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coates and we are live from the walkie welcome to cnn special live coverage of the republican national convention. we are alive inside the cnn grill right here in milwaukee, where convention attendees are gathering they are celebrating after a busy first night of your republican national convention. and you know what a lot has happened already here tonight. but perhaps the biggest moment we were all waiting for the arrival of a man who just 48 hours hours ago survive. what is being investigated as an assassination attempt. former president donald trump was next to him. the man who solve the mystery of who trump will next aim as his running mate ohio senator jd vance, and both were nominated by republicans earlier. today but tonight was more than about the fist pump. it was also a night in speeches focused on today s theme. it was make america a wealthy again, you probably saw all the different signs that were in the convention hall in each day. it s going to bring y ....
don junior, his son said about what he was going to have as his speech, donald trump be, different different how i just certainly deescalate some of that rhetoric now, obviously leslie donald trump is not known for de-escalating rhetoric, but this was a harrowing experience and we are talking to allies, supporters, advisers behind the scenes, who say they really believed that he is changed and means it seriously when he wants people to tone down that rhetoric, when he makes these calls for unity in the party. now obviously, we re waiting to see for donald trump actually says on thursday. but again, talking to the people around them, even talking to some of his supporters were in the room last night when he walked in with that bandage on his ear the first time so many people had seen him in public since that assassination attempt. they said he looked different. that he looked emotional that is what i am hearing from his senior advisers as well, that he is taking this e ....
all my life, i had to start again. just my children and my world. thank my lucky stars here today . former president and now current republican presidential nominee donald trump receiving thunderous applause as he arrived at the republican national convention in milwaukee. that historic moment unfolding just days, of course, after he narrowly survived an assassin s attempt. a gunman opened fire on trump, of course, and his supporters over the weekend with a bullet grazing the former president s right ear. mr. trump told the washington examiner he survived, quote, by luck or by. thank you for staying with us at this late hour. i think it s now become an early hour, actually. i m jonathan hunt. and i m mollie line. the deadly shooting casting a major shadow over the rnc and also inspiring trump to change the speech that he is set to give later on this week. trump saying it will now for unity. day one of the rnc saw trump officially becoming the nominee and formally nami ....
ainsley: a powerful moment. former president trump makes his first public appearance since narrowly surviving an assassination attempt. he greeted the crowd on the very first night of the republican national convention as god bless the u.s.a. played in the back ground. it was very touching. very emotional. watch. if tomorrow all the things were gone i worked for all my life and i had to start again just my children and my wife. [cheers and applause] i thank my lucky stars to be living here today because the flag still for freedom and they can t take that away. [cheers and applause] and i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free and i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me [cheers and applause] and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cause there ain t no doubt i love this land. sing it god bless the u.s.a. brian: you got a sense of it. he was met by roaring applause right here in mil ....
ainsley: such a powerful moment at the rnc, former president trump making had first ap appearance since surviving an assassination attempt. watch this. if i had to start again, just my children and my wife. thank my lucky stars to be living here today. the flag still stands for freedom and they can t take that away. i m proud to be an american, where at least i know i m free. i won t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today. because there ain t no doubts, i love this land. sing it. god bless the usa. lawrence: what a moment, former president met by roaring applause in milwaukee. his head still bandaged. steve: joining j.d. vance, embodies forgotten men and women. vance spoke about his history in the past with president trump. i was skeptical of donald trump in 2016, he changed the mind says mof me and a lot of americans. president trump did a good job. it is a good thing when you see s ....