Ation in your mouth and throat. Zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. Nexium can take 24 hours. Try cool mint zantac. No pill relieves heartburn faster. The Republican Party making it official, its done, donald trump is, in fact, the nominee. Thank you so much for joining us, im heather childers. Im kelly wright, trumps nomination tonight closing one of the biggest deals hes ever made in his life but sharing the limelight, his son, donald trump, jr. , who cast the final vote. It is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates. And another six for john kasich. Congratulations, dad, we love
you [ cheers and applause ] donald trump, again, appeared before the convention. This time, in a taped message calling for the gop to go, quote, all the way. For more on day two, we go to sam green, whos live for us in cleveland. High, shannon, another exciting day. It has been, heather, you know there was a lot of intrigue on the floor day because this was the day, as you pointed out that delegates officially, state by state, went through and cast their delegates and cast their votes on the floor and it was interesting because at one point, utah stepped up and said it was casting its votes for ted cruz and got overruled for the stage because they could only cast votes for someone who was in nomination and donald trump was the only person today. You saw there were new york, its delegation, with donald trump, jr. , got to make it official, putting his dad over the top in the delegate count and it was a Family Affair tonight. Tiffany trump also took to the stage, she and her brother both talked about the skills and the
temperament that they thought made it official, why donald trump, they argued, by outlining a lot of their personal history in their experiences, was the one to become the next commander in chief. To this day, many of the top executives in our company are individuals that started out in positions that were bluecollar, but he saw something in them, and he pushed them to succeed. His true gift as a leader is that he sees the potential in people that they dont even see in themselves. [ applause ] tonight, we also heard from one of trumps former rivals, dr. Ben carson. He is now a supporter of trump. I got to tell you, traveling on the campaign trail the last year or so, dr. Carson is bun one of those people, he generally got the warmest response from the crowd and tonight, we saw him on the stage with no exception. This is a nation where our founding document, the declaration of independence,
talks about certain inalienable rights that come from our creator. This is a nation where our pledge of allegiance says we are one nation under god. He really got a good response from the crowd tonight, but i got to say the most fiery speech came from new jersey governor, Chris Christie, also a former rival in this run for the presidency and rumored to be on the vp short list for donald trump. He is a former prosecutor, he used his time to go after Hillary Clinton, making the case against her on everything from benghazi to her private email server. Here it is, everybody. We didnt disqualify Hillary Clinton to be president of the United States. The facts of her life and career disqualify her. [ applause ] it is a role we saw him play on the campaign trail and one that was a big argument a lot of people thought for the reason why he could be the number two on the ticket with donald trump because he seemed so skilled and
so passionate about making these arguments. So, day two was all about make america work again. Talking about jobs and the economy, so there were Business Executives who took to the stage tonight as well. And our most recent polling with fox news shows that the majority of voters, they said the economy is their number one issue going into the fall elections by a margin of nearly four to one and when you put Hillary Clinton and donald trump head to head, this is one of those issues where he actually gets the better of her, our recent polling showing that he came out by a margin of 53 to 41 against her on the issue of the economy. Tomorrow, i think it is make America First again. Actually, thats today now, if youre on the east coast, but thatll be day three of the rnc, heather. Its very hard to keep track of. But you know, you were talking about Chris Christie and ben carson, they really lived up to their reputations, good guy, tough guy, with their speeches today for sure. They did. And the audience ate up both of their deliveries, and they
really you could see they had built so much goodwill along the way and like i said, being on the campaign trail, even when you would be in a room say at the Iowa Caucuses where a number of these different candidates would show up, ben carson always god the most applause. People really just connect with him in some way. A lot of people wanted him in that position that donald trump is now in but that is not the case because donald trump is over the top and hes over the moon with feeling good about his nomination tonight. Sure is. Lets take a look at some of the highlights of day two. Now perspectives on what day two was like, todd, good of you to join us tonight. Thanks, kelly, dont know what day it is, but glad to be with you. Lets start with today being tuesday going into wednesday, its now officially 1 05 in the a. M. On the east coast. So todd, tell us your top five picks of tonight. I think the most i think number one, topping my list, is this issue with melania trumps
speech from monday night. This is still an issue, and the campaign is hoping that it would not be an issue. But unfortunately, it is. And i want to say right out of the gate, kelly, i dont think that mrs. Trump is to blame here. I cant imagine any republican with the right mind wanting to lift something from a democrat speech, especially an obama speech. So, the issue here is how the campaign handled this, not so much the speech, but how the campaign is handling it. And theyre not handling it well, and as a result of that, theyre getting off message. Yesterday should have been about that fiery speech from rudy giuliani, and unfortunately, theyre still dealing with the aftermath of that botched speech. Quite a few people are still talking about it, and in fact, well be talking about it throughout the morning as well. Because it is still something thats lingering out there, took away, as you said, from Rudy Giulianis speech and also the message that they were trying to show for day one. So let me ask you about another factor, party unity. We heard from House Speaker paul ryan tonight. Did he do enough to talk about getting the Party Together and unifying . Well, sweet lord almighty, kelly, its like herding cats trying to get all these republicans together on the same page, and quite frankly, paul ryan hasnt been very helpful in that. Just the other day, he was saying that donald trump wasnt his kind of conservative, but look, he came out tonight and he did a good job. He rallied the base, and quite frankly, some of his biggest applause lines last night, rather, some of his biggest applause lines came when he did talk about party unity. But ive got to tell you something, ive wandered through the streets and the restaurants and the bars around cleveland, and republicans are not unified yet. I like your tennessee slang there, sweet lord almighty. Real quickly, before we let you go, Chris Christie, did he hit a home run tonight . We have another saying back in tennessee, he backed up and he brought it and he certainly
did, pulling off a judge judy. I think the crowd really responded. Just like rudy giuliani, he really inspired the crowd with that, then actually had them shouting back, guilty, and they wanted the crowd was chanting, throw her in jail or lock her up by the time his speech was over. All right. Well, we got a tweet from Hillary Clinton out there as well saying that basically people should talk to Chris Christie about the a bridge. Bridge gate. Oh boy, its back. Touched on our psyche it h. E thanks, guysHillary Clinton mocking the Republican Convention at an event in las vegas today. Listen to this. You know, when i was a little girl, i went to see when they reissued it, the movie the wizard of oz. And there were similarities that appeared to me. You know, lots of sound and furry, even a fog machine, but
when you pulled back the curtain, it was just donald trump with nothing to offer to the American People. Well, joining us now from our new york studio is the executive director of the new york state Democratic Party, also a former senior aide to Hillary Clinton when she was new yorks junior u. S. Senator. Basil, the Trump Campaign has less staff, theyre spending less money, but the two are actually running neck and neck in the polls, so is his unconventional approach seemingly working here . Well, i think there are a few things that work. Number one, you know, there was a tremendous amount of Media Attention because he ran against sort of republican or actually he ran against the system, he talked about the system being rigged, so there was a tremendous amount of Media Attention on his candidacy, and frankly, that, plus, you know, just his bombastic style sort of just pushed everybody out of the
spotlight, and he took up so much of the air. That said, you know, hes had a last couple of weeks where weve been spending a lot of time talking about his potential Vice President ial pick, so im not surprised that the polls are where they are right now. I expected this race to be close. Of course, i think hillary will win in the end. But i expected this race to be close, i think hell get a bump after his convention, hillary after hers, and then well see what happens after that first debate. Thats what im really looking forward to. And i have a feeling a couple of these will come up as topics when we hit those debates. Take to listen to what Chris Christie had to say today. In libya, in nigeria, guilty. In china and syria. Guilty. In iran and russia and cuba. Guilty and here at home, for risking americas secrets to keep her own and lying to cover it all
up . Guilty all right, so ill steal todds phrase that he just taught us. He backed it up and brought it but it looks like hillary is too, talking about the wizard of oz and such. Is this a sign of things to come . Well, a couple things. Certainly Chris Christies auditioning for, i guess, the second job he wanted since he didnt get his first job. Which is fine, let him do that. But the truth of the matter is, thats really all that Chris Christie can do. He can come with this sort of prosecutorial style, but he really doesnt have much of a record in new jersey. A lot of folks in new jersey didnt like him and even the conservatives in his party did not like him, and they took him to they took him out in the back and beat him senseless because he hugged a president who came to help him after a hurricane hit his state. I mean, to me, you know, i dont think hes a darling of the
moderates, and hes certainly not a darling of the conservatives, so i think hes auditioning for the second job that he wants in a trump administration. That said, i do think youre going to hear a lot of talk about Hillary Clintons record as secretary of state. She has a great record as secretary of state. Theyre going to talk about her untrustworthiness, but the fact is a lot of that is based on 20, 25 years of fiction because shes been this prominent figure in american politics for that long. Im sorry to interrupt. You mentioned that she has a great record as secretary of state. What do you think is the best thing that she did as secretary of state . Well, frankly, shes led the conversation in terms of talking about climate change. Shes led the conversation in terms of talking about human rights issues. She has gone to the middle east and at least tried to talk to countries that could potentially be our partners in fighting the
war on terrorism, which is something that she talked about even on the campaign trail. She said, look, we cannot do this alone, and we have to take to task the countries like syria, like qatar, other countries that need to be stakeholders in this as well. We need to take them to task. Shes had tough talk on this. Sounds like, though, a lot of talk and not a lot of action, when she did have an opportunity to make some significant changes and here we are. Well, get her to the white house, shell do the job. Basil, thank you so much for joining us. Thanks. Thank you. For more reaction, lets go to former republican congressman for the state of new york. He joins us now. John, the other Panel Members are out there somewhere, your colleagues pat and doug, but theyre in cleveland, so we may not be able to get them for a moment. Lets start with you as a panelist and someone whos been a republican and watching day two, what say you about how day two went . I mean, there are a lot of people there tonight who were trying to find out how do you
make america work again, but they were also looking for a way of saying, okay, its time for the party to come together and coalesce around donald trump and his status of trying to make America Great again. Yeah. I think i think they had a good night. But i think and i said this to heather off air i wish there was a little more pro what trump is going to do to make America Great again, what are his specifics, not just saying were going to crush isis, were going to fix this. Lets get into a little bit about how were going to do it. And we need trump to be seen as a nicer guy than a nasty guy, a smiley guy, not a snarling guy. He needs to soften his image up a little bit to win over reluctant voters. They dont like hillary. They dont want to vote for hillary, thats clear. I think the convention tonight was very heavy on antihillary, and its unnecessary. The country doesnt want to vote for her. When doug comes on here, hes worked for the clintons, hell tell us on air, there is a resistance to hillary among voters. They dont like her. Well, lets find out if doug, in fact, does have that to say, because i think that we do have them now. Also back with us now former pollster for jimmy carter, and one time advisor for president bill clinton. Glad to see you guys there in cleveland. Doug, ill let you start. Follow up. I think john is right. There is an obvious resistance to the secretary of state. You can hear basil before really fumbling to try to come up with any substantial accomplishments of the secretary in terms of your question. And frankly, the answer to why the republicans are going negative is because the argument against secretary clinton is a strong one, stronger by what fbi director comey said, and i agree with john that
donald trump has to flesh out his agenda with specifics. I think thats what were going to hear on thursday night, and certainly my own recommendation, if i were advising the Trump Campaign, which i most assuredly am not in the same way im not advising the clintons, but my own advice would be to be detailed, specific, positive looking and forward looking. Put another way, exactly what john said, i believe, are the imperatives for thursday night. I want to ask you this question based on what doug was just talking about, detailed, specific, and positive, and then going back to what john was saying about how to make donald trump look softer and gentler and kinder. I think the person who did that tonight better than anyone else was his son. Yes. I think his children have done a great job for him, and i think his youngest daughter did
tonight, and i think donald junior was really strong. I think his wife helped him. I think tomorrow, his other son, eric, and then his daughter, ivanka, is going to introduce him. Theyve done a lot to this, and people are seeing that, and its being played in prime time, and thats helping to soften it. I disagree a little bit, not in the general thrust of what john and doug are saying, but i think that trump is theres a personalitys going to come through, but his positive message has to have an edge to it. He is the nominee of a party that really kind of seized control for one reason, which is that he has taken on the establishment, he has been the voice of a country that is absolutely ready to overthrow the Political Class of which Hillary Clinton is the prime static member of. And thats very strong. And to the point about hillary just quickly, its going to get worse, because the clinton i found out today, the clinton cash movie which i have seen
about the foundation and the real scandals is being released not in theaters. Its going to go on the internet. Everyones going to be able to see it this weekend. Its going to be a real trouble for her. Pat, thank you, pat and doug, stick around, and john is right here with us with heather and i here in new york. Theres still much more to come. Were going to have more on the panel right after break. Stay with us. Routine. Its a hard thing to break. Day in, day out. From point a to b, and back again. Theres a difference between being alive and living. For those who cant imagine life without two wheels, allstate offers a genuine parts guarantee, that promises to fix your bike with original parts. Talk to an allstate agent about all the things they do to keep riders riding. Youve wished upon it all year,
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