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starting off what is going to be a very high wattage stack of speech or, -- speakers. here is president clinton. >> thank you. thank you.

let me ask you something. after the last two nights, aren't you proud to be a democrat? and i am very grateful to the republicans and independents that have joined us in been here on the stage and i hope they feel better about it now. because i've seen all these things that even i have to be reminded of from time to time when i get my spirits down. i love seeing the obama's here. i love seeing presently. -- president biden. and i thought hillary gave a great speech tonight.

i love seeing all these young waiters. a bunch of them are coming up after me. they look better, they sound better and they will be exciting. i do want to say one word about president biden. remember, he had an improbable turn that made him president. and, we were in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crash. he healed our sick and put the rest of us back to work. and strengthened our alliances

for peace and security. he stood up for ukraine, trying desperately to get a cease-fire in the middle east. and then he did something that's really hard for a president to do. he voluntarily gave up political power. and george washington knew that and he did it, and he set the standard for serving two terms before it was mandatory. it helps his legacy and it will enhance joe biden's legacy. and it is a stark contrast to what goes on in the other party , so i want to thank him for his courage, compassion and his

class, his service and sacrifice. joe biden -- thank you. he kept the faith and affected a lot of the rest of us. now let's cut to the chase. i am too old to gild the lily. two days ago i turned 78, the oldest man in my family. the only personal vanity i want to assert is that i'm still younger than donald trump. last night and what i thought

was a very moving series of episodes, we nominated kamala harris and tim walz. think about that. two leaders with all-american but still improbable life stories. it can only happen here. their careers, after all, started in community courtrooms and classrooms. two leaders who spent a lifetime getting a good job done. one of the things i have noticed over my increasingly long life is that the presidential election is unique in several ways. first of all, it is the greatest job interview for the

greatest job in the world. secondly, the constitution says we the people get to do the hiring. on the third thing is that every four years, we get to change the requirements for the job. so, here's what i'm thinking. because i tried to apply this in every election. will this president take us backward or forward? will this president give our kids a brighter future? depends. will this president bring us together or tear us apart? will the president increase the

peace, security and freedom that we enjoy and extend it to others as we can? we, the people, we have to make a decision about these kind of questions and every four years, it is a little different because the people, at the candidates and they say, as they are saying now, here are our problems. solve them. here are our opportunities. sees them. here are our fears. is them. here are our dreams. help them come true.

the president can answer that call by saying i will do my part but you have to help me. we have to work together. or you can dodge what needs to be done by dividing, distracting and diverting us so in 2024 we got a pretty clear choice, it seems to me. kamala harris for the people. and the other guy who has proved even more than the first go round that he is about me, myself, and i. i know which one i like better for our country.

kamala harris will work to solve our problems, seize our opportunities, ease our fears and make sure every single american, however they vote, has a chance to chase their dreams. you know, when she was young, she worked at mcdonald's, and she greeted every person with that thousand watt smile and said how can i help you? now she's at the pinnacle of power and she is still asking, how can i help you. i will be so happy when she actually enters the white house as president, as she will break

my record as the president who spent the most time at mcdonald's. but, we got an election to win and remember, we got a guy that is pretty good at what he does. donald trump has been a paragon of consistency. he is still dividing. he is still blaming, he is still belittling other people. he creates chaos and then he curates it. as if it were precious art. let me say, not a single day goes by, even though i've been gone for well over 23 years

from the white house, not a day goes by that i don't think the lord for the chance i had to serve, and what it meant. and, one of the reasons -- thank you. whoa. one of the reasons -- one of the reasons i love the job so much is that in the toughest times, even on the darkest days, if you try hard enough, there was always something good you could do for somebody else.

now, some days that is not easy to do. you've got to deal with all these emergencies or there is something going on here, there, or yonder but kamala harris is the only candidate in this race who has the vision, the experience, the temperament, the will and yes, the sheer joy to get something done. i mean, look. what does her opponent do with his voice? he mostly talks about himself, right? so, the next time you hear him, don't count the lies. count the i checks. -- i's he's like one of those

tenors opening up before he goes out on stage like i did trying to get his voice open by saying me me me me me. when kamala harris is president, every day will begin with you, you, you, you. so, we got to ask ourselves the questions. do you want to build a strong economy from the bottom up in the middle out or do you want to spend the next four years talking about crowd size? you are going to have a

hard time believing this, but so help me, i triple checked it. since the end of the cold war in 1989, america has created about 51 million new jobs. i swear i checked this three times. even i couldn't believe it. what is the score? democrats 50, republicans won. -- one.

i'm glad we have a championship- winning coach on our team. but even the most limited of us and what we know about football or any other sport knows that if you are -- got 50 and the other side has 1, you are ahead. what about affordable housing? it's a terrible problem now in america. we need more, and affordable healthcare. that is why the democrats put a limit on monthly payments for insulin and a $2000 per year out-of-pocket limit. and,

they're trying to cover more drugs by bargaining for prices. we need more financing for small businesses. we need still to strengthen our alliances. i almost croaked in the first debate of this election season when president trump said nobody respected america anymore like they did when he was president. and with a straight face. look, you've got to give it, he's a good actor. with a straight face, he cited as evidence of the respect that existed for us when he was there, the

presidents of north korea and russia. i would rather have the people who respect us now. one of the things is when you send a signal to the other countries, you want them to know, whether they agree with you or not, at least that you are on the level. here's where you are and what you believe. what are they supposed to leave to these endless tributes to the late, great hannibal lector? i mean, resident obama once gave me the great honor of

saying i was the explainer in chief. folks, i have thought and thought about it and i don't know what to say. like hakeem jeffries, i, too, want an america that is more joyful, more inclusive, more future-focused. just think what a burden it has been on us to get up day after day after day buried in meaningless hot rhetoric when there are so many opportunities out there, so many problems that need to be solved. i want that and that is the america kamala harris will lead. she has already made her first presidential decision, and she

knocked it out of the park when she asked governor tim walz to run for vice president. as they used to say when i was a young man growing up in arkansas, you do not have to be all broke out with brilliance. you just look at tim walz, listen to him, follow his record as a teacher, as a coach, in the national guard, as a congressman where he was the only democrat save one elected in that district and more than 100 years and he stayed a long time. and then he became a great governor.

and, by all accounts, he was a crack shot who had the courage among his rural constituents to say we do not need these assault weapons available to people who can kill our kids in school. so on her first decision, kamala harris confronts an interesting dilemma. we are going to walk out of here feeling pretty good tonight. we are happy, we feel like a

load is off her shoulders. and we know we are just been asked to fight the same fight that the forces of progress have had to fight for 250 years. in the face of stiff and often violent opposition, we have to find a way to go forward together where we the people make our union more perfect. so, that is a good thing. how could we possibly lose? kamala harris has fought for kids her whole life that were left out and left behind. she has taken on gangs trafficking across the border. she has fought to protect the rights of homeowners. she's

been a leader in the fight for reproductive freedoms and we know a majority of american people are with us on that. and, she has gained an invaluable amount of experience as vice president, advancing our values and interests around the world. she has already said she is going to work really hard to make sure that no american working full time lives in poverty or has to worry about their children living in poverty. we've got to make home ownership and achievable dream for everyone, not just a few. she said that it -- and this

meant a lot to me, that she would protect everybody's right to vote whether or not they voted for her. they were citizens and they deserve the right to vote. the other day, her opponent implied that if his people voted one more time they would be able to rig it from now on and they wouldn't have to vote again. you think they are kidding, but i know a lot of these folks and most of them are really good people, but some of them think that they are bound to dominate america politically, economically, and socially, and they have to use politics to do it, and they should rig the system. i don't believe that. and so here is what i want to tell you.

we've seen more than one election slip away from us when we thought it couldn't happen, when people got distracted by phony issues or overconfident. this is a brutal, tough business . i want you to be happy. one of the reasons that president to be harris is doing so well is that we are also happy. but, you should never underestimate your adversary, and these people are really good at distracting us, at triggering doubt, at triggering buyers remorse. as the obama's

said so eloquently last night, they are human, you know. they are bound to make a mistake now and then. we got to be tough and so, as somebody who spends a lot of time in small towns and rural areas in new york in arkansas and other places, i urge you to talk to all your neighbors. i urge you to meet people where they are. i urge you not to demean them, but not to pretend you don't disagree with them if you do. treat them with respect, just the way you would like them to treat you. as for -- ask for their help and then follow our leader,

kamala, and ask them, how can i help you? we democrats right now have a lot of hay in the barn. we've got massive achievements, massive advances, but there are still a lot of slips between today and election day that we have to navigate. and so, i want to say this from the bottom of my heart. i have no idea how many more of these i will be able to come to. i started in '76 and i have been to everyone since. wait, no, '72. but here is what i want you to know.

if you vote for this team, if you can get them elected and let them bring in this breath of fresh air, you will be proud of it for the rest of your life. your children will be proud of it. your grandchildren will be proud of it. take it from a man who once had the honor to be called in this convention, the man from hope. we need kamala harris, the president of joy, to lead us.

so, i will be doing my part. you do yours, and i will see you when we are making a real joyful noise when the votes are counted. god bless you and god bless america. >> former president bill clinton saying, i'm too old to gild the lily. at 78 years old i'm the oldest person in my family in four generations and then he said the only personal vanity i want to assert is that i'm still younger than donald trump. just as a housekeeping manner -- matter from president clinton, he went well wide of his allotted minutes. the

democrats, since night one, have been pretty good at finding places to collapse the agenda a little bit and get some time back when people have gone over. bill clinton went way over. still ahead, we are expecting to hear from nancy pelosi. we are expecting to hear from governor josh shapiro. we are expecting to hear from governor westmore. we are expecting to hear from oprah winfrey, which is going to be a big speech all heading toward vice president tim walz. let's get back to mindi kaling on stage in chicago. >> i love you, massachusetts. go sox. go, jason tatum. ben affleck. hang in there. our next speaker needs no introduction. she was the first woman to ever serve as speaker of the house.

yes. you know it's coming. this woman was doing brat before brett was brat. the mother of dragons, please welcome nancy pelosi. >> hello, california. hello, maryland. hello, democrats. on january 20th, 2021, with the

inauguration of joe biden and kamala harris, we established one of the most successful presidencies of modern times. and we quickly proved that democrats deliver. millions of jobs, stronger infrastructure, rural broadband, abide in child tax credit, pensions honoring our veterans, bold climate action, lowering the cost of prescription drugs all thanks to president biden's patriotic vision of a fairer america, doing so with liberty and justice for all. thank you, joe.

i know that vice president harris is ready to take us to new heights. i've known kamala harris for decades. personally, i know her a person of deep faith, which is reflected in her community care and service. officially, she is a leader of strength and wisdom and eloquence on policy most recently demonstrated fighting for a woman's right to choose. politically, she is astute and strategic in winning difficult elections, quickly securing the nomination with dignity and grace, and choosing tim walz as our vice president. i had the honor of serving with tim for 12 years in the congress.

he united democrats, republicans and independents to turn a red district blue. he showed courage when he came to congress in voting for the affordable care act, meeting the needs of his constituents despite republicans' lies and misrepresentation. when he went home, won the election, he returned to congress. he fought for america's heroes as the democratic leader of the veterans affairs committee. thank you, tim. january 6 was a perilous moment for our democracy. never before had a president of the united states so brazenly assaulted the bedrock of our democracy, so lethally embraced

political violence, so willfully betrayed his oath of office. let us not forget who assaulted democracy on january 6. he did. but, let us not forget who saved democracy that day. we did. and thank god we had a democratic house of representatives then. we returned to the capital that very same night. we insisted on certifying the election results on the floors of the house and the senate and we demonstrated to america and to the world that american democracy prevailed. the parable of january 6th reminds us that our democracy is only as strong as the courage and commitment of those

entrusted with its care and we must choose leaders who believe in free and fair elections, her respect the peaceful transfer of power. the choice could not be clearer. those leaders are vice president harris and governor walz. when the sun rose on january 7th as our national anthem declares, we gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. now in this election, we are called upon to do the same, to stand together, to reject autocracy, to choose democracy

and we will do so by electing a democratic house with hakeem jeffries as speaker of the house. electing a democratic senate, electing tim walz as vice president of the united states. and electing kamala harris as the president of the united states. onward to victory. >> speaker emerita nancy pelosi. that is a title that did not exist in american politics before it had to be invented to give nancy pelosi a title in

the democratic party because it did not make sense for her to be just a former speaker given her absolutely keystone role in the party. here we are about to hear from the niece, nephew and godson of kamala harris. >> kamala harris is our auntie. she will be a president who cares for all of us. >> she will lift us up. in 2016, we celebrated aunties senate win. we saw trump winning. i was only nine but i knew enough to be concerned. auntie said you know what superheroes do, they fight back. and, we will, too. >> she will make time for what matters. you know, no one is busier than my auntie, but she always makes time for family

for moments as simple as cooking and sharing a meal to exchanging stories and jokes, auntie taught me about being present in what is important, and i know that is how she will lead. >> she will treat everyone with respect, even as a kid, auntie made me feel like i was saying, that my words are important, that i am important and loved. i know she will value others' perspectives, no matter their age or their background. >> auntie, we love you. >> we are so proud of you. >> and most importantly, you are a baller, and as you say, let's win this thing. >> let's win this thing. >> niece, nephew and godson of kamala harris. we are next going to hear from

lateefah simon. she is a remarkable speaker , lateefah simon. >> hello, democrats. my name is lateefah simon, and i am running for congress. and, i am here tonight to tell you all about the kamala harris that i know. i'm going to tell you. when kamala harris was the district attorney in san francisco, california, i was a

teen mother running an organization, working to end trafficking among beautiful young women and girls to build a self-determination and power among those girls. and, kamala learned about the work that i was doing, and she asked me to join her team. and, i joined her team. she saw my potential, my commitment, and the good work that we could do together. and, i saw her. i saw kamala harris holding the hands of sexual assault survivors.

i saw scores of mothers who lost their babies to gun violence lining up day after day at the courthouse waiting only to speak to kamala because they knew, they knew that she would hear them, that she would truly see them, because there is something about kamala harris , for those who know her, you know. when she hears your story, she carries it with her. when she sees you, she truly sees you. she truly sees you. she is the best among us. after working with kamala harris day in and day out for five years to create programs that

supported young people to get out of the criminal justice system once and for all with good jobs, with opportunity, she wanted to get to the root cause of a broken criminal justice system. i saw her chip away. she came early, and she left late every single day because you know, like those mothers, like those sexual assault survivors, when she goes into that oval office, when she goes into that oval office, i guarantee you she will take all of us with her. all of us. the single mothers, the disabled veterans, the low income folks who are dying to survive. the immigrants who are

trying to work toward the promise of america, she will take us all. the farmworkers, she will take us all with her. all of us. that is the kamala harris that i know so deeply. that is the kamala harris that i love. the woman of the people. a woman, a fierce woman for the people. good night, democrats.

>> lateefah simon from san francisco who worked in the san francisco d.a.s office with kamala harris. she is now a democratic congressional candidate in the east bay in california, running for barbara lee's seat. this is tony west, who was married to kamala harris' sister. >> my first week at law school, i met a new classmate, maia harris. we became best friends, but the way kamala tells the story, we had already fallen in love. our graduation day. when we married i not only gained a life partner i loved, a daughter i adored in the mother-in-law i reviewed, someone i affectionately called mother harris, i also gained a sister, a sister i cherish, kamala. maya, kamala and i each pursued different legal careers, but we were motivated by the same values , belief and equal

opportunity, a yearning for fairness, a passion for justice. values mother harris taught those two little girls, values that powered kamala's public service from the very beginning . you know, one of kamala's very first cases in the district attorney's office involved a woman, an innocent woman wrongfully arrested in a police raid. it was a friday afternoon, and the courthouse was shutting down for the weekend. and look, most prosecutors would have gone home and dealt with the matter the following monday, but not kamala. you see, my sister-in-law knew that if the judge did not see this woman that afternoon, she would spend the entire weekend in jail, and kamala, she

wondered, does this woman work weekends? would she lose her job? does she have young kids at home? who would feed those kids? so, kamala pleaded for the judge to return to the bench and to hear the matter and the judge agreed. within minutes, that woman was released back to her family that might. now, it may seem small but that's what it means to stand up for justice. that is what it means to stand for the people, and as kamala says, when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. look, believe me when i tell you as a sister, a daughter,

and auntie and the mother, i have seen kamala fight for her family. as district attorney, attorney general, u.s. senator and vice president of the united states, i have watched her fight in the halls of power for those who have no voice there, and as president, i know -- i know she will fight for you. she will fight for all of us because friends, when kamala fights, we win. thank you, god bless you. >> a crime against anyone of us is a crime against all of us.

>> the work that she did as attorney general was taking on issues to help people who were trying to make a life for themselves and their families. >> when kamala harris came into office in 2011, the most urgent economic crisis facing communities throughout california was the housing crisis. >> for too many californians hopes of homeownership have been dashed. victims have fallen prey to a series of scams, fraud, and unfair business practices. >> in order to get meaningful relief we had to sue the banks through a lengthy litigation process. >> when kamala was sitting at the table negotiating, it was not just about the money, it was about real people. i vividly remember her thinking about mommy, who could finally afford to buy her first home and how proud mommy was so kamala knew what was at stake

for families and even whole communities. >> we are very proud to announce a tremendous victory for california. >> she truly believes that every single person, every american is worthy of the promise and the prosperity of this country and every time kamala has run for a bigger office, it is because she believes that she can have a bigger impact. >> we are making a commitment tonight with the celebration of the senate race to bring our country together. >> to get up position on the intelligence committee is very coveted because it is about protecting our nation's security and kamala hit the ground running. she would not let a witness off easily. >> did you have any communications with russian officials for any reason during the campaign that have not been disclosed. >> i can't recall.

>> i do want you to be honest. >> i'm not able to be rushed to this fast. it makes me nervous. >> the question of attorney general sessions was historic and she earned the respect of colleagues on both sides of the aisle. >>, as a senator, was a truth teller. she was there to expose what some of these guys were, and what they intended to do. >> can you think of any laws that give government the power to make decisions about the male body? >> i'm not thinking of any right now, senator. >> they didn't know what hit them, and in those moments, so many people saw her for the first time and saw how tough she was. >> would you accept them recommending a charging decision to you if they had not

reviewed the evidence? >> that's a question for bob mueller. he's the u.s. attorney. >> i think you've made it clear, sir, that you have not looked at the evidence and we can move on. >> when she is on a mission, she is determined and relentless. >> when our fundamental values are being attacked do we retreat or do we fight? i say we fight. >> if you want to go forward in this country, not go backward, then there is only one choice. >> please welcome nevada center -- senator catherine cortez masto. >> hello, chicago. you know, before i was senator, i was nevada's attorney general. and, that is when i met kamala

harris, my colleague in california. now, we bonded over many things and working together, i quickly learned what kind of person she is. she is a strong leader. here is how i know. as a geez, we took on the big banks. after the foreclosure crisis. let me tell you, kamala did not settle for less than homeowners deserved. her leadership helped win billions for working families nationwide. delivering for families, that is kamala harris. kamala and i also worked to protect our southern border. during that time, kamala's --, invited a group of ags across

the border to work with michigan officials. we work together to put transnational criminals and drug smugglers behind bars. holding criminals accountable, that is kamala harris. when we took on human traffickers, kamala had us meet with survivors so that we could understand who we were fighting for. standing up for justice, trust me when i say i know she will fight for our families and our freedoms. now, we must fight for her. every vote matters. i know in 2016, nevadans elected me, the granddaughter of a banker from mexico, to

serve as the first latina in the united states senate. i will tell you what. in 2022, my re-election came down to 7928 votes. because of voters in nevada, the democrats won the senate majority. and, i am here to tell you, we can do it again. we can send kamala harris and tim walz to the white house. are we ready to do it? are we ready to fight? let's get it done, chicago. thank you, everyone. >> senator catherine cortez masto, the first latina to

serve in the united states senate. she is from the crucial, hard- fought battleground state of nevada. nevada and pennsylvania are two of the states democrats are absolutely whiskers away from republicans and that they need to win both of them. here is the democratic superstar governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro. >> hello. 2 1/2 centuries ago in philadelphia, a band of patriots declare their independence from my king, and set ourselves on the path of self-determination. generation after generation has embraced that responsibility. ordinary americans rising up, demanding more, seeking justice , and in every chapter of our american story, we have made progress and advance the cause of freedom. today we find ourselves writing

that next chapter. will we be a nation defined by chaos and extremism or will we choose a path of decency, honor and continued progress? kamala harris has spent her entire career making progress. donald trump, a man with no guardrails, wants to take away our rights and our freedoms and listen, while he cloaks himself in the blanket of freedom, what he is offering is not freedom at all. because, hear me on this, it is not freedom to tell our children what books they are allowed to read. no, it's not. and, it is not freedom to tell women what they can do with their bodies.

and hear me on this, it sure as hell is not freedom to say you can go vote, but he gets to pick the winner. that is not freedom. you know what, democrats? we are the party of real freedom. that's right. the kind of real freedom that comes when that child has a great public school with an awesome teacher because we believe in her future. real freedom that comes when we invest in the police and in the community, so that child can walk to and from school and get home safely to her mama. real freedom that comes when she can join a union, mary who

she loves, start a family on her own terms, breathe clean air, drink pure water, worship how she wants and live a life of purpose where she is respected for who she is. real freedom comes when she can look at madame president and know that this is a nation where anything and everything is possible. that is real freedom and that is what we are fighting for. you know, kamala and tim's names may be on the ballot, but it is your rights, it is our rights, it is our future and

freedoms that are on the line, and you have the power to shape the future of this country. just like our ancestors, our ancestors who fought for freedom on the battlefield and sat in at lunch counters so our kids could stand up. now it is on us. it is on us, my friends, to organize in our communities and on our for you pages around three basic american principles. we value our freedom. we cherish our democracy and we love this country. and listen.

we love this country. despite our challenges, i want you to know i have never been more hopeful. i see the enduring promise of america. e pluribus unum. it is not a model from the past, it is our direction for the future. you all give me hope and you all have the power. let's use the power and let's do the hard work to win and write the next chapter in our american story. are you ready to protect our rights q are you ready to secure freedoms? are you ready

to defend democracy and are you ready to elect kamala harris and tim walz? america, let's get to work! >> the governor of the most crucial swing state in the country. we are about to hear from amanda gorman, the youngest poet in american history when she spoke at the biden inauguration in 2021. >> we gather at this place

because we believe in the american dream. we face a race that tests if this country we cherish shall perish from the earth and if our earth shall perish from this country. it falls to us to ensure that we do not fall for a people that cannot stand together and cannot stand at all. we are one family, regardless of religion, class or color, for what defines a patriot is not just our love of liberty, but our love for one another. this is loud. we all love freedom but love frees us all.

empathy emancipate scott making us greater than hay or vanity. that is the american promise. divided we cannot endure but united we can endeavor to humanize our democracy and endear democracy to humanity. make no mistake, co-hearing is the hardest task history ever wrote. tomorrow is not written by the oughts of hardship by the audacity of our hope, the vitality of our vote. only now,

approaching this rare air are we aware of the american dream is no dream at all. instead, adair. to dream together. like 1 million boots tethered, making one tree, this is our country from battles won and freedom song and kingdom come has just begun. we redeem this sacred scene, ready for the journey from it together we must birth this early republic and achieve an unearthly summit. let us not just believe in the american dream, let us be where

the of it. the word is called freedom. can you tell me what it means? >> interesting. let me think for a second. >> the spirit of freedom. >> for me? yes. >> freedom to me means choice.

>> the ability to laugh with friends. >> be who you want to be and go where you want to go. >> living your life, day today, having new chapters. >> i believe in having your own words and being able to do what you want to. >> freedom to raise our family in healthy communities. >> the idea that i can turn to my partner, my husband, and say i love you with every being of my soul. >> being able to start a family when i want to. being able to support the missions that i want to and go to the church that i want to. >> not everyone has the same opportunities but the united states of anywhere i've ever been. er been. >> the big fantastic thing about america is it is the land of opportunity. it is the truth.

>> i grew up with a single mom. she really gave me these qualities that you have to care about neighbors and family and friends. >> the american dream is having opportunities. opportunities to go to college or get any job you can, matter who you are or where you come from. >> the american dream is about having the ability to make choices about your medical care and do what ever you want to do with your life without anybody telling you if it is good or not. >> we are in an incredible moment in history. we have seen women stripped of their most fundamental right to autonomy over their body.

>> the freedom to make choices about your body, your life, your career. that should be entirely in your control. >> i have found that good people want to do good things. >> you find a way to move forward, under ugly and scary circumstances. >> the work that lies ahead is to make america live up to high ideals. we are proud to go to work. >> the work to build a better future depends on all of us coming together. >> we have to bring back the respect for everyone. >> we are not as divided as we seem. >> let's come together as a big nation. >> i feel like we are on the verge of something amazing. >> it makes me want to fight for our children and future generations to ensure they have just as many, if not more freedoms than we had.

>> i believe in a future where my mom can feel safe, matter where she is in the country. >> the future that is filled with a healthy and vibrant planet. where families are not separated by fences or jailed bars. >> the future in which we all get what we need. >> for people that are younger than me. >> hopefully the kids i teach can chase their dreams and believe in what they want to be. >> i want a future for him that he knows he is covered and protected. >> everyone should think about what we could leave to the next generation. it is our responsibility. is what we have to do. >> my name is tyler. >> my name is yvette. >> we believe in love. >> i am alex. >> i am kiara. >> my name is stephen. >> my name is charlie. >> i am from waterford, michigan

. >> i am from tennessee. >> we believe in the american dream. we believe in a better world for our child and we believe in this country. >> my name is karen and i believe in justice. >> my name is nancy. >> my name is jennings. >> my name is dana. >> my name is todd and we believe in freedom. >> my name is gina and i believe in freedom. >> my name is pat and i believe in the freedom to work together. please welcome, oprah winfrey.

good evening everybody. who says you can't go home again? after watching the obama's, that was epic fire. we are now so fired up, we can't wait to leave here and do something. but we are going to do is elect kamala harris as the next president of the united states.

i am so honored to have been asked to speak on the team about what matters most to me, to you and all of us americans. freedom. there are people that want you to see our country as a nation of us against them. people that want to scare you and want to rule you. people that would have you believe that books are dangerous and assault rifles are safe. that there is a white that's like a right way to worship and a wrong way to love. people that seek to divide and to conquer. here is the thing. when we stand together, it is impossible to conquer us.

>> in the words of an extraordinary american, john lewis, he said no matter what ship our ancestors arrived on, we are all in the same boat now. congressman lewis new how far the country has come because he was one of the brilliant americans that helped to get us where we are. he also knew that the work is not done. it will never be done because freedom isn't free. america is an ongoing project that requires commitment and requires being open to the hard work and the heart work of democracy. every now and then, it requires standing up to bullies.

i know this, i have lived in mississippi, in tennessee and in wisconsin, maryland, indiana , florida, hawaii, colorado, california and sweet home chicago, illinois. i have actually traveled this country from the redwood forests to the gulf stream waters. i have seen racism and sexism and income inequality and division. i have not only seen it, at times i have been on the

receiving end of it. more often than not, what i have witnessed and experienced are human beings, both conservative and liberal who may not agree but would still help you if you are in trouble. these are the people that make me proud to say i am an american. they are the best of america. despite what some would have you think, we are not so different from neighbors. when a house is on fire, we don't ask about race or religion , we don't wonder who their partner is or how they voted. we just do the best we can to save them. if it happens to belong to a childless cat lady

well, we try to get the cat out too. we are a country of people that work hard for the money and wish our brothers and sisters well and pray for peace. we know the tricks and tropes designed to distract us but we are beyond ridiculous tweets and lives in foolery. these are complicated times. they require adult conversation. i welcome the conversations because civilized debate is

vital to democracy and it is the best of america. over the last couple of nights, we have seen brave people walk onto stage and share private pain. amanda and josh, katelyn, they told us stories of and incest. and near-death experiences from having this date tonight them the abortion the doctor explained was medically necessary. they told us he thinks for one reason and that is to keep that from happening to anyone else. if you do not have economy over this, if you cannot control when and how you choose to bring children into the world and how they are raised and supported, there is no american

dream. the women and men who are battling to keep us from going back to a time of desperation and shaman stone cold fear, they are the new freedom fighters. make no mistake, they are the best of america. i want to talk about someone who is not with us tonight. tessie previous williams was born in new orleans, not long after the supreme court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional in 1954. i didn't have to go to 1st grade at the all-white school with u.s. marshal by my side like she did. when i got to school, the building wasn't empty like it

was for tessie. rather than allowing madonna to be integrated, parents pulled their kids out of the school, leaving only tessie and two other little black girls. gail at 10 and leona tate to sit in the classroom with windows papered over to block snipers from attacking their six-year-old bodies. tessie passed away six weeks ago. i tell this story to honor her. she, like ruby bridges and her friends, leona and gail, the new orleans four. they broke barriers and they pay dearly

for it. it was the grace and guts and courage of women like tessie that paved the way for another young girl who nine years later, became part of the second class to integrate public schools in berkeley, california. it seems to me that at school and at home, somebody did a beautiful job of showing this young girl how to challenge the people at the top and empower the people at the bottom. they showed her how to look at the world and see not just what is but what can be. they instilled in her a passion for justice and freedom and the glorious spirit necessary to pursue the passion. soon and very soon.

soon and very soon, we will be teaching our daughters and sons how this child of an indian mother and jamaican father, too idealistic energetic immigrants, how this child grew up to become the 47th president of the united states! that is the best of america! >> let me tell you this.

the election is not about us and them, it is about you and me and what we want our future to look like. there are choices to be made when we cast our ballot. a certain candidate says if we just go to the polls just one time, we will never have to do it again. you know what, you're looking at a registered independent who is proud to vote again and again and again because i am an american and that is what americans do. voting is the best of america. i have always, since i was eligible to vote, i have always voted my values and that is what is needed in this election now more than ever. i am calling on all of you independence and all of you

undecideds. you know it is true. you know i am telling you the truth. values and character matter most of all. in leadership and in life. more than anything, you know this is true, decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024. just plain common sense. common sense tells you that kamala harris and tim walz can give us decency and respect.

they are the ones to give it to us. we are americans. let eschews loyalty to the constitution over loyalty to any individual. that is the best of america. let eschews optimism over cynicism because that is the best of america. let eschews inclusion of her retribution. let eschews common sense over nonsense. that is the best of america. let eschews the sweet promise of tomorrow over the bitter return to yesterday. we won't go back, we won't be setback, pushed back, bully

back, kicked back, we are not going back. >> we are not going back. we are not going back. let eschews. truth, honor and let eschews joy ! that is the best of america! more than anything else, let eschews freedom. that is the best of america. we are all americans. together, let's choose kamala harris!

thank you chicago. >> halfway through that speech, he muffled under his breath, first ballot hall of fame. >> those were speeches people talk about for a long time. the obama's, oprah and she was the full oprah. choose true, choose honor, choose joy, choose freedom, coming out after josh shapiro it has been a powerful stretch. >> she made it clear, i am a registered independent and i vote with my values. i am speaking to independents and undecideds. we haven't

heard anybody saying i'm speaking to my fellow democrats. over and over we hear i am speaking to you my fellow americans and that is what oprah was saying. >> even the very articulate republicans it's not about to betray the parties to vote for your country. is a patriotic vote to have that followed by her articulating this message is important. >> it is remarkable the way they ceased freedom is a word and a concept. you have been immersed in history of conservatism of the 20th century and young america for freedom and freedom is a central call word for years. the degree to which that has been abandoned by a party that wants to set up a kleptocratic authoritarian state left an opening for the democrats. >> his whole message is about reclaiming patriotism.

>> reporter: on march 26, at 1:30 am, a container ship, the length of three football fields, slammed into the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. the bridge collapsed. a port that drives 13% of the economy was now closed. thousands of workers work hours from waking up and realizing they no longer had a job. they had been on the bridge in the middle of the night fixing potholes lost their lives. one of the first phone calls i got that morning, started with

these words. governor, it is kamala -- i want you to know we are here with you every step of the way. i joined the army when i was 17. i was too young to sign the paperwork. i had to ask my mom to sign for me. i don't have bone spurs. i lead soldiers in combat in afghanistan.

my training taught me that you never learned anything about anybody when times are easy. you learn everything you need to know about somebody when times are hard and when the temperature gets turned up. i saw that kamala harris is the right one to lead in this moment, firsthand. united with the almighty god's grace, we brought closer to the families of the six the terms. while many said it could take 11 months to reopen the port of baltimore, we got it done in 11 weeks. that is the story of america. we are a nation of patriots who serve when the mission is hard and who serve when the

destination is uncertain. i know our history isn't perfect. the unevenness of the american journey has made some skeptical. i am not asking you to give up skepticism. i just wanted to be your companion and not your captor. i am asking that you join us in the work because making america great doesn't mean telling people you are not wanted. loving your country does not mean lying about the history. making america great me and saying the ambitions of the country would be incomplete without your help.

it is the legacy of those workers, who fixed potholes on a bridge while we slept. they were born in a different country but knew america was big enough for them too. it is the journey. the journey of a man raised by a remarkable immigrant single mom. a man who felt handcuffs on his wrist at 11 years old who now stands before you is the 63rd governor of maryland and the first black governor in the history of the state.

it is the story of a prosecutor who defended our freedoms and had marilyn's back when we needed it most. now we have your back as well. it is my fellow veteran, my brother and the next vice president of the united states, tim walz. tim knows that in the military, you count the days toward mission completion. guess what? we have 75 days and a wake up until election day.

75 days and a wake up call for us to prove what americans can do when the pressure is on. 75 days and a wake up to show that true patriots do not whine and complain, we put our heads down and get to work. 75 days and a wake up. to build a future that those that came before us hope for. and those that come after us deserve. 75 days and a wake up to elect a leader that was willing to believe in the best of us and that leader is kamala harris, the next president of the united states. thank you, god bless you and let's leave no one behind. >> the generation of post-9/11

veterans, represented by two of the democratic party's best communicators. two men nearly certain to be on future democratic presidential tickets. the man you just saw there, governor wes moore and pete buttigieg. thank you. good evening democrats. thank you chicago. here is a sentence i never thought i would hear myself say. i am pete buttigieg and you might recognize me from fox news. i believe in going anywhere in service of a good cause.

we gather in a very good cause, electing kamala harris and tim walz the next president and vice president of the united states. the choice could not be clear. donald trump rants about law and order as if he was in a convicted criminal running against a prosecutor. as if we were going to forget that crime was higher on his watch. he talks about the forgotten man. hoping we will forget that the only economic promise that he actually kept was to cut taxes for the rich. don't even get me started on his new running mate. at least mike pence was polite.

jd vance is one of those guys that thinks if you don't live the life that he has in mind for you, then you don't count. someone who said that if you don't have kids, you have no physical commitment to the future of this country. you know senator, when i deployed to afghanistan, i didn't have kids then. many of the men and women that went outside with me didn't either. our commitment to the future of this country was pretty physical. choosing a guy like jd vance to be america's next vice president sends a message. the message is they are

doubling down the negativity and grievance. committing to a concept of campaigning, best summed up in one word, darkness. darkness is what they are selling. the thing is, i don't believe that america today is in the market for darkness. i believe america is ready for a better kind of politics. politics that the worst can be ugly and crushing and demeaning. it doesn't have to be. at its best, politics can be empowering, uplifting and it can even be soul craft. my faith teaches me that the world isn't made up of good people and bad people. rather that each of us is capable of good and bad things. i believe leaders matter because of what they bring out in each of us.

the good or the bad. right now, the other side is appealing to what is smallest within you. they are telling you that greatness comes from going back to the past. they are telling you that anyone different from you is a threat. they are telling you that your neighbor or nephew or daughter who disagrees with you politically isn't just wrong it is now the enemy. i believe in a better politics. one that binds us at our most recent and open embrace. the kind of politics that kamala harris and tim walz are offering and as you have felt, that kind of politics also feels better to be part of. there is joy in it as well as power. if all of that sounds naove, let me insist that i have come

to this view, not by way of idealism but by way of experience. not just the experience of my unlikely career. someone like me serving in indiana and in washington and serving in uniform. i am thinking of something much more basic. i am thinking of dinnertime at our house in michigan. when the dog is barking in the air fryers beeping in the mac & cheese is boiling over and feels like all the political negotiating experience is not enough for me to get our three- year-old son in our three-year- old daughter to just wash their hands and sit at the table. it is the part of our day when politics seems the most distant and yet the makeup of our kitchen table, the existence of my family is just one example of something that was literally

impossible as recently as 25 years ago when an anxious teenager growing up in indiana wondered if he would ever find a longing in the world. this kind of life went from impossible to possible and from possible to real and from real to almost ordinary in less than half a lifetime. that didn't just happened. it was brought about through idealism and courage and through organizing and persuasion and storytelling and yes, through politics. the right kind of politics. the kind of politics that can make an impossible dream into an everyday reality.

i don't presume to know what it is like in your kitchen but i know as sure as i am standing here, everything in it, the bills you pay at the table, the shape of the family that sits there, the fear and the dreams that you talk about late into the night, all of it compels us to demand more from politics than a rerun of the tv wrestling death match. this november, we get to choose. we get to choose our president. we get to choose our policies. most of all, we will choose a better politics. a politics that calls us to our better selves and offers us a better every day. that is what kamala harris and tim walz represent. that is what democrats represent. that is what awaits us when

america decides to end trump politics of darkness once and for all. that is what we choose when we embrace the leaders who are out there building bridges and reject the ones that are out there banning books. this is what we will work for everyday to november and beyond. let's go win. thank you democrats! student transportation secretary, pete buttigieg. we expect a lot from him as a communicator and that was something. >> it was a nonpartisan speech. there wasn't a single party policy or kamala harris policy. that was also true of oprah's speech. completely nonpartisan. and has been the night of reaching out of the hall to voters that are not already with this campaign. that has done very differently from what the others of on.

getting with jeff duncan in georgia when he directly addressed the camera to voters outside of the hall like him and said republicans, if you vote for kamala harris, it does not mean you are a democrat, it means you are a patriot. that was the line of the night in communicating to that voter that is not already here whom you might be able to get here. all of the rest of the speakers have been about that. tim walz is a choice is about that. he is a person who the campaign believes can reach out to voters that they don't already have. he knows how to speak to them the way put the judge in indiana surrounded by republicans, he knows how to communicate. that is why he goes on fox. this has been the night for that kind of reach. >> wes moore in pete buttigieg post-9/11 veterans. >> the best communicators the party has.

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it has never been more clear that if kamala harris and tim walz are elected, they are going to protect freedoms. the freedom to read whatever books you want and the freedom to work one job and afford rent. kamala harris and tim walz will protect the freedom to start a family on your own terms. if you ask me, that is something worth fighting for. let's nominate the next vice president of the united states, minnesota governor, tim walz. to take us there, please welcome senator amy klobuchar. okay, that was a warm-up act.

on behalf of the great state of minnesota, where purple rains, i stand before you in support of our next vice president, tim walz. in minnesota, we trust a coach who turned the team that was zero and 27 into state champions. in minnesota we trust a hunter who has stood in a deer stand in 10 degree weather. in minnesota, we trust a candidate who has made a viral video on how to change a burnt out headlight. i know we aren't alone but in minnesota, we love a dad in

plaid. tim and i go way back. he taught high school right down the road from where my husband, john, grew up. my mother-in-law even brought him and gwen a parmesan chicken dinner when their son was born. that is what we do when america. we look out for our neighbors. tim has been doing that his whole life, on the farm and in the factory, with his students and his fellow servicemembers. the truth is, that matters. who better to take on the price of gas than a guy who could pull over to help change your tire. who better to serve the nation

than a guy who has served in uniform. who better to find common ground than a guy with midwestern common sense q -- unit he knows how to level the field. a former public school teacher knows how to school the likes of jd vance. what you have done with your life matters. what you do with power matters too. tim has delivered, paid leave, school lunches and the biggest tax cut in minnesota history. a democrat for a red district in a purple state.

tim has brought minnesota together. together, with kamala harris -- he will do the same. america, there is so much that we share. so much that connects us. way up north in minnesota, out of lake itasca flows the mississippi river. it starts small and it grows wider. it flows down to wisconsin. and to iowa. it goes down to illinois. and to missouri. it goes to kentucky and tennessee. it goes to arkansas and it goes way

down to mississippi and then it goes all the way down to new orleans, louisiana where the spirit of the nation's resilience abounds. let us commit here and now to cross the river of our divide to get to a higher ground. let us join together to elect kamala harris and tim walz! >> the second nominating speech given by a former student and next-door neighbor of tim walz. he coached seventh grade basketball and track teams. i think he will be joined by, i may just be him.

maybe a former football player will also join him. tim walz is the kind of guy you can count on to push you out of a snow bank. i know this because tim walz has pushed me out of the snow bank. i grew up next door. he was also my geography teacher and my coach. not for high school football but for seventh grade basketball and track. what was a football coach doing coaching seventh grade basketball and track? there was a kid in high school that couldn't afford lunch. he ran up a lot of debt. tim and gwen decided they would help pay it off. they started calling around to see if there were any positions they could fill to make a little extra money. that is how he wound up coaching us.

coach walz got us excited about what we might achieve together. he believed in us and he helped us believe in each other. his leadership stuck. that track team went on to win a state title, just like the football team. that is right. speaking of which, come on up scarlett's.

>> all of this got me thinking about the kind of leaders we need. we want the people in charge to be genuine, compassionate and trustworthy. the thing is, there are people in our neighborhoods that fit the description. the kind of people who display quiet leadership to helping kids pay for lunch, by bringing teams together to believe in each other. office.

in my neighborhood, someone like that did run for office. he is going to be a wonderful vice president. thank you very much. out here we are reminded of the values we share. a commitment to community, country and standing up for what is right. tim walz grew up in a small town in nebraska where he spent summers working the family farm. there were just 24 students in his graduating class.

his dad served during the korean war and that meant a lot to tim so he enlisted, right after his 17th birthday and served 24 years in the national guard, rising to command sergeant major. he went to college on the g.i. bill and became a social studies teacher. that is where we met. we shared a classroom with a divider down the middle. his classroom was a lot louder than mine. i could hear how engaged his students were. he taught for 15 years and he coached for all, helping lead the team to a state championship, after zero wins a few years before. he taught them how to believe in themselves and that we are all in this together. when one of our students started the straight alliance, tim agreed to serve as faculty advisor coach involved. he inspired his students and he changed lives. >> he's just so joyful in everything that he does but also standing up for what he believes

to be right, stands up to bullies. >> then tim's students inspired him to run for congress in southern minnesota. tim spent a lot of time working with republicans fighting to help farmers and expanding veterans benefits. whether it was in congress or as governor, his focus has always been helping working people like those he grew up. that's why he fought for the largest tax cut in minnesota state history. >> tim walz was there for small businesses like ours. >> with the urging of governor walz we were able to pass the affordability act and saved lives in minnesota. >> with tim as governor minnesota is one of the best places to raise a family and one of the best states for business. tim's a lifelong hunter and gun owner. but after the sandy hook school shooting, he knew that we had to do something, so he's fought for

background checks and red flag laws. but of all the things he's done, tim loves being a dad. we struggled to have kids, and fertility treatments made it possible. there's a reason our daughter is named hope. hope and gus mean the world to us. >> governor walz making good on a promise to the family yesterday by getting them a puppy. >> going to get some food, corn dog. >> i'm vegetarian. >> turkey then. >> turkey's meat. >> not in minnesota. >> tim's commitment to service all comes back to the values we grew up with, love your country, help your neighbor, and fight for what's right, because that's what america is all about. >> two middle class kids, one a daughter of oakland, california,

the other a son of the nebraska plains. only in america is it possible for them together to make it all the way to the white house. >> please welcome the democratic nominee for vice president, governor tim walz. [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. thank you.

thank you. wow. thank you. thank you, first of all, to vice president harris. thanks for putting your trust in me and for inviting me to be part of this incredible campaign. and i thank you, president joe biden, for four years of strong, historic leadership.

it's the honor of my life to accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. we're all here tonight for one beautiful, simple reason. we love this country. so thank you all of you here in chicago and all of you watching at home tonight. thank you for your passion, thank you for your determination, and most of all thank you for bringing the joy to this fight. now, i grew up in butte, nebraska, a town of 2,400 people. i had 24 kids in my high school

class, and none of them went to yale. but i'll tell you what growing up in a small town like that, you learn how to take care of each other. that -- that family down the road, they may not think like you do, they may not pray like you do, they may not love like you do, but they're your neighbors, and you look out for them, and they look out for you. everybody belongs, and everybody has a responsibility to contribute. for me it was serving in the army national guard. i joined up two days after my 17th birthday, and i proudly wore our nation's uniform for 24 years. my dad, a korean war era army veteran died of lung cancer a

couple years later. he left behind a mountain of medical debt. thank god for social security survivor benefits. and thank god for the gi bill that allowed my dad and me to go to college and millions of other americans. eventually, like the rest of my family, i fell in love with teaching. three out of four of us married teachers. i wound up teaching social studies and coaching football at mancedo west high school. we ran a 44 defense. we played through to the whistle on every single play, and we even won a state championship.

never closed the yearbook, people. but it was those players and my students who inspired me to run for congress. they saw in me what i had hoped to instill in them -- a commitment to the common good, an understanding that we're all in this together. and the belief that a single person can make a real difference for their neighbors. so there i was a 40-something high school teacher with little kids, zero political experience, and no money running in a deep red district. but you know what? never underestimate a public schoolteacher. never. i represented my neighbors in

congress for 12 years, and i learned an awful lot. i learned how to work across the aisle on issues like growing the rural economies and taking care of veterans, and i learned how to compromise without compromising my values. then i came back to serve as governor and we went right to work making a difference in our neighbor's lives. we cut taxes for the middle class. we passed paid family and medical leave. we invested in fighting crime and affordable housing. we cut the cost of prescription drugs and helped people escape the kind of medical debt that nearly sank my family. and we made sure that every kid in our state gets breakfast and lunch every day.

so while other states were banning books from their schools, we were banishing hunger from ours. we also protected reproductive freedom because in minnesota we respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make. even if we wouldn't make those same choices for ourselves, we've got a golden rule. mind your own damn business. and that includes ivf and fertility treatments. and this is personal for gwen and i. if you've never experienced the hell that is in fertility, i guarantee you know someone who

has. and i can remember praying each night for a phone call, the pit in your stomach when the phone would ring and the absolute agony when we heard the treatments hadn't worked. it took gwen and i years, but we had access to fertility treatments. and when our daughter was born, we named her hope. hope, gus, and gwen, you are my entire world. and i love you. i'm letting you in on how we started a family because this is a big part about what this election is about. freedom. when republicans use the word freedom they mean that the government should be free to invade your doctor's office, corporations free to pollute

your air and water, and banks free to take advantage of customers. but when we democrats talk about freedom, we mean the freedom to make a better life for yourself and the people that you love. freedom to make your own health care decisions. and, yeah, your kid's freedom to go to school without being worried about being shot dead in the hall. look, i know guns. i'm a veteran. i'm a hunter, and i was a better shot than most republicans in congress, and i got the trophies to prove it. but i'm also a dad. i believe in the second amendment, but i also believe our first responsibility is to keep our kids safe.

that's what this is all about -- the responsibility we have to our kids, to each other, and to the future that we're building together in which everyone is free to build the kind of life they want. but not everyone has that same sense of responsibility. some folks just don't understand what it takes to be a good neighbor. take donald trump and j.d. vance. their project 2025 will make things much, much harder for people who are just trying to live their lives. they spent a lot of time pretending they don't know nothing about this. look, i coached high school football long enough to know and trust me on this. when somebody takes the time to draw up a play book, they're

going to use it. and we know if these guys get back in the white house, they'll start jacking up the costs on the middle class. they'll repeal the affordable care act. they'll gut social security and medicare. and they will ban abortion across this country with or without congress. here's the thing, it's an agenda nobody asked for. it's an agenda that serves nobody except the richest and the most extreme amongst us. and it's an agenda that does nothing for our neighbors in need. is it weird? absolutely. absolutely. but it's also wrong and it's dangerous. it's not just me saying so. it's trump's own people. they were with him for four

years. they're warning us that the next four years will be much, much worse. you know when i was teaching every year, we'd elect a student body president. and you know what? those teenagers could teach donald trump a hell of a lot about what a leader is. leaders don't spend all day insulting people and blaming others. leaders do the work. so i don't know about you, i'm ready to turn the page on these guys. so go ahead, say it with me -- we're not going back. [ chanting "we're not going back" ] >> we've got something better to offer the american people. it starts with our candidate, kamala harris. from her first day as a prosecutor, as a district attorney, as an attorney

general, as a united states senator, and then our vice president, she's fought on the side of the american people. she's taken on the predators and fraudsters. she's taken down the transnational gangs and stood up to corporate interests. she has never hesitated to reach across that aisle if it meant improving your lives. and she's always done it with energy, with passion, and with joy. folks, we've got a chance to make kamala harris the next president of the united states. but i think we owe it to the american people to tell them exactly what she'd do as president before we ask them for their votes. so here this is the part -- clip and save it and send it to your undecided relatives so they

know. if you're a middle class family or a family trying to get into the middle class, kamala harris is going to cut your taxes. if you're getting squeezed by prescription drug prices, kamala harris is going to take on big pharma. if you're hoping to buy a home, kamala harris is going to help make it more affordable. and no matter who you are, kamala harris is going to stand up and fight for your freedom to live the life that you want to lead because that's what we want for ourselves, and it's what we want for our neighbors. you know, you might not know it, but i haven't given a lot of big speeches like this. but i have given a lot of pep talks. so let me -- let me finish with this, team. it's the fourth quarter.

we're down a field goal, but we're on offense and we've got the ball. we're driving down the field. and, boy, do we have the right team. kamala harris is tough. kamala harris is experienced, and kamala harris is ready. our job -- our job for everyone watching is to get in the trenches and do the blocking and tackling. one inch at a time, one yard at a time, one phone call at a time, one door knock at a time, one $5 donation at a time. look, we got 76 days. that's nothing. there'll be time to sleep when you're dead. we're going to leave it on the

field. that's how we'll keep moving forward. that's how we'll turn the page on donald trump. that's how we'll build a country where workers come first. health care and housing are human rights. and the government stays the hell out of your bedroom. that's how we make america a place where no child is left hungry, where no community is left behind, where nobody gets told they don't belong. that's how we're going to fight. and as the next president of the united states always says, when we fight -- >> we win! >> when we fight -- >> we win! >> when we fight -- >> we win! >> thank you. god bless!

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♪♪ ♪♪ >> minnesota governor tim walz and his family accepting the

vice presidential nomination of the democratic party. giving to my untrained ear a pretty perfect speech. the part where he said i haven't given a lot of big speeches like this one in my life, but i've given a lot of pep talks, and the crowd erupted in "coach, coach, coach, coach, coach." the not final nominating speech for one of the young men in his life he has taught and coached and johned by theicateo west football players who he brought to the state championship. this was a very usa, usa kind of speech. the sight of his son gus and his daughter hope weeping as their dad took to the stage. >> i mean i love gus walz. i miss the ugly crying, right now talking about him watching his kids react to him. but watching his kids react to

him, i mean as a mom, you know he's a good guy. you know, because if you can have kids that wear their hearts on their sleeves like that as adults, you know he's a good guy. but i was watching that thinking what percentage of people in that room knew who he was four weeks ago? a tiny percentage of people. and now he is like everybody's coach, everybody's teacher. he's the neighbor, and it wasn't to lawrence's point earlier a partisan peach. i love when he said growing up in a small town like that they love to take care of each other. the family down the road they may not think like you day, pray like you do, but they're your neighbors and you look out for them. that harkens back to obama in 2004 and an incredibly joyful message to the public after being downtrodden by president trump.

>> and explicitly saying here's the part you clip and save and send to that relative. talking about being a gun owner i was a better shot than most republican in congress, and i have the trophies to prove it, but i'm also a dad and i believe in the second amendment while i believe our first responsibility is to keep our kids safe. >> it's how he embodies the american dream. right, for all the criticisms of our country and the complaints, this guy grew up squarely in the middle class in nebraska. right, he lost his dad, he went onto serve in the military, he became a teacher and a coach, and tonight he got on the stage at the dnc. forget your politics. it does not matter what you believe politically. that boy from nebraska got on stage, and he height be the next vice president of the united states. if that's not the best of the american dream, then nothing is. >> jacob soboroff is in the room, and i believe was able to make some connection with some of the walz folks we saw on stage moments ago.

>> reporter: that's right, rachel. i'm here side stage. we ended up in this remarkable position. this is where governor walz just spoke. and right here in the backstage here, where we are this is where thep faally was staging. minutes before the entire walz family walked out and sat in those seats right in front of the stage here at the united center, these are faces so new and so fresh to american politics, frankly i don't even know what members of the family they were, but you saw two of the young women down in front wearing the white dresses. to me, my impression is so remarkably normal after what we've been through over the last few years. one of the walz women say they were watching msnbc earlier today and saw the minnesota delegation. one of them said to me are we supposed to waive? what do we do? we've all been talking about it the most in the family. that's my reaction down here spending some time with them as

they waited to go out and see governor walz speak is they feel like they could be your neighbors, could be your classmates, folks you work with in your office, just remarkably normal. >> speaking of a deeply normal and also hard to believe moment was the football players walking onto the stage. we had word there might be additional players from the team or in addition to this one young man we're going to hear from -- i had no idea it was going to be like that. the room in here in terms of our little crowd at msnbc, everybody got out of their seats and started stamping and clapping. and oh, my god, i can't believe this. what was that moment like in the room, jacob? >> reporter: i was probably 6 feet away from half of the football team on this side of the stage. the wattage of the smile on their faces, it just screamed i cannot believe i am standing on this stage right now in front of the entire american -- not just, forget about the people in the

united center, but in front of the united states of america as the state championship football team from this small town in minnesota. it was like we're all living it with them down here, and it was really an incredible thing to experience. >> jacob, thank you. thank you very much. there's nothing more real, chris hayes, than still having your uniform shirt, your jersey from when you won a state championship. >> are you getting on a flight to chicago with your jersey? i am getting on a flight to chicago with my jersey. >> does it fit? it doesn't matter. it always fits, it's my jersey. amazing. >> when you take a step back, there's something so remarkable and shocking that it's like the republicans are the ones with like the new york city real estate dealer at the top of the ticket. and the venture capitalists, and the democrats have like the midwestern football coach and teacher. like every sort of culture war trope inverted on itself. i just think walz has incredible

biography i said at the beginning, but he's an incredibly effective communicator, and he's a professional. he didn't just walk out yesterday. that was was a ten out of ten effective speech in a short period of time, establishes bio, vouched for kamala harris, did a lot about his record substance lav ein policy and all while hitting the other party and other nominees. short and sweet and compact and effective in his style. the guy is just a supremely effective communicator. >> and not a breath wasted. >> i did not have a guess who kamala harris would pick for vice president. i'm sure she would make the right pick giving all that they have and vetting interaction with them. but thej -- imagine someone else being the vp pick and that guy going up on the stage tonight

for the 5 minutes they would have given them, 6 minutes they would have given them. you'd just be saying what about him? i can't think of a better launch of a vice presidential campaign that we've seen especially with an unknown, someone who as chris says was basically an unknown a very short time ago to many including me, by the way. he was on my show a couple of times but i couldn't remember, and it was years ago. but, you know, in the very beginning of this speech he was talking about his life. and in his life this became a very important sentence in his life. he said thank god for social security survivor benefits. no one on the republican ticket knows what social security survivor benefits are. and when they kick in, who gets them and what they mean in a life that desperately needs social security survivor benefits. and this speech goes throughout, making very simple connections.

and that word "neighbor" keeps coming up. he makes this about neighbors. he doesn't even talk about voters. he talks about neighbors, connecting with neighbors. and that golden rule, mind your own damn business, he delivers with a freshness every time that is so effective and powerful. it's just such a powerful theme about what this campaign is about. >> let's go to chicago where our beloved colleagues alex and joy are watching alongside all of us and alongside all the thousands of delegates. is this thing on? >> i think we saw an episode of ted lasso. if you watch that show, that's basically what this was, right? i can see how he won football game. i can see how he was the kid on that football team with a speech like that. no wonder how they went from zero wins to winning a

championship. what's so cool about it, think about this if you move into a neighborhood and moved onto a block where you have like a really cool lady on one end of the street, oprah and had the cool musical family, john legend, and you had the really sort of nerdy guy with a mackenzie job and a husband and kids, buttigieg. and then you've got the football coach and your favorite social studies teacher, the guy who coaches the football team but who also gives you advice at home depot for half an hour when you're like rotor rooter and it's broken. this is neighborhood anyone would want to live in. and that's what i felt in this space especially today. the democrats have constructed the neighborhood that anybody would want to a buy a house in and move their family to. >> tim walz capped it. well-done.

>> the reality is this man is the governor of minnesota. and the signs i'm sure all of you in new york have seen say coach walz. they don't say governor walz. they don't say congressman walz. they say coach walz, and that is a very deliberate choice. if there's a theme that's run through some of the prominent speakers at this convention from barack obama to tim walls tonight, it is the theme of outreach and empathy and national reconciliation. obama yesterday was saying, you know, don't demean your neighbors. if a parent or a grand parent occasionally says something that makes us cringe, we don't automatically assume they're bad people. clinton tonight says talk to your neighbors, meet people where they are, don't demean them. the football thing, the coach thing that is a form of conservative outreach. reliance on the football metaphor is a way of opening up the democratic tent to skeptics, to people who feel culturally

they've been divorced a long time from the democratic party and say come on in, the water's fine. you will see yourself reflected in this party. the guy we're putting at the second highest position on the ticket is a football coach. that's why those signs tonight said coach walz and not governor walz. >> i need to go to the convention right now because i think jacob soboroff is about to be crowd surfing. >> reporter: rachel, i can't hear a damn thing, but i'll save one of these for you. they're handing out tim walz heads. guys, how you feeling right now? >> fabulous. >> reporter: how you feeling? >> excited about your new leadership and excited about democracy for america. >> reporter: like i said, i cannot hear a damn thing that anybody is saying, but everybody is very, very excited in the minnesota delegation.

coach. i'm speechless. >> so are we, jacob. if you need help, i actually don't even know what to tell you to do. if you need help, try to get away. >> we got you, jacob. >> all that's going to be left is a little tuft of hair and the glasses, but he's going to die happy. >> minne -- >> sota! >> kelly o'donnell is reporting right now neil young gave special permission -- you heard at the end keep on rocking with the free world. if you remember neil young sued donald trump in 2015 to stop him from playing the song at his rallies. he gave special permission to tim walz tonight. >> back to alex and joy here for a second, you guys. i'm struck by the fact when we're talking to you at this point in the evening before we

didn't have to worry about stuff like that because turn the lights on and everybody boop. even when things are going well for the democrats, kind of feels like things are still happening there. they're trying to get people to leave, and minnesota is like, no. >> can i tell you, rach. i was talking to amy klobuchar and you couldn't get to the minnesota delegation. they had roped off the area because so many wanted to be part of the minnesota magic. that is how hot, how flaming hot the minnesota delegation is. >> this is like a house party where you're going to have to tell them you don't have to go home, minnesota, but you got to get out of here. they're not leaving. the party's not over. they're having a whole house party over there, rachel. it's a whole house party in the minnesota delegation. i think they're trying to rival georgia in the festivity of the presentation. >> i mean walz is the lil john

of minnesota. >> he is, 100%. >> america has been looking for the lil john of minnesota. i'll say two things. one, watching this i didn't know if it was friday night lights or braveheart, but it was such an impassioned, motivating exercise. and having been at conventions on the floor and covered them, we all know you can hand out all the signs you want. you can't get people waving them and screaming. in fact, they hand out signs throughout the night for different things. walz taps into this very organic energy, and it's a decision that kamala harris made. it's a decision as lawrence mentioned it, she was going to make with the information she had to establish the kind of campaign and outreach she wants to. and boy, does it look like a great decision tonight. >> i just feel like it's midwesterners, right? it's public schoolteachers when he said never underestimate a public schoolteacher. i mean, every single time he delivers that liep in every room

i've ever heard him deliver it in, the place goes nuts. it is an under-appreciated constituency, not only public schoolteachers themselves but all of us who are shaped by public schoolteachers but who are friends with them. it's like nurses, you know what i mean? it's firefighters, football coaches. it's this thing everybody can relate to across every partisan demographic. >> you can tell he's not just a teacher, he was that teacher who changed kids lives. >> i want to say one other thing, too, striking about the speech. another part of this is the guy on the other ticket, you know, went on this sort of rocket ship to success. 39 years old, won one race in his life, and he's never really won anything which was kind of his venture capital fund, which kind of did not work out very well. walz talking about this governing team, just an incredible governing record.

like we did all these things in the state i've been running for for six years. it's as serious as it gets in democratic governance. and he's got a record to show above all the coach stuff and all the kind of narrative stuff and his communicative abilities, there's such a record of success he can talk about. >> and such a philosophy behind it. he's been articulate saying, listen, when we democrats got control of the state government we knew it was likely not forever. and so this was not the time to try to hunker down and hold onto what we got, but rather to use the power that we had then and accomplish real things for real people so we can go back to the state and say look at the things we did because we had power that made your life better, that were practical accomplishments. >> he makes it sound practical. not liberal but practical. that's his approach to all these

government solution. >> in terms of what's happening from here on out, there's one morenectomy of the democratic national convention. i think the sort of bill clinton section of the evening got a little weird and meandery, but they actually responded and moved things around. they knew they had a momentum shift, and they changed and adjusted. and to finish with those two as you were saying, steph, those two remarkable post-9/11 veterans, to finish with wes moore and pete buttigieg and into this nomination. and to have that nomination, that incredible touchstone moment with the football players walking out on stage, and then to have tim walz give effectively a perfect speech, it's a heck of an on-ramp to what is supposedly a big deal, which is tomorrow. >> so the presidential nominee tomorrow night, they had better get their nominee up there

before 11 p.m. listen, it's television history. >> what kind of loser? >> this is a television show. it is time to end for many, many reasons at 11 p.m. mostly the human sleeping schedule. and the way it's supposed to work you finish this at 11:00 p.m., and your local news is running it for you in the 11:00 news. what they've done this week, you know, there are some people complaining did they do this to biden to make him go so late? tim walz started 6 minutes before biden started. tim walz started at 11:22. that is serious malpractice on scheduling these speeches. and if they do this to the presidential nominee tomorrow night -- >> word to the wise to the democrats if you are worried this might happen again if it keeps happening over and over again, one thing you can do you can start earlier. you don't have to cut anybody.

in fact, you're less likely to cut anybody if you just start earlier. that's when i come on tv at 7 o20 every night. >> or embrace post 11:00 p.m. television. >> all the viewers they need an hours less sleep before they go to work the next day. look, obama's numbers went up at 11:00 p.m. last night in the viewership. but if it would have been at 10:00 p.m., he would have an even bigger audience. >> if you are just joining this is night 3 of the democratic national convention. it is tim walz night at the democratic convention, and it has been a remarkable series of very big names giving very different speeches. notably oprah winfrey giving a heartfelt perfectly delivered speech. a real show of force from republicans for harris including olivia troye and geoff duncan, the former lieutenant governor

of georgia. he was lieutenant governor in georgia as a republican until last year. also some very, i think effective and emotional material put forth in both video form and front of the stage about january 6th including bennie thompson, the chairman of the january 6th investigation in congress, a capitol police sarge want who retired after being grievously injured that day, and some video including footage that i believe had never been seen before on what exactly transpired opthat day. end wg the stark words if donald trump is re-elected, he will never be accountable for what he did that day. it's been just a remarkable night. >> it's been striking -- alex was pointing this out of the unity and the outreach, big tent, trying to build a progressive majority, you're invited in. and we came to this moment in such a strange way. the democratic party did not have a primary.

it didn't -- you know, they had this crazy speed run and it had three weeks of the most anguished, internal, fractious debates i've ever covered in my career that led to this moment of unity. underneath that, people say that unity is kind of faith, there is with the notable exception of israel and gaza, which is an incredibly fractious and polarizing issue, which is unresolved. on the issue of democratic domestic policy, there just aren't enormous factual fightess happening. walz sort of -- he was the one named joe manchin and aoc came out and said i love tim walz. there's no enormous tectonic factional battle on domestic policy. there's a huge battle on gaza and folks representing the palestinian committee will be able to speak on the stage,

which the dnc has said no. that is sort of the exception to the rule on what has been on other areas of philosophy and governing. >> the fractious internal debate in terms of whether president biden will stay atop the ticket, obviously that fractiousness is real. the decision when he said he wouldn't stand for re-election, seen as something like 90% of the americans as the right thing to have done and will go down as one of the most patriotic acts by a sitting president since the founding of the republic. to have such a speech and consternation and such a where do we go from here instant feeling and coalescing in the ticket, it's not just whiplash. it does feel like historic, and i'm not sure we'll ever see anything like it in our

lifetimes. >> if you say coalescence, rachel, what's so striking is that the reality has been better than any script. there was scripting and fan fiction and op-eds about theories and shadow conventions -- >> fake speed run primary. >> people are writing op-eds about primaries as if the states don't control that and http://finished the primary process, right? but the reality has been even better than that. and hakeem jeffries was talking about spinning the block and breaking up with donald trump, but we've also seen to great effect -- >> bro, we broke up with you for a reason. >> yes, we broke up with you for a reason. but in a different sense not a cutharktic break up but moving on. that's what we've seen this week with biden to harris. seeing these people in the room give their tribute to joe biden but also settle on the new person, it's sort of like

there's a difference between saying i'm over it and falling on a new person. >> they didn't settle on a new person. she packed two massive arenas 90 minutes away from each other and raised $100 million over in the past four weeks. >> there's one tape i want to play, which is moment we discussed it earlier where gus walz, the son of tim walz.

>> regressive and misogynist way possible, j.d. vance lecturing on what a family means, what a means to be a man. to see tim walz out there as a man who is just joyfully embracing his role as the potential vice president to the woman, the nation's first female president is an extraordinary thing, but also to see his son weeping for his father in a deeply tender and emotional way. and then the last thing i'll say because i think this hasn't been

talked about enough, to see democrats champion men on voices of reproductive choice as you saw yesterday i believe from amanda's husband to tonight to tim walz struggling with infertility. it takes a partner to get to this moment. it is i think way overdue to have men express not only sort of their stake in all this but also their anguish. and to have a football coach talk about the anguish of infertility i think opens up a whole new conversation about the stakes at hand. >> i by the way, i love you're saying that because this is about modern masculinity. and in the democratic party the coach that was saying it's important for him as the football coach to be the faculty, you know, partner for

the lgbtq -- >> gay straight alliance. >> the gay straight alliance. he's like that's important for me to do. because if the coach is doing it's going to have more salience and help kids not get bullied. what has been fascinating is to watch the men of the democratic party model a kind of masculinity that is simply 21st century masculinity. >> speaking of 21st century masculinity, we've got senator cory booker. the 21st century man himself, senator booker, tonight was your night chairing the events. we're talking about this kind of redefinition of masculinity in the wake of a republican national convention that offered a very reductive view to the country. >> there's a deep decency and kindness about him. i said this to somebody, it actually is the perfect hand-off

because the joe biden i got to know during the 2020 presidential campaigns. i always say when someone is nice to you but not nice to waiter, they're not a good person. they are nice to the waiters. they have this love in them that you can feel before you hear. i wish america could have seen when he came backstage and was just embraced by all the football guys hanging out there. it was just a love huddle, like the former football player, they love huddled back there. the genuineness of their connection. a bunch of guys huddled up in a love huddle, and i'm telling you that's what we need in america. we have got to turn the page on the meanness, the viciousness, the put downs, to have a president that will go after you if you're even in his own party, the way he talked about, you know, my friend chris christie's

weight. the way he talked about nikki haley's heritage, desantis' height. come on, do you expect that from the president of the united states of america? no. donald trump is indiscriminate in his viciousness. we need kindness again. we need joy again. we need pragmatic policymaking again. >> and by the way one of the lines and i think probably the long line from the speech tim walz gave tonight was we've got something better to offer the american people. it's just such a simple idea. i mean he kind of reinforced what bill clinton did in his speech, which he did lay out. i quickly fact checked it that, in fact, 97.4% of the jobs created since 1989 were created between clinton, obama and biden. donald trump had negative job creation and the two bushes only got like 3%. so they're making a case that's backed by data, but they're also making a case that's backed by

vibes. people in this, everyone felt included whether they were republican or independent. oprah winfrey got up and said, hey, guys, i'm an independent and i'm down with it. >> yes, and she also has no children. >> she said -- >> we'll rescue the cats. shout out to cats. >> i think those folks by the way, a purr-fect. >> see what you did there? >> i am telling you right now america has a clear choice, and i'm really hoping they choose love, kindness, decency. and again, the best book i ever have that i won't write is all the mistakes i've made in my first year as emeritus. i finally learn how to hire. it's not your skills first. the first i look to hire is your moral compass, your shared

values, then i look to synergy for the team, then i get to your ideas and training all that. here are two people that bring a synergy and energy and bring a value system. i do not have to worry about turning on the tv and see harris or walz just demeaning, degrading, being vicious. i still remember that trauma of waking up and seeing what did donald trump tweet today? what did he say about countries overseas, calling them s-hole countries. what did he do on people kind of both sides of the aisle? what did he tell people with health issues to inject bleach. every day it's something different. i miss barack, i miss obama, she should have been the last speech of the night. i love you barack, but she should have been the last speech

of the night. it just reminded you of those days where we did not have every single day have this outrageousness. >> and the exhaustion from the outrage. >> people are over it, he said i don't know about you all, but i'm ready to turn the page. hakeem jeffries laying out we've broken up and it's over. people are like maybe that works in new jersey but not out in the country. maybe they just run out of patience for the other thing. >> the thing i remembered of the trump years is having high level military leaders. remember trump's secretary of defense is out there. the military people know things that leaders eat last, they put everybody else first. the leader is the last person out of danger. there is an honor and a sacrifice from leaders that you

expect, not people all about me. the best leaders i know in the military build great teams and support them. and so there is a lesson in leadership. it's not just about kindness but what it takes to create an organization. we are one nation with one destiny. who is best of these candidates to create that beloved community, to create a team america sense again? is it donald trump, or is it coach walz and kamala harris? that's what i want back in the white house. >> senator booker, it's rachel maddow. can you hear me? you have an ifb, can you hear me senator booker? >> i hear you loud and clear. >> i have a football question for you. we go all the way back to your football days, and as a football player and as somebody who, i think, is actually very subtle

and skilled in talking about not just gender and masculinity and about hetero normativety all these other politicians don't want to go near, you've been very brave and strong about it. as someone who lived part of your life that way, when they find out you've been a varsity football player at stanford, it means something to a lot of people who otherwise know you as a politician. what do you think it meant to the competition to see those football players in their jerseys, his team to come out and stage and support coach walz? >> all of us playing ball we've all had amazing coaches we would literally run through walls for, and wave had bad coaches. that's why i said earlier when i saw he came backstage, no cameras, the realness of the connection he had to his players, the love that they had for him reminded me of my great

coaches. and let me tell you something about football that we often -- it's inadequate and probably in many ways way too far, but we often compare sports bleeding together, sweating together, fighting together. we often make military legions, when you get driven to the point of sheer exhaustion, having to get back to the line and go again, it strips a lot of you away, and you get to see what guys are really about, and it creates an intimacy on that field and a love and bond that can't be fake. this is why as a football player i want a coach that knows that, that lives that, that is that in the white house as part of that team. when i heard that he was a coach and a kind of a coach that said i'm going to use my footballness

to also embrace the lgbtq community. i'm going to use my footballness to talk about issues for too long and too far have been in the shadows like ivf. i'm going to use that masculinity that is a privilege in this society to shine a light on the people left off. this is a kind of guy we all know, the kind of guy we love follow. when he gets up there and starts talking about issues like the fact we as a nation had not done any of the research on things like menopause or have a terrible problem with things like maternal mortality, a guy like that leaking people in the eye and say we have a real problem still with black women dying in childbirth because we don't listen to them and about their pain, this could be an epic leader going out of what

people would put in his brand or cast, but someone who can truly talk to all of america. >> senator booker, always a privilege to talk to you under any circumstances anywhere but particularly tonight because you had such a long night on stage. thank you. >> our coverage of the democratic national convention continues on it night tim walz accepted the democratic nomination for vice president and the minnesota delegation partied on apparently indefinitely. stay with us here on msnbc. >> thank you, first of all, to vice president harris. thanks for putting your trust in me and for inviting me to be part of this incredible campaign. and a thank you to president joe biden for a strong, historic leadership.

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