一场焰火表演预计将照亮华盛顿纪念碑上方的天空他的发言结束。
J.斯科特·阿普尔怀特/美联社文件
在这张2016年7月21日的档案照片中，共和党总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普的女儿伊万卡·特朗普在克利夫兰举行的共和党全国代表大会的最后一天，在介绍了她的父亲后走下舞台时挥手致意。
晚上9点32分，本·卡森向布莱克一家发表讲话
周四第一次提到雅各布·布莱克，第二次是在整个RNC，住房和城市发展部长本·卡森说:“我们同情布莱克一家。”
“正如雅各布的母亲所敦促的那样，让我们用我们的心、我们的爱和我们的智慧共同努力，向世界展示人类应该如何对待彼此。”
晚上9点28分。特朗普的经济胜利缺乏背景
周四晚上，多位发言人赞扬了特朗普总统对美国经济增长的贡献，并表示他继续留任对保持经济成功至关重要。
白宫负责传播的副幕僚长、社交媒体主管丹·斯卡维诺(Dan Scavino)表示:“想想我们与特朗普总统共同取得的成就吧。”历史上最强大的经济体。几乎所有人口群体的最低失业率——黑人、西班牙裔美国人、妇女等等。”
奇普索莫德维拉/盖蒂影像公司
2020年8月26日，华盛顿梅隆礼堂，白宫负责通信的副幕僚长丹·斯卡维诺在共和党全国代表大会上记录了他的演讲。
但特朗普执政前的强劲经济表现冠状病毒从许多指标来看，这是奥巴马总统执政时期开始的经济增长的延续。
大流行前的失业率下降导致了创纪录的低水平的非裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人的失业率在特朗普执政期间开始。
女性失业率也是如此——在奥巴马执政期间，女性失业率达到了10年来的最低点，在特朗普执政期间，女性失业率有所下降。
特朗普执政的头36个月，美国经济增加了约660万个就业岗位，此前奥巴马执政的最后36个月，美国经济增加了约810万个就业岗位。
2017年1月，特朗普在连续75个月的就业增长后就职。
特朗普吹嘘自经济开始重新开放以来创造了数百万个就业岗位——包括5月份的250万个、6月份的480万个和7月份的180万个——但处于自大萧条以来最严重危机之中的经济仍比2月份减少了约1300万个就业岗位。
在经历了自大萧条以来的多年稳定的季度国内生产总值增长后，政府报告称，2020年第二季度商品和服务生产下降了9.5%，抵消了近五年的增长。
联邦政府的救援努力也减弱了冠状病毒对经济的影响——尽管民主党和白宫关于延长小企业和失业救济金期限的谈判已经停滞了几周。
据劳工部称，本周有100多万美国人申请失业。自3月份以来，每周的索赔数字几乎每周都在100万以上，这就对白宫预测的“V型”复苏提出了质疑。
——美国广播公司新闻巴格斯·西格尔
竞选助手说，晚上9点14分，特朗普将发表“强硬”讲话，打破拜登的记录
特朗普的竞选助手表示，特朗普将发表激烈的演讲，接受提名，目标是民主党总统候选人乔·拜登，话题包括边境、税收、能源政策、贸易、中国和犯罪。
据特朗普的RNC获奖感言摘录，预计奥巴马将对拜登进行熟悉的攻击，包括抨击他在华盛顿数十年的职业生涯，并重申他的主张，即民主党的议程是“一个主要政党提名人提出的最极端的提案。”
布伦丹·斯米罗斯基/法新社
2020年8月27日，华盛顿，唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫南草坪举行的共和党全国代表大会的最后一天发表演讲，他看着演讲前的场景。
特朗普的竞选宣传总监蒂姆·默陶(Tim Murtaugh)表示，特朗普将提出“两种截然不同的愿景:总统的愿景与乔·拜登的愿景相对照”，同时详述“未经修饰的乔·拜登记录和未经修饰的乔·拜登议程”，而不是“我们在民主党全国代表大会期间看到的经过净化的版本。”
奥巴马总统还将大力强调“就业、经济复苏和经济卓越”，同时声称拜登的记录是“增税将再次增税。”
拜登告诉美国广播公司“今夜世界新闻”主播大卫·穆尔在周日播出的一次采访中他的政府不会对年收入低于40万美元的家庭征收“新税”。
该活动称，特朗普还将提及劳拉飓风，并为其沿途的人们“祈求上帝保佑”，还将提及美国城市的动荡。
下午9:09麦康奈尔:认为他“有责任关注美国中部”
参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔说，他认为自己“有责任关注中美洲。”
“我为共和党参议院所做的工作感到无比自豪。我们是南希·佩洛西议程的防火墙。”
晚上9:05众议员杰夫·范·德鲁:“该党已经从自由党转变为激进党”
众议员杰夫·范·德鲁离开民主党成为共和党人，猛烈抨击众议院议长南希·佩洛西和所谓的“班”成员
“我已经对一个旧金山自由党人掌管众议院感到不舒服了，”他说，并补充道，“现在该党已经从自由党人转变为激进党人。”
共和党全国代表大会
2020年8月27日，众议员杰夫·范·德鲁在2020年共和党全国代表大会期间播放的视频中发言。
他继续说:“乔·拜登被我的前党的激进分子告知要做什么，这些激进分子试图让他成为他们的傀儡总统。”
晚上8点58分，RNC暗示抗议警察暴力，但没有提到受害者的名字
据美国广播公司新闻部政治组的统计，雅各布·布莱克的名字在共和党全国代表大会上被提及过一次——在周二晚上的开幕祈祷中。
布莱克是一名29岁的黑人男子，他周日在威斯康辛州的克诺沙市被警察开枪打中背部7枪，导致了几天的抗议活动，呼吁结束警察对有色人种的暴力行为。
在大会的第二天晚上，拉斯维加斯国际教堂的牧师诺玛·乌拉巴佐呼吁为布莱克和他的家人及社区治病。
“主啊，我们来到你面前，请求你的和平精神今晚来伤害威斯康辛州的社区。”我们为雅各布·布莱克和他的家人祈祷治愈和安慰。我们祈祷你能保护那些冒着生命危险给我们的街道带来安全和保障的人。”
美国副总统迈克·彭斯在周三晚上的获奖感言中提到了围绕布雷克枪击案和乔治·弗洛伊德之死的抗议活动，但没有提到抗议活动的名字。他说:“我们将为这个国家的每一个美国人、每一个种族、每一种信仰、每一种肤色的人在街头维持法律和秩序。”
乔纳森·恩斯特/路透社
2020年8月26日，美国副总统迈克·彭斯在巴尔的摩麦克亨利堡举行的2020年共和党全国代表大会上发表了获奖感言。
彭斯说:“美国人民知道，我们不必在支持执法和与我们的非洲裔美国邻居站在一起以改善他们的生活质量、教育、工作和安全之间作出选择。”
“从本届政府执政的第一天起，我们两者都做到了。我们将在今后四年里继续支持法律的实施，继续支持这片土地上的非洲裔美国人和少数民族社区。”
RNC主席罗尼纳·麦克丹尼尔在接受美国广播公司新闻频道“政治动力”播客时说，演讲者可以也应该提到布莱克，他指出总统已经向他的家人伸出了援手，而且很多话都是事先说好的。
晚上8:49麦卡锡讲述特朗普如何与国会合作
众议院少数党领袖众议员凯文·麦卡锡强调了他所说的总统在任期间与国会合作的方式。
“四年前，特朗普总统承诺成为你的代言人。他遵守了诺言，但还有很多事情要做。摆在你们面前的选择再清楚不过了:在自由中前进，还是在社会主义中后退。”
晚上8点45分，在特朗普的接受演讲之前，抗议者聚集在白宫附近
在总统今晚晚些时候的接受演讲之前，抗议者聚集在白宫附近的黑人生活物质广场。
奥利维尔·杜利里/法新社
2020年8月27日，华盛顿，在白宫对面的黑人生活物质广场，示威者集会抗议唐纳德·特朗普总统接受共和党全国代表大会提名。
美国广播公司白宫记者雷切尔·斯科特(Rachel Scott)在美国广播公司新闻直播节目中说:“总统在枪击和杀害美国黑人的问题上一直保持沉默，正是这种沉默和缺乏行动加剧了你所看到的愤怒。”
奥利维尔·杜利里/法新社
2020年8月27日，华盛顿，在白宫对面的黑人生活物质广场，示威者集会抗议唐纳德·特朗普总统接受共和党全国代表大会提名。
晚上8:34乔纳森·卡尔在白宫参加大会活动
在美国广播公司新闻直播中，白宫首席记者乔纳森·卡尔说为会议活动设置离开他，“几乎无语，在这里。二十年来，我一直断断续续地报道白宫。……在这里，我们将白宫的整个南草坪改造成了国家政治会议的大厅和会场。”
晚上8点23分，民主党全国委员会在共和党全国代表大会上播放抨击特朗普领导的广告
民主党全国委员会计划在2016年大会上用特朗普自己的话来反驳特朗普的获奖感言，用广告将特朗普塑造成一个失败的领导人。它将覆盖他第一个任期内发生的事件的镜头，包括2017年8月在弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔举行的白人至上主义集会的视频。
“唐纳德·特朗普混乱的领导和分裂言论对美国人来说是一场灾难。他的失败已经导致超过18万人死亡，数百万人失业，并摧毁了我们的经济。”“在2016年的全国代表大会上，特朗普自己也反对他在我们国家造成的那种混乱。对美国人来说，很明显，我们不能再忍受特朗普的四年了。”
这个长达一分钟的广告将在华盛顿的电视上播出，是本周六位数广告购买的一部分。
它始于总统在2016年的大会上说，“政府最基本的职责是保卫自己公民的生命，任何政府不这样做都不配领导。”
民主党人每天晚上都试图以某种方式对共和党大会进行反规划。
卡罗琳·卡斯特/美联社
2020年8月25日，华盛顿共和党全国代表大会第二天晚上，多媒体艺术家罗宾·贝尔将信息投射到特朗普国际酒店。
下午8:18新冠肺炎为特朗普的白宫讲话制定的协议:文件
美国广播公司新闻部从RNC方面获得了一份文件，该文件被发送给了一些受邀参加在白宫举行的当晚庆祝活动的客人。它包括了冠状病毒协议的细节，或者没有。
文件没有提到新冠肺炎试验。相反，如果客人感觉不舒服、有症状、最近检测出病毒呈阳性或最近与有症状的人有过密切接触，它会要求他们呆在家里。
它说，口罩只在抵达和安检区需要，并鼓励在“高交通区，包括洗手间和接待空间。”它还说“只要有可能，就练习社交距离。”
卡洛斯·巴里亚/路透社
2020年8月27日，在华盛顿白宫南草坪举行的2020年共和党全国代表大会的最后一场活动中，预计将有大约1500名支持者在等待唐纳德·特朗普总统发表获奖感言。
消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，预计将有超过1500人参加特朗普的演讲，照片显示椅子被放置在南草坪上，没有疾控中心推荐的6英尺距离。
另外，特朗普竞选团队向印刷媒体记者发送了一份声明，回应了关于新冠肺炎协议、筛选、测试和面具的详细信息的要求。
这份声明来自RNC合作公司的一名高管，他说:“严格的协议完全符合美国疾病控制中心、哥伦比亚特区公共卫生部门和其他主要卫生安全机构制定的多项准则。”
没有提供其他细节。
晚上8点12分，哈里斯猛烈抨击特朗普的冠状病毒，称布莱克在反节目事件中开枪“令人作呕”
在作为民主党副总统候选人的第一次单独活动中，参议员卡马拉·哈里斯周四在大会前发表了一系列针对共和党的先发制人的言论，抨击了特朗普对遭受系统性种族主义和冠状病毒大流行的美国人的回应。
“共和党大会的目的只有一个:安抚唐纳德·特朗普的自尊心。让他感觉良好。事情是这样的——他是美国总统。这不应该是关于他的。哈里斯在乔治华盛顿大学的校园里说:“这应该关系到美国人民的健康、安全和幸福。”
哈里斯直接提到了对雅各布·布莱克的枪击事件，这是总统还没有公开做过的事情。
“正如副总统拜登所说的那样，对布莱克的枪击穿透了我们国家的灵魂。看着让人恶心。太熟悉了。它必须结束。”
在流感大流行方面，哈里斯表示，特朗普“从一开始就错了”，而且“专注于股市，而不是解决问题。”
“这是你必须了解的关于流行病的本质。它是无情的。你不能用推特来阻止它。”
这是民主党本周最大的反节目事件。
下午8点04分，麦康奈尔针对“美国中部”，称共和党参议院是对抗民主党的“防火墙”
参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔利用他的家乡肯塔基州向“中美洲”发出呼吁，称自己是华盛顿唯一一位不来自纽约或加利福尼亚的领导人。
特朗普来自纽约，所有50个州、波多黎各和美属维尔京群岛在国会都有代表。
“今天的民主党不想改善美国中产阶级的生活。麦康奈尔说:“他们更希望我们这些在‘天桥国度’的人保持沉默，让他们来决定我们应该如何生活。”他接着列举了民主党的优先事项，他说这些事项将告诉美国人该做什么，包括在冠状病毒大流行期间什么时候恢复工作和上学等活动。
麦康奈尔特别呼吁民主党支持将哥伦比亚特区变成一个州，他说:“再有两名自由派参议员，我们无法挽回他们造成的损害。”
“我对共和党参议院所做的工作感到非常自豪。我们是南希·佩洛西议程的防火墙。”
下午7点45分，特朗普将在RNC的获奖感言中向基诺沙发表演讲，不清楚他是否会提到雅各布·布莱克的名字
在公众对雅各布·布莱克在威斯康星州基诺沙被枪击事件保持数天沉默后，目前尚不清楚特朗普是否会在他的提名接受演讲中直接提及枪击事件。
埃文·武奇/美联社
2020年8月27日，华盛顿，共和党全国代表大会第四天，唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫南草坪发表演讲前检查舞台。
在周四上午的一次采访中，特朗普的竞选宣传总监蒂姆·墨菲强烈建议总统将直接处理最近警察对待一名手无寸铁的黑人男子的事件——之后似乎收回了他的评论。
“我想他会的，”当被问及总统是否会在他的演讲中直接谈论布莱克枪击案时，蒂姆·墨菲说。“他将谈论在威斯康辛州发生的事情，我认为他将拓宽话题，谈论我们在过去几个月里在全国各城市和各州看到的情况。”
后来，当被问及特朗普是否会特别提及布莱克时，墨菲拒绝详细说明。
“就具体议题而言，我不会详细谈论总统将谈些什么，但总统将谈到这个国家的动荡。”他将提到克诺沙，他将谈论这个问题。”
——美国广播公司新闻的乔丹·菲尔普斯和威尔·斯拜金
下午7点34分，在白宫演讲之前，代理国务卿RNC露面后，DHS员工收到了哈奇法案的警告
在代理国务卿查德·沃尔夫(Chad Wolf)本周早些时候参加了RNC黄金时段节目的一个入籍仪式后，周四向国土安全部所有员工发出了一条内部消息，提醒他们不要参与“党派政治活动”——这可能违反了《哈奇法案》(Hatch Act)。
共和党全国代表大会
2020年8月25日，在2020年共和党全国代表大会第二天晚上播放的一段视频中，唐纳德·特朗普总统参加了五名美国新公民的入籍仪式。
这封邮件说:“我们作为一个部门，在总统选举周期中受到高度审查。”“作为DHS的员工，我们必须熟悉党派政治活动的相关政策，以确保我们遵守这些政策。”
这一消息传出之际，众议院民主党人已经对国务卿迈克·庞贝在海外进行正式国事访问期间参与RNC事件展开调查。
-美国广播公司新闻'卢克巴尔
下午7:24美国广播公司新闻2020互动选举地图
谁将在11月获胜?看看选举团如何利用美国广播公司新闻的2020年互动选举地图:
下午7:17 RNC主席说她希望布莱克的名字会在最后一夜的节目中被提及
RNC女主席罗纳·麦克丹尼尔告诉记者美国广播公司新闻“发电站政治”播客周四，她希望布莱克的名字出现在周四晚上的大会演讲中，但她没有特别提到特朗普的演讲。
麦克丹尼尔告诉美国广播公司政治总监里克克莱因和白宫首席记者乔纳森卡尔:“当然，我们可以提到雅各布布莱克的名字，总统已经向他的家人伸出了手。”
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2020年8月27日，华盛顿，在白宫对面的黑人生活物质广场，示威者集会抗议唐纳德·特朗普总统接受共和党全国代表大会提名。
她说，这些演讲的虚拟性质是由冠状病毒大流行引发的，这意味着一些演讲是在布莱克上新闻之前录制的。
“我希望他们今晚这样做。我想很多都已经预先录制好了...由于许多演讲的虚拟性，在一些演讲被录音的时候，新闻里没有这些内容。我是说，现在作为党主席，我们希望看到这个调查;她在谈到布雷克的枪击案时说:“我们希望这件事能被彻底解决。”
下午7:00发言人概述
高级顾问伊万卡·特朗普将在这个打破常规的政治会议的最后一晚介绍她的父亲总统的盛况以前所未有的方式，将白宫变成了特朗普竞选的背景——尽管有些程序似乎违反道德法律。
住房和城市发展部长本·卡森、肯塔基州参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔、加利福尼亚州众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡、阿肯色州参议员汤姆·科顿和总统私人律师、前纽约市市长鲁迪·朱利安尼预计也将于周四发表讲话。
此外，大会观察员将听取被伊斯兰国杀害的人道主义援助工作者凯拉·穆勒的父母的发言当人质爱丽丝·约翰逊，一个在特朗普之前一直在联邦监狱服无期徒刑的女人减刑金·卡戴珊·韦斯特在一定程度上推动了这一努力。
特朗普和副总统迈克·彭斯将在11月3日的大选中面对民主党提名人乔·拜登和卡马拉·哈里斯，尽管一些美国人预计会这样做收到他们的选票最早下周。
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副总统迈克·彭斯和总统唐纳德·特朗普一起在台上发表了他的就职演说...
RNC 2020 Live: Trump to accept nomination from White House, Ivanka Trump to introduce him
TheRepublican National Conventionconcludes Thursday and the fall campaign seasonofficially kicks offwhen President Donald Trump formally accepts the GOP nomination for a second term as president in a speech that he will deliver from the White House South Lawn.
A fireworks display is expected to light up the sky above the Washington Monument at theconclusion of his remarks.
9:32 p.m. Ben Carson addresses Blake family
In the first reference to Jacob Blake on Thursday -- and the second during the entire RNC -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said "our hearts go out the Blake family."
"As Jacob's mother has urged the country, let's use our hearts, our love and our intelligence to work together to show the rest of the world how humans are supposed to treat each other."
9:28 p.m. Claims of Trump's economic wins lack context
Multiple speakers Thursday night praised President Trump for the growth of the U.S. economy and said it was important he stay in office to keep the economy successful.
Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff for communications and director of social media, said, "Just think about what we achieved together with President Trump. The strongest economy in history. The lowest unemployment rate for almost all demographic groups -- Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, women, and so many more."
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino records his speech for the Republican National Convention inside the Mellon Auditorium, Aug. 26, 2020, in Washington.
But the strong performance of the economy under Trump before thecoronavirus, was -- by many metrics -- a continuation of growth that began under President Barack Obama.
Pre-pandemic declines in unemployment that led to record-low levels of African American and Hispanic unemployment under Trump began during the Obama administration.
The same goes for the women's unemployment rate -- which reached a 10-year low under Obama, before dropping under Trump.
The U.S. economy gained about 6.6 million jobs in Trump's first 36 months in office, after roughly 8.1 million jobs in Obama's last 36 months.
In January 2017, Trump took office after 75 straight months of jobs growth.
Trump has touted the millions of jobs created since the economy began reopening -- including 2.5 million in May, 4.8 million in June, and 1.8 million in July -- but the economy, in the midst of the worst crisis since the Great Depression, still has roughly 13 million fewer jobs than it did in February.
After years of steady quarterly GDP growth since the Great Recession, the government reported a 9.5% decline in goods and services produced in the second quarter of 2020 -- wiping out nearly five years of growth.
Federal relief efforts have also blunted the impact of the coronavirus on the economy -- though negotiations between Democrats and the White House to extend expired small business and unemployment benefits have stalled for weeks.
More than one million Americans filed for unemployment this week, according to the Labor Department. The weekly claims figure has been north of one million nearly every week since March -- raising questions about a "V-shaped" recovery predicted by the White House.
9:14 p.m. Trump to deliver 'tough' speech blasting Biden's record, campaign aides say
Trump is set to deliver a blistering speech to accept his nomination, targeting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on a slew of topics including borders, taxes, energy policy, trade, China and crime, according to Trump campaign aides.
The president is expected to blast Biden with familiar lines of attacks including hammering his decades long career in Washington and reiterating his claim that Democrats' agenda is "the most extreme set of proposals ever put forward by a major party nominee," according to excerpts from Trump's RNC acceptance speech.
President Donald Trump looks at the setup ahead of his speech on the final day of the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington.
Trump will lay out "two distinct visions: the president's vision against Joe Biden's vision," Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said, while detailing the "unvarnished Joe Biden record and the unvarnished Joe Biden agenda" and not the "cleansed scrubbed version that we saw during the Democratic National Convention."
The president will also place a strong emphasis on "jobs and economic recovery and economic excellence" while claiming Biden's record is one that had "raised taxes will raise taxes again."
Biden told ABC "World News Tonight" anchor David Muirin an interview which aired Sundaythat his administration would impose "no new taxes" to households making under $400,000 a year.
Trump will also mention Hurricane Laura and "ask for God's blessing" for those in its path and mention the unrest in American cities, the campaign said.
-- ABC News' Will Steakin and Terrance Smith
9:09 p.m. McConnell: Considers it his 'responsibility to look out for Middle America'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he considers it his "responsibility to look out for Middle America."
"I'm immensely proud of the work the Republican Senate has done. We are the firewall against Nancy Pelosi's agenda."
9:05 p.m. Rep. Jeff Van Drew: 'The party had moved from liberal to radical'
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who left the Democratic Party to become a Republican slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the so-called "Squad."
"I was already uncomfortable with a San Francisco liberal running the House," he said adding that now "the party had moved from liberal to radical."
Rep. Jeff Van Drew speaks in a video aired during the 2020 Republican National Convention, Aug. 27, 2020.
"Joe Biden is being told what to do by the radicals running my former party, the same radicals trying to install him as their puppet president," he continued.
8:58 p.m. RNC alludes to protests against police violence, without mentioning victims by name
According to the ABC News' Political Unit's count Jacob Blake's name has been mentioned one time during the Republican National Convention -- during the opening prayer on Tuesday night.
Blake is a 29-year-old black man who police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot seven times in the back on Sunday, leading to several days of protests calling to end police violence against people of color.
On the second night of the convention Norma Urrabazo, pastor of the International Church of Las Vegas, called for healing to Blake and his family and community.
"Lord, we come before you to ask for your spirit of peace to come over hurting communities in Wisconsin tonight. We pray for healing and comfort to Jacob Blake and his family. We pray for your protection over those who put their lives in harm's way to bring safety and security to our streets," Urrabazo said in the opening prayer.
Vice President Mike Pence alluded to protests around Blake's shooting and George Floyd's death without mentioning them by name in his acceptance speech on Wednesday night, saying "We will have law and order on the streets of this country for every American of every race and creed and color."
Vice President Mike Pence delivers his acceptance speech during an event of the 2020 Republican National Convention held at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Aug. 26, 2020.
"The American people know we don't have to choose between supporting law enforcement and standing with our African-American neighbors to improve the quality of their lives, education, jobs, and safety," Pence said.
"And from the first days of this administration, we've done both. And we will keep supporting law enforcement and keep supporting our African-American and minority communities across this land for four more years."
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told ABC News' Powerhouse Politics podcast that speakers can and should mention Blake, noting that the president has reached out to the family and that a lot of the remarks were pretaped.
8:49 p.m. McCarthy on how Trump worked with Congress
House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy highlighted the ways in which he said the president has worked with Congress during his term in office.
"Four years ago President Trump promised to be your voice. He kept that promise, but there's still so much more to do. The choice before you cannot be clearer: forward in freedom or backward in socialism."
8:45 p.m. Protesters gather near White House ahead of Trump's acceptance speech
Protesters have been gathering at Black Lives Matter plaza near the White House ahead of the president's acceptance speech later tonight.
Demonstrators rally to protest President Donald Trump's acceptance of the Republican National Convention nomination at Black Lives Matter plaza across from the White House, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington.
"The president has a history of being silent when it comes to the shooting and the killing of Black Americans," ABC News White House correspondent Rachel Scott said on ABC News Live, "and it's that silence and the lack of action that promotes the outrage that you are seeing."
Demonstrators rally to protest President Donald Trump's acceptance of the Republican National Convention nomination at Black Lives Matter plaza across from the White House on Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington.
8:34 p.m. Jonathan Karl on the convention event at the White House
On ABC News Live, Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl said theset up for a convention eventleft him, "practically speechless, here. I have been covering the White House on and off for two decades. … Here we have the entire South Lawn of the White House transformed into the hall, the venue, for a national political convention."
8:23 p.m. DNC to air ad slamming Trump's leadership during Republican National Convention
The Democratic National Committee plans to counter Trump's acceptance speech with an ad casting Trump as a failed leader by using his own words during the 2016 convention. It will be overlaid with footage from events during his first term in office, including video from the white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.
"Donald Trump's chaotic leadership and divisive rhetoric has been a disaster for Americans. His failures have led to over 180,000 deaths, left millions unemployed and decimated our economy," said DNC War Room senior spokesperson Lily Adams. "During his 2016 convention, Trump himself spoke against the same sort of chaos he has caused in our country. It's clear to Americans that we can't afford four more years of Trump."
The minute-long ad will air on television in Washington and is part of a six-figure ad buy over the week.
It starts with the president at the 2016 convention saying, "The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens, any government that fails to do so is unworthy to lead."
Democrats have tried to counter-program the Republicans' convention in some way every night.
8:18 p.m. COVID-19 protocol for the Trump's White House remarks: Document
ABC News obtained a document from a RNC source that was sent to some guests invited to the evening's celebration at the White House. It included details on the coronavirus protocols in place -- or lack thereof.
The document made no mention of COVID-19 tests. Instead, it asks guests to stay home if they aren't feeling well, experiencing symptoms, have recently tested positive for the virus or have recently been in close contact with someone who has.
It says masks are only required at arrival and in security screening areas and encouraged in "high-traffic areas including restrooms and hospitality spaces." It also says to "practice social distancing whenever possible."
A crowd of supporters expected to number around 1500 people waits for President Donald Trump to deliver his acceptance speech during the final event of the 2020 Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Aug. 27, 2020.
Upwards of 1,500 people are expected to attend Trump's speech, sources tell ABC News, and photos show chairs placed on the South Lawn without six-feet of distance recommended by the CDC.
Separately, the Trump campaign sent a statement to the print pool reporter in response to a request for details about COVID-19 protocols, screening, testing and masks.
The statement -- from an executive at the company the RNC is working with, Patronus Medical -- says that "strict protocols are in full compliance with multiple guidelines set forth by the United States Centers for Disease Control, the District of Columbia Department of Public Health, and other leading authorities on health safety."
No other details were provided.
8:12 p.m. Harris slams Trump on coronavirus, calls Blake shooting 'sickening,' in counter programming event
In her first solo event as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, Sen. Kamala Harris delivered a preemptive strike on Republicans Thursday in wide-ranging remarks ahead of the convention -- slamming Trump's response to Americans suffering amid systematic racism and the coronavirus pandemic.
"The Republican convention is designed for one purpose: to soothe Donald Trump's ego. To make him feel good. Well here's the thing -- he's the president of the United States. And it's not supposed to be about him. It's supposed to be about the health and the safety and the wellbeing of the American people," Harris said from George Washington University's campus.
Harris directly addressed the shooting of Jacob Black, something the president has not yet done publicly.
"As Vice President Biden put it, the shots fired at Mr. Blake pierced the soul of our nation. It's sickening to watch. It's all too familiar. And it must end," she said.
On the pandemic front, Harris said Trump got it "wrong from the beginning" and "was fixated on the stock market over fixing the problem."
"Here's what you have to understand about the nature of a pandemic. It's relentless. You can't stop it with a tweet," she said.
It was the biggest counter programming event for Democrats this week.
8:04 p.m. McConnell targets 'middle America,' calls Republican Senate a 'firewall' against Democrats
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used his home state of Kentucky to appeal to "middle America," calling himself the only leader in Washington not from New York or California.
Trump is from New York and all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, are represented in Congress.
"Today's Democrat party doesn't want to improve life for middle America. They prefer that all of us in flyover country keep quiet and let them decide how we should live our lives," McConnell said, going on to list Democratic priorities he said would tell Americans what to do, including when to resume activities like work and school during the coronavirus pandemic.
McConnell specifically called out Democratic support for making the District of Columbia a state, saying, "With two more liberal senators, we cannot undo the damage they've done."
"I am immensely proud of the work the Republican Senate has done. We are the firewall against Nancy Pelosi's agenda," he said.
7:45 p.m. Trump to address Kenosha 'unrest' in RNC acceptance speech, unclear if he'll mention Jacob Blake by name
After days of public silence on the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, it remains unclear whether Trump will directly address the shooting in his nomination acceptance speech.
President Donald Trump checks the stage before his speech from the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington.
During an interview Thursday morning, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaughstrongly suggested the presidentwould directly address the latest incident involving police treatment of an unarmed black man -- before later appearing to walk back his comments.
"I think he will," Tim Murtaugh said, when asked on CNN if the president would speak directly about the Blake shooting in his address. "He'll talk about what happened in Wisconsin and I think he'll broaden it and talk with what we've seen in cities and states all around the country in the last couple of months."
Later, when asked whether Trump would specifically mention Blake, Murtaugh declined to elaborate.
"I'm not going to get into very much in the way of specifics about what the president will talk about as far as specific topics, but the president will address the unrest in this country. He will make reference to Kenosha, and he will speak about the issue," he told ABC News.
7:34 p.m. DHS employees receive Hatch Act warning after acting secretary's RNC appearance, ahead of White House speech
An internal message sent out to all Department of Homeland Security employees Thursday, which was reviewed by ABC News, reminded them to not engage in "partisan political activity" after acting Secretary Chad Wolf participated in a naturalization ceremony earlier this week that was made part of the RNC's prime time programming -- a potential violation of the Hatch Act.
President Donald Trump attends a naturalization ceremony for five new citizens of the United States in a video that aired during the second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Aug. 25, 2020.
"We, as a department, are under heightened scrutiny during the presidential election cycle," the email said. "It is important that we, DHS employees, are familiar with the policies surrounding partisan political activity to make sure we comply with them."
The message comes as House Democrats have launched an investigation into Secretary of Mike Pompeo's participation in the RNC while overseas on an official state trip.
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7:17 p.m. RNC chair said she hopes Blake's name will be mentioned in final night's program
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel toldABC News' "Powerhouse Politics" podcastThursday that she hoped Blake's name comes up in convention speeches Thursday night, but she didn't single out Trump's speech.
"Of course, we can make mention of Jacob Blake's name and the president has reached out to the family," McDaniel told ABC News Political Director Rick Klein and Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Demonstrators rally to protest President Donald Trump's acceptance of the Republican National Convention nomination at Black Lives Matter plaza across from the White House, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington.
She said the virtual nature of the speeches, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, meant some speeches were taped before Blake was in the news.
"I hope that they do tonight. I think a lot of it has been pre-taped ... because of the virtual nature of many of the speeches, that wasn't in the news at the time that some of those speeches were taped. I'm saying right now as party chair we want to see this investigated; we want to see this seen through," she said on Blake's shooting.
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7 p.m. Thursday night's extended speaker lineup
Senior adviser Ivanka Trump will introduce her father on the final night of what's become a norms-busting political convention, which has showcased thepageantry of the presidencyin unprecedented ways and transformed the White House into a backdrop for Trump's campaign -- despite some of the proceedings appearing toviolate ethics laws.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and the president's personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani are also expected to speak Thursday.
In addition, convention watchers will hear from the parents of humanitarian aid worker Kayla Mueller, who was killed by the Islamic Statewhile a hostage, and Alice Johnson, a woman who was serving a life sentence in federal prison until Trumpcommuted her sentence-- an effort in part pushed by Kim Kardashian West.
Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will face Democratic nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the general election on Nov. 3, though some Americans are expecting toreceive their ballotsas early as next week.
