second oldest son, eric trump, leading up to donald trump s diplomatic speech himself, his wife, melania, is here. his daughter ivanka, expected to also be in the hall. they will be making their first appearances at this convention. let s go right now to kaitlan collins on the convention floor, trump is in the room. kaitlan. tell us what the mood is like. where you are. yeah, jake, it s very clearly the last night and everyone here is obviously looking forward to what donald trump is going to say when he finally addresses the convention tonight, he is seated in his box right behind me right now. i saw him to center a few moments ago, but he ll leave that box and not too long from now to go backstage. as he prepares to deliver what we are told is going to be about an hour an hour and ten minutes. of remarks from the former president. i should just note that as we re in the room, they ve been there have been signs every night to kind of fit that thieves where it was safety, i
friends first . we get straight to a fox news alert, breaking right now covering the clash between afghan special forces and the telegram. reuters says a senior afghan officer caught in telegram crossfire near the pakistani border. embedded with afghan forces since earlier this week, the reuters president and editor-in-chief releasing a statement saying he was an outstanding journalist, devoted husband and father and much loved colleague. our thoughts are with his family of this terrible time. carley: another massive march in support of cuban amid the worsening crisis. todd: the white house is slow to react despite the president calling cuba a failed state and condemning communism. carley: good morning, lauren. reporter: protesters calling for us action in cuba by shutting down highways, speaking up for cubans who have been demonstrating in historic numbers against their government over food shortages, unstable economy, cuba s handling of rone long-running communist regime.
republicans will counter with the g.o.p. s only black senator, south carolina s tim scott who is expected to call for pragmatic infrastructure plans that are paid for and incentives that don t hurt businesses. we have fox team coverage tonight. jennifer griffin at the pentagon looks at what the president is dealing with on the foreign policy front and may talk about tonight. jackie heinrich at the capitol previews what senator scott is likely to say but we begin with peter doocy and what we are learning about the president s live from the north lawn. tonight s speech is going to take a different tone than the inaugural where the president warned of a dark winter ahead because those excerpts tell us is he going to say after 100 days i can report to the nation america is on the move again turning peril into possibility. crisis into opportunity, setback into strength. now we know that he plans to try to back that big talk up by making the government a lot bigger. now is the
i m todd piro. fox team coverage covering the legal blow to president biden. griff jenkins is with us. griff: you might say the president is having a no good week, not just voting rights failure or the slap down, take a look at other setbacks, the country lost faith in the cdc, tests are scarce, the big speech bombed as stacey abrams stood them up, inflation is soaring, the border wide open and north korea is firing missiles while the president s poll numbers are in the tank. the two senators manchin and kyrsten sinema refusing to kill the filibuster shutting down voting rights legislation. i continue to support the bills i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of separation infecting our country. griff: filibuster protects country from majority and respecting input of minority and the senate. i cannot support this course as president vowed to fight on. president biden: i hope we can get this done. i m not sure. if we miss the first time
in the open will not likely be able to play in the tournament, which starts on monday. australian officials have asked djokovic to appear tomorrow. his visa was revoked last week upon arrival after the australian government said he failed to provide evidence to receive a vaccine exemption. we ll bring you any developments on this story as we get them. todd: another fox news ark letter, president biden striking out on capitol hill as democrats crush his hopes, democrats and republicans. griff jenkins live in washington with more. griff, good morning. griff: good morning, carley and todd, the president having a no good, very bad week, not just blows from capitol hill and the high court. take a look at litany of setbacks in the past few days, the country lost faith in the cdc, tests are hard to find, that speech in georgia bombed with stacey abrams standing them up and inflation hit a 40-year high. vice president harris got mocked for a tv interview, the border is still wide