>>> MANDATORY EVACUATIONS NOW 
UNDER WAY AND STATES OF 
EMERGENCY ISSUED IN THE GULF 
COAST REGION AS A DEADLY 
HURRICANE TAKES AIM AT TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA EXPECTED TO MAKE 
LANDFALL TOMORROW AS A MAJOR 
CATEGORY 3.
REPUBLICANS MAKING THEIR MOVE, 
NIGHT TWO OF THE RNC.
>> THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
>> AFTER A FIRST NIGHT FILLED 
WITH TRIBUTES TO THE PRESIDENT 
AND DIRE VIEWS OF THE FUTURE 
WITH BIDEN AS PRESIDENT, TONIGHT
THREE MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP 
FAMILY TAKE TO THE STAGE.
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN WISCONSIN.
THE FAMILY OF JACOB BLAKE PLEADS
FOR AN END TO VIOLENT PROTESTS.
THE NEW VIDEO THAT APPEARS TO 
SHOW A POSSIBLE STRUGGLE WITH 
POLICE BEFORE BLAKE WAS SHOT 
MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE BACK.
>>> RACE FOR A TREATMENT.
THE HEAD OF THE FDA NOW 
APOLOGIZING FOR OVER SELLING THE
BENEFITS OF PLASMA THERAPY WHILE
STANDING WITH THE PRESIDENT.
>>> A GUT WRENCHING TRAGEDY.
THE WIFE OF A POLICE OFFICER 
FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS POLICE 
VEHICLE TRAPPED FOR HOURS IN 
SCORCHING HEAT.
>>> WHAT ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
MOST POWERFUL RELIGIOUS ALLIES 
IS NOW SAYING ABOUT RESIGNING IN
THE MIDST OF A SEX SCANDAL.
>>> MEET A NEW GENERATION OF 
REPUBLICANS.
HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 
OVERHAULED THE GRAND OLD PARTY 
AND THE DANGEROUS CONSPIRACY 
THEORY THAT COULD BE GAINING 
STEAM IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS. 
>>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I'M LINSEY DAVIS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING 
WITH US.
NIGHT TWO OF THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL BRING A
FEW THINGS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN 
BEFORE.
AMONG THEM A SECRETARY OF STATE 
GIVING HIS SPEECH ON FOREIGN 
SOIL AND THE FIRST LADY 
DELIVERING HER MESSAGE FROM THE 
ROSE GARDEN.
LAST NIGHT THE REPUBLICANS MADE 
THEIR PITCH TO VOTERS AND 
DIVERSITY WAS ON FULL DISPLAY.
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT
TOLD HIS STORY SAYING HIS FAMILY
WENT COTTON TO CONGRESS IN A 
SINGLE LIFETIME BUT HIS 
OPTIMISTIC TONE WAS IN THE 
MINORITY AND OFTEN DROWNED OUT 
BY STARK WARNINGS FROM OTHER 
FIGURES LIKE DONALD TRUMP JR. 
WHO WARNED OF DOOM AND GLOOM IF 
THE DEMOCRATS WIN.
JONATHAN KARL LEADS US OFF WITH 
WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TONIGHT. 
>> Reporter: THE NORMALLY LOW 
KEY FIRST LADY STEPS INTO THE 
POLITICAL SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT 
SPEAKING FROM THE ROSE GARDEN 
SHE HELPED REDESIGN.
HER ADVISERS SAY THE SPEECH WILL
BE POSITIVE AND FORWARD LOOKING,
A STARK CONTRAST FROM WHAT WE 
HEARD ON NIGHT ONE.
THE TONE WAS SET EARLY ON BY THE
ST. LOUIS COUPLE WHO BRANDISHED 
WEAPONS AT PROTESTERS MARCHING 
BY THEIR HOME IN JUNE.
>> NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, 
YOUR FAMILY WILL NOT BE SAFE IN 
THE RADICAL DEMOCRATS' AMERICA.
>> Reporter: IT WAS AN OMINOUS 
MESSAGE ECHOED LOUDLY BY 
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE, THE EX-WIFE 
OF THE DUCURRENT DEMOCRATIC 
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA. 
>> DON'T LET THEM DESTROY YOUR 
FAMILIES, YOUR LIVES, AND YOUR 
FUTURE.
DON'T LET THEM KILL FUTURE 
GENERATIONS BECAUSE THEY TOLD 
YOU AND BRAIN WASH YOU AND FED 
YOU LIES THAT YOU WEREN'T GOOD 
ENOUGH. 
>> Reporter: A LITTLE LATER THE 
THEME WAS PICKED UP BY DONALD 
TRUMP JR.
>> IT IS ALMOST LIKE THIS 
ELECTION IS SHAPING UP TO BE 
CHURCH, WORK, AND SCHOOL VERSUS 
RIOTING, LOOTING, AND VANDALISM.
>> Reporter: BUT IT WASN'T ALL 
DOOM AND GLOOM.
TWO OF THE MOST HIGH PROFILE 
SPEAKERS OF THE NIGHT WERE 
REPUBLICANS WITH DRAMATICALLY 
DIFFERENT STYLES THAN THE 
PRESIDENT.
BOTH OF THEM PEOPLE OF COLOR.
NIKKI HALEY THE FORMER GOVERNOR 
OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHO SERVED 
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP AS THE 
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED 
NATIONS HIGHLIGHTED HER STORY AS
THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS FROM 
INDIA.
>> IN MUCH OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY IT'S NOW FASHIONABLE TO 
SAY THAT AMERICA IS RACIST.
THAT IS A LIE.
AMERICA IS NOT A RACIST COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: SENATOR TIM SCOTT 
ALSO FROM SOUTH CAROLINA GAVE A 
HOPEFUL SPEECH ABOUT THE 
OPPORTUNITY HE HAS FOUND IN 
AMERICA.
>> OUR FAMILY WENT FROM COTTON 
TO CONGRESS IN ONE LIFETIME.
AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THE 
NEXT AMERICAN CENTURY CAN BE 
BETTER THAN THE LAST.
>> JONATHAN KARL JOINS US NOW 
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE FIRST LADY, MAJOR HEADLINER 
TONIGHT.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT SHE 
PLANS TO SAY?
>> Reporter: WELL, HER AIDES SAY
THIS IS GOING TO BE A HOPEFUL 
AND OPTIMISTIC, FORWARD LOOKING 
SPEECH.
THEY ALSO SAY IT'LL BE A RATHER 
LONG SPEECH.
SHE IS NOT KNOWN FOR GIVING LONG
SPEECHES.
SHE IS NOT REALLY KNOWN FOR 
BEING OUT THERE MUCH AT ALL.
SHE HAS BEEN A VERY LOW PROFILE 
FIRST LADY, BUT SHE IS STEPPING 
INTO THAT ROSE GARDEN, WHICH OF 
COURSE SHE, HERSELF, LED THE 
REDESIGN OF JUST NEWLY 
REDESIGNED AND THAT IS BASICALLY
WHAT WE KNOW.
>> WHAT IS THE RESPONSE FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE AND ALSO THE RNC 
ABOUT THESE CONCERNS WITH REGARD
TO MIKE POMPEO'S SPEECH MIXING 
POLITICS WITH OFFICIAL STATE 
DEPARTMENT BUSINESS?
>> THE RNC IS SAYING THAT POMPEO
TAPED THIS SPEECH IN HIS 
PERSONAL CAPACITY EVEN THOUGH HE
WAS TRAVELING IN ISRAEL.
HE TAPED IT FROM JUICE JUICE.
HE WAS IN ISRAEL AS THE 
SECRETARY OF STATE BUT 
APPARENTLY THEY SAY HE TOOK A 
BREAK AND NO STATE DEPARTMENT 
RESOURCES WERE USED.
IN FACT THEY SAY THE RNC 
UNDERWROTE ALL OF THE COSTS OF 
THE TAPING OF THIS SPEECH BUT I 
HAVE TO TELL YOU, LINSEY, I 
DON'T KNOW IF THAT REALLY 
ANSWERS THE CRITICISM.
SECRETARY POMPEO, HIMSELF, PUT 
OUT A NOTICE LAST MONTH TO ALL 
U.S. MISSIONS.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY DECEMBER, 
2019, THAT SAID THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES MUST NOT 
IMPROPERLY ENGAGE THE DEPARTMENT
OF STATE IN THE POLITICAL 
PROCESS AND THEN ANOTHER MEMO 
FROM THAT TIME FROM THE OFFICE 
OF LEGAL COUNSEL OVER AT THE 
STATE DEPARTMENT SAID, SENATE 
CONFIRMED PRESIDENTIAL 
APPOINTEES MAY NOT EVEN ATTEND 
POLITICAL PARTY CONVENTION OR 
CONVENTION RELATED EVENTS.
HERE YOU HAVE MIKE POMPEO REALLY
GIVING A QUITE PROMINENT SPEECH 
AT THE CONVENTION.
I TELL YOU, I COVERED THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT FOR A LONG TIME.
I TRAVELED ALL AROUND THE WORLD 
WITH SECRETARIES OF STATE, 
KONDS, AND COLIN POWELL.
NONE OF THE SIX SECRETARIES OF 
STATE EVEN ATTENDED A NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
>> WE ARE ALSO WONDERING IF THE 
PRESIDENT WILL BE ISSUING A 
PARDON TONIGHT DURING THE 
CONVENTION.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> Reporter: THIS IS ANOTHER ONE
THAT REALLY BREAKS NEW GROUND 
NEVER IMAGINED SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO USE 
HIS OFFICIAL PARDON POWER, ONE 
OF THE TRUE, UNQUESTIONED POWERS
OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO PARDON
JOHN FOUNDER, A CONVICTED BANK 
ROBBER AND FOUNDER OF HOPE FOR 
PRISONERS THAT HELPS FORMER 
INMATES.
HE HAS TAKEN PART IN EVENTS HERE
AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE PAST 
AND IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE ERT AT
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM PRISON 
REFORM AND WILL GET A PARDON 
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
CONVENTION, THE KIND OF THING I 
PROMISE WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
>> UNPRECEDENTED ALL AROUND.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>>> WE ARE JOINED BY SOUTH 
CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT, WHO 
DREW PRAISE FOR HIS SPEECH AT 
LAST NIGHT'S GOP CONVENTION.
>> WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT ONLY 
WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE IN THE BAD 
NEWS -- RACIALLY, ECONOMICALLY, 
AND CULTURALLY POLARIZING NEWS.
THE TRUTH IS, OUR NATION HAS 
ALWAYS BEEN TOWARD FAIRNESS.
WE ARE NOT FULLY WHERE WE WANT 
TO BE BUT I THANK GOD ALMIGHTY 
WE ARE NOT WHERE WE USED TO BE.
WE ARE ALWAYS STRIVING TO BE 
BETTER. 
>> SENATOR SCOTT JOINS US NOW.
THANKS SO MUCH, SENATOR.
YOU GOT LOTS OF ATTENTION ON 
THAT ONE LINE IN PARTICULAR 
ABOUT HOW YOU WENT FROM COTTON 
TO CONGRESS IN ONE LIFETIME IN 
YOUR FAMILY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE 
TIME TO COME ON THE SHOW WITH 
US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LINSEY.
GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU AND 
CERTAINLY WHAT A BLESSING TO 
LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN 
LITERALLY GO FROM PICKING COTTON
IN ONE LIFETIME AND IN THE SAME 
LIFETIME END UP HAVING YOUR 
GRANDSON IN CONGRESS.
IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE AMERICAN
DREAM AND THE AMERICAN CREED.
>> QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE 
TRAJECTORY FOR YOU.
YOU LAID OUT THE CASE, ALSO, FOR
WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD GET A
SECOND TERM AND COMMENDED HIM ON
HIS EFFORTS FOR BLACK AMERICANS 
WHEN IT COMES TO CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE REFORM FUNDING FOR HBCUs
AND STRONG ECONOMY FOR 
MINORITIES BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
BUT THE PRESIDENT GOES FAR 
BEYOND THAT AND SAYS THAT HE HAS
DONE MORE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS 
THAN ANY PRESIDENT SINCE 
LINCOLN.
AT ONE POINT HE SAID BAR NONE.
THAT HE HAS DONE MORE FOR 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAN ANYONE 
ELSE.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT 
STATEMENT?
>> WELL, HE CERTAINLY HAS DONE A
LOT AS PRESIDENT, CERTAINLY MORE
THAN PRESIDENT HAS IN THE LAST
40 OR 50 YEARS, SO I DO 
CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
THAT HE AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 
WORK TOGETHER ON AND BEYOND WHAT
YOU'VE NAMED WE SHOULD ADD ON 
THE SICKLE CELL ANEMIA RESEARCH,
WORK FOR BLACK FARMERS, GETTING 
A FARM NUMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN 
THE FARM PROGRAMS IN OUR NATION,
WORK FORCE PARTICIPATION, 
INCREASE IN HOME OWNERSHIP 
PERCENTAGE FROM WHEN HE STARTED 
TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, SO THERE 
ARE A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
UNDER THE BELT IN THIS 
ADMINISTRATION THAT REALLY OUT 
PACES ANYTHING I'VE SEEN IN MY 
LIFETIME.
I'LL PROBABLY LEAVE IT RIGHT 
THERE THOUGH.
>> WOULD YOU SAY THOUGH THAT NOW
THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS EXPOSED SO
MANY SYSTEMIC ISSUES OF ECONOMIC
AND RACIAL INEQUALITY THAT HE 
NEEDS TO DO A LOT MORE?
>> WELL, I THINK AS A NATION WE 
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO HELP
SHORE UP OUR MOST VULNERABLE IN 
OUR SOCIETY, AND THAT DOESN'T 
MEAN THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO 
LEAD THE CHARGE.
IT DOES MEAN, HOWEVER, THAT WE 
HAVE TO STITCH TOGETHER THE 
PRIVATE SECTOR RESPONSE TO THE 
PANDEMIC AS IT RELATES TO JOB 
CREATION.
WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE GIG 
ECONOMY, LOOK AT CONNECTION 
ISSUES LIKE BROADBAND IN RURAL 
AREAS AND INNER CITY AMERICA.
THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO
TACKLE FROM A BROADBAND FRONT 
AND FROM AN ENTREPRENEURIAL 
PERSPECTIVE.
YOU THINK OF ELON MUSK AND THE 
LAUNCH OF 59 I THINK SATELLITES.
THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS FOR US TO 
BRINGS THE CONNECTIVITY.
SO YOU CAN HAVE TELEWORK, 
TELEMEDICINE, AND A FUTURE IN 
THE GIG ECONOMY.
WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THAT FUTURE 
THAT IS NOW CLOSER THAN EVER 
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO THERE IS MUCH WORK THAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE AND WE SHOULD PARTNER
WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE WE GET 
THE RESOURCES TO THE RIGHT 
ASPECTS OR THE RIGHT AREAS OF 
THIS COUNTRY AND SO WE HAVE AN 
EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF 
OPPORTUNITY FLOWING THROUGH THIS
COUNTRY. 
>> THE ADMINISTRATION DOES 
DESERVE CREDIT FOR CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE REFORM PASSED IN 2017 
FULL STOP. 
>> YES, MA'AM. 
>> AS YOU KNOW THAT WAS A 
BIPARTISAN EFFORT THAT EASILY 
PASSED THE SENATE 87-12. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
>> THE PRESIDENT TOUTS HIMSELF 
AS A DEAL MAKER.
SO WHAT HAS HE BEEN ABLE TO DO 
OR HAS HE TRIED TO HELP 
NEGOTIATE A DEAL ON POLICE 
REFORM THIS SUMMER IN THE WAKE 
OF THESE NATIONWIDE PROTESTS AND
AS WE SEE NOW AS I TALK TO YOU 
THERE ARE PROTESTS ACTIVELY 
GOING ON IN KENOSHA AFTER THE 
SHOOTING MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE 
BACK OF JACOB BLAKE IN 
WISCONSIN.
>> YES, MA'AM.
I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW POINTS I 
THINK CRYSTALIZES THE EFFORTS OF
THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT'S REALLY EMBEDDED IN THE 
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT I USE ALONG
WITH THE HOUSE BILL TO REALLY 
CREATE THE THIRD LEG OF THE 
STOOL.
IN HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER, HE 
PASSED THE NATIONAL DATA BASE 
THAT THE DEMOCRATS SAID WOULD BE
CRITICAL FOR US TO HAVE THE 
INFORMATION SO THAT BAD OFFICERS
ARE NOT ABLE TO HOP FROM ONE 
AGENCY AND HE CREATED THE 
NATIONAL DATA BASE THE LEFT 
WANTED.
A GOOD DECISION PROBABLY ON BOTH
SIDES.
AND MY LEGISLATION SPOKE TO THE 
LOCAL PRESERVATION, A SECOND 
ISSUE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT HE 
DID IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS 
HE SPOKE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF 
CORESPONDERS TO SCENES 
ESPECIALLY SCENES THAT INCLUDE A
MENTAL INSTABILITY OR DRUG 
ABUSE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, AND/OR 
HOMELESSES.
IN SOME INSTANCES WHAT YOU 
REALLY NEED IS A MEDICAL EXPERT 
AND NOT JUST AN OFFICER.
THAT WAS PART OF THE EXECUTIVE 
ORDER.
WE THINK WE SHOULD FUND THAT 
THROUGH GRANTS AND MAKE SURE 
MORE AGENCIES 18,000 THROUGHOUT 
THIS COUNTRY HAVE THE RESOURCES 
IN ESTO TACKLE THAT PROBLEM.
AND THEN WE CONTINUED DOWN THE 
ROAD IN CONVERSATION WITH MY 
LEGISLATION ON HOW WE DEALT WITH
THE FEDERAL APPARATUS AND 
INSTRUCTING THE A.G. TO BAN 
CHOKEHOLDS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES.
I THINK THOSE WERE A GOOD START 
FRANKLY.
THEY GOT US CLOSER TO THE 50 
YARD LINE AND MY LEGISLATION 
BROUGHT US TO THE 10.
I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR US TO 
GROWTH CONVERSATION INTO A 
LEGISLATION THAT PASSES AND 
BECOMES LAW. 
>> LOTS MORE CONVERSATION AND 
ACTION HOPEFULLY TO COME ON 
THAT.
LAST NIGHT YOU DISCUSSED 
OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND YOUR 
SIGNATURE INITIATIVE THAT PASSED
IN 2017 WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
SUPPORT TO BRING BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS OF PRIVATE SECTOR 
INVESTMENT INTO DISTRESSED 
COMMUNITIES.
A REPORT THIS SUMMER BY THE 
URBAN INSTITUTE FOUND MUCH OF 
THE MONEY IS FLOWING TO REAL 
ESTATE DEVELOPERS INSTEAD OF 
AIDING BUSINESSES OR JOB 
CREATION IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.
HERE IS HOW THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
PUT IT IN A REPORT LAST YEAR.
I JUST WANT TO QUOTE.
BILLIONS OF UNTAXED INVESTMENT 
PROVINCE BEGINNING TO POUR INTO 
HIGH END APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND
HOTELS, STORAGE FACILITIES THAT 
EMPLOY ONLY A HANDFUL OF WORKERS
AND STUDENT HOUSING IN BUSTLING 
COLLEGE TOWNS AMONG OTHER 
PROJECTS.
MANY PROJ THAEKTS ENJOY SPECIAL 
TAX STATUS WERE UNDER WAY LONG 
BEFORE THIS WAS ENACTED.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THE 
CRITICISM THAT THE OPPORTUNITY 
ZONES ARE BENEFITING THE WEALTHY
MORE THAN THE BLACK RESIDENTS IN
THESE COMMUNITIES?
>> WELL, I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT
OF RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC, TOO.
I'M GLAD YOU ASKED.
UNFAIR, UNBALANCED IS THE 
REPORTING FROM THE "NEW YORK 
TIMES."
YOU LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF IMPACT 
ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY 
SPECIFICALLY AND YOU START WITH 
THE ISSUE OF JEGENTRIFICATION.
YOU LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF WORK 
FORCE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE 
ZONES.
YOU SAW SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 6% 
AND AND
8% INCREASE IN WAGES.
PROPERTY VALUES AND FRANKLY 60% 
OF THE RESIDENTS OWN THEIR 
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY VALUES WENT UP 10% TO 
12% WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
YOU ALSO CAN CHERRY PICK WHAT 
YOU WANT TO REPORT IN THE "NEW 
YORK TIMES" WHICH IS REALLY 
UNFORTUNATE.
SO AROUND THE COUNTRY GO TO 
GEORGETOWN, I CAN GO TO ROCK 
HILL, I CAN GO TO MAINE, TEXAS, 
AND WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT 
AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS BEEN A 
KEY IN THIS ENTIRE OPPORTUNITY 
ZONE PROJECT APPROACH.
REAL ESTATE IS PART OF THE 
APPARATUS AND THE OTHER PART IS 
JOB CREATION AND STABILIZATION.
WHEN YOU SEE THE FULL COMPLEMENT
I THINK YOU'D WALK AWAY WITH A 
DIFFERENT OPINION.
IT IS ONE REASON WHY BOTH DONALD
TRUMP AND NOW I HEAR EVEN JOE 
BIDEN WANTS TO MAINTAIN THE 
OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
SO IT IS DOING SOMETHING NOTHING
ELSE HAS DONE.
THAT IS A GOOD THING. 
>> SENATOR TIM SCOTT WE 
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ESPECIALLY 
IN THIS BUSY WEEK.
THANK YOU. 
>> YES, MA'AM.
HAVE A GREAT DAY, MA'AM. 
>>> NOW WE TURN TO THE DEADLY 
STORM, HURRICANE LAURA, 
INTENSIFYING AND TAKING AIM AT 
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
STATES OF EMERGENCY ARE NOW IN 
PLACE AND MANDATORY EVACUATIONS 
UNDER WAY.
ANYONE LIVING BETWEEN HOUSTON 
AND NEW ORLEANS NEEDS TO PAY 
CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE STORM, 
WHICH COULD BE THE STRONGEST ONE
TO HIT THE REGION SINCE 2005.
WE OF COURSE HAVE COMPREHENSIVE 
COVERAGE OF THIS LOOMING THREAT 
IN THE GULF.
LET'S BEGIN WITH ROB MARCIANO IN
LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
ROB, WE'LL GET TO THE FORECAST 
IN JUST A MINUTE BUT AS A 
METEOROLOGIST WHAT IS YOUR 
GREATEST CONCERN AS HURRICANE 
LAURA GETS CLOSER TO THE GULF 
COAST?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONDITIONS 
YOU EXPECT TO SEE SOON IN THAT 
AREA?
>> WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE 
LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS 
UNFORTUNATELY, LINSEY.
WITH THIS STORM, NOTHING LIKE 
MARCO.
THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH 
BIGGER AND STRONGER AND THE 
PROBLEM WITH BIG STORMS THAT GET
INTO THIS PART OF THE GULF OF 
MEXICO, THE SURGE IS HUGE.
I THINK THE TWO BIG, MOST 
DANGEROUS IMPACTS ARE 
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS BECAUSE WE'LL 
HAVE A CAT 2 OR HURRICANE COMING
IN, FAR INLAND, AND THEN LIFE 
THREATENING STORM SURGE FAR 
INLAND AS WELL.
LAKE CHARLES WHERE I STAND SITS 
ABOUT 30 MILES ON THE COAST 
LINE.
WE GOT A DRONE FLYING TO GIVE 
YOU AN IDEA OF THE LANDSCAPE.
IT IS NOT JUST THIS ONE LAKE.
THERE IS A SERIES OF LAKES BY 
USING CANALS THAT FEED THEIR WAY
IN AND OUT OF THE GULF OF 
MEXICO.
THIS FLAT LAND.
SO WATER FROM THE STORM SURGE IS
GOING TO TRAVEL FAR INLAND WHERE
I STAND OR ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE LAKE THEY'LL GET TO 10, 
11, 12 FEET WITH THE WATER SURGE
AND POTENTIALLY EVEN NORTH OF 
INTERSTATE 10.
THE AMOUNT OF SURGE WE'RE SEEING
IS ABOUT 500 MILES ALONG THE 
COAST LINE.
SURGE IS GOING TO BE HUGE.
YOU CAN HIDE FROM THE WIND BUT 
YOU HAVE TO RUN FROM THE SURGE.
WE ARE SEEING EVACUATION ORDERS 
AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE THE 
MAIN THREAT AND WITH THESE KIND 
OF WINDS COMING IN, LINSEY, AND 
THE CONDITIONS GOING DOWN HILL 
BEGINNING TOMORROW AFTERNOON 
WITH THE PEAK OF THE WINDS AFTER
MIDNIGHT TO ABOUT SUN UP ON 
THURSDAY.
THAT'S WHEN TREES ARE GOING TO 
COME DOWN.
INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO FAIL.
PEOPLE WILL BE WITHOUT POWER FOR
DAYS IF NOT WEEKS ACROSS A HUGE,
FAIRLY POPULATED AREA SO A LOT 
OF AMERICANS WILL BE SUFFERING.
>> SURGE THE BIG CONCERN.
ROB MARCIANO, THANK SO MUCH.
STAY SAFE. 
>>> IN PREPARATION ALL DAY LONG 
HOMES AND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN 
BOARDED UP WITH FAMILIES TRYING 
TO MOVE TO SAFETY.
OUR TEAMS IN THE REGION SAW 
SCENES LIKE THESE, LINES OF CARS
OF PEOPLE EVACUATING THE STORM 
ZONE.
EVACUATIONS MADE EVEN TRICKIER 
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE MORE ON THE RACE AGAINST
TIME IN GALVESTON WITH SO MANY 
FRANTICALLY MAKING LAST-MINUTE 
PREPARATIONS.
>> Reporter: TIME IS QUICKLY 
RUNNING OUT FOR THOUSANDS OF 
FAMILIES ALONG THE GULF COAST TO
BOARD UP, PACK UP, AND GET OUT. 
>> WE ARE SEEING A VERY LONG AND
SLOW LINE OF TRAFFIC COMING AWAY
FROM GALVESTON ISLAND. 
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA A 
POWERFUL STORM PLOTTING AN 
UNCERTAIN COURSE.
THIS IS THE LINE TO GET ON TO 
THE FERRY.
MANY HERE REMEMBERING THE 
CHAOTIC EVACUATION IN 2005 AHEAD
OF HURRICANE RITA.
IT CAUSED MASSIVE GRIDLOCK.
MOST OF THE DEATHS WERE FROM THE
EVACUATION ITSELF.
COASTAL AREAS BRACING FOR UP TO 
A 13-FOOT STORM SURGE AND 
115-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES TO GO
DOOR TO DOOR AND PULL PEOPLE OUT
OF THEIR HOMES AND HAVE NO 
INTENTION OF DOING THAT. 
>> ONCE IT GETS PAST CATEGORY 2 
WITH THE SURGE ISSUES NO WAY 
I'LL TAKE THAT CHANCE.
JUST GRAB OUR DOGS AND FAMILY 
AND GO. 
>> Reporter: IN GALVESTON MORE 
THAN 50 RESIDENTS OF THIS 
NURSING HOME EVACUATED WITH TWO 
WEEKS' WORTH OF SUPPLIES. 
>> WITH THE PANDEMIC WE WERE 
REQUIRED TO DO TWO BUSES AND 
HALF THE SIZE.
>> Reporter: ANY MOVEMENT IN 
LAURA'S TRACK COULD TAKE IT 
RIGHT OVER HOUSTON THE CITY HARD
HIT BY COVID-19 FORCING 
OFFICIALS TO CHANGE HOW THEY 
SHELTER FAMILIES.
>> THE SHELTERS WILL STILL 
FOLLOW THE COVID PROTOCOL.
WE'LL TAKE TEMPERATURES, PEOPLE 
STILL HAVE TO BE SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED. 
>> Reporter: IN LOUISIANA WHERE 
KATRINA MADE LANDFALL NEARLY 15 
YEARS AGO OFFICIALS WATCHING 
THAT TRACK, TOO, HOPING FAMILIES
REMEMBER THE STORM'S DEVASTATING
BLOW. 
>> YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO 
LEAVE ONCE THE WAVES START 
COMING ASHORE, SO HOPEFULLY 
EVERYBODY WILL TAKE THE ONE 
SERIOUSLY. 
>> Reporter: LINSEY, LATE 
TONIGHT THE PORT OF GALVESTON 
HAS BEEN CLOSED AND IT IS A KEY 
ROUTE FOR THE COMMERCIAL BOATS 
AND ALSO SHIPPING CONTAINERS 
THAT COME INTO THIS PART OF THE 
GULF.
OFFICIALS HERE ON THE ISLAND ARE
HOPING PEOPLE HEED THE WARNINGS 
AND EVACUATE BY TOMORROW MORNING
AT THE ABSOLUTE LATEST BECAUSE 
THE CONCERN HERE IS THAT THIS 
STORM MIGHT NOT MAKE ITS 
NORTHERLY TURN SOON ENOUGH AND 
THAT WOULD LEAVE OFFICIALS HERE 
ON THE ISLAND WITHOUT ENOUGH 
TIME TO EVACUATE AND FOR THE 
STORM TO POTENTIALLY TAKE AIM AT
GALVESTON.
LINSEY?
>> OUR THANKS TO MARCUS.
AND SO WE NOW KNOW ABOUT THE 
VERY SERIOUS THREAT THAT THIS 
STORM IS BRINGING BUT LET'S TAKE
A LOOK AT THE TIME LINE.
OUR POWERHOUSE CHICAGO STATION 
WLS JOINS US NOW.
BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US.
>> WE HAVE A VERY LARGE STORM.
THIS IS MUCH LARGER AND MORE 
POWERFUL THAN MARCO WAS, 
COVERING A WIDE SWATH NOW, 
CATEGORY 1 WITH WINDS AT 80 
MILES PER HOUR.
AS YOU CAN SEE TRACKING WEST TO 
NORTHWESTERLY BUT STILL COULD 
TAKE A PRETTY LARGE NORTHERLY 
TURN TO ACTUALLY GET INLAND.
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES LOOK HOW 
FAR THEY GO INLAND ALL THE WAY 
TO NORTHERN LOUISIANA.
HURRICANE WARNINGS ALONG THE 
COAST.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE STORM
SURGE BY FAR.
LOOK AT THE HIGHEST SURGE.
9 TO 13 FEET AND THEN DOWN IN 
TRINITY BAY NEAR GALVESTON 6 TO 
9 FEET THERE AND EXTENDS ALL THE
WAY TO THE MOUTH OF THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, SOME 500 
MILES OF COAST LINE COVERED BY 
STORM SURGE FROM THIS, GIVING 
YOU AN IDEA HOW MUCH BIGGER THIS
IS THAN MARCO.
HERE IS THE TIME LINE.
LANDFALL IS GOING TO BE LATE 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT IF NOT EARLY 
THURSDAY MORNING AND ALSO LOOK 
AT THE INTENSITY GOING UP AND UP
HERE, INTENSIFYING STEADILY OR 
EVEN RAPIDLY WHICH MAKES 
FORECASTING THIS EVEN A LITTLE 
BIT HARDER.
IF IT GOES THROUGH AN EYEWALL 
REPLACEMENT CYCLE RIGHT BEFORE 
IT MAKES LANDFALL IT COULD 
POTENTIALLY BE A HIGH END 
CATEGORY 3 STORM.
I WILL NOT BE AS WORRIED ABOUT 
THE RAIN.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE WARY BECAUSE 
OF HARVEY.
THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE
AS THIS MOVES NORTH QUICKLY.
6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN ON TOP OF
WHAT COULD BE MORE THAN A DOZEN 
FEET OF STORM SURGE IS SOMETHING
YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE. 
>> RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE 
TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER COULD BE 
THE BULLS EYE BUT ALSO LOOKS 
LIKE PEOPLE IN HOUSTON OR NEW 
ORLEANS SHOULD NOT LET THEIR 
GUARD DOWN. 
>> RIGHT NOW IT ALMOST LOOKS 
LIKE THE COPY OF THE RITA TRACK 
BUT DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.
THIS IS NOT JUST MAGICALLY MADE 
UP.
IT IS BASED OFF SCIENCE.
IT IS THE 66% PROBABILITY OF THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE FORECAST 
GOING BACK YEARS AND YEARS.
TWO-THIRDS OF THE TIME THIS IS 
WHERE THE STORM TRACKS.
ONE-THIRD OF THE TIME THE STORM 
TRACKS OUTSIDE OF THIS.
RIGHT NOW WITH THIS TIME FRAME 
THE CONE IS ABOUT 120 MILES 
WIDE.
THAT IS PRETTY GOOD ACCURACY 
WISE BUT AGAIN ONE-THIRD OF THE 
TIME IT COULD COME OUT OF THAT 
AND MAKE ITS WAY OUT TO HOUSTON 
AND THE MOST POWERFUL PART OF 
THE STORM HERE, NORTH AND 
EASTERN QUADRANT, IS WHERE WE 
COULD SEE THE HIGHEST WIND.
IF THIS TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A 
TURN OFF TO THE WEST HOUSTON AND
GALVESTON COME INTO PLAY FOR THE
DIRTY SIDE OF THE STORM HERE, 
THE RIGHT FRONT RATHER WHERE YOU
SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS, HIGHEST
STORM SURGE, AND THE GREATEST 
TORNADO RISK, TOO.
THAT WOULD JUST ADD ON TO THE 
STORM SURGE AROUND 13 FEET.
THE 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL.
THAT IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION.
SOMETHING EVERYBODY NEEDS TO 
WATCH EVEN OUT NEAR ST. CHARLES 
AND OFF TO THE EAST OF THAT. 
>> POTENTIAL INSULT TO INJURY 
THERE.
ROB ALSO MENTIONED THE STORM 
INTENSIFYING AS IT GETS CLOSER.
WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE 
PREDICTIONS OF THE STORM CHANGE 
FROM A CAT 2 TO NOW A CAT 3 ON 
LANDFALL.
WHY IS PREDICTING STORM STRENGTH
SO DIFFICULT?
>> AS YOU GET UP INTO MAJOR 
HURRICANE STATUS, YOU GO THROUGH
EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLES WHERE
THE EYEWALL BREAKS DOWN AND THEN
REFORMS AND WHEN IT DOES THAT 
THERE IS A QUICK LITTLE PEAK IN 
INTENSITY.
5, 10, 15 MILES WORTH OF WIND.
THAT IS A LOT GOING FROM 115 TO 
125 RIGHT WHEN IT IS MAKING 
LANDFALL IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T 
WANT TO SEE.
THERE IS AN INTENSITY STANDPOINT
BUT ALSO A WEATHER AROUND THE 
STANDPOINT.
THIS IS STEERED BY HIGH PRESSURE
UP OVER FLORIDA.
THAT HIGH IS A LITTLE STRONGER 
AND COULD MAKE IT PUSH MORE TO 
THE WEST AND HOUSTON AND 
GALVESTON THEN COME INTO PLAY.
>> FROM OUR CHICAGO STATION WLS 
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> NOW TO KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, 
WHERE PROTESTS HAVE ERUPTED 
AFTER JACOB BLAKE A BLACK FATHER
WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE 
BACK BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER.
THIS WHILE BLAKE WAS REACHING 
INTO HIS CAR.
HIS THREE YOUNG SONS IN THE BACK
SEAT.
NEW VIDEO TONIGHT APPEARS TO 
SHOW WHAT HAPPENED JUST MOMENTS 
BEFORE THE SHOOTING.
BLAKE IS NOW PARALYZED FROM THE 
WAIST DOWN ACCORDING TO HIS 
FAMILY.
ABC'S ALEX PEREZ REPORTS FROM 
KENOSHA.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT ANGER 
BOILING OVER IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, OVER THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
PROTESTERS IGNORING A CURFEW 
LAST NIGHT WITH OUTRAGE IN THE 
STREETS.
STORMING BUSINESSES, SWINGING 
BASEBALL BATS, SETTING BUILDINGS
ON FIRE, AND IGNITING TRUCKS AND
CARS.
POLICE RESPONDING WITH TEAR GAS 
AND PEPPER SPRAY.
THE NATIONAL GUARD TRYING TO 
ENFORCE ORDER.
TENSIONS REACHING A FEVER PITCH.
BLAKE'S MOTHER MAKING AN 
EMOTIONAL PLEA FOR PEACEFUL 
PROTESTS.
>> DO JACOB JUSTICE ON THIS 
LEVEL AND EXAMINE YOUR HEART.
TO ALL OF THE POLICE OFFICERS, 
I'M PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR 
FAMILIES.
>> Reporter: NOW NEW VIDEO 
EMERGING SHOWING A DIFFERENT 
ANGLE JUST MOMENTS BEFORE BLAKE 
WAS RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
HE APPEARS TO BE STRUGGLING ON 
THE GROUND WITH POLICE BEFORE 
GETTING UP AND WALKING TO OPEN 
HIS CAR DOOR WHEN ONE OF THE 
OFFICERS OPENS FIRE.
HIS THREE CHILDREN INSIDE 
WATCHING.
>> ALL MY GRANDSON ASKS 
REPEATEDLY IS WHY DID THE POLICE
SHOOT MY DADDY IN THE BACK?
>> Reporter: TONIGHT BLAKE IS IN
THE HOSPITAL.
HIS ATTORNEY SAYS HE IS 
PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN 
AND IT WILL TAKE A MIRACLE FOR 
HIM TO WALK AGAIN.
>> THEY SHOT MY SON.
SEVEN TIMES.
SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS.
>> Reporter: THE OFFICERS NOW 
UNDER INVESTIGATION AND THE 
KENOSHA POLICE DO NOT WEAR BODY 
CAMERAS.
>> JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED.
PEOPLE WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE 
FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
AND WE WILL KNOW THE TRUTH.
>> Reporter: THE SHOOTING 
CAUSING MORE FRUSTRATION.
MARCHERS TAKING TO THE STREETS 
AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
NBA STAR LEBRON JAMES EXPRESSING
THE ANGER OF MANY.
>> WE ARE SCARED IN AMERICA.
BLACK MEN, BLACK WOMEN, BLACK 
KIDS.
WE ARE TERRIFIED.
>> POWERFUL WORDS FROM LEBRON.
WE NOW BRING IN ALEX PEREZ WHO 
IS IN KENOSHA AGAIN FOR US 
TONIGHT WHERE THE GOVERNOR HAS 
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
HOW DO THINGS LOOK ON THE GROUND
AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT, 
ALEX?
>> LINSEY, THINGS HAVE BEEN CALM
HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THEY 
HAVE BEEN DURING THE DAY THE 
LAST WEEK.
BUT IT'S AT NIGHT THE BIG 
CONCERN.
THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE SEEN THE 
MORE DESTRUCTIVE PROTESTS AND 
TONIGHT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN 
THAT.
AUTHORITIES ARE PREPARING FOR 
ANY POSSIBILITY.
THERE IS A CURFEW TONIGHT ONCE 
AGAIN BEGINNING AT 8:00 P.M.
AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE ON 
ALERT.
THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN 
CALLED IN TO SUPPORT LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.
SO THEY'RE HOPING FOR THE BEST 
RIGHT NOW BUT EVERYONE IS ON 
ALERT HERE, LINSEY.
>> ALEX, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 
THERE NOW ASSISTING IN THE 
INVESTIGATION INTO BLAKE'S 
SHOOTING?
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THE D.O.J. CONFIRMED THEY ARE 
INVESTIGATING AND WORKING ON 
THIS CASE.
LOCAL INVESTIGATORS HAVE 30 DAYS
TO PRESENT THEIR FINNGS TO THE
PROSECUTOR HERE.
BLAKE'S FAMILY IS CALLING FOR 
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE 
FIRED IMMEDIATELY AND HELD 
ACCOUNTABLE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
REPORTING.
NOW TO THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS 
MORE THAN 170,000 AMERICAN LIVES
LOST AND 30 POTENTIAL VACCINES 
IN HUMAN TRIALS AROUND THE WORLD
BUT THE FDA IS UNDER SCRUTINY 
TONIGHT FACING PRESSURE TO 
APPROVE A VACCINE COMING AS THE 
HEAD OF THE FDA IS ISSUING AN 
APOLOGY.
>> Reporter: THERE WERE FEWER 
THAN 200 PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THIS
BOSTON HOTEL IN FEBRUARY FOR AN 
INTERNATIONAL BIOTECH CONFERENCE
BUT A NEW STUDY TONIGHT SAYS 
THIS ONE EVENT MAY HAVE LED TO 
NEARLY 20,000 COVID-19 
INFECTIONS IN THE BOSTON AREA 
ALONE.
THE RACE FOR A POTENTIAL VACCINE
TO END THE PANDEMIC IS SERIOUSLY
ON WITH 30 IN HUMAN TRIALS 
AROUND THE WORLD BUT AMERICA'S 
LEADING INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
DOCTOR IS WARNING EVERYONE ABOUT
ROLLING ANY OF THEM OUT TOO 
EARLY SAYING THE ONE THING YOU 
WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE WITH A 
VACCINE IS GETTING AN EUA, 
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION, 
BEFORE YOU HAVE A SIGNAL OF 
EFFICACY.
DR. FAUCI WARNS THIS COULD ALSO 
MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR ANY 
OTHER EFFORTS TO FIND ENOUGH 
VOLUNTEERS LIKE THESE PEOPLE FOR
THEIR CLINICAL TRIALS.
CRITICS BELIEVE THE FDA IS BEING
RUSHED AS WELL AND ARE POINTING 
AT THE PRESIDENT.
THE AGENCY HAS JUST GIVEN THE 
OKAY FOR EMERGENCY USE OF PLASMA
THERAPY TO TREAT COVID-19 AND 
THE COMMISSIONER IS BEING CALLED
OUT FOR OVER SELLING THE 
POTENTIAL BENEFITS DURING THIS 
NEWS CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
THE COMMISSIONER IS NOW 
APOLOGIZING FOR EXAGGERATING THE
NUMBERS BUT SAYS THE AGENCY'S 
MOVE IS STILL A GOOD ONE.
>> I CAN ASSURE THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE THAT THIS DECISION WAS 
MADE BASED UPON SOUND SCIENCE 
AND DATA. 
>> Reporter: THERE ARE NOW TWO 
NEW REPORTED CASES OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE GOTTEN REINFECTED WITH 
COVID-19 WITHIN MONTHS.
LAST TIME WE TOLD YOU ABOUT A 
CASE OUT OF HONG KONG.
TONIGHT TWO NEW CASES IN EUROPE 
INCLUDING A BELGIAN WOMAN WHO 
FIRST GOT SICK IN MARCH AND THEN
TESTED POSITIVE AGAIN IN JUNE.
LINSEY?
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK THE 
FASTEST MAN ALIVE IS TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR COVID.
CONTACT TRACING NOW BEING DONE 
TO SEE WHO HE'S BEEN NEAR.
>>> THE MAJOR AIRLINE CUTTING 
THOUSANDS OF JOBS BECAUSE OF THE
FEAR THAT TRAVEL WILL NOT BE 
REBOUNDING ANY TIME SOON.
>>> UP NEXT, ONE OF THE 
PRESIDENT'S MOST POWERFUL 
RELIGIOUS ALLIES STEPPING DOWN 
FROM HIS JOB.
WHAT HE IS NOW SAYING ABOUT WHY.
>> PREMIERES LIVE MONDAY, 
SEPTEMBER 14.
>>> WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.
HE WAS ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
MOST POWERFUL EVANGELICAL 
SUPPORTERS BUT TONIGHT JERRY 
FALWELL JR. HAS STEPPED DOWN AS 
PRESIDENT OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 
AFTER AN ALLEGED SEX SCANDAL 
INVOLVING HIS WIFE AND BUSINESS 
PARTNER CAME TO LIGHT.
>> Reporter: JERRY FALWELL JR. 
FOUGHT TO STAY AT THE HELM OF 
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, THE NATION'S
LARGEST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, 
FOUNDED BY HIS FAMOUS FATHER.
BUT THE BOARD HAD ENOUGH 
ANNOUNCING IT WOULD NOT BE IN 
THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE 
UNIVERSITY FOR FALWELL TO STAY 
ON.
OVERNIGHT HE RESIGNED, TELLING 
ME IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.
I'VE DONE ALL THAT I CAN.
>> TODAY WE WILL CONFER NEARLY 
19,000 DEGREES AND MAKE HISTORY.
>> Reporter: HIS FALL FROM GRACE
WAS SWIFT AND STEEP.
A ONE TIME MIAMI POOL ATTENDANT 
GIANCARLO GRANDA CLAIMING HE HAD
A SEVEN-YEAR AFFAIR WITH 
FALWELL'S WIFE BECKI AND THAT 
FALWELL WATCHED WHEN THEY WERE 
INTIMATE.
I SPOKE WITH THEM AND ADMIT 
BECKI HAD AN AFFAIR BUT DENY 
JERRY FALWELL JR. WAS INVOLVED.
THEY TELL ME GRANDA WHO HAS 
BECOME A BUSINESS PARTNER IS 
TRYING TO EXTORT THEM.
THEY WERE AMONG THE TOP 
EVANGELICAL SUPPORTERS OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> I TRULY BELIEVE MR. TRUMP IS 
AMERICA'S BLUE COLLAR 
BILLIONAIRE. 
>> Reporter: BECKI FALWELL SEEN 
HERE SPEAKING WITH THE 
PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. 
>> WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR 
STUDENTS HERE AT LIBERTY AND IT 
IS JUST SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE
TO SERVE ALONG SIDE THEM.
WE TRY TO TEACH GOOD FAMILY 
VALUES AND GOOD MORALS.
>> Reporter: THE FALWELLS NOW 
TELLING ME THEY'RE VICTIMS OF A 
POLITICAL HIT JOB.
>> YOU SPOKE WITH JERRY FALWELL 
ON THE PHONE SHORTLY AFTER HIS 
RESIGNATION.
WHAT MORE CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT 
WHAT IS NEXT?
>> Reporter: I'VE BEEN TALKING 
TO THEM BOTH, BECKI AND JERRY 
FALWELL ALL TODAY, LINSEY, AND I
CAN TELL YOU JERRY FALWELL JR. 
SAYS HE IS NOT SURE WHAT IS NEXT
FOR HIM.
THAT HE HAS DONE ALL HE CAN DO 
AND JUST NEEDED TO PUT IN HIS 
RESIGNATION.
APPARENTLY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE 
BEEN CALLING THEM TODAY SHOWING 
SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILY.
ACCORDING TO THE FALWELLS NOT 
EVERYBODY ONBOARD WITH HIS 
DECISION TO LEAVE LIBERTY.
>> ONE CAN IMAGINE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
REPORTING. 
>>> STILL A LOT AHEAD HERE ON 
PRIME.
THE FBI SAYS QANON COULD POSE A 
DOMESTIC TERROR THREAT BUT 
SEVERAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES 
FOR CONGRESS SUPPORT QANON AND 
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WELCOMES 
THE FOLLOWERS' SUPPORT.
WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME
OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF GOP 
CANDIDATES.
THE HORRIFIC FAMILY TRAGEDY.
THE OFFICER'S WIFE TRAPPED 
INSIDE THE BACK OF HIS POLICE 
SUV FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING 
SOARING TEMPERATURES ABOVE 90 
DEGREES.
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
DURING THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE 
RNC WE HEARD BOASTS ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY PREPANDEMIC.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE 
NUMBERS.
HOW STRONG WAS THE ECONOMY?
FIRST OUR TWEET OF THE DAY A 
TRIBUTE FROM A WIFE TO HER 
BELOVED HUSBAND.AVE, TRUE" 
PERFORMED BY CHRISTINA AGUILERA.
>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
AS WE HEAD NOW INTO NIGHT TWO OF
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION WE CAN EXPECT HIGH 
PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
PREPANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECORD.
WHILE THERE IS MUCH TO DEBATE 
ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THAT TRACK
RECORD, TONIGHT JUST A FEW KEY 
DATA POINTS.
UNTIL THE PANDEMIC HIT IN 
FEBRUARY THE U.S. ECONOMY HAD 
EXPANDED FOR 128 STRAIGHT MONTHS
MAKING IT THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST 
ECONOMIC EXPANSION ON RECORD.
WHILE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TOUTS 
THIS IMPRESSIVE GROWTH IT IS 
WORTH NOTING THE EXPANSION 
ACTUALLY BEGAN IN JUNE OF 2009 
ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S GROWTH.
ANNUAL GDP GROWTH WAS BELOW WHAT
TRUMP PROMISED DURING THE 2016 
CAMPAIGN BUT NEVERTHELESS STILL 
STRONG.
THEN OF COURSE THE CORONAVIRUS 
STRUCK AND THE U.S. ECONOMY 
CONTRACTED BY 32.9% FROM THE 
PREVIOUS YEAR THE SHARPEST 
DECLINE IN MODERN AMERICAN 
HISTORY.
LET'S ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT 
UNEMPLOYMENT WHICH FELL TO 3.5% 
LAST YEAR, THE LOWEST IN HALF A 
CENTURY.
BY COMPARISON, UNEMPLOYMENT 
DROPPED TO A LOW OF 4.7% DURING 
THE OBAMA YEARS.
STILL A DRAMATIC FALL FROM WHERE
IT BEGAN AT 10%.
TODAY AFTER 12.9 MILLION 
AMERICANS HAVE LOST JOBS DURING 
THE PANDEMIC WE ARE CURRENTLY AT
10.2% UNEMPLOYMENT.
>>> STILL A LOT TO GET TO HERE 
ON PRIME.
OUR CLOSER LOOK AT THE 
COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE PRESIDENT AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.
SPEAKING OF THE PRESIDENT, HE 
WAS ONCE A POLITICAL OUTSIDER 
BUT HE NO YOUW HAS A FIRM GRIP  
CONTROL ON THE GOP AND INSPIRING
A NEW GENERATION OF CANDIDATES 
TO JOIN HIM IN DISRUPTING 
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THEM.
BUT FIRST, HERE ARE SOME OF THE 
TRENDING STORIES ON ABC 
NEWS.COM.IT IS GOING TO BE SO N.
>> DANCING PREMIERES LIVE 
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.
>>> MANDATORY EVACUATIONS TODAY 
ALONG THE GULF COAST AS 
HURRICANE LAURA MAKES ITS WAY TO
THE SHORES OF TEXAS AND 
LOUISIANA.
>> ALL EYES FROM THIS POINT AND 
FORWARD WILL BE ON LAURA.
>> LAURA EXPECTED TO GATHER 
STRENGTH AND BECOME A MAJOR 
HURRICANE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO 
WEDNESDAY.
IN LOUISIANA HUNDREDS OF OIL AND
GAS COMPANIES RUSHING TO 
EVACUATE WORKERS OFF THEIR RIGS.
WALLS OF SAND BAGS GROWING AHEAD
OF THE STORM.
PEOPLE LINING UP TO GET OUT OF 
LAURA'S PATH.
>>> IN TEXAS MILLIONS ARE 
BRACING FOR WHAT LAURA MIGHT 
BRING.
>> WHEN WE HEARD CATEGORY 2, 3, 
WE'RE LIKE, I THINK IT'S TIME 
FOR US TO GO. 
>> I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF DAMAGE.
IT DOESN'T REFLECT MY SON OR MY 
FAMILY.
>> Reporter: DEMONSTRATIONS ARE 
GOING STRONG FOR A THIRD DAY IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
THE ANGER SPARKED BY THE 
SHOOTING OF 29-YEAR-OLD JACOB 
BLAKE.
NEW VIDEO OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS 
SHOWS THE MOMENTS RIGHT BEFORE 
HE WAS SHOT SUNDAY EVENING 
AROUND 5:00.
KENOSHA POLICE SAY THEY WERE 
RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC 
INCIDENT WHEN OFFICERS 
ENCOUNTERED BLAKE.
>> SEVEN TIMES, SEVEN TIMES.
LIKE HE DIDN'T MATTER.
BUT MY SON MATTERS.
>> BLAKE, WHO IS 29 YEARS OLD, 
IS IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW 
UNDERGOING SURGERY.
HIS LAWYERS SAY IT IS UNLIKELY 
HE WILL EVER WALK AGAIN.
>>> A POLICE OFFICER'S WIFE DIED
WHEN SHE GOT TRAPPED SOMEHOW 
INSIDE HER HUSBAND'S PATROL 
CRUISER AS THE TEMPERATURES KEPT
RISING.
THE MIAMI HERALD REPORTS SHE GOT
INTO THE BACK SEAT OF THE SUV 
LAST FRIDAY IN MIAMI SHORES 
WHILE SHE WAS LOOKING FOR 
SOMETHING THE DOORS CLOSED AND 
AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED, TRAPPING 
HER INSIDE.
SHE WAS STUCK FOR FOUR HOURS 
WITHOUT HER CELL PHONE OR ANY 
WAY OF CONTACTING ANYONE FOR 
HELP.
THE HEAT INSIDE GOT TO 92 
DEGREES THAT DAY AND WHEN THE 
FAMILY GOT TO HER SHE WAS 
UNRESPONSIVE.
>> I'M SURE IT WAS HORRIFYING 
FOR HER AND FOR HER FAMILY. 
>> Reporter: "THE MIAMI HERALD" 
SAYS THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND COVERS 
THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT.
WHEN HE GOT HOME HE FELL ASLEEP 
AND MAY HAVE LEFT HIS UNIT 
UNLOCKED.
MIAMI-DADE P.D. IS NOW 
INVESTIGATING THE CASE.
>>> THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK 
CONTINUES TO TAKE A TOLL ON AIR 
TRAVEL WITH THE U.S. INFECTION 
RATE STILL HIGH.
AMERICAN AIRLINES SIGNALING 
WITHOUT NEW GOVERNMENT AID MAJOR
CUTS WILL BE NECESSARY.
>> UNITED AND DELTA AIRLINES 
HAVE SAID THEY ALSO PLAN TO 
LAYOFF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 
WORKERS ON OCTOBER 1st IF 
GOVERNMENT AID IS NOT EXTENDED.
TODAY AMERICAN AIRLINES SAYING 
IT PLANS TO LAYOFF OR FURLOUGH 
UP TO 19,000 EMPLOYEES.
THAT COMBINED WITH VOLUNTARY 
LEAVES WILL REDUCE AMERICAN 
AIRLINES STAFF BY 40,000 PEOPLE.
>>> THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE USE AN
BOLT HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS DAYS AFTER HIS 
SURPRISE, MASK FREE BIRTHDAY 
PARTY.
BOLT POSTED THIS MESSAGE HOURS 
BEFORE HIS TEST RESULTS.
>> I'VE BEEN NOTICING THINGS SO 
GOING TO QUARANTINE MYSELF.
>> Reporter: THE EIGHT TIME 
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST SAID HE 
TOOK THE TEST THE DAY AFTER HIS 
34th BIRTHDAY.
JAMAICA'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS 
CONTACT TRACING IS UNDER WAY. 
>> HE HAS BEEN FORMALLY NOTIFIED
I AM TOLD BY THE AUTHORITIES. 
>> Reporter: GENTLEMAN MAKE 
HAYES OVER 1600 CONFIRMED CASES 
OF THE VIRUS AND 16 DEATHS.
>>> WE REPORTED EARLIER ON THE 
UNREST IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 
AFTER THE RECENT SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE BY A POLICE OFFICER.
WE NOW TAKE A BROADER LOOK AT 
THIS SUMMER OF PROTESTS AND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REPEATED 
CLAIMS HE IS THE SO-CALLED LAW 
AND ORDER PRESIDENT AND HIS 
OPPONENT IS NOT.
OUR ALEX PEREZ REPORTS FOR US 
AGAIN.
>> AN ATTACK ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 
IS AN ATTACK ON ALL AMERICANS.
>> Reporter: TRUMP'S HEAVY 
HANDED RHETORIC FUELED HIS 
CAMPAIGN BACK IN 2016.
>> I AM THE LAW AND ORDER 
CANDIDATE.
>> Reporter: AND FOUR YEARS 
LATER -- 
>> I AM YOUR PRESIDENT OF LAW 
AND ORDER.
>> Reporter: BUT AFTER THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD AT THE HANDS OF 
A WHITE POLICE OFFICER IN MAY, 
CRIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO 
REFORM POLICE PRACTICES.
DEMANDING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND A 
STOP TO POLICE BRUTALITY.
PROTESTS IN THE STREETS OF 
PORTLAND, OREGON, WHERE POLICE 
AND PROTESTERS HAVE CLASHED 
VIDEOS LIKE THESE GOING VIRAL ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, DEEPENING 
DIVISIONS BETWEEN POLICE AND THE
COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MOBILIZING 
FEDERAL RESOURCES EVEN THOUGH 
SOME LOCAL OFFICIAL SAID THEY 
DIDN'T WANT HELP FROM THE FEDS 
AND FEARED IT WOULD FURTHER 
INCITE VIOLENCE.
>> I AM DISPATCHING THOUSANDS 
AND THOUSANDS OF HEAVILY ARMED 
SOLDIERS, MILITARY PERSONNEL, 
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO 
STOP THE RIOTING, LOOTING, 
VANDALISM, ASSAULTS, AND THE 
WANTON DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
>> Reporter: BUT AS MONTHS OF 
CIVIL UNREST FUELED BY CASES OF 
ALLEGED POLICE BRUTALITY DIVIDED
THE COUNTRY TRUMP PUSHED A 
MESSAGE OF UNITY BETWEEN HIS 
ADMINISTRATION AND POLICE.
>> THE RADICAL POLITICIANS ARE 
WAGING WAR ON INNOCENT 
AMERICANS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN 
YOU PLAY WITH THE POLICE.
MY ADMINISTRATION IS PRO SAFETY,
PRO POLICE, AND ANTICRIME.
>> Reporter: LAST MONTH 
LAUNCHING WHAT HE CALLED 
OPERATION LEGEND, A FEDERAL 
PROGRAM AIMED AT HELPING LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT FIGHT SURGES IN 
VIOLENCE IN NINE CITIES.
IN THIS SUMMER OF PROTESTS 
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY, MANY 
OFFICERS, THEMSELVES, HAVE BEEN 
INJURED OR KILLED IN THE LINE OF
DUTY, LIKE RETIRED POLICE 
CAPTAIN DAVID DORN SHOT AND 
KILLED BY SUSPECTED LOOTERS 
WHILE PROTECTING A FRIEND'S 
STORE. 
>> HE REALLY TRIED TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE.
I WOULD JUST WANT HIM TO BE 
REMEMBERED AS THAT PERSON IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT TRIED TO GO ABOVE
AND BEYOND.
>> Reporter: BUT THE VAST 
MAJORITY OF BLACK LIVES MATTER 
PROTESTS HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL.
THE NATION MOURNED AFTER THE 
KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD AND 
TRUMP CALLED FLOYD'S DEATH A, 
QUOTE, DISGRACE AND SAID HE WAS 
AN ALLY OF THOSE WHO PROTEST 
LAWFULLY.
>> I AM YOUR PRESIDENT OF LAW 
AND ORDER.
AND AN ALLY OF ALL PCEFUL 
PROTESTERS.
>> Reporter: PEACEFUL PROTESTERS
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SAY THEY 
WERE SUBJECTED TO AN UNPROVOKED 
ESCALATION AND EXCESSIVE USE OF 
FORCE AS THEY FACED OFF AGAINST 
FEDERAL POLICE IN RIOT GEAR WHO 
FIRED GAS CANISTERS AND USED 
GRENADES CONTAINING RUBBER 
PELLETS TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S JUNE PHOTO OP IN 
FRONT OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.
TRUMP NOW DRAWING A SHARP 
DISTINCTION BETWEEN HIS LAW AND 
ORDER RECORD AND THE RECORD OF 
HIS OPPONENT.
>> IT'S A LEFT WING WAR ON COPS.
SLEEPY JOE BIDEN WERE TO BECOME 
PRESIDENT, HE WOULD IMMEDIATELY 
PASS LEGISLATION TO GUT EVERY 
SINGLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 
AMERICA.
YOU KNOW THAT.
MY AGENDA IS ANTICRIME AND PRO 
COP ALL THE WAY.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOT TO BE.
>> Reporter: SLAMMING CALLS TO 
DEFUND THE POLICE, A MOVE JOE 
BIDEN ALSO OPPOSES.
>> THERE WON'T BE DEFUNDING.
THERE WON'T BE DISMANTLING OF 
OUR POLICE.
THERE WILL NOT BE ANY DISBANDING
OF OUR POLICE.
WOO
 WE'LL WORK AND TALK ABOUT IDEAS
FOR HOW WE CAN DO IT BETTER AND 
IF POSSIBLE A MUCH MORE GENTLE 
FASHION.
>> Reporter: THERE IS ONE ARM OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS ALL TOO WILLING TO ATTACK AND
THAT HIS OWN FBI.
THIS SPRING WHEN HE BLASTED THE 
INVESTIGATORS WHO PROBED HIS 
FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
MICHAEL FLYNN DURING ITS 
INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIA'S 
EFFORTS TO INTERFERE IN THE 2016
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
>> Reporter: THESE WERE DIRTY, 
FILTHY COPS AT THE TOP OF THE 
FBI AND YOU KNOW THE NAMES 
BETTER THAN I DO.
THEY WERE DISHONEST PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: ALEX PEREZ, ABC 
NEWS, KENOSHA.
>> OUR THANKS TO ALEX PEREZ FOR 
THAT. 
>>> REPUBLICANS THIS WEEK ARE 
CELEBRATING THE RISING STARS IN 
THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG 
CANDIDATES ALL IN THE SHADOW OF 
THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE PARTY.
DONALD TRUMP HAS SHAKEN UP THE 
GOP AND SOME SAY REDEFINED WHAT 
IT MEANS TO BE A REPUBLICAN IN 
THIS COUNTRY IN 2020.
IN CHARACTERISTIC FASHION, 
KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN TO THE 
POLITICAL FRINGE.
>> Reporter: THIS WEEK THE GRAND
OLD PARTY IS SHOW CASING ITS TOP
YOUNG TALENT.
>> THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME.
I AM THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF 
INDIAN IMMIGRANTS.
>> Reporter: A PARADE OF 
REPUBLICANS EMBRACING DONALD 
TRUMP AND TRUMPISM AS THE 
PARTY'S FUTURE.
>> WE MUST WIN THIS ELECTION IF 
WE CHERISH OUR COUNTRY AS MUCH 
AS WE SHOULD. 
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ONCE A POLITICAL OUTSIDER AND 
FORMER DEMOCRAT IS NOW FIRMLY IN
CONTROL OF THE GOP, INSPIRING A 
NEW GENERATION OF CANDIDATES TO 
JOIN HIM IN DISRUPTING D.C.
>> THEY SEE DONALD TRUMP AS 
WALKING IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, 
BREAKING SOME CHINA AND SHAKING 
THINGS UP IN A WAY THAT WILL 
REALLY SERVE THE FUTURE OF THIS 
COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THOSE 
NEWCOMERS, 24-YEAR-OLD MADISON 
HAWTHORNE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO 
BECOME THE FIRST MEMBER OF 
CONGRESS FROM EITHER PARTY.
HE DEFEATED THE TRUMP BACKED 
CANDIDATE IN THE PRIMARY BUT IS 
ALREADY WINNING PRAISE FROM THE 
PRESIDENT.
>> HE DEFINED OUR VICTORY AS 
BEAUTIFUL AND I TELL YOU HE WAS 
JUST AS GRACIOUS AS HE COULD 
HAVE BEEN.
HE'S INVITED ME UP TO THE WHITE 
HOUSE SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD 
TO GO SEE HIM IN THE OVAL. 
>> Reporter: OTHER YOUNG 
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES TOUTING 
THEIR TRUMP TIES, TOO, LIKE 
32-YEAR-OLD JAKE TURNER FROM 
KANSAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST
COMPETITIVE HOUSE RACES. 
>> WHAT WE NEED ARE GROWN-UPS TO
GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C., STAND 
FIRM ON PRINCIPLE, AND AT THE 
END OF THE DAY GET SOMETHING 
DONE.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK 
COMPROMISE IS A GOOD THING?
DO YOU THINK IT IS A DIRTY WORD?
>> I HAVE STRONG, CORE 
CONDITIONS I AM WILLING TO STAND
UP AND DEFEND.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO 
TAKE YOUR BALL AND GO HOME WHEN 
SOMEONE DISAGREES WITH YOU ON 
SOMETHING.
YOU WANT TO DO EVERYTHING YOU 
CAN TO MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE 
FIELD.
>> Reporter: HE IS A FATHER OF 
FOUR, RAISED IN RURAL KANSAS BY 
A SINGLE DAD WHO WORKED AT THE 
LOCAL SONIC DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT 
TO PAY FOR COLLEGE AND BECOME A 
TEACHER.
HIS FAMILY, HE SAYS, REFLECTS 
REPUBLICAN IDEALS.
>> I THINK THE REPUBLICANS NEED 
TO DO A BETTER JOB SELLING OUR 
MESSAGE.
IT IS VERY ATTRACTIVE.
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, PERSONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK RIGHT 
NOW THAT LOYALTY TO TRUMP IS 
SORT OF A PREREQUISITE TO BE A 
REPUBLICAN?
OR HOW DO YOU THREAD THAT 
NEEDLE?
>> THIS IS A PARTY THAT TRUSTS 
INDIVIDUALS TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY
BELIEVE.
THIS ISN'T THE PARTY OF CANCEL 
CULTURE LIKE THE DEMOCRATS ARE.
YOU ARE ABLE TO HAVE UNIQUE 
OPINIONS IN THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY.
>> Reporter: THOSE UNIQUE 
OPINIONS DON'T ALWAYS SIT WELL 
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO HAS 
BRANDED REPUBLICANS THAT 
DISAGREE WITH HIM AS REPUBLICANS
IN NAME ONLY OR RHINOS.
>> AND A COUPLE RINOS, FRANKLY. 
>> ATTACKING THE FORMER 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE SENATOR MIT
ROMNEY, PAUL RYAN, AND POPULAR 
MARYLAND REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR 
LARRY HOGAN AMONG OTHERS.
>> THE PRESIDENT OFTEN TALKS 
ABOUT HOW HE GETS A LOT OF 
RATINGS BUT AT THE END OF THE 
DAY PEOPLE WANT PROBLEMS SOLVED 
NOT RATINGS OR PERSONAL 
POPULARITY.
SOME OF OUR REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS
ARE THE MOST POPULAR PEOPLE 
WHETHER THEY ARE LOYAL TO THIS 
PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: FOR MANY STRIKING A
BALANCE IS KEY. 
>> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN 
INDEPENDENT THINKER AND EVEN 
WHEN I HAVE SPOKEN OUT I AM 
OFTEN SPEAKING OUT AGAINST 
MEMBERS OF MY OWN PARTY.
>> Reporter: NANCY MACE A FORMER
TRUMP CAMPAIGN STAFFER IS ONE OF
A RECORD 98 REPUBLICAN WOMEN 
RUNNING FOR THE U.S. HOUSE.
THE SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO AND 
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IS THE 
FIRST WOMAN TO GRADUATE FROM THE
CITADEL.
NOW SHE HOPES TO MAKE HISTORY AS
THE FIRST REPUBLICAN WOMAN TO 
REPRESENT SOUTH CAROLINA IN 
CONGRESS.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF MOMS OUT 
THERE JUST LIKE ME.
A LOT OF SINGLE MOMS, TOO, THAT 
WE'VE GOT TO BALANCE OUR 
CHECKBOOKS, EDUCATE OUR KIDS, 
AND THESE ARE VERY TRYING TIMES.
AND IF THEY'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME 
THEY JUST RAISE THEIR HAND AND 
SAID I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THIS 
AND I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 
AND MAKE A CHANGE. 
>> Reporter: TO WIN BACK THE 
HOUSE REPUBLICANS NEED TO WIN 
SEATS LIKE HERS.
SWING DISTRICTS HELD BY 
DEMOCRATS WHERE FEELINGS ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENT ARE MIXED.
WITH 9 IN 10 REPUBLICAN VOTERS 
STILL STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
PRESIDENT LOYALTY TO HIM AND HOW
HE DEFINES REPUBLICANISM CANNOT 
BE IGNORED.
>> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 
CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD 
DIFFERENT IDEAS, CONTINUES TO 
FOSTER DEBATE, AND YOUNG 
REPUBLICANS ARE RALLYING AROUND 
DONALD TRUMP THIS YEAR.
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, TRUMP IS
SHOWING OPENNESS TO THE 
POLITICAL FRINGE FROM BIRTHERISM
AND WHITE SUPREMACY TO THE 
ONLINE CONSPIRACY THEORY QANON 
THE BASELESS THEORY BELIEVING A 
SATANIC CULT OF PEDOPHILES AND 
CANNIBA
CANNIBALS HAS INFILTRATED THE 
GOVERNMENT. 
>> IN THEIR MIND THE PRESIDENT 
WAS ELECTED TO GET RID OF 
CONTROLLING THE REST OF US.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SO 
SUPPORTIVE OF HIM. 
>> Reporter: THE FBI SAYS QANON 
COULD POSE A DOMESTIC TERRORIST 
THREAT AND SOME OF ITS CHARGERS 
HAVE BEEN -- MEMBERS HAVE BEEN 
CHARGED WITH MURDER AND 
KIDNAPPING BUT THE PRESIDENT AND
SOME REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HAVE 
WELCOMED THEIR SUPPORT 
>> I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE 
MOVEMENT OTHER THAN I UNDERSTAND
THEY LIKE ME VERY MUCH.
WHICH I APPRECIATE.
>> Reporter: AT LEAST THREE GOP 
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES HAVE 
OPENLY EMBRACED QANON.
JOE RAY PERKINS OF OREGON, 
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN OF 
GEORGIA, AND LAUREN BOBERT OF 
COLORADO.
IF ELECTED THEY WOULD BE THE 
FIRST TO GIVE IT A FOOTHOLD IN 
U.S. GOVERNMENT. 
>> YOU CAN'T CORROBORATE ANY OF 
IT BUT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT 
ONLY BECAUSE THERE ARE MILLIONS 
OF PEOPLE THAT DO.
THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE 
GOVERNMENT.
SOME OF THOSE FOLKS MAY TAKE IT 
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
>> Q IS NOT ONE PERSON.
OKAY?
Q IS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 
ON THE INSIDE TO THE GOOD GUYS.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THE 
PARTY HAS TO MORE FORCEFULLY 
DISAVOW CONSPIRACY THEORISTS 
LIKE QANON?
>> DEFINITELY.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO 
BE THE FUTURE OF ANY PARTY THAT 
WANTS TO BE IN THE MAJORITY AND 
THAT IS WHY I WILL LOOK FORWARD 
TO RIDDING THE PARTY OF THOSE 
PROBLEM CHILDREN.
>> Reporter: NANCY MACE AND JAKE
LE TURNER SAY THE PARTY'S FOCUS 
MUST BE ON SOLUTIONS FOR THE 
FUTURE 
>> I AM NOT A CONSPIRACY 
THEORIST.
I AM A REALIST AND PRAGMATIC 
>> I THINK YOUNG PEOPLE WANT THE
TRUTH.
I THINK THEY WANT SUBSTANCE. 
>> Reporter: FOR NOW MANY CAN'T 
GET ENOUGH OF DONALD TRUMP AND 
FULL CONTROL OF HIS PARTY AND 
INFLUENCING REPUBLICAN LEADERS 
OF THE FUTURE NO MATTER WHAT 
HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER.
FOR ABC NEWS LIVE I'M DEVIN 
DWYER IN WASHINGTON.
>> OUR THANKS FOR THAT.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL 
SPEAK WITH OUR POLITICAL 
DIRECTOR ABOUT WHAT TO WATCH OUT
FOR AS WE GET READY FOR NIGHT 
TWO OF THE RNC.
the legal or not that's a simple
question it's the hot
topic torn from the headlines
are taking our jobs are paying 
THESE ORCAS SWIMMING OFF THE 
COAST OF WASHINGTON TODAY.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE HAVING A NICE
TIME WITH THEIR POD.
>>> NOW BACK TO THE RACE FOR 
2020.
WE LOOK AHEAD AT NIGHT TWO OF 
THE RNC.
RICK, REPUBLICANS PROMISED AN 
OPTIMISTIC TONE LAST NIGHT.
IN REALITY THAT IS NO THE WHAT 
WE SAW.
JUST WANT TO QUOTE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP WAS TALKING ABOUT A 
DEMOCRATS' WIN, YOUR AMERICAN 
DREAM WILL BE DEAD IF THAT 
HAPPENS.
REPRESENTATIVE MATT GATES FROM 
FLORIDA SAID THEY'LL DISARM YOU,
EMPTY PRISONS, LOCK YOUR INTO 
YOUR HOME AND INVITE MS-13 TO 
LIVE NEXT DOOR AND THE POLICE 
AREN'T COMING WHEN YOU CALL.
DO WE EXPECT TONIGHT WILL 
PERHAPS BE THE UPLIFTING AND 
HOPEFUL NIGHT?
WHO SPECIFICALLY WILL YOU BE 
WATCHING FOR THIS EVENING?
>> Reporter: I THINK THE TONE IS
BASICALLY SET, LINSEY AND I 
THINK YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR A 
DUAL MESSAGE.
ONE IS, YES, OPTIMISM IN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP AND
KIND OF A REWRITING OF HIS 
HISTORY AROUND COVID-19 AND RACE
RELATIONS.
MORE THAN THAT IT IS AN ATTACK 
ON JOE BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS.
TO THAT END HAVING SEVERAL 
PEOPLE NAMED TRUMP SPEAKING 
TONIGHT INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT 
HIMSELF.
WE EXPECT HIM TO SHOW UP AGAIN, 
TWO OF HIS ADULT CHILDREN.
I AM INTERESTED IN SECRETARY OF 
STATE MIKE POMPEO IN AN UNUSUAL 
BREAK IN PROTOCOL SPEAKING FROM 
JERUSALEM WHERE HE HAS BEEN ON A
TAXPAYER FUNDED TRIP AND IN 
ADDITION THE NIGHT IS LIKELY TO 
BELONG TO THE FIRST LADY MELANIA
TRUMP SPEAKING FROM THE ROSE 
GARDEN WITH HER HUSBAND IN 
ATTENDANCE.
NOT SOMETHING WE'VE EVER SEEN 
BEFORE IN A POLITICAL CONVENTION
AND OF COURSE VERY TRUMPIAN.
>> RICK THE REPUBLICANS BLASTED 
THE DEMOCRATS LAST WEEK FOR NOT 
HAVING A LIVE CONVENTION BUT 
LAST NIGHT MUCH OF THE RNC WAS 
PRETAPED AS WELL.
IS THIS JUST THE NEW REALITY OF 
WHAT A COVID CONVENTION LOOKS 
LIKE?
>> Reporter: YEAH IN FACT LINSEY
THERE ARE LESS LIVE ELEMENTS 
THAN WITH THE DEMOCRATS.
TWO THINGS.
ONE IS YES THE REALITIES HAVE 
CHANGED EVERYTHING AND FORCED 
THE PARTIES TO CHANGE ON THE 
FLY.
THE OTHER THING IS THE DEMOCRATS
HAD A LOT MORE TIME TO PREPARE 
FOR A VIRTUAL CONVENTION, ABOUT 
FOUR MONTHS OF PREPARATIONS.
THE REPUBLICANS HAD ABOUT FOUR 
WEEKS BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAD INSISTED UP UNTIL ABOUT A 
MONTH AGO THAT THERE WOULD BE A 
MAJOR IN-PERSON COMPONENT IN 
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.
NOW THERE IS NO JACKSONVILLE BUT
RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON WE HAVE
SEEN MOST OF THE EVENTS TAKING 
PLACE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK TRADITIONAL BUT 
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TONIGHT 
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EITHER 
CONVENTION WE'LL SEE SOMETHING 
OF A LIVE AUDIENCE FROM MELANIA 
TRUMP'S SPEECH AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE.
>> DURING THE DNC WE SAW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH CAMPAIGN 
EVENTS JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY OF 
THEIR CONVENTION BUT SO FAR 
BIDEN AND HARRIS ARE KEEPING A 
RATHER LOW PROFILE DURING THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
DO YOU EXPECT IT TO STAY THAT 
WAY?
>> Reporter: I ACTUALLY DO.
IT IS MORE IN KEEPING WITH WHAT 
TRADITIONALLY HAPPENS IN 
CONVENTIONS WHERE THE OTHER 
CANDIDATE GOES ON VACATION OR 
JUST STAYS QUIET.
TODAY JOE BIDEN WENT FOR A BIKE 
RIDE AT HIS VACATION PLACE IN 
REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL.
KAMALA HARRIS WAS AROUND HER 
HOME HERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. 
TAKING MEETINGS WITH STAFFERS, 
MOST OF THEM VIRTUAL MEETINGS WE
ARE TOLD.
WE FEEL LIKE FROM THE REPORTING 
WE'VE HEARD THAT THE DEMOCRATS 
FEEL LIKE THIS IS A WEEK THAT IS
GOING TO BE DO AM MINATED BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THEY ARE ROLLING OUT REPUBLICAN 
SUPPORTERS FOR THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
TICKET BUT WE DON'T SEE AN 
EFFORT TO GO OUT FRONT AND 
CENTER IN THE NEWS CYCLE LIKE 
DONALD TRUMP DID LAST WEEK.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
INSIGHT AS ALWAYS.
>> Reporter: THANKS, LINSEY. 
>>> BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT OUR 
IMAGE OF THE DAY.
MELANIA TRUMP OF COURSE EXPECTED
TO SPEAK TONIGHT FROM THE ROSE 
GARDEN ON NIGHT TWO OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
BUT WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS 
IMAGE IS THAT IT'S DIFFERENT.
SHE JUST COMPLETED A REDESIGN OF
THE ICONIC SETTING, THE FIRST 
TIME THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE 1962 
UNDER PRESIDENT KENNEDY.
WE'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU WHETHER
YOU LIKE THE UPDATE OR NOT.
AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR 
TONIGHT.
I'M ABOUT TO SWITCH SETS AND BE 
JOINED BY OUR POWERHOUSE 
ROUNDTABLE.
STAY TUNED OF COURSE TO ABC NEWS
LIVE FOR MORE CONTEXT AND 
ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP 
STORIES.
I'M LINSEY DAVIS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING 
WITH US.
GOOD NIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MOST LOYAL 
SUPPORTERS TAKE CENTER STAGE.
TIFFANY TRUMP.
ERIC TRUMP.
AND, LIVE, FROM THE ROSE GARDEN,
THE FIRST LADY.
TONIGHT, THE GRAND, OLD PARTY IS
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
LIVE, IN NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HERE, NOW, LINDSEY DAVIS, TOM 
YONIS, AND THE ABC NEWS 
POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM. 
>> WELCOME TO ABC NEWS LIVE.
WE JUST 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE
SECOND NIGHT OF THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
>> TONIGHT'S THEME.
THE LAND OF PROMISE.
REPUBLICANS WILL MAKE THE PITCH 
THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL BRING 
THE COVID-BATTERED ECONOMY BACK.
WE'LL ALSO HEAR MORE FROM 
TRUMP'S FAMILY TONIGHT.
HIS CHILDREN, TIFFANY AND ERIC. 
>> LINDSEY, AS YOU KNOW, BIG 
HEADLINER TONIGHT.
FIRST LADY.
WE SEE HER RIGHT THERE.
MELANIA TRUMP SPEAKING, WEATHER 
PERMITTING, FROM THE ROSE 
GARDEN.
SHE RECENTLY REMODELED.
AND MIKE POMPEO IS ALSO SPEAKING
TONIGHT FROM ISRAEL.
WE'LL DIG INTO THAT IN A LITTLE 
BIT.
ALL OF THIS AS LAURA TAKES AIM 
AT THE GULF COAST.
AND IN WISCONSIN, WHERE THEY ARE
BRACING FOR ANOTHER NIGHT OF 
PROTESTS AFTER JACOB BLAKE, A 
BLACK MAN, WAS SHOT IN THE BACK 
BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER.
LINDSEY, SO MANY BREAKING NEWS 
HAPPENING ON THIS WEEK. 
>> ALL AT ONCE.
OUR POWERHOUSE POLITICAL DATEAMS
BACK WITH US ONCE AGAIN IN 
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
>> LET'S START WITH MARY BRUCE 
AT THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT.
MARY, THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE 
CONVENTION WAS FILLED WITH MIXED
MESSAGING.
BUT AT TIMES, THERE WAS A MAGA 
TAKEOVER AND A LOT OF TALK OF 
DARK DAYS OF IF DEMOCRATS WIN. 
>> YEAH LAST NIGHT, WE DID SEE A
TALE OF TWO PARTIES FROM THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
WE DID HEAR A LOT OF DIRE 
WARNINGS AND OMINOUS TALES OF 
WHAT COULD COME IF DONALD TRUMP 
IS NOT RE-ELECTED.
YOU SAW AND HEARD, REALLY, AN 
APOCALYPTIC PICTURE IF JOE BIDEN
IS ELECTED BUT IT WASN'T ALL 
DOOM AND GLOOM.
THERE WAS SEVERAL SPEAKERS, 
SPECIFICALLY NIKKI HALEY, 
REPUBLICAN SENATOR TIM SCOTT, 
WHO GAVE WHAT FELT LIKE MORE 
TRADITIONAL CONVENTION SPEECHES.
FOCUSING MORE ON THE PRESIDENT'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ARGUING THAT
THE BEST DAYS ARE, STILL, AHEAD.
THE PRESIDENT, THOUGH, OF 
COURSE, PROMISED THAT THIS WAS 
GOING TO BE POSITIVE 
PROGRAMMING.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHICH MESSAGE
ARE WE GOING TO BE SEEING 
TONIGHT?
THE FIRST LADY IS THE MARQUEE 
SPEAKER OF THIS EVENING AND HER 
TEAM IS SAYING THIS IS GOING TO 
BE A POSITIVE, FORWARD-LOOKING 
SPEECH. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT MORE OF THAT
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SPEECH IS 
GOING TO BE AT THE ROSE GARDEN.
WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE RIGHT 
NOW AT THIS WHITE HOUSE?
AND EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS 
BECAUSE USHLUALLY -- I DON'T THK
THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED WHERE THE
PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY 
ADDRESSED THE CONVENTION FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
CRITICS SAY THIS IS JUST WRONG. 
>> WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING 
LIKE THIS.
NO FIRST FAMILY HAS EVER USED 
THE WHITE HOUSE AS A A BACKDROP 
FOR A POLITICAL CONVENTION.
OF COURSE, WE ARE IN 
UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
THE FIRST LADY'S TEAM IS QUICK 
TO POINT OUT TODAY, THAT THIS IS
THEIR HOME.
BUT STILL, IT IS INCREDIBLY 
UNUSUAL TO BE USING THE PEOPLE'S
HOUSE FOR A POLITICAL EVENT LIKE
THIS.
AND WHILE IT IS NOT ILLEGAL, 
CRITICS ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT 
THEY FEEL THIS BLURS MORAL 
LINES.
YOU MENTIONED THE WEATHER.
IT HAS BEEN POURING ON AND OFF.
YOU MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF 
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING OVER MY 
SHOULDER.
THEY ARE WAITING TO MAKE THAT 
WEATHER CALL.
BUT, LOOK.
THE FIRST LADY HAS SPENT A LOT 
OF TIME REVAMPING THE -- THE 
ROE
ROSE GARDEN.
THIS IS SOMETHING SHE'S BEEN 
WORKING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HER 
TO NOT ONLY MAKE HER PITCH ABOUT
WHY HER HUSBAND SHOULD EARN 
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE BUT ALSO SHOW OFF THE ROSE
GARDEN, TOO. 
>> WE WANT TO TURN TO OUR MARTHA
RADITZ.
THIS IS A TAXPAYER-FUNDED TRIP 
ABROAD.
AND HE IS MIXING PARTISAN 
POLITICS INTO HIS ROLE AS 
AMERICA'S TOP DIPLOMAT.
WOULD YOU SAY THE LINES ARE 
BLURRING TONIGHT ON THAT ISSUE 
AS WELL?
>> NOT ONLY BLURRING.
THERE ARE REALLY A LOT OF EVEN 
LEGAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
MIKE POMPEO IS ON A DIPLOMATIC 
TRIP.
THE RNC SAID THAT THEY PAID FOR 
NOTHING.
THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR THE 
TELEVISION CREW.
THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR THE SPACE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY STAFF 
INVOLVED IN THE SPEECH.
ANY POMPEO STAFF INVOLVED IN THE
SPEECH.
BUT THE ALARMING THING ABOUT ALL
OF THIS IS THAT, IN DECEMBER, 
THERE WAS A MEMO FROM POMPEO'S 
LEGAL ADVISER THAT TOLD ALL 
POLITICAL APPOINTEES THEY WERE 
PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN 
POLITICAL ACTIVITY, IN CONCERT 
WITH A PARTISAN CANDIDATE, 
POLITICAL PARTY, OR PARTISAN 
POLITICAL GROUP.
AND SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT 
SENATE CONFIRMED PRESIDENTIAL 
EMPLOYEES, LIKE POMPEO, MAY NOT 
EVEN ATTEND A POLITICAL PARTY 
CONVENTION OR CONVENTION-RELATED
EVENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE LAST SIX 
SECRETARIES OF STATE HAVE DONE.
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN GONE TO THE 
CONVENTION.
THEY HAVE TAKEN GREAT CARE TO 
SEPARATE THOSE TWO THINGS.
EARLIER IN THE WEEK, THE STATE 
DEPARTMENT SAID THIS WAS A 
PERSONAL, A PERSONAL APPEAL FOR 
MIKE POMPEO.
BUT IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO 
SEPARATE SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE
POMPEO FROM PERSONAL MIKE 
POMPEO, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE IS 
GIVING A SPEECH LIKE THIS. 
>> AND, MARTHA, THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION HAS SEEN SOME 
WINS ON THE GLOBAL STAGE, 
INCLUDING THE RECENT DEAL 
BETWEEN THE UAE AND ISRAEL.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE SWINGING 
THROUGH SEVERAL COUNTRIES TRYING
TO GET THEM SIGN ON TO 
RECOGNIZING RELATIONS WITH 
ISRAEL NOW.
BUT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO
ALIENATED MANY INTERNATIONAL 
ALLIES WITH THE AMERICA-FIRST 
POLICY AND THE TOUGH TALK.
HOW IS SECRETARY POMPEO GOING TO
FRAME THIS TONIGHT?
>> WELL, I THINK HE IS GOING TO 
JUST SAY THIS AMERICA-FIRST 
POLICY HAS KEPT US SAFE.
AND SECURE.
AND THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE 
EVERYTHING TO SECURE OUR FREEDOM
AND SAFETY.
BUT I TURN YOU TO IRAN AND NORTH
KOREA.
I MEAN, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS -- 
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT -- 
HE'S MADE SOME VERY BOLD MOVES.
AND NO ONE, NO ONE, HAS BEEN 
SUCCESSFUL WITH NORTH KOREA.
BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT, 
EITHER, DESPITE HIS PROMISES.
DESPITE WANTING A NUCLEAR DEAL 
WITH NORTH KOREA.
HE JUST HASN'T GOTTEN ONE.
AND OF COURSE, HE RIPPED UP THE 
DEAL OR GOT OUT OF THE DEAL WITH
IRAN.
AND THEY HAVE MADE GAINS AS 
WELL.
THEY HAVE BEGUN VIOLATING THE 
TERMS OF THE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT 
THAT THE UNITED STATES GOT OUT 
OF.
LINDSEY. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE, MARTHA.
THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO BRING IN OUR SENIOR 
NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT NOW, 
TERRY MORAN.
TERRY, THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASING
VIDEO OF IT JUST BEFORE THE 
CONVENTION STARTS TONIGHT.
GIVE US DETAILS AND WHAT DO YOU 
MAKE OF THIS BIG MOVE ON THE BIG
STAGE BEFORE THINGS GET GOING 
TONIGHT?
>> IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN 
EXTRAORDINARY AND POWERFULLY 
MOVING MOMENT IN TONIGHT'S 
CONVENTION.
AND ONE THAT ALSO BRINGS A 
LITTLE CONTROVERSY.
THE PRESIDENT WILL, ON CAMERA, 
LIVE, WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF 
JOHN PONDER IS THE PERSON'S 
NAME.
HE WAS CONVICTED OF BANK ROBBERY
IN 2004.
SERVED HIS TIME.
CAME OUT.
AND HE FOUNDED A NONPROFIT 
ORGANIZATION CALLED HOPE FOR 
PRISONERS.
THIS IS A REINTEGRATION 
NONPROFIT.
TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO SERVED
THEIR TIME AFTER BEING COMMITTED
OF CRIMES, TO REINTEGRATE INTO 
SOCIETY WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND 
JOBS.
IT'S AN ESSENTIAL CAUSE IN OUR 
ACCESSIBLY CARCERAL SOCIETY.
HE IS SURPRISED TONIGHT ON 
CAMERA AS WE WILL SEE WHEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP PARDONS HIM.
THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING.
THE PARDON POWER IS ONE OF THE 
ONLY PLACES IN THE CONSTITUTION 
WHERE THERE IS NO CHECKS AND NO 
BALANCES, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE 
REASONS DONALD TRUMP LOVES IT, 
RIGHT?
HE'S PARDONED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HE PARDONED ROGER STONE.
HE'S PARDONED PEOPLE FOR DRUG 
OFFENSES THAT HE THOUGHT WERE 
EXCESSIVE.
BUT TO USE IT LIKE THIS, THAT 
PARDON POWER ACTUALLY DOESN'T 
BELONG TO HIM.
IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 
UNITED STATES WHO VESTED IT IN 
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY, 
WHICH HE TEMPORARILY OCCUPIES.
AND FOR HIM TO USE IT FOR HIS 
PERSONAL/POLITICAL GAIN, THAT 
IS, ONCE AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE 
NORM-BUSTING, TRADITION-BUSTING 
THINGS THAT HE JUST DOES.
AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE HIM DO 
IT BUT IT IS A POWERFUL MOMENT 
FOR A MAN WHO HAS ACCOMPLISHED A
GREAT DEAL. 
>> AND I THINK, THOUGH, ON THAT 
POINT, THERE IS A THEME HERE ON 
THE PROGRAMMING OF THIS 
CONVENTION.
WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES THAT ARE 
VERY DIFFERENT IN JOE BIDEN AND 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
BUT THESE CONVENTIONS ARE ALSO 
VERY DIFFERENT.
AND WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE 
UNPRECEDENTED NATURE OF A LOT OF
THESE EVENTS.
LAST NIGHT, I WAS WATCHING AND 
IT WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE THERE WAS
A MIXED MESSAGE.
THERE WERE, AT TIMES, WHEN YOU 
SORT OF THOUGHT YOU WERE 
WATCHING A REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
THERE WERE OTHER TIMES WHERE IT 
FELT, VERY MUCH, THE DONALD 
TRUMP, MAGA CONVENTION.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW YOUR TAKE ABOUT
THIS.
DO YOU THINK THIS SORT OF -- 
WITH THESE VIRTUAL CONVENTIONS, 
THIS -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 
REBELLIOUS.
BUT THIS DIFFERENT KIND OF 
PROGRAMMING IS GOING TO WORK 
WITH VIEWERS?
>> YEAH.
THAT SKOBVIOUSLY IS THE QUESTIO.
I'LL TELL YOU.
IT'LL WORK WITH THE PART OF THE 
COUNTRY THAT BUYS IN OF 
TRUMPISM.
THE STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 
LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK.
WE'RE A DIVIDED COUNTRY, IN MANY
WAYS.
BUT WHAT WE ARE DIVIDED ON NOW 
IS SOMETHING MORE THAN POLICY OR
THE PROGRAM OF THE GOVERNMENT.
WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
IT'S WHO WE ARE.
THAT BASIC SENSE OF WHO WE ARE, 
AS AMERICANS.
TWO DIFFERENT IDEAS OF AMERICA.
OF AMERICAN GREATNESS.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, LOOKING 
BACKWARD, IN SOME WAYS.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
TO A TIME WHEN AMERICA WAS MORE 
ROOTED IN TRADITIONAL FAITH.
HAD AN ECONOMY THAT WAS MORE 
ROOTED IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
AND NOW, THE DEMOCRATS COME IN 
WITH A VERY DIFFERENT VISION OF 
AMERICA.
THAT CONFLICT IS INTENSE, AND WE
ARE FEELING IT IN THE ANGER, 
SOMETIMES, THAT WE HEAR IN THIS 
CONVENTION.
AND ELSEWHERE.
TOM. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
TERRY MORAN, STAND BY.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU LATER 
IN THE BROADCAST.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE 
HEADLINER TONIGHT WILL BE FIRST 
LADY MELANIA TRUMP, WHO WILL 
SPEAK FROM THE NEWLY RENOVATED 
ROSE GARDEN, WEATHER PERMITTING.
JOINING US NOW, HER CHIEF OF 
STAFF, STEPHANIE GRISHAM.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
THE FIRST QUESTION, IS THE 
WEATHER GOING TO BE OKAY?
WILL WE SEE THE FIRST LADY FROM 
THE ROSE GARDEN?
BUT EARLY TODAY, YOU ALSO SAID 
THE SPEECH WOULD BE UPLIFTING, 
IT WOULD BE POSITIVE.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TONIGHT FROM 
THE FIRST LADY?
AND HOW IS SHE PREPARED?
>> WELL, ON THE WEATHER, WE HOPE
SO.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST MONITORING
IT VERY CLOSELY.
WE HAVE A FEW HOURS TO GO.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO 
MOTHER NATURE BUT WE DO HAVE A 
BACKUP INSIDE IF IT HAPPENS.
IT IS GOING TO BE POSITIVE AND 
UPLIFTING BECAUSE THAT'S WHO THE
FIRST LADY IS.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO WASTE HER 
TIME DIVIDING THE CONTRUNTRY OR 
SPEAKING NEGATIVELY.
SHE'S BEEN PREPARING FOR THE 
LAST TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
EVERY WORD OF THAT SPEECH IS 
VERY MUCH HER.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING SPEECH PREP 
AND GOING OVER IT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT 
SPEECH, VERY POSITIVE.
SHE IS GOING TO BE VERY FORWARD 
LOOKIN
LOOKING IN TERM FS OF HER 
HUSBAND AND WHAT HE WILL DO FOR 
THIS COUNTRY.
BUT ALSO HER, AND THINGS SHE 
WILL DO AS FIRST LADY.
SHE ALSO REFLECTS A LITTLE BIT 
ON SOME OF HER FAVORITE TIMES AS
FIRST LADY.
AND THEN, SOMETHING I THINK WILL
SPEAK TO CITIZENS EVERYWHERE IS 
JUST HER PERSONAL JOURNEY.
YOU KNOW, SHE REALLY IS THE 
AMERICAN DREAM, EMBODIED.
AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, SHE 
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AN 
IMMIGRANT.
AND SHE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD 
TO BECOME A CITIZEN.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING SHE IS GOING
TO SPEAK TO A LITTLE MORE THAN 
SHE EVER HAS BEFORE. 
>> STEPHANIE, LINDSEY DAVIS 
HERE.
YOU SAID TONIGHT SHE IS GOING TO
TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
WILL THE SPEECH ALSO DEFEND THE 
PRESIDENT'S ACCOMPLISHMENT OF 
THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND HIS 
HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF DEFEND IS THE
RIGHT WORD.
SHE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO TOUT 
HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT SHE'S VERY,
VERY PROUD OF.
SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 
PANDEMIC.
SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AS 
HER ROLE, AS FIRST LADY, AS YOU 
BOTH KNOW, SHE HAS BEEN VERY 
VOCAL ABOUT FOLLOWING CDC 
GUIDELINES AND WEARING A MASK 
AND PUTTING VOCATIONSOCIAL MEDI.
SHE THANKS FRONTLINE WORKERS, 
AND SHE TALKS ABOUT TEACHERS AND
PARENTS AND HOW THEY HAVE REALLY
HAD TO STEP UP IN THESE 
UNCERTAIN TIMES. 
>> AT THE 2016 RNC CONVENTION, 
THE FIRST LADY DID A SPEECH 
WHERE SHE WAS ACCUSED OF LIFTING
PORTIONS FROM MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
ADDRESS.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT YOU AVOIDED 
ANY MISTAKES LIKE THAT AGAIN?
>> SLOOABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT.
SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE 
VERY BEGINNING.
SHE HAS USED HER VERY SMALL 
TEAM.
I HAVE BEEN WITH HER EVERY 
SINGLE DAY.
THIS IS A FIRST LADY, AS WE HAVE
SEEN OVER THE LAST THREE AND A 
HALF YEARS AND AS SHE'S EVOLVED 
IN THIS ROLE, SHE IS VERY DETAIL
OIRP
OIR
ORIENTED.
SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTS
TO SAY.
I THINK BACK IN 2016 IS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT.
SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS TO SAY.
SHE HAS A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE SHE
WANTS TO GET OUT.
AND WE ARE VERY, VERY CONFIDENT 
BECAUSE THESE ARE HER WORDS. 
>> WHEN I SAT DOWN WITH THE 
FIRST LADY IN KENYA, SHE TOLD ME
I'M THE MOST BULLIED PERSON IN 
THE WORLD.
SHE JUST RESIGNED THE ROSE 
GARDEN WHICH SHE RECEIVED A LOT 
OF CRITICISM BEFORE.
WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC BUT, EVEN 
BEFORE THAT, SHE WAS A VERY 
PRIVATE FIRST LADY.
SO I HAVE TO ASK, YOU KNOW, I 
WONDER, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE 
MELANIA HATERS WON?
>> WELL, I DON'T THINK HATE EVER
WINS, NO MATTER WHO IT'S GOING 
TOWARDS.
SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS A 
RESOUNDING NO.
WE'RE USED TO THE PEOPLE WHO 
COME AFTER HER.
I THINK AGAIN, WHEN WE WERE IN 
KENYA WITH YOU, SHE WAS JUST 
TALKING ABOUT HOW NEGATIVE 
SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE.
AND SHE FEELS, AT TIMES, SHE CAN
BE QUITE YOU BULLIED.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
HER LEGACY IS GOING TO BE SHE IS
A QUIET AND DIGNIFIED FIRST 
LADY.
SHE IS A VERY INDEPENDENT WOMAN,
WHO STAYED FOCUS ON HER SON, NO 
MATTER WHAT.
SHE'S BEEN TAKING IN PROJECTS AT
THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT A LOT OF 
THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT 
AND THAT'S BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T 
SEEK ATTENTION.
I THINK SHE IS GOING TO BE 
CELEBRATED FOR YEARS TO COME FOR
THE WAY SHE'S BEEN DIGFNIFIED AD
NOT NEED THE LIMELIGHT. 
>> THERE ARE REPORTS THAT WOLKOV
ACTUALLY HAS TAPES OF THE FIRST 
LADY MAKING DISPARAGING REMARKS 
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS 
CHILDREN.
ALSO, DOES MRS. TRUMP HAVE ANY 
ISSUES WITH THE PRESIDENT'S 
ADULT CHILDREN?
>> SHE DOES NOT.
SHE'S TALKED ABOUT THE FAMILY 
VERY OFTEN.
THEY ARE A CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY AND
LIKE ANY FAMILY, I'M SURE THEY 
HAVE DISAGREEMENTS AT TIMES BUT 
NO, SHE DOESN'T DISPARAGE THEM.
THAT'S SILLY.
THEY'RE A CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY.
THE BOOK?
NO, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT 
IT.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ACT IT.
ALL I WOULD SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE 
YET ANOTHER PERSON TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF THIS TRUMP FAMILY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THE 
BOOK.
WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE 
ARE DOING IN HER ROLE AS FIRST 
LADY AND WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO 
FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
>> STEPHANIE, WE THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR JOINING US.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
ESPECIALLY, DURING THIS BUSY 
WEEK.
THURSDAY NIGHT, WE WILL HEAR 
FROM EACH OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
ADULT CHILDREN.
DONALD JR., TIFFANY, ERIC, 
IVANKA.
PLUS, OF COURSE, AS YOU JUST 
HEARD, THE FIRST LADY.
LET'S BRING IN MATT DOWN.
NOW, TRADITIONALLY, THIS IS THE 
MOMENT THAT WE SEE THE FIRST 
LADIES ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND
HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
BUT THE FIRST LADY.
SHE'S NOT PARTICULARLY KNOWN FOR
STUMPING.
NOW, WITH COVID CHANGING THE 
LANDSCAPE OF THIS CAMPAIGN.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK WE ARE 
GOING TO SEE MELANIA OUT FRONT, 
ADVOCATING ON HER HUSBAND'S 
BEHALF?
>> WELL, MY GUESS IS MORE THAN 
WE SAW HER, FOR SURE, IN 2016.
AND PROBABLY, MORE THAN WE HAVE 
SEEN HER IN THE LAST THEREE 
YEARS.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN KNOWS THEY 
HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH WOMEN.
WOMEN LEFT IN DROVES AFTER THE 
MIDTERMS.
THEY ARE PROBLEMATIC AMONGST 
WOMEN IN THIS POLL, IN THIS 
TIME.
SO I WOULD GUESS YOU ARE GOING 
TO SEE QUITE A BIT OF HER.
HOW MUCH IT HELPS?
I QUESTION.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
I'VE LOOKED AT THIS.
WE WERE INVOLVED, OBVIOUSLY, YOU
KNOW, I WAS INVOLVED WITH GEORGE
W. BUSH, LAURA BUSH, WHO IS VERY
POPULAR.
THEY HAVE VERY LIMITED IMPACT ON
MOVING ACTUAL VOTERS.
THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH 
EFFECT ON THE CAMPAIGNS IN THIS 
BECAUSE PRESIDENTIAL RACES ARE 
SO HIGH PROFILE AND THERE'S SO 
MUCH DETERMINED BY THE PERSON 
RUNNING FOR THE OFFICE.
BUT WE WILL SEE HER MORE.
MY GUESS IS IT WILL HAVE LITTLE 
TO NO IMPACT ON THE RACE BUT WE 
WILL SEE MORE. 
>> HE WANT TO BRING IN MARY 
JORDAN NOW.
AUTHOR OF "THE ART OF HER DEAL."
SO, MARY, WERE YOU SURPRISED HER
ONE-TIME, VERY CLOSE FRIEND, 
STEPHANIE, APPARENTLY RECORDED 
HER?
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S MORE 
SURPRISING THAT MELANIA HAS SO 
FEW FRIENDS AND IT IS 
INTERESTING THAT THIS ONE FRIEND
WHO WAS CLOSE TO HER REALLY FELT
CUT OFF.
SO WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE 
BOOK IS.
BUT I THINK TONIGHT IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT FOR MELANIA.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, IN FOUR 
YEARS, THAT SHE'S HAD A BIG 
SPEECH.
I MEAN, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, EVEN 
IF SHE LIKES THE PRESIDENT.
SO IT'S A WIN FOR HER, IF SHE 
CAN COME OUT AND TELL PEOPLE 
THINGS LIKE WHAT MAKES HER 
LAUGH?
WHAT'S SHE DOING WHEN HE'S 
TWEETING?
YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, IN 
RESEARCHING THE BOOK, I WOULD 
HEAR THINGS LIKE HOW QUICK AND 
SAVVY AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S 
GOT THIS KIND OF INNER KIND OF 
ENERGY.
SOMEONE SAID TO HER, A FEW YEARS
AGO, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, HEY.
WOULD YOU REALLY HAVE MARRIED 
THAT GUY IF HE WEREN'T RICH?
AND INSTANTLY, SHE SAID WOULD HE
HAVE MARRIED ME IF I WEREN'T 
BEAUTIFUL?
AND I THINK THE FLASH IS JUST 
GONE.
AND IT'S CONFOUNDING THAT WE 
KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT HER.
SO IT'S A WIN TONIGHT IF SHE 
COMES OUT.
IT'S A WIN, PERSONALLY, FOR HER 
BECAUSE SHE TELLS PEOPLE I'M 
INDEPENDENT.
BUT THEN, SHE TELLS -- SPEAKS IN
GENERALITIES.
AND IT'S A WIN FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
IF SHE SOFTENS HIS IMAGE BECAUSE
HE DOES HAVE A BIG WOMEN 
PROBLEM.
THE CAMPAIGN IS SAYING, 
PRIVATELY, THAT WE NEED HER.
WE NEED HER TO KIND OF SOFTEN 
THIS IMAGE.
SHE IS GOING TO COME OUT AND 
DEFEND HIM AND SAY HE IS GOOD 
FOR WOMEN TONIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEN, THE DEBATES
WILL BEGIN. 
>> MARY, YOU REPORTED IN YOUR 
BOOK, THE PEOPLE YOU SPOKE TO, 
THE PRESIDENT NEVER CRITICIZES 
HIS WIFE WHEN HE IS SPEAKING TO 
HIS AIDES OR TO OTHERS.
BUT WE'VE SEEN, OVER THE YEARS 
RECENTLY, IN A COUPLE OF 
OCCASIONS, THE FIRST LADY HAS 
BROKEN WITH HER HUSBAND.
AND MOST RECENTLY, AS "THE 
WASHINGTON POST" POINTS OUT, SHE
WAS THE FIRST TO WEAR A MASK 
PUBLICLY WHEN SHE PUT OUT A 
SOCIAL MEDIA POST WHEN HER 
HUSBAND WAS NOT PUSHING THE MASK
AT ALL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT DOES TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE LOYALTY 
IS SO IMPORTANT TO HIM?
>> WELL, SHE HAS BEEN THE MOST 
LOYAL TO HIM.
AND I THINK WHEN STEPHANIE 
GRISHAM WAS TALKING.
HE REALLY VALUES THAT SHE 
DOESN'T NEED THE MICROPHONE.
THEY'RE SO OPPOSITE, RIGHT?
SHE NEVER SPEAKS.
HE'S ALWAYS TALKING.
HE'S IMPULSIVE.
SHE'S THE OPPOSITE.
SHE'S THE CHESS PLAYER.
THE CALM ONE.
AND ABSOLUTE TRUST THERE.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HER.
YOU KNOW, VERY IMPORTANT.
I'M SURE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
THIS TONIGHT.
THAT SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, I'M 
INDEPENDENTLY.
I THINK MYSELF.
SO SHE HAS TO THREAD THE LINE.
SHE CLEARLY DOESN'T LIKE SOME OF
THE THINGS HE SAYS.
DEFINITELY, DOESN'T LIKE SOME OF
THE THINGS HE TWEETS OR DOES.
SO I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE.
BUT IN THE END, SHE ALWAYS BACKS
HIM UP.
AND HE DOES TRUST HER MORE THAN 
ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE HE KNOWS 
THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO GO GET 
THE MICROPHONE AND KIND OF BLAB.
SHE HAS A LOT OF SECRETS.
SHE KNOWS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT 
ANYBODY.
AND SHE IS THE WOMAN WHO'S BEEN 
WITH HIM -- HE'S BEEN MARRIED 
TWO TIMES BEFORE.
BUT SHE'S BEEN WITH HIM LONGER 
THAN ANYBODY ELSE. 
>> LET'S NOW BRING IN OUR 
LEADING WHITE HOUSE EDITORIAL 
PRODUCER, JOHN SANTUCCI.
JOHN, IVANKA WILL BE REPRISING 
HER ROLE FROM 2016 AND 
INTRODUCING HER FATHER ON 
THURSDAY.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR THE 
PRESIDENT TO HAVE IVANKA CLOSE 
TO HIM IN THE WEST WING?
>> I THINK IT'S INVALUABLE.
AND I THINK, FRANKLY, YOU SEE 
WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
KELLYANNE CONWAY, THE TRUMP, 
FIRST, CAMPAIGN MANAGER, SHE IS 
LEAVING.
SO THE FACT THAT THERE IS ONE 
LESS PERSON, NOW, LOYAL TO THE 
PRESIDENT.
IT MATTERS MORE THAN EVER TO 
HAVE FAMILY CLOSE BY HIS SIDE.
AND I THINK SOMETHING MARY SAID 
AND MATT ALSO TOUCHED ON IS THAT
HE NEEDS WOMEN RIGHT NOW.
WOMEN CLOSE TO HIM THAT WILL 
BUMP HIM UP A LITTLE BIT.
THEY DEFINITELY HAVE A PROBLEM 
WITH WOMEN RIGHT NOW AROUND THE 
COUNTRY.
BUT WHAT IVANKA CAN DO AND 
IVANKA HAS DONE, ACTUALLY QUITE 
WELL, IS SHE HAS LEARNED HER 
ROLE, IS BRING A DIFFERENT 
DEMOGRAPHIC IN.
YOU KNOW, SHE HAS BEEN VERY KEEN
ON WORKING WOMEN.
THERE IS A PROJECT SHE'S 
LAUNCHED ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY 
AND AROUND THE GLOBE RIGHT NOW 
TO ACTUALLY BRING WOMEN 
ENTREPRENEURS TO THE TABLE.
YOU'LL REMEMBER, ALSO, SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE 
TONIGHT, FIRSTHAND, WITH THAT 
PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.
IT WAS IVANKA AND HER HUSBAND, 
JARED KUSHNER, THAT LED CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM.
SO IVANKA IS NOT IN THE 
SPOTLIGHT, AS SHE ONCE WAS IN 
THE EARLY DAYS OF THIS WHITE 
HOUSE.
BUT THE LITTLE NOOKS THAT SHE 
HAS ACTUALLY OWNED HAVE BEEN 
QUITE SUCCESSFUL FOR THIS 
PRESIDENT.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 
MORE OF HER ON THE CAMPAIGN 
TRAIL IN THE COMING WEEKS. 
>> LET'S SWITCH GEARS HERE FROM 
ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT THE FAMILY.
LET'S WIDEN OUT TO THE RNC 
CONVENTION, AT LARGE, AND BRING 
IN YVETTE SIMPSON, CEO FOR 
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA, 
PROGRESSIVE GROUP.
SO TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR
FROM DANIEL CAMERON, HE IS THE 
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN KENTUCKY OF 
COURSE.
ALSO, OVERSEEING THE BREONNA 
TAYLOR CASE.
WE KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN NO 
ARRESTS, DESPITE NATIONAL 
OUTCRIES AND PROTESTS IN 
LOUISVILLE.
IS THAT POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC 
FOR THE RNC?
AND I -- DO YOU THINK THAT WE 
COULD SEE SOME BACKLASH FROM 
SOMEBODY WHO THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR, IS NOT
VERY HAPPY WITH?
>> I THINK THAT'S THE PATTERN 
WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT 
HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS 
CONVENTION, SO FAR.
YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS WE SAW 
YESTERDAY.
THEY AREN'T NECESSARILY THE 
FOLKS WHO BLACK PEOPLE ARE 
RALLYING BEHIND.
BUT THEY CERTAINLY ARE THE 
PEOPLE THE RNC WANTS TO PUT 
FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT 
ATTRACTING BLACK PEOPLE.
IT'S ABOUT SHOWING WHITE PEOPLE 
THAT TRUMP ISN'T SO RACIST AND 
THAT THERE IS SOME BLACK PEOPLE 
WHO SUPPORT THEM.
HE IS DEFINITELY NOT THE 
STANDARD BEARER BECAUSE PEOPLE 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN 
KENTUCKY ARE NOT WITH THIS GUY 
BECAUSE HE HAS NOT ARRESTED THE 
INDIVIDUALS WHO MURDERED BREONNA
TAYLOR.
SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
THE RNC BRINGS THAT UP BECAUSE 
WE'VE NOT HEARD MUCH ABOUT 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM IN 
THE -- IN THE -- TO THE EXTENT 
OF POLICE BROW TAUTALITY DURING 
CONFERENCE AND I DON'T THINK WE 
ACTUALLY WILL. 
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO SARAH 
FAGAN, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST.
I WONDER DOES THE PARTY WANT 
MORE FROM THE FIRST LADY?
OR HAS SHE DONE ENOUGH?
WHEN WE DID THE INTERVIEW WITH 
MELANIA TRUMP AT THE TIME, THE 
REACTION I GOT FROM REPUBLICANS 
WERE THEY LOVED HER AND I WOULD 
WATCH THEM WATCH HER ANSWERS AND
THEY WOULD LIGHT UP.
THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS PERFECT.
WITH DEMOCRATS, THERE WAS A LOT 
OF EYE ROLLING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S -- IF 
THAT'S THE FIRST LADY OR IF IT'S
BECAUSE OF WHO SHE IS MARRIED 
TO.
BUT REPUBLICAN IT SEEMS 
REPUBLICANS REALLY LOVE HER.
AND I WONDER IF SHE IS DOING 
ENOUGH FOR THE PARTY AND IF THEY
WANT TO SEE MORE OF HER. 
>> IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR MOST 
FIRST LADIES TO REALLY SHUN 
POLITICS.
MOST OF THEM DON'T LIKE IT.
I THINK MELANIA IS SIMILAR TO 
PREVIOUS FIRST LADIES, MAYBE 
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HILLARY 
CLINTON.
I WOULD SAY HER MOST IMPORTANT 
ROLE, TONIGHT, IS TO PUT SOME 
SOFTER EDGES AROUND HIM.
TALK ABOUT SOME PRIVATE MOMENTS.
I THINK LAST NIGHT, WE SAW THIS 
WITH SEVERAL SPEAKERS.
HERSCHEL WALKER.
CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN TALKED 
ABOUT PERSONAL TIMES THAT THEY 
ENCOUNTERED THE PRESIDENT, 
WITHOUT CAMERAS, BEING A HUMAN.
BEING KIND.
BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THEIR 
FAMILIES.
SHE CAN DO THAT BETTER THAN 
ANYONE ELSE.
I AGREE WITH MATT DOWD.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MOVE 
A LOT OF VOTERS BUT IT'S 
DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT ELEMENT 
TO THIS MAN.
AND YES, REPUBLICANS WANT TO SEE
MORE OF IT AND I THINK ALL 
VOTERS PREFER HER, SOMETIMES, 
TO -- TO THE PRESIDENT.
THAT'S OFTEN THE CASE WITH FIRST
LADIES, TOO. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
SARAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, THE GROWING 
NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN DEFECTORS 
PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO 
PREVENT A TRUMP SECOND TERM.
BUT WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
OUR IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE LINCOLN
PROJECT.
STAY WITH US.
>>> SENATOR TED CRUZ WHEN HE 
SAID THAT FOUR YEARS AGO.
THE WAY HE DESCRIBED IT WAS LIKE
THIS PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER, 
STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN THAT WAS
THE STONE-COLD STUNNER RIGHT 
THERE.
TED CRUZ TAKING A STAND FANCY 
THE PRESIDENT IN 2016.
BEFORE HAVING A CHANGE OF HEART 
JUST WEEKS LATER AND EVENTUALLY 
BECOMING A STAUNCH DEFENDER OF 
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
THAT MOMENT, THOUGH, A REMINDER,
FROM THE BEGINNING, THE TRUMP 
PARTY H
 -- HAS BEEN DIVISIVE.
EVEN IN HIS OWN PARTY.
24 MEMBERS ABANDONED THE GOP AND
INSTEAD ENDORSED JOE BIDEN AND 
DA
KAMALA HARRIS. 
>> REJECTING TRUMP IN 2020 AND 
GOING AFTER HIM ON THE AIR WAVES
BUT WILL THEIR EFFORTS MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE AT THE BALLOT BOX?
MARY BRUCE HAS THAT STORY.
>> Reporter: AT FIRST GLANCE, 
THEY MAY LOOK LIKE ANY OTHER 
CAMPAIGN ADS. 
>> AMERICA KNOWS JOE BIDEN.
>> Reporter: BUT WHAT MAKES 
THESE ADS UNIQUE?
THEY ARE BEING MADE BY MEMBERS 
OF THE PRESIDENT'S OWN PARTY. 
>> TRUMP DOESN'T HAVE THE 
STRENGTH TO LEAD, NOR THE 
CHARACTER TO ADMIT IT. 
>> IT'S AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE.
BRUTAL, BLISTERING ADS FROM A 
GROUP OF REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS 
INTENT ON TAKING DOWN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
>> WE PULL NO PUNCHES.
WE DON'T TELL PEOPLE ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP.
WE ILLUSTRATE WHY HE IS UNFIT 
FOR OFFICE, AND HOW HIS ACTIONS,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY MAY BE, 
CAN FURTHER ILLUSTRATE HIS 
INABILITY AND UNWILLINGNESS TO 
SERVE IN THE ROLE. 
>> IT'S CALLED THE LINCOLN 
PROJECT AND THE CO-FOUNDER TELLS
US MANY OF THE ADS ARE INTENDED 
FOR AN AUDIENCE OF ONE. 
>> HEY, DONALD. 
>> THE GOAL?
TO GET UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S 
SKIN. 
>> THERE IS NO SMALL AMOUNT OF 
JOY THAT IT BRINGS TO UPSET 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, DIRECTLY.
THERE IS A METHOD TO THE 
MADNESS.
>> Reporter: AND THEY AREN'T 
SUBTLE. 
>> YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS 
BEFORE.
BUT IT WAS SMALLER THAN WE 
EXPECTED.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE TRYING TO 
BEAT TRUMP, AT HIS OWN GAME.
AND THE STRATEGY APPEARS TO BE 
WORKING.
TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS AD 
MOCKING THE PRESIDENT'S 
PERFORMANCE AT THE ANNUAL WEST 
POINT GRADUATION. 
>> IT'S TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS.
TRUMP IS NOT WELL.
>> Reporter: JUST DAYS LATER, AT
HIS TULSA CAMPAIGN RALLY, THE 
PRESIDENT WENT OFF SCRIPT FOR 13
MINUTES, DEFENDING THAT WEST 
POINT APPEARANCE. 
>> BECAUSE I'M WEARING 
LEATHER-BOTTOM SHOES, WHICH IS 
GOOD IF YOU ARE WALKING ON FLAT 
SURFACES.
IT'S NOT GOOD FOR RAMPS.
>> FOR THE LINCOLN PROJECT, THAT
WAS A SUCCESS. 
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT TROLLING THE 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE, AS ONE OF MY 
PARTNERS SAID, YOU'RE NOT 
TROLLING IF YOU GET SOMEONE ON 
THE HOOK.
>> Reporter: NEEDLING THE 
PRESIDENT IS ONE THING.
THE BIG QUESTION, WILL ANY OF 
THIS SWAY VOTERS?
THE LATEST POLLS SHOW THE 
PRESIDENT IS TRAILING FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN BY 
DOUBLE DIGITS.
BUT HE STILL HAS 84% SUPPORT 
AMONG REPUBLICANS.
AND THE PRESIDENT CALLED THE 
LI
LINCOLN PROJECT A BUNCH OF 
LOSERS AND A DISGRACE TO HONEST 
ABE.
BUT TRUMP'S HANDLING OF THE 
PANDEMIC AND NATIONAL RECKONING 
ON RACISM IS CLEARLY TAKING A 
TOLL ON THE PRESIDENT, 
POLITICALLY.
AND THAT IS A POSITIVE SIGN FOR 
REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST, TIM 
MILLER, AN ADVISER ON JEB BUSH'S
CAMPAIGN WHO HAS REMAINED A FU
FERVENT NEVER-TRUMPER. 
>> THEY ARE NOT THE RED HAT 
WEARING VOTERS THAT SHOW UP TO 
HIS RALLIES. 
>> HIS ORGANIZATION, REPUBLICANS
AGAINST TRUMP, IS TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THOSE FRUSTRATED 
REPUBLICANS ARE BEING HEARD. 
>> I VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP.
MY BAD, FAM. 
>> IT'S OKAY TO PUT COUNTRY OVER
PARTY.
IN FACT, IT'S IMPERATIVE TO DO 
THAT. 
>> IF JOE BIDEN DROPS OUT AND 
THE DNC RUNS A TOMATO CAN, I 
WILL VOTE FOR THE TOMATO CAN.
>> Reporter: EVEN GETTING THE 
SUPPORT OF A FORMER TOP OFFICIAL
IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 
>> WHAT WE SAW, WEEK IN AND WEEK
OUT, AND FOR ME, AFTER TWO AND A
HALF YEARS WITH THAT 
ADMINISTRATION, WAS TERRIFYING. 
>> OUR GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS 
INTERVIEWING MILES TAYLOR. 
>> IT'S NOT JUST THAT HE WOULD 
TELL US TO DO THINGS THAT WE 
WOULD SAY ARE INAPPROPRIATE, 
UNETHICAL, OR ILLEGAL.
IT'S THAT HE WOULD CONSISTENTLY 
TELL US TO DO THOSE SAME THINGS.
>> ACCORDING TO TAYLOR, THAT 
INCLUDED A REQUEST TO WITHHOLD 
FEDERAL AID FROM CALIFORNIA 
DURING THE 2018 WILDFIRES. 
>> HE DIDN'T FEEL HE HAD A BASE 
OF SUPPORT IN CALIFORNIA.
SO AS WILDFIRES WERE BURNING 
DOWN HOUSES IN THE STATE, THE 
PRESIDENT BASICALLY SAID TO US, 
I DON'T CARE.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS MORE, 
FORMER TRUMP OFFICIALS ARE 
PLANNING ON COMING FORWARD. 
>> THE PRESIDENT HASN'T HEARD 
THE LAST OF US.
YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS AN 
OPENING SALVO. 
>> HELP NUDGE THEM OVER IN JOE 
BIDEN'S CAMP USING THESE 
MESSENGERS FROM PEOPLE IN THEIR 
COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN KIND OF 
WAGGING OUR FINGER AT THEM. 
>> I DO BELIEVE THAT A 
PHILOSOPHICALLY-DRIVEN, 
CENTER-RIGHT PARTY IS HEALTHY 
FOR THE UNITED STATES.
WE DO NOT HAVE THAT, RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE NOW 
BROADENING THEIR SCOPE.
TARGETING REPUBLICAN SENATORS 
WHO HAVE SIDED WITH THE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> EVERY TIME THEY HAD A CHOICE 
BETWEEN AMERICA AND TRUMP, THEY 
CHOSE TRUMP.
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST DONALD 
TRUMP.
ALTHOUGH, HE IS THE PRIME 
TARGET.
IT IS ABOUT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE,
WHO FAILED THEIR OATHS OF 
OFFICE. 
>> BUT YOU'D BE GUTTING YOUR OWN
PARTY. 
>> WELL, IT'S NOT OUR PARTY 
ANYMORE.
>> AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT 
COMES DOWN TO, THEN. 
>> FOR US, IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT 
THE PARTY.
IT'S ABOUT THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: AND IF THEY 
SUCCEED, WHAT THEN?
SOME REPUBLICANS FIGHTING FOR 
BIDEN ARE HOPING TO A RETURN TO 
BIPARTISANSHIP. 
>> I BELIEVE WE HAVE A CHANCE, 
WITH JOE BIDEN, TO BE AT THE 
TABLE. 
>> ROSARIO MARIN IS PART OF A 
NEW ORGANIZATION, 43 ALUMNI FOR 
BIDEN. 
>> WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS.
WE, AS A PARTY, ARE BETTER THAN 
THIS MAN WHO HAS SERVED THAT 
PARTY.
I REMEMBER MANY REPUBLICANS USED
TO SAY I AM GOING TO HOLD MY 
NOSE AND VOTE FOR TRUMP.
WELL, LOOK WHAT THAT GOT US. 
>> AS SHE WATCHES TRUMP'S 
RESPONSE TO THIS PAN DEMODEMIC,N
SAYS SHE'S MORE CONVINCED THAN 
EVER THAT HER PARTY AND THE 
COUNTRY SHE IMMIGRATED TO AT A 
YOUNG AGE CANNOT SURVIVE ANOTHER
FOUR YEARS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD
ON ITS KNEES BECAUSE OF FAILED 
LEADERSHIP.
WE CAN'T HAVE FOUR MORE YEARS OF
THIS.
>> Reporter: HOPING THEIR 
MESSAGE WILL RESONATE WITH JUST 
UNDER 70 DAYS TO GO TILL THE 
ELECTION.
MARY BRUCE, ABC NEWS, 
WASHINGTON. 
>> AND LET'S BRING, BACK, IN OUR
POWERHOUSE ROUNDTABLE.
MARY, WE WILL START WITH YOU.
WE JUST HEARD FROM THE LINCOLN 
PROJECT.
TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS WAS 
DESIGNED FOR AN AUDIENCE OF ONE.
CLEARLY, THIS GETS UNDER THE 
PRESIDENT'S SKIN.
BUT THATIS THAT THE ULTIMATE GO?
OR THIS COULD BENEFIT THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN?
>> I THINK ULTIMATELY, THEY 
WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY IF IT 
DID INFLUENCE THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN
AND HELP SWAY SOME VOTERS IN 
THAT DIRECTION.
BUT THEY ARE BLUNT IN SAYING, 
REALLY, THE GOAL HERE IS TO GET 
UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S SKIN AND 
REALLY TO THROW HIM OFF HIS 
GAME.
ANY TIME THEY FEEL THEY CAN 
DISTRACT THE PRESIDENT, HAVE HIM
SPEND TEN MINUTES IN A SPEECH ON
A TANGENT TO DEFEND HIMSELF 
AGAINST SOMETHING THEY TARGETED 
HIM IN AN AD, THEY SEE THAT AS A
SUCCESS.
IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO
TRY TO DISTRACT THE PRESIDENT, 
GET HIM TO CHANGE HIS FOCUS.
AND THEY SEE THAT AS BEING 
BENEFICIAL TO JOE BIDEN.
AS FOR THE BIDEN TEAM, WHEN I 
SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT THIS, 
LOOK.
THEY ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THE HELP.
BUT ANOTHER THING I THINK IS 
REALLY FASCINATING IS THAT THESE
GROUPS ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT JOE 
BIDEN, POLITICALLY, SIMPLY 
CANNOT.
HE IS TRYING TO RUN A RELATIVELY
POSITIVE CAMPAIGN.
NOT GET DRAGGED DOWN IN THE MUD 
WITH DONALD TRUMP.
THESE GROUPS ARE MORE THAN HAPPY
TO GO THERE, RIGHT?
THEY ARE HITTING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, WHERE IT HURTS.
AND HOPING THAT THAT WILL SWAY 
VOTERS OR AT LEAST DISTRACT THE 
PRESIDENT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MARY, THANKS.
I WANT TO BRING IN ABC NEWS 
CONTRIBUTOR, TARA SETMEYER. 
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IN 2016, 
WE DIDN'T HAVE A RECORD FOR 
DONALD TRUMP AS THE PRESIDENT TO
RUN ON, TO POINT OUT.
WE DID HAVE HIS FAILED RECORD AS
A BUSINESSMAN AND HIS CHARACTER 
DEFICITS.
BUT PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO HOLD 
THEIR NOSE AND VOTE FOR HIM 
BECAUSE OF THE DISDAIN FOR 
HILLARY CLINTON.
THE DYNAMICS, POLITICALLY, IN 
THIS RACE ARE COMPLETELY 
DIFFERENT IN 2020.
AND DONALD TRUMP HAS A RECORD 
FOR US TO POINT OUT, TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE, THAT IS THIS 
REALLY WHAT YOU WANT ANOTHER 
FOUR YEARS OF?
IT JUST GOES BACK TO THE REAGAN 
MANTRA OF ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW
THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?
AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE 
ELECTION, YOU WILL SEE THAT MORE
AND MORE OF OUR ADS ARE POINTING
OUT WHAT AMERICA LOOKS LIKE NOW.
HOW IT'S BEEN UPENDED UNDER 
TRUMP AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE, MORE POSITIVE MESSAGES 
OF WHY IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR 
PEOPLE TO OUST HIM AND HAVE A 
CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP THAN IT IS 
JUST NEEDLING. 
>> MATT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF 
POLITICAL PROFESSIONALS BEHIND 
THE LINCOLN PROJECT WHO ARE PART
OF IT.
INVESTING A LOT OF TIME.
THEY ARE RAISING MONEY TO PUT 
THESE ADS OUT THERE.
ALSO, YOU COULD AS -- THE 
CRITICISM IS FAIR TO.
A LOT OF MEDIA, ESPECIALLY CABLE
NEWS, HAS PICKED UP THESE ADS SO
THEY ARE GETTING A LOT OF FREE 
PUBLICITY AS WELL.
WHAT'S THE GOAL HERE?
IS THE GOAL TO MOVE VOTES?
OR IS THE GOAL TO GET UNDER 
TRUMP'S SKIN?
>> THEY ARE A VERY TALENTED 
GROUP OF FOLKS, MOST OF WHICH --
MOST OF WHOM, I KNOW VERY WELL 
BECAUSE I EITHER WORKED WITH 
THEM IN GEORGE W. BUSCH'S 
CAMPAIGN OR ARNOLD 
SCHWARZENEGGER'S CAMPAIGN.
TO ME, THE GOAL SHOULDN'T BE TO 
INCREASE BIDEN SUPPORT AMONG 
REPUBLICANS.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
DONALD TRUMP HAS THAT LOCKED UP.
THE INTERESTING THING, I THINK 
TROLLING DONALD TRUMP AND 
GETTING REACTION FROM HIM IS 
JUST A FRINGE BENEFIT.
WHAT I THINK THEY REALLY WANT TO
DO IS THOSE PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER
CONSIDER THEMSELVES REPUBLICANS,
WHICH THERE IS QUITE A FEW 
PEOPLE.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT 
SELF-IDENTIFY AS REPUBLICANS 
TODAY, IT'S MUCH SMALLER THAN IT
WAS BEFORE.
THOUGH, DONALD TRUMP IS SOLID 
WITH THEM.
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS GIVE A 
SIGNAL, VIRALLY, MAINLY, VIRALLY
MAINLY GETS REPEATED OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN.
TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE FORMER 
REPUBLICANS, LEFT THE PARTY 
BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP.
AND NOW, ARE TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT WHAT TO DO AND THEY GIVE HIM
A DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL THAT IT'S 
OKAY TO VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.
OR THAT, FOR THE GOOD OF THE 
COUNTRY, VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO ADD TO JOE 
BIDEN'S LEVEL OF SUPPORT AMONG 
REPUBLICANS.
IT'S GOING TO GIVE A SIGNAL TO 
FORMER REPUBLICANS THAT IT'S 
OKAY.
YOU'RE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.
AND THAT, IF THEY DO THAT, THAT 
WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SUCCESS. 
>> SARAH, WOULD YOU SAY THAT 
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE
FACTIONS, IF PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WERE TO WIN A SECOND TERM, WOULD
ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO IMPACT 
POLICY?
>> WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP WINS A 
SECOND TERM.
I THINK THESE GROUPS WILL FIND 
THEMSELVES EVEN MORE OSTRACIZED 
THAN -- THAN THEY ARE, NOW.
I THINK SOME OF THIS IS VERY 
PERSONAL AND IT COMES THROUGH IN
THEIR ADVERTISING.
SOME OF THESE FOLKS MAY HAVE 
TRIED TO WORK WITH TRUMP.
WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO.
SOME OF THEM HAVE LEGITIMATE 
COMPLAINTS WITH HIM, AND DON'T 
BELIEVE THAT HE SHOULD BE THE 
PRESIDENT.
I AM ALWAYS SUSPECT OF GROUPS 
WHEN THEY HAVE NOTHING GOOD TO 
SAY.
AND THIS IS MY PROBLEM WITH THE 
LINC
LINCOLN PROJECT.
I -- I APPRECIATE THE CLAIMS.
SOME OF THESE ARE MY FORMER 
COLLEAGUES, TOO.
AND THEY HAVE LEGITIMATE BEEFS, 
THE WAY HE TREATED JEB BUSH AND 
THE BUSH FAMILY AND OTHERS.
BUT AN HONEST ANALYSIS OF THE 
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND YOU 
CAN'T FIND ONE POSITIVE THING TO
SAY?
IT REALLY CALLS INTO QUESTION 
YOUR MOTIVATION, YOUR INTEGRITY,
AND YOUR SINCERITY ABOUT -- 
ABOUT YOUR EFFORTS.
AND, LOOK, IF THEY WANT A 
CENTER-RIGHT, MAINSTREAM 
REPUBLICAN PARTY, GOING AFTER 
REPUBLICAN SENATORS IS A BAD 
IDEA.
IF THEY THINK A COMPLETELY 
DOMINATED DEMOCRATIC WASHINGTON,
D.C. IS GOING TO PRODUCE ANY 
KIND OF POLICY RESULTS THAT THEY
ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH, THEN
THEY'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING 
REPUBLICANS. 
>> AND, TERRY, YOU WANT TO GET 
IN ON A PIECE OF THIS ACTION 
HERE.
>> CAN'T HEAR. 
>> INTERESTING THAT OUR 
INTEGRITY'S BEING QUESTIONED 
HERE BECAUSE WE ARE CALLING OUT 
DONALD TRUMP'S INCOMPETENCE AND 
HIS TRAMPLING ON CONSTITUTIONAL 
NORMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND IDEALS.
AND ALSO, HIS ABSOLUTE BURNING 
TO THE GROUND OF WHAT USED TO BE
REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES, WHICH ARE
NO LONGER.
SO QUESTIONING OUR MOTIVATION.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, WITH 
CERTAINTY, THAT NO ONE IN THE 
LINCOLN PROJECT HAS EVER TRIED 
TO WORK FOR DONALD TRUMP.
THAT -- THAT'S NOT -- THAT'S 
NOT, REALLY, I THINK A FAIR 
ANALYSIS HERE.
WHAT -- WHAT WE'RE DEMONSTRATING
IS THAT NONE OF THE POLICY WINS 
ARE WORTH WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO 
THIS COUNTRY.
THERE ARE 177,000 DEAD 
AMERICANS.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE 
UNEMPLOYED.
WE HAVE RACIAL INJUSTICE AND 
PROTESTS IN THE STREETS, WHILE 
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT'S 
HUGGING THE CONFEDERACY.
THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES.
ON TOP OF THE FOREIGN POLICY 
DISASTER.
WE DON'T EVEN -- WE HAVEN'T EVEN
GOTTEN INTO THAT.
WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES GOING AGAINST ALMOST ALL 
OF THE REPUBLICAN ORTHODOX WHEN 
IT COMES TO FOREIGN POLICY, 
COZYING UP TO OUR ENEMIES LIKE 
RUSSIA.
WE CAN HASH OUT THE POLICY 
DIFFERENCES LATER BUT RIGHT NOW,
THAT IS THE FOCUS.
SO THE GOOD DOES NOT OUTWEIGH 
THE BAD WHEN IT COMES TO DONALD 
TRUMP AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE 
TRYING TO POINT OUT.
WHEN YOU HAVE PLACES LIKE 
ARIZONA, WISCONSIN, 
PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, WHERE 
THESE ARE CRUCIAL SWING STATES.
FLORIDA.
THAT'S WHERE THE BATTLEGROUND 
STATES ARE GOING TO BE.
AND EXAMPLES, LIKE ARIZONA, 
WHERE YOU HAVE MARICOPA COUNTY, 
THAT HAS -- THAT USED TO GO 
REPUBLICAN ALL THE TIME, TO FOR 
MANY, MANY YEARS.
FROM 2008 TO 2020, YOU HAVE -- 
THAT IS AN AREA THAT CAN HELP 
OUST DONALD TRUMP AND WE'RE 
HOPING OUR MESSAGES GET TO THOSE
INDEPENDENTS AND THOSE PEOPLE 
AND SWAY THE ELECTION.
ARIZONA WAS ONLY WON BY 3 
PERCENTAGE POINTS.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY 
CLOSE.
SO WE ARE, TO MATT DOWD'S POINT,
WE ARE GIVING LICENSE TO PEOPLE 
WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT 
DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE, AS 
PRESIDENT.
AND WE ARE GIVING THEM LICENSE 
TO SAY IT'S OKAY TO VOTE FOR JOE
BIDEN THIS TIME AROUND, AND WE 
CAN FIGHT THOSE POLICY FIGHTS 
OUT LATER.
BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S ABOUT 
PROTECTING THE REPUBLIC. 
>> SARAH, YOUR RESPONSE?
>> LOOK.
YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE PROVED MY 
POINT, WHICH IS THAT ANY HONEST 
ANALYSIS OF THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION.
IT'S FAIR TO CRITICIZE HIM FOR 
TWEETS AND SOMETIMES HIM GETTING
EMOTION, THE BETTER OF HIMSELF.
I SUPPORTED JEB BUSH IN THE 
PRIMARIES.
BUT AN HONEST ANALYSIS SAYS I 
DON'T THINK WHAT HE DID ON NORTH
KOREA WAS RIGHT AND, THEREFORE, 
I SUPPORT JOE BIDEN.
HOWEVER, I'LL GIVE HIM CREDIT 
FOR A VERY SMART AND THOUGHTFUL 
UAE-ISRAEL DEAL.
THAT IS SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE.
AND SO, WHEN REPUBLICANS WHO 
DON'T SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT 
CAN'T FIND ONE GOOD THING TO 
SAY, IT'S JUST VERY HARD TO TAKE
THEM CREDIBLY. 
>> TERRY MORAN, I WANT TO BRING 
YOU IN THIS CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE HEARD OF REAGAN 
DEMOCRATS.
WANTS TO TALK ABOUT BIDEN 
REPUBLICANS.
IS THAT WHAT THIS IS?
I MEAN, DOES THE LINCOLN PROJECT
HAVE REAL TEETH?
OR IS THIS SORT OF FRINGY?
>> I THINK FOR A CERTAIN SEGMENT
OF REPUBLICANS, TOM, THERE IS 
ANGST.
TRASHED PRINCIPLES ON BUDGET, 
AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD, 
TRANS-ATLANTIC ALLIANCE WITH 
EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES.
THE IDEA OF AMERICA'S MISSION IN
THE WORLD BY ESSENTIALLY 
TREATING DICTATORS LIKE ERDOGAN,
DUTERTE, AND OTHERS, BETTER THAN
CLOSE ALLIES.
TO SAY NOTHING OF HIS POLICIES 
HERE.
SO I THINK THERE IS GENUINE WHAT
HAPPENED TO MY PARTY?
FEELING AMONG A LOT OF 
REPUBLICANS.
AND AS MATT POINTED OUT, THESE 
ADS COULD BE A SIGNAL.
BUT I THINK MOST AMERICANS, 
EITHER, THEY ARE ALREADY IN 
CAMPS THAT -- THAT THEY ARE SURE
OF.
OR THEY ARE LOOKING BEYOND THESE
ADS.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO WHAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN TO MY LIFE?
WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO?
AND WHAT IS JOE BIDEN'S ANSWER 
TO THAT?
>> STORY OF TRANSFORMATION IN 
THE ROSE GARDEN, ON THE NATIONAL
DAY OF PRAYER.
TODAY, I AM THRILLED TO WELCOME 
HIM BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
JOHN'S LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL 
TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF 
REDEMPTION.
JOHN GREW UP WITHOUT HIS FATHER.
AS HE TELLS IT, MY MOTHER WAS 
STRONG BUT SHE WASN'T ABLE TO 
KEEP US OUT OF THE GANGS AND OFF
OF THE STREETS.
AND THEY WERE VIOLENT STREETS.
AT THE AGE OF 38, HE WAS 
ARRESTED FOR BANK ROBBERY.
WHILE JOHN WAS IN PRISON, HE 
BEGAN READING THE BIBLE, AND 
LISTENING TO CHRISTIAN RADIO.
ONE DAY, HE HEARD REVEREND BILLY
GRAHAM ON THE RADIO, PROCLAIM 
JESUS WANTS TO BE LORD OF YOUR 
LIFE.
ON THAT DAY, JOHN DEDICATED HIS 
LIFE TO CHRIST.
HE SPENT THE REST OF HIS TIME IN
PRISON, STUDYING THE BIBLE.
WHEN HE WAS RELEASED, HE HEARD A
KNOCK AT HIS DOOR.
IT WAS THE OFFICER WHO PUT HIM 
IN JAIL.
FBI SPECIAL AGENT RICHARD 
BEASLEY, WHO SAID I WANT YOU TO 
KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN PRAYING 
FOR YOU.
NOW, RICHARD AND JOHN ARE BEST 
FRIENDS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT
RICHARD IS HERE WITH US, TODAY.
IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, SINCE 
JOHN WAS RELEASED, HE HAS 
CREATED ONE OF THE MOST 
SUCCESSFUL REENTRY PROGRAMS, 
HOPE FOR PRISONERS, IN LAS 
VEGAS.
I WAS GLAD TO SPEAK THERE, 
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AS JOHN SAYS, HOPE FOR PRISONERS
IS A MOVEMENT THAT BEGAN AS A 
DREAM.
IN A TINY PRISON CELL.
AND IS NOW MAKING A DIFFERENCE 
IN THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS.
TRULY, BRINGING HOPE THAT THERE 
IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND A 
COMMUNITY THAT IS WAITING AND 
WILLING TO OFFER THEM A SECOND 
CHANCE.
JOHN, WE HONOR YOUR DEVOTION TO 
SHOWING RETURNING CITIZENS THAT 
THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
WE BELIEVE THAT EACH PERSON IS 
MADE BY GOD, FOR A PURPOSE.
I WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE ALL 
AMERICANS, INCLUDING FORMER 
INMATES, THE BEST CHANCE TO 
BUILD A NEW LIFE AND ACHIEVE 
THEIR OWN AMERICAN DREAM.
AND A GREAT AMERICAN DREAM IT 
IS.
NOW, I'D LIKE TO ASK JOHN AND 
RICHARD TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL
I AM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 
SPEAK HERE TODAY.
NOT SO LONG AGO, MY LIFE WAS 
RUNNING FROM THE POLICE, FEARING
THE POLICE, AND AVOIDING THE 
POLICE.
NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING THAT THE
POLICE HAD DONE TO ME, 
PERSONALLY.
BUT DUE TO THE ANIMOSITY I HAD 
ALLOWED TO GROW INSIDE OF ME, 
MAKING ME BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE
MY ENEMY.
BUT TODAY, PRAISE GOD, I AM 
FILLED WITH HOPE.
A PROUD, AMERICAN CITIZEN, WHO 
HAS BEEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE.
MY TRANSFORMATION BEGAN IN A 
PRISON CELL, WHERE I FOUND 
MYSELF A THREE-TIME CONVICTED 
FELON, FACING, YET ANOTHER, 
SENTENCE.
I GAVE MY LIFE TO JESUS AND MADE
HIM A PROMISE THAT I WOULD SPEND
THE REST OF MY DAYS HELPING 
OTHERS, LIKE ME.
MY FIRST HELP AND SUPPORT CAME 
FROM THE UNLIKELIEST OF PLACES.
THE FBI AGENT WHO ARRESTED ME, 
RICHARD BEASLEY.
HE IS NOW A DEAR FRIEND, AND HAS
BEEN A SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT 
TO ME THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE 
JOURNEY.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE MEN AND 
WOMEN OF THE LAS VEGAS 
METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, 
WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO 
PEOPLE WHO ARE RETURNING TO OUR 
LOCAL COMMUNITY AFTER 
INCARCERATION.
THESE ARE THE REAL-LIFE HEROES 
WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE,
EVERY DAY, ARMED WITH THE 
PROMISE THAT THEY MADE TO 
PROTECT AND TO SERVE, HAVE MADE 
A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN THE LIVES
OF MEN AND WOMEN WE'RE 
INTEGRATING BACK INTO OUR 
SOCIETY.
MY HOPE FOR AMERICA IS THAT 
FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE 
WILL BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT 
THAT WE LIVE IN A NATION OF 
SECOND CHANCES.
MY HOPE FOR AMERICA IS THAT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND PEOPLE IN THE 
COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY 
CAN COME TOGETHER AND REALIZE 
THAT, AS AMERICANS, WE HAVE MORE
IN COMMON THAN WE HAVE 
DIFFERENCES.
MY HOPE FOR OUR GREAT NATION IS 
TO CONTINUE ON THIS PATH WE ARE 
ON, OF BEING THE MOST PROSPEROUS
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 
>> I'M SO PROUD OF JOHN WITH HIS
LIFE'S TURNAROUND AND FOR ALL 
THE LIVES THAT HE'S HELPED TO 
CHANGE.
IT MAY BE HARD TO BELIEVE THAT, 
AS A RETIRED FBI AGENT, ONE OF 
MY BEST FRIENDS IS A PERSON I 
ARRESTED FOR BANK ROBBERY.
WHEN I MET JOHN 15 YEARS AGO, HE
WAS ANGRY, SCARED, FRUSTRATED, 
AND ANXIOUS ABOUT HIS FUTURE.
ON THE DRIVE TO PRISON, I 
STOPPED AT A CONVENIENCE STORE 
TO BUY JOHN A COFFEE AND 
DOUGHNUT.
AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED, JOHN 
SENT ME A NECK TIE AND A NOTE 
THANKING ME FOR TREATING HIM 
LIKE A GENTLEMAN.
FIVE YEARS LATER, WHEN HE GOT 
OUT OF PRISON, JOHN CALLED ME 
AND WANTED TO MEET FOR LUNCH.
HE WAS A DIFFERENT MAN.
HE TALKED ABOUT STARTING A 
REENTRY PROGRAM FOR MEN AND 
WOMEN COMING OUT OF PRISON.
OVER TIME, JOHN EARNED THE TRUST
AND RESPECT OF THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY, MANY OF 
WHOM VOLUNTEER IN JOHN'S HOPE 
FOR PRISONERS PROGRAM.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S COMMITMENT TO CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE REFORM.
ON FEBRUARY 20th OF THIS YEAR, 
HE WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE 
HOPE FOR PRISONERS GRADUATION.
HE STAYED MUCH LONGER THAN 
SCHEDULED TO STAND OUT DIPLOMAS 
TO THE 29 MEN AND WOMEN WHO 
GRADUATED THAT DAY.
WHAT A SIGHT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN THE 
FREE WORLD, SHAKING HANDS AND 
PLEDGING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S 
SUPPORT TO EX-OFFENDERS.
THE FAMILIES WERE THERE.
THE COMMUNITY WAS THERE.
WHAT A GREAT SECOND CHANCE.
I ALSO APPRECIATE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S SUPPORT FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.
I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I HAD STRONG 
SUPPORT, AS AN FBI AGENT.
BUT THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN 
KNOWING YOU ARE BEING 
SECOND GUESSED WHEN YOU ARE 
DOING YOUR JOB.
IN CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR COUNTRY 
RIGHT NOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT 
DOESN'T FEEL THEY HAVE SUPPORT 
OF THEIR LOCAL LEADERS.
BUT AS PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS, 
THE OVERWHELMING PERCENTAGE OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE 
GOOD, SMART PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING
THEIR JOBS VERY WELL.
AND THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, 
WORKING WITH PEOPLE LIKE JOHN.
THANK YOU.
>> SO, NOW, I'D LIKE TO INVITE 
JOHN'S WIFE, JAMIE, TO JOIN US 
AS I GRANT JOHN -- I'M NOT SURE 
YOU KNOW THIS -- A FULL PARDON.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW 
THAT, JAMIE.
COME ON OVER HERE.
IT'S JUST AN HONOR.
AND YOU HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE 
WORK. 
>> THANK YOU, SIR. 
>> AND FOR ALL OF LAS VEGAS AND 
ALL OF NEVADA AND ALL OF -- 
EVERY PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY IS 
VERY PROUD OF YOU.
THE JOB YOU'VE DONE BRINGING 
PEOPLE BACK.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE FOR 
FIVE MINUTES.
I STAYED FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF 
BECAUSE IT WAS SO INTERESTING TO
ME.
CONGRATULATIONS.
RICHARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THE JOB YOU'RE DOING.
FANTASTIC. 
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
I THINK I'LL GIVE IT TO JAMIE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> JUST BEEN WATCHING A VIDEO 
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP PARDONING 
JOHN PONDER THERE.
HE WAS A MAN CONVICTED OF BANK 
ROBBERY.
AND THEN, LATER TURNED AROUND 
HIS LIFE AND STARTED AN 
ORGANIZATION CALLED HOPE FOR 
PRISONERS THAT HELPED PEOPLE WHO
HAD BEEN INCARCERATED.
BASICALLY, REACCLIMATE TO LIFE, 
TO TRY TO GET JOBS TO MAKE THEIR
LIVES BETTER.
I WANT TO BRING IN MATT DOWD NOW
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WILL BE 
CRITICIZED FOR THIS, 
POLITICIZING A PARDON.
BUT IF YOU WERE A VIEWER AT 
HOME, THAT WAS A COMPELLING 
VIDEO.
WHERE YOU REALLY SAW SOME 
HONESTY BETWEEN JOHN PONDER AND 
ALSO THE FBI AGENT WHO ARRESTED 
HIM. 
>> I THINK IT WAS -- I HAVE TWO 
THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
ONE, IT WAS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THAT AND I 
WATCHED IT AS I WATCHED IT, AS 
YOU SAY, IT'S INCREDIBLY 
COMPELLING.
IT'S INCREDIBLY PURPOSEFUL AND 
POWERFUL WHAT HE DID.
I GIVE THE PRESIDENT CREDIT FOR 
THAT.
IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE MOMENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE TO 
SAY -- I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TALK 
ABOUT BREAKING NORMS AND 
BREAKING TRADITIONS.
BUT FOR THE PRESIDENT TO USE THE
POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY AND 
PARDON IS, AT BEST, UNETHICAL.
I THINK IT WAS A POWERFUL MOMENT
AND GODSPEED TO THE MAN AND WIFE
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AND 
GRATEFUL FOR WHAT HE'S DONE WITH
HIS LIFE.
BUT THERE IS SOME SERIOUS 
QUESTIONS ABOUT A PRESIDENT 
USING THAT POWER IN THE MIDST OF
A POLITICAL CONVENTION. 
>> TERRY MORAN, THOSE ETHICS 
QUESTIONS ASIDE, BECAUSE OTHERS 
WILL DEBATE THAT AND -- AND 
FIGURE OUT IF ANYTHING WRONG WAS
DONE HERE.
BUT I WONDER, THE POLITICAL 
POINTS AND THE VOTERS THAT ARE 
WATCHING THIS.
DOES THIS HELP THE PRESIDENT, 
GOING FORWARD, INTO NOVEMBER?
>> IT DOES.
IT DOES FOR ONE, SIMPLE REASON.
YOU FEEL GREAT ABOUT OUR COUNTRY
WHEN YOU WATCH THAT.
RIGHT?
WHAT A GREAT STORY, JOHN 
PONDER'S.
AND RICHARD BEASLEY, THE FBI 
AGENT WHO ARRESTED HIM, NOW ONE 
OF HIS BEST FRIENDS.
THIS IS -- THIS IS WHAT OUR 
IDEALS ARE ABOUT.
EQUALITY AND THAT PEOPLE WHO 
PAID THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY CAN 
COME BACK AND DO SOMETHING 
GREAT.
I FEEL GOOD.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT AMERICA AFTER 
THAT.
AND I THINK IT DOES SEND A 
SIGNAL FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT 
HE CARES ABOUT EVERYONE.
AS I HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN LAST 
WEEK IN PENNSYLVANIA FROM TRUMP 
SUPPORTERS, HE CARES ABOUT 
EVERYONE.
HE'S NOT A RACIST.
HE'S NOT OUT FOR HIMSELF.
HE LOVES THIS COUNTRY AND HE 
LOVES EVERYBODY IN IT.
AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING 
THAT WE HEARD EARLIER, THAT CAN 
HUMANIZE THOSE HARD, SHARP, 
TOUGH, SOMETIMES DIRTY, EDGES 
THAT HE HAS.
AND GIVE YOU A WARM GLOW ABOUT 
THIS ACT.
WHICH IS, AS MATT DOWD POINTS 
OUT, WAY OVER THE LINE.
BUT THERE IS NO CHECK OR BALANCE
ON THE PARDON POWER.
IT IS PLENARY.
IT IS FULL.
IT'S HIS.
HE CAN USE IT AS HE WANTS IT, NO
MATTER WHAT YOU THINK. 
>> YVETTE, WHAT DID YOU THINK?
WE HEARD TERRY'S ASSESSMENT 
THERE AND WHAT THE INTENTION WAS
FOR VIEWERS, THAT HE IS NOT A 
RACIST.
KIND OF SOFTEN HIS EDGES.
BY THE WAY YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR 
HEAD, THAT IT DID IT FOR YOU. 
>> POLITICAL PAGEANTRY.
AGAIN, HE IS PARADING OUT TO 
SHOW MOSTLY WHITE MANAMERICANS T
HE'S NOT RACIST.
BUT HOW HE TREATED THE CENTRAL 
PARK FIVE.
THE FACT THAT HE'S DONE NOTHING 
TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF SO MANY 
PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW, WHO HAVE 
SHOWN THAT THEY'RE INNOCENT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MILLIONS OF
BLACK MEN STILL IN JAIL FOR 
NONVIOLENT OFFENSES BECAUSE OF 
THE WAR ON DRUGS.
YOU WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT, MAKE
AN IMPACT.
PARADING ONE PERSON OUT AND GOD 
BLESS HIM, I'M SO GLAD HE'S 
GOTTEN PARDONED.
BUT REALITY IS WE PROBABLY 
SHOULD HAVE ERASED HIS RECORD, 
ANYWAY.
WE SHOULD HAVE A COUNTRY WHERE 
YOU GET TO MOVE FORWARD, ANYWAY.
NOT THAT HE GETS TO PICK AND 
CHOOSE THE PEOPLE HE LIKES AND 
HE DOESN'T LIKE.
AND I THINK -- I THINK THE FACT 
THAT HE IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 
AND THE FACT THAT I KNOW EVERY 
SINGLE THING DONALD TRUMP DOES 
AROUND RACE IS VERY INTENTIONAL.
AS HE DOES WITH THE STATE OF THE
UNION EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
MAKES ME LAUGH.
AND IT'S REALLY HURTFUL.
IF HE REALLY WANTS TO SHOW 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT HE CARES,
HE SHOULD PROBABLY DO THAT MORE 
INTENTIONALLY, IN MORE 
BROADWAYS. 
>> SARAH, YOUR RESPONSE?
CERTAINLY, WHETHER YOU LIKE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP OR NOT, I THINK 
A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD FEEL MAYBE
THAT'S GOOD TV. 
>> WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SO GREAT 
ABOUT IT IS -- AND I THINK WE 
DIDN'T SEE THIS AT ALL IN THE 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
AND WE WILL SEE MORE OF IT IN 
THIS WEEK.
IS, YOU KNOW, THIS LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS COMING 
TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THIS, 
LIKE IT'S A ZERO-SUM GAIN.
YOU CAN'T HAVE RACE RELATIONS 
MOVE FORWARD WITH A STRONG LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY 
BEAUTIFUL STORY OF REDEMPTION 
AND FRIENDSHIP.
AND IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS GREAT TV.
IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT.
AND I AGREE THE PRESIDENT'S 
GOING TO EAT A WHOLE RAFT OF 
CRITICISM FOR IT TOMORROW.
BUT I THINK AMERICA LOVED IT. 
>> MATT DOWD, LET'S TAKE A STEP 
BACK.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR 
TONIGHT?
>> I AM VERY INTERESTED IN 
MELANIA'S SPEECH.
I THINK SHE'S THE PRIME 
HEADLINER TONIGHT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 
FOR WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY, 
ESPECIALLY THE CRITICISM SHE GOT
AT THE LAST CONVENTION, FOR THE 
BORROWING MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
WORDS.
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED.
AND I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE IF 
THEY STAY ON WHAT WE JUST SAW 
AND MAKE IT ALL POSITIVE TO TRY 
TO REBUILD THE PRESIDENT'S IMAGE
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE TO
ACCOMPLISH.
>> TERRY MORAN, YOUR THOUGHTS 
FOR TONIGHT?
>> WELL, I -- I'M, ALSO, CURIOUS
AS TO HOW POSITIVE THIS IS GOING
TO BE.
I THINK THE -- THE NOTION THAT 
REPUBLICAN PARTY NEED TO 
COMMUNICATE, THAT DONALD TRUMP 
IS ONE OF US.
THAT -- THAT -- THAT, IN SOME 
WAY, YOU CAN CONNECT WITH HIM 
BECAUSE JOE BIDEN'S CALLING CARD
IS A 50-YEAR CAREER IN POLITICS.
MOST PEOPLE CAN TRUST HIS WORD.
THEY LIKE HIM.
HE'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY YOU CAN
DO BUSINESS WITH.
AND DONALD TRUMP, FOR TOO MANY 
AMERICANS, HAS JUST SEEMED LIKE 
A GREAT, BIG FIST OR A CLUB 
COMING DOWN ON ISSUE, AFTER 
ISSUE.
SOMETIMES BREAKING STUFF, 
SOMETIMES HURTING PEOPLE, 
SOMETIMES HELPING THEM.
BUT IT'S CHAOTIC AND THE PERSON 
IN THERE, WHO FRIENDS, YOU KNOW,
SAY CAN BE A GOOD GUY AND A FUN 
GUY TO BE AROUND.
I THINK CAN THEY HUMANIZE A 
PRESIDENT WHO IS FIERCE IN HIS 
EXERCISE OF THIS POWER?
>> TARA SETMEYER, LAST WORD TO 
YOU. 
>> WELL, I THINK THAT FOR THE 
TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN 
THE PAST, AND SINCE THERE'S NO 
PLATFORM THIS YEAR.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 
PARTY STANDS FOR, OUTSIDE OF THE
DONALD TRUMP CULTIVE 
PERSONALITY.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING 
TONIGHT IF THEY TRY TO PUT FORTH
A MORE POSITIVE MESSAGE THAT HAS
A LITTLE MORE GOVERNING 
PRINCIPLES BEHIND IT.
BECAUSE, OTHERWISE, WHAT ARE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE CHOOSING 
BETWEEN?
>> LOTS MORE AHEAD.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MOST LOYAL 
SUPPORTERS TAKE CENTER STAGE.
TIFFANY TRUMP.
THE FIRST LADY.
TONIGHT, THE GRAND OLD PARTY IS 
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
NOW REPORTING CHIEF ANCHOR 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> GOOD EVENING.
WELCOME TO OUR CONTINUING 
COVERAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
NIGHT TWO UNDERWAY AND FOR THE 
SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW, THE TRUMP
FAMILY IS FRONT AND CENTER.
THE PRESIDENT'S YOUNGER DAUGHTER
TIFFANY TRUMP WILL SPEAK AS WILL
HIS SON ERIC THAT RUNS THE 
FAMILY BUSINESS WITH DON JUNIOR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL APPEAR FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUING THE 
DAILY APPEARANCES ON EVERY DAY 
OF BOTH PARTY CONVENTIONS AND 
THE HEADLINER, FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP DELIVERING THE 
HIGHEST PROFILE SPEECH OF HER 
LIFE.
MARY BRUCE IS THERE.
GOOD EVENING, MARY. 
>> GEORGE, GOOD EVENING.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE 
THIS BEFORE.
A FIRST FAMILY USING THE 
PEOPLE'S HOUSE AS A BACKDROP AND
IN JUST A SHORT TIME FROM NOW, 
THE FIRST LADY WILL STEP INTO 
THE ROSE GUARD AND A SPOTLIGHT 
SHE OFTEN TRIES TO AVOID.
WE ARE TOLD HER REMARKS WILL BE 
UPLIFTING AND POSITIVE.
THAT'S A SHARP CONTRAST TO THE 
OMINOUS TONE AND DIRE WARNINGS 
WE HEARD FROM SO MANY SPEAKERS 
LAST NIGHT AND EXPECTED TO BE A 
PERSONAL SPEECH.
THE FIRST LADY WILL BE SHARING 
HER AMERICAN DREAM.
THAT IS A TRICKY SUBJECT GIVEN 
THAT HER HUSBAND IS RUNNING AN 
ANTI IMMIGRATION CAMPAIGN.
THE FIRST LADY ALSO HAS A BIT OF
A POLITICAL AIM HERE TONIGHT.
SHE'S TRYING TO CONNECT WITH 
WOMEN VOTERS.
THOSE KEY SUBURBAN WOMEN WHO 
SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN 
LOSING IN MANY KEY BATTLE GROUND
STATES.
THE FIRST LADY WILL BE TALKING 
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AS A HUSBAND
AND A FATTER AND PERHAPS TRYING 
TO SHOW A BIT OF HIS SOFTER 
SIDE. 
>> MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU.
DAVID MAUER IS HERE.
AS I JUST WATCHED MARY GIVING 
THAT ANALYSIS FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE, THE FRONT LAWN OF THE 
WHITE HOUSE, YOUR STRUCK BY HOW 
DIFFERENT THIS CONVENTION IS. 
>> YEAH, I WAS THINKING THE SAME
THING.
IT SAYS IT ALL.
YOU TOSS TO MARY BRUCE TO COVER 
THE CONVENTION AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE.
AND THE OPEN AT 9:00 WHERE YOU 
HEAR TIFFANY TRUMP, ERIC TRUMP.
LAST NIGHT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 
TITLED LAND AND WHAT A BIDEN 
PRESIDENCY WOULD LOOK LIKE AND 
WE KNOW AND THE PEOPLE YOU 
ALREADY HAVE.
TONIGHT DO THEY BRANCH OUT AND 
TRY TO REACH INDEPENDENTS OF 
PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR TRUMP THAT
DIDN'T WANT TO LAST TIME TO 
CONVINCE HIM TO DO SO AGAIN THIS
TIME AND OF COURSE, THERE IS THE
PUSHING OF THE NORMS TONIGHT, 
GEORGE.
WE'LL WATCH SECRETARY OF STATE 
MIKE POMPEO, RARE AT ALL FOR A 
SECRETARY OF STATE TO GIVE A 
SPEECH.
HE'LL DO SO FROM JERUSAJERUSALE.
MARCY BRUCE IS AT THE WHITE HOUE
BECAUSE MELANIA TRUMP WILL BE AT
THE ROSE GARDEN. 
>> LINSEY DAVIS, THIS IS THE 
BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE.
SHE HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE FOUR 
YEARS AGO SHE WAS ACCUSED OF 
TAKING PARTS OF MICHELLE OBAMA'S
2008 SPEECH. 
>> SHE'LL FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION 
AND SHE'SES  OBVIOUSLY ONLY THE 
SECOND FIRST LADY TO BE BORN 
OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.
LOTS OF FIRSTS ALL AROUND 
TONIGHT.
WE SAW THIS REALITY TV STYLE 
MOMENT A LITTLE WHILE AGO AS THE
PRESIDENT GAVE A SURPRISE PARDON
TO JOHN PONDER, A CONVICTED BANK
ROBBER.
ADDITIONALLY AS DAVID MENTIONED,
WE'LL HEAR FROM SECRETARY OF 
STATE WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK FROM
FOREIGN SOIL AND MIKE POMPEO 
LET'S REWIND IN 2016, HE WAS A 
FIERCE CRITIC OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
HE SAID HE WOULD BE AN 
AUTHORITARIAN AND INSTEAD OF THE
CAMPAIGN, TIME TO TURN DOWN THE 
LIGHTS ON THE CIRCUS.
LAND 
RAND PAUL WILL BE SPEAKING.
HE CALLED HIM A CONSERVATIVE AND
NOW HE'S ONE OF HIS STAUNCHEST 
SUPPORTERS IN THE SENATE. 
>> I WANT TO BRING IN CHRIS 
CHRISTIE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP LIKES RUNNING AS
THE OUTSIDER, THE CHALLENGER, 
THE GREAT DISRUPTOR.
TONIGHT, THROUGH THIS CONVENTION
HE'S REALLY OWNING THE OFFICE. 
>> HE IS AND I'VE SEEN THAT HE'S
GOTTEN MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH THE IDEA OF BEING PRESIDENT
AND ACTUALLY DAY TO DAY WORK 
THAT HE HAS TO DO AND WHAT THAT 
MEANS FOR HIM NOW POLITICALLY 
AND SO HE'S GOTTEN MORE 
COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BUT YOU'RE
STILL RIGHT.
THAT CORE HE IS THAT GUY.
HE IS THE DISRUPTOR.
HE WANTS TO SEE HIMSELF AS THE 
OUTSIDER.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE HIM START TO DO 
IS GET ON THE ATTACK ON BIDEN 
MORE THAN ALREADY AND PAINT 
BIDEN AS THE PERSONIFICATION OF 
WASHINGTON UNDINSIDER, WHICH IS 
HARD TO DO FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S 
BEEN IN WASHINGTON.
YOU'LL SEE HIM GO IN THAT 
DIRECTION. 
>> DOESN'T THAT CLASH WITH 
INSIDERS ARE DIFFERENT FROM 
SOCIALISTS. 
>> NOT NECESSARILY IF YOU 
BELIEVE AS THE PRESIDENT DOES 
THAT THE INSIDERS AND THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE ONES WHO 
ARE DRIVING THE TRAIN NOW, 
ELIZABETH WARREN AND BERNIE 
SANDERS AND AOC ARE THE ONES 
THAT WILLAGENDA.
THAT'S THE ARGUMENT THEY HAVE 
TAKEN WASHINGTON AND THEY WILL 
USE THIS WASHINGTON INSIDER TO 
BE THE CONDUEIT.
THAT'S THE TRUMP ARGUMENT. 
>> WE SAW THE PRESIDENT USE THE 
POWER OF THE OFFICE DELIVERING 
THE PARDON TO A CONVICT THAT'S 
AN ADVOCATE FOR PRISON REFORM. 
>> I COMMENTED EARLIER THAT THE 
CHESS PIECES AND HIM BRINGING 
AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE AND 
GRANTING PARDONS AND HIM PUTTING
THEM ON STAGE DOES NOT NEGOTIATE
THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, HIS 
POLICIES AROUND AFRICAN 
AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN 
AMERICAN MEN IN PRISONS ARE 
PROBLEMATIC.
WE TALKED ABOUT CENTRAL PARK 
FIVE AND HIS VERY, VERY ACCUSED 
WAY HE HANDLED THAT EVEN THOUGH 
THEY WERE INNOCENT.
THE FACT THAT HE'S GIVEN PARDONS
TO PEOPLE SELECTIVELY, WE KNOW 
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF BLACK MEN 
SERVING TIME RIGHT NOW FOR 
NON-VIE L
OLENT OFFENSES AND  
ARE INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT CAN BE 
EXONERATED RIGHT NOW WHO ARE ON 
DEATH ROE.
WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT 
AFFIRMATIVE WORK AND HE'S GIVEN 
OUT PARDONS LIKE CANDY.
HE'S DOING IT ON TV LIKE IT'S A 
GAME.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST -- I DIDN'T 
GET TO SAY THIS.
HE'S ALSO WAGING THIS WAR OF 
GOOD BLACK PEOPLE AND BAD BLACK 
PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR HIM TALKING 
ABOUT VIOLENCE AND RIOTERS AND 
THEN HE'S LIKE THIS GUY HERE IS 
SOMEONE WHO HAD A ROUGH START 
BUT TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND.
ALL THE OTHERS ARE BAD PEOPLE 
AND DON'T DESERVE A SECOND 
CHANCE AND DON'T DESERVE TO BE 
SEEN AS GOOD PEOPLE.
THAT ISN'T WASTED ON AFRICAN 
AMERICANS. 
>> AS THE ONLY ONE HERE THAT'S 
GIVEN PARDONS AND I HAVE, THEY 
ARE ALWAYS SELECTIVE.
YOU GET PARDONS PRESENTED TO YOU
AND CASES MADE TO YOU.
YOU SELECT.
YOU DECIDE.
IT MEANS A HELL OF A LOT TO THE 
PERSON YOU GIVE THAT PARDON TO. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
>> NO, NO -- YOU DEMEANED WHAT 
HAPPENED TONIGHT -- 
>> NO, I DIDN'T. 
>> YES, YOU DID. 
>> IT'S POLITICAL, GOVERNOR. 
>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 
>> THAT MAN OUT THERE AND -- 
>> IT NOT PAGEANTRY FOR THAT 
FAMILY. 
>> HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT THAT 
WAY.
HE PRESENTED THAT MAN IN FRONT 
OF AMERICA DURING THIS WEEK AS 
HE HAS.
HE HAPPENS TO BE AN AFRICAN 
AMERICAN MAN.
HE ALSO HAD HIM NEXT TO THE GUY 
WHO ARRESTED HIM SAYING THAT OH,
I'M SO GLAD THIS GUY -- 
>> THEY DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP. 
>> GUESS WHAT?
95 -- 
>> THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T MAKE 
THAT UP. 
>> 95 -- HE WAS SELECTIVE, 
THOUGH.
95 -- 
[ LAUGHTER ]
>>. 
>> ROB, WE SAW FLASHES RIGHT 
THERE.
WE SAW A LOT OF FLASHES OF HEAT 
TAKING ON THE BIDEN KAMALA 
HARRIS TICKET.
IT APPEARS TONIGHT IS SET UP TO 
FOCUS MORE ON AN OPTIMISTIC 
MESSAGE. 
>> IT DOES APPEAR I WANT TO 
FLASH BACK, THEY ARE GOING INTO 
MONDAY SAYING THERE WILL BE AN 
OPTIMISTIC ROSIE PAIR AND HE 
WENT ON STAGE TO CARNAGE DARK 
RANT RAGE.
HE CANNOT STAY WITH A SCRIPT.
NOW, YOU MAY SAY THIS IS GOING 
TO GO THERE.
I WANT TO SAY THIS, YOU HAVE 3.5
YEARS WHERE THE COUNTRY HAS SEEN
AND TAKEN AN IMPRESSION OF THIS 
PRESIDENT.
YOU CANNOT START TO REDRAW AN 
IMAGE OF WHO HE IS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST AND HE 
NEEDS IT TO LAST ALL THE WAY 
THROUGH NOVEMBER AND BEYOND.
I DON'T SEE THAT POSSIBLE.
THIS IS A MISNOMER SOMEHOW WE'LL
GIVE PEOPLE A DIFFERENT IMAGE 
WHO THIS PRESIDENT IS FOR THESE 
FOUR DAYS AND THEN HE'S GOING TO
STICK TO IT AND HE NEVER HAS.
TO ME, THIS IS NOT WHAT I WOULD 
BE DOING FOR THIS PRESIDENT.
I MEAN, I THINK IF THEY WOULD 
FOLLOW SCOTT, NOT JUST AS ONE 
SPEAKER BUT AN ENTIRE NARRATIVE.
THEY COULD PULL IT OFF.
THEY HAVE SCOTT AND TEN OTHER 
SPEAKERS IN THIS RANT AND RAGING
CARNAGE DEBATE. 
>> THAT IS THE REAL QUESTION.
CAN THE PARTY DEVELOP A SINGLE 
SCRIPT AND STICK TO IT?
>> IT GOING TO BE CHALLENGING 
BECAUSE -- 
>> I AGREE WITH HER. 
>> THIS IS HOW WE WORK IT OUT. 
>> THIS IS -- 
>> WE AGREE.
I THINK MELANIA TRUMP WILL DO 
FANTASTIC TONIGHT.
FOR HER SAKE, I HOPE SHE DOES.
SHE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT SOME 
REAL SOFT EDGES AROUND HER HER 
HUSBAND.
HER OTHER CHILDREN ARE SOFTEN 
THAN DON JUNIOR. 
>> WE'LL TUNE IN TO SISSY GRAM 
LYNCH WILL BE SPEAKING. 
>> I'M SIS SEE GRAHAM LYNCH.
I'M HONORED TO TALK ABOUT OUR 
FAITH.
AS AMERICANS, WE KNOW THE FIRST 
LINE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT 
PROTECTS OUR FREEDOM OF RELIGION
BUT WHAT WE OFTEN FORGET, THE 
ACTUAL WORDS ARE FREE EXERCISE 
OF RELIGION.
THAT MEANS LIVING OUT OUR FAITH 
AND DAILY LIVES AND OUR SCHOOLS 
AND OUR JOBS AND YES, EVEN IN 
THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
OUR FOUNDERS DID NOT INEENVISIO 
QUIET HIDDEN FAITH.
THEY FOUGHT TO ENSURE THE 
VISIONS OF FAITH WERE ALWAYS 
WELCOMED, NOT SILENCED, NOT 
BULLIED BUT DURING THE OBAMA 
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THESE 
FREEDOMS WERE UNDER ATTACK.
DEMOCRATS TRIED TO MAKE FAITH 
ORGANIZATIONS PAY FOR ABORTION 
INDUCING DRUGS.
DEMOCRATS TRIED TO FORCE 
ADOPTION AGENCIES TO VIOLATE 
THEIR DEEPLY HELD BELIEVES.
DEMOCRATS PRESSURED SCHOOLS TO 
ALLOW BOYS TO COMPETE IN GIRL 
SPORTS AND USE GIRLS' LOCKER 
ROOMS.
THOSE ARE THE FACTS.
BUT THEN WE THE PEOPLE ELECTED 
DONALD TRUMP.
PEOPLE SUDDENLY HAD A FIERCE 
ADVOCATE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE APPOINTED JUDGES WHO RESPECT 
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
HE SUPPORTED RELIGIOUS BELIEVES 
IN COURT.
HE ENSURED RELIGIOUS MINISTRIES 
WOULD NOT BE FORCED TO VIOLATE 
THEIR BELIEVES.
HE WITH DREW THE POLICIES THAT 
PLACED OUR LITTLE GIRLS AT RISK.
AND ON THE WORLD STAGE, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAME THE FIRST
PRESIDENT TO TALK ABOUT THE 
IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
AT THE UNITED NATIONS GIVING 
HOPE TO PEOPLE OF FAITH AROUND 
THE WORLD.
IN AMERICA, WE HAVE NOT YET 
EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL PURERSECUTN
EVEN THOUGH THE LEFT TRIED TO 
SILENCE US.
EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE SAW
HOW QUICKLY LIFE CAN CHANGE.
SOME DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TRIED TO
BAN CHURCH SERVICES WHILE MAYOR 
SHOPS AND ABORTION CLINICS WERE 
DECLARED ESSENTIAL.
YOU KNOW WHAT TRULY IS ESSE
L
ESSENTIAL?
OUR RIGHT TO WORSHIP FREELY AND 
LIVE OUR FAITH IN EVERY ASPECT 
OF LIFE.
THE BIDEN HARRIS VISION FOR 
AMERICA LEAVES NO ROOM FOR 
PEOPLE OF FAITH.
WHETHER YOU'RE A BAKER OR A 
FLORIST OR FOOTBALL COACH, THEY 
WILL FORCE THE CHOICE BETWEEN 
BEING OBEDIENT TO GOD OR CESAR 
BECAUSE THE RADICAL LEFT'S GOD 
IS GOVERNMENT POWER.
SO WHEN THE WORDS OF MY 
GRANDFATHER BILLY GRAHAM LET US 
STAND FOR POLITICAL FREEDOM, 
MORAL FREEDOM, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
AND THE RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS 
AND LET'S NEVER GIVE IN TO THOSE
WHO WOULD ATTEMPT TO TAKE IT 
FROM US.
TONIGHT, I'M PROUDLY STANDING IN
THAT PUBLIC SQUARE AND VOTING TO
REELECT PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> I AM MAYOR OF A SMALL TOWN IN
MINNESOTA.
MY FATHER AND GRANDFATHER EARNED
LIVINGS MINING RAW MATERIALS 
THAT MADE THE STEEL THAT BUILT 
AMERICA.
THIS ELECTION IS A MAKE OR BREAK
FOR WORKERS WHO ARE CARRYING ON 
THE LEGACY OF MEN LIKE THEM.
SINCE THE IRON RANGE ECONOMY IS 
VULNERABLE TO ECONOMIC TRENDS 
AND FOREIGN TRADE, WE HAVE 
ALWAYS NEEDED A STRONG VOICE IN 
WASHINGTON.
WE LOOK TO DEMOCRATS TO FILL 
THAT VOID FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE
WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT THEY CARED 
ABOUT OUR WELFARE, NOT ANYMORE.
THE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
MOVEMENT HAS DRAGGED THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO FAR TO THE 
LEFT, THEY CAN NO LONGER CLAIM 
TO BE ADVOCATES OF THE WORKING 
MAN.
THIS IS HARD FOR ME TO SAY 
BECAUSE I AM A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT
BUT FOR FAR TOO LONG, MEMBERS OF
BOTH PARTIES ALLOWED OUR COUNTRY
TO BE RIPPED OFF BY OUR TRADING 
PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY CHINA WHO 
DUMPED STEEL INTO OUR MARKETS 
AND SLAPPED TARIFFS ON OUR 
PRODUCTS AND WHAT DID SO-CALLED 
LEADERS LIKE JOE BIDEN DO?
NOTHING.
THE HUMAN COST HAS BEEN 
DEVASTATING.
WE LOST THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
WE LOST A GENERATION OF YOUNG 
PEOPLE WHO HAD TO LEAVE THE IRON
RANGE TO FIND A LIVELIHOOD AND 
WORST OF ALL, WE LOST HOPE.
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENED.
THE STRAIGHT TALKING NEW YORK E 
AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
FOUR YEARS LATER, THE IRON RANGE
BACK TO LIFE AND WE HAVE ONE MAN
TO THANK.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
HE MADE GOOD ON HIS PROMISES BY 
CUTTING OUR TAXES, ROLLING BACK 
SENSELESS REGULATIONS AND 
DELIVERING TRADE DEALS THAT PUT 
AMERICA'S INTEREST FIRST.
THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER.
JOE BIDEN HAS ALLOWED RADICALS 
TO CRAFT HIS ENVIRONMENTAL 
POLICIES.
THERE SO-CALLED GREEN NEW DEAL 
IS A JOB KILLING DISGRACE DREAMT
UP BY PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN 
THE REAL WORLD BUT BIDEN IS TOO 
WEAK, TOO SCARED AND TOO SLEEPY 
TO STAND UP TO THE RADICAL LEFT.
HE'S BEEN DOING NOTHING IN 
WASHINGTON FOR 47 YEARS.
WHY WOULD THE YEAR 48 BE ANY 
DIFFERENT?
PRESIDENT TRUMP WON'T BACK DOWN 
TO ANYBODY.
HE DELIVERED THE BEST ECONOMY IN
OUR HISTORY AND HE WILL DO IT 
AGAIN FOR ALL OF US.
THE IRON RANGE'S ECONOMIC FUTURE
AND SURVIVE IS AT STAKE AND SO 
IS AMERICA'S.
WE KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON 
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FIGHT FOR US 
AND WIN.
LET'S MAKE SURE HE WINS ON 
NOVEMBER 3rd.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
♪ 
♪ 
>>> MY NAME IS ABBY JOHNSON AND 
I SPENT EIGHT YEARS WORKING FOR 
PLANNED PARENTHOOD BUT TODAY I'M
A PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST.
WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, PLANNED 
PARENTHOOD APPROACHED ME AT A 
VOLUNTEER FAIR.
THEY TALKED ABOUT HELPING WOMEN 
IN CRISIS AND THEIR COMMITMENT 
TO KEEP ABORTIONS SAFE, LEGAL 
AND RARE.
I WAS CONVINCED A VOLUNTEER AND 
LATER OFFERED A FULL-TIME JOB AS
A MEDICAL ASSISTANT BEFORE MY 
PROMOTION TO DIRECTOR OF THE 
CLINIC.
I TRULY BELIEVED I WAS HELPING 
WOMEN BUT THINGS DRASTICALLY 
CHANGED IN 2009.
IN APRIL, I WAS AWARED PLANNED 
PARENTHOOD'S EMPLOYEE OF THE 
YEAR AWARD AND INVITED TO THEIR 
ANNUAL GALA WHERE THEY PRESENT 
THE MARGARET SANGER AWARD NAMED 
FOR THEIR FOUNDER.
MARGARET SANGER WAS A RACIST.
HER GOAL WHEN FOUNDING PLANNED 
PARENTHOOD WAS TO ERADICATE THE 
MINORITY POPULATION.
TODAY, ALMOST 80% OF PLANNED 
PARENTHOOD ABORTION FACILITIES 
ARE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN 
MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND EVERY
YEAR PLANNED PARENTHOOD 
CELEBRATES ITS RACIST ROOTS BY 
PRESENTING THE MARGARET SANGER 
AWARD.
LATER IN AUGUST M SUPERVISOR 
ASSIGNED ME A NEW QUOTA TO MEET,
AN ABORTION QUOTA.
I WAS EXPECTED TO SELL DOUBLE 
THE ABORTIONS PERFORMED THE 
PREVIOUS YEAR.
WHEN I PUSH BACK UNDER SCORING 
PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S PUBLIC 
FACING GOAL OF DECREASING 
ABORT
ABORTIONS, I WAS REPRIMANDED AND
SAID ABORTION IS HOW WE MAKE OUR
MONEY.
THE TIPPING POINT CAME A MONTH 
LATER WHEN A PHYSICIAN ASKED ME 
TO ASSIST WITH AN ULTRASOUND 
GUIDED ABORTION.
NOTHING PREPARED ME FOR WHAT I 
SAW ON THE SCREEN.
AN UNBORN BABY FIGHTING BACK 
DESPERATE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE 
SUCTION, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET 
WHAT THE DOCTOR SAID NEXT.
BEAN ME UP, SCOTTY.
THE LAST THING I SAW WAS A SPINE
TWIRLING AROUND IN THE MOTHER'S 
WOMB BEFORE SUCCUMBING TO THE 
FORCE OF THE SUCTION.
ON OCTOBER 6th, I LEFT THE 
CLINIC LOOKING BACK ONLY TO 
REMEMBER WHY I NOW ADVOCATE SO 
PASSIONATELY FOR LIFE.
I FOUNDED AND CURRENTLY RUN AND 
THEN THERE WERE NONE, A 
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT 
HELPED NEARLY 600 ABORTION 
WORKERS TRANSITION OUT OF THE 
INDUSTRY.
FOR MOST PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER 
THEMSELVES PRO-LIFE ABORTION IS 
ABSTRACT.
THEY CAN'T EVEN CONCEIVE OF THE 
BAR BARTY.
THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE 
PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION ROOM IN 
ABORTION CLINICS ARE INFANT 
CORPSES ARE PIECED BACK TOGETHER
SO THEY MAKE SURE NOTHING 
REMAINS OR JOKED AND CALLED IT 
THE PIECES OF CHILDREN ROOM.
FOR ME, ABORTION IS REAL.
I KNOW WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
I KNOW WHAT ABORTION SMELLS 
LIKE.
DID YOU KNOW ABORTION EVEN HAD A
SMELL?
I'VE BEEN THE PERPETRATOR TO 
THESE BABIES, TO THESE WOMEN AND
I NOW SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BECAUSE HE HAS DONE MORE FOR THE
UNBORN THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT.
DURING HIS FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE
HE BANNED FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 
GLOBAL HEALTH GROUPS THAT 
PROMOTE ABORTION.
THAT SAME YEAR HE OVERTURNED AN 
OBAMA BIDEN RULE THAT ALLOWED 
GOVERNMENT SUBTY OF ABORTION.
HE APPOINTED A RECORD NUMBER OF 
PRO-LIFE JUDGES INCLUDING TWO 
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND 
IMPORTANTLY, HE ANNOUNCED A NEW 
RULE PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS OBJECTING TO
ABORTION, MANY OF WHOM I WORK 
WITH EVERY DAY.
LIFE IS A CORE TENANT OF WHO WE 
ARE AS AMERICANS AND THIS 
ELECTION IS A CHOICE BETWEEN TWO
RADICAL ANTI LIFE ACTIVISTS AND 
THE MOST PRO-LIFE PRESIDENT WE 
HAVE EVER HAD.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD 
COMPEL YOU TO ACTION.
GO DOOR TO DOOR, MAKE CALLS, 
TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND 
FRIENDS AND VOTE ON NOVEMBER 
3rd.
TAKE ACTION THAT REELECTS OUR 
PRESIDENT AND DO IT WITH OUR 
VERY MOST VULNERABLE AMERICANS 
IN MIND.
THE ONES WHO HAVEN'T BEEN BORN 
YET.
♪ 
♪ 
>>> IT BEGAN AS A TRIP TO JOIN 
THOUSANDS.
THESE CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN 
TRAVELLED FROM KENTUCKY TO STAND
UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS SOMETHING VERY
DIFFERENT. 
>> MAKE AMERICA GREAT. 
>> YOU LITTLE DIRTY [ BLEEP ] 
THEY COMING.
YOUNG CLANS MEN. 
>> MAKE THE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 
HATS.
>> SOCIAL MEDIA, THE NEWS, 
CELEBRITIES LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN 
OF PERSECUTION THAT WAS 
COMPLETELY FALSE AGAINST A BOY 
IN A MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 
HATE. 
>> IT PROVOKES A CONDITIONED 
REACTION. 
>> I BLAME THAT [ BLEEP ] KID. 
>> EVERYONE THAT SEES THAT SMUG 
LOOK WANTS TO PUNCH THAT KID. 
>> HE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS AND
HIS SCHOOL WAS FORCED TO CLOSE.
TONIGHT, NICOLAUS TELLS HIS 
STORY.
>>> GOOD EVERYONING, EVERYONE.
I'M THE TEENAGER DEFAMED BY THE 
MEDIA AFTER AN ENCOUNTER WITH A 
GROUP OF PROTESTERS ON THE STEPS
OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL LAST 
YEAR:BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO
THANK PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF MY 
STORY AND WHY IT MATTERS SONOVE.
IN 2019 I ATTENDED THE LIFE AND 
DEMONSTRATED IN DEFENSE OF THE 
UNBORN.
LATER THAT DAY I BOUGHT A MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN HAT BECAUSE 
OUR PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP HAS 
DISTIN WISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF 
THE MOST PRO-LIFE PRESIDENTS IN 
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY AND I
WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR
HIM, TOO.
LOOKING BACK NOW, HOW COULD I 
HAVE POSSIBLY IMAGINED THAT THE 
SIMPLE ACT OF PUTTING ON THAT 
RED HAT WOULD MAKE MYSELF THE 
TARGET OF NETWORK AND CABLE NEWS
NETWORKS NATIONWIDE?
BEING FROM KENTUCKY, THE 
BIRTHPLACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 
MY CLASSMATES AND I VISITED THE 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
I FOUND MYSELF FACE-TO-FACE WITH
NATHAN PHILLIPS 
S AND OTHER 
PROFESSIONAL PROTESTERS LOOKING 
TO TURN ME INTO THE LATEST 
POSTER CHILD SHOWING WHY TRUMP 
IS BAD.
WHILE THE MEDIA PORTRAYED ME AS 
AN AGGRESSOR WITH A RELENTLESS 
SMIRK ON MY FACE, IN REALITY THE
VIDEO CONFIRMS I WAS STANDING 
WITH MY HANDS BEHIND MY BACK 
WITH AN AWKWARD SMILE ON MY FACE
THAT HAD TWO THOUGHTS.
ONE, DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT 
MIGHT FURTHER AGITATE THE MAN 
BANGING A DRUM IN MY FACE AND 
TWO, I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW A 
FAMILY FRIEND'S ADVICE NEVER TO 
DO ANYTHING TO EMBARRASS YOUR 
FAMILY, YOUR SCHOOL OR YOUR 
COMMUNITY.
BEFORE I KNEW WHAT WAS 
HAPPENING, IT WAS OVER.
ONE OF MR. PHILLIPS FELLOWING
A
AGITATORS YELLED OUT WE GOT HIM.
IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE ON VIDEO AND
WE WON, GRANDPA.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A STRANGE 
ENCOUNTER QUICKLY DEVELOPED INTO
A MAJOR NEWS STORY COMPLETE WITH
VIDEO FOOTAGE.
MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER IN THAT 
ONE MOMENT.
THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA REVVED UP 
INTO ATTACK MODE.
THEY DID SO WITHOUT RESEARCHING 
THE FULL VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT.
WITHOUT EVER INVESTIGATING MR. 
PHILLIPS' MOTIVES.
OR WITHOUT EVER ASKING ME FOR MY
SIDE OF THE STORY.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THE TRUTH WAS NOT 
IMPORTANT.
ADVANCING THEIR ANTI CHRISTIAN, 
ANTI CONSERVATIVE, ANTI DONALD 
TRUMP NARRATIVE WAS ALL THAT 
MATTERED.
AND IF ADVANCING THEIR NARRATIVE
RUINED THE REPUTATION AND FUTURE
OF THE TEENAGER FROM COVINGTON, 
KENTUCKY, WELL SO BE IT.
THAT WOULD TEACH HIM NOT TO WEAR
A MAGA HAT.
I LEARNED WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO 
ME HAD A NAME.
PROVOKED AND MADE VOID.
CANCELLED IS WHAT IS HAPPENING 
TO PEOPLE AROUND THIS COUNTRY 
WHO REFUSE TO BE SILENCED BY THE
FAR LEFT AND YOU'RE BEING FIRED.
HUMILIATED OR EVEN THREATENED.
AND OFTEN, THE MEDIA IS A 
WILLING PARTICIPANT.
BUT I WOULD NOT BE CANCELLED.
I FOUGHT BACK HARD TO EXPOSE THE
MEDIA FOR WHAT THEY DID TO ME 
AND I WON A PERSONAL VICTORY.
WHILE MUCH MORE MUST BE DONE, I 
LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT THE
MEDIA RETURNS TO PROVIDING 
BALANCED, RESPONSIBLE AND 
ACCOUNTABLE NEWS COVERAGE.
I KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HOPES FOR
THAT, TOO.
AND I KNOW YOU'LL AGREE WITH ME 
WHEN WE SAY THAT NO ONE IN THIS 
COUNTRY HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF 
UNFAIR MEDIA COVERAGE MORE THAN 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
IN NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE THIS 
COUNTRY MUST UNITE AROUND A 
PRESIDENT WHO CALLS THE MEDIA 
OUT AND REFUSES TO ALLOW THEM TO
CREATE A NARRATIVE INSTEAD OF 
REPORTING THE FACTS.
I BELIEVE WE MUST JOIN A 
PRESIDENT WHO WILL CHALLENGE THE
MEDIA TO RETURN TO OBJECTIVE 
JOURN
JOURNALISM.
AND TOGETHER, I BELIEVE WE MUST 
ALL EMBRACE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT 
RIGHTS AND NOT HIDE IN FEAR OF 
THE MEDIA OR FROM THE TECH 
COMPANIES OR FROM THE OUTRAGE 
MOB, EITHER.
THIS IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
THIS IS WORTH VOTING FOR.
AND THIS IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP 
STANDS FOR.
THANK YOU-ALL FOR LISTENING TO 
ME TONIGHT.
AND ONE MORE THING, LET'S MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
>> THERE IS NICKELHOLAS SANDMAN.
HE'S SUING MULTIPLE NEWS MEDIA 
OUTLETS CALLING DEFAMATION.ABC.
>>> THE REPUBLICANEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE 
OF NIGHT TWO.
WANT TO BRING IN OUR SENIOR 
NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT.
AS I WATCHED THE SPEECHES IN THE
LAST SEGMENT.
I HAD FLASH BACKS OF THE 1990s 
IN THE PHRASE WE CAME TO KNOW, 
CULTURE WARS. 
>> THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION IS
ABOUT.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN IS 
IDEALISTIC THAT LOOKS BACKWARDS 
TO A TIME WHEN WE WERE MORE 
ROOTED IN TRADITIONAL FAITH 
STRUCTURES.
WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS MORE LOCAL.
WHEN THERE WAS FRANKLY LESS 
DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND 
DIVERSITY OF OUTLOOKS AND 
LIFESTYLES THAN TODAY.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOOKS THE 
OTHER WAY TO MULTI FAITH AND 
NON-FAITH AMERICA.
TO AN AMERICA VERY DEMOGR
DEMOGRAPHICALLY DIFFERENT AND A 
KNOWLEDGED BASED ECONOMY THAT 
KNOWS NO BORDERS.
THOSE ARE IDENTITY ISSUES.
THERE ARE CULTURAL ISSUES THAT 
FLAIR UP.
WE HEARD FROM BILLY GRAHAM'S 
GRANDDAUGHTER THAT CRIED FOR AN 
AMERICA THAT'S ROOT IN 
TRADITIONAL FAITH STRUCTURES AND
WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE LOYALTIES 
LIKE THE EVENTS IN THE COVINGTON
ISSUE, IT'S JUST SO INTENSE.
IT'S SO FIERCE AND THAT'S WHY 
THIS ELECTION IS SO PAINFULLY 
INTENSE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. 
>> SOMETHING OF A SPLIT SCREEN 
AS WELL.
YOU'RE WATCHING THE PRIME TIME 
SPEECHES, THE ONES ON ALL OF THE
NETWORKS, YOU SEE THE SPEAKERS 
TRYING TO REACH OUT TO A BROADER
AUDIENCE FROM BOTH PARTIES BUT 
EACH HAPPENING BEFORE PRIME 
TIME, HARD CORE TAILORED 
MESSAGES TO THE BASE OF THE 
PARTY AT THE DEMOCRATIC AND 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS. 
>> FOR SURE, GEORGE, THE BIG 
ISSUE FOR REPUBLICANS IS THEY 
NEED TO EXPAND BEYOND DONALD 
TRUMP'S BASE AND I HEARD THAT 
TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN TALKING 
WITH REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL
SO FEARFUL RIGHT NOW THEY VERY 
WELL COULD LOSE THE SENATE COME 
NOVEMBER IF THEY DON'T.
IN FACT, EXPAND BEYOND THE 
PRESIDENT'S BASE IN THIS 
ELECTION.
AND WHAT YOU HEAR FROM YOUNG 
PEOPLE LIKE NICOLAUS, HE'S NOT 
TALKING ABOUT POLICY OR THE 
PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS SO THAT IS NOT GOING
TO HELP HIM EXPAND BUT YOU'RE 
RIGHT, IT'S RED MEAT FOR THAT 
SMALL GROUP OF VOTER THERE IS. 
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
TIFFANY TRUMP IS COMING UP AND 
RIGHT NOW, LET'S GO BACK TO THE 
CONVENTION FLOOR.
PAM WAS ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
REPRESENTATIVES DURING THE 
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS 
FINISHING HER SPEECH AND THEN 
WE'LL SEE A VIDEO OF WOMEN 
WORKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE:
>> OUR PRESIDENT IS IN THIS TO 
BUILD A STRONGER AND BETTER 
AMERICA AND WILL FIGHT TO KEEP 
THIS A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR 
EVERYONE. 
>> IF YOU WANT TO CHECK YOUR 
VOTING STATUS, SECURE YOUR 
BALLOT OR REGISTER TO VOTE TEXT 
VOTE TO 88022.
REMEMBER, THE BEST IS YET TO 
COME.
♪ 
♪ 
>> WOMEN HAVE PLAYED A VERY, 
VERY BIG ROLE AT THE LEVEL OF 
GENIUSES, UNBELIEVABLY, FRANKLY.
>> YOU GOT 70, 80 YEARS ON THIS 
EARTH.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH?
ARE YOU BGOING TO MAKE THAT 
DIFFERENCE AND SAY I WAS THERE 
IN THE BIG BATTLES FOR THE 
COUNTRY TO SAVE AMERICA?
THAT'S WHAT I FEEL CALLED TO DO 
SINCE I WAS A VERY YOUNG GIRL. 
>> IN 2016 DONALD TRUMP MADE HIS
HISTORIC RUN FOR THE OFFICER OF 
UNITED STATES PRESIDENT.
KNOWING THE MONUMENTAL TASK HE 
WOULD BE UNDER TAKING HE RESTED 
ALL OF HIS HOPES FOR WINNING ON 
ONE WOMAN.
BECAUSE OF THAT TRUST, HE BECAME
THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND KELLYANNE CONWAY 
BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN I U.S. 
HISTORY TO MANAGE A WINNING 
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. 
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN A 
CHAMPION FOR WOMEN MOSTLY 
BECAUSE HE SPEAKS TO THEM AS IF 
THEY CAN HANDLE AND TACKLE ALL 
ISSUES. 
>> I DON'T WANT A JOB BECAUSE OF
MY GENDER.
I WANT THE JOB BECAUSE I'M THE 
BEST PERSON FOR THAT POSITION.
THAT'S IT.
HE RESPECTS THAT.
AND HE APPRECIATES HARD WORK.
YOU CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING 
BETTER ESPECIALLY IN A BOSS. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUES TO 
PLACE STRONG WOMEN INTO 
SIGNIFICANT POSITIONS THROUGHOUT
HIS ADMINISTRATION AND CAMPAIGN.
FAR MORE THAN ANY OTHER 
PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY. 
>> THAT HE HAS HAD AND DOES HAVE
MORE WOMEN ON HIS TOP TEAM THAN 
ANY PRESIDENT BEFORE BUT IT 
ACTUALLY GOES DOWN TO HIS DEPUTY
ASSISTANTS, TO HIS SPECIAL 
ASSISTANTS TO OUR AWESOME TEAMS 
THROUGHOUT THE WEST WING. 
>> WHEN HE CALLED ME AND SAID I 
WANT YOU TO REPRESENT MY ENTIRE 
CAMPAIGN, I BECAME THE FIRST 
BLACK WOMAN TO REPRESENT A 
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN.
WINNING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN
THE UNITED STATES HISTORY. 
>> THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, TRUMP 
HAS ALWAYS TOTED FAMILY FIRST AS
A CORE VALUE.
HE SHOWS THIS ESPECIALLY WITH 
HIS CHOICES OF PRESS 
SECRETARIES, CHOOSING SARAH 
SANDERS, THE FIRST MOTHER TO 
BECOME A KO
COME A PRESS  
KALEY MACK NANNY THAT 
TRANSITIONED INTO THE JOB WHILE 
TRANSITIONING INTO THE JOB OF 
MOM. 
>> I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.
KELLY AANNE CONWAY HAS FOUR 
CHILDREN.
BETWEEN US, WE HAVE 75 KIDS AND 
WE'RE FIGHTING FOR AND FOR THEIR
FUT
FUTURE. 
>> WITH CAPABLE WOMEN, PRESIDENT
TRUMP PROVES WHEN STAKES ARE THE
HIGHEST, HE TRUSTS CRUCIAL JOBS 
TO WOMEN. 
>> THE NUMBER OF DEDICATED 
AMAZING, BRILLIANT, RELENTLESS 
WOMEN DEDICATED TO THE COUNTRY 
AND TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO 
PRESERVING THE AMERICAN DREAM IS
ONE OF THE GREATEST, IF NOT THE 
GREATEST THINGS WE'LL EVER BE 
PART OF. 
>> ONLY THE PRESIDENT WOULD SAY 
LET'S TAKE THAT STAY AT HOME MOM
AND HAVE HER RUN THE PARTY.
WHAT A SMART GUY.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M TIFFANY TRUMP.
SINCE SPEAKING AT THE REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION FOUR YEARS AGO, SO 
MUCH HAS CHANGED FOR THE WORLD, 
FOR OUR COUNTRY, AND FOR MY 
FAMILY.
LIKE SO MANY STUDENTS ACROSS THE
WORLD, I GRADUATED FROM LAW 
SCHOOL DURING THE PANDEMIC.
OUR GENERATION IS UNIFIED AND 
MANY OF US ARE CONSIDERING THE 
COUNTRY WE WANT TO LIVE IN.
AS A RECENT GRADUATE, I CAN 
RELATE TO SO MANY OF YOU THAT 
MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A JOB.
MY FATHER BUILT A THRIVING 
ECONOMY ONCE AND BELIEVE ME, HE 
WILL DO IT AGAIN.
THIS ELECTION I URGE EACH AND 
EVERY ONE OF YOU TO TRAN SEND 
POLITICAL BOUNDARIES.
THIS IS A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, 
VERSUS OPPRESSION.
FOR OPPORTUNITY VERSUS 
STAGNATION.
A FIGHT TO KEEP AMERICA TRUE TO 
AMERICA.
I URGE YOU TO MAKE JUDGEMENT 
BASED ON RESULTS AND NOT 
RHETORIC.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE REFORM, THERE IS ONLY 
ONE PRESIDENT THAT PASSED THE 
FIRST STEP ACT GIVING PEOPLE A 
SECOND CHANCE, A CHANCE AT A 
LIFE ONCE AGAIN AND IF YOU 
BELIEVE IN EXPANDING EQUALITY 
AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, ONLY
PRESIDENT TRUMP, MY FATHER 
SIGNED THE RIGHT TO TRY INTO LAW
THE FAVORED NATION'S CLAUSE AND 
OTHER ACTIONS TO LOWER DRUG 
PRICES AND KEEP AMERICANS FROM 
GETTING RIPPED OFF.
PEOPLE MUST RECOGNIZE OUR 
THOUGHTS, OPINIONS AND THE 
CHOICE OF WHO WE ARE VOTING FOR 
MAY AND ARE BEING MANIPULATED 
AND VISIBLY CO-HORSERCED BY THEA
AND TECH GIANTS.
IF YOU TUNE INTO THE MEDIA YOU 
GET ONE OPINION.
IF YOU SHARE WHAT DOESN'T FIT 
INTO THEIR AGENDA IS IGNORED OR 
DEEMED A LIE.
THIS MANIPULATION OF WHAT 
INFORMATION WE RECEIVE INPAMPED 
OUR TRFREEDOMS.
RATHER THAN ALLOW AMERICANS 
INFORMED BELIEVES, THIS KEEPS 
PEOPLE MENTALLY ENSLAVED TO THE 
IDEAS THEY DEEM CORRECT.
THIS IS UNNECESSARY FEAR ANDE E 
A -- DIVISIVENESS AMONG US.
WHY ARE SO MANY IN MEDIA AND 
TECHNOLOGY AND GOVERNMENT 
INVESTED IN PROMOTING A BIAS AND
FABRICATED VIEW?
ASK YOURSELVES WHY ARE WE 
PREVENTED FROM SEEING CERTAIN 
INFORMATION?
WHY IS ONE VIEW POINT PROMOTED 
WHILE OTHERS ARE HIDDEN?
THE ANSWER IS CONTROL.
BECAUSE DIVISION AND CONTROVERSY
BREED PROFIT.
BUT WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES 
WHAT ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STORY 
GETS OUT?
OR WHEN ONLY ONE VIEW POINT IS 
ACCEPTABLE?
FOR OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, IT 
MEANT SACRIFICING CIVIL DEBATE 
WHERE CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE 
WHERE STUDENTS ARE AFRAID OCTO 
SPEAK.
MANY TRY TO FIT INTO WHAT THE 
ACCEPTABLE GROUP THINK IS.
IN SHORT, OUR NATION SUFFERS BY 
INHIGTING THOUGHT AND INCLUSION 
OF IDEAS WORKING TOGETHER 
OUTSIDE OF THE POLITICAL COMFORT
ZONES WE'LL ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH 
MORE.
SOME SEN POLITICIANS DON'T BELI 
IN AMERICA.
I DO.
AS WAS SAID SO ELOQUENTLY, IF 
FREEDOM IS LOST, THERE IS 
NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
HAVING HOPE IS NOT WEAKNESS.
AND BELIEVING IN MIRACLES IS A 
GIFT FROM GOD.
SO TONIGHT, I WANT TO TELL YOU 
THE UNCENSORED TRUTH OF WHAT WE 
BELIEVE IN.
WE BELIEVE IN EQUALITY OF 
OPPORTUNITY.
WE BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
AND EXPRESSION.
THINK WHAT YOU WANT.
SEEK OUT THE TRUTH.
LEARN FROM THOSE WITH DIFFERENT 
OPINIONS AND THEN FREELY MAKE 
YOUR VOICE HEARD TO THE WORLD.
WE BELIEVE IN SCHOOL CHOICE 
BECAUSE A CHILD'S ZIP CODE IN 
AMERICA SHOULD NOT DETERMINE 
THEIR FUTURE.
WE BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF 
RELIGION FOR ALL FAITHS AND WE 
BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN SPIRIT A
COUNTRY FOUNDED ON IDEAS, NOT 
IDENTITY.
A COUNTRY WHERE OUR DIFFERENCES 
ARE EMBRACED AND THE ONLY 
COUNTRY WHERE THE WORD DREAM HAS
BEEN ATTACHED TO IT.
BECAUSE IN AMERICA, SO THINK 
THAT'S THE COUNTRY I WANT TO 
LIVE IN.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEE BEYOND 
THE FACADE OF SO MANY OTHER 
POLITICIANS.
THEY MASK THEMSELVES IN 
DISGUISES OF DECENCY.
AS THEY TRY TO PRESSURE US TO 
MASK OUR OWN IDENTITIES AND 
BELIEVES.
MY FATHER IS THE ONLY PERSON TO 
CHALLENGE THE ESTABLISHMENT, THE
ENTRENCHED BUREAUCRACY, BIG 
PHARMA AND MEDIA MONOPOLIES TO 
ENSURE THAT AMERICANS' 
CONSTITUTIONAL FEE CREEDOMS ARE 
UPHELD.
MY FATHER DOES NOT RUN AWAY FROM
CHALLENGES.
EVEN IN THE FACE OF OUT RIGHT 
HATRED BECAUSE FIGHTING FOR 
AMERICA IS SOMETHING HE WILL 
SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR.
HE DREAMS BIG DREAMS FOR OUR 
COUNTRY.
AND HE'S RELENTLESS AT ACHIEVING
THEM.
YOU SEE, MAKE AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN IS NOT A SLOGAN FOR MY 
FATHER.
IT IS WHAT DRIVES HIM TO KEEP 
HIS PROMISE FOR DOING WHAT IS 
RIGHT FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS.
THE THENERGY OF CHANGE AND 
OPPORTUNITY IS WITH US.
GOD HAS BLESSED US WITH 
UNSTOPPABLE SPIRIT.
HIS SPIRIT, THE AMERICAN SPIRIT.
MY DAD HAS PROVEN TO BE DRIVEN 
BY THAT SPIRIT.
HE HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS FAITH, 
UNCOMPROMISING HEART AND 
ACTIONS.
MY FATHER HAS MADE ME BELIEVE 
THAT AMERICA CAN TRULY BE GREAT 
AGAIN.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT LIVING YOUR 
LIFE WITHOUT THE STRENGTHS THAT 
REBELLING AGAINST THOSE WHO 
WOULD SUPPRESS YOUR VOICE AND 
BUILDING YOUR AMERICAN DREAM, 
THEN THE CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION
IS CLEAR.
A VOTE FOR MY FATHER, DONALD J. 
TRUMP IS A VOTE TO UPHOLD OUR 
AMERICAN IDEALS.
BE TRUE TO YOURSELF AND BE TRUE 
TO AMERICA.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU-ALL.
>> TIFFANY TRUMP SPEAKING AT THE
MELLON AUDITORIUM SPEAKING 
DIRECTLY TO THE CAMERA TO THE 
EMPTY ARENA THERE IN WASHINGTON 
BUT A PRETTY HARD EDGED MESSAGE 
ABOUT THE MEDIA, AS WELL.
I WANT TO BRING IN TOM.
TIFFANY TRUMP NOT AS ACTIVE 
DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN.
SHE HAD A SOFT TONE IN HER VOICE
BUT A TOUGH MESSAGE. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN SHE WAS
GOING THROUGH COLLEGE FOR HER 
FATHER'S ALMA MATER.
SHE HAD A SMALLER ROLE.
IF DONALD TRUMP IS YOUR FATHER, 
HE'S THE CENTER OF YOUR UNIVERSE
AND ALL THE TRUMP CHILDREN PLAY 
A ROLE WHETHER LARGE OR SMALL IN
HIS LIFE AND HIS PRESIDENCY.
HE WANTS PEOPLE TO HEAR FROM HIS
CHILDREN.
HE'S INCREDIBLY PROUD OF ALL HIS
CHILDREN.
ANY TIME THEY WERE THERE WITH 
HIM AT CAMPAIGN RALLIES, HE'D 
ASK THEM TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
TIFFANY A MUCH SMALLER ROLE.
I HAD A CHANCE TO SITDOWN WITH 
DON JUNIOR AND ERIC.
ERIC WE'LL HEAR FROM TONIGHT.
DON JUNIOR WE HEARD FROM 
YESTERDAY.
I SAID ARE YOU GUYS JEALOUS YOUR
FATHER IS TAKING IVANKA TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
THERE IS NO SECRET THE PRESIDENT
HAS A PLACE IN HIS HEART FOR 
THEM.
THEY WEREN'T JELALOUS THEY WOUL 
WORK TOGETHER BUT OVER THE LAST 
FOUR YEARS, DON INJURYJUNIOR HA 
MOREFECTIVE FOR THE PRESIDENT IN
WHAT HE WANTS TO ESTABLISH WITH 
HIS BASE THAN MAYBE IVANKA.
WE HEARD THE SPEECH LAST NIGHT.
THE PRESIDENT NEEDS AMBASSADORS 
TO THE MAGA MOVEMENT.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY JUST 
SO WILD WHO LOVE THE PRESIDENT 
AND THAT PERSON IS DON JUNIOR 
AND HE CAN ALWAYS GO TO DON 
JUNIOR TO DEFEND HIM ON TWITTER 
AND SPEAK TO THE CONSERVATIVE 
GROUPS AND DELIVER THE SPEECH HE
DID LAST NIGHT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT ERIC HAS TO SAY 
TONIGHT.
WE HEARD FROMTIVE  TIV
FFAN.
IT'S INTERESTING HOW THESE TRUMP
CHILDREN CARVED THEIR OWN ROLES.
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
IT IS TRUE.
IF YOU LOOK AT DON JUNIOR ON ONE
HAND, HE'S ADVERSARY TO FOX AND 
MAGA DROIN AND SUGGESTING SHE'S 
THERE. 
>> IN MOST INSTANCES, IT HAPPENS
IN PUBLIC ON TELEVISION AND IN 
RALLIES AND ALL THE REST.
EACH ONE OF THOSE THEIR FATHER'S
APPROVAL AND ACCEPT TEANCE AND L
LIKE THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING 
SOMETHING.
I WENT TO THE BUSINESS RUNNING 
THAT AND TO THE BUSINESS AND 
POLITICAL CAREERS.
I THINK DON JUNIOR AS I'VE GOT 
TO KNOW HIM OVER THE YEARS 
RELATES MUCH TO THAT PART OF THE
TH
PRESIDENT'S BASE.
HE'S A HUNTER AND OUTDOORSMAN 
AND WALKED HIS OWN PATH 
DIFFERENT FROM ERIC AND IVANKA.
THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND THEIR 
WAY WITH A FATHER WHO TAKES MOST
OF THE SPOTLIGHT. 
>> YEAH, MOST OF THE TIME.
I WONDER HOWFE EFFECTIVE THIS I 
TO A BROADER AUDIENCE.
THIS IS FAMILY MEMBERS AND WHITE
HOUSE STAFFERS.
LARRY CUD KUDLOW.
THAT IS DIFFERENT. 
>> TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I THINK -- I KEEP ASKING MYSELF 
ONE QUESTION WHEN I HEAR EVERY 
SPEAKER.
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES INGOING INTO AN 
ELECTION NINE POINTS DOWN.
DOES THIS HELP NARROW THAT GAP 
OR KEEP IT STATIC?
REMEMBER, THIS IS BASICALLY A 
STATIC ELECTION FOR SEVEN WEEKS.
AND THE ONLY QUESTION TO EVERY 
SPEAKER, EVERYTHING THEY SAY 
HOT, COLD, AGGRESSIVE BASE, 
REACH OUT, ARE THEY GOING TO 
NARROW THAT NINE POINTS?
NO PRESIDENT -- 
>> DO YOU SEE A STRATEGY AT THIS
CONVENTION SO FAR?
>> WHAT'S THAT?
>> DO YOU SEE A STING EVINGLE S?
>> THERE IS A SOFTNESS WITH 
CERTAIN SPEAKERS TOWARDS THE 
END.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH MELANIA AND
SENATOR SCOTT YESTERDAY BUT 
EVERYTHING ELSE IS OF ONE TYPE.
I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU.
SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON THE 
MEDIA BASHING IT WORKING WITH 
THE BASE.
NOT MUCH WITH THE SWING VOTERS 
THEY NEED TO GET OVER THE TOP IN
THE SEVEN ELECTORAL STATES THAT 
COUNT. 
>> I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK TIFFANY TRUMP -- 
>> TIFFANY TRUMP WAS TO ME KIND 
OF A BOW ON A SECTION OF THE 
CONVENTION, WHICH IS AN 
IMPORTANT PART OF THE REPUBLICAN
BASE.
THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT AND I 
THOUGHT SHE DID A NICE JOB OF 
REALLY TIEING WHAT I THINK IS 
GOING TO BECOME A GROWING ISSUE 
IN PARTISAN POLITICS WHICH IS IF
YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AND YOU HAVE 
A DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE VIEW 
THAN THE MAIN STREAM IN THIS 
COUNTRY, YOUR VIEWS AREN'T 
ACCEPTABLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ARE FEELING THIS WAY AND SHE 
TALKED ABOUT IT ON 
TECHNOLOGY:THIS IS A GROWING 
THEME IN THE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT
THAT THIS YOUNG WOMAN WHO SPOKE 
EARLIER TONIGHT DR. GRAHAM'S 
NIECE, SHE BROUGHT UP SOMETHING 
I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT 
AROUND PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION 
AND JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN A 
CATHOLIC AND TALKED ALL THE TIME
I BELIEVE HE'S SINCERE HOWEVER, 
WHY IS HE ATTACKING THE LITTLE 
SISTERS OF THE POOR?
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THEME FOR A
SECTION OF THE CONVENTION, THESE
ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT NEED 
TO BE DISCUSSED AND VERY 
IMPORTANT TO THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY. 
>> THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO TUNE BACK INTO THE 
CONVENTION.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IN A 
VIDEO.
>>> JACK IS AN 8-YEAR-OLD FROM 
WISCONSIN WHO WAS STRUGGLING 
ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY IN 
SCHOOL.
JACK'S MOM SARAH WORKS THREE 
JOBS TO SUPPORT HER SON APPLIED 
FOR WISCONSIN'S SCHOOL CHOICE 
VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
>> WE'RE GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO 
GET THE SCHOOL CHOICE VOUCHER TO
GO TO THE SCHOOL.
WITH JACK, HE WOULD HAVE SLIPPED
THROUGH THE CRACKS AT PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS AND HAVING THE OPTION TO
GO TO A SCHOOL THAT PUTS HIM IS 
A REAL GAME CHANGER FOR US AND I
KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THAT 
OPPORTUNITY THAT HE'S GOING TO 
SUCCEED AND HE'S GOING TO 
ACHIEVE THAT GOAL OF BEING AN 
APPARATUS ENGINEER IF THAT'S 
WHAT HE CHOOSES TO STICK WITH. 
>> LAURA IS A MOTHER OF ANOTHER 
INSPIRING BOY, JORDAN.
JORDAN HAS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.
HE WAS AT MY SIDE IN INDIANA 
WHEN AS GOVERNOR, I ASSIGNED A 
LAW ALLOWING TERMINALLY ILL 
PATIENTS TO ACCESS EXPERIMENTAL 
DRUGS NOT YET APPROVED BY THE 
FDA.
IN 2018, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED 
THE LANDMARK FEDERAL RIGHT TO 
TRY BILL INTO LAW.
THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT'S 
LEADERSHIP, CRITICALLY ILL 
PATIENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO 
ACCESS LIFE SAVING EXPERIMENTAL 
TREATMENTS. 
>> WE STARTED FIGHTING FOR RIGHT
TO TRY, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS IF 
YOU HAVE A TERMINAL ILLNESS AND 
THERE IS A DRUG THAT EXISTS AND 
YOU DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE 
CLINICAL TRIAL, THERE IS NO 
OTHER WAY TO RECEIVE IT.
THIS IS A UNIQUE PATHWAY BACK IN
INDIANA THAT YOU WOULD DO 
WHATEVER TO TELL JORDAN WE'RE SO
GRATEFUL THAT YOU JOINED US ON 
THIS JOURNEY. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WHAT WOULD 
YOU SAY TO HIM TODAY?
>> JUDGE CHERYL ALLEN MADE 
HISTORY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN.
IT'S BECAUSE OF LEADERS LIKE 
LIKE HIM OUR NATION.
IN THIS TIME IN THE COUNTRY, DO 
YOU SEE FAITH A STRONG STAND 
WITH OPPORTUNITY AS A PATHWAY 
TOWARDS BRING ING. 
>> SENIOR CITIZEN BUT I ALSO 
KN
KNOW.
IN THIS COUNTRY I WOULD HAVE 
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE 
THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 
ACHIEVE.
THERE ARE INJUSTICES BUT THE WAY
TO DEAL WITH THOSE INJUSTICES IS
FOR PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN ACROSS 
THE TABLE AND TALK AND COME UP 
WITH SOLUTIONS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS COMMITTED TO THAT.
IN 2016 I HAVE TO CONFESS THAT I
REALLY DID NOT KNOW CANDIDATE 
TRUMP AT THE TIME, BUT I HAV TO
SAY THAT HE REALLY WON ME OVER. 
>> GINO IS A TRUCK DRIVER FROM 
OHIO THAT HEARD POLITICIANS FOR 
YEARS MAKE EMPTY PROMISES ABOUT 
DEFENDING AMERICAN JOBS ONLY TO 
SEE THOSE PROMISES BROKEN AGAIN 
AND AGAIN.
BUT IN 2019 WHEN GENERAL MOTORS 
CLOSED ITS PLANT IN OHIO, 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REFUSED 
TO STAND BY AND WATCH IT HAPPEN.
AND AS GINO OBSERVED, THIS 
PRESIDENT REACHED OUT TO GENERAL
MOTORS TO FIND A WAY TO BRING 
JOBS BACK TO LORDS TOWN AND 
PLANS WERE SOON SET INTO MOTION 
TO CREATE LORDSTOWN MOTORS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THIS IS HOW
WE FIX IT.
AND I THOUGHT WELL, THAT'S A 
SIMPLE SOLUTION.
THERE IS NO OTHER PRESIDENT THAT
COULD HAVE DONE IT OR EVEN TRIED
TO DO IT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A DOER.
HE APPRECIATES EVERY ONE OF US 
AND I KNOW HE DOES.
I'VE SEEN IT.
HE SAID MAKE AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN.
THAT WAS HIS TASK.
THAT WASN'T HIS SLOGAN, THAT WAS
HIS TASK.
EVERY HAT YOU'VE SEEN THAT SAYS 
MAGA ON IT, THAT'S WHAT YOUR 
PRESIDENT IS DOING FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING PROMISES 
YOU MADE. 
>> THEN THERE IS PASTOR AARON 
JOHNSON.
HE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 
THE TULSA DREAM CENTER, A 
NON-PROFIT THAT PROVIDES 
EDUCATION AND MEDICAL SERVICES 
AND FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED.
YOU HAVE A GREAT PERSONAL STORY.
WHEN YOU SEE THE WAY THIS 
PRESIDENT, THIS ADMINISTRATION 
HAVE BEEN LEANING IN TO CREATE 
OPPORTUNITIES INVESTMENTS IN 
COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY 
TO CREATE JOBS, EXPANDING 
EDUCATIONAL CHOICE, WHAT DOES 
THAT MEAN TO THE FAMILIES YOU 
SERVE EVERY DAY?
>> IT MEANS SO MUCH TO OUR 
FAMILIES.
I GREW UP IN A SINGLE FAMILY 
HOME.
WE SERVE OVER 600 BOYS AND GIRLS
RIGHT NOW ON A DAILY BASIS EVEN 
IN COVID.
FOR US TO GIVE THE MOMS TO HAVE 
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE MORE 
MONEY ON THEIR PAYCHECK AND HAVE
THEIR CHILDREN BE ABLE TO GO TO 
A SCHOOL THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO OTHERWISE, IT 
MEANS SO MUCH TO US.
THERE IS SO MUCH GREATER 
OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO 
COME TOGETHER IN ANY WALK OF 
LIFE, PEOPLE HAVE REALLY BEEN 
ABLE TO SEE A POSITIVE CHANGE 
AND BEEN FILLED WITH HOPE 
THROUGHOUT THIS TIME. 
>> LYDIA LEFT HOME, FRIENDS AND 
FAMILY IN HONDURAS TO PURSUE A 
BETTER LIFE HERE IN AMERICA 
WHILE RAISING THEIR FOUR 
DAUGHTERS, LYDIA AND HER HUSBAND
CREATE SECURITY SYSTEMS BUT 
MONTHS AFTER THEIR BUSINESS WAS 
UP AND RUNNING, OUR NATION WAS 
STRUCK BY A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
THAT'S WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP STEPPED IN.
AND ENACTED THE LARGEST 
FINANCIAL RELIEF PACKAGE IN 
AMERICA HISTORY.
HER SMALL BUSINESS STAYED IN 
BUSINESS AND HER AMERICAN DREAM 
KEPT RUNNING STRONG. 
>> WHAT DID THE PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION PROGRAM MEAN TO YOUR 
COMPANY AS THE CORONAVIRUS 
STRUCK?
>> IT WAS A HUGE, TREMENDOUS 
HELP AND SO WE APPLIED.
WE WERE ACCEPTED.
REALLY COMPLETE.
SO GRATEFUL.
YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH 
RELIEF.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE SERVING OUR 
CLIENTS AND CONTINUE GROWING OUR
ECONOMY.
WE WANT TO ALL CONTINUE TO MOVE 
FORWARD.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY
AND FRIENDS, THE GOVERNMENT.
I TELL MY CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, 
THEY ARE BORN HERE IN THE U.S.
I TELL THEM YOU ARE SO BLESSED 
TO LIVE IN AMERICA. 
>> HERE AT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S 
BOYHOOD HOME A YOUNG MAN WOULD 
GROW UP TO BECOME THE FIRST 
REPUBLICAN OF THE UNITED STATES 
AND TODAY, ANOTHER REPUBLICAN 
PRESIDENT IS FIGHTING TO 
PRESERVE THAT SAME NOBLE LEGACY 
OF FREEDOM AND PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP WILL MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE
TORCH OF AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY 
ILLUMINATES EVERY CITY, EVERY 
TOWN AND EVERY COMMUNITY IN THIS
BLESSED LAND. 
>> OUR NETWORK COVERAGE IS 
COMING 
EVEN THE CRITICS AGREE.
LISTEN FREE ON APPLE POD CAST.  
>> THIS IS AN "ABC NEWS" 
SPECIAL. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MOST LOYAL 
SUPPORTERS TAKE CENTER STAGE. 
MOMENTS FROM NOW, HIS SON, ERIC 
TRUMP AND THEN SECRETARY OF 
STATE, MIKE POMPEO. 
FROM THE ROSE GARDEN, THE FIRST 
LADY, MELANIA TRUMP. 
LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION NOW 
REPORTING, CHIEF ANCHOR, GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 
OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
BEFORE LAST WEEK WE HAD NEVER 
SEEN A VIRTUAL NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
TO AN EMPTY ROOM WITHIN THE 
CONSTRAINTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE 
REPUBLICANS ARE RESPOND IN A 
DIFFERENT TRADITION, BRINGING A 
DIFFERENT MEANING TO A TIME WORN
CLICHE, THE ROSE GARDEN 
STRATEGY, MORE THAN A METAPHOR 
NOW, WHERE THE FIRST LADY WILL 
DELIVER HER SPEECH TONIGHT AND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH ON THURSDAY AND FROM THE 
EAST ROOM TONIGHT. 
MIKE POMPEO WILL BECOME THE 
FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE OF 
MODERN TIMES TO GIVE A SPEECH TO
A NATIONAL CONVENTION WHEN HE 
BEAMS IN FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. 
ALL TRY TO CAPITALIZE FROM THE 
TRAPPINGS OF THE OVAL OFFICE, 
THIS CONVENTION TAKING TO IT A 
WHOLE NEW LEVEL. 
>> GEORGE, THIS IS A FAMILIAR 
SETTING HERE. 
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS BEFORE, A FIRST FAMILY 
USING THE WHITE HOUSE, THE 
PEOPLE'S HOUSE AS A BACKDROP FOR
A POLITICAL CONVENTION. 
THE PEOPLE SAYING IT CROSSES 
MORAL LINE. 
THE PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK TO THE 
CONVENTION. 
THE FIRST LADY WILL STEP INTO 
THE ROSE GARDEN AND MAKE THE 
HIGHEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE. 
THAT'S A SHARP CONTRAST FROM THE
OMINOUS TONE WE HEARD FROM 
SPEAKERS LAST NIGHT. 
THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 
PERSONAL REMARKS, THE FIRST LADY
SPEAKING AS AN IMMIGRANT ABOUT 
HER AMERICAN DREAM. 
THAT'S A FINE LINE FOR HER TO 
WALK GIVEN THE FACT THE 
PRESIDENT IS RUNNING A CAMPAIGN 
VERY MUCH ANTI-IMMIGRATION. 
THE FIRST LADY IS ALSO EXPECTED 
TO MAKE AN APPEAL TO WOMEN. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LOSING 
SUPPORT FROM WOMEN IN KEY 
BATTLEGROUND STATES. 
TONIGHT, MELANIA TRUMP WILL HAVE
A CHANCE TO WIN THEM BACK. 
>> THANK YOU. 
SPEAKING FROM THE HOUSE, FRONT 
AND CENTER. 
>> NO QUESTION THIS IS A FAMILY 
AFFAIR, GEORGE. 
HOW MANY CONVENTIONS HAVE WE 
COVERED AND CROSSED TO LEAD 
CORRESPONDENTS AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE GOING TO THE EXCEPTION 
FLOOR. 
THE WHITE HOUSE DOES SERVE AS 
THE BACKDROP TONIGHT AND KEY 
FORM ON THURSDAY WITH THE 
PRESIDENT. 
WE HEARD FROM TIFFANY TRUMP 
TONIGHT AND ERIC TRUMP AND THE 
FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP FROM 
THE ROSE GARDEN AND WILL PORTRAY
HERSELF AS AN IMMIGRANT COMING 
TO AMERICA WA DREAM OF HER OWN. 
THE FIRST LADY IS QUITE 
INDEPENDENT, THE FIRST ONE IN 
THIS ADMINISTRATION TO DON A 
MASK SOMEWHAT SILENTLY SENDING 
HER MESSAGE ALONG THE WAY. 
ALSO FASCINATED THIS HOUR TO SEE
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO 
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE, SAYING 
WHEN YOU LEAVE OUR COUNTRY'S 
SHORES, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE
POLITICS BEHIND. 
HE SAYS HE'S SPEAKING FOR 
HIMSELF TONIGHT FROM JERUSALEM 
IN THIS TAPED SPEECH BUT A LOT 
SAY THIS IS NOT WHAT A SECRETARY
SHOULD BE DOING. 
>> DEFYING WHAT HE GIVES TO THE 
REST OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT. 
THIS IS THE HIGHEST PROFILE 
SPEECH IN MELANIA TRUMP'S LIFE. 
FOUR YEARS AGO THERE WAS A 
PROBLEM WEN IT WAS FOUND SHE HAD
BULLY COPIED PASSAGES OF 
MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH IN 2008.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT MELANIA, AN ENIGMA FOR 
MANY PEOPLE. 
WHAT WE DO KNOW, WE REFLECT ON 
THE PLAY GAR RIDES SPEECH AND 
JACKET THAT SAID, I REALLY DON'T
CARE, AND BE BEST CAMPAIGN WHERE
SHE IS TRYING TO PROTECT 
CHILDREN FROM BEING BULLIED. 
WE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE 
HEARING HER PERSONAL STORY 
TONIGHT ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 
A LOT OF SCRUTINY IN THESE 16 
MINUTES. 
>> FIRST, WE GO BACK TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
THE PRESIDENT IS HOLDING A 
NATURAL
NATURALIZATION CEREMONY IN THE 
EAST ROOM, ONE MORE SIGN HOW HE 
IS HOLDING THE POWER AND 
TRAPPINGS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 
EARLIER THIS EVENING HE GAVE A 
PARDON TO A BANK ROBBER AN 
ADVOCATE FOR PRISON REFORM. 
LET'S TUNE BACK IN TO THE 
VIRTUAL CONVENTION FLOOR. 
♪
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 
♪
♪
>> ACTING SECRETARY WOLF, I 
PRESENT TO YOU FIVE CANDIDATES 
OF NATURALIZATION FOR FIVE 
COUNTRIES. 
>> ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE I'D 
LIKE TO PRESENT MY GRATITUDE TO 
YOU, MR. PRESIDENT FOR HOSTING 
THE ARE THIS CEREMONY AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
WELCOME OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. 
CANDIDATES FOR NATURALIZATION, 
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND
REPEAT AFTER ME. 
I HEREBY DECLARE. 
>> I HEREBY DECLARE. 
>> AN OATH. 
>> AN OATH. 
>> I ABSOLUTELY AND ENTIRELY. 
>> I ABSOLUTELY AND ENTIRELY. 
>> RENOUNCE AND ON INJURE. 
>> RENOUNCE AND INJURY. 
>> ALL ALLEGIANCE AND FIDELITY 
TO ANY FOREIGN PRINCE, TO STATE 
OR SEARCH OFTY OF WHOM OR WHICH 
I HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN A SUBJECT
OR CITIZEN, I WILL SUPPORT AND 
DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>> AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. 
>> AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. 
>> FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. 
>> I WILL BEAR OF TRUE FAITH. 
>> I WILL BEAR OF TRUE FAITH. 
>> AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME. 
>> AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME. 
>> I WILL BEAR ARMS. 
>> I WILL BEAR ARMS. 
>> ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW. 
>> WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW. 
>> I WILL PERFORM NON-COMBATIVE 
SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES 
FORCES OF THE U.S. 
>> OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE 
U.S. 
>> WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW. 
>> WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW. 
>> I WILL PERFORM WORK. 
>> I WILL PERFORM WORK. 
>> OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. 
>> OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. 
>> UNDER CIVILIAN DIRECTIONS. 
>> UNDER CIVILIAN DIRECTIONS. 
>> WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW. 
>> WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW. 
>> I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION 
FREELY. 
>> I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION 
FREELY. 
>> WITHOUT ANY MENTAL 
RESERVATION. 
>> SO HELP ME GOD. 
>> CONGRATULATIONS. 
YOU ARE NOW CITIZENS OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HOMELAND SECURITY, IT IS MY 
HONOR TO CALL YOU MY FELLOW 
AMERICANS. 
MR. PRESIDENT, I WANT TO AGAIN 
COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION 
TO THE RULE OF LAW AND RESTORING
INTEGRITY TO OUR IMMIGRATION 
SYSTEM. 
THANK YOU FOR HOSTING SUCH A 
PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION HERE AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> CONGRATULATIONS. 
THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
REALLY GREAT. 
THANK YOU. 
I WANT TO THANK ACTING SECRETARY
WOLF DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB IN 
SO MANY WAYS.
TODAY, AMERICA REJOISTS AS WE 
WELCOME FIVE INCREDIBLE NEW 
MEMBERS INTO OUR GREAT AMERICAN 
FAMILY. 
YOU ARE NOW FELLOW CITIZENS OF 
THE GREATEST NATION ON THE FACE 
OF GOD'S EARTH. 
CONGRATULATIONS. 
GREAT GOING. 
YOU FOLLOWED THE RULES, YOU 
OBEYED THE LAWS, LEARNED OUR 
HISTORY, EMBRACED OUR VALUES AND
PROVED YOURSELVES TO BE MEN AND 
WOMEN OF THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY. 
IT'S NOT SO EASY. 
YOU WENT THROUGH A LOT AND WE 
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE WITH 
US TODAY UPON. 
>> YOU EARNED THE MOST PRIZED, 
CHERISHED AND PRICELESS 
POSSESSION-YEAR IN THE WORLD, 
CALLED AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. 
THERE IS NO HIGHER HONOR AND NO 
GREATER PRIVILEGE, AND IT'S AN 
HONOR FOR ME TO BE YOUR 
PRESIDENT. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP THERE AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
I WANT TO BRING IN CHRIS 
CHRISTIE, LONG-TIMAL LIE, 
WATCHING THAT, NEVER SEEN 
ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT A 
CONVENTION FOR SURE. 
WHAT A FAR CRY FROM THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP MADE WHEN HE ENTERED THIS 
RACE AT TRUMP TOWER FIVE YEARS 
AGO. 
>> A FAR CRY FROM THAT. 
COVID CHANGED EVERYTHING. 
IT CHANGED THE WAY THE 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION LOOKED 
LAST WEEK AND CHANGED THIS NOW. 
THE PRESIDENT HAD TO MAKE A 
DECISION WHERE HE WILL DO THESE 
THINGS AND DECIDED TO DO THEM AT
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO WHEN 
YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT THERE WILL 
BE CRITICISM BECAUSE OF THE 
ATTENDANT COST MOVING THE 
PRESIDENT AND SECRET SERVICE. 
>> THE HAT CHECK DOESN'T APPLY 
TO THE PRESIDENT BUT IT IS 
AGAINST THE LAW FOR GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEES TO USE THEIR JOBS FOR 
POLITICAL PURPOSES. 
>> THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT'S 
THE LAW, GEORGE. 
THE PRESIDENT IS DOING WHAT HE'S
DOING HERE AND HE'S DIRECTING 
IT
THE FACT IS FOR HIM COVID 
CHANGES EVERYTHING. 
YOU KNOW DONALD TRUMP WOULD MUCH
RATHER BE IN THAT ARENA IN 
CHARLOTTE WITH A HUGE CROWD. 
>> GOING OUT ON A LIMB. 
>> THAT'S WHERE HE WOULD RATHER 
BE. 
THAT'S THE BEST HE COULD DO IN 
THE INTERIM. 
THE SAME AS PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST
WEEK WITH THE FIREWORKS WAS THE 
BEST HE COULD DO TO BRING SOME 
NATURAL HUMAN EXCITEMENT TO WHAT
THEY WERE DOING. 
>> RAHM EMANUEL, IT IS A 
STRATEGY BORN DURING THE COVID 
CRISIS. 
YOU AND I WERE SHAKING OUR HEADS
WATCHING THAT SERVING IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE DURING THE ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN, UNIMAGINABLE, NO COVID
THEN, UNIMAGINABLE YOU COULD DO 
THAT. 
>> ALL RESPECT PUTTING IT ON 
COVID. 
THIS IS NOT COVID. 
THIS IS A PRESIDENT THAT HAS 
ALWAYS BRECKIN THE BOUNDARIES. 
BROKEN THE BOUNDARIES. 
>> THIS ISN'T WHAT HE WANTED TO 
DO TONIGHT. 
>> DOES HE WANT 100,000 PEOPLE 
CHANTING TRUMP FOUR MORE YEARS, 
OF COURSE, HE'S BREAKING THE 
BOUNDARIES WITH A ZOOM LIKE 
CONVENTION. 
NO ONE ENVISIONED JACQUELINE 
KENNEDY'S ROSE GARDEN AT A 
CONVENTION SPEECH. 
EVERY NOTION OF THE SECRETARY OF
STATE SPEAKING LET ALONE DOING 
IT FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY AT THE
ROOF OF THE KING DAVID HOTEL 
OVERLOOKING THE WAILING WALL. 
MY VIEW IS BACK, IS THIS CLOSING
THE GAP OF A NINE POINT DEFICIT.
THIS IS FOR THE LAWYERS. 
THEY CLEARLY DID NOT ASK THEIR 
OPINION. 
IT'S TOO LATE ALREADY. 
IT VIOLATES A LOT OF LAWS. 
>> AS I WAS WATCHING THAT 
CEREMONY, WE ALL LIKE WATCHING 
PEOPLE GET SWORN IN AS CITIZENS.
A STRATEGY BORN OF NECESSITY BUT
IT MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THE
PRESIDENT THAN ANOTHER CROWD 
RALLY WITH 100,000 PEOPLE 
SCREAMING. 
>> I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT,
GEORGE. 
CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS WILL 
DEBATES THERE. 
THERE WILL BE LAWSUITS TOMORROW 
OVER THIS. 
TO THE POINT OF PEOPLE WATCHING 
THAT AT HOME DON'T PARTICULARLY 
CARE WHERE A SPEECH IS GIVEEN, 
THIS IS A MOVING MOMENT, PEOPLE 
COME INTO THIS COUNTRY MAKING 
CONTRIBUTIONS. 
HE'S HAD THE ABILITY TO POINT 
OUT LIKE THE DIVERSITY OF 
AMERICA. 
YOU SAW VERY DIVERSE FACES AND 
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT 
BACKGROUNDS. 
THAT THIS IS THE STORY OF 
AMERICA. 
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEAK VERY 
LONG TO MAKE THAT POINT. 
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.
>> MORE POLITICAL PAGEANTRY. 
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY'S BUYING 
IT. 
YES, THIS IS A GREAT CEREMONY 
AND HAPPY TO WELCOME THE FOLKS 
HERE. 
AS HE SPOKE, YOU FOLLOW THE LAW,
I TALKED ABOUT HIM MAKING THE 
JUXTAPOSITION OF GOOD, BLACK AND
BROWN PEOPLE AGAINST BAD BLACK 
AND BROWN PEOPLE. 
WILL PEOPLE FORGET HE CAGED KIDS
AT THE BORDER AND CONSIDERED 
LATIN AMERICANS AS BAD UMBRES. 
ARE PEOPLE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS
AND GET THAT?
I DON'T THINK SO. 
I DON'T THINK HE IS FOOLING 
ANYBODY OTHER THAN THOSE 
GULLIBLE AND SOAK UP WHAT THEY 
SAY. 
>> THE WHITE HOUSE IS SHOWING 
THE PRESIDENT SUPPORTS LEGAL 
IMMIGRATION AND REALITY IS HE 
SLASHED THAT AS WELL SO MUCH THE
IMMIGRATION SERVICES, THE AGENCY
THAT PROCESSES EVERYTHING LIKE 
VISAS ARE IN THE PATH OF HAVING 
TO FURLOUGH ALL THEIR WORKERS 
BECAUSE THEY ARE SEEING SO 
LITTLE BUSINESS NOW. 
IMMIGRATION IS LOW ON THE LIST 
OF CONCERNS OF PEOPLE AS WE HEAD
INTO THIS ELECTION, THE ECONOMY 
AND COVID. 
>> THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO KEEP 
TALKING ABOUT THE WALL AS WELL. 
THIS CEREMONY IS WRAPPING UP. 
NEXT IS THE PRESIDENT'S YOUNGER 
SON. 
WE'VE SEEN TIFFANY AND DON 
JUNIOR, SOMETHING OF AN ATTACK 
DOG TALKING ABOUT THE RADICAL 
LEFT. 
WE'LL SEE WHAT ERIC TRUMP TAKES 
TONIGHT. 
>> GOOD EVENING, AMERICA. 
WHEN I STOOD ON THIS CONVENTION 
STAGE FOUR YEARS AGO NO ONE 
FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE HISTORIC 
CHANGE THAT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE 
PLACE. 
WE COULD ALL FEEL IT. 
SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING. 
A MOVEMENT JUST BELOW THE 
SURFACE, A MAN AND WOMAN 
VOICELESS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., 
PREPARED TO RISE UP. 
OUR MOVEMENT FOLLOWED THE 
PATTERN OF SO MANY THAT CAME 
BEFORE US. 
FIRST, WE WERE IGNORED. 
THEN, WE WERE LAUGHED AT. 
THEN, THEY FOUGHT US AND THEN 
TOGETHER WE WON. 
FROM THAT MOMENT FORWARD AMERICA
CAME FIRST. 
AMERICA STARTED WINNING AGAIN. 
AMERICA BECAME RESPECTED AGAIN. 
WITH EVERY MOVEMENT THERE IS A 
COUNTER MOVEMENT. 
IN THE VIEW OF THE RADICAL 
DEMOCRATS, AMERICA IS THE SOURCE
OF THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS. 
THEY BELIEVE THE ONLY WAY 
FORWARD IS ERASE HISTORY AND THE
PAST. 
THEY WANT TO DESTROY THE 
MONUMENTS OF OUR FOREFATHERS AND
DISRESPECT OUR FLAG THAT 
REPRESENTS PATRIOTISM AND THE 
AMERICAN DREAM. 
THEY WANT TO TAKE A KNEE WHILE 
OUR ARMED FORCES LAY DOWN THEIR 
LIVES EVERYDAY TO PROTECT OUR 
FREEDOM. 
THEY DO NOT WANT THE PLEDGE OF 
ALLEGIANCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
MANY DON'T WANT ONE NATION UNDER
GOD. 
DEMOCRATS WANT TO DE-FUND AND 
DISRESPECT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
DEMOCRATS WANT AN AMERICA WHERE 
YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ARE 
CENSORED WHEN THEY DO NOT ALIGN 
WITH THEIR OWN. 
PRESIDENT REAGAN SAID FREEDOM IS
NEVER ONE GENERATION AWAY FROM 
EXTINCTION. 
IT MUST BE FOUGHT FOR AND MUST 
BE PROTECTED. 
THIS IS A FIGHT WE'RE IN RIGHT 
NOW. 
IT IS A FIGHT THAT ONLY MY 
FATHER CAN WIN. 
MY FATHER RAN NOT BECAUSE HE 
NEEDED THE JOB, HE KNEW HARD 
WORKING PEOPLE ACROSS THIS GREAT
COUNTRY ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND. 
THE MEDIA MOCKED THESE PATRIOTS 
IN THE FLYOVER STATES THEY 
LIVED. 
THY IGNORED THE TRUMP FLAGS AND 
IGNORED THIS MILLIONS OF MAG GA 
BANNERS IN BARNS PRINTED RED, 
WHITE AND BLEW. 
THEY SO-CALLED LEADERS WERE 
BOWING TO CHINA AND SPENDING 
MORE TIME WORRYING ABOUT THE 
ELITES IN PARIS AND HOW 
AMERICANS WOULD PROVIDE FOR 
FAMILY IN PITTSBURGH. 
OUR FAMILY LOST FRIENDS BUT NOT 
ONLY PUSHED US TO FIGHT HARDER. 
MY FATHER PLEDGED TO MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. 
OVERNIGHT TAXES WERE SLASHED AND
REGULATIONS CUT AND THE ECONOMY 
SOARED TO HEIGHTS NEVER SEEN 
BEFORE. 
WAGES WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. 
UNEMPLOYMENT REACHED HISTORIC 
LOWS ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK 
AMERICANS, HISPANIC AMERICANS 
AND WOMEN. 
TRADE DEALS WERE RIPPED UP AND 
REFLOEKT. 
RENEGOTIATED. 
LIGHTS WERE TURNED BACK ON IN 
ABANDONED BILLIONS ACROSS OUR 
COUNTRY. 
TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS WERE 
REPAIDTRIATED TO THE UNITED 
STATES WHICH HAD BEEN SITTING IN
FOREIGN LANDS FAR TOO LONG. 
ONCE AGAIN, AMERICA BECAME THE 
ENVY OF THE WORLD AND WITH THAT 
STRENGTH, CAME NEW LEVERAGE. 
THE PRESIDENT DEMANDED THAT OUR 
ALLIES PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE TO 
THE REST OF THE WORLD. 
MY FATHER REBUILT THE MIGHTY 
AMERICAN MILITARY. 
INCREASED WAGES FOR THE MEN AND 
WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND HE EXPANDED
OUR MILITARY DEFENSE BUDGET TO 
$721 BILLION PER YEAR. 
AMERICA WAS NO LONGER WEAK IN 
THE EYE OF THE FORCES TO KILL 
SOME OF THE DEADLIEST TERRORISTS
ON THE PLANET THE DAY THE MIGHTY
MOAB WAS DROPPED ON THE 
NEGLIGENT CAMPS WAS A DAY 
AMERICA TOOK A STANCE. 
AL BAGHDADI. 
SOLEIMANI, DEAD. 
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, V.A. 
HOSPITALS, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, 
SCHOOL CHOICE, PEACE IN THE 
MIDDLE EAST. 
WARS FINALLY ENDED.
PROMISES MADE AND PROMISES FOR 
THE FIRST TIME WERE KEPT. 
MOST POLITICS SPEND THEIR ENTIRE
CAREERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND 
GET ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 
ACCOMPLISHED. 
FOR EXAMPLE, JOE BIDEN. 
JOE BIDEN IS A POLITICIAN WHO 
HAS BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR 47 
YEARS. 
HE'S A CAREER POLITICIAN WHO HAS
NEVER SIGNED THIS FRONT OF A 
CHECK AND DOES NOT KNOW THE 
SLIGHT ESTHING ABOUT THE 
AMERICAN WORKER OR THE AMERICAN 
BUSINESS. 
THE ENGINE WHICH FUELS THE 
GREATEST ECONOMY THE WORLD HAS 
EVER KNOWN. 
THE SAME POLITICIAN WHO HAS BEEN
A TOTAL PUSHOVER FOR COMMUNIST 
CHINA AND SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE A
GIANT RELIEF FOR TERRORISTS WHO 
NOW SPENT YEARS RUNNING, HIDING,
AND BEING TAKEN OUT BY THE MOST 
TALENTED MILITARY KNOWN TO MAN. 
JOE BIDEN PLEDGED TO RAISE YOUR 
TAXES BY $4 TRILLION. 
82% OF AMERICANS WILL SEE THEIR 
TAXES GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY. 
BIDEN PLEDGED TO STOP BORDER 
WALL CONSTRUCTION AND GIVE 
AMNESTY AND HEALTHCARE TO ALL 
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. 
BIDEN PLEDGED TO DE-FUND THE 
POLICE AND TAKE AWAY YOUR 
CHERISHED SECOND AMENDMENT. 
MY FATHER, ON THE OTHER HAND, 
DELIVERED THE LARGEST TAX CUTS 
IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 
KNOWS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A 
BORDER YOU DO NOT HAVE A COUNTRY
AND ALWAYS SUPPORT LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND YOUR RIGHT TO 
KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. 
EVERYDAY MY FATHER FIGHTS FOR 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE 
FORGOTTEN MAN AND WOMAN OF THIS 
COUNTRY, THE ONES WHO EMBODY THE
AMERICAN SPIRIT UNLIKE ANYTHING 
ELSE IN THIS WORLD. 
IT BUILT THE NEW YORK CITY 
SKYLINE. 
IT BUILT THE HOOVER DAM. 
SOON, UNDER MY FATHER'S 
LEADERSHIP, IT WILL SEND 
AMERICANS TO MARS. 
IT CAN BE FELT IN THE MAJESTY OF
THE GRAND CANYON, SHADOWS OF MT.
RUSHMORE, AND THE STILLNESS OF 
THE AIR AT GETTYSBURG. 
IT CAN BE SEEN IN THE WIDE-EYE'D
WONDER OF EVERY AMERICAN CHILD, 
AS THEY TAKE THEIR FIRST BREATH 
IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY THE 
WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN. 
IT DEFEATED FASH IS IMAND 
DEFEATED COME NIS IMAND IN 68 
DAYS IT WILL DeFEDE THE RADICAL 
VIEWS OF THE EXTREME LEFT. 
ONE DAY WE COULD SPEND OUR 
SUNSET YEARS TELLING OUR 
CHILDREN WHAT IT WAS ONCE LIKE 
IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE MEN 
AND WOMEN WERE FREE, RONALD 
REAGAN. 
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP FREEDOM 
WILL NEVER BE A THING OF THE 
PAST. 
THAT'S WHAT A VOTE FOR DONALD 
TRUMP REPRESENTS, A VOTE FOR THE
AMERICAN SPIRIT, THE AMERICAN 
DREAM AND FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG.
TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 
WHO'S BEING ATTACKED, BETRAYED, 
AND WHOSE JOB THEY ARE TRYING TO
MAKE EXTINCT, MY FATHER WILL 
FIGHT FOR YOU. 
TO ALL HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND TO 
ALL PEOPLE OF FAITH, STRIPPED OF
OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS AND 
RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES, MY FATHER 
WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. 
TO THE VOICELESS, SHAMED, 
CENSORED, AND CANCELLED, MY 
FATHER WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. 
TO OUR FARMERS WHO WORK DAWN TO 
DUST TO KEEP OUR PLATES FULL, MY
FATHER WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. 
TO EVERY SINGLE MOTHER AND 
FATHER, TO OUR VETERANS, OUR 
COAL MINERS AND TO THE AMERICAN 
WORKER, MY FATHER WILL FIGHT FOR
YOU. 
TO EVERY PROUD AMERICAN WHO 
BLEEDS RED, WHITE AND BLUE, MY 
FATHER WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT 
FOR YOU. 
IN CLOSING I'D LIKE TO SPEAK 
DIRECTLY TO MY FATHER. 
I MISS WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU 
EVERY SINGLE DAY BUT I'M DAMN 
PROUD TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES 
OF THIS FIGHT. 
I'M PROUD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING 
FOR THIS COUNTRY. 
I'M PROUD TO SHOW MY CHILDREN 
WHAT THEIR GRANDFATHER IS 
FIGHTING FOR. 
I'M PROUD TO WATCH YOU GIVE THEM
HELL. 
NEVER STOP. 
CONTINUE TO BE UNAPOLOGETIC. 
KEEP FIGHTING FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.
YOU ARE MAKING AMERICA STRONG 
AGAIN. 
YOU ARE MAKING AMERICA SAFE 
AGAIN. 
YOU ARE MAKING AMERICA PROUD 
AGAIN. 
YES, TOGETHER WITH THE FORGOTTEN
MAN AND WOMAN FINALLY FORGOTTEN 
NO MORE, YOU ARE MAKING AMERICA 
GREAT AGAIN. 
DAD, LET'S MAKE UNCLE ROBERT 
VERY PROUD THIS WEEK, LET'S GO 
GET ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. 
I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. 
GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> A COUPLE OF GRACE NOTES THERE
FROM ERIC TRUMP AT THE END OF A 
POLITICAL SPEECH REMEMBERING HIS
UNCLE THAT DIED IN THE LAST 
COUPLE OF WEEKS AND TELLING HIS 
FATHER TO GO GET THEM AND I LOVE
YOU. 
WE KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
CERTAINLY WATCHING IN THE TRUMP 
WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. 
IT'S A REMINDER IN THE TRUMP 
FAMILY THE FATHER'S BUSINESS IS 
THE FAMILY'S BUSINESS. 
DONALD TRUMP DID IT FOR HIS 
FATHER, HIS CHILDREN ARE DOING 
IT FOR HIM. 
>> IF DONALD TRUMP IS YOUR 
FATHER, HE'S THE CENTER OF YOUR 
UNIVERSE, AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS
SPEECH VERY PERSONAL FOR AN 
AUDIENCE OF ONE THAT WAS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND OTHER 
PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY LOVED THAT 
SPEECH, THE MAG GA COUNTRY THAT 
LOVE THE PRESIDENT AND LOVE ERIC
TRUMP AND DON JUNIOR. 
DON JUNIOR AND ERIC TRUMP ARE 
THE PRINCES IN THE MAGA CASTLE 
AND SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THOSE 
VOTERS. 
WE JUST HEARD ABOUT LAW AND 
ORDER, POLICE OFFICERS, THEY 
WILL FIGHT FOR YOU AND COAL 
MINERS. 
HE SAID WE WILL SEND AMERICANS 
TO MARS AND WILL THEY SEND 
AMERICANS BACK TO SCHOOL. 
THE PANDEMIC WASN'T BROUGHT UP. 
REALLY GIVING A SPEECH HIS 
FATHER WOULD HAVE LOVED PEOPLE 
IN THE MAGA WORLD WOULD HAVE 
LOVED. 
I DON'T KNOW IF HE MOVES ANYONE 
WITH THIS SPEECH. 
BASICALLY THEY HAVE TO MOTIVATE 
THEIR BASE AND PUMP UP VOTERS 
LIKE HE LOVED DON JUNIOR'S 
SPEECH AS WELL. 
>> OF COURSE, FAMILY MEMBERS ARE
ALWAYS USED AT CONVENTIONS, NO 
QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 
USUALLY USED TO SOFTEN UP THE 
CANDIDATE AND HUMANIZE THE 
CANDIDATE. 
WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE ARE REAL 
POLITICAL SPEECHES. 
>> IT IS UNUSUAL, VERY 
UNCHARACTERISTIC OF TRUMP. 
TALKING ABOUT A FAMILY BUSINESS,
LIKE A RULING FAMILY BECAUSE OF 
THE POLITICAL NOTE IN THE 
SPEECHES OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
CHILDREN. 
YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN AMERICAN 
POLITICS. 
THE FAMILY IS USUALLY THERE TO 
HUMANIZE OR WARM UP THE PERSONA 
OF THE CANDIDATE. 
HERE, IT IS VERY VERY DIFFERENT.
IT IS TYPICAL OF TRUMPISM. 
TRUMPISM NEEDS AN ENEMY TO 
SMITE. 
THE COMBINATION OF BELLIGERENCE 
AND SCORN THE PRESIDENT MAKES ON
TWITTER AND ELSEWHERE. 
YOU HEAR IT FROM HIS CHILDREN 
CALLING OUT THE OPPONENTS OF 
THEIR FATHER IN A WAY THAT MIGHT
WREAK OF PRIVILEGE TO SOME 
VIEWERS. 
WHAT AUTHORITY DOES THIS PERSON 
HAVE TO MAKE THAT KIND OF SPEECH
BESIDES THE FACT HIS DADDY IS 
PRESIDENT. 
>> IT MIGHT WORK FOR AN 
INCUMBENT PRESIDENT. 
>> SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE 
POMPEO IS COMING UP. 
WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 
>>> THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, HERE AGAIN, GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE,
NIGHT TWO OF THE REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION. 
COMING UP SOMETHING WE ALSO HAVE
NEVER SEEN BEFORE AT A POLITICAL
CONVENTION. 
SITTING SECRETARY OF STATE ON A 
DIPLOMATIC MISSION ABROAD GIVING
A POLITICAL SPEECH TO THE 
CONVENTION. 
THAT'S WHAT MIKE POMPEO IS GOING
TO DO IN A COUPLE MINUTES. 
I WANT TO BRING IN OUR CHIEF 
POLITICAL AFFAIRS REPORTER, 
MARTHA RADDATZ ON THIS. 
THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS FACING
QUITE A BIT OF HEAT ON THIS BOTH
INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER 
DIPLOMATS AND FORMER DIPLOMATS. 
>> HE IS. 
HE TAPED THIS SPEECH ON A 
DIPLOMATIC MISSION. 
THE RNC SAID THEY PAID FOR THE 
CREW AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT USED 
FOR THIS. 
SECRETARY POMPEO IS BASICALLY 
VIOLATING HIS OWN POLICY. 
IN DECEMBER, HE TOLD ALL 
POLITICAL APPOINTEES THEY WERE 
PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN 
POLITICAL ACTIVITY WITH A 
PARTISAN CANDIDATE. 
MIKE POMPEO SAID IT WAS A 
PERSONAL SPEECH. 
YOU REALLY CAN'T SEPARATE 
YOURSELF FROM BEING SECRETARY OF
STATE AND GIVING A PERSONAL 
SPEECH IN A POLITICAL SITUATION 
LIKE THIS. 
ALL THESE RULES SEEM TO BE OUT 
THE WINDOW. 
YOU HAD MARINES IN UNIFORM IN 
THAT NATURALIZATION CEREMONY, 
ALSO PROHIBITED AT A POLITICAL 
EVENT. 
LAST WEEK, WE HAD A COUPLE OF 
RESERVISTS IN AMERICAN SAMOA 
APPEAR. 
THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID THAT
WAS A MISTAKE AND OVERSIGHT. 
THIS WAS NO MISTAKE TONIGHT. 
>> THAT IS COMING UP RIGHT NOW 
ON THE VIRTUAL FLOOR. 
>> CAMERON'S SPEECH WILL GO 
DIRECTLY AFTER MIKE POMPEO. 
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND
FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS THEY 
REPRESENT. 
WE ARE DEFENDERS OF LIFE AND 
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND WE CARRY 
THE MANTLE OF EISENHOWER AND 
REAGAN TO BE A FORCE FOR GOOD IN
THIS WORLD AND ONE THAT MUST 
ALWAYS BE RECKONED WITH. 
THAT'S MY REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE 
PARTY OF LINCOLN THAT BELIEVES 
AMERICA IS AN INDISPENSABLE 
NATION, EVERGREEN TREE STANDING 
TALL IN A TURBULENT WORLD. 
THAT'S WHY I AM VOTING FOR 
DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT. 
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. 
>>> HI. 
I'M MIKE POMPEO. 
I'M SPEAKING TO YOU FROM 
BEAUTIFUL JERUSALEM OVERLOOKING 
THE OLD CITY. 
I HAVE A BIG JOB AS SUSAN'S 
HUSBAND AND NICK'S DAD. 
SUSAN AND NICK ARE MORE SAFE AND
FREEDOMS MORE SECURE BECAUSE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT HIS AMERICA 
FIRST VISION INTO ACTION. 
IT MAY NOT HAVE MADE HIM POPULAR
IN EVERY FOREIGN CAPITOL BUT IT 
WORKED. 
UNDERSTANDING WHAT PRESIDENT 
EISENHOWER WE CHERISH FOR 
OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN THE 
SECURING OF PEACE IS THE FIRST 
REQUISITE. 
INDEED THE PRIMARY CONJUNCTION 
IS FOR YOUR FAMILY TO HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO LIVE, TO WORK TO LEARN 
AND TO WORSHIP AS THEY CHOOSE 
AND KEEP OUR FREEDOMS IN TACT. 
THIS PRESIDENT HAS LED IN EVERY 
CORNER OF THE WORLD. 
IN CHINA HE PULLED BACK THE 
CURTAIN OF THE PREDATORY 
AGGRESSION OF THE CHINESE 
COMMUNIST PARTY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS HELD CHINA 
ACCOUNTABLE FOR SPREADING THE 
CHINA VIRUS AND HE WILL NOT REST
UNTIL JUSTICE IS DONE. 
HE HAS INSURED THAT THE CHINESE 
COMMUNIST PARTY SPIES POSING AS 
DIPLOMATS IN AMERICA ARE JAILED 
OR SENT BACK TO CHINA. 
AND HE HAS ENDED THE 
RIDICULOUSLY UNFAIR TRADE 
ARRANGEMENT WITH CHINA THAT 
PUNCH U
PUNCHED A HOLE IN OUR ECONOMY. 
HE TOOK THE NORTH KOREAN 
LEADERSHIP TO THE TABLE. 
NO NUCLEAR TESTS NO LONG RANGE 
MISSILE TESTS AND AMERICANS HELD
CAPTIVE IN NORTH CIA. 
UKRAINE HAS DEFENSIVE WEAPONS 
SYSTEMS AND AMERICA LEFT A 
HARMFUL TREATY SO AMERICA CAN 
BUILD MISSILES TO DETER 
AGGRESSION. 
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHEN IRAN 
THREATENED THE PRESIDENT 
APPROVED A STRIKE THAT KILLED 
THE IRANIAN TERRORIST, 
SOLEIMANI. 
THIS IS THE MAN WHO IS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR MURDER AND 
MAIMING HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS 
ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. 
ISIS CONTROLLED A TERRITORY THE 
SIZE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
TODAY BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S
DETERMINATION AND LEADERSHIP, 
THE ISIS CALIPHATE IS WIPED OUT,
IT'S GONE. 
ITS EVIL LEADER BAGHDADI IS 
DEAD. 
OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS, THEY'RE ON 
THEIR WAY HOME. 
THE PRESIDENT EXITED THE U.S. 
FROM THE DISASTROUS NUCLEAR DEAL
WITH IRAN AND SQUEEZED THE 
AYATOLLAH, HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS. 
THE PRESIDENT TOO MOVED THE 
JERUSALEM, THE RIGHT EFFECTIVELY
CAPITAL OF THE JEWISH HOMELAND 
AND JUST TWO WEEKS AGO THE 
PRESIDENT BROKERED A PEACE DEAL 
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED 
ARAB EMIRATES. 
CHILDREN WILL READ IN THEIR 
HISTORY BOOKS. 
PEOPLE WERE DESPERATE TO FLEE TO
FREEDOM. 
THE BEST WAY WE CAN INSURE OUR 
FREEDOMS IS BY ELECTING LEADERS 
WHO DON'T JUST TALK BUT DELIVER.
IN TURKEY FOR TWO YEARS, PASTOR 
ANDREW BUNSEN SAID THAT HE 
SURVIVED HIS ORDEAL WITH THE 
WORDS OF SCRIPTURE, BE FAITHFUL,
ENDURE AND FINISH WELL. 
IF WE STAY THE COURT WE WILL. 
MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU AND MAY
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>>> COMING UP NEXT, THE FIRST 
LADY OF THE UNITED STATES, 
MELANIC 
NEWS" LIVE. 
>> GET IT STREAMING EVERYWHERE, 
RIGHT TO YOU. 
>>> THERE YOU SEE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP ENTERING THE ROSE GARDEN 
FOR FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP 
SPEECH, A GROUP OF INVITED 
GUESTS THERE, SOME SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE AND WEARING MASKS. 
WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS, DRAGGING 
IN CECILIA VEGA. 
THEY HAD TO DROP A SPEAKER, 
MARIANNE MENDOZA BECAUSE IT 
TURNED OUT TODAY SHE WAS 
SPREADING AN ANTI-SEMITIC 
CONSPIRACY THEORY. 
>> THIS WAS AN ANGEL MOM WHOSE 
SON WAS KILLED BY AN 
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT. 
SHE WAS DROPPED OFF BECAUSE SHE 
ENCOURAGED HER FOLLOWERS TO READ
THIS ANTI-SEMITIC THREAD. 
THERE'S A PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHER 
WHO CLAIMED THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 
USED CURRICULUM TO GROOM 
CHILDREN TO BE SEXUAL PREDATORS.
IN SOME WAY IT ECHOS WHAT YOU 
SEE ON THE PRESIDENT'S TWITTER 
THREAD WITH CONSPIRACY IDEAS. 
VERY FEW REFERENCES WE HAVE 
HEARD FROM THE CORONAVIRUS FROM 
MANY SPEAKERS WE HEARD FROM SO 
FAR THIS EVENING. 
>> NOW, TIME TO HEAR FROM THE 
FIRST LADY, MELANIA TRUMP. 
LET'S LISTEN IN. 
>>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
WELCOME THE FIRST LADY OF THE 
UNITED STATES, MRS. MELANIA 
TRUMP. 
♪
♪
>> THE FIRST LADY, GIVING A 
LITTLE BIT OF A SMILE FOR THE 
CAMERAS, AS SHE PREPARES TO GIVE
THE MOST POLITICAL SPEECH OF HER
LIFE. 
SHE HASN'T GIVEN THAT MANY, 
TONIGHT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF 
THE REELECTION OF HER HUSBAND. 
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD EVENING. 
IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY 
THAT WE WERE AT OUR FIRST 
CONVENTION, WHERE MY HUSBAND 
ACCEPTED THE REPUBLICAN 
NOMINATION AND THEN BECAME OUR 
43rd PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
HE HAD THE ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM
FOR WHO SHOULD LEAD THIS NATION.
IT IS AS REAL TODAY AS IT WAS 
FOUR YEARS AGO. 
I KNOW I SPEAK FOR MY HUSBAND 
AND ENTIRE FAMILY WHEN I SAY WE 
HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THE 
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON THE 
BUSINESSMEN WHO HAVE NEVER 
WORKED IN POLITICS. 
WE KNOW IT WAS YOU WHO ELECT THE
TEAM TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF 
AND WE KNOW IT IS YOU WHO WILL 
CARRY US THROUGH AGAIN. 
WE ARE HUMBLED BY THE INCREDIBLE
SUPPORT THEN AND WE ARE STILL 
GRATEFUL TODAY. 
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT 
THAT SINCE MARCH, OUR LIVES HAVE
CHANGED DRASTICALLY. 
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY, COVID-19, 
SWEPT ACROSS OUR BEAUTIFUL 
COUNTRY AND IMPACTED ALL OF US. 
MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO 
EVERYONE WHO HAS LOST A LOVED 
ONE. 
AND MY PRAYERS ARE WITH THOSE 
WHO ARE ILL OR SUFFERING. 
I KNOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS 
AND SOME FEEL HELPLESS. 
I WANT YOU TO KNOW, YOU'RE NOT 
ALONE. 
MY HUSBAND'S ADMINISTRATION WILL
NOT STOP FIGHTING UNTIL THERE IS
AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OR 
VACCINE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. 
DONALD WILL NOT REST UNTIL HE 
HAS DONE ALL HE CAN TO TAKE CARE
OF EVERYONE IMPACTED BY THIS 
TERRIBLE PANDEMIC. 
I WANT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO
ALL OF THE HEALTHCARE 
PROFESSIONALS, FRONT LINE 
WORKERS AND TEACHERS WHO STEPPED
UP IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. 
DESPITE THE RISKS TO YOURSELVES 
AND YOUR OWN FAMILIES, YOU PUT 
OUR COUNTRY FIRST, AND MY 
HUSBAND AND I ARE GRATEFUL. 
I HAVE BEEN MOVED BY THE WAY 
AMERICANS HAVE COME TOGETHER IN 
SUCH AN UNFAMILIAR AND OFTEN 
FRIGHTENING SITUATION. 
IT IS IN TIMES LIKE THIS THAT WE
WILL LOOK BACK AND TELL OUR 
GRANDCHILDREN THAT THROUGH 
KINDNESS AND COMPASSION, 
STRENGTH AND DETERMINATION, WE 
WERE ABLE TO RESTORE THE PROMISE
OF OUR FUTURE. 
BUSINESSES STEPPED UP AND 
VOLUNTEERS STEPPED IN. 
PEOPLE WERE EAGER TO SHARE 
IDEAS, RESOURCES, AND SUPPORT OF
ALL KINDS, WITH NEIGHBORS AND 
STRANGERS ALIKE. 
IT HAS BEEN INSPIRING TO SEE 
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF OUR GREAT 
NATION WILL DO FOR ONE ANOTHER, 
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE AT OUR 
MOST FRAGILE. 
SPEAKING OF STRENGTH AND 
DETERMINATION, WE RECENTLY 
CELEBRATED 100 YEARS ANNIVERSARY
OF THE PASSAGE OF THE 19th 
AMENDMENT. 
YESTERDAY, ON THE NORTH LAWN OF 
THE WHITE HOUSE, WE UNVEIL AN 
EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE. 
THE EXHIBIT CALLED ON CHILDREN 
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SEND 
ART HONORING THE MEANING OF THIS
IMPORTANT TIME IN WOMEN'S 
HISTORY. 
WHEN I WAS JUDGING THE ENTRIES, 
I REFLECTED ON THE IMPACT OF 
WOMEN'S VOICES IN OUR NATION'S 
STORY, AND HOW PROUD I WILL BE 
TO CAST MY VOTE AGAIN FOR DONALD
THIS NOVEMBER. 
WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT WOMEN ARE
HEARD AND THAT AMERICAN DREAM 
CONTINUES TO THRIVE. 
GROWING UP AS A YOUNG CHILD IN 
SLOVENIA, WHICH WAS UNDER 
COMMUNIST RULE AT THE TIME, I 
ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT AN AMAZING 
PLACE CALLED AMERICA, A LAND 
THAT STOOD FOR FREEDOM AND 
OPPORTUNITY. 
AS I GREW OLDER, IT BECAME MY 
GOAL TO MOVE TO THE UNITED 
STATES AND FOLLOW MY DREAM OF 
WORKING IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY.
MY PARENTS WORKED VERY HARD TO 
ENSURE OUR FAMILY COULD NOT ONLY
LEAVE AND PROSPER IN AMERICA BUT
ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO A NATION THAT
ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO ARRIVE WITH
A DREAM AND MAKE IT REALITY. 
I WANT TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO 
THANK MY MOTHER AND FATHER FOR 
ALL THEY HAVE DONE FOR OUR 
FAMILY. 
IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I'M 
STANDING HERE TODAY. 
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I ARRIVED IN THE UNITED 
STATES WHEN I WAS 26 YEARS OLD. 
LIVING AND WORKING IN THE LAND 
OF OPPORTUNITY WAS A DREAM COME 
TRUE. 
BUT I WANTED MORE. 
I WAND TO BE A CITIZEN. 
AFTER 10 YEARS OF PAPERWORK AND 
PATIENCE, I STUDIED FOR THE TEST
IN 2006, AND BECAME AN AMERICAN 
CITIZEN. 
[ APPLAUSE ]
IT IS STILL ONE OF THE PROUDEST 
MOMENTS IN MY LIFE, BECAUSE WITH
HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION, I 
WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE MY OWN 
AMERICAN DREAM. 
AS AN IMMIGRANT AND A VERY 
INDEPENDENT WOMAN I UNDERSTAND 
WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO LIVE 
HERE AND TO ENJOY THE FREEDOMS 
AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE. 
AS FIRST LADY, I HAVE BEEN 
FORTUNATE TO SEE THE AMERICAN 
DREAM COME TRUE OVER AND OVER 
AGAIN. 
I HAVE MET MANY INSPIRING WOMEN,
CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND FAMILIES 
WHO HAVE OVERCOME LIFE CHANGING 
ISSUES THAT INCLUDE ADDICTION, 
HOMELESSNESS, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO
ARE ILL OR HAVE PASSED AWAY, 
ABUSE OF ALL KINDS AND MANY 
OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WOULD MAKE
MOST PEOPLE GIVE UP. 
THE PAST 3 1/2 YEARS HAVE BEEN 
UNFORGETTABLE. 
THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE 
HOW HONORED, HUMBLED AND 
FORTUNATE I AM TO SERVE OUR 
NATION AS YOUR FIRST LADY. 
AFTER MANY OF THE EXPERIENCES 
I'VE HAD, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN 
FULLY EXPLAIN HOW MANY PEOPLE I 
TAKE HOME WITH ME IN MY HEART 
EACH DAY, FROM BRAVE SOLDIERS 
WHO GIVE UP SO MUCH SO THAT WE 
CAN BE FREE, TO CHILDREN OF ALL 
CIRCUMSTANCES WHOM I HAVE MET 
AROUND THE WORLD, THANK YOU FOR 
INSPIRING ME. 
IT IS MY GREATEST HONOR TO SERVE
YOU. 
WHEN I SPEAK TO MEMBERS OF THE 
MILITARY, DESPITE SACRIFICING 
TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES, 
EXPERIENCE THE FEAR OF WAR OR 
SUFFERING LOSS, THEY HAVE NO 
REGRETS ABOUT SERVING OUR 
COUNTRY. 
THE SAME GOES FOR THEIR FAMILIES
AND THE FAMILIES OF FIRST 
RESPONDERS, WHO OFTEN WATCH 
THEIR LOVED ONES WALK OUT THE 
DOOR, NOT SURE IF OR WHEN THEY 
WILL COME HOME. 
WHEN I SPEAK TO FAMILIES WHO 
HAVE LOST SOMEONE, THE PAIN 
MIXED WITH PRIDE I HEAR IN THEIR
VOICES IS SOMETHING I THINK 
ABOUT OFTEN. 
SO THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SERVE 
OUR COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY AND 
AS FIRST RESPONDERS. 
THANK YOU TO THE FAMILIES WHO 
WAIT FOR THEM. 
YOU ARE ALL HEROES IN YOUR OWN 
RIGHT. 
I HAVE ALSO BEEN MOVED BY THE 
MANY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO 
SPEND TIME WITH HOSPITALS, 
SCHOOLS AND OTHER LOCATIONS 
AROUND THE WORLD. 
CHILDREN WHO ARE DEALING WITH 
PAIN OR ILLNESS THAT WOULD BREAK
EVEN THE STRONGEST ADULT. 
PARENTS WHO ARE GRATEFUL TO WAKE
UP EVERYDAY AND SEE THAT THEIR 
CHILD IS STILL ALIVE. 
THE FAMILIES ARE A TESTAMENT TO 
WATCH FAITH IN MEDICINE, 
STRENGTH IN SCIENCE CAN DO. 
ON MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP 
AS FIRST LADY, MY HUSBAND AND I 
VISITED PLACES OF VERY 
SIGNIFICANCE, TO THE THREE MAJOR
RELIGIONS. 
ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM.
ONE SPECIAL MEMORY FROM THAT 
TRIP IS OF A YOUNG BOY I HAD 
PRIVILEGE OF VISITING WHILE AT 
THE HOSPITAL IN ROME, ITALY. 
WHILE THERE, I READ A LITTLE BOY
A STORY, AND LEARNED THAT HE AND
HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR 
A HEART FOR A VERY LONG TIME, 
AND HE HAD A GRIM PROGNOSIS. 
HIS SITUATION BROUGHT MY STAFF 
AND ME TO TEARS. 
WE SPOKE OF LITTLE ELSE AS WE 
FLEW TO BELGIUM FOR THE NEXT 
PART OF OUR TRIP. 
UPON LANDING JUST A FEW HOURS 
LATER WE LEARNED THAT A HEART 
HAD BEEN DONATED AND WOULD BE 
GOING TO THE LITTLE ONE. 
I THINK ABOUT HIM OFTEN, ALONG 
WITH SO MANY AMAZING AND STRONG 
YOUNG PATIENTS ACROSS OUR OWN 
COUNTRY. 
MORE PROFOUND AND SADLY 
UNAVOIDABLE EXAMPLES OF OUR 
COUNTRY'S STRENGTH AND CHARACTER
HAVE APPEARED IN THIS 
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN 
IMPACTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS, 
HURRICANES, TORNADOES SHOW THE 
UGLY SIDE OF MOTHER NATURE. 
BUT IN THEIR AFTERMATH, THEY CAN
SHOW US A BEAUTIFUL SIDE OF 
HUMANITY. 
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE VISITED 
MANY PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN 
AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTER. 
WE ARE DEEPLY MOVED BY THE 
STRENGTH OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
LOST EVERYTHING, AND THE 
KINDNESS OF NEIGHBORS AND 
COMMUNITIES. 
THE COMMON THREAD IN ALL OF 
THESE CHALLENGING SITUATIONS IS 
THE UNWAVERING RESOLVE TO HELP 
ONE ANOTHER. 
THE STORIES I DESCRIBED ABOUT 
PEOPLE WHO SURVIVE EXTRAORDINARY
CIRCUMSTANCES. 
DONALD AND I ARE INSPIRED BY THE
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO WAKE 
UP EACH DAY WITH A SIMPLE YET 
COURAGEOUS GOAL OF PROVIDING FOR
THEIR FAMILIES AND KEEPING THEM 
SAFE. 
YOU ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS 
COUNTRY. 
YOU ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE 
TO MAKE THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA WHAT IT IS, AND WHO HAVE
THE INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY OF
PREPARING OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS
TO LEAVE EVERYTHING EVEN BETTER 
THAN THEY FOUND IT. 
JUST AS YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR 
YOUR FAMILIES, MY HUSBAND, OUR 
FAMILY, AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS 
ADMINISTRATION ARE HERE FIGHTING
FOR YOU. 
NO MATTER THE AMOUNT OF NEGATIVE
OR FALSE MEDIA HEADLINES OR 
ATTACKS FROM THE OTHER SIDE, 
DONALD TRUMP HAS NOT AND WILL 
NOT LOSE FOCUS ON YOU. 
HE LOVES THIS COUNTRY AND HE 
KNOWS HOW TO GET THINGS DONE. 
AS YOU HAVE LEARNED OVER THE 
PAST FIVE YEARS, HE'S NOT A 
TRADITIONAL POLITICIAN. 
HE DOESN'T JUST USE WORDS, HE 
DEMANDS ACTION AND HE GETS 
RESULTS. 
THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY HAS 
ALWAYS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO 
HIM, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I 
HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED. 
IN FACT, IT IS TO HELP INSURE A 
BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR NEXT 
GENERATION THAT I LAUNCHED THE 
BEST, MY INITIATIVE TO HELP 
CHILDREN ACHIEVE THEIR FULLEST 
POTENTIAL. 
ONE GOAL TEACHING YOUTH THE 
IMPORTANCE OF THEIR WELL-BEING 
BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICALLY. 
THIS ALSO INCLUDES UNDERSTANDING
ONLINE SAFETY AND THE DANGERS OF
OPIOID AND DRUG ABUSE. 
MY OFFICE AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE 
TO HIGHLIGHT PEOPLE PROGRAMS AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING 
EXTRA ORDINARY THINGS IN OUR 
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. 
I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT BY 
SHINING A LIGHT ON THESE 
EXAMPLES, OTHERS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND GLOBE WILL BECOME 
INSPIRED TO DO THEIR PART FOR 
OUR NEXT GENERATION. 
HELPING CHILDREN IS NOT A 
POLITICAL GOAL, IT IS OUR MORAL 
IMPERATIVE. 
WHEN I THINK BACK TO A DEFINING 
MOMENT OF THE BEST, MY MIND GOES
TO A TRIP I TOOK TO AFRICA. 
ON THAT VAST AND BEAUTIFUL 
CONTINENT I WAS ABLE TO VISIT 
THE COUNTRIES OF GHANA, MEL 
LOUIE, GAGNE, KENYA AND EGYPT. 
ONE HAD A PARTICULAR IMPACT ON 
ME. 
GHANA ON THE COAST OF WEST 
AFRICA WAS THE FIRST STOP ON MY 
TRIP. 
I EXPERIENCED FIRST HAND ITS WAR
ON PEOPLE AND THEIR TRADITIONS. 
WHILE THERE, I VISITED THE CAPE 
COAST CASTLE AND LEARNED MORE 
ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF A CRUEL 
AND OFTEN DEADLY JOURNEY IN THE 
ERA OF THE SLAVE TRADE. 
I WAS HORRIFIED WHEN I LISTENED 
TO THE GUIDE TELL ME SO MANY 
INHUMANE STORIES AND I GAINED 
NEW PERSPECTIVES. 
AT THIS TIME IN OUR HISTORY WE 
MUST NEVER FORGET SO WE CAN MAKE
SURE THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS 
AGAIN. 
LIKE ALL OF YOU, I HAVE 
REFLECTED ON THE RACIAL UNREST 
IN OUR COUNTRY. 
IT IS A HARSH REALITY THAT WE 
ARE NOT PROUD OF PARTS OF OUR 
HISTORY. 
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON 
OUR FUTURE WHILE STILL LEARNING 
FROM OUR PAST. 
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT TODAY WE 
ARE ALL ONE COMMUNITY COMPRISED 
OF MANY RACES, RELIGIONS AND 
ETHNICITIES. 
OUR DIVERSE AND STORIED HISTORY 
IS WHAT MAKES OUR COUNTRY 
STRONG, AND YET WE STILL HAVE SO
MUCH TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER. 
WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO 
CALL ON THE CITIZENS OF THIS 
COUNTRY TO TAKE A MOMENT, PAUSE,
AND LOOK AT THINGS FROM ALL 
PERSPECTIVES. 
I URGE PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER 
IN A CIVIL MANNER, SO WE CAN 
WORK AND LIVE UP TO OUR STAD 
AMERICAN IDEALS. 
I ALSO ASK PEOPLE TO STOP THE 
VIOLENCE AND LOOTING BEING DONE 
IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE. 
NEVER MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON 
THE COLOR OF A PERSON'S SKIN. 
INSTEAD OF TEARING THINGS DOWN, 
LET'S REFLECT ON OUR MISTAKES. 
BE PROUD OF OUR EVOLUTION, AND 
LOOK TO OUR WAY FORWARD. 
EVERYDAY, LET US REMEMBER THAT 
WE ARE ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND 
WE NEED TO CHERISH ONE ANOTHER. 
MY HUSBAND'S ADMINISTRATION HAS 
WORKED TO TRY AND EFFECT CHANGE 
WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES AROUND 
RACE AND RELIGION IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
HE'S THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO 
ADDRESS A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
TO CALL UPON COUNTRIES ACROSS 
THE WORLD, TO END RELIGIOUS 
PERSECUTION AND HONOR THE RIGHT 
OF EVERY PERSON TO WORSHIP AS 
THEY CHOOSE. 
HE HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL 
INVESTMENTS IN OUR HISTORICALLY 
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
THIS PRESIDENT ALSO CONTINUES TO
FIGHT FOR SCHOOL CHOICE, GIVING 
PARENTS MORE OPTIONS TO HAVE 
THEIR CHILDREN FLOURISH. 
MY HUSBAND KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A 
REAL CHANGE. 
FROM THE DAY THAT I MET HIM, HE 
HAS ONLY WANTED TO MAKE THIS 
COUNTRY THE BEST IT CAN BE. 
FOR MANY YEARS, I WATCHED HIM 
GROW CONCERNED AND FRUSTRATED. 
I'M SO PROUD TO SEE THE MANY 
THINGS HE HAS DONE IN SUCH A 
SHORT TIME. 
AMERICA IS IN HIS HEART. 
SO WHILE AT TIMES WE ONLY SEE 
THE WORST OF PEOPLE AND POLITICS
ON THE EVENING NEWS, LET'S 
REMEMBER HOW WE COME TOGETHER IN
THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES. 
AND WHILE DEBATE RAGE ON ABOUT 
ISSUES OF RACE, LET'S FOCUS ON 
THE STRIDES WE HAVE MADE AND 
WORK TOGETHER FOR A BETTER 
TOMORROW FOR EVERYONE. 
OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO 
DEVOTED HISTORIC RESOURCES AND 
PRODUCED LIVE SAVING RESULTS 
AROUND AWARENESS OF OPIOID 
ADDICTION AND DRUG ABUSE, 
ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN. 
SO OFTEN THE HEADLINES ARE 
FILLED WITH GOSSIP. 
I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO 
ENCOURAGE THE MEDIA TO FOCUS 
EVEN MORE ON THE NATION'S DRUG 
CRISIS. 
THIS DISEASE IS ONE THAT AFFECTS
EVERYBODY. 
IT PAYS NO ATTENTION TO RACE, 
AGE OR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. 
ADDICTION HAS TOUCHED EVERY PART
OF OUR SOCIETY IN SOME WAY. 
AND NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE HAVE
PROGRAMS AND MEDICINE TO COMBAT 
IT. 
WE JUST NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT 
OPENLY. 
AND YOU, THE MEDIA, HAVE THE 
PLATFORMS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
TO THE MEDIA INDUSTRY AND AS A 
COUNTRY, I ASK THAT WE ALL 
COMMIT TO HELPING IN OUR FIGHTS 
AGAINST DRUG ADDICTION BY 
TALKING ABOUT IT EVEN MORE. 
ESPECIALLY AS WE BATTLE THE 
COVID PANDEMIC, WE NEED TO 
REMEMBER THAT SUICIDES ARE ON 
THE RISE AS PEOPLE WHO ARE 
STRUGGLING WITH LONELINESS AND 
ADDICTION FEEL THEY HAVE NOWHERE
TO TURN. 
PARENTS, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR 
CHILDREN. 
TEACHERS AND CARE GIVES, PAY 
ATTENTION TO SIGNS OF ADDICTION.
LAWMAKERS, PASS LEGISLATION TO 
ALLOW THOSE WHO ASK FOR HELP TO 
DO SO SAFELY AND WITHOUT FEAR, 
AND TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR 
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE 
IMPA
IMPACTED BY ADDICTION. 
WHEN THE STIGMA IS REMOVED, 
PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER BE ASHAMED
TO ASK FOR HELP AND MANY LIVES 
WILL BE SAVED. 
IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH 
ADDICTION, THERE IS NO SHAME IN 
YOUR ILLNESS. 
PLEASE SEEK HEALTH. 
YOU'RE WORTH IT. 
IN MY NEXT FOUR YEARS AS FIRST 
LADY, I WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD 
UPON THE BEST AND WORK WITHIN 
EACH STATE TO PASS LEGISLATION, 
TO TAKE CARE OF OUR MOST 
VULNERABLE. 
I PLAN TO CONTINUE THE WORK I 
STARTED WITH CHILDREN IN FOSTER 
CARE AS WELL AS MINORITY 
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL NATIONS. 
I WANT TO INSURE CHILDREN ARE 
BEING PROTECTED AND COMMUNITIES 
HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO 
COMBAT DRUG ADDICTION AND CHILD 
NEGLECT OR ABUSE. 
LIKE MY HUSBAND AND THE 
ADMINISTRATION I WILL CONTINUE 
TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATION THAT 
SUPPORTS A CHILD'S INDIVIDUAL 
NEEDS. 
IT IS VITAL CHILDREN ARE GIVEN 
THE BUILDING BLOCKS TO SUCCEED. 
I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE 
MY WORK TO RESTORE THE PEOPLE'S 
HOUSE, WHICH IS A LASTING SYMBOL
OF PRIDE FOR OUR NATION. 
I BELIEVE THIS ICONIC HOME NEEDS
TO BE CARED FOR AND PRESERVED SO
IT CAN BE ENJOYED BY THE PEOPLE 
OF THIS COUNTRY AND VISITOR FROM
AROUND THE WORLD FOR YEARS TO 
COME. 
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS 
BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, THE GROUNDS AND
ALL THEY REPRESENT. 
AND NOW I HAVE A SPECIAL MESSAGE
FOR THE MOTHERS OF THIS COUNTRY.
THIS MODERN WORLD IS MOVING SO 
FAST AND OUR CHILDREN FACE 
CHALLENGES THAT SEEM TO CHANGE 
EVERY FEW MONTHS. 
JUST LIKE ME, I KNOW MANY OF YOU
WATCH HOW MEAN SOCIAL MEDIA CAN 
BE, AND JUST LIKE ME, I'M SURE 
MANY OF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR 
ANSWERS HOW TO TALK TO YOUR 
CHILDREN ABOUT THE DOWN SIDE OF 
TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR 
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PEERS. 
LIKE EVERY PARENT IN THIS 
COUNTRY, I FEEL THERE ARE SO 
MANY LESSONS TO TEACH OUR SON 
AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS HIS 
MOTHER, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT 
ENOUGH HOURSEN THE DAY TO DO IT 
ALL. 
I REMIND MYSELF THAT I'M MORE 
FORTUNATE THAN MOST AND STILL 
HAVE DAYS I LOOK FOR WISDOM AND 
STRENGTH TO DO THE VERY BEST I 
CAN FULFILL. 
TO MOTHERS AND PARENTS 
EVERYWHERE, YOU ARE WARRIORS. 
IN MY HUSBAND, YOU HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO WILL NOT STOP 
FIGHTING FOR YOU AND YOUR 
FAMILIES. 
I SEE HOW HARD HE WORKS EACH DAY
AND NIGHT. 
DESPITE THE UNPRECEDENTED 
ATTACKS FROM THE MEDIA AND 
OPPOSITION, HE WILL NOT GIVE UP.
IN FACT, IF YOU TELL HIM IT 
CANNOT BE DONE, HE JUST WORKS 
HARDER. 
DONALD. 
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> DONALD IS A HUSBAND WHO 
SUPPORTS ME IN ALL THAT I DO. 
HE HAS BUILT AN ADMINISTRATION 
WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED OF WOMEN 
IN LEADERSHIP ROLES AND HAS 
FOSTERED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS 
THE PRIORITY. 
HE WELCOMES DIFFERENT POINTS OF 
VIEW AND ENCOURAGE THINKING 
OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. 
I KNOW I SPEAK FOR MY HUSBAND 
AND THE FAMILY WHEN I SAY WE ARE
SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE 
TRUSTED HIM TO BE YOUR 
PRESIDENT, AND WE WILL BE 
HONORED TO SERVE THIS 
UNBELIEVABLE COUNTRY FOR FOUR 
MORE YEARS. 
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> AS YOU HAVE HEARD THIS 
EVENING, I DON'T WANT TO USE 
THIS PRECIOUS TIME ATTACKING THE
OTHER SIDE BECAUSE, AS WE SAW 
LAST WEEK, THAT KIND OF TALK 
ONLY SERVES TO DIVIDE THE 
COUNTRY FURTHER. 
I AM HERE BECAUSE WE NEED MY 
HUSBAND TO BE OUR PRESIDENT AND 
COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOR FOUR MORE
YEARS. 
HE
HE'S WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR 
COUNTRY. 
WE ALL KNOW DONALD TRUMP MAKES 
NO SECRETS ABOUT HOW HE FEELS 
ABOUT THINGS. 
TOTAL HONESTY IS WHAT OUR 
CITIZENS DESERVE FROM OUR 
PRESIDENT, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT 
OR NOT, YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHAT 
HE'S THINKING. 
AND THAT IS BECAUSE HE AS A 
PERSON THAT IS AUTHENTIC WHO 
LOVES THIS COUNTRY AND IT PEOPLE
AND WANTS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT
BETTER. 
DONALD WANTS TO KEEP THE COUNTRY
SAFE AND WANTS TO HELP YOUR 
FAMILY SUCCEED. 
HE WANT NOTHING MORE THAN THIS 
COUNTRY TO PROSPER AND HE 
DOESN'T WASTE TIME PLAYING 
POLITICS. 
ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO WE WENT 
INTO ELECTION DAY COMPLETELY 
UNDERESTIMATED. 
DESPITE WHAT IS BEING SAID AGAIN
THIS YEAR, I KNOW JUST AS YOU DO
THAT AMERICANS WILL GO TO THE 
POLLS AND VOTE ON BEHALF OF 
THEIR FAMILIES, OUR ECONOMY, OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY, AND OUR 
CHILDREN'S FUTURE. 
TO VOTE FOR THOSE IDEALS IS NOT 
A PARTISAN VOTE, IT IS A COMMON 
SENSE VOTE BECAUSE THOSE ARE 
GOALS AND HOPES THAT WE ALL 
BELIEVE IN. 
>> I BELIEVE WE NEED MY 
HUSBAND'S LEADERSHIP NOW MORE 
THAN EVER EVER IN ORDER TO BRING
US BACK ONCE AGAIN TO THE 
GREATEST ECONOMY AND THE 
STRONGEST COUNTRY EVER KNOWN. 
GOD BLESS YOU ALL, YOUR FAMILIES
AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA. 
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MELANIA TRUMP THERE IN THE 
ROSE GARDEN WRAPPING UP HER 
SPEECH FOR THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION, SOMETHING 
THAT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE WILL 
NOW BE GREETED BY HER HUSBAND, 
DONALD J. TRUMP, WHO SAT QUIETLY
BEAMING THROUGH THAT WHOLE 20 
MINUTE SPEECH. 
IT WAS PERSONAL IN PLACES BUT 
ALSO HAD A TONE OF QUIET 
DEFIANCE. 
THE FIRST LADY SPEAKING UNLIKE 
MANY SPEAKERS WHEN SHE REFERRED 
TO THE CORONAVIRUS SHE ACTUALLY 
CALLED IT COVID-19, THE PROPER 
TERM, DID NOT REFER TO IT AS THE
CHINA VIRUS AND SPOKE TO ALL THE
PEOPLE SUFFERING, SAYING YOU ARE
NOT ALONE. 
SHE SPOKE TO THOSE STRUGGLING 
WITH ADDICTION, ASKING THEM TO 
GO SEEK HEALTH AND TALKED ABOUT 
THE RACIAL UNREST IN THIS 
COUNTRY DIFFERENT FROM SO MANY 
SPEAK ERBES AT THIS CONVENTION 
THAT MOMENTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PROUD OF, 
HOW WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM THAT 
HISTORY AS WE FOCUS ON THE 
FUTURE, ALSO CALLED ON EVERY 
AMERICAN TO PAUSE AND CONSIDER 
THE PERSPECTIVES OF ONE ANOTHER.
CLEARLY, SHE WAS SPEAKING TO THE
WOMEN OF AMERICAN AND MOMS 
CALLING THEM WARRIORS AND 
DEFENDED HER HUSBAND IN 
UNCOMPROMISING TERMS. 
MARY BRUCE, IT WAS A SCENE 
UNLIKE ANY OTHER WE'VE SEEN IN 
THIS WHITE HOUSE AND SAID THAT 
SO MANY TIMES BEFORE. 
>> IT IS REMARKABLE. 
THE APPLAUSE BEHIND US. 
TO SEE THE FIRST LADY DELIVERING
ON THIS SPEECH. 
SHE DELIVERED WHAT WAS PROMISED,
AN UPLIFTING SPEECH APPEALING TO
MANY WOMEN AND FAMILIES 
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS UNCERTAIN
TIMES. 
I WAS QUESTIONING HOW MUCH WAS 
ABOUT MELANIA TRUMP AND WHAT SHE
WOULD DO WITH ANOTHER FOUR YEARS
IN THE WHITE HOUSE HITTING OVER 
AND AGAIN THE CAUSE MOST DEAR TO
HER HEART FIGHTING ADDICTION AND
ABUSE. 
AND STRUCK BY WHAT WAS NOT 
INCLUDED IN THIS SPEECH. 
SO OFTEN WHEN YOU HEAR FROM THE 
FIRST LADY, IT'S A CHANCE TO 
SHARE PERSONAL ANTIDOTES ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SIDE THE 
PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT HIM 
BUT SPEAK ABOUT HIM AS A FAMILY 
MAN. 
YOU DIDN'T HEAR SO MANY 
ANTIDOTES COMING FIERCELY AND 
SUBTLY IN HER OWN WAY TO HER 
HUSBAND'S DEFENSE, MAKING A 
FORCEFUL CASE FOR HIM REALLY 
ONLY SHE CAN. 
>> THANKS. 
>>> DAVID MUIR, THERE'S NO 
QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 
NOT A TERRIBLY POLITICAL SPEECH 
IN MOST PLACES. 
THOSE TWO REFERENCES TO THE 
OTHER SIDE, KIND OF DISCORD 
CAN'T. 
 DISCORDANT. 
>> SHE SAID I WON'T SPEAK AS 
OTHERS HAVE BUT I THINK YOU SAW 
HER INDEPENDENT STREAK ON FULL 
DISPLAY. 
SHE DID SOMETHING THE OTHER 
SPEAKERS DID NOT DO. 
SHE SPOKE AT LENGTH WHAT WE'RE 
SEEING IN THIS COUNTRY, THE 
RACIAL UNREST AND ACKNOWLEDGED 
IN HER TRIP TO AFRICA AND HEARD 
STORIES OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND 
FOCUSED ON RACIAL UNREST IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
SHE URGED CITIZENS IN THIS 
COUNTRY TO TAKE A PAUSE AND 
THINK ABOUT THIS FROM OTHER 
PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE. 
SHE SAID STOP THE VIOLENCE AND 
LOOTING, AND NEVER MAKE 
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE BASED 
ON THE COLOR OF HER SKIN. 
SHE SAID I HAVE SYMPATHY ON 
EVERYONE WHO LOST A LOVED ONE. 
YOU ARE NOT ALONE. 
MY HUSBAND WILL NOT STOP 
FIGHTING. 
THESE ARE TWO AREAS WE HEARD NOT
AS MUCH FROM IF AT ALL FROM 
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP 
FAMILY. 
FEW PERSONAL ANTIDOTES. 
THIS WAS DEFINITELY IN DEFENSE 
OF HER HUSBAND AND A PLEA FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS FROM PEOPLE WHO 
ELECTED HIM IN THE FIRST TIME. 
>> THE SECTION ON RACE WAS IN 
SOME WAYS THE MOST STRIKING PART
OF THE SPEECH, ESPECIALLY 
TALKING ABOUT THE PAST AND 
LEARNING FROM THE PAST. 
THE PRESIDENT ON MANY OCCASIONS 
HASS PRAISED THE CONFEDERATE 
FLAG AND GOTTEN IN THE MIDDLE OF
THAT ENTIRE CONTROVERSY. 
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS UNIQUE WHEN 
SHE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO SOUTH 
AFRICA AND EXPERIENCING AND 
HEARING STORIES ABOUT WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW HER HUSBAND
HAS GIVEN MONEY TO HBCUs. 
I THINK THIS WAS UNIQUELY HER 
VOICE PROBABLY VERY INTENTIONAL 
ALSO BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO SHY 
AWAY FROM THE CONTROVERSY FROM 
THE LAST TIME SHE SPOKE AT THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
IT SEEMED TO ME SHE WAS TRYING 
TO MAKE AN APPEAL NOT ONLY TO 
SUBURBAN MOTHERS BUT ALSO TO 
IMMIGRANTS. 
WHILE SHE WASN'T SO PERSONAL 
ABOUT HER HUSBAND AND GIVING 
ANTIDOTES ABOUT HIM SHE REALLY 
DID WANT TO PORTRAY HIM AS A 
FIGHTER AND LEADER AND SOMEBODY 
HONEST AND DID GIVE HER OWN 
PERSONAL STORY BEING AN 
IMMIGRANT AND GROWING UP IN 
COMMUNIST SLOVENIA AND COMING TO
AMERICA THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY 
AND HER PATH TO CITIZENSHIP. 
AT THE END, SHE SAID, I HAVE A 
SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR THE MOTHERS.
WE KNOW VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN 
LEADS BY 13 POINTS WITH SUBURBAN
WOMEN COMPARED TO TRUMP. 
IT WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN IF 
THAT APPEAL HELPS HER HUSBAND. 
>> THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER 
LIFE. 
THANKS SO MUCH. 
WE WILL RETURN TO OUR PROGRAM. 
FOR MANY, THAT IS LATE AND LOL 
NEWS. 
I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. 
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>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
WE ARE JOINED NOW BY CHRIS 
CHRISTIE, FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW
JERSEY, RAHM EMANUEL, FORMER 
MAYOR OF CHICAGO AND REPUBLICAN 
STRATEGIST, SARAH FAGEN. 
THE FIRST LADY TALKED ABOUT 
IMMIGRATING TO THE U.S. AND 
ACCOMPLISHING HER DREAM. 
DOES HER SPEECH MAKE THE 
PRESIDENT MORE APPEALING TO SOME
WOMEN THAT MAY HAVE DROPPED O. 
HOW DID SHE DO?
>> I'VE KNOWN HER FOR 17 YEARS. 
THAT'S HER. 
SHE WAS DIRECT AND HONEST AND 
HERSELF, UNIQUELY HERSELF. 
THE CONTENT IN THAT SPEECH WAS 
DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU
HEARD. 
THAT'S BECAUSE SHE WROTE IT. 
I THOUGHT SHE DELIVERED IT WELL.
I THOUGHT SHE DELIVERED IT 
SINCERELY. 
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE LAST 
3 1/2 YEARS SHE IS SIMPLY THE 
BEST SURROGATE THAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS. 
I THINK HE HASN'T USED HER AS 
MUCH AS HE SHOULD. 
I THINK PART OF THAT'S HER 
CHOICE. 
IN THE NEXT 70 DAYS HE SHOULD 
USE HER AS MUCH AS HE POSSIBLY 
CAN. 
SHE SPEAKS FOR THIS 
ADMINISTRATION IN A WAY MUCH 
MORE PERSUASIVE THAN A LOT OF 
OTHER VOICES I HEARD. 
>> WE HEARD A LOT OF WOMEN 
SPEAKING OUT FOR THE PRESIDENT 
YET SUBURBAN WOMEN CURRENTLY ARE
LEADING BIDEN BY 13 POINTS. 
WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE TO 
DO TO WIN OVER THE SUBURBAN 
WOMEN VOTERS?
>> WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM MORE 
PEOPLE LIKE MELANIA TRUMP. 
THE PRESIDENT ALSO DID SOMETHING
VERY EFFECTIVE I THINK NEEDS TO 
BE PART OF THE TRUMP CASE TO 
AMERICA. 
SHE WAS VERY SUBTLE ABOUT IT. 
SHE MADE A JOKE. 
SHE SAID, I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE 
WHAT HE SAYS. 
YOU WILL HEAR WHAT HE SAYS 
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. 
PEOPLE CHUCKLED IN THE AUDIENCE.
SET THAT ASIDE. 
THAT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. 
TWITTER DOESN'T MATTER. 
WHAT MATTERS IS HE GETS OUT 
THERE AND FIGHTS EVERYDAY. 
HE DELIVERS, ACCOMPLISHES TAX 
CUTS AND DEREGULATION AND 
PROGRESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND 
ALL OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE HE 
FIGHTS AND GETS IT DONE. 
THAT HAS TO BE A THEME WITH 
WOMEN, WHICH IS TO SAY, I KNOW 
YOU DON'T LIKE HIM AND DON'T 
APPRECIATE HIS TONE, WHAT 
MATTERS IS WHAT HE DELIVERS. 
>> POLITICS ASIDE, WAS IT A GOOD
SPEECH?
>> LOOK, I WANT TO LIVE IN THE 
WORLD MELANIA TRUMP TALKED 
ABOUT. 
THAT IS NOT HER HUSBAND'S 
AMERICA. 
IT IS LIKE MOST OF THIS 
CONVENTION, IT'S DEVOID OF 
REALITY, IT'S PERFORMANCE, IT'S 
RHETORIC, IT'S EMPTY WORDS. 
THAT'S THE CHALLENGE OF MELANIA,
YOU GET THIS INCONSISTENCY WITH 
HER. 
SHE SAYS SHE CARES ABOUT KIDS. 
SHE HAS THE JACKET, I DON'T CARE
ABOUT YOU, GOES TO SEE KIDS IN 
CAGES, WE SHOULD BE TEACHING OUR
KIDS NOT TO BULLY, AND SHE'S 
MARRIED TO THE BULLY IN CHIEF. 
THAT'S THE PROBLEM NOT JUST WITH
MELANIA'S SPEECH. 
IT IS DEVOID OF REALITY. 
IF IT WAS REAL WE WOULD ALL 
EMBRACE IT AND I DON'T BELIEVE 
PEOPLE WOULD BELIEVE IT 
PARTICULARLY THOSE DROWNING 
UNDER THE THIS MAN'S POLICIES 
AND PEOPLE ON THE STREETS 
RALLYING AGAINST RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH. 
IT DOESN'T JIVE AND THEY'RE NOT 
GETTING IT. 
>> SAYING BIDEN IS FAR LEFT AND 
A VOTE FOR BIDEN IS SUPPORTING 
SOCIALISM AND LEFTIST AGENDA. 
HOW DOES BIDEN AVOID GETTING 
PAINTED WITH THE SAME BRUSH?
>> YORK IT WILL WORK WHEN YOU'RE
NOT EXACTLY -- I SAID THIS THE 
OTHER DAY HIS SPEECH BOTH 
INTRODUCED HIMSELF AND 
INNOCULATED HIM IN THAT ATTACK. 
HE HAS A SON IN THE MILITARY. 
PEOPLE KNOW HIM AS JOE BIDEN, 
HIS FIRST NAME, AN INTIMATE 
CONNOTATION. 
I DON'T THINK JOE BIDEN WITH A 
SON IN THE MILITARY, SOMEBODY 
ANCHORED BOTH IN SCRANTON, 
PENNSYLVANIA AND CATHOLIC CHURCH
IS A GUY IN THE FOOTHILLS OF 
CUBA WITH FIDEL CASTRO AND IN AN
CAMOUFLAGE OUTFIT. 
I WANT TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING 
SARAH SAID ABOUT THE SPEECH, SHE
DID A VERY GOOD JOB. 
SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS TAKE A 
NEGATIVE AND TURN IT INTO AN 
AFFIRMATIVE. 
SHE TOOK ALL THE THINGS YOU KNOW
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, RUGGED EDGES
AND SAID THAT'S AN HONEST MAN 
AND HE MAKES THEM WORK FOR YOU. 
SHE IS THE BEST SURROGATE. 
PEOPLE KNOW IF THIS IS SOMEBODY 
HE WOULD MARRY WITH THESE VALUES
AND THESE IDEALS AND THIS HEART,
HE CAN'T BE THAT BAD A MAN. 
SO, BY JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT 
MOTIVATES HER AND CARES ABOUT 
HER, HE GETS THAT GLOW BY 
STANDING NEXT TO HER. 
IT WAS NOT THE BEST OF FIRST 
LADY SPEECHES ET CETERA WHEN YOU
LOOK AT OTHER THINGS BUT IT WAS 
AN EFFECTIVE FIRST LADY SPEECH 
BECAUSE HE GETS THE BENEFIT OF 
PEOPLE LIKING HER. 
IT'S A BANK SHOT BUT IT WORKED. 
>> THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO 
SUFFER GREATLY OVER THE PAST FEW
MONTHS WITH TENS OF MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS APPLYING FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, WOULD YOU SAY
HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PAINT 
HIMSELF THE PICTURE AS THE 
LEADER THAT CAN DIG ALL OF US 
OUT OF THIS MESS?
>> YEAH. 
I THINK ALL THE POLLS SHOW THAT,
TOO. 
HE STILL HAS THE ADVANTAGE OVER 
JOE BIDEN, THE ONLY CATEGORY HE 
HAS THE ADVANTAGE, THE ECONOMY. 
THE REASON TWO-FOLD, ONE, HIS 
BACKGROUND. 
THEY ELECTED HIM FOR THAT REASON
IN THIS MAIN AS A BUSINESSMAN 
THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE ABLE TO 
RESTORE THE ECONOMY TO GREATER 
GROWTH. 
HE DID. 
THEY THINK HE COULD USE THOSE 
SAME SKILLS TO BRING THE COUNTRY
BACK. 
THEY TRUST HIM MORE THAN THEY 
TRUST JOE BIDEN ON THAT. 
AS TO WHAT RAHM TALKED ABOUT 
BEFORE, THE INOCULATION IN THE 
SPEECH, IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE 
BIDEN DID A LOT TO INOCULATE 
HIMSELF. 
THE ONLY WAY THE INOCULATION 
STAYS IF HE DOESN'T TALK ANY 
MORE. 
NOW WE WILL SEE IN THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHAT JOE BIDEN 
WILL SAY WHEN HE EVENTUALLY 
STARTS TO TALK. 
WILL HE SOUND MORE LIKE RAHM OR 
MORE LIKE YVETTE. 
WHEN THAT HAPPENS THAT WILL 
CAUSE A SKIMS IN THE DEMOCRATIC 
SPARTY DEPENDING WHICH ONE HE 
CHOOSES. 
WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM. 
>> WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK HE 
WILL CHOOSE?
>> I THINK IN HIS HEART HE'S 
RAHM BUT SIGNED AND AGREEMENT HE
WILL VET WITH BERNIE SANDERS. 
I WILL WATCH. 
I URGE THE PRESIDENT TO START 
TALKING ABOUT YOUR VISION OF THE
FUTURE SO JOE BIDEN HAS TO TALK 
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HIS. 
IF HE DOES HE HAS TO MAKE A 
CHOICE. 
>> THE SAME THING WE TALKED A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LAST 
NIGHT. 
THIS CAMPAIGN IS STILL -- RATHER
THE CONVENTION, I WANT CREDIT 
FOR WHAT I DID BEFORE COVID HIT.
IT CANNOT BE RETROSPECTIVE 
CREDIT. 
IT HAS TO BE A TOUCHSTONE ABOUT 
THE CREDIBILITY OF THE 
FORFEITURE AND STILL NO FUTURE. 
>> HE HAS TO DO IT THURSDAY 
NIGHT. 
>> BIG MISS. 
>> BIG SWING AND MISS IF HE 
DOESN'T. 
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 
GOVERNOR'S POINT. 
IT DEPENDS WHO WE'RE TRYING TO 
TALK TO. 
I STILL THINK BOTH PARTIES ARE 
TALKING TO THIS NARROW GROUP OF 
PEOPLE WHO COULD MOVE ONE SIDE 
OR OTHERS. 
FOR THE PEOPLE SUFFERING UNDER 
THIS PANDEMIC I DON'T THINK 
ANYBODY IS TALKING TO THEM THE 
WAY THEY NEED TO BE TALKED TO, 
THAT'S THE MISTAKE OF THIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
EVERY ELECTION IS DECIDED BY THE
FOLKS THAT DON'T SHOW UP. 
THEY'RE THE LARGEST PLURALITY OF
VOTERS, 42%. 
IF NOBODY IS REACHING THEM AT A 
TIME THEY NEED TO HEAR A 
POSITIVE MESSAGE, THEY WON'T 
SHOW UP. 
>> THAT IS A FAIR POINT EXCEPT 
FOR ONE THING. 
EVERY GENERAL ELECTION STARTING 
2018 AND IN THIS PROCESS THERE 
HAS BEEN HIGHER TURNOUT THAN 
EVER BEFORE. 
TURNOUT WILL HIT HISTORIC HIGHS.
YOU HAD A MIDTERM ELECTION 
TURNOUT LEVEL OF A PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
EVERYONE IS VOTING. 
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOUR 
PREMISE BUT DON'T AGREE WITH THE
CONCLUSION OF YOUR PREMISE. 
>> BACK TO THE BEGINNING WHEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD THAT 
SURPRISE PARDON FOR JOHN PONDER,
THE CONVICTED BANK ROBBER. 
IN MANY WAYS YOU SAW THAT AS A 
DRAW FOR BLACK VOTERS, IS THAT 
EFFECTIVE?
>> FOR MOST BLACK FOLKS THAT 
LOOKS LIKE PERFORMANCE. 
I HAVE A FRIEND THAT IS BLACK. 
I PARDONED A BLACK MAN. 
I DOES NOT WORK. 
I DON'T THINK IT'S FOR BLACK 
PEOPLE. 
I THINK THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE
HIM SEEM LIKE HE HAS BLACK 
PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT HIM OR HE 
SUPPORTS BLACK PEOPLE. 
THIS IS FOR THE SUBURBAN WHITE 
WOMAN. 
>> NOT EVERY VALID IS A TOKEN. 
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, NOBODY 
FORCED THEM TO COME SPEAK AT 
THIS CONVENTION. 
THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW HOW 
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN AMERICA. 
>> HE IS A POLITICIAN AND KNOWS 
HE ONLY HAS 8% OF BLACK PEOPLE. 
PLEASE, THIS IS SO ORCHESTRATED 
AND CAN'T GET THEM ANY OTHER WAY
THAN STANDING NEXT TO YOU. 
PARDON ME I WILL STAND UP NEXT 
TO YOU. 
GET ME A CAR, I WILL STAND NEXT 
TO HILL. 
THIS MAN DESERVES MORE DIGNITY 
THAN THAT WITH A SIGN UP THAT 
SAYS, WE LET YOU OUT AND DID A 
GOOD THING. 
>> HE WASN'T PARDONED BY BARACK 
OBAMA, HE WAS PARDONED BY DONALD
J. TRUMP. 
THIS GUY COULD HAVE BEEN 
PARDONED BY BARACK OBAMA AND HE 
WAS NOT. 
HE WAS PARDONED BY DONALD J. 
TRUMP. 
THAT'S WHAT HIS FAMILY 
APPRECIATES. 
THEY DON'T APPRECIATE BEING MADE
A POLITICAL SYMBOL BY YVETTE. 
DONALD J. TRUMP GAVE HIM HIS 
NAME BACK TONIGHT. 
>> THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE.
THANKS FOR JOINING OUR COVERAGE 
OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. 
WE WILL BE BACK HERE TOMORROW 
STARTING AT 7:00 P
