And we do say good friday morning, everyone. Well begin with the grand finale to the grand ole party convention. Donald trump now the nominee. Trump painted a bleak portrait of the country and the world placing the blame on Hillary Clinton and president obama, but he declared hes the one who can fix it. Right after the speech, trump and running mate mike pence signed the official papers formally accepting their nominations in writing. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is live in cleveland for us this morning. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter kendis and diane, good morning. The crowd here last night was energized. We heard familiar chants, we saw Standing Ovations and donald trump hitting up terrorism, poverty and Hillary Clinton during one of the longest Convention Speeches in decades. Donald trump sealing the deal. I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. Reporter on the final and biggest night of the Republican National convention, the billionaire b
We do say good morning on this friday, the historymaking democratic president ial ticket prepares to hit the road together in a matter of hours. Hillary clinton officially accepted her partys nomination for president last night vowing to build up the economy and defeat terror. She also slammed donald trump as divisive and mocked his temperament. Chelsea clinton introduced her mother reflecting on her own childhood and portrayed a softer and personal side of her own mother. Abcs Lauren Lyster has the latest from philadelphia, lauren, good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. Yeah, Hillary Clinton giving a final speech at the Democratic National convention. Theyre still cleaning up from it. She took aim at donald trump throughout. She also laid out her vision for policy on everything from jobs to gun control and the history of the night was not lost. This is my fight song reporter a sea of applause welcoming her on stage. United reporter a monsoon of balloons seeing her off
Defeat before the summer olympic games. Today the World Antidoping Agency released a report on claims of doping by the russians during the 2014 games in sochi. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 18th. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin with the search for answers in baton rouge, louisiana, following the shooting deaths of three Police Officers. The scene where the confrontation took place has been reopened after being washed down by authorities. They are now looking into the life of the 29yearold former marine from kansas city, missouri. They say he was a lone gunman. Sources tell us he had two firearms, an assault style rifle and a semiautomatic pistol. We have details from baton rouge. [ gunfire ] reporter target blue, again. One subject, all black. Carrying an a. R. Reporter officers responding to a gunman dressed in black, found themselves suddenly in his sights. Shots fired, officer down. Shots fired, officer down ive got a city officer down. Shots
Everyone. A multistate investigation is under way right now into the latest deadly violence targeting Police Officers as we learn more about those killed. Montrell jackson was 32 years old, he was a member of the Baton Rouge Police department for a decade. 41yearold Matthew Gerald was with the department for less than a year, and Brad Garafola was 45. He had been with the east Baton Rouge Sheriffs Office for 24 years. Well, police say the lone gunman was 29yearold former marine long of kansas city, missouri. The sound of gunfire during yesterday mornings confrontation. For more lets go to Chauncy Glover in baton rouge for us. Good morning, chauncy. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. This is where it all started right here at this bquik gas station and this morning authorities are telling us investigators are thoroughly going through the suspected shooters emails, his computer as well as his social media accounts. They do believe he acted alone but still this morning, there is no
He speaks from his heart. Well, i speak from my heart and my brain. Donald trump and new running mate mike pence team up for their first interview. Isnt he the best . And Melania Trump preparing for her primetime debut. Were taking you behind the scenes as donald trump makes his case to the Republican Party and the entire nation. Announcer live from cleveland, ohio, this a special edition of Good Morning America. Your voice, your vote. The Republican National convention. And good morning, america. We are here inside the quicken loans arena for an extraordinary moment in american history. In just a few days donald trump is going to take the stage behind us, right there, become the republican nominee for president of the United States. Robin, this is something no one could have predicted. And who could have predicted the transformation of this arena over the past month as home to the nba champions lebron james and the Cleveland Cavaliers and now the Republican National convention will ca