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
attorney. i really believe in the constitution in america, and we have to uphold hold that i certainly hear you on that. of course, somebody from myself who s been in main justice and then become a yesterday s office ausa, there is fluidity. there is the accusation of collapse angelo. thank you so much for being here and giving us the emotional background as well. thank you. thank you. yeah. and we ll find out what happens when the case gets to the 11th circuit. alright. laura coates. thank you very much. and thank you for joining me here on the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. stay with us inside politics with dana bash starts right now. have a great day cnn breaking news welcome to inside politics. i m dana bash, live from milwaukee, where the republican national convention is about to kick off a different event than the former president says he and his party planned since he narrowly escaped assassination this weekend we re going to start with another unexpected twist here.
well. that is going to be one of the things also that ll give some republicans in the movie stablished part of the party, some pause in the idea that donald trump wants to come into this convention as a uniter. this doesn t necessarily will unite the country it doesn t necessarily unite the republican party either. i ve been talking to some haley voters who in the end we re hoping last-ditch, hope it may be the pick would be haley maybe would even be burgum very upset that it is jd vance on that one person i talked to who is in arizona, a haley voter. she called vance manipulative manipulate divided they are not happy with this pick. i think it speaks to what democrats are feeling too. they feel like in jd vance, they have a big target, but we also know that oftentimes vice president joe picks, don t necessarily matter in the end. game, but democrats are i m hoping that in jd vance, they can make a target that ll turn off those suburban voters that are so. and in this parti
in milwaukee, wisconsin, where the republican national convention is scheduled to begin tomorrow. already delegates surrogates are starting to arrive here as they are still reeling from the assassination attempt of former president donald trump welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, we re continuing to follow the breaking news today as we are learning more information about that stunning assassination attempt that left donald trump bloody at his rally in butler, pennsylvania last night this hour, we are expecting to hear from president biden live from the white house he was briefed by top national security officials on the investigation in the attack. we will bring that to you live when it happens, it s expected to happen. it just a few moments it s from now. but this also comes as we re learning troubling new details about the gunman who was killed by the secret service moments after they opened fire on the former president law enforcement s
any and all aspects of security related to this event four, officers i can just reiterate what i said for in terms of what the city of milwaukee has done, our counsel in conjunction with me, ask to sign a local ordinance to make sure that there s more protection in the outer perimeter? as it relates to officers from across the state, wisconsin are elsewhere coming in to assist with public safety around the side, deferred to keep no chance make sure there s more protection in the outer perimeter i m. sorry what does that look like on the ground what so the ordinance said, i m referring to that. we had passed proactively at the local level, which is by the way the same ordinance, a saint partners to be passed in preparation for the democratic national convention when it was sick place in milwaukee in 2024, becoming mostly virtual events is order that does not allow individuals spring and into the outer perimeter hard items like cans, bottles that are filled other hard as they c