certainly, ron desantis _ being in cabinet? certainly, ron desantis has _ being in cabinet?rco rubio, people have talked about him at the cia, he is very well versed, is serious that position, he is a leader in the intelligence community sol position, he is a leader in the intelligence community so i can certainly see president trump taking him to be the cia director of rectal knowledge national intelligence because thatis national intelligence because that is a real expertise of senator rubio, he excels at it, it is a passion and he would be a great asset to that. i don't know whether president trump gives it to him because i think if you look at president trump moving the chess pieces, he certainly sets it up forjd vance to be the future, why find it hard to believe that he will put a roadblock in between, putting marco rubio in the cabinet would be a roadblock. it is a very ambitious politician. he probably would leave 2.5 years into run for president. that doesn't serve anybody or the party well. we know what the parties for winning, party well. we know what the parties

we are also wolf mentioned nikki haley is going to be on stage, also, your home state governor ron desantisd a very bitter primary challenge against donald trump once told me he didn't think donald trump could beat joe biden. what do you want to hear from governor desantis? on stage tonight? >> i think we're all americans wanted to do and say, we're all going to stop to focus on the issues that we need to solve. we've got to solve the border. we've got to solve inflation, we got to make sure we deal with our enemies. and i think that's what i think that's what the whole public rib republican, democrat, independent every once. so i hope everybody will talk about how they're gonna start solving problems. >> what do you make of the fact that two major trump critics? they didn't just disagree with him on policy. nikki haley's said he was unfit for office and diminished and that if she didn't think that he could essentially effectively govern and she's going to be on that stage to what do you make of that move by the trump campaign, i think trump's done a great job. >> i think what he's done is

florida governor ron desantis — much. florida governor ron desantis there. _ much.donald trump to have his party's nomination to run for the white housein nomination to run for the white house in november. i still have michigan congresswoman lisa maclean here with us. thank you for being with us during those speeches. donald trump himself arriving early so he could hear what they have to say. what did you make of what they said? i think what you see tonight is the actions of matching their words. donald trump is unifying the party by everything you see evidenced on the stage tonight. nikki haley to ron desantis, we may disagree but at the end of the day we agree to make america, to put america first, to make america great. we agree on policy, we agree on the issues. and that is what we saw tonight from nikki haley and ivan desantis, a call for unity. ivan desantis, a call for uni . ., , unity. there were some audible blowin: unity. there were some audible blowing from — unity. there were some audible blowing from the _ unity. there were some audible blowing from the

ron desantis got there with this point. started talking about the culture during covid in this country, ended this point by talking about what donald trump had been through this past saturday. listen to this. >> they mandated that you show proof of a covid vaccine to go to a restaurant, but they oppose requiring proof of citizenship to cast vote. [ cheers and applause ] they can't even define what a woman is. now, donald trump stands in their way, and he stands up for america. donald trump has been demonized. he's been sued. he's been prosecuted, and he nearly lost his life. we cannot let him down, and we cannot let america down. [ cheers and applause ] >> these are the rivals who took on donald trump during the republican primary. one person who was not on that stage here in the convention hall tonight governor chris christie. what did you make of ron desantis but in particular perhaps of nikki haley, who lasted in the primary the longest, said that donald trump was unfit to serve, unelectable, that chaos follows him every

president steamrolled him in the primary, the former president's face as he stood up to welcome ron desantisa pretty wide smile when desantis made clear how us if he planned to praise trump and the endorsement for that, as you look into the vip box, i've been going back and forth between delegates vip box as i sit just under the box, just under you guys as well as i stare at your back, jake the people are coming in and out and what they necessarily mean for the inner circle, trump's obviously sitting next to the vice presidential candidate jd vance have also seen jim jordan is close ally and on capitol hill, ben carson is about to speak in just a little bit because we've seen them kind of cycle in and out, allies throughout the course of the day. it's very clear unity is the message they wanted to get across there definitely but we doing that, the former president seems to be welcoming just one last point i want to make people's interesting thing. i've been watching drug the course of this night. it's a little bit like a catholic mass in terms of when people are standing and when they're sit

ron desantis, who was... yeah, they called it mcconnelling. - you had ron desantis, who was in...mcconnelling? you had ron desantis, who was... mcconnelling. that's fantastic. laughter and you also had ron desantis, who was basically campaigning on the back of his super pac in iowa, being the "special guest" of this super pac. you know, there wasn't coordination, but they were inviting him onjust...to host him at these essentially campaign events in iowa. i mean, it's almost gotten to the point where it's absurd. yeah, it's... it's hard to say that there i isn't, you know, these direct lines and that it's really not that different any more. - i mean, there are specific. rules for super pac spending that candidates don't have to follow. - like, they get cheaper media buys, candidates do. - but ultimately, it all goes i to support the same cause. and people know that. and the other thing is, if you break the rules, you may not get penalised for that until after the campaign is over. so there's a certain amount of incentive to, you know, do first and ask permission later. yes. that's

nikki haley and ron desantis, both former challengers for the republican nomination, voiced full support donald trump, and called for republican party unity. more than 50 people are reported to have been killed in air strikes in the gaza strip, including over 20 in a designated safe zone. and king charles will officially open parliament in the uk today with a speech outlining the new government's plans for the coming year. hello. i'm vishala sri—pathma. welcome to bbc news. we begin in the us. former rivals for the presidential nomination have been praising donald trump on the second night of the party convention. florida governor ron desantis and former us ambassador to the un nikki haley both used their speeches to give theirfull endorsement to trump. the pair had run against the former president in a bid to become the republican presidential candidate. the four—day convention kicked off on monday when donald trump pickedjd vance as his running mate in november's election. nikki haley, who had previously described mr trump as "unhinged" and not fit to be president again, walked out to

>> think he could still be a little reminiscent of some bad blood between campaigns with ron desantiscould be a little reminiscent. yet to remember when you walk on a campaign is kind of like sports teams, is 1 team against the other. there could be a little bit of left over dust up? nothing they can all get over because the very end what is really funny is it looks like the republicans are all kind of coming together, you have nikki haley releasing her delegates, support trump, and have the democrats were always known for unifying and leading with her heart. you have this slip situation when you have the democrats in that total chaos at the very end they have the republicans rallying around trump. and have to take the fact that the republicans have a lot of anti- jumpers there and they are all rallying behind him? it is interesting how they are uniting. >> neil: who would have thought that as a beginning of the year, obviously so many candidates in the race for republicans that everybody is united by donald trump and those who may not feel the same way are going to the convention. wh

we will also here from florida governor ron desantis and senator marco rubio who had been floated ase vice presidential pick, as well as entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. that will be interesting. our north america correspondent is on the convention floor for us today. very good to see you. what are you expecting to see from these former rivals of trump speaking on stage tonight? reporter: i think we expect to see a full endorsement of the man that both of them once tried to challenge. if you remember seeing me in the heat of the republican primary, nikki haley, the former u.n. governor, had described donald trump as unhinged. she said that america cannot afford four more years of "chaos, vendetta, and drama." she came really close to taking on donald trump in a way that perhaps many other republicans didn't. there was a moment when she did concede that it wasn't quite clear if she would endorse him, but recently she has released all her delegates to mr. trump and urged them to back him. as for florida governor ron desantis, there was once upon a time where he was seen as the heir to don

[applause] >> now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the governor of florida, ron desantis. . desantis: my fellow republicans let's send joe biden back to his basement and donald trump back to the white house! [applause] life was more affordable when donald trump was president, our border was safer under the trump administration and our country was respected when donald trump was our commander-in-chief. joe biden has failed this nation . as a veteran i was appalled when 13 of our service members were killed in afghanistan due to joe biden's dereliction of duty. as a citizen, as a husband and father, i am alarmed that the current president of the united states lacks the capability to discharge the duties of his office. our enemies do not confine their designs are to between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. we need a commander-in-chief who can lead 24 hours a day and seven days a week. america cannot afford four more years of a weekend at bernie's presidency. [applause] let's be honest, let's be honest , biden is just a figurehead, he is a tool for imposing a leftist agenda on the amer

governor ron desantis, also speaking tonight. and nikki haley specifically, can she make the case to her voters who are still skeptical of trump cnn is live from milwaukee as republicans unite behind their nominee, his vp, and their plan to take back the white house, follow cnn for complete coverage. >> bridge the republican national convention coverage continues. all we on cnn and streaming on max little thinking think thinking about her honeymoon, about africa so far hot air balloon ride swim with elephants 24 to safari. great question. >> like everything, it takes a little planning for what the mind towards a down payment on a ranch in montana with horses. >> let's take a look at those scenarios. >> jpmorgan wealth management has advisors and chase branches and tools like wealth plan to help keep you on track when you're planning for it all, the answer is jp morgan the wealth management what in five children worldwide are faced with the reality of living without food no family dinners special treats, not enough energy to play

quite the moment therefore nikki haley and ron desantis having criticising desa ntis having criticisingsantis having criticising donald trump recently becoming together now, what did you make of what they said? if together now, what did you make of what they said?— of what they said? if it's on what donald _ of what they said? if it's on what donald trump - of what they said? if it's on what donald trump has - of what they said? if it's on i what donald trump has been trying to bring to the early days of this convention, and thatis days of this convention, and that is his message of unity. it is a 2—pronged it is unity, the violence of the experience of saturday, trying to project a more general election, less bombastic, less combative, while also showing that the republican party, once fractured over his nomination, once fractured over his presidency, is really uniting behind him in a way that we have not seen before. it is a party that has always been marked in recent years i division and different factions, pretravel anti—trump, becoming always an opposition party, a smaller one than

former un ambassador nikki haley, ted cruz and ron desantis. but again, you're seeing there's vivek ramaswamy as well. but again, you're seeing donald trump now, the former vice president, on the stage there also today, we had learned that vice president kamala harris spoke with jd vance. they briefly spoke with vice president, encouraging vance to agree to a vp debate. no terms have been set. but again, you're looking at live pictures now of donald trump with that bandage there on the stage at the rnc. you see some of his family members there. there's eric trump and many other vips there on that grand stage. all right. as we continue to take a live look there as the former president continues to shake hands, you see his vp pick right there, jd vance standing there together. so what we know at this point, night two is really going to focus on some of trump's biggest former rivals. they are going to be hitting the stage today as a way to show party unity. as raj mentioned, vivek ramaswamy already out there, he already he's going to be speaking t

people including ron desantis and nikki haley. people who have at times sparred with the former president. found themselves at opposite ends of policy and political debates, but at the end of the day have careened back into the former presidents corner because at the end of the day this is donald trump's party. he showed that during the primary. he showed that tonight with having a wide variety of republicans stump in his favor. we saw lawmakers bury the hatchet and find themselves aligned with former president trump tonight. >> bury the hatchet. i did not see that from kevin mccarthy tonight. he was having a tough night standing next to matt gaetz. what stood out to you? i know you are not in milwaukee, but i know you are watching every speech, covering every headline. >> right, so let's just see how extemporaneous i can be here. look, this is not that important tonight in the overall scope of what we have seen the last four or five nights. you know it is important for the party if they want to convince skeptical voters to reach

you saw ron desantis touting trump's ability to lead while blasting president biden's age.his is something we've seen from voters that we talked with at the republican national convention. they say there needs to be a sense of unity not just within the republican party, but they want to see it across the country. they point to in particular, they say in the wake of that attempted assassination against former president trump, it's time for the country dom together. >> it's such a monumental move. what you see ultimately is the shift headed in the direction of the republicans in many ways then, and you find nikki haley appealing to those unsure. has this perhaps moved the needle a little bit? >> reporter: well, it remains to be seen. but we do know even throughout the primary that nikki haley had the support of many moderates and independents. she waited several months before she gave the key speech here and gave her full endorsement of president trump. that shows a big sign for her. but it remains to be seen if it moves the needle when it comes to attracting voters who are n

that's governor ron desantis and governor nikki haley, who both were harsh critics of his during the campaign when they were challenging him for the republican nomination with ron desantis saying he did not believe trump was pro pro-life and nikki haley saying she thought that trump was unhinged and diminished and so now you will see them coming out in support of him and tonight just speaks to really what we're looking at here on the floor, how much the republican party has changed in the eight years since there was a last formal convention in cleveland, ohio kaitlan collins, look forward to seeing you on that claustrophobia inducing jam packed conference floor. thanks so much. let's go now to cnn's evan perez, who helped break this exclusive cnn reporting on the secret service ramping up security after they received intel of an iranian plot to assassinate donald trump evan, bring us up to speed yes. >> boris. well, this was information that came from a human source. this is intelligence that came from a human source that indicated that the iranian intelligence services were plotting

. >> robin: nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis on stage, as j.d. vance and vice president harris agree to a debate, as vance is set to speak tonight at the rnc. >> george: new details on the assassination attempt on donald trump. how police believe the shooter got on the roof and the suspicious device they found in his car and home as questions grow over the security lapse, with video showing the shooter on the roof moments before he opened fire. >> gio: milwaukee on edge. >> he's got a knife. >> gio: police shooting and killing a man in the outer perimeter of the rnc. >> george: president biden back on the trail. >> i am all in! >> george: trying to unite democrats around his candidacy. now what adam schiff said about the president, and why some house democrats are calling for a delay when it comes to the plan to nominate biden in a virtual roll call. >> robin: first on gma. nfl hall of famer terrell davis and his wife live in times square, telling their story after he was handcuffed and escorted off a united flight. >> george: sand traps. firefig

the likelihood of ron desantis after challenging being named a trump running mate, he has broken that relationship, desantis has. caller: i will get my response off the air. guest: to expand on what he was asking, trump needs to feel as if he can trust his running mate. some residuals that trump has in the back of his mind about marco rubio. he ran a scorched earth campaign against trump. insulted his genitalia by his hand size, you can look it up. also vance was also incredibly critical of donald trump in 2016. vance wrote the book "hillbilly elegy" and made some critical comments. trump needs to feel he can trust someone, like the person has his back. dissent this became governor. he won the republican primary in 20 almost solely on the strength, almost, on president trump's endorsement at the time. he decided to go independent and run against him, and that is kind of unforgivable for trump. they made up or made a political alliance since. nikki haley, a lot of people hoped haley would be on the shortlist. she's not. i think trump at one point said that she's not welcome at the conv

primetime speakers include two of trump's fiercest opponents, ron desantis and former south carolina governor nikki haley. while losing candidates often speak at the victors convention, trump's humiliation of these particular rivals reached a different order of magnitude during the republican party. >> the problem with ron desantis is that he needs a personality transplant. he's not a talented litigation. he was walking off the stage and his feet, it's weird, because his cowboy boots. inside you've got a big deal going on and he's walking like -- >> after mocking governor desantis for allegedly wearing lifts in his cowboy boots, desantis eventually dropped out and trump focused his attentions on nikki haley, who in the closing hours of her presidency days candidacy called trump not qualified to be president. trump suggested her parents status as immigrants from india might somehow disqualify her. trump misstated her given name repeatedly and explained to foxnews that those mistakes were definitely intentional. >> reporter: she says that you are using a nickname based on her given nam

could it be ron desantis? the ultimate curveball?'s talk of glen youngerkin but with virginian players that a movie could make? the consensus seems to be focus around j.d. vance, marco rubio, tim scott whose name was in the mix. they will all bring something different to the ticket if donald trump feels confident, more about him and his messaging. we asked if the ticket is secondary. molly: we know from his television career that he knows how to set a stage and have a big moments. we have to wait for that. thank you very much. very excited for your show today. thanks for giving us a couple minutes of your time. griff: coming up, how hollywood has bailed on president biden's campaign. stick with us. maria and julio thought their life would never slow down. then one day, it finally did. you were made to find inner peace. we were made to track flight prices to paradise. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are looking up ♪ ♪ i've got symptom relief ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me ♪ (

from florida governor ron desantis -- >> america cannot afford four more years of a "weekend at bernie'sesidency. >> reporter: -- to former u.n. ambassador nikki haley. >> donald trump has my strong endorsement, period. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: both the subject of trump insults during the primary. >> ron has always been a loser. bird brain, you know who bird brain is, right, nikki. >> reporter: now firmly behind the party's leader. >> you don't have to agree with trump 100% of the time to vote for him. >> and, hallie, we're also expected to see more trump family members for the first time here. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, lester. multiple sources tell nbc news that melania, ivanka trump, and jared kushner are expected to appear tomorrow, probably in the vip box right there, and we just learned moments ago former president trump himself is expected to appear tonight to watch his running mate's speech. lester. >> all right, hallie, thanks. i want to bring in kristen welker, the moderator of "meet the press." for many americans this will be their introduction to vance. >> i

ron desantis deserves us leaking -- speaking spot at the are in see condition.vanced freedom and liberty in the sunshine state. his track record as governor is phenomenal. it's a natural progression that he's going to be standing on stage talking about we are going to make america florida but talking about the dynamics, what donald trump and governor desantis recognize what is at stake, they are moving forward putting america first and that is why you see ron desantis on stage and none of the petty politics. neil: but that doesn't extend yet to nikki haley. she's not been invited to the republican convention. we are told from donald trump himself that he didn't have anything to do with that. allowing for that would seem petty for critic of the president not to be there if they are major party figures or others who don't come. what do you make of that? >> next week is going to be incredible. based on the information i received a, the schedules i have been given. there's every political movement directed at the milwaukee convention. one thing we have going for us

god bless the great state of arkansas and the>> and now, plee governor of florida, ron desantis. close let's send joe biden back to his basement and let's send donald trump back to the white house. life is more affordable when donald trump was president. our board was neighbor and our country was respected when donald trump was our commander-in-chief. joe biden has failed this nation. there a veteran, i was appalled when 13 of our service members were killed in afghanistan due to joe biden's dereliction of duty. as a citizen, husband and father, i am alarmed that the current president of the united states lacks the capability to discharge the duties of his office. we need a commander-in-chief who can golf 24 hours a day, seven days a week. america cannot afford four more years of a weekend at bernie's presidency. but let's be honest. , let's be honest here. biden is just a figurehead. he is a tool for imposing a leftist agenda of the american people. they support open borders, allowing millions and millions of illegal aliens to pour into our country and to burden our communities

florida governor ron desantis praised trump's economic and policies.et's check back with our expert panel analysis julian epstein, lawrence wright and kiah on the skinny. thank you once again all for being here. and karen, let me start with you. here it felt as i watched as so many americans did, the attempt on president trump's life saturday that we were on the brink of something. i wonder, as we look forward, do you believe that the former president and the current president, president biden, have the will and ability to hold us back that brink as we approach what is going to be such an important election? or does the ego and the to win take over and put us back in a very bad place? i think a saturday was a wake up call. but i do believe that donald trump was already figuring out how to command the electoral center while holding to the views perspectives that he presented to the american public in 2016. saturday cemented his resolve, deepened his resolve, clarified the moment. i believe it is a shift in this presidential race. on the republican side,

the crowd has heard from former presidential candidates like florida governor ron desantis, and nikki haley, and top house republicans like the speaker mike johnson. >> speakers, will be focused on crime. this has been branded by the rnc as make america safe once again. it's a notable theme just three days after mr. trump survived an assassination attempt at one of his rallies. nbc news also learned that the secret service actually ramped up security in recent weeks, after concerns about an iranian assassination plot. that plot appears to be separate from what happened over the weekend. >> we have much to cover this morning, joining us here in milwaukee, "meet the press" moderator, kristen welker and senior washington correspondent, hallie jackson. we'll start with you kristen. tonight is a team of rivals, we saw nikki haley, who of course ran against donald trump, ron desantis, and they're preaching unity. >> that's right, savannah, and it was so fascinate to go hear from nikki haley. she said this, i'll start by making one thing perfectly clear, donald trump has my strong endorsemen

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focus tonight on unity, set to take the stage, previous primary opponents ted cruz, marco rubio, ron desantis, and nikki haley among mr. trump's most bitter rivals in the primary. >> it is not normal to go and throw temper tantrums. >> reporter: but now nikki haley has been offered an olive branch of sorts, a last-minute speaking slot at the convention. you can see her here on stage getting ready for tonight. she is expected to aim her message at voters who are uncertain about mr. trump and make the case for why she is voting for him, according to a source with knowledge of her remarks, a signal of the trump takeover of the gop as he has remade the party in his image. >> we're not a unified party on every issue, but we're unified behind this ticket. >> reporter: senator vance, now under fire from democrats under for his previous criticisms of mr. trump, including declaring himself a never trump guy. >> i was certainly skeptical of donald trump in 2016, but president trump was a great are president and he changed my mind. >> reporter: vance flanking the former president and his children monday

florida governor ron desantis, another primary rival, took the stage right afterwards.ow republicans, let's send joe biden back to his basement and let's send donald trump back to the white house. i thought they delivered very effective messages tonight. shane patrick connolly, a bay area delegate at the convention, received nikki haley's speech as a message of unity and expanding our party to bring in more, more, more and more voters and maybe folks who traditionally didn't think of themselves as republicans but have the same concerns we do. among the other speakers tonight, senators ted cruz and marco rubio. the theme of tonight, make america safe again, with speakers focusing on crime and immigration. we are facing an invasion on our southern border. ted cruz mentioning kate steinle, who was fatally shot along a crowded pier 14 while walking with her father and a family friend in 2015, a case that fueled a national debate on immigration. think of kate steinley. she was 32, walking with her father on a san francisco pier when a bullet tore through her heart. the man w

governor ron desantis, governor nikki haley. the reason why this is so notable is because of what actually happened in the leadup to them speaking, we were told hold that neither of them had been given speaking slots. now, florida governor ron desantis had been invited to the convention. he was going to be here, but not given a speaking slot. former governor of south carolina on nikki haley wasn't even invited. and after we reported that there was an enormous amount of backlash, remember, there has been a lot of talk about people who were looking for alternative to former president donald trump, who supported nikki haley or who supported ron desantis. and they wanted to bring the party together. they obviously believe not inviting them did not do that. now, we're going to see somewhat of a message of unity by having them up on that stage. and we will note traditionally those top rivals would be he at the convention. so it was strange that they weren't going to be given these kind of speaking roles. but when it comes to what exac

. >> florida governor ron desantis also gave a strong speech tonight when he was running for president. he said trump could not beat president biden. he said trump had lost the zip on his fastball, but tonight he was all in. >> donald trump has been demonized. he's been sued, he's been prosecuted, and he nearly lost his life. >> we cannot let him down and we cannot let america down. as you said, trace, the theme of the night was make america safe once again. and there was a lot of talk about crime and illegal immigration. and tonight was just a prelude to thursday when donald trump accepts the nomination and gives the biggest and most anticipated speech of this campaign season. chris? >> dan springer live for us in seattle. dan, thank you. back to the attempted assassination now of the former president and what many people are saying saved his life. let's bring in the pastor of the first baptist church of dallas, fox news contributor robert jeffress, and associate vice president for student services at california baptist university, reverend john montgomery. gentlemen, thank you both f

estamos ahora esperando a ron desantis, el gobernador de la florida. >> bien, cristina, pues aquÍ estamosn irregular. los datos, los hechos apuntan a que los Índices de crimen han ido a la baja en estados unidos y un inmigrante tiene 30% menos posibilidades de terminar encarcelado que un ciudadano estadounidense. pero trump ha tomado casos aislados de crÍmenes cometidos por migrantes para justificar su agenda. rogelio mora-tagle reporta. >> el video muestra la inmigraciÓn ilegal como un gran enemigo de los estados unidos, al que solo se puede vencer llamando a un hÉroe. con esas imÁgenes comenzÓ la segunda jornada de la convenciÓn republicana con su visiÓn de la inmigraciÓn y la seguridad en la frontera como temas centrales. >> yo creo que lo que el presidente trump estÁ haciendo, enfocÁndose primero en la seguridad fronteriza, es lo que votantes hispanos quieren aquÍ en estados unidos. >> haciendo eco de las palabras de donald trump, los republicanos afirman que biden abriÓ las puertas a inmigrantes peligrosos y al ingreso de cantidades de fentanilo que han cobrado la vida de miles de es

former governor ron desantis, ufc president dana white.ped then murdered by an illegal immigrant. all of them slated to speak at some point the dnc's promise of counter programming is already taken out. they have put out a six-figure and all around the milwaukee area which includes these that you are looking at as well as billboards that call donald trump a convicted felon. and also hit him on abortion. guys obviously the biggest news we are going to be waiting on his who is former president trump going to select as his vp? trump has confirmed some of the names that have been floated out there are people under consideration. ohio senator j.d. vance and florida senator marco rubio and tim scott in north dakota governor. a matter of days away from finding out who it's going to be. wednesday night here in milwaukee, whoever that candidate is, they are going to be speaking. that is when we will find out and send it back to you. >> todd piro. there is a lot to cover. >> i recover from that. what say you? what do you predict is going to happen?

i think him being here reflects party unity but also ron desantis trying to turn the page , maybe keeping an eye on 2028 and also the importance of florida, making sure that state remains rocksolid for the republican party. >> 24 hours since the announcement of the vice presidential pick in j.d. vance. people can read all sorts of analysis about what this means for the future of the party, for this campaign, what is your take on it? >> people are excited about j.d. vance. i think it speaks to the fact that he is a very good communicator, he is very articulate. people view him as a strong messenger or trump's platform and policies. he is young and energetic, a change of pace from what the party has become accustomed to. we saw on the floor, chance of -- chants of "j.d." he is relatively untested on the national stage, he has only served in the senate for less than two years at this point. that may be a concern. certainly has comments about abortion will continue to resurface. i think they view him as a future face of the party. >> president biden is campaigning today in las vegas. the demo

for the force of uniting the party, you saw that from her and from ron desantis as well.h of them said pretty harsh things about donald trump during the campaign. the second thing was the focus on this issue of crime and border security. you had a lot of speakers come up, people who, you know, for example, who had family members that were killed or injured by undocumented immigrants, you had people whose family members were prosecuted by the same prosecutors who were going after donald trump for these various trials that have ensnared him, sort of. it really played to that theme, a central theme for republicans, not just for donald trump, but for vases up and down the ballot. >> you posted on social media about nikki haley's entrance. what did you see here? >> she had a lot of cheers, but you could hear some audible bullying -- booing, a reflection of the fact that you do have some diehard trump supporters who viewed her with a lot of skepticism for everything she said during the primary about him. donald trump said some pretty nasty things about nikki haley as well, and

we also heard from ron desantis.olitical conventions are often the focus of protesters who oppose the hosting party. this year's rnc in milwaukee is no exception. about 3,000 people gathered in a park near milwaukee arena yesterday, a collection of more than a 100 different activists. another large group, several thousand people walked through milwaukee protesting the rnc. and while the biden campaign itself pressed pause on their campaign ads and events after this week's shooting in pennsylvania, the dnc, the party they have nevertheless been papering the city of milwaukee with bill boards. 16 different bill boards like these ones highlighting some of the most unpopular policies of the trump-vance ticket. another eight somewhat cheek yr ones with the dark brandon laser eyes look on some of them highlighting president biden's policies and accomplishments. social security cuts? try me. milwaukee might be home to trump's nominating convention this year, but remember joe biden won milwaukee county last time around in 20

unity, some of trump's former rivals are slated to headline night two, including florida governor ron desantis, former un ambassador nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy. i do think that this message of national unity is important. i don't want to fake national unity, not some astroturf artificial kind, but but the real thing, authentic national unity. not one that pretends that we agree on everything because we don't, but that we are the country where we can still disagree like hell and still have dinner at the end of it. but the day did start with some problems. a man with a knife was shot and killed by officers just outside of the rnc security perimeter. that incident is now under investigation. i did speak with nbc's garrett hake in milwaukee about what we're expected to hear out of the convention tonight. this convention really front loaded the drama both with the vice presidential selection, the running mate being unveiled in the morning and donald trump showing up in the evening to huge applause, huge energy in this building. the first time people had seen him since that assassination attemp

new governor ron desantis, his new new law that sort of the the anti woke law that was put into place making it a crime to present books on certain topics that covered say sexuality, gender identification, racism and so they removed all of these books that for i think probably for the purpose of drawing attention to that at the time it seemed like they were doing this simply they were being good soldiers and just following law and and removing all the books that needed to be removed. but certainly their impetus for doing this was legitimate. i mean, desantis was making it crime and still is to present books on. the topics i mentioned to children in public schools. so that was the reason. and when you say banned, they were removed from the libraries correct. yeah, i mean that's it's an interesting distinction when you hear this talked especially in right wing contexts there's always this distinction made between banning and removing book from the shelves. my my attitude is that if you remove book from the shelf from a bookshelf in a public school for ideological reasons, that amounts t

look what he did to ron desantis when ron desantis jim your dad announcing -- demured announcing for president. he was dead before he started. kamala harris risks the same thing. donald trump will not hesitate. he has already been going after her during the republican convention. they have a game plan in place. it has already started. there are ads ready to be made for kamala harris to be that presumptive nominee, and she needs to start acting like such. the democratic party ought to quit this fantasy that somehow there's a contest to be run. if they act that way and kill the next two or three weeks running up to the convention and not defend their candidate, she is going to be at risk of being defined completely by donald trump. kailey: she had a sense or a chance, rather, in some way, to help define herself when she spoke from the white house in her first event since this all went down yesterday. instead, she chose about the legacy of joe biden and his honesty and integrity, how she is appreciative of his service to the country. it raises the question this notion that he is even to

amy: that is florida governor ron desantis. your response?> that is the perfect example of the kind of demonization and cruelty affecting real people where you have people who are asylum-seekers fleeing violence who were tricked into these buses to be dumped off as a political act regardless of their rights and also the opportunity to be integrated into society. there is no sympathy. what i would say is that my message is we cannot allow a second trump administration. i look at it not even as the candidates but as a political movement, a social justice movement. under which administration will be able to defend the gains we have made on all kinds of issues and under which administration are we going to be able to advance our rights? the question is not so much about the candidates, is about the social justice movements. we cannot afford an authoritarian government to come to power and we must defend what we have achieved and make sure we advance on those progress. amy: how are you organizing in the swing state of wisconsin for november? >> th

you look at some of this moves like inviting ron desantis to the convention. fond of the florida governor. he wants to do everything possible to project unity while democrats are divided. you also look at what's happening with the republican party platform. for the first time, no mention of national restrictions for abortion. no mention of traditional marriage. donald trump feels very confident, so you can see him drifting away from his base a little bit and trying to reach for some of those middle of the road voters that will decide this race in those eight or nine key states. a lot of confidence from the trump campaign right now. they feel that this vp announcement is going to give them a big boost, shift the attention to the republican convention next week while democrats continue figuring out how they're going to move forward. >> i wonder how confident he should be, because there's still a lot of uncertainty out there. tim alberta is out with a new piece in the atlantic detailing how the trump campaign is eyeing what they view as a potential landslide win

amy: nikki haley and ron desantis joined other former rivals of donald trump, including ted cruz, to fully back the trump/vance ticket on the second night of the rnc. much of the evening focused on the party's hardline anti-immigrant policies. >> never before has an election mattered so much. we are facing an invasion on our southern border. not figuratively, a literal invasion. amy: we will speak with reporter jean guerrero and howard professor clarence lusane, who says "don't believe trump when he claims he's not racist." then a jury has convicted new jersey democratic senator bob menendez for taking bribes from egypt and qatar. >> this case has been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, were cities bends -- mercedes-benz. this was politics for profit. amy: and police coming in for the rnc shoot and kill and unhoused veteran in milwaukee about a mile from republican national convention. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. war, peace, and the pre

amy: nikki haley and ron desantis joined other former rivals of donald trump, including ted cruz, to fully back the trump/vance ticket on the second night of the rnc. much of the evening focused on the party's hardline anti-immigrant policies. >> never before has an election mattered so much. we are facing an invasion on our southern border. not figuratively, a literal invasion. amy: we will speak with reporter jean guerrero and howard professor clarence lusane, who says "don't believe trump when he claims he's not racist." then a jury has convicted new jersey democratic senator bob menendez for taking bribes from egypt and qatar. >> this case has been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, were cities bends -- mercedes-benz. this was politics for profit. amy: and police coming in for the rnc shoot and kill and unhoused veteran in milwaukee about a mile from republican national convention. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. war, peace, and the pre