LIVE VIDEO: Watch as Trump formally accepts his party’s nomination to run for a 2nd term

US President Donald Trump is about to address the Republican convention amid unrest in Kenosha, Wis., and a hurricane in Louisiana and Texas.

He plans to make his most direct case for re-election yet although Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has said the convention had one goal: to “soothe Donald Trump’s ego.”

Trump’s speech will be delivered at the White House, ending weeks of speculation about what will be one of the most closely watched events of the presidential election.

An American  president’s acceptance speech is usually a made-for-television event and the highlight of a party’s convention, and in this case it will give Trump an opportunity to lay out a vision for his second term.