Everything You Need to Know About the Republican National Convention

Cleveland is having a big summer.

A month after welcoming home the NBA Championship-winning Cavaliers, tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on the Rock and Roll Capital of the World for the Republican National Convention.

The tumultuous primaries led to speculation that the event could be the first contested convention in decades. Even though Donald Trump’s evolution as the presumptive party nominee -- after securing a majority of pledged delegates -- has put a damper on that, he’s promised a spectacle.

Trump previously said that “we’re going to come up with some things that will make it interesting and informative,” though his campaign has been relatively tight-lipped about the schedule of events.

Even though Trump said that he would be announcing the list of speakers last week, the announcement has been delayed amid a series of major national events..

That means that with just one week until the convention begins, the likely list of speakers comes from a variety of different sources.

Trump himself has said that several members of his family will be addressing the convention, including his wife Melania and four eldest children: Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany. The only child who he did not mention was Barron, who is 10 years old.

At that same rally in Cincinnati on July 6, Trump said that famed former basketball coach Bobby Knight will be speaking.

"We have such a great convention planned," he said.

On the political side of things, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has confirmed that Trump offered him a chance to speak at the convention. He accepted even though he has yet to endorse his former rival, who gleefully called him "Lyin' Ted" any chance he could.

ABC News confirmed today that House Speaker Paul Ryan will be addressing the convention for 10 minutes. According to Politico, who first reported Ryan's speaking role, the speech will largely address the House Republican agenda.

ABC News has also confirmed that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst will also be speaking at some point during the convention.

And though he hasn't officially specified if he'll be speaking more than once, it is also safe to assume that Trump himself will be speaking since, he is the presumptive presidential nominee. Traditionally the nominee is the last person to address the convention.

While Trump is happy to release the list of scheduled speakers, there are several high-profile names that were never going to appear on it.

Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, the only remaining Republican presidents, have said they will not be attending the convention.

Former Republican presidential hopefuls Sen. John McCain and former Gov. Mitt Romney, who ran in 2008 and 2012 respectively, have said that they will not be going to the convention.

The only former nominee in recent years who said that he would be attending the convention is Sen. Bob Dole, who unsuccessfully tried to win the White House in 1996.

Trump got the number of delegates needed to secure his party's nomination before the last few states actually headed to the polls.

According to ABC News' latest analysis of the delegate counts, Trump is estimated to have a total of 1,543 delegates (1,416 pledged and 127 super). He needed 1,237 to secure the Republican nomination.

It wouldn't be surprising if at the end of the first (and only) ballot vote, Trump has secured an even higher number because some of the delegates currently pledged to other candidates who have dropped out of the race may shift towards Trump.

Some delegates may stay with Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio or Gov. John Kasich, though some of those former-Trump competitors have already indicated that they plan to release their delegates to Trump in a show of unity.

Even if that does happen, however, some of the delegates may be forced to cast their vote for a candidate no longer in the race because they could still be bound by state party rules.

Cleveland city officials released a "preparedness plan" in late May about the security they will have in place ahead of the Republican convention, including plans to have police on foot, bicycle, motorcycle and mounted patrols.

Chief of police Calvin Williams released a statement last week noting that they are ready for the national spotlight.

"Throughout the course of planning for the RNC, our officers have undergone hours of training relative to many subjects," he said in the statement, though noted that not all of that information could be disclosed.

He said the Cleveland police have worked closely with local, state and federal law enforcement in preparing for the convention "to ensure that the highest safety standards are maintained."

Beyond the schedule, some of the most important decisions that will impact the way the convention is held will be made in the days leading up to the formal opening day on Monday July 18.

The RNC’s rules committee, which is made up of 112 party officials, are going to be meeting ahead of the actual convention, and they’re in charge of setting up how the votes and party discussions will be held in the coming days.

A long-shot, 11th-hour push to block Trump from the nomination will have its moment of truth this week during these convention committee meetings.

The anti-Trump delegates are considering pushing changes to make it easier for delegates to block Trump’s vice-presidential choice and pick someone else.

Even in situations where there was little or no competition over picking the party’s nominee, a new rules committee is formed every four years to set up the specifics of that convention.

What that means now is that since this year’s rules committee has not met yet, the latest version of the convention rules that are available date back to Romney’s convention in 2012.

This year’s rules committee will be meeting for the five business days before the start of the convention.

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