Now the president ial debates could be in jeopardy and why fire marshals are now enemy number one for donald trump. Now because of your fire marshal, who i am not a fan of [ cheers and applause ] hes probably a democrat, probably a guy that doesnt get it. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. Today donald trump launched day four of his personal war on a grieving Muslim American family who lost their son in the war in iraq and who would have been barred from immigrating this to country under trumps proposed muslim ban. The republican nominees vendetta against the parents of Army Captain Humayun Khan who died after standing in the way of a car carrying a suicide bomb echoes his attacks on the judge overseeing a fraud case against Trump University who trump insisted was biased due to his mexican heritage. It comes at a Pivotal Moment in the campaign. At least two new polls show Hillary Clinton with a widening lead over trump thanks to what appears to be
Staging a chaotic final effort to stop trumps nomination. Theres also the reported outbreak of norovirus, which has the california gop warning that state delegates should not even shake hands. And theres last nights headliner, Melania Trump, whose speech sounded awfully familiar. Your integrity, compassion, and intelligence deflects to this day on me. Her integrity. Her compassion. Her intelligence reflected in my daughters. That your work is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. Your word is your bond, that you do what you say youre going to do. We need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. Pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children in this nation to know. Because we want our children and all children in this nation to know. The only limit to your achievement is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. The only limits of the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willing
Scott pelley, reporting tonight from the Republican National convention in cleveland, ohio. Pelley this is our western edition. On the eve of this convention the country has been shaken by another deadly act of violence. Six Law Enforcement officers were shot this morning in baton rouge, louisiana. Three are dead, another is in Critical Condition tonight. They were ambushed by a gunman that the Police Identified as a black exmarine from kansas city. The shooting comes less than two weeks after a black man was shot to death by White Police Officers during a struggle with Baton Rouge Police. That was followed by the assassination of five dallas officers by a black gunman out for revenge. David begnaud is in baton rouge. Reporter just before 9 a. M. This morning, officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect less than a mile from police headquarters. Authorities say officers were responding to a 911 call after witnesses saw a man acting suspiciously. He was dressed in all black and carrying a
Lock her up from the Convention Floor last night. We have every angle of what happened covered. Lets begin this hour with Cnns Phil Mattingly inside the convention center. Phil . Reporter good morning, chris. Turning the page. Thats how one trump adviser in the wake of a turbulent first 24 hours of the convention described what tuesday night was all about and helping the Trump Campaign do just that, Donald Trumps children, the unquestioned stars of the night. It is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. Congratulations, dad. We love you. Reporter donald trump formally clinching the republican nomination. Im so proud to be your nominee for president of the United States. Reporter trumps children stealing the spotlight with emotional speeches about their father. Donald trump has never done anything halfway, least of all as a parent. Reporter his 22yearold daughter tiffany getting personal. I still keep all my report cards, some dating back t
Trying to rally the latino vote, to motivate them, to get them out in crucial states where theres a sizeable latino population, colorado, nevada, florida, virginia. Well see how well it goes. It is a big dividing line between her position and Donald Trumps. Jeff zeleny is up on the podium right now. So far theyre pretty much on schedule. Lets see what happens next. They are, indeed, wolf. Two or three hours or so, clinton and sanders officials have been behind closed doors trying to figure out how to keep things more calm for the rest of the evening. From our Vantage Point up here on the podium, i can tell you, wolf, tensions are definitely much cooler. Some of the seats where people were holding those tpp signs, the sanders supporters, those are empty right now. Jake was mentioning the historic nature of the candidacy. Thats one other argument that senator sanders is trying to get through to his supporters, that they should be respectful of Hillary Clinton, tim kaine and the other spe