now on bbc news, americast. there was blood pouring everywhere and yet in a certain way i felt very safe because i had god on my side. i felt that. so that was donald trump with his big and extremely lengthy speech that he has just finished delivering to delegates at the republican national convention. applause. the amazing thing is that prior to the shot, if i had not moved my head at that very last instant, the assassin s bullet would have perfectly hit its mark and i would not be here tonight, we would not be together. it is very late on thursday night. so late, it s friday morning. we are going to be running through what donald trump had to say, what it all means, what s been happening through the week. a lot of those thoughts will also be on our radio 4 episode this week. it has been the most extraordinary few days in american politics, so we will go through all of the highlights. welcome to americast. americast. americast from bbc news. hello, it sjustin in the worldwid
on the leaderboard. lets go live to the course and join our reporter ben croucher, and ben conditions once again not making it easy, whose fairing best out there. it is properly blowing out here now. the wind has really whipped up. we have no shelter from that breeze on the west coast of scotland. there are gusts of 20 or 30 miles for, may be stronger lowering the players down the back nine. who is coping best? it might be no surprise to hear that a man who has conquered the open championship before, the 2019 champion from ireland, shane lowry, another under 30 round for him. two shots clear of the rest, 7 under par. huge roar on the 18th and hour ago we heard, that is a tell tale sign the irishman is very well. credit to dan brown who is five under par, he plays his last couple of holes. just dropped a couple of holes. just dropped a couple of holes. just dropped a couple of shots. justin rose not a single bogey for him so far. he has played 1.5 rounds. that is some going. j
on the other, she is staying with the same record as far as see it on issues like the border and when you look at the polling, she is not polling any better thanjoe biden and that is what concerns democrats. for practical and political reasons, ifjoe biden does not remain on the ticket, then you have to go to cameron harris, neither of these scenarios is a slam dunk, joe biden continuing is no guarantee the democrats win and kamala harris stepping on is no guarantee. we are all within the margins here. three to five points you can usually make up to five points you can usually make up even in a divided country like this. but kamala harris, for the practical reasons, number one, how many of her days are left to run for president? she is the only one who could inherit all of the fundraising that has been done, the organisation and the resources, all of that, because you cannot transfer that to anybody else so if somebody else runs for president you are starting from scratch, no
florida governor ron desantis, both addressing the convention and what was meant to be a display of party unity. both spent much of the last year criticising the president for let s hear from both of them now. , , ., a now. president trump asked me to seak now. president trump asked me to speak to now. president trump asked me to speak to this now. president trump asked me to speak to this convention - now. president trump asked me to speak to this convention in i to speak to this convention in the name of unity. applause. it the name of unity. applause.- the name of unity. applause. ., ., , applause. it was a gracious invitation. applause. it was a gracious invitation, and applause. it was a gracious invitation, and i applause. it was a gracious invitation, and i was - applause. it was a gracious invitation, and i was happy l applause. it was a gracious| invitation, and i was happy to accept. i will start by making one thing perfectly clear. donald trump has my stro
first, the latest news. the prime minister has said that the king s speech marks the start of a rejection of what he called the snake oil charms of populism and the beginning of a national renewal . he was speaking in the commons after the king had laid out labour s plans for its first months in office. growing fears that another war may erupt in the middle east as israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah keep trading fire across the border. police in thailand say six vietnamese nationals found dead in a luxury hotel suite in bangkok on tuesday were probably poisoned with cyanide in a suspected murder suicide case. authorities are investigating possible motives. the prime minister of bangladesh has warned that those responsible for the death of six people in a wave of student protests will be punished regardless of their political affiliation. many oppose a law under which a third of civil service posts are reserved for relatives of bangladesh s independence fighter