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harris and democrats in chicago. the vice president embraced by her family, running mate, after accepting the nomination for president of the united states. a packed house, she closed the night with a most consequential of speeches, sharing her story, diving into policy, and going to be a president for all americans who leads, and listens. >> 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.

>> on a night in which democrats stress country, patriotism, a start contract contrast arguing grave consequences if donald trump returns to the white house. >> just imagine donald trump with no guardrails. and how he would use the immense powers of the presidency of the united states. not to improve your life , not to strengthen our national security, but to serve the only client he has ever had. america, we are not going back. >> she had also said in many ways donald trump is an unserious demand, but the consequences of putting him back into office would be serious and our team is in the

convention hall. vice president harris' speech is behind her now. what's next as the campaign moves forward? >> yeah, it has been a jubilant celebration culminating with the vice president officially accepting her party's nomination for the presidency, but anderson, despite all this around us, the confetti and balloons, and all the parties that will take place later tonight, we do know based on people who have spoken to the vice president in recent days that she actually remains clear eyed about what could come next. i'm told by one person who worked with the vice president, they have not heard the vice president use the word honeymoon, but the period between president biden dropping out and tonight has resembled a honeymoon, and there is recognition by the vice president on down that the level of enthusiasm and

excitement we have seen, the momentum we have seen, that all of those things could wane for reasons that are or not under the vice president's control. but for now the celebration will continue, that includes the vice president who is currently headed to we are told the queeny's club-- heavily for the vice president and second gentleman, doug emhoff , they are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary tonight. >> caleb kayla collins on the convention floor. >> i am standing with someone who has known vice president harris for decades 4 1/2 years when she was in the das office. what was it like for you to

watch her on that stage tonight? >> i got to tell you i was weeping. i know how hardworks kamala . she wants us to have housing, and childcare . being a mentee of hers i know she wants nothing more than to do the right thing for the american people. my tears were tears of joy for what our children , our elders, our veterans deserve. we will get closer to that with kamala harris as president. >> you were there when she ran in the primary, and she suspended her campaign and came home . you rallied around her at a gathering. what is it like from then to seeing her on stage saying i will accept your nomination to mark ? >> she has worked for this, and her love and loyalty for our

president , joe biden, their partnership, the ways in which she has grown as a leader, an international leader, she is ready. she is ready, and i'm so happy the american public are learning who we know. she comes early and leaves late. she reads everything. she is the child of academics, meaning that she wants the truth. she is a data driven person. we will have somebody who loves us but will work so hard to make sure we are good. >> lateefah simon , thank you for staying with us, braving the balloons to tell us about your friend, kamala harris. >> former congressman and january 6th committee member adam kinzinger made an appeal for the preservation of democracy. >> democracy knows no party. it's a living, breathing ideal that defines us as a nation. it's the bedrock that

separates us from tyranny , and when that foundation is fractured, we must all stand together united to strengthen it. if you think those principles are worth defending, and i urge you, make the right choice. vote. vote for our bedrock values, and vote for kamala harris. god bless you. >> former congressman adam kinzinger, senior and political commentator for other republicans, people on the fence or undecided who were out there in the audience listening, what do you think the impact of her speech is to >> i thought her speech was good . actually really good. here's what i thought was interesting, is donald trump has ceded so much ground that was traditionally republican

ground. let's talk about national defense, ukraine. this is all stuff trump should have been talking about at his convention if he were more traditionally public and. kamala came in and took that ground. sheet she remind -- to the ground on ukraine , and i think if you are an undecided republican out there , it has to be tough not to vote for kamala now. she gave me the things frankly i was concerned about. >> in terms of the border, obviously that has been the thing that a lot of donald trump supporters believe is her biggest weakness. do you think she did enough? she said she would bring back the bipartisan border deal that donald trump encouraged republicans to kill and that she would sign >> a , she won't ever appear as hawkish as donald trump, he's made that his whole thing. but if you were concerned about kamala harris

and the border , that she's going to let anyone in, i think she did a lot to alleviate that concern. it became look, i'm going to put some strength at the border there. and i think it gave people breathing room. it goes after trump for having tanked a very serious bill on the border when that james langford created that was endorsed by border patrol. >> adam, this was not an easy choice. you have taken a lot of golf, let's say, for purposes of the wholesome audience we have -- republican party who share your views . what is it that binds them still to trump? >> because, specifically people in elected office, the decision to go outside the party, you've

basically killed your chance at elected office again, and every politician was to think they will make a grand return into elected office. the other thing is the first time you actually turn against your party or in this case turn against donald trump, who basically owns the party, that's the hardest the first time. after that you recognize this is actually not as scary and hard as i thought it would be, but look. specially if you are in politics it becomes your identity. it becomes your identity, and the idea of giving up on your identity is tough. >> you deserve a lot of credit. we don't criticize our own often either, and when you do criticize your own party your phone is your enemy, because four years ago today, you will see people you used to be

friends with that are not friends now. you'll deal with that more than anybody i know, and i think he showed real courage and leadership . i think the country, not just the democratic party, but anybody trying to raise a kid, you are an example. >> what you think kamala harris and tim walz have to do now moving forward? >> i think it is continue with this message, honestly. i think tim walz is been a great addition to this midwestern regular dude. as me , i from illinois, this is the guy i relate to. i mean, who has seen a vice presidential candidate draw the crowds he has, jd vance shows up and there's 30 people. this guy is filling the stadium. he needs to keep doing that and be true to your democratic values. i don't think any of us are asking for her to become a republican. find common cause continue to talk about that. i do think 50%-20% is a reasonable goal

and that would put her way over the top by the way if she does that. >> there remains this gender gap , people have talked about a lot. also we know with -- obviously not an area of growth, but can it harm her? the obstacle then with whiteman? >> look, i think there was a time, where the left was talking a lot about things like toxic masculinity, and they were overusing that. anytime a man was a man it's like that's toxic masculinity. and i think that really hurt the left. we didn't see a lot of that here. i think the whole woke thing of the democrats was not on display, which was noticeable, that's how you win back medical middle america. i'm nothing change your values and be something you're not, but look at where the voters are. if you want to win elections you have to go where the voters are. i think they made a good step in that. it's part of waking up and saying have some emotions, especially

if you're a kid and your dad was speaking out there as vice president candidate, that's , if you declaim -- it was despicable what they said about gus walz as we, and i think it is going to hurt them. >> for me that was the most powerful thing. i have three boys and you know , saying their names i get choked up, and if they ever stop laughing at my dance moves -- everybody should get around that father and son bond. and they were making fun of it. >> it's gone too far. masculinity is not about being a jerk on the internet. it's not about tweeting in all caps. it's not about-- you know, it's like defending as i mentioned, defending families,

defending values. that's what true masculinity is, standing for those who need someone to stand for them. >> jake , back to you. >> thanks, anderson. there were a few policy issues we heard from vice president harris this evening. one of the ones that was really interesting had to do with her contrasting herself with donald trump when it came to autocrats and dictators. let's run some of that. >> i will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like kim jong un, who are rooting for trump , who are rooting for trump. because, you know, they know, they know he is easy to manipulate with flattery and favors-- >> there are people, who served with donald trump in donald trump's white house who agree with that assessment, even people who aren't necessary supporting kamala harris.

people, who say he has been susceptible to the praise and manipulations of people like an extra ordinarily crafty and evil former kgb operative, vladimir putin. >> vladimir putin, kim jong un , xi jinping, i think trump's record is there. when i listen to that you can tell it came from really deep within her. she was very convicted in that moment. and i thought that whole section of the speech was probably one of the strongest parts of the speech for her. she was incredibly forceful. and, she addressed head-on some key issues, i think some of what we are seeing from her on foreign policy as a lot of the work she has been doing for 3 1/2 years. vice president biden basically sent her out to the munich security conference and

said she is the representative, and she's been studying this stuff. i think that one of the tasks today was to take someone, who spent basically two years as a state senator and said to the american people she's ready to be commander-in-chief. a whole part of the program tonight was focused on that. and i thought it was really effective. the other part i thought was effective was taking on the israel-gaza conflict, which has really torn this convention apart whiteley, honestly. but it is simmering in this convention-- >> i don't know that it tore it apart, it caused issues-- expect there were not very many things that were disagreements at this convention. there were protesters outside who were doing a sit-in. there were complaints they were not on the podium. you had people like aoc saying they should be on the podium giving a speech. she took the issue on very forcefully, i thought and didn't shy away from it in any way. she was a strong in her defense of israel, but she gave

a lengthy plea to see the palestinian people in their right to live alongside israeli people-- >> and the keynote there also -- and you can jump in, but when things she said, and she called hamas a terrorist group and all that, she said they deserve dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination. for those not steeped in this conflict that means self-rule. that is an issue netanyahu is not in favor of. even rivals of netanyahu don't think a palestinian state is in the cards. >> i think simmering was the way to describe what was going on here. we did think it could have torn apart this convention-- >> chicago '68-- >> now that it's over we can say the protests, you were talking with governor

pritzker-- >> that was today, thank you for watching. >> the fact there weren't these mass protests, the idea that they didn't get a speaking slot , the name of the movement is uncommitted. this is a political party in which it is rare, not-- out of the question , not like it hasn't happened before, but it's rare you give a speaking slot to someone whose name is uncommitted to you. i mean like ted cruz 's folk , wasn't committed to donald trump at the time, but the point i want to make is that the way that she handled these two issues, which is quicksand , political quicksand, and has been for joe biden, was the most handled we

have seen from a democratic candidate, hands-down. >> and on -- i've never seen any quicksand in my life. how vice president harris' speech weighed in the battleground state of pennsylvania. are any of them decided now? hi there, pennsylvania. we will talk to them next.

we were underestimated at practically every turn . but, we never gave up. because, the future is always worth fighting for. and that's the fight we are in right now. a fight for america's future. >> democratic presidential nominee, upper underdog

fighter, on the closing night here in chicago. right now we are getting reaction to the vice president's speech from undecided voters in the crucial battleground state of pennsylvania. in allentown, gary, who is with you? what are they saying about the speech? >> reporter: anderson, we come to you from allentown in the heart of the beautiful lehigh valley in eastern pennsylvania. we are with eight residents of the lehigh valley who have been watching television with us tonight and watching kamala harris' speech. they all have something in common as he said, anderson. none of these people for tonight have made a decision about who they will vote for in november. one person before tonight wasn't sure she was going to vote at all, because she doesn't like either of the candidates. also, five of them are loyal union members from uaw local united autoworkers here, in the lehigh valley. thank you all for being here. i want you to grade the

speech okay? a, above-average-- f, we all know that. >> b+. >> b. >> a. >> b+. >> a. >> see. >> mostly a's and b's with one c. we start with scott with the president of the uaw . >> i gave a b+. i gave her the high grade, because i thought she looked very confident. i liked how she spoke from her heart. i liked her message of unity. and the division we have in america. i like her fight for the middle class and families. the reason i didn't give her an a was i thought she needed to go into a little more detail in some of her plans about how she would do some of

the things that she envisioned. >> lindsay? you are in sales. you didn't like either of these two candidates. i'll ask you more on that in a minute. what grade did you give the speech? >> b. i thought it was a good speech. i mean she did what she was supposed to do. i like that she was-- talked about her upbringing, made it feel a little more like, personal. but yeah, i thought it was a good speech. >> andy, also with uaw, you make trucks and cars for the rest of americans. your grade? >> b+. i like to plan for the middle class . my wife is a nurse , i am an autoworker. we are as middle-class as you can get. i know you can't go as in-depth in these speeches, but a little more would have been nice. >> donna , you are a mother is a retired dental hygienist. >> i gave her an a . she hit all the points i wanted to know

about. i wanted to know more about her, her economic policies, her foreign policy. i know she couldn't go into depth about that, but i mean i felt she looked very presidential, she sounded presidential. and i think she's going to be one who can unify. >> 60-40, and you were 50-50. patrick, also with uaw . you gave it a b+? >> she was confident in what she was saying. she showed leadership ability, and understanding of the topics at hand. but again, she didn't go in depth , what she would do about tech >> for us, which would be very nice, but still, a little bit more information on the things she planned on doing. >> john, also with uaw. >> i gave her an a grade i was looking for policy information.

i wanted real substance impulse information, and i think she gave enough. i like what she gave on military. what she wants to do for our veterans. and with border control. i just think that she has a lot of good ideas , and she is very well spoken. i think she was very professional. >> sabrina, your grade? >> a. i think she was very well spoken. she was very clear on what her policies were and elaborated on them with the time given, and the fact she wants to bring back rights for women. >> and, brian, you are in real estate . you are a nice guy, too. and you gave the only literacy. expect she wasn't clear enough on the policies. she did speak a lot of her personal history, on her personal history, which was great. but, i still-- don't feel like she is ready. i feel like-- more so she should wait

. i don't want to per se , but for someone that is a backup. >> i will ask you shortly, you are obviously not ready to vote for kamala harris. but what i want to ask you altogether at this point, like you said, none of you were ready. raise your hand if you are ready now after today to make a commitment? well. we have not rehearsed to this. seven of you are now ready. scott? >> yes, i am going to vote for kamala harris. >> andy? >> kamala harris, yes. >> i'm voting for her, also. >> sean? sean? >> yes on kamala. >> sabrina ? >> camila. >> kamala. >> trump.

>> still probably not voting. >> you don't like either? okay. what led to you making a decision? was it that decisive of an evening? scott? >> yeah, as i said before, i really liked her confidence. she seemed presidential. she seemed very confident. she spoke from her heart. she spoke on her back ground, her struggle, her mother's struggle-- >> you were 50-50. what made you decide? >> i've been doing research since she was the nominee, and i'm liking what i'm reading. and i've been watching the convention, and her speech was just you know-- that just-- sold me. >> and brian? you decided on trump. what about tonight , because we met last week, you were undecided-- what about

tonight made you decide? >> you know, her speech was great, i like how she went into personal history, again -- it was just not moving for me. >> it made you think trump is the better candidate? >> he is here for it. he is a little bit more aggressive. she is aggressive in her way, but i think she will be aggressive in the next term. >> so trump over harris for you , harris over to him for most of you. 75 days until election, so lindsay, you have a few more days to sleep on it. thank you all for joining us. we appreciate it. back to you. >> thank you. that was fascinating. >> instead of talking about the trump curious, which we often talk about we have kamala curious. some people still want to know more coming they are not all the way there, and i think that is going to be an interesting dynamic in some of

these battleground states where there are still swing districts. i don't believe we can have wild swings the way we use to given gerrymandering, etc. but there are people who want to know more. >> one of the things that was said, there's no doubt about that, that one of the disadvantages she has, and scott has talked about it a lot, she is the vice president, so what did she do as vice president? the advantage she has is people don't know a lot, and they are getting new information. and that new information, certainly the way she told her story tonight and the way she shared her views were important. two things, i think the line tested best in this whole speech was, i will be a president for the whole country, because that is such a contrast with the way trump presents himself . basically doing after the idea of denigrating the country, which has been a parcel of trump's

attacks i think people like to think of america as a positive place. and that was the tenor of the end of her speech. and i think it was very powerful. >> i want to bring in john king. in terms of moving forward, tomorrow, you have rfk jr. probably dropping out, perhaps endorsing trump. talk about what's ahead. >> so the conventions are over . the next big night will be september 10th for that debate. we consider this a bench line. where we came into the convention, and watch where we are in the polling a week from now and when we get to that debate. let's start with gary was. lehigh, pennsylvania. so kamala harris needs to win lehigh county, and she needs to win it roughly by a margin if she wants to carry pennsylvania. eight people in a room, that was anecdotal, is that what the country's going

to do after tie? that's the question. is it anything like that after this? this, new york times poll , this is the sun that sunbelt states. but what change we bring? from my travels , democrats and republicans want something different. not bad, not great. even donald trump, 44-44 three-peat three weeks now after that -- i am the agent of change, the preferred agent of change you want. one more to look at, and this again is as we are coming into the convention. so what does it look like after the american people heard her and the other guests tonight? donald trump in these critical sunbelt states viewed more favorably by a dozen points on the economy . did what voters hear from harris change things? she is in good commanding position. she

had the lead on abortion rights, and -- that would play into the gender gap , suburban voters. down almost by 10 points on immigration, so nine points there. can she improve that number? integration and economy are the weaknesses when you look at the map but democrats are leaving excited. everybody inside the harris campaign says let's have a realistic pragmatic look that we have 75 days of a very tough fight. >> it will likely be a very close race . >> the issue of change, i think you are right. people do want to change, and i think this is a great challenge. one thing i did not hear in her speech tonight was really an ounce of humility about any of the failures of the current administration. they are down

on a lot of the big issues that people really care about. i'm wondering what you think about that in order to get away from biden would be better to show a little humility and say we tried from things, i've learned from my mistakes, or is it better to hope people forget about it? >> i don't have opinions, i'm very careful about that, but she had choices. does she deal with that now? she will have to deal with it when donald trump is standing next to her and donald trump is saying you are a part of biden this and that. if he were the incumbent, 56% disapproval is horrible to win re-election. she is his vice president. that will be an issue. republicans will try to give her "biden baggage ." so it did not come up tonight, but it will, in the debate. >> john, you have been traveling all over this country. you've been talking

to these voters. do you think the way she presented herself and particularly the way she talked about first the economy and some of these other issues , immigration and national security, do you think those themes are resonating with voters? >> she talked about issues they raised. a lot of them said she is the vice president, i don't know her well. that happens to a majority of vice presidents. one point about democrats leaving after this. the democrats-- this is why insider campaign they are saying ride this momentum, but be careful. she will have momentum coming out of this, no doubt. how much in these polarized times, i don't know. michael dukakis only won 10 states. he left his conviction 17 points up .

much more to comome on the campmpaign.

vice president kamala harris just delivered the most important speech of her political career , accepting the nomination for president. katelyn? >> reporter: there are still a lot of balloons here. i'm here with two people who know vice president harris well. jasmine crockett of texas and our own ashley ellison, who worked with her as her coalitions director in 2020, with president biden. good to have you here. what did you make of harris' speech? >> excellent. she exuded confidence that the mecca people and world needed to see, yes she is a woman, but rohrer she did. she made it clear she

has a vision where the middle-class will absolutely be able to realize the american dream. i thought she wove in her story so well to say i am the american dream standing in front of you and let everyone know it is possible, despite all the ugliness that we see going around, this is someone who believes in who we are as this country, and she will fight for that. >> ashley? >> i want to talk about it from a political perspective. i was sitting in the seat thinking about the voters who don't know her yet or don't know her story and how they probably interpreted it. if i had never heard her speak before and heard that speech tonight i would wonder what country she was leading. she spoke like a boss. she talked about not just america but in terms of how we can bleed on the globe. we know

there are conflicts on going all over the world. she didn't shy from that. she took them head on. the tough ones like israel and gaza that is continuous in our coalition right now. and that's what leaders do. then she drew the contrast and said this is who trump is, and this is who i am. i thought it was awesome. >> thank you for stopping by. that's the benefit of being on the floor, jake. >> it's cool you guys coordinated your outfits. >> jake said it is cool we coordinated our efforts. they did, and here i was. >> jeff, what are you learning? >> a short time ago vice president harris was addressing some donors and supporters right here in the convention hall before leaving for her hotel in chicago, and she thanked her donors, but her husband, doug emhoff, said we have not won anything yet. i'm told that is the mindset going into the next 74 days of this campaign. if you look ahead at what's next for the harris campaign she will be back out

on the road after catching her breath. but that first debate with the former president is just 19 days away, in philadelphia. so, she has already been doing debate preparation. she was at howard university beginning the debate preparations. we know that her debate team is in place , playing the role of the former president like he did in 2016 for hillary clinton. but as we end the time, does this infuse the campaign thinking going forward to not repeat the mistakes of 2016? that they have enthusiasm that's a good thing, but they know they have work to do, so she will be back on the road-- the question, will she do an interview? advisers say she like with likely will. >> one thing democrats are hoping for not only what happened at the u.s. supreme

court, but i think it's fair to say she found her voice for the administration on this issue , made a big issue out of it tonight. here's part of that excerpt. >> and get this. get this. he plans to create a national antiabortion coordinator. and force states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions. simply put, they are out of their minds. and one must ask-- one must ask, why exactly is it that

they don't trust women? well, we trust women. >> so, interesting framing of the issue there. of us we trying to boost her numbers, particularly with women voters, but also with individuals who agree with her. >> obviously when she's talking about the fact we trust women, she is talking overtly about women and their reproductive systems, and their healthcare and so forth. listening to it a second time just then, i was thinking about our conversation earlier, about the fact she did not lean into the fact she was a woman. and we trust women was also i was thinking well, people should trust me. and it was maybe one of the veiled references to her gender as well. >> i think that's right, and also remember leaning up to all

of this, if you were watching, there were a lot of stories about her work as lda fighting for the survivors of sexual abuse and prosecuting their abusers, and i think this is part of the biography piece that fits into the policy piece that works for democrats in this election. she also noted in the speech tonight she was very clear she called trump out for his, you know, the case with e. jean carroll where he was found liable for rape. she was very forceful in the conviction and liability on those fronts. so i think those things are very much connected, what she's trying to say is that you know, trump himself -- the project 2025 stuff, i think that was very linked to project

2025. but, she is presenting it as trump's plan, that he's an unreliable leader on these issues. and the democratic party, in complete contrast to that. >> in montana, where they are getting a referendum on the state ballot, hoping to drive turnout, hoping that will help-- will i don't think they have any aspirations of winning montana for kamala harris -- florida and other places as well. coming up, a facact check o tonight's speechches as coverage contntinues.

a historic night in chicago. vice president kamala harris capping the democratic national convention with a truly historic speech. let's bring in daniel for our fact check. >> let's look at some comments vice president harris made in her big speech. first, this claim about former president trump on abortion.

>> as part of his agenda he and his allies would limit access to birth control , an medication abortion, and enact a nation-white abortion ban with or without congress . and get this. get this. he plans to create a national antiabortion coordinator. and force states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions. simply put, they are out of their minds. >> this is cleverly framed -- which i cannot definitively fact check, but vp harris at least left out some important context. trump has either not taken those positions during this campaign or explicitly rejected doors positions those positions. he has not called

states to report abortions . he has said he will not sign a national abortion ban , and he has said he won't enforce an old law to ban abortion without congress. so where is the vice president getting this stuff? almost all of it is in project 2025, a conservative think tank list of proposals for a next trump term. dozens of former trump officials were involved in project 2025, but it is not trump's own document. let's play something vice president harris said about the supreme court's decision on vice presidential immunity. -- after the united states supreme court just ruled that he would be immune from criminal prosecution. just imagine

donald trump with no guard rails. >> i call this a needs context. it's fair for vice president harris to warn the supreme court ruling gave presidents or power, but it did not grant trump or anyone else total immunity from criminal prosecution. the court did say is that they have absolute immunity for acts within their core constitutional powers presumptive immunity for so-called official acts, but also ruled there is no immunity for an official acts. so trump can theoretically be prosecuted and in fact is still being prosecuted right now. the core hampered did not kill that submersion case on going against him. jake ? >> arch, daniel dale, thanks so much. now the sprint to election day begins with the trump-harris debate a little over two weeks . thanks for

watching.

>> for imprint for cerertain. >> i'm natasha bertrand at the pentagon, and this is cnn i accept your nomination to be

president of the united states of america i promise to be a president for all americans you can always trust me. >> everybody over here say karma everybody over here say la la. kamala. >> tonight, i'm here to tell you. yes she can. so we're going to say. she said she said i want to let my fellow republicans in on the secret. the democrats are as patriotic as us. we stand united as veterans democrats and patriots together, let us write the next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told

history on the fourth and final night here in chicago, as democrats officially enter the harris era. i'm laura coates, inside the united center with cnn's special late night coverage of the dnc. look, allow her to reintroduce herself. her name is kamala, and she is officially the democratic nominee for president. there were tears in the audience as the moment fully took shape for so many this evening. kamala harris tonight, using the five words she uttered as a prosecutor to give her closing argument for the democratic national convention that no one saw coming, even a month ago, kamala harris for the people. now democrats spent the week trying to widen their tent, and tonight she aimed to bring more voters into the fold. speaking of her journey as a child of

immigrants, the lessons she learned from her dear mother, who told her to never complain about injustice, but to do something detailing her path from prosecutor to the vice president and now the presidential nominee and making her pitch. she tried to appeal beyond the democratic faithful here in chicago, promising to be a president for all americans 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 way 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 promise to be a president for all americans you can always trust me to put country above party and self quite the split screen to what others have characterized the trump campaign to look like. and though the balloons they dropped here in the windy city. democrats looking to keep the energy and the party going all the way through november. the election that harris knows is tight. and if you're wondering whether kamala would address the man that governor whitmer called that man from mar-a-lago, well, she offered her exhibits into evidence of why she's not going back to him fellow americans, this election is not only the most important

of our lives. it is one of the most important in the life of our nation in many ways donald trump is an unserious man but the consequences but the consequences of putting donald trump back in the white house are extremely serious joining me now, cnn political commentator shermichael singleton jamal simmons, karen finney and senior political correspondent for puck, tara palmeri. all right we often talk about history being made in historic run and historic moment. the balloons are continuing to pop behind us right now as history. it's not scary at all. >> history is asking us what's poppin. what's poppin today has been that there is an official nominee, and this was a moment to behold. to see a woman of color now securing the

democratic nominee karen, take us back to how you felt the moment she accepted it officially almost in tears because, i mean, i'm sorry for the long pause. >> there was a small group of black women back in 2019 2020 who we initially made the case to then vice president biden to say, you said you'd do it you bring a woman we want it to be a black woman and we laid out the case and then as it as it got closer to making the decision, we said, and we met with him directly, we wanted to be kamala harris and here's why. >> so that's what i was reflecting on was, you know, making the case to joe biden because we believed in her and she did not disappoint tonight. that is the woman that i always knew could lead this country and would be ready to step in if god forbid, the worst ever

happen and that she would be a governing partner to this president. many people wondered, with the truncated schedule, the fact that i keep talking about a month ago, she was at the top of the ticket. it was the biden-harris ticket and yet many people in the audience were talking about, and you could hear this murmur of her having risen to the occasion and leading her own election campaign in this way. what did you make of her performance tonight? >> oh, her her performance was just spectacular. i mean, if you looked at from the presentation to the articulation to the to the the strength to the the compassion. so the things that we're looking for a president, we look for a few things we're thinking about hope. we're thinking about fear. who's somebody who can keep us safe who's somebody who can help us get the things that we dream of. she addressed both of those things who's somebody who's exceptional but they're also exceptional, accessible right? exceptional and accessible.

somebody who we know she is. she's got high intellect. she knows how to reason through problems. but she also is thinking about a middle class. she tells her life story. my mom was an immigrant. my mom and my dad were immigrants they split up when i was young. that was tough, but we had to move on. she talked about how she, um she went to college at an hbcu and she sort of kept going in her career, and she pulled together all of her family. so she talked a lot about herself in the middle class context. and then she went to the commander in chief argument. and that's the tough part and we we heard her really make the case about why she could also be tough. and then finally she did make the case about us as an american society and how as americans, it's the best thing to be and how as americans, we can all achieve together. i think it was a masterful address. >> shermichael there there were so many moments, i think, that you could and i think the electorate talks about the split screens they often see, you know, it is a comparison campaign and election season as much as anything else and what you saw of this full week has

been really past presidents number one, trying to demonstrate a deep roster or bench among the future of democratic party. but you also saw this idea of broadening the base or trying to broaden the base. you're a strategist you know the importance at a time like this to broaden the tent. do you think that they made the effective case by having people like adam kinzinger and other republicans as well, join the fold? >> um, you know, on the republican front we'll see. i mean, president biden received 6% of registered republicans nationally in 2020. ken vice president harris received the same numbers i'm not sure yet. i think time will tell. i think her objective, or at least her singular objective from my perspective as a strategist, was to tell her story. i think around 67% of the american populace said we know her, but we don't really know her and so if i'm writing that speech i'm going to focus on the first half of that speech being on how is she raised? talk a

little bit about her mom, about her siblings, about her upbringing. because what you need to be able to do is crystallize sort of that empathy, that empathetic portion of our human experience that you want people to buy into. because if you can achieve that goal, it makes it a lot easier to shift to policies. and so i think she did that quite well, to be frank. she looked great. i think they'll draw that contrast. and i've heard some of my democratic friends say, well, now we have the younger person and look at the candidate on the republican side. it's a historic moment. a lot of women are excited. you could feel that jubilation here. and it's palpable, i get it, but i think republicans have some work to do here. laura some serious work. the momentum is shifting. and if donald trump doesn't get serious about this race, the momentum will shift in such a way where the race will not be as competitive as it currently still is. i mean, tara, the phrase unserious man is going to be probably on the tip of the tongue for so many people, and harris was trying to paint a very serious picture of what another trump term would actually look like. i mean the

idea of january sixth and setting potential defendants free, jailing political opponents. i mean, listen to how she laid out what a sequel, to quote president obama would look like listen just imagine donald trump with no guardrails and how he would use the immense powers of the presidency of the united states not to improve your life not to strengthen our national security, but to serve the only client he has ever had himself now, remember, she built off a theme that president obama earlier in the week spoke about the idea of having seen this movie before. >> you know, the sequel could be all the more worse. and thinking about it did she make

an effective case in terms of trying to create in that moment, the split screen that she wants voters to see? >> yeah, i mean, she is a future candidate, right? she's like, we're the path forward. which is interesting because she is sort of the incumbent right there, both in this very weird situation where they're both trying to pin the other person as the incumbent. he's already been in the white house. she's already been in the white house whoever defines the other person as the incumbent first basically wins this race and i think she was like, i think she was pretty effective in laying out, okay this is what you had. but the future with me is going to be very different. it's going to be a bit of a struggle when she starts to have to answer to the the biden administration, which she was a part of, how much how involved was she? now, we know as journalists that she wasn't always there. all the time, but how is she going to answer those questions? and especially when it comes to the idea of well, he was obviously not ready or the the party didn't feel that he was ready to be president again or fit enough to be president again. she'll have to answer to that. but i think for right now, you know, she's saying the path forward

is going to be better with me. it's going to be different than it was in the biden-harris administration. and and she's going to have to lay out the way it was four years ago. and some people don't remember it. i know it's crazy, but four years ago, it was a long time ago. the economy was doing well and people still have some nostalgia just for that economy. maybe not for the man. so it's smart to lean into his character, but they have nostalgia for their pocketbooks and the prices at the time. >> but a lot of this at the end of the day, is about feeling right and that is part of why, when we're talking about joy, it's an effective message because it's a contrast. it's about your it's about a feeling, a gut feeling and it's about the future. >> and that's part of why she said, you can trust me because we know that if voters trust you, they're more likely to vote for you. and with donald trump, that's part of part of this message. has been you can't trust this man. he's not out for you. he's out for himself. he's out for the billionaires. and that feeling that people had that sickening

in our stomachs when we were governed by tweet that's part of what she was harkening in addition to the sickening images from january 6th, the drama. but it was sickening. it was sickening to watch people scaling the walls of the capitol to see people being beaten, and to know that he could have stopped it and he didn't. >> well, you know, i for the audience, if you're hearing it, all the bombs bursting in air remind us. i mean, i couldn't script a better soundtrack behind me. i mean, how many balloons dropped tonight there are. >> we're doing a show here people. but you know what? it's actually probably pretty apropos for our conversation coming up next, because we've been in a kind of a bubble here at the democratic national convention. and democrats were hoping to expand their base and make sure the momentum carries on. if the bubble bursts before november, what are they going to do about it? how do they keep it inflated and continuing? see what i did there more on all this in a

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others. and you know what he immediately called into fox news after harris finished speaking the biggest reaction is why didn't she do the things that she's complaining about? >> all of these things that she talked about, we're going to do this. we're going to do that. we're going to do everything. but she didn't do any of it. she could have done it 3.5 years ago he'll have to be quite specific on what he thinks she did not do my panel is back with me right now first of all, it's not surprising that he was going to react, although he has revealed himself to have been watching again probably no surprise all week long they've been going at him. >> does his response or the what? the steps to go forward? what actually should they be sure, michael i mean look again i want to acknowledge again the moment for the vice president. history was made first woman of color. um potentially could become president. there's a lot of black women in this country who are excited. a lot of women of every races who are excited. and i certainly acknowledge that point however, i think cost is still a big deal.

that's why this race is still very close. and i think that's what the former president is alluding to. yes, people are excited and having a good time, but does excitement address the fact that a credit card defaults are up? does it address the fact that people can't pay their car loans and people are struggling to pay their mortgages? that people who are struggling to pay their rent they can't guarantee whether or not they'll be able to get rental assistance before they get evicted. and so trump needs to stay on that message. if this race is to stay competitive, talk about those details and remind people, yes you're excited, but you need to have an adult in the room now, whether or not he can do that, it's up for debate. now. >> i want to know what to say about that, guys, because they're painting him as somebody who is the ineffective and wrong messenger for things like you're talking about. so if you're talking about the grocery store, you're talking about the pricing of things they're trying to paint him as somebody who this is as foreign to him as anything else. you even heard what governor gretchen whitmer say. his first word was what chauffeur? i mean they're really going toe to toe on the richie rich argument. yeah, it is.

>> so we don't even have to, quote unquote, paint him that way. he consistently can't stay on his own message and consistently on this air. in fact we've heard republicans saying, if only he would stay on message, if only he would stop talking about this or that or, you know, and getting distracted. >> not just the message, though, karen i mean, the actual substance can can he if the issue for people and american voters. right now is relatability, the authenticity. and i can see myself in you and you are the authentic person who can solve a problem if i think you've never experienced what i've experienced. that's right. can i trust you? >> and that's the point, right? you can trust me because i came from the middle class. you can trust me because i'm going to be a president for all americans that in and of itself is a critique. as a contrast point and what you saw on the stage after her speech, i would argue was a stage full of family that looked a lot like

america in terms of the diversity, old and young and different backgrounds and so, again, yes when was the last time he was ever at a grocery store, ever had to buy a gallon of milk? ever had to work a couple of hours to be able to pay for that gallon of milk? ever i mean, there's a lot of rich people here, so i guess that question could be begged of, where are the people at this table? i'm just saying that question could be begged for a lot of the attendees here. the race is still close. we cannot democratic convention. no, no, i understand that. >> but we can't we can't deny that fact. and when you look at an aggregate of all of the polling in terms of the battleground states, the guys 0.2 points up. when you look at where hillary clinton was and president biden was at this point, they were ahead by seven points by six points. the vice president still has a lot of room to grow if she wants to win this thing. >> but here's the question i'm asking he's calling in the shows in the middle of the night like elvis, right? like did he do that but i imagine him, like sitting around like

kind of waiting. he's overweight elvis sitting around like calling the shows, yelling at the at the announcers i don't understand what donald trump has been doing. right. are we going to see him with people? are we going to see him going to places that are battlegrounds he was recently in howell, michigan, just the other day. howell, michigan. for those of us who grew up in michigan is like the place where the ku klux klan is sort of resided. it's a place where they just recently even had ku klux klan rallies. it's one of the most racist parts of the state. so that's where he chose to do one of his counter events. >> but joe biden, wait a minute joe biden was also there a year ago. jamal, we need to be honest with our viewers. well, the president was also there a year ago, but joe get the point. >> but joe biden is not associating himself with people who know both sides that are good and i understand the point. you're trying to paint it as if he was the only one to go there. we should be clear for our viewers that the sitting president also visited howell, michigan. okay, nobody none of them should be campaigning with these people. as far as i'm concerned. so the other question then is because he goes out to montana

right? why isn't he in wisconsin? why isn't he doing more events in the other parts of michigan? the other parts that are the battleground? he's not doing that many events. that's true. and it's i think it's showing that there's something else that's going on with donald trump that's not effective. we all ask questions about joe biden and how often he was campaigning. and now we're looking at donald trump and he's not doing anything like he charged joe biden to do. >> no, he wasn't. he is starting to and i thought it was really interesting that he was in north carolina this week. i mean that is a state that the democrats have not won since 2008. so clearly they are feeling very anxious about north carolina or they wouldn't be there. he was in arizona today. he went to michigan. and yes that audience is perhaps a sign that he is digging into his audience, which he believes are men over 50. he's white males rural voters who don't come out low propensity voters. and i think it's just a sign that he's doubling down on his base. if j.d. vance wasn't a sign of that enough and and he is starting to pick i agree with you. the montana thing was weird i thought, you know, chris uh, steve daines was the head of the nrsc it's a tight

senate race, frankly so maybe they convinced him to go up to montana. but that was after nine days off. >> so generous. >> but that was after nine days off. he was probably just going through some psychological reset, having to deal with the fact that he was no longer. >> i love the psycho analysis of donald trump as to where his campaign. they told him where to go. he went there. but you know what? speaking of michigan, michigan is a place where when it was the biden-harris campaign, they were really shaking in their boots about the uncommitted votes. yeah one of the huge elephants in the room. besides, you know how the gop might respond to this has been about the israel-hamas war. the humanitarian crisis in gaza and people wondering how vice president harris, now nominee harris would address it. listen to what she said let me be clear i will always stand up for israel's right to defend itself and i will always ensure israel has the ability to defend itself, because the

people of israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called hamas caused on october 7th, president biden and i are working to end this war such that israel is secure. >> the hostages are released, the suffering in gaza ends, and the palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security freedom and self-determination now, we were in that room when she gave that speech, and you could hear at different points of her saying that there were reactions from the crowd. >> you couldn't quite understand what they were saying, but it seemed pretty clear that they were waiting for her to get to the other part of the israel alliance. what did you make of her total discussion? i thought she did it beautifully because she did something that progressives have. actually, i think failed to do, which is it's a false choice to say that you can't be pro the israeli people and pro

the palestinian people. we've we've let ourselves be caught up in sort of this argument without saying, no, no, it's about the people. we're trying to make sure that the israeli people live in safety and security, and that the palestinian people have an opportunity to do the same thing and realize their own and realize their own country. and so i thought she did that quite deftly. and you could hear in the room, i mean, i was with a group of people, a couple of them were were kind of, is she going to say it? and she kept saying, hold on, she's going to you know, and then she did and there was just real joy and appreciation for the fact that she acknowledged both sides of what has been obviously, a very tortured, difficult conflict tara, this had been a fear and concern in terms of how it would be addressed and what this would mean in the march towards the election. >> absolutely. i mean, when i was listening to her, i'm thinking okay, when are there going to be boos when are people going to just like drop some flags? people are going to start screaming. i mean, i know

you can't control that. i felt like that would have been the one moment in the speech when she would have maybe had some friction with the crowd. um, they went with it. they went with her. it feels like the protests have been minimal here there are maybe 2000 undeclared delegates. there was 50 people doing a silent protest. i actually think there were more protesters at the rnc from what i saw. um, but it was a pretty peaceful event. i would think. but that doesn't mean that she's not going to go out onto the campaign trail and fail. a lot of friction in michigan right. um, and i don't think that this is something that's just been sewn up and maybe there's a way for her to continue to create distance from joe biden. i mean, that is going to be her goal for the next i guess, 70 days is to have distance from the administration as he tries to work out this situation as part of his legacy. but i think she's going to be very mindful of in her remarks tonight were there's a deal that they're trying to strike and you do not want to be in the position of endangering lives and the possibility of an agreement. so

how you and i think we have to give her that grace. and so how you talk about that without putting that in danger is really critical. it will be a conversation to go forward. obviously, this is one of the things that being the incumbent administration and what biden is doing what she's doing, and of course, voters still, they're going to leave this convention and they're going to want the meat on the bone. my next guest says that harris addressed both sides of the israel-gaza issue head on. new mexico governor michelle lujan grisham, in just a momoment whatat's coconsidered n normal your cat is s interestining, buf your c cat isn't their r quirky self l lately, thehey may have n from a a common cocondition cac ososteoarthrititis. > now therere's valencncia. valelencia is a a once monthly injectioion to contrtrol your cat's s away pain.n. veterinara professisionals admiministering vavalencia whoho are pregngnant tryiying to coconceive or r breastfeededing shouldld take extreme cacare to avoioid self-i-injection self-injejecti

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conversation well, i'm here with the governor. >> how exciting governor, on a night like this history was literally made and there was a theme tonight. not only joy but not going back. but also this is your suit and homage to i think, something pretty special this evening. what is it? >> well, you know, we we it's been time for gender equality and a woman in the white house for decades and it's not the first time i've worn a white suit in anticipation but it is the first time where i have, as much confidence in america and american voters. this suit made it all happen. with the right candidate and the right woman at the right time. >> well, we saw such palpable enthusiasm throughout this entire week, culminating in this address by vice president now official nominee harris. she did not pull any punches when it came to either defining herself on her own terms or her

thoughts on former president trump. were you expecting her to be so direct? >> i actually expected the first part of that speech right? i i'm like you, i am you, i'm middle class. this is my story. this is my family. it was compassionate and empathetic. but also strong about what we need to do moving forward. then laying out the issues from health care to voting rights to income security and equality i'm expecting all of that. these are things we need to hear. if there was ever a doubt for anyone, anywhere on the globe that a woman can and should be the commander in chief who's a proud american who's tough and fierce and we'll be someone to be reckoned with if she's protecting the globe in this country. that was made abundantly clear. and i thought, it's exactly what

people needed to hear. and i thought her tone was frankly perfect she spoke about everything from as a veteran, i mean veterans and commanders in chief talked about foreign diplomacy. >> she talked about particularly an area that many were wondering how would this particular ticket address the israel-hamas war? the humanitarian crisis in gaza she spoke about it from both perspectives. an alliance with israel and the right to defend itself. and also a solution to the humanitarian crisis and a right to dignity and self-determination. did she strike the right tone? she did because she didn't navigate. she addressed head on both sides of that issue. she also did it in the entire speech. >> i want someone who cares about me i want someone who cares about america i want empathy and compassion, but i want strength and decisiveness. i want someone who understands

the power of that position. i want someone who will take on the tough issues they are not all mutually exclusive. she's been the first candidate in this kind of a context in my lifetime that did not choose or try to navigate or circumvent. she took them all on and showed us tonight what leadership really looks like you know, we heard from another governor as well today. >> governor gretchen whitmer. you, of course, as a governor, know very well the role that the head of the executive branch at the state level plays. talk to me a little bit about how impactful it will be for any administration going forward to consider what governors on the front lines of issues of reproductive rights and beyond must face. well listen, we're we know the the road is all uphill and it's storming on your way up and

you're pushing a giant boulder but the fact that she's got tim walz as a running mate that she leans into the women governors, i mean, for goodness sake, she married me and all those women governors were my bridesmaids she knows a powerful group. when she sees one. we're demonstrating on the ground the things that she committed to protecting women's rights to reproductive freedom, expanding health care, investing in education new mexico. right. we have universal constitutional rights to childcare, free college. it's happening in states she knows she can do it because she's already leaned into the policies that have made us successful. for the citizens that we represent directly in our states. it's bold. it's courageous, and it's proven. and as gretchen whitmer said tonight, it is a little gst and i'm just going to say it. we get done governor, thank you for being here tonight. >> it was important to hear

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i'm keeping it because i'm finally getting the healthy sleep i deserve anderson cooper 360 tomorrow at eight on cnn you know, that's such a man thing to say well, we're back here in chicago, where kamala harris accepted the democratic nomination for president. >> just hours ago. let's bring my panel back in. listen, we heard from a number of republicans as well during this democratic national convention, not the least of which is

former congressman adam kinzinger. listen to what he had to say i've learned something about my party to something i couldn't ignore the republican party is no longer conservative. it has switched its allegiance from the principles that gave it purpose to a man whose only purpose is himself this was a moment, even though we've heard him oftentimes speak about his disdain for the way in which the gop has morphed into what he believes a party that's just in favor of trump. >> but to have him on this stage, talking about this on the backdrop of patriotism and to suggest that he felt at home among the democrats and they could have policy disputes that was very poignant. >> it was poignant. and, you know, we're all old enough. many of us are old enough. i don't know, maybe i'm old enough. >> i'm old enough. >> a little bit my father keep talking keep talking.

>> but you remember when joe lieberman stood on stage at the john mccain rnc convention in 2008? and what that did for john mccain to sort of show that he was somebody who was a little different. he was a maverick, and it gave people this different sense about him. and so having people from the other party here as a democrat and having republicans here is something that kind of feels like, okay, we're really showing you how different we are. and it's not just them. we've got people who are here from january 6th. some of the police officers who were here, we've got people who are talking about real tragedy in their lives. it's just a broad breadth of americans. and if you think about who the vice president is, it's not just that she's a woman and a woman of color. she's a very different kind of presidential candidate than we've seen in a long time we haven't had a candidate from california since ronald reagan. right. and she's really the face of what america is becoming, not the face of what america was. it's more educated women leaders. it's about people who are from the sunbelt. it's about people who have just a very different face of what america. she's

biracial, so it's a very different face of what america is becoming and i think that picture and as karen mentioned earlier, the family members who are on that stage said something about the future. >> i think a lot of people also bring a certain level of if it's not bias, it's questioning about how a woman would be viewed on the world stage and america more broadly if they chose a woman. she talked about america standing, though, and the idea of dictatorship and autocracies. listen i will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like kim jong u.n. who are rooting for trump who are rooting for trump because, you know, they know they know he is easy to manipulate with flattery and favors. they know trump won't hold autocrats accountable because he wants to be an autocrat himself she was strong

on this point, wanted to make sure i'm very clear about how she viewed america. >> not just from the patriotism within, but how she viewed without. exactly. i mean, she's up against a man who claims to be a strong man, right? and that is appealing to some people they like to think that he's a leader. granted, he's never served in the army. he's actually tried to get out of it. but the point is, she needed someone like adam kinzinger to sort of say like this and to talk about military families. i mean, she spoke about military families and how she would protect them. and i think a lot of people just wonder, like, well, we are in foreign entanglements right now. how would she lead? and there's just a perception that women are not, you know, prone to violence or interested in war and she has to sort of say, i am with america. i do not think of me as any different than a man. if i need to go to the nuclear football, it's exactly the same way. and i think that was her way of showing it. i think she did an effective job. but again, there's always going to be the bias. and i do think like she didn't talk about the glass

ceiling, right. she it was she never mentioned her gender she really didn't mention her race either. except when explaining her life story. but it is the elephant in the room, so she's got to talk to people who worry about what a woman would be like in those situations. >> but i think the way you do that, as she said, show, don't tell so she showed strength and she talked about what her vision of a strong america looks like and being strong on the world stage looks like and she did remember reference her credentials as a law enforcement officer, which i think also credentialed her as someone who the rule of law matters to and who will follow that. and we are learning more and more about the role she has played behind the scenes on some of these foreign policy issues. >> really important. thank you so much, everyone the democratic national convention, coming to a close with an official nominee and ahead in a convention that was packed with stars from john legend to eva longoria, we've got one more to hear from actress sophia bush joins me next in n the erg,

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statement turn out for what turn out for what? >> i want you to sing it with me. come on, people people, you sing. keep on shining. >> i want what's best for indiana. and that means electing kamala harris. the first woman president of the united states of america let's go pray let's go. nice work brother. purple banana til they put us in the truck. let's go. >> when somebody asks, is she going to be the first female president of the united states? we're going to say she said puede what about love?

>> what about trust? what about us when we fight are you ready for kamala harris to win let's all choose kamala harris yes it was certainly a dnc full of star power and the celebrities could be found just as much off stage as on stage. >> a cop with actress and activist sophia bush of one tree hill and her podcast work in progress about what this convention means for her. here's our conversation i'm here with sophia bush. >> so glad to run into you. this is an exciting moment in history. this convention is coming to a close today. the roster has been deep. there has been so many significant moments. it's the time for democrats to have the largest

tent possible. how do you feel about how it's gone? >> i am so inspired. everyone i have run into, you know, from my incredible friends in the news like you to folks i've done activism work and advocacy work for nearly 20 years now. people are happy. they are inspired. it feels incredible to be in a space where we really are being reminded that there are enough rights and enough resources in this beautiful country we call america to go around, and we've got one candidate who unfortunately hates people, and our candidate who loves people, loves this country, and loves us. and you can feel it. it's palpable here. you know joy has been a constant theme and quite the split screen that we have certainly seen as is the theme. we're not going back. and you're here with the human rights campaign. and part of the conversation has been about the rolling back of rights that are invaluable, that cannot be quantified. >> yes. why is it so important for you to get the message out

to voters about forward motion, as opposed to rolling back rights of people who deserve to be as equal and free as any american? the entire premise of this country was founded on the idea of equality. we have spent generations working to achieve those founding ideals, and we don't always get it right. but we've never given up on it. and that is what i think makes america so beautiful. it's the reason that my father came to this country. it's the reason that my mother's mother was brought to this country. it is why i believe we are all so passionate about an america that is for all of us and for the first time ever the supreme court took rights away from us. instead of increasing access to rights for folks like us, for women for people of color, they rolled back the rights of women. they have endangered us we are seeing women die around the country. there is nothing pro-life about killing mothers. there's nothing pro-life about making women carry babies that will not live to term and risking their lives. it is so

unbearably cruel, and so we're not going back to a time where scientific knowledge didn't exist. we're not going back to times where we had less rights than our neighbors, where women had less rights than their husbands. we should be moving forward and pressing forward into a space where no matter who you love how you love, and what you need, you get it. because that's what america is supposed to be you know, it has been a trying time as a mother of a daughter and a son trying to explain the climate and trying to explain to them what has been happening. >> and it feels like at times kind of the sisyphean, where the rock is going right back down the hill. but keeping encouraged. and, you know, your podcast work in progress is really synonymous with where we are in our country in so many respects. the mission is never quite done. what do you hoping will be carried over in the weeks to come? because as you know sophia, having a convention is one thing. but

then that march to 270 is still a hurdle. >> yes, it is. and unfortunately, we know that the right is going to weaponize disinformation. they're going to weaponize hate they're going to do things that we've always wanted to say that's beneath us. but if we do not get in the mud and fight to get to 270, we're going to we're we're going to really be putting our progress at risk. and while the right is hoping we never have another election again, we are all hoping that we are going to continue to defend american democracy. we are going to continue to make sure everyone gets to be heard. and we can disagree on policy, but what we cannot disagree on is your right to exist as a person in this country. and so my my real goal for us is to harness, yes, this joy, because joy is great fuel. but to make no mistake about how ugly the other side will be and knock every door and speak to every voter and make sure that we remind people what we are voting for and that

if we give kamala harris and tim walz the white house, if we give them a senate, we give them a congress we will codify our rights, and we won't have to be fighting about whether or not we're going to go back anymore. we will continue to move forward, and we will do it by the way, with a party that has been fixing republican messes on rights and even the economy since the 1980s, because we are the job creators, we are the ones who fix the deficit. we're not the ones adding $8 trillion to it. and so on. money math morals. we are the people for the people. and i need us to communicate that message all the way through the end of november 5th and beyond, when we enact all of these policies, it sounds like we are the ones we are waiting for and you were worth the wait in the conversation today sophia bush, always great to see you. thank you so much. >> thanks so much more of our special coverage of the democratic national convention next we'veve all been n program

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