, mother to luke and daughterinlaw of our 45th president donald j. Trump. Tonight, i come to you simply as an american. My life began like many, i grew up in North Carolina, my parents were Small Business owners and work hard to make sure that my brother and i had everything we needed, and not every thing we wanted. Me to believesed that in america i can achieve anything with hard work and determination. I should dream big. I did. Those very dreams are what led me to new york city. I had heard the adage if i can make it there, i can make it anywhere. I intended to do just that. Never in one million years that i think i would be on this stage tonight and i certainly never thought i would end up with the last name trump. My seventh grade english teacher used to tell us, believe none of what you hear, half of what you read, and only what you are there to witness firsthand. The meaning of those words never fully weighed on me until i met my husband and the trump family. Had ofconceived not
A night of pageantry and politics that collides with breaking news on our shores and in our streets. Protests continue for the third night in wisconsin after the shooting of jacob blake in the back by police. A young vigilante who took up a rifle to confront protesters there has now been arrested for shooting three. Two of the victims are dead. And in an extraordinary move, the nba has posttoned tonights playoff games after the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their game to protest the shooting of blake. The wnba, major league baseball, Major League Soccer have postponed their games tonight. Meantime, hurricane laura is bearing down on the louisiana texas border. Now a fierce category 4 storm. Set to be one of the strongest ever to make landfall in the United States. So, lets get the latest from ginger zee in port arthur. Ginger, i can see the wind is kicking up right now. We are just about to get in the main shield of what is hurricane laura. That category 4 storm, now the center of it is ab
The shooting of a black man led to protest and violence there. And the protests have now reached the world of sports tonight. The nbas three playoff games suspended as well as three Major League Baseball games postponed for the night. And the rising death toll in the covid pandemic, surpassing 180,000 deaths in this country according to the latest count by nbc news. We are likely to hear more about these topics tonight and our team of correspondents will dig into how all these issues could shape this election. The convention has been underway tonight for 90 minutes. We heard from several white house staffers in the last hour, and we are waiting any moment now. Laura trump, the daughterinlaw of President Trump. But the main event, Vice President pence, chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson is at fort mchenry where the Vice President is speaking. Hallie, what are we expecting . Reporter savan saw, you talked about all the news happening as we come on the air tonight. The Vice Pr
Amendment. Today our new exhibit, rightfully hers, american women and the vote, opened up stair in the lawrence f. Obrien gallery. This exhibit is a corner stone of our sentenal celebration of the 19th amendment. Which gave women the right to vote. The 19th amendment is rightfully celebrated as a major milestone made possible by decades of suffrage relentless Political Engagement and one critical piece of the larger story of womens battle for the vote. Rightfully hers begins with the suffrage that doesnt end with the 19th amendments ratification. The final section examines the Immediate Impact and the voting right struggles that persisted into modern day. And corrine porter, stand up, is the curator of that exhibit. [ applause ] one of the goals of the exhibit is to recognize both the broad diversity of suffrage activists and the many bases on which american women have been barred from voting. As susan ware does in why they march the exhibit looks beyond the familiar names such as susa
Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The event will begin momentarily. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the chairwoman of the Republican National committee. Hello this convention will come to order [cheers and applause] 2020ates, welcome to the Republican National convention. Offering todays invitation, invocation, please welcome from vermont, j sheppard. Thank you, ronna. My name is jay and i am a republican. I am also a catholic donald trump republican. By the grace of god, i am an american. So let us pray. Thank you, o lord, for all the gifts you provide us, not because we deserve them, but solely through your grace and mercy, let us acknowledge the many gifts that god has bestowed upon us, starting with a president and Vice President that reflect the values of our founding fathers. And are willing to fight for those values, starting with life, knowing that all life is precious, from conception to natural death. There is no choice to f