The Republican Convention, can donald trump unify a divided party . Woodruff good evening and welcome to our special pbs p newshour coverage of the Republican National convention in cleveland, ohio. Im judy woodruff. Dr ifill im gwenn ifill. Were joined from our regular contributors, mark shields and david brooks. Vi woodruff also with us, nprs laura along with amy cook from the political report. Down on the floor, we have newshour correspondents Lisa Desjardins and nprs susan davis. Ifill tonight is the culmination of the Republican NationalConvention Week here in cleveland where donald trump will speak to the delegates. Well be right back to start it all off after a short break. B stay with us. Funding stay witus. Funding funding for this program has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial futuren woodruff at the pod yim right now is past podium right now is pastor mark burns. R he gave the benediction to this convention. Hes a televangelist. No, its arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County, arizona. Hes become emblematic on cracking down on undocumented immigration in this country. Hes been the sheriff of Maricopa County for, what . 23 years and right behind him on stage is actually a picture of the wall that exists in arizona. Ifill we were saying mark burns was the pastor, tel televangelist. We jumped the gun. There he is. Of lets listen to him for a few moments. Hello, republicans are you ready to elect the next president of these United States of america . D [ cheering and applause ] im pastor mark burns from the great state of South Carolina [ cheering and applause ] and listen republicans, it is so important that we come together to defeat Hillary Clinton and the democrats yes, yes and those democrats will do whatever it takes to keep us americans focusing on the colors that divide us and not the colors that unite us [ cheering and applause ] and you know why . Because shes afraid, shes afraid, shes afraid, because she knows that together, we will never allow Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States of america yep. Yep. Yep. [ cheering and applause ] shell never shell never ever ever will she ever step foot to be president of the United States. E i want to declare to the whole world and to the Republican Party that under donald trump and under a donald trump administration, all lives matter [ cheering and applause ] hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. And that means black lives, white lives, hispanic lives, asian lives, music will live lives muselum lives, shout with me all lives [ cheering and applause ] hold up. Hold up. And even, even though. [ crowd shouting all lives matter ] let them know, listen let me say this, even though i disagred with the tactics and the divisive rhetoric of the black lives matter movement, i do understand that hopelessness and lack of opportunity breeds that type of desperation. It does. [ applause ] and this is true in many of our nations ghettos and our underprivileged communities. Black protests in urban city centers are born out of this kind of desperation. But the thing is, the way that we can solve the problem and to eliminate this type of a desperation is to create good jobs, good jobs [ cheering and applause ] and revitalization and opportunities for job training and longterm solutions. That will solve the problem in our troubled cities around this country. R [ cheering and applause ] and i want to make a loud cry that we as republicans, we are declaring right now today that we are determined more than ever to listen to the cry of the disenfranchised, the low income, we, more than ever, could solve the problems together. E together. Together. R. Together. Together. [ cheering and applause ] shout together [ crowd shouting together. ] and i know without a shadow of a doubt that donald j. Trump will make sure that all americans will have jobs [ cheering and applause ] you know why . Because donald trump is not going to pander after no one race. Hes after the human race. And together, together shout together [ crowd shouting together. ] not as black americans, whiteas americans, brown americans, yellow americans or red americans, but just as america americans [ cheering and applause ] and together as americans, we will get to the Promised Land trust me. Well get there. [ cheering and applause ] and the Promised Land is a place where jobs have returned back to this country, where College Degrees replace incarcerations and no matter which terrorist group that tries to destroy ouru way of life, we will rise fromro the ashes we will never die [ cheering and applause ] we will always fly. And you know why . Because we are the United States of america [ cheering and applause ] and hear me, listen and despite, despite the color you was born with, here in america, the only colors that matter are the colors of a red, white, and blue [ cheering and applause ] my lovely wife tamara and our beautiful six babies, i invite every one of you to help me elect the next president of the United States of america, donald j. Trump [ cheering and applause ] a shoud trump shout trump [ crowd shouting trump, trump, trump ] woodruff wow, that was a rousing way to begin this evenings speeches leading up tt the arrival of donald j. Trump, the nominee. E. Well find out how thats all being received, even though you can kind of tell on the floorlo tonight by going down to Nprs Rachel Martin who is on the podium. Hi, rachel. Reporter hi, hard to hear you because the crowd erupted in applause after pastor mark burnn gave a rousing address. You heard him, all lives matter. All lives matter is what he shouted out to this auditorium, got a rousing cry from the audience here. And its an issue that the Republican Party has struggled with, right . Broadening the tense. Making it a party that could welcome in, in particular minority voters whom they need. Its a subject thatss uncomfortable for some. I interviewed congressman tom pryce of georgia, and when i asked him about this, he said, i dont want to talk about breaking people down in black votes and white votes and hispanic votes. The Republican Party is a party for everyone. There is this restson, uncomfortableness about talking about race. This is why weve seen africanamerican pastors giving benedictions. Weve seen a woman from california give the benediction. Theyre using that to suddenly give messages that they want the Republican Party to be a bigger place to welcome in more kinds of different people. Woodruff certainly looksff that way. Th Rachel Martin on the podium. Now to Lisa Desjardins down on the floor. Lisa, i believe youre in the nevada delegation . Desjardins im with the louisiana delegation. We have representative John Flemming here. Just yesterday, you changed youe status on what you filed to run for the u. S. Senate yesterday at 8 00 a. M. . 8 00 wednesday morning, i wa, the first to file to for thet United States senate. Were working very hard gettingt around the state and getting our message out. Desjardins off to the racesc you say, of course, were talking about the president ial race here at the convention. Yeah, yeah. Desjardins what do you as a Perspective Senate candidate need donald trump to do . There are many worried, some of your party, that he may affect downticket race 98 way that may not help in the senate. What do you as a perspective candidate want for him to do . I want to say that donald trump actually won louisiana inn his primary. I think donald trump will be very strong on the ticket. Im happy to be on the ticket with donald trump. Donald trump wants the same things i want which is to repeal obamacare and replace it with a marketbased patientcenter system. Take down theed awful regulatior that are killing our economy. Reduce our taxes. Protect our borders. Protect our streets and go destroy isis. Y desjardins you have been well known as a Tea Party Member andea member of the house freedm caucus which led to the resignation of speaker john boehner. Exactly, yes. Desjardins how do you feel donald trump fits into that . I spoke with other House Freedom members that arent sure as to how donald trump is going to work with congress . E thats yet to be seen, but in could tell you that like the House Freedom caucus and members like me, donald trump san outsider. He wants to shake up is an outsider. He wants to shake up washington. I worked with my colleagues in the House Freedom caucus before speak we forced Speaker Boehner to resign. We shook up the house. E i want to go to the senate and shake up the senate. He donald trump is coming in. I he wants to shake up governmentg as a whole and get people back to work, get our economy up and going, protect our citizens. The way were going is simply a disaster. Desjardins thank you. Back to you, gwen and judy. Ifill thank you, lisa. Now we go to someone who was on board very early from new hampshire. Reporter hi, gwen. Im in the new hampshiremp delegation with the cochair of the Trump Campaign effort fromef the great state of neww hampshire. Last night, ted cruz tried to steal the show a little bit. Tonight, its about donaldld trump. What would you like to hear froa him tonight . I want to see from donald from what hes been talking about for the last year and a half. I supported him and endorsed him in fact, in june 16 of laste year. I was one of the first people to come out and publicly supporty him. Hes got a message thats resonatesing with people. Ive been telling people on the road for the entire year plus that in fact 27 of the people who are registered to vote in the last election did not vote. I introduced donald trump in over 20 different events. Ive spoken in front of 100,000 people. Ive been on the ground. People are coming out who have never been involved, who havent voted for decades or never voted. There is a tsunami building. Donald trump is the head of that tsunami. That tsunami is the americanri people. They are sick and tired of theed establishment. And this tsunami is going to wash over the democratic establishment and the republican establishment. Its the American Peoplele revolting against the status q quo. Donald trump is going to addresr that tonight. Hes going to tell them how he going to secure our nation, how hes going to make our nation great again, how hes going to make our nation safe again. How were going to become a a world leader again. How were going to get our economy going and create wonderful, highpaying jobs for the American People. There was. Reporter i think we have to leave it there, but thank you so much. Thank you. Reporter gwen, back to you. Woodruff judy, ill take it thank you, susan. Were back with our team at theu table. I think were hearing amy walter from, you know, were hearingri from some delegates whos beenwh with donald trump for a longg time, like the gentleman from new hampshire, but others who are newcomers to supportingp donald trump. This is still even though. This is Donald Trumps big night theres still some delegates taking his measure. Right, its his convention. Its not yet his party. I thought it was interesting that the campaign is handing out stickers that dont say trump pence but they say defeate hillary, support trump. So still the message to this crowd, you may not be completele on board with donald trump, but you cant let Hillary Clinton win. Thats not exactly the kind of message you would think you bring on the final day when you put your candidate out there. I was walking through the hall h and was you know, sort of struck by the fact this is the last night. This is the last night thatni donald trump speaks. There arent a lot of people Walking Around with donald trump hats or donald trump pence buttons. Tts not the kind of thing that you normally see at a conventiov where people are just decked out with paraphernalia from their candidate. You know, we dont have a lot much more time to talk now. I want you to hold all of your incredibly brilliant thoughts. I can tell mark was trying to jump in there, because we really want to come back to them and talk about what we expect thisx evening, what we expect to hear from donald trump and what we expect to hear as a result of the things that happened last night. Woodruff so were going to take a break. Well be back. Special cbs newshour nprnp coverage of the republicanco national convention. Al stay with us. Well be in one minute. My favorite convention of all times was 1988 new orleans convention. I had worked really hard. I was a republican staten chairman, the chairman of ourch delegation. We won in that convention double digits behind governor dukakis. Its amazing to me how confident the convention was. It really felt like we werewe going to win. The acceptance speech from george h. W. Bush, may be his best speech ever. A president must be many things. He must be a shrewd protector of americas interests, and he must be an idealist for those who move for a more freer and democratic planet. What it all comes down to after all the shouting and the tears is the man at the desk and who should sit at that desk, my friends, i am that man from the beginning until theu end, thats a convention ive never been thats the best convention ive ever been around. Co ifill this is the live coverage of the Republican National convention from the pbs newshour. Im gwenn ifill. Woodruff im judy woodruff. Ifill a moelt motivational speaker survived a car cras crash a motivational speaker survived a car crash is now at the podium. As i led the wolverines ontot the field, he blessed me with my beautiful wife, hailey, we walked down the aisle together. He gave me countless other blessings. This very moment for me is a testament to god working all things for the good. [ cheering and applause ] guess who else was told he had a 1 chance . A company that analyzed theh polling for cnn predicted lastct year that donald trump had a 1 chance of winning the republican nomination for president. Mr. Trump, welcome to the club [ cheering and applause ] i defied the odds, but i couldnt do it on my own. Donald trump cant do it alone either. He needs our help and support. Just as michigan was willing to adopt the buckeyes for a cause greater than ourselves, we can unite behind donald trump to make america one again. [ cheering and applause ] now, i want to turn it over to a fellow ohio state graduate who really knows how to unite a team coach bobby knight. [ cheering and applause ]y its nice to be a part of team trump, working toward making america the greatest there is. As a coach, my main objectiven was to win. Wa and i know donald trump will always have winning on his mind. Ladies and gentlemen, oncen, again, please welcome the g. E. Smith band with this evenings special guest, nashville recording artist dave fennelly. Ifill ok. This is the part of the evening where we cant hear each other because of the music. Woodruff were lookingoo trying to figure out who is talking. Bobby knight, there was a lot of speculation about whether the famousul Indiana University basketball coach was going to be here or not. Ng he showed up. Very brief remarks in a video. Someone who is very well known. David brooks, you know, before we went away for the break, wee talked about how, um, you know, some delegates are all the way on board. Some of them are half way on board. Are nowhere near in donald trump camp. What is he what kind of an audience is going to be greeting him when he speaks . Bobby knight, kinder, gentl gentler they dont have to like him. Thats going to be one of thdo arguments. You dont have to like me. Theres a lot of Richard Nixon in what were about to hear. Rich nixon in 1968, the world is blowing apart. Ap im not the most lovable guy ong the earth. But you need me. M you need me in dark times. And im not sure thats going to work. We can talk about it as the night progresses but hes hes hes conspicuo conspicuously not popular. Maybe the family is trying to lighten that load, but its more like you need me, not you want me. Ifill you know, judy and i earlier today got the chance tot sit down to talk to the Vice President ial t nominee, mike pence. He talked about some of thesese things and especially what hes experienced [ indiscernible ] woodruff he was, i talked to him earlier today and he t expanded on some of the areas where he agrees and doesnt necessarily agree with donald trumpar, but it gives you a betr sense of the kind of relationship that theyre just beginning to develop. Were going to listen to just a part of that. Ifill back for more of it later. In your speech last night, i dont think there were very many dry eyes when you gestured up in the stands to your mother. Or mine. Woodruff and you said youd thanked her and you went ontoo talk about your family, about growing up what was that moment like . It was very emotional, very emotional. My grandfather immigrated to this country. My mom grew up in a family of immigrants, and just to think that i could walk out on the stage and accept my partys nomination for Vice President of the United States and to be able to share that moment with my mother and my wonderful wife and our three children was almost inexpressable. Woodruff speaking of family, the other one of the other major speakers last night was senator ted cruz. Right. Woodruff who in saying whyuf hes not endorsing dona