Today marks the official start of the Republican National Convention, but there’s already action brewing in Cleveland.
Here are some key story lines to keep an eye on as the convention starts.
Security around the Republican National Convention has been an area of concern for law enforcement officials for weeks, and recent domestic and world events have heightened those concerns in the days leading up to the start.
Thousands of law enforcement officers were ordered to Ohio even before the fatal shootings of police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After yet another tragedy, the head of Cleveland's largest police union called for an emergency action to be taken to ban the state’s open carry laws during the convention.
Still, Cleveland Police chief Calvin Williams stressed officers are "prepared for anything and everything" that could potentially happen.
Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort confirmed that Trump’s wife will be addressing the convention on the first night of the event.
Sources tell ABC that she spent the weekend preparing for the address in New Jersey.
The campaign has released no information about what her her speech will focus on or how long it will run, but they did not rule out the prospect of her husband making an earlier-than-normal appearance at the convention in order to introduce his wife.
The former model and Trump’s third wife has not been an active force on the campaign trail, noting that she was going to be spending more time at home with the couple’s 10-year-old son Barron. She did give a speech in Wisconsin in April in a bid to help the campaign gain some traction with women voters, a group that Trump has struggled to win over.
Melania Trump isn’t the only bold-faced name who will be speaking today.
Duck Dynasty star Willie Robinson and actors Scott Baio and Antonio Sabato Jr. are slated to speak on behalf of the former reality star-turned-presumptive Republican nominee.
The campaign unveiled that each night will be shaped by a theme, and today will be focused on “Making America Safe Again,” so it fits that the campaign will feature two former U.S. Marine Corps veterans, along with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
Some of the most important decisions that will impact the convention were made last week during the RNC rules committee meetings, where a group of delegates held meetings to set the rules for the convention and the official issue positions of the Republican Party.
Last-ditch efforts from Trump opponents to let delegates vote for whomever they choose -- possibly scuttling Trump’s nomination -- failed during those meetings, and the movement’s leader told ABC News she would not attempt to force a vote in the full convention when it starts today.
Some efforts continue even as the convention gets underway. Anti-Trump delegates are hoping to block the entire rules package and convince their colleagues to go rogue, encouraging them not to stick to their binding votes and to force recounts in their state delegations.
The biggest assignment that delegates have on their hands today is voting on their party's platforms and the rules of the convention, both of which were lined up in the rules committee meetings last week.
The GOP took hard positions on same-sex marriage and transgender restroom use, while establishment Republicans fended off attempts to strip power from the RNC and make the rules friendlier to conservatives.
ABC News' Ryan Struyk contributed to this story.
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