GEOFF: WELCOME TO THE "NEWS HOUR."

IT'S THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION HERE IN MILWAUKEE.

DONALD TRUMP IS SET TO ACCEPT HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, MARKING HIS FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH SINCE THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE THIS PAST WEEKEND.

AMNA: THAT SPEECH WILL WRAP UP A WEEK MESSAGING A UNITED REPUBLICAN PARTY, ONE THAT'S SPENT DAYS REMINDING VOTERS ABOUT TRUMP'S STRENGTHS AND THE PARTY'S VISION FOR AMERICA.

MEANWHILE, DEMOCRATS ARE FACING AN ARRAY OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TOP OF THEIR TICKET.

LISA DESJARDINS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING IT ALL.

LISA: TONIGHT IS THE BIG NIGHT HERE AT THE CONVENTION BUT IT FOLLOWS THE OTHER MARQUEE NIGHT OF THE WEEK FOR THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE J.D.

VANCE CAME OUT.

THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WE START RHETORIC THAT SWUNG BETWEEN TALK OF STRENGTH, TO TALK OF SENSITIVITY, TO SOME SHARP WORDS.

OVERALL WHERE WE ARE TODAY AS A REPUBLICAN PARTY TRYING TO BUILD MOMENTUM FOR THEIR NEW PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.

THIS MORNING, A NEWLY-MINTED NOMINEE.

>> THE NEXT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SENATOR J.D.

VANCE.

LISA: VP CANDNDATE AND U.S.

SENATOR J.D.

VANCE, FRESH OFF HIS ADDRESS TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, MADE HIS FIRST STOP TO A KEY TRUMP VOTER GROUP, CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES.

SPEAKING AT A FAITH AND FREEDOM COALITION BREAKFAST.

>> THERE ARE ALL THESE SMALL LITTLE MIRACLES, AND IF YOU LOOK FOR THEM, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THEM.

LISA: THE NIGHT BEFORE, VANCE BRANDISHED HIS WORKING-CLASS ROOTS.

>> AMERICA'S RULING CLASS WROTE THE CHECKS.

COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE PAID THE PRICE.

LISA: AND TOLD STORIES OF GROWING UP POOR IN OHIO, RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, MAMAW.

>> MY MAMAW DIED SHORTLY BEFORE I LEFT FOR IRAQ IN 2005.

AND WHEN WE WENT THROUGH HER THINGS, WE FOUND 19 LOADED HANDGUNS.

[LAUGHTER] WE WONDERED WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND IT OCCURRED TO US THAT TOWARDS THE END OF HER LIFE, MAMAW COULDN'T GET AROUND SO WELL.

AND SO THIS FRAIL OLD WOMAN MADE SURE THAT NO MATTER WHERE SHE WAS, SHE WAS WITHIN ARM'S LENGTH OF WHATEVER SHE NEEDED TO PROTECT HER FAMILY.

THAT'S WHO WE FIGHT FOR.

THAT'S AMERICAN SPIRIT.

LISA: AN INTRODUCTION FROM HIS WIFE, USHA VANCE, EMPHASIZED THEIR UNIQUE STORY.

>> IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT NEITHER J.D.

NOR I EXPECTED TO FIND OURSELVES IN THIS POSITION.

BUT IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A MORE POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

LISA: THE VANCE ROLL-OUT CAPPED A DAY OF SHARPLY CONTRASTING TONES ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR.

A 98-YEAR-OLD WORLD WAR II VETERAN BROUGHT TEARS TO DELEGATES' EYES APPEALING TO SHARED LOVE OF COUNTRY.

>> AMERICA IS AN IDEA.

BUT I BELIEVE AMERICA IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

AMERICA IS OUR HOME.

LISA: BUT MINUTES LATER FROM DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR, A DARK MESSAGE OF FEAR.

>> ALL HELL HAS BROKEN LOOSE IN AMERICA AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HIDE ANYMORE.

LISA: THERE WERE OTHER EMOTIONAL WAVES, INCLUDING AN AMERICAN FAMILY WHOSE SON WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE AFTER THE HAMAS ATTACK IN ISRAEL.

>> IMAGINE OVER NINE MONTHS, NOT KNOWING WHETHER YOUR SON IS ALIVE.

WAKING UP EVERY MORNING PRAYING THAT HE TOO IS STILL WAKING UP EVERY MORNING.

LISA: BUT THE CROWD MAY HAVE BEEN MOST TRANSFIXED BY A HEARTBREAKING SEGMENT WITH GOLD STAR FAMILIES OF SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN THE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL, HIGHLY CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER SON SERVING IN THE ARMY.

AND WE DO NOT TRUST JOE BIDEN WITH HIS LIFE.

LISA: THEY READ, AND THE CONVENTION FLOOR REPEATED, THE NAMES OF THE 13 MILITARY PERSONNEL KILLED.

SOME LIFTED UP, OTHERS THREW PUNCHES.

>> YES, INDEED.

THIS MORNING, I DID WALK OUT OF A FEDERAL PRISON IN MIAMI.

LISA: FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ADVISER PETER NAVARRO SERVED FOUR MONTHS OVER REFUSING TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF THE JANUARY 6 CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.

HE BLAMED THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, BUT ALSO RAISED THE TEMPERATURE AGAINST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, CALLING THEM -- >> A WHOLE ARMY OF ILLEGAL ALIENS STEALING JOBS OF BLACK, BROWN, AND BLUE COLLAR AMERICANS, THEY PUT THEM ALL RIGHT ON YOUR FRONT DOORSTEP.

LISA: MIGRANT FLOW AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER HAS DECREASED IN RECENT MONTHS.

WHILE IT REMAINS HISTORICALLY HIGH, POLIFACT AND OTHERS HAVE DEBUNKED THE IDEA THAT THERE IS ANY KIND OF INVASION, AS WELL AS THE IDEA THAT THERE IS A RESULTING JOB SHORTAGE.

AT THE CONVENTION, MEMBERS OF TRUMP'S FAMILY TRIED TO SHOW HIS SOFTER SIDE.

DONALD TRUMP, JR.

TURNED THE MIC OVER TO HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER, KAI, BEFORE STARTING HIS SPEECH.

TRUMP SMILED AS HIS ELDEST GRANDDAUGHTER TOLD THE CROWD ABOUT HER QUOTE, NORMAL GRANDPA.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT MY GRANDPA THROUGH HELL, AND HE'S STILL STANDING.

LISA: YESTERDAY TRUMP MADE HIS FIRST KNOWN COMMENTS ABOUT THE SHOOTING, TO A PRIVATE CROWD CHANTING.

>> FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT.

LISA: IN VIDEO OBTAINED BY PBS NEWS, HE CREDITED HIS CLOSE CALL THIS WEEKEND TO DIVINE INTERVENTION.

>> HONESTLY, I THINK YOU APPRECIATE GOD EVEN MORE, I REALLY DO, BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED.

LISA: BUT HE ALSO TALKED POLITICAL SHOP, ABOUT RECENT POLL GAINS, INDICATING HE WANTS PRESIDENT BIDEN AS HIS OPPONENT.

>> BUT THE POLLS, THE WORST POLLS ARE VERY GOOD, SO WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE TOO GOOD.

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE TOO GOOD, MAYBE THIS GUY DOESN'T RUN.

WE WANT HIM TO RUN, AND I SAY THAT, BUT I'M ALSO WILLING TO TAKE ON SECOND AND THIRD AND FOURTH.

LISA: AND AS TRUMP PREPARES TO TAKE STAGE TONIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, AT HOME IN REHOBOTH RECUPERATING FROM HIS COVID DIAGNOSIS.

BACK ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR, THE SIGNS SHOW THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MESSAGING.

YESTERDAY, THIS ONE, MAKE AMERICA STRONG AGAIN, MAYBE PART OF THE UNITY PROPOSAL.

BUT THIS ONE WAS ALL OVER THE FLOOR, MASS DEPORTATION NOW.

OBVIOUSLY VITRIOLIC, VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE TONES WE SAW YESTERDAY.

AMNA: SENATOR VANCE SPEAKING A LOT ABOUT HIS BIOGRAPHY LAST NIGHT BUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS STANCES ON THE ISSUES?

LISA: THAT IS IMPORTANT.

LET'S LOOK AT WHERE HE IS ON THE ISSUES.

OBVIOUSLY HE DOES NOT HAVE A LONG POLITICAL CAREER BUT HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW SINCE HE RAN FOR THE SENATE.

ON THE BORDER, SENATOR VANCE WOULD LAUNCH.

LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATIONS ON UKRAINE HE IS STRONGLY SAYING HE WOULD END U.S. FUNDING FOR UKRAINE.

THE 2020 ELECTION, HE SAYS HE BELIEVES IT WAS STOLEN.

JANUARY 6, HE SAID HE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE WHAT VICE PRESIDENT PENCE DEAD AND INSTEAD WOULD HAVE BLOCKED THE BIDEN CERTIFICATION, AND ADDED MORE SLATES OF ELECTORS, SENDING THE CONTEST TO CONGRESS.

ABORTION, THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO GET INTO MORE DETAIL ON THEIR SOME POSITIONS HERE, WE KNOW THAT SENATOR VANCE WOULD SUPPORT A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN.

HE HAS SAID REASONABLE EXCEPTIONS SHOULD BE ALLOWED INCLUDING THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR WHERE HE STANDS ON EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE AND INCEST.

HE HAS CAST DOUBT ON THAT SAYING TWO RIGHTS DON'T MAKE A WRONG.

AND FINALLY HE WOULD BAN ABORTION PILLS.

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE CONSERVATIVES LOVE HIM.

THEY WANT ABORTION RESTRICTIONS.

THIS IS SOMETHING DEMOCRATS THINK COULD HELP THEM IN SWING AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUBURBS WHERE THEY MAY NOT WANT AS TOUGH ABORTION RESTRICTIONS.

GEOFF: DONALD TRUMP IS SET TO ACCEPT HIS PARTY NOMINATION TONIGHT.

WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM HIM TONIGHT?

LISA: WE KNOW A LOT HOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON THE STUMP.

HE CAN OFTEN GO OFF SCRIPT.

WE UNDERSTAND MAYBE HE WILL SPEAK FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR.

THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE APPLAUSE LINES.

WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD HE HAS BEEN REVISING HIS SCRIPT UNTIL TODAY AND IT COULD GO LONGER OR SHORTER.

SOME AROUND HIM THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR HIM TO GO SHORTER.

THIS IS THE PRIME TIME ADDRESS AND MAY BE ONE OF THE KEY MOMENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

WHAT HE SAYS TO NOT WILL DEFINE HIM AND THE ADS DEMOCRATS USE AGAINST HIM.

AMNA: A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE EAGER TO GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS BEHIND YOU SHOWING OFF HIS T-SHIRT.

THE MESSAGES BEING CONVEYED, WHAT ABOUT THE TOPICS WE ARE NOT HEARING ABOUT?

LISA: IT IS NOTABLE WE HAVE NOT HEARD THAT MUCH ABOUT ABORTION IN THIS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

THAT IS USUALLY A CENTRAL CORE UNIFYING THEME.

OF COURSE BANNING ABORTION IS THE GOAL OF MANY HERE.

THEY WANT A NATIONAL BAN.

THAT IS SOMETHING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS.

THEY KNOW IT IS A DIFFICULT POLITICAL ISSUE FOR THEM.

IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE HEARD THE LEAST ABOUT, AND I HAVE CERTAINLY NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LESS ABOUT IT THAN AT THIS CONVENTION.

GEOFF: AS WE SPEAK PRESIDENT BIDEN IS FACING GROWING PRESSURE FROM TOP DEMOCRATS TO EXIT THE RACE OVER CONCERNS ABOUT THE PARTY'S FATE COME NOVEMBER.

LISA: I CAN REPORT THAT IN THE PAST FEW DAYS AND THE PAST WEEK, DEMOCRATIC SENATE LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER TOLD PRESIDENT BIDEN OF CONCERNS BY OTHER SENATORS THAT HE CANNOT WIN AND THAT IT COULD HELP DEMOCRATS IN DEEPER WAYS.

SCHUMER'S OFFICE HAS SAID VERY CLEARLY NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THE CONVERSATION, NO ONE CAN SAY EXACTLY WHAT SCHUMER THINKS EXCEPT FOR SCHUMER HIMSELF.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU WITH CONFIDENCE HE DID EXPRESS CONCERNS AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE.

THESE DAYS RIGHT NOW ARE VERY CRITICAL AND THIS CONVENTION IS WATCHING RIGHT NOW.

THEY DON'T MIND THE SENSE OF CHAOS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS THEY PUT IN THEIR TWO NEW NOMINEES FOR 2024.