captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> gwen ifill: the great state of new york new york. >> nevada. >> gwen ifill: south carolina -- >> on tuesday, hillary clinton made history. >> i move that hillary clinton be selected as the nominee of the democratic party for president of the united states. >> the first female major party presidential nominee. >> hillary clinton isn't afraid to say that black lives matter. >> former president bill clinton made a personal appeal. >> she is a good overing and the best darn change maker i ever mutt in my entire life. >> in the end the candidates have the last word. >> we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet.

>> tonight her running mate, tim caine, vice-president joe biden and president obama. day three of the democratic convention. >> judy woodruff: good evening and welcome to our special pbs news hour npr coverage of the democratic convention in philadelphia. i'm judy woodruff >> and i'm gwen ifill, joining us as they are all week down at the podium, rachel martin and in the anchor booth with us, columnist mark shields and new york times columnist david brooks >> judy woodruff: also with us, marc mara liasson and on the floor susan davis and jab re. >> gwen ifill: this is the day

where the vice-president doorbell nominee is introduced to the american public. tim caine will speak along with current vice president, joe biden and president obama will get to the convention stage. we will get to all of this and more after this >> gwen ifill: funding provided by. >> xq institute. >> b nsf railway, lincoln financial, committed to helping you take charge of your financial future and the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station, from viewers like you. thank you. >> judy woodruff: we have two minutes and then -- >> gwen ifill: welcome back we're here with our entire

political team as the democratic party kicks off it's third night of the 2016 presidential nominating convention. >> judy woodruff: last night hillary clinton officially became the nominee marking the first time a woman is a nominee of a major political party, tonight will be about handing the baton from one democratic administration to the next, vice-president biden and president obama will make the case that hillary clinton is the best person to continue the policy. >> gwen ifill: we are here with mara liasson, david brooks and mark shields and everyone's best friend so mark, i'm going to start with you, we are going to be looking soon to the floor to see what's expected tonight, what are you expecting? >> i am expecting barack obama to make the strongest speech that hillary clinton needs to make the case for her to make the case about being what a president is and what a

president's responsibility is and to control himself because the president has let down his guard, which he rarely does and his minimal high regard for donald trump has emerged from time to time. it will be under control but i think he will do a contrast tonight. >> judy woodruff: what are you looking for david? >> i think barack obama loves his wife deep and doesn't want to be upstaged by her shh! i think he wants to give a really good speech so he can be at lisa on her level so i think he will put in a little extra effort since she gave her speech. the thing i'm looking for tonight is change, this has to be a change election, you have joe biden, barack obama, these are not change figures so how do they take advantage of the love others have for these guys and be a break from the status quo >> gwen ifill: amy walter?

>> this is a campaign about change, if you look at the pictures of the barack obama campaign in 2008 with the change all over it, to argue for status quo is a difficult thing to do so how he argues for continuing these policies with hillary clinton while she has to distance herself from being part of the status quo is really the central part of this. the other piece, we've had a lot from the floor, from people like bernie sanders, from elizabeth warren about how bad things are and how the system is rigged and how the system is working against people. the president has been saying this isn't so bad, things aren't so bad, things are bettered than people think they are. so where she comes into that middle piece is also going to be important >> judy woodruff: and mara they are talking about guns and the environment and they're talking about the economy and national security. >> yes, this is the safety night

and they've been criticized for not talking about terrorism up until now, not talking about police officer that have been killed only focusing on civilian people who have been shot by police officers, and bill clinton tried to answer the status quo by saying she is a change maker and barack obama who we heard stayed up until 3 a.m. to make sure he didn't get up staged by michelle obama has been working hard on his speech and is trying to frame this as a country of values, what kind of country do we want to be, what values do we want our president to represent so that's one of the ways they tried to get beyond the change. barack obama was the change eight years ago and he's going to say we want that change to continue, that change and hillary is the person to carry it on >> gwen ifill: rachel martin is downstairs, can you give us a

sense of what is going on, the anticipation from the clinton campaign tonight? >> i'm going to try to make out what you said but i missed it. i can tell you so far this crowd has been wrapped by what's happening on the stage. we heard an emotional address from a woman who lost her mom in sandy hook at the shooting at the elementary school, she was the principal of that school and earlier i spoke with the governor of colorado about the issue of gun control. obviously colorado is a state that suffered disproportionately from gun violence and mass shootings in that state. he's been able to pass some legislation at the state level but when i asked him to look at the federal level it's stale mated does hillary clinton have what it takes to work with frees

to push that forward, democrats would like her to do that and he said more than any person he knows she has the right to do that. of course the republicans are painting her as someone far more devic device sieve and you he mentioned the economy and it's going to be a big night here. >> judy woodruff: rachel raises a good question, how much can one person testify for another if barack obama comes and gives -- knocks it out of the park, how much does that help hillary clinton? >> not necessarily, barack obama already knocked it out of the park for john kerry and didn't work so well. clinton has to do it herself, that's the speech that matters. and as i said on the news hour tonight normally we're playing baseball, first base, second

base, but the rules may not apply. people may have decided the system is rigged or society is dissolving around us and all of the things you used to do to push our buttons, that does not work anymore and a guy can call for a hostile power to intervene in our elections and that doesn't matter anymore >> gwen ifill: which of course is what happened today and is that a good thing or a bad thing, amy walter? >> we have a president coming in with a strong approval rating, at lisa in this day and age, 50, 51%, and the normal rules of the game say that's great, that helps his party's nominee. yet we also know that the country is feeling like not only do they want change but they're feeling frustrated with many aspects of american life. >> judy woodruff: let's go down to the floor to hear angela bassett the academy and golden globe-nominated actress. >> then he opened fire he stole

their lives, rev. pickney and the rest in that church that day, we say their names, but that is not enough, is it? since the massacre at charleston's ame church more lives have been destroyed by gun violence and hatred still threats to tear us apart. after charleston hillary clinton challenged all of us to turn our grief into action and we have to do that. still there are days when it feels like our bodies and minds are under too much pressure. then i remember that we have souls, too, and i thank god that our souls are on fire! i visited charleston this year,

and i can tell you that that city's soul is on fire. that soul burns with resilience. it fuels their resistance, it brought down the confederate flag and it rings, and it brings the charleston community closer together every day. now, we are honored to have charleston survivors, felicia and polly here with us tonight, please join me in welcoming them. >> gwen ifill: felicia sanders lost her 26 year old son and her aunt in the attack and polly sheppard was there from the shooting as she coward under a table and he said he left her

alive to tell the story to others and they're now going to speak. >> good evening. my son's last words were "we mean you no harm!" tawanza, my hero. two days later i forgave the shooter who murdered him. i refused to let his hate destroy me. [applause] so i have asked how was he able to purchase the gun he used to kill so many. after that fateful day, hillary clinton called for the charleston loopholes to be closed. because of the loopholes, even

though the shooter had an arrest record, after three days passed, he could still buy that gun. no one should feel what i have seen, no one should feel how we feel, how we suffered. the bible tells us that if we humble ourselves, pray and turn from our wicked ways, god will for give us and heal our land. let us seek god's word and in turn may god heal our nation. [applause] >> amen! to heal we must for give. that's what i've learned this past year. the shooter had hate in his heart, the shooter in orlando

had hate in his heart and the shooter in dallas did, too, too much. but as scripture says, love never fails! i choose love! in this election i choose hillary clinton. [applause] hillary was in south carolina the day before the shootings and she talked about the hatred in our nation, the racism, the injustice. she said we can't hide from these. she called on us to change them. together we can fight for that change. together we can heal, together we can love. thank you. [applause]

>> judy woodruff: polly sheppard and felicia sanders, felicia sanders lost her son, and polly sheppard was spared from those shootings, the theme is gun violence and we expect to come to the stage in just a moment, gabrielle giffords and her husband, mark kelly. here is mark kelly. >> thank you. thank you, everyone. it is so great to be here in the great city of philadelphia. i speak to you tonight as a proud son of two new jersey police officers. as a veteran of 39 combat missions during operation desert storm and of 25 years in the united states navy, and as a

former nasa astronaut who flew four missions into space, you know, my decades as a pilot, military officer and astronaut gave me a unique perspective on our world. i saw our country at its best. i also saw humanity at its worst. from the cockpit of my a6 intruder i saw america lead the coalition that defeated saddam hussein. [applause] i salz saw alsalso saw the deva affects of war itself. i saw our planet as a perfect blue marble floating there in the blackness of space from

orbit, but i also saw reseeding glaciers and shrinking rain forest. from space i saw the awesome power and capability, but it was so frustrating to return home and see how we struggle to address some of our greatest challenges. just as hillary is prepared to defeat isis and advance our values and protect our freedoms, hillary is ready to take on one of our country's greatest moral failures here at home and that is the gun violence that is tearing so many of our communities apart! [applause] we have to do better!

hillary knows we can. hillary knows that we can save lives by doing more to keep guns out of the wrong hands. we know that as president, she will do what is right for our nation, not what is politically expedient. [applause] she will stand up to the washington gun lobby that works to protect the shameful status quo. so if we want to leave our kids and grandkids and country with less gun violence, not more, then we need to make sure that hillary clinton is our next president! now, i want to introduce you to somebody who is working to do just that.

someone who has taught me each and every single day to deny the acceptance of failure, somebody who doesn't give up and someone who believes like hillary does, that we are all stronger together! my wife, my wife, the awesome, congress woman, gabrielle giffords! [applause] >> judy woodruff: gabrielle giffords, the former congress woman she is walking on stage, waving her hand, the crowd is exploding in cheers and applause, she was injured in tucson arizona in 2011 in a shooting, six people died, she was critically injured, still experiencing the affects of that

grieve gun -- gunshot to her head. she is at the lectern now with her husband, mark kelly. >> hello fellow democrats! what a crowd! i'm honored to be here today. we have important work ahead of us, work that will determine the future of our country. are you ready? are you ready? are you ready? [applause] i'm ready!

in congress i learned a powerful lesson. strong women get things done! [applause]ñi hillary is tough, hillary is courageous, she will fight to make our families safer. in the white house she will that's why i'm voting for hillary! [cheers & applause] speaking is difficult for me but come january i want to say these

two words "madam president!" [cheers & applause] thank you very much. >> gwen ifill: gabrielle giffords and her husband mark kelly as he escorts her off the stage it's a remarkable scene when she shows up and realize how close she came to death. >> judy woodruff: and you can see, gwen, how far she has come because within a year or two her speech was very different, the fact that she could put interval photographs -- several photographs together is remarkable. joining us at the table here in the sky box at the democratic convention is the governor of the great state of virginia >> judy, gwen, great to be here,

we just passed gun reform. >> gwen ifill: you are the chairman of the democratic national committee and it's only been two days, governor and when we were asked about the trade policy that your nominee has said she won't support you said well that will change or you suggested it might change after the election and a lame duck congress, something her campaign chair says isn't so. >> she isn't going to change on tpp as it schists today -- exists today. if there is a bill she is comfortable with that raises wages and increases economic activity more workers higher and protects national security she will support it. she doesn't support tpp today, i had breakfast with tim caine today, he doesn't support it. i would love to see us get a

trade bill to compete globally, 90% of the united states customers live outside of america. she won't support tpp if it's current form and i said yesterday -- >> gwen ifill: so you agree to disagree? >> sure, we don't always agree 37 we're good friends but we disagree. i serve as governor of virginia, let me be clear, we have a huge export operation, our economy is booming, i just announced low unemployment, a lot of that is because of exports. i had lunch today with the union members and they don't like tpp, you can disagree on this but you cannot grow your economy unless we have open, fair trade. i tell everybody you can have a trade agreement, protect our workers, protect our economy, i'm not scared of anybody.

>> gwen ifill: the republicans jumped all over what you said how does hillary clinton counter the sense on the part of many that she doesn't get what working hard-working americans are going through. she's been in government a long time and what's needed is change, the kind of change that donald trump would bring. >> first of all if you're thinking you can't bring change by trade i would respectfully disagree with you, y. as governor i have to grow an economy, i have created 144,000 jobs, 12.6 billion of new economic activity, i am the most traveled governor in the united states, i have opened things up around the glean. by promoting trade you are promoting jobs in your state and hillary disagrees with tpp, that's fine, but we as a nation we better get in that global economy. >> judy woodruff: my point is

there are many americans who don't understand that argument who are saying jobs are flooding overseas, donald trump makes that argument every day. >> i disagree. four four days you talked about america in decline, we're getting beat, we're not, we're the greatest nation on earth, can we be better? you bet we can, but i disagree with what we saw the last few weeks, we're the greatest nation on earth. just look at virginia. when i became governor i inherited a deficit and turned it into the largest surplus in virginia history and now we have invested it in education, opening up markets to our products. >> you have a bunch of of republicans in your state, in richmond, you had a tea party challenge and you have southern conservatives, this campaign convention hasn't reached out to those who are disaffected by

donald trump. what do you think donald trump can do to reach the different sorts of people in your state >> david, when i won i broke a 44-year trend to become the governor of virginia. we are in an off-year, i did it by leaning intoñ development, protecting women's rights, lgtb rights and that's the message. hillary's ticket, we were up 8 points before tim caine was put on the ticket of all the swing states we're doing the best today compere? i'm almost at full employment it was 5.3 when i became governor, it is the steepest drop-in 32 years, open the economy, bring jobs in, people are happy in virginia today. >> terry, you were a successful democratic party chair. i want to know what you think went wrong at the democratic level here but secondly, i want

to ask you, you are as sophisticated of a political animal as anybody i know and you gave the compression that hillary clinton wasn't serious about tpp her opposition was going to be negotiated after the election. how could you leave that miss impression according to you? were you playing into her weakness with voters that she is not trustworthy. >> i was on the floor yesterday asked about ten different questions on trade, i thought she said do you believe you can get a trade deal with hillary and i said of course we can, but it's got to meet her criteria, that's not a big deal, i'm sorry, this is about growing the economy, she doesn't support tpp. on the ñidnc they made a horrib mistake, people should be fired you cannot attack people's religion, you have to have a fair process and if you've got your staff attacking candidates in the race, if i were chairman i would have fired folks in the first five minutes and if debbie had done that two or three weeks

ago she might still be in her job but you can't allow that to go o mark, you've got to be a fair, honest, arbitor, we have a successful convention going on here, we're talking about issues that matter, people want to know what you're going to do for them, not spending days attacking the country, how do you move forward? i go back to the commonwealth of virginia and now tim caine is the vice-president doorbell nominee and we're going to win virginia and next year the voters will come out! why? because i have raised the economy in virginia. i have knocked the cover off the ball in economic development 12.6 billion in two years i have done it by traveling around the globe >> we've gone from bill clinton and the democrats saying free trade was the way to grow the

economy now we've got both parties saying trade is bad, it's become the focal point of populous anger. do you feel that centrist democrats oversold trade and in the future can you pass any trade deal. you're talking a generic trade deal you said you were on the floor without passing it as a national security deal or something other than how you've beep selling it in the past? >> president obama believes he can get this passed by the time he leaves office, this is president obama's landmark trade legislation, et cetera let's be clear. he wants to get it passed before the end of the year, i don't think if the republicans will even bring it up but i put this into the point, this is about jobs. you cannot grow your economy as governor >> gwen ifill: the base of the

democratic party doesn't agree with you. >> the people in virginia agree with me, we're almost at full employment. it was 5.3 when i took office >> with the tpp will the virginia economy be hurt? >> no. >> why do you need it? >> the issue on tpp is does china then write the rules for trade. the largest chinese investment in the history guess who won that i did >> gwen ifill: let me ask you another question, governor, we have tim caine who was nominated today to be vice president, we will hear from him later tonight you succeeded him with a gap in there as governor and i wonder whether you think his presence in the ticket will make virginia gettable now for democrats? >> i think, gwen, we are a purple blue state in

presidential years, president obama won is for the first time since '64 in '08, we are a solid, purple blue presidential. our problem in virginia is we have elections every year, next year is the governor's race we're purple red because turnout drops to 43%. we're going to win virginia we have a great operation on the ground, robby mook is now running hillary's campaign, we are a state with low unemployment, our growth we had the largest numbers we've had, people are happy in virginia and i went through sequestration. four years ago we lost $9.8 billion due to sequestration. we could have it again. we are bringing it in -- i just became the head of the

governor's association, what people want from us is to grow the economy, leave people alone, i had to veto a bill to defund planned parenthood, and when you do that, your economy explodes. >> judy woodruff: governor mcauliffe, he had his wheaties this morning. >> thank you all. >> gwen ifill: we're going to the floor shortly where they're showing the end of a series of videos which the democratic party, this campaign has been showing this week, trying to make the point that donald trump is not qualified to be president. >> judy woodruff: coming up we're going to be hearing more about the national security theme that we're told is one of the major messages of this

night. this is rear admiral admiral john hutson who served in the united states navy for almost 25 years. he is going to talk about -- i'll let him say it. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen. good evening. my name is admiral john hutson, and unlike donald trump, there are two things that i know an awful lot about, law and order. [applause] for 11 years i was a law school dean. for 30 years i served proudly in the united states navy, including as a judge advocate general. [applause] go navy! [cheers & applause [cheers & applause] donald trump calls himself the law and order candidate.

but he will violate international law. in his words he endorses torture at a minimum. he will order our troops to commit war crimes by killing civilians and he actually said you have to take out their families! what did he say what he was told that was illegal? he said, "our troops won't refuse, believe me!" this very morning he personally invited russia to hack us! [boos from the crowd] that's not law and order that's criminal intent. [cheers & applause]

donald trump would abandoned our allies and let more countries get nuclear weapons. he lies about donating to veterans and he called the military that i served in a disaster. it's embarrassing enough that he's the face of one of our political parties. the real disaster would be if we let donald trump become the face of the country that we love. [applause] more than 120 republicans, national security leaders, recently warned that donald trump would in their words make america less safe. he even mocked our p.o.w.'s,

like john mccaine. i served in the same navy as john mccaine. i used to vote in the same party as job mccaine. donald you're not fit to polish john mccaine's boots! [cheers & applause] but america, we have a better choice. hillary clinton is the only candidate who knows how to work with our allies, who has a specific plan to defeat isis. she is smart, and she's steady.

she has the experience, the temperament and the spine to be a superb commander in chief. [applause] she knows what makes us the envy of the world. it's not our abundant natural resources or resilient economy or even that we have the strongest military on earth. our strength comes from who we are and who we have always been, our hue nanity -- humanity. if we lose our humanity we lose the battle and we lose the war. isis has no humanity, that's their weakness. our enemy can't defeat us militarily, victory won't be

found on the battle field. for them victory is to make us more like them, people who torture, who destabilize the international order who target innocents because they don't look like them and don't pray like them. donald trump is a walking, talking, recruiting poster for terrorists and that's not hyperboly. isis literally used trump in a commercial. you know, you can tell a lot about a person by whom they ad hire. elenor roosevelt, nelson mande a mandela, dorothy rodham. these are hillary clinton's heros. donald trump? he ad meyers donald trump, and

saddam hussein and kim jung un and of puten donald trump said he's getting an "a" in terms of leadership! i thought national security law. praising dictators was an automatic f in my class! [cheers & applause] >> gwen ifill: we are back joined by former attorney general etchin eric holder, whod for president obama and i wonder as we just heard rear admiral admiral john hutson make that case about donald trump whether we're going to see a turn. last night you were talking about black lives matter tonight are we going to see the national security argument made? >> i don't think there is any question that you will see it made and it should be made for

all the reasons that the admiral discussed. donald trump's notion that we're going to use waterboarding or worse which everybody agrees is torture means that he is prepared to violate international law our national laws for an inappropriate purpose. this notion that he has bromances with these thugs should give people great pause when they are trying to make a determination of who should be our next commander in chief. >> judy woodruff: republicans have spent time at their convention talking about the police and how they're not respected enough. they're now saying that's not appreciated enough by democrats, what do you say to that argument? >> what they are trying to do is use the toppings that certainly exists between communities of color and people in law enforcement in a device sieve way and for political gain.

i said last night that there is tension between keeping police officers safe and making sure people of color are treated with dignity and that's the approach we need to take. i've heard too many republicans talk about anybody who questions police tactics as being unsupportive of police. when the fafkt of the matter is a lot of police officer are supportive of doing things the right way. >> gwen ifill: mark shields? >> you know all of these people, barack obama has a 51% favorable rating in the polls, bill clinton bill clinton, hillary clinton hillary clinton is at a 24-year low in the ratings, at 38 favorable, 57 unfavorable. what do you think about her that obviously a great majority of

americans don't know or misunderstand? >> i've worked with her, know her for almost 25 years, worked with her, been with her in the situation room, we've talked about domestic issues, national security issues, i know her to be a person of great integrity and i think she has been successfully characitured. people talk about investigations and scandals, what people tend to forget is what did these things lead to? what did they lead to? long investigations that cost a lot of money, generated media attention but led to what? who was found guilty or having done something inappropriate? it's not there. doesn't mean between now and november 8th she she doesn't have to fight the numbers that you talk about and reintroduce herself -- i thought the speech that president clinton gave last night was pretty good because even though i've known her for a long time i heard some things in

that speech about her and with that reintroduction we can focus on just her, just her and donald trump over the course of the next 100 days or so that her approval ratings will rise and ultimately people will choose her to be our next president >> judy woodruff: david brooks? >> i wanted to ask you about donald trump's comments and inciting russia, are there any legal ramifications, logan act, vie lathes like that? but let's say wiki leaks and the rush russians do have something from the private server, who should we blame? >> it's hard to answer and make a legal determination without knowing more of the facts but the notion that a person who is running for president would in essence encourage a for wren power -- foreign power and

russia of all foreign powers to hack into a private account, is almost disqualifying. it shows a basic level of ignorance about the collateral consequences of a request, it shows how naive he is, and i think it's disqualifying. why you believe it when i first heard it and i had to look at it myself to see what he said in that press conference. but given that statement and all the other things that he has said, i think he has shown himself not qualified to be president of the united states. he doesn't have the proper instincts that would take a person running for the office to answer a question that was posed to him in that way. >> gwen ifill: we have a compressed amount of time, mara. >> you talked about police officers who have been culled you have families of emwho have been killed but no families of

police officers who died, sometimes protecting protesters, do you think that would have been a good idea? >> yeah, i think it would have been a good idea to have people protected by gun violence. >> there seems to be an omission. >> that's not true we saw charles ramie talk about the pain that he saw with police officers who were gunned down, it's certainly something that i tried to convey in my remarks yesterday. you know, hillary clinton is sincere in her desire to make sure that we have balance here, this is to make sure we keep police officers save and revere them and understand the tough jobs that they have and understand the fear that drives a good portion of what it is that they do and at the same time making sure that we have the police in this country doing things in an appropriate way. it can be done if there is a willness to do it. republicans have made a tactical

decision. >> gwen ifill: tonight we will wait and see what your former boss has to say and right now we are going to go back to the stage and here from a colleague of yours, eric holder, leon panetta. >> at this hour, in some very dangerous corners of the world, young americans are standing guard. our brave military and intelligence professionals are on the front lines, far from home, risking their lives for us, for our freedom, for our way of life. the president, a commander in chief, has no greater responsibility, no greater responsibility than the decision

to send our troops into harm's way. [applause] i have worked alongside nine presidents, republican and democrat. all experienced, all believing in the u.s. role in world leadership. i can tell you this: in this election, there is only one candidate for president who has the experience, the temperament and the judgment to be commander in chief and that's hillary clinton! [cheers & applause] this is no time, this is no time to gamble with our future. america faces flash points and threats from around the globe.

we need a president who is strong and smart and courageous, who enters the oval office with the respect of the generals and admirals who lead our military, with the confidence of diplomats who represent america and with the trust of our troops who know that she will always have their back. [applause] that president is hillary clinton. during my time as cia director and secretary of the defense, hillary was a strong supporter of our efforts to protect our home land, to decimate al-qaeda

and to bring bin laden to justice. it was a tough decision to go after osama. in meeting rooms in the white house we debated that. i presented the intelligence to the president and to others, laying out the risks of that operation. and when the president went around the table to our country's national security leadership, there were concerns, but hillary was clear, we have to go after bin laden. our special operations forces, god bless them, did just that. and they sent a clear message to the world: no one attacks the united states of america and gets away with it! [cheers & applause]

hillary is just as determined to defeat those who threaten us today, isis, al-qaeda, terrorists who purview the teachings of islam to kill innocent people, going about their daily lives. people traveling through airports in brussels and i say stan bull, families celebrating in france, men and women shopping in a market in baghdad and just this week, an 85-year old priest whose throat was slit by terrorists who stormed his church during mass. these murderers must be stopped!

[applause] hillary clinton is the only candidat candidate who has laid out a comprehensive plan to tweet and to destroy isis and keep america safe. she is smart, she is principled, she is tough, and she is ready! [applause] hillary clinton is the single most experienced and prepared person who has every run for president of the united states! [cheers & applause] and meanwhile, donald trump says he gets his foreign policy experience from watching tv and running the miss universe pageant. if only, if only it were funny, but it is deadly serious.

donald trump asked our troops to commit war crimes, endorses torture, spurns our allies, suggests that countries have nuclear weapon and he praises dictators from saddam hussein to puten. today only today -- let me point

out something that just happened today. donald trump today once again took russia's side. he asked the russians to interfere in american politics. think about that! think about that for a moment. donald trump who wants to be president of the united states is asking one of our adversaries to engage in hacking or intelligence efforts against the united states of america? to affect an election! as someone who was responsible for protecting our nation from cyber attacks, it is inconceivable to me that any presidential candidate would be that irresponsible.

i say this out of a firm concern for the future of my children and grandchildren, donald trump cannot become our commander in chief! [cheers & applause] . in an unstable world, we cannot afford unstable leadership. we cannot afford someone who believes america should withdraw from the world. someone who threatens our international treaties and violates our principles, we cannot afford an erratic finger on our nuclear weapons. this is no time to roll the dice

and to gamble with america's national security or with the american dream. no time! i've lived that american dream. my parents were immigrants from italy. they came through ellis island. they made their way to california. they opened a restaurant in monterray. i can still remember standing on a chair in the back of that restaurant washing glasses. never could my immigrant parents have dreamed that their son would grow up to be secretary of defense of the most powerful military in the world! [cheers & applause] the american dream -- the

american dream -- the american dream that we've all been a part of has been defended in every generation by the brave men and women willing to fight and die for america. they are our greatest national treasures. [cheers & applause] they deserve a serious commander in chief. if we care about them, if we care about our security, if we care about our freedoms, if we care about the american dream there is only one choice,

hillary clinton for president of the united states! god bless you and god bless our nation! [cheers & applause] >> judy woodruff: these democrats exploded with leon panetta's take-down of donald trump on national security, the california delegation in particular, gwen, shouting. >> gwen ifill: they're chanting no more wars versus eventually the pro hillary types who were chanting back "usa" it's rowdy here for a moment but now maybe they can agree on the next speaker, dr. jill biden who is about to come out and introduce a video about her husband. they ban dating the vice president in 1975 and married him in 1977 they raised his two sons and their daughter together. dr. jill biden. >> thank you! it's great to be back in philly!

once again, we're making history. together we will elect the first woman president of the united states, hillary rodham clinton. let me start by thanking you for allowing me to serve as second lady of the united states for the past eight years. it's been an honor. let me thank you for the love and support you have given our family. it has meant the world to us. over the past eight years, america has gotten to know the

joe biden that i know and love. he's honest and ñ principled and compassionate. he was authentic long before it became a buzz word in politics. he understands that working people are the backbone of this nation. and he has tremendous empathy for those in need. he knows as i do, that educatio. and that community colleges are america's best-kept secret. and he believes, as i do, that we have a special obligation to our military and their families. he has a deep commitment to justice and he has spent his

whole career standing up to the abuse of power. he knows, at its best, politics is always a matter of the heart. and he remains today, even after all he has been through, the most optimistic person i know. [cheering] he loves his family. he loves this country. he is your vice president and my husband, joe biden. [ cheers and applause ] >> ifill: that was dr. jill bid en of the washington area and now we go to a video introducing joe biden, her husband. >> announcer: for over 40 years

joe biden has had the courage to speak out and lead on the toughest issues facing america. >> when i wrote the act back in 1989, although people cared about it thought maybe there was not much we could do about it. >> she saw a justice too great to ignore. violence against women was a stain on the conscious of a nation. >> a single cause of action to empower women who are abused had this country. >> for millions of women, the violence against women act has provided protection, support, and the ability to rebuild their lives. apartheid in south africa offend ed everything that we stood for as a nation -- but america was slow to act. >> i'm ashamed at the lack of moral backbone to this policy. these people are dying. you feel frustration? they're dying. they're being shot. they're out there shooting children. our loyalty is not to south

africa, it's to south africans. genocide in bosnia challenged the world. joe biden spoke out. >> what is going on is an atrocity. this guy is a thug, a war criminal. it's truly a shame what we're allowing to happen. >> we're acting collectively as a free world by powers. >> announcer: in the 1990s, the nra threatened threatened anyone that confronted them. >> we have given the american people safe dispreetsz safe schools. >> that's why we fought the gun lobby and passed the ban on assault weapons. >> it's the kind of courage that we need today in congress to stand up to the nra. when the freedom to love who you choose was being denied by our own government, joe biden said

no more. >> what this is about is a simple proposition, whom do you love? who do you love? and will you be loyal to the person you love? and that's what people are finding out, is what all marriages at their root are about, whether they're marriages of lesbians or guy men or heterosexuals. >> it's over of the long constitutional debate on whether guy couples have a constitutional right to marry and the answer is yes. >> for joe biden, the one promise of a nation is to those who have served. >> the veterans of america are not only the heart and soul but you are the very spine of this nation. who have served and sacrificed for all of us. >> announcer: and for those military family whose have lost loved ones, who have sacrificed the most, he has offered hope. >> there will come a day when

the thought of your son or daughter or husband or wife bring's smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. it will happen. my prayer for you is that day will come sooner than later. but the only thing i have more experience in you in is this -- i'm telling you, it will come. >> brown: i believe we need a moonshot in this country to cure cancer. it's personal. >> like many of you, i have experienced in my family the dreaded c-word. every year around 14 parking lot people are diagnosed with cancer >> we are going to fundamentally change the face of cancer. >> because he has fought for all of us on so many issues over-the past 40 years i'm putting joe in

mission control. >> violence has dropped 60% but one place it has not changed is college campuses. >> announcer: today he is lead ing a movement to end sexual abuse on college campuses. one in five women will be a victim of sexual assault on college campus. >> we're launching it's on us campaign. it says i will promise when i intervene when i see something. and two, sexual assault is unacceptable. and, three, no consent means no. >> announcer: the gut wrenching story has gone viral. >> president joe biden wrote a heart wrenching letter to the survivor. >> i do not know your name but your words will help people you never met. you is given them the strength they need to fight. i do not know your name but i will never forget you. >> let's change the country so that no abused woman or man ever

feels they have to ask themselves what did i do? they did nothing wrong. >> announcer: it was the great battle over civil rights and the vietnam war that brought joe bide ton public life. and he has not flinched or walked away from the great battle that has driven and defined this nation ever since. his has been a career defined by honesty, passion and conviction. and through the it al whe i mattered most, he forced us all to look deep in our souls and ask, is this who we are as a nation, and perhaps more importantly, is this who we want to be. >> i am more optimistic about america's chances today than i have been my entire life.

(theme from "rocky" playing). >> joe biden spend 43 years in politics and this may be his last national convention where he speaks but look at this crowd it only took three nights for to us hear the "rocky" music here if philadelphia. we knew it would happen for joe biden. >> they're holding up red letters -- red signs with white letters for joe. you are listening to and watch ing pbs newshour, npr coverage of this national democratic convention. the vice president comes to the electricity turn, at the podium, striding from one end of the podium to the other. >> take a look at the rocking reception.

joe biden is receiving: >> brown: i think they want 0 let him know that they like him. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you, thank you, thank you. [ applause ] >> i love you. ladies and gentlemen, eight years ago, i stood on the stage in denver, and i accepted your nomination ed to be vice president of the united states and every single day since then, it's been the honor of our lives for jill and me, every day we have been grateful to barack

obama and michelle for asking to us join them on that incredible journey, a journey that can only happen in america. but we not only have worked together, as it becomes pretty obvious we become friends. we're now family. we're family. folks we have all seen over the last eight years what president obama means to this country. he is the embodiment, he is the embodiment of honor, resolve, and character, one of the finest presidents we have ever had. that's right. this is a man of character.

and he has become a brother to me. and michelle, i don't know where you are, kid, but you are incredible. you are incredible! i was talking to barack obama today, and it's not who is going to give the best speech. we know who did that. you were incredible monday night the delaware delegation as they say in southern delaware, barack and i married way up. way up. folks, as i stand here tonight i see so many friends and

colleagues like my buddy chris dodd and the connecticut delegation, so many people here. i see the faces of those who have placed their belief in barack and me -- so many faces. but one. this is kind of a bittersweet moment for jill and me and our family. in 2008, when he was about to deploy to iraq, and again in 2012, our son bo introduced me to the country and placed my name in nomination. you got a glimpse. i know i sound like dad but you got a glimpse of what an incredibly fine young man bo was thank you.

thank you. his wife halle and his two kids are here tonight. but as ernest hemingway once wrote, the world breaks everyone and afterwards, many are strong at the broken places. i have been made strong at the broken places by my love jill, by my heart, my son, hunter, and the love of my life, my ashley. and by all of you. and i mean this sincerely, those of you that have been through this, you know i mean what i say by all of you, your love, your prayers, your support. but you know what, we talk about -- we think about the count less thousands of other

people who suffered so much more than we have, with so much less support, so much less reason to go on, but they get up every morning, every day, they put one foot in front of the other. they keep going. that's the unbreakable spirit of the people of america. that's who we are.kfz that's who we are. don't forget it. like the people in the neighborhood that phil and i grew up in, we go down in wilmington and claymount, the kid in claymount with the most courage, who jumped in when you were double-teamed or back was against the wall, or you papal a cop because you wanted to help people, the little daughter of

three daughters, who always made her mother smile, who was a hero to her sisters, now a major in the united states marine corps because mr. past president, i wanted to serve my country. the teacher -- the teachers as so many of you know, who take money out of their own pocket to buy pencils and notebooks for the students who can't afford them, why? why? because being a teacher is not what they do; it's who they r. [ applause ] you know and i know, for real, these are the people who have the heart and soul of this country. it's the america that i know, the america that hillary knows

and tim kaine knows. you know, i i have known hillary well over 30 years. before she was first lady of the united states, when she became first lady, we served together in the united states senate. and during her years as secretary of state, once a week, we had blake fast in my home, the vice president's residence. everybody knows she's smart. everybody knows she's tough.karu but i know what she is passionate about. i know hillary. hillary understands. hillary gets it. hillary understands that a college loan is about a lot more than getting a qualified student education. it's about saving the mom and the dad from the in dignity of having to look at their child

and say, honey, i'm so sorry, the bank wouldn't lend me the money, i can't help you to get to school. i know that about hillary. hillary understood that, for years, millions of people went to bed staring at the ceiling thinking oh, my god what if i get breast cancer or he has a heart attack, i will lose everything, what will we do then i know about hillary clinton! ed. ladies and gentlemen, we all understand what i will mean for our daughters and grand daughter s when hillary clinton walks into the oval office as president of the united states of america. it will change their lives. my daughters and granddaughters can do anything my son or

grandson can do, and she will prove it, mr. mayor. so let me say as clearly as i can, if you live in the neighborhoods like the one jill and i grew up in, if you worry about your job and getting a decent pay, if you worry about your children's education, if you're taking care of an elderly parent, then there's only one person in this election who will help you, there's only one person in this race who will be there, who has always been there for you, and that's hillary clinton's life story. it's her life story. she is always there. she is always there. she has always been there. and so has tim kaine.

ladies and gentlemen to state the obvious and i'm not trying to be a wise guy here, i really mean it, that's not donald trump 's story. just look at me a second without booing or cheering -- i mean this sincerely, we should really think about this. his cynicism is unbounded. his lack of empathy and compassion can be subjected up in a phrase i suspect he is most proud of having made famous -- " you're fired ." i mean really i'm not joking. think about that. think about that. think about everything you learn as a child. no matter where you were raised. how can there be pleasure in say ing "you're fired"? he is trying to tell us he cares about the middle class? give me a break.

that's a bunch of mularkey. [cheering] whatever he thinks, whatever he thinks, and i mean this from the bottom of my heart, i know i'm called middle classes joe. in washington that is not meant as a complement. it means you're not sophisticated. but i know why we're strong. i know why we have held together i know why we are united. it's because there's always been a growing middle class. this guy doesn't have a clue

about the middle class. not a clue. because, folks, when the middle class does well, the rich do very well and the poor have hope , they have a way up. he has no clue about what makes america great. actually he has no clue period. but folks, you have got it. audience: not a clue, not a clue, not a clue.

>> folks let me say something that has nothing to do with politics. let me talk about something that i am deadly serious about. this is a complicated and uncertain world that we live in. the threats are too great, the times are too uncertain to elect donald trump as president of the united states. now let me finish. no major party, no major party nominee in the history of this nation has ever known less or has been less prepared to deal with our national security.6ñ: you cannot elect a man who exploits our fears of isis and other terrorists, who has no plan whatsoever to make us safer

a man who embraces the tactics of our enemies -- torture, religious intolerance -- you all know. all of the republicans know, that's not who we are. it betrays our values. it alienates those who we need in the fight against isis. donald trump, with all of his rhetoric, would literally make us less safe. we cannot elect man who belittle s our closest allies while embracing dictators like vlad putin. i mean it. a man who seeks to sew division in america for his own gain and disorder around the world; a man who confuses bluster with strength. we simply cannot let that happen as americans -- period.

folks, i have -- no one ever doubts all i say but sometimes i say all i mean. but let me tell you what i literallily tell every world leader that i met with and i met with them all. it's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against america. we have the finest fighting force not world. not only -- not only do we have the largest economy in the world , we have the strongest economy in the world.

we have the most productive workers in the world, and give it a fair shot, give ate fair chance, americans have never ever ever let their country down never! never. ordinary people like us who do extraordinary things. we have had candidates before attempted to get elected by appealing to our peers but they have never succeeded because we do not scare easily. we never bow. we never bend. we never break when confronted with crises. no, we en endure. we overcome and we always, always, always move forward. that's why i can say, with absolute conviction, i am more optimistic about our chances today than when i was elected as

a 29-year-old kid to the senate. the 21st century is going to be the american century. because we need not only lead by the example of our power but by the power of our example. that is the history of the journey of america. and, god willing, hillary clinton will write the next chapter in that journey. we are america, second to none, and we own the finish line. don't forget it. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. come on! we're america! [ cheers and applause ]

>> woodruff: vice president joe biden bringing this dwoangs life it's like a jolt of electricity, saying we don't give in to fear, it's never a good bet to bet against america talking, of course, about donald trump. if there was any doubt the delegates were going to come together they are together now. he started with emotions with tears in his eyes talking about his son joe biden who died of cancer. and joe biden, good old uncle joe is a beloved figure in this party although he thought about running himself. >> the video that we saw before we heard from the vice president reminded us that the terribly un timely death of bo biden a year ago might be the really joe biden is not the man being nominated tonight.

we don't know what would have happened if he had chosen to run but it was the wrong time for him to try to run in the wake of that tragedy. so another thought as we go forward tonight. >> amy walter, we are watching as the mayor of atlanta case em read walks up. what did joe biden bring that no one else brought to that podium? >> the passion and the fervor that democrats can share the title of american and usa, it's not republicans only that we can win this battle to make america exceptional and it's not just republicans that do that. what i found interesting for pineta and joe biden, though both talked about the fact and made a very clear ace about how donald trump was not qualified to be a commander and chief. they didn't really lay specific ally about what hillary clinton was going to do about

isis, about terrorism. that's the job she needs to do but i think the bar is high for her to come outdoor and say donald trump said he is going to be going to do this, i say we're going to do that. he wants this, i want that. >> sounds like the audience want ed a chance to cheer and say "not a clue" which they were cheering at one point. and usa. and mark shields i dare say you have known joe as long as anybody at this table am i right >> probably. yes. >> ifill: tell us more about where you think this came from? >> from joe biden, i think bo biden's life and death are central to joe biden's character and where he stands today, the passion he brises to this. he has always been a great supporter of the mill attack but it became personal to joe, and i thought that came across. he used the same line he used in his debate against paul ryan "

that's a bunch of mularkey" in the vice presidential debate in 2012 talking about donald trump. and i think the idea of the 21 st century is going to be the american century, that was a call to this convention that the future can be ours, that we're not just playing defense in this election against donald trump. so i thought he did well, and it's a valid victory for him, for jerry brown earlier tonight, jessie jackson and a whole generation of really remarkable public figures, and jessie jackson who gave one of the three best speeches i have ever heard at a democrat or republican convention. >> david brooks, the vice president also brought in energy to this place that we haven't heard with every speech. >> a he is beloved but also he has traditional values. he sea always quoting grandma

said this about how to behave at the kitchen available and father always said this and i had to rat on my sister and here is how you handle that situation so he is always quoting his ancestors and when he ran for president, it was like half of scranton, the whole biden family was there often outdoor numbering the voters in iowa. but he is rooted in the traditional values. when he talked about trump i was struck by how much he feels trump violates everything he was raised with -- not only raised with but when he came to the senate he was sort of an outsider, he was young and had gone through this immense personal tragedy and a lot brought him under the wing and said here is how you do this and he is a real loyalty to the code and here is donald trump who is everything he spend his whole life for so he seemed like personally offended. >> let's go to the floor and hear susan davis tell us about how that remarkable speech was

received. >> you know, of course, joe bid en was incredibly received in the room and there was an incredibly warm response from the crowd. one of the things that stuck out in the speech were all of the signs and a lot of them just said joe and a lot of them just said scranton and joe bide be has a unique ability to work speak to the working class in a way others haven't yet. he has a unique voice there that and he comes from a working class up bringing and has a warm amount of respect in the democratic party. and for some way this sis his swan song. he has been elected to office for the last 48 years and this is the end of joe biden's head of office and it was a warm reception. >> >> now we go to the podium for the mayor of atlanta who has just introduced another mayor and that's mike bloomberg who

was an independent and then a republican and announced this week that he was endorsing hillary clinton. former mayor. new york city. former mayor of new york city. >> thank you. thank you. kasim thank you for that dined introduction. and let me thank all of you for welcoming an outsider here to deliver what will be an un conventional convention speech now i am not here as a member of any party or to endorse any party platform. i am here for one reason -- to explain why i believe it is imperative that we elect hillary clinton as the next president of the united states.

and to ask you to join with me in supporting her this november. you know when the founding fathers arrived here in philadelphia to forge a new nation, they didn't come as democrats or republicans or to nominate a presidential candidate. they came as patriots who feared party politics and i know how they felt. i have been a democrat. i have been a republican. and i eventually became an independent. because i don't believe that either party has a monopoly on good ideas or strong leadership. when i enter the voting booth each time i look at the candidates, not the party label. i have supported elected officials from both sides of the aisle and probably not many people in this room can say that

but i know there are many watching at home who can. and now they are carefully weigh ing their choices. i understand their dilemma. i know what it's like to have neither party fully represent my views or values. to many republicans blame immigrants for problems and stand in one way on climate change and gun violence. meanwhile many democrats i think wrongly blame the private sector for our exprobs stand in the way of action on education and deficit reduction. there are times when i disagree with hillary clinton. but let me tell you, whatever our disagreements may be i have come here to say we must put them aside for the good of our country. [cheering] and we must unite around the

candidate who can defeat a dangerous demagogue. i believe it's the duty of all american citizens to make our voices heard by voting in in this election, and if you're not yet rental stored vote go online and do it now. this is just too important to sit out. now we have heard a lot of talk in the campaign about needing a leader who understands business. i couldn't agree more. i built a business and i didn't start it with a million dollar choke from my father. [cheering] because of my success in the private sector, i had the chance run america's largest city for 12 years governing in the wake

of its greatest tragedy. today as an independent and an entrepreneur and a former mayor, i believe we the president who is a problem-solver, not a barn thrower, someone who can bring members of congress together to get big things done, and i know hillary can do that because i saw it firsthand. i was elected mayor two months after 9/11 a republican. and i see how hillary clinton worked with republicans in washington to ensure that new york got the help it needed to recover and rebuild. through the her time in the senate, we didn't always agree but hillary clinton always listened. and that's the kind of approach we need in washington he today and it just has to start in the white house.

given my background i have often encouraged business leaders to run for office because. of many of them share the same pragmatic approach to building consensus but not all. most of us who have created a business know they are only as good as the way our employees, partners view us. most of us don't pretend that we're smart enough to make every decision by ourselves. and most of us who have our names on the door know that we are only as good as our word. but not donald trump. through his career, donald trump has left behind a well documented record of bankruptcies and thousands of lawsuits and angry stock holders and contractors who feel cheated , and disillusioned customers who feel they have been ripped off.

trump says he wants to run the nation like he is running his business? god help us! i'm a new yorker. and i know a con when i see one. trump says he will punish manufacturers that move to mexico or china but the clothes he sells d sells are made overseas in low wage factories. he says he wants to put american s back to work but he gains the u.s. visa system to hire temporary foreign workers at low wages. he says he wants to deploy 11 million undocumented people but he seems to have no problem in hiring them.

what did i miss here? truth be told, the richest thing about donald trump is his hypocrisy. he wants you to believe that we can solve our biggest problems by deporting mexicans and shutting out muslims. he wants you to believe that erecting trade barriers will bring back good jobs. she wrong on both counts. we can only solve our biggest problems if we come together and embrace the freedoms that our founding fathers established right here in philadelphia. which permitted our ancestors to create the great american exceptionalism that all of us now enjoy. donald trump doesn't understand that. hillary clinton does.

and we can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure and do more to support small business. not stiff them. donald trump doesn't understand that. hillary clinton does. i understand the appeal of a businessman president but trump 's business plan is a disaster in the making. he would make it harder for small businesses to compete, do great damage to our economy, threaten the savings of millions of americans leading to greater debt and more unemployment, erode our influence around the world and make our communities less safe. the bottom line is, trump is a risky, reckless and radical choice, and we can't afford to make that choice!

now, i know hillary clinton is not flawless. no candidate is. but she is the right choice and the responsible choice in this election. and no matter what you may think about her politics or her record , hillary clinton understands that this is not reality television -- this is reality! [cheering] she understands the job of president. it involves finding solutions not pointing fingers, and offering hope, not stoking fear. over the course of our country's proud history, we have faced our share of brave challenges but we have never retreated in fear -- never. not here in philadelphia in 1776 , not here at gettysburgburg

in 1863, not through two world wars and a great depression, not at selma or stonewall and not after 9/11 and we must not start now. america is the greatest country on earth. and when people vote with their feet, they come here. the presidency of the united states is the most powerful office in the world. so i say to my fellow independents, your votes matter now. your vote will determine the future of your job, your business, and our future together as a country. to me this election is not a choice between a democrat and a republican. it is a choice between who is better to lead our country right now. better for our economy, better for our security, better for our freedom, and better for our

future. there is no doubt in my mind that hillary clinton is the right choice this november. so tonight, as an independent i am asking you to join with me not out of party loyalty but out of love of country. and together -- and together let's select sane, competent person with international experience, a unifier who is mature now to reach out for advice, to build consensus and to recognize that we all have something to contribute. so let's elect hillary clinton as the next president of the greatest country in the world, the united states of america! thank you.

>> woodruff: who would have thought one of the toughest take downs of donald trump would come from someone who is not a democrat, who was a republican and then an independent, a former mayor of new york city, and a remarkable line at the end , "we need someone who is sane and competent to be elected president." >> too many strong lines to say them all. he said new yorkers know a con when we see one and that he didn't need a million dollar check from his own far to start his own business. an amazing speech. earlier this evening there was another strong antitrump speech from leon pineta and rachel martin on the floor talked to him. >> i'm joined on the podium by the former director of the c.i.a., leon pineta. thank you very much for making time for us tonight. >> nice to be with you. >> you came down pretty hard on donald trump right now in your

remarks, talking about what you called an invitation to a foreign power, russia, to wage a siebler attack of some sort, digging into hillary clinton's missing e-mails. earlier in a separate interview with cnn you used the word conspiracy. do you think that donald trump is in some kind of conspiracy with the rowtion government or others. >> i really don't know if there is more to what we see than what he said. but i think a fact that he has praised putin and the fact he is now asking the russians to help in getting involved in a u.s. election raise's lot of concerns as expharnd chief, you cannot ask an adversary to get involved in this kind of election in this country. it is irresponsible. so you know, i don't know if it's a conspiracy or not but i

do believe his highly irresponsible. >> if the connection is proven that russia was behind the leak ing of those e-mails what should the repercussions be for russia? >> well i think the united states has to make very clear to russia that that is not something they should be doing, that they are to stop any kind of intelligence packing that involves political affairs or for that matter any of our affairs. i think the estimate makes it clear russia that this is out of bounds. >> let me ask you to do a little compare and con travel. the republican national convention last week in cleveland, the message was about law and order, that donald trump seize himself as a steady hand in a very violent and unsteady world how does hillary clinton and democrats at large, how do

they nod to those fears but differentiate, hillary clinton in particular, from donald rumsfeld and his ethics. >> i think it's very simple. donald trump talks about these things and then says nothing. he doesn't say anything about how to deal with this problems other than trust me i can take care of it. and the reality is that hillary clinton can present a clear platform in how to deal with the crises that we're confronting around the world. she has the experience. she has the understanding. she has knowledge of our world that we're dealing with and i think as a result she can show that while he does the talking, raises the fears, she is someone who can deal with those fears and find answers. >> but his line of argument is the world is not a safer place. you just picked off all that exists today, shabbat, isis, we see attacks from san bernardino

to paris. it feels like a very unsteady, violent world to a lot of people , and president obama and hillary clinton have been at the helm. what do you see to those criticisms from trump that says, look if you want change, you have to take steps 0 make it. >> the most important thing to understand is that we have a dangerous world. hillary clinton and barack obama did not create russia. they didn't create china. they didn't create isis. they didn't create terrorism. but they have to respond to the threats that are out there so i think that the important thing to focus on is, you know, we could go back to eisenhower, and we could go back to nixon or go back to george bush if you want to look at who is responsible. everybody bears some of the blame but we need to focus on what problems we're facing, what crises we're failing, how do we build alliances, how do we

strengthen nato so that we can could be front these challenges. >> has the democratic party underestimated donald trump's candidacy? >> i think there isn't anybody there this country who thought that donald trump would be where he is at right now. i can't think of anybody who said watch out for this guy. everybody i talked to and a lot of the commentators thought he would basically implode. but it goes to show you, that he is catering to frustrations and fear and anger and divisiveness, and you can do that. you can to that. but e. but i think the key to the next president has to be not how to divide america but how to unify america. >> ifill: we. woodruff: we are hearing the

leon pineta interview that rachel martin did and pretty much a raw take down of donald trump saying that the country would be unsafe if he were elected president, and going so farm as to say donald trump has taken russia's side, asking russia, gwen, to intercede and to look into hillary clinton's e-mails. >> ifill: that was his job tonight to come out and make that case: we have amy wallet ter and fresh off the campaign trail, tamara keith who usually joins us on politics monday on newshour. and tell us, as you have been out there with hillary and company we were at the announcement where tim kaine is going to speak tonight and what do we expect to hear? >> what we heard in miami when he was introduced to the country , i think, is going to be similar to what we hear tonight. he has to introwft himself. she a senator, former governor

of virginia but a lot of people do not know about him. he has midwestern roots. he has a son in the military and just deployed. in some ways hiss own family story is sort of a human embod iment or resume rebuttal to the arguments that donald trump has made about u.s. military strength and criticisms of the nato alliance. well his son is deployed to nato , so some of that is likely to come up. that came up with this remarks in miami. >> another little point today, tonight sighting out in the audiences, former president bill clinton. on either side of him he has two people who were supposed to be on the short list. the labor second and toll, former governor of iowa. and i wonder if that is by design. >> i think they happen by accident especially apt this convention. >> amy walter, what did you think of the last speech from

michael bloomberg. >> you know, he was not very subtle in his attacks on donald trump but he also wasn't subtle about who he was going after and the kind of voters. he said i know what it's like to feel like you don't have a party i know what it's like to be an independent. and he said specifically, my fellow independents, your vote matters, saying to all of those republicans out there, we have been talking about this for some time, mark specifically, about is this convention reaching out to those disaffected voters. bloomberg said specifically i know you're out there and i know you don't want to vote for donald trump. you don't have to but you have to get out and vote for hillary clinton. that was the strongest message there that i have seen this entire convention. >> mark shields this may be the only speech at this convention by a billionaire going after another bill air. >> we haven't checked bill clinton's net worth recently. but i think it was a far more

effective than i thought it would be. bloomberg is not known as a platform speaker. he spoke more passion natally of hillary clinton than i have ever heard him speak of his own behalf. and it was obvious it was still a really developmental dislike and almost -- we must yieflt around this and face this dangerous demagogue. that's about as tough as you're going to get and the richest thing about this man is pocket glove and mike bloomberg can to it from the position of commercials, as somebody who has done. >> it are we at the point in the convention where we asked the question in cleveland last week, is there more being said critical of the opponent than there is positive about the person who is running a as nominee of this party. >> that's sure.

there as lot to work with but even the thesis which is that hillary clinton may not be the we's knees but she is not insane so she is not insane might be the bumper sticker and that's per swalessive to the team that country he has a disorder. i have to say, every time the people on the podium seem to reach out to disaffected republicans, people on the floor in the delegation say, no, don't vote for us. you know, even the booing of le alone pineta or the opposition , a lot of moderate and republican voters say, does that party believe in the war on terror? and this has deeply under mind the pandemic of violence in this world and they have not address ed it and that will be a problem for people who decide where bloomberg is. >> at the top of the hour we expect to hear from tim kaine

who was a running mate for hillary clinton and just a short time ago, our john yang on the floor spoke with one of tim kaine's mentors. >> we're here with senator mark warner of virginia. and how long have you known tim kaine. >> i have known tim kaine 37 years. we met at law school. we didn't meet in the library. and we both were not from virginia. we settled in virginia and our political lives, public lives, have been totally intertwined. i supported him for mayor. he supported me for senate. he was my lieutenant governor. and i can't think of anybody that i would rather have by my said, more honest, steadfast, truthful and candidly just plain decent. >> tell us about the tim tim kaine that you know and what do you want america to know about tim kaine. >> what i want america to know is that no one is calmer in moments of high tension. no one is more thoughtful. there are very few people in politics that know how to listen

tim kaine knows how to listen. and my hope is that tonigh:a% people will see a little bit of what i have for 37 years. and maybe the best thing nrntion terms of independent valid degrees is, when hillary picked him, the folks not press went to the republican members of the general assembly, republican members of the senate and to a person said i may disagree with his policies but he's a good decent guy, and geared in politics where there's too much personal destruction, the fact that you put pa decent man, i think people across the country will respond to it. >> senator mark warner of virginia, we are browsing his friend of 37 years to america. back up to you. >> woodruff: thank you very much john yang. we're back in the sky booth but we need to take a short station break. special pbs newshour of the democratic national convention in philadelphia. >> funding for this program is

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washington with an updated on the nonconvention news. baltimore posteriors dropped all remaining charges against police officers, in the death of freddie gray. he died of injuries after his arrest last spring. six police were charged but so far there have been three acquit as and a miss trail. the state's attorney said today she decided against proceeding further because securing any convictions now seems unlikely. a federal judge has ordered the release of the man who tried to assassinate president reagan. he said today that john hinkley junior no longer pose's risk. hinkley shot and wounded the president there march of 1981. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. and sent to a mental hospital in washington. hinkley is now 61. he already spefnedz 17 days a month at his mother's home in virginia. and in france, catholic and muslim leaders stood in solidarity, a day after two islamic state attackers killed an elderly catholic priest, the head at the main mosque in paris said all french mus limbs

condemn such acts and the pope condemned the killings as he arrived there for world youth day events. [music playing] >> judy woodruff: if you are just joining us it is 10:00 in the east and this is live coverage of the democratic convention from npr and the pbs news hour, i'm judy woodruff. >> gwen ifill: and i'm gwen ifill, we are getting ready to hear from the vice-presidential nominee, and i wanted to get a sense about coming into this from the outside how this convention seems this week. >> i've been watching it on tv and came in today and it's been interesting to watch. i think that the boo's coming

from the california delegation seem to be coming from the california delegation and this is a much bigger hall than i could have possibly imagined and far more people in it than i imagined even seeing all the pictures. >> gwen ifill: inside the hillary bubble do you hear it at all resonate? was so much going on. >> there was definitely -- it was breaking through. >> judy woodruff: okay and we should say, we're starting a video now about tim kaine, hillary clinton's pick to be her vice president. >> he learned the tools of the trade, off toe college it the mizzou and harvard after which tim took a year off and served as a missionary in honduras where he taught carpentry skills he learned from his father in turn they taught him spanish and that we had so much to learn

from each other if only we would listen, tim returned and met the love of his life, anne. anne's father was the republican governor of virginia and was a leader sending his daughters to a black majority public school. they attended the church they still attend today. tim began as a civil rights leader and fighting insummit. he ran for city council, became richmond's mayor, solving problems by bringing people owe together. they were raising a family, sending their children to the same public school anne attended they live in the same house they moved into 24 years ago. tim was elected lieutenant governor of virginia and in 2005 won an election for governor,

facing the deepest recession since the 1930s, and tim's hard work earned him honors and virginia was the best place to raise a child, it had one of the lowest unemployment rates and one of the highest family in connection with but his time as governor saw his state darkened by what he calls the worst day of his life. when he helped virginia come together after the shooting at virginia tech that left 32 students and teachers dead. >> there was something in the story yesterday that was different and it was you, your spirit of even in the dark day of optimism and hope and wanting to be together and you taught something good yesterday to people all around the world and the world needs that example before us. >> tim kaine has always helped

people raise above. he took his problem-solving approach to the u.s. senate where he has become an advocate for men and women in the service. tim has been one of the senate's leaders in protecting women's healthcare, committed to comprehensive immigration reform, a determined advocate for gun safety, a lifetime fighting for social justice and fairness, a life's work, built on the principle that we are stronger together. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome the next vice president of the united states, senator tim kaine. [cheers & applause] >> judy woodruff: the 58-year old senator from virginia you heard his colleague mark warner

who was a mentor to tim kaine talked about how this man has never lost a political race he started out on the city council in richmond, viae and worked his way up. >> gwen ifill: one of the interesting things about tim kaine is that he was the first senator ever to deliver a senate floor speech entirely in spanish and he's happy to weave some of that into his announcement with hillary clinton the other day. >> judy woodruff: and won out over a number of other -- actually people who i think a lot of people thought hillary clinton might pick over him but in the end it came down to him and one or two others, we mentioned tom perez and tom vilsek, the secretary of agriculture, tim kaine is on the podium. >> thank you everybody!

hello philadelphia! hello democratic family! i want to thank my beautiful wife anne and my three wonderful children, nat, woody, and anella. they're sittin' right up there! [cheers & applause] you know any son nat deployed with his marine battalion two days ago to protect and defend the very nato allies that donald trump now says he meths to abandon! sempe semper 23 fei f rishgs,

he would abandon. semper fi, nat! my parents and in-laws are here, our siblings and their spouses, our nieces and nephews, hundreds of friends from virginia and beyond, including my governor terry mcauliffe and my great friend, representative bobby scott. we love you all. today, for my wife anne and every strong woman in this country; for nat, woody, and annella, and every young person starting out in life to make their own dreams real; for every man and woman serving in our military, at home and abroad;

for every family working hard to get ahead and stay ahead; for my parents and in-laws and every senior citizen who hopes for a dignified retirement with health care and research to end diseases like alzheimer's; for every person who wants america to be a beloved community, where people aren't demeaned because of who they are, but rather respected for their contributions to this nation; and for all of us who know the brightest future for our country is the one we build together; and for my friend hillary clinton, i humbly accept my party's nomination to be vice president of the united states. [cheers & applause] thank you!

can i be honest with you about something? i never expected to be here, but let me tell you how it happened. i was born in minnesota and grew up in kansas city. my folks weren't much into politics. my dad ran a union ironworking shop in the stockyards. and my mom was his best

salesman. my brothers and i pitched in to help during summers and on weekends. that's how small family businesses do it. my parents, al and kathy taught me about hard work, and about kindness, and, most importantly, faith. i went to a jesuit boys school - rockhurst high school! that's a big line for the jesuits! now we had a motto in our school, which was "men for others!" that's where my faith became vital, a north star for orienting my life. and i knew that i wanted to fight for social justice.

like so many of you. that's why i took a year off law school to volunteer with jesuit missionaries in honduras. i taught kids welding and carpentry. aprendií los valores del pueblo - fe, familia, y trabajo. faith, family, and work. faith, family and work! work. los mismos valores de la comunidad latina aquií en nuesto pais. somos americanos todos. [cheers & applause] somos americanos todos and let me tell you what really struck me. i got a first-hand look at a system - a dictatorship - where a few people at the top had all the power and everyone else got left out. it convinced me that

we've got to advance opportunity for everyone. no matter where they come from, how much money they have, what they look like, how they worship, or who they love. [cheers & applause] back in 1970, in virginia, the republican governor linwood holton believed exactly the same thing. he integrated virginia's public schools, so black and white kids would finally learn together, and the family enrolled their own kids, including his daughter, anne, in those integrated inner-city schools. many years later when anne went off to college, she brought with her the lessons borne of that experience. and one day, in a study group, she met this goofy guy who had been off teaching kids in honduras.

well, anne and i have now been married for almost 32 years, and i am the luckiest husband in the world. [applause] let me tell you something, anne's parents, lin and jinks, are here today, 90-plus and going strong! 90-plus and going strong! [applause] lin is still a republican. but he's voting for a lot of democrats these days. an awful lot of democrats! and here is why he's voting for democrats because any party that would nominate donald trump for president has moved too far away from his party of lincoln. and if any of you are looking for

that party of lincoln, we've got a home for you right here in the democratic party. [cheers & applause] lin's example helped inspire me to work as a civil rights lawyer. over 17 years, i took on banks and landlords, real estate firms and local governments, anyone who treated people unfairly pefr i had a six-year case against an insurance company that was discriminating against minority neighborhoods all across america in issuing homeowners' insurance. folks, democratic friends, these are the battles i've been fighting my whole life. and that's the story of how i atq0v0

all we want to be. now i have the honor of representing my commonwealth in the u.s. senate. i work on the armed services foreign relations committee to seep us safe at home and strong in the world. i work on the budget committee with our great democratic leader of that committee, a spectacular senator who used to be a mayor of vermont, bernie sanders.

and we all should feel the b etchingrn and we all should not want to get burned by the other guy! [cheers & applause] on that budget committee under bernie's leadership we fight for investments in education, health care, research, and transportation. and i serve on the aging committee, making sure that seniors have a secure retirement and don't get targeted by rip-off artists who will scam them out of their savings or overcharge them for

prescription drugs. can i tellñr you a funny thing about the senate? that sounds like a yes! i spent a lot of time with a lot of republican senators who, once they've made sure nobody's listening, w fantastic a senator hillary clinton was. [cheers & applause] now look, my journey has convinced me that god has created a rich tapestry in this country - an incredible cultural diversity that succeeds when we embrace everyone in love

and battle back against the dark forces of division. we're all neighbors and we must love our neighbors as ourselves. [applause] now ricks hillary clinton and i are compañeros del alma. we share this belief: do all the good you can. serve one another. that's pretty simple. that's what i'm about. that's what you're about. that's what bernie sanders is about. that's what joe and jill biden are about, that's what barack and michelle obama are about. and that's what hillary

clinton is about. si se puede. yes we can! yes we can! yes we can! now, last week in cleveland, we heard a lot about trust. so let's talk about trust. i want to tell you why i trust hillary clinton.

first, she's consistent. she has battled to put kids and families first since she was a teenager - in good times and bad, in victory and defeat, in and out of office, through hell or high water. fighting for underprivileged kids at the children's defense fund. fighting to get health insurance for 8 million kids when she was first lady. fighting for the well-being of women and girls around the world. can i offer you a little tip? when you want to know about the character of someone in public life, look to see if they have a passion, one that began before they were in office, and that they have consistently held on to throughout their career.

hillary's passion is kids and families. donald trump has a passion too: it's himself. and it's not just words with hillary, it's accomplishments. she delivers. as senator, after 9/11, she battled congressional republicans to care for the first responders who saved victims of that terrorist attack. as secretary of state, she implemented tough sanctions against iran to pave the way for a diplomatic breakthrough that

curtailed a dangerous nuclear weapons program. she wasn't afraid. she wasn't afraid to stand up against thugs and dictators and was a key part of the obama national security team that decided to go to the ends of the earth to wipe out osama bin laden. hey, remember karla, the little girl we heard from on monday who feared her parents would be deported? she trusts hillary to keep them together. and remember the mothers of the movement we heard from last night? they

trust hillary to keep other mothers' sons and daughters safe. on a personal rochelle, as he's serving our nation abroad, i trust hillary clinton with our son's life! you know who i don't trust? i wonder! donald trump! donald trump! trump is a guy who promises a lot. but you might have noticed, he has a habit of saying the same two words right after he makes his biggest promises. you guys know the words i mean?

"believe me." it's gonna be great - believe me! we're gonna build a wall and make mexico pay for it - believe me! we're gonna destroy isis so fast - believe me! there's nothing suspicious in my tax return-believe me! [cheers & applause] by the way, does anyone here believe that donald trump's been paying his fair share of taxes? do you does anybody hre believe he ought to release those tax returns like every other presidential candidate in modern history?

of course he should. donald, what are you hiding? and yet he still says, "believe me." "believe me?" here's the thing. believe me? believe me? i mean, here is the thing. most people when they run for president, they don't just say "believe me." they respect you enough to tell you how they will get things done. i mean, that's what most people who run for president do. for example, you can go to hillaryclinton.com right now and find out exactly how she'll make the biggest investment in new jobs in generations, and how she'll defend and build on wall street reform. you can see how she'll reform our immigration system and create a path to citizenship, and how she'll make

it possible to graduate from college debt-free. you can see how she'll guarantee equal pay for women and make paid family leave a reality. all it takes it one click! all it takes it one click and we can see how she'll do it. how she'll pay for it and how we'll benefit. not donald trump. he never tells you how he's going to do any of the things he says he's going to do. he just says, "believe me." so here's the question. do you really believe him? i mean, donald trump's whole career says you better not!

small contractors - companies just like my dad's - believed him when he said that he'd pay them to build a casino in atlantic city. they did the work, hung the drywall, poured the concrete. but a year after opening, trump filed for bankruptcy. he walked away with millions. they got pennies on the dollar. some of them went out of business. all because they believed donald trump. retirees and families in florida believed donald trump when he said he'd build them condos. thousand of them! they paid their deposits, but the condos were never built. he just pocketed their money, and walked away. they lost tens of thousands of dollars, all because they believed donald trump. charity after charity believed donald trump when he

said he would contribute to them. and thousands of trump university students believed donald trump when he said he would help them succeed. they got stiffed. he says "believe me." well, his creditors, his contractors, his laid-off employees, his ripped-off students did just that and they all got hurt! folks, you cannot believe one word that comes out of donald trump's mouth. not one word! [applause] not one word! not one word! and i'll tell ya, i'll tell ya,

to me, to me, it just seems like our nation is too great to put it in the hands of a slick-talking, empty-promising, self-promoting, one man wrecking crew. [applause] but don't take it from me. take it from former first lady barbara bush. she said she doesn't know how any woman could vote for him after his offensive comments. or john mccain's former economic advisor - who estimates trump's

promises would cost america 3.5 million jobs. or the independent analysts that found trump's tax plan, a gift to the wealthy and big corporations, would rack up $30 trillion in debt. or how about this, how about this! or john kasich, the republican governor who had the honor of hosting the republican convention in cleveland but wouldn't even attend it because he thinks trump is such a moral disaster! [applause] or take it from the guy who co-wrote trump's autobiography. for trump, he said, "lying is second nature to him." so, do you believe him?

do you guys believe him? do you guys believe him? is there anyone in this building who believes him? the next president will face many challenges. we better elect the candidate who's proven she can be trusted with the job. the candidate who's proven she's ready for the job. and, by the way, i use the word "ready" for a specific reason. when i lived in honduras, i learned that the best compliment you could give someone was to say they were "listo"- ready. not "inteligente"- smart. not "amable"- friendly. not "rico" -

rich. but "listo." because what "listo" means in spanish is prepared, battle-tested, rock-solid, up for anything, never backing down. and hillary clinton is "lista." hillary clinton is "l iraqsta!" she's ready because of her faith, she's ready because of her her heart. she's ready because of her experience. she's ready because she knows in america we are stronger together. my fellow democrats, this week we begin the next chapter in our proud story. thomas declared all men equal,

and abigail remembered the women. woodrow brokered peace, and eleanor broke down barriers. jack told us what to ask, and lyndon answered the call. martin had a dream, cesar y dolores said si se puede, and harvey gave his life. bill bridged a century, and barack gave us hope. and now hillary is ready. ready to fight, ready to win, ready to lead. thank you, philadelphia. god bless you all. on to victory. >> gwen ifill: senator tim kaine, hillary clinton's official running mate doing three things there, i think he's going to hug someone, can't see who he went to hug. he did three things, he talked about donald trump, he made a

case for his own resume, andñr embraced hillary clinton and bucked her up. domenico montanaro joins us and i weren't what you made of that speech >> the other thing he did try to do is reach out to republicans, an olive branch of such, he talked about his son who is a marine, said i trust hillary clinton with my son's life, that's an important thing, something that democrats hope tim kaine can do, reach out to republicans who might be unsure of donald trump and thatñr they can trust:. >> judy woodruff: on the stage with his wife anne. gwen, i think what the speech will be remembered for the attack on donald trump.

we say the vice president has been looked to to be the attack dog, and tonight he embraced that role and enthusiastic approximately. what do you think about that mark shields? >> it's a new subtype in american politics, the likeable, easy-going attack dog! there is no bite, nothing suspiciou suspicious, believe me, probably the biggest hand of the night, but it was vice presidential. >> gwen ifill: david brooks? >> patently nice guy but at this level he's not a speaker along with the other people we've seen. you can takeçó the believe me o not i thought he overdid that but i'm surprised they sent him out there with something kind of flat. when you have two unpopular people at the top of the ticket you pick nice guys for vice president and that's what they've done.

>> judy woodruff: tough to follow biden. >> yeah, he gets a pass there, but michael bloomberg, vice president, tim kaine speaking to those who live in the suburbs and those who live in the rural areas. >> judy woodruff: we are going to sharon belkofer, whose son was killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan. >> a retired nurse, and a wife of 52 years, a grandma of ten, and now a great grandma.ñi [applause] i know that president obama has

meant so much to millions of americans all across the country. i would like to tell you what he means to me. six years ago on the morning of may 18th, 2010, i became a gold star mother. we became a gold star family when my son, tom, a lieutenant colonel was killed in afghanistan. i first met the president shortly after at ft. drum. when he heard the gold star families were there he wanted to meet with us. as he was hugging me i cried all over his suit. tom would have been so embarrassed.

but it must have been okay, because a year later at an event in my home state of ohio -- [cheers & applause] as i hoped to get a picture signed, someone told me, the president would like to see you. i got my second presidential hug. so warm and kind, so compassionate. i was so inspired. maybe this sweet old lady could still make a difference! i knew my community schools needed more resources, so at the age of 73, i took a leap of faith and ran for my local school board. [cheers & applause]

and when my back was bothering me, and i didn't feel like knocking on doors, when the wind was blowing and it was cold and dreary, i thought of my son, tom, who never gave up. i thought about the president. he never gives up. [applause] so why should i be different? besides, they tell me, walking is fad for your back! [laughter] well, guess what? i won my election! i won big! the president even sent me a handwritten note of

congratulations. that's who he is! no matter how busy, he's never forgotten this little old lady in ohio who has always had his back. [applause] you see, some people in this world make big differences. my son tom made big differences. the president continues to make big differences and smaller ones, too. like the inspiration he poured into me so that i might make a difference of my own. [applause] i wish every american could hug president obama! so that they could see the good in his eyes and feel the warmth

in his heart. this is our president! [cheers & applause] >> judy woodruff: sharon belkofer of ohio you just heard her giving a heart-warming, very appealing few stories about her and the death of her son. let's listen to a video and watch the video about president obama. >> he was always calmer than the rest of us. from his first days in office the difficult choices he made as president would not only shape the country's future but reveal the character of the man. >> this is an economy right now that can't find the bottom of bad news. >> dire predictions.

>> a once in a century financial crisis. >> the six months surrounding 2009 is the worst six months ever! mr. president, millions of people are going to lose their jobs, financial systems are locked up and it could collapse. >> tonight we were warned without help the company will default. there is no plan b. >> as i looked around the room there were so many brilliant people but at the end of the day there was only one man in that room who had to make the decision and all eyes were on him. >> everybody, democrats, republicans do not rescue the automobile industry. >> the questions that the president asked again and, again had to do with how many jobs would be lost. folks were arguing about numbers and politics he was always the one who brought it back to people.

>> every night he was up until 2:00 in the morning with his big stack of briefing books. that's what he's doing after the girls go to bed. >> he does his homework, analyzing the issues, ensuring that he has prepared. >> he really didn't care about the politics. he weighed the politics like any politician would but at the end of the day he was always willing to lose in order to do the right thing. always. [crowd shouts] >> a lot of people argued that the politics were too costly. >> it will be a cold day in hell before he -- >> raum emanuel said if you push this legislation you will lose

in 2012. >> he knew there would be somewhere between 10 and 20 million people who would not get health insurance. >> many people were being discriminated by health insurance. >> when you have people worried about the politics of it than what's right and what's wrong i want you to think about the millions of people across the country who are looking for some help! >> he thought if i decide not to push forward what do i say to all those people who came up to me with tears in their eyes that they need this to save themselves if that means i'm a one-term president, then i'm a one-term president. >> nothing comes to the desk of the united states unless it's impossible and he has to figure it out. >> the most critical thing was, was he there. we never knew that for sure. the president turned to every

principal in the room, what do you recommend i do and they would say, well, 49% chance he's there, 51 -- it's a close call, mr. president. he said, all right, thank you. he said i'll give you my decision in the morning. it dawned on me, he's all alone. this is his decision. if he was wrong, his presentee was done. over. >> there were times when he could not find a way. >> at lisa 14 dead, 50 injured after a loan gunman -- lone gunman opened fire. >> reports of a shooting at

sandy hook elementary -- >> reports of a shooting in orlando. >> i walk into the oval, his head is down and he hands me the speech, and he doesn't look up at me. he was too emotional. >> he wanted to ban assault weapons and he wanted to impose universal background checks. all three of those concepts were going to be on the floor of the united states senate for a vote and here all going to lose. >> congress literally does nothing, that's the closest i came to feeling disgusted. every time i think about those kids it gets me mad! and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> the most powerful office, the

most powerful country on the planet and i can't do anything to rerace what just happened. >> we gather here in memory of 20 beautiful children and six remarkable adults. they were mothers and fathers, husband's and wives, sisters and brothers, sons, daughters, friends -- >> he thinks of it in terms of if it were his son, his daughter, his wife. he actually feels the pain. >> amazing grace! how sweet the sound.

that saved a wretch like me >> when we were lost he asked us to believe and try to see ourselves in one another. and through crisis and challenge he kept fighting. to move us forward. >> there is a temperament associated with being president that he uniquely has. i've always seen the long-term successes -- >> americans don't have to worry about insurance companies discriminating against them. >> thanks to president obama general motors is number one in sales worldwide. >> president obama signed a bill eliminating the pay gap between

men and women in the federal government. >> america deserves equal pay for equal work. >> judge sotomayer are you ready to take the oath? >> i am. >> this president is the first to visit cuba in nearly 90 years. >> osama bin laden has been killed. >> he united the world on climate change. >> he signed a historic plan. >> a comprehensive long-term deal that would prevent them from building a nuclear weapon. >> he has conviction that at big moments when we need to we can come together as a country and out of a long, political darkness a prior toer day will come. >> we have a historical event there is a right to marriage equality.

>> they can say that we've made our world a little more perfect. >> thousands today -- >> that's the longest stretch of private sector job growth in our history. >> the first lady said it best, being president has not changed who he is, it has revealed who he is. his core values, his principles, his temperament. >> i just stay at it and i'm going to keep on stayin' at it as long as i'm in this office. and america will succeed, i am absolutely confident about that. >> in moments of turmoil and doubt and crisis, when there are no good answers, when nothing is black and white and everything is gray, he is that calm

presence, that poise and dignity and grace under pressure. that is who he is. [cheers & applause] >> gwen ifill: that was narrated by brian crantz and produced by oscar winning producers. the michelle obama story, the joe biden story, now the president is arriving on stage. >> judy woodruff: i think it's fair to say, gwen, that if they changed the constitution and allowed this man to run for a third term, everybody in this room and a few others would vote for him. the question is what is he going to say now about hillary

clinton. >> gwen ifill: there is the former president. feels very much like the whole night it would be good for a third term. >> judy woodruff: the signs they are holding all say "obama" the delegates are standing, that was mayor david jenkins the new york delegation. >> judy woodruff: i think it's fair to say he's feeling the love. >> thank you! >> gwen ifill: obama, obama, signs are up! >> thank you! thank you. thank you so much!

thank you, everybody! thank you. thank you. thank you so much, everybody! thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you so much everybody! [cheers & applause] i love you back! [cheers & applause] hello america!

hello democrats! so 12 years ago tonight, i addressed this convention for the very first time. you met my two little girls, now two amazing young women who just fill me with pride. you fell for my brilliant partner and wife, michelle who has made me a better father and a better man, who has gone on to inspire our nation as first lady.

and who somehow hasn't aged a day! i know, the same cannot be said for me! [laughter] my girls remind me all the time, wow, you've changed so much daddy! and then they try to clean it up, not bad, just more mature! [laughter] and it's true. i was so young that first time in boston! [cheers & applause] and i'll admit t maybe i was a little nervous, addressing such a big crowd. but i was filled with faith. faith in america. the generous, big-heard the,

hopeful country that made my story, that made all of our stories possible. a lot has happened over the years. and while this nation has been tested by war and it's been tested by recession and all matter of challenges, i stand before you again tonight after almost two terms as your president to tell you i am more optimistic about the future of america than every before! [cheers & applause] how could i not be? after all that we have achieved together, after the worst recession in 80 years we fought our way back, we seen deaficits

come down, auto industry set new records, unemployment reach eight-year lows and our businesses create 15 million new jobs. after a century of trying we declared that healthcare in america is not a privilege for a few it is a right for everybody! [cheers & applause] after decades of talk we finally began to wean ourselves off foreign oil, doubled our production of clean energy, brought more of our troops home to their families and we delivered justice to osama bin laden! [cheers & applause]

through diplomacy we shutdown a nuclear weapons program, opened up a new chapter with the people of cuba, brought 200 nations together around a climate agreement that could save this planet for our children. we put policies in place to help students with loans, protect consumers from fraud, cut veterans hopelessness almost in half and through countless acts of courage america learned that love has no limits and marriage equality is now a reality across the land! [cheers & applause] by so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous