With his name in lights, Trump took the stage at the Republican National Convention to accept the nomination for president. During his speech, he recounted the moment he was shot during a rally in Pennsylvania less than a week before. NBC’s Hallie Jackson reports for "TODAY."
Trump savors convention crowd in lengthy acceptance speech
MILWAUKEE — Trump last night formally accepted the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in a speech heavy with references to the shooting he survived last week and elongated by ad-libbed applause lines and riffs — capping a long-anticipated moment that came only after a winding and dramatic campaign.
Trump describes in detail being shot by a would-be assassin
Trump began his speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination by describing in the greatest detail yet being the target of an assassination attempt — and said he may never tell the story again.
It was his first major address since he was shot at a campaign rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooting, which injured Trump and two other people and killed a man, has loomed over the Republican National Convention this week.
Here’s what Trump, wearing a bandage over his injured right ear, told convention attendees.
Biden left feeling angry and betrayed by top Democratic leaders wavering on his campaign
Biden feels personally hurt and betrayed by the way so many Democrats, including some of the party’s top leaders, have hung him out to dry as he faces the biggest crisis of his political career, according to two sources familiar with his thinking.
And privately, many of those leaders have expressed doubts about his path forward.