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Republican National Convention: Looking Back and Forward to Final Night

Aired August 3, 2000 - 11:09 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Time to look ahead to tonight's big wrap up of the nomination process here.

For that, let's go to Kate Snow outside the First Union Center for more on that.

Hey, Kate.

KATE SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Bill.

We are going to take a look back and then a look forward. Looking back at last night, it was clearly Dick Cheney's moment to shine, the vice presidential candidate. He took the stage. He was steady, but relentless in his speeches, certainly of all the speeches and all the words we've heard here at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, his the most harshly worded attack on Gore and on President Clinton. He linked the two of them together, said you can't see one without seeing the other.

George W. Bush was not present here last night. He was not here to watch Cheney's speech. Instead he watched the convention floor from his hotel room, the 23rd floor of the Windham Hotel to be exact. And after he officially received enough delegate votes to be the party nominee, which happened last night at about 10:00 Eastern time, Bush told reporters that he was a tough competitor and that he was going to give it his best shot -- Bill.

HEMMER: All right, Kate Snow outside the First Union Center there.

Before we let you go, Kate, want to know about preparation. Aides say he is going to speak for about 38 minutes. I guess that varies depending on applause. How much has he practiced just yet, do we know?

SNOW: Well, we know he has practiced. He has had the speech written for about a week, Bill. We know that it is 38 minutes, which you might note is about half as long as his father spoke the last time around back in 1992.

We know that he's practiced in front of Governor Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania mansion, the governor's mansion in Harrisburg. He also practiced the other day, we're told, in Cincinnati at a friend's house.

He only has one item, public item on his agenda today, that is in honor of his wife Laura Bush. There is a ceremony here with some of the Republican women. But other than that, no public appearances by George W. Bush.

We expect he will probably spend most of the afternoon in his hotel or somewhere practicing his speech. Yesterday he was here at the convention center looking around, checking out the TelePrompters, the speech, the stage and setting so he would know exactly where to look, how to present the speech most effectively -- Bill.

HEMMER: All right, Kate Snow, live outside the First Union Center. Kate, thanks again.

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