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PBS News Hour - Full Show

July 18, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Thursday on the News Hour, all eyes are on the Republican convention where former President Donald Trump will make his first public speech since the assassination attempt. President Biden isolates after testing positive for COVID, the latest setback in his campaign. Plus, the Secret Service faces pressure from Republicans and Democrats over apparent failures that led up to Trump's shooting. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm on the Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight.

0:08.0

All eyes are on the Republican National Convention here in the Milwaukee where

0:12.3

former President Donald Trump is set to make his first public

0:15.3

speech since the assassination attempt.

0:18.3

President Biden faces more calls from top Democrats to step aside. The latest setback in his re-election campaign.

0:25.0

And the US Secret Service faces mounting pressure over the apparent failures that led to Mr.

0:30.8

Trump's shooting.

0:31.8

Realizing this was only 150 yards would have been. that led to Mr. Trump's shooting.

0:32.5

Realizing this was only 150 yards

0:34.8

with a clear line of sight to the podium

0:37.4

where the president was going to be speaking.

0:39.9

That's a critical error. Welcome to the news hour. It is the final night of the Republican National Convention

1:00.0

here in Milwaukee. Donald Trump is set to accept his party's nomination for president

1:05.2

marking his first public speech since the attempt on his life this past weekend.

1:10.0

That speech will wrap up a week messaging a United Republican Party,

1:14.8

one that spent days reminding voters about Trump's strengths and the party's vision for America.

1:20.0

Meanwhile, Democrats are facing an array of questions about the top of their ticket.

1:24.8

Lisa Desjardin has been following it all, Lisa.

1:28.0

That's right. Tonight is the big night here, of course, at the convention, but it follows the

1:31.5

other marquee night of the week where the vice

1:33.6

presidential nominee J.D. Vance came out and throughout the night we saw rhetoric

1:38.0

that swung between talk of strengths to talk of sensitivity to some sharp words.

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