Former President Donald Trump recalled the assassination attempt on his life while accepting the Republican presidential nomination. And a major tech outage is causing problems for airlines and businesses around the world. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, July 19, 2024.
“I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America,” Trump said in his acceptance speech. “So tonight, with faith and devotion, I proudly accept your nomination for president of the United States.”
Just days after being injured during an assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Trump — wearing a bandage over his right ear — recounted the shooting to the convention attendees. He said it would be the only time he would tell the story , saying it’s too painful to tell.
“I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me really, really hard on my right ear," Trump described. "I said to myself, ‘Wow, what was that? It can only be a bullet,’ and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down. My hand was covered with blood, just absolutely blood; blood all over the place. I immediately knew it was very serious that we were under attack and in one movement proceeded to drop to the ground.”
Trump also thanked the Secret Service for jumping into action and taking out the shooter.
“I'm not supposed to be here tonight, not supposed to be here,” he said. “I'm not and I'll tell you, I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty God.”
Though Trump spent the first part of his 93-minute speech recalling the deadly shooting, he focused the remainder on his first term in office and his plans for a second one. Trump outlined policies including what he called “the largest deportation operation in American history” and his “ no tax on tips ” proposal.
Months after becoming the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes , he reiterated his stance that the Democratic Party is weaponizing the justice system and criticized the last four years under the Biden administration. However, he only mentioned President Joe Biden’s name once in his speech .
“If you took the ten worst presidents in the history of the United States, think of it the 10 worst, added them up, they will not have done the damage that Biden has done,” Trump said. “Only going to use the term once, Biden. I'm not going to use the name anymore just one time. The damage that he's done to this country is unthinkable. It's unthinkable. Together we will restore vision, strength, confidence and we're going to have a thing called common sense making most of our decisions. Actually, it's all common sense.”
After all the critiques, Trump ended his address with a message of unity .
“But as long as our energies are spent fighting each other our destiny will remain out of reach and that's not acceptable," he said. "We must instead take that energy and use it to realize our country's true potential and write our own thrilling chapter of the American story. We can do it together, we will unite. We are going to come together, and success will bring us together.”
Major tech outage affects airlines, businesses around the world
"This is not a security incident or cyberattack," CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said. "The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed."
American, Delta and United are among the airlines that grounded flights Friday morning, July 19. American and United have since lifted their ground stops. Air travel across the globe is being hit; airports in Tokyo, Amsterdam and Berlin all reported issues with their systems.
Technical issues in Britain also impacted Sky News, the London Stock Exchange and train services.
In Australia, outages were reported at banks, media outlets and telecommunication companies.
CrowdStrike sent an alert to its customers saying its “ Falcon sensor ” software caused Microsoft Windows to crash , resulting in users seeing what is commonly referred to as the “ blue screen of death .” Microsoft said it is taking “mitigation actions” to resolve the issue.
Calls mount for President Biden to drop out of 2024 race
As President Biden self-isolates in Delaware with COVID-19, another senator has joined the ranks of Democrats calling for him to drop out of the 2024 race. Montana's John Tester released a statement late Thursday, July 18, calling for Biden to bow out.
Sen. John Texter via X
Sen. Tester said he “appreciates Biden's commitment to public service and the country” but believes the president “should not seek re-election." Tester is only the second Democratic senator to call on Biden to leave the race, following Vermont's Sen. Peter Welch earlier this week.
This also comes as reports say former President Barack Obama recently told allies he thinks President Biden needs to seriously reconsider staying in the race.
Federal appeals court blocks Biden's student debt relief plan
A federal appeals court has blocked the Biden administration from following through with its new student debt relief plan that would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. This after seven republican-led states asked the court to put parts of the debt relief plan that hadn't already been blocked by a lower-court judge on hold.
The education secretary said borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan — which is the subject of the ruling — will be placed into interest-free forbearance while the case works its way through the legal system.
The ruling came down on the same day the Biden administration announced another round of student loan forgiveness. This would provide more than a billion dollars in relief for 35,000 borrowers through a separate repayment plan — the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program .
Ben Sasse stepping down as University of Florida president
He said he's stepping down as university president after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy . His resignation takes effect on July 31.
Netflix getting rid of lowest-priced ad-free plan
Netflix is phasing out its cheapest ad-free subscription plan. The company quit offering what was known as the basic plan for new subscribers last July, but allowed customers who already had it to remain on the tier as long as they didn't cancel or change plans.
Netflix's cheapest plan will now be the $6.99 monthly subscription with ads. If a viewer doesn't want to deal with those ads, it'll cost $15.49 for the standard HD plan and $22.99 for the ultra-HD plan.
The changes come as the company is seeing an uptick in subscribers and a $2.15 billion profit from April to June of this year.
'Racing Toward Paris' begins Monday on 'The Morning Rundown'
We want to share with you what's to come next week here on "The Morning Rundown." With one week to go until the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics, we'll be taking a closer look at a few of our Team USA athletes and some sports you may not be too familiar with yet.
It's all part of our weeklong series called "Racing Toward Paris" and it begins Monday, July 22.
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