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the, the, this is the, the use life from for let us democrats show their support for a comma harris on day 2 of their national convention. former 1st lady michelle obama. i received a very warm welcome in chicago, as she took to the podium, should be followed in a few moments by her husband's bark obama. democrats are hoping their energy can help, sams carmella harris to the wind. also coming on us says israel stands behind and use these fire proposal that cruise bridge, the differences with how much sex true states and to me, blanket calls on him off to accept it on a tour of the middle east by the palestinian militants group says the proposal goes
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against earlier agreement at a top banker and a tech tag here and are among those still missing after your to 6 off the coast of sicily, emergency teams continued to search for remains and the ship on this passengers, the who most welcome to the program we start in chicago, where a former president barack obama, is expected to speak on the 2nd day of the democratic national convention. former 1st lady michelle obama. the most popular figure in the democratic party just took the stage to cheers from the delegates. she told them, quote, hope is making a comeback. and earlier in the night, pamela harris has been stuck and hoff shared personal anecdotes about his life with her. and we're still waiting for the high headlines speaker tonight,
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former president bark obama is to, to speak soon. his support for harris is seen as crucial for her nomination with former 1st lady michelle obama is still speaking at the moment. let's have a listening to her speech. something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn't it? you know, we're here in this a rino, but it's printing all across this country. we love a familiar feeling that's been buried to the for far too long. you know what i'm talking about the pages power of how the, the the energy, the exhilaration of once again be on the cost of
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a brighter day. the chance to vanquish the demons of fear, division, and hate that have consumed us and continue pursuing the unfinished promise of this great nation. the dream that our parents and grandparents bought and died and sacrificed for america hope is making a comeback before michelle obama speech. i spoke to dw correspondent and as a my loan in chicago, who's following this rather eventful convention for us tonight. but the mood here, a very high energy, a very high experience, every one to very and news about the proceeding happening on the floor below me in on the stage behind to be basically we have now just been witnessing a roll call. that is, of course, a when the delegates of every 6 tasks or votes for call, but i hours and symbols,
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and it has been like, i'm ready to work through the country. this is america. everyone is very proud of the state where they're from and that has really come through in this particular parts of the event. but of course we know that there is still a lot to come this evening. we're expected to hear about combo that hires herself. so she will be live streaming remarks from a campaign event in the warranty. we'll be hearing from bernie sanders. we'll be hearing from the governor of illinois. you, of course, is hosting this event a j. b for it's for, and of course, from ours is husband's dog m on not to forget the headliners of today's event. rock and michelle obama. now, to note that this convention isn't just for the party faithful. they already have the votes of the people here, but it's also important for them to put all the show for the millions of voters watching from home. and there are already broadcasting figures to say, i thought the 1st night that the dmc already born or the 20000000 viewers and with
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that are already more than the 1st 3 nights of the orange. no, we don't know how much that will translate into actual supports for harris at the ballot quotesoft. com election day. but it is important that at this particular event, people are watching and eyeballs are on it out a very crucial time. and now you did mention, of course, the evenings most anticipated speaker former president bar bama. what makes this speech so important for harris? i know it's very interesting to see what he will say. barranca obama, of course. why be considered his parties most gifted speaker? i thought you really would have been given a role perhaps. so a message to deliver some rhetorical complexity with the view that he would be the one able to deliver it. now he's expected to explain why harris is the correct leader. for this time, while wong and in doing that,
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he has to be able to walk the line between saying about an hour since time and the current administration has prepared her for the small while highlighting hers as a potential president of the state from cards that invited us someone able to deliver on the roll and it turns out he's also expected to talk about the dangers of learning. donald trump a back into office about he has reported, we've been working on for 3 months of speech, but he has had, obviously it in the last few weeks to reflect the change and candidates. but so the, so the expectations for the speech in terms of content, in terms of delivery, well there's simply sky hi, well, we'll be watching for that. and later on in the night dw corresponded to now to my loan and chicago. thank you so much for your replacing and former president brock obama has just started speaking. so let's listen in his address. on sake of the
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belief that everyone in this country deserves a fair shot. that over the last 4 years, those are the values america has needed most of the time when millions of our fellow citizens were sick and i we needed leader with the character put politics aside and do what was right at a time when our economy was really that we need a leader with the determination to drive what would become the world's strongest recovery. 15000000 jobs, higher wages, more health care costs. at a time, when the other party had turned into a type of personality, we needed a leader who was fed and brought people together and was southwest enough to
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do the rear was thing. there is in politics. putting his own ambition aside for the sake of the country the we will remember joe, bottom, outstanding and president who defend the democracy in a moment of great danger. and i am proud to pay him my president. what i'm even proud to call it my friend. the the torch has been pens. now, it is up to all of us. to fight for the american,
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we believe make no mistake. it will be a fun role. the incredible energy we've been able to generate over the last few weeks for all the role is in the means. this will still be a tight race in a closely divided country a country where too many americans are still struggling. where a lot of americans don't believe government can help and as we gather here tonight, the people will decide the selection are asking a very simple question to fight for me. who's thinking about my future about my children's future about our future to get
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one thing is for certain donald trump is not losing sleep over that question. here's a 78 year old billionaire who has not stopped widening about his problems since he wrote down his name escalator. 9 years ago. it has been a constant stream of upgrades and grievances that's actually been getting worse now that he's afraid of losing become a very good child. there's nickname, the crazy conspiracy theories. this weird obsession with crowd sizes the
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the other good someone compared to the neighbor who keeps running his leaf blower outside your window every minute of every day. now from a neighbor that's exhausting from a president. it's just dangerous. the truth is, donald trump seize power as nothing more than it means to his and he wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge task. got that would mostly help him and his rich friends, the killed a bi partisan immigration deal when in part by one most conservative republicans in
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congress that would have helped secure our southern bill. because people trying to actually solve the problem. what hurt his campaign, he doesn't know the new women lose their reproductive freedom since it won't affect his one. most of all, donald trump wants us to think that this country is hopelessly divided between us and them. between the real americans, who of course support him and the outside is who don't and he wants you to face that you'll be richer and safer if you will just give him the power to put those
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other people back in their place. it is one of the oldest tricks in politics from a guy who's that has. let's pay for gun for the style. we do not need 4 more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos. we had seen that movie before. and we all know that the sequel is usually worth the story we are running within the internal here's is ready for the job. this is
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a person who has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice. and a champion. have you heard from michelle? come what was not born in the privilege she had to work for what she's got and she actually cares about what other people are going through. she's not the neighbor running, the leaf blower. she's the neighbor rushing over to help when you need to. as a prosecutor, tamela stood up for children who had been victims of sexual abuse as an attorney general of the most popular state in the country. fred and fair play, vitality of security. billions of dollars for the people did scan after the mortgage crisis she pushed me and my administration hard
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to make sure homeowner's got a fair settlement, didn't matter that i was a democrat. the matter that she had not done doors for my campaign and our she was going to fight to get as much relief as possible for the families who deserve the best president. she'll take on the drug companies to cap the costs, events and lower the cost of health care, get families with kids, a tax cut. and she is running for president with real plans to lower costs, even more and protect the medicare and medicaid and find a way to guarantee every woman's right to make her own health care. the .

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