>> the toughest part of the president job is to make decisions. there is no job like this on the face of the earth. the power here, and the responsibility and difficulty of the decision. 60 gop national security experts sign eight scathing

letter opposing compared calling his vision of american power and influence wildly inconsistent and a lowered in principle. consistent, the things he has as a candidate, i would be very frightened. >> has been the temperament or judgment to be president. >> donald trump is unfit to be president of the united states. he is not fit to be president of the united states. >> the solemn responsibly of leading. we must use our power wisely. >> i think there are many people in the upper echelons of the military who are very concerned about some of the things he has artie said he is going to ask the military to do, but more importantly, i think there is the inability for mr. trump from at least the way it has been deemed, to take advice. >> on what basis is he going to make it decisions? it will not be on a deep

knowledge of foreign affairs and national security, because he does not have any. >> he seems to think he has all the answers and he does not need any advice. the category under of toxic leadership. instructedmets are rhetoric.ostile we do not need to use threat to prove we are resolute. >> mr. trump's bombast is already alarming our allies and fueling the enmity of our enemies. >> does not have a temperament or judgment to control himself when he gets mad. >> shoots from the hip. would rely on get instinct. >> sporadic. >> one it's stupid reckless thing after another and has shown no temperament to try to learn the things he does not know and he does not know just about everything. there is only one saying policy. a nuclear war cannot be won and

must never be thought. >> we are about to turn over the nuclear codes to the united states to an erratic individual. >> talking about the option of using nuclear weapon against allies. >> his finger would be on the nuclear trigger and as i the with the nucleotide is. not somebody who should have the nuclear cloud do i want a person of that temperament to have the codes, as of now, i would have to say no. >> whether you are republican or up --at, we are tied [indiscernible] please welcome admiral judge -- josh hudson from new

hampshire. ♪ >> thank you. good evening. my name is john hudson. unlike donald trump, there are two things that i know an awful lot about. law and order. [cheers] for 11 years, i was a law school dean. for 30 years i served proudly in the united states navy including as the judge advocate general. [cheers] go navy. [cheers] himself the calls

law and order candidate. but he will highlight international law. in his word, he endorses torture at a minimum. he will order our troops to commit war crimes like killing civilians and ask they said you have to take out their families. say when he was told that was illegal? notaid, our troops will refuse. believe me. this morning, this very morning, he personally invited russia to hack us. >> boo! that is not law and order. that is criminal intent. [cheers]

donald trump would abandon our allies and let more countries get nuclear weapons. he lied about donating to veterans. and he called the military that i served in a disaster. it is embarrassing enough that he is the face of one of our political parties. the real disaster would be if we let donald trump become the face of the country that we love. [cheers] more than 120 republicans, national security leaders, republican national security thatrs recently warned donald trump would, in their words, make america less safe. mocked pows like john

mccain. i served in the same navy as john mccain. i used to vote in the same party as john mccain. donald, you are not fit to polish john mccain's boots. [cheers] but, america, we have a better choice. clinton is the only candidate who knows how to work with our allies, who has a specific plan to defeat isis, she is smart and a steady.

she has the experience, the temperament and the spine to be a superb commander-in-chief. [cheers] she knows what makes us be envy of the world. not our abundant natural resources or our resilient economy, or even that we have the strongest military honors, our strength comes from who we are and who we have always been. our community. -- humanity. [cheers] if we lose our humanity, we lose the battle and the war. isis and other radical groups have no humanity. that is their weakest -- weakness. our enemy cannot defeat us militarily. victory for them will not be found on the battlefield. us them, victor is to make

-- victory is to make us more like them. people who torture. people who do stabilize the international order. who target innocents because they do not look or pray like them. walking,ump is a talking, recruiting poster for terrorists. [cheers] that is not hyperbole. literally used trump in a commercial. person --ll a lot a about a person by who they admire. eleanor roosevelt. nelson mandela. dorothy rodham. these are hillary clinton's heroes. donald trump admires donald trump. hussein and kim

vladimirnd and -- putin, he says in terms of a.adership, he is getting an >> boo. >> i taught national security law. praising dictators was an automatic path -- f in my class. [cheers] let me tell you something, in 2008, at the dean of the university of new hampshire school of law, i invited each presidential candidate to talk about terrorism. to talk about terrorism with me and other retired admirals and generals. candidates we met

far, hillary clinton was by the best prepared and most knowledgeable. she listen carefully to our arguments. she tested us. we had more than 500 years of collective experience and we learned from her. this is before she served as our secretary of state. before she brokered a peace fire in gaza. before she rallied the world to iranon iran -- sanction and advised obama to take out osama bin laden. and she restored our reputation in the world. [cheers]

anyone who served with the young men and women in our armed forces knows how serious it is to send them to harm's way. sermonu are a soldier, -- sailor, ring, he don't get to choose your commanders. when you are a citizen, to have the responsibility to choose a commander who will keep us safe, strong, and secure. choose hillary. [cheers] thank you. [cheers] >> please welcome kristen san diego,rom california. [cheers] >> at the age of 24, i deployed

to iraq. it is very received direct fire. after each attack, everything would fall silent. and then, i would hear the sounds of the artillery battery returning fire. and the quick reaction force helicopters taking off in the enemy direction. as a young marine lieutenant in a non-combat position, these units, along with special operations teams and green infantry battalions stationed marine infantry betimes station with us for the first line of defense. i gave them my life. and my commanders to have the right strategy. i trusted that we were invited -- even when the enemy chose not to.

that trust starts at the top of the chain of command. and i trust hillary clinton to be commander-in-chief. [cheers] he understands the importance of a strong military and diplomacy. she knows we are stronger when we work with our allies to keep us safe. experience, temperament, and steady hand to lead. i do not trust donald trump. [cheers]

the military is defined by discipline. leadership. integrity. those are the qualities that drew me to serve. and those of the very qualities that donald trump lacks. [cheers] he suggests abandoning our closest allies. he praises dictators who killed americans. he says we should allow more countries to get nuclear weapons. means moresness deployment for my friends. more families separated. and more young heroes never coming home. says he would expand civilians, or force the military to commit war

crimes, he is defining the values -- defined via that every service member is taught on day one. values everye military service member is taught on day one. he devised the buyers we risk -- defies the values we risk to defend. this election is not just about donald trump's judgment. it is about our own. [cheers] , ourroops, our nation world cannot afford for us to get this wrong. [cheers] thank you.

please welcome >> the former secretary of defense and director of the cia, leon panetta. [cheers] >> at this hour, and some very dangers corners of the world, young americans are standing guard. our brave military and intelligence professionals are on the front lines far from home. us, fortheir lives for our freedom, our way of life. president, a commander-in-chief, has no greater responsibility, no greater responsibility than the

decision to send our troops into harm's way. [cheers] worked alongside non-presidents. republican and democrat. believingenced, all in the u.s. role in world leadership. this, that in this election, there is only one candidate for president who has the experience, the temperament and the judgment to be commander-in-chief and that is hillary clinton. [cheers] this is no time, this is no time to gamble with our future. flashpoints and

threats from around the globe. we need a president who is strong and smart encourages, who thers the oval office with respect of the generals and admirals who lead the military. with the confidence of diplomats who represent america and with the trust of our troops who know that she will always have their back. [cheers] that president is hillary clinton. [cheers] during my time as cia director, and secretary of defense, hillary was a strong supporter of our efforts to protect our homeland. to decimate al qaeda and to bring osama bin laden to justice.

[cheers] decisions, to go after bin laden, long meetings in the white house. decisiond that fateful . i presented the intelligence to the president and to others weighing out the risks of the operation. and when the president went to ourthe table, country. security leadership, there were concerns. but hillary was clear. we have to go after bin laden. [cheers] and our special operations forces, god bless them, they just that. and they sent a clear message to the world, no one attacked the united states of america and gets away with it. [cheers]

hillary is just as determined to defeat those who threaten us today. isis, al qaeda, boko haram, al-shabaab, terrorists who pervert the teachings of islam to kill innocent people going about their daily lives. traveling through airports in brussels and the scandal. families celebrating on the beachfront in france. and just this week, an 85-year-old priest whose throat was slit by terrorists who stormed his church during mass. these murderers must be stopped. [cheers]

hillary clinton is the only candidate who has laid out a comprehensive fan -- plan to defeat and destroy isis and keep america safe. she is smart, principal, she is tough and she is ready. [cheers] hillary clinton is the single most experienced and prepare a person who has ever run for president of the united states. [cheers] meanwhile, donald trump says he gets his foreign-policy experience from watching tv and running the miss universe pageant. funny, but it is deadly serious.

troops tomp asks our commit war crimes, endorses fromre, burnt our allies europe to asia and suggests that countries have nuclear weapons and he praises dictators from saddam hussein to vladimir putin. today, let me point out something that just happened

today. again trump today once took russia's side. he asked the russians to interfere in american politics. think about that. >> boo! >> think about that for a moment. donald trump who was the president of the united states is asking one of our adversaries to engage in hacking and intelligent efforts against the united states of america to affect an election. >> boo! someone who is responsible fromrotecting our nation cyber attacks, it is inconceivable to me that any presidential candidate would be that irresponsible.

i say this out of the firm mycern for the future of children and grandchildren, donald trump cannot become commander-in-chief. [cheers] in an unstable world, we cannot afford unstable leadership. we cannot afford someone who believes america should withdraw from the world, threatens our international treaties and violates our moral principles. we cannot afford an erratic finger on the nuclear weapons. [cheers] is no time to roll the dice

and to gamble with america's national security or with the american dream. no doubt. i've lived that american dream. my parents were immigrants or mentally. -- italy. they came from ellis island. they made their way to california. they opened a restaurant. i can still remember standing on the chair in the back of that restaurant washing glasses. -- could i do agree that i would become secretary of defense of the most powerful military in the world. [cheers] the american dream --

usa.a usa usa! usa! usa! >> the american dream. the american dream that we've of has beenart appended in every generation by the brave men and women willing to fight and die for america. they are our greatest national treasures. [cheers] and they deserve a serious commander-in-chief. them, if webout care about our security him if we care about our freedoms, if we care about the american dream, there is only one choice, hillary clinton for president of

the united states. [cheers] god bless you and god bless our nation. [cheers] >> please welcome dr. jill biden. ♪ [cheers] >> thank you. [cheers] it is great to be back in

philly. [cheers] again, we are making history. together, we will elect the first woman president of the united states. hillary rodham clinton. [cheers] let me start by thanking you for long deserve as second lady of the united states for the past eight years. [cheers] it has been an honor. and let me thank you for the love and support you have given our family. it has meant though world to us. the world to us. over the past eight years, america has gotten to know the

joe biden that i know and love. and strong, principled and compassionate, he was authentic long before it became a buzzword in politics. he understands that working people are the backbone of this great nation. empathyas tremendous for those in need. he knows, as i do, that education is the great equalizer and that community colleges are america's best-kept secret. do, thatlieves, as i we have a special obligation to our military and their families.

he has a deep commitment to justice and he has been his entire career standing up to the abuse of power. he knows at its best, politics is always a matter of the heart. and he remains today even after all he has been there -- through, the most optimistic person i know. [cheers] family, he loves this country, he is your vice president and my husband, joe biden. [cheers] ♪ >> lucky person, gets up in the morning, but both feet on the four -- floor. >> for over 40 years, joe biden

has had the courage to speak out and lead on the toughest issues facing america. when i wrote the act, back in 1989, i think people, they cared about it, thought maybe there was not much you could do about it. >> he saw an injustice to great to ignore. violence against women was a moral stain on the conscience of a nation. >> we created a civil cause of action to empower women who are abused in this country. >> for millions of women, the violence against women act has provided protection, the court, and the ability to rebuild their lives. apartheid in south africa offended everything we support as a nation, but america would go to act. >> a change in the lack of moral backbone to this politics. people are dying. you feel frustration. they are dying. they are being shot.

>> our loyalty is not the south africa, and as to the south africans. >> genocide in bosnia challenged the world. joe biden spoke out. anwhat is going on is atrocity. this guy is a thug. a war criminal. it is a shame. we are allowing what to happen. we are acting collectively like cowards. the 1990's, the nra threatened anyone who crossed them. joe biden took them on. >> we will not step back from the commitment we have made to the american people to give them safe streets, save homes and save schools. >that is why we thought the gun lobby and passed the ban on assault weapons. >> the kind of kurds we need today and congress to stand up to the nra. when the freedom to love the jews was being denied by our own government, joe biden said no

more. this is all about who you love. who do you love? will you be loyal to the person you love? are all marriages, the route that thereabout. whether their marriage is a lesbian or gay man or heterosexuals. >> it is over. the long constitutional debate on whether gay couples have a constitutional right to marry and the answer is yes. >> for joe biden, the one sacred obligation of a nation, to those who have served. >> veterans of america, not all of the heart and soul, but the very spine of this nation. have served and sacrificed for all of us. >> and for those military families who have lost loved ones, who have sacrificed the most, he has offered hope.

>> there will come a day when the fog of your son or daughter or your husband and wife brings a smile to your lips before brca 2 to your eye. it will happen. my prayer for you is that they will come sooner or later, but the old thing i have more spirits and is this, telling you it will come. i believe we need a much out in this country to cure cancer. it is personal. you, i'vey of experienced the dreaded c word. people are diagnosed with cancer all of the world. we are going to fundamentally change the face of cancer. has bought for us on some issues, i'm putting gel in charge of mission control -- joe

in charge of mission control. the one place it has not changed, called campuses. >> he is leading a movement to end sex abuse on college campuses. >> one and five victims -- women will be the victims of sexual assault. >> we have launched that it's on us to pay. i promise to intervene when i see something. i promised to create and a byron were sexual assault is unacceptable. no --sent means ! >> has written a heartfelt letter to a survivor. >> i do not know your name, but your words are seared on my soul. your words will help people you have never met. given the strength and need to fight. i do not know your name, but i will never forget you. >> let's change the culture so that no abused woman or man ever

feels staff themselves, what did i do? they did nothing wrong. it was a great battle for civil rights and the vietnam war that brought joe biden to life and he has not flinched or walked away from the great battles that have defined this nation ever since. his has been a career defined by honesty, passion and conviction. and throughout it all, when it mattered most, he forced us all to look deep in our soul and ask, is this who we are as a nation? and more portly, is this who we want to be? >> i'm more optimistic about america's chances today and i have been my entire life. -- and i have been my entire life. -- than i have been my entire life. [cheers]

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [cheers] >> thank you.

thank you, thank you, thank you. i love you. [cheers] ladies and gentlemen, thank you, thank you. [cheers] i love you. gentlemen, eight years ago, i stood on the stage in denver. [cheers] nominationted your to be vice president of the united states. [cheers] then,ery single day since it has been the honor of our lives for joe and me, every day we have been grateful for brock

and michelle -- barack and michelle joining them on the incredible journey. [cheers] a journey that can only happen in america. [cheers] we not only have worked together, as it has become obvious, we have become friends. we are now family. [cheers] where family. -- we are family. [cheers] you have all seen over the last eight years what president obama means to this country. [cheers] honor,he embodiment of resolve and character. one of the finest presidents we have ever had. [cheers] that is right. [cheers]

this is a man of character. [cheers] he has become a brother to jill and me. and michelle, you are incredible. [cheers] you are incredible! [cheers] i was talking to brock today, it is no longer he will give the best speech, we know who did that. you are incredible monday night. night. incredible monday [cheers] the delaware delegation, as they barack and i married way up. [cheers] tonight, i see

so many friends and colleagues like my buddy chris dodd from the connecticut delegation. so many people here. those whofaces of have placed their belief in barack and me. so many faces. but one, this is kind of a better sweet moment for jail and me and our family. 2008, when he was about to do play to a again in 2012, our son though -- bo introduced me to the country and place my name and nomination. glimpse of what an incredibly fine young man beau was. [cheers] thank you.

[cheers] thank you. [cheers] his wife and his two kids are here tonight. [cheers] as ernest hemingway once wrote, the world breaks everyone, and afterwards, many are strong at the broken places. i've been made strong at the broken places by my love with jill, but my heart and son hunter and the love of my life, my ashley. by all of you, and i mean this sincerely, those who have been through this, you know i mean byt i say, i all of you, -- all of you, your love and prayers and support, you know what, we talk about, we think about the countless thousands of

other people who suffered so much more than we have, with so much less support. so much less reason to go on. morning,get up every every day. [cheers] they put one foot in front of the other, they keep going. that is the unbreakable spirit of the people of america. [cheers] that is who we are. [cheers] that is who we are. don't forget it. like the people of the neighborhood that joe and i grew up, -- jill and i grew up, the kurds claymont, the most always jumped and when you are double teamed or your back was against the wall. became a cop because he always wanted to help people.

the middle daughter of three daughters, who always made her mother smile, who is a hero to her sisters. now i major in the united states marine corps because i wanted to serve my country. [cheers] jill knows whoo take money out of their own pockets to buy pencils and notebooks for their students who can't afford them. [cheers] why? because being a teacher is not what they do, it is who they are . [cheers] you know what i know, for real. that the the people heart and soul of this country. it is the america that i know.

the america that hillary knows and tim kaine knows. [cheers] i've known hillary for well over 30 years, before she was first lady of the united states, when she became first lady, we served together in the united states asate and during her years secretary of state, once a week we had breakfast in my home, the vice president's residence. everybody knows she is smart. everyone knows she is tough. but i know what she is passionate about. [cheers] i know hillary. [cheers] hillary understands, hillary gets it. she understands the college loans are about a lot more than getting a qualified student education. it is about saving the mom and dad from the indignity of having

to look at the child and say i'm sorry, the bank would not let us the money. i can help you get to school. i know that about hillary. hillary understood that for years, millions of people went to bed staring at the scaling -- ceiling thinking what if i get breast cancer or he has a heart attack? i will lose everything. what will we do then? i know about hillary clinton. [cheers] we alland gentlemen, understand what it will mean for our daughters and granddaughters when hillary clinton walks into the oval office as president of the united states of america. [cheers] it will change their lives. [cheers] granddaughters

can do anything any son or grandson can do and she will prove it, mr. mayor. [cheers] let me say this as clearly as i can, if you live in the neighborhoods like the ones jill and i grew up in, if you worry about your job and getting a decent pay, if you worry about your children's education, if you are taking care of an elderly parent, then there is only one person in the selection will help you, only one person in this race who will be there, who has always been there for you and that is hillary clinton's life story. not just who she is, it is her life story. [cheers] she is always there. she has always been there. [cheers] and so has tim kaine. [cheers]

ladies and gentlemen, let's say meant,ious, i really that is not donald trump story. just listen to me a second without doing or cheering. booing or cheering, his cynicism is undoubtedly his lack of empathy and compassion can be summed up in that phrase he is most proud of making famous, you're fired. i'm not joking. think about that. think about that. think about everything you learned as a child. no matter where you were raised, how can there be pleasure in saying you're fired? he is trying to tell us he cares

about the middle class. give me a break. that is a bunch of malarkey. [cheers] whatever he thinks, whatever he thinks, and i mean is from the bottom of my heart, i know i'm called middle-class joe and in washington, that is not meant as a compliment. it means you are not sophisticated. i know why we are strong, i know why we are held together, i know why we are united, it is because there has always been a growing middle class. this guy does not have a clue

about the middle class. not a clue. [cheers] folks, when the hill middle class does well, the rich do very well and the poor have hope. they have a way out. he has no clue about what makes america great. period., he has no clue [cheers] >> not a clue! not a clue! not a clue!

say, let me say something that has nothing to do with politics. thate talk about something i'm deadly serious about. complicated and uncertain world we live in. great -- toore two great, the times are too uncertain to elect donald trump as resident of the united states. party,finish, no major no major party nominee in the history of the station has ever known less or been less prepared to do with our national security -- deal with our national security. we cannot elect a man who exploits our fears of isis and other terrorists, who has no plan whatsoever to make a safer.

a man who embraces the tactics of our enemies, torture, religious intolerance, you all know. other republicans no, that is not who we are. it betrays our values. it alienates those who we need in the fight against isis. donald trump, with all his rhetoric would literally make us less safe. we cannot elect a man who belittles our closest allies while embracing dictators like vladimir putin. i mean it. [cheers] a man who seeks to go -- sow division in america for his own gain and disorder around the world. a man who confuses bluster with strength. happenly cannot let that as americans. [cheers] period.

[cheers] folks -- [cheers] have, whatever doubts i mean what i say. but sometimes i say all that i mean. let me tell you what i literally tell everyone leader i've met with. ,nd i met them all, it is never never, never been a good bet against america. [cheers] we have the finest fighting force in the world. -- only [cheers] not only do we have the largest economy in the world, we have the strongest economy in the

world. [cheers] we have the most productive workers in the world. and give it a fair shot. given a fair chance. americans have never, ever, ever, ever, ever let the country down. [cheers] never! [cheers] ordinary people like us, who do , we hadinary things candidates before attempting get elected by appealing to our fears, but they've never succeeded because we do not scare easily. break,r bow, we never when confronted with crisis. we endure! we overcome and we always move forward. [cheers] that is why. [cheers] that is why i can say, without absolute conviction

that i am more optimistic about our chances today than when i was elected as a 29-year-old kid to the senate. the 21st century is going to be the american century. [cheers] we lead not only by example of our power, but by the power of our example. [cheers] of the the history journey of americans. and god willing, hillary clinton will write the next chapter in that journey. we are america, second to none, and we owned the finish line -- own the finish line! don't forget it! [cheers] god bless you all and[cheers] god protect our troops! [cheers]

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mayor kasim come reed from atlanta, georgia. [cheers] governor! [cheers] good evening. [cheers] as the mayor of atlanta, the city that burned to the ground and rose again from the ashes, the birthplace of dr. martin luther king jr. and the home of the civil rights movement, and because we were a city too busy to hate, we are now at the economic center of the southeast.

i'm here today because i believe in our future, i believe we have a responsibility to one another, and to the next generation to ensure that our opportunities are limited only by our imagination. i share this belief with hillary clinton. that our achievements are only limited by what we can dream and do. you see, atlanta is a city of dreamers. but when i became mayor of the city, the city was struggling. the worst recession in 80 years. we were down, crime without, but i looked -- crime was up, i looked around our city and i saw the way forward was to lean on one another, to turn to one another and to make an unshakable agreement that if a young person was willing to learn, we would put a book in her hands. if a young man was willing to work, we would put a job in a paycheck in his hands. and if you are willing to step

you halfwayll meet and together we can put your future back in your hands. people want to dream again. [cheers] we turned our city around. at the same time, president barack obama and vice president joe biden were turning america around. today, we are stronger, and we will grow stronger still, when president hillary clinton builds an economy that works for everyone. [applause] my fellow democrats, tonight, we choose diversity over division. we choose a steady handed commander in chief over a loose cannon. we choose a leader who would rather be in the trenches, securing health care for 8 million children, then in a

sweet putting his name on a tower that he probably doesn't own. we choose something different tonight. [applause] i believe americans are ready to get to work. to make the possible, real. hillary clinton is the leader to take us there. president harry truman once said, "there are a small number of people in america who have the power, and the prestige, and the connections to make sure that their interests are looked ." but he said, "for everybody else, there is the president of the united states." and that is why we need hillary clinton. [applause] more than 60 years later, his statement holds true tonight. and tonight, we have someone who will look out for all americans, and who will do so every day of

with all of her heart. ladies and gentlemen, we have our champion, hillary clinton. let me hear you. [applause] mayor reed: and now, i am honored to introduce someone who has been a friend and mentor to me during my time as mayor. michael bloomberg has articulated and optimistic performance, a universal vision that has built new york city and has also helped other cities around the world. -- histo his perfect philanthropy, he has done so much. please join me in welcoming a man whose commitment to america transcends politics. the three-time mayor of the city of new york, michael bloomberg. [applause]

♪ thank you.rg: thank you. asim, thank you for the kind introduction. and let me hang all of you for welcoming an outsider here, to deliver -- [applause] an outsider, to deliver what will be an unconventional convention speech. here as a member of any party. or to endorse any party platform. i am here for one reason. to explain why i believe it is imperative that we elect hillary clinton as the next president of the united states. [applause]

mr. bloomberg: and to ask you to join with me in supporting her this november. you know, when the founding fathers arrived here in philadelphia to forge a new nation, they didn't come as , or tots or republicans nominate a presidential candidate. they came as patriots who feared party politics, and i know how they felt. i have been a democrat, i have been a republican, and i have ann -- i eventually became independent, because i don't believe that either party has a monopoly on good ideas or strong leadership. [applause] thebloomberg: when i enter voting booth each time, i look at the candidates, not the party label. --ave supported electorate elected officials from both side of the aisle, and probably, not

many people in this room can say that. but i know there are many watching at home who can. and now, they are carefully weighing their choices. i understand their dilemma. i know what it is like to have neither party fully represent my views or values. too many republicans, blame immigrants for the problems. they stand in the way of action on climate change and gun violence. meanwhile, many democrats, i think wrongly, blame the private sector for our problems and they stand in the way of action on education and deficit reduction. there are times when i disagree with hillary clinton. but let me tell you, whatever our disagreements may be, i have come here to say, we must put them aside for the good of our country. [applause] and we must unite

around the candidate who can defeat a dangerous demagogue. [applause] mr. bloomberg: i believe it is the duty of all american citizens to make our voices heard by voting in this election. are not yet registered to vote, go online and do it now. this is too important to sit out. [applause] now, we have: heard a lot of talk in this campaign about needing a leader who understands business. i couldn't agree more. i built a business, and i didn't start it with a million-dollar check from my father. [applause] mr. bloomberg: because of my success in the private sector, i had the chance to run america's or 12 years,

governing in the wake of its greatest tragedy. today, as an independent and an entrepreneur and a former mayor, i believe we have it -- need a president who is a problem solver, not a bomb thrower. [applause] mr. bloomberg: someone who can bring members of congress together to get big things done, and i know hillary can do that, because i saw it first hand. i was elected mayor two months , as a republican. and i saw how hillary worked with republicans in washington to ensure new york got the help they needed to recover and rebuild. throughout her time in the her timees, throughout in the senate, we didn't always agree, but hillary clinton always listened. and that is the kind of approach we need in washington today, and it just has to start in the white house. [applause]

given myberg: background, i will often encourage business leaders to run for office, because many of them share the same pragmatic approach to building consensus. but not all. most of us who have created a business know there -- we are only as good as how our employees, clients, and customers view was. most of us don't pretend we are smart enough to make every decision by ourselves, and most of us who have our names on the door know we are only as good as our word. but not donald trump. [applause] mr. bloomberg: through his career, the donald trump has left behind has left behind a record ofented or -- bankruptcies, lawsuits, angry stockholders, and congress mergers -- contractors who feel

they have been tricked -- they have been cheated. trump wants to run the nation like he runs his business? god help us. [applause] i am a newrg: yorker, and i know a con when i see one. [applause] mr. bloomberg: trump says he will punish manufacturers that moved to mexico or china. cells areothes he made overseas at low-wage factories. he says he wants to put americans back to work, but he games the visa-- system so he can hire low-wage workers. he says he wanted a port -- wants to deport undocumented

people, but he seems to have no problem hiring them. what did i miss here? truth be told, the richest thing about donald trump is his hypocrisy. [applause] mr. bloomberg: he wants you to believe that we can solve our biggest problems by deporting mexicans and shutting out muslims. he wants you to believe that erecting trade barriers will bring back good jobs. he is wrong on both counts. we can only solve our biggest problems if we come together and embrace the freedoms that our founding fathers established right here in philadelphia. which permitted our ancestors to create the great american exceptionalism that all of us now enjoy. donald trump doesn't understand that. hillary clinton does. [applause]

and we can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure, and do more to support small businesses, not stiff them. donald trump doesn't understand that. hillary clinton does. [applause] i understand the appeal of a businessman president. but trumps business plan is a disaster in the making. he would make it harder for small businesses to compete, do great damage to the economy, threaten the retirement savings of millions of americans, lead to greater debt and more employment, erode our influence around the world and make our communities less safe. the bottom line is, donald trump is a risky, reckless and radical choice, and we can't afford to make that choice. [applause] now, i knowg:

hillary clinton is not flawless. no candidate is. but she is the right choice, and the responsible choice in this election. [applause] mr. bloomberg: and no matter you may think about her politics or her record, hillary clinton understands that this is not reality television. this is reality. [applause] she understands the job of president. it involves finding solutions, not pointing fingers. offering hope, not stoking fear. country'sourse of our proud history, we have faced our share of grave challenges. but we have never retreated in fear. never. in here in philadelphia 1863,not at gettysburg in

not through two world wars and the great depression, not at wall, not after 9/11. we must not start now. [applause] america, america is the greatest country on earth. -- people come here. the presidency of the united states is the most powerful office in the world. i say to my fellow independence, your votes matter now. your vote will determine the future of your job, your business, and our future together as a country. this election is not a choice between a democrat and a republican. it is a choice between who is better to lead our country right now. [applause] ourbloomberg: better for

economy, better for our security, better for our freedom, and better for our future. there is no doubt in my mind that hillary clinton is the right choice this november. [applause] so tonight, as an independent, i am asking you to of party me, not out loyalty, but out of love of country. together,er, and let's select a sane, confident person with international experience. [applause] unifier who isa mature enough to reach out for advice, to build consensus and to recognize that we all have something to contribute. hillary clinton as the next president of the greatest country in the world,

the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> [chanting] usa! usa! usa! sperling, former director of the national economic council. >> i am senator mitch mitch mcconnell. >> today, we are here to discuss debt. with something donald said. >> i am great with debt. nobody knows debt better than me. i made a fortune using debt. >> sounds like he is great with debt. >> his love affair with debt has been good for donald. it would not be good for america. people can't agree on much.

>> i disagree. >> virtually everyone agrees trump's policies would taint the wouldy, his budget plan spend $7 trillion on tax cuts for millionaires like himself. >> teams like a lot. >> $5 trillion for tax cuts on corporations. we would be tacking on $34 trillion of debt to our economy over the next 20 years. >> 20 years? >> in economic terms, we would call this a -- >> a-- sgiw, -- >> he would add thousands of dollars of debt for each man, woman, and child in america. he wants to print more money. we would describe this as a -- >> bad thing. [beep] that a

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you right now i will be strong ♪ i don't really care if nobody else believes ♪ ♪ because i've still got a lot of fight left in me ♪ [applause] representativeme bobby scott from virginia. ♪ fellow democrats, i first met tim kaine it is amazing wife during his first campaign for city council in richmond, virginia. that was many years ago. in him then what i see in him now, a person of substance, a person of passion, principal, integrity, a great

person who brings people together. i can't wait for the rest of the country to know the tim kaine i know, and that virginia knows. [applause] rep. to the halt of the u.s. capitol, i still seen tim kaine the same sense of purpose. the fundamental goodness that has led him to become a civil rights lawyer. listening to his neighbors concerns and fears. writing for the underserved and underrepresented. finding solutions to make our communities better and more fair. the bible calls in us justly to to walk himlly and with. there are a few people who live up that creed and fully and that is tim kaine. my fellow americans, tonight we have nominated a truly honorable man for the office of vice president of the united states

of america. and my friend, the gentleman from virginia, tim kaine. [cheering] >> america was built on courage, on imagination and an termination to the job at hand. a light bill on selfless and humble service. a midwestern start in a working-class home in kansas city where his mother and father instilled in him the principles of faith and hard work. pitching in at his dad's i work in shock. he learned the tools of the trade. often college at mizzou and that harvard law school. after which he took a year off and served as a christian missionary in honduras. where he taught carpenter in welding skills. they in turn taught him spanish and he has so much to learn from one another -- taught him that

we have so much to learn from one another. he returned to met the love of his life and was embraced by families that have been breaking ground on civil rights and political courage. her father was the republican governor of virginia and was a leader in desegregation of schools. setting his daughters to a majority black public school. were married in the same richmond, virginia turkey they still attend today. tim began as a civil rights lawyer focused on fighting housing discrimination, insurance companies and injustice. eventually he ran for city council. he became richmond's mayor solving problems by bringing people together. m and tim were raising a family. sending their children to the same public school and attended. they still attended the same house they first moved into 24 years ago. tim was elected lieutenant governor of virginia and in 2005, when a hard-fought election for governor. making tough decisions facing

the deepest recessions since the 1930's. and tim kaine's problem-solving earned national recognition for his work in tough times. virginia was named the best day in america to raise a child. in the best date for business. it had one of the lowest unemployment rates in one of the highest family incomes. also sawiming governor by what hened calls are question be the worst day of his life. he helped her come together after the shooting at virginia tech. >> there was something in the store yesterday that was different. you are a spirit of, even a dark day of optimism, and wanted to be together and he taught something good yesterday evening dark day that people all around the world needs that example before us. >> tim kaine has always help people rise above the things

that divide us. he took his problem-solving approach to the u.s. senate where tim has become an aggressive advocate for our men and women in uniform working to reduce unemployment among veterans and on the progressive causes that make a difference for working families. tim has been one of the senate's leaders in protecting women's health care, committed to comprehensive immigration reform , a determined advocate for gun safety, a lifetime fighting for social justice and fairness. a less work built on the principle -- life's work built on the principle that we are stronger together. [cheers] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next as president of the united states, senator tim kaine. [cheers] [cheers] ♪

senator kaine: thank you everybody.

hello, philadelphia! hello democratic families. i want to start off by thanking my beautiful wife and my three wonderful children. they are sitting right up there. [cheers] my son deployed with his marine battalion just two days ago. [cheers] deployed overseas to protect and defend the very nato allies that donald trump says he now wants to abandon. >> boo! >> semper fi, matt! [cheers] my parents and my in-laws are here.

our siblings and spouses. our nieces and nephews and hundreds of friends from virginia and beyond. [cheers] i love seeing you front and center. including my friend of 37 years, senior senator mark warner. [cheers] migrate governor terry mcauliffe. [cheers] in my great friend and congressman obvious god. [cheers] -- bobby scott. [cheers] we love you all. today, for my wife anne and every strong woman in this my children, and every young person starting out their life to make your dreams real, for every man and woman serving our country in the military at home or abroad, for every working family working

hard to get ahead and stay ahead , for my parents and in-laws in every senior citizen who hopes for a dignified retirement with health care and research to end diseases like alzheimer's. [cheers] for every american who wants our country to be a beloved community where people are not demeaned because of who they are but rather respected further andributions to the nation for all of us who know that the brightest future for our country is the one that we build together and my friend, hillary clinton, i humbly accept my party's nomination to be vice president of the united states. [cheers] thank you. [cheers]

can i be honest with you about something? can i be honest with you about something? i never expected to be here. let me type how it happened, i was born in minnesota and groping kansas city. up in kansas city. [cheers] intolks were not much politics. my dad ran a union iron working shot -- shop. [cheers] was his best

salesman. my two brothers and i pitched summers and,ing you know, that is how small businesses do it. my parents, here tonight and going strong, they taught me andt hard work and kindness most especially, about faith. i went to a desolate noise high school. -- jesuit boys high school. [cheers] that's a big line for the jesuits. we had a motto in our school, meant for others. others.itr was there that my faith became vital. my north star for oriented my life. when i left high school, i knew that i wanted to battle for social justice. [cheers] like so many of you. [cheers] that is why i took a year off from moscow to volunteer with

desolate missionaries in honduras. i talk its how to welders and carpenters. pueblo:los valores del fe, familia, y trabajo. faith, family and work. los queos valores del aqui. americanos todos. you what really struck me there, i got a look at a different system. a dictatorship. where a few people at the top had all the power and everybody else got left out. we havevinced me that

got to advance opportunity for everybody, no matter where you come from, how much money you have, what you look like, how you worship or who you love. [cheers] back in 1970, in virginia, a republican governor believed absolutely the same thing. he integrated virginia's public schools so that black-and-white kids could finally learn together and then the family enrolled their own kids, theuding his daughter, into integrated schools with many leaders -- years later she went college about those lessons with her. sheday, in a study group met this good begotten who had been off teaching kids in honduras.

and i have now been married, 32 years and i'm the luckiest husband in the world. [cheers] let me tell you something, and 90 plusare here today and going strong. [cheers] holton, he is still a republican but he is voting for an awful lot of democrats these days. [cheers] why, he is voting for democrats because any party that would nominate donald trump for president has moved too far away from his party of lincoln. [cheers] you, if any of you are

looking for that party of lincoln, we have a home for you right here in the democratic party. [cheers] his example helped inspire me as a civil rights lawyer. over 17 years i took on banks, landlords, real estate firms, local governments, anyone who treated anybody unfairly. i had a six-year case against an insurance company that was discriminating against minority neighborhoods all across the united states and issuing homeowner insurance. democratic friends, these are the battles that i have thought my entire life. fought my might -- entire life. [cheers] that is the story. that is the story of how i decided to run for office. my city of richmond was divided

and discouraged in the early 1990's. we had an epidemic of violence overwhelming the neighborhood. we people were pointing fingers and casting blame. i cannot stand it. iran for city council and i won the first race for the 20 years by a landslide margin of 94 votes. [cheers] sense, it is ever because i started at the local level listing two people learning about their lives and try to get results. i see america are who knows what he's talking about. later i became mayor of richmond. 70th governor of virginia. [cheers] now, i was a hard times

governor. stage of ther my deepest recession since the 1930's. tough times don't last and how people do. -- tough people do. can i tell you that virginians are tough people? [cheers] we are tough people. .nd we are smart, too we achieve national recognition for our work, best date for business, best date for a child to be raised. low unemployment. high median income. we shed tears along the way. we shed tears especially together in the days after that horrible mass shooting at virginia tech that killed 32 people from beautiful 19 euros students to 70 plus-year-old romanian born holocaust tears butand we shed

afterwards we rolled up our sleeves and we fixed the back on record system so we could make our commonwealth safer and we have to do that in the nation. [cheers] we invested in our people expanding free trade in higher education. we know that education is the key to only want to be. [cheers] now have the honor of representing my commonwealth and the senate. i work on the armed services and foreign relations committee to keep us safe at home and strong in the world. [cheers] committeethe budget with our great democratic leaders, a spectacular senator who used to be a manner -- a mayor from vermont, bernie

sanders. [cheers] and, everybody, we all should bern and we should all not want to get burned by the other guy. [cheers] on that budget committee, we fight for investments, education, health care, research and transportation. i also serve on the committee to make sure that seniors have a secure retirement and don't get targeted by ripoff artists who was scammed out of their savings or overcharge them for

prescription drugs. [cheers] can i tell you a funny thing about the senate? [cheers] that sounds like a yes. time withlot of republican senators who once they have made sure that nobody is listening, will tell you how fantastic a senator that hillary clinton was. [cheers] look, this journey that i've told you about has convinced me, has convinced me over and over again that god has created in our country a beautiful and rich tapestry, an incredible cultural diversity that succeeds when we embrace everybody and battle

back, the dark forces of division. we are all neighbors. we must love neighbors as ourselves. hillary clinton and i son com paneros de alma. [cheers] we share this is simply. -- simple belief. do all the good you can and serve one another. [cheers] that is what i'm about. that is what you are about. that is what bernie sanders is about. bidens what joe and jill are about. that is what barack and michelle obama are about and that is what hillary clinton is about. [cheers]

si se puede! [cheers] yes we can. yes we can. [cheers] last week, last week in cleveland we heard a lot about trump. let's talk about trust. i want to tell you why i trust hillary clinton. [cheers]

first, she's consistent. she has battled to put kids and families first since she was a teenager. in good times and bad. in victory and defeat. in and out of office through hell or high water fighting for underprivileged kids working at the children's defense fund. biting to get health insurance for 8 million low income children. fighting for the well-being of women and children around the world. [cheers] can offer you a little tip? when you want to know something about the character of somebody in public life, look to see if beganave a passion that long before they were in office. and that they have consistently held it since their career. [cheers]

do they have a passion, did it start before they were in office, have a help onto it consistently? hillary has a passion for kids and families. [cheers] passion, it has a is himself. [cheers] hillary, it is not just words and a competence. she delivers as a senator. she battled after 9/11. he went to the towers, went to the pentagon and save the victims of the terrorist attacks. as secretary of state, she implemented tough sanctions against iran to pay the way for a diplomatic rate through to

curtail -- breakthrough to curtail a nuclear weapons program. she was not afraid, she was not afraid. to stand upafraid to dictators. they decided to go to the end of the earth to wipe out osama bin laden is. -- osama bin laden. [cheers] did y'all remember the little girl we heard from on monday night was worried that her parents would be deported? trusts hillary to keep them together. [cheers] member -- do you remember the mothers of the movement last night? [cheers] they said they trust hillary to

sons and mothers' daughters safe. and on a personal level, as he is serving our nation abroad, i ourt hillary clinton with sons life. [cheers] you know who i don't trust? i wonder. donald trump. guy who promises a lot but, you may have noticed, he has a way of saying the same two words every time he makes his biggest, he just promises. believe me.

it is going to be great, believe me. we are to build a wall and make mexico pay for, believe me. [laughter] we are going to destroy issa so fast, believe me. [laughter] there is nothing suspicious and my tax returns, believe me. [laughter] [cheers] by the way, does anybody in this massive auditorium believe that donald trump's been paying his fair share of taxes? >> nooo! >> does anybody here believe that donald trump ought to release his tax returns is like every other presidential candidate in modern history? [cheers] of course he should.

donald, what are you hiding? , donald still says believe me. believe me. [laughter] believe me. believe me. peoplethe thing, most when they run for president, they don't just say believe me, they respect you enough to tell you how they will get things done. [cheers] that is what most people who run for president to. -- do. in fact, he can go on hillary clinton.com right now and find out exactly how she will make the biggest investment in new jobs in a generation. how she will defend and build on wall street reforms, how she will reform our immigration system to create a path to citizenship how she will make it

possible to graduate from college debt-free. you will see how she will protect roe be weighed, or to equal pay for women and make paid family a reality. [cheers] -- family leave a reality. [cheers] all it takes is one click and we can see how she will do it, how she will pay with -- for it and how we will benefit by it. not donald trump. not donald trump. he never tells you how he is going to do any of the things he says he will do. he just says, believe me. [laughter] question, here's the question, do you really believe him? >> no! donald trump's whole career says he better not. small contractors, companies

just like my dad's believe him, leave him cut when he said -- believed him when they said he would pay the casino. they do the work, hung the drywall, for the concrete, but a year after opening, donald trump up bankruptcy, he walked away with millions and they got pennies on the dollar. some of them went out of business. believed donald trump. >> boo! retirees and families in florida, they believed donald trump when he said he would build up some condos. thousands of them. they paid their deposits but the condos, they were never built. he just pocketed their money and walked away. they lost tens of thousands of dollars all because they believed donald trump. believedfter charity

donald trump when he said they would contribute to that. thousands of trump university students leave -- believed donald trump when he said he would help them succeed. they got stiffed. >> boo! >> he says believe me, his creditors, his contractors, his laid off employees, and his ripped off students did just that and they all got hurt. folks, you cannot believe one word that comes out of donald trump's mouth [cheers] . [cheers] not one word. not one word. [cheers] not one word. >> not one word. not one word. >> i wte