Facebook. Com cspan. We are live from the skylight cleveland. Roup in it is day three of the Republican National convention. Start filing in. Give us your thoughts about how this is all going here in cleveland. First, back to washington and peter slen. This is how last nights nomination of donald trump is playing across the country. Dispatchhe columbus from the capital of ohio. Rump is the choice also, the cincinnati enquirer. 2016. Fficial trump for a jubilant celebration places trump atop the ticket. The New York Post has nothing related. They are on the roger ailes story. Withwall street journal trump wins gop nomination. There are his kids with the new york delegation. Today. Is usa its official the outsider is in. Below that, more ink on the Melania Trump plagiarism story. Here is the Washington Post this morning. They also have the roger ale story right below that and they also have a story about Hillary Clinton. Kaine seen as top running mates for clinton. Here is the New York Times. You can see a picture of the trump kids putting their dad overthetop. The lead story is on millennia trump. Have run it trump sent speech bearing off course. Thats how Melania Trump sent courseveering off finally, the new york daily news. Full steam ahead. It is official. Crazyl aboard trump train. We want to share one more article with you. Milwaukee county sheriff spoke and senator ron johnson spoke. Paul ryan is the chairman. Congressman sean duffy and his wife spoke and Governor Scott walker last night delivered wisconsins votes for donald trump. This article is about paul ryan at the helm when gop makes donald trump the nominee. The man who presided over the Gop Convention that nominated has criticized his tone and rhetoric and personifies for many an entirely different republican style and vision. House Speaker Paul Ryan was not only on board, he was at the helm when the party made its unlikely standardbearer. That is from the milwaukee journal sentinel. Tat lets get our viewers k. E. Jerry in detroit, michigan. Democrat. Caller greetings from motown. I wanted to bring up one of the speakers at the first night, the sheriff from milwaukee county. I heard him on the number of occasions on a lot of the talk president and the the black lives matter movement. Ont know if anyone speaking as a 51 your black men, i can honestly say 51yearold black man, i can , when he speaks to his white audiences about all the Police Shootings, he does that the way a lot of the white conservatives have, by using some false equivalency between Police Shootings and black on black crime. Im hoping the next week in philadelphia at the democratic convention, one of the speakers to counter the sheriff ought to son. Ton sterlings and philandro catile girlfriendes girlfriend. Host we will be in philadelphia next week. Cspan coverage continues for the Democratic National convention. As republicans are in the home stretch of theirs here in cleveland. Tonight, it gets underway around 7 00 p. M. Eastern time. I had at that, we will be taking more of your phone calls. Ahead of that. Or theww. Cspan. Org cspan radio app to listen. You have tweeted that outcome of that it has been a good source for you to follow the convention minute by minute. Ian in new york. A democrat. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Actually voted for Bernie Sanders and i was watching the andention last night frankly did not know who i was going to vote for because i do not like the policy proposals of trump or clinton. Sanders is the only one that will actually institute the policies we need, like regulating wall street, to prevent another recession. I will probably end up voting for gary johnson or jill stein. Will be the best at doing that. Host what about Donald Trumps position on free trade agreements . They seem to align with Bernie Sanders. We heard from some democrats over the campaign so far that some democrats say i might switch to donald trump because of his position on trade. The you feel the same do you feel the same . Caller i could. When he is talking about trade with china and mexico, i think hing good that may come out of that. To see who i cited with, i took sidewith. Com. Ded more with gary johnson. Host christopher in new york. A republican. Good morning. You are next. Im completely disappointed as a republican and a christian to see the Republican Convention last night and all the people stand up and thanked god at the end and bless carson, especially ben who is supposed to be a religious guy. Says if you do not repent, you will perish. Donald trump has said openly he has never repented. What kind of example does that send to the youth of this country that the leader has never repented and will perish . Nobody is even talking about that. They make that a big christian issue. Christians of support donald trump. That is so sad. I encourage people to read luke 3 13. Host we will be happy to post that, this headline about dr. Ben carsons speech last night. Out at thes a shout Republican National convention. Let us know if, you think about the Republican National convention so far. June, a democrat. Caller all i heard was hate. Thats all i hear with any of the republicans talk. How much they hate everybody. These people that are voting for Bernie Sanders, if you think donald trump is just like Bernie Sanders on trade, this man is nothing like Bernie Sanders. This man is a hypocrite and he lies every time he speaks. To him, hei listen is lying about something and the media lets them get away with it. Thats why he gets all this free time on tv. Listening to the hate that comes out of his mouth. He is a racist. Listent sit there and and let him have his way. Weve had plenty of guests on that have been critics of donald trump and have certainly expressed the opinion you have. If you were watching a survey and watching throughout the week, we have talked to inegates, even here cleveland, who dont believe Donald Trump Tells the truth, they are not excited about him becoming the nominee, which he did last night, it became official. We have plenty of voices on. If you would like, go to cspan. Org and you can watch what we have been doing here on washington journal throughout this weekend before. More of your thoughts coming up here. Donald trump is officially the republican nominee. Lets go back to washington and peter slen. A couple of callers have brought up the issue of trade. Wall street journal looks at the gop in 2016 and 2012 and their positions on trade. International trade is crucial for all sectors of americas economy. Gop platform reads in 2012, the platform read here is some twitter reaction to our question this morning come out topic this morning, the donald trump has officially become the gop nominee. Carol says ally, this tweet by steve host the republican nominee donald trump did make an appearance via video last night to the convention goers cannot talk to his supporters from new york. Talked toion goers, his supporters from new york. [video clip] donald trump we had such a great time last night and an unbelievable evening. Very has been a very, special day, watching my children put me over the top what we did getting the partys nomination, i will never forget it. It is something i will never, ever forget. A little over one year ago, i announced my candidacy for president and with your vote today, this stage of the president ial prices has come to a close. Together, we have achieved historic results with the largest vote total in the history of the Republican Party. This is a movement. But, we have to go all the way. Im so proud to be your nominee for president of the United States. I look forward to sharing my thoughts with you on thursday night on how we build a brighter and more hopeful future for all americans. It is an honor to run on a ticket with governor mike pence, who is an incredible man and he will make a great, great Vice President. I will be with him in cleveland tomorrow night and we will be together again on thursday night and, by the way, we are going to and also,ate of ohio of course, we are going to win the presidency and bring real change in leadership and Leadership Back to washington. Host donald trump addressing the convention after he officially got the nomination last night from new york. Typically, the nominee does not come to the convention until the last night. He has done so twice. As donald trump mentioned, mike pence will be addressing supporters tonight at the convention. Prove himself to the boss . The candidate seems to prefer other prospective running mates. Have dualappears to tasks. Brian in colorado springs. A republican. What are your thoughts so far on your partys convention . Caller the convention is going well so far. A lot of talking points have been brought up. My main comment is concerning the Republican Party. Over the last two or three election cycles weve had, weve been given mitt romney and mccain. Whenported Rick Santorum romney became the nominee. But, i still supported romney. This coming next four years will determine the direction the United States goes in. If we choose to vote for a thirdparty candidate, that will be a vote for hillary. Im sorry. I feel the direction the last eight years have taken the United States has been a downward spiral. Look at the morale of the country, the various attacks from isis andld we dont even have a government that will actually address the other than we are taking back territory, but what they dont realize is it is not a territorial fight. Fight. An ideological but they can get on the internet and spread their hate menem, it will spread anywhere in the world. We need a leader that will be decisive and take the fight to the enemy. Venom. Ead their hate it seems our enemies are domestic and i think we need strong guidance now and i think donald trump is the candidate to do that. Republican and you believe in the constitution, donald trump is the way to go. Host what did you make of his choice for Vice President , indiana governor mike pence . Ive heard his name thrown around on a couple of occasions. Now that im looking more into mike pence, i think he was a good choice. Hopefully him choosing mike pence as his running mate, as the Vice President , it will bring a certain amount of temperance into the office and into the executive portion of our government. Host you think donald trump needs temperance . Um basically, kind of, yeah. He will say things that may come or may come off as a hateful statement, it really isnt. When he says to build the wall, i dont think it will be a 20 along ourt wall border, but we do have the technology to be able to monitor our borders. We dont have any opium fields in the United States. Its all coming from somewhere. In order to take care of our internal issues, we have to think of closing up our borders and not to allow other things to come in. Inittle bit of temperance what he is saying and how to say it from a good, christian may help him get his point across a little bit more clear and not come up as a bigot. Hes not a politician. ,ost you might be interested you club 30, we will might be interested, coming up ,t 8 30 on washington journal that conversation sharon in ohio. Democrat. Caller i think it means they have a race on their hands. They really do. The Republican Party needed somebody like trump to shake to get down to the people, like he has done. I dont think people have faith and hillary. I dont. I would not vote for her p i would just not vote rather than give her a vote. That i would not vote for her. I dont. I would not vote for her. Vote rather not than give her a vote. The more im watching, i think this will be a good move after all, the president has staff with him. He has advisors for all those things, people with a lot of experience. To help him learn his job, as we all do. I think he will do fine. I dont think pence is probably the best choice for him at this time. The racist feelings there, they went back 30 years. You are a democrat. Did you vote for barack obama in 2008 and 2012 . Caller no, i voted republican. Host when is the last time you voted for a democrat . Caller this past spring. Host ok. Christina in illinois. Independent caller. Good morning to you. What are your thoughts on the Republican Convention . Caller i think it is a joke. I dont likego, either one of them. I dont think trump is the right president for us. I dont think he will lead us where we want to go. He is brainwashing everyone and he is more into he is getting are on theple who that seems to be the people that are voting for him. I had to vote for the president i liked, so i had to vote democrat, but i am an independent. I vote for the president that i like, that i think will be the best president for us based on everything i have learned or found out from the beginning to now. I still think bernie should get it. I think he would be the best option for us. We are going to put ourselves in worse turmoil if we have trump or hillary. Host those are christinas thoughts. Lets hear from bonnie in missouri. He democrat. A democrat. Caller good morning. I am a longtime democrat. Democrat, voted for mr. Obama the first time around. I did not vote for him the second time around. For the first time in my life, i will be voting republican. I cannot support Hillary Clinton after all weve known over the last 30 years and especially with her deceiving the American People, it is just disgraceful. I will be supporting donald trump. The clinton camp is picking apart mrs. Trumps speech shows how weak the Clinton Campaign is. Mike in texas. Republican. Caller good morning. I like to excoriate mr. Ryan for wasting his platform. He is just the speaker of the house. He is supposed to tell the delegates, ok, the president ial nomination is over. Go home and put conservatives in city hall. Send me some conservatives. Some conservatives in the senate so we can keep the right justices in the court and stop filibusters. The job is not done yet. To thenot say president ial nominee, ok, youve got the water bucket, now put out the fire. There is still plenty of work to be done. Host you were disappointed in what paul ryan had to say last night . Caller he was spending his time on the wrong topic. He is just a speaker of the house. Hes in charge of the policy and steering committee, he is in appropriations, the iys and Means Committee grew up in chicago. Then was on the ways and Means Committee for 32 years and he was sent to congress 20 consecutive terms. There is more power in the house and this bigtives or of the house is truly the most powerful man in the federal government. And the speaker of the house is truly the most powerful man in the federal government. Host if you missed paul ryan speech, go to cspan. Org. We go to washington with more from peter slen. Todaylcoming ceremony where nominee trump will welcome mike pence to cleveland. That will be live on cspan at 2 00 p. M. Three,edule for night make America First again is the theme. Ingram. Hear from laura eileen collins, who captained a Space Shuttle mission. You will also hear from darrell scott, an africanamerican pastor in the cleveland area. He will speak, as will scott walker and marco rubio. Cruz is one of the istured speakers tonight, as Newt Gingrich and indiana governor mike pence, when he is nominated to be Vice President. Host peter was just reading about what speakers there will be tonight. Last night, many of you probably saw the speech by new jersey governor Chris Christie. With the headline his a look at a bit of speech and how the crowd reacted to it. [video clip] Chris Christie i want to talk to all of you at home in your living rooms, sitting there tonight that you are the ones who will decide this election. We have an alternative. We have a man who is not afraid, we have a man who wants to lead us, we have a man who understands the frustrations and aspirations of our fellow citizens. People a man who judges based on their performance, regardless of your gender, race, ethnic background. We do not need to settle for less in this election, we cannot reward incompetence and deceit. We need to demand more than what Hillary Clinton offers for america. We know what four years of Hillary Clinton will bring. All the feelers of the obama years but with less charm and more lies all the failures of the obama years but with less charm and more lies. Getting your comments this morning about the convention as they head into day three here. It will start around 7 00 p. M. Eastern time. The delegates will descend on downtown cleveland, some having to stay miles, 30 minutes outside of cleveland, getting ussed into the downtown area to get into that building. Of course, youve got all the signs in the quicken loans arena and the media, 50,000 credentialed media inside the cken loans arena as well 15,000 credentialed media. You can see what it is like to be down on the floor during these speeches. Housekeeping business theyve been doing as well. You can watch it uni