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>> my home state of wisconsin, how do you cast your vote? >> thank you for all your good work. as a proud governor of the great state of wisconsin, home of the green bay packers, home of the wisconsin badgers, we are home of the milwaukee brewers. and the milwaukee bucks as well as u.s. senator [ inaudible ] i am here because i am jazzed as hell .

>> while wisconsin cast its ballots in chicago the left side of your screen shows what is happening in milwaukee right now at the fiserv forum in milwaukee where harrison walls are doing an event tonight 90 miles away from the dnc in the swing state of wisconsin in which they have filled the fiserv arena. this is the same venue where donald trump and jd vance just tell the rnc last month. >> 94 votes for former wisconsinite, vice president and our next president of the united states of america, kamala harris.

>> wyoming, how you cast your vote? >> mr. secretary, delegates, these folks around me are honored to be representing the great state of wyoming. both the first state territory in this nation to recognize a woman's right to vote and that the state that 100 years ago elected our nation's first female governor. with that legacy in mind and heart, the equality state casts all of our votes for the woman who will be the first woman president of the united states, kamala harris.

>> the great state of minnesota, how do you cast your vote? >> hello, minnesota. tim walz was my neighbor and favorite teacher. we were excited to go to his classroom every day. if you've ever been in high school you know that can be rare. he opened our eyes to the world and taught us how to talk about global issues with respect, curiosity and kindness even and especially when we disagreed. he was not just a great teacher. he was also a great neighbor and friend. in fact when he was in the midst of a budget battle as governor of our state he still found time to attend my brother's funeral. mr. walz brings -- means the world to my family. he is always there for us and that is how i know he will always be there for you as vice president. >> thank you. minnesota, let me hear you.

there you go. 14 years in the national football league taught me a lot about leadership. a good leader cannot be selfish. he has to look out for his team. walz is as unselfish as they come. he is led minnesota with honesty and integrity and in november, minnesota is going to send tim walz and kamala harris to the white house. let's go! >> i am amy klobuchar, the senator from the great state of minnesota, where nearly everyone votes and purple rains. >> and i am tina's mitts from the great state of minnesota. the home of the next vice president of the united states tim walz.

minnesota, we cast 81 votes for kamala harris and 10 walls. -- tim walz. >> the great state of california, how do you cast your vote? >> my name is governor gavin newsom. from the great state of nancy pelosi. i come from a state like our nation of dreamers, doers,

entrepreneurs of innovators that prides itself on being on the leading and cutting edge of new ideas. california is the most diverse states in the world's most diverse democracy, and we applaud ourselves on our ability to live together, advanced together and prosper together across every conceivable and imaginable difference but the thing we pride ourselves most on is that we believe the future happens in california first. and democrats, i've had the privilege for over 20 years to see that future taking shape with a star in alameda courtroom by the name of kamala harris. i saw that star. i saw that star fighting for criminal justice, racial justice, economic justice, social justice. i saw that star even brighter

as attorney general of california, as a united states senator, and as vice president of the united states of america. kamala harris has always done the right thing, a champion for voting rights, civil rights, lgbtq writes, the rights for women and girls, so democrats, it's time for us to do the right thing and that is to elect kamala harris as the next president of the united states of america. california, we proudly cast our 482 votes for the next president , kamala harris.

>> thank you to everyone who participated in our celebratory rollcall. delegates, please know how critical you are to this process both now and earlier this month when we conducted our virtual rollcall. i am thrilled to reaffirm kamala harris as the democratic nominee for president of the united states. pursuant to the convention rules of procedure, vice president kamala harris has been invited to make an acceptance speech, which she will give on thursday, august 22nd. but now, a special surprise.

it is my pleasure to introduce our party's official nominee for president of the united states live from my home state of wisconsin, vice president kamala harris. >> good evening, milwaukee. and hello to everyone joining us from exciting chicago! the delegates at the democratic national convention just completed their rollcall. and,

they have nominated coach walz and me to be the next vice president and president of the united states of america. and i think everyone there and hear for believing in what they can do together. we are so honored to be your nominees. this is a people-powered campaign, and together, we will chart a new way forward. a future for freedom, opportunity, of optimism and faith, so to everyone in chicago and across america, thank you. thank you. thank you.

you are going to hear from a wonderful second gentleman shortly. i will see you in two days, chicago. >> please welcome tv personality, loud and proud latina, anna navarro. >> so, they have just finished the rollcall, the ceremonial rollcall, the celebratory rollcall as they called it in chicago. this is the celebrity host for the night. watching that rollcall, it was a lot of fun. i don't think any state had more fun than georgia did with littlejohn, but i don't know. i feel like that's a subjective take. >> we got to see van winkler, who is a frequent guest on all of our shows, the most serious guy in wisconsin, the guy who runs the democratic party in

wisconsin and he at the cheese hat on. i mean we know you're from wisconsin, you don't have to put the cheese hat on but everyone except the governor but boy, this was you know, as flawlessly organized as you can imagine but just to step back a little bit, if you go back a couple months ago to the people even before the debate who were urging joe biden to step out of the race and have this an open convention, you would not have a nominee. you would not have a nominee as of now if any of that advice was followed, and it was not just not followed by joe biden and kamala harris, who really did everything they could to shut out any kind of competition here, but the reasonable democrats whose names were being thrown around were never asked by the way, would you like to compete at a

convention for this nomination? people were just dreaming about this open contested convention here which would've been, i think, extremely chaotic and instead what you have is the best convention production i've seen so far. tonight they are roughly on time, only 10 minutes behind right now. last night was ridiculous because every speaker except for the civilians, every elected official spoke more than double the amount of time they were allotted, more than double. that has not happened tonight. >> that remarkable split screen and we are seeing it on the left side. this is kamala harris not in chicago but rather in wisconsin 90 miles away in milwaukee. meanwhile she sold out two arenas. >> when you think about what is getting under donald trump skin, i was at the rnc last month right. flags everywhere. patriotism. what we have seen in the last two days is democrats taking those words back. you are seeing freedom on their

signs, you are not seeing mass deportations and another sort of quiet flex, every state is sought another super famous song, an artist from that state. think about all the artists and their states that have gone after donald trump and the like six years whether the sinead o'connor, the village people, recently celine dion over and over, as tom petty. stop playing our songs at your rallies and tonight we saw terry artists from every genre of music representing the state including littlejohn in person. that's a flex. >> you know, what you are selling in the general election is an invitation, right? come with me. if you just glance at social media, everyone was spellbound and that does not fall along political input. it was like a sporting event. it was unbelievable live television for everybody watching and there was a lot of important stuff that happens at conventions and lawrence is

making important points about the road not taken and how much better this has been. at the end of the day you are trying to invite people into your side and what they projected to the entire viewing public and frankly, the world, is a massive entertaining, inclusive alienating no one invitation to everyone to come on board. it is a vital strategic step. >> we are going to go back to the stage right now in chicago if we can. on the left side of your screen, we are seeing, harris and tim walz at their event in milwaukee. we are expecting in a moment we are going to hear the first major speech of the night from chuck schumer. before we bring on chuck schumer, can we go to alex in chicago? and joy. >> for me it's the abundance of

a 50th wedding anniversary altogether and i want that dj book for all of them. >> i have never wanted the playlist from a delicate role more. dj cassidy i'm sure is available for your next can señora that it was a mega jama here. >> it was a vibe. first of all, the rollcall is my favorite thing. i'm just going to be super nerdy about it. it is my favorite thing about conventions because you get to see these states like special characters and costumes and their special thing. here is chuck schumer coming out dancing out. chuck schumer getting his groove on. >> all right, let's go to chuck schumer at the podium in chicago. >> just let me hear you if you are ready for president kamala harris.

friends, we are here to talk about one thing, tomorrow. and, building a better tomorrow for all americans. this november, we can choose a brighter, if error, a freer future or we can relive the dark night of trumps american carnage. only one candidate moves america forward, kamala harris. vice president harris has been the best partner senate democrats could ever have asked for. under her and president biden's leadership, senate democrats lowered prescription drug prices and created millions, millions of good-paying american jobs.

i worked with kamala harris when she was senator harris. i saw a leader who was fearless , who stood up for middle-class families like the one she was raised in, who focused on things that really mattered. helping parents raise their kids, safe neighborhoods, safe schools, and building an opportunity economy that gives everyone a shot at the american dream. she will lead america forward into a brighter future, but she can't do it alone. she needs a democratic majority in the senate of the united states. now, my friends, two years ago, the naysayers said some --

senate democrats stood no chance in the midterms. i told him, just you wait. we are going to keep the senate and maybe pick up a seat or two and that is exactly what happened. well, ladies and gentlemen, my good friends at this convention, i am telling all of you now we are going to hold the senate again, and we are poised to pick up states. a democratic majority to create good-paying jobs at lower cost, to defend a woman's right to choose, to deliver for communities back home. our senators are doing it like a jacky rosen, delivering high- speed rail for nevada. jon tester, bring in high-tech jobs to montana, and bobby casey and sharon brown and tammy baldwin and martin

heinrich fixing bridges in pennsylvania and ohio and wisconsin and new mexico. we also have amazing candidates. ruben gallego, andy kim, elissa slotkin, lisa blunt rochester, debbie powell and folks, listen to this, more than half our candidates are candidates of color. we are making the senate look like america. now, let's compare that with senate republicans. senate republicans pretend to care about middle-class families, but they voted no on

expanding the tech child tax credit and jd vance did not even show up to vote. senate republicans pretend to care about the border but they voted no on the strongest border bill in a decade. republicans tend to care about freedom, but they voted no on a woman's right to choose. no to safeguard ivf, note to birth control. that is just a taste of their extreme agenda. is that what we want for america? do we want a republican senate that absolves reproductive freedoms? do we want a republican senate that cuts taxes for the rich, rigs the game for big oil and

big pharma? well, folks, the choice is ours. now, let me close on a personal note. as the highest-ranking jewish elected official in american history, i want my grandkids and all grandkids to never face discrimination because of who they are. but, donald trump, this is a guy who peddles anti- semitic stereotypes. he even invited a white supremacist to mar-a-lago. and, unfortunately, his prejudice goes in all directions. fuels islamophobia, he issued a muslim ban as president. tonight, folks, i am wearing this blue square to stand up to

anti-semitism, to stand up to all hate. our children, our grandchildren, no matter their race, no matter their creed, their gender or family deserve better than donald trump's american carnage. so are you ready to make sure donald trump never ever gets near the white house again? so, let's elect kamala harris, tim walz, and a democratic majority in the senate and keep the torch of freedom burning bright for generations to come. on to victory in november. >> democratic leader in the senate, chuck schumer and return to milwaukee.

here is kamala harris live in milwaukee. >> for what he does in the white house. think about what that means. think about what that means, knowing the individual we are talking about. donald trump has openly vowed to be a dictator on day one. he has openly indicated his intention to weaponize the department of justice against his political enemies. think about what we know about him and what he has told us. he even called for quote, the termination of the constitution of the united states. so, let us be very clear. somebody who intends to terminate the constitution of the united states should never again have the opportunity to

stand behind the seal of the president of the united states. never again. we're not going back. we are not going back. we are not going back..going back. we are going forward. we are not going back. so. tim just looked at me and said were not going back, i think. so, milwaukee, here's the thing, as you all know. it's why you are here. that's why you have taken the time to be here this evening. it all comes down -- i love you back -- it all comes down to this. we are here -- thank you.

[ applause ] here is the thing. the reason we are all here together spending this time together, truly and deeply is because we love our country. we love our country. we believe in our country. >> as we watch kamala harris in milwaukee, back to the stage in chicago where senator bernie sanders has just taken the stage. >> my fellow americans, it is an honor. it is an honor to be with you tonight because we are laying the groundwork for kamala harris to become our

next president. and, let me tell you why that is so important. i want you all to remember where we were three and half years ago. we were in the midst of the worst public health crisis in 100 years. in the worst economic downturn since the great depression. 3000 americans were dying everyday. and, our hospitals were overwhelmed with covid patients. all across the country,

businesses were shutting down. unemployment was soaring. workers were losing their health insurance. schools were closing. state and city budgets were running out of money. people were being evicted from their homes. children in america were going hungry. that was the reality the biden- harris administration faced as they entered the oval office, a nation suffering. a nation frightened, and people looking to the government for support. and within two months of taking office, our government did respond. we passed the american rescue plan, which provided $1400 for

every man, woman and child in the working class. we extended and expanded benefits for the unemployed. we provided emergency assistance for small businesses to stay open. we guaranteed healthcare coverage to tens of millions of americans through one of the largest expansions of medicaid in history. we provided rent relief and mortgage assistance, which prevented tenants and homeowners from being evicted. we established emergency food programs for hungry children and the elderly, and protected

the pensions of millions of union workers and retirees from being slashed by up to 65%. oh, and by the way, we cut childhood poverty by over 40% during the expanded child tax credit. thank you, president biden. thank you, vice president harris. thank you, democratic congress. now i say all of this not to relive that difficult moment, but to make one simple point. when the political will is there, government can

effectively deliver for the people of our country. and now, we need to someone that will again because too many of our fellow americans are struggling every day to just get by. to put food on the table, to pay the rents, and to get the healthcare they need. brothers and sisters, bottom line, we need an economy that works for all of us, not just the billionaire class. my fellow americans, when 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, the top 1% have never

ever had it so good. and these oligarchs, these oligarchs tell us we shouldn't tax the rich. the oligarchs tell us we should not take on price gouging. we should it expands medicare to cover dental, hearing, and vision, and we should not increase social security benefits for struggling seniors. well, i have got some bad news for them. that is precisely what we are going to do. and, we are going to win this struggle because

this is precisely what the american people want from their government. and, my friends, at the very top of that to do list is the need to get big money out of our political process. billionaires in both parties should not be able to buy elections, including primary elections. for the sake of our democracy, we must overturn the disastrous citizens united supreme court decision and move toward public

funding of elections. and let me tell you what else. we need to join the rest of the industrialized world, and guarantee healthcare for all people as a human right, not a privilege. we need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. we need to pass the pro-act so that workers can organize in unions and gain the decent pay and benefits they deserve. we need to strengthen public education. raise teacher salaries.

and, make sure that every american, regardless of income, receives a higher education he or she needs. we need to take on big pharma. and, cut our prescription drug cost in half. so that we no longer pay any more than other countries. joe and kamala made sure that no senior in america pays over $35 a month for insulin. we need to make sure that reality is true for every american. i look forward to working with, and tim to pass this agenda,

and let us be very clear. this is not a radical agenda. but, let me tell you what a radical agenda is. and, that is trumps project 2025. at a time of massive common wealth inequality giving more tax breaks to billionaires is radical. putting forth budgets that cut social security, medicare and medicaid is radical. letting polluters destroy our planet is radical. and my friends, we won't let that happen.

fellow americans, in the last 3 1/2 years, working together, we have accomplished more than any government since fdr. but, much more remains to be done. we must summon the courage to stand up to wealth and power and deliver justice for people at home and abroad. abroad. we must end this for a thick war in gaza.

bring home the hostages and demanded an immediate cease- fire. at home right here, we must take on big pharma, big oil, big ag, big tech and all the other corporate monopolies whose greed has denied progress for working people. on november 5th, let us elect kamala harris as our president, and let us go forward to create the nation we know we can become. thank you all very much.

>> progressive powerhouse bernie sanders crediting the biden-harris administration for having accomplished in his words, more than any government since fdr. right into comments now from the governor of illinois, j.b. pritzker. most of course, of chicago's convention. >> hello, democrats. welcome to chicago. we are a great american city and a probably state. our patriotism was formed and stressed and in fire and the steel we forged to survive both

our love of country has been a tapestry of faith that weaves from abraham lincoln reuniting a house divided to barack obama declaring blue states and red states make one united states. now, illinois presidential pedigree is unmatched and given that vice president, harris spent some of her early life right here, i speak for the entire illinois delegation when i say we claim her, too. now, one president we will never claim is the con artist the republicans nominated in milwaukee last month.

donald trump once called chicago embarrassing. to quote a great chicago one who won six world championships on these very grounds, we take that personally. i had to govern for two years while trump was president. let me tell you what's embarrassing. in illinois, we passed a bill to fix our roads and bridges. when donald trump proposed his own plan he turned right around and called it stupid. we eliminated the grocery tax. donald has not been in a grocery store since his first bankruptcy. illinois invested in clean energy and the jobs it brings. donald claimed that windmills

in the ocean made the whales a little batty. during covid, we supported small businesses and jobs and donald, donald told us to inject bleach. donald trump thinks that we should trust him on the economy because he claims to be very rich but take it from an actual billionaire -- trump is rich in only one thing, stupidity. i meet with business leaders all the time and there is one universal thing they all need, people. they need more workers to fill all the jobs they have, but the

antifreedom antifamily policies of trenton republicans are driving workers away. here is the thing. americans don't want to be forced to drive 100 miles to deliver a baby because a draconian abortion law shut down the maternity ward. americans want the hope of giving birth through ivf, not the fear that it might be taken away. americans with lgbtq kids don't want them facing discrimination at school because the state sanctioned it. americans want to go to their neighborhood grocery store and not have to worry about some random guy open carrying and ar- 15. americans don't want their kids to be taught in history class that slavery was a jobs program.

and, if americans are black or brown, they want to get promoted at work without being derided as a gei hire for the sin of being successful while not white. let's be clear, it is not woke that limits economic growth, it's weird. and these guys are just weird, they are dangerous. democrats are for lower taxes and higher wages, less inflation and more business growth. we just think it's wrong to craft those policies for elon musk and not for everyday working people. that includes a secure retirement and good healthcare.

we think the government should help you prosper, not police who you're sleeping with. more than anything, democrats want economic policies that are kind, not cruel, but trump chooses cruelty every time. after all, everything he has achieved in his own life has been hurting someone else. kamala harris and tim walz have spent their life lifting people up, not pushing them down. they know that a white house that leads with kindness looks at someone who is struggling and sees not what they might cost society, but what they might create for it. americans want policies that give every american a chance to make it to

the middle class. they want to grow small businesses and democrats want to cut taxes for everyday people. more than anything, kamala harris and tim walz want a country where we can all live with a little serenity, the serenity that comes with the balance checkbook and affordable grocery bill, and a housing market that has room for everyone. and, if there is one thing i know about donald trump, he is not bringing anyone any kind of serenity. we have a choice, america, between the man who left our country a total mess and the woman who has spent four years cleaning it up. and i think it is time we stop expecting women to clean up messes without the authority and the title to

match the job. vice president was a good title for kamala harris, but you know an even better one? president of the united states of america! let's go get them. >> former governor j.b. pritzker giving a classic straight up convention zinger filled speech. we are going to fit in a quick break right here. we have lots of big-name speakers ahead. second gentleman doug emhoff, michelle obama, there is lots to come. we will be right back.

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going to be fascinating. she's coming up in a moment. we have senator tammy duckworth. we're going to be hearing from her and talking about ivf and then moving into what we used to call the shank of the evening.to second gentlemen doug emhoff and michelle and barack obama, so those things are still ahead but as we have been keeping an eye on the clock, we are keeping in -- running behind a lot. >> one thing watching the democratic bench why does it feel there are so many people just remembering that sequence of barack obama, enormous landslide election winning both houses and then the statewide congressional and senate democratsid and 10, 712 and the in 14 you didn't have a lot of the states with democrats governing them in the way that

you do know. it is a real testament to the biden legacy that he is just not seen that kind of thing happen under his presidency in the last four years. >> the democratic performance in the midterms under biden's historic. >> yes and you see it with the kind of folks who are speaking. >> were going to go back to the podium. anna navarron is setting up he what we expect to be a viral video about kamala harris so let's go back to the podium here in chicago. >> we need a president who was capable of holding us in a big great hug when we need it. that is kamala harris. -- donald trump is only capable of holding two things, a grudge in the golf club. the golf club.

>> when kamala was running for district attorney, i don't know if she's tough enough. i just had to laugh. you don't know my sister. >> kamala had been a hard and tough prosecutor and alameda county, prosecuting men who were pimping young girls. >> kamala wanted to make sure that murderers and child abusers face meaningful accountability and consequences for those actions. >> one of the cases she had early in her career was where a man had scalped his girlfriend, and she ended up getting a conviction, getting justice for that woman. >> she came to san francisco to protect victims and she was elected to be district attorney of san francisco. kamala knew she needed to be smart on crime and no one else

was going to do with and she was going to do it. >> i keep my promise to you to keep you safe. i better talk about what i'm doing in terms of crime prevention. investing in people coming out of prison is the smart thing to do for law enforcement. forget it's the right thing to do. >> young kamala harris is only got more fears. i've never seen her back down from a fight and when she fights she wins. >> when kamala became attorney general, she wanted to protect people , but also to fundamentally pursue justice. >> being smart on crime starts with being tough on violent crime. >> statewide perspective, i'm concerned about the rise of gang violence. >> you saw this tremendous change in the community and it hit us like a wave. we saw increase in human trafficking, narcotics, and guns. >> let it be clear to anyone

who will debt with crimes, to those who prey on the weak and vulnerable, justice will be swift and certain in the state of california. >> she was always hunting the kingpins but we didn't have partnerships with doj are fbi or dea or any of those agencies. now, in california. because of her. we destabilized organize crime, disrupt the flows of guns, human beings, and narcotics. >> we are here this afternoon to announce the shutting down of one of the biggest and most organized threats to the safety of the central valley. >> i think of her as fearless, a fighter. >> kamala perseveres. making excuses is a failure to not only take responsibility but to

take action. if you have the will, the desire, the passion, the commitment, there is no challenge that's insurmountable. >> please welcome the democratic nominee for senate in maryland, angela alsobrooks. >> good evening. hello maryland. people like me, thank you, people like me and to stories like mine don't usually make it to the united states senate. but they should. i am the proud granddaughter of a housekeeper, sarah daisy, who

raised her three children in a one-bedroom apartment. it was her dream to work in government, to help people. that meant taking a typing test. but she didn't know how to type, and she couldn't afford a typewriter. so, she put a white piece of paper on the refrigerator and drew a keyboard on it, and every night, she stood in front of that refrigerator and taught herself to type. she took the test, passed it, and got the job she dreamed of. i am her legacy. [ cheers and applause ] and, tonight, i am a candidate for united states senate from the great state of maryland. [ cheers and applause ] i have

always been inspired by women like my grandmother. women who imagine a better future, and then they have the great to make it a reality. one of those women is a friend, a mentor, and a role model. that woman is kamala harris. [ cheers and applause ] let me tell you about the kamala i have known for 14 years. i first heard about her in 2009 when i was running for state's attorney in prince george's county, maryland. i read a story in essence magazine about a district attorney in san francisco using new ideas to keep our communities safe. if you had a better record prosecuting violent crime. she put child molesters and

murderers behind bars. what she knew was that violent crime accounts for 30% of all crimes for the 70% that are nonviolent, she created a first of its kind program called back on track. after serving time and pleading guilty, these low-level offenders would get the job training, ged help, and apprenticeships they needed to find a job. the result? the recidivism rate plummeted. after reading about this super bad district attorney, i talked nonstop about her on the campaign trail. two days after he won the election, my phone rings. it's kamala harris calling to congratulate me and ask how she could help. [ cheers and

applause ] she helped me bring back on track to maryland. wouldn't you know it, crime went down and economic growth went up, back on track is now a national model. now, donald trump says, if kamala harris is elected, tough guys will treat her like a play toy. do you know else thought that? the drug cartels she busted. the big oil companies she made pay for polluting. the big banks she made pay $20 billion to homeowners they ripped off. getting justice for others isn't a power trip for her. it's a sacred calling. hear me. kamala harris knows how to keep criminals off the streets.

come november, with your help, she will keep one out of the oval office. [ cheers and applause ] ever since donald trump wrote down that ridiculous escalator, we, as a nation, have felt trapped. every national decision has been made in reaction to this one man and his extremist maga movement. we are still frozen by the fear that donald trump ih once again come to power. it's not just our politics that have been trapped, it is our imagination. and then, kamala came along. kamala has reminded us that we

don't need to fear anything. not the future and certainly not that man. this is our moment to leave donald trump where he belongs, in america's past. we stand with kamala harris because we, as a country, are not going back. for the ancestors who sat at lunch counters and made sure we all had the right to vote we are not going back.

>> tonight, our faith is stronger than our fears. faith in the american idea and the american values that we share. faith that we the people can choose a new leader, a better future for the people. faith that as dark as soured day and challenges have sometimes felt, it's always darkest before the dawn. we

know that we can and do or because joy, in the morning. morning. morning is coming. morning is coming. that joy will be led by kamala harris. thank you so much. >> angela alsobrooks, prosecutor, democratic candidate for senate in maryland. she won the primary by 10 points. coming up is the mesa, arizona, republican mayor. >> this is maybe the fastest growing coalition. extremist

and default into a cold. the cult of donald trump. trump doesn't know the first thing about public service. like a child he ask purely out of self-interest. we all need an adult in the white house. we have seen what happens when we don't have one. trump made a lot of wonky promises, unlimited economic growth, american manufacturing reborn, a secure border. turns out donald trump was all talk. he wanted our votes but he couldn't deliver anything. these days, my city of mesa, arizona, is on the move. i'm going to ribbon cuttings every single week all because joe biden and kamala harris reached across the aisle and they delivered for my conservative community, and countless more across the country.

my hero, john mccain, taught us to put country over party, and that's how vice president harris and governor walz will lead too. i have an urgent message for the majority of americans who, like me, are in the political middle. john mccain's republican party is gone and we don't own a thing to what's been left behind. let's turn the page. let's put country first. let's put adults in the room where our country deserves. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> being a parent is the most important thing in my life. >> for decades parents turn to

the miracle of ivf treatment. >> she felt like a dream come true. >> the fact she was able to build a family, that's why i do what i do. >> without ivf, i don't know how this would've been possible. >> i love i can help people every day become parents. >> a party that pretends to be profamily wants to put a stop to this. they are attacking the right to start a family. >> it's unthinkable. >> they may never have the family they dreamt of. >> republicans blocked a democratic bill that would've established protections for in vitro fertilization. >> republicans actually cared as much about protecting ivf, this would've been a simple yes vote. >> family main support. >> to me family is your whole world. >> ivf made my family. >> it made my heart full. >> it made my life all. >> it made my life full. >> we will always be for you,

for your family, for your freedoms and your future. >> kamala harris and tim walz honors he families to make decisions of what is right for them, for this generation and generations to come. >> please welcome illinois senator tammy duckworth. [ cheers and applause ] >> hello, chicago. [ cheers and applause ] hello, chicago. [ cheers and applause ] you know , you know, i went to war to

protect america's rights and freedoms. so, i take it personally when a five-time draft dodging coward like donald trump tried to take away [ cheers and applause ] tried to take away my rights and freedoms in return. especially when it concerns my daughters. my girls are everything to me. but, they would never have been born without access to reproductive care. [ cheers and applause ] because, after 10 years of struggling with infertility, i was only able to have them through the miracle of

ivf. [ cheers and applause ] but, now, trump and women crusade have put other women's rights staff their own family at risk. because, if they win, republicans will not stop at banning abortions. they will come for ivf next. they will prosecute doctors, they will shame and spy on women. if you think that's far- fetched, just look at what happened in alabama last year. let me say to every would be parent, i see you. i am with you. and, together, in november, we will send a message to old cadet bone spurs.

[ laughter ] stay out of our doctors offices and out of the oval office too. look. may struggle with infertility was more painful than any wound i earned on the battlefield. so, how dare a convicted felon like donald trump treat women seeking health care like they are the ones breaking the law. how dare j.d. vance criticize childless women on cable news and then, then vote against legislation that would've actually helped americans to start families. [ cheers and applause ] how dare the gop endanger the dreams of countless veterans

whose combat wounds prevent them from having kids without ivf. punishing our heroes for their willingness to serve. it is simple. every american deserves the right to be called mommy or daddy without being treated like a criminal. [ cheers and applause ] kamala harris believes that. so, let's make some history and elect her in november. god bless america. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is my dad.

he was raised in jersey and moved to l.a. when he was 16 they think he walks on water. this is what he wore to his bar mitzvah. here is him at summer camp. they voted him most athletic, so he says. this is a photo he used when he was employee of the month that hung on their wall for years. my dad is a lawyer. a really good one. my mom called him the crisis guy because he was everyone's first call. my parents split when i was in middle school, and that was not easy. it's not easy for any kid, but it helped my parents stayed friends and we kept hanging together. we are closer than ever. and then, he met kamala, blind date that would dramatically change all of our lives forever . it was my senior year of high

school we would laugh watching them fall in love and acting like teenagers. in 2014, kamala became our mom. she took over sunday night dinners and taught doug, were blended family was a used to politics or the spotlight, but when kamala became senator, we were excited to step up, especially my dad. then kamala became vice president. it felt like dad was a bit out of place on capitol hill. i thought, what is my goofy dad doing here? but, he embraced it. he left his practice after being a lawyer for 30 years. that was tough. i was so proud to watch him do it, stand by her side, an example of true partnership. i just got married and he has inspired me as a new husband. anyone who really gets goes to him knows he is kind, loving,

and fiercely protective. i mean, just look at this. this is my dad. the first second gentleman in the history of this nation. he found his voice. he had no choice but to speak up and speak out. there's an epidemic of hate including a crisis of anti- semitism in our country and around the world. what they are doing on reproductive freedom and freedom in general is outrageous. next, he is going to make history again as the first first gentlemen. i can't wait for everyone to get to know why we all love him. he is the glue that keeps the family together. we might not look like other families in the white house, but

we are ready to represent all families in america. [ cheers and applause ] >> please welcome my dad, the second gentlemen of the united states, doug emhoff. >> ♪ >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. hello. thank you.

hello to my big beautiful blended family up there. [ cheers and applause ] i love you so much. a special shout out to my mother. icu. my mother is the only person in the whole world to think kamala is the lucky one for marrying me. [ laughter ] and to kamala , we just saw where she is. she is on the trail listening to and talking with voters. i can't wait for you to come back to chicago because we are having a great time here. [ cheers and applause ] i love you so much.

i am so proud of how you are stepping up for all of us, but that is who she is. wherever she is needed, however she is needed, kamala rises to the occasion, and she did it for me and our family, now that the country needs her, she is showing you what we already know. she is ready to lead. she brings both joy and toughness to this task, and she will be a great president we will all be proud of. [ cheers and applause ] now, i am the son of two brooklynites, mike and barbara. they have been together almost 70 years. my dad worked in the shoe business in manhattan and he moved over family out to new jersey, where is new jersey? i see you out there, when i was a

little kit. in a lot of ways, i had a typical jersey suburban childhood. i biked around the neighborhood. i took the bus to hebrew school, and a road to little league practice in the way back of my coach's woodpaneled station wagon. if we did well, we got to have a slurpee after. in my neighborhood, everyone left their garage door open. wherever you ended up at dinner time, that's a family that fed you. everyone took care of everyone else. and, the guys i grew up with are still my best friends. the group chat is active every day and probably blowing up right now. when my dad had to get a new job, we moved across the country to l.a. hey, california.

money was tight so i worked at mcdonald's in high school for extra cash. not only was i employee of the month, but i still have the framed picture, which you just saw, and there was a ring, golden arches and all. then i waited tables, parked cars, i was working full-time so i could afford to go to college part-time. thanks to partial scholarships, student loans, and a little help from my dad, got my sell- throughs law school and i got my first job as a lawyer. which is also where i met the guys in my fantasy football league. a lot has changed in our lives since the early '90s, but my name is still nirvana. yes. after the band.

i worked hard, and i loved being a lawyer. by the way, i still get to be part of the profession by teaching students at georgetown law school. i got married and became a dad to coal and a lot. i went through a divorce. eventually i started worrying about how i would make it work. that is when something unexpected happened. in 2013, i walked into a contentious meeting. we worked through the issue and by the end of the meeting, the now have a client offered to set me up on a blind date. which is how i ended up with kamala harris' phone number. [ laughter ] for generations, people have debated when to call the person you are being

set up with. never in history as anyone suggested 8:30 a.m. [ laughter ] and yet, that is when i dialed. i got kamala's voicemail and i started rambling. hey, it's doug. i am on my way to an early meeting, again, it is doug. i was trying to grab the words out of the air and put them back in my mouth. for what seemed like far too many minutes, i hung up. by the way, kamala saved that voicemail, and she makes me listen to it on every anniversary. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but that message wasn't the only unusual thing about that day.

kamala, who normally would've been working hard at her office, just happened to be waiting for a contractor to do work on her kitchen. i was eating at my desk which was not a regular occurrence for a busy lawyer like me who appreciated a good business lunch. but that is when she called me back. we talked for an hour and we laughed. you know that lab. i love that lab ! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] maybe that counted as our first date. or maybe it was that saturday night when i picked her up and told her, buckle up, i'm a bad driver. because you can't hide anything from kamala harris so you might as well own it. as i got to know her better, and fell in love fast, i learned

what drives kamala. it is what you have seen over these past four years, and especially these past four weeks, she finds joy in pursuing justice. she stands up to bullies just like my parents taught me to. she likes to see people do well, but hates when they are treated unfairly. she believes this work requires a basic curiosity in how people are doing. her empathy is her strength. over the past decade, kamala connected me more deeply to my faith, even though it's not the same as hers. she comes to synagogue with me for high holiday services and i go to church with her for easter. i get to enjoy her mommy recipe every christmas and she makes a

mean brisket for passover. it brings me right back to my grandmother's apartment in brooklyn. the one with the plastic covered couches. but kamala has fought against anti-semitism and all forms of hate her whole career. she is the one who encouraged me as second gentlemen to take up the fight which is so personal to me. those of you who belong to blended families know they can be a little complicated. but as soon as our kids start calling her, i knew we would be okay. ella calls as a three-headed parenting machine. kamala and kirsten, thank you both. thank you both for always putting your family and the kids first.

cole and ella's friends new when they come over for son they dinner with mamala, it will be real talk. in between taking cooking instructions, they had to answer questions about what problem they wanted to solve in the world. they learned that you've always got to be prepared because kamala will prosecute the case. in the same breath that cole told us they were engaged, they asked kamala to officiate their wedding and in the same way that she always steps up when it matters, kamala puts so much time into those remarks, and she found them in a book that matched her dark red dress and then turn that into a gift for the happy couple. a few days ago, during this incredible time we are going through, there was a brief window when kamala was back at

home, and i saw her sitting on her favorite chair and in the middle of a wild month, i hope she was having a quiet moment to herself, but then i realized she was on the phone, and of course, my mind went all the potential crises that the vice president could be dealing with whether domestic, was a foreign? was a campaign? i could see she was focused, and all i knew was that it must be something important. it turns out it was. ella had called her. that is kamala. that is kamala. those kids are her priorities, and that was a perfect map of her heart. she has always been there for our children, and i know she will be there for yours too. [ cheers and applause ] kamala is a joyful warrior. it's doing for her country what

she has always done for the people that she loves. her passion will benefit all of us when she is our president. [ cheers and applause ] and here is the thing about joyful warriors, they are still warriors and kamala is as tough as it comes , just as the criminals, global gangsters, no witnesses before the senate judiciary committee. she never runs from a fight. and she knows the best way to deal with a coward is to take him head-on because we all know cowards are weak and kamala harris can smell weakness. she doesn't tolerate any bs. you've all seen that look, and you know that look i am talking about. that look is not just -- it reflects her belief in honest and direct leadership and it's also why she will not be distracted by nonsense.

kamala knows in order to win, we cannot lose focus. america, in this election, you have to decide who to trust with your families future. i trusted kamala with our family's future. it was the best decision i ever made. this thursday will be our 10th wedding anniversary. i know, i know it means i am about to hear that embarrassing voicemail again, however, that's not all i will be hearing. that same night i will be hearing my wife, kamala harris, accept your nomination for president of the united states ! and with your help, she will lead with joy and toughness, with that laugh and that look with compassion and conviction. she will lead from the belief

that wherever we come from, whatever we look like, we are strongest when we fight for what we believe in. not just against what we fear. kamala harris was exactly the right person for me at an important moment in my life, and at this moment in our nation's history, she is exactly the right president. thank you so much. >> ♪ >> please welcome former first lady, michelle obama.

[ cheers and applause ] >> ♪ >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] okay. we got a big night. thank you all so much. thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] okay.

hello, chicago. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. all right. something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn't it? yeah. we are feeling it here in this arena, but it's spreading all across this country we love. a familiar feeling that has been buried too deep for far too long. you know what i'm talking about. [ cheers and applause ] it is the contagious power of hope. [ cheers and applause ] the anticipation, the energy, the acceleration of once again being on the cusp of a brighter

day. the chance to vanquish the demons of fear, division, and hate that have consumed us and continue pursuing the unfinished promise of this great nation. the dream that our parents and grandparents bought and died and sacrificed for. america, hope is making a comeback. [ cheers and applause ] but, to be honest, i am realizing that until recently, i have mourned the dimming of that hope. maybe you have experienced the same feelings, that deep pit in my stomach, a palpable sense of

dread about the future. for me, that mourning has also been mixed with my own personal grief. the last time i was here in my hometown was to memorialize my mother. the woman who showed me the meaning of hard work and humility and decency. the woman who set my moral compass high, and showed me the power of me -- my own voice. folks, i still feel her loss so profoundly. i wasn't even sure if i would be steady enough to stand before you tonight, but my heart compelled me to be here because of the sense of duty i feel to honor her memory.

and to remind us all, not to squander the sacrifices our elders made to give us a better future. [ cheers and applause ] you see , my mom in her steady, quiet way, lived out that striving sense of hope every single day of her life. she believed that all children, all people, have value. that anyone can succeed if given the opportunity. she and my father didn't aspire to be wealthy. in fact, they were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed. they understood that it wasn't enough for their kids to thrive, it everyone else around us was drowning. so, my mother volunteered at

the local school. she always looked out for the other kids on the block. she was glad to do the thankless, unglamorous work, that for generations have strengthened the fabric of this nation. the belief that if you do unto others, if you love thy neighbor, if you work and scrape and sacrifice, it will pay off, if not for you then maybe for your children or your grandchildren. you see, those values have been passed on through family farms and factory towns. through tree-lined streets and crowded 10 the men's. through prayer groups and national guard units and social study classrooms. those with the values my mother poured into me until her very last breath. kamala harris and i built our

lives on the same foundational values. even though our mothers grew up in oceans apart, they shared the same belief in the promise of this country. that is why her mother moved here from india at 19 and it's why she taught kamala about justice. about the obligation to lift others up, about our responsibility to give more than we take. she would often tell her daughter, don't sit around and complain about things. do something. so, with that voice in her head, kamala went out and worked hard in school, graduating from an hbcu, earning her law degree at a state school, and then, she went on to work for the people.

fighting to hold lawbreakers accountable, strengthening the rule of law, fighting against better wages and cheaper prescription drugs, it a better education, decent health care and childcare and eldercare, from a middle-class household, kamala worked her way up to become vice president of the united states of america. my girl, kamala harris, is more than ready for this moment. she is one of the most qualified people ever to seek the office of the presidency. [ cheers and applause ] and, she is one of the most dignified. a tribute to her mother, my mother, and your mother too. the embodiment of the stories we tell ourselves about this

country. her story is your story. it's my story. it's the story of the vast majority of americans trying to build a better life. kamala nose, like we do, that regardless of where you come from , what you look like, who you love, how you worship and what's in your bank account, we all deserve the opportunity to build a decent life, all of our contributions deserve to be accepted and valued because no one has a monopoly on what it means to be an american. no one. [ cheers and applause ] kamala has shown her allegiance to this nation, not by spewing anger and bitterness, but by living a life of service and

always pushing the doors of opportunity open to others. she understands that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward. we will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth. [ cheers and applause ] if we bankrupt a business, if we bankrupt a business or choke in a crisis, we don't get a second, third, or fourth chance. if things don't go our way, we don't have the luxury of whining or cheating others to get further ahead. no. [ cheers and applause ] we don't get to change the rules so we always win. if we see a mountain in front of us, we don't expect there to be an escalator waiting to take

us to the top. no. [ cheers and applause ] we put our heads down, we get to work. in america, we do something. throughout her entire life, that is what we are seeing from kamala harris. the seal of her spine. the steadiness of her up bringing, the honesty of her example, and yes, the joy of her laughter and her life. [ cheers and applause ] it couldn't be more obvious of the two major candidates in this race, only kamala harris truly understands the unseen labor and unwavering commitment that has always made america great. [ cheers and applause ] now, unfortunately, we know what

comes next. we know folks are going to do everything they can to distort her truth. my husband and i said late know a little something about this. for years, donald trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us. his limited narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard- working, highly educated, successful people who happen to be black. [ cheers and applause ] i want to know. i want to know. who is going to tell him, who's

going to tell him that's the job he's served -- currently seeking might be one of those black jobs? [ cheers and applause ] it is his same old, his same con. doubling down on ugly misogynists is racist lies as a substitute for real ideas and solutions that will actually make people lives better. cutting our health care, taking away our freedom to control our bodies, the freedom to become a mother through ivf like i did, those things are not going to improve the health outcomes of our wives, mothers, and daughters. shutting down the department of education, banning our books,

none of that will prepare our kids for the future. demonizing our children for being who they are and loving who they love, look, that doesn't make anybody's life better. [ cheers and applause ] instead , instead, it only makes us small. let me tell you this going small is never the answer. going small is the opposite of what we teach our kids. going small is petty, unhealthy, and, quite frankly, it's unpresidential. [ cheers and applause ] so, why would any of us accept this from anyone seeking our high of -- highest office? why would we normalize that backwards leadership? doing so only demeans and

cheapens our politics. it only serves to further discourage good, bighearted people from getting involved at all. america, our parents taught us better than that. we deserve so much better than that. that is why we must do everything in our power to elect two of those good, bighearted people. there is no other choice than kamala harris and tim walz. no other choice. [ cheers and applause ] but, as we embrace this renewed sense of hope, let as not forget the despair we have felt. let as not forget what we are up against.

kamala and tim are doing great now, we are loving it. they are packing arenas of folks are energized. we are feeling good. but, remember there are still so many people who are desperate for a different outcome. who are ready to question and criticize every move kamala makes. who are eager to spread those lies. who don't want to vote for a woman. who will continue to prioritize building their wealth over ensuring that everyone has enough. so no matter how good we feel tonight, tomorrow, or the next day, this will be an uphill battle. folks, we cannot be our own worst enemies. no. because, the minute something goes wrong, the minute a lie takes hold, folks, we cannot start wringing our hands.

we cannot get a goldilocks complex about whether everything is just right. [ cheers and applause ] we cannot indulge our anxieties about whether this country will elect someone like kamala instead of doing everything we can to get someone like kamala elected . [ cheers and applause ] kamala and tim, they have lived amazing lives. i am confident that they will lead with compassion, inclusion, and grace. but, they are still only human. they are not perfect. and like all of us, they will make mistakes, but luckily, this is not just on them.

this is up to us, all of us, to be the solution that we seek. it is up to all of us to be the anecdote to the darkness and division. look, i don't care how you identify politically, whether democrat, republican, independent or none of the above, this is our time to stand up for what we know in our hearts is right. so stand up not just for our basic freedoms, but for decency and humanity. for basic respect, dignity, and empathy. for the values at the very foundation of this democracy. it is up to us to remember what kamala's mother told her. don't sit around and complain.

do something. if they lie about her, and they well, we've got to do something. if we see a bad pole, and we will, we've got to put on the phone and do something. if we start feeling tired, if we start feeling that red creeping back in, we've got to pick ourselves up, throw water on our face and what? >> do something. >> we only have 2.5 months, you all. to get this done. only 11 weeks to make sure every single person we know is registered and has a voting plan. so, we cannot afford for anyone , anyone, anyone to sit on their hands and wait to be called. do not complain if no one from the campaign has specifically reached out to you to ask you for your support. there is simply no time for

that kind of foolishness. you know what you need to do. [ cheers and applause ] so, consider this to be your official ask. michelle obama is asking you, i am telling you, to do something. [ cheers and applause ] >> do something. do something. do something. do something. do something. do something. >> this election is going to be close. in some states, just a handful, listen to me, a handful of votes in every precinct could decide the winner. need to vote in numbers that erase any doubt. we need to

overwhelm any efforts to suppress us. our fate is in our hands. in 77 days, we have the power to turn our country away from the fear, division, and smallness of the past. we have the power to mary our hope with our actions. we have the power to pay forward the love, sweat, and sacrifice of our mothers and fathers and all those who came before us. we did it before, you all, and we can do it again. let's work like our lives depend on it, and let us keep moving our country forward and go higher, yes, always higher than we have ever gone before as we elect the next president and vice president of the united states, kamala harris and tim walz. thank you all.

god bless. [ cheers and applause ] >> now, before i go. i have one more job tonight. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. one more job. thank you for all the love, but it is my honor to introduce int whole lot about hope someone who has spent his life strengthening our democracy. and let me tell you, as someone

who lives with him, he wakes up every day, every day and thinks about what's best for this please welcome america's 44th president and the love of my life, barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] >> hello, chicago!

thank you. thank you, thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you, thank you. chicago! it's good to be home. it is good to be home. and i don't know about you, but i'm feeling fired up. i am feeling ready to go even

if -- even if i'm the only person stupid enough to speak after michelle obama. i am feeling hopeful because this convention has always been pretty good to kids with funny names who believe in a country where anything is possible. because we have a chance to elect someone who has spent her entire life trying to give people the same chances america gave her, someone who sees you and hears you and will get up every single day and fight for you. the next president of the united

states of reamerica, kamala harris. it's been 16 years since i had the honor of accepting this party's nomination for president. and i know that's hard to believe because i have not aged a bit. but it's true. and looking back, i can say without question that my first big decision as your nominee turned outyo to be one of my be. and that was asking joe biden to serve by my side as vice president. now, other than some common

irish blood, joe and i come from different backgrounds. but we came brothers. and as we work together for eight sometimes pretty muff years,so what i came to admire most about joe wasn't just his smarts, hisis experience, it wa his empathy and his decency and his hard earned resilience, his unshakable belief that everyone in thisak country deserves a fa shot. and over the last foour years, those are the values america has needed most. at a time when millions of our fellow m citizens were sick and dying, we needed a leader with the character to put politics

aside and do what was right. at a time when our economy was reeling, we needed a leader with the determination to drive what wouldn become the world's strongest recovery. 15 million jobs, higher wages, lower health care costs. at c a time when the other part had turned into a cultive personality, we needed a leader who was steady and brought people together and was selfless enough to do the rarest thing there is in politics, putting his own ambition aside for the sake of the country. history will remember joe biden as an outstanding president who defended tsdemocracy at a momen of great danger. and i am proud to call him my

president, but i am even prouder to call him my friend. [ chanting "thank you joe." >> now the torch has been passed. now it is up to all h ofee us t fight for the america we believe in. and make no mistake, it will be a fight. for all the incredible energy we've been able to generate over the last few weeks, for all the rallies and the memes, this will still be a tight race in a closely divided country.

a country where too many americans areer still strugglin where a lot of americans don't believeca government can help. and asme we gather here tonight the people who will decide this election are asking a very simple question. who will fight for me? who's thinking about my future, about my children's future, about our future together? one thing is for certain. donald trump is not losing sleepover that question. here's a 78-year-old billionaire who hasld not stopped whining about hisst problems since he re down his golden escalator nine

yearsol ago. it has been a constant stream or gripes and grievances that's actually been getting worse now that he's afraid of losing to kamala. there's the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession with crowd sizes. it just goes on and on and on. the other day i heard someone compare trump to the neighbor whoum keeps running his leaf blower outside your window every minute of every day. now, from a neighbor that's

exhausting. from a president, it's just dangerous. the truth is donald trump sees power asth nothing more than a means to his ends. he wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge tax cut that would mostly help him and hishe rich friends. he killed a bipartisan immigration deal written in part by onett of the most conservati republicans c in congress becau he thought actuallyes trying to solve the problem would hurt his campaign. do not boo. vote.

he doesn't seem to care if more women loseee their reproductive freedoms since it won't affect hisfe life. and most of all donald trump wants us to think that this country is hopelessly divided between uses and them. between the real americans who, of mecourse, support him and th outsiders who don't. and he wants you to think that you'll be richer and safer if you will just give him the power to t put those other people bac in their place. it is t one of the oldest trick in politics. from a guy whose act -- let's face it -- act has gotten pretty stale.

we do not need four more years ofne bluster and bumbling and chaos. we all have seen that movie before, and we all know the sequel is usually worse. america is ready for a new chapter. america is ready for a better story. we are readyet for a president kamala harris. and kamala harris is ready for the job. this is a person who has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and a champion. as you heard from michelle, kamala was not born into in privilege. she had to work for what she's got. and she actually cares about what other people are going through.

she's not the neighbor running the leaft blower. she's the neighbor rushing over to help when you need a hand. as a prosecutor kamala stood up for children who had been victims of sexual abuse. as an attorney general of the most populist state in the country, she fought big banks and for-profit colleges, securing billions of dollars for the people that escaped. after the home mortgage crisis she put me and americans hard to make sure americans got a fair settlement. didn't matter i was a democrat. didn't matter i'd knocked on doors on the campaign in iowa. she made sure she was going to get ase much relief as possibl for the families who deserved it. as vice president she helped takeid on the drug companies to cap the cost of ips ln, lower

the cost of health care, get familiesar with kids a tax cut. and she is running for president with real plans to lower costs even more and protect medicare and medicaid, and sign a law to guarantee every woman's right to make her own health care decisions. in other words, kamala harris won't be focused on her problems. she'll be focused on yours. as president she won't just cater to her own supporters and punish those who refuse to kiss the ring or bend the knee. she'll work on behalf of every american. that's who kamala is. and in the white house she will have an outstanding partner in

governor tim walz. let me tell you something. let me tell you something. i love this guy. tim iss the kind of person who should be in politics. born in a small town, served his country, taught kids, coached football, took care of his neighbors. he knows who he is. and he knows what's important. you cant. tell those flannel shirts he wears don't come from some political consultant, they come from his closet, and they have been through some stuff. they've been through some stuff.

that's right. together kamala and tim have kept faith with america's central story, a story that says we are all created equal. all of us endowed with certain inalienable rights, that everyone deservesgh a chance, tt even when we don't agree with eachgr other, we can find a wayo live with each other. that's kamala's vision. that's tim's vision. that's the democratic party's vision. and our job over the next 11 weeks is to convince as many people as possible to vote for that vision. now, it won't be easy. the other side knows it's easier

to play on people's fears and cynicism. always has been. they will tell you that government is inherently corrupt, that sacrifice and generosity are for suckers. and since the game is rigged, it's okay to take what you want ande just look after your own. that's the easy path. we have a different task. our job is to convince people that democracy can actually deliver. and in doing that, we can't just point to what we've already accomplished. we can't just rely on the ideas of the past. we need to chart a new way forward to meet the challenges offo today. and kamala understands this. she knows, for example, if we want to make it easier for more young people to buy a home, we need to build more units and clear away some of the outdated

laws and regulations that made it harder to build homes for working people in this country. that is a priority. and she's put out a bold new plan to do just that. on health care, we should all be proud of the enormous progress that we've made through the affordable care act providing millions of people access to affordable coverage, protecting millions from more from unscrupulous insurance practices. i notice, sc by the way, since it's become unpopular, they don't call it obamacare no more. but kamala knows we can't stop there, whiche is why she'll ke working to limits out-of-pocke costs. kamala knowsck that if we want help people get ahead, we need

to put a college degree within reach of more americans. but -- but she also knows college shouldn't be the only ticket ton' the middle class. we need to follow the lead of governors like tim walz who said if you've got the skills and the drive, you shouldn't need a degree to work for state government. and in this new economy, we need a president who actually cares about the millions of people all across this country who wake up every single day to do the essential often thankless work, to care for our sick, to clean our streets, to deliver our packages. we need a president who will stand up for their right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, and kamala

will be that president. yes, she can. a harris-walz administration can help us move past some of the tired, old debates that keep stifling progress because at their core kamala and tim understand that when everybody gets a fair shot, we are all better off. they understand that when every child gets a good education, the whole economy gets stronger. when women are paid the same as men for doing the same job, all

families benefit. they understand that we can secure our borders without tearing kids away from their parents. just like we can keep our streets safe while also building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve and eliminating bias, that will make it better for everybody. donald trump and his well-heeled donors, they don't see the world that way. for them one group's gains is necessarily another group's loss. for themgr freedom means that t powerful can do pretty much what they please, whether it's fire workers trying to organize a union or put poison in our rivers or avoid paying taxes

like everybody else has to do. well, we have a broader idea of free. we believe in the freedom to provide for yourth family if you're willing to work hard, the freedom tod, breathe clean air d drink clean water and send your kids to school without worrying if they'll come home. we believe that true freedom gives each of us the right to make decisions about our own life. how we worship, what our family looks like, how many kids we have, whony we marry. and we believe that freedom requires us to recognize that other people have the freedom to make choices that are different from ours. that's okay.

that's the america kamala harris and tim walz believes in. an america where we, the people, includes everyone. only way this the american experiment works. and despite what our politics might suggest i think most americans understand that. democracy isn't just a bunch of abstract principles and dusty laws and some book somewhere, it's the values we live by. it's the way we treat each other including thoseea who don't loo like us or pray like us, or see the world exactly like we do. that -- that sense of mutual

respect has to be part of our message. our politics have become so poerlized these days that all of us across the political spectrum seem so quick toli assume the worst in others. unless they agree with us on every single issue, we start thinking that the i only way to win is to scold and shame and outyell the other side.e and after a while regular folks just tune out, or they don't bother to vote. now, that approach may work for the politicians who just want attention and thrive on division, but it won't work for us. to make progress on the things we care about, the things that really affect people's lives, we need to remember we've all got our blind spots and

contradictions and prejudices. and that if we want to win over those w who aren't yet ready to support our candidates, we need to listen to their concerns and maybe learn something in the process. after all, if a parent or grandparent occasionally says something that makes us cringe, we don't automatically assume they're bad people. we recognize that the world is moving fast, that they need time and maybe a little encouragement to catch up. our fellow citizens deserve the same grace we hope they'll extend to us. that's how we can build a true democratic majority, one that

can get things done. and by the way, that does not just matter to the people in this country, the rest of the world is watching to see if we can actually pull this off. no nation, no society has ever tried to build a democracy as big and as diverse as ours before, one that includes people that over decades have come from every corner of the globe. one where our alieges and our community are defined not by race or blood but by a common creed. and that's why when we uphold our values, the world's a little brighter. when we don't, the world's a little dimmer and dictators and

autocrats feel emboldened, and over time we become less safe. we shouldn't be b the world's policemen. and we can't eradicate every cruelty and injustice in the world. but america canin be and must bm force for good -- discouraging conflict, fighting disease, protecting from climate change, fighting for freedom, protecting our peace.e. that's what kamala harris believes in and so do most americans. now, i -- i know these ideas can feel pretty naive right now.

we live in a time of such confusion that puts a premium on things that don't last, money fame,t status, likes. we chase the approval of strangers on our phones. we build all manner of walls and fences around ourselves, and then we wonder why we feel so alone. we don't trust each other as much because we don't take the time to know each other. and in that space between us, politicians and algorithms teach us to caricature each other, control each other, and fear each other. but here's the good news, chicago. all across america in big cities and small towns away from all

the noise the ties that bind us together are still there. we still coach little league and look out for our elderly neighbors. we still feed the hungry in churches and mosques and synagogues and temples. we share the same pride when our olympic athletes compete for the gold because -- because the vast majority of us do not want to live in a country that's bitter and divided. we want something better. we want to be better. and the joy and the excitement that we'rean seeing around this campaign tells us we're not alone. you know, i've spent a lot of

time thinking about this these past fewg months because as michelle mentioned, this summer we lost her mom, ms. marianne robinson.ar and i don't know that anybody has ever loved their mother-in-law anymore than i loved mine. now, mostly it's because she was funny and wise and the least pretentious person i knew. that and she always defended me with michelle when i messed up. i'd hide behind her. but i also think one of the reasons mary and i became so close was she reminded me of my grandmother, the woman who helped raise mehe as a child. and on the surface the two of

them did not have a lot in common. one was a black woman from right here, southma side of chicago right down the way. went to inglewood high school. the other was a little old white lady born in a tiny town in kansas. now, i know there aren't that many people from there. and yetny they shared a basic outlook on life. they were strong, smart, resourceful women full of common sense, who regardless of the barriers they encountered, and women growing up in the 40s and 50s, they encountered barriers. they still went about their business without fuss or complaint andsi provided an

unshakable foundation of love for their children and their grandchildren. in that sense they both represented an entire generation of working people who through wareo and depression, discrimination and limited opportunity helped build this country. a lot of them toiled every day at jobs that were often too small for them and didn't pay a lot. they willingly went without just to keep a roof over their family's heads, just to give their children something better. but they knew what was true. they knew what mattered. things like honesty and integrity, kindness and hard

work. they weren't -- they weren't impressed with braggarts or bullies. they didn't think putting other people down lifted you up or made you strong. they didn't spend a lot of time obsessing about what they didn't. instead, they appreciated what they did. they found pleasure in simple things. a cardim game with friends, a gd meal and laughter around the kitchen table, helping others, and most of all seeing their children do things and go places that they would never imagine for themselves. whether you are a democrat or a republican or somewhere in

between, we have all had people like that inha our lives, peopl like kamala's parents who crossed oceans because they believed in the promise of america. people like tim's parents who taught him about the importance of service. good, hardworking people who weren't famous or powerful but who managed in countless ways to lead this country just a little bit better than they found it. as much as any policy or program, i believe that's what we yearn for. a return to an american where we work together and look out for each other. a restoration of what lincoln called on the eve of civil war

our bondsil of affection. an america that taps what he called the better angels of our nature. that is what this election is about. and i believe that's why if we each do our part over the next 77 days, if we knock on doors, if we make phone calls, if we talk to our friends, if we listen to our neighbors, if we work like we've never worked before, if we hold firm to our convictions, we will elect next harris as the president of the united states, and tim walz as the next vice president of the united states. we will elect leaders up and down the ballot who will fight

for the hopeful, forward-looking america we all believe in. and together we, too, will build a country that is more secure and just, more equal, and more free. so let's get to work. god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ]

♪♪ >> 20 years after a democratic national convention speech that launched his career in national politics now speaking as the 44th president of the united states, that is a final speech tonight from former president barack obama. the three final speeches tonight from the first -- excuse me, from the second gentleman doug emhoff, winning the relatability olympics and telling the love story of his relationship with kamala harris. they celebrate their 10th anniversary this week. in fact, 1 on thursday night, t night she will accept formally thee nomination of the democrac party for president ofon united

states, his speechen followed immediately by a speech from michelle obama thatec i have to say is one of the best convention speeches i've ever seen by anybody in any circumstance not just because she's good at giving a speech but because it was subtle and deep and thought provoking and surprising. she did make a parallel point that herke husband made as welln his speech about how this is going to bebo a close election d how there are practical things thate need to be done. but her speech speaking from a place, both a practical and verr heartfelt place about what it is to be a person in politics, what it is to be a person in politics when youpe feel like you've got the momentum but also when it feels like the momentum's gone and when there's despair around yourhe prospects and when you me mistakes and what people need to do to shore you up in that moment, very unusual and i think perfectly delivered and stunning speech. barack obama starting his remarks by saying "i'm feeling fired ayup, i'm feeling ready t

go even if i am the only person stupid enough to speak right after michelle obama." he then gave a long speech that was a long, detailed ode to joe biden and then going on in detail about the accomplishments of biden's own presidency before movingwn onto talk about not ju the a necessity of electing kama harris but, again, a subtle, deep, original, interesting take on the things that divide us as americans not just politically but culturally, talking about ourta atomized existences in th culture that we have right now and how the enthusiasm around thissm campaign right now can b one ofno the ways we can feel confident we can come together in a common purpose. deep, interesting speeches from both mr. and mrs. obama, and something fun and original and great and moving from doug emhoff.

lawrence. >> yeah, you know, i felt -- i feel like i know doug emhoff. he's actually kind of a neighbor of mine in los angeles. i see himki at the coffee joint once in a while with his little secret service detail following him. but i learned more about him in a speech -- and i can't say that about anybody else i know who gives speeches. i learned more about him in that speech i've picked up over the years listening to him privately. first person in hetsry to be in this spot, first man. second gentleman on his way to being first gentleman no doubt. and what he's made in that role is a model -- by the way, it's a model for spouses of people in power. he was a high powered member of a law firm, global law firm working in the entertainment side. absolutely nont conceivable intersection with government. he quit that job and every penny of that income to take a teaching job because he didn't want the slightest possible

interpretation of conflict of interest because he was with a law firmwa that might in some other office of that law firm cross into a government situation that could be deemed a conflict of interest. i only wish that other spouses in these situations male and female spouses would do this. we have a wife of a chief justice of the supreme court who still works for major law firms in america taking millions upon millions of dollars a year from major law firms in america while her husband serves as chief justice. so doug emhoff is the great example of that. michelle obama's speech didn't need to carry any of the governing specifics that barack obama's speech had to carry. so hers got to be shorter. it got to go straight to the heart and the mind. it gotan to insist to every vot that you need every vote, that you can'tat quibble over some slightqu difference you might he with this candidate if you find

this candidate to be perfect but fundamentally on your side. she called it foolishness, foolishness to even hesitate about supporting eagerly this candidate. >> and acting now.ly talking about theat time is sho and needs to be done now. >> andd then barack obama who doesn't have the most difficult work in politics which is following michelle obalm ow on stage. we met him exactly in this context on a convention stage in boston, and he has been the star of every convention stage he's appeared on sense. he's done the impossible every time because he's been great every time and then finds a way to be great again that's different from the last time yos saw him be great doing this. he and michelle obama went directly at donald trump, which i know we're going to hear from an enraged donald trump about. but then there was these lines that t had nothing to do with trump it seems, except you can't

get trump, out of your mind. when barack obama says our fellow citizens deserve the same grace we hope they'll extend to us when we have disagreements, every previous republican nomineey of my lifetime was capable of saying that sentence in a speech reading it as if someone wrote it for themg and doing it. donald trump iswr the only pers that when you see those words you understand he doesn't know what they mean. he couldn't say them. hean doesn't know what they mea. talking about the joy that his mother-in-law had just being at theju kitchen table with family donald trump doesn't know what that means. all those lines that were about the world that barack obama thinks weat all should live in d we all appreciate, every one of those lines is alien to everything about donald trump. >> i want to have our colleagues join us. joy and alex were watching on site. tell us whatwa you thought.

those were the final three, each of which i thought was pretty great. how did itug feel in the room? >> i got to say i want to talk about barack obama first just because i was -- we talked a lot about as lawrence said the fact that he first appeared on the national radar at a convention hall 20 years ago. and it really felt like what we heard fromik him tonight was ki of if there's a diptych of the classic obama speech. this is the second half of a speech from a man who talked most famously about there is no red america, there is no blue america, there's the united states of america. and o then to have to watch as some of the landmark achievements of hisla presidenc were attempted -- the attempted dismantling of that by donald trump. and it's clear he's been thinking a lot about what kind of america we really are. and i am sure that the trump years were very difficult for

him not just as a president but as a person who fundamentally believes in the goodness and the hope and the optimism that is part of the american project. and it really felt to me watching him and listening to him tonight that he looks at the harris candidacy and the potential harris presidency as an affirmation of everything he believes america is about. and there's this liep at the end of his remarks where he says i believe that's w what we yearn for, a return to an american where we work together and look out for each other, a restoration of what lincoln called on the eve of civil war, our bonds of affection. we have thought of this country as hopelessly divided, and i think obama recognizes it as divided, which is why he invokes the civil hewar, but he still believes our better angels exist. andr that kamala harris and he candidacya and ascension is a manifestation of that. i thought it was a deeply,

deeply thoughtful speech at a really critical time not just for democrats but for americans who have questioned who we are and where we're going. >> thater is very well put, ale. and i just think just to take a sort of meta view of what you're saying, part of whatof the messe here was depth and originality and thoughtfulness was okay. everything doesn't have to be a sound bite and there's places for ndthose, but also place for deeply reasoned, nuanced, surprising, subtle argument. and that suitself is a statemen for the kind of cultural impact that you're talking about. joy, what did youe think? >> wwell, i will say tonight w an incredibly cathartic night for democrats. i was listening to one of our great orators, barack obama,

give his speech. when they crunched the numbers some 8.5 million people who voted for barack obama turned around and voted for donald trump. and so barack obama has an ability to cross probably the greatest divide in american politics between democrats and republicans becausewe some of those trump republicans were barack obama voters, maybe even twice. there are obama -- obama trump voters who o still exist. he's still divisive in the sense people decided to go to war against it, to go to war against him, to trash and go to war against the first lady, michelle obama. he still uniquely sits in a place -- it's hard to believe it was 16 years ago, but my kids grew up with him as the president. that's h the president they kno. that's the world they know. and so thede level of expectati that young americans have about what they can have in a president wasn set by him. so i think his speech was

important. a couple quick lines. he said no nation, no society has ever tried to build a democracy as big and as diverse as ours before, when our alieges and community are defined not by race or blood but by common creed. that is what he believes, that building a multiracial democracy is difficult. and that's why no other country has actually achieved it. he also said that while he understands the difficulty, the vast majority of us do not want to live in a country that is bitter ands divided, we want something better. so i think barack obama sits in this unique place where he can speak to that voter that might be recalcitrant or resistant to that idea of multiracial democracy because they accepted it for eight years at some level. and then quickly to e go to michelle, michelle obama was a tour de force tonight. we were a talking about this before alex and i that one of the things people often forget that asne talented and brillian barack obama is as an orator,

michelle obama is equal and sometimes even better. michelle obama preached tonight. she gave a sermon to this country. she gave instructions on the things that needed to be i done and this audience ate it all the way up.ie and the last thing i will say we also heard i love stories tonig. it is so rare to hear the kind of deep and abiding love that we heard from doug emhoff. dougie loves kamala, and we got that full a,on. and we can also see that barack loves michelle, and they both loved her mom. that love and that joy, this room lit up with it, and it is the reason that they're doing so well on this democratic side because they're bringing the love and the joy and the family connection that we lacked at that other convention. >> o it is a -- you know, it's really good point, and it actually feels like not a bookend but a companion to the we love you, joe. we love joe. the outpouring last night for president biden on night one,

and to have those stories talked about on night two it does feel like a companion thesis. speaking of love i was sitting next to simone sanders, former staff to kamala harris who was watching the doug emhoff speech, and i thought you, simone sanders-townsend, were going to crawl out of your skin. i thought you were goingt to leave your body. you were so enthused by that speech. >> i just, you know -- because this is not what doug emhoff signed up to do when he went to law school, right? he did not have this on his bingo card. and i remember -- i remember right after the inauguration in 2020 and the second gentleman then and the vice president were going to have to walk up these stairs and do something. and as they were about to walk up, the second gentleman was going to walk right with the vice president. someone tell the staff no one briefed the second gentleman. to see him stand on that stage

tonight he was fully in his ly moment. he was standing there, and oftentimes you talk about spousesou supporting their, you know, partner who's in a powerfulkn position. and i frankly sometimes think we talk about it -- that it comes from a place of weakness. and doug emhoff is a strong person. he is a strong man who's self-assured, someone the president leans on for advice. he's somebody if you really want to understand what is going on or how to maybe get your point across better, ask the second gentleman because he is the best possible counsel. and to see him standing up there tonight as an example for so many people across the country because doug emhoff's family looks like a lot of families. i'm in a blended family. i have a son. i amam a stepmother but i have son, so i thought it was amazing for america to see that. michelle robin obama from the south side of chicago, honey,

was on that stage tonight. and, yes, she preached, but i think she was fed up. up with trump. that's why in 2016 she went low. 2016 when they go low, we go high. today she -- she looked him dead in the face and gave america instructions. it was what people needed to hear. >> barack obama i just thought it was so striking to think about how he started in a convention s hall as we all kno and he gave a speech about red and blue, and it was so striking to have him update it to the algorithms, to the maga divisions and those attacks. heos really spoke about you bui a wall and you feel lonely, and then heyo applied that to kamal harris and basically said in so many words she is the rightful successor to the obama-biden era and that was so powerful and will be heard -- >> and through the kind of politics kamala harris is promising we can come together as a country, we can reinstate those anbonds. >> my favorite moment was when michelle obama talked about

mistakes because when you're talking about the sort of subtly, it's like an elephant in the room. it's like no one says something like that in a convention. everything is like we're going to killyt it and great. they're only people. >> they're still only human, they are not perfect. luckily, athough, this is not just on t them. >> and that to me was a very profound point and also a profound point about democracy, which is it's people all the way down. and on the otherop side the wei a.i. generated images about this bizarre kind of god king figure in donald trump, and like it's just people. and the people up on the stage and people out inle the hall an people in the country, it's just people all the way down. and in all of their flaws and all of their hope and all their aspirations, and i thought she just captured that incredibly beautifully. >> but the people who didn't speak at the rnc, a former vp, a former first lady, former second lady or any former presidents or former chief of staff. so when you talk about the human

connection, we saw that connection in the last few nights. and my biggest take away has nothing to do withge politics. doug emhoff up there as the second gentleman, we keep saying, oh, we judge men in that position. we as a society and culture haven't decided what to do with the male spouses of powerful women. he was extraordinary, and it just was this unbelievable reminder to our daughters and sons weou might have a black female president, and it doesn't matter what your politics are, in the scope of you've got to see it to be it, that's just extraordinary for this country. >> i also haverd to say it's a huge thing for wife guys everywhere. hegu loves his wife and he love talking about her and he thinks the world of her,ov and it's a great thing to see. >> we also had two phenomenal first lady speeches. i meanla talking about the -- lt night hillary clinton was very good and was a presidential candidate in her own right and

everything. i really think this mitual obama speech was something special in part because of how well it was done and some of the stuff you're talking about, chris, on the human level. we know folks are going to do everything they can to distort her meaning kamala harris' truth. my husbandmein and i know, sadl little something about this. for years he did everything in this power to make people fear his. his narrow and limited view of the world made feel fear the existence. who's going to tell him the job he's currently seeking might just be onely of those black jo. in that molt when you left your body becauseyo i was sitting he next to you, it was an incredibly, well-delivered political punch and also coming from a place of pain, which is inviting our empathy and showing her vulnerability in a way that makes you a see one another as human beings. they are bothon showing it and saying it. >> it's very powerful stuff. >> extremely powerful. >> much more of our coverage

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i want to know who's going to tell him -- who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs? >> there's the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy