Kamala Harris speaks at Democratic National Convention

>> YOU SEE, KAMALA AND I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS DESERVE A SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM. IT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM, AFTER ALL, THAT BROUGHT MY PARENTS TO THE UNITED STATES, DECADES AGO. TODAY, WE KNOW THAT THE DREAM IS OUT OF REACH FOR TOO MANY FAMILIES. SO, MY QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU TONIGHT IS THIS, THIS NOVEMBER, WHO IS READY TO DEFEND THE DREAM? [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] TIM WALZ IS READY TO DEFEND THE DREAM. KAMALA HARRIS WILL DEFEND THE DREAM. BETWEEN NOW AND ELECTION DAY, EACH OF US MUST DEFEND THE DREAM, TOO, BY WORKING TO ELECT THEM AS A VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MAY GOD BLESS YOU, AND LET'S GO WIN THIS THING. >> WELCOME TO LIVE COVERAGE OF NIGHT FOUR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION FROM THE WASHINGTON POST. THIS IS HARRIS IS --, LAST NIGHT. SHE WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT AS HE MAKES HER ACCEPT SINCE NEEDS -- ACCEPTANCE SPEECH IN JUST A FEW HOURS. EVERYTHING HAS BUILT UP TO THIS MOMENT, AS DEMOCRATS RALLIED TO SUPPORT THEIR CANDIDATES, KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ. A TICKET THAT HAS FORMED IN JUST WEEKS, RIDING A WAVE OF ENERGY THE DEMOCRATS COULD NOT HAVE DREAMED OF A MONTH AGO. TONIGHT, WATCH FOR PERFORMANCES BY THE CHICKS AND PINK. POLITICAL LEADERS RANGING FROM ELIZABETH WARREN TO A REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBER ADAM KINZINGER. I AM CASEY, I AM JOINED TONIGHT BY RHONDA COLEMAN AND JAMES HOLMAN, COLUMNIST AND EDITORIAL WRITER. 94, IT HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY, DYNAMIC WEEK. THIS IS KAMALA HARRIS AND HER MOMENT. WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO ACHIEVE TONIGHT? I'M IN ALL OF THE SECRETS AND ACCOMMODATION TO THIS POINT. TO INTRODUCE HERSELF IS WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO. A SPEECH THAT SO MANY AMERICANS ARE I KNOW SHE WILL TOUCH ON IN THE AREA OF IMMIGRATION, AN AREA OF VULNERABILITY OTHER AREAS THAT YOU WANT TO WORK ON. IT IS PEOPLE HEARING HER IN THIS TYPE OF PLATFORM, AMONG HER SUPPORTERS, BUT PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY. HAVE SOME BACKUP SINGERS, AS WELL. NOT ON THE STAGE. YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU NEVER KNOW. BUT, THERE ARE A LOT OF U.S. SENATORS WHO ARE ALSO RUNNING THAT WILL BE TAKING A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND CAMPAIGN. AGAIN, IT IS A NIGHT FULL OF PROGRAMMING AND WE ARE HERE TO COVER IT. WHEN WE LEFT ABOUT BACKUP SINGERS, THE RUMOR AROUND THE UNITED CENTER IS THAT BEYONCI MAY BE HERE TONIGHT, WE CANNOT CONFIRM THAT AT THIS POINT. JAMES, WHAT DO WE KNOW? >> THERE IS A LOT OF BUZZ FOR QUEEN BEE, BEYONCE. >> THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR TWEETED OUT AND EMERGING F.A.B. -- IMO G OF A.B. AND AN HOUR LATER SHE SAID MY 60.MY PHONE. MAYBE THEY ARE ALL TOYING WITH US. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIG SURPRISE THAT IS NOT SCHEDULED. THE BAND WAS PERFORMING THE VARIOUS BEYONCI SONGS A FEW HOURS AGO. SO, THERE IS A LOT OF ANTICIPATION. WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN IN THE NIGHT IT MIGHT COME IF IT COMES. BUT, THE BIG STORY TONIGHT IS THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NIGHT OF HARRIS' CAREER. THIS IS THE BIGGEST BEACH THAT SHE HAS EVER GIVEN BY FAR. SHE IS FAMOUS, BUT NOT KNOWN. PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY REALLY KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT HER. SO, TONIGHT IS HER CHANCE, NOT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ISSUES, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT HERSELF, TO INTRODUCE HERSELF. WE SAW DOUG HUMANIZE HER. TODAY IS THEIR 10th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. I AM SOON WE WILL HEAR THAT TONIGHT. WE SAW A FEW MINUTES AGO, A LITTLE BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEO WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE DECIDED TO BECOME A PROSECUTOR AND PUT BAD GUYS BEHIND BARS. I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR KAMALA HARRIS TRY TO PASS A THRESHOLD TEST. IS THIS SOMEONE THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF? I DON'T THINK SHE IS GOING TO LEAVE IN THE WAY SOME SPEAKERS HAVE AND WE -- AND THE WAY HILLARY CLINTON HAS. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS WITH HER MIDDLE-CLASS UPBRINGING RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM, THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS. THAT KIND OF THING TO SHOW THAT HER VALUE WAS ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> LET'S GO TO JM RIEGER WHO WAS IN WASHINGTON. JM, WE HAVE HEARD THROWBACKS AND EVOKING MEMORIES OF WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA FIRST RAN IN 2008 WITH THEMES OF HOPE AND CHANGE. IN SECONDARY DIFFERENT WORDS THAT ARE BEING USED THIS TIME AROUND. HOW ARE DEMOCRATS TRYING TO MESSAGE THE OLD MESSAGE, BUT PUT A NEW SPIN ON IT TO MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE VOTERS? >> IN A LOT OF WAYS, YES WE CAN HAS BECOME WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. THERE HAVE CLEARLY BEEN ENERGY AND A THEME THIS WEEK TO RECAPTURE THE ENERGY AND THAT DEMOCRATS WERE FEELING IN 2008 WITHOUT OBAMA COALITION. THIS IS ALL ABOUT FROM THE HARRIS-WALLS -- HARRIS-WALZ WITH CREATING AS MANY PATHWAYS TO 270 AS THEY CAN IN NOVEMBER. THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I THINK THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS ENERGY IN THE ROOM. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY THEY ARE ALMOST RUNNING IT BACK IN SOME WAYS TO THAT 2008 CAMPAIGN, THAT CHANGE CAMPAIGN. HARRIS' WITH A PSEUDO- INCUMBENT, BUT IS BEING PRESENTED AND FRAMED THIS WEEK BY DEMOCRATS AS A SORT OF CHALLENGER. AS AN UPSTART, AS A CHANGE AGENT. THAT IS THE WAY THAT OBAMA RAN IN 2008. I MEAN, ONE NOTABLE DIFFERENCE OBVIOUSLY, IS HOW QUICKLY THIS ELECTION IS GOING TO COME UP HERE. WE WILL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JM. RICH MATTHEWS IS HERE AT THE UNITED CENTER TO TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT SPEAKERS WE WILL HEAR FROM TONIGHT. RICH? >> WELL, LIBBY, RISING STAR , GRETCHEN WHITMER . RISING STAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SHE WILL BE HERE . OF COURSE, SHE WAS THE TARGET OF THAT KIDNAPPING PLOT. FORMER REP, ADAM KINZINGER. REPUBLICAN. HE WILL ROUND OUT WHY THEY ARE SUPPORTING HARRIS OVER TRUMPET. IT IS NOT ABNORMAL TO HAVE ONE PERSON GRAPH CROSSOVER AT A CONVENTION BUT CERTAINLY UNUSUAL TO HAVE AS MANY REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS HERE AT THE DNC AS WE HAVE HAD THIS WEEK. FORMER REPRESENTATIVE GABBY GIFFORDS WAS BEGUN GUN CONTROL. SHE WAS SHOT AT A RALLY. MARK KELLY, HER HUSBAND, HE WAS ON THE SHORTLIST TO BE THE VP. HE WILL ALSO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE EVENING. AND IN OUR SHARPTON AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE TO TALK ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS. THEN, A BIG, BIG NIT FOR ENTERTAINMENT, AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THOSE RUMORS YOU TALKED ABOUT, AFTER SEVERAL -- THEN, THE CHICKS. IS CERTAINLY A POPULAR GROUP ON THEIR OWN, BUT KIND OF LIKE MAREN MORRIS LAST NIGHT, IT IS ANOTHER POKE AT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND. OF COURSE, THE CHICKS, KNOWN AS THE DIXIE CHICKS, WHAT KIND OF FAMOUSLY BANISHED FROM THE COUNTRY MUSIC INDUSTRY AFTER MAKING AMERICAN SHORTLY AFTER 9/11. BUT THEY HAVE MADE A COMEBACK AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM HERE. PINK IS ON THE SCHEDULE. AND THEN OF COURSE, KAMALA HARRIS. >> THANK YOU, RICH. OUR COLLEAGUE JOE SNELL, IS ON THE FLOOR TALKING TO DELEGATES TONIGHT. JOE? >> I AM HERE WITH JEANETTE MOBLEY. SHE IS A DELEGATE FROM D.C. SHE HAS BEEN TO BUY CONVENTIONS WHEN YOU ARE WEARING WHITE TONIGHT. TELL US WHY. >> WE ARE HERE BECAUSE THE WOMEN FOR KAMALA SAID WE WANT TO SHOW UNITY AND SUPPORT FOR HER, WE ARE WEARING WHITE. WE THINK SHE WILL BE IN HER WHITE. WHITE ALSO HAS A SPECIAL, SYMBOLIC , WHEN SPECIAL OCCASIONS HAPPENED, WE ALWAYS DRESS IN WHITE. >> HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL THAT KAMALA IS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET. A SELF EASTERN ASIAN-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN? I FEEL REALLY GOOD WITH ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE HERE IN THIS ARENA. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GONE FROM SHIRLEY CHISHOLM IN 1972 AND THEN BARACK OBAMA, WHICH WE WERE VERY PROUD OF. NOW TO HAVE AN AFRICAN- AMERICAN, ASIAN PACIFIC WOMAN ON TOP OF THE TICKET. FIRST WE WERE SO HAPPY WHEN SHE WAS A VICE PRESIDENT. BUT NOW TO KNOW THAT SHE IS OUR NOMINEE, WE ARE SOLIDLY BEHIND HER. SHE IS NOT ONLY VERY INTELLIGENT, WELL QUALIFIED, SHE HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD WITH HER PAST EXPERIENCE AND HE IS GOING TO BRING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND SHE IS GOING TO MAKE THE RESORT >> TENSION IN THE PARTY LEADING UP TO THIS CONVENTION. AFTER THE CONVENTION, THE PARTY IS UNIFIED? FROM WHAT I DO. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE, MYSELF INCLUDED, WE WERE DEFINITELY DESIGN JOE BIDEN AND WE OWE IMMIGRANT -- HIM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. HE HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR AMERICA. NOW THAT HE HAS MADE HIS CHOICE AND DECISION TO STEP DOWN INTO THE REINS OVER TO HIM -- HER, WE ARE UNIFIED BY NOW. >> YOU ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM TODAY? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING? >> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ALL OF . ELIZABETH WARREN WOULD BE ONE PERSON TO HEAR FROM. WE ALSO HAVE ADAM KINZINGER, THE REPUBLICAN, I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK. BUT MOST OF ALL, KAMALA. WE ARE READY FOR KAMALA. WE THINK SHE IS GOING TO BRING IT HOME TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOE. WE ARE HEARING FROM THE DELEGATES AND IT IS SUCH A HALLMARK OF THESE CONVENTIONS AND GETTING ATTENTION. IT IS FUN TO WATCH THEM DANCING IN THE MUSIC AND CHAIR DANCING, AS THEY REACT. IT ANCHORS BEST IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND A REALLY UNIQUE WAY FROM AROUND THE PIER >> IT REALLY DOES. THIS IS THE FIRST CONVENTION. IT IS THE FIRST CONVENTION SINCE THE PANDEMIC. MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE TUNED IN LAST TIME WHEN IT WAS VIRTUAL. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN IT, BUT IT IS STILL NOT THE SAME., PENT UP ENERGY, TOO, AGAINST DELEGATES AND STATE PARTY LEADERS THAT WANT TO COME TOGETHER. THE DEMOCRATS WENT THERE A LITTLE BIT OF A ROCKY SUMMER, NOT KNOWING HE WOULD GET THE NOMINATION. AT TIMES, SEEING SOME OF THEIR LONGTIME MEMBERS IN CONGRESS SAY THAT THEY DO NOT WANT RIGHT INTO THE WIN OR RUN IT RAISED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THERE WAS TALK OF THE VISION. THE DELEGATION WITH OTHER STATES. IT DOES SEEM LIKE A LOT OF UNITY IS GOING ON. THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW DID THAT LEAVE THIS ARENA? OF COURSE, WE HAVE BEEN SAYING IT IS WEEKS, IT IS DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION. THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME HERE >> 10 WEEKS AND EARLY VOTING STARTS BEFORE THAT. >> IF YOU NOTICE, A LOT OF THE SPEAKERS EARLIER IN THE WEEK THEY SEEM TO END ALL OF THEIR SPEECHES AND TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, HAVE PEOPLE VOLUNTEER. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SHORT-TERM ENERGY, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT JUST KEEPS GOING? >> JAMES, WHAT TEAMS HAVE EMERGED THIS WEEK? WHAT HAVE BEEN THE HIGHLIGHTS? >> FREEDOM HAS REALLY BEEN THE WATCHWORD. JOY HAS BEEN ANOTHER. TIM WALZ REALLY BROUGHT THAT AND DEFINED THAT, COINED THAT AS THE MOOD OF THE SUMMER. YOU THINK ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT THE LAST FEW DAYS WOULD HAVE BEEN, HAD JOE BIDEN STAYED IN THE RACE. HE WOULD BE THE NOMINEE. HE HAD THE DELEGATES. THEY WERE BOUND TO HIM. THEY WERE COMMITTED TO HIM. BUT I THINK WE WOULD'VE HAD A LOT OF STORIES. NANCY PELOSI SHOVING HIM ABOUT HOW THIS DIVIDED PARTY AND THE UNITED CENTER. INSTEAD, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A DANCE PARTY AND IT DOES FEEL MORE LIKE AN EVENT. IN SOME WAYS, THE PROGRAM IS BETTER THAN MOST MUSIC AWARDS SHOWS IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF ENTERTAINMENT AND THE ENERGY HERE IS VERY REAL. I DO THINK THAT KAMALA HARRIS HAS RECLAIMED PATRIOTISM AND THERE HAS BEEN THIS OLD SCHOOL, LOTS OF CHANTING OF USA, MORE THAN I CAN REMEMBER AT OTHER DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS. AN EFFORT TO NOT LET TRUMP TAKE THAT. YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PRIDE OF THEIR VERSION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. HONESTLY, IT IS QUITE A JUXTAPOSITION OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, WHICH IS VERY APOCALYPTIC AND ANGRY. THERE IS A LOT MORE OF HOPE AND JOY AND A FEELING THERE IS A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, BUT IN THESE PAGES, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK LIKE BARACK OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON. THERE IS ONLY 10 WEEKS, BUT THESE CYCLES CAN CHANGE FAST. YOU REALLY HAVE TO RUN THE TAPE. WE HEARD THE CROWD CHANTING THE OTHER NIGHT, DO SOMETHING. >> DON'T BE COMPLACENT. >> YADIER >> JM , LET'S TALK ABOUT POLLING. A LOT OF LEADERS HAVE THIS NAILBITING ANXIETY ABOUT HOW MUCH ENERGY CARRIES ON OUT OF THIS, AND WHAT ARE THE OPTICS OF ENERGY VERSUS THE ACTUAL NUTS AND BOLTS OF VOTING. TELL US HOW POLLS ARE LOOKING FOR HERE IS VERSE TRUMP HERE >> AMONG DEMOCRATS WITH THE LATEST WASHINGTON POST POLLING. THE SESSION WITH HARRIS ATOP THE TICKET AS OPPOSED TO BIDEN A MONTH AGO HAS TRIPLED. 20% OF DEMOCRATS BACK IN JULY WASHINGTON POST POLL WERE SATISFIED WITH THEIR CHOICES OF BIDEN AND TRUMP. NOW THAT NUMBER IS 60% WITH HARRIS ATOP THE TICKET. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW STATIC THIS RACE HAS BEEN GEARED THE OTHER THING HARRIS HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THUS FAR IN THE INITIAL MONTH OVER MONTH FROM JULY TO AUGUST THAT WE HAVE THE WASHINGTON POST, IS SHOWING THAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PICK UP SOME KEY GROUPS THAT WE THINK SHE IS GOING TO NEED AND THAT COALITION COME NOVEMBER. WE ARE TALKING WOMEN VOTERS, WE ARE TALKING YOUNG VOTERS. PEOPLE OF COLOR, WE ARE TALKING VOTERS IN THE SUBURBS. WE ARE ALSO TALKING ON COLLEGE- EDUCATED WHITE PEOPLE. WITH THE MONTH THAT SHE HAS BEEN ATOP THE TICKET. THESE ARE ALL LIKELY GROUPS THAT SHE IS GOING TO NEED AND HE IS PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO PICK UP A LITTLE BIT MORE GROUND FROM NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER. WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE HER START THE FORM OF COALITION THAT HAS THE MENTIONING OF 2008 OBAMA COALITION THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT AS WELL AS 2020 BIDEN COALITION. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND THE MAP AND WORKING IN NORTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AS TRUE BATTLEGROUND THINGS HERE., THANK YOU. LET'S TALK ABOUT, I ALMOST CALLED HIM COACH WILL THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN WANT THINK ABOUT. THE REASON I WAS SPEAKING COACHES BECAUSE HE ENDED EACH CLASSMATE WITH A SPORTS FOUR. TO HIS POINT OF WE ARE DOWN. THEY WANT TO BE THE UNDERDOG. >> WE ARE ACTUALLY SAYING THAT. >> IT IS INTERESTING. KAMALA, BY DEFAULT, IS REALLY THE INCUMBENT IN A LOT OF WAYS. IT IS ROUTINE THAT HAS CONTROL OF THE WHITE HOUSE. HOW DID GOVERNOR WALZ TRY TO FRAME THIS FIGHT LAST NIGHT? >> ONE THING, THERE WAS A VERY BRIEF NOMINATION SPEECH. NORMALLY THESE THINGS GO ON FOR A WHILE. HE KEPT IT TIGHT, HE KEPT IT BIOGRAPHICAL. HE TALKED ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT HE HAD AS GOVERNOR, BUT NOT MANY ACHIEVEMENTS BUT HE DID NOT GIVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF ALL THE THINGS HE DID. IT WAS MORE ABOUT BEING A HUMAN. THE RELATABLE THINGS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS HE WAS PICKED. YOU KNOW? HARRIS' TEAM SAID SHE WANTED SOMEONE TO WORK WELL WITH SOME OF THAT ENERGY WITH WHEN THEY MET AND HE WAS THE ONE. I THINK THAT THEY WANTED TO PROJECT.YESTERDAY, THAT HE IS JUST THE GUY, THE NEIGHBOR THAT WILL HELP YOU IF YOUR CAR IS STOPPED. THAT MAY WIN WITH PEOPLE, IT MAY RESUME. MY DRIVER OVER HERE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE HE SAID HE WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM, WAS THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. HE SAID I LIKE THAT GUY. LIGHTING THAT IS WHAT THE CAMPAIGN WANTS PEOPLE TO BE TALKING ABOUT, I LIKE THAT GUY. IF YOU NOTICED IN A LOT OF WALZ SPEECHES, WE ARE BRINGING BACK JOY. WE WANT TO RESTORE JOY. EVEN BEFORE HE WAS PICKED, AND PEOPLE INTERVIEWS, HE WOULD TALK ABOUT JOY. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS RACE, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A YEAR. IT HAS BEEN PRETTY STATIC. THE DEMOCRATS WHO KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR AND THE REPUBLICANS COME AS WELL. THE AMERICANS WHO WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH BOOK CHOICES, YOU KIND OF WONDER IF THE TIM WALZ'S OF THE WORLD, IF THAT COMMON MAN THING WILL WORK. IT APPEARS TO BE WORKING RIGHT NOW AND MAKES PEOPLE MORE COMFORTABLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE OUR POLITICAL CLIMATE RIGHT NOW. JUST TALK ABOUT JOY CAN GO A REALLY LONG WAY. >> ONE THING THAT REPUBLICANS ANSARI, THAT DEMOCRATS ARE NOT WILLING TO SEE IN ADDITION TO PATRIOTISM IS MASCULINITY. WE SAW SUCH A MASCULINE, MACHO REPUBLICAN NEXT CONVENTION. IF YOU DOUBT ME, THERE IS PROVEN EVIDENCE. LAST NIGHT WE SAW THE HEAD OF UFC, DANA WHITE INTRODUCED DONALD TRUMP. THERE IS SO MUCH EFFORT INTO WHO INTRODUCES THE CANDIDATE. DONALD TRUMP GOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED AND HE MADE THIS HUGE DEAL OF DANA WHITE COMING OUT OF VACATION. A VERY RICH PERSON REALITY. HULK HOGAN RIPPING OFF HIS SHIRT. HE THREW BACK TO THE 80s. THEY ALSO HAD OTHER LEADERS OF MALE CULTURE. THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GIVING THAT MASK LIMPLY. THEY ARE SHOWING A DIFFERENT VERSION OF IT WITH TIM WALZ. >> TIM WALZ AND STEVE KERR. ONE OF THE GREATEST COACHES OF ALL TIME . WE ARE GOING TO SEE A VIDEO TONIGHT STEPH CURRY. >> JUST WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE OLYMPICS. THE APPLICANT CONVENTION IT IS LIKE YOU WERE TAKING TESTOSTERONE PILLS SITTING THERE. FROM WHAT IT IS A MAN'S WORLD. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> KAMALA HARRIS, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A GENDER GAP. THE GENDER GAP CUTS BOTH WAYS. HARRIS IS UP WITH WOMEN BY SEVEN. TRUMP IS UP SEVEN WITH MEN. THERE ARE SOME MOTORS WORKING TO HARRIS' ADVANTAGE. HARRIS IS NOT WRITING IT OFF. IN 2016, HILLARY CLINTON NEVER ACTED LIKE THE UNDERDOG. PEOPLE CAUGHT ON TO THAT. TIM WALZ HELPS WITH THAT. >> SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AN UNDERDOG IS OUR COLLIE, JORGE. HE IS REPORTING LIFE FOR US. HE IS OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER AT UNION PARK. THIS IS WHERE THE COALITION TO MARK ON THE DNC IS GATHERING AHEAD OF A PLANNED MARCH TONIGHT. JORGE, SET THE SCENE FOR US. >> YEAH, SO OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PROTEST HERE. THIS IS THE PART WHERE PROTEST THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OF ENDEAVORING TO TONIGHT IS A PERMIT MARGIN PROTESTED RALEIGH BY THE COALITION TO MARCH ON THE DNC. THIS IS A WIDE GROUP OF DIFFERENT INTEREST AND PROTEST. THEY COALESCE AROUND GAZA AND PALESTINE. BUT THEY ARE HOLDING YOU RIGHT BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGNS, THEY ALL COALESCE AROUND THE. I ME IS QUITE LARGE. THIS IS A GROUP THAT THEY WERE EXPECTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS. DON'T THINK WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. TONIGHT THEY ARE GATHERING HERE, THEY STARTED AROUND 5:00. THE MARCHING ROUTE TAKES THEM ALONG THE PERIMETER ABOUT A MILE LOOP AROUND THE UNITED CENTER. EARLIER, I SHOULD SAY AROUND AN HOUR AGO OR SO FORMER REPUBLIC GOAL CANDIDATE CAME DOWN HERE AND A GROUP SURROUNDING HIM AND POLICE GOT INVOLVED AND MOVED THAT GROUP AWAY. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A TON OF COUNTER PROTESTERS. FOR THE MOST PART, IT HAS BEEN PEACEFUL. SOME ARRESTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. GROUP EARLIER ON MONDAY THAT IT BREAKTHROUGH COMMITTEE SECURITY FENCING. THERE WERE SOME ARRESTS. TUESDAY NIGHT, THERE WERE SOME ARRESTS OF THE ISRAELI CONSULATE. THESE PEOPLE ARE CALM AND PEACEFUL WHICH IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME THEY WANTED. WHEN I INTERVIEWED THESE KIDS BACK IN JUNE THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO BE FAMILY FRIENDLY. KIDS WITH STROLLERS, FAMILIES CURING BABIES. IT HAS BEEN PEACEFUL SO FAR. IT IS GOING TO BE EARLY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE MARCHING. SO FAR IT HAS BEEN VERY COLD. >> JORGE , HOW HAVE THE PROTEST PLAYED OUT THROUGHOUT THIS WEEKEND. YOUR ATTENTION ON NUMBERS, BUT WHAT IS THE FEELING OF SUCCESS AND NOT QUITE HITTING THE MARK, WHAT IS IT BEEN LIKE? >> ONE THING THAT IS INTERESTING, I SPOKE TO SOME OF THE PROTESTERS HERE, HE SAID THEY HAVE GOTTEN THE MESSAGE ACROSS. THEY CAME HERE, THEY WANTED TO BE WITHIN SIGHT AND SOUND. THEY FOUGHT A LEGAL BATTLE TO BE HERE AT THIS PARK. ORIGINALLY, THE CITY SAID THEY COULD BE AT GRANT PARK WHICH IS ALMOST FOUR MILES AWAY NEAR THE LAKE. THEY BOUGHT SEVERAL LEGAL BATTLES TO BE HERE AT THIS PARK AND TO MARCH WITHIN SIGHT AND SOUND OF THE ARENA AND THEY WON THAT FIGHT. SO, THEY SAID THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THEIR VOICE HEARD. TO BE IN FRONT OF THE ARENA AS PEOPLE ARE WALKING IN AND HAVING SIGNS TELLING THEM TO PAY ATTENTION WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA. ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT WITH SOME OF THE PROTESTERS HERE, THEY ARE NOT SURE IF THAT MESSAGE IS RESONATING INSIDE THE ARENA. THEY ARE NOT SURPRISED, THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN HERE BUT I TALKED TO ONE GENTLEMAN EARLIER, HE IS A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN, MIGRATED TO THE U.S. ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, HE SAID. HE SAID THAT ONE THING THAT HE IS POSITIVE WITH THIS MOVEMENT IS HOW MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HERE. HE SAID THIS IS REALLY BEEN IN AWAKENING, HE THINKS, FOR A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT IN THE U.S. TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS. IF IT IS PROTESTING HERE OR HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD OTHERWISE GOOD BUT ENCOURAGED BY THAT, EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T NECESSARILY ENCOURAGED ABOUT WHAT HE IS SEEING IN THE ARENA. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, WHERE HE. THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE WASHINGTON POST OF NIGHT FOUR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. WE ARE HERE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT BUILDING UP TO THIS MOMENT WHEN KAMALA HARRIS WILL ACCEPT HER PARTY'S NOMINATION. WE GOT A HINT OF THAT EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE ROLLCALL OF STATES. THE BEAMS ARE IN FROM THE RALLY SHE WAS OUT IN MILWAUKEE AND SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN THIS ROLLCALL VOTE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DISPATCHED LONG BEFORE THIS WEEK. CAN YOU REFLECT ON THIS INCREDIBLE PATH THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH IN A MONTH. JUST REMIND US WHERE IS JOE BIDEN RIGHT NOW? >> WORK BACKWARD. >> JOE BIDEN, AFTER MONDAY'S SPEECH, WHICH WAS WELL RECEIVED BY THIS CROWDED, FIVE-MINUTE STANDING APPLAUSE FOR HIM. HE IS NOW ON VACATION WITH HIS FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA. ALL OF THE SPEAKERS, MANY OF THEM HAVE MENTIONED HIM. SOME LONGER, SOME SHORTER, BUT HAVE MENTIONED THAT HE DID STEP ASIDE INSTEAD OF GO FOR HIS PERSONAL AMBITION. >> A SENSE OF GRATEFULNESS ABOUT IT. >> PEOPLE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THAT SENSE OF GRATEFULNESS. GOING BACK TO THAT THE ROLLCALL HAPPENING VIRTUALLY. THE OHIO LAW TO GET THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE RUNNING ON THE BALLOT IN TIME, IT HAS TO BE DONE BY A CERTAIN DATE IN AUGUST. THE DNC DECIDED TO DO THAT VIRTUALLY WITH THE DELEGATES. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT HAPPENED 99% OF THE DELEGATES APPROVED, HARRIS DENTAL, THE HOMEWORK WAS DONE BEFORE EVERYBODY CAME HERE THIS WEEK. BUT OF COURSE, WE SAW THAT STATE ROLLCALL. THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK. >> IT HAS BEEN A RAPIDFIRE ASSUMPTION FOR KAMALA HARRIS TO MEDEVACED -- BE THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THAT. NOW, BEING AT THE HEAD OF THE TICKET. WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT SO MANY OF THOSE DELEGATES ARE COMMITTED. IF YOU DO HEAR ABOUT THESE 30 DELEGATES THAT ARE UNCOMMITTED, THEY ARE HERE WITH INTENTION TO PROTEST THE WAR IN GAZA AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE STAYING IN THAT UNCOMMITTED CATEGORY. IF WE LOOK AT LAST NIGHT, JAMES, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF GRATITUDE TOWARDS JOE BIDEN. IT WAS NOTICEABLE LAST NIGHT HOW LITTLE HIS NAME WAS MENTIONED. WHEN BILL CLINTON DID BRING HIM UP AND DWELLED ON HIM FOR A MOMENT IT WAS LIKE RIGHT, JOE BIDEN. >> IT FELT LIKE OBLIGATORY WITH TIM WALZ AT THE TOP OF THE SPEECH THAT JOE BIDEN. IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH PEOPLE AND& EVEN BARACK OBAMA PRAISED JOE BIDEN, ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS HE EVER MADE AND THEN SET ALL RIGHT. NOW WE ARE PASSING THE TORCH. LET'S TURN THE PAGE AND THAT WAS THAT. MICHELLE OBAMA, WHO SPOKE BEFORE HER HUSBAND, DID NOT MENTION JOE BIDEN AT ALL. AND I ASSUME SOMETHING SIMILAR IS GOING TO PLAY OUT WITH HARRIS, WHERE SHE WILL TALK ABOUT HER PARTNER, JOE BIDEN, AND HOW GREAT HE IS AND HOW GRATEFUL SHE IS. THERE ARE JOE BIDEN DEMOCRATS AND SOME OF THESE SWING STATES. THOSE THAT BIDEN REALLY DOES APPEAL TO. YOU THINK ABOUT HIS HOMETOWN IN SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA. YOU WANT TO BE JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, TOO. BUT TALKING ABOUT TWO THIRDS TO THREE QUARTERS OF THE COUNTRY THINK WE ARE ON THE WRONG TRACK. EVEN THOUGH HARRIS IS THE SITTING VICE PRESIDENT, SHE WANTS TO BE A CHANGE AGENT. SO, HOW SHE THREADS THAT NEEDLE, I ASSUME SHE TALKS ABOUT JOE BIDEN AT THE TOP AND CHANGES THE SUBJECT. THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE REALLY WATCHING CLOSELY. >> WE ARE GOING TO SEE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. WE ARE GOING TO SEE EMERGING LEADERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPEAK TONIGHT. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HEAR THE CHICKS. WE ARE GOING TO HEAR PINK AND IT IS ALL LEADING UP TO MORE OF HARRIS'S BIOGRAPHICAL STORIES AND HEARING FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT, NOW PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HERSELF. NEXT UP IS SENATOR BOB CASEY. TOUGH PENNSYLVANIA FIGHT IN PENNSYLVANIA. THEY WANT TO GIVE HIM THE TIME WITH INTENTION BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY MINDFUL, JAMES AND RHONDA, ABOUT READING THE SENATE AND TRYING TO WIN THE HOUSE SO THEY CANNOT BE SWEPT OVER BY REPUBLICANS. LET'S GO NOW TO THE FLOOR. >> PLEASE WELCOME, PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR, BOB CASEY. >> HERE IS A REAL QUESTION. MOM'S ASKED ME IN PENNSYLVANIA. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO IF I CAN'T AFFORD DIAPERS? IN JUST SIX MONTHS, A BOX OF DIAPERS WENT UP $15. THE CORPORATION SAY YOUR PRICES ARE UP ONLY BECAUSE THE COSTS ARE UP. THEY ARE SELLING YOU ALIVE. IT IS IN THE BACK OF THE DIAPERS. PRICES ARE UP BECAUSE THESE CORPORATIONS ARE SCHEMING TO DRIVE PRICES. MOST COMPANIES ARE GOOD COMPANIES. IT IS THE CONGLOMERATES THAT SIT BEHIND THE SUPERMARKETS, THESE SPATIAL WHOLESALERS, THIS IS GRADE INFLATION. I HAVE BEEN BITING IT A LONG TIME, SO HAS KAMALA HARRIS. FINALLY, WE ARE STARTING TO WIN. WHEN BIG PHARMA JACKED UP THE COST OF INSULIN, WE PASSED A BILL TO STOP THEM. NOW, FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, IT IS CAPPED AT $35 PER MONTH. SO, THAT IS ONE. I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO BEEN PRICE GOUGING ON FOOD. NEXT YEAR, WHEN SHE IS PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS WILL SIGN A BILL TO DO JUST THAT. SO, THAT IS ANOTHER. WHEN CORPORATIONS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A CRISIS LIKE TOILET PAPER DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WILL HIT THEM WITH HARSHER FINES. ALL WHEN KAMALA HARRIS IS PRESIDENT. NOW, AMERICANS DON'T EXPECT STAFF TO BE FREE, BUT WE DO EXPECT IT TO BE FAIR. THE PEOPLE I AM TALKING TO FROM ALLENTOWN TO ERIE, THEY DO NOT TOLERATE BEING RIPPED OFF. AMERICANS ARE HARD-WORKING, HONEST PEOPLE. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR HONESTY. I AM FIGHTING FOR IT. KAMALA HARRIS IS FIGHTING FOR IT. WILL YOU FIGHT FOR IT? ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO OUT AND WIN THIS THING. THANK YOU. >> PLEASE WELCOME, MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR, ELIZABETH WARREN. ♪ YEAH >> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE BEST ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS? KAMALA HARRIS CANNOT BE BOUGHT, AND SHE CANNOT BE BOSSED AROUND. NOW, I FIRST MET KAMALA IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRASH . THE BANKS HAD A FLAT OUT BROKEN LAWS, CHEATED PEOPLE, AND STOLEN HOMES. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, THEIR SAVINGS, THEIR HOMES. NOW, I WAS SETTING UP THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU THE CFPB. KAMALA WAS PROTECTING FAMILIES AS CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL. DONALD WAS SCAMMING STUDENTS AT TRUMP UNIVERSITY. HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OFF PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES. KAMALA HARRIS STEPPED UP. SHE ENFORCED THE LAW, SHE FOUGHT THE GIANT BANKS, AND SHE DELIVERED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF HELP FOR FAMILIES. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CRIMINAL AND A PROSECUTOR. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I LOVE ABOUT KAMALA? SHE GET IT. WE NEED TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR WORKING PEOPLE. YEAH. DONALD TRUMP, THE FELON, HAS NO PLANS TO LOWER COSTS FOR FAMILIES. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW. BASICALLY, HE DOESN'T REALLY CARE. WHEN DID HE EVER FILL UP A GAS TANK OR WORRY ABOUT A GROCERY BILL? THE ONLY BILLS HE WORRIES ABOUT OUR FROM HIS TERMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS. BUT, KAMALA , SHE CARES DEEP DOWN. SHE WILL TAKE ON THE GIANT CORPORATIONS THAT ARE SQUEEZING AMERICAN FAMILIES. IN FACT, IT IS SOMETHING SHE HAS DONE BEFORE. DURING THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES, SHE WENT AFTER THE PRICE GOUGER'S. DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WORKED TOGETHER IN THE SENATE TO STOP PRICE GOUGING. AS PRESIDENT, SHE WILL LOWER COSTS FOR YOUR FAMILY. SHE WILL TAKE ON WALL STREET FIRMS THAT BUY UP MILLIONS OF HOUSES AND APARTMENTS AND THEN JACK UP THE RENT. SHE WILL TAKE ON DRUG COMPANIES THAT CHARGE AN ARM AND A LEG FOR PRESCRIPTIONS. SHE WILL TAKE ON HER BRIT MONOPOLY IS -- CORPORATE MONOPOLIES AND BILLIONAIRES WHO DO NOT PAY TAXES. SHE WILL TAKE ON RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS, WHO THINK THEY SHOULD DECIDE WHO HAS ACCESS TO ABORTION OR IVF. KAMALA WILL PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS NATIONWIDE. YEAH. THERE IT IS. GROCERIES, GAS, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, TAXES, ABORTION. TRUST DONALD TRUMP AND JD VANCE TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR FAMILY? SHOOT, I WOULD NOT LET THOSE GUYS, I WOULD NOT TRUST THEM TO MOVE MY COUCH. WE NEED KAMALA HARRIS. THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FUTURE. I HAVE SEEN KAMALA HARRIS FIGHT, I HAVE SEEN HER WIN. WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR FUTURES, KAMALA HARRIS IS SOMEONE WE CAN TRUST. SO, HERE IT IS WITH JOY IN OUR HEART. LET'S ELECT KAMALA HARRIS, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> COMING. LET'S GO TO JOE WHO IS ON THE FLOOR WHO IS WITH THE DELEGATES. JOE? >> I AM HERE WITH JONATHAN, HE IS A DELEGATE FROM QUEENS, NEW YORK. YOU SAW ELIZABETH WARREN ON STAGE, SHE WAS EMOTIONAL, HE STARTED TEARING UP. >> IT MADE ME FEEL GREAT. THE REASON WHY , THE PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP. WE ARE UNITED AND GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU ARE SAYING IT IS YOUR FIRST CONVENTION. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> IT FEELS GREAT. IT FEELS GREAT AND EMOTIONAL TO BE HERE FOR SUCH A HISTORICAL MOMENT. >> HOW IMPORTANT IS TODAY COMPARED TO OTHER DAYS? >> TODAY FEELS LIKE IT IS THE CULMINATION OF EVERYTHING. I AM EXCITED FOR HARRIS TO SPEAK AT THE END AND ACCEPT THE NOMINATION, IT WILL BE A TRULY HISTORICAL MOMENT. >> WHAT IS A THEME OR SOMETHING YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IS ENCOURAGED TO THIS WEEK? >> IT IS HAPPINESS, IT IS UNITY WITHIN OUR PARTY AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM TO JOIN THIS CAMPAIGN AND HOPEFULLY ELECT KAMALA HARRIS. >> BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOE. JOINING US ONSET YOUR IN THE SKY BOX IS STEVE WOODSON, WHITE HOUSE REPORTER, LONGTIME KAMALA HARRIS REPORTER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> YES. GREAT TO BE HERE. >> COULD BE HERE IN S.T.E.A.M. IMAGINE THIS MOMENT A FEW YEARS AGO? BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY COULD'VE IMAGINED THIS MOMENT TWO MONTH AGO. RIGHT? IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE KAMALA HARRIS WAS TWO MONTHS AGO. THEY WERE CASTING A BALLOT FOR SOME BL STEAMING THE PARTY, THEY WONDER IF SHE WAS THE HEIR APPARENT. IN A MATTER OF HOURS, 32 HOURS, HE HAD CONSOLIDATED CONTROL OF THE PARTY, YOU KNOW? SUPPORT OF THE PARTY, THEY ACCEPTED HER. SPEAKING TO CROWDS EVEN LARGER THAN THIS ONE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. RIGHT? SO, THIS FEELS LIKE A VERY BIG MOMENT. WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A BIG MOMENT OF THE SUGAR HIGH BEFORE IT IS A HARDER ROAD AHEAD. >> WHAT DOES SHE HAVE TO DO TONIGHT TO HAVE AN EMOTIONAL LIGHT AND MOVE THE CONVENTION HAD TO >> THE SPEECH IS WRITTEN, RIGHT? THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY MAJOR FLUBS AT THIS CONVENTION, SHE JUST HAS TO LAND HER LINES. I THINK, LEADING INTO THE METHOD, THE MESSAGE OF JOY AND ASPIRATION HELPS. I THINK SHE ALSO HAS TO PERSUADE THE PEOPLE NOT IN THIS ROOM. NOT REALLY JUMPING AROUND RIGHT NOW. MAYBE THAT INVOLVES SOME POLICY. MAYBE THAT INVOLVES OR THAN JUST SAYING WE ARE GOING TO BE HAPPIER THAN THE OTHER FOLKS. BUT, SENDING THE MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE. >> THERE IS PRESSURE ON HER TO INDEED COME OUT WITH MORE POLICY. THIS TRANSITION HAS COME ABOUT SO QUICKLY. BUT, WHEN ARE THEY TELLING YOU? WHAT IS THE TEAM TELLING YOU THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE POLICY FOR AMERICANS TO SINK THEIR TEETH INTO? >> SHE HAS ALREADY ROLLED OUT A LITTLE BIT OF ECONOMIC POLICY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE SIGNALING, NOT OUTRIGHT SAYING, YOU CAN TELL FROM THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE FROM JOE BIDEN, WHAT THE HARRISON MINISTERS WILL LIKE YOUR >> CONGRESSMAN CROWN HAS TAKING THE FIELD. LET'S GO BACK TO THE FLOOR. >> BEFORE SERVING IN CONGRESS, I WAS A PARATROOPER AND AN ARMY RANGER. OVER 100 COMBAT MISSIONS AND IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN TAUGHT ME WHAT REALLY, REALLY MAKES AMERICA STRONG AND SECURE. YOU SEE, IT IS NOT TOUGH TALK, IT IS NOT CHEST THUMPING. IN WAR, TALK IS CHEAP. TRUST ME, I KNOW A COUCH COMMANDO WHEN I SEE ONE. REAL STRENGTH AND SECURITY COME FROM OUR PEOPLE, FROM OUR ALLIES. DONALD TRUMP'S PROJECT 2025 WOULD ABANDON OUR TROOPS, ABANDON OUR VETERANS, OUR ALLIES, AND OUR PRINCIPLES. IN CHAPTER 4, TRUMP PLANS TO DO POLLUTANTS -- BY WALKING AWAY FROM OUR NATO ALLIES. IN CHAPTERS 2 AND THREE, HE PLANS TO FIRE OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND MILITARY PROFESSIONALS AND THEN REPLACE THEM WITH MAGA LOYALISTS. BUT, I REFUSE TO LET TRUMPS GOLF BUDDIES DECIDE WHEN AND HOW OUR FRIENDS ARE SENT TO WAR. WHEN WE JOIN THE MILITARY, WE RAISE OUR RIGHT HAND AND WE TAKE THE OATH. WE KNOW THAT IT COMES WITH SACRIFICE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT COMES WITH A PROMISE THAT AMERICA WILL HAVE OUR BACK. TRUMP WILL BREAK THAT PROMISE. IN FACT, IN CHAPTER 20, A PROJECT 2025, HE PLANS TO/VETERANS BENEFITS AND THEN PRIVATIZE VA HEALTHCARE. AS A PARATROOPER, WE LEARNED THAT THE LEADER OF THE UNIT COMES FIRST. THEN THE OTHERS FOLLOW. LEADERS ALWAYS GO FIRST. BUT TRUMP, TRUMP, HE WOULD PUSH YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER OUT OF THE PLANE AND THEN ABANDON THEM WHEN THEY COME HOME. OUR TROOPS DESERVE A COMMANDER IN CHIEF WILL ALWAYS HAVE THEIR BACK. THAT LEADER IS KAMALA HARRIS. TOGETHER, WE WILL MAKE KAMALA HARRIS OUR NEXT COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF. >> JAMES , WHO IS THE MESSENGER TONIGHT FOR 2025? >> DONALD TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO CUT OFF UKRAINE AND FORCE THEM TO NEGOTIATE A PEACE AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ARE HEARING TONIGHT IS TO SET UP THE NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERIENCE FROM 3.5 YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT. WE ARE HEARING SEVERAL VALIDATORS WHO WORKED IN THE PENTAGON WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT. WE WILL HEAR FROM GENERALS LATER AND IT IS PART OF VALIDATING THE FOREIGN-POLICY STRENGTH. >> PLEASE WELCOME MICHIGAN REPRESENTATIVE, ELISSA SLOTKIN. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM ELISSA SLOTKIN, I AM HONORED TO BE YOUR U.S. SENATE NOMINEE FROM THE GREAT STATE OF MICHIGAN. GO BLUE. GO GREEN. MY PEOPLE FROM MICHIGAN. MY LIFE IN SERVICE BEGAN IN NEW YORK CITY, ON SEPTEMBER 11th. AS THE SMOKE CLEARED, I KNEW MY CAREER WOULD BE SPENT PROTECTING THE COUNTRY WE ALL LOVE. I WAS REFUTED BY THE CIA AND SERVED THREE TOURS IN IRAQ ALONGSIDE OUR MILITARY. AND I WORKED AT THE WHITE HOUSE, UNDER PRESIDENTS OF BOTH PARTIES. AS AN ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. I WANT TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY. THE CHOICE IN NOVEMBER IS STARK. AMERICA RETREATING FROM THE WORLD OR LEADING THE WORLD. TRUMP WANTS TO TAKE US BACKWARDS. HE ADMIRES DICTATORS, A LOT. HE TREATS OUR FRIENDS AS ADVERSARIES IN OUR ADVERSARIES AS FRIENDS. BUT, OUR VISION IS BASED ON OUR VALUES. TOOK US TO THE SHORES OF NORMANDY AND HELPED US WIN THE COLD WAR. WE BELIEVE THAT AMERICANS SHOULD INSPIRE AND LEAD AT HOME AND ABROAD. WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING A STRONG MILITARY, BUT ABOUT TACKLING GLOBAL CHALLENGES LIKE AI AND CLIMATE CHANGE TOGETHER. GUESS WHAT, THAT TAKES FRIENDS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE FRIENDS TO DO THAT. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS UNDERSTANDS OUR STRENGTH ABROAD IS INEXPLICABLY LINKED TO OUR STRENGTH AT HOME. OUR SCHOOLS, A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS AND THE HEALTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY. SO, FOR EVERYONE. EVERYONE WATCHING. I WANT YOU TO PROUDLY CLAIM YOUR PATRIOTISM. YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTRY. DO NOT GIVE AN INCH TO PRETENDERS WHO WRAP THEMSELVES IN A FLAG BUT SPIT IN THE FACE OF FREEDOMS IT REPRESENTS. THIS NOVEMBER, LET'S ELECT A PRESIDENT WHO WILL LEAN FORWARD TO EMBRACE THE FUTURE. BECAUSE, AMERICA DOESN'T FOLLOW . WE DO NOT RETREAT, WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WE LEAD. >> WE HAVE RHONDA COLEMAN AND CLEVE WOODSON WITH US. SO, RHONDA, ELISSA SLOTKIN IS SOMEWHAT INTERESTING TO HAVE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT SOMEONE IS LOOKING TO BE IN THE SENATE. >> SHE IS NOW WHAT POLITICAL REPORTS HAVE SAID WILL BE A TOUGH COMPETITIVE RACE FOR THE SENATE. ONE OF THOSE CLOSELY WATCHED RACES TO DETERMINE WHO HAS POWER IN THE SENATE. I JUST HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH GARY PETERS. THE SENATOR WHO OVERSEES THE SENATE RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. HE WAS TELLING ME, THERE WAS ALWAYS A PLAN TO HAVE SEVEN HERE TONIGHT TO GET A PITCH FOR THEMSELVES AND THE HARRIS-WALZ TICKET. IT WAS THE PLAN IF BIDEN WAS THE NOMINEE. I ASKED HIM, WHY IS THERE IS RENEWED CONFIDENCE THAT PERHAPS THE SENATE MIGHT BE 50-50, OR HAVE SOME PICKUPS. HE SAID IT IS GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO CANDIDATE QUALITY. HE FEELS THOSE EVEN CLOSELY WATCHED STATES LIKE OHIO, JON TESTER IN MONTANA. THE PEOPLE THEY ARE RUNNING UP AGAINST MAY NOT HAVE THE QUALITY. THAT WAS SOMETHING IN THE 2022 MIDTERMS THAT MITCH McCONNELL EVEN WARNED ABOUT HIS OWN PARTY. SO, WE WILL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT. THE DEMOCRATS ARE FEELING PRETTY GOOD WITH THE RENEWED SENSE OF OPTIMISM OF THIS TICKET. >> YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING POLYMER -- KAMALA HARRIS AND YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW REMARKABLE IT IS WITH MEMBERS OF YOUR OWN TEAM THAT THE SURPRISE OF JOE BIDEN CHOOSING TO STEP DOWN IN THE RAPIDITY WITH WHICH SHE BEGAN -- BECAME THE CLEAR NOMINEE. THE PATH WAS RIGHT THERE. WHAT DID SHE AND HER TEAM DO TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THAT? >> WELL, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE CANNOT OVERLOOK WHAT HAPPENED WITH ROE V WADE AND HER EMERGING AS A VERY POIGNANT MESSENGER NOT IN THE SAME LANE AS OF JOE BIDEN WHO WAS UNCOMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT ABORTION. IT IS AT THE TOP OF THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM AND IT MATTERS MOST TO THEIR PARTY AND THEIR HOMES. RIGHT? EARLY ON IN THAT FIRST YEAR WHERE SHE REALLY STRUGGLED, HER TEAM REALIZED SHE DID NOT REALLY HAVE A NETWORK OF FOLKS THAT CAN GO ON OUR SHOW, GO ON CNN AND OFFEND HER AND DEFEND OUR POLICIES EVEN THOUGH AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT, SHE IS GETTING MORE SLEEP THAN PROBABLY ANY OTHER VICE PRESIDENT BEFORE HER. THEY BUILD A NETWORK OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WILL DEFEND HER BOTH ON TV SHOWS IN TV NEWS. ALSO TO THEIR IN GROUPS. YOU ALSO HAVE KAMALA HARRIS BECOMING MORE CONFIDENT. BEING ABLE TO BE MORE NIMBLE AND TAKE MORE RISKS. TO GO TO FLORIDA AND TAKE ON RON DeSANTIS AND ABORTION LAWS. TO GO TO TENNESSEE AND WERE OUSTED. ALL OF THOSE THINGS CREATED KIND OF A PERFECT STORM WHEN ROW HAPPENED. >> WHEN SHE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2019 SHE WAS PIVOTING TO THE LEFT TO GET THOSE PRIMARY VOTERS. WASN'T HE COMFORTABLE SPOT, BUT MAYBE BACK WHERE SHE WAS ORIGINALLY. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT SHE HASN'T HAD TO WALK AROUND A PRIMARY THIS TIME AT ALL, EITHER. INSTEAD OF SAYING THIS IS WHERE I AM BETWEEN BERNIE SANDERS AND JOE BIDEN, SHE SAID THIS IS HOW I AM DIFFERENT THAN DONALD TRUMP AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO LEAN ON POLICIES THAT ARE MORE MODERATE UNDER JOE BIDEN THAT SHE HAS PASSED. ACTUAL LEGISLATION SHE IS ACTUALLY HELPED TO PASS. THAT SHOWS WHERE SHE IS AND PROVIDE THE CONTRACT UP FRONT. WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT HER AS THE PROSECUTOR. JAMES PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THAT TONIGHT QUESTION MARK >> WE CERTAINLY WILL. DURING THE PROGRAMMING WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE PROCESS BETWEEN A PROSECUTOR ON THE TICKET AND 70 HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF 34 COUNTIES. ONE OF THE SURPRISES THIS WEEK IS HOW LITTLE SPEAKERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE CASES AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. MAYBE THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE SAVING THAT PUSH FOR TONIGHT. MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE THE POLLING SHOWS IT BITES IN AND THAT IS NOT HOW YOU PERSUADE PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. SO, I THINK, BEING THE PROSECUTOR ALSO HELPED TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT SHE IS NOT FAR LEFT FROM SAN FRANCISCO. HIGH CONVICTION RATE HOW MUCH HE TAKES IT SERIOUSLY. I THINK, BEING A COP IS CODE FOR TOUGH ON CRIME. >> IT IS JUST HOW DIFFERENT IT IS FROM 2020. IN 2020, BEING A COP, BEING A PROSECUTOR WAS A LIABILITY. GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY SPOKE HERE. TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM BILLS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PASS. NOW, HARRIS IS LEADING INTO THAT. TOUGH ON CRIME AND IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK ON HER. >> TALK ABOUT RACIAL JUSTICE AND HEARING THAT. REVEREND AL START -- AL SHARPTON WILL BE SPEAKING. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE SPEAKING HERE. THAT PERSPECTIVE ON RACIAL JUSTICE AND MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE DONALD TRUMP WITH SOMEONE THAT WENT AFTER THOSE YOUNG MEN, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT GUILTY, TAKE THE FULL PAID AD WHEN THEY WERE UNDER SUCH SCRUTINY BACK IN THE 80s. SUCH A DIFFERENT TIME. LET'S GO NOW BACK TO BEFORE TO HEAR WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING. >> PLEASE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACTION WHAT WORK -- NETWORK, REVEREND AL SHARPTON. ♪ >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK. WE DO NOT ENDORSE CANDIDATES, BUT WE REPORT WHERE CANDIDATES STAND ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, HEALTH, AT WOODY, AND OTHER ISSUES. ON ONE SIDE OF THIS RACE, DONALD TRUMP, A FELLOW NEW YORKER I HAVE KNOWN FOR 40 YEARS. ONLY ONCE IN THAT TIME, DID HE TAKE A POSITION ON RACIAL ISSUES. HE SPENT A SMALL FORTUNE ON FULL-PAGE ADS CALLING FOR THE EXECUTION OF FIVE INNOCENT YOUNG TEENAGERS. WHILE, I WILL BRING THEM OUT IN A MINUTE. YOU WILL HEAR FROM THEM TONIGHT. THEY WERE NOT EXECUTED, THEY ARE HERE TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT. BUT, IT WAS THERE THAT I SOUGHT FROM TRUMP WHO LOVE TO STAND RACIAL FLAMES. A WOMAN THAT I HAVE WALKED WITH IN SELMA, ALABAMA, TO COMMEMORATE THE 59th ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY. KAMALA HARRIS SPOKE TO ME THAT THEY -- DAY ABOUT UNITY AND PASSING BILLS. ALL I EVER HEARD WAS FROM DONALD TRUMP, WAS HOW HE COULD GET AN ADVANTAGE. I SEE ONE CANDIDATE WHO WANTS TO PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE WHILE THE OTHER HAS TRIED TO COOK UP 11,000 VOTES IN GEORGIA. I SEE A CANDIDATE, WITH JOE BIDEN, BROUGHT LEADERS TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO CONFRONT VIOLENT HATRED, RUNNING AGAINST A MAN WHO SAID TRAIN EIGHT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE WERE FINE PEOPLE. A MAN WHO WRONGLY SAID HIS MUG SHOT APPEALS TO BLACK AMERICANS. I WORK WITH KAMALA HARRIS. AND EVERY JOB SHE HAS HAD, SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY COMMITTED TO MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN TO HIS ADVANTAGE. ALL DONALD TRUMP IS BEEN CONSISTENT ABOUT IS MAKING HIMSELF RICHARD -- RICHARD AND SEWING DIVISION TO GET THAT DONE. THIS MEANT THAT RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO A FEW WEEKS AGO, REFUSING TO APOLOGIZE FOR CLAIMS THAT MIGRANTS WERE TAKING BLACK JOBS. WELL, IN NOVEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO SHOW HIM WHEN BLACKS DO THEIR JOBS. WE ARE COMING TO JOIN WITH WHITES AND BROWNS AND ASIANS, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A JOB ON THOSE THAT HAVE DONE A JOB ON US. TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO REALIZE THAT EACH IS OHMS DRAIN -- SANDY SCHIAVONE DREAM. 52 YEARS AGO, I WAS ONE OF THE YOUTH DIRECTORS IN HER CAMPAIGN. FOR PRESIDENT. 52 YEARS AFTER SHE WAS TOLD TO SIT DOWN, I KNOW SHE IS WATCHING THIS TONIGHT AS A BLACK WOMAN STEPS UP TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE FOUGHT TOO HARD FOR WOMEN TO BE TOLD TO GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN. WE ARE NOW ON THE WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE. WE WILL NOT GO BACK. WE FOUGHT HARD, WE FOUGHT HARD FOR LGBTQ LOVED ONES TO GET OUT THE CLOSET. WE WON'T GO BACK. WE FOUGHT HARD FOR THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE, THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION. WE SUFFERED AND DIED AND BLED AND WENT TO JAIL TO GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE. WE WON'T GO BACK. >> WE WON'T GO BACK, NO MATTER HOW THE CIVIL -- SUPREME COURT TRIES TO ROLL BACK ON CIVIL RIGHTS. NO MATTER THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY HAVE. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OTHERS FOUGHT AND ARE SUBJECT FOR US. WE BOW TONIGHT, WE WON'T GO BACK. THIS NOVEMBER, WE WILL GO FORWARD TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF A JUST AND FAIR NATION. LET ME SAY, AS WE TRANSITION I AM GOING TO PREACH. IN PSALMS IT SAYS WE MAY ENDURE WE'VE ENDURED JANUARY 6 BEER WE'VE ENDURED CONSPIRACY THEORIES. WE'VE ENJOYED LIES AND AREAS OF DARKNESS. BLACK, WHITE, LATINO, ASIAN, INDIAN AMERICANS. WHEN WE STAYED TOGETHER, JOY, JOY, JOY. I WANT TO ANNOUNCE SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER I WAS REVEREND -- MENTOR BY REVEREND JESSE JACKSON. HE TAUGHT US TO FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT. WANT TO BRING OUT SOME YOUNG MEN THAT I FOUGHT FOR. I REFER TO THEM THEN, THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE. NOW THEY ARE THE EXONERATED FIVE. RAYMOND, KEVIN, THE EXONERATED FIVE. >> WE WON'T GO BACK. >> GOOD EVENING, PEOPLE. MY NAME IS KOREY WISE. MANY YEARS AGO MY FRIENDS AND I WERE IN PRISON FOR A CRIME WE DID NOT COMMIT. I WILL USE WHAT IS STOLEN FROM US. EVERYDAY AS WE WALK INTO THE COURTROOM, PEOPLE SCREAMED AT US, THREATENED US BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. HE SPENT $85,000 ON A FULL-PAGE AD IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, CALLING FOR OUR EXECUTION. WE WERE INNOCENT KIDS. WE SERVED A TOTAL OF 41 YEARS IN PRISON. REVEREND AL SHARPTON STOOD WITH US. I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH HIM TODAY. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS ALSO WORKED TO MAKE THINGS FAIRER. I KNOW SHE WILL DO THE SAME AS PRESIDENT. AND I APPROVE THAT MESSAGE. >> I LOVE THESE GUYS. THESE ARE MY BROTHERS. THESE ARE MY BROTHERS. YES INDEED. AMERICA. I AM YUSEF SALAAM. >> A NEW YORK CITY COUNCILMAN REPRESENTING MY HOMETOWN. LET'S GO. REPRESENTING MY HOMETOWN OF HARLEM, USA. AND LISTEN, AS MY FRIEND KOREY WISE JUST SAID , 45 WANTED US NOT ALIVE. HE WANTED US DEAD. TODAY WE ARE EXONERATED, BECAUSE THE ACTUAL PERPETRATOR CONFESSED. DNA PROVED IT. THE GUY SAYS HE STILL STANDS BY THE ORIGINAL GUILTY VERDICT. HE DISMISSES THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE RATHER THAN ADMIT HE WAS WRONG. HE HAS NEVER CHANGED AND HE NEVER WILL. THAT MAN THINKS THAT HATE IS THE ANIMATING FORCE IN AMERICA IT IS NOT. WE HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE. IN FACT, IT IS A HUMAN RIGHT, SO LET US USE IT. I WANT YOU TO WALK WITH US. I WANT YOU TO MARCH WITH US. I WANT YOU TO VOTE WITH US. AND TOGETHER, LET ME TELL YOU, THIS IS GOING TO BE SO BEAUTIFUL. AND TOGETHER, ON NOVEMBER 5th, WE WILL USHER IN KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. SO I WANT TO DO THIS. WHEN I SAID ONE DAY, I WANT YOU TO SAY CS. ONE DAY. ONE DAY. WHEN THEY CS, AMERICA WILL FINALLY SAY GOODBYE TO THAT HATEFUL MAN. WE WILL SAY WHAT I HAVE SAID AFTER SEVEN LONG YEARS OF WRONGFUL INCARCERATION. FREE AT LAST. FREE AT LAST. THANK GOD, ALMIGHTY, WE ARE YET LAST. GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> COUNCILMAN YUSEF SALAAM AND KOREY WISE. TWO MEMBERS OF THE GROUP KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE HERE NOW THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE EXONERATED FIVE HERE WE SAW THEM ON THE STAGE WITH REVEREND AL SHARPTON. THIS WAS A VERY POWERFUL MOMENT. THEY WERE DIRECTLY ATTACKING DONALD TRUMP. THEY WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT RACIAL JUST THIS AND THE CENTURIES LONG FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUST THIS. >> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHAT IS DEAD, VERSUS WHAT IS NOT SAID HERE KAMALA HARRIS, LIKE OBAMA BEFORE HER, DOES NOT TALK GREATLY ABOUT BEING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN WHO WOULD BE PRESIDENT. SHE DOES NOT LEAN INTO THAT HERE SHE TALKS ABOUT EATING PRESIDENT OR ALL PEOPLE. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS MESSAGE IMPLICITLY SAYING -- IT PUTS HER AT THIS MOMENT AT THE VERY PRESENT MOMENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING, REVEREND AL SHARPTON, JESSE JACKSON. THIS MOMENT THAT LOOKS NEGATIVELY ON TRUMP AND KAMALA HARRIS IS THERE. THIS ALLOWS THE MESSAGE TO BE DRILLED INTO THE BRAINS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR AND PEOPLE AT HOME. >> HILLARY CLINTON WHEN SHE RAN IT WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT FINALLY A WOMAN WILL BECOME PRESIDENT. WE ARE NOT HEARING THAT SAID. THEY HAD A PLACE IN THE CONVENTION THIS WEEK RICHARD TALKED ABOUT THE CRACKS IN THE GLASS CEILING. HOW ARE YOU HEARING DELEGATES AND OTHER PEOPLE TALK? LET'S GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. >> GRACE, INTELLIGENCE AND HARD WORK SHE WAS A REMARKABLE PROSECUTOR AND SHE WILL BE A REMARKABLE PRESIDENT. SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT STRUGGLE TO BE HEARD OVER THE CACOPHONY OF VOICES DEMEANING, DISCREDITING AND VILIFYING THEM. ONE POWERFUL OFFENDERS ARE ALLOWED TO MANIPULATE PUBLIC OPINION BY ATTACKING THEIR CREDIBILITY. ALL VICTIMS SUFFER. THOSE WORDS FROM 2021, FILED IN THE NATION'S LARGEST ANTI- SEXUAL VIOLENCE ORGANIZATION IN THE CASE OF E. JEAN CARROLL VERSUS DONALD J TRUMP. AS A LEGISLATOR AND LIFELONG ADVOCATE AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE, I URGE ALL OF US TO STAND TOGETHER TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS, BELIEVE THEM AND HOLD PERPETRATORS ACCOUNTABLE. >> AND LISA MADIGAN, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ILLINOIS. I WORKED WITH KAMALA HARRIS DURING THE GREAT RECESSION TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS FROM FORECLOSURE. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, KAMALA MET THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE VERGE OF LOSING THEIR HOMES AND THEIR FAITH IN THE AMERICAN DREAM. SHE DEMANDED BIG BANKS PROVIDE MORTGAGE RELIEF TO ALLOW FAMILIES TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES. SHE STOOD HER GROUND, AND TOGETHER, WE PREVAILED. FOR AS LONG AS I'VE KNOWN HER, KAMALA HARRIS HAS ALWAYS TAKEN PRINCIPLED POSITIONS AND NEVER WAVERED. THINKS TO HER DETERMINATION, COUNTLESS AMERICAN HAVE A HOME THEY CAN CALL THEIR OWN. >> I AM MARK MORREALE. CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, FORMER MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS. IN THE 1970S, DONALD TRUMP WAS SUED FOR REFUSING TO RENT HIS APARTMENTS TO AFRICAN AMERICANS.'S EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD PUT THOSE APPLICATIONS IN A DRAWER AND LEAVE THEM THERE. IT WAS STRAIGHT UP HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. IT WAS RACISM. AND CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY PUT AN END TO IT. KAMALA HARRIS HAS A PLAN TO BUILD MORE HOUSING, KEEP RENT PRICES FAIR AND HELP MORE PEOPLE OWN HOMES. DONALD TRUMP, YOU DENIED BLACK PEOPLE THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND KAMALA HARRIS IS CREATING A FUTURE WHERE EVERY FAMILY, YES, EVERY FAMILY HAS A PLACE TO CALL HOME. >> AND NATHAN HORNS. IN 2010, I WENT TO COLLEGE IN CALIFORNIA TO PURSUE MY DREAMS, BUT I ENDED UP WITH A NIGHTMARE. CURRENT IN COLLEGES WAS A PREDATORY FOR PROFIT CHAIN THAT DEFRAUDED OVER HALF 1 MILLION STUDENTS AND BURDENED US WITH LOANS THAT WE CAN NEVER REPAY. THEN KAMALA HARRIS STEPPED IN. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, SHE STUCK UP FOR STUDENTS. SHE PROSECUTED CURRENT THIN, AND AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE STUCK WITH US. AS WE'VE FOUGHT AND ORGANIZED FOR DEBT RELIEF, THE BIDEN- HARRIS ADMINISTRATION CAME IN AND CANCEL ALL CURRENT THIN STUDENT THAT AND GAVE US BACK OUR FUTURES. >> MY NAME IS TRISTAN SNELL. I PROSECUTED TRUMP UNIVERSITY. I INTERVIEWED OVER 100 VICTIMS OF TRUMP'S FRAUD. A RETIRED POLICE SERGEANT, AN IRAQ VETERAN WITH PTSD. A MOTHER KAREN FOR HER SON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. THEY TRUSTED TRUMP. THEY BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD TEACH THEM HIS SECRETS AND MAKE THEIR AMERICAN DREAMS COME TRUE, BUT ALL THEY GOT WAS CREDIT CARD DEBT, AND A FAKE DIPLOMA. SOME LOST THEIR LIFE SAVINGS. SOME LOST THEIR HOMES. DONALD TRUMP RIPPED OFF HIS BIGGEST FANS AND MADE $5 MILLION IN PROFIT. KAMALA HARRIS FOUGHT SCAMMERS LIKE HIM, AND AS PRESIDENT, SHE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YOU, FOR US, FOR THE PEOPLE. >> THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE WASHINGTON POST. LET'S GO TO RICH MATTHEWS HERE AT THE UNITED CENTER. YOU WERE ALSO AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE LAST MONTH. HOW DO THE TWO CONVENTIONS AND ISSUES COMPARE? >> THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE PODIUM ARE QUITE DIFFERENT IN MILWAUKEE. IT WAS REALLY ALL CRIME, DRUGS, BORDER. A LOT OF ISRAEL. HERE, MUCH MORE TALK ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES, CIVIL RIGHTS, LABOR RIGHTS, WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. ONE ISSUE THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT FROM BOTH CONVENTIONS, LGBTQ ISSUES. OF COURSE, IT IS BEING PRESENTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. IN MILWAUKEE IT WAS ABOUT PRESERVING TRADITIONAL FAMILIES AND PROTECTING CHILDREN. HERE, MUCH MORE ABOUT PROTECTING LGBTQ RIGHTS. ANOTHER DIFFERENCE, THE PODIUM AND THE CROWD IN MILWAUKEE. THE CROWD WAS HEAVILY MAGGIE. YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF OLD- SCHOOL REPUBLICANS IN ATTENDANCE. MITCH McCONNELL SHOWED UP AND HE GOT BOOED OUT OF THE ARENA. HERE THERE IS MORE DIVERSITY. SOME PARTY ESTABLISHMENT WITH THE CLINTONS, THE OBAMA'S, PELOSI AS WELL AS NEW RISING STARS LIKE AOC, GRETCHEN WITMER AND WESTMORE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. A FEW MOMENTS AGO, WE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROSECUTING MOMENTS OF KAMALA HARRIS. WHAT DID THEY SPEAK TO? >> YOU KNOW, IT SPEAKS TO HER TIME AS PROSECUTOR, BUT IT ALLOWS OTHER PEOPLE TO TELL THE STORY, NOT EXACTLY HER. I WOULD SAY THAT PART OF HER POLITICAL HISTORY AND HER POLITICAL RISE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE SCRUTINIZED. IF YOU CAN PUT HUMAN FACES TO IT LIKE THE WOMAN WHO WAS JUST SPEAKING -- ALSO, I NOTICED SHE HAD THE LAWYER FOR THE TRUMP UNIVERSITY CASE, AS WELL, SPEAKING. IT IS SORT OF CREATING THAT SHE CAN PERSONIFY THE PROSECUTOR VERSUS THE CRIMINAL WHO IS RUNNING. I AM ACTUALLY STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT WE ARE HEARING MORE ABOUT TRUMP TONIGHT THEN WE HAVE ALL WEEK, SPECIFICALLY IN NAME, WE ARE HEARING ABOUT HIM. THAT HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL. THE REASON THE STORIES ARE COMING OUT, THEY ARE A WAY TO PUT, YOU KNOW, PROJECT THAT SHE IS A STRONG PROSECUTOR READY TO TAKE ON THIS CASE AND BE PRESIDENT. SHE HAS A STRONG TRACK RECORD, BUT SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO TELL THAT STORY. >> YOU CAN HEAR WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. THE WAY A LOT OF PEOPLE CONSUME THESE CONVENTIONS IS THE CLIPS UHRICH THE EXONERATED FIVE THAT WERE UP THERE, THAT WAS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN MAKING HUGE INROADS WITH AFRICAN- AMERICAN MEN, ESPECIALLY IN GEORGIA. ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE DID NOT SEE THIS WEEK WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOCKING TO WEEKS AGO WAS STACEY ABRAMS. SHE DID NOT GET A SPEAKING SLOT, BUT JEFF DUNCAN, THE FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA DID. STACEY ABRAMS LOST THE GOVERNOR'S RACE AND THE SENATE RACE IN PART BECAUSE AMERICAN MEN DID NOT VOTE FOR HER IN THE NUMBERS THEY NEEDED. SO THE TRUMP TEAM MADE A PLAY AND THEN. HE RAN A FULL-PAGE AD CALLING FOR THOSE INNOCENT GUYS TO GET THE DEATH PENALTY SQUARELY INTO THOSE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN. POLLS SHOW THAT SINCE KAMALA HARRIS TOOK TO THE TICKET, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS A WOMAN, THAT VOTERS ARE COMING BACK TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. >> HOW IS SHE TRYING TO WALK A LINE OF BOTH SEEMING LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF THEY MARCH TOWARDS MORE EQUALITY AND JUSTICE, BUT ALSO BEING A TOUGH PROSECUTOR WHO CAN HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. BLACK PEOPLE WANT ACCOUNTABILITY, AS WELL. >> ONE OF THE WAYS SHE WALKS THE TIGHT ROPE IS TALKING ABOUT WHY SHE BECAME A PROSECUTOR. NOT JUST I WAS TOUGH ON CRIME. I LIKE THESE PEOPLE UP. I WANTED TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHY I DID THIS. >> LET'S GET BACK TO THE FLOOR. >> IN 2014, I WAS SOLD FOR SEX AND CITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA BY A TRAFFICKER WHO CONTROLLED EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE. DURING THOSE DARK MOMENTS, I HELD ONTO HOPE THAT ONE DAY I WOULD BE SEEN AS MORE THAN A VICTIM, THAT I COULD PURSUE MY DREAMS, AND THAT MY TRAFFICKER WOULD BE HELD TO JUSTICE. I DID NOT KNOW IT YET, BUT WAITING FOR ME ON THE OTHER SIDE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR SURVIVORS. ONE OF THEM WAS KAMALA HARRIS. AS CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL, SHE FOUGHT BACK THE WEBSITE THAT LET ME AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS BE BOUGHT AND SOLD. SHE FILED CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST ITS OWNER, SHUTTING DOWN THE WEBSITE FOR GOOD. NO ONE HAS EVER DONE THAT. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS FEARLESS. COMPASSIONATE. AND SHE STILL GIVES ME HOPE. SHE HAS PROTECTED PEOPLE LIKE ME HER WHOLE LIFE. AND I KNOW SHE WILL FIGHT FOR US ALL AS PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, WE HAVE HERE WITH YOU, KAMALA HARRIS WANTS TO HAVE A STRONG NIGHT AND SHOWS SHE IS TO AMERICANS. PEOPLE GET SNIPPETS OF THIS. THEY WILL WATCH HER SPEECH AS A WHOLE OR GET SNIPPETS OF THE CONVENTION. WHAT DOES SHE MUST HAVE TO COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE TONIGHT? >> I THINK SHE HAS TO COMMUNICATE TWO THINGS. ONE, WHAT SHE WILL DO FOR THEM. NOT JUST POLICY AFTER POLICY AFTER POLICY BUT THE KIND OF AMERICA THAT WILL EXIST UNDER KAMALA HARRIS. I THINK PART OF THAT IS THE CONTRAST WITH DONALD TRUMP. VERY, VERY STRONGLY. HER ENTIRE CAREER HAS BEEN ABOUT OPPOSITION TO DONALD TRUMP AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. AND THERE SHE IS, YOU KNOW, DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO HIM IN THIS RACE AND I THINK SHE NEEDS TO MAKE UP A VERY CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE WOULD DO AND WHAT HE IS AND WHAT HE WOULD DO. >> THIS IS NOT A STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THE LAUNDRY LIST OF GOALS AND PLANS. >> IS GIVING A GENERAL SENSE. YOU HEARD TIM WALZ SAY YOU'VE ASKED WHAT SHE WILL DO. HERE IS WHAT SHE WILL DO AND HE LISTED OFF SOME BROAD GENERAL THINGS LIKE PROTECT THE MIDDLE CLASS. I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A STATE OF THE UNION LAUNDRY LIST, BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY ARE SENSITIVE TO THE IDEA THAT SHE HAS NOT PUT OUT A LOT OF POLICIES. WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE HER DISTANCE HERSELF FROM JOE BIDEN, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS A LOT OF DEMOCRATS IN THE HALL HAVE IS HOW IS SHE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN JOE BIDEN? HOW DOES SHE SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY? ARE THERE ISSUES WERE SHE DISAGREES WITH HIM IN A MEANINGFUL WAY? THIS IS NOT THE NIGHT FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SIDESTEP ANY DIVISIONS. I WILL BE FASCINATED TO SEE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY ABOUT ISRAEL AND GAZA BECAUSE SHE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. CAN'T CALL IT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. IT'S THE DONKEY IN THE ROOM BUT SHE HAS TO SAY SOMETHING. >> LET'S GO TO DEB HOLLAND COMING UP NEXT. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] IN MY LANGUAGE, GREETINGS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I AM FROM THE TURQUOISE CLAN. 35 GENERATIONS AGO, MY ANCESTORS BUILT LIVES IN THE HIGH DESERT OF NEW MEXICO. I AM ON THIS STAGE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THEM. WHILE FISHING WITH MY DAD AND RUN INTO THE DESERT WITH MY COUSINS, I LEARNED THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PLANET. DONALD TRUMP NEVER LEARNED THAT LESSON. HE CALLED THE CLIMATE CRISIS A HOAX. HE MADE IT EASIER FOR BIG COMPANIES TO POISON OUR AIR AND WATER. AND AMERICAN PRESIDENTS MUST LEAD THE WORLD IN TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE. WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT ASSIGNMENT. THAT'S KAMALA HARRIS. I KNOW HER RECORD. SHE HELD POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR SPILLING OIL INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. SHE DEFENDED PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CLEAN POWER PLAN IN COURT. AND AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE CAST A TIE-BREAKING VOTE FOR THE MOST AMBITIOUS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN OUR NATIONS HISTORY. KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ WILL FIGHT FOR A FUTURE WHERE WE ALL HAVE CLEAN-AIR. CLEAN WATER. AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. LET ME GO BACK TO THE LESSONS I LEARNED IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. WE ALL HAVE A ROLE IN PROTECTING OUR EARTH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO THAT'S ALL BE FIERCE, AND LET'S MAKE KAMALA HARRIS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> DEB HOLLAND TALKING ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT -- ENVIRONMENT. A NOTABLE APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THAT POSITION HAD BEEN SEEN AS THE ADVERSARY BY SO MANY TRIBES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY. SHE HAS WORKED HARD TO MAKE INROADS WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES TO SAY WE CAN BE PART OF THOSE SOLUTIONS, NOT JUST AN ADVERSARY. >> IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THERE ARE A LOT OF STATES WERE TRIBAL VOTERS MAKE UP A BIG PART OF THE ELECTORATE. DEB HOLLAND, THEY INTERVIEWED HER A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT A REPORT SHE PUT OUT ON INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS. SHE HAS DONE A LOT. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE LARGEST LANDOWNER, BY FAR. MOST OF THAT LAND IS UNDER THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION. SHE IS A FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN NEW MEXICO. THAT IS A STATE WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT FALL INTO PLAY. NOW IT APPEARS TO BE AGAIN SAFELY DEMOCRATIC. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS YET TO COME TONIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FUN STUFF. WE WILL HEAR FROM THE CHICKS SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. WHAT IS THIS CELEBRITY POWER DOING FOR THE DEMOCRATS THIS WEEK? >> ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ALL WEEK, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF STAR POWER WITH THIS CONVENTION AND THAT IS NOT NEW. WE SAW THIS BACK IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION REALLY AND MAYBE BEFORE THAT. THERE USUALLY ARE DANCE PARTIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS CONVENTION, BUT ONE THING THAT IT MIGHT BE SAYING OR TELEGRAPHING TO THE FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THIS ARENA IS THAT THIS IS A PARTY THAT REPRESENTS A LOT OF AMERICA. IT IS ALMOST SORT OF TRUMP VERSUS EVERYONE ELSE. THAT HAS SORT OF BEEN THE MESSAGING. AND YOU'VE HAD SO MANY CELEBRITIES CHANTING WE ARE NOT GOING BACK, LEADING THE CROWD IN THAT. WHEN LIL JON CAME OUT BY SURPRISE, THAT'S WHAT HE WAS CHANTING IN HIS SON. THAT WAS A SURPRISE. THAT CAN GO A LONG WAY. THERE IS ALSO A NEGATIVE SIDE THAT CAN OCCUR. JAMES GARFIELD A FEW WEEKS AGO WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE DEMOCRATS DON'T NEED TO PUT TOO MANY CELEBRITIES IN IT BECAUSE IT CAN ALMOST MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THIS IS FOR THE COOL KIDS AND YOU ARE NOT INVITED. IT COULD ISOLATE SOME OF THOSE VOTES THAT THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO WIN. IT'S ALSO SANG ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD IS UP AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. >> PEOPLE WANT TO BE ON A WINNING TEAM. I WANT TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF SOMETHING THAT IS ASCENDING. >> AND COOL. IT GETS PEOPLE TO TUNE IN. I THINK IT DOES CREATE A COOL FACTOR IN CONTRAST WITH TRUMP. I THINK IT ALSO GETS UNDER TRUMP'S SKIN. HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS A REALITY TV STAR. IT CLEARLY BOTHERS HIM. >> HE HAS TALKED ABOUT HIS PAST FRIENDSHIP WITH OPRAH. SO THAT IS ONE THAT WOULD ESPECIALLY GET UNDER HIS SKIN. THERE ARE LIKE 10 WEEKS LEFT UNTIL THE ELECTION, SO WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE LEAVE CHICAGO AND START THIS INCREDIBLE SPRINT TO NOVEMBER? >> I MEAN, IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS ALSO ALMOST A EUROPEAN STYLE ELECTION HERE WHERE WE HAVE LESS THAN 100 DAYS. A MATTER OF WEEKS UNTIL THE ELECTION HERE. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS LAST-MINUTE SWITCH BY THE DEMOCRATS, IT HAS CREATED IN SOME WAYS A TOTALLY UNPRECEDENTED SHIFT IN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE COVERED HERE OVER THE WEEKS OF COVERING THIS SORT OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION HERE IS THIS SWITCH HAS ALSO OCCURRED LATER THAN PAST SWITCHES HAVE. RIGHT? WHEN LGB -- LBJ DROPPED OUT. WHEN TRUMAN DROPPED OUT IN '52, THAT WAS ALSO IN MARCH. THIS CHANGE HAPPENED IN LATE JULY, TOTALLY UPENDING THE DYNAMICS. WE'VE HEARD THEM TALK ABOUT HOW STATIC THE RACE HAS BEEN. WE'VE SEEN SOME POLLING NUMBERS SHIFTING SOMEWHAT DRAMATICALLY. PUTTING THAT IN CONTEXT, MEANING A FEW POINTS. GIVEN HOW STATIC THE RACE IS, THAT IS DRAMATIC IN THE CONTEXT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THE REAL QUESTION COMING OUT OF THIS AS WE KNOW DEMOCRATS AT THE PARTY, WHICHEVER PARTY IS HOSTING THE CONVENTION GETS A BOOST PEER, OF A BOOST DO DEMOCRATS GET OUT OF THIS? >> YEAH. WE ARE GOING TO SEE DEBATES AND EARLY VOTING STARTING. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DEBATES SO FAR, RHONDA? >> THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS -- >> SEPTEMBER 10th. IT MIGHT CUT OUT A LITTLE BIT. >> YOU GOT IT RIGHT. >> PEOPLE DIDN'T HEAR ME BUT I SAID SEPTEMBER 10th. WE WILL CARRY IT. WE WILL HAVE IT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED. WE KNOW THE POWER OF DEBATES. SOME PEOPLE WERE WONDERING DO THEY HAVE ANY EFFECTIVENESS? WELL WE ARE HERE. AND THEY HAD SOME EFFECTIVE LISTENERS TIME. I THINK THIS ONE WILL BE HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED. I THINK EVERYONE ALSO REMEMBERS WHEN DONALD TRUMP DEBATED HILLARY CLINTON AND WOULD WALK BEHIND HER AND WAS AGGRESSIVE. WILL WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN NOT QUITE FINDING THEIR FOOTING ON HOW TO ATTACK HARRIS JUST RIGHT. EVERYBODY IS WAITING TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE DEBATE. THERE IS ALSO THAT AND THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE AGREED ON THAT. SO REALLY, THE REST OF THE CYCLE IS CHOCK FULL OF A LOT OF IMPORTANT MOMENTS FOR BOTH CAMPS, BECAUSE IT MAY BE THE DEFINING MOMENTS THAT AFFECT THE REST OF THE RACE. >> LET'S GO TO THE FLOOR TO CONGRESSMAN MAXWELL FROST. >> I AM MAXWELL FROST AND I'M PROUD TO BE THE FIRST MEMBER OF MY GENERATION IN CONGRESS. I'M ALSO PROUD TO REPRESENT CENTRAL FLORIDA. YOU MIGHT EXPECT ME TO TALK ABOUT HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT OUR FUTURE, BUT AS A FLORIDIAN, AS A FLORIDA MAN, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS NOT SOME FAR- OFF THREAT. IT IS HERE. DONALD TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE THINK THAT THEY CAN DIVIDE US BY SAYING THE CRISIS IS SOME TYPE OF HOAX. BUT I HAVE WALKED THE STREETS OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN FORCED TO REBUILD AFTER HURRICANE FLOODING DESTROYED THEIR HOMES. I HAVE HEARD THE STORIES OF IMMIGRANT FARMWORKERS, MADE TO WORK IN HORDE CONDITIONS EXACERBATED BY THE CRISIS. AND THE SCORCHING RECORD HEAT AND KNOW THAT CLIMATE CHANGE CAN SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE. WITH OUR MOVEMENT AND WITH ORGANIZING AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT CARES, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. KAMALA HARRIS AND JOE BIDEN HAVE PROVEN THAT TACKLING THIS CRISIS CREATES JOBS, THAT INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY PROTECTS OUR HEALTH, AND THAT INVESTING IN MASS PUBLIC TRANSIT BUILDS STRONG COMMUNITIES. AND WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THIS PIECE IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR CLIMATE AND THAT WAR DESTROYS OUR ENVIRONMENT. THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT EVERY DROP OF WATER THAT WE CONSUME, AND EVERY BREATH WE BREATHE. FIGHTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS PATRIOTIC, AND UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, OUR PATRIOTISM IS MORE THAN A SLOGAN ON A HAT. IT IS ABOUT ACTUALLY CARING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE CLEAN AIR. WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE SAFE DRINKING WATER. AND WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE A DIGNIFIED JOB. AND SO, AMERICA, IT IS SIMPLE. LET'S GET TO WORK AND ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ FOR OUR PLANET, FOR OUR FUTURE, FOR OUR PLANET AND FOR OUR PEOPLE. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- >> CONGRESSMAN MAXWELL FROST, GIVEN A VERY PROMINENT SPEAKING SLOT. >> VERY PROMINENT. ONLY 27 YEARS OLD. HE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT FOR THAT AGE GROUP, AS WELL, HIGHLIGHTING HOW THEY CAN BE POLITICALLY INVOLVED. A LOT OF HIS MESSAGING HAS BEEN SURROUNDING GUN VIOLENCE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL ACTUALLY HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT TONIGHT AS WELL. THERE WILL BE A SPOT ON THAT ISSUE AND HOW DEMOCRATS HOPE TO HANDLE IT. GABBY GIFFORDS WILL BE PART OF THAT, AS WELL. MAXWELL FROST IS SORT OF LEADING THE YOUNGER VOICES TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A SHOT IN CONGRESS. VAL DENNINGS HELD THAT SEAT BEFORE HIM OUT OF FLORIDA. THIS IS HIS FIRST SPEECH. HE HAS SEVERAL MORE CONVENTIONS POTENTIALLY WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE HIM. >> BILL CLINTON TALKED ABOUT BEING AT LIKE 12 CONVENTIONS. TIME DOES GO BY. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING FOR TONIGHT IN ADDITION OF COURSE, TO KAMALA HARRIS' SPEECH AS THEY BUILD UP TO THIS MOMENT AND TRY TO CARRY THROUGH THE ENERGY THIS WEEK? >> I WANT TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON TWO OF THE FOLKS THAT WE JUST HEARD, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY NOTABLE BECAUSE THEY TALKED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. WE HAVE NOT HEARD A LOT OF SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT THAT. WHICH TO ME SUGGESTS THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO REALLY THREAD THE NEEDLE HERE WHERE THEY CAN. >> A GREAT HONOR TO REPRESENT TEAM USA AND WIN THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS THIS SUMMER. REMINDING US ALL THAT TOGETHER WE CAN DO ALL THINGS AND CHANGE AND INSPIRE THE WORLD. THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE THAT CAMILA, AS PRESIDENT, WILL DO TO BRING THE UNITY BACK. BRINGING OUR COUNTRY FORWARD. THIS IS ABOUT PRESERVING HOPE AND BELIEVE IN OUR COUNTRY, MAKING SURE FAMILIES CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF DURING THE MOST PRECIOUS TIMES. I GOT TO VISIT CAMILA WITH MY TEAM AT THE WHITE HOUSE LAST YEAR. I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING I KNEW THEN AND DEFINITELY KNOW NOW, THE OVAL OFFICE SUITS HER WELL. IN THE WORDS OF MICHELLE OBAMA, DO SOMETHING, GO VOTE, BE ACTIVE. LET'S SHOW OUT IN NOVEMBER LIKE NEGATIVE -- NEVER BEFORE. IT IS AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE COUNTRY, AND HONOR TO SUPPORT CAMILA. LET'S ALL DO OUR PART. GOD BLESS. >> PLEASE WELCOME DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE -- >> STEPH CURRY, SPORTS STAR AND OLYMPIC MEDALIST. THEY WOULD BE TOO JEALOUS IF HE WAS HERE IN PERSON, BUT HE CAME IN VIA VIDEO. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A SPORTS STAR LIKE THAT HERE? >> STEPH CURRY, OBVIOUSLY MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH GOLDEN STATE WHICH IS WHERE HARRIS IS FROM. WE ALSO HEARD THEIR COACH, STEVE KERR TALK EARLIER IN THE WEEK. A LOT OF STAR POWER COMING IN. TO WHAT RHONDA WAS SAYING EARLIER, ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF HAVING THE CELEBRITIES SPEAK IS THAT IT GETS TO SOME OF THOSE VOTERS WERE LESS ENGAGED. WHEN THEY SEE THESE CLIPS, JAMES WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW FOLKS CONSUME SOME OF THE SPEECHES. WHEN THEY SEE A CELEBRITY CLIP GOING AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT MIGHT GET THEM MORE ENGAGED. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY DEMOCRATS ARE HAVING SOME OF THESE FOLKS SPEAK. WE JUST HEARD FROM ONE IN STEPH CURRY. >> LIKE WE WERE SAYING, A DIFFERENT KIND OF MASCULINITY AND THEN WHAT THE TRUMP TEAM IS TRYING TO PROMOTE AND SAY IT HOLDS. >> EXACTLY. WE SAID THIS EARLIER TONIGHT, BUT IT DOES FEEL LIKE TO ALMOST DIFFERENT WORLDS, REALLY. HOW WE COVERED THE RNC AND THE LAST NIGHT IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF MASCULINITY, LEANING INTO THAT, NOT AWAY FROM THAT. EVEN WITH THE PICK OF THE VP ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, THERE WAS ANOTHER MENTIONED TO TRUMPET MY PICK. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WONDERING IF HE EXPANDED HIS BASE OR HE IS JUST RELYING ON THE VOTES THAT ELECTED HIM THE LAST TIME, WHICH STRATEGISTS WOULD PROBABLY SAY MAY NOT BE HELPFUL IN WHAT WILL DEFINITELY BE A TIGHT RACE. >> HOW IS THE MESSAGING DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW FOR DEMOCRATS AROUND TIM WALZ AND KAMALA HARRIS? HOW ARE THEY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN EITHER BOTH OF THEM WERE EITHER OF THEM? >> THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SENDING COACH WALZ TO SOME FOOTBALL GAMES IN HIGH SCHOOL SWING DISTRICTS. WE SAW ELISSA SLOTKIN A WHILE AGO. MICHIGAN IS SORT OF A CRITICAL STATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. THERE ARE THREE CRITICAL HOUSE RACES THAT COULD DETERMINE CONTROL OF CONGRESS AND ONE OF THEM IS ELISSA SLOTKIN'S DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES LANSING , LONG HELD BY A REPUBLICAN. IT WAS VERY CLOSE IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL. I EXPECT THAT WE WILL SEE TIM WALZ GO OUT THERE TO THE SUBURBS OF LANSING, GO TO A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME WITH ELISSA SLOTKIN OR THE DEMOCRAT WHO IS THE NOMINEE TO REPLACE HER IN THE HOUSE. AND I THINK YOU REALLY CAN HELP IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. HE CAN APPEAL TO SPORTSMEN TO REALIZE YOU KNOW, THAT DON'T WANT WEAPONS OF WAR ON THE STREETS, THAT SUPPORTED THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, BUT THEY SUPPORT THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AS WELL. >> HE TALKED LAST NIGHT ABOUT BEING A HUNTER. >> BEING A BETTER SHOT THAN HIS FORMER HOUSE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES. >> SO HOW DO THEY DEPLOY CAMILA HARRIS AFTER THIS, JAMES? >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DEBATE A MINUTE AGO. IT WILL BE HUGE. CAMILA HARRIS IS NOT GOING OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER TONIGHT. SHE IS GOING BACK FROM HERE TO D.C. AND SHE WILL SPEND THIS WEEKEND DOING DEBATE PREP AND PREPPING FOR AN INTERVIEW. SHE PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO NOW TO DO A BIG INTERVIEW BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH, WHICH WILL BE NEXT WEEK GOING INTO LABOR DAY. HARRIS HAS A TENDENCY TO GET NERVOUS ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND OVER PREPARE. SHE WILL SPEND THE WEEKEND GETTING READY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. >> LET'S GO TO THE CENTER OF THE UNITED CENTER TO SEE THE CONGRESSMAN. >> HEY, EVERYBODY. AND COLLIN, CONGRESSMAN FROM DALLAS, DAD OF TWO PERFECT LITTLE BOYS. THIS NOVEMBER, I'M GOING TO BEAT TED CRUZ. I'M SO PROUD TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. LIKE CAMILA, I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM. MOM WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER WHO OFTEN WORKED TWO JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOWERING COSTS, I THINK ABOUT THE TIMES WE WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND SWIPED THE DEBIT CARD AND SAID A LITTLE PRAYER. MY MOM AND MY COMMUNITY IN TEXAS GIVE ME A CHANCE TO CHASE MY VERSION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. I PLAYED FOOTBALL AT BAYLOR AND IN THE NFL. BEFORE BECOMING A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER, REPRESENTING MY HOMETOWN IN CONGRESS. NOW I AM THE GUY WHO IS GOING TO TURN THE TEXAS SENATE SEAT LOU. YOU KNOW, IN THE NFL, WE HAD A TERM FOR GUYS LIKE DONALD TRUMP AND MY OPPONENT TED CRUZ. ME GUYS. YOU KNOW THE TYPE. THEY TALK A BIG GAME, CARE ONLY ABOUT THEMSELVES. YOU DON'T WANT TO GET STUCK WITH THEM AT A BARBECUE. THE TRUTH IS AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT ME. AS PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID, THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL WORD IN OUR DEMOCRACY IS THE WORD WE. WE THE PEOPLE. WE SHALL OVERCOME. YES, WE CAN. AND WE'VE GOT A MESSAGE FOR THE ME GUYS. WE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ME. WE WILL PROTECT AND RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. WE WILL SECURE THE BORDER. WE WILL PROTECT MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY, AND WE WILL TURN THE PAGE AND WRITE A NEW CHAPTER FOR THIS COUNTRY THAT LETS CAMILA HARRIS BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT. AND BEAT TED CRUZ. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS TEXAS. >> I'M ON YOUR COOK. THIS IS MY HUSBAND, DEREK. AND OUR DAUGHTER. TWO YEARS AGO, A MISCARRIAGE NEARLY KILLED ME. AT 16 WEEKS, MY DOCTORS TOLD ME TO PREPARE FOR A STILLBIRTH. I NEEDED CARE. BUT MY STATES ABORTION RESTRICTIONS KEPT IT FROM ME. I MISCARRIED IN THE BATHROOM. I WILL NEVER FORGET MY HUSBAND'S FACE AS HE TRIED TO STOP THE BLEEDING. TRYING TO DO WHAT DOCTORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING. WHEN I REACHED THE HOSPITAL, I HAD LOST NEARLY HALF THE BLOOD IN MY BODY. I CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST, BUT I CAN. WE CAN CHOOSE A DIFFERENT FUTURE. >> I'M CRAIG AND THIS IS MY MOTHER, GLADYS. MY BROTHER WAS A U.S. CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER, BRIAN. A HERO WHO DIED AFTER DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY ON JANUARY 6th. WE KNOW HOW DANGEROUS TRUMP IS. INSIDE OF THE CROWD WHILE MY BROTHER AND HIS FELLOW OFFICERS WERE PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK. WE NEED A REAL LEADER. NOT AN AUTOCRAT WHO IS STUCK IN THE PAST. BRIAN, WE MISS YOU EVERY DAY. >> I AM GAIL. I'VE HAD TYPE I DIABETES SINCE I WAS 11. STRESSING ABOUT INSULIN COSTS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT IN MY LIFE. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAVE MOVED MOUNTAINS TO HELP. MEDICARE CAN FINALLY NEGOTIATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES. INSULIN IS CAPPED AT $35 FOR MEDICARE RECIPIENTS. AND WHEN ELECTED, KAMALA HARRIS PLANS TO EXTEND THAT CAP TO THE REST OF US. THAT'S THE FUTURE THAT I WANT. THAT'S THE FUTURE I'M VOTING FOR. >> I AM OWNER AND CEO OF MOTHERSHIP COFFEE IN LAS VEGAS. I PUT IN WORK TO BUILD MY BUSINESS. WHEN COVID HIT, THIS ADMINISTRATION'S SUPPORT KEPT US MOVING. I HIRED STAFF AND WE GREW. WE HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SIZE AS THE PANDEMIC AND IT'S NOT JUST US. OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, 19 MILLION NEW BUSINESS APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN FILED. LIKE TRUMP, I GREW UP IN QUEENS, BUT UNLIKE HIM, I BUILT MY BUSINESS WITH BRITT. THAT'S MY STORY. THAT'S THE AMERICAN STORY. LET'S TURN THE PAGE ON TRUMP. >> I AM ARRACK AND THESE ARE MY SON'S CHRISTIAN AND CARTER. I ALWAYS TRIED TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR MY BOYS TO TEACH THEM COMPASSION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESILIENCE. I WANT THOSE VALUES TO BE REFLECTED IN OUR LEADERS. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TURN OFF THE TV BECAUSE OUR PRESIDENT IS LOBBING INSULTS OR TELLING LIES. I'M TIRED OF ALL OF THE HATE. IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AND BUILD A COUNTRY THAT OUR KIDS CAN BE PROUD OF. >> AMERICANS MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY THEY BELIEVE PEOPLE SHOULD ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AS PRESIDENT. THEY'VE TOLD DIFFERENT STORIES BUT PERSONAL STORIES. SOMETIMES YOU WILL REMEMBER THE PERSONAL STORIES THAT YOU HEAR AT CONVENTIONS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. HECK THEY RESONATE WITH A LOT OF THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE BUT THEY KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS EXPERIENCING THOSE STORIES. THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO TALKED ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. THERE WAS OFFICER SICKNICK'S BROTHER, A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER WHO DIED BECAUSE OF THE INJURIES HE SUSTAINED AT THE CAPITAL ON JANUARY 6. THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO TALKED ABOUT BEING A DIABETIC AND NEEDING BETTER ACCESS TO INSULIN. SO HEARING A MEDLEY OF VOICES COMING FROM ALL DIFFERENT PLACES. THAT CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL. >> WE ARE LISTENING TO A DRUM LINE THAT HAS JUST COME OUT ON STAGE. YOU WILL SEE THAT ON YOUR SCREEN, AS WELL. THIS IS GOING TO GET THE CROWD FIRED UP. WE ARE HITTING ALMOST 8:00 HERE IN CHICAGO. 9:00 EASTERN TIME. THIS IS GOING TO START GETTING US INTO THE ENERGY OF THE NIGHT. WE WILL HEAR THE CHECKS PERFORMED THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER SOON. THEY WILL GET THE CROWD ALL ENERGIZED. HOW DO YOU GET THIS TO TRANSLATE OUTSIDE THE HALL? >> YEAH, YOU FEEL THE ENERGY BUILDING. YOU DO WANT YOUR BASE TO GO HOME. WE JUST HAD THIS CONTRAST BETWEEN RED STATES AND BLUE STATES. COLIN ALLRED RUNNING AGAINST TED CRUZ. WE HEARD PERSONAL STORIES FROM THE FAMILY IN FLORIDA WHERE THE WOMAN WAS BLEEDING. TO YOUR POINT, PEOPLE REMEMBER THOSE STORIES, AND THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, AS MUCH AS ANY POLITICIAN. AS MUCH AS ANY SENATOR OR CONGRESSMAN. AND I THINK IT IS ARMING THE BASE OF THE PARTY WITH THESE STORIES AND DONORS ARE ACTIVATED. OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS USEFUL. BUT ALSO, THE GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS. THERE WERE SOME FRESH POLES THAT CAME OUT THIS AFTERNOON SHOWING KAMALA HARRIS HAS UNIVERSAL SUPPORT AMONG DEMOCRATS. THEY ARE LOCKED IN THIS WEEK EVEN BEFORE SHE'S GIVEN A BIG SPEECH. GOING TO NORTH CAROLINA AND KNOCKING ON DOORS. >> TELL US ABOUT THE POSITIONS KAMALA HARRIS HOLDS THAT WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES WE SAW PEOPLE SPEAKING ABOUT ON STAGE JUST NOW. WHAT IS SHE PUTTING OUT THAT THESE FOLKS ARE ADDRESSING? >> TALKING A LOT SO FAR ABOUT ECONOMIC STUFF. WE KNOW IT'S KIND OF ECONOMIC AND IMMIGRATION ARE THE TOP TWO ISSUES THAT VOTERS ARE CONSISTENTLY SAYING IN THE POLLS THAT THEY ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT HEADING INTO NOVEMBER. WE HEARD HER OUTLINE SOME OF WHAT THAT ECONOMIC POLICY MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE ADMINISTRATION. SHE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO FILL IN SOME OF THOSE DETAILS A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE EVEN HEARD BOB CASEY TALK ABOUT FOOD PRICES, GROCERY PRICES, PRICE GOUGING IN HIS REMARKS AN HOUR OR SO AGO. ANOTHER THING I WANT TO COME BACK TO IS THE CLIMATE CHANGE STUFF WHICH THEY HAVE NOT TALKED A LOT ABOUT BUT THIS DOES TIE INTO THE ECONOMY STUFF BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ENERGY PRICES. THE U.S. IS RIGHT NOW PRODUCING MORE OIL THAN ANY COUNTRY HAS EVER PRODUCED IN HISTORY. HARRIS IS ALSO THE ONE WHO PROVIDED THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE FOR THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF CLIMATE LEGISLATION PASSED IN YEARS, DECADES. THIS IS WHERE THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO THREAD THIS NEEDLE HERE BECAUSE OF STATES LIKE PENNSYLVANIA WHERE WE HEARD HARRIS WALK BACK HER PREVIOUS COMMENTS DURING THE 2020 PRIMARY ON FRACKING. SO THIS GETS BACK TO WHAT JAMES AND RHONDA WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THE TOP OF THE BROADCAST TONIGHT. SHE IS TRYING TO TIE HERSELF TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT THEY DID ACCOMPLISH, BUT ALSO TRYING TO CARVE OUT HER OWN PATH HERE. THIS KIND OF FOLDS RIGHT INTO HOW SHE WANTS TO TRAIN HERSELF AS A CHALLENGER, AS AN UPSTART IN THIS ELECTION. THAT FEEDS INTO THE ENERGY WE ARE SEEING IN THE ROOM TONIGHT. >> WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE DRUM LINE AND WHAT THEY'VE JUST BEEN DOING. THEY ARE DOING ACROBATICS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WHILE PLAYING THE DRUMS. FOLKS ARE NOW CHANTING HERE IN THE UNITED CENTER. I WAS THINKING ABOUT ONE BARACK OBAMA FIRST RAN FROM PRESIDENT IN 2008 AND THEY FILLED UP THE DENVER BRONCOS STADIUM. THE POINT OF THAT WAS LIKE SUCH A FLEX TO GET EVERYBODY IN THERE. PEOPLE WERE BUSSED IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT ENERGY? >> IT DISSIPATED. I NOTE SOME OF THOSE OBAMA PEOPLE HERE TODAY. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE WAS NOT THE PARTY BUILDING . AFTER 2008, PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY COULD KIND OF GO HOME. AND OBAMA FOCUSED ON HIS OWN REELECTION, BUT NOT PARTY BUILDING. THERE WAS THIS RECOGNITION, THAT PEOPLE SORT OF THOUGHT THE WORK WAS DONE IN NOVEMBER OF 2008. AND GOVERNING IS HARD. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS OBAMA TRIED TO GET AT IN HIS SPEECH WAS YOU DON'T GET EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT RIGHT AWAY. YOU GET AS MUCH DONE AS YOU CAN AND PASS THE BATON. BUT I THINK THAT THE ENERGY SORT OF DISSIPATED. TRUMP DID ACTIVATE -- HE HAS BEEN THE GLUE THAT HAS HELD THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION TOGETHER SINCE OBAMA LEFT OFFICE. CERTAINLY NOT IN 2016 PER SE BUT DURING THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. A LOT OF THE ENERGY FADED WITH BIDEN. BUT NOW IT DOES FEEL BACK. IT DOES HAVE 2008 VIBES. THIS IS THE 11th CONVENTION THAT I HAVE COVERED. I HAVE NOT SEEN DEMOCRATS THIS WAY. >> JAMES AS OLD AS BILL CLINTON. >> ONE FUNNY LINE LAST NIGHT, HE SAID I'M OLDER NOW, I'M AN OLDER GUY, AND HE SAID I'M STILL YOUNGER THAN DONALD TRUMP, SO EVEN AS THIS CROWD LISTENS TO THE DRUM LINE, PUMPS OF THE ENERGY AND GETS EXCITED, DEFINITELY, THE AGE QUESTION IS FOCUSED ON DONALD TRUMP. CAN THAT BE PART OF THE EQUATION? THEY ARE ABLE TO SAY THAT TRUMP IS OLD. SO WE ARE HEARING THE OUNCES MUSIC RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF AMERICAN FLAGS WAVING. THE CROWD IS WAITING TO SEE THE NEW SPECIAL GUEST,. >> WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS QUESTION OF HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON YOUTH AND ENERGY AND CHANGE THE MOMENTUM. >> YOU ARE ALSO SEEING THAT IN THE SPEAKERS. HISTORICALLY, REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD AT MOBILIZING THEIR BASES AT A YOUNGER AGE. YOU HAVE THE YOUNG REPUBLICANS, WHICH IS A LARGE GROUP THAT HELPS MOBILIZE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND EVEN UP TO THOSE UNDER 40. IT'S AN ENGINE THEY PUT IN THE PIPELINE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PARTY GOING. A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER WHY ARE DEMOCRATS NOT THAT ORGANIZED, WHY DON'T THEY HAVE ANYBODY WAITING IN THE WINGS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT? I THINK AT THIS CONVENTION WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF RISING STARS. THAT MIGHT BE A SIDE EFFECT OF THE POLITICS OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, THE RISE OF DONALD TRUMP AND PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED OKAY, I'M GOING TO RUN BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE TYPE OF VALUES HE IS BRINGING TO THE COUNTRY. ON THE PARALLELS FROM 2008 AND OBAMA, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAYING THAT IF I HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY WITH SOMEBODY WHO SAID I ATTENDED THAT CONVENTION, THERE WAS THAT HOPE AND THAT'S ALL WHAT OBAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT. SHE SAYS THIS IS HELPFUL, TOO BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOPE. THERE IS THIS THING WITH TRUMP THAT NOTHING WAS STOPPING HIM. SEEMS LIKE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT HE MIGHT RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE BUT AT THIS POINT PEOPLE ARE FEELING THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT DEMOCRATS COULD TAKE THIS ALL THE WAY TO NOVEMBER. THE HOPE IS ALSO MIXED WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF OPTIMISM FOR OUR COUNTRY. >> HEARING FROM BEYONCE TO SMALL-TOWN BY JOHN MELLENCAMP WHICH WAS LIKE TIM WALZ WALK ON SONG. THIS MAY BE WHAT BECOMES HIS SONG FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. >> HE ALSO WALKED OFF LAST NIGHT TO NEIL YOUNG. WALLS PERSONALLY ASKED FOR PERMISSION AND GOT IT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CELEBRITIES, 90+ PERCENT OF THEM, THEY CAN GET BEYONCE TO GIVE PERMISSION TO PLAY HER SONGS AS KAMALA HARRIS WALKED ON STAGE AT THE RALLY. AND IT DOES GIVE THAT COOL FACTOR AND THE JOY VIBE AND IT DOES ANIMATE YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BORED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH JOE BIDEN WHO DOES NOT EXCITE CROWDS IN THE SAME WAY. AND IT DOES FEEL LIKE THE SWITCH FLIP HAS COME ON. >> HOW DO YOU MAKE THE COOL FACTOR FEEL EXCITING AND WELCOMING AND NOT EXCLUSIVE? >> IT'S NOT NEW THAT DEMOCRATS CAN GET A LOT OF CELEBRITIES TO SHOW UP. THEY'VE HAD CONVENTIONS BEFORE AND REPUBLICANS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY OTHER EYES TO THEM. ESSENTIALLY, THEY THINK THEY'RE BETTER THAN YOU. THE KEY IS NOT BEING CONDESCENDING. YOU CAN CRITICIZE TRUMP BUT DON'T CRITICIZE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE SO DUMB IN AIR QUOTES, TO SUPPORT TRUMP. IF YOU SEEM LIKE YOU ARE DEMONIZING HALF THE COUNTRY, IT'S GOING TO MAKE THEM ANGRY AND THEY WILL RALLY IN OPPOSITION. REALLY GALVANIZING THE OTHER SIDE. I THINK, TOO, THE SORT OF CELEBRITY THAT YOU HAVE, YOU WANT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, WHOLESOME CELEBRITIES. PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCITED ABOUT AND APPEAL TO THE KINDS OF AUDIENCES YOU'RE TRYING TO FIRE UP. >> SO TIM WALZ THEME SONG. HE IS NOW HERE WITH HIS FAMILY. WE ARE SEEING IMAGES OF GUS TAKING A SELFIE OF HIMSELF, HIS DAD, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, AND HIS SISTER. THE MUSIC IS SERVING A PURPOSE TO GET EVERYBODY IN PLACE AND READY FOR WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT GIANT BLOCK OF PROGRAMMING HERE, RHONDA. >> THAT'S RIGHT. YOU STILL HAVE THE PERFORMER PINK ON THE LIST. THE CHICKS. DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO GET FOLKS WHO ARE FOR EVERYONE. EVERY MUSICAL TASTE IN GENRE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AGAIN, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IT'S A STRENGTH BUT IT COULD ALSO BE A WEAKNESS TO HAVE TOO MUCH ENERGY FROM HOLLYWOOD OR CELEBRITIES. RIGHT NOW, THE CROWD IS LOVING IT. THESE DELEGATES HAVE BEEN JUST FASCINATING TO WATCH, BECAUSE YOU WOULD THINK BY THIS NIGHT, AFTER THREE OTHER DAYS OF LONG PROGRAMMING, THEY WOULD QUIET DOWN, BUT NO, THEY ARE NOT QUIETING DOWN. WE'RE ONLY ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH TONIGHT'S PROGRAM. >> ONE THING WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF HIS AMERICAN FLAGS WAVING. WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR BORN IN THE USA BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO RECLAIM PATRIOTISM. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE REALLY NOTABLE TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS WEEK IS HOW DEMOCRATS HAVE RECLAIMED IN SOME WAYS PATRIOTISM, AMERICANA FROM THE REPUBLICANS. AT LEAST AT THIS BRIEF MOMENT IN TIME. THE FLAG-WAVING. THE USA SIGNS AND CHANTING THAT WE'VE HEARD. FOOTBALL. REPEATED REFERENCES TO FREEDOM, REFERENCES TO THE OLYMPICS. STEPH CURRY HAD HIS GOLD MEDAL ON DURING HIS SPEECH. THESE ARE ALL THINGS WERE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET FOLKS THIS MOMENTUM. WE TALKED ABOUT THE VIBES. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE VIBE. IT IS REALLY A REMARKABLE SCENE RIGHT NOW AT THE CONVENTION. >> LET'S GO TO JOE SNELL ON THE FLOOR WITH THE DELEGATES. >> I AM HERE WITH BRIAN CUNNINGHAM. HE IS A DELEGATE FROM NEW YORK. YOU HAVE THE AMERICAN FLAG, WAVING IT AROUND. DESCRIBE THE MOOD IN HERE. >> RIGHT NOW, NOT THE MOOD IS ELECTRIC. EXCITING TO BE A DELEGATE, EXCITING TO BE IN >> I AM GETTING TO SPONSORING UP YOUR >> THERE WAS TENSION IN THE PARTY HEADING INTO THE CONVENTION. AFTER THIS WE, GETTING THE PARTIES UNIFIED? >> THE PARTY WAS UNIFIED THE MOMENT JOE BIDEN MADE HIS DECISION BUT HE ENDORSED , LARISON GAVE US OUR PARTY. SINCE MONDAY NIGHT, WE FELT THE PARTY UNITY. WE HAVE GIVEN JOE BIDEN HAS FAREWELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. BUT WE ARE BUILDING THE BRIDGE FOR THE PRIME -- FUTURE AND WE ARE EXCITED. >> HE SAID TO HIS ELDERS, GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING. BESIDES VOTING AFTER THIS, WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WERE GOING TO DO. >> IT IS GOING TO SOUTHERN SWING STATES. WE ARE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED, AS COACH WALLACE SAID. WE ARE GOING TO FINISH THIS AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE. >> BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOE. IT IS GREAT TO FEEL THE ENERGY OF THE DELEGATES FROM THE POOR. WHAT WILL PEOPLE BE DOING THAT, NOT VOTING, BUT AS MICHELLE OBAMA TALKS ABOUT NEXT. GETTING VOTERS TO FIND A PLAN. >> WE HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ON IT . THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND CAMPAIGN HAS FOCUSED THE CURVEBALL FOR THEM. FIGURING OUT AND FOCUSING ON KAMALA HARRIS. ENERGY IS HARD TO ATTACK. I AM HINTING THAT ALL WE COULD THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, THEY ARE ALL ACKNOWLEDGING THIS WILL BE A TEMPORARY BUMP AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HARNESS THEM. I REMEMBER TALKING TO JAMES CLYBURN BEFORE THE HILL WENT ON RECESS. I ASKED THEM, GOT MORE DONOR MONEY THE ATOMIC BOMB HAD ENERGY. THAT IS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. HE WAS COMPLETELY HONEST ABOUT THAT. THEY KNOW THAT IS THE CHALLENGE. IT IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN 2016 WENDY CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND MANY DEMOCRATS, MANY VOTERS FELT THEY COULD NOT WIN. NOW THEY ARE BEING UP FRONT ABOUT IT AND THEY SAY WE KNOW THE POLLS, WE KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE CLOSING YOUR TRYING TO DO ALL WEEKEND. >> NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY. AT THIS POINT IN 2020, BIDEN WAS UP I SIX. THERE IS A STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGE BECAUSE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. REMEMBER, JOE BIDEN WON BY 7 MILLION VOTES THAT HE ONLY WHEN -- WON BY WISCONSIN, GEORGIA, ARIZONA. YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE VOTERS IN THE SWING STATES. >> WE WILL HEAR FROM THE CHICKS, PERFORMING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND LATER ON TONIGHT, PINK WILL PERFORM. THIS ALL BUILDS UP TO, HERE IS GETTING HER PITCH TO AMERICANS. >> U.S. FEMALE GROUP OF ALL- TIME, THE CHICKS. >> O SAY, CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING? WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING? AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE OH, SAY, DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE? >> PLEASE WELCOME, KERRY WASHINGTON. YOUR MAC >> WELCOME TO THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THE LAST THREE NIGHTS HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. TONIGHT, WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. AS I STAND HERE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE FOLKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALREADY SAYING, GO BACK TO YOUR TV SHOW. SHUT UP AND ACT. I AM NOT HERE TONIGHT AS AN ACTOR. I AM HERE AS A MOTHER, AS A DAUGHTER, AS A PROUD UNION MEMBER, I AM HERE AS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, AND A BLACK WOMAN DESCENDED FROM ENSLAVED PEOPLE. I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I AM AN AMERICAN AND BECAUSE I AM A VOTER, AND BECAUSE WE THE PEOPLE ARE STRONGER WHEN ALL OF OUR VOICES ARE HEARD. I KNOW THAT I AM THE ONE STANDING ON AGE, BUT I AM NOT THE LEAD CHARACTER IN THIS STORY. YOU ARE. ALL OF YOU, YOU ARE THE MESSENGERS, YOU ARE THE SIX AREAS, DARE I SAY IT, YOU ARE THE OLIVIA POPES. YOU ARE THE SUPERHEROES SAVING THIS DEMOCRACY. IT IS YOU, NOT ME, WHO HAVE THE GREATEST POWER TO CONVINCE YOUR LOVED ONES TO VOTE. SO, JUST LIKE MICHELLE OBAMA TOLD US, LET'S DO SOMETHING. LET'S MAKE A VIDEO. EVERYBODY TAKE OUT YOUR PHONES, EVERYBODY TAKE OUT YOUR FUNDS. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A MOMENT. CAN SOMEBODY BRING ME MY PHONE? I WANT TO CAPTURE THIS HISTORIC MOMENT AND SHARE IT WITH THE PEOPLE. TAKE THIS VIDEO, GUYS. WE ARE GOING TO GET TOGETHER. POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. TEXT YOUR FRIENDS, SEND THIS MESSAGE OUT INTO THE WORLD. WHEN I SAY WHEN WE FIGHT, YOU ARE GOING TO SAY -- ARE YOU READY? LET'S RECORD. WE ARE RECORDING. READY, TONY? >> WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. ARE YOU READY FOR KAMALA HARRIS TO WIN? GOOD. WHEN KAMALA WINS, AMERICA WINS. WE DID IT! WE DID IT, JOE. THANK YOU, TONY. NO, YOU GOT TO GO. >> GOODBYE, EVERYBODY. >> TONY GOLDMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. OKAY. SO, LISTEN, IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO STRUGGLE OR PRETEND TO STRUGGLE WITH THE PROPER PRONUNCIATION OF OUR FUTURE PRESIDENTS NAME. SO, HEAR ME OUT. CONFUSION IS UNDERSTANDABLE. DISRESPECT IS NOT. SO, TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO HELP EVERYONE GET IT RIGHT. HERE TO HELP ME ARE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS, -- THANK YOU, LADIES. CAN YOU TELL US YOUR NAMES? >> HELLO BETTY, MY NAME IS AMARA. >> MY NAME IS AMELIA, HER LITTLE SISTER. >> WHAT ARE YOU HERE TO VIEW QUESTION MARK >> TEACH YOU HOW TO SAY OUR AUNTIES NAME. >> HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT? >> FIRST YOU SAY LIKE A SENTENCE. >> PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT IS KAMALA . >> KAMALA. LET'S PRACTICE. >> EVERYBODY OVERHEARS A KAMALA. >> EVERYBODY HERE SAY LAW. >> TOGETHER. >> KAMALA. KAMALA. KAMALA. >> FOR PRESIDENT! >> PLEASE WELCOME, MINA HARRIS, ELLA M HOFF, -- >> HELLO, I AM MINA . I AM ELLA. >> I AM HELENA. >> I GREW UP IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA . WITH A HOUSE FULL OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN. MY MOM, MY , AND MY AUNTIE. WHO SHOWED ME THE MEANING OF SERVICE. HELPING HER SISTER, A 17-YEAR- OLD SINGLE MOM, FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND STILL COOKING SUNDAY FAMILY DINNER. SHE GUIDED ME, NOW SHE IS GUIDING MY OWN CHILDREN AND I KNOW SHE WILL GUIDE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD. >> KAMALA CAME INTO MY LIFE WHEN I WAS 14. FAMOUSLY, A VERY EASY TIME FOR A TEENAGER. LIKE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, I DID NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS FEELING. BUT, NO MATTER WHAT, KAMALA WAS THERE FOR ME. SHE WAS PATIENT, CARING, AND ALWAYS TOOK ME SERIOUSLY. SHE HAS NEVER STOPPED LISTENING TO ME AND SHE IS NOT GOING TO STOP LISTENING TO ALL OF US. >> KAMALA HARRIS IS MY GODMOTHER. TO ME, HER ADVICE MEANS EVERYTHING. WHETHER IT IS PURSUING MY PASSIONS, MAKING AN IMPACT OR FINDING HOPE WHEN THE WORLD DOES NOT FEEL SO HOPEFUL. SHE TAUGHT ME THAT MAKING A DIFFERENCE MEANS GIVING YOUR WHOLE HEART AND TAKING ACTION. >> SHE IS FIGHTING FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, LGBTQ PLUS EQUALITY, AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. SHE IS FIGHTING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, HEALTH JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SHE ISN'T ALONE. WE ARE ALL IN THIS FIGHT TOGETHER. >> SO, LET'S KEEP UP THE FIGHT, LET'S KEEP UP THE JOY. >> LET'S ELECT THIS EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. >> PLEASE WELCOME, ACTOR AND COMEDIAN, D.O. HUGUELY. >> HEY, CHICAGO, HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? WHAT IS HAPPENING, CALIFORNIA? >> WHERE THEY AT? WHERE ARE THEY AT? YOU KNOW WHAT? IN THREE MONTHS, THERE WILL BE NO LIVING WITH YOU ALL. I CAN TELL YOU, I DON'T BLAME -- I HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO A BLACK WOMAN, I AM ONLY 92,000. TRUMP IS A NATURAL FIVE IS NOT BLACK. I GUARANTEE YOU THIS, KAMALA HAS BEEN BLACK A LOT LONGER THAN TRUMP HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. AND, IF HE KEEPS LYING IN THE POLICY RATE -- THE WAY HE IS, THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE AS IF HE BUYS IT AND REFUSES TO RENT IT TO HER. OF COURSE, KAMALA IS GETTING BROAD SUPPORT. THEY HAVE BLACK MEN FOR KAMALA. WHITE MEN FOR KAMALA. LATINOS AND ASIANS FOR KAMALA. THEY EVEN HAVE REPUBLICANS FOR KAMALA. REPUBLICANS FOR KAMALA. DONALD TRUMP WILL FINALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU GET LEFT FOR A YOUNGER WOMAN. SERIOUSLY, KAMALA KNOWS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM. HARD WORK IS NOT ENOUGH ALONE TO SUCCEED. YOU NEED ACCESS AND INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITY. AS SHE KNOWS, SOME FOLKS ARE OFTEN DENIED THOSE VERY THINGS. AS PRESIDENT, SHE WILL GIVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US A FAIR SHOT IN LIFE. BUT, I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DID NOT ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT. I MEAN, IF YOU TOLD 15-YEAR-OLD ME THAT I WOULD BE ON STAGE SUPPORTING A PROSECUTOR AND A TEACHER. THERE IS NO WAY THAT I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED YOU. BUT, BECAUSE OF THAT, I MADE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT KAMALA'S RECORD. I OFTEN REPEATED THEM TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THEN ONE DAY, KAMALA INVITED ME TO HER HOUSE, SHE PUT HER HAND ON MY SHOULDER AND SHE ASKED ME TO DO SOME RESEARCH. SOMETHING I HAD NEVER DONE. SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. IMAGINE ATTACKING SOMEONE'S CHARACTER WITHOUT A SINGLE GOOGLE SEARCH. SO, I DID WHAT I SHOULD'VE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I LEARNED THAT SHE HAD DONE EXACTLY WHAT SHE HAD PROMISED YOU. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR APOLOGY SHOULD BE AS LOUD AS YOUR ACCUSATION. I AM HERE, APOLOGIZING IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE WORLD. I WAS WRONG, AND I AM SO VERY GLAD I WAS WRONG. KAMALA, YOU GIVE ME HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. A FUTURE WHERE MY GRANDCHILDREN HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CONTROL THEIR OWN BODIES. THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AS FAR AS FAR AS THEIR TALENT WILL TAKE THEM. THAT IS POSSIBLE IF WE LET -- ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AS THE 47th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I WILL SAY THIS TO YOU, THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE I'VE EVER GOTTEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WILL DO, JUST KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. WE WON'T GO BACK. >> A MESSAGE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE HARRIS COUNTY -- CAMP WANTS TO GET OUT TO BLACK MEN IN AMERICA. REALLY HITTING THIS POINT OF LOOK IT UP, LEARNED ABOUT HER RECORD. OF COURSE THE LINE ABOUT IF YOU EVER TOLD ME I WOULD BE SUPPORTING A PROSECUTOR AND A TEACHER, IT IS REALLY EFFECTIVE. TALK TO US ABOUT WHERE THAT MESSAGE GOES, JAMES. >> I MEAN, THEY REALLY NEED TO REACH THIS DEMOGRAPHIC. IT IS SO CENTRAL TO THE DEMOCRATIC TELEVISION -- COALITION TO WIN. WAS KEY TO BARACK OBAMA'S SUCCESS IN 2008 AND 2012. BRINGING IN THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN MEN THAT WOULD VOTE IN LOWER PERCENTAGES IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. DEMOCRATS STRUGGLED IN 2010 AND 2014 TO KEEP AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE TURNOUT HIGH. I DO THINK THAT AS WE SAW IN THE GEORGIA SENATE RACE, THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S RACE, THERE IS A REAL CHALLENGE IN CONVINCING AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN TO VOTE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN. CLEARLY THEY ARE SENSITIVE TO THAT, AND THEY ARE TAKING IT ON HEAD ON, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PRETEND THAT IT IS NOT A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. >> HE COULD'VE HAD A FUNNY MESSAGE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, GIVEN A PERFORMANCE. HE HAD SOME FUNNY JOKES. BUT, HE ALSO WAS DELIVERING THIS VERY SERIOUS MESSAGE. LIKE A DIRECTIVE TO PEOPLE ABOUT LEARN ABOUT HER. LEARN ABOUT HER RECORD. >> YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE WHAT JAMES IS DESCRIBING. A POLITICAL STRATEGY. IT ALSO GETS TO AN UNDERLYING THEME THAT MISINFORMATION IS SOMETHING THAT THIS ELECTION IS REALLY GRAPPLING WITH. WE HAVE SEEN THE RISE OF AI IN OUR ELECTION MEANS. A LOT OF POLITICIANS ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT WILL BE WHAT ATTACKS THEM AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT SPREADS VIRALLY. IT IS HARD TO COMBAT. THE TOOL IS YET TO CATCH UP WITH TECHNOLOGY. IT ALSO GETS TO THAT THAT IF YOU ARE HEARING THINGS ABOUT A CANDIDATE, RESEARCH IT. >> HE DOES HAVE A REALLY GOOD POINT. ALSO, THEY KNOW TRUMP IS GOING TO THROW THE KITCHENS -- SINK. HE DOES FEEL LIKE SLIPPING AWAY FROM HIM. WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE USING NASTY TERMS TO DESCRIBE KAMALA HARRIS. IT IS GOING TO GET REALLY UGLY. PART OF THAT SPEECH IS TRYING TO INOCULATE AGAINST THE UGLINESS TO COME, ESPECIALLY IN 2016 AND WHAT HE DID WITH HILLARY CLINTON. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW TRUMP HAS BEEN SPREADING FALSE AND WHO HIS SUPPORTERS ARE. SHARING FAKE IMAGES CLAIMING TAYLOR SWIFT WAS ONE OF HIS SUPPORTERS. >> JUST A WEEK AGO OR SO, HE WAS SAYING THAT THIS MASSIVE RALLY THAT HARRIS AND WALZ HAD IN AN AIRPORT HANGAR WAS AN AIRPORT GENERATED IMAGE, IT WASN'T, THAT WAS FALSE. THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. WHEN TRUMP WAS AT THE CONVENTION AND POSTED, HIS SPEECHES, HE GIVES THESE PRESS CONFERENCES AND THERE ARE SO MANY FALSEHOODS IN THEM, I THINK WHAT JAMES WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY GO INTO THE GUTTER HERE IN THE FINAL TWO MONTHS, ESPECIALLY IF TRUMP FEELS THAT THIS STARTS TO SLIP AWAY. PART OF THIS WE ARE NOT GOING BACK THING, I THINK IT IS ALSO TRYING TO REMIND FOLKS, TRYING TO BRING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT TRUMP THAT ARE BAKED IN. SOMETIMES MEMORY HOLDS THEM A LITTLE BIT. TRYING TO BRING THEM BACK TO THE SURFACE. TRUMP IS TRYING TO SELL HIS FOUR YEARS WERE PROSPERITY, FOLKS WERE HAPPY WITH THAT. WHAT HARRIS IS TRYING TO DO IS TO SAY, REMIND THEM IS WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS CHAOTIC TIMES, AS BAD TIMES, BRINGING THOSE NEGATIVES TO THE SURFACE TO HELP THEM. >> SOME OF THE ISSUES WE ARE HEARING ABOUT TONIGHT, AND I SOME OF THE PAINTING OF THE PICTURES OF KAMALA HARRIS WORKING TONIGHT THE ISSUES WE ARE HEARING A LOT ABOUT? TREADMILL AT THE TOP, IT IS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS WATCHING ALL OF THIS WEEK, THAT IS THE REOCCURRING. THAT IS WHAT DEMOCRATS WANT TO BRING HOME. THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE HEARD MOST OF THE STORY, TELLING PERSONAL NARRATIVES AROUND THAT ISSUE. WE WILL LIKELY HEAR SOME THINGS ABOUT IMMIGRATION. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AN AREA OF VULNERABILITY FOR THE DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW. I WAS TALKING TO A DEMOCRAT FROM THE SENATE EARLIER TODAY, WHO SAID YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GOING TO BE RAISING THAT ISSUE THAT THE REPUBLICANS DEFEATED THE BIPARTISAN BORDER BAIL, NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. THE SECOND TIME IT CAME TO THE SENATE, IT WAS SORT OF BILLED AS A MESSAGING TOOL. THEY KNEW THAT PUBLICANS WERE NOT REPORTED HERE BUT IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE MESSAGING FOR THEM THAT TRUMP STOPPED THE FIRST ONE AND REPUBLICANS WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING THE SECOND TIME AROUND. SO, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ISSUE, TOO, PUBLIC SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LIKELY TO HEAR ABOUT. BE AFRAID ABOUT DYING -- GUN VIOLENCE. IT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN TONIGHT. >> THAT IS ACTUALLY COMING UP NEXT. >> THAT MAY BE A VERY POIGNANT MOMENT, ESPECIALLY SEEING GABBY GIFFORDS, A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE. IT HAS LEFT HER CONGRESSIONAL CAREER VERY EARLY BECAUSE OF THE INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED IT OF COURSE, HER HUSBAND WILL BE WITH HER, AND HE WAS ON THAT SHORTLIST, MARK KELLY FOR THE VP LIST. WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM THEM. >> SUCH A DIFFERENCE, REPUBLICANS TALKING ABOUT SKI -- STEVE SCALISE AND DONALD TRUMP WITH A ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. >> A CONGRESSWOMAN WHO LOST HER SON TO AND VIOLENCE. WE WILL SEE GABBY GIFFORDS. >> THE POLITICS OF HAVE CHANGED A LOT. TIM WALZ CAPTURES THAT IN MINIATURE. UNTIL 2018, WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, HE HAD A LETTER A RATING FROM THE NRA. NOW HE HAS AN F RATING AND HE IS VERY PROUD OF IT. IT IS A WINNING ISSUE FOR DEMOCRATS. IT IS NOT THE PROBLEM IT ONCE WAS. >> I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM ON THE HILL. SHE WAS ELECTED IN NEWT GINGRICH'S DISTRICT. >> PLEASE WELCOME GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE, LUCY McBATH. >> WHEN I WORKED FOR EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY AND MAN'S -- MOM'S DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SAFETY IN AMERICA, I SAW FIRSTHAND, THE POWER OF TELLING OUR STORIES. YOU JUST MINE -- HEARD MINE, BUT THERE ARE MANY MORE TO TELL. ON DECEMBER 14th, 2012, I WALKED INTO SANDY HOOK SCHOOL. I STOPPED AT THE OFFICE, CHATTED WITH MY PRINCIPAL, AND STARTED MY DAY WITH MY SECOND GRADERS. SUDDENLY, A LOUD CRASH, LIKE METAL FOLDING CHAIRS, FALLING. 150 GUNSHOTS BLARING. HIDING IN THE COATS, TRYING TO SING WITH MY STUDENTS, TRYING TO READ TO THEM. TRYING TO DROWN OUT THE SOUNDS. TERROR, CRYING, RUNNING, I CARRY THAT HORRIFIC DAY WITH ME. 20 FOUR FIRST GRADE CHILDREN AND SIX OF MY BEAUTIFUL COLLEAGUES WERE KILLED. THEY SHOULD STILL BE HERE. >> AT 10:30 A.M. AT ROB UNIVERSITY, THE SCHOOL IS RECOGNIZING MY 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, LEXI, FOR RECEIVING ALL A GRADES. SHE RECEIVES A GOOD CITIZEN AWARDING ME POSE FOR PHOTOS. SHE WEARS A ST. MARYS SWEATSHIRT AND A SMILE THAT LIGHTS UP THE ROOM. 30 MINUTES LATER, A GUNMAN MURDERS HER COMMENT 18 CLASSMATES AND TWO TEACHERS WE WERE TAKEN TO A PRIVATE ROOM WHERE POLICE TELL US SHE IS NOT COMING HOME. THIS IS NATIONAL NEWS. PARENTS EVERYWHERE REACH FOR THEIR CHILDREN. I REACH OUT FOR THE DAUGHTER I WILL NEVER HOLD AGAIN. MY NAME -- NICE, SANDY PATRICE, WAS 22. SHE DROVE TO MYRTLE BEACH FOR SUN AND FUN AND MOTORCYCLE PARADES. HOURS LATER, MY PHONE RANG. SHOOTING ON THE BEACH. NO ONE CAN FIND SANDY. I STAYED CALM. YOU SEE, MY MOTHER, PATRICIA AND HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED BY AN ABUSIVE PARTNER. I WAS CALM THEN TOO. I GOT TO HANDLING BUSINESS. I CALLED RELATIVES, THE POLICE, HOSPITALS, AND I KEPT CALLING, VOICE STUDY, HEARTBEAT PULSING. THEN, I WAS CONNECTED. TO THE CORNER. CORONER. 10 YEARS TO THE DAY, SANDY'S MURDER IS STILL UNSOLVED. I WILL KEEP CALLING AND I WILL KEEP FIGHTING. >> I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN MY CLASSMATE GOT SHOT. IT CHANGED MY STORY BUT INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT TAKING A TEST, I STARTED WORRYING ABOUT LIVING, TO TAKE ANOTHER TEST. THEY SAY SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING. I DID LEARN A LOT THAT DAY. I LEARNED HOW TO RUN. HOW TO HIDE, HOW TO DROP. HOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEWS CAN HAPPEN TO ME. I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE, TOO. WE CAN WRITE AND MUST WRITE A NEW STORY AND WE CHOOSE TO. >> OUR STORIES OF LOSS, MAKE NO MISTAKE. OUR LOSSES DO NOT WEAKEN US. THEY STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE. WE WILL SECURE SAFER FUTURES THAT WE ALL DESERVE. WE WILL ORGANIZE, WE WILL ADVOCATE, WE WILL RUN FOR OFFICE. AND WE WILL JOIN AMERICANS FROM SMALL TOWNS AND BIG CITIES TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. IT -- WE WILL ELECT LEADERS LIKE KAMALA HARRIS. THOSE WHO WON'T JUST EMPATHIZE, BUT WILL ACT. >> NOT ONE MORE. >> PLEASE WELCOME, FORMER ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVE, GABBY GIFFORDS. ♪ >> HELLO, FELLOW AMERICANS. I AM GABBY GIFFORDS. I WAS BORN IN THE GREAT STATE OF ARIZONA. I WAS BORN WITH GRITCH, I GREW UP RACING MOTORCYCLES, MUCKING STALLS AND EXPLORING THE BEAUTIFUL DESERT. I FELL FOR AN ASTRONAUT. FOR FIVE YEARS, I SERVED IN CONGRESS FROM A SWING DISTRICT. EVERYBODY CALLED ME A RISING STAR. THEN, ON JANUARY 8th, 2011, A MAN TRIED TO ASSASSINATE ME. HE SHOT 19 PEOPLE, HE KILLED SIX. TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE DAY. I ALMOST DIED. BUT, I THOUGHT FOR LIFE AND I SURVIVED. I LEARNED TO WALK AGAIN, ONE STEP AT A TIME. I LEARNED TO TALK AGAIN, ONE WORD AT A TIME. SO MANY PEOPLE HELPED ME AS I WORKED HARD TO RECOVER, INCLUDING A DECENT MAN FROM DELAWARE, WHO ALWAYS CHECKED IN ON ME, AND HE STILL DOES. THANK YOU, JOE BIDEN. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. JOE IS A GREAT PRESIDENT. MY FRIEND, KAMALA, WILL BE A GREAT PRESIDENT. SHE IS TOUGH, SHE HAS GRIT. KAMALA CAN BEAT THE GUN LOBBY , SHE CAN FIGHT GUN TRAFFICKING. KAMALA STOOD AGAINST THE DRUG COMPANIES, SHE WILL PROTECT ABORTION ACCESS. SHE WILL DEFEND US, SHE SAVED LIVES. JOIN ME IN VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS! THANK YOU! >> THE SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE TELLING THEIR STORY. THAT IS GABBY GIFFORDS, SHOWING CRIT AND TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO CHANGE THE STORY. RHONDA CAN REFLECT ON THIS. >> YOU KNOW, IT IS AN ISSUE AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN WORK YOUR HEARING THOSE TYPES OF STORIES IS SOMETHING THAT BRING THOSE ISSUES BACK TO PEOPLE ON THE FOREFRONT. NORMALLY BE COVERED THESE THINGS, MASS SHOOTINGS WHEN IT HAPPENS. JUST BEING SURVIVED OF THE MOTHER'S STORIES, SHE ACTUALLY RAN FOR MAYOR AND FELT THROWN INTO POLITICS BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ISSUE. BEFORE WE WENT TO THAT ISSUE, LUCY McBATH WON HER SEAT IN THE PARKLAND WAVE. DEMOCRATS WANT TO TRY THAT AGAIN. WE WANT TO CHANGE TONE AS DEMOCRATS CONTINUE THEIR COVERAGE. PINK WILL BE PERFORMING AND IT IS GOING TO KEEP THIS MOOD BUT KEEP MOTIVATED AND WE WILL LISTEN IN TO SEE HOW THIS PERFORMANCE GOES. >> PLEASE WELCOME THREE-TIME GRAMMY SINGER-SONGWRITER AND GLOBAL POP ICON, THINK. -- PINK. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪♪♪♪IS BACK ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪♪♪♪♪ >> GLOBAL SECURITY, GLOBAL PROSPERITY DEPEND ON THE LEADERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A STRONG AMERICA REMAINS INDISPENSABLE TO THE WORLD. OUR DEMOCRATIC IDEALS OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY INSPIRE BILLIONS AND OUR MILITARY IS THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD. OUR MILITARY IS A FORCE THAT UNDERWRITES GLOBAL STABILITY AND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. >> PLEASE WELCOME ARIZONA SENATOR, MARK KELLY. ♪ >> HELLO, CHICAGO. HELLO, DEMOCRATS. SO, PRESIDENT OBAMA, HE HAD TO FOLLOW MICHELLE. I HAD TO FOLLOW GABBY AND PINK. GABBY AMAZES ME EVERY SINGLE DAY. SHE WAS ABLE TO WALK OUT AND ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS A FIGHTER. THANKS TO A TEAM OF DOCTORS, NURSES, AND ESPECIALLY HER SPEECH THERAPIST. WE ALL NEED ATM -- A TEAM. I HAVE FLOWN INTO SPACE FOUR TIMES. I HAVE FLOWN INTO COMBAT NEARLY 40 TIMES. NOT ONCE DID I DO THAT BY MYSELF. IT TOOK A TEAM TO ACCOMPLISH A MISSION. IT ALWAYS DOES. I FLEW IN THE NAVY DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. AMERICA RALLIED OUR ALLIES TO KICK OUT A TYRANT WHO INVADED A NEIGHBOR. TODAY, VLADIMIR PUTIN IS TESTING WHETHER WE ARE STILL THAT STRONG. I RAN, NORTH KOREA, AND ESPECIALLY CHINA WATCHED CLOSELY. WHAT IS TRUMP'S ANSWER? HE INVITED RUSSIA, THESE ARE HIS WORDS, NOT MINE. DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS ALWAYS CHAMPIONED AMERICA'S SUPPORT FOR NATO, FOR UKRAINE AND FOR THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, SHE INVESTIGATED RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN EVERY ELECTION. SHE DEFENDS FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS EVERYWHERE. YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TRUMP'S FEELS ABOUT THOSE. DONALD TRUMP SKIPPED HIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS. HE WAS TOO BUSY SUCKING UP TO DICTATORS AND DREAMING OF BECOMING ONE HIMSELF. TRUMP'S THINKS THAT AMERICAN TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OUR SUCKERS AND LOSERS. WE FALL FOR THAT AGAIN, AND MAKING THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, THE ONLY SUCKERS WOULD BE US. KAMALA HARRIS KNOWS THAT STANDING WITH OUR ALLIES MEANS STANDING UP FOR AMERICANS. SHE WILL KEEP MODERNIZING OUR MILITARY TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND SUPPORT OUR VETERANS LIKE OUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT, TIM WALZ. THE WORLD LAUGHS AT TRUMP, LITERALLY. BUT FOLKS, IT IS NOT FUNNY. WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, THAT MEANT THE WORLD WAS LAUGHING AT US. FACE ARE TOO SERIOUS THE SACRIFICES OUR SERVICEMEMBERS MAKE ARE TOO SACRED. THE ALLIANCES WE HAVE SPENT DECADES BUILDING ARE TOO CRITICAL. THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE NOW. THE CHOICE, THE CHOICE IS NOT EVEN CLOSE. BUT IN ARIZONA, AND NATIONWIDE, THIS ELECTION WILL BE. WE WILL WIN IN THE SAME WAY WE LAUNCH ROCKETS INTO SPACE AND LAND FIGHTER JETS ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER AS ONE TEAM ON ONE MISSION. STATE-BY-STATE, VOTER BY VOTER COMING TOGETHER. NO COUNTRY, NO COUNTRY IS BETTER THAN OURS AT SOLVING BIG PROBLEMS. SO, ON NOVEMBER 5th, LET'S PROVE THAT AMERICA IS STILL THE LEADER THE WORLD NEEDS TODAY BY ELECTING THE LEADER WE NEED RIGHT NOW, KAMALA HARRIS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. >> SENATOR MARK KELLY, A MAN THAT WAS IN CONTENTION FOR THE VP SPOT . WHAT A DIFFERENT NIGHT HE IS HAVING, NOT DOING THAT. BUT THERE IS QUICK UNITY OF ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING VETTED TO GET ON BOARD THE KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ TEAM TO DO WHAT THEY COULD TO GET THEM ELECTED. >> IT TAMPS DOWN ON ANY SORT OF IDEA THAT THERE IS DIVISION OR SOMEONE STILL HURT THAT THEY DID NOT GET CHOSEN. IT DOES GIVE YOU THAT SENSE OF UNITY, EVERYONE IS BACKING HER, WHETHER OR NOT SHE PICKED THEM FOR THEIR FURTHER AMBITIONS. >> LET'S GO TO JORGE NOW TO HEAR MORE OF WHAT JORGE IS REPORTING ON. >> I AM RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROTEST. WE ARE ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH THE L LINE AND MARCHING DOWN FOR A WHILE NOW. IT IS BIG. IT IS CROWDED ONTO THE SMALLEST READ HERE. WE ARE TALKING WITH PEOPLE TONIGHT. ONE OF THE PEOPLE I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS -- [ INAUDIBLE ] I HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT EVERYONE ACTIVIST SAID HE WAS DISAPPOINTED, NOT SURPRISED BY THE DECISION, BUT DISAPPOINTED. REALLY, WHAT HE TOLD ME WAS THAT HE STILL PLANS TO VOTE FOR HARRIS, BUT HE WORRIES THAT A DECISION LIKE THAT CAN ALIENATE, PARTICULARLY YOUNGER VOTERS IN CRUCIAL SWING STATES GOING FORWARD. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I TALKED TO ANOTHER AND HE TOLD ME THAT A MOVE LIKE THAT, THE DNC ALLOWING ABLE -- A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN TO BE HEARD AND ALLOW HUGE INROADS. THEY ELECT PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE FENCE. REALLY CONVINCED THEM TO MAKE THOSE INROADS WITH THE PROTESTERS HERE. AT THE SAME TIME, I TALKED TO A LOT OF PROTESTERS I SAY IT DOES NOT MATTER EITHER WAY. UNLESS THEY ARE COMMITTED TO ENDING -- [ INAUDIBLE ] IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY DO INSIDE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR HARRIS NO MATTER WHAT. [ INAUDIBLE ] IT IS VERY CROWDED. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING HERE. THERE IS POLICE LINING THE ROAD TO EVERYONE IS MARCHING. YOU SEE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. SO, IT HAS BEEN A CALM NIGHT. FOLKS JUST RAN UNDERNEATH MY MICROPHONE RIGHT NOW. SO WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. JORGE IS OUT THERE WITH THOSE PROTESTERS. JAMES, WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING TO SEE JUST HOW ROBUST THAT PROTEST PRESENCE WOULD BE. A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO THIS AHEAD OF TIME TO THE PROTESTERS WORKING VERY HARD TO GET CLOSER TO THE UNITED CENTER, FIGHTING THE ORIGINAL DECISION TO PUT THEM REALLY FAR AWAY FROM THE ACTION HERE. TALK TO US ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN THIS CONVENTION. >> I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN UNDERWHELMING. IT IS SIGNIFICANT AND USE ALL THAT ENERGY THAT IS OUT THERE. THERE HAS ONLY REALLY BEEN ONE INTERRUPTION INSIDE THE HALL SO FAR. IT WAS DURING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ADDRESS ON MONICA DAY VERY QUICKLY SHUT IT DOWN. IT WAS RIGHT BEHIND US NEAR THE FLORIDA DELEGATION. THE ORGANIZERS IN THE ARENA TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS IN THAT PART OF THE CROWD AND SHUT IT DOWN. >> THE DELEGATES AROUND THEM STARTED CHANTING WE LOVE JOE. >> WE LOVE JOE, YOU ARE RIGHT. >> JOE BIDEN WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN HIS GIVING HIS SPEECH THAT THEY WANTED AT THAT TIME. BUT THEY HAD A DINNER, IT WAS RIPPED OUT OF THEIR HANDS AND THROWN AWAY FAR AWAY FROM THEM. BUT THE PROTEST OUTSIDE VERSUS THE PROTEST INSIDE. AS WE HEARD FROM JORGE, PASSIONATE FAMILIES TRYING TO CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND SAFE SPACE. NOT TRYING TO CREATE THE FRICTION IN TERROR OF THE 1968 PROTEST. >> THAT IS EXACTLY IT. 1968 LOOMS LARGE ON CHICAGO'S MIND. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE HISTORY CHICAGO HAS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE CONVENTIONS. THEY HAVE POSTED MORE OF THEM FOR BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT RETURNED SINCE 68. DEMOCRATS DID IN 96. THAT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. OF COURSE, THERE ARE MORE PARALLELS HAPPENING NOW THAT ARE SORT OF REMINISCENT OF 68, THAT A LOCAL -- LOT OF LOCAL OFFICIALS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT. CHICAGOANS WERE WORRIED THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN THAT MIGHT DAMAGE YOUR REPUTATION. SO, I THINK THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HEIGHTENED INTEREST IN STOPPING ANYTHING BEFORE IT STARTS AMONG OFFICIALS AND THE ONES THAT LIVE HERE. HE DID NOT WANT TO BE A RETURN OF THAT. >> THIS CONFLUENCE OF THINGS COMING TOGETHER AT ONCE. RESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND STEPPING DOWN FROM THE ELECTION FOR A NEW CANDIDATE EMERGING. THERE WAS THIS QUESTION OF COULD THIS BE A CONTESTED CONVENTION AND NOW IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONCEIVE IT AS THEY LOCK THINGS DOWN SO QUICKLY TURNING A LOT OF CONCERN, NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN OUTSIDE THE ARENA BUT INSIDE IT, AS WELL. >> THE 1920 CONGRESSIONAL BALLOTS IT WENT TWO WEEKS AND KEPT GOING AND GOING AND GOING AND I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED HERE, BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE GET MONDAY AND DID NOT KNOW WHO THE NOMINEE WAS? HONESTLY, THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT PROGRAM WERE VERY DISORGANIZED ON MONDAY AND THEY GOT BETTER EVERY DAY. STILL, WE MUST SAY IT IS LESS ORGANIZED THAN THE REPUBLICANS WERE IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING THE PROGRAMMING. THAT IS WITH KAMALA HARRIS WITH THE FULL CONTROL OF THE STATUS. IMAGINE IF NO ONE IS REALLY IN CHARGE AND IN IS A HODGEPODGE AND A FLOOR FIGHT. THEY FIGHT OVER THE PLATFORM. THEY FIGHT OVER THE NOMINEE. IT SAYS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ESTABLISHMENT. WHICH, REALLY DID BASICALLY GET BIOTIN TO BE THE NOMINEE IN 2020 WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE ERNIE SANDERS WAS ON A GLIDE PATH TO GET THE NOMINATION INTO SUPER TUESDAY. JIM CLYBURN, WHEN OTHERS WORKED BEHIND THE SCENE TO PAVE THE WAY FOR BIDEN. A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE PAVE THE WAY FOR KAMALA HARRIS BECAUSE THEY SEE HER AS SOMEONE WHO CAN WIN. THIS AFTERNOON, NANCY PELOSI CAME CLOSER AND SHE HAS YET TO SAYING THAT WE HAD TO GET RID OF BIDEN BECAUSE HE WOULD'VE LOST. SO, THE ORGANIZATION AND THE LIBERTY THAT IS BEING PROJECTED IN THE UNITED CENTER IS A TESTAMENT TO THE PARTY DECIDING. >> MALL, COMING UP NEXT, WE WILL BE HEARING FROM GRETCHEN WHITMER , ONE OF THE STARS THAT HAS BEEN WATCHED . TO HIMSELF OUT OF THE RUNNING EARLY TO BE THE VP PICK. NOT THAT IT WAS NECESSARILY BEING CONSIDERED RIGHT AWAY. LET'S GO TO THESE POLITICIANS AS THEY ADDRESS THE UNITED CENTER. >> I AM A DAD, HUSBAND, CONGRESSMAN, AND THE PROUDEST ARIZONAN YOU WILL EVER MEET. BUT I AM PROUDER TO BE A MARINE. MY MOM RAISED US ALONE ON A SECRETARY SALARY. I SLEPT ON THE FLOOR. I WORKED EVERY JOB I COULD, MEET TALKING, CONSTRUCTION, MAKING PIZZAS. I MADE IT TO HARVARD WITH NO MONEY OR CONNECTIONS. OTHER KIDS WERE HAPPY BECAUSE THEY WERE AT HARTFORD, I WAS HAPPY BECAUSE I FINALLY HAD A MATTRESS. THEN, I ENLISTED, FOUGHT ALONGSIDE MY BROTHERS WITH LIMA 325 IN IRAQ. THEY CALLED US LUCKY LIMA. OUR LUCK RAN OUT. WE SAW SOME OF THE HEAVIEST COMBAT OF THE WAR. WHEN WE GOT HOME, THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO HELP US READJUST. WE HAVE A DUTY TO CARE FOR OUR PATRIOTS WHO SERVE OUR NATION. FOR THE VIETNAM VETERAN IN BUCKEYE WHO RELIES ON THE VA FOR HIS MEDICATION BEFORE THE AFGHAN VETERAN IN PITTSBURGH FINALLY GOT TREATMENT FOR HIS PTSD. FOR THE MARINE IN MILWAUKEE WHO RELIES ON THE BENEFITS SHE EARNED. FOR MY NAVAJO BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SERVED IN THE MARINES AND ME, I REMEMBER YOU TOO. KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ ARE FIGHTING FOR THEM. KAMALA HARRIS HAS DELIVERED MORE BENEFITS TO VETERANS THAN EVER BEFORE. AND HAS ACHIEVED THE LOWEST VETERANS ON IMPROVEMENT -- UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN HISTORY. THEY HAVE STOOD UP FOR US IN OUR FAMILIES, ALWAYS. HIS PASSION FOR VETERANS EARNED HIM RESPECT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND HE STANDS WITH US, TOO. IN FACT, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF THE MANY DEMOCRATS WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT SERVICE MEANS. WE PUT COUNTRY OVER POLITICS. WE WERE PROUD TO WEAR THE UNIFORM. WE ARE PROUD SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN CITY HALLS, STATE CAPITALS, THE U.S. SENATE. THESE REPRESENT THE BEST OF OUR COUNTRY. WE STAND UNITED AS VETERANS, DEMOCRATS, AND PATRIOTS WHO FIGHT FOR EVERYONE WHO SERVES. BUT POLITICIANS, BUT POLITICIANS LIKE DONALD TRUMP, THEY DO NOT STAND WITH US. THEY CALL PATRIOTS LIKE SENATOR McCAIN LOSERS. JOHN McCAIN WAS AN AMERICAN HERO. SHOW SOME RESPECT. TRUMPS PROJECT, 2025, WILL/VETERAN GOVERNMENT ENFORCED VA GOVERNMENT TO CLOSE ACROSS THE NATION. SHOW SOME RESPECT. SO, FOR THE 18-YEAR-OLD WHO DECIDES TO ENLIST, FOR THE FAMILIES LIKE MINE WHO PRAY EVERY NIGHT THAT THEIR LOVED ONE WOULD COME HOME. FOR OUR TROOPS PATIENT THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY. FOR MY MARINES OF LIMA COMPANY, LET'S ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ. WHO DON'T JUST RESPECT OUR SERVICE, BUT REVIEWER IT. THE VETERANS WHO DEFENDED THIS COUNTRY ARE JUST THE REASON WE CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT, THEY ARE THE REASON WE CAN DREAM. TOGETHER, TOGETHER, WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR VETERANS AND EVERYONE WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU. >> PLEASE WELCOME MICHIGAN GOVERNOR, GRETCHEN WHITMER . >> I AM GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER . IN LANSING, THEY CALL ME GOVERNOR. BUT IN DETROIT, THEY CALL ME BIG CRASH -- GRETCHEN. DONALD TRUMP CALLED ME THAT WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN. THAT WAS AN INSULT. BEING A WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN IS A BADGE OF HONOR. LIKE WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA, WE JUST GST, GET STUFF DONE. AT 29, I JOINED THE SANDWICH GENERATION. SANDWICHED BETWEEN WORKING AND RAISING MY NEW BOARDING CARING FOR MY MOM. SHE WAS DYING FROM BRAIN CANCER. IT WAS HARD, BUT NOT EXTRAORDINARY. IT IS LIFE. THOSE NIGHTS REMINDED ME, WHO WAS I FIGHTING FOR. PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT. KAMALA HARRIS KNOWS WHO SHE IS FIGHTING FOR, TOO. SHE TOOK CARE OF HER MOM, WHO ALSO BATTLED CANCER. AS PRESIDENTS, SHE WILL FIGHT TO LOWER THE COST OF HEALTHCARE AND ELDER CARE FOR EVERY FAMILY. SHE HAS LIVED A LIFE LIKE OURS. SHE KNOWS THIS. DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT KNOW YOU AT ALL. YOU WOULD THINK -- IF YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN YOU CANNOT GET TO WORK. NO. HIS FIRST WORD WAS PROBABLY CHAUFFEURED. DO YOU THINK HE HAS EVER HAD TO TAKE ITEMS OUT OF THE CART BEFORE CHECKING OUT? HELL , DO YOU THINK HE HAS EVER BEEN TO A GROCERY STORE? THAT IS WHAT THE SHOFAR IS FOR. BUT, KAMALA HARRIS, SHE GETS US. SHE SEES US. SHE IS US. LOOK, WE HAVE ALL LIVED THROUGH A LOT OF HISTORY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. FLOODS AND FIRES AND AN ATTEMPTED COUP, A PLOT, A PANDEMIC. IT IS EXHAUSTING. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WILL BRING, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THIS, THROUGH IT ALL, YOUR LIFE WON'T STOP, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TO WORK, PICK UP THE KIDS, AND PAY YOUR BILLS. THEN, ONE DAY, WHEN YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYONE OUT THE DOOR, A NEWS ALERT GOES OFF. SOMETHING HAPPENED. SOMETHING HIT THE FAN. YOU WILL ASK, IS MY FAMILY GOING TO BE OKAY? THEN YOU WILL ASK, WHO THE HELL IS IN CHARGE? WHAT IF IT IS HIM? WHAT IF IT IS THAT MAN FROM MAR- A-LAGO. I KNOW WHEN A CRISIS, WE NEED SOMEONE STRONG ENOUGH TO COME UP WITH A PLAN. TO TELL THE TRUTH AND TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. RIGHT NOW, BEFORE THE CRISIS, IS WHEN WE GET TO CHOOSE. WHY WOULDN'T YOU CHOOSE THE LEADER WHO IS TOUGH, TESTED, AND A TOTAL BAD -- BADASS. I KNOW WHO I WANT AS OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF. AMERICA, LET'S CHOOSE KAMALA HARRIS. >> PLEASE WELCOME ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, AND PHILANTHROPIST, EVA LONGORIA. ♪ >> HELLO, CHICAGO! YES! I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WHAT AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. THE ALL OR PART OF IT. I HAVE KNOWN KAMALA HARRIS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY A LOT LIKE MINE AND I AM SURE A LOT LIKE YOURS. WE WERE BOTH RAISED KNOWING THAT NO ONE WAS GOING TO HAND US ANYTHING. ESPECIALLY AS WOMEN. WE RECOMMEND HAVE TO TOUCH EVERY RUNG OF THE LADDER TO GET AHEAD. WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD SHE WORKED AT McDONALD'S, BUT I WORKED AT WENDY'S. LOOK AT US NOW. YOU SEE, KAMALA AND I WERE ABLE TO BE ON THE HORIZON BECAUSE OUR FAMILY SUPPORTED OUR BIG DREAMS. WELL, GUESS WHAT, AS AMERICANS, WE ARE ALL PART OF ONE BIG FAMILY. [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ]. AS FAMILY, WE HAVE TO HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK. WE HAVE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER'S DREAMS. KAMALA'S SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS. SHE SUPPORTS US TO DREAM BIG. SO, LET ME TELL YOU, IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY WE HAVE A SAYING -- [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] IT MEANS, YES, YES WE CAN. TONIGHT, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, YES YOU CAN. SO WE ARE GOING TO SAY [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ]. WHEN SOMEONE ASKED YOU IF SHE IS READY TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY FORWARD. WE ARE GOING TO SAY [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS IS SHE QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB, WE ARE GOING TO SAY [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] WHEN SOMEBODY ASKED IS SHE GOING TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? WE ARE GOING TO SAY [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] OUR VOICES, WE ARE GOING TO DECIDE THIS ELECTION. LET ME TELL YOU, THE ENERGY TONIGHT IS AND JUST HERE IN CHICAGO, IT IS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE ARE GATHERED AT WATCH PARTIES EVERYWHERE TO CELEBRATE KAMALA HARRIS. >> YES. ALL RIGHT. WE KNOW HOW TO WORK, SO LET'S GET TO WORK. LET'S TURN ALL OF THIS ENTHUSIASM AND JOY INTO ACTION BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 5th. LET'S GO, [ SPEAKING IN A NON- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] >> PLEASE WELCOME FORMER ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE, ADAM KINZINGER. >> GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I AM ADAM KINZINGER AND I AM PROUD TO BE IN THE TRENCHES WITH YOU. AS PART OF THIS, SOMETIMES AWKWARD ALLIANCE THAT WE HAVE, TO DEFEND THE TRUTH, DEFEND DEMOCRACY, AND DECENCY. I WAS JUST A KID WHEN I WAS DRAWN TO THE PARTY OF RONALD REAGAN, TO HIS VISION OF A STRONG AMERICA, THE SHINING CITY ON THE HILL. I WAS A REPUBLICAN FOR 12 YEARS IN CONGRESS AND I STILL HOLD ONTO THE LABEL. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE HERE, BUT LISTEN, YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD SEE ME HERE. DID YOU? I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I WANT TO LET MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS IN ON THE SECRET. THE DEMOCRATS ARE AS PATRIOTIC AS US. THEY LOVE THIS COUNTRY JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO. THEY ARE AS EAGER TO DEFEND AMERICAN VALUES AT HOME AND ABROAD AS WE CONSERVATIVES HAVE EVER BEEN. I WAS RELIEVED TO DISCOVER THAT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOMETHING ABOUT MY PARTY, TOO, SOMETHING I COULD NOT IGNORE. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NO LONGER CONSERVATIVE. IT HAS SWITCHED ITS ALLEGIANCE FROM THE PRINCIPLES THAT GAVE IT PURPOSE TO A MAN WHOSE ONLY PURPOSE IS HIMSELF. DONALD TRUMP IS A WEAK MAN PRETENDING TO BE STRONG. HE IS A SMALL MAN PRETENDING TO BE BIG. HE IS A FAITH MISS -- FAITHLESS MAN PRETENDING TO BE RIGHTEOUS. HE IS A PERPETRATOR WHO CANNOT STOP PLAYING THE VICTIM. HE PUTS ON QUITE A SHOW, BUT THERE IS NO REAL STRENGTH. AS A CONSERVATIVE AND A VETERAN, I BELIEVE TRUE STRENGTH LIES IN DEFENDING THE VULNERABLE, PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY. IT IS IN STANDING UP FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR DEMOCRACY. THAT IS THE SOUL OF BEING A CONSERVATIVE. HE USED TO BE THE SOUL OF BEING A REPUBLICAN. BUT, DONALD TRUMP HAS SUFFOCATED THE SOUL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. HIS FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESS HAS COURSED THROUGH MY PARTY LIKE AN ILLNESS, SAPPING OUR STRENGTH, SOFTENING OUR SPINE, WHIPPING US INTO A FEVER THAT IS ON TETHERING US FROM OUR VALUES. OUR DEMOCRACY WAS FRAMED BY THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6th, AS DONALD TRUMP'S DEFEAT AND DISHONOR LED TO HIS SIEGE ON THE U.S. CAPITAL. THAT DAY, I STOOD WITNESS TO A PROFOUND SORROW, THE DESECRATION OF OUR SACRED TRADITION OF PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER, TARNISHED BY A MAN TO FRAGILE, WEAK AND BEING TO ACCEPT DEFEAT. HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO BE PATRIOTIC IF IT IDOLIZES A MAN WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW FREE AND FAIR ELECTION? HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO STAND FOR LIBERTY IF IT SEES A FIGHT FOR LIBERTY IN UKRAINE ON AN ATTACK THAT IMPURITY AGAINST DEMOCRACY, A CHALLENGE TO EVERYTHING OUR NATION CLAIMS TO BE AND IT RETREATS. IT EQUIVOCATES, IT NOMINATES A MAN WHO IS WEIRDLY OBSESSED WITH PUTIN. HIS RUNNING MATE, HIS RUNNING MATE WHO SAID I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS IN UKRAINE. AND HE WANTS TO BE VICE PRESIDENT. YEAH. HOW CAN YOU CLAIM TO BE CONSERVATIVE WHEN A TARGET IS AGAINST WHAT OUR FORBEARERS FOR. MY GRANDFATHER WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II, WHO BELIEVED IN A COSMIC AND HE RISKED HIS LIFE FOR IT BEHIND ENEMY LINES. TO PRESERVE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, HIS GENERATION FOUND THE COURAGE TO FACE DOWN ARMIES. LISTEN, ALL WE ARE ASKED TO DO IS SUMMON THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO ONE WEEK MAN. SOME HAVE QUESTIONED WHY I HAVE TAKEN THE STAND I HAVE. THE ANSWER IS REALLY SIMPLE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE MUST PUT COUNTRY FIRST. TONIGHT, TONIGHT AS A REPUBLICAN FOR YOU, I AM PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST. THE FACT IS, I DO BELONG HERE. I KNOW KAMALA HARRIS SHARES MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE RULE OF LAW, THE CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. SHE IS DEDICATED TO UPHOLDING ALL THREE IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WHATEVER POLICIES WE DISAGREE ON PALE IN COMPARISON. THOSE FUNDAMENTAL MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE, OF DECENCY, AND IN A FIDELITY TO THIS NATION. LISTEN, TO MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS, IF YOU STILL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THOSE PRINCIPLES, I SUSPECT HE BELONG HERE TOO. BECAUSE DEMOCRACY KNOWS NO PARTY. IT IS A LIVING, BREATHING IDEA THAT DEFINES US AS A NATION. IT SEPARATES US FROM TYRANNY. WHEN THAT FOUNDATION IS FRACTURED, WE MUST ALL STAND TOGETHER UNITED TO STRENGTHEN IT. IF YOU THINK THOSE PRINCIPLES ARE WORTH DEFENDING, THEN I URGE YOU, MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE. VOTE FOR OUR BEDROCK VALUES AND VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. GOD BLESS YOU. >> PLEASE WELCOME LAWYER, POLICY ADVOCATE AND SISTER OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, MAIA HARRIS. >> HELLO, CHICAGO. IN 1958, A 19-YEAR-OLD FROM INDIA LEFT THE ONLY COUNTRY SHE HAD EVER KNOWN TO CHARTER HER OWN PATH IN AMERICA. SHE CAME HERE TO PURSUE AN EDUCATION, BUT SHE STAYED HERE TO BUILD A LIFE. HER NAME WAS DR. SHAMALA HARRIS. BUT, WE CALLED HER MOMMY. MOMMY WAS SO MANY THINGS TO SO MANY PEOPLE. A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, A SCIENTIST, A DEVOTED MOTHER TO HER TWO LITTLE GIRLS. MOST OF ALL, MOMMY WAS A TRAILBLAZER. SHE DEFIED THE ODDS AND DEFINED HERSELF. WHEN IT CAME TO KAMALA AND ME, MOMMY HAD GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR US, BUT SHE HAD EVEN GREATER EXPECTATIONS OF US. SHE RAISED US TO BELIEVE THAT WE COULD BE AND DO ANYTHING. WE BELIEVED HER. YOU SEE, MOMMY UNDERSTOOD THE POWER AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT COME WITH KNOWING AND SHOWING WHO YOU TRULY ARE. SHE KNEW WE COULD BE THE AUTHORS OF OUR OWN STORIES, JUST AS SHE HAD BEEN THE AUTHOR OF HER OWN. MOMMY'S JOURNEY AND HER OPPORTUNITY THAT SHE WANTED FOR KAMALA AND ME, THAT IS A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN STORY. WE MAY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT HISTORIES, DIFFERENT STORIES, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT WHAT BINDS US TOGETHER IS THE FERVENT DESIRE TO BE PREPARED TO FULFILL OUR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL. KAMALA'S ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT FIGHTING FOR EACH OF US TO HAVE THAT FREEDOM. LIKE SO MANY AMERICANS, KAMALA KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE UNDERESTIMATED AND BE COUNTED OUT. SHE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE THE UNDERDOG AND YET, STILL BEAT THE ODDS. NOW, SHE HAS CREATED SO MUCH ELECTRICITY. SO MUCH OPTIMISM, SO MUCH JOY THROUGHOUT THE NATION. IT IS WHY WE NEED HER LEADERSHIP IN THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN SOME ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE US. TO SEPARATE US IN WAYS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO COME TOGETHER. OH, LOOK, MY SISTER REJECTS IDEAL. WHERE OTHERS PUSHED OUR IS, KAMALA SEES PROMISE. WHERE OTHERS FEEL DETACHMENT, KAMALA FOSTERS CONNECTION. WHERE OTHERS WANT TO DRAG US BACK TO THE PAST, MY SISTER SAYS HOLD UP NOW. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. BECAUSE, KAMALA UNDERSTANDS , WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. SHE KNOWS THE MEASURE OF OUR SUCCESS IS NOT JUST WINNING AN ELECTION. IT IS ABOUT WHO WE BRING ALONG AND LIFT US IN THE PROCESS. SO, AS A LOOKOUT -- I LOOK OUT AND TAKE IN THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT, I SO WISH THAT MOMMY COULD BE HERE TONIGHT. I CAN JUST SEE HER SMILING, SAYING HOW PROUD SHE IS OF KAMALA AND THEN, WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT, SHE WOULD SAY THAT'S ENOUGH, YOU GOT WORK TO DO. SHE WOULD TELL ALL OF US TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK. TO ELECT A LEADER HE'S THE POTENTIAL IN EACH OF US. A LEADER WHO CARES FOR ALL OF US. A LEADER WHO FIGHT FOR EVERY ONE OF US. OUR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, MY BIG SISTER, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, KAMALA HARRIS. >> PLEASE WELCOME NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR, ROY COOPER. >> HELLO, AMERICA. I AM ROY COOPER, THE LAST GUY STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOMENT WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR. SO, SO, I AM GOING TO GET RIGHT TO IT. ALL WEEK, YOU HAVE HEARD STORIES ABOUT MY FRIEND, KAMALA. I WANT TO TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF ONE OF THEM. 2011 WAS A ROUGH TIME FOR AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WERE LOSING THEIR HOMES TO ILLEGAL FORECLOSURE. I WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHILE KAMALA HAD JUST BECOME CALIFORNIA'S. ALL WERE CLOSE TO A SETTLEMENT FOR THE BIG BANKS. IT WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN $4 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES WHO HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF. KAMALA SAID HOLD ON ONE MINUTE. I HAVE MET THESE FAMILIES. I KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH. AND THEY DESERVE MORE. SHE WENT TOE TO TOE WITH THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL EXECUTIVES AND SHE REFUSED TO GIVE IN. LET ME TELL YOU, THIS WAS A HUGE RISK, AND SHE KNEW IT WAS A RISK WORTH TAKING. THAT IS KAMALA. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, THE BANKS CAVED. NOT FOR 1 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES BECAME 20 BILLION. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WITNESSED KAMALA IN ACTION. WHAT I SAW WAS A LEADER WHO DOES EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAID SHE IS GOING TO DO. YOU NEVER WILL SETTLE FOR LESS. AMERICA, WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF BIG FIGHTS AHEAD OF US. WE HAVE GOT ONE HELL OF A FIGHTER READY TO TAKE THEM ON. I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I KNOW HER. TONIGHT, I WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH HER ON EVERYTHING, KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. UNTIL THE VERY END. FOR FAMILIES WHO NEED BETTER HEALTHCARE OR A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE, KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. FOR PARENTS WHO WANT BETTER SCHOOLS FOR THEIR KIDS, FOR WORKERS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT A SECURE RETIREMENT FOR THEMSELVES, KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. FOR ANYONE OF OUR ALLIES, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WONDERING IF AMERICA STILL HAS YOUR BACK, REMEMBER THIS, KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. WHEN SHE FIGHTS, WE WIN. KAMALA IS READY. KAMALA IS READY. THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE? ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR KAMALA LIKE SHE WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR US? ALL RIGHT. IF YOU ARE READY, MY HOME STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, STAND UP. STAND UP, PENNSYLVANIA. STAND UP TO MICHIGAN. STAND UP, WISCONSIN. STAND UP, GEORGIA. STAND UP, NEVADA. STAND UP, ARIZONA. STAND UP, AMERICA. ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP? ARE WE GOING TO FIGHT? ARE WE GOING TO VOTE? ARE WE GOING TO WIN? YOU BET WE ARE. LET'S GO GET THEM. >> SHE GREW UP IN A TIGHTLY KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE YOUR NEIGHBOR WOULD LOOK AFTER YOU IN SCHOOL LET OUT . WHEN YOU'RE FIRST GRADE TEACHER WOULD SHOW UP AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. IT WAS WHEN KAMALA HARRIS LEARNED TO BE MIDDLE-CLASS AND MAKING EVERY PAYCHECK COUNT. SHE WAS RAISED BY A WORKING MOM AND TALK ABOUT STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE ONE KAMALA CARRIES THE LESSONS OF OUR MOTHER THAT THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF OUR MOTHER, BEING COMPASSION. >> SHE WAS ALL OF FIVE FEET TALL. IF YOU MET HER YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT SHE WAS SEVEN FEET TALL. AND WHEN OUR MOTHER, IF I EVER GIVE HIM COMPLAINING ABOUT ANYTHING, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE IT. THE FIRST THING SHE WOULD SAY IS STOP THE COMPLAINING AND TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. >>'S AND SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL, KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR EMILY LIKE THE ONE SHE GREW UP WITH. >> THAT IS KAMALA. SHE CANNOT HELP HERSELF FROM STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT SHE THINKS IS RIGHT. SHE HAS BEEN THAT WAY OUR WHOLE LIVES, BEING A PROTECTOR. THAT IS WHAT LED HER TO BECOME A PROSECUTOR. LEADING -- LOOKING BACK NOW, I COULD SAY IT WAS HER CALLING. >> IS A COURTROOM PROSECUTORS WENT AFTER PREDATORS WHO TARGETED WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND FRAUDSTER TO RIPPED OFF WORKING FAMILIES. SHE BUT DANGEROUS GANG MEMBERS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKERS BEHIND BARS. >> WE DID NOT HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH DOJ OR FBI OR DEA OR ANY OF THOSE LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. NOW, WE ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELY. SHE WAS THE PERSON WHO BUILT THE FOUNDATION AND HOW WE DO CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA. >> AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, SHE HELD BIG WALL STREET BANKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR FRAUD. WINNING $20 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES. HE TOOK ON ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLEGES SCAMMING STUDENTS AND FOUGHT FOR HER CONSTITUENTS IN THE DETERMINATION TO PROSECUTE, STANDING UP FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. >> CAN YOU THINK OF ANY LAWS I GIVE THE GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO GIVE WOMEN THE POWER TO THEIR OWN BODIES. WHEN I'M NOT THINKING ANY RIGHT NOW. >> HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE TO HAVE A DRILL WHERE YOU LEARNED ABOUT HOW YOU NEED TO HIDE IN A CLOSET OR CROUCHED IN A CORNER IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A MASSED SHOOTER? LOOK AT THAT. >> SHE DEVELOPED OUR NATION WITH FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. IN 2020, SHE MADE HISTORY TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SHE CAST THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE TO DELIVER URGENT RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE IN THE PANDEMIC. SHE BEAT FARMER TO LOWER -- LED THE FIGHT TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AFTER ROE V WADE WAS OVERTURNED. >> WE HAVE WORKED TOO HARD AND FOUGHT TOO LONG TO SEE OUR DAUGHTERS GROW UP IN A WORLD WITH FEWER RIGHTS THAN OUR MOTHERS. >> SHE IS NEVER AFRAID TO STAND UP TO POWERFUL INTERESTS. >> SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO OPEN A DOOR FOR YOU AND LEAVE IT OPEN. SOMETIMES THEY WON'T . YOU NEED TO KICK THAT DOOR DOWN. EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE. >> NOW, SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, STILL FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES LIKE THE ONES SHE GREW UP WITH. >> OUR CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT SAYING WE TRUST THE PEOPLE. WE ARE SAYING WE JUST WANT FAIRNESS, WE WANT DIGNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. WE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS, WE HAVEN'T QUITE REACHED THOSE IDEALS, BUT WE WILL DIE TRYING BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY. WE BELIEVE IN OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE NOT FALLING FOR THOSE FOLKS WERE NOT GOING TO DIVIDE US. GOING TO PULL US APART. WE KNOW WHAT WE STAND FOR AND WE STAND FOR THE PEOPLE. WE STAND FOR THE DIGNITY OF WORK, AND WE STAND FOR FREEDOM. WE STAND FOR JUSTICE. WE STAND FOR EQUALITY. SO, WE WILL FIGHT FOR ALL OF IT. >> THAT IS WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS. THAT IS WHO SHE BELIEVES. THAT IS WHAT SHE WILL FIGHT FOR EVERY DAY. ♪>> PLEASE WELCOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KAMALA HARRIS. ♪ >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. LET'S GET DOWN TO SOME BUSINESS. WE GOT TO GET TO SOME BUSINESS. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S GET THE BUSINESS. LET'S GET THE BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT? SO, LET ME START BY THANKING MY MOST INCREDIBLE HUSBAND, DOUG. FOUR BEING AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO ME, INCREDIBLE FATHER, AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH. TWO OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PATH THAT WE HAVE TRAVELED TOGETHER, JOE, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE. YOUR RECORD IS EXTRAORDINARY, AS HISTORY WILL SHOW. AND YOUR CHARACTER IS INSPIRING. DOUG AND I LOVE YOU AND JILL AND ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU BOTH. AND TO COACH TIM WALZ , YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE VICE PRESIDENT. AND TO BE DELEGATE AND EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT YOUR FAITH IN OUR CAMPAIGN, YOUR SUPPORT IS HUMBLING. SO, AMERICA, THE PATH THAT LED ME HERE IN RECENT WEEKS WAS NO DOUBT UNEXPECTED. BUT, I AM NO STRANGER TO UNLIKELY JOURNEYS. SO, MY MOTHER, OUR MOTHER, SHAMALA HARRIS, HAD ONE OF HER OWN. I MISS HER EVERY DAY, AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. I KNOW SHE IS LOOKING DOWN SMILING. I KNOW THAT. SO, MY MOTHER WAS 19 WHEN SHE CROSSED THE ROAD, TRAVELING FROM INDIA TO CALIFORNIA WITH AN UNSHAKABLE DREAM TO BE THE SCIENTIST WHO WOULD CURE BREAST CANCER. WHEN SHE FINISHED SCHOOL, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN HOME TO A TRADITIONAL ARRANGED MARRIAGE, BUT AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, SHE MET MY FATHER, DONALD HARRIS, A STUDENT FROM JAMAICA, FELL IN LOVE AND GOT MARRIED. THAT ACTIVE SELF DETERMINATION MADE MY SISTER MAYA AND ME. GROWING UP, WE MOVED A LOT. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT BIG MAYFLOWER TRUCK PACKED WITH ALL OF OUR BELONGINGS READY TO GO TO ILLINOIS, TO WISCONSIN, AND WHEREVER OUR PARENTS JOBS TOOK US. MY EARLY MEMORY IS OF OUR PARENTS TOGETHER ARE VERY JOYFUL ONES. A HOME FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND MUSIC. ARETHA, COLTRANE, MILES. AT THE PARK, MY MOTHER WAS A STAY CLOSE. BUT MY FATHER WOULD SAY AS HE SMILED, RUN KAMALA, RUN. DON'T BE AFRAID, DON'T LET ANYTHING STOP YOU. FROM MY EARLIEST YEARS, HE TAUGHT ME TO BE FEARLESS. BUT THE HARMONY BETWEEN MY PARENTS DID NOT LAST. WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY SPLIT UP. AND IT WAS MOSTLY MY MOTHER WHO RAISED US. BEFORE SHE COULD FINALLY AFFORD TO BUY A HOME, SHE RENTED A SMALL APARTMENT IN THE EAST BAY. IN THE BAY, YOU EITHER LIVE IN THE HILLS, OR THE FLATLANDS. WE LIVED IN THE FLAT. A BEAUTIFUL WORKING-CLASS OF FIREFIGHTERS, NURSES, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. ALL TENDED THEIR LAWNS WITH PRIDE. MY MOTHER, SHE WORKED LONG HOURS. LIKE MANY WORKING PARENTS, SHE LEANED ON A TRUSTED CIRCLE TO HELP RAISE US. MISSES SHELTON, WHO RAN THE DAY CARE BELOW US AND BECAME A SECOND MOTHER. UNCLE SHERMAN, AUNT MARY, UNCLE FREDDIE, AUNTIE CHRIS. NONE OF THEM FAMILY BY BLOOD AND ALL OF THEM FAMILY BY LOVE. FAMILY WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE GUMBO, HOW TO PLAY CHESS. SOMETIMES EVEN LET US WIN. FAMILY WHO LOVED US, BELIEVED IN US, AND TOLD US WE COULD BE ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING. THEY INSTILLED IN US THE VALUES THEY PERSONIFIED, UNITY, FAITH, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TREATING OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED. WITH KINDNESS, RESPECT AND COMPASSION. MY MOTHER WAS A BRILLIANT FIVE FOOT TALL BROWN WOMAN WITH AN ACCENT. AS THE ELDEST CHILD, I SAW HOW THE WORLD WOULD SOMETIMES TREAT HER. BUT, MY MOTHER NEVER LOST HER COOL. SHE WAS TOUGH, COURAGEOUS, A TRAILBLAZER IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND SHE TAUGHT MAYA AND ME A LESSON THAT MICHELLE MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT. WHEN SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT INJUSTICE, BUT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THAT WAS MY MOTHER. AND SHE TAUGHT US, SHE ALSO TAUGHT US NEVER DO ANYTHING HALF ASKED. NOT IS A DIRECT QUOTE, I GREW UP IMMERSED IN THE IDEAS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. MY PARENTS HAD MET AT A CIVIL RIGHTS GATHERING AND A MAJOR THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, INCLUDING THE LAWYERS, LIKE THURGOOD MARSHALL AND CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY. THOSE WHO BATTLED IN THE COURT ROOM TO MAKE REAL THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. SO, AT A YOUNG AGE, I DECIDED I WANTED TO DO THAT WORK. I WANTED TO BE A LAWYER. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CHOOSE, FOR THE TYPE OF LAW I WOULD PURSUE, I REFLECTED ON A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MY LIFE. YOU SEE, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I STARTED TO NOTICE SOMETHING ABOUT MY BEST FRIEND, WANDA. SHE WAS SAD AT SCHOOL. THERE WERE TIMES SHE DID NOT WANT TO GO HOME. SO, ONE DAY I ASKED IF EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT. SHE CONFIDED IN ME THAT SHE WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER STEPFATHER. I IMMEDIATELY TOLD HER SHE HAD TO COME STAY WITH US AND SHE DID. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I BECAME A PROSECUTOR, TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE WANDA, BECAUSE I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO SAFETY, TO DIGNITY, AND TO JUSTICE. AS A PROSECUTOR, WHEN I HAD A CASE, I CHARGED IT NOT IN THE NAME OF THE VICTIM, BUT IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE. FOR A SIMPLE REASON. IN OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE, A HARM AGAINST ANYONE OF US IS A HARM AGAINST ALL OF US. AND I WOULD OFTEN EXPLAIN THIS TO CONSOLE SURVIVORS OF CRIME, TO REMIND THEM, NO ONE SHOULD BE MADE TO FIGHT ALONE. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND EVERY DAY, IN THE COURTROOM, I STOOD PROUDLY BEFORE A JUDGE AND I SAID FIVE WORDS. KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE. AND TO BE CLEAR, AND TO BE CLEAR, MY ENTIRE CAREER, I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE CLIENT, THE PEOPLE. AND SO, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, RACE, GENDER, OR THE LANGUAGE HER GRANDMOTHER SPEAKS. ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER, AND EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER SET OUT ON THEIR OWN UNLIKELY JOURNEY. ON BEHALF OF AMERICANS LIKE THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH, PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD, CHASE THEIR DREAMS AND LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHOSE STORY COULD ONLY BE WRITTEN IN THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WITH THIS ELECTION, -- AND WITH THIS ELECTION, OUR NATION HAS A PRECIOUS, FLEETING OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE PAST THE BITTERNESS, CYNICISM, AND DIVISIVE BATTLES OF THE PAST. A CHANCE TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD NOT AS MEMBERS OF ANY ONE PARTY OR FACTION, BUT AS AMERICANS. AND LET ME SAY, I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS POLITICAL VIEWS WATCHING TONIGHT, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I PROMISE TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS. YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST ME TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY. TO HOLD SACRED, AMERICA'S FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES FROM THE RULE OF LAW TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. I WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO UNITES US, AROUND OUR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS. A PRESIDENT WHO LEADS AND LISTENS. WHO IS REALISTIC, PRACTICAL, AND HAS COMMON SENSE. WHO ALWAYS FIGHTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT HAS BEEN MY LIFE'S WORK. AS A YOUNG COURTROOM PROSECUTOR IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, I STOOD UP FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AGAINST PREDATORS WHO ABUSED THEM. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, I TOOK ON THE BIG BANKS. I DELIVERED $20 BILLION FROM MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES WHO FACED FORECLOSURE AND HELP PASS A HOMEOWNER BILL OF RIGHTS. ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. I STOOD UP TO VETERANS AND STUDENTS BEING SCAMMED FOR -- BY BIG FOR COLLEGE -- PROFIT COLLEGES. WORKERS WHO WERE BEING CHEATED OUT OF THEIR WAGES. THE WAGE LABOR DEAL FOR SENIORS FACING ELDER ABUSE. I FOUGHT AGAINST THE CARTELS WHO TRAFFIC IN DRUGS AND GUNS AND HUMAN BEINGS, WHO THREATEN THE SECURITY OF OUR BORDER AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I WILL TELL YOU, THESE FIGHTS WERE NOT EASY, AND NEITHER WERE THE ELECTIONS THAT PUT ME IN THOSE OFFICES. WE WERE UNDER ESTIMATED AT PRACTICALLY EVERY TURN. BUT, WE NEVER GAVE UP. THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS WORTH FIGHTING FOR. AND THAT IS THE FIGHT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW, A RIGHT FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE. FELLOW AMERICANS, THE SELECTION -- THIS ELECTION IS NOT ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF OUR LIVES, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE LIFE OF OUR NATION. IN MANY WAYS, DONALD TRUMP IS AN UNSERIOUS MAN, BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING DONALD TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS. CONSIDER, CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE CHAOS AND CALAMITY WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE, BUT ALSO, THE GRAVITY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IF HE LOST THE LAST ELECTION. DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO THROW AWAY YOUR VOTES. WHEN HE FAILED, HE SENT AN ARMED MOB TO THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL WHERE THEY ASSAULTED LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WHEN POLITICIANS IN HIS OWN PARTY BEGGED HIM TO CALL OFF THE MOBS AND SEND HELP, HE DID THE OPPOSITE. HE FANNED THE FLAMES. NOW, FOR AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SET OF CRIMES, HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD BY A JURY OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS AND SEPARATELY FOUND LIABLE FOR COMMITTING SEXUAL ABUSE. CONSIDER, CONSIDER WHAT HE INTENDS TO DEAL IF WE GIVE HIM POWER AGAIN. CONSIDER HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO SET FREE VIOLENT EXTREMISTS WHO ASSAULTED THOSE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE CAPITAL. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO JAIL JOURNALISTS, POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND ANYONE HE SEES AS BEING AN ENEMY. AND THAT INTENT TO DEPLOY OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AGAINST OUR OWN. CONSIDER THE POWER HE WILL ESPECIALLY AFTER THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT HE WOULD BE IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. JUST IMAGINE, DONALD TRUMP WITH NO GUARDRAILS. HOW HE WOULD USE THE IMMENSE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. NOT TO IMPROVE YOUR LIVES, NOT TO STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT TO SERVE THE ONLY CLIENT HE HAS EVER HAD, HIMSELF. AND WE KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT A SECOND TRUMP TERM WOULD LOOK LIKE, IT IS ALL LAID OUT IN PROJECT 2025, WRITTEN BY HIS CLOSEST ADVISERS AND THE SUM TOTAL IS TO PULL OUR COUNTRY BACK TO THE PAST. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO ONE DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO WHEN HE TRIED TO GET RID OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. WHEN INSURANCE COMPANIES TO DENY PEOPLE WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT FUNDS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM END PROGRAMS LIKE HEADSTART THAT PROVIDE PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE PRIORITIES TO OUR CHILDREN. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. AND, WE ARE CHARTING A NEW WAY FORWARD. FORWARD. FORWARD TO A FUTURE WHERE A STRONG AND GLOWING -- GROWING MIDDLE CLASS. A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL TO AMERICANS SUCCESS IN BUILDING MIDDLE-CLASS WILL BE A DEFINING GOAL OF MY PRESIDENT. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME. THE MIDDLE CLASSES WHERE I COME FROM. MY MOTHER KEPT A STRICT BUDGET. WE LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS YES, WE WANTED FOR LITTLE. AND SHE EXPECTED US TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY IS THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO US. AND TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THEM. BECAUSE, AS SHE TAUGHT US, OPPORTUNITY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, THAT IS WHY WE WILL CREATE WHAT I CALL AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY, AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY WERE EVERYONE HAS THE CHANCE TO COMPETE AND A CHANCE TO SUCCEED. WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A RURAL AREA, SMALL TOWN OR BIG CITY. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING TOGETHER LABOR AND WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND ENTREPRENEURS AND AMERICAN COMPANIES WHO CREATE JOBS TO GROW OUR ECONOMY AND TO LOWER THE COST OF EVERYDAY NEEDS LIKE HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING AND GROCERIES. WE WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND FOUNDERS. WE WILL AND AMERICA'S HOUSING SHORTAGE AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. NOW, COMPARE THAT TO DONALD TRUMP, BECAUSE I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS, HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. INSTEAD, HE FIGHTS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS. HE WILL GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF TAX BREAKS THAT WILL ADD UP TO FIVE DOLLARS TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. ALL THE WHILE, HE ASKED WHAT IN EFFECT IS A NATIONAL SALES CALL IT A TRUMP TAX, I WILL RAISE PRICES ON MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES BY ALMOST $4000 A YEAR. INSTEAD OF EIGHT TRUMP TAX HIKE WE WILL PASS A MIDDLE-CLASS TAX CUT THAT WILL BENEFIT MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS. FRIENDS, I BELIEVE AMERICA CANNOT TRULY BE PROSPEROUS UNLESS AMERICANS ARE FULLY ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES, ESPECIALLY ON MATTERS OF HEART AND HOME. BUT, TONIGHT, IN AMERICA, TOO MANY WOMEN ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. DONALD TRUMP AND TRIPPED -- HAND-PICKED MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT TO TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. NOW, HE BRAGS ABOUT IT. IN HIS WORDS, I DID IT AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE DONE IT. I WILL TELL YOU, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE TRAVELED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND WOMEN HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STORIES. HUSBANDS AND FATHERS HAVE SHARED THERE IS -- THEIR STORIES. STORIES OF WOMEN MISCARRYING IN A PARKING LOT. DEVELOPING SEPSIS, LOSING THE ABILITY TO EVER AGAIN HAVE CHILDREN, ALL BECAUSE DOCTORS ARE AFRAID THEY MAY GO TO JAIL FOR CARING FOR THEIR PATIENTS. COUPLES JUST TRYING TO GROW THEIR FAMILY, CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF IVF TREATMENTS. CHILDREN THAT SURVIVED SEXUAL ASSAULT BEING FORCED TO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TERM. THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. UNDERSTAND, HE IS NOT DONE. AS A PART OF HIS AGENDA, HE AND HIS ALLIES WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL, BEEN MEDICATION, ABORTION, AND ENACT A NATIONWIDE ABORTION BEEN WITH OR WITHOUT CONGRESS. GET THIS, GET THIS, HE PLANS TO CREATE A NATIONAL ANTIABORTION COORDINATOR. HE WILL FORCE STATES TO REPORT ON WOMEN'S MISCARRIAGES AND ABORTIONS. SIMPLY PUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. ONE MUST ASK, ONE MUST ASK, WHY EXACTLY IS IT THAT THEY DON'T TRUST WOMEN? WELL, WE TRUST WOMEN. WE TRUST WOMEN. WHEN CONGRESS PASSES THE BILL TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM , AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WILL PROBABLY SIGN IT INTO LAW. IN THIS ELECTION, MANY OTHER FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ARE AT STAKE. THE FREEDOM TO LIVE SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP. THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO YOU LOVE OPENLY AND WITH PRIDE. THE FREEDOM TO BREED CLEAN AIR AND DRINK CLEAN WATER AND LIVE FREE FROM THE POLLUTION THAT FUELS THE CLIMATE CRISIS. THE FREEDOM THAT UNLOCKS ALL THE OTHERS, THE FREEDOM TO VOTE. WITH THIS ELECTION, WE FINALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT. AND LET ME BE CLEAR, LET ME BE CLEAR. AFTER DECADES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, ESPECIALLY AT OUR BORDER. LAST YEAR, JOE AND I BROUGHT TOGETHER DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS TO WRITE THE STRONGEST BORDER BILL IN DECADES. THE BORDER PATROL ENDORSED IT. DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES A BORDER DEAL WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN. SO, HE ORDERED HIS ALLIES IN CONGRESS TO KILL THE DEAL. WHILE, I REFUSED TO PLAY POLITICS WITH OUR SECURITY. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING BACK THE BIPARTISAN BORDER SECURITY BILL THAT HE KILLED, AND I WILL SIGN IT INTO LAW. I KNOW WE CAN LIVE UP TO OUR PROUD HERITAGE AS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFORM OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WE CAN CREATE AN EARNED PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP AND SECURE OUR BORDERS. IN AMERICA, WE MUST ALSO BE STEADFAST IN ADVANCING OUR SECURITY AND VALUES ABROAD. AS VICE PRESIDENT, I HAVE CONFRONTED THREATS TO OUR SECURITY, NEGOTIATED WITH FOREIGN LEADERS, STRENGTHENED OUR ALLIANCES AND ENGAGED WITH OUR BRAVE TROOPS OVERSEAS. AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, I WILL ENSURE AMERICA ALWAYS HAS THE STRONGEST, MOST LETHAL FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD. AND I WILL FULFILL OUR SECRET OBLIGATION TO CARE FOR OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND I WILL ALWAYS HONOR AND NEVER DISCOURAGE -- DISPARAGE THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR SACRIFICE. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE THE WORLD INTO THE FUTURE ON SPACE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THAT AMERICA, NOT CHINA, WINS THE COMPETITION TO THE 21st CENTURY AND THAT WE STRENGTHEN, NOT ABDICATE OUR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND, THREATENED TO ABANDON NATO. HE ENCOURAGED HOOTEN TO INVADE OUR ALLIES. SAID RUSSIA COULD DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. FIVE DAYS BEFORE RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE, I MET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TO WARN HIM ABOUT RUSSIANS PLAN TO INVADE. I HOPE -- HELPED MOBILIZE A GLOBAL RESPONSE WITH OVER 50 COUNTRIES TO DEFEND AGAINST PUTIN AND HIS AGGRESSION. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL STAND STRONG WITH UKRAINE IN OUR NATO ALLIES. WITH RESPECT TO THE WAR IN GAZA, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME TO GET A HOSTAGE DEAL AND A CEASE-FIRE DEAL DONE. LET ME BE CLEAR. LET ME BE CLEAR. I WILL ALWAYS STAND UP FOR ISRAEL'S RIGHTS TO DEFEND ITSELF. AND I WILL ALWAYS ENSURE ISRAEL HAS THE ABILITY TO DEFEND IT SELF, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL MUST NEVER AGAIN FACE THE HORROR THAT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CALLED HAMAS CAUSED ON OCTOBER 7th. INCLUDING INES BECAUSE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND -- YOUNG PEOPLE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL. AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN GAZA OVER THE PAST 10 MONTHS IS DEVASTATING. SO MANY INNOCENT LIVES LOST. DESPERATE, HUNGRY PEOPLE FLEEING FOR SAFETY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE SCALE OF SUFFERING IS HEARTBREAKING. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I ARE WORKING TO END THIS WAR, SUCH THAT ISRAEL IS SECURE, THE HOSTAGES ARE RELEASED, THE SUFFERING IN GAZA WILL END, AND THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CAN REALIZE THEIR RIGHT TO DIGNITY, SECURITY, FREEDOM, AND SELF- DETERMINATION. KNOW THIS, I WILL NEVER, NEVER HAD TO TAKE TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO DEFEND OUR FORCES AND OUR INTEREST I RAN AND I RAN BACK TERRORISTS. TYRANTS AND DICTATORS LIKE KIM JONG-UN, WHO ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP. THEY ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP. YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW HE IS EASY TO MANIPULATE WITH FLATTERY AND FAVORS. THEY KNOW TRUMP WON'T HOLD AUTOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE AN AUTOCRAT HIMSELF. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER WAVER IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA'S SECURITY I KNOW WHERE I AND I KNOW WHERE THE UNITED STATES BELONGS. FELLOW AMERICANS, FELLOW AMERICANS, I LOVE OUR COUNTRY WITH ALL MY HEART. EVERYWHERE I GO, EVERYWHERE I GO AND EVERYONE I NEED, -- MEET, I SEE A NATION THAT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD. READY FOR THE NEXT STEP IN THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT IS AMERICA. I SEE AN AMERICA WHERE WE HOLD FAST TO THE FEARLESS BELIEF THAT BUILT OUR NATION AND INSPIRED THE WORLD. THAT HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. THAT NOTHING IS OUT OF REACH. AND AMERICA WHERE WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. THAT NONE OF US, NONE OF US HAVE TO FAIL FOR ALL OF US TO SUCCEED. AND THAT ANY UNITY, THERE IS STRENGTH. YOU KNOW, OUR OPPONENTS IN THIS RACE ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY DENIGRATING AMERICA. TALKING ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE EVERYTHING IS. WELL, MY MOTHER HAD ANOTHER LESSON SHE USED TO TEACH. NEVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE, YOU SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE. AMERICA, LET US SHOW EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE STAND FOR. FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY, COMPASSION, DIGNITY, FAIRNESS, AND ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES. WE ARE THE HEIRS TO THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, AND ALL THOSE WHO SACRIFICED SO DEARLY FOR OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, WE MUST BEWARE THE OF THIS MOMENT. NOW, OUR TURN TO DO WHAT GENERATIONS BEFORE US HAVE DONE, GUIDED BY OPTIMISM AND FAITH TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY THAT WE LOVE. TO FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS THAT WE CHERISH. TO UPHOLD THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE ON EARTH. THE PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE OF BEING AN AMERICAN. SO, LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S FIGHT FOR IT, LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S VOTE FOR IT, AND TOGETHER, LET US WRITE THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORY. THANK YOU. BLESS YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND AMERICA. THANK YOU. ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ >> THERE IS ALSO CONFETTI. LET'S GO TO JOE SNELL WHO IS ON THE FLOOR AMID THE BALLOON DROP IN THE DELEGATES. JOE? >> THERE WAS THIS FEELING ALL WEEK OF ANTICIPATION, OF BUILD UP TO THIS MOMENT. ALMOST A SENSE OF NERVOUS ENERGY. THEN WE SAW HARRIS WALK ON STAGE WITH THE BANNERS. THERE WERE AMERICAN FLAGS WAVING AND HUGE APPLAUSE. ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY DO NOT DESCRIBE IT. IT WAS NERVOUSNESS THAT WAS WASHED AWAY AND REPLACED WITH CELEBRATION AND A SENSE OF RELIEF THAT THE PARTY HAD MADE IT -- HE TOLD ME BE DIVERSITY OF THE MOMENT PALED TO BEING HERE. IT IS USHERING IN A NEW ERA FOR THE PARTY. FRED WENT ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOE. WITH THAT, KAMALA HARRIS HAS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED HER PARTY'S NOMINATION EMIGRATED OUT BY HER HUSBAND, THE SECOND GENTLEMAN AND HER RUNNING MATE, TIM WALZ AND HIS WIFE . JAMES, ENCAPSULATE THE SPEECH FOR US. BUT IT WAS A PICTURE-PERFECT SPEECH WHICH REALLY DID EXACTLY WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED HERSELF IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE DO NOT REALLY KNOW HER. SHE WAS VERY TOUGH, SHE WAS STRONG, HE WAS GOOD I'M ON ENFORCEMENT, SHE WAS TOUGH ON FOREIGN POLICY. THE PRINCIPLE OF HER LEGACY, SHE SET UP THE CONTRAST WITH DONALD TRUMP. MOST OF ALL, IT WAS A VERY MODERATE AGE. AT ONE POINT IN THE BEGINNING, SHE DESCRIBED HIS OFFICE PRACTICAL AND REALISTIC. SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE A PRESIDENT THAT LISTENS. WHAT I WAS STRUCK BY, SHE TOOK WHAT CAN SOMETIMES BE CONSIDERED A NEGATIVE, WHICH IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN A CAREER POLITICIAN, AND HE SAID MY ENTIRE LIFE I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE LANCE, THE PEOPLE. 15 MINUTES LATER, DONALD TRUMP HAS ONLY HAD ONE CLIENT'S ENTIRE LIFE, HIMSELF. IT IS POTENTIALLY A WINNING MESSAGE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. >> RHONDA? >> YEAH, ANY NOMINEE THAT'S GET -- THAT GETS THE JOB IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, IT IS A TIGHT ROPE YOU HAVE TO WALK. THERE IS A DIFFICULT TIME AND A LOT OF THINGS TO ADJUST. IN THE BEGINNING YOU SAW THE SOFTER SIDE, HER BIOGRAPHY, HER MOTHER, HER BACKGROUND. >> RIGHT. THE REASON WHY SHE BECAME A PROSECUTOR, TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND . IT WAS THE SOFTER SIDE OF KAMALA HARRIS. YOU SAW IT GO UP INSIDE THE CRESCENDO OF GOING THROUGH THE LIST OF THINGS, POLICY INITIATIVES. TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC POLICY. SHE DID HIT ON IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS THAT ARE SOME AREAS THAT FOLKS THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE ANEMIC IN, BUT HE CAME OUT COASTAL ON IT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I KNOW YOU ALL HEARD IT, TOO. THERE WAS A LOT OF APPLAUSE WHEN SHE SAYS LET ME BE CLEAR, ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFEND IT SELF, BUT PALESTINE ALSO HAS RIGHTS, TOO, AND WE NEED TO END THE SUFFERING. THAT HAD A LOT OF APPLAUSE. SHE HAD A WALK A TIGHT ROPE. THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SPEECH, PROBABLY FOR ANY POLITICIAN TO MEET THE MOMENT. SO, THE CROWD OF HER SUPPORTERS, I THINK THEY THINK SHE DID A GOOD JOB. >> TALKING ABOUT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE NEEDING DIGNITY, SECURITY, FREEDOM AND SELF-DETERMINATION, WHICH IS KEEP YOUR >> THOSE ARE THE KEY TWO WORDS. >> I THINK SHE GOT THE BALANCING ACT PERFECT. WE WERE WATCHING TO SEE IF ANYONE WOULD INTRODUCE HER SPEECH. THERE WERE PEOPLE YELLING FREE PALESTINE. ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT ISRAEL HAVING FULL THROATED SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL AND ITS ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF. THE SELF-DETERMINATION PART IS A TWO STATE SOLUTION. >> THROWING HERSELF BEHIND THAT . I THINK SHE NODDED TO BOTH SIDES OF THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION, IN THE PROCESS, IT WAS PART OF THE WAY SHE DECIDED FOREIGN POLICY. TOUGH ON I RON -- TOP ON NORTH KOREA. MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MOST LETHAL FIGHTING FORCE IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS A TOTAL AND SUBSTANTIVE CONTRAST. SHE CAMPAIGNED ON FIGHTING THE DEFENSE BUDGET, NOW A COMMANDER IN CHIEF, SOUNDS LIKE A HAWK. I THINK THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. >> HOW DIFFERENT WAS THIS MESSAGE FROM A BIDEN MESSAGE, JAMES? >> IT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I THINK 80% OF IT IS PROBABLY VERY SIMILAR. SHE IS TALKING ABOUT HOLDING DEMOCRACY VERSUS AUTOCRACY. IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, EVEN IF A LOT OF THE WORDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE BACK HALF, THE POLICY HAVE COULD'VE BEEN DELIVERED BY BIDEN, HE COULDN'T DELIVER THAT SPEECH ELOQUENTLY. SHE HAS HER OWN PERSON, HER OWN POLITICIAN. SHE WAS HERSELF THE REST OF THE WAY. >> WHEN THEY COME SPECIFICALLY TO THE ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN BUBBLING BELOW THE SURFACE HERE, THE QUESTION OF THESE UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES, JESSE HEMPHILL, THREE OF THEM, BUT A VOICE THAT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AND LISTENED TO HEAR. >> WAS HER MESSAGE DIFFERENT ON GAZA? >> IT WAS TOTALLY PRO- PALESTINIAN , AND BASICALLY WHAT SHE SAID WITHOUT SAYING AS COMPARE ME TO DONALD TRUMP RATHER THAN DON'T COMPARE ME TO THE ALMIGHTY, COMPARE ME TO THE ALTERNATIVE. BUT THE CONTRAST THAT SHE SAT ON FOREIGN POLICY, TELLING UNCOMMITTED VOTERS, REALLY, YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE BETTER FOR THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE THAN ME? ULTIMATELY, I THINK THAT IS WHY THEY WILL VOTE FOR HER. >> 100,000 BALLOONS HAVE DROPPED IN THE UNITED CENTER. THERE IS SOME CONFETTI TRICKLING DOWN. THE BALLOONS ARE STILL STUCK IN THE RAFTERS. THE PARTY IS IN FULL SWING. THIS FEELS LIKE A VERY CELEBRATORY DOUBTS, RHONDA. >> IT IS. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS WHEN SHE WAS ON THE STAGE. 70 PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO SAID I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS IT, BEFORE BIDEN STEPPED ASIDE. THEY THOUGHT WELL, THERE WAS A SHORT LIST OF PEOPLE THAT HE MIGHT THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD GET IT. BUT, THERE IS NO QUESTION AFTER YOU HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK SHE MADE PEOPLE COMFORTABLE WITH HER. SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF AND MADE THEM COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA THAT SHE CAN LEAD THE COUNTRY. SHE HAD ALL OF THOSE NOTES WITH BREVITY, AS WELL. THIS WAS NOT A LONG, WINDING SPEECH. YOU KNOW, EJECT A LOT OF BOXES. >> WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU COULD STICK THE LANDING, SOMETHING THAT DONALD TRUMP REALLY BUILD TO DO AT HIS -- YOU DID THE WORD COUNT ON TRUMP. >> IN HIS SPEECH, THE TEXT WAS LIKE 2900 WORDS AND AS DELIVERED WITH OVER 13,000 WORDS. IN THIS CASE, SHE STEPPED ALONG A VERY CLOSE TO SCRIPT. I WENT ALONG AS SHE WAS GOING FOR THE TELEPROMPTER WE CAN READ FROM A.. WE CAN READ THE PROMPTER SHE IS GOING FROM OFF HERE. PAUSE FOR APPLAUSE. SHE STUCK TO THE SCRIPT. I REALLY LIKE THE MOMENT WHERE SHE THAT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UNDERESTIMATED. SHE DELIVERED IN A WAY WHERE IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN UNDERESTIMATED, BUT YOUR POINT, PEOPLE THOUGHT SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RISE TO THE MOMENT, BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF EVERYTHING, WOW, SHE REALLY HAS BEEN UNDERESTIMATED. THE DELIVERY, I THINK WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NOT OF GOTTEN JUST FROM LOOKING AT THE TEXT. SHE REALLY GOT IT JUST RIGHT. >> BUT TO BRING JACOB INTO THE CONVERSATION WHO WAS WATCHING ALL OF THIS. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, HARRIS' POLICIES AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE SPEECH? >> LAID OUT MULTIPLE THINGS THAT SHE WOULD DO AS PRESIDENT, RIGHT? TALKED ABOUT SIGNING THIS BIPARTISAN BORDER BILL, SOME OF THE ECONOMIC POLICY THAT WE HEARD HER TALK ABOUT. TALKED ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY AND SOME MORE DEPTH THAT WE HAVE HEARD. THIS IS A SPEECH WHERE SHE WAS DRAWING THE CONTRAST, THE DARK CONTRAST THAT YOU CAN DRAW WITH TRUMP. PART OF THIS SPEECH WAS INTRODUCING HERSELF TO VOTERS, BUT PART OF THIS AGE, THE PURPOSE IS TO REFORM THAT ANTI- TRUMP COALITION. THE ANTITRUST MAJORITY THAT EXISTS IN THE COUNTRY, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE ELECTIONS. 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022. HARRIS CAN DO THAT BOTH WITH THE CONTRAST AND SIPHONING AND FEEDING OFFICE ENERGY. HARNESSING IT TOGETHER. IT HIT THE MARK HE NEEDED TO HEAD IN THIS SPEECH TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU, JM. WE HAVE ALL BEEN WATCHING ALONG WITH YOU. KAMALA HARRIS ACCEPTING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. BUT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MAN SHE IS RUNNING AGAINST. LET'S GO TO RICH MATTHEWS WHO IS HERE IN THE UNITED CENTER. >> RICH, DO WE KNOW IF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS WATCHING? >> OH YEAH, WE KNOW , AND HE WAS WATCHING COULD IN FACT, JUST BEFORE THE SPEECH, HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO BE FAIR, BUT CRITICAL. HE TOLD HIS SUPPORTERS TO WATCH THIS LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT ON TRUTH SOCIAL. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, I'M GOING TO COUNT THE POSTS I HONESTLY COULD NOT KEEP UP. I COUNTED MORE THAN 35 POSTS ON TRUTH SOCIAL FROM TRUMP DURING THE SPEECH BUT I WILL READ A SMALL HANDFUL HERE. EARLY ON HE SAID SHE STANDS FOR INCOMPETENCE AND WEAKNESS. THE WORLD IS LAUGHING AT US FOR THEM WHEN SHE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE BORDER, HE HAD TWO. HE SAID, SHE WANTS TO SPEND ALL OF OUR MONEY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE INVADING OUR COUNTRY, ADDING SHE SAID NO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, ALL TALK, NO ACTION. WHY DIDN'T SHE DO WITH 3 1/2 YEARS AGO? JUST ONE MORE. SHE SAID SHE IS GOING TO LOWER THE COST OF HOUSING, BUT HOUSES WERE MORE AFFORDABLE UNDER TRUMP. FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S PARTY TODAY, HE WAS CAMPAIGNING ALONG THE BORDER IN ARIZONA. HE WAS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND BORDER PATROL UNION MEMBERS. TOMORROW HE IS HOLDING A RALLY IN GLENDALE, ARIZONA. LIBBY? >> ALL RIGHT, GIVES US A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS UP TO. IT IS A CHOICE. YOU CERTAINLY EXPECT THE CAMPING TO GO AFTER THE OPPONENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS THEIR NIGHT AND THEY ARE ON STAGE. BUT WHAT DO YOU MAKE, JAMES, OF TRUMP'S TRUE THING, DOZENS OF TIMES OF WHAT IS GOING ON. >> IT SMELLS OF DESPERATION, HONESTLY. HE FEELS LIKE THE RACE IS SLIPPING AWAY FROM HIM. HE WANTED TO RUN AGAINST JOE BIDEN. HE SPENT THEIR CONVENTION AGAINST JOE BIDEN AND STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RUN AGAINST KAMALA HARRIS. HE FEELS SHE HAS THE ENERGY THAT HE DOESN'T RIGHT NOW. SHAKING UP THE CAMPAIGN AND PEOPLE FROM 2018 AND 2020. HE IS DESPERATE TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THIS RACE THAT IS MOVING HER WAY. HE KNOWS HE IS A COUNTERPUNCHER. THIS IS HOW HE IS DOING THAT USING THE PLATFORM THAT HE HAS. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SPEECHES IN TOTALITY, GOVERNOR WALZ LAST NIGHT, WHAT ARE THE BIG THINGS BE -- TO WALK AWAY WITH. >> THEY ARE THE PARTY FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEEN MENTIONED OVER, OVER, AND OVER AGAIN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL TAKE HIM. THEY ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THIS CANDIDATE. YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THAT IS IT. A JOB THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND HARD TO WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND, INCLUDING HARRIS. WE KNOW THAT FROM OUR OWN REPORTING, THERE WAS TROUBLE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF WHATEVER BELILE WOULD BE. -- WHAT HER PORTFOLIO WOULD BE. THIS IS ABOUT SHARING HER STRENGTH. I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE END OF THE WEEK ENDS WITH, SHE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO WIN THIS ELECTION AGAINST DONALD TRUMP, SHE WANTS TO TELL THE AMERICANS OUTSIDE OF THIS RACE, SHE IS ALREADY WON THESE FOLKS. IT IS THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THAT MATTER. I MENTIONED IT LAST NIGHT, BUT I CHECKED IN WITH ONE OF THE DECIDED VOTERS THAT I HAVE BEEN TRACKING GOOD A YOUNG MAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA IN HIS 20s, AND HE HAD TOLD ME BACK IN JUNE, THAT HE WAS VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT THE SELECTION. THAT SPEAKS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE'S HEARING -- FEELINGS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT THESE CHOICES. HE SAID HE WAS IN FOR HARRIS, RIGHT NOW AND HE WAS INVITED -- EXCITED ABOUT FOR HER. IMAGINE ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE FENCE, THIS IS A CONVENTION THAT PROBABLY WON OVER A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THE NEXT COMING WEEK. I CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR MORE OF YOUR REPORTING WITH THE IS VOTERS WHO ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT THE CANDIDATES. >> THE TIMING OF THIS ALL, I SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LONG STRETCH OF AN ELECTION CYCLE, JUST HERE AT THE END OF THE CYCLE. ALSO ABLE TO CLOSE THAT ENTHUSIASM GAP. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A FULL YEAR THAT SHOW A LOT OF THE AMERICANS DID NOT WANT THE TRIPE-1 -- TRUMP-BIDEN MATCHUP. WE ARE SEEING THAT. FROM THE LET'S HEAR MORE OF THIS ENTHUSIASM. OUR COLLEAGUE IS ON THE FLOOR TALKING TO DELEGATES. JOE, TAKE US RIGHT INTO THE ACTION. >> I AM HERE WITH DIANE CASTILLO, A DELEGATE FROM NEW YORK. DIANE, YOU TOLD ME YOU GOT SOUVENIRS FOR SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS. TELL OUR AUDIENCE AT HOME THAT CANNOT BE HERE ABOUT THE MOMENT. WHAT IS THIS FILE? AND WHAT IT IS AMAZING. >> AT A HISTORIC EXHILARATING JOY. IT IS JUST JOYFUL. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HARRIS'S SPEECH TONIGHT? >> IT WAS AMAZING. LAID OUT A VISION OF HOPE AND PROSPERITY ENJOY FOR US AS A COUNTRY. I THINK SHE CAN DO IT. >> THERE WAS SOME TENSION BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADING INTO THIS WEEK. HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE PARTY HAS UNIFIED. >> WELL, I WAS ALL IN FOR JOE BIDEN, BUT AS IT UNFOLDED, MY APPRECIATION FOR WHAT HE DID GREW, AND MY EXCITEMENT FOR KAMALA HARRIS GROUP. TONIGHT, I REALIZE JUST HOW AWESOME SHE IS. >> BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOE. IT IS SO GOOD TO HEAR THAT DELEGATE SAY SHE HAD THE LOYALTY TO JOE BIDEN AND NOW SHE IS FULLY ON BOARD. SHE DID NOT HAVE TO WORK THIS HARD TO WIN THIS ROOM OVER. HE HAD THE ROOM AT HELLO, EXCEPT, A MONTH OR TWO AGO, THAT WAS NOT A GUARANTEE. THE FACT THAT SHE HAD THIS ROOM IN THE ATTENTION WITH A LONG PAUSE AND WARM RECEPTION, IT IS NO SMALL THING. IT WOULD HAVE COVERED THE FULL ARC OF THE STORY, DEMOCRATS WANTING TO GET ANOTHER CANDIDATE, IT STARTED OUT AS A WHISPERED THING, EVEN PHILLIPS WHO RAN AGAINST BIDEN IN THE PRIMARY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE WAS SAYING WE CANNOT HAVE THIS, WE CANNOT HAVE BIDEN AS OUR NOMINEE. >> NOW HE IS LIKE A PROPHET. >> A FEW FRIENDS VOICES AND PEOPLE TRYING TO TAMP IT DOWN. THE DEBATE, I REMEMBER BEING OUTSIDE THE 333 IN WAITING FOR DEMOCRATS TO SAY. WE ARE SUPPORTING BIDEN. WE ARE SUPPORTING BIDEN. THEN A FEW DAYS LATER THAT HE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. SO, IT HAS SORT OF BEEN THIS ROLLER COASTER RIDE. I THINK WHAT HAPPENED FOR DEMOCRATS, THEY GOT THE UNITY QUICKLY. THEY DO NOT LET THE FACTIONS THAT WERE CALLING, THAT WERE LIED ABOUT -- THEY DID NOT LET THAT GET TOO FAR IN FRONT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MANAGE THE MESSAGING ENOUGH TO LET HIM DO IT AND THEN THEY HAD THE UNITY. SO, VOTERS THAT COLIN JUST SPOKE TO. IT IS LIKE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS GAVE EVERYONE PERMISSION TO BE LIKE OKAY, WE THINK WE NEED ANOTHER CANDIDATE. BITING GAVE THEM PERMISSION. HE DID THAT ON MONDAY NIGHT, AS WELL. PEOPLE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT IT. BUT I THINK IT IS JUST THE TIMING. IT WAS NOT A PROLONGED REVOLT FROM HOUSE DEMOCRATS, IT WAS JUST, OKAY. WE EVENTUALLY GOT ON THE LINE AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THE WHOLE PARTY IN. >> HOW BIDEN CHOSE TO STEP DOWN, HOW PIVOTAL CHARACTERS LIKE NANCY PELOSI, LIKE BARACK OBAMA. HOW WE STAY IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW WE GET TO THE MOMENT. LET'S GO TO JM RIEGER TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION. TONIGHT, WHAT ARE YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS? >> THIS IS REALLY THE CONVENTION, IN SOME WAYS, WHERE WOMEN SHINE THROUGH , RIGHT? IF YOU THINK OF THE MAJOR SPEECHES THAT STOOD OUT, THAT FOLKS WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH HILLARY CLINTON ON MONDAY, HARRIS TONIGHT. THIS COMES AS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, WOMEN'S HEALTH IS ON A PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT MORE THAN IT HAS BEEN IN HALF A CENTURY. THAT IS A CENTRAL PART WITH THE ANTI-TRUMP COALITION THAT BIDEN ROAD TO VICTORY IN 2020, AND 2018. IT WILL LIKELY BE KEY TO HARRIS IF THEY WIN TWO NOVEMBER. THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO HARNESS THAT ENERGY THIS WEEK WAS ESPECIALLY NOTABLE IF NOT ENTIRELY SURPRISING. WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR, WHERE DOES THE RACE STAND WHEN WE GET THERE LABOR DAY? WITH THAT FINAL SPRINT, 75 DAYS FROM THE ELECTION, AT THIS POINT. WE KNOW THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE LIKELY TO GET A BUMP OUT AS WE NORMALLY DO IT IS NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. WHERE IS THE DEAD HEAT COME NOVEMBER, SEVEN, 10 DAYS FROM THAT WILL GIVE US CLEAR INDICATION OF HOW THIS PLAYS OUT IN THE FINAL STRETCH. >> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JM. RHONDA, YOUR REFLECTION AND THOUGHTS AS WE CLOSE OUT THE DNC. >> A BUSY SUMMER OF NEWS. TO DO THAT WE WOULD BE AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARD- FOUGHT CAMPAIGN ON BOTH SIDES. THE POLLING IS JUST TOO TIGHT. NO ONE REALLY HAS THIS. IT IS ON US AS VOTERS, DOES IT CHANGE ANYTHING? SEE WHERE IT GOES. THIS IS GOING TO BE A FERVENT CAMPAIGN. LABOR DAY IS USUALLY THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF TO THAT, RUNNING AROUND, THE BASELINE, IT IS GOING TO BE A FERVENT CAMPAIGN FOR HARRIS TO TRY TO GET ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE.. >> IF YOU DOZED OFF EARLIER IN THE NIGHT AND WOKE UP TO FIND KAMALA HARRIS'S SPEECH, DON'T WORRY, YOU DID NOT MISS BEYONCI, SHE DID NOT PERFORM HERE TONIGHT, THERE WERE LOTS OF RUMORS AND INNUENDO INTO JUST. TEASING THAT ALONG BY CAMPAIGN STAFFERS TO KEEP THE EYEBALLS IN TUNE. HERE IN THE RIVER WERE A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED AND LET DOWN THAT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN TONIGHT. SOMETIMES YOU DO NOT HIT THAT BAR, PEOPLE END UP A LITTLE BIT SAD THE SURPRISE GUEST, ULTIMATELY WAS COMMONLY HARRIS. >> BE FRIENDS WE MADE ALONG THE WAY. >> I WAS STRUCK ALL WEEK WHICH THEY -- IS A BIG MESSAGE. IT IS NOT JUST A NARROW REPUBLICAN SENSE LIKE THE FREEDOM TO OWN GUNS. IT IS THE FRAMING THAT FRANKLIN USED. THE FREEDOM FROM HUNGER, FOR EXAMPLE. THE MINIATURE FLAGS WERE HANDED OUT. I LOVED OUR COUNTRY WITH ALL OUR HEART. SHE WAS WEARING A U.S. FLAG LAPEL PIN ON HER BLACK DRESS. SHE HAD 10 DIFFERENT U.S. FLAGS ARRAYED BEHIND HER ON STAGE. I THINK ONE OF THE -- AMERICA COULD NOT BE PROSPEROUS WITHOUT PERSONAL FREEDOM. ESPECIALLY WITH MATTERS OF HEART AND HOME. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO INTERESTING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS, TRUMP HAS HIS BEST ADVANTAGE BESIDES IMMIGRATION, THE ECONOMY. A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO, INDEPENDENT VOTERS SAY TOM IS CRAZY BUT HE KNOWS HOW TO RUN -- HARRIS ADDRESS THAT AND SAID YOU CANNOT GROW THE ECONOMY IF YOU ARE GOING AFTER ABORTION-RIGHTS. I THOUGHT THAT REALLY NEATLY TIED A BOW AROUND THE FREEDOM MESSAGE, BUT ALSO, RECLAIMING PATRIOTIC SCHISM AS REPUBLICANS. >> THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS COVERAGE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THE FIRST BIG INTERVIEW SINCE BECOMING THE NOMINEE. WE HAVE DEBATES AND WE WILL BE HERE FOR EVERY TWIST AND TURN OF THE RACE. FINDING COVERAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, THE APP, OR LOOK FOR US AS THE WASHINGTON POST ON YOUTUBE. FROM ALL OF US, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> I AM YOUR JUSTICE, I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION. >> I TOOK ON PERPETRATORS OF ALL-TIME. I KNOW DONALD TRUMP'S TYPE. >> THE 2024 ELECTION IS IN FULL SWING. THE WASHINGTON POST IS THERE, BRINGING YOU LIVE COVERAGE FROM INSIDE ANALYSIS. FROM SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND SENTENCING TO DONALD TRUMP AND WE WILL BE ON LOCATION REPORTING LIVE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. IT ALL LEADS UP TO THE 2024 ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL, PROVIDING REAL-TIME RISK CALLS. MONITORING THE PIVOTAL RACES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON AND THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY. DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS.