Reached the United States. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Now, whether you think hes a saviour from politics or a signs of the apocalypse, donald trump officially clinched the nomination for president of the United States. On june 16th, 2015, lets walk back to that magic day, donald trump announcing his president ial bid. Most republican elites at the time were doing everything that they could to suppress their smirks. They thought it was a publicity ploy. He included references to mexicans as rapists and rivals such as jeb bush or scott walker, that speech was seen as unserious but today we are sitting here on may 26th, 2016, and hell be on the ticket for the republican nomination. How did we get here . Republicans missed opportunity after opportunity to take trump the insurgent seriously. And then after the establishment, trump tapped into something they all missed. Antiwashington, antipolitician, antitrade deal, antiillegal immigration. The establishm
On the republican side, ted cruz is likely to be mathematically eliminated from a first ballot Convention Victory tonight. Needing 98 of the remaining delegates to stay viable. Leaving donald trump as the only candidate who can conceivably win the 1,237 convention votes before cleveland this july. Yesterday we told you that ted cruz and john kasich were going to stay out of each others way in key upcoming states that kasich would bow out of indiana and cruz in turn would let kasich go after new mexico and oregon. Yesterday morning over breakfast, that plan hit a speed bump. No no no. Im not going to go tell anybody how to vote. They but look, this is a matter of resources. Were running a national campaign. We want to apply our resources where we think they can be used most effectively and its all designed to stop Hillary Clinton from becoming president. Well, i have never told them not to vote for me. They ought to vote for me. But im noefr not over there not im over there campaigning
Bus station in tartus and another in the residential neighborhood of jabla. At least 78 people were killed. In fallujah, iraq, new exclusive video of the all out battle between isis fighters and Iraqi Security forces. Iraqs Prime Minister announcing the operation to liberate fallujah is under way and reportedly trapped inside the city and to the east near the pakistan and afghanistan border, new information about the death of Mohamed Mansour confirming he was in an air strike over the weekend and now hearing the Insurgent Group is meeting to choose a new top commander. Weve got full coverage of those stories from correspondents. Our pentagon correspondent, and jim sciutto covering the National Security angle and our Senior International Nick Paton Walsh. This operation to liberate fallujah in a decisive stage. No question. You could see how difficult it is with the first images there. Theyre clearly on the outskirts of the city. This is a big city and as they move inside, it would be d
York. Roads buckling. A child left in a car, now in intensive care. The heat dome in 26 states tonight. And prince charming turns 3. But why his birthday photo is causing controversy tonight. The warning now issued. Can you spot why . Good evening and as we come on the air, Hillary Clinton has just revealed her pick. She has chosen senator tim kaine of virginia as her running mate. Husband and father of three he serves on the armed selves and Foreign Relations committees. She made the announcement in a tweet and then a text to supporters just a short time ago. So the questions tonight, who he and how is he expected to help her on the ticket . Abcs cecilia vega is standing by live in florida. She leads us off. And, cecilia, youre getting new information from your sources tonight how this choice was made. Reporter david, apparently this decision was made just today that Hillary Clinton called tim kaine to deliver the news within the hour. I want to tell you a little about some of the inf