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
[ ] history in the making here in milwaukee with president trump appearing night one of the rnc. welcome to democracy 24 coverage of the republican national convention live from fiserv forum. good evening. i m brett. i m martha. the crowd here exploding moments ago when they saw president trump entering the arena. they could see him on the big screen. he does have a bandage over his ear. he s the man of the hour. the 45th president of the united states, now the nominee of his party. we re about to see hindle on stage as well him. you can imagine what this moment means just two days after the former president survived an assassination attempt. again, the bandage over the right side of his ear as he s going to walk on here. lee greenwood with a song beforehand and this place is going to go through the roof. i think you re going to see a lot of emotion in this moment as we see the president step on the stage shortly. let s listen in. let s watch. got to make s
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burnett. tonight, the death toll has risen significantly. at least 45 people killed across the east coast as remnants of ida leave breathtaking destruction. this is the first time we ve had a flash flood of this proportion. sadly tragic, historic 24 hours in new jersey. there s noover way to put it. tonight in the northeast, more than 100,000 people are in the dark, and the threat is not over yet. new jersey appearing to be the hardest hit state with 23 people dead. officials say many more are still missing at this hour. this video we re going to show you, floodwaters turning entire neighborhoods into islands. a baseball field, flooded. the outfield and lower stands, completely submerged. and to give you an idea how widespread the damage is, this is what that area normally looks like. for many people, the only way out is by boat. we ve seen people being rescued by the water all day long. there are also record-breaking flooding in new york where 15 people died, the rain
live from washington. he has the very latest. hi, david. hi, sandra. big story. democrats are looking at the temporary burden of millions of americans as temporary. they believe this is a marathon, not a print and ultimately the higher spending will help more americans than hurt them. citing a private white house poll, democratic lawmakers are encouraged to focus on how the president s $3 trillion infrastructure plan helps working families by lowering costs and getting people back to work or maybe helping the economy. the consumer price index measures what people pay for goods increased 5% from a year ago. the president is counting on a bipartisan infrastructure plan to help the economy. continues are continue to see inflation and the issue is the democrats in congress is reckless and ultimately increased spending will hurt where it counts at the grocery stores and at the gas pumps. inflation is at the highest in the past 13 years. economists are concerned it won t just dis