Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Monday, August 24th. I'm Niala Boodoo.

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But first, today's one big thing,

a preview of the Republican National Convention.

The RNC begins tonight. The RNC

begins tonight. As for what to expect, Axios is Jonathan Swan wrote,

think of this less like a political convention and more like a reality TV show. And President Trump plans to feature himself every night, a highly unusual move for a nominee.

The other thing that he's doing that's very unusual and many say improper is he's going to be leveraging the powers of

the presidency in the setting of the White House for the convention.

He wanted a live audience, which he's now

going to get on the White House as South Lawn

when he gives his speech from a grand stage there.

I think this is pretty vivid the way one of his aides put it. They said think of each night like an episode and what would an episode be without an appearance from the star. When he gave his state of the Union speech earlier this year, President Trump told AIDS that his favorite moment from the speech was when it was this sort of reality TV stunt.

And Rush, in recognition of all that you have done for our nation,

I am proud to announce tonight that you will be receiving our country's highest

civilian honor the presidential medal of freedom.

I'm told there's going to be moments like that this week though I don't know what they will consist of

So who are we definitely expecting to hear from this week then? Well, you're gonna hear from the McCloskies. That's the St Louis couple

infamous for brandishing their guns at Black Lives Matter

protesters. You're going to hear from Nick Sandman, he's the Covington teen, who has sued a host of media

outlets and settled with CNN in the Washington Post. So you can see that they're fully embracing

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