tonight, the running mate, accepting the historic nomination and taking on trump. >> right now we have a president who turns our tragedies into political weapons. >> kamala harris, the first woman of color on a major party ticket, showing their support, democratic heavy weights, barack obama holding nothing back. >> donald trump hasn't grown into the job. because he can't. >> and hillary clinton, returning to the dnc with a warning to america. >> this can't be another woulda, coulda, shoulda election. >> this special edition of "nightline," your voice, your vote, starts right now. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. tonight, kamala harris making history and taking aim at

president trump. the former prosecutor making the case to the american people for the biden-harris ticket. for the very latest, we go to abc's mary bruce in wilmington, delaware. >> reporter: history was just made here tonight. kamala harris is the first black woman, the first asian-american to be nominated for vice president. this is a huge moment for women, for women of color and young girls across the country. harris sharing her personal story of her american dream, sharing how the daughter of two immigrants went on to become a woman who broke so many barriers throughout her career. she shared this vision of a country that she says now feels distant under president trump and made the case for why joe biden, she says, is the leader who can bring back the country that made her own story possible. this was a night for trailblazing women. hillary clinton also sharing words of wisdom with kamala harris. but the fiercest attacks came from former president barack

obama, claiming that president trump is failing to do his job and arguing that america's democracy at stake in this election. but the overarching theme of the night could be summed up in one word "vote." juju? >> thanks, mary. for now more on the history-making moment. tonight, making history with the nomination. >> i accept your nomination for vice president of the united states of america. >> senator kamala harris marking her official acceptance to be the democratic party's vice presidential pick. >> right now we have a president who turns our tragedies into political weapons. joe will be a president who turns our challenges into purpose. >> introduced by her sister, niece and stepdaughter. >> kamala harris is my auntie. >> my step mom. >> my big sister. >> senator harris, the first black woman and asian-american woman to be a major party nominee for the second highest office in the land. >> a vision of our nation as a

beloved community where all are welcome, no matter what we look like, no matter where we come from or who we love. >> democrats eager to showcase that moment in history. >> now, when she says for the people, it is with every ounce of who she is. >> so we're at an inflection point. the constant chaos leaves us adrift. the incompetence makes us feel afraid. the callousness makes us feel alone. it's a lot. and here's the thing. we can do better. and deserve so much more. >> the senator's address following the night's other major headliner, former president barack obama. >> donald trump hasn't grown into the job, because he can't. and the consequences of that failure are severe. >> rarely targeting president donald trump by name, but

tonight obama delivering a blistering and direct attack on his successor. >> for close to four years now he has shown no interest in putting in the work. no interest in finding common ground. no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends. no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves. >> the former president making a case for his friend, joe biden, and running mate kamala harris. >> 12 years ago, when i began my search for a vice president, i didn't know i'd end up finding a brother. tonight i'm asking you to believe in joe and kamala's ability to lead this country out of these dark times and build it back better. >> today president trump attacking the former president in a flurry of tweets, sharing one video that supports the discredited obamagate theory,

adding, welcome, barack and crooked hillary. see you on the field of battle. >> thank you very much. >> and at a presser at the white house, leveling more attacks on his predecessor. >> the reason i'm hire is because of president obama and joe biden. because if they did a good job, i wouldn't be here. >> before giving credence to yet another baseless theory, qanon. which has gained a large following on online message boards. >> i don't know much about the movement other than i understand they like me very much. which i appreciate. >> but the crux of the theory is this belief that you are secretly saving the world from this satanic cult of pedophiles and cannibals. does that sound like something you are behind? >> well, i haven't heard that, but, is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing? you know, if i can help save the world from problems, i'm willing to do it.

>> and tonight, the woman who tried to stop trump from reaching the white house. bittersweet return for her. hillary clinton won the nomination at the last convention, delivering a warning for voters. >> for four years people have told me, i didn't realize how dangerous he was. i wish i could do it all over or worse, i should have voted. look, this can't be another woulda, coulda, shoulda election. most of all, no matter what, vote. >> democrats not wanting history to repeat itself sending a clear message tonight. >> we are united by the fundamental belief that every human being is of infinite worth, deserving of compassion, dignity and respect. >> that message resonating with women and young girls of color across the country tonight, feeling connected to the potential vp. >> i'm super excited. it's historic on a number of levels. >> it's really important for

women of color to see themselves. >> i also feel hopeful that maybe in the future i could be in office. >> i feel like this could be a pretty big step for us. >> harris, the daughter of immigrants, a jamaican father and indian mother who met fighting for civil rights. on a major political ticket she's become a symbol for many of what's possible. >> there would be no senator harris as our vp without the courageous bold candidacy of shirley chisholm back in '72. >> amy alison is founder of she the people, a group dedicated to getting women of color elected. she hosted a presidential forum last year. that included then-candidate harris. >> we want to shape the future of the country, the political agenda. now we're in a position to do that. >> tonight, allison, alongside her group, gearing up for the night with a virtual women of color watch party. >> we're making space for black, latina, asian american and indigenous women.

who have a political vision. >> but not all black voters are excited, despite harris' name on the ticket. >> i'm not happy, nor am i excited to vote for joe biden. >> some young voters still feeling lackluster about the ticket, their vote inspired not by who they're voting for but who they're voting against. >> i am eager to get trump out of office, and right now, biden is pretty much the only realistic way we have of doing that. >> i'm not excited for joe biden being president. the answer's no. biden will get my vote by default. >> tonight, former president barack obama with a plea to those voters and reprising his message of hope. >> to the young people who led us this summer, you're the missing ingredient. the ones who will decide whether or not america becomes the its creed.at fully lives up to but any chance of success depends entirely on the outcome

of this election. >> let's fight with conviction. let's fight with hope. let's fight with confidence in ourselves and the commitment to each other. to the america we know is possible. the america we love. >> and coming up, abc's linsey davis breaks down the night with our powerhouse political team. m. ♪ ♪ ♪

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your vote, now linsey davis, ow round table. >> we are joined now by chris christie, rahm emmanuel, abc news contributor, yvette simpson fagen. tonight was historic, kamala harris, th ticket. let's start with the magnitude.

>> i want to start with the magnitude. it is a big, big moment. we can't underestimate the magnitude of the moment. she did what she needed to do today. one of the things that i predicted she would do that she did was bring everybody together in the room. she did talk about black and brown people in a way we have not seen this convention do. she talked about her story. she talked about that we must do our work, she's a part of the future, that we're building something. i think that's something that we've been waiting for. she got that dig in on donald trump, saying i know a predator when i see one. probably one of the most pointed, i think criticisms of donald trump we've seen to date. if you think about the three things we expected her to do, introduce herself to america, momala. make sure that she talks about the vision for the future. she did that. and also bring it to trump, i think she did it all really well. she had a smile on her face. she looked excited, comfortable. and i think kamala harris is at her best when she's just herself

and comfortable. >> governor kristy, your thoughts. >> i thought it was kind of flat. i think she was trying too hard. i think there's a lot of fake smiles in there and practiced hand gestures, and i think it's really hard to follow somebody as compelling as barack obama. i think they should have left it the way they had it. barack obama should have left his nose out of it, let her go first and obama go last. i thought obama was compelling, and i thought harris was okay. and it shouldn't be that way. it should be the other way around. let her go and then let the night finish with the president, because of who he is. >> sarah, you said it depends on which kamala harris showed up. which one showed up? >> the one that showed up was the moderate harris, she wasn't talking about decriminalizing the border. she wasn't talking about medicare for all. she wasn't talking about a green new deal which she co-authored. she focussed mostly on herself and her story, which is

appropriate in the speech. she did take it to donald trump i thought pretty hard. i agree with yvette. that was a very hard-line. >> what does kamala bring to the ticket that biden doesn't have on his own? >> well, i think that package, you have to look at them together. she has an energy, vivaciousness and lust of life that is there. she did a great job for the ticket. i don't want to quibble here. i would have, she was left with trying to explain her history. that should about in the movie. there were other pieces in there, i thought she did a great job for the ticket and introduced, as i think sarah said, the agenda that she and joe as a package will pursue. >> did she energize the base? >> well, i, there's no doubt the base, as i said earlier, i think she brings five things, not one thing. that's why this has been such a great ticket. she makes history, she excites

the base, that's very clear. you can see it by the fund raising as one measure of that. reassuring moderate stream voters in the suburbs and other women. she riles up trump and draws trump's fire away from biden. remember what has happened. biden's attacking obama, kamala harris, i mean trump is. as long as he leaves biden with very little negatives, unlike what hillary had, biden has a really good chance. everybody knows, if you have very low negatives, donald trump is attacking everybody but the one person he's running against. so she's already serving the political strategic purpose of drawing and confusing trump with who he's running against. >> she missed an opportunity as well. she has a background as a prosecutor. you know, this is something that appeals to most americans, somebody who is, can be tough on crime when it's necessary. it's something she has championed for a big part of her career. she didn't say it tonight, because it's not popular with the democratic base.

i do think, you know, we criticize trump for being divisive. you see it all the time. everywhere, people criticize donald trump for being divisive. she had an opportunity tonight to talk about racism and law enforcement and bringing americans together. these things are not mutually exclusive. we can fight racism. we can make for police reforms, but cops aren't bad people. we haven't seen a lot of, we haven't seen anything in this democratic convention about a police officer and law enforcement. >> i got to know joe biden when i was working for president clinton, we worked on the violence against women act together. he came out when we opened up in chicago a first new domestic violence shelter. and i was surprised given how many women were speaking today that his work on the violence against women's act was really not central to their validation of his candidacy, given all the women. i think it was a missed opportunity. it was so essential to his record. >> that shows the division in the party.

the party -- >> i don't buy that. >> there's a large swath of this party that are now anti-law enforcement. and it is vogue right now in large parts of the democratic party to be anti- law enforcement. and they better be careful about that. if that's the direction they go in, a lot of the voters out there tonight believe in police reforms mike rahm did when he was mayor, but they still support the men and women in uniform in the main. if they get themselves out on that track, it's going to give trump another opening. >> i disagree with all of that. we have to think about your we are in this country today. the biggest multi-racial global movement around the murder of george floyd. these were moms, suburban people, white people, black people, all over the world. we are all talking right now about racism. and her statement when she says there is no vaccine for racism, we've got to do the work was one of the most unifying statements in a time like today.

she doesn't have to mention police officers. she has to mention george floyd and breonna taylor. which i believe most americans agree should not have been murdered by police the way that they were. >> all americans. >> exactly. >> she also mentioned joe biden's record of violence against women act. >> i'm sorry, we're out of time. thank you so much, thank you for watching. juju, we'll send it back to you. >> thanks, linsey, we'll be right back with a final note. we'll be right back with a final note. motorcycle riders love the open road. and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more, with the geico giveback. and because we're committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. the geico giveback. helping riders focus on the road ahead. the geico giveback. ...could be all your softf odor surfaces?ome...

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