[applause] [applause] [applause] delegates, ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Please welcome back Republican National Committee Chair rice priebus. Mr. Priebus welcome to the Third Session of the 2016 Republican National convention. The convention will come to order. Olors will bec represented by our men and women in blue. Please welcome the color guard from the Cleveland Police department for helping protect us tonight. [applause] thank you. Halt. Left face. Please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance, the National Anthem and the indication. Representing countries from around the world, please welcome the patriotic nationality ambassadors will lead us in our pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and sue the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Priebus all right. Please welcome lifelong browns ch, who will sing the National Anthem. [applause] oh say can
[indiscernible conversations] announcer friday, a discussion and that military strategy in the middle east. Announcer washington journal, life every day with news and policy issues. Coming up on friday, jeff will join us by phone to discuss the debate over the removal of Confederate Monument in new orleans. Mitch landrieu has backed the efforts to remove a number of monuments on public land. The city remains divided. Smithiana smith hannah will be on to discuss the burwell case, dealing with religious liberties and Affordable Care act contraceptive mandate. Nirvanamber of the band will join us to discuss the role edification for a variety of electoral reform. The sure to watch washington journal on friday morning. American history tv on cspan3 this weekend. Saturday evening, on the civil war, historians discuss why the south fought the civil war in why the north one. He examines arguments made by former confederates justifying their split from the union and their defeat. Among the comm
Wheres kasie hunt . Is wheres john kasich . Hes the governor of the state. Hes making a big mistake. Hes making a big mistake. Only one former republican nominee or president will be attending this convention. That being the nomination of bob dole. His running mate governor mike pence was chosen to inspire party unity, but even that may not be working. He is headed to cleveland from indianapolis. But the show must go on and donald trump is planning to deliver. Working off a theme of make amersafe again, trump is expect ed to introduce his wife to focus the party on threats at home and abroad. Kelly odonnell and our delegate hunter jacob soeb rof is in cleveland. Hes on the floor trying to rangel the never trumpers and find out what they are doing. Those last ditch efforts to keep donald trump from getting the nomination. I want to be with Kelly Odonnell. Whats the message the rnc and Trump Campaign are hoping to deliver on this first day. Its to reenforce safety and security. Something
there s a broad range of risks associated with this drought, lack of drinking water supplies. that can contribute to military crises around the world. so this is what director of national intelligence, james clapper, said, extreme weather will create water scarcity, disrupt food supplies, harm energy infrastructure, will raise the global risks of instability and aggravate regional tensions. so it goes on. the entire national defense establishment is speaking with one voice on this and if you just look at we also did we also want them to tell us about what would happen to our military facilities here. and many of them, 300,000 buildings valued at $590 billion, is at risk because of climate change. coastal military installations. so we re dealing with a lot of infrastructure here. norfolk naval station and the neighboring newport news shipyard, where they build aircraft carriers, they re threatened by storm surges and sea level rise. so i have come to the floor now, oh,