Former US president Donald Trump spoke to thousands of Republicans in Milwaukee at the party's convention, leaving the stage to rapturous applause. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi reportedly tells fellow Democrats that Joe Biden is 'getting close' to dropping out of the presidential race.
By Yalda Hakim, lead world news presenterDonald Trump, always the showman, was never going to wrap up his speech at the Republican National Convention, quickly.After all, it was his first major address since he escaped an assassin's bullet at a rally in Pennsylvania, only days earlier.Watch: How Trump attack unfolded - all the anglesIn the end, he spoke for 90 minutes, making it the longest convention speech of a party nominee in modern American history.
'I'm not supposed to be here tonight,' Mr Trump said. 'Yes you are' they chanted back.We were told Mr Trump tore up his original speech following the assassination attempt and wanted to focus on unity. He lowered his tone, speaking slowly, he said he wanted to be a president for all America, not just half of it.
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