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ashley: rocksteady. hunter: strongest shoulder. ashley: beam with pride. el what they have got to say matters. ashley: he will treat everyone with respect, no matter who. hunter: he will get up no matter how many times he's knocked down. ashley: he will be the worst enemy of any bully. hunter: he will be the best friend you've had. ashley: he will love you. him yournd if you give cell phone number -- ashley: he is going to call it. he has been that way our whole life. hunter: he has been a great father. ashley: and we think you will be a great president. hunter: beau is not with us any longer. ashley: but he is with us in our hearts, and we can hear his voice -- hunter: just like it was yesterday every -- yesterday. in 2008 and 2012, he introduced our dad at those conventions. ashley: and if he was here, we know what he would say. hunter: so before we show you a film about our dad's journey, we wanted to give beau the last word. ashley: take it away. beau: in moments both public and private, he is the father i have always known, the grandfather my myldren l

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. >> the biden family bond was on full display with hunter and ashley introducing their dad. >> he has been a great father. >> we think he will be a great president. >> reporter: and a tribute to biden son's beau who died from brain cancer five years ago. joe biden began attending democratic national conventions in 1972 but none has compared to this year's historic virtual convention with supporters havi tounique ways to show their enthusiasm during the pandemic. some gathered in cars outside the chase center in delaware. supporters of president trump also showed up in what is likely a preview of the election season. images of social justice also marked the final night. a powerful tribute to one of the party's giants, civil rights icon john lewis. >> governor gavin newsom made a surprise appearance after his speech was canceled and he used that as a time to point to the current wildfire crisis as a pitch for joe biden. >> reporter: that's right. governor gavin newsom was supposed to be a speaker tonight but had to shoot this video instead arguing climate change is real. here is a clip.

hunter, ashley, all our grandchildren, my brothers, my sister. they give me courage. they lift me up. while he's no longer with us, beau inspires me, every day. beau served our nation in uniform. a year in iraq. a decorated iraqi war veteran. so i take, very personally, and i have a profound responsible of serving as commander in chief. i will make it clear to our adversaries the days of cozying up to dictators is over. under president biden, america will not turn a blind eye to russian bounties on the heads of american soldiers. nor, will i put up with foreign interference in our most sacred democratic exercise. voting. >> strong. >> it is strong. and again, it's ground he shouldn't have. right? because it's a no brainer for a sitting president to go after russia for trying to destroy our democracy. and we have this really puzzling, inactivity by this president in this regard. we can't figure it out. that's why people want his taxes. it doesn't make sense. guy picks fights with everybody, except the guy who is bullying us, most. very odd. and then, you have the human

hunter, ashley, all our grandchildren, my brothers, m y sister. they give me courage. they lift me up. wally's no longer with us. beau inspires me every day. beau served our nation in uniform. a year in iraq, a decorated iraqi war veteran. so i take very personally the profound responsibility as serving as commander in chief. i'll be a president who will stand with our allies and friend and make it clear to our adversaries, the days to cozying up to dictators is over. under president biden, america will not turn a blind eye to russian bounties on the heads of american soldiers. nor will i put up with foreign interference in our most sacred democratic exercise, voting. and i'll always stand for our values of human rights and dignity. i'll work in calm and purpose for a more secure, peaceful and prosperous world. history has thrust one more urgent task on us. will we be the generation that finally wipes out the stain of racism from our national character? i believe we're up to it. i believe we're ready. just a week ago yesterday was the third anniversary of events in cha

hunter, ashley, all our grandchildren, my brothers, my sister. they give my courage, they lift me up. while he's no longer with us beau inspires me every day. beau served our nation in uniform. a decorated iraqi war veteran. i take very personally and i have the profound responsibility of serving as commander in chief. i'll be a president that will stand with our allies and friends and make it clear to our adversaries the days of koez co up to dictators is over. under president biden america will not turn a blind eye to russian bounties on the heads of american soldiers. nor will i put up in foreign interference in our most sacred democratic exercise, voting. and i'll always stand for our values of human rights and dignity. i'll work with a common purpose for a more secure, peaceful and prosperous world. history -- history has thrust one more urgent task on us. will we be the generation that finally wipes out the stain of racism from our national character? i believe we're up to it. i believe we're ready. just a week ago yesterday was the third a

as i had to have my son hunter and daughter ashley and they have been great for us. >> reporter: you write that you feel sometimes like a piece of china was that shattered and put together again. >> yeah. >> reporter: but you still feel broken. >> you know, you can't lose a child and be who you -- you are changed forever. you are not the person you were before your child's death. so, yeah you are broken. >> reporter: still she said bo wanted her dad to run for president and she is all in on the campaign but there's allegations. there were allegations that women felt he was too familiar. >> i think it was a space issue. >> reporter: he made them feel uncomfortable. from . realized that andearned tot aware of it now and keeps his distance. >> reporter: and say has watched aspresident trump has tried to make their son hunter's work in ukraine a campaign issue. >> it is a total distraction. we knew this, rita, when we decided to run. as i said to joe, we have experienced the worst possible thing that can happen to us in life. we lost a child. together, we can handle anything. and that's

he will be introduced by his son hunter and daughter ashley. me, there are some cars that have assembled here. we spoke to some of those people who were promised some type of surprise. we'll see what the surprise is later this evening. biden's speech is incredibly different than most typical convention speeches as there is no audience, no one to offer applause. so, he's working with a different dynamic than the previous presidential nominees before him. >> i want to bring in kate bedingfield, biden's manager. kate, this is challenging in that crucial way. you don't have that giant convention center full of people and the balloons. it is really hard to do this without that for anyone. but vice president biden, of course, has spent 50 years in american politics. this is his third time running for president. this is the speech he has wanted to give for a long time. so, what does he want to say tonight, kate? >> look, i think in this moment, americans are looking for presidential leadership, and tonight on that stage, they're going to see a preside

have his late son, beau, included in his introduction tonight along with his living children, hunter and ashleyso they found a creative way to do that. and abby, the democrats really have two big missions tonight. sell voters on the biden/harris ticket, of course. and make sure they go vote. >> dana, this is not going to be your typical get out the vote effort. we'll hear a ramped up appeal for democrats to go out and vote early. they want to ensure that their ballots are counted and the party is hitting hard on president trump suppressing the vote. this is a firestorm that's been building for weeks, but there's n more urgency now as the fall campaigns begin. just 75 days away from election day. anderson? >> let's bring in our analysts. gloria, tonight is joe biden's acceptance speech. what are your expectations for him? >> well, what he has to do and what he wants to do is be the man that his friends and family have been describing all week long. and what he's going to try and do is tie his experiences in life, his public service to his values, and then try and move that forward to what that m

introduce his father, audio and video captured of beau biden along with his two surviving siblings, hunter and ashley, so that's going to be a real emotional inflection point here tonight, savannah. and that's a part of what we expect to see when joe biden does give his most consequential speech of his five-decade political career. he is going to try to reintroduce himself to parts of the country, younger voters, independents, disaffected trump voters who may not be familiar with his record in the senate, who may not be familiar with what he feels he accomplished during his eight years in the white house, but more importantly, his struggles as a father. the fact that he's had to rebuild his family not once, but twice, savannah. of course his first wife and young daughter were killed in a car accident years ago, and so he had to rebuild his family then. and more recently when beau biden passed away, and that is part of the argument that he is going to make tonight, that he is the right person to help to move this country forward. i am told in terms of tone he's going to try to strike a balance. he wil

. >> the closing night of the democratic convention was a family affair with hunter and ashley biden singing their dad's praises and another video paid tribute to joe biden's son beau who died in 2015 from brain cancer. there was a powerful moment. senator duckworth who lost her legs in iraq, standing next to her wheelchair declaring president trump unfit to be commander in chief. >> they have a coward in chief who won't stand up to vladimir putin, read his daily intelligence briefings or publicly admonish adversaries for putting bounties on our troops' heads. >> joining us right now is senator tammy duckworth. great to see you. you spoke as a military woman, you spoke as an army commander. you spoke of the sacrifices made by military families like yours. you spoke of your husband getting you through the grievous industries and you spoke of the bidens. president trump has often talked in terms of the u.s. military of wanting to bring our service men and women home from iraq, from syria, et cetera. what do you think joe biden would do differently? >> well, president trump hasn't actua

then crosstalk soto interrupts but we will hear from biden's children. lam hunter i am hunter biden and i'm ashleyjoe is a dad and beau as a brother. this is the president our dad will be. tough. honest. caring and principled. he will listen and be there when you had him. he will tell you the truth even when you don't want to hear it. he will never let you down. he will be rocksteady. stronger shoulder you can ever been on. he will beam with pride every time you succeed. he will make your grandkids feel that what they have got to say matters. he will treat everyone with respect no matter who you are. he will get up no matter how many times he has been knocked down. he will be the worst enemy any bully ever saw. he will be the best friend you've ever will be the best friend you've ever had. he will love you with all of his heart. and if you give him your cellphone number. he is going to call it. how do we know? because he has been that way our whole lives. he has been a great father. and we think he will be a great resident. beau isn't with us any longer. but he is still very much alive in our hear

. >> i'm hunter boyden. >> i'm ashley biden. >> joe biden is our dad. >> and beau is our brother. >> he'll be tough and honest. >> caring and principles. >> he'll tell you the truth enwhen you don't want to hear it. >> he'll be rock steady. >> the strongest shoulder you can ever lean on. >> he'll beam with pride every time you succeed. >> he'll make your grand kids meal that what they've got to say matters. >> he'll treat everyone with respect, no matter who you are. >> he'll get up no matter how many times he's been knocked down. >> he'll be the worst enemy any bully ever saw. >> he'll be the best friend you ever had. >> he'll love you with all of his heart. >> if you give him your cell phone number -- >> he's going to call a. >> how do we know? >> because he's ben that way all of our lives. >> he's been a great father. >> and we think he'll be a great president. >> beau isn't with us any longer. >> but he is still very much alive in our hearts. and we can still hear his strong voice. >> just like it was yesterday. >> just like it was yesterday. >> in 2008 and 2012, he introduced ou

. >> and his two surviving children hunter and ashley, plus of the late beau biden at the democraticonvention eight years ago. illinois senator tammy duckworth who lost both of her legs while serving in iraq said biden understands the sacrifices of military families and president trump shouldn't be the commander in chief for another four years. >> they have a coward in chief who won't stand up to vladimir putin, read his daily intelligence briefings or even publicly admonish adversaries for reportedly putting bounties on our troops' heads. >> and without joe biden -- >> one of the most powerful moments came from a speech by 13-year-old braden harrington who has a stutter like biden. >> i'm just a regular kid, and in a short amount of time, joe biden made me confident about moving forward about something that's bothered me my whole life. >> several of biden's opponents got together to reminisce. >> you can think of this like survivor on the interviews of all the people that got voted off the island. >> that's exactly what it was. and if there's anything that should be repeated again f

he was introduced by his children, ashley and hunter, targeting claims of corruption. they punctuated several stories including a young man with a nominee helping overcome a stutter. >> i am a regular cake, and a short amount of time, joe biden changed my life. it >> biden did not want eled sharp criticism against him. >> he has failed to protect america. my fellow americans, that is unforgivable. as president, i will make you a promise. i will be protecting america. >> president trump returned to the campaign trail principally attacking biden from pennsylvania. >> hillary was a lot smarter than joe, but she had a certain sense of sanity. these gone insane. >> several of the nominee form arrival shared why they are backing him, biden book ending his speech with a message of unity. >> love is more powerful than hate, and light is more powerful than dark. this is our moment. this is our mission. >>> ktvu fox 2 news will have and taped speeches, as well as virtual content. president trump said he will accept the nomination for president on the south lawn of the white hous

he knew that the devastation of losing him as if i lost my son hunter or our daughter ashley would be, he was worried what i would do is, i would take care of the family, but he was worried i would withdraw, i would go inside. because mourning in public is a lot different than being able to mourn in private. and he made me promise to stay engaged. he didn't make me promise to run for president. by the time i've been 18 years old, i have been involved in causes from the civil rights movement to the environment, things that mattered to me, what i've done my whole life, even as a lawyer, as a public defender. and so, for me, the measure is-- let me say it this way. every morning, i get up, i ask myself, is he proud of me? am i meeting the requirement that i promised him i would do? because he and hunter, whom god, thank god i still have him. he was my soul, hunter is my heart. it was always about, every time i would walk out in a debate or anything we were running as vice president as well, they would stand there with me, and i got a picture back here of beau doing it, and he grabbed me

. >> nawaz: and ending with his own ildren: daughter ashley, son hunter, and words fromis la son, beau. the d.n.c. ended last night with a fireworks show, but today, a f signre fireworks ahead. at an event outside washingto d.c., h president trump beg rebuttal to biden's argument. >> where joe biden sees american dar i see american greatness. >> nawaz: next wnk's republican ional convention will include party business in charlotte, and otndr events in washington a at fort mchenry in baltimore. confirmed speakers include president trump, first lady melania trump, and vice president pence, as well as senior party figuresformer u.n. ambassador nikki haley, senators joni ernst and tim scott, house minleader kevin mccarthy, and south dakota governor kristi noem. republicans are expected to formally re-nominate president trump on monday, andh ake their pi the american people in the days to follow. for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the pandemic's official death toll in the u.s. reached 175,000, as new data underscored that it may be much higher. the ce

hearing pshortly from joe biden, but first he's going to be introduced by his two children, ashley and huntered away from brain cancer in 2015. beau served as delaware attorney general, and that is when he worked alongside kamala harris, when she was california's attorney general. let's listen in. >> beau is our brother. >> we want to tell you what kind of president our dad will be. >> he will be tough. >> and honest. >> caring and principled. >> he'll listen. he'll be there when you need him. >> he'll tell you the truth, even when you don't want to hear it. >> he'll never let you down. >> he'll be rock steady. >> the strongest shoulder you can ever lean on. >> he'll beam with pride every time you succeed. >> he'll make your grand kids toel what what they've got to say matters. >> he'll treat everyone with respect, no matter who you are. >> he'll get up, no matter how many times he's been knocked down. >> he'll be the worst enemy any bully ever saw. >> he'll be the best friend ever had.r had. >> he'll love you with all of his heart. >> and if you give him your cell phone number... >> he's goi

grief to help others who are hurting, commentating with an introduction by biden's daughter ashley and his son hunter who previously in the campaign season faced serious questions whether or not he abuse the office of the vice presidency to advance his own business interests. >> he will be there when you need him. >> he will tell you the truth even when you don't want to hear it. >> he will never let you down. >> he will be rocksteady. >> the strongest shoulder you could ever lean on. >> biden tried to bring some nostalgia for democrats who might miss the obama biden era but this contrast between barack obama and donald trump. >> that we take this moment to say something we don't say nearly enough, thank you, mister president. you were a great president, a president our children could and did look up to. no one will say that about the current occupant of the white house. >> dozens of small groups watched biden after marks on a big screen just outside wilmington, inside their cars. we found out a little more about how this came about. >> this is fantastic. they invited us. we got it is a kind of a sur

i was just lucky to have her, as having my son hunter and my daughter ashley. >> reporter: you writee a piece of china that was shattered and put together again -- >> yes. >> reporter: -- but you still feel broken. >> you can't lose a child and be who you were. you're changed forever. you're not the person you were before your child's death. so, yeah, you are broken. >> reporter: still, she says, beau wanted his dad to run for president. and she is all in on the campaign. but there have been plenty of bumps in the road. allegations started to come out that some women thought that your husband had been too familiar with them? >> well, i think it was a space issue. they felt that they wanted more space. >> reporter: he made them feel uncomfortable? >> yeah. joe realized that and learned from it. he is totally aware of it now and keeps his distance. >> reporter: and she has watched as president trump has tried to make their son hunter's work in ukraine a campaign issue. >> it is a total distraction. we knew this, rita, when we decided to run. but as i said to joe, we have experienced th

. >> tonight we will hear from eight one-time rival candidates plus biden's daughter ashley an his son hunter biden often the target of the trump campaign over allegations that hunter profited from his role as vp. there will also be a tribute to bo biden who died of cancer. i was inside the room last nigh when kamala harris accepted her historic place on the ticket. and you could really feel just how much this pandemic has changed things. she accepted nomination with only a few dozen members of the press, it socially distant and wearing masks by the monitor behind her displayed an empty room. she will read off a teleprompte with no crowd energy to feed on and when she finished, she stoo alone facing a video wall with only the sounds of her own flapping echoing through the room until the dnc pumped in audio of supporters at home. listen. ♪ >> their was no big hug between biden and harris at the end of the night, they are socially distancing, they held their arm out to each other from a good distance and gave sort of an ai hug, and when she walked backstage he could hear soft clapping from the

formal drivers cory booker, andrew yang, pete buttigieg and tributes to biden from his daughter ashley and son hunter biden with a former vp vigorously dependent -- defended with conflicts of interest with his business dealings. the trump campaign is hoping to steal a little bit of the spotlight, to own the air with a biplane holding a banner that says joe biden is losing it from a vote trumped 2020. the biden campaign told us what to expect from this beach. it will be about his experience and harasses experience as a senator and prosecutor. the theme is going to be america's promise. this speech is the only thing on biden schedule for the foreseeable future and we have also spoken to a couple of sources on the ground who tell us that more than 100 vehicles are going to drive into the parking lot behind us to watch the remarks this evening from their cars. so at least for tonight, the d dnc. >> bill: thank you, peter we will talk to you later. in the meantime, joe lieberman, the al gore's running mate who worked with biden in the senate representing the state of connecticut. i might have t stomach in

hunter biden. >> and i'm ashley biden. >> joe biden is our dad. >> and beau is our brother. >> we want to tell you it. >> he'll never let you down. >> he'll be rock steady. >> the strongest shoulder you can ever lean on. >> he'll beam with pride every time you succeed. >> who will make your grandkids feel what they have to say matters. >> he'll treat everyone with respect. >> he'll get up no matter how many times he's been knocked down. >> he'll be the best friend you'll ever have. >> he'll love you with all of his heart. >> and if you give him your cell phone number -- >> -- he's going to call it. >> how do we know? >> he's been that way our whole lives. >> he's been a great father. >> and we think he'll be a great president. >> beau isn't with us any longer. >> but he's still very much alive in our hearts and we can still hear his strong voice. >> just like it was yesterday. >> just like it was yesterday. >> in 2008 and 2012 he introduced our dad at those conventions. >> if he was here, we're pretty sure we'd know what he'd say. >> so before we show you a film about our dad's journey, we wanted

hunter biden. >> and i'm ashley biden. >> joe biden is our dad. >> and beau is our brother. >> we want to tell youe rock steady. >> the strongest shoulder you can ever lean on. >> he'll beam with pride every time you succeed. >> he'll make your grandkids feel that what they've got to say matters. >> he'll treat everyone with respect no matter who you are. >> he'll get up no matter how many times he's been knocked down. >> he'll be the worst enemy any bully ever saw. >> he'll be the best friend you have ever had. >> he'll love you with all of his heart. >> and if you give him your cell phone number. >> he's going to call it. >> how do we know? >> because he's been that way our whole lives. >> he's been a great father. >> and we think he'll be a great president. >> beau isn't with us any longer. >> but he is still very much alive in our hearts and we can still hear his strong voice. >> just like it was yesterday. >> just like it was yesterday. >> in 2008 and 2012, he introduced our dad at those conventions. >> and if he was here, we're pretty sure we'd know what he'd say. >> so before we show you a

we saw the grand daughters, heard briefly from his daughter ashley and son hunter. but the interesting conashow the trump campaign is using each famiember to get across a certain mesge. >> that's right. yamiche brought up a great thint. joe biden durint convention, we heard stories about him sneaking in the freezer to get ice keep from his grand daughters. we heard stories ocourse of the tragedy went through losing his wife and daughter and standing by the bedside of his two sons one ofthem in the hospital. more personal stories. it's interesting to me tifany trump's speech was an ideologicaspeech. she's the second youngest trump child. she's in her mid 20's and she prenltses an opportunity for president trp to reach out to a group he doesn't lrgely win with, young people in their early 20's and 30's.an other entioning shwas a student, a few line about students and their problems,is eally was not a speech for young people. speech could overlap with some young people but it was broader in those. that strikes me too as contrast, judy. joe biden has written himself h a

ainsley: hunter talked and so did their daughter ashley and it was a tribute to beau, but when it comesith this do you think the democratic party will go so progressive and bernie sanders has said that and bernie sanders has complained because not enough progressives were speaking, so griff jenkins is live in wilmington in delaware where biden delivered his speech last night. hey, griff. steve: watch the bugs. griff: hey, ainsley. yeah, right we have a lot of spiders and stuff here i could begin to tell you about that but you know it was a big moment for joe biden and its been in the making as you mentioned, steve, for 32 years when he first ran in 1988 and he chose to take that moment to deliver an uplifting speech. he vowed to unite the country in a time of darkness, and he said he be an allie of the light. watch. >> we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america. i'm a proud democrat and i'll be proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election. griff: he spoke for about 30 minutes, touched on the pandemic , race relations, the economy and his personal tra

hunter. we went on dates together. we ate dinner together, we went on vacations together. and we actually all got married together and bo and hunt were on the altar. >> they had a daughter together, ashleyen credits jill for giving him a new chance at family. somebody his late son once said. >> not just my dad that rebuilt our family. it's my mother. because they together truly rebuilt our family. >> but jill biden has a tough side as well. it was she who jumped up to protect her husband after two women tried to rush the stage at an event in march. an advocate for education, women's health and military families, biden worked closely with her friend and first lady michelle obama on those issues she served as the second lady. and biden announced she intends to keep the job if she becomes first lady, working at a community college near washington, d.c., which would be another first of its own. >> i guess i hope they'll see that i have a sense of independence from my husband. >> reporter: she is certainly out there working for him as one of his most vocal supporters. >> this is how we do things. i've campaigned in every election. i go one way, he goes the other way so we can cover more grou

hunter said, we have a mom and a mommy. our mommy died. this is our mom. then along came ashleyfamily was complete. >> yep. >> when i was growing up, mom was fun. the head butting started when i was a teenager. there were some conflicts. she dealt with it by taking up running. she started to basically run marathons ♪ raised on promises >> i never, ever doubted that anything she set her mind to she could do. got her doctorate degree at the university of delaware. >> let's turn it positive. you will pass it. >> i would say she's not your average grandmother. >> yeah. >> she's the grandmother who wakes you up at 5:00 a.m. on christmas eve to go soul cycling. >> yeah. we have a lot of stories. >> she's a prankster. very mis-chievous. sometimes when she goes on a run, she'll find a dead snake and pick it up and use it to scare someone. >> that's classic jill. she wasn't really a washington person and i don't think ever imagined herself being part of that. >> when joe was elected to vice president, i just thought, hey, i got to step it up here, because there are things that i really c

hunter we went on dates together. we ate dinner together. we went on vacations together, and we actually all got married together and beau and hunt were on the alter. >> the couple had a daughter together, ashley new chance at family, something biden's late son beau once said. >> it's not just my dad that rebuilt our family, it's my mother. [ applause ] >> because they together truly rebuilt our family. >> reporter: jill biden has a tough side, as well. it was she who jumped up to protect her husband after two women tried to rush the stage at an event in march. an advocate for education, women's health and military families, biden worked closely with her friend and former first lady michelle obama on those issues during the years she served as second lady while keeping her day job teaching and biden vent recently announced s intends to keep that job working at a community college near washington d.c. which would be another first of its own. >> i guess i hope they will see that i have a sense of independence from my husband when i do go out there. >> reporter: she certainly is out there working for him as one of his most vocal supporters. >> this is how we've always done things. i campaigned in

hunter and beau. >> i'm ashad of the lack of moral backbone to this policy. still mmuting to washington by train, in the 1980s, biden's life and profile grew. daughter ashley was born and 1987 marked his first campaign for president. >> it is the obligation of this generation to care for and protect the future of our children. >> desjardins: almost immediately, biden ran into trouble. he had taken to quoting a british labour party leader in his speeches. but at an august 23 debate in iowa, biden did not attribute the following quote. >> why is it that joe biden is the first in his family ever to go to a university? why is it that my wife, who is sitting out there in the audience, is the first in her family to ever go to college? >> desjardins: back on capitol hill biden faced questions about the alleged plagiarism. >> i saw that and it was a connect. i mean, i could tell how that man felt. >> desjardins: within onweek, he would drop out of the race. just as he faced another test... >> there will be other opportunities for me to campaign for president. but there will not be many opportunities for me to influence president reagan's choice for the supreme cou