Where julie hyman has the latest. Julie another quiet rally pushing us to new records again for the dow and the s p 500. 51 points, but i track for a record close. The s p 500 as well. The nasdaq has been the big leader with a more than 1 gain on the strength of tech heavy earnings. The s p 500 reached an intraday record over the course the day if you look at trajectory. We saw a record high not that 130. Ago, right around we will see if we see more strengthening into the close. As far as strength in earnings take a look here. Microsoft that is the big one contributing to gains in technology, up six point 5 after cloudbased revenue beat estimates. Performing best performing and the s p 500, a uniform maker whose numbers beat estimates, and intuitive surgical, the maker of the Da Vinci Surgical Robot its numbers beating estimates as more folks, more hospitals ordered robots. Vonnie some deals causing it to move around. Julie it looks like the big year deal is a must a done deal. In beth
Convention convenes again and cleveland. Donald trumps son eric will speak. Vice president ial nominee mike pence will speak. An unexpected appearance by trump himself. Night we heard from two of the trump children, tiffany and donald junior. Was a strong finish to an otherwise rocky day. Consumed by a headlines related to Melania Trumps monday night speech. The officials began implausibly assisting insisting that her speech involved no plagiarism whatsoever, the Trump Campaign reverse course. Meredith mciver accepted responsibility for the address. She said she had offered her resignation but that offer had been rejected by the trumps. Hes notnald himself, shying away from this controversy anymore. The good news is the lobbys speech got more publicity than any other speech and history of politics. Especially if you believe that all press is good press. The firstre seeing real signs of tension between protesters and the police here in cleveland. This was the scene in cleveland just a f
Coming your way. But lets kick things off with the aforementioned Michelle Carusocabrera live in cleveland. Michelle. Hey, tyler. Another newsy day. Weve had news break in just the last half hour that the trump employee who helped write Melania Trumps speech, well, that person has accepted responsibility for the similarities to Michelle Obamas 2008 speech John Harwoods going to join us with all the details. Big night, senator ted cruz, onetime president ial hopeful expected to speak. Whats he going to say after trump called him lying ted in the primary . And then of course the headliner is indiana governor mike pence who has the spot of v. P. On the ticket as senator marco rubio, its going to be a big, big night. Lets get details on speechgate. John harwood is on the floor. John. Michelle, its very interesting. This is an expla thags that the Trump Campaign could have offered yesterday but chose not to. Instead the Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort came out and said, no, there were no ph
Closely. Anthony scaramucci and democratic strategist richard. Anthony, let me start with you. The night that focused on the economy. We have some economic pitches but we also had a whole lot of antihillary pitches. I would like to see more tonight particularly from mike pence who has a resume, one of the best states to do business in, they have a lot of great things that we can apply to the overall country, i think we would all be in better shape. Anthony theres no question, charles, thats one of the reasons why mr. Trump picked governor pence. That can be used as a laboratory for the other 49 states. Great credit rating, unbelievable infrastructure, they cut taxes and their relatively full employment and they have a fantastic k12 educational quote print as well and so i think governor pence is going to expand upon that tonight. Speaking as a fundraiser for the Trump Campaign, hes opened up a portal into the establishment for us which we are very excited for us. Charles speaking in th
To go all the way. I am so proud to be your nominee. Amy we will speak to the nations john nichols about trumps nomination, the future of the Republican Party, and what looks like roger and departure as head of fox news as a growing Sexual Harassment scandal engulfs the network. Then, while donald trump is vowing to build a massive wall on the mexican border, activists here in cleveland are planning to build a wall of their own. We are going to go to the Republican National invention and build a literal wall around it. Amy and as the nra addresses the Republican National convention for the first time, we will look at why codepink delivered tennis balls to the to the rnc. Eps they said, ban guns, not balls. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. Im amy goodman. Its official donald trump is the Republican Party president ial nominee. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced his nomination, following