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virginia governor tim can the cutting nomination for vice president last night in philadelphia. bc tweet of tim the kansasisingl delegation. here is what our live coverage for this fourth and final day of the democratic national convention looks like good starting at 3:00 eastern with a preview of tonight's events and a look around at what is happening leading up to the main event, hillary clinton excepting the democratic nomination for president, followed by the balloon drop. the theme for tonight's speeches will be women's issues, including workplace fairness and pay. coverage starting at three clock this afternoon.

thathill" points out hillary clinton will be following last night's dream team lineup. the except into speech is a right of passage for anyone seeking the white house and theeli broadcaster tweeting night when the first u.s. black president called america to vote for the first u.s. female president. president's speech last night. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 44th resident president of the united states of america, barack obama.

[applause] [applause] thank you.bama: thank you. [applause] president obama: thank you. thank you.

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hello, democrats. [applause] , 12 yearsobama: so ago tonight, i addressed this convention for the very first time. you met my two little girls. .asha and malia now, two amazing young women who fill me with pride. [applause] fell for myama: you

brilliant wife and partner, michelle. [applause] president obama: who has made me a better father and a better man. who has gone on to inspire our nation as first lady. [applause] president obama: and who somehow has not aged day. -- aged a day. [applause] president obama: the same cannot be said for me. [laughter] president obama: my girls remind me all the time. they say, "you have changed so much, daddy." then they try to clean it up, "not bad, just more mature." [laughter] president obama: and it is true. i was so young that first time. and look, i will admit, maybe i was a little nervous. addressing such a crowd.

but i was filled with faith. [applause] president obama: faith in america. the generous, bighearted, hopeful country that made my story, that made all of our stories. a lot has happened over the years. and while this nation has been tested by war and it has been tested by recession and all manner of challenges, i stand before you again tonight after almost two terms as your president to tell you i am more optimistic about the future of america than ever before. [applause] president obama: how could i not be? after all that we have achieved together. after the worst recession in 80 years. we fought our way back. we have seen deficits come down.

401(k)s recovered. an auto industry set new records. unemployment reached an eight year low and businesses create d more than 50 million new jobs. [applause] president obama: after a century of trying, we declared health care in america is not a privilege for a few, it is a right for everybody. [applause] president obama: after decades of talk, we feel he began to beganally -- we finally to wean ourselves off of foreign

oil. we doubled our production of clean energy. we brought more of our troops home to their families. and we delivered justice to osama bin laden. [applause] president obama: through diplomacy, we shut down iran's nuclear weapons program. we opened up a new chapter with the people of cuba. brought nearly 200 nations together around the climate save thisthat could planet for our children. [applause] president obama: we put policies in place to help loans. cut veterans homelessness in half. and through countless act of s of quiet courage, we have made marriage equality and the law of the law of the land. [applause] president obama: by so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we first started.

and through every victory, and every setback, i've insisted that change is never easy. never quick. we would not meet all of our challenges in one term or one presidency. or even one lifetime. tonight, i'm here to tell you , yes, we still have more work to do. more work to do for every american in need of a good job. paid leave for decent retirement. for every child who needs a ladder out of poverty or world-class education. for everyone who is not yet felt has not yet felt the progress of past seven and a half years. we need to keep making our streets safer in our criminal

-- and our criminal justice system fair. [applause] president obama: our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation. [applause] president obama: we are not done protecting our union. living up to our founding creed that all of us are created equal and all of us are free in the eyes of god. [applause] president obama: that work involves a big choice this november. i think it is fair to say that this is not your typical election. [laughter] president obama: it is not just a choice between parties or policies, the usual debates between left and right. this is a more fundamental choice. about who we are as a people. and whether we stay true to this great american experiment in self government. look, we democrats have always had plenty of differences with the republican party. and there's nothing wrong with that. it is precisely this contest of

ideas that pushes our country forward. [applause] president obama: but we heard in cleveland last week was not particularly republican. and it sure wasn't conservative. what we heard was a deeply as a pessimistic vision of a country we turn against each other and turn away from the rest of the world. there were no serious solutions to pressing problems. just the resentment and blame and anger and that is not the america i know.

the america i know is full of courage and optimism and ingenuity. the american i know is decent -- the america i know is decent and generous sure we have real anxieties about paying bills and protecting our kids. we get frustrated with political gridlock and worry about racial division. we are shocked and saddened by the madness of orlando or nice. there are pockets of america that never recovered from factory closures. many took pride and hard work in hard work and provided for the families who now feel forgotten. parents who wonder whether kids will have the same opportunities that we had. we're challenged to do better, to be better. but as i've traveled this ,ountry, through all 50 states as i've rejoiced with you and mourned with you, what i've also seen, more than anything, is what is right with america. [applause]

president obama: i see people working hard and starting businesses. people teaching kids and serving our country. i see engineers inventing stuff, and doctors coming up with new cures. i see a younger generation full of energy and new ideas, not constrained by what is, ready to seize what ought to be. [applause] president obama: most of all, i see americans of every party, every background, every faith , who believe that we are stronger together. black, white, latino, asian, american, young and old, gay, straight, men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance, under the same proud flag, to this big, bold country

that we love. [applause] president obama: that is what i see. that is the america i know. and there is only one candidate in this race who believes in that future, and has devoted her life to it. a mother and grandmother who'd do anything to help our children thrive. a leader with real plans to break down barriers, blast through glass ceilings, and widen the circle of opportunity to every single american, the next president of the united states, hillary clinton. [applause] "hillary!"]anting

that's right.a: , eight yearsber ago, hillary and i were rivals for the democratic nomination. we battled for a year and a half. let me tell you, it was tough, because hillary is tough. i was worn out. [laughter] she was doinga: everything i was doing, but it was tough. every time i thought i might that race won, hillary just came back stronger. but after it was all over, i asked hillary to join my team. [applause] and she was aa:

little surprised, but ultimately , she said yes, because she knew that what was at stake was bigger than either of us. [applause] president obama: and for four years, i had a front row seat to her intelligence, her judgment, and her discipline. i came to realize that her unbelievable work ethic wasn't for praise or attention, that she was in this for everyone who needs a champion. [applause] president obama: i understood that, after all these years, she has never forgotten just who she's fighting for. hillary's still got the tenacity

she had as a young woman working at the children's defense fund, going door to door to ultimately make sure kids with disabilities could get a quality education. [applause] president obama: she's still got the heart she showed as our first lady, working with congress to help push through a children's health insurance program that to this day protects millions of kids. [applause] she's stillama: seared with the memory of every american she met who lost loved ones on 9/11, which is why, as a senator from new york, she fought so hard for funding to help first responders, to help the city rebuild, why, as secretary of state, she sat with me in the situation room and forcefully argued in favor of the mission that took out bin laden. [applause] you know,obama: nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the oval office. you can read about it, you can

study it. but until you have set at the at at that desk, you don't know what it's like to manage a global crisis, or send young people to war. but hillary's been in the room; . she's been part of those decisions. she knows what's at stake in the decisions our government makes . what's at stake for the working family, the senior citizen, the small business owner, the soldier, and the veteran. even in the midst of crisis, she listens to people and she keeps her cool, and treats everybody with respect. and no matter how daunting the odds, no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever points.

quits.r, ever [applause] president obama: that's the hillary i know. that's the hillary i've come to admire. and that's why i can say with confidence, there has never been a man or a woman more qualified than hillary clinton to serve as president of the united states of america. [applause] president obama: i hope you don't mind, bill, but i was just

telling the truth, man. and, by the way, in case you were wondering about her judgment, look at her choice of running mate. [applause] president obama: tim kaine is as good a man, as humble and committed a public servant as anyone i know. i know his family and i love his wife and his kids. he will be a great vice president, and he'll make hillary a better president. just like my dear friend and brother joe biden has made me a better president. [applause] president obama: now, hillary has real plans to address the concerns she's heard from you on the campaign trail. she's got specific ideas to invest in new jobs, to help workers share in their company's profits, to help put kids in preschool, and put students through college without taking on a ton of debt. that's what leaders do.

and then, there's donald trump. >> [crowd boos] president obama: don't boo, vote. [applause] the donald isa: not really a plans guy. [laughter] he is notobama: really a facts guy, either. [laughter] president obama: he calls himself a business guy, which is true, but i have to say, i know plenty of businessmen and women who've achieved success without leaving a trail of lawsuits, and unpaid workers, and people feeling like they got cheated. [applause] president obama: does anyone really believe that a guy who's

spent his 70 years on this earth showing no regard for working people is suddenly going to be a your champion? your voice? if so, you should vote for him. but if you're someone who's truly concerned about paying your bills, and you are concerned about pocketbook seeing the economy grow and creating more opportunity for everybody, then the choice isn't even close. if you want someone with a lifelong track record of fighting for higher wages, better benefits, a fairer tax code, a bigger voice for workers, and stronger regulations on wall street, then you should vote for hillary clinton. [applause] president obama: and, if you're concerned about who's going to keep you and your family safe in

a dangerous world, well, the choice is even clearer. hillary clinton is respected around the world, not just by leaders, but by the people they serve. -- peoplesay this outside of the united states do not understand what is going on in this election. [laughter] president obama: they really don't. they know hillary. they have seen her work. she's worked closely with our intelligence teams, our diplomats, our military. she has the judgment, the experience, and the temperament to meet the threat from terrorism. it is not new to her. our troops have pounded isil without mercy, taking out leaders, taking back territory. and i know hillary won't relent until isil is destroyed. she'll finish the job. [applause] president obama: and she'll do it without resorting to torture, or banning entire religions from entering our country.

she is fit to be the next commander-in-chief. [applause] president obama: meanwhile, donald trump calls our military a disaster. apparently, he doesn't know the men and women who make up the strongest fighting force the world has ever known. [applause] he suggestsama: america is weak. he must not hear the billions of men, women, and children, from the baltics to burma, who still look to america to be the light of freedom, dignity, and human rights. [applause] he cozies up to putin, praises saddam hussein,

and tells our nato allies that stood by our side after 9/11 that they have to pay up if they want our protection. well, america's promises do not come with a price tag. we meet our commitments. we bear our burden. almost every country on earth sees america as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when i took office. [applause] president obama: america is already great. [applause] president obama: america is already strong. [applause] president obama: and i promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on donald trump. in fact, it doesnt depend on any

one person. and that, in the end, may be the biggest difference in this election -- the meaning of our democracy. ronald reagan called america "a hill." city on a donald trump calls it "a divided crime scene that only he can fix." it doesn't matter to him that illegal immigration and the crime rate are as low as theyve 've been in decades, because hes 's not actually offering any real solution to those issues. he's just offering slogans, and

he's offering fear. he's betting that if he scares enough people, he might score just enough votes to win this election. that is another bet that donald trump will lose. the reason he will lose it is because he's selling the american people short. we are not a fragile or prideful fearful people. our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order. we don't look to be ruled. [applause] president obama: our power comes from those immortal declarations first put to paper right here in philadelphia all those years

ago. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. that together, we, the people, can form a more perfect union. [applause] president obama: that's who we are. that's our birthright. the capacity to shape our own destiny. [applause] that's whatama: drove patriots to choose revolution over tyranny and our liberate a continent. it's what gave women the courage to reach for the ballot, and marchers to cross a bridge in selma, and workers to organize and fight for better wages. [applause] president obama: america has never been about what one person says he'll do for us. it's about what can be achieved by us, together, through the hard, slow, sometimes frustrating, but ultimately enduring work of self-government.

and that's what hillary clinton understands. [applause] president obama: she knows that this is a big, diverse country, . she has seen it. she understands that even when you're 100% right, getting things done requires compromise. that democracy doesnt work if we constantly demonize each other. [applause] she knows that for progress to happen, we have to listen to each other, see ourselves in each other, fight for our principles but also fight to find common ground, no matter how elusive that may seem. [applause] hillary knows we can work through racial divides in this country when we realize the worry black parents feel when

their son leaves the house isn't so different than what a brave cop's family feels when he puts on the blue and goes to work; that we can honor police and treat every community fairly. [applause] we can do that. she knows that acknowledging problems that have festered for decades isn't making race relations worse, it's creating the possibility for people of good will to join and make things better. [applause] hillary knows we can insist on a lawful and orderly immigration system while still seeing striving students and their toiling parents as loving families, not criminals or rapists; families that came here for the same reasons our

forebears came, to work, and study, and make a better life, in a place where we can talk and worship and love as we please. she knows their dream is quintessentially american, and the american dream is something no wall will ever contain. [applause] these are the things hillary knows. it can be frustrating, this business of democracy. trust me, i know. hillary knows, too. when the other side refuses to compromise, progress can stall. people are hurt by inaction. supporters can grow impatient,

and worry that you're not trying hard enough; that you've maybe sold out. but i promise you, when we keep at it; when we change enough minds; when we deliver enough votes, then progress does happen. just ask the 20 million more people who have health care today. [applause] just ask the marine who proudly serves his country without hiding the husband he loves. [applause] democracy works, america. but we got to want it. not just during an election year but all the days in between. [applause] so if you agree that theres too much inequality in our economy, and too much money in our politics, we all need to be as vocal and as organized and as

persistent as bernie sanders supporters have been during this election. we all need to get out and vote for democrats up and down the ticket, and then hold them accountable until they get the job done. [applause] that's right. feel the bern! if you want more justice in the justice system, then we've all got to vote not just for a president, but for mayors, and sheriffs, and states attorneys, and state legislators. that is where the criminal laws are made and we've got to work with police and protesters until laws and practices are changed.

that is how democracy works. if you want to fight climate change, we've got to engage not only young people on college campuses, but reach out to the coal miner who's worried about taking care of his family, the single mom worried about gas prices. if you want to protect our kids and our cops from gun violence, we've got to get the vast majority of americans, including gun owners, who agree on background checks to be just as vocal and determined as the gun lobby that blocks change through every funeral that we hold. that is how change happens.

look, hillary's got her share of critics. she's been caricatured by the right and by some folks on the left; accused of everything you can imagine, and some things you cannot. [laughter] but she knows that's what happens when you're under a microscope for 40 years. [applause] she knows that sometimes and those 40 years she's made mistakes. just like i have; just like we all do. thats what happens when we try. that's what happens when youre the kind of citizen teddy roosevelt once described, not the timid souls who criticize from the sidelines, but someone

who is actually in the arena, who strives valiantly; who errs but who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement. hillary clinton is that woman in the arena. she's been there for us even if we haven't always noticed. and if you're serious about our democracy, you can't afford to stay home just because she might not align with you on every issue. you've got to get in the arena with her, because democracy isnt a spectator sport. america isn't about yes he will. its about yes we can. [applause] and we're going to carry hillary to victory this fall, because that's what the moment demands. [applause]

yes we can. not yes she can. not yes i can. yes we can. you know, there's been a lot of talk in this campaign about what america has lost. people who tell us that our way of life is being undermined by pernicious changes and dark forces beyond our control. they tell voters there's a real america out there that must be restored. this isn't an idea that started with donald trump. it's been peddled by politicians for a long time. probably from the start of our republic.

and it's got me thinking about the story i told you twelve years ago tonight, about my kansas grandparents and the things they taught me when i was growing up. they came from the heartland; their ancestors began settling there about 200 years ago. i don't know if they had their birth certificates. [laughter] but they were there. they were scotch-irish mostly, farmers, teachers, ranch hands, pharmacists, oil rig workers. hardy, small-town folks. some were democrats, but a lot of them, maybe even most of them were republicans.

party of lincoln. my grandparents explained that folks in these parts did not like showoffs. they didn't admire braggarts or bullies. they didn't respect mean-spiritedness, or folks who were always looking for shortcuts in life. instead, what they valued were traits like honesty and hard work. kindness, courtesy, humility, responsibility, helping each other out. that's what they believed in. true things. things that last. the things we try to teach our kids.

and what my grandparents understood was that these values weren't limited to kansas. they weren't limited to small towns. these values could travel to hawaii; even the other side of the world, where my mother would end up working to help poor women get a better life. trying to apply those values. my grandparents knew these values weren't reserved for one race; they could be passed down to a half-kenyan grandson, or a half-asian granddaughter; in fact, they were the same values michelle's parents, the descendants of slaves, taught their own kids living in a bungalow on the south side of chicago. [applause] they knew these values were exactly what drew immigrants here, and they believed that the

children of those immigrants were just as american as their own, whether they wore a cowboy hat or a yarmulke; a baseball cap or a hijab. [applause] america has changed over the years. but these values my grandparents taught me, they haven't gone anywhere. theyre as strong as ever; still cherished by people of every party, every race, and every faith. they live on in each of us. what makes us american, what makes us patriots is what's in here. that's what matters.

[applause] that's why we can take the food and music and holidays and styles of other countries, and blend it into something uniquely our own. that's why we can attract strivers and entrepreneurs from around the globe to build new factories and create new industries here. that's why our military can look the way it does, every shade of humanity, forged into common service. that's why anyone who threatens our values, whether fascists or communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end. [applause] that is america. that is america. those bonds of affection; that common creed.

we dont fear the future; we shape it, embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own. that's what hillary clinton understands, this fighter, this stateswoman, this mother and grandmother, this public servant, this patriot, that's the america she's fighting for. [applause] and thats why i have confidence, as i leave this stage tonight, that the democratic party is in good hands. [applause]

my time in this office hasn't fixed everything; as much as we've done, there's still so much i want to do. but for all the tough lessons i've had to learn; for all the places i've fallen short; i've told hillary, and i'll tell you what's picked me back up, every single time. it's been you. the american people. [applause] it's the letter i keep on my wall from a survivor in ohio who twice almost lost everything to cancer, but urged me to keep fighting for health care reform, even when the battle seemed lost. do not quit. it's the painting i keep in my private office, a big-eyed, green owl with blue wings made by a seven-year-old girl who was taken from us in newtown, given to me by her parents so i wouldn't forget, a reminder of

all the parents who have turned their grief into action. [applause] it's the small business owner in colorado who cut most of his own salary so he wouldn't have to lay off any of his workers in the recession because he said, that wouldn't have been in the spirit of america. [applause] it's the conservative in texas who said he disagreed with me on everything, but appreciated that, like him, i try to be a good dad. it's the courage of the young soldier from arizona who nearly died on the battlefield in afghanistan, but who's learned to speak again and walk again. and earlier this year, stepped through the door of the oval office on his own power, to salute and shake my hand.

[applause] it's every american who believed we could change this country for the better, so many of you who'd never been involved in politics, who picked up phones, and hit the streets, and used the internet in amazing new ways to -- that i did not understand, that made change happen. you are the best organizers on the planet, and i'm so proud of all the change you've made possible. [applause] time and again, you've picked me up. i hope, sometimes, i picked you up, too. [applause] and tonight, i ask you to do for hillary clinton what you did for me. i ask you to carry her the same way you carry me.

because you're who i was talking about twelve years ago, when i talked about hope. it's been you who've fueled my dogged faith in our future, even when the odds are great; even when the road is long. hope in the face of difficulty; hope in the face of uncertainty; the audacity of hope. [applause] america, you have vindicated that hope these past eight years. and now i'm ready to pass the baton and do my part as a private citizen. this year, in this election, i'm asking you to join me to reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon what's best in us; to elect hillary clinton as the next president of the united states. and show the world we still believe in the promise of this great nation. [applause] thank you for this incredible journey.

let's keep it going. god bless you, god bless the united states of america. [applause] ♪

>> one more day at the democratic national convention in philadelphia. the final day. the most important day here at the wells fargo center. we will show you more of last night's speeches momentarily. we will show you vice president joe biden. :15 senator chris coons of delaware and adam schiff of california will be talking foreign policy. that's coming up life. ve. our coverage of the dnc gets underway at 2:30 eastern. available at c-span.org.

chelsea clinton will get the honor and challenge of introducing her mom for her acceptance speech tonight. the theme this evening, stronger together. back for a moment to the president's speech. reaction to that this morning from donald trump. his tweet says, president obama spoke last night about a world that doesn't exist. 70% of the people think our country is going in the wrong direction. he may be referring to that real clear politics poll. here is a look at that. pe right track wrong track oll. headedpeople think it is in the wrong direction. spokeresident joe biden ahead of the president last night. his wife tweeting last night

about the effect of the evening. that moment when donald trump realizes people are calling him a demagogue and not a demigod. here is the speech from last night. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause]

biden: thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. i love you. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, thank you, thank you. [applause] i love you. ladies and gentlemen, eight years ago, i stood on the stage in denver. [applause] and i accepted your nomination to be vice president of the united states. [applause] and every single day since then,

it has been the honor of our lives for jill and me, every day we have been grateful for 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. [applause] we are family. [applause] folks, you have all seen over the last eight years what president obama means to this country. he is the embodiment of honor, resolve and character. one of the finest presidents we have ever had.

[applause] that is right. [applause] this is a man of character. [cheers] he has become a brother to jill and me. and michelle, you are incredible. [applause] you are incredible! i was talking to barack today, it is no longer who's going to give the best speech, we know who did that. you were incredible monday night. [applause] the delaware delegation, as they say in southern delaware, barack and i married way up.

way up. folks, as i stand here tonight, i see so many friends and colleagues like my buddy chris dodd from the connecticut delegation. so many people here. i see the faces of those who have placed their belief in barack and me. so many faces. but one, this is kind of a bittersweet moment for jill and me and our family. in 2008, when he was about to do and again in, bo introduced me

to the country and placed my name and nomination. you got a glimpse of what an incredibly fine young man beau was. [cheers] thank you. thank you. his wife and his two kids are here tonight. 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, by 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 what i say, by all of you, your love and prayers and support, but 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. but they get up every morning, every day. they put one foot in front of the other, they keep going. that is the unbreakable spirit of the people of america. that is who we are. [applause] that is who we are. don't forget it. like the people of the neighborhood that jill and i

grew up in, the kid in claymont, with the most courage 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 was a hero to her sisters. now a major in the united states marine corps because i wanted to serve my country. the teachers who jill knows who take money out of their own pockets to buy pencils and notebooks for their students who can't afford them. [applause] why? because being a teacher is not what they do, it is who they are. [applause] you know what i know, for real.

these are the people that the heart and soul of this country. it is the america that i know. the america that hillary knows and tim kaine knows. [applause] 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 senate and during her years as secretary of state, once a week we had breakfast in my home, the vice president's residence. everybody knows she is smart. everybody knows she is tough. but i know what she is passionate about. [applause] i know hillary. hillary understands, hillary gets it.

she understands that 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 lend me the money. i can't help you get to school. i know that about hillary. hillary understood that for years, millions of people went to bed staring at the 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. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, we all 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. [applause] my daughters and granddaughters can do anything any son or grandson can do and she will prove it, mr. mayor. 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 this election 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 the obvious, i really mean it, that is not donald trump's story. just listen to me a second without booing or cheering, his cynicism is unbounded. 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? [applause] he is trying to tell us he cares about the middle class. give me a break. that is a bunch of malarkey. [applause] folks. whatever he thinks, whatever he thinks, and i mean this 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 have 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. [applause] because folks, when the middle class does well, the rich do very well and the poor have hope. they have a way up. he has no clue about what makes america great. actually, he has no clue period. [applause] >> not a clue! not a clue! not a clue! got president biden: you've it.

ok. folks, let me say, let me say something that has nothing to do with politics. let me talk about something that i'm deadly serious about. this is a complicated and uncertain world we live in. the threats are too great, the times are too uncertain to elect donald trump as president of the united states. let me finish, no major party, no major party nominee in the history of this nation has ever known less or been less prepared

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 us safer. a man who embraces the tactics of our enemies, torture, religious intolerance, you all know. all the 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. a man who seeks to sow division in america for his own gain and disorder around the world. a man who confuses bluster with strength.

we simply cannot let that happen as americans. period. [applause] folks -- [applause] i have, no one ever doubts i mean what i say. but sometimes i say all that i mean. [laughter] let me tell you what i literally tell everyone leader i've met with. and i met them all, it is never, never, never been a good bet to bet against america. [cheers] we have the finest fighting force in the world. not 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 extraordinary things, we had candidates before attempting to get elected by appealing to our fears, but they've never succeeded because we do not scare easily. we never bow, we never bend, we never break, when confronted with crisis. we endure! we overcome and we always move forward. [applause] that is why.

that is why i can say, with 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. [applause] because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. that is the history of the journey of america. and god willing, hillary clinton will write the next chapter in that journey. we are america, second to none, and we own the finish line! don't forget it! god bless you all and may god protect our troops! come on! we're america!

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day of the last democratic convention here at the wells fargo center in south philly. will speak later tonight. we will tell you about our coverage momentarily. in a moment we will take you to many of the -- one of many of the discussions we have covered this week. this is hosted by politico. they will be looking at the foreign policy of the u.s. after president obama. it will start momentarily here on c-span. our preview program here on c-span will start at 3:00 eastern with the convention expected to gavel in at 4:00

p.m. in case you missed any of it, you can find that online at c-span.org. hillary clinton will be introduced by her daughter chelsea as she takes the stage. hour thatin this hillary clinton will be inside the wells fargo center for a tour of the center and the sound check. we will have that for you when she comes to the microphone sometime in this hour. politico is looking at foreign policy. certainly the issue making news yesterday at a donald trump news conference. talking about -- he claims sarcastically the russians looking into the 30,000 e-mails. this is ap politics. trump, of course i'm being

sarcastic, he tells fox news about urging russia to find clinton's missing e-mails. reaction from harry reid, who says that trump should get fake security briefings because he can't be trusted. we will hear from senator chris coons, who sits on the foreign relations committee. also adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the intelligence committee in the house. they will be talking to politico editors and reporters on foreign policy after the obama administration. live coverage from philadelphia here on c-span.

>> ladies and gentlemen, david glasser. [applause] everybody.ning,

good afternoon, everybody. and thank you so much for joining us on the last day of the democratic convention. i am particularly delighted to be having such a timely conversation around foreign policy. both conventions have provided an extraordinary amount of fodder when it comes to american politics and national security and how they have intersected with the results of this campaign. i have to give you one update. we were expecting jake sullivan today. not surprisingly they are still working on secretary clinton's speech. he's not only her top foreign-policy advisor, but the person clinton turns to often with her speeches. i asked if this means they are

adding russia to the speech. in the meantime, this is such a terrific panel. we have senator chris coons here, who is a real leader in this national security conversation in washington and in the democratic party. whocongressman adam schiff, basically is his counterpart on the house side as well as being the ranking democrat on the intelligence committee. literally is so much to talk about, courtesy of donald trump that it is hard to know where to start. exact samee did this conversation on thursday at the republican convention and of course we were talking at that time about donald trump's comments about nato.

this week we are talking about donald trump's comments about russia. i want to start with you, congressman schiff. you are on the intelligence committee. you have expressed earlier this week a sense of real concern about what is the evidence that russia was involved in this hack of the dnc? and what on earth do you make of donald trump's comments yesterday? he now says they were merely meant to be sarcastic. do you believe in the intelligence world that that is how they would be greeted? first of all, i don't believe for a minute they were meant as a sarcastic comment. before he tried to walk them back, he doubled down on them as is often his fashion. i think the way they will be

right around the world is exactly the way they were right here at home, essentially inviting an adversarial power to hack into the campaign of his opponent -- really to commit an illegal act in the united states. it is breathtaking. in any other context it would be utterly disqualifying of the candidate. it's really quite astounding. it's what happens when you nominate a reality tv performer to be the potential commander-in-chief. what i find so unprecedented about this campaign is that usually people wait until they are in office to either do good or do damage. this candidate is affirmatively doing damage merely by running for office. as wellgnaling to putin as our allies that he may support the repeal of sanctions on russia, that he may look the

other way and not honor the obligations under the nato treaty if he were to invade the baltic nations or poland. these are astounding things for any major candidate to say, particularly one coming from the so-called party of reagan. i think they have real-world impacts now. in terms of what we know about the hack, i am not privileged to be able to discuss what we know. but i can say plainly russia is one of the most capable cyber actors in the world. they certainly have a history of interference in the political affairs of their neighbors and other political adversaries. and they clearly have the motive. what better candidate could they create than one that praises their leader that is undermining and donald trump?

certainly have to say just on the basis of publicly available information that russia is suspect number one. >> do you agree with that? >> i do. the opportunity to have this panel. what i suspect may have started as just another ill-conceived bombastic thing to try and make sure donald trump grabbed the headlines away from a constructive night at the democratic convention gives us insight both into his instincts, knowledge, affiliations, and degree of preparedness. let's just review briefly where we are. there is publicly reported strong forensic evidence to suggest that the dnc e-mails released by wikileaks were in fact hacked for them by russian intelligence. by cyber actors closely affiliated with two different cyber players that are russian

affiliated. or the candidate of the republican party to either jokingly or intentionally invite them to continue that activity is not just to wink at what they are doing but to goad them on and suggest if he were elected he would support that activity continuing. it is breathtaking and would be disqualifying in any other cycle. our secretary of defense said last night that donald trump -- this is no longer reality tv, this is reality. and i am about to lead a congressional delegation to a number of countries in eastern europe where i fully expect i will once again have heads of state aghast and gravely concerned. donald trump has gone from being the punchline of jokes months ago in europe and around the world, a head scratcher, to now being the source of genuine and deep concern among our allies

and optimism among our adversaries. >> it highlights the extraordinary shift this year in the politics of foreign-policy where you have the democrats becoming the party of national security. it is something you are emphasizing as a strength of your candidate. there is also a sense that republicans are really bewildered. you had a statement yesterday from speaker ryan in the wake of trump's comments in which his office said, vladimir putin is a thug and we shouldn't do anything to encourage him. we had this panel discussion last week in cleveland, we had congressman adam kinsley, a republican who had been considering voting for donald trump and then he came on and said, i considered the comments about nato and questioning our commitment to the allies to be utterly disastrous for the

republican party and i'm no longer considering voting for donald trump or endorsing him. you work every day alongside republicans on capitol hill. do you have the sense that this is a shift in the party or a nominee who does not represent his own party? >> absolutely, a nominee who does not represent a decades long settled series of commitments and traditions in his party. picking a fight with the u.s. chamber of commerce over trade policy? he has a trade policy that does not reflect any republican nominee in seven decades. i think there are dozens of republicans at least in the senate who have expressed privately to me grave concern that although he may have won the primary, he does not reflect the values of the party. >> your colleagues in the senate who are so worried about this, i assume a number of them actually have endorsed donald trump.

>> they have had very awkward conversations about that. [laughter] courageously publicly saying, this is not a man i can indoors. he is speaking out and identifies the ways in which a true conservative should be opposed to his candidacy. many others are concerned about their own electoral survival. i understand the tensions that folks who face elections confront. this is a definitional moment for the modern republican party. >> it's very hard at the moment to figure out just what the republican party is. is it the party of george will or donald trump? certainly not the republican party as it has been known for the last several decades. and that is most glaring in the area of national security and foreign policy. i have been in congress for 16 years and i have seen the

extraordinary influence that the tea party caucus has had. it may only be about a third of the members of the republican conference. there is a second third of that conference that lives in fear of having a tea party primary challenge. is that an aberration or is that the new gop? littlei have to say sympathy for the awkwardness of the position of our colleagues because this is the monster they created. this is their frankenstein. they have been preaching a lot bile we here at the top of the ticket now privately to their base back home and singing a different song when they meet with us in private. they encouraged this and now they are expressing shock it has taken over their party? for the country's well-being we need a functioning two-party

system and we don't have that. >> i have heard people increasingly questioning -- whether donald trump as a republican presidential nominee should be receiving classified briefings given his public comments and views about russia. it. hate to say mostly because they won't do any good. but i think you can't brief just one candidate. you will have to brief both. i think the intelligence agencies will give largely the same information to both. they will not be disclosing to him i'm confident anything revealing he will get a very topline brief and that is probably the only digestible form for him anyway. i think the risks will be small

because they will keep them we should be asking whether it will do any good. susan: can you imagine a scenario where he says, let me go what evidence you have on the dnc hack? do they have to answer him? i think they will answer him in very general terms. they certainly will not point to any source of information that could be compromised. there is no need to do that. i think they can give their topline conclusion. they can tell him the level of confidence they have in that conclusion without going beyond that. ,n the subject of attribution senator feinstein and i wrote to the president yesterday urging the administration to make it

public disclosure of attribution. when the administration is confident enough to do so, given the heightened importance of the public that ought to know who is trying to manipulate a u.s. election, and only by naming and shaming can we discourage this kind of rise to the level of calling for attribution. sen. coons: something i think is important to the general american public is that this sort of behavior by russia is not out of keeping with what they are already doing across a dozen countries in eastern and western europe. they are explicitly intervening in political campaigns. they are timing the disclosures surreptitiously or covertly gathered information to influence the outcome of elections in other countries. they are making contributions to political parties. they are actively engaged in trying to destabilize nato and

western europe in ways that are well and widely known to those that focus on this line of service, but i don't think are well and widely known by the average american. it is important that folks just understand this is not a throwaway line at a democratic convention. this is not a casual observation by a couple of reporters looking at a conspiracy theory. we have a republican party presidential candidate who began his career in politics by trafficking in one of the most discredited most nativist conspiracy theories of all time, the birther movement, to suggest that our president was not in fact our president. we have an opponent in our party who is one of the most seasoned, paper -- capable, confident president.e the idea that they are on equal footing in terms of preparation is something that we cannot give credence to and the idea that

the hacking by the dnc of russia is another crazy conspiracy theory is something that should not be allowed to be casually dismissed. i think it is entirely possible for there to be robust and abundant confirmation of that in open source reporting and i think it is possible for it to be clearer to the average american then it may be right now that this is not a stray occurrence. that russia has engaged in a whole series of actions over a decade that undermine and destabilize countries. trumpuggests that donald is deeply either unaware of or is somehow winking at or contraryin an effort to our most secure interest. susan: i want to get back to secretary clinton's record as secretary of state.

people were focused not just on his comments about the e-mail hack, but on the fact that donald trump said he was interested in possibly recognizing russia's takeover of the crimea and lifting sanctions. that is ans, enormous potential policy change. it is one that a vast majority of americans are not focused on. can you imagine in 1990 of someone had said saddam hussein took over kuwait by force, so i guess we should let him keep it? and yet it has not occasioned as much outcry. do you think that was also a misstatement? --you think there were is there is a serious risk on the united states changing its mind on the takeover of crimea?

i would say that president obama is not going to recognize it, but we said it was absolutely unacceptable and then de facto, we have accepted this reality and are not doing much to overturn it. he is doing damage to us right now. the president is trying to maintain strong sanctions on russia. are countriesre pushing back against that, that are counting the days until the sanctions go away. for those countries to hear that one of the major u.s. presidential candidate is legitimizing the invasion and , that they mayea countenance the dissolution of sanctions when russia has not abided by the minsk agreement, that is deeply counterproductive and harmful to our interests today, let alone what happens in the future. that might be a good segue to

contrast this with secretary clinton. this is also about russia not wanting clinton. know that this is a secretary with a lot of it.'s in building international coalitions of sanctions, as she did in sanctioning iran. she is very capable of holding those coalitions together. she has taken a strong position on russia. she did make outreach to see if we could reset relations. when it was clear that was not were putin wanted to go, she was a forceful adversary. mesha -- as much as russia are want to run, they afraid of secretary clinton coming to the white house. sen. coons: money suggest another analogy -- let me suggest another analogy. begins ainess official

meeting by saying predictability is the one thing we come out of government. businesspeople say, we want predictability. successful business people build business strategies on predictability. it is essential to the conduct of foreign policy that in the course of our presidential campaigns we not scare the living daylights out of our allies and embolden our enemies by suggesting not that there will be reconsiderations or readjustments, but fundamental resetting of basic, long-established foreign policy commitment. the donald trump thinks it is cute or engaging to suggest he will be unpredictable and foreign policy, that he might withdraw the shield of our nuclear defense from south korea or japan, that he might abandon the baltic states because they haven't been paying their fair share.

these are casually tossed out observations that are profoundly irresponsible and dangerous. is someone who understands how to sustain the continuity of our treaty commitments and who has demonstrated the ability to deploy the tools of diplomacy and defense, it is secretary clinton. stronger --r had a sharper contrast in the modern era of a candidate is the most qualified in decades and one that is utterly unqualified. rep. schiff: he is right on the mark. when you meet with foreign leaders, they have a profound concern with who becomes president because they are quite hopeful trunk will not happen -- donald trump will not happen, but they want to know, is this reflective of a large sentiment s?thin the united state

is this where the gop is coming from? that is the case, this is not a problem about one that candidate, but that they will be losing america. america, that always had a thertisan, uniform view of world may be abandoning that worldview. that is what terrifies our allies more than anything else. but this maybe reflective of a sea change in where america is coming from and that is something we try to push back on in those meetings. susan: that's what i wanted to get at. this notion of an america first foreign policy. not only has he been relatively consistent in his views, but it does represent a political strand on the right and the left in american politics now. as elected officials, i do think it is an interesting question. that he is you feel

expressing it in different terms, this unpredictability obama,but even president with his focus on ending wars and foreign entanglements has reflected a clear political sentiment in the united states to refocus attention away from the conflicts of the middle east. do you think there is a shift in politics even if donald trump is not the right standardbearer. sen. coons: what the record is with the obama and biden and ministration first. when president obama was elected , we had 165,000 troops deployed in afghanistan and iraq and we have been a war for many years and the american people were very conscious of the significant human cost of the two wars that he was handed when he became president at a time when we had the greatest recession since the great depression.

we also faced many other challenges at home and dealing with climate change and the rising threat of terrorism overseas. but president obama, although expressing and acting on a greater degree of caution in the use of military force overseas and his predecessor although acting to reengage with the world to reset some relationships or strengthen others, never suggested he was going to walk away from the united nations or the nato was without value. never suggested that some of our longest standing commitments redraw on to demonstrate boldness and unpredictability. i do think president obama and vice president biden and secretary clinton continued the long tradition of the commitments of the modern american state with a readjustment to reflect our economic and military situation. susan: there was a political current in the land. sen. coons: there is absolutely

a long-running theme. america first is not an accidental term. the nearly disastrous isolationist movement as world war ii was examining is a strain that goes back to the founders. so does nativism come as a strand in american history and foreign policy, and the idea that we have a candidates who combined some of the worst of isolationism and nativism concerns me. his economic policy ideas are not just going back to the 1950's, but the 1750's. he has an idea of building walls that is stunning. hamilton would recognize his tariff driven economic policy. don't think the donald trump represents a fundamental reset to those of are attentive to our constituents or america's interests, but it is a troubling reemergence of a long-standing trend in american history. rep. schiff: i think what trumpets playing on -- donald

trump is playing on is a fatigue with the wars in afghanistan and that we have a lot of nationbuilding to do at home, not just abroad. , and i think he uses those strands to paint a portrait of america as a victim. the we are doing all these things for the rest of the world, deriving no benefit at home. he would portray nato is something that we do only for the benefit of our nato allies, as if we derive no benefit ourselves. ourich i think underscores foreign policy. rather not get dragged ifo another world war nations were to find themselves fighting each other and the fact that i guarantee has had such respect, such credibility has

kept the peace for decades. it is something that we derive distro --fit from a and as donald trump may not know, we have been the beneficiaries of that after 9/11 , when the rest of our nato allies came to our aid and assistance and have been great partners of us in places like afghanistan, iraq, and elsewhere. his portrayal of what nato means . foreign assistance has always been an easy target. at times, we have democratic presidential candidates, when asked what part of the federal

budget they would cut, going to foreign assistance. susan: it is such a small percentage. rep. schiff: it gives me a lot of confidence knowing that someone who is secretary of state understands the importance of development and diplomacy among the many tools that we have in foreign policy. susan: but get to secretary clinton. because we are going to run out of time, and hurricane urine office. do you believe she would be a more hawkish president when it comes to foreign policy and using the full spectrum of national security policy tools that president obama has been. i think she will becoming president in a different time. work on different issues, being prepared for work against pandemics and promoting public health, to advocating for the

education of and empowerment of women and girls, to the work she , she willn countries be directly more hawkish than president obama has been in his time. she will be equipped with all the tools of foreign policy and capable of leading development if you looky first at how the conflict with iran over their emerging nuclear weapons program was handled under secretary clinton, if you look at their ability to hold together a coalition that actually worked. she will be credible in using a

deterrent. she will be attentive and engaged and forceful in implementing it aggressively. is that more hawkish or is that be more thoughtful in preventing the possibility of a conflict that is right in front of us? and if not dealt with appropriately early, that conflict could emerge. for me, it is very hard to say and it may a -- may be a context-specific decision that you would have to use to compare whether she is more hawkish or less hawkish than the president. in the case of syria, for example, it has been publicly reported, and she has advocated things like a no-fly zone, something i also advocate. at the same time, i advocate -- recognize that even as someone who is secretary of state, that is a different position than when you are sitting in the president's chair.

it is one thing to be making the recommendation as secretary of state or now is former secretary of state. it thenother one when end of the day responsibility all comes down to you as president of the united states. inherently more conservative position as theident, when you realize full repercussions rest in your decisions. i think it is hard to say. there are certainly those indications on syria, on ukraine. susan: she has advocated giving lethal weapons. rep. schiff: she has been more forward leaning. whether that would be true when she is in the commander-in-chief's chair is hard to say. susan: i'm glad you brought up syria. we have not talked a lot about that. that is not going to go down as one of the great successes of the obama administration when it comes to foreign policy. what, if anything, should we be

doing differently on syria? why has there been so little discussion at the convention about this extraordinary wave of terror attacks across europe and a sense that there is a metastasizing threat that is one that certainly affects not only american national security, but those of our closest allies? why do you think we are not talking about that more? what should we be doing? rep. schiff: i'm happy to start on it. i think we should be focused like a laser on the problem of terrorism. i think it is enormously important. i think it is very much on the minds of all americans and all of our allies around the world. making ironically a lot more military progress in syria and iraq then we are making in dealing with the proliferation of terrorist attacks around the

world and then we are making -- and that we are making in the ideological fight over islam over social media. i think we have made changes that are sensible. we are no longer trying to be the messenger in capturing isi'' perversion of the religion. we have no credibility in speaking to what islam is and what it isn't. instead, we are powering -- empowering other speakers within the muslim world and i think that is a very wise step. i think we also need to have a very heavy focus on the political problems that persist because of those don't get solved, if we can't find a way to bring the sunnis into governance and security in a , you mayesome way defeat isis on the battlefield and it may reemerge just as aqi reemerged as isis.

the political problems in syria are far more complex. the only thing i will say is that i sherry skepticism that others have raised -- share a skepticism that others have raised about any negotiation with the russians for a cooperative agreement in syria. i don't trust them. any further than you could throw them. asnk god we have a secretary indefatigable as secretary kerry will try. i think the russians will reach any accord we reach whenever it is all interest in their -- whenever it is at all in their interest to do so. thegoal is to diminish casualties, diminish the length of the war, i don't believe the russians can be a part of that. they have done nothing but prolong the war. susan: quickly on that specific point of negotiation with the russians, do you agree with the congressman? the pentagon is also not in

favor of pursuing this initiative area sen. coons: i'm equally deeply skeptical that we will be able to successfully negotiate any path forward. you have a three body problem. russia, iran, turkey, of competing interests and objectives that have kept this a grinding, brutal conflict. in my view, the idea that we can retain moral authority after spending years helping keep assad in power, i find that unacceptable. analogyffer one other that is hopefully constructive. democrats are engaged and committed to keeping us safe here at home. i visited some of the hundreds ,f forces, state and local first responders that are right here around the perimeter of our anvention in case there was natural or man-made disaster or terrorist attack. we have invested in homeland security, we have invested in state and local law enforcement and preparedness.

we have invested in all the work that needs to be done to keep us safe. we have a policy agenda around addressing background checks and mental health that would deal with something that has been hard to deal with. that is lone wolf terrorist attacks. whether it is a racist, radical individual shooting people in a church in charleston or someone who pledges allegiance to isis as he begins the attack in orlando. we have a challenge in convincing the average american that a record of keeping them safer is stronger and our proposals are stronger than our republican colleagues. but we also have to be assertive in reminding them that donald trump's reckless comments about nato and about russia forgets or disrespects that intelligence with our european allies is a critical piece of keeping us safe. i'm confident that secretary clinton will have a better formed and better engaged focus on iran's role in the region, on russia's role in the region, on

turkey's role in the region and is in much better shape to lead us to a positive conclusion in the war on -- on the war in syria than her opponent. susan: we are talking about this backstage. the donald trump effect globally. you are both traveling around a lot. you said something that made me perk up my ears. we should tell them about our dinner with mcgaughey. -- mugabi. i did not realize there was a donald trump connection. why were you having dinner with mugabi? [laughter] sen. coons: that was my question. rep. schiff: we were in zimbabwe focused on a lot of the wildlife trafficking issues. we wanted to meet with the minister of the interior that is responsible for the portfolio. as a matter of protocol, when you request a meeting with the top ministers, you request a

meeting with the president, but nobody has a meeting with mugabe. there was little danger of it being accepted. no one was more surprised when we got late word it had been accepted. i was not even aware we had asked. i will let chris take it from there. it was the most a real dinner i have ever been a part of. sen. coons: literally. i have been to 24 countries on the continent of africa and i have never had a more bizarre with a head of state area -- state. we were urged to accept this unexpected invitation. this is worthy of a longer conversation. remember, he is sanctioned by the united states is one of the worst thugs on the continents. thanksgivingaving dinner with a crazy uncle you have not seen in years. where he says, why are we friends?

how did we come unglued? why's your president so uninterested in talking with me? we used to be so close? he pushed the point until we took a good 15 minutes and went down our delegation and each of us detailed a choral series of things that he has done in the past -- whole series of things that has done in the past to earn the sanctions and disrespect of the united states. this leads to a very awkward silence. [laughter] which he says,er what about that donald trump, huh? they all laughed uproariously. once he becomes president, you will all be wishing you were closer than me. he hadlso thinking that just hosted leaders from other countries, such as china, and i was thinking i bet they had that conversation.

you could just imagine that at some point in every conversation , we are asked a question by a head of state or a more junior leader, is this idea of banning all muslims from your country, bc -- does this reflect a deeply held view in your people as a nation? we have had to answer all sorts of difficult and uncomfortable questions and we have been the object of some derision by autocratic heads of state. susan: ok. national security and diplomatic aspects. presuming that the prospect of -- what would you

recommend the next administration do first to ,itigate the short-term costs since friendly governments took risks at home to get as far as they did, and secondly, more importantly, the obama administration has been arguing that tpp is essential to our national security by creating an environment in which china does not make all the role. how do you mitigate that problem? it is the single strongest argument the administration has had four tpp. it is the security regionally. i will briefly take your presumption that tpp is dead for the rest of this congress and this administration. there is going to be a lot of work to do. a lot of very hard work to do. takeber of allies did risks and a huge amount of

investment was made in negotiation. this is going to have to be one -- toptop or a policy foreign-policy issues. we also have worked with the american people to make a compelling case that we can win in foreign trade. my impression from the people i listened to said that they understand the overwhelming majority of consumers of our products are outside the borders of the united states and they believe we can win in foreign trade, they just don't believe we've been very effective at enforcing the provisions of the deals that have been negotiated. -- and, they don't believe the deals that have been negotiated in the past were structured in a way that benefited the american worker. they benefited american companies and technology, but there is a deep skepticism in both parties about whether trade genuinely benefits american workers. there is a lot of work to be done at home and abroad. i am someone who voted for tpp

and i see the national security consequences of allowing china to simply dominate the most important, rapidly growing markets in the world, whether on the continent of africa or on the pacific rim. rep. schiff: i think chris's rights. of all the arguments i have heard, and i have supported some trade agreements and the most was the impact on foreign policy. i came out -- against tpp because i thought i would do the agreement early on, or they would ameliorate or aggravate i includeduality and it would aggravate it. there would have to be other ways of mitigating the foreign policy consequences, and i think there are. one of the things i have found in recent trips to vietnam and elsewhere is that there is nothing like the newly aggressive religion in china to

make us friends in the south china sea, so there is the rest activity to us in countries we have never seen before. to think that the freedom of navigation exercises that we are doing, the strong partnerships we begin to form in the region, all of those things i think will be essential and i think china seems to be going out of the way to help us perform you friends and allies in the region. susan: right there. they will bring you a microphone. >> trudy rubin from "the philadelphia inquirer." secretary clinton seems to be caught in a vice where on the one hand, she has been portrayed as week, but on the other hand, there is a tendency in the country to one's isolationism. from pretrade -- trump for trace himself as strong but he has

isolationist, so how do she balance where we have large segments of mary of the strong active role abroad and at the same time, they want a leader they think it's strong and of protect them against terrorism? how does she balance those? there are very unusual crosscurrents in this election cycle. i think the american people to view secretary clinton as a far more capable, stronger leader on these foreign-policy issues than the gop standardbearer, and that is not always the case in terms post-vietnam.ions at the same time, the secretary does have to confront concerns potentially among progressives that she might be too hawkish. at the same time, i think she is tremendously helped by the fact that a lot of donald trump's foreign-policy pronouncements

scare democrats to that and a lot of republicans to death. -- to death and a lot of republicans to death. donald trump is being a fire in bringing democrats together, but i think he is also pushing a lot ,f traditional republican national security voters into clinton's camp because i think they recognize that voting for donald trump to confront these utter is the complete and role of the dice. one thing i will say about russia, which i have not seen a lot of commentary about, obviously, there is this weird putince between trump and , but you have to leaders that are both potheads -- two leaders that are both hotheads. today,have a bromance alienated tomorrow.

this is not some a new ones that handnot have a steady against pushing someone back as unpredictable as prudent. rep. schiff: i trust the american people to sort out the tin bluster, bullying, and actual strength. i think a lot of time has been dedicated to reminding us of secretary clinton's compassion and empathy because i do not question her toughness. it is a toughness based on seasoning, experience, and the quality that we would for in his study, capable, competent leader. convincedely, i am after this week's event that he will continue to engage in the point that hewill is not stronger. susan: i went to get one or two

more questions emily will have to wrap. you back there. -- questions. we will probably have to wrap. you back there. >> we will have to focus the discussion over the e-mails, of who outed the e-mails rather than the import of the e-mails theselves is reflective of disconnect between people in washington, who represent the establishment, and people gravitating increasingly toward trump and sanders -- how will you reconcile that difference? susan: an important point we have not talked about. that toppledails the chairman of the democratic party on the eve of the theretion, so clearly, are some issues you have not talked this much about. sen. coons: early on in the convention, you heard about what our path forward is to deal with

issues within the democratic party in terms of our being a party that welcomes and respects folks from different views, so that we don't have a question about whether the dnc is independent, fair or putting its thumb on the scale. if you look at what happened in cleveland, they have a far more significant problem then we do. sen. sanders: only endorsed in speech, but endorsed hillary clinton, and senator cruz to part of the stage in cleveland after saying, "your conscience, after making it clear his conscience cannot support donald trump. rep. schiff: i don't have much to add to that. afterthe initial hours the story broke, the focus was on the content of the e-mails and for good reason. the e-mails were inappropriate and bias toward one of the

candidates, and the institution is supposed to be ruthlessly objective, as well as a willingness to play on someone' religion in an appalling fashion , so the e-mails were [indiscernible] ,n classic donald trump fashion he stepped on his own party's message by making this more about russia. the ranking member on intelligence, for me, it was always about what is the purpose behind this? that was the far greater concern , for me, from a national security point of view. from the democratic point of view, i am concerned about what it said about the dnc, but from an intelligence point of view, that we might have an adversarial party hacking and is one thing. we expect russia to hack our institutions, unfortunately. but the fact that they should try to interfere in our political process, if that was the case, that was a far greater

concern to me. i think that will be a far greater concern to the country. susan: carson, senator, thank you so much. thank you for showing you remaining time. i think we have a few more it as left before we call season of events. i want to thank our terrific team to put this together. they worked around the clock or two straight weeks to bring on this stuff forward, so thank you and have a great day. [applause]

♪ [indiscernible chattering] >> more coverage from "politico" later on. all of our convention coverage available at www.c-span.org. it is the final day of the convention and we are hearing that within the hour, hillary clinton will be arriving at the wells fargo center in philadelphia for her toward the stage and a sound check ahead of tonight's acceptance speech.

our preview coverage here on c-span will get underway at 3:00 p.m. eastern. the convention gaveling and just after 4:00 eastern. watch it live on c-span. you can download the free c-span radio app. all of our coverage available at www.c-span.org. hillary clinton will be introduced tonight by her daughter chelsea. the theme this evening -- stronger together -- for her acceptance speech and other speeches added that. on that, a hint of what we may hear. tweeting -- the speech tonight will discuss how this election is a "moment of reckoning for the voters." among the politicians last night and others in the audience, they found bradley cooper, and here is a tweet from "the hill" on to boycott proudly cooper over his democratic convention attendance. he is a philadelphia native and "silverd the movie

linings playbook" about the rabid eagles fan. subsectionsim kaine -- tim kaine's acceptance speech. the headline of tim kaine excepts nomination for vice president. he accepted the democratic nomination for vice president of the united states. here is his speech. 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 will tell you. me, it seems like our nation

is too great to put in the hands of a slip talking, empty promising self-promoting one-man wrecking crew. [cheers] but don't take it from me, don't take it from me. take it from former first lady barbara bush. barbara bush says she does not know how any woman could vote for him after his offensive comments to women. [cheers] any woman. or john mccain's chief economic adviser during the 2008 race who estimates that donald trump's promises would cost america to jobs..5 million or the independent analysts who

found that donald trump tax plan given to the wealthy and biggest $30orations would rack up trillion in debt. or how about this? , the republican governor o who had the honor of hosting the republican convention in cleveland, but would not attend because he thinks donald trump is such a moral disaster. [cheers] or take it from the guy who cowrote donald trump's autobiography, here is what he said about donald trump. lying is second nature to him. so do you believe him? >> no! >> how about the side, do you believe him? >> no!!

>> is there anyone in this old and who believes them?! -- him? >> no! the next president will face many challenges, we better elect a candidate who has proven she can be trusted with the job. [cheers] who has proven that she is ready for the job and when i say ready, i use ready for a specific reason. when i lived in honduras, i learned something. the best complement you could pay to somebody was to say that they were listo. ready. gente, amable, rico. listo because in spanish

prepared, up for anything, never backing down. friends, hillary clinton is lista! [cheers] she is ready. [cheers] she's ready because of her faith, because of her heart, she is ready because of her experience and she is ready because she knows that in america, we are stronger when we are together. [cheers] my fellow democrats, this week we start the next chapter in our great and proud story. thomas disclaimed all men were equal and abigail remember the women. woodrow brokered the peace and

eleanor broke down the barrier. jack told us what to ask and lyndon answer the call. martin had a dream and dolores said si se puede. the built a bridge into 21st century and brca buzz hope and now -- barack gave us hope and hillary is ready to fight and win. god was all the and onto victory. [cheers] thank you, philadelphia! [cheers] ♪

>> showing you some of the key speeches from left night from philadelphia. the democratic convention. the ahead and coverage on

final day of the democratic national convention at the wells fargo center in philadelphia. we want to let you know about our schedule. we are about one hour and 15 minutes away from our preview program. the convention gavel in at 4:00 and that his life here on c-span. you can listen to a live on the radio app, down with that and anything we cover is available at c-span.org. hillary clinton will be introduced tonight by chelsea clinton. we want to remind you we are keeping our eye out on the wells fargo center. the reports are that hillary clinton at some point in the next hour or so is set to walk through and do a sound check on the stage there at the convention center. we will show that to you when it happens here on c-span. night's speech by tim kaine, a speech in the hill this morning about the lapel pen you may have seen tim kaine wearing, the headline says the north carolina gop mistakingly attacked kane -- tim kaine for a

shameful pen. pin senator tim kaine or on his lapel while speaking at the democratic national convention wednesday, with a flag of junta, calling it a shameful move on the part of the vice presidential candidate. tim kaine wears a honduras flagged on his jacket but no american flag, shameful, was the tweet. in a now deleted tweet, the hill kaine wast tim actually wearing a blue star service pen for his son, a deployed marine. he mentioned his son in the speech and also mentioned and pointed to his father in law, the former chair -- governor of virginia who became the first republican elected governor in that state. we have the chance to speak with them this morning. >> former virginia governor and a father-in-law of senator tim kaine, this is your first democratic convention. what has it been like?

>> it is very exciting. more exciting. let's talk about you or you were the first republican governor since reconstruction in the commonwealth of virginia. why did it take so long? >> one party, one faction ininated political activity virginia for at least three generations. back from serving in world war ii, bill had just been elected governor of virginia by reason of the primary victory with 8% of the voting population in virginia. my reaction was i'm going to .reak this up and i did i had a great deal to do in

breaking it up and creating a two-party competitive actuation in virginia. >> how did you do it? work in the machinery of the republican party, it did not resist much, start going strong, to mass meetings in 1950, and participated at every level of developing a party and encouraging real activity, as opposed to sitting there, waiting for a presidential that would involve distillation of patroness -- patronage. insisted we run candidates for every office at every level and build a party and make a two-party system and campaigned on that. you have got a two

drugstore town, you get your prescription when you are ready. if you have got a one party, one drugstore town, you get it when he is ready. the campaign on that theme, i won in 1969. referred tohat many as the greatest generation, how did that shape who you are and that -- how that affected your generation? >> first, it changed our course of living. when the warman started on december 7 of 1941. it changed to the whole course of our lives. became different -- in thethe maybe navy in 1942.

actually spent 27 years before i retired from the naval service. i was in the reserve for most of in theme, on active duty pacific. i do not know that it had direct effect on attitudes about politics. i was interested in politics and political activity from the time i was first a member. campaigned for a settlement -- city councilman campaign which when i waslived about eight years old. , distributed papers for him and it was natural with me. i was interested in politics, the opportunity to be of service. >> a question about world war ii, do you remember the moment when you heard the japanese had bombed pearl harbor? do you remember what was going o your mind as a young man?

>> i do well. a freshman, before me was clutch of college and i probably by that time at least have the inclination to become a lawyer. i would be going to law school somewhere. when the bomb was dropped, the first reaction was, where is pearl harbor? nobody in the whole group had heard of it. yet it changed our lives completely. by the end of that freshman year, half of the student body was already gone to military enlisted in the program at the end of my freshman year and was sent by the navy to more college experience before i was commissioned.

i did receive a commission in served think it was, and in the summary and squadron in the pacific. without getting shot at, i never got out there in time to really fight the war, but i was interested in some rain served in the summary and squadron in the forests and stayed in the navy, as i said, for a career in the naval reserve and retired as a captain . they are paying me now. >> in your service and being overseas, what did you learn about america? >> that is a pretty deep and philosophical question. maybe the first thing was that it reinforced my attitude about racial harmony. i remember now that african-americans who did serve , particularly in

the summary for is where i was, it was always in a servant role. whenember rejoicing specific african-american was to move to whatever they call it, the radio school to become a radio operator in the navy. the fact that yes, we were finally turning away from treating them in a discriminatory way. we were giving them an opportunity to compete with everybody else on equal basis. >> how did you apply that as governor of commonwealth of virginia, and basically desegregating the schools in the city of richmond and the state of virginia? builds up by the time i was

elected governor, i was able to put into my dress -- my address a recommendation that virginia become a model of race relations. meritocracy and that we follow that philosophy throughout my term, which we did. i hired the first professional african-american to ever serve in the office of virginia. bill robinson was a special assistant and was the first professional ever to serve in the office. i tried by example to have that go throughout the governor of virginia and was very successful. by the time i left office, we were hiring, for tissue --

particularly in the richmond area, a black-and-white situation as opposed hired the l white domination of before. >> as you look at race relations today in 2016, how are we doing as a country? >> you have got to be careful about that. while we have made special progress, there is still opportunity, there are still segregated churches on sunday stillg, there are segregated residential areas throughout virginia. the existence of that implies an discrimination that we would like to eliminate. we are working on it and we will accomplish it. as the governor said to me one time when i said we made a lot of progress and we are doing it,

he said, governor, if you are stepping on my heel and it hurts l it doesn't do much goodike hell, but-- it hurts like hell, it doesn't do much good gradually. it still hurts. that we will take up and accomplish more in the future generations, you see the own people taking office today are thoroughly imbued with that objective and there is every reason to be optimistic about it. >> i'm curious what kind of reaction you had some fellow republicans when making the moves in 1970. the country was very different back then. virginia very different state than than it is today. >> there was opposition. the political pundits say that i

was not elected for senate nominee in 1978 because of my had beenabout race exhibited during my term as governor. that may be but it was a small for the opportunity i had. a real great opportunity and particularly, in 1970, when the , thel situation existed orders of the federal court to accomplishlan to integration became final. august, i walked with her oldest child on that joyst day and i was full of

because i realized what a great from thaty this was standpoint and i knew that history would approve what we were doing because it was the right thing to do. >> did you all go to the same public schools? we only had -- >> we only had three at the time. i thehave been covered federal courts if we had been to federal courts. we were not officially a part of the city of richmond that they went as they would have been covered. >> what did you think of your fellow southern governor and what he was doing at the time? i was tolerant of george and he became a fairly good friend as a matter of fact because we overlapped together for several years. understood his situation.

he was in alabama and had an electorate that was much more segregated than we had in virginia. he could not have done what i did and i understood that but i recognized that he was wrong but that he could not help it. we got along fine. offendedthink he was by the activity i last in virginia. some were some, i remember of the republican activists who had supported my election virginia were very offended because of my position on race. i did not let that bother me either.

was a story that the washington post had a piece prepared that you were going to be richard nixon's choice to be his vice president. linwood: i think it was an effort are some of the andt-wingers in the nixon illustration to embarrass me in the washington post. they leaked the non-fact that it was not at all. they leaked to the press that they will be selected to succeed the vice presidency. of the headline of the story that carol fitzpatrick aote, saying for the post, selectee for vice president. i think it was a fraud on the part of the people in the administration who wanted to embarrass me. there was not any factual basis for it whatsoever and i do illustration to embarrass me in

the washington post. not rank, while i was on the short list them i do not think it was any serious consideration -- i had some liberal in my makeup and that was not really's -- acceptable to the people who made the decisions in the administration. i do not think there was any real change the that was the background for it. >> what did you think of richard nixon? linwood: no and was a friend of mine through a long time. while he was vice president under eisenhower and i supported his activities through my retirement as president. person andy capable knowledgeable of the opportunities he had as president. he carried some of those out

nicely not rank, while i was on the short . china and that relationship. the activity in the ministration is an admirable activity. the unfortunate part about nixon is he did not have character. that was very tragic for him. that is what resorted in his resignation. billy president of the united states ever to resign from pressure of doing wrong. >> let's talk about tim kaine. wednesday evening, he made .eference to you and your wife where does the name come from? of fours was the second children in the family and she .ad the two younger twin boys

her name was virginia. the boys as they began to talk could not pronounce virginia and it came out in there for -- their vocabulary and that is stuck and it will. the 20 brought your daughter home for the first time, what did you think? thatere is background for weird i visited boston on a business visit. was in law school in harvard. we were in the back of a big classroom that defense to the teacher's desk. stood at the back of the classroom and pointed to a young man's ranting at the teacher's desk and said, you see that boy down there with the curly black hair, yes, he is the one. he does not know it yet, but he

is the one. i have got some competition but i will take care of that. and she did it. we were in the back of a big she lassoed him, brought him to virginia, and virginia made him governor and now senator, now vice president of the united states. that is a rig move. he is really a capable person.

she lassoed him, brought him to

>> we're in the position now where we are in a retirement home where if you need anything, all you have to do is point, with one exception. the trash barrel has to be taken out every monday morning and not pointed at that thing and pointed and it never moves. so you have to do it yourself. but other than that, we are very and watching what happens in the next generation, we are very fortunate to be in

think they, and i are mainly capable. we are observers now. .t is great fun to watch >> thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >> ahead of the final might of the democratic national convention to it we are waiting to take you live inside the centers would expect hillary clinton will do a walk-through of the stage and a sound check sometime this afternoon. we will take you live this week we can tell you our live coverage and preview coverage will get underway in less than an hour, 3com eastern here on c-span. the convention is gaveling in after 4:00. our live tv coverage of course, you can download the c-span

radio app and follow it there and all of it is available what c-span.org as well. hillary clinton will be introduced by her daughter, chelsea clinton. the theme tonight is stronger together. all of that is ahead tonight on the final night of the democratic convention and much like the republican convention democrats hadhere a war room present there and a medium -- media room present there, the rnc is also in philadelphia. here is a look. responding in real time on what is happened this entire week. also, overarching messaging this week is enough, enough of hillary clinton, enough of the lies and the scandals. every day, you have seen that message echoed throughout the

week. to actually be here in philadelphia in real time, where we can hold press comets is in the media who are holding the dnc to also come over and attend that as well. to give everyone an inside look to actually be here in philadelphia in real are doing h voters, her 1 -- her , a lot of sanders supporters fill very disenfranchised. a candidate instead of someone from the far left who appeals to sanders voters. all of this can only really be

done by being on the ground and on the front lines. on the tv.op the different opposition has come down the line p rather things are based off of, someone made this mistake and this error, we are able to clip it in real time to defend the narrative we are pushing. you can see behind me there are several tvs. you can see the staff all over the laptop, typing away and watching the speeches. we have it on the entire time the speeches are going. late in the night if not early tomorrow morning, responding in real time. social media allows you to respond instantaneously to a mass group, and you can get it , butot only to the media you can see what is happening inside not only by what is reported but to the press. bernie sanders

supporters and clinton supporters and trump supporters, what is everyone saying? we can see it all in real time, several platforms allow you to monitor social media multiple sites at once. you are able to watch in real time what is trending amongst voters and out in the climate, what are voters concerned about and what has struck a chord, what are they happy with and what are they not happy with? almost instantaneously. i think you look at the coverage , you see pieces that we have pushed out and picked up, major networks on twitter, you look at the views we have gotten, the members of clicks that they have received, all of that proves that what we're doing here is a success. you watch different coverage and you see those displaying what is atpening here, we are here 2300, an iconic space for wrestling and martial arts and boxing. down tears, we had podiums set

up. also an area with games, acorn whole set, a connect four, a prize wheel that you -- that is virtually impossible to win. a comical way to playoff hillary clinton and this rigged system and that she benefits from the rigged system. we have been able to benefit from a lot of interest and activity around here in philadelphia and really drive our message both in the mainstream media and on social media. live coverage preview program getting underway in about 45 minutes at three clock eastern and coming up at 4:00, the convention will gavel in for the final night. we expect hillary clinton will be taken to the stage here fortly for her walk-through the sound check at the wells fargo center p or we will show you that live if we are able here on c-span. part of the coverage for the washington post, winners and losers from night three, here is

his tweet with a look at joe biden, one of his winners. we will show you next another one of his winners from last night. one of the mothers of the 49 at thewho were slain pulse nightclub in orlando last month, a raw and emotional testimony to her son's life. it was brutally hard to watch and almost impossible to forget. here it is. [applause] welcome lee daniels. [cheers] ♪ >> i'm here because the next president of the united states invited me. [cheers]

i was scared at first. i wondered if hillary really new highlight was -- who i was. not just the work at entertainment, but who i really am. who is leading else? -- lee daniels? does she know that my sisters under house arrest? does she know that my brother is in jail? nephew isnow that my in jail. but my cousins are in and out of jail? that my father was a police officer shot and murdered right here in philadelphia when i was 15? this even know that i've been to jail? that at the america i know.

rise.ill i [cheers] it hit me like a brick. hillary does it. couragewhat gave me the y'come and speak in front of all tonight. hillary has done with families who have stood with people due to gun violence. she helped turn their heart aching to action. me whene was around for my dad died. -- she was around for me when my dad died. hillary understand our right to bear guns, but was to stop guns from cutting into the wrong hands. wrongm getting into the

hands. [cheers] each yearricans die from gun violence. that is 90 people a day. enough. [cheers] we need to take action. and we need to take action now. there is only one candidate the gun lobbye on and keep our families safe. [cheers] i'm bad at this teleprompter stuff. millennials, who come from where i come from, who doesn't think that you have a voice, you do. 't no choice.

this is the most important election of our lifetime. come november, vote for her. hillarybless you, clinton. and godless america. america.ess [cheers] >> it takes about five minutes for church bells to ring 49 times. know this because last month,

my son christopher and his boyfriend juan and 47 others were murdered at a club in orlando. child.pher was my only he couldn't be better than perfect. [cheers] he had so many friends, two of whom are you tonight representing hundreds and hundreds more. people life he brought together. in high school, he won the anne frank humanitarian award for

starting the gay straight alliance. [cheers] christopher is grandparents met and fell in love in a japanese internment camp. it was in his dna that love always trumps hate. [cheers]

christopher was a big hillary supporter. that is why i'm here. so that i can tell you about the day he was born. at the time, i was a michigan state trooper. [cheers] labor, the into hospital for my off-duty got in a say. i do not argue. policiesmmonsense gun stabilize. [cheers] -- save lives. [cheers] the weapon that murdered my son, fired 30 rounds in one minute.

orlando city commissioner pointed out the terrible math. one minute for a gun to fire some a shot, five minutes for bells to honor some allies. -- so many lives. commonsense gun policy was in place the day he was born. but where was that common sense the day he died? [cheers] i never want you to ask the question about your child. that is why i support hillary clinton. [cheers]

>> please welcome senator chris murphy from connecticut. [cheers] >> thank you very much. thank you. days when i wish i had not been there. there are moments when i dreaded to forget the

things i saw, the things i heard that soul crushing morning and sandy cook -- sandy hook connecticut. the mind altering paralyzing sorry that comes with losing a child to get violence. it is fundamental. only those who live it know it. of 21stwn, families graders and their sick teachers -- six teachers live with it every minute of every day. across the country, unbelievably, 90 families joined them. my older son is the same age at those kids in sandy hook. she just finished first grade. my wife and i are the same age as the parents. i am furious. rious that in-- fu years, three years of

almost daily bloodshed in the cities, the republican congress has done absolutely nothing to prevent the next massacre. >> boo! >> a sense of outrage that i've never felt before. drove me to is what stand on the floor of the united states senate to demand change for 15 hours. [cheers] today because i want a president who shares that same sense of outrage. outrage that the gun lobby fights to keep open glaring loopholes that 90% of americans want closed. suspectedy -- terrorist can walk into a gun store and walk out with a military style semiautomatic weapon, hillary clinton not have to make fighting to balance a centerpiece of her campaign, i'm

sure people told her it was not worth the political risk, but she held firm. she stood up to the nra and hillary clinton pledged to take washington back from the gun lobby. [cheers] donald trump, when he sees gun violence devastating our communities, it is just like everything else. he sees it as an opportunity. another opportunity to convince americans that they should fear one another. another opportunity to do the baiting of the gun lobby. 90% of americans want the background check system expanded to cover more gun sales so dangerous weapons don't fall into the wrong hands. but donald trump says in his first hour in the oval office, he will rollback safeguards we already have an even more sinister, he said by the end of his first day in office, he will

mandate that every school in america allows guns in the classroom. think about that for a moment. of all the things that donald trump in a promised to do on his first day of office, he chose weakening background checks and putting guns in elementary school. this is a fate we cannot accept. my friends, there is no reason to feel helpless about the horrifying trajectory cascading massacres. we can change this. smart gun policy like background checks come it can make this country safer. i stood on the floor of the united states senate for 15 hours because i had had enough. enough of children dying in our classrooms. [cheers] enough of the nightly bloodshed on the city streets. enough of police officers being outgunned, ambushed and cut down in the line of duty.

i've had enough. [cheers] time to takeit is washington back from the gun lobby. [cheers] and i know just how to do it. i want you to start, i want you to start by texting the word law. you will turn yourself into an activist and then, you will go and elect hillary clinton as the next president of the united states. she is a leader who have the empathy and the guts to declare with every fiber in her being that we have had enough. [cheers] thank you. [cheers]

>> my wedding was on the left think that plan with my mom. it was a very bittersweet day. one big reminder of the giant hole where she used to be. my mom was a best friend. she was the type of principal who knew the name of every child in her school. she knew the siblings, could probably take how many dogs and what breed they were. of december 14, i got an emergency alert that said there is a shooting at sandy h ook. got myed my purse and i kids and went storming to the car. i kept thinking, this isn't real. i knew i was going to wake up from about. -- a bad dream. we waited and waited.

they told us if you are in this room, it is because your family member is not coming out. it wasn't until the first time i 47, female,ng, age deceased. cause of death, multiple gunshot wounds. i realize my mom did not die, she was murdered. and that made me angry. that made me act. hillary clinton is the only candidate that has what it takes to take on the gun lobby. no one is biting harder t -- f reform theder to laws. reminds me of my mother. i believe in her.

millions of other americans believe her. there is finally someone who can change things. [cheers] please welcome erica smegielski from prospect, connecticut. [cheers] ♪ >> i should not be here tonight. i don't want to be here tonight. , like so manyme americans watching on tv with my ominate the first woman to be president of the united states. [cheers] but, my mom was murdered. so i'm here. i'm here for the mothers and

daughters who are planning weddings so that you get to watch your daughters walked down the aisle. i'm here for those lives cut short in a school, and a movie theater, and a church, at work, in the neighborhood or homes, because the voices should never be silent. [cheers] i'm here alone without my mother. powerny politicians behind the gun lobby instead of standing with americans. [cheers] another charleston or san bernardino or dallas or countless other acts of everyday gun violence that don't make the gun violence headlines. we don't need our teachers and kids was going to work in fear. mother need is another

who is willing to do what is right. [cheers] whose bravery can live up in equal measure to my moms. elect hillarys to clinton at the 45th president of the united states amateur so that no other daughter has to say i would give every single day that i have left for just one more day with my mom. [cheers] charlese welcome ramsey. [cheers]

[cheers] > when i was build up his i was commissioner, -- philadelphia's please 8mmissioner, we mourned police officers killed in the line of duty. after the attacks on police and police -- in dallas and baton rouge, the entire nation mourned it more. more. after 47 years in law enforcement and chicago, washington, dc and philadelphia, i've mourned far too many officers killed by guns. ned fartion, we've mour too many innocent people that have fallen victim to gun violence. we need moreay than greeting to protect our law enforcement officers. memory of those

heroes who have followed. we need commonsense measures to reduce gun violence. [cheers] police need these commonsense measures and a leader who will fight for them. the englewood neighborhood on the south side of chicago. [cheers] the haze of gun violence hangs heavy there. my mother's -- brother's best friend was murdered not 50 feet from our house. he had refused to join a gang. a few years later, in that same location, a chicago police officer was shot dead in almost

the same spot. he had been filling out the report and was murdered by three gang members. gun violence is not unique. it continues to visit neighborhoods across the united states. in policing, i s, i've seene crime the grieving families including families of police officers. i've seen the cost of gun violence. ever, we need a strong leader to stop the bloodshed. [cheers] a leader that will protect our officers from being outgunned by weapons of four. rebuild the bond between

police and communities. [cheers] that is why i'm with hillary clinton. [cheers] hillary clinton is a strong leader. to protect our cops and committee from gun violence. she has stood with our first responders when we needed her most in the days after 9/11 to make sure they got the benefit they had earned and today, she supports comprehensive background checks and the assault weapons bans. [cheers] those who aim to do harm should not get a handgun, let alone an assault rifle. [cheers] hillary clinton is the study leader to shepherd us through

this critical time. the bonds between law enforcement and communities are afraid. -- frayed. we need to champion our greatest hopes. hillary will. she will bring police and communities closer together. she will support those who feel forgotten. areas like chicago and southeast dcn north philadelphia. she will support dedicated police officers working to improve their communities. important as ever, hillary clinton will build bridges between communities and police. and ladies and gentlemen, that is better than building walls. [cheers] hillary clinton is the right person to become the 45th

president of united states of america. [cheers] she will work to strengthen the bonds of trump and police in the community they serve. that is why she has my vote. [cheers] bless all of you, may god bless the men and women of law enforcement and may god bless the united states of america. [cheers] thank you. [cheers] >> please welcome angela bassett. [cheers]

>> thank you. gathered to pray. , an outsider, a stranger and they welcomed him. then, he opened fire. he stole their lives. says -- taiwan sanders. susie jackson. daniel simmons. middleton. say their names. that is not enough. >> no! >> since the massacre at charleston church, more lives have been destroyed by gun violence. and hatred still threatens to tear us apart. after charleston, hillary clinton challenged all of us to turn our grief into action and

we have to do that. there are days when it feels like our bodies and our minds are under too much pressure. then i remember that we have -- i think god that our souls are on fire. i visited charleston this year. i can tell you that that city's soul is on fire. that soul burns with resilience. it fuels the resistance. it brought down the confederate flag -- [cheers] and it brings the trusting community together closer everyday. we are honored to have charleston survivors, felicia sanders and paul shepherd here with us tonight. please join me in welcoming

them. [cheers] ♪ >> good evening. we mean you no harm, the last words. my hero. gave -- two days later i forget the shooter. late hate destroy me -- let hate destroy me. [cheers] asked, how was he able to

purchase the gun he used to kill so many? after that day, hillary clinton called on lawmakers to close the charleston loophole. [cheers] shooter even though the had an arrest record, as the days passed, he could still buy the gun. no one should feel what i have seen. feel how we feel. how we suffered. pray and tells us that turn from our wicked ways. god will forgive us and heal our land. he'd god's word and in turn, may god heal our nation. [cheers]

amen. to heal we must forgive. charleston had hate in is hot. the shooter and heart -- orlando had hate in his heart. the shooter in dallas did too. so much hate. too much. love never fails. in this election, i choose hillary clinton. [cheers] hillary was in south carolina the day before the shooting and the date that followed, she talked about the hatred in our nation, the racism, the adjustment. we can't hide from the shootings. she calls on us to name them and

to change them. together, we can fight for that change. together, we can heal. together we can love. thank you. [cheers] >> please welcome u.s. navy captain mark kelly. [cheers] ♪ >> thank you. and you, everyone. [cheers] it is so great to be here in the great city of philadelphia. i speak you tonight as a proud son of two new jersey police officers. [cheers]

veteran of 39, missions during operation desert storm, and of 25 years in the united states navy -- [cheers] astronaut whosa , my for missions into space decades as a pilot a military aficer and astronaut gave me unique perspective on our world. best.our country at its i also saw it, humanity, at its worst. from the cockpit of my basics -6 intruder, i saw america lead the international coalition that defeated saddam hussein.

saw the devastating effects of war itself. planet as, i saw our a perfect blue marble just loading in the blackness of space. in the blackness of space. i also saw a receding glaciers and shrinking rainforests. at war and space, i saw the awesome extent of american power and capability. but it was so frustrating to return home and see how we struggle to address some of our greatest challenges. hillary is prepared to do the isis, advance our values, and protect our freedoms, hillary is ready to take on one of our countries greatest moral failures here at home, and that

is the gun violence that is tearing so many of our communities apart. [cheers] we have to do better. and hillary knows we can. hillary knows that we can save lives by doing more to keep guns out of the wrong hands. and we know that as president, she will do what is right for our nation, not what is politically correct -- politically expedient. [cheers] she was dead up to the washington gun lobby that works to protect the shameful status quo. if we want to leave our kids and grandkids a country with less gun violence, not more, then we need to make sure that hillary clinton is our next president.

[cheers] now, i want to introduce you to who is working to do just that. somebody who has taught me each and every day to deny they sentence of failure, somebody who does not give up and somebody who believes, like hillary does that we are stronger together. wife the awesome congresswoman debbie giffords. giffords. [cheers] ♪

[cheers] >> hello fellow democrats! [cheers] what a crowd. [cheers] i'm honored to be here today. we have important work ahead of us.

work that will determine the future of our country. are you ready? [cheers] are you ready? [cheers] are you ready? [cheers] i'm ready. congress i learned a powerful lesson. strong women get things done. [cheers] hillary is tough. hillary is courageous. she will fight to make our families safer. in the white house, she will stand up to the gun lobby, that is why i am voting for hillary. [cheers]

come january, i want to say these two words, madam president. [cheers] thank you very much. [cheers]

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>> on this rainy thursday afternoon, good way from philadelphia. applause in the background as carol king wraps up her rehearsal. h and finalourt day of the convention, a week that included speeches by obama ynd bill clinton, remarks b jimmy carter. this evening the democratic nominee accepts the nomination as delegates continue to arrive. hillary clinton trying to bridge the divide between those who supported her and her competitor, bernie sanders. it marks the official end of the primary season and the start of a fall campaign with latest polling showing a close race with donald trump.

, and therage proceedings scheduled to get underway at 4:00 eastern time. hour, chelsea clinton will introduce her mother. a different look for the podium. you saw workers last night taking down two areas where many of the staff were located. in stay, they have added more chairs. we are inside the wells fargo center. this is the headline from the local newspaper, where obama gives hillary clinton his seal of approval. ofs is the chief of staff the commission. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> let me ask you to ask you to

explain -- that the party chair brazileing down, donna up.stepping what was your job and how did you deal with that? >> my job was to execute the plan we have been building to get us ready to put on this convention. you never know what is going to happen. you have to have all the logistics in place. that is exactly what we did. we were ready for anything, and i think we have done a pretty good job. been here for over a year organizing the logistics. what has been the biggest challenge? mechanism to be able to handle the 50,000 people who will be in attendance. that is how many people come to philadelphia. about 400 different buses to move people around.

we have contracted with 95 hotels. 6000 delegates. to be able to deal with all those people and those movements is tough, and in the political outtakes and the communications challenges that go with that. >> the weather has been a factor. it has been brutally hot. will hopefully cool things down, but that is another logistical issue. >> it has been. we brought in $700,000 worth of air-conditioning firepower to stageure the wells fargo stays cool. it has been challenging, but we have gotten through it, and it is pretty cold in here right now. >> but warming up. do you expect the hall will be shut down with a capacity crowd tonight? >> we hope it will not. that is the challenge, making sure everybody is in position so

they can see that speeches, but also stay safe. those are our main concerns, but the floor will probably stay open, and every night we get better with access control, and tonight will not be an exception. >> take us to the decision-dnc to come to philadelphia. facility have the need to hold the size of contention -- convention? >> philadelphia is a fantastic logistical city, great hotels, great transportation system, lots of big parking lots, which is good for us because we have to bring in all kinds of buses, media trailers, security equipment, magnetometers to make sure everybody stays safe, but they have a a fantastic political system here. the whole political system has

helped us. you cannot overlook the fact that pennsylvania is a swing state. clintonportant for c to win this state. that was on the minds of the selection committee when they picked philadelphia to the convention city, and i am glad they did. philadelphia has done a fantastic job hosting this convention. >> put on your political hat because tomorrow clinton and kaine will board a bus. trade is an issue, and unemployment in the smaller scranton,lkes-barre, and other communities that could play to donald trump's strengths. how do you counter that? herself.illary clinton she will talk about her plans are the lives of every american. creatings including

real jobs, increasing wages, fixing our criminal justice system. hillary clinton will talk about that tonight, and i think it will be a great campaign from here on out. >> i will ask you to turn around behind you because we make reference to what happened last night as construction crews tried to redesign the podium and the stage. explain what happened and the reasoning behind that. >> we took out some of the working positions on the podium. most of the official work of the convention is finished. the nominating process is over, so we do not need folk counters. tonight is all about celebrating hillary clinton, accepting the nomination, taking history again. those working positions have gone away, the stairs are smaller, so the stage is focused for the nominee to give her big tonight. >> what does it cost for the dnc to put on a convention like this?

>> there are sources of money, so the dnc itself spends about $15 million to do the politics of the convention, and the philadelphia 2016 committee raises about $65 million. it is about an $80 million and endeavor. >> does that include security costs? >> it does not. provides $50rnment million, all provided in a grant from the federal government. tler, the chief of staff of the convention here in philadelphia. thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. we appreciate it. >> the skies opened up, cooling things down after record temperatures in philadelphia.

susan is on the floor. susan? costnt to follow up on the of the convention. this person has the following this story about contributions to the party's attribution. where is that money coming from? >> this is the first convention money comeshere the from private donors. in 1972 there was a scandal with nixon where he had gotten the to corporation to donate have the convention in san diego, and eight days later the administration dropped a big trust suit against itt. then there were public financing of conventions. on your tax forms, there is the box you can check.

all the lights here are coming on from private donors, and large corporations. >> what are the limitations? >> individuals can give up to $133,000. that was increased recently when public financing was scrapped, republicans and democrats said we are not going to be able to raise enough money to put these things on, so we wanted to increase the limit. this is per year. >> what about corporations? >> they can find the host committee. in 1996 they created host committees that started to crowd out the public financing, and that was a circular argument, but mitch mcconnell said when he eliminated the public financing in 2014, he said why do that taxpayers have to foot the rest of the bill? >> the $20 million figure that was coming from the federal

government in cleveland. is there no money going to the city's? >> the government pays for security, and in cleveland and philadelphia, $30 million of that goes to personnel costs, and $20 million goes to new equipment. you have this military-great police equipment come in. >> you report in your story about financing of conventions, but there is a policy they do not release the names of the donors until 30 days after the convention is over? >> it is 60 days. in october, the down stretch of the home election. this list will come out, but it will not receive attention from and that will be interesting to know who is keeping the lights on, are the corporate interests, -- oilompanies, we are companies, we are not sure yet. >> you see signage, so some

companies are very public. xfinity,e comcast and but the more controversial ones, hillary clinton has had this with walltance street, especially as bernie sanders has said. we will see what we find out in october. >> the members of congress and all these events going on, and how do they -- the money go into their campaign coffers? >> one expert described to me a lot of campaign officials and chiefs of staff think no rules apply here, because it is so vague to know if you are in compliance. house members and members of the senate cannot attend a party thrown by a lobbyist, but there is wiggle room in who is throwing a party.

an event planning company is soreness, everybody knows who is behind the party, so there are ways to game i the system. it is hard to -- >> how does this play into the colonists of the democratic -- into the politics of the democratic campaign this year? >> you see the signs they are andng anti-oligarchy, clinton has been keeping her distance. both trump and clinton say these people are giving me money, and but it has no effect on what my politics would be. that might be news to the people who are writing the checks. >> thank you. so much news over the last 24 hours, including the news conference yesterday by trump and speakers last time that

president, timce kaine, and the president of the united states. president obama: you know, nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the oval office. you can read about it, you can do it, but hillary has been in the room. stake in what is at the decisions our government makes, what the stakes for the working family, the senior families,the working for veterans, soldiers, even in the midst of crisis. she listens to people and she keeps her cool and she treats everybody with respect. and no matter how daunting the

how peoplemuch try to knock her down, she never ever quits. [applause] president obama: that is the hillary i know. that is the hillary i have come to admire, and that is why i can say with confidence there have never been a man or a woman, not me, not will, nobody more qualified than hillary clinton to serve as president of the united states of america. >> last night inside the wells fargo center, the president arriving mid evening and returning to the white house this morning. this is the politics editor of "the national journal." thank you for being here. >> good to be here. white househat the

was trying to achieve last night. >> it was a scathing attack on donald trump throughout the night, particularly when president obama made the case that donald trump represents a threat to democracy and is a danger to the country whereas hillary clinton is very prepared and qualified to be commander in chief. when you look at all the national polls that show the race to be competitive, truck actually leads -- trump actually votersn some issues that are concerned about, but when you look at the question who is most prepared, clinton has a sizable advantage. what all the democratic speakers last night were aiming to do was make that case you cannot take a risk by picking donald trump as the next president. >> which is what you wrote in your piece, that the party

may be out of separate the country, but you have a former secretary of state who was very much involved in national security and diplomatic issues. >> that is right. there is a disconnect between clinton's resume and the mood of the antiwar group of delegates and democratic conventions, but there were not mentions of prizes, and there was a positive, loving mood for the first three nights of the convention. it is at odds with where the public is, even a lot of democrats thinking the country is moving in the wrong direction so obama made the case that donald trump is not qualified to be president, and he went over clinton's credentials. what hillary clinton has to do tonight is make the case percent, what she will do as president of cause that is one

piece of the puzzle that democrats have not filled in yet. >> this is the headline from "the philadelphia daily news," and for the first time in 1988 you have a sitting president actively campaigning for his successor. we did not see that with bill clinton or george w. bush. >> george w. bush has not been at the last two republican conventions, and it was awkward between al gore and president clinton. ratings are on the up, and he is a benefit to clinton. it is striking that the democratic nominee who has been in politics her entire life has a disability rating behind what obama boasts right now, and if clinton can come out of this convention narrowing that gap,

if obama can extend the popularity that he brought last night to her favorability numbers, this convention will be a success for democrats. >> one step further -- how does she do it? how does barack obama do that? >> tonight hillary clinton has to offer details. one thing that i was struck by speeches,t's nigh there were not concerts. bill clinton spoke about their life before they were 30 before they got involved in politics. even obama while talking about her credentials did not go into specific policies. at a moment when the public is feeling uncertain, dissatisfied, clinton needs to offer tangible policies and provide a path she

would lead in as president. with the republicans last week of you saw a laundry list of negativity. this is a very positive convention, but there is not a lot of specifics. larry needs to offer a roadmap for how she governs. for you.e a radio app we ask that you follow us on twitter and like us on facebook. that we ask you about bill clinton's speech on tuesday. as he talked about his relationship with hillary clinton, you could since a lot of people ridiculing and scorning what he was saying. >> it was something of a fairytale. that was the goal that bill clinton had come to put a personal touch on hillary clinton, who is a very unpopular figure these days. he is trying to humanize her, to show her what she was like

before she became a public figure. the problem with the speech in my mind was he spent so much time talking about the 1970's and did not make reference to the ups and downs of the relationship, the monaco linsky schedule, that the monica -- the monica lewinsky scandal. bill clinton boosted hillary in her bid for president, but he was so positive, so much haveivity, but people who all of the news know it was not all sugar and sweetness throughout that relationships. there was a lot of too much worthless, and i wonder if people -- there was a lot of to multiple business -- there was tumultuousness.

though bloomberg speech did not play particularly well in the hall, but this is a speech that with independents, and he said he is not a democrat, not a republican, has a lot of issues with the platform, but when you compare questions there is no on who he would support. that was one of the most unexpectedly powerful speech es. speech did the most effective job of getting that point across. >> let me remind our audience that your work is available at al.com.ljoun also the comments by terry mcauliffe where he talked about tpp and gave something to the

sanders delegates, when it comes to trade. >> this was an unforced error from one of clinton's longtime friends saying she was going to move back to the center, she a support some kind of free trade agreement when she becomes president. d it backie yesterday. most sanders supporters will end up voting for hillary. candidatesird-party sanders delegates who are trying to raise a ruckus. afford alinton cannot repeat of 2000 when al gore -- 3% of the vote that could have gone to gore.

hillary clinton needs to thread the needle. she needs to spend tonight and yesterday to appeal to the middle. >> one of your tweets, but the boos clinton received inside this hall -- what were you referring to? >> monday was a surreal scene when the convention was gaveling in when you had speaker after speaker, barney frank, russia fudge beingrcia booed. you would have thought she was a republican. part of that is because it was early in the afternoon. sanders delegates were looking to make a scene and clinton delegates had not arrived yet, so this was a moment for them to make themselves heard. i have never been at a convention where the nominee was

booed so lustily. also the debbie wasserman schultz scandal that had broken the day before. it is a surreal political environment we are in. donald trump has a big divide in his own party. and clinton has the same issue. with sanders endorsing her, urging his backers to go with clinton, i think that the fight is starting to become more muted, you have a hard-core minority of anti-clinton sanders supporters. >> did donald trump walked back his statements about russia's today? the dnc >> his surrogates were saying that the comments they yesterday, encouraging russia to clinton campaign,

was a joke. he did not say it was a joke until after the fact. this is underscoring the democratic message of the last is too risky to trust with the nation's security. not had a good week, and a lot of his campaign advisers would rather have him stay out of the news during the week where the democrats are meeting in philadelphia. loud wells very fargo center, the politics editor of "the national journal," thank you for being with us. >> thank you. moreu are hearing rehearsals, how this comes together. 35 or 40 minutes before that gavel comes down. susan is on the floor of the center. >> there are 10,000 credentialed

journalists at the conventions this summer, and they come all over the world. i will talk to two students. one is that arizona state, and the other is at the university maryland. what kind of stories have been you been writing? >> i did a story about getting givers, and yesterday whether arizona is turning blue. >> have you been following your delegation? >> yes. >> what kind of access have you been given as a student journalist? >> that is the amazing thing about the school, a teaching hospital. we get to go out and report with other reporters. >> what is your experience? you are with the maryland delegation?

>> yes, we have done a lot of research ahead of time, but when the a switch of mayor of baltimore got involved in the democratic national convention, so we have done stories on her. barbara mikulski has also played a role here. matteris the black lives movement going on in baltimore playing into the coverage you have been doing? >> we have reached out to stephanie rawlings blake's office to get her full comment on the matter because of the charges have been dropped on the remaining police officers. we have not noticed a lot issues in our delegation. we are a very diverse delegation. i have not seen anything, really. >> you have a big senate race in arizona. have you been covering that aspect of politics as well? >> yes, speaking to delegates

and getting their reactions. >> this is your first convention for both of you. what is your impression when you walk into the room for the first time? >> overwhelming, it is exciting. you get to see all these celebrities. >> and the political celebrities? >> anderson cooper held the door open for me the other day, and i did not recognize him. >> what has the experience that like for you? >> absolutely amazing. i managed to be in the photo pit with both vice president biden and president obama. that will be something i will never forget. it has been a wonderful experience. >> how will your reporting change as result of this hands-on experience you have gotten here? >> i have gotten faster. i just take 10 hours to do packages, and now i can do one

in an hour. >> i have been following people a lot more. write as i talk. we are a wire service out of the university of maryland, so we have been picked up by newspapers, coast to coast all over the country. >> where are you showing? >> arizona, and other networks that will pick up our stories. >> tell our audience that at learnede of you have the cardinal rule, wearing sensible footwear. show us the footwear that hannah is wearing. >> my editor told us to bring comfortable shoes, and today my feet hurt before i got out of bed. i had to crack and put on some comfy, not so stylish shoes. >> >> caller: caller: thank you

for talking to c-span. >> you got to be comfortable. mccaininside the clinton store, if you want to pick up that is just outside the main entrance to get inside the wells fargo center. an estimate of 20,100 people are expected to be tonight to make hillary clinton make history as she formally accepts her party's domination come up with first woman to accept a major party nomination in american history here in the city of history, the city of because attention and declaration of it independence, philadelphia, pennsylvania. of ang me is the co-author book focusing on hillary clinton's tenure of secretary of state. thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. know know it is loud, we

they're rehearsing. me ask you, somebody who is researched the life and career of hillary clinton, she has been in the public eye for more than 25 years. how do she reintroduce yourself? she has to tell her story, what motivates her, what she is about. it is hard to do because she is in arguably the most famous female in the world. she has a tough task ahead of her. donehe has done this 3 -- this week has rely on surrogates like her husband in congress people to tell the story. tonight, her daughter. i think she will rely mostly on them to tell her story and she will tell everyone the direction she wants to take the country and you'll hear a lot about stronger together, which is rooted in her 1996 book, it takes a village.

you would hear echoes of that a lot. and what she means by stronger together. stronger together in terms of national security, the economy. it is that sort of thing you would hear more of. and how he plans to pick up the baton from president obama and carry it forward. steve: last night, senator tim kaine, was not known to the national audience, try to introduce himself and also in the traditional role of the vp nominee can be an attack dog. here's a portion of what he said last night at donald trump. kaine: you know what do not trust? i wonder. donald trump. guy who promises a have noticed,ight he has a way of saying the same two words every time he makes

his biggest, huge his promises. me."ieve it is what to be great, believe me. we're going to make a wall and make mexico pay for, believe me. we will destroy isis, believe me . there is nothing suspicious and tax returns, believe me. [applause] -- in my tax returns, believe me. does anybody in this massive auditorium believe that donald trump has been paying his fair share of taxes? does anybody here believe that trump out to release his tax returns just like every other presidential candidate in modern history?

steve: senator tim kaine last night. how did he do? >> i think he did ok. one of the big things right now as he is trying to introduce himself. a lot of people still do not know who he is. of it is also proving to his critics who called him vanilla and boring that he is not so boring. you heard him riff on donald trump into his impersonation of them. i think that is our much planned in terms of proving to everyone that he does have a personality, he is not just boring old tim kaine. it was a pretty touch out for him because he came right after vice president joe biden. here was roaring come you cannot even hear anyone. it was quite an act to follow. that kind of hurt him a little bit but i think he did pretty well last night. are so many a long as from the clinton campaign of

1992. -- alums from the clinton campaign of 1992. that is something that continues to louisville over campaign because republicans, one of their main talking points from the beginning has been a she is a third obama term. she does want to huddle around a president obama's ideas, i live what she believes in, he believes in. she is still trying to court democrats, so she will do that while she walks towards the middle a little more. she thinks her policies and the president's policies will appear -- appeal to fair-minded independence and even republicans were dismayed with where they are with donald trump. the best story is reminiscent of what clinton did in 1992.

tomorrow she will hop on a bus heading to western pennsylvania in parts of ohio. the strategy behind that is what? tothe strategy is she wants win the rust belt. her husband is going to spend a lot of time there in the coming weeks. i have spoken to aides who are trying to make that part of the plan while she takes on one part of the nation, he will take on the other. she really needs is area, particularly to win over white men. these white men were with her in 2008, they are not so much with her right now. that is one demographic you really needs to appeal to going forward. steve: in talking with members of the clinton campaign, has the democratic party come together internally in terms of all the divisions with debbie wasserman schultz's resignation? and really the dnc day-to-day operations? >> there was a big question looming -- will they come

around? i think internal polling reveals most of them of -- most of them have come around. i think they feel good about where they are in terms of support. notfew people that are going to be with them are not going to be with them and there's nothing they can do about that. when you've seen efforts here to appeal to the obama coalition and a lot of those people are people like millennials, people like minorities who catapulted the president's office. those are people there still speaking to and they think they can still win them over. spent so much time researching the book on hillary clinton, how do she prepare for a night like this? what goes into the speech that she will deliver at 10:00 eastern? >> she has an working on the speech for weeks now with her speechwriter, along with a lot of other people. she does not really write her speeches on her own with one or

two members the way president obama does. she likes a lot of ideas, a lot of input. in her 2008 speech, it was a rush to get the speech done and rush it up to the teleprompter. i expect that a lot of that will happen tonight as well. i talked to aides who said she is still working on her speech as of last night. she went back to her hotel after ch, and shea's spee is still working. i expect it to be not so much a rush effort, but she is still tweaking it in the final hours. this is a big moment for her in i think they know it. steve: in terms of her own delivery, her approach to the television audience, what will it be? >> a couple of things. she really needs to tell the story about who she is, what motivates her. a lot of people do not understand that she is a methodist and has those believes. iefs.l

she's to talk about her personal asects of her life as well where she wants to go. is not enough to say the president has taken the economy out of recession. a lot of her surrogates say that they would like to see her talk more about the future and where he wants to take the country in the next four years or eight years. it that needs to be talked about to appeal to the people were still undecided. steve: she will be introduced by her daughter chelsea and we haven't speculate as to whether or not for the first time will see the grandchildren on the podium after she finishes her remarks tonight. yep, it is a prime opportunity for them to bring out the grandchildren. they have not been in public yet. they have only released certain photos of them. it is an opportunity for them to appear together as a family come as a family unit. you're the former talk about that the other night, about how they were behind the scenes.

i think more people want to see that play out in front of them tonight. katie mcginty who is running for the senate seat in pennsylvania, will be on the stage. i mention that because this is one of the state's democrats hope to pick up if they had any chance of winning back a majority with chuck is the new democratic leader next year. with an eye on the senate and what is at stake, what we expect in the fall from the democratic and republican side of the aisles? >> that is a tough question. that remains to be seen. there has been a lot of talk , and i do is to come not know. i think a lot of what she has to say tonight is to appeal to that. i know she wants to help take back the senate, that is why she picked somebody from virginia. i know that this is also as important to her that she wants to win back the senate, and she

needs to speak to that tonight to rally democrats and make sure that is not just them going to the polls to elect her, but to elect congresspeople as well. do you think tim kaine will spend most of his time in the coming months? to -- hek he is going is another surrogate for her. he plans to do whatever he needs stein -- andnd spend time in the swing states. you have seen him speak spanish, go to nevada, other spanish-speaking areas. i think the clinton campaign feels that while he is not hispanic, "them, keep asthmatics moving towards them and that way. keep hispanics moving towards them that way. steve: thank you very much for

being with us. as always, we appreciate it. >> thank you, steve. steve: we're getting in the mood for tonight's event. let's listen to just a moment on what is happening on the floor, the podium, where the rehearsals continue. ♪

steve: some of the rehearsals going on. delegates continue to arrive in the outer permanent of this facility is built back in 1996. susan swain is on the store -- is on the floor. now, --orgot 20 years producer is here on location with us this week. why is there an interest in canadian viewers about what is happening here? >> what happens in the united states makes a huge impact on canada. united states is canada's largest trading partner. the relationship between the government is crucial in order for canada to continue to move on. susan: what kind of feedback you get from your viewers? fascinatede at first

by this political race, especially with donald trump. i think that because the actual protest -- the actual process takes so long, it may have waned a bit. but it has picked up again now to the conventions are taking place. what are the comparisons between the way it works in canada and what you have been seeing here. ? the message the democrats are trying to pet to their delegates is very similar to what justin trudeau is doing them to do. it was about hope, it was about better, it was about working hard. it was not anything negative. they comparison between those two. susan: what are your overall impressions of this convention? >> big. everything is bay. the entertainment is paid -- ev erything is big. the entertainment is big.

only one of the media content is the same size as one of our last conventions. everything is over the top big. susan: for and what home, you have to say huge. >> huge! we have enjoyed our partnership over the last two decades. about 15, maybe 30 minutes before the start of the convention. we want to open up our phone lines. 7488920. republicans. 7488922 for others. we welcome our listeners on c-span radio. we are streamed on the web at c-span.org and we hope you like us on facebook. sure to follow us on twitter @cspan.

democratic senator from maryland first elected back in the 1980's, in the house democratic leader nancy pelosi. john allen, representative x avier becerra. chelsea clinton will be introducing her mom. traditions inat american politics, the balloon drop and confetti will be taking place as well. let's take you back out to the floor and let you listen and i was happening and we will come back with your calls and comments. c-span's live coverage continues from philadelphia. ♪

steve: if you are listening on c-span radio, do not turn at dial. that was sheila e. earlier, carole king and katy perry all rehearsing in advance of what will happen tonight. we will have every minute of the convention here live on c-span. down withday, we sat linwood holton who served at virginia's governor from 1970 to 1974. he was the first republican governor since reconstruction. he is also senator tim kaine's father-in-law. we asked him about his reaction when he saw his son-in-law except the democratic nomination. mostly the wonderful recognition of his talent and

confirmation of the future that i was concerned about. he is going to be part of the leadership that takes over now. and hopefully will continue some of the ideas that my generation proclaimed through our experience. and we feel very comfortable about the fact that new yeadership represented b tim will be the right kind of leadership for the people of virginia and the country. his wife, her name is virginia but her siblings cannot say virginia so they called her jinx. they're both well into their 90's in very sharp. on ourl interview

website including his view on race relations and how they changed. his tenure as virginia's governor, why richard nixon was thinking about him as his vice president when spear i knew step down. -- spiro agnew stepped down. ontario,gary, california. republican line. >> you guys are putting on the best broadcast. refreshing to see the actual convention instead of hearing all the reporters spew their own minds about the thing. i've been watching the democratic convention, i watch the republican -- these people that have speaking, the things they are saying are just pure lies. i'm wondering if anyone is doing any fact checking.

i understand they cannot say anything about hillary because they're so great things going on with her right now, they cannot bring it up and they do not want to. edwards of the truck convention was so dark, he was just speaking the truth. it is dark, what is going on. as far as actual facts, was immediate is not saying anything about. where did the $12 trillion go? where did that money go? eight trillion dollars when he came into office. that is what i would like to know. steve: thank you for the call. republican war room located downtown in philadelphia and we were there last night. one are the little tours we had is also on our website at www.c-span.org. let's go to tammy from new mexico on the democrats line. i am pretty excited

about hearing chelsea speak tonight. i was so little when bill clinton was in office, so i do not rim are much about that do not remember much about that convention so will we not -- so it will be nice to see chelsea speak tonight. steve: thank you for the call. you are looking a moment ago at what the war room look like. the republicans affect sacking -- fact checking and quitting it out. that is done instantaneously every night of the convention. the tradition continues. susan swain, finally you have found the wisconsin delegation. tell us who you're talking to. it was not hard to find wisconsin tonight because they are all -- finally it feels like a convention. we haven't seen them for all years. let's talk serious politics.

you are a clinton delegate. what are you expecting from your nominee tonight? >> i expect her to lay out a vision for america that is in complete contrast to what we heard last week from the republicans. i expect and optimistic, change making, carrying on the obama legacy into her presidency and that everyone is fundamentally equal in this country and deserves the opportunity to succeed regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender. it is an assortment and i cannot wait to see the first woman ever to accept our party's nomination. susan: what he want to hear from mrs. clinton tonight? >> i think a continuation of what we have heard all convention, which is that we cannot risk a donald trump residency. more portly to make, what i need to hear, i do not really need to

hear anything, honestly. well he of hillary clinton is that she is not a grand stander. she is not a braggart. she wants to work in the background and get stuff done, and that is what i love about her her entire career. there are not a lot of women i know who are really big -- i did this, i was this all by myself. which is one of the things i really like about her, she is so humble and focus on the task at hand. i think that is one of the things we heard from all the other people live in speaking all convention, is how dedicated she is to the cause. she is not flashy, and she is not that kind of person. i just want to hear that she is right to go out there and fight. scott walker wants to bring home for his party. what will you do to bring this election into the democratic column? >> we have been on the ground since day one.

2011 whenhit hard in we lost our collective bargaining rights. the republicans controlled all three branches of state government there. we have a lot of passionate volunteers on the ground in all corners of the state. we are going to make sure which are not every vote come everyone with the right to vote, can vote. no one is is terminated against with the terrible voter id laws they pass in the state. really driving up the passion. because we know that wisconsin is not a hateful state. we are good, decent, hard-working people. and we know hillary reflects that an donald trump does not. it is not represent our values as a state and as a people. hats toow hard these get on an airplane? >> not difficult if you just wear it around. wishing had them shipped here. -- we actually had them shipped

here. i'm from greenbank originally selected if you like in part from them. susan: how much noticed you get? >> a lot. begin bring attention to our state and our issues. we want rest feingold to be back in the senate and effete ron johnson, when of the most progressive senators in u.s. history. he is such a wonderful person. and he cares about people in our state and must make sure that everyone can succeed. it is great for us to be able to make sure we just not get hillary elected but also get the senate. also we make sure we get other democrats elected as well. susan: how are the bernie supporters into delegation feeling? i feel acute ask a bernie supporter. i do not want to speak for them. like -- i read article

the other day and someone called us a polite and pragmatic wisconsin delegation. i think that is a pretty accurate description. we all can have our differences and we do have some passionate disagreements, but the end of the day we are pretty united and about really excited hillary clinton's presidency. i think our bernie supporters understand the necessity of keeping donald trump out. if there's one thing that unites all of us, it is cheese. we're pretty excited. susan: thank you very much. when you get your photograph taken, what he said? -- what do you say? >> cheese! steve: our week is now complete. we have seen the wisconsin delegation and the cheese-heads. we have a couple more minutes before the gavel comes down. a chance to hear from you. it is now 4:00 here on the east.

the rain storm has moved through and we have got the all clear. mostly bad weather is behind us: things down. the stage is set for tonight's speech by hillary clinton as she formally access the democratic -- the democratic nomination. let's go to jerry from southlake, oh on the independent line. -- south lake taho. caller: just real quick. i cannot get my mind around the fact that a hillary victory would allow an impeached president to get back in the white house. he was impeached because he purged himself before congress. it goes deeper than that. multiple accusations of infidelity.

we all know he was cheating. there's so much smoke around hillary clinton that there is fire. just by judging the appearance of these conventions, i would say they are more different now than they have ever been. democrats and republicans back in the 1950's at least have the appearance of behaving enacting similarly.ly -- now the democrats have no revolt -- have no american flag. there is no reference to the constitution. disregard for the democrats. i don't even know where to begin. it is like a house turned upside down during a hurricane. where do we begin? that's what i have to say. steve: thank you for the call. by the way, the last-minute

preparations, the technical setup including vacuuming the carpeting -- they put new , removingovernight the workstations to make room and ofitional seating course for hillary clinton, her speech tonight. the balloons are in place. she is joined by family members and her newly minted running mate, senator tim kaine come with would join her on the podium here and the confetti and malones will come down. we'll have all of it on c-span. albuquerque, new mexico. caller: good afternoon. i want to say i'm proud to be a democrat. i think the convention is being run just beautifully. i've learned so much about hillary. i have always liked hillary, always. when our i'm learning all these stories about her in all the different, wonderful programs she has implemented and begun. ago and what bill

clinton said about her, she has can more than what most men say they have accomplished at the age of 30. i just want to say that trump has no chance at all. he cannot win. it would be horrific. i cannot even imagine that. i just want everyone to get out and vote for our gal. steve: thank you very much. the first political convention was held here in 1848 when the whig party met here. the last convention was in 2000 when george w. bush accepted the republican nomination. partnership with comcast, which is based here in photo here. back on the floor, susan swain. and we are having some feedback with susan so we will to her in a moment.

grandview, missouri. republican line. caller: thanks for this opportunity to talk to you. i want to give you a little background. i was born in michigan, so i come from the rest belt -- rust belt. my family worked for the automotive industry. we joined the mormon religion and we have been staunch republicans. and i enjoyed living there. now i'm out here in the bible belt. which is also pretty red, not as red as utah. i have been watching both conventions, and, it's just been watch what has happened to our party as republicans. we have fractured the party so bad and it is so sad.

democratstching the in for the first time in my life, i'm trying to watch this convention with open eyes and open years and forget about all the rhetoric with hillary and just watch really, what is about my country. barack obama, he did it for me last night. and voting for hillary now i think i will be very proud that i did it i appreciate you giving me this time on the air. steve: real appreciate you phoning in. 4700 delegates here in philadelphia, twice as many as those in cleveland, ohio. susan swain on the floor now. susan: second time is the charm. these twoo introduce new hampshire delegates. how may conventions is this for you? >> this is my third. susan: what has this been like

compared to the last one? >> this is the culmination of the last two, the historic nature of it. in my lifetime and african-american president nominated and elected, and taking the old of office. fori hope to do the same the first woman president of the united states. susan: what are your thoughts? >> it is exhilarating. i'm a high school teacher, this is my first convention. this is democracy in action. andexuberance, the energy the passion behind secretary clinton and democratic party is really driving this whole thing forward. in d.c. init to be january to see her put her hand on the bible and take the old of office. what will you teach your

students about what happens here? >> so much. actually volunteer for her campaign, and we walked through the whole primary process. my students were very engaged and excited about the process on both sides. now we're going to get to watch a really historic election together and go through the whole thing. especially being in new hampshire, where we have a front row seat to national politics. it will be really exciting for them and for me. susan: donald trump new hampshire is a stellar joran. what we do -- is his territory. thousandsoing to make of phone calls and knock on every door and tell people why this is really the moment where you have to make a decision, and the decision is clear in my view -- the want someone who can lead who has a steady hand, or do you want someone who is unsure and untested? that would be that it -- that

would be donald trump. steady hand would be hillary clinton. susan: you also have an important senate race in new hampshire. what is the key for success in the senate election? >> the same it will be to get hillary elected. he will be engaging voters, showing them why hillary and maggie are the best choices for us and for the country. in why it is in their best interest to elect these two amazing women to work for the citizens of new hampshire in washington dc. susan: what are the number one and two issues for new hampshire? >> the economy is one, and i would say energy efficiency. energy sustainability would be another. susan: where does security and safety fall for people in new hampshire? >> they're both important. i've not done hundreds and hundreds of doors and i see hear about it for most of the people i have talked to.

having someone like maggie, who has always been new hampshire first, at 11 someone like hillary clinton who has the experience of working with leaders and our armed forces and helped osama bin laden, has been a message that has been important to them. that is definitely something that has been prominent on the minds of the voters. will new hampshire retain its first new nation primary next time around? >> absolutely. , one of thosese eight or 90 senate races we're keeping and i am. aces we'reate r keeping an eye on. donald trump will be in denver, colorado tomorrow evening. we will have live coverage of his event. over the weekend we will following senator kaine and secretary clinton as they travel across pennsylvania into ohio. then on monday, hillary clinton will be in nebraska with an eye

on the electoral college map. getting to 270. let's take a look at the schedule. perry.mances by katy senator barbara mikulski, also were presented nancy pelosi the former house speaker. the leader in the house of representatives for the democrats. , senatoran allen sherrod brown of ohio. then chelsea clinton who will formally introduce her mom, hillary clinton. all in the 10:00 hour. san jose, california, independent line. good afternoon. caller: i'm so glad i finally got to talk to you. one of the issues that no one has talked about is our veterans and how our veterans are being treated when they come back or have issues.

how they are ending up in the prisons with all the gangbange rs. country,rved our something should be done about this, definitely. no one has talked about our veterans, no one. so, i'm glad to be able to bring thatforward and i'm hoping someone would recognize how our veterans are being treated. steve: thank you. who are you going to vote for, by the way? caller: hillary. because i'm afraid of trump. i'm scared to death of what would happen if he was elected. steve: who did you vote for four years ago? caller: obama. steve: thank you for the call. bill is joining me, wyoming come a democrats line. [indiscernible]

it is unfortunate. it is unbecoming of americans to pull that stuff. steve: thanks for the call. the event tomorrow with senator kaine and hillary clinton getting underway at noon eastern and 9:00 on the east coast. it was originally scheduled to take place at the mall, the more red weather expected tomorrow so it has been moved inside. will be covering it live on c-span radio and our website.

be sure to like us on facebook and follow us on twitter @cspan. mark is joining us from wisconsin, the republican line. your take on all this? to say first of all, this is one of the greatest honors i could ever have in life is calling the american people on a media that we are watching, both republicans and democrats. i'm a republican because i do believe in ideals. maybe have a history wrong but i think the republic is based upon ideals. democracy is based upon the rule of people. but ideals will always rule over people. and that is why i think we're headed down the road to dictatorship, because you can turn a republican to a

dictatorship but you can never turn a dictatorship into a republic. that i wasto know taking care of my dad some years ago. i got up every morning to watch. what is your first name? steve: my name is steve. caller: i have always enjoyed you. this is less c-span is all about, the ability to see the different sides of life. and there are two sides to life. there is the plane of spirituality in intellectualism, and there and -- and then there is spirituality -- republicans as being too emotional. we have to get back the logic and spirit. steve, you are a great man. this is a great channel. this is the best thing to ever

happen to this country. c-span, to see what is really going on. steve: the honor is ours. thank you for joining in. when people like you join us come with thank you for the kind words. we think the cable industry which allows us to do what we do every single day, not only during the political season but covering congress and covering the process on all three networks, our website and c-span radio. thank you for the call. it is scheduled to start at around 4:00 eastern, running behind schedule. they're doing last-minute preparations. a chance to talk to more delegates, susan swain. susan: we're on the floor with a delegate from hawaii. , whyis a very long trip were you interested in making it? >> because i'm a hillary fan. my undergrad degree is in women's studies. this is the first chance that a

woman has ever had to get as far , and she is going all the way. susan: i neglected to ask your name. >> my name is carolyn. >> might. -- mike. four years ago, i was at the 2012 convention and it was great. then this year, she got elected and i ended up being the guest this time and following her. but i'm glad to be here. susan: it looks like they are about to gambling, so thank you for talking us -- for talking to us for a minute. the fourth in closing session of the 47th quadrennial national convention of the democratic party will now come to order. please stand for the invocation. please welcome kevin washoe,

executive director of the philadelphia 2016 host committee. mr. washoe: good afternoon. on behalf of the philadelphia posts committee, we hope you have enjoyed your time in our city. we have enjoyed having you as our guests. historyphia has a rich in america, but is also a place rooted in deep faith. as a close out the final hours of this great convention come i reminded of philadelphia's hometown saying, who believed that joy derives from loving our neighbors. as a man proud of my catholic faith and a proud resident of philadelphia, i honored to introduce our next speakers. there are leaders the faith community who share these values and work to serve their communities. through their faith and with a bring hope and joy to others.

it is with the respect that i archbishop --e each will lead us in an invocation. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. this is a time for prayer. god, godand gracious of unlimited love and uncompromising faithfulness. day we call upon your great and holy name and we ask what you invite and inspire us. revealed yourself as a

defender of the poor in the guise of the blind as a protector of orphans and , as ator of the oppressed friend of the fallen and the consolation of the outcast. open our eyes to become more one.you, o compassionate even asr nation o lord, you bless us so richly in years past. your mercy upon these, your servants, the delegates of the democratic national convention. grace -- give grace on those

they have nominated to the exalted and awesome office of president and vice president of the united states of america, hillary rodham clinton and tim may make a next to their calling and honorably work for our fellow citizens in the best possible way. we embrace your holy words, righteousness exults a nation. god, exalt and lift high this united states of america. follow in your righteousness, your mercy, your compassion, your unconditional love, and to

work in your truth and set us free and keep us free. freedom and work, we give glory to your holy name now and forever and ever. amen. [applause] >> let us continue in prayer. majestic in magnificent god, creator of us all. you have created from one blood all peoples to dwell upon the face of the earth. nation foras a succumbing to any spirit that has thought to separate, divide, polarized and antagonize us. when you have ordained us to be one nation under god,

indivisible with liberty and , therefore all creating us a clean heart and renew within us the right spirit that we might reflect your nature and character, which is oneness. -- for we aredark indeed stronger together because we know e-house divided against itself -- know a house divided against itself cannot stand. as we prepared to go forward from this convention, strengthen thehands o lord through power of the holy spirit for the work ahead of elevating this nation to a place where unity trumps division, peace trumps war, and love trumps eight. -- trumps hate. lord, you anointed madame hillary clinton as our 45th president, to lead us to

become a stronger and more compassionate nation where nonviolence is a way of life. and to lead us to overcome the systemic issues of race and economic injustice that persist from our path -- past. help us, dear lord, to become a nation with the true spirit of justice, equity, and inclusion. may we be the people in this party who always operate on the high plane of dignity and discipline, love and togetherness. for indeed we are stronger together. we praise you, we glorify you, and we bless you and thank you for these united states of america. in jesus name, i pray. [applause]

>> we seek your blessing and guidance on this convention and on the wonderfully diverse group of people gathered here from across this great nation of ours. help us to be mindful of the importance of this endeavor to the country and the democracy we are so privileged to live under. please help us to appreciate our diversity, to respect differences in our cultures, traditions, beliefs, and to show

tolerance and understanding of others. with the critical issues facing our country, give us the strength to put aside our differences and unite in the face of challenges and adversity. help us to make this country and the world a more just, safer and healthier place for all humankind. teach us to respect mother earth , recognizing the wonderful way that she can provide for us when we do so. help us to be mindful of and generous towards those for less fortunate than us. guide us and protect our leaders, both those gathered here today and those were not, and encourage them to act wisely and unselfishly. thank you for all you have given us and particularly for the extraordinary and beautiful

country we share. amen. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the third regiment infantry united states colored troops. >> march! [applause]

newlyase welcome, naturalized u.s. citizens to deliver the pledge of allegiance. [applause] to theedge allegiance flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome star swain to sing the national anthem. >> ♪ o say can you see donzerly light what so proudly we hail gleamingilights last whose broad stripes and bright stars fighth the perilous we watchedmparts

were so galantly streaming red glarecket's the bombs bursting in air nightroof through the thereur flag was still spangleds what star waver yet o're the land of the free home of the brave. ♪

[applause] [cheers and applause] announcer: please welcome dnc vice chair raymond buckley and the other officers of the democratic national committee. >> [cheers and applause]