we can do it! we can do it! we can do it! we can do it! we can do it! we can do it! [crowd chanting "we can do it!] >> i want every person in this hall and every person in this land to reach out and join us in a great new adventure, to chart a bold new future. as a teenager i heard john kennedy's summons to citizenship, and then as a student at georgetown i heard that call clarified by a professor named carol quigley, who said to us that america was the greatest nation in history because our people have always believed in two things -- that tomorrow can be better than today and that every one of us has a personal, moral responsibility to make it so.

[cheers and applause] that kind of future entered my life the night our daughter chelsea was born. as i sat in the delivery room i was overcome with the thought that god had given me a blessing my own father never knew -- the chance to hold my child in my arms. somewhere at this very moment a child is being born in america. let it be our cause to give that child a happy home, a healthy family and a hopeful future. let it be our cause to see that that child has a chance to live to the fullest of her god-given capacity. [cheers and applause] let it be our cause to see that child grow up strong and secure, braced by her challenges, but never struggling alone with family and friends and a faith

that in america no one is left out, no one is left behind. [cheers and applause] let it be our cause that when this child is able she gives something back to her children, her community and her country. let it be our cause that we give this child a country that is coming together, not coming apart, a country of boundless hopes and endless dreams, a country that once again lifts its people and inspires the world. let that be our cause, our commitment and our new covenant. [cheers and applause] my fellow americans, i end tonight where it all began for me. i still believe in a place called hope. god bless you and god bless america. [cheers and applause]

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discuss financial regulations. republican weekly address is by rains previous. president obama: hi, everybody. i'm here with senator elizabeth warren, one of our strongest advocates for families and consumers like you. today we want to talk to you about some of the actions we've taken to protect everything you worked so hard to build. eight years ago, after some big banks made irresponsible and risky bets with your money, we also slipped into another great depression. while the recklessness started on wall street, it didn't take long before it led to pain for folks on main street. it would cost millions of our fellow americans their jobs, homes and savings. senator warren: the financial crisis wasn't an unstoppable act of nature but we didn't have rules in place to stop wall

street from taking enormous risks that threatened the economy. we didn't have strong protections to keep consumers from being cheated by tricks and traps on financial contracts. president obama: so, when i took office, in the darkest days of the crisis, i promised you we wouldn't just recover from the crisis but we would rebuild the economy on a new foundation to make sure a crisis like that never happens again. senator warren: and president obama signed into law the toughest wall street reforms, strongest consumer protections in generations. trust me, i'm a tough grader, but these new rules are making our financial system more transparent, getting rid of fine print and making sure that you have someone to call if the bank screws up. president obama: these reforms have made our financial systems safer and more resilient. part of passing strong consumer protections meant establishing the first ever consumer

financial protection bureau based on the idea that senator warren came up with before the crisis even began. senator warren: every day, the good people at that independent agency crack down on dishonest and deceptive practices, like the ones that helped cause the crash. the proof is in the more than 27 million consumers who, in just five years, have gotten refunds and other relief from credit card companies, pay day lenders, debt collectors and others who tried to rip them off. president obama: before the consumer financial protection bureau, you didn't have a strong ally to turn to if your bank took advantage of you or if you were harassed or charged inappropriate fees. now you do. senator warren: the bureau is also there to help you make better, informed decisions. before you take out a loan for a mortgage or college, check out the agency's website. it could help you sift through

the confusing, important details. president obama: republicans and big banks who oppose these common-sense rules claimed they'd hurt the economy. but we've seen what happened to the economy when we didn't have these rules in place and decide their claims, our economy is stronger today than it was before the crisis. since we dug out from the worst of it, our businesses have added almost 15 million new jobs. corporate profits are up, lending to business is up and the stock market has hit an all-time high so the idea that this was bad for business just doesn't hold water. now, our task should be making sure we build on those gains and make sure they're felt by everybody. senator warren: but every year, like clock work, big banks and their republican allies in congress try to roll back these protections and try to undermine the consumer watchdog whose only job is to look out for you. their nominee for president promises to dismantle all of it. look, they may have forgotten about the crisis but working families sure haven't and we haven't, either.

and that's why we're not going to let them give wall street the ability to threaten our economy all over again. president obama: whether you're a democrat, a republican or independent, if you're a hard working american who plays by the rules, you should expect wall street to play by the rules, too. that's what we're fighting for. senator warren: it's about fairness for everyone. president obama: and responsibility from everyone. thanks to leaders like senator warren, our country, economy and families are better off. let's keep it that way. thanks for being here, elizabeth. senator warren: thanks for having me. have a great weekend everybody. >> i'm chairman of the national committee. our party just wrapped up a republican national convention in cleveland and we're entering the election as a united party committed to reviving prosperity, securing our homeland. after eight years of president obama's failed agenda. democrats aren't budging from

failed policy which is has left our country less prosperous, less safe and less free. they've been following the same aggressive tax-and-spend blueprint for decades. we are the party of new ideas in a world changing faster than ever. we want to get rid of job killing regulations and stimulate innovation that will keep middle class families thriving. ever. democrats want the federal government to impose one-size-fits-all policies on everybody. we say an independent people deserves individual solutions. the bottom line is republicans believe in better. we believe in better schools. we believe in better healthcare. we believe in a better government, more responsive to the needs of our people. we believe in a better economy which rewards hard work no matter where you punch that clock and we believe in a better chance at the american dream for everyone. a hillary clinton presidency only means more of the same failed status quo which has racked up debt, sent healthcare premiums soaring and kept middle class families wondering if a

raise was ever coming. a clinton presidency means america will drift further from the principles of limited government, free enterprise, strong national defense and empowered families. in foreign policy, a clinton presidency means forgetting our friends and enabling enemies. it was on her watch isis started to spread its wings of darkness in the middle east and libya became a playground for radical islamic terrorists. if given the chance, hillary clinton will stack the supreme with activists, extreme liberal judges who will treat the constitution like a doormat. perhaps worst of all, hillary clinton has perfected the art of politics for personal gain.

the clinton gravy train has been barreling down the tracks too long. americans have had enough of a government that doesn't work for them. they've had enough of the clinton's excuses and cronyism and cover-ups. they've had enough of the corrupt bargains and above-the-law mentality. this election is about our chance to stop all of that. donald trump is listening to americans from coast to coast who are anxious go a country which has lost its way. he wants to bring jobs back from overseas and hold companies who want to send them abroad accountable. he's going to stop illegal immigration and makes sure our government puts american citizens first. he's going to negotiate better trade deals, revive our ports and factories and breathe new life into the cities and towns eager to roll up their sleeves and reclaim their place as the greatest manufacturing centers in the world. working families are the life blood of our country and we can't thrive as a nation unless they are thriving. a lot of them haven't seen a bigger paycheck in a long time. with donald trump and mike pence, america is ready for a comeback after almost a decade of clinton, obama failures.

this november, vote republican up and down the ballot to preserve our freedoms and put america first. i'm reince priebus. washington journal is in philadelphia. morning, he will preview the convention. former dnc chair ed rendell will discuss what went into staging. philadelphia daily news will talk about covering the convention process. movementernie sanders join us at 7 a.m..

democratic presidential candidate formally announced tim kaine at a rally in miami. she talked about her parties vision of building bridges. talkedginia senator about his background. ♪

[applause] ms. clinton: hello miami! i am so excited to be here with all of you. i must say that after everything we have just seen at the republican convention this past week, being here with you on

this beautiful day is truly like a breath of fresh air. when i look at all of you, what do i see? i see america's future. instead of the fear and the anger and the resentment, the last many solutions to help families move ahead, i sense the confidence and the optimism that we are stronger together. we are going to make that future better. donald trump may think america

is in decline but at america's best days are still ahead of usa is in and when he says i alone can fix he is not only wrong he is dangerously wrong. we solve problems together. and if donald does not understand that he doesn't understand america. i know that no one does anything all alone. of our challenge is to make sure we do work together. to workingg for it with your elected officials. i want to thank senator bill

nelson. i want to thank congresswoman and i wasserman schultz am looking forward to working with congressman frederica wilson. alcee hastings. and i want to thank all the elected officials from all levels of government who are alcee hastings. here and in supporting our campaign and our revision. -- vision. next week in philadelphia we will offer a very different vision for our country.

we embrace the diversity that makes our country great. lifting each other up and standing together because we know there is nothing we can't accomplish. and that is why i am so thrilled to announce that my running mate is a man who does not just share those videos, he lives them. [applause]

senator tim kaine is everything donald trump and mike pence are not. he is qualified to step into this job. he is a progressive who likes to get things done. we were raised by fathers who ran small businesses. and in both of our families they was not just something he talked about on church on sundays but it was a call to disturb --

others in every way we can. as you get to know senator kaine that this is a shining example of his faith and action. during law school when his fellow class mates were taking internships he took time off to work with missionaries in honduras. after he graduated from harvard law school he could have done anything but instead he chose to a civil rights lawyer.

[applause] this was a pro bono case. while tim was taking on housing ,iscrimination and homelessness housingrump was denying to people who were african-americans. he is still fighting those battles today. serving as a nonpartisan city councilmember and then the mayor he workedd virginia hard to bridge racial divides.

as governor of virginia he led the commonwealth through the worst financial crisis in a generation. what did he do? he brought democrats and republicans together to protect that families count on. while mike pence/education and gave moreiana tax cuts to the wealthy. salary ascut his own invested in education from pre-k through college and beyond.

, more time he left office of virginia's kids were in roles in early education program. then as a united states senator positionsim used his for our veterans and our values and our men and women in uniform and our security. now there is no doubt in my mind because i am here with them. that tim is so qualified to be and the mostt

important qualification when you are trying to make this really big choice. can this person stepped in to be president? thevery stage of hisimportant r people who know him best have voted to give him a promotion he fightss because for the people he represents and he delivers real results. i cannot wait for all of you to get to know him the way that i have. the proud father of three including serving and a loving husband of a brilliant wife.

who is a great fire for progressive causes in her own right. a leader who cares more about making a difference been making mistake, and make no behind that smile tim also has a backbone of steel. just ask the nra. over and over again he has had the courage to stand up to the gun lobby and their own backyard. horrible virginia tech

shooting, he signed an executive order to keep guns out of the mentallythose deemed failed. we saw just a few weeks ago when he joined the 15 hours senate filibuster asking that we get those reforms done. when i say he is a progressive who likes to get things done, i mean it. he is not afraid to take on special interests. whether he is defending women's to make our own health decisions.

some of the most important issues facing our country from voting rights to lgbt of quality. to criminal justice reform to comprehensive immigration reform. after last week i probably don't need to say this this is one of the most consequential elections .n our lifetime when someone says i alone can fix this. that should set off alarm bells

and not just democrats' minds, republicans, democrats -- republicans, independents, and people of all ages. that is not a democracy. [cheers and applause] ms. clinton: i said yesterday in tampa, we fought a revolution because we did not want one man making all the decisions for us. [cheers and applause] ms. clinton: and besides, it is just nonsense, no one does anything alone. we don't have a one-person military. we don't have a one-person teaching core. we don't have one doctor and one nurse who fixes everything, do we? we work together. that has what traditionally sets us apart from places that have turned to single leaders, dictators, authoritarians, who

are promised people, i can fix it alone. do you know what that says about us? that somehow we are helpless and we cannot do the work that needs to be done in america ourselves, and cannot reach out to one another, and economic the economy work for everyone, not just those at the top. [cheers and applause] ms. clinton: i reject that. i reject that. and next week, starting on monday in philadelphia, we are going to see a very different kind of vision. [cheers and applause] [chanting "usa"]

ms. clinton: i wanted to come here to miami and introduce you to the person who i just can't think of anybody better to have by my side on the campaign trail, in the white house, together we are going to take on the challenges that are hurting americans. we are going to get the middle class a race. we are going to give tax relief for working families with the rising cost of raising kids. we are going to make sure every child in america has the chance to live up to his or her god-given potential. [cheers and applause] ms. clinton: so please, join us, take out your phone right now and text joy -- or go to hillaryclinton.com because we are hiring organizers right now in florida.

be involved in every way that you can because together, we are going to win this election and move our country forward. please join me in welcoming the next vice president, my friend, senator tim kaine! [cheers and applause] sen. kaine: hey, guys, thank you! hello, miami! hello fiu! [speaking spanish]

[cheers and applause] sen. kaine: i am feeling a lot of things today. most of all, gratitude. i'm grateful to you, hillary, for the trust you placed in me, and we are going to be -- [cheers and applause] sen. kaine: i am grateful to the country who has given me so much. i am grateful to all of you floridians, virginians, all americans for their hearts into this wonderful, wonderful campaign. [cheers and applause] sen. kaine: and today, like every day, i am especially grateful to my wife, ann. i love you, honey.

and to my three beautiful kids. i am the luckiest dad, and the luckiest has been in the world. -- husband in the world. [cheers and applause] this is quite a week for me. , this is not not the only thing on my mind this week. and i have three children. our oldest son is here with his fiancee. proud marine. in just a few days he is applying to europe.

this drives home the stakes in that election. nearly 2 million men and women put themselves on the line. deserve a commander in chief with the temperament to leave. -- lead. what does donald trump say about americans? he repeatedly called the american military both a week he and just this said that as president he can on is turning america's back our commitments to our allies. all of you remember a few months

ago what he said about a senate mccain that he wasn't a hero because he had been captured and served as a prisoner of war. and he wants to be commander-in-chief? trump said he would leave our allies at the helm of an aggressive russia. that is an invitation for him to roll on in. even republican say that is incredibly dangerous. i'm hiring for the speechwriting team. and againen again that when donald trump says you have your back, you had better watch out. please leave a trail of broken

promises wherever he goes. we cannot afford to let him do the same thing to our country. we don't have to because hillary clinton is the direct opposite of donald trump. [applause] hillary clinton she doesn't insult people, she listens to them. she doesn't trash our allies, willespects them and she always have our back and that is something i am rocksolid on.

i know that hillary knows we are stronger together. when we pull together. when we are together, we are stronger. so, i could not be anymore honored to stand by hillary's side in this very important campaign. >> we love you both. [applause] sen. kaine: i spent most of my life in public service because i believe in doing everything i can to make a positive difference in people's lives. i can see a lot of you out there who feel the same way. exactly the same way. i am one of only 20 people in american history to serve as a

mayor, governor, and a u.s. senator. [applause] sen. kaine: so i have been able to see how government works and how sometimes it does not, just from every perspective. and i have always believed that however you serve, what matters is if you actually deliver results for people. and that has been my goal. that has been my goal in every position i have ever held. now i know that for a lot of you this might be the first time you are hearing me speak. let me be honest, for many of you this is the first time you have heard my name. [laughter] sen. kaine: that is ok because i am excited for us to get to know one another. today i thought i might tell you about me and where i come from. [applause]

sen. kaine: vice president was never a job i thought about growing up in kansas. like a lot of people in kansas city, my parents were not that into politics. church, the kansas city royals, that is what we spent time talking about. they had too much going on. my father ran a union organized shop in kansas city. and my mom, in addition to all the challenges that my two brothers and me were, she was a saleswoman. that iron working business was tough, the kind of job where he cannot cut corners if you are not careful you can make one mistake and ruin a lot of work in an instant. i learned that working in myi ly dads shop. we all pitched in. sometimes we were scheduled to pitch in. sometimes they would say, i got an order to get out and i really need you guys. i remember the last day of

summer vacation. i've really got to get an order out today. they get the work done before the day got hot. they are alive and healthy and happy today. they taught me early less is that have guided my life. , faith,rtance of work kindness, following dreams. , and shece told me wasn't much of a lecturer. she just liked to live and we were supposed to follow the example. she said you have to decide if you want to be right or you want to do right. right, got to be

ahead and be a pessimist. , be anwant to do right optimist and i have been an optimist of percent. i went to a jesuit boys school in kansas city. some jesuits in the house. i like that. the motto of my school was men for others. that is what we were taught. that is where my faith, which is been important to me, really grew into something more viable. it became like my north star, the organizing principle for what i wanted to do. i knew that i wanted to do something to devote myself to social justice. throughwhy after racing the university of missouri, i

decided to take a year off to volunteer with jesuit missionaries in honduras. [speaking spanish] it turned out my recently acquired knowledge of constitutional law was pretty useless. the experience of working in the iron working shop was kind of full. so i taught teenagers the basics of carpentry and welding and they helped me learn spanish. you, my time in honduras changed my life in so many ways. [speaking spanish] faith, familia, y trabajo. [speaking spanish]

and here is something that really stuck with me. i got a firsthand look at a system in 1980 and 1981. a dictatorship. where a few folks at the top had all the power and everybody else got left behind. it convinced me that we've got to advance opportunity for everybody. no matter what they look like or what acts they have, or who they love. in 1970, a republican governor of virginia believed exactly the same thing. he integrated virginia's public schools after the state have fought her six years.

in 1970, that took political courage. he and his wife went even further. they enrolled in integrated schools and it sent a strong signal to the people of virginia that their governor wasn't going to back down or take cap steps or make rules for others that he wouldn't follow for him elf. -- himself. harvard law school, guided by the experience. they have been teaching kids in honduras.

that is the parish that we still it remains the best decision of my life, marrying and. am i right? m.r.i.? this is how a kansas city kid ended up in virginia. we settled down,'s started a family, and sent kids to those same public schools that her father had opened up to everybody. including one school that i

helped build. the linwood holton elementary school. it to see a neighborhood school named after their civil rights grandfather? toexample helped inspire me work as a civil rights lawyer represent a civil rights lawyer represent people that have been turned away for housing. i have brought dozens of lawsuits when i was in private practice battling banks, landlords, real estate firms, insurance companies, and even local government. that treated people unfairly. in 1998, i won a historic

verdict against the national insurance company because they minorities.lining it was the biggest jury verdict ever in a civil rights case in american history. i like to fight for rights. i like to fight for rights. and i found myself going to city council meetings to raise the issues i was dealing with everyday on behalf of my clients. was frustrated at the division and infighting. i did something that seemed even crazier than what i'm doing now. i decided to run for local office. i was scared the day i announced but i wanted to help my city and my community.

first race baiting an incumbent by 94 votes. the first of many nailbiter's i have had since then. i learned about their lives and tried to find consensus. in the years that followed, i became their original. the 70th governor of the commonwealth of virginia. when we moved into the , my wifes mansion became the only person that had lived there first as a child and then as an adult. we had to make tough decisions

because it was the deepest recession since the 1930's. they didn't stop us from expanding early childhood education to building more classrooms so more could go to school. it is the key to everything we want to achieve as a nation. we invested in open space preservation and cleaning of the kids ande day because grandkids deserve to enjoy the beautiful commonwealth that we love just like you love the beauty of your sunshine state. we achieved national recognition for our work in tough times. the best managed state in america, for child have a successful life, one of the

lowest unemployment rates, one of the highest bond ratings. one of the highest family incomes. we did that during tough times. and so today, i am proud to carry that forward as a virginia senator serving on the arms of this is, or in relations, and budget committee. they added me to the aging committee. i don't know why they would've done that. been a juvenile court judge, foster care, and secretary of education for the commonwealth. and and i are both so proud of our great commonwealth and of our great nation. and isn't it great already? what a great country.

as i look back over these experiences, i have learned that god has created a rich and beautiful tapestry in this country. it is a rainbow of cultural diversity that embraces all people. regardless of their race or economic status, regardless of their religion. regardless of their sexual orientation or where they are from. we have this beautiful country that should be a country of welcome and inclusion. i know that is a fundamental value that hillary clinton shares. i'm a catholic. methodist.a do all the good you can.

life the positive effects you can have on other people's lives. that is the notion that american of every faith tradition and every moral tradition believe in and a message hillary clinton has taken to heart for her entire life. fighting for children and families. like when she was first lady. a congress blocked her in the big advance that we needed on health care reform. she said i'm not stopping. can we pass a program to provide health insurance to 8 million more american children? that is what she did. that's who she fought for.

fighting for you for rights for african-americans, latinos, people with disabilities. lgbt american. in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, writing tenaciously to make sure that 9/11 first responders would get health benefits. there are an awful lot of people that put their trust and their faith in hillary. and she has always delivered for them. children'sg with the defense fund, to first lady of senator, to secretary of state, she has always delivered.

she delivers in the tough times she never backs down. hillary, whatever the drama, she stays focused on what matters. helping people. so here is how we are going to continue that work.

not just those at the top. the best investment and's world war ii. we will make college debt-free for everybody. we will rewrite the rules so that company should their profits with workers rather than ship jobs overseas. we will make sure that wall street corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. and while were on the subject of taxes, where our donald trump's tax forms?

raise your hand if you think those returns which show that he's eight his fair share of taxes? we will fight for paid family leave, equal pay for women, and raising the minimum wage. to keep families together. to keep families together and bring them out of the shadows. we will put forward a comprehensive immigration reform package that includes a path to citizenship.

[speaking spanish] i will encourage you, if you haven't done this, go to a naturalization service. it will be one of the most powerful things you've ever seen. this is why i decided to become a citizen of the united dates. when you hear what these people think.

when you go to one of these , youalization services will basically have this pretty amazing thing. anybody who loves america this much deserves to be here. deserves to be here. there is one last part that means something to me personally.

as governor during one of the most horrible shootings in america's history, this issue is very close to my heart. after that tragic shooting in orlando in june. we can do better, folks. we can do better. it was april of 2007. they checked into the hotel room and had fallen asleep. there is a horrible shooting underway at virginia tech. this wonderful college.

jetlagged and in the wrong time zone. and the first responders that had been there to help them. -- that was the worst day of my life. it was the worst day of so many people's lives. for the parents and loved ones of kids and professors, that never goes away.

plusous 17 earls, a 70 with a witty and holocaust survivor that was a teacher. that could survive the holocaust. who could survive the soviet takeover of his country. because he blocked the door and told the students to climb out the window as his body was being riddled with bullets. falling to the horror of american gun violence. it when the vast majority of americans and even a majority of nra members agree that we have to adopt commonsense gun safety measures, hillary and i will not rest. will not rest. we will not rest.

we will not rest. rest until we get universal background checks. the criminals, terrorists, and dangerous people. it is so easy. gun owners want it. i know the nra is headquartered in virginia. they campaigned against me and every statewide race i have ever one. but i've never lost an election. i've never lost an election. i don't mind powerful groups campaigning against me, it's a

next her cup of coffee. i am 8-0 and i'm not about to let that change. especially when donald trump stands in the way of our grass on every single one of these issues that hillary has laid out . i'll wrap this up with three easy questions. i can give a test. these are three questions to ask yourselves. a you're fired president or a your hired president? donald trump is the your fired guy. they will remember about donald trump, your fired. -- you're fired. bankrupting companies, shipping jobs overseas.

against equal pay for equal work. hirede a you're president. let's build bridges and roads. pay. go for equal let's bring back the dignity and respect of work. you are one for one. you want a trash talking president or a bridge building president? of course you do. donald trump trash talks. disabilities. trash talks mexican americans and latinos, whether they are new immigrants.

trash talks women, our allies, calls the military a disaster. trash talk everybody, he likes vladimir putin. but this is a bridge builder president. as a member of the armed services committee, built rate ties with our military families as the secretary of state made history building relationships. a bridge builder. that is what we need. here's number three. do you want a me first president? with donald trump, it's me first.

i'm not showing you my tax returns. i will run a university that rips people off. donald trump was in britain when they cast the brexit vote to leave the eu and as the british pound, their unit of currency was getting pummeled, he said this could be good news for my golf course. me first. we have a kids and families first president. from her earliest days, i will tell you something. i will give you a secret about those of us in politics. if you want to try to judge the character, i will do it. life and see if they have a passion in their life. a passion that's not about

themselves. and see if they have held onto that passion through thick or thin. come hell or high water, look to see if they've held on do it all the time. and that is character. that is our kids and families first. all right. when i was a kid growing up, my favorite president was another kansas any guy, harry truman. great democratic president. let me to you something that harry truman said that could've

been written five minutes ago. he said it in the late 1940's. and it is so well put. america was not built on fear. america was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. america was not built on fear. america was not built on fear. courage, onbuilt on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. clinton isllary filled with that courage. that imagination, and that unbeatable determination. that's why i'm with her. are you with her?

that's why we are with her. people, and it's something else i've learned. tough times don't last, but tough people do. and they don't come any tougher or any more compassionate than hillary clinton. let's go make history. hillary clinton, the 45th president of the united states. [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause]

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