And all the work that you will continue to do on the days ahead. In the car on the way here after i landed in charlotte i was on the phone with more than 5000 volunteers all across america. Well be getting people together in your state and in every state and territory across this land. We already have the largest Grassroots Campaign in American History and were going to secure two million volunteers before election day. [applause] it israelly about reelecting this president for four more years but it also about an agenda. About an agenda that made america prosperous, more prosperous than ever before, before this great Global Pandemic struck our nation. More americans were working than ever before. We were setting records in this economy left and right. In the midst of this pandemic, when i speak about wenz night the leadership of this president and the compassion of the American People shown forth. [applause] well continue to work every day until we put this coronavirus in the past. When we reelect President Donald Trump remember it is going to be, it is going to be four more years. That means more jobs, four more years means more judges. [applause] four more years means more support for our troops and our cops. [applause] it is going to take at least four more years to drain that swamp. [cheers and applause] so, men and women of the Republican National convention, its on. [cheering] now is the time, this is the moment for each of us to do everything that we can in our power to reelect this president , this team for four more years but also do our part to reelect, elect republicans up and down the ballot. Lets reelect the republican majority in the United States senate and lets make sure that leader Kevin Mccarthy is speaker Kevin Mccarthy in a new republican majority in the United States house of representatives. [cheers and applause] so we all got work to do. I know youre up to the task. I saw the way this party, this movement, led our nation back in 2016. And i just know each and everyone of you are going to do your part this year to reelect this president and elect and reelect republicans with strong, sound, conservative principles every day. Because you know there is, i heard the other day that democracy is on the ballot but i think we all know, the economy is on the ballot. [applause] law and order is on the ballot. [applause] our most cherished ideals of freedom and free markets are on the ballot. That is why we need four more years of President Donald Trump in the white house. [cheers and applause] four more years four more years four more years so im going to slip away because i have feeling somebody else will be here before too long. And as i said, i will have more to say about the action that you took today come wednesday night at for the fort mchenry. It is the greatest honor of my life to be your Vice President. I will work my heart out to be your Vice President for four more years. [cheers and applause] and im absolutely convinced that if all of us do all that we need to do between now and november 3rd, if we organize, if we mobilize, if we hit the phones, hit the doorsteps, do our part in every state and territory in this country, well elect and reelect Republican Leaders all across this land. Were going to reelect President Donald Trump for four more years and with your continued support, and with gods help, were going to make America Great again. Again. Thank you all very much. An honor to be with you today. God bless the Republican Party and god bless the United States of america. [cheers and applause]. Neil welcome back, everybody, im neil cavuto, this is coast to coast. Youve been listening to the president of the United States. As luck would have it, his timing with with the arrival and they want florida to put the president over the top. He is at 1259 delegates. You snead 1276 to close the deal, not any doubt that would happen. Florida will get the honor to do so, florida will pledge the delegates for the president , there will be a lot of whooping and hollering, that is a moment. Hillary vaughn on all the timing of this as the republicans begin the first of fourdays for their convention a week after the democrats held theirs. Hillary, the significance of florida putting them over the top. It cant be lost on people, huh . Reporter definitely not, neil and, you know that is where President Trump moved his home. He claimed residency in florida. So its significant in that way but florida is also a battleground state and a swing state, one that President Trump wants and needs to win in november but, what we are getting, some events happening in charlotte, North Carolina, today, well also get some events happening at the white house that is significant, they have received criticism that white house and taxpayers would end up picking the tab for that, but rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel said well see speeches at the white house on tuesday from first lady melania trump, and on thursday President Trumps acceptance speech the party is picking up the tab, not taxpayers. The convention will feature a roster of republican stars but also nonpoliticians too. Criminal justice advocate alice johnson, covington high schooler nick sand mann. And the mccloskeys will also speak, neil. Neil they are waiting for florida to put the president over the top. All 47 members of our delegation work hard and sacrifice to become elected to come to North Carolina to reelect our president but due to the restrictions they cannot be with us. Although they are not in this room, they are here in spirit and they fully support our great president. So on behalf of our National Committee woman, michelle fee orrery, our national tee man, the state of nevada, proudly casts all 25 votes for the reelection of donald j. Trump as president of the United States. [applause] pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and rules and procedures of this convention, nevada casts 25 votes, President Trump. New hampshire. 22 delegates with the following, 22 President Trump. Neil this did not go exactly according to plan. Were told florida would president put the president over the top. In the end it was nevada. 35 from nevada did it. It might have been a miscommunication t was perfunctory anyway. He has more than enough delegates to be the partys nominee for the Second Convention in a row. He indeed arrived in charlotte, North Carolina. Were told he will be visiting the center where this is going on. He will be speaking every day this week but right now, he has gone ahead and crossed the top to be the republican president ial candidate, the nominee of his party once again. I think were going to go back with Hillary Vaughn right now. She is still with me. Hillary, hillary is gone. Well go steve forbes with us, forbes media chairman. Former president ial candidate himself and laura fincke, the democratic strategist. Laura, end with you, this roll call of the states very, very different than democrats did it last week on the second night of the convention where they went state by state. Rhode island being my favorite when they showcased their famous calamari. Leaving that aside, the numbers are the numbers. The nomination was never in doubt as it wasnt in doubt last week for joe biden. Your quick thoughts. I think that, as you say there was no doubt about it, but i think, neil, what you will see in the convention was a very different tone from last week. Last week until bidens acceptance speech was one downer after another, america being this terrible place and everything is going wrong. I think you will see a much more upbeat, much more america can do it theme this week. Think that is really, really ties into the american spirit. People know we have problems but they also know were solving them and were going to come out of this it is a reaganesque theme, but youre not old enough to remember jimmy carter, he talked about americas malaise in the 1970s. Americas best days are over. Trump is taking the opposite tack, the proreagan tack, the country will astound the world what well do in the next four years and the four years after that. It is exciting and i think the American People will relate more to the theme of this week than the dreariness of last week. Neil it is just ironic, because, steve, when you think about it, you know, Many Democrats had criticized the president s inaugural address as being depressing, dark, speech and now the roles seem to be flipped on how each party views the world for the timebeing. Laura fincke, democratic strategist, to set this back a little bit, were waiting for the president s arrival himself. Nothing is official until the party certifies these delegate count the. They have not done so yet. While the president technically crossed the threshold of 1276 delegates to be the partys nominee, until they put the stamp on that, it is not official official. No doubt he will be the party nominee, just as last week, no doubt joe biden would be the nominee. They will throw more curveballs including more live speeches, events, upbeat tone. What do you think about that, laura . Watching in real time just like you, neil, i will say this, mike pence smooth baritone was smooth in 2016. We heard it, it is smooth again. What it cant cover up the reality of the pandemic economic crisis which was interesting he chose not to talk about at all. Not even in acknowledgement or a plan to move forward. So i really feel like it was harkening back to reagan and the good ol days but that is not the reality most americans are living in. So it will be curious to see whether that reality, the paychecks that are being missed, the masks that were all wearing and the thousands and hundreds of thousands of people who have passed away, passed away as a result of coronavirus is acknowledged in this convention. Neil well you know what is interesting is, the backdrop for what is happening with the convention, steve, is, is improvement on the virus front. Weve seen cases below, that is new cases below 50,000 for eight Straight Days right now. Im sure the ticket will be pounding the theme were through the worst of it. The risk of that, youre not prepared for a sudden flareup if it happens, but how do they handle the virus . I think first of all, the fact of the matter is our death rate per million or 100,000 or whatever ratio you want to use is no worse, no better than the rest of the world. The cases are starting to move down again. The economy has made a remarkable improvement given what happened to it last spring. So people want to know where do we go from here. Treatments are coming. We got announcement yesterday from the fda on that. Vaccines are being tested. It is stage three which means well probably have one early next year. So were going to get this thing behind us. Then people want to know what kind of environment will we have coming out of this . Will we have a high tax, heavy regulation environment that hurts the economy. Are we going to have a lowtax, friendly environment so that businesses can rehire. People can get wages and rising wages again. That is why the president suspended the payroll tax to give people an instant raise and reduce the cost of hiring people. So which approach you want to have . The european socialist approach which guaranties stagnation or the american approach which guaranties well have another prosperous economy we had until the disease hit. In terms of handling the disease, most takes were made but theyre made everywhere around the world. Were coming out of it faster. By the way, neil, i dont think it is any mistake, the red states even though they were hit hard this summer have less death rates than the blue states and their economies are recovering faster than the blue states. One little thing here in new york. There is no reason why you shouldnt be able to eat inside after restaurant. No scientific reason at all yet the petty pirates in new york are banning that. Ridiculous. Neil laura, what do you make of, the mood is here on law and order. Democrats are criticized at their convention what is a very front burner issue for americans when polled on the subject was sort of a nonissue for democrats last week at their convention. And some key Party Operatives were telling, especially over the weekend they think that is something they regret now, should have balanced it out with the rights of peaceful protests and the like but they didnt. Republicans plan to ram that issue right through like a mack truck. What do you make of that . Well, i love a mack truck but i love a teamster driving it. I love a living wage for the truck driver. I honestly dont know. I think for republicans the polls that im seeing it doesnt make the top three issues. The top issues right now are the pandemic, are the economic crisis, are people putting food on the table . Are people having a job safe to go to . So i think right now, you know the democrats really were brilliant in targeting not just the Democratic Base but also conservative voters, in particular conservative women where they reached out to them. They talked about the need for unity. They talked about a reality check where we are. We cant, sort of whistle and cheer when this crisis is not over and substantive steps have not been made. I think steve did a good job of doing that rahrah cheerleading but i dont think things like the payroll tax underfunding Social Security is the answer here. And right now voters are with me. Theyre not trusting President Trumps plans. Theyre not certainly not on the pandemic. Theyre trusting scientists. We dont see moves following the science, moving forward. I think the democrats addressed that in their convention which is a top concern. Health care, which is a top concern. And then the bread and butter Kitchen Table issues, like will you have a job, will it pay you enough to keep a roof over your head . Or only people at golf clubs that benefit from this recovery . Those are the things that swing voters are looking at. The White Working Class voters want to make sure whatever plan comes out has horse sense and myriad of conservative women taking another look at joe biden after voting for trump. Neil well all those issues are important but again as i saw the law and order one might be more of an issue than people appreciate. Having said that, steve, you know, laura mentioned a very good thing about the payroll tax cut, whatever you think, whether it is wise or not, very few ceos have collected on payroll tax, giving it back to works. Stuart. Some feel they cant do that on their own with the president s directive. They feel safer with congress behind it, it typically has the power of the purse string. Furthermore, if it is not permanent they will have to give the money back. So they dont want to be in that position. Is this a case where, forget about what the democrats are doing, you know, in response to the president s executive actions. Regular ceos, Company Bosses are not acting on it . I think this is where clarification has to come from the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department said you dont have to collect the tax. Just as they told employers last march you dont have to collect the tax you owe on people on your payroll. They suspended that and the tax wasnt collecting. It is matter of getting orders out and ending any possibility of confusion. Extend the order going into next year. I guarranty you, whether its a republican or Democrat Congress theyre not going to force the American People to pony up that money. For Social Security i have to laugh about that. When barack obama suspended part of the payroll tax with the approval of congress in 2011, 2012, people like joe biden were cheering it. If a republican does it, oh, no, we cant do that the fact of the matter is, you used the general funds to pay any Social Security benefits. The trust fund theoretically has more than enough money to cover benefits from here and several years out. Its a phony issue. What they are are fearful of, having that payroll tax suspension will help the economy and that is, they dont think that will help their electoral prospects. So in earlies of it the economy as we all know, neil, before covid the u. S. Economy was on a roll. Lower income people, workers were incomes were rising faster than anyone elses. First time in a generation that happened. Post covid how will we recover . Will we use stale formulas that failed europe and this country in the past or tried and true formulas. I think youre right safety in the cities. Democrats rule the cities. They have been uniformly a disaster, why people are moving out of places like new york because they dont feel there is a future for them for the kind of governance they have now. So it is very stark, whether the economy, quality of life in our cities, i think the American People will go with a positive approach rather than dreary negative approach that by, golly we have to have more regulations, more taxes, gloomy future. No, nonsense. Not the american