welcome to the beat weekend, i m ari melber. let s get to the headlines, lawrence he concludes with what should be the easy one, careful to discuss the seriousness of the attempted assassination of former president donald trump last weekend, we have heard from trump officials, i had several in the program this week. we call balls and strikes are in your, the fact is as a lyrical matter, the situation donald trump in last night should have been straightforward . a lot of sympathy and support in that room, a lot of interest around the nation, given a standard or average or typical speech would have been enough. but he did not do that, he gave a very unusual, historically long, meandering, winding speech, that i can type as political matter, not just on the left or trump resistance, from a lot of different sources today, seeing reaction that has revived excitement, energy, even confidence among democrats, who still see this individual, now nominee donald trump, as eminently read
welcome to the beat. i ll bet you know this because you have your tv on. you re watching the news. a busy friday after an absolutely unprecedented, historic, serious, political, and at times bizarre week in political life. the rnc concludes with the speech that should have been the easy one. and we have been careful to discuss the seriousness of the attempted assassination of former president trump last weekend. we ve heard from trump officials. i ve had several on the program this week. we also call ball and strikes around here. as a political matter, the situation donald trump entered last night should have been straightforward. a lot of sympathy and support in that room. a lot of support around the room. giving a typical speech would have been enough. but he did not do that. he gave a very unusual, historically long meandering, winding speech that i can tell you as a political matter, not just on the left or the trump resistance but for a lot of sources today, we re seei
good evening our special coverage of the republican national convention begins right now. i m ari melber. i m jen psaki with you for the next two hours as we get into the second day of the rnc. this rnc includes the typical trappings of any political convention including what you see on your screen. yesterday the delegates affirmed the running mate senator jd vance and he s getting a walk through. there are the speakers. and appearances from past rivals now pushing unity. tonight ron desantis and nikki haley will speak. a boom for trump as they are the rivals who did best against him in the primary. and the force and enthusiasm of nikki haley s speech did matter. she did build support among conservatives and independents who were skeptical of joe biden and donald trump alike. tonight s theme is make america safe again a place nikki haley can draw on her foreign policy experience. that s the typical part of the gathering. then there s the assassination attempt hanging over
anti-maskers are teaming up with the proud boys to threaten school boards over mask mandates. while one school board meeting in north carolina was so chaotic, attendees attempted to overthrow the officials and install themselves as a new board. there s also something else that s happening right now about 3,000 miles away from the u.s. in brazil. stay with me because there is a connection. today is brazil s independence day. tens of thousands of demonstrators came out in support of their president, jair bolsonaro. bolsonaro won a closely watched presidential election in 2018 and his victory signalled the country s shift to the far right. he has praised the country s history of military dictatorship and has advocated torture. he was able to win the presidency by tapping into the resentments held by the while upper and upper upper middle classes in a country that like the u.s. is rife with anti-blackness and racism. during the pandemic, bolsonaro downplayed covid despite getting