francis wilson was in the audience. [applause] i know who you are. this work is personal and it is professional and it is so critically important. and it is because of mrs. wilson and so many teachers like her that i stand before you as vice president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] and that i am running to become president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] and what i know firsthand is that our teachers and all those who are here, all the members of a.f.t., i know by nature, you are visionaries. you are focused on the future. the work you do is focused on the future. you see the potential in every child. you foster it, you encourage it and in so doing, you shape the future of our nation, which is why i say, we need you so desperately right now. today, we face a choice between two very different visions for our nation. one focused on the future, and the other focused on the past. and we are fighting for the future. [cheers and applause] and in our vision of the future, we see a place where every person has th

francis wilson was in the audience. yeah. [ applause ] >> yep. and that's who you are. i know who you are. this work is personal. and it is professional. and it so critically important. and so it is because of mrs. wilson and so many teachers like her that i stand before you, as vice president of the united states of america. and that i am running to become president of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] >> and what i know first hand is that our teachers and all those who are here, all of the members of aft, i know that by nature, you are visionaries. you are focused on the future. the work you do is about a focus on the future. you see the potential in every child. you foster it. you encourage it, and in so doing you shape the future of our nation. which is why i say we need you so desperately right now. today, we face a choice between two very different visions for our nation. one focused on the future. and the other focused on the past. and we are fighting for the future. [ cheers and applause ] and in our vision of the future, we see a place where

francis wilson was in the audience. yeah. [applause] and that's who you are. i know who you are. know who you are. this work is personal and it is professional and it is so critically important. so it is because of mrs. wilson and so many teachers like her that i stand before you as vice president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] and that i am running to become president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] and what i know firsthand is that our teachers and all those who are here, all the members of aft, i know that by nature you are visionaries. you are focused on the future. the work you do is about a focus on the future. you see the potential in every child. you foster it, you encourage it, and in so doing you shape the future of our nation. which is why i say we need you so desperately right now. today we face a choice between two very different visions for our nation. one focused on the future, and the other focused on the past. and we are fighting for the future. [cheers and applause] and in our vision of the future, we see a place wh

many of you know that my first grade teacher, francis wilson, god rest her soul, taught me and educated me and encouraged me and inspired me and years later when i walked across the stage to receive my law school diploma, francis wilson was in the audience. yeah. yeah. and that is who you are. i know who you are. i know who you are. this work is personal. and it is professional and it is so critically important. so it is because of misses wilson and so many teachers like her that i stand before you as vice president of the united states of america. and that i am running to become president of the united states of america. in this moment, we are in a fight for our most fundamental freedoms and to this room of leaders, i say bring it on. bring it on. bring it on. >> bring it on! bring it on! bring it on! bring it on! >> bring it on. that's right. because here's the thing, here's the thing. here's the thing. we believe in our country. we believe in its promise of freedom and the american people believe in the promise of freedom, so we are in the fight. >> and today, future forward, the kam

francis wilson was in the audience. yeah. and, that is who you are. i know who you are. i know who you are. this work is personal, and it is professional and critically important, and so it is because of mrs. wilson and so many teachers like her that i stand before you as vice president of the united states of america and that i am running to become president of the united states of america. in this moment, we are in a fight for our most fundamental freedoms, and to this room of leaders, i say bring it on. bring it on. bring it on. bring it on. that's right. because, here is the thing. here is the thing. here is the thing. we believe in our country. we believe in its promise of freedom, and the american people believe in the promise of freedom, so we are in the fight. >> today, the kamala harris super pac said it will spend $50 million to broadcast this ad in key electoral college states in the three weeks leading up to a democratic national convention. >> district attorney who protected children from predators. she is the attorney general listed up to the big banks to p

francis wilson was in the audience. so television because of mrs. y teachers like her that i stand before you as vice president of the united states of america. and that i am running to become president of the united states of america. >> that was vice president kamala harris today speaking to america's largest teachers union in houston, texas,. that enthusiasm just leaps out, that organic joy has now become a consistent element of each event of the vice president's campaign so far as she and her party are seeing every corner of the coalition needed to elect her come out in full force to endorse her. the audience she was speaking to today, the american federation of teachers, was the first major union to endorse the vice president's bid for the white house. joining our conversation, the president of the american federation of teachers, randy whinegarten. claire is here as well. when i found out you were going to be here today, i was so excited. i thought about our conversations have tracked the country's journey. we started talking almost daily durin

francis wilson was in the audience and that's who you are and know who you know who you are. >> this work is personal and it is professional, and it is so critically important and so it is because of mrs. wilson. and so many teachers like her that i stand before you as vice president of the united states of america and that i am running to become president of the united states and what i know firsthand is that our teachers and all those who are here, all the members of aft i know that by nature, you are visionaries you are focused on the future. >> the work you do is about a focus on the future. >> you see the potential in every child you foster it you encourage it. and in so doing, you shape the future of our nation which is why i say we need you. so desperately right now today we face a choice between two very different visions for our nation one focused on the future and the other focused on the past and we are fighting for the future and in our vision of the future we see a place for every person has the opportunity, not just to get by, but to get ahead a future where no child ha

francis wilson was in the audience and that's who you know we are. i know who you are. this work is personal and it is professional, and it is so critically important. and so it is because of mrs. wilson and so many teachers like her that i stand before you as vice president of the united states of america. and that i am running to become president of the united states the and what i know 1st hand is that our teachers and all those who are here, all the members of a of tea. i know that by make sure you are visionaries, you are focused on the future. the work you do is about a focus on the future. you see the potential limb, every child, you foster it, do you encourage it? and in so doing you shape the future of our nation. fine, you're listening there to you. as far as presence tomlin harris speaking, you add a convention for one of the nation's largest teachers union dues, where she started off by paying tribute to president joe bind. let's take you now to alan special is also been listening here in the allen a very friendly crowd, the vp in full election mode. it seem

francis wilson, attended my law school graduation. i talk about best friends are heroes. and i just think it's really important that as we raise, our children, the children of us, as a community, that we remind them of how special they are and that they are surrounded by superheroes. and then the last page of the book actually, and i'm just going to point it to all of you, is then and then it's like heroes. are you. and it's for them to look and see a picture of themselves. in any event. okay. okay. i lied. one last question. okay. speaking of heroes. yeah, you about the time when you won your day race, which is 15 years ago. i know. it's a long time ago. man came up with his two daughters and he said to you, i brought them here today. so they could see what someone who looked like them could grow up to do. i have been with you in public places where people literally lose their minds when they when they see you. they're so thrilled to see you. as you can tell from the audience, a lot of people want you to do something bigger. just on a personal level. how does it make you