Intro CHRISTIE. >> ALL RIGHT, LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATE. PEYTON. THANK YOU. WELL, ALL EYES ARE ON THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THIS WEEK, AND A DELAWARE DELEGATE IN ATTENDANCE HOLDS THE TITLE OF HIGHEST RANKING TRANSGENDER ELECTED POLITICIAN IN THE NATION. AS A STATE SENATOR. BUT COME NEXT MONTH DURING DELAWARE STATE PRIMARY, SARAH MCBRIDE COULD BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO SHATTERING A MAJOR Sarah McBride GLASS CEILING. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? I'M NOT RUNNING TO BE THE TRANSGENDER MEMBER OF CONGRESS. >> I'M RUNNING TO BE DELAWARE'S MEMBER OF CONGRESS, WORKING ON ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT MATTER, LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CHILDCARE TO PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE, REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND GUN SAFETY. >> REAL ISSUES THAT SARAH MCBRIDE SAYS MOTIVATED HER TO JUMP AT DELAWARE'S ONLY OPEN SEAT IN CONGRESS THIS GENERAL ELECTION. SO WHEN LISA'S SEAT OPENED UP, WAS THIS ALMOST LIKE KISMET? >> I FELT COMPELLED TO RUN BECAUSE I THINK AT THIS MOMENT IN OUR POLITICS, WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF LEADERS WHO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. >> HER RESUME IS NOTHING SHORT OF ACCOLADES TO A ROLL CALL OF FIRSTS. BEING THE FIRST OPENLY TRANS PERSON TO WORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, TO THE FIRST TRANS PERSON TO SPEAK AT A PARTY'S NOMINATING CONVENTION IN 2016, AND THEN FOUR YEARS LATER, THE FIRST TRANS PERSON ELECTED TO ANY STATE SENATE. AND WHILE SHE STILL HAS TO GET THROUGH THE SEPTEMBER PRIMARY AND THE GENERAL, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO COME OUT, TOO AFRAID TO BE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES, AND THEY SEE YOU AND THEY'RE LIKE, THAT'S POSSIBLE. >> A STORY LIKE MINE IS ONLY POSSIBLE IN AMERICA. IT'S ONLY POSSIBLE IN A PLACE WHERE WE SEE PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE. WE SEE PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE AND WE JUDGE CANDIDATES BASED ON THEIR IDEAS, NOT THEIR IDENTITIES, THEIR Closing IDEAS, AND NOT THEIR IDENTITIES. >> NOW THE PRIMARY IS SEPTEMBER 10TH. THAT'S THE SAME NIGHT AS THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BUSY NIGHT, BOTH IN PHILADELPHIA AND IN DELAWARE. A LOT OF BIG RACES CONGRESS, SENATE, GOVERNORS RACE, AND YOU CAN WATCH THE DNC COVERAGE EVERY NIGHT ON CHANNEL SIX AND WHEREVER