[applause] martha lanning: what a welcome from mayor tom barrett. let's give him a round of applause, please. [applause] this is already an incredible night, and believe me, we are just getting started. as i look around this crowd, i am so proud to be the chair of this party. and it is an incredible honor to be in here with all of the progressive leaders in this room so we can turn things around in our state. you have heard that we have some very special guests coming tonight, and it is a real pleasure to have two incredible presidential candidates joining us tonight. what an honor. [applause] secretary clinton and senator sanders are going to be joining us in just a few moments. and they will be sharing with us a real plan to make our lives better. but before we get too much fun going, i would like to take a moment to recognize the outstanding leaders in the building tonight who make me very proud to be part of this party. i know there are members of the democratic party and the administered committee and county party executive teams. can you all r

i said ron, i was in show business -- [laughter] [applause] i want to thank martha lanning, and the entireff. [applause] let's hear it for all the waitstaff, the cooks, the people act in the kitchen, let's hear it for them, for this wonderful meal. [applause] thank you. i thought it would start out by telling you the story of how i became a democrat. my mom was a democrat all my life, and all her life. [laughter] dad, was a republican for a long, long, long time. i was a kid, i like my dad more than my mom. so i was like my dad, a liberal republican. for the young people here, there used to be these things. [laughter] and my dad was one of them, a liberal republican. but the thing is, both my parents agreed, that civil just a basic, fundamental thing. it was fundamentally about justice. about 11, 12, 13 years old, we were watching -- we used to have the dinner on tray tables in our tv room while we watched the news. on the tv, they would show civil rights demonstrators, and southern police, sheriff's department, returning fire hoses and dogs and billy clubs on the demonstrators. tv andwoul

i want to thank martha lanning and the democratic party of wisconsin. it is great to be here.ilwaukee's mayor tom barrett. your fearless congresswoman gwen moore. fantastic senator tammy baldwin. will be a great day when we can once again talk about your two fantastic senators with russ feingold. [applause] i want to thank my friend cecile richards. there is a lot about her that i admire. speaking truth to power with some of the most fact averse republicans in congress. trust me, that is not easy. i am so grateful to have been endorsed by the planned parenthood action fund. i also want to thank my friend your neighbor senator al franken for campaigning here for me. i am told that congressman andre carson from indiana is here. and congresswoman maxine waters from california. to all of the cities and states local leaders who pour your hearts into building the democratic party across wisconsin please know this. i will help you take back the governorship and to the state legislature. [applause] i am a proud democrat and i support democrats up and down the ticket. always have and a

martha: i know this day is part of every ounce of your being and you carry it with you all the time. i was reminded when reading your notes today, when you stalked and found samer lann tsarnaev, talk to us about those moment and what happened when you looked into his eyes. >> the watertown police did an amazing job. they threw bombs at the officers. a couple of my officers were doing first aid when i got to the scene. his wife was expecting a child maybe tomorrow. it would be wonderful if a new life was born on the day the terrorists tried to take his. one of my officers and the watertown police who were struggling with tamerlan tsarnaev. even though he had been run over he was still struggling. we expected him to have remote control devices. i placed my gun to his temple. the officers removed his clothes looking for a device. there were two bombs next to us, they were fuse activated. he had no remote control and the officers got him an ambulance and we called to try and save his life because that's what we do. i was able to look into his eyes and tell him he was going to burn in hell for we did to that little boy. i was able to give a message from boston to him be