Trump set to accept Republican nomination in 1st public speech since attempt on his life
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🗓️ 18 July 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the news hour. It is the final night of the Republican National Convention |
| 0:05.2 | here in Milwaukee. Donald Trump is set to accept his party's nomination for |
| 0:09.7 | president marking his first public speech since the attempt on his life this past weekend. |
| 0:15.0 | That speech will wrap up a week messaging a United Republican Party, |
| 0:20.0 | one that spent days reminding voters about Trump's strengths and the party's vision for America. |
| 0:25.0 | Meanwhile, Democrats are facing an array of questions about the top of their ticket. |
| 0:30.0 | Lisa Desjardin has been following it all. Lisa. |
| 0:33.3 | That's right. |
| 0:34.3 | Tonight is the big night here, of course, at the convention. |
| 0:36.0 | But it follows the other marquee night of the week, where the vice presidential nominee |
| 0:40.0 | J.D. Vance came out. |
| 0:41.6 | And throughout the night, we saw rhetoric that swung between talk of strengths, |
| 0:45.6 | to talk of sensitivity, to some sharp words. |
| 0:48.6 | Overall, where we are today is a Republican Party trying to build momentum for their new presidential ticket. |
| 0:53.6 | Join me in giving a warm... This morning a newly minted nominee. |
| 0:57.7 | The next Vice President of the United States, Senator JD Vance. |
| 1:03.0 | VP candidate and US Senator JD Vance fresh off his address to the Republican National Convention |
| 1:08.0 | made his first stop to a key Trump voter group, Christian Conservatives, |
| 1:13.1 | speaking at a faith and freedom coalition breakfast. |
| 1:15.9 | There are all of these small little miracles. |
| 1:18.6 | And if you look for them, you actually see them. The night before, Vance brandished his working class roots. |
| 1:25.8 | America's ruling class wrote the checks. Communities like mine paid the price. |
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