and michelle and former president barack obama. and all the states will take their turn nominating kamala harris and tim walz. that live harris/walz rally from milwaukee will be beamed back in to chicago. all happening tonight. right now our special coverage continues with joy, ari melber and alex wagner. stay with us. >> i love the job, but i love my country more. >> the democratic party rolls on in chicago. >> night, night. >> president biden passes the torch and night two of the dnc begins. >> we are moving forward! >> tonight, the roll call of the

states, plus primetime speeches from former first lady michelle obama. >> we need to get out every vote. >> and former president barack obama. >> america isn't about yes, he will. it's about, yes, we can. >> full team coverage from rachel maddow, nicole wallace, joy reid, alex wagner, chris haste, chris o'donnell, jen psaki, stephanie ruhle. msnbc's coverage of the democratic national convention begins now. >> and here we go. welcome to msnbc's special coverage of this second night of the democratic national convention. i'm ari melber live here with joy reid live in chicago and we have a live view of that united center where joy and our colleagues and so many delegates are still filling in after that late and raucous night capped by president biden's historic

speech. tonight another president takes the stage. barack obama while kamala harris and tim walz are leaving chicago to headline a wisconsin rally tonight at a venue which hosted the rnc, in fact. the harris campaign continuing to taut and flex its large crowds and enthusiasm. conventions are always about reaching people and telling a story. democrats clearly feeling energized that their story is in a very real sense a unified upbeat party. over the course of this week they want to evolve from those important, almost dignified discussions of a transition last night to the future. passing the torch from biden to harris and from hillary clinton breaking a barrier, she did win more votes than donald trump in 2016, to the passing of a torch to harris looking to beat trump not only with more votes but with an electoral college victory two months from now. that's what they're hoping for. the programming "tonight show" cases party leaders taking the

vision and the argument into the future, joy. >> night two, ari, is expected to have a similar energy. a handoff from the old guard of the democratic party. barack obama will be joined by michelle on stage tonight. two of the most beloved figures in the democratic party advocating for kamala harris in front of their hometown crowd. that is not all. democrats know that chicago, of course, launched obama's campaign, hosted his victory speech in 2008. obama addressed the crowd of thousands in grant park moments after he was elected. the first black president in u.s. history. in addition to barack and michelle obama, we are expecting to hear from chuck schumer, tammy duckworth, bernie sanders, j.b. pritzker and michelle from

new mexico. and doug emhoff. what are you looking for tonight? well, i'll tell you, joy, we may have questions for you. i know it's loud where you are and getting louder. let us know if you can hear us. >> i can hear ya. >> i was in the hall in '04 and of course barack obama, there was buzz in democratic circles, but not every delegate newnessly what course he would be on. not every person in that hall until he took the stage and he gave a speech that i think more so than certainly most speeches outside of maybe inaugurals that us nerds focus on, a speech that is remembered not only for its energy, which it had, but for its substance, that he drew on his tradition, his family background, a story of diversity, a story, by the way, also of migration and america's tradition in its best sense of welcoming immigrants who then become of course full american families that go on to lead our country, not putting that in some asterisks or side capsule.

he drew on that in being inclusive that we were discussing that the harris campaign has set that tone. he did that to the lines that they remember. we worship an awesome god in the blue states. we don't like federal intrusion in our libraries in the red states and so forth. i don't think it's an over estimation to tell you, joy, it took off. it lit up the room. but also mattered in ways that years later people if they're not quoting the exact lines, they remember the substance, the spirit of that speech. so that's what i remember. i'm curious what you're seeing already today from your reporting as we go into this big night that does turn the page from biden literally. >> yeah. absolutely. just a comment on that because that was a time when i had gotten out of the news business and was in the campaign world working for and smart i had taken the action training that governor walz took, too, when he decided to run for office after

being a high school teacher. i just remember '04 being the smartest decision john kerry ever made in the sense of the word decision. he was so over shadowed. that was the speech after which oprah winfrey declared barack obama to be the one. remember that? he was the one. and i think people started anticipating that he would eventually run for president and whatever doubts people had that that black man who was named barack hussain obama, i think they were erased that night. i am looking for this speech we have all come to understand barack obama is one of the great orators of our time. he is truly one of the most gifted speech makers in the democratic party and in the country. it was his gift, his ability to explain america to itself, to look at america both in the mirror and also to look at it through the window, right? so that he can see america in

himself and he can see us in a sense the wear the world sees us because he has a background in the way the world sees us. he sees us in a way that sometimes we don't even recognize and he's able to articulate that in such a profound way that i always look forward to listening to an obama speech. i also have heard michelle obama speak. when i was traveling with her doing a tour for what she was doing to help our children eat better. on that tour she gave speeches that would literally light your hair on fire. she is under rated as an incredible speaker who is profound. i think i and everyone in this room is anticipating hearing from two of the great speakers and great articulators of americanness that we have. and i think that's what i'm anticipating. just a little bit on the reporting side. no, go. >> i was going to double down on your point. >> go. >> i was going to mention, it's not a competition between the two of them.

they play very different roles. >> right. >> we do measure things in journalism. she did sell more -- michelle obama did sell more books than poor president obama and -- it's true. >> her book was shorter. first of all, ari, his book was that thick. people were like, i can't read that. her book was shorter. >> but also you think about the division that has become so normalized. i've heard people in the last six years of the trump era and saying, well, the current president's numbers, they have to be so low, we're so divided. michelle obama's numbers, of course being part of the obama legacy, that's something why they share which is why i guest about competition. her numbers are higher than his, they're higher than most public figures. so we think about her and the role she played and kamala harris as hillary clinton eluded to playing an untraditional role. as i like to say, this is a throw back, don't believe the

hype. when the negative pundits say it's going to be this polarized, a woman of color would only appeal to, quote, unquote this group, not necessarily. let's let the people decide. >> yes. >> that's open. back to you and your reporting as well. >> well, no, she is the single most popular figure in the democratic party. it's why people have the fever dream they're going to run for president. she ain't running for president, y'all. stop putting her in polls. no, she's not. i'm going to leave aside the things that i've been talking about. they're off this topic. i want to bring in alex wagner. she is where she needs to be. she is literally right on the floor here at the dnc. we want to know what you're hearing, seeing. what's going on, my friend? >> reporter: it's a challenging sound environment, but as your chief vibes correspondent i'm here to tell you that the vibrations are very positive tonight. maybe even more anticipatorily positive than they were last night, which was, as you know,

well, joy, enormously positive event for joe biden. i think that there's a lot of excitement for, you know, two of the great figures in the democratic party, not just because i think people are eager to see some of the obama era magic grafted onto the harris/walz campaign, but i think for a democratic party in the trump era that wondered whether barack obama was an aberration, whether she was an historic anomaly, the mere presence of barack obama at this convention handing the reins off to kamala harris is a suggestion that the aberration was donald trump and that america as barack obama liked to invoke, the universe is -- the moral arc of the universe is long but is bending towards a sort of justice, a more inclusive society. that barack obama and kamala harris are the true sort of political future for america and that donald trump was merely one step backwards before the inhe have vittable pendulum swing forward. there's a sense of not just

excitement for the immediate future of the party but the long-term prospects of american society. that's really, i mean, a terribly intoxicating one two punch for people in the audience tonight. there's just an enormous amount of excitement on the floor. i was talking to one of the delegates from florida who was saying, you know what? anything can happen. where republican registrants out numbered democrats by a million. if florida is feeling optimistic, wow. >> as a floridian, we take it with a huge grain of salt and a giant orange. we'll see what happens. there's reason to be optimistic. i want to follow up on your point, allison, asking you to say more. earlier nicole wallace was talking about the ways in which the harris/walz tiktd has kind of shoved donald trump off the stage. i think about the obamas in that

same way, right? barack obama is the guy who embarrassed donald trump at a white house correspondent's dinner so much so that donald trump vowed to become president and his presidency is seen in so many ways as, you know, rejectionism against obama. the anger and rage that this man had been a black president for two terms produced donald trump's presidency. you know, what are you hearing and what are people saying about the idea that maybe kamala harris has sort of ended the trump era, right? i mean, because there is that sort of sense that this era was a hot fire that can't continue to burn forever and that maybe the answer though is -- to it is kamala harris, barack obama, hillary clinton, this gargantuan team work of the democratic party? >> reporter: people are very articulate in their enthusiasm but they always end it with, we

have work ahead. it's going to be a tight election. people understand that this -- kamala harris hasn't run away with this by a long shot, right? nobody's ready to write the epigraph but i think it's a powerful suggestion that barack obama is the future, kamala harris is the future and donald trump is the past. indeed, that demographic reality lies at the core of so much of donald trump's power over his audience, right? the idea that a multi-cultural inclusive america is actually the road we're heading down and that the sort of white patriarchal society that allowed donald trump to profit tear as much as he had is going into the rear view, right? that's a powerful, distressing idea if you are part of the white patriarchy like donald trump. and supporters who see change, who see people like barack obama, who see people like kamala harris, multi-racial, multi-ethnic leaders, a deal

like this might be the norm. trump and mag aism are veering their heads for one last gasp, that's powerful stuff. i think one of the great things about the way kamala harris and barack obama have handled this is they don't sort of elude to that reality with fear or with triumphalism, they say we can be part of the future no matter the color of our skin. tonight is going to be the classic obama -- i'm not sure he's going to say there's no red america, no blue america, there's only the united states of america, but we're all in it together, that ism is what we hear about. kamala harris is a direct manifestation of that. their friendship was forged over that reality. >> absolutely. well, the vibe is perfundity. we appreciate your insights. we'll see you back later.

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we worship an awesome god in the blue states and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red states. we coach little league in the blue states and, yes, we've got some gay friends in the red states. we are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the united states of america. >> that was one convention speech that launched not only a presidential campaign, but many say a movement that changed american politics as we know it. of course, now former president barack obama will be taking the stage tonight. our special coverage continues now. we're joined by john giles who endorsed kamala harris who is speaking tonight. good evening and welcome. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> there are these different themes and viewers and citizens know. some of them feel like, okay, sure, you know, left-handed

carpenters for kerry, sure. yes, everyone's welcome. then there are themes that actually do seem to resonate. tonight is republicans for harris. you are one of them and you're an elected one and not in a super blue state i might add. >> right. >> explain what tonight is about and what you're involved with, what you're trying to tell people. >> well, i'm here to talk to people myself who are in the political middle, feel like we're politically homeless. we've been -- in arizona we've been specifically invited to leave the party if we're not part of themaga group. there are a lot that are disenfranchised. from a policy point of view don't necessarily feel entirely comfortable in the democratic party but at the same time we've seen donald trump. we're well aware of his faults and we have concluded that he is ineligible to be president of the united states. my message is there are people

like me in the political middle, this is not a year we can follow loyalty and vote for a republican at the top of the ticket. the best candidate in this race is vice president kamala harris. >> yeah. and president biden hit that note last night, as you know. there are places, including arizona, where in his last election he was effective in making an argument at being inclusive, at rejecting efforts to paint the democratic party as somehow left or out of step with arizona. this speech went late into the evening last night and a lot people who watched it. for those who may not have seen it, here was that moment about harris. >> selecting kamala was the very first decision i made when i became our nominee, and it was the best decision i made in my whole career. she'll be a president we can all be proud of. and she will be an historic president who puts her stamp on

america's future. >> that was his embrace. what do you say to people who are center or conservative and wary that they might have been warmer to biden but they're not sure about harris who is a new or natural figure to them? what do you say to them? >> i get that. there's a lot of people in that category. she does -- she came to the office of vice president with a reputation of being a fairly progressive senator. i think that was probably fair, but i've seen her evolve over the last four years. she's had this amazing on the job experience with joe biden. i think the best predictor of future performance is past performance. we're seeing that the biden/harris administration being a very centrist administration. they've accomplished some amazing bipartisan legislation through congress, things like the chips act. the bipartisan infrastructure act. the inflation reduction act.

these have resulted in billions of dollars of private investment in my community. i'm going to ribbon cuttings and ground breakings every week because of the investment coming to my city. that didn't happen under the trump administration. so i think she is going to govern from a centrist position. governor walz obviously has that reputation as well. there's a lot of comfort to be found in her past record. >> yeah. really interesting. joy reid and i watched the rnc. this isn't exactly hulk hogan. this is more like small town republicans. your thoughts, joy? >> absolutely. well, i mean, it is remarkable, ari, and mayor giles, to see so many republicans being willing to come forward, not just say we reject donald trump but to say, we actually affirmatively support vice president harris, which is a different thing.

>> it is. >> and yet it's still a relatively small number. you know, i know enough republicans, michael steele is a dear friend, and others, who i know their values don't align with donald trump. they couldn't look at themselves in the mirror. yet, you know, yourself, lieutenant governor. >> geoff: duncan who is also supporting, why do you think your numbers are relatively small? in addition to being an adjudicated sexual assaulter, known liar, 34 count felon and all the things we know about donald trump, he also loses a lot of elections. >> sure. >> he loses republicans' elections. you think about the kari lake's in arizona. it's not like he's a winner. >> no. >> what do you think keeps so many of your republican colleagues from joining you? >> it is a bit of a mystery. we've seen all the senate republicans that when they were initially giving their thoughts about donald trump couldn't have been more condemning as far as

his character and their predictions for a total failure and a loss of the soul of the republican party. we've seen all of those things come to pass, but they step up and defend him. you can only conclude that, you know, the political price to be paid for crossing donald trump is the end of your career. so i -- i've seen -- i've gotten an amazing outreach of people who are not elected officials in the republican party, who stop me in the grocery store and say, thank you so much for giving voice to my -- to where i'm at. like i said, there's this huge politically homeless population in the united states outside of elected officials. so i think they are -- we need to help them get more comfortable with vice president harris and understand that she is someone who's going to lead from the middle. >> i think one of the profound things about what you're doing, you're not saying i'm leaving the republican party, you're a

republican for harris and what that used to mean. to you, if donald trump is defeated and there's a chance to rebuild the republican party, for you, what will that republican party be about or what should it be about? what should its values be? >> well, you know, we've always had an extreme right wing of the republican party. john burns libertarian. >> regan and those guys ran out of the party. >> absolutely. you know what, that's okay. the point and i think the lesson to be learned from the democratic party is the success that you feel here is a big tent is a huge tent. we've got people like kari lake that are trying to turn it into, you know, a one sleeping bag tent and that's just -- that's going to predict the demise of the republican party. so hopefully we will bottom out. hopefully the maga party will fail miserably, not just at the top of the ticket but up and down the ticket, and people like me will be welcomed back to the republican party and the

diversity of opinion will be tolerated and embraced. >> well, yo're getting a lot of love here. this crowd is welcoming you across the party lines. have you felt the good vibes? >> oh, yes. it's been a great experience, and i've gotten a lot of good feedback. there are republicans for harris watch parties going on. >> absolutely. >> it's been a lot of fun. >> mayor john giles, thank you very much. welcome to chicago. we are just getting started on day two of the democratic national convention. much more ahead. stay right there. we are living with afib. and over 400,000 of us have left blood thinners behind... ...for life. we've cut our stroke risk and said goodbye to our bleeding worry. with the watchman implant. watchman. it's one time, for a lifetime. (restaurant noise) allison! (restaurant noise) ♪♪

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we are looking at live pictures of vice president kamala harris walking. she's headed to nearby wisconsin to do a campaign rally. this was after her cameo on stage last night which she'll be returning to. this is live footage. you see her going up the stairs there and getting ready to hit what the campaign has billed as a big adjacent event. obviously all of the democratic party is gathered and personified in the convention hall. there she is giving a wave. but harris and walz will be going to nearby wisconsin to a party that is the nearby blue

wall. it speaks to the enthusiasm they want be to perfect sonny phi. when any big speakers come out, we'll bring them to you. we haven't seen any major speakers yet. i'm joined by former rnc chair michael steele, host of "the weekend" on msnbc. good to be back here on night two. >> back at the table, working it. >> we saw harris go up the stairs. they're emphasizing that. showing that they can do two things at once, they can go rally which is not a traditional move during conventions. >> right. >> everyone waiting on the obamas tonight and be that movement forward, them being seen as somehow different than the biden thing which for all of its somber and bit ter sweet pageantry last night was about a

term that's ending. the obamas are trying to pass this baton saying she is in their spirit. your thoughts? >> i think that's right. i love the complementary programming where you have the principles doing a rally in a very large arena. if it i'm not mistaken, the exact same one that donald trump was in -- >> yeah. >> -- last week or a few weeks ago. so you have this complementary imagery of a hall like this with everyone there celebrating and preparing for, as you note, the baton handoff, but also at the same time she is engaging more directly with voters. so it really sort of carries out the narratives. then you bring in the obamas which are the capstone of this transition because in many respects, barack, even though he's the first african american

president, he does kind of represent a change, a sort of -- part of the older status of things, right? >> yeah. >> and so this -- as we saw with hillary clinton, we'll see with barack obama, we'll see with others, this sort of transition of the democratic party into the rest of the 21st century and really kind of dusting off, if you will, the dust from its shoes from the 20th century, that old approach to politics. >> yeah. i'll tell viewers this, as mentioned, is starting a little earlier than yesterday because they found things took so long. we just heard the invocation by a rabbi. pledge of allegiance. pretty standard. now of course the national anthem. i want to show something that speaks to the goal of these conventions. donald trump understands ratings. >> oh, yes. >> talks about them a lot. the democrats have seen

memorable momentum to the harris/walz ticket the past several weeks. whether it plateaus or drops, we can't predict. this is not a focus on our channel or other channels. at large compared to four years ago, there are fewer households that pay for normal linear cable so you are actually fishing in a smaller pool. yet if you look at these numbers, democrats very excited about night one numbers which is a cumulative 20 million viewers. i will note that beats the first night of the rnc by about 2 million and also beats the four years ago dnc night one, which was the biden/harris night one when there were more people with cable. what does it tell you that night one is punching above its weight from comparable conventions? >> well, i think what it tells me is that the formula that the democrats are working with, which i just eluded to, the sort

of complementary programming going on in the big hall and a separate venue with the vice president and her vice presidential nominee is drawing the attention of the american people. there's something about asymmetry in anything that people pay attention to. and when you give them something fresh and new to look at, they will tune in at least initially, what's that all about, and if it catches their attention, whether rhetorically or thematically, then you've got the hook. and last night i think set that in motion for a lot of viewers. because what's interesting i think will be to see is how that carried forward into this evening. does that number sustain itself? does it drop a certain percentage? does it go up some? you're in the sweet spot. that's something the republicans -- >> i apologize to interrupt. this is going to be patti labelle memorium. something we do want to hear.

we will listen in. thank you. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ i never knew it till this ♪ ♪ why, why friends ♪ ♪ feel your love when you're not near ♪ ♪ they make it so when you care ♪ ♪ you're my friend ♪ ♪ i never knew what you meant ♪

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♪ whew ♪ ♪ you are ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> god bless america. kamala harris. [ cheers and applause ] >> a moving performance there by patti labelle of "you are my friend." we're turning to a portion of the early evening involving basically the presidential families of the democratic party. the carters and the kennedys. this is carter's grandson. let's listen in.

>> hello. i'm jason carter. my grandfather, president carter, will have his 100th birthday in october. i call him papa. and i can tell you that he wishes he could be here tonight. he and my grandmother led their lives with an unwavering faith in god, a respect for human dignity, honesty and a commitment to loving their neighbors as themselves. those principles guided them throughout their lives, including during their four years in the white house and the four decades since. the for my grandfather, it was never about fame, recognition, accolades or awards. his legacy is measured by the lives he has touched and the good he has done. kamala harris carries my grandfather's legacy. she knows what is right and she fights for it.

the she understands that leadership is about service not selfishness, that you can show strength and demonstrate decency and that you can get a whole lot more done with a smile than with a scowl. papa's holding on. he's hopeful, and though his body may be weak tonight, his spirit is as strong as ever. my grandfather can't wait to vote for kamala harris. she reminds us all that the promise of america remains unchanged. we are one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all and my grandfather knows that with her as our next president we will keep that promise. thank you. [ cheers and applause ]

>> the remarks from jimmy carter's grandson, jason carter. as you can hear, john f. kennedy's grandson, jack schlossberg will be taking the stage. >> hi. i'm jack schlossberg. president john f. kennedy is my grandfather and he's my hero. jfk was the youngest person ever elected president and the first catholic. he sent a man to the moon, fought for civil rights and navigated the cuban missile crisis peacefully. most of all, he inspired a new generation to ask what they could do for our country. tonight jfk's call to action is now ours to answer because once again, the torch has been passed to a new generation, to a leader who shares my grandfather's energy, vision and optimism for

our future. ment that leader is vice president kamala harris. [ cheers and applause ] >> like president kennedy, vice president harris has dedicated her life to public service. she believes in america like my grandfather did, that we do things not because they're easy but because they are hard. as president she will fight for working families. she will expand investments in clean energy so that my generation will have clean air and good jobs. she will defend our freedoms, the freedom for women anywhere in america to make their own health care choices, the freedom to be safe from gun violence, the freedom to vote easily and without fear. the choice is ours to make and history is watching to see what we will do. now, let's elect kamala harris the next president of the united states.

thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was jack schlossberg, grandson of former president john f. kennedy. joining me on set is senator dick durbin of illinois. senator, thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> we are in your state. we saw jesse jackson lauded here, we saw hillary clinton here. we are going to see the obamas here, both barack and michelle obama here. your thoughts? >> there is a spirit and energy in this hall that is unlike many of the conventions i've attended. some of them are routine. this is not routine. we've come together as a political party to win this election because we have two reasons, we believe in kamala harris and what she can do to continue joe biden's legacy and, secondly, we will have political

and economic disaster with donald trump. >> you have known the soon to be retiring president of the united states joe biden for a long time. he served with you for a long time in the united states senate. give me a few words about his legacy in your view. >> last night in a few words he said what i needed to hear. he understands the situation. he is resigned to his responsibility now. he said of the presidency, i love this job. i love my country even more. that's joe biden. that's the kind of selfless person who has given a life to public service. he's going to be a legacy to this country and written a beautiful story. >> you've known the obamas a long time. what are you expecting to hear from both barack obama and michelle obama. >> i was the first senator to endorse barack obama. for 14 months i was the only

senator. i believe in barack and michelle and i think the message tonight is going to be a message of hope and determination and leave here dedicated to win the election. >> the passing of the torch to vice president harris, what does that mean for the party? >> it's an amazing moment. she called me several hours after joe biden made his decision and i thought to myself, should we bring a party together. in just a few days she achieved that. >> pennsylvania state senator, thank you. senator dick dutch ban. pennsylvania state representative malcolm kenyata taking the stage. let's listen in. >> and as you saw, i brought back trump's project 2025, all 900 pages of it. the and it's interesting because usually republicans want to ban books, but now they're trying to shove this down our throats.

it is a radical plan to drag us backwards, bankrupt the middle class and raise prices on working families like yours and mine. under project 2025 a family making just $75,000 a year, just two kids, would pay 1800 bucks more in federal taxes. no, no, no, but there's more. because on page 465 project 2025 would stop medicare from negotiating to lower the price of prescription drugs. and capping out of pocket costs. and on page 587, project 2025 would cut overtime pay for hard working americans. but my friend, these bad ideas

aren't new. as long as we have been fighting to make america work for working families, there have been greedy corporate interests trying to take us back. in 2019, my grandma, a civil rights warrior, called me, her voice cracking. and she said, i'm so sorry, baby. i'm so sorry. i thought my generation had fixed this. and here you are, fighting the same battles. but i want to tell you tonight, my friends, what i said to my grandma. i said, it's okay, grandma. it's just our turn. it's just our turn. to stand up for working people, and to stand up for our nation's promise. it's just our turn.

to defend our rights and to insure that democracy doesn't die on our watch. it's our turn. to make history, my friends. by electing kamala harris as the next president of the united states of america. god bless you. may god protect our troops. >> the very dynamic state representative malcolm kenyatta leaving the stage. and coming up next, to the stage, we are waiting. >> focus on making health care affordable for middle class americans has benefitted so many of my patients. >> i support kamala harris because she fights for the working family, and she thinks about the future of our country.

trump tried to take our country backward. >> she has taken action to make sure child care and home care are accessible and affordable. >> i am a type 1 diabetic since the age of 10 and having my insulin is not an option. >> my name is ann from wisconsin and this is my daughter. ayla qualifies for a type of medicaid based on a level of care for children with disabilities. donald trump attempted to cut medicaid every single year he was in office. >> kamala harris is the only candidate on the ticket this year that will actually continue to fight to get caps on insulin, and we need her in office. >> i am all in for harris 2024. >> that was before you saw that really profound montage, that was malcolm kenyatta, the very

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it just is, is that the democrats do have the culture, the more current culture, i should say. the republicans tend to have a more retro culture, the hulk hogan era of the culture. but we have now seen patti labelle to common to beyonce giving her song to the candidate for kamala harris to use. the culture is here in the united center. your thoughts, ari. >> i think that's a fair point, and there's a difference between faking the funk and actually having the funk. and so when the parties reach out to try to be current again, you don't have to play it out through music or top 40, but if you're trying to do that, it's noticeable how you do that. common, of course, reflects chicago. he has a history going back in civil rights and political discourse for decades. so the funk is real and the musical and civil rights sense, which i think resonates. joy, we'll be coming back to you shortly. i believe alex wagner on the floor has a guest.

alex. >> i want to go if she's dancing. what's happening? >> i mean, how can you not dance when common's house band is playing in the background. i'm with the chairman of the democratic national committee, jaime harrison. the man in charge of the party and this party. you can't hear in new york, but joy reid and ari melber were saying the culture is where this party is at. >> it is. >> can you talk a little bit about how you have been processing the last 24 hours and what you're feeling about tonight? >> listen, this is like a big family reunion. a family reunion that the family hasn't been together since 2016. so you have tears, patti labelle was amazing up there. and i'm happy to say when i was thinking about who we wanted to do the memoriam and to sing a song that really could touch the hearts so we can remember our democratic friends that we have lost, there is no better voice than patti labelle. and that's what we have here. we are getting together.

we are crying, we're laughing, we're dancing. and all of those emotions, and you guys are about to see one hell of a roll call that's about to happen in a few minutes as we go through these amazing states of ours and all of the grand diversity of the democratic party. >> you talk about that roll call, and it feels like the spirit and momentum of that roll call is real different today versus where it might have been in terms of enthusiasm and just general, i don't know, excitement compared to a couple months ago. >> this is the thing. the emotions are there. we saw the emotion. the roll call would have been the same because we love joe biden. but we also love kamala harris. you know, kamala harris, tim walz, they're a team hope and joy. team hope and joy. kamala harris is our mvp, madam vice president, and tim walz is our coach. these are all the other players on the bench. this campaign and this group of people, we are going to deliver for the american people.

and protect the freedoms and rights of all of us. that's why i'm so excited for this convention. >> i think a lot of people are really excited about the obama night, which is tonight, which is michelle and barack obama. >> everybody wants to see the really, you know, michelle obama. >> don't tell barack obama that. >> we love barack, but he understands he married up, just like i did. >> most men do. can you remind me what night beyonce is performing? >> i think that's the most asked question i have gotten over the last week or so. >> is that a non-answer? >> beyonce is performing every night because every night you hear "freedom" in this hall. >> can you talk about the spirit of the party right now? people have seen a transition between, you know, where the party was at, not just in terms of mood and momentum, but just the expression of the party in its candidate. you're going to see barack obama, the first mixed race president of the united states of america, hand the proverbial baton to kamala harris, a woman of south asian and jamaican

descent in the hopes she becomes the next president of the united states. as a democrat, as a man who is part of the community of color in the united states of america, what does that tell you about democrats and where the country is going? >> you know, i spoke with the women's caucus today. and at the women's caucus, i said this. imagine january 20th, 2025. and on the steps of the capitol building built by the hands of slaves, there is ketanji brown jackson, justice, first black woman on the supreme court, holding the bible of frederick douglass. and on that bible, the hands of our madam vice president, and soon-to-be madam president, kamala harris. folks, i have chills. and that moment can happen in this country, and it can happen because of the people in this building and the millions of people watching at home. this is more than just beating

donald trump. this is addressing fannie lou hamer who 60 years ago testified at the dnc credentials committee because she couldn't be part of the mississippi delegate. it was an all-whites delegation and she said she's sick and tired of being sick and tired. we're sick and tired of people coming after our freedom, after our rights. kamala harris and tim walz are fighters, and they're joyful warriors who will fight for our freedoms and our rights. i'm so happy, so happy to be a part of this history. >> and that's why, ladies and gentlemen, he is the chair of the dnc, jaime harrison, we appreciate your toom and all your efforts. i'm going to send it back to you over in new york, ari, i think. >> all right. let's take a listen in. this is a former trump aide, stephanie grisham. let's listen in. >> i spent easter, thanksgiving, new year's all at mar-a-lago. i saw him when the cameras were

off. behind closed doors, trump mocks his supporters. he calls them basement dwellers. on a hospital visit one time when people were dying in the icu, he was mad that the cameras were not watching him. he has no empathy, no morals. and no fidelity to the truth. he used to tell me, it doesn't matter what you say, stephanie. say it enough and people will believe you. but it does matter. what you say matters. and what you don't say matters. on january 6th, i asked melania if we could at least tweet that while peaceful protest is the right of every american, there's no place for lawlessness or violence. she replied with one word, no. i became the first senior staffer to resign that day. i couldn't be part of the

insanity any longer. when i was press secretary, i got skewered for never holding a white house briefing. it's because unlike my boss, i never wanted to stand at that podium and lie. now here i am, behind a podium, advocating for a democrat. and that's because i love my country more than my party. kamala harris tells the truth. she respects the american people. and she has my vote. thank you. >> we have been listening to a rather remarkable speech at the democratic convention there, as they're going out to some of the videos. we have heard from people who worked for trump and then criticized him. that part might have become familiar. but rarely do you have someone who stood as ms. grisham just

mentioned, on behalf of the president at the white house turn around and oppose his next campaign. michael steele knows these stories intimately as a republican, although you never worked for trump. but what does it mean both that donald trump has recent former aides like this, a, and b, that the harris campaign and the dnc now is giving them center stage? >> you know what i think people need to put into context about what's remarkable, what you're going to see this evening and what we saw last week with the elevation of republicans for harris, 70,000 republicans on a phone call on behalf of kamala harris, is in the past, you would have a republican, you know, member of congress who just is in a red district or red state and decided the easiest thing for political survival is to flip. and they wind up going to a democratic convention. we saw that the same with democrats coming to the

republicans. it's usually one or two folks over two or three cycles. what's profound about this is you're going to see a cavalcade of republicans coming out and speaking about why party is less important than the value of our country, the value of our citizenship, the val value of o freedom. that's a very powerful message. stephanie and others took a big risk to work in the administration. in the first place. people forget the front end of this, where there were a lot of folks in town saying you really shouldn't do this. you shouldn't take this job. for them, it was about service to the country. they get inside that bubble and see just how god awful it is. how amoral, how desensitizing it is and they get out. what do they come out to? they're ostracized, they have no home politically.

and so when you have someone like kamala harris offering up an opportunity to join us in a fight for the country, this is the response you're seeing. i think it's very powerful. and from governor giles to stephanie to others that we will see this evening, it's important for my fellow republicans to know it's okay, baby. it's okay. it's okay. you know, you can do this. because the next day will be better. you'll still pay your bills the way you always have, you'll still have thanksgiving dinner with the family. your life will go on, but you will be freed of the burden of supporting someone you know doesn't stand or is aligned with your values. >> that's not just republicans. it's people who may have voted trump once or even twice and the question is do you need to do it a third time or not? this is the harris campaign using the big nights to show that. and the republican side, the negative space and they're painting is where is mike pence? he was physically in danger.

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administration passed the american rescue plan, including the butch lewis act to save our pensions and secure our retirement. they got it done without one single republican vote in congress. they saved over 1 million pensions including 33,000 from my state, wisconsin. 52,000 from pennsylvania. 61,000 from michigan. as president, i know kamala harris will have our backs. she will fight for our retirement, social security, and medicare. beverly passed away in 2019. but i kept my promise.

because a promise is a promise is a promise. thank you. >> for years, big farmee -- >> we are listening, we just listened to retired teamster kenneth stribling, as we're covering the democratic national convention in chicago. joining me is former senator claire mccaskill. we're just getting ready to have a special guest next hour. i want to start with you, claire. you said that's the teamsters, uh-oh. >> i mean, i think that pred, he spoke at the republican national convention, and all hell broke loose in his union. the black members of teamsters left the teamsters union. and endorsed kamala harris. they are the only union out there that is still

supporting -- they're not supporting trump, but they're not supporting harris. and for most union members in this country, that's really hard to figure out what they're doing. and the fact that these guys all came on stage without their union formally endorsing harris tells you a lot about some descension in the teamsters. >> a very big deal. particularly given the very stark difference between the economic policies that both of these candidates are promoting. i want to bring in stephanie grisham, who we all just saw and heard on stage. former aide in the trump white house. working with the first lady, the then first lady, melania trump. i wrote down what you said, and i want to read it back to you because i tried to get my phone fast enough to record it because this is some truth telling. you said behind the scenes, donald trump mocks his supporters. he calls them basement dwellers. wow. >> yeah. >> say more. >> yeah, i mean, it's just true. i felt like, i spent six years with him, and i really did

believe in him at the beginning. i really wanted people to know what he's like behind the cameras because all he cares about is when he's in front of the cameras. if i can reach any independents out there or republicans out there to understand that i get it. i get what it was like to believe in him. i get it. but i just want people to know that this is who he really is behind the scenes. >> what was compelling -- i talked to people, republicans who like you believed in donald trump and one person was honest and said they liked the fact he was a celebrity, and they felt the democrats always had the celebrities and they liked that he was famous. what was it that made him compelling to you initially? >> i joined the campaign two weeks after he came down that escalator, and it was because i went to -- i worked at one of his rallies as a favor to somebody, and the way the crowd flocked to him and the way he spoke so plainly. he didn't use the political jargon -- >> he's not a politician.

>> like a breath of fresh air, which makes me sad to say that now, but at the time. and then i kept going and kept seeing the people's reaction to him and thought, well, maybe if we can smooth out his kinks. yeah. >> there were a lot of kinks. and you talked about your disallusionment. january 6th was a big part of that, but for you, and because there's so many republicans that are here, i just spoke with the mayor of mesa, arizona. >> that's my home state. >> yeah, and people are being welcomed so warmly here. there's not any judgment here. this is like come to the cookout. come to the party. how does that feel for you? >> it's -- i don't understand it because for me, the last four years since i have been out of office it has been hate and hate and hate. coming at me, but also just watching him as a citizen, and it's just, you know, nothing is good without me. the country is terrible. everything is bad. only i can fix it. and so this is just -- it's joyful. of course, that's the word everyone is using, but it's

really unifying, and i believe that the democrats here are understanding that we have got to come together, and we're not going to agree on policies, period, probably, but we have got to talk to each other like humans again. >> yeah, and claire, i met a guy last night when we got back to the hotel who talked about the idea of this as a family reunion. and then we just heard jaime harrison use that same language. because a family is full of people who think all sorts of different things, may feel different ways but they all get along and love each other. the family reunion theme definitely feels like the vibe right now. >> yeah, because we all have somebody in our family that sometimes we want to strangle them because we disagree with them. >> but we're not going to actually do it. >> right. on the other hand, at least i'm so glad you feel what i think is sincere in the democratic party, and that is we can go from bernie and aoc to joe manchin, we really can. and even though there are times we really get frustrated with joe manchin, we can.

and the idea that we are trying to reach out. i do not for the life of me understand why donald trump has never seen the need to reach out to people, i mean, he never really asked the haley voters to support him. he never really asked the desantis voters to support him. that's in his own party, much less asking democrats who, you know, who could come to his side. what is that about his psyche that he is unwilling to ask people to join his movement? >> because he doesn't think he needs it. he wants to be an elected king. he wants to be an autocratic government where everything he ses goes and everyone falls in line, whether it's in congress, in the doj, as we know, the military. he doesn't want to have people join him. he wants people to do what he says. and again, that was something i watched him evolve into, i have to say. i don't know in the beginning he

even had that way of thinking, but i watched him evolve as he learned about the power he had. and i watched it just happen over time. and at the end, he became just a tyrant. and truly, it was just don't question me. we're just going to do what i want to do. and you know -- >> can you talk about the outreach that the harris/walz team made to you and what was that process like? what brought you in the door? >> well, i had been talking to some people prior to biden stepping down about the possibility of endorsing him. i knew that as somebody who had been around trump for so long, again, that i probably had a good voice and could speak out, and i wanted it to be impactful, though. finally, when the republicans for harris came to me and asked if i would be involved, i jumped at the chance. and everybody i have worked with on the campaign has been fantastic. and welcoming. and it's just such a breath of fresh air having worked in a campaign and in an administration that i worked in

before. and it's just truly been wonderful. >> for people who feel uncomfortable as you did with donald trump and the way that he behaves and by the way, we talked about this. we can tell that he has contempt for his supporters. like, i think anyone watching can tell he does not have a great deal of respect for his followers. but when somebody comes to that realization, what does that conversation look like to say it's okay. you don't have to vote for them. you can vote the other way. >> it's hard. it's hard to admit you were wrong. it's hard to admit you were so, so wrong. so i try to say that to people, like, look, i get it. i understand, but i'm telling you what he's like. look, go behind that voting booth, it's a private place. and vote your conscience. and i really believe a lot of people, especially republican women, are going to vote for kamala, but maybe not tell their husbands. i really believe that. >> and i think your courage, and make no mistake about this,

everybody needs to understand that what you're doing is courageous. you will get loads of hate from lots of places, and it will be very, very hard. kudos to you and your bravery, but your bravery allows people that maybe aren't so brave to quietly, like you said, go in the voting booth and say, you know, if stephanie grisham who was that close to him -- >> it's private back there. >> -- i can do this in my own private little voting booth. i can vote for something other than donald trump. >> i think she has the silent vote this time. i really believe she'll have it. >> do you think that, because to me, i feel like dobbs changed so much. that it fundamentally changed the equation. for people who might have thought they had the luxury to stick with trump before, especially women, and any man who cares about women, do you feel it was profound in that way? that dobbs changed things? >> absolutely. i tell you what. i live in kansas now in a very small town in kansas. and kansas overturned -- they

voted to have women's choice be put back into the state constitution, and to see that in such a conservative state is really interesting. i think that was a big deal. i think absolutely you're right. i think women across the country realize their very freedoms were going to be taken away. i think the harris campaign has been brilliant at bringing in people to talk about, it's not like we're using abortion as birth control necessarily. i think that yesterday, the speaker was absolutely important, and i think that it just shows how short sided and short minded and misogynistic trump and vance both are. >> not just with women. we saw, claire, on that stage and on that big screen a man from alabama, and he said i'm not a liberal, not even close. but he then made the case for voting for harris and walz. the tent is getting bigger. >> the tent is getting bigger. and it may quietly get bigger, but it's also saying the quiet part out loud. we had an awful lot of

republicans that are part of the republicans for harris, and i hope more join the party. >> i do too. please join. >> i want to show that we're seeing on the right side, we're seeing people dancing and grooving on the left side. on the right side of your screen, that is vice president kamala harris and governor tim walz. they are in milwaukee. they are doing or preparing to do their rival to the donald trump republican convention. they're going to do a little bit of a troll that we'll be broadcasting here. right now, we're listening to common's band that are rocking out here. it is going to be very interesting when that all comes together. there they are at the tarmac. they will soon be in the very same arena where donald trump did his convention. we have a big night of speeches to come from the democratic national convention right here in chi town, chicago, illinois, including president barack obama, former first lady

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good evening. happy tuesday. welcome to night two of our special coverage of the democrat, national convention in

chicago. i'm rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york. and we know you can watch tonight's proceedings at the dnc anywhere but nowhere else can you watch with the great lawrence o'donnell and jen psaki and stephanie ruhle and chris hayes. i alone feel lucky to be here in their presence. we're also glad you're here with us. it's going to be a very, very fun night. holding down the fort for us from the convention in chicago, the great and indufatigable joy reid and alex wagner. we'll be with them throughout the evening. they have been working all day, but it's nowhere near over. tonight is night two of the celebration of the democrats' ticket and this raise the rafters party they have been having for themselves and their nominees. but because it is night two of the four-night convention, that also means there is business to attend to. we're awaiting, we think within this half hour, we're awaiting the start of the roll call of delegates.

now, technically, democratic delegates already cast their votes and sealed the nomination for kamala harris and tim walz earlier this month. they did that in order to work around a hinkie ballot access question in ohio that the party was sort of but not really worried about. it's basically just them being doubly, triply sure there wouldn't be any trouble with that ohio ballot access question. so they completed the official nominating process ahead of the convention. nevertheless, tonight within this half an hour, they're going to act it all out for fun, and if past is prologue, it will be kind of fun. chris hayes is already talking about the calamari incident involving the rhode island delegation years ago. the less said about that the better. but if you know, you know. the symbolic voting will start with the delegation from delaware which is a tribute to president biden's home state. it will end with the delegates from tim walz's home state of

minnesota, and then ultimately the final state will be kamala harris' home state of california. after the voting is done, we will roll into another very big night of speeches, from household name political leaders. set to deliver remarks tonight is the senate democrats leader chuck schumer as well as the iconic progressive senator bernie sanders, also jb pritzker who is instrumental in bringing the convention to chicago. we're going to hear from the second gentleman tonight, doug emhoff, and then the main event, giving the last two speeches of the night will be former first lady michelle obama, who very rarely does stuff like this, and she will be followed by the man best known as her husband, president barack obama, who will give tonight's keynote address. barack obama will address the convention -- that's why we played this tape a second ago. he will address tonight's convention 20 years after he spoke at the dnc in boston in

2004, which lawrence o'donnell was waxing eloquent about last night. that 2004 speech in boston was a show stopper. he was not even in the united states senate at that point. but that absolute show stopping performance in boston in 2004 catapulted him into the national spotlight, and ultimately to the presidency himself four years later. now, as far as kamala harris herself tonight, we do not expect to see her in the chicago arena tonight like we did with that surprise appearance last night. the reason we can very confidently tell you that she's not going to be in chicago tonight is because she's going to be elsewhere. she's going to be 90 miles away from chicago, campaigning with her running mate tim walz in the all important battleground state of wisconsin. the harris campaign is going to be holding a rally in milwaukee tonight, and i don't know whether it's a coincidence or not, but harris tonight is going to be at the same arena that hosted donald trump and the republican national convention

last month. you will remember that donald trump at the rnc this month -- this past month, he gave the longest ever convention speech by a presidential nominee ever. he has also given the second longest convention speech by a presidential nominee ever, and the third longest convention speech by a presidential nominee ever. one of the hallmarks of the longest ever, which was his speech this year, is that trump was rambling and discursive and hard to follow and in the middle of his remarks, people could be seen to be leaving the arena, streaming out, trying to beat traffic rather than sticking it through with him as he droned on and on and on. we are informed that tonight, in milwaukee, the harris campaign has filled the room for that rally, which is undoubtedly a good thing for the democratic ticket in wisconsin, and also sure to really, really bother the republican nominee and his running mate, who can't seem to

stop talking about crowd size. night one of the democratic convention last night ended, of course, on an emotional night. a lot of us who were covering it for the duration in primetime last night and beyond felt like we had really been through the emotional wringer by the end of it. president biden delivering a speech to give the culminating remarks of night one. delayed in the start of his speech by a full five minutes of an over the top spontaneous roaring ovation from grateful democrats who said not only we love joe, but thank you, joe. thank you, joe. for minutes on end. democrats have promised a celebratory atmosphere this evening, which again, we expect to see in full effect any moment now when the ceremonial roll call gets started with the delegation from delaware. now, speaking of the delegation from delaware, i'm reliably informed that our intrepid floor correspondent jacob soboroff

known for breaking the rules but always being friendly about it has rangled a high profile member of the delaware delegation. is that true and is that chris coons? >> it is true, it is chris coons indeed, rachel. and i'm going to try to not break rules but i think they're about to get going. senator coons is standing here with lisa blunt rochester, the only delegate from the state. governor carney is also here now. we're live on msnbc with rachel. senator coons, let's start with you. you made your speech last night. you guys are going to kick it off today. any surprises in store from the delaware deegation with this roll call tonight? >> not at all. we're enthusiastically committing our delegates to kamala harris and tim walz tonight. >> congresswoman, i want to ask you, we could very well be looking at the senatorial delegation from the state of delaware very soon. you're the only member of congress to represent the state. you could be the third black

woman ever elected to the united states senate. what's the significance of tonight for you? >> i mean, first of all, to be a part of history, all of us are so proud to be here, passing the torch from tom carper to myself and working to represent delaware. and then seeing kamala harris, number two, this is just an incredible moment in history of our country. >> i wanted to ask you, senator, you were up there with a vantage point that literally no one else on planet earth had last night. did you cross paths with president biden last night? >> i did. i had a chance to talk to vice president harris and second gentleman doug emhoff to first lady jill biden and to president joe biden right after the speech concluded. it was a warm and wonderful moment they had backstage, talking with each other as parents, as national leaders, as family members. ashley biden's introduction of president biden i think really touched their hearts. jill gave a great speech. president biden gave an incredible speech.

and it was great to hear what was being said between them as leaders oour nation. >> it's my duty as a reporter to ask you because that's a moment in united states history, quite literally the passing of the torch. what was said in that moment? >> there was a warmth, a commitment to working together, to making sure we secure american democracy, and prevent donald trump from being elected. an enthusiasm about working together. and some private things that were said about families and being in the public eye as they are. >> how does it feel for you? it's a bittersweet moment, your friend, president biden, he rode off on air force one to california. what's it like to be here knowing what might have been, what could have been, and what is to come? >> president biden is focused on the future. on running through the tape in the next five months, making a real difference on issues like veterans families, the cancer moonshot, women's health care, education, that he and the first lady care deeply about. getting sure that there is a

deal in gaza, israel, that brings a cease-fire and a release of hostages. there's a lot more for him to do, but of course, it was at least for me, a bittersweet moment last night. tempered only by the excitement i have to see kamala harris elected the next president. >> i tell you what, thank you both very much. speaking of excitement, rachel, this is going to be the spot because alabama, which obviously alphabetically is supposed to kick it off, is going to do the ceremonial handoff to these two. i'm going to send it back to you, but we'll be here when it happens. >> jacob, thank you. and thank you very much to likely future senator lisa blunt rochester and to senator chris coons who has been such an important ally and friend to president biden throughout chris coons' whole life. thank you, jacob. all right, actually, we're going to take very quick break. we can't exactly tell when these things are going to happen. this is live news. but we think if we take a quick break right now, we can come back on the other side as the

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a live look at the convention hall as the business of this democratic national convention is about to begin, sort of. they predid the roll call that formally nominates the ticket. as we were mentioning earlier, so as to avoid a potential hinkieness around an obscure ohio ballot issue. we're expecting it to be quite something. what are you expecting tonight? >> i was thinking about last night and thinking about tonight and thinking about the people have been talking about the contrast between a republican convention in which the vice president isn't there, and the former presidents aren't there, and tonight, we'll have barack obama and michelle obama and hillary clinton and joe biden last night. when you take a step back, we're so used to thinking the democratic party is dysfunctional. i belong to no organized party, will rogers. the democratic party is the most functional, successful center left party in the entire western

world, by a lot. nothing is even close. and the reason it is, is because they figured out and sometimes it's difficult and messy as all heck, how to put together a pluralistic multiracial coalition that can build a majority in a country that is undergoing demographic change which is happening all across the western world, and every other party on the center left has tried and many cases failed to figure that out. this party actually does it. and part of that is unity through the difficult deliberative process of embracing messiness. so people were talking last night, oh, it went long. you know whymessiness. people were talking last night like it went wrong. do you know why it went wrong? because a lot of people had to speak because a lot of constituencies are represented by this party and they had one of their time. you can get unity through a purge and authoritative colt or you can have the mass enough -- the messiness of what they pluralistic society looks like and that is what the democratic

party is. it is the best hope for that on earth, literally, and we are sort of seeing it in action. sometimes it can mean speeches go long, but it is a remarkable thing, particularly given what we've seen happen last month. >> you've seen it happen writ large, but you also see it personally. you see it in nancy pelosi. you see it in joe biden handing to kamala harris. barack obama handing to joe biden. this is a multigenerational, multiracial, pluralistic, get along plan that requires personal relationships, personal leadership and people to subvert their egos in a way that sometimes makes for heroic decisions. >> and also a lot of hurt feelings. in the last month. >> feelings management. >> the piece i'm thinking about, not just because i worked for him for 10 years, but barack obama is a speech

giver, that is safe to say. the other thing is he is someone who over and over again meets the moment of what is happening in the moment at big speeches and big moments. right now there has been a lot of question about where has he been? why didn't he help joe biden stay in the race? what about kamala harris? are we starting here? >> we are. this is the secretary of the dnc. >> i am honored to serve as the secretary of both the democratic national committee and the democratic national convention. i remember watching my first convention on television when i was 10 years old. it was the 1996 convention, right here at the united center. now nearly three decades later i could not be more thrilled to join you in making history as we nominate vice president kamala harris. pursuant to our convention rules, we will now proceed with

a celebratory rollcall vote for the democratic party's candidate for the 47th president of the united states of america. as a reminder, our nomination was made official on august 6 upon the certification of the virtual roll call. this roll call will reflect those results. the chair of each delegation or their designee will report the delegations voting results for the presidential nomination. pursuant to the rules, the roll call will follow the alphabetical order of the states with the district of columbia and puerto rico, the territories and democrats abroad treated as states for the purposes of the alphabetical roll call. delegates, are you ready? let me hear you.

>> ladies and gentlemen, my name is dj cassidy and i would like to welcome you all to the democratic national convention roll call! we are going to pass the microphone from state to state, so that all voices are heard, all around the nation. first, let me pass it back to secretary jason rae to get the celebration started. >> alabama, how do you cast your votes? alabama passes. delaware, how do you cast your votes?

>> on behalf of the great state of delaware, home of our beloved 46th president of the united states, joseph robinette biden jr. -- >> it is our honor to unanimously cast our 34 votes for the next president of the united states, vice president kamala harris! >> thank you, delaware. alabama, how do you cast your votes? >> in a letter from the birmingham jail, doctor king wrote that progress is not inevitable. we have to fight for it. we have to win it. kamala harris will protect the legacy on the progress that we made from our forefathers and our foremothers and she will advance it.

she will safeguard our freedom to vote by passing the john lewis voting rights protection act. she will fight for freedom and opportunity and build an economy that works for everyone. so from huntsville to mobile, from the historic civil rights cities of birmingham, montgomery, my hometown of selma, from the people who brought us the voting rights act and the civil rights act, the proud, great state of alabama proudly casts 56 votes for the first black woman president of the united states of america, kamala harris and vice president tim walz.

>> alaska, how do you cast your votes? >> alaska's motto is march to the future and that is exactly where kamala harris and tim walz will take us. a future with an opportunity for everyone. as a teacher, a union member and a proud black woman, is my honor to cast alaska's 19 delegates for the next president of these united states, kamala harris! >> american samoa, how do you cast your votes? >> here in american samoa faith, service, and community

are everything. that is why we cast 10 votes for our next president, kamala harris. >> and once again, my name is dj cassidy and this is the dnc roll call, so let's pass the mic around the nation. >> arizona, how do you cast your votes? >> from the grand canyon state of arizona, the future of the democratic party, where we have been bringing the heat since 2020, electing democrats up and down the ballot. our diverse coalition is proud to cast our 85 votes for kamala harris.

>> arkansas, how do you cast your vote? >> on behalf of the great state of arkansas, home of american legends johnny cash and home of the trailblazing civil rights leaders -- and the little rock nine and all of the birthdays of president william jefferson clinton, who inspired all of us in a place called hope. arkansas casts our votes for vice president kamala harris

and governor tim walz. >> california, how do you cast your votes? >> mister secretary, the great state of california passes at this time. >> california passes. >> colorado, how do you cast your votes? >> mister secretary in colorado we know how to climb mountains and we are going to make sure