good morning, and thank you so much for joining me. we are live outside the democratic national convention in philadelphia, pennsylvania. hi, i'm carol costello. hillary clinton may be the guest of honor, but it is michelle obama, who stole the show. the first lady sending a surge of electricity through day one, pumping up the party faithful and painting a contrast between hope and hate. she never mentioned donald trump by name, but everybody knew who she meant. >> when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don't stoop to their level. no, our motto is when they go low, we go high.

>> democrats hope mrs. obama's call for unity, as sanders called on them to accept defeat and rally by hiehind clinton. >> based on her ideas and leadership, hillary clinton must become the next president of the united states. >> day two, now just hours away on tap, the former president bill clinton, delivering the headline speech, after they officially make his wife the nominee of a major party. can he feel the momentum of a boisterous opening night. we're covering all the angles and our experts. let's begin with political reporter, manu raju. good morning, manu. >> reporter: good morning, carol. party officials were very concerned about the convention

yesterday, and sanders supporters could disrupt the meetings. they had private meetings between the sanders and clinton campaign to reign in the supporters. on the floor yesterday, it didn't quite work. we heard outbursts, and interruptions of speaker. one was not interrupted, and that's michelle obama. >> don't let anyone ever tell you that this country isn't great. >> reporter: michelle obama, bringing down the house on night one of the democratic convention. >> this right now is the greatest country on earth. >> reporter: the first lady, leading a power list of headliners, including bernie sanders. >> thank you. >> reporter: after a hard fought primary, sanders, welcomed to the stage amid deafening cheers in the three minute standing ovation. before delivering a full throated endorsement of his

former rival in the most important political moment of the night. >> hillary clinton will make an outstanding president, and i am proud to stand with her tonight. >> reporter: sanders, emphasizing the stakes of the election. >> if you think that you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the supreme court justices that donald trump would nominate. >> reporter: while comforting disappointed supporters, many getting emotional during his remarks. >> we have begun a political revolution to transform america, and that revolution, our revolution, continues. >> reporter: the speeches aimed at uniting a party, still simmering over the primary fight. the division on display, throughout the day both inside and outside the convention hall. as sanders delegates shouted in favor of their nominee.

interrupted speeches with loud anti-clinton boos, despite efforts by clinton and sanders officials to quiet the outbursts. these protests drawing an unscripted rebuke from sanders supporter and comedian sarah silverman. >> to the bernie or bust people, you're being ridiculous. >> reporter: but the discord quieting, as michelle obama took the stage. >> in this election, i'm with her. >> reporter: the first lady, casting the presidential race as a decision about who would create the best future for america's children. while delivering resounding praise for her husband's former rival. >> in this election, there is only one person who i trust with that responsibility. only one person who i believe is truly qualified to be president of the united states. and that is our friend, hillary

clinton. >> reporter: mrs. obama, choking up while touching on the historical significance of clinton's nomination. >> because of hillary clinton, my daughters and all our sons and daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of the united states. >> reporter: highlighting the challenges overcome throughout history that brought her to the stage. >> generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, but kept on striving and hoping and doing what needed to be done, so that today, i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. >> reporter: the first lady, making an unusual fora into politics, without mentioning him by name. >> the president the issues faces are not black and white and can't be boiled down to 140 characters.

when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military in your command, you can't make snap decisions. you can't have a thin skin or tendency to lash out. >> reporter: candidly talking about the lessons she has tried to instill in her daughters. >> we urge them to ignore those who question their father's citizenship or faith. >> reporter: and criticizing trump's rhetoric. >> we insist that the hateful language they hear from public figures on tv does not represent the true spirit of this country. our motto is when they go low, we go high. >> reporter: now, bernie sanders just spoke with reporters and predicted an overwhelming majority of his supporters will vote for hillary clinton this fall. but before that, today, democratic convention will actually nominate hillary clinton to be the party's nominee for president, the question is what will sanders supporters do here on the floor.

he said his message to supporters is vote for me. carol. >> all right, manu raju, thank you. tuunity, bernie sanders supporters aren't there yet. there appears to be a split with those who feel the bern. >> i will vote for hillary with gusto. as i -- as i continue to be inspired and moved to action by the ideals set for the by bernie. i am proud to be apart of bernie's movement, and a vital part of that movement is making absolutely sure that hillary clinton is our next president of the united states. can i just say, to the bernie or bust people, you're being ridiculous. >> with me now to talk about all of this, larry sabato, the

director at the university of virginia, a clinton supporter and super delegate and trump supporter, john phillips and norman solomon of the bernie network. welcome to all of you. lily, i think the huff post had the best headline about michelle obama's speech. it read this, it read, flotus like a butterfly and stung like a bee. >> very powerful and emotional. the whole day was emotional. from disappointments to inspirations to tears to laughter. you know, it just ran the whole gamut. because i think the people in that room, no matter where they are on the political spectrum, they all understand how important this is. they all understand that who becomes the next president is a life and death thing. it is not a game. and they're taking it very seriously. >> norman, the bernie supporters in the crowd, they didn't chant bernie, they didn't boo when

hillary clinton's name was mentioned, at least during michelle obama's speech. why was that? >> well, it was such a powerful speech. more broadly, even though there were some delegates who occasionally booed and so forth, there is a common understanding that we have the same adversary. his name is donald trump. i've talked with hundreds and hundreds of bernie delegates here, many thousands of supporters in the last several months around the country, who have worked their hearts out, who voted for, who volunteered for bernie, and now understand that even though we're not exactly on the same page with hillary clinton, and in some ways, we think she is really on the wrong page, we understand that we've got to stop donald trump, and especially in swing states, that means you've got to vote for hillary clinton. >> but what is interesting, michelle obama, she got in her subtle digs and got in subtle digs to bernie supporters too. listen to this example.

>> when she didn't win the nomination eight years ago, she didn't get angry or disillusioned. she -- hillary did not pack up and go home. because as a true public servant, hillary knows that this is so much bigger than her own desires and disappointments. >> all right, we're going to talk about what michelle obama says in just a minute. we understand that bernie sanders is speaking at a breakfast full of wisconsin delegates. let's go to that now and listen to what he a has to say. >> minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. in fact, he supports the rights of states to lower the minimum wage. all right, we need pay equity for women. no excuse.

hillary clinton believes that donald trump does not. on the ranking member in the senate on the budget committee, so ideal with a lot of these issues. we deal with a senate budget a couple of years ago, republicans pushed through a budget that would eliminate obama care, the affordable care act. throw 20 million people off health insurance. i asked the ranking member, you have the right to do this, tell me, mr. chairman, what happens to the 20 million people who are thrown off of health insurance. how many will die. oh, well, we don't know anything about that. we don't know. no comment on that. that's the reality. we need as a nation not to be throwing 20 million people off of health insurance. we need to be moving in my view to a medicare for all health care system that guarantees health care for all people.

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devastating harm to our country and countries all over the world. the forest fires raging right now, the drought. >> we're going to break away, but you get the gist what he is t telling wisconsin delegates. he is kind of talking about hillary clinton, larry. did he do enough to sway those supporters who still support bernie sanders? to at least not boo the speakers who mention hillary clinton's name? >> well, carol, this is my 20th national convention. ten in each party. i've never been to one that didn't have some disruptions. and there is one thing i know for sure. in every single one of them, every single tv camera and reporter goes tots ten delegates causing a problem, making it appear bigger than it is. 80 to 90% of the bernie sanders supporters have already coalesced behind hillary clinton. and i predict flatly by november 8th, it will be higher than

that. they're not going to vote for donald trump. and the vast majority aren't going to sit home. and that's what people miss watching a convention in mid july. the election is in november. >> so john, certainly mr. trump isn't hoping that's true. >> well, the threat just isn't that they're going to vote for donald trump. the threat is that they might stay home. they might vote for gary johnson, the libertarians candidate, they might vote for jill stein. we've seen many polls where the two of them, the libertarians, green party, polling in double digits. >> i have a poll okay, this is the latest cnn poll after the gop convention. 64% of bernie supporters say they'll vote for clinton. 14%, i believe, if you can put -- will is the graphic. 14% say they'll vote for gary johnson and 11% for trump and 6% for jill stein. so -- >> that means you can win with a

plurality. >> you're big time bernie sanders supporter. >> what we need to really emphasize at this stage is that the onus for unity is on hillary clinton. she has the power. she has now quickly appointed as honorary chairperson, the disgraced debbie wasserman schultz, who has been booted out as head of the democratic national committee. what sort of unity drive is that. at the same time, tim kaine as the vice-presidential appointy, picked by hillary clinton, is no progressive. so in what way is that a unity drive. there is no olive branch. as a matter of fact, if hillary clinton has reached out towards us, bernie sanders delegates and supporters, she has done it to put her triangulating thumb.

>> norman, when we talked before, there was a plan that when tim kaine talks, some bernie sanders delegates would turn their backs. is that still a possibility? >> well, almost anything is a possibility. and our bernie delegates network never tells anybody what to do. we do some surveys and polling to find out through straw polls where people are at, what they're thinking. so i would say as the saying goes, stay tuned. nonviolence is the essence. we have a long tradition of nonviolent protests in this country. it can raise issues. one of the thing, really quickly -- >> if that -- when people find out what tim kaine has spent his life doing, in terms of social justice, in terms of fighting people like landowners, landlords like donald trump, who would turn their back on someone who has actually stepped up and done things that bernie sanders

has talked about and has advocated what we see as action in tim kaine. i am so excited about him as -- you know, he'll talk about, i'm not the most exciting candidate, when you hear his life story and what he has done, i get excited about that. >> yeah, well, you know, that's the spin. but he voted last year just to -- >> it isn't a spin. >> this a fact. he is only one of a dozen senate democrats to vote to fast tracks tpp, which even now hillary clinton says she is opposed, yet she put somebody on the tickets who has a record of trying to move it through. that's s that's. >> i've known tim kaine the lockest and his whole family on his wife's side going back to the 60s. he is very progressive. you're cherry picking individual

votes and circumstances, and i don't think you understand virginia. this was tough for tim kaine being as liberal as he was to get elected to all the offices he did in virginia. >> i think i understand progressive. if i'm cherry picking, there are a lot of cherries to pick. >> whatever. >> i have to end the conversation. thank you to all of you. still to come in the "newsroom," michelle obama brought down the house. the pressure is on bill clinton to keep the momentum going tonight. big day? ah, the usual.

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more for hillary clinton than any other democratic so far. although mrs. clinton's husband will try to top her tonight. he is scheduled to speak. enthusiastically embraced the speech, will outline hillary as a change maker. president clinton has baggage that donald trump has exploited. with me now to talk about that, democratic governor of new mexico, bill richardson. welcome, governor. >> thank you, carol. >> can anyone top michelle obama, including bill clinton? >> michelle was fabulous. but if anybody can, it will be bill clinton. he has had classic speeches at the democratic conventions. he is the most popular democratic in the country. people turn out to see him everywhere. they want to touch him. he is hillary's biggest asset. >> i think that many people will

be curious to hear, because he can't set himself up as, you know, a co president, and some people think he might be. so what does he say to assuage people's fears. >> he has accepted the fact that he'll be first spouse, and not going to interfere visibly in her presidency. but i think he will be giving a lot of advice. she said she'll use him on economic issues. i see him as a special envoy, foreign policy wise. you sent bill clinton, because he is loved in africa, asia, latin america. but i don't think he is going to try to eclipse her. he is the role of a supportive spouse who brings a lot of assets and substance, and good memories from american voters. he left with a 60 plus positive rating. >> right. >> to the campaign.

>> do you think he'll decorate the christmas tree and redecorate the white house? it is hard to wrap your mind around that, right? like how the role of first gentlemen, first man? i'm not even sure what we know what to call it. >> he'll probably be the most active first spouse ever. although hillary clinton was, i remember when i was in the house of representatives, she was pushing the health care bill, and she was very policy oriented. very visible. so she had the traditional first lady role. but she had a policy responsibility. bill clinton, you know, you don't hide somebody that can bring enormous experience and policy understanding to so many issues. he is part of the package. that's a good package. >> the extreme left of the party is not so into bill clinton. according to a new cnn/orc poll, among all americans, bill clinton's factorability stands at 50%, a 16% drop since last

summer. so is that because the extreme left of the party doesn't like his policies, or is it because of donald trump's attacks on his character. >> well we you are attacked, i am a politician, the way to bring somebody's numbers down is attacking them through tv ads. trump gets a lot of press. he attacks him. >> you know what one of the most popular t-shirts at the republican national convention, it featured monica lewinsky. so i mean, i'm talking about that kind of thing. how does, like going forward, when we get past these conventions, how does he combat that? >> well, i mean, the american people dealt with that issue. the whole impeachment issue. and it is over. i think you have to talk about the future. this is what bill will do tonight. hillary will do tonight. working families, national security, the threat from isis. but also, bringing the bernie sanders agenda, the progressive

wing. the income equality issue. national security issue. student loans, helping working families. i think that's what you're going to see tonight. i think you're going to see the sanders supporters, when bill clinton gets up there, you're going to see them cheering. they'll see somebody that is, you know, been a good president. and an asset, a progressive asset to hillary clinton's campaign. >> governor richardson, thank you for stopping by. i do appreciate it. still to come in the "newsroom," reviews are in. michelle obama nailed it. was it enough to unify the party. we'll talk about that next. when i crave a smoke that's all i crave. that's where this comes in. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste. plus nicorette gum gives you intense craving relief. and that helps put my craving in its place. that's why i only choose nicorette.

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side the wells fargo center in philadelphia, site of the democratic national convention. i'm carol costello. today kicks off day two of the convention. any minute now, dnc and clinton staffers are expected to hold their daily briefing. we'll keep an eye on that for you and bring you the latest developments. let's talk about last night, though. no vicious attacks. no low blows. still, michelle obama brought the dnc to its feet last night, making her case for hillary clinton, with one simple personal story. her girls' first day of school in d.c. >> when they set off for their first day at their new school, i will never forget that winter morning as i watched our girls, just 7 and 10 years old, pile into those black suvs with all those big men with guns. and i saw their faces pressed up against the window, and the only thing i could think was, what have we done.

see, because at that moment, i realized that our time in the white house would form the foundation for who they would become. and how well we managed this experience could truly make-or-break them. that is what barack and i try to do everyday. how we urge them to ignore those who question their father's citizenship or faith. how we insist that the hateful language they hear from public figures on tv does not represent the true spirit of this country. how we explain that when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don't stoop to their level. no, our motto is when they go low, we go high.

>> all right, with me now, cnn political analyst, ron brownstein, politics mark preston, and patricia murphy. patricia, i'll start with you. a lot of people had tears in their eyes. it was a very powerful speech, just from a female perspective. how did it hit you? >> i thought it was terrific. it was incredibly apolitical, and when she brought people into her lives and talked about sending her children off on the first day of school, any parent was with her in that moment watching them drive away. she said these children are our hearts. they're the most important things in our lives. the next president is going to on responsible for them, for the next four or eight years. so we know how important it is for her to every parent, every mom, and then she said i trust

hillary clinton with that time in their lives. i thought that was so effective for anybody watches, especially any mom. >> ron, did it resonate, though, with those independent voters? >> it was an apolitical speech. if you talk at priorities usa, super pac spending tens of millions of dollars, their primary overwhelming goal is weeching suburban white collar parents and make trump unacceptable to those voters. they believe the most effective ad has been the grace ad with the two parents talking about their daughter with spina b bifida. as a role model and cultural signal for the country, i thought it was remarkably effective. by the way, a reminder of how few character testimonials there were for donald trump at the republican primary, from other prominent republicans elected

officials. this is the beginning of something we did not see there. most of those testimonials came from people named trump. >> so before we get to you, mark, i wasn't to play a bit more of what michelle obama said last night, because her speech was so well received. let's listen. >> i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. and i watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent black young women, playing with their dogs on the white house lawn. and because of hillary clinton, my daughters and all our sons and daughters now take for granted that a woman can be president of the united states.

so, look, so don't let anyone ever tell you that this country isn't great. that somehow, we need to make it great again. because this right now is the greatest country on earth. >> all right, so before we talk about that, we have to go to bernie sanders again, because he is talking to wisconsin delegates at a breakfast meeting and talking about the boos. he is now talking to california. that man gets around. okay, all right, let's listen to what he is saying about the booing. >> to republicans having bad policy, nothing new there. nothing new that he thinks that

climate change is a hoax. nothing new that he doesn't want to raise the minimum wage. that's nothing new. what is new is that this man is a demagogue who does not believe in the constitution of the united states. that is dangerous stuff. so our job is to do two things. it is to defeat trump. s to elect clinton. but it is not to end on election day. we keep the political revolution going forward. and that means we fight for the progressive agenda. that means we make certain that we get young people involved in the political process, and get them running for office. it means that we run people, we're going to start an organization designed to do this, run people at the school board level.

the county commission level. the state legislative level. politics is not easy stuff. you don't get everything you want tomorrow. ask the people who fought in the sieve righ civil rights movement. >> he said people started to boo when he, you know, mentioned hillary clinton. but he said that, you know, you boo all you want, but boo donald trump's policies, because that's what you ought to be booing. that's what bernie sanders said about the booing. but back to michelle obama, and that very -- that moving -- that was the most moving part of her speech, i think. when she began that paragraph, when she said i live in a house built by slaves, i started to think, for some white voters, this isn't going to go over well, but turned it into a positive. >> right, so her speech last night, i mean, it was amazing. there were so many interesting parts that came out of that speech that people could relate to. the first clip we showed about the children going off to school, i felt that. you know, i have young children.

that's something that really resonated with me. i was with bakari sellers. he was extremely moved by what she said about the slaves in the white house. we were all taken off-guard by it. here is the thing about michelle obama. one, she has been in the spotlight but out of the political spotlight for the past eight years. so when we saw her deliver so well last night, people all of a sudden raised their eyes again and say wow, she really is talented. second thing is, what is she going to do for hillary clinton on campaign trail the next couple of months. she could be extremely powerful and very, very helpful. >> you know, donald trump's secret weapon is ivanka, right, and michelle obama, i would -- weld, i guess she presented a contrast to that, because i thought ivanka trump was very strong during the republican national convention. michelle obama, does she sort of have to be out there to counter ivanka?

>> i don't know that it is to counter ivanka. it is to counter hillary's own negatives. people don't trust hillary by a wade margin right now. you heard michelle say i trust hillary clinton. when you can get drawn into such an emotional speech and convey it over to hillary clinton, and it sounded very believable, and very sincere. there is nothing that hillary clinton could do for hef that michelle obama did for her last night. >> you made an important though. you were wondering whether white voters would react unfavorably to the idea i live in a house built by slaves. in fact, attitudes toward racial diversity are really one of the key fault lines in the democratic coalition. you know, democratic coalition, a pollster said diverse america and the portions of white america most comfortable in the universe who democrats can appeal to, it is not to be accepted or sttolerated.

i'm being reminded of the extraordinary story, it is something that brings together that democratic coalition. >> all right, i have to leave it there, ron, patricia, thanks to all of you. still to come in the "newsroom," donald trump hits the campaign trail. he is in north carolina now. speaking at the veterans of foreign wars convention. mike pence introducing him. we'll take you there, next. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern.

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criticizing them for going through the entire first day of their convention without even talking about isis. you can expect to hear donald trump talk more about this. he has really tried to bring a more muscular message on nags n national security, as he tries to cast himself as the toughest candidate in the race, auto even as he is running against a former secretary of state. hillary clinton was here addressing this group just a day earlier. she was talking about the importance of our nato allies. it is unniclikely you're going hear donald trump talk about that. instead, he'll hammer home what we're hearing just behind me. the notion that the va system has failed our veterans, and we need to protect them better, take care of them better when they come home. we need to do a better job to sort of putting america first. even as we project this image of strength to anyone out there who expects to harm us. this is a first stop for donald trump and mike pence today. they'll continue on to florida.

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the night when disability rights advocate an stash yeah simosa came forward to tell her story. >> she has invested in me. she believes in me. in a country where 56 million americans with disabilities so often feel invisible hillary clinton sees me. donald trump doesn't see me. he doesn't hear me and he definitely doesn't speak for me. >> somoza got a standing ovation after that. of course, this is what she was responding to. >> right after a couple of good paragraphs, talking about northern new jersey written by a nice report e. now you ought to see this guy, awe, i don't know what i said. i don't remember. >> we don't have to see anymore of that. a super pac of hillary clinton

says that moment prompted the strongest negative emotion in focus groups, more than any other statement made by donald trump. today actually is the 26th anniversary of the americans with disabilities act, signed into law today. i'm joined by the author and primary sponsor of that legislation, former congressman tony kuello. >> thank you, thank you. >> happy anniversary. >> thank you. 26 years of progress we've made. it's really exciting. >> when you saw anastasia on stage, what came to your mind? >> we've come a long way. for so many years we've not been participants, not been included. all of a sudden we're everywhere. hillary clinton has brought the disabilities community to the table with everybody else. >> what do you mean when you say she's brought americans with disabilities to the table. what does that mean? >> it means we're at the discussion stage, policy making stage for the campaign. we are -- in a way that we have

a voice. people would pat us on the head and said, we'll take care of you. hillary is saying come in, tell me what you need, let's talk about it. totally different. that's really an exciting thing for us in this campaign. >> there are 400 disabled americans who are delegates. >> right, largest ever. >> and they have some money to wield. tell me about the fund raising off of that donald trump moment in the disabled community? >> it's the thing that has given us credibility. like two candidates would generally say nice things, whatever. with this situation donald trump has insulted us. he has given us an opportunity to be aggressively for hillary, even though we were, this gives us a moment to go for it in fund raising, facebook, everything. >> how much money was raise friday that moment? >> i can't tell you how much from that moment.

our goal was to raise a million dollars, and we're all right. >> bill clinton is slated to speak tonight. i would suppose it would be his job to attract those blue collar voters that are disenfranchised with the democratic party. what must he say to do that? they seem to be on donald trump's side. >> bill clinton was always able to talk with him. his lang want and everything he did was sort of addressing them. he came from arkansas, and so people really related to him and so forth. i think what hillary has to say is don't be afraid, in effect, i will be there. i understand what you're concerned about and so forth. we have time in these next hundred-plus days for him to turn around some of that. we have to be conscious that this is an electoral vote. the states are what's important. that's what she has to go after. >> bill clinton is also going to talk about character and trust,

and americans are having a problem with those issues when it comes to hillary clinton. why do you think that is? >> because republicans have been successful day in and day out. >> it's got to be more than that, doesn't it? >> one thing is, hillary has a tendency to be sort of closed, she doesn't open up. she is opening up now. that's what's great about what she's doing. disabilities helps her because she has been on our side from when she left college to today. she is opening up and that's what we need to do. i'll tell you what, donald trump is helping her. that's what's great about it. but the disability movement is there to protect her, to help her, to vote for her. we'll be aggressive. >> tony coelho, thank you for stopping by. >> thank you. >> the next hour of cnn "newsroom" after a break. see that?

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good morning. thank you so much. i'm live in philadelphia, pennsylvania, the site of the democratic national convention. good morning. i'm carol costello. we're just hours away from day two of the dnc. if you listen closely, you might hear the rumbling and rallying cries of a boisterous opening night. >> thank you very much.

>> diehard supporters of bernie sanders shed tears as their be loved candidate told them it's time to abandon the bernie or bust movement, urging them to get behind long-time rival hillary clinton as the only way to prevent a donald trump presidency. the first lady, michelle obama electrifying the party faithful. and fighting to contain her own emotions. she also painted the contrast to trump without ever mentioning his name. >> i trust hillary to lead this country because i've seen her lifelong devotion to our nation's children, not just her own daughter who she has raised to perfection, but every child who needs a champion. when i think about the kind of president that i want for my girls and all our children, that's what i want. i want someone with the proven strength to persevere, someone who knows this job and takes it

seriously, someone who understands that the issues a president faces are not black and white and cannot be boiled down to 140 characters. >> tonight the former president bill clinton delivers the headline speech just after the democrats officially make his wife the first female nominee of a major party. can bill clinton build on the momentum of a raucous opening night? let's talk about that. we're covering all the developments. let's bring with senior political reporter manu raju. >> reporter: hey, carol. before bill clinton can speak, his wife will be nominated to be the democratic nominee for president this afternoon. that roll call vote will take place this afternoon and will not be a vote by acclamation, something we saw in 2008. in fact, there will be actual votes on the floor and an opportunity for sanders supporters to disrupt the proceedings potentially. watch for that to take place. bernie sanders knows full well that could happen.

listen to him hear here making a direct plea to his supporters to make sure they get behind hillary clinton this fall. >> i understand that many people here in this convention hall and around the country are disappointed about the final results of the nominating process. i think it's fair to say that no one is more disappointed than i am. we need leadership which brings our people together and makes us stronger. not leadership which insults latinos and mexicans, insults muslims and women, african-americans and veterans and seeks to divide us up.

by these measures, any objective observer will conclude that based on her ideas and her leadership, hillary clinton must become the next president of the united states. >> reporter: yesterday afternoon the sanders campaign was getting a little worried that a number of their supporters would continue to have outbursts an interfere with what's happening. and they enter vooer veened private discussions to find a way to rein in some of those unruly reporters. ben gel liss, a senior surrogate, to identify and reign them in. it didn't work. when things got out of hand, sarah silverman, a top bernie sanders supporter and a comedian lashed out. >> can i just say to the bernie or bust people, you're being ridiculous.

>> reporter: tonight the democrats are trying to present hillary clinton in a different light, talk about her life's work and all these public testimonials are meant to reverse their sliding poll numbers. we saw polls showing 68% of the voters do not believe she's honest or trustworthy. the democrats hope all this will start to reverse that trend going forward, carol. >> all right, manu raju reporting live for us this morning. thanks so much. even though this is a big pitch for unity, many diehard sanders supporters still aren't ready to back hillary clinton. listen to what happened moments ago as bernie sanders spoke before the california delegation. >> elections come and go. in my view our immediate task, what we must do or forever look back in regret is defeat donald trump and elect hillary clinton.

in my view, it's easy -- it's easy, the it is easy to boo, but it is harder to look your kids in the face who would be living under a donald trump presidency. >> okay. so this should come as no surprise. after all, sanders rallied against hillary clinton for months, painting her as a big money candidate who could not be trusted. as "the new york times" puts it sanders now, quote, faces the task of putting down the revolt he started. with me cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein, the senior editor for "the atlantic." hillary clinton supporter hilary rosen and gary frazier, the east coast coordinator for black men for bernie sanders and katrina pearson, the national spokesperson for the trump campaign. welcome to all of you.

hillary, i'll start with you, can bernie sanders contain his supporters? >> he was smart about saying this, he did start this revolution. i have to give props to bernie sanders last night and today. he really gave a full-throated emotional plea. i think much of what we heard last night in the hall, the anticipation of bernie sanders' speech was, yes, we know he's going to endorse hillary, but is he going to do it with any passion, give us a rationale for why it matters? i think he did that. the fact he's going now delegation to delegation, spending the day trying to make sure that his supporters really understand that the best way to get their long-term goals are to support hillary clinton, i do think it's going to have an impact with a significant majority of his delegates. >> gary, bill clinton is going to speak tonight. we know that bernie sanders' supporters, many of them aren't really in to bill clinton. will they boo him, do you think?

or is bernie sanders making an impact saying, you know what, it's time? >> i think first of all, it's safe to say, you know, bernie sanders pushed hillary as far to the left as he could do. hats off to him. again, man, we made ourselves known to america, that this revolution started with bernie sanders but it would not end with bernie sanders. for us, you have to take a look at the urban communities across this country where established democrats are calling the shots and walking all over us. you guys exposed us to the corruption of the political system and then want us to get back in line with the same corruption. how can we do that? >> bernie sanders, he lost the primary, no two ways about it. >> he lost? i see they're still counting votes in california. votes have been suppressed. are we ignoring the fact that the votes have been suppressed? >> hillary clinton did beat him in 15 states by more than he beat her in any state. relitigating the primaries doesn't make a lot of sense. it's an indication that this movement, this real movement

that bernie sanders has kindled -- the first two nights of this convention, in many ways is an exercise in catharsis, where democrats are essentially -- the victorious clinton side is going out of its way to try to let the sanders side have their moment and deal with the disappointment of not having one, but having made an incredible showing. >> they're having a roll call vote. >> allowed them to speak last night. there were signs. many sanders' supporters were given speaking rolls, from ben jealous to sarah silverman. the signal is -- in the end, it's hard to imagine a lot of hard core bernie sanders supp t supporters voting for donald trump. some may peel off to the third party. the reefl signal s if she is elected president, this is an ongoing force she's going to have to deal with, the democrats in congress will have to deal with. the revolution, quote, he started, is something that will not end on election day and it is going to be part of this

democratic mosaic. >> i want to bring katrina pearson in for just a second and talk a little bit about michelle obama's speech. that was certainly the speech of the night. many people, katrina, many democrats, at least, say that michelle obama put a human face on hillary clinton and forced people to look at her as a human being. what do you think? >> i think if you look at michelle obama in 2008, as she says, hillary clinton couldn't run her own house, so how can she be expected to run the white house? i don't think anyone expected her to say anything other than positive things about hillary clinton. here we are today talking about dis unity. she's still being booed. we're hearing about voter suppression in california. we see the racism and bigotry in the dnc e-mails. these are all things that republicans are being accused of doing and it's been exposed to the country that it's the dnc that participates in racial divide and gender divide.

we're seeing this play out on a national stage where someone like trump, who as someone said best, is color blind and gender neutr neutral, just wants to keep america safe. >> i see you shaking your head, gary. are you in agreement? >> absolutely. it goes back to the minority communities that folks continue to overlook. these communities are suffering at the hands of established democrats. these aren't the republicans doing this to us, established democrats doing this to us. until we start to have a real conversation about what we're going to do with those in the minority communities, how can we ever get behind such corruption. i want to say this as well, too, we cannot continuing uttering martin luther king, john f. kennedy. they tood for integrity and morals. they died for our rights -- >> do you embrace michelle obama's speech? >> no. i can tell you exactly why. my hats off to michelle obama.

they've done some great things as president and the first lady. i think when you try to play the race card in the black community -- first you guys sent us oprah. >> michelle obama was playing the race card? >> i think the establishment is playing the race card. first you try to send us oprah. obama didn't work. you send us oprah. oprah didn't work. >> stop, stop. no. they are their own people. they are not anybody's tool. >> they're being used as tools. >> no, they're not. that is disrespectful to the first lady. >> disrespectful to us in the minority community. >> here is the real issue. this isn't really about politics, it's about policy. the point that i think you're right about is that there are still people hurting. i see this as -- the sanders movement ends up being the democrat's tea party which is where do we get our point across, how do we get made? i think what you have is in many

respects people talking over each other. where you lose people isn't suggesting that the political process has actually been tapted or poisoned or rigged. people have actually voted more for hillary clinton than they did for bernie sanders. what is true, though, is that the policies that our government and our business leaders are supporting are not bringing enough people along. and you -- i think it's important for you to separate that, instead of talking about the corruption of the politics, because that is not true. >> lying bill wasn't true? >> there are policies working for everybody. >> it has enormous consequences. when you look at the way the election is going, hillary clinton needs to match barack obama's numbers in the minority communities, and she also needs big turnout. >> before you go on, i want to play more of michelle obama's speech because it was such a hit with many democratic voters, a very strong voting bloc for

hillary clinton are black women. i think michelle obama's speech resonated especially with that demographic. let's listen. >> leaders like hillary clinton who has the guts and the grace to keep coming back and putting those cracks in the highest and hardest glass ceiling until she finally breaks through, lifting all of us along with her. that is the story of this country. the story that has brought me to the stage tonight. what i admire most about hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. she never takes the easy way out. i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. and i watch my daughters, two

beautiful, intelligent black young women playing with their dogs on the white house lawn. and because of hillary clinton, my daughters and all our sons and daughters now take for granted that a woman can be president of the united states. don't let anyone ever tell you that this country isn't great, that somehow we need to make it great again because this right now is the greatest country on earth. >> just to put everything into perspective, and i hear what you're saying, but the most recent cnn poll shows 64% of bernie sanders supporters will vote for hillary clinton. >> it is worth noting, also, hillary clinton is the nominee because she won more than three-quarters of african-american voters, two-thirds of hispanic, white split evenly between clinton and sanders. notwithstanding the passion of those who supported bernie

sanders, the reality is she is the nominee because she consolidated the diversity of the democratic party. that is what put her over the top, and in general election polling, two recent polls in pennsylvania and ohio found zero african-american support for donald trump. the key question, though, is enthusiasm and turnout. can she get that extraordinary turnout we saw in some places for barack obama? that is a legitimate issue listening to the dialogue we're having here today. >> thanks to all of us. ron brownstein, hilary rosen, gary frazier and katrina pearson. a gun control rally right now in philadelphia. a big focus tonight at the convention. yep, gun control. will it resonate with voters? thank you so much for your passion. e spent summer binge-wa. soon, she'll be binge-studying. now she writes mostly in emoji. soon, she'll type the best essays in the entire 8th grade. today, the only spanish words he knows are burrito and enchilada.

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former congresswoman gabby giffords is leading a gun control rally in philadelphia just a few miles from the democratic convention site.

tonight the issue will move to center stage as the mothers of the movement, many of them women who have lost their sons to gun violence, talk about why they're backing hillary clinton. >> we know secretary clinton, even as senator clinton, has been dealing with these kinds of issues with gun violence, gun violence prevention, mass incarceration, criminalization, poverty, she's been dealing with these kinds of systemic issues all along, so her record speaks for itself. she didn't just join the game, she's been doing the work already, she's been in the trenches, so she understands dynamically the way to move forward, to be able to change this kind of climate we see with gun violence. >> joining me to talk about this, congressman brad sherman from california. gun control the central issue of tonight's convention. there's a big rally going on right now with gabby giffords. it is an important issue. are voters passionate enough

about it that their passion will get them to the polls to vote? >> there are people passionate on both sides. there's an effort to paint us as against the culture of rural america, against the idea of hunting, against the idea of having a gun at home for self-protection, where you may be 15, 20 minutes away from law enforceme enforcement. the effort is to show with reasonable gun control laws that have a prospect of passing. you don't need 30 bullets in a magazine to bring down a deer. if you do, you shouldn't be hunting. >> i do think republicans have been successful in painting the democrats as destroyers of the second amendment. i'll give you one example. here is donald trump. >> hillary clinton wants to abolish the second amendment, she wants to abolish it.

hillary clinton wants to take your guns away and she wants to abolish the second amendment. she wants to take the bullets away. she wants to take it. you tell me that's something we can live with. we're going to cherish the second amendment. >> so, many gun rights advocates absolutely believe that, that democrats their real incent is to destroy the second amendment. >> i think that's ridiculous. there are a lot of members of oufr caucus that are hunt eers,n awful lot. again thks is about how many bullets you need in the magazine. do you need a gun that will spray bullets around? and the answer to those questions is no. just ask even the gun advocates who say you shouldn't have a bazooka at home, nor do you need one. trump will try to describe arizona extremists.

he'll try to say we're for open borders and unlimited immigration. we'll try to say we're for no trade deals at all, just let everybody -- everybody into the country. he'll try to say we're for taking guns away from people. if you look at the positions, they're the reasonable kinds of common sense -- what we fought for in congress was no fly, no buy. does anyone out there think that someone is so dangerous, that we prevent their constitutional right to travel, we won't let them get on a plane, but we'll let them buy a gun? of course we need a system forgetting off the list and due process. if due process says you're too dangerous to fly -- those are the kinds of common sense measures i think people in the country will agree with. >> what i wanted to ask you about, too, hillary clinton said she's the unifying factor among republicans. it seemed last night that donald trump really was the unifying factor for democrats.

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together, we're building a better california. we are live in philadelphia, the site of the democratic national convention. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thanks for joining me. any moment now bernie sanders delegates are set to speak in philadelphia, expected to roll out new plans for their platform moving forward. those plans coming less than 12 hours after bernie sanders supporters booed several speakers during day one of the dnc. first lady, michelle obama. no, they didn't boo the first lady. mrs. obama, though, called for unity. >> when crisis hits, we don't

turn against each other. no, we listen to each other. we lean on each other because we are always stronger together. i am here tonight because i know that is the kind of president that hillary clinton will be, and that's why in this election, i'm with her. >> with me now democratic stralt gist and hillary clinton supporter tracy separatal. patricia murphy from "the daily beast" and tim miller, former communications director of the jeb bush campaign. welcome to all of you. tracy, i'll start with you. michelle obama says great speech, hit it out of the park. jesus delgado bernie sanders supporters on a few minutes ago who said she did nothing to unify the party when it comes to bernie sanders and hillary clinton. >> well, are we sure we saw the

speech? because that's pretty small in terms of the percentage of bernie supporters who are acknowledging all the unity and the efforts, policy proposals, calls to support her. so is it a done deal? is it going to be 100%? no, of course not. we're democrats after all. we leak to make things a little complicated. >> patricia, what do you think? will we hear as many boos tonight? bill clinton set to take the stage. a lot of bernie supporters don't like his policies. >> that's the great unknown. i was in bernie supporters who were actively plotting a challenge to tim kaine's vice presidential nomination on the floor and were also talking about other ways to express their continued disapproval of the democratic party after the wikileaks e-mail. i think that inflamed the tensions coming into this democratic convention. we're going to have to wait and see. they were talking about booing

hillary clinton, challenging tim kaine. i said, well, what if bernie asks you to stop doing this? they said, you know, it was never about bernie. they don't consider themselves democrats in some cases. they don't care if they disrupt the democratic party's convention. many of them are wedded to this disruption even more than they're wedded to bernie sanders. >> what's interesting -- tim miller, i'll bring you into this part of the conversation. i talked to a lot of bernie sanders supporters protesting yesterday. they, too, say this has nothing to do with bernie sanders. we skipped the republican national convention, they said, because everybody knows that's corrupt. we want to bring out the dnc, the corrupt nature of the dnc, that's why we are here. as a republican, as you sit here and watch this convention, tim, what goes through your mind? >> i don't have to be as diplomatic as tracy does because i don't have to win these folks over. i think they're coo-coo for cocoa puffs. bernie got crushed and it wasn't

that close. obviously it was surprisingly close. we thought hillary was going to win easily, but in the end she won by about 4 million votes, and the policies they're pushing are two clicks short of venezuela. i don't know what they're doing. i think what you're seeing on the democrat's side is a party that is going through the early stages of what we are seeing in the republican party right now which was kind of a takeover from the anti establishment side. i think if the bernie folks had been a little more diplomatic and united with maybe some of the african-american base or the latino base of the democratic party, he might end up being the nominee which would be insane as far as i'm concerned. >> back to michelle obama's speech. i thought it interesting on many fronts. she talked about hillary clinton and very much the terms of a mother. she talked about her children a lot. she talked about hillary clinton being our friend, as in barack obama's friend and michelle obama's friend.

let's listen. >> in this election and every election is about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years of their lives. and i am here tonight because in this election, there is only one person who i trust with that responsibility, only one person who i believe is truly qualified to be president of the united states, and that is our friend hillary clinton! >> okay. so there was these rumblings, tracy, that the obamas didn't really get along with hillary clinton or the clintons. did this dispel those notions? >> not only dispelled them. she did it in an elegant, effortless, graceful way.

i have to give props to her speech writer, props to the first lady for her delivery. i thought it was incredibly authentic. i heard her say she trusts hillary clinton is the best person for this job. those are important words for everyone in the hall and outside and all around philly, whatever their kind of grievances may be, her words were very, very powerful. >> she was also, patricia, very positive on a night when everybody was dissing donald trump. michelle obama's speech frankly resonated more with the crowd than the speeches dissing donald trump. >> not just what resonated with this crowd but beyond these crowds an conventions out to the millions of americans watching these messages. i covered the republican convention last week and this convention this week. i would say, if there's a criticism to be made of the republican convention last week, it was a lot -- it was dark in some cases, but also a lot of following donald trump's lead

saying we're losers, we don't win anymore. people aren't afraid of us. they don't respect us. after awhile that was beating the audience down a little bit until he said, and here is how i'm going to fix it. for michelle obama, particularly for a woman who has had her patriotism challenged, her husband's citizenship challenged, for her to say, regardless of what we've been through, this is the best country today in the world. i thought it was really powerful and something people could connect to. if we know anything about americans, they want to be hopeful about their future. i would say if other democrats can follow that lead, they'll be successful in this convention. >> tim, do you think that resonates with republicans like yourself who aren't all in for donald trump? >> look, she's not going to, i don't think, bring a lot of republicans over to hillary's side. i just think the fault lines are too deep and it's been really 20, 30 years where hillary has been an extremely partisan,

negative force looking toward republicans. i don't think she's going to be able to fix that rift. but i do think she was a model last night for what we should see the next three days for democrats. trying to turn donald trump into your average tea party republican is not an effective attack. i think michelle gave a very personal defense of hillary, but also attacked donald trump without saying his name, but onlines of character and readiness, and this is not your usual republican. he's far outside, was acceptable for a president of the united states. and i thought that is something that's going to resonate, i think particularly with women, republicans who are sitting there trying to decide, do they vote for trump or maybe take a pass and vote down ballot. >> all right, tracy sefl, tim murphy, thank you. coming up, donald trump and mike pence are hitting the trail this morning to talk to veterans.

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to go the distance with you. go long. donald trump is keeping busy while all eyes are on the democrats this week, just moments ago he spoke to veterans in north carolina about promising reforms in the veterans administration. we or live in charlotte with more on that. good morning, sarah. >> reporter: good morning, carol. donald trump came out swinging here at the vfw convention. he was sharply critical of hillary clinton who spoke here just a day earlier. take a listen. >> we know how she takes care of the veterans.

just look at her invasion of libya and her handling of benghazi. a disaster. or look at her e-mails which put america's entire national security at risk. and to think she was here yesterday. i guess she didn't do very well. >> now, trump also hit the democrats more broadly for failing to address isis in the first day of the convention yesterday. but he also came here and tried to flesh out some of his plans for how he would overhaul veterans care if he were president. this included talking about starting a dedicated line straight for the white house for veterans if they have any complaints about their care. trump says if these issues aren't addressed, he will answer the phone calls personally. he jokes maybe this will take the place of his late night twitter activities. it was a warm welcome for donald trump at this event. he left to a standing ovation.

>> all right, sara murray live from charlotte, north carolina. both candidates are hoping the woo blue color an manufacturing voters. the economy an important issue that resonates. according to a new poll, trup may have a leg up. 54% of registered voters say trump is better equipped to handle the economy. with me is jay is timmons, president and ceo and president of the national association of manufacturers. welcome, jay. >> good morning, carol. how are you? >> good morning. i'm great. why is donald trump's economic plans resonating more than hillary clinton's among those who work in the manufacturing sector? >> look, i think both candidates have a long way to go to really attract manufacturing voters in november. we haven't really heard what hillary clinton is going to say this week. donald trump had his moment in the sun at the convention last

week. and what we want to hear from both candidates from frankly both parties is a commitment to those things that will keep america an exceptional nation and that will grow our economy certainly faster than the current 2% that we're seeing right now. >> jay, if you were watching the democratic national convention last night, you didn't hear much about blue collar workers or the white middle class who feel they're left out of the equation. did you feel that way, or was it just my imagination? >> well, look, i think you've got three more days of the democratic convention. the republicans had four days. i think what we really need to focus on, carol, is what they're going to say over the next three months. manufacturing is the solution to growing an economy, ensuring a strong economy, ensuring that america remains exceptional. the nam, national association of manufacturers, has put out a platform that has 11 key areas we're encouraging candidates to

speak about. it's our competing to win document. in this document it's a blueprint for what we meade to succeed as a nation. those issues are tax reform and regulatory reform, and certainly a commitment to opening markets overseas for our products that we manufacture here in this country. then i would say, also, that one of the biggest challenges that our candidates are going to face, whoever is elected president, is going to be to rebuild america, a solid well-financed, well-funded infrastructure program will lead to very rapid growth in the economy. we're hoping candidates will talk about those issues in a better way. >> you certainly heard -- actually you heard donald trump talking about that during the rnc last week. bill clinton will take to the podium tonight at the dnc. he's usually pretty good with these kinds of voters. what does he have to say to say that, you know, my wife cares about you? >> i have tremendous respect for

anyone who served in the office of president. in all honesty, carol, this isn't about bill clinton, this isn't about george bush. this is about donald trump and hillary clinton. it's about gary johnson, what any of those candidates for president will do to build the economy -- to grow the economy and build america's future. so i'm interested more in hearing what hillary clinton has to say. i was certainly interested in hearing what donald trump had to say. i think voters are very interested in what the party platforms say. i think manufacturing workers and manufacturers are very concerned that republicans are looking backwards and talking about reimplementing glass/steagall. i think they're worried democrats are talking about raising taxes and implementing more regulations. we really meade to work together in a way that produces a balanced platform that will

enable manufacturing to be unleashed and to grow and to be able to attract more investment onto the shores of our country which will ultimately create more jobs, better paying jobs. manufacturing is the lifeblood of any successful economy. we want to see more of a commitment to our agenda. >> all right, jay timmons, thank you so much for joining me this morning. i want to go right now to manu raju who has breaking news and it concerns bernie sanders. what is, manu? >> reporter: that's right, carol. talks are under way right now between hillary clinton's camp and bernie sanders' camp about him, bernie sanders formally nominating hillary clinton as the democratic nominee for president after today's roll call vote concludes. this is according to senior democratic party sources. as the talks are under way, we'll see how it ends up. it's all part of an effort to showcase unity. of course, that is what bernie sanders' camp and the clinton camp have been discussing over

the last several days, how to bring this party together, how to get the sanders camp over to get behind hillary clinton. we've seen all these outbursts and concerns raised by sanders supporters about hillary clinton's candidacy. bernie sanders september out text messages and e-mails. he gave the speech last night saying it's time for the party to get behind hillary clinton. this effort, if it does come to pass, if bernie sanders does formally nominate hillary clinton after today's roll call vote, it will be another effort to say the party should get behind hillary clinton. the question, carol, of course, will it work? >> manu raju reporting live for us this morning. thank you. i'll be right back. now she writes mostly in emoji. soon, she'll type the best essays in the entire 8th grade. get back to great. all hp ink buy one get one fifty percent off. office depot officemax. gear up for school.

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another terror attack in france. this time is priest is killed in a church during mass. his throat slit by the attackers. one man now in custody. president howell land called an assassination committed on behalf of high sis.

jim bittermann in paris. >> reporter: a really tragic story this morning in a town about an hour and a half to the west-northwest of paris. in this suburb of about 28,000 people, the priest was saying mass this morning, and the only people there were two nuns and two parishioners. the two assailants came in, slashed the throat of the priest and pronounced something in arabic around the altar. one name was able to get away and alert police, and because of the proximity of this church to the city center of rouen where one of the s.w.a.t. teams was located, they were able to get on scene and surround the church. as the assailants were coming out of the church brandishing knives, they were shot dead by the police who intervened. carol? >> jim bittermann reporting live from paris this morning, thank

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to the bernie or bust people, you're being ridiculous. >> no one is more disappointed than i am. >> his own people are out there booing. >> we are not going to be donald trump's hate-filled america. >> there is only one person who i believe is truly qualified to be president of the united states. >> hillary clinton will make an outstanding president, and i am proud to stand with her. >> hello, i'm john berman. >> hello. i'm kate bolduan. we're live from the democratic national convention in philadelphia, pennsylvania. another beautif