just so you know, we have terry mcauliffe. he'll be making the rounds.isan wars of the '90s. the fact that bill clinton is now the democratic party's best person to talk to independent voters. it just shows you that everything, you know, everything can come around and become new again. it is amazing when you think back of what 97 to 99 was like in american politics. as polarized frankly as we are today. and it is that president that is now the guy that probably can speak better to independent voters than any national leader in either party. >> that's right. and on that point that ed was just making about, talking about democracy not being a blood sport. that was another rif. a depart you from the prepared remarks when president obama talked about the partnership between hillary clinton and barack obama, showing that democracy does not have to be a blood sport. it can be an honorable enterprise. talking about taking hillary's support enters into the cabinet. picking hillary herself and the way, talking about even within the democratic party there being a

i remember on my way to the platform i told the chairman of the dnc that year terry mcauliffe, i wasnger than the time given and i wasn't going to follow the script. i talked about the need to protect our right to vote. a right that's even more under siege now than it was then. >> mr. president, the reason we are fighting so hard, the reason we took florida so seriously, is our right to vote wasn't gained because of our age. our vote was soaked in the blood of goodman, cheney, soaked in the blood of poor little girls in birmingham. this vote is sacred to us! this vote can't be bargained away! this vote can't be given away! mr. president,ing in all due respect, mr. president, read my lips. our vote is not for sale! >> on that national stage, i tried to speak for those whose voices are all too often silenced in our polite debates. >> as i ran for president, i hope that one child could come out of the ghetto like i did, can look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and no, they didn't have to be a drug dealer. they didn't have to be a hoodlum. then didn't have to be a

keep changing it, terry mcauliffe went to see him. >> you worked for him.g a speech? >> more than your executive producer does. >> what's interesting, is he notorious for getting to his speeches late. staff wants to have a meeting, now, later, that's down the road. he started on this weeks ago. weeks ago, reached out to old friends, help me out, what should i say? look for a very full-throated endorseme endorsement. >> we see a live picture of the motorcade coming to the hall. we don't know if it's president obama's motorcade. we saw video of first lady michelle obama, already here in one of the sky boxes, a live picture there. you see michelle obama, you see her, other folks sitting in the sky box. she's talking to a number of dignitaries and people who are allowed in. so we're watching very closely to see when, in fact, president obama arrives. >> one other point about president clinton. i almost called him governor clinton. back in the day, when i didn't have any of these gray hairs. i talked to somebody who has read the speech, about the 30/30. if you h