Into the biggest spotlight of her life. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer the Republican National convention, this is nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from cleveland. Good evening, the stop Trump Movement if not doa, a dramatic strart to the Republican National convention. An oldfashioned floor fight, but it may be the last gasp of a movement that has dogged trump during the primaries. Its enough to highlight the deep divisions in the party even now in what is a celebration of unity. Our team is all here, were going to kick off our coverage with more on todays drama and nbcs hallie jackson. Reporter drama, like we havent seen in decades. Delegates who have [000 01 59;00] reporter a revolt from grass roots republicans, forcing a furious floor fight. The entire colorado delegation walking off. They cheated. I mean thats what you just saw, you saw them violate their own rules. This is not a meeting of the Republican National committee. This is a meeting of brown shirts. Reporter all of it airing live, exactly what the Trump Campaign had hoped to avoid. Have we seen anything like this before in recent memory . Well, not since maybe 1976. So that goes way back. So there are now a lot of angry delegates. Reporter brushed off by the campaign, as a disgruntled minority, they hope to undercut him by showing how unpopular he is. About six in ten republicans not satisfied with the nominee. Some republicans not showing up at all. Not on stage, any of the bush family, vacationing, vulnerable senators skipping out. John mccain on the campaign trail instead. Besides its a lot nicer here than cleveland. With all due respect to cleveland. Reporter in a week meant to bring the party together, far from a unifying start as trumps top aid hits former rival and fellow republican john kasich, ohios governor who will not attend. Hes making a big mistake. He chose not to and we think thats a wrong decision. Embarrassing decision, quite frankly. Reporter bob dole, who endorsed trump will be here, the only former gop nominee to attend, telling nbcs andrea mitchell. They decided not to come. So thats their choice. But i bet they watch it on tv. Reporter more than unity, this weeks also about proving trump is president ial material, stronger on national security, which is why speakers tonight will hammer Hillary Clinton on benghazi, the focus on law and order, and true to trump form, a little show biz on the side trump comes from television, and so i understand the kind of life hes lived and being in business and being a ceo so i have always looked up to him. Reporter as whats typically a party infomercial, donald trump selling himself. A lot of the action came from the colorado delegation, sitting about as far from the stage as you can possibly get, maybe no coincidence that this is their view of Melania Trump who will be headlining tonight. Donald trump introducing her. Nontraditional to see the candidate on night one, but then a lot of his campaign has been unconventional. And Governor John Kasich is laughing off the suggestion that hes embarrassing his state by skipping the convention. In an exclusive interview with nbc news, he defended his decision, and he questioned what the decision will go over well with ohio voters. This afternoon just blocks from the que arena, Governor John Kasich, thanking police for operation. But this the governor told me this is about ass close as he plans to get to the convention itself. His mind made up. If donald trump called you right now and said bygones be bygones, would that make any difference . We cant be attacked by muslims and hispanics and trying to shut down trade and not caring about the debt. Those are all problems for me. I dont hold any personal animus towards trump. We are Just Two Companies that have different values, Different Directions and different philosophies. You know what . Hes making a big mistake. Paul manafort Campaign Chairman for donald trump said today that you are embarrassing your state by your failure to participate in the convention, does that offend you . I heard that and i laughed. Look, ohios doing great, and people in the state, at least today still like me and thats just politics. Some might be scratching their heads wondering, is this a tacit endorsement of Hillary Clintons canning d candidacy . My issue with Hillary Clinton, is she panders. Every time we turn around shes pandering another group. Thats not what we need in this country, we need to come together with real solutions, stop dividing people, stop scapegoating people and lets come together as real leadership. Can donald trump win in ohio . I think its hard if you dont have unifying message. Its too difficult to win. So if youre not a unifier, its a real challenge. Part of our conversation with governor kasich today, he said its too early to know whether he will make another White House Run in 2020. With us here and conventions, chuck todd and Savannah Guthrie here. Chuck let me start with you, we saw that never Trump Movement flare up. It could linger because of how they started their day, and i go back to this kasich situation, here they are trying to get the party united, but the Campaign Chairman for the presumptive nominee sill, takes a shot at the presumptive candidate. But that doesnt send a unifying message. Theres a lot of delegates here who feel like their votes were squashed. So they got to be careful here that it doesnt build. This addition unity is sort of always sitting on a nice edge. Theyve got to hope thats not adding fuel to the fire. Vp campaign, the conventions are another. I think donald trump has an opportunity and a need to state an affirmative message for himself. We have seen in opinion poll after opinion poll that Hillary Clinton has very high negative ratings, so in that sense that work is zone for the Trump Campaign, but he needs to convince people that hes up to the job. I saw a poll recently, 60 of those asked, didnt even think he was qualified to hold the office of president. As the drama plays out inside the arena, outside there is drama as well. Concern about safety and security and a heavy police presence, nbcs Stephanie Gosk is at one of those rallies. Stephanie gosk is at one of those rallies. Reporter this is one of the largest demonstrations that we have seen today, instead of the thousands of people that were predicted, there really are only hundreds here, but you get a sense of how police have been handling the protesters throughout the day as well. Really standing on the side and allowing these rallies to take place and then end very naturally. There have only been two arrests and we have been looking for people carrying guns as well. There were fears with ohios open carry that there would be more people. We have seen from across the political spectrum, a group of bikers from across the country, pro trump as well as black lives matter activists, but any fears that this is going to erupt into violence the first day of the convention, so far seem unwarranted. Lester . Meantime trumps rival Hillary Clinton is throwing some counter punches, speaking at the naacp annual convention, she said that donald trump will worsen the divide in this country. She also criticized him for declining to speak at that event. She also talab the shootings by police saying, quote, this madness has to stop. This brings us to another major story were following, the ambush that killed three Police Officers in baton rouge, louisiana. Police say these officers were targeted and assassinated. Were learning more about the shooter from what he left behind on social media. Reporter today in chilling detail, authorities describe how gavin long, on his 29th birthday targeted cops. This was a diabolical attack on the very fabric of society. Reporter just before 9 00 a. M. Sunday, about a mile from Baton Rouge Police headquarters, long was carrying two rifles and a 9 millimeter handgun. He walked up to a police car and shot thre shooting them at close range and killing them. Shots fired, officer down. Reporter the gunman then ran, before stopping to shoot other officers. A s. W. A. T. Team finally shot him dead from 100 yards away. I could not be prouder of my s. W. A. T. Team, we have been questioned about our militarized tactics because we are up against a force that is not playing by the rules. Reporter a former marine sergeant, long once deployed to iraq for six months. Because im an alpha male. Reporter one of his recent youtube videos advocated violence after the policeinvolved shooting of alton sterling in baton rouge two weeks ago. These shootings 100 have been successful through fighting back. Reporter long recently posted video of himself walking the streets of dallas, just three days after five cops were shot and killed in that city. Why did he come to baton rouge . Why did he pick baton rouge . Why did he pick that location right there . Reporter tonight tributes are flooding in for those brad garofalo, matthew gerald, a rookie, and matthew jackson, a tenyear veteran of the police force and a new father. He died serving baton rouge. I just hope we can come together as one. Reporter a sheriffs deputy was injured in this lot was shot in the head and the stomach, tonight he remains in critical condition. And authorities across the country are on alert. Police in ft. Worth, baltimore and new york are patrolling in pairs. Overseas, some terrifying moments aboard a train in germany, where police say a suspect with an ax and a knife attacked passengers, severely injuring at least three of them. Ten to 20 others have nonlife threatening injuries. A s. W. A. T. Team shot and killed the attacker, described as a 17yearold afghan refugee. A third Police Officer has been found not guilty in a case that sparked riots in baltimore. Now the highest ranking officer to be acquitted in freddie gray suffered a fatal spinal injury in Police Custody last year. Six officers were charged, two have yet to be tried, one of the cases resulted in mistrial. At the white house today, president obama awarded the medal of honor to a hero chopper pilot from the vietnam war. Retired Army Lieutenant colonel charles kettles is credited with saving the lives of 44 u. S. Troops during a 1967 ambush, including eight soldiers that couldnt reach the evacuation helicopters. 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The laboratory was fueled by doped rush shachb athle russians within a state directed fail safe system. Reporter moscows former Antidoping Agency shows where russia cheated. The russians are said to have built a mouse hole, where dirty samples were passed through, emptied and replaced with clean samples. Its a level of corruption at the Olympic Games that we cant tolerate. Reporter its now up to the International Olympics co a ban would be unprecedented. Today russias president said the report is based on the testimony of one man. Reporter for Katie Ulander who lost bronze to a rush shachb russian by. 004 of a second, its been a long time coming. When i lost, i was heart broken, but it was more for my country. Reporter now with just 18 days until rio, the decision to keep russian athletes away from competition, could come as early as tomorrow. When we come back, shes rarely heard on the campaign trail, but tonight she will be the star of the rnc, Melania Trump takes center stage. 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The gop used to be the party of captains of industry and old money, and Richard Nixon took it to the south, reagan to the west. Now a lot of the Establishment Republicans are staying home, not going to be here because they cant support him. But hes created another constituency, that will be the test. And when you look and democratic conventions of old. Theres a certain ritualistic quality about it. The test is whether you can make what you do here endure, not just because of the setting, but because of the politics and the philosophy that you bring to this great race for the presidency. Were going to let our viewers know that our prime time coverage of the Republican National convention, starts at 10 00 eastern time, we hope you can join us, for now thats going to do it for us on this monday night. Im lester holt, for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night from cleveland. The camera crew filmed him speaking to taylor. 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