Nightly news begins right now. The Republican National convention. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from cleveland. Good evening. After two nights largely dedicated to reasons why Hillary Clinton should not be president , we may hear the case for donald trump tonight, when his vicepresident ial running mate, governor mike pence, takes the stage in primetime. Its the latest shoe that dropped in the Melania Trump speech controversy that is dominating the buzz here this evening all because the campaign itself breathed new life into the embarrassing flap today when it acknowledged passages of her speech were in fact lifted from Michelle Obamas 28th 2008t2008 convention address. Katy tur has late details. Reporter donald trump touching down in cleveland, stepping off his helicopter to his awaiting family. Noticeably absent, trumps wife, melania, 36 hours after she was accused of plagiarism and after repeated denials, team trump finally admitted that the speech wa
Scott pelley, reporting tonight from the Republican National convention in cleveland, ohio. Pelley this is our western edition. On the eve of this convention the country has been shaken by another deadly act of violence. Six Law Enforcement officers were shot this morning in baton rouge, louisiana. Three are dead, another is in Critical Condition tonight. They were ambushed by a gunman that the Police Identified as a black exmarine from kansas city. The shooting comes less than two weeks after a black man was shot to death by White Police Officers during a struggle with Baton Rouge Police. That was followed by the assassination of five dallas officers by a black gunman out for revenge. David begnaud is in baton rouge. Reporter just before 9 a. M. This morning, officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect less than a mile from police headquarters. Authorities say officers were responding to a 911 call after witnesses saw a man acting suspiciously. He was dressed in all black and carrying a
You have fought and triumphed together. Where is lord cornwallace . He is under the weather, sir. General lincoln here will accept the sword. [ shouting ] open the door what is this . Gentlemen, our nation is on the verge of collapse because we are not truly one nation. Our Current Congress can achieve nothing because every state, no matter how small, has an equal vote. We must have a Congress Whose members are proportional and elected by direct vote. Yes. Yes of course, virginia would propose such a plan. The larger states will hold all the power. We fought to preserve the sovereignty of the various states. Congress must remain as a single body with one representative per state. Yes. I would rather have a monarch again than a tyranny of the states. Open the damn door [ shouting ] my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty land where my fathers died land of the pilgrims pride from every mountainside let freedom ring pushed to their limits by an oppressive empire, a determined group o
Julie garrett teny has the latest from the white house. Reporter the president feels the report vindicates what hes been saying for more than a year now, that government officials under the Obama Administration had it out for him. This morning he tweeted the i. G. Report totally destroys james comey and all of his minions including the great lovers, peter strzok and lisa page who started the witch hunt against innocent people. It will go down as a dark and dangerous period in american history. Leading up to the report, we knew about the antitrump Text Messages that were exchanged during the campaign. The i. G. s report revealed they werent the only fbi officials exchanging text that were critical of donald trump. The Inspector General referred five fbi employees for investigation in connection with the texts. President trump said those are a few bad apples at the top of the fbi and as a whole the bureau is making changes for the better. The people in the fbi are incredible. I would bet
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, President Trump defending his move turning tables on the Mueller Investigation. Hes ordering all u. S. Intelligence agencies to assist the attorney general, william barr, in a probe of surveillance of the 2016 Trump Campaign which ultimately led to the appointment of the special Counsel Robert Mueller. The president calling all of it an attempted coup. Also, the president is denying knowledge of a video he retweeted that had been edited to make House Speaker nancy pelosi appear to be slurring her words. And he questioned her fitness while accusing her of saying horrible things about him. Ill talk about that and more with congressman madeline dean of the Judiciary Committee and our correspondents and analysts also standing by, first, lets go to pamela brown. Shes already in tokyo where the president is now heading. Pamela, the president has left multiple controversies in his wake. Reporter yeah, thats right. President trump did not hol