Encouraging anybody in harms way to get out of harms way. To answer your question, as of right now there are no changes. He is first and foremost, the commanderinchief of this country and if plans need to be changed, they will. Host what can we expect tonight . Guest i think we will get an aspirational look at what can be done in this country, what has been done economically amount what is happening right now regarding the economic renaissance in america. We know we have a lot of hard work to do but there are very real reasons and data points that suggest that the economic rebuild of our country has commenced and has accelerated. 20 20 is a very unusual year in a very ways 2020 is unusual year. That includes those of us in politics. I believe the vote will be decided largely on the basis that it normally is. I mean citizens will say which candidate can make me personally and the country collectively more prosperous in the years ahead. President trump is going to focus on that economic message, about vitality, renewal and rebuilding. He will make the case that he has a track record for creating conditions of prosperity in this country looking backward and forward into a second term. Host if you look at recent polls, it shows the president trailing the former Vice President by as much as 10 . Or what dor strategy your polls show if they dont reflect that number and what is your strategy to overcome that gap . Guest i think this is important. We Pay Attention to polls. But they are not our northstar. They dont decide every bit of nottegy and the white house decide policy on the basis of polls. I think that trends are important. It is one barometer that we consider. The trends are friendly for the president. We have seen a tightening of polls when we look at battleground states. I will also tell you i was involved in the 2016 campaign. I worked for trunk then. The private citizen candidate trump. I heard a lot of naysayers and critics tell us the polls suggested a blow out in favor of hillary clinton. That did not happen. I will tell you that to some degree i hope there is complacency on the other side. I hope they believe they have this sewn up. We dont see it that way. One poll i will cite is the economists poll that came out yesterday. That showed the approvaldisapproval rating for the president. I am not cherry picking the polls to make the president look good because he is still at a negative deficit meaning according to the economists, there are more people who disapprove than approve. That differential narrowed from 12 points all the weight all the way to six. A6point move in a poll like that is a big deal. A 6 point move is a big deal. If you look at the data on the issue of the economy which i believe is going to be the primary decisionmaker for most americans. On the issue of the economy, the president enjoys a 13 positive differential, meaning 30 more of americans approve of his job on the economy versus disapprove. I really believe that come decision time, i believe that will be the primary driver of peoples votes. President s votes among those who voted for him in 2016 remain strong. How will he reach out to groups on the fence . What are those groups . Which voters are you looking at . Guest a great question. The enthusiasm among Trump Supporters is unsurpassed. We have never seen anything like it in politics. There is an enormous gap between the enthusiasm of our supporters for the president versus the enthusiasm of Vice President bidens supporters. Even though people who tell us they are going to vote for him are not enthusiastic. They are not committed. To answer your question about new voters and who do we reach, who is persuadable. I am hispanic and i believe hispanics are the key to victory in many ways. They were in 2016. We got when he 9 of the hispanic vote according to cnn polling. We got 29 of the hispanic vote. I believe right now when i look at the public polling and private polling, we are trending right above 40 approval for President Trump among hispanics. I want to do better than that. I want to win the hispanic vote. That is my goal. 40 a number around probably makes the electoral map prohibitive for the democrats because a 40 hispanic number for President Trump probably wraps up places like arizona and florida in our column and probably puts in place states we did not get last time like nevada and new mexico. When i look at hispanics and when i talk to them and analyze the polling data on the hispanic community, like other americans, i think their primary concern is the economy, vitality of this country. They know how well we did in the first three years of the Trump Presidency before the entire globe was halted i the wuhan was halted by the wuhan virus. The Economic Data i spent 25 years on wall street before i got full time into this career in politics. I watch the data closely. The Economic Data over the last few weeks is pretty astounding. It tells us that the Great American rebuild has commenced and i believe it will accelerate into a second trumpet term. I believe that promise is part of winning over hispanic votes. We are doing very well in polls but not going to be complacent. We are going to work and grind to earn every single vote. I think the most persuadable and the biggest new group that can be won over by the president is hispanic america. Host also the president declining among female voters. Can he win in november without improving those numbers . Guest i think we need to do well among women, clearly. Particularly among suburban women. There is reason polling that is encouraging. Reutersst put out polling, there was no considerable bounds for the convention. Despite an entire week of coverage and attention from the Corporate Media for the democrats, there was no convention bounds which is historically typical of the convention. In that same poll it showed us that suburban voters, we actually gained 4 among suburban voters during their convention. I believe that suburban women are understandably very concerned about law and order and the rule of law in this country as we have seen too many cities led by liberal democratic mayors. Places like portland and minneapolis and chicago. Too many of those cities have descended into chaos. A lot of women, particularly suburban women will make the very rational case that even if they dont necessarily embrace all of the America First agenda, even if they dont love President Trump, that they realize that he has earned the endorsement of countless Police Organizations all over the country. We saw one of them speak right last night at the Republican National convention. The Largest Organization that has endorsed our campaign. Dozens of these organizations. I suspect and hope and believe that those endorsements are going to earn the support of a lot of american women. Host in georgia, republican caller. Caller how are you all doing this morning . Host good morning. Caller i hear all the time about trumps lies. Beau biden said he would not waste taxes on anyone making less than 400,000. I have friends that make 75,000 dollars per year with three or four kids and they got a 100 tax cut and biden says he will get rid of that. To me, that is raising taxes on people making less than 400,000. So biden is the big liar, not trump. Host im sorry, i thought he was done. He is asking you to comment. Guest you are a wise man and you are exactly right. 82 of americans got a tax cut under President Trump tax reform. Joe biden is going to take away all of those cuts and then some. We know that 82 of americans are going to pay more. And he says nobody under 400,000 income will see an increase, that is a lie. You dont have to take my word for it. The school of business at the university of pennsylvania, not a place that is known as a rightwing institution, it did an analysis on his tax proposals and said that every single quintile, meaning every fifth of an income pie will see increase. Those in the top tier will see the biggest increase but even the bottom fifth will see an tax will see a tax increase. That is according to the school of business at the university of pennsylvania. Host in michigan, democratic caller. About jamescalling and you had a senator from south carolina. They gave the same speech that they gave during the 2020 election. N james gave the same sick same speech in 2016 and President Trump supported him. . Hy cant they get new writers they are just plagiarizing the same speech. The same thing as melania trump. That hepanics looks out for them. There are a lot of mexican children still in cages. I dont understand how you say he is going to get the mexican vote. He has discouraged any allies with other countries. Host ok, steve cortes . Guest first i would say regarding hispanics, the president is prioritizing american citizens regardless of their color. We dont care if they are black, brown, white or purple. We want to defend american citizens first. A big part of that is securing the border because it makes ande for economic, National Health in our country. I would also say that those who suffer the most from tolerating border tend to be minority americans. It is hispanics and blacks who have to compete in the labor market against illegal immigrant labor. If you look at the commonality of illegal aliens, and i am not saying that all illegals have criminal motives, but some clearly are. If you look at the criminality of bruce like ms 13 and read the horrific stories about their rhymes, the victims are almost always hispanic american. It is not just a good idea for white americans, it is a good idea for americans period. If you have a problem with the speeches, you have to talk to the speechwriters. Obviously, it is not plagiarizing to you if it is your own words. But regarding the first lady, i thought her address two nights ago was wonderful. She is a woman of unbelievable elegance and charm and grace in a terrific setting at the rose garden. I thought it was in the aspirational speech and she reached out in a way that i think was healing and inspiring. As a Trump Campaign operative, i am of the view that the more we see of melania trump, the better we will do as a campaign. Host why is that . What are her poll numbers like . Guest her poll numbers are terrific. We often see this from people who are not politicians themselves. A similar phenomenon with Michelle Obama because they dont have to get into the roughandtumble of politics and partisan politics. They obviously have a close connection to politics. I think she is an extremely likable character. She is someone who resonates with the American People. She is an illegal she is a legal immigrant to this country. There is a lot about her that the people find very compelling. Ishope and my expectation that the more we see of her, the better the campaign does. Host where will the First Lady Campaign after this weeks convention and where will the president be campaigning . Guest i cannot get into future plans beyond this week. I can tell you that the president is going on friday to New Hampshire, a state that we think we can win this time. It is important. I will point out that the president is traveling. He knows that he can travel safely. A lot of us are traveling safely around the country right now. A lot of folks are physically going to work on a essential workers. You know who was not traveling . Joe biden. He is not left the state of delaware and claims he is not going to. I will also point out the contrast versus his own running mate. Kamala harris is coming to washington dc. I am speaking to you just outside the nations capital. Kamala harris is coming to washington dc to give a speech. He will give a prebuttal i say to that, bring it on. It is fair play. The president went to Vice President bidens hometown on thursday when biden got discrimination. Kamala harris wants to come to washington to try to get some president s the temporary hometown of washington dc, fine. I want to point out the contrast. Kamala harris is traveling. Joe biden is not. Number one, why isnt biden giving a speech number two, why is it safe for Kamala Harris to travel but not for joe biden . Where is joe . Host we are covering both of those events that you mentioned on cspan, on our website, or you can download the free radio app. We are also covering the Campaign Event in New Hampshire on friday. 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. Also right here on cspan and on the website and with our free cspan radio app. Sean in baltimore, independent, you are next. Caller good day to you all. I am a 39yearold black man. I really dont support trump, i just want to say the media makes him out to seem like a really bad guy. He is not as bad as the media same. Him trump is not as bad as the media makes him same. I was not a big time trump support effort. I really despised him at first. But i have grown to see that he has actually done some good things. Host what are the good things that come to mind . Well, the things he has done for hbcus, i have to admit, that was pretty good. He is for law and order. And also, the tax cut. I hated that at first. I have to admit, i have benefited from that. He also has shown me that the democrat party, they dont care about black people. They really dont. As a matter of fact, i wont ever vote democrat unless the democrats can raise john f. Kennedy from the grave. Im trying to figure out if i am going to vote for trump. I am not there yet. There are a lot of things that he would do that i dont like. The same with republicans. Rtesst want to let mr. Co know that he and the Trump Campaign are not as bad as the left say they are. I actually think you more that he might get more think he might get more of the black vote this time. Host steve cortes, how do you convince sean . Guest it sounds like you are close. I want to persuade you to get into our camp. First of all, the Democratic Party does take voters of color for granted. They believe they are entitled to black votes and hispanic votes. That is not the case. ,oe biden even insulted callously insulted blacks by saying if you dont vote for me, you are not black. Essentially saying, you dont have agency. I only view you skin deep rather than viewing you as a citizen of this country with a mind of his or her own. We will not treat you that way. I understand you saying you dont love everything about donald trump. You are not ready to take the leap to vote for him. I would like to convince you that our policies at the trumpet administration have been Trump Administration have been terrific. M was haltedump boo by the wuhan virus. The very people who lag behind during the obama years became the biggest gainers in terms of Income Growth in this country, hispanics and blacks in america. We are starting to do that again. This economic rebuilding is rewarding working class americans, prioritizing working americans, many of black and brown who have lost their jobs because those like joe biden insisted on exporting jobs overseas, particularly to china. Nafta,wful trade deals, the inclusion of china into the wto. They did real economic violence to manufacturing in a lot of cities in this country and minorities suffered particularly. I would also try to convince you that when it comes down to it, even if you dont love donald trump, this is not a referendum up or down on trump him a it is a binary trump binary choice of either trump or biden. I would hope that i could convince you that donald trump is your affirmative troth affirmative choice. The reality is, even if you dont love donald trump as an individual, i would hope that you see it as a binary choice. It is either biden who has been in 1972dinosaur elected to the u. S. Senate, the year i was born. I am not a young man. I have adult children. I was in diapers when joe biden was elected in 1972. The choice is between a swamp dinosaur who was corrupted, a globalist believes in exporting jobs all over the world or donald trump who believes in American Economic nationalism. I would encourage anyone on the fence to watch his address tonight from the white house. Watch it here on cspan so you dont have to be interrupted. All of the other networks, i give congratulations to cspan2. Howing uninterrupted coverage with an open mind, i invite you to ask watch the president. Host we will show you the convention in its entirety as we did for the Democratic National committee and and this week with the Republican National convention. When it concludes, we will open the phone lines and get your reaction to what you heard. Republican,icut, hi, dave. Caller good morning. I am a middleaged prolife veteran trump supporter. Last night was a reminder that trump stands for law and order. I was excited to hear ivanka tonight. I want to hear what you have to say about trenton being an result a resultoriented fighter and i will take my answer off the air. Host steve cortes . Guest i think you are exactly right. The president is a fighter. Sometimes his pugnacious nature does get him into trouble. I think on the whole the American People realize that we needed a fighter, that washington, dc, the entire system of the beltway existed forth own benefit to the detriment of workingclass for its own benefit to the detriment of the workingclass and it took someone from outside the realm of politics to smash the system. The job is not done. I think we need another trump term to solidify the Republican Party as a party of workers. We are also a party of life and im glad you mentioned that. This convention has been unapologetic in its defense of life. Last night there was a sister, colonel, ar, an Army Physician and a catholic nun. She spoke powerfully to the American People affirming a culture of life and saying that President Trump has been the most prolife president in American History and the contrast is important. If you contrast that with biden and harris, and joe biden used to be a centrist. Used to be reasonable on a lot of issues including the life issue. He believes in abortion until the moment of birth. He and harris are the most radical antilife ticket in the history of the Democratic Party. This is not your parents or your grandparents Democratic Party. This is not a party for workers, not a party for people of faith. They are not welcome in the 2020 Democratic Party. This is one of the reasons we are going to prevail. People of faith have been inspired by what President Trump has done. They have been inspired by our focus on life issues during this convention. It is the right thing to do and it is also going to be politically successful for him for us come november. Host do you have enough voters to be successful when Research Finds more than one third of americans who identify as repubilcan do not agree with their party on a motion their party on a mobile agree with the Democratic Party on abortion and 23 who say they do not agree with either party. Of these values voters are critical to us, specifically in the midwest states which are likely to determine the election outcome. Vote16 52 of the catholic was republican. Winnercs determine the of the president ial elections. We are pulling very well among evangelicals and catholics. I do believe the life issue is a winning issue. To connect it to hispanics. More prolife17 than are white americans. I think the primary driver of voting will be the economy. Clearly there are other issues that are important to different constituencies. When it comes to catholics in places like pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan. When it comes to hispanics i is theeing prolife politically successful thing to do. Host we will hear from john and michigan, a democratic caller. Caller good morning. To say three things real quick and i will get off the air. , a couple of his statements are truly not true. For one, abortion. Nixon andigned by confirmed by a republican Supreme Court. That is one. Created by the Republican Party and passed by clinton. Thatwas a republican bill republicans pushed all the way to his desk to get signed. Two administrations three, what has trump done for hispanic voters in his first four years besides call them murderers, rapists, and everything like that . Host real quickly. Number four, the russians. Russia has become stronger. Russia is doing things to our country and our soldiers that this president took an oath to protect. I serve this country for six years. This president is a disgrace. Host i want to jump in so steve can respond. Abortion was never decided legislatively, it was decided by the Supreme Court back in 19 72. Regarding nafta, there were a lot of republicans who push hard for nafta in the 90s. That is not the Republican Party of 2020 or the Republican Party of donald trump. Part of why he got involved in not just democratic ideas but establishment republican ideas. A lot of republicans joined the democrats in selling out American Workers for globalist policies like nafta. I will be the first to agree muchyou there, we ran as against the establishment Republican Party as we did against democrats. , to theback to today present tense in terms of what is President Trump doing for hispanics in this country. He is doing this for working class people largely. What he is doing is creating conditions where workingclass people can succeed. He is doing that by encouraging to haveenterprise regulatory relief. Business can handle regulations effectively, big is in us is often write the regulations government places upon them. Small enterprises have a tough time thriving and succeeding with burdensome regulation. We will continue that. The reason i mention that regarding hispanics, and our communities hispanics are consistently the most entrepreneurial demographic in american society. The easier you make things for entrepreneurs you will help americans, particularly hispanic americans. Its one of the reasons we are seeing polling numbers, hispanics shocked the world in 2015 with their support of President Trump. We are seeing public polling as well as what we are doing privately, the campaign has showed us its a little better than we did in 2016 and one of the biggest reasons is his encouragement of entrepreneurship and his creating of the conditions for enterprise for Small Businesses to succeed in this country. Host thank you tonight is the final night of the republican convention. Sident trump will speeches will deliver a speech. Watch live beginning at 8 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Newsletter offers a synopsis of the days key events. Sign up at cspan. Org connect. 6 00 p. M. An at eastern for President Trumps acceptance speech from the 2016 Republican National convention. At of tonights final evening of the Republican National convention all day today, we are bringing you live coverage of lytic events and conversations. Coming up, democratic Vice President took candidate Kamala Harris will comment on black lives matter protests around the country in the coronavirus pandemic. It starts at 3 00 p. M. Eastern. The Washington Post sits down with white House Counsel or Kellyanne Conway to talk about president ial politics, the response to the pandemic and other issues. Federal reserve chair Jerome Powell announced the goal of keeping the inflation rate at about 2 annually. Rateed has a plan if the drops or rises too much. Chairman powell also discussed covid19s impact on the economy. Good afternoon, good evening and good night to our guests from 46 countries around the world in at least 12 different time zones. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the feder