the top. donald trump jr. who made the case who said if you think he doesn't understand the little guy, think again. >> he spent his career with regular americans. he hung out with the guys on construction sites. pouring sheet rock and hanging -- pouring concrete and hanging sheet rock. he listened to them and he valued their opinions as much and often more than the guys from harvard and wharton locked away in offices away from the real work. >> so donald trump is on his way here. they pl he's going to mike a dramatic entrance here. trump is being trump. a lot of people in politics say move past the melania story, get away from it. the campaign says there was no plagiarism. donald trump is tweeting on his way to cleveland. he said good news is melania's speech got more publicity than any in the hospital of politics especially if you believe that all press is good press. donald trump hardly ever stops at one trump. he said the media is doing more forensic analysis on melania's speech than hillary clinton's e-mai

the trump campaign is hoping that tiffany trump, the fourth trump child, could speak to that. susan: what did you learn about the children's relationship with mr. trump? >> one of the things that struck me was how close they are. i can only imagine how strange it must the to see your father splashed across every newspaper headline, every television show, all the time, many of it incredibly negative. one of the things i wondered was, how do you grow up in this kind of gilded fishbowl, so to speak? and instead of turning to your own business career, they all flocks back to trump tower very quickly after graduating college. it is really an incredibly close relationship that began as mentors in business, and has now basically been inverted. they are now helping to navigate him through this campaign, it in a way that has -- campaign conflict in a way that has been helpful to him and his advisers. susan: but you write in the piece that the children, the adults they grew up to be, might have been largely as a result of the influence of their mother, ivana. what did you learn? >> one t

followinges with the bound delegates. 18 trump. of with 46 votes, casts 15 for ted cruz and cats 31 votes for the next president of the united states, who will restore our national sovereignty by building a wall, donald trump. [applause] mr. kent: pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, louisiana, 31 votes trump, 15 votes cruz. ms. hudson: maine. 23 delegates with the following bound delegates. nine trump. >> madam secretary, the great state of maine, home of rugged coastlines, beautiful forests, christie lakes, home of governor paul lepage, senator susan collins and congressman bruce pollock, a state that has only one remaining democrat federally elected official, the state that began the republican revival in america's northeast. it is leading the way to make new england great again. a state that has led with welfare reform, spent the and tax cuts, strong second amendment rights and has made maine work again with gop leadership, casts 12 votes for senator ted cruz, nine votes for donald j.

the never trump faction, the stop trump faction, they've been in existence since trump started to gain steam. trying to force a roll call vote on the rules, but the ayes prevailed. you heard chants of shame, shame, shame, and trump supporters chanting trump, trump, usa. but there's a real energy inside the room, expecting donald trump, melania trump, and the only question, will his introduction be longer than melania trump's speech? >> and one of the big storylines tonight, jonathan karl, you see the energy on the floor, but those republicans that are here. the last two nominees, not here. the last two republican presidents, not here. >> you see bob dole, the only surviving previous nominee that is here. no bush, the first republican national convention in 40 years without a bush. and 21 republican senators not here. one of them said he had to mow his lawn. and the biggest absence, the sitting governor of the state, john kasich, the most popular republican in the state of ohio, not here. >> he ran against donald trump for an awful long time. and trump's campaign manager calling him out

the role call to nominate donald trump. he states will get a say in how their delegates vote. donald trump will officially become the republican nominee. jake and david are here with me, we're expecting this roll call within minutes to begin. >> first, see if you can tell where i am on the floor based on the side of the hats of the delegates. this is texas. god bless texas. >> don't mess with texas. >> the delegation from texas is here, and something very interesting is going to happen, the role kal, and senator ted cruz is still officially a candidate and the delegates here are bound by rules to vote for the candidates for whom they were assigned during the texas primary. so what you will hear in a few minutes, when they get to the teams is the lieutenant governor will stand up and declare the texas assigned 100 plus delegates for ted cruz and so many for donald trump. this is not any sort of insurrection or rebellion or coup. it is just that ted cruz, while it was that he is still a candidate. so that is what is expected h

>> on the show tonight, donald trump's new running mate and the donald trump movement gets trumped. world is stunned and grieving again after a night of horrific violence in the french nyse on -- nice. last night in france, a just endedisplay had when at least 84 people were killed and more than 200 injured that plowed into a crowd celebrating bastille day. the attacker was identified as a 31-year-old delivery truck driver from tunisia. terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for the suchk, marking the third tragedy the country of france has seen in a year and a half. president obama spoke about efforts to combat terrorism world.the president obama: we are going to keep taking out isil leaders and syria andil back in iraq, we're going to keep standing with our partners from africa to afghanistan and we're destroy this vile terrorist organization and in to these terrorists who only know how to kill and destroy, we're going to win this by building, by never giving up on diplomacy to end civil war, by working with partners around the world, communities, to push back against ha

. >> the hippies had woodstock. we'll have trump stock and we'll have it in cleveland. >> and we have the man himself. donald trump in an exclusive interview on the eve of his nomination. the never trump movement is nonsense. >> alternative is hillary clinton. super liberal judges and our country becomes venezuela. >> what is the story will you tell in the convention? >> i will tell a lot of stories. >> behind me is cleveland's celebrated rock and roll hall of fame. continuing numerous exhibits that show the development of hundreds of influential artist. but the biggest rock star in town will be a billionaire businessman who is no singer, but quite a performer. and as thousands converge on cleveland for the republican national convention, many of them are not conventional republicans. chris cox makes his living by creating chainsaw sculptures. >> as long as i have logs and gas chain i can turn it into something. >> donald trump untied the tongues of america. i jumped on board after i hear him talking about standing up to it isis. i

so you talk about the spin from the trump campaign. what was interesting to me as i was on the floor while this was happening, were the supportive cheers for donald trump coming from the new york delegation. we will see if we can walk down to where that delegation is sitting front and center. i have been speaking with republican party insiders, with members of the trump campaign, and their spin is this. this is not a big deal, this was a minor, if you can even call it uprising that was crushed as they put it fairly quickly, as the disgruntled minority kind of kicked in. that said, objectively it is a sign, remember, they had a whip team of more than 100 people that were out here to try to prevent just such a scene, particularly such a scene airing live on television as we get ovr here, as i get my bearings to the new york section right here, right in front of the stage where melania trump will be speaking and donald trump will introduce her in just a little bit. you can talk about the idea that they believe it's not a big deal, the idea

this is someone who was worked for the trump organization. the campaign hopes by putting the statement out they can move past the controversy and get people to focus on the message they want them to focus on here at the doconvention. >> when melania trump over the phone was reading excerpts from the speech michelle obama made was making notes and when she looked at the notes later she didn't recall those were quotes from the current first lady's speech back in 2008. that's why they showed up in this speech monday night. >> what's remarkable about this, in most campaigns, and yes, trump has an unconventional operation you would have enough people vetting the speech they would run the speech through various programs making sure there were no phrases in common with past speeches. that's what interesting is that it shows us there are gaping holes in the trump organization. they are understaffed and clearly need more people helping to avoid these kinds of embarrassments. >> david gregory is with us. ryan lizzo is with us as well. it sounds like it

some have made the case for donald trump. but do you think that's appropriate for people to be yelling lock her up. she's above the law in regards to the e-mail and the server and reaching the trust of confidential material. if it was anybody else but hillary, we assume or we believe that she would be in jail. >> so we have issues going on with the policies of donald trump. you have been supportive of his talk of building a wall. you want him to focus on policies. which policy or what policy specifically do you think donald trump can get through a congress? >> i think the american people want to see our economy turn around and certainly that includes taxes and jobs and the job issue affects our borders and people want our borders secure. we want to live in a free country and a country usually has borders. a house without walls collapses. we're seeing that take place. and he has focus and will continue to focus and will continue to public policy. he came out of the box talking object those issues. that's why the momentum is beh

it's also the night of vanquish trump rivals addressing the floor. some of them, no doubt, with an eye towards 2020 or trump would like to say, 2024. but can they all successfully make the case for trump? after last night's anti-clinton chorus. >> we know exactly what four years of hillary clinton will bring. all the failures of the obama years, but with less charm and more lies. >> hillary will lie even when the truth would serve her better. >> she lied about her e-mails. >> hillary's cold, calculated lying -- >> hillary clinton -- >> hillary clinton -- >> hillary clinton -- >> hillary clinton -- >> hillary -- >> hillary -- >> no way, hillary. no way on earth. >> lock her up! lock her up! >> are we willing to elect someone as president who has, as their role model, somebody who acknowledges lucifer? >> so in the wake of last night's lineup, some of tonight's biggest stars are the loudest voices from the primary season that bashed trump. ted cruz will address the floor tonight. we're going to hear from plamar rubio, via an 85-second video. and what co

trump, jr., is the executive vice president of the trump organization, which, of course, runs the real estate holdings of donald trump. he's the eldest son of donald and ivana trump, donald trump's first wife. he will be leading the new york delegation. he'll be putting his father over the top when the time comes that they have enough votes tallied up so that new york will be the state that symbolically makes donald trump the republican nominee in 2016. >> donald j. trump. >> pelley: that was oregon we just heard from with their 28 delegates. >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, oregon, 23 votes trump, 5 votes cruz. >> pennsylvania. >> pelley: all right. as we go to pennsylvania. new york coming up, but we're in the quite there yet. john dickerson, you've been down there on the floor almost all day talking to delegates, talking to party officials. what have they been telling you about this day? >> well, you know, scott, they came here to cleveland, some of them a little nervous. they were not sure how this was all going to work out. donald

this is the heart of the never trump movement. he delegates there, will they try to have the votes of every individual delegate at the convention called out and every individual on the record. that's now how they have done it before. it's a long process and trump people want to avoid it and trump organizers and fight for the see what happens out of the delegation and then the roll call starts. colorado had the walk out yesterday and we will see if they or other delegations do that as well and then move to the magic number. some drama on the road to 37 two hours from now. tune in and we will have full coverage of that and then on the convention floor and jacob, it's a little quieter and calmer than it was when i was talk to go you 24 hours ago when all of the drama for day one was going on. now, day two and roll call of the states. what are you looking for? >> well, i could barely hear you yesterday. i want to give you the key words that's we're listening for tonight and that's an indication of any protest to emerge from any state d

the survey shows her six points ahead of trump. that is a significant narrowing of her double-digit lead in the same poll two months ago. for the latest on the story, let's go to sunlen serfaty in washington. >> reporter: good morning, christine and george. coming off the fbi interview, over her use of a private e-mail server as secretary of state, hillary clinton will try to take back the narrative today. she will campaign for the first time with president obama in charlotte, north carolina and giving her visit a bit more hitch a ride with president will obama on air force one. donald trump seized on. tweeting why is president obama allowed to use air force one on the campaign trail with crooked hillary? she is flying with him. who pays? north carolina as a setting for today is a strategic move for the clinton campaign. she sees this as the biggest must-win. aides to clinton tell cnn they expect obama to tell the story of the friendship with secretary of state clinton and laying into donald trump. they expected him to echo the mess

the actor. trump, giving the highest profile speech she has ever given. ld trump in person introducing his wife. john, is this convention tonight and the next three days shaping up to be successful? john: dude, no. said, very -- as you have it's "the trump show," right? there is a premium on showing donald trump, a different side of donald trump. but there are a lot of speakers -- we have highlighted some of them -- that have never been anywhere near politics or an event this big auris stage watched by this many millions of people and the question is, how will they perform? all it takes is one of these people to say something really embarrassing, really politically incorrect that the media will seize on and blot out the coverage on any given night. mark: every convention is about the nominee, but this one more so. there is no sense they are trying to make tom cotton, who is speaking tonight, a star. everyone is here in the service of validating donald trump. first and foremost his family. i think the low expectations will help trump. which is to say there

we support the nominee of this party, donald j. trump. alaska, the largest state in the union, alaska, more coastline than the rest of the continental united states, where energy, the arctic, fishing, tourism, the great land and last frontier, god bless alaska. thank you. >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, alaska, 28 votes trump. >> american samoa. >> mr. chairman -- >> nine delegates. >> mr. chairman, hello, world. hello, america. the territory of american samoa in the southernmost reaches of u.s. soil, the greatest exporter of nfl players, the whole kit and kaboodle, all nine delegates, to the future, immediate future president of the united states, donald j. trump. thank you. >> steve kornacki, can you give us a little advice here in terms of what's happening between the podium and the delegations? the people who are at the podium are saying the name of a state or territory, then a number and then we are getting a little flourish and a different number sometimes back from the person on th

the top. donald trump officially become the 2016 republican nominee for president. >> and his own son donald trump jr. casting the deciding vote to secure his father's mom nation. >> it's my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates. congratulations, dad, we love you! >> good early morning to you. it is wednesday, july 20. you're watching fox and friends first. i'm abby huntsman. >> and i'm heather childers. the stage is set for another big night, the theme make america first again. >> just hours ago, governor chris christie was rallying some fired up trump supporters in that very same arena. but arguably the real star of the night would be donald trump jr. praising his father as the only choice for president. >> whether it's teaching his granddaughter how to swing a golf club or tackling the toughest gonegotiations, he's always fully committed. that's why the person who would never run for office before stood on the stage 11 months ago in this very arena with 16 professional politicians and this this week that same man will stand before yo

this is a staff writer for the trump organization, not the campaign. an also she says these were passages originally read to her by melania trump. what do you make of that? you have written speeches before. >> it is sloppy work. the speech writer recorded it and kept it as dictated to her and melania didn't care it was kept in the same format when she delivered it. you know, it clears a lot of leeway for a lot of people who don't do this professionally. at the same time, they took so long to come out with the truth. they made staffers lie on their behalf which is despicable and they kept the story going. this should have been the explanation from the start. she will not be sued for plagiarizing. this is deeply problematic sdplch. >> i did not see her last night. >> do you wish they had cleaned this up more quickly? >> to my understanding, an original draft was written by speech writers by the campaign. they gave it to melania. she didn't like it. she went to this woman and they pretty much did their own thing. they probably did it at the 11th hour and t

i want to get right to our road warriors on the trump trail. hallie jackson here in cleveland and katy tur is at trump tower in new york. katy, let's talk about this controversy over melania trump's speech. she told matt lauer she wrote the speech with as little help as possible. what are your sources inside the trump camp telling you about how the speech was drafted and the word for word similarities to michelle obama's '08 speech. >> i've been on the phone all day and almost every one of them is trying to push back on this idea that there was any plagiarism going on with melania's speech. they're adamant these were her words, her feelings, how she felt about her husband, how she feels about division for the country and it is her back story. they are pushing back on the idea that it could have been lifted from all places from a michelle obama speech, especially since they have been so anti the clintons and anti the obamas all this season. others acknowledge this does not look good and they're saying there's somebody in the campaign, whoever was

that was the never trump rallying cry. so ted cruz said that out loud and that meant something and it didn't go overwhelm. >> i don't think he thought it would. >> if you looked at chris christie in the audience there, it was clear it didn't go overwhelm with him. listen to what chris christie said to dana bash. >> i think it was awful. quite frankly, i think it was selfish and he signed a pledge. it's his job to keep his word. and donald trump gave him the opportunity to speak here at this convention tonight, and i think it was too cute, and i think you saw by the end of the speech that the crowd was waiting for him to do the right thing. and realized that once again, he wasn't going to do it. i think the performance you saw up there is why ted has so, so richly deserved the reputation that he's developed on capitol hill. >> so that's chris christie, sounding disappointed, but is he disappointed or mad? >> look what happened. i didn't get booed that mad when i did a natalie wood joke at a beagle adoption. it reminds me of

the i vote for donald trump. the nay vote was a vogt against donald trump. there was such confusion they today do it again. if the nay votes are synonymous with people not happy with him being nominee of this party then it tells me there is a lot of d discann discontent in the hall. i'm interested to see how well he is received tonight. >> you have voters saying, no, no, no, this isn't about donald trump at all. >> well, it is about donald trump. because they are disrupting his convention. and they know exactly what they were doing. >> paul manafort says look, this isn't the place or time to talk about rules for the next time around. we doll that after all is said and done. >> and manafort says we think the rules are rigged too. cruz did very well in the caucuses. they would like it change that as well. this is the place to talk about the rules. you may disagree with me but isn't this the place to talk about the rules? i think it is. it is where you have your convention delegates make rules for the -- >> isn't that in a rules committee? not on the -- >> but t

the apprentice." look at ivanka trump. man with a successful line of clothing an house products in her name who also understands the american consumer. she's someone who looks overall her advertising. >> very impressive woman, 34 years old. alex cass an knows is with us, senior strategist for rebuilding america now which is a new pro donald trump super pac, is that right? >> yes, it is. they're rehearsing up on the stage right now. you can't have any direct involvement with the trump campaign as a super pack, but you can support donald trump. explain to our viewers what you're doing, what your mission is? >> the way campaigns seem to work now under all the new campaign laws is that campaigns are limited in what they can raise, a few thousand dollars for the campaign itself for many contributors. but the media part of the campaign, the tv part can be supported with larger contributions through a super pac. it's what jeb bush did, what hillary clinton is doing with her pac, priorities usa. we were created to be the counterbal

they'll speak to the donald trump they know, the donald trump that may not always be con vained to the american public. so if i was donald trump trying example than taking s there's donald junior. >> i don't think you can underestimate that. it would be a completely different story without this generation of trumps involved. >> i don't think it's a fluke. he's got five kids. the more we hear from them, the more we like. he has this big brand, this big markets empire. when don junior says he's my best friend and mentor, i was with my 13-year-old daughter and she thought that was the sweetest thick to hear. that really helps. >> it does. and i've spoken to both of the sons at different times. talk about the fact that they all vacation together, that i all work together in offices that are side by side at trump tower, and, you know, he's talked about how his dad calls him on saturday morning and wants to talk business with him. so they're a hard-working crew. >> that's right. >> it raises the natural question, because we've all seen the kennedy family, the bush family, and you wonder if t

the speech by melania trump drawing charges of plagiarizism. several segments lifted from the speech from michelle obama's 2008 speech. listen. >> my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. >> barack and i were raised with so many of the same values like you work hard for what you want in life. that your word is your bond. that you do what you say you are going to do. >> that you treat people with respect. they taught and showed me values and morals in their daily life. that is a lesson that i continue to pass along to our son and we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. >> that you treat people with dignity and respect even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them. >> because -- because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. >> and barack and i set out to build lives gui

the question is, what is the trump? most of all, what can he say to dramatically change the point of view minorities to an even more extent college-educated white women them of him. >> i think, also, one thing that, like, mike said he may be incapable of this, but there are a lot of people looking for a reason to vote for him. they do not like her. more importantly, they don't trust her. i think a little humility, a little -- i haven't always lived my life like i was running for president, and i recognize that makes people uncomfortable. as your leader, you know, i'm going to be an ethical moral person. i wouldn't put it in those terms, exactly. but he should acknowledge that, you know, there are a lot of people who are uncomfortable with him. there's increasing evidence that he's under performing in very red states. and that's not over policy. that's over character and over a lot of christian conservatives, mormons in utah, and other mountain west states who say i can't get over the braggadocios, i can't get over the mu

for the trump campaign, they want to move on. there are speeches tonight and big name in the party that are going to be on stage and talking about the unity that's something that this whole event is supposed to bring about when you have house speaker paul ryan and mitch mcconnell and other big names and chris christie, ace hutchinson and the gov ner of arkansas. there are people that are going to talk act the responsibility of the delegates to help unite the party and try to help the republicans have more power in washington come january. you will hear a lot about hillary clinton tonight there are aides saying that for example we can expect mitch to talk about hillary clinton and sharper than we would see him and say that she is willing to do about anything to get elected. that kind of tone and then house speaker ryan is addressing this group and then of course he is the highest ranking republican official and he has had a relationship with donald trump but he will tell this crowd that he is voting for a vice president mike pence

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the trump people are in charge. now, i understand the bad blood between cruz and trump. understand that personal attacks. they are not easy to forget. but, you don't show up if you're not comfortable endorsing the candidate. governor john kasich has taken a lot of heat for not being here at the convention in cleveland. but in his conscience, kasich could not endorse trump so he stayed away. ted cruz should have done the same thing. and that's the memo. now for the story reaction here in the sky box opinion arthur "washington times." where am i going wrong, mr. wilson? >> i think the key difference here between what you said and what went on last night is endorsing trump was never part of this -- was on the table. what the trump campaign and what donald trump asked ted cruz to do was come and give a speech. at the very first discussion there, there was no even request for an endorsement. ultimately that request changed and came directly from donald trump and ted cruz and ted told him directly no, i'm not going to endorse him. >> cruz should have said i'm going to r not put

so the trump campaign continues to do the only thing it can do. put donald trump out there on the stage and the rally where he says the things that the people who already support him want to hear. >> i have guys out there and they really soar losers, if you think about it. just remember this, they signed a pledge saying they will abide, saying, they will back the candidate of the party and now they sit back and the pledges out there and the press doesn't even go out there on them on that. they broke the word, in my opinion, what they did was disgraceful. >> how about not being allowed to run for public office if you say broke your word to students, students who you took money from at the trump institute and trump university. how about not being allowed to run for president if you've been accused of fraud in federal courts from coast to coast because of the money you took at trump university. no nominee for the president has ever ever come close to feeling sorrier for himself that poorer little donald trump. >> you know, when you have guys like kris

shed the prefix presumptive and he is now the official republican nominee, trump thanking the is running mate in a video speech he beamed in from trump tower in manhattan. >> i'm so proud to be your nominee for president of the united states. i look forward to sharing my thoughts with you on thursday night on how we build a brighter and more hopeful future for all americans. it's an honor to run on a ticket with governor mike pence, who is an incredible man and who will make a great, great vice president. >> the official theme for the evening was "make america work again." but most of the speakers hammered away at hillary clinton and the delegates chanted, lock her up. senior political correspondent manu raju joins us. >> for a second straight day, you really heard speaker after speaker suggest that hillary clinton broke a law, some going as far as saying that perhaps she should be in jail. this has been the one message that has united the republican party, congressional leaders, rank and file republicans, the delegates, and the trump family themselves. going after hillary clin

of the trump family. donald trump jr. so this is a real moment of unity for these two men. both top and bottom of this republican ticket. i think in a way, brooke, this is a way for donald trump and mike pence to say, okay, now this is really our convention. you have some speakers on monday night. you had speakers or erers on tu night but tonight we'll here the vice presidential running mate. tomorrow night we'll hear from donald trump. we might how donald trump is, all bets are off. this ticket really coming together in its own here in cleveland. >> jim acosta, thank you so much for the play by play. we'll stay on the picture. i have a mega panel, just take my word for it. i've got about eight people standing by on the full political spectrum but we have to take a moment. let me just begin with you, your man knows how to make an entrance, doesn't he? >> this is big, bold and beautiful. we're doing right now what he wants all of us to do. >> talk about him. >> waiting for his emerging from the plane, waiti

trump over the top in the delate count tonight. congratulations, dad, we love you! [ applause ] >>> and prime time for pence. tonight is mike pence's big moment as donald trump's running mate steps into the spotlight for the first time, and gets all that comes with it. >> i actually got out of the car in the alley and i saw all of these cars, and i turned to the security official and i said, are they all with us? welcome to our world, dear. >>> and good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell at the republican national convention in cleveland where the speakers have been pillaring hillary clinton more than showing their love for donald trump, their new nominee. the political pros on the floor were telling me they are worried that team trump is showing it's inexperience. never more so than the blame game they engaged in over melania trump's big speech. campaign chairman paul manafort getting more questions again today at the return. >> we don't know what was done and who it was done by. as far as we're concerned the speech is melania's sp

this is an assault on the trump family by a speechwriter on the staff and how he imposes accountabilitya lot about his prospective presidency. >> think what this has done to melania trump the next time sheila approaches a microphone with a prepared speech. think about what this has done to that moment and the way that's going to be covered and the way those words will be analyzed. this is such an act of cruelty to her. and i again, i say i see the responsibility as being entirely, entirely on the speechwriter to come forward now to resign to apologize. i look at these things from a staff perspective having served on a staff myself. this is 100% the fault of one person at least. involved in writing that speech and that person should come forward. >> i will just say previous major speeches delivered by the candidate himself were we later found out written by his son-in-law. so it may be, we know it's a speech write are. who the speechwriter may be may surprise us in the end. >> we have not hold both speeches, mrs. obama and an-melania trump's up to a blight light to scour every word. we h

this is the donald trump show. is the donald trump convention and we have been distracted by this stupid, amateur mistake now for 36 hours. why did they do it? because that's what they've done for the last year and a half. they've made mistakes. they've done things and said things that would have killed any other campaign, and the next day they come out and double down and it's worked for them. they didn't realize they're now playing in a different league. it will not go away. it will bloom. >> this campaign has won. >> i think andy's sentiment is the reason why they're struggling so much because the sentiment that trump's won, so we can continue to run this campaign like the bad news bears and make these mistakes that are unforced errors. this is a general election and the world is watching. you're running up against a complete machine in the hillary clinton campaign that will take advantage of all of these mistakes and you cannot continue to not have a ground game and not have a communications department. i under

the picture is going to be donald trump's speech. the speech is great the convention will be remembered well. the frame is and what you look at. i had indications that he's working harder on this than on other things he's done the campaign. executes, and evocative executes, and i think he leaves here with a head of steam. the democratic vice presidential pick and conventional coming right up. they can do what they need to do. john: because the party is divided still, there will be people who for the rest of our lives say this was the worst republican convention. if donald trump goes on to win the presidency, he will say this was the beginning of the revolution and all you naysayers were totally wrong. effort is important that we have known others who put in a lot of effort and came up short. the going to require ability to appeal to a broader group of people. mark: you got comes your convention and execute competently. people are looking to be theater critics. one of the most closely watched theches is going to be speech by texas sen

trump to the grown children. it's going to be a very trump-convention. >> sreenivasan: gwen, picking up on the idea of national security, given events that have been happening in the past week and a half, both overseas and here domestically, how tight is the security, how hard is it for you to get where you are now? >> ifill: it's always difficult to get into these convention arenas. but it won't be as difficult today as it will be tomorrow when the delegates rierveg. i don't think it's anything to do with what we've seen in the past couple of weeks, that's what happens when you put these many people in one place at a moment of what could happen. >> sreenivasan: just a quick preview of what we can expenditure the audiences to speak. this is also a partnership with n pfortr. >> woodruff: it is, we're happy pbs weekend sunday host rachel martin will be with us and sharing the table with gwen and me will.domenico montinaro and mara liason. >> ifill: and david brooks and moork shields. whom we get to see all the time

the never trump forces. the gremlins. those declared dead are very close to forcing a lengthy state by state roll call vote on the rnc rules. we will keep monitoring this. we could see it play out in the floor, on the floor in just minutes. as for tonight, the convention headliner is someone the trump campaign says they thought would never get to say yes to speaking in front of thousands of people here and millions watching at home. donald trump's wife melania trump, will step into the white hot spotlight in just a few hours. but as republican delegations from every state in the union fill this arena, some with better seats than others of course trump's task is much more than just putting on a good show. he needs to show undecided skeptics out there that he can be the strong leader to guide this country through these turbulent times. the latest evidence of the divisions fracturing the country of course coming just a little bit more than 24 hours ago. a gunman assassinating three police officers in baton rouge. we'll have

the pro-trump forces were energetic. ried to do a voice vote on the rules. if the chair had been honest and measured who was louder, the anti-trump forces were louder which is why he went to do it a second time. >> this whole thing, whoever gets elected will be the one who is least disliked. we will have to see the purpose of this convention. hopefully it is to be less disliked now than by the base. it's not that difficult to figure out what the strategy is. youan donald trump -- mentioned a couple of places, can donald trump win florida? >> i have seen some people tell me they are outliers but they seem competitive. the only chance they have to win florida is how poorly hillary could do. he could win florida by default occurs hillary is continuing to implode. and 2012 gotmney approximately 40% of the latino vote and he still lost. the it has increased by 2.5%. from new were running into got the same percentage would have lost by a larger number? trump can donk better with reagan democrats than working-class. >> at this p

you have been with the trump campaign from the very beginning. nald trump has to be outraged. >> it was his wife. the first major public interduction. and the headline was that eggs were stolen. i have covered donald trump. he does not like criticism. i have had exchanging with him as we all know. criticism is something he does not like when it comes to his family and or his wife. but the trump campaign hopes to move beyond this. and i think it will help them get beyond this. what we have seen there from don, he is donald trump's son but he is one of his closest advisers. the trump children are really the incircle of this campaign. they have been there for every single major decision. and to their credit, when a lot of people didn't believe in donald trump, his children were behind him every single step of the way. i spoke to him after the top moment when he was able to proclaim the new york vote. and he said it's the coolest thing since he's had children to ever happen. he said it was so intense. and eric trump, he is in pure jubilation that this

the majority of them do want donald trump. there's still going to be a contingency of people who are frustrated with some of the things he said, some of his past positions and they're going to continue being vocal. it's critical for him that he try and i think he's trying very much to do this, to bring them all together. because, as i said before, the alternative is a democrat in the white house. >> ben carson still with us. that was a very effective use of a christian pastor right in the middle of some confusion there on the floor of the convention. that worked, didn't it? >> it did work, and it said something very important, and that is maybe we should rely a little more on our faith. i mean, our founding document says that our rights come from our creator. every pocket, every bill in your wallet, every coin in your pocket says "in god we trust." our pledge of allegiance says "we're one nation under god." so why don't we grasp that once again? because it's the thing that made us into such a great nation so quickly and disting

trump officially offered pence the position on thursday. e're told trump's children was heavily involved in the decision making process. some feel it was the right choice. cameras caught up with him after he got the official word on friday. >> i'm excited. i'm excited to be joining the ticket tomorrow with donald trump. i think he'll be a great president and i look forward to carrying his message all across the country in the months ahead and serving with him in the next administration. >> the feeling among some gop insiders is that pence brings balance to the ticket by appealing to social conservatives. tea partiers and evangelicals, the 56-year-old governor was a catholic until becoming a born again christian in the 70's. pence called trump's plan to ban muslims unconstitutional. pence voted to support the war in iraq. trump was against it. and has criticized hillary clinton for supporting it. pence endorsed ted cruz during the primaries. a senior advisor to mitt romney's presidential campaign saying pence used to be a real trump critic. s

lou: the trump family, four of the kids. n a few minutes. also donald jr. and his daughter tiffany will speak tonight. charlie hurt joins us after the break. we are live from the republican national convention, stay with us. there is much more to this evening. to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hear you. make sure your doctor hears you too! i hear you because i was there when my dad suffered with diabetic nerve pain. if you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands, don't suffer in silence! step on up and ask your doctor about diabetic nerve pain. tell 'em cedric sent you. ♪ 4 by 4 those who jump start the weekend. the ones who want to see it all... hear it all... and feel it all... all summer long. ♪ jeep renegade -- it's how we live 4 by 4 summer. ♪ lou: donald trump is about to speak live from trump tower in new york to all of the delegates assembled in the qu

the united states, donald j. trump. >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, new mexico, 24 votes trump. >> new york. 95 delegates with the following bound delegates. 89 trump, six kasich. >> madam secretary, new york, the empire state and the home of donald j. trump passes. >> new york passes. >> the reason that new york has just passed is for dramatic purposes. new york state is of course donald trump's home state. they are holding off in terms of their position in the alphabetical call so that they can be the state that comes in at just the right numerical time in order to cast their vote so they can be the state that puts trump over the top to 1237 and officially clinching the nomination. >> even more catching up the person doing the passing for new york, richard nixon's son-in-law and before that, the governor of new mexico was in that famous tussle with donald j. trump during the campaign. >> north carolina, one of the fastest growing state economies under governor pat m

of course the trump supporters. ervatives out there who go, yeah, this man is not acceptable to us, and he doesn't believe the things we believe. he said to those people, i'm willing to wait for it. look at me later. >> you think there's any case to be made, david, that cruz did trump a favor by uniting the convention in passion of, hey, this is wrong, what you're doing. that means trump is our guy. it's the only time we've ever seen them do that at the convention. >> no, he didn't unite the convention, and it would be a disgrace and a scandal if this convention were united. the only way to unite it is unite it behind a man who just that same night repudiated nato, defended erdogan's counter-coup in turkey, broke faith with the american structure. it scalds me. it burns me that the democratic nominee was able truthfully to issue a statement immediately after yesterday's performance to say hillary clinton will protect our allies. how shameful for the party of ronald reagan and dwight eisenhower that can so accurately

to endorse donald trump. thethey actually created sympathy for donald trump in corners where before none had existed. so, this was unbelievable. >> and i have to say, if trump sticks to that line of what he said to hallie, which is, hey, i loved the cruz speech, and then says nothing else, you know -- >> the chances are like 0.002 -- >> but, but, but -- >> it could happen. >> however -- >> okay. >> he's going to make it until midnight, i think. he's got 30 minutes. he hasn't tweeted yet. but i'll say this, the other part of in is, look, i think mike pence did his job. i think peter baker on twitter said he did exactly what a running mate's supposed to do. >> right. >> he introduced himself, promoted the top of the ticket and went after the opponent. he did it in the mike pence way, very -- it checked all the fundamentals that you want in a good speech. >> yeah. >> it wasn't rip-roaring. it didn't, like, own the room. and a part of that is not his fault. it's because ted cruz sort of took away, i think, the opport

the question is, what is the trump? most of all, what can he say to dramatically change the point of view minorities to an even more extent college-educated white women them of him. >> i think, also, one thing that, like, mike said he may be incapable of this, but there are a lot of people looking for a reason to vote for him. they do not like her. more importantly, they don't trust her. i think a little humility, a little -- i haven't always lived my life like i was running for president, and i recognize that makes people uncomfortable. as your leader, you know, i'm going to be an ethical moral person. i wouldn't put it in those terms, exactly. but he should acknowledge that, you know, there are a lot of people who are uncomfortable with him. there's increasing evidence that he's under performing in very red states. and that's not over policy. that's over character and over a lot of christian conservatives, mormons in utah, and other mountain west states who say i can't get over the braggadocios, i can't get over the mu

>> that's the hope of the trump campaign. e need to keep in mind is that while the kids did terrific. i think tiffany was lovely. and she really did humanize her dad in a way that he desperately needed. and donald trump jr. was great. and i do think he did him a favor in terms what amanda was snag te saying in terms of making people a little more comfortable. but at the end of the day, people aren't voting for the kids, they understand -- not to mean any disrespect, they're prop props, right, and especially for donald trump who didn't listen to anybody. and yes, his kids are his advisers, and what donald trump is going to do is what donald trump wants to do. so far he's does nothing to indicate that he wants to appeal to a broader cross section of american which is he needs to do if he wants to win. >> and if you just heard donald trump, where is mike pence fit in? by the way. >> those are the kid who may have forced mike pence. >> i don't thing anyone votes for a candidate on who the vice president is. i think the key for mik