former president donald trump has spoken very highly of him. of course, you talked about former house speaker nancy pelosi. when it comes to the importance of tonight, this is supposed to be a night of unity during what is a very fractured and seemingly devices time divisive time. there have been questions about what will president biden do? one of the questions, a lot of focus on former house speaker nancy pelosi. we know those lawmakers closest to pelosi have come out and asked biden to step aside, so many questions and what happens next but the focus here tonight really being on raising funds and really throwing their support behind those democratic lawmakers, politicians who are running in november on a local level. in terms of how people here are feeling, i want to take you from what we heard from one person all the way from philadelphia to be here tonight. i think, for me personally, you know, the stakes and what we are voting for and what we are voting against do
welcome to the beat weekend, i m ari melber. let s get to the headlines, lawrence he concludes with what should be the easy one, careful to discuss the seriousness of the attempted assassination of former president donald trump last weekend, we have heard from trump officials, i had several in the program this week. we call balls and strikes are in your, the fact is as a lyrical matter, the situation donald trump in last night should have been straightforward . a lot of sympathy and support in that room, a lot of interest around the nation, given a standard or average or typical speech would have been enough. but he did not do that, he gave a very unusual, historically long, meandering, winding speech, that i can type as political matter, not just on the left or trump resistance, from a lot of different sources today, seeing reaction that has revived excitement, energy, even confidence among democrats, who still see this individual, now nominee donald trump, as eminently read
welcome to the beat. i ll bet you know this because you have your tv on. you re watching the news. a busy friday after an absolutely unprecedented, historic, serious, political, and at times bizarre week in political life. the rnc concludes with the speech that should have been the easy one. and we have been careful to discuss the seriousness of the attempted assassination of former president trump last weekend. we ve heard from trump officials. i ve had several on the program this week. we also call ball and strikes around here. as a political matter, the situation donald trump entered last night should have been straightforward. a lot of sympathy and support in that room. a lot of support around the room. giving a typical speech would have been enough. but he did not do that. he gave a very unusual, historically long meandering, winding speech that i can tell you as a political matter, not just on the left or the trump resistance but for a lot of sources today, we re seei
achieve the extraordinary vision that you have for this country. now, i pledge to every american no matter your party, i will give you everything i have to serve you and to make this country a place where every dream you have for yourself, your family, and your country will be possible once again. from never trumper to running mate, senator j.d. vance accepted the nomination for vice president last night at the republican national convention and gave the evening s keynote address. we ll have more of his speech straight ahead. plus, we ll bring you the latest on president biden s health following his covid diagnosis yesterday and how the illness could impact the growing concerns about his campaign. and also ahead we re learning more about the time line of the assassination attempt on donald trump as well as some new details about the gunman. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, july 18th. july 18th, happy birthday. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for s
polling shows he cannot beat donald trump and that he could destroy democrats chances of taking back the house in november. chuck schumer had a similar message for the president during what was described as a blunt conversation on saturday. and congressman adam schiff has become the most high-profile democrat to call on the president to step aside. in an interview this week, the president laid out what would make him reevaluate. if doctors said, you ve got this problem and that problem. all this comes as donald trump prepares for his crowning moment at the republican national convention in make tonight. ali vitali and jonathan allen. when you have someone like chuck schumer telling the president he can t win, what was that like, and what was the conclusion of that meeting and that conversation? there s a real parallel here. obviously the situations are different, but there s a parallel here to richard nixon after the watergate tapes came out where barry goldwater and o