tonight, nominee's night. the democrats' celebration for joe biden, clenching his party' lady, taking center stage. >> the heart of this nation ith kindness and courage. >> plus, political stars, rising, sometimes polarizing. >> thank you for ever me just fure. unlikely political allies. >> what a difference did will make to have a president who unites us. >> presidents the past, including the president of the first firstad for president e. >> this special edition of "nightline," your voice, your

vote, starts right now. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight, the candidatehielf, joe biden, making a surprising appearance, rounding out a night of virtual fanfare from those both sides of the aisle. we go straight to ra an. >> how do you do a political anvention like big zoom meeting. marianne williamson said it was like binge watching a marriott commercial. i found it delightful and charming and fl reality, much o the kind of hollering, slightly-drunken polls that you get in the conventions, just screaming out the vote totals of the state. that was a highlight. i bet the republicans will copy that. more substantively, however, i

think this was a nht where it was the past of the democratic party, the past that joe blt biden. we heard from bill clinton and jimmy carter, john kerry, from colin powell. and then to hear from jill biden, who story in a way no one else can. michelle obamaar act to follow, but being there in the classroom was an effective touch. for alexandria ocasio-cortez, what she did with her one minute was very interesting to me. she's this young, bright woman pushing the partyleftward, and she chose the mostrational political backdrop. the flags, looking directly at the camera, a real establishment picture. i think one question that haunts this convention, and it has to, the president is obviously going to make an issue of it. i think most voters, looking at a man of his age are going to

take a close look at him. every time he's on-screen people are going to lk to see if he has what it takes as far as the presidency istwo, this zoom con more charismatic than a marriott commercial. >> thanks, terry. now the towering thei frurig voice to support presidential hopeful joe. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> celebration at biden headquarters. the candidate rejoicing as henu needed to clench the democratic nomination for president. >> well, thank you revery much. from the bottom of my, itrtea h means the world to me family, and i'll see you on thursday. >> the great state of alabama casts 52 votes for our next president.

>> the roll call across america coming from representatives actually in their home states instead of the massive the crao rights movement and in a spirit of good trouble, georgia casts our 117 votes for our next m th homeland of my ancestors. >> 25 for our next president, joe biden. he t>> ushering in the new guard. >> now joe's committed bok amer. >> to make the ceasor f >> this dmanation belongs to alf us. and in every election we choose how we will create a more perfect union. >> instead of just one new voice, the dnc highlighting 17 new rising seta. are in thisicow so let's get it done. >> night'swo leadership. the party tapping two men who led the nation through the '70s and the '90s. presidents bill clinton and jimmy carter.

>> joe has the character, experience and decency to bring america together. >> clinton contrasting joe biden with donald trump. >> it's trump's us versus them america againstoea jere wbie work together. it's a clear choice, the foueur. >> his message of unity playing just before the leader of the so-called squad took the mic. congresswoman,lexandria ocasio-cortez. >> good evening. >> the democrats trying to hammer home the message of unity, even as aoc criticized the party for giving more speaking time to republicans ne compared to o tonhe 90ay seconds she goty two. >> thank you to everyone today striving toward a better, more just future for our country and our world. >> the president once again trying to programgainst the a

dnc. >> this election is the most important election in the history of our country. [cheers and applause] >>ut is lagging on health care, with more than 170,000 americans dead, new outbreaks of covid-19 are forcing schools and businesses to reverse track o reopening this week. health care, a huge theme of the night, a recent abc news-"washington post" pole show voters think biden would be better at handling the country's response to the pandemic by a 22-point margin. >> progressive activist adi barkin' saying it's now time for the democratic party to take the lead. >> today we are witnessing the consequences of our failing health care system. in the midst of a pandemic, nearly 100 million americans do not have sufficient health insurance. >> did was around this time last year that i had a chance to sit down with adi. >> what does medicare for all mean to you? >> we all get high-quality,

comprehensive health care. ten years ago, medicare for all was a fringe idea, and now it enjoys the support of the majority of the american people. >> the now 36-year-old came to the national spotlight during a chance encounter on a flight that ultimately went viral. >> you can be an american hero. you really can. his flight home being arrested protesting the 2017 tax bill, he bumped into then-arizona senator jeff flake and pleaded with him to vote against the bill. >> can you change my life, please, please remember this conversation. >> since his a diagnosis at age 32, he's grown physically weaker, but his political voice has grown even stronger. creati a platform where democratic presidential hopefuls came to pitch their ideas during the primary. >> you know, adi, i knew this was going to happen.

>> paralyzed from the neck down, battling a disease with no cure, adi understands his time is limited. >> a lot of people are uncomfortable with the idea of a terminal illness. >> i am not shy about death. i really just want my life and death do have meant something. >> dr. jill biden. >> at the end of the night, it was dr. jill biden at her keynote speech who hit mom tent. >> how do you make a broken family whole? the same way you make a nation whole. with love and understanding. >> the former second lady of the united states saying it was the tragedy of her husband's past that drives him forward into the future. >> there are times when i couldn't even imagine how he did it. how he put one foot in front of the other and kept going. but i've always understood why . >> god love you.

hey, everyone. i'm jill biden's husband. as you heard tonight, excuse me, you can see why she's the love of my life. the rock of our family. just think of your favorite educator who gave you the confidence to believe in yourself. that's the kindady, of lady, lady, lady this jill biden will be. god love you. >> and after the break, abc's linsey davis takes over with our powerhouse political team. when the murray's started using gain ultra flings... they fell head over heels in love with its irresistible scent. looks like their dog michelangelo did too. unfortunately for him, it's more of a forbidden love. gain ultra flings with two times oxi-boost and febreze... seriously good scent. and if you love gain flings, you've gotta try the dish soap.

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"nightline," your voice, your vote continues. here now, linsey davis.>> are w now by chris christie, the former governor of new jersey, rahm emmanuel, yvette simpson and sarah fagen. joe biden officially became the oubicratic nominee, and dr. jill de her husband's character. yvette, a difficult act to

follow after michelle obama. how did she do? >> she did what she was supposed to do, talked about her husband, talked about their relationship, she also talked about education, which, as you know, withsidchoo issue. she talked about being able to fill those classrooms again. the question, how are we going to do did. t what is joe biden going to do beyond the fact that donald trump is a disaster. >> i thought dr. biden did a great job. it's going to be very difficult to compare people to michelle to do. michelle obama had a much different job when she was campaigning with her husband to become first lady. i thought the most powerful part of the entire speech tonight was the end, when vice president biden walked in and put his arm around his wife, and you could see the genuine affection between the two of them. partne.

one of the things america wants in a challenging time like this in a krocrisis is they want peo who they believe they can trust to lead them. and they saw a couple there tonight that clearly trusts and loves each other. that's a powerful symbol, more powerful than anything she said in her speech was that moment. because you can't fake that. and you could tell, between the vice president and jill biden, it's real. >> you had jimmy carter and bill clinton and john kerry and caroline kennedy talking about biden's leadership and 30-year-oldxaelle aa rind where fit in all this. >> tonight is both the past and the future. you have a legacy, and i think the bigger piece is the values that emanate us as a party. and jill touched on that, that he will treat your family the way he treats our family in remembering that america's one

giant family, that we care for ochea future. there was a diversity there. but also the common foundation and value system that we hold that emanate the policies that we propose famil leave to global climate change. >> she barely got a minute of airtime, pledging her support for her fellow progressive candidate, bernie sanders, do you think that progressives like aoc are going to be able to bury the hatchet and unify the party? >> i think we already have. the super majority of progressives support joe biden and are already working together with the biden campaign to make sure we deliver victory. the big question and what people don't get about progressives, we're always fighting for a better future. that's why we're progressives. as much as we are excited about getting rid of donald trump we foe there know there is more work to do. we're in the middle of a

pandemic, racial unjustunjustunt can't talk about health care, we can't talk about ending the preschool to prison pipeline. these are conversations we would expect to have in a year like this, but we're not. we're talking about what donald trump is or is not, which is a very big disappointment. >> in the end of the day, political lay, it politically, it's about winning, tnd donald trump is the biggest about him. >> i disagree with you. people want to vote for something, we already know donald trump is a disaster. we don't need four days of that. we need to know what we're going to do to make people whole. >> i'm for four days of making sure people know he's a disaster and that we have the teens than that problem. >> do you think joe biden was able to win over any republicans tonight? >> i think the speech by colin

powell and the video with mrs. mccain narrating it was more powerful than last night. these are well-known figures. thas that two, maybe try presidential elections. he calls himself a republican, he doesn't behave like one. there is about 12% of this country that are soft republicans. they agree with donald trump's policies. they don't like his persona. that point tonight, that piece of the convention tonight was really about saying to those soft republicans, hey, you know, go with joe biden. it's okay to vote against trump, even though you really like what he's doing on the economy and other things. >> and linsey, that's why i said earlier tonight that he's got to get back to talking about his policies. what the president needs to do wne policies. that's the way he wins those people back that sarah's talking about. i the trump show next weeks

the trump circus and all about persona, that's a loser for him. if he talks about the things he wants to do with four more years, i think that's chance he has to draw those republictans andof s independen back to his camp by setting that contract. i think rahm's exactly right. if this is aeref rm duen donald trump then donald trump is heading to a loss. if it's a binary choice between joe biden and donald trump then i think we have a real race. >> here's what's interesting. both barack obama, bill clinton and george bush 43, always made it a choice on the reelect. what donald trump's problem is right now is he's running 2016 in 2020. >> yep. >> he has not updated his strategy for the 2020 election, which is a choice. all he last time is say what was wrong with her, what was wrong with hillary clinton. when he went after kamala

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again in the summer heat. i had a great time hosting last night and i'm excited to be here again. although in the three seconds since the show started, i have been bitten by 600 mosquitoes. last night i had a great joke coach, slash sidekick, with my dad earl washington, but jimmy kimmel has an amazing sidekick of his own and i have him here tonight. how are you doing guillermo? >>llui g: moerdoi' you look beautiful. >> oh, thank you, you know i try to clean up for you always. >> guillermo: thank you very much. >> i wanted to ask you, i am the 13th guest host so far this summer. so honestly, where do i rank? >> guillermo: from the bottom of my heart, you're number one, you're the best. >> number one. >> guillermo: that's right! >> woo, number one, for your sake i really hope billy e