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>> 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 this ideals we cherish, and to uphold the awesome responsibility that comes with the greatest privilege on earth, the privilege and pride of being an american. >> a near flawless convention ends with democratic nominee kamala harris passing the presidential test, presenting herself to the nation and the world as a compassionate, welcoming, and strong commander in chief. plus, the clear contrast we saw between the men supporting a

powerful woman at the democratic convention and the hypermasculinity of trump's convention. and we begin tonight with a pitch perfect convention. democrats are fired up and ready to go for the final sprint toward november, coming off an uplifting convention bursting with energy, passion, excitement, unity, and joy. vice president kamala harris now officially the democratic nominee for president, left chicago today with second gentleman doug emhoff. her message is to take this momentum forward and win. that follows a convention for the ages. and it is hard. let me be clear, to pull off a perfect convention. but this one came about as close to it as possible. the best, many have said, since then-senator barack obama accepted the nomination back in 2008. >> my girl.

kamala harris is more than ready for this moment. she understands that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward. we will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth. for years, donald trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us. see, his limited, narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard-working, highly educated, successful people who happen to be black. who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs? >> it has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that's actually been getting worse now that he's afraid of losing to

kamala. there is the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession with crowd sizes. >> behind closed doors, trump mocks his supporters. he calls them basement dwellers. >> trust donald trump and j.d. vance to look out for your family? shoot, i wouldn't let those guys -- i wouldn't trust them to move my couch. ♪ yeah ♪ ladies and gentlemen, we are here tonight to officially nominate kamala harris for president ♪ fire that loud ♪ ♪ another round of shots ♪ ♪ dnc turn down for what ♪ >> together we put a lot of cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling.

on the other side of that glass ceiling is kamala harris raising her hand and taking the oath of office as our 47th president of the united states. >> kamala is as tough as it comes. just as the criminals, the global gangsters, and the witnesses before the senate judiciary committee. >> kamala harris is tough. kamala harris is experienced. and kamala harris is ready. our job for everyone watching is to get in the trenches and do the blocking and tackling. >> let us choose truth. let us choose honor. and let us choose joy! >> but the closer, who was not beyonce, was kamala harris, who showed herself to be all things. she came across strong, presidential, and ready to go,

as commander in chief, but also funny, warm, accessible, and ready for this moment. >> i will be a president who unites us around our highest aspirations, a president who leads and listens, who is realistic, practical, and has common sense. >> 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 not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like kim jong-un. donald trump tried to throw away your votes. when he failed, he sent an armed mob to the united states capitol. and now, for an entirely different set of crimes, he was

found guilty of fraud by a jury of everyday americans and separately -- and separately found liable for committing sexual abuse. you can always trust me to put country above party and self, to hold sacred america's fundamental principles from the rule of law to free and fair elections, to the peaceful transfer of power. >> donald trump is an unserious man, but the consequences of putting donald trump back in the white house are extremely serious. he and his allies would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion, and enact a nationwide abortion ban with or without congress. he plans to create a national

anti-abortion coordinator and force states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions. simply put, they are out of their minds. >> joining me now is democratic strategist -- omar rah, aaron haynes, editor at large of the 19th, and douglas brinkley, presidential historian and professor of history at rice university. thank you for being here. you are our strategist. judge this convention by, you know, what a convention is supposed to do, build momentum for the fall campaign, introduce the candidate to the country, and create momentum toward the finish. judge the campaign from a strategic point of view -- or

judge the convention from a strategic point of view. >> yes. a++. i have been to four conventions as a democratic party leader. i work on campaigns, and this is the best show by far that i've seen in this, sort of, like, last several conventions. and everything was just flawless. it had the enthusiasm. it had the energy. it really set her story. it really set who she was not only as a prosecutor and a professional, but who she was as a stepmom, an auntie, what her values were, what she's going to stand on as a presidential candidate. all of that was there throughout the entire week. and honestly hat's off to the convention team because none of this convention programming existed about a month ago. they had to swap everything out to be a convention in her image

and walz's image as well. and they really, really knocked it out of the park 1,000%. this convention captured the joy. that's the word of the week, and bringing back the joy, as walz said coming out. and this definitely -- all of that was reflkted here. and just on a personal note, being able to see a fellow eldest daughter of immigrants accept the nomination for president, like, i've been in politics for about 20-some-odd years now, and people still get my name wrong. that was an entirely relatable moment. so, the magic of kamala harris -- yeah, it was, for me, the magic of kamala harris is that she manages to be amazingly excellent while also being, as you were saying earlier, funny and relatable. and that -- that was such an emotional moment for me last

night. >> well, listen, as my father was african, my maiden name was l-o-a-m-n-e. people couldn't pronounce that and it's literally sounds the way it's said. i overstand. having immigrant parents, i overstand. douglas brinkley, it's good to see you there. i did see you in chicago on the floor. judge it from a historical point of view. measures against what other conventions have accomplished, how would you rate it? >> a spectacular success. there's no way else to put it. i mean, the city of chicago did a great job hosting it. the security, while it was a couple layers deep, sometimes turkeying to get in, it was just a gorgeous indoor/outdoor situation. and joy was the word. but it ended with kamala harris' extraordinary final speech. i mean, you have to go back to 1992 to bill clinton, in my

mind, when he introduced himself as the man from hope. to look at what vice president harris did about introducing her background of immigrants, as just mentioned, india and jamaica and parents and the rest. but then she cut and showed her confidence, her calmness, her poise. and she became a national security leader. i saw her as a commander in chief. and i thought it was very smart that they had leon panetta of california, former head of cia and defense in front of her to remind us that she knows how to deal with international affairs in a time of gaza/israel and ukraine/russia. it's going to be all-important. on the campaign trail now she's going to have to deal with the economic issues. but she nailed the national security part in a big-time way. >> all right. let me go to you, aaron. one of the things that i want to show you -- and this is the end. this isn't the speech, but this is after the speech. we're going to put it up on the

screen. this is from sterling brown. this is the family, vice president kamala harris and her family after the speech. it was pretty -- this is actually the ratings first. 28.9 million people watched the speech. that is 500,000 more than watched donald trump's closing night. so, she beat him in the ratings. i know that's going to bother him. but now let's take a look at the stills of the family after the speech. aaron, i think this was something really quite poignant if we can have that. this is element four. you see the kind of variety of just the humans that are on that stage. you saw a relative who is indian american. these are her nieces who are young black women, her goddaughter who is african american. you have the family of tim walz, a white midwestern family. you kind of had everything in the rainbow, aaron. and it was really a showcase for what a multiculture america looks like, literally standing on that stage. what's the significance do you

think of that and how much will it trigger the right? >> yeah, absolutely. and don't forget that the second gentleman, doug emhoff, because vice president harris was accepting the nomination on the couple's tenth wedding anniversary, their blended family was also in the spotlight last night. even his ex-wife was in the audience and cheering on this candidacy, this presidency, this couple that could be the next couple that goes into the white house. look, i think it does matter. you have identity and representation front and center all week during this convention and not just on the stage but also in the audience. you saw so many people's identities feeling represented, resonated, whether we're talking about the lgbtq+ community, the disability community. think about governor walz's family, his son, gus, and that touching moment that we saw earlier in the week with him, what that representation is going to mean for so many families, people talking about their fertility journey, survivors of gun violence,

survivors of the consequences of the dobbs decision. so many different people's identities represented this week, and you saw that in the culmination of just that spectrum of, you know, what really is an american story that we saw on stage happening last night. >> and also the harris' -- kamala harris and doug emhoff are a multireligious family. he is jewish. she is christian. but also her mom was hindu. so, they celebrate all the holidays. every holiday imaginable, they celebrate them all. i want to play michelle obama, one more thing that she said that seemed to echo through the entire convention. here's michelle obama. >> it's up to us to remember what kamala's mother told her. don't just sit around and complain. do something. so, if they lie about her, and they will, we've got to do something. >> we're now so fired up we

can't wait to leave here and do something. >> so, in the words of michelle obama, do something. go vote. be active. let's show out in november like never before. >> what is that something that they need to do going forward until early voting starts in september? >> do something. organize your community. talk to your neighbors. text bank, door knock, voter register, get people to the polls. the one thing that was amazing about all of these calls that started after win with black women, from white dudes for harris, south asians for harris, is the community organizing really on, sort of, a granular level. take your people to the polls. it's really the heart of organizing. talk to the people the way that, you know, you know that would reach them, right?

and for so long, black women have, sort of, modelled this example set by win with black women. so, we're saying do the same in your community. it's going to talk to all of us collectively rowing and pulling our communities together to make this happen. and that's really the do something here. yeah. >> yeah. and we just were looking as you were speaking at all of those american flags. one of the things they definitely did last night is took back the idea of patriotism and the flag and made it something that's not right wing but something that's fully american. up next, while democrats were thriving this week, you know, the republican nominees were, you know -- they were a whole lot mess, unable to even order doughnuts without immediately making things weird. don't go anywhere. ere. ced drives for generations. many who switch to the aarp auto insurance program

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i'm running for vice president. how long have you been here? >> i've been here since the beginning of july of this year. >> okay. how about you, sir? >> almost two years. >> okay. good. how long has this place been around? >> about four years. >> okay. how long have you been here? >> a little over six months. >> okay. good. >> okay. good. it falls to you, doug. historically, has there ever been a worse vice presidential candidate? and i'm including the guy who couldn't spell potato. >> well, i think this may be the very worst. j.d. vance has zero retail political skills. he's a newbie to politics in ohio, and wrote hill billy

elegy. when he goes around the country, he's struggling to get a spark to connect. i've never seen anything like it. when he went that one moment by "air force two" like he's going to be living in it. it's bad visual after bad visual. there are no good sound bites. donald trump must be wringing the neck of donald trump junior for recommending vance. it's not working. i suppose the trump team will try to float up some other surrogate so vance is like one of seven or something so you don't have to focus on him. but tim walz will eat him alive in a debate, in my opinion. even though vance is a smart lawyer, yale guy, and all the rest, he just doesn't know how to connect with people. >> maybe they should have him talk to other people from yale. maybe that would make him easier. >> that would work. >> i think it might be fine. aaron, let's talk about robert f. kennedy jr. he has officially dropped out

the race, saying his donors gave him the strength to drop out and endorse donald trump. what's the impact of that do you think? >> well, listen, i just have to say before we get to the rfk of it all, j.d. vance, there is a way to be endearing. we saw that with doug emhoff. governor walz and his ability to keck with people really contrasted with the clip you just showed. robert f. kennedy's exit from the race, his endorsement of trump, is also about aligning himself with a specific kind of masculinity. there was a very specific kind of masculinity on display at the dnc, just really showing, kind of, an empathetic focus on supporting the women in their lives, being able to discuss all kind of issues, not just women issues, family issues, american issues. that is a very different kind of

masculinity than the masculinity is endorsing with his support for former president trump. the kennedy family had previously endorsed president biden and distanced himself from rfk's run. his own nephew was on stage at the dnc endorsing kamala harris saying, don't vote for my uncle. by the way, rfk approached both the harris and trump campaigns ability supporting them and also getting their support. >> think about him being hhs secretary under a trump administration. this is the other thing that was different, the roll calls. here they are. >> we want to remind all our delegates, our alternates, and guests, that maintaining order during the roll call is extremely important. ♪ yeah ♪ ladies and gentlemen we are here tonight to officially nominate kamala harris for president. >> pursuant to the announcement

of the delegation and the rules and procedures of this convention, maryland, 37 votes, president trump. ♪ fire that loud ♪ ♪ another round of shots ♪ ♪ dnc turn down for what what ♪ >> west virginia, 32 votes, president donald j. trump. ♪ turn down for what ♪ ♪ hey, turn down for what ♪ >> georgia -- [ cheers and applause ] -- 59 delegates. ♪ hey, everybody get your hands up ♪ ♪ say we're not going back ♪ ♪ we're not going back ♪ ♪ we're not going back ♪ ♪ we're not going back ♪ >> i have one minute left, and i'm going to split it between the three of you. i have to go to my chief atlanta correspondent for a very brief

comment because i can't not let you talk about that moment. why do they have to atlanta like that? >> it's everything. what can i say? you saw it. turn down for what? >> yeah, we saw it. turn down for what. atee ma, the parties are different. the democrats are saying, they're not like us, as it were. >> listen, when i saw megan mccain say, maybe the republican party should just never host conventions anymore because we can't compete with the democrats, i knew we'd won. i was like, it's a wrap. >> last word to you, douglas brinkley. you see a lot of these conventions. i've never seen a deejay. i've covered a bunch of them too. it was a new thing. >> and it was different and risky. and they pulled it off because when you were there, everybody fell into it. and i was sitting with the rhode island delegation. i was watching all of them around me. they loved the roll call. people were energized and having fun. and alas, milwaukee, donald trump with the horrible injury he had and picking vance, it all

happened very early. and then it was -- then it was dullsville. >> yeah. the whole thing was a party. you know, why not? it's the showing all of everybody's culture. it was really fun. thank y'all very much. coming up -- >> i always like to fight against the idea that kamala just sprung up. >> right. >> this is the result of years, decades of work. >> my conversation with the five veteran and legendary democratic strategists who call themselves the colored girls, up next. xt

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donna brazil -- they called themselves the colored girls. 40 years later in jackson's hometown of chicago, we've come full circle with reverend jackson receiving his flowers surrounded by fellow civil rights leaders. and the colored girls, now veteran democratic strategists, still behind the scenes. tina was chief of staff to vp kamala harris from 2021 to 2022. bishop leah doherty is presiding prow let of the house of the lord churches and cofounder of black church pac. donna bra zil is the former chair of the dnc. and minyon moore is the chair of this year's democratic national convention. i got to talk to all five of the colored girls at the dnc in chicago about their own journeys as well as the journey of the

democratic party from jesse jackson to kamala harris. >> the colored girls are assembled before me. it is such an honor to be able to talk to you ladies. you are icons not just inside american politics but american civic life. so, thank you for being here. i want to start by referring you all to a moment, bringing you back the a moment that happened monday, night one of the convention, when ref rend jesse jackson was brought out. then he was brought up on stage with some of the activists he trained, including reverend sharpton. and he was able to receive just -- it was a good two minutes of just applause. and i just want to ask what that meant to you all, as people who came up under him in the movement. and i am going to start with you yolanda. how did that feel? >> you're going to make me start crying again. that's what i did monday night. >> you're allowed to cry. >> it was so -- i don't even know how to describe it.

it was an amazing feeling. i was so proud to have learned from him. >> not only did he do so much as an activist, he did so much as a party insider. once he got inside and opened the door, he made sure the door stayed open for everybody else. the number of black people who became members of the dnc because of something that he negotiated has led to all of us being involved in the dnc, so many other people elected around the country. he opened the door to the party institution for so many not just black people, people of color, people who had been not at the table are there because of reverend jackson. >> my very first presidential campaign was 1984 for reverend jesse jackson. i was a student in new hampshire, and he asked me to help run that part of new hampshire for his campaign. the first convention, we were like, huh? we do what?

what's a credential? so, he swung this door open so wide to bring us into a process we hadn't experienced before. and then he stayed inside and taught us how to be inside of changing the party's rules. so, when he came out that night, i cried. it was just accolades overdue, and it's really not enough that this party could ever do to thank him. >> donna? >> i had tears of joy and celebration but also a lifelong commitment to change. what he instilled in us, we have to continue to instill in others. what he provided us, we have to give to others. everything about reverend jackson was truly about making sure all of his people, the rainbow, all of us, including women -- he recognized women's leadership before some women

recognized themselves as a leader. >> we knew that in many ways many of us, not just us, but many of us, including president obama, including hillary clinton, including our now-fabulous nominee, they all stood on the shoulders that he had paved. when they brought him on the stage, i don't think there was a dry eye in there. what he instilled in us, people think it's about color. for us it's always been about our value system. and a lot of, he brought to us because he made us believe that the titles didn't matter. what did matter is how you can open the doors and swing them wide open and make sure that everybody has a seat at the table. and the thing that i think i take away from his movement, his leadership, is don't go into the room seeing who's in the room. go into the room seeing who's not in the room. that's why they call me a y'all come. >> and fast forward 40 years.

now we are at a convention at which the nominee is a black woman. and i don't think that a lot of people know how many black women are empowered in the democratic party behind the scenes. so, as much as you are willing to talk about it, i would love for you all to give us some insights into what the making of the nomination of vice president harris to be the nominee. because it didn't just happen by accident. >> well, it starts with joe biden. it starts with joe biden. and this is another emotional. joe biden talked to us before he made his selection. >> that's right. >> we actually talked to joe biden about what we thought she would add to the ticket and the value she represents. >> what we do is learn the rules -- >> yes. >> -- make sure they follow the rules because you know many times rules change when you get different things in the process. but the one thing we have always

prided ourselves in is making sure we get in there and understand how to move these chess pieces. we try to make sure we understand the rules that we're playing by. and that's what the president had the benefit of. we understood the rules. >> that's right. and they couldn't change it. >> and during that period, the period when the vice -- when the president was really deciding what path he would take, we knew a couple of things. and donna was very vocal about this that if he decided that he was not going forward, no one was going to go around the vice president or through the vice president. >> that's right. >> period. >> period. >> when we come back, more on the democratic national convention and the huge contrast between the joyful exuberance of men like tim walz supporting kamala harris versus the rampant misogyny at the republican national convention. that's up next.

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you may remember last month's republican national convention was, to put it mildly, a testosterone fest, from hulk hogan, to kid rock, to being introduced by dana wife, famed for slapping his wife in public, instead of by his own wife or one of his daughters. republicans leaned into this macho man fake hypermasculinity

that has become so engrained within the maga movement. this week's democratic convention was a completely different story. democrats, especially the men, have been modeling an entirely different vision of masculinity, one that is more in tune with the era that we're actually living in. wednesday's speech from kamala harris' running mate, tim walz, solidified that. >> we also protected reproductive freedom because in minnesota we respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make. and even if we wouldn't make those same choices for ourselves, we've got a golden rule. mind your own damn business. >> it's clear that ever since harris tapped him as a running mate, governor walz has struck a nerve with the right. they can't stand that a white midwestern former national guardsman turned football coach who hunts and fixes cars is a

democrat. but the thing that's really driving them nuts is they can't comprehend a man who would willingly and joyfully take the number two spot to a woman, let alone a woman of color. but tim walz embraces it, not at all bothered by the idea of taking the backseat to potentially the first woman president of the united states. coach walz has also not shied away from the conversation surrounding women's rights. during his speech walz spoke openly about his and his wife gwen's struggle with infertility and his deep love for family, which led to one of the deepest moments of the night, when the cameras flashed to his son, gus, in the audience openly weeping and proudly declaring, that's my dad. >> hope, gus, and gwen, you are my entire world, and i love you.

>> all the feels. protect that boy at all costs. we've also seen this same type of modern masculinity. serious wife guy energy. it's clear that emhoff, or dougie, as harris calls him, is neither intimidated or immass cue lated by the idea of having a powerful and successful wife. >> i love you so much. i'm so proud of how you're stepping up for all of us. but that's who she is. wherever she's needed, however she's needed, kamala rises to the occasion. and she did it for me and our family. and now that the country needs her, she's showing you what we already know. she's ready to lead. >> male voters are actually very important to this election. one of the biggest shifts away from trump between 2016 and 2020 was men. and he and his maga cronies are

clearly trying to win them back with a regressive vision of masculinity that vilifies childless cat ladies. they are letting men know that voting for a woman who will use the powers of the presidency to look out for their families rather than the rich and himself, that is a manly thing to do. d.l. hughley spoke at the convention last night, and he will join me after the break chlgt. frs ffrs bla will join me after the break chlgt. frs ffrs bla

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broad support. they have black men for kamala. white men for kamala. latinos and asians for kamala. they even have republicans for kamala. republicans for kamala. i guess donald trump will finally know what it is like when you get left for a younger woman. >> that was a good line. that was comedian and kamala harris supporter d.l. hughley bringing down the house last night at the national convention and d.l. hughley joins me now. i didn't know he was going to be there and it was a pleasant surprise, my friend. you did great. >> first say hello. hello. >> hey. >> how is your old man doing? >> he's good. he's good. we are just going to chat, y'all, don't mind us.

no, but one of the things kamala harris has to do is she has to convince men to feel comfortable voting for her and i wonder what you make of the way that doug emhoff and coach walz have portrayed manhood in a way that this is not a big deal. >> listen. i can only speak for me. i can't speak for anybody else. i think that my first teacher was a woman. the job we have. the car we drive. the reason we achieve it so women will like us. so it makes sense that we would -- i have no problem with a leader being of a different gender, because leadership has a certain patina and a certain quality end also the women in my life are succeeding. if you see a black woman with three names, she is going to be very successful. if you see a white dude with three names he is a serial

killer. >> firm, but fair. let's also talk about one of the things that you said in your presentation that, you know, when you first learned of kamala harris you had a completely different impression of her that changed, because she was a prosecutor. that is the other things he has to get past, the idea that she is a prosecutor and blocking black men up. can you talk about that? >> people see the living incarnation of california and it is much more liberal. california was texas before it was texas. an influx of people that changed the trajectory of california. and if you grew up as a 15-year- old there's -- i'd never seen a good prosecutor. you see an agent that locked men up and you have a tendency to ascribe all the things you have ever seen to that end i did that. the thing that makes me the saddest and after reconcile

myself with is all of the information you rightly asked me to check before. she did not open google up, but it was something i wanted to believe. it was a mindset i wanted to have and i think the only reason -- we can ever record about what she's done legislatively. but in terms of what she's done as a prosecutor and the things she has been accused of, i think it is unfair and it was unfair of me to not at least look before i left and i think it is, as a black man growing up in a system that has been cruel to black men, it is wrong to assign everything, to ascribe everything to somebody, but it is understandable that people have that mindset. >> trump is obviously believing that he can appeal to men, but

black men specifically by portraying the sort of hulk hogan -- i don't know why he thinks kid rock appeals to black men, but okay. his whole presentation is also designed to appeal to black men. do you think that is effective or what you make of it? >> of course people at a base level like shiny things. i think of something my father told me. the loudest man in the room is the weakest. the quietest is the strongest. the most persistent force on the face of the earth is water. water ain't loud, but it is constantly changing and i will say this, political historians will look at what has been done and marvel at it. why wouldn't i want to learn? i want to learn what it is you did to change and this is no slight.

considered a second-class citizen to the most powerful people in the face of the earth. you run a political party. you have a supreme court justice that reflects your ideology. do i? does clarence thomas respect me? does he have anything to do with me? instead of being angry, instead of being against you, why wouldn't i want to learn from you? if i learn how to stand and walk, why wouldn't i want to learn day >> there you go, well said. d.l. hughley my friend, thank you very much. i appreciate you. it has been a long time coming. i'm going to make sure i get it to you. i promise i will get it to you. i'm not like trump, i'm really going to deliver. i'm really going to deliver. appreciate you. thank you very much. i appreciate you and that is tonight's readout, but before we go make sure to scan the qr code on your screen to buy tickets