Well, good evening, everyone, welcome to nbc news live coverage of night one of the Republican National convention. As with the democrat last week, this convention will look a lot different than the ones in the past, of course, due to the pandemic. The republicans make their case to hit back at joe biden and the democrats. We will be hearing from a variety of speakers over the next four nights, office holders, family member, trump loyalists. We start with the headliner governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. We will also hear from the president s oldest son, donald trump, jr. And republican senator tim scott. We expect to hear from President Trump. On each of these four nights, including in a video with american hostages freed during his administration earlier in charlotte, north carolina, where the entire convention was originally scheduled. They will renominate donald trump and mike pence for president and Vice President. We will start with chuck todd and andrea mitchell.
Im nikki haley. It is great to be back at the Republican National convention. I will start with a story. It is about an American Ambassador to the united nations. It is about a speech she gave to this convention. She called for the reelection of the republican president xi served. She called out the republican president she served. She called out the former Vice President from a failed administration. Blame americaays first. The year was 1984. The president was ronald reagan. Kirkpatrickse words are just as true today. Joe biden and the democrats are still blaming america first. Donald trump has always put america first. He has earned four more years as president. It was an honorable lifetime to serve as the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. The u. N. Is not for the faint of heart. It is a place where dictators, murderers and thieves denounce america and then put their hands out and demand we pay their bills. President trump put an end to that. With his leadership, we did what barack obama
Economy. He called on President Trump and congress to extend support for businesses and workers who have been affected by the pandemic and to create more access to testing and Contact Tracing. He spoke in darby, pennsylvania, after meeting with Small Business owners. Good afternoon, everyone. I apologize for the slight delay. We wanted to make sure everyone was able to get here. Let me thank the local officials for joining today. I know they have a lot to do, and they have really been very very busy. Before i begin my remarks, i want to acknowledge that it was five years ago today when a white supremacist walked into Mother Emanuel Church in charleston, south carolina, and slaughtered a friend of mine, Clemente Pinckney and eight other parishioners. It was a hate unbridled, and it was poisonous, a poisonous expression of White Supremacy that still affects our nation and many of our institutions. And on the dangers we face as a society if we dont root out this corrosive and deadly ideol
,e spoke in darby, pennsylvania a suburb of philadelphia, after meeting with Small Business owners in that area. Good afternoon, everyone. I apologize for the slight delay. We wanted to make sure everyone was able to get here. Fori think local officials joining me today. They got a lot to do and they have really been very, very busy. Before i begin my remarks, i want to acknowledge, five years ago today, when a white supremacist walked into Mother Emanuel Church in charleston, South Carolina and slaughtered a friend of mine and eight other parishioners, it was a hate ,nrivaled, and it was poisonous a poisonous expression of White Supremacy that still affects our nation and many of our institutions. When i reflect back on the Amazing Grace and compassion of the mother emanuel community, i see our grace and compassion as americans. But we know that grace alone is not enough. We have to put it to work, that grace. We are seeing the best of america in that as well. In the weeks of peaceful
Joining us today. The written testimony is riveting, searing and a major contribution to public understanding and discourse about this moment in time. We thank you for it. I want to thank you mary k. Scanlon and not on the subcommittee but joined us today. The 8 minute and 46 second videotape strangling of george floyd ignited a Mass Movement where black lives matter to demand repair of the broken social contract of america this Mass Movement Touching Every state, large cities, small towns, farm communities and suburbs has won the support of more than twothirds of American People and Public Opinion polls and galvanized the conscious of our nation provoking analysis and serious legislative action. Police brutality has been an action of violent White Supremacy and Racial Injustice for centuries, many of us are proud we passed last thursday the George Floyd Justice in policing act. The most sweeping and comprehensive Police Reform bill in the history of the United States of america. But t