(CNN) The Republican Party gathered in Cleveland on Thursday for the fourth night of its convention, and CNN's Reality Check Team put the speakers' statements and assertions to the test.

The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speeches and selected key statements, rating them true; mostly true; true, but misleading; false; or it's complicated.

Donald Trump

Reality Check: Trump on police officers killed

By Sonam Vashi, CNN

"The number of police officers killed in the line of duty has risen by almost 50% compared to this point last year," the Republican nominee said.

Even with the recent, tragic shootings of police in Dallas and Baton Rouge , the number of officers killed in the line of duty is actually about the same as this point last year, according to data from the Officer Down Memorial Page. If we look at just police killed by gunfire, 31 officers have been killed this year, compared with 17 killed in the first seven months of 2015. That's an 82% increase.

But using percent-increase stats for such small data sets can be misleading, and 2015 was one of the safest years for police officers in history. Regarding police officers killed by gunfire during the past decade, the annual average of deaths is about 50 per year. If police deaths continued at the current rate this year, we would expect about 56 police shooting deaths in 2016. That number is not too far from the annual average, even though fatal shootings of police are up from last year.

To the families and friends of those slain police officers, the statistics likely do not matter.

We're going to rate Trump's claim about police deaths as true, but misleading, because even though police shooting deaths are up by a significant amount from this time last year, they are not far off from the annual average.

Reality Check: Trump on crime stats

By Sonam Vashi, CNN

Trump also made several statement about crime statistics.

"Homicides last year increased by 17% in America's 50 largest cities," Trump said. "That's the largest increase in 25 years."

true. The Washington Post's WonkBlog That's. The Washington Post's WonkBlog analyzed crime data for major cities and found that 770 more people, or 17% more, were killed in 2015 than the previous year, the biggest increase since 1990. Thirteen of the 50 cities analyzed had fewer homicides in 2015 than 2014, but homicides increased overall.

An important caveat: The Post also says that the data shows "no single explanation for the increases and reveals no clear pattern among those cities that experienced the most horrific violence." Additionally, 2015's increase in homicides doesn't reverse the decades of decline in murder rates nationally, notes FiveThirtyEight.

Trump then said, "In our nation's capital, killings have risen by 50%. They are up nearly 60% in nearby Baltimore."

"In the President's hometown of Chicago, more than 2,000 people have been the victims of shootings this year alone," Trump continued. "And almost 4,000 have been killed in the Chicago area since he took office."

true. The Chicago Tribune keeps track of the city's shooting victims. As of Thursday, 2,224 people have been shot in Chicago. And, since 2009, 3,500 people have been killed in Chicago alone. Trump's claim is

Reality Check: Trump on the state of the economy

By Ryan Browne and Tami Luhby, CNN

Trump made a series of claims about the current state of the American economy, focusing particularly on the fortunes of Hispanics and African-Americans.

"Nearly four in 10 African-American children are living in poverty," Trump said.

According to the 2014 US Census, 36% of black youth under 18 were indeed living in poverty.

That's close enough, therefore we rate his claim as true.

Trump also said that "58% of African-American youth are not employed."

The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute last year found that 51.3% of black and 36.1% Hispanic high school graduates, age 17 to 20, were underemployed. That means they either don't have a job, aren't working as many hours as they would like or aren't currently looking for work but would like a job.

The comparable number for whites was 33.8%.

The official unemployment rate for black youth, age 16 to 24, is 14.9%. For Hispanic youth, it's 11.6%, while for white youth, it's 10%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The government data is not limited to high school graduates and has a wider age range.

By comparison, the overall national unemployment rate is 4.9%.

The EPI underemployment number is relatively close to 58%, but Trump said "not employed" as opposed to under employed. The unemployment number is 14.9%, three times the national average, but still not 58%. Therefore, the verdict is false.

And regarding Hispanics, Trump said that "2 million more Latinos are in poverty today than when the President took his oath of office less than eight years ago."

According to the US Census , from 2008-2014, the number of Hispanics living in poverty grew by slightly more than 2 million during that period.

As a result, Trump's claim is true.

Trump also talked about the challenge of Americans leaving the workforce, saying, "Another 14 million people have left the workforce entirely."

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does indeed say that from January 2009 to June 2015, an additional 13,988,000 people left the workforce, so Trump's number of 14 million is correct.

However, Trump seems to imply that the increase is tied to a poor economy, while it is possible that some of the growth is due to economic factors; a significant portion is also due to the aging and large-scale retirement of baby boomers, the large subset of Americans born between 1946 and 1964.

Therefore we rate this verdict true, but misleading.

Reality Check: Timing of Iran nuclear deal

By Jamie Crawford, CNN

Trump seemed to criticize the timing of the international deal over Iran's nuclear program, saying it occurred just after the seizure of 10 U.S. Navy sailors by Iranian forces after their vessels strayed into Iranian waters.

"We all remember the images of our sailors being forced to their knees by their Iranian captors at gunpoint. This was just prior to the signing of the Iran deal, which gave back to Iran $150 billion and gave us absolutely nothing -- it will go down in history as one of the worst deals ever negotiated," Trump said.

The landmark agreement between Iran, the United States and five other governments was reached in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2015, after over two years of negotiations over the final contours of the agreement, but it was not until January 12 of this year that 10 US Navy sailors were held for hours in Iran after two small U.S. naval vessels entered Iranian waters.

Trump may be referring to the actual implementation of the nuclear deal on January 16, just four days after the incident with the sailors, when the deal entered into full force following a determination that Iran had completed the necessary steps in a deal to restrict its nuclear program, which allowed for the lifting of international sanctions against Iran to begin.

Although the actual implementation of the deal with Iran occurred four days after the incident with the U.S. sailors, Trump referenced the signing of the deal which occurred the previous July. We rate his comments as false.

Reality Check: Vetting Syrian refugees

By Sonam Vashi, CNN

times. Trump repeated a claim we've heard several

"My opponent has called for a radical 550% increase in Syrian -- think of this, this is not believable but this is what's happening. A 550% increase in Syrian refugees on top of existing massive refugee flows coming into our country already under the leadership President Obama," he said. "She proposes this despite the fact that there's no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."

In September 2015, the White House announced it planned to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year. Shortly after that, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the US would gradually increase the total number of refugees accepted from any country to 100,000 in 2017 from the current cap of 70,000.

Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, fewer than 2,500 Syrian refugees had been admitted to the U.S. as of last year. More than half of those refugees are children, according to senior administration officials.

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On CBS News' "Face the Nation" last September, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was asked if the current U.S. plan to increase the number of admitted Syrian refugees to 10,000 was enough. She replied, "I would like to see us move from what is a good start with 10,000 to 65,000 and begin immediately to put into place the mechanisms for vetting the people that we would take in."

Clinton's proposed increase in Syrian refugees is a 550% increase of the Obama administration's plan, which also aims to increases the total amount of refugees from all countries admitted to the U.S. So the first half of Trump's claim is true.

Where he goes awry is in the second half, when Trump says there's "no way to screen these refugees."

Several government and law enforcement agencies are engaged in the process of screening refugees.

Refugees that come to the U.S. undergo several screenings, such as biographic checks, in-person interviews, fingerprinting and medical screenings -- all of which involve multiple federal intelligence and security agencies.

Syrian refugees in particular go through additional screening, called the Syria Enhanced Review process, which uses information collected from the UN refugee agency to determine whether an applicant needs to go through a fraud or national security unit. Those units then conduct individualized research on each applicant's story and records. Syrian refugee applications can take much longer to process than the average case processing time of 18 to 24 months. Mark Toner, a deputy State Department spokesman, called the refugee vetting process "the most stringent security process for anyone entering the United States."

The effectiveness of these procedures may be a matter of debate, but to say that there is "no way to screen" refugees is false.

Reality Check: Trump on 'profound relief' for middle class

Eve Bower, CNN

Outlining his tax proposal, Trump said he would cut taxes more than any other candidate. In more specific terms, he said, "Middle-income Americans and businesses will experience profound relief."

The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center analyzed Trump's tax plan in detail. And while they found that middle-income earners would indeed see a cut in their tax bill, the wealthiest Americans would see a far more significant reduction.

According to the analysis, using 2015 dollars, households that earned $45,000 to $80,000 per year make up the middle fifth of American earners. For these families, Trump's tax plan would likely bring down their income taxes by an average $2,700 per year. This is about 4.9% of their after-tax income.

But the top 1% of U.S. households would see an average tax cut more than 100 times that size.

The study found these households would see a reduction of their tax burden of an average of more than $275,000, or 17.5% of their after-tax income.

Because a $2,700 tax cut would be significant for many middle class families, we rate Trump's claim true, but because his speech failed to mention the fact that wealthy Americans would benefit so much more, we also rate his claim misleading.

Reality Check: Trump on undocumented immigrants with criminal records

By Lisa Rose, CNN

Trump returned to a familiar theme in his speech, warning that dangerous criminals from Central and South America have entered the United States illegally and are at large.

"Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens," said Trump.

Trump likely got that number from a congressional hearing last December, when Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said that there were 179,027 undocumented criminals awaiting removal and at large. Although the statistic is more than six months old and we can't confirm exactly how many of those criminals have been deported, we rate Trump's claim as true.

Trump then conflated criminals with families apprehended at the border.

"The number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015," Trump said. "They are being released by the tens of thousands into our communities with no regard for the impact on public safety or resources."

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According to the Department of Homeland Security, the number of apprehensions of families on the southwest border has spiked in 2016 but there is no indication that the families are being released en masse. Therefore, our verdict on this claim is true, but misleading.

And then the real estate mogul said in conclusion:

"One such border crosser was released and made his way to Nebraska," said Trump. "There, he ended the life of an innocent young girl named Sarah Root."

Trump was referring to a man from Honduras, Eswin Mejia, who killed Root last January in a drunk driving accident. The incident was a tragedy -- Root had graduated from college hours before the wreck with a 4.0 grade point average -- but Trump's description of the undocumented immigrant's background had inaccuracies. Mejia did not recently arrive in America, as Trump suggested -- he has been here since at least 2013. And Mejia did not have a criminal record in Honduras, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. These claims are false.

Reality Check: Vote totals in Democratic primary seasons

By Will Cadigan, CNN

While not all Republicans are standing behind Trump, he said that at least the Republican Party got "60% more votes than it received eight years ago." Meanwhile, according to Trump, "the Democrats, on the other hand, received 20% fewer votes than they got four years ago."

There's only one problem: four years ago, Barack Obama was an incumbent president, and his presence on the ballot was merely a formality. Did the Democrats really get 20% fewer votes this year than in an election where the sitting president didn't face a significant challenge?

The answer is no. In fact, CNN estimates that there was a total of 31,377,481 votes cast in the 2016 Democratic primary season, compared to 8,571,580 in 2012, according to the Federal Election Commission. So, rather than a 20% decrease, that's a whopping 266% increase in total votes.

Perhaps Trump misspoke, and meant to refer to the 2008 Democratic primary, which featured record turnout. In 2008, Democrats received a total of 37,235,154 votes -- or 20% more than in this cycle.

As far as Trump's claim that there were 60% more votes cast in 2016 than 2008? CNN estimates that there was a total of 31,155,487 votes cast in the 2016 Republican primary fight, compared to 20,790,899 votes reported by the FEC in 2008. That's not quite as big a leap as Trump claimed, coming in at a still significant 50%.

We rate his claim about the Democratic vote tallies as false.

Reality Check: Trump on Clinton emails

By Ryan Browne, CNN

Trump returned to a common theme of the convention, slamming Clinton for her use of personal email during her tenure as secretary of state.

"And when a secretary of state illegally stores her emails on a private server, deletes 33,000 of them so the authorities can't see her crime, puts our country at risk, lies about it in every different form and faces no consequence -- I know that corruption has reached a level like never, ever before."

"When the FBI director says that the secretary of state was 'extremely careless' and 'negligent' in handling our classified secrets, I also know that these terms are minor compared to what she actually did," Trump said.

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In a press conference earlier this month, FBI Director James Comey did say that Clinton and her staff were "extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information." And appearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Comey said, "I think she was negligent."

Clinton had also maintained that she never sent or received emails that were classified at the time or marked classified, but Comey said that she did receive at least 100 classified emails and that three of them were marked classified.

But did Clinton delete 33,000 emails to conceal her crimes?

Clinton sent more than 30,000 work-related emails using her personal server, handing them over to the State Department only after her use of private email came to light. She also admitted that she and her staff deleted more than 30,000 emails that she said were personal but underwent no official government review. But the FBI said that "several thousand" additional work-related emails were uncovered during their investigation into her server, some of which were deleted.

But Comey also said that although Clinton deleted work email, he added that the FBI "found no evidence that any of the additional work-related emails were intentionally deleted in an effort to conceal them."

Although Clinton did delete more than 30,000 emails, after a forensic examination, the FBI investigation "found no evidence" that the deletions were made to conceal her activity, therefore we rate this claim false.

Reality Check: Trump on NAFTA and China's admission to World Trade Organization

By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney

Trump lashed out at Clinton's support of trade agreements again

"America has lost nearly one-third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997 following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton," Trump said. He went on to specifically cite the North American Free Trade Agreement, which then-President Bill Clinton signed in 1994, and China's entrance into the World Trade Organization in late 2001, for which the former president smoothed the way.

The Republican nominee is exaggerating the figures a bit. The nation has lost 29% of its manufacturing jobs since 1997. The sector, which employed 17.3 million people back then, now has 12.3 million workers.

But that masks the fact that the industry actually expanded its payrolls slightly under the remainder of Bill Clinton's term.

The bleeding really began in the early 2000s and continued through and immediately after the Great Recession.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, which the Trump campaign has cited, "more than 5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs were lost between 1997 and 2014, and most of those job losses were due to growing trade deficits with countries that have negotiated trade and investment deals with the United States."

Still, Corporate America was already shifting jobs to lower-wage countries, and technology already made it more costly for US companies to produce goods here. Also, today's factory jobs require more education and skills, leaving many less-educated Americans on the sidelines.

Trump also said that Hillary Clinton supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, which will "destroy" manufacturing. The former secretary of state at one point had said she was "inclined" to support the deal but now opposes it. His comments here are misleading, too, because only Congress has the power to ratify trade agreements.

In fact, manufacturers have been adding jobs since early 2010. Employment is up 7.3% since then. The US Chamber of Chamber of Commerce tweeted a new NAFTA record has been achieved: 5 million jobs have been created and another 14 million US jobs were supported over last two decades as a result of the agreement.

We therefore rate Trump's statement as true, but misleading, because there were many other factors beyond trade that led to the decline in manufacturing employment after 1997.

Reality Check: Trump on Clinton's legacy

By Amy Gallagher, CNN

Trump rattled off a litany of events he claimed would make up "the legacy of Hillary Clinton."

"After 15 years of wars in the Middle East, after trillions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost, the situation is worse than it has ever been before. This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: death, destruction, terrorism and weakness."

In essence, the briefest way to check his claim is simply to read this sentence. If there were 15 years of wars in the Middle East and trillions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost, and even if it can all be laid at the feet of US foreign policy, we are actually talking about the legacy of at least two presidential administrations and four secretaries of state : Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. At the very least, Trump is overstating Clinton's influence -- she did not become secretary of state until 2009.

As a result, we rate his claim that the state of the Middle East and Libya are Clinton's personal legacy as false.

Ivanka Trump

Reality Check: Women's wages in the labor force

By Julie Block, CNN

Ivanka Trump claimed that women represent 46% of the US labor force and "40% of American households have female primary breadwinners." In 2014, she said, women made 83 cents for every dollar earned by a man, though single women without children earned 94 cents to a man's dollar, while married mothers only made 77 cents. Her point? "Gender is no longer the factor creating the greatest wage discrepancy in this country -- motherhood is."

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that, in 2015, women did indeed make up 46.8% of the total employed persons. Research from the Pew Research Center in 2015 showed that 40% of families with children under the age of 18 at home include "mothers who earn the majority of the family income," up from 11% in 1960 and 34% in 2000. Nearly 63% of these "breadwinner moms" are either unmarried or are not living with their spouses.

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The bureau also reported that women's median earnings in 2014 were 83% of those of male full-time wage and salary workers -- in other words, women made 83 cents for every dollar earned by a man, as Trump claimed. According to the bureau's data, the median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers for single women without children in 2014 was 94% of that of single men without children, as Trump claimed. Widows, divorcees, separated people and those who have never been married were included under the umbrella of "single." However, the median usual weekly earnings for full-time wage and salary workers for married women with children in 2014 was nearly 81% of that of married men with children. That would equate to 81 cents to the male dollar -- not 77 cents, as Trump claimed in her speech.

Other than this discrepancy, Trump's numbers appear to be correct. For this reason, CNN found her claims to be mostly true.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus

Reality Check: Priebus on Obama admin negotiating with terrorists

By Ryan Browne, CNN

Priebus slammed the Obama administration's handling of terrorism Thursday.

"No more negotiating with terrorists. If they want to take us down, we will take them down."

Priebus seems to be implying that President Barack Obama has negotiated with terrorists, but have such negotiations ever occurred?

Starting in 2012, the administration did engage in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, leading to 2015's deal aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

The State Department has consistently designated Iran as the No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism in the word.

But Iran is charged with sponsoring terrorism not committing acts of terror itself.

Photos: The Republican National Convention Donald Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee, delivers a speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. "I have had a truly great life in business," he said. "But now, my sole and exclusive mission is to go to work for our country -- to go to work for you. It's time to deliver a victory for the American people." Hide Caption 1 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump is seen on screen as balloons fall from the ceiling of Quicken Loans Arena. Hide Caption 2 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump's family joins him on stage along with the family of his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. Hide Caption 3 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Confetti falls at the end of Trump's acceptance speech. Hide Caption 4 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump and Pence acknowledge the audience after Trump's speech. Hide Caption 5 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump claps on stage with his wife, Melania. Hide Caption 6 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention The Trumps embrace on stage. Hide Caption 7 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump hugs his son Barron after his address, which lasted well over an hour. Hide Caption 8 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump, like many of the convention's speakers this week, went after Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee. "Big business, elite media and major donors are lining up behind the campaign of my opponent because they know she will keep our rigged system in place," he said. "They are throwing money at her because they have total control over everything she does. She is their puppet, and they pull the strings." Hide Caption 9 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump delivers his speech. Hide Caption 10 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump said the United States will be a nation of "generosity and warmth" and "law and order." Hide Caption 11 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention A delegate listens to Trump's speech. Hide Caption 12 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention "Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it," Trump said. "My message is that things have to change -- and they have to change right now." Hide Caption 13 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump accepts the party's nomination as he begins his speech. Hide Caption 14 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump's daughter Ivanka takes the stage Thursday before giving a speech introducing her father. Hide Caption 15 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention "This is the moment, and Donald Trump is the person to make America great again!" Ivanka Trump said to a big cheer. She called her father a fighter, saying now he will "fight for his country." Hide Caption 16 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, became the first openly gay person to speak the Republican National Convention. "I am proud to be gay," he told the crowd Thursday. "I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all I am proud to be an American." Hide Caption 17 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, delivers a speech on Thursday. "We are the party of new ideas in a changing and faster world than ever before," he said. Hide Caption 18 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Legendary basketball coach Bob Knight delivers a video message to the crowd at Quicken Loans Arena. Hide Caption 19 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Motivational speaker Brock Mealer was among those who spoke on Thursday. Hide Caption 20 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention A delegate dressed as Hillary Clinton is accosted by another delegate on Thursday. Hide Caption 21 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Delegates stand for the national anthem Thursday. Hide Caption 22 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Young singer Heavenly Joy performs. Hide Caption 23 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump gives a thumbs-up Wednesday after Pence gave his speech. Hide Caption 24 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump gives an "air kiss" to Pence after Pence's speech. Hide Caption 25 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Pence receives a kiss from his mother, Nancy, as his family joins him on stage after his speech. Hide Caption 26 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Pence acknowledges the crowd as he walks on stage to deliver his speech. Hide Caption 27 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention "I'm a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order," Pence told the crowd. Hide Caption 28 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich delivers a speech on Wednesday. Hide Caption 29 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump smiles on the floor of the convention on Wednesday. Hide Caption 30 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Eric Trump, one of Donald Trump's sons, walks on stage to deliver a speech Wednesday. Hide Caption 31 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump listens to his son's speech along with other members of his family on Wednesday. Hide Caption 32 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Delegates shout on the floor of the arena on Wednesday. Hide Caption 33 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump's main adversary in the primaries, was booed at the end of his speech when it was clear he wasn't endorsing Trump. Cruz told people to "vote your conscience." Hide Caption 34 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention People react to Cruz's speech. Hide Caption 35 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Cruz gives a thumbs-up as he walks off stage. Hide Caption 36 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, another one of Trump's primary opponents, delivers a video message. Hide Caption 37 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention A delegate checks his phone at the arena. Hide Caption 38 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker delivers a speech Wednesday. "A vote for anyone other than Donald Trump in November is a vote for Hillary Clinton," the former presidential candidate said. Hide Caption 39 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Delegates hold up signs Wednesday. Hide Caption 40 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Retired astronaut Eileen Collins waves to the crowd before delivering a speech Wednesday. Hide Caption 41 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Trump addresses the crowd on Tuesday. "We're going to make America great again," he said in a video message shortly after winning the nomination. "Have a fantastic evening. I'll see you tomorrow night, I'll see you Thursday night, and we will win in November." Hide Caption 42 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate, speaks on stage Tuesday. He said Trump skeptics who would vote for Hillary Clinton are "not using their God-given brain to think about what they're saying. ... She'll be appointing people who will have an effect on us for generations. And America may never recover." Hide Caption 43 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention A member of the activist group Code Pink protests inside the arena during Carson's speech. Hide Caption 44 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Donald Trump Jr. delivers a speech Tuesday. "We need to elect a man who has a track record of accomplishing the impossible," he said of his father. Hide Caption 45 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Members of the Trump family watch as Donald Trump Jr. gives his speech. Hide Caption 46 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany addresses the crowd at Quicken Loans Arena. "Whatever (my father) does, he gives it all and does it well," she said on Tuesday. "His desire for excellence is contagious. He possesses a unique gift for bringing that out in others." Hide Caption 47 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst waves as she stands with other first-term senators on Tuesday. Hide Caption 48 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivers a speech that was heavily critical of the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee. "It is our obligation to stop Hillary Clinton now and never let her within 10 miles of the White House again," Christie said of the former secretary of state. "It is time to come together and make sure that Donald Trump is our next President. I am proud to be part of this team. Now let's go win this thing." Hide Caption 49 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Delegates fill the floor of the arena on Tuesday. Hide Caption 50 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Four of Donald Trump's children -- from left, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump -- celebrate on the floor of the convention, where Donald Trump Jr. announced the New York delegates that clinched the nomination for his father. Hide Caption 51 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention A delegate shows support for Donald Trump's wife, Melania, on Tuesday. Hide Caption 52 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention A delegate whistles as roll call votes are cast on Tuesday. Hide Caption 53 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Delegates take a photo with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, center, on Tuesday. Hide Caption 54 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention A Florida delegate holds a "Hillary for prison" sign on the floor of the arena. Hide Caption 55 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention A convention attendee wears American-themed shoes on Tuesday. Hide Caption 56 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention House Speaker Paul Ryan bangs the gavel to open the second day of the convention on Tuesday. Hide Caption 57 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Melania Trump kisses her husband, Donald, after she spoke Monday on the first day of the convention. "If you want someone to fight for you and your country, I can assure you, he's the guy," she said of her husband. "He will never, ever give up. And most importantly, he will never, ever let you down." Hide Caption 58 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Donald Trump walks to his wife after she delivered her speech. Hide Caption 59 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Melania Trump claps during her speech. Hide Caption 60 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Donald Trump comes out to the song "We Are the Champions" before introducing his wife. Hide Caption 61 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivered a fiery speech before Melania Trump. Among his topics was the fight against terrorists. "We know who you are, and we're coming to get you!" he said. Hide Caption 62 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention A protester flashes a peace sign on the floor of the convention on Monday. Hide Caption 63 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. salutes the crowd before speaking Monday. He got huge applause when he started off his speech by saying, "Blue lives matter!" Hide Caption 64 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Patricia Smith, mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, told the crowd in Cleveland, "I blame Hillary Clinton personally." Clinton, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee, was secretary of state when the attack occurred in Libya in 2012. Hide Caption 65 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention President Barack Obama is seen on a screen as Smith leaves the stage Monday. Hide Caption 66 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Marcus Luttrell, a former Navy SEAL who was awarded the Navy Cross for his service in Afghanistan, spoke about the need for an elite military. The convention's theme for Monday was "Make America Safe Again." Hide Caption 67 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Actor Scott Baio gives two thumbs up during his speech on Monday. "Let's not just make America great again," he said, referring to Trump's campaign slogan. "Let's make America America again!" Hide Caption 68 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Willie Robertson, star of the hit TV show "Duck Dynasty," promised the crowd that Trump "will have your back." Hide Caption 69 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, the GOP's presidential nominee in 1996, waves after listening to a speech on Monday. Hide Caption 70 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Marlana VanHoose performs the national anthem prior to Monday's evening session. Hide Caption 71 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, center, was among the delegates shouting for a roll call vote Monday on the rules of the Republican National Convention. GOP officials dismissed the move, saying there were not enough signatures to force a roll call vote. While it's unlikely a roll call vote would have rejected the rules package, it could have been an embarrassing protest vote against Trump and the Republican National Committee. Hide Caption 72 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Virginia delegate Waverly Woods protests on the floor of the convention. Hide Caption 73 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Delegates from Texas protest. Hide Caption 74 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, bangs a gavel as resolutions are adopted at the start of the convention. Hide Caption 75 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention Delegates stand and turn toward the camera for an official photo on Monday. Hide Caption 76 of 77 Photos: The Republican National Convention People walk in front of a screen displaying the American flag. 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Another potential case supporting Priebus accusation is the Obama administration's effort to secure the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

The administration agreed to release five Taliban prisoners from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Bergdahl's freedom.

This deal caused critics to accuse the administration of negotiating with terrorists.

The Taliban is not designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the State Department. But the department did label a branch of the Taliban, the Haqqani Network, a terror group in 2012.

"We didn't negotiate with Haqqani," then-Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told Congress at the time.

Hagel added that negotiations were carried out through an intermediary, the government of Qatar, and not directly with either group.

When asked if the White House considered the Taliban to be a terrorist group, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that they were not officially designated as such.

But, he added, "They do carry out tactics that are akin to terrorism. They do pursue terror attacks in an effort to try to advance their agenda."

Because the administration admits that the Taliban does "pursue terror attacks" and because Bergdahl's release was secured via indirect negotiations with the Taliban, we rate Priebus' claim as mostly true.

Reality Check: Nuclear deal gave 'American' money to Iran

By Eve Bower, CNN

Priebus attacked Clinton's foreign policy record, calling the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran "her" deal and saying it "lined the pockets of the world's No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism with your money, while abandoning our greatest ally in the Middle East, the nation of Israel."

Throughout Clinton's campaign, she has expressed pride at her role in bringing additional sanctions to Iran in 2012. She says sanctions "forced" Iran to the negotiating table. But it is inaccurate to call this "her" deal.

The deal that was ultimately signed only began to take shape after Clinton resigned in early 2013 and was succeeded by Kerry.

In September 2013, when Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York, it was the first time in more than 30 years that a US secretary of state and their Iranian counterpart met face-to-face. After that meeting, which formed the foundation of subsequent talks, Kerry says Zarif made a "very different" proposal for a deal than previous US officials had received -- including any Clinton might have considered when she was secretary of state.

Priebus' claim that the deal "lined the pockets" of the Iranian government with American money is also false.

The vast majority of the money that is becoming available to Iran this year was Iran's to begin with. A large portion, an estimated $23 billion, belonged to the Iranian Central Bank. When sanctions were imposed in 2012, the bank's access to those funds was blocked. Another estimated $6 billion has been tied up in East Asia from oil Iran sold to China, Japan and South Korea. As a condition of the sanctions, Iran was allowed to sell a small amount of oil but it could not access the revenue until sanctions were lifted.

The US State Department did agree to pay Iran $1.7 billion to settle a 35-year-old legal dispute over a trust fund that had been frozen since Iran's revolution. The figure represented the amount originally in the trust ($400 million) plus "a roughly $1.3 billion compromise on the interest," according to the State Department.

Because Priebus mischaracterized a number of details about the nuclear deal, we rate his claims false.

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel

Reality Check: US military technology problems

By Jamie Crawford, CNN

Thiel, the co-founder of Pay Pal, made a case that the US government system is broken and woefully behind other nations. "Our nuclear bases still use floppy disks. Our newest fighter jets can't even fly in the rain," Thiel said.

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true. Thiel is likely referring to a report from the Government Accountability Office this year that found the US government was spending close to $60 billion a year on operating and maintaining out-of-date technologies. Among the report's findings was that the Pentagon was still using 1970s-era computing systems that require "eight-inch floppy disks." Though the report found the Pentagon is planning to replace its floppy systems, we rate this statement as

Regarding the statement on fighter jets, Thiel was likely referring to the F-35 Lightning II program which has encountered multiple production and design setbacks and has cost taxpayers millions of dollars. The single-seat, single-engine version of the F-35 had an issue that prohibited the jet from flying within close proximity of thunder and lightning storms due to concerns over the vulnerability of the plane's fuel tank. In testimony before Congress in 2014, Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan said the problem "is basically behind us." In the same testimony, Bogdan cited an incident where a the jet was hit by lightning during a test flight while suffering no apparent damage.

While the F-35 program continues to be mired with difficulties, we rate this particular claim as false.

Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn

Reality Check: Marsha Blackburn says 401ks are 'getting smaller'

By Eve Bower, CNN

Describing the economic strain many Americans are feeling, Blackburn said "our 401ks get smaller, our bills get bigger."

Blackburn was likely speaking to a general sense of financial insecurity rather than a macroeconomic trend. But we wanted to see what the data shows.

First, some background about 401ks, and the broader category they belong to, so-called "defined contribution" retirement plans.

They were designed as an alternative to traditional employer-sponsored pension plans. And in a very broad sense, 401k performance is a reflection of the stock market overall.

But 401ks allow workers to choose for themselves both how much to put in the account and what kinds of stocks and bonds the account will buy. And partly due to that individual discretion, there is tremendous variance among accounts.

Historically, Fidelity has been one of the largest managers of Americans' 401k accounts, and they have published aggregate data that let us see the reality Blackburn described.

In the most recent period for which data in available, the first quarter of 2016, the average Fidelity 401k held $87,300. This is $4,500 less than the end of the first quarter of last year -- a decline of 4.9%.

So how did the stock market do overall during the same period? One mainstream indicator of overall stock performance, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, fell by just five-tenths of 1% during that period: 0.051%.

There are many reasons why 401ks might have fallen by even more than the market as a whole last year. But one possible risk factor is financial insecurity itself.

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) finds that , following the 2007 financial crisis, the top 10% of households saw their retirement account balances fall by 5%. But households in the middle (the 50th percentile) saw their retirement account savings fall by 50%.

The EPI notes that in emergencies, some people withdraw funds from retirement accounts -- especially in the absence of other savings.

Blackburn's observation about retirement account balances falling is true.

Ex-NFL quarterback Fran Tarkenton

Reality Check: Tarkenton on new female, immigrant and ethnic minority entrepreneurs

By Julie Block, CNN

Tarkenton said in his speech that "40% of the 530,000 startups each month are started by African-Americans, Hispanics or Asians. Almost a third of small businesses in America are started by immigrants. And nearly 40% by women."

The 2015 Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurship reported that there were approximately 530,000 "new business owners" each month in 2015, though the report gave no indication that each of these new business owners had their own individual startups. Additionally, 40% of new entrepreneurs were indeed comprised of African-Americans, Latinos, Asians and "other non-white entrepreneurs," though Tarkenton did not acknowledge the latter in his speech.

The Index also reported that immigrant entrepreneurs accounted for 28.5% of all new entrepreneurs in the United States in 2015, up from just 13.3% in 1997. Women made up 36.8%, down from 43.7% in 1997. Overall, CNN found Tarkenton's claims about startups created by African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, immigrants and women to be true.