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Aired July 23, 2016 - 00:00   ET

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NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Terror in Munich. A gunman opens fire on a mall in Germany killing nine people. What we're learning about the suspect who is now dead.

A new development in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 evidence the pilot may have used a simulator to practice a suicide route.

And then U.S. politics: Hillary Clinton has announced her pick for a vice president. It's all ahead here on "CNN Newsroom." Thank you for joining us. We're live in Atlanta. I'm Natalie Allen.

Our top story, police say there was only one shooter behind Friday's attack that killed nine people in Munich, Germany. Officials say the gunman was an 18-year-old with duel German and Iranian citizenship. Police say he killed himself, that he was not known to police and that he had lived in Munich for more than two years.

Police say the man started shooting at a McDonald's in northern Munich. It's not clear if the person wearing black in this amateur video is the attacker. Police say he then moved across the street to the city's biggest shopping center, the Olympia mall. Authority say young people are among the dead and wounded.

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HUBERTUS ANDRAE, MUNICH POLICE CHIEF (Through Translator): There's no doubt that yesterday was the most difficult day to me as the police chief in Munich. It was one of the most difficult days I had during the last 40 years.

The events of yesterday of this night, makes us sad and speechless. Our thoughts are especially with the victims.

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ALLEN: CNN'S Erin McLaughlin is covering the story for us, she is live in Munich now. And Erin, what do we know about this attacker?

ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, authorities gave a press conference just a few hours ago, Natalie. They did not release his name but they did identify him as an 18-year-old male of German and Iranian descent. They said that he had no criminal record, was not known to police.

Now the attack unfolded at 5:50 p.m. local time yesterday at a McDonald's. The assailant armed with a pistol according to police walked into the McDonald's and opened fire before continuing with the attack outside. He then made his way to a nearby shopping mall, the Olympia mall and that's where authority say the majority of his victims died. At least nine were killed and at least 20 injured, including children.

Now, we understand from police that he's somehow managed to escape the scene. They're not clear how. He made his way to a side street and that's where they believe he shot himself.

Now, in the wake of this attack, there was a tremendous amount of chaos that unfolded. Plenty of false reports of other shootings across the city. Authorities here reacted by deploying some 2,300 police officers, they secured the borders. There were initial reports based on eyewitness accounts that there were multiple assailants. But during the course of the investigation they were able to discount those reports. And they say that this was the work of a lone shooter. What they are trying to establish right now is whether he managed to plan the attack himself, Natalie.

ALLEN: Right. And there wasn't much known about him. He wasn't on a terrorism watch list. What are police saying about his possible motive?

MCLAUGHLIN: Well, that is the question. Authorities say they have yet to establish a clear motive.

However, just a short while ago I was here speaking to one eyewitness who said he was outside of the McDonald's restaurant and he said he barely clearly heard this 18-year-old suspect yell out against, "Foreigners". He also said it was clear he was targeting children.

This individual described to me the moment of how he held one of the victims as he died his last breaths. He said the victim there was an immigrant, really, emotional account. Authorities here in Germany have set up a hot line for families missing their loved ones to call, to get help.

[00:05:05] And we understand that now the forensic investigation here is underway as they try to identify victims, Natalie.

ALLEN: All right, Erin McLaughlin for us, there live in Munich. Thank you.

Witnesses encountered the suspected shooter at a nearby parking garage they recorded their heated conversation which ends with a series of possible gunshots. A warning to our viewers some may find the following material disturbing.

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ALLEN: How utterly sickening thank goodness for the witnesses who were giving him the business about what he has doing. Facebook has activated its safety check for people who are in the Munich area. Users can check in to let their friends and family know they are OK. Once they've checked in as safe a notification is sent to their friends' list. Facebook activated the feature shortly after the shooting rampage there.

The shooting has lead to even more security questions throughout Europe. Glenn Schoen is an expert in security and terrorism. He joins us from Madison, Wisconsin. Glenn, we know very little right now. What -- from what we know, does this shooting say to you?

GLENN SCHOEN, SECURITY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT: Well, right now it looks like the work of somebody who operated alone. On the one hand there's some positive things to see here in the middle of this tragedy including the fact the efficiency, if you will of German authorities in handling the larger situation.

Their initial report was that aside from the known gunman there were likely to be two others who apparently stepped into a vehicle to flee the scene. Those turned out to be witnesses of the incident, not perpetrators, but the whole handling of the situation by German authorities in terms of their effective use of social media, asking the citizenry not to use it dealing with the overload on their 112 call system or their 911 system.

Keeping the population of the city informed, making sure that other forces from outside areas could come in. So we saw a lot of things that operated well here today to give confidence should these things happen again or at a larger scale that they are able to cope with that and be entirely efficient and effective as we've seen police in several other European nations increasingly practice these types of scenarios and unfortunately having to act on them.

ALLEN: Right. Because this isn't a situation anymore where you sit around and wait and figure out how to move. You've got to move quickly.

SCHOEN: Absolutely. And since Paris -- 13 November in Paris, in a number of countries in Europe police have started a new program of forward deployment.

In December Germany trained additional police forces so that in addition to their SWAT type of Special Forces at the national level they added forces at the regional level and added extra police officers who can handle automatic weapons for forward deployment.

[00:10:02] So it means that in a situation like this they can get a tactical team on the ground to the scene of a shooting much faster than they could a half a year ago. And that they're also much more effective now in coordinating marshalling off or closing off an area and dealing with a gunman in a situation like that and trying to contain the danger and making sure it doesn't become worst.

ALLEN: Yeah, and Glenn what do we know about gun laws there in Germany or specifically in Munich and what kind of gun might have been used here?

SCHOEN: Well, on the one hand in general terms, Germany has fairly strict gun laws. On the other hand handguns are obtainable. They are obtainable both for sport and for self-defense under certain circumstances. Certainly Germany more than countries like Belgium or the Netherlands or certainly more than the United Kingdom, there is access to them, there is also a fair number of gun owners in Germany who obtain weapons for hunting purposes but it is fairly strictly regulated.

Germany has had some incidents in the past including some school shooters that have led to tighter checks on people gaining access to weapons. But you're absolutely right. This will be a point in the days ahead examining how it is possible this person obtained this firearm. Should this person at 18 years of age and apparently the mental state this person was in should this person have been able to get a hold of this weapon and the ammunition to go with it and use in the this fashion?

ALLEN: Do you think this is likely to be a copy cat kind of crime?

SCHOEN: It's possible. Certainly if we think about incidents that have come before, we had of course three days ago, within Germany an incident on a train where someone was stabbing or had been stabbed five or six other people almost at random.

We've had some other incidents in Germany including in March of 2011, when a German Albanian because of our national, fired at American servicemen at a bus at Frankfort airport. We have seen some incidents in Germany and possibly elsewhere in Europe that someone like this might look at in terms of copying behavior. Then again, this incident had its own setting its own context and own timing.

So we're not clear yet. The bigger concern I think for German authorities right now is that somebody might try to emulate this particular incident in turn. It's one of the most deadly incidents of its kind in recent German history. So certainly to be something they'll be looking at preventing here in the near term.

ALLEN: Right. We heard the police chief there of Munich say this is the worst thing he has seen in his career. We thank you for your expertise, Glenn Schoen, joining us from Madison, Wisconsin. Thank you, Glenn.

SCHOEN: You're welcome.

ALLEN: In another story, a mystery -- ongoing mystery. We are getting reports. The pilot of missing Malaysian airliner MH370 flew a suicide route on his home flight simulator. According to "New York magazine" an FBI forensic team was able to uncovered data from this man Zaharie Ahmad Shah's hard drive. Shah apparently built it using other stimulator software. The magazine says the confidential report shows Shah's simulation closely matches MH370 suspected route. Crews have been searching the Indian Ocean since the plane disappeared in 2014.

Next here on CNN, a looked at who Hillary Clinton picked as her running mate in the presidential election and why.

Also we have here Barack Obama responds to Donald Trump's convention speech and has a message to Americans afraid of terrorists. It's all ahead here on "CNN Newsroom."

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[00:16:09] ALLEN: Well, One day after painting a picture of terror and doom in America, U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is reacting to the Munich shooting in a rather subdued tweet Trump said "Another attack, this time in Germany. Many killed. God bless the people of Munich".

Trump formally accepted his party's nomination for the presidency Thursday night in Ohio. During his speech Trump said the U.S. is in crisis and he is the only one who can save it.

U.S. President Barack Obama took issue with Trump's speech saying the idea America is on the verge of collapse is not true.

Friday speaking with "CBS News" Mr. Obama said people should not give into fear.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President when Donald Trump spoke to his convention he talked about the security threats. He painted a very dark picture. Now there has been a terrorist attack in Germany. Doesn't that suggest he's right about the darkness?

BARACK OBAMA, U.S. PRESIDENT: No, it doesn't. Terrorism is a real threat. And nobody knows that better than me. One of the best ways of preventing it is making sure that we don't divide our own country. That we don't succumb to fear, that we don't sacrifice our values. And that we send a very strong signal to the world and to every American citizen that we're in this together.

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ALLEN: Hillary Clinton meantime has chosen Virginia Senator Tim Kaine to be her running mate. The announcement was made on social media and via text to her supporters. She will introduce him on in person at a campaign rally on Saturday in Miami, Florida.

And a Facebook posted out just hours ago Clinton wrote I'm thrilled to announce my running mate Tim Kaine. Tim is a lifelong fighter for progressive causes and one of the most qualified vice presidential candidates in our nation's history but his credentials alone aren't why I asked him to run alongside me. Tim is a man of relentless optimism who believes no problem is unsolvable if you are willing to put in the work. That commitment to delivering result has stayed with him throughout his decades, long career as a public servant, that from Hillary Clinton. CNN's Jeff Zeleny takes a closer look at Tim Kaine's political background.

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TIM KAINE, U.S. PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC V.P. NOMINEE: Are we ready for Hillary?

JEFF ZELENY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, new partners on the Democratic ticket.

KAINE: You want a -- you're fired president or you're hired president.

ZELENY: It may be an antiestablishment year but Clinton's running mate is an insider, a U.S. senator from Virginia, and a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

KAINE: If I have anything to do with it we'll win again.

ZELENY: By selecting Kaine Clinton is betting that experience in government not sizzle is the best way to defeat Donald Trump.

KAINE: Elections are just the beginning. The real work starts tomorrow.

ZELENY: He's neither flashy nor a show boat. A seemingly safe pick and steady hand just what Clinton told Anderson Cooper she is look for in a vice president.

HILLARY CLINTON, U.S. PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I want to be sure that whoever I pick could be president immediately if something were to happen. That's the most important qualification.

KAINE: I'm Tim Kaine.

ZELENY: So who is Timothy Michael Kaine? A decade ago as governor of Virginia he introduced himself in the Democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union address.

KAINE: I worked as a missionary when I was a young man. And I learned to measure my life by the difference I could make in someone else's life.

ZELENY: It was that stent as a Jesuit missionary in Honduras that shaped and now distinguishing him. He learn fluent Spanish and still speaks it today, which makes him a different kind of attack dog against Trump.

KAINE: If you're a Latino, he's going to trash talk you.

ZELENY: Born in Minnesota and raised in Kansas.

KAINE: The best decision I ever made was moving to Richmond to marry my wife Anne 26 years ago.

[00:20:03] ZELENY: He built his political career in Virginia rising from city council and mayor of Richmond to lieutenant governor and governor.

KAINE: Thank you all so very much.

ZELENY: He is 58, ten years younger than Clinton. Known well inside the party but not beyond.

KAINE: I'm not the one with the biggest profile, I'm not the one that's the best known.

ZELENY: He signed on with Clinton early. This time around endorsing her in 2014 more than a year before she declared her candidacy. For an original Barack Obama supporter, it was a chance to make up for lost time.

OBAMA: Give it up for Tim Kaine.

ZELENY: His politics are more moderate than the liberal strange driving today's Democratic Party. He's a Catholic. Outwardly moved by Pope Francis' visit to Capitol Hill last year. His views on abortion are more conservative than most Democrats. As he explained in this interview.

KAINE: I'm personally opposed to abortion and the death penalty. And I've lived my life that way. Law is what it is and I'm going to carry out the law. I'm going to protect women's legal rights. To make their own reproductive decisions.

ZELENY: He's also spoken out forcefully against the administration for failing to seek congressional approval to fight the Islamic state.

KAINE: The war against Isil was just, it's necessary, its noble but it's illegal. There's been no congressional authorization for this war.

ZELENY: It's an open question whether Kaine fits the mold of today's red hot politics yet his selection could help soften Clinton's partisan edges.

KAINE: When it comes to our leadership in the world, trash talk ain't enough. We need a bridge builder and we've got a bridge builder in Hillary Clinton.

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ALLEN: Tim Kaine, the vice presidential pick by Hillary Clinton.

Ahead here, why did he do it? We'll have more on the shooting rampage in Munich, Germany.

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ALLEN: More now on our breaking story out of Germany. Police say at least nine people have been killed 21 injured, including children in a shooting rampage in Munich, Germany.

The suspected gunman is also dead. Police believe he killed himself after opening fire at a McDonald's and then at the city's biggest shopping center on Friday. They found his body on a side street near the Olympia shopping mall.

They believe he acted alone. Now they're trying to determine motive. They say the suspect was an 18-year-old German-Iranian who lived in Munich for more than two years.

Let's talk more about who this person was, why they did this, perhaps. I'm joined now by Brian Levin he's the director of the center for the study of hate and extremism. And Brian just on paper we don't know much right now. What do you make of this so far?

BRIAN LEVIN, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF HATE & EXTREMISM: Well, great question. We always have to go where the evidence leads, not where we'd like the evidence to lead. Look, there were three types of symbolic killers. One is the ideological. That's what you call the definitional terrorist. Either political, religious, or both then you have Roman numeral two, psychological dangerous through either sociopathic or have some kind of cognitive impairments.

They are all several variety of other and to the reason they have as well. Then there's personal benefit, or even Roman numeral three. I think this guy is predominantly Roman numeral two with a mixture of the others. He might have had a setback, some mental illness.

[00:25:00] But there is something within paranoid personalities about creating an other to becomes the target of their idiosyncratic aggression even more so often times than they ideological aggression. But depends in each individual case, but these extremist groups don't care they're happy to have anyone do the violence whether they have some kind of psychosis or not.

ALLEN: Absolutely, And how in the world can police officers, Brian stay ahead of these type of things if these are just, perhaps, copycats just going out to try to get their day?

LEVIN: I think you're making an excellent point. There oftentimes idiosyncratic factors at play. Recent articles have been suggesting domestic violence, but I think it's even more broader than that. There's a lack of empathy with these individuals.

And the problem is there are so many people who lack empathy we don't know who's going to out and become a terrorist. But behaviorally if there are some over the top signs, we should really consider taking greater care and making sure they don't get firearms. That's something I think everyone can agree on even second amendment advocates. Because Justice Scalia in the Heller case says as much that you're not entitled to any gun anywhere. And there are certain people who should be restricted. I think people with mental illnesses should be one of them.

ALLEN: And Brian, you know, when these things happen we find out -- the shooter -- all about the shooter or the background of the shooter. Being in the work that you're in, what does that do as far as promote other copycat killings like this? Certainly you have to identify the person. But they certainly don't need to have any notoriety following their heinous acts.

LEVIN: Many of them seek that kind of coverage. There are others, though who really have more psychotic, idiosyncratic reasons. Nevertheless I don't think wall to wall coverage of who these people are and making them into cultural icons is a great thing.

One more presidential candidate says even bad presses good press. Imagine what that kind of message has with respect to people who are just happy to get notoriety. And I think that that's something that professionals need to consider. That being said there going to be a lot of these going forward. We have a proliferation of guns, we have mentally unstable and just enfranchise people in large communities all over the world they're plenty of all stripes. And we have easy access to weaponry and social networking now.

ALLEN: Yeah, absolutely.

LEVI: So it makes the job much more difficult. There will be invasions of our public space. And invasions of our private spaces with regard to both terrestrial and virtual world.

ALLEN: It's so very hard to stay head up. All right Brian, we got to go. We're out of time for this half hour. Thanks so much for joining us. We appreciate it. Brian Levin from California.

LEVIN: It's a pleasure.

ALLEN: Thank you.

You have been watching "CNN Newsroom." our top stories right after this.

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[00:30:31] ALLEN: This is CNN NEWS NOW. Hello I'm Natalie Allen.

Police say a lone gunman is responsible for Friday shooting rampage in Munich, Germany. Now, they're trying to determine his motive.

Nine people were killed when the shooter who's just 18-years-old opened fire at the McDonald and then shopping center. It's not clear if the person wearing black in this amateur video is the attacker.

Another video appears to show the shooter on a rooftop. He shouts at another person and insults Turks.

Following a manhunt, police said they found the gunman's body near the shopping mall. They say he was a German-Iranian and that he had killed himself.

Hillary Clinton has chosen Virginia Senator Tim Kaine to be her running mate. She will introduce him formally in person at a campaign rally on Saturday in Miami, Florida.

Democrats close to the campaign said Kaine got the stamp of approval from President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton. That is the latest news. State of the Race is next here. You're watching CNN. And see you soon.

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KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to this special edition of State of the Race. I'm Kate Bolduan.

In Cleveland, Ohio where the Republican Party has wrapped up its 41st National Convention.

Over the next half hour, we'll bring you all of the big moments from this week. The highlights, the low lights and offer some insight into what it all means.

First let's take a step back and look at the history behind this somewhat strange tradition we know as the political conventions and how they've evolved.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The 46th Quadrennial National ...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And called to order.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The next president of the United States of America.

BOLDUAN: A political convention is the time for the parties, Republicans and Democrats to unite after a long primary campaign, introduce their nominee and their vision to the rest of the country while gearing up for the final three months of the presidential campaign.

But it's more than just a big party. Officially, the convention serves several purposes.

JONATHAN MANN, HOST OF CNN'S POLITICAL MANN: The most important one is that it nominates the presidential candidate for each of the political parties. It also sets the platform that in theory that presidential candidate is going to run on.

BOLDUAN: Historically conventions are a time when promises are made.

GEORGE H. W. BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES: Read my lips. No new taxes.

BOLDUAN: But those promises are not always kept. George H. W. Bush ended up raising taxes and he lost re-election four years later.

BUSH: Two years ago I made a bad call on the Democrat's tax increase.

BOLDUAN: And it's not just the presidential candidates who make history at these gatherings.

BARACK OBAMA, FORMER PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES: I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story. BOLDUAN: Careers are launched as well. Just look to, then little known Senate Candidate Barack Obama, he spoke in 2004, a political star was born.

OBAMA: We gather to affirm the greatness of our nation.

BOLDUAN: It's also a place where political movements are sparked. Pat Buchanan in '92 launched a culture war between Conservatives and Liberals that lasted decades.

PAT BUCHANAN, POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: But that's not the kind of change America needs.

BOLDUAN: The first political conventions date back to the 1800s where you didn't find any jumbotrons, balloon drops or musical acts take over the stage. But what they lack in production value, they made up for in purpose. The old conventions were filled with high drama and suspense as delegates would arrive without knowing who their nominee would be.

MANN: For awfully a long time party bosses controlled the conventions. They were public events but the real work, the real decisions were made in smoke-filled rooms by party bosses, guys chomping cigars and they decided who the nominee would be.

It was not particularly Democratic and ultimately it collapsed under public pressure and especially from the Democrats, who wanted the system to reflect ordinary people, ordinary voters.

BOLDUAN: Enter the 1970s when the primaries and caucuses took center stage. After that, conventions became more predictable to the point that today we know weeks before the conventions if who has the numbers to lock in the nomination.

[00:35:10] The last time there was serious doubt about who would win the party nomination was at the Republican Convention in 1976 when Ronald Reagan nearly toppled the incumbent president Gerald Ford.

And the last time a presumptive nominee didn't have all of the delegates needed ahead of time was at the Democratic Convention in 1984 when Walter Mondale arrived at the convention a few delegates short, although he did go on to secured the nomination on the first ballot.

Most recently presumptive nominees are a foregone conclusion long before the convention, making the pomp and circumstance surrounding it more of a time to showcase the ticket and the party.

DONALD TRUMP: Thank you everybody. Thank you. We love you. Thank you very much.

MANN: Displays the best face the party can put forward to the voters of America. It's a four-day infomercial in which it invites people to pay attention to get enthusiastic and ultimately to join into the campaign ahead.

You can count on a lot of sound, a lot of noise, a lot of light, a lot of balloons, and a lot of confetti.

The last estimate I saw for the balloons was 125,000 balloons for Republican National Convention and a thousand pounds of confetti.

BOLDUAN: So, if the conventions have become a formality. Then what's the point?

MANN: People have wondered whether these conventions serve any purpose anymore. Some people are cynical about it. Some people are bored by them. This is the year when I don't think anybody should be cynical or bored. Because within the Republican Party in particular, there's a real effort to make this convention relevant and it could be the year that once again the conventions start to matter all over again.

BOLDUAN: After an election year that no one predicted and one that has broken convention at every turn one thing is clear, these gatherings are making history one way or another.

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BOLDUAN: While his political career is relatively new it's not an overstatement to say the now Republican nominee, Donald Trump has changed the American political landscape forever.

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DONALD TRUMP: We're going to win so big, thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.

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BOLDUAN: Donald Trump, the unconventional candidate has forged an unconventional path to the convention. His campaign defying political traditions at every turn.

His victory in the Republican Primary was so controversial that not a single living Republican presidential nominee or president showed up except for the 1996 nominee Bob Dole.

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BOB DOLE, AMERICAN POLITICIAN: This convention will come to order.

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BOLDUAN: Now, day one kicked off with the traditional gavel. And a clear goal seemed to emerge, target and attack Hillary Clinton.

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DARRYL GLLEN, (R), SENATE CANIDATE FROM COLLORADO: We all know she loves her pantsuits. But we should send her an e-mail and tell her that she deserves a bright orange jump suit.

THOMAS B. COTTON, (R), ARKANSAS: It would be nice to have a commander- in-chief who can be trusted to handle classified information. RUDY GUILIANI, (R) FORMER NEWYORL CITY MAYOR: Hillary Clinton's experience is exactly the reason she should not be the president of the United States.

MICHAEL FLYNN, LT. GENERAL, FORMER DIRECTOR DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY: We do not need a reckless president who believes she is above the law.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All those in favor say "Aye".

BOLDUAN: But it wasn't all smooth sailing. An anti-Trump movement erupted in the crowd.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You are ignoring delegates who have been elected to this convention.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What happened here is going to divide the party more than anything any of us or anybody else could've done. I mean, this is outrageous.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Welcome the former mayor of New York City.

BOLDUAN: The overall theme of the night was "Make America Safe Again". No one seems to get that get that message more than former mayor of New York City and former Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.

GIULIANI: It's time to make America safe again. It's time to make America one again, one America.

What happened to there's no black America, there's no white America, there is just America.

What happened to it?

BOLDUAN: But the big story from day one was one speech and one speech only, Donald Trump's wife Melania.

DONALD TRUMP: It is my great honor to present the next first lady of the United States, my wife, an amazing mother, an incredible woman, Melania Trump.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.

BOLDUAN: Her introduction to the political world was well received until shortly afterwards charges of plagiarism. Several passages from Melania Trump's remarks were unmistakably similar and near identical to Michelle Obama's convention speech from 2008.

[00:40:06] MICHELLE OBAMA, FORMER FIRST LADY OF UNITED STATES: We want our children and all children in this nation to know ...

MELANIA TRUMP, WIFE OF DONALD TRUMP: Because we want our children in this nation to know ...

OBAMA: ... that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.

MELANIA TRUMP: ... that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

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BOLDUAN: After days of fallout and repeated denials from the Trump campaign, a Trump organization staffer finally fessed up admitting material was lifted from Michelle Obama's speech.

That staff who offered her resignation and Donald Trump rejected it. Hard to believe that was just day one of the Republican convention. The show went on and the controversies continued.

We'll have more after the break.

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BOLDUAN: After a first day remembered only for controversy and protests, Republicans hoped they'd reclaim the agenda day two. And big business was at hand the business of formally selecting their nominee.

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BOLDUAN: Hundreds of delegates cast the votes for candidates not named Trump.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And five votes for Marco Rubio. That was pursuant to the Alaska's - State of Alaska.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: From the State of West Virginia for the purpose of offering a resolution.

MELODY POTTER, WEST VIRGINIA: Mr. Chairman, I'm Melody Potter from West Virginia. I'll offer the following resolution.

CROWD: Point of order, point of order.

JEFF SESSIONS, (R), ALABAMA: 36 votes for the next president of the United States, Donald J. Trump!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Arizona delivers 58 bound votes to the nominee Donald J. Trump.

BOLDUAN: Ultimately though Donald Trump became the official nominee, his children helping him announcing the final delegates that put him over the top.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Donald Trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates and another six for John Kasich. Congratulations, dad, we love you.

PAUL RYAN, U.S. HOUSE SPEAKER: Donald Trump having received a majority of these votes entitled to be cast at the convention has been selected as the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ivanka you are getting emotional. Can you tell me how you feel right now?

IVANKA TRUMP, DAUGHTER OF DONALD TRUMP: It's unbelievable. It's surreal. I'm so proud of my father.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Did you ever think you would be right here, nominating your father for president of the United States? Did you ever think it would come to this?

ERIC TRUMP, SON OF DONALD TRUMP: It's amazing. He is the ultimate outsider and he did it. And we're so proud of him. And I've never underestimated my father ever.

He's just amazing. I've never underestimated him and you see it today. I mean, this is just special day for the family.

[00:45:04] BOLDUAN: The kids, not just playing a starring role on the floor of the convention but they also had breakout moments on stage.

TIFFANY TRUMP, DAUGHTER OF DONALD TRUMP: If you do what you love, hold nothing back and never let fear or failure get in the way, then you pretty much figured out the Trump formula.

My dad is a natural born encourager, the last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights or give up your dream.

DONALD TRUMP JR, SON OF DONALD TRUMP: His true gift as a leader is that he sees the potential in people that they don't even see in themselves.

That president can only be, my mentor, my best friend, my father, Donald Trump.

BOLDUAN: But highlighting the deep divisions within the Republican Party right now a number of prominent party leaders were noticeably absent from the convention.

Some even quipping they were too busy mowing their lawn to attend. But on night two those who were there continued with what quickly became a familiar theme.

CHRIS CHRISTIE, (R), GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY: We cannot promote someone to commander-in-chief who has made the world a more violent and dangerous place with every bad judgment she's made.

MITCH MCCONNELL, U.S. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER: She lied about her e- mails. She lied about her server.

BEN CARSON, FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Are we willing to elect someone as president who has as their role model somebody who acknowledges Lucifer.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What do you say that we unify this party at this crucial moment when unity is everything? Let's take our fight to our opponents with better ideas. Let's get on the offensive and let's stay there. Let's compete in every part of America and turn out at the polls like every last vote matter because it will. BOLDUAN: Turn now to Wednesday, day three, Trump's fiercest rival from the primary Texas senator Ted Cruz took the stage. One of the biggest questions of the week, would he finally endorse Donald Trump?

His answer was pretty clear and so was the crowd's response.

TED CRUZ, (R) TEXAS: Stand and speak and vote your conscience. Vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution.

We must make the most of our moment to fight for freedom, to protect our god-given rights. Even of those we totally don't agree.

We will unite the party. We will unite the country by standing together for shared values by standing for liberty. God bless each and every one of you and God Bless the United States of America.

BOLDUAN: That Cruz controversy almost entirely overshadowing the headliner of the night. Donald Trump's newly minted vice presidential nominee, Mike Pence.

MIKE PENCE, VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: He is known for a large personality, a colorful style and lots of charisma. And so, I guess he was just looking for some balance on the ticket.

We have but one choice and that man is ready. This team is ready. Our party is ready. And when we elect Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, together we will make America great again.

BOLDUAN: The biggest speech of his political career, Pence was well received within the convention hall but also so quickly shoved from the headlines.

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Up next the main event, one dramatic entrance after another this week, Donald Trump takes the stage to officially accept the Republican nomination.

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[00:50:11] BOLDUAN: Despite all of the Republican heavyweights who spoke in the first three days of the conventions. Thursday was the day everyone waited for, Donald Trump's big moment.

The whole week had turn into a Trump family affair so it was fitting, but on the final night and under the brightest of spotlights, Trump's eldest daughter Ivanka, a top executive in her father's company and now one of his closest political advisers, made the official introduction.

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IVANKA TRUMP: Good evening. One year ago, I introduced my father when he declared his candidacy. In his own way and through his own sheer force of will, he sacrificed greatly to enter the political arena as an outsider and he prevailed against the field of 16 very talented competitors.

Like many of my fellow millennials I do not consider myself categorically Republican or Democrat. More than party affiliation I vote based on what I believe is right for my family and for my country. Sometimes it's a tough choice. That is not the case this time.

As the proud daughter of your nominee, I am here to tell you that this is the moment and Donald Trump is the person to make America great again.

I could not be more proud tonight to present to you and to all of America my father and our next president, Donald J. Trump.

BOLDUAN: And then it was Donald Trump's turn to formally accept the Republican nomination.

DONALD TRUMP: Friends, delegates and fellow Americans, I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.

Who would have believed that when we started this journey on June 16th last year, we and I say "We" because we are a team would have received almost 14 million votes, the most in the history of the Republican Party.

I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people who cannot defend themselves.

Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.

As your president, I will do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of the hateful foreign ideology. Believe me.

We must immediately suspend immigration from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place, we don't want them in our country.

We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities.

Anyone who endorses violence, hatred or oppression is not welcome in our country and never, ever will be.

I have a message to every last person threatening the peace on our streets and the safety of our police. When I take the oath of office next year, I will restore law and order to our country. The most important difference between our plan and that of our opponent is that our plan will put America first.

[00:55:08] Americanism, not globalism, no longer will we enter into these massive transactions with many countries that are thousands of pages long and which no one from our country even reads or understands.

To every parent who dreams for their child and every child who dreams for their future, I say these words to you tonight. I am with you. I will fight for you. And I will win for you.

We will make America great again. God bless you and good night. I love you.

GLORIA BORGER, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST: He was making an almost apocalyptic terms the need for change, right? I mean the language of his circling words as he talked about the need for law and order, crisis, danger, terror, disaster, humiliation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All true.

BORGER: So, right? But what he would, you know, what he is doing is he is making the case for change in the starkest terms I've ever heard.

ANSDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Donald Trump's sort of identified what he believes is the problem. Were there any solutions? Was he actually offering anything in terms of - I mean, how is he going to ...

JEFFREY LORD, TRUMP SUPPORTER: I know where you are going. I know where you're going.

COOPER: ...how is he going to restore law and order when he takes over?

LORD: This is a nomination acceptance. It's not a congressional state of the union speech. There's not going to be -- There shouldn't be10, 000 details in. It should be the vision.

This is where were going to go and we're going to go in this direction.

SARA MURRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After four days of convention, more than 2,000 delegates and 125,000 balloons, it is now one Republican nominee and Donald Trump has left his indelible mark on American political history.

That is the state of the race tonight here from Cleveland. We'll have another special edition of state of the race from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for you next week. Good night.

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