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united states, tonight melania trump steps into the spotlight on the world stage. nightly news begins right now. announcer: tonight nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from cleveland. a dramatic start to the republican national convention, an old-fashioned floor fight, but it may be the last gasp of a movement that has dogged trump during the primaries. it s enough to highlight the deep divisions in the party. our team is all here, we re going to kick off our coverage with more on today s drama and nbc s hallie jackson. reporter: drama, like we haven t seen in decades. delegates who have been elected to this convention. reporter: a revolt from grass roots republicans hosting a furious floor fight. the entire colorado delegation walking off. they cheated. i mean that s what you just saw, you saw them violate their own rules. this is not a meeting of the republican national committee. this is a meeting of brown shirts. reporter: all of it a ....
into the biggest spotlight of her life. nightly news begins right now. announcer: the republican national convention, this is nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from cleveland. good evening, the stop trump movement if not doa, a dramatic strart to the republican national convention. an old-fashioned floor fight, but it may be the last gasp of a movement that has dogged trump during the primaries. it s enough to highlight the deep divisions in the party even now in what is a celebration of unity. our team is all here, we re going to kick off our coverage with more on today s drama and nbc s hallie jackson. reporter: drama, like we haven t seen in decades. delegates who have [000:01:59;00] reporter: a revolt from grass roots republicans, forcing a furious floor fight. the entire colorado delegation walking off. they cheated. i mean that s what you just saw, you saw them violate their own rules. this is not a meeting of the republican nation ....
building up here in terms of excitement and preparation whitney give you a look at all the activity. we help folks lined up 10 deep to get a look. you can see a dragon coming through right now. and all along, as you pin through the crowd, you can see just how many people come. this is what it looks like every year. this is a parade that does not disappoint. one of the only nighttime parades left in the country. we have folks from utah over here. folks from germany and hayward. let me ask you quickly, have you ever seen a parade before? no, i haven t. reporter: not anywhere? not on tv? no. bucket list. reporter: it s a good one. reporter: first time here? first time and i m so happy to be here. reporter: all the way from germany, what are you hoping to see? all. reporter: you will see the best ever. let s look down here. this is where our grandstands are. these are some of the best seats in the house and this is one of the beginning acts of the parade ....
superintendent, garry mccarthy. the city, plagued by gun violence and distrust of the police, was rocked last week by a video of the shooting of a black teenager by a white officer. release of that video after a year-long delay led to a series of protests. dean reynolds is in chicago. reporter: with murderous gang violence on the rise in chicago once again and with public confidence in the city s police collapsing, mayor rahm emanuel decided it was time for a change at the top of the force. public trust in the leadership of the department has been shaken and eroded. this morning i formally asked for his resignation. reporter: this appeared to be the last straw for garry mccarthy s four and a half year tenure. dash cam video showing a white chicago cop shooting a black teenager 16 times. the death of laquan mcdonald the video finally released last week undercut the police account that officer jason van dyke s life was in danger when he opened fire. van dyke has sin ....
the birth of his daughter, he plans to give away almost all of his $45 billion fortune. and the most popular holiday gift this year, the hoverboard, the potential dangers. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. this morning a new light on the activity of isis here in the united states. the study by george washington university found as of this fall there are about 900 active isis investigations in all 50 states, and that there have been 56 terrorism-related arrests in 2015, that is the most since 9/11. researchers found those suspected of having links to differing in race and social class and the case of a young couple of mississippi, jaelyn young was an honor student and high school cheerleader and muhammed dakhalla was a college graduate. couple was arrested in august while trying to make their way to syria. the fbi says they were tipped off by the pair s online postings. the ....