Thank you for joining us.
I'm Leticia Perry.
This noon hour breaking right now, the race to the
White House comes to the Miami Valley.
Large crowds already gathering for Republican vice presidential candidate JD
Vance.
We've also noticed tight security at the hometown rally.
NEWS CENTER 7's John Bedell joins us live at Middletown
High School, where the rally starts in about an hour.
John, we're here inside one of the auditoriums inside Middletown
High School.
The stage right behind me is where Ohio Senator JD
Vance is going to give his speech to this crowd.
Here is alma mater today.
This is his first standalone rally since he was named
the Republican choice for the VP nominee a week ago
today at the RNC in Milwaukee.
This is a double Decker auditorium.
We have seen long lines wrapping all the way around
and across the street of Middletown High School for people
to get into this event.
We're going to have complete coverage this afternoon starting at
5.
We'll hear from Senator Vance what he has to say
here today.
I also talked to voters from the Miami Valley who
are at this event about how they're feeling about the
new ticket and do they have concerns about security after
the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump a little
more than a week ago at a rally in Pennsylvania.
We'll have it all covered for you this afternoon starting
at 5 on Channel 7.
For now, though, reporting in Middletown, I'm John Bedell, NEWS
CENTER 7.