliver a safe society and really prosperous society for all americans, indiana governor mike pence is my first choice. >> reporter: a choice he and pence believe will unify the republican party. >> let's come together as a party and a people and a movement to make america great again. donald trump is a good man and he will make a great president of the united states of america. >> reporter: both blasting hillary clinton, who is reportedly closing in on making her own vice presidential decision, reportedly meeting friday with senator elizabeth warren, julian castro and john hi hick hickinlooper. and here in cleveland flyers are being handed out for protests and police say they are ready with barricades and fences now up and thousands of officers on duty. marcy gonzalez, abc news, cleveland. >> coming up next on abc 7 news at 9:00, why today's wo

donald trump / (r) presidential nominee kathleen burgin / trump supporter stephanie ramos / abc news cleveland source: vote2016fripkg (downloaded) trump's win has some republican's across the country kaine - is leading a group of nine people believed to be potential running mates for hillary clinton. five, are on that list of speakers so far. four senators and a governor. three cabinet members and retired navy admiral james stavridis are not on that list -- yet. more names will be released soon. clinton is expected to name her running mate today or saturday in florida. we caught up with senator kaine yesterday in arlington, at a roundtable discussion on immigration. he said- don't believe the hype. kaine is rumored to be bill clinton's top choice for a running mate. we'll find out soon - how he rates with hillary. be the first to know when clinton makes her pick. sign up to get breaking news text alerts at wjla dot com - slash - text. and newschannel 8 will have complete coverage from the d-n-c with chief political correspondent scott thuman and maryland bureau chief brad bell. live reports be

craig boswell, cbs news, cleveland. >>> weijia jiang joins us from cleveland now. nice to see you. what is on tap for day one? >> reporter: good morning, meg. every day of the convention has a different theme that is a branch of donald trump's signature message that he will make america great again and today is make american safe again focusing on national security and immigration. it all kicks off at 1:00 this afternoon and the lineup of speakers ranges from parents of americans who were killed overseas to reality show stars, to actors. so there is a lot in store for today. >> reporter: who are the headliners tonight? >> there are a handful of members of congress, along with retired army lieutenant general michael flynn, but the really big name for tonight is melania trump. this is one of the first times we will see her deliver a formal speech in front of so many people. >> reporter: mr. donald trump will be there? >> donald trump is not on the official schedule but his campaign chairman paul manafort tells us donald trump will be donald trump. he does not follow schedules and is

for now i'm live in cleveland, tracy davidson, nbc 10 news. >>> cleveland is trying to show its unity, hundreds of people from the group circled the city with love, held hands across the home memorial bridge for a half hour of silence yesterday. a gesture to show the world what they say cleveland stands for ahead of the rnc. >> i don't care who becomes president, i don't care what happens. all that i care about is that every just no matter what happens, care about each other and they don't just treat people out of who they are or what they want to be or anything like that. >> the group applauded dozens of bike officers who rode across the bridge during the rally. >>> today septa regional rail riders could see a bit of an improvement. septa will add an additional five cars from the maryland area commuter service known as marc. and it will add another five later in the week. newly adjusted regional rail schedule also go there is to effect today. septa has been dealing with overcrowding and delays since dozens of trains had to be pulled from service because of defective steel beams. >>>

kenneth craig, cbs news, cleveland. >> stephanie ramirez and garrett haake are both in cleveland for the republican national convention and they will report all week long right here on wusa9 news. >>> less than 300 miles away from cleveland, the presumptive democratic nominee hillary clinton is in cincinnati. today she's speaking to the naacp. trump declined an invitation to speak ci scheduling conflicts. secretary clinton will announce hennr ruing mate at the end of this week. but the clinton e-mail story is not going away. today a judge will hear a request from the group judicial watch to compel clinton to be deposed in a freedom of information act lawsuit over the e-mails. >>> all right, well it's a little hot out here that's for sure but that's a nice breeze that's making it feel somewhat nice. it's going on the scorcher today and we're headed to the mid- to upper 90s. so it's already 90 degrees and instead this morning haywire going to be at 90 before noon and here we are. winds out of the south at 14 miles per hour and it's the dew point though that's making it feel rather uncom

abc news, cleveland.for more, i spoke with republican congresswoman black bird. .- blackburn i began asking about accusations of plagiarism dominating the convention. theym sure it is not what want. she did a beautiful job delivering the speech. it was heartfelt. i think that the biliary of the words -- i have to tell you. as conservative women, there's no room for error. as i say, we have to work twice as hard. sorry that happened. i'm sorry for her that happened. i know that they regret that a speech writer did not catch that . also, i think it is important to realize -- katty: do you think it was plagiarism or an oversight? >> i think it was something that was an oversight. every one of us have used the words my parents taught me this. my word is my bond. i've said that many times for years in speeches. my parents taught me everyone deserves respect. and you use those words when you are speaking, you don't think about that someone else may have used them, because no one has a copyright on that freezing

kras boswell, cbs news, cleveland. >> cbs news' bob schieffer has been covering conventions since 1968here's his take. different. the republican party is vetting a candidate who has never held public office, never served in the military. anti-coddle reform. that has proposed a budget critics say will add trillions of dollars to the national debt. by any conventional reasoning, he is a long shot, but this is not a typical year. republican primary voters chose him because they say he speaks his mind and they feel abandoned by their party. but his nomination has left this party deeply divided, so divided even the republican governor john kasich will not be here. his friends say he will not step foot in the arena because he disagrees with what trump stands for and feels it hypocrital to give his stamp of approval. barry goldwater wrestleded a nomination from the republican bl to lyndon johnson. democrats kick out party regulars in '72 and nominated george mcgovern, he won only one state. donald trump may or may not win. but in a party nation an identity crisis, the overriding question here

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kenneth craig, cbs news, cleveland. >> house speaker paul ryan visited pennsylvania gop delegation this morning in ohio. he praised donald trump's vp pick, mike pence, alongside ryan, when pence was in congress. >> this is an imagine who has courage every his convictions, so we have here a very, very good leader, a willing conservative, and a ream reagan-like happy warrier joining this ticket. and so i amex cited that you'll get to know mike pence. >> "eyewitness news" anchor jessica dean will be live at the rnc all this week, look for her reports right here on cbs-3. >>> meanwhile, presumptive democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton hold five-point lead over donald trump in the latest cnn pole. clinton also in the state of ohio today, but in cincinnati at the naacp convention, republican donald trump turned down the naacp's invitation because the rnc was starting today in cleveland. >> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. on the radio with "kyw news radio" and 1210wpht, on line with cbsphilly.com. and on tv with cbs news, and of course, your "ey

cleveland. last night at the convention, trump beaming with his children seated beside him. the campaign says that melania was in new york and she's expected in cleveland tonight. kendis and diane. >> all right, adrienne bankert, thank you. >>> and sources say ohio governor john kasich turned down an offer to be donald trump's running mate. >> donald trump jr. asked a senior kasich adviser if the governor would like to be the most powerful vice president in history taking charge of domestic and foreign policy. according to "the new york times" when asked what trumpson would be in charge of his son responded, making america great again. >>> well, count on abc news for complete coverage of the final day in cleveland. we'll have a live report, a special one, across all time zones tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> a heat dome is creating extraordinary heat for the central u.s., even for late july. there are heat advisories up until at least friday with humidity today it will feel like more than 110 degrees across the northern plains, possibly 116 in minneapolis and then it heads east. abc's rob marciano is trackin

holmes, abc news, cleveland. >> okay, so another sight in cleveland, there will be many unusual onesone is the streets this week, snowplow, yeah, here in july the state highway department has stationed 13 trucks with plows around the city and promises they will be staffed around the clock. >> officials say they're worried roads will be busier and a truck spilling a load on a highway, for example, could cause major backup so they placed the plows downtown to help with any possible trash that needs to be cleaned but also admit they're there for security. >> of course, they are. it will be a big week, 50,000 plus traveling to cleveland and they have 10,000 extra handcuffs prepared. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. his >> good morning 4:30 a.m. on this monday, july 18. >> look who's back, here's what we're following for you. >> a quarry turned deadly for a swimmer in the lehigh valley. >> the republican national convention starts today. >> septa hopes the loan of train cars makes it better for commuters today. >> we're looking at a hot and humid day today and there's

i'm steve handles, nbc news, cleveland. >>> for more on trump's vp candidate you can open our app and search pence and look for the live reports from the rnc convention hall in cleveland beginning tomorrow night right here on news 4. >>> a disturbing find in southeast d.c. this afternoon. a parks service employee was investigating complaints of illegal dumping. the worker stumbled upon a body. d.c. police are ruling this a homicide. they say the person suffered from blunt force trauma. the medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death and the person has not yet been >>> lights out for thousands of customers in northwest. find out how close crews are to restoring power and the pokemon craze continues to spread and it's taking over parts of the national mall. >> it's a pilgrim acknowledge for peace, thousands converge on washington for a ecial rally sp man: hey baby, how are you? woman: i have a surprise for you. man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we

this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, reporting tonight from cleveland. >> good evening. after two nights largely dedicated to reasons why hillary clinton should not be president, we may hear the case for donald trump tonight, when his vice-presidential running mate, governor mike pence, takes the stage in primetime. it's the latest shoe that dropped in the melania trump speech controversy that is dominating the buzz here this evening all because the campaign itself breathed new life into the embarrassing flap today when it acknowledged passages of her speech were in fact lifted from michelle obama's 28th 2008t2008 convention address. katy tur has late details. >> reporter: donald trump touching down in cleveland, stepping off his helicopter to his awaiting family. noticeably absent, trump's wife, melania, 36 hours after she was accused of plagiarism and after repeated denials, team trump finally admitted that the speech was in fact plagiarized from michelle obama's 2008 address. a person she always liked was obama, staff member, meredith mciver said in her resignation li

weijia jang, cbs news, cleveland, ohio. >> although cleveland was prepared for protests and potential disruptions and violence, there were only two dozen arrests over the four days. >>> political analyst melissa caen has been in cleveland all week. trump's campaign is still trying to court the lgbt community with a bit of help from silicon valley tycoon peter thiel. we asked melissa how his speech went over yesterday. >> reporter: honestly, trump's mention of the lgbt community and his desire to protect it from a hateful foreign ideology got huge applause as did peter thiel. >> i'm proud to be gay. i'm proud to be a republican. but most of all, i am proud to be an american! [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: huge applause. contrast that with the republican party platform which people can give as much weight as they want to in this room, frankly but there did seem to be support for protecting the rights of lgbt persons. >> melissa will have a final wrap of the republican convention in our next hour. >>> as for silicon valley reaction to thiel's speech, kpix 5 spoke with russell hanco

and we look forward to covering new cleveland next week, mr.rump, as always, we thank you very much for coming on. >> thank you. thank you very much, bill.

stephanie ramos, abc news, cleveland. jummy: the secret service is taking a close look at one of donald trump's advisors, and here is why -- >> hillary clinton should be put in the firing line and shot for treason. -- al albaugh lucero baldasaro suggested hillary clinton should be executed. he made the comments during a radio interview. about aaign says it is number of the campaign's "outrageous rhetoric." 47 on dollars. that is how much donald trump has campaign committee. this week, he did actually pay for much of the primary battle with his own cash for it points to the gop nominee struggled meet hillary clinton in the fund-raising wars. we guarantee you continued coverage. abc 7 is live from cleveland tonight with our chief political correspondent scott thuman. be sure to tune in for all of that. happening right now, hundreds of flights grounded, delays or canceled altogether. travelers traveling southwest airlines should check their flights today. the airlines experienced a computer glitch. as suzanne kennedy explain

craig boswell, cbs news, cleveland. >>> cbs news contributor bob schieffer has been covering politicalonventions since 1968. here's his take on this year's gop gathering. >>> this one is different. the republican party is vetting its future now on a candidate who has never held public office, never served in the military. is anti-trade. anti-entitlement reform that has proposed a budget critics say would add trillions of dollars to the national debt. by any conventional reasoning, he is a long shot, but this is not a typical year. republican primary voters chose him because they say he speaks his mind and they feel abandoned by their party. but his nomination has left this party deeply divided, so divided even the republican governor john kasich, the host governor, will not be here. his friends say he will not step foot in the arena because he disagrees with what trump stands for, and feels it would be hypocritical to give his stamp of approval. modern history shows that candidates outside of their party mainstream don't do well. barry goldwater wrestled a nomination from the republica

kenneth craig cbs news cleveland. >> melania trump will be the first trump family member speaking, his children are slated to speak during the four day event. outside the rnc a small group of protesters have gathered saying they are there to denounce hate, representatives from the council on islamic relations and other protesters are holding banners and chanting. a pair of march is underway in cleveland activist groups pushing for economic justice and an american first unity march sponsored by citizens for trump hitting the streets. >> hillary clinton in ohio addressing black leaders at the annual naacp conference in cincinnati. >> we all know about that other convention happening up in cleveland today. now, my opponent in this race may have a different view, but there is no where i would rather be than right here with all of you. >> the naacp invited trump to address the annual conference but the presumptive nominee has declined. >> french officials have many bizarre discovery at the home of a suspect held in an investigation looking into the bastille day massacre. they found telephon

there convention kicks off on monday, stephanie ramos abc news cleveland. >> thank you for that stephanie. let's head over to david murphy and matt pellman in for karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: when we get into welcoming our visitors to the dnc those coming from the gulf states will feel right at home. we're setting up a hot pattern coming up. today we're looking at partly sunny skies. you can see the satellite image with the clouds sweeping through. we have an air quality alert today. sensitive groups need to be careful in the urban centers this afternoon. 75 in philadelphia. 72 in wilmington, 68 in allentown. 72 in millville. 73 cape may with a light gentle breeze out of the south that's drawing in the higher humidity. we've got dewpoints back in the 7s down south and mid to upper 60s across the immediate region, the northern and western suburbs not so bad. it's going to be a cooker. 76 degrees by 7:00 a.m. 85 by 10:00 a.m. later on today, 94 by 3:00 p.m. we'll see a high of 95 and that will probably slide in late in the day, say, about 4:00 p.m. there is an excessive heat watc

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

. >> reporter: i'm steve handles, nbc news, cleveland. >> the gop convention kicks off in just two daysfinal improves are being made for the main stage. big name guests are going through walk throughs and rehearsals ahead of time and security is very tight. >>> hillary clinton is promising to act quickly to overturn citizens united. she made the pledge in a video message in a conference today. it lifted limits on corporate and union spending in elections and lead to a flood of political money. she says she will act against citizens united in her first 30 days in office. >>> the california based company is agreeing to pay $200 million and change its business practices. they cracked down hard on herbllife, falsely telling people they could get rich quick. >> the marketing materials claimed consumers, regardless of their background or experience could earn part-time income ranging from $500 to $1500 per month. >> herballife is in los angeles. the company, which had revenue of more than $4 billion said it dis grees with many of the fcc allegations. >>> and here with the weekend off to reall

cbs news, cleveland. >>> coming up after your local news on cbs this morning bernie sanders joins usto discuss his endorsement of clinton. >>> and a closer look at a new jersey student loan program we'll talk with mitch lowe, the ceo of movie pass. that's the cbs morning news this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm meg oliver. have a great day. ,,,, ,$8drw >>> it is time to wake up and take a good look at this. a look at the bay bridge from the pyramid camera this morning. it is wednesday, july 13, good morning, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. let's get our first check of weather and traffic. the gang is back together. >> yeah! >> the band is back. >> the band! >> all right. >> and with the band, it's the hotter weather. i'm coming back, it's hotter. i don't know if that's a good thing. good morning, everybody. outside now we have a thin layer of low clouds and fog stacked up next to the coast and working its way into the bay. we have clear skies inland. 61 concord. 58 mountain view. temperatures into the mid-90s. 70s bayside, 8 across 85 across the bay approaching 70 in san

as cbs news' weijia jang reports from cleveland, party unity is in question after last night's speech by former presidential candidate ted cruz >>> reporter: day 3 of the rnc was supposed to be all about vice-presidential nominee mike pence. >> i accept your nomination to run and serve as vice president. >> reporter: but the indiana governor's moment became overshadowed by bad blood between donald trump and former rival ted cruz. >> stand and speak and vote your conscience. vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: the texas senator was enthusiastically booed during his speech for failing to endorse the billionaire. >> god bless the united states of america. boo boo >> reporter: jeers turned to cheers. he later on brushed off the nonendorsement as no big deal saying, i saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway. hillary clinton used cruz's own words to capitalize on the moment urging people to vote their conscience and choose her in november. cruz's last stand

tracie potts nbc news cleveland. >>> thank you very much. >>> at 4:50 today president obama awarding the medal of honor to a vietnam war hero. charles kettle of michigan will be honored at the white house. the colonel kettles lead a platoon of helicopters to evacuate those injured after an ambush. he returned several times to rescue troops pinned down by enemy fire. he's credited with saving the lives of 40 soldiers and four crew members. >>> did your kids have any problems playing poke monogo this weekend? it might be because of hackers. >> for that we turn to landon down down dowdy. >> good morning. >>> wall street looks to add to last week's future gains. the markets rising for the third straight week as brexit fears fade. the dow closing at a record high yet again on friday. we get a lot of earnings this week bank of america, ibm. the nasdaq slipping 4 to 5029. volkswagen way unveiled to restitution plans for hundreds of dealers hurt by the diesel emissions scandal. and the promises made at a meeting in new jersey on friday. vw is having meetings around the country to implementin

marci gonzales, a abc news, cleveland. >>> septa says it plans to make monday morning's commute a bitother, by adding five more cars. the trains have been crowded, since the agency sidelined 120 of its railcars on july 1st, after its find cracks in the suspension system. septa says five cars will be leased from amtrak in maryland. eighteen cars are already on lease. officials say that they plan to use the leased equipment through august. >>> a with man is in critical condition tonight after falling into the delaware river. this happened around 11:00 near the blue cross river rink, this morning at penns landing. police say with man was sitting on the ledge of the river when she fell in. philadelphia police and fire fighters, pulled her out, and rush her to hahnemann hospital. >>> a frightening situation for two women hell in the home invasion in wilmington delaware this afternoon. it was in the middle of the day around 12:30 when police say two suspects broke in the home on the 2700 block of crescent place. women are bound with duct tape while suspects made off with money and cell phon

abc news, cleveland. >> at this hour, there are nearly some 6,000 delegates in cleveland ready to hear from dozens of speakers. >> tonight's theme is make america safe again. they'll focus on the benghazi attack. abc news is covering every minute of the convention. we'll have a full report every night. you can also find a gavel to gavel live stream on abc.com. >> other news, the father and son victims of the nice truck attack have been remembered near their texas home. more than 100 people attended the service for shawn and brody copeland. the rest of the family has not returned to the u.s. but sent a message to those back home. they say they continue to feel the love and support from all and it helps to ease our shattered hearts. the identity of a third american victim has now been confirmed. he was a student at the university of california berkel berkeley. he was one of 85 students taking part in a program in nice. he was originally from the san diego area. >> there were scary moments for hundreds of passengers on a hawaiian airlines jet. eight tires blue out at an airport in japan e

. >> 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

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

julianna goldman, cbs news, cleveland. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," theer on donald trump's campaign. plus, we talk with former speaker of the house newt gingrich. and mo rocca hits the streets of cleveland with delegates as they explore the city. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,, ,$8drw >>> this is a live look at the golden gate bridge this morning. it is thursday, july 21. good morning, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. let's check in with gianna and roberta. good morning. how are you? >> good. >> good morning. >> you look good in purple. >> i got purple, too. >> matching. and we're matching. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> all right. this tie rocks! [ overlapping speakers ] [ laughter ] >> good morning. getting ready to figure out what you're going to wear out the door, we have a very deep expansive marine layer. causing condensation in the form of drizzle along the shore and into the bay. temperatures into the 50s. 57 degrees in san jose. 53 in santa rosa. and later today,

new york to boston. major flight delays coast to coast. >>and the emergency landing tonight amid smoke in the cabin. >>> good evening tonight from cleveland. and we have breaking news on two fronts. the last effort to halt donald trump went down to defeat just a short time ago, right here in this hall. he will be here tonight. but he will take the stage amid a nation on edge this evening. and that's where we start. with new and difficult images of the moments three officers were shot and killed in baton rouge. this surveillance image of the guan, masked, heavily armed, stalking the officers. this video recorded by a woman caught in the crossfire, inside her car. the gunman aiming only at. tho officers. and these images tonight, the faces of the three who died. one of them losing his life while running back into danger, trying to save a fellow abc's steve osunsami is in baton rouge tonight. >> reporter: louisiana law enforcement officials aren't mincing words tonight, calling this an ambush, saying that 29-year-old gavin long, seen here in surveillance video, went hunting for cops. >> there's no doubt whatsoever that these officers were in

jon sopel, bbc news, cleveland.ty: for a division that has not been like most conventions, i spent time earlier with a republican senator from wyoming, and i asked him tonight if it was fair to describe this republican convention as chaotic. guest: chaotic, unpredictable -- for years, the conventions have said they are too protectable. this has been one of the most unpredictable conventions. lots of energy and excitement. i think people are happy to be here. katty: you have been involved in the planning a bit. you were here last night when ted cruz was booed from the stage, a fellow senator of yours. what was your reaction to that? guest: i thought what ted had hoped to accomplish was what ronald reagan accomplished in 1976, when he actually endorsed gerald ford, who then lost, and people then said they nominated the wrong man. i think ted failed to accomplish that last night. he sort of rained on his own parade. he should have done the gracious thing. this has been a very contested primary process, but i don't thin

tracie potts, nbc news, cleveland. >> thank you. to melania trump's speech from the opening night of the convention. the white house is largely staying away from this controversy. me lania trump allegedly copied portions or her speech writers copied portions of the first lady's speech from 2008. >> i'll let all of you weigh in on that and try to learn more about how exactly it was written. >> that is white house press secretary josh earnest who also says he's not aware if the president or the first lady actually watched mrs. trump's speech. >>> 4:36. in the meantime, 6,000 people, all public sector workers, came out to hear presumptive democratic nominee hillary clinton speak in las vegas. clinton called the first day of the republican national convention, quote ur surreal and accused the gop of only to us canning on america's division, not offering any solutions. clinton is holding fund-raisers in boston and brooklyn today. >>> a former gilroy teacher is accuse of luring teenage boys into sending him explicit pictures. now he's exp

tracie potts, nbc news, cleveland. >> as they clean up in cleveland we turn our attention now to the democrats. and we may find out as soon as today who hillary clinton is going to select to be her vice presidential running mate. two high ranking democrats clinton could make her announcement later today in an effort to shift attention away from the end of the republican convention. and build momentum heading into next week's democratic convention. virginia senator tim kaine is believed to be the front-runner at this point. the 58-year-old has been active in the senate on foreign relationing and military affairs. he was the governor of virginia prior to that. kaine has also built a reputation for working across the aisle as virginia's governor and mayor of richmond. sources also note that while kaine is the favorite, mrs. clinton has not yet made a final decision. >>> breaking news overseas, a massive search is under way after an indian military plane carrying 29 people goes missing. the plane was taking passengers to islands in the bay of bengal when it lost contact with the air forc

autria: as we head to cleveland, this momentous day is now under a new era. an intense focus on security after this, three more police officers killed, this time in baton rouge, louisiana. autria: there's a lot to get you in this story. brianne carter is tracking the newest developments for us from the breaking news desk. brianne: many layers to this , the suspect is now been identified as 29-year-old gavin long. he was a former marine who was honorably discharged back in 2010. investigators say that he referenced the police shooting of alton sterling and talked about using violence to fight back in videos posted online. three baton rouge officers were left dead and three others were left injured. >> it's not justified. the violence, the hatred just has to stop. the justice department has pledged to offer any and all resources to assist law enforcement with its ongoing they: a monumental step in road to the white house. the republican national convention is just a few hours away from kicking off. the trump campaign says that this week will be about helping th

donald trump up in cleveland, scott thuman, abc7 news. alison: abc7 will offer in-depth coverage throughout the convention all week. watch all the events live on wjla.com. each night at 7:00 on our sister station. newschannel8 will have an hour-long special with analysis from all sides. scott thuman will lead our team from cleveland. leon: let's get to the latest on the developing story out of baton rouge, louisiana, where people are looking into the background of gavin long. he is the man who shot and killed three police officers in baton rouge. they are focusing on what he posted online before carrying out the killings. so far investigators don't have any idea of a motive to help them find out what caused the former marine to snap. authorities can say for certain that gavin long was targeting members of law enforcement purposefully. we have the latest now from baton rouge. >> there is no doubt whatsoever that the officers were intentionally targeted and assassinated. reporter: investigators are shooting spree that took the lives of thre

julianna goldman, cbs news, cleveland. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," theher husband jared curb ner kushner on the campaign. that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. >>> a night of violence, the suspects police are looking for after separate shootings leave two people dead. >>> god bless the united states of america. >> senator ted cruz was booed off the stage at the republican national convention, we will show you what he did that angered the audience. >>> all hand on deck the reason hospitals in our area increasing, staffing and operations, right now. >>> good morning, today is thursday july 21st i'm's jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. we have first lady michelle obama jamming out, during car pool karaoke that will be fun to watch but lets start with weather and traffic. katie is out today. >> good morning, you

weijia jiang, cbs news, cleveland, ohio. >> and donald trump and mike pence on 60 minutes tomorrow nightt 7:00 right here on wusa9. >>> the republican convention is just two days away and we have a team of reporters covering what is going on inside the convention hall. out on the streets of cleveland. you can follow garrett haake and stephanie ramirez on twitter. >>> in cincinnati, thousands people are attending the naacp's 107th conference. hillary clinton will speak at the annual convention on monday. clinton is expected to announce her running mate some time next week. the senator and former virginia governor tim cane is said to be on her short list. >>> the hospital engaged a family fun day for the dc community. there were free health screenings, entertainment, face painting, zumba lessons, mini golf course. the family fun day was designed to celebrate the hospital's expansion and partnership with johns hopkins medicine. >> we want the best care possible for all of our residents and you have to keep up. you have to have kind of the atmosphere in a hospital. people are sick and they a