coates and we are live from the walkie welcome to cnn special live coverage of the republican national convention. we are alive inside the cnn grill right here in milwaukee, where convention attendees are gathering they are celebrating after a busy first night of your republican national convention. and you know what a lot has happened already here tonight. but perhaps the biggest moment we were all waiting for the arrival of a man who just 48 hours hours ago survive. what is being investigated as an assassination attempt. former president donald trump was next to him. the man who solve the mystery of who trump will next aim as his running mate ohio senator jd vance, and both were nominated by republicans earlier. today but tonight was more than about the fist pump. it was also a night in speeches focused on today s theme. it was make america a wealthy again, you probably saw all the different signs that were in the convention hall in each day. it s going to bring yet ano
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
capitol building on january 6th. nbc s elson barber on the ground with the latest for us. it seems at this point, right, the rally is now over. we were out there together a little while ago. how have things transpired since then? reporter: yeah, let me just let you look with me to show the kind of little bit that is left of the police presence over here. you can see it s very much whittled down. when you look out in the crowd you see little groups of pockets of people here. but it s still unclear whether or not they were part of this protest, this rally or whatever you want to call it or if they stopped by to see things afterwards. capitol police say 400 to 500 people were inside the protest area that s excluding law enforcement. i would say about half of those were members of the media. it seemed like there were couple hundred people here specifically for this protest. the organizer of this rally says that this was specifically meant to be supporting nonviolent individuals
the world, it is thursday, august 26th. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman. we re beginning with significant breaking news. sources telling cnn that the frantic evacuation effort in afghanistan is in its final 36 hours. there are still u.s. citizens trying to get out of kabul. others possibly stuck outside the city. and the fate of thousands of green card holders and their families growing dim. these are legal, permanent residents of the u.s., like a philadelphia family with small children who we featured on our show yesterday. for many afghans who worked with u.s. troops, their hopes to escape may now be dashed though u.s. efforts are under way to help almost 2,000 local embassy staff try to get out. so 36 hours left. which is not much. and the complications are only compounded by the huge security risks. overnight, the u.s. embassy blasted an urgent warning to all americans don t travel to the airport and people at certain gates they say leave immediately. one defen
from tokyo.also this lunchtime: gas and electricity bills will go up for millions of people, after the regulator raised the energy price cap thousands of people signed a petition to save an alpaca that faces getting put down. barcelona says its star player lionel messi will leave this summer after more than 20 years with the club. and, one of the biggest arts festivals in the world, the edinburgh fringe, finally gets underway today after its cancellation last summer because of the pandemi. and coming up on the bbc news channel: for the third olympics running, team gb s women hockey players win a medal and say a bronze was beyond their wildest dreams just a few months ago. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most decorated female olympic athlete, after she and teammate katie archibald won the women s madison event in the velodrome. the pair dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. it means kenny has won gold