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stars from multiple generations, culminating in president biden's political swan song before a thunderous and at times emotional crowd. >> like many of our best president -- >> plus the political heavy hitters appearing tonight including the obamas, more on the role they're expected to play from vice president harris. >> and it is not just democrats, the list of republicans who will speak at the dnc in support of the democratic nominee. >> also ahead, the protests in chicago, how police are walking a line between the right to demonstrate and safety. good morning and thank you for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera bringing you special coverage this morning alongside my colleague jose

diaz-balart. and night one at the democratic national convention now in the books. it actually stretched into this morning, with everything wrapping up well after midnight. >> tonight's big primetime draw, highly anticipated speeches from former president barack obama and former first lady michelle obama. one former president who broke a long-standing barrier, hoping to propel vice president harris to become the next president to break a long-standing barrier too. >> president biden set the stage for it all last night after a nearly five-minute ovation, biden delivered the longest convention speech of his political career. teary-eyed at points, animated at others, he lauded his one-time running mate turned democratic nominee. >> selecting kamala was the very first decision i made before i became -- when i became our nominee. and it was the best decision i made in my whole career! she'll be a president children

can look up to. she'll be a president that will be respected by world leader because she already is! she'll be a president we can all be proud of! and she will be a historic president who puts her stamp on america's future. >> we have full coverage at the dnc in chicago including gabe gutierrez, chris jansing, political analyst and political correspondent eugene daniels, and senior white house correspondent for the grio april ryan. what is the big takeaway and what is in store for tonight? >> yeah, if there was any question going into first day of the dnc, it was answered last night. there is extraordinary energy. i talked to a lot of high level democrats who have been to five, six, seven different democratic national conventions. they say they feel the energy is as strong as barack obama's first, which is legendary in the party. a few even said it was stronger, that they have never seen anything quite like this.

kamala harris, you see there, coming out, the place went wild. and when joe biden came out, three and a half minutes standing ovation, and he said america, i gave my best to you. it kept getting interrupted by chants of, we love joe. and there you see him in an emotional moment. so this is not the politician, this is the dad and the father. he had to wipe away tears before he gave his 52-minute speech after ashley had introduced him. and i think in between, there was the attack dog as well by my count, there he is wiping away a tear, by my count, he mentioned donald trump 27 times. one of the biggest ovations of the night was when he said donald trump promised infrastructure every week for four years and he never built a damn thing and the place went wild. look, there was also, i think, a very poignant moment, at the

very end, when he was done, after he was gracious and generous and passing off the torch, he said kamala harris was the best decision he ever made, he also said multiple times that the accomplishments of his administration were her accomplishments as well. but it ended with him walking off stage, with his 4-year-old grandchild, beau, named for his son who died of brain cancer, what a beautiful moment that was. and i think an image that will stay with many of the folks here. not the speech joe biden wanted to give, one they wanted to hear and responded to i think in an extraordinary way that you don't often see in a setting like this, jose and ana. >> gabe, president biden's speech was part swan song, but parts of it were feisty and future-focused. take a look. >> folks, i've got five months left in my presidency.

i've got a lot to do. i intend to get it done. it has been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. i love the job. but i love my country more. join me in promising your whole heart to this effort and where my heart will be. i promise i'll be the best volunteer harris and walz campaign has ever seen. >> gabe, did you get the sense he's not planning to just sail into the sunset? >> well, hi there, ana, good morning. the president really doesn't have the luxury of riding off into the sunset, of course. the hamas war, the war in ukraine, you can't do that, even though he's waking up this morning in california, going on vacation for several days. again, president doesn't have the luxury of fully going on

vacation. but, you know, jose and ana, it was interesting, last night, i was with the president as he spoke to reporters outside of air force one, he walked over to the reporters, seeming to want to take questions here, and it was clear that the night deeply affected him, he talked about how the highlight of the night for him was his daughter's introduction. but he was also asked several questions, for example, about nancy pelosi, whether he had spoken to nancy pelosi, he said he hadn't, but he made a point to say that the decision to drop out of the race was influenced by no one. his eyes also lit up when he was asked about the latest in the israel-hamas war, he said a deal was still in place. clearly this is a president that while he was ready to pass the torch yesterday, still had a lot -- still has a lot on his mind moving forward into his last five months of his presidency. >> eugene, what stood out to you from the president's speech and how it fit into the bigger picture? >> yeah, i mean, this was not the speech he wanted to give,

but did sound like a speech that a person would give as a nominee. this was something that this president wanted to submit his legacy, right? he made this as democrats have been putting it the sacrifice, he stepped aside, his vice president is the nominee, and so this is him saying to everyone, these are the things that i was able to do in my four years and i talked to a bunch of aides around him and i said, is this like his farewell speech, obama did that, this is something that presidents do, they said, no, that would happen in january. this is something they wanted to say to the biggest crowd he may ever have for the rest of his life as a public figure. and more importantly, that hug that you saw between him and vice president harris was truly the passing of the torch, right? from this day forward, she is the standard bearer for this party, the rest of this convention is going to be about her. one thing i found really interesting is when he talked about, you know all of my

accomplishments or her accomplishments, but didn't do that for a long time. he didn't give republicans a lot to work with, because what they're trying to say is that the things you don't like, america, vice president harris is right there with him, the things you don't like when it comes to afghanistan or immigration or the economy, because he didn't tick through all of those things with vice president harris, i talked to some republicans who said they were irritated i think they were not able to have those things for ads, right? that's what they have been looking for. and now you have a party that is in this historic moment, and also hillary clinton, the first woman to have the nomination of a major political party also kind of passing the torch. that was exactly what we saw yesterday. >> the former first lady, the former senator, the former secretary of state, making that forceful case for vice president harris last night. and she returned to the glass ceiling thread she used at multiple key stages in her career. let's watch a clip. >> together we put a lot of

cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling. and tonight, tonight so close to breaking through once and for all. i want to tell you what i see through all those cracks. 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. and you know what, on the other side of that glass ceiling is kamala harris raising her hand and taking the oath of office as our 47th president of the united states! >> april, how do you think vice president harris feels about the idea of breaking that ceiling and why do you think it is something that she really hasn't been highlighting in this

campaign? >> well, first of all, you have to remember, race and politics and feminism will always follow kamala harris, as well as hillary clinton, that feminism thing. when hillary clinton ran against donald trump and she said one reason she didn't attack him is because women are held at a different standard. so she has to be -- find that neutral ground where everyone can reach out and feel like she's authentic, and yet strong. kamala harris, again, will have grace and politics always find her and finding that neutral ground, she's watching the mistakes of the past, the successes of the past, so she can move forward in this historic moment. and i'm going to say this, hillary clinton was so dynamic, this was one of the best features i've ever heard from hillary clinton last night. she was in her element. one of the things that really, really struck me, she kept talking about the glass ceiling. i'm kind of in the nancy pelosi area where she said it is not a

glass ceiling, it is a marble ceiling because glass is easier to break and it has taken how long for a woman, another woman to get here? let's even go back to 1972 when shirley chisholm first ran for president, the first black woman to run for president and then geraldine ferraro who came on the stage and then we had hillary clinton and now look at where we are, the first black woman, southeast asian woman to get a democratic or any kind of major party nomination. she has to walk a different line than those other women who were not of her same race. so, it is going to be interesting in how she does this. it kind of reminds me of how barack obama handled being president and how he handled running. because he was a candidate who happened to be black and ran and won. so she looks like she's doing the same thing, but differently. she is a candidate who happens to be black, southeast asian, and most importantly, a woman, who is running for the highest

office in the land. >> i agree with you, april. i think it was one of hillary clinton's best speeches and she actually mentioned chisholm and she mentioned geraldine ferraro and how she took her daughter to see that moment when geraldine ferraro, you know, came up on the national stage. and, chris, i know you were there as well last night, what was the reaction to hillary clinton's speech? >> it was absolutely electric. i mean, people were jumping out of their chairs, the applause were long and loud. and i think for a lot of people in this audience, it brought them back, right? it brought them back to that day when they realized that donald trump had been elected, not hillary clinton, reminding them how it felt that morning after, reminding them of their daughters who were teenagers who they thought were going to see the first woman president, who wouldn't get out of bed because they were in tears.

this is when we break through, is the moment that she said to this audience all of it has been leading up to this and i talked to a group of women who were brought to tears by hearing what hillary clinton had to say. i think we can play you a little bit of that. >> i notice you're very emotional tonight. how are you feeling? >> i'm extremely excited. but she -- we nominated her to be our president in 2016, so it is also a little bittersweet. >> what does it mean to have hillary clinton and kamala harris? >> it was huge for me, like, when i was younger, i wanted to be the first woman president, which was very silly. but i've just been -- i've idolized these women my whole life. >> i've idolized these women my whole life. i talked to jim clyburn this morning, someone who was a very savvy politician and i asked him

about the energy. he said it's there. but this is just the start, right? and i think maybe my big takeaway from talking to so many women last night is they aren't saying rote the way i hear from many people at many past conventions, i'm going to work for the team. they where already working. they have already knocked on doors. they have already made phone calls. they're already gathering other people in their neighborhoods. and they are determined to see that hillary clinton's loss is something that kamala harris can build on and take it all the way to the white house. that was the real difference for me, i think, not just the energy, but the determination that i heard from so many people in this hall, which you might note is empty. i think they're very tired this morning. >> and yet you look as bright and as beautiful and as articulate as ever, chris. i don't know how you all do it. all of you who are with us this morning. i know you were burning the candle on both ends. eugene, as we look ahead to

tonight, what are your expectations for the speeches from the obamas? >> i mean, maybe double yesterday, right? like these are two people who are the most popular democrats in the world, right? and michelle obama is often seen as the most influential, most admired woman on the planet, right? her and oprah. that's exactly what we're going to see. it is going to be interesting how president obama specifically operates here. because he came out that friday after the debate and said bad debates happen, but then he was quiet, he was pretty silent. and we are still waiting to figure out what was happening behind the scenes when he was seeing how badly and how many democrats were calling for his former vice president to step aside. so how he thinks joe biden and then pivots into getting everyone excited and ready for vice president harris. and the same thing for michelle obama, right? vice president harris is right in the middle of them being a black woman, first black woman

to possibly be president of the united states. so she has to kind of tottle this line. >> how much role did the former president have in suggesting to president biden that he step aside? but, april, what role do you see the obamas play going forward in the campaign? >> first of all, they are going to give unanimous support behind kamala harris because when all of this went down, barack obama was receiving calls from so many people after that debate. that president biden did not make a stellar performance in. he received calls, fielded the calls and there has been a little bit of a concern, people have wondered, you know, why, you know, was he fielding calls, but the way we understand president obama and people like nancy pelosi were concerned about the democracy. and saving the democracy and

that's one of the reasons why joe biden last night was the hero of the evening because he says i am stepping aside to save the republic, something that benjamin franklin said in the constitution -- the continental convention, excuse me, for the declaration of independence. so, at the end of the day, barack obama, one of the greatest orators of our time, with bill clinton and his wife, will stand and give his support to kamala harris, give his support to keeping the democracy straight. this is about saving democracy. not about personal feelings, but also support for this democratic nominee who they hope to win the oval office. >> april ryan, chris jansing, gabe gutierrez, eugene daniels, thanks for starting us off. high alert in chicago. protests at the dnc leading to arrests after a security breach. how law enforcement is looking to keep people safe. and also how the trump

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we're back with more special coverage of the democratic national convention in chicago, where security remains high with hundreds expected to protest for another day, calling for an end to the war in gaza. >> monday's demonstrations remain largely peaceful until a few dozen protesters broke through a security fence and were detained by police. >> nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster joins us from chicago now. walk us through how protests went yesterday and what you're seeing there this morning. >> we're already seeing modifications to the fence line where we know protesters were able to breach through this fence. i'll show you right here, there is new brackets in place, that was installed overnight. and there is now a double layer of fencing, that is new. and look right here, there is cameras that are now being installed, we just saw that happen in the past couple of moments. ahead of what we know and expect to be another round of protests.

this morning, authorities in chicago remain on high alert following moments of heated protests outside the democratic national convention, multiple people detained and arrested, some carried away after a group broke through a layer of secret service fencing. >> they breached the fence. they got into the outer perimeter. we have no idea what they would have done if they had gotten on to the other side. >> reporter: officers scrambling to rebuild the piece of the damaged barrier, the dnc joint information center writing at no point was the inner perimeter breached and there was no threat to any protectees. overnight, demonstrators even seen inside the convention center, one group unraveling a protest banner in support of palestinians during president biden's speech, with other attendees quickly placing their own signs in front of them. officers in riot gear clearing a protest area after mostly peaceful demonstrations. thousands rallying and marching monday afternoon, at one point

delaying some buses carrying convention delegates, a dnc official tells nbc news. >> i felt like i needed to be around like-minded people that care about humanity. >> reporter: the groups focused on different issues, but many demanding the democratic party and its new presidential nominee support ending aid to israel and its war in gaza. >> we have but one demand, end the genocide in palestine. stop sending weapons to israel. >> reporter: a demand protesters say they will keep making each day of this convention. going back to those who were arrested, we're expecting to learn how many people and who specifically was arrested at a press conference later today. >> thanks for bringing us the very latest, again, from outside the democratic national convention. shaquille brewster. joining us now, frank figliuzzi, he is an msnbc law

enforcement analyst. police were able to de-escalate the situation rather quickly. were you surprised it even happened at all? >> so, look, we got so far so good here, no, you never want a perimeter fence breached. but the quick response of chicago pd was appropriate and now, of course, as we heard an additional layer is going to be inserted and, by the way, i'm here in chicago, pd will be patrolling and posted within that additional perimeter. and to put this in perspective, jose, that fence segment that was breached was several hundred yards away from the next perimeter fence. so that's several football fields away from even the next fence. and now we know have an additional fence. >> so, frank, would you expect any other security posture changes after that incident yesterday or was that exactly the type of situation police were prepared for and expecting? >> yeah, this is the whole point of having redundant perimeters, multiple perimeters, as far away

from the venue as possible, so if there is a breach, you're still trapped in there. so, they're responding appropriately. not unexpected. they added more brackets. i think kudos to chicago pd for handling the crowd yesterday as well. you know, there was a pro israeli group that inserted themselves among the pro palestinian marchers. chicago pd quickly escorted them, surrounded them, so they were in their own bubble. this is going well, unexpectedly yesterday the crowd did not meet the numbers. there were supposedly 25,000 that were going to show up and the numbers were well below that. >> it is still day one. it was still day one. frank figliuzzi, thank you very much. nice to see you. up next, a republican revolt against donald trump. how former gop lawmakers and officials are making their mark at the dnc and looking to topple maga. and the trump campaign's counterprogramming, where they're headed and their counter

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well, democrats ride a wave of energy in chicago, former president trump is set to speak today in michigan and his running mate jd vance is headed to wisconsin. both events focusing on crime and safety as the duo continue their counterprogramming road shows. >> we'll have to see if trump sticks to the script. he's been straying from campaign talking points. and the advice of some of his top allies to attack vice president harris on her looks and intelligence and including in a new interview just last night. >> why insult her intelligence? >> i have to do -- i don't think she's a very bright person. i do feel that. i mean, i think that's -- you know what, our country needs a very smart person and i don't think she's a very smart person. so -- i don't consider that an insult. that's just a fact. >> joining us now from michigan where trump is set to hold his

event later today is nbc's vaughn hillyard. vaughn, good morning. what more are we learning from trump while democrats rally in chicago? what are his plans? >> reporter: right, this is one of the lines we heard last night up on stage from president biden is the fact that when you look at violent crime, this is an event here today in michigan where donald trump is going to be appearing with local law enforcement at a local sheriff's office here, and the fbi crime statistics show that violent crime in the united states is at its lowest point right now than at any point during the trump administration years. and that it has steadily declined since the height of the pandemic when the biden administration came into the white house here. so, for donald trump, he continues to depict for the american people, though, that crime is at a staggering rate and it is infecting communities around the country. i want to let you listen to another part of that interview yesterday, though, because for donald trump, a lot of what he

has been talking about in recent weeks, like you just heard, are those personal attacks against the top of the democratic ticket, kamala harris, to which some of his own republican allies like senator lindsey graham, just this weekend on "meet the press," harkening him and asking him to put the personal attacks aside and instead focus on actual policy and substance and i want to let you listen to him responding to lindsey graham yesterday. take a listen. >> donald trump, the provocateur, the showman, may not win this election. >> look, i like lindsey, i don't care what he says, okay. lindsey wouldn't have been elected if i didn't endorse him. i'm not a showman. i don't believe i am a showman. >> reporter: so donald trump over the course of this week is having these events that are focused on different themes. yesterday, he was in pennsylvania focusing on the economy. and then today, it is on law enforcement and defending the

police. of course, for donald trump, if you go back to january 6th, he's called for the release and the pardoning of january 6th defendants, more than 140 police officers that day were brutally attacked here. and so, for donald trump, though, we're less than 80 days until the election and he's doing what he can to counter what is happening in chicago on the primetime stages with the likes of these top democrats here taking the stage to the public at large. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you very much. >> joining us now, riina shaw, former senior republican congressional adviser, members of the republicans for harris group and former democratic congressman max rose of new york, he's also a senior adviser to vote vets. we played that clip of donald trump once again talking about kamala harris' intelligence. what do you make of the fact he keeps on going there, instead of focusing more on policy and the issues?

>> because he's a mean person who can't control himself. now, what is so crazy about this moment is the maga movement formerly known as the republican party is really an umbrella of sycophants to donald trump and those folks are coming out and saying to him, dude, what the hell are you doing, you're throwing this thing away. but, you know, donald trump, if donald trump weren't so unhinged and so crazy, he wouldn't have catalyzed the movement that led to january 6th. he wouldn't have done all those divisive, horrible things like lafayette square. let's not think that this is just to be viewed within a microcosm. this man has no place anywhere near the white house and the oval office and that's why this movement against him is so strong and has such a wide breadth of folks who are committed to it. >> and yesterday he has a big group of supporters who are boosting him. he is the republican nominee for

president. again, even after everything you just described. after january 6th, after lafayette square. people know who he is. they have seen him in action, in office. >> that's probably influencing why he's continuing to do this. he's probably saying to folks, look, i've won before. it is also why the effort against him, and i think we see this at the democratic convention, you can't underestimate the strength of his movement. you know, that's one of the mistakes we made in 2016, thinking we had in the bag, who would vote for this guy? where as what we're doing now and you see this at the convention, we're taking the movement seriously, building up a movement of our own to counteract it but not becoming obsessed with his craziness, not becoming obsessed with how unhinged he actually is because that will allow us to focus on

our own policies, the incredible achievements of the biden administration and also the need for doubling down in the future. >> and, we're learning there are more republicans actually that are going to be speaking at the dnc, former congressman adam kinzinger is expected to speak on thursday. nbc reporting exclusively that former trump official stephanie grisham will also speak at the convention. she says in a statement, quote, while i don't agree with vice president harris on everything, i'm proud to be supporting her because i know she will defend our freedoms and represent our nation with honesty and integrity. what message will you be listening for, from these members of the republican party? >> the message has to be this is how we defeat trumpism. there is no perfect candidate out there for republicans that you can get behind and say, policy-wise, i'm feeling pretty good about this ticket. the vast majority of republicans are not going to like some of what the harris/walz campaign is

saying this week. and that's just fact. but what they understand, the republicans like me who come out and put our voices and support behind harris and walz, what we understand is that this is our last best chance to defeat trumpism, to extinguish its flame within our party. we have to get rid of him once and for all. we thought last fall was our opportunity, and it was obvious, he is now the republican party's candidate by default. and i don't use those words by accident. i say by default because the party has decided the most extreme supporters of the party, the ones who come out in primaries have decided that nobody else can fix it, fix the problems that america has except for donald trump. so the same messaging he came out with in 2016 has permeated down to the core of the party and it becomes very hard to push back on that when you want to appeal to the hearts and minds and say, pick somebody better, pick somebody who is actually speaking to your problems of today. i'll tell you this right now, i don't know much of what's going

through donald trump's mind except for one thing, he's regretting his vice presidential pick because since then it has been a disaster for him. he's had to go out and work for this, and he didn't want to work in august. he wanted to start to really campaign in september. so right now there is this window of opportunity to go seize the day, to go get those independents and republicans and harris can do that, by doing exactly what she did the night she debuted walz as her running mate and i remember those words and they were very, very poignant to me. and i think to a vast majority of americans, she basically said, i'm paraphrasing, that she wanted to help american families build wealth, that was the messaging i used to hear from paul ryan, and all his contemporaries. we are gone. we are so far gone from that moment of republicanism that when i heard harris say it, i felt some kind of way and that's the kind of talk that needs to continue to be able to bring those independents in fully under the harris/walz tent.

>> i know you consider yourself a republican, and you're part of this group, republicans for harris. you're right, it is a different party right now, according to a recent cnbc survey. 80% of republicans are satisfied with donald trump as their nominee. so, even if we see some republicans speak at the dnc, you have this group that is carved out, that is out there, and representing your voice out there, do you think that there are enough disaffected republicans to make an impact in november? >> ana, i'm always worried about the numbers, so we got to be careful. i do see the polls harris tightening that gap with trump. her leading in some places. but when you speak about that number of republicans who say they're content with trump, they're content because they're not fully paying attention yet. those of us in the washington, inside the beltway class, we pay attention to the minutia of this race. the vast majority of americans are not. and therefore they will start to

pay attention after labor day. we have to get ready for meeting them where they are, discussing their pain points, appealing to them from a conservative standpoint. i know exactly how to do that. not because i was born in ruby red west virginia, but because i too am still a fiscal conservative. i am still a small government advocate and i know that when this ticket talks to me about economy, and about how they're going to handle geopolitical tension, that meets me within the borders of this country and my friends, and impact the way my generation of millennials moves up, i've got really tiny kids, and when you talked about american families, republicans listen. and i think, again, this has to be a mixed bag in all of the approach and all of the above approach, but it is possible because they are out there, they're just not tuned in yet. >> those tiny kids get really big like this. amazing. >> we all know. >> rina, thank you very much.

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developments in the israel hamas war. israel now confirming it recovered the bodies of six hostages in gaza. >> that news as secretary of state antony blinken is in cairo

for more cease-fire talks this morning. joining us now, nbc news correspondent matt bradley in beirut, this morning. matt, what do you know about these latest rounds of negotiations? >> reporter: well, it is a great question. we don't know that much. we know they're going to be continuing and we just heard from the egyptian foreign minister, he said they're going to be continuing in cairo, starting in two days on thursday. so they're going to run thursday and friday after last week when they ran thursday and friday in doha. but, despite a lot of these starry eyed statements we have been hearing from the biden administration, this is still as ever shrouded in pessimism. antony blinken is in the region. they have been pouring diplomatic resources into this. this is the ninth trip to the region in ten months. we heard hamas is not participating in these negotiations. they have said they want to see the israelis and intermediaries go back to a previous proposal that they say everybody had already agreed upon and now we just heard from a senior hamas official speaking to al jazeera

saying the united states' comments that hamas is holding it up has been misleading and he said that the u.s. is buying time for the israelis. >> what more with you tell us about those six hostages who were recovered from gaza overnight? >> reporter: yeah, this was a tragic discovery. of these six, five of them were already known to have been dead. so their family members know that they were killed, put they were all killed, it sounds like, all captured alive on october 7th and were killed while they were in hamas custody or the custody of other militant groups aligned to hamas. this is going to be a tragic discovery for those families, maybe not such a surprise. we know there are dozens of hostages who are still left alive, but there are dozens more who are dead. and, you know, it is important to note here, as we talk about benjamin netanyahu and the continuing negotiations, netanyahu's line from the beginning has been that the best way to rescue the remaining hostages who are still alive is to put military pressure on

hamas and its partners in the gaza strip, but so far, the idf has only rescued seven hostages alive. so there has not been very much success when it comes to bringing a military resources to bear on finding these hostages. the best bet, so far, has been a negotiated peace. in november, we saw a one-week pause in the fighting and that released more than 100 of those hostages. so far, that's the best way that we have seen to release the remaining people held in the gaza strip. >> we know so many of those families of those hostages are really praying and hoping, holding out hope they'll come home alive and safely. thank you for that reporting. >> up next, we'll turn back to politics and the man who could be the first first gentleman to speak at the dnc tonight. >> what can he say that other speakers can't? and what could be his role in a potential harris administration? potential harris administration? n to feed muscles for up to seven hours. so take the challenge. ensure, nutrition for

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history and leaving legacies." thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> tonight's speech, how might doug emhoff introduce vice president harris to voters in a way that nobody else can? >> that's a great question, and it's one where he has a unique opportunity to really tell the american public to tell the voters what he sees up close and personal about a person who has a leadership role in our country, who has wrestled with the decisions that have to be made as vice president and potentially as president. it really is a window into a personal relationship and watching somebody up close and personal in a way nobody else can do. there's a connection that i thought about today about how laura bush in 2004, at the republican convention in new

york, you know, took the stage to introduce her husband and talk about how she watched him wrestle with some of the most difficult decisions. at that point the president was unpopular with many people being in two wars and how she gave a vivid image of him walk the south grounds and wrestling with the decision to go to war. that's a unique image from a spouse and softened the image people had of george bush. >> we already mentioned emhoff would make history as the first first gentleman, and would you expect his role to be different at all than other recent first spouses? >> that's a great question. those that follow the president's spouse or first ladies up to this point, of course, will be very happy we won't be talking about their clothes and hair anymore. i will say this, he has already

carved out a role for himself as second gentleman. he broke ground already. i think we can expect to see him use that experience and adapt to this higher profile role in the same way. he has done it with confidence, and for somebody that has come into politics relatively knew, only in the last ten years since he has been married to kamala harris, he has shown an adeptability to really manage the high profile, and certainly the great stakes that there would be in the campaign that will kick off in a different way after this convention is over. >> and doug emhoff will be the first jewish first spouse, and as you say, they have been married since 2014. what role can family and that story play in the campaign? >> that's a really good point because politics is a family affair. and he has already demonstrated, you know, his interest, of course, and the issue of being

jewish and the anti-semitism initiative that he is helping to lead for the administration. i mean, that brings credibility and authenticity to a topic that he certainly has carved out as his initiative and has said he would be very focussed on this if he were to become the nation's first gentleman. he already has experience talking about it. i think what is really important to remember here, too, is does -- would the president, his wife, support him in doing that? all indications are that she would. >> anita mcbride, wonderful to have you. thank you for your insights. it's nice to see you. >> thank you very much. in our next hour we will talk to a former speechwriter for president obama. a behind-the-scenes look at crafting a convention speech and how obama could lean into the historic nature of his own presidency to lift vice president harris. >> much more coverage of the dnc

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