so did julian castro and michelle obama.nd bill the lesson that clint eastwood taught america if you are in a debate with an empty chair, you have got to win the debate. yeah, i guess that was the first debate of this election. [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: hey, good morning, everybody, good to see you this morning, and welcome to the "full court press," on this wednesday september 5th, coming to you live on current tv all the way across this great land of ours again from charlotte, north carolina capitol of the democratic national convention, and day two of the democratic national convention. what a great night last night. julian castro, giving the keynote speech and michelle obama giving the most powerful speech of the night. we'll hear from elizabeth warren and vice president joe biden here tonight. what a difference between here and charlotte, and the lackluster event in tampa last week. we'll have randi weingarten. but first the current tv update from lisa ferguson. >> hi bill. good morning, everyone. the dny continues ton

julian castro feels the pressure. why did obama pick you? >> i think that he and i see eye to eye on a lot of issues. i also think it's another signifier of the significance of h himself pan hispanics. >> reporter: his mother immigrated to the country, his brother joaquin is now running for congress. he's expected to win. tonight, he introduced julian. >> ours is a nation like no other. a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. no matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward. >> reporter: you grew up in a community, you wind up going to stanford, and a law degree from harvard, you and your brother. how is that possible? >> we are very blessed to have a family that wanted to make sure we got a good education. >> they studied. >> reporter: julian's mother rosie. >> this or that wasn't as important as having each other and having a good time with the money we did have. >> reporter: she's been a community activist in san antonio for decades. a woman who began taking her twins into the voting booth

nacional demÓcrata aparte de los discurso de presidente barack obama y vicepresidente serÁ de juliÁn castroiscurso principal en la apertura de la convenciÓn nacional y nosotros pudimos ir a la casa del seÑor juliÁn castro, Él habla poco castellano su familia lo habla bien, cristina se sentÓ con Él no su casa para hablar sobre el hombre y sus polÍtica. >>> me siento honrado por los sacrificio que mi bieabuela y m ma este donde este hoy. >>> es la historia que se escucha a travÉs de toda la naciÓn y tambiÉn enseÑa que la comunidad latina ha sido importante para estados unidos. >>> mucho orgullo, y muy honrada por esta oportunidad que Él va a tener que le ha dado el presidente y la boconvenciÓn pa dar esta presentaciÓn especialmente porque va a representar a los latinos a nosotros aquÍ tambiÉn en san antonio a todo el pueblo de san antonio. >>> y para ver mÁs de la entrevista con juliÁn castro y su familia en su casa en san antonio los espero maÑana en el noticiero nacional telemundo, con eso vamos a nuestra primera pausa para ver estÁ entrevista, solo tiene que ir a telemundo.com, [ mini ] ¿c

i think julian castro did a great job, too. michelle obama didn't just talk about the heart which i think we saw from ann romney. she actually talked about policy and what barack obama has done for the country and why it's good for families, why it's good for america. that was an unusual thing for a first lady to come out and do sort of a litany of how policy is connected to people's lives. i thought that was really impressive. >> rick, if you were still there with old governor romney you'd be thinking, dammi tirt, day on get a hurricane and they get a different hurricane, a verbal hurricane. a series of speeches. not a good day for republicans, you could say. >> i think michelle did a great job. i have been to a lot of revivals. we have heard a lot of this before. the democrats have to be very careful. they cannot replicate 2008. i'm here in charlotte. i don't feel that energy that we did in 2008. i think they have got be very careful. the other thing i would say, they have a big problem on their hands right now with israel. t

la convenciÓn democrata en charlotte, para conoces era mÁs del orador principal de esta noche, juliÁn castro peÑa nieto anunciÓ quiÉnes son las personas de su total confianza, el equipo de poco mÁs de 40 personas sera coordinado por luÍs v. >> peÑa nieto asegurÓ que es un equipo de transiciÓn y no son los miembros del gabinete que los van a acompaÑar desde el primero de diciembre cuando asuma el cargo. >> el candidato opositor venezolano enrique capriles habrÍa resultado vencedor con 53% de votos con el simulacro reelz ado realizado en venezuela, esto segÚn un sondeo hecho por el gobierno, la revelaciÓn fue hecha por el diario espaÑol abc quien dijo tener acceso al resultado del sondeo. >> y en colombia el presidente juan manuel santos anunciÓ el anuncio de un acuerdo con las farc, el lÍder de la guerrilla lo confirmÓ y desde bogotÁ juan carlos aguiar nos habla del intento por acabar con decenas de aÑos de conflicto armado. >> y ante una oportunidad real. >> en colombia no hay dudas el presidente oficializÓ que hace seis meses iniciÓ conversaciones con las farc, hoy comienza la segunda de tr

: first thing you need to know, it's pronounced julian castro. j. is silent, not julian. if you get the spanish wrong, don't worry, san antonio's mayor never mastered espanol. >> i grew up in the household with my mother and grandmother mostly speaking english. i understand it. speaking it back a always the challenge. >> reporter: julian castro's grandmother immigrated to san antonio from mexico and worked as a community activist in snan anton antonio's chicano movements. julian castro and his twin brother went to stanford university and harvard law school. now he's a rising star in the democratic party tapped to give the keynote speech at the democratic convention, the same speech an unknown barack obama gave at the convention in 2004. >> you get talked about as someone who could be the first hispanic governor of texas, some people even suggesting the first hispanic president of the united states. do you like that kind of talk? can you handle that kind of pressure? >> i'd be lying if i said that's not flattering. of course it's flattering to any

. >> keynote speaker julian castro touched the crowd with his story of humble beginnings the first hispanic to deliver a keynote speech at the dnc. he talked up the president but delivered a punch to mitt romney. >> i don't think governor romney nent meant any marm. he has no idea how good he's had it. mitt romney quite simply doesn't get it. >> it was a democratic party so speakers served up a lot of red meat. >> if mitt was santa claus, he would fire the reindeer and outsource the elves. >> women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. maybe 23 cents doesn't sound like a lot to someone with a swiss bank account, a cayman island investment. >> put simply, women in america cannot trust mitt romney. >> i want to bring in ruth marcus, columnist for "washington post" and political reporter nick con sore ri. let's talk about michelle obama. it was called a resounding trium triumph. what do you think she accomplished? >> i think it was very important as we saw with ann romney's speech. spouses serve a very validating humanizing function, it's not that people don't know president obam

and a look at julian castro. the young american mayor who is delivering the keynote address from his mother's influence. >> she gave me a sense that public service could be noble. >> to what supporters say about his similarities to the president. >> i'm very flattered by the comparisons. >> shep: how he's set to make history tonight. plus, michelle obama scheduled to take the stage to talk up her husband. but there is one thing you should absolutely not expect to hear her say. and how her speech could compare with that of ann romney at the rnc. but first from fox's tuesday night live from charlotte, the democratic national convention is now officially underway. and how is this for timing? today the national debt clock topped $16 trillion for the first time in u.s. history. we'll have more on that a little later with gather are you willis. we'll three hours away from the headliners, including the first lady, michelle obama. she checked out the stage yesterday. president obama says he can not compete with the first

san antonio mayor, julian castro gave a speech last night that was wildly approved by the crowd. him. he has a twin brother who did his introduction, joaquin castro and john leg guz zam moe. >> we have tim daly talking politics and all-star panels and margaret hoover and richard socarides there they are enjoying the hot sauce and refreshments they offer in the morning. stay with us. and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning apps that allow you to transfer funds, pay bills or manage your finances anywhere, anytime. so that wherever your duty takes you, usaa bank goes with you. visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. perform, compete and grow. and people are driving this change. that's the power of human resources. the society... for human resource management and its members know... how to harness that power, because we help develop it. from the next economy, to the next generation, we help get... the most out of business, by getting

. >>> importancia del voto latino se hace evidente al ser un alcalde de san antonio juliÁn castro quienoche, hablarÍa la primera dama. >>> hablar de los valores de su esposo que ha prometido ayudar a la comunidad. >>> latinos podrÍan ser incrÉdulos, pero las estadÍst a estadÍsticas afirman que pueden ayudar. el alcalde de los Ángeles vaticina que los latinos van a responder. >>> vas a ver que los latinos van a votar para el presidente obama en nÚmeros aproximadamente 70%. si eso no es entusiasmo, si eso no es apoyo no sÉ que es. >>> los demÓcratas no estÁn dispuestos a ceder ni un solo voto, no dan por sentado que un grupo vaya a votar por el presidente obama automÁticamente. la mayor parte del programa es dedicado ala mujer y los asuntos que son de importancia para ellos, en particular la salud, sistema reproductivo, el tema de las pastillas anti conceptivas, el tema del aborto han sido mencionados, las oradoras han dicho que no pueden confiar en romney y si fuera electo presidente seria un paso para atrÁs para las mujeres. este estadio se ha llenado a capacidad, en algunas secciÓnes h

i couldn't help thinking, rafael, when i saw julian castro thinking, wow, that could be one of the next presidents of the united states. then i thought, wait a minute, castro, on a ballot in florida? by the way, having a chance to win the white house, mitt romney's campaign has said the magic number of latino voters they need is 38%. based on the latest gallop poll, only 29% of the latino voters said they would support mitt romney. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning apps that allow you to transfer funds, pay bills or manage your finances anywhere, anytime. so that wherever your duty takes you, usaa bank goes with you. visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. >>> i want to bring you back an update on that earthquake we've been covering for you that just happened in the last hour in costa rica. you can see samara, the epicenter, the red dot on your screen. this is a 7.6 magni

let's look at julian castro. grandmother's who emigrated from mexico as a young orphan. let's watch. >> the american dream is not a sprint or even a marathon. but a relay. our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation, but each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. my grandmother never owned a house. she cleaned other people's houses so he could afford to rent her own, but she saw her daughter become the first in her family graduate from college. my mother fought hard for civil rights so instead of a mop i could hold this microphone. >> mayor castro got some major attack lines on romney. listen to this one about how romney just doesn't get it. >> mitt romney quite simply doesn't get it. a few months ago, he visited a university in ohio and gave students there a little entrepreneurial advice. start a business, he said. but how? borrow money if you have to from your parents, he told them. gee, why didn't i think of that? some people are lucky enough to borrow mo

candidate. >> reporter: that's why delagara, a professor at columbia university, says the choice of julian castro to deliver the keynote was smart. >> castro brings, as a speaker, a number of important characteristics. he is smart. he's well educated. he is politically literate. he has a vision and he has ambition. he raised in a highly political family in san antonio. he understands the limit of ethnic politics. >> there's a good story to tell. >> reporter: now he'll have to add persuasive speaker to his resume. >> speeches tonight by julian castro and the first lady michelle obama are going to set the tone for the convention. democrats are going to highlight the president's accomplishments, making the case for giving him another four years in office. so what do they actually need to say? i want to bring in cnn contributor democratic strategist donna brazile. nice to see you, donna. i know you're tweeting already. you have a special pass on the floor, is that right? >> yeah. i'm an officer of the convent n convention. you know the other pass i was given the first day i arrived. you know what it

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and the democrats have a new star in san antonio mayor julian castro. but the evening belonged to first lady michelle obama as her husband and daughters watched from the white house, her message was simple. president obama is just like you. susan mcginnis is in charlotte with more this morning. good morning to you, susan. >> terrell, good morning. michelle obama had this arena captivated and the crowd roaring last night in a speech that's being called emotional and intelligent. she laid out her case for giving her husband one more term. michelle obama had everyone on the convention floor on their feet. >> i love michelle. i love her. >> some had tears in their eyes as mrs. obama spoke passionately about her husband. >> i have seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. no, it reveals who you are. >> she says this president is a man whose upbringing and family values mean he'll look out for all americans. >> when it comes to rebuilding our economy, barack is thinking about folks like my dad and like his grandmother. that's why he cut

at 37, julian castro is the youngest mayor of any major u.s. city. in fact not... ost on president obama when castro visitedded the white house three years ago. >> he walked in. at some point in the conversation he asked if i was an intern. >> reporter: he asked that? jokingly. but i know i must have looked younger than everybody else there by at least 15 years. >> reporter: texas is is a reliably red state and some criticize high school age and his policies. but what the white house is interested in is his background. a mexican-american, castro is well aware his role tonight is to help bring hispanic voter into the obama tent. his mother rose castro was a latino activist who ran for city council herself. she lost. her old campaign poster hangs on the wall of her son's office as a reminder of just how things have changed. >> my grandmother and my mother lived during a time when you would see signs that said, "no mexicans or dogs allowed." america has made profound and wonderful progress since that time. >> reporter: he's not the family's only standard bearer. if you

sponsored by the letters d-n-c and will be delivered by julian castro. that's him on the left by his brother, joaquinn, texas state rep, running for mayor. this is the first time a latino ever filled that coveted keynote spot. but what is it bringing people to the polls? people who look like them or policies that benefit them. krystal, we talked about this before the show, it is been putting people on the stage, it is about the policies the party is all about. when you have party like the gop hostile to hispanics as well as women, as well as guys, as well as blacks, it'll be hard -- >> hostile people. >> absolutely. it is hard it bring people into the party. as lindsay graham said, they are not creating enough angry white men to continue on the path that they are on. the demographics are moving against them if they are going to continue to be that way. and if hispanics show up and deliver this for barack obama, the gop will have to come to jesus and change their stance on immigration. >> i think that's right. much has been written about the fact that thi

we'll hear from julian castro, the mayor of san antonio and also a twin. his brother is in politics as well. michelle obama has a speech in prime time and her job will be very similar to ann romney's job, which is accent wait the personal and highlighting president obama as a father and family man. dana bash, what do you expect her to say? >> looking back four years ago, she was kind of seen as a potential liability. she was kind of harsh and the goal was to soften her. >> now she's so much more popular -- >> he wishes he had her approval numbers. >> which tends to happen with first ladies. kind of val dater for her husband. and her speech will talk about her own accomplishments and some of the things she's done in the white house with children and with -- >> the whole health. >> nutrition and things like that. those are some of the things i'm told she'll talk about. >> the big event will be julian castro's speech. i didn't realize that's the first time a latino -- that stuns me for democrats and republicans. i find it shocking. >> it is given how importan

marco rubio's and julian castro.io saying my dad worked at the bar at the back of the room so i could stand at the front of the room and julian castro saying my mom and grandmother held a mop so i could hold the mic. little variations on the theme, julian talking more about his mom doing community organizing so that everyone could have that chance and marco rubio talking about individuals making it on their own. i think we learn a lot about, we tend to sometimes see the hispanic communities as a monolith. i think that would be a lot of fun. i think both of them are obviously future superstars of their party. >> melinda, the jon stewart last week was mocking the rnc calling it the road to jeb bush 2016. i wanted to e-mail them and say no, you should call it the road to losing to hillary in 2016. i see everybody's going to lose to hillary. the most interesting competitor for hillary i think is condoleezza rice, which would be an extraordinary campaign, two smart women, widely admired, tough as nails. it would be an ent

vamos a hablar para conocer un poco más del orador julián castro, vamos ahora con jorge buenas nochesdina el traspaso con el equipo de calderón. aclaro que es un euqipo de transcición y no serán quienes lo acompañaran. >> enrique capriles de venezuela sería vencedor en el simulacro este fin de semana frente al presidente hugo chávez. la revelación fue hecha hoy por el diario español quién dijo tener acceso. >> en colombia el presidente santos comienza paz con la farc. y desde bogotá por acabar con esto. >> en colombia ya no hay dudas. hace seis mesese inició negociaciones con la farc >> con la firma de un acuerdo marco entre el gobierno nacional y las farc, que establece una hoja de ruta para llegar a un acuerdo final que temrine esta violencia entre hijos de una misma nación. >> este acuerdo nacio gracias a canales de comunicación del anterior gobierno. tres los las premisas que se mida en años y no meses. >> aprender para no crear falsas expectativas. lograr el fin del conflicto y no su prolongacion. y no ceder nada del territorio nacional. >> en la havana varios presentarion un vid

. ♪ i've gotta a feeling that tonight's going to be a good night ♪ >> the 37-year-old julian castro his brother. and the biggest moment in his speech-making life for sure. >> thank you. ♪ tonight's gonna be a good night ♪ >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. my fellow democrats, my fellow americans, my fellow texans, i stand before you tonight, as a young american, a proud american, of a generation board as the cold war receded. shaped by the tragedy of 9/11, connected by the digital revolution and determined to re-elect the man who will make the 21st century another american century, president barack obama! the unlikely journey that brought me here tonight began many miles from this podium, my brother joaquin and i grew up with my mother rosie and my grandmother victoria. my grandmother was an orphan. as a young girl, she had to leave her home in mexico and move to san antonio where some relatives agreed to take her in. she never made it past the fourth grade. she had to stop and help out her family. my grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook

vamos a hablar para conocer un poco más del orador julián castro, vamos ahora con jorge buenas nochesgracias, el presidente de méxico peña nieto coordina el traspaso con el equipo de calderón. aclaro que es un euqipo de transcición y no serán quienes lo acompañaran. >> enrique capriles de venezuela sería vencedor en el simulacro

y ademÁs, con solo 37 aÑos de edad, juliÁn castro, el alcalde mÁs joven de una ciudad metropolitana,principal de la convenciÓn democrata, marÍa elena salinas lo entrevistÓ, y entrevistas mias con el senador marco rubio, y jeff bush. rubio nos dijo quÉ sintiÓ al ser descartado a la vicepresidencia, y el hermano de bush explica por quÉ a republicanos les cuesta seducir a votantes hispanos, y ann romney, presenta el lado humano de su esposo, y dice que su familia tambiÉn es una fanmilia de inmigrantes, comenzamos. ♪. ♪♪. ♪. ♪. >>> vamos al punto, con jorge ram ramos. >>> vamos al punto. acabamos de regresar de la convenciÓn republicana en tampa, y vamos a ver el inicio de la convenciÓn democrata en charlotte en carolina del norte, estamos en dos formas distintas de ver el presente y futuro, pocas veces en la historia en estados unidos, tienen opciones tan diferentes. comenzamos con blanca rosa que se adelantÓ y estÁ en charlotte cuanta convenciÓn democrata, blanca rosa. >>> es el turno demÓcratas, los Últimos detalles para la convenciÓn que se inicia en este martes. a la que llegarÁn 6

these are rising stars and twins julian and joaquin castro.ith us next hour. >>> tonight at the dnc, bill clinton will take the stage. we're bringing in the big guns this morning. we'll talk to robert gibbs. he'll stop by to talk to us. and much more. "starting point" live from charlotte, north carolina. >>> two california democratic delegates have been kicked out of the convention for getting completely drunk. one passed out, and the other was accused of impersonating a member of congress. they knew he wasn't a real number of congress because he was buying his own drinks with his money. so they knew right there. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free fo

por qué tiene que seguir apoyando al presidente barack obama, también el alcalde de san antonio julián castrohelle obama, luis mejid con lo más destacado adelante >>> buenas noches, maría elena salinas, en un ambiente de fiesta, los demócratas se reunieron para recuperar el entusiasmo de hace años, y para decirle a los hispanos que el presidete barack obama merece ser reelector. >>> abrieron la convención para pedir que se aumenta el impuesto a los ricos, para buscar la reforma migratoria, en polos opuestos, la diferencia no podía ser más grande, bill richardson dice lo siguiente. >>> que vean al partido republicano, al gobernador mitt romney que cierra las puertas, a todo lo que queremos en este país. >>> un doble ejemplo con el sueño americano marcó esto, joaquín castro presentó a su hermano gemelo, el alcalde de san antonio julián castro. >>> hace 4 años estados unidos estuvo al borde de una depresión, el presidente tomó acción y ahora hemos visto 4,5 millones de nuevos empleos, ahora tenemos que hacer una elección, un país donde la clase media paga más para que los ricos paguen menos. >>>

the keynote speech from julian castro mayor of san antonio. then first ly, michelle obama, making the case in primetime for four more years for the president. >> announcer: from nbc news, "decision 2012." the democratic national convention live from charlotte, north carolina. >>> good evening from charlotte, the arena home to the bobcats. tonight it is noisy and about the democrats. we get our first primetime glimpse of the message they have planned. days after tampa, 63 days until the election and a lot has changed as we said at the top of the broadcast since the days of hope and change, the last democratic convention in '0 #. tonight we hear from a man billed as a rising star, young mayor of san antonio and from a more established star, first lady, michelle obama. our team is in place for all of it including the largest fleet