hello. i m vishala sri pathma. jd vance, the republican candidate for vice president, has delivered his acceptance address to the party convention. he began by paying tribute to donald trump and urged delegates to follow his lead and fight for america. mr vance said republicans were united to try to win back the white house, but not afraid to debate. jd vance has aligned himself closely with the policies of mr trump and if the pair win in november, he s seen as the potential future of the republican party. never in my wildest imagination could i have believed i would be standing here tonight. i grew up in middletown ohio. a small town where people spoke their minds, build with their hands and loved their god, theirfamily, community and their family, community and country theirfamily, community and country with their whole heart. it was also a place they had been cast aside and forgotten by america s ruling class in washington. when i was in the fourth grade, career politician
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but for many at tonight s gathering the focus is on what comes next, after donald trump survived an assassination attempt at his pennsylvania rally that plunged the us presidential race into a state of shock and uncertainty. it s prompted calls to tone down rhetoric on both sides. what are you looking forward to in the days ahead? an what are you looking forward to in the days ahead? in the days ahead? an exciting time in my in the days ahead? an exciting time in my home in the days ahead? an exciting time in my home state - in the days ahead? an exciting time in my home state of - time in my home state of wisconsin, a great city on the leg. i hope we focus on the policies needed to move our country forward. i think is sobering moment to refocus us on what makes america such a great country and what policies we need to put in place to get our country back on track. we have a big opportunity to focus on how to bring down inflation, address illegal migration. if we stay fo
summit. expecting to hearfrom us presidentjoe biden in a few hours from now. a press conference where he will face questions from the us and world press. it is being seen as a test for him and his performance given what happened in that presidential debate of course a couple of weeks ago. a busy day in the summit. ukraine still very much the focus of discussions. the us president met with ukrainian president volodymr zelensky. nato leaders also gathered for the nato ukraine council. they reaffirmed their support in its war against russia. we ll have more on the specifics of that in a few minutes, but all eyes really onjoe biden. growing calls for the us president to step aside from the presidential campaign. overnight, we saw the first democratic sentor break ranks, peter welch from vermont. he wrote in the wall streetjournal the president should withdraw for the good of the country . and just as we came on air, more bad news for us presidentjoe biden. the us democratic repr