Than 300 candidates gather to kick things off. Any moment now, the president will appear with six american hostages. During his time in the white house, held captive. Tonight, the famed land of promise, speakers include the former ambassador to the u. N. , nikki haley, the president s son, and one of the leading voices on Race Relations in the Republican Party. They all have a prompt and position this evening. We have reporting from senior Political Correspondent mike emanuel standing by there in washington and analysis from dan heninger and marie harf. Good evening to all of you. We will get a comment in a moment here, and i want to bring our audience up to speed, a video at the moment is about to play out called bring them home that goes directly to the lives of those held captive overseas. I thought i had been forgotten. I nearly gave up hope. I was so afraid. I believed i would die here. American hostages. For cotton and wasting away in faroff prisons. Wrongfully detained foreign g
Positivity that is up lifting some far much of what we herd are sustained attacks on the Democratic Party and joe bride in. But i will say this, we have seen a number of every day americans, just like democrats did last week, we herd from a nurse, we lettered from front line workers, we herd from a Small Business owner, really answering the question, is your life better than four years ago. And all of them had said yes. And the way they are addressing it are special Education Services particular to the coronavirus, economic downfall. So we also have herd from a number of President Trumps staunchest supporters, we will see some of this speak later, former un ambassador nikki haley, tim scott the only black republican senator at that level. So there are a number of things we are going to hear, but the theme has really been to characterize joe biden, the democrats as socialists, and that has been the theme last week and counter programming that we saw. But also trying to defend President
You and brainwash you and fed you lies that you werent good enough. Like my parents, you can achieve your american dream. You can be that shining example to the world. Manifest and be the change in this country that you dream, that you hope, that you believe in. Stand for an american president who is fearless, who believes in you, and who loves this country and will fight for her. President trump is the leader who will rebuild the promise of america and insure that every citizen can realize their american dream. Ladies and gentlemen, leaders and fighters fought freedom and liberty and the american dream, the best is yet to come over america. Good evening. Im nikki haley, and its great to be back at the Republican National convention. Ill start with a little story. Its about an American Ambassador to the United Nations , and its about a speech she gave to this convention. She called for the reelection of the republican president she served. And she called out his democratic opponent. A
Was able to get here. We think the local officials for joining us today they have been very busy. We want to acknowledge that five years ago today a white supremacist walked into Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston South Carolina and slaughtered a friend of mine and eight other parishioners. It was hate unbridled and a poisonous expression of White Supremacy that still affects our nation in many institutions. With the dangers we face as a society if we dont root out this corrosive and that the ideology. Reflecting back on the Amazing Grace and compassion and forgiveness of the mother emmanuel community, i see the very best of what we see in america and as americans. We know grace alone is not enough and we have to see the best of america as well and in the weeks of peaceful protest civil lacks are taking place in this day in every other state across the country they are focused on how danger it is to live as a black around skinned person in this country. Americans are out there watchi
Floor. Mr. President , this morning mike i woke up this morning, mr. President , this idnesday morning on june 17, 2020. For so Many Americans this is just another wednesday morning, you wake up, get ready for work. Not in South Carolina. In South Carolina, this wednesday, june 17, is the fifth anniversary of when a racist walk into Mother Emmanuel Church and listen to believers talk about their love of god. At the end of that bible study, held up a weapon and killed nine people. So for me in so many South Carolina ends, this is a hard day. I will tell you mr. President , that standing on this floor, remembering the words of one of the victims son, Daniel Simmons junior, five. , years ago a wednesday had passed it, one week later. I asked Daniel Simmons junior, whose father, Daniel Simmons senior had been killed in an attempt to start another race war at the home of the civil war. What should i say to the people who will be watching around the country . He said something i could not be