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8 p.m.: You can watch a replay of the entire rally above.

7:55 p.m.: Trumps ends rally by urging the crowd to vote in New York's primary on April 19. "You are going to be proud of your country again," he says. "You are going to be proud of your president again."

7:54 p.m.: We are going win a lot of things, Trump says. The crowd begins chanting, "Build that wall."

7:51 p.m: Trump says he is going to "repeal and replace Obamacare with something great."

7:48 p.m.: Trump is reading the lyrics from Al Wilson's 1968 R&B song "The Snake."

7:44 p.m.: "You want him out?" Trumps asks crowd of protester. "Get him out please. Don't hurt the person. Do not hurt the person...Is a Trump rally the greatest?"



7:40 p.m.: What makes him happiest, Trump says, citing his New York poll numbers, is "when the people that know me the best think so much that I have poll numbers that nobody can believe."



7:37 p.m.: "I will beat Hillary so badly in the general election."

7:34 p.m.: "We have to bring our jobs back to this country. We have to stop making these horrible trade deals."

7:27 p.m: "We are going to have a strong border," Trump says. "We are going to build the wall. It will be a real wall. Who is going to pay for the wall?" Crowd screams, "Mexico!"

7:23 p.m.: "We can't beat ISIS," Trump says. "We are going to knock the hell out of ISIS. Believe me...We don't fight like people from Long Island. We don't fight like people from New York."

7:19 p.m.: Trump takes the stage to 2 Unlimited's "Get Ready For This."



7:09 p.m.: Ivanka Trump has taken the stage to introduce her father. She cites her father's "strength of character," says he will restore America's "economic vitality" by working tirelessly as president. "He has a long track record of winning," she says.

6:30 p.m. Carl Paladino, a former New York State gubernatorial candidate, praises Trump as a "native son" of New York. Paladino says culture of political correctness has made it offensive to say "Merry Christmas." Crowd erupts into boos.

6:15 p.m.: Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is speaking. He tells crowd that it's time for Republicans to unite behind Trump.

BETHPAGE, NY- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is set to speak to thousands of Long Islanders at Grumman Studios in Bethpage at 7 p.m.

Trump fans and foes will be in attendance. Approximately 18,000 people requested tickets to the rally, the New York Times reports.

A ticket request page remains live on Trump's website, but it's unclear if any more tickets are being given out.

"It is so great to be back home!" Trump posted on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. "Looking forward to a great rally tonight in Bethpage, Long Island!"

A livestream of the rally can be found above or here on YouTube beginning at 7 p.m.

Several organizations, including the Long Island Progressive Coalition, have stationed themselves at a designated "Free Speech Zone" on South Oyster Bay Road to protest Trump’s appearance on Long Island.

Meanwhile, supporters have lined up outside Grumman Studios hours in advance waiting to hear how Trump plans to “Make America Great Again.”

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The Safe Center LI, a rape crisis center near the venue, says it was forced to shut down Wednesday afternoon because of road closures in the area.

"The center, which services over a thousand Long Island residents each year was not provided advance notification and as a result was forced to cancel its afternoon appointments," the center said in a press release. "On any given day the center services as many as two dozen victims of sexual violence and abuse."

If you are going to the rally: there is no parking at Grumman Studios. Shuttle buses will transport attendees from designated areas. Find details on Trump's website. No bags are allowed inside Grumman Studios.

If you aren't going to the rally, the message from police is: Avoid the area. South Oyster Bay Road between Grumman Road and Route 107, as well as all Grumman Road from South Oyster Bay Road to the end will be closed until 10 p.m.

An increased police presence is expected at the rally to make sure tensions between differing parties do not escalate into violence. Assertive protesters at a Trump rally in Chicago last month led to the event’s cancellation. Thousands of protesters celebrated having shut down Trump's rally, but then came shoving, screaming and punching.

Trump is fresh off his most significant loss so far in this primary season after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) won big in Wisconsin on Tuesday. Cruz took most of the state's 42 GOP delegates.

The New York presidential primary is April 19.