Where this evening s convention program is already in full swing at 8:00 p. M. Eastern here, delegates anticipating donald trump s expected return to the arena tonight with his running mate, senator jd vance of ohio. We re watching it all from our anchor position above the convention hall. This is cnn special live convention coverage jake tapper, along with my friend and colleague anderson cooper and anderson and former trump rival nikki haley is among the most highly anticipated speakers as even without a doubt, she was trump s lie asked the most bitter primary opponent and took her time before finally supporting him. We re told she ll make the case to uncertain voters. Though, why she s now voting for trump republicans united front offering a stark, perhaps intentional contrast, and the democrats frayed public divisions over president biden s candidacy. Right now jake, before haley s remarks, there are some closure we watched teachers coming up, of course, in this hour as well i unde
suburban miami community. a wing of the 12 stories peach front building collapsed early this morning. search and rescue personnel are combing through the rubble being, searching for sur advisors. so far one person is confirmed dead. correspondent steve harrigan has the latest tonight from surfside, hello, steve. steve: mike, officials here insist that this is still a search and rescue operation. they say under ground they are hearing a banging. they are not sure it s human but they expect to continue the search all night long. surveillance video shows the collapse of parts of a condominium tower at 1:30 a.m. thursday while most residents were asleep. the most basic questions how many are dead, what caused the collapse, remain unanswered. this is beyond crazy, you know, this doesn t happen in first world countries. billings just don t fall down like this. so this is inexplicable. we just don t have any answers right now but we will get them. we will find out what happened.
Rachel camposduffy. Will: back for a sequel and permanent seat between pete and i on the weekends. Rachel: i m excited to be here again. Will: great to have you. Rachel: that was called the weekend vibe? pete: i look forward to the weekend. I don t know but guys. It s work but it s good to look forward to work. Right? will: yeah. Pete: better than being like this is the weekend. It s terrible. Will: sleeping in is overrated. Rachel: i disagree with that one. Can t agree with you on that one. Pete: we re really glad you are here. Join us for the fourhour tour this morning. We begin with disturbing news this morning. Part of a trend of violence in the city. Shots fired, murder, petty crimes, whatever it is. Not just here in new york city but across the country. There is one video, it s on the cover of the new york post this morning as well it says this is nyc now. The video is disturbing. We re going to show it to you. If you have got kids nearby you might not want them to see it. It is
to grow their stockpile. press conference. the press conference. the question is will the press do its job in asking tough questions particularly concerning the and following up. i hit the ground i hit the ground steve: hello, and welcome to the big room here we have rachel and will and me. good to are have you here on this thursday, march 25th, 2021. beautiful day in our neighborhood hope it s beautiful where you are. will: good morning to you both. rachel: good morning will and steve. will: good morning we have to say good morning to somebody else on the team our buddy pete hegseth in camp washington chill. will: no, excuse me, that s not chili, that is breakfast spaghetti. rachel: is that a thing? pete: i don t know that the spaghetti is for breakfast but it is today. steve: you future on top? pete: it s true, i don t know about that. did you know about that? that s a cincinnati thing. this is called chili five ways. you have a base of spaghetti, you have got be
bondage, the shame of servitude, the sting of segregation, but who kept on striving and hoping and doing what needed to be done. [ cheers ] so don t let anyone ever tell you that this country isn t great, that somehow we need to make it great again. because this right now is the greatest country on earth. [ cheers ] when you were little, did you ever want to be the first lady? no, i didn t. i didn t know i could be the first lady. sometimes you can only be what you know exists in the world. and no one like me was ever the first lady of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] all first ladies are thrust into the spotlight, but michelle obama will be scrutinized more intensely than any of her predecessors. we talk about civil rights history, we talk about the series of firsts. this is within our lifetime. are you prepared to take the oath, senator? i am. it took my breath away. and i thought, oh, my gosh, this is really happening. i stand here today humbled