high, i'm ari melber. what a weekend. welcome to this special edition as we highlight some of these important speeches at the democratic convention this weekend. were actually going to begin in a way where things landed with nominee kamala harris picking up the mantle as the democratic presidential nominee. >> let me start by thanking my most incredible husband, doug. for being an incredible partner to me, and incredible father to cole and ella, and happy anniversary, dougie. i love you so very much. to our presidential 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 and your character is inspiring and doug and i love you and jill and are forever thankful to you both. and to coach tim walz, you are going to be an incredible vice president. and to the delegates and everyone who has put your faith in our campaign, your support is humbling. 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 any one of us is a harm against all of us. and 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. and every day, in the courtroom i stood proudly before a judge and i said five words. kamala harris, for the people. and, to be clear, and to be clear, my entire career, i am 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 sent 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. and with this election -- and with this election, our nation, our nation with this election has a precious fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles of the past, a chance to chart a new wave forward. not, not as members of any one party or faction, but as americans.

and let me say, i know there are people of various political views watching tonight, and i want you to know i promised to be a president for all americans. 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. i will be a president who unites us around our highest aspirations. a president who leads and listens, who is a 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 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. so, fellow americans. fellow americans. i love our country with all of my heart. everywhere i go, everywhere i go, and everyone i meet, i see

a nation that is ready to move forward. ready for the next step in the incredible journey that is america. i see an america where we hold fast to the fearless believe 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 than what separates us. that none of us none of us has to fail, for all of us to

succeed. and that in unity, there is strength. you know, our opponents in this race are out there every day denigrating america. talking about how terrible everything is. well, my mother had another lesson. one that she used to teach. never let anyone tell you who you are. you show them who you are. 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 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 that we love, to fight for the 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. 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.

>> and we have a lot more coming up, including some speeches that were enjoyable the first time, and you might want to watch again, even if you caught them. i am talking about president biden, president obama, and former first lady michelle obama. that is all coming up this hour. but next, the man running with harris, tim walz, on this special edition of the beat: weekend. weekend. (woman) all with the security features we need. (aaron) because my businesses are my life. (kevin) man, the fish tacos are blowing up! (aaron) so whatever's next we're cooking with fire. let's make it happen! (vo) switch to the partner businesses rely on. centrum! it's scientifically formulated to help you take charge of your health. centrum gives every body a healthy foundation. supporting your - oops - energy, immunity and metabolism. and yours too! you did it! plus try centrum silver, now clinically proven to support memory in older adults. we're still going for that nice catch. we're still going for that perfect pizza. and with higher stroke risk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem,...

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they call it the harris- walz to get for a reason. everyone has taken in what kamala harris said as she officially takes over the nomination and the party, but now, we turn to her running mate, tim walz on the biggest age he's faced thus far. >> now, i grew up in nebraska. a town of 400 people. i had 24 kids in my high school class. and none of them went to yale. but i will tell you what. growing up in a small town like that, you learn how to take care of each other. that family down the road, they may not think like you do. they may not pray like you do, they may not love like you do. but they are your neighbors. and you look out for them. and they look out for you. everybody belongs. and

everybody has a responsibility to contribute. for me, it was serving in the army national guard. i joined up two days after my 17th birthday and i proudly wore our nation's uniform for 24 years. my dad, a korean war era army veteran died of lung cancer a couple of years later. he left behind a mountain of medical debt. thank god for social security survivor benefits. and thank god for the g.i. bill that allowed my dad and me to go to college and millions of other americans i wound up teaching social studies and coaching football at mankato west high school. go, scarlet s! we ran, we ran a

44 defense, we played through to the list so -- the whistle and we even won a state championship. never close the yearbook, people , but it was those players and my students who inspired me to run for congress. they saw in me what i had hoped to instill in them. a commitment to the common good. an understanding that we are all in this together. and the belief that a single person can make a real difference for their neighbors. so there i was, a fortysomething high school teacher with little kids with little or no money running in a deep red district. but you know what?

never underestimate a public school teacher. now i represent my neighbors in congress for 12 years and i learned an awful lot. i learned how to work across the aisle on issues like growing the role economies and taking your veterans. and i learn how to compromise without compromising my values. then i came back to serve as governor. and we got right to work making a difference in our neighbor's lives. we cut taxes for the middle class. we passed family and paid medical leave. we invested in fighting crime and affordable housing.

we cut the cost of prescription drugs and helped people escape the kind of medical debt that nearly sank my family. and we made sure that every kid in our state gets breakfast and lunch every day. if you have never experienced the hell that is infertility, i guarantee you you know somebody who has and i can remember praying each night for a phone call, the pit in your stomach when the phone had rang and the absolute agony when we heard the treatments had not work. it took one and i years, but we had access to fertility treatments and when our daughter was born that we named her hope. hope, goss, and gwen, you are my entire world. and i love you. i am letting you in on how we

started a family because this is a big part of what this election is about. freedom! when republicans use the word freedom, they mean that the government should be free to invade your doctor's office. corporations, free to pollute your air and water. and banks, free to take advantage of customers. but when we democrats talk about freedom, we mean the freedom to make a better life for yourself and the people that you love. freedom to make your own health care decisions. and, yeah, your kids freedom to go to school without worrying about being shot dead in the hall. we've got a chance to make kamala harris the next

president of the united states. but i think we owe it to the american people to tell them exactly what she would do as president before we ask them for their votes. so this is the part, clip and save it and send it to your undecided relatives so that they know. if you are a middle-class family or a family trying to get into the middle class, kamala harris is going to cut your taxes. if you are getting squeezed by prescription drug prices, kamala harris is going to take on big pharma. if you are hoping to purchase a home, kamala harris is going to help make it more affordable. and no matter who you are, kamala harris is going to stand up and fight for your freedom to live the life that you want to lead. because that is what we want for ourselves and it is what we want for our neighbors.

you know, you might not know it, but i haven't given a lot of big speeches like this. but i have given a lot of pep talks. so let me, let me finish with this, tm! it's the fourth quarter, we are down a field goal, but we are on offense and we've got the ball. we are driving down the field. and boy, do we have the right team. kamala harris is tough, kamala harris is experienced, and kamala harris is ready our job, our job, our job, our job for everyone watching is to get in the trenches and do the blocking and tackling. one inch at a time! one yard at a time! one phone

call at a time, one door knock at a time. one five dollar donation at a time. >> for democrats, the convention ended with this coronation of a new ticket that many thought unthinkable, even for or five weeks ago. but conventions are about many things. this one also began with the emotional things, gratitude and honoring of not only public service, but the rare decision by someone to step out a public service in power. of course, i'm talking about the current president, joe biden. what he had to say to those gathered in chicago and what he wanted to say to the party going into the selection? that is next on the beat: weekend. weekend. wealth plan. let's go whiskers. jen y is working with a banker to budget for her birthday. you only turn 30 once. and jen z? her credit's golden. hello new apartment. three jens getting ahead with chase. solutions that grow with you. one bank for now. for later.

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highlight of 91, president biden. his decision to drop out of this race clear the way for everything we've been living through in the last month and the last week of this now very different democratic convention in the harris-walz ticket. and for that, the current president was showered with gratitude. >> because of you, we've had one of the most extraordinary four years of progress ever. well when i say we, i say kamala and me. america is more prosperous, and america is -- safer today than it was under donald trump. he continues to lie about crime in america, like everything else. guess what? on his watch, the murder rate went up 30%, the biggest increase in history. meanwhile, we made the largest investment, kamala and i and public safety ever. now the murder rate is falling faster than any time in

history. violent crime has dropped to the lowest level in 50 years. and crime will keep coming down. when we put -- instead of a convicted felon. the ancient greeks taught us that character is destiny. character is destiny. for me, jill, we know kamala and doug are people of character. it's been our honor to serve alongside them and we know that tim and gwen walz are also great character. selecting come allah -- kamala was the very first decision i made when i came our nominee and it was the best decision i ever made in my whole career. we have not only gotten to know

each other, we have become close friends. she is tough. she is experienced, and she has an enormous integrity. enormous integrity. her story represents the best american story. and like many of our best president's , she was also vice president. that's a joke. for me and my family, there's a song that means a lot to us. it captures the best of who we are as a nation. the song is called american anthem. there's one verse that stands out and i can't sing worth a so i won't try. i will just quote it. the work and prayers of centuries have brought us to this day. what shall our legacy be? what will our children say? let me know in my heart, when

my days are through, america, america, i gave my best to you. i made a lot of mistakes in my career. but i gave my best to you. for 50 years, like many of you, i gave my heart and soul to our nation and i have been blessed 1 million times returned with support and the american people. i -- too young to be in the

senate because i wasn't 30 yet and i've been too old to stay as president. but i hope you know how grateful i am to all of you. i can honestly say and i mean this from the bottom. getting my word as a biden. i can honestly say i'm more optimistic about the future than i was when i was elected as a 29-year-old united states senator. i mean it. folks, we just have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america! and there is nothing we cannot do when we do it together! god bless you all and may god protect our troops! >> ♪ ♪. coming up, the man who actually put joe biden on the

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anyone who can't even a little bit of the convention saw more than once during and at times historic speeches. literally historic in the sense of people competing for offices for the first time. and we will see what those

barriers fall this year. but as you may have heard, perhaps no one came through in a manner more special, more significant and more truly emotional and someone who has actually never run for office, former first lady michelle obama. she blew the roof off her hometown arena and had some special messages for democrats around the country. >> something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn't it? yeah! you know, we are feeling it in this arena, but it's spreading all across the country. we love a familiar feeling that has been buried it too deep for far too long. you know what i'm talking about. , it's the contagious power of hope. the anticipation. the energy, the exhilaration of once again being on the cusp of a brighter day.

the chance to vanquish the demons of fear, division, and hate that have consumed us and continue pursuing the unfinished promise of this great nation, the dream that our parents and grandparents fought and died and sacrificed for. america, hope is making a comeback! my girl! kamala harris is more than ready for this moment. she is one of the most qualified people ever to seek the office of the presidency. and she is one of the most dignified. a tribute to her mother, to my mother and to your mother, too. the embodiment of the stories

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

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

escalator waiting to take us to the top. unfortunately, we know what comes next. we know folks are going to do everything they can to distort her truth. my husband and i sadly know a little something about this. for years, donald trump did everything in his power to try and make people fear us. his limited narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard- working highly educated successful people who happened to be black. i want to know. i want to know.

who is going to tell him. who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs? so no matter how good we feel tonight or tomorrow or the next day, this is going to be an uphill battle. folks, we cannot be our own worst enemies. no. see, because the minute something goes wrong, the minute a line takes hold. folks, we cannot start wringing her hands. we cannot get a goldilocks complex about whether everything is just right. and we cannot indulge our anxieties about whether this country will elect someone like kamala. instead of doing everything we can to get someone like kamala elected. it is 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 have got to do something! if we see a bad poll and we will, we got to put down the phone and do something! if we start feeling tired, if we feel that dred keeping back in, we have got to pick ourselves up, throw water on ourselves, and do what? >> do something! >> considered this to be your official ask. michelle obama is asking you, no, i'm telling y'all, to do something! barack obama told a joke that maybe was a 100% a joke . who would want to follow michelle obama on that stage? well, the former president does know how to give a speech and

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welcome back. i am ari melber, you're watching the beat: weekend. and as promised, we got to hear from the man behind the convention who fired a democrats in a way that almost nobody else could in this party. the 44th president, barack obama. >> i am feeling ready to go! even if, even if i am the only person stupid enough to speak after michelle obama. i am feeling hopeful, because this convention has always been pretty good to kids with funny names who believe in a country where anything is possible. because we have a chance to

elect someone who has spent her entire life trying to give people the same chances america gave her. someone who sees you and hears you and will get up every single day and fight for you. the next president of the united states of america, kamala harris. the torch has been passed. now it is up to us to fight for the america we believe in. and make no mistake, it will be a fight. for all the incredible energy we've been able to generate over the last few weeks from the rallies and the memes, this will still be a tight race in a

closely divided country. a country where too many americans are still struggling. where a lot of americans don't believe government can help. and as we gather here tonight, the people who will decide this election are asking a very simple question. who will fight for me? one thing is for certain donald trump is not losing sleep over that question. here is a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rolled down his golden escalator nine years ago. it's been a constant stream of gripes and grievances. it's actually been getting worse now that he's afraid of losing to kamala.

there is the childish nicknames. the crazy conspiracy theories. this. obsession with crowd sizes. it just goes on and on and on. donald trump sees power as nothing more than a means to his -- he wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge -- that would mostly help him. and his rich friends. he killed a bipartisan immigration deal written in part by the most conservative republicans in congress. they will help secure our southern border. because instead of trying to solve the problem, it would hurt his campaign.

he doesn't -- do not boo! vote! we do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos. we have seen that movie before and we all know that the sequel is usually worse. america is ready for a new chapter. we are ready for a better story. we are ready for president kamala harris. and kamala harris is ready for the jump. we've got our blind thoughts -- spots and prejudices and

contradictions and if we want to win over those who are not yet ready to support our candidates, we need to listen to their concerns. and maybe learn something in the process. but here is the good news, chicago. all across america in big cities and small towns, away from all the noise, the ties that bind us together are still there. we still coach little league and look out for our elderly neighbors. we still feed the hungry in churches and mosques and synagogues and temples. we share the same pride with our olympic athletes competing for the gold because because the vast majority of us do not want to live in a country that is bitter and divided. we want something better. we want to be better.

and the joy and the excitement that we are seeing around this campaign tells us that we are not alone. as much as any policy or program , i believe that's what we are in for. i returned to america where we work together. and look out for each other. a restoration of what president lincoln called on the eve of civil war our bonds of affection. and america -- what he called the better angels of our nation. that is what this election is about. if we knock on doors, if we make phone calls, if we talk to our friends, if we listen to our neighbors, if we were like

we have never worked before, if we hold firm to our convictions we will elect kamala harris as the next president of the united states and tim walz is the next vice president of the united states. we will elect leaders up and down the pallet -- the ballot, who will fight for the hopeful, forward- looking america, we all believe in and together, we, too, will build a country that is more secure and more just. more equal and more free so let's get to work. god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. >> we have her today, just as people have heard across the wii, so many different themes from president obama issuing

both hope and a charged arms. it will be up to the voters around the country, not just the democrats that gather in chicago this week and we will continue to cover everything that's coming down the pipe in the next two months of this general election. you for spending time with us on the beat: weekend. i am ari melber. and you can always find me during the week 6:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. ern on msnbc. (♪♪) if you have heart failure, farxiga can help you keep living life with the ones you love. ask your doctor about farxiga today. farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar.

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