WE ALSO SAW A NEWLY MINTED VP CANDIDATE I AM JOINED BY EJ.D.TRUMP WH VANCE WALKING THE FLOOR A LITTLE BIT. I AM JOINED BY ERIC TRUMP, THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION AND OF COURSE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SON. I WATCHED AN INTERVIEW EARLIER AND YOU DID SAY, THIS BULLET TORE OFF A PART OF YOUR FATHER'S YEAR. WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM PHYSICALLY SO LET'S START RIGHT THERE. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT? WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL INJURY HERE? >> HE'S DOING WELL. OBVIOUSLY HE HAS A BAD EARACHE TO SAY THE LEAST BUT THIS IS TOO CLOSE. THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN AMERICA AND I THINK TOM SAID IT BEAUTIFULLY. THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN TWO SIDES OF LIFE. TWO DAYS AGO I WAS ON THE COUCH WITH MY CHILDREN TO WATCH MY FATHER ALMOST GET ASSASSINATED ON NATIONAL TV AND HERE I SHOW UP TO MILWAUKEE AND CAST THE DECIDING VOTE THAT MAKES IN THE DECIDING OFFICIAL CANDIDATE. THE HIGHS AND LOWS AND THE EMOTIONS OF ALL OF THAT ARE ALMOST UNTHINKABLE BUT I'M PROUD OF AND HOSPITAL, AND HE SAID NOTH. G CHANGES WITH T HE'S THE TOUGHEST GUY I'VE EVER MET IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. HE SPOKE FOR 45 MINUTES AFTER THAT SHOOTING AND SAID NOTHING CHANGES WITH THE CONVENTION. I'M GOING TO BE THERE. NOTHING CHANGES WITH THE CONVENTION. HIS FORTITUDE, HIS BACKBONE, HE'S A TREMENDOUS HUMAN BEING AND I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HIM. >> IT'S GOOD TO REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE HUMAN BEINGS ON BOTH SIDES. RE-WATCHING LIVE? DID YOU SEE THAT UNFOLD OR DID SOMEONE CALL YOU AND SAY TURN ON THE TELEVISION? >> ICE I LIVE. I WAS THERE WITH MY CHILDREN AND I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE SOUND OF THE BULLET AND I HEARD THE SHOTS AND MY EYES WENT UP TO THE TV AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING. YOU INSTANTLY SEE SOMEONE ON THE GROUND AND YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE HIT MULTIPLE TIMES AND YOU'RE JUST PLAYING TO GOD THAT THEY STAND UP-- YOU ARE PRAYING TO GOD THAT THEY STAND UP. AND WHEN HE STARTED PUMPING HIS FISTS IN THE AIR SAYING FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT EVEN THOUGH HE HAD BLOOD ALL OVER HIS FACE, AT LEAST WE KNEW THAT HE WAS MOBILE AND THAT THEY'VE A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE OKAY. BUT THOSE ARE NOT FUN MOMENTS. THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN THE COUNTRY. WE ARE THE BEST COUNTRY ON EARTH. THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM AND GIVES A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO LIFE AND FRANKLY THE WHOLE POLITICAL NARRATIVE AMONG THE MEDIA AND AMONG PEOPLE AND POLITICS. IT'S GOT TO GET TONED DOWN. >> FIRST OF ALL, ANYONE WHO HAS SURVIVED SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO BE CHANGED SOMEHOW. I WONDER WHAT HIS MINDSET IS RIGHT NOW. HE TOLD AN INTERVIEWER DOHEOMETHING NEWHE IS GOING TO TORE UP THE SPEECH HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ON THURSDAY AND IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING TOTALLY NEW. >> I WAS THERE WHEN HE DID THAT. HIS SPEECH IS BEAUTIFUL, IT'S INSPIRATIONAL, IT'S FORWARD- LOOKING TO THIS COUNTRY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS, THE RIGHT TONE AND IT'S A LOT OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING. PEOPLE ARE DANCING, HOLDING THE AMERICAN FLAG. THE PATRIOTISM IS UNBELIEVABLE. THESE PEOPLE IN HERE, THEY LOVE AMERICA. THEY BLEED RED WHITE AND BLUE AND WE NEED MORE OF THAT IN THIS COUNTRY. >> PRESIDENT JEFF BIDEN JUST DID AN INTERVIEW WITH LESTER HOLT-- PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST DID AN INTERVIEW WITH LESTER HOLT AND HE SAID THE BULL'S-EYE NEEDS TO BE ON DONALD TRUMP AND HE SAID THIS OF COURSE BEFORE THE SHOOTING. HE SAID IT WAS A MISTAKE TO USE THAT WORD AND CLARIFIED IS SAYING WHAT HE MET WAS TO FOCUS. I WONDER WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT, AND DO YOU THINK YOUR FATHER IS RECONSIDERING SOME OF HIS OWN RHETORIC? >> PROBABLY ON BOTH SIDES. I DON'T THINK BIDEN'S USE OF THAT WORD WAS GENIUS. CERTAINLY THE TIMING DIDN'T WORK WELL WHETHER IT WAS INTENTIONAL OR NOT, IT WASN'T GREAT. >> IT WAS BEFORE THE SHOOTING. >> OF COURSE IT WAS BUT EVERYBODY'S RHETORIC JUST NEEDS TO CHANGE. WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH AND NO ONE CAN STOP THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IF WE ARE TOGETHER. SO MUCH OF THE TONE OF THIS CONVENTION WILL BE EXACTLY THAT AND HE HAS A GREAT VP PICK, HE'S GOING TO COME OUT HERE IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. HE'S STRONG. I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM MORE DETERMINED TO GO OUT AND FIGHT AND WIN AND AGAIN AS HIS SON, IT'S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER BUT I'M PROUD OF THE MAN. I LOVE THE GUY TO DEATH AND HE'S THE GREATEST FATHER I COULD EVER HAVE IMAGINED. WHAT HE HAS HAD TO ENDURE, THE WAY THEY'VE GONE AFTER HIM, THE WAY THEY TRIED TO KILL HIM TWO DAYS AGO. THE CROWD TONIGHT, THAT'S THE FIGHT THAT AMERICA NEEDS AND OUR COUNTRY NEEDS. >> YOU MENTIONED J.D. VANCE. DID YOU KNOW THAT-- WHAT THE CHOICE IS GOING TO BE? HIS ADVISERS WERE SAYING EARLY THIS MORNING THAT IT WAS STILL A JUMP BALL AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW. HAD THE DECISION BEEN MADE AND IN HIS MIND FOR A WHILE? >> HONESTLY HE'S-- TO WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO BUT A LOT OF PEOPL -- CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM AND OVERTIME SEEN IT OVER TIME, AND THEY COMMUNICATE WELL TOGETHER AND THEY LIKE TO BE AROUND TOGETHER, AND WHEN YOU ARE IN THE HIGHEST STRESS JOB OF THE WORLD, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND VICE PRESIDENT, THAT COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT. >> AND WHAT ABOUT J.D. VANCE HAVING CRITICISM FOR YOUR FATHER, HE HAS A LONG MEMORY ABOUT IT. >> AND KAMALA HARRIS USED TO CALL JOE BIDEN A RACIST, AND SO NOW THEY ARE IN THE WHITE HOUSE TOGETHER. SO IT IS EMBODYING THE MOVEMENT MORE THAN J.D. HE IS TOTALLY ALIGNED WITH MY POLICIES, THEY WORK INCREDIBLY WELL TOGETHER, THEY'VE BEEN LOCKED AT THE HIP THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THEY TRULY LOVE EACH OTHER. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TONE AND YOUR FATHER POSSIBLY TONING DOWN THE RHETORIC. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, INTERESTINGLY, HAS MOVED TO THE CENTER ON A COUPLE OF KEY ISSUES. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM DOES NOT CALL FOR A FEDERAL ABORTION BAN. IT NO LONGER DEFINES MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. IS THIS A SIGN THAT YOUR FATHER IS MOVING TO THE CENTER IN SOME WAYS OR ON SOME ISSUES? >> HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE ON THOSE ISSUES TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH AND I THINK THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHO MY FATHER IS AND WHAT HE BELIEVES IN, AND I THINK IT'S REFLECTIVE OF MY WIFE WHO RUNS THE RNC, I'M PROUD OF THE PARTY. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS COUNTRY HAS REAL HOLES IN THE ROOF AND YOU HAVE TO FIX THE HOLES AND STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE SPOT ON THE WALL IN THE BASEMENT. YOU HAVE TO FIX THOSE HOLES. WE'VE GOT REAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS AND SENTINEL PROBLEMS. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY FRIENDS I HAVE WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN TO FENTANYL POURING OVER THE BORDER. THE ECONOMY IS NOT GREAT, INFLATION IS CRAZY, GAS IS CRAZY, WARS ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY WARS UNDER MY FATHER AND IT JUST IS REALLY SAD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND HE WANTS TO BRING IT BACK AND BRING BACK AMERICAN GREATNESS, AND HE WILL. >> DO YOU THINK IT IS STILL A COMPETITIVE RACE? SINCE THE DEBATE WE'VE SEEN A RECENT TWEET WHERE HE SAID, POLLS IN SWING STATES FAVOR YOUR FATHER. HE HAD A RECENT TWEET WHERE HE SAID WE ARE GOING TO WIN, MAYBE BY A HISTORIC MARGIN. DO YOU CONSIDER THIS A COMPETITIVE RACE? >> LISTEN, I THINK AFTER THE DEBATE, THE DEBATE WAS A DISASTER AND THE WAY THAT THE PENDULUM HAS MOVED OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND REALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IS TREMENDOUS BUT I NEVER WANT TO COUNT ANYONE AS BEING AHEAD OR BEHIND. I WANT TO RUN THE HARDEST RACE WE POSSIBLY CAN AND I PROMISE I WILL BE OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY WORKING MY OFF AS WILL MY FATHER AND OUR ENTIRE FAMILY. THEY ARE ALWAYS COMPETITIVE. YOU HAVE A LOT OF MOTION ON BOTH SIDES BUT WE'RE GOING TO WIN. WE ARE GOING TO WIN ON NOVEMBER 5. I'VE NEVER HAD MORE CONFIDENCE IN ANYTHING IN MY LIFE. >> BIDEN WILL BE THE NOMINEE OR THE DEMOCRATS WILL MAKE A CHANGE? D BE>> IT WOULD PRESIDENT BIDEN OR THAT DEMOCRATS WILL MAKE A
