 
SPEAKERS HAVE LARGELY AVOIDED 
THE TOPIC OF RACIAL INJUSTICE 
AND THE NAMES OF BLACK 
AMERICANS THAT DIED AT THE 
HANDS OF POLICE. 
NAMES LIKE GEORGE FLOYD, 
BREONNA TAYLOR AND JACOB BLAKE 
JUNIOR. 
PENCE CALLED FOR LAW AND ORDER 
AS PROTESTS THREATEN TO END 
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS SEASONS. 
ALL THREE NBA PLAY OFF GAMES 
WERE POSTPONED YESTERDAY LED BY 
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS. 
GEORGE HILL SPOKE ON THE TEEN'S 
BEHALF TO PRESENT THEIR DEMAND 
FOR JUSTICE. 
>> WE ARE CALLING FOR JUSTICE 
FOR JACOB BLAKE AND DEMAND 
OFFICERS BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
FOR THIS TO APPEAR THE 
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO 
RECONVENE AND TAKE MEANINGFUL 
MEASURES TO ADDRESS POLICE 
ACCOUNTABILITY, BRUTALITY AND 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. 
>> THE WNBA AND SEVERAL MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS JOINED 
THE PROTESTS. 
TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT WILL ONCE 
AGAIN USE THE WHITE HOUSE FOR 
HIS POLITICAL STAGING WHICH 
RAISES ETHICAL CONCERNS. 
THIS COINCIDES WITH HURRICANE 
LAURA BEARING DOWN ON THE GULF 
COAST. 
150 MILES PER HOUR WINDS TORE 
ROOFS, SHATTERED WINDOWS AND 
LEFT TREES ON TOP OF HOMES. 
OFFICIALS REPORTED AT LEAST 
THREE PEOPLE DIED FROM THE 
STORM. 
RESCUE CREWS ACROSS THE REGION 
ARE SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS 
AMONG THE DEBRIS. 
MORE THAN 180,000 PEOPLE IN THE 
U.S. HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. 
A DAILY RATE OF ABOUT 1,000 IN 
THE PAST WEEK. 
AMERICANS REPORT MORE THAN 5.8 
MILLION CASES. 
THE VICE PRESIDENT DID EXPRESS 
SYMPATHY FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY 
COVID-19. 
HE DID SO TOUTING THE 
ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE AND 
ATTACKING JOE BIDEN. 
>> LAST WEEK JOE BIDEN SAID 
THAT NO MIRACLE IS COMING. 
WHAT JOE DOESN'T SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS THAT AMERICA IS A 
NATION OF MIRACLES. 
>> LET'S BRING IN THE PANEL. 
NIKOLE KILLION, CAITLIN HUEY 
BURNS AND MEIRA DEATH 
McGRAW. 
WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU. 
THE CONVENTION FOCUSED A LOT ON 
WHAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 
SAYS IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED. 
HAVE WE HEARD PLANS FOR WHAT IT 
WILL DO IF GIVEN ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS. 
>> REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN 
CRITICAL OF THE DEMOCRATS 
DURING THEIR CONVENTION AND 
THAT THEY WERE SHORT ON POLICY 
SPECIFICS AND YET WITH THE 
REPUBLICANS, YOU KNOW, WE 
HAVEN'T NECESSARILY HEARD A LOT 
OF SPECIFICS ON THEIR END 
EITHER. 
MORE A LOT OF PLATITUDES. 
WE HEARD A SENSE OF WHAT A 
SECOND TERM FOR DONALD TRUMP 
MIGHT LOOK LIKE, FOR INSTANCE 
THE VICE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY 
TALKED ABOUT AN AGENDA OF 
FREEDOM, BACKING LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, TOUTING SCHOOL 
CHOICE, A COMMON THREAD 
THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION AND 
THE PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC 
ADVISORY EARLIER THIS WEEK 
TOUTING FOR TAX CUTS AND 
REGULATORY ROLL BACK. 
KAYLEIGH McENANY TALKING ABOUT 
THE PRESIDENT WILL STAND BY 
AMERICANS WITH PRESIFTING 
CONDITIONS AND WHEN THE 
PRESIDENT HAS AT TIMES BEEN 
PRESSED ABOUT A SECOND AGENDA, 
HE HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN CLEAR. 
AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK 
THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST 
TONIGHT IN WHAT THE PRESIDENT 
WILL SAY ABOUT THE HERE AND 
NOW. 
YOU MENTIONED THE HURRICANE. 
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT WILL 
MENTION THE HURRICANE TONIGHT. 
HE CONSIDERED POSTPONING THE 
SPEECH. 
HE TOLD REPORTERS A SHORT TIME 
AGO BUT DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD 
WITH IT. 
ALSO AS YOU MENTIONED, THE 
SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN 
UNFOLDING ALL THIS WEEK IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, WE HEARD 
THE VICE PRESIDENT TOUCH ON IT. 
WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL 
MAKE A REFERENCE TO WHAT IS 
HAPPENING? 
WILL HE SPECIFICALLY SAY THE 
NAME OF JACOB BLAKE A MAN SHOT 
IN THE BACK. 
THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE 
HAVE AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE 
SPEECH. 
AS FAR AS SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT 
COMES TO A SECOND TERM, YOU 
KNOW, AIDES AND ADVISERS TO THE 
PRESIDENT SAID HE WILL DESCRIBE 
AN UP LIFTING OPTIMISTIC VIEW 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
WE KNOW THAT HIS MESSAGE WILL 
BE ONE WHERE HE DIRECTLY 
CONTRASTS AND PROVIDES TWO 
DISTINCT VISIONS BETWEEN WHAT 
HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL LOOK 
LIKE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS 
COMPARED TO THAT OF JOE 
BIDEN'S. 
>> CAITLIN, DEMOCRATIC VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND 
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS SPOKE AT LENGTH THIS 
AFTERNOON ABOUT THE KENOSHA 
PROTEST. 
LET'S PLAY HER REMARKS. 
>> AS VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN PUT 
IT, THE SHOTS FIRED AT MR. 
BLAKE PIERCED THE SOUL OF OUR 
NATION. 
IT IS SICKENING TO WATCH. 
IT'S ALL TOO FAMILIAR. 
AND IT MUST END. 
>> CAITLIN, GIVE US A SENSE, 
HOW HAVE THE TRUMP AND BIDEN 
CAMPS TALKED ABOUT THE 
PROTESTS? 
>> WELL, IN VERY DIFFERENT 
WAYS. 
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND 
REPUBLICANS ARE FOCUSING ON 
VIOLENCE THAT HAS ERUPTED IN 
SEVERAL CITIES. 
YOU HEARD THE MESSAGING COMING 
OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ALL WEEK AND THAT IS 
REALLY, I THINK, AN ATTEMPT TO 
REACH REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND 
SOME OF THOSE DISAFFECTED 
REPUBLICAN VOTERS OR FORMER 
REPUBLICANS TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT WHO TO SUPPORT, TRYING TO 
FOCUS ON THE SECURITY ASPECT, 
THIS LAW AND ORDER ASPECT. 
WE WILL SEE IF THAT WORKS. 
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY 
INTERESTING TO SEE KAMALA 
HARRI, A FORMER PROSECUTOR, A 
ROLE THAT WE WILL SEE HER IN IN 
THIS CAMPAIGN GOING ON THE 
ATTACK AGAINST TRUMP AND THE 
REPUBLICANS AND MIKE PENCE. 
SHE REALLY WOVE ALL OF THESE 
THINGS TOGETHER. 
WE SAW JOE BIDEN GIVE A VIDEO 
YESTERDAY WHERE HE SAID OF 
COURSE HE SUPPORTS THE PROTESTS 
BUT DOES NOT CONDONE THE 
VIOLENCE AND HE CONDEMNED IT. 
YOU HEARD THAT FROM KAMALA 
HARRIS MENTIONING HOW THE 
TICKET SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY 
AND NOTED THAT THE FAMILY 
ARGUED FOR NO VIOLENCE. 
SHE SAID ALSO, I THOUGHT, THEY 
SAID SHE CONDEMNED THE LOOTING 
AND VIOLENCE INCLUDING THAT 
FROM THE SHOOTER WHO WAS 
ARRESTED FOR MURDER. 
SO, TYING THAT TOGETHER. 
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL 
CONTINUE TO SEE FROM THAT SIDE 
AS WELL. 
>> HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI 
SUGGESTED THAT JOE BIDEN SHOULD 
SKIP THE DEBATES WITH TRUMP. 
IS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
CONSIDERING THAT AND WHY DID 
SHE SAY THAT? 
>> JOE BIDEN SAID IN AN 
INTERVIEW AFTERWARDS THAT HE IS 
PLANNING TO DO ALL THREE 
DEBATES. 
THAT HE WANTS TO FACT CHECK 
TRUMP ON THE FLOOR. 
IT'S VERY BIZARRE, PECULIAR 
THAT NANCY PELOSI SAID SKIPPING 
THE DEBATES ALTOGETHER. 
YOU CAN TELL WITH THE BIDEN'S 
CAMP QUICK RESPONSE THEY DON'T 
WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE. 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS NOT DOING 
A LOT OF PRESS CONFERENCES. 
THEY ARE DOING INTERVIEWS AND 
PRESS CONFERENCES EVERY FEW 
WEEKS. 
THE TICKET HAS NOT APPEARED IN 
FRONT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE 
SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED 
FOR THE POSITION EVEN THOUGH 
THEY DID AN INTERVIEW WITH ABC 
OVER THE WEEKEND. 
THE IDEA OF SKIPPING DEBATES 
WOULD BE VERY PROBLEMATIC AND 
DO A DISSERVICE TO VOTERS. 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN DOESN'T WANT 
TO GO THAT ROUTE. 
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHENEVER 
THE TICKET DOES DECIDE TO HAVE 
THEIR FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE 
TOGETHER. 
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU AND 
MANY OTHERS WOULD BE INTERESTED 
IN. 
MEREDITH, TIM SCOTT WHO SPOKE 
MONDAY WAS ON "CBS THIS 
MORNING." 
I WANT TO PLAY WHAT HE WOULD 
LIKE TO HEAR FROM PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
>> I HOPE HE STARTS WITH 
KENOSHA AND THE HURRICANE. 
THESE ARE TWO MAJOR INCIDENTS 
OR ISSUES THAT ARE OVERWHELMING 
GOOD PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS 
COUNTRY. 
AND OUR FOLKS AND ATTENTION IS 
THERE. 
HE HAS TO TOUCH ON THE PANDEMIC 
AS WELL. 
I HOPE THAT HE LOOKS TO OUR 
FUTURE AND TALKS ABOUT BRINGING 
THIS NATION TOGETHER AND MAKING 
SURE THAT WE RETURN TO THE 
PRECOVID-19 -- 
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE 
CHANCES ARE THAT THE PRESIDENT 
SPEAKS TO THOSE THINGS? 
>> WELL, IT IS EXPECTED THAT 
THE PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS 
KENOSHA IN SOME FORM. 
THE PRESIDENT WILL TALK ABOUT 
LAW AND ORDER AND ADDRESS 
THINGS LIKE CRIME. 
BUT, AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS 
WHETHER OR NOT HE WILL 
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE 
VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY 
THAT HAVE SET OFF THE WAVE OF 
PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
AND THE PRESIDENT, AS HIS 
ADVISORIES SAID, IS EXPECTED TO 
PAINT A MORE OPTIMISTIC PICTURE 
OF THE COUNTRY. 
BUT HE IS GOING TO BE GOING 
AFTER JOE BIDEN HARD ON THINGS 
LIKE TRADE, CHINA, GOES TAXES, 
BUT TONIGHT I'M ALSO GOING TO 
BE LOOKING TO HEAR FROM SOME OF 
THE OTHER SPEAKERS THAT WILL BE 
THERE, PEOPLE LIKE ANN DORN, 
THE WIDOW OF DAVID DORN AN OFF 
DUTY COP KILLED IN ST. LOUIS OR 
MITCH McCONNELL. 
I THINK SOME OF THE SPEAKERS 
THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN SPEAK TO 
SOME OF THE SECOND TERM AGENDA 
PRIORITIES THAT THE PRESIDENT 
HASN'T BEEN GOOD ABOUT 
ARTICULATING BUT YOU CAN TEASE 
OUT FROM THE SPEAKERS THAT THEY 
HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT UP ON STAGE. 
>> NIKOLE, ON THE PANDEMIC, WE 
ARE HEARING REPORTS THAT THE 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND 
PREVENTION IS BACKTRACKING ON 
NEW GUIDANCE AND ADMITTING 
BEING PRESSURED BY THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT 
THAT? 
>> WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN 
A NEW STATEMENT PUT OUT BY THE 
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR 
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, 
DR. ROBERT REDFIELD WHERE IT 
NOW -- HE ADVICES THAT TESTING 
MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR ALL CLOSE 
CONTACTS OF CONFIRMED OR 
PROBABLE COVID-19 PATIENTS AND 
THAT DIVERS FROM WHAT WE HEARD 
EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE IT WAS 
SUGGESTED THAT IF SOMEONE HAD 
BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE 
WHO HAD BEEN INFECTED WITH 
COVID-19 FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 
15 MINUTES AND DID NOT SHOW ANY 
SIGNS OF SYMPTOMS, THEN THAT 
PERSON DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED 
TO BE TESTED WHICH A LOT OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS 
QUESTIONED AND BALKED AT. 
THE WHITE HOUSE TRIED TO 
EXPLAIN THAT THIS WAS A WHOLE 
TASK FORCE APPROACH BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE AND 
REALLY SUGGESTING TODAY THAT 
SOME OF THIS HAS TO -- IN TERMS 
OF THE CHANGE IN GUIDANCE THAT 
SOME OF THIS HAD TO DO WITH A 
BACKLOG IN TESTING. 
>> WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF 
MARK MEADOWS AND HOUSE SPEAKER 
NANCY PELOSI SPOKE ABOUT 
RESUMING TALKS ABOUT ANOTHER 
CORONAVIRUS STIMULUS PACKAGE. 
IS THERE ANY MOVEMENT ON THE 
NEGOTIATIONS? 
>> NO. 
THAT IS THE SIMPLE ANSWER. 
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REAL 
PROGRESS. 
THEY DID SPEAK ON THE PHONE 
TODAY. 
THERE WASN'T ANY MOVEMENT. 
IT SEEMS THAT WE REALLY WON'T 
SEE ANY ACTION UNTIL SEPTEMBER 
WHEN BOTH CHAMBERS COME BACK 
FROM RECESS AND THERE IS STILL 
A TRILLON-DOLLAR GULF BETWEEN 
THE WHITE HOUSE AND DEMOCRATS. 
THAT IS A BIG BRIDGE THAT THEY 
HAVE TO CROSS AND THERE WILL BE 
MORE PRESSURE ON THEM IF THEY 
KEEP PUTTING IT OFF UNTIL 
SEPTEMBER BECAUSE THEY ARE 
GOING TO HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A 
DEAL TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT 
OPEN AS WELL. 
THAT'S ALL GOING TO HAPPEN, OF 
COURSE, MONTHS BEFORE THE 
ELECTION AND IT WILL BE A REAL 
TEST OF NEGOTIATING SKILLS 
BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND 
DEMOCRATS TO PULL IT OFF WITH 
SO MUCH ON THE LINE AT THAT 
MOMENT. 
>> SO MANY AMERICANS LOOKING 
FOR SOME KIND OF HELP FROM 
WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW. 
CAITLIN, LET ME ASK YOU, THE 
SPEAKERS WE HEARD FROM LAST 
NIGHT IN PARTICULAR TRIED TO 
PORTRAY A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THE 
PRESIDENT AND WHAT WE ARE USED 
TO SEEING WITH HIS PUBLIC 
PERSONA. 
HERE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT 
SPEAKING TO THAT. 
LET'S LISTEN. 
>> OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS I 
HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK 
CLOSELY WITH OUR PRESIDENT. 
I HAVE SEEN HIM WHEN THE 
CAMERAS ARE OFF. 
AMERICANS SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN LOTS OF DIFFERENTWAYS. 
BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT HOW 
PRESIDENT TRUMP SEES AMERICA. 
HE SEES AMERICA FOR WHAT IT IS, 
A NATION THAT HAS DONE MORE 
GOOD IN THIS WORLD THAN ANY 
OTHER. 
A NATION THAT DESERVES MORE 
GRATITUDE THAN GRIEVANCE. 
IF YOU WANT A PRESIDENT WHO 
FALLS SILENT WHEN OUR HERITAGE 
IS DEMEANED OR INSULTED, HE IS 
NOT YOUR MAN. 
>> CAITLIN. 
>> ARE THERE SOME ECHOS OF 2016 
WHEN SOME PEOPLE SAID THE 
PRESIDENT WOULD GROW INTO THE 
OFFICE? 
>> CERTAINLY. 
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN IN OFFICE 
FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 
SO, AMERIANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 
SEE THIS FIRSTHAND BECAUSE THE 
PRESIDENT IS A WIDE OPEN BOOK. 
HE TWEETS EVERYTHING HE SAYS, 
HE SAYS EVERYTHING THAT HE 
MEANS AND SAYS WHAT IS ON HIS 
MIND. 
YOU HEARD PENCE ACKNOWLEDGE 
THAT LAST NIGHT AND YOU HEARD 
MELANIA TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. 
SO, THE IDEA THAT THE PRESIDENT 
IS SOMEONE ELSE BEHIND THE 
SCENES, HE HAS KIND OF SHOWN 
HIMSELF TO BE PUBLIC IN HIS 
FEELINGS TWEETING AND 
EXPRESSING HIS THOUGHTS VERY 
REGULARLY. 
PENCE'S ROLE IN THIS 
ADMINISTRATION AND DURING THE 
CAMPAIGN IN 2016 RAND YOU ARE 
SEEING THIS AGAIN IN 2020 IS TO 
BE THIS KIND OF TRANSLATOR TO 
CONSERVATIVES. 
THIS TRANSLATOR OF TRUMP. 
WE SAW THAT ON DISPLAY DURING 
THE TIMES WHERE HE WAS TASKED 
WITH SPEAKING TO GOVERNORS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT 
CORONAVIRUS AND THE RESPONSE. 
HE WAS SEEN AS THE CONDUIT TO 
THOSE LEADERS AND WE SAW HIM 
LAST NIGHT IN THAT SAME KIND OF 
ROLE TRYING TO SPEAK TO 
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS OR 
REPUBLICANS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN 
TURNED OFF BY TRUMP'S RHETORIC 
AND LOOKING AT SITTING OUT THE 
ELECTION OR MAYBE CONSIDERING 
BIDEN HE WAS URGING THEM TO 
COME HOME TO THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY SPEAKING ABOUT THE WAY 
THAT HE DID AND THE SUCCESSES 
THAT HE BELIEVES THE 
ADMINISTRATION HAD WHEN IT 
COMES TO CONSERVATIVE JUDGES 
AND THE LIKE. 
>> A DIFFERENT CLIMATE. 
THE PRESIDENT IS DIRECT, WIDE 
OPEN HOW HE FEELS, HOW HE 
THINKS, HOW HE VIEWS VARIOUS 
ISSUES. 
OKAY. 
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
>>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, 
WE WILL TALK TO REPUBLICAN 
SENATOR MIKE BRAUN OF INDIANA. 
WHY HE SAID CONGRESS IS TOO FAR 
APART TO REACH ANOTHER DEAL FOR 
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF. 
STAY WITH US. 
YOU ARE STREAMING RED AND BLUE. 
>>> THE U.S. FACES A NUMBER OF 
CRISIS ON THE SAME NIGHT THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO 
OFFICIALLY ACCEPT A NOMINATION 
FOR A SECOND TERM. 
A DEADLY HURRICANE IS BEARING 
DOWN ON THE GULF COAST AND 
SOCIAL UNREST CONTINUES 
FOLLOWING THE POLICE SHOOTING 
OF JACOB BLAKE IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE 
CALLED FOR LAW AND ORDER. 
HE USED HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH 
AT THE RNC TO DEFEND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
YOU WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP WE WILL 
STAND WITH THOSE WHO STAND ON 
THE THIN BLUE LINE AND WE ARE 
NOT GOING TO DEFUND THE POLICE 
NOT NOW, NOT EVER. 
>> LET'S BRING IN SENATOR MIKE 
BRAUN A REPUBLICAN FROM 
INDEPENDENT. 
HELLO. 
WELCOME BACK TO RED AND BLUE. 
>> GOOD TO BE BACK ON. 
>> SO, I KNOW YOU ARE SOMEONE 
WHO RAN ON LAW AND ORDER BUT 
LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THE 
PROGRAM, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR 
BILL TO REFORM QUALIFIED 
IMMUNITY THAT WAS PART OF THE 
BROADER POLICE REFORM BUT THERE 
HAS BEEN NO REAL MOVEMENT ON 
THE ISSUE. 
AS SOMEONE THAT EXAMINED THE 
ISSUE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT 
YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPECIFICALLY 
WITH RESPECT TO THESE RACIAL 
TENSIONS? 
>> WELL, I THINK, ELAINE, IT'S 
OBVIOUSTHAT WE HAVE ISSUES 
LIKE OCCURRED IN KENOSHA AND IT 
SEEMS TO BE ON SOMEWHAT OF A 
REGULAR PATTERN. 
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE BEEN 
WITNESSING LAW AND DISORDER IN 
MANY OF THE BIG CITIES. 
SO, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BOTH 
PERSPECTIVES HAVE TO BE TAKEN 
INTO CONSIDERATION. 
SADLY WHAT WAS MOVING THERE FOR 
A WHILE IS ON THE BACK BURNER. 
THERE WAS A CLEAR CALCULATION 
THAT THE DEMOCRATS WANTED TO 
LITIGATE THAT INTO THE ELECTION 
AND I THINK IT'S A FAIR 
QUESTION TO ASK BIDEN AND 
OTHERS WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DO 
YOU HAVE, WHAT COMMENTS DO YOU 
WANT TO MAKE ON THE UNRULINESS 
THAT IS OCCURRING IN CITIES 
THAT THEY MANAGED FOR DECADES. 
ON OUR SIDE I THINK WE HAVE TO 
LOOK AS WELL INTO WHAT WE DO TO 
TRY TO PROMOTE REFORMS. 
IT STIGMATIZES THE HARD WORK, 
RISKY WORK THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT 
DOES EVERYDAY. 
AND I THINK THAT FOR THEIR OWN 
BENEFIT WE NEED TO IS HE HOW 
THAT MIGHT CHANGE. 
WHEN I GOT INVOLVED IN IT, THAT 
WAS GOING NOWHERE BECAUSE THERE 
WAS NO REAL INTEREST IN TRYING 
TO CRAFT A BROADER SOLUTION. 
AS WE CAN SEE FROM WHAT IS 
GOING ON, WE ARE NO CLOSE TOWER 
RESOLVING IT. 
I THINK IT TAKES MOVEMENT ON 
BOTH SIDES. 
>> DO YOU THINK THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CAN PLAY A ROLE WITH HIS 
REMARKS TONIGHT IN HELPING TO, 
PERHAPS, EASE THE TENSIONS WITH 
ALL OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT 
WE ARE SEEING OR IS IT TOO LATE 
TO TRY TO BRING THE COUNTRY 
TOGETHER? 
>> THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE 
ELECTION IT WILL BE DIFFICULT 
TO SOLVE ANY OF THESE ISSUES. 
I THINK WHEN TIM SCOTT 
INTRODUCED THE BILL BACK MONTHS 
AGO AND WE COULDN'T GET ANY 
DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR IT, 
THAT'S WHEN IT GOT POLITICIZED. 
WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP 
POLITICALLY CAN LOWER THE 
DECIBEL LEVEL, EASE TENSIONS, 
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
IF HE DISCUSSES IT. 
I DO THINK THAT THE DYNAMIC IS 
PIVOTED STRONGLY TOWARD LAW AND 
ORDER. 
AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE 
A WINNING ISSUE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT. 
THE OTHER THING THAT HE WILL 
FOCUS ON IS WHAT IS HIS AGENDA 
GOING TO BE, WHEN HE DOES GET 
REELECTED AND I WOULD LOVE TO 
SEE SOME COMMENT ABOUT 
REFORMING HEALTH CARE. 
HE HAS BEEN A VOCAL VOICE ON 
THAT. 
SO, I THINK YOU NEED TO TALK 
ABOUT THE ISSUES PRESSING US 
CURRENTLY, MOST IMPORTANTLY, 
WHEN COVID-19 IS IN THE 
REARVIEW MIRROR WITH A VACCINE 
AND/OR THERAPEUTICS, WE HAD A 
LOT OF ISSUES BURNING AMONG 
SENATORS, MOSTLY RELATED TO THE 
HIGH COST OF HEALTH CARE. 
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIM WEIGH 
IN ON THAT AS WELL. 
>> SENATOR OUR TIME IS RUNNING 
SHORT. 
I WANT TO ASK YOU HERE WITH 
HURRICANE LAURA BEARING DOWN, 
DO YOU THINK THAT THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO 
HANDLE THE AFTERMATH OF A MAJOR 
HURRICANE IN THE MIDDLE OF A 
PANDEMIC? 
THERE ARE QUESTIONS RAISED 
ABOUT FEMA'S PREPAREDNESS. 
>> I THINK FROM WHAT I HAVE 
SEEN OUT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS 
MUCH AS HE HAS RAILED AGAINST 
-- IN TERMS OF NOT BEING 
PREPARED BY THE OPPOSITION, I 
THINK IT'S A FAUX ARGUMENT 
NUMBER ONE. 
I THINK WE WILL BE READY TO GO. 
AND WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGEMENT 
O COCOVID. 
I'M ALMOST CERTAIN WE WOULDN'T 
BE AS CLOSE TO THERAPEUTICS, 
ADDRESSING THE DISEASE AND 
ESPECIALLY VACCINES. 
I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL 
ADDRESS IT. 
I THINK WE DODGED A MAJOR 
BULLET THAT IT DIDN'T COME INTO 
A HEAVILY POPULATED AREA AS 
WELL. 
>> SENATOR, IN THE FINAL 
MINUTES HERE, WHAT ARE YOU 
SAYING TO PARTICULARLY FARMERS 
IN YOUR STATE WHO ARE 
PARTICULARLY HARD HIT IN THE 
MIDST OF TRADE TENSIONS, IN THE 
MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT 
WOULD YOU SAY MORE BROADLY TO 
THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO 
ARE SO DISAPPOINTED THAT 
CONGRESS WASN'T ABLE TO COME 
TOGETHER WITH THE WHITE HOUSE 
ON SOME KIND OF COVID-19 RELIEF 
PACKAGE? 
>> WELL, LET'S TAKE THE LATER 
FIRST. 
ON THE RELIEF PACKAGE, THAT IS 
WHY WE SAW THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS 
COMING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION 
A WEEK TO TEN DAYS AGO. 
IT ADDRESSED THE MAIN AREAS 
THAT WE WOULD HAVE ADDRESSED 
LEGISLATIVELY. 
THE MAIN REASON THAT DIDN'T 
HAPPEN, THEY WERE STARTING IN A 
PRICE TAG WAY OUT OF REACH. 
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAVE 
GOTTEN ANY REPUBLICAN SUPPORT. 
PLUS THEY HAD A LOT OF STUFF IN 
THERE UNRELATED TO COVID. 
IN MY HOME STATE OF INDIANA, 
THE KEY THING THAT IS HOLDING 
TO A RELATIVELY LOW 
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ALREADY 
BECAUSE WE HAD A HEALTHY 
ECONOMY WAS THAT ENHANCED 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT. 
THAT BEING $300 THROUGH THE 
ADMINISTRATION MAYBE HIT THE 
RIGHT SPOT FOR A WHILE. 
MOST OF THE MY HASSER BUSINESS 
OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS THINK 
THAT MIGHT BE TOO MUCH 
COMPETITION GETTING PEOPLE BACK 
TO WORK. 
WHEN IT COMES TO FARMERS, THE 
NEXT HARDEST JOB NEXT TO LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS 
AGAINST THEM. 
THE ONLY UNHEALTHY PART OF OUR 
ECONOMY GOING INTO THE COVID 
SAGA. 
SO, I SEE THINGS RELAXING A BIT 
WITH CHINA. 
I THINK CHINA WILL EBB AND FLOW 
AS IT SUITS THEM. 
PRICES HAVE GONE UP IN THE 
MARKETS. 
SADLY A LOT OF THE CORN CROP 
WAS LOST IN IOWA. 
THAT WAS NOT THE WAY TO 
GENERATE HIGHER PRICES. 
FARMING HAS LONG-TERM ISSUES OF 
HAVING SO FEW SUPPLIERS THAT 
SELL INPUTS AT VERY COSTLY 
LEVEL. 
THEY GOT MARKETS THAT HAVE BEEN 
IN THE DOLDRUMS FOR YEARS UPON 
YEARS. 
LAST WERE '09 TO '13. 
YOU HAVE TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO 
USE CORN AND SOYBEANS OTHER 
THAN FOOD AND FEED. 
I THINK FARMERS RECOGNIZE THAT 
TRUMP BE IS TRYING TO DO THE 
BEST FOR THEM. 
CHINA IS A TRICKY THING TO 
NAVIGATE THROUGH. 
IT IS LOOKING UP IN THE SHORT 
RUN FOR FARMERS. 
I WORRY ABOUT THE LONG RUN. 
>> SENATOR MIKE BRAUN FROM 
INDIANA. 
SENATOR, THANKS VERY MUCH. 
>> YOU ARE WELCOME. 
>>> AFTER THE BREAK, IS 
TOMORROW, WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 
BLACK NATIONAL CONVENTION KICKS 
OFF. 
WE WILL SPEAK TO ONE OF THE 
CODIRECTORS ABOUT THE 
IMPORTANCE AMID NATIONWIDE 
PROTESTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. 
STAY WITH US. 
YOU ARE STREAMING RED AND BLUE. 
>>> DEMONSTRATIONS WERE MOSTLY 
PEACEFUL IN KENOSHA, OAKLAND 
CALIFORNIA AND MINNEAPOLIS, 
MINNESOTA. 
THERE WERE REPORTS THAT SOME 
INDIVIDUALS DAMAGED PROPERTY. 
THEY HAVE BEEN A FOCAL POINT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
LAST NIGHT VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE REINFORCED THE 
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OF LAW AND 
ORDER. 
WHAT IS MISSING IS A MENTION OF 
THE ROOT CAUSE OF 
DEMONSTRATION, CALLS FOR RACIAL 
JUSTICE. 
JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT THE 
INTERSECTION OF RACE AND 
POLITICS IS THE CODIRECTOR OF 
THE ELECTORAL JUSTICE PROJECT 
OF THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES 
AS WELL AS THE COPRODUCER OF 
THE BLACK NATIONAL CONVENTION 
WHICH KICKS OFF TOMORROW. 
WELCOME. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
>> BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT YOUR 
CONVENTION, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK 
YOU ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING IN? 
IF SO, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON HOW 
THE GOP IS APPROACHING THE 
ISSUE OF RACE? 
>> I HAVE SEEN THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HOW THEY 
ARE TALKING ABOUT RACE. 
WHAT WE SEE, THEY CRIMINALIZE 
BLACK LIFE, BLACK PEOPLE AND 
OUR ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN JUSTICE 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
DAYS AHEAD WE SAW THE HORRIBLE 
MERCILESS SHOOTINGS OF JACOB 
BLAKE AND TRAFOR PELINER AND AN 
ATTEMPT TO CRIMINALIZE THE 
PROTESTERS IN THE STREET 
FORCING THEIR WAY TO DEMAND 
THAT WE HAVE JUSTICE, THAT WE 
HAVE JUSTICE FOR THESE 
SHOOTINGS. 
YOU KNOW, JACOB AND TR AFOR 
AREN'T THE FIRST THAT HAVE BEEN 
KILLED AT THE HANDS OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
JUSTICE MINES ENDING STATE 
SANKED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE 
COMMUNITY. 
REMOVING WEAPONS OF WAR FROM 
AMERICAN STREETS. 
PROTESTERS TEARGASSED AND 
POLICE INSTEAD OF DEESCALATING 
TENSIONS ARRIVED IN S.W.A.T. 
GEAR AND ARMED VEHICLES. 
ALL OF THIS HORRIBLENESS 
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW IN 1964 
AND 1960s FIGHTING FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS, WE SEE A FIGHT FOR 
HUMAN RIGHTS. 
A FIGHT FOR LIFE. 
BLACK LIVES AND WE WANT TO SEE 
SOME JUSTICE IN THE RNC AND 
THEY ARE NOT AGING THAT BLACK 
LIVES ARE ENDANGER. 
AND THAT IT IS AN ENDANGER DUE 
TO A SYSTEM OF POLICING THAT 
HAS CONSISTENTLY HARMED OUR 
PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER 
AGAIN. 
IT'S TIME FOR IT TO BE 
ELIMINATED. 
IT'S TIME TO DEFUND AND CREATE 
A BETTER SYSTEM OF JUSTICE, A 
BETTER SYSTEM OF SAFETY, 
COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
>> AS YOU KNOW, THE RNC HAS 
FEATURED SOME SPEAKERS WHO ARE 
BLACK MAKING THE CASE FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REELECTION. 
ONE OF THEM IS CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACTIVIST CLARENCE HENDERSON WHO 
SPOKE LAST NIGHT. 
HE TOUTED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
RECORD ON OPPORTUNITY INVESTING 
AND SIGNING BIPARTISAN BILLS 
FOR HU FUNDING, LEGISLATION FOR 
REFORMING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
SYSTEM. 
I WANT TO PLAY SOME OF WHAT HE 
HAD TO SAY. 
LET'S LISTEN. 
>> THESE ACHIEVEMENTS 
DEMONSTRATE THAT DONALD TRUMP 
TRULY CARES ABOUT BLACK LIVES. 
HIS POLICIES SHOW HIS HEART. 
HE HAS DONOR FOR BLACK 
AMERICANS IN FOUR YEARS THAN 
JOE BIDEN HAS DONE IN 50. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO 
HENDERSON'S COMMENTS? 
>> I MEAN, I THINK THE COMMENTS 
ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY. 
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN RENEWED 
AND MORE AGGRESSIVE VOTER 
SUPPRESSION EFFORTS ALL OVER 
THE COUNTRY WHICH TARGET VOTERS 
OF COLOR AND PARTICULARLY BLACK 
VOTERS AND PEOPLE THAT WERE 
FORMERLY INCARCERATED. 
WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANTLY 
LESS VOTER PARTICIPATION BY LOW 
INCOME PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR 
AND YOUNG PEOPLE COMPARED TO A 
HIGHER RATE OF PARTICIPATION BY 
OLDER AND MORE AFFLUENT WHITE 
VOTERS. 
THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR ELECTED 
OFFICIALS DURING THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION ARE 
DISPROPORTIONATELY OLDER, 
WHITER AND WEALTHIER THAN THE 
ACTUAL ELECTORATE. 
WE HAVE SEEN RNC ELECTED 
OFFICIALS USE COVID-19 AS 
ANOTHER TOOL OF SUPPRESSING THE 
BLACK VOTE. 
WE SAW IT IN WISCONSIN. 
WE ARE SEEING IT -- A LOT OF 
THINGS IN WISCONSIN. 
VOTERS IN BLACK PRECINCTS IN 
MILWAUKEE WERE FORCED TO WAIT 
HOURS BECAUSEOF LIMITED 
OPENING POLICING STATIONS. 
MANY TESTIFIED POSITIVE FOR 
COVID SUBSEQUENTLY. 
I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS 
THE ACTUAL REVERSE OF WHAT MR. 
HENDERSON SHARED WITH US TODAY. 
WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY NEW 
MOVEMENTS TOWARD ADDITIONAL 
CIVIL RIGHTS. 
WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING OUR 
CIVIL RIGHTS BEING FURTHER 
HINDERED AND TAKEN AWAY FROM 
US. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BLACK 
NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH IS 
ABOUT 24 HOURS AWAY. 
WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE? 
WHO IS SPEAKING? 
WHAT DO YOU WANT VIEWERS TO 
TAKE AWAY FROM IT. 
>> THE BLACK NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS AN OPPORTUNITY 
FOR US TO TAKE ALL THAT -- OUR 
FRONT LINE COMMUNITIES 
PROTESTING ON THE STREETS AND 
PUTTING IT IN TO PRACTICE AND 
POLICY AND MOVING US BEYOND 
VOTING BUT CREATING A STRATEGY 
TO SEE SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN OUR 
COMMUNITIES, LOCALLY AND AT THE 
FEDERAL LEVEL. 
THE BLACK NATIONAL CONVENTION 
IS TOMORROW, AUGUST 28th AT 
7:00 P.M. 
EASTERN HELD BY THE ELECTORAL 
JUSTICE PROJECT. 
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT 
THIS. 
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 
40 YEARS THAT WE HAVE SEEN A 
CONVENTION OF THIS KIND COME TO 
FRUITION AGAIN, TO REACH THE 
MASS NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BLACK 
PEOPLE AND ALLIES THAT WE ARE 
HOPING TO GET. 
TOGETHER WHAT WE HOPE TO DO 
DURING THE BLACK NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, WHAT WE ARE CHARGED 
TO DO IS TO LAUNCH A BLACK 
POLITICAL AGENDA. 
DAYS AFTER WHAT WE HAVE SEEN 
HAPPEN AT THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION AND REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION AHEAD NOVEM 
WE WANT BLACK VOTERS. 
WE KNOW BLACK VOTERS WILL PLAY 
A PIVOTAL ROLE IN DETERMINING 
WHAT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS LOOK 
LIKE. 
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 
BLACK NATIONAL CONVENTION PUTS 
FORWARD AN AGENDA THAT E 
PEOPLE REQUESTED OVER AND OVER 
AGAIN. 
WE HAVE TAKEN YEARS OF PROTESTS 
ON THE STREET. 
WE HAVE TAKEN THE UNDERSTANDING 
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE SEEN 
FROM PROTESTS ON THE STREET. 
WE HAVE LITERALLY TAKEN 50 
ODELL GATES FROM 22 STATES OF 
BLACK PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION 
AND WE HAVE COME TO RATIFY AN A 
DEN GAY THAT SPEAKS TO THE 
NEEDS AND -- AGENDA THAT SPEAKS 
TO THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF BLACK 
AMERICANS. 
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR 
PERSPECTIVE WITH US. 
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> A QUICK PROGRAMMING NOTE. 
TOMORROW CBSN WILL PREMIER THE 
POWER OF AUGUST. 
THE DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS KEY 
MOVEMENTS IN A CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT THAT ALL HAPPENED IN 
THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 
YOU CAN STREAM IT BEGINNING 
TOMORROW AT 8:00 P.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, 
WE WILL TALK TO DEMOCRATIC 
SENATOR GARY PETERS OF MICHIGAN 
ABOUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE 
POST OFFICE. 
STAY WITH US. 
YOU ARE STREAMING RED AND BLUE. 
>>> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL 
RELY ON THE POSTAL SERVICE TO 
DELIVER THEIR BOWL LOT THIS 
YEAR. 
ON MONDAY, HOUSE DEMOCRATS 
GRILLED LOUIS DeJOY OVER RECENT 
CHANGES TO THE USPS THAT SLOWED 
MAIL DELIVERY AND EXPRESSED 
ANXIETY ABOUT THE DELIVERY TO 
HANDLE MAIL-IN BALLOTS. 
IT CAME DAYS AFTER LAWMAKERS ON 
THE SENATE HOME LAND SECURITY 
AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 
COMMITTEE RAISED SIMILAR 
CONCERNS. 
SENATOR GARY PETERS IS THE 
RANKING MEMBER ON THAT 
COMMITTEE AND RUNNING FOR 
REELECTION IN MICHIGAN THIS 
NOVEMBER AND JONES US FROM 
MICHIGAN. 
SENATOR PETERS WELCOME TO "RED 
AND BLUE." 
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> SENATOR, YOU OPENED AN 
INVESTIGATION INTO DELAYS WITH 
THE POSTAL SERVICE THIS MONTH. 
DID YOU GET ANY ANSWERS THAT 
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR LAST WEEK? 
>> WELL, WE GOT SOME ANSWERS 
BUT WE ALSO HAVE MORE 
QUESTIONS. 
THERE AREN'T ANSWERS TO THOSE 
QUESTIONS. 
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 
THE FACTS. 
THE REASON THAT I OPENED THE 
INVESTIGATION THROUGH MY 
COMMITTEE WAS JUST THE 
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF 
COMPLAINTS THAT WERE COMING 
INTO MY OFFICE FROM FOLKS 
ACROSS MICHIGAN WHO ARE 
EXPERIENCING UNUSUAL DELAYS IN 
MAIL, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS 
GOING ON. 
I TALKED TO POSTAL OFFICIALS AS 
WELL AS THE WORKERS WHO ARE 
DOING THE WORK EVERYDAY, POSTAL 
WORKERS, MAIL HANDLERS, LETTER 
CARRIERS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT 
NEW PROCEDURES PUT IN PLACE BY 
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL WAS 
HAVING THE EFFECT OF DELAYING 
THE MAIL. 
WE NEEDED TO GET ANSWERS. 
HE CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 
AND PROVIDED SOME OF THOSE 
ANSWERS. 
THE THING THAT WE WANT TO KNOW 
MOST OF ALL RIGHT NOW IS WHY 
WERE THESE PROCEDURES PUT IN 
PLACE WHICH HAVE BEEN DELAYING 
THE MAIL. 
I HAVE ASKED FOR DOCUMENTS. 
WE ASKED FOR THEM BY SUNDAY. 
HE CAN'T DELIVER THEM BY 
SUNDAY. 
STILL DRAGGING HIS FEET. 
WE ARE NOT ASKING HIM TO 
PRODUCE NEW DOCUMENTS BUT 
INFORMATION THAT YOU CERTAINLY 
WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT A 
POSTMASTER GENERAL WOULD HAVE 
REVIEWED BEFORE PUTTING IN 
SWEEPING CHANGES THAT HAVE 
ULTIMATELY LED TO A SIGNIFICANT 
SLOW DOWN IN THE DELIVERY OF 
MAIL. 
>> WHAT IS THE SITUATION RIGHT 
NOW, SENATOR? 
ARE YOU STILL GETTING 
COMPLAINTS ABOUT MAIL DELAYS IN 
THE STATE? 
>> WE ARE GETTING COMPLAINTS. 
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL HAS TOLD 
US THAT HE IS GOING TO DELAY 
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF 
THOSE POLICIES THROUGH THE 
ELECTION. 
ALTHOUGH THERE IS STILL 
AMBIGUITY AS TO WHAT IS BEING 
DELAYED. 
WHEN ASKED ABOUT SORTERS THERE 
WAS REAL CONCERN. 
I HEARD THAT AGAIN DIRECTLY 
FROM A UNION PRESIDENT IN GRAND 
RAPIDS THIS WEEK THAT THOSE 
SORTERS ARE NECESSARY FOR 
DEALING WITH A SURGE OF MAIL 
AND THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED. 
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL SAID 
THEY WON'T PUT ANY BACK BETWEEN 
NOW AND THE ELECTION. 
IN FACT, APPARENTLY, THERE IS A 
SORTER IN THAT POSTAL FACILITY 
ON THE WEST SIDE OF MICHIGAN, 
TURNED OFF, READY TO BE 
REMOVED. 
IT IS IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THE 
ORDER BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD 
IT'S NOT GOING TO GET PLUGGED 
IN. 
THEY WERE STARTING TO TAKE IT 
APRIL APARTMENT AND THEY WILL 
LEAVE IT. 
IT'S NOT OPERABLE. 
THESE ARE REAL CONCERNS THAT WE 
HAVE AS TO HOW PREPARED THEY 
WILL BE WITH THE SURGE OF MAIL 
RELATED TO ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
SENT OUT AND RETURNED IN 
MICHIGAN. 
>> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY 
QUESTION. 
WITH THAT EXPECTED SURGE COMING 
WITH VOTE BY MAIL, WHAT ARE YOU 
THINKING YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT 
IN YOUR STATE IN PARTICULAR 
WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE 
PREPAREDNESS AND READINESS TO 
HANDLE THE INFLUX OF BALLOTS? 
>> I THINK THE TEST IS NOW. 
ALTHOUGH I MENTIONED THE 
ELECTION AND THAT IS VERY 
IMPORTANT, THE DELIVERY OF MAIL 
ON TIME IS IMPORTANT EVERY 
SINGLE DAY FOR FOLKS ACROSS MY 
STATE AND THE COUNTRY. 
THAT CONCERNS ME NOW THAT WE 
ARE HEARING REPEATED COMPLAINTS 
ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WHICH 
ARE SENT THROUGH THE MAIL NOT 
COMING IN TIME. 
I TOLD A STORY FROM A MOTHER 
WHO CONTACTED MY OFFICE AND 
TALKED ABOUT A DELAY IN 
MEDICINE FOR HER DAUGHTER WHO 
NEEDED EPILEPSY MEDICINE. 
IT DID NOT COME IN THE NORMAL 
THREE DAYS. 
IT DIDN'T COME AFTER SERIAL 
MORE DAYS. 
IT TOOK NINE DAYS TO GET TO 
HER. 
IN THAT PROCESS, HER DAUGHTER 
BECAME FEARFUL SHE WOULDN'T 
HAVE MEDICINE SO SHE STARTED TO 
RATION THE DOSAGE. 
THAT IS A PROBLEM. 
SHE HAD A SEIZURE AND WAS 
HOSPITALIZED. 
I HAVE HEARD COUNTLESS STORIES 
LIKE THAT AS A RESULT OF SLOW 
DELIVERY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE 
NECESSITY OF MAIL BEING DONE ON 
TIME, THAT IS PAYCHECKS, PAYING 
BILLS ON TIME. 
SMALL BUSINESSES NEED THE 
OPPORTUNITY AND THE CONFIDENCE 
TO KNOW WHO THEY DROP MAIL TO 
THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT IT WILL 
GET THERE ON TIME. 
WE HAVE TO SEE IMMEDIATE 
IMPROVEMENTS NOW. 
AS THEY OCCUR, I AM CONFIDENT 
IF THESE PROCEDURES ARE PUT ON 
HOLD AND THE POSTAL SERVICE CAN 
DO THE WORK, THEY WILL BE ABLE 
TO HANDLE THE SURGE. 
THEY HANDLE SURGES AT THE 
HOLIDAY, MOTHER'S DAY, OTHER 
TIMES WITH A BIG SURGE OF MAIL 
THEY CAN DO IT. 
BUT THESE HARMFUL POLICIES 
SHOULDN'T BE MOVING FURTHER 
WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT AN 
ELECTION. 
WE SHOULD PUT THEM ON HOLD 
UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THE 
PANDEMIC THEN LOOK AT NEW 
PROCEDURES TO SEE IF THEY DO 
INDEED INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN 
THE LONG RUN. 
>> I WANT TO TURN TO YOUR 
REELECTION BID. 
YOU ARE IN A COMPETITIVE 
CONTEST. 
YOU AND YOUR OPPONENT AGREED TO 
DO DEBATES BUT NOT THE SAME 
ONES. 
YOU HAVE COMMITTED TO ONES ON 
DIFFERENT TELEVISION STATIONS. 
SENATOR, IF YOU CANNOT COME TO 
A COMPROMISE IS THERE A 
POSSIBILITY YOU WON'T DEBATE AT 
ALL? 
>> I CERTAINLY WANT TO DEBATE. 
I'M EXCITED TO DEBATE. 
I HAVE AGREED TO DEBATES WELL 
OVER A MONTH AGO. 
WE HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD FROM 
MR. JAMES. 
THE DEBATES THAT I AGREED TO 
ARE SIMILAR WITH PUBLIC 
BROADCASTING, SIMILAR TO WHAT 
OTHER SENATE RACES ARE AROUND 
THE YEARS. 
TRADITIONALLY ONE ON THE WEST 
SIDE OF THE STATE WITH A 
BROADCASTING SYSTEM THERE THAT 
GOES STATEWIDE AND THE SAME FOR 
DETROIT. 
I AGREED FOR WELL OVER A MONTH 
TO DO THE DEBATES. 
LET'S DO THEM. 
I DON'T WANT TO DEBATE ON THE 
DEBATES. 
MY OPPONENT WOULD RATHER HAVE A 
DEBATE ON DEBATES RATHER THAN 
ON THE ISSUES BECAUSE QUITE 
FRANKLY HE KNOWS HE IS WRONG ON 
THE ISSUES SO HE IS TRYING TO 
DISTRACT FROM WHAT HAS TO BE 
DONE. 
>> WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING 
CASES FOR MICHIGANERS. 
>> THE MOST PRESSING IS TO GET 
THROUGH THE COVID CRISIS AS WE 
DEAL WITH SIMULTANEOUS PUBLIC 
HEALTH CRISIS AND ECONOMIC 
CRISIS. 
WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON THAT. 
THAT IS WHAT I AM FOCUSED ON 
DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
I OVERSEE FEMA, OVERSEEING THE 
COVID RESPONSE, MAKING SURE 
THAT THERE IS PERSONAL 
PROTECTION EQUIPMENT, SUPPLY 
CHAINS INTACT TO DEAL WITH THIS 
CRISIS AND MAKE SURE THAT 
RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR 
TESTING. 
THAT HAS BEEN MY FOCUS. 
THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT 
MAKING SURE THAT THE ECONOMY 
RECOVERS. 
THAT'S WHY I FOCUSED ON 
SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES 
THAT HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE 
CRISIS. 
WE CAN'T RESTART AN ECONOMY AS 
QUICKLY AS ANY OF US WOULD LIKE 
IF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T 
SURVIVE. 
THEY NEED TO BE THERE TO HIRE 
FOLKS AND MOVE THE ECONOMY 
FORWARD. 
THAT'S WHY WE ARE FOCUSED ON 
THAT AS WELL AS MAKING SURE 
FAMILIES -- WE SEE HIGH LEVELS 
OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN MICHIGAN AND 
AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE 
ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO 
GET BACK TO WORK AS SOON AS 
POSSIBLE. 
THAT IS MY TOTAL FOCUS. 
IT HAS BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING 
OF THE CRISIS. 
BEFORE WHEN I PUT OUT A REPORT 
CONCERNED ABOUT SUPPLY CHAINS 
AND HOW UNPREPARED THE COUNTRY 
WAS FOR A PANDEMIC, WE HAVE TO 
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED 
ON GETTING THIS COUNTRY BACK ON 
ITS FEET AS QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIVISIVE 
TIME IN OUR COUNTRY. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ROLE IS 
THAT YOU AND YOUR PARTY CAN 
PLAY IN HELPING TO BRING THE 
PARTY TOGETHER. 
>> WE HAVE TO BRING IT 
TOGETHER. 
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE 
ALWAYS FOCUSED ON. 
I AM RANKED RECENTLY BY 
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY THAT 
RANKS ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
BASED ON BIPARTISANSHIP I AM 
RANKED THE THIRD MOST 
BIPARTISAN DEMOCRAT IN THE U.S. 
SENATE. 
THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
AWARDED ME THE JEFFERSON 
HAMILTON AWARD FOR 
BIPARTISANSHIP. 
I BELIEVE -- 
>> HOW DO YOU DO THAT NOW WITH 
THE CLIMATE THAT WE ARE IN? 
SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 
HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITH THE 
CLIMATE WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW? 
>> THE AWARD I GOT I JUST 
RECEIVED A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
I CONTINUE TO BE BIPARTISAN NOW 
IN THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS I 
HAVE PASSED MORE BILLS THAN ANY 
OTHER SENATOR, DEMOCRATIC OR 
REPUBLICAN THROUGH THE SENATE. 
IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER AND 
FINDING THE COMMON GROUND. 
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE 
ALWAYS DONE AND WILL CONTINUE 
TO DO. 
WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AS RECENTLY 
AS THE LAST TIME IN SESSION. 
WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT KIND OF 
LEADERSHIP AS MEMBERS OF THE 
SENATE. 
IT'S NOT ABOUT TALKING ABOUT IT 
BUT DOING IT. 
THAT'S MY FOCUS. 
I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MY 
COLLEAGUES TO MAKE IT A 
REALITY. 
>> SENATOR GARY PETERS OF 
MICHIGAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH 
FOR YOUR TIME, APPRECIATE IT. 
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU, IS 
THANK YOU. 
>>> WE ARE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK 
AT VOTER SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AS HE PREPARES TO DELIVER 
HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AT THE 
RNC. 
CBS NEWS DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS 
AND SURVEYS ANTHONY SALVANTO 
BREAKS DOWN THE RESULTS. 
>> HEADING INTO THIS 
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TONIGHT, 
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE 
REPUBLICANS STAND. 
MOTIVATING THE BASE WILL BE SO 
IMPORTANT. 
WELL, HE HAS REPUBLICANS 
SOLIDLY BEHIND HIM. 
MOST OF THEM IF NOT ALL OF THEM 
FEEL THAT HE HAS KEPT MOST OR 
ALL OF HIS PROMISES SO FAR. 
THEY RATE HIS PRESIDENCY AS 
EXCELLENT OR GOOD AND AMONG 
REPUBLICANS 86% FEEL THAT THE 
PRESIDENT DESERVES THEIR 
LOYALTY. 
THIS IS HIS REPUBLICAN PARTY 
NOW. 
I WOULD ADD THAT THEY WOULD 
RATHER HAVE A REPUBLICAN DOWN 
BALLOT IN CONGRESS IN THE 
SENATE WHO WOULD ENACT HIS 
AGENDA AND DO WHAT HE WANTS 
THAN ONE THAT IS INDEPENDENT 
FROM HIM AND IN TERMS OF THEIR 
OWN IDENTITY, BEING A TRUMP 
SUPPORTER EVEN OUTRANKS BEING A 
REPUBLICAN IN THE FIRST PLACE 
IN IMPORTANCE TO THEM. 
HE HAS THE REPUBLICANS SOLIDLY 
BEHIND HIM. 
CAN HE MOVE BEYOND THE BASE? 
THAT'S WHERE IT GETS 
INTERESTING. 
LOOK AT, ELAINE, THE QUESTION 
OF WHETHER OR NOT AMERICA IS 
BETTER OFF THAN FOUR YEARS AGO. 
75% OF REPUBLICANS THINK IT IS 
BUT ONLY A THIRD OF VOTERS 
OVERALL THINK IT IS. 
HE MIGHT HAVE SOME PERSUADING 
TO DO. 
MAYBE THAT STARTS WITH HIS 
SPEECH TONIGHT. 
THE CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL 
ECONOMY, AGAIN WE SEE THE 
SPLITS. 
MOST REPUBLICANS THINK IT'S 
SOMEWHAT GOOD. 
ONLY A THIRD OF VOTERS AGREE. 
AND ALSO LOOK AT THE 
DIFFERENCES IN THE TYPES OF 
GROUPS WHO ARE SUPPORTING HIM. 
HE RETAINS STRONG SUPPORT AMONG 
WHITE VOTERS WITH NO COLLEGE 
DEGREE. 
IN SOME STATES JOE BIDEN HAS 
CUT INTO THE MARGINS WHICH IS 
IMPORTANT AND HE ALSO HAS A 
DEFICIT WITH JOE BIDEN AMONG 
AND IN PARTICULAR WHITE WOMEN 
WITH COLLEGE DEGREES. 
THAT IS A GROUP THAT IS 
TRENDING TO THE DEMOCRATS. 
CAN HE REVERSE IT? 
FINALLY I WOULD ADD, LOOK AT 
THE NUMBERS WHO SAY THAT U.S. 
IS DEALING WITH CORONAVIRUS IS 
GOING BADLY. 
THERE IS A BIG SPLIT HERE, TOO. 
REPUBLICANS THINK IT'S GOING 
WELL BUT MOST VOTERS TEND TO 
THINK IT'S GOING BADLY. 
THAT IN TERMS HAS BEEN 
RESHAPING HIS POLITICAL MAP. 
WE LOOK AT STATE BY STATE 
POLLING, HE IS EVEN OR MAYBE 
EVEN DOWN SLIGHTLY IN SOME OF 
THE SUNBELT STATES WHERE HE 
PERFORMED WELL LAST TIME, 
GEORGIA, ARIZONA, IN A CLOSE 
RACE IN TEXAS. 
ALL OF THAT, THE POLLS TELL US 
BECAUSE VOTERS DISAPPROVE OF 
HOW HE HANDLED CORONAVIRUS. 
THAT WILL BE SOMETHING 
IMPORTANT TO WATCH IF HE CAN 
START TO TURN THAT AROUND AND 
THEN TRAILING IN THE UPPER 
MIDWEST WHERE HE FAMOUSLY SWUNG 
LAST TIME. 
THAT, TOO, HAS SOMETHING TO DO 
WITH CORONAVIRUS AND WILL TAKE 
STRONG MOTIVATION FROM HIS 
BASE. 
THAT IS WHAT WE WATCH TONIGHT 
POST SPEECH TO SEE IF HE CAN 
START TO MAKE INROADS THERE, 
ELAINE. 
>>> THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
WILL PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. 
ONE SPEAKER KNOWS THE SYSTEM 
FROM THE INSIDE. 
ALICE MARIE JOHNSON SPENT MORE 
THAN 20 YEARS IN PRISON. 
SHE RECEIVED A LIFE SENTENCE 
FOR A NONVIOLENT DRUG AND MONEY 
LAUNDERING CONVICTION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP GRANTED HER 
CLEMENCY TWO YEARS AGO ALLOWING 
HER TO GO FREE. 
VLADIMIR DUTHIERS TALKED TO 
JOHNSON ABOUT HER STORY. 
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO 
KNOW ABOUT YOUR STORY, HOW FAR 
YOU HAVE COME? 
>> I AM AN ORDINARY WOMAN PUT 
IN AN EXTRA ORDINARY SITUATION. 
I AM A BLESSED WOMAN WHO SPENT 
22 YEARS INCARCERATED WITH 
PEOPLE WHO I CAME TO LOVE, WHO 
I PROMISED I WOULD NEVER STOP 
FIGHTING FOR. 
>> ALICE' STORY UNDERSCORES THE 
DISPARITIES AND UNFAIRNESS THAT 
CAN EXIST IN CRIMINAL 
SENTENCING. 
>> YOU FEEL THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SAVED YOUR LIFE? 
>> YES. 
HE HAD THE ABILITY TO SAVE MY 
LIFE FROM LIFE IN PRISON, YES. 
HE IS THE ONE WHO RELEASED ME 
FROM THAT TERRIBLE SENTENCE TO 
REJOIN MY FAMILY. 
>> I'M FREE TO HUG MY FAMILY. 
I'M FREE TO LIVE LIFE. 
I'M FREE TO START OVER. 
>> YOU TALK ABOUT THE FAMILY 
THAT YOU LEFT BEHIND IN PRISON. 
>> WE DEVELOPED BONDS THAT WERE 
JUST AS CLOSE, REALLY AS BLOOD 
BONDS. 
THESE ARE THE WOMEN THAT I 
CRIED WITH, LAUGHED TOGETHER, 
CELEBRATED, COMFORTED EACH 
OTHER, DREAMED ABOUT BEING AT 
HOME TOGETHER. 
MY STORY IS THE STORY OF 
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO WERE 
CAUGHT UP IN A SYSTEM AND 
SENTENCED WAY TOO HARSHLY. 
>> YOU THINK BOTH SIDES, BOTH 
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS 
SHOULD FIND A COMMON GROUND IN 
BRINGING CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM TO THIS COUNTRY. 
>> AS I SAY IT'S NOT A PARTISAN 
ISSUE. 
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD 
GRIEF EVERYONE. 
NO MATTER CAN DO IT BY 
THEMSELVES. 
THEY HAVE TO FIND COMMON 
GROUND. 
THAT IS THE PEOPLE THAT THEY 
REPRESENT. 
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO 
PEOPLE WHO ARE HOPEFUL, WHO SEE 
YOUR STORY AND ARE INSPIRED BY 
IT? 
>> CONCRETE AND STEEL AND RAZOR 
WIRE CAME AS WHAT I THOUGHT I 
WOULD SEE MY FUTURE LIFE 
FOREVER. 
EVEN IN THE DARKEST TIMES AS 
LONG AS YOU HAVE HOPE AND YOU 
CAN DREAM, THERE IS NOTHING, 
NOTHING THAT CAN HOLD YOU BACK. 
>>> OFFICIALS ARE ASSESSING THE 
DAMAGE FROM NOW TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. 
IT MADE LANDFALL EARLIER TODAY 
AS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE. 
>> HURRICANE LAURA RIPPED APART 
HOMES AND UPROOTED TREES AND 
FLOODED NEIGHBORHOODS AS IT CUT 
ITS PATH OF DESTRUCTION THROUGH 
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 
>> THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL 
STORM TO MAKE LANDFALIN 
LOUISIANA. 
WE HAVE SUSTAINED THOUSANDS IN 
DAMAGE. 
>> TIME TO TAKE COVER. 
>> Reporter: LAURA PACKED 155 
MILES PER HOUR WINDS AS IT 
ROARED ASHORE IN CAMERON, 
LOUISIANA. 
>> THEY SAID THIS WILL BE THE 
STORM OF A LIFETIME. 
I CAN SEE THAT IT'S PROBABLY -- 
THAT IS ACCURATE STATEMENT. 
>> Reporter: A CHEMICAL PLANT 
FIRE NEAR LAKE CHARLES FORCES 
PEOPLE TO SHELTER IN PLACE. 
LOUISIANA TOOK THE BRUNT OF THE 
STORM BUT THERE IS DAMAGE 
ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS. 
>> WE DODGED A BULLET. 
IT COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE. 
>> Reporter: EARLY REPORTS 
INDICATE THE STORM SURGE 
FORECASTERS PREDICTED WAS NOT 
AS BAD AS FEARED. 
>> WE WOULD NOT BE GATHERING 
HERE RIGHT NOW HAD WE SEEN A 10-
FOOT OR HIGHER FOOT STORM 
SURGE. 
>> THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT 
ELECTRICITY. 
IT COULD TAKE DAYS BEFORE IT'S 
RESTORED. 
TEAMS ARE IN TEXAS AND ACROSS 
LOUISIANA ASSESSING THE EXTENT 
OF THE DAMAGE. 
>> THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE 
LAST SHOT OF THE SEASON. 
HOPEFULLY IT IS. 
YOU KNOW, IT GOES THROUGH 
NOVEMBER. 
>>  Reporter: OFFICIALS WARN 
RESIDENTS THEY SHOULDN'T LET 
THEIR GUARD DOWN. 
THE HURRICANE SEASON IS FAR 
FROM OVER. 
CBS NEWS, GALVESTON, TEXAS. 
>>> THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 
HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE POLICE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
AS MELLOW LANG GIVE REPORTS ONE 
OF THE OFFICERS HAS BEEN 
IDENTIFIED. 
>> REVEREND JACKSON CALLED FOR 
JUSTICE FOR JACOB BLAKE. 
>> 
>>> ALTHOUGH PROTESTORS STAYED 
OUT WELL PAST THE DAYLIGHT 
CURFEW, THERE WERE NO MAJOR 
CONFLICT IN THE STREET. 
>> OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO ARREST 
JACOB S. BLAKE. 
>> LAST NIGHT HE ANNOUNCED NEW 
DETAILS ABOUT SUNDAY'S SHOOTING 
AND IDENTIFIED THE OFFICER WHO 
SHOT BLAKE. 
IN THE FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE 
SINCE SUNDAY'S SHOOTING, CALLS 
SAID THERE WAS A KNIFE IN THE 
FLOOR OF HIS SUV. 
>> FROM THE INVESTIGATION 
FOLLOWING THE INITIAL INCIDENT. 
HE ADMITTED HE HAD A KNIFE IN 
HIS POSSESSION. 
>> BLACK ICE HAS UNDERGONE 
SURGERY AND STILL RECOVERING IN 
THE HOSPITAL. 
>> AND POLICE CHIEF SAYS 
VIOLENT RIOTS ARE 
OVERSHADOWING. 
>> THE UNDERLYING MESSAGE IS 
ABOUT RACIAL TENSION AND WHEN 
THINGS BECOME VIOLENT, THAT 
MESSAGE IS LOST. 
>> Reporter: ON TUESDAY NIGHT, 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE SEEN HERE ON 
VIDEO WIELDING A GUN STARTED 
FIRING OFF ROUNDS AS BYSTANDERS 
APPROACHED HIM. 
TWO OF THE PEOPLE SHOT DIED OF 
THEIR WOUNDS. 
HE WALKED PAST POLICE FROM THE 
SCENE AND IT WASN'T UNTIL 
WEDNESDAY THAT HE WAS ARRESTED 
IN ILLINOIS 20 MILES AWAY. 
LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE PROMISING 
THAT CHANGE IS COMING AND THAT 
PROTESTORS WILL BE KEPT SAFE. 
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE 
NATIONAL GUARD, THE SHERIFF'S 
DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THEM THAT 
ARE HERE WILL PROTECT AND HELP 
PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. 
>> Reporter: THE FBI HAS SENT 
SPECIAL A GENTS HERE TO HELP IN 
THE INVESTIGATION. 
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN 
BLAKE'S SHOOTING HAVE BEEN 
PLACED ON LEAVE. 
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED. 
THEY ARE FULLY COOPERATING WITH 
THE INVESTIGATION. 
>> MULLAH LANGI, CBS NEWS, 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. 
>> THAT DOES IT FOR RED AND 
PLUE TODAY. 
AT 7 P.M. 
EASTERN, WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT 
THE REST OF THE DAY'S HEADLINES 
AND AT 8 P.M., A LOOK AHEAD TO 
TONIGHT'S RNC SPEAKERS AND 
BRING THEM TO YOU LIVE WITH 
ANALYSIS WHEN THEY BEGIN. 
AND WHEN TONIGHT'S SPEECHES 
COME TO AN END, WE'LL BREAK IT 
ALL DOWN. 
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. 
YOU'RE STREAMING CBSN. 
>>> HI EVERYONE. 
I'M ELAINE QUIJANO. 
IT IS GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. 
THANKS FOR JOINING US. 
TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES 
HIS CASE TO THE NATION. 
HIS PARTY HAS SOUGHT TO 
REASSURE VOTERS OF HIS 
CHARACTER WHILE THE COUNTRY 
FACES A NUMBER OF CRISES. 
THAT WAS ON FULL DISPLAY AT THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
LAST NIGHT. 
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE GOT 
RENOMINATION FOR THE TICKET 
THIS NOVEMBER. 
HE CRITICIZED DEMOCRATS FOR 
RACIAL UNREST IN CITIES LIKEN 
NO SHA, MINNEAPOLIS AND 
PORTLAND WITHOUT MENTIONING THE 
POLICE SHOOTINGS WHICH 
TRIGGERED THEM. 
>> THE HARD TRUTH IS YOU WON'T 
BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
AND UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE 
WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH THOSE 
WHO STAND ON THE THIN BLUE LINE 
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEFUND 
THE POLICE, NOT NOW, NOT EVER. 
>>> IN FACT, JOE BIDEN HAS SAID 
ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS HE 
DOES NOT SUPPORT DE FUNDING THE 
POLICE. 
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 
SPEAKERS HAVE LARGELY AVOIDED 
THE TOPIC OF RACIAL N JUSTICE 
AND THE NAMES OF A IRK MA CANS 
THAT DIED AT THE HANDS OF 
POLICE, BREONNA TAYLOR
AND JACOB BLAKE. 
ALL THREE NBA PLAYOFF GAMES 
WERE POSTPONED YESTERDAY LED BY 
THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS. 
POINT GUARD GEORGE HILL SPOKE 
ON THE TEAM'S BEHALF TO PRESENT 
THEIR DEMAND FOR JUSTICE. 
>> WE'RE CALLING FOR JUSTICE 
FOR JACOB BLAKE AND FOR THE 
OFFICERS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE. 
THEY HAVE TO RECONVENE AFTER 
MONTHS OF IN ACTION AND TAKE 
ACTIONS. 
>>> THE WNBA AND SEVERAL MAJOR 
LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS JOINED 
THE PROTESTS. 
TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT WILL ONCE 
AGAIN USE THE WHITE HOUSE FOR 
HIS POLITICAL STAGING. 
SOMETHING WHICH RAISES ETHICAL 
CONCERNS. 
HIS SPEECH COINCIDES WITH 
HURRICANE LAURA BEARING DOWN ON 
THE GULF COAST. 
IT STRUCK LOUISIANA AND TEXAS 
LATE LAST NIGHT. 
150-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS TORE 
ROOFS AND SHATTERED WINDOWS AND 
LEFT TREES ON TOP OF HOMES. 
OFFICIALS REPORT AT LEAST THREE 
PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE 
STORM. 
RESCUE CREWS ARE SEARCHING FOR 
SURVIVORS AMONG THE DEBRIS. 
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ALSO 
LOOMS OVER THE PRESIDENT'S 
SPEECH TONIGHT. 
MORE THAN 180,000 PEOPLE IN THE 
U.S. HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS 
WITH A DAILY RATE OF ABOUT 
1,000 IN THE PAST WEEK. 
AMERICANS REPORT MORE THAN 5.8 
MILLION CASES. 
THE VICE PRESIDENT DID EXPRESS 
SYMPATHY FOR THOSE IN PACKED BY 
COVID-19. 
HE DID SO WHILE TOUTING THE 
ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE AND 
ATTACKING JOE BIDEN. 
>> LAST WEEK JOE BIDEN SAID, 
THAT NO MIRACLE IS COMING. 
WELL, WHAT JOE DOESN'T SEEM TO 
UNDERSTAND IS THAT A AMERICA IS 
A NATION OF MIRACLES. 
>>> LET'S BRING IN OUR PANEL. 
NICOLE KILLIAN, KATLYNN, AND 
MEREDITH. 
NICOLE IS A CBS NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT. 
CALL IT LYNN IS A CBSN 
POLITICAL REPORTER AND MEREDITH 
IS A WHITE HOUSE REPORTER FOR 
POLITICO. 
WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU. 
NICOLE, LET ME START WITH YOU. 
THE CONVENTION HAS FOCUSED A 
LOT ON WHAT THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT HAS 
ACCOMPLISHED. 
HAVE WE HEARD PLANS FOR WHAT 
THEY WILL DO IF GIVEN FOUR 
YEARS? 
>> THEY HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF 
THE DEMOCRATS AND THEY WERE 
SHORT ON POLICY SPECIFICS 
SPECIFICS AND YET, BUT THE 
REPUBLICANS WE HAVEN'T 
NECESSARILY HEARD A LOT OF 
SPECIFICS ON THEIR END EITHER, 
MORE A LOT OF VAGUE PLATT 
TUDES. 
WE DID HEAR A SENSE OF WHAT 
SECOND TERM FOR DONALD TRUMP 
MIGHT LOOK LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, 
THE VICE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY 
TALKED ABOUT AN AGENDA FREEDOM 
BACKING LAW ENFORCEMENT, 
TOUTING SCHOOL OF CHOICE WHICH 
HAS BEEN A THEME WE HAVE HEARD 
THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSE. 
WE HEARD FROM THE ECONOMIC 
ADVISOR TOUTING MORE TAX CUTS, 
MORE REGULATORY ROLL BACKS AND 
THE PRESS SECRETARY TALKING 
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT WILL STAND 
BY AMERICANS WITH PRE-EXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
EVEN WHEN THE PRESIDENT HAS AT 
TIMES BEEN PRESS ADD BOUGHT A 
SECOND AGENDA, HE HASN'T ALWAYS 
BEEN CLEAR AND QUITE FRANKLY 
THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST 
TONIGHT TOO IN WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT WILL SAY ABOUT THE 
HERE AND NOW. 
YOU MENTIONED THE HURRICANE. 
WE DO KNOW THE PRESIDENT WILL 
MENTION THE HURRICANE TONIGHT. 
IN FACT, HE CONSIDERED 
POSTPONING HIS SPEECH. 
HE TOLD REPORTERS A SHORT TIME 
AGO, BUT DECIDED TO MOVE 
FORWARD WITH IT. 
ALSO AS YOU MENTIONED THE 
SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN 
UNFOLDING ALL THIS WEEK IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. 
WAY DID HEAR THE VICE PRESIDENT 
TOUCH ON IT LAST NIGHT. 
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT WILL MAKE 
A REFERENCE TO WHAT IS 
HAPPENING THERE. 
WE DON'T KNOW IF HE WILL SAY 
THE NAME OF JACOB BLAKE, THE 
UNARMED AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN 
WHO WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES IN THE 
BACK. 
THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS 
CERTAINLY THAT WE HAVE AS WE 
LOOK AHEAD TO THE SPEECH. 
WE DO KNOW AS FAR AS 
SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO A 
SECOND TERM, YOU KNOW, ADVISERS 
HAVE SAID HE WILL DESCRIBE AN 
OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF THE UNITED 
STATES AND WE KNOW THAT HIS 
MESSAGE WILL BE ONE WHERE HE 
DIRECTLY CONTRASTS AND PROVIDES 
TWO DISTINCT VISIONS BETWEEN 
WHAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL 
LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT FOUR 
YEARS COMPARED TO THAT OF JOE 
BIDEN'S. 
>>> KATLYNN, DEMOCRATIC VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND 
CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS SPOKE AT LENGTH THIS 
AFTERNOON ABOUT THE KEN KNOW? 
PROTESTS. 
LET'S PLAY HER REMARKS. 
>> AS VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN PUT 
IT'S THE SHOTS FIRED AT MR. 
BLAKE PIERCED THE SOUL OF OUR 
NATION. 
IT IS SICKENING TO WATCH. 
IT IS ALL-TOO FAMILIAR. 
AND IT MUST END. 
>>> KATLYNN, GIVE US A SENSE. 
HOW HAVE THE TRUMP AND BIDEN 
CAMPS TALKED ABOUT THESE 
PROTESTS? 
>> WELL, IN VERY DIDN'T WAYS. 
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND 
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN FOCUSING 
ON VIOLENCE THAT HAS ERUPTED IN 
SEVERAL CITIES. 
YOU HEARD THE MESSAGING COMING 
OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ALL WEEK AND THAT IS 
REALLY I THINK IN AN ATTEMPT TO 
REACH REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND 
EVEN SOME OF THE DISAFFECTED 
REPUBLICAN VOTERS OR FORMER 
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT WHO TO SUPPORT THIS 
TIME AROUND AND FOCUS ON THE 
SECURITY ASPECT, THIS LAW AND 
ORDER ASPECT. 
WE'LL SEE IF THAT WORKS, BUT I 
THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY 
INTERESTING TO SEE KAMALA 
HARRIS TODAY. 
SHE IS A FORMER PROSECUTOR. 
THIS IS GOING TO BE A ROLE 
WE'LL SEE HER IN IN THIS 
CAMPAIGN GOING ON THE ATTACK 
AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS AND 
MIKE PENCE. 
SHE WE HAVE THESE THINGS 
TOGETHER. 
WE SAW JOE BIDEN GIVE A VIDEO 
YESTERDAY WHERE HE SAID OF 
COURSE HE SUPPORTS THE PROTEST 
BUT DOESN'T CONDONE THE 
VIOLENCE AND CONDEMNED IT. 
YOU HEARD THAT FROM HER 
MENTIONING HOW THE TICKET SPOKE 
WITH THE FAMILY AND KIND OF 
NOTED THAT THE FAMILY, TOO, 
ARGUED FOR NO VIOLENCE. 
SHE SAID ALSO I THOUGHT SHE 
SAID SHE CONDEMNED THE LOOTING 
AND VIOLENCE INCLUDING THAT 
FROM THE SHOOTER WHO WAS 
ARRESTED FOR MURDER. 
SO TYING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER 
AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING 
THAT WE'LL SEE FROM THAT SIDE 
AS WELL. 
>>> WELL KATLYNN, HOUSE SPEAKER 
NANCY PELOSI SAID JOE BIDEN 
SHOULD SKIP THE DEBATES WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
WHY DID SHE MAKE THOSE ROW 
MARKS AND IS THE BY GEN 
CAMPAIGN CONSIDERING THAT? 
>> JOE BIDEN SAID TODAY IN AN 
IN THE VIEW AFTER WORD THAT HE 
WILL DO ALL THREE DEBATES. 
HE WANTS TO  "FACT CHECK TRUMP 
ON THE FLOOR." 
BUT IT IS VERY BIZARRE. 
PECULIAR THAT NANCY PELOSI 
SUGGESTED SKIPPING ALL THE 
DEBATES ALTOGETHER. 
YOU COULD TELL WITH THE BIDEN 
CAMPS' QUICK RESPONSE THAT THEY 
DIDN'T WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE. 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN MASS NOT 
BEEN DOING A LOT OF PRESS 
CONFERENCES. 
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING INTERVIEWS 
AND PRESS CONFERENCES EVERY FEW 
WEEKS, AND THE TICKET HAS NOT 
APPEARED IN FRONT OF A PRESS 
CONFERENCE SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN 
NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION EVEN 
THOUGH THEY DID AN INTERVIEW 
TOGETHER WITH ABC OVER THE 
WEEKEND, SO THE IDEA OF 
SKIPPING DEBATES WOULD BE VERY 
PROBLEMATIC AND WOULD DO A 
DISSERVICE TO VOTERS. 
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THAT 
ROUTE. 
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHENEVER 
THE TICKET DOES DECIDE TO HAVE 
THEIR FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE 
TOGETHER. 
THAT IS SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY YOU 
AND MANY OTHERS WILL BE 
INTERESTED IN. 
MEREDITH, LET ME TURN TO YOU. 
TIM SCOTT WHO SPOKE MONDAY WAS 
UNEMPLOYMENT ON CBS THIS 
MORNING TODAY. 
I WANT TO PLAY WHAT HE SAID. 
HE LIKED TO HEAR FROM PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
>> I HOPE HE STARTS WITH 
KENOSHA AND THE HURRICANE. 
THESE ARE TWO MAJOR INCIDENTS 
OR ISSUES THAT ARE OVERWHELMING 
GOOD PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS 
COUNTRY AND OUR FOLKS AND 
ATTENTION IS THERE AND HE HAS 
TO TOUCH ON THE PANDEMIC AS 
WELL. 
>>> WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO 
WISCONSIN WHERE GOVERNOR TONY 
EVERS HAS MORE. 
LET'S LISTEN IN. 
>> I HAD A MOMENT TO SEEK WITH 
JACOB BLAKE'S FAMILY. 
WE MET WITH SOME LEADERS THERE 
IN KENOSHA. 
HAD A COUPLE PHONE CALLS 
YESTERDAY AND AN ORGANIZER 
FRIEND OF MINE HERE. 
WE MET WITH LOCAL ELECTED 
OFFICIALS AND WE ALSO VISITED A 
úCOUPLE BUSINESSES. 
AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT 
BECAUSE IN THE WAKE OF IT ALL, 
YOU SEE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY 
BEING BUILT AND IT IS OUT OF 
THE DEVASTATING CIRCUMSTANCES 
THAT WE OFTEN SEE COMMUNITIES 
BEING BUILD MORE HOLISTICALLY 
AND MORE INCLUSIVELY IN WAYS 
THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY HAVE 
NOT HAPPENED BEFORE AND WE SEE 
WHEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY BUILDING 
THAT ISN'T INCLUSIVE, YOU END 
UP WITH THE FURYKERS THAT YOU 
LAUGH THAT CREATE THE 
SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE DEALING 
WITH NOW. 
AS THE GOVERNOR SAID D Y I'S 
INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING BUT WE 
DON'T NEED ONE TO KNOW THAT 
BLAKE'S SHOOTING FALLS IN ALONG 
AND PAINFUL PATTERN OF VIOLENCE 
AND THIS IS A PATTERN OF 
VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENS AGAINST 
BLACK LIVES TOO OFTEN ACROSS 
THIS COUNTRY. 
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE SAW EVEN 
MORE GUN VIOLENCE UNFOLD ON 
TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN TWO 
PROTESTERS WERE TRAGICALLY 
KILLED AND ONE OTHER INJURED BY 
GUNSHOTS. 
SOMEONE THAT WASN'T LOOKING TO 
KEEP PEACE AND SOMEONE WHO CAME 
IN FROM ILLINOIS WITH ALONG 
RIFLE WAS ABLE TO JUST WALK THE 
STREETS FREELY LIKE THAT IS 
SOMETHING NORMAL WE SHOULD COME 
TO EXPECT. 
THAT IS NOT ANYTHING NORMAL, WE 
SHOULDN'T ACCEPT IT BECAUSE 
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN IF YOU HAVE AN AGITATED 
MAN WITH A LONG GUN WALKING 
DOWN THE STREETS THINKING HE IS 
SOME SORT OF THE PEACE KEEPER? 
>> YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING TONY 
EVERS GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE 
SITUATION IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
THE CITY HAS SEEN FOUR DAYS OF 
THE PROTESTS FOLLOWING THE 
SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN BY 
POLICE. 
WE'LL HAVE MORE AFTER THE 
BREAK. 
YOU'RE STREAMING CBSN. 
>>> THE U.S. FACES A NUMBER OF 
CRISIS ON THE SAME NIGHT WHEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL ALLOW A 
SECOND TURN. 
A STEADILY HURRICANE IS BEARING 
DOWN ON THE GULF COAST AND 
SOCIAL UNREST CONTINUES 
FOLLOWING THE POLICE SHOOTING 
OF JACOB BLAKE IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
LAST NIGHT VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE CALLED FOR  "LAW AND 
ORDER." 
HE USED HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH 
TO DEFEND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
>>> YOU WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE WILL 
ALWAYS STAND WITH THOSE WHO 
STAND ON THE THIN BLUE LINE AND 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE, NOT NOW, NOT EVER. 
[ APPLAUSE ] 
>>> LET'S BRING IN SENATOR MIKE 
BRAUN, A REPUBLICAN FROM 
INDIANA. 
HELLO. 
WELCOME BACK TO RED AND BLUE. 
>> GOOD TO BE BACK ON. 
>> SO I KNOW YOU ARE SOMEONE 
WHO RAN ON LAW AND ORDER BUT 
LAST TIME YOU WERE OR THE 
PROGRAM, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR 
BILL TO REFORM QUALIFIED 
IMMUNITY WHICH HAD BEEN PART OF 
THE BROADER DISCUSSIONS ON 
POLICE REFORM BIT OF COURSE AS 
WE SIT HERE NOW AS YOU KNOW, 
THERE HAS BEEN NO REAL MOVEMENT 
ON THE ISSUE. 
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS CAREFULLY 
EXAMINED THIS ISSUE, IS THERE 
SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO 
HEAR FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO 
THESE RACIAL TENSIONS? 
>> WELL, I THINK ELAINE, IT IS 
OBVIOUS THAT WE HAVE ISSUES 
LIKE OCCURRED IN KENOSHA AND 
SEEMS TO BE ON SOMEWHAT OF A 
REGULAR PATTERN AND ON THE 
OTHER HAND WE HAVE BEEN 
WITNESSING LAW AND DISORDER IN 
MANY OF THE BIG CITIES, SO I 
THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BOTH 
PERSPECTIVES HAVE TO BE TAKEN 
INTO CONSIDERATION, SADLY WHAT 
WAS MOVING THERE FOR AWHILE IS 
ON THE BACK BURNER. 
I THINKING THERE WAS A CLERICAL 
KLAGES THAT DEMOCRATS WERE 
GOING TO LIT GATE THAT INTO THE 
ELECTION, AND I THINK IT IS A 
FAIR QUESTION TO ASK BIDEN AND 
OTHERS WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DO 
YOU HAVE, WHAT COMMENT TOSS YOU 
WANT TO MAKE ON THE UNRULINESS 
THAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING IT WILL 
BE CITIES THEY MANAGED FOR 
DECADES? 
ON OUR SIDE, I THINK THAT WE 
HAVE TO LOOK, AS WELL INTO WHAT 
WE DO TO TRY AND PROMOTE 
REFORMS AND TO ME IT STIGMA 
TIES THE HARD WORK, THE RISKY 
WORK THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES 
EVERY DAY, AND I THINK THAT FOR 
THEIR OWN BENEFIT, WE NEED TO 
SEE HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE. 
I WHEN I GOT INVOLVED IN IT, 
THAT WAS GOING KNOW WHERE 
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REAL 
INTEREST IN TRYING TO CRAFT A 
BROADER SOLUTION BUT AS WE CAN 
SEE FROM WHAT IS GOING ON, 
WE'RE KNOWING CLOSER TO 
RESOLVING IT SO I THINK IT 
TAKES MOVEMENT ON BOTH SIDES. 
>>> DO YOU THINK THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CAN PLAY A ROLE WITH HIS 
REMARKS TONIGHT TO PERHAPS EASE 
THE TENSIONS WITH ALL OF THE 
DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN SEEING? 
OR DOW YOU THINK IT IS TOO LATE 
TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER? 
>> THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE 
ELECTIO, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT 
TO SOLVE ANY OF THESE ISSUES. 
I THINK WHEN TIM SCOTT PRODUCED 
THE BILL BACK MONTHS AGO, AND 
WE COULDN'T GET ANY DEMOCRATIC 
SUPPORT FOR IT, THAT IS WHEN IT 
GOT POLITICIZED. 
NOW WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP 
POLITICALLY CAN HAVE A LOWER 
THE DES SYBIL LEVEL, CAN EASE 
TENSIONS, IT WILL BE 
INTERESTING TO SEE IF HE 
DISCUSSES IT. 
I DO THINK, THOUGH, THAT THE 
DYNAMIC IS STRONGLY TOWARDS LAW 
AND ORDER AND I THINK THAT THAT 
COULD BE A WINNING ISSUE FOR 
THE PRESIDENT. 
I THINK THE OTHER THING HE HAD 
TO FOCUS ON IS WHAT IS HIS 
AGENDA GOING TO BE WHEN HE GETS 
RE-ELECTED AND I WOULD LOVE TO 
SEE SOME COMMENT ABOUT 
REFORMING HEALTHCARE. 
HE HAS BEEN A VOCAL VOICE ON 
THAT, SO I THINK HE NEEDS TO 
TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES PRESSING 
US CURRENTLY, MOST IMPORTANTLY 
WHEN COVID-19 IS IN THE REAR 
VIEW MIRROR WITH A VACCINE AND 
OR THERAPEUTICS, WE HAVE A LOT 
OF ISSUES BURNING AMONG MOST 
SENATORS, MOSTLY RELATED TO THE 
HIGH COST OF HEALTHCARE. 
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIM WEIGH 
IN ON THAT, AS WELL. 
>> SENATOR, OUR TIME IS RUNNING 
SHORT BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU 
HERE WITH HURRICANE LAURA 
BEARING DOWN, DO YOU THINK THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED 
TO HANDLE THE AFTERMATH OF A 
MAJOR HURRICANE IN THE MIDDLE 
OF A PANDEMIC? 
THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS 
RAISED ABOUT FEMA'S 
PREPAREDNESS. 
>> I THINK FROM WHAT I HAVE 
SEEN OUT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AS 
MUCH AS HE IS RAILED AGAINST IN 
TERMS OF NOT BEING PREPARED BY 
THE OPPOSITION, I THINK IT IS A 
ARGUMENT AND WE WILL BE READY 
TO GO. 
WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGEMENT OF 
COVID, AS A MAIN STREET 
ENTREPRENEUR WATCHING TO SEE 
HOW WE NAVIGATED THROUGH IT, 
I'M ALMOST CERTAIN WE WOULDN'T 
BE AS CLOSE TO THERAPEUTICS AND 
ARRESTING THE DISEASE AND 
ESPECIALLY VACCINES, SO YES, I 
FEEL VERY CONFIDENT HE WILL 
ADDRESS IS. 
I THINK WE DODGED A MAJOR 
BULLET THAT IT DIDN'T COME INTO 
HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS, AS 
WELL. 
>> SENATOR, A FINAL MINUTES 
HERE. 
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO 
PARTICULARLY FARMERS IN YOUR 
STATE WHO ARE PARTICULARLY HARD 
HIT IN THE MIDST OF TRADE 
TENSIONS, IN THE MIDST OF THE 
PANDEMIC, AND WHAT WOULD YOU 
SAY MORE BROADLY TO THE 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE 
SO DISAPPOINTED THAT CONGRESS 
WASN'T ABLE TO COME TOGETHER 
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE ON SOME 
KIND OF COVID RELIEF PACKAGE? 
>> LET'S TAKE THE LATTER FIRST. 
ON THE RELIEF PACKAGE, THAT IS 
WHY WE SAW THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 
COMING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION 
HERE WEEK TO TEN DAYS AGO. 
IT ADDRESSINED MAIN AREAS WE 
WOULD HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS 
LEGISLATIVELY. 
I THINK THE MAIN REASON THAT 
DIDN'T HAPPEN, ELAINE, IS 
BECAUSE THEY WERE STARTING IN A 
PRICE TAG WAY OUT OF REACH AND 
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAVE 
GOTTEN ANY REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, 
PLUS THEY HAD A LOT OF STUFF IN 
THERE UNRELATED TO COVID. 
IN MY HOME STATE OF INDIANA, 
THE KEY THING THAT HAS BEEN 
HOLDING, WE'RE DOWN TO A 
RELATIVELY LOW UNEMPLOYMENT 
RATE ALREADY BECAUSE WE HAD A 
HEALTHY ECONOMY AND WITH THAT 
ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT, 
SO THAT BEING $300 MAYBE HIT 
THE RIGHT SPOT FOR AWHILE. 
MOST OF MY HUGH SURE BUSINESS 
OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEUERS THINK 
THAT IS TOO MUCH COMPETITION TO 
GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. 
WHEN IT COMES TO FARMERS, THAT 
IS THE NEXT HARDEST JOB WITH 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
THEY HAVE GOT ALL KINDS OF 
THINGS WORKING AGAINST THEM. 
THE ONLY UNHEALTHY PART OF OUR 
ECONOMY GOING INTO THE COVID 
SAGA SO I SEE THINGS RELAXING A 
LITTLE BIT WITH NIGHCHINA. 
I THINK CHINA WILL EBB AND FLOW 
AS IT SUITS THEM. 
PRICES HAVE GONE UP A LITTLE 
BIT IN THE MARKETS, SADLY A LOT 
OF THE CORN CROP WAS LOST IN 
IOWA. 
THAT IS NOT THE WAY WE WANT TO 
GENERATE HIGHER PRICES. 
FARMING HAS GOT LONG TERM 
ISSUES OF HAVING SO FEW 
SUPPLIERS THAT SELL INPUTS AT A 
VERY COSTLY LEVEL. 
THEY HAVE MARKETS THAT HAVE 
BEEN IN THE DOLDRUMS FOR NOW 
YEARS UPON YEARS. 
LAST GOOD MARKETS WERE 2009 TO 
2013. 
WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OTHER WAYS 
TO USE CORN AND SOYBEANS AND 
FOOD AND FEED. 
ANOTHER DISCUSSION BUT I THINK 
FARMERS RECOGNIZE THAT TRUMP IS 
TRYING TO DO THE BEST FOR THEM. 
CHINA HAS BEEN A TRICKY THING 
TO NAVIGATE THROUGH AND IT IS 
LOOKING UP IN THE SHARP RUN FOR 
FARMERS. 
I'M WORRIED MORE ABOUT THE LONG 
RUN. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
SENATOR MIKE BRAUN FROM 
INDIANA, THANKS VERY MUCH. 
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. 
>>> OFFICIALS ARE A SESSION THE 
DAMAGE FROM NOW TROPICAL STORM 
LAURA IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. 
IT MADE LANDFALL EARLIER TODAY 
AS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE. 
COURTNEY HAS THE LATEST. 
>> Reporter: HURRICANE LAURA 
RIPPED APART HOMES, UPROOTED 
TREES AND FLOODED NEIGHBORHOODS 
AS IT CUT ITS PATH OF 
DESTRUCTION THROUGH SOUTHWEST 
LOUISIANA. 
>> THIS WASN'T MOST POWERFUL 
STORM TO EVER MAKE LANDFALL IN 
LOUISIANA. 
WE HAVE SUSTAINED A TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. 
WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS 
OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS WHOSE 
LIVE AS UPSIDE DOWN. 
>> Reporter: LAURA PACKED 150-
MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS AS IT ROARED 
A SHORE IN CAMERON, LOUISIANA. 
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE THE 
STORM OF A LIFETIME THEY SAID, 
AND I CAN SEE THAT IT PROBABLY 
-- THAT IS AN ACCURATE 
STATEMENT FOR SURE. 
>> Reporter: A CHEMICAL PLANT 
FIRE NEAR LAKE CHARLES IS 
FORCING PEOPLE TO SHELTER IN 
PLACE AS A THICK CLOUD OF BLACK 
SMOKE BLANKETS THE AREA. 
WHILE LOUISIANA TOOK THE BRUNT 
OF THE STORM, THERE IS DAMAGE 
ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS. 
>> WE DODGED A BULLET. 
IT COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE. 
>> Reporter: EARLY REPORTS 
INDICATE THE STORM SURGE 
FORECASTERS PREDICTED WERE NOT 
AS BAD AS FEARED. 
>> WE WOULD NOT BE GATHERING 
HERE RIGHT NOW HAD WE SEEN A 
TEN FOOT OR HIGHER FOOT STORM 
SURGE. 
REPORTER THOUSANDS ARE WITHOUT 
ELECTRICITY AND IT COULD TAKE 
DAYS TO REAR STORE. 
TEAMS ARE OUT HERE IN TEXAS AND 
ACROSS LOUISIANA ASSESSING THE 
EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. 
>> THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE 
LAST WARNING SHOT OF THIS 
SEASON. 
HOPE PHILLY IT IS, BUT YOU KNOW 
IT GOES UP THROUGH NOVEMBER. 
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS WARN 
RESIDENTS THEY SHOULDN'T LET 
THEIR GUARD DOWN. 
THE HURRICANE SEASON IS FAR 
FROM OVER. 
CBS NEWS, GALVESTON, TEXAS. 
>> THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 
HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION 
INTO THE POLICE SHOOTING OF 
JACOB BLAKE IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
AS MULLAH LANGI REPORTS, ONE OF 
THE OFFICERS HAS BEEN 
IDENTIFIED. 
>> Reporter: THE REVEREND JESSE 
JACKSON JOINED THE NAACP AND 
LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR JUSTICE FOR 
JACOB BLAKE. 
>> SHOT IN THE BACK SEVEN 
TIMES. 
SEVEN TIMES. 
SEVEN. 
>> NO JOKE. 
AND NO JUSTIFICATION. 
>> Reporter: WEDNESDAY WAS 
KENOSHA'S QUIET OS NIGHT SINCE 
HE WAS SHOT BY POLICE ON 
SUNDAY. 
ALTHOUGH PROTESTERS STAYED OUT 
WELL PAST THE CURFEW, THERE 
WERE NO MAJOR CONFLICTS IN THE 
STREETS. 
>> DURING THE INCIDENT OFFICERS 
TRIED TO ARREST BLAKE. 
>> Reporter: HE ANNOUNCED NEW 
DETAILS ABOUT SUNDAY'S SHOOTING 
AND IDENTIFIED THE OFFICER THAT 
SHOT BLAKE. 
IN THE FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE 
BY THE AG SINCE SUNDAY'S 
SHOOTING, CALL SAID 
INVESTIGATION FORCE RECEIVE 
COVERED A KNIFE ON THE FLOOR OF 
BLAKE'S SUV. 
>> MR. BLAKE ADMITTED HE HAD A 
KNIFE IN HIS POSSESSION. 
>> Reporter: BLAKE HAS 
UNDERGONE SURGERY AND IS STILL 
RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL. 
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. 
>> Reporter: KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 
POLICE CHIEF SAID VIOLENCE 
RIOTS ARE OVER SHAD DOEGE THE 
INCIDENT THAT PROMPTED PROTESTS 
IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
>> IT IS ABOUT RACIAL TENSION 
AND POLICE VIOLENCE. 
WHEN THINGS BECOME VIOLENT, 
THAT MESSAGE IS LOST. 
>> Reporter: ON TUESDAY NIGHT, 
17-YEAR-OLD KYLE RITTENHOUSE 
SEEN HERE ON VIDEO WIELDING A 
GUN STARTED FIRING OFF ROUNDS 
AS BYSTANDERS APPROACHED HIM. 
BO OF THE PEOPLE SHOT DIED OF 
THEIR WOUNDS. 
RITTENHOUSE WALKED PAST POLICE 
AND FROM THE SCENE AND IT 
WASN'T UNTIL WEDNESDAY 
AUTHORITIES ARRESTED HIM IN HIS 
HOMETOWN IN ILLINOIS, 20 MILES 
AWAY. 
LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE PROMISING 
THAT CHANGE IS COMING AND THAT 
PROTESTERS WILL BE KEPT SAFE. 
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE 
NATIONAL GUARD, THE SHERIFF'S 
DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THEM THAT 
ARE HERE BE PROTECTED AND TO 
HELP PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. 
>> Reporter: SOURCES TELL "CBS 
NEWS" THE FBI SENT SPECIAL 
AGENTS TO KENOSHA TO HELP IN 
THE INVESTIGATION. 
THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN 
BLAKE'S SHOOTING HAVE BEEN 
PLACED ON LEAVE. 
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED. 
WISCONSIN OFFICIALS SAY THEY 
ARE FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE 
INVESTIGATIONMENT MULLAH LANGI, 
CBS NEWS, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. 
>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, 
TOMORROW WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 
BLACK NATIONAL CONVENTION KICKS 
OFF. 
WE'LL SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE CO 
DIRECTORS ABOUT ITS IMPORTANCE 
AMID NATIONWIDE PROTESTS FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
STAY WITH US. 
YOU'RE STREAMING CBSN. 
>>> THE WISCONSIN NATIONAL 
GUARD SAYS MILITARY POLICE 
REINFORMANTS FROM THREE OTHER 
STATES ARE HEADING TO KENOSHA 
IN RESPONSE TO ONGOING PROTESTS 
OVER ANOTHER POLICE SHOOTING OF 
A BLACK MAN, JACOB BLAKE. 
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS 
OPENED A CIVIL RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION INTO THE 
INCIDENT. 
DEMONSTRATIONS WERE MOSTLY 
PEACEFUL LAST NIGHT IN KENOSHA, 
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AND 
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. 
THERE ARE REPORTS SOME DID LOOT 
AND DAMAGE PROPERTY. 
THE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN A FOCAL 
POINT OF THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
LAST NIGHT VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE REINFORCED THE 
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OF  "LAW 
AND ORDER." 
WHAT IS LARGELY BEEN MISSING 
FROM THESE SPEECHES IS A 
MENTION OF THE ROOT CAUSE OF 
THE DEMONSTRATIONS, CALLS FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT THE 
INTERSECTION OF RACE AND 
POLITICS IS RUE KIA, THE CO 
DIRECTOR OF THE ELECTORAL 
JUSTICE PROJ OF THE MOVEMENT 
FOR BLACK LIVES AND CO PRODUCER 
OF THE BLACK NATIONAL 
CONVENTION WHICH KICKS OFF 
TOMORROW. 
WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US. 
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
>> BEFORE WE TAKE ABOUT YOUR 
CONVENTION, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK 
YOU ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING IT? 
IF SO, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON HOW 
THE G.O.P. 
IS APPROACHING THE ISSUE OF 
RACE? 
>> YES. 
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY SEEN THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
AND VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HOW 
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT RACE. 
WHAT WE SEE IS THAT THEY 
CONSISTENTLY CRIMINALIZE BLACK 
LIFE, BLACK PEOPLE, AND OUR 
ATTEMPTS TO ACTUALLY OBTAIN 
JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY. 
A FEW DAYS AGO WE SAW THE 
HORRIBLE MERCILESS SHOOTINGS OF 
JACOB BLAKE AND WHAT WE SAW IS 
AN ATTEMPT TO LITERALLY 
CRIMINALIZE THE PROTESTERS THAT 
HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE STREETS 
LITERALLY FORCING THEIR WAY TO 
DEMAND THAT WE HAVE JUSTICE, 
THAT WE HAVE JUSTICE FOR THESE 
SHOOTINGS. 
JACOB AND TRAY FORD ARE NOT THE 
FIRST BLACK PEOPLE TO BE SHOT 
OR INJURED AND KILLED AT THE 
HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
JUSTICE FOR THEM MEANS ENDING 
STATE SANCTIONED VIOLENCE 
AGAINST OUR COMMUNITY AND 
REMOVING WAR FROM AMERICAN 
STREETS. 
IT MEANS PROTESTERS WHO HAVE 
BEEN TEAR GASND AND POLICE WHO 
INSTEAD OF DE-ESCALATING 
TENSIONS ARE RIFE IN SWATH GEAR 
IN ARMED STREAKS. 
ALL THIS HORRIBLENESS TO PEOPLE 
WHO LITERALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT 
WE SAW IN 1964 AND 1960s 
FIGHTING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, WE 
SEE A FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 
TODAY. 
WE SEE A FIGHT FOR LIFE AND FOR 
BLACK LIVES. 
WE WANT TO SEE THEY ARE NOT 
ACKNOWLEDGING BLACK LIVE ARE IN 
DANGER DUE TO A SYSTEM OF 
POLICING THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY 
HARMED OUR PEOPLE OVER AND OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN. 
IT IS TIME FOR IT TO BE 
ELIMINATED. 
IT IS TIME TO DEFUND AND GET A 
BETTER SYSTEM OF JUSTICE, A 
BETTER SYSTEM OF COMMUNITY 
SAFETY. 
>> AS YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION HAS 
FEATURED SOME SPEAK CURSE WHO 
ARE BLACK, MAKING THE CASE FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RE-ELECTION 
AND ONE OF THEM IS CIVIL RIGHTS 
ACTIVIST CLARENCE HENDERSON WHO 
SPOKE LAST NIGHT. 
HE IT TOED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
RECORD ON BLACK ISSUES CITING 
THE PRESIDENT'S INTRODUCTION OF 
OPPORTUNITY ZONE INVESTMENT IN 
2017 AND SIGNING THE BIPARTISAN 
BILLS FOR FUNDING AND FOR THE 
FIRST STEP ACT, LEGISLATION 
AIMED AT REFORMING THE CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
I WANT TO PLAY SOME OF WHAT 
HENDERSON HAD TO SAY. 
LET'S LISTEN. 
>> THESE ACHIEVEMENTS 
DEMONSTRATE THAT DONALD TRUMP 
TRULY CARE ABOUT BLACK LIVES. 
HIS POLICIES SHOW HIS HEART. 
HE HAS DONE MORE FOR BLACK 
AMERICA IN FOUR YEARS THAN JOE 
BIDEN HAS DONE IN 50. 
>>> WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO 
HENDERSON'S COMMENTS? 
>> I MEAN, I THINK THE COMMENTS 
ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY. 
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN RENEWED 
AND EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE VOTER 
SUPPRESSION EFFORTS ALL OVER 
THE COUNTRY WHICH TARGET VOTERS 
OF COLOR AND PARTICULARLY BLACK 
VOTERS AND MEME WHO ARE 
FORMERLY INCARCERATED. 
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN 
DURING THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
WE HAVE SEEN A LESS VOTER PART 
PATIENT BY LOW INCOME PEOPLE, 
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND YOUNG 
PEOPLE COMPARED TO A HIGHER 
RATE OF PARTICIPATION BY OLDER 
AND MORE AFFLUENT WHITE VOTERS. 
AS A RESULT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF 
OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE 
BECOME DISPROPORTIONALLY OLDER, 
WHITER AND WELL THIGHER THAN 
THE ELECTORATE. 
WE HAVE SEEN RNC ELECTED 
OFFICIALS USE COVID FOR 
EXAMPLE, COVID-19, THIS 
PANDEMIC, AS YET ANOTHER TOOL 
OF SUPPRESSIONING THE BLACK 
VOTE. 
WE SAW IT IN WISCONSIN. 
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF HORRIFIC 
THINGS IN WISCONSIN WHERE 
VOTERS AND BLACK MAJORITY 
PRECINCTS IT MILWAUKEE HAD TO 
WAIT HOURS, HOURS BECAUSE OF 
OPEN POLICING STATIONS AND SOME 
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID. 
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THE 
ACTUAL REVERSE OF WHAT YOU KNOW 
MR. HENDERSON SHARED WITH US 
TODAY. 
>> WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY NEW 
MOVEMENTS TOWARDS ADDITIONAL 
CIVIL RIGHTS. 
WE'RE SEEING OURSELF RIGHTS 
BEING FURTHER HINDERND AND 
TAKEN AWAY FROM US. 
A LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BLACK 
NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH IS A 
BOUGHT 24 HOURS AWAY. 
WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE? 
WHO IS SPEAKING AND WHAT DO YOU 
WANT VIEWERS TO TAKE AWAY FROM 
IT? 
YOU KNOW, THE BLACK NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS REALLY AN 
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE ALL 
OUR FRONT LINE COMMUNITIES 
PROTESTING ON THE STREETS AND 
PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE INTO 
POLICY AND MOVING US BEYOND 
JUST VOTING BUT ACTUALLY 
CREATING A STRATEGY TO SEE 
SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN OUR 
COMMUNITY AND AT THE FEDERAL 
LEVEL. 
THE CONVENTION IS TOMORROW, 
AUGUST 28th  AT 7 P.M. 
EASTERN. 
IT IS HELD BY THE ELECTORAL 
JUSTICE PROJECT FOR BLACK LIVE. 
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 40 
YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A CONVENTION 
COME TO FRUITION AGAIN TO REACH 
THE MASS NUMBER OF PEOPLE OF 
BLACK PEOPLE IN OUR ALLIES THAT 
WORE HOPING TO GET. 
TOGETHER, WHAT WE HOPE TO DO 
DURING THE BLACK NATIONAL 
CONVENTION WHAT WE'RE CHARGED 
TO DO IS LAUNCH A BLACK 
POLITICAL AGENDA. 
DAYS AFTER WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AT 
THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND AHEAD 
OF NOVEMBER, WE WANT BLACK 
VOTERS. 
WE KNOW THEY WILL PAY A PIVOTAL 
ROLE IN DETERMINING WHAT THE 
NEXT NOW YEARS LOOK LIKE. 
WE WANT IT TO PUT FOR THE AN 
AGENDA THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE 
REQUESTED OVER AND OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN SO WE HAVE TAKEN 
YEARS OF PROTESTS ON THE 
STREET. 
WE HAVE TAKEN THE ENERGY THAT 
WE HAVE SEEN FROM PROTESTS ON 
THE VIET. 
WE HAVE TAKEN 500 DISNEYLAND 
GATES 500 DELEGATES AND NEEDS 
TO SPEAK TO THE BLACK 
AMERICANS. 
>> RUE KIA, THANK YOU FOR 
SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE WITH 
US. 
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> A QUICK PROGRAMMING NOTE. 
TOMORROW CBSN WILL PREMIER THE 
POWER OF AUGUST. 
THE CBS NEWS DOCUMENTARY 
HIGHLIGHTS KEY MOMENTS IN THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THAT ALL 
HAPPENED IN THE MONTH OF 
AUGUST. 
YOU CAN STREAM IT THROUGHOUT 
THE WEEKEND BEGINNING RIGHT 
HERE TOMORROW AT 8 P.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, 
WE'LL TALK WITH DEMOCRATIC 
SENATOR GARY PETERS OF MICHIGAN 
ABOUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE 
POST OFFICE. 
STAY WITH US. 
YOU'RE STREAMING RED AND BLUE. 
>>> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL 
RELY ON THE POSTAL SERVICE TO 
DELIVER THEIR BALLOT THIS YEAR. 
ON MONDAY, HOUSE DEMOCRATS 
GRILLED POSTMASTER GENERAL 
LOUIS DeJoy WITH CHANGES TO THE 
U.S.P.S. 
THAT HAVE SLOWED MAIL DELIVERY. 
THEY EXPRESSED ANXIETY ABOUT 
ITS ABILITY TO HANDLE MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS. 
IT CAME JUST DAYS AFTER 
LAWMAKERS ON THE SENATE 
HOMELAND SECURITY AND 
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 
RAISED SIMILAR CONCERNS. 
SENATOR GARY PETERS IS THE 
RANKING MEMBER AND IS RUNNING 
AND WELCOME TO RED AN BLUE. 
>> WELL, GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
>> SO SENATOR, YOU OPENED AN 
INVESTIGATION INTO DELAYS AT 
THE POSTAL SERVICE EARLIER THIS 
MONTH. 
DID YOU GET ANY OF THE ANSWERS 
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR LAST WEEK? 
>> WELL, WE GOT SOME ANSWERS 
BUT WE ALSO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS 
AND THERE ARE NOT ANSWERS TO 
THOSE QUESTIONS. 
WE NEED TOO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW 
THE FACTS AND THE REASON I 
OPENED THIS INVESTIGATION 
THROUGH MY COMMITTEE WAS JUST 
THE UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF 
COMPLAINTS COMING INTO MY 
OFFICE FROM FOLKS ACROSS 
MICHIGAN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING 
UNUSUAL DELAYS IN MAIL, DIDN'T 
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. 
I TALKED TO POSTAL OFFICIALS, 
AS WELL AS THE WORKERS DOING 
THE WORK EVERY DAY, AND POSTAL 
WORKERS ARE MAIL HANDLERS AND 
THEY SAID NEW PROCEDURES PUT IN 
PLACE BY THE NEW POSTMASTER 
GENERAL WAS AFFECTING DELAYING 
THE MAIL. 
HE CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 
AND PROVIDED SOME ANSWERS BUT I 
THINK THE THING WE WANT TO KNOW 
MOST OF ALL RIGHT NOW IS WHY 
WERE THESE PROCEDURES PUT IN 
PLACE WHICH CLEARLY HAVE BEEN 
DELAYING THE MAIL? 
WHAT SORT OF THE DATA WENT INTO 
MAKING THOSE DECISIONS? 
WHAT SORT OF ANALYSIS? 
HE COULD NOT PROVIDE VERBAL 
ANSWERS. 
I HAVE ASKED FOR DOCUMENTS. 
WE ASKED FOR THEM BY SUNDAY. 
HE SAID HE CAN'T DELIVER THEM 
BY SUNDAY AND HAS BEEN DRAGGING 
HIGGS FEET. 
WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO 
PRODUCE NEW DOCUMENTS, WE'RE 
ASKING HIM TO PROVIDE 
INFORMATION THAT YOU CERTAINLY 
WOULD HAVE HOPED A POSTMASTER 
GENERAL WOULD HAVE REVIEWED 
BEFORE PUTTING IN SWEEPING 
PROCEDURE RAL CHANGES THAT 
WOULD HAVE LED TO SIGNIFICANT 
SLOWDOWN IN THE DELIVER OF RY 
OF MAIL. 
>> WHAT IS THE SITUATION RIGHT 
NOW? 
ARE YOU STILL GETTING COMPLAIN 
ABOUT MAIL DELAYS IN YOUR 
STATE? 
>> WE ARE STILL GETTING 
COMPLAINTS ALTHOUGH THE 
POSTMASTER GENERAL HAS TOLD US 
THAT HE IS GOING TO DELAY THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THOSE 
POLICIES THROUGH THE ELECTION 
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL AM BIG 
GAW TY AS TO WHAT IS BEING 
DELAYED. 
WHEN ASKED ABOUT SORTERS THERE 
WAS REAL CONCERN AND I HEARD 
THAT AGAIN FROM A UNION 
PRESIDENT IN GRAND RAPIDS THIS 
WEEK THAT THOSE SORTERS ARE 
NECESSARY FOR DEALING WITH A 
SURGE OF MAIL AND THEY HAVE 
BEEN REMOVED. 
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL SAID 
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PUT ANY 
BACK BETWEEN NOW AND THE 
ELECTION AND IN FACT, A PARTLY 
THERE IS A SORT ERYN THAT 
POSTAL FACILITY IN THE WEST 
SIZE OF MICHIGAN THAT WAS 
TURNED OFF, READY TO BE 
REMOVED. 
IT IS STAYING IN PLACE BECAUSE 
OF THE ORDER, BUT THEY HAVE 
BEEN TOLD IT IS NOT GOING TO 
GET PLUGGED IN. 
THEY WERE STARTING TO TAKE IT 
APART AND THEY WILL LEAVE IT, 
BUT IT IS NOT OPERABLE AS WELL. 
THESE ARE REAL CONCERNS THAT WE 
HAVE AS TO HOW PREPARED THE 
POSTAL SERVICE WILL BE WITH THE 
EXPECTED SURGE OF MAIL RELATED 
TO ABSENTEE BALLOTS BEING SENT 
OUT AND RETURNED IN MICHIGAN. 
>> SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY 
QUESTION. 
WITH THAT EXPECTED SURGE 
COMING, WITH VOTE BY MAIL, 
REALISTICALLY WHAT ARE YOU 
THINNING YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT 
IN YOUR STATE WITH THE POSTAL 
SERVICES PREPAREDNESS AND 
READINESS TO GET THE IN FLUX OF 
BALLOTS? 
>> WELL, I THINK THE TEST IS 
NOW. 
AND ALTHOUGH I MENTIONED THE 
ELECTION AND THAT IS VERY 
IMPORTANT, THE DELIVERY OF MAIL 
ON TIME IS IMPORTANT EVERY 
SINGLE DAY FOR FOLKS ACROSS MY 
STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
THAT IS WHAT HAS CONCERNED ME 
NOW IS THE FACT WE'RE HEARING 
THINGS ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS 
SENT THROUGH THE MAIL NOT 
COMING IN TIME. 
I TOLD A STORY FROM A MOTHER 
WHO CONTACTED MY OFFICE AND 
TALKED ABOUT DELAY IN MEDICINE 
FOR HER DAUGHTER WHO NEEDED 
EPILEPSY MEDICINE. 
IT DID NOT COME IN THE NORMAL 
THREE DAYS. 
IT DIDN'T COME AFTER SEVERAL 
MORE DAYS. 
THEY WERE CONCERNED. 
IT TOOK NINE DAYS TO GET TO 
HER, BUT IN THAT PROCESS HER 
DAUGHTER BECAME FEARFUL SHE 
WOULDN'T HAVE MEDICINE SO SHE 
STARTED TO RATION HER DOSAGE 
AND THAT IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM 
AND IT WAS FOR HER. 
SHE HAD A SEIZURE AND WAS 
HOSPITALIZED. 
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MAIL 
BEING ON TIME, IT MEANS 
PAYCHECKS AND ABILITY TO PAY 
BILLS ON TIME. 
SMALL BUSINESSES NEED TO HAVE 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE 
CONFIDENCE TO KNOW WHEN THEY 
DROP MAIL TO THEIR CUSTOMERS IT 
WILL GET THERE ON TIME. 
SO WE HAVE TO SEE IMMEDIATE 
IMPROVEMENTS NOW AS THOSE 
IMPROVEMENTS OCCUR, I'M 
CONFIDENT IF THESE PROCEDURES 
ARE PUT ON HOLD AND THEY CAN DO 
THE WORK, THE POSTAL SERVICE 
CAN DO WHAT THEY DID PRIOR TO 
THIS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE 
THE SURGE. 
THEY HAVE HANDLED SEVERALS AT 
THE HOSPITAL DAYS, MOTHER'S 
DAY, OTHER TIMES WHEN THERE IS 
A BIG SURGE OF MAIL. 
THEY CAN DO IT, BUT THESE 
HARMFUL POLL SIS SHOULDN'T BE 
MOVING FURTHER WHILE WE'RE 
LOOKING AT AN ELECTION AND WE 
SHOULD PUT THESE ON HOLD UNTIL 
WE GET THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND 
THEN LOOK AT THESE NEW 
PROCEDURES TO SEE IF THEY 
INCREASE EFFICIENTLY IN THE 
LONG RUN. 
>> I WANT TO TURN TO YOUR RE-
ELECTION BIZ. 
YOU'RE IN A COMPETITIVE 
CONTEST. 
YOU AGREED TO DO DEBATES BUT 
NOT THE SAME ONES. 
BOTH OF YOUR CAMPAIGNS WILL DO 
THEM ON DIFFERENT TELEVISION 
STATIONS  IS THERE A 
POSSIBILITY YOU WON'T DEBATE? 
>> I'M EXCITED TO DEBATE. 
IN FACT, I HAVE AGREED TO 
DEBATES WELL OVER A MONTH AGO. 
WE HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD FROM 
MR. JAMES. 
THE DEBATES I HAVE AGREED TO 
ARE SIMILAR WITH PUBLIC 
BROADCASTING, SIMILAR TO WHAT 
OTHER SENATE RACES HAVE BEEN 
OVER THE YEARS. 
TRADITIONALLY THERE IS ONE ON 
THE WEST SIDE OF THE STATE WITH 
THE BROADCASTING SYSTEM THERE 
THAT GOES STATEWIDE SO THERE IS 
A STATEWIDE AUDIENCE. 
SAME FOR DETROIT. 
I HAVE AGREED FOR WELL OVER A 
MONTH TO DO THESE DEBATES. 
LET'S DO THEM. 
I DON'T WANT TO DEBATE ON THE 
DEBATES. 
UNDER FORTUNATELY MY OPPONENT 
WOULD RATHER HAVE A DEBATE ON 
THE DEBATES AND HE IS TRYING TO 
DISTRACT ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE 
DONE. 
0 WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING 
ISSUES FOR MICHIGANDERS? 
THE MOST PRESSING ONE IS TO GET 
THROUGH THIS COVID CRISIS AS WE 
DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
CRISIS AND ECONOMIC CRISIS. 
WE HAVE TO BE FOCUSs ON THAT. 
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN 
FOCUSED ON. 
HOMELAND SECURITY AND 
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WHICH MEANS 
I OVERSEE FEMA, THE FEDERAL 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOLKS 
OVERSEEING THE COVID RESPONSE, 
MAKING SURE THERE IS PERSONAL 
PROTECTION EQUIPMENT, TESTING 
SUPPLIES, MAKING SURE WE HAVE 
SUPPLY CHAINS TO BE ABLE TO 
DEAL WITH THIS CRISIS, MAKE 
SURE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE 
FOR TESTING. 
AND THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK 
AT MAKING SURE THE ECONOMY 
RECOVERS AND THAT IS WHY I 
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES THAT 
HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS 
CRISIS. 
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO 
RESTART AN ECONOMY IF OUR SMALL 
BUSINESSES DON'T SURVIVE. 
THEY NEED TO BE THERE TO BE 
ABLE TO HIRE FOLKS AND TO MOVE 
THE ECONOMY  FORWARD AND MAKING 
SURE FAMILIES, WE HAVE SEEN 
HIGH LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT 
HERE IN MICHIGAN AND OTHER 
PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
THERE HAVE TO BE OPPORTUNITIES 
TO GET BACK TO WORK AS SOON AS 
POSSIBLE. 
THAT'S MY TOTAL FOCUS AND HAS 
BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 
EYE CIRCUMSTANCES AND EVEN 
BEFORE WHEN I PUT A REPORT OUT 
ABOUT SUPPLY CHAINS AND HOW 
UNREPAIRED IT WAS FOR A 
PANDEMIC. 
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 
FOCUSES ON GETTING THIS COUNTRY 
BACK ON ITS FEET AS QUICKLY AS 
POSSIBLE. 
>> AS YOU KNOW IT IS AN 
INCREDIBLY DIVISIVE TIME IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ROLE IS 
YOU AND YOUR PARTY CAN PLAY TO 
HELP BRING THE COUNTRY 
TOGETHER? 
>> WELL, WE HAVE TO BRING IT 
TOGETHER. 
IT IS ON SOMETHING I HAVE 
ALWAYS FOCUSES ON. 
IN FACT, IMRANKED RECENTLY BY 
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY THAT 
RANKS ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
IMRANKED THE THIRD MOST 
BIPARTISAN DEMOCRAT IN THE U.S. 
SENATE. 
THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
RECENTLY AWARDED ME THEIR 
JEFFERSON HAMILTON AWARD FOR 
BIPARTISANSHIP. 
>> HOW DO YOU DO THAT NOW WITH 
THE CLIMATE WE'RE IN SENATOR? 
>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 
HOW DO YOU DO THAT NOW? 
>> WE HAVE TO WORK TO DO IT. 
THAT AWARD I JUST RECEIVED A 
FEW WEEKS AGO AND I CONTINUE TO 
BE BIPARTISAN NOW IN THIS 
SESSION OF CONGRESS, I HAVE 
PASSED MORE BILLS THAN ANY 
OTHER SENATOR, WHETHER 
DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN 
THROUGH THE SENATE. 
IT IS ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER 
AND FINDING THAT COMMON GROUND. 
IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE ALWAYS 
DONE, CONTINUE TO DO AND BEEN 
SUCCESSFUL AS RECENTLY AS OUR 
LAST TIME IN SESSION, SO WE 
HAVE TO SHOW THAT KIND OF 
LEADERSHIP AS MEMBERS OF THE 
SENATE. 
IT IS NOT ABOUT TALKING ABOUT 
IT. 
IT IS ABOUT DOING IT. 
THAT IS MY FOCUS AND I WOULD 
CERTAINLY WILL WORK WITH MY 
COLLEAGUES TO MAKE THAT A 
REALITY. 
>> SENATOR GARY PETERS OF 
MICHIGAN, SENATOR, THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH NOR YOUR TIME. 
WE APPRECIATE IT. 
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> WE'RE LOOKING AT VOTER 
SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AS 
HE REPAIRS TO DELIVER HIS 
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH TONIGHT AT 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
NEWS DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS AND 
SURVEYS BREAKS DOWN THE 
RESULTS. 
>> HEADING INTO THIS 
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TONIGHT, 
ELAINE, LET'S LOOK AT WHERE 
REPUBLICANS STAND BECAUSE 
MOTIVATING THAT BASE IS GOING 
TO BE SO IMPORTANT. 
WELL, HE HAS RUG CANS SOLIDLY 
BEHIND HIM. 
MOST OF THEM IF NOT ALL OF THEM 
FEEL THAT HE HAS KEPT MOST OR 
ALL OF HIS PROMISES SO FAR. 
THEY RATE HIS PRESIDENT SY AS 
EXCELLENT OR GOOD. 
AND AMONG REPUBLICANS 86% FEEL 
THAT THE PRESIDENT DESERVES 
THEIR LOYALTY. 
THIS IS VERY MUCH HIS 
REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW. 
I WOULD ADD THAT THEY WOULD 
RATHER HAVE A REPUBLICAN DOWN 
BOUGHT IN CONGRESS IN THE 
SENATE WHO WOULD ENACT HIS 
AGENDA AND DO WHAT HE WANTS 
THAN ONE INDEPENDENT FROM HIM 
AND IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN 
IDENTITY, BEING A TRUMP 
SUPPORTER OUT RANKS THOSE OF 
IMPORTANCE TO THEM. 
HE HAS THOSE REPUBLICANS 
SOLIDLY BEHIND HIM. 
CAN HE MOVE BEYOND THAT BASE? 
THAT IS WHERE THINGS GET 
INTERESTING. 
LOOK AT, E LA'EL, THE QUESTION 
OF WHETHER AMERICA IS BETTER 
OFF THAN FOUR YEARS AGO. 
75% OF RUG CANS THINK IT IS, 
BUT ONLY A 
ONLY A THIRD OF VOTERS OVERALL 
THINK IT IS. 
IT IS COULD START WITH HIS 
SPEECH TONIGHT. 
WE SEE THE SPLITS. 
MOST REPUBLICANS THINK IT IS 
SOMEWHAT GOOD. 
ONLY A THIRD OF VOTERS AGREE. 
AND ALSO, LOOK AT THE 
DIFFERENCES IN THE TYPES OF 
GROUPS WHO WERE SUPPORTING HIM. 
HE RETAINS HIS STRONG SUPPORT 
AMONG WHITE VOTERS WITH NO 
COLLEGE DEGREE. 
IN SOME STATES BIDEN CUT INTO 
THOSE MOORE GINS WHICH IS 
IMPORTANT AND HE HAS A DEFICIT 
WITH JOE BIDEN AMONG IN 
PARTICULAR WHITE WOMEN WITH 
COLLEGE DEGREES. 
THAT IS A GROUP THAT HAS BEEN 
TRENDING TOWARD THE DEMOCRATS. 
THE QUESTION IS CAN HE START TO 
REVERSE IT I WOULD ADD LOOK AT 
NUMBERS WHO SAY THAT U.S. IS 
DEALING WITH CORONAVIRUS IS 
GOING BADLY. 
THERE IS A BIG SPLIT HERE, TOO. 
WHERE REPUBLICANS TEND TO THINK 
IT IS GOING WELL AND MOST 
VOTERS THINK IT IS GOING BADLY. 
THAT INTURN IS RESHAPING HIS 
POLITICAL MAP. 
WHEN WE LOOK AT STATE BY STATE 
POLLING, HE IS AT EVEN OR MAYBE 
EVEN DOWN SLIGHTLY IN SOME OF 
THE SUN BELT STATES, HE 
PERFORMED WELL LAST TIME. 
GEORGIA, ARIZONA EVEN IN A 
CLOSE RACE IN TEXAS. 
ALL THAT OUR POLLS TELL US, 
BECAUSE VOTERS DISAPPROVE HOW 
HE HAS HANDLED CORONAVIRUS. 
IF HE CAN START TO TURN THAT 
AROUND, AND THEN TRAILING IN 
THE UPPER MIDWEST WHERE HE 
FAMOUSLY SWUNG LAST TIMES, 
THAT, TOO HAS SOMETHING TO DO 
WITH CORONAVIRUS AND WILL TAKE 
STRONG MOTIVATION FROM HIS 
BASE. 
THAT'S WHAT WE WATCH TONIGHT 
POST SPEECH TO SEE IF HE CAN 
MAKE INROADS THERE. 
>> THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
WILL PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. 
ONE SPEAKER KNOWS THE SYSTEM 
FROM THE INSIDE. 
ALICE PER RY JOHNSON SPENT MORE 
THAN 20 YEARS IN PRISON. 
SHE RECEIVED A LIFE SENTENCE 
FOR A NONVIOLENT DRUG AND MONEY 
LAUNDERING CONVICTION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP GRANT THE HER 
CLEMENCY TWO YEARS AGO ALLOWING 
HER TO WALK TREE. 
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU WANT 
PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR 
STORY? 
HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME? 
>> I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I 
AM A ORDINARY WOMAN WHO HAS 
BEEN PUT IN AN EXTRAORDINARY 
SITUATION. 
I'M A BLESSED WOMAN WHO SPENT 
ALMOST 22 YEARS INCARCERATED 
WITH PEOPLE WHO I CAME TO LOVE 
WHO I PROMISE I WOULD NEVER 
STOP FIGHTING FOR. 
>> ALICE'S STORY UNDERSCORES 
THE DISPARITIES AND UNFAIRNESS 
THAT CAN EXIST IN CRIMINAL 
SENTENCING. 
>> YOU FEEL THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SAVED YOUR LIFE. 
>> YES, HE HAD THE ABILITY TO 
SAVE MY LIFE FROM LIFE IN 
PRISON, YES. 
HE IS THE ONE WHO RELEASED ME 
FROM THAT TERRIBLE SENTENCE TO 
REACH ALL MY FAMILY. 
>> I'M FREE TO HUG MY FAMILY. 
>> YES. 
>> I'M FREE TO LIVE LIFE. 
I'M FREE TO START OVER. 
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FAMILY 
THAT YOU HAVE AND THAT YOU LEFT 
BEHIND IN PRISON. 
>> WE DEVELOPED BONDS THAT WERE 
JUST AS CLOSE REALLY AS BLOOD 
BONDS. 
THESE ARE THE WOMEN WHO I CRIED 
WITH, WE LAUGHED TOGETHER, WE 
CELEBRATED. 
WE COMFORTED EACH OTHER. 
WE DREAMED ABOUT BEING AT HOME 
TOGETHER. 
MY STORY IS A STORY OF 
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO WERE 
CAUGHT UP IN THE SYSTEM AND 
SENTENCED WAY TOO HARSHLY. 
>> YOU THINK BOTH SIDES, BOTH 
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS 
SHOULD FIND A COMMON GROUND IN 
BRINGING CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM TO THIS COUNTRY. 
>> AS I SAY IT IS NOT A 
PARTISAN ISSUE. 
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD 
BOW FOR EVERYONE. 
NO PARTY CAN DO THIS BY 
THEMSELVES. 
THEY WILL HAVE TO FIND COMMON 
GROUND. 
THAT COMMON GROUND IS THE 
PEOPLE WHO THEY REPRESENT. 
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO 
PEOPLE WHO ARE HOPEFUL WHO SEE 
YOUR STORY AND ARE INSPIRED BY 
IT? 
>> I CAN LIFT CONCRETE AND 
STEEL AND RAZOR WIRE TO SEE 
WHAT MY FUTURE OF LIFE FOREVER. 
EVEN IN THE DARKERS TIMES, AS 
LONG AS YOU HAVE HOPE, AND YOU 
CAN STILL DREAM, THERE IS 
NOTHING, THERE IS NOTHING THAT 
CAN HOLD YOU BACK. 
>> THAT DOES IT FOR RED AND 
BLUE TODAY. 
AT 7 P.M. 
WE'LL LAUGH A  WE'LL LAUGH A 
LOOK AT WE'LL HAVE A LOOK. 
WHEN SPEECHES COME TO AN END E 
WE'LL BREAK IT DOWN. 
WE WILL BE BACK. 
YOU'RE STREAMING CBSN. 
>>> HI, EVERYONE I AM ELAINE 
QUIJANO. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 
HURRICANE LAURA SLAMMED INTO 
THE GULF COAST EARLY THURSDAY 
MORNING. 
IT MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 
4 HURRICANE IN SOUTHWESTERN 
LOUISIANA AND  UNLEASHED A 10 
FOOT STORM SURGE, WINDS OF UP 
TO 150 MILES PER HOUR, AND 
FLASH FLOODS.
THE POWERFUL STORM TORE THROUGH 
THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES, IT 
RIPPED THROUGH A SKYSCRAPER, 
FLIPPED OVER VEHICLES, KNOCKED 
OVER UTILITY POLES, AND 
DESTROYED HOMES. 
LAURA HAS SINCE BEEN DOWNGRADED 
TO A TROPICAL STORM, AS IT 
CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY 
NORTH. 
THE HURRICANE STRUCK AS THE 
COUNTRY GRAPPLES WITH THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 
THE U.S. HAS CONFIRMED MORE 
THAN 5.8 MILLION CASES AND AT 
LEAST 180,000 DEATHS. 
THE DAMAGE FROM LAURA AND OTHER 
RECENT  NATURAL DISASTERS IS 
FUELING CONCERNS. 
>>> PROTESTS  CONTINUED FOR A 
FOURTH NIGHT IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN. 
THEY WERE MOSTLY PEACEFUL AFTER 
SEVERAL NIGHTS OF VIOLENT 
CLASHES WITH POLICE. 
ALL OF THIS COMES AS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP PREPARES TO ACCEPT HIS 
PARTY'S NOMINATION FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
HE IS SET TO CLOSE THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
THURSDAY  NIGHT. 
THE THEME IS LAND OF GREATNESS. 
THE DESTRUCTION LAURA LEFT 
BEHIND CAN BE SEEN FOR MILES. 
WE ARE IN LAKE CHARLES WHERE 
ONE SURVIVOR SAYS THE DAMAGE, 
QUOTE, LOOKS LIKE 1000 
TORNADOES WENT THROUGH HERE. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS WHERE THE 
HURRICANE SLAMMED INTO THE 
COAST,  WITH WINDS UP TO 150 
MILES PER HOUR. 
FROM THE AIR IT LOOKS LIKE 
ROOFS WERE RIPPED OFF OF HOMES 
AND WALLS WERE COLLAPSED. 
BUILDINGS THAT ARE STILL 
STANDING ARE SUBMERGED. 
HURRICANE LAURA RAN TO THE GULF 
COAST EARLY THIS MORNING AS A 
CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE. 
BRINGING HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS 
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO KNOCK OVER 
AN RV. 
WINDS UP TO 150 MILES PER HOUR 
SHIFTED HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS AND 
RIPPED DOWNED POWERLINES. 
NEARLY 1 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS IN 
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA ARE WITHOUT 
POWER. 
>> I WAS JUST ON THE PHONE WITH 
THE WHITE HOUSE, JUST BEFORE 
WALKING OUT HERE, WE ARE GOING 
TO NEED SOME HELP. 
>> Reporter:  THE STORM CUT A 
HUGE SWATH OF DEVASTATION 
ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 
AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE IN 
LOUISIANA WERE KILLED WHEN 
TREES TOPPLED ONTO HOUSES. 
BUILDINGS IN GRAND LAKE WERE 
FLATTENED BY THE STORM AND THE 
HIGH WINDS KNOCKED DOZENS OF 
RAILCARS OFF OF THE TRUCK. 
THE ROOF WAS COMPLETELY TORN 
OFF THIS BUILDING, DOWN TO THE 
RAFTERS. 
A FLOATING CASINO ENDED UP 
JAMMED UNDER A  BRIDGE. 
THIS THE  FOOTBALL STADIUM IS 
UNDERWATER. 
SMOKE CAN BE BILLOWING FOR 
MILES. 
LOCAL RESIDENTS WERE TOLD TO 
SHELTER IN PLACE AND CLOSE 
WINDOWS. 
ORANGE, TEXAS, SUFFERED 
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE 
GOVERNOR SAID EAST TEXAS WAS 
LARGELY SPARED. 
BACK IN LATE CHARLES, BARBARA 
THOMAS HAS A MESS TO CLEAN UP, 
BUT SHE IS THANKFUL TONIGHT. 
>> YOU CAN HEAR THE SHINGLES 
COMING OFF, AND THINGS, BUT IT 
IS NOT AS BAD AS I HAD THOUGHT 
IT MIGHT BE. 
>> AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE DIED IN 
LOUISIANA AS HURRICANE LAURA 
PASSED THROUGH THE STATE. 
JONATHAN SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY 
OF A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS 
KILLED WHEN A TREE FELL ON 
THEIR HOME. 
>>> AS HURRICANE LAURA BARRELED 
DOWN CENTRAL LOUISIANA, CYNTHIA 
MILLER WAS DOING WHAT SHE LOVED 
MOST. 
READING. 
>> SHE WAS REALLY SMART. 
SHE WANTED TO GO LIKE, HOWEVER, 
I BELIEVE, SHE WANTED TO BE A 
MARINE MICROBIOLOGIST. 
>> Reporter: CYNTHIA, HER TWO 
SISTERS AND PARENTS WROTE OUT 
THE HURRICANE IN THEIR HOME. 
THE TOWN WAS NOT UNDER 
EVACUATION AND MOM AND DAD 
THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE. 
>> IT WAS SCARY. 
IT WAS DARK, TERRIFYING,  THERE 
WAS RAIN, WIND EVERYWHERE. 
IT SOUNDED HUGE. 
WE WENT TO RIDE OUT THE STORM 
IN OUR PARENTS ROOM AND 
EVERYONE WAS SITTING IN THERE, 
AND THEN THE TREE CAME DOWN. 
>> Reporter: WHAT IS LEFT OF 
THAT BEDROOM TELLS THE REST OF 
THIS STORY. 
>> I WALKED TO TRY AND FIND 
CINDY BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT 
TALKING,  AND I TRIED TO WAKE 
HER UP AND SHE WOULD NOT WAKE 
UP 
>> SHE WAS PINNED UNDER THE 
TREE. 
>> SHE WAS PINNED UNDER THE 
TREE. 
>> Reporter: CYNTHIA WAS 
KILLED, AND HELP WAS 
UNAVAILABLE. 
THE TWO MILE STRETCH TO THEIR 
HOUSE, COVERED IN TREES. 
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOUND  
THEM AFTER SPENDING FIVE HOURS 
ON FOOT, USING CHAINSAWS TO 
CREATE A PATHWAY. 
THE MILLERS DON'T HAVE THAT 
MUCH MONEY BUT THEY HAD FAMILY 
AND A DREAM, NOW SHATTERED. 
>> SHE WAS GOING TO DO 
SOMETHING BIG.  
>> Reporter: CYNTHIA WAS THE 
FIRST CONFIRMED FATALITY FROM 
THIS HURRICANE AND THE TRUTH IS 
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE 
THERE ARE. 
THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMES THAT 
LOOK JUST LIKE THIS ONE , THE 
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR 
WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM TONIGHT. 
ELAINE? 
>>> THANK YOU. 
ADRIAN PERKINS JOINS ME NOW, HE 
IS THE MAYOR OF SHREVEPORT, 
LOUISIANA. 
MAYOR PERKINS, THANK YOU FOR 
BEING WITH US. 
HOW IS SHREVEPORT DOING WITH 
THIS STORM? 
WHAT ARE CONDITIONS LIKE, THERE?
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ON, 
AND WE ARE FORTUNATE COMPARED 
TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE 
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. 
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE 
VERY MUCH WITH LAKE CHARLES AND 
VARIOUS CITIES IN LOUISIANA AND 
TEXAS. 
IN SHREVEPORT, THE WEATHER 
ROLLED IN PAST MIDNIGHT LAST 
NIGHT, IT WAS ABOUT THREE HOURS 
OF INTENSE WIND AND RAIN, AND 
THE LARGEST DAMAGE THAT WE HAVE 
ASSESSED AT THIS POINT IS THE 
POWER OUTAGES IN THE COMMUNITY. 
WE HAVE OVER 45,000 HOMES THAT 
DON'T HAVE POWER AT THIS TIME. 
WE ARE WORKING WITH UTILITY 
COMPANIES TO TRY AND GET THE 
GRID BACK UP AND RUNNING. 
>> YES, HURRICANE LAURA ARRIVED 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 
WILL KIND OF AN IMPACT DID THAT 
HAVE ON YOUR PREPARATION FOR 
THIS STORM? 
HOW MIGHT IT CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
THE RESPONSE? 
>> YES, HURRICANE LAURA IS 
DEFINITELY ARRIVING DURING 
COVID-19, IT ADDED ANOTHER 
LAYER OF COMPLEXITY. 
WITH HAVING THE HURRICANE 
REACHED SHREVEPORT, WE ARE FOUR 
HOURS FROM THE COAST, SO, IT 
WAS UNPRECEDENTED. 
INSTEAD OF PEOPLE GOING TO 
SHELTERS AND REALLY GETTING THE 
MOST OUT OF OUR SHELTERS, AND 
HVING PEOPLE COME INTO SEEK 
REFUGE, WE HAVE HAD TO RELY ON 
HOTELS. 
AND, HOTEL ROOMS, SO WE CAN 
SEPARATE FAMILIES AND KEEP THEM 
SAFE FROM COVID-19. 
ONE THING WE ARE SEEING RIGHT 
NOW IS THAT A LOT OF THE POWER 
OUTAGES ARE AFFECTING HOTELS. 
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OVER 260 
FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE POWER 
AT THE HOTEL, AND THEY ARE 
GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO AN 
EMERGENCY REFUGE THAT WE HAVE 
SET UP AS A CITY AND PARISH, 
THEY CAN ONLY TAKE ABOUT 160. 
WE ARE GOING TO WORK THROUGHOUT 
THE NIGHT TO FIGURE OUT  HOW WE 
CAN HOUSE AND FIND ELECTRICITY 
FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD 
TO GO OUT OF THEIR HOMES. 
MY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS 
WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH 
UTILITY, WITH THE ELECTRIC 
UTILITY TO HELP REMOVE TREES 
AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE CAN 
GET OUR GRID BACKUP, 
OPERATIONAL. 
IT IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT 
CAN RESPOND WITH THEIR SWIFT 
WATER RESCUE TEAM. 
IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE A TEAM 
EFFORT TO DO THAT AND I JUST 
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE RIGHT NOW 
THE HELP THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN 
FROM OUR GOVERNOR AT THE STATE 
LEVEL, THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
THAT WE HAVE GOT FROM FEMA. 
WITHOUT THIS VERY COLLABORATIVE 
WORK, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE AND 
WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER 
AS QUICKLY AS WE WILL. 
>> ALL RIGHT, SHREVEPORT, 
LOUISIANA, MAYOR ADRIAN 
PERKINS. 
WE ARE THINKING OF YOUR CITY 
AND ALL THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY 
THE STORM AND WISHING YOU THE 
BEST. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>>> FOR MORE ON THE STORM I 
WANT TO BRING IN CBS NEWS 
WEATHER PRODUCER DAVID 
PARKINSON. 
WHERE IS THIS STORM, NOW, AND 
WHERE IS IT HEADED? 
>> THE STORM IS OUT OF 
LOUISIANA, IT IS NOW IN 
ARKANSAS, YOU CAN SEE IN THE 
HEAVIEST RAIN, IT IS STARTING 
TO PUSH ITS WAY INTO PLACES 
LIKE LITTLE ROCK, YOU ALSO GOT 
A LITTLE
TALUS SEVERE WEATHER DOWN HERE 
BY NEW ORLEANS AS WELL, 
INTERESTING ENOUGH. 
ALL OF THIS WILL CONTINUE TO 
PUSH OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST, 
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS 
INTERESTING, IF YOU WANT TO 
LOOK AT WHERE THIS STORM IS 
GOING YOU HAVE TO LOOK WHERE IT 
HAS BEEN. 
THIS IS THE FORECAST THAT WAS 
ISSUED 3.5 DAYS BEFORE LANDFALL 
FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER. 
HERE IS THE CONE, HERE IS THE 
SKINNY LINE. 
LET ME ZOOM INTO WHERE IT MADE 
LANDFALL. 
6/10 OF A MILE APART. 
I KNOW WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE 
POLITICAL AUDIENCE THAN USUAL 
ON THESE NIGHTS, WHEN WE TALKED 
ABOUT WHY WE WERE SO FRUSTRATED 
DURING SHARPIE-GAIT LAST YEAR, 
IT IS BECAUSE THE WORK 
OF THE HURRICANE CENTER IS ONE 
OF THE GREAT THINGS. 
HERE IS WHERE THEY THINK IT IS 
GOING TO GO FROM HERE, IT IS 
GOING TO BECOME A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION IN THE NEXT SEVERAL 
HOURS. 
AND, JUST BECOME A REMNANT LOW 
OVER THE MID-SOUTH, HERE. 
PLACES LIKE KENTUCKY, PARTS OF 
THEM IN THE METRO AREA.
>> I THINK WE HAVE JUST LOST 
DAVID'S CONNECTION. 
YOU WITH US? 
ALL RIGHT, I AM AFRAID WE HAVE 
LOST HIM, DAVID PARKINSON FOR 
THIS. 
DAVID, REPORTING.. 
>>, DAVID. 
>>> THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
IS HERE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO 
ACCEPT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
EMANATION FOR PRESIDENT. 
IN HIS SPEECH, HE IS EXPECTED 
TO FOCUS ON  LAW AND ORDER. 
>> Reporter: 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL PRESENT A 
POSITIVE PICTURE OF THE COUNTRY 
IN HIS SPEECH TONIGHT. 
A TRIPLE THREAT OF CRISES COULD 
THREATEN HIS OPTIMISTIC VISION 
. THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO 
CLAIM AMERICAN LIVES, CALLS FOR 
SOCIAL JUSTICE ARE GROWING 
LOUDER, AND PEOPLE ARE JUST 
STARTING TO REBUILD  AFTER 
HURRICANE LAURA RAVAGED THE 
GULF COAST. 
AT FEMA HEADQUARTERS TODAY, THE 
PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED THE 
STORM ALMOST UP ENDED HIS 
CONVENTION. 
>> I WAS ACTUALLY PREPARED TO 
POSTPONE THE SPEECH, TONIGHT. 
>> Reporter: WITH HIS HANDLING 
OF THE PANDEMIC, A CONSTANT 
DRAG ON HIS POLL NUMBERS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL TOUT IN 
HIS SPEECH TONIGHT, A $750 
MILLION DEAL  TO PURCHASE 150 
MILLION COVID-19 RAPID TESTS. 
BUT, IT IS ANOTHER MIXED 
SIGNAL, AS THE CDC SAID THIS 
WEEK, TESTING MAY NOT BE 
NECESSARY FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO 
THE VIRUS IF YOU ARE 
ASYMPTOMATIC. 
I MADE THE PROTEST AND VIOLENCE 
FOLLOWING THE KENOSHA SHOOTING, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL AGAIN 
PREACH LAW AND ORDER TONIGHT, 
ASKED ABOUT THE NBA BOYCOTTS HE 
CALLED THE LEAGUE A POLITICAL 
ORDINATION. 
>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE 
TIRED OF THE NBA. 
>> DONALD TRUMP HESSVILLE. 
>> Reporter: KAMALA HARRIS TOOK 
AIM AT THE PRESIDENTS FAILURES 
DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> DONALD TRUMP FROZE.  
HE WAS SCARED. 
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN REJECTED 
THE PRESIDENT'S CLAIM THAT  A 
BIDEN WIN WILL LEAD TO 
LAWLESSNESS. 
>> DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING YOU 
ARE NOT GOING TO BE SAFE, IN 
JOE BIDEN PLUS AMERICA. 
ALL OF THE VIDEO BEING PLAYED 
IS BEING PLAYED IN DONALD TRUMP 
S AMERICA. 
>> Reporter: MORE THAN 1000 
GUESTS ARE EXPECTED TO PACK  
ONTO THE WHITE HOUSE SOUTH LAWN 
WHERE THEY CAN SEE THE CHAIRS 
ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. 
ALMOST TOUCHING WITH NO SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS THEY 
ARE FOLLOWING STRICT PROTOCOLS 
LIKE ENCOURAGING THE USE OF 
FACE MASKS. 
ELAINE? 
>> THANK YOU, LET'S BRING IN 
CAITLIN HUEY-BURNS AND ZEKE  
MILLER. 
HELLO, LET ME START WITH YOU, 
ZEKE, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US 
ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO 
HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT, 
TONIGHT? 
>> WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR A 
HEAVY CONTRAST MESSAGE BETWEEN 
THE PRESIDENT AND FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. 
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE 
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO SPEAK FOR 
NORTH OF 45 MINUTES, WE ARE 
TOLD, AND IT MAY BE A 
BARNBURNER, WHERE THE PRESIDENT 
SORT OF GOES OUT TO DELIVER 
THIS BROADSIDE AGAINST JOE 
BIDEN. 
TO STRONGLY CONTRAST HIS 
POLICIES, HIS AGENDA, AGAINST 
JOE BIDEN'S CAST JOE BIDEN AS 
EXTREME. 
EVERY NIGHT SO FAR THIS WEEK, 
ATTEMPTS BY REPUBLICANS TO 
PAINT THIS ALMOST APOCALYPTIC 
PICTURE OF WHAT LIFE WILL BE 
LIKE UNDER A JOE BIDEN 
PRESIDENCY. 
CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS SAY THE 
PRESIDENT IS ONLY GOING TO RAMP 
UP THAT MESSAGING, THIS 
EVENING, ONCE HE TAKES THE 
STAGE AT THE SOUTH LAWN. 
>> CAN WE EXPECT TO HEAR ANY 
NEW CRITICISMS OF JOE BIDEN 
FROM THE PRESIDENT? 
>> YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD TO , 
YOU KNOW, THINK WITH THE 
PRESIDENT COULD SAY, NEW, ABOUT 
HIS RIVAL. 
HE HAS BEEN SO NEGATIVE, SO 
AGGRESSIVE AGAINST HIM OVER THE 
LAST MONTH OR SO. 
IN PARTICULAR, I AM SURE THERE 
WILL BE SOME NEW LINES WE HAVE 
NOT HE PLAY, YET, BUT 
IT WILL CERTAINLY BE THE SAME 
VEIN THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS 
DEPLOYED FOR MORE THAN A MONTH, 
NOW. 
>> CAITLIN, WHAT HAS BEEN THE 
MESSAGING SO FAR FROM THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
AND WHICH GROUPS OF  VOTERS ARE 
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CAMPAIGN 
TRYING TO REACH? 
>> WELL, AS WE HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT WE ARE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND 
A RECESSION. 
THAT HAS BEEN NOT THE CENTER OF 
THE REPUBLICAN PLUS MESSAGING. 
IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR MIKE 
PENCE LAST NIGHT, WHO WAS ONE 
OF THE FIRST TO REALLY ADDRESS 
THE CRISIS THAT WE ARE IN, BUT 
HE SAID THAT BOATERS SHOULD 
MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT WHO 
THEY THINK IS BEST EQUIPPED TO 
HANDLE THE ECONOMY. 
SO, REALLY TRYING TO DRIVE HOME 
HAT ECONOMIC MESSAGE AN 
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET VOTERS 
úTO REALIZE OR REMEMBER IN THEI 
WORDS, WHAT THE ECONOMY WAS 
LIKE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HITS. 
THEY BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO 
BE THEIR STRONG SUIT, AND THEY 
ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THE 
SAME POLLING WE HAVE SEEN, 
WHICH SHOWS THAT TRUMP ACTUALLY 
DOES GET GOOD GRADES ON THE 
ECONOMY COMPARED TO BIDEN, 
THOUGH BIDEN GET BETTER GRADES 
ON HANDLING THE CORONAVIRUS 
BECAUSE TRUMP IS GETTING 
NEGATIVE GRADES ON HANDLING THE 
CORONAVIRUS BUT ALSO WHEN YOU 
LOOK AT REPUBLICANS, THEY ARE 
LARGELY UNITED AROUND THIS 
MESSAGE ON THE ECONOMY, AND SO 
THAT IS KIND OF WHAT YOU HAVE 
BEEN HEARING. 
WE ALSO KNOW THAT FOR 
MESSAGING, THAT REPUBLICANS ARE 
NOT GOING TO ONLY TRY TO SPEAK 
TO THEIR OWN BASE, WE HAVE SEEN 
LOTS OF INSTANCES THIS WEEK 
WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN OFFERING 
THAT KIND OF RED MEAT TO THE 
BASE BUT WE HAVE SEEN INSTANCES 
WHERE WE CAN TELL THEY ARE 
TRYING TO REACH OUT TO 
REPUBLICAN VOTERS WHO MAY HAVE 
FALLEN OUT OF THE PARTY , OR 
ARE THINKING ABOUT SITTING IT 
OUT 
THE CYCLE. 
THIS IS WHY YOU SAW LAST NIGHT, 
FOR EXAMPLE, A DISPLAY OF THE 
WOMEN IN THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION, YOU HEARD FROM 
HIS FAMILY MEMBERS, TRYING TO 
DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT SIDE OF 
TRUMP, EVEN THOUGH AS WE HAVE 
TALKED ABOUT, TRUMP IS VERY 
MUCH AN OPEN BOOK. 
I THINK THAT IS KIND OF WHAT 
THE TARGET HAS BEEN OVER THE 
LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS. 
WE WILL SEE WHAT TRUMP SAYS 
TONIGHT, AND WHETHER HE IN FACT 
REVERSES ANY OF THAT MESSAGING 
THAT PENCE WAS TRYING TO PUT 
FORWARD YESTERDAY. 
>> ZEKE, ON THE PANDEMIC THE 
ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED TODAY 
IT IS SPENDING $750 MILLION TO 
SECURE 150 MILLION CORONAVIRUS 
RAPID TESTS. 
HOW DOES THAT SQUARE WITH 
RECENT MESSAGING ON THE 
CORONAVIRUS FROM THE 
ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS 
RECENT GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC ON 
TESTING? 
>> IN SHORT, IT DOES NOT. 
BOTH THE MESSAGING, THE ADMIRAL 
HAS BEEN SAYING IN THE LAST 
SEVERAL WEEKS THAT MORE TESTING 
IS NOT NECESSARY. 
TO REOPEN SCHOOLS AND THE 
ECONOMY, MORE BROADLY. 
THAT IS CONTRARY TO WHAT MOST 
EXPERTS SEEM TO SAY, AND WHAT 
SURVEYS SEEM TO INDICATE THAT 
AMERICANS WANT. 
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE 
TESTING. 
AND THIS COMES AFTER THE 
ADMINISTRATION JUST A COUPLE OF 
DAYS AGO SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED 
GUIDELINES. 
THE CDC NO LONGER SAYS THAT 
SOMEONE WHO IS ASYMPTOMATIC 
SHOULD GET A TEST. 
THAT IS TAKING EXPERTS ABOUT, 
THE CDC HAS POINTED FINGERS 
HIGHER UP THE FOOD CHAIN ALMOST 
TOWARDS THE WHITE HOUSE THROUGH 
THAT DECISION-MAKING. 
THAT IS SORT OF, THE PRESIDENT 
IS SAYING HE'S GOT MORE TESTING 
IS SORT OF IN LINE WITH THE 
WHITE HOUSE'S EFFORT OVER THE 
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO POINT TO 
BIG-TICKET NUMBERS AND BLIND 
AMERICANS WITH STATISTICS. 
AND, THE NUMBER OF VENTILATORS 
PRODUCED, TESTS PROCURED AND 
HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED, HOW 
MANY VACCINE DOSES THEY ARE 
PREPARING FOR, SHOULD A SAFE 
INDEX BECOME AVAILABLE. 
THE NUMBERS YOU DON'T HERE ARE 
THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS 
INFECTED, THE NUMBER OF 
AMERICANS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR 
LIVES. 
AND, THAT IS SORT OF HOW THE 
ADMINISTRATION HAS TRIED TO 
SKIRT THAT ISSUE, TALKING ABOUT 
THE THINGS THAT ARE FAVORABLE 
TO THEM AND NOT THINGS THAT ARE 
SORT OF THE REALITY OF MANY 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
>> RIGHT, THOSE ARE NUMBERS, AS 
YOU SAY, THAT HAVE BEEN ABSENT 
FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
ZEKE, I WANT TO ASK YOU, THERE 
IS GOING TO BE THIS CROWD, ON 
THE SOUTH LAWN AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE TONIGHT FOR THE 
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. 
DO WE KNOW WHAT COVID-19 
PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE, THERE? 
>> THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 
SAY THEY HAVE WORKED WITH AN 
OUTSIDE VENDOR, IT HAPPENS TO 
BE A FORMER WHITE HOUSE DOCTOR, 
TO DETERMINE A SAFE PLAN THAT 
DOES NOT INCLUDE TESTING FOR 
EVERYONE ON THAT LINE. 
THEY ARE SAYING IT IS OUTDOORS, 
THAT IT IS A LOWER RISK FOR 
TRANSMISSION, THOSE IN CLOSE 
PROXIMITY TO THE PRESIDENT WILL 
BE TESTED BY THE WHITE HOUSE 
BUT OTHERS WILL BE TESTED BY 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
COMMITTEE AND THE REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION. 
DEPENDING ON THEIR RISK, 
DEPENDING ON THEIR EXPOSURE TO 
THE PRESIDENT. 
AND, ADDITIONALLY, MASK WEARING 
IS ONLY BEING REQUIRED AS THESE 
GUESTS GO THROUGH SECURITY 
CHECKPOINTS AND ONCE THEY ARE 
ON THE SOUTH LAWN, THEY ARE 
FREE TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT 
ACCORDING TO THE GUIDANCE 
DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE GUESTS. 
THAT IS STRIKING GIVEN THE FACT 
THAT
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE 
PRESIDENT, IT IS ON GOVERNMENT 
PROPERTY. 
IT IS WITHIN THE PRESIDENT'S 
POWER, THE ADMINISTRATIONS 
POWER, CAMPAIGNS POWER TO 
MANDATE MASK WEARING AS A 
SYMBOL TO THE AMERICA PEOPLE 
FOR WHAT THEY SHOULD DO BUT 
ALSO GIVEN THE FACT WE ARE 
SEEING THESE CHAIRS SO VERY 
CLOSE TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE 
CHOSEN NOT TO . THAT WAS A 
DELIBERATE CHOICE ON THE PART 
OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS 
CAMPAIGN  FOR THE SORT OF 
SPEECH BACK ON THE CAM THE 
PRESIDENT WANTED TO GIVE TO THE 
PEOPLE HE WANTED TO GIVE IT TO. 
>> IN HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT, 
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TOOK 
A CLEAR STANCE INVOLVING POLICE 
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
LET'S PLAY SOME OF WHAT HE HAD 
TO SAY. 
>> SO LET ME BE CLEAR, THE 
VIOLENCE MUST STOP. 
WEATHER IN MINNEAPOLIS, 
PORTLAND, OR KENOSHA. 
WE WILL HAVE LAW AND ORDER ON 
THE STREETS OF THIS COUNTRY FOR 
EVERY AMERICAN, OF EVERY RACE,  
AND CREED AND COLOR. 
JOE BIDEN WOULD DOUBLE DOWN ON 
THE POLICIES THAT ARE LEADING 
TO VIOLENCE IN AMERICA'S 
CITIES. 
THE HARD TRUTH IS, YOU WON'T BE 
SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP WE WILL 
ALWAYS STAND WITH THOSE WHO 
STAND ON THE THIN BLUE LINE, AND
WE ARE NOT GOING TO DEFINE THE 
POLICE, NOT NOW, NOT EVER. 
>> SO, OUR RECENT CBS NEWS 
BATTLEGROUND TRACKER  FOUND 
THAT 76% OF REGISTERED 
REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE A MAJOR 
FACTOR FOR THE PRESIDENT. 
WHAT MESSAGES ARE WE HEARING 
FROM REPUBLICANS, CAITLIN, AS 
THEY FOCUS ON THIS ISSUE?  
>> THE REPUBLICAN MESSAGING HAS 
NOT BEEN FOCUSED ON THE 
PROTESTS OF RACIAL INJUSTICE, 
ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THIS, 
YET ANOTHER SHOOTING. 
IT HAS BEEN TO FOCUS ON VIOLENCE
IN CITIES, CITIES, THEY SAY, 
ARE VIOLENT BECAUSE THEY ARE 
RUN BY DEMOCRATIC MAYORS. 
SO, YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM 
DEMOCRATS TODAY SAYING, WELL, 
THE PICTURE YOU ARE PAINTING OF 
WHAT YOU THINK JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA WOULD BE IS ACTUALLY 
HAPPENING IN TRUMP'S AMERICA. 
THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK THE 
CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO HAVE TO 
ANSWER FOR, AND THAT IS IN SOME 
WAY AS THEY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, 
DOUBLED DOWN ON THIS LAW AND 
ORDER CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IF YOU 
GO BACK TO FOUR YEARS AGO AND 
TRUMP'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH OF 
THE NOMINATION IN 2016, HE SAID 
WHEN I TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE 
NEXT YEAR I WILL RESTORE LAW 
AND ORDER TO OUR COUNTRY. 
SO, THEY ARE TRYING TO PLACE THE
BLAME ON DEMOCRATS FOR THIS BUT 
THIS IS A CAMPAIGN MESSAGE, 
REALLY, THAT THE PRESIDENT MADE 
IN 2016, AND FOUR YEARS LATER 
IS MAKING IT AGAIN. 
THEY ARE KIND OF AIMING TO 
SPEAK TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS, AND 
MAYBE VOTERS IN THE SUBURBS ON 
THIS LAW AND ORDER AND SECURITY 
KIND OF MESSAGE. 
TODAY, THOUGH, WE HEARD FROM 
DEMOCRATS WHO ARE SAYING, IN 
THE FORM OF JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS, SAYING THAT YOU 
CAN CONDEMN THE VIOLENCE BUT 
ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE 
PROTESTS. 
AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE 
TRYING TO DO TODAY.  
>> JUST TO DIG MORE INTO THESE 
NUMBER, 8% FEEL PROTESTERS ARE 
TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS OF 
RACIAL DETERMINATION. 
HOW DOES THAT ALIGN WITH SOME 
OF THE RHETORIC THAT WE HAVE 
HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT? 
>> YOU KNOW, IT IS ENTIRELY WHY 
WE ARE SEEING THE PRESIDENT 
EMBRACE THAT LANGUAGE . THESE 
DESCRIPTIONS OF PROTESTS  AS 
VIOLENT LOOTERS, RIOTS, THEY 
ARE FOCUSING ON TRYING TO SEND 
FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND CALLING 
IN GOVERNORS TO DEPLOY NATIONAL 
GUARD AND OFFERING FEDERAL 
SUPPORT ON THAT FRONT. 
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO 
CLAIM THE MANTLE OF LEADERSHIP 
OVER THESE CONDITIONS AND AT 
THE SAME TIME, STEPPING BACK 
SAYING HE ESSENTIALLY HAS NO 
ROLE IN PREVENTING THEM, THE 
SITUATIONS THAT HAVE SPARKED 
THEM. 
AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE 
PRESIDENT TAKE ON A NATIONAL 
LEADERSHIP ROLE IN TERMS OF 
TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ROOT 
CAUSES OF THESE PROTESTS, IN 
THE NARROW SENSE, THESE ARE THE 
POLICE KILLINGS AND SHOOTINGS 
OF LARGELY BLACK MEN, BUT ALSO 
BROADER SOCIETAL INJUSTICES, 
THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT TAKEN A 
ROLE IN TRYING TO LEAVE THAT. 
WE HEARD FROM THE VICE 
PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT THAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS NOT BELIEVE THERE 
IS SYSTEMIC RACISM IN AMERICA. 
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT AS LATE 
AS EARLIER THIS SUMMER WHAT WAS 
SOMETHING THAT WAS BIPARTISAN 
SUPPORT IN SOME SURVEYS. 
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT LARGELY 
TALKING TO HIS REPUBLICAN BASE 
BUT ALSO NOW AS THIS VIOLENCE 
HAS SPREAD FROM INNER CITIES TO,
IN THE CASE OF KENOSHA, A 
SUBURB. 
THEY ARE KIND OF THING THE 
QUIET PART OUT LOUD, THEY ARE 
VIEWING THAT AS A SIGN, AND 
VINDICATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
RHETORIC THAT THE PROTESTS ARE 
NOT GOING TO BE ISOLATED TO 
DEMOCRATIC CITIES BUT WILL ALSO 
SPREAD TO SUBURBS. 
THAT IS WHERE THE PRESIDENT 
BELIEVES THIS ELECTION WILL BE 
WON AND LOST. 
HE IS TRYING TO SCARE VOTERS 
WITH HIS APOCALYPTIC VISION SO 
THEY LOOK FOR HIM ON NOVEMBER 
3rd. 
>> CAITLIN, I WANT TO ASK HOW 
IS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
RESPONDING  TO ALL OF THIS? 
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS ACCUSED 
HIM OF NOT RESPONDING TO THE 
VIOLENCE. 
ON AN INTERVIEW ON CNN THIS 
AFTERNOON JOE BIDEN HAD THIS TO 
SAY. 
>> FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE MADE IT 
CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING THAT 
THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION 
WHATSOEVER FOR VIOLENCE, 
LOOTING. 
IN FACT, IT FLIES IN THE FACE 
OF THE LEGITIMATE PROTESTS THAT 
ARE GOING ON AND TAKES AWAY 
FROM THE WHOLE RATIONALE FOR 
WHAT IS HAPPENING, HERE. 
SO, I HAVE CONDEMNED THE 
VIOLENCE IN THE VERY BEGINNING. 
THEY ARE JUST FLAT WRONG, AS 
USUAL . DONALD TRUMP IS SAYING 
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE SAFE IN 
JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
ALL THE VIDEO BEING PLAYED IS 
BEING PLAYED IN DONALD TRUMP'S 
AMERICA.  
THESE GUYS ARE ROOTING FOR 
VIOLENCE, THAT IS WHAT IT IS 
ALL ABOUT. 
TO PROVE THAT YOU SHOULD BE 
SCARED, IN THIS AMERICA. 
>> HOW ELSE IS JOE BIDEN AND 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, HOW ELSE 
ARE THEY RESPONDING TO SOME OF 
THIS RHETORIC ON LAW AND ORDER? 
>> THEY SENT OUT KAMALA HARRIS 
TODAY, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE, WHO OF COURSE IS A 
FORMER PROSECUTOR AND KIND OF 
EMBRACED THIS  ROLE WE WILL 
PROBABLY SEE MORE OF, LEANING 
INTO THAT EXPERIENCE TO MAKE 
THIS CASE. 
SO, SHE HELD A -- AN APPEARANCE 
TODAY, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT 
KIND OF THE SAME THINGS THAT 
BIDEN WAS TALKING ABOUT, HOW 
THEY SPOKE TO THE FAMILY AND 
HOW THE FAMILY HAS SAID THAT 
THEY DON'T WANT VIOLENCE AND 
THIS IS NOT WHAT ANYBODY WANTS 
FROM THIS. 
AND, INTERESTINGLY, SHE ALSO 
MADE A POINT TO NOT ONLY 
CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE AND TO 
SUPPORT THE PEACEFUL 
PROTESTING, BUT ALSO CONDEMNED 
THE VIOLENCE FROM THE SHOOTER, 
THE 17-YEAR-OLD, WHO SHOT AND 
KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND THAT 
PERSON OF COURSE, WAS A WHITE 
SHOOTER. 
SO, SHE WAS KIND OF TRYING TO 
PUSH BACK ON THOSE ATTACKS THAT 
YOU HAVE SEEN FROM MIKE PENCE 
AND REPUBLICANS THAT THEY HAVE 
TRIED TO MAKE. 
AND KIND OF PUSHED BACK ON 
THAT. 
IT ALSO SPEAKS TO WAYS IN WHICH 
REPUBLICANS ARE STILL TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT HOW TO CHARACTERIZE 
THE BIDEN AND HARRIS TICKET, 
GIVEN THAT BIDEN WAS MORE 
MODERATE THAN THE PEOPLE THAT 
HE RAN AGAINST IN THE 
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, AND KAMALA 
HARRIS IS A FORMER PROSECUTOR, 
AND SO, THAT IS SOMETHING TO 
WATCH FOR TOO, HOW THEY TRY TO 
DEFINE THAT TICKET. 
>> ALL RIGHT, CAITLIN HUEY-
BURNS AND A ZEKE MILLER, THANK 
YOU, GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH. 
>>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, 
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, PROTEST IN 
SOLIDARITY AGAINST THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. 
WHY MANY ARE CHOOSING TO TAKE A 
STAND. 
>>> PLUS, A POTENTIAL GAME 
CHANGER, THE FDA GRANTS 
EMERGENCY APPROVAL FOR A CHIEF 
CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE TEST FOR 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THIS IS CBS NEWS, ALWAYS ON. 
>>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS 
OPENED A CIVIL RIGHTS 
INVESTIGATION INTO THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE IN 
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. 
AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF VIOLENT 
PROTESTS, THE STATES GOVERNOR 
HAS SENT AT LEAST 500 MEMBERS 
OF THE NATIONAL GUARD TO 
KENOSHA COUNTY TO QUELL 
PROTESTS THAT TURNED DEADLY 
TUESDAY NIGHT. 
MOLA LENGHI IS THERE WITH THE 
LATEST. 
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, CONTINUED 
CALLS FOR JUSTICE FOR JACOB 
BLAKE, THE OFFICER WHO FIRED 
THOSE SEVEN SHOTS, NOW 
IDENTIFIED AS RUSTEN SHESKEY.  
THE SEVEN YEAR VETERAN OF THE 
KENOSHA POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
AUTHORITIES ALSO SAY POLICE 
FOUND A KNIFE ON THE FLOOR OF 
BLAKE'S SEB . THE AFTERMATH OF 
TUESDAY'S SHOOTING GET A CLOSER 
LOOK. 
>> HE JUST SHOT THEM. 
HEY, YOU JUST SHOT THEM. 
>> Reporter: ALLEGED GUNMAN, 
KYLE RITTENHOUSE, WALKING AWAY, 
GUN IN TOW. 
TWO INCIDENTS, TWO VIDEOS, WITH 
SOME ASKING WHY. TWO DIFFERENT 
RESPONSES. 
>> IF THERE WERE THE SAME 
AMOUNT OF BLACK MEN WALKING 
AROUND WITH THOSE AK'S OR 
WHATEVER, I AM NOT A GUN 
PERSON, I THINK THE OUTCOME 
WOULD BE  DIFFERENT. 
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE 
GIRLFRIEND OF  ANTHONY, THE MAN 
WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE 
TRYING TO STOP THE GUNMAN 
TUESDAY NIGHT. 
>> IT IS JUST NOT FAIR THAT HE 
HAD TO DIE LIKE THAT. 
>> Reporter: KYLE RITTENHOUSE 
IS EXPECTED TO HAVE AN 
EXTRADITION HEARING IN ILLINOIS 
ON FRIDAY. 
MEANWHILE, HERE IN KENOSHA YOU 
CAN HEAR A  PEACEFUL RALLY 
GOING ON BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW. 
THE THREE NIGHTS OF UNREST, 
HERE, LEFT MANY SMALL 
BUSINESSES DAMAGED OR 
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 
THE MAYR TOLD ME TODAY THAT HE 
IS TURNING TO STATE AND FEDERAL 
OFFICIALS TO HELP GET SOME OF 
THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS 
SOME FINANCIAL RELIEF. 
ELAINE? 
>>> THANK YOU. 
AS MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE U.S. 
PROTEST AGAINST THE POLICE 
SHOOTING OF 29-YEAR-OLD
JACOB BLAKE IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, IT HAS YET AGAIN 
SPARKED OUTRAGE AMONG ATHLETES 
FROM THE SPORTS WORLD. 
IT STARTED WEDNESDAY AFTER THE 
MILWAUKEE BUCKS PLAYERS DECIDED 
TO BOYCOTT GAME FIVE OF THEIR 
FIRST ROUND SERIES AGAINST THE 
ORLANDO MAGIC. 
FOR NOW, THE NBA PLAYERS SAY 
THEY WILL RETURN TO THE COURT, 
BUT THE DETAILS REMAIN UNCLEAR. 
JAMES BROWN HAS THE DETAILS. 
>> Reporter: UNCERTAINTY OF 
WHETHER THE SEASON WOULD RESUME 
WAS IN DOUBT AFTER REPORTS THE 
LOS ANGELES LAKERS AND L.A. 
CLIPPERS  WANT TO CANCEL THE 
SEASON. 
>> THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS DID NOT 
COME OUT FOR WARM-UPS. 
>> Reporter: MILWAUKEE BUCKS 
REFUSAL TO TAKE THE COURT ON 
WEDNESDAY RESULTED IN ALL THREE 
PLAYOFF GAMES BEING POSTPONED  
AS THEY DEMANDED JUSTICE FOR 
JACOB BLAKE. 
>> DESPITE THE OVERWHELMING 
PLEA FOR CHANGE THERE HAS BEEN 
NO ACTION.  SO, OUR FOCUS TODAY 
CANNOT BE ON BASKETBALL. 
>> Reporter: IT WAS  SOON AN 
AVALANCHE OF REACTIONS. 
PLAYERS IN THE WNBA, MAJOR 
LEAGUE SOCCER AND BASEBALL, 
POSTPONED GAMES IN SOLIDARITY. 
METS SLUGGER DOMINIC SMITH SPOKE
THROUGH TEARS ABOUT THE BURDEN 
OF BEING BLACK IN AMERICA. 
>> FOR THIS TO CONTINUOUSLY 
HAPPEN, I MEAN, IT JUST SHOWS 
JUST, THE HATE IN PEOPLE'S 
HEARTS. 
>> THE PLAYERS HAVE GONE AS FAR 
AS THEY CAN GO. 
>> Reporter: THIS SPORTSWRITER 
SAYS PROTESTS ARE POWERFUL, BUT 
WILL NOT BRING ABOUT CHANGE ON 
THEIR OWN.  
>> POWER RESTS WITH THE MEN AND 
THE WOMEN WHO RUN THESE PRO 
LEAGUES, WHO ON THESE TEAMS. 
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK 
TO THE LEGISLATURE. 
TO THE POLITICIANS IN THEIR 
RESPECTIVE CITIES, IF WE ARE 
GOING TO ACTUALLY BEGIN TO HAVE 
REFORM. 
>>> A GROUP OF REPUBLICANS AND 
INDEPENDENTS HAVE BEEN OFFERING 
A DIFFERENT RALLY .  IT HAS 
FEATURED A NUMBER OF HIGH-
PROFILE CONSERVATIVE SPEAKERS, 
ALL OF WHOM OPENLY STATE THEY 
WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING DONALD 
TRUMP IN NOVEMBER. 
FOR MORE ON THIS I WANT TO 
BRING IN MINDY FINN, THE 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STANDUP, 
REPUBLIC, THE NONPROFIT 
ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR 
ORGANIZING THE CONVENTION ON 
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES. 
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. 
SO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE 
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES, ON WHICH 
THIS EVENT IS BASED? 
>> YES, I MEAN THOSE 
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES ARE THAT 
WE ARE ALL MEN AND WOMEN IN THE 
U.S., CREATED EQUAL, WE ARE ALL 
ENTITLED TO THE SAME RIGHTS, 
THE RULE OF LAW SHOULD BE 
EQUALLY APPLIED, THAT WE ARE A 
NATION BASED ON SELF-
DETERMINATION AND THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE IS FUNDAMENTAL, AND THE 
NEED TO PROTECT THAT RIGHT IS 
THERE. 
IT GOES  ON TO TALK ABOUT 
STEWARDSHIP, THESE ARE 
PRINCIPLES THAT THEY ARE NOT 
JUST PARTY PRINCIPLES, THEY ARE 
REALLY AMERICAN PRINCIPLES. 
AND THEN THERE ARE SLIGHT 
DISTINCTIONS THAT KIND OF HAVE 
LONG TO FIND THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY AND IN THE TRUMP ERA HAVE 
BEEN ABANDONED. 
>> DO YOU THINK THIS ERA 
SIGNALED AN END OF THE 
TRADITIONAL GOP AS WE KNOW IT? 
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WILL BE 
VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE GOP TO 
GO BACK TO WHAT IT WAS. 
I THINK THE SHIP HAS SAILED IN 
SOME WAYS, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 
TODAY IS THE TRUMP PARTY. 
AND FOREVER WHO COMES AFTER 
DONALD TRUMP, THEY HAVE ALREADY 
ADOPTED HIS WAYS, AND THEY 
ALREADY KNOW THERE IS A 
REPUBLICAN BASE WHO HAS BEEN 
WILLING TO COMPROMISE TRUTH AND 
COMPROMISE THE RULE OF LAW. 
COMPROMISE, YOU KNOW, THE 
INSTITUTION, INSTITUTIONS OF 
OUR DEMOCRACY. 
COMPROMISE MAJOR ISSUES LIKE 
THE NATIONAL DEBT THAT 
REPUBLICANS USED TO SAY THEY 
CARED ABOUT, UNDER DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THE DEFICIT HAS RISEN MORE THAN 
IT HAS UNDER ANY PRESIDENT. 
SO I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY 
DIFFICULT FOR THE PARTIES TO 
COME BACK, YOU KNOW, OUR 
MESSAGE WITH THIS CONVENTION IS 
NOT EVEN SO MUCH ABOUT GOING 
BACK. 
I MEAN, YES, THERE IS SOME 
NOSTALGIA FOR PEOPLE LIKE JOHN 
McCAIN AND GEORGE H.W. 
BUSH WHO WERE THESE HEROES 
WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 
PICKET IS REALLY ABOUT COMING 
BACK TO THE BASICS OF OUR 
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND 
RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE STILL 
ON A QUEST TO REACH THAT MORE 
PERFECT UNION. THAT THE NATION 
IS CHANGING. 
AND OUR FOUNDERS WERE WISE BUT 
THEY WERE NOT PERFECT. 
AND WE ARE SEEING THIS WITH A 
LOT OF THE RACIAL UNREST TODAY. 
I MEAN, NOT ONLY THAT BUT 
SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT THAT WE 
HAVE NOT ALWAYS HAD EQUALITY IN 
OUR COUNTRY AND WE HAVE WORK TO 
DO BEFORE WE REACH A POINT 
WHERE THERE IS RACIAL EQUITY 
AND WE HAVE ADDRESSED 
INEQUALITY ACROSS MANY OTHER 
LINES AS WELL. 
>> SWITCHING GEARS FOR A MOMENT,
YOU WERE THE RUNNING MATE IN 
2016, HE IS ALSO A CO-ORGANIZER 
OF THE CONVENTION THAT YOU ARE 
HAVING, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS 
ON DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE KAMALA HARRIS? 
>> LOOK, I THINK IT IS FAR PAST 
TIME TO HAVE A WOMAN, YOU KNOW, 
PRESIDENT. 
CERTAINLY A WOMAN VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
IT IS AMAZING THAT AS A FREE 
AND WEALTHY NATION, AND 
CIVILIZED NATION IN THIS WORLD, 
THAT WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND IN 
TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF WOMEN 
THAT HAVE SERVED IN LEADERSHIP. 
THAT IS STARTING TO CHANGE, AND 
KAMALA HARRIS BEING PICKED, NOT 
ONLY AS A WOMAN BUT A WOMAN OF 
COLOR, IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK 
REALLY REMARKABLE. 
AND, PUTTING POLITICS ASIDE, I 
THINK THAT IS A MOMENT TO BE 
CELEBRATED. 
I ALSO SAY, LOOK, DONALD TRUMP, 
ONE OF THE REASONS AMERICANS 
WENT FOR HIM IS THEY BELIEVE HE 
IS A STRONG AMERICAN, LAW AND 
ORDER, KAMALA HARRIS, OBVIOUSLY 
SHE IS THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE. 
JOE BIDEN CAN GO TOE TO TOE 
WITH DONALD TRUMP, BUT HE WILL 
PROBABLY ONLY SERVE ONE TERM. 
HIS VP PICK IS THAT MUCH MORE 
IMPORTANT, WHAT YOU SEE IN 
KAMALA HARRIS IS SOMEBODY WHO, 
SHE SAYS, CAN PROSECUTE THE 
CASE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND 
SO FAR SHE IS SHOWING A LOT OF 
STRENGTH IN HER ABILITY TO DO 
THAT. 
>> THURSDAY NIGHT IS THE FINAL 
NIGHT FOR BOTH CONVENTIONS, THE 
SPEAKER'S HAVE INCLUDED FORMER 
OFFICIALS FROM GEORGE W. BUSH 
AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S. 
WHO IS SPEAKING TONIGHT AND 
WHAT IS ON THEIR AGENDAS? 
>> YES, WE HAVE SPEAKERS 
TONIGHT LIKE MICHAEL STEELE, AND
TARA SETMEYER.  
A COMMENTATOR, COMMUNICATOR AND 
ADVISER, MICHAEL STEELE, FORMER 
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND PARTY 
CHAIR MAN, I WILL BE SPEAKING, 
AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY 
COMING YOU KNOW, MAKES A POINT 
BECAUSE HE WAS A FORMER 
GOVERNOR, A FORMER CONGRESSMAN, 
AND HE IS ONE OF THESE 
CONGRESSMEN WHO LOST HIS 
PRIMARY PARTIALLY BECAUSE HE 
WAS SOMEONE WHO STOOD UP TO  
THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT CARING FOR 
THINGS LIKE PHYSICAL FISCAL 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
TO BE KICKED OUT OF THE PARTY, 
REALLY EXEMPLIFIES WHAT HAS 
HAPPENED IN THE TRUMP ERA WHICH 
IS THAT YOU ARE EITHER FOR 
TRUMP OR YOU ARE WRONG. 
SO, PEOPLE WHO SPEAK TONIGHT, 
YOU DO BELONG. 
OUR CONVENTION ACTUALLY 
WELCOMES EVERYBODY. 
IT IS GEARED TOWARDS THESE 
FORMER REPUBLICANS, AND 
INDEPENDENTS, BUT IT WELCOMES 
DEMOCRATS AS WELL BECAUSE THE 
POINT THAT WE ARE MAKING IS THAT
PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY ARE TOO 
GREAT, AND IF WE ARE GOING TO 
SOLVE MODERN, BIG SOCIETAL 
CHALLENGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD, 
CLIMATE CHANGE, HEALTHCARE, 
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, WE ARE 
GOING TO NEED TO DO IT FROM A 
PLACE WHERE ALL AMERICANS, WE 
ARE ALL COOPERATING OFF OF THE 
CORE PRINCIPLES. 
AND WE GET TO THIS SORT OF FEAR-
BASED POLICIES, WE GET BACK TO 
A PLACE OF COMMUNITY AND 
HEALTHY POLITICAL AND 
POLICYMAKING. 
>> MINDY FINN WITH STANDUP 
REPUBLIC, THNK YOU VERY MUCH 
FOR SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE 
WITH US. 
>> HAPPY TO BE HERE. 
>>> THE FDA HAS AUTHORIZED A 
RAPID COVID-19 TEST, IT IS 
BEING HELD AS A GAME CHANGER, 
SINCE RESULT COME BACK WITHIN 
MINUTES. 
THIS ALL COMES AS THE CDC FACES 
HARSH CRITICISM FOR ITS NEW 
CORONAVIRUS TESTING GUIDELINES. 
>> Reporter: THE FDA GAVE OUT 
ITS $5 ANTIGEN TEST EMERGENCY  
APPROVAL, AND RESULT IN 15 
MINUTES, COULD HELP SCREEN WHO 
COULD BOARD A PLANE OR ENTER A 
CLASSROOM. 
ANTIGEN TESTS ARE GENERALLY 
LESS SENSITIVE THAN LAB TEST. 
THAT CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF A 
FALSE NEGATIVE. 
THE DEVELOPMENT COMES AMID 
SHARP CRITICISM OF NEW CDC 
GUIDELINES WHICH NO LONGER 
RECOMMEND TESTING SOME WHO HAVE 
BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS BUT 
HAVE NO SYMPTOMS. 
>> WHY LIMIT WHO SHOULD BE 
TESTED? 
>> IT MAKES NO SENSE 
WHATSOEVER.  
>> Reporter: THIS DOCTOR , A 
YALE SCIENTIST, QUESTIONS WHY 
THE CHANGE WAS PUSHED THROUGH. 
LEADING HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS 
ARE ALSO CRITICAL INCLUDING THE 
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 
WHICH CALLED IT A RECIPE FOR 
COMMUNITY SPREAD. 
TODAY, CDC DIRECTOR  DR. ROBERT 
BRADFIELD TRIED TO CLARIFY, 
SAYING THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAY BE 
CONSIDERED. 
>> STRONG ENOUGH IN YOUR 
OPINION? 
>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
THE PRESYMPTOMATIC PHASES 
ACTUALLY WHEN THEY ARE MOST 
INFECTIOUS. 
IT SEEMS INEVITABLE THAT THIS 
POLICY GUIDANCE WILL EXACERBATE 
TRANSMISSION AND WILL LEAD TO 
MANY, MANY UNNECESSARY DEATHS. 
>> Reporter: ALREADY, THE 
GOVERNORS OF FIVE STATES SAY 
THEY WILL NOT ABIDE BY IT.  
CBS NEWS, MIAMI. 
>>> COMING UP AFTER A QUICK 
BREAK, RUSSIA SAYS IT IS READY 
TO HELP BELARUS  AND 
ANTIGOVERNMENT PROTESTS IF 
NEEDED. 
YOU ARE STREAMING CBSN,  CBS 
NEWS, ALWAYS ON. 
>>> THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WILL 
FEATURE A POWERFUL PLEA FOR 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FROM 
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THE SYSTEM 
FROM THE INSIDE. 
65-YEAR-OLD ALICE MARIE JOHNSON 
SPENT MORE THAN 25 YEARS IN 
PRISON. 
SHE WAS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE 
FOR A FIRST-TIME, NONVIOLENT 
DRUG AND MONEY-LAUNDERING 
CONVICTION. 
TWO YEARS AGO PRESIDENT TRUMP 
GRANTED HER CLEMENCY. 
AFTER KIM KARDASHIAN WEST 
BROUGHT ATTENTION TO HER CASE. 
WE SPOKE TO JOHNSON ABOUT HER 
LONG JOURNEY. 
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU WANT 
PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR 
STORY?  
HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME? 
>> I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I 
AM AN ORDINARY WOMAN WHO HAS 
BEEN PUT IN AN EXTRAORDINARY 
SITUATION. AND A BLESSED WOMAN 
WHO SPENT ALMOST 22 YEARS 
INCARCERATED. 
WITH PEOPLE WHO I CAME TO LOVE, 
WHO I PROMISED I WOULD NEVER 
STOP FIGHTING FOR. 
>> ALICE'S STORY UNDERSCORES 
THE DISPARITIES AND UNFAIRNESS 
THAT CAN EXIST IN CRIMINAL 
SENTENCING. 
>> YOU FEEL THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SAVED YOUR LIFE? 
>> YES, HE HAD THE ABILITY TO 
SAVE MY LIFE FROM LIFE IN 
PRISON. 
YES, HE IS THE ONE WHO RELEASED 
ME FROM THAT TERRIBLE SENTENCE. 
TO REJOIN MY FAMILY. 
>> I AM FREE TO HUG MY FAMILY. 
>> YES. 
>> I AM FREE TO LIVE LIFE.  I 
AM FREE TO START OVER. 
>> Reporter: YOU TALK ABOUT THE 
FAMILY THAT YOU HAVE  AND THAT 
YOU LEFT BEHIND IN PRISON. 
>> WE DEVELOP BONDS THAT WERE 
JUST AS CLOSE, REALLY, AS BLOOD 
BONDS. 
THESE ARE THE WOMEN WHO I CRIED 
WITH, WE LAUGHED TOGETHER, 
CELEBRATED, WE COMFORTED EACH 
OTHER, WE DREAMED ABOUT BEING 
AT HOME, TOGETHER. 
MY STORY IS A STORY OF 
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO WERE 
CAUGHT UP IN THE SYSTEM AND 
SENTENCED WAY TOO HARSHLY. 
>> Reporter: YOU THINK BOTH 
SIDE,  REPUBLICANS AND 
DEMOCRATS, SHOULD FIND A COMMON 
GROUND IN BRINGING CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE REFORM TO THIS COUNTRY? 
>> IT IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE, 
THIS  IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD 
AFFECT EVERYBODY. 
>> Reporter: WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN  TO PEOPLE WHO ARE 
HOPEFUL, WHO SEE YOUR STORY AND 
ARE INSPIRED BY IT? 
>> I WOULD NOT LET THAT BECOME 
MY FUTURE FOREVER. 
EVEN IN THE DARKEST TIMES, AS 
LONG AS YOU HAVE HOPE, AND YOU 
CAN STILL DREAM, THERE IS 
NOTHING, THERE IS NOTHING THAT 
CAN HOLD YOU BACK. 
>>> REPORTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE 
HAVE RISEN AROUND THE WORLD 
SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. 
NOW, IN THE UK, HUNDREDS OF 
PEOPLE HAVE PROTESTED IN 
LONDON, OVER THE UPCOMING 
EVICTION OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
CHARITY, FOR BLACK WOMEN, BY 
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
WE HAVE THE DETAILS. 
>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN CALLED 
A SHADOW PANDEMIC. 
THE INCREASE IN DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE CASES AROUND THE WORLD 
DURING COVID-19. 
BUT AT THE VERY MOMENT THE 
VICTIM 'S IN LONDON NEED HELP, 
ONE OF THE ONLY ORGANIZATION 
SERVING BLACK WOMEN, SISTER 
SPACE, IS FACING EVICTION. 
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TRYING 
TO MOVE THEM SO IT  CAN RENT 
THEIR CURRENT OFFICE  A FOR 
PROFIT. 
ABUSERS COULD WALK RIGHT UP TO 
THE FRONT WINDOW, AND LOOK IN. 
THIS IS THE FOUNDER OF SISTER 
SPACE. 
>> WE ARE AT HIGH RISK, IF YOU 
SHUT US DOWN, YOU SHUT DOWN AN 
ENTIRE VILLAGE. 
WE HAVE TO SAY NO. 
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS INITIALLY 
A PEACEFUL PROTEST ESCALATED 
AFTER POLICE TRIED TO MAKE AN 
ARREST.  
CLASHING WITH THE CROWD. 
IN SUPPORT FOR SISTER SPACE, 
CALLS FOR JUSTICE. 
>> THE BLACK LIVES MATTER 
MOVEMENT IS COMING TO THE 
FOREFRONT. 
THAT IS INSPIRATION FOR US. 
THAT HAS GIVEN US THE STRENGTH 
TO TELL YOU TO GET YOUR KNEE 
OFF OF OUR NECK. 
>> Reporter: AT THE VERY TIME 
THE REPORTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE 
ARE GOING UP, PROSECUTIONS  ARE 
GOING DOWN. 
AND THAT MEANS EVICTED OR NOT, 
SISTER SPACE STILL HAS WORK TO 
DO. 
CBS NEWS, LONDON. 
>>> BELARUS CONTINUES TO BE 
ROCKED BY ANTIGOVERNMENT 
PROTESTS. 
WEEKS AFTER A DISPUTED  
ELECTION EXTENDED THE TERM OF 
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT. 
NOW THEY LOOK TO RUSSIA FOR 
HELP. 
>> Reporter: I AM TALKING TO 
YOU FROM A PARK, FAR AWAY FROM 
RIGHT POLICE BECAUSE RIGHT 
POLICE, THEY HAVE BEEN VIOLENT 
WITH PROTESTERS AND WITH 
JOURNALISTS. 
JUST LAST NIGHT, THEY INCREASED 
THAT AGGRESSION. 
THEY ENCIRCLED A GROUP OF 
PROTESTERS IN THE CENTRAL 
SQUARE AND THEN THEY TRAPPED A 
GROUP OF THEM INSIDE OF THE 
CHURCH, BEFORE MAKING DOZENS OF 
ARRESTS. 
AND THEN, TODAY, WE HEARD FROM 
VLADIMIR PUTIN, FOR THE VERY 
FIRST TIME. 
THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA. 
WEIGHING IN ON THE CHAOS HERE 
IN BELARUS. 
AND HE TOLD US THAT THE 
PRESIDENT OF BELARUS ASKED HIM 
TO PREPARE A GROUP OF RESERVES, 
SO, SECURITY FORCES WHO COULD 
COME HERE IN CASE THE SITUATION 
GOT EVEN MORE OUT OF CONTROL. 
AND THIS IS RAISING ALARM BELLS 
FOR PEOPLE WHO REMEMBER WHAT 
HAPPENED IN NEARBY UKRAINE, AND 
NEARBY GEORGIA IN RECENT YEARS, 
WHEN RUSSIA OCCUPIED PORTIONS 
OF THOSE TERRITORIES AFTER 
POLITICAL UPHEAVALS, THERE. 
IT ALSO IS RECALLING SOMETHING 
THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS FAMOUS 
FOR SAYING, WHICH IS THAT THE 
GREATEST POLITICAL CATASTROPHE 
OF THE 20th CENTURY WAS THE 
COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION. 
AND, TO THE MINDS OF MANY IT 
STANDS TO REASON THAT VLADIMIR 
PUTIN WOULD TRY AND REBUILD THE 
SOVIET UNION IN THE 21st 
CENTURY. 
AND,  THIS LATEST UPHEAVAL 
MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM 
TO MOVE IN TO BELARUS. 
CBS NEWS, BELARUS. 
>>> GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE 
WORLD ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 
HOW TO SAFELY RETURN KIDS TO 
THE CLASSROOM. 
FOR SOME COUNTRIES, NEW 
OUTBREAKS OF COVID-19 ARE 
CAUSING OFFICIALS TO RETHINK 
THEIR OWN GUIDELINES. 
RILEY CARLYSS AND REPORTS FROM 
LONDON.
>> Reporter: IT IS NOT HARD TO 
FIND PEOPLE IN LONDON WEARING 
FACE MASKS. 
THEY ARE IN SHOPS, MUSEUMS AND 
SOON, SCHOOLS. 
ALL ADULTS AND CHILDREN OVER 
THE AGE OF 11 WILL HAVE TO WEAR 
THEM WHEN CLASSES RESUME 
SEPTEMBER  1st. 
PUSH TO OPEN SCHOOLS COMES AS 
FRANCE REPORTS MORE THAN 5000 
NEW CASES OF COVID-19 IN 24 
HOURS.  
THE BIGGEST DAILY SPIKE SINCE 
IT'S LOCKED UNLISTED IN MAY. 
THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO 
BALANCE GETTING KIDS BACK TO 
SCHOOL WHILE AVOIDING A SECOND 
CLOSURE. 
IN THE UK, THE RULES ARE STILL 
BEING IRONED OUT. 
AFTER SAYING THERE IS NO NEED 
FOR MASKS, THE PRIME  MINISTER 
NOW SAYS THEY MAY BE USEFUL IN 
BUSY SPOTS LIKE HALLWAYS. 
>> FACE COVERINGS IN THOSE 
TYPES OF AREAS OUTSIDE THE 
CLASSROOM.  
>> Reporter: MOST SCHOOLS  IN
SEOUL CLOSED BACK DOWN THIS 
WEEK. 
THEY ARE SWITCHING TO ONLINE 
CLASSES. 
OFFICIALS SAY IT IS A 
PRECAUTION TO TRY TO GET A 
HANDLE ON A SURGE IN CASES IN 
THE CITY. 
RILEY CARLSON, CBS NEWS, 
LONDON. 
>>> A MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING 
DOZENS OF WORSHIPERS AT TWO  
MOSQUES IN NEW ZEALAND WILL 
SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE 
BEHIND BARS. 
HE PLEADED GUILTY  TO MURDER 
AND MANSLAUGHTER. 
>> Reporter: THE SENTENCE OF 
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, MAKING 
HISTORY. 
MARCH 15th,  REACHED IN THE 
MEMORY OF ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. 
THE DATE OF THIS COUNTRY PLUS 
WORST CRIMINAL ACT. 
THE PRIME MINISTER'S FIRST 
REACTION, RELIEF. 
>> THIS HAS BEEN A CRIME IN NEW 
ZEALAND, THE LIKES OF WHICH HAS 
NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE. 
AND NOW WE ARE SEEING A 
SENTENCE THE LIKES OF WHICH WE 
HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AS WELL. 
BUT YES, IT GAVE ME RELIEF. 
TO KNOW THAT THE PERSON WILL 
NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. 
>> Reporter: ALSO, A BIG DAY 
FOR NEW ZEALAND POLICE. 
THEY HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF 
HOURS INVESTIGATING THE CRIME 
AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. 
>> THIS HAS BEEN  INCREDIBLY 
TAXING FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. 
OFFICERS, PARTICULARLY ON THE 
INVESTIGATION HAVE LIVED AND 
BREATHED THIS EVENT OVER THE 
LAST NEARLY 18 MONTHS. 
>> Reporter: BUT, IT IS ALWAYS 
THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, TOP OF 
MIND. 
>> NOTHING WILL TAKE THE PAIN 
AWAY  BUT I HOPE YOU FELT THE 
ARMS AND NEW ZEALAND RUN YOU 
THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 
AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO FEEL 
THAT THROUGH ALL THE DAYS THAT 
FOLLOW. 
>> WE ARE VERY SATISFIED WITH 
THE OUTCOME, BUT OUR FOCUS 
TODAY IS ON THE VICTIMS AND THE 
COURAGE THEY SHOWED IN THE 
SITUATION. 
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,  LOCKING 
HIM UP WILL COST NEW ZEALAND 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
NOW, SOME VICTIMS ARE CALLING 
FOR HIM TO BE DEPORTED BACK TO 
HIS NATIVE, AUSTRALIA. 
>> IT IS THE QUESTION OF THE 
COST TO HIS COUNTRY, FOR THE 
REST OF HIS LIFE FRANKLY THEY 
WILL BE ASTRONOMICAL. 
AND, I BELIEVE, WE CAN ARRANGE 
FOR HIM TO BE IMPRISONED IN 
AUSTRALIA, FROM WHENCE HE CAME. 
>> Reporter: THE PRIME MINISTER 
IS NOT DISCOUNTING IT BUT SAYS 
IT IS NO EASY TASK.  
>> THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY A 
LEGAL BASIS FOR IT. 
IT WOULD BE A COMPLEX 
UNDERTAKING. 
>> THEY MAY DO IT. 
>> Reporter: NEW ZEALAND IS NOW 
A SAFER COUNTRY THAN IT WAS 
BEFORE THE TERRORIST MASSACRE 
WHICH LED TO NEW ZEALAND 
BANNING SEMIAUTOMATIC MILITARY 
STYLE WEAPONS PER POLICE 
TONIGHT, ADMITTING  GRIEF. 
>>  IT WON'T BE APPROPRIATE FOR 
ME TO COMMENT UNTIL WE SEE WHAT 
THEY FIND. 
>> Reporter: HE WILL LIVE OUT 
HIS DAYS IN A PRISON CELL, NEAR 
AUCKLAND. 
THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS  THE 
OTHER JOB IS FOR CORRECTIONS. 
>> THE OTHER JOB WE HAVE IS 
MAKING SURE THAT HE HAS NO 
NOTORIETY, THAT HE HAS NO FORM 
AND THAT WE HAVE NO CAUSE TO 
THINK ABOUT HIM, TO SEE HIM OR 
TO HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN. 
>> Reporter: CLOSING THE 
CHAPTER FOR GOOD ON THIS 
COUNTRY'S DARKEST DAY.  
>>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A 
QUICK BREAK, WE WILL BE RIGHT 
BACK WITH THE REST OF THE DAY'S 
NEWS. 
YOU  R STREAMING CBSN, CBS 
NEWS, ALWAYS ON. 
>>> THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC  
HAS HALTED A LOT OF PLANS. 
ONE COUPLE WAS ABLE TO MAKE 
THEIR SPECIAL DAY EVEN MORE 
SPECIAL. 
JAMIE YUCCAS HAS THE STORY. 
>> Reporter: WHEN MELANIE AND 
TYLER 'S WEDDING RECEPTION WAS 
CANCELED BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS 
IT DID NOT STOP THEM FROM 
SPREADING THE LOVE. 
>> I WAS LIKE, LET'S DONATE THE 
FOOD. 
>> Reporter: AFTER A SCALED  
DOWN CEREMONY WITH A K-9 BEST 
MAN, THEY HEADED TO A CLEVELAND 
AREA SHELTER. 
>> WE WANTED THIS TO BE LIKE 
THEY WERE GOING TO A WEDDING, 
SO, THEY REALLY FELT LIKE THEY 
WERE AT A SPECIAL EVENT, THAT 
DAY. 
>> Reporter: THEIR WEDDING 
NIGHT DINNER WAS NOT GLAMOROUS. 
>> MOST OF THE KIDS JUST 
WANTED, LIKE, BIG BOWLS OF MAC 
AND CHEESE.  
>> IT WAS DELICIOUS. 
VERY DELICIOUS. 
>> Reporter: DONATION WAS 
ENOUGH TO FEED THEIR SPECIAL 
GUESTS FOR ANOTHER  FIVE DAYS. 
>> DID YOU LEARN A LESSON 
IN THIS? 
>> EVEN IN HARD TIMES YOU CAN 
GIVE BACK. 
>> DO YOU THINK YOU WILL REDO 
IT AND HAVE A BIG WEDDING? 
>> I LIKE HOW IT UNFOLDED. 
>> AND THERE IS A LITTLE BOY 
WITH CUPCAKE ALL OVER HIS FACE 
AND THAT PICTURE MADE IT ALL 
WORTH IT. 
>> Reporter: HOW IS THAT FOR 
SOMETHING BLUE? 
JAMIE YOU GUYS, CBS NEWS, LOS 
ANGELES.  
>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT SOME OF 
THE STORIES WE  WILL BE 
COVERING IN THE NEXT HOUR. 
HURRICANE LAURA IS FAR FROM 
OVER. 
WE WILL SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR OF 
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. 
>>> AS PROTESTS CONTINUE IN 
KENOSHA, IS CONSTANT, OVER THE 
POLICE SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN, 
WE ARE LEARNING MORE DETAILS 
ABOUT THE OFFICER INVOLVED. 
WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST. 
>>> IT IS THE FINAL NIGHT OF 
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.  PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL HEADLINE THE PROGRAM AS HE 
MAKES HIS PITCH TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE TO BE RE-ELECTED FOR 
FOUR MORE YEARS IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
YOU ARE STREAMING CBSN, CBS 
NEWS, ALWAYS ON.  
>>> NOBODY KNOWS THE SYSTEM 
BETTER THAN ME. 
WHICH IS WHY I ALONE CAN FIX IT.
>> I ALONE CAN FIX IT. 
THAT WAS THE MESSAGE FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
FOUR YEARS AGO. 
TONIGHT HE HOPES TO MAKE A 
SIMILAR APPEAL TO AMERICANS AS 
HE MAKES HIS CASE FOR 
REELECTION. 
THE PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS THE 
NATION IN ABOUT TWO HOURS FROM 
THE WHITE HOUSE SOUTH LAWN. 
AN AUDIENCE OF ABOUT 1000 IS 
EXPECTED TO ATTEND IN PERSON. 
OTHER SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE 
MITCH McCONNELL, HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETAY BEN 
CARSON, ARKANSAS SENATOR TOM 
COTTON RUDY GIULIANI AND THE 
PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER IVANKA 
TRUMP. 
THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO 
DELIVER A MESSAGE FOCUSING ON 
LAW AND ORDER. 
SOMETHING LIKE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE EMPHASIZED LAST NIGHT. 
>> THE HARD TRUTH IS THAT YOU 
WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE BIDEN'S 
AMERICA. 
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP WE WILL 
ALWAYS STAND WITH THOSE WHO 
STAND ON THE THIN BLUE LINE AND 
WE ARE NOT GOING TO DEFUND THE 
POLICE. 
NOT NOW, NOT EVER. 
>> LET'S BRING IN MERRITT MAJOR 
GARRETT. 
HE IS THE CBS CHIEF WASHINGTON 
CORRESPONDENT. 
HELLO AND WELCOME TO YOU BOTH. 
YOU ARE THERE AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE 
PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK TONIGHT. 
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE 
REMARKS? 
>> WE KNOW HE IS EXPECTED TO 
SPEAK FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR. 
AND AS YOU CAN ALSO HEAR THE 
MUSIC HERE HE CAN TELL YOU AS 
WELL THAT THIS IS A SONG FROM 
THE PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN RALLY 
LIST. 
IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THE 
CROWD BEHIND ME. 
THERE ARE ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE OR 
MORE ABOUT THE PACK ONTO THE 
SOUTH LAWN. 
IT FEELS LIKE A RALLY WITH MANY 
PEOPLE DECKED OUT IN 
TRADITIONAL GEAR AS HE MAKES 
THE CASE THAT HE IS THE LAW AND 
ORDER CANDIDATE. 
WE DO EXPECT HIM TO TALK ABOUT 
THE NEWS OF THE DAY AS WELL. 
HE WILL ADDRESS TO SOME EXTENT 
THOUGH WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH 
THE SHOOTING IN KENOSHA ALONG 
WITH OTHER HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL 
AS WHAT IS HIS GREATEST 
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE LAST FOUR 
YEARS. 
BEYOND THAT HE IS GOING TO TRY 
TO DRAW A SHARP CONTRAST 
BETWEEN HIM AND HIS CHALLENGER. 
HE IS MAKING A CASE THAT IT 
WOULD LEAD TO A DARK AND 
LAWLESS COUNTRY. 
HE IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT 
CAN PROVIDE A BRIGHT PROSPEROUS 
AND ORDERLY ONE. 
THE PRESIDENT AS WE KNOW, EVEN 
THOUGH WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE 
EXPECT HIM TO TALK ABOUT, OFTEN 
GOES OFF THE SCRIPT. 
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WILL SAY 
UNTIL HE SAYS IT. 
AND CERTAINLY FOR THIS CROWD HE 
COULD BE ENERGIZED AND GO OFF 
THE CUFF. 
THIS IS THE BIGGEST CROWD THAT 
HE WILL ADDRESS IN MONTHS. 
AND WE KNOW THAT HE DOES LOVE 
THE ENERGY OF A LOT OF PEOPLE 
AROUND. 
THERE IS EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR 
AS HE MAKES A CASE FOR ANOTHER 
TERM. 
>> IN ADDITION TO THIS LAW AND 
ORDER MESSAGE THERE IS ANOTHER 
MESSAGE THEY CAME THROUGH FROM 
THE CONVENTION FROM SPEAKERS. 
THAT THERE IS ANOTHER MORE 
EMPATHETIC SIDE TO THE 
PRESIDENT. 
ASIDE THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T 
NECESSARILY GET TO SEE. 
HERE IS MIKE PENCE MAKING THAT 
CASE LAST NIGHT. 
>> OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, 
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK 
CLOSELY WITH OUR PRESIDENT. 
I'VE SEEN THEM WHEN THE CAMERAS 
ARE OFF. 
AMERICANS SEE THE PRESIDENT AND 
LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT HOW HE 
SEES AMERICA. 
HE SEES AMERICA FOR WHAT IT IS. 
A NATION THAT HAS DONE MORE 
GOOD IN THIS WORLD THAN ANY 
OTHER. 
A NATION THAT DESERVES FAR MORE 
GRATITUDE THAN GRIEVANCE. 
AND IF YOU WANT A PRESIDENT WHO 
FALLS SILENT WHEN OUR HERITAGE 
IS DEMEANED OR INSULTED, HE IS 
NOT YOUR MAN. 
>> THAT PLAYLIST AS WE SAID IS 
VERY FAMILIAR. 
HAVING COVERED THE 2016 
CAMPAIGN. 
HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THE 2016 
CAMPAIGN? 
DO YOU SEE THE PRESIDENT 
úHIMSELF EMBRACING THAT THIS 
YEAR IN 2020? 
>> THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING 
TO TELL THE COUNTRY THAT I AM A 
SOFTY. 
HE DOESN'T DO THAT. 
HE WILL LET OTHER PEOPLE SAY 
THAT AND WHEN I WAS COVERING 
THE 2016 CAMPAIGN TRUMP 
SUPPORTER SAID THAT IF FELT 
THAT ABOUT HIM ANYWAY. 
ABOUT THE SOFTER SIDE OF DONALD 
TRUMP. 
SO THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BAKED 
INTO THE CAKE. 
WITH THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO 
TONIGHT AND IT IS ONLY 
COINCIDENTAL THAT WE ARE 
HEARING THIS BUT TIP ARE YOU 
WHILE WE ARE ON, BUT IT IS 
SYMBOLICALLY CLOSE TO WHAT HE 
IS TONIGHT AND FOR THE 
REMAINDER OF THIS CAMPAIGN. 
HE IS THE TENOR THAT EVERYONE 
LISTENS TO. 
THE CENTRAL CHARACTER OF THE 
CAMPAIGN. 
DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT MUCH OF 
THE COUNTRY IS EXHAUSTED. 
MORE NOW THAN THEY WERE IN 2016 
WHEN THE IDEA OF A PRESIDENCY 
IS A NOTION THERE WAS A 
NOVELTY. 
MANY DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT THE 
EVER PRESENT PRESENCE OF DONALD 
TRUMP WHICH IS WHAT HE HAS BEEN 
ALL THIS WEEK, AND WILL BE 
AGAIN TONIGHT, IS NOT THE 
ADVANTAGE THAT DONALD TRUMP 
THINKS IT IS. 
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN BELIEVES 
QUITE THE OPPOSITE. 
AND THE PRESIDENT IS ACTING AS 
THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AS HE 
HAS BEEN THIS ENTIRE CONVENTION 
ACCORDINGLY. 
MAKING HIM THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF 
THIS FINAL NIGHT. 
AND USING ALL OF THE TRAPPINGS 
OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO DO SO. 
IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT 
THE TRAPPINGS THE WHITE HOUSE 
ARE A FALLBACK POSITION FOR 
THIS PRESIDENT. 
IF HE HAD HAD HIS WAY, HE WOULD 
BE DELIVERING THIS ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH BEFORE A FULL CONVENTION 
AUDIENCE IN CHARLOTTE NORTH 
CAROLINA OR IN JACKSONVILLE 
FLORIDA. 
THE ALTERNATE SITE ONCE PURSUED 
WHEN HE WAS INFORMED IT WAS 
IMPOSSIBLE TO GO TO CHARLOTTE. 
IT ALSO TURNED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE 
TO GO TO JACKSONVILLE. 
THOSE REALITIES HAVE PLACED THE 
PRESIDENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 
THEY WOULD LIKE AMERICA TO 
FORGET THAT. 
BUT THE PRESIDENT IS THERE 
BECAUSE HE HAS TO BE. 
BECAUSE HE CAN'T BE WHERE HE 
WANTS TO BE. 
BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC RAGED 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THE SUMMER. 
WHICH IS PART AND PARCEL EITHER 
AN INDICTMENT OR CERTAINLY A 
REFLECTION OF HIS LEADERSHIP ON 
THIS UNDERLYING QUESTION WHICH 
WILL BE A PART OF THE CAMPAIGN 
THROUGHOUT FROM NOW UNTIL THE 
FINAL BALLOT IS COUNTED. 
>>> GOING BACK TO THIS NOTION 
OF THE LAW IN ORDER MESSAGE, 
WHY DOES THE PRESIDENT BELIEVE 
THAT A LAW AND ORDER TYPE 
CAMPAIGN IS ONE THAT WILL BE 
EFFECTIVE AT THIS MOMENT? 
>> BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT AND 
THE CAMPAIGN KNOW EXACTLY WHO 
THEIR AUDIENCE IS FOR THIS 
MESSAGE. 
PARTICULARLY SWING VOTERS IN 
SWING STATES WHO THEY ARE 
TRYING TO COURT BECAUSE THEY 
HAVE NOT MADE UP THEIR MIND YET.
WITH THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO 
SAY ABOUT LAW AND ORDER CANNOT 
BE DIVORCED FROM WHAT ELSE HE 
HAS SAID WHICH IS THAT JOE 
BDEN AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
ARE OUT TO DESTROY THE SUBURBS. 
THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE A PLEA TO
QUOTE THE SUPPORT AND HOUSEWIFE 
WARNING THAT IF HE DOES NOT WIN 
IN NOVEMBER THAT LIFE AS THEY 
KNOW IT WILL ESSENTIALLY BE 
GONE. 
WITH REGARD TO THEIR PROPERTY 
AND THE SAFETY OF THEIR 
FAMILIES, BASICALLY EVERYTHING 
THAT THEY HAVE COME TO KNOW AND 
BUILD IN THEIR LIVES IS AT 
STAKE ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT
AND THE CAMPAIGN. 
SO CERTAINLY THEY ARE GOING ALL 
IN ON THIS MESSAGE. 
AND WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE OF 
THINGS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY 
SAID. 
WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE 
PRESIDENT AS WE HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT ALREADY HAS WARNED THAT 
IF THE DEMOCRATS WIN WHAT WE 
ARE SEEING PLAY OUT IN THE 
STREETS WILL ONLY CONTINUE AND 
WORSEN. 
AND OF COURSE THE DEMOCRATS 
POINT OUT THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY 
HAPPENING UNDER DONALD TRUMP'S 
WATCH. 
AND HIS CLOSE ALLIES QUICKLY 
REFUTE THAT SAYING IT IS ONLY 
BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO 
HELP. 
THEY ARE TRYING TO SEND IN 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE BUT THE 
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS OF THESE 
DEMOCRATIC CITIES ARE NOT 
HAVING IT. 
AND SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SAY
THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND 
AGAIN. 
IF JOE BIDEN DOES WIN. 
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS KNOW 
WHO THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH 
AND IN THIS CASE IT IS THOSE 
VOTERS WHO ARE UNDECIDED. 
>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT CONTEXT 
HERE. 
ANOTHER NOTABLE SPEAKER TONIGHT 
IS THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL MAN 
IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 
MITCH McCONNELL WHO IS ALSO 
FACING REELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO MAKE A 
CASE FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES OR 
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF? 
>> MORE THE FORMER THAN THE 
LATTER. 
HE IS DONE THIS THROUGHOUT HIS 
REIGN AS MAJORITY LEADER. 
TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA AND THE 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
AND ASKED AT TIMES TO RESPOND 
OR DEFEND THIS PRESIDENT. 
HE ROUTINELY SAYS I DO NOT READ 
HIS TWEETS OR AND I DON'T CARE 
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. 
I AM HERE TO HANDLE THE AGENDA. 
AND HE WILL TALK ABOUT THE 
AGENDA ON HIS WATCH. 
IS THAT WHICH HAS PASSED HAS 
GONE BECAUSE HE PUT IT ON THE 
FLOOR. 
IT IS BECAUSE HE HAS BURIED IT. 
MITCH McCONNELL HAS THAT 
AUTHORITY AND USES IT 
RELENTLESSLY TO ADVANCE THE 
REPUBLICAN AGENDA UNDER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
AND DeBARY AND RENDER 
LEGISLATIVELY MEAN HE IS 
MEANINGLESS TENS OF DOZENS OF 
BILLS THAT HAVE COME OVER FOR 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
SO MITCH McCONNELL WILL TALK 
ABOUT THAT AND HE WILL 
PARTICULARLY EMPHASIZE AN ISSUE 
NEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HEART. 
TO SUPREME COURT NOMINEES 
NOMINATED AND CONFIRMED WITH 
MORE THAN 200 CONFIRMATIONS TO 
LOWER POSITIONS IN THE FEDERAL 
COURT. 
THAT IS A BIG DEAL FOR MITCH 
McCONNELL. 
LET ME ADD ONE THOUGHT ABOUT 
WHAT WE JUST SAID. 
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
NOT ONLY ARE THOSE THE VOTERS 
OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS TRYING 
TO FIND, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING 
ABOUT THE FUSION OF THIS 
QUESTION OF LAW AND ORDER THAT 
THEY SEE. 
AND THAT THEY ARE BETTING WILL 
WORK TO THEIR NET ADVANTAGE. 
I AM NOT PREDICTING THAT IT 
WILL BUT THEY ARE. 
THE FUSION IS THIS. 
IT'S NOT JUST VIOLENCE IN THE 
STREETS. 
WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW, IS PART 
OF THIS SUMMER OF DISCONTENT. 
BUT BY FAR A VERY SMALL PART OF 
THE SUM OF DISCONTENT WHEN 
COMPARED TO THE LARGE AND 
PEACEFUL PROTEST NATIONWIDE. 
BUT THE FUSION IS WHEN THE 
PROTESTS ARE PEACEFUL THEY ARE 
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS 
DANGEROUS. 
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT UNDOING 
POLICING AS WE KNOW IT. 
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A 
RECALIBRATION OF THE AMERICAN 
JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A 
REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH. 
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT 
SOCIALISM. 
EVEN WHEN IT IS PEACEFUL THIS 
IS A THREAT. 
IT'S NOT JUST WHAT IS OR IS NOT 
HAPPENING ON THE STREETS OF OUR 
COUNTRY WHICH APPEARS TO BE 
UNRULY. 
IT'S ABOUT AN ENTIRE MESSAGE 
THAT REPUBLICANS AND THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR 
AND EXACTLY THE WAY THEY 
DESCRIBE IT. 
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE TICKET 
LED BY JOE BLATT BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS HAVE BEGUN TO 
RESPOND TO THAT. 
THEY'VE BEGUN TO RECHARACTERIZE 
THIS FRAMING BY THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN AND THAT IS GOING TO 
BE ONE OF THE KEY BOUTS ABOUT 
THE FRAMING, THE INTERPRETATION 
AND THE REACTION TO THIS DEBATE 
IN THE COUNTRY. 
>> THAT OBSERVATION IS 
COMPLETELY ASTUTE BECAUSE IT IS 
LINKING AS YOU SAY OF IDEAS 
WITH THE ACTUAL DEMONSTRATIONS 
AND THE REALITY OF WHAT HAS 
HAPPENED ON THE STREET. 
CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT FROM THIS 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OUR MAJOR 
PARTY FIGURES. 
YOU WILL NOT BE SEEING GEORGE 
W. BUSH AND YOU WILL NOT BE 
SEEING MITT ROMNEY TO CHENEY OR 
PALM RYAN. 
WHAT IS THAT SUGGEST ABOUT THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW AND THE 
PRESIDENCY ITSELF? 
>> IT IS FASCINATING. 
THIS WEEK WHEN REPUBLICANS HAVE 
REACHED FOR PLATITUDES OR 
HISTORICAL FIGURES IN THE PARTY 
THEY'VE REACH FOR ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN GLANCING LEE FOR DWIGHT 
DAVID EISENHOWER AND RONALD 
REAGAN. 
AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU 
JUST MENTIONED, GEORGE W. BUSH 
PAUL RYAN FIT WITHIN THE MATRIX 
OF THAT HISTORIC REPUBLICAN 
PARTY. 
THEY JOINED BECAUSE OF THOSE 
PEOPLE AND THEIR LEADERSHIP. 
AND BECAUSE OF THEIR CORE 
LEADERSHIP TO INSTITUTIONS AND 
VALUES. 
YES THEY WERE PARTISAN AND 
AGGRESSIVE AGAINST DEMOCRATS 
BUT THEY WERE CONSISTENT WITH 
THAT LINE OF REPUBLICANISM. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS 
SUPPORTERS IN THE MAIN SAY THAT 
THIS PARTY IS NOW ABOUT HIM. 
IT'S ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND 
IT'S ABOUT THOSE WHO SUPPORT 
DONALD TRUMP. 
THAT'S IT MAKES THEM GOOD 
REPUBLICANS. 
AND IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT HIM, 
THAT VERY DECLARATION SHOWS YOU 
AS A BAD REPUBLICAN. 
YOU'RE OUT OF THE PARTY AND NO 
LONGER WELCOME. 
MITT ROMNEY IS NOT WELCOME. 
ANYONE FROM THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN 
IS NOT WELCOME IF YOU DON'T 
SUPPORT WHOLEHEARTEDLY 
EVERYTHING THAT DONALD TRUMP 
SAYS OR DOES. 
SO IT IS A DEEP PERSONALIZATION 
OF A PARTY THAT IS GOING ON 
HERE. 
TYPIFIED BY THIS HOUR-LONG 
SPEECH TONIGHT AND THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND EVERYTHING THAT IS 
FLOWED THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN 
WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BENT ABOUT AN 
AGENDA BUT MOSTLY ABOUT THE 
CHARACTER AND THE PERSONA THAT 
IS DONALD TRUMP. 
AND IT IS AN APPROACH TO THE 
PARTY AND APPROACH TO THE 
INSTITUTION OF THE PRESIDENCY 
THAT THOSE PEOPLE NAMES THIS 
WEEK. 
NEVER INTENTIONALLY BROUGHT TO 
THEIR DEFINITION AS A PRESIDENT 
OR THEIR DEFINITION IS A 
REPUBLICAN. 
>> MAJOR GARRETT, IT'S ALWAYS 
SO GREAT TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU 
HERE. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK 
HOW THE CORONAVIRUS AS 
REENERGIZED ONLINE CONSPIRACY 
GROUPS LIKE Q AND OFF. 
DAN PATTERSON SPOKE WITH THE 
FOUNDER ABOUT HOW THE PLATFORM 
IS SEEING THEIR THEORIES TAKE 
OFTEN THE PANDEMIC. 
YOU ARE STREAMING RED AND BLUE. 
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED 
TO ADDRESS THE MANAGEMENT OF 
THE CRISIS TONIGHT. 
HE'S BEEN MARKED BY MIXED 
MESSAGING. 
REPEATEDLY SAYING THE VIRUS 
WILL GO AWAY DESPITE INCREASING 
NUMBER OF CASES. 
HE'S ALSO SHUNNED MASKS ONLY TO 
START WEARING THEM LAST MONTH. 
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL 
AND PREVENTION CREATED THEIR 
OWN CONFUSION AFTER CLARIFYING 
THE REVISED TESTING GUIDELIES. 
MORE THAN 180,000 PEOPLE IN THE 
U.S. HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. 
THE UNITED STATES RANKS FOURTH 
GLOBALLY IN THE HIGHEST NUMBER 
OF DEATHS PER 100,000 PEOPLE. 
THAT IS ACCORDING TO JOHNS 
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. 
THE PANDEMIC HAS ALSO CREATED 
CONFUSION ONLINE AND A BASIS 
CONSPIRACY THEORY HAS PLAYED A 
ROLE IN THAT. 
IT ORIGINALLY GAINED TRACTION 
ON H CHAN. 
THE EXPRESSED CONCERNS IN AN 
INTERVIEW WITH DAN PATTERSON. 
>> NOW THAT THIS NATURAL 
DISASTERS HAPPENING IT'S REALLY 
ENERGIZING AND MOTIVATING THEM. 
IN THE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS THINGS WERE 
NOT GOING WELL. 
AND REALLY THEY HAD EVERYTHING 
RIDING ON DONALD TRUMP 
REELECTED. 
>> DAN PATTERSON JOINS ME NOW. 
HE HAS BEEN REPORTING FOR US 
ALL WEEK. 
AND THE INTERSECTION WITH 
POLITICS. 
HELLO DAN. 
TELL US MORE ABOUT THE MAN WE 
JUST HEARD FROM? 
HOW IS HE CONNECTED AND WHAT IS 
HIS BIGGEST CONCERN? 
>> FRED BRENNAN IS THE FOUNDER 
OF H CHAN. 
IT ORIGINATED ON A VERY SIMILAR 
SITE CALLED FORT ANN. 
THESE PROBABLY SOUND LIKE 
OBSCURE INTERNET FORMS. 
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE. 
MUCH LIKE WE'VE KIND OF FOUND 
THIS WITH INTERNET SPEED ON 
MAINSTREAM SITES LIKE TWITTER 
AND FACEBOOK, THERE WAS A 
LANGUAGE OF H CHAN AND FORT ANN 
THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THE SITES 
BECAUSE ALL USERS ON THE SITES 
ARE INHERENTLY ANONYMOUS. 
THERE IS NO LOGIN OR PASSWORD. 
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED A 
TRIP CODE. 
THIS CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY SO 
THAT I CAN ENTER IN A SERIES OF 
DIGITS. 
AND IT CAN SAY THE SAME PERSON 
IS POSTING THE SAME MESSAGES. 
THIS IS HOW THE Q BEGAN. 
IT CAME FROM AN ALLEGED 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PERSON WHO 
HAD ACCESS TO NUCLEAR CODES SEE 
COMBINED THOSE WORDS AND YOU 
HAVE THIS MEME THIS HUMAN MEME 
THAT STARTED ON THE SITES. 
THE SOUND LIKE OBSCURE INTERNET 
FORMS. 
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENED OF THE 
LAST 18 TO 24 MONTHS, IS IT THE 
GROUP HAS REALLY METASTASIZED. 
IT HAS GONE FROM BEING 
UNDERGROUND AND YOU HEARD IT 
DESCRIBED THERE TO BEING 
MAINSTREAM. 
IT HAS JUMPD ACROSS THE SOCIAL 
WEB TO FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND 
MORE. 
FACEBOOK RECENTLY CUT DOWN 790 
DIFFERENT GROUPS OF USERS. 
TWITTER DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT 
VERY RECENTLY. 
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ELAINE 
FRED HAS A NUMBER OF FEARS AND 
CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS 
AREA. 
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
IS A POTENTIALLY VERY VIOLENCE 
AND THAT THEY AMPLIFY THIS 
INFORMATION RELATED TO CLINICAL 
CONSPIRACIES AND THAT THIS 
AMPLIFICATION OF DISINFORMATION 
COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE COST 
LIVES. 
AND AS WE SEE THIS GROUP 
CONTINUING TO GROW THERE'S 
REALLY NO WAY TO STOP AND ID 
THEM. 
AND SO THERE IS NO AND INSIGHT 
FOR THE CONSPIRACY GROUPS LIKE 
THIS. 
>> THERE'S ALSO MISINFORMATION 
AND DISINFORMATION THAT WAS 
SPREAD ONLINE. 
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 
THESE TERMS AND WHY DOES THAT 
MATTER? 
>> IT MATTERS BECAUSE 
MISINFORMATION IS A RUMOR. 
IS SOMETHING THAT I MISHEARD 
ABOUT THE WEATHER TOMORROW OR 
PASSING ALONG GOSSIP ABOUT 
SOMEONE. 
IT'S AN ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN HERE.
BOUGHT SENTINEL TRACKS THE DATA 
AROUND TWITTER ACCOUNTS. 
CHRIS CONTENDS AS WELL AS 
NUMBER OF OTHERS THAT THERE'S A 
LARGE SWATH OF FOLLOWERS THAT 
ARE NOT JUST HUMANS. 
MANY ARE BUT A NUMBER OF THEM 
ARE NOT. 
AND THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL BOX. 
BOTS ARE AUTOMATED PIECES OF 
SOFTWARE THAT RUN ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA AND OTHER SITES AND 
FOLLOW A PRE-REHEARSED SCRIPT. 
A SOCK PUPPET IS AN ACCOUNT 
THAT YOU OR I MAY MAKE BUT IS 
NOT NAMED. 
WE USE IT FOR THE PURPOSES OF 
TROLLING OR OTHER POOR 
BEHAVIOR. 
CHRIS CONTENDS AND I SPOKE WITH 
ANOTHER PERSON ON A VERY LARGE 
INTEET FIRM TODAY THAT 
RUSSIA'S G OU AND IRA IS 
INVOLVED WITH BOTS AND SOCK 
PUPPETS AMPLIFYING Q AND ON AND 
PARTICULARLY Q AND ON 
DISINFORMATION REGARDING THE 
ELECTION, MALE AND VOTING IN 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
>> DAN PATTERSON FOR US. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 
TIME. 
>> IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU. 
>>> COMING UP AFTER THIS BREAK 
WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE 
FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
WE BREAK DOWN WHAT TO EXPECT 
FROM HIS SPEECH TONIGHT. 
>>> THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 
WILL KICKOFF IN JUST MINUTES. 
THE MAIN EVENT IS THE 
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH. 
THEY WILL SPEAK FROM THE SOUTH 
LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER 
HE IS INTRODUCED BY HIS 
DAUGHTER. 
OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE 
SECRETARY BEN CARSON SENT 
MAJORITY LEADER MITCH McCONNELL 
AND FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR 
RUDY GIULIANI. 
FOR MORE ON WHAT EXACTLY WE CAN 
EXPECT TONIGHT LET'S BRING IN A 
POLITICAL RESPONDER CAITLIN 
BURNS AND CBS NEWS CAMPAIGN 
REPORTER NICK HALL. 
WELCOME BOTH. 
WHAT DO EXPECT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TO ADDRESS IN HIS SPEECH? 
>> WE DO EXPECT HIM TO ADDRESS 
THE TWO BIG NEWS IS OF THE DAY. 
THE HURRICANE LAURA NEWS THAT 
BARRELED TOWARD THE GULF COAST 
AND ALSO THE SHOOTING IN 
WISCONSIN. 
THE POLICE SHOOTING OF A BLACK 
MAN WISCONSIN. 
BUT EXPECT HIM NOT TO FOCUS ON 
RACIAL INJUSTICE IN THE 
PROTESTS WE'VE SEEN AS A RESULT 
OF THAT. 
BUT MORE FOCUSED ON THE LAW AND 
ORDER MESSAGE. 
THERE ARE SERIOUS CONTRACTS 
WITH HIS RIVAL JOE BIDEN. 
WE ARE EXPECTING HIM TO 
CHARACTERIZE HIM AS A TROJAN 
HORSE OF SORTS. 
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO 
PAINT DEMOCRATS WITH THIS BROAD 
BRUSH OF SOCIALISM SO YOU WILL 
EXPECT TO HEAR MORE OF THAT 
TONIGHT. 
THIS IS THE THING THAT PEOPLE 
ARE VOTING FOR. 
WHO THEY THINK IS BEST EQUIPPED 
TO HANDLE THE ECONOMY. 
THE CONTEXT IS THAT THE 
MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS THINK 
THAT THIS DOWNTURN THAT WE ARE 
IN ON THE ECONOMY IS JUST 
TEMPORARY. 
AND A MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS 
ALSO THINK THAT THEY ARE BETTER 
OFF FINANCIALLY THAN THEY WERE 
A FEW YEARS AGO. 
>> AT THOSE OF THE BROAD 
OUTLINES MORE SPECIFICALLY HOW 
WILL PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE 
DEFINE HIS PLAN FOR AMERICA'S 
FUTURE TONIGHT? 
AMID THINGS LIKE THE RISE IN 
RACIAL TENSION AND PUBLIC 
HEALTH CRISIS? 
>> ACCORDING TO A SENIOR 
CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL, THE 
PRESIDENT WILL BE GOING IN 
GRANULAR DETAIL TONIGHT ABOUT 
HIS POLICIES. 
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE YET TO 
HEAR FROM ANY OF OUR CONVENTION 
SPEAKER SO FAR. 
HE WILL MAKE MENTION AS CAITLIN 
POINTED OUT THAT SOME OF THE 
WRITING AND DEMONSTRATIONS AND 
OUTREACH THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN 
THE WAKE OF THE WISCONSIN 
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE. 
BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF KENOSHA, 
PORTLAND MINNEAPOLIS AND SEATTLE
HE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW 
HE IS PRO-LAW ENFORCEMENT 
MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF 
CONFRONTING THE CORONAVIRUS 
PANDEMIC. 
WE DO ANTICIPATE THE PRESIDENT 
TO TELL HIS MINISTRATIONS 
RESPONSE AND ANNOUNCE THE 
PURCHASE OF 100 MILLION RAPID 
CORONAVIRUS TESTS. 
THIS IS PART OF THE $750 
MILLION AGREEMENT WITH ABBOTT 
LABORATORIES. 
THEY WILL MENTION THAT IN 
TONIGHT'S SPEECH. 
HE WILL ALSO NOTE AS CAITLIN 
POINTED OUT HOW THE ECONOMY IS 
COMING BACK. 
WE ARE FACT CHECKING LISTENING 
TO HEAR SOME OF THE NUMBERS 
POINTING OUT THAT FOUR-POINT 3 
MILLION AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE 
JOBS MORE AS PRESIDENT. 
SINCE THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC 
IS HIT THERE'S A NET LOSS OF 
WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE BY 3 
MILLION. 
WE WILL ALSO BE FACT CHECKING 
THE POLICY PROPOSALS AS WELL. 
>> POSTCONVENTION WILL BE IN 
NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW. 
WHAT DO WE EXPECT AND HOW HAS 
THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK 
RESTRUCTURED HOW THEY ARE 
LOOKING AT THESE EVENTS? 
>> THIS IS A REDEMPTION TOUR AS 
THEY PREVIOUSLY CANCELED OR 
RATHER POSTPONED HIS JULY 11 
RALLY IN PORTSMOUTH. 
WE DO EXPECT IT WILL BE OUTSIDE 
AT AN AIRPORT HANGAR AND THIS 
IS ALSO THE FIRST CAMPAIGN EVENT
WHERE SPECIFICALLY ON THE 
INVITATIONS MASKS ARE REQUIRED. 
THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 
EMERGENCY ORDER 63. 
CBS NEWS BATTLE GROUND CHAPTER 
SHOWS THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A 
LEADING DEMOCRAT STATE BUT IF 
HE IS ABLE TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT 
HE CAN CURRY WITH THOSE THAT 
FORMALLY HAD LESS THAN 3% 
UNEMPLOYMENT BEFORE THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC HIT. 
HE ALSO DOES HAVE A FEW THINGS 
IN HIS FAVOR. 
HE DID NOT LOSE THE GRANITE 
STATE. 
BUT ONLY BY 2700 VOTES. 
THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IN THE 
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS VERY 
POPULAR RIGHT NOW. 
HE HAS THE HIGHEST APPROVAL 
RATINGS AMONG THE REPUBLICAN 
GOVERNORS. 
ACCORDING TO SOME SENIOR 
OFFICIALS, THEY ARE HOPING 
PERHAPS TO RIDE THE COATTAILS 
HERE. 
WE WILL BE LISTENING FOR THAT 
ECONOMIC MESSAGE. 
AND REALLY SEEING HOW THIS 
CAMPAIGN SHIFTS GEAR WITH THAT 
POSTCONVENTION BUMP IS THAT 
THERE HOPING FOR. 
>> CAITLIN HUEY BURNS. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>>> REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION REPORT COMING UP. 
>>> OF AMERICA CEASES TO BE 
GOOD, IT WILL NO LONGER BE 
GEAT. 
IT IS THE GOODNESS THAT INFORMS 
THE GREATNESS. 
THE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT 
AND GOOD. 
FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY. 
TO REAP THE BLESSINGS OF HARD 
WORK AND ACCOMPLISH DREAMS 
LIVING SECURELY AND HELPING 
OTHERS. 
NOT BY FORCE OF GOVERNMENT BUT 
BY GOODNESS OF HEART. 
WHERE RIGHTS ARE NOT GRANTED BY 
GOVERNMENT AND CLAIMED BY 
IDENTITIES. 
BUT ARE UNALIENABLE AS MEMBERS 
OF THIS RACE. 
TODAY, AMERICA'S GREATNESS IS 
CHALLENGED BY THOSE WITH 
EXTREME NOTIONS. 
DEFUNDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AS 
LAWLESSNESS ABOUNDS. 
HATEFUL RHETORIC. 
TELLING YOU WHAT TO WEAR AND 
WHEN YOU CAN WORK. 
LIMITING FREE SPEECH. 
AND FREEDOM OF WORSHIP. 
OLD IDEAS OF SOCIALISM 
REPACKAGED AND REDEFINED. 
LET US RESTORE THE VALUES THAT 
MADE AMERICA GREAT. 
RETURN TO THE HIGHER STANDARD. 
A LAND OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND 
WORSHIP. 
A LAND OF SECURITY AND 
PROSPERITY. 
A LAND OF GREATNESS. 
>>> FROM WASHINGTON DC, WELCOME 
TO THE 2020 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
TONIGHT CELEBRATING AMERICA AS 
THE LAND OF GREATNESS. 
>> LET US PRAY. 
HEAVENLY FATHER, WHO ART IN 
HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR THE 
GREAT BOUNTY THAT YOU HAVE 
BESTOWED UPON THIS NATION AND 
THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE 
RECEIVED THESE PAST FOUR YEARS. 
WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL. AS WE 
COME TONIGHT OUR COUNTRY IS 
FACING TROUBLE. 
TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE IN THE 
PATH OF A DEADLY STORM. 
THE PANDEMIC HAS GRIPPED 
MILLIONS OF HEARTS WITH FEAR. 
WE HAVE WITNESSED INJUSTICE. 
ANGER AND DESPAIR HAVE FLOATED 
THE STREETS. 
WE NEED YOUR HELP. 
WE NEED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE IN 
THIS CRUCIAL HOUR. 
WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD UNITE OUR 
HEARTS TO BE ONE NATION UNDER 
GOD. 
FOR YOU ARE OUR ONLY HOPE. 
WE DECLARE TODAY OUR TOTAL 
DEPENDENCE UPON YOU AND ON OUR 
NEED OF REPENTANCE IS THE 
PEOPLE. 
I THINK YOU TONIGHT FOR OUR 
PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP. 
WE PRAY THAT YOU GIVE HIM 
WISDOM FROM ON HIGH. 
CLARITY OF VISION AND STRENGTH 
AS HE LEADS THIS NATION 
FORWARD. 
BLESS HIM. 
WE PRAY FOR OUR FIRST LADY 
MELANIA TRUMP. 
THEIR SON BARON AND ALL OF THE 
FAMILY. 
PROTECTS THEM AND KEEP THEM 
STRONG AND SAFE. 
WE THANK YOU FOR VICE PRESIDENT 
MIKE PENCE. 
FOR HIS STEADY HAND AND CLEAR 
VOICE. 
WE PRAY FOR SECOND LETTY KAREN 
PENCE AND THEIR FAMILY. 
WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN MAKE THIS 
NATION GREAT ONCE AGAIN. 
ESPECIALLY IF WE TURN OUR EYES 
AND OUR HEARTS TO YOU. 
AND FOLLOW YOUR WORD IN 
OBEDIENCE. 
MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE ON THIS 
EARTH AS IT DOES DONE IN 
HEAVEN. 
AND WE PRAY THIS IN THE 90 IN 
THE MIGHTY NAME OF YOUR SON, MY 
LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. 
AMEN. 
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE 
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, 
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH 
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> AS AMERICANS, WE CARVE OUR 
OWN DESTINY. 
WE LOOK FORWARD NOT BACKWARD. 
OUR ANCESTORS BRAVED THE 
UNKNOWN. 
THEY BUILT THIS NATION BRICK BY 
BRICK. 
THEY LIFTED UP MILLIONS FROM 
POVERTY, HUNGER AND DISEASE. 
THEY VANQUISHED FASCISM AND 
COMMUNISM. 
A GREAT NATION BECAUSE OF THE 
GREAT PEOPLE. 
AND NO ONE HAS DONE MORE TO 
PROTECT AND ADVANCE IT THAN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
AS REPUBLICANS, WE ARE PROUD TO 
STAND WITH HIM AND TO WORK FOR 
YOU. 
TOGETHER, WE BUILT THE GREATEST 
ECONOMY THE WORLD HAS EVER 
SEEN. 
AND WE WILL DO IT AGAIN. 
WE CAN CONFRONT CHINA HEAD ON. 
WE TORE UP BAD TRADE DEALS AND 
MADE BETTER ONCE. 
SUPPORTED OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN 
UNIFORM AND TOOK OUT THE 
WORLD'S TOP TERRORISTS. 
WE ACHIEVED ENERGY INDEPENDENCE 
AND DEFENDED THE SANCTITY OF 
LIFE. 
WE RESTORED LAW AND ORDER AT 
THE BORDER. 
BUT AS EVERY AMERICAN KNOWS, WE 
FACE AN INVISIBLE ENEMY. 
THAT WE DID NOT ASK FOR OR 
INVITE BUT WE WILL DEFEAT IT. 
WE WILL DEFEAT IT BECAUSE 
AMERICA IS WHERE INNOVATION 
HAPPENS. 
AND WE ARE DEVELOPING A VACCINE 
IN RECORD TIME. 
WE WILL DEFEAT IT BECAUSE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP UNLEASHED A 
MARSHALL PLAN TO PUT HARD-
WORKING TAXPAYERS BACK ON THEIR 
FEET. 
WE WILL DEFEAT IT'S BECAUSE 
TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST. 
TOUGH AMERICANS DO. 
AND THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION 
IS ALL ABOUT. 
YOU. 
NOT US. 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 
THINK THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT 
THE GOVERNMENT. 
THEY ARE WRONG. 
IT'S ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR 
FUTURE. 
AND TO SECURE WHAT REALLY 
MATTERS. 
WE WILL CALL ON THE BEDROCK OF 
WHAT MAKES US THE GREATEST 
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. 
THE AMERICAN PROMISE. 
A PROMISE THAT EVERYONE IS 
EQUAL UNDER GOD. 
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND 
UNDER THE LAW. 
A PROMISE THAT GOVERNMENT IS 
ACCOUNTABLE TO WE THE PEOPLE. 
A PROMISE THAT IF YOU WORK HARD 
AND PLAY BY THE RULES YOUR 
OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS. 
AS REPUBLICANS IT IS OUR 
MISSION TO RENEW THE AMERICAN 
DREAM. 
TO RESTORE OUR WAY OF LIFE. 
TO REBUILD THE GREATEST ECONOMY 
IN THE WORLD. 
THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRAS HAVE A 
DIFFERENT AGENDA. 
THEY WILL DISMANTLE OUR 
INSTITUTIONS AND DEFUND OUR 
POLICE. 
AND DESTROY OUR ECONOMY. 
AS YOU CAST YOUR VOTE THIS 
NOVEMBER, REMEMBER THIS, FOUR 
YEARS AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
PROMISED TO BE YOUR VOICE. 
HE KEPT THAT PROMISE. 
BUT THERE IS STILL SO MUCH MORE 
HE COULD DO. 
THE CHOICE BEFORE YOU COULD NOT 
BE CLEARER. 
FORWARD IN FREEDOM OR BACKWARD 
IN SOCIALISM. 
FORWARD AND PROSPERITY OR 
BACKWARD IN POVERTY? 
FORWARD IN PERSONAL LIBERTY OR 
BACKWARDS IN CONTROL. 
I KNOW WHICH DIRECTION I AM 
HEADED. 
JOIN US AS THE BEST IS YET TO 
COME. 
>>> HELLO. 
MY NAME IS JOHN SMITH. 
20 YEARS AGO, I MOVED TO 
WASHINGTON DC TO ATTEND A 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
I WAS AT A CROSSROADS JUST LIKE 
AMERICA IS TODAY. 
I GREW UP ON STRAND HILL ROAD 
IN CLEVELAND. 
A BLUE-COLLAR STREET IN A BLUE-
COLLAR CITY. 
WHEN THE MEDIA TALKS ABOUT 
FORGOTTEN PLACES OR WORKING-
CLASS PEOPLE, THOSE WHO ARE 
OVERLOOKED AND STRUGGLING HARD 
THERE IS USUALLY SOME STOCK 
PHOTO OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T LOOK 
LIKE ME. 
THEY NEVER SEEM TO SHOW PEOPLE 
LIKE MY MOM. 
WHO WORKED TWO JOBS AS A GAS 
STATION CLERK AND A MOM. SHE 
SHOWED ME HOW TO PERSEVERE. 
THEY NEVER SEEM TO SHOW PEOPLE 
LIKE MY DAD. 
WHO PLOWED SNOW IN THE WINTER 
AND PAVED STREETS IN THE SUMMER.
WHO STOOD BY ME THROUGH THICK 
AND THIN AND TAUGHT ME STRONG 
VALUES EVERY DAY. 
THEY NEVER SEEM TO SHOW PEOPLE 
LIKE ME. 
AT FIRST I DIDN'T LIVE THE 
VALUES MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME. 
I HAD A STARTING SPOT ON THE 
VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM. 
BUT I ONLY HAD A ONE .9 GPA. 
BUT THEN I BROKE MY LEG. 
IT TOOK A BROKEN LEG FOR ME TO 
REALLY GET MOVING IN LIFE. 
I PRIORITIZED SCHOOL WORK AND 
WENT TO HOWARD. 
I ENDED UP WORKING FOR THE 
PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES. 
GROWING UP I HAD NEVER KNOWN 
REPUBLICAN. 
I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE 
STEREOTYPES. 
IT TOOK A MEETING OF 
REPUBLICANS WHO SHARE MY VALUES 
TO SHOW ME I WAS WRONG. 
DONALD TRUMP KNOWS THAT IN THE 
WORK OF REVITALIZING 
COMMUNITIES, AMERICA'S STRENGTH 
IS AMERICA'S PEOPLE. 
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE 
REALLY CARES. 
AND HE TAKES ACTION. 
EVERY ISSUE THAT IS IMPORTANT 
TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS BEEN 
A PRIORITY FOR HIM. 
PRISON REFORM. 
REBUILDING BROKEN FAMILIES. 
RINGING JOBS BACK TO AMERICA. 
JOBS IN CLEVELAND AND JOBS IN 
DETROIT. 
JOBS EVEN ALL THE WAY MILWAUKEE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS THAT 
EDUCATION IS THE GREAT 
EQUALIZER. 
THAT IS WHY HE SECURED RECORD 
AND PERMANENT FUNDING FIRST 
DIRECTLY BLACK COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES. 
AND HE IS STILL FIGHTING HARD 
FOR SCHOOL CHOICE. 
IN THE WAKE OF THE MURDER OF 
AHMAD ALBURY, GEORGE FLOYD, AND 
LEGENDS TALIAFERRO, A MOMENT OF 
NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS I HAVE 
SEEN HIS TRUE CONSCIENCE. 
I WISH EVERYONE COULD SEE THE 
DEEP EMPATHY THAT HE SHOWS TO 
FAMILIES WHOSE LOVED ONES WERE 
KILLED IN SENSELESS VIOLENCE. 
HE HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF 
YOU WANT SAFE COMMUNITIES YOU 
MUST HAVE POLICE DEPARTMENTS 
WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS. 
I WILL NEVER FORGET STRAND HILL 
ROAD OR THE PEOPLE OF CLEVELAND.
THEY ARE TOUGH. 
THEY ARE SMART. 
AND THEY TELL IT LIKE IT IS. 
THAT IS PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
FOR A UNION WORKER, HE HAS A 
LOT OF CLEVELAND HARD. 
AND I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT HE 
IS MY PRESIDENT. 
GOD BLESS AMERICA. 
>>> PEOPLE ASSUME THAT IF I'M 
NOT A DEMOCRAT ANYMORE THAN I 
MUST BE A REPUBLICAN OR 
CONSERVATIVE. 
BUT IKE STILL CONSIDER MYSELF A 
LIBERAL. 
BUT LIBERALISM HAS CHANGED. 
AND I DON'T FIT THERE ANYMORE. 
>> AS A BLACK KID GROWING UP IN 
TEXAS YOU ARE TAUGHT THAT YOU 
HAVE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATS 
BECAUSE REPUBLICANS WERE FOR 
WHITE PEOPLE. 
SUPPORTNG THE RICH. 
AND WE DEFINITELY WERE NOT 
RICH. 
>> I AM A DEMOCRAT. 
MY PARENTS ARE DEMOCRATS. 
I WAS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF 
OBAMA. 
>> I BIRD VOTED FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS. 
>> I WAS A SOCIALIST. 
IT WASN'T UNTIL WE GOT MARRIED 
AND BEGAN EXPECTING HER OWN 
FAMILY THAT I BEGAN TO QUESTION 
WHETHER OR NOT THE THINGS THAT 
WE WERE REALLY PROMOTING AND 
SUPPORTING WERE IN LINE WITH 
THE WAY WE WERE LIVING. 
AND THAT IS WHEN THE SHIFT 
BEGAN FOR US. 
>> I WAS RENTING A ROOM IN A 
WOMAN'S APARTMENT. 
SHE HAD THREE OR FOUR KIDS FROM 
DIFFERENT FATHERS. 
SHE WAS MY AGE AND MOST OF THEM 
WERE INCARCERATED AND ASKED 
WHAT SHE DOES AND SHE SAYS I'M 
IN THE SYSTEM. 
IT FEELS LIKE DEMOCRATS SORT OF 
GET PEOPLE HOOKED ON THIS DRUG 
OF FREE MONEY. 
WHERE THIS IF YOU WANT YOUR FIX 
YOU BETTER KEEP VOTING FOR US. 
AND THEN THIS MAN COMES ON AN 
ESCALATOR IN NEW YORK CITY. 
I COULDN'T COME OUT AND SAY IT 
RIGHT AWAY BUT DEEP DOWN INSIDE 
I KNEW HE WOULD BE THE FIRST 
REPUBLICAN I VOTED FOR. 
>> HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN WORKS 
FOR ALL AMERICANS. 
AND THAT WAS A TURNING POINT 
FOR ME. 
>> ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO 
DO IS TO CHALLENGE HER OWN 
BELIEFS. 
GOING STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE IS 
REALLY HOW I WAS ABLE TO 
OVERCOME THOSE PITFALLS. 
I WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR MY STORY 
AND KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO FROM 
BEING A SOCIALIST DEMOCRATIC 
PERSON TO A TRUMP SUPPORTER. 
WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK DEEPER. 
>> THERE IS A POLITICAL 
REALIGNMENT TAKING PLACE. 
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY ANTIWAR. 
AND NOW BY A MILE VOTE HE IS 
THE ANTIWAR CAMPAIGN. 
AND NOW HE IS THE MORE PRO-FREE-
SPEECH CANDIDATE. 
>> WHAT IS AT STAKE IN NOVEMBER 
IS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. 
YOU SEE DISPARITY IN LIBERTY 
AND THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO 
PRESERVE OR IF YOU ARE DEMOCRAT 
EVERYWHERE YOU SEE THERE 
SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TEAR DOWN 
AND REMAKE IN THE IMAGE OF 
ANOTHER COUNTRY DOES NOT AS 
SUCCESSFUL AS WE ARE. 
>> OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS HERE. 
RIGHT THERE. 
THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND 
EVERYTHING IT'S ALWAYS MADE 
THIS COUNTRY GREAT. 
>> IT TOOK ME A GOOD LONG TIME 
TO GET HERE. 
BUT I HOPE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WILL WIN AND WE CAN CONTINUE 
WITH THE PROGRESS THAT HE IS 
PUT INTO PLACE. 
LET'S GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON 
TRACK AND GET MOVING IN THE 
RIGHT DIRECTION. 
>> GOOD EVENING. 
MY NAME IS JEFF VAN DREW. 
I SPEAK TO YOU AS A MEMBER OF 
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 
BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY. 
HOW I BECAME A REPUBLICAN SAYS 
A LOT ABOUT TODAY'S DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
I AM FROM SOUTH JERSEY WHERE WE 
WORK HARD WE LOOK AFTER OUR 
NEIGHBORS AND WE CARE ABOUT OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
YEARS AGO I WAS A LOCAL DENTIST.
I WAS ASKED BY THE DEMOCRATS TO 
RUN FOR TOWN COUNCIL. 
I HAD MY DOUBTS AND EXPLAINED 
THAT MY VIEWS WERE MIDDLE-OF-
THE-ROAD TO CONSERVATIVE. 
WITH THE LOCAL LEADERS SAID THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS A BIG TENT.
AND THAT THEY ACCEPTED PEOPLE 
LIKE ME. 
I WAS ELECTED TO COUNSEL AS 
DEMOCRAT. 
BUT AS I WON SEATS FOR COUNTY 
OFFICE, STATE LEGISLATURE AND 
THEN CONGRESS I NOTICED THINGS 
WERE CHANGING. 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAD BECOME 
LESS ACCEPTING OF AMERICAN 
TRADITION. 
LESS BELIEVING IN AMERICAN 
EXCEPTIONALISM. 
LESS SUPPORTIVE OF TRADITIONAL 
FAITH AND FAMILY. 
THIS WAS NOT THE PARTY THAT I 
KNEW. 
AFTER BEING ELECTED AS A 
DEMOCRAT I WAS ALREADY 
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SAN 
FRANCISCO LIBERAL RUNNING THE 
HOUSE. 
WHICH IS WHY MY FIRST VOTE IN 
CONGRESS WAS CASTING AGAINST 
NANCY PELOSI FOR SPEAKER. 
IMAGINE HOW I FELT AFTER SEEING 
MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD QUICKLY 
TAKE CONTROL DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
WEEKS AFTER BEING ELECTED. 
THE PARTY HAD MOVED FROM 
LIBERAL TO RADICAL. 
THIS NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS 
NOT JUST FOR HIGHER TAXES. 
NOW THEY WERE FOR OPEN BORDERS 
AND AGAINST OUR POLICE. 
AND AGAINST OUR GOD-GIVEN 
RIGHTS. 
WHEN THE RADICAL DEMOCRATS WENT 
AFTER THE PRESIDENT FOR 
IMPEACHMENT THEY MADE ANOTHER 
MISTAKE. 
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TOLD ME THAT 
I HAD TO VOTE FOR IMPEACHMENT 
OR MY LIFE WOULD BE MADE 
DIFFICULT. 
AND I WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO 
RUN AGAIN. 
LISTEN, I'M FROM SOUTH JERSEY. 
YOU BETTER, WE WITH MORE THAN 
JUST LOUD WORDS AND EMPTY 
THREATS. 
I VOTED NO ON IMPEACHMENT AND 
IT WAS AN EASY CALL. 
SOON AFTER I MET WITH PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AND HE MADE ME FEEL MORE 
COMFORTABLE AND WELCOME IN THE 
OVAL OFFICE THAN NANCY PELOSI 
EVER MADE ME FEEL HER CAUCUS. 
A FEW DAYS LATER I OFFICIALLY 
CHANGED PARTIES AND BECAME A 
REPUBLICAN. 
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN. 
WHEN THE DEMOCRATS TRIED TO 
ORDER ME AROUND, I WAS READY, 
WILLING AND ABLE TO SAY I'VE 
HAD ENOUGH WITH YOUR RADICAL 
SOCIALIST AGENDA. 
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE JOE BIDEN 
IS READY, WILLING AND MOST OF 
ALL ABLE TO DO THE SAME? 
AS HE SAYS, COME ON MAN. 
JOE BIDEN IS BEING TOLD WHAT TO 
DO BY THE RADICALS RUNNING MY 
PARTY. 
THE SAME ONES TRIED TO INSTALL 
HIM AS A PUPPET PRESIDENT. 
WHEN I MET MY LOCAL DINER I 
TELL PEOPLE THAT AMERICA IS THE 
BEST NATION IN THE WORLD. 
AND THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
HELPED MAKE IT THAT WAY. 
REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS AND 
EVEN DEMOCRATS ALL KNOW THAT. 
THAT WE HAVE A STRONG MILITARY 
STRONG SUPPORT FOR POLICE AND 
STRONG SUPPORT FOR VETERANS AS 
WELL AS OUR SENIORS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AMERICA HAS A 
STRONG SUPPLY CHAIN. 
GOOD SCHOOLS. 
ENERGY INDEPENDENT, AND WE 
PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. 
THERE ARE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS TO 
SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT. 
AND ARE DISGUSTED FOR WHAT 
THEIR OWN PARTY, WHAT MY OLD 
PARTY HAS BECOME. 
HERE IS MY ADVICE. 
BE TRUE TO WHO YOU ARE NOW. 
NOT WHO THE DEMOCRATS USED TO 
BE. 
THAT IS WHY I AM A PROUD 
REPUBLICAN AND WHY I WILL BE 
VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP. 
THANK YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU 
AND ALL PRESIDENTS. 
AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA. 
>> FOR ME THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ISSUES JOBS. 
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PAY OUR 
BILLS. 
>> I TRUST DONALD TRUMP'S WAY 
MORE THAN I DO JOE BIDEN. 
THERE IS NO DOUBT. 
THIS IS THE STRONGEST ECONOMY 
THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN. 
JOE BIDEN DOESN'T HAVE THE 
ENERGY. 
AND HIS IDEAS LIKE RAISING 
TAXES ARE GOING TO HURT US. 
ELECTING JOE BIDEN AS THE 
PRESIDENT IS A HUGE RISK. 
AND I DON'T WANT THE FUTURE OF 
MY SON IN THE HANDS OF JOE 
BIDEN. 
I WANT MY SON TO BE ABLE TO GO 
OUT AND GET A GOOD EDUCATION. 
I WANT THE ECONOMY TO BE STRONG.
I WANT TO THE COUNTRY THAT HE 
LIVES IN TO BE SAFE AND I WANT 
OUR BORDERS TO BE SECURE. 
AND I CAN'T FIND THAT IN 
BIDEN'S HANDS. 
DONALD TRUMP IS BUILT THE 
STRONGEST ECONOMY WE'VE EVER 
SEEN. 
HE HAS MADE OUR COUNTRY SAFE 
AND AS A MOM THOSE ARE THINGS 
THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF. 
AND THINGS THAT ARE VERY 
IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN I AM 
LOOKING FOR OUR PRESIDENT. 
I AM STICKING WITH DONALD TRUMP.
>>> I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH 
TWO BOYS. 
AND I WORK IN HOUSTON TEXAS FOR 
SMB ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS 
AS A WAREHOUSE RECEIVING CLERK. 
AFTER SERVING MY COUNTRY IN THE 
MARINE CORPS I WORK AT VARIOUS 
JOBS. 
BUT I THOUGHT I NEEDED A DEGREE 
IN ORDER TO HAVE A CAREER. 
I PUT MYSELF INTO SIGNIFICANT 
DEBT TO EARN MY BACHELORS 
DEGREE IN FINANCE. 
DESPITE MY DEGREE AND ALL 
EFFORTS AT ONE POINT MY BOYS 
AND I FOUND OURSELVES HOMELESS. 
AFTER BEING LAID OFF YET AGAIN 
I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE 
TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION OF 
SMB'S WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION 
EARN WHILE YOU LEARN 
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. 
I THOUGHT TO GIVE IT A TRY. 
I WAS SKEPTICAL AT FIRST BUT I 
SAID TO MYSELF IF THEY ARE 
WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON ME 
I SHOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE A 
CHANCE ON MYSELF. 
AT THE START OF THE PROGRAM I 
WAS MAKING $16 AN HOUR WHILE I 
TRAINED TO BECOME A PIPE FITTER 
HELPER. 
LOOKING BACK IT WAS NOT EASY 
BUT BOY WAS IT WORTH IT. 
I FELT EMPOWERED THAT I WAS 
LEARNING NEW SKILLS AND ABLE TO 
SUPPORT MY FAMILY ONCE AGAIN. 
I WORKED HARD, GOT PROMOTED AND 
EVEN GOT A FEW RAISES. 
LATER I LEARNED WHAT PRESIDENT 
DONALD TRUMP AND IVANKA TRUMP 
ARE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES TO 
MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE LIKE ME 
AND YOU HAD A CHANCE TO RISE UP 
AND SUCCEED. 
HE STARTED THE NATIONAL COUNCIL 
FOR THE AMERICAN WORKER AND THE 
AMERICAN WORKFORCE POLICY 
ADVISORY BOARD. 
TOGETHER THEY WROTE POLICIES 
THAT MADE IT EASIER FOR STATES 
AND COMPANIES TO GIVE 
OPPORTUNITIES TO HARD-WORKING 
AMERICANS LIKE ME. 
THEY ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE AD 
COUNCIL TO LAUNCH FIND 
SOMETHING NEW.ORG. 
HELPING COMMIT WORKERS WITH 
TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP 
PROGRAMS WITH A LIVE. 
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A 
SITUATION LIKE MINE WE FEEL YOU 
HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN AND 
NOTHING TO REALLY FALL BACK ON 
AND THAT NOBODY BELIEVES IN 
YOU, GO ONLINE TO FIND 
SOMETHING NEW.ORG. 
AND SEE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DOES BELIEVE IN YOU. 
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY BELIEVE IN 
YOURSELF. 
KEEP TRYING AND KEEP PUSHING. 
TIMES WILL BE HARD BUT REMEMBER 
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS 
HOMELESS AND NOW I'M CLOSING ON 
A BRAND-NEW HOME AT THE END OF 
THIS MONTH. 
MY MESSAGE TO YOU, KEEP PUSHING 
YOU CAN DO IT. 
FIND YOURSELF A TRAINING 
PROGRAM. 
AND LIKE ME YOU WILL HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A CAREER 
IN LIFE THAT YOU CAN BE PROUD 
OF. 
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU BUT 
A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRAINING. 
THIS IS THE NATIONAL WEEK OF 
VOLUNTEER TRAINING. 
IF YOU ARE LIKE ME YOU KNOW HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS TO PUT 
AMERICANS BACK TO WORK. 
GET TRAINED AND GET INVOLVED. 
GO ONLINE TO W WW.TRUMP 
VICTORY.COM AND SIGN UP TO KEEP 
THE PRESIDENT FIGHTING FOR YOU 
FOR ANOTER FOUR YEARS. 
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. 
>> MY NAME IS DAN'S GIVE ME 
KNOW. 
WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD I HAD A 
PART-TIME JOB AT A GOLF COURSE 
OUT THE NEW YORK CITY. 
ONE DAY I WAS CLEANING GOLF 
CLUBS AND A MAN PULLED INTO THE 
PARKING LOT. 
THERE WASN'T A SINGLE PERSON 
WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS. 
EVERYONE HAD THEIR JAW ON THE 
GROUND. 
ALL I COULD THINK WAS NO ONE 
WILL EVER BELIEVE THIS AT 
SCHOOL TOMORROW. 
I NEVER WOULD'VE IMAGINED AT 
THIS MOMENT HERE BUT I'VE NOW 
BEEN AT HIS SIDE FOR ALMOST 30 
YEARS. 
ALL OF THESE YEARS LATER, THERE 
IS A PART OF ME THAT STILL 
FEELS A SENSE OF WONDER EVERY 
DAY WHEN I CONSIDER THE JOURNEY 
THAT WE HAVE TAKEN TOGETHER. 
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SAME 
THING WITH SO MANY OF YOU 
TONIGHT. 
MY PERSONAL STORY IN SO MANY 
WAYS IS YOURS. 
HE SAW POTENTIAL IN ME. 
A SPARK. 
THE POSSIBILITY THAT I COULD BE 
MORE OR DO MORE AND ACHIEVE 
MORE THAN EVEN I THOUGHT WAS 
POSSIBLE. 
THAT'S HOW HE VIEWS THIS 
COUNTRY. 
WE HAVE ALL JUST SCRATCHED THE 
SURFACE OF WHAT WE CAN DO 
TOGETHER. 
IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I 
HOPE YOU WILL HEAR FROM ME 
TONIGHT IT IS THIS. 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS A 
KIND AND DECENT MAN. 
I WISH YOU COULD BE AT HIS SIDE 
WITH ME TO SEE HIS ENDLESS 
KINDNESS TO EVERYONE THAT HE 
MEETS. 
THE MEDIA CAN BE A FOG MACHINE 
CREATING A PARTISAN MIST AROUND 
EVERYTHING THAT IS HARD TO SEE 
THROUGH. 
IN 2016 YOU NAVIGATED THROUGH 
IT ALL. 
YOU FOUND YOUR WAY THROUGH THE 
SWAMP AND ARRIVED SAFELY ON THE 
OTHER SIDE. 
WITH DONALD J TRUMP IS YOUR NEW 
PRESIDENT. 
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE 
TRUE THEN. 
REASONS WHY YOU CHOSE HIM AS 
THE LEADER THAT REMAINS TRUE 
TODAY. 
YOU KNOW THAT THIS PRESIDENT 
CANNOT BE BOUGHT. 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST KNOW 
THAT HE IS NOT BUILDING HIS 
LIFE HE IS BUILDING YOURS. 
HE KNOWS THE PRESIDENT CANNOT 
BE BULLIED. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE FIRST 
LEADER WHO IS BEEN TOO STRONG, 
TOO TOUGH AND TOO SAVVY TO BE 
CRUSHED BY THE STATUS QUO 
ESTABLISHMENT AND THE POLITICAL 
MEDIA CLASS. 
THE PRESIDENT CANNOT BE BEATEN. 
HE HAS A FIGHTING SPIRIT. 
LIKE SO MANY OF YOU. 
AND WINNING FOR AMERICA IS WHAT 
HE DOES. 
WHILE THEY CALLED CHAOS, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED IT 
CHANGE. 
THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE 
ACHIEVED TOGETHER. 
THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN 
HISTORY. 
THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 
FOR ALMOST ALL DEMOCRATIC GROOVE
HE DID THAT ONCE, AND  
WE ALL JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO 
BELIEVE IN OUR CAPACITY TO DO 
GREAT THINGS. 
DONALD TRUMP BELIEVED IN ME 
WHEN I WAS A TEENAGE GOLF CADDY 
AND HE WAS ALREADY ONE OF THE 
WEALTHIEST, MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE 
ON THE ENTIRE PLANET. 
HE SAW MY POTENTIAL, EVEN WHEN 
I COULDN'T. 
HE SEES GREATNESS IN OUR 
COUNTRY, TOO. 
AND IN EACH OF YOU. 
HE BELIEVES THE WORLD YOU DREAM 
ABOUT AT NIGHT CAN BE YOURS. 
HE TRULY IS A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
. JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT HE HAS 
DONE WITH THIS CONVENTION. 
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM REAL 
AMERICANS WITH REAL STORIES. 
PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LIKE US 
PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN 
FOREVER IMPACTED BY THE 
PRESIDENT AND HIS POLICIES. 
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE LIKE 
JOHN PETERSON WHO HAS A FACTORY 
IN OHIO, TONYA WINE RICE WHO 
HAS A SMALL BUSINESS IN MONTANA.
JUSTIN JOYCE, A FISHERMAN FROM 
MAINE, AND CHRIS PETERSON, A 
DAIRY FARMER FROM WISCONSIN. 
HAVE SEEN A MAN WHO TURNED HIS 
LIFE AROUND, HE HAD A SECOND 
CHANCE WITH A PRESIDENTIAL 
PARDON. 
YOU HAVE SEEN BRAND-NEW 
AMERICANS BECOME OUR FELLOW 
CITIZENS IN A CEREMONY AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
YOU FELT THE PASSION OF PRO-
LIFE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
DVOCATES, AND LISTENED TO THE 
HEARTFELT WORDS OF A MAN WHOSE 
FAMILY FLED COMMUNISM AND 
OPPRESSION. 
WHO NEEDS A NONSTOP PARADE OF 
POLITICIANS WHEN YOU HAVE GOT 
AN ARMY OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND 
YOU. 
ON NOVEMBER 3rd, VOTE FOR THE 
MAN WHO BELIEVES IN AMERICA AND 
BELIEVES IN YOU. 
VOTE FOR MY FRIEND. 
YOUR FRIEND. 
OUR FRIEND. 
DONALD J TRUMP. THANK YOU, AND 
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
>>> EVENING. 
IT IS AN HONOR TO COME BEFORE 
YOU TONIGHT FROM THE 
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY. 
AS THE ONLY LEADER IN WASHINGTON
WHO OPERATED IN YORK OR 
CALIFORNIA I CONSIDER IT MY 
RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK OUT FOR 
MIDDLE AMERICA. 
THE SELECTION IS INCREDIBLY 
CONSEQUENTIAL FOR MIDDLE 
AMERICA. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS HE 
INHERITED THE FIRST GENERATION 
OF AMERICANS WHO CANNOT PROMISE 
THEIR CHILDREN A BETTER LIFE 
THAN THEIR OWN. 
HE HAS MADE IT HIS MISSION OF 
THIS ADMINISTRATION TO CHANGE 
THAT. 
I KNOW BECAUSE I WORKED BESIDE 
HIM EVERY DAY. 
TODAY'S DEMOCRAT PARTY DOES NOT 
WANT TO IMPROVE LIFE FOR MIDDLE 
AMERICA. 
THEY PREFER THAT ALL OF US KEEP 
QUIET AND LET THEM DECIDE HOW 
WE SHOULD LIVE OUR LIVES. 
THEY WANT TO TELL YOU WHEN YOU 
CAN GO TO WORK, WHEN YOUR KIDS 
CAN GO TO SCHOOL, THEY WANT TO 
TALK YOUR JOB OUT OF EXISTENCE 
AND THEN SEND YOU A GOVERNMENT 
CHECK FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. 
THEY WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT KIND 
OF CAR YOU CAN DRIVE, WHAT 
SOURCES OF INFORMATION ARE 
CREDIBLE. 
AND EVEN HOW MANY HAMBURGERS 
YOU CAN EAT. 
THEY WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE 
AND TAKE AWAY YOUR SECOND 
AMENDMENT RIGHTS. 
THEY WANT FREE HEALTH CARE FOR 
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, YET THEY 
OFFER NO PROTECTION AT ALL FOR 
UNBORN AMERICANS. 
THEY WANT TO PACK THE SUPREME 
COURT WITH LIBERALS INTENT ON 
ERODING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS AND THEY WANT TO CODIFY 
ALL THIS BY MAKING THE SWAMP IT 
SELF, WASHINGTON, D.C., 
AMERICA'S 51st STATE. 
WITH TWO MORE LIBERAL SENATORS 
WE CANNOT UNDO THE DAMAGE THEY 
HAVE DONE. 
NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRATS
SPENT AN ENTIRE WEEK TELLING US 
ABOUT WHO JOE BIDEN IS, NOT 
WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO. 
I AM IMMENSELY PROUD OF THE 
WORK THE REPUBLICAN SENATE HAS 
DONE, WHERE THE FIREWALL 
AGAINST NANCY PELOSI'S AGENDA. 
LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE WILL 
NOT BE BULLIED BY LIBERAL MEDIA 
INTENT ON DESTROYING AMERICA'S 
INSTITUTIONS. 
WE WILL STAND OUR POST ON 
BEHALF OF THE MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS WHOSE STORIES ARE NOT 
TOLD IN TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS. 
WHO STRUGGLES ARE JUST AS REAL. 
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 
AMERICAN FAMILIES AS WE DEFEAT 
THE CORONAVIRUS AND RETURN OUR 
ECONOMY TO THE ENVY OF THE 
WORLD. 
THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN 
HIGHER, WHICH IS WHY I AM 
ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT 
REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND REELECT 
MY FRIEND, PRESIDENT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
>>> TO ALL OF THESE TITANS OF 
AMERICANS SPORTS, THEY KNOW 
THAT MANY OF LIVES MOST 
VALUABLE LESSONS ARE LEARNED ON 
THE FIELD OF COMPETITION AND 
THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME 
ADVERSITY. 
>> I MIGHT HAVE GIVEN THE FANS 
PRAISE BUT I HAVE A LOT TO LIVE 
FOR. 
>> AND YOU ARE RELENTLESS WILL 
TO WIN, WIN, WIN. 
THESE QUALITIES EMBODY THE 
AMERICAN SPIRIT OF PUSHING 
BOUNDARIES. 
DEFYING LIMITS. 
>> IS A GAME PASSED IN SPORTS 
IMMORTALITY. 
>> AND ALWAYS STRIVING FOR 
GREATNESS. 
YOU STAYED IN THE FIGHT, YOU 
FINISHED THE FIGHT. 
OFTEN BUMPY ROADS LEAD TO 
BEAUTIFUL PLACES. 
THIS GREAT BUILDING IS 
CELEBRATING GREAT PEOPLE. 
AND YOU ARE WINNERS, ALL. 
>> WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE
PLAYING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
>> IT IS OUR HONOR TO BE IN THE 
COMPANY OF GREAT, GREAT 
CHAMPIONS. 
>> TEAM USA WILL INDEED TAKE 
HOME THE GOAL! 
>> WE HAVE TO GET OUR SPORTS 
BACK. 
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT IS 
NEXT. 
NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER LOSE 
FAITH, NEVER EVER QUIT, JUST 
KEEP FORGING AHEAD. 
GIVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GOT, 
VICTORY IS ALWAYS WITHIN REACH. 
>>> HEY, EVERYONE. 
I AM TURNING 17, PRESIDENT OF 
THE USC. 
MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO I AM: I DO 
AND THAT I'M FRIENDS WITH THE 
PRESIDENT. 
I SPOKE AT THIS CONVENTION FOUR 
YEARS AGO AND I AM BACK BECAUSE 
I BELIEVE WE NEED PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP NOW MORE 
THAN EVER. 
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP BUILT THE GREATEST ECONOMY
IN OUR NATIONS HISTORY, AND 
CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL 
AMERICANS LIKE NO ONE BEFORE 
HIM. 
FINANCIAL MARKETS HIT ALL-TIME 
HIGHS, UNEMPLOYMENT WAS AT AN 
ALL-TIME LOW, AND WE WERE NOT 
FACING THE LAWLESS DESTRUCTION 
THAT NOW IS OCCURRING IN A FEW 
OF OUR GREAT CITIES. 
IT BLOWS MY MIND HOW QUICKLY 
SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS 
COUNTRY HAS FORGOTTEN THE 
CRITICAL ROLE FIRST RESPONDERS 
PLAY IN OUR SOCIETY. 
POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER 
LAW ENFORCEMENT, EVEN SOME FIRE 
DEPARTMENTS, HAVE FACED 
OPPOSITION FROM MANY IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
BUT THEY ARE ALWAYS THE PEOPLE 
WHO ARE ASKED TO STEP UP WHEN 
THINGS ARE AT THEIR WORST AND 
PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK. 
THAT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN THE 
CASE DURING THIS ONGOING 
PANDEMIC. COME ON, AMERICA. 
DEFUNDING THESE VITAL POSITIONS 
IS NOT THE ANSWER. 
THE FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE 
ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF US. 
AND NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE 
NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT COVID , 
AND LET'S BE VERY HONEST ABOUT 
IT. 
NO ONE PERSON AND NO ONE PLACE 
COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED THE 
CHALLENGES THAT COVID WOULD 
BRING. 
BUT, PRESIDENT TRUMP  HAS FACED 
ALL THESE OBSTACLES HEAD ON. 
HE IMMEDIATELY PUT PROTECTIVE 
MEASURES IN PLACE AND HE 
REACHED OUT TO THE BEST AND 
BRIGHTEST LEADING AMERICAN 
BUSINESSES ACROSS ALL 
INDUSTRIES TO DISCUSS WHAT HE 
IS ADMINISTRATION COULD DO TO 
GET THE ECONOMY BACK UP AND 
RUNNING SAFELY. 
LET ME GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL. 
IN EARLY APRIL, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ORGANIZED A TASK FORCE OF 
BUSINESS LEADERS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, AND I WAS FORTUNATE 
ENOUGH TO SERVE ON THAT TASK 
FORCE. 
FIRSTHAND, I HAD THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS HOW HARD-
WORKING AND DETERMINED 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS TO SOLVE 
UNPRECEDENTED PROBLEMS OUR 
COUNTRY WAS FACING. 
I PERSONALLY OBSERVED HIS 
ABILITY TO LISTEN AND 
UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES IMPACTING 
AMERICANS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. 
IT WAS CLEAR. 
HIS HIGHEST PRIORITY WAS ALWAYS 
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF 
EVERYONE IN OUR COUNTRY. 
NOT JUST REPUBLICANS, NOT JUST 
SUPPORTERS, BUT EVERY SINGLE 
AMERICAN. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP RECOGNIZED THAT 
ONE OF THE SMALL WAYS TO 
INSTILL A SENSE OF NORMALCY AND 
PEOPLE'S LIVES WAS TO BRING 
BACK ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS. 
THE PRESIDENT WENT ABOVE AND 
BEYOND TO HELP ALL SPORTS 
LEAGUES INVOLVED. 
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO OVERCOME 
THE CHALLENGES OF STAGING LIVE, 
PROFESSIONAL SPORTING EVENTS IN 
THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. 
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 
WE DID IT. 
THE UFC WAS THE FIRST TO DO IT 
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO IT. 
NOW, OTHER SPORTS HAVE JOINED 
US, AND SOME OF THE LESSONS 
LEARNED ARE BEING USED TO HELP 
REOPEN OTHER TYPES OF 
BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS. 
MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. 
WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. 
AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED A LEADER
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP SCENIC 
ATTRIBUTES AT THIS CRITICAL 
TIME. 
I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE AND I 
WILL SAY IT AGAIN, HE IS ONE OF 
THE MOST LOYAL HUMAN BEINGS I 
HAVE EVER MET, THE MAN HAS 
UNSTOPPABLE ENERGY, NO ONE, AND 
I MEAN NO ONE, IS GOING TO 
OUTWORK THIS GUY. 
BUT MOST IMPORTANT, HE TRULY 
LOVES AND BELIEVES IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
HE BELIEVES IN THE PEOPLE OF 
THIS COUNTRY. 
AMERICA IS A PLACE EVERYONE 
WANTS A SOLID JOB, THEY WANT TO 
TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILY, THEY 
WANT TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, 
ASSIST THE LESS FORTUNATE, AND 
ENJOY THE FREEDOM THIS COUNTRY 
HAS PROVIDED TO ALL OF US. 
WHILE WE HAVE CERTAINLY 
EXPERIENCED A TON OF NEGATIVITY 
IN 2020, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
MINDSET IS TO WORK TIRELESSLY, 
TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS 
AND HELP RESTORE AMERICA. 
HE DID IT ONCE, AND I'M TELLING 
YOU RIGHT NOW, HE WILL DO IT 
AGAIN. 
AND REMEMBER, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
MAY BE THE ONLY PRESIDENT IN 
MODERN TIMES WHO HAS ACTUALLY 
DONE EVERYTHING HE SAID HE 
WOULD DO DURING HIS CAMPAIGN. 
THERE IS THIS QUOTE THAT I LOVE 
FROM RONALD REAGAN WHERE HE 
SAID THERE ISN'T ANY PROBLEM WE 
CANNOT SOLVE IF GOVERNMENT WILL 
GIVE US THE FACTS, TELL US WHAT 
NEEDS TO BE DONE, THEN GET OUT 
OF THE WAY AND LET US HAVE AT 
IT. 
AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME IS, 
AS AMERICANS, WE WORK HARD TO 
OVERCOME ADVERSITY, AND WE FACE 
THE TOUGH TIMES HEAD ON. 
IRRESPECTIVE OF YOUR GENDER, 
RACE, RELIGION, OR SEXUAL 
ORIENTATION, WHAT UNITES US AS 
A NATION IS FREEDOM, EQUALITY, 
AND OPPORTUNITY. 
THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN 
AMERICAN. 
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S 
REELECT PRESIDENT TRUMP, LET'S 
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS 
ARE, AND CONTINUE TO FIND 
SOLUTIONS TO THOSE PROBLEMS. 
THEN LET'S GET TO WORK. 
I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE WITH THIS.
WHILE IT IS CRITICALLY 
IMPORTANT TO REELECT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, THIS PANDEMIC HAS ALSO 
TAUGHT US TO BE VERY, VERY 
CAREFUL WHO YOU SELECT AS YOUR 
NEXT GOVERNOR, SENATOR, 
CONGRESSPERSON, AND MAYOR. 
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO VOTE. 
AND DO NOT THINK THAT YOUR BOAT 
DOESN'T MATTER, BECAUSE TO BE 
HONEST WITH YOU, IT HAS NEVER 
MATTERED MORE THAN IT DOES 
RIGHT NOW. 
THANK YOU, AND HAVE A GREAT 
EVENING, AMERICA. 
>>> [ INAUDIBLE ] [ SPEAKING 
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] GOOD 
EVENING. 
I AM A PROUD AMERICAN AND PROUD 
DESCENDENT OF WARRIOR 
ANCESTORS, WOMEN AND MEN ALIKE, 
FOR MY HAWAIIAN, FILIPINO, 
JAPANESE AND SPANISH HERITAGE. 
MY FATHER DEMONSTRATED HIS 
WARRIOR SPIRIT OVER 50 YEARS 
AGO. 
FIGHTING A DICTATOR IN HIS 
HOMELAND, THE PHILIPPINES. 
REALLY ESCAPING WITH HIS LIFE, 
HE STARTED A NEW IN AMERICA. 
HE ARRIVED WITH NOTHING BUT 
FAITH, DETERMINATION, AND A 
WILLINGNESS TO WORK HARD. 
HE LIVED THE AMERICAN DREAM, 
BILLING BUSINESSES, A FAMILY, 
AND SEEING ME BECOME UTAH'S 
FIRST MINORITY STATEWIDE 
ELECTED OFFICIAL. 
TODAY, I CHANNEL MY WARRIOR 
ROOTS BY BATTLING HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING. 
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEAD SOME 
OF THE LARGEST TRAFFICKING 
PROSECUTIONS IN AMERICA, AND 
TRAVEL TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, 
WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AND NGOS TO DISMANTLE 
TRAFFICKING NETWORKS, AND 
RESCUE PEOPLE FROM THE MOST 
BRUTAL CONDITIONS IMAGINABLE. 
YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN, SOLD 
INTO SEX SLAVERY, YOUNG BOYS 
AND MEN FORCED INTO LABOR 
SERVITUDE. 
ILLEGAL ADOPTIONS, ORGAN 
HARVESTING, HUMAN LIFE, UTTERLY 
DEBASED. 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS A 
FIERCE WARRIOR AGAINST HUMAN 
TRAFFICKING. 
HOW DO I KNOW? 
EARLY IN 2017, I HAD OCCASION 
TO VISIT WITH HIM, ABOUT OUR 
RESCUES. 
HE ASKED INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS, 
EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN FOR 
VICTIMS. 
OVERWHELMED WITH COMPASSION, HE 
PROMISED TO ATTACK THIS EVIL. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP SUMMONED IVANKA 
TRUMP AND LEADERS FROM HIS 
CABINET, DIRECTING RESOURCES  
AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS FOR RAISING AWARENESS, 
LIBERATING VICTIMS, PROSECUTING 
PREDATORS AND EMPOWERING 
SURVIVORS. 
TOGETHER THEY HAVE DONE MORE TO 
COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAN 
ANY ADMINISTRATION IN MODERN 
HISTORY. 
NOW, THAT IS A PROMISE KEPT. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TAKEN 
SIMILAR, AGGRESSIVE ACTION TO 
BREAK THE CHAINS OF DRUG 
ADDICTION AND IMPROVE MENTAL 
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. 
HE DECLARED THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC 
A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
EMERGENCY, AND MADE AVAILABLE 
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CONFRONT 
THIS THREAT. 
HE ALSO SIGNED A BILL CREATING 
A PHONE NUMBER LIKE 911, BUT 
FOR MENTAL HEALTH, WHEN 
ACTIVATED, 988 WILL BE A 
LIFELINE FOR THOSE STRUGGLING 
ITH THOUGHTS OF SUI 
DEPRESSION, ADDICTION, SELF-
HARM, OR EVEN HURTING OTHERS. 
IT WILL SAVE COUNTLESS AMERICAN 
LIVES. 
A FEW MONTHS AGO, MY FATHER, MY 
WARRIOR HERO, LOST HIS FIGHT 
WITH CANCER. 
WHEN HE PASSED, HE HAD BY HIS 
BEDSIDE, HIS SCRIPTURES, FAMILY 
PHOTOS, AND A PEN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP GAVE ME TO GIVE HIM. 
DAD LOVED THAT PEN. 
IT REPRESENTED FREEDOM TO HIM. 
THE FREEDOM THAT ONLY EXISTS 
WHEN SOMEONE IS WILLING TO 
FIGHT FOR IT. 
TO MY FATHER, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS THAT ULTIMATE WARRIOR, 
FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM. 
IF YOU LISTEN TO DEMOCRATS, THE 
MEDIA AND LIBERAL ELITE, THEY 
WILL TELL YOU THAT AMERICA'S 
LIGHT DOES NOT SHINE AS 
BRIGHTLY AROUND THE WORLD AS IT 
ONCE DID. 
THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. 
THE SAME LIGHT THAT BROUGHT MY 
FATHER TO AMERICA INSPIRES THE 
DESPERATE AND DOWNTRODDEN 
EQUALLY TODAY. 
BELIEVE ME, I INTERACT WITH 
SOME OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED 
VICTIMS ON EARTH. 
AND THEY LOVE AMERICA. 
THEY LEFT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BECAUSE HE IS FIGHTING FOR 
THEIR FREEDOM AND AMERICA'S 
FREEDOM. 
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, GOD 
BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS 
AMERICA. 
THIS LAND OF GREATNESS. 
>> MY NAME IS DEBBIE FIND AND 
DAY-OLD A SMALL FOUNDRY MACHINE 
SHOP IN WISCONSIN THAT 
MANUFACTURES CAST BRONZE 
ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE. 
MY FATHER WHO WAS A WORLD WAR 
II VETERAN STARTED THE BUSINESS 
WITH SOME USED EQUIPMENT AND 
THE AMERICAN DREAM. 
TODAY WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY 
U.S. COMPANIES LEFT TO MAKE OUR 
PRODUCTS FROM START TO FINISH 
UNDER ONE ROOF. 
WE REALLY MAKE THINGS AND WE 
LOVE IT. 
WHEN WE LOST NEARLY 50% OF OUR 
BUSINESS TO CHINA IN THE MID-
2000'S, WE WONDERED HOW A SMALL 
COMPANY LIKE OURS COULD 
CONTINUE TO COMPETE. 
AT THAT TIME, JOE BIDEN WAS A 
SENATOR, HE VOTED TO NORMALIZE 
TRADE WITH CHINA AND HELP PAVE 
THE WAY FOR THEM TO JOIN THE 
WTO, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE 
HURTING AMERICAN COMPANIES LIKE 
OURS. 
BUT WE ARE TENACIOUS AND WE ARE 
CREATIVE. 
WE TOOK A RISK AND PURCHASED A 
3-D PRINTER. 
3-D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS 
US TO DO THINGS THAT CHINA 
CAN'T. 
NOW, WE CAN TAKE A CUSTOMERS 
IDEA FROM SKETCH TO SAMPLE TO 
PRODUCTION IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. 
THIS OPENED UP NEW 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US. 
LATER, WE FOUGHT OUR WILL WAY 
THROUGH THE GREAT RECESSION. 
THEN DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED 
AND WE BRAVED BREATHED A SIGH 
OF RELIEF. 
HE ACTUALLY FOUGHT FOR AMERICAN 
WORKERS AND AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN. 
HE ACTUALLY CARED ABOUT 
BRINGING BACK THOSE THREE 
BEAUTIFUL WORDS, MADE IN 
AMERICA. 
WE NO LONGER HAD TO SUCCEED 
DESPITE GOVERNMENT, NOW THE 
GOVERNMENT WAS ON OUR SIDE. 
WE ENJOYED A THRIVING ECONOMY, 
STIMULATED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
PRO-BUSINESS AND PRO-WORKER 
POLICIES. 
THANKS TO THE TRUMP TAX CUTS, I 
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAISE MY 
EMPLOYEES WAGES, SO THEY GOT A 
PAY RAISE AND A TAX CUT. 
EVEN IN THE FACE OF THE 
PANDEMIC, THE PRESIDENT DOUBLED 
DOWN ON HIS SUPPORT FOR 
BUSINESS. 
THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, OUR 
BUSINESS WAS APPROVED FOR THE 
PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
THAT ALLOWED US TO KEEP OUR 
PEOPLE WORKING AT A TIME WHEN 
THE FUTURE WAS VERY UNCERTAIN. 
OUR PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT 
THE BEST SOLUTIONS UNLEASH THE 
INNOVATION OF AMERICAN 
ENTREPRENURS AND THE 
CREATIVITY OF AMERICAN WORKERS. 
JOE BIDEN DOES NOT REALLY KNOW 
ANYTHING ABOUT BUSINESS OR 
CREATING JOBS. 
HE SPENT 47 YEARS IN 
GOVERNMENT, AND IT IS DOUBTFUL 
THAT HE WILL FINALLY FIGURE IT 
OUT IN YEAR 48. 
HE HAS PLEDGED TO RAISE OUR 
TAXES AND BRING BACK EXCESSIVE 
REGULATION. 
I OWN A BUSINESS WHOSE MISSION 
IS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. 
ANYTHING CAN BE SOLVED WITH A 
LITTLE CREATIVITY. 
IT TAKES COURAGE, COMMITMENT, 
AND IDEAS. 
AND THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT 
COME NATURALLY TO PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
AND THAT IS WHY HE HAS MY 
SUPPORT. 
>>> MY NAME IS JUDY SMITH. 
>> MY NAME IS MANWELL MARTINEZ. 
>> MY NAME IS CLAUDIA PEREZ. 
>> I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY 
PUBLIC HOUSING. 
>> I'M THERE IS AN COUNCIL 
PRESIDENT FOR STAFF TO MAKE A 
HAS US. 
>> I AM RESIDENT COUNCIL 
PRESIDENT OF WASHINGTON HOUSES. 
WHICH IS IN SPANISH HARLEM. 
>> MY NAME IS CARMEN AND I'M 
THE PRESIDENT OF DOUGLAS 
HOUSES, 3500 STRONG RESIDENTS 
HERE. 
AND I AM A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT. 
I WOULD REALLY HATE TO GET 
STARTED ON THIS MAYOR. 
>> BILL DE BLASIO AND THE WAY 
HE HAS DEALT WITH PUBLIC HOUSING
RESIDENTS IS DISGRACEFUL. 
>> THIS MAYOR HAS MADE OUR 
LIVES HERE, IN ACTING EVERY 
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, VERY 
UNCOMFORTABLE. 
>> END OF THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION, THE NEW CITY 
HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS RECEIVED 
AN INFLUX OF CASH IT HAS NOT 
SEEN SINCE 1997. 
>> I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE 
SPOTLIGHT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS PUTTING ON NEW YORK CITY 
PUBLIC HOUSING. 
I THINK IT IS WRONG THAT THE 
DEMOCRATS PUT ILLEGAL 
IMMIGRANTS BEFORE BLACK 
AMERICANS. 
HOW IS IT THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE 
WAITING ON THE WAITING LIST FOR 
NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC HOUSING, 
FOR 10 YEARS OR MORE, BUT YET 
WE HAVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS 
LIVING HERE? 
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT 
TEACHER. 
>> SINCE SHE CAME IN, IT HELPED 
US IDENTIFY SOME LONG SYSTEMIC 
PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE NOW 
PUTTING ON THE TABLE AND HAVING 
DISCUSSIONS ON. 
>> RESIDENT TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION HAS OPENED THEIR 
EARS AND HAVE LISTENED. 
>> THERE HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENT 
IN PUBLIC HOUSING, WE ARE VERY 
APPRECIATIVE OF THIS 
ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS COME 
AND FINALLY SHINED A LIGHT ON 
WHAT IS GOING ON, AND BRINGING 
REAL SOLUTIONS TO A REAL 
PROBLEM. 
>>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ANN DORN. 
WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO 
MY HUSBAND DAVID, FATHER OF 
FIVE, BROTHER OF 12, 
GRANDFATHER OF 10, FRIEND TO 
THOUSANDS. 
HE WAS THE MOST KIND, LOVING 
LIFE PARTNER I COULD HAVE HOPED 
FOR. 
HE HAD A BIG SMILE, AND A HEART 
TO MATCH. 
HE WAS BLESSED WITH THE GIFT OF 
GAB AND THAT GIFT ENABLED HIM 
TO TOUCH SOULS AND INSPIRE 
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE.
OH, HOW KIDS LOVED HIM AND THEY 
REALLY LOVED HIM BACK. 
DAVE WAS ALL ABOUT SERVICE. 
HE SERVED 38 YEARS IN THE ST. 
LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE 
DEPARTMENT, AND SIX YEARS AS 
CHIEF OF POLICE AT THE MOLINE 
ACRES PLEASED BERMAN. 
AFTER 44 YEARS HE RETIRED FROM 
LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT HE NEVER 
RETIRED FROM HELPING A FRIEND 
IN NEED. 
SINCE HE BEFRIENDED EVERY 
PERSON HE MET, HE WAS A VERY 
BUSY MAN. 
ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT WAS HIS 
FRIENDSHIP WITH A YOUNG MAN 
NAMED LEE. 
DAVID MET HIM WHEN LEE WAS JUST 
A KID AFTER MEMBERS OF HIS 
FAMILY WERE ATTACKED AND 
MURDERED. 
DAVE TOOK A SPECIAL INTEREST IN 
THE BOY, THEY BONDED AND THEIR 
FRIENDSHIP GREW AND REMAIN 
STRONG THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 
LEE EVENTUALLY OPENED A 
PAWNSHOP. 
HE TRUSTED DAVE IMPLICITLY AND 
ASKED DAVE TO HELP WITH 
SECURITY. 
DAVID READILY AGREED. 
WHENEVER THE SHOPS ALARM WOULD 
GO OFF, THE ALARM COMPANY 
CALLED DAVE. 
HE WOULD INVESTIGATE. 
IF HE GOT A CALL BEFORE HE WENT 
TO BED, HE WOULD WAKE ME UP AND 
TELL ME HE WAS GOING, JUST TO 
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS ALL 
RIGHT. 
MOST OF THE TIME THEY WERE 
FALSE ALARMS, TRIGGERED BY A 
STORM OR ANIMALS. 
BUT I NEVER RESTED EASILY UNTIL 
I HEARD DAVE'S KEY TURN THE 
DOOR, KNOWING HE WAS HOME SAFE. 
THE ALARM THAT WENT OFF THE 
MORNING OF JUNE 2nd, WAS FOR 
REAL. 
IT WAS A VIOLENT NIGHT IN ST. 
LOUIS. 
FOUR OFFICERS WERE SHOT, OTHERS 
WERE HIT WITH ROCKS AND 
FIREWORKS. 
AT LEAST FIVE BUSINESSES WERE 
DAMAGED. 
LOOTED OR SET ON FIRE. 
AS THE OFFICER WELLNESS 
COORDINATOR AND CIT COORDINATOR 
WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I 
WAS KEENLY AWARE OF THE 
RIOTING, I SPENT THE EVENING 
GETTING READY TO MOBILIZE 
SUPPORT FOR OFFICERS WHO WERE 
IMPACTED AFTER I HAD GONE TO BED
, DAVID RECEIVED A CALL FROM 
LEE'S ALARM COMPANY. 
THE FRONT DOOR OF THE PAWNSHOP 
HAD BEEN BREACHED. 
THIS TIME HE DID NOT WAKE ME UP 
TO TELL ME. 
HE PROBABLY KNEW I WOULD HAVE 
TRIED TO STOP IT. 
AS I SLEPT, LOOTERS WERE 
RANSACKING THE SHOP. 
THEY SHOT AND KILLED DAVID IN 
COLD BLOOD. 
AND THEN LIVE STREAMED HIS 
EXECUTION IN HIS LAST MOMENTS 
ON EARTH. 
DAVID'S GRANDSON WAS WATCHING 
THE VIDEO ON FACEBOOK AND REAL-
TIME. 
NOT REALIZING HE WAS WATCHING 
HIS OWN GRANDFATHER DYING ON 
THE SIDEWALK. 
I LEARNED OF ALL THIS AROUND 
4:00 A.M., WHEN OUR DOORBELL 
RANG, THE CHIEF OF POLICE WAS 
STANDING OUTSIDE, I WONDERED 
WHY DAVE HAD NOT ANSWERED THE 
DOOR. 
IT WASN'T UNCOMMON FOR HIM TO 
BE UP WATCHING TV AT THIS TIME. 
I CALLED OUT TO HIM SEVERAL 
TIMES, THERE IS NO REPLY. 
HE JUST WASN'T THERE. 
I LET IN THE CHIEF AND FIGHTING 
BACK TEARS, HE UTTERED THE 
WORDS, EVERY OFFICERS SPOUSE 
DROWNS. 
I RELIVE THAT HORROR IN MY MIND 
EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
MY HOPE IS THAT HAVING YOU 
RELIVE IT WITH ME KNOW WILL 
HELP SHAKE THIS COUNTRY FROM 
THIS NIGHTMARE WE ARE 
WITNESSING IN OUR CITIES AND 
BRING ABOUT POSITIVE, PEACEFUL 
CHANGE. 
HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT 
WHERE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 
CALLOUS AND INDIFFERENT TOWARD 
HUMAN LIFE? 
THIS ISN'T A VIDEOGAME WHERE 
YOU CAN COMMIT WAY HIM MAYHEM 
AND THEN HIT RESET AND BRING 
ALL THE CHARACTERS BACK TO 
LIFE. 
DAVE IS NEVER, NEVER COMING 
BACK TO ME. 
HE WAS MURDERED BY PEOPLE WHO 
DO NOT KNOW AND JUST DIDN'T 
CARE. 
HE WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO 
HELP THEM. 
VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION ARE 
NOT LEGITIMATE FORMS OF PROTEST.
THEY DO NOT SAVE OUR BLACK 
LIVES, THEY ONLY DESTROY THEM. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP UNDERSTANDS 
THIS. 
HE HAS OFFERED FEDERAL HELP TO 
RESTORE ORDER IN OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
IN A TIME WHEN POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS ARE SHORT ON 
RESOURCES AND MANPOWER, WE NEED 
THAT HELP. 
WE SHOULD ACCEPT THAT HELP, WE 
MUST HEAL BEFORE WE CAN AFFECT 
CHANGE BUT WE CANNOT HEALING 
THE DEVASTATION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP NOTES WE NEED 
MORE DAVIDSON OUR COMMUNITIES, 
NOT FEWER. 
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER IN 
PEACE AND REMEMBER THAT EVERY 
LIFE IS PRECIOUS.
>>> GOOD EVENING. 
I'M BEN CARSON. 
HE RETIRED NEUROSURGEON AND A 
PUBLIC SERVANT. 
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO 
SAY THAT OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO 
THE BLAKE FAMILY THE OTHER 
FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACT 
BY TRAGIC EVENT IN KENOSHA. 
IS JACOB'S MOTHER HAS URGED THE 
COUNTRY, LET'S USE OUR HEARTS, 
OUR LOVE AND OUR INTELLIGENCE 
TO WORK TOGETHER. 
TO SHOW THE REST OF THE WORLD 
HOW HUMANS ARE SUPPOSED TO 
TREAT EACH OTHER. 
AMERICA IS GREAT WHEN WE BEHAVE 
GREATLY. 
IN ORDER TO SUCCEED AND CHANGE, 
WE MUST FIRST COME TOGETHER IN 
LOVE WITH OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. 
HISTORY REMINDS US THAT 
NECESSARY CHANGE, THROUGH HOPE 
AND LOVE, NOT SENSELESS AND 
DISTRACT VIOLENCE. 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ONCE SAID TO IN 
AMERICA DIVIDED THAT, QUOTE, 
"YOUR PURPOSE THEN, PLAINLY 
STATED, IS THAT YOU WILL 
DESTROY THE GOVERNMENT, UNLESS 
HE BE ALLOWED TO CONSTRUE AND 
ENFORCE THE CONSTITUTION AS YOU 
PLEASE ON ALL POINTS IN DISPUTE 
BETWEEN YOU AND US. 
YOU WILL RULE OR RUIN IN ALL 
EVENTS." 
THESE WORDS OF WARNING ARE 
RELEVANT TODAY. 
WE HAVE A CHOICE THAT WE WANT 
BIG GOVERNMENT THAT CONTROLS 
OUR LIVES FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE, 
OR DO WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER 
AND WISDOM OF THE PEOPLE? 
AND THEIR ABILITY TO SELF GOVERN
WITH HELP FROM A LIMITED 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
OUR PRESIDENT, DONALD J TRUMP, 
BELIEVES IN THE PEOPLE. HE IS 
ONE OF US. 
HE MAKES PROMISES AND HE KEEPS 
THEM. 
HE IS TRANSPARENT AND WE 
CERTAINLY KNOW WHAT HE IS 
THINKING. 
HE DOES NOT SUBMIT TO POLITICAL 
CORRECTNESS OR TO ITS 
ENFORCERS, THE MEDIA. 
HE IS REAL. 
RIGHT NOW, WE NEED REAL. 
WE NEED COURAGE. 
CAN'T COWER IN THE CORNER AND 
HOPE THAT NO ONE CAUSES A NAME, 
BELIEVING THAT WILL KEEP US 
SAFE. 
THAT IS NOT COURAGE. 
AND THAT WILL NOT LEAD US TO A 
GOOD AND JUST PLACE. 
WE MUST REMEMBER ALL THOSE WHO 
SACRIFICED EVERYTHING IN ORDER 
TO GIVE US FREEDOM. 
AND WE MUST BE WILLING TO DO 
THE SAME FOR THOSE WHO COME 
AFTER US. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES NOT DABBLE 
IN IDENTITY POLITICS, HE WANTS 
EVERYONE TO SUCCEED. 
AND BELIEVES IN THE OUTAGE, A 
RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS. 
MANY ON THE OTHER SIDE LOVE TO 
INCITE DIVISION BY CLAIMING 
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A 
RACIST. 
THEY COULD NOT BE MORE WRONG. 
YEARS AGO, JESSE JACKSON GAVE 
DONALD TRUMP AN AWARD FOR THE 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES HE 
CREATED FOR BLACK PEOPLE. IN 
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA DONALD TRUMP
LED THE CRUSADE TO ALLOW BLACKS 
INTO PRIVATE CLUBS AND RESORTS, 
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE DID 
AS PRESIDENT WAS BRING THE 
OFFICE OF HISTORICALLY BLACK 
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INTO 
THE WHITE HOUSE SO THAT IT 
COULD GET PROPER ATTENTION AND 
FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AFRICAN-
AMERICAN UNEMPLOYMENT WAS AT AN 
ALL-TIME LOW. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCOMPLISHED 
PRISON REFORM, HE CREATED AND 
SENTENCED TO ENCOURAGE 
INVESTORS TO BECOME INVOLVED 
WITH ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED 
AREAS OF AMERICA. 
HE STRONGLY SUPPORTS SCHOOL 
CHOICE, FULLY RECOGNIZING THAT 
NO MATTER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES A 
PERSON IS BORN INTO, THEY CAN 
ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH A GOOD 
EDUCATION. 
IT WAS TRUE FOR ME. 
WHEN MY MOTHER FORCED ME TO 
READ BOOKS ABOUT DOCTORS, 
ENTREPRENEURS, INVENTORS, AND 
SCIENTISTS, WHO BEGAN TO 
RECOGNIZE THAT THE PERSON WHO 
HAS THE MOST TO DO WITH WHAT 
HAPPENS TO YOU IN LIFE IS YOU. 
MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME, BEN, 
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING, BUT I WILL 
NEVER ALLOW YOU TO BECOME A 
VICTIM. 
IT WAS THEN THAT I STOPPED 
LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE WHO 
WERE TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT 
I WAS A VICTIM AND THAT OTHERS 
WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY 
VICTIM HAD. 
WHAT IS RACIST IS THE FACT THAT 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE THE 
HIGHEST ABORTION RATE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE MOST PRO-
LIFE PRESIDENT IN THE COUNTRY'S 
HISTORY. 
HE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR 
THOSE WHO CANNOT YET SPEAK. 
THE VISION OF A SHINING CITY 
UPON A HILL CAME FROM JESUS'S 
SERMON ON THE MOUNT, AMERICA IS 
THAT SHINING CITY. 
WE ARE THE BEACON OF HOPE FOR 
THE WORLD. 
AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, 
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS THE 
MAN WITH THE COURAGE, THE VISION
, AND THE ABILITY TO KEEP IT 
SHINING BRIGHTLY. 
>>> I AM PAT LYNCH, PRESIDENT 
OF POLICE BENEVOLENT 
ASSOCIATION, SPEAKING TO ON 
BEHALF OF 50,000 ACTIVE AND 
RETIRED CITY POLICE OFFICERS. 
WE ARE THE PROUD MEN AND WOMEN 
WHO WEAR A SHIELD ON OUR CHEST 
AND PUT OURSELVES IN HARMS WAY 
TO PROTECT OUR CITY. 
WE ARE PROUD TO ENDORSE OUR 
PRESIDENT, DONALD J TRUMP, FOR 
REELECTION, BECAUSE THE STAKES 
HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER. 
BLACK OPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
WE ARE STARING DOWN THE BARREL 
OF A PUBLIC SAFETY DISASTER. 
MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
SHOT IN NEW YORK CITY SO FAR 
THIS YEAR. 
ALMOST 300 HAVE BEEN KILLED. 
THESE ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS, 
THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE. 
A FATHER GUNNED DOWN WHILE 
HOLDING HIS 7-YEAR-OLD 
DAUGHTER'S HAND. 
A BELOVED NEIGHBORHOOD 
PEACEMAKER, KILLED BY A STRAY 
BULLET. 
A 17-YEAR-OLD WHO MADE ALL THE 
RIGHT CHOICES, WHO WORKED HARD 
TO GO TO COLLEGE, AND EARN THE 
SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP, MURDERED 
BEFORE HE CAN TELL HIS MOTHER 
THE NEWS. 
A 1-YEAR-OLD CHILD, SHOT DEAD 
IN HIS STROLLER. 
INNOCENT PEOPLE, INNOCENT LIVES 
LOST. 
WHEN TRAGEDY IS TOO MANY, BUT 
EVERY DAY THE NUMBER KEEPS 
GROWING AND EVERY DAY OUR 
COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING US, WHY 
IS THIS HAPPENING? 
THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. 
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE WALKED AWAY 
FROM US. 
THEY HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM 
POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY HAVE 
WALKED AWAY FROM THE INNOCENT 
PEOPLE WE PROTECT. 
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS HAVE 
SURRENDERED OUR STREETS AND OUR 
INSTITUTIONS. 
THE LOUDEST VOICES HAVE TAKEN 
CONTROL, AND OUR SO-CALLED 
LEADERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO CATCH 
UP WITH THEM. 
IN CITY AFTER CITY, THEY HAVE 
SLASHED POLICE BUDGETS. 
THEY HAVE HIJACKED AND 
DISMANTLED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
SYSTEM. 
THEY HAVE PASSED LAWS THAT MADE 
IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR POLICE 
OFFICERS TO DO OUR JOB 
EFFECTIVELY. 
HERE IS THE SAD TRUTH THAT 
EVERY COP IN THIS COUNTRY 
KNOWS. 
THE VIOLENCE AND CHAOS WE ARE 
SEEING NOW ISN'T A SIDE EFFECT. 
IT ISN'T AN UNINTENDED 
CONSEQUENCE, IT IS ACTUALLY THE 
GOAL. 
THE RADICAL LEFT DOES NOT 
REALLY WANT BETTER POLICING, 
THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT 
MAKING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM 
FAIRER. 
WHAT THEY WANT IS NO POLICING. 
WHAT THEY WANT IS A JUSTICE 
SYSTEM THAT JUST STOPS WORKING 
ALTOGETHER. 
IN PLACES WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE 
IN POWER, THE RADICAL LEFT IS 
GETTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. 
AND OUR COUNTRY IS SUFFERING 
FOR IT. 
I HAVE BEEN A NEW YORK CITY 
POLICE OFFICER FOR 36 YEARS, I 
SPENT 21 OF THOSE YEARS 
PROTECTING THE COPS WHO PROTECT 
NEW YORKERS. 
I HAVE NEVER SEEN OUR STREETS 
GO THE SPOT SO QUICKLY. 
I HAVE NEVER HEARD FROM SO MANY 
COPS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE 
COUNTRY WHO ARE SAYING THE SAME 
THING, OUR HANDS ARE TIED. 
IF WE ARE GOING TO TURN THE 
TIDE AND RESTORE LAW AND ORDER, 
WE CANNOT FALL INTO THE LEFTS 
TRAP. 
THERE IS NOBODY WHO HATES BAD 
COPS MORE THAN GOOD COPS. 
BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO THE 
MEDICAL LEFT. 
TO THEM WE ARE ALL JUST BAD 
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL JUST BLEW. 
THEY ARE ANTI-LAW-ENFORCEMENT 
CAMPAIGN IS NOT ABOUT A SINGLE 
INCIDENT, IT IS NOT THE RESULT 
OF ONE BAG LAW OR ONE BAD 
POLICY, IT IS ABOUT A MESSAGE. 
THE MESSAGES POLICE OFFICERS 
ARE THE ENEMY. 
THE MESSAGES CRIMINALS HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO RESIST ARREST. 
THE MESSAGE IS, IF YOU COMMIT A 
CRIME, IF YOU VICTIMIZE THE 
MOST VULNERABLE OF PEOPLE, THE 
JUSTICE CITY WOULD HOLD YOU 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
THE CRIMINALS OF HER THAT 
MESSAGE AND ARE TAKING FULL 
ADVANTAGE. 
WE HAVE A POWERFUL VOICE IN THE 
MOST POWERFUL OFFICE OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
LIKE THE DEMOCRATS IN FEAR OF 
THE MOB IN THE STREET PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS NEVER APOLOGIZED TO 
SUPPORTING POLICE OFFICERS, 
UNLIKE THE DEMOCRATS WHO FROZE 
IN THE OFFICES, DONALD TRUMP 
GIVES US THE TOOLS WE NEED TO 
PUT A STOP TO IT, PERIOD, END 
OF STORY. 
IT HAS NEVER BEEN HARDER TO BE 
A POLICE OFFICER IN THIS 
COUNTRY BUT THERE ARE TWO 
THINGS THAT KEEP US GOING. 
WE LOOK AT THE VICTIMS, THE 
VULNERABLE, THE REGULAR WORKING 
PEOPLE WHO COUNT ON US. 
WE KEEP STOPPING ON OUR DUTY 
BELT AND BULLET RESISTANT VESTS 
BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CANNOT LET 
THEM DOWN. 
AND WHILE WE DO THAT WE HEAR 
THE WORDS OF OUR PRESIDENT, WHO 
SAYS TO POLICE OFFICERS 
EVERYWHERE, I WILL NEVER LET 
YOU DOWN. 
WE KNOW THAT HE HASN'T AND WE 
KNOW THAT HE WON'T. 
WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE 
HIM IN OFFICE THESE PAST FOUR 
YEARS AND WE KNOW THAT WE 
CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE HIM. 
IT COMES TO YOUR SAFETY, YOUR 
FAMILY'S SAFETY, AND THE SAFETY 
OF ALL AMERICANS, THERE IS NO 
OTHER CHOICE. 
YOU WILL NOT BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
WE CAN HAVE FOUR MORE YEARS OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP OR YOU CAN HAVE 
NO SAFETY, NO JUSTICE, AND NO 
PEACE. 
>>> GOOD EVENING. 
MY NAME IS RUDY GIULIANI AND I 
AM THE FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK 
CITY. 
IN 2013, MY CITY ELECTED A SELF-
DESCRIBED PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT 
AS MAYOR. 
YORK CITY ONCE DESCRIBED AS 
AMERICA'S CURRENT CAPITAL HAD 
BECOME, BY THE MID-1990S, 
AMERICA'S SAFEST LARGE CITY. 
NOW TODAY, MY CITY IS IN SHOCK. 
MURDERS, SHOOTINGS, AND VIOLENT 
CRIME ARE INCREASING AT 
PERCENTAGES OF UNHEARD OF IN 
THE PAST. 
WE ARE SEEING THE RETURN OF 
RIOTING AND LOOTING, DURING 
RIOTS IT'S DEMOCRAT MAYOR, MIKE 
OTHERS, HAS OFTEN PREVENTED THE 
POLICE FROM MAKING ARRESTS. 
AND EVEN WHEN ARRESTS ARE MADE, 
LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE DAS RELEASE 
THE RIOTERS SO AS NOT TO 
DISRUPT THE WRITING. 
NEW YORKERS WONDER, HOW DID WE 
GET OVERWHELMED BY CRIME SO 
QUICKLY? 
AND DECLINED SO FAST? 
DO NOT LET DEMOCRATS DUE TO 
AMERICA WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO 
NEW YORK. 
AGAIN, THE DEMOCRATS ARE URGING 
YOU TO VOTE FOR AND OBVIOUSLY 
DEFECTIVE CANDIDATE. BIDEN HAS 
CHANGED HIS PRINCIPLES SO 
OFTEN, HE NO LONGER HAS ANY 
PRINCIPLES. 
IS A TROJAN HORSE, WITH BERNIE, 
AOC, PELOSI, BLACK LIVES 
MATTER, AND HIS PARTY'S ENTIRE 
LEFT-WING, JUST WAITING TO 
EXECUTE THEIR PRO-CRIMINAL, 
ANTI-POLICE SOCIALIST POLICIES. 
THE WHOLE UNPRECEDENTED WAVE OF 
LAWLESSNESS BEGAN WITH A TRULY 
JUST CAUSE. 
THE UNFORGIVABLE, POLICE KILLING
OF GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS. 
PEACEFUL PROTESTS BEGAN ALL 
OVER THE LAND. 
THE CONDEMNATION OF THE KILLING 
WAS UNIVERSAL, FROM PRESIDENT 
TRUMP TO DEMOCRAT LEADERS. 
IT SEEMED, FOR A FEW BRIEF 
SHINING MOMENTS, DEMOCRAT AND 
REPUBLICAN LEADERS WOULD COME 
TOGETHER WITH A UNIFIED 
PROPOSAL TO REDUCE POLICE 
MISCONDUCT. 
THIS POSSIBILITY WAS VERY 
DANGEROUS TO THE LEFT. 
THEY HAD A PRESIDENT TO BEAT IN 
THE COUNTRY TO D♪ESTROY. 
AND ALTHOUGH AN AGREEMENT ON 
THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR THE 
COUNTRY IT WOULD ALSO MAKE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEAR TO BE AN 
EFFECTIVE LEADER. 
THEY COULD HAVE NONE OF THAT. 
SO BLACK LIVES MATTER AND 
ANTIFA SPRING INTO ACTION AND 
IN A FLASH, THEY HIJACKED THE 
PEACEFUL PROTESTS INTO VICIOUS, 
BRITTLE RIOTS. 
SOON, PROTESTS TURNED INTO RIOTS
IN MANY OTHER AMERICAN CITIES, 
ALMOST ALL DEMOCRAT. 
BUSINESSES WERE BURNED AND 
CRUSHED. 
PEOPLE BEATEN. 
SHOT AND KILLED. 
POLICE OFFICERS, ROUTINELY 
ASSAULTED, BADLY BEATEN, AND 
OCCASIONALLY MURDERED. 
AND THE POLICE HANDCUFFED BY 
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT MAYORS. 
FROM DOING ANYTHING BUT OBSERVE 
THE CRIMES AND ABSORB THE BLOWS
, BUT THE WORST OF IT WAS THE 
SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT YOUNG 
PEOPLE WITH THEIR WHOLE LIVES 
AHEAD OF THEM. 
THE MURDER OF 4-YEAR-OLD GRANT 
TALIAFERRO IN KANSAS CITY 
SHOCKED THE NATION BUT NOT 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
WHERE THE MANY DEMOCRAT 
SUPPORTERS. 
17-YEAR-OLD BASKETBALL STAR 
BRANDON HENDRIX, WAS KILLED IN 
THE BRONX, JUST DAYS AFTER 
GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. 
AND ON HIS WAY TO ST. JOHN'S TO 
PLAY BASKETBALL. 
HE PASSED WITH ONLY A BRIEF 
MENTION. 
1-YEAR-OLD DEVIL GARDNER JUNIOR 
WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN A 
STROLLER AT A COOKOUT IN 
BROOKLYN, AND IT CAUSED NO 
OUTRAGE. 
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND FOR US 
REPUBLICANS, ALL BLACK LIVES 
MATTER. 
IN THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE 
MATTER TO US. 
OUR LIVES MATTER TO US. 
THIS CONTINUES RIOTS IN 
DEMOCRATIC CITIES GIVES YOU A 
GOOD VIEW OF THE FUTURE UNDER 
BIDEN. 
ALL FIVE OF THE TOP CITIES FOR 
HOMICIDES, LIKE THE TOP CITIES 
FOR WRITING AND LOOTING, ARE 
GOVERNED BY PROGRESSIVE 
DEMOCRATS. 
USING THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT 
APPROACH TO CRIME, WHICH IS TO 
DO NOTHING, SUBSTANTIVE TO 
REDUCE IT. 
TO RELEASE PRISONERS, AS MANY 
UNANSWERED AS POSSIBLE, AND TO 
GO TO WAR WITH THE POLICE, THE 
ONLY GROUP WITH THE CAPABILITY 
TO PROTECT YOUR CITIZENS! 
IT IS CLEAR THAT A VOTE FOR 
BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS CREATES 
THE RISK THAT YOU WILL BRING 
THIS LAWLESSNESS TO YOUR CITY, 
TO YOUR TOWN, TO YOUR SUBURB. 
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THIS 
AWESOME JOB OF RESTORING SAFETY 
FOR OUR PEOPLE CANNOT BE DONE 
FROM YOUR BASEMENT, JOE. 
THERE'S ALSO NO QUESTION THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL FIGHT WITH 
ALL HIS STRENGTH TO RESERVE THE 
AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 
AND OUR WAY OF LIFE. 
AND VERTICAL TIMES IN OUR 
HISTORY, AMERICA HAS ALWAYS 
BEEN BLESSED WITH THE RIGHT 
PERSON TO HANDLE THE CRISIS. 
WASHINGTON, LINCOLN, ROOSEVELT, 
REAGAN, WORDPERFECT FOR THE 
CHALLENGES THEY FACED AND 
BROUGHT OUR NATION THROUGH 
GLORIOUSLY. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITH HIS 
BOUNDLESS LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY 
AND ALL OUR PEOPLE, HIS 
DISCIPLINED WORK ETHIC, HIS 
EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY TO INSPIRE 
HIM AND HIS DEEP UNDERSTANDING 
OF OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND 
THE STRENGTH OF AMERICAN VALUES 
IS THE MAN WE CAN TRUST TO 
PRESERVE AND EVEN IMPROVE OUR 
WAY OF LIFE. 
MR. PRESIDENT, MAKE OUR NATION 
SAFE AGAIN! 
>>> U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED 
CHARGES AGAINST DR. CHARLES 
LEVER AND TWO CHINESE NATIONALS 
TODAY. 
>> A SYSTEMATIC DECISION BY 
MANY OF OUR COUNTRY'S MOST 
POWERFUL LEADERS, DISALLOW TO 
AMERICA TO CHINA. 
>>> CHINA IS GOING TO EAT OUR 
LUNCH? 
COME ON, MAN. 
>>> A 2013 TRIP TO CHINA, 
GETTING ATTENTION THIS MORNING, 
NOT FOR WHAT JOE BIDEN DID, BUT 
FOR WHO HE BROUGHT WITH HIM. 
>> IS THE THREAT FROM CHINA 
GREW LARGER AND MORE 
THREATENING, BIDEN SEEMED TO 
GROW MORE ACCOMMODATING TO THE 
CHINESE GOVERNMENT. 
>> QUESTIONS ABOUT MONEY HE 
MADE FROM FOREIGN BUSINESS 
DEALINGS WHILE HIS FATHER WAS 
VICE PRESIDENT, THEY KNEW THEY 
COULD GET TO JOE BIDEN'S HEART 
THROUGH HIS SON HUNTER BIDEN. 
>> THEY HELPED TO RAISE ON FRONT
$5 BILLION, ONE PERSON WHO DID 
NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> WHEN IT WAS ALREADY CLEAR 
CHINA HAD LIED TO THE WORLD IN 
WAYS THAT HURT THE WORLD ABOUT 
A DEADLY OPERATIVE THE WUHAN 
CORONAVIRUS, BIDEN WAS STILL 
FLACKING FOR THE CHINESE 
GOVERNMENT. 
>> YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT BAD 
FOLKS, FOLKS. 
GUESS WHAT, THEY'RE NOT 
COMPETITION FOR US. 
>> CHINA WOULD PREFER JOE BIDEN.
>>> GOOD EVENING. 
I AM SENATOR TOM COTTON. 
A LOT HAS CHANGED IN FOUR 
YEARS. 
BACK THEN, WE GATHERED IN A 
ROWDY ARENA, TONIGHT YOU ARE 
PROBABLY AT HOME. 
WHILE I STAND ALONE. 
STANDALONE. 
THAT WAS THE MOTTO OF MY OLD 
ARMY UNIT. 
THE 506 CINTRA ENTRY, THE 
ORIGINAL BAND OF BROTHERS. 
FROM THE NORMANDY BEACHES TO 
THE IRAQI DESERT, WE FOUGHT 
ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER, BUT WE 
WERE ALWAYS PREPARED TO STAND 
ALONE. 
AND SO IT IS WITH OUR NATION. 
WE LEAVE THE FREE WORLD, BUT WE 
WILL STAND ALONE IF WE MUST TO 
DEFEND AMERICA. 
DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTANDS THIS. 
HE PUTS AMERICA FIRST. 
THAT IS WHY AMERICA IS SAFER 
NOW THAN FOUR YEARS AGO. 
BUT JOE BIDEN WOULD RETURN US TO
A WEAK AND DANGEROUS PASS. 
BARACK OBAMA'S OWN SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE SAID JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN 
WRONG ON NEARLY EVERY MAJOR 
NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION OVER 
THE PAST FOUR DECADES. 
SO LET'S COMPARE THE RECORDS OF 
JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP. 
JOE BIDEN SLASHED DEFENSE 
SPENDING, AGAIN AND AGAIN, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP REBUILT OUR 
MILITARY, AND OUT OF THE SPACE 
FOR US. 
JOE BIDEN LET ISYS TERRORISTS 
RAMPAGE ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP ELIMINATED 
ISYS'S LEADER, AND DESTROYED 
HIS CALIPHATE. 
JOE BIDEN OPPOSED THE MISSION 
TO KILL OSAMA BIN LADEN. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP AVENGE THE 
MURDER OF HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS 
BY KILLING IRAN'S TERRORIST 
MASTERMIND, CUSTOM SOLO MONEY. 
JOE BIDEN SENT PALLETS OF CASH, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP RIPPED UP THE 
DANGEROUS IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL. 
JOE BIDEN TREATED ISRAEL LIKE A 
NUISANCE. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP MOVED OUR 
EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM AND 
BROKERED PEACE DEALS IN THE 
MIDDLE EAST. 
JOE BIDEN CODDLED SOCIALISTIC 
DATERS IN CUBA AND VENEZUELA, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FIGHTS AGAINST 
COMMUNISM, IN AMERICA'S 
BACKYARD AND AROUND THE WORLD. 
AND ON THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF 
CHINA, THERE IS NO COMPARISON. 
JOE BIDEN AIDED AND ABETTED 
CHINA'S RISE FOR 50 YEARS WITH 
TERRIBLE TRADE DEALS THAT 
CLOSED OUR FACTORIES AND LAID 
OFF OUR WORKERS. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP STANDS UP TO 
CHINA'S CHEATING AND STEALING 
AND LYING. 
JOE BIDEN ALLOWED CHINESE 
SENTINEL TO FLOOD ACROSS OUR 
SOUTHERN BORDER. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP SANCTION 
CHINESE DRUG DEALERS FOR 
POISONING OUR KIDS. 
JOE BIDEN SAID CHINESE 
COMMUNISTS ARE NOT EVEN OUR 
COMPETITOR, AREN'T BAD FOLKS. 
JUST MONTHS BEFORE THEY 
UNLEASHED THIS PLAGUE ON THE 
WORLD. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CLEAR EYED 
ABOUT THE CHINESE THREAT AND HE 
IS MAKING CHINA PAY. 
BUT IS NOT GIVING UP, IN FACT 
THEY ARE ROOTING FOR JOE BIDEN. 
AMERICA'S OTHER ENEMIES WILL 
NOT GIVE UP EITHER. 
BUT JOE BIDEN WOULD BE AS WRONG 
AND WEAK OVER THE NEXT FOUR 
YEARS AS HE HAS BEEN FOR THE 
LAST 50. 
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO STANDS 
UP FOR AMERICA. 
NOT ONE WHO TAKES A KNEE. 
A STRONG AND PROUD AMERICA IS A 
SAFE AMERICA. 
SAY FROM OUR ENEMIES AND SAFER 
MORE. 
THE ONE WHO HAS SEEN THE FACE 
OF WAR DESIRES TO SEE IT AGAIN. 
TOO MANY OF OUR FELLOW 
AMERICANS ARE ALREADY HONORED 
ON THE HALLOWED GROUNDS OF 
ARLINGTON BUT IF WE WANT PEACE, 
WE MUST BE STRONG, WEAKNESS IS 
PROVOCATIVE. 
RESIDENT TRUMPS STRENGTH HAS 
KEPT US OUT OF WAR. 
JOE BIDEN WILL NOT STAND UP FOR 
AMERICA. 
DONALD TRUMP WELL. 
SO THIS NOVEMBER, LET'S STAND 
WITH THE PRESIDENT AND VOTED TO 
KEEP AMERICA GREAT. 
>>> MY NAME IS MARSHA MUELLER. 
THIS IS MY HUSBAND CARL. 
OUR DAUGHTER, KAYLA WAS TAKEN 
AS A HOSTAGE AND MURDERED BY 
ISYS. 
FROM A YOUNG AGE, KAYLA WAS 
AMAZING, SHE TAUGHT HERSELF 
LANGUAGES, HOW TO WRITE MUSIC, 
HOW TO PLAY GUITAR, SHE WORKED 
WITH TROUBLED YOUTH, MILITARY 
VETERANS, AND NATIVE AMERICANS. 
EVERYWHERE KAYLA WENT, PEOPLE 
SMILED. 
KAYLA HAD A GIFT TO BE ABLE TO 
SEE THE WORLD THROUGH SOMEONE 
ELSE'S EYES. 
SHE BECAME A HUMANITARIAN AID 
WORKER, AND WHEN SHE WAS 
HELPING CHILDREN AT AN 
ORPHANAGE IN INDIA, KAYLA WROTE,
I FIND GOD IN THE SUFFERING 
EYES REFLECTED IN MIND. 
IF THIS IS HOW YOU WERE 
REVEALED TO ME, THIS IS HOW I 
WILL FOREVER SEEK YOU. 
SHE WENT TO TURKEY TO HELP 
SYRIAN REFUGEES IN 2012, IN 
AUGUST, 2013, SHE WAS ASKED BY 
ANOTHER AID WORKER TO CROSS THE 
BORDER INTO SYRIA TO HELP AT A 
HOSPITAL. 
ON AUGUST 4th, 2013, ISIS 
TERRORISTS  STOPPED HER VEHICLE 
AND TOOK HER CAPTIVE. 
>> KAYLA WAS MOSTLY HELD IN A 
12 BY 12 SO IN SOLITARY 
CONFINEMENT. 
IT WAS COLD AND DIRTY. 
ISIS TERRORISTS  SHINED BRIGHT 
LIGHTS IN HER FACE, THEY SHAVED 
HER HEAD, THEY BEAT HER AND 
TORTURED HER, THE LEADER OF 
ISIS  HER REPEATEDLY, FOR 18 
MONTHS. 
WE ENDURED AN AGONIZING BACK 
AND FORTH BETWEEN US, THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION, AND ISIS.  
WE PUT ALL OUR FAITH IN THE 
GOVERNMENT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT 
LET US DOWN. 
PRESIDENT OBAMA REFUSED TO MEET 
WITH US UNTIL ISIS  HAD ALREADY 
BEHEADED OTHER AMERICANS. 
TO THIS DAY, WE NEVER HEARD 
FROM JOE BIDEN. INSTANT, THE 
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HID BEHIND 
POLICY SO MUCH THAT WE FELT 
HOPELESS WHEN THEY KEPT US FROM 
NEGOTIATING TO SAVE KAYLA'S 
LIFE. 
THE ADMINISTRATION SHOWED MORE 
CONCERN FOR THE TERRORISTS IN 
GUANTANAMO THAN THE AMERICAN 
HOSTAGES IN SYRIA. 
THE MILITARY PREPARED A RESCUE 
MISSION BUT THE WHITE HOUSE 
DELAYED IT. BY THE TIME IT WENT 
FORWARD, KAYLA HAD BEEN MOVED 
TO ANOTHER LOCATION. 
AFTER 18 MONTHS OF BRUTAL 
TORTURE, WE LEARNED FROM ISIS  
THAT KAYLA HAD BEEN KILLED. 
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION KEPT 
TELLING US THEY WERE DOING 
EVERYTHING THEY COULD, BUT 
THEIR VERSION OF EVERYTHING 
WASN'T ENOUGH. 
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A PRESIDENT 
MAKES. 
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, U.S. 
ARMY SPECIAL OPERATORS 
CONDUCTED A RAID ON ALBERT 
DADDY'S COMPOUND. 
AFTER WE LEARNED THAT HE WAS 
KILLED, WE LEARN SOMETHING 
ELSE. 
THE OPERATOR'S NAMES THEMSELVES 
TASK FORCE 814. 
AFTER AUGUST 14th, KAYLA'S 
BIRTHDAY. 
AND THE MISSION WAS NAMED 
OPERATION KAYLA MUELLER, TO 
THOSE SOLDIERS, THANK YOU. 
KAYLA WAS LOOKING DOWN ON YOU. 
THE TRUMP TEAM GAVE US EMPATHY 
WE NEVER RECEIVED FROM THE 
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. 
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAID 
IT WAS DOING EVERYTHING IT COULD
, THE TRUMPET MINISTRATION IS. 
LET ME JUST SAY THIS. 
KAYLA SHOULD BE HERE. 
IF DONALD TRUMP HAD BEEN 
PRESIDENT WHEN KAYLA WAS 
CAPTURED, SHE WOULD BE HERE 
TODAY. 
WHEN KAYLA WAS A HOSTAGE, I 
WOULD GO OUTSIDE AT NIGHT AND 
LOOK AT THE MOON, I WOULD LOOK 
AT THE MOON AND I WOULD PROMISE 
HER I WOULD DO EVERYTHING I 
COULD TO GET HER HOME. 
NOW WHEN I SEE THE MOON, I AM 
REMINDED OF MY PROMISE TO HER I 
COULDN'T KEEP. 
>> ALL KAYLA WANTED WAS TO MAKE 
IT HOME. 
WE ARE STILL WORKING TO FIND HER
AND GOD WILLING, WE WILL BRING 
HER HOME. 
KAYLA WAS BORN A MIRACLE. WE 
WERE TOLD WE WOULD NEVER HAVE A 
SECOND CHILD. 
THAT GOD GAVE US KAYLA. 
AND SHE GAVE HERSELF TO THE 
WORLD. 
EIGHT MONTHS INTO KAYLA'S 
CAPTIVITY, ANOTHER HOSTAGE WAS 
ABLE TO SMUGGLE OUT A LETTER 
KAYLA HAD WRITTEN. 
AS WE READ IT, WE COULD SEE 
THAT GOD WAS HOLDING HER IN HIS 
ARMS. 
IN HER WORDS, SHE FELT TENDERLY 
CRADLED AND, SHE ALSO WROTE I 
HAVE ALSO BEEN SHOWN THE 
DARKNESS LATE AND LEARNED THAT 
EVEN IN PRISON, ONE CAN BE 
FREE. 
I AM GRATEFUL. 
I HAVE HAD MANY HOURS TO THINK 
HOW ONLY IN YOUR ABSENCE HAVE I 
FINALLY, AT 25 YEARS OLD, COME 
TO REALIZE YOUR PLACE IN MY 
LIFE. 
NONE OF US COULD HAVE KNOWN IT 
WOULD BE THIS LONG, BUT NO I AM 
ALSO FIGHTING FOR MY SIDE IN 
THE WAYS I AM ABLE AND I HAVE A 
LOT OF FIGHT LEFT INSIDE OF ME. 
I AM NOT BREAKING DOWN, AND I 
WILL NOT GIVE IN, NO MATTER HOW 
LONG IT TAKES. 
KAYLA TAUGHT ME SO MANY THINGS 
AS HER MOM. 
SHE IS STILL TEACHING US. 
CARL AND I SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP 
BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENT TO 
MAKE AND KEEP AMERICA GREAT. 
NOT WITH THE POWER OF THE 
GOVERNMENT, BUT WITH THE 
PASSION OF PEOPLE LIKE KAYLA, 
AMERICANS WHO EVEN IN THE 
DARKEST DAYS, ALWAYS HAVE MORE 
FIGHT LEFT INSIDE OF THEM. 
AMERICANS WHO DO NOT JUST TALK, 
THEY ACT. 
THAT WAS OUR DAUGHTER. 
THAT IS PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS 
LONG AS WE STAY STRONG LIKE 
KAYLA, AS LONG AS WE REFUSE TO 
BREAK, WE WILL BE GREAT. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> I AM FREE TO HUG MY FAMILY. 
I AM FREE TO START OVER. 
THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY 
LIFE. 
MY HEART IS JUST BURSTING WITH 
GRATITUDE. 
I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT 
DONALD JOHN TRUMP. 
>> ALMOST ALL PEOPLE SAY THE 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM WOULD 
NEVER PASS, BUT WE CAME 
TOGETHER AS A GROUP, WE WORKED 
ACROSS PARTY LINES, AND WE GOT 
IT DONE. 
>> I AM AN EXAMPLE OF A WOMAN 
WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN A SECOND 
CHANCE IN LIFE. 
GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS 
AMERICA. 
>>> GOOD EVENING. 
I AM ALICE MARIE JOHNSON. 
I WAS ONCE TOLD THAT THE ONLY 
WAY I WOULD EVER BE REUNITED 
WITH MY FAMILY WOULD BE AS A 
CORPSE. 
BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND 
THE COMPASSION OF PRESIDENT 
DONALD JOHN TRUMP, I STAND 
BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, AND I 
ASSURE YOU, I AM NOT A GHOST. 
I AM ALIVE. I AM WELL. 
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM FREE.
IN 1996, I BEGAN SERVING TIME 
IN PRISON. 
LIFE PLUS 25 YEARS. 
I HAD NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE. 
I WAS A FIRST TIME NONVALID 
OFFENDER. 
WHAT I DID WAS WRONG. 
I MADE DECISIONS THAT I REGRET. 
SOME SAY YOU DO THE CRIME, YOU 
DO THE TIME. 
HOWEVER, THAT TIME SHOULD BE 
FAIR AND JUST. 
WE HAVE ALL MADE MISTAKES. 
NONE OF US WANT TO BE DEFINED 
FOREVER BASED ON OUR WORST 
DECISION. 
WHILE IN PRISON, I BECAME A 
PLAYWRIGHT, A MENTOR, A 
CERTIFIED HOSPICE VOLUNTEER, AND
AN ORDAINED MINISTER, AND 
RECEIVED THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS 
EVENT COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR 
AWARD, FOR MY WORK WITH 
DISABLED WOMEN. 
BECAUSE THE ONLY THING WORSE 
THAN UNJUSTLY IMPRISONING MY 
BODY IS TRYING TO IMPRISON MY 
MIND. 
MY TRANSFORMATION WAS DESCRIBED 
AS EXTRAORDINARY. 
TRUTH IS, THERE ARE THOUSANDS 
OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME, WHO 
DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME 
HOME. 
I NEVER STOPPED FIGHTING FOR MY 
FREEDOM. 
MY CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE 
PRAYERS OF SO MANY KEPT HOPE 
ALIVE. 
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP HEARD 
ABOUT ME, ABOUT THE INJUSTICE 
OF MY STORY, HE SAW ME AS A 
PERSON. 
HE HAD COMPASSION. 
AND HE ACTED. 
FREE IN BODY, THANKS TO 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
BUT FREE IN MIND THANKS TO THE 
ALMIGHTY GOD. 
I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. 
I ALWAYS REMEMBERED THAT GOD 
KNEW MY NAME, EVEN IN MY 
DARKEST HOUR. 
BUT I NEVER FELT A PRESIDENT 
WOULD. 
WHEN I WAS RELEASED ON JUNE 
6th, 2018, I RAN ACROSS THAT 
ROAD AND HUGGED MY 
GRANDCHILDREN FOR THE FIRST 
TIME. 
I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT 
FEELING. 
AND THEN I REMEMBERED THE 
PROMISE I HAD MADE TO THE MEN 
AND WOMEN I LEFT BEHIND. 
THAT I WOULD NEVER STOP 
FIGHTING FOR THEM. 
AND I HAVEN'T. 
I AM USING MY VOICE TO TELL 
THEIR STORIES, AND I PRAY THAT 
MY FACE REMINDS YOU OF THOSE 
FORGOTTEN FACES. 
SIX MONTHS AFTER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP GRANTED ME A SECOND 
CHANCE, HE SIGNED THE FIRST 
STEP ACT INTO LAW. 
IT WAS REAL JUSTICEREFORM. 
AND IT BROUGHT JOY, HOPE, AND 
FREEDOM TO THOUSANDS OF WELL 
DESERVING PEOPLE. 
HALLELUJAH, MY FACE AND JUSTICE 
AND MERCY WAS REWARDED. 
IMAGINE, GETTING TO HUG YOUR 
LOVED ONES AGAIN, AND TO THINK, 
THIS FIRST STEP MEANT SO MUCH 
TO SO MANY. 
I CAN'T WAIT, BECAUSE WE ARE 
JUST GETTING STARTED. 
THE NEARLY 22 YEARS I SPENT IN 
PRISON WERE NOT WASTED. 
GOD HAD A PURPOSE AND A PLAN 
FOR MY LIFE. 
I WAS NOT DELAYED OR DENIED, I 
WAS DESTINED FOR SUCH A T♪IME A 
THIS. 
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL NOT JUST 
HEAR THIS MESSAGE, BUT THAT YOU 
WILL BE INSPIRED BY MY STORY, 
AND YOUR COMPASSION WOULD LEAD 
YOU TO TAKE ACTION FOR THOSE 
WHO ARE FORGOTTEN. 
THAT IS WHAT OUR PRESIDENT, 
DONALD TRUMP, DID FOR ME. 
AND FOR THAT, I WILL BE FOREVER 
GRATEFUL. 
GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND GOD BLESS 
AMERICA. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT 
AMERICAN SUCCESS STORIES, A 
BUILDER WHO LEFT HIS MARK ON 
SKYLINES AROUND THE WORLD. 
A BUSINESSMAN WITH AN 
EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO 
COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
A LEADER WHO GREW TIRED OF 
POLITICIANS, LEADING OUR 
COUNTRY DOWN THE ROAD TO RUIN. 
HE DID NOT DO IT FOR MONEY OR 
POWER OR FAME, HE HAD ALL THAT. 
HE DID IT BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE 
FOR OUR GREAT COUNTRY. 
>> AND WE WILL MAKE AMERICA 
GREAT AGAIN. 
>> DONALD J TRUMP BEAT THE ODDS
, SMASHED THE ESTABLISHMENT, 
AND WON THE PRESIDENCY FOR THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
>> DONALD TRUMP HAS DEFEATED 
HILLARY CLINTON TO BECOME 
PRESIDENT ELECT. 
>> HILLARY CLINTON HAS PULLED 
DONALD TRUMP TO CONCEDE THE 
RACE. 
>> IT HAS BEEN A HISTORIC 
NIGHT. 
>> WASHINGTON, D.C., THE 
ESTABLISHMENT, IS TERRIFIED, 
AND THEY SHOULD BE. 
THEY ARE ALL, ALL 
,. FOUGHT BACK. 
DEMOCRATS OBSTRUCTION. 
FUNNY INVESTIGATIONS. 
THE DISHONEST MEDIA. 
AN INCREDIBLE 92% OF STORIES 
ARE NEGATIVE YOUR. 
>> PRESIDENT HAS SEEN ANYTHING 
LIKE IT. 
>> DESPITE EVERYTHING THEY 
THREW AT HIM, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DELIVERED TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE AND HE DELIVERED LIKE 
NEVER BEFORE, BUILDING THE 
STRONGEST ECONOMY IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY, 7 MILLION NEW JOBS, 
THE LOWEST EVER UNEMPLOYMENT 
FOR BLACK AND HISPANIC 
AMERICANS, ENDING THE BIDEN ERA 
OF LOPSIDED TRADE DEALS THAT 
SENT OUR FACTORIES OVERSEAS, 
PASING THE HISTORIC USMCA, 
TAKING ON CHINA, WINNING THE 
TRADE WAR, PROTECTING AND 
STRENGTHENING MEDICARE AND 
SOCIAL SECURITY, LOWERING THE 
COST OF INSULIN, DELIVERING IN 
THE FIRST REAL DROP IN DRUG 
PRICES IN 50 YEARS. 
RESTORING OUR MILITARY. 
FIXING THE VA. 
BRINGING OUR TROOPS HOME. 
AND TAKING THE WORLD'S 
DEADLIEST TERRORISTS OFF THE 
BATTLEFIELD. 
AL-BAGHDADI, ISIS, BROUGHT TO 
JUSTICE. 
MOVING AMERICA'S EMBASSY TO 
JERUSALEM. 
A NEW ERA OF STRENGTH AND 
SOLIDARITY WITH OUR ALLY, 
ISRAEL. 
NEGOTIATING A HISTORIC PEACE 
DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 
SECURING OUR BORDER. 
MILES OF NEW BORDER WALL BEING 
BUILT. 
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DROPPED TO 
THE LOWEST POINT IN A DECADE. 
TACKLING THE CORONAVIRUS HIT 
ON. 
BANNING TRAVEL FROM CHINA. 
MOBILIZING GOVERNMENT, 
BUSINESS, AND THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE TO MANUFACTURE MASKS, 
VENTILATORS, AND MEDICAL 
SUPPLIES, AND LAUNCHING 
OPERATION WARP SPEED, AN 
UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT TO DEVELOP 
A VACCINE TO ERADICATE THE 
CORONAVIRUS FROM THE FACE OF 
THE EARTH IN RECORD TIME. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 
ACCOMPLISHED MORE FOR THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE IN 4 YEARS THAN 
ANY OTHER PRESIDENT IN HISTORY, 
AND IN HIS 2ND TERM, HE WILL 
LEAD AMERICA TO EVEN GREATER 
HEIGHTS, DRAINING THE SWAMP, 
REBUILDING THE ECONOMY, 
BUILDING BRINGING BACK MILLIONS 
OF JOBS, CREATING 10 MILLION 
NEW JOBS IN 10 MONTHS. 
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL 
AMERICANS, NOT JUST THOSE AT 
THE TOP. 
LOWERING DRUG COSTS. 
EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIGH 
QUALITY HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY 
AMERICAN FAMILY. 
DEFENDING AMERICANS POLICE. 
RESTORING LAW AND ORDER TO OUR 
CITIES. 
STOPPING ILLEGALLY MINIMUM 
IMMIGRATION AND PROTECTING 
AMERICAN FAMILIES AND ENDING 
AMERICAN'S RELIANCE ON CHINA, 
ONCE AND FOR ALL. 
BRINGING BACK JOBS AND 
FACTORIES. 
MAKING MEDICINE AND PRODUCTS IN 
AMERICA AGAIN. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL REBUILD 
AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE, WE 
KNEW HOPE, AND OUR 
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT FOR A 
NEW GENERATION, AND RESTORE THE 
AMERICAN DREAM. 
IT WOULD BE EASY, NEVER PRETTY. 
THE SWAMP WILL CONTINUE TO 
FIGHT HIM EVERY STEP OF THE 
WAY. 
BUT UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, OUR 
FAMILIES WILL THRIVE, OUR 
INCOMES WILL RISE, OUR 
COMMUNITIES WILL BE KEPT SAFE, 
OUR FACTORIES WILL FLOURISH, 
OUR FLAG WILL FLY. 
OUR COUNTRY WILL SOAR AND WE 
WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. 
(APPLAUSE) 
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 
WELCOME IVANKA TRUMP. 
♪ ♪ ♪ (APPLAUSE)
(APPLAUSE) 
>> GOOD EVENING. 
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO SEND 
A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO EVERYONE 
WHO HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY 
HURRICANE LAURA. 
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU. 
THE PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO 
SUPPORT YOU EVERY STEP OF THE 
WAY, AND JUST LIKE AMERICANS 
ALWAYS DO, THE NATION WILL COME 
TOGETHER TO HELP YOU REBUILD 
YOUR HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND 
COMMUNITIES STRONGER AND MORE 
RESILIENT THAN EVER BEFORE. 
(APPLAUSE) 4 YEARS AGO, I 
INTRODUCED TO YOU A BUILDER, AN 
ENTREPRENEUR, AN OUTSIDER, AND 
PEOPLE'S NOMINEE, THE PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
TONIGHT I STAND BEFORE YOU AS 
THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF THE 
PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT. 
(APPLAUSE) HE IS OUR COMMANDER-
IN-CHIEF, CHAMPION OF THE 
AMERICAN WORKER, DEFENDER OF 
COMMON SENSE. 
AND OUR VOICE FOR THE FORGOTTEN 
MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY, 
HE IS OUR PRESIDENT AND MY 
FATHER, DONALD J TRUMP. 
(APPLAUSE) THIS EVENING I WANT 
TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE LEADER I 
KNOW AND THE MOMENTS I WISH 
EVERY AMERICAN COULD SEE. 
I WANT TO TELL YOU THE STORY OF 
A PRESIDENT WHO IS FIGHTING FOR 
YOU, FROM DAWN TO MIDNIGHT, 
WHEN THE CAMERAS HAVE LEFT, THE 
MICROPHONES ARE OFF, AND THE 
DECISIONS REALLY COUNT. 
WHEN JARRETT AND I MOVED WITH 
OUR 3 YOUNG CHILDREN TO 
WASHINGTON, WE DIDN'T EXACTLY 
KNOW WHAT WE WERE IN FOR, BUT 
OUR KIDS -- ARE KIDS LOVED IT 
FROM THE START. 
MY SON, JOSEPH, PROMPTLY 
(INAUDIBLE) GRAB OUR LEG A 
REPLICA OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 
THE PRESIDENT STILL DISPLAYS IT 
ON THE MANTLE IN THE OVAL 
OFFICE RIGHT OVER THE DOOR, SO 
YOU CAN SHOW WORLD LEADERS, 
JUST SO HE KNOW HE HAS THE 
GREATEST GRANDCHILDREN ON 
EARTH. 
(APPLAUSE) I AGREE. 
(LAUGHS) (APPLAUSE) OVER THE 
LAST 4 YEARS, WE'VE LEARNED A 
LOT. 
I'VE SEEN IN WASHINGTON IT'S 
EASY FOR POLITICIANS TO SURVIVE 
IF THEY SILENCE THEIR 
CONVICTIONS AND SKIP THE HARD 
FIGHTS. 
I COULDN'T BELIEVE SO MANY 
POLITICIANS ACTUALLY PREFER TO 
COMPLAIN ABOUT A PROBLEM RATHER 
THAN FIX IT. 
I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE PEOPLE 
LEAVE MAJOR CAP CHALLENGES 
UNFOLD SO THEY COULD BLAME THE 
OTHER SIDE, CAMPAIGN ON THE 
SAME ISSUE IN THE NEXT 
ELECTION. 
BUT JOHN TRUMP DID NOT COME TO 
WASHINGTON TO WIN PRAISE OF THE 
ELITES. 
DONALD TRUMP CAME TO WASHINGTON 
FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON 
ALONE, TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN!
>> (APPLAUSE) MY FATHER HAS 
STRONG CONVICTIONS. 
HE KNOWS WHAT HE BELIEVES AND 
HE SAYS WHAT HE THINKS. 
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH HIM OR 
NOT, YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHERE HE 
STANDS. 
I RECOGNIZE THAT MY DAD'S 
COMMUNICATION STYLE IS NOT 
EVERYONE'S TASTE. 
AND I KNOW THAT HIS TWEETS CAN 
FEEL A BIT UNFILTERED. 
BUT THE RESULTS -- THE RESULTS 
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 
(APPLAUSE) HE IS SO 
UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT HIS 
DISBELIEF THAT HE HAS CAUSED ME 
AND COUNTLESS AMERICANS TO TAKE 
A HARD LOOK AT OUR OWN 
CONVICTIONS AND ASK YOURSELF, 
WHAT DO WE STAND FOR? 
WHAT KIND OF AMERICA DO WE WANT 
TO LEAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN? 
I AM MORE CERTAIN THAN EVER 
BEFORE WE WANT A FUTURE WHERE 
OUR KIDS CAN BELIEVE IN 
AMERICAN GREATNESS. 
WE WANT A SOCIETY WHERE EVERY 
CHILD CAN LIVE IN A SAFE 
COMMUNITY AND GO TO A GRADE 
SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE. 
(APPLAUSE) WE WANT A CULTURE 
WHERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION 
AND DEBATE ARE ENCOURAGED, NOT 
CANCELED, WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT 
IS RESPECTED, WHERE OUR 
COUNTRY'S RICH DIVERSITY IS 
CELEBRATED, AND WHERE PEOPLE OF 
ALL BACKGROUNDS, RACES, 
GENDERS, AND CREEDS HAVE THE 
CHANCE TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOD 
GIVEN POTENTIAL. 
THIS IS THE FUTURE MY FATHER IS 
WORKING TO BUILD EACH AND EVERY 
DAY. 
(APPLAUSE) BUILDING, AFTER ALL, 
IT'S WHAT HE HAS DONE HIS WHOLE 
LIFE. 
HE HAS ADMIRED AND BEFRIENDED 
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON 
COUNTLESS JOB SITES. 
BUT IT HAS BEEN A NEW AND 
PROFOUND EXPERIENCE FOR HE 
MEANT FOR ME TO SEE THESE STOIC 
MACHINISTS AND STEEL WORKERS 
COME TAKING WITH THAT HERE IN 
THERE I AND THANK HIM FOR BEING 
THE ONLY PERSON WILLING TO GO 
TO THE MATH FOR THEM, FOR THEIR 
JOBS, FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND 
FOR THEIR FUTURES. 
TO THE HARDWORKING MEN AND 
WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA AND HERE 
TONIGHT, YOU ARE THE REASON MY 
FATHER FIGHTS WITH ALL OF HIS 
HEART AND ALL OF HIS MIGHT. 
YOU ARE THE REASON HE RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE, 
AND YOU ARE THE REASON HE IS 
GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR 4 
MORE YEARS! 
(APPLAUSE) 
>> FOR MORE YEARS! 
FOR MORE YEARS! 
(APPLAUSE) 4 MORE YEARS! 
>> 
>> (LAUGHS) 4 MORE YEARS! 
I REMEMBER, ONE EVENING IN 
EARLY FEBRUARY OF 2018, WE WERE 
IN THE OVAL OFFICE WHERE MY 
FATHER IS TOP ECONOMIC 
ADVISERS. 
THE PRESIDENT WAS PUSHING TO 
KEEP THE PROMISE HE MADE TO 
RENEGOTIATE BAD TRADE DEALS 
THAT HAD GUTTED MILLIONS OF 
MIDDLE CLASS JOBS. 
MOST OF HIS ADVISERS ARGUED 
THAT THE ECONOMY WAS SO STRONG, 
FOLLOWING OUR HISTORIC TAX AND 
REGULATORY CUTS, THAT IT DIDN'T 
MAKE SENSE TO RISK ROCKING THE 
BOAT. 
AFTER THE MEETING, AS I WALKED 
WITH MY FATHER BACK TOWARD THE 
RESIDENCE, HE SAID, " YOU KNOW, 
THE REASON THIS HAS NEVER BEEN 
DONE BEFORE IT IS OUR LEADERS 
NEVER HAVE THE GUTS. 
WHEN THE ECONOMY IS GOOD, THEY 
SETTLE FOR THE GUARD AND WHEN 
THINGS ARE BAD THEY DON'T HAVE 
THE WILLOW THE ABILITY AND SO 
THEY KICK THE CAN UNTIL IT'S 
SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM. 
" HE WAS RIGHT. 
IF MY FATHER DIDN'T TAKE ON 
THESE FIGHTS, NO ONE WOULD. 
IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSED TO 
SETTLE FOR A GOOD DEAL. 
HE WANTED A GREAT DEAL, AND 
ULTIMATELY THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT 
WE GOT. 
(APPLAUSE) I REMEMBER EACH TIME 
HE WAS UPDATED ON THE PROGRESS 
OF THE NEW TRADE DEAL WITH 
MEXICO AND CANADA HE WOULD SAY 
DON'T LET DOWN THOSE DAIRY 
FARMERS WE MET IN WISCONSIN. 
I DON'T WANT THEM TO LIKE THE 
SCALE, I WANT THEM TO LOVE IT. 
(APPLAUSE) TODAY, IN THE MIDST 
OF THIS UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC, IT'S MORE CLEAR THAN 
EVER THAT OUR PRESIDENT WAS 
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT TO TAKE ON 
TRADE WHEN HE DID AND BRING OUR 
JOBS, OUR FACTORIES, AND OUR 
LIFESAVING MEDICINES BACK TO 
THE USA. 
(APPLAUSE) AS OUR NATION 
ENDURES THIS GREAT TRIAL, I 
PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES WHO ARE 
MOURNING THE LOSS OF THE LOVED 
ONES, FOR THOSE WHO ARE 
BATTLING COVID-19, AND FOR THE 
FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTH 
CARE HEROES WHO REMAIN ON THE 
FRONLINE OF THIS FLIGHT. 
THE GRIEF, THOROUGH, AND 
ANXIETY DURING THIS TIME IT 
FELT BY ALL. 
I'VE BEEN WITH MY FATHER AND 
I'VE SEEN THE PAIN IN HIS EYES 
WHEN HE RECEIVES UPDATES ON THE 
LIFE THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN BY 
THIS PLAYED. 
I HAVE WITNESSED HIM MAKE SOME 
OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS 
OF HIS LIFE. 
I SAT WITH HIM IN THE OVAL 
OFFICE AS HE STOPPED TRAVEL TO 
EUROPE. 
I WATCHED HIM TAKE THE 
STRONGEST, MOST INCLUSIVE 
ECONOMY IN A LIFETIME, THE 
LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT IN HALF A 
CENTURY, AND THE HIGHEST WAGE 
INCREASE FOR WORKING FAMILIES 
IN DECADES, AND CLOSE IT DOWN 
TO SAVE AMERICAN LIVES. 
(APPLAUSE) IT IS WHY OUR 
PRESIDENT RAPIDLY MOBILIZED THE 
FULL FORCE OF GOVERNMENT AND 
THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PRODUCE 
VENTILATORS WITHIN WEEKS, TO 
BUILD THE MOST ROBUST TESTING 
SYSTEM IN THE WORLD, AND TO 
DEVELOP SAFE AND EFFECTIVE 
TREATMENTS AND VERY VERY SOON, 
A VACCINE. 
AND MY FATHER ISN'T DETERRED BY 
DEFEATIST THINKERS. 
THE WORD IMPOSSIBLE, WELL IT 
ONLY MOTIVATES HIM. 
DONALD TRUMP REJECTS THE 
CYNICAL NOTION THAT THIS 
COUNTRY'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS 
ARE BEHIND US. 
HE BELIEVES THAT NOTHING IS 
BEYOND OUR REACH, AND THAT THE 
BEST IS YET TO COME. 
(APPLAUSE) I HAVE SEEN ALL OF 
MY LIFE HOW MY DAD BELIEVES IN 
THE POTENTIAL OF EACH 
INDIVIDUAL. 
EARLIER THIS EVENING WE WERE 
ALL INSPIRED BY THE INCREDIBLE 
TESTIMONY OF ALICE JOHNSON, A 
GREAT GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS 
SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR 
A FIRST TIME NONVIOLENT DRUG 
OFFENSE. 
I WAS WITH MY FATHER WHEN HE 
DECIDED TO COMMUTE ALICE SAYS 
LIFE SENTENCE. 
TODAY I GET WE WATCHED A LIST 
LEAVE BRITAIN AFTER NEARLY 22 
YEARS. 
AS SHE RAN INTO THE ARMS OF HER 
FAMILY AND THEY CELEBRATED A 
JOYFUL REUNION, MY FATHER GOT 
VERY QUIET. 
I COULD SEE THE EMOTION ON HIS 
FACE. 
AFTER A LONG SILENCE, HE LOOKED 
AT ME AND SAID, " IMAGINE HOW 
MANY PEOPLE THERE ARE JUST LIKE 
ALICE. 
" FROM THAT POINT ON HE BECAME 
A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN 
UNFAIRLY SOUND IN OUR PRISON 
SYSTEM. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP RECTIFIED THE 
DISPARITIES OF THE 1994 BIDEN 
CRIME BILL THAT 
DISPROPORTIONATELY HURT AFRICAN 
AMERICANS. 
(APPLAUSE) AGAINST ALL ODDS, 
YOU BROUGHT TOGETHER 
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND 
PASSED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM OF OUR 
GENERATION, AND WE ARE JUST 
GETTING STARTED. 
(APPLAUSE) MY FATHER DID NOT 
CAMPAIGN ON THIS ISSUE. 
HE TACKLED THIS INJUSTICE 
BECAUSE HE HAS UGLY DEEP 
CONFESSION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE 
BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY. 
MORE THAN RHETORIC AND 
POLITICAL POSE, THE ABILITY TO 
BUILD CONSENSUS AND ACHIEVE 
BIPARTISAN SUCCESS WILL HELP 
HEAL OUR COUNTRY'S RACIAL 
INEQUITIES AND BRING US FORWARD 
TOGETHER. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ADVANCING 
THE AMERICAN VALUES OF WORK AND 
FAMILY. 
4 YEARS AGO IN CLEVELAND, I 
SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD 
DELIVER FOR WORKING WOMEN. 
LAST YEAR, OVER 70% OF ALL NEW 
JOBS WERE SECURED BY WOMEN. 
(APPLAUSE) 4 YEARS AGO, I TOLD 
YOU MY FATHER WOULD FOCUS ON 
MAKING CHILDCARE AFFORDABLE AND 
ACCESSIBLE. 
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST 
TERM, WE SECURED THE LARGEST 
EVER INCREASE FOR CHILDCARE 
FUNDING, GIVING MORE THAN 
800,000 LOW INCOME FAMILIES 
GREAT CHILDCARE AND AT A COST 
THEY CAN AFFORD. 
AS PART OF REPUBLICAN TAX CUTS, 
IN 2019 ALONE, OUR CHILD TAX 
CREDIT OF OVER $2,000 INTO THE 
POCKETS OF 40 MILLION AMERICAN 
FAMILIES. 
(APPLAUSE) DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS 
RECENTLY INTRODUCED A PLAN TO 
INCREASE THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. 
YET, WHEN I WAS FIGHTING 3 
YEARS AGO WITH THE PRESIDENT'S 
DIRECTION TO GET TO CONGRESS TO 
DOUBLE THE CHILD TAX CREDIT, 
NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED TO 
PASS THE LAW. 
WE GOT IT DONE ANYWAY. 
4 YEARS AGO, I PROMISE THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD SUPPORT 
MOTHERS IN THE WORKFORCE. 
IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, HE 
SIGNED INTO LAW THE FIRST EVER 
NATIONAL PAID LEAVE TAX CREDIT. 
TODAY, 8 MILLION MORE AMERICANS 
HAE ACCESS TO THIS BENEFIT. 
4 YEARS AGO, I SAID AMERICANS 
NEEDED AN ECONOMY THAT PERMITS 
PEOPLE TO RISE AGAIN. 
DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST 
YEAR 3 YEARS IN OFFICE, 72% OF 
ALL NEW JOBS WENT TO AMERICANS 
WHO HAD BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE 
WORKFORCE. 
4 YEARS AGO, I TOLD YOU I WOULD 
FIGHT ALONGSIDE MY FATHER, AND 
40 YEARS LATER, HERE I AM. 
MANY OF THE PEOPLE MY FATHER 
HAS CHAMPIONED ARE NOT 
HISTORICALLY REPUBLICAN 
PRIORITIES. 
YET, WHEN WASHINGTON CHOOSES 
SIDES, OUR PRESIDENT CHOOSES 
COMMON SENSE. 
WHEN POLITICIANS CHOOSE PARTY, 
OUR PRESIDENT CHOOSES PEOPLE. 
SINCE THE DAY HE TOOK THE OATH 
OF OFFICE, I HAVE WATCHED MY 
FATHER TAKE ON THE FAILED 
POLICIES OF THE PAST, AND YOU 
WOULD KNOW LEADER HAS DONE 
BEFORE. 
RECENTLY, HE TOOK DRAMATIC 
ACTION TO CUT THE COST OF 
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 
DESPITE FIELDING ANGRY CALLS 
FROM THE CEOS OF NEARLY EVERY 
MAJOR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY. 
NOW, WHEN WE SEE ATTACK ADS 
PAID FOR BY BIG PHARMA, MY DAD 
SMILES, AND SAYS TO ME, YOU 
KNOW, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING 
RIGHT IF THEY HIT US SO HARD. 
IT THIS SPRING, OUR PRESIDENT 
SAW THAT AMERICAN CROPS WERE 
GOING TO WASTE BECAUSE FOOD 
SUPPLY TRAINS WERE DISRUPTED BY 
THE VIRUS. 
HE DIRECTED SECRETARY PURDUE, 
AND, ME TO GET NUTRITIOUS FOOD, 
FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, MEAT, 
AND, DAIRY TO FAMILIES MOST IN 
NEED. 
WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS, WE 
LAUNCH THE FARMERS TO FAMILY 
FOOD BOX PROGRAM, WHICH NOW 
DELIVERED OVER 100 MILLION 
MEALS INTO THE HANDS OF 
AMERICAN FAMILIES. 
-TO-ONE TO PROTECT THE MOST 
VULNERABLE AMONG US, I HAVE 
WORKED ALONGSIDE THE PRESIDENT 
AS HE SIGNED INTO LAW, 9 PIECES 
OF LEGISLATION TO COMBAT THE 
EVIL OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
IHAVE STOOD BY MY FATHER SIDE 
AS HE IS RECEIVED OUR FALLEN 
HEROES. 
EACH TIME, IT HAS STEELED HIS 
RESOLVE TO FINALLY STOP, 
FINALLY, THE ENDLESS FOREIGN 
WAR US ON. 
TO CHANGE THE PARADIGM IN THE 
MIDDLE EAST, HE TOOK A FRESH 
APPROACH. 
I HEARD FOREIGN LEADERS BEGGED 
HIM TO NOT MOVE THE AMERICAN 
EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM, YET, HE 
DELIVERED ON A PROMISE ALSO 
MADE, AND UNFULFILLED, BY PAST 
PRESIDENTS. 
MY FATHER KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT 
THING TO DO. 
DEFYING ALL EXPECTATIONS, JUST 
WEEKS AGO, HE RE-WROTE HISTORY 
AGAIN BY MAKING A PEACE 
AGREEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 
THE BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH IN A 
QUARTER CENTURY. 
FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN A LONG 
TIME, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO 
IS CALLED OUT WASHINGTON'S 
APOCRYPHAL, AND THEY HATE HIM 
FOR IT. 
DEBT, PEOPLE ATTACK YOU FOR 
BEING UNCONVENTIONAL, BUT I 
LOVE YOU FOR BEING REAL. 
I RESPECT YOU FOR BEING 
EFFECTIVE. 
OUR PRESIDENT REFUSES TO 
SURRENDER OUR BELIEFS TO SCORE 
POINTS WITH THE POLITICAL 
ELITE. 
TO MY FATHER, YOU ARE THE 
ELITE. 
YOU ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE HE 
CARES ABOUT SCORING POINTS 
WITH. 
IF THIS PROBLEMS WERE EASY TO 
SOLVE, PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS 
WOULD HAVE DONE SO. 
BUT YOU DON'T ACHIEVE DIFFERENT 
RESULTS BY DOING THINGS THE 
SME WAY. 
WASHINGTON HAS NOT CHANGED 
DONALD TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP HAS 
CHANGED WASHINGTON. 
>> AMERICA DOES NOT NEED 
ANOTHER EMPTY VESSEL WHO WILL 
DO AT THE MEDIA, AND THE 
FRINGES OF HIS PARTY DEMAND. 
NOW, MORE THAN EVER, AMERICA 
NEEDS 4 MORE YEARS OF A WARRIOR 
IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 
TONIGHT, I COULD NOT BE MORE 
PROUD TO INTRODUCE MY FATHER. 
A MAN I KNOW WAS MADE FOR THIS 
EXACT MOMENT IN HISTORY. 
MY FELLOW AMERICANS, OUR FIRST 
LADY, AND THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES, DONALD J 
TRUMP. 
>> 4 MORE YEARS! 
4 MORE YEARS! 
FOR MORE YEARS! 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
FRIENDS, DELEGATES, 
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, PLEASE. 
I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, 
HONORED BY YOUR SUPPORT, PROUD 
OF THE EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS 
WE HAVE MADE TOGETHER, OVER THE 
LAST 4 INCREDIBLY YEARS. 
AND BRIMMING WITH CONFIDENCE, 
IN THE BRIGHT FUTURE, WE WILL 
BUILD FOR AMERICA, OVER THE 
NEXT 4 YEARS. 
WE BEGIN THIS EVENING, OUR 
THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE WONDERFUL 
PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST COME 
THROUGH THE RAFT OF HURRICANE 
LAURA. 
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH 
STATE, AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. 
IN TEXAS, LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, 
MISSISSIPPI, SPARING NO EFFORT 
TO SAVE LIVES. 
WELL THE HURRICANE WAS FIERCE, 
ONE OF THE STRONGEST TO MAKE 
LANDFALL, IN 150 YEARS, THE 
CASUALTIES, AND DAMAGE, WERE 
FAR LESS THAN THOUGHT POSSIBLE, 
ONLY 24 HOURS AGO. 
THIS IS DUE TO THE GREAT WORK 
THAT FEMA, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND 
THE INDIVIDUAL STATES. 
I WILL BE GOING, THIS WEEKEND, 
AND CONGRATULATING THEM FOR THE 
GREAT JOB OUT THERE. 
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
WE ARE ONE NATIONAL FAMILY. 
WE WILL ALWAYS PROTECT, LOVE, 
AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER. 
HERE TONIGHT, THE PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE MADE MY JOURNEY POSSIBLE, 
AND FILLED MY LIFE WITH SO MUCH 
JOY. 
FOR HER INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO 
HER NATION, AND OUR CHILDREN, I 
WANT TO THANK OUR MAGNIFICENT 
FIRST LADY. 
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY AMAZING 
DAUGHTER, IVANKA, FOR THAT 
INTRODUCTION. 
AND TO ALL OF MY CHILDREN, A 
VOLUNTEER, PLEASE STAND UP. 
TO ALL OF MY CHILDREN, AND 
GRANDCHILDREN, I LOVE YOU MORE 
THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS. 
I KNOW THAT MY BROTHER ROBERT 
IS LOOKING DOWN ON US, RIGHT 
NOW, FROM HEAVEN. 
HE WAS A GREAT BROTHER, AND WAS 
VERY PROUD OF THE JOB WE ARE 
ALL DOING. 
THANK YOU. 
WE LOVE YOUR ROBERT. 
. LET US ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO 
SHARE OUR PROFOUND APPRECIATION 
FOR A MAN WHO IS ALWAYS 
FOXBOROUGH SITE, AND STOOD UP 
FOR OUR VALUES. 
A MAN OF DEEP FAITH. 
AND STEADFAST CONVICTION. 
OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE PENCE. 
MIKE IS JOINED BY HIS BELOVED 
WIFE, AND TEACHER, AND MILITARY 
MOM, KAREN PENCE. 
THANK YOU KAREN. 
UP MY FELLOW AMERICANS. 
TONIGHT WITH A HEART FULL OF 
GRATITUDE, AND BOUNDLESS 
OPTIMISM, I PROFOUNDLY EXCEPT 
THIS NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
>> USA! 
USA! 
USA! 
>> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE 
PARTY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, GOES 
FORWARD, UNITED, DETERMINED, 
AND READY, TO WELCOME MILLIONS 
OF DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, AND 
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN THE 
GREATNESS OF AMERICA, AND THE 
RIGHTEOUS HEART OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
. IN A NEW TERM AS PRESIDENT, 
WE WILL, AGAIN, BUILD THE 
GREATEST ECONOMY IN HISTORY. 
WE WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO FULL 
EMPLOYMENT, SOARING INCOMES, 
AND RECORD PROSPERITY. 
WE WILL DEFEND AMERICA AGAINST 
ALL THREATS, AND PROTECT 
AMERICA AGAINST ALL DANGEROUS. 
WE WILL LEAD AMERICA INTO NEW 
FRONTIERS OF AMBITION, AND 
DISCOVERY. 
WE WILL REACH, FOOD YOU 
HEIGHTS, OF NATIONAL 
ACHIEVEMENT. 
WE WILL REKINDLE NEW FAITH AND 
OUR VALUES. 
IN OUR PRIDE, IN OUR HISTORY, 
AND IN A NOOSE PERIOD OF UNITY 
THAT CAN ONLY BE REALIZED FOR 
OUR GREAT COUNTRY. 
BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT 
AMERICA IS NOT A LAND CLOCKED 
IN DARKNESS, AMERICA IS THE 
TORCH THAT ENLIGHTENS THE 
ENTIRE WORLD. 
(APPLAUSE) GATHERED HERE AT OUR 
BEAUTIFUL AND MAJESTIC WHITE 
HOUSE, KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD 
AS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE, WE 
CANNOT HELP BUT MARVEL AT THE 
MIRACLE THAT IS OUR GREAT 
AMERICAN STORY. 
THIS HAS BEEN THE HOME OF 
LARGER THAN LIFE FIGURES LIKE 
TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND ANDREW 
JACKSON, WHO RALLIED AMERICANS 
TO BOTH VISIONS OF A BIGGER AND 
BRIGHTER FUTURE. 
WITHIN THESE WALLS LIVED 
TENACIOUS GENERALS LIKE 
PRESIDENT GRANT AND EISENHOWER, 
WHO LED OUR SOLDIERS IN THE 
CAUSE OF FREEDOM. 
FROM THESE GROUNDS, THOMAS 
JEFFERSON SENT LEWIS AND CLARK 
ON A DARING EXPEDITION TO 
CRUISE THE WILD AND UNCHARTED 
CONTINENT IN THE DEPTHS OF A 
BLOODY CIVIL WAR, PRESIDENT 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN LOOKED AT THESE 
VERY WINDOWS UPON A HAVE 
COMPLETED WASHINGTON MONUMENT 
AND ASKED GOD IN HIS PROVIDENCE 
TO SAVE OUR NATION. 
2 WEEKS AFTER PEARL HARBOR, 
FRANKLIN DELENA ROOSEVELT 
WELCOMED WINSTON CHURCHILL AND 
JUST INSIDE, THEY SET OUR 
PEOPLE ON A COURSE TO VICTORY 
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 
IN RECENT MONTHS, OUR NATION 
AND THE ENTIRE PLANET HAS BEEN 
STRUCK BY A NEW AND POWERFUL, 
INVISIBLE ENEMY. 
LIKE THOSE BRAVE AMERICANS 
BEFORE US, WE ARE MEETING THIS 
CHALLENGE. 
WE ARE DELIVERING LIFESAVING 
THERAPIES, AND WILL PRODUCE A 
VACCINE BEFORE THE END OF THE 
YEAR, OR MAYBE EVEN SOONER. 
(APPLAUSE) WE WILL DEFEAT THE 
VIRUS, AND THE PANDEMIC, AND 
EMERGE STRONGER THAN EVER 
BEFORE. 
(APPLAUSE) WHAT UNITED 
GENERATIONS PAST WAS AN 
UNSHAKABLE CONFIDENCE IN 
AMERICA'S DESTINY AND AN 
UNBREAKABLE FAITH IN THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
THEY KNEW THAT OUR COUNTRY IS 
BLESSED BY GOD AND HAS A 
SPECIAL PURPOSE IN THIS WORLD. 
IT IS THAT CONVICTION THAT 
INSPIRED THE FORMATION OF OUR 
UNION, OUR WESTWARD EXPANSION, 
THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, THE 
PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, THE 
SPACE PROGRAM, AND THE 
OVERTHROW OF FASCISM, TYRANNY 
AND COMMUNISM. 
THIS TOWERING AMERICAN SPIRIT 
HAS PREVAILED OVER EVERY 
CHALLENGE AND LIFTED US TO THE 
SUMMIT OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR. 
AN YET DESPITE ALL OUR 
GREATNESS AS A NATION, 
EVERYTHING WE HAVE ACHIEVED IS 
NOW IN DANGER. 
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
(APPLAUSE) 
>> 4 MORE YEARS! 
4 MORE YEARS! 
>> THANK YOU. 
AT NO TIME BEFORE HAVE VOTERS 
FACED A CLEAR CHOICE BETWEEN 2 
PARTIES, 2 VISIONS, 2 
PHILOSOPHIES, OR 2 AGENDAS. 
THIS ELECTION WILL DECIDE 
WHETHER WE SAVE THE AMERICAN 
DREAM OR WHETHER WE ALLOW A 
SOCIALIST AGENDA TO DEMOLISH 
OUR CHERISHED DESTINY. 
(APPLAUSE) IT WILL DECIDE 
WHETHER WE RAPIDLY CREATE 
MILLIONS OF HIGH PAYING JOBS OR 
WHETHER WE CRUSH OUR INDUSTRIES 
AND SEND MILLIONS OF THESE JOBS 
OVERSEAS AS HAS FOOLISHLY BEEN 
DONE FOR MANY DECADES. 
YOUR VOTE WILL DECIDE WHETHER 
WE PROTECT LAW-ABIDING 
AMERICANS, OR WHETHER WE GIVE 
FREE REIGN TO VIOLENT 
ANARCHISTS AND AGITATORS AND 
CRIMINALS WHO THREATEN OUR 
CITIZENS. 
AND THIS ELECTION WILL DECIDE 
WHETHER WE WILL DEFEND THE 
AMERICAN WAY OR LIFE OR WHETHER 
WE ALLOW A RADICAL MOVEMENT TO 
COMPLETELY DISMANTLE AND 
DESTROY IT. 
THAT WON'T HAPPEN. 
(APPLAUSE) AT THE DEMOCRAT 
NATIONAL CONVENTION, JOE BIDEN 
AND HIS PARTY REPEATEDLY 
ASSAILED AMERICA AS A LAND OF 
RACHEL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
SO TONIGHT I ASK YOU A SIMPLE 
QUESTION. 
HOW CAN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY 
ASKED DOES TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY 
WHEN IT SPENDS SO MUCH TIME 
TEARING DOWN OUR COUNTRY? 
(APPLAUSE) IN THE LEFT'S 
BACKWARD VIEW, THEY DO NOT SEE 
AMERICA AS THE MOST FREE, JUST, 
AND EXCEPTIONAL NATION ON 
EARTH. 
INSTEAD, THEY SEE A WICKED 
NATION THAT MUST BE PUNISHED 
FOR ITS SINS. 
OUR OPPONENTS SAY THAT 
REDEMPTION FOR YOU CAN ONLY 
COME FROM GIVING POWER TO THEM. 
THIS IS A TIRED ANTHEM SPOKEN 
BY EVERY REPRESSIVE MOVEMENT 
THROUGHOUT HISTORY. 
BUT IN THIS COUNTRY, WE DON'T 
LOOK TO CAREER POLITICIANS FOR 
SALVATION. 
IN AMERICA, WE DON'T TURN TO 
GOVERNMENT TO RESTORE 
OURSELVES. 
WE PUT OUR FAITH IN ALMIGHTY 
GOD. 
(APPLAUSE) JOE BIDEN IS NOT A 
SAVIOR OF AMERICA'S SOUL, HE IS 
THE DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S 
JOBS, AND IF GIVEN THE CHANCE 
HE WILL BE THE DESTROYER OF 
AMERICAN GREATNESS. 
FOR 47 YEARS, JOE BIDEN TOOK 
THE DONATIONS OF BLUE-COLLAR 
WORKERS, GAVE THEM HUGS AND 
EVEN KISSES, -- (LAUGHTER) 
(APPLAUSE) -- AND TOLD HIM HE 
FELT THEIR PAIN. 
AND THEN HE FLEW BACK TO 
WASHINGTON AND VOTED TO SHIP 
OUR JOBS TO CHINA AND MANY 
OTHER DISTANT LANDS. 
JOE BIDEN HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE 
CAREER OUTSOURCING THEIR DREAMS 
AND THE DREAMS OF AMERICAN 
WORKERS, OFFSHORING THEIR JOBS, 
OPENING THEIR BORDERS AND 
SENDING THEIR SONS AND 
DAUGHTERS TO FIGHT IN ENDLESS 
FOREIGN WARS, MORRIS THAT NEVER 
ENDED. 
4 YEARS AGO, I RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT BECAUSE I COULD NOT 
WATCH THIS BETRAYAL OF OUR 
COUNTRY ANY LONGER. 
I COULD NOT SIT BY AS CAREER 
POLITICIANS LET OTHER COUNTRIES 
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US ON TRADE, 
BORDERS, FOREIGN POLICY AND 
NATIONAL DEFENSE. 
OUR NATO PARTNERS, AS AN 
EXAMPLE, WERE VERY FAR BEHIND 
IN THEIR DEFENSIVE PAYMENTS. 
BUT AT MY STRONG URGING, THEY 
AGREED TO PAY 130 BILLION 
DOLLARS MORE A YEAR, THE FIRST 
TIME IN OVER 20 YEARS THAT THEY 
UPPED THEIR PAYMENTS. 
(APPLAUSE) AND THIS 130 BILLION 
DOLLARS WILL ULTIMATELY GO TO 
400 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. 
AND SECRETARY GENERAL 
STOLTENBERG, WHO HEADS NATO, 
WAS AMAZED AFTER WATCHING FOR 
SO MANY YEARS, AND SAID THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP DID WHAT NO ONE 
ELSE WAS ABLE TO DO. 
THANK YOU. 
(APPLAUSE) FROM THE MOMENT I 
LEFT MY FORMER LIFE BEHIND -- 
AND IT WAS A GOOD LIFE -- I 
HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT FIGHT FOR 
YOU. 
I DID WHAT OUR POLITICAL 
ESTABLISHMENT NEVER EXPECTED 
AND COULD NEVER FORGIVE 
BREAKING THE CARDINAL RULE OF 
WASHINGTON POLITICS, I KEPT MY 
PROMISE. 
(APPLAUSE) TOGETHER WE HAVE 
ENDED THE RULE OF THE FAILED 
POLITICAL CLASS, AND THEY ARE 
DESPERATE TO GET THEIR POWER 
BACK BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. 
YOU'VE SEEN THAT! 
THEY ARE ANGRY AT ME BECAUSE 
INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM FIRST, 
I VERY SIMPLY SAID, AMERICA 
FIRST. 
(APPLAUSE) THANK YOU. 
DAYS AFTER TAKING OFFICE WE 
SHOCKED THE WASHINGTON 
ESTABLISHMENT AND WITHDREW FROM 
THE LAST ADMINISTRATION'S JOB 
KILLING TRANS-PACIFIC 
PARTNERSHIP. 
(APPLAUSE) I THEN IMMEDIATELY 
APPROVED THE KEYSTONE XL AND 
DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINES. 
(APPLAUSE) AND IT THE UNFAIR 
AND VERY COSTLY PARIS CLIMATE 
PORK COURT. 
AND SECURED FOR THE FIRST TIME 
AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE. 
(APPLAUSE) WE PASSED RECORD-
SETTING TAXES AND REGULATION 
CUTS AT A RATE NOBODY HAD EVER 
SEEN BEFORE. 
WITHIN 3 SHORT YEARS, WE BUILT 
THE STRONGEST ECONOMY IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE WORLD. 
WASHINGTON INSIDE TO ASK ME NOT 
TO STAND UP TO CHINA, THEY 
PLEADED WITH ME TO LET CHINA 
CONTINUE STEALING OUR JOBS, 
RIPPING US OFF, AND ROBBING OUR 
COUNTRY BLIND. 
BUT I KEPT MY WORD TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
WE TOOK THE TOUGHEST, BOLDEST, 
STRONGEST AND HARDEST HITTING 
ACTION AGAINST CHINA IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY BY FAR. 
(APPLAUSE) THEY SAID THAT IT 
WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO 
TERMINATE AND REPLACE NAFTA. 
BUT AGAIN, THEY WERE WRONG. 
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I ENDED THE 
NAFTA NIGHTMARE AND SIGNED THE 
BRAND NEW U.S. MEXICO CANADA 
AGREEMENT INTO LAW. 
(APPLAUSE) AND RIGHT NOW, 
(INAUDIBLE) COMPANIES AND 
OTHERS ARE BUILDING THEIR 
PLANTS AND FACTORIES IN 
AMERICA, NOT FIRING THEIR 
EMPLOYEES, AND NOT DESERTING US 
FOR OTHER COUNTRIES. 
(APPLAUSE) AND PERHAPS NO AREA 
DID THE WASHINGTON SPECIAL 
INTERESTS TRY HARDER TO STOP US 
THAT ON MY POLICY OF PRO 
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION. 
(APPLAUSE) BUT I REFUSED TO 
BACK DOWN AND TODAY AMERICA'S 
BORDERS ARE MORE SECURE THAN 
EVER BEFORE. (APPLAUSE) THANK 
YOU. 
WE HANDED CATCH AND RELEASE, 
STOPPED ASYLUM FRAUD, TOOK DOWN 
HUMAN TRAFFICKERS WHO PREY ON 
WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE 
DEPORTED 20,000 GANG MEMBERS 
AND 500,000 CRIMINAL ALIENS. 
(APPLAUSE) WE HAVE ALREADY 
BUILT 300 MILES OF BORDER WALL 
AND WE ARE ADDING 10 NEW MILES 
EVERY SINGLE WEEK. 
THE WALL WILL SOON BE COMPLETE 
AND IT IS WORKING BEYOND OUR 
WILDEST EXPECTATIONS. 
(APPLAUSE) WE ARE JOINED THIS 
EVENING BY MEMBERS OF THE 
BORDER PATROL UNION 
REPRESENTING OUR COUNTRY IS 
COURAGEOUS BORDER AGENTS. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING 
HERE, THANK YOU, BRAVE, BRAVE 
PEOPLE! 
(APPLAUSE) YOU SEE, THIS 
COUNTRY LOVES OUR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 
BIG GLEE. 
THEY REALLY DO THAT. 
LOVE IN RESPECT. 
THEN WHEN I LEARNED THAT THE 
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY LAID 
OFF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS, AND 
FORCE THEM TO TRAIN THEIR LOWER 
PAID, FOREIGN REPLACEMENTS, I 
PROBABLY REMOVE THE CHAIRMAN OF 
THE BOARD. 
NOW, THOSE TALENTED AMERICAN 
WORKERS HAVE BEEN RE-HIRED, AND 
ARE BACK, PROVIDING POWER TO 
GEORGIA, ALABAMA, TENNESSEE, 
KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH 
CAROLINA, AND VIRGINIA. 
THEY HAVE THEIR OLD JOBS BACK. 
SOME OF THEM ARE WITH US THIS 
EVENING. 
PLEASE STAND, YOU WENT THROUGH 
A LOT. 
PLEASE STAND, THANK YOU. 
YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. 
BANK YOU VERY MUCH I. LAST 
MONTH, I TOOK ON BIG PHARMA I. 
DO YOU THINK THAT'S EASY? 
IT'S NOT. 
I SIGNED ORDERS THAT WERE 
MASSIVELY LOWERING THE COST OF 
YOUR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, AND 
GIVE CRITICALLY PILL PATIENTS 
ACCESS TO LIFESAVING CAMERAS. 
WE PASSED THE DECADES LONG 
AWAITED RIGHT TO TRY. 
WE ALSO PASSED A VA 
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND VA CHOICE. 
OUR GREAT VETERANS, TAKING CARE 
OF OUR VETERANS. 
91% APPROVAL RATING, THIS, ONE 
THE VA, GIVEN BY OUR VETERANS, 
FIRST-TIME ANYTHING LIKE THAT 
IS HAPPENED. 
BY THE END OF MY FIRST TERM, WE 
WILL HAVE APPROVED MORE THAN 
300 FEDERAL JUDGES, INCLUDING 2 
GREAT NEW SUPREME COURT 
JUSTICES. 
TO BRING PROSPERITY TOUR 
FORGOTTEN IN OUR CITIES, WE 
WORKED HARD TO PASS HISTORIC 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. 
PRISON REFORM. 
OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE LONG-
TERM FUNDING OF HISTORICALLY 
BLACK COLLEGES, AND 
UNIVERSITIES. 
BEFORE THE CHINA VIRUS CAME IN 
PRODUCING THE BEST UNEMPLOYMENT 
NUMBERS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS, 
HISPANIC AMERICANS, AND ASIAN 
AMERICANS, EVER RECORDED. 
I SAY, VERY MODESTLY, I HAVE 
DONE MORE FOR THE AFRICAN 
AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAN ANY 
PRESIDENT SINCE ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN. 
OUR FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. 
I HAVE DONE MORE, IN 3 YEARS, 
FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAN 
JOE BIDEN HAS DONE IN 47. 
WHEN I AM REELECTED, THE BEST 
IS YET TO COME. 
>> 4 MORE YEARS! 
4 MORE YEARS! 
FOR MORE YEARS! 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, THE MIDDLE 
EAST WAS IN TOTAL CHAOS. 
ISIS WAS RAMPAGING. 
IRAN WAS ON THE RISE. 
THE WAR AND AFGHANISTAN HAD NO 
END IN SIGHT. 
I WITHDREW FROM THE TERRIBLE, 
ONE-SIDED, IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL. 
UNLIKE MANY PRESIDENTS BEFORE 
ME, I KEPT MY PROMISE, AND 
RECOGNIZED ISRAEL'S TRUE 
CAPITAL, AND MOVED OUR EMBASSY 
TO JERUSALEM. 
NOT ONLY DID WE TALK ABOUT IT 
AS A FUTURE SITE, WE GOT IT 
BUILT. 
RATHER THAN SPENDING ONE 
BILLION DOLLARS ON A NEW 
BUILDING, AS PLANNED, WE TOOK 
AN ALREADY OWNED, EXISTING 
BUILDING, IN A BETTER LOCATION. 
REAL ESTATE DEAL, RIGHT? 
AND OPENED IT AT A COST OF LESS 
THAN $500,000. 
MANY THINGS LIKE THAT, THE 
GOVERNMENT IS DOING, RIGHT NOW. 
WE ALSO RECOGNIZED ISRAELI 
SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE GOLAN 
HEIGHTS. 
THIS MONTH, WE ACHIEVED THE 
FIRST MIDDLE EAST PEACE DEAL IN 
25 YEARS. 
THANK YOU TO THE UAE, THANK YOU 
TO ISRAEL. 
IN ADDITION, WE OBLITERATED 
100% OF THE ISIS CALIPHATE, AND 
KILLED ITS FOUNDER, AND LEADER, 
THE AL-BAGHDADI. 
THEN, IN A SEPARATE OPERATION, 
WE ELIMINATED THE WORLD'S 
NUMBER ONE TERRORIST, BY FAR, 
QASSEM SOLEIMANI. 
UNLIKE PREVIOUS 
ADMINISTRATIONS, I HAVE KEPT 
AMERICA OUT OF NEW WAR. 
OUR TROOPS ARE COMING HOME. 
WE HAVE SPENT NEARLY 2.5 
TRILLION DOLLARS ON COMPLETELY 
REBUILDING OUR MILITARY, WHICH 
WAS VERY BADLY DEPLETED WHEN I 
TOOK OFFICE, AS YOU KNOW. 
THIS INCLUDES 3 SEPARATE PAY 
RAISES FOR OUR GREAT WARRIORS. 
WE ALSO LAUNCHED THE SPACE 
FORCE. 
THE FIRST NEW BRANCH OF THE 
UNITED STATES MILITARY SINCE 
THE AIR FORCE WAS CREATED 
ALMOST 75 YEARS AGO. 
WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST 4 YEARS 
REVERSING THE DAMAGE THAT JOE 
BIDEN INFLICTED OVER THE LAST 
47. 
BIDEN'S RECORD IS A SHAMEFUL 
ROLL CALL OF THE MOST 
CATASTROPHIC BETRAYALS, AND 
BLUNDERS, IN OUR LIFETIME. 
HE HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER 
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY. 
BIDEN VOTED FOR THE NAFTA 
DISASTER, THE SINGLE WORST 
TRADE DEAL EVER ENACTED. 
HE SUPPORTED CHINA'S ENTRY INTO 
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. 
ONE OF THE GREATEST ECONOMIC 
DISASTERS OF ALL-TIME. 
AFTER THOSE BIDEN CALAMITIES, 
THE UNITED STATES LOST ONE AND 
4 MANUFACTURING JOBS. 
WE LAID OFF WORKERS IN 
MICHIGAN, OHIO, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
PENNSYLVANIA, AND MANY OTHER 
STATES. 
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR 
BIDEN'S HOLLOW WORLDS OF 
EMPATHY. 
THEY WANTED THEIR JOBS BACK. 
AS VICE PRESIDENT, HE SUPPORTED 
THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 
WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEATH 
SENTENCE FOR THE U.S. AUTO 
INDUSTRY. 
HE BACKED THE HORRENDOUS SOUTH 
KOREAN TRADE DEAL, WHICH TOOK 
MANY JOBS FROM OUR COUNTRY, 
AND, WHICH I HAVE REVERSED, AND 
MADE A GREAT DEAL FOR OUR 
COUNTRY. 
HE REPEATEDLY SUPPORTED MASS 
AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. 
HE VOTED FOR THE IRAQ WAR. 
HE OPPOSED THE MISSION TO TAKE 
OUT OSAMA BIN LADEN. 
HE OPPOSED KILLING SOLEIMANI. 
HE OVERSAW THE RISE OF ISIS. 
HE CHEERED THE RISE OF CHINA AS 
A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR 
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD. 
SOME POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT. 
THAT IS WHY CHINA SUPPORTS JOE 
BIDEN, AND DESPERATELY WANTS 
HIM TO WIN. 
I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 
UPON VERY GOOD INFORMATION. 
CHINA WOULD OWN OUR COUNTRY IF 
JOE BIDEN WAS ELECTED. 
UNLIKE BIDEN, I WILL HOLD THEM 
FULLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE 
TRAGEDY THAT THEY HAVE CAUSED, 
ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
IN RECENT MONTHS, OUR NATION, 
AND THE WORLD, HAS BEEN HIT BY 
THE ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. 
CHINA ALLOWED IT TO SPREAD 
AROUND THE GLOBE, AND COULD 
HAVE STOPPED IT, BUT ALLOWED IT 
TO COME OUT. 
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE JOINED 
TONIGHT BY SEVERAL OF OUR 
INCREDIBLE NURSES, AND FIRST 
RESPONDERS. 
PLEASE STAND, AND ACCEPT OUR 
PROFOUND THANKS, AND GRATITUDE. 
MANY AMERICANS, INCLUDING ME, 
HAVE SADLY LOST FRIENDS, AND 
CHERISH LOVED ONES, TO THIS 
HORRIBLE DISEASE. 
AS ONE NATION, WE MOURN, WE 
GRIEVE, AND WE HOLD IN OUR 
HEARTS, FOREVER, THE MEMORIES 
OF ALL OF THOSE LIVES THAT HAVE 
BEEN SO TRAGICALLY TAKEN, SO 
WHEN NECESSARY. 
IN THEIR HONOR, WE WILL UNITE 
IN THEIR MEMORY, AND WE WILL 
OVERCOME. 
WHEN THE CHINA VIRUS HIT, WE 
LAUNCHED THE LARGEST NATIONAL 
MOBILIZATION SINCE WORLD WAR 
II, INVOKING THE DEFENSE 
PRODUCTION ACT, WE PRODUCED THE 
WORLD'S LARGEST SUPPLY OF 
VENTILATORS. 
NOT A SINGLE AMERICAN WHO HAS 
NEEDED A VENTILATOR, HAS BEEN 
DENIED A VENTILATOR. 
WHICH IS A MIRACLE. 
GOOD JOB HITTING THE TASK FORCE 
BUT OUR GREAT VICE PRESIDENT. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PLEASE STAND 
UP. 
WE SHIP HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 
MASKS, GLOVES, AND GOWNS, TO 
OUR FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS. 
TO PROTECT OUR NATIONS SENIORS, 
OUR SUPPLIES, TESTING KITS, AND 
THROUGH NURSING HOMES, WE GAVE 
EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY 
GIVE, AND WE STILL GIVE, IT 
BECAUSE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR 
SENIOR CITIZENS. 
THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 
BUILT FIELD HOSPITALS, AND THE 
NAVY DEPLOYED OUR GREAT 
HOSPITAL SHIPS. 
WE DEVELOPED, FROM SCRATCH, THE 
LARGEST AND MOST ADVANCED 
TESTING SYSTEM ANYWHERE IN THE 
WORLD. 
AMERICA HAS TESTED MORE THAN 
EVERY COUNTRY IN EUROPE, PUT 
TOGETHER. 
AND, MORE THAN EVERY NATION IN 
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
COMBINED. 
THINK OF THAT. 
WE HAVE CONDUCTED 40 MILLION 
MORE TESTS THAN THE NEXT 
CLOSEST NATION, WHICH IS INDIA. 
WE DEVELOPED A WIDE ARRAY OF 
INFECTED WITH TREATMENTS 
INCLUDING A POWERFUL ANTIBIOTIC 
TREATMENT NOTICE CONVALESCENT 
PLASMA. 
YOU SAW THAT ON SUNDAY NIGHT 
WHEN WE ANNOUNCED IT. 
IT WILL SAVE THOUSANDS, AND 
THOUSANDS, OF LIVES. 
THANKS TO ADVANCES, WE HAVE 
PRIOR NEARED THE FATALITY RATE 
AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, AND YOU 
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT HAS 
BEEN REDUCED BY 80% SINCE 
APRIL. 
80%. 
THE UNITED STATES IS AMONG THE 
LOWEST CASE FATALITY RATES OF 
ANY MAJOR COUNTRY, ANYWHERE IN 
THE WORLD. 
THE EUROPEAN UNION'S CASE 
FATALITY RATE IS NEARLY 3 TIMES 
HIGHER THAN OURS, BUT YOU DON'T 
HEAR THAT. 
THEY DON'T WRITE ABOUT THAT, 
THEY DON'T WANT TO READ ABOUT 
THAT. 
THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW 
THOSE THINGS. 
ALL TOGETHER, THE NATIONS OF 
EUROPE HAVE EXPERIENCED A 30% 
GREATER INCREASE IN EXCESS 
MORTALITY THAN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
THINK OF THAT. 
WE ENACTED THE LARGEST PACKAGE 
OF FINANCIAL RELIEF IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY. 
THANKS TO OUR PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION PROGRAM, WE HAVE 
SAVED, OR SUPPORT IT, MORE THAN 
50 MILLION AMERICAN JOBS. 
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY 
WE ARE ADVANCING SO RAPIDLY 
WITH OUR ECONOMY. 
GREAT JOB. 
AS A RESULT, WE HAVE SEEN THE 
SMALLEST ECONOMIC CONTRACTION 
OF ANY MAJOR WESTERN NATION. 
WE ARE RECOVERING AT A MUCH 
FASTER RATE THAN ANYBODY OVER 
THE PAST 3 MONTHS, WE HAVE 
GAINED OVER 9 MILLION JOBS, AND 
THAT IS A RECORD, IN THE 
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. 
(APPLAUSE) UNFORTUNATELY, FROM 
THE BEGINNING OUR OPPONENTS 
HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES CAPABLE 
OF NOTHING BUT A PARTISAN 
ABILITY TO CRITICIZE. 
WHEN I TOOK BOLD ACTION TO 
ISSUE A TRAVEL BAN ON CHINA, 
VERY EARLY INDEED, JOE BIDEN 
CALLED IT HYSTERICAL AND 
XENOPHOBIC, AND THEN I 
INTRODUCED A BAN ON EUROPE. 
VERY EARLY, AGAIN. 
IF WE HAD LISTENED TO JOE, 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MORE 
AMERICANS WOULD HAVE DIED. 
INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE 
SCIENCE, JOE BIDEN WANTS TO 
INFLICT A PAINFUL SHUTDOWN ON 
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 
HE'S SHUT DOWN WOULD INFLICT 
UNTHINKABLE AND LASTING HARM 
OUR NATION'S CHILDREN, 
FAMILIES, AND CITIZENS OF ALL 
BACKGROUNDS. 
THE COST OF THE BIDEN SHUTDOWN 
WOULD BE MEASURED IN INCREASED 
DRUG OVERDOSES, DEPRESSION, 
ALCOHOL ADDICTION, SUICIDES, 
HEART ATTACKS, ECONOMIC 
DEVASTATION, JOBLESS, AND MUCH 
MORE. 
JOE BIDEN'S PLAN IS NOT A 
SOLUTION TO THE VIRUS, BUT 
RATHER, IT'S A SURRENDER TO THE 
VIRUS. 
(APPLAUSE) MY ADMINISTRATION 
HAS A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH, 
TO SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS 
POSSIBLE WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE 
SCIENCE, THE FACT, AND THE 
DATA. 
WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY SHELTERING 
THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK, IT'S 
BOTH REALLY THE ELDERLY WHILE 
ALLOWING THE RISK AMERICANS TO 
SAFELY RETURN TO WORK AND TO 
SCHOOL. 
AND WE WANT TO SEE SO MANY OF 
THOSE GREAT STATES THE OPEN BY 
-- DEMOCRATS -- THEY HAVE TO BE 
OPEN. 
THEY HAVE THE REOPENED, THEY 
HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK. 
(APPLAUSE) THEY HAVE TO GET 
BACK TO WORK, THEY HAVE TO GET 
BACK TO SCHOOL. 
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE 
MUSCLING AMERICA'S SCIENTIFIC 
GENIUS TO PRODUCE A VACCINE IN 
RECORD TIME. 
UNDER OPERATION WARP SPEED, WE 
HAVE 3 DIFFERENT VACCINES IN 
THE FINAL STAGE OF TRIALS, 
RIGHT NOW, YEARS AHEAD OF WHAT 
HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BEFORE. 
NOBODY THOUGHT IT COULD EVER BE 
DONE THIS FAST. 
NORMALLY IT WOULD BE YEARS, AND 
WE DID IT IN A MATTER OF A FEW 
MONTHS. 
WE ARE PRODUCING THEM IN 
ADVANCE SO THAT HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS OF DOSES WILL BE 
QUICKLY AVAILABLE. 
WE WILL HAVE A SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE VACCINE THIS YEAR, 
AND TOGETHER WE WILL CRUSH THE 
VIRUS. 
(APPLAUSE) AT THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION, YOU BARELY HEARD A 
WORD ABOUT THEIR AGENDA. 
BUT THAT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY 
DON'T HAVE ONE, IT'S BECAUSE 
THEIR AGENDA IS THE MOST 
EXTREME SET OF PROPOSALS EVER 
PUT FORWARD BY A MAJOR PARTY 
NOMINEE. 
JOE BIDEN MAY CLAIM HE IS AN 
ALLY OF DELIGHT, BUT WHEN IT 
COMES TO HIS AGENDA, BIDEN 
WANTS TO KEEP US COMPLETELY IN 
THE DARK. 
HE DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE. 
HE HAS PLEDGED A 4 TRILLION 
DOLLAR TAX HIKE ON ALMOST ALL 
AMERICAN FAMILIES, WHICH WILL 
TOTALLY COLLAPSE ARE RAPIDLY 
IMPROVING ECONOMY. 
AND ONCE AGAIN, RECORD STOCK 
MARKETS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW 
WILL ALSO COLLAPSE. 
THAT MEANS YOUR 401(K) S, THAT 
MEANS ALL OF THE STOCKS THAT 
YOU HAVE. 
ON THE OTHER HAND, JUST AS I 
DID IN MY FIRST TERM, I WILL 
CUT TAXES EVEN FURTHER FOR 
HARDWORKING MOMS AND DADS. 
I WILL NOT RAISE TAXES, I WILL 
CUT THEM, AND VERY 
SUBSTANTIALLY. 
(APPLAUSE) AND WE WILL ALSO 
PROVIDE TAX CREDITS TO BRING 
JOBS OUT OF CHINA BACK TO 
AMERICA AND, AND WE WILL IMPOSE 
TARIFFS ON ANY COMPANY THAT 
LEAVES AMERICA TO PRODUCE JOBS 
OVERSEAS. 
(APPLAUSE) WE WILL MAKE SURE 
OUR COMPANIES AND JOBS TO STAY 
IN OUR COUNTRY, AS I HAVE 
ALREADY BEEN DOING FOR QUITE 
SOME TIME, AS YOU HAVE NOTICED. 
JOE BIDEN'S AGENDA IS MADE IN 
CHINA! 
MY AGENDA IS MADE IN THE USA! 
(APPLAUSE) 
>> USA! 
USA! 
>> BIDEN HAS PROMISED THE 
REDUCTION OF AMERICAN AISLE, 
COAL, SHALE, AND NATURAL GAS, 
LAYING WASTE TO THE ECONOMIES 
OF PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO, TEXAS, 
NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, 
COLORADO, AND NEW MEXICO, 
DESTROYING THOSE STATES. 
ABSOLUTELY DESTROYING THOSE 
STATES, AND OTHERS. 
MILLIONS OF JOBS WILL BE LOST. 
AND ENERGY PRICES WILL SOAR. 
THE SAME POLICY LEAD TO 
CRIPPLING POWER OUTAGES IN 
CALIFORNIA JUST LAST WEEK. 
EVERYBODY SAW THAT. 
TREMENDOUS TOWER TREMENDOUS 
POWER OUTAGE, NOBODY HAS SEEN 
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE SAW 
THAT LAST WEEK IN CALIFORNIA. 
HOW CAN JOE BIDEN CLAIM TO BE 
AN ALLY OF THE LIGHT, WHEN HIS 
OWN PARTY CAN'T EVEN KEEP THE 
LIGHTS ON? 
>> (LAUGHS) (APPLAUSE) 
>> JOE BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN HAS 
EVEN PUBLISHED A 110-PAGE 
POLICY PLATFORM. 
YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THIS. 
COAUTHORED WITH FAR-LEFT 
SENATOR CRAZY BERNIE SANDERS. 
THE BIDEN / BERNIE MANIFESTO 
CALLS FOR SUSPENDING ALL REMOVE 
ALL OF ILLEGAL ALIENS, 
NATIONWIDE CATCH AND RELEASE, 
AND PROVIDING ALIENS WITH 3 
TAXPAYER FUNDED LAWYERS. 
EVERYBODY GETS A LOW ON LAWYER, 
COMING OVER TO OUR COUNTRY. 
EVERYBODY HAS A COUNTRY. 
EVERYBODY HAS A LAWYER. 
WHAT WE NEED IS MORE LAWYERS. 
JOE BIDEN RECENTLY RAISED HIS 
HAND ON THE DEBATE STAGE AND 
PROMISED TO YOU HE -- WAS GOING 
TO GIVE IT AWAY -- YOUR HEALTH 
CAREDOLLARS TO ILLEGAL 
IMMIGRANTS, WHICH IS GOING TO 
BRING A MASSIVE NUMBER OF 
IMMIGRANTS INTO OUR COUNTRY, 
MASSIVE NUMBERS WILL POUR INTO 
OUR COUNTRY IN ORDER TO GET ALL 
OF THE GOODIES THAT THEY WANT, 
EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, 
EVERYTHING. 
HE ALSO SUPPORTS DEADLY 
SANCTUARY CITIES THAT PROTECT 
CRIMINAL ALIENS. 
HE PROMISED TO END NATIONAL 
SECURITY TRAVEL BANS FROM 
JIHADIST NATIONS. 
AND HE PLEDGED TO INCREASE 
REFUGEE ADMISSIONS BY 700%. 
. THIS IS IN THE MANIFESTO. 
THE BIDEN PLAN WITH ILLUMINATE 
AMERICAS OR JUST IN THE MIDDLE 
OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
AND HE'S EVEN TALKING ABOUT 
TAKING THE WALK DOWN, HOW ABOUT 
THAT? 
>> BOO! 
BOO! 
>> BIDEN ALSO PROMISED TO 
REDUCE JEWEL SCHOOL CHOICE AND 
STRIP AWAY CHARTER SCHOOL 
STRIPPING AWAY OPPORTUNITY FOR 
BLACK AND HISPANIC CHILDREN. 
IN A 2ND TERM I WILL PROVIDE 
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND EXPAND 
JEWEL SCHOOL CHOICE TO EVERY 
FAMILY IN AMERICA. 
(APPLAUSE) AND WE WILL ALWAYS 
TREAT OUR TEACHERS WITH THE 
TREMENDOUS RESPECT THAT THEY 
DESERVE. 
(APPLAUSE) GREAT PEOPLE. 
GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE. 
JOE BIDEN CLAIMS HE HAS EMPATHY 
FOR THE VULNERABLE, YET THE 
PARTY HE LEADS SUPPORTS THE 
EXTREME LATE BIRD TERM ABORTION 
OF DEFENSELESS BABIES, RIGHT UP 
UNTIL THE MOMENT OF BIRTH. 
DEMOCRAT LEADERS TALK ABOUT 
MORAL DECENCY, BUT THEY HAVE NO 
PROBLEM WITH STOPPING A BABY'S 
BEATING HEART IN THE 9TH MONTH 
OF PREGNANCY. 
DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS REFUSE TO 
PROTECT INNOCENT LIFE, AND THEN 
THE ELECTORATE ABOUT MORALITY 
AND SAVING AMERICA'S SOUL. 
TONIGHT, WE PROUDLY DECLARE 
THAT ALL CHILDREN BORN AND 
UNBORN HAVE A GOD GIVEN RIGHT 
TO LIFE. 
(APPLAUSE) IT DURING THE 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, THE 
WORDS UNDER GOD WERE REMOVED 
FROM THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 
>> BOO! 
>> NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. 
WE WILL NEVER DO THAT. 
(APPLAUSE) BUT THE FACT IS, 
THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE COMING 
FROM. 
LIKE IT OR NOT, THIS IS WHERE 
THEY ARE COMING FROM. 
IF THE LEFT GAINS POWER, THEY 
WILL DEMOLISH THE SUBURBS, 
CONFISCATE YOUR GUNS, AND 
APPOINT JUSTICES WHO WILL WIPE 
AWAY YOUR 2ND AMENDMENT AND ARE 
THE CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS. 
BIDEN IS A TROJAN HORSE FOR 
SOCIALISM. 
IF JOE BIDEN DOESN'T HAVE THE 
STRENGTH TO STAND UP TO WILD 
EYED MARXISTS LIKE BERNIE 
SANDERS AND HIS FELLOW RADICALS 
-- AND THERE ARE MANY, THERE 
ARE MANY MANY (INAUDIBLE) YOU 
SEE THEM ALL THE TIMES, 
INCREDIBLY, ACTUALLY -- THEN 
HOW IS HE GOING TO STAND UP FOR 
YOU? 
HE IS NOT. 
THE MOST DANGEROUS ASPECT OF 
THE BIDEN PLATFORM IS THE 
ATTACK ON PUBLIC SAFETY. 
THE BIDEN / BERNIE MANIFESTO 
CAUSE FOR ABOLISHING CASH BAIL, 
IMMEDIATELY RELEASING 400,000 
CRIMINALS ONTO THE STREETS AND 
INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
WHEN ASKED IF HE SUPPORTS 
CUTTING POLICE FUNDING, JOE 
BIDEN REPLIED, " YES, 
ABSOLUTELY ." WHEN CONGRESS 
WOMAN ILHAN OMAR CALLED THE 
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT A 
" CANCER THAT IS ROTTEN TO THE 
ROOT ", BIDEN WOULD DISALLOW 
HER SUPPORT AND REJECT 
ENDORSEMENT. 
HE PROUDLY DISPLAYED IT. 
SHORTLY LATER (INAUDIBLE) HE 
DISPLAYED IT IN BIG LETTERS. 
MAKE NO MISTAKE, IF YOU GIVE 
POWER TO JOE BIDEN, THE RADICAL 
LEFT WILL DEFINED POLICE 
DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS AMERICA, 
THEY WILL PASS FEDERAL 
LEGISLATION TO REDUCE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT NATIONWIDE, THEY 
WILL MAKE EVERY CITY LOOK LIKE 
DEMOCRAT RUN PORTLAND, OREGON. 
NO ONE WILL BE SAFE IN BIDEN'S 
AMERICA. 
MY ADMINISTRATION WILL ALWAYS 
STAND WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
(APPLAUSE) EVERY DAY, POLICE 
OFFICERS RISK THEIR LIVES TO 
KEEP US SAFE, AND EVERY YEAR 
MANY SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES IN 
THE LINE OF DUTY. 
ONE OF THESE INCREDIBLE 
AMERICANS WAS DETECTIVE 
(INAUDIBLE) FAMILIA. 
SHE IS PART OF THE TEAM IF HE 
WAS CALLED THE NYPD OR NEW 
YORK'S FINEST. 
I WAS VERY PROUD TO GET THEIR 
INDICTMENT JUST THE OTHER DAY. 
GREAT PEOPLE, GREAT, GREAT 
PEOPLE. 
(APPLAUSE) THEY WERE ALLOWED TO 
DO THEIR JOB, WE HAVE NO CRIME 
IN NEW YORK. 
RUDY JULIANO KNOW THAT 
PRESIDENT EVERY BODY. 
THANK YOU JULIE. 
3 YEARS AGO, ON THE 4TH OF JULY 
WEEKEND, DETECTIVE FAMILIAR WAS 
ON DUTY IN HER VEHICLE WHEN SHE 
WAS AMBUSHED JUST AFTER 
MIDNIGHT AND MURDERED BY A 
MONSTER WHO HATED HER PURELY 
BECAUSE FOR WEARING THE BADGE. 
DETECTIVE FAMILIA WAS A SINGLE 
MOM. 
SHE RECENTLY ASKED FOR THE 
NIGHT SHIFT SO SHE COULD SPEND 
MORE TIME WITH HER KIDS. 
2 YEARS AGO, I STOOD IN FRONT 
OF THE U.S. CAPITAL, ALONGSIDE 
THOSE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, AND 
HELD THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S HAND, 
AS THEY WARNED THEIR TERRIBLE 
LOSS, AND WE HONORED DETECTIVE 
FAMILIA'S EXTRAORDINARY LIFE 
IN. 
IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. 
DETECTIVE FAMILIA'S 3 CHILDREN 
ARE WITH US THIS EVENING. 
GENESIS, PETER, DELILAH, WE ARE 
SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE 
TONIGHT. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
(APPLAUSE) THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
(APPLAUSE) I PROMISE YOU THAT 
WE WILL TREASURE YOUR MOM IN 
OUR MEMORIES FOREVER. 
WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE 
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF POLICE 
OFFICERS IN THIS COUNTRY -- AND 
THAT'S THE OVERWHELMING 
MAJORITY -- ARE NOBLE, 
COURAGEOUS, AND HONORABLE. 
WE HAVE TO GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OUR POLICE -- BACK THEIR POWER. 
THEY ARE AFRAID TO ACT. 
(APPLAUSE) THEY ARE AFRAID TO 
LOSE THEIR PENSION. 
THEY ARE AFRAID TO LOSE THEIR 
JOBS, AND BY BEING AFRAID THEY 
ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT 
THEY SO DESPERATELY WANT TO DO 
FOR YOU. 
AND THOSE WHO SUFFER MOST ARE 
THE GREAT PEOPLE WHO THEY 
PROTECT AND WHO THEY WANT TO 
PROTECT AT AN EVEN HIGHER 
LEVEL. 
WHEN THERE IS POLICED 
MISCONDUCT IN THE JUSTICE THIN 
SYSTEM, WE MUST HOLD WRONGDOERS 
COMPLETELY ACCOUNTABLE AND IT 
WILL. 
BUT WE CAN NEVER HAVE A 
SITUATION WHERE THINGS ARE 
GOING ON AS THEY ARE TODAY. 
WE MUST NEVER ALLOW BARR MOB 
RULE. 
WE CAN NEVER ALLOW MOP RULE. 
(APPLAUSE) AND THE STRONGEST 
POSSIBLE TERMS, THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY CONDEMNS THE RIOTING, 
LOOTING, ARSON AND VIOLENCE WE 
HAVE SEEN IN DEMOCRAT RUN 
CITIES, ALL. 
LIKE KENOSHA, MINNEAPOLIS, FOR 
PORTLAND, CHICAGO, AND IN NEW 
YORK AND MANY OTHERS. 
(INAUDIBLE) THERE IS VIOLENCE 
AND DANGER IN THE STREETS OF 
MANY DEMOCRAT ONE CITY 
THROUGHOUT AMERICA. 
THIS PROBLEM COULD EASILY BE 
FIXED IF THEY WANTED TO. 
JUST CALL, WE ARE READY TO GO 
IN. 
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEM 
IN A MATTER OF HOURS, JUST 
CALL! 
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CALL. 
IT'S TOO BAD WE HAVE TO, BUT WE 
HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CALL. 
WE MUST ALWAYS HAVE LAW AND 
ORDER. 
ALL FEDERAL CRIMES ARE BEING 
INVESTIGATED, PROSECUTED, AND 
PUNISHED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT 
OF THE LAW. 
WHEN THE ANARCHISTS STARTED 
RIPPING DOWN OUR STATUES AND 
MONUMENTS ROUTE OUTSIDE, I 
SIGNED AN ORDER IMMEDIATELY, 10 
YEARS IN PRISON. 
AND IT WAS A MIRACLE, IT ALL 
STOPPED. 
NO MORE STATUES. 
(APPLAUSE) THEY SAID, " THAT'S 
JUST TOO LONG AS THE ." AS 
ELECTED AS A STATUE. 
PEOPLE LOOKED AND SAID, " 10 
YEARS IN PRISON, THAT'S TOO 
LONG ." LET'S GO HOME ." DURING 
THEIR CONVENTION, JOE BIDEN AND 
HIS SUPPORTERS REMAINED 
COMPLETELY SILENT ABOUT THE 
RIOTERS AND CRIMINALS, 
SPREADING MAY HIM IN DEMOCRAT 
RUNS CITIES. 
THEY NEVER EVEN MENTIONED IT 
DURING THEIR ENTIRE CONVENTION. 
NEVER ONCE MENTIONED. 
NOW THEY ARE STARTING TO 
MENTION IT, BECAUSE THEIR POLL 
NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN LIKE A 
ROCK (INAUDIBLE). 
(APPLAUSE) IT'S TOO LATE, JOE. 
IN THE FACE OF LEFT WING 
ANARCHY AND MAY HIM IN 
MINNEAPOLIS, CHICAGO, AND OTHER 
CITIES, JOE BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN 
DID NOT CONDEMN IT. 
THEY DONATED TO IT. 
AT LEAST 13 MEMBERS OF JOE 
BIDEN IS CAMPAIGN CITY STAFF 
DONATED TO A FUND TO BAIL OUT 
VANDALS, ARSONISTS, ANARCHISTS, 
LOOTERS AND RIOTERS FROM JAIL. 
HERE TONIGHT IS THE GRIEVING 
FAMILY OF RETIRED POLICE 
CAPTAIN DAVID DARN, A 38 YEAR 
VETERAN OF THE ST. LOUIS POLICE 
DEPARTMEN, A GREAT MAN AND A 
HIGHLY RESPECTED MAN BY ALL. 
IN JUNE, CAPTAIN JOINT WAS SHOT 
AND KILLED AS HE TRIED TO 
PROTECT HIS STORE AT STORE FROM 
RIOTERS AND LOOTERS, WHEREAS 
THE DEMOCRATS WOULD CALL THEM, 
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. 
THEY CALL THEM PRIESTS TO 
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. 
WE ARE HONORED TO BE JOINED 
TONIGHTBY HIS WONDERFUL WIFE 
AND BELOVED MATH FAMILY MEMBERS 
BRIAN AND MCCULLOUGH. 
2 HUGE OF YOU, WE WILL NEVER 
FORGET THE HEROIC LEGACY OF 
CAPTAIN DAVIS DAVID JOINED. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING 
HERE. 
THANK YOU. 
(APPLAUSE) THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
GREAT MAN. 
GREAT MAN. 
AS LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT WE 
WILL DEFEND THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT 
OF EVERY AMERICAN CITY CITIZEN 
DELIVERANCE A, GUARANTEE 
DIGNITY, MPS. 
IF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY WANTS TO 
CHANT STAND WITH AN ARTISTS, 
AGITATORS, WRITERS, LOOTERS AND 
FLAG BURNERS, THAT IS UP TO 
THEM. 
BUT I, AS YOUR PRESIDENT, WILL 
NOT BE A PART OF THEM. 
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL 
REMAIN THE VOICE OF THE 
PATRIOTIC HEROES WHO KEEP 
AMERICA SAFE AND SALUTE THE 
AMERICAN FLAG. 
(APPLAUSE) LAST YEAR, OVER 1000 
AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE MURDERED 
AS A RESULT OF VIOLENT CRIME IN 
JUST 4 DEMOCRAT RUN CITIES. 
THE TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS 
CITIES IN THE COUNTRY ARE RUN 
BY DEMOCRATS, AND HAVE BEEN FOR 
MANY DECADES. 
THOUSANDS MORE AFRICAN 
AMERICANS ARE VICTIM AND 
VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME IN 
THESE COMMUNITIES. 
JOE BIDEN AND LEFT IGNORE THESE 
AMERICAN VICTIMS. 
I NEVER WILL. 
IF THE RADICAL LEFT TAKES 
POWER, THEY WILL APPLY THEIR 
DISASTROUS APOLOGIES TO EVERY 
CITY, DOWN AND SUBURB IN 
AMERICA. 
JUST IMAGINE IF THE SO-CALLED 
PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS IN THE 
STREETS WERE IN CHARGE OF EVERY 
LEVER OF POWER IN THE U.S. 
GOVERNMENT. 
JUST THINK OF THAT. 
LIBERAL POLITICIANS CLAIM TO BE 
CONCERNED ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF 
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS. 
BUT WHO EXACTLY IS ATTACKING 
THEM? 
WHO IS HIRING THE RADICAL 
PROFESSORS, JUDGES, AND 
PROSECUTORS? 
WHO IS TRYING TO IMMIGRATION 
IMPORTS ENFORCEMENTS AND 
ESTABLISHED SPEECH CODES 
DESIGNED TO MUZZLE DISSENT? 
IN EVERY CASE, THE ATTACKS ON 
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ARE BEING 
WAGED BY RADICAL LEFT. 
ALWAYS REMEMBER, THEY ARE 
COMING AFTER ME BECAUSE I AM 
FIGHTING FOR YOU. 
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
(APPLAUSE) AND IT'S BEEN GOING 
ON FROM BEFORE. 
I EVEN GOT ELECTED. 
(APPLAUSE) AND REMEMBER THIS, 
THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN AND 
THEY GOT CAUGHT. 
LET'S SEE NOW WHAT HAPPENS! 
(APPLAUSE) WE MUST RECLAIM OUR 
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE LEFT 
REPRESSIVE MANDATES. 
AMERICANS ARE EXHAUSTED, TRYING 
TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST 
LISTS OF APPROVED WORDS AND 
PHRASES AND THE EVER MORE 
RESTRICTIVE POLITICAL DECREASE. 
MANY THINGS HAVE A DIFFERENT 
NAME NOW. 
AND THE RULES ARE CONSTANTLY 
CHANGING. 
THE GOAL OF CANCEL CULTURE IS 
TO MAKE DECENT AMERICANS LIVE 
IN FEAR OF BEING FIRED, 
EXPELLED, SHAMED, HUMILIATED, 
AND DRIVEN FROM SOCIETY AS WE 
KNOW IT. 
THE FAR LEFT WANTS TO COERCE 
YOU INTO SAYING WHAT DO YOU 
KNOW TO BE FALSE AND SCARE YOU 
OUT OF SEEING WHAT YOU NOW TO 
BE TRUE. 
VERY SAD. 
(APPLAUSE) BUT ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 
YOU CAN SEND THEM A VERY 
THUNDERING MESSAGE THEY WILL 
NEVER FORGET. 
(APPLAUSE) THANK YOU. 
>> 4 MORE YEARS! 
FOR MORE YEARS! 
FOR MORE YEARS! 
FOR MORE YEARS! 
>> THANK YOU. 
JOE BIDEN IS WEAK. 
HE TAKES HIS MARCHING ORDERS 
FROM LIBERAL HYPOCRITES WHO 
DRIVE THEIR CITIES INTO THE 
GROUND WHILE FLEEING FAR FROM 
THE SCENE OF THE WRECKAGE. 
THE SAME LIBERALS WANT TO 
ELIMINATE SCHOOL CHOICE WHILE 
THEY ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN 
THE FINEST PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN 
THE LAND. 
THEY WANT TO OPEN OUR BORDERS 
WHILE LIVING IN WALDORF 
COMPOUNDS AND COMMUNITIES, IN 
THE BEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE 
WORLD. 
THEY WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE 
WHILE THEY HAVE ARMED GUARDS 
FOR THEMSELVES. 
THIS NOVEMBER, WE MUST TURN THE 
PAGE FOREVER ON THIS FAILED 
POLITICAL CLASS. 
THE FACT IS I'M HERE -- 
(APPLAUSE) -- WHAT'S THE NAME 
OF THAT BUILDING? 
(APPLAUSE) BUT I'LL SAY 
DIFFERENTLY, THE FACT IS WE'RE 
HERE, AND THEY'RE NOT. 
(APPLAUSE) TO ME, ONE OF THE 
MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS 
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND IS 
NOT A BUILDING, IT'S HOME AS 
FAR AS I'M CONCERNED -- NOT 
EVEN A HOUSE, IT'S A HOME -- 
IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE, WITH AN 
INCREDIBLE HISTORY. 
BUT IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU. 
TOGETHER, WE WILL WRITE THE 
NEXT CHAPTER OF THE GREAT 
AMERICAN STORY. 
OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS, WE WILL 
MAKE AMERICA INTO THE 
MANUFACTURING SUPERPOWER OF THE 
WORLD. 
WE WILL EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES 
ZONES -- THANK YOU, TIM SCOTT 
-- BRING HOME OUR MEDICAL 
SUPPLY CHAINS, AND WE WILL END 
(INAUDIBLE) FOR BAD THINGS. 
WE WILL GO RIGHT AFTER CHINA. 
WE WILL NOT RELY ON THEM ONE 
BIT. 
WE ARE TAKING OUR BUSINESS OUT 
OF CHINA, WE ARE BRINGING IT 
HOME. 
WE WANT OUR BUSINESS TO COME 
HOME. 
WE WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE 
TAXES AND REGULATIONS AT LEVELS 
NOT SEEN BEFORE. 
WE WILL CREATE 10 MILLION JOBS 
IN THE NEXT 10 MONTHS. 
AND IT WILL BE HIGHER THAN 
THAT. 
WE WILL HIRE MORE POLICE, 
INCREASED PENALTIES FOR 
ASSAULTS ONLINE ENFORCEMENT, 
AND SURGE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS 
INTO HIGH CRIME COMMUNITIES. 
WE WILL BAN DEADLY SANCTUARY 
CITIES AND ENSURE THAT FEDERAL 
HEALTH CARE IS PROTECTED FOR 
AMERICAN CITIZENS, NOT FOR 
ILLEGAL ALIENS. 
(APPLAUSE) WE WILL HAVE STRONG 
BORDERS. 
AND I'VE SAID FOR YEARS, 
WITHOUT BORDERS, WE DON'T HAVE 
A COUNTRY. 
DON'T HAVE A COUNTRY! 
STRIKE DOWN TERRORISTS WHO 
THREATEN OUR PEOPLE. 
AND KEEP AMERICA OUT OF ENDLESS 
AND COSTLY FOREIGN WARS. 
(APPLAUSE) WE WILL APPOINT 
PROSECUTORS, JUDGES, JUSTICES 
WHO BELIEVE IN ENFORCING THE 
LAW, NOT ENFORCING THEIR OWN 
POLITICAL AGENDA. 
(APPLAUSE) WHICH IS ILLEGAL. 
WE WILL ENSURE EQUAL JUSTICE 
FOR CITIZENS OF EVERY RACE, 
RELIGION, COLOR AND CREED. 
WE WILL UPHOLD RELIGIOUS 
LIBERTY AND DEFEND YOUR 2ND 
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO KEEP AND 
BEAR ARMS. 
(APPLAUSE) AND WHICH WE DON'T 
WIN, YOUR 2ND AMENDMENT DOESN'T 
HAVE A CHANCE, I CAN TELL YOU 
THAT. 
I HAVE TOTALLY PROTECTED IT. 
WE WILL PROTECT MEDICARE AND 
SOCIAL SECURITY. 
WE WILL ALWAYS, AND VERY 
STRONGLY, PROTECT STRAIGHT 
PATIENTS WITH PRE-EXISTING 
CONDITIONS, AND THAT IS A 
PLEDGE FROM THE ENTIRE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY. 
THANK YOU, KEVIN. 
(APPLAUSE) WE WILL AND SURPRISE 
MEDICAL BILLING, REQUIRE PRICE 
TRANSPARENCY, AND FURTHER 
REDUCE THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION 
DRUGS AND HEALTH INSURANCE 
PREMIUMS -- THEY ARE COMING WAY 
DOWN. 
WE WILL GREATLY EXPAND ENERGY 
DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUING TO 
REMAIN THE NUMBER ONE IN THE 
WORLD, AND KEEP AMERICA ENERGY 
INDEPENDENT. 
(APPLAUSE) AND FOR THOSE OF YOU 
THAT STILL DRIVE A CAR, LOOK 
HOW LOW YOUR GASOLINE BELIEFS. 
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN A LONG 
TIME. 
(APPLAUSE) WE WILL WIN THE RACE 
TO 5G, AND BUILD THE WORLD'S 
BEST CYBER AND MISSILE DEFENSE, 
ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
WE WILL FULLY RESTORE PATRIOTIC 
EDUCATION TO OUR SCHOOLS AND 
ALWAYS PROTECT. 
WE WILL ALWAYS ALWAYS PROTECT 
FREE SPEECH ON COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES. 
(APPLAUSE) AND WE PUT A VERY 
BIG PENALTY IN -- A DO ANYTHING 
HAVING TO DO WITH YOUR FREE 
SPEECH, COLLEGES HAVE TO PAY A 
TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS 
FINANCIAL PENALTY. 
AND AGAIN, IT'S AMAZING HOW 
OPEN THEY'VE BEEN LATELY. 
WE WILL LAUNCH A NEW AGE OF 
AMERICAN AMBITION IN SPACE. 
AMERICA WILL LAND THE FIRST 
WOMAN ON THE MOON, AND THE 
UNITED STATES WILL BE THE FIRST 
NATION TO PLANT ITS BEAUTIFUL 
FLAG ON MARS. 
(APPLAUSE) THIS IS THE UNIFYING 
NATIONAL AGENDA THAT WILL BRING 
OUR COUNTRY TOGETHER. 
SO TONIGHT, I SAY TO ALL 
AMERICANS, THIS IS THE MOST 
IMPORTANT ELECTION IN THE 
HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY! 
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH A 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2 PARTIES OR 
2 INDIVIDUALS AND IDEOLOGY, 
PHILOSOPHY, OR VISION THAN 
THERE IS RIGHT NOW. 
OUR OPPONENTS BELIEVE THAT 
AMERICA IS A DEPRAVED NATION. 
WE WANT OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS 
TO KNOW THE TRUTH. 
AMERICA IS THE GREATEST AND 
MOST EXCEPTIONAL NATION IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE WORLD. 
(APPLAUSE) OUR COUNTRY WASN'T 
BUILT BY COUNCIL CULTURE. 
SPEECH CODES AND SOUL CRUSHING 
CONFORMITY. 
WE ARE NOT A NATION OF TIMID 
SPIRITS. 
WE ARE NATION OF FEARS, PROUD 
AND INDEPENDENT AMERICAN 
PATRIOTS. 
WE ARE A NATION OF PILGRIMS, 
PIONEERS, ADVENTURERS, 
EXPLORES, AND TRAIL BLAZERS WHO 
REFUSED TO BE TIED DOWN, HELD 
BACK, OR IN ANY WAY RAINED IN. 
AMERICANS HAVE STEEL IN THEIR 
SPINES, GREAT IN THEIR SOULS, 
AND FIRE IN THEIR HEARTS. 
THERE IS NO ONE LIKE US ON 
EARTH. 
I WANT EVERY CHILD IN AMERICA 
TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE PART OF 
THE MOST EXCITING AND 
INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE IN HUMAN 
HISTORY. 
NO MATTER WHERE YOUR FAMILY 
COMES FROM, NO MATTER YOUR 
BACKGROUND IN AMERICA, ANYONE 
CAN RISE WITH HARD WORK, 
DEVOTION AND DRIVE, YOU CAN 
REACH ANY GOAL AND ACHIEVE 
EVERY AMBITION. 
OUR AMERICAN ANCESTORS SAILED 
ACROSS THE PERILOUS OCEAN TO 
BUILD A NEW LIFE ON A NEW 
CONTINENT. 
THEY BRAVED THE FREEZING 
WINTERS, CROSSED THE RAISING 
RICHER RIVERS, SCALED THE ROCKY 
PEAKS, TRACKED THE DANGEROUS 
FORESTS, AND WORKED FROM DAWN 
TILL DUSK. 
MONEY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE FAME, 
BUT THEY HAD EACH OTHER. 
THEY LOVED THEIR FAMILIES, THEY 
LOVED THEIR COUNTRY, AND THEY 
LOVED THEIR GOD. 
WHEN OPPORTUNITY BECKONED, THEY 
PICKED UP THEIR BIBLES, PACKED 
UP THEIR BELONGINGS, CLIMBED 
INTO THEIR COVERED WAGONS, AND 
SET OUT WEST FOR THE NEXT 
ADVENTURE. 
RANCHERS AND MINERS, COWBOYS 
AND SHERIFFS, FARMERS AND 
SETTLERS, THEY PRESSED ON PAST 
THE MISSISSIPPI TO STAKE A 
CLAIM IN THE WILD FRONTIER. 
LEGENDS WERE BORN. 
WHY IT HERB, ANNIE OAKLEY, 
DAVID CROC IT, AND BUFFALO 
BILL. 
AMERICANS BUILT THEIR BEAUTIFUL 
HOME STATES IN THE OPEN RANGE. 
SOON THEY HAD CHURCHES AND 
COMMUNITIES, THEN TOWNS. 
AND WITH TIME, GREAT CENTERS OF 
INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. 
THAT IS WHO THEY WERE. 
A MERICA'S BUILD THEIR FUTURE, 
WE DON'T TEAR DOWN OUR PAST. 
WE ARE THE NATION -- (APPLAUSE) 
-- THAT WON A REVOLUTION. 
TOPPLED TYRANNY AND FASCISM, 
AND DELIVERED MILLIONS INTO 
FREEDOM. 
WE LAID DOWN THE RAILROADS, 
BUILT THE GREAT SHIPS, RAISED 
UP THE SKYSCRAPERS, 
REVOLUTIONIZED INDUSTRY. 
AND SPARKED A NEW AGE OF 
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. 
WE SET THE TRENDS IN ART AND 
MUSIC, RADIO AND FILM, SPORT 
AND LITERATURE. 
AND WE DIDN'T ALWAYS STYLE AND 
CONFIDENCE AND FLARE. .
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE. 
WHENEVER OUR WAY OF LIFE WAS 
THREATENED, OUR HEROES ANSWERED 
THE CALL. 
FROM YORK DOWN TO GETTYSBURG, 
FROM NORMANDY TO IWO JIMA, 
AMERICAN PATRIOTS RUSHED INTO 
CAN BLAST, BULLETS AND BENEFITS 
TO RESCUE AMERICAN LIBERTY. 
THEY HAD NO FEAR. 
BUT AMERICA DIDN'T STOP THERE. 
WE LOOKED INTO THE SKY AND KEPT 
PRESSING ONWARD. 
WE BUILT A 6 MILLION POUND 
ROCKET AND LAUNCHED IT 
THOUSANDS OF MILES INTO SPACE. 
WE DID IT SO THAT 2 GREAT 
PATRIOTS COULD STAND TALL AND 
SALUTE OUR WONDROUS AMERICAN 
FLAG, PLANTED ON THE FACE OF 
THE MOON. 
FOR AMERICA, NOTHING IS 
IMPOSSIBLE. 
OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS, WE WILL 
PROVE WORTHY OF THIS 
MAGNIFICENT LEGACY, WE WILL 
REACH STUNNING NEW HEIGHTS, AND 
WE WILL SHOW THAT THE WORLD FOR 
AMERICA THERE IS A DREAM AND IT 
IS NOT BEYOND YOUR REACH. 
TOGETHER WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE. 
TOGETHER WE ARE UNBEATABLE. 
BECAUSE TOGETHER WE ARE PROUD 
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA. 
(APPLAUSE)
(APPLAUSE) AND ON NOVEMBER, 3RD 
WE WILL MAKE AMERICA SAFER. 
WE WILL MAKE AMERICA STRONGER. 
WE WILL MAKE AMERICA PROUD. 
AND WE WILL MAKE AMERICA 
GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. 
I AM VERY VERY PROUD TO BE THE 
NOMINEE OF THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY. 
I LOVE YOU ALL, GOD BLESS YOU, 
AND GOD BLESS AMERICA, THANK 
YOU. 
(APPLAUSE) 
>> FOR MORE YEARS! 
(APPLAUSE) 
>> ♪ ♪ ♪(MUSIC) (FIREWORKS) 
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NOW (MUSIC) (LYRICS) " 
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. 
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. 
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. 
HALLELUJAH. " 
(MUSIC) (THEIR EGGS) FROM THE 
LAKES OF MINNESOTA TO THE 
(INAUDIBLE) FROM SHE TO CHINESE 
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA 
(INAUDIBLE) FROM NEW YORK TO 
L.A. 
(INAUDIBLE) I'M PROUD TO BE 
AMERICAN (INAUDIBLE) (INAUDIBLE)
I LOVE THIS LAND -- GOD BLESS 
THE YOU AS A! " (APPLAUSE) 
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(APPLAUSE)(MUSIC) NESSUN DORMA 
(LYRICS IN ITALIAN)
♪ ♪ ♪ HI EVERYONE, I'M 
ELAINE QUIJANO. 
IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. 
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR A 
SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE FINAL 
DAY OF THE 2020 REPUBLICAN 
NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FORMALLY 
ACCEPTED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S 
NOMINATION ON THIS NIGHT OF THE 
RNC AND MARKED THE FIRST TIME 
IN MODERN HISTORY THE PRESIDENT 
HAS DONE SO FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
HIS NOMINATION CAME AS A NATION 
FACES A TRIPLE THREAT OF 
CRISIS. 
NEARLY 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN 
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS ARE STILL 
ARE WITHOUT POWER AFTER 
HURRICANE LAURA BARRELS ACROSS 
THE GULF COAST EARLY THURSDAY 
MORNING. 
THE DEADLY STORM LESS 
WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION AND 
SEVERE FLOODING IN MANY AREAS 
AND THE DANGER IS NOT OVER. 
ARKANSAS IS UNDER THE A STRAIT 
OF EMERGENCY AFTER BEING LASHED 
BY GETTING WINDS AND FLOODING. 
TORNADO ATCHES ARE ALSO IN 
PLACE. 
MEANWHILE CAUSES FOR SOCIAL 
JUSTICE OUR CAUSE GROWING LIVED 
WITH ONGOING DEMONSTRATIONS 
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY TAKING 
PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
(INAUDIBLE) DEMONSTRATING FOR 
SEVERAL DAYS IN KENOSHA, 
WISCONSIN, IN THE WAKE OF A 
POLICE SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN 
ALREADY. 
ALL OF THIS AS CORONAVIRUS 
CONTINUES TO CLAIM MORE 
AMERICAN LIVES EACH DAY. 
THE U.S. HAS PASSED THE GRIM 
MILESTONE OF 180,000 DEATHS. 
SOME WANT 5.8 MILLION CASES 
HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED SINCE THE 
PANDEMIC BEGAN, MORE THAN 
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. 
AGAINST THAT BACKDROP, THE 
SCENE FOR THE 4TH AND FINAL 
NIGHT OF THE RNC WAS " NOT OF 
GREATNESS ." POLICED SPEAKERS 
ONCE AGAIN PRAISED PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP AND HIS 
HANDLING OF A PANDEMIC AND 
PORTRAYED HIM AS A LOW-END OR 
DO PRESIDENT AND CLAIMED THE 
COUNTRY WOULD BE A MORE 
DANGEROUS PLACE UNDER JOE 
BIDEN. 
THE PRESIDENT'S OLDEST 
DAUGHTER, IVANKA, DEFENDED HER 
FATHER'S RECORD AND HIS 
LEADERSHIP STYLE, BEFORE DOING 
INTRODUCING HIM TO CLOSE AT THE 
CONVENTION. 
THE PAIR DELIVERED THEIR 
SPEECHES LIVE FROM THE SOUTH 
LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO A 
CROWD IN NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE. 
VERY FEW MEMBERS OF THE 
AUDIENCE WERE MASKS, AND THERE 
WAS NO SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP LISTED MANY OF 
THE POLICY CHANGES MADE DURING 
HIS FIRST TERM, AND TOUCHED ON 
PLANS FOR A POTENTIAL 2ND TERM 
HE. 
PRESENTED HIMSELF AS THE LAW 
AND ORDER CANDIDATE WHILE 
CRITICIZING JOE BIDEN'S RECORD. 
MR. TRUMP ARGUED THAT HIS 
DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER WOULD, 
QUOTE, ALLOW RADICAL MOVEMENT 
TO DESTROY AMERICA. 
HERE IS MORE OF WHAT YOU MAY 
HAVE MISSED. 
>> MY FELLOW AMERICANS, 
TONIGHT, WITH A HEART FULL OF 
GRATITUDE AND BOUNDLESS 
OPTIMISM, I PROFOUNDLY ACCEPT 
THIS NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
DESPITE ALL OF OUR GREAT NURSE 
OF A NATION, EVERYTHING WE HAVE 
ACHIEVED IS NOW IN DANGER. 
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
AND THIS ELECTION WILL DECIDE 
WHETHER WE WILL DEFEND THE 
AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE OR WHETHER 
WE WILL ALLOW A RADICAL 
MOVEMENT TO COMPLETELY 
DISMANTLE AND DESTROY IT. 
HOW CAN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY 
ASKED TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY WHEN 
IT SPENDS SO MUCH TIME TEARING 
DOWN OUR COUNTRY? 
>> JOE BIDEN IS NOT A SAVIOR OF 
AMERICA'S SOUL, HE IS THE 
DESTROYER OF AMERICA'S JOBS, 
AND IF GIVEN THE CHANCE HE WILL 
BE THE DESTROYER OF AMERICAN 
GREATNESS. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS BEING TOLD WHAT 
TO DO BY THE RADICALS RUNNING 
MY FORMER PARTY. 
THE SAME RADICALS TRYING TO 
INSTALL HIM AS THEIR PUBLIC 
PRESIDENT. 
>> THEY WILL DISMANTLE OUR 
INSTITUTIONS, DEFUND OUR 
POLICE, AND DESTROY OUR 
ECONOMY. 
>> DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS HAVE 
SURRENDERED OUR STREETS AND OUR 
INSTITUTIONS. 
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SAFETY, 
YOUR FAMILY'S SAFETY AND THE 
SAFETY OF ALL AMERICANS, THERE 
IS NO OTHER CHOICE. 
YOU WON'T BE SAFE IN JOE 
BIDEN'S AMERICA. 
WE CAN HAVE 4 MORE YEARS OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, OR YOU CAN 
HAVE NO SAFETY, NO JUSTICE, AND 
NO PEACE. 
>> IT IS CLEAR THAT A VOTE FOR 
BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS CREATES 
THE RISK THAT YOU WILL BRING 
THIS LAWLESSNESS TO YOUR CITY, 
TO YOUR TOWN, TO YOUR SUBURB. 
>> LET'S BRING IN CAITLIN HUEY-
BURNS. 
CAITLIN IS OUR CBS AND 
POLITICAL REPORT. 
HI THERE, CAITLIN. 
SO TYPICALLY, WE HEAR INCUMBENT 
PRESIDENT IN THESE ONES TAKE 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAY OUT 
THEIR 2ND TERM AGENDA. 
WHAT DID WE HEAR TONIGHT, AND 
SPECIFICALLY, DID WE HEAR PLANS 
REGARDING HOW THE PRESIDENT 
WOULD TACKLE THE COVID PANDEMIC 
IN A 2ND TERM? 
>> HI ELAINE, WELL WE CAN 
SAFELY SAY THAT BOTH PARTIES 
CAME TO SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT. 
DONALD TRUMP SAID TODAY, THIS 
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION 
IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY. 
AND THAT THERE IS A STARK 
CHOICE BETWEEN THE 2 
CANDIDATES, TO WHICH THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN AND DEMOCRATS HAVE 
BEEN SAYING THAT THEY VERY MUCH 
AGREE WITH THAT. 
TONIGHT WE HEARD 2 SPEECHES IN 
ONE. 
THE FIRST HALF OF THE SPEECH 
WAS GEARED TOWARDS SHOWING WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT BELIEVED TO BE 
HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND 
COMPARING THEM TO THINGS HE 
TALKED ABOUT IN 2016. 
THE 2ND PART OF THE SPEECH WAS 
VERY MUCH AN ATTACK AGAINST JOE 
BIDEN, TRYING TO SHOW BIDEN AS 
SOMEONE WHO HAS BECOME WHAT HE 
CALLED, " A TROJAN HORRORS ." 
WHO IS GOING TO BE A RADICAL 
LEFTIST, IS ESSENTIALLY THE 
WRECKER MESSAGE THEY WERE 
TRYING TO SEND. 
THERE I THINK WHAT WAS 
INTERESTING ABOUT TONIGHT IS -- 
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
THIS ALL WEEK -- ABOUT HOW THE 
PANDEMIC IS FACTORING INTO THE 
SPEECHES AND THE MESSAGING 
TONIGHT. 
TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT DID 
ADDRESS IT, AND HE ALSO 
ADDRESSED WHAT HE AND THE 
ADMINISTRATION ARE DOING. 
BUT IT WAS A MESSAGE KIND OF 
GEARED TOWARDS CLAIMING VICTORY 
ALREADY, ESSENTIALLY. 
YOU COULD ALSO NOTICED IN A 
CROWD THAT -- THE CROWD OF OVER 
1000 -- PEOPLE WEREN'T WEARING 
MASKS, THEY WEREN'T SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED. 
SO IT KIND OF GAVE THE AURA OF 
A KIND OF A PANDEMIC THAT WAS 
OVER, VERY CELEBRATORY NOTION 
AT THE END. 
SO WHILE HE DID MENTION IT AND 
DID EXPRESS CONDOLENCES TO 
FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN 
SUFFERING, THE MESSAGE HERE WAS 
VERY MUCH KIND OF GOING BEYOND 
THAT. 
HE ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY, AND HOW THE ECONOMY 
WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT. 
TALKING ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS, 
AND WE KNOW THAT REPUBLICANS 
LOOKING AT OUR POLLING ARE 
LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT 
MESSAGE. 
WE HEARD MIKE PENCE LAST NIGHT 
SAY THIS ELECTION SHOULD BE 
ABOUT WHO YOU THINK IS BEST TO 
HANDLE THE ECONOMY, AND WE'VE 
SEEN IN OUR POLLING THAT A 
MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS FEEL 
LIKE THEY ARE FINACIALLY 
BETTER OFF NOW THAN THEY WERE 4 
YEARS AGO. 
AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS 
DOWNTURN IS JUST TEMPORARY. 
SO THAT KIND OF GIVES THE 
CONTEXT FOR THIS SPEECH THAT 
WAS VERY MUCH GEARED TOWARD 
TOUTING WHAT THE PRESIDENT 
BELIEVES ARE HIS 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, GOING AFTER 
JOE BIDEN, AND ALSO SPEAKING TO 
A BASE OF SUPPORT THAT HAS BEEN 
WITH HIM SINCE THE BEGINNING. 
>> YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT AND 
OTHER SPEAKERS AS -- WE NOTED 
REPEATEDLY -- TALKED ABOUT THE 
NEED FOR, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, LAW 
AND ORDER. 
AND AT ONE POINT THERE IS A 
COMPELLING SEGMENT FOR FROM A 
WOMAN NAMED (INAUDIBLE) THE 
WIFE OF ST. LOUIS POLICE 
CAPTAIN DAVID DORM (INAUDIBLE) 
I WANT TO PLAY WHAT YOU HAD TO 
SEE. 
>> HOW DO WE GET TO THIS POINT 
WHERE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 
CARELESS AND INDIFFERENT TO 
WHAT'S HUMAN LIFE? 
THIS ISN'T A VIDEO GAME, WHERE 
YOU CAN COMMIT MAYHEM, AND THEN 
JUST HIT RESET AND BRING ALL 
THE CHARACTERS BACK TO LIGHT! 
>> GABE IS NEVER NEVER COMING 
BACK TO ME. 
HE WAS MURDERED BY PEOPLE WHO 
DIDN'T KNOW, AND JUST DIDN'T 
CARE. 
HE WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING TO 
HELP THEM. 
VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION ARE 
NOT LEGITIMATE FORMS OF 
PROTEST. 
THEY DO NOT SAFEGUARD BLACK 
LIVES. 
THEY ONLY DESTROY THEM. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP UNDERSTANDS 
THIS. 
HAS OFFERED FEDERAL HELP TO 
RESTORE ORDER IN OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> CAITLIN, HOW DOES HER STORY 
FIT INTO THE REPUBLICAN 
NARRATIVE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS 
THE CANDIDATE OF LAW AND ORDER? 
>> RIGHT, WE'VE BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT HOW THE PRESIDENT WOULD 
ADDRESS RACIAL INDUS JUSTICE 
THAT WE'VE SEEN -- AND RESPONSE 
TO RACIAL INDUSTRIES HAD WE'VE 
SEEN PROTESTS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THE LATEST ARE 
HAPPENING IN WISCONSIN RIGHT 
NOW AFTER THE SHOOTING OF A 
BLACK MAN BY POLICE OFFICERS. 
THIS MESSAGE THOUGH COMES 
SPEAKING TO A VERY SPECIFIC 
STRATEGY BY TRUMP AND 
REPUBLICANS, WHICH IS NOT TO 
FOCUS ON THE PROTESTS, BUT TO 
FOCUS ON THE VIOLENCE. 
AND WE'VE HEARD DEMOCRATS SAY 
THAT -- JOE BIDEN TODAY AND 
KAMALA HARRIS TODAY -- THAT THE 
PROTESTS SHOULD BE APPLAUDED 
AND THE VIOLENCE SHOULD BE 
CONDEMNED. 
BUT TRUMP WANTS TO LUMP THEM 
ALTOGETHER. 
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO PORTRAY AN 
NATION THAT IS BEING -- AND 
THESE CITIES WHICH ARE HAVING 
LOTS OF RIGHTS AND VIOLENCE -- 
AND PORTRAYING A NATION UNDER 
CHAOS UNDER DEMOCRATIC 
LEADERSHIP IN THESE CITIES, HE 
SAYS. 
THERE IS, OF COURSE, THE 
QUESTION OF, OKAY, WELL PRO 
TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT NOW. 
SO WHAT IS HE DOING ABOUT IT? 
AND HE REALLY DIDN'T ANSWER 
THAT. 
AT THE END OF THE SPEECH, HE 
SAID THAT BY NOVEMBER ON -- 
NOVEMBER 3RD, WHEN I'M 
REELECTED, THINGS WILL BE 
SAFER, YOU WILL BE SAFER. 
BUT 4 YEARS AGO, HE PROMISED TO 
BE THE CANDIDATE OF LAW AND 
ORDER AND TO RESTORE LAW AND 
ORDER. 
HE ALSO SAID THAT, " I ALONE 
CAN FIX IT ." SO A LOT OF 
THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT IN 2016, 
HE'S STILL TALKING ABOUT NOW, 
AND NOT MUCH, AT LEAST ON THAT 
FRONT, HAS CHANGED. 
AND THERE WAS AN INTERESTING 
SPLIT SCREEN WITH PROTESTS 
GOING ON OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND THE CELEBRATORY 
NATURE THAT THE PRESIDENT 
PORTRAYED INSIGHT, ON WHITE 
HOUSE GROUNDS, TONIGHT. 
>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH 
WAS SHORT ON POLICY PROPOSALS 
FOR A 2ND THROWN. 
HE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME 
GOING AFTER JOE BIDEN AND THE 
DEMOCRATIC. 
WHY DO WE KNOW, KAITLAN, DOES 
THAT HELP HIM WITH ANYONE OUT 
OF SIGHT OF HIS BASE? 
>> I THINK WHAT REPUBLICANS 
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO A WEEK 
IT'S NOT ONLY SPEAK TO THE BASE 
OF THEIR POT AND GET THEM 
EXCITED FOR NOVEMBER, BUT ALSO 
TO TRY AND REACH THOSE 
DISAFFECTED REPUBLICANS. 
SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS WHO MAY 
HAVE SUPPORTED TRUMP IN 2016 
AND HAVE NOW SINCE LEFT, OR ARE 
THINKING ABOUT LEAVING THE 
PARTY. 
WE SAW IN 2018 THAT REPUBLICANS 
IN THE SUBURBS ESPECIALLY 
MIGRATED AWAY FROM THEIR PARTY 
AND TOWARDS THE DEMOCRATS. 
AND SO A LOT OF THE MESSAGING 
THAT YOU HAVE HEARD THIS WEEK, 
ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT 
FEDERAL JUDGES AND SUPREME 
COURT JUDGES, TALKING ABOUT 
ABORTION, TALKING ABOUT SO-
CALLED COUNSEL CULTURE, AND A 
LOT OF THESE THEMES THAT THE 
PRESIDENT WAS TRYING TO PUSH 
AND OTHER MESSENGERS THIS WEEK 
AS WELL, I THINK WE'RE REALLY 
AIMED AT TRYING TO GET THOSE 
VOTERS. 
AND THAT'S WHY WE SEE HIM 
FOCUSING SO MUCH ON VIOLENCE 
AND THIS LAW AND ORDER 
CAMPAIGN. 
NOW WE'LL SEE IF IT WORKS. 
IN 2018, WE SAW A SIMILAR PUSH, 
EXCEPT IT WAS FOCUSED ON THE 
BORDER. 
AND CARAVANS THAT HE WAS 
CLAIMING WOULD BE TAKING OVER. 
AND VOTERS DIDN'T NECESSARILY 
BUY IT. 
IN FACT, DEMOCRATS WANT THE 
HOUSE. 
SO, WE'LL SEE HOW THIS PLAYS 
THIS TIME AROUND, BUT THAT IS 
CERTAINLY THE GOAL BY 
REPUBLICANS THIS WEEK IS TO TRY 
AND GET THOSE VOTERS BACK. 
>> I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT 
ON WHY YOU SUPPORT (INAUDIBLE) 
THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE 
TOGETHER OVER THE (INAUDIBLE) 
WE WILL DEFEND AMERICAN 
(INAUDIBLE) AND PROTECT 
AMERICAN (INAUDIBLE) AGAINST 
ALL DANGEROUS. 
WE WILL LEAD AMERICA. 
>>
WE HEARD HOW SECRETARY BEN 
CARSON AT ONE POINT SPEAK AND 
HE REFERENCED WHAT CAITLIN 
BROUGHT UP
