inside politics. i m dana bash, live from the republican national convention in milwaukee walkie where hours from now, donald trump will accept his party s nomination for the third time in a row evan, home it will happen before delegates who are energized and united behind their candidate, like almost never before after he was nearly assassinated, just five days ago. now, in normal times, this would obviously be our lead here today on inside politics, but these are anything but normal times. so we are going to start on the other side of the aisle because joe biden, the sitting president of the united states which has never been closer to being pushed out of the race while republicans were celebrating here in milwaukee, this was joe biden getting on air force one last night. he of course, had to leave where he was in nevada because he was diagnosed with covid. it is a split screen that terrifies democrats and has convinced more and more of them that joe biden cannot win we re
i stopped listening after i heard the word indoors. another senior adviser eyes are told me, ron and nikki made it clear it is djt donald trump juniors, excuse me. he donald john trump s party they needed nikki nikki haley to come out here and endorse him tonight. remember this? she only won two primaries, but she continued to get tens of thousands of votes from republicans even after she it dropped out of the race, those votes, many of them in critical battleground states like arizona, like pennsylvania, they were thrilled at the fact that she had directly dressed. those supporters and that she told them to go vote for donald trump. they were thrilled at the fact that she made it a binary choice. that is something donald trump and his team have tried to do. that is something that nikki haley did tonight, and that is why they wanted her on that stage tonight. all right. kristen holmes. thanks so much. let s go to phil mattingly now, who s getting more reaction to the haley
in battleground, wisconsin, where we expect to see former president donald trump in person at this convention this evening as republicans are celebrating there now official 2024 presidential ticket prompts new running mate senator jd vance of ohio made a surprise appearance earlier capping his formal nomination provides president. we have an extraordinary view of it all high above the arena for our special coverage of this history making convention i m jake tapper along with anderson cooper and anderson, we re standing by to see donald trump at some point this evening yeah, we re told former president is eager to attend the convention to meet with his support there isn t allies after the attempt on his life tonight, the gop is putting forward some of its most powerful and polarizing figures spread trump s maga message along with a slew of everyday americans tamped to speak to bread and butter issues jake, we re standing by to hear from the top speakers of the night and carr
night sleep i m stephanie elam in los angeles and this is cnn this. is cnn special live coverage, republican national convention in milwaukee, donald trump in the building expected to enter the hall at any moment, i want to go to full mattingly. who s standing by? bill, what are you can you tell us well, all eyes have been on the stage for much of an eye right now. they re turning to the back of the room and the vip section where we have started to see trump family members start to walk in, including john junior, his girlfriend, kimberly guilfoyle. they have joined jd vance, who has already standing there with the speaker, mike johnson, mike johnson s wife, kelly, byron donalds, and other house member as well, tiffany trump has also walked in. eu cb family, friends, close advisers, including dance we know from the trump team and they know haba trump s lawyer is also here as well. there s eric trump sitting with his wife, bore trump, who s now heading these republican that s
offering today s please welcome. from the greek orthodox archdiocese of america. his eminence archbishop lpa doe for us let us pray to the lord. all almighty and eternal god in peace. we come before you any block, your infinite goodness? look upon this gathering of our nations political leaders and grant them illumined hearts and minds to serve their fellow citizens. through this republican national convention grant. until the nominee president donald j. trump and his advisers and counselors wisdom grace, and the spirit of duty not they may embrace all americans. his needs shining, the light of good government upon the venerable institutions of the roles best hope for everyone s lives liberty, and pursuit of happiness grant unto the delegates a powerful recognition of purpose to bear witness to divine providence which has shielded this great land through the centuries and drives us to a more perfect union with one another ever building on the labels of those pioneers of pat