so we must be committed, no matter how the supreme court tries to roll back on civil rights. no matter what amount of money they have. we are here because others fought and suffered for us and we vowed tonight, we won't go back! this november, we will go forward to fulfill the promise of a just and fair nation and let me say as we transition, i'm a preacher and in psalms that says joy comes in the morning. we endured january 6. we have endured conspiracy theories.

we have endured lies and darkness, but if we stay together, black, white, latino, asian, indian american, if we stay together, joy, joy, joy, joy coming in the morning. i want to, now since i was a teenager, i was mentored by reverend jesse jackson and reverend jackson taught us to fight for what's right. now i want to bring out some young men that i fought for. i referred to them. then they were known as the central park five. now they are the exonerated five. raymond santana.

kevin richardson. yusef salaam. korey wise. the exonerated five. >> we won't go back. >> good evening, people. my name is korey wise. 35 years ago my friends and i

were imprisoned for a crime we did not commit. our youth was stolen from us. every day as we walked into the courtroom, people screamed at us. threatened us. because of donald trump. he spent $85,000 on a full-page ad in the new york times. calling for our execution. we were innocent kids, but we served a total of 41 years in prison. reverend al sharpton stood with us. now i am proud to stand with him today.

vice president kamala harris has also worked to make things fairer. i know she will do the same as president. now prove that message. >> i love these guys. these are my brothers. these are my brothers. yes indeed. america. i am yusef salaam. a new york city councilman representing my hometown -- that's right.

representing my hometown of harlem, usa. and listen, as my friend korey wise just said, 45 wanted us un-alive. he wanted us dead. today we are exonerated. because the actual perpetrator confessed and dna proved it. that guy says he still stands by the original guilty verdict. he dismisses the scientific evidence rather than admit he was wrong. he has never changed and he never will.

that man thinks that hate is the animating force in america. it is not. we have the constitutional right to vote. in fact, it is a human right, so let us use it. i want you to walk with us. i want you to march with us. i want you to vote with us. and together, and let me tell you, this is going to be so beautiful. and together on november 5, we will usher in kamala harris and tim walz into the white house. so i want to do this.

when i say one day, i want you to say see us. when they say yes, america will finally say goodbye to that hateful man. we will say what i have said after seven long years of wrongful incarceration. free at last. free at last. thank god almighty, we are free at last. god bless you and god bless the united states of america.

>> wow. our country is built on justice and people's lives, as we just heard, can be harmed when we fail to do justice. but kamala harris fights to do justice. no one knows that better than the prosecutors who fought alongside her. these are their stories.

>> i am amy resner. i was a colleague in the courtroom when my friend kamala tried one of her first cases and made the prosecutors promise, for the people. for kamala, practicing law was always about protecting the vulnerable and giving the victims a voice. women who were sexually assaulted. children who were mistreated and sexually abused. she helped them navigate their nightmares and demand justice for their injuries and she did it all with great and grace. intelligence and heart. she was a remarkable prosecutor

and she will be a remarkable president. >> survivors of sexual assault struggle to be heard over the cacophony of voices demeaning, discrediting and vilifying them. when powerful offenders are allowed to manipulate public opinion by attacking their victims credibility, all victims suffer. those words are from the 2021 amicus brief filed by the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization in the case of e. jean carroll versus donald j. trump. as a legislator and lifetime advocate against sexual violence, i urge all of us to stand together to support survivors, believe them and hold perpetrators accountable. >> i am lisa madigan.

former attorney general of illinois. i worked with kamala harris during the great procession to protect homeowners from foreclosure. as attorney general of california, kamala met thousands of people on the verge of losing their homes and their faith in the american dream. she demanded big banks provide mortgage relief to allow families to stay in their homes. she stood her ground and together, we prevailed. for as long as i have known her, kamala harris has always taken principled positions and never wavered. thanks to kamala's determination, countless americans have a home they can call their own. >> and i am marc morial, civil

rights leader and former mayor of new orleans. in the 1970s, donald trump was sued for refusing to rent his apartments to african americans. his employees were told, put those applications in a drawer and leave them there. it was straight up housing discrimination. it was racism and civil rights advocacy put an end to it. kamala harris has a plan to build more housing. keep rent prices fair and help more people own homes. donald trump, you denied black people the american dream and kamala harris is creating a future where every family, yes, every family has a place to call home. >> i am nathan hornes. in 2010 i went to college in

california to pursue my dreams. but ended up with a nightmare. corinthian colleges was a predatory, for-profit chain. they defrauded more than half 1 million students and burdened us with loans we could never repay. then kamala harris stepped in. as attorney general, of california, she stuck up for students. she prosecuted corinthian and as vice president she stuck with us. as we fought and organized for debt relief, the biden-harris administration came in, canceled all corinthian student debt and give us back our futures. >> my name is tristan snell and i prosecuted trump university. i interviewed over 100 victims

of trump's fraud. a retired police sergeant. interact veteran with ptsd. a mother caring for her son with special needs. they trusted trump. they believed that he would teach them his secrets and make their american dreams come true, but all they got was credit card debt and a fake diploma. some lost their life savings. some lost their homes. donald trump ripped off his biggest fans and made $5 million in profit. kamala harris fought scammers like him and as president she will continue to fight for you, for us, for the people.

>> in keeping with this theme, hearing from some former prosecutors. we are about to hear from massachusetts governor maura healey. she is the first woman elected governor of massachusetts. she previously served as state attorney general in massachusetts. both of those factors in her relationship with the democratic nominee. >> for the people. those three words define the role of a prosecutor. to serve not only our clients in the courtroom, but our community and our country. to give people a sense of security and safeguard the principles that hold our nation together. to stand up to abusers and bullies and stand up for the voiceless and the vulnerable.

in other words, exactly what kamala harris has done her whole life. when she was d.a., mothers of children who had been murdered, whose cases had gone cold, would come to her office saying i will only speak to kamala. because they knew she would listen. because they knew she would help them find justice and she did. that is the kamala harris i know. a few weeks ago in massachusetts i watched a little girl meet the vice president. her eyes were so wide, as opened as the future. kamala asked her about the summer, her basketball camp and what position she likes to play. the little girl said to her, anything but defense.

kamala put her hand on her shoulder and replied, me too, i love offense. that is what it means to be for the people. kamala harris fights for all americans. she stays on offense and she wins and i know that she will fight with the same passion, the same determination as president of the united states. i can't wait to see her prosecute the case against donald trump on the debate stage in september. we face a stark choice in this election. a felon and conman or a dedicated prosecutor. the contrast between donald trump and kamala harris is clear.

he obstructs justice. she upholds it. he swindles people. she serves them. he thinks he is above the law. she actually understands the law. that is what this election comes down to. one candidate who is out for himself or kamala harris for the people. it is a battle for the future of our nation and tonight we will prove beyond a reasonable doubt that kamala harris should be, she must be the next president of the united states. thank you. >> that is massachusetts governor maura healey. we are going to squeeze in a very quick break. we will be right back on the other side of this with much more from the democratic

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welcome back to our special coverage of the fourth and final night of the democratic national convention. obviously there is a culminating event tonight. this is the acceptance by the nominee, but this is -- i feel like we've learned from the last three days in terms of how difficult it is to choreograph everything including the timing, what is most important in terms of the democrats really delivering? >> kamala harris's speech is the most important to state the obvious, but there is a build up to that. it's important to step back. a month ago she was writing a different speech. that is a short runway. normally you work on these for months. this is a shorter runway leading up to that. i want to go to something

nicole said earlier, which is this is also about tomorrow, not just tonight. it is an inspiring speech, like a vision speech. she needs to ask people to go out and vote. >> secretary of the interior deb haaland. >> [ speaking in a global language ] greetings friends and family. i am from the turquoise clan. 35 generations ago, my ancestors built lives in the high desert of new mexico. i am on this stage tonight because of them. while fishing with my dad and

running through the desert with my cousins, i learned that we have a responsibility to take care of our planet. donald trump never learned that lesson. he called the climate crisis a hoax. he made it easier for big companies to poison our air and water. an american president must lead the world in tackling climate change. we need a president who understands that assignment. that is kamala harris. i know her record. she held polluters accountable for spilling oil into the san francisco bay.

she defended president obama's clean power plan in court. and as vice president she cast the tie-breaking vote for the most ambitious climate action plan in our nations history. kamala harris and tim walz will fight for a future where we all have clean air. clean water and healthy communities. let me go back to the lesson i learned in the desert southwest. we all have a role in protecting our earth for future generations. so let's all be fierce and let's make kamala harris the next president of the united

states. thank you all so much. thank you. >> it is an election year and both parties are battling to prove that they stand with workers. but sometimes workers don't get the invite. >> do you know where the autoworkers are? nobody from the uaw? after we struggled to find any autoworkers that trump's rally for autoworkers, we hit the road to find out what democrats have been up to. >> the inflation reduction act, helping fuel a boom in clean energy. >> 9 million clean energy jobs over the next 10 years. >> a once in a generation investment. >> i thought american manufacturing was supposed to be dead. here i am looking at one of the biggest auto plants being built. we talked with workers in tennessee who joined the union for the first time to build one

of the largest battery plants in the country. >> we have 22-year-old people thinking about their future. we never did that. >> i never thought i could have. generational wealth, i'm working on that. >> something to follow back on when it is all over. >> we went to vegas where union workers are building america's first high-speed rail. to lordstown, ohio, where autoworkers who lost their jobs under trump returned to work at a new battery plant. >> this could be the future. this could bring industry back. we saw it in its heyday and here we are with an opportunity to build the battery. >> and in milwaukee where workers are replacing every lead pipe in the city. >> it helps with the struggle. this is my old neighborhood. >> this is your old neighborhood. >> yes. it makes me feel good because i'm giving back something. >> it's easy for stories like this to get drowned out by fake worker rallies. >> does anybody know there is a donald trump event in our away from here? was anybody invited to it?

but over the last four years, only one party invested trillions in clean energy, bringing back manufacturing and rebuilding infrastructure. bringing workers at the center of it all and this is just the start. >> please welcome john russell. >> hello, america. thank you to the workers that make this convention happen. let's never forget how essential all of our labor is. i come from appalachia. we kept the lights on in this country for generations. but the wealth made by our

broken backs and our black lungs never did trickle down and washington listened to richmond demanding that we stick with dirty energy at any cost. across the country working class people are looking for a political home. after years of both parties putting profit above people. now trump, a billionaire, says that he will take on the elites. but then he promises handouts to big oil and he punches down at anyone with the guts to be different. but populism, populism that insist we are two different to get along is just divide and conquer by a different name. there is another sort of populism with roots in this party. that we, in west virginia, no well.

they called us rednecks. back in the 1920s. because striking workers from all different races wore red bandannas around their necks as they fought and died for a spect and a living wage. there fight yesterday is our fight right now. right now. it is our choice to build on this progress and to build a political home for the mass of working americans fighting for control over their government, their workplaces and their planet and it is our moment to live up to. let's get after it. thank you very much. >> when our team of students

passed one of the first climate justice policies in our nation, vice president kamala harris showed up. >> she came to highlight our initiative because she believes in us. >> last year my dad retired after spending more than 30 years working at one of our country's most polluting power plants. donald trump doesn't care about people like my dad. i know vice president harris will put working families ahead of billionaires. >> she approaches climate policy from the eyes of future generations, like mine. >> is new voters and new leaders i am excited to join harris in the fight for our future. >> please welcome florida representative maxwell frost. >> this is maxwell frost who took office in congress before he turned 26. he is the first gen z member of congress, a congressman from florida. >> i am proud to be the first member of my generation in congress.

i am also proud to represent central florida. you might expect me to talk about how climate change will impact our future, but as a floridian, as a florida man, i'm here to tell you that the climate crisis is not a far-off threat. it is here. donald trump and j.d. vance think they can divide us by saying this crisis is some hoax. but i've walked the streets of communities that have been forced to rebuild after hurricane flooding destroyed their homes. i've heard the stories of immigrant farmworkers made to work in conditions exacerbated by this crisis and i felt the scorching record heat and know that climate change can sometimes feel like an unstoppable force. but with our movement and with organizing and an administration that cares, we are making progress.

kamala harris and joe biden have proven that tackling this crisis creates jobs. that investing in clean energy protects our health and that investing in mass public transit builds strong communities. and we must always remember that peace is essential to our climate and war destroys their environment. this election is about every drop of water that we consume and every breath we breathe. fighting the climate crisis is patriotic. unlike donald trump, our patriotism is more than a slogan on a hat. it is about actually giving a about the people who live in this country. because when you love somebody you want them to have clean air. when you love somebody you want

them to have safe drinking water and when you love somebody you want them to have a dignified job. and so america it is simple. let's get to work and elect kamala harris and tim walz for our planet. for our future. for our present and for our people. god bless. >> a young democratic congressman, maxwell frost from florida. i want to go over to alex and joy on the floor in chicago and ask how this is reading without the mediation of television. it seems from here like this is a very hyped room. >> very. >> very hyped. i will say maxwell frost is a titanic talent, but i was really struck by the reception for the exonerated five, formerly known as the central park five. for them to come out this room

just lit up and it is not because of the role that trump played in their saga, but also the way that they have just excelled in life after such fun. a new york city councilman saying hey does not the animating force. it brought down the house. an extraordinary moment for them to be endorsing a woman who is a former prosecutor. >> the thing is, they are both really important prosecutorial witnesses against donald trump given what they have suffered. but also the way that all of them talk about the criminal justice system, where they say we still have the constitution and you know kamala harris is a former prosecutor and yet what they were emphasizing was not necessarily a negative case against prosecutors. it was positive day >> believe in the system, exactly. >> the video they are going to show, steph curry.

let's watch. >> a great honor to represent team usa and when the gold medal in the olympics this summer. that unity reminded us all that together we can do all things and continue to inspire the world. that is why i believe that kamala is president can bring unity back and continue to move our country forward. this is about preserving hope and believe in our country. making sure families can be taken care of. i got to visit kamala with my team in the white house last year and i can tell you one thing i knew then and definitely know now. the oval office suits her well. in the words of michelle obama, do something. go and vote. be active. let's show up in november like never before. it's been an honor for me to represent our country. it is an honor to support kamala, so let's all do our

part. god bless. >> please welcome democratic nominee for u.s. congress in alabama -- >> good evening america. and hello sweet home alabama. i am running for alabama's second congressional district. this is the district that give america the tuskegee airmen. rosa parks. fred gray and it is the birthplace of the civil rights movement in montgomery, alabama. and of course this district is home to mister good trouble himself, congressman john lewis.

look, my pathway to this stage was paved by a legacy of fighters. fighters that include my mother. here at her 11th dnc. and it also includes my father. my late father, michael figures, who was also a state senator and civil rights lawyer who sued the klan into bankruptcy. all of us owe a debt to freedom fighters, known and unknown. a debt that can never be repaid. but what we can do is ensure that the work of those fighters who came before us continues and our sacred right to vote is always protected. kamala harris gets this. she is working to protect our freedoms every single day and that is why she will sign into law the john lewis voting

rights act once it is introduced again -- listen, america, a california poet named kendrick lamar recently reminded us that sometimes we have to pop out and show him. well america, it is time we pop out and vote. it is time from california to alabama and all across america, and we show them we are not going back. we are going forward and we are going forward with kamala harris as the next president of the united states of america. thank you. god bless you. roll tide. let's go win this thing. >> soon to be alabama congressman shomari figures. roll tide. we are about to hear from congressman colin allred, who is of course already a texas congressman. he is a democratic nominee for senate in the state of texas.

he is challenging ted cruz. a recent poll that is just out has them within two points of incumbent republican senator ted cruz, which is a remarkable thing in texas. let's go to the stage here. we have congresswoman escobar. right here. >> where everything was earned and nothing was handed to them. our next speaker know something about that, too. please welcome my dear friend, our fellow texan, our next senator, representative colin allred. >> hey, everybody.

i am colin allred, a congressman from dallas. dad to two perfect little boys and this november i'm going to beat ted cruz. and i am so proud to be here to support our next president, kamala harris. you know, like kamala, i was raised by a single mom. my mom was a public school teacher who often worked two jobs to make ends meet. when we talk about lowering costs, i think about the times we went to the grocery store when i was growing up and swept the debit card and said a little prayer. my mom and my community in texas give me a chance to chase my version of the american dream. i played football at baylor and in the nfl. before becoming a civil rights lawyer representing my hometown and congress. now i am the guy who is going to turn texas's senate seat

blue. you know in the nfl we had a term for guys like donald trump and my opponent ted cruz. me guys. you know the type. talk a big game. only care about themselves. but you don't want to be stuck with them at a barbecue. the truth is, america has never been about me. as president obama said the single most powerful word in our democracy is the word, we. we the people. we shall overcome. yes we can. and we've got a message for the me guys. we is more powerful than me. we will protect and restore reproductive freedom. we will secure the border. we will protect medicare and social security and we will turn the page and write a new chapter for this country.

elect kamala harris as the next president and beat ted cruz. thank you all so much. god bless you and may god bless texas. >> i am anya cook. this is my husband eric and our daughter. two years ago a miscarriage nearly killed me. at 16 weeks my doctors told me to prepare for a stillbirth. i needed care, but my states abortion restrictions kept it

from me. i miscarried in a bathroom. i will never forget my husband's face as he tried to stop the bleeding. trying to do what doctors should have been doing. when i reached the hospital i had lost nearly half the blood in my body. i can't change the past, but i can, we can, choose a different future. >> im craig sicknick and this is my mother, gladys. my brother was a capitol police officer, brian sicknick, a hero died after defending the country on january 6.

my family knows how dangerous trump is. he incited the crowd while my brother and his fellow officers were putting their lives at risk. we need a real leader, not an autocrat who is stuck in the past. we miss you every day. >> im gail devore. i have had type one diabetes since i was 11. stressing about insulin cost has been a constant in my life. president biden and vice president harris have moved mountains to help. medicare can finally negotiate prescription drug prices.

insulin is capped at $35 for medicare recipients. and when elected, kamala harris plans to extend that cap to the rest of us. that is the future i want. that is the future i am voting for. >> im juanny romero, owner and ceo of mothership coffee in las vegas. i put in work to build my business. when covid had, this administration's support kept us moving. i hired staff and we grew. we more than doubled in size since the pandemic and it is just not us. over the last four years, 19 million new business applications have been filed. like trump, i grew up in queens.

but unlike him, i built my business with great. that is my story. that is the american story. let's turn the page on trump. >> im eric fitts and these are my sons, christian and carter. i always try to set an example for my boys, to teach them compassion, accountability and resilience. i want those values to be reflected in our leaders. i don't want to have to turn off the tv because our president is lobbing insults or telling lies. i'm tired of all of the hate. it is time to move forward together and build a country our kids can be proud of.

>> what is about to happen next here, this group called the pack drum line, which is a chicago drum line. they are the official drum line for the chicago bulls and chicago sky. this is something i don't think we have seen before at any convention. we are headed toward a number of different performances and obviously a lot more speeches, but this is something i'm not sure we have ever had before at any convention. let's watch. >> please welcome the bulls

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dancing and waving american flags to beyonce. and now john mellencamp. they have a dj tonight, essentially keeping the crowd hyped in between speakers, and it is totally working, look how crazy everybody is. jacob, what are you doing, who are you talking to, what's up?>> reporter: rachel, you mentioned beyonce they were just plain, if i can put on my correspondent hat for just a second, we are still down here on the side stage, but 20 years ago, he was the red carpet special for the anc channel, and politicians didn't want me to talk to you on the floor but there are all kinds of rumors about potential celebrity guests, we are waiting to hear to see if we can find anybody.

i'm just going to take a quick peek back here. i don't see anybody yet. but, there's lots of rumors, there's lots of rumors. i'm going to get kicked out of this area very soon. there's a lot of rumors about who might be coming to perform, and if this means anything to you, there was one white house official with just a picture of a bumblebee not too long ago, no confirmation to that one whatsoever, but i'm going to pop out here real quickly. can i go say hi to the california delegation really quick? thank you. right here. oh, thank you. he opened the door for me. thank you. how's it going?>> amazing, of course we are waiting, prime time, baby.>> reporter: are you hearing any rumors about potential celebrity guests here tonight?>> i don't want to give away any secrets, but we just heard a great song, do you want to know?

where's the beehive at? >> we don't know, we can't confirm, but that is all anybody is talking about, at least down here. i will say, martin luther king took the hat off a little bit earlier, and this is a moment in civil rights history with vice president harris potentially becoming the first woman of color, president of the united states. and he says he expects her to blow the roof off the place, i feel like that vibe has already started here tonight, rachel.>> one of the things we are noticing, even as you are walking around, everybody is wearing white. is it only women or is it also men wearing white? was it a planned thing? or is this a spontaneous thing? >> that is a great question. we are still on the air, i want to know about the white outfit. was there a memo that went out?

>> absolutely.>> who sent it?>> the party.>> the democratic party, what does it mean to you guys tonight, to look around and be dressed like so many women and so many men here tonight, to? >> regardless of the color of your skin or men or women, i have a daughter who is 21 and i'm looking out for her future and i'm looking out for women's rights and i want to make sure that my daughter and her daughter have rights over their own bodies.>> what are your names? >> jessica.>> california delegation, right? i was about to say, i live not too far away from el monterey, i will tell you off the air. nice to meet you guys. it is a big night for california again. we don't often think about

california when we think about national politics, we are so far on the west coast, we are sort of on an island of progressive politics, and it is sort of a battleground state. i'm just looking to see if nancy pelosi is out here, she has been bouncing in and out all night. let's take a look. oh, he said no.>> i was wondering when we were going to hit that line.>> it had to happen at some point. at least that is what my dad always said.>> tell him it is rachel's fault.>> rachel said very sorry and chris said it is better to ask for forgiveness and permission. >> thank you very much, that was excellent. if you are just joining us, this is the fourth night, the finale of the democratic national convention in chicago. they are using a dj as a way to

have live entertainment in between speeches tonight, as we are working towards harris' acceptance speech tonight, they are wearing white, that is for the suffrage movement, for women earning the right to vote. as we head into this landmark woman who is about to become a nominee of a major party and likely the next president of the united states. her running mate, tim walz reacting to the sight of himself and his kids on the screen above, as if they are random baseball fans in the bleachers who have no idea that they are going to be in the shot.>> well, born in the usa was playing and they were singing along, it was the most iconic moment. >> his family was clapping along, like oh, it's me? guys, look, they've got us on the screen. you mentioned the dj they are

using, dj hype. we will see how the music unfolds over the course of the night, and you are sort of feeling why a meeting is different than a zoom call which i think everyone can relate to, we all talked about our memories with republican conventions and now a democratic. i have been to them over 16 years, this strikes me as the most enthusiastic in a naturally flowing way since 2008 with obama.>> yes, i went to two obama conventions and they were unbelievable. so, what you were granted is a courtesy, from the 08 convention, and i went to the 08 communication staffers made sure you were safe and welcome and it's almost the quaint thing to do, to remember.

i can't imagine it being like it is now. but that is how it used to be. i'm that old.>> i just wanted to say, as jacob was down there talking, california has introduced presidents but never california presidents. and also, to take us back, you know california now, it is like dealing with the stereotypes, and things change in politics, it is also important to remind yourself, what is now is not forever going to be. the campaign has changed in ways that we would have never expected, and it could also change in two weeks, we do not know what is coming.>> here comes the national anthem performed tonight by the chicks, great band launched in 1989, launched as the dixie chicks and they are now the chicks, their rehearsal set the room on fire.

>>o say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that

our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

u.s.a! u.s.a!>> please welcome kerry washington. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the final night of the democratic national convention, the last three nights have been extraordinary and tonight we hear from our next president, kamala harris. now, as i stand here, i know that there are folks on social media already saying go back to your tv show, shut up and act, but i'm not here tonight as an actor, i am here as a mother,

as a daughter, as a proud union member. i'm here as the granddaughter of immigrants, as a black woman descended from enslaved people, i'm here tonight because i'm an american and because i am a voter. and because we the people are stronger when all our voices are heard. i know that i'm the one standing on this stage, but i am not the lead character in this story. you are. all of you. you are the messengers. you are the fixers, dare i say it, you are the olivia pope's. you are the superheroes saving

this democracy, it is you, not me who had the greatest power to convince your loved ones to vote. so, just like michelle obama told us, let's do something. let's make a video. everybody take out your phones, we are going to make a moment. can somebody bring me my phone? i want to capture this historic moment and share it with the people. >> okay, this is what we are going to do, you are going to take this video, we are going to posted to social media, text your friends, send this message out to the world. when i say, when we fight, what

are you going to say>> we win!>> when we fight -- >> we win!>> when we fight -- >> we win!>> are you ready for kamala harris to win? good, because when kamala wins, america wins. we did it! we did it, joe! thank you, tony.>> i don't get to stay?>> no, you've got to go. tony goldman ladies and gentlemen. okay. so listen, it has come to my attention that there are some folks who struggle or pretend to struggle with the proper pronunciation of our future

presidents name. so, hear me out, confusion is understandable. disrespect is not. so, tonight we are going to help everyone get it right. here to help me are some very special guests. thank you, ladies. can you tell us your names? >> hello everybody, my name is amara.>> and my name is lila, her little sister.>> and what are you here to do?>> to teach you how to say her aunties name. first you say kama, like comma in a sentence. then you say la, like la la la.

everybody over here say kama. now say la la. together. for president. >> please welcome nina harris,

elma, and helen hudlin. helen hun >> hi, i'm nina.>> i'm ella. >> and i'm helena. >> i grew up in oakland, california. in a house full of extraordinary women. my mom, my grandma, and my auntie who showed me the meaning of service. helping her sister, a 17-year- old single mom fighting for justice for the american people. and still cooking sunday family dinner. she guided me, now she's guiding my own children and i know she will guide our country forward.>> kamala came into my

life when i was 14, no matter what, she was there for me. she was patient, caring, and always took me seriously. she has never stopped listening to me and she's not going to stop listening to all of us.>> kamala harris is my godmother. to me, her advice means everything. whether it is pursuing my passions, making an impact or finding hope when the world doesn't feel so hopeful. she taught me that making a difference means giving her whole heart and taking action.>> she's fighting for economic opportunity, lgbtq+ equality, and reproductive freedom because we are not going back.>> she's fighting for social justice, health

justice, environmental justice, and she isn't alone. we are all in this fight together.>> so let's keep up the fight, let's keep up the joy. and let's elected this extraordinary woman as our next president. >> please welcome actor and comedian, dl hughley.>> what's

happening california? you know what, in three months, there ain't going to be no living with you all, i can tell you this, i don't blame donald trump for not wanting to pick kamala , of course trump is saying that kamala isn't black. i guarantee you this, kamala has been black a lot longer than trump has been a republican. and, if he keeps lying the way he is, the only thing to keep kamala out of the white house is if he buys it and refuses to rent it to her. of course, kamala is getting broad support, they have black men for kamala, white men for

kamala, latinos and asians, they even have republicans for kamala . republicans, i guess donald trump will finally know what it's like when you get left for a younger woman. >> but seriously, kamala knows the truth about the american dream, that hard work is not alone -- hard work alone is not enough to succeed, you need access and information and opportunity and she knows that some folks are denied those very things. as president, she will give each and every one of us a fair shot in life. but, i have to admit, i didn't

always believe that. if you told me the 15-year-old me would be on stage supporting a prosecutor and a teacher, there is no way that i would have believed you. but, because of that, i made assumptions about kamala's record and i often repeat them to a lot of people, then one day kamala invited me to her house and she asked me to do some research. something i had never done. something a lot of people i know have never done before. imagine attacking somebody's character without a single google search. um, so i did what i should have done in the first place, i learned she did for us exactly what she promised to, your policy should be as loud as your accusation and i'm here apologizing in front of the whole world.

i was wrong and i'm so very glad i was wrong because kamala, you give me hope for the future, a future where my grandchildren have the freedom to control their own bodies, where they have the opportunity to go as far as their wits and talent will take them. that future, ladies and gentlemen, is possible but only if we elect kamala harris as the 47th president of the united states of america. i will say this to you, the best piece of advice i have ever gotten in my entire life, you don't have to know what you will do, just know what you want, and we want -- won't go back! >> the energy in this room is electric.

and you can feel it everywhere, all over the country, in the coming weeks, i want us to find ways to maintain this energy and this joy and this commitment. because, there will be days when the work ahead seems impossible. and when that happens, i know what i would do, i get involved, i get engaged, i ask myself how can i be of service to my community? because community is why we do this, am i right? yes. we do this for our children, for our parents, for our teachers, and care workers, who treat our loved ones like their own. we do this for working families who make this country thrive. we do this for the planet, and for each other, we do this for justice and for peace and democracy, and as we are about to hear, we do this for the safety of our communities.

>> please welcome genesee county michigan sheriff, chris swanson. chris swanson. ♪ ♪ >> my job is to protect people, all people, in 2020, righteous anger spilled over into the streets of flint, michigan. one bad decision from either side and there would have been bloodshed, but that didn't happen. we lay down our riot gear and we embraced the community and instead of hate, we chose hope. on january 6, the opposite occurred. that day was paved with

division, deceit and denigration. police officers were attacked that day. it could have been stopped. we need a leader who embodies, that will protect, serve and unify. kamala harris is that leader. as a prosecutor, kamala harris protected us by putting violent criminals and sexual offenders behind bars, if i was in a courtroom, she is exactly the tough prosecutor that i would want to see. as vice president, she served america by keeping us safer and i can testify firsthand, where i come from, crime is down and

police funding is up. as president, kamala harris will unify our country, she will bring us together, because our country needs a leader who will go toe to toe with drug cartels and bullies. one who has already taken the oath, raised her right hand to advocate for the people. i can tell you in 2020, we were able to turn a protest into a peaceful movement by walking together. one city, one community, and one country. america, let's walk. let's walk together and let's elect kamala harris and turn

hate into hope yet again. thank you. >> we were contemplating adopting and then out of nowhere, i got pregnant, jordan was so much fun at the child. through those wrongs, he aimed at jordan, jordan did not deserve to die that way.>> reports of an active shooter at a high school. >> these students have lived through so many shootings, since they were born almost.>> we were praying and crying, i didn't know if we were going to be alive.>> an active shooter in uvalde, texas, multiple children were killed.>> trump

did nothing on guns and was proud of it.>> there was great pressure on me, we did nothing.>> after a mass shooting in iowa, trump said -- >> we have to get over it.>> you never get over it. >> kamala harris and joe biden refused to get over it. as district attorney, she got illegal guns off the street, as attorney general, she took on trends, national crime rings and stopped gun trafficking. as vice president, she helped pass the most sweeping gun violence legislation in three decades. keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. expanding background checks, closing loopholes. >> we will finally pass red flag laws, universal background checks and assault weapons ban.>> kamala understands the

site. >> the power is with the people. >> and gives people like me hope. hope >> please welcome georgia representative, lucy mcbath . >> when i worked for every town for gun safety and mom's demand action for gun sense in america, i saw firsthand the power of telling our stories. you just heard mine. but, there are many more to tell. on december 14th, 2012, i walked into sandy hook school,

i stopped at the office, chatted with my principal, then started my day with my second graders. suddenly, a loud crash, like metal folding chairs falling 154 gunshots blaring. hiding in the coats, trying to sing with my students, trying to read to them, trying to drown out the sounds, terror, crying, running, i carry that horrific day with me. 20 beautiful first grade children and six of my beautiful colleagues were killed. they should still be here.

>> at 10:30 a.m. at robb elementary in uvalde, the school is recognizing my daughter for receiving all a's, we posed for photos, she wears the same sweatshirt and a smile that lights up the room. 30 minutes later, a gunman murders her, 18 classmates and two teachers. we were taken to a private room where police tell us she isn't coming home. uvalde is national news, parents everywhere reach for

their children, i reach out for the daughter i will never hold again. >> my niece, sandy patrice was 22. she drove to myrtle beach for sun, fun and motorcycle parades. hours later, my phone rang, shooting on the beach. no one can find sandy. i stayed calm. you see, my mother, patricia and had been shot and killed by an abusive partner, i was calm

then, too. i got to handling business. i called relatives, the police, hospitals, and i kept calling, voice study, heartbeat pulsing. then, i was connected to the coroner. 10 years of waiting and sandy's murder is still unsolved. i will keep calling and i will keep fighting. >> i was in high school when my classmate got shot. it changed my story. instead about worrying about taking a test, i started worrying about living to take another test. they say schools are for learning and i did learn a lot

that day. i learned how to run, how to hide and drop. that what happens in the news can happen to me. but i learned something else, too. that we can write a new story if we choose to. >> our stories of loss, make no mistake, our losses do not weaken us, they strengthen our resolve. we will secure safer futures that we all deserve. we will organize. we will advocate.

we will run for office. and we will join with americans from small towns and big cities, to keep our communities safe. and, we will elect leaders like kamala harris, who won't just empathize but will act.

>> not one more!>> please welcome arizona representative, gabby giffords . ♪ >> hello, fellow americans. i'm gabby giffords , i was born

in the great state of arizona. i was born with grit, i grew up racing motorcycles, mucking stalls and exploring the beautiful desert, i fell for an astronaut. for five years i served in congress from a swing district, everybody called me a rising star. then, on january 8th, 2011, a man try to assassinate me, he shot 19 people, he killed six people, terrible terrible day. i almost died. but i thought for my life and i survived. i survived >> i learned to walk again, one

step at a time. i learned to talk one word at a time, so many people helped me as i worked hard to recover, including a decent man for delaware who always checked in with me. he still does. thank you, joe biden. thank you for everything. joe is a great president, my friend kamala will be a great president. she is tough, she has grit. kamala can beat the gun lobby, she can fight gun trafficking. kamala can stand up to the drug comedy, she will protect

abortion access. she will defend us, she has saved lives, join me in voting for kamala harris. thank you. ♪>> i had the honor of meeting vice president, harris when she spoke at my high school about gun violence.>> parkland

happened and i wanted to keep my kids safe.>> i was walking the independence day parade when gunshots erupted.>> vice president harris has been our champion since 2008. >> we have kamala harris who has already proven her leadership, they passed the first ever gun lobby in 30 years.>> i have full confidence in vice president harris that she is dedicated to and committed to finding a solution to end gun violence. >> please welcome three-time grammy-winning singer, songwriter and global pop icon, p!nk .

>> we are searchlights, we can see in the dark. ♪ we are rockets, pointed up at the stars ♪ we are billions of beautiful hearts ♪ and you sold us down the river too far ♪ what about us? what about all the times you said you had the answers? ♪ what about us? what about all the broken happy ever after's? what about us? what about all the plans that

ended in disaster? ♪ what about us, what about trust, what about us? ♪ we are problems that want to be solved ♪ we are children that need to be loved ♪ we were willing, we came when you called ♪ but man, you fooled us, enough is enough, oh! what about us? what about all the times you said you had the answers? ♪ what about us? what about all the times, the

broken happy ever after's? oh, what about us? what about all the plans that ended in disaster? ♪ oh, what about love? what about trust? what about us? ♪ sticks and stones they may break these bones, but then i'll be ready, are you ready? i don't want control, i want to let go. are you ready? because now it's time to let them know, what about us? ♪ what about all the times you said you had the answers? so what about us? what about all the broken happy

ever after's? oh, what about us? what about all the plans that ended in disaster? ♪ oh, what about love? what about trust? what about us? what about us? what about us? what about us? ♪ >> grammy-winning superstar, p!nk , singing with her 12-year- old daughter, willow, we are about to hear from mark kelly, that you just saw with his

wife, gabby giffords. i want to show you one thing real quick, this was just posted by president biden, it says jill and i just spoke with kamala harris, we cannot wait to watch her except this historic nomination, kamala will lead us into the future. again, so you have seen a lot of references tonight to president biden, a lot of thanks expressed tonight, but we are not there, we are not stepping on what you're doing, but we want you to know, we are here for you.>> all of those mothers, they undo me every time. >> i just found the same, with the mothers talking about their kids. >> and p!nk with her daughter. you know, politics is about finding issues where you are 60- 40 and you press the advantage,

and that is one of the issues.>> here is senator mark kelly.>> hello chicago, hello democrats. >> so, president obama had to follow michelle, i had to follow gabby and p!nk . gabby amazes me every single day. she was able to walk out and address you tonight because she is a fighter and thanks to a team of doctors, nurses and especially her speech therapist

. we all need a team, i have flown into space four times. i have flown into combat nearly 40 times. not once did i do that by myself. it took a team to accomplish a mission, it always does. . i flew in the navy during the first gulf war. america rallied our allies to kick out a tyrant who invaded a neighbor. today, vladimir putin is testing whether we are still

that strong. iran, north korea, and especially china, watched closely. what is trump's answer? he invited russia to do -- and these are his words, not mine, whatever the hell they want. vice president harris has always championed america's support for nato, for ukraine and for the ukrainian people. on the senate intelligence committee, she investigated russian interference in our election, she defends free and fair elections everywhere. you already know how trump's feels about those. donald trump skipped his

intelligence briefings, he was too busy, sucking up to dictators and dreaming of becoming one himself. trump thinks that americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice our suckers and losers , if we fall for that again, and make him the commander in chief, the only suckers would be us. kamala harris knows that standing with our allies means standing up for americans. she will keep modernizing our military to support our troops and to support our veterans like our next vice president,

tim walz. the world laughs at trump, literally. but folks, it is not funny. when he was president, that meant the world was laughing at us. the threats we face are too serious. the sacrifices our servicemembers make our two sacred, the alliances, we have spent decades building are too critical. that's what's at stake now and the choice, the choice isn't even close. but in arizona and nationwide, this election will be. we will win in the same way we launched rockets into space and

land fighter jets on an aircraft carrier as one team on one mission. state-by-state, voter by voter coming together, no country is better than ours at solving big problems. so, on november 5th, let's prove that america is still the leader the world needs today, by electing the leader we need right now, kamala harris. thank you everybody. thank you. >> please welcome former secretary of defense leon

paneta. >> my fellow americans, i'm proud to have served in the army, the congress, the white house, chief of staff, cia director, and secretary of defense. i have looked into the eyes of our warriors and deployed them into battle. i gave the order, directing our special operations forces, to fly two helicopters, 150 miles into the night, and by the time the sun rose, osama bin laden

was dead. because, because nobody attacks our country and gets away with it. nobody. that's what our warriors do, that is what our warriors do. our warriors need a tough, coolheaded commander in chief, to defend our democracy, from terrorists, we need kamala harris behind the resolute desk. she knows, she knows a tyrant when she sees one and our allies know a leader when they

see one. as vice president, she worked with more than 150 world leaders. she has looked our allies in the eye and said america has your back. trump would abandon our allies and isolate america. we tried that in the 1930s, it was foolish and dangerous then and it is foolish and dangerous now. listen to president reagan. presn acceptable response to e tyrannical governments. never. trump tells tyrants like putin

they can do whatever the they want . kamala harris tells tyrants, the you can . not on my watch. she has worked with president zelenskyy to fight back against russia. she bknows that protecting their democracy protects our democracy as well. look, donald trump does not understand the world, and he does not understand the service and sacrifice of our military. our fallen veterans are not suckers. they are not losers. they are our heroes. [ cheering and applause ] kamala harris

will honor our veterans. in tim walz we will have a vice president who has served in uniform honorably for 24 years. kamala harris understands this moment. it is a moment of danger and a moment of opportunity. she will keep america's military the strongest in the world, the strongest ever known . she understands what our military is far. the role of our military is to defend us from foreign enemies. it is not to threaten americans and it sure as isn't to put immigrants in camps. [ .

cheering and applause ] every president, every president since world war ii, republican and democrat, has shared the belief that america must protect democracy in the world. every president has honored our veterans and their sacrifices. every president but one, but one. so we face a critical choice. to vote for someone who stands with our military and stands up for democracy or someone who will disrespect our heroes and undermine our democracy. my fellow americans, there is

only one choice. let me tell you something, when she takes her oath of office this january, our allies will cheer, our enemies will fear, and we can have a commander-in- chief that we can trust. god bless our veterans and god bless our country. [ cheering and applause ] >> leon panetta, former defense secretary. giving a rousing national security speech for harris. ruben gallego running for senate against kari lake in

arizona. >> i am the proudest arizonan you will ever meet. i am even prouder to be a marine . my mom raised us alone on the secretary's salary. i slept on the floor. i worked every job i could. meatpacking, construction, making pizza. i made it to harvard with no money or connections. other kids were happy because they were at harvard. i was happy because i finally had a mattress. then i enlisted, fought alongside my brothers with lima 325 interact. they called us lucky lima, but our luck ran out. we saw some of the heaviest

combat of the war. when we got home the government failed to help us readjust. we have a duty to care for our patriots who serve our nation. [ cheering and applause ] with the vietnam veteran in buckeye who relies on his medication. for the afghan veteran in pittsburgh finally got treatment for ptsd, for the marine in milwaukee who relies on benefits she earned, for my navajo brothers and sisters whoo served with me, i remember you. kamala harris and tim walz are fighting for them. kamala harris has delivered more benefits to more veterans than ever before and has achieved the lowest veterans unemployment rate in history. vice president harris has stoode up for us and our families always. tim walz served for 24

years. his passion for veterans earned him respect on both sides of the aisle and he stands with us. in fact, let me introduce you to some of the many democrats who understand what service means because we put country over politics. we were proud to wear the uniform and we are proud serving our country's at city halls, state capitals, the u.s. house and the senate. [ cheering and applause ] these veterans represent the best of our country. we stand united as veterans, democrats, and patriots to fight for everyone who served.

but politicians like donald trump, they don't stand with us. they call patriots like senator mccain losers. john mccain was an american hero. show some respect. trump's project 2025 will/veteran benefits and force va hospitals to close across the nation. show some respect. for the 18-year-old who decides to enlist, for the families like mine who pray every night that their loved one would come home, for our troops stationed 1000 miles away, for my marines of lima company, let's elect kamala harris and tim walz who

don't just respect our service, but revere it. the veterans who defended this country aren't just the reason we can sleep at night. they are the reason we can dream . together, together we will fight for our veterans and everyone who served our country. thank you. [ cheering and applause ] >> arizona congressman and u.s. senate candidate ruben gallego, joined on stage by democratic elected officials who are also veterans. i think a surprise to the crowd

saying show some respect, invoking former senator john mccain. we are about to hear from michigan governor democratic superstar gretchen whitmer. >> i think one of the most important things we just heard from leon panetta, we have had four days of celebration, inspiration, a look toward the future and a message of joy but leon panetta reminded us what we've been talking about for months, that democracy has at risk. the next president will be presiding over an america with allies -- here we are. i guess we are just waiting for gretchen whitmer, but it is just a really important time for us to hear from leon panetta and remind everyone we are having a show and singers and dancers but this is a crucially important election and so much is at stake. >> in lansing they call me governor, but in detroit they

call me big scratch -- gretch. donald trump called me that woman from michigan as an insult . being a woman from michigan is a badge of honor. [ cheering and applause ] like women across america, we just gsd, get stuff done. at 29 i joined the sandwich generation, sandwiched between working and raising my newborn and caring my for my mom who was dying from brain cancer. it was hard, but not extraordinary. it's life. those nights

reminded me who i was fighting for. people just trying to make it. kamala harris knows who she is fighting for too. she took care of her mom who also battled cancer. as president she will fight to lower the cost of healthcare and elder care for every family . she has lived a life like ours . she knows us. donald trump doesn't know you at all. you think he understands that when your car breaks down you can't get to work. no. his first word was probably chauffeur. [laughter] you think he's ever had to take items out of the cart before re checking out?

you think he's ever been to a grocery store? [laughter] that's what the chauffeur is for but kamala harris, she gets us, she sees us she is us. look, we've all lived through a lot of history over the past few years. floods and fires, an attempted coup, a plot and a pandemic. it's exhausting. we don't know what the next four years will bring but what we do know is this. through it all your life one stop. you will have to get to work, pick up the kids, and pay her bills. one day when you are

just trying to get everyone out the door a news alert goes off, something happened. something hit the fan. you will ask, is my family going to be okay? then you will ask, who the is in charge? what if it is him? what if it's that man from mar-a-lago? i know when a crisis we need somebody strong enough to come up with a plan, to tell the truth, and to bring people together. right now, before the crisis is when we get to choose. why wouldn't we choose the leader whose tough?

tested and a total badass ? i know who i want as our commander-in-chief, america, let's choose kamala harris. [ cheering and applause ] >> michigan governor gretchen whitmer, a democratic favorite.a a lot of people expected her to be on the presidential ticket very soon. >> please welcome actor, director, and philanthropist evelyn gloria. -- eva longoria. >> hello, chicago! i am so

excited to be here tonight. what an honor to be part of this historic moment and you all or part of it. look, i have known kamala harris for more than a decade. she comes from a family a lot like mine and i'm sure a lot like yours. we were both raised knowing that no one was going to hand us anything, especially as women. we were going to have to touch every wrong -- rung of the letter to get ahead. we were going to have to work really hard. she worked at mcdonald's but i worked at wendy's. look at us now. you see, kamala and i were able to see beyond the horizon because our families supported our big dreams. as americans we are all part of

one big family and as family we have to have each other's back. we have to support each other's streams because kamala harris success is our success. she supports us to dream big too. in the latino community we have a saying, si se puede. it means yes we can. tonight we are going to say she se puede. when somebody asks you if she can lead the country forward we will say she se puede. if somebody asks, is she qualified for the job we will say she se puede.

when somebody asks is she going to be the first female president of the united states? we will say, she se puede. our voices, our vote. we are going to decide this election. the energy tonight is not just in chicago. it's all across the country. people are gathered at watch d parties everywhere to celebrate kamala harris. say hello! [ cheering and applause ] we know how to work, so let's get to work. let's turn all of this enthusiasm and joy into action j between now and november fifth. let's go, she se puede, she se puede ! >> there are watch parties all

around the country that we just zoomed into view of the stage of the united center in chicago , fourth night of the democratic national convention and keeping with what has been a theme is another republican for harris, former congressman and combat veteran adam kinzinger. >> good evening. thank you. i am adam kinzinger and i'm proud to be in the trenches with you as part of this sometimes awkward alliance we have to defend truth, defend democracy and decency. i was just a kid when i was drawn to the party of ronald reagan, to his vision of a strong america, the shining city on a hill. i was a republican for 12 years in congress and i still hold onto the label. i never thought i'd be here but

you never thought you'd see me here, did you? i have learned something about the democratic party, and i want to let my fellow republicans in on the secret. the democrats are as patriotic as us. [ cheering and applause ] they love this country just as much as we do. and they are as eager to defend american values at home and abroad as we conservatives have ever been. [ cheering and applause ] i was relieved to discover that because i have learned something about my party too. something i couldn't ignore.

the republican party is no longer conservative. it has switched his allegiance from the principles that gave it purpose to a man whose only purpose is himself. donald trump is a weak man pretending to be strong. [ cheering and applause ] he is a small man pretending to be big. he sees -- he is a faithless man pretending to be righteous. he's a perpetrator who can't stop playing the victim. he puts on quite a show, but there is no real strength there. as a conservative and a veteran i believe true strength lies in pretending -- in defending the

vulnerable. it's an protecting your family.i it's an standing up for the constitution and democracy. that is the soul of being a conservative. co it used to be the soul of being a republican, but donald trump has suffocated the soul of the republican party. [ cheering and applause ] his fundamental weakness has coursed through my party like an illness, sapping our strength, softening our spine, whipping us into a fever that has untethered us from our values. our democracy was frayed by the events of january 6 as donald trump's to see and dishonor led to a siege on the united states capitol. that day i stood, tarnished by a man to vein and two-week to accept defeat.

how can a party claim to be patriotic if it idolizes a man who tried to overflow -- overthrow a free and fair election? how can it claim to stand for liberty if it sees a fight for freedom on ukraine and attack on democracy -- it nominates a man who was weirdly obsessed with putin and his running mate who said, quote, i don't care what happens in ukraine. yet he wants to be vice president. how can a party claim to be conservative when it tarnishes the gifts our forebears fought for. men like my grandfather who served in world war ii, who believed in a cause bigger than

himself and risked his life for it behind enemy lines to preserve american democracy his generation found the courage to face down armies. all the are asked to do was summon the courage to stand up to one week man. [ cheering and applause ] some have questioned why i have taken the stand i t have. the answer is really simple, tah ladies and gentlemen. we must put country first. [ cheering and applause ] tonight as a republican speaking before you i am putting our country first. the fact is i do belong here. i know kamala harris shares my

allegiance to the role of law, the constitution and democracy and she's dedicated to upholding all three in service to her country. it pales in comparison to the fundamental matters of principle, decency and fidelity to this nation. listen, to my fellow republicans, if you still pledge allegiance to those principles, i suspect you belong here too . because democracy knows no party. it's a living, breathing ideal that defines us as a nation. it's the bedrock that separates us from tyranny.

when that foundation is fractured we must all stand together united to strengthen it. [ cheering and applause ] if you think those principles are worth defending, i urge you e make the right choice. vote for our bedrock values and vote for kamala harris. god bless you. >> congressman adam kinzinger speaking to republicans, talking about not only his own support for kamala harris but why he thinks republicans across the country ought to be supporting her as well. the next person to speak is the younger sister, the only sibling of the democratic presidential nominee, kamala harris. here is maya harris.

>> hello, chicago. in 1958 a 19-year-old from india left the only country she had ever known to chart her own path in america. she came here to pursue her education but she stayed here to start a life. her name was dr. shamala harris , but we called her mommy. mommy was so many things to so many people. civil rights activist a devoted mother to her little girls, but most of all mommy was a trailblazer who defied the odds and defined herself. when it came to kamala and me, mommy had great expectations for us, but she had even greater expectations of us.

she raised us to believe that we could be and do anything. and we believed her. the power and the possibility that come with knowing and showing who we are. she knew we could be the authors of our own stories just as she could be the author of her own. mommy's journey and the opportunity she wanted for kamala and me, that is a distinctly american story. we may all have different histories, different struggles, different perspectives, but what binds us together is the fervent desire to be free, to fulfill our god-given potential. kamala's entire life has been about fighting for each of us

to have that freedom. like so many americans, kamala knows what it is like to be underestimated and be counted out. she knows what it's like to be the underdog and yet still beat the odds. now she has created so much electricity, so much optimism, so much joy throughout the nation and it is why we need her leadership in this historic moment. we are living in a time when some are trying to divide us, to separate us in ways that make it difficult for us to t come together. look, my sister rejects that po. where others push darkness, kamala sees promise. where

others feel detachment,, fosters connection. where others want to drag us back to the past, my sister says, hold up. we are not going back. because kamala understands, we have so much more in common than what separates us. she knows the measure of our success isn't just winning an election, it's about who we bring along and lift up in the process. so as i look out at all of you today and taken this incredible moment i so wish that

mommy could be here tonight. i could just see her smiling, saying how proud she is of kamala. and then without missing a beat she would say, that's enough. you've got work to do. she would tell all of us to roll up our sleeves and get to work, to elect a leader who sees the potential in each of us. a leader who cares for all of us. a leader who fights for everyone of us. our democratic nominee, my big sister, the next president of the united states, kamala harris! [ cheering and

applause ] >> maya harris, the younger sister of kamala harris. this is the last speaker before she takes the stage. north carolina governor roy cooper, a good friend of kamala harris. >> hello, america. i'm roy cooper, the last guy standing between you and the moment we are all waiting for. so i'm going to get right to it. all week you have heard stories about my friend kamala. i want to take you behind the scenes of one of them. 2011 was a rough time for american homeowners. hundreds of thousands were losing their homes to illegal foreclosure.

i was attorney general and north carolina while kamala had just become california's. all of the ag's were close to a settlement with the big banks and it was a pretty big deal. it would have meant $4 billion for california families who had been ripped off. i know that sounds like a lot, but kamala said, hang on a minute. i have met these families. i know what they've been through, and they deserve more. she went toe to toe with some of the world's most powerful executives, and she refused to give in. let me tell you, this was a huge risk, but she knew it was a risk worth taking. that's kamala. we all know what happened, the banks caved. that $4 billion for california

families became $20 billion. that was the first time i witnessed kamala in action. what i saw was a leader who does exactly what she says she's going to do, who never will settle for less. america, we've got a lot of big fights ahead of us and we've got one of a fighter ready to take them on. i know that. i know that because i know her. tonight, i want the american people to know even if you don't agree with her on everything er kamala harris will fight for you to the very end. for families who need better healthcare or a safer place to live, kamala will fight for you. for parents who want better

schools for their kids, for workers worried about a secure retirement for themselves, kamala will fight for you. for anyone of our allies anywhere in the world wondering if america still has your back, remember this. kamala will fight for you. and when she fights, we win. kamala is ready. kamala is ready. the question is, are we? are we going to stand up and fight for kamala like she will stand up and fight for us? [ cheering and applause ] all right, if you are ready, my own state of north carolina, stand up. stand up, pennsylvania. stand up, michigan. stand up, wisconsin. wi

stand up, georgia. stand up, nevada. stand up, arizona. stand up, america. are we going to stand up? are we going to fight? are we going to vote? are we going to win? you bet we are. let's go. [ cheering and applause ] >> it's the kind of place where your neighbor would look after you, were your first grade teacher would show up at your law school graduation. that's what kamala harris learned what it means to be middle-class.

for every working mom that taught her about standing up for what is right, protecting the people you love. >> kamala carries the lessons of our mother, the fighting spirit of our mother. the compassion. >> she was five feet tall. if you met her you would've thought she was seven feet tall. if i ever came home complaininga about anything she would not have it. the first thing she would say is, stop the complaining and tell me what you will do about it. >> since she was a little girl kamala harris has been fighting for families like the ones she grew up with. >> that is kamala, she can't help herself from standing up for people and what she thinks is right. she's been that way our whole lives. a protector. looking back now i can say it was her calling. >> as a courtroom prosecutor

she went after predators who targeted women and children and fraudsters who ripped off working families. she put dangerous gang members behind bars. >> her partnerships with doj or fbi or dea or any of those law enforcement agencies, now we all work collaboratively. she was the person who built the foundation and how we do criminal justice in america. >> as attorney general of california, she held the big he wall street banks accountable for fraud, winning $20 billion for california families. she took on one of the largest for-profit colleges that was scamming students. and the senate she bought for her constituents with a termination -- determination of the prosecutor standing up for reproductive freedom. >> can you think of any laws that gives the government the power to make decisions about the male body. >> i'm not thinking of any

right now, senator. >> she fought to keep children safe from gun violence. >> how many of you guys had to have a drill where you learned how you have to hide in a closet or crouch in a corner in the event there's a mass shooter. look at that. >> on the intelligence committee she defended the nation against foreign adversaries. in 2020 she made history as the first one to be elected vice president of the united states. she cast the tie-breaking vote to deliver urgent relief to the american people during the pandemic. she beat big pharma to lower prescription drug costs and cap the cost of insulin.'s she led the fight to restore reproductive rights after roe v wade was overturned. >> we have worked too hard and fought too long to have my daughters grow up in a world in with fewer rights than our

mothers. sometimes people will open the i door for you and leave it open, sometimes they want and then you need to kick it down. [laughter] excuse my language. >> now she is running for president, still fighting for families like the one she grew up with. >> our campaign is about saying we trust people. we want fairness and dignity for all people. we are a work in progress. we have it quite reached all of those ideals but we will die trying because we love our country. we believe in our country. we are not only for these folks that are trying to divide us, trying to pull us apart. we know what we stand for and we stand for the people. and we stand for freedom, we stand for justice, we stand forw equality so we will fight for all of it. >> that's who, harris is.

that's what she believes. that's what she will fight for every day. ♪♪ hey! i'ma keep running 'cause a winner don't quit on themselves ♪ >> please welcome the democratic nominee for president, vice president of the united states of america, kamala harris. [ cheering and applause ]♪ freedom freedom ♪ ♪ i can't move freedom, cut me loose ♪ ♪ i break chains all by myself

won't let my freedom rot in hell ♪ ♪ hey! i'ma keep running 'cause a winner don't quit on themselves ♪ ♪♪ i'ma wade, i'ma wave through the waters tell the tide, "don't move" ♪ >> [ cheering and applause ]

>> good evening, everyone. good evening. good evening. good evening, everyone. thank you. thank you. good evening. thank you. thank you.

thank you. thank you. thank you. >> usa! usa! usa! >> thank you all. we've got to get to some business. okay. thank you all. thank you. thank you. thank you. please, thank you so very much. thank you, everyone. let's get to business. let's get to business. so let me start by thanking my most incredible husband doug. [ cheering and applause ] for being an incredible partner to me, an incredible father to

cole and ella . and happy anniversary, dougie. i love you so very much. to our president joe biden. when i think about the path that we have traveled together, joe, i am filled with gratitude. your record is extraordinary as history will show. your character is inspiring. doug and i love you and jill and i forever thankful to you both. and two coach tim walz, you are going to be an incredible vice president. [ cheering and applause ] and

to everyone who has put your faith in our campaign, your support is humbling. america, the path that led me here in recent weeks was no doubt unexpected. but i'm no stranger to unlikely journeys. my mother, our mother, shamala harris had one of her own. i miss her every day and i know she's looking down smiling. i know that. my mother was 19 when she crossed the world alone, traveling from india to california with an unshakable dream to be the scientist who would cure breast cancer. when she finished school, she was

supposed to return home to a traditional arranged marriage. as fate would have it she met my father, a student from jamaica. they fell in love and got married and that act of self- determination made my sister maya and me. growing up we moved a lot. i will always remember the big mayflower truck packed with all our belongings ready to go to illinois, to wisconsin, and wherever our parents jobs took us. my early memories of our parents together are very joyful ones. a home filled with laughter and music. aretha, coltrane, miles. at the

park my mother would say, stay close. my father would say, as he smiled, run, kamala. don't be afraid. don't let anything stop you. from my earliest years he taught me to be fearless, but the harmony between my parents did not last. when i was in elementary school they split up. it was mostly my mother who raised us. before she could finally afford to buy a home, she rented a small apartment in the east bay. in the bay you either lived in the hills or the flatlands. we lived in the flats. a beautiful working-class neighborhood of firefighters, nurses, and construction workers all who attended their lawns

with pride. my mother worked long hours. like many working parents, she leaned on a trusted circle to help raise us. misses shelton he ran the daycare below us and became a second mother. uncle sherman, aunt mary, uncle freddie, auntie chris. none of them family by blood and all of them family by love. [applause] family who taught us how to make gumbo, how to play chess, and sometimes even let us win. family who loved us, believed in us, and told us we could be anything and do anything. they

instilled in us the values they personified. community, faith, and the importance of treating others as you would want to be treated. with kindness, respect, and compassion. my mother was a brilliant 5'0" brown woman with an accent. as the eldest child i saw how the world would sometimes treat her. my mother never lost her cool. she was tough, courageous, a trailblazer in the fight for women's health, and she taught maya and me a lesson that michelle mentioned the other night. she taught us to never complain, but do something about it.

do something about it. that was my mother. and she taught us, she also taught us and never do anything half-assed and that is a direct quote. i grew up immersed in the ideals of the civil rights movement. my parents had met in a civil- rights gathering and they made sure we learned about civil rights leaders including the lawyers like thurgood marshall and constance baker motley, those who battled in the courtroom to make real the promise of america. at a young age i decided i wanted to do that work. i wanted to be a lawyer. when it came time to choose the

type of law i would pursue, i reflected on a pivotal moment in my life. when i was in high school i started to notice something about my best friend wanda. she was sad at school. there were times she did not want to go home. one day i asked if everything was all right. she confided in me that she was being sexually abused by her stepfather. i immediately told her she had to come stay with us and she did. this is one of the reasons i became a prosecutor, to protect people like wanda because i believe everyone has a right to safety, to dignity, and to justice. [ cheering and applause ] as a prosecutor when i had a case i charged it not in the name of

the victim, but in the name of the people for a simple reason. in our system of justice, a harm against anyone of us is a harm against all of us. [ cheering and applause ] i would often explain this to console survivors of crime, to remind them know one should be made to fight alone. we are all in this together. every day in the courtroom i stood proudly before a judge and i said five words. kamala harris for the people. [ cheering and applause ] to be clear my entire career i have

only had one client, the people. and so on behalf of the people, on behalf of every american regardless of party, race, gender, or the language your grandmother speaks, on behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever's set out on their own unlikely journey. on behalf of americans like the people i grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams, and look out for one another. on behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth, i

accept your nomination to be president of the united states of america. [ cheering and applause ] with this election, and with this election our nation has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past, a chance to chart a new way forward. not as members of any one party or

faction but as americans. let me say i know there are people of various political views watching tonight. i want you to know i promise to be a president for all americans. you can always trust me to put country above party and self. to hold sacred americas fundamental principles from the rule of law to free and fair elections, to the peaceful transfer of power. [ cheering and applause ] i will be a president unites us around our highest aspirations. a president who leads and listens , who is realistic, practical,

and has common sense, and always fights for the american people. from the courthouse to the white house that has been my life's work. as a young courtroom prosecutor in oakland, california, i stood up for women and children against predators who abuse them. as attorney general of california, i took on the big banks, delivered $20 billion for middle-class families who faced foreclosure and helped pass a homeowner bill of rights, one of the first of its kind in the nation. i stood up for veterans and students being scanned by big

for-profit colleges, for workers who are being cheated out of their wages. the wages they were due. for seniors facing elder abuse. i thought against the cartels who traffic in guns and drugs and human beings, who threaten the security of our border and the safety of our communities. i will tell you these fights were not easy and neither were the elections that put me in those offices. we were under estimated at practically every turn, but we never gave up because the future is always worth fighting for. [ cheering and applause ] that is the fight we are in right now, a fight for america's future.

fellow americans, this election is not only the most important of our lives, it is one of the most important in the life of our nation. in many ways, donald trump is an unserious man , but the consequences of putting donald trump back in the white house are extremely serious. consider not only the chaos and calamity when he was in office, but also the gravity of what has happened as he lost the last election. donald trump

tried to throw away your votes. when he failed he sent an armed mob to the united states capitol where they assaulted law enforcement officers. when politicians in his own party begged him to call off the mob and send help, he did the opposite. he fanned the flames. and now for an entirely different set of crimes, he was found guilty of fraud by a jury of everyday americans and separately found liable for committing sexual abuse. consider what he intends to do if we give him power again. consider his explicit intent to

set free violent extremists who assaulted those law-enforcement officers at the capitol. his explicit intent to jail journalists, political opponents, and anyone he sees as the enemy. his explicit intent to deploy our active duty military against our own citizens. consider the power he will have, especially after the united states supreme court just ruled he would be immune from criminal prosecution. just imagine donald trump with no guard rails.

security, but to serve the only client he has ever had, himself. and we know, and we know what a second trump term would look like. it is all laid out in project 2025, written by his closest advisers and in some total it is to pull our country back to the past but america, we are not going back. we are not going back. we are not going back. we are not going back to when donald trump tried to cut social security and medicare. we are not going back to when

he tried to get rid of the affordable care act, when insurance companies could deny c people with pre-existing conditions. we are not going to let him eliminate the department of education that funds our public schools. [ applause ] we are not going to let him ends that provides preschool and childcare for our children. america, we are not going back. and we are starting and we are starting a new way forward. forward to a future where a strong and growing middle class, because we know a strongw middle class has always been critical to america's success and building that middle-class

will be a defining role of my presidency. and i will tell you, this is personal for me. the tmiddle class is where i come from. my mother kept a strict budget, we lived within our means. yet, we wanted for little. and she expected us to make the most of the opportunity that were available to us. and to be grateful for them. because, as she taught us, opportunity is not available to everyone. that is why we will create what i call an opportunity economy and an opportunity economy where everyone has a chance to compete and a chance to succeed. whether you live in a rural area

, small-town, or big-city. and as president, i will bring together labor and workers and small business owners and entrepreneurs and american companies to create jobs, to grow our economy and to lower the cost of every day needs like healthcare and housing and groceries. we will provide access to capital for small business owners and entrepreneurs and founders. and we will and america's housing shortage. and protect social security and medicare. now compare that to donald trump . because i think everyone here knows, he doesn't actually fight for the middle class. he doesn't actually fight for the middle class. instead, he fights for himself

and his billionaire friends. and he will give them another round of tax breaks that will add up to $5 trillion to the national debt. and all the while, he intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax, called a trump tax that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4000 a year. well, instead of a trump tax hike we will pass a middle- class tax cut that will benefit more than 100 million americans. friends, i believe america cannot truly be prosperous unless americans are fully able to make their own decisions about their own lives.

especially on matters of heart and home. but tonight, in america, too many women are not able to make those decisions. and let's be clear about how we got here. donald trump hand-picked members of the united states supreme court to take away reproductive freedom. and now he brags about it. in his words, quote, i did it and i am proud to have done it, and quote. i will tell you, over the past two years i traveled across our country and women have told me their stories. husbands and fathers have shared there's. stories of women miscarrying in a parking lot, developing sepsis, losing the

ability to ever again have children. all because donald trump -- doctors are afraid they will go to jail for caring for their patients. couples just try to go their families. cut off in the middle of ivf treatment. children who have survived sexual assault, potentially being forced to carry a pregnancy to term. this is what is happening in our country, because of donald trump. and understand, he is not done. as a part of his agenda, he and his allies would limit access to birth control, than medication abortion and enact a nation wide abortion ban with or without congress. and get this, get this, he plans to create a national

antiabortion coordinator and force states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions. simply put, they are out of their minds. and one must ask, one must ask, why exactly is it that they don't trust women? well, we trust women. we trust women. and when congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom, as president of the united states i will probably sign it into law. -- probably sign it into law

proudly sign it into law. in this eleconmany other fundamental freedoms at state. the freedom to live safe from gun violence in our schools, communities, and places of worship. the freedom to love you love opening -- openly and with pride. the anfreedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis. and the freedom that unlocks all the others, the freedom to vote. with this election, we finally have the opportunity to pass the john lewis voting rights act and the freedom to vote act.

and let me be clear, and let me be clear, after decades in law enforcement, i know the important of safety and security especially at our border. last year, joe and i got together democrats and conservative republicans to write the strongest order bill in decades. border patrol endorsed it. but donald trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign. so he ordered his allies in congress to kill the deal. i refuse to play politics with our security. and here is my pledge to you. as president, i will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that he killed and i will sign it into law. i know, i know we can live up

to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants and reform our broken immigration system. we can create an earned pathway to citizenship and secure our border. and america, we must also be steadfast in advancing our security and values abroad. as vice president, i have confronted threats to our security, negotiated with foreign leaders, strengthened our alliances, and engaged with our brave ndtroops overseas. as commander in chief, i will ensure america always has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world. and i will

fulfill our sacred obligation to care for our troops and their families, and i will always honor and never disparage their service and their sacrifice. i will make sure that we leave the world into the future on space and artificial intelligence point that america, not china wins the competition for the 21st century and that we strengthen not abdicate our global leadership. trump, on the other hand, threatened to abandon nato. he encouraged putin to invade our allies.

said russia could, quote, do what ever the hell they want. i say before russia attacked ukraine, i met with president zelenskyy to warn him about russia's plan to invade. i helped mobilize a global response, over 50 countries, to defend against putin's aggression. and as president i will send -- stand strong with ukraine and our nato allies. with respect to the war in gaza, president biden and i are working around the clock because now is the time to get a hostage deal and a cease-fire deal done. and let me be clear,

and let me be clear. i will always stand up for israel's right to defend itself and i will always ensure israel has the ability to defend itself because the people of israel must never opagain face the horr that a terrorist organization called hamas caused on october 7th. including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival. at the same time, what has happened in gaza over the past 10 months is devastating. so many innocent lives lost. desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety over and over again. the scale of

suffering is heartbreaking. president biden and i are working to end this war such that israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in gaza ends, and the palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security , freedom, and self- determination. and know this, i will never hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to defend our forces and our interest in against iran and iran backed terrorist. i will not to dictators like kim jong-un who are rooting for trump. rooting for trump. because, you know they know they -- he is

easy to manipulate with flattery and favors. they know trump won't hold autocrat accountable because he wants to be and autocrat himself. and as president, i will never waver in defense of america's security and ideals because in the enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny, i know where i stand and i know where the united states belongs. [ applause ] fellow americans. fellow americans i love our

country with all my heart. everywhere i go. everywhere i go in -- and everyone i meet, i see a nation that is ready to go forward. ready for the next step in the incredible journey that is america. i see an america where we hold fast to the fearless police that built our nation and inspired the world. that here, in this country, anything is possible. that nothing is out of reach. and america, where we care for one another, look out for one another and recognize that we have so much more in common in than what separates us. that

none of us, none of us have to fail for all of us to succeed. and that in unity there is strength. our opponents in this race are out there every day denigrating america. talking about how terrible everything is. well, my mother had another lesson she had to teach. never let anyone tell you who you are, you show them who you are! [ applause ] america, let us show each other and the world who we are and what we stand for . freedom, opportunity,

compassion, dignity, fairness, and endless possibilities. we are the heirs to the greatest democracy in the history of the world. and on behalf of our children and our grandchildren and all of those who have sacrificed so dearly for our freedom and liberty we must be worthy of this moment. it is now our turn to do what generations before us have done. guided by optimism and faith to fight for this country we love.

to fight for the ideals we i cherish and to uphold the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest at privilege on earth. the privilege and pride of being an american. [ applause ] so let's get out there, let's fight for it, let's get out there, let's vote for it. and together, let us write the next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told. thank you. god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. thank you all. [ cheers and applause ]

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hostage release. big effort from the biden- harris administration. i think what she did tonight was disqualified donald trump from ever being the country's commander-in-chief. she said this, fellow americans, elections not only the most important election in our lives, it is the most portent in the life of our nation. and you take her speech and you take some of these lines from warmer secretary of defense, leon panetta who said every president since world war ii, republican and democrat has shared the belief in america must protect democracy in the world. every president has honored our veterans sacrifices. every president, adam kinzinger and congress men ruben gallego. donald trump's disrespect, they were elevated on the biggest stage in american politics and i think they closed the door on

the minds of anyone watching on donald trump ever passing the commander in chief test again. >> when she said that commander- in-chief, had the strongest most lethal fighting force in the world. the obligation for care for our truth and the family i will always honor and never disparage their service and their sacrifice. that should not be something that should be and applaud biden any speech. yet, the room erupted at that moment because of the contrast she is drawing by saying that. >> count me among the unsurprised. my experience listening to kamala harris began when tonight host of the convention, kerry washington said to me, would you like to meet the female obama? this was in 2000 my -- first months of the obama presidency. to a century city law firm about

listening to the san francisco it is one of those moments where it is really once-in-a- lifetime,, i was sitting there realizing i am seeing the first black woman president. no question about it. when i saw that day is what she summarized when she said what we stand for toward the end of the speech. what we stand for, freedom, opportunity, compassion, dignity, fairness. that was all in that room that day with about 20 people listening to her. along with her strength and and ability nothing other than star power. any once in a while where it is someone, a lot of resume stuff. and that star power of what i have seen when people have as

good as they expected to be, i was seeing what she is not in the right spot, she doesn't have her footing in the way as vice president that you get to have now as a presidential candidate. this is a person who i saw for the first time. >> presumably. jacob point >> pretty close, rachel point pretty close. the message from my vantage point which was could not have been any clearer. a harm against any one of us is a harm against all of us. kamala harris for the people versus the only client donald trump has ever had is himself and it's pretty amazing. like this is what kamala harris and her family are seeing right now. take a look. take a look back this way. want to give you a look as they start to walk off the state point look at the secret service agent, by the way. literally buried in balloons.

couldn't be a more different atmosphere than we had about a month ago at the republican convention. not like this. it is an ecstatic environment here. that is one very big happy family on that stage, you guys. two alex, enjoyed the convention floor. what are you seeing? >> [ laughter ] >> welcome to the balloon array. we got balloons, man. >> we got into it. we got into the space. >> how was it? >> big. >> can i say? you guys can see the flags in new york but the amount we talked a lot over the course of the last couple days about how democrats are trying to reclaim patriotism and i really feel like it culminated in this night, these gigantic flags there. there is the chicks singing the star-spangled banner. this season came in two full

flowers night with kamala harris, the true strength, the true integrity, the true patriotism life of the democratic party. and they opened to encompass republicans, to encompass doubters to encompass people that felt culturally divorced from the party for decades and here we have i think one of the broadest, deepest, most diverse coalitions i have ever seen. all of them marching on their stars and stripes. it is really something else for the democratic convention. >> absolutely and i think listening to that speech i was actually, especially glad, even glider than i was when i got down here that i was here with this lady. because america is, if anything, it is a magnet. it is a magnet that no matter where you are in the world, whether you're in the congo or guyana, this is a lady whose mom came all the way from asia,

all the way from burma. >> southeast asia where burma was once part of the british india. where kamala's mother was from herself. >> where letter like the physical embodiment of the ingredients that make kamala harris. i love that we experienced this together because what that magnet, the thing that draws people like my parents, who came from africa and from guyana , is this idea that once you come here, what you make, what you create with the family that you develop, you make america. we are an embodiment of that and kamala harris literally is. when i look on that stage and i see her family that are brown and that are black and that are this mix, this amazing mixture. and you look at tim walz's family. that is also part of the magnet. it is people from

the midwest and the rustbelt and from california and from anywhere. no matter where you're from, whether your adam kinzinger or nancy pelosi, you are america. >> and you are also part of the democratic party. >> part of the democratic party or at least you're voting for kamala harris. >> the bottom line is what the democratic party has achieved, they actually figured out a way to be an embodiment as a party of what america is supposed to be. well done. i think that she has embodied that tonight. her speech gave that. she said everywhere ago, and where i meet i see a nation moving forward. >> i know our moms, wherever they are, are very happy. i know my asian mom, your mother are very happy, not just that kamala harris is the nominee that we get to be at the special place together. >> i picture in my mind that filomena and shyamala are literally dancing it out right now.

even the food is similar because the indians and the guyanese both like their curry. >> we could do a whole other segment. >> we are going to do a food segment next, guys. but before we go on about food. >> actually, i am here for it. it is fine. i have been trying to get everybody to eat turkey here all night. i'm going to bring something better. let me ask one line and vice president harris' speech. i want to get your take on how it resonated in the room. watching this media through television it seems like there is almost a gasp and response from the room. she said as part of his agenda, talking about trump, he and his allies would limit access to birth control, band medication abortion, enact and nationwide abortion ban with or without congress and, get this, he plans to create a national antiabortion coordinator and force states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions. simply put, she said, they are out of their minds.

and it sounds from here there was an eruption at that moment. what was it like in chicago? >> yeah, it definitely caused a collective gasp in this arena. it was a piece of information that i don't think i had really heard in that specificity before. there has been a lot of project 2025 talk. >> a lot but not with that specificity and they have woven reproductive choice every, i would say, our of this convention. this is the first time or kamala harris put the detail on it in that way. and i think much like many people watching at home, a lot of the audience in here had no idea that that was the ciccone and level, orwellian policy that was being proposed by the future trump administration. >> in addition to really focusing on, you know, it is interesting, women were so present in this convention in a way they were absent in many

ways in the republican national convention because they were really trying to avoid the whole abortion conversation. but it isn't just a reproductive right. the idea of mom, of mother lateness really has been woven throughout this campaign. through this convention, whether it was michelle obama talking about losing her mom and whether it was any of the many women who are talking about their choice to be a mom, having your own choice, the choice on how to create families and the way they have described family and mothers i think has been very unique and interesting, as well as a way to defy manhood and masculinity. it is a really modern conception of the family. i still can't get over tim walz's son. i am sorry. that moment i think is still sticking with so many people. but between that moment and this night. kamala harris and her sister maia talk about their mom. i definitely feel like this was an embrace of motherhood by

choice and motherhood whether it is a stepmom or whether it is a blended family but i feel like that was another quote of something in it. >> there are a lot of kids who have been on stage tonight. stepchildren, nieces, goddaughter's, little kids, older kids, big kids. the idea of sort of generational inheritance and not just what kind of choice you have in terms of having children or not but what kind of world you are leaving our children has been, i think, almost a subtext of the proceedings here tonight. >> that and the fact that all of the families you have seen here are so warm and loving and tactile and very different from what you saw the rnc where some more clinical and blase. >> generous, i would say. i'm not sure that i would call what i saw a family, you know. they have the same last name but there is a lot of distance between the members. >> it felt cold and it felt angry and it felt, the whole, that convention felt like he is

constantly talking about threats and talking about democrats as a threat and sort of anger and kick out all the immigrants and deport them all now. this convention felt like a party, a family reunion and the family reunion has been >> 100,000 balloons, like always at reunions. >> and a barbecue. you know barbecue point >> talking about with joy discussing about the focus on immigrants and the coronations now and having lands and that is say the united states military is for defeating our foreign enemies, foreign threats, is not to threaten the american people and it is not to roundup or mass incarcerate immigrants. i am paraphrasing exactly what he said. again, and ask him, almost a dictionary definition that should not be a political attack but it almost is because

of the radicalism. at stake in national security a certificate of really interesting with bad the family dynamics, the mutual respect, the kind of things that we were just talking about on what ended up being the national security night of the convention. >> no question about it. it is important because even though we all know this, this is the biggest moment to remind the american public of this and this is ultimately still an election. where she is running against donald trump. this is joyful, it was full of love, people watching were like where has that amazing person been for the last couple of years? that is a lot of what i am getting the questions from, right? over the last, and, of course, tonight. but the national security piece is a reminder to the people watching about what is at stake and what the norms are and that is part of why there is this

big coalition of current republican, former republican, people that don't normally come to these things before, sheriffs, because it is not the norm. and as a country we have a different expectation and we should have a different expectation. >> identified that so clearly when she said the enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny. i know where i stand and where the united states of america belongs now when we show this video of her saying it, the power with which she delivered those lines, the perfection in the pacing of those lines and you know, was onto this in 2010 . he desperately wanted to stop her career at the san francisco d.a. when she started running statewide for attorney general. now the republican party does not invest a lot of money in a statewide run for attorney general in california but they did this. they desperately tried to stop her at that spot and they came close. she won by a very small margin because he saw what i saw. this one can go all the way. let's stop it right now.

>> the public had not seen. she had of this magical charismatic quality and person. so do a lot of politicians. the thing about hillary clinton, also true. the public had to see it in order to get elected and tonight, and over the last couple weeks she showed the public. >> what did you mean? >> what i mean by that is just, that was fierce and fearless how she just delivered that. that is who she has been. she didn't make it to the iowa caucuses four years ago. it is just a reminder, this line in the speech where she said never let anyone tell you who you are, you show them who you are. with about a bigger message but it is also about her, you know. and that is what she, i think, presented tonight and over the last few weeks. >> she also, at the most basic level. at the most basic brainstem aesthetic, she looks like the president of the united states. i was like watching a movie, sometimes we watch movies where there is like a woman president and i was like, i am watching the reality. that is, the way she talked,

the way she held the room, the command, the vocal quality. the pacing, the cadence, the specificity the authority, all these things that are extremely difficult to pull off on the balance beam and like yeah it is impressive. the top shot of the balance beam is two inches wide and like whoa, that is way, way, way more difficult than it looks but she did that leslie and effortlessly. that was job number one. job one number one tonight was i can be the president and that is a huge hump for anyone to get over but i was also reminded of michelle obama's speech because i was thinking about where we were a month ago watching the rnc and think for a second if kamala harris had gotten up and just winged it for an hour and 37 minutes and she had just run like a mar-a- lago late night dish sash, it would be over. like we don't get a second chance. we don't get exact point we don't get that sort of charity.

we have to execute every time. i know what that is like. and tonight she executed perfectly and she executed perfectly. >> the way she feels the part. you are talking about it in casting terms. and that is not, coincidentally, why she was recognized this way in hollywood right away. right away. >> i will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like kim jong-un who are rooting for trump. they are, reiterating, they are rooting for trump, they are rooting for trump because they know he is easy to manipulate with flattery and favors. they know trump won't hold autocrats accountable because he wants to be and autocrat. i have to say, that little piece of analysis is something that almost never get articulated that way. instead he gets described as something that is unbecoming, un-american and public to have her spell it out is because he wants to be and autocrat. then she says you singled out

lawrence, as president, i will never waver in defense of american security and ideals because the enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny, i know where i stand, i know where i stand and where the united states of america belongs. saying we, as americans, have inherited a global responsibility to be on the side of democracy and against tyranny and we have been taken out of that position by the former president who is trying to put us back on the side of autocrats. i will never do that and i will put us back where we belong as americans and if that is where you, any american believes he ought to be. >> we had no choice. he laid that out and just to draw a contrast, tonight, what was donald trump doing? he was social media posting where is hunter? and no, tim walz wasn't coach, he was assistant coach. and that is funny. it is devastating if you look

at that. but this speech perfectly, look at who she is running against, right? darkness and fear, optimism and light and that is what she offered tonight, not just optimism and light but real policy and vision for the future. >> i love, just on that point you just made, rachel. i really love the line about the greatest privilege of being america. because i think there is something really subtle and nuanced and smart about that. it is patriotic. i believe that 100%. but also comes with like the notion of, you know, people attack this liberal notion of privilege but it is a great privilege to be american. it is the greatest. people come from across the world to be here and to put it in those terms, to be patriotic and progressive in a way because it forces you to recognize the fact that we all who have been born here have been handed this thing that we have something to do with. i love, love, love that. >> the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest

privilege on earth. >> at a strategic level i think that she soared into this role were a lot of people watching forget that she is already doing all of these things and at the national security level she is a safe bet. she honors our alliances and it really is, there is some serendipity that she has this marginal, that she is the one that went over, that she is the one is instrumental in this hostage release and prisoner swap. but to lawrence's point, she was already ready to do the job. she told the whole country she said i think the other strategic piece that she sort of closed the door on his watching trump win the mainstream and kessinger helped. i really -- i have to say, look at the rundown and like how does this fit together? and you look at it after her speech and they were pushing him out of the mainstream view of foreign

policy, the mainstream of any past commander in chief that has ever held that office in the history of the country. any person who has ever had the privilege of eating the commander in chief, he so far made his own. and kinsinger comes in and the only patriotic thing to do is to vote for kamala harris. >> you have been reading but the lines you have been reading so beautifully simple. there is not a high school kid in america, everything will she said. i have never heard of a democratic speech and the setting that is as simple as that. there is always something that gets a little bit jargon a point little bit into you got to know two more things about the federal government. the clarity of it and then her delivery of it, just absolutely flawless. making it even more clear, she ripped heated, let me be clear. and afterwards, she was clear. and when you think about donald trump who gets questioned by

reporters and never answers the questions and has never been clear about a single issue ever except his desire to raise taxes on tariffs, is never clear. the issue was being flawlessly clear all the way through on every policy that she described. >> her assignment because she ends by telling america let's get out there and fight for it. and what you said, nicole, we know that she is already doing all of this. what we needed in these four days was a reminder that she is because people often forget what she is doing. people don't think about the vp pics over these last four days, minded, all the things she has done and people have said they want this and more and they are saying what in the world is donald trump doing because he hasn't articulated any clear mission or message. >> chris, thank you. [ laughter ] >> i think we are seeing the

backup quarterback becoming the starter. when you're the backup quarterback and you run three plays the game or when you don't really know what you can do you are an nfl quarterback, right? so maybe. and now here she is. she is the star quarterback. >> chris, i want to thank you also for the reminder about what the parallel speech was at the rnc. i actually had blocked it out. 90 minutes just talking about hannibal lector and sharks. it wasn't sharks that night but just the random everything on stuff that popped into his mind in the moment while people drifted out of the room. contrast that with what we just saw. >> that is what jacob said, right? i was at the rnc and jacob was saying this was a totally different ending. what is he talking about? there was not a lot of celebration at the end. at the end of the rnc, people were exhausted and the last 15 minutes people were kind of backing up like this even notice i am leaving? so when the balloons came down,

people were like, i'm out of here. the celebration was in the hulk hogan our. >> speaking of celebration, jacobs in the midst of the scrum, as usual. what is happening? >> well, at the minnesota delegation never stopped going off after last night, they are still behind me but i just met this lovely group of women who are old friends and family from all over the country, turns out. her name and where you're from, please .2 i am tonya from cincinnati, ohio. >> alabama. >> birmingham, alabama. >> dolores from atlanta, georgia. >> nicole from atlanta, georgia. >> you got the memo, dressed in white tonight? >> yes! >> reporter: historic evening, no other way to describe it point how did it feel to be here? >> unbelievable. i am still amazed. i'm still amazed just to be here, to be able to witness. she is going to be the next president of the united states. >> you are so convinced of that

>> i am convinced of that. >> how do you feel? >> electrifying, the best experience ever. >> i watched a smile on that face right now. >> she will be president of the united states. >> what stuck with you most tonight of what vice president harris had to say? >> she laid out a plan. she had a plan for this country moving forward she has a plan for us all. middle-class, poor, rich, we are going to be included in the american dream. first time i can think of that happening in a long, long time. >> with friends and family here? >> absolutely point >> so nice to meet all of you. i really appreciated. thank you very much. i appreciate you guys. thank you. i love you guys, too. let's go to the minnesota delegation will more time because they were so welcoming the other night. i can't get in there, is too hard. it is too hard. >> you set the stage and not everybody is like oh god, we have to beat jacob there. >> would never point

>> see what you can do to crawl over, we will get back to you. [ laughter ] >> would hurt himself i would feel terrible. what did you think? >> i thought the entire week built to this moment that we saw tonight with vice president harris and she had a lot she had to do with this speech because this is the largest audience she is going to have before election day and a month ago she wasn't the democratic nominee so people, i mean, if you talk to voters out they they say i don't really know much about her. so she had to, in her own words, even though all week she was contextualized and humanized by people that know her well. look at jacob. make it happen, jacob. she literally had ensured that she herself. because there is no, there is no substitute for her about her family, but her mother, her father, there are people that said we had heard

about a lot her father but now you heard about donald harris on that stage or her sister, her story connects to so many other people story, being a family that had -- look at the happiness. the people are just so excited and i think that is what is blowing up because people said she is hitting the mark where her story is our story, where she accepts the nomination. on behalf of all the people whose a story she was telling point that is uniquely an american tail. very, very important. >> jake, blinked twice if you need help. [ laughter ] jacob, i recognize him on that. >> rachel, i give them all my phone number and they are all coming over later. >> now broadcasting from minneapolis.

that is where you're going to be brought home two. well done, my friend. we haven't asked you yet what you thought of the speech. what were you thinking. >> >> tonight america got to meet her, the role she actually played for most of her career as it was a home run of a speech and what we heard was her give the opening statement. here is who i am. here is where i come from. that is my opening of my values and who i am and then she made the case, and she made it as sort of like also said, more directly, more bluntly against donald trump then we heard throughout. this includes the joys convention and i think she needed to do that because that is what candidates do and for all the joy. note, legally she spoke about democracy, fraud, she also made a point to say something that is legally true, that he has been found legally liable for sexual abuse. that is something

that few people have said from the main stage point that is the kamala harris we know from being a tough prosecutor. she is the right person to say it and then third, we got the closing argument. and that broadened back out to we can do this together, i am proud to be american, we are not going back and so we got in each of those chapters what you would get from her in the courtroom and she is good at it. >> i wanted to point out, if you heard her before, some of it sounded familiar. but if this had to be done in this place because more people home watching as closely as we are, they had not heard her so there was nothing to harken back to, things that i had heard her say when i worked for her in the vice president's office things she said in the first presidential campaign. things you go if you look up speeches and things that she has given and the united states senate, this was the speech that pulled him every single speech of her career. all up until this moment. i will say there was lots of

folks who are wearing white tonight. what i gather at the convention they talked about wearing white and savoring this moment, the history. harris is somebody, she could potentially make. she has 1 million things she has said throughout her career point for me, her choice of what to wear today also said that i am about my business. and that there is still work that needs to be done and we are going to wear the white. >> what is interesting, when you look at the whole speech is like as she goes through she responds to her critics. so when you are hearing her background, and to your point you hear people say i heard that, what are you going to do? she then walks you through farm policy, and then when she is taking her back to generate sixth, the critics were saying, while that is history point then she takes you forward and said we will be guided by optimism and faith and we are going to fight for it.

so those people are leaving the road with an assignment of what to do next as opposed to the rnc, the rnc was basically like an inauguration celebration. okay? they were like we got this, let's go home, we are in charge now. people didn't leave the rnc with an assignment. he left the rnc like well, we got it now. everyone who has watched or participated, my phone is filled with people tonight saying i am charged up, let's go do this thing and we heard this assignment from michelle obama, from oprah winfrey and from vice president harris tonight and >> people loosens back to michelle obama's beach point do something, do something. that is not the tagline they intended for the convention but it landed. that speech was such a knockout and it landed as her insistent call and response moment in that speech. but that actually is a great thing for people to be able to take away with them as they go home. >> i also just literally said i think it is pretty wild to think about, right? we sought a way that barack

obama extremely definitely navigated at a level that will be written about for 100 years about the politics of race and the first black man to be president of the united states. they said it couldn't be done. but what is? they said it couldn't be done. and i said, there was nothing in the speech tonight. if i'm not mistaken, nothing, not one word, not one allusion, not a hand, not anything about being epic history that would be made by kamala harris being president of the united states. not a wisp of it. >> very smart. >> even more than obama who was much more wink wink nudge nudge about it. this was like none of it. >> i mean, i don't want to put your words in your mouth but what i hear you saying is everyone can wear white pick everybody can talk about what

this means for history and looking back and everything but the way we are going to make history here is by me becoming the president and i'm going to show you i can be president by the fact that i basically already and president in some ways. i am vice president, i am doing the work. this is what a president looks like. i'm going to make this as easy as possible for you to imagine. >> thank you for being my translator. that is it, that is exactly it. let's put a finer point on it. the republican party apparatus, the culture was a distraction. they are the playbook. so donald trump and jd vance, they are more than four vice presidents to stand on the state and say let's make history. she is not saying that. she is saying let's be for all the other reason. elect me because i'm decent, because i will fight for you. because i don't need to be done, because i respect america. elect me because i am a patriot and this other guy is not. >> eating people the chills because we are not having this outward moment but all of a sudden when we least expect it we're looking and saying, oh my gosh, our sons and daughters might live in an america where the president before them is a

woman, is a black woman. >> she got into the office by putting an end to the political career of donald trump, the worst president in american history who tried to overturn democracy and her name is kamala harris and i'm going to help because governor wes moore of maryland is at our camera in chicago. i will give it to you guys, take it away. what a thrill. i mean, first of all, can i just say, i can't i

>> it has been so beautiful because you see not only is there so much joy that we are feeling right here, excitement but also there is an eagerness to work >> and a purpose. >> everybody is having a good time pick everybody is ready to do, and go home and get to work everybody has their battle point pick everybody already has the people they are going to contact who is going to contact 10 people that they have to contact, as well. so we are leaving here with orders, do you know what i mean? that actually feels really good. this is what we are going to do . this is what we are going to need you to do to make this thing happen. so it feels really good. this is been a celebratory environment. let's be clear, people here are on a mission. they understand. >> they want to get invited back to the next family reunion they've got work to do. >> and we have been talking a lot about the way that everyone, i guess, in this convention has really sort of preconceived the idea of family, how it is created,

masculinity, the idea of motherhood. that has been a huge theme here and you, i think, have done something like that in maryland because every time we go you walk in there with your kids or somebody. but you don't separate. you don't feel the need to stray something artificial. you are welcoming us into the family. feels like a new kind of politics that actually seems to resonate inside the democratic party. a lot of people are doing what appears to be the new way of the democratic party. >> honestly it is just authenticity. it is just people want people to be themselves and listen, our lives are complicated. our families are complicated. there is nothing clean or easy about how we are. and i was telling a story, and it is true, i had to convince people in my family to vote for me. >> that is a tough family >> they are like -- it is not that my family and i article, i actually had to convince them to vote. you know what i mean?

and so are families are complicated and that is okay. we love them all the same call we fight for them all the same and i think that is part of the message coming out of here. this facade that oftentimes people want to put up what is america and what does america symbolize and who is fighting for and who is not worth fighting for and who is more deserving and who is undeserving. we are basically saying guys, we are complicated and we are all worth fighting for. so let's not forget that. >> the tough sell aside. what was animated of the democratic party for so long was this negative incentive like donald trump is this looming x essential force that could destroy american democracy and is certainly that was very much part of the vice president's remarks tonight. but there is also this extraordinary turn that they made toward positive incentivizing, right? like everything has changed in terms of the general election

dynamic of this race. it was like you have to vote because everything is over otherwise. but now it is you have to vote because what awaits you on the other side is joy in the morning. over and over again, joy in the morning. and joy in the evening, as well. but that is a very interesting change inside the party. >> when we are going through, i was running against an election denier. was running against a donald trump endorsed joe biden is not legit president. if i can get the selection right, matter what we can do. about how backwards, let's move towards our dream. instead of just being, sleep easy, i would rather sleep easy if i am looking forward to my dreams than i am just hoping not to have. >> governor wes moore of maryland, one of the most extraordinary voices in this. i mean, the convocation. can

you guys see the thank you for everything you're doing for the party .2 thank you. kamala harris and tim walz elected. i'm looking forward to the introduction of the cabinet. i'm just going to say that right now. >> i remember like stay away from our governor. don't even talk about, don't even think about it. >> he is like i got you. marylanders are like, no. >> as the governor of maryland. >> i will collect. all right, you will remember where you were. the speech tonight from the vice resident of the united states, kamala harris really introducing herself to the nation. speaking of republicans and independents as she was to the

democrats who are nominating her tonight. as americans remember how great their country is and to fight for its values. you are going to remember where you were on this night. this was an inflection point in history. our coverage continues after this, stay with us here on msnbc . >> our opponents in this race are out there every day denigrating america. talking about how terrible everything is . well, my mother had another lesson she used to teach. never let anyone tell you who you are. you show them who you are. ♪ harris: this campaign is a fight for the future. we fight for a future with affordable housing,

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