Good evening from the quicken loans arena in cleveland where we witnessed a moment few could have predicted a year ago. Donald trump, Real Estate Developer turned real estate star who barrelled through 17 primary opponents on a wave of populist anger was officially nominated as a republican partys candidate for president. The new york delegation led by his son, donald trump, jr. , putting himself over the top, and trump, himself made an appearance by video at the convention for the second night in a row. All of it coming on what should have been a crowded moment for the now official gop nominee, but marred by controversy swirling around him, and well hear from two of Donald Trumps children headliners tonight, and here on the panel is chuck todd, Savannah Guthrie and nicole wallace. Who thought wed be here . I dont think anyone. Indiana primary, i fully believed this moment was going to happen. It has happened, and as we said, 17, we started with 17. Talk about the tone weve seen tonigh
Politics on her own coming out of law school. And part of what Hillary Clinton now says about that is it just didnt really occur to her. Or seemed like something that made sense. Sreenivasan and im Hari Sreenivasan in Washington Well have all the non Convention News of the day, including the final and heartbreaking report from a rescue boat off the libyan coast where another desperate journey ends in tragedy. We are not dealing with numbers. We are talking about human beings, people like you, like me, and everybody has their own story. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resili
Good evening from the quicken loans arena in cleveland where we witnessed a moment few could have predicted a year ago. Donald trump, Real Estate Developer turned real estate star who barrelled through 17 primary opponents on a wave of populist anger was officially nominated as a republican partys candidate for president. The new york delegation led by his son, donald trump, jr. , putting himself over the top, and trump, himself made an appearance by video at the convention for the second night in a row. All of it coming on what should have been a crowded moment for the now official gop nominee, but marred by controversy swirling around him, and well hear from two of Donald Trumps children headliners tonight, and here on the panel is chuck todd, Savannah Guthrie and nicole wallace. Who thought wed be here . I dont think anyone. Indiana primary, i fully believed this moment was going to happen. It has happened, and as we said, 17, we started with 17. Talk about the tone weve seen tonigh
The crowd of delegates erupting into chants of lock her up, referring to Hillary Clinton, as new Jersey Governor Chris Christie goes on the attack in his address to the rnc. Good evening, everybody, im Jim Rosenfield live once again from cleveland, ohio, from the q, the home of the Republican National convention. Governor christie followed some other heavy hitters in the party tonight, he even overshadowed donald trump, who broke with tradition once again by addressing the crowd via video tonight. And the same night he officially became the partys nominee. Were going to win the presidency and bring change and leadership to washington. Donald trump brought his bravado tonight to the rnc. Trump pledged to make america work again. With that, the attack dog role was left to new Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who immediately took aim at trumps opponent in november, Hillary Clinton. Lock her up lock her up the crowd voicing their displeasure with clinton, while christie hit her on her email
Stephanopoul stephanopoulos. Good evening and welcome to day two here in cleveland. Its official now. Tonight, donald trump has become the republican nominee for the United States. He has rolled over more than a dozen republican candidates and here is that piece of history. Put over the top by his son, don jr. It is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates. And another 6 for john kasich. Congratulations, dad, we love you then just about an hour ago, donald trump spoke to this convention for the second time in two nights. And bracing that moment. Today has been a very, very special day, watching my children put me over the top earlier. Nominee. I will never forget it. It is something i will never, ever forget. A little over one year ago, i announced my candidacy for president. And with your vote today, this stage of the president ial process has come to a close. Were going to bring back our jobs. Were going to rebuild our dep