it was cleveland before that. time, cleveland was an interesting city. there was a lot of industry here. the steel industry was here. here, doing was refining products, and that all that to the ability for the auto industry to really get a big kick start here, much like detroit eventually became. it was the key location of on laked, where -- erie, which is one of the great lakes, so great shipping. we also had the railroad in the area, so there were a lot of shipping routes that could be taken. he also had the steel industry here, which is very important for the automobile industry to have the steel, and also a lot of lumber, and cleveland had also been known as a town where a lot of care errors -- theiages were built, so carriage industry was moving into that automobile industry, and that allowed cleveland to take that on. alexander went and was a scottish immigrant who came to , andland to be with family he had grown up around the shipping yards of scotland, and he knew he wedded to be involved andndustry in some way, when he got her to cleveland, he s

host: why cleveland? guest: cleveland made a lot of sense. it wanted to showcase itself in a big way. it has made a tremendous turnaround for all what you were just talking about and what is happening in some of the neighborhoods, the city core has really had a rebirth. areas that were vacant even three, four years ago are filled and vibrant and it's gotten vibrant downtown. so cleveland wanted to say look at us. there also was thoughts about who would be running for president and that potentially john kasich would if not john kasich some other person that the republican party wanted to say hey ohio you matter. we're going to come there to help you swing our way. so it made sense from a republican calculation, it made sense from the city's calculation. what was not known at the time the city was putting in for this is what would happen with police relations and some of the high profigse issues especially the killing of a 12-year-old boy that mir rice. cleveland overtall has handled that situation very well. its police department is now toer a

he was in cleveland. that she was from cleveland. -- he was wrong cleveland. he was very high up in the republican party, so we had a lot of push to get the convention back in cleveland. this is one of the great things we have in the collection. these are some of the tickets in the 19 -- from the 1936 convention. it features william mckinley on the ticket. this is a recent donation to the museum. it is a photo of, unofficially, the longest member to come to the convention. his father was one of the delegates for the convention. he arranged for a badge and a sunflower for his nominee. that is him wearing this button. the nominee was the governor of kansas. the sunflower is their state flower. he was running against roosevelt, franklin roosevelt. i cannot stay -- say with certainty if it was the biggest blowout, but it was right up there. in 1936, there were 531 possible electoral votes and the republican candidate got eight. the only two states he cared were maine and vermont. not only did he not when is own home state of kansas, he also found that he was voted

it's in cleveland. ohio. talk about off broadway. what's your feeling for cleveland? >> i love cleveland. >> reporter: and it's true. >> think of what is happening. why are you angry this time? >> reporter: ken ludwig, whose plays have won top theaters awards on broadway in the west end, even worked the name of the city into a recent premier. >> i've been lucky to have shows here. >> reporter: what can you tell us to about cleveland audiences? >> cleveland audiences are my kind of audiences. that's the primary reason i like to start plays here. they're sophisticated. they're smart, but it's also a great cross section of middle america. >> reporter: rod mcclure is one of the tenors. ♪ ♪ he was nominated for a tony in 2013 for the musical "chaplin." what's a hot young broadway star doing so far from the great white way? >> you live in new york city, but you spend very little time working in new york city as an actor. if you're lucky you work there on occasion, but very few actors are living in new york city and not going anywhere else. we all go to where the work is

let me know. >> hello, cleveland! hello, cleveland! >> hello, cleveland! hello, cleveland! >> that is what gayle and i said when we walked into the arena. hello, cleveland! >> walking down east fourth street. that's how they make you feel here. very, very welcome. that is the iconic phrase sffro? >> what is the movie? >> "final hello to cleveland. on our first day of the republic national convention, we are going to be here every single day, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. >> morning, noon, and night. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." >>> coming up is governor mike pence prepared to tell donald trump he shouldn't have said that? hear the answer from the presumptive gop running mate in their "60 minutes" interview. >> major garrett and nancy cordes are here in cleveland. they will talk about the trump/pence relationship and how hillary clinton will try to pull voters' attentions away from the republicans. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. >>> "usa today" reports on melania trump's speech tonight, the highlight of the conventi

water routes freeze in the winter many cleveland -- in cleveland. take all of that transport and then realize that the community is situated be in an area of abundant natural resources. oil in pennsylvania, iron ore in the upper peninsula of michigan, coal in the valley, limestone. and that's what impels the growth. so if i wanted to take transport, and now we have automobiles. so when the automobile world comes in, we're looking around us here at crawford auto museum, that changes the fortunes, causes cleveland to grow outside of its boundaries. i drives suburbanization, it drives the sprawl that we call today. it also allows industries to move different places off of water and rail lines. that's what makes it. if you want to look beyond looking at transport, once you begin to look to europe and begin to look to the american south, you're looking at european immigrants coming on ocean liners, industrial jobs here. you're looking at african-americans taking trains and water routes and later car routes to escape jim crow, to try to get jobs here in c

he was in cleveland. that she was from cleveland. -- he was wrong cleveland. theas very high up in republican party, so we had a lot of push to get the convention back in cleveland. this is one of the great things we have in the collection. these are some of the tickets in the 19 -- from the 1936 convention. it features william mckinley on the ticket. this is a recent donation to the museum. of, unofficially, the longest member to come to the convention. his father was one of the delegates for the convention. he arranged for a badge and a sunflower for his nominee. this button.earing the nominee was the governor of kansas. the sunflower is their state flower. he was running against roosevelt, franklin roosevelt. stay -- say with certainty if it was the biggest blowout, but it was right up there. in 1936, there were 531 possible electoral votes and the republican candidate got eight. the only two states he cared were maine and vermont. not only did he not when is own home state of kansas, he also found that he was voted out of office as the governor of kansas i

it also impact the cleveland economically. it brought money into the city, but also the ability of rockefeller to be able to pay his employees a decent wage and allow them to live a good life here in cleveland. it was just another one of those industries in cleveland at the time that was doing so well, like the auto industry, that the veryens of cleveland had a good quality of life in the city at the time thanks to these major industries. be at the auto industry or the petroleum industry that standard oil was in. bringing that wealth into the city. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to cleveland to learn about its rich history. learn more about the city and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> i had a rough upbringing. i got involved in the streets and met some friends. they were selling drugs. it was like the thing to do and i started selling drugs, marijuana, mescaline, cocaine, and crack cocaine came out and we started to se

i am all for the rnc 2016 in cleveland, ohio, just as much as i was for the cleveland cavaliers winning the national championship in cleveland, ohio. it is a capitalistic society. i am all for it. carla: you don't have any issues with donald trump? mr. solomon: no comment. no comment. you don't have anything good to say, they say don't say anything good at all. me and him might cross paths one day, so i don't want to be recorded on tape saying something against donald trump. it is what it is. anyone has their own thought process. i don't know. i'm a vendor. i feel great about trouble. he was not running, i would not be selling these rnc shirts, these pictures with his face on it. >> i am from california, riverside. , tell itn on trump is like it is, and tell the truth. if you're going to bring jobs, bring jobs. if not, you're going to lose voters. bring jobs, do what you are -- saying you're going to do. carla: who are you supporting for president? mr. jackson: no comment. when you are selling merchandise for one person and one comment -- carla: what did you say? >> when you are selling

. >> during booktv's recent visit to cleveland, ohio, we visited the cleveland public library to learn about the life of harlem renaissance writer langston hughes. >> [inaudible] >> today we are at the cleveland public library, and we are in the special collections department also known as the john g. white special collections department. today we are looking at our langston hughes archive. we collect langston hughes materials because langston hughes came to cleveland from 1916 to about 1920. he attended high school here at that time, and he developed a relationship with several of the librarians here. and he stayed connected to the city and to those librarians, and we have correspondence that he gave -- wrote to some of them. he came and visited the children's room and composed a poem and wrote in the date book. we have that. so we had a basis for a foundation, and then we just have over the years built on that and tried to collect materials that relate to his time in cleveland. happening son hughes was an african-american -- langston hughes was an african-american poet. he was prolif

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the 2016 republican national convention is held in cleveland ohio. " a lookon "reel america back on cleveland in the film "the power to serve" produced for the cleveland electric company. it shows the importance of electricity in everyday life and argues that the cleveland area is the best location in the nation. fess, elmer l lynn president of the illuminating company. >> how do you do? seemotion you are about to is the story of northeast ohio and the part electricity plays in the lives of all of us that live here. i think you will find it a fascinating story. certainly it concerns a fascinating area. no geographical region of any size anywhere in the world is more abundantly blessed with the ingredients for prosperity and progress then is this 1700 square mile surface of land stretching along the south shore of lake erie to the west. ohioin northeast possibilities are unlimited. possibilities which we at the illuminating company have tried to emphasize to bring to the attention of all of america the fact that this is the best location in the nation. this activity is but one expression of th

in a suburb of cleveland. this is east cleveland. we asked one of our friends to take pictures of her neighborhood. she took a whole bunch of pictures that came out a amazin. these are the potholes on the tracks that fill the city. >> my name is jennifer longstreet. my point with the issue is that all of these accommodations were , for thethis event republican national convention, yet our city, the parts they are not showing are falling apart. we have potholes the size of minivans. the inner city is falling apart. we have boarded up houses, abandoned houses on every corner , especially in the predominantly black neighborhoods. nobody is doing anything about it. but we spent millions and so the republicans could come here for their convention. this is our city. who cleveland residents formed the group #cleoverrnc. ththis is democracy now! this and next week am a we are breaking with convention, peace, and the presidency. we will be back in a minute. ♪ [music break] "b movieie" by gilil scott-heron . with convention. war, peace, and

reporter: the streets of of cleveland were quite of cleveland required of cleveland were quite bad at times and gave one the republican national convention. but they were from the protesters be observed, 95. protesters of restrictions placed upon them by police. they move through the downtown area. outside the quicken loans arena in downtown cleveland we did observe the debate over ohio is an open carry state to play out in real time. two young gentlemen, trump supporters with red hats for sporting their weapons. came here with guns to make a statement is one of them told us. >> it's a conversation i'm willing to start. most of it was more dangerous than it really is. it is one of those things where we watched videos around the country and it seems trump supporters. >> the conversation the young man's best friend actually took face between the two of them in the chief of police, calvin williams, called out in person to do with how these two young men were carrying their guns. i spoke to the chief after he spoke to them and his buddy told me. >> individuals exercise their rights to car

welcome to cleveland on book tv. located in the northeastern part of the state on the shores of lake erie, the search city became a manufacturing hub in the late 19 and earlier plenary centuries during its two location on the water as well as the arrival of the railroads. today it has a population of nearly 400,000 making it the second largest city in the state. with the help of our charter communications partners over the next two hours we will travel the city to talk with local authors about this history of the area as well as national politics including a look at how voters elected officials. >> i started thinking about competitive elections long ago and i started the project thinking that i was writing as the devil's advocate. i saw people assume without question that competitive elections are intrinsically good and intrinsically healthy and i thought it was important to have somebody make the argument in the other direction. >> later, go inside the cleveland public library special collections to explore the life

we'll have trump stock and we'll have it in cleveland. >> and we have the man himself. donald trump in an exclusive interview on the eve of his nomination. the never trump movement is nonsense. >> alternative is hillary clinton. super liberal judges and our country becomes venezuela. >> what is the story will you tell in the convention? >> i will tell a lot of stories. >> behind me is cleveland's celebrated rock and roll hall of fame. continuing numerous exhibits that show the development of hundreds of influential artist. but the biggest rock star in town will be a billionaire businessman who is no singer, but quite a performer. and as thousands converge on cleveland for the republican national convention, many of them are not conventional republicans. chris cox makes his living by creating chainsaw sculptures. >> as long as i have logs and gas chain i can turn it into something. >> donald trump untied the tongues of america. i jumped on board after i hear him talking about standing up to it isis. i would bomb the [bleep]. >> i stood up when he talked about vetting syr

live in cleveland. also stay tuned on nbc10.com and the nbc 10 app. >>> we're just days away from the democratic national convention. but the fun started today, thanks to the donkeys around town scavenger hunt. that's right. there are now 57 donkeys around the city of philadelphia. if you download the app, it tells you exactly where each donkey is located. take part in the scavenger hunt to win prizes. one local owner already got a boost thanks to the donkeys. >> people just lining up outside the windows to take pictures with these pieces of art. >> prizes for the scavenger hunt includes t-shirts to cheesesteaks. and a two-night stay at the hyatt at the bellview. >>> a famous actress is in philadelphia tonight to stump for hillary clinton. she's hanging with workers at a women-to-women phone bank. she spoke at a woman's round table in glenside about how she thinks a trump-pence administration would hurt women's rights. >>> we have a live look at the wells fargo center. the center will be the host of the

. >>> and here's life look at the quicken loans rona in cleveland. people still there as this whole thing wrapped up about an hour ago. tonight was memorable end to a truly memorable week. good evening and thanks for joining us for this you decide special. i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. grand finale for the grand old party. fourth and final day theme make american one again focusing on unity and leadership. another jam packed line up speakers on the stage a lot of interest centered on ivanka trump would say before she introduced her father. we'll hear from her in a moment the headliner of the night and week newly minted presidential nominee donald trump. >> 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! >> friends, delegates, and fellow americans, i humbly and great physical accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states! america is far less safe and the world is far less stable than when obama made the decision to put hillary clinton in charge of ameri

good to have you here in cleveland. to violent protests here at home, security obviously is a major concern as this convention kicks off. coming up, why the head of cleveland's police union said he's being set up for failure and why the list of items that are banned and not banned is raising some eyebrows, straight ahead. those new glasses? they are. do i look smarter? yeah, a little. you're making money now, are you investing? well, i've been doing some research. let me introduce you to our broker. how much does he charge? i don't know. okay. uh, do you get your fees back if you're not happy? (dad laughs) wow, you're laughing. that's not the way the world works. well, the world's changing. are you asking enough questions about the way your wealth is managed? wealth management, at charles schwab. donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could s

in cleveland that says world champion cleveland cavaliers, welcome everybody to cleveland. i know it's a great story. what are your concerns about the convention in the coming days? >> well, you know, as an ohioan, i just want to make sure that cleveland puts on a good show. and i also want to make sure that everybody is safe. i know that the security forces, the police and otherwise have been planning for this. but i also know that the people of cleveland want to make sure that their guests are safe. and you're going to have millions of eyes and ears out there helping law enforcement make sure that things are safe on the ground in cleveland. >> yeah, and it's a good question because you know, you look around and if you have done some homework, if i'm sure your city has, and you have witnessed these trump protests around the nation over the past three or four months, have you looked at those as a training tool for what could be coming to your town in the next three to four days? >> well, absolutely. and there's been a lot of prediscussion about this. so the law enforcement

my fifth day here in cleveland as we have been out and about we've found people here in cleveland are absolutely pinching themselves. not long ago, yeah, they were home known as home of the rock and roll hall of fame which is just behind me. deathier known as nba champs and the host of the rnc. we talked to many people who feel this is a city that's only on its way up. >> cleveland is on the rise. >> reporter: we heard it again and again from the people of cleveland, this is a city on the rise. sure they're still basking in the flow of winning the nba title. >> we're a championship city now the fir te or 0 years so we're beaming right now. >> reporter: but it's more than that. once known as the mistake by the lake, cleveland is rebranding itself as the remake on the lake. >> 20 years ago i would say don't come to cleveland because it's bad and they turned the whole city around. >> i'm excited to see people downtown. just look around the ohio city neighborhood it's hip it's happening with all kinds of bars and restaurants. cleveland is emerging as a leader in the biomedical world and y

host: why cleveland? guest: cleveland made a lot of sense. it wanted to showcase itself in a big way. it has made a tremendous turnaround for all what you were just talking about and what is happening in some of the neighborhoods, the city core has really had a rebirth. areas that were vacant even three, four years ago are filled and vibrant and it's gotten vibrant downtown. so cleveland wanted to say look at us. there also was thoughts about who would be running for president and that potentially john kasich would if not john kasich some other person that the republican party wanted to say hey ohio you matter. we're going to come there to help you swing our way. so it made sense from a republican calculation, it made sense from the city's calculation. what was not known at the time the city was putting in for this is what would happen with police relations and some of the high profigse issues especially the killing of a 12-year-old boy that mir rice. cleveland overtall has handled that situation very well. its police department is now toer a

gordon is in cleveland with more on that. >> reporter: clevelanders used this sun splashed day to drink in last minute fun before the chaos of the national political convention takes over. street closures have made downtown traffic a mess fully loaded snowplow trucks are park at vital intersections to stop vehicular attacks but mood around here has been carnival like, julian raven is a new u.s. citizen and ultimate delegate from new york and a painter, i paint, that is what i do. if i paint a painting it would be huge. that is my personality. >> huge. >> that is right. >> reporter: joe nester is in cleveland selling caps, buttons, t-shirts, hillary for prison 2016 is a big seller. >> i'm usually a construction worker. i took my two weeks vacation and do i this. >> reporter: making some good money. >> always. i wouldn't do it if i was than the. >> reporter: not everyone is in agreement with the presumptive g.o.p. nominee we found randolph givens sitting in traffic. >> especially insults on people, i hate to use the word presidential but it is not adult like. >> reporter: over at texas de

a lot of you have lived in cleveland, been to cleveland. send us your suggestions by the end of the week, we would like to do as much as we possibly can, e-mail us friends@foxnews.com. >> e-mail us or tweet us, and when we're done with doing television we have some time. >> we do. >> we'll cover things and by the way, anyone who puts down cleveland has not been to cleveland in a long time. this place is amazing. >> sure and conductor you remember back in the '70s, once upon a time the cuyahoga river caught on fire. >> it was flammable at that point. >> this town has had a complete turnover. >> it's beautiful. you can fish in it now. >> lots of fish. let's talk about this, we are in cuyahoga county, the largest county in the state of ohio. >> right. >> there is a possibility that the never trump people are going to try to, the delegates who are never trumpers in the ohio delegation may stage a walkout. >> yes, all nine of them. look the problem with the never trump people they weren't entirely wrong. they said trump has no experience and vul

martha out of cleveland. martha: donald trump says he has no intention of changing his style to become more presidential. he said i could become more presidential if i wanted to. apparently he doesn't want to. we'll see what the rnc has to say. first here is vp contender newt gingrich. >> in many ways donald trump is like a pirate. he is outside of the normal system. he gets things done. he is bold. he is actually like a figure out of a movie. jordan and chelsea were searching for the perfect place for their wedding on booking.com. oh! yurt. yes! earthy... just rustic. [laughing] oh my gosh. wow. [owl howling] [gulp] uh, how about an island? island, yeah. yeah. yeah. [laughing] were you laughing in your fantasy? yeah! me, too. [gasps] bill: have breaking news right now from the u.s. supreme court. ruth bader ginsberg has apologized to donald trump. here is her statement. on reflection my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised. i regret making them. judges should avoid commenting on can

he took a nice loop around the cleveland area. boy, you can just imagine what's going through donald trump's mind as he looks back to his original trip in cleveland last summer when he was on stage with 16 other candidates, vanquished them one by one, swore he would win the nomination, and now this has got to be a moment of sweet victory as he looks down over cleveland where he'll take the stage tomorrow night. he's addressed the party. he said this is one of the biggest moments of his life. i imagine it is. it's a dream he's had since 1998. you can hear him thinking about running for president or political office, wants to make america great again. there's the trump chopper which we've seen carry him from lowe indication to l location to location. he's looping around the cleveland brown stadium, no doubt enjoying the view. it's an absolutely gorgeous day here on lake erie in the mid of the country in a state that's crucial to win. he's not had any help from the governor of ohio. john kasich has taken a back row seat. it's shockin

good morning to you in cleveland. thanks for waking up early as always. >> good morning, welcome to cleveland. >> one thing you can say about donald trump is he has a real talent when it comes to branding and branding his cal pain whether it's make america great again now he's saying we are the ticket, the law and order ticket. that goes a long way in politics because peel can easily define why it is they're running. >> it's brilliant and he has a pension for the timing. with four mass attacks on u.s. oil in as many weeks an terror deaths. not just indents but deaths across the world, more than 80% just last year alone, americans are not only clammering for leadership but also people around the world are clammering for leadership. this slogan is going to go a long way and now people can really relate to trump as laying down the law and pence as maybe bringing it up with order. >> they were talking about this last night and he said, you know, that would be what could move this ticket into the white house but the proble

we are in cleveland, where the cleveland police department now has riot g gear that they are planning to keep afterwards. amy: they arare under r a justie department consent decree and are being watched either justice department they got $50 million for the republican national convention. >> absolutely. i have been on the ground in cases like ferguson, baltimore, and i watched a militarization of our police departments. baton rouge police departmtment has gotten n $3 million from the justice department over the last five years, even while having multiple civil rights investigations. we continue to see the fact that we are not changing the incentive structure between federal government money and what local enforcement do. we went to the white house because we continue to bring demands to the white house and we are always willing to have conversation and dialogue. more than convnversation and dialogueue, we need action. without action, we will continue to be in this place 5, 10, 15 years from now. as we were to mobilize our members -- i also had a real back and forth with police. unfort

no, this is not cleveland. this is just a false presentation of cleveland. what she is saying is absolutely true to a point. guest: there are parts of cleveland that are hurting terribly. they have not been able to see the turnaround. violent crime, black on black crime especially this year over the past year has been horrendous. another child was shot over the weekend. we were struck hard by the swept intos, what the economy in 2008, we have not yet recovered. when you do have going there is increasing activism within those neighborhoods to try to take control of these issues. i was over yesterday at a peace and justice convention on the east side of cleveland and it was probably 200, 300 people who were saying that we need to make different on social justice issues in our neighborhoods and beyond. host: let me just add to what you were saying. median household income for cleveland, ohio, 26,000. cheap place to live, too. [laughter] host: the household income has not kept up. guest: what kind of get back to the issues we were talking about, contrasting with

cleveland electric illuminating company. the 20-minute film shows the importance of electricity in everyday life and argues that the cleveland area is the best location in the nation [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the motion picture you're about to see is the story of northern ohio. i think you will find ate fascinating story. certainly it concerns a fascinating area. no geographical region of comparable size anywhere in the world is more abundantly blessed with the ingredients for pros territory and progress than is this 1,700 square mile strip of land stretching along the south shore of lake erie from avon lake on the west to the east. here in northeast ohio, possibilities are unlimited. possibilities which we've tried to emphasize, fact that this is the best location in the nation. >> so this then is the story of people. the people of northeast ohio. and the p

cleveland is awesome. >> cleveland is awesome. what's with the neck gear? >> these are hawaiian fans that came all the way from hawaii and gave me this beautiful lei and that's it. they are all over. there's people from all over the world here. >> let's talk about the man you're supporting, donald trump. why trump? >> that's the only choice. there is no one else. trump should just win it now so we can move on and get our country back on track. >> you don't think there should even be an election? >> i don't think so. we have seen enough. enough is enough. >> antonio, there had been promises of lots of folks like you, lots of celebrities. so far we have seen "duck dynasty" willie robertson. why not a lot lot of celebrities? >> i can speak for myself. i'm very thankful. i thank christ every day for giving me the opportunity to be here and speak. i believe that our president will be donald trump and i'm excited because we're going to get this nation back to where it should be. hopefully we'll forget the last seven and a half years. >> it would sound you might b

in cleveland. demonstrators have been out and about. mike? >> yes, among the permanent and unpermanent groups that show up here we have the westboro baptist church, the new black panthers and bikers for trump who say they will show up armed despite the emotional environment account violence in recent days, no one is stopping them. a man showed you on the street in cleveland armed today because the open carry law in he said he can. [ inaudible ] >> amid the demonstrations ahead of the g.o.p. convention and a nation shocked at violence from racial tension that is not changing. the police union requested governor john kasich's suspend the open care laws and the governor responded that he is not allowed. a spokesman added that ohio governors do not have power to arbitrary suspend material and state constitution aol rights but the patrol man association president notes that open carry is suspended in the secure zone around the quicken loans arena. are you telling me that lives of the delegates are more

we're still in cleveland, folks. what's happening is we want to the take the story outside where cleveland is open for business. the convention crush is already boosting cleveland's local economy particularly for businesses just outside the convention's perimeter. and that's where blake burman is. he's right there in cleveland on east 4th street which is a busy pedestrian street with a lot of restaurants and stores in the shadow of the convention hall. give us a sense of how they're faring. >> reporter: it is, indeed. we are in the middle of this, liz. i know this is your city. i wish you could be here with us. take a look at this, this place is packed right now. we've been talking to a lot of these restaurant owners, managers, store owners and the like, and they tell us that business is going well here. it's not really a one-size-fits-all kind of thing. we've heard anywhere from somebody told me their restaurant was up 25%, i heard another person say just about three times as much. the big number here though in clev

i'm chuck todd, leave in cleveland. it's happy hour here in cleveland right now. the spotlight tonight turns to a man that a lot of people are starting to get to know. donald trump's vice presidential pick. welcome to msnbc's special coverage of the republican national convention right here in cleveland, ohio. in just a few hours from now, indiana governor mike pence will take the stage to officially accept the vice presidential nomination and introduce himself to the un

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i live in cleveland. i feel with the police presence at the convention and the quiet coordinated effort to keep everyone save i feel very secure to walk around anywhere. >> reporter: in addition to all those police reinforcements cleveland cops have been putting good use newly purchased bicycles they help them get around downtown fast enough to be ahead of the protesters. they've also used them, of course, as portable barricades for crowd control. of course those bicycles are already part of the philadelphia police department's tool bag, lucy. >> thank you very much, bruce. talk to you at 10:00. >>> hillary clinton is lying low after two days of heavy campaigning in battleground states and the focus turned who she'll pick as her running mate. two names reportedly at the top of the list. agriculture secretary tom and virginia tim cane. clinton could announce her pick as early friday when she'll campaign in florida. of course we're days away from the democratic national convention sent to kick off in philad

i'm judge jeanine pirro live from cleveland, ohio. it won't start formally until monday but the convention hall is ready and the big names already pouring into town. this week, donald trump will accept the republican nomination for president

the people of cleveland greeting you at the airport. every other person has one of these green can i help you shirts. so they're trying to convey that cleveland is not on lockdown. they have allotted for a mile and a half for protests. how are they balancing the security concerns with the concerns that this is not a lockdown city? >> it is such a difficult concern. even the driver, the person who drove me to where i am today, who grew up in cleveland, was looking at all of the steal fences and said i feel like i'm in a war zone. but the officers are being so good with the press and the -- they're showing officers like these folks who grew up in cleveland, they're really proud of their city. these are some of, of course, the officers on horseback and paco here, this horse, and bass here. they're going to be helping out with crowd control. among other things. and then we have over here, also working on crowd control, we have the officers on bike. they have 300 or so of these. and they will be riding along with the crowds, if the crowds ge

in cleveland with our continuing coverage. live team coverage of the republican national convention about to get under way in just a few hours. we're here at the quicken loan as rei arena the q as it's called. and we have time lapse video to show you how it's been transformed. it started right after game six of the nba finals and look at the work. the rnc says the stage is using the most technologically advanced equipment available. here is the q by the numbers. 3,000 seats had to be removed, 2472 delegates floor sheets installed. 21,000 people in all are expected to attend, including in addition 15,000 journalists. we say around the clock coverage what you our team is covering it on air and also social media. follow us on social media, already we've been covering protests, showing you security behind will the creep h will ts talking to local delegates. ahead we'll talk about the philadelphia gop committee and what they think about pennsylvania in terms of moving forward to election day. tracy davidson, nbc 10 news. >>> let's

the trump plane, touching down here in cleveland. this is a huge, huge day for him because this is the mega day when he will be standing later this evening on the podium here at the quicken loans arena introducing to the rest of the wror world who he has chosen to be on his dikt. we also have live pictures once he exits this plane he will jump on a helicopter to greet mike pence who will be traveling to the location via motorcade. we'll be watching. we know some of his adult children, don jr., eric trump is there, lots and lots of people waiting for his arrival. that is where -- let's just get straight to martin savidge. he is watching from that chopper landing location over at the science center. martin, big crowd. >> reporter: it's a good crowd. music blaring. that's a good sign we're getting close to something here. we did just see trump's 757 pass right by this position on final approach into the airport there. the distance from where he's landed to where the helicopter will touch down is about 800 yards. so it shouldn't be a lon

craig boswell, cbs news, cleveland. >>> weijia jiang joins us from cleveland now. nice to see you. what is on tap for day one? >> reporter: good morning, meg. every day of the convention has a different theme that is a branch of donald trump's signature message that he will make america great again and today is make america safe again, focusing on national security and immigration. it all kicks off at 1:00 this afternoon and the lineup of speakers ranges from parents of americans who were killed overseas to reality show stars, to actors. so there is a lot in store for today. >> reporter: who are the headliners tonight? >> there are a handful of members of congress, along with retired army lieutenant general michael flynn, but the really big name for tonight is melania trump. you know, we have heard her here and there on the campaign trail. this is one of the first times we will see her deliver a formal speech in front of so many people. >> and will donald trump be there? >> donald trump is not on the official schedule but his campaign chairman paul manafort tells us donald trump wi

. >> cleveland rocks. cleveland rocks. cleveland rocks. >> reporter: cleveland does rock. which is why 30 years ago, it was chosen as the site of the rock and roll hall of fame but perhaps more importantly -- it's home to the national cleveland style football hall of fame. ladies and gentlemen, the polka band. this really is america's good time music. that's the motto for cleveland style polka. it's home to the original superhero. superman was created by cleveland teenager jerry siegel along with his buddy joe schuster right here in this house in 1933. hungry? pretty much anything you can think of eating can be found here at cleveland's more than century old westside market. ♪ >> reporter: potato peroggi, jalapeno bacon cled dar cheese pirogi. look at that, it's the world's largest rubber stamp. look over here, it's the world's second largest indoor ferris wheel. if you want to ride the largest, good luck with that, it's in turkmenistan. so if you find yourself strolling through cleveland and admiring the current renaissance, keep in mind, has always been a city of innov

to cleveland. some of the other republican committees who will hear from the attorney general, the rs lc, some other committees. other republican officials that will talk about what they're doing to help mr. trump and the republican party to win elections in november to the delegates. we will also hear from some mayors and senate committee. thee will be speakers and republican governors association 11 number of speakers. that takes a from 1:00 until 5:00 in the afternoon, our anticipation is about 5:30 or 6:00 we will have a break and come back probably about 8:00 we went to ofain, the names yesterday. you have this in your app. if you don't have it, it is an google play. it is rnc 2016, you can get the bios and information from the app and the list of the speakers. we have willie robertson speaking today. if governor perry, we have a number of speakers with regards to benghazi and think that a taken place with the overall safe is make america again. our hearts and prayers go out to the families of