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KAMALA HARRIS IS GOING TO HELP MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE. AND NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, KAMALA HARRIS WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT YOU WANT TO LEAD. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT FOR OURSELVES AND IT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. >> JOINING ME NOW FROM THE CONVENTION FLOOR IS NBC NEWS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT YAMICHE ALCINDOR. I THINK SHE'S GOING TO START A SOUND CHECK AND IN FACT, THERE SHE IS. YAMICHE I WILL GO TO YOU AND A SECOND BUT LET'S LISTEN FOR ONE MINUTE. [ MUSIC ] [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE LISTENING TO PINK CONDUCT HER SOUND CHECK HERE, I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU. EVERYONE HERE TREATED TO A LITTLE MINIATURE CONCERT. THEY ARE NOW CHEERING FOR HER BEHIND YOU WONDERING IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE MORE SURPRISES-- IF THERE WILL BE MORE SURPRISES TONIGHT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MAIN EVENT. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING YOUR SOURCES TO GET A PREVIEW. WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING WE WILL HEAR FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT? >> I CAN JUST TELL YOU THERE IS ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM ON THE FLOOR. PINK REHEARSING HERE BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE EVEN BIGGER MOMENT IN POLITICAL SPEAK WHICH WOULD BE ONE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS GOING TO TAKE THE STAGE AT THE SAME PLACE WHERE PINK IS REHEARSING TO TALK ABOUT HER VISION FOR AMERICA. A LOT OF SOURCES HAVE SAID SHE IS METICULOUSLY PREPARING FOR THIS SPEECH AND SPENT WEEKS GOING TO HOWARD FOR DEBATE PREP AND SPEECH PREP. SHE'S GONE THROUGH EVERY PART OF HER SPEECH AND THERE ARE THREE THINGS SHE WANTS TO DO. SHE WANTS TO REINTRODUCE HERSELF AND MAYBE INTRODUCE HERSELF TO AMERICANS TALKING ABOUT HER BACKGROUND AS A PROSECUTOR AND THE TAPE CASES THAT SHE TOOK ON BUT HER PERSONAL BACKGROUND AS A DAUGHTER FROM A MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY AND TALKING ABOUT HER MOTHER WHO SAID YOU MIGHT BE THE FIRST BUT MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT THE LAST. SHE'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTING HER VISION FOR AMERICA WITH THE VISION OF DONALD TRUMP SAYING SHE'S WRONG. SAYING THAT HER VISION IS ROOTED IN PATRIOTISM AND TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE WANTS TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS. SHE WILL BE LEANING INTO THE MOMENT THAT SHE WILL BE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN, THE FIRST S. ASIAN WOMAN AND WOMAN OF COLOR BUT HER TEAM IS CAUTIOUS TALKING ABOUT RACE AND GENDER. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND SHE IS QUALIFIED, TALKING ABOUT HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HER BACKGROUND AND SHE WILL BE PRAISING PRESIDENT BIDEN WHICH I KNOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL. >> TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE WILL HEAR HER REFERENCE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE BIDEN AGENDA. WILL SHE BE CLEAR WITH FOLKS ABOUT HOW A HARRIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD LOOK FOR AND THAT A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION? >> I WAS TOLD BY SOURCES VERY FAMILIAR WITH SPEECH PREPARATIONS AT THE EARLY ART OF THE SPEECH WILL REALLY BE DEDICATED TO PRAISING PRESIDENT BIDEN. SHE FEELS A GREAT LOYALTY TO HIM, A GREAT GRATITUDE TO HIM OF COURSE BECAUSE HE MADE HER HIS VICE PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO HE STEPPED ASIDE A MONTH AGO AND MADE HER, ENDORSING HER AS THE TOP OF THE TICKET. SO SHE'S REALLY GOING TO SAY THAT SHE LOVES JOE BIDEN IN HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON. SHE WILL BE TALKING A BIT ABOUT POLICY AND THE WAY THAT SHE CAN BUILD ON WHAT JOE BIDEN AND SHE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THEIR ADMINISTRATION, KRISTEN. >> YAMICHE ALCINDOR, THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF YOUR GREAT REPORTING WITH US. >>> JOINING ME NOW IS THE COCHAIR FOR THE HARRIS/WALZ CAMPAIGN LISA ROCHESTER WHO WAS ALSO RUNNING FOR SENATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH CONGRESSWOMAN FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THIS EXCITING NIGHT. >> PINK IS GETTING THINGS STARTED SO WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE OUR CONVERSATION OVER THE SOUNDS OF PINK EMANATING THROUGH THE AIR. BUT LET'S START RIGHT THERE WHERE I LEFT OFF WITH YAMICHE. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TONIGHT? WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS NIGHT BE SUCCESSFUL? >> FIRST OF ALL I HAVE TO JUST SAY HOW PROUD I AM. I WAS REALLY FORTUNATE AND I WANT TO PICK UP AS WELL TO TALK ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND HOW I REMEMBER WHEN HE HAD TO MAKE THAT VERY FIRST DECISION ABOUT WHO HE WAS GOING TO MAKE HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK AND HE ASKED ME TO BE ONE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE ON THE ELECTION COMMITTEE. SO I CAME INTO CONGRESS WITH KAMALA HARRIS IN 2016. SHE CAME INTO THE SENATE AND I INTO THE HOUSE AND WE HAD RELATIONSHIPS, BUT THEN TO SEE HER BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE OF HER QUALIFICATIONS I THINK THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK BUT ALSO, THAT SHE WILL SHARE-- YOU WILL ALSO HEAR ABOUT HER VISIO . HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY. I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA, THE OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY BECAUSE FOR HER IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING BY, IT'S ABOUT GETTING AHEAD. I THINK TONIGHT YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT BUT YOU WILL ALSO HEAR JOY. I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A SIGNATURE OF THIS WHOLE CONVENTION. MY SPEECH WAS ABOUT BRIGHT HOPE, THE CHURCH MY GRANDMOTHER ATTENDED AND LIKE TIM WALZ WHO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH, I GOT THE BEST TITLE OF MY LIFE LAST YEAR WHICH WAS GRANDMOTHER. BECAUSE OF IVF WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AS WELL AS DEMOCRACY. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING A GRANDMOTHER. >> THANK YOU, THE BEST THING EVER. >> I PARENTS WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE HILLARY CLINTON LEANED HEAVILY, YOU COULD SAY, INTO THE FACT THAT SHE WAS A HISTORY MAKING CANDIDATE. WE SAW THAT IN 2016 AND SHE SAID SO WHEN SHE SPOKE HERE BUT SO FAR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT TACTIC. SHE MAY REFERENCE THE FACT AND WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN AS HER MOTHER SAID TO HER, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE LAST. DO YOU THINK SHE SHOULD LEAN MORE HEAVILY INTO THE FACT THAT SHE IS A HISTORY MAKING NOMINEE? >> I THINK THERE'S DEBATE ABOUT THAT BUT THERE SHOULD NOT BE. SHE IS ALL OF IT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AND I KNOW THIS HAVING BEEN THE FIRST IN DELAWARE TO BE ELECTED TO CONGRESS, AND HOPEFULLY THE SENATE, THAT YOUR REAL GOAL IS TO MAKE AN IMPACT. THAT'S THE GOAL. BEING THE FIRST HELPS TO INSPIRE OTHERS. WHEN I RAN, I HAD NEVER RUN FOR ANYTHING IN MY LIFE. I HAD JUST BEEN WIDOWED. I WAS OVER 50. SO THE FIRST SOMETIMES HELPS ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE AND INSPIRE OTHER PEOPLE AND KICK DOWN THE DOOR, BUT WHY SHE IS DOING THIS IS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BECAUSE SHE TRULY WANTS TO SEE ALL VOTES LIFTED. I LOVE THIS SONG. >> ON THIS POINT, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN PROGRAMMING THIS ENTIRE WEEK, DONALD TRUMP AT THE BORDER TODAY AND COURSE HE HAS BEEN CRITICIZING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FOR ITS IMMIGRATION POLICIES, FOR INFLATION, FOR CRIME. DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD GET SPECIFIC ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES TO ANSWER WHAT HAS BECOME VOTER CONCERNS? >> I THINK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CONVENTION THERE HAVE BEEN EXAMPLES AND VIDEOS AND STORIES ABOUT HER ACTUAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE BUT ALSO HER VISION. YOU SAW THAT DONALD TRUMP ACTUALLY KILLED THE DEAL THAT WAS A BIPARTISAN DEAL WITH IMMIGRATION WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO US. YOU WILL HEAR SOME OF THAT TONIGHT AND HERE'S SOME OF THE SPECIFICS THAT SHE HAS ACCOMPLISHED BUT ALSO WHAT IS THE VISION. >> SHE TALKED ABOUT THE BIPARTISAN DEAL SAYING SHE WOULD SIGN IT INTO LAW BUT DID SHE THINK ABOUT WHAT MORE SHE WOULD DO ON IMMIGRATION? >> I THINK YOU WILL HEAR MORE TONIGHT. I AM NOT GOING TO PREEMPT ANYTHING AS IT'S NOT MY JOB TO DO THAT BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS, SHE HAS THE VISION, SHE'S GOT THE SPECIFICS. THERE ARE THINGS WE'VE ALREADY DONE IN A BIPARTISAN WAY AND SOMETIMES ON OUR OWN, BUT WHAT SHE HAS TONIGHT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE FULLY ON THAT STAGE LEADING US TO THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF GOING BACKWARDS. >> WILL THERE BE DIFFERENCES WITH THE BIDEN AGENDA OR WILL IT LOOK LIKE SHE WILL BE BUILDING ON IT? >> I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY STARTED AND WE STARTED TOGETHER WHICH IS CAPPING THE COST OF INSULIN FOR SENIORS. WE BELIEVE THAT $35 CAP SHOULD BE FOR EVERYONE. YOU WILL SEE A FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH WE HEAR IS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES FOR AMERICANS, AND ALSO LOWERING THE DAY-TO-DAY COSTS FOR EVERYONE. AND AGAIN, FOCUS ON FREEDOM AND THE FUTURE. I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS. FREEDOM, THE FUTURE, AND JOY. WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE JOY AGAIN. >> FOR ALL OF THE UNITY THAT HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY THERE OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN SOME PROTESTS AND WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE DNC REJECTED A BID BY PALESTINIAN AMERICANS TO SPEAK ON STAGE. THE UAW OF COURSE A KEY PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT READS IN PART, IF WE WANTED THE WAR IN GAZA TO AND WE CANNOT PUT OUR HEADS IN THE SAND OR IGNORE THE VOICES OF THE PALESTINIAN AMERICANS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IF WE WANT TO WIN THIS ELECTION, THE DEMOCRATIC HARDY MUST ALLOW A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN SPEAKER TO BE HEARD FROM THE DNC STAGE TONIGHT. >> MY RESPONSE IS THAT AS A COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS SO IMPORTANT AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, WE COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND WE CELEBRATE THAT. BUT WE ALSO AS DEMOCRATS, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BRING PEACE TO THAT REGION. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE ARE ALL UNIFIED IN OUR DESIRE TO HAVE AN END TO THIS CONFLICT, TO HAVE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SO TONIGHT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL BE REFERENCED THE VICE PRESIDENT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN HER SPEECH, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT BOND IN COMMON . >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CONGRESSWOMAN. >> I HOPE, I HOPE MAYBE WE WILL HEAR A PREVIEW OF BEYONCI■ I DON'T KNOW. THAT WOULD BE LOVELY. >> WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REPORT IT OUT. THERE'S BEEN ALL OF THIS BUZZ THAT THERE COULD BE A SURPRISE. >> WHILE I'M A MEMBER OF THE BEEHIVE SO IF THEY NEED ME UP THERE I AM HAPPY TO HELP. >> APPRECIATE IT. >>> JOINING ME NOW IS WASHINGTON MANAGING LETTER KAREN AND CHUCK TODD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THESE BEYONCI RUMORS. SHE'S THE CAMPAIGN CHAIR, THAT'S A GOOD ENOUGH SOURCE. >> IS SHE COMING? IS SHE COMING? >> THAT'S THE RUMOR. >> BELIEVE YOU ME, IF I KNEW I WOULD BE DRESSED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. >> GET READY TO DANCE. OKAY. CONGRESSWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAROL, LET'S START RIGHT THERE SO WE GIVE FOLKS A REALITY CHECK . THERE ARE ALL THESE RUMORS THAT THERE WILL BE A BIG SURPRISE BUT WE ARE BEING TOLD SO FAR THAT IS NOT THE CASE. NO MORE BIG SURPRISES BUT OBVIOUSLY THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO USE THEIR CELEBRITY AND HIGH WATTAGE POWER. >> WE SAW THAT WITH OPRAH LAST NIGHT AND EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IT HAS NOT STOPPED THE FUN OF EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT IT. >> THERE'S ONE STAR TONIGHT. KAMALA HARRIS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT IT MAY HAVE MADE SENSE OR TOMORROW IT COULD MAKE SENSE BUT DON'T STEP ON THE NOMINEE. >> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NOMINEE AND THE UBSTANCE OF WHAT WE MIGHT HEAR FROM HER. KICK OFF THIS PART OF OUR CONVERSATION. WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE NEEDS TO DO? THERE IS A BIG QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH DETAIL SHE WILL GET INTO. TYPICALLY WE MAY NOT SPEND THAT MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT DETAIL IF SHE HAD NOT JUST JOINED THE TOP OF THE TICKET, BUT PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR ANSWERS. >> I THINK SHE NEEDS TO DIRECTIONALLY SAY WHO SHE IS WITHOUT GETTING SPECIFIC. CONVENTION SPEECHES, YOU SORT OF, YOU CAMPAIGN IN POETRY AND YOU COVER IT IN PROSE. IF SHE COMES IN WITH A JOE BIDEN SPEECH MONDAY NIGHT, HUGE MISTAKE. IT SOUNDS LIKE HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, MY UNDERSTANDING THEY SORT OF USED A BIT OF THAT. IT WAS VERY LAUNDRIE LIST LIKE. HE WAS RUNNING FOR REELECTION WHICH IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND EVEN BARACK OBAMA'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH WAS A LITTLE MORE OF THE DETAILS BUT TIM WALZ LAST NIGHT NEVER ONCE TALKED ABOUT HIS TIME IN CONGRESS OTHER THAN WINNING CONTESTS AGAINST REPUBLICANS AND HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, HE DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DID AS GOVERNOR. IT WAS MORE OF A VALUES SPEECH. I AM ON YOUR SIDE. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE SUCCESSFUL, WHEN DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD GOOD CONVENTIONS, IT'S WHEN THE NOMINEE HAS DONE LESS SUBSTANCE AND MORE VALUES. BILL CLINTON DID IT WELL IN 1992. AL GORE, HIS CAMPAIGN WAS LANGUISHING UNTIL HIS CONVENTION AND HE REALLY SORT OF CREATED A VERY POPULOUS SPEECH BUT IT WAS A VALUE SPEECH, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? LITTLE THINGS LIKE TALKING ABOUT HER DAYS AS A PROSECUTOR IS A WAY TO SAY LOOK. I AM NOT GOING TO BE SOFT ON CRIME. I KNOW THEY ARE TRYING TO PAINT ME AS A PICTURE HERE. I DON'T THINK SHE WILL DO THIS BUT I WOULD CONFRONT-- THEY ARE GOING TO SAY I AM THIS. LET ME TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I DON'T THINK SHE'LL DO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK SHE WANTS TO FEED THOSE, BUT IN SOME WAYS, THE SPEECH UP TO FEEL LIKE IT GIVES THESE DELEGATES THE RESPONSES THEY NEED WHEN TRUMP SAYS SHE IS SOFT ON CRIME, RUIN SAN FRANCISCO, THE BORDER IS A MESS. ONE THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM DO WHICH THEY DON'T DO IS ACKNOWLEDGE, WE DIDN'T GET THE BORDER RIGHT FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS BUT WE ARE GETTING IT RIGHT NOW AND I'M NOT GOING TO MESS UP THIS POLICY. TO ME, IT'S A WAY TO LEAN INTO THE MIDDLE AND SAY WE DON'T ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT BUT WE LISTEN TO YOU AND WE LEARNED OUR LESSON. >> CAROL, PART OF THE NARRATIVE, THE FACT THAT SHE HAS THIS BURDEN OF REINTRODUCING HERSELF REALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS SHE IS NOT LEANING INTO IS THE FACT THAT YES SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE MAJOR PARTY TICKET. SHE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE IT BUT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGY OF THAT WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT. >> IT'S PARTLY BECAUSE OF 2016. HILLARY CLINTON DID IT AND IT'S NOT A NOVELTY BUT PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE CALENDAR. SHE HAS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TO INTRODUCE HERSELF TO VOTERS AND THEY CAN SEE THAT SHE'S A WOMAN. THEY CAN SEE SHE'S A WOMAN OF COLOR. THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT HER. HOW SHE GREW UP, WHAT HER BACKGROUND IS, WHAT SHE DID AS A LAWYER AND A PROSECUTOR, HER RESUME, THOSE ARE THE THINGS. AND, WHAT SHE WOULD DO FOR THEM AND HOW SHE MAY OR MAY NOT BE DIFFERENT FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. SHE'S GOT THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO TELL A STORY ABOUT HERSELF AND WHO SEE IS SHE IS AND AT THE SAME TIME WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO FOR THE COUNTRY. DWELLING ON THE FACT THAT SHE IS A HISTORICAL CANDIDATE IS SOMETHING SHE CAN DO. >> CAROL REFERENCED-- CAROL REFERENCED OPRAH WINFREY AND IT WAS NOT ABOUT HER BEING HERE BUT TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE IS AN INDEPENDENT. TIM WALZ SAID I'M A PROUD GUN OWNER. I SUPPORT THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND YET I CARE ABOUT KEEPING KIDS SAFE. THERE IS A REAL ATTEMPT TO EXPAND. >> THIS IS SORT OF THE OBAMA WING. FOR WHATEVER REASON HILLARY CLINTON'S 2016 CAMPAIGN CONSTANTLY LET PEOPLE KNOW WHICH VOTERS SHE DIDN'T WANT, AND IT WAS A TERRIBLE WAY TO MESSAGE, CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT, I WANT WOMEN FOR ME. I WANT LGBTQ FOR ME. SHE NEVER ONCE ASKED FOR THE VOTE OF JUST SORT OF, GENERIC WHITE GUYS. GENERIC MEN. AND IT WAS NOTABLE. WHY DON'T YOU WANT THEM INCLUDED HERE? YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE JOE KLEIN WHO MADE THIS COMPARISON WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FASCINATING, HILLARY CLINTON'S SPEECH WAS, SHE WRAPPED HERSELF IN KAMALA HARRIS'S HISTORY. OKAY. THAT'S WHERE HER HEAD IS AT. BARACK OBAMA DIDN'T DO THAT. WHAT DID HE DO? HE WENT AND SAID LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY BLACK MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MY WHITE GRANDMOTHER. THEY DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER. IN SOME WAYS THEY GREW UP DIFFERENTLY AND IN SOME WAYS THEY GREW UP THE SAME. LET ME TELL YOU HOW SIMILAR THEY ARE. THAT IS SUCH A SUBTEXT. THAT IS SAYING I KNOW THAT WE MAY LOOK DIFFERENT BUT WE ACTUALLY SHARE A LOT OF VALUES. WE MAY PRAY TO DIFFERENT GODS BUT WE SHARE A BUNCH OF THESE VALUES. AND LOOK, SHE HAS NOT BEEN DOING IT, I GO BACK TO, OTHERS CAN DO IT. OTHERS CAN TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY. HER JOB IS TO DO A GOOD JOB SO THAT SHE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE IN HISTORY. >> I WAS GOING TO ALSO ADD THAT SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT VOTERS UNDERSTAND THAT SHE EARNED THIS. SHE IS STANDING ON THAT STAGE BECAUSE SHE PUT IN THE WORK AND DID ALL OF HER BACKGROUND LEADING UP TO THIS MOMENT AND IS NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON, NOT BECAUSE OF HER GENDER OR HER RACE. >> AS A PART OF THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE WAYS THAT HARRIS AND OBAMA HAVE CAMPAIGNED, THE POSITIVITY THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, THE HOPE AND JOY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO REPURPOSE THE HOPE AND CHANGE MESSAGE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT BIDEN'S MESSAGE WARNING OF A THREAT THAT TRUMP POSED JUST WAS NOT RESONATING. >> IT WAS ALSO STARK. AN OMINOUS FIGURE IS GOING TO COME IN AND TAKE THESE THINGS FROM YOU. THERE ARE TWO THINGS HAPPENING. ONE IS TRYING TO DIMINISH HIM IN THE SENSE OF, THAT'S CRAZY AND HERE IS THIS GUY WITH ALL THESE VIEWS, TRYING TO MAKE THEM SMALLER AND AT THE SAME TIME REALLY JUST TALK ABOUT HOW SHE HAS A POSITIVE AGENDA GOING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT. WE WILL BE WATCHING AND STAYING UP LATE. GREAT CONVERSATION. COMING UP, MOMENTS AGO THE UNCOMMITTED MOVEMENT IS SAYING THEY ARE STILL HOPING THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN MAY GRANT THEIR REQUEST TO HAVE A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN SPEAK. IS THAT REALISTIC? WE WILL SEE. AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO HER HISTORIC ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING BACK ON BARRIER BREAKING MOMENTS LIKE THIS ONE, IN 2015 WHEN FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE AND FORMER FIRST LADY HILLARY CLINTON BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN EVER TO ACCEPT A MAJOR PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. >> STANDING HERE AS MY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AND AS MY DAUGHTER'S MOTHER, I AM HAPPY FOR GRANDMOTHERS AND LITTLE GIRLS AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. I AM HAPPY FOR BOYS AND MEN BECAUSE WHEN ANY BARRIER FALLS IN AMERICA, IT CLEARS THE WAY FOR EVERYONE. AFTER ALL, WHEN THERE ARE NO CEILINGS, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. >>> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAWS AND PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS. IS THIS A BAN OR NOT? THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAVE EVER HITCHED. >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN 5:00 PACIFIC FOR NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK INSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL. IT HAS BEEN A WEEK OF ROUSING SPEECHES SHOWCASING DEMOCRATIC UNITY BUT OUTSIDE THE VENUE, PARTY DIVISIONS ARE ON DISPLAY WITH PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS HOLDING MARCHES EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. LAST NIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE UNCOMMITTED MOVEMENT HELD A SIT IN AFTER BEING DENIED SPEAKING TIME ON STAGE. MOMENTS AGO THE UNCOMMITTED MOVEMENT LEADER SPOKE TO REPORTERS AND SAID THEY ARE STILL HOPEFUL THEY WILL GET A SPEAKER ON STAGE TONIGHT. JOINING ME NOW IS SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER. ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU. WHAT IS THE VERY LATEST AND WHAT DID WE HEAR FROM THE UNCOMMITTED MOVEMENT? >> THEY HAVE SET A 6:00 P.M. DEADLINE ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS FROM NOW TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND ORGANIZERS ABOUT GETTING A SPEAKING SPOT WHICH HAS BEEN THE REQUEST THE ENTIRE WEEK. THEY WERE DENIED LAST NIGHT BUT NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND THEY HAVE NOT SAID WHAT THEY WILL DO IF THE DEADLINE IS NOT MET. THE CONVENTION HAS BEEN MARKED BY STUNNING UNITY FROM ALL PARTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE COALITION SO FAR SO ON THIS FINAL NIGHT WHEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS GOING TO SPEAK, THERE IS A IT OF A THREAT THAT THESE 30 UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES INSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL WITH FULL DELEGATE CREDENTIALS COULD STAGE SOME KIND OF DEMONSTRATION AND PUT A LITTLE BIT OF AND ASKED HER ASKED-- AND ASTERIX OR MAR THE CONVENTION SOMEHOW. >> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ARRESTS THIS WEEK RIGHT? >> THE PROTEST I THINK HAS NOT BEEN AS BAD AS INITIALLY EXPECTED. ON THE FIRST DAY THEY BREACHED A BARRIER WHICH CONCERNED A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE CALLED DOWN. INSIDE THE HALL THERE HAVE BEEN A HANDFUL OF SMALL AND SHORT DISRUPTIONS BUT NOTHING LIKE THE FEARS PEOPLE HAD COMING IN. IT IS STILL A STRIKING TONAL DIFFERENCE WILL FOR THESE UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES AND THEIR SUPPORTERS. THE MOOD IS SO FESTIVE AND UPBEAT AND THEY ARE LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT DEAD CHILDREN AND THEIR RELATIVES SUFFERING IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS NO FUN. ONCE SAID TO ME HE IS A SAD CLOWN IN THE CORNER OF A PARTY. THEY SAY THEY WANT TO CELEBRATE. THESE DELEGATES ARE ALL DEMOCRATS AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE HELD PUBLIC OFFICE AND SAY THEY WANT TO SUPPORT KAMALA HARRIS AND THEY JUST WANT THIS TOKEN SYMBOLIC GESTURE SO THEY FEEL THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR SUPPORTERS AND CONSTITUENTS AND SAY THIS PARTY IS LISTENING TO US AND WANTS THIS, IN A SENSE. >> WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL TRACK WHAT HAPPENS VERY CLOSELY. BRING US UPDATES AS YOU GET THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET ME BRING IN OUR PANEL. STEPHANIE, FORMER PRESIDENT OF EMILY'S LIST. CORNELL BELCHER, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST AND NBC NEWS PINNACLE ANALYST, AND GARRETT, FOUNDER OF GRD STRATEGIES. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. GARRETT I WILL GET TO YOU AND ONE SECOND. CORNELL, PICK UP WHERE ALEX JUST LEFT OFF. HOW DO YOU THINK THE DNC IS HANDLING THIS SITUATION AND THIS REQUEST TO HEAR FROM PRO- PALESTINIAN AMERICANS? IS IT THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO DENY THEM THE REQUEST TO SPEAK? >> I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT BUT I WILL SAY THEIR VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD AND SOME SPEAKERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE HAVE A TICKET THAT IS COMMITTED TO A TWO- STATE SOLUTION AND COMMITTED TO A CEASE-FIRE, BUT I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF THESE CONVENTIONS AND I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE WHERE THERE WAS NOT A PROTEST. OUR HEARTS GO OUT, AND THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING HARD TO BRING A SOLUTION. I HATE TO DO THIS BUT WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE? THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO SIT HOME AND HELP DONALD TRUMP WHO WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE A BLANK CHECK FOR NETANYAHU. >> LET'S TALK BIG PICTURE ABOUT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE. STEPHANIE, THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS POLITICAL LIFE AND THE BIGGEST POLITICAL TEST. WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO TO COME OUT SUCCESSFUL? >> JUST A REMINDER THAT VICE PRESIDENTS ARE KNOWN BY NAME BUT NOT VERY WELL KNOWN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT KAMALA HARRIS IS THE VICE PRESIDENT AND NOW THEY WILL FIND OUT WHO THE NOMINEE IS TONIGHT. YOU HEARD SPEECH AFTER SPEECH OF INCREDIBLE STORIES ABOUT HER AND NOW IT'S HER MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS AND THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE DOING THIS WITH AND TOGETHER. WE NEED EVERYBODY'S HANDS AND YOU ARE RIGHT, IT IS A HUGE MOMENT FOR HER. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SHE IS READY FOR THIS MOMENT. >> CORNELL, I KNOW THAT SHE WILL GIVE HER VISION. THIS IS MY VISION IF I WERE TO BE ELECTED. SHE WILL OBVIOUSLY TOUCH ON POLICY AND WILL NOT GIVE US A LOT OF POLICY DETAILS LIKELY, BUT DOES SHE NEED TO SAY THIS IS HOW I WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN? >> I THINK THIS ENTIRE CONVENTION IS A DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT VISION ABOUT AMERICA. ONE IS GOTHAM CITY AND ONE IS, AMERICA IS STILL A CITY ON THE HILL. THE JOY THING THAT REPUBLICANS MAKE FUN OF, THEY CAN MAKE JOINT-- MAKE FUN OF IT ALL THEY WANT BUT THE JOY IS REAL AND AFTER THE DARKNESS AND CHAOS AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO BE HAPPY AND WANT TO BE OPTIMISTIC. I REMEMBER THAT WAS RONALD REAGAN'S THING AS WELL, AMERICANS WANT TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT AMERICA AND LEAN INTO THE OPTIMISM. I THINK THIS TICKET HAS GIVEN THEM THAT. >> AS I GO OUT TO GARRETT WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON STAGE BEHIND US. THE SISTER OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS ON THE STAGE RIGHT NOW CHECKING THINGS OUT AHEAD OF TONIGHT. SHE IS ONE OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'S CLOSEST ADVISERS. WHEN I WAS AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, REPUBLICANS WERE HUGELY UNIFIED AROUND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. IT WAS CLEAR. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS HIS PARTY AND THE QUESTION WE HAVE IS BOY, WILL DEMOCRATS BE ABLE TO MATCH THE ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM HERE? BASED ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND HEARING IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THEY HAVE MET THAT FAR. WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS SAYING? IS THERE TREPIDATION THAT DEMOCRATS ARE MORE UNITED THAN THEY COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED JUST A MONTH AGO? >> THEY ARE CLEARLY MORE UNITED THAN THEY WERE A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS STILL IN THE RACE. YOU SAW THIS ACROSS POLLS NATURALLY. DEMOCRATS TO HAVE ENERGY BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY HAVE A CANDIDATE WHO ISN'T IN MENTAL DECLINE. THE BIG BIG QUESTION FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS, HOW DOES SHE DEFINE HERSELF FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHEN SHE IS PART OF IT? YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TWO MAIN ISSUES FOR VOTERS. ECONOMY AND INFLATION AND THE BORDER. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A LARGE LEAD ON BOTH OF THOSE AND YOU SEE HIM DO THAT IN ARIZONA. THIS WILL BE A RACE TO DEFINE HERSELF APART FROM THAT AND TRY TO TELL HER OWN STORY, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME REPUBLICANS TRY TO TIE HER TO A LOT OF THE POLICIES THAT VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO NOT LIKE. THEY ARE CLEARLY MORE UNIFIED THAN THEY WERE A MONTH AGO AND I THINK REPUBLICANS ARE EQUALLY UNIFIED. OVER THE NEXT 75 DAYS IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTES IN SWING STATES. THE DEBATES ARE GOING TO MATTER AND WHO KNOWS BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION, IF PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES FOCUS ON THE BORDER AND THE ECONOMY, FOCUSES ON INFLATION, THE KEY ISSUE TO REALLY DRIVE THE AGENDA IS A STRONG CONTRAST WHICH WOULD PROPEL HIM TO VICTORY IN NOVEMBER. >> TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU QUICKLY WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS COUNTERPROGRAMMING CAMPAIGN THAT WE'VE SEEN BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE. DO YOU THINK IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE? DO YOU THINK THEY ARE BREAKING THROUGH? >> CLEARLY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW AND COVER IT EXTENSIVELY TO TRY TO CONTRAST WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE DOING. DEMOCRATS ARE GETTING A LOT OF ENERGY AND BUZZ, BUT BUZZ AND VIBES DON'T SOLVE INFLATION OR THE BORDER CRISIS. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS NOT DONE ONE PRESS CONFERENCE, SHE HAS NOT DONE ONE INTERVIEW IN 30 DAYS AND LET'S ALSO REMEMBER SHE HAS RECEIVED 0 VOTES FROM VOTERS RIGHT NOW. SO SHE HAS A SHE IS TAKING A CONVERSATION DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES AND SHE WILL DO THINGS BECAUSE SHE HAS TO BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS IMPORTANT FOR HER TO BE TALKING LESS TO US AND TALKING DIRECTLY TO VOTERS IN BATTLEGROUND STATES AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S DOING. >> STEPHANIE, DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT AND DO YOU THINK SHE'S GOING TO GET A POST CONVENTION-- BOUNCE? >> WE ARE BOUNCING REALLY HIGH BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO, THERE IS A TRUE CHANGE AND MAYBE FOLKS DON'T THINK THAT IS HOW IT WORKS BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY HOW THIS WORKS. THE WAY THAT YOU WIN RACES IS TO BE AT THE CAMPAIGNS, THAT FOLKS WANT TO BE PART OF. WHERE IT FEELS GOOD AND WHERE THERE'S OPTIMISM AND HOPE. WHERE SHE IS GOING TO TALK WITH PEOPLE AND ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND UNLIKE TRUMP, HE TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF. THE COUNTRY WANTS TO HEAR FROM A LEADER WHO IS GOING TO BE WITH THEM AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT'S KAMALA HARRIS. >> ONE QUICK SECOND BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY I HEAR REPUBLICANS SAYING LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES. YOU'VE BEEN OING THIS A WHILE. IT'S NOT LIKE DONALD TRUMP IS A POLICY GUY. WHAT I WOULD ARGUE IS, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR A BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A POLICY CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE THE ANTISEPTIC FOR FALLING NUMBERS BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLICIES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY, SO MANY ISSUES LINE UP WITH HER. ONE QUICK NOTE ON THE ECONOMY. I WAS AROUND FOR OBAMA AND DO YOU THINK HE HAD AN ADVANTAGE OVER MITT ROMNEY? HE ABSOLUTELY DID NOT. WHAT HE DID HAVE AN ADVANTAGE ON WAS WHO WAS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE-CLASS WORKING PEOPLE? THAT'S WHERE SHE HAS TO LEAN IN. >> GARRETT, RESPOND TO WHAT CORNELL IS SAYING. HE MAKES THE CASE THAT TRUMP DOESN'T NECESSARILY GO FROM CAMPAIGN EVENT TO CAMPAIGN EVENT ROLLING OUT POLICY PAPERS. HE'S WEAVING A NARRATIVE, RIGHT? >> I WOULD PUSH BACK ON THAT PRETTY HEAVILY. HE TALKED ABOUT THE BORDER, HE TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY, HE TALKED ABOUT NEW POLICIES AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY POLICIES. I SAY IN THIS CAMPAIGN BUT HARRIS IS RUNNING REMINISCENT OF ANOTHER CAMPAIGN THAT TALKED ABOUT THE MS. HIM AND HAD CELEBRITIES AND HER NAME WAS HILLARY CLINTON AND WE SAW HOW THAT TURNED OUT IN 2016. WHEN YOU RELY ON SEVERAL CELEBRITIES AND MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE IN OHIO AND MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN IN PENNSYLVANIA AND TELLING THEM WHO TO VOTE FOR, THEY DON'T LIKE THAT. THE TRUE MAJOR ISSUES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN ALL POLLING, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL, FOX AND CNN, IT IS HE ECONOMY, IT IS THE BORDER, AND DEMOCRATS ARE MASSIVELY UNDERWATER ON THIS ISSUE. >> STEPHANIE, FINAL POINT OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CLOSING THAT GAP. I HAVE TO SAY THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE EVER HEARD ANYONE SAY THAT HILLARY CLINTON DIDN'T HAVE A LIST OF POLICIES. >> GARRETT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGED HE DID HAVE PRETTY EXTENSIVE DETAIL . >> THAT'S NOT THE POINT I MADE. THE POINT I MADE WAS NOT ON THE POLICIES, I AM SAYING IT WAS HEAVILY RELIANT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HOLLYWOOD, AND INVESTMENTS FOR VOTERS. >> ALL RIGHT GUYS, THANK YOU. GREAT CONVERSATION. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. GARRETT, THANK YOU. STEPHANIE AND CORNELL, GREAT CONVERSATION, THANKS. TRUMP HITS THE SOUTHERN BORDERS AND WE WERE DISCUSSING ISSUES ON IMMIGRATION. WE ARE LIVE WHERE TRUMP HAS JUST WRAPPED UP A CAMPAIGN EVENT. GERALDINE FERRARO OFFICIALLY BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. >> BY CHOOSING A WOMAN TO RUN FOR OUR NATIONS A SECOND HIGHEST OFFICE, YOU SEND A POWERFUL SIGNAL TO ALL AMERICANS . THERE ARE NO DOORS WE CANNOT UNLOCK. WE WILL PLACE NO LIMITS ON ACHIEVEMENTS. IF WE CAN DO THIS, WE CAN DO ANYTHING. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> NOW IS ROD. THE TUNNEL GOES ON AND ON. >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK. ALL WEEK LONG FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN HOLDING EVENTS IN SWING STATES AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO COUNTER PROGRAM THE DNC. TODAY MISTER TRUMP IS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER AS HE LOOKS TO PAY PAINT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS WEAK ON BORDER SECURITY AND CRIME. DOCTOR BURNS JOINS ME FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER. WHAT HAVE WE HEARD FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT TODAY? >> THIS WEEK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HAS NOT BEEN DIFFICULT FOR TRUMP AND HAS NOT BEEN THE BIG MASSIVE RALLIES YOU ARE USED TO. IT'S BEEN SMALLER EVENTS FOCUSED ON ISSUES AND A SPECIFIC BACKDROP WHETHER IT'S MANUFACTURING PLANT, A POLICE STATION OR NOW THE SOUTHERN BORDER. YOU GET TO HEAR THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HAMMERING HER ON FROM THE BEGINNING AND REALLY BELIEVE THAT IMMIGRATION IS ONE OF THE BEST ISSUES FOR TRUMP TO GO AFTER HARRIS ESPECIALLY AS HE TRIES TO TY HARRIS AS DIRECTLY AS HE CAN TO PRESIDENT BIDEN THROUGH HIS ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND ISSUES THAT HAVE UNFOLDED UNDER THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE TYING HARRIS TO THAT AND STANDING HERE AT THE BORDER WALL SAYING HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACT THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN BUILT AS IT WAS. TODAY HE BROUGHT SOME PEOPLE TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE WITH PERSONAL STORIES OF CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF HE'S TRYING TO LEAN INTO. >> IT IS INTERESTING. OF COURSE WE HAVE HEARD FROM VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS THAT IF SHE WERE TO BE ELECTED SHE WOULD TRY TO SIGN INTO LAW THAT BORDER BILL THAT TRUMP TORPEDOED. BUT LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON TODAY. IN THE MONTH OF JULY TEXAS GOVERNOR ABBOTT DID NOT SEND ANY BUSES. 0 BUSES TO BLUE CITIES. DO YOU THINK THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE A STRONG ISSUE FOR REPUBLICANS? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I ASKED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, I HAD A MOMENT TO ASK A QUESTION AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT MASS DEPORTATION OPERATION THAT HE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT CALLING IT THE BIGGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN US HISTORY. I ASKED HOW HE WOULD GO ABOUT THAT. HERE EVERYONE IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HIS POLICIES AND IN A LOT OF PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY THAT IS NOT THE CASE. HE BELIEVED BECAUSE PLACES LIKE NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, LIKE LOS ANGELES HAVE THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE ON THEIR DOORSTEP AS THEY HAVE MIGRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN HOUSED, HE BELIEVES IT'S A MORE PREVALENT ISSUE FOR DEMOCRATS AND SOME POLLING SHOWS THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE TO THAT BUT THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE ENERGY AROUND THIS ISSUE BE AS PREVALENT AND AS STRONG IF YOU ARE NOT SEEING THAT TANGIBLY IN SOME OF THESE PLACES? HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT WILL BUT THAT IS ONE THING WE WILL BE WATCHING PLAY OUT OVER THE COMING MONTHS. >> A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS MASS DEPORTATION PROPOSAL. DASHA BURNS, GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WE ARE 75 DAYS OUT FROM THE ELECTION AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALREADY QUESTIONING THE INTEGRITY OF THE VOTE. CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN A FORMER HOUSE COMMITTEE MEMBER AND IMPEACHMENT MANAGER IS GOING TO JOIN ME NEXT. BUT FIRST, ANOTHER LANDMARK MOMENT FROM THE ARCHIVES. IN 1976 THEN CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA JORDAN BECAME THE FIRST BLACK PERSON AND THE FIRST WOMAN EVER TO DELIVER A KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT A CONVENTION. >> I THOUGHT-- I'M BARBARA JORDAN AND A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. MY PRESENCE HERE IS ONE ADDITIONAL BIT OF EVIDENCE THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM NEED NOT FOREVER BE DEFERRED. >>> HEY THERE, I'M HALLIE AND WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WHAT THIS LAW WILL OR WILL NOT DO. CREWS AND OFFICIALS WILL DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN ASAP SO HOW S IS THE P? HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? >> YOU'VE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL IT SPARKLES. IT'S SPARKLING. IT'S HAPPENING. >>> WELCOME BACK TO MEET THE PRESS NOW LIVE FROM THE FOURTH DAY OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO. JOINING ME NOW IS MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN WHO SPOKE FROM THE MAIN STAGE AT THE DNC EARLIER THIS WEEK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. BIG NIGHT. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HEAR AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TONIGHT? >> OUR PARTY BELIEVES THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE AN INTRA- MINCED-- INSTRUMENT TO THE PUBLIC USE AS OPPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT BEING AN INSTRUMENT TO PRIVATE SELF-ENRICHMENT WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE TRUMP VISION. I AM HOPING TO HEAR FROM KAMALA HARRIS WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION MOVING INTO THIS PERIOD. ARE WE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSAL-- WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF HEALTHCARE? >> YOU WANT TO HEAR DETAILS. >> I WOULD LIKE POLICY SPECIFICS BUT OF COURSE THE CRITICAL THING IS FOR HER TO ELUCIDATE THE VALUES AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PARTY AND I KNOW THAT SHE WILL DO THAT BEAUTIFULLY. BUT I WOULD LIKE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SEE WHAT IS HE THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF POLICIES GOING FORWARD? >> THERE'S A BIG QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER SHE WILL ENUMERATE THE WAYS IN WHICH SHE CAN BUILD ON THE BIDEN AGENDA. DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THERE WILL BE DIFFERENCES? >> WHERE THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON A RANGE OF ISSUES, THERE CLEARLY WILL BE CONTINUITY BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT WITH, LET IN CHARGE AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, SHE WILL BE THE ONE DECIDING WHETHER THERE'S A NEW POLICY FEATURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION. >> ARE YOU CLEAR ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH SHE MIGHT GOVERN DIFFERENTLY? >> I AM NOT, EVERYTHING HAS HAPPENED SO QUICKLY AND THAT'S WHY I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT IT. IT HAS ALSO BEEN A GREAT SYNTHESIS OF THE VALUES OF THIS PARTY FROM THE PAST, THE GREAT CIVILIZING MOVEMENTS OF OUR TIME, THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT, THE LABOR MOVEMENT AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT UNIFY US IN TERMS OF RIGHTS FOR ALL AND FREEDOM TO MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS. IF ALL OF THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR, WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT ARE GOING TO BE FIGHTING FOR IN TERMS OF POLICIES TO BUILD ON SUCCESSOR . >> J.D. VANCE RESPONDED TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE HERE WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE CONVENTION SAYING THE JOB OF VP WAS AVAILABLE BECAUSE TRUMP SUPPORTERS QUOTE, TRIED TO KILL MIKE PENCE ON JANUARY 6. >> HE ALWAYS MAKES HIMSELF THE VIC THEM, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND A PERSON IN AMERICAN POLITICS IN 2024 WHO IS WHINING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM INSTEAD OF USING THEIR LEADERSHIP AND USING THEIR INFLUENCE TO MAKE THE LIVES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS BETTER. >> HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT RESPONSE? >> OF COURSE HE WAS ADDRESSING DONALD TRUMP DIRECTLY WHICH IS THE PROFESSIONAL WHINER OF AMERICAN POLITICS. EVERY DAY ALL THAT WE HEAR FROM HIS BOSS IS HOW POORLY HE'S BEING TREATED BY THE MEDIA AND HOW EVERYBODY IS DISSING HIM AND IT'S JUST AN EXPRESSION OF THE FRUSTRATION OF J.D. VANCE ABOUT-- EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THEY ARE THE PARTY OF WHINERS AND LOSERS AT THIS POINT BUT I WAS POINTING OUT THE REASON THERE IS A VACANCY ON THE TICKET IS BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP WHO OTHERWISE USED TO PRAISE MIKE PENCE AS A KEY SYCOPHANT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION TURNED ON HIM WHEN HE REFUSED TO FOLLOW ORDERS TO STEP OUTSIDE OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE AND DECLARE DONALD TRUMP THE WINNER. WHEN HE DID THAT TRUMP UNLEASED A MOB AND THESE PEOPLE SET UP A GALLOWS OUTSIDE SAYING HANG MIKE PENCE AND WOUNDED 143 POLICE OFFICERS. THIS IS NO JOKE. J.D. VANCE'S ANSWER IS PRETTY PATHETIC AND I RESEARCHED THIS MORNING TO DETERMINE HE HAD ACTUALLY SAID BEFORE, I'M GOING TO ELABORATE ON THIS THAT HE WOULD'VE DONE WHAT MIKE PENCE REFUSED TO DO WHICH IS GONE ALONG WITH DONALD TRUMP'S ORDERS. >> SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE OVERALL TONE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN AN ATTEMPT NOT FOCUS AS MUCH ON TRYING TO PAINT TRUMP AS A THREAT AND TO LEAN INTO THIS IDEA OF JOY AND HOPE. CHANTING OF LOCK HIM UP BROKE OUT WHEN HILLARY CLINTON WAS SPEAKING. WITH THE-- >> THERE IS A GREAT TONE OF HAPPINESS AND JOY AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN AMERICA AND THE INCREDIBLE BREATHTAKING DIVERSITY OF THIS COUNTRY. WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT ON FIGHTING FOR EVERY PERSON WHO LIVES IN OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY NONSENSE FROM THESE PEOPLE ANY MORE. THE POST TRUMP DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS A DIFFERENT PARTY THAN THE FREE TRUMP DEMOCRATIC PARTY BECAUSE WE LIVED THROUGH JANUARY 6 AND WE SAW THESE PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF FRAUD, COERCION, AND VIOLENCE. THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S PARTY. >> COMMENTS THAT DONALD TRUMP MADE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THE FOCUS IS NOT TO GET OUT THE VOTE IT IS TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T CHEAT. IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THEM? >> SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON IN HISTORY WHO HAS TAKEN THAT POSITION. EVERYONE ELSE HAS SET UP OUT OF CAMPAIGN SAYING HOW ARE WE GOING TO EXPAND OUR COALITION AND BRING IN NEW VOTERS, AND HOW DO WE CREATE A PET PLATFORM THAT WILL APPEAL TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE. WE ARE THE PARTY OF THE PEOPLE. IN THE MEANTIME HE IS ALREADY FLAGGING THAT HE IS GOING TO TRY TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE, BLOCK VOTER REGISTRATION, PREVENT PEOPLE FROM VOTING AND THEN TRY TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS. IT'S A MINORITY PARTY AND OPERATES LIKE A CULT OF PERSONALITY. HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN MORE THAN TWO PARTIES TO OPPOSE HIS OWN PRESIDENT THAT HE RAN WITH. THE LAST TIME IT WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN ADAMS IT WAS JUST THE RUNNER-UP WHO BECAME THE VP AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE YOU'VE GOT A VP SAYING THE GUY THAT I SERVED WITH IS SO DANGEROUS HE SHOULD NOT BE IN OFFICE AND THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. SOMEONE WHO WOULD ELEVATE HIS OWN INTERESTS ABOVE THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT. THAT'S WHAT HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT SAID. NEARLY A MAJORITY OF TRUMP'S CABINET ALSO SAYING HE IS NOT FIT FOR OFFICE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE IT ON THE FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL LINEUP OF SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS BUT WE DO KNOW THAT PROGRAMMING WILL END WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ACCEPTING HER NOMINATION AND A LOT OF BALLOONS. JOINING ME FROM THE CONVENTION FLOOR IS MY COLLEAGUE JACOB SOBOROFF. TELL US WHAT THE VIBE IS AND WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. >> IT IS A VERY UP VIBE. PEOPLE ARE HANDING OUT FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS AND PINS, NOTHING LIKE THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION BUT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SCENE. I'M IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA DELEGATION WITH A COUPLE OF NEW FRIENDS, ALL LEGISLATORS. TELL ME YOUR NAME. >> I AM STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN KING REPRESENTING THE ROD HILL AREA OF CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY. >> I REPRESENT CENTRAL COUNTY, CHESTER AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. >>-- RICHMOND COUNTY, CURRENT BLACK CAUCUS CHAIR. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. YOU ARE TELLING ME YOU ARE A MOREHOUSE GRAD. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE ON THE VERGE OF NOT ONLY HAVING THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR BUT ALSO AN HBCU GRAD? >> WE ARE PROUD OF EVERY MEMBER OF THE HBCU COMMUNITY AND HAVING A NEW PRESIDENT WHO WILL BEAT,-- WHO WILL BE KAMALA HARRIS. WE ARE EXCITED AS COMMUNITY GRADUATES BUT I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DIVINE NINE OMEGA. I GET SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS MOMENT MEANS TO NOT ONLY HBCUS BUT THE DIVINE NINE COMMUNITY. >> YOU'VE GOT GOOSEBUMPS, TOO? >> GOT THE BOOZE BUMS COMING, LOVE LOVE LOVE, LET'S FIGHT AND LET'S WIN. >> IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING NIGHT TONIGHT. >> IN THE SINK COULD NOT BE HIGHER. >> ALL THESE TRANSITIONS. MAYBE WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO WASHINGTON? LIVE FROM THE UNITED CENTER FOR THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THINGS WILL KICK OFF JUST ABOUT 90 MINUTES FROM NOW. WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU LIVE. WE WILL BRING YOU THOSE EARLY STAGES AS WE ARE DIPPING IN NOW FROM CHICAGO. ALL AT THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF KAMALA HARASSES BIGGEST NIGHT. THE FORMER PROSECUTOR MAKING HER OWN CASE TO THE NATION WHEN SHE FORMALLY ACCEPTS THE PARTY NOMINATION RIGHT BEHIND ME. SHE'S LOOKING TO DEFINE HERSELF OR TO FIND HERSELF -- OFFICIALLY TURNED THE PAGE FOR THE PARTY. AFTER THE SPRINT TO THE CONVENTION AND EVEN IF -- THE PAGE IS STARTING TO TURN TO WHAT IS NEXT. WHETHER DEMOCRATS CAN KEEP UP MOMENTUM THEY ARE FEELING IN CHICAGO. WE HAVE A BIG TEAM. MONICA ELBA IS LIVE ON THE CONJUNCTION -- CONVENTION FLOOR. SHE WILL LAY OUT HER VISION. DRAW CONTRASTS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> Reporter: THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING ALL WEEK LONG TO THIS. I'M TOLD SHE WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT FROM EACH NIGHT AND THE MAIN SEEKERS AND TRY TO PUT IT TOGETHER IN THE CLOSING ARGUMENT OF WHAT HER CANDIDACY CAN MEAN FOR THE COUNTRY. ALSO WHAT SHE FILLS AMERICA WILL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO IF THEY COME TOGETHER TO A LECTURE. SHE HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS SPEECH FOR WEEKS. THE ORIGINAL DRAFT WAS SHE ONE -- THE ONE SHE WOULD'VE GOTTEN LAST NIGHT. WHEN SHE MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE TICKET THEY MADE A TON OF ADJUSTMENTS. I'M TOLD THAT SHE WANTS TO COME OUT TO REMIND PEOPLE WILL, HERE IS WHY I FEEL I AM QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SHE WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND PAYING HIM TRIBUTE AND ACKNOWLEDGING HIS LEADERSHIP AND LEGACY, THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR WHY SHE IS ON STAGE TONIGHT. SHE CERTAINLY WILL ADDRESS THAT. SHE WILL TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP . SHE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW SHE VIEWS HIM AS A DANGEROUS PERSON IN THIS RACE THROUGH THE LENS OF PROJECT 2025. EVEN THOUGH GOP ALLIES TRIED TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THAT BLUEPRINT FOR A TRUMP SECOND TERM. SHE WILL REMIND EVERYBODY OF HER UPBRINGING. THE FACT THAT SHE WORKED AT A McDONALD'S. HER LATE MOTHER WAS A HUGE INFLUENCE ON HER LIFE AND SHE WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THAT IN PERSONAL TERMS. HALLIE, SHE HAS BEEN PRACTICING ALL WEEK . PERFORMING IN FRONT OF HER HUSBAND, THE SECOND GENTLEMAN, WHO HAD HIS OWN TURN EARLIER IN THE WEEK. OVERALL SHE HAS GIVEN THOUSANDS OF SPEECHES AND BEEN ON TELEPROMPTER FOR YEARS. IN TERMS OF THAT MECHANICS OF THE SPEECH, SHE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. THEY ARE SAYING SHE'S VERY READY TO MEET THIS MOMENT. >> CAN I TELL YOU WHAT IS INTERESTING? WE HAVE ALWAYS SEEN DELEGATES COMING IN AT THIS POINT OF THE EVENING. IT IS 5:00 EASTERN. THE PROGRAM BEGINS IN ABOUT 90 MINUTES. IT LOOKS MORE FULL THAN IT HAS BEEN. IT LOOKS LIKE A NUMBER OF DELEGATES WEARING WHITE. THE WOMEN'S SIDE. WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN SUPPORT OF THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. DO YOU THINK THAT WAS PLANNED OR A COINCIDENCE? >> Reporter: IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS COORDINATED. WE ARE SEEING SO MUCH OF IT. EIGHT YEARS AGO I WAS COVERING HILLARY CLINTON AT THE PHILADELPHIA DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, THAT WAS THE INTENDED MESSAGE FOR THURSDAY EVENING , AS WELL. THIS GENERALLY SHY -- GENERATIONALLY HAS BECOME A THEME. SHE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE HISTORIC NATURE OF HER CANDIDACY BUT SHE IS LETTING OTHER PEOPLE DO THAT FOR HER. SHE'S NOT LEANING INTO THAT AS MUCH BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY BARRIERS THAT SHE WOULD POTENTIALLY BREAK IF SHE HAS ELECTED TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A NOT TO THAT IN TERMS OF GENDER, RACE, BUT NOT THE DEFINING MESSAGE OF HER SPEECH. SHE WILL ARGUE THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT HER, IT'S ABOUT ALL OF THE AMERICANS. >> MONICA ALBA. CHUCK TODD, WITH US IN THE BOOTH. JEN PSAKI IS JOINING US, AS WELL. TRADITIONALLY AMERICANS ARE ENGAGING. AMERICAN STARTED ENGAGING ABOUT A MONTH AGO. HOW DOES THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN, HOW DO DEMOCRATS KEEP UP THE ENERGY WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT HERE FOR THE NEXT 75 DAYS? >> IT'S ABOUT DOING THE NONSTOP BARNSTORMING. THE OTHER BIG CHANGE IN THIS TICKET, JOE BIDEN COULD NOT. THAT WAS A HUGE PROBLEM THE CAMPAIGN WAS HAVING. KAMALA CAN. YOU KNOW WHO STRUGGLES WITH DOING MULTIPLE EVENTS A DAY? HER OPPONENT, DONALD TRUMP. I'M CURIOUS IF THERE WILL BE -- THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THIS. GORDON LIEBERMAN DID A RIBBON BOW TO HER. I REMEMBER KARL ROVE ADMITTING THAT IT WAS BRILLIANT. IT WAS FASCINATING THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MATTER. ALLOW THE MOMENTUM TO GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THAT IS ONE OF THE CONVENTIONS I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. THIS CONVENTION COMPARED TO OTHERS. IT REMINDS ME OF A COMBINATION OF TWO OTHER CONVENTIONS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET CAME IN NERVOUS AND BEHIND. THE CONVENTION PROPELLED. BILL CLINTON'S IN 1992 AND AL GORE IN 2000. PEOPLE FORGET, HE WAS REALLY LOSING BEFORE THE CONVENTION AND HE WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE TONE. IT IS ABOUT NOT STOPPING. IT WILL BE TEMPTING TO TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF TRADITIONALLY IN THE PAST NOMINEES HAVE. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS TIME? TIM SAID THAT YOU WILL SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE DEAD. THAT IS THE MOMENTUM THEY SHOULD KEEP GOING. THEY ARE SHOWING UP AND MAYBE THEY HAVE A LITTLE FUN AND OUR STORM -- BARNSTORMING IN MIAMI TO MESS WITH THE CAMPAIGN. REALLY, THEY DID A BUS TRIP IN PENNSYLVANIA BEFORE THEY GOT HERE. I IMAGINE WE WILL SEE SOMETHING IN MICHIGAN SOON. THOSE ARE THINGS THEY NEED TO KEEP DOING THAT THEY CANNOT STOP BECAUSE THEY HAVE ENERGY ON THEIR SIDE. COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE OPENING UP NOW. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY -- OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP IT GOING. >> WOULD YOU SAY, DON'T TAKE THAT DOWNTIME. SHE HAS TO DEBATE PREP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THE DEBATE. WOULD YOU TELL HER SOMEBODY SHOULD BE THERE EVERY DAY? >> 1000%. ONE OF THE BENEFITS TO COME OUT OF THE CONVENTION, THE COUNTRY WAS INTRODUCED TO ONE WALL STREET SHE WAS CRYING AND LAUGHING AND HAD RELATABLE RESPONSES TO THE SPEECHES. TIM WALZ HAS BECOME A SUPERSTAR AND ONE WHO CAN CONNECT WITH THE FOOTBALL LOVING AMERICANS. DOUG EMHOFF GAVE A SPEECH. PEOPLE CAN CONNECT WITH THEM AND FEEL LIKE THEY ARE FEELING THEM. THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY DAYS LEFT AND THEY ARE AWARE. SHE HAS BEEN REMINDING PEOPLE AT EVENTS. AN INTERESTING MOMENT AT HER RALLY SOMEBODY TOLD HER SHE ALREADY WON. SHE SAID THAT WE HAVE NOT WON YET. ONE OF THEIR CHALLENGES IS TO REMIND THE DEMOCRATIC BASE AND THE CORE SUPPORTERS THAT THIS WILL BE A GRIND AND CLOSE. NOBODY CAN BE COMPLACENT. >> JEN, SHE'S GOT TO GET THROUGH TONIGHT. HER SPEECH TO A ROOM THAT IS GOING TO GO BANANAS FOR HER. IF THE PROGRAMMING FOR THE DEMOCRATS IS ANY INDICATION TO SET THE TABLE, WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO? TOMORROW MORNING WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SPEECH FROM LAST NIGHT, WHAT WILL PENDANTS -- >> PEOPLE SAY THERE WILL BE POLICY BUT IT IS NOT A POLICY SPEECH. IT IS NOT STATE OF THE UNION. IT IS A VISION SPEECH. ABOUT HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING IN TERMS OF THE CHOICE YOU ARE OFFERING TO THE COUNTRY AND WHAT YOUR VISION IS FOR LEADING. THERE ARE POINTS THAT MONICA TOUCHED ON, WE HAVE SEEN A LEAD UP TO THIS MOMENT WHERE THERE IS REFRAINING AND AN ATTEMPT TO RECLAIM FREEDOM AND OFFENSIVE RATES. I EXPECT THAT TO BE AN ESSENTIAL THEME OF HER SPEECH. SHE HAS BEEN PROJECTING JOY. THAT IS THE THEME OF THIS TICKET. I EXPECT THAT TO BE THE VIBE. THERE ARE MOMENTS THAT HAVE HELPED PROPEL HER ONTO THE SCENE EFFECTIVELY. HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT ABORTION RIGHTS. THAT WILL BE A PASSIONATE AND IMPORTANT PART OF THE STREETS. THE CONTRAST WITH DONALD TRUMP. THERE HAS BEEN A REAL SHIFT WITHOUT DEMOCRATS, THIS TICKET, PROMINENT ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE BARACK TALK ABOUT TRUMP. IT'S NOT A DICTATOR WHO WILL BRING DOWN THE COUNTRY AND IT WILL BE OVER AS A DEMOCRACY. THEY BELITTLE HIM AND MAKE HIM SMALL. THEY MAKE HIM SEEM SELF- INVOLVED. THAT IS A CORE MESSAGE. >> HAKEEM JEFFRIES. >> BARACK OBAMA SAID, THE GUY BLOWING THE LEAF BLOWER OUTSIDE OF YOUR WINDOW. I EXPECT THAT TO BE THE FEELING OF HOW SHE GOES AFTER DONALD TRUMP. >> I THINK YOU CAN STICK AROUND JEN AND CHUCK. SOMEBODY SLID INTO THE SEAT NEXT TO ME WHO WANTS TO GET IN ON THIS CONVERSATION. SENATOR, IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. LET ME BRING YOU IN. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM HARRIS TO REACH OUT TO THE PERSUADABLE VOTERS? >> I THINK SHE NEEDS TO SEAL THE DEAL ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON. WE HAVE SEEN EVERY SPEAKER, ONE AFTER ANOTHER SPEAK TO AMERICA ACROSS THE BOARD. THIS GROUP, THAT GROUP, ACROSS THE BOARD. SHE NEEDS TO SEAL THE DEAL. SHE NEEDS TO GIVE US HER VISION FOR AMERICA. OVER THE LAST MONTH WE HAVE HIT THE RESET BUTTON. DEMOCRATS AND AMERICA. TRYING TO LOOK AT THE POLICIES. TO ALSO SHOW THE LEADER THAT SHE IS. I THINK THAT WILL COME THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR TONIGHT. >> PART OF LAYING IT OUT -- THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE WHICH HAS TAKEN A PROMINENT TIMESLOT. A PROMINENT EVENING SLOT HERE' . YOU WILL SEE GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES. GABBY GIFFORDS WHO WAS ALMOST KILLED. YOU ARE FROM A STATE WHERE THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS IMPORTANT. YOU AND TIM WALZ TALKED ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WHILE ALSO THE NEED FOR GUN REFORM LEGISLATION. WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE TO HER AND THE CAMPAIGN? >> MIMIC WHAT TIM SAID. I HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS CONVENTION, THINGS THAT DEMOCRATS IN THE SOUTH HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. WE RECLAIMED THE FLAG AND PATRIOTISM. WE CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO HUNT. THE FILM HAD TIM SHOOTING A BIRD AS IT WENT ACROSS. WE SHOULD NOT RUN AWAY FROM THAT. THERE IS NOTHING INCONSISTENT WITH TRYING TO SAVE LIVES AND STILL ENJOYING HUNTING AND SPORTING SHOOTING. THERE IS NOTHING INCONSISTENT ABOUT THAT. SHE MAY TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT SHE'S GOT A VICE PRESIDENT WHO CAN TALK TO PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA ABOUT THAT. I WANT HER TONIGHT TO REALLY TALK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AS A PROSECUTOR. MAKING THE CASE. SHE CAN PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP WITH THE LARGEST JURY AND THAT IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> IF THE THEME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK WAS PASS THE TORCH, IS SHIFTED TO TURN THE PAGE. TONIGHT IS THE CEMENTING OF THE KAMALA HARRIS ERA FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. YOU CALLED BIDEN DROPPING OUT AS BITTERSWEET. WE HAVE SEEN OBAMA AND CLINTON, A NOD TO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SERVICE. WHAT ROLE SHOULD HE PLAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS? >> I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH HIM. THIS IS MY OPINION, HE OUGHT TO BE OUT THERE. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, PEOPLE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S AGE AND WHETHER OR NOT HE COULD SERVE A FULL TERM? THEY NEVER WAVERED IN HER LOVE FOR HIM. HE CAN GET VOTES OUT. HE YOU SAW THAT HAPPEN WHEN HE APPEARED WITH, HARASS THE OTHER DAY. A HUGE MISTAKE THAT AL GORE MAY, TO NOT USE BILL CLINTON AT THE TIME. HE NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE AND HE CAN GO INTO PLACES THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT DOES NOT NEED TO GO. GO THERE AND DRAW THE CROWDS. KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. REMIND PEOPLE OF EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE. REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT HOW HE HAS BROUGHT ALLIES TOGETHER TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD. >> EVEN WITH HIS RATING WHERE IT IS, YOU DO NOT THINK HE WILL BE A DRAG? >> NOT AT ALL. HIS RATING WILL GO UP AND UP AND UP. AT SOME POINT IT WILL NOT BE A DRAG AND IT WILL BE POSITIVE. >> WHAT DID HE SAY? >> HE LISTENED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL TAKE MY ADVICE OR NOT? I WANT TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT HOW TO KEEP THIS GOING. CHUCK HAD GREAT ANSWERS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO DID JEN. PUT UP SIGNS EVERYWHERE. BUSES, HEADQUARTERS, AND SAYS TO REMEMBER 2016. PEOPLE WERE ALREADY TRYING TO GET THE RESERVATIONS FOR INAUGURATION DAY. THEY LET THEIR FOOT OFF THE GAS. REMEMBER 2016 AND KEEP THIS GOING. THIS MOMENTUM WILL CARRY FORWARD THROUGH NOVEMBER. >> I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE REPORTING THAT YOU ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR A POTENTIAL AG ROLE IN HER CABINET. AS THE CAMPAIGN APPROACH TO? WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT? >> CHUCK, DO YOU REMEMBER ME GETTING YOU TO SIGN THAT BASEBALL A COUPLE YEARS AGO? >> HE'S AVOIDING YOU. >> YOU ALWAYS ASKED THE SAME QUESTION FOUR TIMES. >> THREE, MINIMUM. >> WOULD YOU CONSIDER IT? >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY FRIEND, KAMALA, HAS A SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENCY. I WANT TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO MAKE SURE SHE GETS ELECTED AND HAS A SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENCY. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WHERE IS YOUR SEE? >> AND ALABAMA DELEGATE. >> LET ME BRING JEN AND CHUCK. SHE'S GOT TO GET OUT THERE. BIDEN NEEDS TO GET OUT. DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT MOVE? >> IT'S UP TO THE CAMPAIGN. THERE IS AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT HE'S NOT AS HELPFUL BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO SORT OF -- SHE MAY ADOPT A SIMILAR GOVERNING PHILOSOPHY, THE NEW IS OVER. TURNING THE PAGE ASPECT, I WOULD ARGUE. I DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE JOE BIDEN OUT A LOT. AL GORE HAD A SIMILAR CHALLENGE AND HE DID NOT HAVE BILL CLINTON OUT A LOT. THERE HAS BEEN DEBATE AMONG CLINTON ALLIES IT WAS A MISTAKE. I DO NOT THINK IT WAS. THE REASON AL GORE GOT AS CLOSE AS HE DID BECAUSE HE GOT TO SHOW SOME DISTANCE. VPS HAVE TO DO THAT. BE YOUR OWN PERSON. YOU DID NOT SEE BARACK OBAMA OUT A LOT ON BEHALF OF HILLARY. MAYBE HE SHOULD'VE DONE IT MORE BUT I'M SKEPTICAL THAT BIDEN IS HELPFUL NOW. HE'S GOT ONE JOB, THE BEST HE COULD DO FOR HER IS TO GET THE SEAT FIRED UP. OUTSIDE EVENTS WORK AGAINST HER. WERE BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL. I WORRY ABOUT ECONOMIC SHOCK. THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY IS HANGING ON BY A THREAD. WHAT IF THE DOWNTURN HAPPENS IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS? IF I AM HER, I WANT JOE BIDEN DOING THE JOB. HE HELPS MOORE DOING HIS JOB AS PRESIDENT THAN ON THE CAMPAIGN. >> CHUCK SAID SOMETHING INTERESTING, HE SAID IF THERE IS A TIME TO DEPLOY HIM IT WOULD BE TOWARDS THE END. SEEING SOMEBODY LIKE OPRAH WITH THE ENORMOUS STAR POWER, PREACHING THE POLITICAL GOSPEL TO THIS ROOM, COMING OUT NOW IN AUGUST. IT DOES FEEL LIKE PERHAPS THERE ARE LESSONS BEING LEARNED FROM THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN. HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016, WHEN SUMS STARS CAME OUT TOWARD THE END, PERHAPS IT WAS TOO LATE. >> HAVING OVER SPEAK AT A CONVENTION IS GREAT. THERE ARE PARTICULAR MOMENTS THAT WILL WORK FOR SOMEONE LIKE HER. I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD DO 20 CAMPAIGN EVENTS. SHE MIGHT DO SOMETHING ELSE? ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CELEBRITY ONE, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP IN ALL PLACES. IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 2016, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES THAT HARRIS HAS BEEN TO WISCONSIN. THAT IS A STATE THAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO WIN. IT WAS WON BY LESS THAN ONE POINT. THE LAST FEW PRESIDENTIAL CYCLES. IT'S MORE ABOUT SHOWING UP AND HAVING THE RIGHT PEOPLE SHOW UP IN PLACES. USING THE POPULAR GOVERNORS, FORMER PRESIDENTS, PEOPLE WILLING TO SHOW UP TO ENERGIZE AND ENGAGE. EARLY VOTING IS STARTING IN A FEW WEEKS IN SOME OF THESE STATES. >> GREAT TO HAVE YOU GUYS. WE WILL CHECK BACK WITH BOTH OF YOU THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT. CHECK IN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, YOU HAVE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON DAY FORM -- FOUR OF HIS OWN BLITZ. HERE HE IS TODAY IN ARIZONA VISITING A BORDER MOMENTS AGO. IMMIGRATION IS AN ISSUE THAT REPUBLICANS SEE AS A LIABILITY FOR DEMOCRATS. THE LATEST POLL SHOWS HE LEADS HARRIS AT ABOUT FIVE POINTS. VAUGHN HILLYARD IS WITH US NOW. DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID ALL WEEK THAT THEY MENTIONED ME MORE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THAN TALKING ABOUT CRIME OR IMMIGRATION. YOU WILL PROBABLY HEAR FROM SENATOR MARK KELLY TONIGHT. TOOK US THROUGH THE DYNAMIC. >>'S CRITICISM WAS THAT HE WAS URGING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO THE MIGRANT CRISIS. THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMING TO THE U.S. WHEN YOU LOOK AT POLLING, IT'S NOT JUST RIGHT NOW, AND AGAIN SHOWS THE EMIGRATION IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF VOTERS MINDS. THIS IS HISTORICALLY BEEN AN ISSUE THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE WELL ON. NOT ONLY IN 2016, ALSO GOING BACK TO STATE RACES. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION YOU SEE THE NUMBER THERE. 51%, DONALD TRUMP THE BEST POSITION TO ADDRESS THE BORDER ISSUE. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT EVER SINCE EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN THE BIPARTISAN SENATE BORDER PACKAGE WAS NOT APPROVED IN LARGE PART DUE TO TO DONALD TRUMP CALLING FELLOW REPUBLICANS AND URGING THEM TO TURN DOWN THE BILL AND NOT APPROVE IT, IT LED TO JOE BIDEN SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT LED TO BORDER PATROL ENCOUNTERS TO DECLINE. THIS REALLY IS A MOMENT WHERE SOME OF THE NUMBERS FOR DONALD TRUMP ARE PERHAPS NOT POLITICALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE ARGUMENT HE'S MAKING THAT THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION ARE NOT ADDRESSING IMMIGRATION WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBER GOING DOWN. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS UNDERSTANDING THAT POLLING INDICATES IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S SAY IN ARIZONA A BREAKING NEWS. A MANHUNT FOR A SUSPECT WHO POLICE SAY IS WANTED IN CONNECTION FOR A THREAT TO KILL A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN THE STATE . TOM, WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? THE FORMER PRESIDENT ALLUDED TO SOME SORT OF UNSAFE ISSUE. IT WAS VAGUE, BUT WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? REMAKE THE SECRET SERVICE LET THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPEAK AT THIS EVENT IN ARIZONA. A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAID THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A RONALD LEE. A WHITE MALE AT SIX FEET TALL. HE HAS MORE POLL -- MULTIPLE WARRANTS OUT. REGISTERED OFFENDER AND DUI RELATED OFFENSES. THE INCLUDED THAT HE IS BEING SOUGHT AS AN INVESTIGATIVE LEAD FOR THREATS TO KILL A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN BRIEF. THEY TELL US THAT THE THREAT THAT WAS MADE AT LEAST ONE ONLINE THREAT, WAS DIRECTED TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED ON JULY 13th WITH THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, THAT GETS LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTENTION. THEY DID MAKE THE DECISION. THEY FELT THEY HAD A SAFE ENOUGH PERMIT OR THAT THE EVENT COULD GO ON. THE SECRET SERVICE IS PROBABLY PRETTY ACUTELY AWARE OF THE UNDERLYING DETAILS OF THIS CASE. THEY WERE IN A POSITION TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. KEEP US POSTED AS YOU GET DEVELOPMENTS. CHECK IN WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING YOU WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING HERE IN CHICAGO AS THE ROOM IS FILLING UP FOR NIGHT FOUR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. YOU WANT TO STAY WITH US BECAUSE WE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE FLOOR NEXT AS FOLKS ARE RAMPING UP. 60 MINUTES FROM NOW WE WILL BRING IT LIVE WHEN IT HAPPENS. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. >>> WELCOME BACK TO NBC NEWS NOW. LIVE ON THE FLOOR FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. AS THE ANTICIPATION CONTINUES TO BUILD, FOR THE LAST VEGAS IN THE BEST NIGHT WITH SENATOR HARRIS -- VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. IT IS A HISTORIC EVENING WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. POISED TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR AND FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT IS GOING ON DOWN HERE ON THE FLOOR AS WE WAIT FOR THE PROGRAM TO START. THIS IS THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> DR. NORMAN. >> Reporter: TO SEE BARACK AND MICHELLE TAKE THE STAGE AND GOVERNOR WALZ , WAS THERE HISTORY BEING MADE? >> NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW FANTASTIC AND WONDERFUL IT WAS. >> Reporter: WE HEAR A MESSAGE FROM THE STAGE ABOUT GETTING OUT TO DO SOMETHING. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? >> I AM OLD, ALMOST 80 YEARS OLD. >> Reporter: STOP IT. 80 YEARS, YOUNG. >> I LOVE YOU. I'M TELLING YOU THAT I WOULD DO EVERY SINGLE THING I CAN. I WILL WORK ON THIS CAMPAIGN. I WORKED ON THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN. IN WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? THIS IS THE CITY WHERE OBAMA DECLARED VICTORY. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT FOR YOU? >> I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW THANKFUL I AM TO EVEN BE ALIVE TO DO THIS. IN MY LIFETIME, SOMEONE WHO LIVED THROUGH SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. PEOPLE WERE NOT EVEN THOUGHT OF FOR THESE KINDS OF THINGS, TO SEE BARACK OBAMA AND MICHELLE , AND NOW THIS -- KAMALA. MY GOSH -- KAMALA. >> Reporter: EVERYBODY WILL GET IT RIGHT AFTER TONIGHT. THANK YOU. LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT. IT IS NOT JUST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. THEY WILL BE FAMILIAR FACES . REVEREND AL SHARPTON. ADAM KINZINGER, THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DURING THE ADMINISTRATION. ROY COOPER. AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. WE HAVE SEEN HER A COUPLE TIMES IN THE CONVENTION HALL OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW DAYS. WE SAW HER IN MILWAUKEE WHEN THE CONVENTION WAS GOING ON HERE. WE HAVE NOT SEEN AND WE DO NOT KNOW THE TONE OF HER SPEECH. LET'S CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE. HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING? HOW ARE YOU FEELING? CALIFORNIA DELEGATION? COME OVER HERE. YOU'RE FROM THE BAY AREA? >> BAY AREA. >> Reporter: THESE ARE MY PEOPLE. DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME. I AM FROM LOS ANGELES. >> WE ARE FIRED UP AND READY TO GO. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SEE KAMALA. SHE IS MY SORORITY SISTER GOING INTO OFFICE. WE WILL TAKE IT ALL AWAY. >> Reporter: CAN YOU IMAGINE A CALIFORNIAN WOMAN OF COLOR AS PRESIDENT? >> WE WILL NOT HAVE TO IMAGINE MUCH LONGER. IT WILL BECOME A REALITY. >> Reporter: YOU WERE HERE FOR OBAMA AND NOW YOU ARE HERE FOR THIS. >> THOSE CONVENTIONS WORK FABULOUS. THIS IS MATCHED. INSPIRATION BROUGHT ON BY KAMALA AND TIM, WE ARE LOVING THE TIME HERE AND IT WILL SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. >> Reporter: WE WILL TAKE A QUICK SELFIE. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? >> I'M FROM HIGHLAND PARK. I AM THE MAYOR. >> Reporter: COME THIS WAY, GUYS. THERE IS A PERSON I KNOW OVER HERE THAT WILL HAVE INSIGHT INTO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TODAY. LET'S GET OVER HERE. YOU WANT TO TAKE SLP WITH HER? SHE WOULD DO A QUICK SELFIE. THAT IS NICE. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN DOING -- YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF REPORTING. WITH THE TONE AND TENOR OF THE SPEECH WILL BE. YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS MOMENT. START WITH THOSE FEES. >> SHE HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS. THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER CAREER. SHE'S BEEN GOING TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY FOR PREP AND SHE'S GOING OVER EVERY WORD IN THE SPEECH LIKE A PROSECUTOR WOULD. SHE HAS THREE GOALS. SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HER PERSONAL BACKGROUND. HER MOTHER, WHO TOLD HER SHE MIGHT BE THE FIRST BUT DO NOT BE THE LAST. AN IMMIGRANT FROM INDIA. SHE WANTS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT HER PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AS A PROSECUTOR. SHE WANTS THE CONTRAST VIEWS FOR AMERICA WITH THE VIEWS OF DONALD TRUMP. SHE WANTS A ROOTED IN PATRIOTISM. SHE WILL SAY THAT SHE WILL BE PRESIDENT FOR ALL PEOPLE. SHE WANTS TO LEAN INTO THE IDEA THAT SHE'S FOR EVERYBODY AND SHE'S QUALIFIED. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT CLAYTON TORR UP A VERSION OF HIS SPEEC , IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS? >> I WAS TOLD IT WAS LARGELY DONE ON TUESDAY MORNING. SHE HAS BEEN TWEAKING AND LOOKING AT THE ARC OF THE CONVENTION. SHE UNDERSTANDS IT WILL BE A COMBINATION. SHE'S TAKEN THE VIBES OF THE ROOM AND OTHER SPEECHES. I ASKED HOW MUCH SHE THINKS SHE WILL STICK TO HER PREPARED REMARKS? SHE SAID SHE WILL BE READY TO RESPOND TO THE ENERGY. >> Reporter: ANY RUMORS ABOUT POTENTIAL SURPRISES? >> I CLEARLY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CALM DOWN AND NOT THINK ABOUT THE B WORD. BEYONCE. HELLO, IF YOU'RE COMING, TEXT ME. AS OF RIGHT NOW I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE ARE SURPRISES COMING. WE SAW P!NK REHEARSING EARLIER. WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE SPEECH, SHE WILL BE PRAISING JOE BIDEN. SHE WILL BE SAYING SHE IS GRATEFUL FOR HIS ROLE. SHE SEES HIM AS SOMEONE SHE LOVES AND SOMEONE WHO ELEVATED HER. HE ENDORSED HER WHEN HE WAS DROPPING OUT. SHE WILL SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT THE LEGACY OF JOE BIDEN. I WANTED TO TALK TO WOMEN WHO ARE HISTORY MAKERS. THE FIRST INDIAN AMERICAN ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SHE IS SO EXCITED TO SEE SOMEONE OF INDIAN HERITAGE WHO IS QUALIFIED TO BE IN THIS MOMENT TO SEE A VISION OF AMERICA THAT LOOKS LIKE OTHER PEOPLE. I TALKED TO APRIL, THE FIRST LACK PRESIDENT OF THE -- UNION. A LARGE UNION. SHE SAID THE LITTLE GIRL INSIDE OF HER IS SCREAMING. THEY WILL SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN THIS TICKET IN A WAY THEY HAVE NOT BEFORE. >> Reporter: AMAZING REPORTING. I'M GLAD THAT I FOUND YOU BECAUSE IT IS A CHALLENGE OUT HERE. I WILL FIND YOU AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. >> I AM SURE YOU WILL HAVE A BUNCH OF SELFIES. >> I TALKED TO YOU THE OTHER NIGHT. >> WE ARE LIVE ON THE AIR. >> STAY TUNED BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT MORE COMING UP. THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. I'M ON THE FLOOR IN CHICAGO. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WILL MAKE HER BIG SPEECH IN A MATTER OF HOURS. DO NOT GO ANYWHERE. YOU ARE WATCHING NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK TO NBC NEWS NOW SPECIAL COVERAGE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. IT STILL IS 2024. HALLIE JACKSON WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> A GROUP OF A DOZEN UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE IS TAKING PLACE OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER HERE. OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER. THEY ARE REITERATING TO HAVE A PRO-PALESTINIAN SPEAKER. BY 6:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME. LISTEN. >> I'M HOLDING OUT HOPE UNTIL 6:00 THAT THEY WILL CORRECT. WE CAME HERE TO AMPLIFY WHAT IS HAPPENING. THE CALL FOR A CEASE- FIRE. AN ARMS EMBARGO. >> JOINING ME NOW CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, ANDREA MITCHELL. I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS THREAT. WHAT LEVERAGE DO THESE PROTESTERS HAVE? I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE FRUSTRATED. IT'S BEEN A BIG FIZZLE. THEY HAVE NOT HAD AS MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP AS THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE. THE DELEGATES WERE HOPING THE PROTEST WOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD GIVE THEM SOME SORT OF LEVERAGE AND THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE IT. HOW DOES IT RESOLVE ITSELF? >> I HAVE INTERVIEWED SEVERAL OF THEM ON THE FLOOR AND THEY SAY THEY ARE DISTINCT ON THE PROTESTERS THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO THAT. >> THEY DON'T WANT THE PROTESTERS TO GIVE THEM A BAD NAME. >> THEY HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN ALL WEEK. MICHAEL TAYLOR ON OUR SHOW, I TALKED TO HIM AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM MINNESOTA SPEAKS FOR THEM BUT HE DOES NOT REALLY SPEAK FOR THEM. HE IS MORE SYMPATHETIC TO THE CAUSE. WHAT THEY WANT IS A PALESTINIAN SPEAKER ON THE CONVENTION TONIGHT. FOR A CONGRESSPERSON TO GIVE UP THEIR TIME. THEY BEEN SITTING IN OVERNIGHT. THEY ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE ARENA WHERE WE ARE BUT THEY HAVE DELEGATE PASSES. THEY ARE INSIDE THE PERIMETER. THERE RIGHT OUTSIDE WHERE THE TRAILERS ARE. I GUESS THE ONLY LEVERAGE THEY MIGHT HAVE IS TO DISRUPT ONE OF THE PLANNED SPEECHES TONIGHT BY SHOUTING OUT AS THEY DO AT THE HARRIS RALLIES. >> THERE WAS REPORTING ON THE FLOOR, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT A DISRUPTION THAT THEY HAVE HALL MONITORS THAT ARE BASICALLY KEEPING AN EYE ON TWO DELEGATIONS. MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA, THAT HAVE UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES. THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A CONVENTION THAT WILL WILLINGLY PUT A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN ON THE STATION. >> AN ENVOY TO THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY. SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN HER OFFICE. SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO SHOW OUTRAGE. MY REPORTING FROM U.S. OFFICIALS IS THAT SHE HAS BEEN MORE FORWARD LEANING WITHIN THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL THEN HAS THE PRESIDENT. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOW THAT SHE SAW THE CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL AS A CALAMITY AND SPOKE ABOUT IT INTERNALLY EARLIER. IN DUBAI AND ALABAMA IN MARCH FOR SHE'S BEEN PROACTIVE. >> SHE TOOK ON THE PROTESTER AT A RALLY ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO. SHE BASICALLY SAID THAT IT IS A BINARY CHOICE. DO YOU WANT DONALD TRUMP? DO YOU THINK THAT TOOK THE AIR OUT OF THIS? AS MUCH AS I SEE THE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE THIS BIGGER, IT HAS NOT GOTTEN TRACTION. I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT MOMENT THAT DEFLATED THE EFFORT. >> I WOULD CALL IT AGONY OF CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS MEMBERS. FOR THREE WEEKS WHILE JOE BIDEN WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF COMING TO TERMS, THEY THOUGHT THEY LOST EVERYTHING. THAT IS OVER. THEY WERE RELIEVED IT WAS OVER. THAT'S WHY THEY ACCEPTED. THE JOY, THE FREEDOM, OF ALL OF THIS. THEY ARE RELIEVED THAT IS OVER. THEY DO NOT WANT ANYTHING -- GIMMICK THEY GOT INTO THE DOOR. >> WE HAVE A CHANCE NOW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. >> SO FAR THIS IS THE DOG THAT DID NOT BITE AT THIS CONVENTION. WE WILL SEE. IT'S NOT OVER YET. ANDREA MITCHELL. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK WE SHOULD HAVE MY FRIEND HALLIE JACKSON BACK WITH US. MORE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND THE CRITICISM COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE BEFORE THE BIG NIGHT FOR KAMALA HARRIS. >>> WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR TONIGHT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. CHICKEN LET'S TALK ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS LOVE WILL NOT DO? >>> HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? >>> NOW YOU HAVE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL IT STARTS TO SPARKLE. IT'S HAPPENING. CHECK IN WELCOME BACK TO LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THEM AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROOM BEHIND ME. IT IS FILLING UP FOR THE PROGRAMMING IS SET TO BEGIN IN ABOUT 50 MINUTES OR SO. WE WILL BRING IT LIVE. YOU ARE PROBABLY NOTICING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WHITE FROM THE WOMEN. WE HAVE SEEN IT PAST POLITICAL EVENTS LIKE STATES OF THE UNION, SOME DEMOCRATIC WOMEN WEARING WHITE IN HONOR OF THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. >>> YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS INCLUDING ADAM KISSINGER. HE WILL EXTEND AN OLIVE BRANCH TO MODERATES AND REPUBLICANS. REPUBLICANS HAVE REALLY BEEN DESCRIBING THIS AS LESS OF A CELEBRATION THAN A CORONATION. I WILL BRING THE ROCK STORE -- START PANEL. HELLO. WHERE SHOULD WE BEGIN? LET'S START WITH THE IDEA IT IS A CORONATION AND NOT A CELEBRATION. THEY TRY TO WORK OUT THE STRATEGY I'M NOT HOW TO DEFEAT JOE BIDEN, THEY HAD A PLAYBOOK FOR THAT. BUT FOR HARRIS. >> THEY ARE TRYING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STUFF AND NOTHING IS REALLY THINKING. DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A NICKNAME. THEY ARE CONFRONTING A DIFFICULT REALITY FOR THEM. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS INCREDIBLY UNIFIED. IT IS STRANGE FOR US, A WEIRD FEELING AS A DEMOCRAT. NOT USE TO THIS SENSE OF EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SAME PAGE. FIGHTING THE SAME FIGHT. WANTING TO WIN, USING THIS CONVENTION AS THE BEST POSSIBLE CASE FOR KAMALA HARRIS AND AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. >> I DON'T WANT TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE BUT THERE IS MORE UNITY THAN A MONTH AGO. THERE IS THIS ISSUE OF THE UNCOMMITTED. >> THE HOSTAGE FAMILIES SPOKE LAST NIGHT AND SPOKE ABOUT AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE. THAT IS THEN THEIR MESSAGE THE WHOLE TIME. THEY ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT POINT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO END THE SUFFERING. ULTIMATELY, THAT IS THEIR GOAL AT THE END OF THE DAY. WHETHER OR NOT THE PALESTINIANS SHOULD BE SEEKING, THAT IS NOT MY CALL. EVERYBODY AGREES AND THAT'S WHY THE FAMILIES ARE SPEAKING THE SAME TUNE. >> HOW DO YOU SEE THAT IN THE FRAME YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT? >> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO THE CONCERNS OF THOSE VOTERS. THE IMPORTANCE OF A CEASE-FIRE. MAKE SURE THEY ARE REPRESENTED. WHEN IT COMES TO PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. YES. DO I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE COULD'VE BEEN A SPEAKER WHO SPOKE ON THE FLOOR AND TO THE CONCERNS IN A WAY THAT AFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTING HARRIS? YES. WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A SPEAKER IS LESS IMPORTANT THAN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 75 DAYS. THOSE VOTERS UNDERSTAND THE STAKES AND UNDERSTAND THEY ARE REPRESENTED. >> WE HEARD THEMES AT THE CONVENTION AND ITS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW GUN VIOLENCE IS TAKING A SPOT ON THE FINAL NIGHT WITH HIGH-PROFILE SPEAKERS. NOT ALL OF THEM NECESSARILY IN PRIME TIME. A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW DEMOCRATS FIND IT IMPORTANT. WE SEE ACCESS TO ABORTION AS MORE MOBILIZING. TALK TO THAT DYNAMIC. >> IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU HAD A GOVERNOR LAST NIGHT ADDRESSING HIS STANCE ON THIS. THE VIDEO SHOWED HIM AS A HUNTER. IT IS SUCH A RARE THING FOR A DEMOCRAT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT HE IS HUNTING AND FISHING AND DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS. DOING IT IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. GUN VIOLENCE IS PLAGUING EVERYBODY. IT IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE. I DO THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT REPUBLICANS, THEIR MESSAGE STILL IS NOT RIGHT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT IS SOMETHING THEY SHOULD BE ADDRESSING AND I'M GLAD THEY ARE. IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING THAT AMERICANS CARE ABOUT. YOU MAKE DINNER SIXTH HAS COME UP AND WE EXPECT IT TO AGAIN WITH KINZINGER ON STAGE. THE IDEA THAT BIDEN CAST DONALD TRUMP AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. THE FRAMING HAS NOT SHIFTED. IT HAS NOT BEEN THE FOCUS. YOU HAVE SEEN A STRATEGY THAT STARTED WITH GOVERNOR WALZ A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TRYING TO DIMINISH DONALD TRUMP. HE'S KIND OF SMALL. HE'S THE LEAF BLOWER GUY. HE'S WHINY AND A LOSER. IT'S A DIFFERENT RHETORICAL SHIFT. DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR AMERICANS ON THE FENCE? >> YES. TIM WALZ CALLED DONALD TRUMP WEIRD. PEOPLE MISSED IT. WE SOUGHT ON MSNBC. >> DONALD TRUMP IS A THREAT. MOST VOTERS AGREED THAT HE IS UNFIT, A LIAR, CHAOTIC. THEY HAVE COME TO THIS CONCLUSION ABOUT HIM. REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT A THREAT HE POSES AND HOW EXHAUSTING AND SELFISH AND NARCISSISTIC HE IS. HOW HE MAKES EVERYTHING ABOUT HIMSELF. WE HAVE TO DEFLATE THE THREAT BY MAKING HIM SEEM SMALL. MAKE HIM SEEM SMALL BY CASTING HIM AS A FAILED RETIRED ENTERTAINER, DESPERATE FOR THE STATES. HOW EMBARRASSING THAT IS. IT MUTES HIM AS A THREAT AND HIS POPULISM. IT MAKES HIM SEEM AS OTHER. TIM WALZ SAID HE'S WEIRD. CAN YOU PICTURE HIM DOING NORMAL STUFF? IT ATTACKS HIM AND THE PROPAGANDA PROJECT TO MAKE THE ECONOMIC RIGHT WING PRO- CORPORATE POLICIES -- >> THOSE SEE THIS AS A HONEYMOON FOR HARRIS AS NOT SUSTAINABLE. WHY ARE YOU SMOKING? >> THAT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT IF THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT A HONEYMOON BUT WE HAVE 60 DAYS. >> YOU FEEL LIKE IT COULD GO FOR THREE MORE MONTHS? >> IT MUST BE NUTS -- NICE. VOTING IS GOING TO BEGIN SOON. OUR JOB IS TO KEEP THE ENTHUSIASM GOING. THAT'S EASIER THAN TRYING TO DEFINE HARRIS ON A BUNCH OF LIES OVER THE NEXT 60 DAYS. >> AND HAS BEEN ELECTRIFYING IN HERE. THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THESE PEOPLE WILL TAKE BACK TO THEIR STATES, BACK TO THE SWING STATES, TO TALK TO NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND EVERYBODY ABOUT HOW THIS PARTY IS TRYING TO MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD. THAT IS THE GOAL HERE. I THINK THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHING THAT BY THE SPEAKERS AND HOW THEY ARE DOING THIS CONVENTION. >> THE THING THAT SURPRISED YOU MOST THIS WEEK? WHAT DIDN'T YOU EXPECT? >> GWEN WALZ. YOU SEE THE LOVE OF THEIR FAMILY. THE MOMENT WHEN HOPE GOES LIKE THIS AND GUS IS CHAIRING HIS DAD. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. MY CYNICAL EYES STARTED TO WATER. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE ARRAY OF SPEAKERS. THE FOOTBALL TEAM WAS ON. MUSICIANS. ACROSS THE BOARD, THE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT FIGURES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> MORE TO COME FROM CHICAGO. LIVE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. WE WILL GET A CHECK FROM THE FLOOR WHEN WE COME BACK IN A MINUTE. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO NBC NEWS THAN ANY OTHER NEWS ORGANIZATION. >>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS. LIVE IN TEL AVIV. WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT, YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THIS IS NBC NEWS SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. HERE IS HALLIE JACKSON. >> HEY THERE. I AM LIVE FROM THE UNITED CENTER IN CHICAGO FOR THE FINAL NIGHT AT THE DNC. THE ROOM IS FILLING OUT. THINGS WILL KICK OFF JUST 30 MINUTES FROM NOW. WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE WITH KAMALA HARRIS GETTING READY TO TAKE THE STAGE IN THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF HER POLITICAL LIFE. THE FORMER PROSECUTOR NOW MAKING HER OWN CASE TO THE NATION WHEN SHE FORMALLY ACCEPTS THE PARTY NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT RIGHT BEHIND ME LATER TONIGHT. SHE IS LOOKING TO DEFINE HERSELF, HER VISION, LOOKING TO USHER IN THE HARRIS ERA AND TURN THE PAID FOR THE PARTY ONE MONTH TO THE DAY AFTER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCING SHE WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN WITHDREW. AFTER THAT, A SPRINT TO THE CONVENTION. AN EVEN FASTER FALL ON THE WAY WITH ELECTION DAY JUST 75 DAYS AWAY. THE PAGE STARTED TO TURN TO WHAT IS NEXT AND WHETHER DEMOCRATS CAN KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM THEY FEEL HERE IN CHICAGO. WE HAVE A BIG TEAM WITH US, INCLUDING KELLY O'DONNELL, WHO HAS HAD THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE ALL WEEK LONG BY THE PODIUM. A FASCINATING LOOK AT THE BACKSTAGE. THE KEY MOMENT EXPECTED TO BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE ENTIRE WEEK SET TO HAPPEN A FEW HOURS FROM NOW WHEN KAMALA HARRIS SPEAKS. PEOPLE KNOW HER AS THE VICE PRESIDENT, BUT THEY DON'T YET KNOW HER AS A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. HOW IS SHE GOING TO CHANGE THAT? >> Reporter: WELL, THIS IS CERTAINLY THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF HER LIFE. SO PART OF WHAT SHE HAS TO DO IS GIVE THE FILL IN OF THE PICTURE. AS YOU POINTED OUT, SHE HAS BEEN A STATE OFFICEHOLDER, A UNITED STATES SENATOR, THE SITTING VICE PRESIDENT, AND NOW SHE IS A POLITICAL SPRINTER JUST 70 SOME DAYS TO NOVEMBER. CHANCE TO WRAP ALL OF THAT BIOGRAPHY, VISION, HER IDENTITY, ALL THE THINGS PEOPLE IMPOSE ON HER IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY FEEL, HOW THEY CONNECT TO HER, AND WAYS TO TRY TO REACH OUT. KNOWING THIS HAS BEEN A TIGHT RACE. IT REMAINS ONE. SHE HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF A SWIRL OF NEW ENERGY IN THE PARTY . SHE HAS TO WALK THAT LINE BETWEEN BEING THE PERSON WHO IS STILL A PARTNER OF JOE BIDEN. WE EXPECT SHE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE, THANK AND APPRECIATE PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO BROUGHT HER THIS PARTY IN EVERY WAY IMAGINABLE, AND NOW TAKE THE REINS AND MOVE FORWARD. WE EXPECT THE SPEECH TO FILL A GOOD CHUNK OF THE NIGHT. WE THINK MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN THE 30 MINUTE RANGE OR SO. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES AND CARE PUT TO IT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF A GUT CHECK. GOING THROUGH WHAT SHE WANTS TO SAY THAT DOESN'T RESONATE IN HER OWN MIND AND HEART SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE INFLUENCED BY THE OTHER VOICES YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHAPE AN EVENT OF THIS SCALE IN HER LIFE. SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE SHE IS TELLING THE STORY. ALSO ON ISSUES, EXPECT THE CONCEPTS ON HOW SHE WOULD DEFINE THE KIND OF COUNTRY SHE WOULD LIKE TO LEAD, AND TO TRY TO MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL HEAR IT TONIGHT. NIGHT FOUR FOR US. WE ARE SEEING OUR WAY THROUGH TO THE FINISH LINE. AND FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHAT A BUILDUP OF EMOTION. WE EXPECT GOVERNOR WALZ AND HIS FAMILY WILL BE HERE TONIGHT. THE FAMILIES WILL BE ON STAGE. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE HAD A REALLY EXCITING DAYS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE BALLOONS ABOVE US WILL COME FLYING DOWN AND DRIFTING IN TO FILL IN THE PICTURE TONIGHT. ALWAYS ONE OF THE MOST FUN MOMENTS OF A CONVENTION WHEN THE NOMINATION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED, AND THE MOMENT FIELD. THE BALLOON DROP ONE OF THE GREAT MOMENTS COMING UP TONIGHT. WE EXPECT GREAT MUSIC, AND MAYBE SOME SURPRISES. WERE ALREADY FOR THAT AS WELL. >> WHAT IS THE PLAN TO KEEP THE FOOT ON THE GAS AFTER THE DNC? I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SENATOR DOUG JONES, FORMER ALABAMA SENATOR, WHO SUGGESTED HE WANTS PEOPLE OUT FULL-COURT PRESS. >> Reporter: THERE IS A REAL DESIRE TO TRANSLATE THE ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM, WHICH INCLUDES, ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCES, THE BIGGEST GRASSROOTS NIGHT OF FUNDRAISING LAST NIGHT. THAT CERTAINLY GIVES THEM THE RESOURCES TO DO MORE. I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD TO EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE TRAVELING ANNOUNCED IN THE DAYS AHEAD, AND CERTAINLY LABOR DAY, WHICH IS JUST A THROW AWAY. ONE OF THE BIG MOMENTS IN TERMS OF RETAIL POLITICKING. GETTING OUT THERE AND HAVING ANOTHER BIG MOMENT EVENT. THEY WANT TO GET TO PLACES WHERE THEY COULD TALK ABOUT ISSUES IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. WE EXPECT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT COMES OUT OF THE CONVENTION WILL BE GET THROUGH TONIGHT. >> KELLY O'DONNELL. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE INSIDE SCOOP YOU GET FROM THAT SEAT. YOU WILL HAVE A BIRDS EYE VIEW. LET ME BRING IN SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS VERY WELL. THAT IS A FELLOW CALIFORNIAN, SENATOR BUTLER, LONG TIME FRIEND OF THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> >> THRILLED. >> NERVOUS. >> NOT NERVOUS AT ALL. THIS IS THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF HER POLITICAL CAREER, AND SHE IS GOING TO DELIVER. SHE IS GOING TO KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK UNTIL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXACTLY WHO SHE IS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. >> HOW IS SHE FEELING? >> I THINK SHE IS RESOLUTE. SHE IS DETERMINED. SHE IS CONFIDENT. SHE KNOWS WHAT IS AT STAKE. SHE IS PREPARED TO PERFORM AND DELIVER AND COMMUNICATE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS ON HER MIND AND HEART. WHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE BELIEVES WE CAN ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TONIGHT AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK IS AWAY THIS CONVENTION SEEMS TO HAVE A CEMENTED A SHIFT IN STRATEGY IN THE WAY THIS PARTY TALKS ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. NOT JUST AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, SOMEBODY WHO IS LOOMING LARGE AND OMINOUS IN SOME WAYS, BUT AS SOMEBODY IS WHO IS KIND OF, TO PEOPLE HERE, ANNOYING, THE EX-BOYFRIEND, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEAF BLOWER. DO EXPECT THAT PREDICATE -- RHETORIC TONIGHT? >> I THINK SHE WILL DO HER OWN VERSION OF ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP HE IS QUITE BORING, ACTUALLY. HE HAS TRIED TO RID A COOL HIS WAY INTO THE PRESIDENCY NOW FOR THE THIRD TIME. IT WON'T WORK. SHE IS GOING TO DEAL WITH IT IN A WAYS THAT SHE DOES PURCHASE MADE VERY CLEAR SHE KNOWS HIS TYPE. SHE IS GOING TO TALK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHE AND HIM. >> YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HER STARTED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU FIRST MET. TALK ABOUT THOSE MOMENTS AND THE FRIENDSHIP DEVELOPING AND HOW THAT CAME TO BE. >> SHE WAS RUNNING FOR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SHE IS FROM SAN FRANCISCO, MY UNION WAS BASED IN LOS ANGELES. SHE CAME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT HE SHOULD EARN MY MEMBER'S ENDORSEMENT. FIRST THING I SAID WAS, YOU HAVE TO WALK A DAY IN THE SHOES OF OUR MEMBERS. THAT IS HOW SHE WEATHER DOING THE WORK OF A HOME CARE WORKER IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS GROWN EVER SINCE. BIG MOMENT WHEN SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR OFFICE. WE HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS. BIG OPPORTUNITIES IN MY LIFE WHEN I HAVE BEEN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO. I HAVE SPOKEN TO HER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. WE HAVE BEEN IN EACH OTHER'S LIVES FOR A LONG TIME. I AM JUST EXCITED FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW THE PERSON I KNOW TO BE KAMALA HARRIS. >> THE TWO OF YOU GOT TO A POINT WHERE THE TRUST AND RELATIONSHIP WITH SO IN PLACE THAT YOU WORK AN ADVISOR TO HER DURING HER PRESIDENTIAL RUN. THE LAST TIME AROUND BACK IN 2019. TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES YOU NOTICE THEN VERSUS NOW AS IT RELATES TO CAMPAIGN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THERE HAS BEEN REPORTING OF STAFF ISSUES WHICH HE FIRST GOT INTO THE WHITE HOUSE, ET CETERA. WHAT DO YOU SEE FROM THE INSIDE NOW COMPARED TO A FEW YEARS BACK? >> IT IS EVERY CAMPAIGN THAT TAKES ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN. TRIED TO COMPARE ONE TO ANOTHER IN A DIFFERENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IS PROBABLY UNFAIR. WHAT I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN AND TEAM THAT SHE HAS PUT TOGETHER, THE DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS TEAM IS UNPRECEDENTED. YOU HAVE THE TEAM THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND YOU HAVE DAVE APPLY AND STEPHANIE CUTTER, WHO ARE JOINING THAT TEAM. I THINK IT WILL BE A FUSION OF ALL OF THE TALENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT IS DEEPLY EXPERIENCED, BECAUSE IT IS ALL AT STATE. >> IS THERE ANY TENSION BETWEEN THE BIDEN OLD GUARD LOYALISTS AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE LOYAL TO KAMALA HARRIS? >> ABSOLUTELY NIGHT. -- NOT. WHAT THIS TEAM IS FOCUSED ON IS WINNING. WHEN YOU ARE AN ORGANIZER AND CAMPAIGNER, THERE IS A BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END TO A CAMPAIGN. IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL YOU GET TO THE END AND HAVE WON. UNTIL ALL THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN COUNTED. IS ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON IN BETWEEN INTENSE MOMENTS, BUT THIS IS A TEAM FOCUSED ON WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WAITING FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND LAYING IT ALL ON THE LINE IN THIS MOMENT. >> I COVERED THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE. ONE OF THE THINGS HE IS DOING NOW IS USING THE WORD CALIFORNIA AS AN INSULT. KAMALA HARRIS IS A CALIFORNIA LIBERAL. PAINTED HER AS TOO EXTREME FOR THE REST OF AMERICA. CALIFORNIA TAKES PRIDE IN BEING PROGRESSIVE AND OUT INRONT IN THE EYES OF DEMOCRATS. HOW DOES A VICE PRESIDENT SQUARE THAT CIRCLE WHEN THERE HAS CLEARLY BEEN AN OUTREACH TO INDEPENDENTS AND EVEN MODERATE REPUBLICANS? >> THOSE WHO TRY TO CHARACTERIZE CALIFORNIA'S ONE THING OR PEOPLE WERE NOT FROM CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA IS A LOT OF THINGS . IT IS NOT JUST LOS ANGELES AND HOLLYWOOD IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. IT IS 58 COUNTIES, DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, IT REPUBLICANS. IT IS EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. WHAT CALIFORNIA HAS TAUGHT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ABOUT HOW TO GWEN -- HOW TO WIN IN A STATE LIKE CALIFORNIA IS HOW TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE. THAT IS A SKILL BEING MINIMIZED THAT THE OTHER SIDE WILL NEVER HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN OTHER PEOPLE'S VOICES. THE GIFT THAT IS CALIFORNIA IS THE POWER TO WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND GOVERNOR WALZ WOULD DO TO WIN THE CAMPAIGN IN NOVEMBER. >> DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC UNITY NOW BEING PUNCTURED BY THE ISSUE OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS WE HAVE SEEN WITH THIS PUSH BY THE UNCOMMITTED TO GET A PALESTINIAN SPEAKER ON STAGE? >> PER TEAM HAS BEEN TRYING TO NAVIGATE THIS SKILLFULLY, TACTFULLY, AND IN A WAY THAT ARTICULATES HER VALUES. SHE HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF, THE PALESTINIANS SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE FREE AND WITHOUT THREAT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO RETURN THOSE HOSTAGES TO THEIR FAMILIES HAVE NOW BEEN FACING ALMOST A YEAR WITHOUT KNOWING THE FATE OF THEIR FAMILIES, AND MAKING SURE WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT SET OF VALUES AND KEY OBJECTIVES LEADING TOWARDS A FUTURE. I HOPE WE CAN NAVIGATE OUR WAY AND NEGOTIATE AWAY THAT IS ABLE TO BRING SOME RESOLUTION TO THE NEED TO HEAR FROM THOSE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT VOICES. I KNOW THE VICE PRESIDENT IS COMMITTED TO THAT. >> BEFORE I LET YOU GO, YOU DESCRIBE THE VICE PRESIDENT AS RESOLUTE. HAVE YOU TALKED TO HER TODAY? >> NOT TODAY AT ALL. I HOPE SHE IS NOT TALKING TO ANYBODY. I WANT HER TO BE SUPER FOCUSED ON WHAT SHE IS SAYING. SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN KNOW HER HEART AND STORY BUT I HAVE NOT TO TALK TO HER. NOT EVEN TRY. >> THANKS FOR TALKING TO US. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> OF COURSE. START I WANT TO TAKE IT OUTSIDE. HE HEARD US TALKING ABOUT THESE PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER IN CHICAGO AT VARIOUS POINTS THIS WEEK. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOT SHOT NOW OF THAT HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER WITH ORGANIZERS HOPING TO SEE A PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN SPEAKER ON STAGE HERE. MAGGIE VESPA IS COVERING THIS NOW. GIVE US A SENSE OF THE SCENE BEHIND IT BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A NEWS CONFERENCE SET TO HAPPEN IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES. >> Reporter: THAT HAS BEEN A REGULAR OCCURRENCE. THIS IS A COALITION TO MARCH ON THE DNC. THEY HAVE BEEN HOLDING PROTESTS AND MARCHES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. LET'S WALK THIS WAY SEE GET A FEEL FOR THE CROWD. THIS IS UNION PARK, ABOUT A HALF-MILE FROM THE UNITED CENTER. IT IS A STARTING POINT FOR MARCHES THROUGHOUT THE D&C. MISSING SEVERAL HERE IN CHICAGO, AS YOU KNOW. SOME OF THEM WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE AND SOME HUNDREDS., WE CAN TELL RIGHT NOW, THIS CROWD SIDE FALLING IN THE MIDDLE. PEOPLE ARGUABLY ENERGY ARTIST BY THE UNCOMMITTED DELEGATE SIT IN THAT YOU HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON WITH THE PUSH TO GET A PRO- PALESTINIAN SPEAKER ON STAGE AT THE DNC. THEY ALSO TELL US THAT THEY WILL BE LISTENING INTENTLY, LIKE THE WORLD WILL BE, TO THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TONIGHT AND WHAT SHE SAYS, HE RHETORIC SHE USES ABOUT THE WAR IN GAZA, IN PARTICULAR, THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR -- YOU SEE MORE GATHERED HERE AROUND THIS BASEBALL DIAMOND. THEY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR HER USE ONE WORD. THEY SAY THAT WORD IS IRONCLAD. BACK IN JULY THE VICE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'S COMMITMENT TO THE SECURITY OF ISRAEL WAS IRONCLAD. A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THAT AS PROOF THAT HER VIEWS OF VALUES DO NOT FALL IN LINE WITH THEIR VALUES. THEY SAY SHE CAN LOSE OUT ON A LOT OF VOTES. RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING YOU THE CHICAGO POLICE PRESENCE. THIS IS THE ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OUT HERE POLICING THESE PROTESTS AND DEALING WITH THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING THROUGH THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCKS. UNDOUBTEDLY, WE HAVE POLICE HERE IN RIOT GEAR. THEY HAVE BEEN HERE ALL WEEK READY FOR THESE PROTESTS. A LOT OF THESE HAVE BEEN REALLY PEACEFUL. WE HAD ONE IN THE MIDDLE THE WEEK THAT GOT CHAOTIC WITH AROUND 60 ARRESTS. WE ARE HOPING THIS ONE IS PEACEFUL TONIGHT. THEY'RE PLANNING TO MARCH TOWARDS THE UNITED CENTER IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. >> MAGGIE VESPA LIVE OUTSIDE IN CHICAGO. THANK YOU. >>> LET ME BRING IN SOMEBODY, THE PRINCIPAL DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THINK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> YOU'RE GETTING A STEPS IN THIS WEEK. APPRECIATE IT. DO YOU EXPECT OR MAYBE A PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN SPEAKER ON STAGE TONIGHT? >> I THINK THROUGHOUT THIS CONVENTION WE'VE HAD A NUMBER SPEAKERS TALKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ON THIS ISSUE. THE VICE PRESIDENT BELIEVES IT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD AS LONG AS IT IS DONE PEACEFULLY. WE'VE HAD SPEAKERS THROUGHOUT THIS CONVENTION WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED, AND THE NEED FOR THERE TO BE A CEASE-FIRE, AND THE NEED TO END THE KILLING HAPPENING IN PALESTINE AND THROUGHOUT ISRAEL AND GAZA. THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS MADE HER POSITION CLEAR ON THIS ISSUE. THIS HAS BEEN REPRESENTED. >> USA THE DOORS CLOSE TO THAT AT THIS POINT? >> I THINK THE VIEWS OF BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED. AT THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS MADE HER VERY CLEAR ON THIS. >> WE JUST SPOKE WITH ONE OF HER FRIENDS, SENATOR BUTLER. SHE SAID SHE IS FEELING RESOLUTE. IS THAT A FAIR CHARACTERIZATION? HOW IS THE VICE PRESIDENT FEELING AHEAD OF THIS HUGE MOMENT FOR HER ON THE NATIONAL STAGE? >> I THINK SHE IS READY TO TALK ABOUT HER VISION FOR THIS COUNTRY. I THINK SHE'S READY TO MOVE US FORWARD IN A NEW WAY WHERE EVERYBODY HAS THE CHANCE TO SUCCEED. YOU WILL HEAR HER TALK ABOUT TRUMP A LITTLE BIT AND HIS VISION FOR THE FUTURE, BUT ONLY IN CONTRAST WITH HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE. >> HOW WILL SHE TALK ABOUT HIM? WE HAVE HEARD HIM DESCRIBED IN AN INTERESTING RHETORICAL WAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE CONVENTION. PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID HE IS THE INVOICING NEIGHBOR WITH THE LEAF BLOWER. HAKEEM JEFFRIES CALLED HIM THE EX-BOYFRIEND. WILL WE SEE THAT SHORTNESS? >> I THINK SHE WILL TAKE A MORE SERIOUS APPROACH. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I THINK SHE WILL TALK ABOUT THE FACT IN THE IDEA THAT JUST FOR YOU TO GET AHEAD DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T HAVE TO SUCCEED, AND VICE VERSA. THAT IS A REALLY BIG AGENDA FOR HER. THERE'S AN APP OPPORTUNITY HERE, ENOUGH FOR US ALL TO SUCCEED. BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER. THAT IS SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT. I THINK THAT IS WHAT FOLKS WILL HEAR TONIGHT. >> VERSUS AN DISTORT PRESIDENCY. AND YET, SHE IS NOT LARGELY CASTOR CAMPAIGN IN THIS, BY THE WAY, LITERALLY, IT WAS A MONTH AGO TODAY THAT SHE WAS OUT THERE ON TV TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS. HOW IS THE CAMPAIGN WALKING THAT LINE BETWEEN NOTING THE REALITY THAT IF SHE WINS SHE WOULD BREAK THE GLASS CEILING, A COUPLE OF THEM? IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE NOT LEADING TO HEART INTO THAT. WHY NOT? GIVE US INSIGHT. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN PASSED THE TORCH BECAUSE HE KNEW THIS WASN'T ABOUT HIM. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS RACE IS NOT ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. SHE KNOWS THAT. THIS RACE IS ABOUT AMERICA AND THE FUTURE. IT IS ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY . IT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE WE WILL HAVE TOGETHER. THAT IS WHAT HER FOCUS IS. THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE COMING FROM THE CAMPAIGN. CAMPAIGNS ARE EMBODIMENTS OF THE NOMINEES. THIS IS NOT ME, ME, ME. SHE IS NOT THAT. SHE IS LIKE AMERICA, AMERICA, AMERICA. THAT IS WHAT HER FOCUS IS. >> THERE ARE DELEGATES HERE AND FOLKS WE HAVE TALKED TO WHO SAY THEY DO APPRECIATE THE FACT SHE WOULD BE A HISTORY MAKER. SHE IS A HISTORY BREAKER. WHY NOT GIVE THEM SOMETHING TOO? >> THEY ARE GETTING IT JUST BY HER EXISTING. WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVE SHE IS ANYTHING. SHE IS WHO SHE IS. SHE IS THE MOST EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED PERSON TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONVEY. >> LET'S TALK POLICIES FOR A SECOND. ON THE ONE HAND, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THE DEMOCRATS A REAL POTENTIAL MOBILIZATION FOR VOTERS ON THE ISSUE OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, ABORTION ACCESS. IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING ALSO TO SEE THE SET OF SPEAKERS ON GUN VIOLENCE. WE HAVE FORMER GABBY GIFFORD SO TO SPEAK TONIGHT. TIM WALZ BROUGHT IT UP IN HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT. WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT THIS FOCUS ON THE GUN ISSUE IS HAPPENING ON NIGHT FOUR, THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION? WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT WHERE THE PRIORITIES ARE? >> I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT WE HAVE BASICALLY DIFFERENT VIEWS. YOU HEARD GOVERNOR WALZ TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE IS AN AVID -- GUN OWNER, BUT HE ALSO EMPHASIZED PEOPLE DON'T NEED AN AR-15. HE ALSO RECOGNIZES WHETHER ARE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS YOU CAN'T JUST TELL PEOPLE TO GET OVER IT. THAT IS DONALD TRUMP'S MO, NOT OURS. YOU ARE SEEING IN ARRAY OF POSITIONS ON THIS ISSUE. THE BASED ON CUMMINS 80s DASHES SENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY COMES TO THE TABLE. EVEN HAVING REPUBLICANS TALKING. YOU'RE SEEING WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS. WE ARE OPEN AND EMBRACING EVERYBODY, AND EVERYBODY IS COMING HERE BECAUSE OUR IDEAS, VISION AND AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE IS SUPER IMPORTANT. >> FLIPSIDE IS AN ISSUE THAT SOME SEE AS A LIABILITY FOR DEMOCRATS. THAT IS ON IMMIGRATION WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY AT THE BORDER IN ARIZONA. HE WILL BE THERE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK. WE'VE HEARD THE WAY THE CAMPAIGN WANTS TO COUNTER THIS PRICING, WAIT A SECOND, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO BLEW UP THAT IMMIGRATION BILL IN CONGRESS. BUT BEYOND THAT, HOW DOES THE CAMPAIGN -- WHAT WILL HERE TODAY -- TONIGHT FROM SENATOR MARK KELLY MAYBE? >> WE HAVE TO START THERE. >> DO YOU THINK PEOPLE CARE ABOUT A CONGRESSIONAL BILL THAT FAILED? >> I THINK PEOPLE CARE ABOUT WHY IT FAILED. THEY ARE LOOKING SOMEBODY WHO SUPPOSED TO BE MOVING IT FORWARD . DONALD TRUMP, IF YOU CARED ABOUT THE BORDER, HE WENT OUT OF TOLD THE MAGA REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO KILL HIM. AT THE END OF THE DAY, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'S RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. SHE WAS A PRESIDENT BIDEN. SHE WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THAT BIPARTISAN AND STRONG PORTABLE, BUT UNDER -- PORTABLE, BUT THEY HAVE CRACKDOWN ON FENTANYL COMING INTO THE COUNTRY. THEY HAVE SENT MORE BORDER PATROL AGENTS TO THE ORDER TO MAKE SURE IT IS SECURE. A BILL THAT DONALD TRUMP HAD ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH NOT TOLD MIKE JOHNSTON TO KILL WE WOULD HAVE 15 MORE BORDER AGENTS. DONALD TRUMP IS PLAYING GAMES. IS NOT INTERESTED IN LEGISLATING OR SOLVING ISSUES, HE IS IN THIS CAMPAIGN FOR HIMSELF. THAT IS WHY HE INSTRUCTED THE PUBLIC IS TO KILL THAT BILL. IT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE. >> THINK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE GOT TO TELL YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET TO SEE, THE DELEGATES TO. WE ARE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE START OF THE KICKOFF TONIGHT FOUR AT THE CONVENTION. FOLKS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO TAKE THEIR SEATS AS WE GET READY FOR THE GAVELING IN. LET'S GO TO MONICA ALBA ON THE FLOOR. IT IS FILLING UP QUICK FOR THE FINAL NIGHT. >> Reporter: IT IS. SOMETHING YOU ASKED ME ABOUT LAST HOUR . I HAVE MORE INFORMATION. THAT IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY WOMEN IN THE TALL WEARING WHITE. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT AN ACCIDENT. I WAS JUST TALKING TO THESE LOVELY DELEGATES WHO WERE TOLD THAT THE DNC WOMEN'S CAUCUS COORDINATED AMONG THE DIFFERENT DELEGATIONS TO GET GUIDANCE OUT TO WEAR WHITE TONIGHT IN A NOD TO THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, OF COURSE, AND IN A NOD TO THE FACT THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, IF SHE IS ELECTED, WILL BE THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT AND BREAK THAT MAJOR BARRIER. WE ARE SEEING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT ACCORDING TO THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND THE DNC, THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS COMPLETELY COORDINATED. WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE GRASSROOTS. DIFFERENT GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS WERE POPPING UP AND SAYING, SHOULD WE DO THIS? AND IS SPREAD WITH WORD-OF MOUTH. I REALLY COULD TELL YOU, LOOKING OUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE SECTION, YOU SEE IT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT. NOW, I WAS JUST RUNNING OUT OF CLOTHES. THAT IS WHY I AM WEARING A WHITE BLAZER. FULL TRUTH. BUT YOU KNOW, WE LOVE WOMEN. SO WHY NOT? >> MONICA, THERE ARE A TON OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE AISLE BEHIND YOU. THAT IS SOMETHING WE KNOW WILL HAPPEN WITH SO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN. HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING UNEXPECTED FOR YOU THROUGH THE COURSE OF TODAY THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD SEE? EARLIER THIS MORNING REPORTED P!NK WOULD GIVE A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE. DEMOCRATS SEEM TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. >> Reporter: P!NK, THE CHICKS. I AM TOLD THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER SURPRISES IN STORE THAT IS NOT BEEN REPORTED. MUSICAL AND OTHERWISE. READ INTO THAT WHAT YOU WILL. I THINK, CERTAINLY, THERE WAS NO IN PERSON CONVENTION LIKE THIS FOR YEARS AGO. THAT IS SOMETHING I KEEP PICKING UP ON. IT IS LIKE PEOPLE FORGOT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CONGREGATE, TO BE TOGETHER AND HAVE THIS COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE. TONIGHT IS REALLY THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS THE VICE PRESIDENT'S EVENING. THEY ALSO WANT TO BE SURE NOT TO STEP ON THAT WITH ANYTHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A MORE HEADLINE GRABBING MOMENT. THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL. EITHER WAY, I WAS TOLD BY FOLKS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING THAT EVERY NIGHT IS SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF UP THE HIGH WATTAGE FACTOR. LAST NIGHT YOU HAD JOHN LEGEND PERFORMING. STEVIE WONDER. TONIGHT THEY CLAIM THAT IS SOMEHOW GOING TO BE TOPPED, AND THAT THERE WERE ALSO BE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE, PROBABLY, SPEAKING TONIGHT. PEOPLE WHO GROW UP WITH KAMALA HARRIS. PEOPLE WHO KNOW HER AND ARE NOT HOUSEHOLD NAMES. OF COURSE, THE CAMPAIGN ARGUES THOSE PEOPLE ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT, AND THAT THE -- AT THE END OF THIS DAY AND THIS EVENING THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THE TASK AHEAD IS A REAL IMPORTANT ONE. AS SOON AS THEY WRAP THIS UP, SHE WILL SAY, WE ONLY HAVE A MATTER OF DAYS AND NEED TO GET TO WORK. THE ULTIMATE DIRECTIVE WILL BE WHAT MICHELLE OBAMA SAID A COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO WE ARE TOLD. OKAY, WE HAVE THIS PARTY, DEMOCRATS CAN FEEL UNITED AND ENERGIZED, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. THAT HAS BEEN MY TAKE AWAY FROM ALL OF THIS. AS EXCITED AS PEOPLE ARE, THEY KNOW THIS IS IN SOME EXCLAMATION POINT ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE RACE. THERE IS SO MUCH LEFT TO GO, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN ONE BEAT WEEKLONG PARTY. >> MONICA ALBA, WE TAKE A LOOK AT YOU FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE RIGHT THERE IN THE THICK OF THINGS. I KNOW IT IS A BUSY NIGHT FOR YOU. THEY ARE YOU ARE. HEY, GIRL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>>> LET ME BRING IN FOLKS HERE WITH ME IN THE BOOTH. WE ARE FIVE MINUTES AWAY FOR THE START OF THIS THING. THE HOST OF POD SAVE AMERICA A FORMER SPOKESPERSON FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH CHUCK TODD AS WELL. HERE WE GO. IT IS ALL APPENING. KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT. WHAT DID SHE NEED TO DO? >> I THINK -- WE ARE POLITICAL JUNKIES. >> NERDS, RESPECT THE. >> WE ARE STREAKS. MOST OF THE COUNTRY CONSUMES AN ARTICLE A MONTH. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS. HE HAS TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL THEM WHAT SHE IS GOING TO DO FOR THEM, HOW SHE WILL MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. I'VE HEARD THE SPEECHES AROUND 33 MINUTES WITHOUT APPLAUSE. ALSO TONIGHT, THEY NEED TO GET HER ON IN PRIMETIME. IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, WANT TO SEE STEPHANIE CUTTER OUT THERE WITH A JOINT HOOK PULLING PEOPLE OFF STATE. >> THERE'S BEEN A LOT ABOUT THAT. >> AS A DEFENDER OF LEGACY MEDIA -- >> HOW DARE YOU? >> I LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE CONSUME. DO YOU THINK MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH WAS CONSUMED MORE ON TIKTOK AND THE NEXT DAY AND THAT I MEAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M THE ONE SAYING THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS AWAIT USED TO. >> 10:50 VERSES 11:10. >> I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS. THERE SO MUCH ATTENTION ON, NOT JUST THE CONVENTION AND HOW MONTH AGO WE WERE LOOKING AT A VERY DIFFERENT DYNAMIC, BUT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE HER AND HEAR FROM HER AND GET TO KNOW HER. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM, YOU ALSO THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING HOUSE PARTIES SPECIFICALLY TO LISTEN TO HER. A LOT OF ENERGY. >> I HAVE HEARD OF THIS TIKTOK ENDORSING THE KIDS LIKE. >> I STUDY IT ANTHROPOLOGICALLY. >> I NEED TO GO TO BED. GET HER ON STAGE. >> OKAY. >> THAT IS A LONG WAY FROM THE DUDE WE COVERED BACK IN THE DAY. 10:00 IS WHEN HE FIRST WENT OUT. >> LET'S DISPENSE WITH THE TIMING. WHICH HE DOES GET ON STAGE, WHENEVER THAT MAY BE, YOU ARE TALKING 33 MINUTES. IS NOT EASY TO DELIVER A BARN BUSTER OF REMARKS, ESPECIALLY AFTER SOME OF THE ACTS THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE FROM DEMOCRATS THAT HAVE BEEN BLOWING THE ROOF OFF THE PLACE. FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE, HOW DID SHE DO THIS IN A WAY THAT BOTH INTRODUCES HERSELF AS SHE NEEDS TO DO AND TALK ABOUT HER STORY AND THE VISION AND DONALD TRUMP, AND DO IT IN 33 MINUTES AND NOT BE BORING AND KEEP PEOPLE'S ATTENTION? >> IT IS ACTUALLY HARDER FOR THE NOMINEE. THE BARACK OBAMA 2004 SPEECH WAS BETTER THAN 2008 AND 2012. HE TOLD HIS STORY ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS VALUES AND THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH MY GOD, WHO IS THIS GUY? >> BY THE TIME YOU TO THE CAMPING, YOU DO THE POLICY SECTION, CYBERSECURITY. THERE WILL BE WONKY STUFF SHE HAS TO GET THERE. SHE NEEDS INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TALK ABOUT HER VALUES. JUST TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE ON A HUMAN LEVEL. >> THERE WILL LIKELY BE A COMMANDER IN CHIEF SECTION. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS USUALLY CRITICAL POTENTIALLY FOR A LOT OF VOTERS. >> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE WILL GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF SOME POLICY, BUT SCALE IT UP TO VALUES THAT WILL NIGHT ALL OF US IN THOSE POLICY DECISIONS. THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION ABOUT HER BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF PATRIOTISM. TO ME, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. OFTENTIMES, IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF COLOR, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AN IMMIGRANT, IF YOU CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT, YOU ARE VIEWED AS UNPATRIOTIC. SUSPECT OR MAYBE FOR THE JANUARY 6th WHY IT IS. THERE IS PATRIOTISM AND WANTING TO MAKE THIS NATION BETTER, WHICH IS WHAT SO MANY OF US, EVERYONE IN THIS ARENA, IS WANT TO DO. REFRAMING THAT AND RECAPTURING PATRIOTISM IS VERY IMPORTANT. >> YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BOX ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. I LIVE LOOK AT THE CONVENTION FLOOR JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE GAVELING IN OFFICIALLY BEGINNING THE NIGHT. WHILE IT IS ALL ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS, IT IS NOT ONLY HER WHO WILL SPEAK TODAY. THERE'S ALSO THIS INTERESTING FOCUS ON THE SENATE DOWN BALLOT RACES. I BELIEVE USED FREAKS, RESPECTIVELY. THIS IS A MOMENT HERE FOR DEMOCRATS TO GET BEHIND PEOPLE LIKE TAMMY BALDWIN, JON TESTER, SHERROD BROWN. >> ONE OF THE REASONS WHY JUST ABOUT EVERY ELECTED DEMOCRAT WAS TELLING NANCY PELOSI TO GO TELL JOE BIDEN HE CAN'T RUN AGAIN IS BECAUSE THEY SAW A COLLAPSE IN DEMOCRATIC ENTHUSIASM. THAT WAS THE ISSUE. THE PATH TO WINNING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DOESN'T GO THROUGH MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN AND PENNSYLVANIA. IT ACTUALLY GOES TO CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK. THAT MEANS DEMOCRATS NEED TO SHOW UP. IT IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE SWITCH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK EVEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, I THINK THEY UNDERESTIMATED THE POWER OF KAMALA HARRIS. THAT UNDERESTIMATED THE THIRST AND HUNGER THE DEMOCRATS HAD FOR SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN, SOMETHING NEW TO BELIEVE THEY COULD WIN. IT IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR HER. THIS IS WHY I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL DOING TOO MANY SPECIFICS. DON'T DIVIDE YOUR PARTY RIGHT NOW. DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM. KEEP EVERYBODY -- KEEP THAT ENTHUSIASM GOING. I DON'T EXPECT A LOT OF SPECIFICS. SHE NEEDS TO PUT MEAT ON THE BONES, BUT THE NIGHT IS NOT THE NIGHT FOR THAT. TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS IS ANOTHER REASON TO BE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME. IF YOU'RE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, IF YOU ARE NOT DOING INTERVIEWS, THE VOTERS WILL SAY -- THERE WILL BE THAT FEEL. IF SHE IS NOT AROUND, PEOPLE WILL SAY, HEY, I NEED TO HEAR FROM HER. >> THE MUSIC IS STARTING NOW. PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE THE POINT THAT CHUCK IS MAKING EXPLAINING ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HE DECIDED TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE IN INTERVIEW. HE WAS HEARING THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> IF PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD RUN, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM SOME OF THE POLLING PEOPLE ARE THING IS THAT WE COULD HAVE LOST 400 ELECTORAL VOTES. WE COULD HAVE LOST THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. >> LET'S GET TO THE STAGE NOW WITH MINYON MOORE AND VERONICA ESCOBAR READY TO GAVEL IN. >> I AM MORE THAN PLEASED TO PASS THE GAVEL TO COCHAIR , REPRESENTATIVE VERONICA ESCOBAR. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR. [ LAUGHTER ] THE FOURTH SEASON OF THE 49th NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. [ APPLAUSE ] >> PLEASE STAND, IF YOU'RE ABLE, FOR THE INVOCATION OFFERED BY AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NATIONAL PRESIDENT DR. EVERETT KELLEY AND IMAM MUHAMMAD ABDUL- ALEEM. >> OKAY. THEY'RE GETTING READY TO BEGIN THE INVOCATION. WILL HEAR THE PLEDGE, THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER, ET CETERA. LET'S GET YOU INTO THE CONVERSATION HERE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOWN BALLOT RACES. >> NEW YORK IS CRITICAL TO THIS. WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ON THE GROUND THAT KAMALA HARRIS BEING ON THE TOP OF THE TICKET HAS HELPED. IT IS MAKING IT CLOSE. IT IS BRING ENTHUSIASM. THIS IS A JUST ABOUT BRINGING INDEPENDENCE -- INDEPENDENT VOTERS, IT IS DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT. THEY WERE DOUBLY CONCERNED THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] TURNOUT SIGNIFICANTLY, PARTICULARLY IN SUBURBAN DISTANCE. LONG ISLAND IS CRITICAL FOR DEMOCRATS. >> YOU KNOW WHO WOULD NOT BE HERE IF THIS WAS JOE BIDEN'S CONVENTION? TAMMY BALDWIN. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE COME. WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT DIDN'T, AND I GET IT. JON TESTER. UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT IT IS A SMALLER NUMBER. IT IS DEMOCRATS WERE VISITING RED ARE JUST AS. I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A WHOLESALE, SORT OF WHAT YOU SAW WITH THE REPUGNANCE. LOOK AT MANY REPUBLICANS NOT TO GO TO THE CONVENTION. AT LEAST THOSE IN PURPLE DISTRICTS. YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A SIMILAR TYPE OF ABSENCE OF MAJOR CANDIDATES. IT WOULD HAVE ONLY ADDED TO THE MELEE OF THE PARTY. >> YOU ALSO PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN OPRAH WINFREY. >> THAT BRINGS US TO THE BROADER PIECE OF THIS TOO. HOW DIFFERENT THIS CONVENTION WOULD HAVE LOOKED IF IT WAS HELD A MONTH AGO. IT IS ONE OF THESE THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS. WE DON'T KNOW. >> THE SINGLE BIGGEST CAMPAIGN BLUNDER IT MIGHT BE DONALD TRUMP'S DECISION TO SAY YES TO AN EARLY DEBATE. IMAGINE IF HE SAID NO AND SAID, WE WILL WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER. -- SEPTEMBER. >> WASN'T JUST DONALD TRUMP'S DECISION. >> BUT TRUMP COULD HAVE SAID NO. WE WILL WAIT UNTIL. BUT HE COULD NOT HELP HIMSELF OUT. >> HERE WE ARE THE LAST NIGHT THE CONVENTION. WE WILL MAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING, AND WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT BIG PRIMETIME PROGRAM MOMENT FIX IT WILL BE THAT FIRST DEBATE. LATER SEVERAL CANDIDATES HAVE ALREADY STARTED PREPPING. DONALD TRUMP MAY NOT LIKE TO CALL IT THAT, BUT THAT IS WHAT IS DOING WITH FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN TULSI GABBARD, AMONG OTHERS. WE UNDERSTAND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS ARTIE DONE AT LEAST ONE MOCK SESSION. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT TEST FOR BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES? THAT WON'T BE A PARTY. THAT WILL BE A FACE-OFF. >> IT IS A HUGE MOMENT. LISTEN, THIS IS A SUGAR HIGH. THIS WILL BE THE PEAK FOR A WHILE. IT WILL GET REAL ROUGH AND NASTY. THEY WILL GO LOW. THEY ARE GOING TO ATTACK HER AND SEXIST AND RACIST WAYS. BE READY. BUT KAMALA HARRIS IS A GOOD DEBATER. TRIAL LAWYER. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. SHE DOES HAVE TO DO CLOSING AND OPENING ARGUMENTS. THIS IS HER STRENGTH. >> SHE HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS. SHE HAS TO PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST HIM. WE ARE THE JURY IN THAT SENSE. ONE OF THE THINGS SHE SAID WHEN SHE TALKED JUST AFTER JOE BIDEN STEPPED DOWN IS THAT SHE KNOWS THE TYPE. IF SHE REALLY DOES KNOW THE TYPE AND TRUE TO FORM, SHE IS GOING TO, LITTLE BY LITTLE, DISMANTLE HIM IN A SIMILAR WAY THAT MICHELLE OBAMA AND BARACK OBAMA DID THE OTHER NIGHT. THAT NEEDLING OF HIM. I AM CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THE THEM PERFORMED ON STAGE WHILE ALL OF THAT IS HAPPENING. WE SAW HIM MOVING OVER HILLARY CLINTON WHILE THAT DEBATE WAS GOING ON. I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW SHE TAKES IT IN THE MOMENT IN THAT DEBATE. >> TO YOUR POINT, A FORMER PROSECUTOR, SHE WILL MAKE HER OWN CASE FOR HERSELF TONIGHT. SHE HAS DRAWN THAT THREAD BETWEEN HER EXPERIENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND DONALD TRUMP'S EXPERIENCE IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY IN THE SYSTEM. >> EXACTLY RIGHT. GOING BACK TO WHAT SHE SAID WHEN SHE SAID SHE KNEW THE TYPE. WE KNOW WHAT SHE HAS TO DO. I'M NOT SURE SHE NEEDS TO SOUND LIKE BARACK OBAMA IN THE DEBATE, BUT I THINK SHE NEEDS TO BE UNAFRAID AND UNABASHED AND COMING AFTER HIM. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A PAUSE AND LISTEN INTO THIS SIX GRADER FROM CALIFORNIA, LUNA MARING, DELIVERING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AUDIENCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [ APPLAUSE ] THE COLORGUARD FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH THE >> I HAVE FOUR KIDS. I'M NOT SURE THEY COULD'VE DONE THIS. IT WAS WONDERFUL. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. YOU MET KAMALA HARRIS SOMETHING LIKE MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. YOU ARE BOTH SWORN IN ON THE SAME DAY AS MAYOR AND AG. >> WE WERE FRIENDS. IT IS REAL. >> WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW? TO -- >> I THINK SHE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY. I THINK WILL SUPPORT THING, AND I WILL BE CANDID, AS A SURROGATE ON BEHALF OF THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, WERE ABLE TO MAKE A VERY COMPELLING CASE FOR THE SUCCESS THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS WITH BUILDING THE ECONOMY THAT IS THE ENVY OF THE WORLD. THE CHALLENGE WAS PAINTING A COMPELLING VISION FOR THE FUTURE. BUT I HOPE YOU HERE TONIGHT IS HER COMPELLING VISION FOR THE FUTURE, HER ABILITY TO TURN THE PROVERBIAL PAGE AND BUILD ON WHAT THE SUCCESS HAS BEEN THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS UP AT HER MARK ON THAT VISION WHERE OTHERS CAN FEEL INCLUDED. >> ON THAT FRONT, I SHOULD NOTE FOLKS ARE PLAYING A VIDEO IN THE ROOM. YOU HAVE SAID YOU THINK HARRIS WILL USE A SPEECH TO, NOT JUST DO THE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, PAINT A PICTURE OF WHO SHE IS AND HER VISION, BUT ALSO WHAT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE. DO YOU THINK THAT PICTURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY NOW? >> WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED THE CONVENTION. SHE MAY HAVE GOTTEN A HEADS UP CALL. A FEW OF US DID FROM THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES. BUT HE DROPPED OUT AS A MATTER OF WEEKS AGO. IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND FOR EVERYONE. ICE THINK -- SHE IS PART OF THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS AS IT RELATES TO POLICY. WE HAVE A FOUNDATION OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE SHE HAS BEEN, AND NOW SHE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THAT. SHE DID THAT ON AFFORDABILITY. HOUSING NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED MORE AND MORE. >> I DO THINK WE SHOULD PUT UP GAVIN NEWSOM AND KARL ROVE SEE EYE TO EYE. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE, ALONG WITH PETE BUTTIGIEG, WHO REFERENCED THIS THE OTHER NIGHT, YOU HAVE GONE TO DEMOCRATS AND TRY TO MAKE THE CASE. YOU REFER TO YOURSELF AS A SURROGATE. THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR POSITION. HOW SHE DO THAT? HE IS COMING UNDER FIRE FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN FOR NOT HAVING -- TAKING THOSE QUESTIONS IN FORMAL SETTINGS. >> THEY WILL MAKE THAT DECISION ON THEIR OWN. I DON'T THINK THE AVERAGE PERSON RIGHT NOW, FOLKS I AM RUNNING INTO, BOY, SHE REALLY HASN'T DONE THAT SITDOWN INTERVIEW WITH PHIL IN THE PLAY. I MEAN, THAT IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF THE PUNDIT CLASS. WERE TALKING AMONGST OURSELVES. OF ITALY, TRUMP WILL MAKE THAT CASE. HE HAS TO. WINDOW, HE HAS NO OTHER CASE AGAINST HER. HE IS FLAT-FOOTED. HE IS SPITTING AND FLAILING. I HAVE THEN NEVER SEEN HIM FOR THIS LONG SO UNABLE TO LAND A PUNCH, LET ALONE FIGURE OUT HOW TO THROW A PUNCH. HE IS DERIVATIVE. HE IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE UNHINGED. HIS ADVISORS ARE MORE PUBLICLY SAYING THAT. I THINK SHE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT SHE HAS A. THAT SAID, NO ONE IS NAOVE OF THE ENERGY THAT COMES FROM THIS MOMENT AND THE REALITIES OF THE NECK 75 DAYS. >> YOU KNOW THAT VIBES ARE NOT VOTES. TO HAVE TO TRANSLATE THE MOMENTUM INTO REALITY. >> WE TALK ABOUT GET OUT THE VOTE AND THE STRUCTURAL SIDE OF THAT AND HAVE WE REACHED OUT. YOU HAVE TO DRAG PEOPLE TO VOTE, THAT WON'T WORK. WINDOW, THE VIBES ARE MAKING PEOPLE MORE INTERESTED, ENGAGED AND WILLING. A SENSE OF SPIRIT AND PRIDE. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WITH POLICY DETAILS. >> I KNOW. >> WE HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE PAST. IT IS MOMENTUM. IT IS DIRECTIONAL. IT IS ENERGY AND PASSION. THAT BRINGS ACTION. SO I THINK THAT THE PHONES ARE LIGHTING UP HER GIVE HER THIS. REPUBLICANS ACKNOWLEDGES. LOOK AT THE -- WE ARE WAKING UP YOUNG KIDS THAT LIVE ONLINE THAT ARE PAYING MORE ATTENTION AND SEEING SOMETHING IN HER THEY DID NOT SEE WITH JOE BIDEN. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A DIFFERENT INTEREST LEVEL. SHE CAN CARRY THAT AND CAPTURE THAT SPIRIT. IF SHE CAN BOTTLE THAT THROUGH HARDHEADED PRAGMATISM AND PROSECUTING THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP, BECAUSE ALL OF US KNOW THIS GUY IS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF COMING BACK WITH FEROCITY IN THE NEXT DAYS, WEEKS. >> AS IT SPEAKS TO PROSECUTING THE CASE TONIGHT AND IN THE WEEKS TO COME, HOW DO YOU THINK SHE WILL RHETORICALLY SPEAK ABOUT HIM TONIGHT? WE'VE HEARD IT RUN THE GAMUT FROM VERY SWEEPING STATEMENTS AND REFERENCES FROM OPRAH WINFREY TUSHAR STUFF FROM BARACK OBAMA WITH THE LEAF BLOWER, AND HAKIM JEFF RECEIVES -- JEFFREY SKILLING MY BAD EX- BOYFRIEND. TACO YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. I WAS TRYING TO GET DOUG TO TELL ME LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE SPEECH. >> WHAT IS THE MOOD? >> UNBELIEVABLE OPTIMISM, BUT ALSO DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT COMES NEXT. WE ARE FOCUS ON TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE ALL FOCUS ON TOMORROW. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROSECUTING THE CASE, THE DEBATE IS COMING UP QUICK. >> I WOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT HER IN A DEBATE. ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT HER, HER ABILITY TO DELIVER A MESSAGE, A LINE, A COUNTERPUNCH TRUMP CLEARLY NOW IS BECOMING MORE PREPARED FOR THIS DEBATE THAN HE HAS IN THE PAST. IS PREPARING FOR THIS DEBATE, BECAUSE HE KNOWS HOW FEROCIOUS SHE IS IN A DEBATE. I THINK SHE WILL DO EXCEPTIONALLY WELL? >> WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THE NEXT 2 1/2 MONTHS? WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IF SHE WINS? >> MY ROLE IS TO DELIVER FOR CALIFORNIA AND MORE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE NATION. TO MAKE HER A SUCCESS BY BEING SUCCESSFUL ON BEHALF OF 40 MILLION AMERICANS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY VOTED FOR A DEMOCRAT. WE BELIEVE EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE PROTECTED, RESPECTED AND CONNECTED. KAMALA HARRIS DOESN'T TALK DOWN ON PEOPLE. SHE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT LIKE JOE BIDEN FOR ALL AMERICANS. >> YOU ARE ENDLESSLY SICK OF THIS QUESTION ANY SPECULATION ABOUT YOUR OWN AMBITIONS. ARE YOU EVEN THINKING ABOUT 2032? >> 2020 AND LOOK FORWARD TO REELECTING KAMALA HARRIS. IN 2032 I HOPE TO BE WALKING WITHOUT A CANE. >> OKAY. I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GO. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. I REALLY APPRECIATE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SPEECH TONIGHT. AND I WILL HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT. >> FROM CALIFORNIA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOTS GOING ON TO. WILL GO BACK DOWN TO THE FLOOR WITH MONICA ALBA. WE UNDERSTAND THINGS ARE NOW OFFICIALLY STARTING ON NIGHT FOUR. YOU SEEN THE INVOCATION AND THE BEGINNING OF THIS THING KICKOFF. NOW THEY'RE PLAYING A VIDEO. WHAT IS NEXT? WHAT IS THE PRE-PRIME TIME EVENT HERE? GUN VIOLENCE WILL BE ONE OF THE ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER. >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. YOU WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT. THAT IS UNDER THE THEME OF FOR OUR FUTURE. I'M TOLD THE VICE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT OME OF THOSE ISSUES AS WELL. TONIGHT THEY WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO WERE IN THE VEEPSTAKES DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM YET. PEOPLE LIKE SENATOR MARK KELLY FROM ARIZONA, WHO CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. PEOPLE LIKE MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER, WHO TOOK HIMSELF OUT OF THE RUNNING, BUT CERTAINLY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO DEMOCRATS WILL IDENTIFY AS OTHER POTENTIAL LEADERS AND THE FUTURE OF THE PARTY. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A NOD TO THAT AS WELL TONIGHT. SOME OF THE REMARKS. I JUST LEARNED MORE INFORMATION THAT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS INTERESTING, WHICH IS THE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN DISCUSSED HER SPEECH TONIGHT. REMEMBER IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THEY ARE STILL BOTH DOING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES. THEY HAD A CALL WITH PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT, IN ADDITION TO DO EVERYTHING SHE IS DOING IN CHICAGO THIS WEEK, SHE BEAMED INTO THAT TO BE ON IT WITH THE PRESIDENT AS WELL. CERTAINLY, THERE HAS BEEN OFFICIAL BUSINESS OF THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT THEY COMPARED NOTES A LITTLE BIT ON THE SPEED. SHE CERTAINLY IS SOMEONE WHO WILL NOD TO THE PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP. IT ALSO COMES FROM A PLACE OF, YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. YOU GAVE THAT ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOUR YEARS AGO. DO YOU HAVE POINTERS FOR ME? ANOTHER PIECE OF COLOR NEW TO US IS THAT A KEY SPEECHWRITER WHO WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR YEARS, SHE LEFT TWO WEEKS AGO TO JOIN THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT'S HAD SPEECHWRITER. I'M TOLD SHE HAS HAD A REALLY MAJOR ROLE IN CRAFTING THIS SPEECH TONIGHT. THINK ABOUT THAT. SOMEBODY WHO HAS SPENT THE LAST FEW YEARS TRYING TO CHANNEL THE PRESIDENT'S VOICE NOW DOING THAT FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT. I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME THEMES, SOME BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION SECTIONS, THAT SEEM FAMILIAR. BUT OF COURSE, THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS NEVER APPEARED ON A STAGE QUITE LIKE THIS ONE. ENERGY IS ELECTRIC. I AM LOOKING AROUND. AND WAS EVERY SINGLE SEAT AROUND ME IS PACKED, AND IT IS STILL VERY EARLY IN THE EVENING. MUCH MORE TO COME. >> MONICA ALBA ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS THE SOUND OF THE ONSET IS BEHIND US. LET'S BRING IN OUR POTTLE -- PANEL. THE SEAT IS NOW YOUR HOME. WILL SEND HER MAIL THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GETTING MORE STEPS IN. >> LET ME BRING YOU INTO THE CONVERSATION. I WANT TO WARN FOLKS THAT WE WILL LISTEN TO THE NEXT COUPLE IS BECAUSE. QUICKLY, YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ALL WEEK. WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU THE MOST? WHAT HAS THE PRICE YOU ABOUT THIS CONVENTION? >> I WAS FEELING LIKE I WAS HAVING DI■@■VU FROM THE CONVENTION SIX WEEKS AGO. THIS FEELING OF UNBRIDLED OPTIMISM THERE IS ALREADY A VICTORY. IT IS ALMOST LIKE EVERYONE IS HERE FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE ALREADY WON. MAYBE THEY FEEL LIKE THAT BECAUSE [ INAUDIBLE ] FROM BIDEN IN A SEAMLESS WAY. THE SPLIT SCREEN RIGHT NOW. THEY DO SEEM REALLY UNIFIED. THEY HAVE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO- CORTEZ ON THE FLOOR AND MORE RENEGADES GETTING SPEAKING SPOTS. IT HAS BEEN FLAWLESS. KAMALA HARRIS HAS TO LAND AND. ON THE OTHER SIDE AND TRUMPWORLD, THEY ARE KIND OF SPINNING OUT RIGHT NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE NARRATIVE BACK ON THEM. INTERNALLY, THEY ARE FIGURING OUT WHO IS EVEN LEADING THE CAMPAIGN. >> YOU THINK THEY HAVE A PLAYBOOK FOR HER? >> I KNOW FOR MY SOURCES THAT TRUMP FEELS LIKE HE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE PERSONAL AND GO PERSONAL BECAUSE AFTER THIS CONVENTION AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES WHERE HE HAS BEEN MADE FUN OF, MOCKED, DEMEANED, HE THINK IT IS ONLY FAIR TO ATTACK BACK, EVEN IF IT HURTS THEM. SO MANY ADVISORS A SAYING, LET'S JUST WIN. >> HE SAID THIS PUBLICLY. THEIR DELI MEAT DISTRICT A POLICY, BUT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING AFTER ME AS HE SEES AS PERSONAL TERMS. >> ABSOLUTELY. I >> SEE SOME OF THAT FROM SPEAKERS TONIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL SEE THAT FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT HERSELF. WHEN THE -- WHEN WE GET THESE ATTACKS, IT COMES BETTER FROM SURROGATES AND OTHER FOLKS ON THE CAMPAIGN. I THINK SHE WILL FOCUS ON UNITY AND PATRIOTISM AND THE NARRATIVES WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION. LAW AND ORDER, FAMILY VALUES. THINGS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT OF AS REPUBLICAN MESSAGING TOOLS. DEMOCRATS OF REALLY TRY TO RECLAIM THIS. >> WHAT HAVEN'T WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE SHOULD BE? >> GREAT. JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE. SHE MADE A GOOD POINT. I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WRITING THE SAME THING. IN THE MOMENT, EVERYBODY [ INAUDIBLE ] I WILL SAY IN HINDSIGHT, IT TURNS OUT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WAS A TOTAL MISSED OPPORTUNITY. THEIR BELIEF THAT IT WAS OVER ALLOWED THEM TO PICK J.D. VANCE. THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO HELP. THEY DOUBLE DOWN ON TRYING TO GET THEIR BASE VOTE OUT. THE DOUBLE DOWN AND TRY TO GET THE YOUNG MALE VOTE. THE BROUGHT IN DANA WHITE, HULK HOGAN. THEY DID ALL THIS STUFF. ONE NIGHT OF NIKKI HALEY. >> IT WAS A CPAC. >> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IN THE MOMENT, THEY WERE HAPPY. LOOKING BACK, -- HERE IS THE IRONY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO SWITCH OUT BIDEN. BUT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE THEIR OWN RHETORIC, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT PREPARED AT ALL. >> THEY HAVE NOT RECALIBRATED. YOU TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGY WITH THE TURNOUT. >> HAVE A SUCCESSFULLY DONE THAT BEFORE THAT MAKES SENSE. IS A PROBLEM. IN A TWO-PERSON RACE, THIS IS WHAT PREPRINTED TO IN 2020. 2016 THERE WERE PLENTY OF THIRD- PARTY CANDIDATES. DONALD TRUMP HAS ALWAYS HAD A FEELING. IT IS 47% OR 48%. NOW THERE IS LESS THIRD-PARTY. I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS A WINNING NUMBER ANYMORE. THERE WAS NOTHING IT IS CONVENTION TO GET THAT CEILING RAISE. >> I WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW, IF YOU LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE A PARTY. IT KIND OF IS. DJ METRO TAKEN THE STAGE HERE. THE CROWD SEEMS TO LIKE IT. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ALL WEEK. IT IS FULL. IT WASN'T NECESSARILY LIKE THIS DURING THE OPENING HALF HOUR EARLIER. >> [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] WE HAVE BEEN COMING EVERY NIGHT. EVERYBODY WANTED TO GET IN EARLY. >> I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO WAS HERE FIVE HOURS AGO. THE SPOTLIGHT IS ON THE CALIFORNIA DELEGATION. HERE IS REBECCA PRINGLE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AND RANDI WEINGARTEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS. WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN IN NOW. >> [ APPLAUSE ] AS AN EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER FOR OVER 30 YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT KAMALA HARRIS AND TEACHER TIM WALZ UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE STRONG, OUR NATION IS STRONG. [ APPLAUSE ] THEY KNOW EXPANDING FREE SCHOOL MEALS, INVESTING IN HEALTHCARE, AND KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR SCHOOL SAFE, CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE. [ APPLAUSE ] THEY WILL STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS, SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS, AND HELP OUR STUDENTS LIVE INTO THEIR BRILLIANCE. DONALD TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE ARE NOT JUST WRONG, THEY ARE DANGEROUS. IT IS ALL RIGHT THERE IN PROJECT 2025. THEY WILL SHUT DOWN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AND HEADSTART. THEY WILL MAKE EDUCATORS PAY A HIGHER PERCENTAGE IN TAXES THAN BILLIONAIRES. [ BOO ] BUT WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO SAY, NOT ON OUR WATCH. [ APPLAUSE ] NOT ON OUR WATCH. SO WE WILL ORGANIZE, AND WE WILL MOBILIZE, AND WE WILL WIN ALL THE THINGS. COME THIS JANUARY WE WILL HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SEES US, WHO BELIEVES IN US, AND WHO KNOWS THE BEAUTY AND THE POWER OF THIS DEMOCRACY. AND HER NAME IS KAMALA HARRIS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I AM RANDI WEINGARTEN , THE PRESIDENT OF THE, AND A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. ONE OF MY FIRST LESSONS I TAUGHT MY STUDENTS WAS ABOUT THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. HOW BOTH INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS AND MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY ARE ESSENTIAL IN OUR DEMOCRACY. THIS COVENANT UNDERLIES OUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WHERE EDUCATORS PREPARE STUDENTS TO SPARK INNOVATION, STEWARD THE ENVIRONMENT, CREATE OUR ARTS, AND SHAPE OUR DEMOCRACY. NOW ONE OF THE FIRST LESSONS MY STUDENTS TAUGHT ME WAS, YOU HAVE GOT TO WALK THE WALK. THAT MEANS DONALD TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE CAN'T CLAIM THEY ARE PRO CHILD WHILE CUTTING FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT MEANS THAT BEING PROFAMILY MEANS WE SUPPORT ACCESS TO GOOD UNION JOBS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THAT IS WHAT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ ARE FIGHTING FOR, AND WE ARE ALL IN. THEY HAVE SPENT THEIR LIVES MAKING THE PROMISE OF AMERICA REAL IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE COURTROOM. AMERICA, WITH KAMALA HARRIS AS OUR PRESIDENT, OUR BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD. [ APPLAUSE ] >> NECK SPEAKER SET JUST TAKE THE STAGES CALIFORNIA SENATOR ALEX PADILLA. WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM HIM? >> HE REPLACED HER IN THE SENATE. I THINK WILL HEAR HIM TALKING ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES IN THEIR BACKGROUND AND UPBRINGING. BUT THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT IN SOME WAYS. >> LET'S LISTEN. >> ONE IS NO CHANCE -- MY NAME IS ALEX PADILLA, I AM SO PROUD TO REPRESENT THE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. [ APPLAUSE ] BUT THE TITLES I AM MOST PROUD OF OUR HUSBAND TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE ANGELA AND FATHER TO BRING YOUNG GENTLEMEN. AS A FATHER, WILL BE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY, IT IS NOT JUST HYPOTHETICAL. FOR ME, IT IS VERY REAL. EVERY DAY I GO TO WORK IN WASHINGTON I THINK ABOUT MY KIDS AND THE FUTURE WE ARE BUILDING FOR THEIR GENERATION. AND TO SHOW YOU HOW KAMALA HARRIS WILL TREAT AMERICA'S KIDS AS PRESIDENT, I WILL TELL YOU HOW SHE TREATS MIND. WHENEVER SHE SEES THEM SHE GREETS THEM WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT. LITERALLY MEETING THEM ON THEIR LEVEL TO SPEAK TO THE , AND TO LISTEN. EVERY FISA, LETTER -- CANNED CHICKEN I HAVE TAKEN TOGETHER, IT HAS BEEN ABOUT MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR THIS GENERATION AND THE NEXT. AS A STATE SENATOR, ALL I STOOD WITHIN ATTORNEY GENERAL HARRIS AS SHE TOOK ON THE BIG BANKS TO KEEP KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES. AS CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE KAMALA KAMALA CALIFORNIA SENATOR ALEX PADILLA AS WE ARE HERE OFFICIALLY IN NIGHT FOUR, THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION LIVE IN CHICAGO. WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU SPECIAL COVERAGE ALL NIGHT LONG. MORE OF IT PICKING UP RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS NBC NEW SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. LIVE FROM CHICAGO HERE IS TOM LLAMAS. >> TONIGHT WE ARE ALIVE FROM CHICAGO FOR THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. EVERY SPEECH, PERFORMANCE AND EVENT OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, ALL LEADING UP TO THIS VERY MOMENT. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR ACCEPTING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN A HISTORY MAKING SPEECH. WHEN SHE STEPS UP TO THE PODIUM RIGHT BEHIND ME IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST TEST OF HER POLITICAL CAREER THUS FAR. AND WE ARE NOT EXAGGERATING, SHE HAS NEVER GIVEN A CONVENTION SPEECH OF THIS MAGNITUDE BECAUSE FOUR YEARS AGO YOU REMEMBERED -- TONIGHT IS A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY. AND HERE IS WHY. TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE CONVENTION STAGE AT THIS HOUR. TOP DEMOCRATS,'S LIBERTIES AND ADVOCATES CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR CASE FOR A HARRIS WALZ TICKET. WHAT IS AT STAKE GOING UP AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? A MOMENT WHICH WASN'T EVEN A REALITY UNTIL JUST A MONTH AGO WHEN BIDEN BOWED OUT PUSHING HIS VP TO THE TOP OF THE TICKET. SEVERAL BIG NAMES ARE PREPARED TO TAKE THE STAGE, HARRIS'S RUNNING MATE ON THE SHORTLIST. THIS EVENING THE POWER, POP SINGER PINK WAS SPOTTED DURING A SOUND HECK THIS AFTERNOON. AND A COUNTRY TRIO OF THE CHICKS WILL PERFORM. WILL THERE BE MORE TO CAP OFF THIS STAR-STUDDED CONVENTION? WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND FIND OUT. WE ARE DIPPING IN. IT WILL BE A DIP IN PALOUSE ARE TAKING THE SPEECHES LIVE WHEN THEY WARRANT THEM. FORMER CABINET MEMBERS UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, MARCIA FUDGE WHO SERVED AS SECRETARY HOUSE AND URBAN DEVELOP. LET'S TAKE A QUICK LISTEN. >> KAMALA HARRIS HAS FOUGHT TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS HER ENTIRE CAREER. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL SHE HELD BIG BANKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS. AND WHEN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNERS. AS VICE PRESIDENT SHE AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HELPED OVER 400,000 HOMEOWNERS AT THE RISK OF FORECLOSURE DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND AS PRESIDENT SHE WILL BUILD 3 MILLION NEW HOMES AND RENTAL , LIMIT UNFAIR RENT INCREASES, AND OFFER DOWN PAYMENT SUPPORT FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS. IT'S PERSONAL. KAMALA REMEMBERS HER MOTHER PRIED AT BUYING THEIR FIRST HOME AFTER SAVING FOR 10 YEARS. SHE KNOWS HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND A PATHWAY TO THE MIDDLE CLASS. WHERE YOU LIVE DETERMINES WHAT SCHOOLS YOUR CHILDREN GO TO. WHAT HEALTHCARE YOU RECEIVE. AND WHETHER YOU CAN GET A JOB WITHOUT SPENDING HOURS COMMUTING. WHERE YOU LIVE TOO OFTEN DETERMINES HOW YOU LIVE. DONALD TRUMP HAS NO IDEA HOW HOUSING WORKS FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS. HE DOESN'T CARE. HE STARTED HIS CAREER BEING SUED FOR DENYING HOUSING TO BLACK FAMILIES. AS PRESIDENT HE SAT BY WHILE THE COST OF HOUSING SKYROCKETED. NOW WE CAN HAND THE KEYS TO HOUSING POLICY BACK TO A DECK -- NEGLIGENT LANDLORD OR WE CAN ELECT A PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES IN SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL. LET'S SURE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY BY VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO MARCIA FUDGE. FROM HERE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION JOINING US NOW HAS A VERY SPECIAL GUEST. GOVERNOR GRISHAM. SHE SPOKE AT THE DNC ON STAGE LAST NIGHT. AND BACK IN 2022 HARRIS OFFICIATED THE GOVERNOR'S WEDDING AT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE WHEN THAT HAPPENED. GOVERNOR GRISHAM, THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE, THAT WILL BE QUITE A MOMENT WHAT WAS THAT LIKE AND HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? >> IT WAS THE WOMEN GOVERNORS. WE WERE HAVING A DINNER STRATEGIZING ABOUT WOMEN EXECUTIVES AND LEADERSHIP. KATE BROWN, GOVERNOR OF OREGON AT THE TIME, SAID, YOU BETTER MARY GRISHAM. SHE'S A CATHOLIC. AND THAT WON'T GO WELL FOR REELECT. I SAID, I'LL DO IT BUT ONLY IF ALL OF THE WOMEN GOVERNORS ARE BRIDESMAIDS. AND THAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. >> SHE OFFICIATED. WHAT SHE GAME FOR IT? >> SHE WAS SO GAME FOR IT. SHE FOLLOWED UP. SHE AND DOUG WERE INCREDIBLY KIND. IT WAS A LOVELY, VERY SMALL, VERY PERSONAL WITH MY BEST BUDDIES. THE LADY GOVERNORS IN THE WEDDING. >> WE HAVE THIS GREAT LONG LENS CAMERA BIND US ACROSS THE HALL. SO JUST BELOW US, TRIVIA QUESTION, WHO IS JUST BELOW US? YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? YOU'RE SHARP. THAT'S WHY YOUR GOVERNOR. YOU ARE SO SHARP. JUST BELOW US IS THE DELEGATION OF MEXICO HERE. WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO HEAR FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TODAY? >> WE ARE ALL GOING TO HEAR MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING. THE CASE TO THE FUTURE, OPTIMISM, REAL HOPE FOR THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE WAITING FOR. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS MOVEMENT IN ALL THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS. AND MAKING IT REALLY CLEAR SHE'S BEEN DOING THAT WORK AS VICE PRESIDENT. SHE DID THAT WORK AS A SENATOR. SHE DID THAT WORK AS AN AG AND THE DA. SHE IS BATTLE TESTED AND READY. >> NEW YORK TIMES IS A STORY THAT'S OUT TODAY. LET'S PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR OUR VIEWERS. IT'S TITLED, WHAT DRIVES KAMALA HARRIS? THE ART OF THE IMPOSSIBLE. BUT IT SAYS THIS. TALKING TO HER FIRST RACE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SHE OPPOSED A MEASURE THAT WOULD LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL USE. A WEEK AFTER ANNOUNCING HER PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2019 MS. HARRIS SAID SHE FAVORED LEGALIZATION AND JOKED ABOUT HAVING SMOKED POT IN COLLEGE. SINCE BECOMING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE LAST MONTH MS. HARRIS HAS QUIETLY ABANDONED THE MORE LIBERAL POSITIONS FROM HER PRIMARY BID, FOR EXAMPLE, SAYING SHE NO LONGER SUPPORTS BANNING FRACKING, SINGLE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, MANDATORY GUN BUYBACK PROGRAMS OR CUTTING THE NUMBER OF BORDER AGENTS. THEY ARE CALLING HER A SHAPE SHIFTER. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO SHE IS. SHE'S A POLITICAL CHAMELEON. THEY HAVE A POINT? >> I DON'T THINK SO. LOOK, I WANT SOMEONE WHOSE ATTITUDES, POLICIES, IDEAS MOVE WITH WHERE THE COUNTRY IS. FRANKLY, THEY SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, ABOUT POSITIONS THAT SHE HAS SAID THAT ABOUT JOE BIDEN. WE CHANGE A HUGE PROPONENT OF MEDICAL CANNABIS. I FINALLY IN THE STATE. I WAS HESITANT ON RECREATIONAL CANNABIS. THE MORE I LEARNED ABOUT CANNABIS NOW IT'S A RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. MY INVOLVEMENT AND MY INTELLECTUAL ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF THOSE ISSUES CHANGES. YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE WHO IS STUCK IN YESTERDAY OR SO FORWARD THINKING THEY WON'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION REAL LIFE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >> YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING? SHE'S BEEN ON THE NATIONAL STAGE SINCE ABOUT 2019. SHE'S BEEN A VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. YET, THE HEAD OF THE CAMPAIGN TOLD POLITICO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW HER YET. HOW IS THAT REALLY POSSIBLE? AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS BEEN A HEADLINER EVERY NIGHT THE LAST TWO NIGHTS SHE IS MISSING THE ALMOST. >> I THINK IT'S HARD WHEN PEOPLE SAY IN NEW MEXICO, WHO IS THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN NEW MEXICO? >> THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. LISTEN, YOU PUT ME ON THE SPOT. >> I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT. I REALLY DIDN'T. BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. BUT YOU FOCUS ON THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. >> IS NOT THE VICE PRESIDENT. >> WAS THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR? DO YOU KNOW? >> YES. >> I DO THINK IT'S A VALID ISSUE. REINTRODUCING PEOPLE. BEING HUMBLE. GENUINE IN THE MOMENT. TELLING THEM WHO YOU ARE SO THEY GET A CHANCE TO BE MORE DIRECTLY PERSONALLY KNOWING YOU. THAT'S DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. >> WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE OUR CONVERSATION AND DIP INTO THE STAGE. TAMMY BALDWIN, FROM THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF WISCONSIN IS SPEAKING. >> OKAY. >> INCREDIBLE GRANDPARENTS THAT STEPPED IN AND RAISED ME. DAVID AND DORIS GREEN. EVERYTHING I KNOW I LEARNED FROM THEM. IN EVERY WAY A CHILD NEEDS MY GRANDPARENTS WERE THERE FOR ME. AND AS THEY GREW OLDER IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE THERE FOR THEM. SO WHEN I WORKED TO PROTECT MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY I DO IT WITH THE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THOSE BIG PROGRAMS MEANT AND SMALL BUT DEEPLY MEANINGFUL WAYS TO MY GRANDPARENTS. AND I KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, THAT IS ALL AT RISK TODAY. DONALD TRUMP WAS ASKED WHAT HE WOULD DO ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. AND HE SAID, AND I QUOTE, THERE'S A LOT YOU CAN DO IN TERMS OF CUTTING. CUTTING? HE'S TALKING ABOUT CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE? WHILE GIVING A HUGE NUDE TAX BREAK TO BILLIONAIRES AND CORPORATIONS? WELL KAMALA HARRIS IS NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN. AND TIM WALZ IS NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN. THEY GOT IT BACKWARDS. WE HONOR OUR ELDERS AND ASK THE WEALTHIEST TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. WISCONSIN STATE MOTTO IS FORWARD. AND MY FRIENDS, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE HEADED. >> WE ARE JUST LISTENING TO SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN. WE WILL STAY IN THE MOMENT RIGHT HERE AND GO BACK DOWN TO THE STAGE. TAKING THE STAGE, LET'S LISTEN TO THAT. >> I'M A PROUD MOM OF THREE. AND WHEN MY KIDS WERE YOUNG I SAT DOWN WITH MY HUSBAND TO GO OVER OUR BILLS. WE REALIZED THAT MY ENTIRE INCOME WENT TO PAYING FOR CHILD CARE. WE ASKED OURSELVES HOW ON EARTH WILL WE MAKE THIS WORK? SO MANY PARENTS WILL TELL YOU A SIMILAR STORY. THEY WILL TELL YOU THE PRESCHOOL CAN COST AS MUCH IS RENT OR THAT THEY DRIVE OVER AN HOUR JUST TO FIND CHILDCARE. THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THE WORKERS WHO WATCH THEIR CHILDREN HAVE IT EVEN WORSE. WHEN PARENTS HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR KIDS AND THEIR JOBS BUSINESSES ARE HURT TOO. WE SHUT OUT TALENT. WE LOSE THE PROSPERITY PARENTS COULD CREATE. CHILDCARE MAKES OUR ECONOMY RUN. AND YET, AND YET, DONALD TRUMP'S PROJECT 2025 WILL ELIMINATE HEAD START, CLOSE CLASSROOMS, RAISE THE COST OF CARE. AND JD VANCE SAY , AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE IS CLASS WAR AGAINST NORMAL PEOPLE. YOU KNOW WHAT NORMAL PEOPLE WANT? A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS SHOULDN'T BE SO HARD. THAT'S KAMALA HARRIS. SHE HAS SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND. YOU'VE ALL HEARD KAMALA TALK ABOUT HER MOTHER. SHE WAS BOTH A BRILLIANT SCIENTIST AND A DEVOTED MOM. SHE HAD TO FIGHT TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. TO RAISE HER DAUGHTERS, TO PAY THE BILLS, TO KEEP THE CAREER SHE LOVED. KAMALA AND TIM KNOW THAT WHEN EVERYONE CAN FIND AND AFFORD CHILDCARE OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITIES WILL THRIVE. OUR MIDDLE CLASS WILL GROW. SO LET'S PUT CHILDCARE AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. LET'S BUILD A FUTURE WORTHY OF OUR CHILDREN. LET'S ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ. >> WE WANT TO HEAD DOWN TO PETER ALEXANDER WHO IS IN THE CALIFORNIA DELEGATION TONIGHT. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THIS DELEGATES EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL? >> THEY HAVE HEARD FROM CALIFORNIANS ALREADY THIS EVENING AMONG THOSE IN ATTENDANCE IS OUR FRIEND DEBORAH. EVER FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. HOME TO THE POTENTIAL FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. A NOD TO THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT WERE SHE TO WIN. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN TONIGHT THAT HAS INSPIRED YOU? >> WHAT HAS INSPIRED ME IS SO MANY WOMEN NOW KNOW THEY CAN RUN FOR ELECTION. THEY COULD RUN FOR OFFICE. AND THIS IS A MOMENT IN MY LIFE THAT I PROBABLY WON'T SEE AGAIN. SO I REALLY, REALLY EXCITED. I SUPPORT KAMALA HARRIS. I THINK SHE'S BRILLIANT. >> HAVE YOU BEEN TO CONVENTIONS IN THE PAST OR IS THIS YOUR FIRST? >> THIS IS MY VERY FIRST DNC CONVENTION. BUT I'VE BEEN TO THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY. >> YOU HAVE SEEN THE ENERGY OF THE PARTY BEFORE. IS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS THAT MAKES IT UNIQUE? LAST NIGHT AND ELEGATE SAID SOMETHING TO ME, THERE SOMETHING IN THIS ROOM IS DIFFERENT. >> WHAT'S DIFFERENT IS THE ENERGY AND THE SPIRITUALITY OF THIS EVENT. WE ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER AS ONE. THAT IS THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE. >> DEBORAH, I HAVE LOVED HANGING OUT WITH YOU. THERE WAS AN EMPTY SEAT HERE TO BE CANDID SO WE CAME DOWN TO SIT. OUR FRIEND CHERYL, WHO WE ARE HANGING OUT WITH AS WELL. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. OVER THE COURSE OF THIS EVENING, IF YOU JUST OPEN UP THIS ROOM AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND THERE IS A TON OF WHITE TODAY. THE DNC AND OTHER ORGANIZING GROUPS ARE URGING WOMEN AND MEN ALIKE TO WEAR WHITE TONIGHT AS PART OF THAT EFFORT TO DEMONSTRATE THE MEANINGFUL NATURE OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT AND THE NOD TO THIS MOMENT THAT COULD BE HISTORICAL. JUST A MATTER OF 70+ DAYS AWAY. >> IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. PETER ALEXANDER, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR REPORTING. JOINING US NOW HERE IS A SENIOR ADVISOR AND A SPOKESPERSON TO THE HARRIS WALLS CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TONIGHT? >> FIRST OF ALL, SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON HER SPEECH FOR A LONG TIME. SHE'S REALLY TAKING THIS MOMENT SERIOUSLY. SHE KNOWS THAT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING TONIGHT. SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT AMERICANS WALK AWAY WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, HAVING A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY SHE WAS RAISED, HOW HER MIDDLE CLASS UP GREENING, RAISED BY SINGLE MOM, WORKED REALLY HARD TO PROVIDE FOR THE FAMILY. SHE TRULY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICAN. AND THOSE OF THE VALUES THAT SHE THINKS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY DECISIONS. SECONDLY, SHE'S GOING TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THE CONTRAST OF DONALD TRUMP. HOW DANGEROUS THE AGENDA IS. AND SHE'S GOING TO FOCUS ON HER OWN AGENDA AND HOW SHE WANTS TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD AND NOT BACKWARD. >> OUR VIEWERS MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT SHE HAS NEVER GIVEN A SPEECH QUITE LIKE THIS. FOUR YEARS AGO THE CONVENTION WAS PERSONAL. SHE'S NEVER GIVEN A SPEECH AT A CONVENTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IS SHE NERVOUS AT ALL? >> I DON'T THINK SHE'S NERVOUS. SHE ALWAYS RISES TO THE OCCASION BUT SHE UNDERSTANDS AGAIN HOW IMPORTANT THIS MOMENT IS BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ANYONE WATCHING, UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION AND SHE'S GOING TO BE THE TYPE OF PRESIDENT THAT WILL FIGHT FOR THEM. >> I HAVE A PIECE OF VIDEO I WANT TO PLAY FOR OUR VIEWERS. THIS IS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TRYING TO PUT A LABEL ON THE VICE PRESIDENT. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN. >> SHE'S A MARXIST, COMMUNIST PERSON AND WE ARE OT READY FOR A COMMUNIST PRESIDENT. UNDER CONRAD, LAMAR MILITARY HAS BEEN ABUSED FOR RADICAL SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS. WE DON'T NEED LECTURES ON THE ECONOMY FROM A CANDIDATE PUSHING COMMUNIST PRICE CONTROLS. IN HER SPEECH YESTERDAY KAMALA WENT FULL COMMUNIST. YOU HEARD THAT. >> AND 2020 SOCIALISTS AND DEMOCRATS IN THE PRIMARIES AND SOME GROUND STATES LIKES FLORIDA, BY CALLING HER COMRADE KAMALA, COMMUNIST KAMALA DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HURT HER IN THE RACE? >> I DON'T THINK THAT WILL STICK AT ALL. NUMBER ONE, AMERICANS DON'T LIKE THE DIVISIVE RHETORIC. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO INDEPENDENT SWING VOTERS THAT WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION. THEY WANT TO SEE SOMEONE WHO IS ACTUALLY COMING OUT WITH CONCRETE IDEAS AND ONCRETE WAYS TO DRIVE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAW THE VICE PRESIDENT DO N A MAJOR SPEECH ON THE ECONOMY LAST WEEK. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HER LAY OUT MORE OF HER VISION TONIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO. THAT IS THE RHETORIC THAT DOESN'T TURN ON VOTERS. IT TURNS THEM OFF. >> TALK TO ME ABOUT THE PATH OF 270. THIS IS, I BELIEVE, 2016. THIS IS 2020, ACTUALLY. THIS IS HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN WON. DO YOU THINK THIS MAP IS IDENTICAL IN 2024? OR DO YOU THINK SOME STATES CHANGE? AND WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT X >> HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE BEEN COVERING CAMPAIGNS FOR A LONG TIME. THE SWING STATES WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION ARE REALLY THE SWING STATES THAT HAVE BEEN DECIDING ELECTIONS FOR THE PAST FEW PRESIDENTIAL CYCLES. THE BLUE WALL, MICHIGAN. WISCONSIN IS OUR BEST -- BEST PATH FORWARD. WE ALSO HAVE THE SUN BELT. WE HAVE GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA THAT ARE VERY MUCH IN PLAY. >> DO YOU THINK THOSE ARE REALLY IN PLAY? >> I KNOW THEY ARE IN PLAY. NUMBER ONE, WE ARE MAKING MAJOR, MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN THE STATES. WE HAVE FIELD OFFICES IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES. SHE JUST GAVE HER ECONOMIC SPEECH IN NORTH CAROLINA. SHE WOULD GO THERE IF IT WASN'T TO SAY IT WAS IMPORTANT. AND GEORGIA, WE WERE INVESTED IN 2020. WE WANT IT. FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE STATES. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT HARD TO EARN EVERY SINGLE VOTE AND WIN EVERY SINGLE VOTE. THAT'S WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS FOCUSED ON. >> YOU THINK THE AMERICAN VOTERS DESERVE TO HEAR FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT IN A DESCRIPTIVE MANNER WITH A SITDOWN INTERVIEW NEWS CONFERENCE BEFORE THE DEBATE COMES IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS? >> SHE HAS MADE IT CLEAR SHE'S GOING TO DO AN INTERVIEW. HE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SHE IS SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO VOTERS. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IN THE CONVENTION THIS WEEK SHE'S DEFINITELY MAKING SURE THAT SHE'S GETTING HER MESSAGE OUT. >> ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WE WILL GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR. A BIT OF A PARTY NOW AS THEY ARE IN TRANSITION BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER. LET'S LISTEN FOR A LITTLE BIT. ♪ >> MIKE IS ON THE FLOOR IN THE MIDDLE THIS DANCE PARTY. YOU ARE NOT DANCING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT THE VIEWERS WANT. BUSTING A MOVE. YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THE BIDEN TEAM AND THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SURROUNDED PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR SO LONG. ARE THEY THE SAME TEAM THAT'S NO SUPPORTING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN YOUR CAMPAIGN? >> TOM, IT'S INTERESTING. THERE'S A REASON I'M COMING FROM THE DELAWARE DELEGATION. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR CLOSURE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THEY'VE BEEN TALKING TO DELEGATES ALL WEEKEND MEMBERS OF THE CAMPAIGN TEAM. THE MEMBERS OF THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF. IF YOU LIKE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST WEEK HAS REALLY VALIDATED THE DECISION THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE. IT WAS A DIFFICULT ONE. IT WAS ONE THEY HAD TO WRESTLE WITH. AT ODDS WITH HIS OWN PARTY FOR CERTAINLY A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, LONGER THAN HE WOULD HAVE LIKED. THE ATMOSPHERE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT REALLY SPEAKS TO A PARTY THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH QUITE A LOT AND IS READY TO SEE THIS THROUGH. A DIFFICULT DECISION REQUIRES DIFFICULT CHOICES. PRESIDENT BIDEN TONIGHT, WATCHING FROM CALIFORNIA, IS GOING TO BE DOING SO WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRIDE. I'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING, TOM, ALL WEEK TO DELEGATES WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE RANGE OF EMOTIONS. THERE WAS GRATITUDE AND RELIEF ON NIGHT ONE. THERE WAS THE CELEBRATORY ROLLCALL ON NIGHT TWO. THE JOY WE SAW LAST NIGHT. THE WORD I KEEP HEARING FOR MOST OF THE DELEGATES I'VE BEEN TALKING TO TONIGHT IS HISTORY. THERE IS A REAL APPRECIATION FOR THE MOMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE TRANSPIRE ON THE STAGE BEHIND US IN JUST A FEW HOURS WHEN KAMALA HARRIS SPEAKS AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. THE FIRST WOMAN POTENTIALLY PRESIDENT AS MANY IN THIS ROOM WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. THERE'S ALSO AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF ANTICIPATION. YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU'VE BEEN HEARING AS WELL AS I HAVE, TOM, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF SURPRISES THAT WE UNDERSTAND MIGHT BE IN STORE HERE AND EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN THEORIES OF WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE. >> MIKE, WE WERE HOPING FOR SOME KID IN PLAY ACTION, MAYBE A LITTLE ROBOT. NO DANCING FOR MIKE. MAYBE NEXT TIME WE CHECK IN. MIKE, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR REPORTING. FOR MORE WHAT TO EXPECT FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'S SPEECH THAT I WANT TO BRING IN OUR POLITICAL PROS. WE HAVE A TERRIFIC PANEL TONIGHT. I WANT TO START WITH -- WHO RECENTLY ADVISED VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. THE SAVE AMERICA PODCAST AND THE FORMER SENIOR ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT OBAMA. AND GIMLI, FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY DURING THE TRUMPET MINISTRATION. WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. VOTERS MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST SPEECH. WE ARE NOT EXAGGERATING THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS -- FOUR YEARS AGO IT WAS VIRTUAL AND SHE HAD NEVER GIVEN A CAMPAIGN SPEECH AT A CONVENTION. DO YOU THINK SHE'S NERVOUS OR WILL SHE RISE TO THE OCCASION? >> PERSONAL, THINGS FOR HAVING ME. FOUR YEARS AGO I WAS WITH HER DURING THIS COVID ERA. WE FIND OURSELVES HERE. WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE TY IS SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. WHAT THIS FUTURE IS GOING TO MEET FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS, WHAT IS A COMPETING VISION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. A FUTURE THAT SHE SEES AS ONE WHERE THE MIDDLE CLASS HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE FOR THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. THAT THEY NOT JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS MADE HER TAKE ON THESE BIG FIGHTS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, THE BIG BANKS, BIG PHARMA, BIG OIL, BUT ALSO WHAT GOT HER TO THIS PLACE WITH THE MIDDLE CLASS. >> IS THAT INTERESTING? I IT SORT OF SHOCKED ME THAT EVEN THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR THE HARRIS/WALZ TICKETS IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HER AND SHE'S BEEN THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS. IS THAT SURPRISING? >> THESE ARE HUGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICA TO UNDERSTAND NOT JUST WHAT HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE, WHICH ARE MANY THROUGHOUT HER TEAR -- CAREER. WHAT IS HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THEIR KIDS AND THEIR GRANDKIDS? AND ALSO, AS WE COMPARE AND CONTRAST WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE ECONOMY? WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM? THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TY. >> WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES TODAY. IT'S FROM A FOCUS GROUP THAT FRANK CONDUCTED. WHY THESE 15 YOUNG VOTERS AREN'T RUSHING TO KAMALA HARRIS LIKE THEIR PEERS. THE PARTICIPANTS ARE WARY OF MS. HARRIS RIGHT NOW. THEY SAY SHE'S TOO FAR LEFT AND THAT SHE COVERED UP PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AGING ISSUES. THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT INFLATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, THE GAZA WAR. SHE'S LOSING TO TRUMP ON A NUMBER OF THOSE ISSUES. HOW DOES SHE TURN THAT AROUND IN THE NEXT 75 DAYS? >> YES, SHE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT. PEOPLE KNOW HER NAME AND THEY KNOW A LOT OF HER STORY. PEOPLE ARE THIRSTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER. THAT MEANS THEY WANT TO BE FOR HER. SO SHE HAS TO TELL THEM TONIGH . THERE'S TONS OF ROOM TO GROW. HER FAVORABILITY RIGHT NOW IS HIGHER THAN TRUMP BUT THERE IS A LARGE PERCENTAGE DON'T KNOW HER. THESE YOUNGER VOTERS, THEY ARE THE HARDEST TO GET. IT'S GOING TO BE -- TO GET THEM TO MOVE. >> I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET INTO THIS CONVERSATION. YOU PROBABLY WISH YOU WERE IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW NEXT TO THESE FINE COLLEAGUES OF YOURS. THIS IS THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THE FIRST TRUMP HARRIS DEBATE IS LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 10th. HIS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP GOING TO PREPARE FOR THIS DEBATE IN A SERIOUS WAY SINCE THE FIRST DEBATE AGAINST BIDEN WAS SO CONSEQUENTIAL? AND THIS ONE WILL LIKELY BE AS WELL. YOU CAN ARGUE HE'S BEEN LOSING FOCUS SINCE HARRIS JOINED AT THE TOP OF THIS TICKET, TALKING ABOUT POLL NUMBERS, TALKING ABOUT AI, TALKING ABOUT LOOKS. YOU THINK HE TAKES THIS MORE SERIOUSLY? >> ABSOLUTELY. HE UNDERSTANDS THE GRAVITY OF THIS MOMENT. HE IS ALSO AWARE OF THE FACT HE BE JOE BIDEN SO BADLY IN THE FIRST DEBATE THAT IT SET OFF A WHOLE BUNCH OF SUBSEQUENT ISSUES, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT GETTING RID OF JOE BIDEN AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET AND REPLACING HIM WITH KAMALA HARRIS. SO HE UNDERSTANDS HOW MPORTANT THAT IS. HE KNOWS HE HAS TO HAVE A BIG NIGHT. HE KNOWS HE HAS TO OUTLINE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO. COMING OFF OF THIS CONVENTION, TYPICALLY CANDIDATES GET A LITTLE BUMMED HERE AND THERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT KAMALA WILL BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN GETTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GOOD PUBLICITY LEADING UP TO IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE ROOM SHE HAS TO GROW ON THAT. DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTANDS THAT WHILE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT HER AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS ALWAYS, IN POLITICS, THE GOAL TO DEFINE YOUR OPPONENT BEFORE THEY DEFINED THEMSELVES. RIGHT NOW THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS WORKING ON DEFINING HER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BECAUSE THE MORE THEY FIND OUT ABOUT HER THE LESS THEY LIKE HER. SO IT'S INCUMBENT UPON HIM TO KEEP HAMMERING THOSE ISSUES HOME BETWEEN NOW AND FIRST DEBATE. >> DAN, YOU HAVE HELPED CANDIDATES GET ELECTED TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THIS COUNTRY. HAVE WE SEEN ENOUGH OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AT THIS CONVENTION DO YOU THINK? HAVE WE SEEN ENOUGH OF HER? I WANT TO SAY OVERSHADOWING WITH THE OBAMA'S TWO NIGHTS AGO. OBVIOUSLY YOU GOT TO HEAR FROM TIM WALZ TO PICK >> IS A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW KAMALA HARRIS IS APPROACHING COMPARED TO HOW DONALD TRUMP IS. SHE WAS OUT IN MILWAUKEE BARNSTORMING ON A BUS TOUR THIS WHOLE WEEK. DONALD TRUMP WAS SITTING WITH HIS FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS WATCHING THE CONVENTION PITCHES TALKING TO VOTERS. WHAT OBAMA DID IN BOTH OF HIS CONVENTIONS, WORKING HIS WAY TO THE CONVENTION. LETTING OTHER PEOPLE TELL THE STORY FIRST. THEN YOU COME IN ON THE LAST NIGHT. THAT MAKES THE MOST STRATEGIC SENSE BY FAR. >> I'M GOING TO GIVE THE LAST WORD. WHAT'S THE ONE THING WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW? >> HER UPBRINGING AND HER VALUES ARE WHAT LED HER TO THIS MOMENT. THEY SAID, AS DAN POINTED OUT, THERE UNDERDOGS IN THIS. YOU'RE LOOKING TO EARN EVERY VOTE AND MAKE SURE AMERICANS KNOW THEY SEE THEM. >> UNDERDOGS PUT UP A LOT OF POLLING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THE JUNIOR SENATOR OF PENNSYLVANIA SPEAKING RIGHT NOW. LET'S LISTEN IN. >> THE CORPORATIONS SAY YOUR PRICES ARE UP ONLY BECAUSE THEIR COSTS ARE UP. THEY ARE SELLING YOU A LIE. IT'S IN THE BACK WITH THE DIAPERS. PRICES ARE UP BECAUSE THESE CORPORATIONS ARE SCHEMING TO DRIVE THEM UP. MOST COMPANIES ARE GOOD COMPANIES. IT'S THE FOOD CONGLOMERATES THAT SIT BEHIND THE SUPERMARKETS, THE FACELESS WHOLESALERS. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE EXTORTING FAMILIES AT THE CHECKOUT COUNTER. THIS IS GREED. I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING A LONG TIME. SO HAS KAMALA HARRIS. AND 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'S CAPPED AT $35 A MONTH. SO THAT'S ONE. I'VE BEEN FIGHTING TO BAN PRICE GOUGING ON FOOD. AND NEXT YEAR, WHEN SHE'S PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS WILL FIND A BILL TO DO JUST THAT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER. AND WHEN CORPORATIONS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CRISIS LIKE TOILET PAPER DURING THE PANDEMIC WE WILL HITS THEM WITH HARSHER FINES WHEN KAMALA HARRIS IS PRESIDENT. AMERICANS DON'T EXPECT STUFF TO BE FREE. BUT WE DO EXPECT IT O BE FAIR. THE PEOPLE I'M TALKING TO, FROM ALLENTOWN TO ERIE, THEY DON'T TOLERATE BEING RIPPED OFF. AMERICANS ARE HARD-WORKING, HONEST PEOPLE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR HONESTY. I'M FIGHTING FOR IT. KAMALA HARRIS IS FIGHTING FOR IT. WILL YOU FIGHT FOR? LET'S GO OUT AND WIN THIS THING. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE BEEN LETTING -- LISTENING TO SENATOR CASEY. NEXT, SOMEONE WHO RAN AGAINST HARRIS IN THE PRIMARY. MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN. A HERO TO THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. YOU CAN SEE THE CROWD GOING WILD FOR HER. LET'S LISTEN IN. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE BEST ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS? KAMALA HARRIS CAN BE BOUGHT AND SHE CAN'T BE BOSSED AROUND. I FIRST MET KAMALA IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRASH . THE BANKS HAD FLAT-OUT BROKEN LAWS, CHEATED PEOPLE, AND STOLEN HOMES. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAD LOST THEIR JOBS, THEIR SAVINGS, THEIR HOMES. I WAS SETTING UP THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. KAMALA AS PROTECTING FAMILIES AS CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL . YOU BET. AND DONALD WAS SCAMMING STUDENTS AT TRUMP UNIVERSITY AND TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF 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. AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CRIMINAL AND A PROSECUTOR. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I LOVE ABOUT KAMALA? SHE GETS 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. AND BASICALLY, HE DOESN'T REALLY CARE. WHEN DID HE EVER FILL UP THE GAS TANK OR WORRY ABOUT A GROCERY BILL? THE ONLY BILLS HE WORRIES ABOUT ARE FROM HIS CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS. BUT KAMALA HARRIS CARES DEEP DOWN. AND SHE WILL TAKE ON THE GIANT CORPORATIONS THAT ARE SQUEEZING AMERICAN FAMILIES. IN FACT, IT'S SOMETHING SHE HAS DONE BEFORE. DURING THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES SHE WENT AFTER THE PRICE GAUCHER'S. DURING THE PANDEMIC WE WORKED TOGETHER IN THE SENATE TO STOP PRICE GOUGING. AND AS PRESIDENT SHE WILL LOWER COSTS FOR YOUR FAMILY. SHE WILL TAKE ON THE 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 CORPORATE MONOPOLIES THAT RIP OFF CONSUMERS AND BILLIONAIRES WHO DON'T PAY TAXES. AND SHE WILL TAKE ON RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WHO THINK THEY SHOULD DECIDE WHO HAS ACCESS TO ABORTION OR IVF. KAMALA WILL RIP -- PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS NATIONWIDE. AND THERE IT IS. GROCERIES, GAS, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, TAXES, ABORTION. TRUST DONALD TRUMP AND JD VANCE TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR FAMILY? SHOOT, I WOULD LET THOSE GUYS, I WOULD 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'VE SEEN HER WIN. AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR FUTURES KAMALA HARRIS IS SOMEONE WE CAN TRUST. SO HERE IT IS, WITH JOY IN OUR HEARTS. LET'S ELECT KAMALA HARRIS, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> WE HAD JUST BEEN LISTENING TO SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A SURPRISING TONE. SENATOR WARREN, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, CAN BRING THE HEAT ON REPUBLICANS. SHE THAT WHEN SHE RAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 2020 WITH A MUCH TONED DOWN SPEECH. WE WILL DIP BACK INTO THE COVERAGE HERE. THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AT A CONVENTION IN A MOMENT OF LEVITY IF YOU WILL. THIS IS THE CASE CAMERA FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. LET'S LISTEN IN FOR LITTLE BIT AND SEE HOW THIS GOES. >> I WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY LOSING THEIR MINDS. ONE, TWO, EVERYBODY. TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT. LET'S LIVE IT UP. I'VE GOT MY MONEY. LET'S SPEND IT UP. LET'S KICK IT. >> I KNOW THAT WILL HAVE A BALL. ♪ ♪ JUST LOSE IT ALL. >> ACCORDING TO THE PROGRAM THEY SAID THERE WILL BE A CASE CAMERA. THINGS DON'T GO ACCORDING TO PLANS. MAYBE THAT WILL COME UP IN A LITTLE BIT. KELLY O'DONNELL IS TIED UP IN THE PLATFORM CAMERA. WE KNOW THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE KISSING ANY FELLOW COLLEAGUES RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. AN INTERESTING SCENE AND INTERESTING SPEECH FROM SENATOR WARREN RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: I WILL HAPPILY BLOW A KISS TO YOU AND OUR VIEWERS, TOM. ELIZABETH WARREN DID SOMETHING THAT SURPRISED ME. SHE TEARED UP AT THE RECEPTION. THAT THIS DELEGATION GAVE HER. AND IT'S A SIGN OF THE RESPECT FOR HER CAMPAIGN AND HER INFLUENCE. AND AS SHE TALKED ABOUT THE JOY OF THIS CONVENTION SHE ALSO BROUGHT A LITTLE HEAT BECAUSE SHE WAS WITHERING IN HER ATTACKS ON DONALD TRUMP. AND WE WILL BE GETTING INTO A BIT MORE OF THAT WITH SOME OF THE LINEUP THAT WE HAVE. IF YOU FEEL THAT BEAT, IT'S SORT OF REVERBERATING THROUGH OUR BODIES HERE ND IT'S A BIT MORE OF THE FIRE. WE WILL BE HEARING FROM JASON, THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN FROM COLORADO, WHO WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO RESCUED, PROTECTED, HELPED HIS COLLEAGUES ON JANUARY 6th. WE WILL HEAR FROM SOME OF THE KEY STATE CANDIDATES WERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, LIKE MICHIGAN. AND WE HEARD FROM BOB CASEY IN PENNSYLVANIA. WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM TIM RYAN, WHO RAN AGAINST JD VANCE IN THE STATE OF OHIO, THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN, A DEMOCRAT OF COURSE. HE LOST TO JD VANCE. HE KNOWS HIM WELL AND HAS THE RESEARCH BOOK ON JD VANCE FROM HIS OWN CAMPAIGN TO HAVE A SENSE OF THIS. SO WE ARE AT THAT POINT WHERE WE HAVE SEEN EMOTIONS. WE HAVE SEEN STORYTELLING. THERE'S A BIT OF A PARTY VIBE GOING ON NOW TOO. AND IT'S GOING TO, AGAIN, SORT OF BUILT TO THE NIGHT WITH KAMALA HARRIS HAVING HER BIG MOMENT. BUT AGAIN, REMINDING THESE DELEGATES THAT THERE IS A FIGHT TO TAKE BACK HOME TO THEIR HOME STATES TO GET PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO VOTE, TO GET VOLUNTEERS TO TURN OUT SO THERE ARE SOME SHARP WORDS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S RECORD. AND I EXPECT THAT WILL BE TRUE WITH JD VANCE AS WELL. AND THEY WANT TO TRY TO BUILD THIS NIGHT TO A CELEBRATION OF NOT ONLY THE HISTORY OF KAMALA HARRIS, BUT TO REALLY GO THROUGH HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY BELIEVE WILL OUTLINE HER VISION TO BUILD ON WHAT SHE HAS DONE WITH JOE BIDEN AND HER OWN CAREER, AND TO LAY IT OUT FOR THE COUNTRY. WE WILL OF COURSE SEE THE FAMILY TONIGHT WE WILL SEE KAMALA'S FAMILY. THE EMOTIONS ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN A BIT OF THAT READINESS TO GET IN THE RING TO THE CELEBRATION OF SOME OF THE HISTORY AND SOME OF THE EMOTION. TOM? >> KELLY O'DONNELL. WE APPRECIATE IT. LET'S LISTEN IN TO REPRESENTATIVE JASON FROM COLORADO ON STAGE NOW. LET'S LISTEN. >> 100 COMBAT MISSIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN TAUGHT ME WHAT REALLY, REALLY MAKES AMERICA STRONG AND SECURE. YOU SEE, IT'S NOT TOUGH TALK. IT'S NOT CHEST THUMPING. BECAUSE IN WAR TALK IS CHEAP. AND TRUST ME, I KNOW A COUCH COMMANDER 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 PUTIN'S BIDDING BY ABANDONING UKRAINE. AND 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 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. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT COMES WITH THE PROMISE THAT AMERICA WILL HAVE OUR BACK. TRUMP WILL BREAK THAT PROMISE. IN FACT, IN CHAPTER 20 OF PROJECT 2025, HE PLANS TO/VETERANS BENEFITS AND PRIVATIZE VA HEALTHCARE. AS A PARATROOPER WE LEARNED THAT THE LEADER OF THE UNIT JUMPS FIRST. AND THEN THE OTHERS FOLLOW. LEADERS ALWAYS GO FIRST. 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 WHO WILL ALWAYS HAVE THEIR BACK. THAT LEADER IS KAMALA HARRIS. AND TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE KAMALA HARRIS OUR NEXT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. >> WE ARE JUST LISTENING TO REPRESENTATIVE CROW. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND HAVE MUCH MORE FROM CHICAGO AS THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DNC GETS UNDERWAY WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PANEL OF MEDICAL PROS COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS. STICK AROUND. >>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION LIVE FROM CHICAGO. WE ARE NOW A COUPLE OF HOURS AWAY FROM VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS'S BIG ADDRESS TONIGHT EXCEPTING HER PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT AFTER A STAR-STUDDED WEEK HERE AT THE UNITED CENTER. FOR MORE ON HER SPEECH AND THE PATH FORWARD FOR DEMOCRATS IN 2024 LET'S BRING IN OUR POLITICAL PROS TONIGHT, JONATHAN ALLEN, A SENIOR NATIONAL POLITICS REPORTER YOUR NBC NEWS. CHUCK TODD, NBC NEWS CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST, AND MARIA, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF -- LATINO. SHE ADDRESSED THE CONVENTION LAST NIGHT. WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND APPRECIATE IT. SO LAST NIGHT I THINK THE DEMOCRATS SORT OF FLEXED THEIR BIG TECH MUSCLE. WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL ETHNICITIES, ALL RELIGIONS. BUT I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT HISPANICS. DID HISPANICS NOT GETTING THE BILLING THAT THEY DESERVE WHEN DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO GO AFTER LATINO VOTERS? AND I KNOW SENATOR -- WAS THERE AND IN PRIME TIME AS WELL. BUT I WAS THINKING THIS AS I WAS WATCHING TONIGHT. >> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A SLOW TEASING OF WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS. YOU ARE SEEING DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. I REMEMBER ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES THAT THEY HAD LAST TIME WAS THAT THEY ONLY HAD CELEBRITIES. AND DURING THE ZOOM DNC, THE COVID ONE. HE SOUGHT ANNA NAVARRO HOSTING FOR THE MAJORITY OF TIME ON TUESDAY. THEN HE SAW ALEX PADILLA AND YOU WILL SEE A FEW OTHER FOLKS THAT WE HAVE. SO I THINK WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS RECOGNIZING THAT THEY NEED A BROAD COALITION. >> HOW IS THE RELATIONSHIP? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP? THERE IS TENSION POST 2020 ABOUT LATINO VOTERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. >> IF ANYTHING, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY DELIVER, THE BIGGEST PIECE THAT WE SAW IN 2022 WHEN LATINOS WERE SAYING, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO VOTE, THEY JUST WERE NOT TO VOTE. WE JUST CAME OUT LAST FRIDAY AND BASICALLY FOUND THAT BATTLEGROUND STATES, 2000 LATINO VOTERS -- NEVADA, WISCONSIN, NORTH CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA. WE FOUND THAT NOT ONLY IS KAMALA HARRIS PULLING 60% FOR LATINO VOTERS BUT SHE'S TAKING FROM KENNEDY. AND FROM THE FIRST TIME SHE IS TAKING FROM TRUMP. HUNTER BIDEN TRUMP WAS AT 38%. UNDER KAMALA HE'S AT 29%. THAT'S BEFORE THE CONVENTION BUFF. >> SHE MENTIONS ROBERT F KENNEDY JR. AND WE SKIPPED OVER A LOT OF THE NEWS. ANYTHING THAT CHANGES THE RACE IF HE COMES OUT AND MAKES THAT BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ON FRIDAY AND SAYS HE IS BACKING TRUMP? >> I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS AT ALL. IN FACT, IN ORDER TO BE RELEVANT YOU BETTER DO SOMETHING THIS WEEK. THE SWITCH OF THE TICKET SHRUNK HIM. BUT HE DIDN'T RUN A CAMPAIGN. JUNE 28th WAS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM. DEMOCRATS HAVE THIS DEBACLE. BIDEN IS NOT THERE. AND WHERE WAS KENNEDY? WAS HE COMING TO TALK WITH YOU? WAS HE COMING TO TALK WITH OTHER MEDIA? HE HAD A CHANCE TO SORT OF MAKE HIS CASE. AND THEY DIDN'T DO IT. SO IT'S NOT A SERIOUS CAMPAIGN. AND I THINK WE NOW LEARN THIS. FRANKLY, LET'S CLEAR IS THAT THE DEMORALIZED DEMOCRATS THAT WERE SITTING IN THAT COLUMN, THE MINUTE THE SWITCH HAPPENED THEY ALMOST ALL CAME OVER. IRONICALLY, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS KENNEDY DOES ENDORSE TRUMP. HOW MANY STATES WILL BE ON THE BALLOT? HE MAY ACTUALLY BE HURTING TRUMP MORE THAN HE HURTS HARRIS AT THE END OF THE DAY. THIS IS WHY TRUMP NEEDS THIS ENDORSEMENT. HE KNOWS KENNEDY VOTERS, IF YOU'RE FORCED TO PICK, PREFER HIM. AND THE QUESTION TO ME IS WHETHER THEY CAN GET OFF THE BALLOT. >> JOHN, I WANT TO PUT UP THE CALENDAR FOR OUR VIEWERS. THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WE COULD FINISH TONIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO. LOOK, THAT FIRST DEBATE IS RIGHT THERE. IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. YOU THINK THE WILL TRY TO RUN THE CLOCK OUT BEFORE THAT DEBATE AND DO NO MAJOR INTERVIEWS OR NEWS CONFERENCES? OR DO YOU THINK THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE? >> I THINK IT WILL TRY TO RUN THE CLOCK OUT AS LONG AS THEY'VE GOT THIS. AS LONG AS THE NUMBERS ARE GOOD FOR THEM, AS LONG AS THERE'S ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT IN THE PODIUM. WE TALKED TO KAMALA HARRIS'S AIDES AND ASK THEM, WHAT IS THE PLATFORM SHE'S GOING TO PUT OUT? IS THIS ONE POLICY, TWO POLICIES THAT SHE PUT OUT. BUT THEY ARE NOT READY TO UNVEIL SOMETHING. THEY WANT TO KEEP IT FOCUSED ON TRUMP. THEY WANTED TO BE A REFERENDUM ON TRUMP OR MAYBE A CHOICE BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES AS OPPOSED TO A REFERENDUM ON JOE BIDEN. AND I THINK THEY WILL GET AWAY WITH IT. KIND OF LIKE A SWIMMER IF YOU GO BACK TO FIX A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I'D LIKE US OVER THE STATES UNDERWATER AS LONG AS HE POSSIBLY CAN BEFORE THE SURFACE AND SPRINT. I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY WILL TRY TO DO. >> DEMOCRATS DID THIS WITH SECRETARY CLINTON. THEY DID IT WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. LOOK, IT WORKED. IT WORKED FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. DO YOU THINK THEY WILL KEEP DOING THIS SO PEOPLE MAY SAY, STRATEGICALLY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT? REPUBLICANS WILL SAY SHE'S HIDING. >> WHAT WE ARE MISSING IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE MEDIA STRATEGY IS ALL AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO SHE MIGHT NOT BE DOING MAJOR NEWS COVERAGE TO THE EW YORK TIMES BUT THAT'S NOT HER VOTER. HER VOTER IS LITERALLY READING, GOING ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM. THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE COMMUNICATING. SO IT'S MAKING SURE. THERE'S A DEEP MISUNDERSTANDING OF HOW YOU ACTUALLY MOBILIZE THIS TIME. AGAIN, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT READ THE NEW YORK TIMES, DISPROPORTIONATELY, ARE THE DONORS. AND THE DONORS ARE WITH HER. >>'S CABLE NEWS, THERE'S NEW YORK TIMES. THAT WILL POINT YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA. WE NEED MORE THAN THAT. >> I TELL YOU, BILL CLINTON IN 92 NEVER PUT OUT MAJOR ECONOMIC -- DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID IT? THE YEAR AFTER. I REMEMBER THIS. HE HAD THE SUMMIT AT LITTLE ROCK. THEY HAD THE VERY PUBLIC DISPLAY. MY POINT IS, LOOK, HE MADE THE PHRASE FAMOUS. YOU CAMPAIGN IN POETRY AND TO GOVERN IN -- THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. YOU TALKED ABOUT HIDING. IF SHE IS JUST DOING EVENTS AND ISN'T TAKING LOCAL QUESTIONS AND ISN'T DOING AN INTERVIEW. IF SHE'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY LOOKING LIKE SHE'S WITH -- VOTERS I DON'T KNOW VOTERS WILL CARE. IF SHE'S NOT DOING THAT, LOOK, SHE BENEFITS FROM THE FACT THAT TRUMP DOESN'T HAVE SUBSTANCE EITHER. WHITE PAPER, AFTER WHITE PAPER, AFTER WHITE PAPER IT WOULD PUT MORE PRESSURE ON HER. BUT TRUMP'S LACK OF SUBSTANCE REALLY HELPS. >> JONATHAN, REMIND THE VOTERS WHAT HAPPENED TO SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS DURING THE PRIMARY. PEOPLE SAID SHE WAS AT ASKING QUESTIONS. SHE HAD A TOUGH TIME ANSWERING QUESTIONS. ESPECIALLY DURING DEBATES. GREAT CROWD SIZES BUT EVENTUALLY THE DONOR MONEY RAN DRY. >> SHE HAD BEEN ATTORNEY GENERAL. SHE GETS OUT AND EVERYBODY LOOKED AT AS SPECTACULAR. HUGE CROWD. THEN THERE WAS NO FOLLOW-UP. NO FOLLOW-UP. IT'S NOT EASY TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE ADVANTAGE SHE HAS NOW SHE'S BEEN VICE PRESIDENT FROM US FOR YEARS. MAKING SPEECHES, MEETING PEOPL , OUT ON POLICY. SHE IS CLEARLY A MORE DEVELOPED CANDIDATE TODAY THAN SHE WAS IN 2019. -- IF SHE'S TESTED, AND SHE WILL BE IN DEBATES FOR SURE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? TRUMP WAS TALKING ABOUT SCRIPTED MOMENTS VERSUS -- AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A WHY THE ARGUMENT TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WERE ABLE TO -- OTHER THAN A POLITICAL REASON. AND I THINK SHE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> GET THE LAST WORD IN. >> SHE ACTUALLY HAS A POSITION ON POLICY. SHE ACTUALLY IS, RIGHT NOW, TIED TO BIDEN WHEN IT COMES TO -- AND SHE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT SHE WAS THE ONE THAT BROKE THE TIE AND SHE CAN OWN ALL OF THAT. THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED, VOTE FOR ME, I WILL FINISH THE JOB. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO GET DOWN TO THE STAGE WITH REVEREND AL SHARPTON NOW ADDRESSING THE CONVENTION. >> WHERE CANDIDATES STAND ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, HEALTH EQUITY AND OTHER ISSUES. ON ONE SIDE OF THIS RACE IS DONALD TRUMP, A FELON NEW YORKER I'VE 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. I'M GOING TO BRING THEM OUT IN A MINUTE. YOU WILL HEAR FROM THEM TONIGHT. BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT EXECUTED. THEY ARE HERE TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT. BUT IT WAS THERE THAT I SAW TRUMP FAN THE RACIAL FLAMES. ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A WOMAN THAT I WALKED WITH IN ALABAMA TO COMMEMORATE THE 59th ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY. KAMALA HARRIS SPOKE TO ME THAT DAY ABOUT UNITY AND PASSING BILLS. ALL I EVER HEARD 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, WHO WAS JOE BIDEN, BROUGHT LEADERS TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO CONFRONT VIOLENT HATRED, RUNNING AGAINST A MAN WHO SAID NEO-NAZIS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE WERE FINE PEOPLE. I SEE A CANDIDATE WHO HAS SOUGHT TO REFORM AND UPHOLD THE LAW. AND A MAN WHO WRONGLY ASSUMES HIS MUG SHOT APPEALS TO BLACK AMERICANS. I WORK WITH KAMALA HARRIS. IN EVERY JOB SHE HAS HAD SHE HAS CONSISTENTLY COMMITTED TO MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN DISADVANTAGED. ALL DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ABOUT IS MAKING HIMSELF RICHER AND SEWING DIVISION TO GET THAT DONE. THIS MAN SAT RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO A FEW WEEKS AGO REFUSING TO APOLOGIZE FOR CLAIMS THAT MIGRANTS WERE TAKING BLACK JOBS. IN NOVEMBER WE ARE GOING TO SHOW HIM WHEN BLACKS DO THEY JOB AND WE ARE GOING TO JOIN WITH WHITES, AND BROWNS, AND ASIANS. AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A JOB ON THOSE WHO HAVE DONE A JOB ON US. TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO REALIZE CHISHOLM'S DREAM. 52 YEARS AGO I WAS ONE OF THE YOUTH DIRECTORS -- FOR PRESIDENT. AND 52 YEARS AFTER SHE WAS TOLD TO SIT DOWN I KNOW SHE'S WATCHING US TONIGHT AS A BLACK WOMAN STANDS 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 OUR WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE. WE WILL GO BACK. WE FOUGHT HARD. WE FOUGHT HARD FOR LGBTQ LOVED ONES TO GET OUT OF THE CLOSET. WE WILL GO BACK. WE FOUGHT HARD FOR THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE, THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION. WE SUFFERED, DIED, BLED, WENT TO JAIL TO GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE. WE WILL GO BACK. -- WE WON'T GO BACK. >> SO WE MUST BE COMMITTED. NO LONGER -- NO MATTER HOW THE SUPREME COURT TRUST ROLLBACK OF CIVIL RIGHTS, NO MATTER WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY HAVE, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THOSE THAT FOUGHT AND SUFFERED FOR US. AND WE VOWED TONIGHT, WE WON'T GO BACK. THIS NOVEMBER WE WILL GO FORWARD TO FULFILL THE PROMISE OF A JUST AND FAIR NATION. AND , I AM A PREACHER, AND IN PSALMS IT SAYS WE MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING. WE HAVE ENDURED JANUARY 6th. WE HAVE ENDURED CONSPIRACY THEORIES. WE HAVE ENDURED LIES, AND THERE IS A DARKNESS. BUT, IF WE STAY TOGETHER, BLACK, WHITE, LATINA, ASIAN, AMERICAN INDIAN WE SAY JOY! JOY! JOY! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] I WANT-- SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER-- REVEREND JACKSON TAUGHT US TO FIGHT FOR WHAT RIGHT, AND NOW I WANT TO BRING OUT SOME YOUNG MEN I FOUGHT FOR. I REFERRED TO THEM THEN. THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE. NOW, THEY ARE BE THE EXONERATED FIVE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ANTRON McCRAY, KEVIN RICHARDSON, RAYMOND SANTANA, KOREY WISE, AND YSEF SALAAM. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD EVENING, PEOPLE. MY NAME IS KOREY WISE. WE WERE IMPRISONED FOR A CRIME WE DID NOT COMMIT. OUR YOUTH WAS STOLEN FROM US. EVERY DAY AS WE WALKED INTO COURTROOMS, PEOPLE SCREAMED AT US, THREATENED US, BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. HE SPENT $85,000 ON AN AD IN THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLING FOR OUR EXECUTION. WE WERE INNOCENT KIDS, BUT WE ALL SERVED A TOTAL OF 41 YEARS IN PRISON. REVEREND AL SHARPTON STOOD WITH US. NOW, I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH HIM TODAY. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS ALSO WORKED TO MAKE THINGS FAIRER. I KNOW SHE WILL DO THAT AS PRESIDENT. I AM PROOF OF THAT MESSAGE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> I LOVE THESE GUYS. THESE ARE MY BROTHERS. THESE ARE MY BROTHERS. YES, INDEED. AMERICA, I AM YUSEF SALAAM [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] A NEW YORK CITY COUNCILMAN REPRESENTING MY HOMETOWN OF HARLEM-- THAT'S RIGHT [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] REPRESENTING MY HOMETOWN OF HARLEM, USA. AND, LISTEN-- AS MY FRIEND, KOREY WISE, JUST SAID , 45 WANTED US UNALIVE. HE WANTED US DEAD. TODAY WE ARE EXONERATED, BECAUSE OF THE ACTUAL PERPETRATOR WHO CONFESSED, AND DNA PROVED IT. THAT GUY STILL SAYS HE STANDS BY THE ORIGINAL VERDICT. HE'S DISMISSIVE OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE RATHER THAN ADMIT HE WAS WRONG. HE HAS NEVER CHANGED, AND HE NEVER WILL. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 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. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND TOGETHER, THIS WILL BE SO BEAUTIFUL. AND TOGETHER ON NOVEMBER 5th, WE WILL USHER IN KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] SO I WANT TO DO THIS-- WHEN I SAY, WHEN THEY SEE US AMERICA WILL FINALLY SAY GOODBYE TO THAT HATEFUL MAN. AFTER SEVEN LONG-- INCARCERATION, FREE AT LAST. FREE AT LAST. THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, WE ARE FREE AT LAST. GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO REVEREND AL SHARPTON, AND "THE EXONERATED FIVE," ONCE KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE. COVERAGE PICKS UP RIGHT NOW. >>> TONIGHT, THE FINAL HOURS OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. AND IT'S ALL BEEN LEADING UP TO THIS. >> THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF KAMALA HARRIS' POLITICAL CAREER. >> WE WILL COME TOGETHER AND DECLARE WITH ONE VOICE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. >> PROSECUTOR, SET TO MAKE HER MOST IMPORTANT POSING ARGUMENT EVER. EXPECT I WILL ALWAYS PUT AMERICANS AND WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES FIRST. >> THE REAL CHALLENGE TONIGHT-- >> CAN SHE CONVINCE SKEPTICAL VOTERS AT HOME THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD? >> AT THIS HOUR, THE ARENA FILLING UP-- >> THE BALLOONS READY TO DROP-- >> KAMALA HARRIS! >> VERY EXCITED. VERY PROUD. VERY ENERGIZED. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT? >> THIS IS HER BIGGEST TEST YET. EXPECT THIS IS NBC NEWS SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. HERE ARE TOM LLAMAS AND HALLIE JACKSON. >>> I'M HALLIE JACKSON. AND JUST STEPS FROM WHERE I'M STANDING NOW ON THE STAGE BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. YOU WILL SEE KAMALA HARRIS GET HER SHOT AT A BUZZER BEATER SPEECH AT THE HOME OF THE CHICAGO BULLS, AS SHE TRIES TO CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SHE IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE COUNTRY'S TOP JOB. TOM? >> THAT'S RIGHT, HALLIE, WE ARE LIVE FROM THE FINAL DAY OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AFTER DAYS OF TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PARTY IS TURNING THE PAGE WE WILL HEAR FROM THE WOMAN WHO WANTS TO WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER. KAMALA HARRIS WILL ACCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION DESPITE SERVING AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR ALMOST 4 YEARS, SHE IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNKNOWN TO MANY AMERICANS. TONIGHT, HER OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HER STORY TO AMERICANS. OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS HER SPEECH WILL FOCUS ON HER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROUND. HER VISION FOR THE COUNTRY VERSUS DONALD TRUMP'S, AND WHAT THEY CALL HER DEEP AND ABIDING SENSE OF PATRIOTISM. >> IT'S A QUIET MOMENT RIGHT NOW, BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON THEIR FEET SINCE THIS BEGAN. YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF WOMEN WEARING WHITE, IN TRIBUTE TO THE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT SO HARD TO GET THE RIGHT TO VOTE 100 YEARS AGO. THE EXCITEMENT IS NOT JUST FOR THE WOMAN DEMOCRATS ARE THROWING THEIR HATS IN FOR, WE HAVE BIG PERFORMANCES TONIGHT. LIKE P!NK, AND MAYBE SOME SURPRISES. IF YOU KNOW WHO CAN TOP STEVIE WONDER, SHOUT THAT OUT FOR SURE. >> AND HALLIE, DEMOCRATS ALSO ARE SAVING SOME OF THEIR BIGGEST NAMES TILL THE END. WE HEARD FROM GRETCHEN WHITMER AND ROY COOPER, RISING STARS, FAMILIAR FACES, AND MORE. WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE HERE ON NBC NEWS. BACK TO YOU ON THE FLOOR. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT. WE ARE IN THE CALIFORNIA DELEGATION. THEY ARE FRONT AND CENTER HERE, BECAUSE OF COURSE IT IS KAMALA HARRIS' NIGHT. FOLKS HAVE BEEN FEELING EXCITED, AND YOU SEE THIS DELEGATE IN WHITE. TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU ARE FEELING? >> THIS IS A SPECIAL MOMENT, AND ACROSS THE NATION, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A CHOICE. WE ARE CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY HERE, TONIGHT. THE CHOICE, THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO VOTE. FOR ONE OR THE OTHER. AND I HOPE THAT THEY FIND THEIR VOTE GOING FORWARD IN KAMALA HARRIS. >> TELL ME ABOUT THE WHITE BLAZER. >> WE ARE CELEBRATING THE SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT AND KAMALA HARRIS NOT ONLY CRACKING THAT CEILING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BUST IT DOWN. WE ARE WOMEN VOTING FOR WOMEN. MY NAME IS VICTORIA MARTINEZ-- PETER ALEXANDER HAS BEEN ON THE FLOOR OF THE NIGHT. HE MADE HIS WAY OVER TO JOIN US. PETER, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, IT IS A CRASH IN HERE. THE FLOOR IS PACKED. HER MOOD RIGHT NOW, RESOLUTE, BUT JOYFUL. >> MULTIPLE SOURCES SAY JOY, OPTIMISM, AND PATRIOTISM. HALLIE, A COUPLE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME, HAVING BEEN HERE WITH YOU SINCE THE START OF IT. ONE, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS PEOPLE SHOWED UP MORE CASUALLY AND COLORFUL. TODAY, THEY ARE WEARING WHITE IN SUPPORT OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT, BUT THE MEN ARE WEARING TIES, SOME OF THEIR NICEST SUITS IN RECOGNITION THEY MAY BE PART OF HISTORY IN THIS MOMENT. I CAN'T SAY HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME UP TO ME AND SAID THIS MATTERS. ALL THE TALK CHICAGO HAS HAD, THAT MAYBE THIS WILL BE A 1968 MOMENT REVISITED. IT IS GOING OFF FLAWLESSLY IN THE EYES OF DEMOCRATS. IT IS THE MESSAGE YOU WANT TO DEMONSTRATE. IT HAS BEEN HIGHLY PRODUCED, AND AS EVIDENCE OF THAT NEAR MONOPOLY POTENTIAL TO COME. >> PETER ALEXANDER, THANKS SO MUCH. TOM, BACK UP TO YOU, YOU ARE I THINK RIGHT OVER HERE IN OUR NBC SET IT BACK TO YOU. >> I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU, BUT IT IS A LITTLE DARK. KRISTEN WELKER IS WITH ME NOW. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU, IS THE BAR TOO HIGH FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS? IS IT TOO LOW? OR WILL IT BE RIGHT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE? >> IT'S PRETTY HIGH, THERE IS NO DOUBT. THERE HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE SPEAKERS. BUT, ALSO BECAUSE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEEN NOT SO ELABORATE ON POLICY, SO THAT'S WHAT SHE NEEDS TO BRING FORWARD. SHE IS INTRODUCING HERSELF. MANY KNOW HER NAME BUT NOT ABOUT WHAT SHE IS ABOUT. >> HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO VOTERS? >> IT'S A FASCINATING PHENOMENON, WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH FOCUS ON THE TOP OF THE TICKET. THE VICE PRESIDENT-- SHE IS SOMEONE WHO WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF CERTAIN POLICY POSITIONS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME SHE HAS NOT BEEN FRONT AND CENTER-- SHE WAS NOT LIKE ACHENEY . AND THERE HAVE BEEN CRITICISMS-- HELPING HER OUT IN THIS MOMENT, BECAUSE HER APPROVAL RATING, FROM-- ABOUT EIGHT POINTS, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. WE ARE GETTING TO EXCERPTS OF WHAT SHE IS GOING TO SAY TONIGHT. LET ME READ ONE. SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TERMS OF THIS ELECTION. WITH THIS ELECTION OUR NATION HAS A PRECIOUS, FLEETING OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE PAST BITTERNESS AND DIVISIVE BATTLES OF THE PAST, A WAY TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD, AS AMERICANS. CENTS MILLION? SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LIKE BARACK OBAMA IN 2008, WE ARE ALL AMERICANS. WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON THAT, THE PIVOT TO A MORE POSITIVE MESSAGE TO BREAK FROM WHAT WE HAD HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHICH IS REALLY TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP. THIS IS THE FOCUS. >> THAT'S THE KAMALA HARRIS I KNOW. A FEW WEEKS AGO IN MASSACHUSETTS I WATCHED A LITTLE GIRL MEET THE VICE PRESIDENT. HER EYES WERE SO WIDE AND OPEN AS THE FUTURE. KAMALA ASKED HER ABOUT THE SUMMER, HER BASKETBALL CAMP, AND WHAT POSITION SHE LIKES TO PLAY. THE LITTLE GIRL SAID TO HER, ANYTHING BUT DEFENSE. KAMALA PUT HER HAND ON HER SHOULDER AND REPLIED ME, TOO. I LOVE OFFENSE. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FOR THE PEOPLE. KAMALA HARRIS FIGHTS FOR ALL AMERICANS. SHE STAYS ON OFFENSE, AND SHE WINS. AND I KNOW THAT SHE WILL FIGHT WITH THE SAME PASSION, THE SAME DETERMINATION AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP ON THE DEBATE STAGE, IN SEPTEMBER. WE SEE THE STARK CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION, A FELON AND CON MAN, OR A PROSECUTOR. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND KAMALA HARRIS IS CLEAR. HE OBSTRUCTS JUSTICE, SHE UPHOLDS IT. HE SWINDLES PEOPLE, SHE SERVES THEM. HE THINKS HE'S ABOVE THE LAW. SHE ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS THE LAW. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THAT'S WHAT THIS ELECTION COMES DOWN TO. ONE CANDIDATE WHO IS OUT FOR HIMSELF, OR KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE. IT IS A BATTLE TO THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION. AND TONIGHT, WE WILL PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT KAMALA HARRIS SHOULD BE, SHE MUST BE, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY OF MASSACHUSETTS THERE, AS WE ARE CONTINUING NOW WITH THE PROGRAMMING ON NIGHT FOUR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. DOWN THIS AISLE IS THE NEW YORK DELEGATION. AND NOT LONG AGO I HAD THE CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH THE TOP SENATE DEMOCRAT, CHUCK SCHUMER. WATCH. >> IT'S A HUGE NIGHT FOR SOMEONE YOU'VE KNOWN WELL IN THE SENATE. WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE THE KAMALA HARRIS YOU KNOW? >> THREE THINGS. SHE'S GOT TO SHOW WHAT A FINE CARING PERSON SHE IS. THAT'S EASY, AND IT COMES THERE. SECOND, SHE'S GOT TO BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT HOW SHE'S GOING TO HELP WORKING FAMILIES OF AMERICA. WORKING FAMILIES OF AMERICA WANT SOME HELP IN DIFFERENT AREAS. A PROPOSAL ON FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS STRUGGLING TO BUY IS BRILLIANT. SO MANY 25-40, THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY THE MONTHLY MORTGAGE BUT NOT THE DOWN PAYMENT. SHE WILL HELP WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT. ISSUES LIKE INSULIN. THIRD, SHE IS ONE OF THE BEST PROSECUTORS WE'VE EVER HAD IN THE SENATE. SHE WILL PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. >> WHAT DO DEMOCRATS NEED TO DO TO GET THE MOMENTUM YOU'RE FEELING HERE ON THIS FLOOR MOVING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 75 DAYS? >> I'VE BEEN EVERY CONVENTION SINCE 1984. THIS CONVENTION NOT ONLY HAS MORE JOY AND HAPPINESS, BUT IT HAS MORE UNITY, AND MORE CONVICTION THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS GOING UNTIL NOVEMBER 5th, UNTIL ELECTION DAY. THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. NOT SIMPLY IT'S GREAT TONIGHT, BUT HOW DO WE KEEP THIS GOING? AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE WE ARE SO, SO EAGER TO HAVE HARRIS REGIME, BUT WE ARE EAGER TO MAKE SURE TRUMP DOES NOT BECOME PRESIDENT. >> COLLEAGUES ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO COME TONIGHT-- >> THEY HAVE VOTERS IN MONTANA, OHIO, THEY ARE NOT HERE, THEY ARE BEING SMART. >> CONCERN OF DOWN BALLOT RACES IS ONE OF THE REASONS AS TO WHY PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS STEPPING OUT OF THIS RACE. HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH HIM? >> I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE PRESIDENT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE ASKED ME TO DO WAS HOW HE COULD HELP WITH DOWN BALLOT RACES. HE CARES A LOT ABOUT THEM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS IN THE DOWN BALLOT RACES WE ARE KICKING BUTT. WE ARE DOING BETTER THAN I PERCEIVED, AND I'M OPTIMISTIC. I THINK HE'S WALKING WITH HIS HEAD TALL. IT'S A SACRIFICE WHEN YOU HAVE SO MUCH POWER AND GIVE IT UP. HE DID THE RIGHT THING, NOT ONLY FOR HIMSELF, FOR HIS PART , BUT FOR HIS OUNTRY. AND I THINK HE'S PROUD OF WHERE HE'S AT. >> UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO SEE THE PALESTINIAN SPEAKER. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE CONVENTIONS WE'VE EVER SEEN. KAMALA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH IT. WE WON'T GET ANY PROBLEMS FOR LACK OF DIVERSITY. >> THAT CONVERSATION THERE WITH SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER MINUTES AGO HERE ON THE FLOOR OF THE CONVENTION HALL TO JOIN ME NOW, SOME OF ITS, HOST OF POD SAVE AMERICA. >> RIGHT TO BE HERE. >> WE ARE GETTING READY TO HEAR FROM CONGRESSMAN-- FLORIDA. THE FIRST FROM GEN Z EVER ELECTED. THAT IS POTENTIALLY GETTING A PRIME TIME SLOT. WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THINGS ON THAT? >> I THINK WE SAW WITH TIM WALZ LAST NIGHT, ON A BUNCH OF OTHER POLICIES THEY ARE ON OFFENSE AND ARE NOT AFRAID TO SAY POSITION, YOU CAN TRY. TIM WALZ IS A HUNTER. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT COMMON SENSE GUN SAFETY. THEY DO. THE POSITION DONALD RUMP HAS THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY-- IS EXTREME NOW FRINGE VIEW, AND WE AREN'T GOING TO PRETEND. >> MARK KELLY, HIS POSITION HAS BEEN DIFFERENT THAN WHAT DEMOCRATS MILITANTLY GO WITH. HE HAS TOUGH RACES. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT? >> IF YOU'VE SEEN WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS DONE SHE HAS BEEN UNABASHEDLY IN EMBRACING THE COMPROMISE ON BORDER SECURITY AND NOT QUITTING BEING FOR BORDER SECURITY WITH BEING AGAINST HUMANE INTEGRATION POLICIES. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CAN MAKE BOTH.-- DREAMERS, THAT RESPECT PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE AND WANT TO BUILD A LIFE HERE, THAT RESPECT FOLKS, THE RULE OF LAW, AND I THINK THAT'S THE CONSENSUS THE DEMOCRATIC MESSAGES, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE POLICY IS. >> THE CALIFORNIA DELEGATION STRETCHES FROM HERE ALL THE WAY OVER. YOU HAVE AN PENNSYLVANIA WITH FRONT ROW SEATS. THEY WILL GO NUTS WHEN KAMALA HARRIS TAKES THE STAGE FOR HE VICE PRESIDENT, SHE WILL FORMALLY ACCEPT THE PARTY NOMINATION HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE, HER BIGGEST MOMENT IN THE POLITICAL SPOTLIGHT YET. >> YEAH, LOOK. YOU CAN FEEL IT. THERE IS ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT. AND WHAT IS SO AMAZING IS KAMALA HARRIS WASN'T THE CANDIDATE 50 DAYS AGO. EVERYBODY HAS COME TO HER AND SAID WE WILL PUT OUR FAITH IN YOU. AND EVERY MOMENT, SHE HAS RISEN TO THE OCCASION. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN SOAKS ITEM. SHE WILL BE THE PERSON WHO STANDS UP FOR US ON OUR BEHALF. WE CAME AND ASKED WILL YOU REPRESENT US? AND SO FAR SHE HAS RISEN TO THE OCCASION. >> FAIRLY TYPICAL FOR SOMEONE MAKING AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, HOW DOES SHE MAKE THE CASE THAT CAPTURES THE MOMENTUM? >> YEAH, LOOK, I THINK WE COULD GET A STORY ABOUT HOW MUCH IT WANTS TO MOVE ON FROM THE CHAOS AND EXHAUSTING NONSENSE OF THE TRUMP YEARS. AND TOWARDS THE KIND OF OPTIMISTIC FUTURE ORIENTED VERSION OF AMERICAN POLITICS. AND EVERYTHING HAS LED TO HER ABILITY TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT. AND I THINK SHE WILL LAY OUT THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP AND LAY OUT THE CASE FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF POLITICS. THE THING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SCREAMING THAT THEY WANT FOR THE LAST DECADE BASICALLY. >> BEFORE I LET YOU GO, THE NEXT 75 DAYS WILL BE IMPORTANT. AND WE HEAR IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. THERE'S THAT SENSE OF ENERGY, THERE'S ALSO BEEN A SENSE IN THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD, THAT I'VE HAD PRIVATELY, THAT WE'VE HAD PUBLICLY HERE ON THIS NETWORK, ON THIS BROADCAST, PEOPLE WHO SUGGEST THERE IS STILL AN UNDERDOG ELEMENT TO THIS, AND WE KNOW FROM THE NUMBERS THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPETITIVE RACE. WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO? >> THERE IS A LOT OF EMOTION, THERE IS ENTHUSIASM NOW THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS LEANING MORE IN OUR DIRECTION, BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE IS ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT, GREAT TEAMS CAN LOSE. UNITED TEAMS CAN LOSE. WE HAVE TO FIGHT EVERYWHERE. WE CANNOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED WHATSOEVER. EVERYBODY HERE UNDERSTANDS YOU MAY BE EXCITED, BUT IT'S NOT OVER. >> JON LOVETT, THANKS. I'M WALKING AROUND HERE, I SEE SOMEBODY THAT WE KNOW WHO KNOWS THE HARRIS-WALZ CAMPAIGN. TOM HAS MADE HIS WAY DOWN FROM THE BOOTH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> IT'S A LITTLE CHAOTIC TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE ALL HERE. >> IT IS DEFINITELY BUSIER, IT'S VERY INTENSE HERE ON THE FLOOR. TALK TO US ABOUT THE ENERGY. >> JUST LOOK AROUND AT THE EXCITEMENT. THESE PEOPLE ARE INSPIRED TO BE ACTIVE, THERE IS JOY IN THE YEAR, BUT THERE'S ALSO SERIOUSNESS AND PURPOSE. AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST A HUDDLE. WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO BREAK THE HUDDLE AND RUN THE PLAY. >> WHAT DO YOU TELL-- UNCLE DID MOMENT, HAVE THAT NEWS CONFERENCE, YOU GUYS HAVE GREAT MOMENTUM COMING OUT OF THIS CONVENTION. WILL THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THE DEBATE IN ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS? >> THE QUESTION IS WHY DO THEY KEEP LETTING THEIR UNHINGED GUYS SPEAK OFF THE RECORD? THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS NO PROBLEM TAKING QUESTIONS. SHE HAS NO PROBLEM ARTICULATING A PLATFORM, AND I THINK SHE WILL DO THAT. THIS HAS BEEN 30 DAYS. SHE HAD TO PICK A RUNNING MATE, SHE HAD TO PREPARE FOR THIS. YOU SEE HER CONTINUE. >> WHAT DOES THE DEBATE PREP LOOK LIKE? >> IT'S THE SAME GOAL TO ARTICULATE PROVISION. I THINK IT IS CLEAR FROM THE REFRAIN SO FAR SHE WANTS TO TAKE US FORWARD, HE WANTS TO TAKE US BACKWARD. >> THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER SAID AMERICA DOES NOT KNOW KAMALA HARRIS YET. YOU KNOW HER WELL. WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW ABOUT HER THAT AMERICANS DON'T KNOW YET? >> SHE'S GENUINE, AND SHE REALLY CARES ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. IT COMES FROM DEFENDING PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE. IF YOU ARE OUT THERE IN AMERICA AND FEEL YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LOBBY AND ADVOCATE AT THE CAPITOL YOU KNOW KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE DOING THAT EVERY DAY ON YOUR BEHALF, BECAUSE THAT IS HER PASSION. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WILL SHOW THROUGH TONIGHT IS THAT SHE'S FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE SHE WILL NEVER KNOW. BUT, SHE KNOWS THEY WOULD BE AFFECTED BY HER OLICIES. >> I RAN INTO GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. HE WAS BACKSTAGE AND SAID HOW ARE YOU FEELING AND GAVE ME A THUMBS UP. WHAT'S THE MOOD? >> EVERYONE IS VERY, VERY EXCITED. I THINK SHE ALSO KNOWS THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE TUNING IN TONIGHT WHO DON'T REALLY KNOW HER, AND THAT THIS IS HER CHANCE TO ARTICULATE VALUES TO THEM, AND SHE'S GOING TO DO THAT . >> WHAT IS HER NEXT STOP? >> I DON'T REMEMBER. >> >> HOW DO YOU GET RED STATE VOTERS IN NORTH CAROLINA, ARIZONA, GEORGIA, HOW DO YOU GET THOSE VOTERS TO BIND TO KAMALA HARRIS? >> WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR IS SHE IS GOING TO WAKE UP AND EMPOWER THEM. THOSE SOUTHERN STATES WHERE MOST RANK AT THE BOTTOM IN EDUCATION, TOP IN POVERTY, LAST IN HEALTHCARE, SHE WANTS TO UPLIFT THEM. THIS IS NOT ABOUT RACE IMA ABOUT URBAN VERSUS RURAL, IT IS ABOUT STOPPING THE DIVISION BY DONALD TRUMP. WE BELIEVE WE CAN LIFT UP EVERYBODY AT ONCE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. IF YOU ARE AN AMERICAN WE WANT TO LIFT YOU UP AND INVEST IN YOU. THAT'S WHAT I THINK RESONATES IN THE SOUTH. I THINK IT RESONATES IN RED STATES. >> SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> I HAVE TOM COMING OVER THIS WAY. >> I WILL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR FOR FIVE SECONDS. I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK. >> WE ARE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AWAY WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE FIRST CONGRESS MEMBER OF GEN Z ELECTED , MAXWELL FROST. HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, ECONOMY, AFFORDABILITY ISSUE, AND AS A YOUNG PERSON, AND KEEPING AN EYE ON THE STAGE TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING ANYTHING HERE. HE'S TALKED ABOUT THOSE KEY ISSUES THAT GOT HIM TO THE RACE. WE WANT TO LISTEN NOW AS HE TAKES THE STAGE. FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MAXWELL FROST. >> I AM PROUD TO BE THE FIRST MEMBER OF MY GENERATION IN CONGRESS. I AM ALSO PROUD TO REPRESENT CENTRAL FLORIDA. YOU MIGHT EXPECT ME TO TALK ABOUT HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT OUR FUTURE, BUT AS A FOR MERIDIAN, AS A FLORIDA MAN, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, THAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS NOT SOME FAR-OFF THREATS. IT IS HERE. DONALD TRUMP AND JD VANCE THINK THEY CAN DIVIDE US, BUT I'VE WALKED THE STREETS OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN FORCED TO REBUILD AFTER HURRICANE FLOODING DESTROYED THEIR HOMES. I'VE HEARD THE STORIES OF IMMIGRANT FARMWORKERS MADE TO WORK IN HORRID CONDITIONS EXACERBATED BY THIS CRISIS. I HAVE FELT THE SCORCHING RECORD HEAT AND KNOW THAT CLIMATE CHANGE CAN SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE. BUT, WITH OUR MOVEMENT AND WITH ORGANIZING AND AN ADMINISTRATION THAT CARES, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> KAMALA HARRIS AND JOE BIDEN HAVE PROVEN TACKLING THIS CRISIS CREATES JOBS. THAT INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY PROTECTS OUR HEALTH, AND THAT INVESTING IN MASS PUBLIC TRANSIT BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES. AND WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ESSENTIAL TO OUR CLIMATE IS PEACE AND WAR IS DESTRUCTIVE TO OUR CLIMATE. IT'S ABOUT EVERY DROP OF WATER WE CONSUME AND EVERY BREATH WE BREATHE. FIGHTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS PATRIOTIC. AND UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, OUR PATRIOTISM IS MORE THAN SOME SLOGAN ON A CAT. IT'S ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVING A ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. 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'S SIMPLE. LET'S ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ FOR OUR FUTURE, FOR OUR PRESENT, FOR OUR COUNTRY, FOR OUR PEOPLE. GOD BLESS ELECTS [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> AN AMPED UP CROWD FOR FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MAXWELL FROST. YOUNGEST, FIRST GEN Z NUMBER ELECTED-- >> THEY ARE DOING A DJ SET NOW. THE MUSIC HAS BEEN GOOD ALL NIGHT. WE HAVE A SPECIAL VIDEO FROM STEPH CURRY, THE NBA LEGEND. THEN WE WILL-- LET'S BRING IN OUR KELLY O'DONNELL WHO HAS THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE. GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT YOU ARE WATCHING FOR TONIGHT. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE HAVING A COUPLE ISSUES WITH KELLY. WE WILL GET THOSE WORKED OUT. I CAN TELL YOU, IT IS LOUD IN HERE. >> PEOPLE ARE PUMPED UP. THEY ARE ON THEIR FEET. THEY ARE CLAPPING. YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE MacKLEMORE. >> YOU KNOW LAST NIGHT IT WAS THE PROPS AHEAD OF MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. LET'S GET TO THAT VIDEO NOW WITH STEPH CURRY. -- REMINDED US ALL THAT TOGETHER WE CAN DO ALL THINGS AND ACHIEVE TO INSPIRE THE WORLD. I THINK KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ CAN BRING THAT BACK AND CONTINUE TO MOVE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD. THIS IS ABOUT PRESERVING HOPE AND BELIEF IN OUR COUNTRY. MAKING SURE FAMILIES CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF DURING THEIR MOST PRECIOUS TIME. I GOT TO VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH MY TEAM LAST YEAR BUT I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING. I KNEW THEN AND NOW NOW, THE OVAL OFFICE-- IN THE WORDS OF MICHELLE OBAMA, DO SOMETHING. GO VOTE. BE ACTIVE. LET'S SHOW OUT IN NOVEMBER LIKE NEVER BEFORE. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY. IT IS AN HONOR TO SUPPORT KAMALA . FROM MY HEART, GOD BLESS. >> DEMOCRATS-- TALKING ABOUT WINNERS OF TEAM USA BASKETBALL. >> LOOK WHO HAS COME ON STAGE RIGHT NOW. >> SWEET HOME ALABAMA. I AM RUNNING FOR ALABAMA'S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THIS IS THE DISTRICT THAT GAVE AMERICA THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. WORLDS APART. BIRTHPLACE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. AND OF COURSE THIS DISTRICT IS HOME TO MR. GOOD TROUBLE HIMSELF, CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] MY PATHWAY TO THIS STAGE WAS PAVED BY A LEGACY OF FIGHTERS. FIGHTERS THAT INCLUDE MY MOTHER, VIVIAN DAVIS-- 11th DNC. AND ALSO IT INCLUDES MY FATHER, MY LATE FATHER, MICHAEL-- >> CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ON STAGE NOW, AS WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY ANOTHER FRIEND HERE ON THE FLOOR. >> WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO BE HERE? >> I HAVE BEEN HERE ALL WEEK. AND YOU SEE THE EXCITEMENT. IT'S MORE THAN JUST HERE, RIGHT? THERE'S A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN TRUMP, VANCE, TIM WALZ, AND KAMALA HARRIS. WHAT I HOPE SHE SPEAKS TO IS THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO FOLKS. I KNOW HER AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. I THINK SHE WILL DO A GREAT JOB. >> YOU SAID BOYD, IT'S A LITTLE MORE CRAZY DOWN HERE. >> THAT IS THE EXCITEMENT, RIGHT? KENDRICK LAMAR RECENTLY REMINDED US SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT TO POP OUT AND SHOW THEM. AMERICA? IT'S TIME WE POP OUT AND VOTE. IT'S TIME WE POP OUT FROM CALIFORNIA, ALABAMA, NEVADA, ACROSS AMERICA, WE WILL SHOW THEM WE ARE NOT GOING BACK, WE ARE GOING FORWARD, AND WE ARE GOING FOR WITH KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU! LET'S GO WIN THIS THING! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> AS I CLOSE OUT MY SEGMENT TONIGHT I'VE GOT TO SEND A QUICK MESSAGE. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] I LOVE YOU. KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYDAY AMERICANS ARE GOING THROUGH. BECAUSE, UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, THEY ACTUALLY GREW UP IN FAMILIES, WHERE EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS. WHERE EVERYTHING WAS EARNED. AND NOTHING WAS HANDED TO THEM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, TOO. PLEASE WELCOME MY DEAR FRIEND, OUR FELLOW TEXAN CAMARO NEXT SENATOR, REPRESENTATIVE COLIN ALLRED . [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT. HEY, EVERYBODY. I AM COLIN ALLRED. CONGRESSMAN, FROM DALLAS, DAD TO TWO, PERFECT LITTLE BOYS. AND AS NOVEMBER, I AM GOING TO BEAT TED CRUZ. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] I AM SO PROUD TO BE HERE. TO SUPPORT OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. LIKE KAMALA 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 GREW UP. I SWEPT A DEBIT CARD, AND SAID A LITTLE PRAYER THAT MY MOM AND MY COMMUNITY IN TEXAS GAVE ME A CHANCE TO CHANGE MY VERSION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, I PLAYED FOOTBALL AT BAYLOR AND IN THE NFL. BEFORE BECOMING A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER, REPRESENTING MY HOMETOWN AND CONGRESS, NOW I'M THE GUY WHO WILL FLIP THE SENATE SEAT BLUE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] YOU KNOW, IN THE NFL, WE HAD A TERM FOR GUYS LIKE DONALD TRUMP AND MY OPPONENT, TED CRUZ. YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW THE TYPE. ALL THEY CARE IS THEMSELVES, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK WITH THEM AT A BARBECUE. THE TRUTH IS, AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT ME. 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 HAVE GOT A MESSAGE FOR THE "ME GUY." WE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ME. WE WILL RESTORE A PRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. WE WILL SECURE THE BORDER. WE WILL PROTECT MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY. WE WILL TURN THE PAGE AND WRITE A NEW CHAPTER FOR THIS COUNTRY. ELECT KAMALA HARRIS TO PRESIDENT, AND PETE TED CRUZ. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS TEXAS. >> [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >>-- MISCARRIAGE NEARLY KILLED ME AT 16 WEEKS, MY DOCTORS TOLD ME TO PREPARE FOR A STILLBIRTH. I NEEDED CARE, BUT MY STATE'S ABORTION RESTRICTIONS KEPT IT FROM HIM. I MISCARRIED IN A BATHROOM. I'LL 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 LOST NEARLY HALF THE BLOOD IN MY BODY. I CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST, BUT WE CAN CHOOSE A DIFFERENT FUTURE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> I AM CRAIG SICKNICK. THIS IS MY MOTHER, GLADYS. BRIAN SIGNET, DIED A HERO DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] -- BROTHER AND FELLOW OFFICERS WERE PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK. WE NEED A REAL LEADER, NOT AN AUTOCRAT WHO IS STUCK IN THE PAST. RYAN, WE MISS YOU EVERY DAY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I AM GAYLE. I'VE HAD TYPE I DIABETES SINCE I WAS 11. STRESSING ABOUT 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. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] INSULIN IS CAPPED AT $35 FOR MEDICARE RECIPIENTS. AND WHEN ELECTED, KAMALA HARRIS PARENS PLANS TO EXTEND THAT TO THE REST OF US. THAT IS THE FUTURE I WANT. THAT'S THE FUTURE I AM VOTING FOR. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> I AM JUANNY ROMERO OF-- COFFEE IN LAS VEGAS. THIS ADMINISTRATION KEPT US MOVING, I HIRED FAST, AND WE GREW. WE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SIZE SINCE THE PANDEMIC, AND IT'S-- 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 GRIT. THAT'S MY STORY. THAT'S THE AMERICAN STORY. LET'S TURN THE PAGE ON TRUMP. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THESE ARE MY SONS, CHRISTIAN AND CARTER. I ALWAYS TRY TO SET AN SAMPLE 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'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AND BUILD A COUNTRY OUR KIDS CAN BE PROUD OF. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> WE LIVE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR IN CHICAGO, LIVE AT THE UNITED CENTER. JACOB SOBOROFF HAS BEEN WORKING THE CONVENTION FLOOR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. GIVE US A SENSE OF THE TONE, PATTERNS YOU'VE SEEN, AND WHAT DELICATES TOLD YOU. >> TOM, WE HAVE A REMARKABLE VANTAGE POINT FROM SIDE STAGE. DIGNITARIES AND SOME CELEBRITIES HAVE BEEN COMING THROUGH. THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE STAGE, THEN BACK TO THE AUDIENCE. I RAN INTO SOME OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR..-- HE SAID HE PREDICTS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL QUOTE UNQUOTE BLOW THE ROOF OFF OF THE PLACE. AND HONESTLY MORE THAN ANYTHING THE IMPORTANCE OF A MEETING LIKE THIS IS TO RALLY PEOPLE, TO GO TO GEORGIA, 10,000 VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN RECRUITED TO PARTICIPATE AND GET PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE. WITH A PROGRAM LIKE THIS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE-- SUSPECT WE WILL LISTEN IN RIGHT NOW, THIS IS CHICAGO'S OWN, THE OFFICIAL DRUM LINE. LET'S LISTEN IN. >> WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO CHICAGO'S OWN, THE DRUM LINE. WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING DELEGATES ALL NIGHT AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. HOW ARE YOU DOING? THANKS FOR TALKING WITH US. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> JENELLE WILLIAMS, FROM THE GREAT STATE OF MARYLAND. EXPECT ARE YOU EXCITED TO SEE VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS TONIGHT? >> I AM BEYOND EXCITED. THE BUILDUP OF HER COMING ONSTAGE AND ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION IS AMAZING. >> THAT WERE JOY WHICH THE TRENDLINE TICKET HAS BEEN PUSHING A LOT, IS THIS THE RIGHT WORD WHEN YOU ARE GOING UP AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> IT IS THE PERFECT WORD. IT IS THE PERFECT CONTRAST. WE SEE ANGER FROM THE OTHER CANDIDATE, AND WHAT KAMALA HARRIS BRINGS HIS HAPPINESS AND JOY. >> DOES DEVICE PRESIDENT AT THE MOMENT? >> LIKE SHE DOES EVERY TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US. SO THE CROWD OVER HERE, GUYS, BREAKING ON DOWN, AS THE DJ IS PUTTING OUT SOME BIG HITS HERE ON THE FLOOR IN CHICAGO. I KNOW PETER ALEXANDER HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BUST A MOVE. BUT, PETER, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ? >> WE ARE HEARING FROM-- GUEST OF THE DELEGATE, YOUR FIRST TIME EVER AT A CONVENTION. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS EXPERIENCE? >> THIS IS SO AWESOME. THERE IS MORE THAT UNITES US THAN DIVIDES US IN THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> HAVE YOU SEEN KAMALA HARRIS SPEAK BEFORE? DESCRIBE THE ANTICIPATION FOR THESE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE GATHERED IN FORCE OF SUPPORT-- >> IT JUST MAKES YOU WANT TO VOTE. IT'S BETTER THAN BARACK OBAMA, AND YUKO OUT AND YOU HAVE TO VOTE. >> YOU WERE A FORMER TEACHER, A FORMER PROFESSOR-- SO MANY NOW IN THIS ROOM, THIS HAS A PARTY ATMOSPHERE. IT FEELS UNIQUE. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS MOMENT DEMOCRATIC POLITICS THAT SETS IT APART FROM THE PAST? >> IT'S HISTORY. IT'S GETTING INVOLVED. IT'S KNOWING THAT DEMOCRACY IS AT RISK. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. >> IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE YOU. THE CAMERA I'M SURE ENJOYS YOUR DANCING MUCH MORE HAN MINE-- WHITE HOUSE-- TOM, AND HALLIE. PAN THE CAMERA AROUND TO GET A SENSE, WE ARE IN A SEA OF RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. -- CULMINATION OF A CONVENTION THAT ONLY A MATTER OF WEEKS AGO, A LOT OF DEMOCRATS FEARED WOULD HAVE A SURREAL ATMOSPHER , THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE POPULARITY NATIONALLY TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT STRUCK ME IN MY CONVERSATIONS-- IN THE LONG CAMPAIGN, BUT THEY SOMETHING THEY THINK CONTINUE OVER THE COURSE OF THAT TIME, TOM AND HALLIE, BACK TO YOU. >> PETER, EYE APPRECIATED FULL DISPLAY HERE. THE MAIN STAR THIS CONVENTION RIGHT NOW. PATRIOTISM ON FULL DISPLAY AS WE WATCH THOSE FLAGS WAVE HERE IN CHICAGO LIVE AT THE UNITED CENTER. KELLY O'DONNELL, CAN YOU SEE U ? LOOK DOWN, KELLY, THERE YOU GO. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING, AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE EXCERPTS WE HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' SPEECH TONIGHT? >> ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU, TOM, IS THAT KAMALA HARRIS' GRAND NIECES ARE DANCING BACKSTAGE. WE KNOW THAT FAMILY IS HERE. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TRYING TO REPORT ABOUT SURPRISE GUESTS TONIGHT. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS I HAVE SOURCES THAT ARE SAYING, INSECURE AREAS NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET TO-- THIS APPEARS TO BE DIFFERENT. SO, THAT IS A TANTALIZING LITTLE NUGGET. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT. ON WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO SAY SHE IS GOING TO HONOR HER OWN MOTHER AND TALK ABOUT HER MOTHER'S HOPE FOR HER AND WHAT THIS COULD MEAN. SHE WILL TALK ABOUT HER VISION FOR AMERICA AND WHAT SHE BELIEVES. SHE WILL TALK ABOUT HER LOVE FOR THE COUNTRY AND HER DESIRE TO LAY OUT A PLAN THAT WILL BE SAFE FOR ALL, FREEDOM FOR ALL, AND A CHANCE TO TRY AND USE THE WORD FREEDO , ACCORDING TO AIDS, THAT PUTS IT IN TERMS THAT MAKES IT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT-- WHETHER IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU LOVE, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT YOUR HEALTHCARE, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT, CHOICE FOR YOUR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS, ALL THOSE WAYS THAT FREEDOM-- TO USE THAT ALONG WITH JOY. WITH THE ENERGY, THERE IS A LOT OF DANCING, THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY, THERE'S A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK TO BE DONE. TO TAKE THIS ENERGY ON THE ROAD IN NOVEMBER. TIME-TO-MARKET >> KELLY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ARE SEEING GOVERNOR WALZ AND HIS KIDS, HOPE, AND GUS GOSS, WHO STOLE THE SHOW WITH THAT EMOTIONAL REACTION, THAT BEAUTIFUL REACTION CAUGHT ON CAMERA, WHERE HE SAID, THAT'S MY DAD. LILY, FROM MARYLAND, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE. HOW DO YOU SUM IT UP? >> THERE IS NO ENERGY UNLIKE WHAT'S IN THIS ROOM. WE'VE GATHERED-- FOR THE FUTURE. I KNOW THAT KAMALA HARRIS AND WALZ-- PROBABLY ADVOCATE US AROUND THE WORLD. >> WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TONIGHT? >> I AM HOPING TO HEAR-- THAT'S A HARD QUESTION. I'M SO EXCITED JUST TO BE IN HER PRESENCE. LET'S SEE HOW THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUNG VOTERS CAN GET OUT AND VOTE. HERE? >> I WANT TO SPREAD THE GOOD WORD. THIS IS OUR FUTURE. OUR FUTURE OF JOBS AND HOUSING AVAILABILITY. IT'S ABOUT SPREADING THE MESSAGE AND OUR VOTE MATTERS. >> LILLIAN ROSE, SHE ENCOMPASSES ALL THE COMPASSION HERE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THAT WILL WRAP UP OUR COVERAGE RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE A TON OF COVERAGE LEFT. HOURS AND HOURS. IT'S THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. NOMINATED BY A MAJOR PARTY IN THE SPOTLIGHT ON THIS FINAL >> TONIGHT IN CHICAGO A MOMENT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY. >> THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR NOMINATED BY A MAJOR PARTY IN THE SPOTLIGHT ON THIS FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> A HISTORIC TEST FOR VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. >> TOGETHER WE WILL CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD . >> THAN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE SPEAKING TO PEOPLE IN HER FIRST MAJOR ADDRESS SINCE TAKING OVER THE TICKET. >> DEMOCRATS FIRED UP FOR THE FINAL NIGHT OF A WEEKLONG CELEBRATION. >> AMERICA , WE ARE MAKING A COMEBACK. >> KAMALA HARRIS . >> WHEN WE FIGHT WE WEAN. >> LEADING UNDECIDED VOTERS KEEPING THE MOVEMENT GOING ON THIS CRITICAL NIGHT ON THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE. >> FROM NBC NEWS, LIVE FROM CHICAGO, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HEAR FROM LESTER HOLT AND SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. >> THE FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> LIFE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF THOUSANDS PACKED TO CAPACITY VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL MAKE HISTORY FOR THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE. >> OVERCOMING ANOTHER BARRIER, ACCEPTING A MAJOR PARTY NOMINATION AS PRESIDENT. >> IT'S HER BEST OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE HERSELF AND REINTRODUCE YOURSELF AS THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. >> THE VICE PRESIDENT SPEECH WILL FOCUS ON THREE AREAS SHARING HER BACKGROUND, STRONG IN CONTRAST WERE HER OPPONENT. >> THE DNC FOR THE NIGHT AND A RUCKUS CROWD H E ON THE FLISR. FOR OUR FUTURE AS THE COUNTRY ENTERS THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ELECTION DAY ONLY 75 DAYS AWAY AND A RAUCOUS CROWD HERE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. >>'S GOT A LOT TO GET TO. WE WILL HEAR FROM A SLEW OF BIG NAMES INCLUDING REMARKS FROM ARIZONA SENATOR MARK KELLY AND A PERFORMANCE BY THE SINGER PINK, THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM THE START OF THE CONVENTION, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. >> SHE WILL BE SPEAKING BY THE WAY ON HER 10th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY . AS WE GEAR UP FOR THE GRAND FINALE, WE JUST HAVE TO GO THERE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RUMORS IN THE ARENA THAT BEYONCI■MIGHT PERFORM. IT'S NOT YET CONFIRMED, THE CONVENTION HAS HAD A LOT OF SURPRISES UP HIS SLEEVE. THE SECURITY GUARD SAYS THAT BEYONCI■IS ON THE PREMISES. TAKE THIS FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. >> YOU AND OTHERS MENTIONED BIG SURPRISES. WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR THE CHECKS FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE DIXIE CHICKS PERFORMED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. LET'S GO TO THE STAGE NOW AND LISTEN LISTEN.. O SAY, CAN YOU SEEPES AND BRIGH 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 O SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED YET WAVE O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE [ APPLAUSE ] >> JUST SOME OF THE STAR POWER >> JUST SOME OF THE STAR POWER WE'VE SEEN THROUGH THE CONVENTION AND WE EXPECT IT. WE IMAGINE EVEN MORE BEFORE THE EVENING OUT. WE WANT TO BRING OUR MEET THE PRESS MODERATOR AND OUR SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A RAUCOUS AND IMPORTANT EVENT HERE. IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS MEANS GOING FORWARD, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE FILLED IN TONIGHT? >> THE QUESTION IS WILL THE MOMENTUM SHE HAD COMING INTO THE CONVENTION -- THIS COULD BE PREDICTED BY WHAT WE HEAR FROM VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. HOW SHE WILL GOVERN. WILL SHE GOVERN DIFFERENTLY? HOW WILL HER AGENDA BE DIFFERENT? WHAT WILL THE TONE BE? WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE TRYING TO SHIFT TO A MORE POSITIVE TONE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TACTICS. >> WE ARE LISTENING RIGHT NOW. THE CELEBRITY HOSTS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. WE TOUCHED ON THE BEYONCI■ RUMORS. WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR SOME OF THE RELATIVES OF KAMALA HARRIS. WE WILL BRING YOU IN, HALLE AS WE WAIT FOR THEM. WE ARE EXPECTING HARRIS, SHE'S FAMOUS BUT NOT KNOWN SO TONIGHT SHE'S TRYING TO BE KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. >> THE WORD THAT'S WHY THE KIDS, THE FAMILY, THE HUMANIZING PIECE OF IT FOR HER, LIKE WE SAW WHEN HER HUSBAND TOOK THE STAGE, IS IMPORTANT HERE. SHE HAD A JUMP. IS RESET FOR KAMALA HARRIS IS THAT SHE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT, PEOPLE KNOW HER NAME BUT THIS IS HER APPEARANCE IS THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE FOR THE PARTY SO DEFINING IN THIS MOMENT, IT'S CRITICAL THAT'S WHY THE KIDS, THE FAMILY, THE HUMANIZING PIECE OF THIS FOR HER, WHEN HER HUSBAND TOOK THE STAGE IT'S IMPORTANT LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS SHE HAS A 13 POINT FAVORABILITY MOMENTUM SINCE JUNE. >> FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE STANDS FOR. THERE'S THE MEAT AND BONES IN TERMS OF POLICY FOR WHAT SHE WOULD WANT TO DO. >> IT'S A DELICATE BALANCE BECAUSE REMEMBER IT'S A HUGE AUDIENCE TO GET INTO THIS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ANTICIPATED SO SHE WILL HAVE TO LAY OUT A VISION FOR THE FUTURE IN AMERICA. A FEW PEOPLE CLOSE TO HER TODAY SAY SHE'S READY FOR THIS AND SHE'S RESOLUTE AND SHE'S JOYOUS. ANOTHER WORD WE HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THIS CONVENTION, THE WORD JOY. THERE'S THIS IDEA OF RECLAIMING. >> THE CROWD IS GOING WILD HERE AS THE FORMER SCANDAL COSTAR MAKES A SURPRISE APPEARANCE WITH KERRY WASHINGTON. LET'S LISTEN. >> WERE GOING TO POST IT TO SOCIAL MEDIA, TEXTED TO FRIENDS AND SEND THIS MESSAGE INTO THE WORLD. WHEN I SAY WHEN WE FIGHT ARE GOING TO SAY? ARE YOU READY? LET'S RECORD. >> ARE YOU 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? >> YES. >> GOOD BECAUSE WHEN KAMALA HARRIS WINS, AMERICA WINS. >> WE DID IT. WE DID IT JOE. >> THANK YOU TONY. NO YOU'VE GOT TO GO. >> GOODBYE EVERYBODY. >> OKAY SO LISTEN , IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION --. >> SO KERRY WASHINGTON THIS IS A STRATEGIC MOMENT BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE THESE VIRAL MOMENTS. NOW LESTER, I KNOW YOU'VE WATCHED EVERY SEASON OF SCANDAL SO YOU'D WATCH AND RECOGNIZE THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN KERRY WASHINGTON AND TONY BECAUSE OF THEIR CHARACTERS . THEY ARE TRYING TO CREATE THESE VIRAL MOMENTS AND SOME OF THIS HAS HAPPENED ORGANICALLY. >> WE SAW THIS THE MINUTE SHE BECAME OBVIOUSLY THE NOMINEE IN ALL CORNERS. >> THERE'S THESE CONTENT CREATORS AND INFLUENCERS, THEY ARE NOT FOOLING AROUND HEY ARE GOING WITH THE YOUNGER VOTERS. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS TRAILING AND SHE'S GROWN BUT NOT ENOUGH. >> THESE AREN'T VOTERS BUT WE ARE SEEING MEMBERS OF HARRIS'S FAMILY COME IN SO LET'S LISTEN HERE. >> PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE KAMALA. >> EVERYBODY OVER HERE SAY KAMALA. >> EVERYBODY OVER HERE SAY LA. >> KAMALA. >> KAMALA FOR PRESIDENT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> SO THESE ARE KAMALA HARRIS' >> THOSE ARE HER GRAND NIECES AND THEY ARE MAKING --. HER NAME HAS BEEN MISPRONOUNCED. IT'S SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU KNOW SOMETHING MORE SINISTER. >> PERHAPS A MICRO-AGGRESSION. GIVEN THE HISTORIC NATURE THAT WE'VE SEEN. THE HISTORIC NATURE OF HER CANDIDACY HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING THAT SHE'S LEANED INTO ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL SO THOSE AROUND HER SAY THAT'S PRETTY INTENTIONAL. THEY BELIEVE IT. HER ROLE IN PRESENCE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IF SHE WINS OF COURSE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST S. ASIAN PRESIDENT. >> HELLO, I AM NINA. >> AMELA. >> I GREW UP IN OAKLAND CALIFORNIA. IN A HOUSE FULL OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN MY MOM, MY GRANDMA, 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 AND NOW SHE IS GUIDING MY OWN CHILDREN AND I KNOW THAT 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 DIDN'T 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 NEVER STOPPED LISTENING TO ME AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO STOP LISTENING TO ALL OF US. >> KAMALA HARRIS IS MY GODMOTHER AND TO MEET HER ADVICE MEANS EVERYTHING. WHETHER PURSUING MY PASSIONS OR MAKING AN IMPACT OR FINDING HOPE WHEN THE WORLD DOESN'T FEEL SO HOPEFUL, SHE TAUGHT ME MAKING A DIFFERENCE MEANS GIVING YOUR WHOLE HEART AND TAKING ACTION. >> SHE'S FIGHTING FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, LGBTQ PLUS EQUALITY, AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. >> SHE'S 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 AND LET'S KEEP UP THE JOY. >> AND LET'S ELECT THIS EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT . >> ONE OF THOSE KEY MOMENTS , THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT LOOK LIKE THIS AS THEY CELEBRATE THE BLENDED NATURE OF THIS FAMILY. THIS IS A RE-INTRODUCTION OF IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS. >> THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND THESE VERY PERSONAL TIES, PERSONAL PIECES OF HER PAST. >> LET'S GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR TO CHECK IN WITH OUR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENAS JUST TAKEN THE PODIUM. LIKELY TO BE A LOT OF LAUGT TOO OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR TEN IN THE THICK OF IT ALL. >> THERE'S A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENT RIGHT NOW. EVERYONE IS SITTING AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE WE ARE WATCHING THE MAN ON STAGE, A COMEDIAN AND ACTOR WHO HAS TAKEN THE PODIUM. THERE'S LIKELY TO BE A LOT OF LAUGHS OVER THE NEXT 10 MINUTES OR SO. OLD GLORY IS THE STAR OF THE NIGHT SO FAR WITH ALL THE PATRIOTISM ON DISPLAY HERE TONIGHT IN CHICAGO. THE ENERGY LEVEL THROUGHOUT THIS NIGHT, THE LAST NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION HAS BEEN ATTEND. DELEGATES ARE EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT JUST HEARING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS BUT SEEING HERE UP CLOSE AT THIS STAGE. WE EXPECT THE PLACE TO GO WILD. GOVERNOR WALZ IS IN HIS SUITE I HAVE BEEN ASKING DELEGATES IF THEY HEARD THE RUMOR ABOUT WHO MAY NOT PERFORM OR SHOW UP. EVERYONE IS SAYING THEY'RE HEARING THE SAME RUMOR.. THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IS SITTING DOWN RIGHT NOW WATCHING THE ENTERTAINMENT. SAVANNA YOU REFERENCED THIS EARLIER, I ASKED DELEGATES IF THEY HEARD THE RUMOR OF WHO MAY NOT PERFORM OR SHOW UP AND EVERYONE SAID THEY ARE HEARING THE SAME RUMOR. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, BEYONCI■MAY OR MAY NOT BE HERE. THIS DELEGATE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS. FIRST OF ALL, HAVE YOU HEARD? >> I MEAN WE'VE HEARD, BE READY FOR ALL OF THE SURPRISES HERE AT THE DNC. IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING. SO THE BEEHIVE SHOULD BE READY AND SHOULD BE WATCHING. >> WHETHER SHE'S HERE OR NOT I'M SURE THE PLACE WILL XPLODE WITH EXCITEMENT AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THE WHY, SO MANY WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION HALL, WHY IS THAT? >> WOMEN GETTING THE RIGHT TO VOTES AND WITH OUR VOTES, WE WILL PUT THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO REPRESENT ALL OF US. >> TELL ME YOUR NAME? >> VICTORIA MARTINEZ. >> VICTORIA THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO TO YOU GUYS. >> PETER ALEXANDER IS ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. MY FIRST QUESTION IS COULD YOU MOVE DOWN THERE? >> IT'S A TIGHT SQUEEZE I WILL TELL YOU THAT MUCH AND OUR FEET WILL NEED A MASSAGE AT THE END OF THESE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STANDING IN THE AISLES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM, JOY AND OPTIMISM AND PATRIOTISM, THOSE OTHER WORDS KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE STRIKING OVER THE COURSE OF HER SPEECH TONIGHT. EVERYBODY HAS BEEN LIGHTING THINGS UP, DANCING AND ENJOYING THE ROOM. >> YOU ARE A DELEGATES AND YOU'VE GONE TO ONE OF THESE CONVENTIONS , HOW DOES THIS ONE COMPARE? >> IT'S PHENOMENAL I CAN'T EVEN SAY HOW MUCH -- IT'S LIKE A FREEDOM PARTY. WE ARE CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, AND TRUTH. YOU COULD FEEL THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM. >> IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A SENSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT, HIGHLIGHTS OBVIOUSLY WE GOT TO SEE JOE BIDEN AND WE SAW THE OBAMA'S AND LAST NIGHT COACH WALZ HAD THE PLACE READY FOR THE PEP TALK LIKE A POSTGAME LOCKER ROOM PARTY CELEBRATION. TONIGHT, YOU'VE HEARD FROM, RACHEL'S YOU'VE HEARD FROM KAMALA HARRIS HERSELF. >> I THINK HER FEROCITY . I THINK SHE'S GOING TO FIGHT FOR US AND THE JOY SHE BRINGS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE FUN OF HER LAUGH, IT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER WE SHOULD HAVE MORE LAUGHS AND MORE JOY. >> WE ARE TIGHTLY SQUEEZED IN HERE. >> JOINING US NOW IS THE PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SCHAPIRO SPOKE IN THIS CONVENTION. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY VETTED AS A POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE FOR VP HARRIS. WELCOME, FIRST OF ALL. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. >> TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE EVENING AHEAD AND KAMALA HARRIS? >> WE ARE OBVIOUSLY EXCITED HERE. COMING INTEGRATE THESE DELEGATES SENDING HER OFF TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT HER LIFE STORY HERE AND HEAR ABOUT THE KIND OF THINGS SHE WANTS TO DO TO LIFT UP THE NATION AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR HER REMARKS ONIGHT. >> DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AGREE. >> THAT'S ONE THING YOU AGREE ON. THESE CANDIDATES PARKED IN YOUR STATE HOW DO YOU ASSESS THIS RIGHT NOW AND PARTICULARLY HAVING KAMALA HARRIS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET VERSUS JOE BIDEN WHO IS AN HONORARY TENSILE VEIN IN WHAT'S THE LAY OF THE LAND FOR YOU AS YOU KNOW THESE POLITICS WELL? >> WE LOVE JOE BIDEN . I THINK IT'S CLEAR THOUGH IS THE RACE HAS CHANGED. IT'S ABOUT THE CANDIDATES. PENNSYLVANIA IS A WONDERFUL STATE, IT'S AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING STATE TO WIN. KAMALA HARRIS HAS MORTY 9 YARDS HAS MARCHED 49 YARDS OF THE FIELD. THE GOOD NEWS IS I THINK SHE'S POISED TO PICK THIS UP AND UNDERSTANDS THE SHOW WITH THE COMMUNITIES. I THINK IT WAS A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE CONVENTION, SHE WAS IN PENNSYLVANIA. SHE WAS IN A RURAL BEAVER COUNTY TALKING ABOUT CUTTING COSTS. REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF. >> A CONVENTION IS NOT THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH? -- A CAPTURE OF THIS ENERGY AND ALSO THE REALITY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH? >> WHAT I'VE DONE , I THINK BOB IS GOING TO WIN HIS ELECTION, THE SENIOR CENTER IS DOING A GREAT JOB ALWAYS PUTTING PEOPLE BEFORE THE POWERFUL UNLIKE HIS OPPONENT WHO DOES THE OPPOSITE AND I THINK WE'VE GOT TO DO IS SHOW UP. YOU'VE GOT TO LET THEM KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS AND LAYOUT PLANS ON HOW YOU ARE GOING TO LIFT THEM UP. THEY PLAN TO DO THIS OVER THE COMING 76 DAYS. >> DONALD TRUMP WHO TWEETED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND CULTURE THE HIGHLY OVERRATED GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA. I WILL LET YOU RESPOND. >> I THINK THE HEAD SHAKE YOU ARE DOING SAYS IT ALL. IT'S A SERIOUS THING. MORE ANTI-SEMITIC TROPES FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO LEAVE THE NATION LEAD THE NATION. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS, IT DOESN'T UPSET ME. I DON'T GET TOO HIGH FROM THE GOOD OR LOW FROM THESE ATTACKS BUT IT UPSETS ME THAT IT UPSETS OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE BECAUSE WHEN THE GUY WANTS TO LEAD THE NATION, ATTACKING SOMEONE WHO'S DIFFERENT FROM HIM WE TRY TO RAISE THEM TO HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHERS. YOU WANT THOSE? ALUES, THOSE IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL LESS SAFE. THAT'S WHAT I HEAR FROM OTHERS. WE WERE BLESSED WITH FOUR CHILDREN AND WE TRY TO RAISE THEM TO BE GOOD PEOPLE AND RESPECT OTHERS. YOU AT LEAST WANT THOSE VALUES AND TRAITS I WANT SOMEONE WHO IS EMPATHETIC, NOT SOMEONE WHO IS DIVISIVE. IN THE WOULD BE >> TS LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T HAVE THOSE TRAITS AND I THINK KAMALA HARRIS DOES AND AT THE END OF THE DAY AFTER ALL OF THE POLICIES AND AFTER ALL OF THE ARTICULATION OF THE VISION I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT KIND OF PERSON DO WE WANT TO LEADING US? I WANT SOMEONE WHO'S CARING AND EMPATHETIC NOT SOMEONE WHO'S DIVISIVE OR CHAOTIC. >> THIS ISSUE WITH ISRAEL, THE WAR IN GAZA, IT'S CLEARLY DIVIDED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THERE'S THIS LARGE UNCOMMITTED MOVEMENT THAT'S QUITE SUBSTANTIAL IN A PLACE LIKE MICHIGAN WHICH IS ANOTHER MUST WIN FOR THE DEMOCRATS HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THAT? >> WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS TRAGIC AND IT'S TRAGIC WHAT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 7 WITH A TERRORIST GROUP KILLED PEOPLE AND CAPTURED OVER 200 HOSTAGES INCLUDING AMERICANS, BRINGING THEM OVER AND SUFFERING THE ABUSE AND VIOLENCE IN GAZA. I ACHE FOR WHAT HAPPENED. I MOURN AND ACHE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA. THE QUICKEST WAY FOR US TO END THIS IS FOR THE HOSTAGES TO BE RETURNED HOME AND FOR THE VIOLENCE TO END AND TO GET BACK TO A MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE ABOUT CREATING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, ALL OF WHAT I SAID IS SO NUANCED AND I GET THAT. THERE'S NO NUANCE THOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO STANDING UP AGAINST HATRED OR BIGOTRY IN ALL ITS FORMS. THIS IS LLAMA PHOBIA, THE HATRED, WE HAVE TO CONDEMN THIS. WHEN PEOPLE LIKE DONALD TRUMP INJECT THIS INTO THE DIALOGUE IT MAKES IT HARDER TO FIND PEACE OR BRING HOSTAGES HOME AND IT MAKES IT HARDER TO END THE VIOLENCE IN GAZA >> ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL THAT THIS DIVISION COULD ERODE THE DEMOCRATS SUPPORT IN THESE KEY STATES? >> AT THE END OF THE DAY PEOPLE WILL GO TO THE POLLS TO UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TWO REALLY STARK CHOICES. WE COULD GO WITH CHAOS EXTREMISM OR WE COULD BRING ABOUT A PEACEFUL END TO THIS AND BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME AND WHO'S TRYING TO STOP THE VIOLENCE WE'VE SEEN IN GAZA. >> GOVERNOR SHAPIRO THANK YOU SO MUCH . LET'S ET BACK TO THE CONVENTION. >> THERE'S A RUMOR THAT BEYONCI■IS COMING. >> THERE YOU GO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR . WHAT WE EXPECT IN A FEW MOMENTS ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THEM PERSONALLY. GABBY GIFFORDS WHO HERSELF WAS A VICTIM. >> PEOPLE TELLING THEIR STORIES. >> LUCY McBETH . >> WHEN I WORKED FOR EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY AND MOM'S TO ACTION FOR GUN SENSITIVE AMERICA I SAW FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF TELLING OUR STORIES. YOU JUST HEARD MINE BUT THERE ARE MANY MORE TO TELL. ON DECEMBER 14 ON DECEMBER 14, 2012 I WALKED INTO SANDY HOOK SCHOOL AND STOPPED AT THE OFFICE, I CHATTED WITH MY PRINCIPAL. I STARTED MY DAY WITH MY SECOND GRADERS. SUDDENLY A LOUD CRASH, LIKE METAL FOLDING CHAIRS FALLING. 154 GUNSHOTS BLARING. HIDING IN THE COATS, TRYING TO SEEING 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 BEAUTIFUL FIRST-GRADE CHILDREN AND SIX OF MY BEAUTIFUL COLLEAGUES WERE KILLED. THEY SHOULD STILL BE HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> 10:30 A.M. AT ROB ELEMENTARY AT UVALDE THE SCHOOL IS RECOGNIZING MY DAUGHTER LEXI , SHE RECEIVES A GOOD CITIZEN AWARD AND E POSED FOR PHOTOS AND WEARS THE SAME SWEATSHIRT AND A SMILE THAT LIGHTS UP THE ROOM. 30 MINUTES LATER A GUNMAN MURDERS HER, 18 CLASSMATES, TO TEACHERS. WE ARE TAKEN INTO A PRIVATE ROOM WHERE POLICE TELL US THAT SHE ISN'T COMING HOME. UVALDE IS NATIONAL NEWS, PARENTS EVERYWHERE REACH FOR THEIR CHILDREN . I REACH OUT FOR THE DAUGHTER I WILL NEVER TO GET TO HOLD AGAIN [ APPLAUSE ]. >> MY NIECE SANDY PATRICE WAS 22, SHE DROVE TO MYRTLE BEACH FOR THE SUN, 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, I KEPT CALLING. VOICE STUDY, HEARTBEAT PULSING, THEN I WAS CONNECTED TO THE CORONER. 10 YEARS OF WAITING AND SANDY'S MURDER IS STILL UNSOLVED. I WILL KEEP CALLING AND I WILL KEEP FIGHTING. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN M >> I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MY CLASSMATE WAS SHOT, IT CHANGED MY STORY. INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT TAKING A TEST I STARTED WORRYING ABOUT LIVING TO TAKE ANOTHER TEST. THEY SAY SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING AND I LEARNED A LOT THAT DAY. I LEARNED HOW TO RUN AND HOW TO HIDE AND DROP. THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEWS COULD HAPPEN TO ME. I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE TO, WE COULD WRITE AND MUST WRITE A NEW STORY IF WE CHOOSE TO. [ APPLAUSE ] >> OUR STORIES OF LOSS, MAKE NO MISTAKE OUR LOSSES DO NOT WEAKEN US BUT STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE WILL SECURE SAFER FUTURES THAT WE ALL DESERVE . WE WILL ORGANIZE. WE WILL ADVOCATE. WE WILL RUN FOR OFFICE. WE WILL JOIN WITH AMERICANS FROM SMALL TOWNS AND BIG CITIES TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE WILL ELECT LEADERS LIKE KAMALA HARRIS WHO WON'T JUST EMPATHIZE BUT WILL ACT. >> TESTIMONY AND IMAGES, OVER DAYS WE HOPE TO NEVER THINK OF AGAIN. >> LOOKING AT THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE PARTY, IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM. >> SHE WAS ESCORTED BY HER HUSBAND . >> GIFFORDS, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AFTER SHE SURVIVED A MASS SHOOTING IN 2011. IT LEFT HER PARTIALLY PARALYZED BUT SINCE THEN SHE'S SPOKE TO MASSIVE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION GROUPS AND HERE SHE IS TALKING BEFORE THE CONVENTION. >> HELLO FELLOW AMERICANS. I AM GABBY GIFFORDS. I WAS BORN IN THE GREAT STATE OF ARIZONA. I WAS BORN WITH GRIT AND I GREW UP RACING MOTORCYCLES 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. ON JANUARY 8 A MAN TRIED TO ASSASSINATE ME AND SHOT 19 PEOPLE AND KILLED SIX. IT WAS A TERRIBLE DAY. I ALMOST DIED BUT I FOUGHT FOR LIFE AND I SURVIVED. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I LEARN 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 AND HE STILL DOES. HE STILL DOES! THANK YOU JOE BIDEN. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. JOE IS A GREAT FRIEND, MY FRIEND KAMALA WILL BE A GREAT PRESIDENT. SHE IS TOUGH AND SHE HAS GRIT. KAMALA COULD BEAT THE LOBBY AND CAN FIGHT. KAMALA STOOD UP TO WALL STREET AND A DRUG COMPANY AND SHE WILL PRODUCTION PROTECTIVE ABORTION ACCESS. SHE WILL DEFEND OUR CHILDREN AND SHE'S SAVED LIVES. JOIN ME IN VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS. BRAVO. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GABBY GIFFORDS WHO SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. SHE SURVIVED. SHE JUST SAID SOME THINGS THAT WERE SO COURAGEOUS. SHE WORKED VERY HARD FOR THAT MOMENT. >> IT REALLY IS A SURVIVOR STORY. >> IT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S THE STARKEST DIVIDE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WITH A DIFFERENT VISION ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND FROM SANDY HOOK TO UVALDE WE HEARD FROM THE VICTIMS FAMILY MEMBERS AND THERE'S NOW A GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THABAC OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OT THE YOUNG VOTERS. THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE IS PARAMOUNT AND ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THIS GOES BACK TO OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE FOR YOUNG VOTERS AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT RESONATES DEEPLY WITH THEM. >> SOME OF THE SURVIVORS ARE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND TURNING 18 . IT'S BECOME A VERY PROMINENT ISSUE WITH THESE VOTERS. WE WILL HEAR A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE. WE KNOW ABOUT THE BEYONCI■ RUMORS BUT PINK IS SET TO PERFORM. SHE TALKS ABOUT A NUMBER OF ISSUES. LET'S LISTENSTEN.. ♪ LA-DA-DA-DA-DA LA-DA-DA-DA-DA DA-DA- >> WE ARE SEARCHLIGHTS, WE CAN SEE IN THE DARK. WE ARE ROCKETS, POINTED UP AT THE STARS. >> WE ARE BILLIONS OF BEAUTIFUL HEARTS ♪ WHAT ABOUT US?. >> AND YOU SOLD US DOWN THE RIVER TOO FAR. >> WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES HE SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? WHAT ABOUT US? >> WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY EVER AFTER'S? >> WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? WHAT ABOUT LOVE? WHAT ABOUT TRUST? WHAT ABOUT US? >> WE ARE PROBLEMS THAT WANT TO BE SOLVED. WE ARE CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LOVED. >> WE WERE WILLING, WE CAME WHEN YOU CALLED BUT MAN, YOU FOOLED US, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY EVER AFTER'S? OH, WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? OH, WHAT ABOUT LOVE? WHAT ABOUT TRUST? WHAT ABOUT US? >> STICKS AND PRUNES STICKS AND STONES, THEY MAY BREAK THESE BONES BUT THEN BE READY, I'LL BE READY. ARE YOU READY? I DON'T WANT CONTROL, I WANT TO LET GO. ARE YOU READY? I'LL BE READY. BECAUSE NOW IT'S TIME TO LET THEM KNOW. WE ARE READY, WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? SO WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY EVER AFTER'S? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? WHAT ABOUT LOVE? WHAT ABOUT TRUST? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT? WHAT ABOUT US? >> LISTENING TO THAT BEAUTIFUL SONG, THE ACOUSTIC VERSION HAVING HER DAUGHTER SITTING BACK UP. >> SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE LIKE HER MOM. LET'S GO TO PETER ALEXANDER ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. HELLO, PETER. >> WE HEARD ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. LINDA A SCHOOLTEACHER AND A MOM I COULD SEE YOU MOVED BY THE WORDS OF GABBY GIFFORDS AND THE OTHERS WHAT TO THEIR WORDS MEAN TO YOU? >> AM A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN ATTEND -YEAR-OLD AND A SEVEN YEAR-OLD AND I WANT THEM TO BE SAFE AT SCHOOL AND IN ADDITION I'M ALSO A SCHOOLTEACHER AND I WANT TO RESEAL STUDENT I TEACH TO BE SAFE EVERY DAY AND TO KNOW THAT THEY COULD FOCUS ON GETTING AN EDUCATION IN SCHOOL AND TO BE SAFE. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR TALKING TO US TONIGHT. YOUR STORY IS NOT UNIQUE, THESE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE FOR A VARIETY OF ISSUES . ABORTION ACCESS, THEIR FEARS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY, THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE SAFE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. THIS IS ONE OF THOUSANDS WE'VE HEARD. >> ALL RIGHT PETER, THERE'S THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF . IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE GOING INTO THE CAMPAIGN. KELLY REPRESENTS THE SWING STATE OF ARIZONA. VETTED BY THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AS A PROSPECT. >> HELLO DEMOCRATS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ARIZONA. >> SO PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD TO FOLLOW MICHELLE AND 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 A TEAM. I'VE FLOWN INTO SPACE FOUR TIMES . I'VE 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. IRAN AND NORTH KOREA AND ESPECIALLY CHINA WATCH CLOSELY. WHAT IS TRUMP'S ANSWER? HE INVITED RUSSIA TO DO -- AND THESE ARE HIS WORDS NOT MINE, WHATEVER THE THEY WANT. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HA 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 OUR ELECTION.. ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE SHE INVESTIGATED RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTION. SHE DEFENDS FREE FAIR ELECTIONS EVERYWHERE. YOU ALREADY NOW HOW TRUMP FEELS ABOUT THOSE. DONALD TRUMP SKIPPED HIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS. HE WAS TOO BUSY SUCKING UP TO DICTATORS AND DREAMING OF BECOMING ONE HIMSELF. TRUMP THINKS AMERICANS WHO'VE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OUR SUCKERS AND LOSERS. IF WE FALL FOR THAT AGAIN AND MAKING THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF THE ONLY SUCKERS WOULD BE US. KAMALA HARRIS KNOWS STANDING WITH OUR ALLIES MEANS STANDING UP FOR AMERICANS. SHE WILL KEEP MODERNIZING OUR MILITARY TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS LIKE OUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT TIM WALZ . THE WORLD LAUGHS AT TRUMP, LITERALLY. FOLKS, IT IS NOT FUNNY. WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT THAT MEANT THE WORLD WAS LAUGHING AT US. THE THREATS WE FACE ARE TOO SERIOUS. THE SACRIFICES OUR SERVICEMEMBERS MAKE OUR TWO SACRED. THE ALLIANCES THAT WE'VE SPENT DECADES BUILDING ARE TWO CRITICAL. THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE NOW. THE CHOICE ISN'T EVEN CLOSE BUT IN ARIZONA, NATIONWIDE, THIS ELECTION WILL BE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE WILL WIN IN THE SAME WAY WE LAUNCHED LOCKETS INTO SPACE ROCKET INTO SPACE AS ONE TEAM ON ONE MISSION. STATE-BY-STATE, VOTER BY VOTER, COMING TOGETHER. NO COUNTRY IS BETTER THAN OURS AT SOLVING BIG PROBLEMS. SO, ON NOVEMBER 5, LET'S PROVE AMERICA'S STILL THE LEADER THAT THE WORLD NEEDS TODAY BY ELECTING THE LEADER THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. KAMALA HARRIS. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> PLEASE WELCOME FORMER >> THE FORMER DEFENSE SECRET PANETTA. >> THE FORMER SECRETARY, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CIA. >> MY FELLOW AMERICANS I'M PROUD TO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMY, CONGRESS THE WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF, CIA DIRECTOR, AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I'VE LOOKED INTO THE EYES OF OUR WARRIORS AND DEPLOYED THEM INTO BATTLE. I GAVE THE ORDER, DIRECTING OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES TO FLY TO HELICOPTERS 150 MILES AT NIGHT. BY THE TIME THE SUN ROSE, OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS DEAD >> BECAUSE -- BECAUSE NOBODY . NOBODY ATTACKS OUR COUNTRY AND GETS AWAY WITH IT. NOBODY. THAT'S WHAT OUR WARRIORS DO. THAT IS WHAT OUR WARRIORS DO. OUR WARRIORS NEED A TOUGH, COOLHEADED COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY FROM TYRANTS AND TERRORISTS, WE NEED KAMALA HARRIS BEHIND THE RESOLUTE DESK. SHE KNOWS, SHE KNOWS A TYRANT WHEN SHE SEES ONE AND OUR ALLIES KNOW A LEADER WHEN THEY SEE ONE. ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE WORKED WITH MORE THAN 150 WORLD LEADERS. SHE HAS LOOKED OUR ALLIES IN THE EYE AND SAID, "AMERICA HAS YOUR BACK." TRUMP WOULD ABANDON OUR ALLIES AND ISOLATE AMERICA. WE TRIED THAT IN THE 1930S THEN, AND IT'S FOOLISH AND . IT WAS FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS THEN AND IT'S FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS NOW. LISTEN TO PRESIDENT REAGAN, PRESIDENT REAGAN. ISOLATIONISM NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TO TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENTS. NEVER. TRUMP TELLS TYRANTS LIKE VLADIMIR PUTIN THAT THEY COULD DO WHATEVER THE THEY WANT. KAMALA HARRIS TELLS TYRANTS THE YOU CAN, NOT ON MY WATCH. SHE HAS WORKED WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST RUSSIA AND NOSE PROTECTING THEIR DEMOCRACY PROTECTS OUR DEMOCRACY AS WELL. LOOK, DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORLD. HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR MILITARY. OUR FALLEN VETERANS ARE NOT SUCKERS, THEY ARE NOT LOSERS, THEY ARE OUR HEROES! [ APPLAUSE ] >> KAMALA HARRIS WILL HONOR OUR VETERANS AND IN TIM WALZ WE WILL HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAS SERVED IN UNIFORM HONORABLY FOR 24 YEARS. KAMALA HARRIS UNDERSTANDS THIS MOMENT. IT'S A MOMENT OF DANGER, IT'S A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY. SHE WILL KEEP AMERICA'S MILITARY THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD, THE STRONGEST EVER KNOWN. SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR MILITARY IS FOR. THE ROLE OF OUR MILITARY IS TO DEFEND US FROM FOREIGN ENEMIES. IT IS NOT TO THREATEN AMERICANS AND IT SURE AS ISN'T TO PUT IMMIGRANTS AND CAMPS . [ APPLAUSE ] >> EVERY PRESIDENT , EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE WORLD WAR II REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT HAS SHARED THE BELIEF THAT AMERICA MUST PROTECT DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD. EVERY PRESIDENT HAS HONORED OUR VETERANS AND THEIR SACRIFICES. EVERY PRESIDENT. EVERY PRESIDENT BUT ONE. BUT ONE. SO, WE FACE A CRITICAL CHOICE. VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO STANDS WITH OUR MILITARY AND STANDS UP FOR DEMOCRACY OR VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO WILL DISRESPECT OUR HEROES AND UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY. MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THERE IS ONLY ONE CHOICE. ONE CHOICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING , WHEN SHE TAKES HER OATH OF OFFICE AS SHE WILL THIS JANY OUR ALLIES WILL CHEER AND OUR ENEMIES WILL FEAR. WE WILL HAVE A COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF THAT WE CAN TRUST GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS. >> FORMER SECRETARY LEON PANETTA GIVING A COMMANDER-IN CHIEF ENDORSEMENT FOR KAMALA HARRIS. STILL HAD TONIGHT THE BIGGEST SPEECH TONIGHT AND THE ENTIRE CONVENTION, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS IN THE BUILDING ABOUT TO TAKE THE STAGE AND RUMORS ABOUT BEYONCI STILL FLYING. WE WILL BE RIGHT ACK AFTER THIS. >>> HEY THERE. I'M HALLIE. AND WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WHAT THIS LAW WILL AND WON'T DO. CREWS WILL BE DOING ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO REOPEN IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> I'LL KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER STARTS SPARKLING. >> YOU'VE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL-- IT'S SPARKLING! IT'S HAPPENING! >>> WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE LAST SEVERAL REMARKS TALKING ABOUT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ROLE AND FURNISHING THE CREDENTIALS OF KAMALA HARRIS AND VETERANS HAVE BEEN NOW INVITED ONTO THE STAGE. >> RUBEN GALLEGO OF ARIZONA ADDRESSING THE CONVENTION HALL. JUST BEFORE THE TOP OF THE HOUR, 9:00 HERE IN CHICAGO. >> FOR THE FOURTH NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, MANY ARE HERE IN THE BUILDING, AND WATCHING AT HOME AND >> EMILIE HARRIS IS IN THE BUILDING. THE FIRST MAJOR PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. >> THAT SPEECH WILL ALSO-- TAKING TOP OF THE TICKET THIS WEEK FOR HER FIRST TICKET AFTER HER RUNNING--TE, G THE BIG SPEECHES FROM ADAM KINZINGER -- CONTENTION FOR THE AFTEFOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.R- AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT'S YOUNGER SISTER, MAYA HARRIS.- >> AT TH IT IS NOT CLEAR IF WE WILL HAVE A SURPRISE GUEST. E-- BEYONCE R? >> WE'RE REFERENCING THE BEYONÉE RUMORS. >> I KNOW.. >> TOM LLAMAS IS DOWN ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR WHERE THE RUMOR IS FLYING. IF SHE'S NOT, THEY BETTER HAD COME UP WITH SOMETHING. >> YEAH, THAT RUMOR CONTINUES TO GROW. SOURCES AND DELEGATES HERE-- I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS LAST NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION EVERY OTHER NIGHT HAS FELT LIKE A PARTY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF JOY. TONIGHT, THERE ARE DIFFERENT LAYERS, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER THE PAST HOUR. FIRST WITH RELATIVES OF VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE, AND NOW THE ISSUES OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND PATRIOTISM. ON THE SHORT LIST, INITIALLY, MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER.ATE OF KAMALA HARRIS, >> I AM GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER. IN LANSING, THEY COME A GOVERNOR, BUT IN DETROIT,-- DONALD TRUMP CALLED ME THAT WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN. AS AN INSULT. BEING A WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN IS A BADGE OF HONOR. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] LIKE WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA, WE JUST GSD, GET STUFF DONE. I JOINED THE SANDWICH GENERATION, SANDWICHED BETWEEN WORKING AND RAISING OF MY NEWBORN, AND CARING FOR MY MOM, WHO WAS DYING FROM BRAIN CANCER. IT WAS HARD. BUT NOT EXTRAORDINARY. IT'S LIFE. THOSE NIGHTS REMINDED ME WHO I WAS FIGHTING FOR. PEOPLE, JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT. KAMALA HARRIS KNOWS WHO SHE IS FIGHTING FOR, TOO. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] SHE TOOK CARE OF HER MOM, WHO ALSO BATTLED CANCER. AS PRESIDENT, SHE WILL FIGHT TO LOWER THE COST OF HEALTHCARE AND ELDERCARE FOR EVERY FAMILY. SHE HAS LIVED A LIFE LIKE OURS. SHE KNOWS US. DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T KNOW YOU. AT ALL. YOU THINK HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN YOU CAN'T GET TO WORK, NO, HIS FIRST WORD WAS PROBABLY CHAUFFEURED. YOU THINK HE HAS EVER HAD TO TAKE ITEMS OUT OF THE CART BEFORE CHECKING OUT? HELL, YOU EVEN THINK HE'S EVER BEEN TO A GROCERY STORE? THAT'S WHAT THE CHAUFFEUR IS FOR. BUT, KAMALA HARRIS , SHE GETS US. SHE SEES US. SHE IS US. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] LOOK. WE HAVE ALL LIVED THROUGH A LOT OF HISTORY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. FLOODS AND FIRES. AN ATTEMPTED COUP. A PLOT. AND, A PANDEMIC. IT'S 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. AND THEN, ONE DAY, WHEN YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYONE OUT THE DOOR A NEWS ALERT GOES OFF. SOMETHING HAPPENS. SOMETHING HIT THE FAN. IS MY FAMILY GOING TO BE OKAY, YOU WILL ASK. AND THEN, YOU WILL ASK, WHO THE HELL IS IN CHARGE? WHAT IF IT'S HIM? WHAT-- WHAT IF IT'S THAT MAN FROM MAR-A-LAGO? I KNOW IN 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 WE CHOOSE THE LEADER WHO IS TOUGH, TESTED, AND A TOTAL BADASS? I KNOW WHO I WANT AS OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF. AMERICA? LET'S CHOOSE KAMALA HARRIS . [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> >> THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN WHO THE S STAGE GETS SET FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. KELLY O'DONNELL HAS THE COVETED PODIUM POSITION. KELLY HAS STEPPED TO THE LEFT AND HAS AN EAGLE EYE VIEW OF IT. >> ALL WEEK LONG WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO APPEAR IN RIGHT BEHIND THE STAGE AND SEE ALL THE SPEAKERS COMING UP AND SEE SOME OF THE BACKSTAGE INTERACTIONS. THE BLUE CURTAIN CAME DOWN A MOMENT AGO TO USE THE BLUE WALL PARLANCE-- WHAT'S HAPPENING BACKSTAGE AND THEN, SEPARATELY, I'VE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF SIGNALS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THERE IS A SPECIAL SURPRISE GUEST, AND WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT NOT GOING TOO FAR. I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN MAKING A PHONE CALL. HE AND THE FIRST LADY HAVE WASTED PHONE CALL FROM THEIR VACATION SPOT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT AND HAVE WISHED HER ENCOURAGEMENT, AND TO SAY THAT THEY WILL BE WATCHING TONIGHT. THEY POSTED THAT PHOTO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE ARE A LOT OF TANTALIZING TO IT'S ABOUT WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING BACKSTAGE, TONIGHT. SOURCES HAVE TOLD US IT IS BEYONCE. SOURCES HAVE TOLD US IT IS NOT. IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST RUMORS OF THE EVENING, AND OF COURSE THE SONG, FREEDOM, IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN A PLAYLIST ALREADY, WHETHER-- LYRICS, THAT OF COURSE IS BEYONCE'S SONG. WILL SHE BE HERE TONIGHT? THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE DON'T KNOW. I DON'T WANT TO GO FAR BEYOND WHAT EDITORIAL STANDARDS ALLOW, BUT THAT BLUE CURTAIN IS CERTAINLY A PHENOMENON. >> LESTER, IF IT'S NOT BEYONCE I HOPE-- >> THEY HAD BETTER COME UP WITH SOMETHING-- SOMEONE. THE ANTICIPATION IN THIS ROOM-- THIS-- PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOPPING ME. >> THEY TRIED TO DO THESE SURPRISES-- OPRAH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE. THE CAT GOT OUT OF THAT BAG. >> REGARDLESS, IT WAS UNEXPECTED . IT WAS A MOMENT BUILT ANTICIPATION. REMEMBER, THAT IS WHAT IS THIS IT IS A TIME FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO RESET. THEY WANT TO SHOW UP. THEY WANT TO BRING THAT MOMENTUM AND KEEP THAT SO-CALLED HONEYMOON GOING NOT TO DO A HACKY TV TRANSITION, YOU TALK ABOUT THE BLUE CURTAIN THERE, THERE IS OF COURSE THE BLUE WALL. -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MOMENTUM BUILDING AROUND KAMALA HARRIS -- DOING SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN FORMER-- BACK TO OUUR SANIE AND BACK TO THE POLITI- L NERD THAT WE NEED TO STAY IN. DEMOCRATS HAVE ALWAYS HAD CELEBRITIES COME OUT HERE. DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO VOTES? WILL IT BRING PEOPLE TO THE POLLS? >> THIS COULD ENERGIZE YOUNG VOTERS, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TIMING. IN 2016 BEYONCE DID A BIG EVENT FOR HILLARY CLINTON. IT DID NOT TRANSLATE-- >> WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM FORMER ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN ADAM KINZINGER, WHO DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A PROUD CONSERVATIVE. ADAM KINZINGER. >> SOMETIMES AWKWARD ALLIANCE WE HAVE TO DEFEND 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 SHINING AMERICAN, A SHINING CITY ON A HILL. 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 SEE MARK BUT-- I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT THE EMOCRATIC PARTY, AND I WANT TO LET MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS IN ON A SECRET. THE DEMOCRATS ARE AS PATRIOTIC AS US. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THEY LOVE THIS COUNTRY JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] USA! >> AND THEY-- AND 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'VE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT MY PARTY, TOO. SOMETHING I COULDN'T IGNORE. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NO LONGER CONSERVATIVES. IT HAS-- SWITCHED ITS ALLEGIANCE FROM THE PRINCIPLES I KEEP 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 BIGTO BE BIG. HE'S A FAITHLESS. AN PRETENDING HE HAS A MAN PRETENDING TO BE RIGHTEOUS. HE BLAMES THE VICTI . HE PUTS ON QUITE A SHOW, BUT THERE IS NO REAL STRENGTH THERE. AS A CONSERVATIVE AND A VETERAN, I BELIEVE TRUE STRENGTH LIES IN DEFENDING THE VULNERABLE, IT'S IN PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY. IT'S IN STANDING UP FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR DEMOCRACY. THAT! THAT IS THE SOUL OF BEING A CONSERVATIVE. IT USED FOR BE THE SOUL OF BEING A REPUBLICAN COULD BUT, DONALD TRUMP HAS SUFFOCATED THE SOUL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] HIS FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESS HAS COURSED THROUGH MY PARTY LIKE AN ILLNESS, SAPPING OUR STRENGTH, SOFTENING OUR SPINE. WHIPPING US INTO A FEVER THAT IS AN TETHERING CUT FROM OUR VALUES. DONALD TRUMP'S DECEIT AND DISHONOR LED TO A SIEGE ON THE U.S. CAPITOL. THAT DAY, I STOOD WITNESS TO A PROFOUND SORROW, THE DESECRATION OF OUR SACRED TRADITION OF TRANSITION OF POWER, PEACEFULLY, SHAKEN BY A [ APPLAUSE ]N TOO WEAK TO ACCEP. HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO BE PATRIOTIC IF IT IDOLIZES A MAN WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS? HOW? HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO STAND FOR LIBERTY IF IT SEES A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IN UKRAINE? AN ATTACK PITTING TYRANNY 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. AND THEN HIS RUNNING MATE, WHO SAID "I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS IN UKRAINE." HE WANTS TO BE VICE PRESIDENT. YEAH. HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO BE CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT TARNISHES THE GIFTS OUR FOREBEARS FOUGHT FOR? MEN LIKE MY GRANDFATHER WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II, WHO BELIEVED IN A CAUSE BIGGER THAN HIMSELF, AND HE RISKED HIS LIFE FOR IT BEHIND ENEMY LINES, TO DESERVE 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 WEAK MAN. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] UP TO ONE WEAK MAN. SOME WILL QUESTIONQUES WHYED WH TAKEN A STAND I HAVE. THE ANSWER IS REALLY SIMPLE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE MUST PUT COUNTRY FIRST. AND TONIGHT, AND TONIGHT, AS A REPUBLICAN SPEAKING BEFORE YOU I AM PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST. BECAUSE THE FACT IS, I DO BELONG HERE. I KNOW KAMALA HARRIS SHARES MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE RULE OF LAW, THE CONSTITUTION, AND DEMOCRACY, AND SHE IS DEDICATED TO UPHOLDING ALL THREE IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WHATEVER POLICIES WE DISAGREE ON PALE IN COMPARISON WITH THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE, OF DECENCY, AND A FIDELITY TO THIS NATION. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] LISTEN. TO MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS, IF YOU STILL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THOSE PRINCIPLES I SUSPECT YOU BELONG HERE, TOO. BECAUSE, BECAUSE, DEMOCRACY KNOWS NO PARTY. IT'S-- IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING IDEAL THAT DEFINES US AS A NATION. IT IS THE BEDROCK THAT SEPARATES US FROM TYRANNY. AND WHEN THAT FOUNDATION IS FRACTURED, WE MUST ALL STAND TOGETHER, UNITED, TO STRENGTHEN IT. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] TOGETHER UNITED. [ APPLAUSE ] IF YOU THINK THOSE PRINCIPLES ARE WORTH DEFENDING, THEN I URGE YOU, MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE. VOTE! VOTE FOR OUR BEDROCK VALUES, AND VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS . BLESS YOU! >> CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN RECEIVING THE WELCOME, >> HE SAID THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NO LONGER CONSERVATIVE, A STINGING INDICTMENT OF A PARTY UNDER TRUMP-- INVESTIGATED THE ACTIONS OF THAT DAY. THIS IS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' OUNGER SISTER, MAYA. >> IN 1958 A 19-YEAR-OLD FROM INDIA LEFT THE ONLY COUNTRY SHE HAD EVER KNOWN TO CHART HER OWN PATH IN AMERICA. SHE CAME HERE TO PURSUE AN EDUCATION, BUT SHE STAYED HERE TO BUILD A LIFE. HER NAME HER NAME WAS DR. SHAMALA G. HARRIS. WAS BUT WE CALLED HER MOMMY. MOMMY WAS SO MANY THINGS TO SO GOPALAN HARRIS. MOST OF ALL, MOMMY WAS A TRAILBLAZER WHO DEFIED THE ODDS AND DEFINED HERSELF. AND WHEN IT CAME TO KAMALA AND ME, MOMMY HAD GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR US. BUT, SHE HAD AN EVEN GREATER EXPECTATION OF US. SHE RAISED US TO BELIEVE THAT WE COULD BE AND DO ANYTHING. AND WE BELIEVED HER. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] YOU SEE, MOMMY UNDERSTOOD THE POWER AND POSSIBILITY THAT COMES 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 THE OPPORTUNITY SHE WANTED FOR KAMALA, AND ME, THAT'S A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN STORY.MERIC. WE MAY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT HISTORIES, DIFFERENT STRUGGLES, OR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT WHAT BINDS US TOGETHER IS A FERVENT DESIRE TO BE FREE, TO FULFILL OUR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIALS. KAMALA'S ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT FIGHTING FOR EACH OF US TO HAVE THAT FREEDOM. AND LIKE SO MANY AMERICANS, KAMALA KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE UNDERESTIMATED AND BE COUNTED OUT. SHE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE THE UNDERDOG. AND YET, STILL BEAT THE ODDS. AND NOW, SHE HAS CREATED SO MUCH ELECTRICITY, SO MUCH OPTIMISM, SO MUCH JOY THROUGHOUT THE NATION, AND IT IS WHY WE NEED HER LEADERSHIP IN THIS HISTORIC MOMENT! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 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. WELL LOOK, MY SISTER REJECTS THAT VIEW. WHERE OTHERS PUT DARKNESS KAMALA SEES PROMISE. WHERE OTHERS FEEL DISCONNECTED KAMALA SEES CONNECTION. WHERE OTHERS WANT TO DRAG US TO THE PAST MY SISTER SAYS HOLD UP NOW, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE . [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] BECAUSE, KAMALA UNDERSTANDS WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. SHE KNOWS THE MEASURE OF OUR SUCCESS ISN'T JUST WINNING AN ELECTION. IT'S WHO WE BRING ALONG IN THE AND LIFT PROCESS. SO AS I LOOK OUT AT ALL OF YOU TODAY 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. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND THEN WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT SHE WOULD SAY THAT'S ENOUGH, YOU'VE GOT WORK TO DO. SHE WOULD TELL ALL OF US TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK. TO ELECT A LEADER WHO SEES A POTENTIAL IN EACH OF US. A LEADER WHO CARES FOR ALL OF US. A LEADER WHO FIGHTS FOR EVERY ONE OF US. OUR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, MY BIG SISTER, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, KAMALA HARRIS ! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] HARRIS! [ APPLAUSE ] >> MAYA HARRIS, SISTER OF KAMALA HARRIS , WITH HER ENDORSEMENT. >> NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR, ROY COOPER. [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOVERNOR COOPER IS A CLOSE POLITICAL ALLY WITH VI RUNNING MATE BEFORE THEY MET WHEN THEY WERE-- IS 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'M GOING TO TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF ONE OF THEM DURING 2011 WAS A ROUGH TIME FOR AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WERE LOSING THEIR HOMES TO ILLEGAL FORECLOSURES. I WAS TTORNEY GENERAL IN NORTH CAROLINA WHILE KAMALA HAD JUST BECOME CALIFORNIA'S . ALL THE AG'S WERE CLOSE TO A SETTLEMENT WITH THE BIG BANKS, AND IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL. WOULD IT-- RIPPED OFF. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT KAMALA SAID HANG ON A MINUTE. I'VE MET THESE FAMILIES. I KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH, AND THEY DESERVE MORE. SHE WENT TOE TO TOE WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL EXECUTIVES. SHE REFUSED TO GIVE IN. LET ME TELL YOU, THIS WAS A HUGE RISK, BUT SHE KNOW IT WAS A RISK WORTH TAKING. THAT'S KAMALA. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THE BANKS CAVED. THAT $4 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES BECAME $20 BILLION. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WITNESSED KAMALA IN ACTION . AND WHAT I SAW WAS A LEADER, WHO DOES EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAYS THAT SHE'S GOING TO DO. WHO NEVER WILL SETTLE FOR LESS. AMERICA, WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF BIG SITES AHEAD OF US, AND WE HAVE ONE HELL OF A FIGHTER READY TO TAKE THEM ON. I KNOW THAT, I KNOW THAT, BECAUSE I WANT HER. AND TONIGHT I WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW. EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH HER ON EVERYTHING, KAMALA HARRIS 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 MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR KIDS, FOR WORKERS WORRIED ABOUT A SECURE RETIREMENT FOR THEMSELVES, KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. FOR ANY ONE OF OUR ALLIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WONDERING IF AMERICA STILL HAS YOUR BACK, REMEMBER THIS. KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. AND WHEN SHE FIGHTS , WE WIN. KAMALA IS READY. KAMALA IS READY. THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE ? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 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 OWN STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, STAND UP. STAND UP, PENNSYLVANIA. STAND UP, MICHIGAN. STAND UP, WISCONSIN. STAND UP, GEORGIA. STAND UP, NEVADA. STAND UP, ARIZONA. STAND UP, AMERICA. OR WE GOING TO STAND UP? ARE WE GOING TO FIGHT? ARE WE GOING TO VOTE? ARE WE GOING TO WIN? YOU THAT WE ARE. LET'S GO GET THEM! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> GOVERNOR RICK COOPER WITH A RALLYING CRY FOR THIS CONVENTION HALL THAT HAS GOTTEN AS FIRED UP AS IT CAN GET. WE ARE ENTERING A PORTION OF PROGRAMMING THAT GETS US READY FOR THE SPEECH OF KAMALA HARRIS. >> IT IS WHERE KAMALA HARRIS LEARNED IT COUNTS.LASS, MAKING EVERY PAYCHECK COUNT. SHE WAS RAISED RKING MOM WHO TAUGHT HER ABOUT STANDIN >> KAMALA CARRIES THE LESSONS OF OUR MOTHERS , THAT FIGHTING SPIRIT OF OUR MOTHERS. >> IF YOU WOULD HAVE MET HER YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SHE WAS SEVEN FEET TALL. IF WE CAME HOME COMPLAINING SHE WOULD SAY STOP THE COMPLAINING, TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. >> EVER SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES, LIKE THE ONE SHE GREW UP WITH. >> THAT IS KAMALA. SHE CAN'T HELP HERSELF FROM STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE, AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT SHE THINKS IS RIGHT. SHE HAS BEEN THAT WAY HER WHOLE LIFE. BEING A PROTECTOR. IT'S WHAT LED HER TO BECOME A PROSECUTOR. LOOKING BACK NOW I WOULD SAY IT WAS HER CALLING. >> AS A PROSECUTOR SHE WENT AFTER PREDATORS WHO TARGETED CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO RIPPED OFF FAMILIES. AND SHE PUT DANGEROUS GANG MEMBERS AND TRAFFICKERS BEHIND BARS. >> WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE DOJ, FBI, ANY OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. NOW, WE ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELY. SHE WAS THE FIRST TO REALLY BUILD THE FOUNDATION AND HOW WE DO CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA. >> AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA SHE HELD WALL STREET BANKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR FRAUD WINNING $20 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIANS -- FIVE FOR HER CONSTITUENTS-- GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT FEMALE BODIES? >> I AM NOT THINKING OF ANY RIGHT NOW, SENATOR-- >> SHE HAS FOUGHT TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. >> HOW MANY OF YOU HAD A DRILL WHERE YOU LEARN HOW TO HIDE IN A CLOSET OR CROUCH IN A CORNER IN THE EVENT THERE IS A MASS SHOOTER? LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT. >> IN 2020 SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SHE CAST A TIE-BREAKING VOTE TO DELIVER RELIEF DURING THE PANDEMIC. SHE LOWERED PRESCRIPTION DRUGSPS AND LED THE FIGHT TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AFTER ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED. >> WE HAVE FOUGHT TOO HARD AND TOO LONG TO SEE OUR DAUGHTER GROW UP TO WIN FEWER FIGHTS THAN OUR MOTHERS. >> PEOPLE WILL LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN, SOMETIMES THEY WON'T. AND YOU NEED TO KICK THAT [ BLEEP ] DOOR DOWN. [ LAUGHTER ] >> NOW, SHE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND STILL FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES LIKE THE ONE SHE GREW UP IN. >> OUR CAMPAIGN WANTS FAIRNESS, DIGNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. AND WE ARE A WORKING PROGRESS. WE WIL WE WILL DIEL DIE TRYING,E LOVE OUR COUNTRY. WE BELIEVE IN OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE NOT FALLING FOR THESE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE US, WHO ARE TRYING TO PULL US APART. WE KNOW WHAT WE STAND FOR, AND WE STAND FOR THE PEOPLE. AND WE STAND FOR THE DIGNITY OF WORK, AND WE STAND FOR FREEDOM. WE STAND FOR JUSTICE. WE STAND FOR EQUALITY. AND SO, WE WILL FIGHT FOR ALL OF IT. >> THAT'S WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS, AND THAT IS WHAT SHE WILL FIGHT FOR EVERY DAY. ♪♪ FREEDOM, FREEDOM, WHERE ARE YOU ♪♪ I BREAK CHAINS ALL BY MYSELF ♪♪ SO THAT MY FREEDOM DON'T ROT IN HELL ♪♪ HEY, I'M GOING TO KEEP RUNNING BECAUSE A WINNER DON'T QUIT ON THEMSELVES ♪♪ >> PLEASE WELCOME, THE >> PLEASE WELCOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KAMALA HARRIS. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] MALA HARRIS. [ APPLAUSE ] ♪♪ FREEDOM, FREEDOM, I CAN'T MOVE ♪♪ FREEDOM, FREEDOM, WHERE ARE YOU ♪♪ BECAUSE I NEED FREEDOM TOO ♪♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >> YESTERDAY, WE HEARD THE WORD JOY SEVERAL TIMES. LESS THAN A MONTH AGO-- DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. BUT THIS IS THE JOY THAT THEY HAVE PIECED TOGETHER, AS WE ARE [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, GOOD EVENING. [ LAUGHTER ] GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING! THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> [ CROWD CHANTING ] >> THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. WE'VE GOT TO GET TO SOME BUSINESS-- WE'VE GOT TO GET TO SOME BUSINESS. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, PLEASE, THANK YOU, SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. LET'S GET TO BUSINESS. LET'S GET TO BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] SO-- LET ME START-- BY THANKING MY MOST INCREDIBLE HUSBAND, DOUG. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO ME, AN INCREDIBLE FATHER, AND, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DOUGY. I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PAST WE HAVE TRAVELED TOGETHER, JOE, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE. YOUR RECORD IS EXTRAORDINARY AS HISTORY WILL SHOW. AND YOUR CHARACTER IS INSPIRING, AND DOUG AND I LOVE YOU AND JILL AND ARE FOREVER THANKFUL TO YOU BOTH. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND TO COACH TIM WALZ-- [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE VICE PRESIDENT! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND TO THE DELEGATES, AND TO EVERYONE HAS PUT YOUR FAITH IN US, 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, SHYAMALA GOPALAN HARRIS, I MISS HER EVERY DAY, AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. AND I KNOW SHE'S LOOKING DOWN, SMILING. I KNOW THAT. SO, MY MOTHER WAS 19 WHEN SHE CROSSED THE WORLD ALONE 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. THEY-- THEY FELL IN LOVE AND GOT MARRIED. AND THAT ACT OF 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 OUR BELONGINGS, READY TO GO TO ILLINOIS-- TO WISCONSIN-- AND WHEREVER AND WHERE PARENTS' JOBS TOOK US. OUR MEMORIES ARE JOYFUL ONES AT HOME FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND MUSIC. AT THE PARK MY MOTHER MUSIC, ARETHA, COLE TRAIN WOULD SAY STAY CLOSE, BUT I FATHER WOULD SAY AS HE SMILED, KAMALA, RUN. DON'T BE AFRAID. DON'T LET ANYTHING STOP YOU. FROM MY EARLIEST FEARS, HE TAUGHT ME TO BE FEARLESS. PARENTS DID NOT LAST. WHEN I WAS IN ELEMEN THE SCHOOL 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 AFFORD TO BUY A HOME SHE RENTED A SMALL APARTMENT IN THE EAST BAY. IN THE BAY-- IN THE BAY, YOU EITHER LIVE IN THE HILLS OR THE FLATLANDS. WE A BEAUTIFUL, WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD OF FIREFIGHTERS, A BEAUTIFUL, WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD OF FIREFIGHTERS, NURSES, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, ALL WHO TENDED THEIR LAWNS WITH PRIDE. MY MOTHER, SHE WORKED LONG HOURS. AND LIKE MANY WORKING PARENTS, SHE LEANED ON A TRUSTED CIRCLE TO HELP RAISE US MRS. SHELTON, WHO RAN THE DAYCARE BELOW US AND BECAME A SECOND MOTHER. UNCLE SHERMAN, AUNT MARY, UNCLE FREDDIE, AUNTIE CHRIS-- ALL OF THEM FAMILY BY LOVE. FAMILY WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE GUMBO, PLAY CHESS, AND EVEN SOMETIMES LET US WIN. FAMILIES, WHO LOVED US, BELIEVED IN US, AND TOLD US WE COULD BE ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THEY INSTILLED IN US THE VALUES THEY PERSONIFIED. COMMUNITY. 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. AND AS THE ELDEST CHILD, 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 MICHELLE MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT. SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT INJUSTICE, BUT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THAT WAS MY MOTHER. AND SHE TAUGHT US, AND SHE ALSO TAUGHT US, NEVER DO ANYTHING HALF-ASSED. AND THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE [ LAUGHTER ] A DIRECT QUOTE. I GREW UP IMMERSED IN THE IDEALS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. MY PARENTS HAD MET AT A CIVIL RIGHTS GATHERING, AND THE NATURE WE LEARNED ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, INCLUDING LAWYERS LIKE THURGOOD MARSHALL AND CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY. THOSE WHO BATTLED IN THE COURTROOM 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. AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CHOOSE THE 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 DIDN'T WANT TO GO HOME. SO ONE DAY I ASKED IF EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT. AND SHE CONFIDED IN ME THAT SHE WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER STEPFATHER. AND, 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. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] SAFETY, TO DIGNITY AND TO 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 ANY ONE OF US IS A HARM AGAINST ALL OF US. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 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. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND TO BE CLEAR-- AND TO BE CLEAR MY ENTIRE CAREER, I'VE 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 YOUR 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 AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] AND IN THIS ELECTION-- AND WITH THIS ELECTION-- OUR NATION-- OUR NATION, WITH THIS ELECTION, 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 ANYONE 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, AND SELF. TO HOLD SACRED AMERICAS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE RULE OF LAW, TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] I WILL BE A PRESIDENT, WHO UNITES US AROUND OUR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS. THE PRESIDENT WHO LEADS AND LISTENS, WHO IS REALISTIC, PRACTICAL, WITH COMMON SENSE, WHO FIGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE. FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT HAS BEEN MY LIFE'S WORK. AS A YOUNG 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, DELIVERED $20 BILLION FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES WHO FACED FORECLOSURE, AND HELPED PASS A HOMEOWNER BILL OF RIGHTS, ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] I STOOD UP FOR VETERANS AND STUDENTS BEING SCAMMED BY FOR PROFIT COLLEGES, FOR WORKER COLLEGES. FOR WORKERS BEING CHEATED OUT OF THEIR WAGES, THE WAGES THEY WERE DUE. FOR SENIORS FACING ELDER ABUSE, I THOUGHT AGAINST THE CARTELS WHO TRAFFIC IN GUNS, AND DRUGS, AND HUMAN BEINGS, WHO FLED THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THESE FIGHTS WERE NOT EASY. AND NEITHER WERE THE ELECTIONS THAT PUT ME IN THOSE OFFICES. WE WERE UNDERESTIMATED AT PRACTICALLY EVERY TURN, BUT WE NEVER GAVE UP. BECAUSE, THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS WORTH FIGHTING FOR. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND THAT'S THE FIGHT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW. A FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AMERICA'S FUTURE. FELLOW AMERICANS, THIS ELECTION IS NOT ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF OUR LIVES, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE LIFE OF OUR NATION. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] IN MANY WAYS, DONALD TRUMP IS AN UNSERIOUS MAN. BUT, THE CONSEQUENCES, 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 SINCE HE LOST THE LAST ELECTION. DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO THROW AWAY YOUR VOTE. WHEN HE FAILED, HE SENT AN ARMED MOB TO THE UNITED TATES CAPITOL, WHERE THEY ASSAULTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WHEN POLITICIANS IN HIS OWN PARTY BEGGED HIM TO CALL OFF THE MOB AND SEND HELP, HE DID THE OPPOSITE. HE FANNED THE FLAMES. AND NOW, HE WAS FOUND GUILTYDIFF FRAUD BY A JURY OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS, AND SEPARATELY-- AND SEPARATELY FOUND LIABLE FOR COMMITTING SEXUAL ABUSE. AND CONSIDER-- CONSIDER-- WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO IF WE GIVE HIM POWER AGAIN. CONSIDER HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO SET FREE VIOLENT EXTREMISTS, WHO ASSAULTED THOSE LAW- ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE CAPITOL. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO JAIL JOURNALISTS, CLINICAL OPPONENTS, AND ANYONE HE SEES AS THE ENEMY. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO DEPLOY OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AGAINST OUR OWN CITIZENS. CONSIDER THE POWER HE WILL HAVE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUST RULED HE WOULD BE IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. IMMUNE F JUST IMAGINE DONALD TRUMP WITH NO GUARDRAILS. AND HOW HE WOULD USE THE IMMENSE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, NOT TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE, NOT TO STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT TO SERVE THE ONLY CLIENT HE HAS EVER HAD. HIMSELF. CLIENT HE HAS EVER AND WE KNOW, AND WE KNOW WHAT A SECOND TRUMP TERM WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT'S ALL AID OUT IN PROJECT 2025, WRITTEN BY HIS CLOSEST ADVISERS. THE SUM TOTAL IS TO PULL OUR COUNTRY BACK TO THE PAST. BUT, AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. TO WIN 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 COULD DENY PEOPLE WITH PRE-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 AND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE FOR OUR CHILDREN. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. AND-- WE ARE STARTING-- AND WE ARE STARTING A NEW WAY FORWARD. FORWARD. TO A FUTURE, WITH A STRONG AND GROWING MIDDLE CLASS. BECAUSE, WE KNOW A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL TO AMERICA'S SUCCESS. AND BUILDING THAT MIDDLE-CLASS WILL BE A DEFINING GOAL OF MY PRESIDENCY. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME. THE MIDDLE CLASS IS WHERE I COME FROM. MY MOTHER KEPT A STRICT BUDGET. WE LIVED WITHIN OUR MEANS. YET, WE WANTED FOR LITTLE, AND SHE EXPECTED US TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES 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, WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE CHANCE TO COMPETE, AND A CHANCE TO SUCCEED.COMPETE AND A CHANCE TO. WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A RURAL AREA, SMALL-TOWN, OR BIG-CITY. AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING TOGETHER LABOR AND WORKERS, AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND ENTREPRENEURS, AND AMERICAN COMPANIES, TO 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 TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND FOUNDER'S. AND WE WILL END AMERICA'S HOUSING SHORTAGE. AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 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. AND HE WILL GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF TAX BREAKS THAT WILL ADD UP TO $5 TRILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. AND ALL THE WHILE HE INTENDS TO ENACT WHAT IN EFFECT IS A NATIONAL SALES TAX, COLLATE A TRUMP TAX, THAT WOULD RAISE PRICES ON MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES BY ALMOST $4000 PER YEAR. INSTEAD, WE WILL PASS A MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUT THAT WILL BENEFIT MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS. I BELIEVE AMERICA CANNOT TRULY BE PROSPEROU UNLESS AMERICANS ARE FULLY ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS S U MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES, ESPECIALLY ON MATTERS OF HEART AND HOME. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] BUT TONIGHT, IN AMERICA, TOO MANY WOMEN ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AND LET'S BE CLEAR HOW WE GOT HERE. DONALD TRUMP HAND-PICKED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS. AND NOW, HE BRAGS ABOUT IT. IN HIS WORDS, "I DID IT, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE DONE IT." END QUOTE. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE TRAVELED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, AND WOMEN HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STORIES. HUSBANDS AND FATHERS HAVE SHARED THEIRS. 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, WHO HAVE SURVIVED SEXUAL ASSAULT, POTENTIALLY FORCED TO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TERM, THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY, BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. NOW UNDERSTAND, HE IS NOT DONE. AS PART OF HIS AGENDA, HE AND HIS ALLIES WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL, BAN MEDICATION ABORTION, AND ENACT A NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN WITH OR WITHOUT CONGRESS. AND GET THIS-- GET THIS-- HE PLANS TO CREATE A NATIONAL ANTIABORTION COORDINATOR. AND FOR STATES TO REPORT ON WOMEN'S MISCARRIAGES AND ABORTIONS. SIMPLY PUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ONE MUST ASK-- ONE MUST ASK WHAT EXACTLY IS IT THAT THEY DON'T TRUST WOMEN? WELL, WE TRUST WOMEN. WE TRUST WOMEN. AND WHEN CONGRESS PASSES A BILL TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I WILL PROUDLY SIGN IT INTO LAW. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] IN THIS ELECTION, MANY OTHER FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ARE AT STAKE. THE FREEDOM TO LIVE SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP. THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO YOU WANT OPENLY AND WILLINGLY WITH PRIDE, TO DRINK CLEAN WATER AND BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND LIVE FREE FROM POLLUTION THAT FUELS THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND THE FREEDOM THAT UNLOCKS THE ALL OTHERS, THE FREEDOM TO VOTE. WITH THIS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT. AND 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 AND ENDORSED IT. DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES A BORDER DEAL WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN, SO HE ORDERED HIS ALLIES IN CONGRESS TO KILL THE DEAL. WELL, I REFUSE TO PLAY POLITICS WITH OUR SECURITY AND HERE IS MY PLEDGE TO YOU. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING BACK THE BIPARTISAN BORDER SECURITY BILL THAT HE KILLED AND I WILL SIGN IT INTO LAW. I KNOW THAT WE CAN LIVE UP TO OUR PROUD HERITAGE AS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFORM OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WE CAN CREATE AND EARN PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP AND SECURE OUR BORDERS. AND 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 THE BRAVE TROOPS OVERSEAS. AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, I WILL ENSURE THAT 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 DISPARAGE THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR SACRIFICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> USA! USA! >> I WILL MAKE SURE WE LEAD THE WORLD INTO THE FUTURE ON STAGE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THAT AMERICA, NOT CHINA WINS THE COMPETITION FOR THE 21st CENTURY AND THAT WE STRENGTHEN, NOT ABDICATE OUR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. TRUMP ON THE OTHER HAND, THREATENS TO ABANDON NATO. HE ENCOURAGED MASOUD PEZESHKIAN INVADE OUR ALLIES AND LET RUSSIA QUOTE, DO WHATEVER TH FIVE DAYS BEFORE RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE, I MET WITH PRESIDENT E VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY TO WARN HIM THEY WANT. FIVE DAYS BEFORE RUSSIA ATTACKS UKRAINE, I MET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TO WARN HIM ABOUT RUSSIA'S PLAN TO INVADE. I HELPED A GLOBAL RESPONSE TO DEFEND AGAINST PUTIN 'S AGGRESSION, AND AS PRESIDENT I WILL STAND STRONG WITH UKRAINE AND 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. AND LET ME BE CLEAR, LET ME BE CLEAR, I WILL ALWAYS STAND UP FOR ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF, AND I WILL ALWAYS ENSURE THAT ISRAEL HAS THE ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL MUST NEVER AGAIN FACE THE HORROR THAT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CALLED HAMAS CAUSED ON OCTOBER 7. INCLUDING UNSPEAKABLE VIOLENCE AND THE MASSACRE OF 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 ENDS, AND THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CAN REALIZE THEIR RIGHT TO SAFETY, SECURITY, FREEDOM, AND SELF-DETERMINATION. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] I WILL NEVE >> AND KNOW THIS.R-- IN WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO DEFEND OUR FORCES AND OUR INTERESTS AGAINST IRAN AND IRAN BACKED TERRORISTS. I WILL-- TO DICTATORS LIKE KIM JONG UN WHO ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW HE IS EASY TO MANIPULATE WITH FLATTERY AND FAVORS. THEY KNOW THAT TRUMP WON'T HOLD AUTOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE AN AUTOCRAT HIMSELF. AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER WAVER IN DEFENSE OF AMERICAN SECURITY AND IDEALS BECAUSE IN THE ENDURING STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND TYRANNY, I KNOW WHERE I STAND AND I KNOW WHERE THE UNITED STATES BELONGS. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> USA! USA! >> SO FELLOW AMERICANS, FELLOW AMERICANS, I LOVE OUR COUNTRY WITH ALL MY HEART. EVERYWHERE I GO AND EVERYONE I 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. [ APPLAUSE ] THAT NONE OF US HAVE TO FAIL FOR ALL OF US TO SUCCEED. AND IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH. 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, AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL THOSE WHO SACRIFICE SO DEARLY FOR OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, WE MUST BE WORTHY OF THIS MOMENT. IT IS NOW OUR TURN TO DO WHAT GENERATIONS BEFORE US HAVE DONE, GUIDED BY OPTIMISM AND STATE TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY WE LOVE. TO FIGHT THE IDEALS-- TO FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS WE CHERISH, AND TO UPHOLD THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE ON EART , THE PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE OF BEING AN AMERICAN.N 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 EVER TOLD. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >>♪ TRYNA RAIN, TRYNA RAIN ON THE THUNDER TELL THE STORM I'M NEW ♪ ♪ I'M A WALL, COME AND MARCH ON THE REGULAR PAINTING WHITE FLAGS BLUE ♪ ♪ LORD FORGIVE ME, I'VE BEEN RUNNING RUNNING BLIND IN TRUTH ♪ >> THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JOINED BY HER HUSBAND ON STAGE AS SHE MAKES HISTORY HERE IN CHICAGO AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, FORMALLY ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES. AND THE CROWD WANTS BEYONCI■ THERE, AT LEAST HEARING IT RIGHT NOW AS TIM WALZ AND HIS WIFE JOINED THE STAGE. >> WHEREVER BEYONCI■WAS WATCHING, IT IS KAMALA HARRIS'S NIGHT ON THAT STAGE. SHE DREW A CLEAR DISTINCTION VL CONFETTI FALLING AROUND THEM. >> THERE'S THE SHOT, TOM LLAMAS IS ABOUT TO BE HIT WITH 100,000 BALLOONS. HEY TOM, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, TELL US WHAT YOU SEE. >> HOW ARE YOU? THAT'S INCREDIBLY RIGHT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I JUST LOOKED UP BECAUSE IT STARTED HAPPENING. THE BALLOONS ARE STARTING TO FALL, THERE'S 100,000 OF THEM FALLING RIGHT NOW AT THE UNITED CENTER HERE IN CHICAGO AND I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE LARGE-- THE DEMOCRATS TONIGHT SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT NO PARTY HAS A MONOPOLY ON PATRIOTISM. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PATRIOTIC AS THESE BALLOONS FALL. WHAT THEY LOVED ABOUT THE SPEECH, MOST OF THEM WHO ARE THE LOUDEST CAME WHEN TALKING ABOU WOULD DO IN ISRAEL, WHAT SHE FOR THEM, THAT WAS THE PART THEY WERE CHEERING THE MOST.T AND ALSO HER LIFE STORY, THAT R COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, WHAT SHE WOULD DO IN ISRAEL, WHAT SHE WOULD DO IN UKRAINE. FOR THEM THAT WAS THE PART THEY WERE CHEERING THE MOST AND ALSO HER LIFE STORY, THAT HER MOTHER WAS THE HERO OF HER STORY. SHE WAS THE LEADER OF THE FAMILY, THAT THEY WERE IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME HERE. THEY FIGURED IT OUT AND WERE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE. ALSO, THEY KNOW WHO AMERICA IS AND NO ONE IS GOING TO TELL THEM WHO AMERICA IS, THAT SHE'S GOING TO LEAD AMERICA INTO THE FUTURE. THE SPEECH WAS WELL-RECEIVED AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE NOW GATHERING UP ON THE STAGE AND THE SECOND-- GENTLEMEN. OF COURSE HER SON, DEMOCRATS UNITED CENTER CEALL ATING RI ACROSS THE UNITED CENTER CELEBRATING RIGHT NOW. THE OFFICIAL TICKET, GOVERNOR HARRIS, TIM WALZ READY TO TAKE ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET AND THERE'S ABOUT TO BE FIVE DAYS LEFT BEFORE ELECTION DAY. I WILL SEND IT TO YOU. >> BALLOONS STILL FALLING IN VARIOUS SIZES ON THE CROWD HERE. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND HER FAMILY BEYOND THE BALLOONS. PETER ALEXANDER, TELL US EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE IN ALL OF THIS AND THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. >> HONESTLY, AKIN TO A BOUNCE HOUSE, THESE BALLOONS ARE ENORMOUS AND THIS MOMENT, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME, KAMALA HARRIS ACCEPTED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATION. RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYE >> I COME FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS, SHE SAYS I COME FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS. MY PARENTS WERE FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS. MY MOM WAS A NURSE, MY DAD WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE, AND I GOT TO GO TO COLLEGE. BUT, MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDPARENTS AND MY DAUGHTER IS IN CONGRESS.Y DAUGHTER IS IN CONGRESS. THIS IS SO OVERWHELMING. I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THIS. >> YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D SEE A MOMENT LIKE THIS? >> HARD TO IMAGINE IT. >> THIS IS A HECK OF A MOMENT, YOU'RE RIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING ANYWHERE FOR A WHILE. THERE ARE BALLOONS ALL AROUND US. YOU BETTER GET COMFORTABLE FOR A BIT. JOHN LET ME ASK YOU, YOU ARE FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. YOU STOOD UP MAYBE THREE DOZEN TIMES. WHAT IS IT THAT RESONATED WITH YOU? >> HOPE, IT IS SO GREAT TO BELIEVE THAT A CANDIDATE IS SOMEONE WHO JUST WANTS TO MAKE THE LIVES OF AMERICAN PEOPLE BETTER AND AS A GAY MAN FROM THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN WISCONSIN, TO HAVE SOMEONE UP THERE THAT REPRESENTS ME FOR THE PRESIDENT IS JUST THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD. >> I APPRECIATE YOU. LEICESTER, SAVANNAH, A LITTLE BEYONCI■-- >> READ WRITE-- RED WHITE AND BLUE AND OFF THE STAGE AND IN COMING FROM THE BALLOONS, HEY, KELLY. >> WELL WE JUST SAW GOVERNOR TIM WALZ COMING OVER AND HERE'S A WAVE, A CLOSE UP TO NEBRASKA THE STATE OF HIS BIRTH GIVING THE HIGH-FIVES AND TOUCHING HIS HEART AS IF TO SAY THANK YOU AND HELLO TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON HOME STATE. FROM THIS ANGLE YOU GET A REAL SENSE OF HOW ALL OF THE FAMILY IS SOAKING UP THE MOMENT OF THE FAMOUS BALLOON DROP. IT'S A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE FOR THEM, CERTAINLY. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE 100,000 OF THESE BALLOONS THAT THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER HIGH ABOVE THE RAFTERS AND THEY STARTED FLOATING DOWN WHEN THE QUEUE CAME. AND IMPOSSIBLY HARD TO PREDICT SET OF EVENTS INCLUDING WHETHER THERE WOULD BE SPECIAL GUESTS TONIGHT. WHAT REALLY WAS THE FOCUS OF THIS NIGHT IS THE KIND OF CHANGE THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD IN CHANGING THEIR TICKET, DEFINING THEIR CANDIDATE, THEIR RUNNING MATE, AND TRYING TO TAKE CHICAGO TO BATTLEGROUND STATES AND KEY PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS IS A PARTY, INFLATED WITH BALLOONS AND CONFETTI AND A NIGHT OF A SOUNDTRACK ABOUT FREEDOM. AS WE WAIT FOR THE LAST OF THE BALLOONS TO DRIFT DOWN, WITH FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY. WE SAW DOUG EMHOFF 'S PARENTS, HIS FIRST WIFE, THE GRAND NIECES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO IS NOW OF COURSE THE NOMINEE AND EXTENDED FAMILY FROM A BLENDED FAMILY THAT REPRESENTS DIFFERENT CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS, ALL TOGETHER STANDING FOR THE HARRIS AND WALZ FAMILIES AS THEY HAD ON THE ROAD. >> HALLIE JACKSON IN KRISTEN WELKER, CERTAINLY WHEN WE GOT INTO ISRAEL AND GAZA, TWO AREAS THAT POTENTIALLY-- DURING THE CAMPAIGN. >> TAKING THESE ISSUES HEAD ON AND WHAT WAS NOTABLE WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE, IT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE SHE PLANS TO BUILD ON THAT AGENDA. WHAT THE SPEECH DID WAS FILL IN A LOT OF THE BLANKS ABOUT HER BIOGRAPHY. GROWING UP, RAISED LARGELY BY HER MOTHER AND PAINTING A PICTURE OF A STRONG MOTHER AND THE FIGUREHEAD AT THE HEAD OF HER TABLE WHO INSPIRED HER TO BECOME THE PERSON THAT SHE IS ALL OF THOSE DET AND WHAT INSPIRED HER TO BECOME A PROSECUTOR. ALL OF THOSE DETAILS GETTING FILLED IN AND THEN WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT WHAT SHE PLANS TO DO FOR THE COUNTRY LIKE CUTTING TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS THAT- - AND THINGS LIKE VOTING RIGHTS AND WHAT REALLY MATTER TO DEMOCRATS, WE DID NOT HEAR A LOT ABOUT-- BECAUSE >> LET'S NOT FORGET THE FEEL AND THE AURA THAT PEOPLE GET FROM HER IS IMPORTANT AND WHETHER IT'S ABOUT DOMESTIC POLICY, OR FRANKLYDONALD TRUMP, AGAIN AN CALLING HALLIE. OUT HER OPPONENT AGAIN AND AGAIN, A PROSECUTOR WHO IS MAKING HER OWN CASE FOR WHY SHE SHOULD BE THE ONE TO WIN THE COUNTRY AND SHE DOWNPLAYS THAT. >> WE NEED TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. WE ARE ALREADY 75 DAYS OUT FROM ELECTION DAY. STEVE KORNACKI WILL BE HERE AFTER THIS. STEVE KORNACKI WILL BE HERE TO BREAK DOWN THE STATE OF THE RACE >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS, THE WATERS ARE CERTAINLY RECEDING. STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. >> GROUND ZERO AS IT IS BEING REFERRED TO. THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY. >> WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AND IN FACT WE BEEN TOLD WE CAN'T GO FARTHER. >>> WELCOME BACK TO CHICAGO AND A SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION BY PRESIDENT HARRIS WHO HAS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT AND THE BALLOONS HAVE DROPPED. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING TO DO AND THAT'S TO CHECK IN WITH STEVE KORNACKI WHO CAN GIVE US A SENSE OF THE STATE OF THE RACE WITH 75 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. >> A CLOSE RACE BUT ONE THAT HAS CHANGED THE LAST MONTH AND YOU SEE THAT RIGHT HERE. WHEN JOE BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE THIS IS THE AVERAGE OF POLLS. DONALD TRUMP WAS AHEAD BY THREE POINTS AND IN A MONTH OR SO REPLACED BY HARRIS, YOU CAN SEE HER ON AVARICE-- ON AVERAGE AHEAD BY TWO POINTS. WHAT HAS POWERED THIS SHIFT? THREE GROUPS STAND OUT HERE. BLACK VOTERS, SHE IS UP IN POINTS MORE THAN BIDEN WAS. HISPANIC VOTERS, 10 POINT DIFFERENCE. YOUNG VOTERS, UNDER 30 AND AN 11 POINT GAIN OVER BIDEN AND THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE ALL IMPORTANT TO 70? THIS HAS BEEN THE BATTLEGROUND MAP AND HERE'S HOW THIS HAS CHANGED WITH THE PROGRESS HARRIS HAS MADE. BEFORE HARRIS GOT IN THE RACE THE DEMOCRATIC HALF WAS VERY NARROW AND MEANT WIN WISCONSIN, WIN MICHIGAN, WIN PENNSYLVANIA. THOSE WERE THE BEST AND MAYBE ONLY REALISTIC TARGETS BY THE TIME THAT BIDEN HAD DROPPED OUT. YOU CAN SEE WHAT A WIN WOULD DO. THEY WOULD BE EXACTLY 270. NOTHING TO SPARE AT ALL, BUT IT IS NOW CHANGING BECAUSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES THAT I TOLD YOU. MORE SUPPORT FROM HISPANIC VOTERS, MORE SUPPORT FROM BLACK VOTERS, GEORGIA, AND HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? NORTH CAROLINA. A RED STATE IN 2016 AND DEMOCRATS SAID THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS A BATTLEGROUND. POLLING SHOWS A DEAD EVEN RACE AND MAYBE HARRIS AHEAD BY A POINT OR TWO. SHE NO LONGER HAS THE BY THE LIMITATION OF HAVING TO WIN THOSE THREE STATES IN THE MIDWEST AND IN THE GREAT LAKES AREA. POTENTIALLY AT LEAST SHE COULD WIN IN SOME OF THE SUNBELT STATES AND TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF OF THE GREAT LAKES. MORE POSSIBILITIES FOR DEMOCRATS AND WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN CAPITALIZE ON THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. >> LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS EXPANDED THE POSSIBILITIES. WE ARE TAKING ANOTHER BREAK RIGHT HERE AND FINAL THOUGHTS, THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM TONIGHT'S FINALE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MAKING HISTORY. WE ARE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS. >>> WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? >> TOP STORIES LIVE FROM PARIS, LIVE IN TEL AVIV. WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. EVERY WEEK NIGHT, IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. TOP STORIES WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NOW IN TERMS OF MOMENTUM. >> DEMOCRATS HOPE TO KEEP IT UP. THEY HOPE THEY HAVE IT AND CONTINUE IT FOR THE NEXT 75 DAYS BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR TURNING OUT THE DEMOCRATIC BASE AND ALSO TO CONVINCE INDEPENDENT AND MAYBE MODERATE REPUBLICAN VOTERS TO GET BEHIND KAMALA HARRIS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REPEATED THEMES AND YOU HEARD HER DELIVER THAT MESSAGE DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA, SPEAKING TO AMERICANS SAYING I WILL REPRESENT ALL OF YOU. FROM HERE ON OUT IT'S GOING TO BE A FIGHT. THE RACE IS EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE AND THE NEXT HIGH PROFILE PRIME TIME MOMENT WILL NOT BE A PARTY, IT WILL BE A FACE-OFF. >> BEYONCI IS GOING TO BE AT THAT ONE. >> THAT IS THE NEXT BIG TEST. HARRIS HAS ALREADY STARTED TO WE KNOW THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS ALREADY STARTED TO PREPARE FOR THE DEBATE AND I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF BETWEEN NOW AND THEN SHE STARTS TO PUT MEAT ON THE BONES OF HER POLICY PROPOSALS. WE'VE HEARD HER TALK TODAY AS THEY TRIED TO REACH OUT TO MODERATE AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS, CLEARLY SHE IS GOING TO EMPHASIZE. >> THAT IS GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR COVERAGE OF THIS YEAR'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON NBC NEWS NOW WITH A FULL WRAP UP ON TOMORROW ON TODAY. >> I'M LESTER HOLT. >> I'M SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. GOOD NIGHT AND WE WILL SEE YOU BRIGHT AND EARLY TODAY GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY. . >>> HI THERE. TONIGHT IN CHICAGO, A MOMENT NEVER SEEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY. >> THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR NOMINATED BY A MAJOR PARTY AND IS A SPOT NIGHT IN THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> COVERAGE STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> A HISTORIC TEST FOR VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. >> TOGETHER WE WILL START A NEW WAY FORWARD. >> DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN HER FIRST MAJOR ADDRESS SINCE TAKING OVER THE TICKET. >> DEMOCRATS FIRED UP FOR THE FINAL NIGHT OF A WEEKLONG CELEBRATION. >> AMERICA, HOPE IS MAKING A COMEBACK. >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> WHEN WE FIGHT >> CAN SHE. EACH UND >> CAN SHE REACH UNDECIDED VOTERS AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING ON THIS CRITICAL NIGHT ON THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE? >> NBC NEWS, LIVE FROM CHICAGO FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, HERE ARE LESTER HOLT AND SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> WE ARE LIVE IN CHICAGO AND TONIGHT BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF THOUSANDS, AT CAPACITY BY THE WAY AND THE MILLIONS WATCHING AT HOME, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL MAKE HISTORY WITH THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE. >> SHATTERING ANOTHER BARRIER, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN PERSON TO ACCEPT A MAJOR PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. >> THE ADDRESS IS PERHAPS HER BEST OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE HERSELF AND REINTRODUCE HERSELF AS THE NEW CANDIDATE WEEKS AFTER SHE TOOK OVER THE TOP OF THE TICKET. PR CANDIDATE WEEKS AFTER SHE TOOK OVER THE TOP OF THE TICKET FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> THE SPEECH IS SET TO FOCUS ON THREE AREAS. SHARING HER BACKGROUND, DRAWING A CONTRAST WITH HER OPPONENT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ALONG WITH CHAMPIONING HER PATRIOTIC VISION. >> THE THEME TONIGHT IS FOR OUR FUTURE AS THEY ENTER THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION DAY 75 DAYS AWAY. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO TONIGHT AND COMING UP WE WILL HEAR FROM A SLEW OF BIG NAMES INCLUDING REMARKS FROM THE ARIZONA SENATOR, A PERFORMANCE BY THE SINGER PINK, A SPEECH FROM GRETCHEN WHITMER AND A KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM THE STAR OF THE CONVENTION, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. >> HARRIS WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT ON HER 10th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND AS WE GEAR UP FOR AND GRAND FOR THE GRAND FINALE, WE JUST HAVE TO GO THERE. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF RUMORS IN THIS ARENA, A WEEKLONG THAT BEYONCI■MAY PERFORM TONIGHT. I'VE GOT TO SAY IT IS NOT YET CONFIRMED. THE CONVENTION HAS HAD A LOT OF SURPRISES BUT SECURITY GUARDS EARLIER SAY-- ON THE PREMISES, TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. >> THE CROWD CERTAINLY FEELING THAT ANTICIPATION AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR THE DIXIE CHICKS PERFORM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. LET'S GO TO THE STAGE NOW AND LISTEN. \M^O, SAY, CAN YOU SEE\E BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT^\M\E \M^WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED\E AT THE TWILIGHT'S\E LAST GLEAMING?^\M\E WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT 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 STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAIVE OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE? ♪♪ AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE [ APPLAUSE ] >> J >> SOME OF THE STAR POWER IS THAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH THIS CONVENTION AND WE EXPECT EVEN MORE BEFORE THE EVENING IS UP. WE WANT TO BRING IN MEET THE PRESS MODERATOR KRISTEN WELKER NOW AND OUR SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT HALLIE JACKSON. LET ME START WITH YOU. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY RAUCOUS AND IMPORTANT EVENT BUT IN TERMS OF-- HOW DOES IT LAUNCH THE CAMPAIGN FORWARD? WHAT ARE THE BLANKS OF THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS TO FILL IN TONIGHT? >> THE QUESTION IS WITH THE MOMENTUM THAT SHE HAS COMING INTO THE CONVENTION TURNED INTO A POSTCONVENTION-- AND A LOT OF IT WILL BE FROM WHAT WE HEAR FROM VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TONIGHT. WILL SHE CLEARLY LAY OUT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WILL SHE GOVERN DIFFERENTLY THAN PRESIDENT BIDEN? HOW WILL HER AGENDA BE DIFFERENT? WE'VE TALKED A LOT AT THIS TABLE ABOUT THE FACT THAT DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE TRYING TO SHIFT TO A MORE POSITIVE TONE FEELING LIKE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TACTICS OF TRYING TO PAINT DONALD TRUMP AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY MAY NOT BE RESONATING WITH VOTERS. >> THE CELEBRITY HOST, THERE HAS BEEN ONE EVERY NIGHT. WE'VE HEARD THE BEYONCI■RUMORS AND WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE RELATIVES OF KAMALA HARRIS AS WE WAIT FOR THEM. WE ARE EXPECTING HER TO KIND O -- WE'VE SAID THIS A LOT, TONIGHT SHE IS TRYING TO BE KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENT-- >> AND THE WORD I HAVE HEARD A LOT, PEOPLE KNOW HER NAME, OF COU PE F BUT THIS COURSE BUT THIS IS HER APPEARANCE AS THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE OF THE PARTY. DEFINING HER IN THIS MOMENT WILL BE CRITICAL THAT'S WHY THE KIDS, THE FAMILY, THE HUMANIZING PIECE OF IT LIKE WHEN HER HUSBAND TOOK THE STAGE, WILL BE IMPORTANT. THE POLL JUST OUT TODAY, SAVANNAH, DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING THAT MOMENTUM KEEPS MOVING FORWARD. >> FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE STANDS FOR, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR THE MEAT ON THE BONES OF POLICY OF WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO? >> SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO STRIKE A DELICATE-- DELICATE BALANCE BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE AUDIENCE SHE WILL HAVE TO LAY OUT HER VISION FOR AMERICA. THEY SAY SHE IS READY FOR THAT, THAT SHE IS RESOLUTE BUT ALSO JOYOUS.. THAT'S ANOTHER W SHE WILL HAVE TO LAY OUT HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND HER VISION FOR AMERICA. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE CLOSE TO HER TODAY SAY SHE IS READY FOR THAT AND IS RESOLUTE, BUT IS ALSO JOYOUS AND THAT'S ANOTHER WORD WE HEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN, THE WORD JOY. I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT PEOPLE ARE WARY WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS HERE-- [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] THE CROWD JUST WENT WILD AS TONY BALDWIN MAKES APPARENTLY A SURPRISE AN APPEARANCE WITH KERRY WASHINGTON. >> >> WE WI >> WHEN I SAY WHEN WE FIGHT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY-- ARE YOU READY? LET'S RECORD. WE ARE RECORDING. ARE YOU READY? WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. ARE YOU READY FOR KAMALA HARRIS TO WIN? [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] GOOD, BECAUSE WHEN, LA KAMALA WINS, WE WIN. WE DID IT, JOE. THANK YOU, TONY. NO, YOU'VE GOT TO GO. >> GOODBYE, EVERYBODY. >> TONY BALDWIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> >> SO KERRY WASHINGTON, THIS IS M ACTUALLY A STRATEGIC MOMENT BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE A VIRAL MOMENT . LESTER, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE WATCHED EVERY SEASON OF SCANDAL AND YOU RECOGNIZE THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN KERRY AND TONY BECAUSE OF THEIR CHARACTERS. THEY ARE TRYING TO CREATE THESE VIRAL MOMENTS AND SOME OF THAT HAS HAPPENED ORGANICALLY. >> WE SAW THAT ON ALL CORNERS. >> THEY ARE CREDENTIALED CONTENT CREATORS SO THEY ARE NOT FOOLING WITH US OLD MEDIUM - THESE OLD FOLKS. THEY ARE GOING FOR THE YOUNG VOTE >> IT'S PARTICULARLY CRITICAL BECAUSE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS TRAILING WITH YOUNG VOTERS. HE HAD GROWN BUT NOT ENOUGH. >> THESE ARE NOT VOTERS BUT WE ARE SEEING MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY COMING UP SO LET'S LISTEN IN HERE. >> PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE, KAMALA. LET'S PRACTICE, LET'S PRACTICE. >> EVERYBODY OVER HERE SAY KAMA. >> EVERYBODY OVER HERE SAY LA. >> TOGETHER. >> KAMA - LA. KAMA - LA. >> FOR PRESIDENT >> FOR PRESIDENT!! >> [ LAUGHTER ] THOSE ARE KAMALA HARRIS IS GRAND NIECES. HER NAME HAS BEEN MISPRONOUNCED INCLUDING BY POLITICAL OPPONENTS CONSISTENTLYE SAY TH. CONFUSION. >> LIKE A MICRO-AGGRESSION SOMETHING MORE SINISTER. >> WHICH BRINGS US TO A COUPLE THINGS. GIVEN THE HISTORIC NATURE OF HER CANDIDACY WHICH BRINGS US TO A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE HISTORIC NATURE HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT SHE HAS LEANED INTO HEAVILY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND THOSE AROUND HER SAY THAT THAT IS PRETTY INTENTIONAL. HER ROLE SPEAKS FOR HERSELF AND AS SHE WINS, THE FIRST CAUCASIAN PRESIDENT, WE TALK ABOUT YOUNG VOTERS, ELLA EMHOFF IS SOMEONE WHO TENDS TO GO VIRAL. >> I SEE YOU. I GREW UP IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] IN A HOUSE FULL OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN. MY MOM, MY GRANDMA, 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 NOW SHE'S GUIDED MY OW. CHILDREN. SHE GUIDED ME, AND NOW SHE IS GUIDING MY OWN CHILDREN. 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 DIDN'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS DOING, 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'S NEVER GOING TO STOP LISTENING TO ALL OF US. >> KAMALA HARRIS IS MY GODMOTHER. TO ME, HER ADVICE MEANS EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT'S PURSUING MY PASSION, MAKING AN IMPACT, OR FINDING HOPE WHEN THE WORLD DOESN'T 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+ E QUALITY, AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING BACK.S FIGHTIN >> SHE'S 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, AND LET'S ELECT THIS EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> KEY MOMENTS REMINDING VIEWERS THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT LOOK LIKE THIS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY CELEBRATING THE BLENDED NATURE OF THIS FAMILY AND PART OF THIS IS GETTING TO KNOW WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS. >> THE REINTRODUCTION OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. AND THESE VERY PERSONAL TIES AND PERSONAL PIECES OF HER PAST WILL BE SO CRITICAL TO THAT. >> LET'S GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND CHECK IN WITH TOM LLAMAS WHO IS IN THE THICK OF IT ALL. >> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENT RIGHT NOW SO EVERYONE IS SITTING AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE WE ARE WATCHING D.L. HUGHLEY ON STAGE, THE COMEDIAN AND ACTOR WHO HAS TAKEN THE PODIUM. LIKELY TO BE A LOT OF LAUGHS. YOU MAY NOTICE A LOT OF AMERICAN FLAGS. OLD GLORY IS THE START OF THE NIGHT. A LOT OF PATRIOTISM ON DISPLAY AT THE UNITED ENTER IN CHICAGO. THE ENERGY LEVEL THROUGHOUT THIS NIGHT, THE LAST NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION HAS BEEN ABOUT A 10 AND WHEN YOU TALK TO DELEGATES THEY SAY THEY ARE EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT ONLY HEARING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS BUT SEEING HER UP CLOSE. WE EXPECT HER TO GO WILD. JUST OVER MY SHOULDER, GOVERNOR WALZ HAS BEEN UP IN HIS SUITE AND THE FIRST GENTLEMAN AS WELL WATCHING THE ENTERTAINMENT. I WILL TELL YOU BECAUSE YOU MA I'VE PERFOR RUMOR ABOUT WHO , BEEN ASKING DELEGATES OF THEY HEARD THE RUMOR ABOUT WHO MAY OR MAY NOT PERFORM OR SHOW UP AND EVERYONE IS SAYING THEY HEAR THE SAME RUMOR. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT BUT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. BEYONCI■MAY OR MAY NOT BE HERE. THIS DELEGATE HERE IS THE ONE TALKING ABOUT THE RUMOR. WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FIRST? >> WE'VE HEARD BE READY FOR ALL OF THE SURPRISES HERE AT THE DNC. NIGHT NUMBER FOUR IS ALWAYS SHOULD BE WATCHING. , >>SOeporter: WHE THE SHE'S HERE BE READY AND SHOULD BE WATCHING. >> WHETHER SHE'S HERE OR NOT I'M SURE THE PLACE WILL EXPLODE WITH EXCITEMENT. WE'VE NOTICED SO MANY WOMEN IN WHITE THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION HALL. WHY IS THAT? >> THE SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT. PEOPLE GETTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND WITH THAT VOTE WE WILL PUT THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO REPRESENT ALL OF US. >> WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. REMIND ME YOUR NAME. >> VICTORIA MARTINEZ. >>>> Reporter: I WILL SEND IT BK TO YOU GUYS. >> TOM, THANK YOU. D.L. HUGHLEY HAS THE STAGE RIGHT NOW AND WE ILL SEND IT BACK UP TO YOU GUYS. >> THE CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT PETER ALEXANDER IS ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. CAN YOU MOVE DOWN THERE? I UNDERSTAND THEY'VE SHUT DOWN ACCESS A WHILE AGO. >> IF I SQUEEZE DOWN HERE, MY FEET ARE GOING TO NEED A MASSAGE AT THE END OF THESE LAST SEVERAL DAYS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STANDING IN THE AISLES. THIS HAS BEEN A STANDING ROOM ONLY EXPERIENCE. JOY, OPTIMISM AND PATRIOTISM ARE THE WORDS THAT KAMALA HARRIS IS GOING TO BE STRIKING. THAT MISSION, THAT MESSAGE, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN LIGHTING THINGS UP. MY NEW FRIEND FROM ATLANTA HERE, YOU ARE A DELEGATE HOW DOES THIS ONE COMPARE? >> IT'S PHENOMENAL. THIS IS A FREEDOM PARTY. WE'RE CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY.. WE'RE CELEBRATING FREEDOM. WE'RE CELEBRATING TRUTH. YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM. >> Reporter: GIVE ME A SENSE. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE OVER THE YOU INTO ONE OF THESE CONVENTIONS IN 2016 IN PHILADELPHIA. HOW DOES THIS ONE COMPARE? >> IT'S PHENOMENAL. I CAN'T EVEN SAY-- THIS IS LIKE A FREEDOM PARTY. WE ARE CELEBRATING FREEDOM, CELEBRATING TRUTH, AND YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM. >> YOU'VE BEEN HERE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS NIGHT. ON THE FIRST NIGHT WE GOT TO SEE JOE BIDEN. NIGHT TWO WE LIKE A POST GAME LOCKER ROOM PARTY CELEBRATION AS PEOPLE WERE LEAVING. TONIGHT YOU GET TO HEAR FROM KAMALA HARRIS HERSELF. HAVE YOU HEARD FRO HER? AND WHAT SIT ABOUT HER STORY THAT INSPIRES YOU? >> JUST HER VERACITY. I FEEL LIKE SHE WILL FIGHT FOR US. THE JOY SHE BRINGS. YOU HAVE FOLKS OUT THERE TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF HER LAUGH. IT MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. WE SHOULD HAVE MORE LAUGHTER AND MORE JOY. >> Reporter: WE WILL HANG OUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT. MOSTLY BECAUSE I CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE BUT THIS POSITION. WE'RE TIGHTLY SQUEEZED IN HERE. SAVANNAH AND LESTER, BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT. JOINING US NOW IS PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO.SAW THE O. LAST NIGHT, COACH WALLS HAD THIS PLACE READY FOR THE PEP TOP -- PEP TALK. TO THAT YOU GET TO HEAR FROM KAMALA HARRIS HERSELF. WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER STORY THAT HAS INSPIRED YOU? >> I THINK IT'S HER FEROCITY. I FEEL LIKE SHE'S GOING TO FIGHT FOR US. THE JOY THAT SHE BRINGS, WE SHOULD HAVE MORE LAUGHTER AND MORE JOY AND I THINK TS SHEOINGBRIN >> W HAD HANGING OUT WITH YOU MOSTLY BECAUSE I CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE WE ARE GOING TO HANG OUT TOGETHER. BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU. JOINING US NOW IS GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO WHO SPOKE AT THIS CONVENTION LAST NIGHT AND WAS PREVIOUSLY VETTED AS A POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE. TALK ABOUT THE EVENING, WHAT WE EXPECT AHEAD AND WHAT WE MOSTLY EXPECT FROM KAMALA HARRIS. >> FIRST OFF, KAMALA HARRIS IS COMING TO GREET THESE DELEGATES SENDING HER TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT HER LIFE STORY AND HEAR ABOUT THE KIND OF THINGS SHE WANTS TO DO. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR HER REMARKS TONIGHT. >> I THINK DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AGREE ON THAT. CANDIDATES CAN BE PARKED IN YOUR STATE. HOW DO YOU ASSESS IT >> HOW DO YOU ASSESS IT RIGHT NOW AND PARTICULARLY HAVING KAMALA HARRIS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET VERSUS JOE BIDEN WHO IS AN HONORARY PENNSYLVANIAN. WHAT IS THE LAY OF THE LAND? >> I THINK WHAT IS CLEAR IS HOW IT HAS CHANGED SINCE HE GOT OU . THE CANDIDATES, PENNSYLVANIA IS A WONDERFUL STATE AND INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING STATE TO WIN. KAMALA HARRIS THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY, 49 YARDS MARCHING UP THE FIELD. THE LAST YARD AND A HALF TO THE TOP. THE GOOD NEWS IS I THINK SHE IS POISED TO PICK THAT UP AND SHE UNDERSTANDS YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP IN COMMUNITY I THINK IT WAS A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THIS CONVENTION, SHE WAS IN PENNS. VANIA.I THINK IT WAS A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THIS CONVENTION. SHE WAS IN PENNSYLVANIA. NOT IN PHILLY OR PITTSBURGH, BUT WAS IN RURAL BEAVER COUNTY TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC ISSUES. REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF. >> A CONVENTION IS NOT A MEASURE OF PROGRESS NECESSARILY. HOW DO YOU CAPTURE THIS ENERGY AND ALSO THE REALITY? >> WHAT I HAVE DONE AND WHAT GREAT PEOPLE LIKE BOB HAVE DONE, HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB, ALWAYS PUTTING PEOPLE BEFORE THE POWERFUL UNLIKE HIS OPPONENT WHO DOES THE OPPOSITE. YOU'VE GOT TO LET THEM UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND PLAY OUT THE PLANS OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO LIFT THEM UP. I THINK SHE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. >> YOU SPOKE LAST NIGHT AND HAD THE CROWD GOING. THE NOTICE OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHO TWEETED OR PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA CALLED YOU THE HIGHLY OVERRATED JEWISH GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA AND REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BEST FRIEND TO ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE. I WILL LET YOU RESPOND. >> I THINK THE HEADSHAKE SAYS IT ALL. LOOK. IT'S A SERIOUS THING. MORE ANTI-SEMITIC TROPES FROM A GUY WHO WANTS TO LEAD THE NATION. HATRED AND BIGOTRY AND-- OTHERS IN OUR SOCIETY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I DON'T GET HIGH FROM THE GOODS OR LOW FROM THE ATTACKS BUT IT UPSETS OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE. WHEN THE GUY WANTS TO LEAD OUR NATION ATTACKS SOMEONE WHO IS DIFFERENT FROM HIM, IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL LESS SAFE. BLESSED WITH FOUR KIDS. WE HAVE FOUR KIDS AND TRY TO REASON TO BE GOOD PEOPLE. WE TRY TO RAISE THEM TO RESPECT OTHERS. THOSE VALUES, THOSE TRAITS. I THINK KAMALA HARRIS DOES. AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER AL THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE THOSE TRAITS. I THINK KAMALA HARRIS DOES. AT THE END OF THE DAY AFTER ALL THE POWER AND ALL THE ARTICULATION, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO, WHAT KIND OF PERSON DO WE WANT LEADING US? I WANT SOMEONE WHO IS CARING AND EMPATHETIC, NOT SOMEONE WHO IS DIVISIVE AND CHAOTIC. >> THIS ISSUE OF ISRAEL AND THE WAR IN GAZA HAS TRULY DIVIDED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THERE IS A LARGE UNCOMMITTED MOVEMENT IN A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN WHICH IS ANOTHER MUST WIN. >> I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS REALLY TRAGIC. IT'S TRAGIC WHAT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 7. WHEN A TERRORIST GROUP LED THE RAID INTO ISRAEL KILLING 1200 PEOPLE AND CAPTURING 200 HOSTAGES INCLUDING AMERICANS, SUFFERING ABUSES IN GAZA, I AM MORNING AND TAKING FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ISRAEL AND GAZA. I THINK THE WAY TO END THIS IS FOR HOSTAGES TO BE RETURNED HOME AND THE VIOLENCE ENDS, AND GET BACK TO MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE ABOUT CREATING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH. THERE IS SOME NUANCE TO THAT, I GET THAT, BUT THERE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO NUANCE WHEN IT COMES TO STANDING UP AGAINST HATRED AND BIGOTRY IN ALL FORMS. ANTI-SEMITISM, ISLAM A PHOBIA, WHATEVER HATRED IT IS, WE HAVE TO CONDEMN THAT AND WHEN PEOPLE LIKE DONALD TRUMP-- ACTION, IT MAKES IT HARDER TO FIND PEACE AND HARDER TO BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME. IT MAKES IT HARDER TO END THE VIOLENCE. >> BUT HEARING EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID, ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL THAT THE DIVISION COULD ERODE THE DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT IN SOME OF THOSE KEY STATES? >> AT THE END OF THE DAY FOLKS ARE GOING TO GO TO THE POLLS AND UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TWO STARK CHOICES. WE CAN GO WITH CHAOS AND EXTREMISM OR WE CAN GO WITH SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO BRING ABOUT A PEACEFUL AND TO THIS AND BRING HOSTAGES HOME AND WHO IS TRYING TO STOP THE VIOLENCE WE ARE SEEING IN GAZA. THAT IS THE PERSON ULTIMATELY IN KAMALA HARRIS. >> GOVERNOR SCHAPIRO, WE WILL LET YOU GET BACK TO THE CONVENTION. >> DO YOU KNOW IF BEYONCI■IS COMING? I HEARD A RUMOR. >> I AM NOT ON THE INSIDE. >> YOU ARE A FAN. GOVERNOR SCHAPIRO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. THEY ARE DOING A VIDEO AND WE WILL EXPECT IN A FEW MOMENTS TO HEAR ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THAT PERSONALLY INCLUDING FORBORT-- FORMER CONGRESSMAN KATHY GIFFORD. >> MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SAW EARLIER WITH REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND PEOPLE TELLING THEIR STORIES. VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE. >> LUCY McBATH. >> WHEN I WORKED FOR EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY AND MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR-- IN AMERICA, I SAW FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF TELLING OUR STORY. YOU JUST HEARD MINE, BUT THERE ARE MANY MORE TO TELL. ON DECEMBER 14, ON DECEMBER 14, 2012, I WALKED INTO SANDY HOOK SCHOOL. I STOPPED AT THE OFFICE, CHATTED WITH THE PRINCIPLE, AND STARTED MY DAY WITH MY SECOND- GRADER. SUDDENLY, A LOUD CRASH, LIKE MEDAL FOLDING CHAIRS FALLING . 154 GUNSHOTS BLARING HIDING IN THE COATS, TRYING . HIDING, TRYING TO SING WITH MY STUDENTS, TRYING TO READ TO THEM, TRYING TO DROWN OUT THE SOUND. TERROR. CRYING. RUNNING. I CARRY THAT HORRIFIC DAY WITH ME. 20 BEAUTIFUL FIRST GRADE CHILDREN AND SIX OF MY BEAUTIFUL COLLEAGUES WERE KILLED. THEY SHOULD STILL BE HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> AT ROBB ELEMENTARY. THE SCHOOL IS RECOGNIZING MY 10- YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LEXI FOR RECEIVING STRAIGHT A's. SHE RECEIVED THE GOOD CITIZEN AWARD AND WE POSED FOR PHOTOS. SHE WEARS A ST. MARYS SWEATSHIRT AND A SMILE THAT LIGHTS UP THE ROOM. 30 MINUTES LATER, A GUNMAN MURDERED HER. 18 CLASSMATES AND TWO TEACHERS. WE WERE TAKEN TO A PRIVATE ROOM WHERE POLICE TELL US SHE ISN'T COMING HOME. UVALDE'S PARENT NATIONAL RENEWS. FOR PARENTS EVERYWHERE REACH FOR THEIR CHILDREN. I REACH OUT FOR THE DAUGHTER I WILL NEVER HOLD AGAIN. [ APPLAUSE ]MY NIECE, SANDY PATRICE, WAS 22. SHE DROVE TO MYRTLE BEACH FOR SUNLIGHT AND FUN AND A MOTORCYCLE PARADE. HOURS LATER, MY PHONE RANG. A 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 AND THEN, TOO. I GOT TO HANDLING BUSINESS. I CALLED RELATIVES. THE POLICE. HOSPITALS, AND I KEPT CALLING. VOICE STUDY, HEARTBEAT PULSING. THEN I WAS CONNECT DID TO THE CORONER. 10 YEARS OF WAITING AND SANDY'S MURDER IS STILL UNSOLVED. I'LL KEEP CALLING AND I WILL KEEP FIGHTING. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] >> I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN MY CLASSMATE GOT SHOT. IT CHANGED MY STORY. INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT TAKING A TEST, I STARTED WORRYING ABOUT LIVING TO TAKE ANOTHER TEST. THEY SAY SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING AND I DID LEARN A LOT THAT DAY. I LEARNED HOW TO RUN, HOW TO HIDE AND DROP. THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEWS CAN HAPPEN TO ME. BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE AS WELL. THAT WE CAN AND MUST WRITE A NEW STORY IF WE CHOOSE TO. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE OUR STORIES OF LOSS -- HOURS ARE STORIES OF LOSS BUT 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.L RUN FOR O! [ APPLAUSE ] AND WE WILL OIN WITH AMERICANS FROM SMALL TOWNS AND BIG CITIES TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE COMMUNIT. S SAFE. AND, WE WILL ELECT LEADERS LIKE KAMALA HARRIS WHO WON'T JUST EMPATHIZE, BUT WILL ACT. JUST EMPATHIZE, BUT WILL ACT. >> NOT ONE MORE! >> TESTIMONY AND STRONG IMAGES THAT WE HOPE TO NEVER THINK ABOUT AGAIN. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS PARTY, IT IS CRITICAL FOR DEMOCRATS-- >> LIKE GABBY GIFFORD WHO WE WILL HEAR FROM IN A MOMENT, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GUN VIOLENC E TER SHE SURVIVED A MASS SURVIVORS AFTER SHE SURVIVED A MASS SHOOTING AT ONE OF HER CAMPAIGN EVENTS IN 2011 AND THAT SHOOTING LEFT ARE PARTLY PARALYZED. SINCE THEN SHE BUILT A MASSIVE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION GROUP TO THE FOREFRONT AND IS HERE TO TALK AGAIN BEFORE THIS CONVENTION. >> HELLO, FELLOW AMERICANS. I AM GABBY GIFFORD. I WAS BORN IN THE GREAT STATE OF ARIZONA. I GREW UP RACING MOTORCYCLES 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 8, THEN ON JANUARY 8, 2011, A MAN TRIED TO ASSASSINATE ME. HE SHOT 19 PEOPLE. HE KILLED SIX. TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE DAY. I ALMOST DIED. BUT I FOUGHT FOR MY LIFE AND I SURVIVED. [ APPLAUSE ] I LEARNED TO WALK AGAIN ONE STEP AT A TIME. I LEARNED TO TALK AGAIN, ONE WORD AT A TIME. SO MANY PEOPLE HELD ME AS I WORKED HARD TO RECOVER INCLUDING A DECENT MAN FROM DELAWARE WHO ALWAYS CHECKED IN 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 GRITTINESS. KAMALA CAN BEAT THE GUN LOBBY. SHE CAN FIGHT GUN TRAFFICKING. KAMALA STOOD UP TO ALL THE DRUG COMPANIES. SHE WILL PROTECT ABORTION ACCESS . SHE WILL DEFEND OUR-- AND SHE SAVED THE LIVES. JOIN ME IN VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS! THANK YOU. >> GABBY GIFFORDS WHO SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. SHE JUST SAID, WHAT AN INCREDIBLY COURAGEOUS ACT TO DO WHAT SHE JUST DID. I CAN GUARANTEE KNOWING HER AS I DO FROM THE SAME HOMETOWN, SHE WORKED VERY HARD FOR THAT MOMENT. >> AN INCREDIBLE SURVIVOR STORY. >> IT REALLY IS AND IS JUST ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT IS THE STARKEST DIVIDE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. WHO HAVE VERY DIFFERENT-- OF HOW TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. FROM SANDY HOOK, WE HEARD VICTIM FAMILY MEMBERS. THERE IS NOW A GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE IS PARAMOUNT. THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THIS GOES BACK TO OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUNG VOTERS. ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT RESONATES SO DEEPLY WITH THEM. >> THERE'S A CLASS OF NEW SURVIVORS GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND TURNING 18. THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE THAT DAY AND HAVE TURNED INTO VOTERS SO IT HAS BECOME A COMMON ISSUE FOR YOUNGER VOTERS. I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE CONVENTION FLOOR AND WE WILL HEAR A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE. WE KNOW THE BEYONCI■RUMORS BUT PINK IS SET TO PERFORM, A SONG CALLED WHAT ABOUT US AND HER BACKGROUND VOCALIST BEING HER OWN DAUGHTER WILLOW. VOCALISTS, HER OWN D >> LET'S WE EN.ARE SEARCHLIGHTS ♪ LA-DA-DA-DA-DA, WE CAN LA-DA-DA-DA-DA SEE IN THE DARK. WE ARE ROCKETS, POINTED UP AT THE STARS. [ MUSIC ] WE ARE BILLIONS OF BEAUTIFUL HEARTS ♪ AND YOU SOLD US AND YOU SOLD US DOWN THE RIVER TOO FAR. >> WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY EVER AFTER'S? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? WHAT ABOUT LOVE? WHAT ABOUT TRUST? WHAT ABOUT US? WE ARE PROBLEMS THAT WANT TO BE SOLVED. WE ARE CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LOVED. WE WERE WILLING, WE CAME WHEN YOU CALLED. BUT MAN, YOU FOOLED US. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. [ MUSIC ] WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY EVER AFTER'S? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? OH, WHAT ABOUT LOVE? WHAT ABOUT TRUST? WHAT ABOUT US? [ MUSIC ] >> STICKS AND STONES, THEY MAY BREAK THESE BONES BUT THEN, I'LL BE READY. ARE YOU READY? I DON'T WANT CONTROL, I WANT TO LET GO. I'LL BE READY. CAUSE NOW IT'S TIME TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE READY, WHAT ABOUT US? [ MUSIC ] WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY EVER AFTER'S? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? WHAT ABOUT LOVE? WHAT ABOUT TRUST? WHAT ABOUT US? [ MUSIC ] WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT US? [ APPLAUSE ] >> FIRST OF ALL, BEAUTIFUL JOB. THE ACOUSTICS, EVEN BETTER AND HOW COOL TO HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER SING BACKUP. >> WILLOW HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE LIKE HER MOM. PETER ALEXANDER ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. HI, PETER. >> I WAS STRUCK BY THE LAST SPEECHES WE HEARD ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. A SCHOOL TEACHER AND MOTHER, I COULD SEE YOU MOVED BY THE WORDS OF GABBY GIFFORDS AND THE OTHERS. WHAT DO THEIR STORIES MEAN TO YOU? >> I AM A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN, A 10-YEAR-OLD AND A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD AND I JUST WANT THEM TO BE SAFE AT SCHOOL. I'M ALSO A SCHOOLTEACHER AND I WANT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT THAT I TEACH TO BE SAFE EVERY DAY AND TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN FOCUS ON GETTING AN EDUCATION AND BE SAFE. >> I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING WITH US TONIGHT. HER STORY IS NOT UNIQUE AND OF COURSE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. ABORTION ACCESS, FEARS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE. THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE SAFE SCHOOLS AND SAFE COMMUNITIES ARE ONE OF THOUSANDS SIMILAR THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW DAYS. >> THERE'S THE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE GOING INTO THIS CAMPAIGN. SENATOR MARK KELLY WITH HIS WIFE . HE IS A FORMER ASTRONAUT REPRESENTING THE SWING STATE OF ARIZONA. HE HAS FLOWN COMBAT, FLOWN IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE AND VETTED BY THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN. >> HELLO, DEMOCRATS. >> SO, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD TO FOLLOW MICHELLE. I HAVE 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. AND THANKS TO A TEAM OF DOCTORS, NURSES AND ESPECIALLY HER SPEECH THERAPIST. I HAVE FLOWN INTO SPACE FOUR TIMES. I'VE 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. YOU RAN-- I RAN, NORTH KOREA AND ESPECIALLY CHINA WATCHED CLOSELY. WHAT IS TRUMP'S ANSWER? HE INVITED RUSSIA TO DO-- AND THESE ARE HIS WORDS, NOT MINE, WHATEVER THE HECK THEY WANT. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS ALWAYS CHAMPIONED AMERICA'S SUPPORT FOR NATO, FOR UKRAINE, AND FOR THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, SHE INVESTIGATED RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTION. SHE DEFENSE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS EVERYWHERE. YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TRUMP FEELS ABOUT THOSE. DONALD TRUMP SKIPPED HIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS. HE WAS TOO BUSY SUCKING UP TO DICTATORS AND DREAMING OF BECOMING ONE HIMSELF. TRUMP THINKS THAT AMERICANS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OUR SUCKERS AND LOSERS ARE SUCKERS AND LOSERS.. IF WE FALL FOR THAT AGAIN AND IF WE FALL FOR THAT AGAIN AND MAKE HIM THE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF, THE ONLY SUCKER WOULD BE US. KAMALA HARRIS KNOWS THAT STANDING WITH OUR ALLIES MEANS STANDING UP FOR AMERICANS.ICANS. [ APPLAUSE ] SHE WILL KEEP MODERNIZING OUR MILITARY TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS LIKE OUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT, TIM WALZ. THE WORLD LAUGHED AT TRUMP LITERALLY. BUT FOLKS, IT IS NOT FUNNY. WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, THAT MEANT THE WORLD WAS LAUGHING AT US. THE THREATS WE FACED ARE TOO SERIOUS. THE SACRIFICES OUR SERVICEMEMBERS MAKE ARE TWO SACRED. THE ALLIANCES WE'VE SPENT DECADES BUILDING ARE TWO CRITICAL. THAT IS WHAT'S AT STAKE NOW AND THE CHOICE, THE CHOICE ISN'T EVEN CLOSE, BUT IN ARIZONA AND NATIONWIDE, THIS ELECTION WILL BE. [ APPLAUSE ] WE WILL WIN IN THE SAME WAY WE LAUNCHED ROCKETS INTO SPACE AND NOW LAND FIGHTER JETS ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, AS ONE TEAM ON ONE MISSION. STATE BY STATE, VOTER BY VOTER, COMING TOGETHER. NO COUNTRY IS BETTER THAN OURS AT SOLVING BIG PROBLEMS. SO, ON NOVEMBER 5, LET'S PROVE THAT AMERICA IS STILL THE LEADER THAT THE WORLD NEEDS TODAY BY ELECTING THE LEADER WE NEED RIGHT NOW, KAMALA HARRIS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU! [ APPLAUSE ] >> PLEASE WELCOME, FORMER >> PLEASE WELCOME FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, LEON , LEN PANETTA, FORMER CONGRESSMAN, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CIA. >> I AM PROUD TO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMY, CONGRESS, THE WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF, CIA DIRECTOR, AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. I HAVE LOOKED INTO THE EYES OF OUR WARRIORS AND DEPLOYED THEM INTO BATTLE. I GAVE THE ORDER DIRECTING OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES TO FLY TWO HELICOPTERS 150 MILES INTO A-- AT NIGHT AND BY THE TIME THE SUN ROSE, OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS DEAD. [ APPLAUSE ] >> USA! USA! >> BECAUSE NOBODY ATTACKED OUR COUNTRY AND GETS AWAY WITH IT. NOBODY AWAY WITH IT, NOBODY. THAT'S -. THAT'S WHAT OUR THAT'S WHAT OUR WARRIORS DO. THAT'S WHAT OUR WARRIORS DO. OUR WARRIORS NEED A TOUGH, COOLHEADED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY FROM TYRANTS AND TERRORISTS. WE NEED KAMALA HARRIS BEHIND THE RESOLUTE DESK. RESOLUTE DESK. SHE KNOWS A TYRANT WHEN SHE SEES ONE. AND OUR ALLIES KNOW A LEADER WHEN THEY SEE ONE. ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, SHE WORKED WITH MORE THAN 150 WORLD LEADERS. SHE HAS LOOKED OUR ALLIES IN THE EYES AND SAID, AMERICA HAS YOUR BACK. TRUMP WOULD ABANDON OUR ALLIES AND ISOLATE AMERICA. WE TRIED TO THAT IN THE 1930S. IT WAS FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS IT THEN, AND IT'S FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS NOW. LISTEN TO PRESIDENT REAGAN. PRESIDENT REAGAN. ISOLATIONISM NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TO TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT, NEVER. TRUMP TELLS TYRANTS LIKE VLADIMIR PUTIN THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. KAMALA HARRIS TELLS TYRANTS, THE YOU CAN, NOT ON MY WATCH. SHE HAS WORKED WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST RUSSIA. SHE KNOWS THAT PROTECTING THEIR DEMOCRACY PROTECTS OUR DEMOCRACY, AS WELL. LOOK. DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORLD, AND HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR MILITARY. OUR FALLEN VETERANS ARE NOT SUCKERS, THEY ARE NOT LOSERS, THEY ARE HEROES. THEY ARE OUR HEROES! KAMALA HARRIS WILL HONOR OUR VETERANS AND IN TIM WALZ, WE WILL HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAS SERVED IN UNIFORM HONORABLY FOR 24 YEARS. KAMALA HARRIS UNDERSTANDS THIS MOMENT. IT IS A MOMENT OF DANGER AND A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY. SHE WILL KEEP AMERICA'S MILITARY THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD, THE STRONGEST EVER KNOWN. AND SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR MILITARY IS FOR. THE ROLE OF OUR MILITARY IS TO DEFEND US FROM FOREIGN ENEMIES. IT IS NOT TO THREATEN AMERICANS AND IT SURE AS HECK ISN'T TO PUT IMMIGRANTS IN CAMPS. EVERY PRESIDENT, EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE WORLD WAR II, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT HAS SHARED THE BELIEF THAT AMERICA MUST PROTECT DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD. EVERY PRESIDENT HAS HONORED OUR VETERANS AND THEIR SACRIFICES. EVERY PRESIDENT BUT ONE.E. WE FACE A CRITICAL CHOICE. VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO STANDS WITH OUR MILITARY AND STANDS UP FOR DEMOCRACY, OR SOMEONE WHO WILL DISRESPECT OUR HEROES AND UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY. MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THERE IS ONLY ONE CHOICE. ONE CHOICE. AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. WHEN SHE TAKES HER OATH OF OFFICE AS SHE WILL THIS JANUARY, OUR ALLIES WILL FEAR, OUR ENEMIES WILL FEAR, AND WE WILL HAVE A COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF THAT WE CAN TRUST. GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS AND GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY. >> FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA GIVING A COMMANDER IN CHIEF ENDORSEMENT FOR KAMALA HARRIS. >> FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA GIVING H COMMANDER- SPEECH OF THE NIGHT AND THE CONVENTION. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS IN THE BUILDING AND READY TO SPEAK. AND THE RUMORS OF BEYONCÉ STILL FLYING. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS. TONIGHT AHEAD, THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF TONIGHT BY PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WHO IS IN THE BUILDING AND ABOUT TO SPEAK AND THE RUMORS OF BEYONCI■STILL FLYING. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING SEVERAL REMARKS TALKING ABOUT THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ROLE AND VARNISHING THE CREDENTIALS OF KAMALA HARRIS. AND NOW VETERANS HAVE BEEN INVITED ON THE STAGE. >> SERVING IN THE GOVERNMENT NOW, ADDRESSING THE CONVENTION HALL. IT IS 10:00 IN THE EAST AND 9:00 HERE IN CHICAGO. >> FOR THE FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, THIS CROWD OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME WILL WITNESS HISTORY. >> YEAH, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS IN THE BUILDING NOW. SHE IS THE STAR OF THIS CONVENTION, BUT ESPECIALLY THIS NIGHT. SHE'S ABOUT TO OFFICIALLY BECOME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO RECEIVE THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. >> THAT SPEECH WILL ALSO BE HISTORIC BECAUSE OF THE BACK STORY. HARRIS TAKING THE STOP OF THE TICKET AFTER HER RUNNINGMATE, PRESIDENT BIDEN, STEPPED ASIDE AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. >> BEFORE THAT SPEECH, WE ARE EXPECTING SPEECHES FROM CONGRESSMAN ADAM GIFFORD AND NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR ROY COOPER. SUDDENLY IN POTENTIAL CONTENTION FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT'S YOUNGER SISTER, MAYA HARRIS. WE ALSO HAVE GRETCHEN WHITMER. >> AS WE GEAR UP FOR THE FINALE, IT IS NOT CLEAR IF WE WILL HAVE A SURPRISE GUEST. >> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> WE'RE REFERENCING THE BEYONÉE RUMORS. >> I KNOW. WE JUST CAN'T HELP OURSELVES. LET'S GO TO TOM LLAMAS WHO IS DOWN ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR WHERE APPARENTLY THE RUMORS ARE FLYING THAT SHE'S COMING. >> Reporter: YEAH. THAT RUMOR CONTINUES TO GROW. EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THAT FROM SOURCES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO THE DELEGATES HERE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ON THIS LAST NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION, EVERY OTHER NIGHT HAS FELT LIKE A PARTY. TONIGHT THERE ARE DIFFERENT LAYERS, AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT OVER THE PAST HOUR. FIRST WITH THOSE RELATIVES AND VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND NOW THE YOU SHALL YOU OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND PATRIOTISM. JUST BEHIND ME, A VERY POPULAR DEMOCRAT, ALSO ON THAT SHORT LIST INITIALLY FOR THE >>> LET'S LISTEN AS GRETCHEN WHITMER TAKES THE STAGE. >> I AM GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER. IN LANSING, THEY CALL ME GOVERNOR. BUT IN DETROIT, THEY CALL ME BIG RED. DONALD TRUMP CALLS ME THAT WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN. AS AN INSULT. BEING A WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN IS A BADGE OF HONOR. LIKE WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA, WE JUST GSD, GET STUFF DONE. AT 29, I JOINED THE SANDWICH GENERATION. SANDWICHED BETWEEN WORKING AND RAISING MY NEWBORN, AND CARING FOR MY MOM WHO WAS DYING FROM BRAIN CANCER. IT WAS HARD, BUT NOT EXTRAORDINARY. IT'S LIFE. THOSE NIGHTS REMINDED ME WHO I WAS FIGHTING FOR. PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT. KAMALA HARRIS KNOWS WHO SHE IS FIGHTING FOR AS WELL. SHE TOOK CARE OF HER MOM WHO ALSO BATTLED CANCER. AS PRESIDENT, SHE WILL FIGHT TO LOWER THE COST OF HEALTHCARE AND ELDER CARE FOR EVERY FAMILY. SHE HAS LIVED A LIFE LIKE OURS. SHE KNOWS US. DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T KNOW YOU AT ALL. YOU THINK HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN YOUR POWER-- WHEN YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN YOU CAN'T GET TO WORK? NO. HIS FIRST WORD WAS PROBABLY CHAUFFEUR.AS PROBABLY CHAUFFEUR. YOU THINK HE'S EVER HAD DO YOU THINK HE HAS EVER HAD TO TAKE ITEMS OUT OF THE CART BEFORE CHECKING OUT? DO YOU THINK HE'S EVER BEEN TO A GROCERY STORE? THAT'S WHAT THE CHAUFFEUR IS FOR . BUT KAMALA HARRIS, SHE GETS US. SHE SEES US. SHE IS US [ APPLAUSE ]. LOOK. WE'VE ALL LIVED THROUGH A LOT OF HISTORY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. FLOODS AND FIRES, AND ATTEMPTED COUP, A PLOT AND A PANDEMIC. IT'S 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'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET TO WORK, PICK UP THE KIDS AND PAY YOUR BILLS, AND 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? AND THEN YOU WILL ASK, WHO THE HECK IS IN CHARGE? WHAT IF IT'S HIM? WHAT IF IT'S AT THAT MAN FROM MAR-A-LAGO? I KNOW. IN 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 WE CHOOSE THE LEADER WHO IS TOUGH, TESTED, AND A TOTAL BAD--? TOTAL BADASS? I KNOW WHO I WANT AS OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. AMERICA, LET'S CHOOSE KAMALA HARRIS HARRIS.. >> TAKING THE STAGE THERE AND THE CONVENTION HALL GETS SET FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. LET'S GO TO KELLY O'DONNELL WHO WAS AT THE PODIUM POSITION. SHE HAS AN EAGLE EYED VIEW AND CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. WHAT IS THE VIBE? >> ALL WEEK LONG WE BEEN ABLE TO APPEAR RIGHT BEHIND THE STAGE AND SEE ALL OF THE SPEAKERS WHO ARE COMING UP. WE SEE SOME OF THE BACKSTAGE INTERACTIONS AND JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AGO THE BLUE CURTAIN CAME DOWN, THE BLUE WALL IF YOU WILL WHICH NOW BLOCKS OUR ABILITY TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING BACKSTAGE. SEPARATELY I'VE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF SIGNALS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THAT THERE IS A VERY SPECIAL SURPRISE GUEST AND WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT NOT GOING TOO FAR. AT THE SAME TIME I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN MAKING A PHONE CALL. HE AND THE FIRST LADY HAVE PLACED A PHONE CALL FROM CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY ARE ON VACATION, TO THE VICE PRESIDENT AND HAVE WISHED YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TONIGHT AND TO SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING TONIGHT. THERE ARE A LOT OF TANTALIZING TIDBITS ABOUT WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING BACKSTAGE. WE'VE HAD FORCES-- SOURCES THAT HAVE TOLD US IT'S EYONCI, SOURCES THAT HAVE SAID IT'S NO . IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST RUMORS OF THE EVENING AND OF COURSE THE SONG FREEDOM IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN A PLAYLIST ALREADY WHETHER IT'S A DJ OR PEOPLE DOING THE LEE HARRIS-- THE LYRICS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS WILL SHE BE HERE TONIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW AND I DON'T WANT TO GO FAR BEYOND WHAT EDITORIAL STANDARDS ALLOW, BUT IT'S ONE HECK OF A CLUE. >> WE ARE RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THIS LUNACY. IF IT'S NOT I HOPE IT WILL BE TAYLOR SWIFT OR SOMETHING. >> THEY BETTER COME UP WITH SOMEONE BECAUSE THE ANTICIPATION IN THIS ROOM, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOPPING ME. >> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY TRY TO DO THESE SURPRISES BUT LAST NIGHT OPRAH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE BUT THE CAT WAS OUT OF THAT BAG AND SOME ARE PROBABLY SURPRISED BUT NOT EVERYONE. >> SHE WAS NOT ON THE LIST THAT COMES OUT THAT WAS MEANT TO BUILD ANTICIPATION AND GET PEOPLE EXCITED. REMEMBER, THAT'S WHAT THIS CONVENTION IS ALL ABOUT. IT IS A PARTY. IT IS A TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO RESET. >> THAT'S WHAT CONVENTIONS ARE ABOUT. >> THEY WANT TO SHOW UP AND BRING THE MOMENTUM AND THEY WANT TO KEEP WHAT'S CALLED THE HONEYMOON GOING HERE. >> WE TALKED ABOUT THE BLUE CURTAIN AND THE BLUE WALL AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MOMENTUM BUILDING AROUND KAMALA HARRIS DEMOCRATS WILL POINT TO MICHIGAN WHERE SHE IS DOING BETTER THAN THE FORMER PRESIDENT. >> BRINGING IT BACK TO THE POLITICAL LANE THAT WE NEED TO STAY IN, DEMOCRATS HAVE ALWAYS HAD CELEBRITIES COME OUT HERE. DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO VOTES? >> IT COULD ENERGIZE YOUNG VOTERS. THESE ALL IMPORTANT YOUNG VOTERS. BUT TIMING IS IMPORTANT GOING BACK TO 2016. BEYONCI■WHO DID A BIG EVENT FOR HILLARY CLINTON RIGHT BEFORE ELECTION DAY. >> WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM FORMER ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN COAT CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER WHO DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A PROUD CONSERVATIVE BUT TONIGHT HE IS THROWING HIMSELF BEHIND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. >> AS PART OF THE SOMETIMES AWKWARD ALLIANCE THAT WE HAVE TO DEFEND 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 A HILL. I WAS A REPUBLICAN FOR 12 YEARS IN CONGRESS AND I STILL HOLD ON TO THE LABEL. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE HERE BUT LISTEN, YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D SEE ME HERE, DID YOU? I'VE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND I WANT TO LET MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS IN ON THE SECRET. THE DEMOCRATS ARE AS PATRIOTIC AS US. AS US. THEY LOVE THIS COUNTRY JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO. AND THE USA! USA!Y USA! USA!ARE AS >> AND THEY -- AND 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'VE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT MY PARTY AS WELL, SOMETHING I COULDN'T IGNORE. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NO LONGER CONSERVATIVES. 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 THANKLESS MAN PRETENDING TO BE RIGHTEOUS. HE'S A PERPETRATOR WHO CAN'T STOP THEM. HE PUTS ON QUITE A SHOW BUT THERE IS NO REAL STRENGTH THERE. AS A CONSERVATIVE AND A VETERAN I BELIEVE THAT TRUE STRENGTH LIES IN DEFENDING THE VULNERABLE. IT IS IN PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY. STANDING UP FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR DEMOCRACY. THAT IS THE GOAL OF BEING A CONSERVATIVE. IT 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 STABBING OUR STRENGTH, SOFTENING OUR SPINE. WHIPPING US INTO A FEVER THAT HAS UNTETHERED US FROM OUR VALUES. DEMOCRACY WAS-- BY THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6 AS DONALD TRUMP LED A SIEGE ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL. THAT DAY, I STOOD WITNESS TO A PROFOUND SORROW, THE DESECRATION OF OUR SACRED TRADITION, THE PEOPLE'S TRANSITION OF POWER TARNISHED BY A MAN TOO FRAGILE, TOO VAIN AND TOO WEAK TO ACCEPT DEFEAT. [ APPLAUSE ] HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO BE PATRIOTIC IF IT IDOLIZES A MAN WHO TRIES TO OVERTHROW A FEAR-- FREE AND FAIR ELECTION? HOW CAN A PARTY THAT CLAIMS TO STAND FOR LIBERTY IF IT SEES A FIGHT IN UKRAINE, PITTING TYRANNY AGAINST DEMOCRACY, A CHALLENGE TO EVERYTHING THAT OUR NATION CLAIMS TO BE AND THEN RETREATS? IT EQUALED THE KATES. IT NOMINATES A MAN WHO IS WEIRDLY OBSESSED WITH PUTIN AND HIS RUNNING MATE WHO SAID QUOTE, I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS IN UKRAINE. YEAH. HE WANTS TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, YEAH. HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO BE CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT TARNISHES THE GIFT THAT FORBEARERS FOUGHT FOR? MEN LIKE MY GRANDFATHER WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AND WHO BELIEVED IN A CAUSE BIGGER THAN HIMSELF AND WRIST HIS LIFE FOR IT BEHIND ENEMY LINES TO PRESERVE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY? THE GENERATION FOUND THE COURAGE TO FACE ARMIES. ALL WE ARE ASKING THEM TO DO IS TO SUMMON THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO ONE WEEK MAN. SOME HAVE QUESTIONED WHY I'VE SE TAKEN THE STAND THAT I HAVE AND THE ANSWER IS REALLY SIMPLE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE MUST PUT COUNTRY FIRST. AND TONIGHT, TONIGHT AS A REPUBLICAN SPEAKING BEFORE YOU, I AM PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST BECAUSE THE FACT IS, I DO BELONG HERE. ALLEGIANCE TO THE RULE OF LAW, I KNOW THE KAMALA HARRIS SHARES MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE RULE OF LAW, THE CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY AND SHE IS DEDICATED TO HELP UPHOLD ALL THREE IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WHATEVER POLICIES WE DISAGREE ON PALE IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE FUNDAMENTAL MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE, OF DECENCY, AND A FIDELITY TO THIS NATION. LISTEN. TO MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS. IF YOU STILL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THOSE PRINCIPLES, I SUSPECT YOU BELONG HERE, TOO. BECAUSE DEMOCRACY KNOWS NO PARTY . IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING IDEAL THAT DEFINES US AS A NATION. IT'S THE BEDROCK THAT SEPARATES US FROM TYRANNY AND WHEN THE FOUNDATION IS FRACTURED, WE MUST ALL STAND TOGETHER UNITED TO STRENGTHEN IT TOGETHER UNITED. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> IF IF YOU THINK THOSE PRINCIPLES ARE WORTH DEFENDING, THAT I URGE YOU TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE. VOTE FOR OUR BED ROCK VALUES AND VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. GOD BLESS YOU. >> LONGTIME CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN GETTING A WELCOME AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND SAYING HIS PARTY HAS BEEN REJECTED. >> IN FACT HE SAID THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NO LONGER CONSERVATIVE, A STEAMING INDICTMENT OF THE PARTY UNDER TRUMP AND WHO PAY THE PRICE. THIS IS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'S YOUNGER SISTER, MY UP. >> IN 1958, A 19-YEAR-OLD FROM INDIA LEFT THE ONLY COUNTRY SHE HAS EVER KNOWN TO CHART 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 G. HARRIS. HER NAME WAS DOCTOR SHYAMALA GOPALAN HARRIS ACTIVIST, A SCIENTIST, A DEVOT D HER MOMMY. SHE WAS A SCIENTIST, AND ACTIVIST, A DEVOTED MOTHER TO TWO LITTLE GIRLS BUT MOST OF ALL SHE WAS A TRAILBLAZER WHO DEFIED THE ODDS. WHEN IT CAME TO KAMALA AND ME, MOMMY HAD GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR US AND SHE HAD EVEN GREATER EXPECTATIONS OF US. SHE RAISED US TO BELIEVE THAT WE COULD BE AND DO ANYTHING, AND 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 STORY JUST AS SHE HAD BEEN THE AUTHOR OF HER OWN. THE OPPORTUNITY THAT SHE WANTED FOR KAMALA AND ME, THAT IS A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN STORY. WE MAY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT HISTORY. DIFFERENT STRUGGLES OR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT WHAT BINDS US TOGETHER IS THE FERVENT DESIRE TO BE FREE TO FULFILL OUR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL. ,'S ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT FIGHTING FOR EACH OF US TO HAVE THAT FREEDOM. AND LIKE SO MANY AMERICANS, KAMALA KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE UNDERESTIMATED AND BE COUNTED OUT. SHE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE THE UNDERDOG AND YET STILL BEAT THE ODDS. AND NOW, SHE HAS CREATED SO MUCH ELECTRICITY, SO MUCH OPTIMISM, SO MUCH JOY THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND 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. WELL LOOK. MY SISTER REJECTS THAT VIEW. WHERE OTHERS PUSH DARKNESS, 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 BACKACK.. BECAUSE KAMALA UNDERSTANDS WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. SHE KNOWS THE MEASURE OF OUR SUCCESS ISN'T JUST WINNING AN ELECTION, IT'S ABOUT WHO WE BRING ALONG AND LIFT UP IN THE PROCESS. SO AS I LOOK OUT AT ALL OF YOU TODAY, 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 BEA , SHE WOULD SAY THAT'S ENOUGH, YOU'VE GOT WORK TO DO. SHE WOULD TELL ALL OF US TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK, TO ELECT A LEADER WHO SEES THE POTENTIAL IN EACH OF US, A LEADER WHO CARES FOR ALL OF US. A LEADER WHO FIGHTS FOR EVERY ONE OF US. OUR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, MY BIG SISTER, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, KAMALA HARRIS HARRIS!. >> MAJA HARRIS THE SISTER OF THE VICE PRESIDENT WITH A RINGING ENDORSEMENT. YOUNGER SISTER AND ONLY SIBLING. >> N >> A CLOSE POLITICAL ALLY WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND WAS-- AS A POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE WHEN THEY WERE BOTH STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S. >> WHAT STANDS BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOMENT WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR. I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT TO IT. ALL WEEK YOU'VE 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 THE AG'S WERE CLOSE TO SETTLEMENTS WITH BIG BANKS AND IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL AND WOULD HAVE MEANT $4 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES WHO HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT KAMALA SAID HANG ON A MINUTE . I'VE MET THESE FAMILIES. I KNOW WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, AND THEY DESERVE MORE. SHE WENT TOE TO TOE WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL EXECUTIVES AND SHE REFUSED TO GIVE IN. LET ME TELL YOU. THIS WAS A HUGE RISK, BUT SHE KNEW IT WAS A RISK WORTH TAKING. THAT'S KAMALA. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THE BANKS CAVED. $4 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES BECAME $20 BILLION. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I WITNESSED KAMALA IN ACTION AND WHAT I SAW WAS A LEADER WHO DOES EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAYS SHE'S GOING TO DO. WHO NEVER WILL SETTLE FOR LESS. AMERICA, WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG FIGHTS AHEAD OF US AND WE'VE GOT ONE HECK OF A FIGHTER READY TO TAKE THEM ON. I KNOW THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW HER. AND TONIGHT I WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH HER ON EVERYTHING, KAMALA HARRIS WILL FIGHT FOR YOU TO 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, OR WORKERS WORRIED ABOUT A SECURE RETIREMENT FOR THEMSELVES. KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. FOR ANY ONE OF OUR ALLIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WONDERING IF AMERICA STILL HAS YOUR BACK, REMEMBER THIS. KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. AND WHEN SHE FIGHTS, WE WIN. KAMALA IS READY. THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE? ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP AND 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 OWN STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, STAND UP. STAND UP, PENNSYLVANIA. STAND UP, MICHIGAN. STAND UP, WISCONSIN. STAND UP, GEORGIA. STAND UP, NEVADA. STAND UP, ARIZONA. STAND UP, AMERICA. ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP OR-- ARE WE GOING TO FIGHT? ARE WE GOING TO VOTE? ARE WE GOING TO WIN? YOU BET WE ARE. LET'S GO GET THEM. >> GOVERNOR ROY COOPER WITH A RALLYING CRY FROM THE CONVENTION HALL THAT IS ABOUT AS FIRED UP AS IT CAN GET. WE ARE ENTERING A PORTION OF PROGRAMMING THAT GETS US READY. LET'S WATCH. >> SHOWING UP AT YOUR LAW SCHOOL GRADUATION. KAMALA HARRIS LEARNED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MIDDLE-CLASS, MAKING EVERY PAYCHECK COUNT. SHE WAS RAISED BY A WORKING MOM WHO TAUGHT HER ABOUT STANDING UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT AND PEOPLE YOU LOVE. >> KAMALA CARRIES LESSONS FROM OUR MOTHER. COMPASSION. >> SHE WAS 5' TALL AND IF YOU MET HER YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT SHE WAS 7' TALL. OUR MOTHER AFTER KAMALA WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT ANYTHING SHE WOULDN'T HAVE IT . THE FIRST THING SHE WOULD SAY IS STOP THE COMPLAINING AND TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. >> SINCE SINCE SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL SHE'S BEEN FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES LIKE THE ONES SHE GREW UP WITH. >> THAT IS KAMALA. SHE CAN'T HELP HERSELF FROM STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT SHE THINKS IS RIGHT. SHE HAS BEEN THAT WAY OUR WHOLE LIFE, BEING A PROTECTOR. IT'S WHAT LED HER TO BECOME A PROSECUTOR. >> LOOKING BACK NOW I WOULD SAY IT IS HER CALLING. TARGETED WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND WHEN PROSECUTORS RIPPED OFF WORKING FAMILIES, SHE PUT DANGEROUS GANG MEMBERS IN HUMAN TRAFFICKERS BEHIND BARS. >> WE DO NOT HAVE PARTNERSHIP FOR DOJ OR FBI OR ANY OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. NOW WE ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELYE SHE WAS THE FOUNDATION FOR HOW WE DO CRIMINAL-- IN AMERICA. >> SHE HELD THE LOST RATE BANKS ACCOUNTABLE WINNING $20 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA CITIZENS. SHE TOOK ON ONE OF THE LARGEST FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES AND FOUGHT FOR HER CONSTITUENTS. STANDING UP FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. >> WE'VE GOT THE POWER TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE FEMALE BODY. >> I AM NOT THINKING OF ANY RIGHT NOW. >> SHE FOUGHT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE FROM THE TERROR OF GUN VIOLENCE. >> HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAD AGED-- FROM WHEN YOU NEED TO HIDE IN THE CORNER OR IN THE CLOSET? >> SHE DEFENDED OUR NATION AGAINST FOREIGN ADVERSARIES AND IN 2020 SHE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SHE CAST THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE TO DELIVER URGENT RELIEF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DURING THE PANDEMIC. SHE HELPED CAS THE COST OF INSULIN.T-- CAPPED E COST OF INSULIN. SHE LED THE FIGHT FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AFTER ROE VERSUS 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'S NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO STAND UP TO POWERFUL INTEREST IS. >> SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOU AND LEAVE IT OPEN, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T AND YOU NEED TO KICK THAT DOOR DOWN. >> NOW S >> NOW SHE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. STILL FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES LIKE THE ONE SHE GREW UP WITH. >> WE TRUST THE PEOPLE. WE ARE SAYING WE JUST WANT FAIRNESS AND DIGNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. WE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS, WE HAVEN'T QUITE REACHED ALL OF THOSE IDEALS, BUT WE WILL DIE TRYING BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY. WE BELIEVE IN OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE NOT FALLING FOR FOLKS TRYING TO DIVIDE US, TRYING TO PULL US APART. WE KNOW WHAT WE STAND FOR AND WE STAND FOR THE PEOPLE AND WE STAND FOR THE DIGNITY OF WORK AND WE STAND FOR FREEDOM. WE STAND FOR JUSTICE OF IT. >> THAT'S WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS.. THAT'S WHO SHE BELIEVES. THAT'S WHO SHE WILL FIGHT FOR EVERY DAY. ♪♪ FREEDOM, FREEDOM, WHERE ARE YOU ♪♪ I BREAK CHAINS ALL BY MYSELF ♪♪ SO THAT MY FREEDOM N'T ROT IN HELL ♪♪ HEY, I'M GOING TO KEEP RUNNING BECAUSE A WINNER DON'T QUIT ON THEMSELVES ♪♪ >>> PLEASE WELCOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. KAMALA HARRIS.MALA HARRIS. [ APPLAUSE ] ♪♪ FREEDOM, FREEDOM, I CAN'T MOVE ♪♪ FREEDOM, FREEDOM, WHERE ARE YOU ♪♪ BECAUSE I NEED FREEDOM TOO ♪♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >> YESTERDAY WE HEARD THE WORD, JOY, SEVERAL TIMES. TO THINK THAT A MONTH AGO NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. BUT THIS IS THE JOY THAT THEY WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM KAMALA HARRIS. HARRIS. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. OKAY. YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, ALL. THANK YOU, ALL. OKAY. LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME START BY THANKING MY THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S GET THE BUSINESS. LET'S GET THE BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. LET ME START BY THANKING MY MOST IMPORTANT -- INCREDIBLE HUSBAND, DOUG. BEING AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO ME, AND INCREDIBLE FATHER. TO OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, TO COLE AND ALLAH. I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH. TO OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN -- WHEN I THINK ABOUT TRAVELING TOGETHER, JOE, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE. YOUR RECORD IS EXTRAORDINARY AS HISTORY WILL SHOW. YOUR CHARACTER IS INSPIRING. >> COACH, TIM WALZ, YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE VICE PRESIDENT. AND, TO THE DELEGATES 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, OUR MOTHER, OUR MOTHER, DR. SHYAMALA GOPALAN HARRIS, I MISS HER EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. LOOKING DOWN SMILING. [ APPLAUSE ] SHE'S LOOKING DOWN NOW. I KNOW THAT. MY MOTHER WAS NIGHT TEEN -- 19 WHEN SHE CROSSED THE ROAD ALONE 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. AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, SHE MET MY FATHER, DONALD HARRIS. A STUDENT FROM JAMAICA. THEY FELL IN LOVE AND GOT MARRIED, THE SELF-DETERMINATION THEY 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, WISCONSIN, AND WHEREVER OUR PARENTS JOBS TOOK US. MY EARLY MEMORIES OF OUR PARENTS TOGETHER ARE VERY JOYFUL ONCE. A HOME FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND MUSIC. ARETHA, COLTRANE, MILES. AT THE PARK, MY MOTHER WOULD SAY TO STAY CLOSE. MY FATHER WOULD SAY AS HE SMILED, RUN. ,, RUN. DON'T BE AFRAID. DO NOT LET ANYTHING STOP YOU. FOR 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. 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 -- IN THE BAY, YOU EITHER LIVE IN THE HILLS OR THE FLATLANDS. WE LIVED IN THE FLATS. A BEAUTIFUL WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD OF FIREFIGHTERS, NURSES, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. ALL WHO ATTENDED THEIR LAWNS WITH PRIDE. MY MOTHER WORKED LONG HOURS. LIKE MANY WORKING PARENTS, SHE LEANED ON A TRUSTED CIRCLE TO HELP RAISE US. MR. SHELTON, WHO RAN THE DAYCARE BELOW US AND BECAME A SECOND MOTHER. UNCLE SHERMAN, AUNT MARY, UNCLE FREDDIE, AND CHRIS -- NONE OF THEM WERE FAMILY BY BLOOD. ALL OF THEM, FAMILY BY LOVE. LOVE. [ APPLAUSE ] FAMILY WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE GUMBO, HOW TO PLAY CHESS, AND SOMETIMES LETS US WIN. FAMILY WHO LOVES US. BELIEVED IN US. AND TOLD US WE COULD BE ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING. INSTILLED IN US THE VALUES THEY PERSONIFIED. COMMUNITY. 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. AND AS THE ELDEST CHILD, AS THE ELDEST, I SAW HOW THE WORLD WOULD SOMETIMES TREAT HER. 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. SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT INJUSTICE. BUT, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THAT WAS MY MOTHER. AND, AND SHE ALSO TAUGHT US TO NEVER DO ANYTHING HALF ASSED. THAT WAS A DIRECT QUOTE. A DIRECT QUOTE. I GREW UP IMMERSED IN THE IDEALS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. MY PARENTS MET AT A CIGARETTE'S -- CIVIL RIGHTS GATHERING. THEY MADE SURE WE LEARNED ABOUT LEADERS LIKE THURGOOD MARSHALL, CONCERTS -- CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY. THOSE WHO -- WHO BATTLED IN THE COURTROOM TO MAKE A REAL PROMISE OF AMERICA. AT A YOUNG AGE, I DECIDED I WANT TO DO THAT WORK. I WANTED TO BE A LAWYER. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CHOOSE THE TYPE OF LAW I WOULD PURSUEPURSU REFLECTED ON A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MY LIFE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH , REFLECTED ON A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MY LIFE. 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. 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. SHE DID. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS -- I BECAME A PROSECUTOR. TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE WANDA. BECAUSE I BELIEVED EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO SAFETY, DIGNITY, AND JUSTICE. AS A PROSECUTOR, WHEN I HAD A CASE, CAIN, I CHAR THEIT NOT NAME OF E 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. AGAINST ALL OF US. 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. HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> AND TO BE CLEAR, AND TO BE AND, TO BE CLEAR -- AND TO BE CLEAR, MY ENTIRE CAREER, I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE CLIENT, THE PEOPLE. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, RACE, GENDER, OR THE LANGUAGE YOUR 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, THE STORY COULD ONLY BE WRITTEN IN THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH. I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF AMERICA.! WITH THE SELECTION -- WITH THIS ELECTION, OUR NATION>> AND WITHA 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, AS AMERICANS. LET ME SAY, I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS POLITICAL VIEWS WATCHING TONIGHT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT A PROMISE TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS . YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST ME TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY AND SELF. TO HOLD SACRED AMERICAS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES, FROM THE RULE OF LAW, TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. 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. AND, 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 ABUSE THEM. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA I TOOK ON THE BIG BANKS. DELIVER $20 BILLION FROM MIDDLE- CLASS -- FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES WHO FACED FORECLOSURE. HELP PASS A HOMEOWNER BILL OF RIGHTS. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. I STOOD UP FOR VETERANS AND STUDENTS BEING SCAMMED BY BIG FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES.FOR PROFIT S FOR WORKERS WHO WERE BEING CHEATED OUT OF THEIR WAGES. THE WAGES THEY WERE DUE. FOR SENIORS, FACING ELDER ABUSE. I FOUGHT AGAINST THE CARTELS WHO TRAFFICKED GUNS AND DRUGS AND HUMAN BEINGS. WHO THREATENED THE SECURITY OF OUR BORDER AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD TELL YOU THESE FIGHTS WERE NOT EASY. NEITHER WERE THE ELECTIONS THAT PUT ME IN THOSE OFFICES. WE WERE UNDERESTIMATED AT PRACTICALLY EVERY TURN. BUT, WE NEVER GAVE UP. BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS WORTH FIGHTING FOR [ APPLAUSE ]. AND THAT IS THE FIGHT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW. OF FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE. FELLOW AMERICANS, 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 -- 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. ALSO, THE GRAVITY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE HE LOST THE LAST ELECTION. DONALD TRUMP, TRIED TO THROW AWAY YOUR VOTES. WHEN HE FAILED, HE SENT AN ARMED MOB TO THE U.S. CAPITOL, WHERE THEY ASSAULTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WHEN POLITICIANS IN HIS OWN PARTY BEGGED HIM TO CALL OFF THE MOB AND SEND HELP, HE DID THE OPPOSITE. HE FANNED THE FLAMES. AND, NOWOR AN ENTIRE, FOR AN E DIFFERENT SET OF CRIMES, HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD BY A JURY OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS. AND, SEPARATELY, FOUND LIABLE FOR COMMITTING SEXUAL ABUSE. SEXUAL ABUSE. AND CONSIDER -- CONSIDER WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO IF WE GIVE HIM POWER AGAIN. CONSIDER HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO SET FREE VIOLENT EXTREMISTS WHO ASSAULTED THOSE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE CAPITOL. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO JAIL JOURNALISTS, POLITICAL OPPONENTS, AND ANYONE HE SEES AS THE ENEMY. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO DEPLOY OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AGAINST OUR OWN CITIZENS. CONSIDER THE POWER HE WILL HAV , ESPECIALLY AFTER THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUST RULED THAT HE WOULD BE IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. JUST IMAGINE DONALD TRUMP WITH NO GUARDRAIL. AND HOW HE WOULD USE THE IMMENSE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. NOT INTO -- TO IMPROVE YOUR LIVES, NOT TO STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT, TO SERVE THE ONLY CLIENT HE HAS EVER HAD. HIMSELF. CLIENT HE HAS EVER HAD, HIMSELF. AND WE KNOW WHAT A SECOND TRUMP TERM WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT IS LAID OUT IN PROJECT 2025. WRITTEN BY HIS CLOSEST ADVISORS. IT IS THE 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. WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO WHEN 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 COULD DENY PEOPLE WITH PRE-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 AND PROGRAMS LIKE HEAD START THE PROVIDES PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE FOR OUR CHILDREN. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GO AND WE ARE STARTING A NEW WAY FORWARD. FORWARD. TO A FUTURE WITH A STRONG AND GROWING MIDDLE CLASS. BECAUSE WE KNOW A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL TO AMERICA'S SUCCESS. BUILDING THAT MIDDLE-CLASS WILL BE A DEFINING GOAL OF MY PRESIDENCY PRESIDENCY.. [ APPLAUSE I WOULD TELL YOU, THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME. THE MIDDLE CLASS IS WHERE I COME FROM. MY MOTHER KEPT A STRICT BUDGET. WE LIVED WITHIN OUR MEANS. YET, WE WANTED FOR LITTLE. SHE EXPECTED US TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES 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, WHERE EVERYBODY 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. AMERICAN COMPANIES, TO 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 BUSINESS OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND -- WE WILL END AMERICA'S HOWDY -- HOUSING SHORTAGE. WE WILL PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. NOW COMPARE THAT TO DONALD TRUMP. BECAUSE I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS, HE DOES NOT 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 $5 TRILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. AND ALL THE WHILE HE INTENDS TO ENACT IS A NATIONAL SALES TAX, CALL IT A TRUNK TAX, THAT WILL RAISE PRICES ON MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES BY ALMOST $4000 A YEAR. INSTEAD OF A TAX HIKE, WE WILL PASS A 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 THOSE DECISIONS. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, DONALD TRUMP HAND-PICKED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. AND NOW HE BRAGS ABOUT IT. IN HIS WORDS, QUOTE, I DID IT, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE DONE IT. AND QUOTE. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS I TRAVELED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. WOMEN HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STORE. HUSBANDS AND FATHERS HAVE SHARED THEIRS. 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 FAMILIES, CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF IVF TREATMENTS. CHILDREN WHO HAVE SURVIVED SEXUAL ASSAULT POTENTIALLY 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. BAND MEDICATION ABORTION. AND AN ACT A NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN WITH OUR WITHOUT CONGRESS. GET THIS -- GET THIS, HE PLANS TO CREATE A NATIONAL ANTIABORTION COORDINATOR. AND FOR STATES TO REPORT ON WOMEN'S MISCARRIAGES AND ABORTIONS. SIMPLY PUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. ONE MUST ASK, WHY EXACTLY IS IT THAT THEY DON'T TRUST WOMEN? WELL, WE TRUST WOMEN. WE TRUST WOMEN. AND WHEN CONGRESS PASSES A BILL TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, AS PRESIDENT O , AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WILL PROUDLY SIGN INTO LAW. IN THE SELECTION, MANY OTHER FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ARE AT STAKE. THE FREEDOM TO BE SAFE FROM OUR -- GUNS IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS. THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO YOU LOVE OPENLY WITH PRIDE. THE FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR, AND A DRINK CLEAN WATER, AND LIVE FREE FROM POLLUTION THAT FUELS THE CLIMATE CRISIS. IN THE FREEDOM THAT UNLOCKS ALL [ APPLAUSE ]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 ON IT. 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 ENDORSEMENT. DONALD TRUMP BELIEVED A BORDER DEAL WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN. SO HE ORDERED HIS ALLIES IN CONGRESS TO KILL THE DEAL. I REFUSE THE PLAY POLITICS WITH OUR SECURITY. HERE IS MY PLEDGE TO YOU -- AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING BACK THE BIPARTISAN BORDER SECURITY BILL THAT HE KILLED, I WILL SIGN INTO LAW. I KNOW, I KNOW, WE CAN LIVE UP TO OUR PROUD HERITAGE AS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFORM OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WE CAN CREATE A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP AND SECURE OUR BORDER. AMERICA, WE MUST ALSO BE STEADFAST IN ADVANCING OUR SECURITY AND VALUES ABROAD. AS BV, I HAVE CONFRONTED THREATS TO OUR SECURITY. NEGOTIATED WITH FOREIGN LEADERS. STRENGTHENED 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. I WILL FULFILL OUR SACRED OBLIGATION TO CARE FOR OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES. I WILL ALWAYS HONOR AND NEVER DISPARAGE THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR SACRIFICE. AND THEIR SACRIFICE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> USA! USA! I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE THE WORLD ARTIFICIAL THE WORLD INTELLIGENCE. THE AMERICA WILL WIN, NOT CHINA, FOR THE 21st CENTURY. TO STRENGTHEN OUR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. DONALD TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND, THREATENED TO ABANDON NATO. HE ENCOURAGED FOOD TO INVADE OUR ALLIES. SAID RUSSIAN SHOULD DO WHAT EVER THE HELL THEY WANT. FIVE DAYS BEFORE RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE, I MET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO WARN HIM ABOUT RUSSIA'S PLAN TO INVADE. I HELPED MOBILIZE A GLOBAL RESPONSE, OVER 50 COUNTRIES, TO DEFEND AGAINST PUTIN'S AGGRESSION. AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL STAND STRONG WITH UKRAINE AND OUR NATO ALLIES. STRONG WITH UKRAINE AND OUR NATO 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 RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF, AND I WILL ALWAYS ENSURE ISRAEL HAS THE ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL MUST NEVER AGAIN FACE THE HORROR THAT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CALLED HAMAS CAUSED ON OCTOBER 7th. INCLUDING UNSPEAKABLE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE MASSACRE OF 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 SUFFERING IS HEARTBREAKING. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I ARE WORKING TO END THIS WAR. SO ISRAEL IS SECURE, HOSTAGES RELEASED, SUFFERING IN GAZA ENDS, AND THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CAN REALIZE THEIR RIGHT TO DIGNITY, SECURITY, FREEDOM, AND SELF-DETERMINATION SECURITY, FREEDOM AND SELF-DETERMINATION.. AND, KNOW THIS, I WILL NEVER HESITATE TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO DEFEND OUR FORCES AND OUR INTERESTS AGAINST IRAN AND IRAN BACKED TERRORIST. I WILL GO AFTER DICTATORS LIKE KIM JONG-UN, WHO ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP. WHO ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP. THEY KNOW HE IS EASY TO MANIPULATE WITH FLATTERY AND FAVORS. THEY KNOW HE WILL NOT HOLD ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE AN AUTOCRAT HIMSELF. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER WAVER FOR AMERICA'S SECURITY AND IDEALS. IN THE ENDURING STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND TYRANNY, I KNOW WHERE I STAND AND I KNOW WHERE THE UNITED STATES BELONGS. FELLOW AMERICANS, FELLOW AMERICANS, I LOVE OUR COUNTRY WITH ALL OF MY HEART. EVERYWHERE I GO -- EVERYWHERE I GO AND EVERYONE I 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 IN AMERICA WHERE WE HOLD FAST TO THE FEARLESS BELIEF THAT BUILD OUR NATION AND INSPIRED THE WORLD. HERE, IN THIS COUNTRY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. NOTHING IS OUT OF REACH. AMERICA, WHERE WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. WE LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. THAT NONE OF US, NONE OF US, HAS TO FAIL. FOR ALL OF US TO SUCCEED. IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH. 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 SHOW EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD WHO WE ARE. AND, WHAT WE STAND FOR. FREEDOM, OPPORTUNITY, COMPASSION, DIGNITY, FAIRNESS, AND ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES. OPPORTUNITY, COMPASSION DIG ANY WE ARE THE HEIRS TO THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO SACRIFICED, OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, WE MUST BE WORTHY OF THIS MOMENT. BECAUSE NOW IT IS OUR TURN TO DO WHAT GENERATIONS BEFORE US HAVE DONE. GUIDED BY OPTIMISM AND FAITH TO FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY WE LOVE. TO FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS WE CHERISH. AND TO UPHOLD THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE ON EARTH -- THE PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE OF BEING AN AMERICAN! PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE OF BEING A SO LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S FIGHT FOR IT. LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S VOTE FOR IT. TOGETHER, LET US WRITE THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORY EVER TOLD. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JOINED BY HER HUSBAND ON STAGE. SHE MAKES HISTORY HERE IN CHICAGO. THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. FORMALLY ACCEPTING TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IF THE CROWD WANTS BEYONCE, THEY ARE AT LEAST HEARING IT RIGHT NOW. TIM WALZ AND HIS WIFE JOINED THE STATES. >> WERE EVER BEYONCE IS WATCHING, IT WAS HARRIS'S NIGHT. SHE DREW A CLEAR DISTINCTION VIRTUAL CONFETTI IS FALLING ALL AROUND FALLING AROUND THEM.. >> TOM LLAMAS IS ON THE FLOOR AT THE CONVENTION. IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, TELL US WHAT YOU ARE SEEING? >> Reporter: HOW ARE YOUS JUST T JUST STARTED TO HAPPEN. I GUESS YOU GOT TO GO UP.? THE BALLOONS ARE STARTING TO FALL. 100,000 FALLING RIGHT NOW HERE IN CHICAGO. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE LARGE AMERICAN FLAGS RIGHT HERE. DEMOCRATS SENDING A MESSAGE THAT NO PARTY HAS A MONOPOLY ON PATRIOTISM DEMOCRATS AS WELL ARE PATRIOTIC AS THESE BALLOONS FALL.. I SPOKE WITH DELEGATES AND ASKED WHAT THEY LOVED ABOUT THE SPEECH? THE LOUDEST CHEER CAME FROM THEM WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT SHE WOULD DO IN ISRAEL AND UKRAINE. FOR THEM, THAT WAS THE PART THEY WERE ALSO ABOUT HER LIFE STORY. THAT HER MOTHER WAS THE HERO OF HER SERVICE SHE WAS A LEADER IN HER FAMILY. THEY WERE IMMIGRANTS THAT CAME HERE. LIFE WAS HARD. THEY FIGURED IT OUT AND WERE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE. ALSO, THAT THEY KNOW WHO AMERICA IS AND NOBODY WILL TELL US WHO AMERICA IS. THE SPEECH WAS WELL RECEIVED. PEOPLE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, GATHERED ON THE STAGE WITH KAMALA HARRIS. GOVERNOR WALZ AND HIS FAMILY. DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE UNITED CENTER CELEBRATING RIGHT NOW. KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ. READY TO TAKE ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. 75 DAYS LEFT BEFORE ELECTION DAY. I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. >> BALLOONS ARE STILL FALLING IN VARIOUS SIZES ON THE CALL. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND HER FAMILY -- PETE BUTTIGIEG ALEXANDER, TELL US WHERE YOU ARE ON ALL OF THIS? THE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU? >> IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A BOUNCE HOUSE, THESE BALLOONS ARE ENORMOUS. AT THIS MOMENT, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME. HARRIS EXCEPTED THE NOMINATION. THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO DO SO. WHAT MOVED YOU SO MUCH? >> MY PARENTS WERE FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS. MY MOM WAS A NURSE AND MY DAD WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE. I GOT TO GO TO COLLEGE. MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WERE SLAVES. MY DAUGHTER IS IN CONGRESS. THIS IS SO OVERWHELMING, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THIS. LIKE YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER SEE A MOMENT LIKE THIS? >> IS HARD TO IMAGINE. >> Reporter: I DON'T THINK WE ARE GOING ANYWHERE FOR A WHILE. THERE ARE BALLOONS ALL AROUND US. YOU BETTER GET COMFORTABLE FOR A BIT. TOM, LET ME ASK YOU -- YOU STOOD UP ABOUT THREE DOZEN TIMES. WHAT WAS IT THAT RESONATED WITH YOU? >> Reporter: TO BELIEVE THAT A CANDIDATE, -- >> AS A MAN FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS ME IS THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD. >> Reporter: BALLOONS, A LITTLE BEYONCI■ THE DEMOCRATS -- >> RED, WHITE, BLUE, BEYONCE. THE PODIUM OFF THE STAGE. >> WE JUST SAW TIM WALZ COME OVER HERE TO NEBRASKA. THE STATE OF HIS BIRTH. GIVING THE HIGH FIVE AND TOUCHING HIS HEART AS IF TO SAY THANK YOU AND HELLO TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON HOMESTAY. FROM THIS ANGLE, YOU GET A REAL SENSE OF HOW THE EXTENDED FAMILY IS NOW SOAKING UP THE MOMENT OF THE FAMOUS BALLOON DROP. A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. WE KNOW THERE ARE 100,000 BALLOONS. IT TOOK DAYS TO PUT THEM TOGETHER HIGH ABOVE THE RAFTERS. THEY STARTED FLOATING DOWN. WHAT A NIGHT FOR THE DEMOCRATS. WHAT AN IMPOSSIBLY HARD TO PREDICT SET OF EVENTS. INCLUDING, WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A SPECIAL GUEST TONIGHT? THE KIND OF CHANGE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD IN CHANGING THEIR TICKET. DEFINING THE CANDIDATE, THE RUNNING MATE, AND NOW TRYING TO TAKE THIS FROM CHICAGO TO BATTLEGROUND STATES, AND KEY PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS IS THE PARTY INFLATED WITH BALLOONS AND CONFETTI. A NIGHT OF A SOUNDTRACK ABOUT FREEDOM. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE LAST OF THE BALLOONS DRIFT DOWN. THE STAGE IS STILL FULL WITH FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY. DOUG AND SPEARS. WE SAW HIS FIRST WIFE. WE SAW THE GRAND NIECES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHO IS NOW THE NOMINEE. THE EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS. A BLENDED FAMILY THAT REPRESENTS DIFFERENT CULTURES, BACKGROUNDS, ALTOGETHER, STANDING FOR WALZ /HARRIS FAMILY. THEY GO ON THE ROAD. BACK TO YOU. >> LET'S BRING HALLIE JACKSON. I SAW YOU THESE TWO AREAS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD ALYSSA >> SHE TOOK THE ISSUES HEAD-ON. WHAT WAS NOTABLE, WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE. IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE PLANS TO BUILD ON THE BIDEN AGENDA. FILLING IN A LOT OF THE BLANKS ABOUT HER BIOGRAPHY. BEING RAISED LARGELY BY HER MOM. A STRONG MOTHER. AND A FIGUREHEAD THAT SHE HAD WHO INSPIRED HER TO BECOME THE PERSON SHE IS. WHAT INSPIRED HER TO BECOME A PROSECUTOR. ALL OF THOSE DETAILS GETTING FILLED IN. WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT WHAT SHE PLANS TO DO FOR THE COUNTRY, THINGS LIKE CUTTING TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS HAD TALKS ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS. AGAIN, WE DID NOT HEAR A WHOLE LOT ABOUT HOW SHE WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. >> THE AURA AND THE FEEL THAT PEOPLE GET FROM HER IS IMPORTANT. DOMESTIC POLICY OR STANDING UP FOR AMERICANS, CALLING OUT DONALD TRUMP AGAIN AND AGAIN. >> A PROSECUTOR WHO IS MAKING HER OWN CASE FOR WHY SHE SHOULD LEAVE THE COUNTRY. >> WE WILL FOLLOW-UP MORE IN A MOMENT. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK. >>> 75 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. WE WILL BREAK DOWN THE FATE OF THE RACE ON THE BIG BOARD WITH STEVE CARNEGIE, AFTER THIS. TOOK IN IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW -- >>> GROWING FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS. >>> THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. >>> NEW RULES ARE COMING TO CAP REDDIT CARD LATE FEES. >>> WELCOME BACK TO CHICAGO. SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION BY PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS ACCEPTABLY. THE BALLOONS HAVE DROP IT ONLY ONE THING TO DO, TO CHECK IN WITH STEVE KORNACKI. HE CAN GIVE US THE SENSE OF THE STATE OF THE RACE NOW WITH 75 DAYS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY. IN A CLOSE RACE. WHEN JOE BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE, THIS IS THE AVERAGE OF THE POLLS. DONALD TRUMP WAS I HAD BY THREE POINTS REPLACED BIDEN, YOU CAN SEE HARRIS ON AV. AGE AHEAD OF T BIG PICTURE HUSBAND THE SHIP. WHAT POWERED THE SHIFT FOR KAMALA HARRIS? THREE GROUPS STAND OUT WHERE SHE GAINED THE MOST FROM WHERE JOE BIDEN WAS. BLACK VOTERS, UP 8.3 HISPANIC, 10 POINTS. YOUNG VOTERS, UNDER 30, 11 POINT GAINED FOR HARRIS OVER BIDEN. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE ALL- IMPORTANT ROAD TO 270? THIS HAS BEEN THE BATTLEGROUND. THAT HAS CHANGED WITH THE PROGRESS HARRIS HAS MADE WITH THE GROUP. WINNING WISCONSIN, WHEN IN MICHIGAN, WIN PENNSYLVANIA. THOSE WERE THE ONLY REALISTIC TARGETS BY THE TIME BIDEN DROPPED UP AND YOU SEE THE WOOD, THEY WOULD BE AT EXACTLY 270. NOTHING DESPAIR AT ALL. BUT IT NOW IS CHANGING BECAUSE OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES I SHOWED YOU. MORE SUPPORT FROM HISPANIC VOTERS. MORE SUPPORT FROM BLACK VOTERS. NORTH CAROLINA, A RED STATE IN 2016 AND 2020, DEMOCRATS WANT THIS TO BE A BATTLEGROUND. POLLING IS SHOWING THAT EVEN. HARRIS I HAD -- SHE NO LONGER HAS THE BIDEN LIMITATION OF HAVING TO WIN THOSE THREE STATES IN THE MIDWEST. THE GREAT LAKES AREA POTENTIALLY, SHE COULD WIN IN SOME OF THE SUN BELT STATES AND TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF THE GREAT LAKES. MORE POSSIBILITIES FOR DEMOCRATS. WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN CAPITALIZE THEM IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS? >> IT LOOKS LIKE SHE EXPANDED THE POSSIBILITIES. WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER BREAK. COMING UP, THE FINAL THOUGHTS FOR THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FINALE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION FROM HARRIS. WE WILL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS. >>> NOW IN TERMS OF MOMENTUM. SOMETHING LIKE A SUGAR HIGH. >> DEMOCRATS HOPING TO KEEP IT UP. THEY HOPE THEY HAVE IT, THEY HOPE THEY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 75 DAYS. THAT IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL. NOT BURNING OUT THE DEMOCRATIC BASE AND ALSO CONVINCE INDEPENDENT AND MAYBE EVEN SOME MODERATE REPUBLICAN VOTERS. THAT IS WHAT WAS SEEN REPEATEDLY TONIGHT AND YOU HEARD KAMALA HARRIS DELIVER THAT DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA, SPEAKING TO AMERICANS IS SAYING I WILL REPRESENT ALL OF YOU OF COURSE, FROM HERE ON OUT IT IS GOING TO BE A FIGHT. THIS RACE IS EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE IN THE NEXT HIGH PROFILE PRIME TIME MOMENT WILL NOT BE A PARTY, IT WILL BE A FACE-OFF. >> THE FACE OF THE NEXT TWO. >> THAT IS THE NEXT BIG TEST. WE KNOW THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS ALREADY STARTED TO PREPARE FOR THE DEBATE AND I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF BETWEEN NOW AND THEN SHE STARTS TO PUT MORE MEAT ON THE BONES. WE HEARD HER TALK ABOUT TODAY AS SHE TRIES TO REACH OUT TO THOSE INDEPENDENT AND MODERATE VOTERS. IF SHE STARTS TO LEAN MORE, CLEARLY SHE EMPHASIZED. >> THAT IS GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR COVERAGE TO THIS YEAR'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. MUCH MORE HEAD ON NBC NEWS NOW. A FULL WRAP UP TOMORROW ON TODAY . I AM LESTER HOLT., I AM SAVANNA RODERIGO. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.AY." GOOD . >>> HI THERE, TONIGHT IN CHICAGO A MOMENT EVER SEEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY. >>> THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR NOMINATED BY A MAJOR PARTY IN THIS FINAL NIGHT AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> OUR COVERAGE STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> A HISTORIC TEST FOR VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. >> TOGETHER WE WILL START A NEW WAY FORWARD. >> DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE FIRST MAJOR ADDRESS TAKING OVER THE TICKET. >> DEMOCRATS FIRED UP THE FINAL NIGHT OF A WEEKS LONG CELEBRATION. >> AMERICA, HOPE IS MAKING A COMEBACK. >> KAMALA HARRIS! >> WHEN WE FIGHT. >> WE WIN! >> CAN WE REACH UNDECIDED VOTERS AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING ON THIS CRITICAL NIGHT ON ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE? >> FROM NBC NEWS, LIVE FROM CHICAGO, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. HERE IS LESTER HOLT AND SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. >>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO OUR'S VESSEL COVERAGE, THE FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> LIVE IN CHICAGO AND TONIGHT BEFORE AN AUDIENCE. AT CAPACITY, BY THE WAY. FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAD MADE HISTORY IN THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE. >> SHATTERING AND OTHER., FIRST TO EXTEND A. >> REINTRODUCED HERSELF NOW AS A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. OVER THE TOP OF THE TICKET FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> VICE PRESIDENTS SPEECH IS SAID TO FOCUS ON THREE AREAS, SHARING HER BACKGROUND, STRONG CONTRAST WITH HER OPPONENT. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> ELECTION DAY IS TO 75 DAYS AWAY AT THE CONVENTION FLOOR. >> WE MOVE ALONG, WE HAVE GOT A LOT TO GET TO TYPE YOUR COMING UP WE WILL HEAR FROM A SLEW OF NICKNAMES INCLUDING REMARKS OF ARIZONA SENATOR, MARK KELLY. BUT SINGER, PINK. GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER AND OF COURSE, TONIGHT'S KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM THE STAR OF THIS CONVENTION, VICE RESIDENT HARRIS. >> HARRIS WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT ON HER 10th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WITH HER HUSBAND, DOUG EMHOFF. AND AS WE GEAR UP FOR THE GRAND FINALE WE KIND OF GO THERE. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF RUMORS, LESTER, IS THIS ARENA THAT FIANCE MIGHT PERFORM TONIGHT. IT IS NOT YET CONFIRMED, THE CONVENTION HAS HAD A LOT OF SURPRISES, OBVIOUSLY, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THE SECURITY GUARD EARLIER, TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. >> ANOTHER BIG SURPRISE. YOU ARE FEELING THAT ANTICIPATION. RIGHT HERE, PERFORM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. LET'S GO TO THE STAGE NOW AND LISTEN. ♪ LET'S GO TO THE STAGE NOW AND 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 ♪♪ FOR THE LAND OF THE FREE OF BRAVE? [ APPLAUSE ] >> THE STAR POWER THAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH THIS CONVENTION AND WE EXPECTED. SAVANNA MENTIONED EVEN MORE BEFORE THE EVENING IS OUT FOR WHO WANT TO BRING IN MEET THE PRESS MODERATOR, KRISTEN WELKER NOW. OUR SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, HALLIE JACKSON WITH YOU. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY RAUCOUS, A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT HERE BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MEANS GOING FORWARD. WHAT ARE THE LINKS THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WILL LIKELY HAVE TO FILL IN TONIGHT? >> THE BIG QUESTION IS, WILL THE MOMENTUM SHE HAS COMING INTO THIS CONVENTION, A LOT OF THAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TONIGHT. THE QUESTION I HAVE, WHAT WILL SHE CLEARLY LAY OUT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? HOW WILL SHE GOVERN? HOW WILL HER AGENDA, WE TALKED A LOT HERE AT THE TABLE THAT THE FACT THAT DEMOCRATS TRY TO SHIFT TO A MORE POSITIVE TONE. LIKE PRESIDENT BIDEN TACTICS OF TRYING TO PAI TRYINGO PAINT THEM AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY MAY NOT BE RESONATING WITH VOTERS. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THE CROWD GOING CRAZY. CELEBRITY EVERY SINGLE NIGHT WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR SOME OF THE RELATIVES FROM KAMALA HARRIS. AS WE WAIT FOR THEM. WE ARE EXPECTING KAMALA HARRIS TO KIND OF, YOU SAID IT LIVE WITH THE POLLSTERS, SHE IS FAMOUS BUT NOT KNOWN AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. >> WE USE THE WORD RESET FOR KAMALA HARRIS RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE KNOW HER NAME, OF COURSE. BUT THIS IS HER APPEARANCE NOW . AS THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE OF THE PARTY. PEOPLE KNOW HER NAME, OF COURSE, BUT THIS IS HER APPEARANCE NOW IS THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE OF THE PARTY AND WHAT IS DEFINING HER THIS MOMENT IS CRITICAL. THAT IS WHY THE KIDS, THE FAMILY, THE HUMANIZING PIECE FOR HER AND HER HUSBAND IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT HERE . YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, TOO. SHE HAD A 13 . FAVOR JUST OUT TODAY. DEMOCRATS ARE MOMENTUM. SHE IS MOVING FORWARD. >> PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU STAND FOR, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR HER TO NOT PROVIDE A BIOGRAPHY BUT POLICY, WHAT SHE WOULD WANT TO DO? >> SHE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BUT IT IS ALSO A DELICATE BALANCE BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE AUDIENCE HERE AND IF YOU GET INTO THE WEEDS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ANTICIPATE BUT SHE WILL HAVE THE LAYOUT HER VISION FOR THE FUTURE. HER VISION FOR AMERICA. I TALKED TO A COUPLE PEOPLE CLOSE TO HER TODAY AND THEY SAY THAT SHE IS READY FOR THIS, THAT SHE IS RESOLUTE, THAT SHE IS ALSO JOYOUS. THAT IS ANOTHER WORD WE HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE WORD JOY. I WOULD ALSO . OUT, WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS HERE . THIS IDEA -- >> THE CROWD JUST WENT WILD HERE, AS THE FORMER SCANDAL CO STAR MAKES A SURPRISE APPEARANCE WITH KERRY WASHINGTON. >> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT TOGETHER. WHEN I SAY WHEN WE FIGHT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY, WE WIN. >> ARE YOU READY? OKAY, PRESS RECORD, WE ARE RECORDING. OKAY, READY. WHEN WE FIGHT? >> WE WIN! >> WHEN WE FIGHT? >> WE WIN! >> WHEN WE FIGHT? >> WE WIN! >> ARE YOU READY FOR KAMALA HARRIS TO WIN? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] GOOD, BECAUSE WHEN KAMALA WINS, AMERICA WINS. WE DID IT! WE DID IT, GIRL. THANK YOU, TONY. >> BY, EVERYBODY. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION. >> KERRY WASHINGTON, THIS IS ACTUALLY A STRATEGIC MOMENT BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE THE VIRAL MOMENT. NOW LESTER, I KNOW YOU WATCHED EVERY SEASON OF SCANDAL. YOU RECOGNIZE THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN CARRIE AND TONY BECAUSE OF THEIR CHARACTER AND AS CARRIE WOULD SAY, THEY ARE TRYING TO CREATE THESE VIRAL MEANS AND MOMENTS AND SOME OF THAT HAS HAPPENED ORGANICALLY. >> THE MINUTE SHE BECAME OBVIOUSLY YOU SAW THAT IN THE CORNER . >> AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CONTENT CREATORS, INFLUENCERS SO THEY ARE NOT GOING WITH OLD MEDIA FOLKS, THEY ARE GOING FOR THIS YOUNG VOTE. >> THE YOUNG VOTE IS SO CRITICAL. THAT HAS BEEN CRITICAL BECAUSE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS TRAILING WITH YOUNG VOTERS. >> SPEAKING OF YOUNG, THESE AREN'T VOTERS BUT WE ARE SEEING THE HARRIS FAMILY COMING, LET'S LISTEN IN HERE. >>> TOGETHER AND THIS ONE, TWO, KAMALA. SO LET'S PRACTICE, LET'S PRACTICE. >> EVERYBODY OVER HERE, SAY KAMALA. EVERYBODY OVER HERE SAY LAW. [ CROWD CHANTING ] >> FOR PRESIDENT ! >> FOR PRESIDENT! >> THESE ARE KAMALA HARRIS HIS GRAND NIECES. MISPRONOUNCED BY HER POLITICAL OPPONENT. CONSISTENTLY. WE'RE HOPING THAT WE WILL SEE SOMETHING THERE. >> PERHAPS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP, AGAIN, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS GIVEN THE HISTORIC THE NATURE OF HER PRESIDENCY HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING SHE HAS THEED INTO HISTORIC NATURE OF HER CANDIDACY HAS NOT BEEN SO THAT SHE LEANED INTO HEAVILY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND THOSE AROUND HER SAY THAT THAT IS PRETTY INTENTIONAL. THEY BELIEVE THAT HER ROLE, HER PRESENCE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN PRESIDENT, THE FIRST SALVATION PRESIDENT AND I WILL SAY, TALKING ABOUT YOUNG VOTERS, SHE IS SOMEONE THAT WANTED TO GO VIRAL ONLINE >> HI, I AM ELLA. >> I GREW UP IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. IN A HOUSE FULL OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN. MY MOM, MY GRANDMA 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 DIDN'T 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 NEVER STOPPED LISTENING TO ME AND SHE IS NOT GOING TO STOP LISTENING TO ALL OF US. [ APPLAUSE ] >> KAMALA HARRIS IS MY GODMOTHER . TO ME, HER ADVICE MEANS EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT IS PURSUING MY PASSION, MAKING AN IMPACT, OR FINDING HOPE WHEN THE WORLD DOESN'T FEEL SO HOPEFUL. SHE TAUGHT ME THAT MAKING A DIFFERENCE MEANS GIVING YOUR WHOLE HEART AND TAKING ACTION. SHE IS FIGHTING FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, LGBTQ+ 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. >> AND LET'S ELECT THIS EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT! >> THE KEY MOMENT REMINDING VIEWERS THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT LOOK LIKE THIS ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND CELEBRATING THE BLENDED NATURE OF THIS FAMILY AND PART OF THIS, AGAIN, IS GETTING TO KNOW WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS SICK >> THAT'S RIGHT, THIS IS THE INTRODUCTION OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND A VERY PERSONAL WILL BE SO CRITICAL TO THAT. >> CHECKING IN WITH US NOW TOM LLAMAS WHO IS IN THE THICK OF IT ALL, HI, TOM. >> HEY, SAVANNA GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENT RIGHT NOW. SO AT THE MOMENT, WATCHING A MAN ON STAGE HERE, A COMEDIAN AND ACTOR WHO HAS TAKEN THE PODIUM. LIKELY TO BE A LOT OF LAUGHS OVER THE NEXT FIVE OR 10 MINUTES OR SO. YOU MAY NOTICE A LOT OF AMERICAN FLAGS OVER THE CROWD HERE, OLD GLORY IS THE STAR OF THE NIGHT SO FAR . A LOT OF PATRIOTISM ON DISPLAY HERE AT THE UNITED CENTER IN CHICAGO THE ENERGY LEVEL CONVENTION HAS BEEN AB THROUGHO THIS NIGHT, THE LAST NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION HAS BEEN ABOUT A 10. WHEN YOU TALK TO DELEGATES HERE THEY SAY THEY ARE EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD NOT ONLY HEARING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS BUT SEEING HER UP CLOSE RIGHT HERE BY THE STATE. WE EXPECT THE PLACE TO GO WILD WHEN SHE COMES OUT . JUST OVER MY SHOULDER HERE, HIS SUITE. THEY'RE SITTING DOWN WATCHING THE EN GOVERNOR T. WALZ HAS BEEN UP IN HISTORY AND THE FIRST GENTLEMEN ARE SITTING DOWN RIGHT NOW WATCHING THE ENTERTAINMENT. I WILL TELL YOU, SAVANNA, BECAUSE YOU REFERENCED IT EARLIER, I'VE BEEN ASKING DELEGATES THAT THEY HEARD THE RUMOR ABOUT WHO MAY NOT PERFORM OR SHOW UP AND EVERYONE IS SAYING THEY ARE HEARING THAT SAME RUMOR. AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TRUE OR NOT THE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. FIANCE MAY OR MAY NOT BE HERE. SPEAKING TO DELEGATES RIGHT HERE, SHE IS A TALKING ABOUT THE RIVER. FIRST OF ALL, WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD? >> I MEAN, WE HAVE HEARD BE READY. IT IS CALLED A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT D&C. NIGHT FOR IS ALWAYS EXCITING. SO BEEHIVE SHOULD BE READY, SHOULD BE WATCHING . >> WHETHER SHE IS HERE NOT THE PLACE IS GOING TO EXPLODE TONIGHT. TALK TO ME, WE NOTICED SO MANY WOMEN IN WHITE. >> WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IT MOVEMENT. OF COURSE, WOMEN GETTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AND WITH OUR VOTE WE ARE GOING TO VOTE THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO REPRESENT ALL OF US . >> WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> VICTORIA. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I'M GOING TO SEND IT BACK UP TO YOU GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU. >>> OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT PETER ALEXANDER IS ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR . THE FIRST QUESTION IS CAN YOU MOVE DOWN THERE? I UNDERSTAND A SHUTDOWN ACCESS TO THE FLOOR A LITTLE WHILE AGO. >> NIGHT THREE DOWN HERE, I TELL YOU THAT MUCH. MY FEET ARE ALL GOING TO NEED A MASSAGE AT THE END OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STANDING IN THE AISLES. THIS HAS BEEN A STANDING ROOM ONLY EXPERIENCE . WE TALK ABOUT THE ENERGY AND THE JOY, OPTIMISM AND PATRIOTISM. THOSE OF THE WORDS OF KAMALA HARRIS BEING STRIKING OVER THE COURSE, THAT MISSION, THAT MESSAGE TONIGHT. THESE FOLKS HAVE JUST BEEN WRITING THINGS UP, DANCING A MOMENT, DATA. ATLANTA HERE. YOU ARE A DELEGATE, YOU WENT TO THE CONVENTIONS IN 2016 AND PHILADELPHIA, HOW DOES ONE COMPARE, DANA? >> PHENOMENAL, I CAN'T EVEN SAY HOW MUCH. THIS IS LIKE A FREEDOM PARTY . WE ARE CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY, WE ARE CELEBRATING FREEDOM. WE ARE CELEBRATING TRUTH AND YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM. >> SO IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A SENSE OF, YOU HAVE BEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THIS NIGHT. OBVIOUSLY NIGHT ONE YOU GOT TO SEE JOE BIDEN. NIGHT TWO WE SAW THE OBAMA'S. LAST NIGHT, COACH WALZ HAD THIS PLACE READY FOR A PEP TALK LIKE A LOCKER ROOM PARTY CELEBRATION. TONIGHT YOU GOT TO HEAR FROM KAMALA HARRIS HERSELF. HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HER, WHAT ABOUT HER STORY INSPIRED YOU? >> I THINK HER FEROCITY. I FEEL LIKE SHE IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR US. THE JOY THAT SHE BRINGS. YOU GOT SOME FOLKS OUT THERE TRYING TO MAKE FUN OF HER LAUGH. WE SHOULD HAVE MORE LAUGHTER, MORE JOY AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE IS GOING TO BRING. >> PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HANG OUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT. MOSTLY BECAUSE I CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE. BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> ALL RIGHT. >> JOINING US NOW, GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO, HE SPOKE AT THIS CONVENTION LAST NIGHT, PREVIOUSLY VETTED AS A POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE FOR VP HARRIS. WELCOME, FIRST OF ALL. TALK ABOUT THE EVENING AND WHAT YOU MOSTLY EXPECT. >> FIRST OF ALL THEY ARE FIRED UP, THEY ARE EXCITED HERE. THE DELEGATE THAT ARE SENDING HER ONTO THE WHITE HOUSE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT HER LIFE STORY. HERE ABOUT HER VISION. HERE ABOUT THE KIND OF THINGS SHE WANTS TO DO TO LIFT UP THIS NATION. I AM EXCITED TO HEAR HER REMARKS. >> IS THERE ANYTHING FOR CAMPAIGN IN PENNSYLVANIA >> I THINK DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AGREE ON THAT. >> ONE THING THEY ALL AGREE ON WHICH IS YOUR STATE. HOW DO YOU ASSESS IT RIGHT NOW? AND PARTICULARLY HAVING KAMALA HARRIS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, WITH JOE BIDEN SORT OF HONORARY PENNSYLVANIAN HAVING BEEN BORN IN SCRANTON, WHAT IS THE LAY OF THE LAND FOR YOU? YOU KNOW THESE POLITICS VERY WELL. >> WE LOVE JOE BIDEN AND WE LOVE OUR NATIVE SON. I THINK WHAT IS CLEAR, THOUGH, STRENGTH HAS REALLY CHANGED. RIGHT NOW, CANDIDATES ARE +1, -1, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. PENNSYLVANIA IS A WONDERFUL STATE. IT IS AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING STATE TO WIN IN. KAMALA HARRIS MARKS 49 YARDS UP THE FIELD. THE GOOD NEWS IS, SHE IS POISED TO PICK THAT UP AND SHE UNDERSTANDS YOU GOT TO SHOW UP IN COMMUNITIES LEFT BEHIND. IT WAS A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THIS CONVENTION SHE WAS IN PENNSYLVANIA. IT WAS EITHER PHILLY OR PITTSBURGH, SHE WAS IN WORLD BEAVER COUNTY ABOUT NOT CUTTING COSTS, REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF. EVERYWHERE . >> A CONVENTION IS NOT A MEASURE NECESSARILY OF A CAMPAIGN. HOW DO YOU CAPTURE THIS ENERGY BUT ALSO WITH THE REALITY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH? >> LOOK, WHAT I FOUND, WHAT GRADE PEOPLE HAVE FOUND BY THINK BOB IS GOING TO WIN HIS ELECTION, OUR SENIOR SENATOR IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF ALWAYS PUTTING PEOPLE BEFORE THE POWERFUL, UNLIKE HIS OPPONENT WHO GOES THE OPPOSITE. I THINK WHAT YOU GOT TO DO IS SHOW UP AND YOU GOT TO PUT PEOPLE FIRST. YOU GOT PEOPLE TO KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS. KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEGUN TO DO THAT. I THINK SHE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT OVER THESE COMING 76 DAYS. >> YOU SAW THE CROWD GOING. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHO TWEETED OR PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ANTI-CALLED IT A HIGHLY OVERRATED JEWISH GOVERNOR REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE IS THE BEST FRIEND TO ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE. I WILL JUST LET YOU RESPOND TO THAT. >> I THINK THAT HEAD SHAKER SAYS IT ALL. LOOK, THIS IS A SERIOUS THING. ANTI-SEMITIC TROPES. MORE HATRED AND BIGOTRY AND CREATING BORDERS IN OUR SOCIETY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS. DOESN'T UPSET ME. I DON'T GET HIGH OR GOOD OR LOW FROM THE ATTACK. WHAT IT DOES IS IT UPSETS OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE BECAUSE WHEN A GUY WANTS TO LEAD OUR NATION, ATTACK SOMEONE WHO IS DIFFERENT THAN HIM, PADDLED TO THE BIGOTRY, IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL LESS FROM OTHERS. YOU KNOW, JOY AND ARE BLESSED WITH FOUR KIDS. WE TRY TO RAISE THEM TO BE GOOD PEOPLE. WE TRY TO RAISE THEM TO RESPECT OTHERS. THOSE VALUES, THOSE TRAITS, THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T HAVE THOSE TRAITS. I THINK KAMALA HARRIS DOES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER ALL THE POLICY, AFTER ALL THE ARTICULATION, I THINK IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHAT KIND OF PERSON DO WE WANT LEADING US? I WANT SOMEONE WHO IS CARING AND EMPATHETIC, NOT SOMEONE WHO IS DIVISIVE AND CHAOTIC, CAN I ASK YOU, THIS IS YOUR ISSUE, ISRAEL, THE WAR IN GAZA HAS CLEARLY DIVIDED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THERE IS A LARGE UNCOMMITTED MOVEMENT STAT THAT MICHIISN, WHICH I QUE SUBSTANTIAL IN A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN WHICH IS ANOTHER MUST WIN PROBABLY FOR THE DEMOCRATS. HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THAT? >> LOOK, I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS REALLY TRAGIC. IT IS TRAGIC WHAT HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 7th WHEN A RAID INTO ISRAEL, KILLING OVER 12 OTHER PEOPLE, CAPTURING OVER 200 HOSTAGES, INCLUDING AMERICANS. BRINGING THEM OVER AND SUFFERING ABUSE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCET HAPPENED IN ISRAEL. IN GAZA. I MOURN IT, I ACHE FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN ISRAEL. I ALSO MOURN AND ACHE FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA. THE QUICKEST WAY FOR US TO END THIS IS FOR THE HOSTAGES TO BE RETURNED HOME AND THE VIOLENCE ENDED AND THAT IS MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE ABOUT CREATING PEACE. I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR, THOUGH. THERE IS SOME NUANCE TO THAT, I GET THAT, BUT THERE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO NUANCE WHEN IT COMES TO STANDING UP AGAINST HATRED AND BIGOTRY IN ALL FORMS. ENTICES THEM ANTI-SEMITISM, ISLAMOPHOBIA. AND WHEN PEOPLE LIKE DONALD TRUMP, IT MAKES IT HARDER TO FIND PEACE. IT MAKES IT HARDER TO BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME. MAKES IT HARDER TO END THE VIOLENCE. >> IT IS A COMMON EXPRESSION HEARING EVERYBODY JUST SAID ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT THE DIVISION GOING TO ERODE DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT IN SOME OF THOSE KEY STATES? >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOLKS ARE GOING TO GO TO THE POLLS AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE GOT TWO REALLY STARK CHOICES. WE CAN GO WITH CHAOS AND EXTREMISM OR WE CAN GO WITH SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO BRING ABOUT A PEACEFUL END TO THIS. WHO IS TRYING TO BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME. WHO IS TRYING TO STOP THE VIOLENCE WE ARE SEEING IN GAZA AND A PERSON, HOPEFULLY IN KAMALA HARRIS. >> GOVERNOR SHAPIRO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL GET BACK INTO THE CONVENTION. >> FIANCE IS COMING, THAT'S A RUMOR. >> IS THERE? >> I LOVE THIS. >> YOU ARE A FAN. >> THERE YOU GO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. WE WILL EXPECT IN A FEW MOMENTS THE CONVENTION FLOOR ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THAT, PERSONALLY, AND FLUTIE INCLUDING FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS. >> MUCH OF WHAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND PEOPLE TELLING THEIR STORIES. >> LUCY McBATH. >> WHEN I WORKED FOR EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY AND MOM'S DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SINCE IN AMERICA I SAW FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF TELLING OUR STORIES. YOU JUST HEARD MINE BUT THERE ARE MANY MORE TO TELL. ON DECEMBER 14th, 2012, I WALKED INTO SANDY HOOK SCHOOL. I STOPPED IN THE OFFICE, CHATTED WITH MY PRINCIPAL -- AND STARTED MY DAY WITH MY SECOND GRADERS. SUDDENLY A LOUD CRASH LIKE METAL FOLDING CHAIRS FALLING. 154 GUNSHOTS BLARING. HIDING IN THE COATS, TRYING TO STAY 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 BEAUTIFUL FIRST GRADE CHILDREN AND SIX OF MY BEAUTIFUL COLLEAGUES WERE KILLED . THEY SHOULD STILL BE HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] THEY SHOULD STILL BE HERE. >>> IT IS 10:30 A.M. AT ROBB ELEMENTARY IN UVALDE. THE SCHOOL IS RECOGNIZING MY 10- YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, LEXI, FOR RECEIVING ALL A's. SHE RECEIVED A GOOD CITIZEN AWARD AND WE POSED FOR PHOTOS. SHE WEARS A ST. MARYS SWEATSHIRT AND A SMILE THAT LIGHTS UP A ROOM. 30 MINUTES LATER, A GUN MAN MURDERED HER, 18 CLASSMATES AND TWO TEACHERS. WE ARE TAKEN TO A PRIVATE ROOM OR POLICE TELL US SHE ISN'T COMING HOME. UVALDE IS NATIONAL NEWS. PARENTS EVERYWHERE REACH FOR THEIR CHILDREN. I REACH OUT FOR THE DAUGHTER I WILL NEVER HOLD AGAIN. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MY NAME IS SANDY PATRICE WAS 22, SHE DROVE TO MYRTLE BEACH HORSE SON AND FUN AND MOTORCYCLE PARADE. 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. I WAS CALM THEN, TOO. I GOT TO HANDLING BUSINESS. I CALLED RELATIVES, THE POLICE, HOSPITALS, AND I KEPT CALLING. VOICE STEADY, HEARTBEAT PULSING, THEN I WAS CONNECTED TO THE CORONER. 10 YEARS OF WAITING AND SANDY'S MURDER IS STILL UNSOLVED I WILL KEEP CALLING AND I WILL KEEP FIGHTING I'LL KEEP CALLING, AND I'LL KEEP FIGHTING.. >> I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN MY CLASSMATE GOT SHOT. IT CHANGED MY STORY. INSTEAD ABOUT WORRYING ABOUT TAKING A TEST, I STARTED WORRYING ABOUT LIVING TO TAKE ANOTHER TEST. THEY SAY SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING AND I DID LEARN A LOT BACK THEN. I LEARNED HOW TO RUN, HOW TO HIDE AND DROP. THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU CAN HAPPEN TO ME. I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE, TOO. THAT WE CAN WRITE A NEW STORY A NEW STORY IF WE CHOOSE TO. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HOURS ARE STORIES OF LOSS. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, OUR LOSSES DO NOT WEAKEN US. THEY STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE. [ APPLAUSE ] WE WILL SECURE SAFER FUTURES THAT WE ALL DESERVE. WE WILL ORGANIZE. WE WILL ADVOCATE. WE WILL RUN FOR OFFICE . AND WE WILL JOIN WITH AMERICANS FROM SMALL TOWNS AND BIG CITIES TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE COMMUNITIES SAFE.. AND WE WILL ELECT LEADERS LIKE KAMALA HARRIS WHO WON'T JUST EMPATHIZE BUT WILL ACTJUST EMPATHIZE, BUT WIL >> TESTIMONY AND DRAWING IMAGES IN THE DAYS THAT WE HOPE TO NEVER TAKE BACK AGAIN. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE HERE IN THIS PARTY IT IS CRITICAL FOR DEMOCRATS THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM. >> AND LIKE GABBY GIFFORDS IS TAKING THE STATE. SENATOR MARK KELLY THERE. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AFTER SHE SURVIVED A MESS SHOOTING BACK IN 2011. THAT SHOOTING PARTLY PARALYZING HER AND IMPACTING HER SPEECH. BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT AND SHE IS HERE TO TALK AGAIN BEFORE THIS CONVENTION. [ CROWD CHANTING ] >> HELLO FELLOW AMERICANS! I'M GABBY GIFFORDS, I WAS BORN IN THE GREAT STATE OF ARIZONA! I WAS BORN WITH GRIT. I GREW UP RACING MOTORCYCLES, 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 FOUGHT FOR MY LIFE AND I SURVIVED. [ APPLAUSE ] I LEARNED TO WALK AGAIN ONE STEP AT A TIME. I LEARNED TO TALK 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 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 A GREAT. KAMALA CAN BEAT THE GUN LOBBY, SHE CAN FIGHT GUN TRAFFICKING! KAMALA STOOD UP TO ALL, SHE WILL PROTECT ABORTION ACCESS. [ APPLAUSE ] SHE WILL DEFEND OUR FREEDOM. SHE SAVED LIVES. JOIN ME IN VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS! THANK YOU! [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU! >> GABBY GIFFORDS WHO SURVIVED AN ATTACK AND A GUNSHOT WOUND. APPEARED DEAD, SURVIVED. LEAD AN INCREDIBLY GRACIOUS TO DO WHAT SHE JUST DID. I CAN GUARANTEE KNOWING HER AS I DO, FROM THE SAME HOMETOWN, SHE WORKED VERY HARD FOR THAT MOMENT. >> INCREDIBLE SURVIVOR STORY. >> IT REALLY IS AND SOME OF THE ISSUES BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, SHARING THE MENTION ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND INVOLVING THEM YOU JUST HEARD FAMILY MEMBERS. THERE IS NOW A GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUE OF GUN VIOLENCE IS PARAMOUNT. THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND THIS GOES BACK TO OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE YOUNG VOTERS. THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THEM. >> SURVIVORS GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL NOW. THEY ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE THAT DAY AND THEY ARE TURNING INTO VOTERS SO IT HAS BECOME A VERY PROMINENT ISSUE WITH THE YOUNGER VOTERS. I JUST WANT TO GET BACK TO THE CONVENTION FLOOR IN A MOMENT HERE. WE ARE GOING TO HEAR A PERFORMANCE. WE KNOW THE BEYOND THE RUMORS AT THIS IS CONFIRMED, P!NK IS SET TO PERFORM NOW A SONG THAT IS ABOUT US. HER OWN DAUGHTER, LET'S LISTEN. VOCALISTS, HER OWN D >> ♪ LET'S LISTEN. ♪ LA-DA-DA-DA-DA LA-DA-DA-DA-DA DA-DA-DA ♪ ♪ ♪ WE ARE ROCKETS POINTED UP AT THE STARS ♪ ♪ WE ARE BILLIONS ♪ AND YOU SOLD US DOWN THE RIVER TOO FAR ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY-EVER-AFTERS? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ♪ ♪ WE ARE PROBLEMS THAT WANT TO BE SOLVED ♪ ♪ WE ARE CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LOVED ♪ ♪ WE WERE WILLING WE CAME WHEN YOU CALLED ♪ ♪ BUT MAN YOU FOOLED US ENOUGH IS ENOUGH OH ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY-EVER-AFTERS? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT LOVE? WHAT ABOUT TRUST? WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪♪ ♪ STICKS AND STONES THEY MAY BREAK THESE BONES ♪ ♪ BUT THEN I'LL BE READY ARE YOU READY? ♪ ♪ I DON'T WANT CONTROL I WANT TO LET GO ♪ ♪ ARE YOU READY? I'LL BE READY ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE NOW IT'S TIME TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE READY ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT. WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? ♪ ♪ SO WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY-EVER-AFTERS? ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT ABOUT LOVE? WHAT ABOUT TRUST? WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? WHAT ABOUT US? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >>OUR DAUGHTER SAYING. >> WAS LOW ACTUALLY IS A TEACHER AND OBVIOUSLY HAS A BEAUTIFUL VOICE LIKE HER MOM. PETER ALEXANDER ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR. HI, PETER. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE WIPING AWAY TEARS, WE HEARD ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. A SCHOOLTEACHER AND A MOM. IN THE WORDS OF GABBY GIFFORDS AND THE OTHERS FOR WHAT DO THEIR STORES MEAN TO YOU? >> I'M A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN A 10-YEAR-OLD AND A SEVEN-YEAR OLD AND I JUST WANT THEM TO BE SAFE IN SCHOOL. IN ADDITION I AM ALSO A SCHOOLTEACHER AND I WANT EVERY STUDENT THAT I TEACH TO BE SAFE EVERY DAY AND TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN FOCUS ON GETTING AN EDUCATION IN SCHOOL AND BE SAFE. >> I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING TO US TONIGHT. YOUR STORY IS NOT UNIQUE OF COURSE, THESE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WE HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. ABORTION ACCESS, GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE SAFE SCHOOLS, SAFE COMMUNITIES. THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR PEOPLE. >> ALL RIGHT, PETER. AND THERE IS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, THAT IS GOING TO BE IN ISSUE GOING TO THIS CAMPAIGN. SENATOR MARK KELLY TAKEN THE STATE WITH HIS WIFE, CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS. FORMER ASTRONAUT THAT REPRESENT THE SWING STATE OF ARIZONA. THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AS A POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE. >> HELLO, DEMOCRATS! [ CROWD CHANTING ] >> SO, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD TO FOLLOW MICHELLE. I HAVE TO FOLLOW GABBY AND P!NK . GABBY AMAZES ME EVERY SINGLE DAY. SHE WAS ABLE TO WALK AND ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS A FIGHTER. AND THANKS TO A TEAM OF DOCTORS, NURSES AND ESPECIALLY HER SPEECH THERAPIST! [ APPLAUSE ] WE ALL NEED A TEAM. I'VE FLOWN INTO SPACE FOUR TIMES . I'VE 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. IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND ESPECIALLY CHINA, WATCH CLOSELY. WHAT IS TRUMP'S ANSWER? HE INVITED RUSSIA TO DO, AND THESE ARE HIS WORDS, NOT MINE, WHAT EVER THE HELL THEY WANT. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS ALWAYS CHAMPIONED AMERICA'S SUPPORT FOR NATO, FOR UKRAINE. AND FOR THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ON THE. ENATE INTELLIGENCE ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, SHE INVESTIGATED RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN UR ELECTION, SHE DEFENDS FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS EVERYWHERE. YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TRUMP FEELS ABOUT THOSE. DONALD TRUMP SKIPPED HIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING. HE WAS TOO BUSY SUCKING UP TO DICTATORS AND DREAMING OF BECOMING ONE HIMSELF. TRUMP THINKS THAT AMERICANS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OUR SUCKERS AND LOSERS . IF WE FALL FOR THAT AGAIN AND MAKE HIM THE COMMANDER IN CHIE , 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, SUPPORT OUR VETERANS LIKE OUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT, TIM WALZ. [ APPLAUSE ] THE WORLD LAUGHS AT TRUMP, LITERALLY. BUT, FOLKS, IT IS NOT FUNNY. WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, THAT MEANT THE WORLD WAS LAUGHING AT US. THE THREATS WE FACE ARE TOO SERIOUS. THE SACRIFICES OUR SERVICEMEMBERS MAKE ARE TOO SACRED. THE ALLIANCES WE HAVE SPENT DECADES BUILDING OUR TOO CRITICAL. THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE NOW. AND THE CHOICE? THE CHOICE ISN'T EVEN CLOSE. BUT IN ARIZONA AND NATIONWIDE? THIS ELECTION WILL BE. [ APPLAUSE ] 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. THANK YOU! >> PLEASE WELCOME, FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, LEON PANETTA. ♪ SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, LE >> LEON PANETTA, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CIA. >> HELLO, AMERICANS. I AM PROUD TO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMY, THE CONGRESS, THE WHITE HOUSE. CHIEF OF STAFF, CIA DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. [ APPLAUSE ] I HAVE LOOKED INTO THE EYES OF OUR WARRIORS AND DEPLOYED THEM INTO BATTLE. I GAVE THE ORDER, DIRECTING OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES TO FLY TWO HELICOPTERS 150 MILES INTO AT NIGHT AND BY THE TIME THE SUN ROSE, OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS DEAD. [ APPLAUSE ] [ CROWD CHANTING, USA! USA! ] BECAUSE NOBODY ATTACKS OUR COUNTRY AND GETS AWAY WITH IT, NO BUDDY! THAT'S WHAT OUR WARRIORS DO. THAT IS WHAT OUR WARRIORS DO. OUR WARRIORS NEED A TOUGH, COOLHEADED COMMANDER IN CHIEF. TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY FROM TYRANTS AND TERRORISTS. WE NEED KAMALA HARRIS BEHIND THE RESOLUTE DESK. [ APPLAUSE ] SHE KNOWS, SHE KNOWS A TYRANT WHEN SHE SEES ONE. AND OUR ALLIES KNOW A LEADER WHEN THEY SEE ONE. ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE WORKED WITH MORE THAN 150 WORLD LEADERS. SHE HAS LOOKED OUR ALLIES IN THE I AND SAID AMERICA HAS YOUR BACK. RUMP WOULD ABANDON OUR ALLIES AND ISOLATE AMERICA. WE TRIED THAT IN THE 1930s. IT WAS FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS THEN AND IT IS FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS NOW. [ APPLAUSE ] LISTEN TO PRESIDENT REAGAN. PRESIDENT REAGAN, ISOLATIONISM NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TO TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENTS. NEVER. TRUMP TELLS TYRANTS, LIKE PUTI , THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. KAMALA HARRIS TELLS TYRANTS THE HELL YOU CAN, NOT ON MY WATCH. SHE HAS WORKED WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST RUSSIA. SHE KNOWS THAT PROTECTING THEIR DEMOCRACY PROTECTS OUR DEMOCRACY, AS WELL. LOOK, DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AND HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR MILITARY. OUR FALLEN VETERANS ARE NOT FODDER, THEY ARE NOT LOSERS, THEY ARE HEROES! THEY ARE OUR HEROES! KAMALA HARRIS WILL HONOR OUR VETERANS AND IN TIM WALZ, WE WILL HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAS SERVED IN UNIFORM HONORABLY FOR 24 YEARS. [ APPLAUSE ] KAMALA HARRIS UNDERSTANDS THIS MOMENT. IT IS THE MOMENT OF DANGER AND A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY. SHE WILL KEEP AMERICA'S MILITARY THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD. THE STRONGEST EVER KNOWN. AND SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR MILITARY IS FOR. THE ROLE OF OUR MILITARY IS TO DEFEND US FROM FOREIGN ENEMIES. IT IS NOT TO THREATEN AMERICANS AND IT SURE AS HELL NOT TO PUT IMMIGRANTS IN CAMPS. EVERY PRESIDENT, EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE WORLD WAR II, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT HAS SHARED THE BELIEF THAT AMERICA MUST PROTECT DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD. EVERY PRESIDENT HAS HONORED OUR VETERANS AND THEIR SACRIFICES. EVERY PRESIDENT BUT ONE. BUT ONE . SO WE FACE A CRITICAL CHOICE. TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO STANDS WITH OUR MILITARY AND STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY OR SOMEONE WHO WILL DISRESPECT OUR HEROES AND UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY. MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THERE IS ONLY ONE CHOICE. ONE CHOICE. NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. WHEN SHE TAKES HER OATH OF OFFICE, AS SHE WILL THIS JANUARY. OUR ALLIES WILL CHEER, OUR ENEMIES WILL FEAR, AND WE WILL HAVE A COMMANDER IN CHIEF THAT WE CAN TRUST. GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS AND GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY. [ APPLAUSE ] >> FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY, LEON PANETTA GIVING A COMMANDER IN CHIEF ENDORSEMENT FOR KAMALA HARRIS. WE WILL GET A QUICK BREAK IN HERE AND HAD TO TONIGHT'S BIGGEST SPEECH OF TONIGHT BY KAMALA HARRIS. YES, THOSE RUMORS STILL FLYING. >> WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS. >>> WATCHING THE LAST SEVERAL REMARKS FOLLOWING THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF CALL KAMALA HARRIS NOW ONTO THE STATE. >> VETERANS SERVING IN THE GOVERNMENT NOW. NOW ADDRESSING THE CONVENTION HALL JUST BEFORE THE TOP OF THE HOUR NOW. 9:00 HERE IN CHICAGO. THE FOR THE FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THOUSANDS OF CHICAGOANS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME WILL WITNESS HISTORY. >> PART OF THIS CONVENTION. THAT IS TONIGHT. ABOUT TO BECOME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN OF ASIAN AMERICAN DISSENT TO ACCEPT THEIR PARTY'S NOMINATION OF PRESIDENT PIERCE >> THE SPEECH ALSO BE HISTORIC BECAUSE OF HER BACK STORY. HARRIS WILL ACCEPT HER FIRST RUNNING MATE, PRESIDENT BIDEN STEPPED ASIDE. >> BEFORE THAT SPEECH, THERE ARE OTHER BIG SPEECHES FOR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN, ADAM KINZINGER. ROY COOPER, NORTH CAROLINA AND FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. HARRIS HAS GOTTEN TO THE A TICKET. MY HARRIS. WE HAVE GRETCHEN WHITMER ON TOP, AS WELL. >> EUROPE FOR THE GRAND FINALE. >> WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? >> THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION CERTAINLY HAS A LOT TO HOLD. WE ARE CONTINUING THE FIANCE RUMORS. >> CAN'T HELP IT. LET'S BRING IN OUR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT WERE APPARENTLY THE RUMOR IS FLYING. SO IF SHE IS NOT THEY BETTER COME UP WITH SOMETHING. >> YEAH, THAT RUMOR CONTINUES TO GROW. EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THAT. FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DELEGATE HERE. I WANT TO . OUT ON THIS LAST PART OF THE CONVENTION, EVERYONE HAS FELT LIKE A PARTY, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF JOY . TONIGHT, THERE ARE DIFFERENT LAYERS AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT OVER THE PAST HOUR. FIRST WITH THOSE RELATIVES OF VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND NOW ISSUES OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND PATRIOTISM. JUST BEHIND ME, A VERY POPULAR DEMOCRAT ALSO ON THE SHORT LIST INITIALLY FOR THE RUNNING MATE WHICH IS MICHIGAN'S GOVERNOR, GRETCHEN WHITMER. >> AND SHE IS SET TO TAKE THE STATE. >> I AM GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER. IN LANSING, THEY CALL ME GOVERNOR. BUT IN DETROIT THEY CALL ME BIG GRETCH. DONALD TRUMP CALLED ME THAT WOMAN IN MICHIGAN. AS AN INSULT. BEING A WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN IS A BADGE OF HONOR BADGE OF HONOR.. LIKE WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA WHEAT GST, GET STUFF DONE. AT 29 I JOINED THE SANDWICH GENERATION PICK SANDWICHED BETWEEN WORKING AND RAISING MY NEWBORN AND CARING FOR MY MOM WHO WAS DYING FROM BRAIN CANCER. IT WAS HARD. BUT NOT EXTRAORDINARY. IT'S LIFE. THOSE NIGHTS REMINDED ME WHO I WAS 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 PRESIDENT, SHE WILL FIGHT TO LOWER THE COST OF HEALTHCARE AND ELDER CARE FOR EVERY FAMILY. SHE HAS LIVED A LIFE LIKE OURS. SHE KNOWS US. DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T KNOW YOU AT ALL. YOU THINK HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN YOU CAN'T GET TO WORK? NO. HIS FIRST WORD WAS PROBABLY CHAUFFEUR. DO YOU THINK HE HAS EVER HAD TO TAKE ITEMS OUT OF A CAR BEFORE CHECKING OUT? HELL , DO YOU THINK HE HAS EVER BEEN TO A GROCERY STORE? THAT IS WHAT THE CHAUFFEUR IS FOR. 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. AN ATTEMPTED COUP. A PLOT, AND A PANDEMIC. IT'S 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. AND THEN ONE DAY, WHEN YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYONE OUT THE DOOR, A NEWS ALERT GOES OF . SOMETHING HAPPENED. SOMETHING HITS THE FAN. YOU WILL ASK, IS MY FAMILY GOING TO BE OKAY? AND THEN YOU WILL ASK WHO THE HELL IS IN CHARGE . WHAT IF IT'S HIM? WHAT IF IT'S THAT MAN FROM MAR A-LAGO? [ APPLAUSE ] I KNOW IN 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 WE CHOOSE THE LEADER THAT IS TOUGH AND A TOTAL BAD ASS ? [ APPLAUSE ] I KNOW WHO I WANT AS OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF. AMERICA? LET'S CHOOSE KAMALA HARRIS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> DONALD TRUMP A TIME OR TWO MAKING THE STATES THERE AND CONVENTION GETS SET FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. LET'S GO TO KELLY DONALD. IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE STATES THERE, SHE IS JUST TO THE LEFT OF IT AND HAS AN EAGLE EYED VIEW AND SHE SEES WHAT IS GOING ON. >> WELL, ALL WEEK LONG WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO APPEAR IN RIGHT BEHIND THE STAGE TO ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO WERE COMING UP TO SEE SOME OF THE BACKSTAGE INTERACTIONS A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO THAT BLUE CURTAIN CAME DOWN. THE BLUE WALL, IF YOU WILL, WHICH NOW BLOCKS OUR ABILITY TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING BACKSTAGE AND SEPARATELY I HAVE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF SNIFFLES FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY THERE IS A VERY SPECIAL SURPRISE GUEST AND I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT NOT GOING TOO FAR. AT THE SAME TIME I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MAKING A PHONE CALL. HE AND THE FIRST LADY HAVE PLACED A PHONE CALL FROM CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY ARE ON VACATION TO THE VICE PRESIDENT AND HAVE WISHED HER ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TONIGHT AND TO SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING TONIGHT. AND SO WE THINK MOST OF THAT PHOTO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF TANTALIZING TIDBITS HAPPENING BACKSTAGE TONIGHT. WE HAVE HAD A HOLD UP. IT IS BEYOND SICK, WE HAVE HAD RUMORS THAT SAID IT IS NOT. IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST RUMORS OF THE EVENING. AND OF COURSE, THE SONG FREEDOM IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN WHETHER PEOPLE ARE DOING THE LYRICS ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IS WILL SHE BE HERE TONIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR BEYOND OUR EDITORIAL STANDARDS ALLOW . THAT IS THE BLUE CURTAIN IS ONE HECK OF A CLUE. >> YOU WALK US THROUGH. >> RIGHT AS THIS LUNACY. GOT TO SAY, LESTER. IT IS NOT FIANCE. >> THEY BETTER COME UP WITH SOMETHING. THE ANTICIPATION IN THIS ROOM. THIS RUMOR HAS PERSISTED, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STOPPING ME. >> YOU KNOW IT IS INTERESTING, THEY HAVE TRIED TO DO THESE HERE. LAST NIGHT, OPRAH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SURPRISE BUT THAT GOT OUT OF THAT BAG PRETTY FAST AND PEOPLE KNEW SO I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF NOT EVERYONE. >> ON THAT LIST THAT COMES OUT IN ADVANCE. YOU CAN SEE THE MOMENT OF ANTICIPATION. REMEMBER, THAT IS WHAT THIS CONVENTION IS ALL ABOUT. THE POLICY AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. IT IS TIME FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO RESET. >> THEY WANT TO SHOW OFF. THEY WANT TO BRING THE MOMENTUM TO KEEP IT GOING HERE. LISTEN, THERE IS ALSO, OF COURSE, THE BLUE WALL, THE BATTLEGROUND. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MOMENT AROUND KAMALA HARRIS, DEMOCRATS WHERE SHE IS NOW DOING SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN >> TRYING TO BRING US BACK TO SANITY HERE AND THE POLITICAL LANE WE NEED TO STAY IN. BUT SERIOUS QUESTIONS, THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ALWAYS HAD CELEBRITIES COME OUT HERE. THAT IS PART OF IT. DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO VOTES? FIANCE OR TAYLOR SWIFT, IS THAT GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COME TO THE POLLS? >> IT COULD ENERGIZE YOUNG VOTERS. THE ALL-IMPORTANT YOUNG VOTERS. THE TIME IS IMPORTANT. LET'S GO BACK WHEN FIANCE DID A BIG EVENT. DID NOT TRANSLATE. >> WE ARE GOING TO HEAR NOW FROM ADAM KINZINGER. HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF, HE IS THROWING HIS SUPPORT BEHIND BICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. >> AS SORT OF THIS SOMETIMES AWKWARD ALLIANCE WE HAVE TO DEFEND TRUTH, DEFEND DEMOCRACY AND DECENCY. I WAS JUST A KID WHEN I WAS DRAWN INTO THE PARTY OF RONALD REAGAN, HIS VISION OF A STRONG AMERICA, THE SHINING CITY ON A HILL. I WAS A REPUBLICAN FOR I NEVER THOUGHT 12 ULD BE HERY 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? BUT I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND I WANT TO LET MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS IN ON A SECRET. THE DEMOCRATS ARE AS PATRIOTIC AS US. [ APPLAUSE ] THEY LOVE THIS COUNTRY JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO. [ CROWD CHANTING, USA! USA! ] AND THEY ARE USA! USA!AS EAGER TO DEFEND AMERICAN VALUES AT HOME AND ABROAD AS WE CONSERVATIVES HAVE EVER BEEN. [ APPLAUSE ] I WAS RELIEVED TO DISCOVER THAT BECAUSE I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT MY PARTY, TOO. SOMETHING I COULDN'T 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 WEEK MAN PRETENDING TO BE STRONG. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] HE IS A SMALL MAN PRETENDING TO BE BIG. HE IS A THANKLESS MAN PRETENDING TO BE RIGHTEOUS. HE IS A PERPETRATOR WHO CAN'T STOP PLAYING THE VIC THEM. HE PUTS ON QUITE A SHOW BUT THERE IS NO REAL STRENGTH THERE. AS A CONSERVATIVE AND A VETERAN, I BELIEVE TRUE STRENGTH LIES IN DEFENDING THE VULNERABLE. IT IS IN PROTECTING HER FAMILY. IT IS IN STANDING UP FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR DEMOCRACY. THAT'S, THAT IS THE CALL OF BEING CONSERVATIVE. USED TO BE THE SOUL OF BEING A REPUBLICAN. BUT DONALD TRUMP HAD SUFFOCATED THE SOUL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IT'S FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESS HAS COURSED THROUGH MY PARTY LIKE AN ILLNESS, SAPPING OUR STRENGTH, WHIPPING US INTO A FEVER THAT HAS UNTETHERED US FROM OUR VALUES. OUR DEMOCRACY WAS FRAYED BY THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6 AS DONALD TRUMP SPEECH AND DISHONOR LED TO A SEAT ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL. THAT DAY, I STOOD WITNESS TO PROFOUND SORROW, THE DESECRATION OF OUR SINGLE TRADITION, A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER. TARNISHED BY A MAN TOO FRAGILE, TOO VAIN, AND TOO WEAK TO ACCEPT DEFEAT. HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO BE PATRIOTIC IF IT IDOLIZED THE MAN WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION? HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO STAND FOR LIBERTY IF THEY SEE A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IN UKRAINE. A TYRANNY AGAINST DEMOCRACY. A CHALLENGE TO EVERYTHING OUR NATION CLAIMS TO BE. AND IT EQUIVOCATES. IT NOMINATES A MAN WHO IS REALLY OBSESSED WITH PUTIN. AND HIS RUNNING MATE, HIS RUNNING MATE WHO SAID, QUOTE, I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS IN UKRAINE. YET HE WANTS TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, YEAH. HOW CAN A PARTY CLAIM TO BE CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT IS PARTIAL AGAINST WHAT OUR FOREBEARS FOUGHT FOR? MY GRANDFATHER, WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II, WHO BELIEVED IN A CAUSE BIGGER THAN HIMSELF AND HE RISKED HIS LIFE FOR IT BEHIND ENEMY LINES. TO PRESERVE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY THE GENERATION FOUND THERE COURAGE TO FACE AN ARMY. LISTEN, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TO SUMMON THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO ONE WEEK MAN. [ APPLAUSE ] SOME HAVE QUESTIONED WHY I HAVE TAKEN THE STAND I HAVE. THE ANSWER IS REALLY SIMPLE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE MUST PUT COUNTRY FIRST! [ APPLAUSE ] AND TONIGHT, TONIGHT AS A REPUBLICAN SPEAKING BEFORE YOU, I AM PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST. BECAUSE THE FACT IS, I DO BELONG HERE I KNOW KAMALA HARRIS SHARES MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE RULE OF LAW, THE CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. AND SHE IS DEDICATED TO UPHOLDING ALL THREE IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WHATEVER POLICY WE DISAGREE ON PALE IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE FUNDAMENTAL MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE , OF DECENCY, AND OF FIDELITY TO THIS NATION. [ APPLAUSE ] LISTEN, MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS, IF YOU STILL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THOSE PRINCIPLES, I EXPECT YOU BELONG HERE, TOO. BECAUSE DEMOCRACY KNOWS NO PARTY . IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING IDEAL THAT DEFINES US AS A NATION. IT IS THE BEDROCK THAT SEPARATES US FROM TYRANNY AND 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, VOTE FOR OUR BEDROCK VALUES AND VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. GOD BLESS YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ONE TIME CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN BEING WELCOMED AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THE PARTY HAS REJECTED. >> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NO LONGER CONSERVATIVE. THE PARTY UNDER TRUMP, THE COMMITTEE THAT INVESTIGATED THAT DAY AND NO LONGER A SITTING CONGRESSMAN. >>> IN 1958, A 19-YEAR-OLD INDIA LEFT THE ONLY COUNTRY SHE THE ONLY COUNTRY HE HAD EVER KNOWN TO CHART HER OWN PATH IN AMERICA. SHE CAME HERE TO PURSUE AN EDUCATION BUT SHE STAYED HERE TO BUILD A LIFE. HER NAME WAS HER NAME WAS DR. SHAMALA G. 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 DR. SHYAMALA GOPALAN HARRIS. A DEVOTED MOTHER TO HER TWO LITTLE GIRLS. BUT MOST OF ALL, MOMMY WAS A TRAILBLAZER WHO DEFIED THE ODDS AND DEFINED HERSELF. AND 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. AND WE BELIEVED HER. [ APPLAUSE ] 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 STORY. JUST AS SHE HAD BEEN THE AUTHOR OF HER OWN. MOMMY'S JOURNEY AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT SHE WANTED FOR KAMALA AND ME, THAT IS A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN STORY. WE MAY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT HISTORIES. DIFFERENT STRUGGLES, OR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. BUT WHAT BINDS US TOGETHER IS THE FERVENT DESIRE TO BE FREE, TO FILL OUR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL. KAMALA'S ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT FIGHTING FOR EACH OF US TO HAVE THAT FREEDOM. AND LIKE SO MANY AMERICANS, KAMALA KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE UNDERESTIMATED AND BEING COUNTED OUT. SHE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE THE UNDERDOG AND YET STILL BE BOUGHT. AND NOW SHE HAS CREATED SO MUCH ELECTRICITY. SO MUCH OPTIMISM. SO MUCH JOY THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND 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. WELL, LOOK, MY SISTER REJECTS THAT VIEW. ARE OTHERS PUSH DARKNESS, KAMALA SEES PROMISE FOR 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. [ APPLAUSE ]ACK. BECAUSE KAMALA UNDERSTANDS WE HAVE THE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. SHE KNOWS THE MEASURE OF OUR SUCCESS ISN'T JUST WINNING AN ELECTION, IT IS ABOUT WHO WE BRING ALONG IN THE PROCESS. AND SO AS I LOOK OUT AT ALL OF YOU TODAY, 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 SAID THAT'S ENOUGH, YOU'VE GOT WORK TO DO. SHE WOULD TELL ALL OF US TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK. TO ELECT A LEADER WHO SEES THE POTENTIAL IN EACH OF US. A LEADER WHO CARES FOR ALL OF US. A LEADER WHO FIGHTS FOR EVERYONE OF US. OUR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, MY BIG SISTER, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, KAMALA HARRIS! HARRIS! [ APPLAUSE ] >> MAIA HARRIS, THE VICE PRESIDENTS SISTER. YOUNGER SISTER AND ONLY SIBLING. >> NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR, ROY >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> A CLOSE POLITICAL ALLY WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE BEFORE. HE BROUGHT HIMSELF OUT OF CONTENTION. THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. >> THE LAST LINE STAND BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOMENT YOU ARE ALL WAITING FOR. SO I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT TO IT. ALL WEEK YOU HAVE HEARD STORIES ABOUT MY FRIEND, KAMALA. I'M GOING 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 THE AG'S WERE CLOSED TO A SETTLEMENT OF THE BIG BANG AND IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL. WHAT HAVE MEANT $4 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT KAMALA SAID HANG ON A MINUTE, I HAVE MET THESE FAMILIES. I KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND THEY DESERVE MORE. SHE WENT TOE TO TOE WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL EXECUTIVES AND SHE REFUSED TO GIVE IN. LET ME TELL YOU, THIS WAS A HUGE RISK. BUT SHE KNEW IT WAS A RISK WORTH TAKING. THAT'S KAMALA. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THE BANKS CAVED. THAT 4 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES BECAME 20 BILLION. [ APPLAUSE ] THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WITNESSED KAMALA IN ACTION. AND WHAT I SAW WAS A LEADER WHO DOES EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAYS SHE IS GOING TO DO. WHO NEVER WILL SETTLE FOR LESS. AMERICA, WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF BIG FIGHT AHEAD OF US AND WE'VE GOT ONE HELL OF A FIGHTER READY TO TAKE THEM ALL . I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW HER. AND TONIGHT I WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH HER ON EVERYTHING, KAMALA HARRIS WILL FIGHT FOR YOU TO 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 WORRIED ABOUT A SECURE RETIREMENT FOR THEMSELVES, KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. FOR ANY ONE OF OUR ALLIES, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WONDERING IF AMERICA STILL HAS YOUR BACK? REMEMBER THIS, KAMALA WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. AND WHEN SHE FIGHTS? WE WIN! KAMALA IS READY. THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE? [ APPLAUSE ] ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR KAMALA WHEN SHE WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR US? [ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT, IF YOU ARE READY, MY HOME STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, STAND UP! STAND UP, PENNSYLVANIA! STAND UP, MICHIGAN! STAND UP, WISCONSIN! STAND UP, GEORGIA! STAND UP, NEVADA! AND 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! >> GOVERNOR ROY COOPER WITH A RALLYING CRY. ABOUT AS FIRED UP AS IT CAN GET. AND YET, WE NOW ARE ENTERING A PORTION GETTING READY FOR THE SPEECH FOR KAMALA HARRIS BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEO, LET'S WATCH. >> WERE KAMALA ARRIS LEARNED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MIDDLE CLASS AND MAKE EVERY PAYCHECK COUNT. SHE WAS RAISED BY A WORKING MOM AND WAS TAUGHT ABOUT STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT FROM THE PEOPLE SHE LOVED. >> KAMALA CARRIES THE LESSONS OF OUR MOTHER. THAT FIGHTING SPIRIT OF OUR MOTHER. THE PASSION . >> YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SHE WAS SEVEN FEET TALL. >> ARE MOTHER, COMPLAINING ABOUT ANYTHING, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE IT. THE FIRST HE WOULD SAY, JUST STOP THE COMPLAINING, TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. >> KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR FAMILIE LIKE THE O GREW UP WITH. >> THAT IS KAMALA. SHE CAN'T HELP HERSELF FROM STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE AND S WH GREW UP. >> THAT IS KAMALA, SHE CAN'T 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 IS WHAT LED HER TO BECOME A PROSECUTOR. LOOKING BACK NOW, I WOULD SAY IT WAS HER CALLING. >> SHE WENT AFTER PREDATORS WHO TARGETED WOMEN AND CHILDREN, FRAUDSTERS WHO WHIPPED OFF WORKING FAMILIES. SHE PUT DANGEROUS GANG MEMBERS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKERS BEHIND BARS. >> WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FBI OR TBA OR ANY OF THOSE LAW- ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. NOW WE ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELY. >> SHE WAS THE PERSON WHO BUILT THE FOUNDATION IN HOW WE DO CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA. >> AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA SHE HAD -- WHEN $20 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA, ONE OF THE LARGEST. IN THE SENATE, SHE FOUGHT FOR HER THAT YOU WENT CONSTITUENTS. >> CAN YOU THINK OF ANY LAW THAT GIVES THE GOVERNMENT THE POWER TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE MALE BODY? >> I AM NOT AWARE, THINKING OF ANY RIGHT NOW, SENATOR. >> SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE. >> HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAD TO HAVE A DRILL WHERE YOU LEARNED ABOUT HOW YOU NEED TO HIDE IN A CLOSET OR CROUCH IN THE CORNER IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A MASS SHOOTER? LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT THAT. >> ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE SHE DEFENDED OUR NATION FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARIE . IN 2020, SHE MADE HISTORY, THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SHE CAST THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE DURING THE PANDEMIC. SHE MADE BIG PHARMA LOWER DRUG COSTS AND CAP THE COST OF INSULIN AND FIGHT TO RISK RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS WHEN 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 HAD NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO STAND UP. >> SOMEHOW PEOPLE PEOPLE OPENED THE DOOR FOR YOU LEAVE IT OPEN AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T AND YOU NEED TO KICK THAT [ BLEEP ] DOOR DOWN. [ LAUGHTER ] EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE. >> SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDEN . SHE WILL FIGHT FOR FAMILIES LIKE THE ONE SHE GREW UP IN >> OUR CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT SAYING WE TRUST THE PEOPLE. WE ARE SAYING WE WANT FAIRNESS, WE WANT DIGNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE AND WE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS, WE HAVEN'T QUITE REACHED ALL OF THOSE IDEALS BUT WE WILL DIE TRYING BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY. WE BELIEVE IN OUR COUNTRY.T FAL WE ARE NOT FALLING FOR THESE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE US, TRYING TO PULL US APART. WE KNOW WHAT WE STAND FOR AND WE STAND FOR THE PEOPLE AND WE STAND FOR THE DIGNITY OF WORK AND WE STAND FOR FREEDOM. WE STAND FOR JUSTICE. WE STAND FOR EQUALITY. AND SO WE WILL FIGHT FOR ALL OF THIS. >> THAT'S HOW KAMALA HARRIS FEELS. THAT IS WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN AND THAT IS WHAT SHE WILL FIGHT FOR EVERY DAY. ♪ ♪♪ FREEDOM, FREEDOM, WHERE ARE YOU ♪♪ I BREAK CHAINS ALL BY MYSELF ♪♪ SO THAT MY FREEDOM DON'T ROT IN HELL ♪♪ HEY, I'M GOING TO KEEP RUNNING BECAUSE A WINNER DON'T QUIT ON THEMSELVES ♪♪ >> PLEASE WELCOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KAMALA HARRIS. ♪ MOVE ♪♪ FREEDOM, FREEDOM, WHERE ARE YOU [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪♪ BECAUSE I NEED FREEDOM TOO ♪♪ >> YESTERDAY WE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS CONVENTION AND WE ARE NOW WITNESSING THE THINGS THAT A MONTH AGO, NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THE JOY. WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM KAMALA HARRIS. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. [ CROWD CHANTING, USA! USA! ] THANK YOU ALL. WE'VE GOT TO GET TO SOME BUSINESS. WE GOT TO GET TO THE BUSINESS. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, PLEASE, THANK YOU. PLEASE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S GET TO BUSINESS. LET'S GET TO BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME START BY THINKING MY MOST INCREDIBLE HUSBAND, DOUG. FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO ME AND AN INCREDIBLE FATHER AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DOUGIE. [ APPLAUSE ] I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH. TO OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. WENT I THINK ABOUT THE PAST THAT WE HAVE TRAVELED TOGETHER, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE. YOUR RECORD IS EXTRAORDINARY AS HISTORY WILL SHOW. AND YOUR CHARACTER IS INSPIRING AND DOUG AND I LOVE YOU AND JILL AND I AM FOREVER THANKFUL TO YOU BOTH. [ APPLAUSE ] AND TO COACH TIM WALZ, YOU ARE GOING TO BE >> AAN TO COACH INCREDIBLE VICE PRESIDENT! [ APPLAUSE ] AND TO THE DELEGATES 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, SHYAMALA HARRIS HAD ONE OF HER OWN AND I MISS HER EVERY DAY AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. AND I KNOW SHE IS LOOKING DOWN. I KNOW THAT. BUT MY MOTHER WAS 19 WHEN SHE CROSSED THE WORLD ALONE, 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. THEY FELL IN LOVE AND GOT MARRIED AND THAT ACT OF SELF DETERMINATION MADE MY SISTER, MAIA, 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. ILLINOIS, TO WISCONSIN AND WHEREVER OUR PARENTS JOB TOOK US. MY EARLY MEMORIES OF OUR PARENTS TOGETHER ARE VERY WARM. A HOME FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND MUSIC. ARETHA, COLTRANE, AND MILES. AT THE PARK, MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, 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, IN THE BAY YOU EITHER LIVED IN THE HILLS OR THE FLATLANDS. WE LIVED IN THE FLATS. A BEAUTIFUL WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD OF FIREFIGHTERS, NURSES, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. ALL WHO ATTENDED THEIR LAWNS WITH PRIDE. MY MOTHER, SHE WORKED LONG HOURS. AND 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 SHARMAN, AUNT MARY, UNCLE FREDDIE, AUNTIE CHRIS. NONE OF THEM FAMILY VIA BLOOD AND ALL OF THEM FAMILY BY LOVE. [ APPLAUSE ] FAMILY WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE GUMBO, HOW TO PLAY CHESS AND SOMETIMES EVEN LET US WIN. FAMILY WHO LOVES US, BELIEVES IN US, AND TOLD US WE COULD BE ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING. THEY INSTILLED IN US THE VALUES THEY PERSONIFIED. COMMUNITY, 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. AND AS THE ELDEST CHILD, AS THE ELDEST CHILD I SAW HOW THE WORLD WOULD SOMETIMES TREAT HER BUT SHYAMALA NEVER LOST HER COOL. SHE WAS TOUGH, COURAGEOUS, A TRAILBLAZER IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH AND SHE TALKED MAIA AND ME A LESSON. SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT INJUSTICE BUT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THAT WAS MY MOTHER. AND SHE TAUGHT US, SHE ALSO TAUGHT US AND NEVER DO ANYTHING NEVER DO ANYTHING HALF-ASSED. H. THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE. A DIRECT QUOTE. I GREW UP IMMERSED IN THE IDEALS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. MY PARENTS HAD MET AT A CIVIL RIGHTS GATHERING AND THEY MADE SURE THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS INCLUDING THE LAWYERS LIKE THURGOOD MARSHALL AND CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY. THOSE WHO BATTLED IN THE COURTROOM 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. AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CHOOSE THE TYPE OF LAW I WOULD PURSUE I REFLECTED ON A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MY LIFE. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I STARTED TO NOTICE SOMETHING ABOUT MY BEST FRIEND, WANDA. SHE WAS SAD AT SCHOOL. AND THERE WERE TIMES SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO HOME. SO ONE DAY I ASKED IF EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT. AND SHE CONFIDED IN ME THAT SHE WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER STEPFATHER. AND 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 HAVE 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 ANY ONE 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 YOUR GRANDMOTHER SPEAKS. ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER AND EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER SET OUT ON THEIR OWN UNLIKELY JOURNEY. ON BEHALF OF AMERICAN LIKE THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH. PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD, CHASE THEIR DREAMS, AND LOOK OUT TO ONE ANOTHER. ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHO'S STORY COULD ONLY BE WRITTEN IN THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH, I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND WITH THIS ELECTION. [ APPLAUSE ] AND WITH THIS ELECTION, OUR NATION, OUR NATION, WITH THIS ELECTION HAS A PRESCIENT, FLEETING OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE PAST THE BITTERNESS, CYNICISM, AND DIVISIVE BATTLES OF THE PAST . A CHANCE TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD. NOT, 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 PROMISED TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS. YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST ME TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY. AND SO, TO HOLD SACRED AMERICAS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES, FROM THE RULE OF LAW TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.ANSFER OF POW. [ APPLAUSE ] I WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO UNITES US AROUND OUR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS. A PRESIDENT WHO LEADS AND LISTEN . WHO IS REALISTIC, PRACTICAL, AND HAS COMMON SENSE AND 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. DELIVERED $20 BILLION FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES WHO FACED OR CLOSURE AND HELPED PASS A HOMEOWNER BILL OF RIGHT , ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. I STOOD UP FOR VETERANS AND STUDENTS BEING SCAMMED BY BIG FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES. FOR WORKERS WHO WERE BEING CHEATED OUT OF FAIR WAGES. THE WAGES THEY WERE DUE. FOR SENIORS FACING ELDER ABUSE. I FOUGHT AGAINST THE CARTELS WHO TRAFFIC IN GUNS AND DRUGS AND HUMAN BEINGS. WHO THREATEN THE SECURITY OF OUR BORDER AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WILL TELL YOU THESE FIGHTS WERE NOT EASY. AND NEITHER WERE THE ELECTION THAT PUT ME IN THOSE OFFICES. WE WERE UNDERESTIMATED AT PRACTICALLY EVERY TURN. BUT WE NEVER GAVE UP. BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS WORTH FIGHTING FOR. AND THAT'S THE FIGHT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW, A FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE. FELLOW AMERICANS, 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, BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING DONALD TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS. CONSIDE , CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE CHAOS AND CALAMITY WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE BUT ALSO THE GRAVITY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE 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 MOB AND SEND HELP, HE DID THE OPPOSITE. HE FANNED THE FLAMES. AND NOW, FOR AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SET OF CRIMES , HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD BY A JURY OF EVERYDAY AMERICAN . AND SEPARATELY FOUND LIABLE TO COMMITTING SEXUAL ABUSE. AND CONSIDER, CONSIDER WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO 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 THE ENEMY. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO DEPLOY OUR ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY AGAINST OUR OWN CITIZENS. CONSIDER, CONSIDER THE POWER HE WILL HAV , ESPECIALLY AFTER THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUST RULED THAT HE WOULD BE IMMUNE FROM A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. JUST IMAGINE DONALD TRUMP WITH NO GUARDRAILS. AND HOW HE WOULD USE THE IMMENSE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATE . NOT TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE, NOT TO STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT TO SERVE THE ONLY CLIENT HE HAS EVER HAD, HIMSELF. AND WE KNOW WHAT A SECOND TRUMP TERM WOULD LOOK LIKE, IT IS ALL LAID OUT IN PROJECT 2025, WRITTEN BY HIS CLOSEST ADVISERS AND IN SOME TOTAL, IT IS TO PULL OUR COUNTRY BACK TO THE PAST. BUT AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO WHEN 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 COULD DENY PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT FUNDS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM AND PROGRAMS LIKE HEAD START WHICH PROVIDES PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE FOR OUR CHILDREN. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. AND WE ARE STARTING A NEW WAY FORWARD. FORWARD TOWARDS A FUTURE WITH A STRONG AND GROWING MIDDLE CLASS BECAUSE WE KNOW A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL TO AMERICA'S SUCCESS AND BUILDING THAT MIDDLE-CLASS WILL BE A DEFINING GOAL OF MY PRESIDENCY. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS PERSONAL TO ME. THE MIDDLE CLASS IS WHERE I COME FROM. MY MOTHER KEPT A STRICT BUDGET, WE LIVED WITHIN OUR MEANS. YET, WE WANTED FOR LITTLE. AND SHE EXPECTED US TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY 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 AND OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY. AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE CHANCE TO COMPETE AND THE CHANCE T COMPETE AND A CHANCE TO SUCCEED SUCCEED. WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A RURAL AREA, SMALL-TOWN, OR BIG-CITY. AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING TOGETHER LABOR AND WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND AMERICAN COMPANIES TO CREATE JOBS, TO GROW OUR ECONOMY AND TO LOWER THE COST OF EVERY DAY NEEDS LIKE HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING AND GROCERIES. WE WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND FOUNDERS AND WE WILL END 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 FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS, HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. INSTEAD HE FIGHTS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS AND HE WILL GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF TAX BREAKS THAT WILL ADD UP TO $5 TRILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. AND ALL THE WHILE, HE INTENDS TO ENACT WHAT, IN EFFECT, IS A NATIONAL SALES TA , CALLED A TRUMP TAX, THAT WOULD RAISE PRICES ON MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES BY ALMOST $4000 A YEAR. INSTEAD OF A 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 THOSE DECISIONS. AND LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. DONALD TRUMP HAND-PICKED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. AND NOW HE BRAGS ABOUT IT IN HIS WORDS, QUOTE, I DID IT AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE DONE IT,". WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS I TRAVELED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND WOMEN HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STORIES. HUSBAND AND FATHERS HAVE SHARED AFFAIRS. -- THERE IS. STORIES OF WOMEN SEPSIS, LOSING THE ABILITY TO 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 FAMILIES. CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF IVF TREATMENTS. CHILDREN WHO HAVE SURVIVED SEXUAL ASSAULT POTENTIALLY BEING FORCED TO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TERM. THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. AND UNDERSTAND, HE IS NOT DONE. AS A PART OF HIS AGENDA, HE AND HIS ALLIES WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL, BAND MEDICATION ABORTION AND A MASS A NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN WITH OR WITHOUT CONGRESS. AND GET THIS, GET THIS, HE PLANS TO CREATE A NATIONAL ANTIABORTION COORDINATOR AND FORCE STATES TO REPORT ON WOMEN'S MISCARRIAGES AND ABORTIONS. SIMPLY PUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS.