he says he now wants to bring america together and called it a miracle he s still alive. he ll address the convention later in the week, having just announced his pick for vice president if he wins in november. we ll have more on the security failings surrounding the assassination attempt, and we visit the hometown of the man who tried to kill donald trump. but first, let s join sarah smith, live at the republican national convention in milwaukee. donald trump has been saying he wants to change the tone of this campaign since that attempt on his life. he wants to talk about national unity, not political divisiveness. but he has chosen as his running mate a particularly combative politician, senatorjd vance, a former marine, a graduate of yale university and a man whose working class background could help donald trump win rust belt states like pennsylvania, michigan and here in wisconsin. this is the moment donald trump officially became the republican candidate for presid
our north america correspondent sarah smith has this report. this is the moment donald trump officially became the republican candidate for president. after amassing enough votes from state delegations. not a surprise, but momentous. he has a very good chance of winning that election. and his running mate has been revealed ast vance, a young senator who was first elected just two years ago. jd vance has been a very loyal lieutenant to donald trump throughout this campaign. the ohio senator grew up in poverty and wrote a well known book, hillbilly allergy, about his working class roots. he was not initially a trump fan. you have been asked this before about past comments you made about donald trump. you said i am a never trump guy. never liked him, terrible candidate. idiot if you voted for him. now he is a complete convert, aggressively seeking to blame joe biden for donald trump being shot at, saying on social media. trump the survivor says he s bringing a message of unity,
bill. chuck schumer saying he intends to get the legislation along with a budget resolution paving the way for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill through before the august recess. we are on track to pass both elements of the two track strategy before we adjourn for august recess. it took some prodding and a few dead line but it all has worked out for the better. we re going look at the road ahead with colorado democratic senator john hickenlooper who helped negotiate that bill. a house committee heard from some of the texas democratic law machers who fled the state to block passage of a voting restrictions bill as protesters march towards the state capitol in texas demanding action on voting rights. we re learning more about how far donald trump went in his efforts to get the justice department to help him pursue his false election fraud claim. we ll talk with a reporter that broke that story and get reaction from senate judiciary committee chair dick durbin. and nbc n
your findings in the select committee, and, also, can you talk about liz cheney s role now after leader mccarthy s move of withdrawing his members? overwhelmingly, if you look at the polls, and that s what your measure is, they want to know the truth. like in the 70s people want to know more about what happened on january 6th and 59% of republicans think we need to know more about what happened on january 6th. nobody is saying that this should be one point of view going on in the committee but it is, when statements are ridiculous and fall into the realm of, you must be kidding, there s no way that they re going to be on the committee. nbc news reporting that pelosi is considering bringing former republican congressman denver riggleman onboard as an adviser. riggleman has been a prominent critic of the former president and the republican party s efforts at sowing disinformation including on this broadcast. he ll join us in the next hour. and as the select committee inches
it is a good day. we made progress today. embrace that. thank you for watching. it s good to share it with you. the big show, don lemon tonight, big star, d lemon, right now. how are we going to celebrate juneteenth? when there is progress, we should celebrate. oh, we ll figure it out, this weekend. but i am just going to celebrate by honoring the people who came before me. i try to celebrate it, every day, by honoring the people who came before me. who fought for me to be able to sit in this seat, every night. to be able to speak, with authority. to be able to give my point of view, not opinion, there s a difference. opinion is not based in fact. a point of view is based in fact and in truth. and it is my particular lens, through which i am speaking, as a black man in america, who happens to be gay. and i have the incredible opportunity to have this platform to to speak, directly, not only to the american people but, to the world. to more than 200 countries around the