. >> cnn's phil mattingly in the middle of what was i believe the biggest balloon drop in convention history. the biggest balloons. one or the other or both, phil, maybe you can clear that up. >> reporter: 110,000 balloons according to the democratic convention spokeswoman. the most balloons ever. the fact of the day. nothing else matters now you have been informed of that. you laid out the check list of what hillary clinton had to accomplish. you can to the overstate how high the stakes were. her point was so much different than what you saw in cleveland last week. no question. criticism and attacks of donald trump. trying to dress him down over the course of the 57-minute remarks. there was an uplifting push. look at a diversifying country in hillary clinton's mind has a good opportunity to unite. take a listen. >> none of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone. america needs every one of us to lend our energy, our talents, our ambition, to making our nation better and stronger. i believe that with all my heart. a country where the

cnn's phil mattingly joins us now with the very latest. phil. >> reporter: well, john, united together is the theme for the first day of the democratic national convention, and in theo theory, that's fantastic. the speakers seem to back it up. you have senator bernie sanders after the raucous and at times not so pretty primary speaking tonight. you have elizabeth warren scheduled to speak. you also have michelle obama. the idea, bring the party together. one problem. an e-mail hack. the democratic national committee having a number of their staffers have e-mails released by wikileaks and those e-mails make it look like exactly what bernie sanders said was going on inside the dnc over the course of this primary. that it was perhaps rigged. you have staffers talking about planting negative stories about the state of bernie sanders' campaign, staffers talking about planting questions about bernie sanders' religion. these are the types of issues that sanders and his team have been saying existed for a very long period of time. it would be worth

we have phil mattingly with more. phil. >> reporter: christine, this was supposed to be about unity. it was the title of the theme of the day united together. serious names behind it. bernie sanders scheduled to speak. elizabeth warren scheduled to speak. michelle obama scheduled to speak. after the raucous primary, everybody is starting to come together as one until wikileaks. bernie sanders said the democrats had their thumb on the scale of scrutiny. saying someone needed to get someone to ask about his religion because that would hurt him in kentucky. he said debbie wasserman schultz needed to step down. now she will. she will step down. before then, she is expected to speak today and the democrats have been talking to are weary of what that will create on the floor. they don't want a cleveland-esque if you will, of boos. clinton is not willing to look past what happened in cleveland. >> i don't know what they're convention was about other than criticizing me. i seem to be the only unifying theme that they had. ther

cnn's phil mattingly joins us from outside the cnn grill. phil, this leaves nothing left but hillary clinton. >> reporter: she will now have the heavy burden of trying to close out what has been three straight nights of star-packed speakers. none more so than tonight. it was worth noting a specific strategy to what the clinton campaign and democrats trying to do. michael bloomberg talking to independents. joe biden talking to blue collar voters and tim kaine talking to midwesterners. and reengaged for hillary clinton. take a listen. >> tonight, i ask you to do for hillary clinton what you did for me. i ask you to carry her the same way you carried me. because you are who i was talking about 12 years ago when i talked about hope. it has been you who fuelled by dogged faith in the future. even when the road is long. hope in the face of difficulty. hope in the face of uncertainty. the audacity of hope. america, you vindicated that hope these past eight years. and now i'm ready to pass the baton and do my part as a private citizen so this year in

cnn's phil mattingly joins us right now. was quite a night. >> i just want you to let me inside, john. i don't understand why i'm out here. look, if the first two nights of this convention were about unifying the party, the third was a very strong, not so subtle at all pivot towards attacking and based on some of the speakers, systematically taking apart donald trump. none more so than president obama. this was about legacy, this was about the future. but this was also according to barack obama, about his belief in the american people, and where he thinks they will go the opposite direction of what we've heard from donald trump. take a listen. >> that's another bet that donald trump will lose. and the reason he'll lose it is because he's selling the american people short. we're not a fragile people. we're not a frightful people. our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. we don't look to be ruled. our power, our power comes from those immort

. >> cnn's phil mattingly was there. he joins us now. good morning, phil. >> reporter: listed off that checklist, it was quite a heavy expectations list of things to try and accomplish there. she went into this speech today and hillary clinton really attacked it with a mix of optimism but also sharp attacks on donald trump, trying to make very clear that this election is not necessarily about hillary clinton, it's about whether donald trump has the temperament to be in office. and she's obviously clearly coming down on the side of no. but again, compared to last week, it's worth looking at the tone. one where hillary clinton was stressing unity. take a listen. >> none of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community, or lift a country totally alone. america needs every one of us to lend our energy, our talents, our ambition to making our nation better and stronger. i believe that with all my heart. a country where the economy works for everyone, not just those at the top. a country where all our children can dream and those dr

joining us now is cnn's phil mattingly outside the grill. hi, phil. >> reporter: christine, for the clinton campaign, it was a dual-pronged approach. inside the arena, ease the tension that was flaring through the day, as you noted, christine. outside the arena, ease the concern who has a negative view of hillary clinton. what better way to do that is roll out the biggest stars speaker after speaker and vouching for clinton as the person and clinton's character. take a listen. >> what i admire most about hillary is she never buckles under pressure. she never takes the easy way out. and hillary clinton has never quit on anything in her life. i'm with her. >> together with hillary clinton as our president, america, we will rise. god bless america. let us rise together. >> a woman who fights for children, for women, for health care, for human rights. a woman who fights for all of us. we're here today because our choice is hillary clinton. i'm with hillary. >> any objective observer will conclude that based on her ideas and her leadership, hillar

cnn's phil mattingly joins us with more. outside of cnn, the aftermath of bill. >> reporter: i'll tell you when we were at the 25 minute mark, only about 1979, 1980, i was getting a little bit worried. but bill clinton making the case last night, guys, that not only is hillary clinton as a change agent, but trying to introduce her. how do you introduce a woman that has not one but two memoirs. the clinton campaign has been grappling with as they look at near record high negatives for hillary clinton over the course of the last couple months. bill clinton taking that head on last night. actually, a series of speakers doing just that. clinton taking a full arc of their marriage and using it to dip in anecdotally specifics-her life. bill clinton mocking, cartoonish as he said, who is not fleshed out and finishing his remarks with a full rhetorical finish. take a listen. >> if you love this country, you're paying taxes and you're obeying the law and you'd like to become a citizen, you should choose immigration reform over somebo

cnn's phil mattingly joins us now with more. od morning, phil. >> reporter: good morning, christine. the night was unquestionably historic, but as you know, bill clinton had another goal in mind, make her more human and there's a very good reason for that. over the course of four seconds of service, hillary clinton has been kind of defined, maybe at times not in the way they would want to be, bill clinton called it a cartoon character that has been created because of that. and his job this n this speech was night was to try to change that, to add a more three dimensional picture. it was a very specific strategy that, as you noted, traced the arc of their relationship and also the arc of her career and it all crescendoed with bill clinton making this final case. take a listen. >> if you love this country, you're working hard, you're paying taxes, and you're obeying the law, and you'd like to become a citizen, you should choose immigration reform over somebody that wants to send you back. if you're a muslim and you love america and

phil mattingly reports. >> i don't think so. >> reporter: donald trump now going the opposite directionrs who suggested he's pulling back on his proposed muslim immigration ban. >> in fact you could say it's an expansion. i'm looking now at territories. people so upset when i use the word muslim. you can't use the word muslim. remember this and i'm okay with that because i'm talking territory instead of muslim. >> reporter: trump's campaign hasn't specified which territories he would ban but the new york balance nair sunday suggested u.s. allies, including france, may fall under its definition. would this limit immigration from france? >> what they have is called -- >> they've been compromised by terrorists. >> it's their own fault. they allowed people to come in their territory. >> reporter: also weighing in on the resignation of roger ailes. >> it's very sad, because he's a very good person. i've always found him to be just a very, very good person, and by the way, a very, very talented person. look what he's done. so i feel very badly. >> reporter: all as republicans made clear they

joining us now, cnn's phil mattingly. good morning, phil. >> good morning, christine.here was no hemming or hawing, there was no talking about voting your conscious. it was just endorsement after full throated endorsement, and that's an important thing, not just because broadly, in polling, hillary clinton has character issues, at least according to voters, inside the wells fargo arena here in philadelphia, there were plenty of delegates who believed the same exact thing. because of that, the clinton campaign rolled out a star-studded line-up of top democrats to vouch for their nominee. take a listen. >> what i admire most about hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. she never takes the easy way out. and hillary clinton has never quit on anything in her life. i'm with her. >> together, with hillary clinton as our president, america, we will rise. god bless america. let us rise together. >> a woman who fights for children, for women, for health care, for human rights, a woman who fights for all of us. we're here today because our choice is hillary clinton. i'

let's start with phil mattingly. hi, phil. >> alisyn, the message and theme was not different, but the tone and ominous with big bold promises. it made clear that donald trump is not subtle at all about his intentions for the next four months. >> i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: in the biggest speech of his life, donald trump declaring america's in crisis. >> not only have our citizens endured domestic disaster, but they lived through one international humiliation after another. >> reporter: at times painting an exceedingly dark picture of the state of the country. >> the attacks on the police and terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life. >> reporter: the republican nominee speaking ominously about the dangers of illegal immigration. >> where was the sanction for all of the other americans who were brutally purchased and suff murdered and suffered. >> reporter: and he is uniquely qualified to bring together. >> nobody knows the system bet

let's head live to phil mattingly right now, talking to his sources. ou hearing this morning, phil? >> inside the trump campaign, there's a different message from what we're hearing from paul manafort. paul manafort has said repeatedly including just now at a press conference that this was not in any way melania trump's, there was no cribbing, no plagiarism. inside the campaign there's a bit of a different picture playing out. there's frustration about what happened, a lot of questions about what happened. now they're getting pressure from reince priebus, the rnc chair marn saying at a bloomberg politics breakfast that he would, quote, probably fire whoever was responsible for writing melania trump's speech last night based on what he had seen. carol, the problem here is a couple-fold. one, this steps on what was supposed to be a very important moment for the trump campaign. you don't hear a lot from melania trump on the campaign trail. you rarely see her on the campaign trail as well. her role was as headliner and to vouch for donald trump, to help pro

just to be clear, phil mattingly reporting there's a meeting about the rules, reporting that there may be some kind of deal to make sure that the conscience vote doesn't get to the floor. do you have in details? >> first of all, there's a lot more than that. we have 42 rules. there's a lot of issues that were coming up. i think most of these delegates had never met before. the opportunity was to sit down, find out if there was some more common ground going forward on all the rulings. this is not just about one particular rule. there's a lot at stake and a lot of people had interest and i think the idea was to find out if we could find some common ground. i feel confident about where we are. >> by common ground, it's this isn't going to happen? >> i think what we want to do is make sure everyone understands the bigger picture. the more unified we are as a party. making sure hillary clinton doesn't get inside the white house. >> sean, the naacp meeting this weekend, they invited donald trump to come speak. trump's not going. do you think he should? >> it's not a question of what groups h

." >>> let's begin with phil mattingly, hi, phil. >> reporter: good morning, carol. throughout the last 24 hours, the convention advisors and trump supporters would say the same thing. wait until you hear from donald trump's kids. that happened last night. they delivered. >> it is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. congratulations, dad. we love you! >> reporter: donald trump, formally clinching the republican nomination. >> i'm so proud to be your nominee for president of the united states. >> reporter: trump's children, stealing the spotlight with emotional speeches about their father. >> donald trump has never done anything halfway. least of all as a parent. >> reporter: his 22-year-old daughter, tiffany, getting personal. >> i still keep all of my report cards, some dating back to kindergarten, because i like to look back and see the sweet notes he wrote on each and everyone of them. contrary to what you might expect from someone who places an emphasis on results. >> reporter: eldest son, donald, jr. >> i was by h

phil mattingly thanks for that update.he calls for republicans to unite are growing louder and louder here in cleveland. now that donald trump is officially the nominee of the republican party for president. the house speaker paul ryan was lukewarm in his initial reaction to trump as all of you remember. at the convention last night, he said it's time for the republican party to come together. >> what do you say that we unify this party at this crucial moment when unity is everything? let's take our fight to our opponents with better ideas. let's get on the offensive and stay there. let's compete in every part of america and turn out at the polls like every last vote matters because it will. fellow republicans, what we have begun here, let's see this thing through. let's win this thing. let's show america our best and nothing less. >> joining us now, representative adam kinzinger of illinois and representative chris collins of new york. you were the first member of the house to endorse donald trump. you have not endorsed d

let's start with phil mattingly. . >> alisyn, the message and theme was not different, but the tone and ominous with big bold promises. it made clear that donald trump is not subtle at all about his intentions for the next four months. >> i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: in the biggest speech of his life, donald trump declaring america's in crisis. >> not

cnn's phil mattingly in cleveland. there is quite the ecclectic list. >> this was going to be a different convention than what we're used to. not just because the 2012 nominee, mitt romney, or the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush, they're not coming, but the cross-section of speakers, they're different. now, you do have traditional politicians. you've got ted cruz, a very serious opponent of donald trump during the primary. he is speaking. joni ernst, a rising star. governor scott walker, another top rising star in the republican party. they're all speaking. rather traditional. but look who is also speaking at this convention. you have sports stars like tim tebow natalie golas, antonio sabato, jr. this will be a very different convention. a cross-section of people. it wasn't going to be as one told me a boring stale political speaker that we've seen over the last couple of decades, and they're making good on that promise one of the traditional comments pointing out, how they're going to be rolling th

and cnn correspondent phil mattingly. while you absorb that insult, really just identification. what do you think the plus/minus was for last night, in terms what was tried and what was succeeded? >> it's a traditional playbook, right? we looked aft week in cleveland, you expected a lot of anecdotes of donald trump of a person, why the person we didn't see on the campaign trail is a great choice for that. we've seen all of that. yesterday was a clinic, speaker after speaker, personal anecdote. every stage, first lady, senate, secretary of state. before, how much of an impact is it going to have? how quickly can you change decades of people reaching conclusions about somebody? >> and that's the biggest question, i think all of us have heard this, when you talk to hillary clinton's advisers, you don't know the real hillary. you just don't get it. you don't know the real hillary. how quickly after decades of this setting in can you reintroduce the new hillary to somebody? when you're talking about 68%, you've got some ground

let's begin this hour with cnn's phil mattingly inside the convention center. phil? >> reporter: good morning, chris. turning the page. that's how one trump adviser in the wake of a turbulent first 24 hours of the convention described what tuesday night was all about and helping the trump campaign do just that, donald trump's children, the unquestioned stars of the night. >> it is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. congratulations, dad. we love you. >> reporter: donald trump formally clinching the republican nomination. >> i'm so proud to be your nominee for president of the united states. >> reporter: trump's children stealing the spotlight with emotional speeches about their father. >> donald trump has never done anything halfway, least of all as a parent. >> reporter: his 22-year-old daughter tiffany getting personal. >> i still keep all my report cards, some dating back to kindergarten because i like to look back and see the sweet notes he wrote on each and every one of them. contrary to what you might expect fro

let's begin with cnn's phil mattingly live inside the q arena. reporter: good morning, chris. chris, it was supposed to be the crown jewel of the first night of donald trump's convention. melania trump in primetime painting a clear, compassionate picture of her husband. it became clear after she finished her remarks, the campaign had a major headache on their hands. the similarities are startling. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> that your word is your bond. that you do what you say you're going to do. >> your word is your bond and do you what you say and keep your

cnn's coverage this morning begins with phil mattingly. t everyone heard last night. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. the themes, they weren't different. the delivery, that was. ominous with equal parts big picture promises and major concerns about the future of the country. there was nothing subtle about his message last night. >> i humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. >> reporter: in the biggest speech of his life, donald trump declaring america's in crisis. >> not only have our citizens endured domestic disaster, but they've lived through one international humiliation after another. >> reporter: at times painting an exceedingly dark picture of the state of the country. >> the attacks on our police and the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life. >> reporter: the republican nominee speaking ominously about the dangers of illegal immigration. >> where was the sanctuary for all of the other americans who have been so brutally murdered and who have suffered so, so horribly. >>

cnn's phil mattingly joining me from the cnn grill in cleveland.t up yet, but you see how tight the security is. >> no question. security is paramount outside the perimeter and inside the convention hall. specifically today. that is the focus of the agenda today. for donald trump and his newly minted running mate mike pence, that is the focus. law and order. national security. strength. that is the message they hope to hammer home today. you look at the list of speakers they have laid out. it is a message they believe can be delivered. michael flynn. a top national security official. you have senator joni ernst. first-term senator from iowa. if you think it is important to know, melania trump. a press shy wife. you get a first view at her. you will see throughout this week, mike pence, an awkward rollout this weekend. you will see him in primetime on wednesday. he and donald trump may need to work a couple things out last night. look at what they said on "60 minutes." >> clearly this man is not a politician. he doesn't speak like a politician. >> h

cnn's phil mattingly is inside the quicken loans arena with more. eview of how it's going to go tonight, phil? >> reporter: yeah, alisyn. look, donald trump's advisers, they're honest. they know today marks the start of a very big moment in donald trump's candidacy. a moment perhaps to push for unity, a moment to showcase his new running mate mike pence. but also a moment to focus on what is becoming a prevailing theme of the trump campaign, security. both at home and abroad. >> our world is spinning out of control. our country's spinning out of control. that's what i think about. and i'll stop that. >> reporter: donald trump pledging strength ahead of the first day of the republican national convention. >> obama's weak. hillary's weak. and part of it is that, a big part of it. we need law and order. >> reporter: weeks of national and international turmoil heavily impacting today's events. coincidentally themed, make america safe again. trump slamming president obama's response to sunday's killing of three officers in baton rouge, saying the presiden

let's begin with cnn's phil mattingly live inside the q arena. phil. >> reporter: good morning, chris. chris, it was supposed to be the crown jewel of the first night of donald trump's convention. melania trump in primetime painting a clear, compassionate picture of her husband. it became clear after she finished her remarks, the campaign had a major headache on their hands. the similarities are startling. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> that your word is your bond. that you do what you say you're going to do. >> your word is your bond and do you what you say and keep your promise. >> reporter: melania's big moment on the national stage overshadowed by an unexpected moment. trump delivering a speech with plagiarized passages from michelle obama's 2008 speech at the democratic national convention. >> we want our children and all children in the nation to know. >> because we want our children in this nation to know. >> that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of yo

and phil mattingly is with us in cleveland, the site of next week's republican convention. let me get your reaction in what we heard from bernie sanders. jeff, were you there. it was a pretty dramatic show of unity. >> it was. we heard bernie sanders say endorse and left no room for question or error that he is behind hillary clinton. he said he would campaign in all corners of the country as jeff weaver just told you. he showed us how whe would do that. a point by point takedown of donald trump. if there are any sanders supporters ott theut there. bernie sanders wanted to give the message that enter values are not donald trump's values. it was a little awkward, sort of like an arranged marriage. >> dana, donald trump will be joined later by the indiana governor, mike pence. he is one of the vice-presidential hopefuls on donald trump's list, along with new jersey governor, chris christie, among others who introduced trump at an event yesterday. is this a final job interview, shall we say, for pence? >> it is certainly one of them. there is no question. the trump campaign ha

we have it covered with phil mattingly in cleveland. now details, according to "the new york times" and >> well, we know the speaker list as it currently stands, which was promised a week ago yesterday, as you noted, is available in draft form. this hasn't officially been released by the trump campaign yet. "the new york times" got ahold of a draft last night. i've talked to a trump adviser who confirmed the basic contents of it. it is going to be anything but your average campaign, not your traditional set of republican speakers, not even your traditional set of republican rising stars. that's exactly what trump promised. one thing he's promised that he hasn't delivered on yet, who his vice presidential candidate will be. that is still up in the air and sources say it might even still be up in the air in trump's mind. >> my hunch is he's flying to california thinking about, you know, gingrich, pence. >> reporter: former house speaker newt gingrich predicting trump's choice for vice president is between him and indiana governor mike pen

phil mattingly is at the quicken loans arena with more on that. hi, phil. >> reporter: alisyn. the new running mate. perhaps pivoting to the general election. these are components that republican officials say donald trump has to achieve in the next four days. rising above all of it, today, in this stage behind me, you will hear about security at home and abroad. >> our world is spinning out of control. our country is spinning out of control. that's what i think about. i'll stop that. >> reporter: donald trump pledging strength ahead of the first day of the republican national convention. >> obama's weak. hillary's weak. part of it is that. a big part of it. we need law and order. >> reporter: weeks of turmoil heavily impacting today's events. coincidently themed make america safe again. trump slamming president obama's response of the killing of three officers in baton rouge saying the president doesn't have a clue. tweeting the country is quote a divided crime scene and it will only get worse. as all eyes are on the presumptive gop nominee to see if he is ready to pivot to a

. >> phil mattingly is out front. phil, how is donald trump responding to ruth bader ginsburg?predictable campaign season, and you can feel if donald trump feels he's attacked he'll swing back. telling "the new york times," quote, i think it's highly inappropriate that the supreme court judge gets involved in a political campaign. i think it's a disgrace to the court and she should apologize to the court. i couldn't believe it when i saw it. we expected that donald trump would fire back on that, but some of the more interesting elements of this, erin, have been how other lawmakers and delegates in cleveland have responded and i talked to democrats that are fairly uneasy with what they heard from ruth bader ginsburg and i spoke to delegates inside the convention where they were debating the republican platform and even those against donald trump think that this might actually help him when he gets attacked by people in the left and when he gets attacked by mainstream institutions, donald trump seems to rise in the polls. we saw it with the pope and with the 2012 gop nominee and

cnn's phil mattingly inside the convention hall with more, good morning, phil. >> good morning, carolg with republican delegates. the reviews on pence's remarks here in cleveland last night universally positive, an upbeat message selling trump particularly to conservatives who we saw last night are wary of the trump candidacy. the problem, this is about the second or third thing delegates are talking about this morning. it's also foreign policy. donald trump's interview with "the new york times." donald trump contradicting his running mate mike pence on the biggest night of his career. pence detailing his approach to foreign policy to an enthusiastic audience at the republican national convention. >> we cannot have four more years apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends. donald trump will rebuild our military and stand with our allies. >> but that's not what donald trump is saying in a new interview. "the new york times" reporting trump is questioning whether he will automatically defend nato members. when asked about russia's aggression towards the baltic states, trump

we have juana summers and phil mattingly. who stood out? are the democrats where they need to be going into day two? >> i'm not sure where they need to be. this was a raucous day on day one. i think michelle obama stole the show. it was her night. i don't think anybody was really close. i think she captured a couple of things. framing the choice around who will influence our children. she did it with elegance. she did it with grace and a lot of punch we don't see from a first lady. taking on donald trump about his use of twitter. the fact he led the birther movement. reminding the country without a filter of the media to say this is the guy who doesn't believe the president of the united states was born in america. pointing out how ridiculous that charge is. the totality of the speech offered a contrast and testimony for hillary clinton's commitment to service that maybe only her husband, the former president, can deliver other than michelle obama. >> michelle obama is getting the attention this morning and it is interesting to contrast it

carol. >> all right, phil mattingly reporting for us. thanks so much. >>> donald trump is officially the head of the republican party. last night, convention goers were ready to follow him to the white house. i was there on the convention floor last night. the excitement was palpable. i go to talk to some of the delegates right after trump left the stage. listen to what they told me. >> watch this guy from the beginning, i said that will -- that man will be president some day. i think he is going to bring america back. he is going to get them excited again. he is going to bring business back. gegs to create jobs. he is going to make it exciting. people will understand what we saw 20 years ago, 30 years ago. we haven't seen that. we're going down, we need to go up. >> i look forward to donald trump as president. i think he really is the answer right now. this is just over the top excitement. >> what in his speech especially resonated with you? >> i think everything about law and order. i think a country with no borders is not a country, a

things to keep an eye on all day today, carol. >> phil mattingly, thanks so much.ty on their minds, it's no secret donald trump and his running mate mike pence are divided on certain issues like water boarding. i'll introduce my panel. jackie kucinich, the washington bureau chief of "the daily beast." andre bower, cnn political analyst and donald trump supporter and former lieutenant governor of south carolina. lonnie chen is also with me, a cnn political commentator and former mitt romney public policy director, and matthew tulley, columnist with the "indiana star." welcome to all of you. mike pence and donald trump's appearance on "60 minutes" last night, at times a little uncomfortable because they were not on the same page on a lot of issues. one of those issues was water boarding. before we dive in, i'd like viewers to listen to that. >> water boarding. mr. trump wants to bring back water boarding, and, quote, a hell of a lot more. are you comfortable with bringing back water boarding? >> i don't think we should ever tell our enemy what our tactics are. >> wha

we have it covered with phil mattingly in cleveland.g to "the new york times" and >> well, we know the speaker list as it currently stands, which was promised a week ago yesterday, as you noted, is available in draft form. this hasn't officially been released by the trump campaign yet. "the new york times" got ahold of a draft last night. i've talked to a trump adviser who confirmed the basic contents of it. it is going to be anything but your average campaign, not your traditional set of republican speakers, not even your traditional set of republican rising stars. that's exactly what trump promised. one thing he's promised that he hasn't delivered on yet, who his vice presidential candidate will be. that is still up in the air and sources say it might even still be up in the air in trump's mind. >> my hunch is he's flying to

for that, let's go to phil mattingly inside the convention hall. tell us about it. >> reporter: this was supposed to be mike pence's big moment and a big moment for the campaign. working to bridge that gap with conservatives that was covered last night. instead, it showed again there is a rift between donald trump and his running mate. that was brought on by donald trump's own words. donald trump contradicting his running mate mike pence just hours before the biggest moment of his career. pence detailing his approach to foreign policy to enthusiastic audience, the republican national convention. >> we cannot have four more years of apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends. donald trump will rebuild our military and stand with our allies. >> reporter: that is not what trump is saying in a "new york tea times" interview. when specifically asked about russia's aggression to the baltic states, trump said he would come to their aid if they quote have fulfilled their obligations to us. this is the second major policy discrepancy on display t

let's go live to cnn's phil mattingly inside the convention hall who has been reporting on this. phil, who wrote what for whom and when? >> i think there's a big question on that. i spoke to paul manafort this morning. he made clear this was a team effort and obviously it went through its stages and approvals. one other thing paul manafort made very clear, both to me this morning and repeatedly throughout the day, this was not plagiarism. the campaign did not crib from michelle obama's speech and why would melania trump ever try to do that given that she would give one of the more highly scrutinized speeches of the convention. take a listen to what he had to say. >> there was no cribbing of michelle obama's speech. these are common words and values, that she cares about her family, things like that. she was speaking in front of 35 million people last night. she knew that. to think that she would be cribbing michelle obama's words is crazy. this is once again an example of when a woman threatens hillary clinton, how she seeks out to demean her and take her down. it's not going to w

phil mattingly is inside the hall.to hear from mike pence and more of the trump children. we're going to hear from three of the men donald trump vanquished in the primaries we're talking again about melania trump and plagiarism. >> on top of all that, the day after a very positive night for the trump campaign where donald trump jr. gave a well-regarded well-received speech. a lot of republicans wondering if he was going to be running for office someday. i think the interesting thing, john, you pointed out donald trump's tweet. i want to tell you having worked on the story, covered the story been talking to official and republicans, kind of across the spectrum over the course of the last 24 hours. you've been hearing from trump advisors move on. you're harping on this for no reason whatsoever. they were campaigning we were wasting too much time on it and donald trump tweets about it. you noted all press is good press was donald trump's message on this. and then you have the staffer come out and essentially knowledge tha

phil mattingly joining us live from the q which you'll be hearing a lot about tonight.hat are we expecting today and tonight? >> i think today is going to be a good jump off point from what you'll see for much of this week. they really have two primary goals. one, give a fuller picture of donald trump. that's why you're going to see trump speaking every single night of the convention. tonight, it's melania trump. you haven't heard from her much throughout the course of this campaign. donald trump is going to introduce his wife, his campaign announced today, something we don't normally see. the other aspect of this is trying to highlight insecurity within the country. now, you note today's theme is make america safe again, and the speakers are going to be rolled out, whether they're senators, congressmen, even actors. talking about how the united states is heading in the wrong direction on domestic and international security. donald trump's thought process according to advisers is this, he believes there's growing unease in the country. if you look at the racially driven

let's begin with cnn's phil mattingly live inside the q arena. phil?good morning, chris. you spoke to paul manafort. i spoke to paul manafort shortly before he talked to you. they're not backing down on this defense, but one of the interesting elements here, guys, is last night was supposed to be melania trump's moment. today was supposed to be the moment where all we talked about was melania trump's speech. well, that, that's true, just not necessarily in the way the trump campaign would like. the similarities are startling -- >> you work hard for what you want in life -- >> that you work hard for what you want in life -- >> that your word is your bond, that you do what you say you're going to do -- >> that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> reporter: melania trump's big moment on the national stage overshadowed by an unexpected moment, trump delivering a speech with plagiarized passages of michelle obama's speech from the 2008 democratic national convention. >> we want our children and all children in this nation

cnn's phil mattingly is live in the convention hall with more on trump's vision. phil?good morning, alisyn. it was supposed to be mike pence's moment, his night, his opportunity not only to introduce himself to the country but also offer a hand to conservatives that have been very wary of a trump candidacy up to this point. instead, he was overshadowed, and as you noted, it wasn't just by ted cruz, it was by his own running mate. donald trump undermining his running mate mike pence on the biggest night of his career. pence detailing his approach to foreign policy to an enthusiastic audience at the republican national convention. >> we cannot have four more years apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends. donald trump will rebuild our military and stand with our allies. >> reporter: but that's not what donald trump is saying in a new interview. "the new york times" reporting that trump is questioning whether he would automatically defend nato members. when specifically asked about russia's aggression towards the baltic states, trump says he would only come to

phil mattingly is in cleveland for us ahead of the convention.we get into specifics as far as who's taking the podium, let's talk about the bizarre rules for this convention event zone. >> so security is obviously paramount here. look, brooke, i'll preface this with this segment will probably be your favorite of the entire day. >> that's a high bar. >> 72 items were not allowed within the event zone. it was for security purposes, decided by the city and the police department in may. they include tennis balls. stones. containers of bodily fluid. umbrellas. it's kind of an eclectic mix of things that maybe you wouldn't expect to be on a list of things you can't bring into an event, something that's not on that list -- guns. ohio is an open carry state. i've actually been to donald trump rallies in this state during the course of the primary where people have brought guns to those rallies. totally legal. those can be brought in to the area. but a list of 72 items, somewhat random items, can't, brooke. >> note to self -- no containers of bodily fluid

mattingly is in cleveland live right now. he's been looking at what the issues are and how gop shifted. the totality of the platform right now, phil, they really moved to the white. they have moved farther right than donald trump is. i wonder if that's a negotiation tactic. maybe they will end up farther than they want to be with donald trump. >> there's a question of strategy. looking over the platform and sitting through the marathon meetings over the last couple of days related to that platform made very clear. on two specific issues donald trump wins. the language on trade, language on building a wall in mexico, those are trump staples, those are in the platform. specifically on social issues, this was a committee dominated by social conservatives. a lot of people uncomfortable with donald trump, they took the platform further in their direction than a moderate republican or from what you've already trump. delegates over and over again tried to insert language that was more friendly to lgtb individuals. over and over again that was rejected. an interesting view of a republican party struggling to unify, a strong base of social