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 carry their rema
A loved one have mesothelial will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and we ll come to you 808 to 14000 welcome to inside politics. I m dana bash, live from the republican national committee in milwaukee, where donald trump was given a hero s welcome by his most ardent supporters here just two days after surviving an assassination attempt my life just not true you can. See that white bandage over trump s right ear a reminder of just how close he came to death while the hall here was electric, the former president appeared subdued and even emotional as he stood with his new running mate, ohio senator jd vance, who is effectively the political heir to the maga movement. Vance spoke to fox about what donald trump said when he got the call he just said, look, i think got to go save this country. I think you re the guy who could help me in the best way you can help me govern, you can help me when you could help me in some of these midwestern states it s like penn
Jesse: welcome to jesse watters primetime. Tonight. Jesse: still no answers in trump s a destination at them. Why is the secret service hiding? the stops with me. I am proud to announce that senator j. D. Vance has the overwhelming support of this convention to be the next vice president of the united states. Jesse: trumpvance. That s the ticket. On a call a week ago you said it time to put trump in the bull seye. President joe biden: it was a mistake use the word and meant crossing at commenced balls high, meant focus on him. Jesse: of the trump was almost killed, biden is one buying worst political life. President joe biden: i beg your pardon? jesse: plus. Why are you going for the longterm? because i love america and so that he. Jesse: fox news alert, donald trump is expected to walk the stage of the republican national convention just later ton tonight. It will be the first time we see the presidency this much since he dodged a bullet. Fortyfive freshly wounded will soon bask innov
Republican national convention in milwaukee, wisconsin. I m rachel maddow, joined here at msnbc headquarters by my colleagues joy reid and nicolle wallace and jen psaki and ari melber. We have chris hayes under a desk here somewhere. On days like this when it can be difficult to wrap your head around all of the news that will just not stop unfolding, we know you have every choice in the urld about where to watch the news tonight, so we re grateful to have you here with us. Let s start with some of the day s biggest developments. Just after 3:00 eastern this afternoon, republican nominee donald trump announced online that he had chosen ohio senator jd vance to be his vice presidential running mate. Jd vance is 39 years old, he has held political office for less than two years before which he was best known for writing his autobiography. Senator vance was famously a harsh trump critic in 2016 when trump first ran for president. Jd vance at the time, again then, famous just as an author,
erin, you re the woman on the panel so i m curious what you watch every holiday season. first of all, merry christmas to you, tiffany, and shoutout to you for looking like a whole christmas centerpiece up here. i am loving the holiday look, honey. so look, this is an important time to remind people that diehard is 100% a christmas movie. if there is a young person who does not know that, you are failing them as a parent, grand parent, aunt. home alone and a christmas story did pair christmas with guns and violence. only in america, i guess. that s a good point. i noticed this this year and was like, hmm, maybe explains why we ve seen some folks on the twittersphere making that connection. brilliant point. but you brought up something very controversial that is diehard being a christmas movie. some people say no, some people say yes. i have to agree with you, it is a christmas movie. but i have to tell you i was talking to one of our producers who was working o