i go to work five days a week. as soon as i get off work, we're here for football. >> are you going to vote? >> absolutely. >> how are you feeling? >> we're going to have the first black female president here real soon. >> reporter: mary jo introduced us to her fellow team moms. >> they are taking the right to vote seriously. it doesn't matter about the party. we need some jobs here. >> we drove around the city today. i think they knocked down over ten buildings today. >> it felt like a new beginning. >> definitely. >> reporter: hope and new beginnings in a small city that could make a big difference come election day. >> good work, guys. >> jacob soboroff reporting for us from pennsylvania. that's going to do it for me today. "deadline: white house" starts right now.

hi, everyone. it's 4:00 here in new york. and in the words of vice presidential nominee coach walz, it's the fourth quarter and we're driving down the field because in just over twov hours, right there in chicago, the final night of the democratic national convention kicks off with another power house line up. michigan governor whitmer, roy cooper, mark kelly and his wife former congresswoman gabrielle giffords, senator elizabeth warren, who will be joining us later this hour, former republican congressman and january 6th select committee member adam kinzinger, performances by pink and the chicks. and the main event, vice president kamala harris, who will formally accept the party's nomination for president later tonight. it comes on the heels of last night's reminder of the democratic party's deep and gifted political bench. secretary pete buttigieg, governor josh schapiro, governor moore all gave speeches on how

to celebrate the political phenomenon that is kamala harris and tim walz the than with the cultural touchstone that is one oprah whin free, who took us to church as only oprah can. >> this election isn't about us and them. it's about you and me. and what we want our futures to look like. there are choices to be made when we cast our ballot. now there's a certain candidate says we go to the polls this one time that we'll never have to do it again. you know what? you're looking at a registered independent who's proud to vote again and again and again because i'm an american and that's what americans do. >> just as we saw with the obamas, the electricity on that stage transcended politics and sought to appeal toward deet

sit, the shared humanity, and yes, our joy, whether it was a neighbor talking about how governor walz pushed him out of a snow bank or the football team he helped coach to a state championship. governor walz's family and his son overcome when his dad took the stage. nothing blew the roof off quite like coach walz himself and the pep talk that the splintered nation knew how desperately it needed. >> 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 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. kamala harris is ready. our job, 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 will 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 the 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! >> thank you. god bless. >> some of our favorite reporters and friends are out in chicago. former mayor and senior adviser to the harris/walz campaign keisha lance bottoms is here with us. plus former senator claire

mccaskill is back. and yamiche alcindor will join us in a few minutes. claire, i start with you. as mom, i will confess my ugly tears when hope and gus were overcome with emotion seeing their very normal dad out on that biggest stage in american politics. >> yeah, this week has been, for me, like laughing and crying. it's like how can you not tear up watching gus and his love just spew forth. by the way, can i mention something. the democratic party has taken over both freedom and football. who would have thank you that our party would steal so effectively freedom and football are from the republicans? i love it.

i love freedom, and as you know, i'm a ridiculous football fan. >> it's pretty amazing that we're at this place where that's not even a debate. with the harris/walz campaign has accomplished in such a short time that they both have been on the ticket is really nothing short of communications mastery. the vice president has seized the mantle of freedom with the the small assist from beyonce. the idea that when we fight, we win, and the really amazing nine-year effort of how to tackle donald trump has been solved in five weeks. shrink him down to size and treat him like you would any bully. >> it's like it's been divine timing. it has all come together perfectly. the important thing is when we

need that noemt momentum. we have to keep it going. it's great that we're excited that we're in this arena and this city that's just full of energy, but now we have to take it back to our communities. it's not over until it's over, but boy is this a great way to kick off the rest of the campaign season. >> claire, i want to play a little bit more of what i think is sort of a convention's hardest effort, and that is to sustain the energy or maybe the better way to put it to convert the energy and the production value, pink is doing a walk-through behind you, to convert that to political activity, which is far more mundane than being in the pulsing four-day party. let me play you some of what walz asked everyone there to do. >> 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. and even if we wouldn't make those same choices for ourselves, we've got a golden rule. mind your own damn business. take donald trump and jd 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 know nothing about this. but look, i coached high school football long enough to know and trust me on this, when somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they are going to use it.

>> here's the thing. it's an agenda nobody asked for. is it weird? absolutely. but it's also wrong. and it's dangerous. >> 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 trying to get to 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. >> every night there's been at least -- michelle obama did it on tuesday night as did former president obama, but last night

was the vice presidential nominee himself, who said here's what you're going to clip and share. i feel like this is the first convention really produced for that purpose as well as for the sort of sustained attention of everyone in the room and all of our viewers. >> yeah, and i do think it's going ton really important for people who leave this auditorium, go home and hang out in red places for a few days to get the sugar high out of your system and realize we have work to do. i think it's important for people to know. when you sign up to volunteer, nobody is going to make you volunteer to do anything yo're not comfortable with. they will be able to utilize you in a way that you are comfortable, even if it's just finding ten people to register to vote. this is far from over. and people need to realize that. it's really important that

people don't go from here thinking we've got this. it's all done. and by the way while i'm talking about it, when he rang out those policy points, i don't want to hear another word from republicans saying we don't have the details of the policy. donald trump said what, i think in 2016 he'd have his health care plan in two weeks. we have never seen a health care plan from donald trump. so this idea that somehow donald trump presents policy, no. he's never presented policy in his entire career. it's about him and grievance, period. so stop yammering about having the details of policy. >> they need something to say, claire. i even think they believe it. they rolled out infrastructure week every week for four years. there's no there there. we have been joined by yamiche alcindor, who has been covering the campaign for us. pink is doing a walk-through behind. i have seen pink in convert. she's incredibly acrobatic. there will not be any of that,

but she's magnificent. can we listen in for a second? >> yeah, she's right on stage. >> we'll let them do their rehearsal. tell me what you know about what vice president harris is working on in terms of her speech tonight. >> i want to first also tell the you i'm on the convention floor. i'm standing in california. i want to just turn around and show you this is a sprawling section. on my right, it's on my left. this is the delegation's night. vice president harris is going to be on the stage where pink is now. she's going to be delivering the biggest political speech of her lifetime. i have been talking to multiple sources. she's been really preparing meticulously, going to the university for trips to debate prep and speech prep. she's trying to do three big

things. the first is introduce herself to america by talking about her personal background, talking about her middle class upbringing, talking about her mom. she's going to talk about her professional background to take cases she took on. then she's going to be want ing to contrast her vision for america with a vision of former president trump saying that he's wrong for america. and she's going to be saying that her vision is rooted in patriotism and wants to be a president for all of americans. her team is cognizant of the fact she's a history-making candidate here. the first black woman on top of a major ticket. she's going to be talking about that, but she's also going to be making clear she's qualified to be here. that's not because of her race or gender. she's talking about her accomplishments, and a big part of the speech will be about praising president biden. she feels very grateful to him. there's a real love there, i'm told. she's going to be talking about how his legacy will be living on and how legacy will be growing because she's going to be

talking about her policy stances and what a harris administration would look like. >> let me play a little bit more of what oprah said. she laid the foundation for some of this as well. definitely reaching beyond the folks in the room to what's been a large tv audience all week. >> more often than not, what i witnessed and experienced are human beings both conservative and liberal, who may not agree with each other, but who would still help you in a heartbeat if you were in trouble. when a house is on fire, we don't ask about the homeowner's race or religion. we don't wonder who their partner is or how they voted. we just try to do the best we can to save them. if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well,

we try to get that cat out too. so i'm calling on all you independents and all you undecideds, you know this is true. decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024. >> this is broadcasting in its most pure sense. oprah probably the best suited to do it, speaking to everybody out there. that seemed very deliberate. >> absolutely. and what was so interesting, my conversation with my 22-year-old son who has not had a lot of nice things to say about

politics as of late, he said, mom, barack obama sounded like an independent. we need to hear more talk like that. it's not like when we grew up. our parent's politics were often our politics. young people especially are very independent in their thinking about politics. so i was excited to hear that even he's now interested. i think that speaks to so many young people. then with oprah winfrey, it doesn't get much bigger than ms. o. to have her speak directly to independents and so many people who admire and respect her is just what we need. we have had it all week. and so there's been someone on that stage for everyone. no matter what your politics are, no matter what your feelings are about this election cycle, someone on that stage has spoken to you. >> that seems very deliberate as well.

the speeches featuring senator murphy and a member of law enforcement talking about border control, border safety, border security, and kamala harris' efforts as part of the biden administration to solve that, trump's role in politicizing it, olivia troy gave a very powerful speech. there's been a republican every night. adam kinzinger speaks on the final night. this really is the projection of a coalition movement. >> that's what they are really, really wanting to underscore here. i have been talking to both convention sources and campaign source ps. they tell me this night apart from being a big night for vice president harris, it's going to be about national security. adam kinzinger, a former republican congressman, but also someone who is a veteran is going to be speaking tonight. so will leon panetta, the former cia director. there's a real emphasis on america's place in the world,

maintaining america's place in the national stage, and also supporting the military, supporting veterans, saying this is a national security issue to not have former president trump come back in office. i have also been talking to people about how vice president harris sees this moment. she really sees this as important to lay out policy and to lay out the things she's going to do, but she also sees this as a moment for people to say, we are the decent people here. you can elect us, even if you're a republican and don't want to become a democrat, you can trust we're going to be decent people. we're going to be joyful people. we're going to make sure all americans are impacted and really supported here. part of that is going to be her talking about the fact that america is great when the middle school is great. and leaning on the fact that she know what is it means to struggle as someone who worked at mcdonald's and had a mother who saved up to buy her first home. she's saying by vision for america, it's authentically about the fact they know what it's like to struggle and be an everyday american. and she's going to say former president trump doesn't know

that. he doesn't know how to relate to everyday americans. people who might be on the fence. >> yamiche alcindor, thank you for making some time and sharing your reporting with us. when we come back, we'll have more from the democratic national convention on tonight's main event, the vice president's acceptance speech. plus democrats maybe happy warriors, but the fight over the future of the country wages on. january 6th took center stage last night, and those who continue to fight for democracy are expected to speak and address the hall and the nation tonight as well. all those stories and more when "deadline: white house" continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. a quick break. don't go anywhere. you didn't live this strong, this long to get put on the shelf like a porcelain doll. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and are at high risk for fracture, you can build new bone with evenity®. ask your doctor if you can do more than just slowing down bone loss with evenity®.

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i don't know about you, but i'm ready to turn the page on these guys. so go ahead. say it with me. we're not going back. >> we're not going back. >> we won't go back. we won't be set back, pushed back, bullied back, kicked back, we're not going back. not going back. we're not going back. so let us choose. let us choose truth, let us choose honor, and let us choose joy.

>> we're back with former mayor keisha lance bottoms. claire, if you told me that we could sort of -- i know it's not as simple as this, but we can will trump away in part with joy, i would have told you to hand over whatever it is you're drinking or smoking. but this is now been operational liezed and deployed as -- i think it started organically. the not going back wasn't any of the strategists' chose message, but it started organically. but this is what people have responded to her with and this is what seems to be moving her in the right direction. >> she has captured the change mantra.

even though she's part of the current administration, she is different. she's not donald trump. she's not what we had before. if so she's also captured hope. if you might remember, that is an echo of 2008. hope and change. and i have always said that the positive, lightness, laughter, joy is always more powerful with americans. than darkness and gloom. i don't think you win a second term in america by convincing america that we suck. i just don't think that happens. and that is also shrinking him. his old tired stuff of convincing everyone that america is terrible. i don't think that's a positive winning message. i think this campaign has figured that out. >> let me ask you about georgia.

you know is better than anyone. lieutenant governor jeff duncan seemed very well received, gave a rousing speech speaking to how broad this coalition is that's been really directly activated by the harris/walzment campaign. how does georgia feel to you? what do you think it takes to keep that in the democratic column? >> we're moving in the right direction. i am so happy that lieutenant governor duncan is speaking up. i was very happy to see that governor kemp, the secretary of state and even the attorney general have pushed back on the new changes from the georgia elections board. they are still attempting to look back at 2020, which is absolutely insane as we enter the 2024 election. and also trying to put additional moves in place to make it more difficult to certify elections. we need more courageous people,

courageous republicans to speak up. even if you aren't comfortable doing it on a platform like lieutenant governor duncan did, go and do it in the voting booth. this really is about us moving forward as a country and for us to continue spending time on this big lie that the 2020 election was stolen is not productive. and what i do know about the state of georgia, we rank number five in doing business in the country. so great elections, fair elections are good for business in our state. and i think republican leaders across the country should pay attention to that. >> let me show you more of what oprah had to say about trump really without saying his name. >> the work is not done.

the work will never be done because freedom isn't free. america is an ongoing project. it requires commitment. it requires being open to the hard work and the heart work of democracy. and every now and then, it requires standing up to life's bullies. we know all the old tricks and tropes that are designed to distract us from what actually matters. but we are beyond ridiculous tweets and lies and foolery. these are complicated times, people. they require adult conversations. >> this was a really deft effort at shrinking trump. basically, his message could be boiled down to making ridiculous tweets, and she just said we're beyond that. it's time for the grown ups to

take back the steering wheel. >> not only were you shrinking him, we're making him 12 years old. we're maing him into a person who is not serious, not substantial. it's not been real substantiative stuff. and by the way, the lieutenant governor from georgia, the line that i'm going to use is voting for kamala harris doesn't mean you're a democrat. it means you're a patriot. that is so -- that really sums it up. contrasting with the republican convention where they made no effort to reach out to anyone other than their base, and this convention where oprah, the independents, the obamas, and by the way, the bamas and oprah never said his name but kept pointing out that this was not about being a democrat or a

republican. what your ideology is, this is about america and our values. it's been very effective. on the persuasion piece, i think they have made some ground this week. >> i have that line. i love it too. here it is. >> my journey started to this podium years ago when i realized donald trump was willing to lie, cheat, and steal to try to overturn the 2020 election. i i realized trump was a direct threat to democracy, and his actions disqualified him from ever, ever, ever stepping foot into the oval office again. let me be clear to my republican friends at home watching. if you vote for kamala harris in 2024, you're not a democrat. you're a patriot. >> claire, one of the loudest applauses of the evening.

>> yeah, it's a powerful, powerful line. and i i think that's where we won't go back came from. it came from a unifying feeling that what we all have to do, and this is why we were so convulsed by what happened to the president, to joe biden. it wasn't about joe biden. it was about making sure that we don't go back. and that's the emotion that's driving this campaign. now the whip cream and cherry on top is that kamala harris and tim walz are a terrific pair of candidates that are doing a great job communicating that. and lifting us. it really is everyone who is so bent on making sure that donald trump neversteps behind the resolute desk again. >> pfr we let you go, any surprises you can tell us about? >> i have heard of some. i'm hoping there will be a really big surprise.

i can't confirm it, but like everyone else, we are hoping that beyonce makes an appearance tonight. >> wow. in person in the hall? >> i have nothing to go on other than what everyone else is hoping for tonight. in addition to seeing the vice president and just an historic moment. those are the whispers around here that beyonce may show up. i guess we'll all see. >> we will all see. thank you so much for staring us off today. claire sticks around. after the break, the harrow ing events of january 6th putting them into focus and putting the focus for democracy and the fight for democracy front and center of this democratic national convention. congressman crow is next on that. nvention congressman crow is next on that

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but let us not forget who saved democracy that day. we did. >> a warning there from former house speaker nancy pelosi, who helped save democracy from donald trump's onslaught on january 6th by insisting the election results be certified that day. that our democracy is only as strong as the leaders we elect to defend it. we'll hear from more house members who were there on january 6th. jason crow, who helped keep his colleagues safe while the attacken was ongoing from the disgraced ex-president's supporters. and adam kinzinger who bucked his own party to participate in the select committee and who helped to create an irrefutable public record of donald trump's efforts to cling to power by any means necessary that may have been the impetus for the department of justice to act. joining our conversation, congressman jason crow of

colorado. let me show you some of this incredibly well-produced video that was put together just to bring people back in time to that day of january 6th. >> we're going to walk down to the capitol. because you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength and you have to be strong. >> hold the line! hold the line! >> we have a breach of the capitol. >> we can't hold this. look at this vantage point. >> we're trying to hold the upper deck. >> house members to the tunnel. >> we need to move now. >> if we lose anymore, we may lose the ability to leave.

we need to go now. >> we lost the line. we have lost the line. all fall back. >> officers still remaining on the house floor so we can secure the members on the other side. copy. >> get him up. >> they were peaceful people. these were great people. the crowd was unbelievable. and i mentioned the word love. the love in the air, i have never seen anything like it. >> congressman, in a presidency sort of overflowing with disgrace and norm busting, the effort to distort the reality of what that day was like for the who protected every democrat and every republican in the building

is up there. how important is it to have this in the record as part of the conversation this week? >> well, that footage really brings it back, doesn't it? it still shocks me right now. just reliving that and seeing that. i was an army ranger. i did three cobat tours in iraq and afghanistan, and i never in a million years thought i would be a member of congress trapped in the house gallery while members of the capitol police were fighting to hold the line and to protect us and to protect our democracy. it just shows the danger, the true deep danger that donald trump poses. to this day, as you pointed out, he wants to pardon those folks. he calls them patriots. it is sick. it is unacceptable. we cannot allow it to happen. >> what do you make of the effort to take him on by first shrinking him and reducing him?

this video was really the first major presentation of this evidence of his what are now alleged crimes on that day. he's been charged with six crimes by the department of justice. and it is true that if he's elected, he will never stand trial for those alleged crimes. >> i view it a little differently. we're not the ones shrinking donald trump. we're not the ones minimizing donald trump. donald trump is the one shrinking and minimizing himself. he makes himself small by his behavior, but his lack of understanding of service and leadership and compassion. he does that. we're simply the ones just pointing it out. >> it's an excellent point. s there's nothing that has to be done to donald trump to reduce him to sort of the foolishness and pettiness that oozes from him. there's something remarkable.

i have sat through every night of both conventions, but the idea that there's clearly more -- they have so much to work with this week. so many elected officials, so many activists, so many important voices to get in. i was once in the republican party. i didn't recognize anybody in the the line up. there were no former presidents. none of donald trump east own former cabinet was there. i think only one of them is endorsing him. none of the national security voices in particular, no former national security official who saw him in any of those briefings or sat with him was there to vouch for him as a commander-in-chief. how much of an indictment is that in your view? >> what i think it is, it's a reflection of two things happening. the same time as the republican party, which has become the party of trump, not the republican party from 20 or 30

years ago, but the party of trump has sluk themselves. it has pushed out so many people. it's become so insular, that at the same time as that has happened, the democratic party has broadened its tent. we have welcomed people. we accept everybody. under the roof of this center here, this is america. the diversity of thought, of opinion, of background, of experiences, we don't always agree. there's plenty of disagreement here, but we welcome that disagreement. we are confident enough to lead and be mature and have tough conversations and to be the adults in the room. it's two very different things going on. >> kamala harris has garnered the support of so many republicans and elevated them to speaking roles in this convention. folks who speak directly to what you're talking about. michael cohen is there.

olivia troy spoke about being a national security official for mike pence, but being proud to support kamala harris. jeff duncan spoke yesterday. after losing the election and trying to overturn it. what do people need to hear from the vice president herself tonight about how she has earned all of this broad base of support? >> i think the key point here, given what you just described, is that we are willing to step up and lead. in a serious, fact-based way. this country faces a lot of challenges. the world faces a lot of challenges. this is a time for adults in the room, this is a time for leadership. and guess what, nobody has a monopoly on being right all the time. but if you on basic facts, if you have basic values and principles, if you're willing to work with people collaboratively

in good faith, there's room for you here. and there's room for you in this governing coalition that we are trying to put together. democrats, republicans, unaffiliates, it's time to come together, find that common ground, just like i did with those men i served with in iraq and afghanistan. we disagreed. we came from different bd backgrounds, but we did great things because that's what americans do. that's what we're talking about this week. >> jason crow, thank you for finding time to talk to us today. we're grateful. >> thank you. after the break, kamala harris celebrating something else today. on the biggest night of her political career. that's next. gest night of her political career that's next. hey, everybody.

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on this the biggest night of her political career so far, the night kamala harris officially accepts her party's nomination, she is celebrating something else as well. her ten-year wedding anniversary with doug emhoff. take a look at the very sweet video the second gentleman posted on twitter. >> we did go on in a first date. we were talking about our

future. and the next morning, i'm sending an e-mail. here's my availabilities for the next six months. and ten years later, here we are. ♪♪ it takes a lot of confidence to showcase the love for your spouse. for your dad. for your supporters. supporters for the other party. it's not just about joy and love, it's about the political party with another confidence to be vulnerable and showcase these things. >> yeah. kamala calls him dougie. and dougie and kamala have an extraordinary relationship and a beautiful blended family.

and really, when you think about it -- and i think this is a fair assessment, nicole. doug emhoff's ex-wife has shown more support for him than melania has shown donald trump, her current husband. i mean, have we ever seen a moment even coming close to the vulnerability that love represents that we've seen in tim walz's family and in kamala harris' family? it is another stark, stark contrast. >> it's clear that there's sort of an awakening. you know, i listened to a lot of, we can do hard things. i read a lot of brenee brown. and politics of brute force and politics of redestruction. we had president, a cyber bully,

somebody that did things on social media, that anybody would be expelled for. expelled for targeting and bullying and singled out. a lot of election officials have been s.w.a.t.'d. a lot of officials of state have been s.w.a.t.'d, when a threat is called to your home and law enforcement shows up. a lot of the lawyers and prosecutes that have been docksed. the violence and the hatred and the targeting and the meanness of the trump era is unprecedented in american politics. and the harris/walz response is toughness. also, to make joy and love part of the conversation again. it is audacious. >> it's ugly. it is ugly. the norm-busting is not just

interesting, it's dangerous. you know, the one thing that came out of it, people watched as donald trump said things that he shouldn't say, did things he shouldn't do. there was a recognition that some americans saw the authenticity as attractive. and it taught democrats that you don't have to talk in talking points. you don't have to, like, have a $20 word when a nickel word will work. you can speak plainly and simply. you can have self-deprecating humor like doug emhoff had in his speech. you can laugh and have people laugh with you and show your vulnerabilities. gus walz is a really good example of that. that family celebrates gus. they love gus desperately. they want the world to see it.

meanwhile, donald trump doesn't want to appear on the stage with wounded warriors because he doesn't like the way they look and the way they act. yes. i think we've learned to be more open but in a positive, uplifting way, instead of the ugliest side of human nature. and that's what they do. >> i cannot watch these kids and their love for their dad without starting to cry. when you're a parent, you pray that your kids will love you that much. you don't dare to dream they would do it publicly like this. it's so gorgeous. i want to ask you about kamala harris' speech tonight. she's so exceeded everyone's expectations, including in the democratic party. what are your expectations, knowing her for what this speech will do tonight? >> i think she will resist the temptation to do too much. i think there will be a lot of advisers and frankly, advisers i know, that maybe want her to make sure that she convinced

everyone that she is tuff enough and strong enough and experienced enough. i think she will spend some time on her qualifications. and they are many. and they are varied and they are deep. i think she knows the most important thing tonight -- and knowing her, i think she will work on making sure america is comfortable with her. they will not object to her being in their living room for four years. she is strong enough and has the right values. i think that's what she's going to focus on tonight. i have a lot of confidence in her ability to pull it off. >> claire, it's such a loss for missouri, that you are not in the senate. but such a win for us. and i think that we have been on this journey together for so many years covering all of it. and to have you carve out this big chunk of time, basically, be our honorary co-anchor from there inside the hall all week long, i want to thank you. >> are you kidding?

>> no. >> are you kidding? >> no. it's amazing. >> i love this. i hope everybody can tell how much i love it. to be here and have this opportunity to hang out with you guys, and talk about this country i love and this party i'm very proud of, it's heaven. >> it's great to have such a dynamic story to talk about. everything that's happening behind you, that's where the story is. and thank you for being our eyes and ears in the room. you have been on for every musical rehearal this week. you're never losing your game face, i applaud you. thank you, my friend. >> you bet. when we come back, we'll be back on the floor of the democratic national convention with the one and only jacob soboroff. you don't want to miss that, ever. then one day, she did. you were made to chase your passions.

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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 family down the road, they may not think like you do. they may not pray like you do. they play not love like you do. but they are your neighbors. and you look out for them and they look out for you. >> hi, again, everybody. it's 5:00 in new york. it's 4:00, where all of the action is, in the great city of chicago on this, the fourth and final night of the democratic national convention. for three nights, we have seen a convention jam-packed with the all-stars of the democratic party. some republicans and a whole lot of enthusiasm that seems

improbable, maybe, five weeks ago. messages of love, inclusion, as we just heard from vice presidential nominee, tim walz, woven throughout the speeches all week long. the tent is big enough for everyone and showcasing republicans to prove it. last night, there were republicans, independents and of course, a star-studded lineup of democrats, speaking about a return to decency and american politics to be honored, not dismantled and threatened. as opposed to the republican party, that is running on a platform centered around one guy that plans to turn our country into an autocracy on day one, in his own words. >> donald trump is like an old boyfriend. who you broke up with, but he

just won't go away. he has spent the last four ye s spinning the block, trying to get back into a relationship with the american people. bro, we broke up with you for a reason. donald trump can spin the block all he wants. but there's no reason for us to ever get back together. been there, done that, we're not going back. >> a great speech. one of the biggest stars, saying a lot, considering all of the folks who spoke and that there was a former president on the stage, the last night star speaker was tim also.

he spoke of his past accomplishments and set up the moment for his running mate, vice president kamala harris. harris will accept the party's nomination for president, and a speech that concludes the week's events. nbc news reports that her speech will have three, key objectives to share her story and her record with the american people. to contrast the optimistic vision for the future, with trump's dark project 2025 agenda. and to root her vision in the deep and abiding sense of patriotism. there's a lot riding on today's address. nothing quites as much as conference as what a nominee says in the spotlight. donald trump had three good nights with a rambling, unfocused, 90-minute speech that ran counter to others to remake his image in the eyes of voters. an opportunity for her tonight. that's where we start, with

political correspondent jacob soboroff on the convention floor for us. i loved your reporting last night. i loved the note about governor walz's family members, not being sure what we do up there. the reporting encapsulates, i think part of how they captured the country's attention. and a lot of the country's heart. they are sort of as fresh to this as any one of us would be. >> nicole, thank you. it was a remarkable vantage. i want to introduce my friends in a second. a remarkable vantage point to experience governor walz's speech. to see his family up close. down at the corner of the stage, and a large contingent of the family, and some cousins, we were like this. like my friends of the south carolina delegation, i don't know what to do with my hands.

am i supposed to wave? one is wearing flip-flops. remarkably normal is how i would describe it. as i hold you the other day, having a mom from minnesota, the other stuff they were talk about, is the state fair in minnesota. it starts this weekend. we're excited to go to the state fair. it's a group of people that you heard over and over, could be your neighbors, your friends, your colleagues, your classmates. tonight, we turn the page to vice president kamala harris, who could be the first woman of color to be president of the united states. somebody just handed me a friendship bracelet that says madame president. and the south carolina delegate. all leaders in south carolina. >> i'm state representative john king, that represents the rock hill and york area of the state. >> and annie e. mcdaniel.

>> state represent, richmond county and current share of the legislative black caucus. >> you moore house. what is it like to have vice president kamala harris, to be the first woman and hbcu glad? >> it's an exciting time for hbcu. and kamala harris, a graduate of howard university. it shows that we can be the president of the united states. we're excited and this is an exciting moment for us. we're members of the divine nine. it's an exciting time for members of the divine nine. >> we were talking about what it was like to see the walz family up there. what was your reaction to seeing them last night? what are you hoping to see tonight? >> i am hoping to see our vice president and be as fired up as her vice presidential nominee is

for the upcoming year. we know she's going to win. we need everybody to be fired up and turn up the vote. >> you've been dancing all week, right? >> a lot of energy. we're ready to crown our next madame president. >> you said it, madame president is what the bracelet says. i'm probably not supposed to keep these things. you pass it on to anyone you want. nicole, it's great vibes. should we take a walk? >> of course. >> nice to meet you guys. >> jacob, i'm wondering. ask folks how they plan to take what's happened this week and bottle it up and take it back home to their communities and turn it into what governor walz asked them to turn it into. activism, voting turnout. >> what's your name? >> mo. >> jacob, nice to meet you. >> are you a kel delegate? >> i am. from houston, the best city in the world. >> last night, we heard governor

walz say, we want to see action. michelle obama said, you can remember, do something, right? the message has changed when former president trump and hillary clinton were running. what does that mean to you? >> i'm a precinct chair. to me, that's knock doors. get yard signs out there. get people to the polls. that's what it means to me. it means talking to people and explaining to them the harris/walz message and make sure we're out there, november 5th, costing the ballots. >> if there's a spirit that you could bottle up and take away from here, what would that be to you? >> get off the couch and do something. go vote. make your voices heard. you're going to complain if you don't get the change you want to see. >> that's not something you have to think twice about? >> no. not at all. >> give our regards to houston, texas.

>> i will. >> one other thing i want to say. i was thinking about it earlier today, on my way in here, one thing that chris hayes said last night. he was talking about project 2025 when kenan thompson was on the stage. there's a message of do something. there's a message of what lies beneath all of this. terms and conditions is the analogy that kenan used when he was talking to people across the country about what is at stake. there's enthusiasm and excitement here. and there's acknowledgment about what the trump campaign and people associated with it, despite the repeated denials, are ultimately gunning for here, whether it's immigration or education or reproductive rights. that's driving on the floor. i hear that amidst all of the excitement of everybody here. >> what, jacob, is the -- what

do people take as the special sauce? what is the thing they think they will take home? what is the value of being in the room and going home? do they feel like they got the playbook from the obamas and from these great governors? do they understand the path to victory? do we feel like we witnessed with our own eyes, the beautiful handoff from president biden to his faithful number two? what do you sense people feel? it has a different feeling. it has a different feeling from the republican convention, that was well-executed but didn't seem to surprise. what do people feel like they're getting by being in the room? people are there from gavel to close. you were there with the minnesota delegation. >> i was ready to go home. it was a party in the minnesota delegation last night. i'll take it back one step further.

you said biden to harris. i'll say obama to biden to harris. it's impossible not to think about being here, not just in the united center, the home of the chicago bulls and the home of barack obama and michelle obama. where is the illinois delegation? let's get there. hi, how are you? >> i'm fantastic. how are you doing? i'm star-struck. >> stop it. >> i love her. >> are you going to bottle this up? nicole and i talk about it, are you going to bottle up the energy and take it home and do something? and what are you going to go do? >> i'm a delegate from indiana. >> wow. mayor pete, huh? >> come on. come on. mayor pete. we have to do something. we have a supermajority, we need democrats, so we can have actual bills that they're going to be talking about tonight. actually pass through in

indiana. >> they are thinking -- >> the reason is, that for hoosiers, over 5,400 hoosiers are diagnosed with breast cancer and 900 of us die. we worked on hoosier breast cancer advocates to pass bipartisan legislation. now, we need more money to go to breast cancer research. so, for kamala, i think her mom was a breast cancer researcher. >> it's a special time for you, huh? >> where can i get that hat? where can i get that hat? >> nicolle wallace wants to know where she can get a hat like that. >> i decorated it myself. >> i'll give you my card. i'm going to get nicolle wallace a version of that hat. let's do it. don't forget. don't show my number on tv, though.

we're going to the delegation. >> we got to get to illinois. >> i was on a run through the park. and president obama held that amazing acceptance rally, victory celebration in 2008. and it was hard not to think about this morning while i was running through chicago, what this means for the think. it's a torch pass. from obama to biden to harris. for the illinois delegation, it means something special to them. we're almost there, guys. sorry. we're on our way to illinois. excuse us. >> let me ask you something that joe scarborough said. this is the house that the obamas built. his vice president. kamala harris was knocking doors for him in 2008. there has to be a lot of pride in this illinois delegation.

>> that's what i -- that's sort of what i'm getting to here, as well. i'm sorry for interrupting you guys. is this the illinois delegation? >> we are. >> how much pride do you have. we're live on msnbc. i'm jacob. >> i'm maya. >> how much pride do you have in this time and this moment, in the city that the obamas called home, that the torch is being passed from the obamas to the bidens and vice president harris? >> it's emotional for us, for women. to see a woman president possibly be elected. we're emotional. it will be one of the nights tonight. a lot of tears. >> bring the tissues? >> we'll be working hard to make sure this first african-american female gets in the white house. we're proud of her. it stems back to the local community and communities of color, we feel someone that understands our needs and the social immediates that happens

in communities across the united states. >> what you said is what we're talking about for the last minutes. you said working hard. i don't have to ask. governor walz said get out there and work. it's top of mind for everybody. >> everybody is going to be hear. we're going to work in wisconsin. it's close. we're going to send bus loads over to wisconsin to help over there, to turn that state blue. >> you're not going to rest in illinois and let it happen? >> we're not going to sit down and say we got it, we're going to help somebody else get it. >> my plan is to get all of the states with hispanic population. >> a critical constituency. i love doing this with you. thank you for over the last couple days. i'm looking forward to talking to you tonight. >> you've been amazing. >> thank you for being the eyes and ears and the co-anchor of the 5:00 program. jacob soboroff, thank you.

>> thanks. >> let's get to our coverage. policy adviser to president biden, former national security adviser for president obama, susan rice who worked with vice president harris in the white house. they've known each other since vice president harris was senator harris. thank you so much. we're happy to get to talk to you. tell me what people don't know about vice president harris' foreign policy chops. >> first of all, it's great to be with you and wonderful to see how much fun the delegates are having on the floor. you're keeping me from the fun. >> sorry. >> vice president harris, in fact, comes to the role of president, where she would be elected, with more national security experience, than any of the last five presidents, expect president biden. it's important to remember, not only has she served in the

senate and not only the attorney general of the largest state of the union, but she has served on the senate intelligence committee. and as vice president, sat every day with the president receiving the presidential bailey briefing. sitting at the table in the situation room, where all the most important issues are considered and decisions are made. she has really very hands on, relevant, timely experience. i know from working with her, that she has, in addition to the experience, the extraordinary judgment, that is so important in a commander in chief. >> i asked you that question. i worked for george bush. and nobody asked if his vice president had hands on national security. there's this soft bigotry, of underestimating what she has done as vice president. this president is a national security leader of the world

over and recognizes as such. but she's the last person in the room for every decision he's made. i wonder if you can speak to everything this administration has had to deal with and the on-the-job experience she's had. >> well, she's traveled the world. she's been to over 20 countries. been to asia-pacific four times. she's met with xi jingping and 150 other world leaders. she has been in the thick of things. president biden has entrusted her with some of the most important diplomacy, with respect to our partners in ukraine, with european allies. she played an important role in the recent release of hostages in that very complicated hostage release deal. she's traveled to africa and latin america. and she has been a leader in two of the cutting-edge areas of national security, space, where

she has headed the space council, a new national security domain. she's led on artificial intelligence, which is the new frontier when it comes to national security, among other things. >> other than president obama, you probably have your eyes on all of these tectonic figures in democratic politics. president and former first lady, michelle obama. president joe biden and kamala harris. tell me how you have seen the plates shift in the last five weeks. >> it's been an extraordinary 4 1/2 to 5 weeks. i was proud to serve president joe biden and kamala harris, in their white house. president biden's record and the biden/harris record, in terms of domestic accomplishments, that i was privileged to work on, has

been extraordinary. the cost of health care, $35 insulin for seniors. so many things we have been able to get done the first bipartisan gun safety legislation in 30 years. tremendous support in the pact act for our veterans. it's extraordinary to be part of that. after all of the accomplishments, and president biden will rightfully be remembered as one of the greatest presidents and one of the most accomplished presidents certainly since lyndon johnson. he made the courageous, selfless, and patriotic decision to pass the torch to his very talented vice president. and here we are, with the enormous excitement and enthusiasm that you just saw from the floor. we are fired up as president

obama had to go. it's exciting and galvanizing and i can't understate the enthusiasm. and the energy will translate to the delegates on the ground. >> there was everything fell on your desk, right? there was a baby formula crisis that y'all solved. everything happened and came across your desk. i want to ask you one last question. i'll get you out of the heat. the relationship and the closeness of kamala harris and joe biden as friends, who say i love you, on political stages, is truly an extraordinary thing to see. her loyalty to him and that long four, five-week period, was one of the things that had to happen. how often did you see that?

was that something that developed? tell us more about their closeness. we understand that the vice president will talk about her affection for president biden tonight. >> you can see it. everybody can see it with anywhere own eyes. they have developed a warmth, a trust, a closeness. an affection, as you said. and they have fun together. i got to see that on a number of occasions when i sat with them in the oval office and elsewhere. it is something quite special now. when they came to it, herbally in 2020, i don't know that they had spent a great teal of time together. now, they have. their families have gotten to know each other. they've worked in the toughest issues and they have a warmth and respect for one another.

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to my fellow republicans, you're not voting for a democrat. you're voting for democracy. you aren't betraying our party. you're standing up for our country. thank you. >> let me be clear to my republican friends at home watching. if you vote for kamala harris in 2024, you're not a democrat. you're a patriot. >> how remarkable the way

democrats have so decisively and confidently seized the banner of american patriotism with the help of republicans. you just heard from them at the democratic national convention in some prime spots, pleading with their republican friends, republican voters, to put this country over what's left of the party. and the response from democrats, to chat usa, usa. it's remarkable. the outreach to disaffected republicans, which is out in the open, culminates this evening in an address on the same night vice president harris accepts the nomination from former republican congressman and member of the january 6th select committee, adam kinzinger speaks. as far as the delegates, that was a job left to oprah winfrey. >> you know what? you're looking at a registered independent, who is proud to vote again and again because i'm

an american. and that's what americans do. voting is the best of america. i have always, since i was eligible to vote, i've always voted my values. and that is what is needed in this election, now, more than ever. i'm calling on all you independents and all you undecideds. you know this is true. you know i'm telling you the truth. that values and character matter most of all. in leadership and in life. >> joining our conversation, former campaign manager for president barack obama's 2012

re-elect, back with us, with me here at the table, former chairman of the rnc, co-host of msnbc's "the weekend," michael steele is here. plus, former rnc spokesman, tim miller. jim, values, character, patriotism. these are the brands and the buzzwords of three nights and counting of the democratic convention. it's an incredible achievement that every speech has come back to those things. this is the party that walks the walk and talks the talk on those things. >> it's amazing. you and i have never thought the democrats would be ahead on patriotism, on freedom. excuse me. the reason why you can do that is because you have a solid base. we talk about enthuiasm and why

that's important. it's important to say, my voters are more enthuenthusiastic. let's get the republicans and the independents. let's go straight at the voters. it's why you win presidential elections. it's incredibly exciting and what the campaign should be doing. that's why sitting here 75 days before the election, a lot of time tearing up. especially you and jacob talking to the illinois delegation and i start crying like a child. >> let's talk about the party that the obamas built. these are the obama years. i went back before his speech tuesday night and watched his speech from four years ago. and it's bleak. i mean, he lays it out. i think that speech is as

important as any convention speech he's given. maybe we should do it. the book of his convention speeches is the story of america over the last 20 years. he was able to stand there tuesday night and go deeper than politics. say, hey, our obsession with fleeting things, that's not unrelated to our politics that feels so shitty. the obsession with likes, the obsession with fame. the obsession with money. you wonder why we feel so lonely. this is a democratic party that's transformed into complete and utter confidence that it's able to go grab people where they were afraid to feel those things again. talk about that as a campaign strategy. >> it's really true. barack obama is always best when he takes it big. he talks about the moment in time. he's the best i've ever seen do that.

you co-do that when you're him and put it into context and explain to the american people where we're at and why we're here. more importantly, how we're going to get out of this and start talking to each other. you will stop looking at your phone and talk to your neighbors and get rid of that wall. it's exactly where the country needs the go. almost as importantly, it's amazing politics. it's how he won two presidential elections that no one thought at the beginning he was going to win because he did those things. he excited the base, the way she is. and he reached out to the independents, the republicans. he won two big victories because he could do those things. you can feel her start to replicate that. not a carbon copy. her way. and her convention is really amazing. i thought walz last night, looking at the country saying, i see you. heartland america, i hear you, i'm one of you.

it's okay, you can be for us. we're not the democrats you fear. we're the democrats you hope for. and that's the guidelines that barack obama has built in the last 15 years in the democratic party. >> tim messina, i feel bad about your voice. i'm going to sneak in a break. we'll be back with tim and michael. d. ♪ even say why ♪ ♪ i am, i said ♪ ♪ ♪ (music playing)

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my journey started to this podium years ago, when i realized that donald trump was willing to lie, cheat and steal

to overturn the 2020 election. i realized trump was a direct threat to democracy. and his actions disqualified him from ever, ever, ever, stepping foot in the oval office again. >> i'm so happy to hear that message out loud and on tv and at a democratic convention. i remember in 2015 saying on "morning joe," that trump was a disgrace and a disgrace to the party. and it wasn't an unsafe to say on "morning joe" or on this network. but the backlash for republicans that have taken so many years to come around to that view, that was articulated. it's not falling in line to a party that's not a threat to democracy. >> it's not. this takes work. a lot of works. >> exactly 80 years and a coup. >> a number of us. i've been saying it for the last few years.

i know my friend here has been writing about it. creating the space for republicans still inside the party. and those outside of the party, still have the core republican values about them, need the permission structure, that space where they realize it's okay. we have our policy differences. that's not what defines the country. the people do. strong leaders do. the rule of law. support of the constitution. those things matter. >> can i push back? why didn't the bottom foul out when trump sided with vladimir putin? >> there were two things that coalesce at the same time around those actions. one was money. the grift was on. i could put out a tweet in support of that and raise money. or be silent, or criticize those who criticize -- >> fundamental american

security. >> we've seen the erosion. this was not a 21st century phenomenon. this was an early 20th century that began in the gop that was fought again off and on, in the 30s and the 50s, the 60s, the late '80s, to now. the difference of each of those periods were the men and women who stood up and said no. shut the hell up. that's not who we are. that's how we kept the john burke society from taking over in the 1950s and '60s. we saw folks push back on starting to push back on the -- i gave a speech that the southern strategy is officially dead. that's no longer the business of our party. we will no longer play for the votes of white, southern men. >> and you wrote a book about one of the most, sort of,

gutting things you wrote about was working for a party that was working against your own life and your own values. what do you think when you see the republicans on the stage of this convention? >> it's refreshing. i was getting feels last night, where his son, his son says to him, it's never the wrong time to do the right thing. >> yeah. i love that. >> gus walls and are stealing the show. you have to do the right thing. he had maga protesters. his people, protesting outside his house. and he had reason to feel fear, given what happened about a week later in washington, d.c. on january 6th. it took courage to do that. it was refreshing to for him to say, i didn't change my views. i disagree with kamala harris. voting for kamala harris makes you a patriot. i like that message. the only thing that's left me feeling a little wanting at this

convention, is nothing that the kamala harris team has done. why is it just jeff duncan? >> olivia troye. >> and adam kinzinger is going to speak tonight. he is awesome. >> what do you want? >> where is jim mattis? where is john kelly? where is the people that got us in this mess. where is chris christie? he could have given a barn burner last night that would have shaken that whole stadium down. what's he doing? where are the bushes? i think there's people out there that know the right thing, that are not doing the right thing, and for no good reason. if jeff duncan had the courage to get up there and say it's the patriotic thing to support kamala harris. i think a lot of people could do that. >> mitch mcconnell, trump attacks.

>> you can go back to 2000 in 2020. how many folks stood with me and a handful of others to support biden in 2020? that was before january 6th. >> where is liz cheney? >> my point is, that made it harder before january 6th. okay? >> it should be easier now. >> where are they? >> it should be easier now. to do it before january 6th is one thing. these folks are where they've always been. you tell me at any point in the last eight years, where anyone has moved in a space to push up against what they saw happening to the party they claim they love. >> i guess the difference -- >> those same people called the three of us rhinos. >> well, those people are going to -- you know, jesse waters trotted out birtherism. the problem with the lies and the racism, and the hate, it's tied to threats. jeff duncan isn't the only one

who had armed people outside of his house. everyone in the arena that is a republican, faces threats of violenced. they've been s.w.a.t.'d. they've been doxxed. they've been attacked. that's because of donald trump. the people that stay silent, they're no more security. it is not worth it. >> it's never too late to do the right thing. there's 75 days left. they can be in ads. they can be at a campaign rally. i think this will be great tonight. >> go to nevada and campaign for harris. >> if you went and worked for donald trump, like mark esper, and john kelly, and you know how bad and dangerous of a man he is, it is your obligation. >> mike pence. >> yeah. go speak. be a patriot, and say clearly you may not agree with kamala harris on policy, but she is a far better president than the other option. jeff duncan did that.

and other people whose phone should be ringing. >> thank you so much for being here with us. when we come back, we go back inside the convention hall and be joined by our friend and colleague, joy reid. our coverage continues after a short break.

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national convention. we're back again, with my dear friend and colleague, joe reid, live from inside the hall. joy, what are you looking for tonight? what's left? i feel sort of emotionally, you know, i don't know, cleansed and fired up and relieved, by everything i've seen. what's left to do? >> well, what's left to do, obviously, this is the big night when vice president kamala harris will formally accept the nomination for the democratic nomination. people are so fired up. and if you look behind me, you're going to see three primary colors tonight. pink, green, and white. now, my white is called -- call what i packed in m my bag white, but behind me in this hall is suffragette white. people are thinking about the idea of a whom president. a lot of group chats we're

talking about wearing white on today. you're going to see a lot of that white. the other thing you're going to see is pink and green which are the colors of alpha kappa alpha sorority. that was the sorority she pledged when she was at howard university. it also happens to be a sorority founded at howard university. all here and there were two who passed away. of the 36 pledges, 32 are here. quay noah quelch and monique howard. i want to play a quick bite. here it is. >> for us this is really a full circle moment. we were 19 and 20 and 21 when we met on the campus of howard

university. we were young black women. we are the embodiment of the hopes and dreams of our parents. we arrived on howard's campus with a mandate that we needed to continue what our parents fought for and to fight for our rights and the things that we believe in. our sister kamala, our sister kamala is doing everything she is supposed to do. she is lifting the country, lifting the world up. we could not be more thrilled. >> that was quay. monique was standing with her and made the point, the divine 9. the historically black fraternities and sororities, they are millions and millions of people strong, they are organizing to register to get people to vote.

2 million of them are on college campuses. we're talking about an organizing effort that no one has seen before that is going to be in place for kamala harris. >> i keep asking jacob who's doing all of this incredible roaming reporting for us, how do you take and bottle this sort of lightning in a jar from these four days of programming? kamala harris is part of so many communities. she's part of her immediate family, blended family. they're all there in support of her. she's part of her family, her sister and brother-in-law. then she has this family with probably the broadest reach and tentacles and all of the reaches and pockets. talk about what happens. like you're saying, what happens friday when they leave chicago? >> absolutely.

some of the others are akas. they're out of control. they have booked up all of the hotel rooms during inaugural week. the akas are losing their mind. they're out of control. we can talk campaign talk. what this means is you have an army of volunteers. you and i both know that the air is fun and the ads are fun, but feel wins campaigns. it's feel that really wins. so what you're going to see is that the divine 9 has a pact. they are doing voter mobilization, voter registration and on the campuses you'll see divine 9, pacts of volunteers, they'll be registering voters in key communities and getting college students recommending

administered and voting. since early voting starts in september, that means votes in the bank. early votes in the bank. it's not just the divine 9. there are teachers who are mobilized by tim walz. there are coaches mobilized by tim walz. that means seniors rising in high school don't think there's not organizing directed at them, directed at all the things that he brings to the table. and then you've got for kamala harris all of those zooms, those zooms aren't just zooms for fundraising. those people are already talking about how they're going to mobilize to register, educate and get people to the polls. this is serious organizing. >> you know, i love that we are campaign gals. i love that hillary clinton talks about smashing -- there's also the more loosely organized coalition of women who regardless of --

>> yes. >> -- where they feel they land on the ideological spectrum, there's a universeality. any woman who's been underestimated feels herself, well, no one thought she would be -- why not? she was an elected official. she took, you know, names and kicked butt for a job in the senate during the trump presidency, just ask bill sessions, bill barr and brett kavanaugh. >> to put a finer point on it. i'm glad you mentioned hillary clinton. i've seen and i'm hearing from my friends in florida, florida is always the state that lives to disappoint democrats. the villages, you and i both know the villages is a strong hold of the republican party, but the villages is seeing organizing among senior women,

among older women who didn't be get the chance to have a woman president with hillary clinton. they are a secret base for kamala harris because they now see this as their second chance. and so the hillary voters are mobilizing. you know, florida is clinton country and it's obama country. i'm not saying florida is going to be delivered for the democrats, but that's the kind of organizing in unusual spaces that we're seeing that women are embracing regardless of race, creed, color or party. republican women too. >> we are never going to stop watching florida. we'll watch it together. joy reid -- >> we love it. we root for florida! >> we'll let you go. the thank you for making time for us. >> thank you, my friend. >> another break and we'll be right back. e right back in between washes... even shoes. febreze doesn't cover up odors with scent, but fights them... and freshens! over one thousand uses. febreze fabric refresher. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer.

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