They gather every four years to choose their party’s candidate for President of the United States – but this year has been the regular political season.

Brash billionaire Donald Trump has taken the Republican Party by storm — leaving his opponents in the dust under a barrage of insults and controversial policy proposals.

So on the first day of their convention in Cleveland, Ohio – under the theme “Make America Safe Again” – it might come as no surprise that the day would be anything but routine.

For more on the convention, CCTV America’s Nathan King reports from Cleveland.

Tonight’s panel takes another look at the RNC Convention:

• Afshin Molavi, a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
• Cate Martel, politics reporter for The Hill

To take a look at the Presumptive presidential republican nominee, Donald Trump:

• Matt Mackowiak, Republican political and communications strategist
• Afshin Molavi, a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
• Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich), former Republican Congressman