Her father. Then, its mr. Trumps turn and hell deliver what many are calling the most important speech of his career. His primary task is to convince the American People that he should be their 45th president. Everything has been leading up to this moment, the moment when donald gets to speak to the nation. But this man is unpredictable, known for going off script and shooting from the hip traits that make him seem at times unpresident ial. That could be risky for him. John, can he polish up his act . Does he have to . Some have argued thats part of his appeal. Heres what he has to do. Whether an unscripted part or written text. He has to make americans feel differently than he has up until now. He has a base. He won the republican nomination but he needs to expand that base to win the general election and hes got to have people be able to envision him behind the oval office, see him as commander in chief. The campaign has already released some transcripts, some pieces of his speech to
Party to take on Hillary Clinton in the general election. After cruz refusal to endorse me the one and only loustions, dobbs and in the moment we will have nigel farage join us and nigel farage was the man who was behind the uk exiting the eu and a lot of people talk about the similarities of the europeans they are and what the uk saw and what we are experiencing right here in america right now. Accepting the nomination given there were so many naysayers in the beginning and right up until last night ted cruz saying he is not the guy, i think it really y convention, every tradition of the party and has done so to great effect. Obviously he is going to accept the nomination here tonight, and i think we are going to see these changes continue. Trish Reince Priebus is speaking. Lets listen in. Thank you, thank you. To the people of cleveland we say thank you for your hospitality. [cheers and applause] and to my wife, sally and my son jack and daughter grace, i love you. Thank you for ever
Important speech of the campaign. The convention, his political life. This is the Republican National convention, live from cleveland. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. Good evening from cleveland. This is it, the fourth and final night of the republican convention. The question now, can donald trump define this convention with the speech of his life . There you see him coming in with his wife melania, his 10yearold son barron. And moments, his daughter ivanka will come on to introduce her dad, just like when he launched his improbable bid in manhattan. This is the arena that the Cleveland Cavaliers came in. Its like the coach came in, and said youre not playing together, and the team said, just give the ball to lebron james in the fourth quarter. And now the ball will go to ivanka trump, daughter of donald trump. Lets watch. Ladies and gentlemen, please give a very warm welcome to ivanka trump. Its all right [ cheers and applause ] good evening. [ inaudible ] thank you. One year a
Virtually every angle from the podium to the convention floor, as mr. Trump accepts the nomination and outlines his vision for america. His daughter, ivanka, about to introduce him, but first let me introduce our panel. Chuck todd, savannah guthrie, tom brokaw and nicolle wallace. Good to have you all here again. If i could get a sentence of what youre looking for tonight. Instill confidence, look like a president not a celebrity. Chuck. Can he speak outside the arena. He always feeds off a crowd inside the arena, but the audience outside matters more tonight. Tom. All those prominent senators and congressmen who are republicans and stayed away have been waiting for him to pivot. Well see if theres a pivot tonight. And nicolle wallace. He has passed the strong leader test as well as the test of whether he relates to people, normal people. I want to see if ivanka and donald trump can pass the test of softening some of Donald Trumps rough edges. And lets not forget there are two audience
The Republican Convention, can donald trump unify a divided party . Woodruff good evening and welcome to our special pbs p newshour coverage of the Republican National convention in cleveland, ohio. Im judy woodruff. Dr ifill im gwenn ifill. Were joined from our regular contributors, mark shields and david brooks. Vi woodruff also with us, nprs laura along with amy cook from the political report. Down on the floor, we have newshour correspondents Lisa Desjardins and nprs susan davis. Ifill tonight is the culmination of the Republican National Convention Week here in cleveland where donald trump will speak to the delegates. Well be right back to start it all off after a short break. B stay with us. Funding stay witus. Funding funding for this program has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial futuren woodruff at the pod yim right now is past podium right now is pastor mark burns. R he gave the benediction to this convention. Hes a telev