momala is one of her most important jobs. she is momala is one of her most importantjobs.iting this young, more diverse generation of voters the democrats want to get out there if they are to defeat donald trump. we are keeping a close ion what is happening on the right—hand side of people's screens there as this video, preparing for the speech by kamala harris, ithink preparing for the speech by kamala harris, i think it is just coming close to an end. there is a risk for democrats in foreground and kamala harris, nancy pelosi, elizabath warren, these are all the democrats who donald trump likes to characterise as the ones who will lead to the democrats into taking away people's guns, removing people's guns, removing people's second amendment rights, defunding the police, abolishing the police, as he claims. right, and of course kamala harris is a former prosecutor, she was an attorney general in california, so in choosing her, democrats are trying to block off that attack from donald trump that a biden harris ticket would be about defunding the police because she stands

family is our beautiful children, cole and ella, who call me momala. family is my sister. family is my best friend, my nieces, and my godchildren. family is my uncles, my aunts. family is mrs. shelton, my second mother who lived two doors down and helped raise me. family is my beloved alpha kappa alpha, our divine nine and my hbcu brothers and sisters. family is the friends i turn to when my mother, the most important person in my life, passed away from cancer. and even as she taught us to keep our family at the center of our world, she also pushed us to see a world beyond ourselves. she taught us to be conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people. to believe public service is a noble cause and the fight for justice is a shared responsibility. that led me to become a lawyer, a district attorney, attorney general and a united states senator. and at every step of the way, i've been guided by the words i spoke from the first time i stood in a courtroom. kamala harris, for the people. i have fought for children and survivors of sexual assault. i fought against

family is our beautiful children, cole and ella, who call me "momala."amily is my best friend and my nieces and my godchildren. family is my uncles and my aunts. family is mrs. shelton, my second mother who lived two doors down and helped raise me. family is my beloved alpha cap alpha, our divine nine, and my hbc you brothers and sisters -- bcu brothers and sisters. mother, the most important person in my life, passed away from cancer. and even as she taught our family, she also pushed us to see a world beyond ourselves. she taught us to be conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people, to believe public service is a the fight fornd justice is a shared responsibility. that led me to become a lawyer. a district attorney, attorney general, and a united states senator. and at every step of the way, i have been guided by the words that i spoke from the first time i stood in a courtroom. kamala harris, for the people. andve fought for children survivors of sexual assault. i fought against transnational criminal organizations. i took on the big

family is our beautiful children, cole and ella, who call me "momala." family is my best friend and my nieces and my godchildren. family is my uncles and my aunts. family is mrs. shelton, my second mother who lived two doors down and helped raise me. family is my beloved alpha cap alpha, our divine nine, and my hbc you brothers and sisters -- bcu brothers and sisters. mother, the most important person in my life, passed away from cancer. and even as she taught our family, she also pushed us to see a world beyond ourselves. she taught us to be conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people, to believe public service is a the fight fornd justice is a shared responsibility. that led me to become a lawyer. a district attorney, attorney general, and a united states senator. and at every step of the way, i have been guided by the words that i spoke from the first time i stood in a courtroom. kamala harris, for the people. andve fought for children survivors of sexual assault. i fought against transnational criminal organizations. i took on the b

. >> vice president will be great but momala will always be the one that means the most. >> our exclusive with sarah palin, one of only two women to be tapped as the vp nominee joins us live. >>> deadliest day of summer. nearly 1,500 reported lives lost to the coronavirus in the u.s. in the past 24 hours. this morning, the new warning about the next possible covid hot spots. this as president trump is still pushing ahead for in-person learning but new jersey and new york city teachers are fighting back and those georgia schools now changing course after dozens of students and staff tested positive. >>> mask showdown in the sunshine state. why one florida sheriff is prohibiting most of his deputies from wearing masks as cdc director robert redfield issues a stark new warning saying everyone in america needs to wear a mask or this coming fall could be the worst we've ever had. >>> dental dangers. dentists taking on the world health organization after that new warning against routine appointments during the pandemic. what you should do if you need to get your teeth cleaned. ♪ every heartbeat

she also said of all of the things on her very impressive resume her favorite title is momala which is what her stepchildren referred to her as. and senator harris makes the first democrat from california to be on a major party presidential ticket. >> a lot of firsts, you can really see the emotion on joe biden's face when she spoke about his late son, pretty amazing. thank you. >> california governor, gavin newsom looks forward to works with harris as the next vice president. >> working two terms when she ran for attorney general to be a supporter and advocate the lieutenant governor, worked with her as attorney general. to support her efforts very proudly when she ran for the u.s. senate and now as governor been working collaboratively in a supportive way. >> coming up at 5:30, a political correspondent to get his take on the first appearance as a team. and how they will define the senator as a candidate. >> she was not the first choice among many progressives, even here in her hometown, so what do they think a vice presidential nominee kamala harris now and what does that question t

family is our beautiful children, cole and ella, who call me "momala." family is my sister.best friend, my nieces, and my godchildren. family is my uncles and my aunts. family is mrs. shelton, my second mother who lived two doors down and helped raise me. family is my beloved alpha kappa alpha, our divine nine, and my hbcu brothers and sisters. family is the friends i turned to when my mother, the most important person in my life, passed away from cancer. and even as she taught our family at the center of our world, she also pushed us to see a world beyond ourselves. she taught us to be conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people, to believe public service is a noble cause, and the fight for justice is a shared responsibility. that led me to become a lawyer, a district attorney, attorney general, and a united states senator. and at every step of the way, i have been guided by the words that i spoke from the first time i stood in a courtroom. kamala harris, for the people. i have fought for children and survivors of sexual assault. i fought against transnati

if you think about the three things we expected her to do, introduce herself to america, momala.re that she talks about the vision for the future. she did that. and also bring it to trump, i think she did it all really well. she had a smile on her face. she looked excited, comfortable. and i think kamala harris is at her best when she's just herself and comfortable. >> governor kristy, your thoughts. >> i thought it was kind of flat. i think she was trying too hard. i think there's a lot of fake smiles in there and practiced hand gestures, and i think it's really hard to follow somebody as compelling as barack obama. i think they should have left it the way they had it. barack obama should have left his nose out of it, let her go first and obama go last. i thought obama was compelling, and i thought harris was okay. and it shouldn't be that way. it should be the other way around. let her go and then let the night finish with the president, because of who he is. >> sarah, you said it depends on which kamala harris showed up. which one showed up? >> the one that showed up was the m

harris has said momala is her most important title. >> thanks very much. >>> let's bring in our political director and press," chuck todd what are you looking for this evening >> the two big speeches are kamala harris and barack obama. for kamala harris, it's important that she succeeds at telling the story of her life that a lot of people feel like that feels familiar to them, not just african-american voters but immigrants, whether they're hispanic immigrants, caribbean immigrants, could be very helpful to the biden/harris coalition. but barack obama's speech tonight, this is as important to joe biden as bill clinton's speech no 2012 was to barack obama's reelection here here's another aspect of it, lester, donald trump will obsess over it so it will make obama's speech even more important and more, perhaps, a bigger deal to joe biden going forward. >> all right, chuck, thanks very much. >>> to our other top story, the state of emergency in california as wildfires explode out of control throughout the state, destroying homes, forcing thousands to evacuate and putting firefighters in a b

i've had a lot of titles over my career, and certainly, vice president will be great, but momala will of the world to arrive in america. one from india and the other from jamaica. in search of a world—class education. but what brought them together was the civil rights movement of the 1960s. that's how they met as students in the streets of oakland, marching and shouting for this thing called justice. in a struggle that continues today. i was pa rt struggle that continues today. i was part of it. my parents would bring me to protest strapped tightly in my soul and my mother raise my sister maia and me to believe that it was up maia and me to believe that it was up to us and every generation of americans to keep on marching. she would tell us," don't sit around and complain about things, do something." sol complain about things, do something." so i did something. i devoted my life to making real the words carved in the united states supreme court, equal justice words carved in the united states supreme court, equaljustice under law. 30 years ago, i stood before a judge for the first ti

to my brother and me, you will always be momala, the world's greatest stepmom. >> you are my role modelnfidant, my partner in mischief and in justice. >> you are a rock. not just for our dad, but for three generations of our big, blended family. >> you showed me the importance of public service and made sure i grew up surrounded by smart, strong, ambitious women every day. >> growing up, heaven helped the kid that picked on me because my big sister would have my back. now we've got your back as you and joe fight to protect our democracy. >> there is no union more perfect than the one that brings us all to your kitchen table every sunday night for stir fry. >> now that i'm a mom, you are showing my daughters and so many girls around the world who look like them what's possible and what it's like to move through the world as fierce, formidable knee nominal women in their own unique way. >> i love you. i admire you. i am so proud of you. and even though mommy's not here to see her daughter step into history, the entire nation will see in your strength, your integrity, your intelligence and

but momala will always be the one that means the most. >> they are reflective of america.tory is common to a lot of americans and i think that is something they can draw upon in the campaign trail. say, look, we're real humans just like you and voters tend to like that. >> reporter: what's notable to gender politics watchers is how emhoff is changing the norms for american men. >> he went to other men -- the need to sometimes step back and lift up women's voices in this process. that sort of symbolic nod that doug emhoff seems to be giving is going to be important and influence future generations of men. >> reporter: women candidates have historically not focused on their male spouses or brought them on the trail because of concern that the male achievements might overshadow the female achievements. but that doesn't seem to be holding back harris and emhoff, at least not yet, john. perhaps that's progress. >> look, it's 2020. we have to be there at this point. all right, kyung lah, terrific report. thanks very much. i learned a lot there. appreciate it. >>> "new day" conti

but momala will always be the one that means the most. >> reporter: what's notable to gender politics emhoff is changing the norms for american men. >> other voters and particularly other men the need to sometimes step back and lift up women's voices. >> kyung lah reporting for us. watch cnn's special live coverage of the democratic national convention for all the biggest moments, most important speeches and insight on what it all means for joe biden and the future of the democratic party. that starts monday night at 8:00 here on cnn. but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. you can save for an emergency from here. or pay bills from here. so when someone asks you, "where's your bank?" you can tell them: here's my bank. or here's my bank. or, here's my bank. because if you download and use the chase mobile app, your bank is virtually any place. visit chase.com/mobile. ♪ take the good, with the bad ♪ live the life you want to

as senator, she served as california attorney general, her most important title, momala, you're going to hear about all of that tonight and then the speech from former president barack obama which will be a live speech. i am told he's going to make the case for joe biden and kamala harris, this joint ticket. he'll talk personally about both of them, including joe biden, of course, who served as his vice president for eight years. he's going to talk about watching him in a leadership role, the two of them worked together. he will argue to pull this country out of a recession, to get healthcare passed. he'll talk about all of that, hallie, and then he's going to go big picture and he's going to say that this is election is about our democracy that that is what is on the line and just as we heard from the former first lady michelle obama, he's going to urge people to get out and vote. >> mike memoli, you are also there in a rainy wilmington, delaware. you have sources inside and around the biden campaign like perhaps nobody else and you during a week of, you know, very prominent politica

the more people see and hear from senator harris and her stepdaughters who call her momala and her nieces the more inoculated they are. i'm not taking away from the importance of them and their messages, but as a strategic frame. >> to put it in the frame of a campaign, with john kerry versus george w. bush, he needed to make a bio graphical case for himself and the convention tried to do that and really talked about his war service. the other side needed to make him an unacceptable replacement for a wartime president. that was the whole point. you had to make kerry unacceptable to replace a president that most people supported because they had that convention in a country of war. so that was the job. this is the reverse. as long as joe biden and kamala harris are acceptable replacements for the incumbent, then they have already won in a sense. >> and joe biden can't be redefined. >> it's too late. >> the country knows joe biden. he spent -- i mean how many decades in the senate plus his time as vice president, plus his time in current public life. it does feel like if their idea is they

and i've had a lot of titles over my career and certainly, vice president will be great but momala will always be the one that means the most. and, you know, my mother and father, they came from opposite sides of the world. to arrive in america. one from india and the other from jamaica. in search of a world class education. but what brought them together was the civil rights movement of the 1960s. and that's how they met, as students in the streets of oakland marching and shouting for this thing called justice in a struggle that continues today. and i was part of it. my parents would bring me to protests, strapped tightly in my stroller. and my mother, shamala raised my sister maya and me to believe that it was up to us and every generation of americans, to keep on marching. she would tell us, don't sit around and complain about things, do something. so, i did something. i devoted my life to making real the words carved in the united states supreme court, equal justice under law. and 30 years ago, i stood before a judge for the first time, breathed deep and uttered the phrase that woul

the former attorney general of california, and then of course the title that means the most to her, momaland it all culminates on thursday night with that big speech by joe biden when he accepts his party's nomination and casts this as a fight for the very soul of the nation. lester, savannah. >> but tonight belongs to jill biden who in just a few moments will be addressing the convention about her husband of 43 years. now, watching this convention is president trump. he's been pretty vocal about it, who he's seen, what he thinks of the speakers. he's on the road tonight doing some counterprogramming. let's go to hallie jackson returning to duty one baby later. welcome back from maternity leave, hallie. and the president has certainly been paying attention to what's been going on these last couple nights. >> no kidding, savannah. thank you for the warm welcome back. i got off the phone with a senior administration official who said of course the president is absolutely engaged in what is happening with this democratic convention. but here's the thing about president trump, savannah, as you

there by his wife's side through her presidential campaign and kamala harris taking on the role of momalae has quite a few godchildren. she has her wonderful niece. kamala has always loved children. >> reporter: emhoff could become america's first second gentleman. his friend and spouse of former democratic candidate pete buttigieg lending his support. >> look, i think the best thing you can be as a political spouse is loving and supportive and compassionate and patient. it demands a lot of you, right? your spouse is the star. >> reporter: as for harris' friends, no expectations here. just pure excitement for their childhood friend. >> oh my goodness. i'm just so excited, and, you know, overwhelmed with joy, and, you know, just so proud of her. >> i just started crying. i'm still getting a little choked up about it. i am so proud of her. and she loves this country. she loves america. >> reporter: and after her sophomore year here at howard university, harris interned for a california senator on capitol hill. 30 years later she would go on to fill that same senate seat. this week once agai

. >> geraldo: momala. which is cute.that she has voted on in the past? what do you think? >> you know, i think that i want to believe again that every person who is running for these offices has, you know, their hearts in the right place. you know, for me, you know, her record as a prosecutor certainly speaks for itself. but, you know, people are campaigning now. and they are saying a lot of things. and hopefully they will make good on those promises. but the good things that we know we can depend on to make our country stronger and better. ainsley: barbara, how about you? >> you know, i thought her speech was really powerful. i like her story. i love her history. she is really, you know, i'm really interested in her as a woman and a minority candidate. but, she lost me when she blamed trump for the pandemic. i really felt politics sneak in there and i was really disappointed. i also, you know, knowing that she is an advocate for defunding the police, gives, i believe, a lot of suburban mothers pause to really really con