some people are angry. i get that. the answer is not to tear our country down, it is to build our country up. build walls that keep out the rest of the world, but to keep building the industries and universities that the rest of the world wishes they could get into. [cheers] hillary clinton gets it. has hugeis why she plans to create good paying jobs in america. imagine that. actual plans. atust have missed that night the republican convention. [laughter] detailed plans for written down. number that add up. you want to see them. you can actually see them. 47246.ext jobs to

last week we heard about trumps hopeless vision of our country. said, i alone can fix it. trump's person of the constitution. in order to form a more perfect later, i centuries or ask not what i can do for my country, ask what my country can do for me. [cheers] donald, you are so vain. [cheers] you probably think the speeches about you.

-- speech is about you. [cheers] here is what i know, we have got to stop donald trump. our great country stands -- spans a continent but we are all connected to each other no matter where we live. when a minor in virginia has the dignity of a new job in the advanced steel industry, we all have dignity. when the engineering student in the sunshine state bills the solar panels of the future, we all succeed. when the auto worker in detroit bills the electric vehicle that drags us forward, we all win. [cheers] whether you are in michigan or maryland or missouri montana. [cheers] when point water --

itst water poisons children, it hurts all of us. these are our children. flint.all right philadelphia? [cheers] president that a nation is a village, that we are one family yet in a family, no one gets left behind. not this deal worker in pennsylvania, not the farmer in iowa, not the dreamer in nevada, not a factory worker in ohio. as our next president says, we are stronger together. we are stronger how? >> together! >> we are going to keep america

great together. we are going to work our hearts out to electronically can. elect hillary clinton. let's do this, brothers and sisters, together! [cheers] > > please welcome doug elmets and jennifer lim. >> it is an honor and shock to be here. not because of the momentous nature of the event or the size of the crowd, it is a shock because unlike many of you, i'm a republican. [cheers] my -- casto, i kept

my first vote for resident voting that they like audi time and again. i have not just voted republican, i worked in president reagan's white house. i recently led an effort to place a statue of ronald reagan and california's capital. i'm here tonight is a -- to say i knew ronald reagan. donald trump, you are no ronald reagan. [cheers] president reagan famously said tear down this wall. wall becauseuild a that will make america great again. reagan's on the wants and trump sees the world as us versus them where somebody with brown skin or a foreign sounding name is likely to blame for our troubles.

reagan knew that a leader needs diplomacy. petulant,mp is a dangerously unbalanced reality star she will coddle tyrants and alienate allies. [cheers] i shudder to think where he will lead our nation. fortunately, i don't think he will get that chance. [cheers] while hillary holds many policy positions differ from my own, her qualifications are indisputable. hillary knows that our strength as a nation lies in uniting, not dividing. this is republican platform is the most alarming of ever seen. it is laced with anti-immigrant, anti-gay, anti-women positions that do not represent the views of most americans. that is why this year, i will

vote for a democrat for the first time. [cheers] to my fellow republicans, if you believe like i do, you believe that loyalty to our country is more important than loyalty to party. if you want a president with good judgment, a steady hand and a temperament to represent our nation to the world, and our children, i ask is that you join me in voting for heller clinton hillary clinton as president of the united states. [cheers] >> one of my>> first memories as standing outside my polling place with my dad. the handout campaign literature in support of art chosen candidate, our chosen republican candidate.

when it comes to campaigning, i have done it all. phone banks, not on some of the doors. i bet a lot of you did the same thing. one difference, i campaign exclusively for the gop until this election. [cheers] i voted republican my entire life. i believe in the bedrock values of the republican party. liberty, equality, and the believe that there are individual rights that cannot be taken away. his advice to be proud of. these are values to be proud of. because the revoking values have been abandoned -- republican dollars have been abandoned us are, this republican is voting for hillary. [cheers] it does not matter what a cop was. matters according to donald trump is my attractive level. donald trump comments about our appearances are too many to repeat it to crash to repeat.

they are too important to ignore. donald trump can discount our our compliments. he can disrespect our ability, but come november, he cannot disregard our boat. there are some who will say i'm voting for hillary clinton because she is a woman. people who say that this is my voice and heller's long record of public service. and i know there are some who are contemplating staying home this november, your voice can ofp to find the next chapter american values, american policy, american leadership around the world, for better or for worse. i'm here tonight to ask all of you to join me to not only oppose donald trump, but to support hillary clinton. [cheers] because we are not just democrats and republicans, we are americans. [cheers] thank you.

[cheers] ♪ please welcome sheriff lupe valdez from texas. [cheers] >> good evening. youngest of eight children born to migrant workers. i was told my father that going to join the police, he got angry. you see, he and my older brother had been beaten by the police for no legitimate reason. but i stuck with my decision. ,ears later, whenever i visit show my badge to all my friends. he saw the good i was doing and

he was proud of me. and i are proud of my fellow officers. [cheers] when my officers report for duty, they have no idea what might come up that day. when they respond to a domestic violence call, they don't know whether a victim or the beast with a gun will meet them at the door. when they stop at vehicle, they have no idea whether the driver is racing to the hospital to deliver a deep -- a baby or fleet a crime. they don't know whether the next 911 call will be the last. but they keep answering the call. they keep putting a life on the line. they are doing the best they can to protect our community.

every day to badge serve and protect. not to hate and discriminate. [cheers] we lost five officers in dallas. they were killed as they were protecting citizens protesting the police. it has been a tough time for law enforcement committees all across america who have lost office of the violence. i've been trying to make sense out of it, but violence is not the answer. yelling, screaming, calling each doer names is not going to it. talking within your own group in your own language only where our groups understand leads nowhere. we have to start listening to each other. [cheers]

my deputies work hard to reach out to the community we serve. events,d also to the from a don, cinco de mayo, pride, veterans parade, iris festival, you name it. we shall. officers -- the only way to serve your community is to know your committee. last sunday after working in the morning, i went in uniform to meet my partner for lunch at a nice restaurant. as i handed the server my credit atrd, he smiled and said a offered totables had pay for the meal. my girlfriend and i both teared.

there was not physical person in the restaurant i knew. -- a single person in the restaurant i do. even though the men and women are hurting, we never stop doing the job. [cheers] please help me in honor of all the american fallen officers with a moment of silence. i am privileged to introduce to you some of the family members of our fallen officers. walker, jennifer louden

and wayne owens. [cheers] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. years, my son protected

us as a philadelphia police officer. [cheers] every morning, for 19 years, he put on his uniform. one morning on the way home, from his third shift, he was shot and killed. in his living room, i found a pile of wrapped christmas presents. it was august. .e always thought ahead he bought gifts for relatives, wnngle parents, strangers do on their luck. one of the presidents do not have a name on it -- present those not have a name on it. he did not live long enough to give all the gifts he had to give. dole we are here, we must the good we can. [cheers]

we have to believe that we are started together. thank you. [cheers] we hear a lot about the problems in big cities. our son john -- join the cleveland police force to be part of the solution. mornings so he was the one who come to his daughters hair. his friends jumped and said he and said he made it harder for the other because he did such a good job. [cheers] killed, we heard from some of the his positive

influence. one woman said that when she was a troubled teenager, derricks on her what she cannot see it herself. because of him, she's a better mother. this was just one of the many , derek has left a legacy of service and integrity and love. and we, we never want to sacrifice -- the sacrifice of derek and the other officers to be forgotten. thank you. [cheers]

>> my husband and best friend joined the chicago police to help people. boy. he got a call about a the boy only had a rope to keep his pants on so he stole adult. the charges were dropped. he also paid for the belt. [cheers] he did not want that boy to start his life with a record. he knew that every interaction he had mattered. every word he spoke, and every arrest he made the find what it meant to serve and protect. he knew effective policing required treating people with kindness and respect. especially when he was most often called during the worst moments. lost him, i had no idea it was impossible to lose so

much, much less an ethical moment. and i know in light of recent events, some of us have lost eighth. i want all americans to know about mosys, derek, thor and all the officers out there who risk their lives protecting all of us. [cheers] let us honor all of the fallen officers who were not named here today by asking as our officers did, helping others, bridging communities, and loving peace -- building peace. [cheers] thank you.

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your shoes are untied. flemwad! >> sit down. looked to write in her fat ugly face. >> stupid. >> how stupid are the people of the country? >> get out of here. get the hell out of here. cry! >> i don't remember! mean,ple who want to be that's bullying. i have asthma and effort people talking behind my back. >> as of this a couple of times, i know it is odd coming from a

person running for president, but i really do think we did more love and kindness in the country. that is why it is important to stand up to boys wherever they are and why we should not let anybody bully his way to the presidency. that is not who we are as americans. [cheers] welcome the reverend dr. william barber the second. [cheers] >> good evening. my brothers and sisters.

i come before you tonight as a preacher, the son of a preacher. a preacher immersed in the movement at five years old. i don't come tonight representing any organization, but i come to talk about faith and morality. and i'm acher theologically conservative liberal evangelical physicist. [cheers] know it may sound strange, but i'm a conservative because i worked to conserve a divine tradition that teaches us to do and walklove mercy humbly with our god. [cheers] i've has a play bridge --

with manyof walking influential. as we are working together in the revival and calling for a revolution of values, as we travel the country and see things, that is why i'm so concerned about those that face so much, about what god says so little while saying so little about what god says so much. [cheers] in my heart, i'm troubled. and i'm worried about the way they do cynically used by some to serve hate, fear, racism and greed. we need to keep the bar of the scriptures. we need to listen to the agent

course in which deed goes on to do. the prophet isaiah cries out, what i'm interested in, the nation, pay people what they deserve. [cheers] share your food with the hungry. do this and then your nation shall be called a repairer of the breach. [cheers] jesus, a brown skinned toestinian jew called us preach good news to the poor, the broken and the braised in all those who are made to feel accepted. our constitution calls us to commit our government to establish justice, to promote the general welfare, to provide

for the common defense and to ensure domestic tranquility. [cheers] true, we've never lived this vision perfectly. but this ought to be the goal at the heart of our democracy. and when religion is used to camouflage meanness, we know that we have a hard problem in america -- heart problem in america. [cheers] forcesave always been that want to harden and even stop the heart of democracy. there have also always been people who stood together to a stir what sister dorothy gave called the revolution of the heart and what dr. king called a radical revolution of values. [cheers]

tonight, some issues are not left versus right or liberals versus conservatives, they are right versus wrong. we need to embrace our deepest moral values and push for a revival at the heart of our democracy. when we fight, to reinstate the power of the voting rights act. [cheers] we break the nullification of the current congress. weespecially note that when do that, we are reviving the heart of our democracy. [cheers] when we fight for 15 and a union. [cheers] care andrsal health

public education and immigrant lgbtqt writes. [cheers] -- rights. [cheers] we are reviving the heart of our democracy. [cheers] develop tax and trade policies that no longer funnel our prosperity to the wealthy the hearte reviving of our democracy. [cheers] the legitimate disconnect -- discontent of black lives matter and become come together to renew justice in our criminal justice system, we are embracing our deepest moral values and

reviving the heart of our democracy. [cheers] when we love the jewish child and the palestinian child. [cheers] christian and the the hindu and the buddhist and those who have no faith but they love this nation. [cheers] reviving the heart of our democracy. and whenight for peace we resist the proliferation of military style weapons on our street. [cheers] and when we stand against the anti-democratic stronghold of reviving there

heart of our democracy. [cheers] in times like these, we have to make some decisions and i might not know -- normally be here as a preacher in individual, but when i hear hillary's voice and her positions, i hear and i know that she is working to embrace our deepest moral values and we should embrace her. [cheers] clear, let me be person can nor any do it alone. the watchword of the democracy in the watchword of faith is we. the heart of our democracy is on the line this november and beyond. [cheers]

me thatds, they tell when the heart is in danger, somebody has to call an emergency code. heartmebody with a good will bring a defibrillator to work on the bad heart. [cheers] because it is possible to shock about heart and revived the polls. in the season, when someone to harden and stop the heart of our democracy, we are being called like our poor mothers and fathers to be the moral defibrillator of our time. [cheers] we must shock this nation with the power of love.

withst shock this nation the power of mercy. we must shock this nation and fight for justice for all. we can't give up on the heart of our democracy, not now, not ever! [cheers] and so, and so i stop by here heartt to ask, is there a in this house? [cheers] is there a heart in america? [cheers] is there somebody that has a heart for the poor? vulnerable?e [cheers] then stand up. boat together. -- vote together. organize together. [cheers]

fight for the heart of this nation. [cheers] while we are fighting, revive us again. lead with love. may each soul be rekindled. with fire from above. hallelujah. find the glory. [cheers] >> please welcome the nation's first cultural ambassador, kareem abdul-jabbar. [cheers]

>> hello, everyone. [cheers] jordan and i'm here with hillary. [laughter] because i know that donald trump could not tell the difference. [laughter] good evening, everyone. i'm kareem abdul-jabbar. [cheers] and i'm here to tell you about the captain of mankind, one of 14 american muslim soldiers who have died in combat serving the united states since 9/11. his family immigrated to the united states from the united

arab and a ritz -- arab emirates. the first is they visited was the jefferson memorial. the words and great there read i eternal,n upon god hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. idea to register muslims and prevent them from entering our country is the very tyranny jefferson aboard -- a bhorred. [cheers] the777, jefferson drafted virginia statute for a legit freedom which later became a model for the first amendment. [cheers] today, so-called religious freedom act, like the one signed by governor mike pence of indiana -- >> boo! >> they are the opposite of what

jefferson wanted because they allow discrimination. [cheers] isits core, discrimination the result of fear. american scare easily, enough to abandon our country's ideals in exchange for a false sense of security, underestimate our resolve. [cheers] to them, we say, only does. not here, not ever. [cheers] thank you. >> you want to see the best of america, you need look no khizrr than army captain

khan. he moved to maryland as a small child. he graduated from the university of virginia. before enlisting in the united states army. june 2004, he was serving in iraq. one day while his infantry unit was guarding the gates of the base, a suspicious big old appeared. told his trip to get back. but he went forward. he took 10 steps toward the car before it exploded. was killed but his unit was saved by his courageous act. was posthumously awarded the bronze star and purple heart. he was just 27 years old. we still wonder what made him take those 10 steps. khan's father said in a recent

interview. maybe that is the point. all the values, although service to country, all the things he learned in this country kicked in. it was those values that made him take those 10 steps. those 10 steps told us we did not make a mistake in moving to this country, his father finished. he stood up and said we are americans, we will not turn on each other and turn on principles. that is what we do here. that is who we are. that is how we will win. that is the america that i know access all so proud to be a part of it. thank you all very much. [cheers] please welcome -- khanlease welcome khizr

from charlottesville, virginia. [cheers] >> our hearts and prayers are with the veterans. those who serve today.

tonight we are honored to stand together. and as patriotic american muslims. [cheers] as patriotic american muslims with undivided loyalty to the country. [cheers]

like many immigrants, we came to this country empty handed. democracyd in america that with hard work and goodness of this country, we could share in and contribute to its blessings. [cheers] we are blessed to raise our in a nation where they are free to be themselves and follow their dreams. [cheers] in my own head, had dreams also. dreams of being a military he put those dreams

day he sacrificed to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. [cheers] hillary clinton was right when she called my son the best of america. [cheers] if it was up to donald trump, he never would have been in america. trump consistently smears the character of muslims. minorities,ts other women, judges, even his own

party leadership. walls and badild us from this country -- ban us from this country. >> boo! >> donald trump, you are ousting americans! -- asking america to trust you with the future, let read theu have to even united states constitution? [cheers] you -- gladly lend you my copy. [cheers] look for the word liberty and

equal protection of law. [cheers] have you ever been to arlington cemetery? to look at the graves of brave theiots who died defending united states of america. you will see all faiths, genders, and ethnicities [cheers] . [cheers] nothing.sacrificed [cheers] , we cannot fault our problems -- solve our problems but building walls. division, we are starting together. -- stronger together. [cheers]

and we will keep getting stronger when hillary clinton becomes our president. [cheers] in conclusion, i ask every american, all muslim ,mmigrants and all immigrants do not take this election lately. -- lightly. [cheers] election instoric the request to honor the sacrifice of my son and on election day, take the time to get out and vote and vote for the healer, vote for the strongest, most qualified candidate, hillary clinton. not the divider.

god bless you and thank you. [cheers] >> please welcome representative ted lieu from california. [cheers] >> good evening. [cheers] i was not born in america, but i served this great country every day. member of the united states air force reserve, and member of congress and an immigrant whose parents chose this great nation, i care deeply about who serves as our commander-in-chief. i can't wait until her 20th when that person is -- january 20

when that person is hillary clinton. [cheers] you don't have to serve in congress or serve in the demand thatbe -- the person we entrust with the safety of our country, the lives of our troops and the launch has afor nuclear weapons steady hand. all you have to be is a voter. of donald part trump's speech, the apocalyptic vision of america, it is that he said, i alone can fix this. every military commander i've ever met note that you can't do it alone. you can't be brash and you of love. -- can't make stuff up. when you ignore the fact, people will die. hillary clinton those that each stronger. a smart diplomacy, a powerful economy come education children

-- educated children, we are stronger together. donald trump said, and i'm not making this up, i know more about isis then the generals do. stage thecome to the four-star general who knows more about isis than anyone. envoy andent special commander of international security assistance force is, retired general john allen. [cheers]

>> my fellow americans. [cheers] i stand with you tonight, a retired four-star general of the united states marine corps. joined by my fellow generals and admirals and with these magnificent young veterans from iraq and afghanistan. they went there, they risk their lives because they love this country. [cheers] before you because this most consequential election is the greatest one in our

memory for the president of the united states. the stakes are enormous. notust not and we could stand on the sidelines. this election can carry us to a future of unity and hope. discorddark place of and fear. we must choose help. -- hope. [cheers] , and american in uniform the white house or at home, -- >> usa! usa! usa! >> we must be a force for unity in america. for a vision that includes all of us, all of us, every man and woman. every race, every ethnicity.

[cheers] everything and created, including the americans who are precious muslims. every gender and every gender orientation. [cheers] all of us together, all of us together pursuing our common values. my fellow americans, from the battlefield to the capitals of our allies and friends and partners, the free people of the world look to america as the best hope for peace and liberty for all humankind. [cheers] are the greatest country

on this planet. [cheers] we stand before you tonight to endorse hillary clinton for the president of the united states of america. [cheers] we trusted her judgment. we trust in her judgment. we believe in her vision for a united america. we believe in her vision of an america as a just and strong leader against the forces of hatred, the fortunes -- forces of chaos and darkness. is how to usehe ha all estimates of american power, not just the military to keep us all safe and free. [cheers]

my fellow americans, i tell you without hesitation or reservation, that hillary clinton will be exactly the kind of commander-in-chief america needs. [cheers] because i served with her. i know this as a former special presidential envoy to the global coalition. to counter isis. with her as our commander-in-chief, america will continue to lead this global world. we will oppose and resist tyranny and we will defeat evil. [cheers] andica will defeat isis protect the homeland. [cheers] honor our treaty

obligations. we will lead and strengthen a and our allies in east asia and around the world whom we have sworn oath to defend. [cheers] americans, we will stop the spread of nuclear weapons and keep them from the hands of dangerous groups. [cheers] our armed forces will be stronger. they will have the finest weapons, the greatest equipment. they will have the support of the american people. militaryhe american will continue to be the shining example of america at our very

best. our veterans will be thanked by a grateful nation and they will be cared for in the manner they deserve. for the sacrifices they have made for all of us. for this great country. and for world peace. [cheers] know that with her as our commander-in-chief from our international relations will not be reduced to a business transaction. [cheers] i also know that our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture and it orl not be engaged in murder carry out other illegal activities. [cheers]

with hillary clinton as our commander-in-chief, the united states will continue to be that indispensable transformational power in the world. our allies and- partners. listen closely. you.e with america will not abandon you. [cheers] against peace, acting against disorder, we will oppose you. enemies,emies, to our we will pursue you as only america can. you will fear us until isis and others, we will defeat you. [cheers]

ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, my fellow americans, my fellow veterans, this is the moment. this is the opportunity for our and that of the world. we must seize this moment to elect hillary clinton as president of united states of america. thank you, and god bless you and god bless america. [applause] [chanting usa] ♪ child sh now

and don't you cry you won't understand it until by and by ♪ >> please welcome lauren grover from the district of columbia. wishing on ♪ [chanting usa] >> good evening. i am here tonight not as a democrat or a republican. proud veteran of united states army and recipient of the highest military honor. soldiers spend years training for one moment. we don't know when it'll will calm. we don't know what it will require, but we know when it

arrives, we will be ready. my moment came four years ago in afghanistan. manicide bomber approach my . i grabbed him by the back, i threw him as far as i could, because as exactly as i was trained to do. he exploded. it took part of my leg with it. i was a runner in college. but that was the last run of my life. america lost four euros that day. -- heroes that day. and agray, major keratin, service officer. i remained -- remind you in their memory that the military protects you with their lives. [applause] and that our president should

protect us in return. [applause] hillary clinton has been training for this moment for decades. in the senate, she worked across the aisle to separate -- support warriors and families. prioritize the edge. she will heal invisible wounds that lead to suicide. and as commander in chief, she will defeat isis. [applause] comes, shey's moment will be ready, ready to serve, ready to lead, and ready to thank those who defend you. god bless you, go army. [applause] grace.se welcome chloe ♪

>> this is my very first democratic national convention. [applause] >> and this november, i will be voting in my very first general election. [applause] excited to be able to say my first vote for president will be for hillary clinton. [applause] see, i registered to vote at the dmv on the same day i got my drivers license. it gave me the power of a lifetime, the power to make my voice heard and to shape the future of our country. ofm a millennial, a member [laughter] a member of the largest generation of americans born after the baby boomers.

but four out of five young people actually stayed home in the 2014 congressional election. so just imagine, imagine what can happen if we all make our voices heard this november at the ballot box. [applause] we can elect in a president who will fight to give every american a chance to graduate from college debt-free. we can elect a president who will fight for equal pay and equal work. [applause] mother became a single-parent when i was just 13 years old. it wasn't easy. she had to balance a job and caring for her entire family. but imagine the difference equal pay can make for today's working moms and their families. [applause] , if you have not registered to vote yet, get registered right away. .com for evenllvote

more information, and make your you are registered. don't miss this chance to make your vote count. this is your chance for your voice to be heard. because if you show up this november 8, if we all show up together, we can make sure that hillary clinton is the next president of united states of america. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> please welcome senator sharon brown from ohio. senator brown: it is an honor to be in the birthplace of our democracy this evening. i grew up in mansfield, ohio. doctor.as a town i never saw him turn a patient

away. he did not see profit margins. he saw people needed help. my mother, who grew up in mansfield, georgia, raised three equal desk eagle scouts. she taught each of us to fight for justice. inwife connie grew up ashtabula, ohio. her father worked at the electric plants. he was a proud member of the utility workers local to 70. her mother was a nurse's aide in a hospice homecare worker. they wore their bodies out working long days so their children to go to college. for too many americans today, that same hard work is not paying off. people work longer hours, corporatess, but earnings go up while workers do not get paid.

hillary clinton knows that a job is not just a paycheck. it is about building a better life for your family. she supports -- she is a progressive who gets things done. and she has a real plan to give american workers a chance to share in the profits they create. wagesnald trump believes are too high. those are his words. too high? and he wants to be president? how do you help americans build better lives for their families when you outsource jobs? this suit i am wearing, made by union workers 10 miles from my cleveland home in brooklyn, ohio. suits, made in mexico. inmp's glassware, made europe, not toledo, american glass city.

hat may bep's stamped with "make america great again," but his ties are stamped, made in china. now, i have been fighting for trade agenda for more than 40 years to put american workers first, and i can tell you in all of those years, i have never ever even seen donald trump. now the only thing i see donald trump do when it comes to u.s. trade policy is run his mouth and line his pockets. [applause] trump outsources jobs. hillary clinton has a real plan to bring jobs back to america. $10 billion in made in america tax credits to revitalize manufacturing. $3mp proposes tax cuts too,

trillion for millionaires like himself and $2 trillion for corporations like his. of course, we can't really say for sure how much trump will pay for himself, because he is reviews to share his tax returns -- he has refused to share his tax returns with the american people. the one thing we know for sure is donald trump looks out only for donald trump, no matter who he steps on along the way. just ask, just ask this family. they had a cabinet in philadelphia until they signed a contract with trump lazo. they finished their work, but trump refused to pay them what they were owed, starting a downward spiral that ended in bankruptcy. spentecades, they have five decades in this business providing jobs and livelihoods

to workers and families into beauty, and it all came crashing down after a contract with donald trump. donald trump says he was to run our country like one of his businesses. i guess that means you want to slap his name on it, make all promises, and then scam innocent people out of their savings. look, there is no question we have work to do. we face serious challenges. too many families struggle just to get by, let alone to get a little bit ahead. donald trump, donald trump things people in states like mine will choose his counterfeit campaign over the genuine solutions we are fighting for tonight. he is wrong. [applause] donald trump looks at towns in the middle of america, and he sees a rust belt of decay. we reject that term rust belt. hillary clinton and, tim kaine,

and i see vibrant communities throughout the industrial heartland. cleveland is pioneering the country's first freshwater windfarm in lake erie. youngstown is leading the way in manufacturing, advanced manufacturing. and that power plant where connie's father worked is not rusting. it has been converted to a water processing plant, supporting hundreds and hundreds of ohio jobs. rebuild aw we thriving american middle class. those are the kinds of solutions hillary clinton will deliver, solutions that make a real difference in people's lives. that is why, that is why hillary clinton will win ohio. everyone, if everyone in this great hall knows, as ohio goes, so goes the nation. on tuesday,hall

connie and i will overtake the motion when our longtime friend bernie sanders moved to nominate the party to victory. it took me back to mansfield, ohio when i was a third grader at brinkerhoff elementary school. i remember looking up at a poster of the american presidents. other than a few mustaches and wigs, they look pretty much like me. my two granddaughters and my three grandsons are too young. they are too young to appreciate the historic nature of this moment. but, but when they go to school, when they look at those same presidential posters in their classrooms, they once he faces that look only like mine. they will see barack obama. [applause] and because of the work that we do over the next hundred days, my granddaughters will see

themselves in the face of president hillary rodham clinton. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> please welcome representative javier, house democratic caucus chairman. >> good evening, buenas noches, thank you. how about we thank all of the volunteers, the police officers and the security that were set -- fed us, made this convention a success? [applause] democrat orere a child or grandchildren of immigrants?

the first in your family to go to college? who here makes a living working with your hands, making this country better? this is what a great america looks like. say,en i hear someone america is not great, it hits me. when i hear someone say your father was just a ditch digger, your mother was not even born here, this election is about us. it is personal. it is about telling every little boy and every little girl you can be a president of united states of america. [applause] mom camewas 18, my from out of the harder -- jalisco, mexico.

she juggled her work at home. and my father had to leave school by the sixth grade to help support the family. i remember he would leave for work long before my three sisters and i would get up for school. you work in the fields and in construction, you rise with the sun. in winter, when sacramento turned cold and rainy and construction jobs disappeared, my dad would find other work, laying a tile floor, canning tomatoes or hauling someone's trash. my parents did not go to college, but they encouraged us. and like so many of you, i begin the first in my family to graduate with a four year degree. [applause] educational story. hillary clinton gets that. she understands that every child deserves a great education, no matter their zip code.

as first lady of arkansas, hillary had what she called the chelsea test. if a school was not good enough for her daughter, it was not good enough for anyone's child. that is why as president, she will bring preschool to every four-year-old in america. she will rebuild our crumbling schools. she will rebuild our teachers and give them the support and tools they need and the things they deserve. -- the pay a deserve. how many of you have student debt? hillary will fight for debt free college tuition, because nobody should be priced out of college. and she will ensure folks and reagan finds -- and refinance loans, because no one should be crunched down by student debt. carolina myent with

wife to witness our youngest daughter graduate from high school. natalia rose, the sky is the limit. hillary once for all children what we give to our children -- wants for our children what we give to our children. she wants to build schools. trump wants to build walls. his education idea, trump university. he once demanded that president obama release his college transcripts because it would be "very revealing." you know what i think? i think it would be very revealing for donald trump to release his college transcript. [applause] who here thinks he did as well as he said he did? at every stage in his life, donald trump has exploited america's laws to put himself first. he used his lawsuits to win my

mom -- the way my mother uses coupons to buy a product. he uses bankruptcies, six of them, like a wealthy man's get out of jail free card. i can't tell you if he has ever had a callous on his hands. does he know the price of a gallon of milk, a lobe of bread? -- loaf of bread. why want the release his tax returns? what is he hiding? why will he show the american people who he is? -- why won't he show the american people who he is? letter to you about hillary clinton. she came to my city of los angeles and sat down with people like my parents, grandmothers, dreamers, and men who work all day in the sun but remain in the shadows. ended, the crowd

swelled all around her. she took every photo requested with families who had never been close to a future president. people who could not even vote. she embraced them. she listened to them. what? ss she proved that she cares. it is these moments that make this election personal, that define who of president will be, that hillary clinton for 24 years has always listened to those who have been silent. our next vice president tim spanish] heing listens to us too. we have come a long ways when my dad could not walk into a restaurant because of the signs that read no dogs or mexicans allowed.

now is not the time to turn back. spanish, [saying in speaking spanish] tell me with whom you walk, and i will tell you who you are. hillary clinton has walked with us all her life. no matter who we are or where we come from or what we look like or how much money we have or who we love, hillary clinton walks with us. now, the question is, are we ready to walk with her? are we going to fight were a nation where love trumps hate? an america that is stronger together? then let's elect the next

president of the united states, hillary clinton. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen of the democratic national convention, your attention please. get ready to hear about your exciting role in this historic celebration. you will be performing [indiscernible] at the end of tonight's program which will provide a unified patriotic picture through the arena. you have your card folded in a bag on your seats. do not remove or open it yet. each question is assigned to your specific seat. they show your card stays at your seat during the final speech of the evening, you will see audience leaders holding cue cards. when you see the audience , this isold up ready your cue to put aside any other

signs. open the bag. unfold your card and place it on your lap with the instructions facing up. when you see the audience leaders hold up, go card stunt, hold the card in front of your face and look through the cut out. hold your card still and vertical. do not hold your card over your head. keep holding the card in place until you see the idea's leaders lower their cards -- the audience leaders lower their cards. that is your cue to lower your card. we promise you will not miss the balloon drop or any other part of the program. thank you for being a big part of this storage event. -- historic event. performance, please turn the flashlight on your cell phones on when you hear the music. again, when you hear the music, and be a part of the performance.

please welcome katy perry. [applause] katy perry: thank you, how are you doing? [applause] parents arey pastors and staunch republicans. i did not finish high school and unfortunately i don't have a formal education, but i do have an open mind, and i have a voice. [applause] so i am asking you to have an open mind and to use your voice, because on november 8, it will

be just as powerful as any nra lobbyist. [applause] you will have as much say as any billionaire. or you can just cancel out your weird cousins vote if you like. because remember it is not where you come from but what you grow into. so here is how i am going to use my voice. i am going to vote for hillary clinton. [applause] that is right. i love hillary too. i have a couple of saved as it is on my phone from hrc, and you guys have to know i have a closet full of hillary themed dresses, right? that is right, because i have been on the road with her since iowa. and now, guess what? if you are listening, if you are watching, you can join her on the road too. clinton.com hillary

and donate before midnight, you can win a chance to join hillary on the road and see for yourself why i know she will be the next president of united states. [applause] maybe i will let you borrow one of my outfits too. god bless. ♪

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>> sing it with me. come on. >> let's work for hillary. i'm posing like a butterfly i feel the urge to strike i went from zero

to my own hero you threw me down but i got up your might sound up held me down but i got get ready as i had enough i see it all, i see it now i got the eye of the tiger a fighter dancing through the fire cousin i am a champion and youre going to hear me roar louder, louder than a lion cause i am a champion nna you're go you'll hear me roar.

you are going to become a roar. [cheers] .hank you good thank you. [cheers]

>> ladies and gentlemen, these welcome chelsea clinton. [cheers] ♪

>> thank you. thank you. [cheers] it is such an honor for me to be here tonight. american, aa proud proud democrat, a proud mother. [cheers] and tonight, in particular, and very proud daughter. [cheers] mark and i can't quite believe it, but our daughter charlotte is nearly two years old. she loved elmo. she loves blueberries and above

all, she loves face timing with grandma. [cheers] my mom can be about to walk on stage and it just is not matter, she will drop everything for a few minutes of blowing kisses and reading check the temperature to -- chugga chugga cho choo with her granddaughter. our son is five and a half weeks old. [cheers] we are so thankful that he is healthy and thriving and we are biased, that we think he is just about the cutest baby in the world. a view i'm sure my mom shares. withvery day that i spend -- as charlotte and aiden's mother. ., i think about my own mother

my wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious mother. memory is my mom picking me up after i had fallen down, giving me a big time integrating me nine man. night moon.e good from that moment and this one, everything a memory i have of my of whathat regardless was happening in her life, she was always there for me. [cheers] game, every softball game, every piano recital, every dance recital. together atn church, the local library, countless saturdays and punishments in the clouds. making up stories about what we would do if we met a triceratops in my opinion, the friendly's

looking dinosaur although my mother would remind me that they were still dinosaurs. as a kid i was obsessed with dinosaurs and the day that my parents took me to dinosaur national park, i did not think like to get any better. whenever my mom was away for work, which thankfully did not happen very often, she let notes for me to open every day she was gone. together in aatly special drawer with a date on the front of each one so i would know which note to open on which day. when she went to france to learn about the childcare system, i remember one was all about the eiffel tower. another was about that ideas she helped to bring home to help the kids of arkansas. [cheers] i treasured each and everyone of

those notes. they were another reminder that i was always in her thoughts and her heart. growing up, conversations around the dinner table always started with what i learned in school that day. i remember one week talking incessantly about a book that had captured my imagination, a wrinkle in time. [cheers] only after my parents had listened to me with a then talk about what they were working on . education, health care, what with consuming their days and keeping them up at night. i love that my parents expected me to have opinions and to be able to back them up with facts. [cheers] i never once doubted that my parents cared about my thoughts and my ideas into always knew

how deeply they love me. that feeling of being valued and loved, that is what my mom once for every child. [cheers] it is the calling of her life. [cheers] know hows raised me to lucky i was that i never had to worry about food on the table, that i never had to worry about a good school to go to. never had to worry about a safe neighborhood to play in. aboutey taught me to care what happens in the world. i can to whatever change what frustrated me. they taught me that, the responsibly that comes with being smiled on by fate.

[cheers] young,my kids are little but i'm already trying to instill the same values and them -- in them. [cheers] there's something else that my mother taught me, public service is about service. [cheers] as her daughter, i've had a special window into how she served. holding the hands of mothers worried about how they will be their kids, worried about how they look at the health care they need. my mother promising to do everything she could to help. her after those conversations getting straight to work. figuring out what she could do,

who she could call. how fast she could get results. she always feels like there isn't a moment to lose because she knows that for that mother, that family, there is an. [cheers] i've seen her at the low points, like the summer of 1994. several people this week have talked about her fight for universal health care. [cheers] i saw it up close. it was bruising. it was exhausting. she thought her heart out and as all of you know, she lost. old, it wasears pretty tough to watch. mom, she was amazing.

time to a little replenish your spirit, family movie night, definitely helped, dad, as all of you know, like police academy. [laughter] my mom and i loved riding prejudice. -- pride and prejudice. [cheers] and then she got right back to work. because she believed she could so make a difference for kids. -- still make a difference for kids. [cheers] , hade ask me all the time the she do a? -- how does she do it? how does she keep going amid the sound and. politics? here is how. she never, ever forgets who she is fighting for. [cheers]

she has worked to make it easier for foster kids to never -- to get adopted. for 9/11 first responders to get the health care they deserve. [cheers] for women around the world to be safe, to be treated with dignity and to have more opportunity. [cheers] these, they are what keep my mother going. they grabbed her heart. her conscience. and they never let go. [cheers] that is to my mom's. she's a listener, a doer. she is a woman driven by compassion, by faith, but a fierce sense of justice and a heart full of love.

[cheers] this november, i'm voting for a model and aole mother. a woman who has spent her entire life fighting for families and children. i'm voting for the progressives who will protect our family -- fr --e -- plaintiff planet from climate change. it will reform our criminal justice system. and who knows that women's rights are human rights. [cheers] knows that lgbt writes are human rights. [cheers] and around the world, i'm voting for a fighter who never ever gives up and who

believes we can always do better when we come together and work together. hope that my children will someday be as proud of me as i am of my mom. i am so grateful to be her daughter. is so grateful that she charlotte and aidan's grandmother. she makes me proud every single day. [cheers] and mom, grandma would be so proud of you tonight. [cheers] to everyone watching here at hearti know with all my

that my mother will make us proud as our next president. [cheers] this is the story of my mother, hillary clinton. [cheers] .> here is a woman what does she dream of? when does she feel proud? how many times will she leave her mark? how many ways will she light up the world? >> she had this wonderful laugh. far andries quite sometimes will be suppressed because you will be a meeting -- middle of something and she will laugh. a joy and mirth. i think sometimes the public does not always appear >. >> holding hands. i felt like she tried to soothe me. orwasn't about pictures

productions, just showed up and had a simple message. thank you. she would make good on the promise. >> love to watch her with people and see the effect of her kindness. rodham grew up in park ridge, illinois. >> my father was a chief petty officer at home as well as in the navy. ofreally had the attitude don't whine, don't complain. do what you are supposed to do. due to the best of your ability. dorothy wasr terribly neglected. on her own working as a housekeeper by the time she was 18. she once said that that job was the first time she saw what a loving family looked like. >> she told me once on her young parents letter overnight by herself.

she was four years old. a set of coupons so she could go to the corner cafe and get food. just the image of this little girl all by herself walking down the stairs of the walk-up tenement, out the door alone through the corner to the cafe and getting food with coupons, just constant -- haunts me. >> here's a woman making her first marks on the world. she is, we all know, right and promising. an achiever. and yet, extra ordinarily, what is most striking, is her heart. >> her commitment to making people's lives better, her abiding belief that the same opportunities that chelsea has had should be extended to every child.

that comes through in everything that she does. >> she could have joined a big law form, been a corporate equated, instead she chose the children's defense fund. there she went door to door gathering stories to help children with disabilities who were denied schooling. she challenged a system that kept teen boys in the same just as men. she went undercover as a housewife to prove that alabama was to find the law to keep it schools all white. she was successful. >> i remember watching her in class and i just thought she was fascinating. classowed her out of the youi got a close as i am to and i lost my guts and did not speak to her. that?aid, who is she said that is bill clinton. he from arkansas and that is all he talks about. and then i heard him say, we

grow the biggest watermelons in the world. that is all i know about him. about him. -- >> here is the woman. she is to say the least, and untraditional first lady. boldly reformhe the state education system and in the white house, she easily takes on national healthcare. a whole school of washington, health-care reform is not welcome. >> my mother wanted me to be resilient and be brave. there are lots of kids in the neighborhood and i would come out and have a bow in my hair and the kids would pick on me. it was my first experience of being bullied and i was terrified. when they are running into the house and my mother met me and said, there is no room for cowards in this house. you go back outside and figure out how you're good to deal with

what these kids are doing. [cheers] >> hillary worked with both democrats and republicans. together they created a plan that to this day provides medical insurance for 8 million american children. 8 million children. >> it is a violation of human rights when babies are denied food or drowned or suffocated or their spines broken simply because they are born girls. has been said that in beijing, the conference is where hillary woke up the world. >> human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all. [cheers] >> when she said women writers -- women rights argument rights and human right to women's rights. in 1995, that was a radical statement. >> she had never held public office before. she had been a senator for just

nine short months. and then, our nation bowed his head in greek. -- grief. >> it appeared as though a dark blackish gray curtain had dropped between lower manhattan and the rest of the city. >> injury wise, but my legs were shattered. landingieved that the gear of the plane hit me because it was so hot that it closed my wounds >>. around 9:00 at night, when my andf people came in whispered to both of us that the white house had just sent out its first request for funding and there was not a penny in it for new york. >> new york needed a champion. tirelessly worked her

way across washington not stopping until the reached the oval office. >> president bush looked at me and said what do they? i said we'd dollars and chuck schumer said we need $20 billion and he said, you got it. grasped thatuickly this is a much bigger issue than replacing the buildings. this is replacing the american spirit. >> eye remover taking a few pictures. the i got been developed, flash of the camera against the dark sky, it reveals of the particles in the air. it looked like snow. >> when the first responders began to get sick and question the quality of the air at ground zero, hillary lally took on the epa and got them health benefits. say she wasdid she good to fight for us, -- >> at the same time she very

quietly helped survivors rebuild our lives. >> i remember talking to hillary saying i can't. i need to be of the dance my way into it. she said, you're going to do it. i know you will. hearing her say that, helped me believe it. is ae bin laden situation perfect example of how palatable hillary's judgment -- valuable hillary's judgment and strength was to me in every decision i made. i have seen the photographs, so have you. we were never quite know what it felt like to be in that room. but look at her, look at her face. she is carrying the hope and great of an entire nation. arosen the opportunity remit to be part of the small group advising the president about whether or not the intelligence we had with strong enough for him to act, i took

that response will the personally -- responsibility virtually and on behalf of the 3000 people who were murdered, that tens of thousands of loved ones who were left behind, before that was infected on our country, -- >> just listening to her talk about what that meant, i think we all thought the external cause abilities and extra of being of enable -- able to serve the american people. >> i was sitting in a back room by myself 50 cap and my sneakers were sticking out of the dress. someone came behind me and hugged me and i had no idea who it was. it was hillary. >> without press, without fanfare, they are only family photos. hillary quietly attended her wedding and debbie danced. she danced. ofthere is more than enough

the american dream to go around. if we are committed to growing on nurturing it, passing it for our children and grandchildren, i can't think of anything more thrilling than be part of that. >> we all hope for a better tomorrow, any parent knows your every dream for the future is deep in the heart of your child. it is how we are made. the american dream is passed down from generation to generation to generation. we could spend his golden years of our lives, she wants to do this because she believes she can make a difference. >> i'm going to stand up and fight for every american because i think if you are the president, that is exactly what you should do everyday. >> there are show horses and

workhorses. horses you count on to the liver and she is a -- to deliver and she is a workhorse. >> you have to love the country, believe in the country, lift up the people. >> to have a decade after decade of being on the front lines of try to bring about change. >> do everything you can to make should they believe you're getting up every morning and that they called white house thinking about them, understanding what they are up against working to make it better. >> she does that because she feels deep in her heart that here in the greatest country on earth, everybody deserves a shot. >> i hope to unify the country and bring people together. i hope to break down every and make our country everything it should be. that is what i hope are my grandchildren, that is what my mother hoped for me. >> how many times was to leave

her mark? how many ways was to light up the world -- will she light of the world? this is the woman. [cheers] gentlemen, my mother, my hero, and our next president, hillary clinton. [cheers] ♪

mrs. clinton: thank you. [cheers] thank you so much.

[cheers] thank you. thank you all so much. [cheers] thank you. [cheers] thank you all very, very much. [cheers] thank you for that amazing all for thek you great convention that we have had. [cheers] and just say, thank you. [cheers]