continuing over the next three nights, as well. >> there is so much to be said about what will be joe biden's final prominent speech. i think, that he was not planning to give, 30 days ago. in the history of the most poignant political speeches, they have always been concession speeches. they have always been the eloquent speeches made by people who just lost an election. under very difficult circumstances, it is a small collection, but those are the gems but this is not a concession speech, but it is the closest thing to it. and, chris suggests that there has been absolutely no example of this in our history, and there has not. i am literally the last to reach for sports analogies. and so, after many years without ever coming close to one, this really is, you know, the

starting pitcher who does an amazing thing and froze his arm out and is now handing it over to the closer, and those closer relief pitchers are some of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. we don't know when without the closer and there is no win without the starter. and, that is what you are seeing here, you are seeing the ticket work in a way that no one ever expected. to work flawlessly, and i would say, huge credit to joe biden, on the day that he announced he would not be a candidate at this convention. in those 27 minutes that it took him to pace the announcement of his endorsement, those were the 27 minutes where the world had no idea what was going to happen next. there was a giant surge of sadness in front of people

supporting joe biden on unbelievable suspense about what the heck happens now. fears of chaos among people like me, -- >> the only endorsement that she got, and the only endorsement that it took to give her the nomination, completely uncontested, there was not a politician in america or the democratic party who looked at biden and said oh, i'm going to run against joe biden and kamala harris for the nomination at the convention. >> i remember being on the air while joe manchin was still having the hiccups. thinking about it, but they never actually emerged. >> i think he got out while we were still on the air.

>> a short run. >> i remember being asked about it as though it was a serious thing that would happen, and i might -- this is one of those things i'm not sure that i have to learn. you know what i mean? if somebody tells you how to do a complex thing on your new phone that is about to be obsolete, and is not going to do that. alex wagner, our friend is at the convention on the floor and has a very special guest. i recognize him. hi, alex. >> do you? so did i. i am happy. we are soaking in the emotional confetti, with senator whitehouse. is great to see you. you know, senator, if there is one institution in american life that holds the most dier spot in president biden's -- well, holds the dearest spot in his heart, it is probably the senate, and i sort of wonder how you are thinking about this moment, and what you hope to hear from the president tonight. >> i am thinking that we have had one of the most amazing months in clinical history, a huge transition, entirely because joe biden made the bravest and most selfless and most consequential decision in my political lifetime. tonight,

we have the chance to tell him thank you. so, i hope that we blow the roof off this place, to show our appreciation. >> of that essay, i heard senator chris use exactly the same turn of phrase. i hope we blow the roof off this place. is there a secret senate democrat thought that we need to know about? >> i will say that chris took it from me. >> well, you can hear guys in new york, that there is a lot of -- you know, the balloons are all stored up in the ceiling, but there are balloons in the hearts of those who love joe biden, tonight after the president speaks back here rachel. >> good to see you there. i will say, the look that is on his face right now is i feel like it's branded at this point in terms of how satisfied democrats are, right now, with their choices. the idea of expressing appreciation to the president while he is still the president, what president biden

gets to do tonight, he does get to accept the thanks of his party, and the thanks of the country. he also gets to take a victory lap in terms of the competence of his administration thus far. he also needs to tell the country, and will tell the country, why kamala harris can and will be the next president of the united states, and she is the right person for that job. but then, there is also the matter of him staying in office until the end of january. one of the things that i am really curious about tonight, to also to slip through, is what joe biden most wants to do with this freehand that he has, now, as president. obviously he needs to conduct himself in a way that he thinks will be to maximal electoral benefit to his chosen successor, but i mean, we know what his passion projects are. knowing that he is not himself standing, knowing that kamala

harris is already being shot out of a slingshot through this nomination, and toward november. i am really interested to see what he is going to do with it, and i am not quite sure that we know yet. i don't know if we inspect to see some of that tonight. >> i don't know that we are going to see -- i don't think we will see a plan for his next couple of months but there are some things that we know he would like to get done, like a cease-fire deal, for example, quite front and center, and then there are other things that are clearly a part of his agenda, which is protecting our democracy, of course, electing kamala harris. and now, that is not the only thing that will protect our democracy. i think it is interesting in the last couple of months, he has spoken of supreme court reform, as we know for many years, he is not going to get it done before he leaves, but that is interesting. i also think that for him, watching the senate, he has been a part of, not just democratic party politics, but he has been at the center of it

for 50 years. the convention itself has been a backdrop for him for that amount of time. i mean, he has spoken at nearly every convention, he was a floor manager for jimmy carter and just thinking about him looking out on the crowd tonight, and how they will feel. i expect it will be complete elation and joy, and also tears. i have spoken with a lot of biden staff, former staff. if you work from him for five years in the biden world, there is a lot of emotions, and a lot of joy in the democratic party, but there is a lot of emotions about the limited time left, about his career, over the last 50 years. >> this is union leaders of its reception they are in the room, a group of leaders talking about labor support for the harrison walls ticket.

>> union yes, union yes. >> i'm lee saunders, president of the union of 1.4 million public service workers, and healthcare, directions, sanitation, and more. you know, four years ago, we faced a pandemic and a recession. but, the president who didn't care one bit of what working people were going through. enter joe biden and kamala harris. within weeks, they passed the american rescue plan, pulling the economy back from the brink, and putting us back to work. they were guided by a basic principle for freedom for

working people. including the freedom to join a union. so, this november, this november, we are moving forward with kamala harris as our president. >> i am april perez, and i am the president of sei you, representing 2 million service and their workers. we are all in for kamala harris, because kamala harris has always been all in for us. vice president harris joined workers on the picket line, and she brought the day in the

shoes of a home care worker. she shares our vision for a modern-day labor movement, a movement that meets the needs of workers in the 21st century. and, and economy that is ready for the future. it is going to be together, that we write new rules, to make it easier for all workers to join a union, and we are going to build a younger, darker, hipper, fresher, sneaker wearing labor movement. a movement that is going to be more inclusive, and built for the middle class. and we are going to and poverty wage work for once and for all. so, let's do the work.

let's elect kamala harris, so that together, we will usher in a new era of worker power, and together, we will win the future. let's go get it. >> the leaders of two major unions, along with other labor leaders are speaking here. we will hear later this evening, a big primetime address from the very fiery and charismatic leader of the noted autoworkers, sean fain is scheduled, a big focus on labor tonight for the democrats. pennsylvania governor, josh shapiro, speaking of labor, endorsed and very much in keeping with the labor in his state. josh shapiro was one of the names on vice president harris is very shortest shortlist of potential running mates, he was reportedly among the final three candidates along with arizona senator mark kelly and minnesota governor mark tim

walz. josh shapiro is governor of what might be the most important swing state in the country, pennsylvania and is 19 electoral college votes are considered a must when by both campaigns, and both campaigns, according to the polls, have essentially an equal shot at pennsylvania right now. josh shapiro is standing by at the convention in chicago. take it away. >> thank you so much, rachel. governor, thank you for being here. >> it's so great to be with you . >> let's get right to it. we just heard two labor leaders speaking, another is on stage right now. the industrial heartland of this country, that is the must win part of this country. president biden does very well in states like pennsylvania. how well will vice president do, in your view, in your state? >> i think she will do exceptionally well. listen, pennsylvania is proudly home to over 750,000 union members, and growing. from our building trades, that

build our roads and bridges, to our teachers who teach our kids, our police officers on the streets, and so much more. i couldn't be more proud to be the governor of pennsylvania to represent these folks, and they are fired up for kamala harris. she speaks their language. she has got there back, she has been a part of the tremendous work that joe biden has done to lift up communities that have often times been forgotten, and now she is prepared to take it to the next level. >> reporter: working-class voters are always at issue. even though republicans economic policy centers around tax cuts that don't necessarily help the working class, there is something about the way that they talk about the world and the economy that appeals to working working-class voters. has the ticket figured out how to get those voters back? >> republicans talk a good game, but their policies screw

over those folks, and hurt them. what you are seeing from kamala harris and tim walz is a laser focus on those communities. they were just in western pennsylvania, and importantly, love pittsburgh, but they weren't in pittsburgh, they were in beaver county, pennsylvania. a rural community outside of pittsburgh, talking about cost- cutting, talking about job creation. meeting people where they are. barack obama's first rally in 2008 was in beaver county, showing up in those communities that have often times been forgotten and left out shows that the harrison walls ticket shows that you have to meet people where they all are. address those communities had on. what the republicans are offering are not only empty promises, but policies that would strip away part of their paycheck, making it harder for this community to get ahead. i think that kamala harris is effectively prosecuting the case against donald trump.

in committees across pennsylvania. >> you were able to do this because obviously, you won the governor's race, you have some experience running against presidential extremists, if you want to be in terms of the report at the time. talk to us about that map. there are rural parts of your state in western pennsylvania, those voters often seem to be out of reach for democrats. why do you suppose that is? what could this campaign be saying to those voters? >> you are right to identify those voters outside of philly, outside of pittsburgh, outside of those really important urban centers. these are communities that feel like they have been ignored. listen, i showed up and made sure that i listened to their concerns. i have delivered for them is governor, the way that joe biden and kamala harris have delivered for them as president and vice president. there is a small town just around the pittsburgh area, a largely minority community, where folks for generations

have turned on the tap and let filled water has come out. parents been unable to give their kids clean drinking water until joe biden and kamala harris came along. that is an example of meeting people where they are and addressing the concern. there is example after example that kamala harris has been engaged in and involved in delivering for those communities. it is about showing up, and addressing those neighbors needs . >> reporter: i think what you are talking is one reason you are a popular governor with a high approval rating, and attractive to kamala harris as a potential running mate. you wound up not being the running mate but it sort of turned into the avengers. all of you on the shortlist for the campaign, for you, you did make a very spirited defense of the ticket, and you talked

about the fact that people on the other side in the republic inside, tried to accuse that ticket the foregoing you as the running mate because of your faith. what do you make of the fact that they are trying that, at the time when you are vigorously supporting the campaign? what do you say back to them? >> look, the person leading that effort, to inject that into the dialogue is donald trump. someone who has absolutely no credibility to speak about anti- semitism, or hatred, or bigotry, because he is someone who pushes that into the dialogue that he is someone who divides americans. listen, when folks marched with tiki torches in charlottesville, virginia, and literally chanted, jews will not replace us. he did not

condemn that language, he said there were good people on both sides. there were not good people on both sides for donald trump is someone who pushes hate and bigotry into our politics, and so i will not be lectured, and no one should be lectured, by donald trump. listen, i want to be very clear about something. anti-semitism, played no role in the dialogue between me and the vice president. none. it is true, that there is anti- semitism in this country. it is true that there is racism and islamic phobia and other forms of hatred and bigotry. what we need to do, all of us, all leaders, is stand up and speak with moral clarity, and donald trump is bankrupt when it comes to speaking with moral clarity. >> reporter: today i was out where all the protesters are gathering and there are people protesting about women's rights and lgbtq rights, and all sorts of causes, they are obviously pro-palestinian, they are very passionate, very angry and consumed with a partial hope that they will see something different come out of this

convention in terms of the issues that they care about with their families and some reason that are in gaza. what would you say to those protesters outside of the serena about what could be said here that might make them feel more comfortable with the ticket books but first of all, i want to say, i salute and celebrate their right to peacefully protest. follow the rules as established by the mayor and others, here, but to make sure that their voices are heard. folks need to listen to them. i will tell you how i feel. i mourn the loss of life in israel on october 7th. the hundreds of hostages taken, including american hostages, we need to bring them home. i also mourn the loss of thousands of innocent gazans who have died. i think it is possible to hold both concerns in your mind, and in your heart. i think it is possible to see hamas as the terror organization that they are, but

like me, want to see a two state solution with palestinians and israelis living peacefully, side-by-side. i know that feels very far away right now, out of reach, but i think that what we have to do is understand the very real concerns people have, understands that what we are seeing is incredibly upsetting and something that we need to work quickly for the return of the hostages and bringing in some type of peace. i want those people who are protesting to peacefully have their voices heard, and i want them to understand, that here in this hall, people understand their pain, they want to see an end to the war and the return of the sausages. >> we are listening to some music happening here, one of the things that has been really striking about this convention is the diversity. the fact that everybody is at this party, and it does feel like a party. i think we are very excited. but, this is going to become very emotional in a different way to talk to me about two things, first, the diversity of

the party. you are an area man, you have grown up in a party that is unlike anything the democrats were in a generation ago, right? and joe biden comes from an older generation, yet he is the leader here. talk about joe biden, if you could, and his leadership, and about the diverse party that he leads. >> first, on the diversity, it is beautiful. it is wonderful to see people from so many different walks of life coming together and understanding one another, respecting one another. listen, i believe that the democratic party is wonderful, because no matter what you look like or where you come from or who you love, or who you pray to, you have a place here in this party. that is something that i salute, i celebrate, and it is something that i try to surround myself with when i am governing in pennsylvania. joe biden has been doing this, a longtime. i think your words where he comes from the old school are indicative of how joe biden has been able to bring people along with him. peoplehood do not necessarily look like him, or think like him, he has helped filled a

party that gives them a place, where they can thrive and flourish, and where their voices can be heard. it is a beautiful thing. >> reporter: a legitimate star in the democratic party. a member of the avengers, who will be defending the harrison walz ticket. what you think of tim walz? >> i think he is awesome. i got to tell you, we consider tim and went to be really good friends, and we are so excited that america is getting to see them. he is a wonderful picture for what the vice president wants in a vice president, and he will do great things for this country. >> i think that we can see why he is a star, everyone. governor josh shapiro. thank you very much. much appreciated. back to you, rachel. >> we will let you go but i've got one more. >> well done, my friend. >> got to get one more in.

>> that's the way that we do it. i would just say, watching josh shapiro, it is not like this is a minority view, but i remember interviewing him as attorney general, in pennsylvania, and thinking, it's the same sort of feeling i had the first time i interviewed stacy abrams when she was the minority leader in the georgia state legislature. it was the same feeling that i had the first time that i saw you interview alexandra ocasio- cortez as a congressional candidate on air. there are just these people, who you recognize, whatever their status in the party right now is, you realize there is not a ceiling for them. >> and, there is something weirdly gratifying about that 2022 race in pennsylvania, because again, you go through these long periods in the trump era, of vertigo. nothing matters, it doesn't matter whether you say crazy stuff, it is like a structural polarization, and then you get a race like the one between douglas triano, okay, let's run the experiment, it should really matter that this guy is able to communicate as

effectively as he does, he has the resume and is able to relate to people and the guy running against him is so extreme and so poor at those things, and did. one of those reminders in the trump era, one of those elections, and there has been a bunch of them, where, like, gravity exists but yes it still matters in american politics to persuade people and reach out to those who do not agree with you, trying to meet them halfway, do the work of politics, that still matters, and to me, that was a big example of that. >> mess triano, one of the political distention between the biden and harris campaign approach to trump is that harris treats trump the way shapiro treated mess triano. she has rolled out so many -- it is not about joe biden and who they are and what they would need for democracy, it is just a tactical thing. but, the republican

endorsement, physical day. so, she is representing to the whole country, coming out of four weeks now, as the coalition candidate. she has been running against mess triano, that way, so ostracized from the political center and by the end, the normal publicans. >> yeah, and it is tactical in terms of how you position yourself but there is also something about being able to grab that energy, and take it away from somebody who is getting attention, getting energy, getting all the cable news attention, getting all of what they are getting because they are being transgressive and crazy and instead say no, we are going to expend energy on our attention, on something that is not crazy, it is practical and it has cross party appeal. and it is very hard to do but you cannot necessarily prescribe to somebody how they can do it until you see them do it, but that is what shapiro did to mess triano, and it is the way that harris has punctured trump, in these last few weeks. >> what is always striking when i watch shapiro is the thoughtfulness through how he

answers questions. you don't always know what he is going to say and you know it is not always on the dnc talking point email, no offense to the dnc, he is speaking in a thoughtful, nuanced, everything is not black and white, he does not fear answering questions but that is why i always lean in, and some of the people you mentioned habits and quality. remember watching him and thinking, is that the doug bergen of our party? he was the runner-up, right? for the presidential pick and it shows you the bread and the bench of the party. >> the last thing, i'm glad that joy raised this. watching tonight, the diversity of the faces, the use in the room, the diversity of people's backgrounds, is so striking and different, from a couple of weeks ago. and, what is also different is the overall message. i mean, biden and harris are speaking to the totality of the country, the multicultural and multiethnic country that we live in, which is diverse with a big umbrella and everyone is

a part of it. and trump and vance speak to a tiny, tiny portion of the public. if you look at the ring, i think that is also in the messages that we will hear. >> first comment after listening to governor shapiro was referring to the question, what is their status in the party? their status in the party, as of right now, tonight, is incredibly valuable campaigners for the harrison walz ticket. but this gives you is, someone who can campaign for the ticket in pennsylvania and get attention without the candidates having to be there, which is just as valuable as they could possibly be. rafael warnock able to do that in georgia, you will see all of these people over the course of this week, just sitting here and thinking, okay? 75 days of that guy, campaigning in pennsylvania, or wherever their state is, for this ticket. very powerful but i cannot think of a more powerful group of surrogate campaign speakers that the democrats have had. this is really an amazing

lineup. all across the country. >> is a very good point. you think about how josh shapiro could sell out a room, hitting lots of places other than pennsylvania, as the speaker on behalf of the democratic campaign, asking -- a number of people that we will hear from tonight but they don't to be on the ticket, they don't have to be out of the cabinet, but the bench, right now, is electric, as i have ever seen it in the democratic party, and to have that happening, again, in contrast to the republicans at the same time that you have the entire history of the party all onboard and represented, starting tonight. it is an enviable position, i think, for the party in terms of tonight and their future, but we will see a showcase over these next few hours. much more to come, live from the democratic national convention in chicago, we are awaiting speeches from among others, congresswoman alexandra ocasio-cortez, hillary clinton is going to speak, president biden will of course be

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welcome back to our coverage of the first night of the democratic national convention. we are of course awaiting tonight's keynote address, a

historic address from the sitting president of the united states, president joe biden. before president biden made the historic decision to make himself the bridge to the next generation of leadership, to voluntarily relinquish power, and invite a new democratic leader to take his spot in the uppermost echelon of american power. before he did that, there was another democratic party legend, who made that same decision. democratic speaker nancy pelosi, after two decades as the leader of democrats in congress, some people say the most effective speaker of the house in american history. while she was still very much at the height of her powers and influence, democratic leader, nancy pelosi chose to retire from democratic party leadership in the house, to clear the way for a new generation. hakeem jeffries, for the --

hakeem jeffries is now standing by with our collie, alex wagner in chicago. over to you. >> reporter: thanks, rachel, leader jeffries, as rachel points out, the democratic party has done some fairly extraordinary things in terms of the lines of succession, if you will. how are you feeling about the choice president biden made, and what he will say on the stage tonight? >> i am honored to see the democrats standing on the shoulders of a legendary leader like nancy pelosi, katherine clark and aguilar and the entire democratic caucus. we are also thankful for president joe biden, and great american, heroic american, a patriotic american, he will go down in american history is one of the most consequential presidencies of all time. he has made this selfless decision to pass the torch to kamala harris, who is ready and willing and able to lead the united states of america. and so, we are here to celebrate joe biden, we are

here to elevate kamala harris, and we are here to eradicate mega extremism. >> for a long time, the adage was that democrats need to fall in love and republicans fall in line. that does not seem to be true today, and i wonder if you think that what we are looking at is a new and very tactical, strategic -- i would say cutthroat but really sort of, getting a democratic party that places winning and defeating donald trump as it's a paramount objective. >> we have recognized the donald trump represents an accidental threat to america, to our way of life, to democracy, to an economy we want to build which works for everyday americans as opposed to his vision of the economy that works for the wealthy, the well-off and well-connected. if you look back at the arc over the last several cycles, we took the house back in 2018, we went to the presidency in 2020, which at the senate back in 2020, we over performed in the midterm elections, and we

won all across the country, we only narrowly lost the house, we won during off year elections in 2023, so, i think we have been very strategic, as it relates to the stakes that exist, and the need for us to win not as democrats, but to win for the american people. >> reporter: do you think the house stands a chance of him falling back into democratic hands? >> we are working very hard, as democrats in this congress we continue to put people over politics and we will articulate our vision across the country. we will fight to lower costs, we are going to fight to defend freedom, and in particular, a woman's freedom to make her own health care decisions. put that right in the hands of the american people, elect kamala harris, and take back the majority of the house of are presented as. >> reporter: and it is you talk about the economy and abortion and freedom are broad, you did not talk about the shenanigans,

euphemistic, that the house will begin conference has been up to, today. finally came out with their report, many dollars in the making which concludes that president biden is guilty of impeachable conduct, though they are unable to point to a particular crime or criminal activity, and they are unlikely to hold a vote because they don't actually have the votes. what is your reaction to the release of that report, today, leading to the sort of bigger picture of how they have been spending their time? >> republicans are sad and desperate. so far, the report is a fake and fraudulent and fictitious document but there is no evidence that president biden committed a crime, no evidence of wrongdoing and no evidence of impeachable offense. this is all about it them continuing to bend the knee to donald trump, who instructed them to launch this phony impeachment inquiry. they have wasted time and taxpayer dollars, and at the end of it, they have produced nothing. it also represents a cynical effort to try to drop this, as

if people are going to pay attention on the first day of the democratic convention? it was an epic fail, just like their majority throughout this congress has been an epic fail. has brought us nothing but chaos, dysfunction, and extremism. we are going to bring joy, hope, change, for the american people. >> it should be noted, leader jeffries, i think you're the only here who had a dj at one of his parties today celebrating the convention. so, many firsts are happening here. >> shout out to dj clark kent, resenting here at the democratic national conventions. >> back to you in new york, rachel. >> thank you very much, that was excellent. leader hakeem jeffries of the democratic party is very calm and cool and collected. i think that was what counts as gleeful from him. i think that is what counts as a full throated -- that is him over the top excited. simmons anders townsend is

joining us, simone, what you make so far of how this is rolling? >> i think this is a historic convention for a number of reasons. as the harris campaign, and also democrats have been talking about this convention, i literally got here from chicago a couple of hours ago, i need to call secretary buttigieg. to find my bag. as i was talking to folks, they kept talking about a witness to history. but, for them, that does not just mean the historic nomination of vice president kamala harris, they talk about joe biden's historic work as president. that is what they mean when they say history, and then, the continuation of that work needs to be done. jesse jackson was on it on that stage, and we can hear him speak because reverend jackson, praise the lord he is still with us, he has had some health challenges. you don't get this convention, you don't get this democratic bench, you do not get hakeem jeffries, president barack

obama without reverend jesse jackson and him running for president, in 84, but also, before that even, the 1972 convention and the work that he did there, then running again in 88, fundamentally changing the makeup of the democratic party apparatus. just like jesse jackson. he ensured that more people reflected the depth and breadth of what america really was, black people, working-class folks, people of color across the board. latinos, that they have a place and a seat in the democratic party. so from 84 all the way up through 2024, this is literally the house that so many people, but definitely jesse jackson helped build. i think the energy in the convention is there. a lot of folks i was talking to yesterday said that this is a celebration for joe biden tonight and people are going to be pleased about what this program is, specifically this primetime program, as it leads

up to the speed for president biden. >> let's go back to the podium right now, senator lafond butler from california is about to give her remarks. >> it is great to see so many familiar faces. >> i cannot forget the state i was born and raised in, mississippi democrats, let everybody here you. >> democrats, before i joined the senate, i was a leader in the labor movement. so, i know a champion for the people when i see one. i met kamala harris, when she

was district attorney, and i was president of a large care workers union. we hit it off, right away. what really impressed me, was how well she got to know my family. my wife, and especially our daughter, nyla. as soon as nyla heard that ms. kamala harris was running for president, she asked if she could be vice president. so, no disrespect to governor walz, but nyla put her name in first. vice president harris and i share a lot in common. we both graduated from historically black colleges. me, from jackson state university.

the vice president, from howard university. we were both raised by mothers who worked fiercely to provide for us. and we both believe that every single one of us has the power to change the world when we choose to do it together. you see, kamala harris has always understood the assignment. no matter if she were the underdog, no matter the bullying or the name-calling, she never doubted the our best was still ahead. she knew a better future was possible, if we stood side-by- side, with our neighbors, and we fought for it. no matter what language they spoke, no matter what country they came from, no matter the size of

their bank account. and that is what she did. as a prosecutor, together with law enforcement, she prioritized holding criminals accountable, and protecting public safety. as state attorney general, together with students, she put a scam college out of business. after the mortgage crisis, together with families who lost their homes, she took on the biggest banks in the world, and one coat a settlement five times what was initially offered. every time that she walked into a courtroom, she would simply say, kamala harris for the people. for her, it was not just a professional oath, it was a battle cry. and let's be clear. to her

opponents, this way of seeing the world, the idea of fighting for someone other than yourself, is unthinkable. but let me tell you, democrats, what is really unsuitable, conning young people who simply want a good education is unthinkable. stiffing a hard-working laborers like donald trump did in atlantic city, is unthinkable. bragging about having ripped away a woman's freedom to choose what she does with her own body, is unthinkable. and democrats, americans, we deserve better. we deserve a president who is tough, not just tough talking, one who shatters the boundaries of what is possible, not the boundaries of what is legal, and one who

wipes the floor cheats and fraudsters, because democrats, she knows the type. democrats, that president that we deserve, that president is my friend, kamala harris. thank you all, so much. california senator lafond butler talking about the democratic party and its bench. lafond butler, as you mentioned in her remarks, a labor leader in california, also the leader of emily's list, she was chosen by california governor gavin newsom to take the seat then held by dianne feinstein, he said he would appoint an african-american to that see if

it became vacant and she said very early on that she would not run to have the seat, after finishing the few months for which she is holding it as an appointee, but you see how effective she is as a communicative there but you were just saying, in part, that is a product of not just being there but all the organizations she has run. >> all the organizations, the pitches that she has had to make to lawmakers, the seats on the policy and rallying the people, the senator and vice president are very close. since the switch, that is what the young folks on the street is calling it. young black women from north carolina this weekend, they say, the switch. i said what is that? they said the name on the tickets which. the switch. >> i will take it. >> you know, there you go. she, herself, corey booker, some on the hill, that vice president harris is leaning on, she has a deep relationship in this moment. senator warner as well.

>> nicole, one of the things we know about senator butler's time on the hill is not only interesting because of course, her past working relationship with kamala harris all the way back to her time as attorney general in california, but also that she has just been a very effective senator. even with this unusual position where she only has it for a few months and she has only got -- she is the least senior member of the senate, she has actually still been quite effective, and is becoming a sort of a favorite among other aquatic senators. again, another person for whom it seems like the future is very bright. >> she has that massive human intelligence. she has the eq, the iq, she is incredibly warm. i mean, i love this, the switch. in the first days after the switch, we were looking for folks who could give you something personal and warm about the vice president, not just the political analysis, she emerged as one of my favorite people to talk to, and

it really is what she talked about tonight between her daughter and the vice president, she just has all of the substance, all the policy, and all of the personality. >> do you see her as a potential dnc chair? >> sure. you keep saying is futures. these people stand up to the microphone, you see what they are doing now and you can also just see their futures. you know, just a word to the audience about conventions, having been in the hall for a few decades, it is the worst place to be. >> classic lawrence. >> from on the convention floor, i could hear -- >> oh you can't hear anything. >> you can't hear a thing because the crowd is allowed except when the most important speakers speak. so you cannot hear anything that is set up on the stage, and the other thing is that you pay no attention to the stage when you're in the convention hall, kind of like what we are doing here. we actually are showing more of

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night one of the democratic national convention in chicago, where democrats have a head of steam behind their ticket. the ticket which, since the switch as we are calling it, is now headed by kamala harris and minnesota governor tim walz. we have seen governor walz in the hall tonight. we are expecting tonight's keynote address of course tonight to be the sitting president of the united states, joe biden, just such an unbelievably rare thing, brought about by the most unusual circumstances in presidential history. here is governor walz and his wife, watching proceedings from

the floor. at the floor, the convention for us is our beloved colleague, alex wagner, who is with michigan governor gretchen witmer. over to you, alex. >> thank you, rachel. governor, we just keep panning to governor walz in the audience, somewhere here. i know for at least a few weeks, there was some speculation that it would be a harrison witmer ticket but that did not come to pass, much to some chagrin, but there is a lot of enthusiasm for your fellow midwestern governor, tim walz. and i wonder, you know, if you can talk a bit about the guy that you know as a fellow governor. >> yes, i love tim walz. tim, my daughters are saying to me, he is like a male version of you, mom, and i thought that was so -- >> i can see it. >> he is rocking a purple tie in the honor of the vikings and prince. so he is always on message, but tim is a great guy. he is a good person, right? he is a teacher, a public servant, he is someone who has dedicated his life to making

other people's lives better. that is the pragmatic kind of midwestern ritz that this governor brings to the ticket, and i think that will resonate with michiganders, pennsylvanians, people across the country can see that he is a normal guy who will work hard to make our lives better. >> he has a really distinct sense of humor, too, which seems very midwest. we were talking before this segment began, there is a humor that is like a deeply authentic humor which i think has resonated nationally. >> and never based in cruelty. he does not make fun of other people. he calls it like he sees it, and his humor is about bringing people together, not dividing us , like some people. >> you mentioned pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. i would love to get a sense from your perspective, about, you know, what the change in ticket has done, and how you see it playing out

postconvention, in a state that you have already said is going to be very close. >> we are seeing a lot of enthusiasm, people are reaching and volunteers are calling in to our campaign offices all across the state, wanting to get involved. we are seeing younger people tuning in, now, and it is really encouraging, so this will be a tough race. in michigan, we know, we have a third-party candidate on the ballot, we know that michigan is the most diverse of all the swing states, and with that comes a lot of important conversations that we need to have. i think we are making progress and we will keep our sleeves rolled up and work all the way through. >> you know, i think if we talk about the causes of trepidation going into november, there is really some concern about what happens on election day, and our brilliant colleague, rachel maddow has an op-ed in the "new york times" today talking about her concerns on election day, with election officials, people refusing to certify the votes in their counties, you know, you were at the center of a plot to kill you in michigan, a lot of armed militias in the

upper peninsula, i just wonder, what is your level of concern about election related chicanery moving into the election and in the days and weeks afterwards. >> one of the great pieces of news is that the democrats control the house, the senate and the governor's office for the first time in 40 years. we have done a lot of great things, but one of those is to expand voting rights to make it easier for people to vote in person, three weeks ahead of the election. we have enhanced penalties for people who mess around with our elections, or threaten an election worker. we have their right of franchise and do it safely and get it counted. that being said, we have to prepare for people who want to create chaos. >> governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, great to have you. >> thank you for asking that question, alex. thank you to governor whitmer both for sitting for that interview and for that answer. obviously something that is keeping all of us awake right now. while you have been talking, we have been looking at images of

governor tim walz, the democratic vice presidential nominee, technically soon to be, along with his wife, gwen. he is sitting one seat over from the second gentleman, doug emhoff. we also saw governor walz and his wife and their kids, gus and hope are with them. i think jacob soboroff is trying to nose in over there. jacob, can we go to you? >> rachel, i'm close enough, governor, we're live on msnbc. how are you feeling, sir? >> we're excited. it's a pretty important night for democrats to honor joe biden, and gwen and i and the kids are excited to be here. >> could you ever imagine a night like this to be here and be with the second gentleman, to be with your wife, and to be potentially on the verge of becoming the next vice president of the united states? >> i don't know, doesn't every public school teacher imagine -- no, it's a privilege, it's an honor. this ticket feeling that energy, just a privilege. >> you were in aliquippa,

pennsylvania, over the weekend. you feel like you guys are going to take pennsylvania? >> absolutely. i said the energy out there and to be with those high school kids, to see what that means, xieing. >> thank you very much. nice to talk to you. nice to see you as well. rachel, i think i pulled a muscle trying to do that, but we made it happen. >> well done. and by the way, we just got a call from all the restaurants that still have sneeze guards on their salad bars and you're barred from all of them. thank you, jacob. well done. well done. he was right over the sneeze guard there. that was so inappropriate and so excellent. >> did you see the staff. they realized he was live on msnbc. it was a train of people coming down to say hey, how did you get here? >> you busted out laughing. did we get that? >> from both of his kids. >> wow. most relatable. >> yeah. i mean, the thing about it is he just doesn't -- he seems, i don't know, he seems pretty

unflappable. i have been so struck by someone who went in a very, very short course of time from a relatively obscure national figure to having the amount of attention he has had, and i think it says something about the sort of preparation, life's work he's done before this. someone who is not gunning to be in that seat, as jacob alluded to in that question. how comfortable he seems. >> i love his answer when he's getting pressed on, i think the line of questioning was about whether the agenda and record was too progressive and he said, what a monster. i mean, he just, he has one liners. again, to my earlier point -- >> the kids are fed. >> i believe kids should have a full belly to learn. questions about his record as governor, and he just has, i think, a superpower of shrinking the attacks against him. things that have sort of in past eras left strategists in a room

trying to figure out what the talking point is to get back against the attack he might be too liberal. he said what a monster. >> i have been trying to come up with an analogy, if not an analogy, a helpful comparison in terms of what other vice presidential pick is like him. i'm still on home plate. cannot really come up with anybody who he reminds me of in politics who has ascended this fast, but who also brings these particular kinds of talents to the ticket. i'm not saying he's the best vice presidential nominee we have ever had in this country. i'm just saying i don't know anybody else who performs like he has. >> maybe the closest and it's a stretch, you're right, so i will stretch it, is harry truman who had this plain spoken quality about him, but so did the president he was running with. franklin delano roosevelt had no problem communicating with anyone, but harry truman had tat

midwestern plain spoken thing. he was not an ivy leaguer, and that's kind of the closest i think we have to it. but this is unique. this is someone who we really haven't seen at this level of prominence on the national stage. >> part of it, too, i have to say as someone who no shade on anyone who are young men or women in a hurry and were ambitious. i know quite a few of them, some of the people i love the most in my life. you just didn't get the sense, and this is where i think the truman comparison is -- tim walz is not like at 18, imagining himself at the dnc giving a presidential speech. there are lots of people in politics who did. again, no shade. i really mean that. but i think the quality you're identifying there is how distinct that is. that that just was very clearly nowhere in the mind of an 18, 22, 24-year-old. >> no school teacher in our history who made it on the

ticket. this is the real deal. it's kind of extraordinary when you think about it. of all the occupational tracks you can take in this country and as long as we have had public education, this is the first public school teacher, the first real school teacher to end up on a national ticket. and you don't go into 20 years of public school teaching with political ambitions. that's not where it begins. >> let me also -- i want to rerack something that played a few moments ago. this is something we were talking about off camera and i wanted to play a clip of this. the democrats each night of this convention are going to focus on project 2025 which is effectively a far right template for trump administration second plan terms. tonight, a very talented michigan state senator named malory mcmauro gave the opening salvo of the democrats against project 2025. let's look at what she said. >> i am michigan state senator

malory mcmauro, and this, this is project 2025. now, over the next four nights, you are going to hear a lot about what is in this 900-page document. why? because this is the republican blueprint for a second trump term. that's right. they went ahead and wrote down all the extreme things that donald trump wants to do in the next four years. and then they just tweeted it out. putting it out on the internet for everybody to read. so we read it. and whatever you think it might

be, it is so much worse. tonight, i want to tell you about just one aspect of project 2025. its plan to turn donald trump into a dictator. >> moments ago, michigan state senator malory mcmorrow. have they started that thing we were expecting? let's jump in to this at the stage. >> the moon, landed on it. the future, building it. freedom, nobody loves it more. and we fight for it. ♪ freedom freedom ♪ ♪ i can't move ♪ ♪ freedom cut me loose ♪ ♪ freedom freedom ♪ ♪ where are you ♪ ♪ because i need freedom too ♪ >> freedom from control.

freedom from extremism and fear. >> extremists want to take us back, but we are not going back. >> we go forward. that's american. and we need a leader who is for the people. >> ours is a fight for the future. >> kamala harris, protecting people from predators and big drug cartels. holding wall street banks accountable. >> a crime perpetrated against our middle class. >> standing up to dictators. and fighting for all of us. >> i say we fight. >> that's our choice, a prosecutor or a felon. >> are you ready to make your voices heard? ♪ freedom i can't move ♪

♪ freedom cut me loose ♪ ♪ freedom where are you ♪ ♪ because i need freedom too ♪ ♪ i break chains all by myself ♪ >> do we believe in the promise of america? and are we ready to fight for it? >> and when we fight, we win. ♪ freedom freedom i can't move ♪ ♪ freedom cut me loose ♪ ♪ freedom freedom where are you ♪

[ cheers and applause ] >> good evening, everyone. good evening. good evening. it is so good to be with everyone this evening in this hall, and everyone at home. this is going to be a great week. and i want to kick us off by celebrating our incredible president, joe biden. who will be speaking later

tonight. joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation. and for all you will continue to do. we are forever grateful to you. thank you, joe. and looking out, looking out at everyone tonight, i see the beauty of our great nation, people from every corner of our country, and every walk of life are here, united by our shared vision for the future of our country, and this november we will come together and declare with one voice as one people we are moving forward.

with optimism, hope, and faith. so guided by our love of country, knowing we all have so much more in common than what separates us. let us fight for the ideals we hold dear. and let us always remember when we fight, we win. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. good night, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] >> a surprise appearance from the nominee herself, vice president kamala harris. appearing at the end of that

stirring -- >> tony goldwyn -- >> beyonce video. shocking the crowd. i think she seemed to even perhaps surprise the second gentleman. you saw him mouthing, i didn't know that was going to happen. which was a very second gentleman thing to do. here's tony goldwyn, the actor. >> welcome to the first night of the democratic national convention. now, how is that for an opening act? i'm just saying. now, as our vice president just said, over the next four days we will be bringing folks together from all around the country, people from every walk of life, to talk about this nation we love and about a candidate who has devoted her life to public service, who never shies away from a righteous fight, and who always stands up for the people. we are going to talk about the

choice america faces in this election. it's a choice not just between two very different candidates but between two very different futures. we will hear from everyday americans about what is truly at stake in this campaign. the future of our middle class, the future of reproductive rights, the future of our climate, our security, our schools, the future of our freedom. the future of our very democracy. we will see the vision of our nominee. it is a vision of stability, security, and opportunity for everyday americans where we continue to grow this economy by growing the middle class. and where the safety of our children, our families, and our communities are a fundamental civil right. it is a future where instead of

scoffing at allies and fawning over dictators, our president stands up for our friends, faces down our adversaries and american democracy remains a beacon of hope and inspires the world to take on our biggest challenges together. we'll learn the story of a leader who has dedicated her life to making doing the work of making good on the promise of america. a leader who understands the middle class because she grew up in the middle class. a leader who has taken on powerful interests at every step of her career and fought for the rights and freedoms of all of us. and then, of course, we will hear again from the democratic nominee herself, the next president of the united states of america, kamala harris.

because she has a message for us. it is a message that's joyful, not mean spirited. a message of public service, not self-service. a message of optimism and opportunity, not chaos and division. a message that has woken us up to who we are. to who we have always been. because americans are not a cynical people. we are not small minded. and whether we realize it right now or not, we are currently already writing a new chapter of the american story. and we can dream as big as we want. so i just want to ask you, are you excited? yeah? well good. are you ready? okay. well, then i challenge you to make this the moment you get off the sidelines and into the game.

so i want you to text join to 30330 and get involved. because when we fight, what happens? >> we win. >> we win, and we are going to win this thing together. and while we're doing it, we're going to have a whole lot of fun, so let's get started. >> tony goldwyn is the sort of celebrity host for this evening. this video here, which i think we can go to, it sets up our next guest, basketball coach steve kerr. >> nine time nba champion and coach of the 2024 olympic gold winning men's basketball team, steve kerr. >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you.

it is so fun to be back here in the united center. and as you guys know, a lot of good stuff has happened in this building. especially in the '90s. you young people, google michael jordan, and you can read all about it. so there was an amazing vibe in this building back in those days, and i feel that same winning spirit here tonight. so the last time i was in a packed basketball arena was in paris, france. nine days ago, some of the best players on earth, 12 incredible american men, came together to win olympic gold. and the next night, i was back in that same building watching 12 more of the best players on

earth, our incredible american women do the same thing. and i cannot think of a better metaphor for what this country is all about than the way team usa came together at the olympics. we had players from across our wonderful country, players who have trained and fought relentlessly, shed tears trying to beat one another throughout their careers, joining forces to wear the red, white, and blue. and when we won, the american flag raised to the rafters, the national anthem playing, gold medals draped around the necks of our players, whose hands were held over their hearts. it was the proudest moment of my life. thank you. now, i could never have imagined that a few days later i would

receive an invitation to step into a different kind of arena. and so here i am. i know, i know very well that speaking out about politics these days comes with risks. i can see the shut up and whistle tweets being fired off as we speak. but i also knew as soon as i was asked it was too important as an american citizen not to speak up in an election of this magnitude. the reason i said yes to speaking here tonight is that as a coach and former player, as a husband, a son, a father, even a grandfather, and as an american, i believe in a certain kind of leadership. i believe that leaders must display dignity.

i believe that leaders must tell the truth. i believe that leaders should be able to laugh at themselves. i believe leaders must care for and love the people they are leading. i believe leaders must possess knowledge and expertise but with a full awareness that none of us has all the answers. and in fact, some of the best answers often come from members of the team. and if you look for those qualities in your friends or your boss or an employee or your child's teacher or your mayor, then shouldn't you want those same qualities in your president? and when you think about it that way, this is no contest. with kamala harris and tim walz, i see all those qualities.

they have devoted their lives to serving other people. whether vice president harris was defending her community in the courtroom or governor walz was inspiring the next generation in the classroom. or on the field, for that matter. by the way, coach to coach, that guy is awesome. although i have to say, coach walz, way too much reliance on the blitz in '99 against mankato east. you had a strong defensive line. i would have played more press coverage with your corners and then dropped the safeties into a tampa-2. that's just me. sorry. i wanted you to know how i feel every day of the nba season. but listen. the joy, the compassion, the commitment to our country that we saw at the olympics, that is what kamala harris and tim walz have. and it is what our country

needs. leadership, real leadership. not the kind that seeks to divide us, but the kind that recognizes and celebrates our common purpose. think about what our team achieved with 12 americans in paris. putting aside rivalries to represent our country. now imagine what we could do with all 330 million of us playing on the same team. not as democrats, not as republicans, not as libertarians. but as americans. who know the greatness of this nation doesn't come from any one of us but from each of us doing our part to build a more perfect union. that vision is what this campaign is all about. it's why i'm here tonight. and it's why i'll be getting out every day to help people get out

and vote on november 5th and elect kamala harris and tim walz as the next president and vice president of the united states. and, and, after the results are tallied that night, we can in the words of the great steph curry, we can tell donald trump night night. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> so i had my little superfan moment with jason isbell, but nicolle wallace and chris hayes just lost their minds for steve kerr. nicolle, i have never even seen you like this. >> i can't talk. i love -- you go. >> i think he's a phenomenal coach. a brilliant player, phenomenal

coach and great dude. i don't know him personally, but he's struck me. i thought what he did in paris was incredible and him talking about leadership. this is a person who really knows something about leadership and leadership under duress and under fire and the joke about second guessing the defensive coaching of the vice presidential nominee against mankato east was funny. >> even if you weren't a warriors fan, a bulls fan, it was optimistic, it was hopeful, inspirational. it was rational and practical. >> but if you are a warriors fan, and you bleed warriors colors, you understand that what he's saying here is that the side that's on america is the ticket building the coalition that doesn't just look like america but has americans from every single, you know, part of the pro-democracy movement. i thought the news he made there was when he said every day

between now and election day, i'm going to work to get people out to vote for kamala harris and tim walz. this is the only time of year when he's not too busy to do that. i thought that was extraordinary. the other thing that is amazing is the sports analogies. i think -- here, we need to listen. >> this is shawn fain from the united autoworkers. >> all right. all right. yeah. thank you. good evening, america. and good evening to the people that make this world move, the working class. on behalf of 1 million active and retired members of the uaw, i am honored to support kamala

harris and tim walz to be our next president and vice president. and i want to say thank you to joe biden for making history by walking the picket line with the uaw. for the uaw and for working class people everywhere, this election comes down to one question. which side are you on? on one side, we have kamala harris and tim walz, who have stood shoulder to shoulder with the working class. on the other side, we have trump and vance.

two lap dogs for the billionaire class who only serve themselves. so for us in the labor movement, it's real simple. kamala harris is one of us. she's a fighter for the working class. and donald trump is a scam. [ crowd chanting ] >> that's not -- that's not just my opinion.

that's a fact. all we have to do is look at the track record. when donald trump was president, corporate america ran wild. donald trump did not bring back the auto industry. when donald trump was president, auto plants closed. trump did nothing. trump told workers in lawrence town, ohio, he would be bringing all the auto jobs back. and trump did nothing. in 2019, general motor workers went on strike for 40 days for good jobs and a better life. and trump did nothing. talk is cheap.

but in 2019, you know who was on the picket line standing shoulder to shoulder with autoworkers? i'll give you a clue. her initials are kamala harris. in 2023, who helped bring jobs back to lordstown, ohio? kamala harris. and in 2024, who will stand with the working class in our plight for justice? kamala harris. and that's the difference. donald trump is all talk, and kamala harris walks the walk. in the words of the great american poet nelly, it's getting hot in here.

>> it's hot in here. it's hot in here because you're fired up and you're fed up, and the american working class is fired up and fed up. the american working class is in a fight for our lives. and if you don't believe me, just last night, blue collar workers, uaw members at cornell university had to walk out on strike for a better life because they're fighting corporate greed. and our only hope is to attack corporate greed head on.

corporate greed turns blue collar blood, sweat, and tears into wall street stock buybacks and ceo jackpots. it causes inflation. it hurts workers. it hurts consumers. and it hurts america. and corporate greed is alive and well in the auto industry. you know, last fall, we achieved life-changing gains in our strike at the big three. we even won a commitment to reopen a closed plant not too far from here. we were able to do that thanks to the support of kamala harris and joe biden and the thousands of autoworkers that went on

strike. but a year later, one company wants to go back on their commitments in our contract. and let me be clear, stellantis must keep the promise they made to america in our union contract. and the uaw will take whatever action necessary at stellantis or any other corporation to stand up and hold corporate america accountable. and when the uaw stands up, we know who stands with us and who stands against us. donald trump laughs about firing workers who go on strike.

and kamala harris stands shoulder to shoulder with workers when they're on strike. and that's the difference between kamala harris and donald trump, the scab. trump is pushing the tactics of the rich. it's the oldest trick in the book. they want to blame the frustration of the working class people. they want to take those frustrations and blame it on race. they want to blame it on the lgbtq plus people. they want to blame it on some destitute and desperate person at the border. they do that because they want working class people to be divided and to focus and keep the focus off the one true enemy, corporate greed.

the rich think we're stupid. but working class americans see this for what it is. this is our generation's defining moment. so i have a question for you. are you ready to stand up, speak up, and show up and put kamala harris and tim walz in the white house? we need a defender of the working class in the white house. someone who is one of us, and someone who knows how to fight. and that fighter is the next president of the united states, kamala harris. thank you.

>> the fire breathing president of the united autoworkers, shawn fain. what did he say in the immortal words of the prophet, nelly, it's getting hot in here. >> alexandria ocasio-cortez takes the stage next. >> thank you, chicago, for your energy. thank you, kamala harris and tim walz, for your vision. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, chicago, for your energy. thank you, kamala harris and tim walz, for your vision. and thank you, joe biden, for

your leadership. you know, six years ago, i was taking omelet orders as a waitress in new york city. i didn't have health insurance. my family was fighting off foreclosure. and we were struggling with bills after my dad passed away unexpectedly from cancer. like millions of americans, we were just looking for an honest shake. and we were tired of a cynical politics that seemed blind to the realities of working people. it was then, only through the miracles of democracy and community, that the good people of the bronx and queens chose

someone like me to elect them in congress. and america, in my heart, i know from that same cloth of hope and aspiration, we will also elect kamala harris and tim walz as president and vice president of the united states of america. because america has before us a rare and precious opportunity. in kamala harris, we have a chance to elect a president who is for the middle class because she is from the middle class. she understands the urgency of rent checks and groceries and prescriptions. she is as committed to our reproductive and civil rights as she is to taking on corporate

greed. and she is working tirelessly to secure a cease-fire in gaza and bringing hostages home. in kamala harris, i see a leader who understands. i see a leader with a real commitment to a better future for working families. and chicago, we have to help her win. because we know that donald trump would sell this country for a dollar if it meant lining his own pockets and greasing the palms of his wall street friends. and i, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself

as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people out from under the boots of greed trampling on our way of life. the truth is, don, you cannot love this country if you only fight for the wealthy and big business. to love this country is to fight for its people, all people. working people, everyday americans like bartenders and factory workers and fast food cashiers who punch a clock and are on their feet all day in some of the toughest jobs out there. you know, ever since i got elected, republicans have

attacked me by saying that i should go back to bar tending. but let me tell you, i'm happy to any day of the week because there is nothing wrong with working for a living. imagine, imagine having leaders in the white house who understand that. leaders like kamala and tim. but chicago, just because the choice is clear to us does not mean that the path will be easy. over the next 78 days, we will have to pour every ounce, every minute, every moment into making history on november 5th.

but we cannot send kamala and tim to the white house alone. together, we must also elect strong democratic majorities in the house and in the senate so that we can deliver on an ambitious agenda for the people. because if you are a working parent trying to afford rent and child care, kamala is for you. if you are a senior who had to go back to work because your retirement didn't stretch far enough, kamala is for you. if you're an immigrant family just starting your american story, kamala is for you. america, when we knock on our neighbor's door, organize our

communities, and elect kamala harris to the presidency on november 5th, we will send a loud message that the people of this nation will not go back. we choose a new path, and open the door to a new day, one that is for the people and by the people. thank you. thank you very much. god bless. god bless you all. >> the theme of tonight y think, at least us here watching from msnbc headquarters in new york, is democratic talent. alexandria ocasio-cortez represents the queens and the bronx. she's a young member of congress and therefore not at all senior, but her profile belies not her literal status but her talent. stunning. >> she's really good at it. she's a really gifted communicator. not only is she a really good

communicator naturally, she's navigated the politics of the democratic party coalition with incredible deftness and aplomb. both as a dissenting voice in some parts of the party, but never in a way that threatens to sort of undo the unified project that she shares with the other members of the coalition, which is a very, very difficult thing to pull off. >> let's go to the stage. >> the neighborhood we grew up in was a very hard-working, tight-knit community. families going to church on sunday. kids playing in the front yard. >> mommy got us these bright blue matching bikes with banana seats and we were surrounded by caring adults. >> this neighborhood on bancroft way, we spent so much time here,

behind me is where it all began. her mom rented the apartment that was above the sheltons nursery. so in the beginning, mrs. shelton used to baby-sit the girls. >> shamala was a single mom. life was not easy for them, but she loved her daughters fiercely. kamala herself says that her mom told her that she may be the first to do many things, but to make sure she's not the last. she's always been that kind of person, a true leader. and very protective of her friends and her family. >> when kamala was all of 4 years old, her best friend in kindergarten, stacey johnson, got into something with another kid on the playground. >> this one particular day, we had made some clay art, and this one boy in our class had taken mine for whatever reason and through it on the ground and it

shattered. so kamala, being very protective, just jumped in front of me and stood up to him. to me, that shows the kind of person that she has always been, to stand up to the bully and to stand up for the underdog, and to stand up for what is right. >> kamala carries the lessons of our mother, the fighting spirit of our mother. the compassion. and i have seen it over and over again in our growing up. >> when we were in high school, my sister's friend wanda was being molested by a family member. and kamala just jumped in. she wanted her to come and stay with us, and mommy said, of course. 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 can say it was her calling. >> please welcome stacey johnson batiste and doris johnson. >> good evening. i am stacey johnson batiste, and this is my mom, doris johnson. we are so excited and honored to be here with you. kamala and i have known each other for a long time. we met at birkwood hedge school. we hit it off immediately, and

became each other's very first best friends. our moms also became fast friends. >> and on weekends, we would pile into my 1966 mustang and kamala's mom would sit in the front with me. and kamala and maya and stacey would sit in the back, and off we would go to a movie or some adventure. >> my mom still has that mustang. >> i do. >> kamala and i both get our grit from our mothers. kamala has always been a protector. one day at school, we made clay art projects during story time when they were outside on tables

to dry, for whatever reason, a boy in our class took mine, through it on the ground, and it shattered. kamala jumped in between him and me and said something that made him so mad, he picked up a rock or something and hit her on the head. blood came streaming down, the school called shamala to take her to the hospital. the stitches she got left a scar over one of her eyes. she still has it. that's the kind of person kamala has always been. from the very beginning. someone who doesn't hesitate to stand up for what's right, to take up for the underdog, and to stand up to bullies. i have seen it time and again, whether the bully is an individual, a gang, or a

corporation, she fights for all of us. before we go, i know my mom has one more thing to say. >> kamala, your mom would be so proud of you. >> kamala harris' childhood best friend and her late mother's best friend from her upbringing in oakland, california. we're expecting now, i believe, to be hearing shortly -- here we go. from former democratic presidential nominee and secretary of state hillary clinton. here we go. nancy pelosi there in the audience watching vice presidential nominee tim walz and his wife, gwen. the room in chicago quite electric tonight.

hillary clinton. >> thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you all so much. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, my fellow democrats. thank you, my fellow americans.

thank you so much. thank you all. thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. wow. there's a lot of energy in this room, just like there is across the country. something, something is happening in america. you can feel it.

something we have worked for and dreamed of for a long time. first, though, let's salute president biden. he has been democracy's champion at home and abroad. he brought dignity, decency, and competence back to the white house. and he showed what it means to be a true patriot. thank you, joe biden, for your lifetime of service and leadership.

[ chanting thank you joe ] >> and now, and now we are writing a new chapter in america's story. you know, my mother dorothy was born right here in chicago before women had the right to vote. that changed 104 years ago yesterday. think about it. tennessee became the final state. to ratify the 19th amendment to the constitution. the state legislature was deadlocked until one lawmaker's

mother, a widow who read three newspapers a day, sent a letter, a letter to her son. no more delays, she wrote. give us the vote. and since that day, every generation has carried the torch forward. in 1972, a fearless black congresswoman named shirley chisholm -- [ cheers and applause ] -- she ran for president. and her determination let me and millions of others dream bigger, not just because of who she was but because of who she fought for. working parents, poor children,

the last, the least, and the lost. in 1984, i brought my daughter to see geraldine ferraro, the first woman nominated for vice president. if we can do this, jerry said, we can do anything. and then, there was 2016 when it was the honor of my life to accept our party's nomination for president. and, and nearly 66 million americans voted for a future where there are no ceilings on our dreams. and afterwards, we refused to

give up on america. millions marched, many ran for office. we kept our eyes on the future. well, my friends, the future is here. i wish my mother and kamala's mother could see us. they would say, keep going. shirley and gerry would say keep going. women, women fighting for reproductive health care are saying keep going. families building better lives, parents stretching to afford child care, young people

struggling to pay their rent, they're all asking us to keep going. so, with faith in each other and joy in our hearts, let's send kamala harris and tim walz to the white house. you know, the story of my life and the history of our country is that, progress is possible but not guaranteed. we have to fight for it and never, ever give up. there is always a choice. do we push forward or pull back? come together as we the people or split into us versus them.

that's the choice we face in this election. kamala has the character, experience, and vision to lead us forward. i know her heart and her integrity. we both got our start as young lawyers helping children who were abused and neglected. that kind of work changes a that kind of work changes the person. those kids stay with you. kamala carries with her the hopes of every family she protected and every community she served. as president, she will always have our backs.

they and she will be a fighter for us. she will fight to lower costs for hard-working families and advocate for good paying jobs and yes for abortion rights nationwide. she locked up murderers and drug traffickers. she will never rest in defense of our freedom and safety. donald trump fell asleep at his own trial. when he woke up, he made his own kind of history, the first person to run for president with 34 felony convictions.

and as vice president, kamala said in the situation room . -- sat in the situation room. but we also know as vice president, she sat in the situation room and stood for america's values. i know what it takes. i can tell you as commander-in- chief, she won't disrespect our military and our veterans.

she revers the medal of honor recipients. she won't be sending love letters to dictators. she will defend democracy and our constitution and will protect america from enemies foreign and domestic. think about it. the constitution says that the presidents a job is to take care that the law be faithfully executed and those are the words of our founders. look at the candidates. she cares about kids and families and cares about

america. donald only cares about himself. on her first day in court, kamala said five words that still guide her,, harris for the people. and that is something that donald trump will never understand. it is no surprise that he is lying about her record and mocking her name and her laugh and doesn't sound familiar? but we do have him on the run now. so no matter what the polls

say, we can't let up. we can't get driven down crazy conspiracy rabbit holes. we have to fight for the truth. we have to fight for kamala as she will fight for us. you know what? it still takes a village to raise a family, heal a country, and win a campaign. and america needs every one of us, our energy, our talent, our dream. we are not just elect a president. we are uplifting our nation. we are opening the providence of america wide enough for everyone. together, we put a lot of

cracks in the highest hardest glass ceilings. tonight, so close to breaking through once and for all. i want to tell you what i see through all of those crack and why it matters for each and every one of us. what do i see? i see freedom. i see the freedom to make our own decisions about our health, our lives, our love, our families, the freedom to work with dignity and prosper. to worship as we choose or not, to speak our minds freely and honestly.

ice seek freedom from fear and intimidation, from violence and injustice, from chaos and corruption. i see the freedom to look our children in the eye and say, in america, you can go as far as your hard work and talent will take you and mean it. you know what? on the other side of that glass ceiling is kamala harris raising her hand and taking the oath of office as the 47th president of the united states. because, my friends, when a barrier falls for all of us -- one of us, it falls and clears the way for all of us. so for the next 78 days, we

need to work harder than we ever have. we need to beat back the dangers that trump and his allies opposed to the rule of law and our way of life. don't get distracted or complacent. talk to your friends and neighbors. volunteer and be proud champions for the truth and for the country that we all love. i want my grandchildren and their grandchildren to know i was here at this moment and that we were here and that we were with kamala harris every step of the way . this is our time, america. this is when we stand up. this is when we break through. the future is here. it is in our grasp. let's go get it.

>> an emotional speech and an emotional reception for hillary clinton in the room. it was a raucous standing ovation. she took the stage and we saw many getting emotional at several points during the speech. hillary clinton talking about donald trump falling asleep at his own trial which elicited a lock him up chant from the crowd which she didn't join in but she sort of acknowledged it

with a look. she talked about there being so many cracks in the glass ceiling and now being so close to breaking through and being proud to be there in this moment. the future is here and keep going. that was an emotional speech and moment. >> she mobilized the entire audience and i think it was the most direct called action and i think she gave a political analysis and the polls certainly back it up that they have him on the run now and something she never said against the candidate when she was running against him. it is a moment and i think she captured it as well as anyone has. >> she said mocking her name and mocking her laugh sounds familiar but we have him on the run. >> it is extraordinary that she didn't even need to be here tonight and she could think it wasn't her up there but

everything about it was stunning. >> thank you. thank you and good evening. thank you, south carolina. thank you. four years ago, america was experiencing high anxieties. and great uncertainties. a deadly virus rained, schools closed, businesses shuttered and donald trump mismanaged the crisis from day one, looking out for himself instead of the country. the american people responded

to the crisis in leadership by electing new leaders. thanks to joe biden and kamala harris, we reopened the schools, brought back our businesses, and restored our faith in american can-do spirit. and we reduced the price of prescription drugs, prepared roads and bridges. and thanks to joe and kamala, we honored our heroes in uniform and expanded its benefits to over 1 million veterans. thanks to joe and kamala that here it's not just the movement that is bringing movements of manufacturing jobs back to

america. and for president biden's lifetime of achievement and service to his country, we owe him a great debt of gratitude. and we are all grateful for one of the best decisions he made, selecting kamala harris as his vice president and endorsing her to succeed him. and i also say that we are but the sum of our experiences and in the introduction to my memoir i wrote, all of my experiences and i consider all of them to be blessings and so has been the case with kamala.

her experiences have prepared her for this moment and kamala harris is a true battle tested leader, a district attorney, attorney general, senator, vice president who gets things done. and donald trump is bragging about how he overturned roe, kamala has advocated for reproductive freedoms. donald trump is looking out for himself and his brothers and kamala has decided to lower costs for all americans and wild trump falsely pleads ignorance to project 2025 which in my opinion is jim crow 2.0,

kamala has been offering the american people will enlightened proposals and visionary leadership. having grown up i often looked to the good book for understanding and guidance and as second corinthians informs, we are troubled on every side yet not distressed. we are perplexed but not in despair. persecuted but not forsaken, cast down, but not destroyed. our great democracy has been tested and so has the basic goodness of the american

people. our resolve to remain a great country with freedom and justice for all will not falter. we will continue our march toward a more perfect union, united in our common purpose and emboldened by our resolve to elect kamala harris and tim walz as the next president and vice president of these united states of america. thank you, and godspeed. >> he is much much more than a congressman from south carolina, one of the greats in the democratic party. >> 84-year-old james clyburn and still a member of the house

of representatives and i think is most people watching this coverage will remember, the key endorsement for joe biden's presidential campaign and i don't think there would be a joe biden nomination without his endorsement in the south carolina primary at that crucial moment. we have never seen an endorsement like it change it campaign the way it did. he personified what we have been taught to call the switch, where he delivered that just beautiful thanks to joe biden and honoring joe biden's achievements and including in joe biden's achievements the selection of kamala harris's vice president which, in effect, became the selection of this new nominee and then james clyburn goes on with the new nominee is only he can. >> he is such a beautiful soul in such a dear friend of president biden's and of all the people i inc. would maybe move president biden to tears and he is catching this speech and i imagine this one did and i had the congressman on the night

before and he talked a lot about the genuine bond formed between kamala harris in joe biden and the bond between him and joe biden is remarkable. >> we are expecting congressman raskin talking to somebody and he will be speaking and also a young texas firebrand jasmine crockett will be speaking in the next few moments and then moving into a portion of the primetime programming -- that will include some very very big names including obviously president biden who will be introduced by dr. jill biden, and we will also have a performance by james taylor but we have an issue specific thing

happening and it will be an interesting stretch of the d&c tonight and here is congressman raskin up now. >> hello, america. welcome to the democracy convention. welcome to the freedom convention. and thank you for the beautiful weather, chicago. it has been rough on capitol hill. it is not just the heat but it is the stupidity.

now, we meet in this great city tonight where abraham lincoln was nominated in 1816 to save the union from fanatical insurrectionists. and were franklin d roosevelt was renominated by democrats in 1940 two defeat fascist dictators. now, we fight in our time to defend our freedom and our democracy against the banana republicans who have converted lincoln's party into a dangerous cult of personality. you know, i will never forget the pounding on the doors of the house chamber on january 6

where hundreds of our police officers taunted and attacked and 140 of them wounded by extremists wielding baseball bats, steel pipes and even american flags. five people died that day and four more of the officers took their own lives in the days and weeks to come. all of this after trump was defeated by more than 7 million votes by the great joe biden. and it was after 80 judges rejected every ridiculous claim raised by this sore loser who doesn't know how to take no for an answer from american voters,

american courts, or american women. and remember what the mob chanted as they stormed the capital and injured our officers? hang mike pence. somebody should have told donald trump that the presidents job under article 2 of the constitution is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not that the vice president is executed.

mike pence has now joined more than two dozen officials from donald trump's own administration and denouncing him, a historical record. he is the first vice president in more than two centuries not to support the president he served with in a general election. and, by the way, jd vance, do you understand why there was a sudden job opening for running mate on the gop ticket? they tried to kill your predecessor. they tried to kill him because he wouldn't follow trump's plan to destroy and nullify the boats of millions of americans. your boats, pennsylvania, your votes, michigan, your votes,

georgia, nevada, arizona. are we going to go back to election suppression and violent insurrection? and we won't go back. and a week after that beautiful day as trump calls it, the republicans, 10 republicans joined all of the democrats to impeach trump for the worst high crime and misdemeanor ever committed by a president inciting insurrection against our own constitution. make no mistake, a man who uses

fraud, theft and violence to take power will commit any crime to keep it. and now trump is promising to pardon hundreds of his federal convicts and insurrectionists. he calls for determination of all rules, regulations, and articles and even those in the constitution. my friends, are we the people going to let donald trump terminate our constitution and obliterate the blessings of liberty for our posterity? that is right. we will elect kamala harris . we will elect the career

prosecutor and inspiring public servant. we will defeat donald trump, the career criminal and in court vegetable recidivist conman and his pet chameleon jd vance. and, america, let's make it a land slide so big that donald trump and his kangaroo court supreme court justices can't even try to steal it. and let's make every vote count. let's make sure every vote is counted. let's let freedom ring and let's let democracy work in

america. please welcome jasmine crockett, the texas representative. >> well good good evening, america. on november 5, our nation will hire a president, a commander in chief and leader of the free world. let's compare their resumes, shall we?

one candidate worked at mcdonald's while she was in college at and hbcu -- an hbcu. the other was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and helped his daddy in the family business , housing discrimination, that is. she became a career prosecutor while he became a career criminal. and with 34 felonies, two impeachments and one star to prove it . her entire career as an elected district attorney, attorney general, and senator, she has always worked for one client, the people. meanwhile, he is a 78-year-old

lifelong predator, fraudster and cheat known for inciting violent mobs. listen, you all, he has only looked out for one person, himself. and as women are dying, he is bragging about overturning roe. i come from texas. right now in texas, they want to institute the death penalty. that is a problem. and well kamala harris is fighting for reproductive rights to be restored. she is also the leader we need on the global stage. she helped secure the release of americans wrongfully detained in russia. at the same time, he cozies up

to his role model, vladimir putin and maga holds legislation hostage here at home and resources to secure the border and military aid to ukraine and even the farm bill. she has lived the american dream while he has been america's nightmare. america, looking at the two choices before you, who would you hire? donald trump or kamala harris? she has a resume. donald trump has a rap sheet. she presides over the senate

while he keeps his national secrets next to his thinking chair and you all know what i said that other time. while donald trump wants to put the 1787 constitution through his project 2025 paper shredder and make every day january 6, kamala harris is fighting to fulfill the promise of america. and in the real world, this wouldn't even be close. this election is. don't make a mistake. we are the underdogs in this fight. even though there is only one person qualified and only one person who has done the work and deliver the results. she needs you. she needs your one vote this november. can we count on you?

some of you know a little bit of our history and some of you don't. let me tell you. i was a public defender. i did criminal defense as well as product the civil rights law and for almost 2 decades. i know a prosecutor when i see one. she is the kind of prosecutor we longed for in the cases like those of breonna taylor. yes. she was the first attorney general in the nation to order that her officers where body cameras. she started the back on track program to reduce recidivism.

and listen. she did these things because she generally cares about people. she sees a person as just that, a person, not a statistic. she has proven that since the first day she stepped into a courtroom and said what you already here hillary say and i didn't copy off of her speech. i just want you all the know. she walked into that courtroom and said, kamala harris for the people. she meant that. many of you know her credentials. what i love about kamala harris goes beyond her resume. it's that she sees the humanity in everyone. she is the only candidate in this race capable of empathy. when i first got to congress, i wasn't sure i made the right decision.

the chaos caucus couldn't elect a speaker, and the oversight committee was unhinged. i was going through all of this when i visited the vice president's residence for the first time. and as i approached vice president harris for our official photo, she turned to me and asked, what is wrong? mind you, we have never met. she saw right through me and she saw the distress. i immediately began crying. and the most powerful woman in the world wiped my tears and listened.

she then said, among other things, you are exactly where god wants you. your district chose you because they believe in you, and so do i. the next month, it went viral for the first of many times to come. and for hitting republicans with a dose of their own medicine and a brief but impactful insurrection gave me my legislative legs, and i have been running ever since.

the question before us is will a vindictive vile dylan violate voters vision -- villain violate voters vision for a better america or not? i hear alliteration's are back in style. we deserve better. we deserve a president who can be a bright light in a sea of darkness who will pull us forward. we won't go back. amanda gorman said it best, there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it, if only we are brave enough to be it. kamala harris showed me that light.

america,, when she is our president, together we will shine is that beacon of hope and freedom around the world once more. god bless you all. >> she was on her way home from maybe the hospital and this was her blanket. >> for 54 years they were trying to get roe v. wade terminated. and i did it and i am proud to have done it.

>> i was punished for three days having to wait for either my baby to die or me to die, or both. i was stuck in this horrific hell of hearing her heartbeat and then hoping i wouldn't. i almost died because doctors were forced to follow trump's abortion ban. kamala will protect a woman's right to choose. >> we trust women to make decisions about their own body and do what they want to do. >> i have so much faith in her. >> when congress faces a law to restore reproductive freedom as president of the united states, i will sign it into law. >> we have to fight for kamala harris . for our rights, our freedoms, and, frankly, our

lives. everything is on the line. >> when you expect the baby, it should be a joyful moment. for us, it was different. we were told that with 100% certainty we would lose our baby girl, willow, and we were sent home. for three days we waited until amanda was sick enough to receive standard abortion care. eventually, amanda's temperature spiked. she was shaking, disoriented, and crashing. in i don't remember what i through into our bag that day but only instead of welcoming willow, i was hoping that amanda's life could be saved. i am here tonight because the fight for reproductive rights

isn't just a woman's fight. this is about fighting for our families. and as kamala harris says, our future. >> every time i share our story, my heart rakes and for the baby girl we desperately wanted, for the doctors and nurses who couldn't help me deliver her safely and for josh, who feared he would lose me too. but i was lucky. i lived. so i will continue sharing our story, standing with women and families across the country. today, because of donald trump,

more than one in three women of reproductive age in america lives under an abortion ban. a second trump term would rip away even more of our rights. passing a national abortion ban, letting states monitor pregnancies and prosecute doctors, restricting birth control and fertility treatments. we can't let that happen. we need to vote as if lives depend on it because they do. >> two years ago my husband and i were expecting our second child.

our daughter lauren couldn't wait to be a big sister and i was getting ready for her fourth birthday party when something didn't feel right. to emergency room sent me away because of louisiana's abortion ban, nobody would confirm that i was miscarrying. i was in pain, bleeding so much that my husband veered or my life. no woman should experience what i endured, but too many have and they write to me saying that what happened to you happened to me. sometimes they are miscarrying and scared to tell anyone, even their doctors. our daughters deserve better. america deserves better. kamala harris and tim walz will fight for reproductive rights and our freedom and our shared future.

>> growing up, i was an all- american girl, varsity soccer captain, cheerleading captain, homecoming queen, and survivor. i had sexual abuse and was raped but my stepfather. at age 12, i took my first pregnancy test , and it was positive. that was the first time i was ever told, you have options. i can't imagine not having a choice. today, that is the reality for many women and girls across the country because of donald

trump's abortion bands. he calls it a beautiful thing. what is so beautiful about a child having to carry her parents child? there are other survivors out there who have no options. i want you to know that we see you. we hear you. kamala harris will sign a national law to restore the right to an abortion.

she will fight for every woman and every girl, even those who are not fighting for her. and now, i am honored to introduce another champion for women, a leader who has fought for me and for so many others, governor andy bashir. -- andy beshear

>> she is one of the bravest people i have ever met. i am amazed at the courage it takes to share her pain, to share her truth, but donald trump brags about tearing a constitutional right away from she and every other woman and girl in our country. we have to tear away any chance he could ever be president ever again. and here his actions have resulted in extreme bands and abortion in my state and even in cases of incest and unviable pregnancies and that these

girls like her with no options and feels every test of humanity and any test of basic decency and test of whether you have any underlying empathy. thankfully, this extremism is being soundly rejected it all over our country. and here freedom was on the ballot last november and i meet the hand-picked candidate by more than five percentage points. this november, we will beat them again. elect kamala harris and tim walz and protect reproductive freedom . donald trump

appointed the supreme justices who got us into this mess and his project 2025 goes even further. here is the thing. trump and jd vance simply don't believe in your freedom. he said people are absolutely thrilled that women have their basic rights eliminated. jd vance said women should stay environment marriages and pregnancies resulting from rape are simply inconvenient. their policies give those who rape more rights than their victims. it is an inconvenient but just plain wrong. and a woman grieving a nonviable pregnancy shouldn't be required to carry it to term to listen to her child die or to hear no sound at all. all women should have the freedom to make their own

decisions. they should have freedom over their own bodies. they should have freedom over whether to pursue ivf or whether to have children at all. how we treat people transcends party lines and it goes right to the heart of who we are. my face teaches me the golden rule that i am the love my neighbor as myself and in the parable the good samaritan it says we are all each other's neighbors and so i want anyone watching tonight, republican, independent, democrat, to know that you are welcome here. we do believe in an america where we live out our values and we end anger politics once

and for all and move beyond this us versus them by remembering we are all americans. that is how joe biden and kamala harris lead. they both called and asked how they can help kentucky in national disasters and helped us improve our roads, bridges and invested in people and they didn't ask me who those in kentucky voted for. they asked me what we needed and, folks, they delivered. kamala harris gets it. she knows we must move beyond anger, extremism, and division and that everybody has a dignity and deserves respect. america, we are going to win.

and we will win by staying true to our values of compassion, empathy and doing right by our neighbors. i am proud to be all in for the next president of the united states, kamala harris . thank you. >> vice president harris herself as the kentucky governor, andy beshear, finishes his remarks. and the remarks there by elected officials and regular american women who have experienced incredible trials and tribulations on reproductive rights. here is the georgia senator, raphael warnock.

hello, america. thank you so very much. on january 5, 2021, the people of georgia did an amazing thing. they sent a black kid who grew up in public housing and the jewish son of an immigrant to the united states senate in one fell swoop. and among those georgians was my been 82-year-old mother.

she grew up in waycross, georgia. do you know where that is? it is way across georgia. she grew up there where she picked all the people's cotton and other people's tobacco. but because this is america, the 82-year-old hands that used to pick somebody else's cotton and tobacco, picked her youngest son to be a united states senator. and this is my america. thank you, mom. thank you, georgia. thank you, america, for raising your voice and using your vote.

a vote is a prayer for the kind of world we desire for ourselves and our children and they are stronger when we pray together. together, we flip the senate and held the house. we sent joe biden and kamala harris to the white house. together, we have fortified our cities and activated are citizens and we stood by our small businesses. together, we set out to heal the land. a nation besieged by a deadly

pandemic and by the awful and divisive rhetoric of a man too small for the office and trusted him or the task set before him. and the day after my january 5 election, he instigated an insurrection. a violent assault on our nations capital and the peaceful transfer of power. all driven by the big lie, but behind the big lie was an even bigger live. it is a that this increasingly diverse american electorate does for the country, the lie and logic of january 6 is a sickness. it is a kind of cancer that

then metastasized into dozens of voter suppression laws all across our country. and we must be vigilant tonight because these antidemocratic forces are at work right now in georgia and all across our country. the question is who will heal the land? so here we are, america. are you ready? are you ready to stand up in this moral moment? stand up for the best in america? and elections are about the character of a country. and we must decide and we are the latest generation of americans to get to decide what kind of country we want to be. we must choose between the

promise of january 5, and the peril of january 6. a nation that embraces all of us or just some of us. donald trump's america is the america on january 6. people who have no vision, and he doesn't know how to lead us, so he wants to divide us. make no mistake, america, donald trump is a plague on the american conscience. he is a clear and present threat to the precious covenant we share with one another. and, yes, i saw him.

i saw him holding the bible. and endorsing a bible as if it needed his endorsement. he should try reading it. it says do justice, love kindness and walk hungry with your god. it says love your neighbor as itself and it says in as much as you have done to the least of these, you have done it unto me. and i choose the american covenant. e pluribus unum, out of many

one, i want a nation that provides a path to ordinary people and gives every child a chance. and that is joe biden's america. he has been fighting for it for more than a half-century. president biden, america is so much better because of you, a true patriot who has always put the people first. thank you, joe. thank you, joe. and i tell you something else.

not only is that joe biden's america but it is also the america of kamala harris. she was leading with joe biden when we expanded the child tax credit and cutting child poverty in america nearly in half. we will renew it. and she cast the tie-breaking vote for my bill capping the cost of insulin to no more than $35 per month for seniors. and we have to extend that for everybody. together we will pass the infrastructure bill. infrastruct.

we're not going back because we are the united states of america, we always dream about the future and so forward on women's reproductive rights because we believe a patient's room is too small and cramped for a woman, her doctor and the united states government. that's too many people in the room. forward on worker rights,

because most people do not mind working, they just want to share in the prosperity that they are creating for others. forward on voting rights. forward on access to healthcare. we are moving forward!

forces that are trying to divide us, and inspired my but the memory of my late father, a preacher, he worked on old broken cars. my dad discovered strength in the broken places. a power made perfect in weakness and so i'm convinced tonight that we can lift the broken even as we climb. i'm convinced tonight that we can heal sick bodies, we can heal the wounds that divide us, we can heal a planet in peril. we can heal the land. and in a strange way, in a strange way the pandemic taught us how.

a contagious, airborne disease means that i have a personal stake in the health of my neighbor. if she is sick, i may get silk -- sick also, her healthcare is good for my health. i'm just trying to tell you that we are as close in our humanity, i need my neighbor's children to be okay so that my children will be okay. i made all of my neighbors children to be okay. poor, and or sitter -- inner- city in atlanta, poor children of appalachia, the poor children of israel and the poor

children of gaza, i need israelis and palestinians, i need those in haiti, those in ukraine, i need american children on both sides of the track to be okay. because we are all god's children! so let's get together, let's work together. let's organize together. let's pray together, let's stand together, let's heal the land, god bless you , keep the faith.! the faith.! >> he's not just the your senator from georgia, he's the senior pastor at ebenezer

baptist church. here's delaware senator chris . >> folks we are on the verge of making history. and i want to talk with you for just a few minutes about my dear friend. joe biden's mom had a saying, you are defined by your courage and you are redeemed by your loyalty. i have the honor of helping introduce joe biden to international convention. i spoke about joe's faith, his love of family, his determination to restore the soul of our nation. back in 2020, america was nearly flat on our back from a deadly

pandemic, and economic collapse, in january, and assault on our democracy, all of us, all of this, because the drama and chaos of our former president had knocked us down. joe biden's faith in us, joe biden's determination to heal the soul of our nation, gave us hope and gave us confidence. someone who has, himself, been knocked down by life, time and again. joe biden knows the great and determination of the american people. he believed in us, and joe biden helped us get back up again.

using the incredible skills he developed in many years in the u.s. senate, joe got passed and signed into law the most consequential legislation of any president in 60 years, helping our veterans, advancing gun safety, cutting prescription drug prices, fighting climate change, rebuilding bridges and broadband, together, joe and kamala helped rebuild our economy from the middle up, from the bottom up in the middle out, not the top down, and they made our families safer and our country stronger at home and abroad. today, we are so much better off because they believed in us, and our democracy and our incredible first lady, jill

biden, our incredible first lady jill biden, our incredible first lady, jill biden at joe's side every step of the way, fighting for education, advancing the cancer moonshot, determined to improve women's healthcare, honoring military families. it joe and jill together, you have done so much for us, and there's so much more you will deal and we can do, together. mr. president, thank you. thank you. vice president harris, thank

you for choosing a great running mate with a heart for the middle class in sergeant congressman coach, governor, tim walz. i have hope, do you? i have hope, do you? i have hope, do you? and it is in no small part, because of joe biden, i have never known a more compassionate man than joe biden. i have never known a man who has taken from his own loss and his own faith, and delivered so much for the future of so many people.

mr. president, you were my senator. he will always be my friend. on behalf of our nation, joe, for your courage, and fighting for our democracy, we thank you. on behalf of our democratic party, for your loyalty and fighting for our democratic values, we thank you. and on behalf of delaware, thank you, joe, and god bless you, we love you! we love joe! we love joe. we love joe.

thank you all, we love joe, thank you and thank you. hi i'm vivian and i'm a fourth grade student at christa mcauliffe, i've been bouncing around all week excited for this moment and last night i could barely sleep. i remember the day that we hear that president biden had won and the whole neighborhood started celebrating so when i heard you were coming i really wanted to meet you. i adore you because you embrace change for my generation and the ones to come. i look up to you

. now it is my honor to introduce our first lady, dr. jill biden . >> please welcome first lady of the united states, jill biden. . ♪♪ >> thank you

, thank you, thank you so much, love you too. joe and i have been together for almost 50 years and still, there are moments when i fall in love with him all over again. , like when i handed him our baby, ashley for the first time and saw this smile that lit up his face or on nights after an exhausting day working in the senate, when he would read one more bedtime story, just because the kids asked. when he

stops on a rope line, because he sees someone grieving, who needs to know that everything is going to be all right one day. or, to encourage that child with a stutter, to find the confidence she needs. those moments, when i'm reminded of all he's accomplished, in the name of something bigger than himself. receiving the medal of freedom with humility, placing his hand on our family bible to take his oath of office, and weeks ago, when i saw him dig deep into his soul and decide to no

longer seek reelection and endorse kamala harris, with faith and conviction, joe knows that our nation's strength doesn't come from intimidation or cruelty, it comes from the small acts of kindness that heal deep wounds, from service to the communities that make us who we are, from love of a country that shines with promise and renewal. kamala harris knows that, too. our son, beau, first worked with kamala when he was attorney general of delaware.

he told me at the dinner table one night mom, she's special. someone to keep your eye on. and he was right. joe and i know kamala, we've seen her courage, her determination, and her leadership up close. kamala and him, you will win! and inspired a new generation. we are all a part of something bigger than ourselves, and we are stronger than we know. the future of our country is in the hands of those in this

room. and all of you watching at home, we can't afford to lose. with faith in each other, hope for a brighter future, and love for our country, we will fight, and we will win, together! thank you! thank you! >> please welcome first daughter, ashley biden

. >> good evening. i have this memory, it is the eve of my eighth birthday. dad is still in d.c. tending to urgent matters in the senate, that night as a surprise, mom told me, beau and hunter, to get in the car. i remember pulling up to the wilmington amtrak station, writing up the escalator to the platform, the train stops, the doors open and dad steps out. as soon as i saw him, i run down the platform and jump into his arms. like magic, mom brought out a cake, they sing happy birthday, and i blew out the candles. dad hugged me, and he said he had to get back to work. he crossed to the southbound

train and off he went to d.c. that was a snapshot of one moment of one day on this extraordinary journey of being joe biden's daughter. joe biden is the og girl dad. he told me i could be anything, and i could do anything. as a child, i would sit on the leather chair in his office doing my homework and he would sit next to me doing his work, drafting the violence against women act. and he wasn't just a girl dad. i could see that he valued and

trusted women. how he listened to his mother, how he believed in his sister and most of all, how he respected my mother's opinion he was doing everything he could to be a true partner to her. dad, you always tell us but we don't tell you enough that you are the love of our lives and the life of our love. i had my

wedding reception my parents backyard. at the time, my dad was vice president, but he was also that dad, who literally set up the entire reception. he was riding around in his john deere four wheeler, fixing the place settings, arranging the plans, and by the way, he was very emotional. i thought that i would be a mess, but he was the one crying, and i was the one who had to comfort him. before he walked me down the aisle, he turned to me and said, that he would always be my best friend. all these years later, dad, you are still my best friend. his example and service, inspired my career. i'm a social worker in philadelphia. i support

incarcerated women as they heal from past trauma and they reclaim their lives. dad always told me that i was no better than anybody else, and nobody was better than me. he taught me that everyone deserves a fair shot and that we shouldn't leave anyone behind. that's what you learn from a fighter who has been underestimated his entire life. when i look at dad, i see grace, strength, and humility. i see one of the most consequential leaders ever in history. and i also know that he never stops thinking about you. about your dreams, about your dignity, about your opportunity, about your family.

dad knows that family is everything. when hunter and i lost our brother bo, to cancer, in 2015, the grief and the pain felt like it might never end. dad had the capacity to step out of his own pain, and absorb hours. and i know that bo is here with us tonight as he is always with us. . after bo passed, i got this tattoo on my wrist, it says, courage, dear heart. a reminder to myself to keep going, to get back up, like my dad has always done. he has taught me that a courageous heart is a miraculous thing. a courageous heart can heal a

family. a courageous heart can heal a nation and maybe even the world. and now, this election requires the courageous hearts of all of us. in 2020, my dad selected kamala harris to beat donald trump, and he knows in 2024, she will beat donald trump again. so tonight, i am asking you, if you stood with us in 2020, call upon your courageous heart, stand with us today, work harder than you have ever worked before in your life. this is the fight of our lifetime. our freedom, our democracy, our

reproductive rights, all of this, all of it, is on the ballot. and i know, together, we can do this. because my dad helped show us the way. and now, i would like to introduce my father, your 46th president of the united states, joe biden!

>> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you.

thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you.

i love you! thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. that was my daughter! thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. i'll tell you what -- to my

dearest daughter, ashley, god love you, you are incredible. thank you for the introduction. and for being my courageous heart along with hunter and our entire family and especially our rock, jill. those of you who know us, she still leaves me both breathless and speechless. everybody knows her, i love her more than she loves me. she walks down the stairs and i still get that boom, boom, boom. let's give a special round of applause to our first lady, jill biden. jill biden

my dad, my dad used to have an expression he would say joey, family is the beginning, the middle, and the end. and i love you all. folks, let me ask you. >> we love joe! we love joe! we love joe! >> let me ask you, are you ready to vote for freedom? are you ready to vote for

democracy and america? let me ask you, are you ready to elect kamala harris and tim walz? my fellow democrats, my fellow americans, nearly four years ago, in winter, on the steps of the capitol on a cold january day, i raised my right hand and i swore an oath to you and to god to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution and to faithfully execute the office for the president of the united states. in front of me was a city surrounded by the national guard, behind me, a capital

where two weeks before was overrun by a violent mob. i knew then, from the bottom of my heart and i know now, there is no place in america for political violence, none! you cannot say you love your country only when you win. in that moment, i wasn't looking to the past, i was looking to the future. i spoke to the work at hand, the moment we had to meet, it was as i told you then, a winter of peril and possibilities. peril and possibilities. we were in the grip of a once in a century pandemic, historic

joblessness, a call for russ -- racial justice long overdue. clear and present threats to our very democracy. >> we love joe! we love joe! we love joe! >> thank you. >> we love joe! >> and yet i believed then, and i believe now, progress was and is possible, our best days are not behind us, they are before us! now, it's summer, the winter has passed, and with a grateful heart, i stand before you now

on this august night to report that democracy has prevailed! democracy has delivered, and now democracy must be preserved! . you've heard me say it before , we are facing an inflection point. one of those rare moments in history when the decisions we make now will determine the fate of our nation and our world, for decades to come. that's not hyperbole, i mean it literally. we are in the battle for the very soul of america. i ran for president in 2020 because what i saw in charlottesville. in august of 2017.

extremists, coming out of the woods, carrying torches, their veins bulging from their next, carrying swastikas and chanting the same anti-semitic bile that was heard in germany in the early 30s. neo-nazis white supremacists, and the ku klux klan, so emboldened by a president that they saw as an ally. they didn't even bother to wear their hoods. hate was on the march in america. full of ghosts in new garments. stirring up the oldest vision, stoking the oldest fears, giving oxygen to the oldest forces that they long sought to

tear apart america. in the process a young woman was killed when i contacted the mother and asked about what happened, she told me when the president was asked, what he thought had happened, donald trump said they were very fine people on both sides. my god, that's what he said. that is what he said and what he meant. that's when i realized, i could not stay on the sidelines, so i ran. i had no intention of running again, i just lost part of my soul but i ran with a deep conviction in america. i know and believe in an america where honesty, dignity,

decency, still matters and america where everyone has a fair shot, and hate has no safe harbor america, all of us are created equal it's very much alive. and a broad coalition of americans joined with me. 81 million voters voted for us, more than any time in history. because of all of you in this room and others, we came together in 2022 save democracy. as your president, i've been determined to keep america moving forward, not going back,

to stand against hate and violence in all of its forms, to be a nation where we not only live but thrive on diversity, demonizing no one, leaving no one behind and becoming the nation that we profess to be. i also ran to rebuild the backbone of america, the middle class. i made a commitment to you that i would be president for all americans, whether you voted for me or not. we have done that. studies show the major bills that we passed delivered more to red states

then blue. the job of the president is to be a president to all americans. and because of you and i'm not exaggerating, because of you, we had one of the most extraordinary four years of progress, ever. and when i say we, i mean kamala and me. just think about it. covid, no longer controls our lives. we've gone from economic crisis, a record 16 million new jobs, record small business growth, record stock market, wages are up and inflation is down, and it's continuing to go down.

the smallest racial wealth gap in 20 years. and yes, we both know we have more to do. but we are moving in the right direction. more americans have peace of mind and that comes from having health insurance. more americans have health insurance today than ever before in american history. and after, as a young senator, beginning to fight for 50 years to give medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices, we finally beat big pharma. and guess who cast the

tie-breaking vote, vice president, soon-to-be president kamala harris. and now, it's the law of the land. instead of paying $400 a month, seniors with diabetes will pay $35 a month. the law we passed, starting in january, every scene is total prescription cost can be capped at $2000 no matter how expensive of a drug they have. our republican friends don't seem to understand, it doesn't just save seniors money, it saves the american taxpayers money. you know what we just past saves, it saves $160 billion over the next decade. that is not hyperbole. it's because medicare no longer has to pay those exorbitant prices to big pharma.

but look -- >> thank you joe! thank you joe! thank you joe! >> thank you, kamala, too. look, folks, how can we have the strongest economy in the world without the best infrastructure in the world? donald trump promised infrastructure week, every week for 40 years and he never built a thing. but now because of kamala, remember we were told we couldn't get it done. we came in office, we couldn't get anything past, but right now, we are giving america and infrastructure decade, not week. we are modernizing our roads, our bridges, our ports, air

trains, our buses, removing every lead pipe from schools and homes so every child can drink clean water, providing affordable high-speed internet, every american a matter where they live not unlike what roosevelt did with electricity, and so much more. we are united in country, we are growing our economy, we are improving our quality of life and building a better america. that's who we are. how can we be the strongest nation in the world without leading the world in science and technology? after years of importing our semi conductor chips abroad,

americans invented those chips, our chips and science act, that meant private companies from around the world are now investing tens of billions of dollars to build new chips factories right here in america . over that period they will create tens of thousands of jobs and many of the jobs, the buildings to make the chips are being constructed now and guess what, the average salary will be over $100,000 a year, and you don't need a college degree. . because of you and so many others out there, american manufacturing is back. 800,000 new manufacturing jobs.

our republican friends and others made sure they would go abroad to get the cheapest labor. we used it import products and export jobs now we export american products and create american jobs. right here in america, where jobs belong. with every new job, with every new factory, pride and hope is being brought back to communities, you know what it's like many of you, when the factory closed where mother or father or grandmother or grandfather worked and now you are back providing once again, proving, wall street didn't build america, the middle class built america and unions built the middle class!

it's been my view since i came to the senate, that's why i'm proud to have been the first president to walk a picket line and be labeled the most pro- union president in history. because when unions do well, we all do well. do well. you got it man, you got it. i

agree. i'm proud. luck, we were told we couldn't get anything done with the congress but with your support we pass the most significant climate law in the history of mankind. $370 billion, cutting carbon emissions in half by 2030. launching climate core, tens of thousands of jobs for young people in the future, making sure this continues hundreds of thousands of jobs for american workers, including the ibw installing 500,000, 500,000 charging stations all across america. and in the process, reducing

carbon emissions. and we are seeing it that the first beneficiaries of these initiatives are the defense line communities that were smothered by the legacy of pollution, louisiana and delaware, all the factors, all the chemical factories are right next to the poorest neighborhoods. they are the ones we are going to bring back how can we be the greatest nation in the world without the best education system in the world? donald trump and the republicans not only can they not think, they can't read very well, seriously, think about it, look at their project 2025.

they want to do away with the department of education, during the pandemic, kamala and i helped cities to their schools back open and we gave public school teachers a raise. we created apprenticeships with businesses and community, putting students on a path to good paying jobs, whether or not they go to college and by the way, making college a lot more affordable. increasing pell grants by $900. over $15 billion to hbcus, minority services including hispanic institutions and tribal colleges. we kept our commitment to provide more student relief than ever by lifting the burden of helping

millions of families so they could get married, start a family, buy a home and begin to build wealth and grow our economy. it's not costing us, it's creating more wealth. we fundamentally transformed our economy how it grows, from the middle out and the bottom up instead of the top-down. you know my dad used to say there wasn't a whole lot that dropped down on my kitchen table at the end of the month. i come from a middle-class family, three bedroom house, for kids, decent neighborhood but never a penny to spare and look, the top-down motion never worked. we did all that, what we've done, everybody can do well.

everybody. donald trump calls america a failing nation. think about this, think about this. republicans say to the whole world, i will say something outrageous, i know more foreign leaders by their first name because i'm so old but i'm not joking, when he talks about america being a failing nation, he says we are losing, he is the loser, he's dead wrong. many of you are very successful people who have traveled the world. name me a country in the world that doesn't think we are the leading nation in the world.

without america not a joke, think about it, i'm being literal, who can leave the world other than the united states of america? well guess what? america is winning and the world is better off for it. america is more prosperous and america is safer today than when we were under donald trump. he continues to lie about crime in america like everything else, guess what? on his watch, the murder rate went up 30%, the biggest increase in history. meanwhile, we made the largest investment, kamala and i in public safety, ever, now the murder rate is falling faster than any time in history. violent crime has dropped to the lowest level in more than 50 years, and crime will keep coming down when we put a prosecutor in the oval office instead of a convicted felon.

and folks, the distinguished senator from california and i passed a ban on assault weapons and guess what, it worked. if you care about public safety, you need to prevent gun violence. it makes me ashamed when i travel the world which i do, more children in america are killed by a gunshot then any other country, more die from a bullet than cancer, or anything else, and the united states of america. my god, that's why we are proud, we beat the nra. i'm

serious now it's time to ban assault weapons again! and demand universal background checks. it's hard, i never thought i would stand before a crowd of democrats and referred to a president as a liar so many times, i'm not trying to be funny. it's sad. trump continues to lie about the border, here's what he won't tell you. trump killed the strongest bipartisan border deal in the history of the united states. we negotiated with the senate

republicans for four weeks. once it passed, he called senators to say, don't support the bipartisan bill, he said it would help me politically and hurt him politically. my god, i'm serious, think about it, not a joke. typically trump, once again putting himself first and america last. then i had to take executive action, the result of the action i took, border encounters have dropped over 50%. in fact there are fewer porter crossings today than when donald trump left office. and unlike trump, we will not

demonize immigrants, saying they are the poisoned blood of america. it would poison the blood of our country. kamala and i are going to protect dreamers and more. and here's what else i believe in, protecting your freedom, your freedom to vote. your freedom to love who you love. and your freedom to choose . the decision to overturn roe versus wade, the united states supreme court majority wrote the following, quote, women are

not without electoral or political power. no kidding. maga republicans found out the power of women in 2022 and donald trump is going to find out the power of women in 2024! and trump and his right-wingers seek to erase history, we democrats make history. i'm proud, i'm proud to have kept my commitment to appoint the first black woman to the united states supreme court.

ketanji brown jackson, a symbol for every woman in america that you can do anything. united states. look.