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Looking back on 5 decades 
in politics, Joe, thank 
you for your historic

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leadership, a grateful 
party honors the 
president, America. I gave

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my best to you. As he 
passed the torch to a 
new generation. Are you

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ready to elect Kamala Harris and 
Tim Walls. Tonight Democrats lay

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out their vision for 
America. I mean on both 
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be OK. And former 
President Barack Obama 
speaks to the city that

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helped launch his 
political career. Where 
are you guys excited to

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see tonight. It is the 2nd 
night of the Democratic 
National Convention.

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And welcome to PBS News special 
coverage of the 2nd night of the

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Democratic National 
Convention in Chicago. 
I'm Ana Navaz and I'm

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Jeff Bennett. Last night, 
the Democrats passed 
the torch of the party

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from President Biden to 
Vice President Harris. 
Tonight the theme

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is a bold vision for 
America's future and the 
Democrats hope to show,

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to draw a sharp contrast 
between the vision of 
the Harris Walls ticket

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and that of the Trump 
V Vance campaign. The 
headliners tonight are

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former President Barack 
Obama. Former First Lady 
Michelle Obama happening

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right now on the floor 
behind us is a lot of 
noise. This is the roll

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call, the way the Democrats 
have arranged it right 
now. It is largely

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ceremonial, of course, 
to officially nominate 
Kamala Harris. We know

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that both she and 
Walls were officially 
nominated back in August

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6th in a virtual vote, 
but what they're doing 
now is rolling through

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state by state, territory 
by territory with a 
live DJ. Those are

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individual songs you're 
hearing that each state 
and territory selected

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as they announced their

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And of course with us 
here in our PBS news 
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panel. Amy Walter of the 
Cook Political Report 
with Amy Walter, David

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Brooks of The New York 
Times and Jonathan 
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Post. We in fact spent 
the night here. We never 
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first head down to the 
floor where we find our 
friend and colleague,

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White House correspondent 
Laura Barone Lopez, 
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Harris campaign. So Laura, after 
last night's events, which went

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well after midnight on 
the east coast. What are 
the delegates looking

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forward to tonight? 
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from the Obamas, of course they 
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speakers, specifically 
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and more of that contrast 
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Harris and Walls 
differentiate themselves 
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but they're really 
excited to hear from 
Michelle Obama and former

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President Barack Obama 
and you can just feel 
the energy right now

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during this roll call 
right in front of me 
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and they're wearing 
those camouflage baseball 
caps that have Harris

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walls representative 
of the type of baseball 
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baseball cap that Governor Walls 
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me is the Wisconsin 
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Also I saw another 
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earlier who had a hat that

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said Make America laugh 
again. Just really 
capturing the fact that

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Democrats are trying to 
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Since Harris took over 
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really think Kamala 
Harris should embrace 
who she is and one of her

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signature personality 
traits is that she 
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bring joy to what 
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delegates have talked to 
me about tonight, Jeff. 
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Lopez, we will be 
checking in with you 
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keep our eye on this 
roll call unfolding on 
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Amy, for all of the talk 
about this passing of 
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of the page from Joe 
Biden to Kamala Harris. 
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passing of the torch. 
We are really going to 
abuse this metaphor.

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Once you start, you 
got to keep going, but 
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Obamas themselves, the 
most popular Democrats 
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Harris. That's right, 
and you know there's 
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In among Democratic 
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going to put together? 
Is it the Biden 2020 
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coalition, or is it going 
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which is, oh wow to the 
floor because that I 
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And been interrupted. All right.

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Ladies and gentlemen, 
that is indeed. Well 
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to the convention floor. And 
this arena is absolutely rotten.

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The delegates and 
all the folks in the 
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wristbands with color 
coded LEDs in them. So 
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colorful wristbands, that's 
what that is. So Amy,

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you can somehow pick up 
what you were saying.

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There goes Georgia getting their 
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election cycle. 
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you, because now that 
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about the different 
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is Harris's coalition looks more 
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back at 2012, 1 of the 
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election was a fact for 
the first time ever, 
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a higher percent. than 
white voters so they 
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to Obama's victory in 
2012 and that again when 
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the torch, can she pick 
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but new voters, not just 
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younger voters. Do 
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Can she appeal to them in a way 
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so that I think is important and 
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the reason we've seen 
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support. Um, among black voters 
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we'll talk about a lot. 
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here as well is a gender gap. 
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had a briefing today 
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Black women overwhelmingly 
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much smaller margin, 22% 
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compared to just 8% 
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this roll call is 
continuing behind us. We 
apologize we're having

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our panelists fight some of this 
noise at home can still hear us,

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but let's just take 
this picture full for a 
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To you. As you've been 
dancing along to the 
song selection of the.

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But especially turned 
down for, come on, little 
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alone is meant to send 
a message, right? We saw 
obviously they deferred

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to Delaware to go first 
to kind of start the 
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state President Biden. 
We know that California 
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be ending it as the home states 
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also a really diverse 
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They have. Elected 
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along here and there's 
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governors Newsom and Whitmer and 
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in the roll call. What's 
this message just in 
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tone for the evening. 
So if last night was 
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swan song, his farewell address. 
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what we would be seeing 
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the next generation, 
the new leaders. I mean 
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the music and I apologize 
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but it's sending, it's sending a 
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Democratic Party is joyful. 
The Democratic Party is 
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Party is diverse, the Democrat, 
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open to all who want 
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once we get past the roll 
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that issue, and here's how we're 
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One of the things when 
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were people who were saying that 
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is so deep and now he 
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Vice President Harris 
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we're going to see just how deep 
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the bench is, just how 
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Jonathan just articulated 
that speaks to why 
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me Democrats have this 
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of multiple coalitions 
that don't always agree, 
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side, at least right 
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narrow portion of the 
GOP base. Well, Joe Biden 
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the Democratic Party. 
He never wanted to pick 
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able to gather this 
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coalition wanted to 
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a fight about Kamala 
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were the coalition was 
deselected. And so I 
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good job of creating 
unity. The question I 
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expanding? So when 
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2020, Biden was up 
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Kamala Harris has brought 
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Biden was in 2020, so 
they need to go beyond 
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doing a great job of 
making people in the room 
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need to think about the people 
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What are those people 
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been a great issue for 
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Americans list abortion as their 
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immigration. You have to 
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they're really been 
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at expanding it? We'll 
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though, I mean we can't 
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and when we were at 
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the point. That's 
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coming together same here 
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a lot of this messaging 
around the joyful 
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and Ws, which is really 
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side, you know, the 
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Bulls were not playing. 
It was for the 1996 
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and if memory serves, 
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way better. We have 
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uh, and so that diversity, 
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diverse pluralistic. 
and suburban party. And 
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of different players 
in the party that makes 
it interesting. Let's

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go to the floor real quick 
because it's Indiana's 
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call, and that is actorho Aston.

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And they're chanting Rudy. As 
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Prairie and that's before 
I leave. Hawkins or 
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with the biggest heart at the 
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it Means elected Kamala Harris, 
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Of the great Hoosier State. 
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In the world, the Indy 
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Indiana Deliver this 
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pledging Indiana's 
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booth. We are very, very pleased 
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Keith How Attorney 
General, thank you so 
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to be with you. Thanks a lot. So 
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room, what we're gonna 
hear tonight and also 
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about when you address 
this the crowd tomorrow 
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Tell us a little bit about that. 
You know what I see out here is

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a bunch of people ready 
to. Have a great time 
here and then go back

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home and really campaign 
their hearts out in 
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It seems like we're 
fueling ourselves to get 
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final sprint after Labor 
Day. That's what it 
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been talking to a lot of 
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Uh, and I've even been 
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And many of them do 
understand that. The 
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they see at least a 
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reform they seek. is with

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Kamala Harris, so they 
want change, but what 
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unified group ready to 
work. What will I talk 
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I'm an attorney general. 
I'm a prosecutor and 
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rule of law and I'm 
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the relationship I had

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with Tim Walsh, uh, 
when, uh, we both found 
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was murdered on the 
streets of our city. And 
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the importance of a ticket that 
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equality before the law and the 
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liberty and justice 
for all, rule of law 
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are some of the things 
I. I want to ask you 
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case because when 
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county prosecutor. It 
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to build that prosecution. Tell 
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you, man, um, Tim Walls, 
when I talked to him, 
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shook up by what he saw 
on that video that we all 
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17 year old, uploads that video 
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us can believe it, 
although we do know these 
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right there unfolding 
over 10 long minutes 
suffering and uh we came

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to the conclusion that the 
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send the case to the Attorney 
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and then move on and and try to 
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confidence in the 
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what it was going to 
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that out, but uh it was a rough 
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of the reasons I think Mars 
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because whether it was 
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worked hard to get us 
through it. You both 
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in 2006. Is that right? 
I've known him for 
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us a sense of what 
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service. Well, I'd 
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of informality in communication. 
He doesn't stand on titles. He's

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not at all haughty, and 
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People have called him 
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progressive legislation. 
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I mean, he's really 
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That kids in school don't

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learn well if they're 
hungry. That parents cannot 
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to their family if they 
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sick and safe time. That 
you know, people should 
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I mean, we passed a law 
that said if you are 
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you can vote. Joining a 
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said you couldn't vote until you 
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then the a major child 
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kids these days and 
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to me it's not ideology 
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reality of talking to a 
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him. You mentioned 
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that issue really royal 
and divide members of 
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right now. I believe your son 
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right Jeremiah, he is 
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council member. OK, I want 
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that's a whole different 
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must be really interesting, 
um, but. Tell me about 
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with him, but also, you 
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one issue. is absolutely 
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race, and he says could 
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agree with that? It 
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that's one reason why I'm

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encouraging dialogue 
and conversation. Look, 
this is reality. You

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can't. You can't look 
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radio without hearing 
news from Gaza. And we 
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on October 7th. You know, 
1200 people kidnapped 
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you know, by a terrorist 
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people dead, mostly men 
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We've got to talk about 
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we are talking about it. 
We are listening. There 
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going on and we will 
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listening to each other 
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was uh there was a 
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there was a robust 
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to do more of that, not less, so 
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on now. I think that 
if Um, I look, I can't 
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because I'm very committed, 
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know that they can be in 
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their elected leaders. 
That that's what 
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think that conversation 
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because we know of them,

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dozens of them have 
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they want to see an arms

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embargo. They don't want 
messaging. They want 
policy change. What's

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your take on that? My 
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They didn't go to the

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Republican convention. 
They didn't not show 
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vote green. They didn't 
vote independent. They 
showed up at the Democratic

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National Convention to try 
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So what that shows 
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And but, but look, in politics, 
seldom do you get everything you

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want when you want it 
you've gotta work it 
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it takes some time, 
but this is a national 
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And they at least know 
that the Democratic 
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that we know they want 
a policy change, but 
we, we know that these

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things. Are not simple. 
But if we can't, if 
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we can fix it and that is what I 
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here not giving anybody 
any simple answers that 
I'm sure people want,

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but I do know that you 
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about this, but we're not 
afraid of the conversation. 
Is there significant

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daylight between President Biden 
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of Israel policy and 
the humanitarian crisis 
in Gaza, and how would

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you advise her or, or 
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public spaces. Well, 
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Israeli and American 
and a ceasefire and and 
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diligently to try to 
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this is not easy, but

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let me tell you, I 
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uh that that stability 
in the Middle East is 
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of the United States 
because We're seeing 
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Lebanon, the Houthi 
rebels, Iran, it is not 
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interest to let this 
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has, so what would I 
what would I say, look, 
I, I, I don't have any,

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uh, anybody on speed 
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Get people in the room 
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durable stability to the 
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the way that Obama 
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half, Attorney General 
Ellison, before we let 
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going to hear a lot more 
about Governor Walls 
tomorrow. What is one

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thing that you think 
we don't yet know about 
this man that you know

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someone worked with 
and and known for about 
20 years now. What can

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we learn? Gwen Walls is 
awesome. You're gonna 
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This is a compassionate, 
smart woman, and uh I 
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to her being the second 
lady. Attorney General 
Keith Ellison, thank

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you so much for joining 
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it. My pleasure. Thank

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you all. That roll call 
now continues down on 
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Actually, let's take a listen to 
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minute? And I'm 
Governor You with

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The taxes. We protected freedom. 
We manufactur No, man, we know.

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This November

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Michigan. You

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5 votes. President

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Soda, how do you cast 
your vote, Mr. Secretary, 
the great state of

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Minnesota, home of 
Vice President Hubert 
Humphrey, Vice President

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Walter. and Vice President 
of United States.

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it passes.

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Mississippi, how do you cast 
your votes? Mr. Secretary, I'm

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state chair Shaq 
Tuttle from the home of 
Magnolias and Mockingbirds

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from the great 
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from the red clay hills 
of the Mississippi 
River to our Gulf coast

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we're proud of our 
heroes such as Fannie 
Lou Hamer and our special

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guest, Mr. January 6th.

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D Thompson.

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With great joy. Mississippi 
delivers 40 votes for 
a future president.

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Now tonight is a 
celebration of love, a 
celebration of life. So let

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the celebration continue.

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Missouri, how do 
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Mr. Secretary, I'm Russ 
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We're home to Super Bowl 
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Home to common sense 
leaders like President 
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Carnahan McCaskill, and we will 
fire Josh Hawley and hire Marine

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veteran.

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voters will reclaim 
reproductive freedom. Kamala 
Harris is in a lightning

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bolt of energy and hope 
across this country, 
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2 votes present and 68 votes for 
Kamala Harris and our Midwestern

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friend Tim Walsh.

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Montana, how do you 
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best place in these United. S

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Grateful for the beauty 
of our. Determined. To 
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generations. We

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First woman to

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Proudly cast. For

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I'm the first woman 
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They're on to Nebraska 
now as they go state 
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territory in this roll 
call here, the Democratic 
National Convention,

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Minnesota and California 
are being saved for 
last as the home states

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of both. Vice President 
Harris and Governor 
Tim Walls, her running

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mate back up here in 
our PBS News booth. We 
want to check back in

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with Amy Walter, David 
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a preview of some of the 
things we're going to 
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David, it strikes me 
among the speakers on 
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are going to be hearing 
and have already heard from 
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They're being featured 
on that stage tonight 
and we've talked about

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this before, but this idea that 
this ticket and this party wants

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to say you don't have 
to be a Democrat to 
support this ticket. What

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do you make of the way 
they're making that? so 
far so far we'll see.

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I mean, obviously there 
are a lot of never 
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expelled a lot of 
suburban pretty well 
educated voters who would

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always consider themselves 
Republican, uh, and 
they're looking around

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and some of them have 
switched all the way 
over. Some of them found

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it a little easier 
to go with Joe Biden 
because he seems to be in

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2020 the most moderate. 
Will they feel the 
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Harris? I'm a little 
more skeptical than I 
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it's entirely possible 
and so you can't get 
votes. Unless you ask,

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so they're asking, good 
for them. What about 
that, Jonathan, the,

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the Harris was attempt 
to reach out to these 
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The risk there is 
that you can sometimes 
alienate the base, and,

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and, and the voters, 
the Democrats, you know, 
say that they always

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need the 2020 winning coalition 
that that delivered Joe Biden in

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the White House. The 
bases here. The basis 
the base is fine. I think

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that that's not to say 
that they shouldn't go 
out and ask for their

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votes, which is what 
they're doing. But I do 
think it is important

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that they do go to those 
disaffected Republicans 
with the number

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one argument that 
President Biden made to 
get elected in 20. And

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an argument that is 
part of Vice President 
Harris's argument to be

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elected in 204. President 
Biden called it democracy 
is on the ballot.

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She's calling it freedom. 
And there are Republicans 
disaffected Republicans

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for whom that is 
important. I mean, they 
are never Trumpers because

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they don't like Trump, 
but there are Republicans 
who won't necessarily

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talk to pollsters won't 
necessarily talk to 
any of us, certainly

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on the record, but. For 
whom they viewed Donald 
Trump as an existential

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threat to the way they 
view the country, to 
their respect for the

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Constitution and um and 
the values of this country 
and so Vice President

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Harris and Governor 
Wallace are absolutely 
right to ask for their

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votes and the fact that 
you're going to have 
Republicans here vouching

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for them. I think speaks 
speaks volumes and I'm 
trying to remember,

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I don't remember any 
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Milwaukee. Because I

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don't think they asked 
for any. What about 
David, not just this idea

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of disaffected Republicans, 
but self-identified 
independence, right?

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I spoke with Alyssa 
Sloan earlier, the 
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who talked about how she 
would not be in office 
but for independent

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support in the state 
of Michigan. She's not 
running for the open

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US Senate seat there, of 
course, but could this 
message have an impact

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for some of those voters 
as well. Yeah, they 
really have to follow

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through on policy. 
There's two wing wings 
here. First is how do you

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present yourself? Uh, 
Waltz presents himself. 
a regular American

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guy that he'll be fine 
with independence on 
presentation skills,

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but then people tend 
to do vote on policy. 
They want to be in the

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neighborhood of your 
core policy, and you 
as a candidate want to

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pursue something called 
the median voter theory, 
which is find the

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median voter and be 
as close as you can to 
that person. Amy earlier

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on tonight mentioned 
the Obamas and the Obama 
coalition that he built.

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That was a coalition with 
a lot of white working 
class voters. It's

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no way Biden's going 
to do as well as Obama 
did. But it could do

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well with some of 
these other independent 
voters who are, by the

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way, not in the middle. 
They're all over the 
map, but Obama did some

422
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things that were smart. 
He was pretty moderate 
on immigration, said

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00:30:37,766 --> 00:30:41,500
some tough stuff on undocumented 
immigration. He was a big budget

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00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:44,933
balancer, at least 
an attempt to reduce 
deficits. He did the sorts

425
00:30:44,933 --> 00:30:48,800
of things that make these voters 
feel OK, he's not too left wing.

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00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,566
And he did that very 
successfully both times. 
That's the work that

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00:30:52,566 --> 00:30:55,800
I think Kamala Harris 
has to do. People, her 
main weakness, if you

428
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,166
look at polling, it's 
simple. People think she's 
a little too progressive.

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And so what can she do 
to to rein that out and 
hence appeal to those

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voters. You know

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It

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We've been doing some 
polling at the Cook 
Political Report and one

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of the questions we 
asked for swing state 
voters is how do you view

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00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:17,333
Donald Trump? You 
like him, you like his 
policies. You don't like

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00:31:17,333 --> 00:31:22,066
him, you don't like 
his policies, but there 
are 17% of voters who

436
00:31:22,066 --> 00:31:26,100
say, I don't like him 
personally, but I like 
his policies and that

437
00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:30,300
goes, I think, to the 
point that you were both 
making, which is reaching

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00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:33,733
out to those voters 
who say, well, maybe I 
think she's a little too

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00:31:33,733 --> 00:31:38,500
liberal or maybe I think. What's 
better on the economy, but What,

440
00:31:40,233 --> 00:31:42,833
what, whether it's his 
temperament, whether it 
is the way he behaved

441
00:31:42,833 --> 00:31:47,166
while he was president. They are 
hesitant to embrace him. Now how

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00:31:47,166 --> 00:31:51,933
you win over those voters is She 
doesn't need to win all of them,

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00:31:53,866 --> 00:31:55,800
but she needs to get some 
of those. Let, let's bring 
into the conversation,

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00:31:57,500 --> 00:31:59,066
Congressman Maxwell 
Cross. It's great to 
have you here represents

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00:31:59,066 --> 00:32:01,866
Florida's 10th district. Uh, we 
spoke, I guess a couple of years

446
00:32:01,866 --> 00:32:04,966
ago when you were first 
elected at the age of 
25, the first member

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00:32:04,966 --> 00:32:09,266
of Generation Z to serve 
in the US Congress. Pamela 
Harris, her campaign

448
00:32:09,266 --> 00:32:12,500
has been meeting with 
young voters, social 
media influencers, lots

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00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:17,500
of grassroots organizations. 
There is a viral 
social media movement

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00:32:19,266 --> 00:32:21,500
behind her. In your 
view, how does she corral 
all of that and turn

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00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:25,533
all of that energy and 
enthusiasm among young 
voters into votes.

452
00:32:27,166 --> 00:32:29,066
Well, what we're seeing 
is we're seeing a 
movement candidate. What

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00:32:29,066 --> 00:32:33,266
makes a movement 
candidate? Someone who's 
effectively gotten pop

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00:32:33,266 --> 00:32:37,100
culture and the culture 
of this country to 
merge with the campaign.

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00:32:38,766 --> 00:32:41,400
We call it bridging the 
gap between cool and 
consciousness. You know,

456
00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:45,300
I think back to March 
for Our Lives, um, back 
in 2018. I remember

457
00:32:45,300 --> 00:32:48,866
going to the 1st march 
in Orlando, seeing 
friends that I know hate

458
00:32:48,866 --> 00:32:51,800
politics. I wanted to 
ask them why they came 
and they said, because

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00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,133
my friends came, or 
because I felt like I 
needed to be here or some

460
00:32:55,133 --> 00:32:58,500
artists I love told me 
to be here. It's almost 
beyond politics. It's

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00:32:58,500 --> 00:33:02,266
human, it's culture. 
That's what Kamala Harris 
has tapped into. And

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00:33:02,266 --> 00:33:06,600
when you tap into 
that, the potential is 
unlimited. Look at the most

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00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,566
successful social movements, not 
just in this country but in the

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00:33:09,566 --> 00:33:13,666
world. There was that 
deep. Action between 
culture and the movement,

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00:33:15,466 --> 00:33:17,233
and that's what's happening 
with Kamala Harris. 
So now the question

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00:33:17,233 --> 00:33:19,733
is how do we take that 
excitement and translate 
it to votes and not

467
00:33:19,733 --> 00:33:23,733
just votes, but in 
between the vote action so 
people get their friends

468
00:33:23,733 --> 00:33:26,866
to vote. That's what it means to 
organize and what we're doing is

469
00:33:26,866 --> 00:33:29,666
we're traveling this 
country meeting with 
people right after this

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00:33:29,666 --> 00:33:33,566
convention. I'm hitting 
the road. I'm going 
up a 5-state tour back

471
00:33:33,566 --> 00:33:36,333
to school tour and a 
bunch of the surrogates 
are going back to school

472
00:33:36,333 --> 00:33:40,666
tours so we can rev up the Hars 
for President student groups and

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00:33:40,666 --> 00:33:44,700
get the 4 volunteers excited to 
go speak with other people, then

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00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:48,166
we'll double back at 
the end of September 
and October with bigger

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00:33:48,166 --> 00:33:51,866
events to get more 
people engaged as well, 
so we're going to be on

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00:33:51,866 --> 00:33:55,900
the ground with his 
voters digitally, but at 
the end of the day young

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00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:59,533
voters love her authenticity and 
once that pulls them in, even if

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00:33:59,533 --> 00:34:02,600
they don't care about 
politics, then they get 
to hear her message.

479
00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:05,866
Can I ask, is this your 
first convention? This 
is my first convention,

480
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,600
yeah. How's it going? 
It's great, it's hectic. 
I have like 30 things

481
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:13,166
on my calendar today, 
but um it's great. I'm 
so honored to be here

482
00:34:13,166 --> 00:34:15,800
and this energy. I've 
been traveling the country 
for the vice president.

483
00:34:17,266 --> 00:34:18,966
I'm running into the people I've 
met at campaign office openings

484
00:34:18,966 --> 00:34:22,533
at canvases right here. 
So this is just so 
exciting. We know we've

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00:34:22,533 --> 00:34:26,133
already seen a sort of 
a semblance of economic 
policy proposals from

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00:34:26,133 --> 00:34:30,100
this campaign. What else do you 
want to see her put more details

487
00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:32,966
behind that you think would 
appeal to more younger 
voters? What specific

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00:34:32,966 --> 00:34:36,100
policies? Well, I'm 
excited about the housing 
policies here already

489
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:39,466
rolled out. I think 
housing. is one of the top 
issues for young people.

490
00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:43,066
I have a congressional 
office, one of the first 
offices on a college

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00:34:43,066 --> 00:34:46,800
campus and the top one 
of the top three things 
is housing insecurity.

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00:34:48,566 --> 00:34:50,400
I'm excited to see the 
Vice President talk a 
little bit more about

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00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,466
the climate crisis and 
exactly how she wants 
to build off of this

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00:34:54,466 --> 00:34:57,666
amazing record from the 
Biden Harris administration, 
the most amount

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00:34:57,666 --> 00:35:01,133
of resources and money 
dedicated to this crisis, 
not in the history

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00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:04,933
of this country, but the history 
of the world, and that's that's

497
00:35:04,933 --> 00:35:08,733
a tough bar to to go on top of. 
But she's going to do it because

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00:35:08,733 --> 00:35:11,600
this is where the people are at. 
I always say the climate crisis

499
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,433
isn't coming, it's here. 
I'm from the state of 
Florida. We experience

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00:35:15,433 --> 00:35:19,000
it every day now with 
the extreme heat going 
on, these hurricanes

501
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,866
that are lasting longer, 
killing more people. 
I have conservatives

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00:35:22,866 --> 00:35:27,000
that are business owners 
along the coast who 
have contacted me and

503
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,500
Climate Group to say I 
haven't been on board 
before, but now I am

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00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:34,366
because it's hurting the 
bottom line because of the 
rising sea temperatures

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00:35:34,366 --> 00:35:39,300
and what that means 
for businesses. Small 
businesses, so I'm really

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00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:42,500
excited about the future of this 
campaign, but the vice president

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00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:45,600
is going to be building 
off of this amazing 
record that she has with

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00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,766
the president. You have 
your roots in organizing, 
as you mentioned

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00:35:48,766 --> 00:35:52,600
is the former organizer 
for March for Our 
Lives. Give us a sense

510
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,866
of the, of the difference 
just in this past 
month in terms of the

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00:35:55,866 --> 00:36:00,466
momentum, the energy, 
enthusiasm that you've 
seen. With Pamela Harris

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00:36:00,466 --> 00:36:05,400
at top of the ticket. 
2-3 days after the 
switch happened. I went

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to Las Vegas, Nevada 
for some events. I did 
some office openings

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00:36:09,533 --> 00:36:13,566
and my memo it said 
we expected 100 people 
at office opening. The

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00:36:13,566 --> 00:36:17,366
first one I showed up to had 450 
people at it. I had to speak to

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00:36:17,366 --> 00:36:22,166
3 overflow rooms. Next 
I'm going to a group of 
retirees doing coastguards

517
00:36:22,166 --> 00:36:26,266
to be 20 people. It was 
120 people. People were 
writing these postcards

518
00:36:26,266 --> 00:36:30,966
in their cars outside. 
The excitement is here, 
but here's the real

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00:36:30,966 --> 00:36:34,933
thing. I've been organizing 
on campaigns since 
Fresh 1 usually campaign

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00:36:34,933 --> 00:36:39,933
volunteers skew a little 
older, um, but I'm seeing 
a multi-generational

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00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:44,500
thing here. I saw groups 
of high schoolers leave 
their high school,

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00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,333
you know, after classes 
ended and come to the 
office so they could

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00:36:48,333 --> 00:36:50,566
sign up. And here's the 
thing, it wasn't one 
or two of them. They

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00:36:50,566 --> 00:36:53,266
came in groups, friend groups to 
be a part of it. And that's what

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00:36:53,266 --> 00:36:56,266
I'm talking about in 
terms of culture and 
getting them engaged. When

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00:36:56,266 --> 00:36:59,633
we talk about the youth 
vote, we usually just 
talk about it in the

527
00:36:59,633 --> 00:37:04,000
context of this election. 
But if we activate 
young people the right

528
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,866
way now, it's about 
this election, but it's 
also about the next 10.

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00:37:09,533 --> 00:37:12,333
It's about the next 
20. Older voters who 
don't vote, which isn't

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00:37:12,333 --> 00:37:16,300
a huge pot of folks. It wasn't a 
thing that started recently for

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00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:19,900
them. They haven't been 
voting their entire 
life. Now is the time

532
00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:23,200
to activate the vote, 
the voters of the future, 
and that's why this

533
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,933
is so important. It's 
about this election, 
but it's about the next

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00:37:25,933 --> 00:37:30,933
1020, 30 years. Congressman 
Maxwell Frost from 
Florida, thank you

535
00:37:32,633 --> 00:37:34,466
so much for being here. 
Appreciate your time. 
Thank you. Always great

536
00:37:34,466 --> 00:37:37,566
to speak with you. All 
right, that roll call 
is continuing down on

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00:37:37,566 --> 00:37:42,566
the convention floor. 
Let's take a listen in 
now. And vice president

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00:37:43,766 --> 00:37:46,066
of the United States 
of America. Let's go

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00:37:56,766 --> 00:38:00,600
You know, ladies and 
gentlemen, My name is 
DJ Cassidy. This is the

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00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,400
DNC roll call, and tonight 
your voice is the future.

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Northern Mariana Island. 
How do you cast your vote?

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00:38:15,666 --> 00:38:16,033
a day

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00:38:16,733 --> 00:38:17,500
and Hello

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Everyone

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00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:27,800
We are The Northern 
Mariana Islands where 
our customs, our culture,

546
00:38:29,266 --> 00:38:33,066
our land. And our oceans breathe 
life into our people. The earth

547
00:38:34,566 --> 00:38:38,466
is not red or blue. The earth 
is sick and we must protect it.

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00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:42,866
of the

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00:38:43,766 --> 00:38:47,000
Legends and celestial. of the

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00:38:48,733 --> 00:38:52,600
People in the Pacific. 
We are the blue waves 
of the Pacific, and

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00:38:53,666 --> 00:38:56,400
we are proud to 
cast. Votes for our

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00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:15,600
How

553
00:39:16,233 --> 00:39:16,966
Your vote

554
00:39:30,766 --> 00:39:34,933
Mr. Secretary, Ohioans know how 
to make history. We put a man on

555
00:39:34,933 --> 00:39:39,033
the moon and we are the 
founding home of the AFL. CIO.

556
00:39:42,166 --> 00:39:45,766
He enshrined abortion 
rights in our state 
constitution by 13 points

557
00:39:45,766 --> 00:39:49,100
and we are going to send 
Sherrod Brown. To the US Senate

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00:39:52,833 --> 00:39:57,000
The first woman to 
lead Ohio. Democrats, 
I am proud. To cast our

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00:39:58,366 --> 00:40:00,566
the first woman to be 
president of the United States.

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00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,666
Mr. Secretary, we cast one 
vote present and 142 votes for.

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00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:07,100
And Tim

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Oklahoma. How do 
you cast your vote?

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00:40:29,266 --> 00:40:32,466
Where we fight for the future 
for all of us. can be proud of

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00:40:34,333 --> 00:40:37,666
The future where a working 
families thrive are 
diversity is our strength.

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00:40:39,133 --> 00:40:42,733
And our values like freedom, 
equality, and opportunity.

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00:40:44,266 --> 00:40:49,000
Oklahoma Proud we cast our 36 
votes for Kamala Harris. Hi

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00:41:05,566 --> 00:41:08,566
Oregon, how do you 
cast your vote?

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00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:19,733
From

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The first state in 
the nation to hold the 
presidential election with

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00:41:26,833 --> 00:41:30,166
all mail in voting Oregon.

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00:41:32,100 --> 00:41:32,233
At

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00:41:33,333 --> 00:41:34,466
Rights in America

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00:41:37,700 --> 00:41:42,700
And hailing from the 
heart of the beautiful 
Pacific Northwest Oregon

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00:41:44,033 --> 00:41:47,966
protects our planet and 
fights for LGBTQ equality.

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00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:11,500
8

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00:42:24,466 --> 00:42:29,233
the place to be. it goes one. 2

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00:42:30,033 --> 00:42:33,033
123, let's go.

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The Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania. How do 
you? Your vote. Let's go.

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My name is Mayor. Walker 
From the great city of 
Mataropa Beaver County.

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My city is a city of 
legends, the only high 
school in America with

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3 Hall of Famers. I took 
this seat in 2009 when 
my sister was murdered.

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00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,966
I wanted to do better 
15 years she's been 
gone 12 years this city

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00:43:09,966 --> 00:43:13,633
has been my watch. I'm 
grateful for the opportunity 
to leave my city.

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I'm grateful for the 
state of Pennsylvania. 
God bless everyone in

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00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:19,900
this room. I love 
this date. Thank you.

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00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:25,666
Josh Shapiro

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Common

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00:43:32,833 --> 00:43:33,766
Pennsylvania

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00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:39,500
birthplace of democracy, 
the birthplace of 
Freedom The Commonwealth

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00:43:41,866 --> 00:43:42,933
And together

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00:43:44,133 --> 00:43:48,700
Together Pennsylvania 
1078 votes for the

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00:43:50,666 --> 00:43:55,666
Madam President of the United 
States. And vice president. Tim

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Roll call is continuing. 
We've gone from 
Pennsylvania to Puerto Rico

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and our localbro Lopez 
is down there on the 
convention floor amidst

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00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:20,533
it all with a guest. 
Laura, take it away. 
Thanks Ana I'm here with

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Minnita Meraju. She 
is the president of 
reproductive freedom for

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00:44:24,366 --> 00:44:27,966
all. Minnie, thanks so 
much for joining us for 
having me. So I just

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00:44:27,966 --> 00:44:30,933
wanted to start by asking 
you, look, abortion 
was always going to

599
00:44:30,933 --> 00:44:35,933
be an issue this election 
cycle. Is Kamala Harris 
a better messenger

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00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:39,566
now on that issue than 
President Biden was, 
you know, Kamala Harris

601
00:44:39,566 --> 00:44:43,200
has been an advocate 
and a champion for 
reproductive freedom her

602
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:48,200
entire career. She's 
been the main voice for 
this administration,

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00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:53,166
really leading the fight 
for the entire whole 
of government response

604
00:44:53,166 --> 00:44:57,600
to the jobs crisis, 
so in many ways she's 
the perfect messenger.

605
00:44:59,300 --> 00:45:02,766
I will say Joe Biden, 
the beauty of Joe Biden 
is he is the kind of

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00:45:04,233 --> 00:45:06,833
leader who can evolve. and grow 
to meet at the moment, so we are

607
00:45:06,833 --> 00:45:10,766
so grateful for what he 
did and where he where 
he evolved to on this

608
00:45:10,766 --> 00:45:14,633
issue, but yeah, Kamala 
Harris is able to bring 
a level of authenticity

609
00:45:14,633 --> 00:45:18,366
and energy and longtime 
career commitment that really

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00:45:20,066 --> 00:45:23,166
It's hard to beat in 
this moment. Last night 
we heard uh from some

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00:45:23,166 --> 00:45:24,866
women who have dealt with

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00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:29,433
directly with the impact 
of abortion restrictions 
in their states.

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00:45:30,900 --> 00:45:32,700
Tell us a little bit about what 
you've been hearing in the years

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00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:37,566
since Dobbs and also 
you know. Do you think 
that it is still just

615
00:45:39,233 --> 00:45:42,966
as salient this election 
cycle as it was for 
some voters in 2022.

616
00:45:44,700 --> 00:45:46,600
So the women you heard 
from last night, they're 
heroes. Nobody should

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00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:50,533
have to come to an arena 
like this and tell the 
story of their childhood

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00:45:50,533 --> 00:45:54,933
rape. Nobody should have to come 
here and tell America about how

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00:45:54,933 --> 00:45:59,933
they almost died trying 
to have a family, so 
these stories, they're

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00:46:01,733 --> 00:46:04,533
just a handful of the 
hundreds of stories of 
women who you will never

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meet who have suffered 
since Dobbs, the 
humanitarian crisis post

622
00:46:09,066 --> 00:46:12,900
stops of lack of access 
to reproductive care. 
The thing about the

623
00:46:12,900 --> 00:46:16,100
salience issue is the longer 
the bans are in place,

624
00:46:17,566 --> 00:46:21,000
the more of these horror stories 
Americans hear, the stronger the

625
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:25,966
issue becomes. People 
are so ready to end this 
crisis, and that includes

626
00:46:25,966 --> 00:46:30,300
the majority of independents and 
many Republicans. It's how we've

627
00:46:30,300 --> 00:46:33,933
been winning in these 
battleground states with 
these ballot referendums.

628
00:46:35,666 --> 00:46:38,100
You can't win without 
a crossover vote, so 
we think this is going

629
00:46:38,100 --> 00:46:42,300
to be the number one 
persuasion issue in 
this country and will be

630
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:47,133
the most important issue on many 
folks' minds connected to A need

631
00:46:47,133 --> 00:46:50,233
for a fundamental freedom to be 
restored to them in this country

632
00:46:51,900 --> 00:46:53,566
and for government to 
stay out of our business 
when we're making

633
00:46:53,566 --> 00:46:56,133
personal health care decisions. 
Are there any voters that you've

634
00:46:56,133 --> 00:46:59,066
been surprised that 
have come and spoken 
to reproductive Freedom

635
00:46:59,066 --> 00:47:02,433
for all, and said that 
this is the issue that 
changed their mind

636
00:47:02,433 --> 00:47:06,900
voters that people 
wouldn't necessarily 
consider abortion rights

637
00:47:06,900 --> 00:47:10,566
or reproductive rights 
being their top issue. 
So in Arizona, my team's

638
00:47:10,566 --> 00:47:14,200
been on the ground 
knocking on doors for the 
ballot measure and for

639
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:17,400
candidates like Ribbon Gallego, 
and they've been in Really tough

640
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:22,400
turf Latino Catholic turf in you 
know the suburbs of Phoenix and

641
00:47:23,866 --> 00:47:25,700
everyone they've talked to said, 
you know, I might feel a certain

642
00:47:25,700 --> 00:47:29,600
way about abortion 
in my own life, but I 
absolutely want us to have

643
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,766
that fundamental freedom 
to decide if, when and 
how to have a family,

644
00:47:34,433 --> 00:47:36,866
and I do not want that 
taken away from my 
mothers, my sisters, my

645
00:47:36,866 --> 00:47:40,400
daughters. We're seeing more and 
more men in this fight too, and

646
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,766
that's really promising 
because we honestly 
can't win without the

647
00:47:43,766 --> 00:47:47,700
broad coalition and 
men have to be part of 
that. Thank you so much

648
00:47:47,700 --> 00:47:52,366
for your time, Ana and 
Jeff, you heard there 
that abortion is still

649
00:47:52,366 --> 00:47:56,266
as Minnie says, going 
to be one of the biggest 
mobilizing factors

650
00:47:56,266 --> 00:48:00,666
for Democrats this 
election cycle. Barone, 
thanks as always as this

651
00:48:00,666 --> 00:48:03,733
roll call winds its way 
to South Dakota, Amy 
picking up on what they

652
00:48:03,733 --> 00:48:06,933
were talking about. Look, 
every time reproductive 
rights has been

653
00:48:06,933 --> 00:48:10,766
on the ballot since the 
Supreme Court overturned 
Roe. Anti-abortion

654
00:48:10,766 --> 00:48:13,866
activists and Republicans 
have lost and this 
issue will be on the

655
00:48:13,866 --> 00:48:17,566
ballot in Colorado, 
Florida, Maryland, Nevada, 
New York, and South

656
00:48:17,566 --> 00:48:20,866
Dakota, and there are 
other states potentially 
that could add similar

657
00:48:20,866 --> 00:48:24,733
measures. How might this 
move the needle in a 
in a in a close race.

658
00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:29,033
I think the fact that it 
is part of the conversation 
that's happening,

659
00:48:30,733 --> 00:48:34,066
that alone is beneficial 
for Democrats. Look if 
You know, every campaign

660
00:48:34,066 --> 00:48:37,566
wants to fight on the 
turf that's friendliest 
to it. If the fight

661
00:48:37,566 --> 00:48:42,066
is about and we're in 
a state where they're 
talking a lot about this

662
00:48:42,066 --> 00:48:46,400
issue. That's the kind of 
place that would, that's 
a kind of a conversation

663
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:50,066
that benefits Democrats. 
I would argue all the 
way down the ballot,

664
00:48:51,833 --> 00:48:55,200
not just at the presidential 
level, but there's 
a reason that Harris

665
00:48:56,933 --> 00:48:59,600
doesn't really talk 
about abortion per se. 
It's the word freedom

666
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:00,566
that she's been

667
00:49:02,066 --> 00:49:05,133
spending a lot of time on. And 
it kind of goes to the point um

668
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:11,400
that uh Arizona director 
was having with Laura 
on the floor there

669
00:49:13,133 --> 00:49:16,566
that there are so many 
voters who say, look, 
portion to them is a

670
00:49:18,300 --> 00:49:20,700
very personal decision. 
And what I would hear, 
I hear the same thing

671
00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:25,333
in focus groups. People 
who would say, well, I 
personally am pro-life,

672
00:49:27,033 --> 00:49:30,166
but I didn't think that 
the government would 
go and go this far on

673
00:49:30,166 --> 00:49:35,166
that issue and so this 
idea of giving, it's not 
necessarily the issue

674
00:49:36,900 --> 00:49:41,133
of abortion. It is this 
idea of freedoms being 
rolled back of rights

675
00:49:41,133 --> 00:49:46,133
that were once. Considered 
sacrosanct no longer 
being there and so

676
00:49:47,766 --> 00:49:51,000
That's how you're going 
to hear the Harris 
campaign talk about it,

677
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:52,566
which will be a little 
bit different than

678
00:49:54,266 --> 00:49:56,600
how the Arizona director 
is going to talk about 
that issue specifically

679
00:49:56,600 --> 00:50:00,066
in her state, David, 
to that point, we, we 
have seen this sort of

680
00:50:00,066 --> 00:50:04,833
reframing of the language 
with the Harris Was 
the idea that President

681
00:50:04,833 --> 00:50:08,500
Biden had been running 
on about democracy 
being at stake here, but

682
00:50:08,500 --> 00:50:12,200
reframing it to focus 
more on this word 
freedom, right? Freedom or

683
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:16,033
reproductive rights 
and access, freedom to 
vote and have access to

684
00:50:16,033 --> 00:50:20,966
the ballot box. As well, 
does that sort of undercut 
some of the Republican

685
00:50:20,966 --> 00:50:24,266
argument heard from Trump Vance 
and others saying that democracy

686
00:50:24,266 --> 00:50:28,500
is not at stake. That's 
hyperbolic more of 
an effective Democrat

687
00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:30,966
message? Well, I think 
what they're trying 
to do here is, as I've

688
00:50:30,966 --> 00:50:35,200
said, they've got a 
pretty progressive set 
of agenda items, probably

689
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,666
more progressive than Joe Biden, 
certainly more progressive than

690
00:50:37,666 --> 00:50:40,566
Barack Obama. So how do 
you persuade people these 
are the right things

691
00:50:40,566 --> 00:50:43,533
in an election campaign? 
The one thing you do 
is you pick a bunch,

692
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,566
as I said, stylistically. 
Football coaches, you 
pick a football coach.

693
00:50:50,333 --> 00:50:52,133
People don't think 
football coaches are 
that progressive. I don't

694
00:50:52,133 --> 00:50:54,133
see why that's right, 
but that's what they 
think. The second thing

695
00:50:54,133 --> 00:50:58,400
you do is you argue for 
progressive clauses with 
conservative language.

696
00:50:59,900 --> 00:51:03,266
What do you mean by that? And so 
you could say I'm for pro-choice

697
00:51:03,266 --> 00:51:05,700
because I'm a feminist. 
I'm for, you know, 
abortion rights because

698
00:51:05,700 --> 00:51:10,300
I'm a feminist. I believe 
in empowering women, or 
you could say freedom.

699
00:51:12,100 --> 00:51:14,266
And freedoms cus a little 
conservative and so 
you could say I'm for

700
00:51:14,266 --> 00:51:18,500
the child tax credit 
because I'm for equity, 
I'm for justice. That

701
00:51:18,500 --> 00:51:22,600
skews a little more progressive, 
or you could say I'm for family

702
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:26,866
values. I'm for family 
cohesion and so there, there 
tend to be conservative

703
00:51:26,866 --> 00:51:31,466
framings for progressive 
policies, and I would 
say the Harris Waltz

704
00:51:31,466 --> 00:51:34,300
campaign is doing that all over 
the place. Jonathan, what do you

705
00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:39,300
make of that? I think of 
Governor Westmore. Uh, 
when he ran for governor

706
00:51:41,066 --> 00:51:44,733
of Maryland and um he 
as a, as a, a veteran. 
That it was important

707
00:51:46,633 --> 00:51:50,333
for him. Democrats to 
reclaim the word patriotism 
to reclaim patriotism

708
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:54,566
that Republicans and 
conservatives are not 
the only ones who are

709
00:51:54,566 --> 00:51:59,533
able to be patriots, and 
I think the reframing 
of the the conversation.

710
00:52:01,333 --> 00:52:05,166
In the way that David 
talked about it, yeah. 
Democrats reclaiming

711
00:52:05,166 --> 00:52:10,166
the word freedom. It's 
not a conservative 
framing. It's an American

712
00:52:10,933 --> 00:52:12,466
framing Americans want

713
00:52:14,100 --> 00:52:17,566
freedom over their 
over their own choices, 
freedom from government

714
00:52:17,566 --> 00:52:21,300
telling them what to 
do with their bodies, 
how they can vote, how

715
00:52:21,300 --> 00:52:24,066
they can earn how they 
can earn a living. One 
of the things I think

716
00:52:24,066 --> 00:52:29,033
Vice President says 
is freedom. Freedom to 
take care of your family

717
00:52:29,033 --> 00:52:33,000
to provide for your 
family, and I think when 
it's put in that way

718
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:37,200
with your Democrat Republican 
conservative, or or liberal,

719
00:52:39,066 --> 00:52:41,366
everyone no one, no matter 
the political persuasion, 
everyone understands

720
00:52:41,366 --> 00:52:45,700
what freedom is. I 
wonder if you will weigh 
in on the conversation

721
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:49,800
we had moments ago with 
Maxwell Frost because 
when he described this

722
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:53,366
energy and enthusiasm 
that we're seeing here 
and across the country

723
00:52:53,366 --> 00:52:58,333
as a movement. It struck 
me that in 2008 when 
Barack Obama was elected,

724
00:53:00,133 --> 00:53:03,500
Maxwell Frost was 11 
years old. He's 27 now. 
He's 11 years old. He

725
00:53:03,500 --> 00:53:07,000
would have been 11 years 
old. There's an entire 
generation of Americans

726
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:10,900
for whom this kind of 
thing is, is brand new. 
They've not seen this

727
00:53:10,900 --> 00:53:13,933
in their entire adult 
lives and this, it strikes 
me it's just, it's,

728
00:53:15,633 --> 00:53:17,433
it's fairly remarkable. 
Yeah, it's, you know, 
I, I was thinking I

729
00:53:17,433 --> 00:53:21,766
was in one of the Iowa 
rallies in 2008 where 
Obama was talking about

730
00:53:21,766 --> 00:53:26,133
hope. And he was giving 
his hope speech and 
people were going crazy.

731
00:53:27,833 --> 00:53:29,633
I was going crazy. It 
was like one of the most 
moving political things

732
00:53:29,633 --> 00:53:31,633
I've ever seen, and 
then I'd go at the end 
of that, what was that

733
00:53:31,633 --> 00:53:35,300
speech about? What 
did he say? Like, I 
couldn't really tell you,

734
00:53:37,066 --> 00:53:40,333
but it felt great. 
And the Obama campaign 
proved you can get a long

735
00:53:40,333 --> 00:53:45,333
way on chemistry, on 
a certain projection 
of the future and that

736
00:53:47,033 --> 00:53:49,666
what they're doing here 
is going, we're not, 
we're not going back,

737
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:53,266
we're going forward. 
That is the normal 
democratic registry. We're

738
00:53:53,266 --> 00:53:57,200
going forward. Trump 
is Make America great 
again. He's looking back.

739
00:53:58,966 --> 00:54:00,866
And so when they get 
in a forward register, 
you don't even have to

740
00:54:00,866 --> 00:54:03,366
define the future all 
that much. People can 
really get swept up in

741
00:54:03,366 --> 00:54:06,366
it. It always used to 
bug me that Obama would 
say he was prouder

742
00:54:06,366 --> 00:54:10,366
of his 2012 campaign, 
which is sort of like 
trench warfare than it

743
00:54:10,366 --> 00:54:13,600
was in the campaign. I 
thought the 08 campaign 
was one of the most

744
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:16,933
fun things I've covered 
mostly about this at 
this point though the

745
00:54:16,933 --> 00:54:21,566
larger point is about 
campaigning in in in 
poetry and governing in

746
00:54:21,566 --> 00:54:25,600
prose, which is exactly 
what The Republicans 
are doing a little prose

747
00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:30,600
probably, but the difference 
in the generations, 
right? He was 11

748
00:54:32,366 --> 00:54:35,700
millennials were at where 
he sits right now. They 
were that generation

749
00:54:35,700 --> 00:54:40,333
that was so open and 
so thirsting for and 
actually receptive to.

750
00:54:42,633 --> 00:54:46,866
A lot of people would 
say it was like corny, 
hope. What you're, you,

751
00:54:48,333 --> 00:54:49,866
you should be more cynical. You 
should be more discerning. There

752
00:54:49,866 --> 00:54:53,633
is less of that. This generation 
and quite frankly, a lot of the

753
00:54:53,633 --> 00:54:58,066
millennials since then have 
only seen a pretty bleak

754
00:54:59,700 --> 00:55:02,566
set of circumstances 
between, you know, 
during that campaign, of

755
00:55:02,566 --> 00:55:07,566
course you have the 
financial crisis. We 
have COVID. Um, and You

756
00:55:09,233 --> 00:55:12,600
know, we have all, we 
have January 6th, right, 
so so much of what

757
00:55:13,966 --> 00:55:17,266
politics and and and 
institutionalism has meant for

758
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,100
this group of younger 
voters, there's a reason 
for them to be cynical

759
00:55:22,100 --> 00:55:27,100
and like when those 
first. Coconut memes came 
up with Kamala Harris

760
00:55:28,566 --> 00:55:33,033
that I did not understand, and I 
had to ask a young Gen Zer what

761
00:55:33,766 --> 00:55:34,966
they mean and I she

762
00:55:36,666 --> 00:55:39,500
showed them to me. And 
I, I said, well, I don't 
understand. Are you

763
00:55:39,500 --> 00:55:44,500
guys making fun of her 
with this meme? Or are 
you like praising her

764
00:55:46,233 --> 00:55:49,233
and she's like, well, 
it's kind of both, and 
that to me is that that

765
00:55:49,233 --> 00:55:53,366
generation too where 
it's kind of both where 
they, they really want

766
00:55:53,366 --> 00:55:57,800
a certain amount of 
authenticity, which she's 
able to have and that

767
00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:00,966
they are not, I wouldn't 
say it's cynical as 
much as you kind of

768
00:56:00,966 --> 00:56:05,066
have to prove it to 
us. We're not going to 
let you just give us,

769
00:56:06,533 --> 00:56:10,266
uh, you know, this. Hope sort of 
spoon it out to us. We've got to

770
00:56:10,266 --> 00:56:15,266
find ways for you to talk to us 
about it in our language. And I,

771
00:56:17,100 --> 00:56:21,066
so I find that generational 
difference even though 
it's only 10 years,

772
00:56:22,766 --> 00:56:25,900
really, really fascinating. 
The thing that's 
interesting is, David,

773
00:56:27,633 --> 00:56:29,100
you were talking about 
the 2008 campaign being 
hope but not knowing,

774
00:56:30,333 --> 00:56:30,900
well, wait, what did, 
what did he tell us? and

775
00:56:32,733 --> 00:56:36,066
you know we could also 
go back to I remember 
watching Ronald Reagan's.

776
00:56:36,766 --> 00:56:37,600
Morning in America

777
00:56:39,066 --> 00:56:43,300
Uh, and the bear in the woods a. 
I mean, morning in America. Hope

778
00:56:44,966 --> 00:56:49,966
Freedom it it it seems as though 
this, this campaign is this

779
00:56:51,766 --> 00:56:55,400
this young generation's 
hope it's this generation's 
mourning in America.

780
00:56:57,100 --> 00:57:00,600
It hits them here. They 
get it in a way that 
is inspiring that it's

781
00:57:02,333 --> 00:57:05,600
not maybe tied to any 
one particular policy, 
although the congressman

782
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:10,600
laid out what is very 
important to the housing, 
climate crisis, a

783
00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:14,166
bunch of and a bunch of 
other things but it's 
very specific. These

784
00:57:14,166 --> 00:57:18,833
folks, this generation 
is emotion, but it's 
also, it's also intellect

785
00:57:20,700 --> 00:57:24,533
and caring and that's 
where you know Morning 
in America is forward

786
00:57:24,533 --> 00:57:28,433
looking. Hope is forward 
looking and what the 
Harris Wells campaign

787
00:57:28,433 --> 00:57:32,066
again as you were saying 
is forward looking. 
Does that also explain

788
00:57:32,066 --> 00:57:35,633
why for years the Biden 
White House has always 
said we have these

789
00:57:35,633 --> 00:57:39,200
policies that are popular, 
but President Biden 
himself is underwater

790
00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:42,133
in terms of polling 
because he didn't have 
that same sort of visceral

791
00:57:42,133 --> 00:57:45,433
connection that you're 
talking about with 
the American public. I

792
00:57:45,433 --> 00:57:49,600
mean that very well, 
that very well might be 
that also might explain

793
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:51,733
because as I've been 
here I've been asking

794
00:57:53,466 --> 00:57:56,300
Democrats who've been 
on the ground, please. 
Tell me what it was

795
00:57:56,300 --> 00:58:01,266
like on July 20th. And 
then on July 21st, 22nd, 
23rd. If I'm getting

796
00:58:01,266 --> 00:58:06,266
the date right when 
President Biden withdrew 
from the campaign and

797
00:58:07,966 --> 00:58:10,700
they all talk about it 
being a light switch 
going up that immediate.

798
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:15,400
And they've never seen 
anything like it. And it 
could just be everything

799
00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:18,533
that we're talking about 
around the table, they've 
been given a reason

800
00:58:20,033 --> 00:58:23,900
to be excited even though so 
far the vice president hasn't

801
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:28,133
Put any daylight between 
her and the man she's 
replaced. All right,

802
00:58:29,866 --> 00:58:31,700
we're going to take 
a short break for our 
PBS stations. We'll be

803
00:58:31,700 --> 00:58:34,300
right back with continued 
live coverage of the 
Democratic National

804
00:58:34,300 --> 00:58:37,300
Convention. Don't go anywhere.

805
00:58:59,133 --> 00:59:03,500
I'm Michael Beschloss, 
presidential historian 
and Newshour contributor.

806
00:59:05,066 --> 00:59:08,466
Democratic convention 
2016 Philadelphia.

807
00:59:10,133 --> 00:59:13,966
Hillary Clinton and 
Bernie Sanders had duped 
it out throughout a

808
00:59:13,966 --> 00:59:18,966
very long and oftentimes 
bitter campaign finally 
Bernie Sanders was

809
00:59:20,700 --> 00:59:23,733
willing to support 
Hillary Clinton. He 
finally spoke on Clinton's

810
00:59:23,733 --> 00:59:28,566
behalf very briefly at 
the end of that roll 
call. And I move that

811
00:59:28,566 --> 00:59:33,566
Hillary Clinton be selected 
as the nominee of the 
a party for president

812
00:59:35,300 --> 00:59:39,733
of the United States. 
But the big question was 
How enthusiastic would

813
00:59:41,466 --> 00:59:45,900
his supporters be? 
Through the convention we 
saw little moments that

814
00:59:47,566 --> 00:59:50,533
suggested that there 
were an awful lot of 
Sanders people who might

815
00:59:50,533 --> 00:59:54,900
not be very enthusiastic 
about voting for Hillary 
Clinton that fall.

816
00:59:59,333 --> 01:00:02,666
And welcome back. You're 
watching PBS News live 
coverage of the 2nd

817
01:00:02,666 --> 01:00:06,100
night of the Democratic National 
Convention. I'm Amna Nawaz, and

818
01:00:06,100 --> 01:00:09,466
I'm Jeff Bennett. Coming 
up, we'll hear speeches 
from former President

819
01:00:09,466 --> 01:00:12,866
Barack Obama and former 
First Lady Michelle 
Obama, but first, the

820
01:00:12,866 --> 01:00:17,266
roll call continues. 
It's winding its way to 
Minnesota and California,

821
01:00:18,933 --> 01:00:21,166
the home states of 
Minnesota Governor Tim 
Walls and vice President

822
01:00:21,166 --> 01:00:24,966
Vice President 
Kamala Harris. Uh,

823
01:00:25,666 --> 01:00:28,666
you would.

824
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:42,200
My home state of Wisconsin. 
How do you cast your vote?

825
01:00:43,533 --> 01:00:47,466
Thank you Badger Jason Ray 
for all your good work.

826
01:00:50,333 --> 01:00:55,300
As a proud Governor 
of the Great state of 
Wisconsin. We're home of

827
01:00:56,100 --> 01:00:58,766
the Green Bay Packers.

828
01:01:02,233 --> 01:01:02,366
Go

829
01:01:05,966 --> 01:01:06,366
Hauling

830
01:01:10,133 --> 01:01:10,433
And

831
01:01:11,933 --> 01:01:16,100
Rocky bus as well as US Senator. 
Best US senator Tammy Baldwin.

832
01:01:20,733 --> 01:01:24,800
Great. more Mark.

833
01:01:27,433 --> 01:01:31,166
I'm here because 
I'm just as hell.

834
01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:37,700
To announce that 
Wisconsin passed one vote 
present in 90 more votes

835
01:01:40,733 --> 01:01:45,700
for who, where are we 
at? Got me going here

836
01:01:47,033 --> 01:01:50,633
farmer the night. Harbor

837
01:01:51,633 --> 01:01:55,133
They, oh my God. I love it

838
01:02:02,133 --> 01:02:04,500
4 votes. Far

839
01:02:06,266 --> 01:02:06,466
No

840
01:02:11,500 --> 01:02:16,233
Get there, Jason. I'll 
get there. 94 votes.

841
01:02:17,766 --> 01:02:21,700
former Wisconsinite. 
Vice President.

842
01:02:23,400 --> 01:02:27,800
And our next president 
of the United States of 
America. Kamala Harris.

843
01:02:45,500 --> 01:02:50,500
Wyoming, how do you cast 
your vote? Mr. Secretary 
Delegates. My name's

844
01:02:52,233 --> 01:02:55,566
Joe Barbudo. And these 
folks around me, we 
are. to be representing

845
01:02:55,566 --> 01:03:00,566
the great state of 
Wyoming. State and 
territory in this nation to

846
01:03:02,266 --> 01:03:06,333
recognize a woman's 
right to vote. And the 
state that 100 years ago

847
01:03:06,333 --> 01:03:11,233
elected Democrat Nellie 
Kalo Ross, our nation's 
first female governor.

848
01:03:12,900 --> 01:03:15,800
With that legacy in 
mind and heart, the 
equality cast all of our

849
01:03:17,566 --> 01:03:19,766
The woman who will be 
the first President of 
the United States, say

850
01:03:19,766 --> 01:03:22,766
it with me now.

851
01:03:39,266 --> 01:03:42,766
Great state of Minnesota. 
How do you cast your vote?

852
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:44,466
Soda

853
01:03:47,333 --> 01:03:51,533
Hans Korvik and Tim Walls 
with my neighbor, coach, 
and favorite teacher.

854
01:03:53,300 --> 01:03:55,266
We were excited to go 
to his classroom every 
day if he's ever been

855
01:03:55,266 --> 01:03:58,800
in high school, you 
know that can be rare. 
We opened our eyes to

856
01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:02,633
the world. He taught us 
how to talk about global 
issues with respect,

857
01:04:04,333 --> 01:04:07,866
curiosity, and kindness, 
even and especially 
when we disagreed, but

858
01:04:09,333 --> 01:04:12,133
he wasn't just a great teacher. 
He was also a great neighbor and

859
01:04:12,133 --> 01:04:15,933
friend. In fact, when 
he was in the midst of a 
budget battle as governor

860
01:04:15,933 --> 01:04:20,000
of our state, he's still 
phone time to attend 
my brother's funeral.

861
01:04:21,700 --> 01:04:24,166
Mr. Walls means the 
world to my family. He's 
always been there for

862
01:04:24,166 --> 01:04:28,566
us, and that's how I know 
he'll always be there for 
you as vice president.

863
01:04:34,133 --> 01:04:37,133
Thank you, Han. Minister,

864
01:04:41,733 --> 01:04:45,666
Here, there you go. 14 
years in the National 
Football League taught

865
01:04:45,666 --> 01:04:50,400
me a lot about leadership. A 
good leader cannot be selfish.

866
01:04:52,100 --> 01:04:56,700
You have to look out for 
his team. Coach Walsh 
is unselfish as they

867
01:04:58,133 --> 01:05:01,733
come. He has let Minnesota 
with honesty and integrity.

868
01:05:02,466 --> 01:05:03,433
And in November

869
01:05:04,666 --> 01:05:06,833
Minnesota is going to 
send Tim Walls. And come

870
01:05:07,600 --> 01:05:08,866
To the White House

871
01:05:13,933 --> 01:05:18,933
Amy Klobuchar. Senator from 
the great state of Minnesota.

872
01:05:20,233 --> 01:05:24,400
Nearly everyone 
votes. Purple rains.

873
01:05:26,933 --> 01:05:27,300
Tina

874
01:05:28,500 --> 01:05:28,633
stay

875
01:05:29,233 --> 01:05:29,433
So

876
01:05:34,233 --> 01:05:34,600
President

877
01:06:10,900 --> 01:06:12,000
The great state of

878
01:06:13,533 --> 01:06:17,600
How do you cast your vote? My 
name's Governor Gavin Newsom.

879
01:06:23,500 --> 01:06:26,533
From the great state 
of Nancy Pelosi.

880
01:06:29,966 --> 01:06:34,133
Come from a state like 
our nation of dreamers, of 
doers, of entrepreneurs,

881
01:06:35,933 --> 01:06:37,900
of innovators that prides 
itself on being on the 
leading and cutting

882
01:06:37,900 --> 01:06:42,766
edge of new ideas. 
California is the most 
diverse state in the world's

883
01:06:42,766 --> 01:06:47,766
most diverse democracy. We pride 
ourselves, we pride ourselves on

884
01:06:49,666 --> 01:06:53,266
our ability to live together 
and advance together 
and prosper together

885
01:06:53,266 --> 01:06:56,500
across every conceivable 
and imaginable difference,

886
01:06:58,333 --> 01:07:02,100
but the thing we pride 
ourselves most on is that 
we believe the future

887
01:07:02,966 --> 01:07:05,666
happens in California first.

888
01:07:09,800 --> 01:07:14,800
And Democrats I've had 
the privilege for over 
20 years to see that

889
01:07:15,533 --> 01:07:16,700
future taking shape

890
01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:22,900
with a star in Alameda courtroom 
by the name of Kamala Harris.

891
01:07:24,666 --> 01:07:29,666
I saw that star. I saw 
that star fighting for 
criminal justice, racial

892
01:07:31,300 --> 01:07:35,866
justice, economic 
justice, social justice. 
I saw that star get even

893
01:07:37,533 --> 01:07:41,366
brighter as Attorney 
General of California as 
a United States senator

894
01:07:42,833 --> 01:07:45,033
and his vice president of 
the United States of America.

895
01:07:46,766 --> 01:07:51,766
Pamela Harris has always 
done the right thing. 
A champion for voting

896
01:07:53,466 --> 01:07:57,500
rights, civil rights. 
LGBTQ rights the rights 
for women. Girls, so

897
01:08:00,266 --> 01:08:05,200
Democrats and independents. 
It's time for us to 
do the right thing

898
01:08:06,966 --> 01:08:10,600
and that is to elect 
Kamala Harris as the next 
president of the United

899
01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:13,600
States of America.

900
01:08:15,200 --> 01:08:20,200
We proudly cast our 40,080. 
2 votes for the President

901
01:08:22,400 --> 01:08:23,333
Paris

902
01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:48,233
Thank you to everyone 
who participated in our 
celebratory the roll

903
01:08:48,233 --> 01:08:51,766
call here has ceremonally 
now because this has 
already been made

904
01:08:51,766 --> 01:08:56,000
official, nominated Vice 
President Kamala Harris 
and Minnesota Governor

905
01:08:56,000 --> 01:08:59,533
Tim Walls as the party's 
nominee for president. To

906
01:09:01,666 --> 01:09:04,666
As the Democratic nominee for 
President of the United States.

907
01:09:19,900 --> 01:09:24,900
To the convention rule 
the procedure we're 
looking at to be pictures

908
01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:30,733
from Wisconsin, Vice 
President Harris and 
Governor Tim Walls are

909
01:09:30,733 --> 01:09:35,733
holding a rally at this 
exact same moment that 
picture. is live as

910
01:09:37,466 --> 01:09:39,666
this is going on right 
here, the 2nd night of 
the Democratic National

911
01:09:39,666 --> 01:09:42,666
Convention the 
state of Wisconsin,

912
01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:48,566
Vice President Kamala 
Harri 15,000 people on 
hand there in Milwaukee,

913
01:09:50,333 --> 01:09:52,266
according to the Harris 
campaign. So effectively, 
the Harris campaign

914
01:09:52,266 --> 01:09:56,333
is drawing simultaneous 
crowds one here in 
Chicago at the United

915
01:09:56,333 --> 01:10:00,400
Center and another there 
in Milwaukee. Let's hear 
what the vice president

916
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:03,400
has to say.

917
01:10:25,533 --> 01:10:28,633
Joining That's from 
exciting Chicago.

918
01:10:32,900 --> 01:10:36,100
Invention well they just 
completed their roll call.

919
01:10:40,233 --> 01:10:40,933
And they have

920
01:10:42,133 --> 01:10:42,266
Coach

921
01:10:43,333 --> 01:10:46,000
And To be the next 
vice president.

922
01:10:57,733 --> 01:10:58,000
I

923
01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:03,933
There Here for believing 
in what we can do 
together. We are so honored

924
01:11:05,366 --> 01:11:09,600
to be your nominees. This is 
a people powered campaign.

925
01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:11,066
And Together

926
01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:13,100
We Chart

927
01:11:13,666 --> 01:11:14,133
Wave

928
01:11:19,333 --> 01:11:19,466
So

929
01:11:21,133 --> 01:11:25,000
Freedom Opportunity 
of. and faith, so to 
everyone in Chicago and

930
01:11:26,933 --> 01:11:30,266
across America, 
thank you, thank you.

931
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:33,733
Thank you

932
01:11:35,966 --> 01:11:36,166
From

933
01:11:37,966 --> 01:11:40,833
Wonderful second gentleman 
shortly. I'll see you 
in 2 days, Chicago.

934
01:11:47,033 --> 01:11:50,800
The Democratic nominee 
Kamala Harris speaking 
to supporters there.

935
01:11:52,500 --> 01:11:55,366
That's at the Per 
Arena where the RNC was 
held just last month.

936
01:11:56,600 --> 01:11:56,733
She

937
01:11:57,700 --> 01:12:00,700
would you say? Yeah, right? We,

938
01:12:02,400 --> 01:12:04,200
we lost I don't think 
we heard the first part 
of what you said, a

939
01:12:04,200 --> 01:12:08,466
little bit of a flex, 
yeah. Not only show that 
this stadium is full,

940
01:12:10,233 --> 01:12:14,366
but the stadium where 
Donald Trump was nominated 
is also full. She

941
01:12:14,366 --> 01:12:18,566
spoke of a future 
defined by freedom, 
opportunity, optimism, and

942
01:12:18,566 --> 01:12:21,933
faith. Those four words, 
I mean those talk to 
any focus group, you

943
01:12:21,933 --> 01:12:24,733
talk about the four words 
you want to hear from a 
from a from a presidential

944
01:12:24,733 --> 01:12:27,566
candidate strikes me 
that those would be the 
four words, and we've

945
01:12:27,566 --> 01:12:31,333
been talking at the table 
a few minutes earlier 
about the word freedom,

946
01:12:33,066 --> 01:12:36,400
which, as you noticed 
was plastered all over 
the uh the stadium.

947
01:12:38,200 --> 01:12:40,266
You know, one other 
thing that I found really 
interesting in polling

948
01:12:40,266 --> 01:12:44,566
that we did a couple 
of weeks ago we asked 
voters, you know. Series

949
01:12:44,566 --> 01:12:47,500
of questions about who 
they thought would do 
a better job on certain

950
01:12:47,500 --> 01:12:51,733
issues. When we asked voters 
though who made them feel safe?

951
01:12:53,733 --> 01:12:58,333
Trump and Harris were 
tied on that issue. And 
I think if you think

952
01:12:58,333 --> 01:13:02,166
about safety in the way 
that Donald Trump and 
Republicans think about

953
01:13:02,166 --> 01:13:05,533
safety. It's the 
border. It's crime,

954
01:13:07,266 --> 01:13:10,066
who makes, who's going 
to do better on those 
issues? I think what

955
01:13:10,066 --> 01:13:12,900
Harris is leaning into 
and part of the reason 
I think she's getting

956
01:13:12,900 --> 01:13:17,733
some benefit on that 
this idea of safety, it's 
like the freedom thing,

957
01:13:19,100 --> 01:13:22,400
safety from what? Safety 
from gun violence, safety for

958
01:13:24,133 --> 01:13:27,933
Women, right, um, and, 
uh, feeling safe from 
chaos, and I think that

959
01:13:29,833 --> 01:13:33,133
it's sort of this again 
we're going to be talking 
a lot about language,

960
01:13:34,866 --> 01:13:38,266
but I think that is 
also what some of this 
messaging is if Trump

961
01:13:39,933 --> 01:13:43,966
wants to do the campaign 
much like he did in 
Milwaukee make this

962
01:13:43,966 --> 01:13:48,000
about who's the strongest 
and by strong meaning 
who's going to stand

963
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:52,766
up to. The people who 
are committing crimes, 
people crossing the

964
01:13:52,766 --> 01:13:57,766
border illegally, 
that does get him some 
benefit, but Harris gets

965
01:13:58,633 --> 01:14:01,633
a benefit on getting. What

966
01:14:03,366 --> 01:14:07,300
Other people's security, 
what security means to 
them that goes beyond

967
01:14:07,300 --> 01:14:10,433
just those two things. 
I just want to point 
out on the stage right

968
01:14:10,433 --> 01:14:14,566
now is Ana Navarro 
was of course a former 
Republican strategist and

969
01:14:14,566 --> 01:14:18,233
one of the hosts of 
the daytime talk show 
The View. She is one of

970
01:14:18,233 --> 01:14:22,700
the sort of billed as 
a celebrity host for 
primetime portion of this

971
01:14:22,700 --> 01:14:26,033
evening, and among the 
Republicans that we 
know will be featured

972
01:14:26,033 --> 01:14:29,966
on the stage here 
tonight, but Jonathan, 
it does strike me as we

973
01:14:29,966 --> 01:14:34,466
watch these proceedings 
unfold here. We have See 
Vice President Harris

974
01:14:34,466 --> 01:14:37,766
on both the first night. 
Of the national convention

975
01:14:39,233 --> 01:14:42,433
where she was here to welcome in 
President Joe Biden to sit here

976
01:14:42,433 --> 01:14:46,100
as he delivered his 
remarks as well. She's 
now beamed in on the 2nd

977
01:14:46,100 --> 01:14:48,933
night of the convention. 
I remember back at the 
Republican convention

978
01:14:48,933 --> 01:14:51,800
when we were saying 
Donald Trump has appeared 
here every single night,

979
01:14:53,466 --> 01:14:55,433
and that's unusual. 
Looks like Democrats 
are kind of going by the

980
01:14:55,433 --> 01:15:00,466
same playbook here and 
she's taking a page 
from, from that playbook,

981
01:15:02,166 --> 01:15:04,166
which, you know, these 
conventions can be a 
little stale. They, they

982
01:15:04,166 --> 01:15:08,366
can use a little updating and. I 
think you know having her in the

983
01:15:08,366 --> 01:15:13,300
hall yesterday, I, I agree with, 
with Amy. That was a flex to be

984
01:15:13,300 --> 01:15:18,300
in two places at once 
and also to be in the 
place where Donald Trump.

985
01:15:19,733 --> 01:15:24,333
Got his 3rd nomination and 
she's there with 15,000 people.

986
01:15:26,033 --> 01:15:30,300
22 giant rallies at 
the, at the same time, 
I think, you know, well,

987
01:15:32,133 --> 01:15:36,300
do we know she's gonna 
be here tomorrow? Because 
I mean I don't think

988
01:15:36,300 --> 01:15:39,633
I mean it seems like some 
of the programming is 
still being put together

989
01:15:39,633 --> 01:15:43,433
but maybe, maybe she 
will be, and you know 
what, maybe that's just

990
01:15:43,433 --> 01:15:47,533
one more tradition, one 
more custom that goes 
by the wayside that

991
01:15:47,533 --> 01:15:51,800
isn't a bad thing. 
Why? if she wants to be 
here, why shouldn't she

992
01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:55,533
be here if the moment 
he came in that Trump 
came in the first night

993
01:15:55,533 --> 01:15:58,000
I was like he's going 
to be here every night 
because he can't resist,

994
01:15:59,700 --> 01:16:02,466
but you know what? That 
actually unified that 
convention for those

995
01:16:02,466 --> 01:16:06,900
folks. Abraham Lincoln 
never went to his 
convention. I'd just like

996
01:16:06,900 --> 01:16:09,666
to point that out. He 
also didn't like memes 
apparently hated games.

997
01:16:13,366 --> 01:16:17,066
The, the, the returning 
to this issue of the 
Harris campaign messaging

998
01:16:17,066 --> 01:16:21,100
because it strikes me 
it is more thematic than 
it is specific. It's

999
01:16:21,100 --> 01:16:24,066
about turning the 
page, a new day in our 
politics. Those four words

1000
01:16:24,066 --> 01:16:28,566
I mentioned to Amy 
freedom, optimism, 
opportunity, and faith. That

1001
01:16:28,566 --> 01:16:33,400
resonates with folks. 
Yeah, sometimes, but it's 
summer. Summer campaign

1002
01:16:33,400 --> 01:16:37,200
is different than a 
fall campaign and in 
summer weird like that's

1003
01:16:37,200 --> 01:16:40,533
the kind of issue that shows up 
in August, but in the fall, it's

1004
01:16:40,533 --> 01:16:44,066
gonna get uglier and 
the Republicans are not, 
they've got a zillion

1005
01:16:44,066 --> 01:16:47,266
clips of Kamala Harris 
saying pretty progressive 
things, and she's

1006
01:16:47,266 --> 01:16:50,200
just going to have to 
address all that. And 
so that that's going

1007
01:16:50,200 --> 01:16:53,933
to be hitter, hitter and 
hit her and so it's not 
she's had a wonderful

1008
01:16:53,933 --> 01:16:57,300
month or however long it's been, 
it's not gonna last in my view.

1009
01:16:59,033 --> 01:17:01,866
She's going to hit the 
hard. Politics ain't 
beanbag as Mayor Daley

1010
01:17:01,866 --> 01:17:05,433
in the city used to say, 
and so she's going to 
hit that. And I think

1011
01:17:05,433 --> 01:17:08,500
the, the, the questions, 
the words I would throw 
out there, I think

1012
01:17:08,500 --> 01:17:12,600
she's the freedom word 
is an excellent word 
faith and family. You

1013
01:17:12,600 --> 01:17:15,266
got to hit those. You 
gotta have plausible 
story to tell about those.

1014
01:17:16,733 --> 01:17:20,300
Talk about making your entrance. 
This is Chuck Schumer making his

1015
01:17:20,300 --> 01:17:23,300
way to the stage now. Let's 
take a listen in to his remarks.

1016
01:17:27,733 --> 01:17:32,733
Now just let me hear 
you if you're ready for 
President Kamala Harris.

1017
01:17:38,866 --> 01:17:42,466
Friends We're here to 
talk about one thing.

1018
01:17:43,100 --> 01:17:43,766
Tomorrow

1019
01:17:45,133 --> 01:17:48,500
And building a better 
tomorrow for all Americans.

1020
01:17:50,166 --> 01:17:54,000
This November we can 
choose a brighter, a 
fairer, a freer future,

1021
01:17:55,566 --> 01:18:00,600
or We can relive the dark night 
of Trump's American carnage.

1022
01:18:05,333 --> 01:18:10,133
Only one candidate will move 
America forward. Kamala Harris.

1023
01:18:13,333 --> 01:18:17,866
Vice President Harris 
has been the best 
partner Senate Democrats

1024
01:18:17,866 --> 01:18:22,866
could ever have asked 
for. Under her under her 
and President Biden's

1025
01:18:24,566 --> 01:18:28,333
leadership. Senate 
Democrats lowered 
prescription drug prices.

1026
01:18:29,866 --> 01:18:34,700
And created millions, millions 
of good paying American jobs.

1027
01:18:37,866 --> 01:18:42,333
I worked with Kamala Harris when 
she was Senator Harris. I saw a

1028
01:18:42,333 --> 01:18:47,333
leader who was fearless. 
Who stood up for middle 
class families like

1029
01:18:49,166 --> 01:18:52,466
the one she was raised 
in. Who focused on things 
that really mattered.

1030
01:18:55,266 --> 01:19:00,300
Helping parents raise their 
kids. Safe neighborhoods

1031
01:19:02,100 --> 01:19:06,066
safe schools. And building 
an opportunity economy 
that gives everyone

1032
01:19:07,766 --> 01:19:12,066
a shot at the American 
dream. She will lead 
America forward into

1033
01:19:13,833 --> 01:19:18,166
a brighter future. But 
she can't do it alone. 
She needs a democratic

1034
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:24,400
majority in the Senate 
of the United States.

1035
01:19:28,866 --> 01:19:33,866
Now my friends 2 years 
ago. 2 years ago, The 
naysayers said Senate

1036
01:19:35,366 --> 01:19:39,933
Democrats should stood no chance 
in the midterms. I told them,

1037
01:19:41,666 --> 01:19:45,533
just you wait. We're 
going to keep the 
Senate. And maybe pick up

1038
01:19:45,533 --> 01:19:49,500
a seat or two and that's 
exactly what happened.

1039
01:19:51,500 --> 01:19:55,366
Well, ladies and 
gentlemen, my good friends 
at this convention, I

1040
01:19:55,366 --> 01:20:00,266
am telling all of you 
now we're going to hold 
the Senate again and

1041
01:20:00,266 --> 01:20:03,266
we're poised to pick up seats.

1042
01:20:08,200 --> 01:20:13,200
A democratic majority 
to create good paying 
jobs and lower costs.

1043
01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:18,733
To defend a woman's right 
to choose. To deliver 
for communities back

1044
01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:25,066
home. Our senators are 
doing it. Like Jackie 
Rosen delivering high-speed

1045
01:20:26,733 --> 01:20:31,466
rail for Nevada. John 
Tester bringing high-tech 
jobs to Montana.

1046
01:20:35,533 --> 01:20:40,533
And Bobby Casey and 
Sherrod Brown and Tammy 
Baldwin and Martin Heinrich

1047
01:20:42,400 --> 01:20:46,866
fixing bridges in 
Pennsylvania and Ohio and 
Wisconsin and New Mexico.

1048
01:20:51,133 --> 01:20:55,300
We also have amazing 
candidates Ruben Gallego.

1049
01:20:56,233 --> 01:20:59,400
Angela also Brooks. Andy Kim.

1050
01:21:00,633 --> 01:21:04,966
Alyssa Slotkin. Lisa 
Blunt, Rochester.

1051
01:21:06,033 --> 01:21:09,633
Colin Allred. Debbie 
Muarzel Powell.

1052
01:21:11,533 --> 01:21:15,266
And folks, listen to this 
more than half of our 
candidates, our candidates

1053
01:21:16,666 --> 01:21:20,866
of color. We're making the 
Senate look like America.

1054
01:21:24,200 --> 01:21:27,800
Now let's compare that 
with Senate Republicans.

1055
01:21:29,566 --> 01:21:33,466
Senate Republicans Pretend 
to care about middle 
class families. But

1056
01:21:35,266 --> 01:21:39,300
they voted no. On expanding 
the child tax credit 
and JD Vance didn't

1057
01:21:40,200 --> 01:21:43,200
even show up to vote.

1058
01:21:46,100 --> 01:21:50,100
Senate Republicans pretend 
to care about the border.

1059
01:21:51,766 --> 01:21:55,700
But they voted no on 
the strongest border 
bill in a decade.

1060
01:21:57,433 --> 01:22:01,800
Republicans tend to care 
about freedom. But they 
voted no on a woman's

1061
01:22:01,800 --> 01:22:06,800
right to choose. No, 
to safeguard IVF.

1062
01:22:08,266 --> 01:22:13,166
No to birth control. That 
that is just a taste. Of their

1063
01:22:15,366 --> 01:22:19,466
extreme agenda. Is that 
what we want for America?

1064
01:22:21,800 --> 01:22:26,000
Do we want a Republican 
Senate that assaults 
reproductive freedoms.

1065
01:22:27,666 --> 01:22:32,033
Do we want a Republican 
Senate that cuts taxes 
for the rich, rigs

1066
01:22:32,033 --> 01:22:37,033
the game for big oil and 
big pharma. Well folks, 
the choice is ours.

1067
01:22:41,366 --> 01:22:46,366
Now let me close. Let me 
close on a personal note.

1068
01:22:48,766 --> 01:22:53,766
As the highest ranking 
Jewish elected official 
in American history.

1069
01:22:57,166 --> 01:23:02,133
I want my grandkids and 
all grandkids to never, 
never face discrimination

1070
01:23:05,200 --> 01:23:10,200
because of who they are. 
But Donald Trump, this 
is a guy who peddles

1071
01:23:11,933 --> 01:23:15,333
anti-Semitic stereotypes. 
He even invited a 
white supremacist to

1072
01:23:17,000 --> 01:23:21,566
Mar a Lago. And 
unfortunately, His prejudice 
goes in all directions.

1073
01:23:24,200 --> 01:23:29,200
He fuels Islamophobia. 
And issued a Muslim 
ban as president.

1074
01:23:32,566 --> 01:23:36,933
Tonight, folks. I am 
wearing this blue square.

1075
01:23:37,833 --> 01:23:40,766
To stand up. To anti-Semitism.

1076
01:23:41,500 --> 01:23:44,333
To stand up to all hate.

1077
01:23:46,866 --> 01:23:51,800
Our children Our 
grandchildren, no matter 
their race, no matter their

1078
01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:56,800
creed, their gender, or 
family deserve better 
than Donald Trump's

1079
01:23:57,533 --> 01:24:00,566
American carnage.

1080
01:24:02,566 --> 01:24:07,566
Oh Are you ready to 
make sure Donald Trump 
never ever gets near the

1081
01:24:09,033 --> 01:24:12,733
White House again. So let's 
elect Kamala Harris, Tim Walls,

1082
01:24:15,233 --> 01:24:20,166
and a Democratic majority 
in the Senate and keep 
the torch of freedom,

1083
01:24:21,833 --> 01:24:25,500
burning bright for 
generations to come on 
to victory in November.

1084
01:24:37,833 --> 01:24:42,833
Together we will 
build what I call an 
opportunity economy. I will

1085
01:24:44,533 --> 01:24:49,266
take on the high costs 
that matter most to 
most Americans. Compare

1086
01:24:50,900 --> 01:24:54,400
my plan with what Donald 
Trump intends to do. 
He wants to impose

1087
01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:59,400
what is in effect a 
national sales tax on 
everyday products and basic

1088
01:25:01,266 --> 01:25:04,833
necessities that we import 
from other countries. 
It will mean higher

1089
01:25:04,833 --> 01:25:09,833
prices on just about 
every one of your daily. 
Donald Trump's plan

1090
01:25:11,566 --> 01:25:14,933
would cost a typical 
family, $3900 a year. 
He wants to repeal the

1091
01:25:16,800 --> 01:25:21,800
Affordable Care Act, 
which 45 million Americans 
rely on for health

1092
01:25:23,533 --> 01:25:26,866
care. He plans to give 
billionaires massive tax 
cuts year after year,

1093
01:25:28,533 --> 01:25:31,966
and he plans to cut 
corporate taxes by over 
$1 trillion that if you

1094
01:25:33,633 --> 01:25:36,400
want to know who someone 
cares about, look who 
they fight for. We

1095
01:25:36,400 --> 01:25:41,400
capped the price of 
insulin. At $35 a month 
and the total cost of

1096
01:25:43,166 --> 01:25:46,866
prescription drugs at 
$2000 a year for seniors, 
and just yesterday

1097
01:25:48,566 --> 01:25:52,000
we announced that we 
are lowering the price 
for 10 more life saving

1098
01:25:53,733 --> 01:25:57,200
drugs. As president, I 
will work to build the 
housing we need, and

1099
01:25:58,966 --> 01:26:02,333
by the end of my first 
term, we will end 
America's housing shortage

1100
01:26:02,333 --> 01:26:06,300
by building 300 new homes 
and rentals that are

1101
01:26:07,766 --> 01:26:11,366
For the middle class, more than 
100 million Americans will get a

1102
01:26:11,366 --> 01:26:16,366
tax cut by restoring 
the earned income tax 
credit and the child tax

1103
01:26:18,133 --> 01:26:22,233
credit through it. 
Millions of Americans 
with children got to keep

1104
01:26:22,233 --> 01:26:27,233
more of their hard-earned 
income. We will provide 
$6000 in tax relief

1105
01:26:28,966 --> 01:26:32,600
to families during the 
first year of a child's 
life. Now is the time

1106
01:26:32,600 --> 01:26:37,600
to chart a new way forward. 
I will fight to give 
money back to working

1107
01:26:39,533 --> 01:26:43,000
and middle class Americans. 
Increase the security 
and stability financially

1108
01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:48,000
of your family and 
expand opportunity for 
working and middle class

1109
01:26:48,566 --> 01:26:51,200
Americans.

1110
01:26:55,066 --> 01:26:58,933
Please welcome Vermont 
Senator Bernie Sanders.

1111
01:27:11,300 --> 01:27:14,300
Thank you.

1112
01:27:17,033 --> 01:27:20,033
Thank you.

1113
01:27:22,066 --> 01:27:27,066
My fellow Americans. 
It is an honor.

1114
01:27:30,300 --> 01:27:33,400
It is an honor to 
be with you tonight.

1115
01:27:35,066 --> 01:27:39,333
Because we're laying 
the groundwork. For 
Kamala Harris to become

1116
01:27:40,066 --> 01:27:42,833
our next president.

1117
01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:47,333
And let me

1118
01:27:48,566 --> 01:27:52,300
Let me tell you why 
that is so important.

1119
01:27:54,333 --> 01:27:59,100
I want you all to 
remember. Where we were.

1120
01:28:00,666 --> 01:28:04,733
3.5 years ago. We were in the 
midst of the worst public health

1121
01:28:07,133 --> 01:28:10,133
crisis in 100 years.

1122
01:28:11,600 --> 01:28:16,400
And the worst economic downturn. 
Since the Great Depression.

1123
01:28:18,200 --> 01:28:22,833
3000 Americans were 
dying every day.

1124
01:28:24,200 --> 01:28:29,000
And our hospitals were 
overwhelmed with COVID patients.

1125
01:28:30,600 --> 01:28:35,600
All across the country 
businesses were shutting down.

1126
01:28:37,366 --> 01:28:41,700
Unemployment was soaring. 
Workers were losing 
their health insurance.

1127
01:28:43,666 --> 01:28:48,533
Schools were closing state 
and city budgets were 
running out of money.

1128
01:28:49,800 --> 01:28:53,666
People were being 
evicted from their homes.

1129
01:28:54,833 --> 01:28:58,800
Children in America 
were going hungry.

1130
01:29:00,600 --> 01:29:05,366
That was the reality. 
The Biden Harris 
administration faced. As they

1131
01:29:07,266 --> 01:29:12,266
entered the Oval Office. 
A nation suffering.

1132
01:29:13,933 --> 01:29:18,800
A nation frightened and 
people looking to their 
government for support.

1133
01:29:22,833 --> 01:29:26,633
And within 2 months 
of taking office.

1134
01:29:27,500 --> 01:29:30,633
Our government did respond.

1135
01:29:35,566 --> 01:29:40,566
We passed the American rescue 
Plan which provided $1400 for

1136
01:29:42,700 --> 01:29:46,900
every man, woman, and 
child in the working class.

1137
01:29:49,066 --> 01:29:53,466
We extended and expanded 
benefits for the unemployed.

1138
01:29:55,566 --> 01:30:00,566
We provided emergency 
assistance for small 
businesses to stay open.

1139
01:30:03,733 --> 01:30:08,733
We guaranteed health 
care coverage to tens 
of millions of Americans

1140
01:30:10,566 --> 01:30:15,566
through one of the 
largest expansions of 
Medicaid in history.

1141
01:30:20,433 --> 01:30:25,300
We've provided rent 
relief and mortgage 
assistance which prevented

1142
01:30:25,300 --> 01:30:30,000
tenants and homeowners 
from being evicted.

1143
01:30:31,900 --> 01:30:36,900
We established emergency 
food programs for 
hungry children and the

1144
01:30:38,500 --> 01:30:42,433
elderly. And protected 
the pensions of millions 
of union workers

1145
01:30:44,066 --> 01:30:49,033
and retirees from being 
slashed by up to 65%.

1146
01:30:55,133 --> 01:31:00,166
Oh, and by the way, We cut 
childhood poverty by over 40%

1147
01:31:02,100 --> 01:31:05,100
through an expanded 
child tax credit.

1148
01:31:07,666 --> 01:31:12,666
Thank you, President 
Biden. Thank you Vice 
President Harris, thank

1149
01:31:14,000 --> 01:31:17,000
you, Democratic Congress.

1150
01:31:21,300 --> 01:31:26,300
Now I say all of this. Not to 
relive that difficult moment.

1151
01:31:28,366 --> 01:31:31,966
But to make one simple point.

1152
01:31:33,633 --> 01:31:38,400
When the political will 
is there, government 
can effectively deliver

1153
01:31:40,966 --> 01:31:43,966
for the people of our country.

1154
01:31:47,600 --> 01:31:52,533
And now we need to 
summon that will again.

1155
01:31:54,233 --> 01:31:58,933
Because too many. of 
our fellow Americans 
are struggling every day

1156
01:32:00,966 --> 01:32:05,000
to just get by. To 
put food on the table.

1157
01:32:06,433 --> 01:32:09,833
To pay the rents and to get 
the health care they need.

1158
01:32:11,566 --> 01:32:16,266
Brothers and sisters, 
bottom line. We need 
an economy that works

1159
01:32:17,533 --> 01:32:21,700
for all of us, not just 
the billionaire class.

1160
01:32:27,433 --> 01:32:32,433
My fellow Americans. When 
60% of our people live 
paycheck to paycheck.

1161
01:32:35,266 --> 01:32:40,266
The top 1%. have never 
ever had it so good.

1162
01:32:43,500 --> 01:32:47,333
And these oligarchs, 
these oligarchs tell us.

1163
01:32:49,000 --> 01:32:52,900
We shouldn't tax the 
rich. The oligarchs tell 
us we shouldn't take

1164
01:32:55,066 --> 01:33:00,100
on price gouging. We shouldn't 
expand Medicare to cover dental,

1165
01:33:02,600 --> 01:33:07,600
hearing, and vision. And 
we shouldn't increase 
Social Security benefits.

1166
01:33:10,466 --> 01:33:15,466
For struggling seniors. Well

1167
01:33:16,500 --> 01:33:19,833
I've got some. News for them.

1168
01:33:24,700 --> 01:33:29,400
That is precisely what 
we are going to do.

1169
01:33:34,700 --> 01:33:39,700
And we're going to win 
this struggle. Because 
this is precisely what

1170
01:33:41,600 --> 01:33:45,666
the American people want 
from their government.

1171
01:33:49,300 --> 01:33:50,833
And my friends

1172
01:33:51,866 --> 01:33:54,900
At the very top of 
that to do list.

1173
01:33:56,400 --> 01:34:00,833
Is the need to get big money 
out of our political process.

1174
01:34:07,900 --> 01:34:12,900
Billionaires In both parties 
should not be able to buy

1175
01:34:14,800 --> 01:34:18,200
elections including 
primary elections.

1176
01:34:23,966 --> 01:34:28,966
For the sake of our democracy. 
We must overturn the disastrous

1177
01:34:31,133 --> 01:34:34,433
Citizens United 
Supreme Court decision.

1178
01:34:39,700 --> 01:34:44,066
And move toward public 
funding of elections.

1179
01:34:47,066 --> 01:34:52,066
And let me tell you what 
else. We must do. We 
need to join the rest

1180
01:34:54,300 --> 01:34:59,300
of the industrialized 
world and guarantee 
health care to all people

1181
01:35:00,400 --> 01:35:03,333
as a human right, 
not a privilege.

1182
01:35:06,966 --> 01:35:08,066
We need

1183
01:35:09,433 --> 01:35:13,900
We need to raise the minimum 
wage to a living wage.

1184
01:35:17,566 --> 01:35:22,566
We need to pass the PRA. So that 
workers can organize the union.

1185
01:35:24,266 --> 01:35:24,400
Oh

1186
01:35:26,200 --> 01:35:30,233
And gain the decent pay 
and benefits they deserve.

1187
01:35:31,433 --> 01:35:34,133
We need to strengthen 
public education.

1188
01:35:36,266 --> 01:35:41,266
Raise teachers' salaries. 
And make sure that every

1189
01:35:43,733 --> 01:35:48,733
American regardless of 
income, receives the 
higher education, he

1190
01:35:49,800 --> 01:35:52,800
or she needs.

1191
01:35:55,900 --> 01:35:59,266
We need to take on big pharma.

1192
01:36:01,666 --> 01:36:06,300
And cut our prescription 
drug costs in half.

1193
01:36:09,200 --> 01:36:12,000
So that we no 
longer pay any more

1194
01:36:13,733 --> 01:36:17,500
than other countries. 
Joe and Kamala made 
sure that no senior in

1195
01:36:18,966 --> 01:36:23,500
America pays over $35 
a month for insulin.

1196
01:36:25,833 --> 01:36:30,833
We need to make sure 
that reality is true 
for every American.

1197
01:36:35,300 --> 01:36:40,300
I look forward to working with 
Camlin Tim to pass this agenda.

1198
01:36:43,133 --> 01:36:48,133
And let us be very clear. 
This is not a radical agenda.

1199
01:36:53,200 --> 01:36:54,866
But let me tell you

1200
01:36:55,700 --> 01:36:59,100
what a radical agenda is.

1201
01:37:00,266 --> 01:37:04,833
And that is Trump's 
project. 2025.

1202
01:37:07,900 --> 01:37:12,900
At a time of mass 
of income and wealth 
inequality, giving more tax

1203
01:37:14,733 --> 01:37:18,266
breaks to billionaires 
is radical. Putting forth 
budgets to cut Social

1204
01:37:20,300 --> 01:37:24,166
Security, Medicare, and 
Medicaid is radical.

1205
01:37:25,500 --> 01:37:29,966
Letting polluters destroy 
our planet is radical.

1206
01:37:32,600 --> 01:37:37,166
And my friends, we 
won't let that happen.

1207
01:37:42,300 --> 01:37:46,133
Fellow Americans in 
the last 3.5 years.

1208
01:37:47,333 --> 01:37:52,066
Working together. We 
have accomplished more.

1209
01:37:53,333 --> 01:37:57,166
than any government since FDR.

1210
01:38:01,733 --> 01:38:04,300
But much, much more

1211
01:38:06,033 --> 01:38:10,000
remains to be done. We 
must summon the courage. 
To stand up to wealth

1212
01:38:12,100 --> 01:38:17,100
and power. And deliver justice 
for people at home and abroad.

1213
01:38:23,033 --> 01:38:28,033
Abroad. We must end this 
horrific war in Gaza.

1214
01:38:38,600 --> 01:38:43,600
Bring home the hostages and 
demand. Immediate ceasefire.

1215
01:38:53,800 --> 01:38:57,566
At home. At home right here.

1216
01:38:58,700 --> 01:39:03,166
We must take on 
Big Pharma. Big oil

1217
01:39:04,466 --> 01:39:05,366
Big egg

1218
01:39:06,600 --> 01:39:07,500
Big tech

1219
01:39:09,300 --> 01:39:13,933
And all the other corporate 
monopolists whose greed 
is denying progress

1220
01:39:16,100 --> 01:39:21,100
for working people. 
On November 5th.

1221
01:39:22,666 --> 01:39:26,366
Let us select Kamala 
Harris as our president.

1222
01:39:27,833 --> 01:39:32,300
And let us go forward. To create 
the nation. We know we can calm.

1223
01:39:34,600 --> 01:39:37,600
Thank you all very much.

1224
01:39:49,266 --> 01:39:52,966
Well, as we saw earlier, 
California has a prime 
spot in this convention.

1225
01:39:54,433 --> 01:39:55,966
It's the most populous state in 
the country, and it is of course

1226
01:39:55,966 --> 01:39:59,766
the home state of Kamala Harris, 
and with us right now is another

1227
01:39:59,766 --> 01:40:04,466
prominent Californian 
that is Speaker Emerita 
Nancy Pelosi. It is

1228
01:40:04,466 --> 01:40:08,133
great to have you here 
at the table with us. 
My pleasure. Thank you

1229
01:40:08,133 --> 01:40:11,766
for the exciting night. 
I want to start with 
President Biden's speech

1230
01:40:11,766 --> 01:40:14,666
last night, his 
valedictory speech where 
he defended his record,

1231
01:40:16,333 --> 01:40:19,700
he made the case for 
Kamala Harris. not just 
the nominee but for

1232
01:40:19,700 --> 01:40:23,200
the country electing her 
president, and he said 
that he was stepping

1233
01:40:23,200 --> 01:40:26,533
aside because he in his view had 
become a distraction. He did not

1234
01:40:26,533 --> 01:40:30,466
seem to accept or agree 
with what some Democrats 
had said that he

1235
01:40:30,466 --> 01:40:35,466
could not win. Do you 
agree with that? Well, 
the president made his

1236
01:40:37,133 --> 01:40:41,333
decision of whatever 
basis and we accept that 
and we respect that.

1237
01:40:43,133 --> 01:40:46,100
I myself thought we 
needed a better campaign. 
My whole thing that

1238
01:40:46,100 --> 01:40:46,666
I'm a

1239
01:40:48,433 --> 01:40:52,933
California Democratic 
Party chair I know my 
politics and I think

1240
01:40:52,933 --> 01:40:55,866
when you want to win 
an election, you decide 
to win and you make

1241
01:40:55,866 --> 01:41:00,833
every decision in favor 
of winning. I didn't 
see that pass. But there

1242
01:41:02,333 --> 01:41:05,300
could be a path, and all we were 
asking for, show us the path.

1243
01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:10,700
When you look at that 
path ahead, uh, and 
we've heard many people

1244
01:41:10,700 --> 01:41:14,666
talk about the continuing 
impact and influence 
that President Biden

1245
01:41:14,666 --> 01:41:18,933
can have on the campaign moving 
forward. Where do you see him

1246
01:41:20,666 --> 01:41:23,100
being most useful? Can 
you hear me OK? I know 
it's really loud in

1247
01:41:23,100 --> 01:41:27,433
this hall. What do I 
think is most, where 
do you think President

1248
01:41:27,433 --> 01:41:32,433
Biden can be most useful 
states in particular 
I think that what the

1249
01:41:34,166 --> 01:41:37,200
launch that they 
announced last week of the 
prescription. Drug prices

1250
01:41:37,200 --> 01:41:41,300
coming down what's very 
important before that, 
the freeing of the

1251
01:41:42,966 --> 01:41:46,400
prisoners from overseas, 
the issues that relate 
to foreign policy.

1252
01:41:48,200 --> 01:41:52,800
His friend, he is 
masterful in that regard, 
but also to talk about

1253
01:41:54,300 --> 01:41:58,466
his own legacy. In terms of 
where it's going to lead to.

1254
01:42:00,300 --> 01:42:04,000
Look at what he did, the 
rescue package. The rescue 
package was remarkable.

1255
01:42:05,333 --> 01:42:08,400
Child tax credit, pensions 
for our union workers.

1256
01:42:09,700 --> 01:42:12,600
resources into city 
states and counties, etc.

1257
01:42:14,300 --> 01:42:18,733
Without one Republican 
vote. The infrastructure 
13 Republican votes.

1258
01:42:20,366 --> 01:42:25,266
But just fabulous across 
the board across our 
country, and if it

1259
01:42:25,266 --> 01:42:29,633
was really an infrastructure 
bill that was a 
climate bill as well.

1260
01:42:31,400 --> 01:42:35,133
The chips and science 
bill, that's not only 
making us self-reliant

1261
01:42:36,833 --> 01:42:40,200
on chips, but goes into 
the future in terms of 
science and STEM and

1262
01:42:42,000 --> 01:42:46,066
all the rest of that. 
The pack out for our 
veterans, the IRA to save

1263
01:42:47,900 --> 01:42:50,466
the planet, reduce the 
cost of it. The list goes 
on and on, but people

1264
01:42:50,466 --> 01:42:54,533
don't know as much 
about it as they should, 
and much of it relates

1265
01:42:54,533 --> 01:42:58,533
to their kitchen table, 
so I think he can be a 
voice with that, but

1266
01:42:58,533 --> 01:43:03,500
it's all of that. No. 
votes for you because 
what you have done. They

1267
01:43:05,166 --> 01:43:07,666
want to know what you're 
doing next as we have 
discussed. So it's

1268
01:43:07,666 --> 01:43:12,666
what about What comes 
next and what comes next 
is a lot of our agenda

1269
01:43:14,366 --> 01:43:18,066
that is um connected to 
this, but it's a care 
economy agenda, and

1270
01:43:19,800 --> 01:43:24,633
he knows it very well. 
This president has a 
vision. He has values.

1271
01:43:26,333 --> 01:43:28,866
He has knowledge of the 
issues. He has empathy 
in his heart. He has

1272
01:43:28,866 --> 01:43:33,266
strategic thinking about 
how this all would get done.

1273
01:43:34,966 --> 01:43:38,166
For what we did and also 
for what we will do. 
So I don't think he'll

1274
01:43:38,166 --> 01:43:41,166
be a great messenger 
on the values.

1275
01:43:42,900 --> 01:43:46,866
Caring economy as well 
as the foreign policy 
issues at the same time,

1276
01:43:48,533 --> 01:43:50,566
your assessment that 
you thought you needed a 
better Democrats needed

1277
01:43:50,566 --> 01:43:53,400
a better campaign. What's 
your assessment then 
of this campaign and

1278
01:43:53,400 --> 01:43:57,866
the Harris Wall's ability 
to win states like 
Pennsylvania, Michigan,

1279
01:43:59,333 --> 01:44:01,066
Wisconsin, and even potentially 
Arizona and Nevada. Because this

1280
01:44:01,066 --> 01:44:05,233
is still a tight race. as I say, 
I always say to every candidate,

1281
01:44:06,966 --> 01:44:09,100
be yourself. You go out 
there, be yourself, do 
your thing, and we'll

1282
01:44:09,100 --> 01:44:14,100
help with. The three M's 
on the ground mobilization 
to own the ground

1283
01:44:16,333 --> 01:44:20,166
because all of the rest 
of us is a conversation 
unless you get out

1284
01:44:20,166 --> 01:44:22,433
your vote. Early

1285
01:44:23,566 --> 01:44:26,500
Get out your book. 
Message has to be.

1286
01:44:27,100 --> 01:44:29,033
Progressive and

1287
01:44:29,566 --> 01:44:29,700
and um

1288
01:44:31,366 --> 01:44:35,366
Bold but non menacing. 
We need a unifying 
message for America. You

1289
01:44:36,866 --> 01:44:41,333
need a unifying message for 
America. Mobilization message.

1290
01:44:42,533 --> 01:44:45,733
The money to get the 
job done, but that Has,

1291
01:44:47,200 --> 01:44:49,533
especially in the last few weeks 
has just been flowing in at the

1292
01:44:49,533 --> 01:44:54,533
small dollar level you 
have, you just have to 
do your campaign. It's

1293
01:44:55,433 --> 01:44:56,766
a campaign. It's a battle term

1294
01:44:58,500 --> 01:45:00,733
campaign. You have to 
go out there and fight. 
You have to work. It's

1295
01:45:00,733 --> 01:45:05,700
going to be close. I today my 
speeches I was using the um

1296
01:45:06,933 --> 01:45:11,300
Olympics as a metaphor, 
gold, silver, bronze,

1297
01:45:13,066 --> 01:45:17,333
honored to be an Olympian 
within a second, or 
half a second. So these

1298
01:45:17,333 --> 01:45:20,200
are close races, and 
you have to go in

1299
01:45:22,000 --> 01:45:25,900
to do everything because 
you have to have no wasted 
time, no underutilized

1300
01:45:27,533 --> 01:45:29,933
resources and no regrets 
the day after the 
election that you could

1301
01:45:29,933 --> 01:45:34,933
have done more, get out 
the boat or Messaging 
or whatever it takes.

1302
01:45:36,766 --> 01:45:40,800
So I think the 
candidates, especially 
for president of the house

1303
01:45:40,800 --> 01:45:45,800
we gonna the president, 
they know. She's been 
vice president. She's

1304
01:45:47,466 --> 01:45:51,200
been part of this great 
legacy of Biden Harris. 
Now we have to check

1305
01:45:53,066 --> 01:45:55,966
what's next on this 
matter. Excuse me, sorry, 
on this matter of picking

1306
01:45:55,966 --> 01:45:58,933
the right candidate when 
Vice President Kamala 
Harris was settling

1307
01:45:58,933 --> 01:46:01,700
on who would be her 
running mate. I was told 
by a number of people

1308
01:46:01,700 --> 01:46:05,600
that Tim Walls was your pick. Oh 
no, no, I love them all. I said

1309
01:46:05,600 --> 01:46:09,333
put the names in a hat, 
pick one out. They're 
all great. You can't

1310
01:46:09,333 --> 01:46:12,466
make a mistake. I ask 
what you saw in him 
that you might not see

1311
01:46:12,466 --> 01:46:15,300
other people plenty 
in him. That's why I 
thought. could be in the

1312
01:46:15,300 --> 01:46:20,300
hat. He, he is fabulous. 
I served 12 years with 
him in the Congress.

1313
01:46:21,766 --> 01:46:24,733
And when he ran the first time, 
it was 006. This is when we were

1314
01:46:24,733 --> 01:46:29,733
out to win the house 
and, and we did. And so 
he had a terrible dis,

1315
01:46:31,533 --> 01:46:36,166
there were those who 
thought perhaps we should 
move on, but he was

1316
01:46:36,166 --> 01:46:40,400
so great. He was so 
great. He and his wife are 
such a great candidates.

1317
01:46:40,833 --> 01:46:40,966
So

1318
01:46:42,266 --> 01:46:46,366
he turned a very red 
district blue. Came there

1319
01:46:48,233 --> 01:46:51,800
Bravely voted for the 
Affordable Care Act, despite 
the misrepresentations

1320
01:46:51,800 --> 01:46:55,166
that Republicans were 
putting out there and 
went home and won again,

1321
01:46:56,833 --> 01:47:00,166
came back to Congress, 
came a champion on 
veterans' issues when it

1322
01:47:00,166 --> 01:47:03,633
became the top Democrat 
on the committee, the 
members loved him.

1323
01:47:05,366 --> 01:47:08,466
They respect him. He's 
so fabulous. They were 
organizing for them

1324
01:47:08,466 --> 01:47:12,733
within minutes of his 
being named, Madam 
Speaker, we should also

1325
01:47:12,733 --> 01:47:16,400
say that we have Judy 
Woodruff joining our 
conversation seated next

1326
01:47:16,400 --> 01:47:20,300
to you. I know you two 
have known each other 
for a very long time

1327
01:47:20,300 --> 01:47:24,800
on your own career 
paths, of course, but 
I wonder if we can take

1328
01:47:24,800 --> 01:47:28,066
politics out of this 
for just a moment and.

1329
01:47:29,833 --> 01:47:33,133
Take a moment to reflect 
on what we're seeing here. 
Democrat or Republican,

1330
01:47:34,800 --> 01:47:37,133
we once again as a 
country are on the cusp 
of putting a woman in

1331
01:47:37,133 --> 01:47:41,033
the highest office in the land. 
And I would love for each of you

1332
01:47:41,033 --> 01:47:44,500
if you don't mind to 
reflect on that, on what 
it took to get here,

1333
01:47:46,200 --> 01:47:48,366
you navigating your 
path in politics, Judy, 
you navigating yours,

1334
01:47:50,066 --> 01:47:53,300
covering politics and 
and how we arrived here 
what this moment means.

1335
01:47:55,033 --> 01:47:57,900
I can hear him better 
than I can hear you, but 
I think, I think maybe

1336
01:47:57,900 --> 01:47:59,700
Judy's seated next 
to you can help

1337
01:48:01,933 --> 01:48:06,933
isn't Governor Pritzker 
wonderful and the great 
weather he arranged.

1338
01:48:09,433 --> 01:48:14,100
One question I actually 
would like to put to you 
is, is you had dealings

1339
01:48:14,100 --> 01:48:17,466
with Kamala Harris, maybe 
as district attorney 
in San Francisco,

1340
01:48:19,166 --> 01:48:21,433
Attorney General of 
California and then as 
a senator, what do you,

1341
01:48:23,233 --> 01:48:25,433
what can you tell us about 
her leadership style? 
Is there, and people

1342
01:48:25,433 --> 01:48:29,000
are going to make a big deal or 
not about whether she's a woman,

1343
01:48:30,766 --> 01:48:33,933
is that a factor here 
or not? I don't think 
I'm not when I ran for

1344
01:48:33,933 --> 01:48:37,133
Speaker, I said don't 
vote for me because 
I'm a woman, but don't

1345
01:48:37,133 --> 01:48:41,066
vote against me because 
I'm a woman. I want 
you to know that I can

1346
01:48:41,066 --> 01:48:44,700
get this job done, and 
that's what I If I make

1347
01:48:47,100 --> 01:48:49,700
transfer that. This is not about 
electing a woman president. This

1348
01:48:49,700 --> 01:48:54,466
is about electing the 
best, strongest person 
and I know her very

1349
01:48:54,466 --> 01:48:59,466
well. I know her 
personally as a person of 
of deep faith, who cares

1350
01:49:00,866 --> 01:49:03,733
about the community and 
demonstrated that all the time.

1351
01:49:05,233 --> 01:49:09,466
I know we officially as a person 
very strong in her knowledge.

1352
01:49:11,000 --> 01:49:14,933
And her eloquence in 
talking about it as well

1353
01:49:16,633 --> 01:49:20,700
politically, she's very 
astute to win those 
races was not easy in

1354
01:49:22,466 --> 01:49:26,733
California for district 
attorney, attorney 
General, then Senate,

1355
01:49:28,200 --> 01:49:31,133
she had a race all the time, but 
you saw and then Vice President

1356
01:49:31,133 --> 01:49:35,333
was, well, that's the 
president's election, 
but you saw how with

1357
01:49:35,333 --> 01:49:39,300
grace and dignity 
she came out of that.

1358
01:49:41,066 --> 01:49:43,600
Announcement of the 
president with his support. 
That's a big deal,

1359
01:49:45,433 --> 01:49:47,400
but nonetheless clear 
the debt because there 
was still room for people

1360
01:49:47,400 --> 01:49:52,400
to get in. But she settled 
the matter early so

1361
01:49:54,533 --> 01:49:59,533
she has her own style 
about listening, learning, 
and um respecting

1362
01:50:01,600 --> 01:50:06,466
views and and you know 
all of this is about 
the temperament of the

1363
01:50:06,466 --> 01:50:09,000
person, and she has a beautiful

1364
01:50:10,733 --> 01:50:14,700
temperament to be 
president. That is strong, 
respectful. Values based

1365
01:50:16,433 --> 01:50:20,666
visionary. Uh, I, I'm, 
I'm very excited about 
it and I said to the

1366
01:50:20,666 --> 01:50:24,133
women's groups all day 
I'm speaking to groups. 
I said the most of

1367
01:50:24,133 --> 01:50:29,033
those groups today. I had a 
large number of women there.

1368
01:50:30,500 --> 01:50:34,533
I'm not here to ask you to elect 
the next woman President of the

1369
01:50:34,533 --> 01:50:39,000
United States. I'm asking 
you to vote for Kamala 
Harris for President

1370
01:50:39,000 --> 01:50:43,566
of the United States 
because I think that she 
has what is leadership

1371
01:50:43,566 --> 01:50:48,533
require vision, knowledge, 
judgment, strategic thinking,

1372
01:50:50,033 --> 01:50:54,433
and a heart full of empathy for 
the people. Joe Biden has a, she

1373
01:50:54,433 --> 01:50:59,033
has that, that's what 
they had in common. 
Yeah, she, uh, if we have

1374
01:50:59,033 --> 01:51:03,766
time, she, you In your 
book about how early on 
when you came to Congress

1375
01:51:03,766 --> 01:51:08,433
and you were interested in 
moving up in leadership. 
Some of the guys

1376
01:51:08,433 --> 01:51:12,066
said to you, well, it's 
not really your turn, 
and these guys, some

1377
01:51:12,066 --> 01:51:15,166
of them were Democrats, in fact, 
all of them were Democrats.

1378
01:51:17,566 --> 01:51:20,800
So what kind of, is 
there, is there that 
kind of resistance that

1379
01:51:20,800 --> 01:51:24,433
she's going to face 
anywhere in the party 
in the country right now

1380
01:51:24,433 --> 01:51:28,500
because she's a woman, 
as you faced a few 
decades ago when I ran,

1381
01:51:29,700 --> 01:51:31,866
they said, imagine this 
is in this century.

1382
01:51:33,533 --> 01:51:38,266
Who said she could run? 
Light my fire, you poor 
baby. You think I'm

1383
01:51:39,533 --> 01:51:42,033
waiting around for you 
to get a run. Anyway.

1384
01:51:44,933 --> 01:51:49,900
Here's how I see it. 
Hillary Clinton was the 
best qualified person

1385
01:51:49,900 --> 01:51:54,866
to run for president 
in a generation. Better 
than her husband, better

1386
01:51:56,566 --> 01:51:58,300
than Obama, and he 
admits that certainly 
better than George Bush.

1387
01:52:00,133 --> 01:52:02,300
I haven't asked him 
that, but nonetheless, 
the best qualified. It

1388
01:52:02,300 --> 01:52:06,400
didn't happen. It was 
a heartbreak to us 
people, I don't think had

1389
01:52:06,400 --> 01:52:10,466
the full grasp of what the 
opposition was, but nonetheless,

1390
01:52:11,533 --> 01:52:12,533
And she wants

1391
01:52:14,233 --> 01:52:18,433
We know what he is now, 
right? We know what he 
is now. But Hillary,

1392
01:52:20,166 --> 01:52:23,300
although she didn't win 
the election, she won 
the campaign. She took

1393
01:52:23,300 --> 01:52:27,233
women all the way down 
the field. I always 
thought there'd be a woman

1394
01:52:27,233 --> 01:52:30,266
president long before there'd 
be a woman speaker because

1395
01:52:31,966 --> 01:52:35,733
Who said she could run, 
but I ran anyway and 
won and and then when

1396
01:52:35,733 --> 01:52:39,633
Hillary didn't win, I 
was very disappointed, 
but Hillary's election

1397
01:52:41,400 --> 01:52:45,300
or that campaign, I think, 
has been a trailblazer 
for Kamala Harris.

1398
01:52:47,700 --> 01:52:52,366
separated by years, generation, 
all the rest, but nonetheless.

1399
01:52:54,100 --> 01:52:59,066
I don't think that 
there's sufficient there 
are those who are never

1400
01:53:00,600 --> 01:53:04,166
vote for a woman, but we're not 
waiting for never to happen.

1401
01:53:05,866 --> 01:53:08,766
We we're doing this 
right now. I think it's, 
I think it has, well,

1402
01:53:10,233 --> 01:53:12,500
if we didn't think we could win 
with Kamala Harris. Do you think

1403
01:53:12,500 --> 01:53:16,600
we would put her up 
against Somebody that 
should never set foot in

1404
01:53:16,600 --> 01:53:18,900
the White House again, even for

1405
01:53:19,766 --> 01:53:22,700
I don't know what a cupcake.

1406
01:53:26,300 --> 01:53:29,966
I spoke with uh Gary 
Peters, who chairs the 
Senate Democratic campaign

1407
01:53:29,966 --> 01:53:34,133
arm and he said he's 
confident that Democrats 
can pick up. 50 seats

1408
01:53:34,133 --> 01:53:38,566
in the Senate, maybe 
even 51. Do you care to 
issue a prediction of

1409
01:53:38,566 --> 01:53:41,900
how you think Democrats 
are going to do in terms 
of the House races,

1410
01:53:43,100 --> 01:53:46,166
yeah. Oh yeah, I'm, I'm 
looking for a trifecta.

1411
01:53:47,933 --> 01:53:51,366
I'm looking to win the 
White House, Chuck to 
be the majority leader

1412
01:53:51,366 --> 01:53:56,133
Takeem Jeffries to be 
the Speaker of the House. 
It must happen that

1413
01:53:56,133 --> 01:54:01,133
way. And this think of January 
6th, if I didn't have the gavel.

1414
01:54:02,366 --> 01:54:05,600
Hakim must have 
the gavel that day.

1415
01:54:07,266 --> 01:54:10,400
Kamala will be the 
vice president, but we 
fully intend to win the

1416
01:54:10,400 --> 01:54:13,366
White House. I was just 
in Michigan last week 
at the invitation of

1417
01:54:13,366 --> 01:54:18,333
the governor. Our candidate 
for Senate there is 
Way ahead, take nothing

1418
01:54:18,333 --> 01:54:22,166
for granted. We think 
we can pick up a seat 
there and hold what we

1419
01:54:22,166 --> 01:54:26,000
have, uh, I, I made 
a prediction today

1420
01:54:27,666 --> 01:54:31,500
to our hunt, that would 
be. He said maybe you 
can win 5. I said,

1421
01:54:32,966 --> 01:54:36,033
I want 10. He said, Is that your 
prediction? I said, I want 10 at

1422
01:54:36,033 --> 01:54:40,900
least. We want 31 when 
we won and win. Now 
remember, in the last

1423
01:54:40,900 --> 01:54:44,633
election they said we were 
going to lose 30 or 40 seats.

1424
01:54:46,300 --> 01:54:48,200
What? I, they didn't 
know what they were 
talking about. We would,

1425
01:54:50,000 --> 01:54:53,200
we know our, we're different 
from the president. 
We're very discreet.

1426
01:54:54,133 --> 01:54:55,000
This isn't just a

1427
01:54:56,700 --> 01:55:00,833
Reptilian. Cold blooded. 
These are the races 
we have to win. Others

1428
01:55:01,966 --> 01:55:03,533
are winning the whole country

1429
01:55:05,266 --> 01:55:09,000
10. Where do you pick 
up 10 seats if, if I 
can ask? Well, I think

1430
01:55:09,000 --> 01:55:13,000
we can pick up a chunk 
in New York because 
we lost 5 last time, 5

1431
01:55:13,000 --> 01:55:16,200
in New York. We've already 
picked up one there. 
We can do something

1432
01:55:16,200 --> 01:55:21,200
in California like this 
we're 40 Democrats, 12 
Republicans. I'd like

1433
01:55:22,900 --> 01:55:25,300
to take them down to 
single digits. And then 
we have seats all over

1434
01:55:25,300 --> 01:55:30,300
them. We have, we have 
fabulous what we call 
red to blue. Candidates

1435
01:55:30,900 --> 01:55:32,433
and they are um

1436
01:55:33,900 --> 01:55:38,366
Courageous and brave and out 
there and again strategic.

1437
01:55:40,066 --> 01:55:44,266
Informed knowledgeable 
in there, so. Oh, she's 
wonderful. I former

1438
01:55:45,933 --> 01:55:50,066
House member and that 
is, of course, New 
Mexico Governor Michelle

1439
01:55:50,066 --> 01:55:53,500
Lujan Grisham, we're 
going to take our audience 
to be able to listen

1440
01:55:53,500 --> 01:55:56,900
to what she has to 
say, but Speaker Emerta 
Nancy Pelosi, thank you

1441
01:55:56,900 --> 01:55:59,500
so much for coming by. Always a 
pleasure to have you here. Thank

1442
01:55:59,500 --> 01:56:04,500
you. We are fired up to 
elect Kamala Harris president

1443
01:56:06,933 --> 01:56:09,933
of the United States.

1444
01:56:14,066 --> 01:56:18,766
This election is about 
protecting our democracy 
and securing our

1445
01:56:18,766 --> 01:56:23,766
freedoms, including the right to 
affordable quality health care.

1446
01:56:28,533 --> 01:56:33,533
Now this issue is 
personal to Vice President 
Harris. whose mom passed

1447
01:56:35,266 --> 01:56:39,066
away after a battle 
with colon cancer. And 
it's personal to me at

1448
01:56:40,766 --> 01:56:45,166
2 years old, my sister 
was diagnosed with a 
tumor that was incurable

1449
01:56:46,500 --> 01:56:51,300
and made her uninsurable 
by the time she was 3.

1450
01:56:53,066 --> 01:56:56,700
And it's personal to 
Americans across the 
country who know what it's

1451
01:56:56,700 --> 01:57:00,133
like when someone 
they love gets sick.

1452
01:57:01,833 --> 01:57:05,800
Donald Trump and JD 
Vance want to dismantle 
our health care system

1453
01:57:07,666 --> 01:57:11,366
repeal the Affordable 
Care Act and eliminate 
protections for preexisting

1454
01:57:12,933 --> 01:57:17,933
conditions. Either these guys 
don't get it or they just

1455
01:57:20,166 --> 01:57:25,166
don't care. You know who gets 
it? Kamala Harris gets it

1456
01:57:27,700 --> 01:57:30,700
and she cares.

1457
01:57:34,466 --> 01:57:39,466
As Attorney general she 
took on drug companies 
that jacked up prices

1458
01:57:41,133 --> 01:57:45,266
and hospitals that 
overcharge patients and 
when Republicans tried

1459
01:57:47,000 --> 01:57:50,933
to kill the Affordable 
Care Act. She stood up 
in the Senate voting

1460
01:57:51,666 --> 01:57:54,200
not just no but hell no.

1461
01:57:59,400 --> 01:58:04,400
And Kamala Harris hasn't 
just stopped Republicans 
from making our

1462
01:58:05,900 --> 01:58:10,233
health care system worse. She 
fights every day to make it.

1463
01:58:14,766 --> 01:58:19,766
And I know I spent 20 
years working to get 
Medicare, the ability

1464
01:58:21,433 --> 01:58:25,366
to negotiate lower drug 
prices as vice president 
Kamala Harris delivered

1465
01:58:27,600 --> 01:58:30,600
it.

1466
01:58:32,766 --> 01:58:37,766
You know what Donald 
Trump delivered. Junk 
plans, higher premiums,

1467
01:58:38,866 --> 01:58:41,866
and abortion bans.

1468
01:58:44,100 --> 01:58:48,966
And if you don't think. A 
second term would be worse.

1469
01:58:50,300 --> 01:58:53,300
Then I've got a box of 
Trump steaks to sell you.

1470
01:58:57,366 --> 01:59:00,833
We have not just 
a better choice.

1471
01:59:01,766 --> 01:59:04,433
America, we have 
the best choice.

1472
01:59:07,566 --> 01:59:08,633
Yes we do

1473
01:59:10,233 --> 01:59:14,800
Kamala Harris will protect 
your right to care.

1474
01:59:16,566 --> 01:59:20,666
She'll cap drug costs. 
She'll go after corporate 
price gougers and

1475
01:59:22,466 --> 01:59:25,833
ensure every woman who 
needs it can access 
reproductive health care.

1476
01:59:33,333 --> 01:59:38,333
That's the president 
I want. And that's the 
president, America needs

1477
01:59:40,133 --> 01:59:44,800
and with your help, 
that's the next president 
of the United States.

1478
01:59:49,000 --> 01:59:49,433
President

1479
01:59:50,633 --> 01:59:53,633
Kamala Harris.

1480
02:00:10,433 --> 02:00:13,433
I love you too. Yeah.

1481
02:00:15,733 --> 02:00:16,333
So

1482
02:00:17,433 --> 02:00:20,766
My mom like Kamala's 
mom got sick.

1483
02:00:21,966 --> 02:00:25,933
When my mom died in 
2021, Kamala called me.

1484
02:00:27,100 --> 02:00:30,200
She had lost her mother 
to cancer in 2009.

1485
02:00:31,466 --> 02:00:35,300
Kamala helped me navigate 
my grief. She said

1486
02:00:36,766 --> 02:00:40,033
That heartbreak and loss are 
the price for having loved.

1487
02:00:41,100 --> 02:00:44,500
And having been 
loved. How I wish.

1488
02:00:45,833 --> 02:00:49,300
Our mothers could be 
here. To see this moment.

1489
02:00:55,500 --> 02:01:00,500
In the next 4 years. 
America will invariably 
have moments of great

1490
02:01:01,966 --> 02:01:06,800
sadness and pain in our country. 
Some will be natural disasters.

1491
02:01:08,266 --> 02:01:12,066
Some will be man-made disasters. 
We need a president who can not

1492
02:01:12,066 --> 02:01:17,066
only be commander in 
chief but also consoler in 
chief we need a president

1493
02:01:18,800 --> 02:01:23,133
with empathy capable 
of lifting us up when 
we are down. We need a

1494
02:01:24,833 --> 02:01:29,200
president who is capable 
of holding us in a. 
Big great hug when we

1495
02:01:30,433 --> 02:01:35,000
need it that is Kamala 
Harris. Donald Trump

1496
02:01:36,733 --> 02:01:41,400
Donald Trump It's only 
capable of holding two 
things a grudge and

1497
02:01:42,566 --> 02:01:45,566
a golf club.

1498
02:02:00,233 --> 02:02:02,666
I remember when Cama 
was first running for 
district attorney and

1499
02:02:02,666 --> 02:02:05,966
people were like, oh, 
I don't know if she's 
tough enough and I just

1500
02:02:05,966 --> 02:02:09,600
had to laugh because I'm like, 
you don't know my sister.

1501
02:02:13,333 --> 02:02:18,333
Kamala had been a. Hard 
and tough prosecutor in 
Alameda County prosecuting

1502
02:02:19,933 --> 02:02:24,333
men who were pimping young girls 
and rapists commonwealth wanted

1503
02:02:24,333 --> 02:02:29,333
to make sure that murderers 
and child abusers face 
meaningful accountability

1504
02:02:31,700 --> 02:02:36,500
and consequences for 
those actions. One of 
the cases that she had

1505
02:02:36,500 --> 02:02:41,500
early in her career was 
where a man had scalped 
his girlfriend and

1506
02:02:43,200 --> 02:02:47,133
she ended up getting 
a conviction, getting 
just for that woman. She

1507
02:02:48,600 --> 02:02:50,633
came to San Francisco to protect 
victims, and she was elected to

1508
02:02:50,633 --> 02:02:54,966
be district attorney 
of San Francisco. Kamla 
knew that we needed

1509
02:02:54,966 --> 02:02:59,266
to be smart on crime and if hell 
no one else was gonna do it that

1510
02:02:59,266 --> 02:03:02,400
she was gonna do it. I'm 
gonna keep my promise 
to you to keep you

1511
02:03:02,400 --> 02:03:06,500
safe. I better talk 
with you about what I'm 
doing in terms of crime

1512
02:03:06,500 --> 02:03:11,400
prevention. Investing 
in people coming out 
of prisons is the smart

1513
02:03:12,866 --> 02:03:14,800
thing to do for law enforcement. 
Forget that it's just the right

1514
02:03:14,800 --> 02:03:19,366
thing to do. I was a 
young Kamala Harris. 
She's only gotten more

1515
02:03:19,366 --> 02:03:23,100
fierce. I've never seen her back 
down from a fight, and when she

1516
02:03:23,100 --> 02:03:28,100
fights she wins. When 
Kamala became Attorney 
general, she wanted

1517
02:03:29,833 --> 02:03:33,400
to protect people, but 
also to fundamentally 
pursue justice being

1518
02:03:35,333 --> 02:03:40,333
smart on crime starts 
with being tough on 
violent crime. a statewide

1519
02:03:42,033 --> 02:03:45,700
perspective, I think we 
were concerned about the 
rise of gang violence

1520
02:03:45,700 --> 02:03:49,566
in San Joaquin County. 
We saw this tremendous 
change in our community

1521
02:03:49,566 --> 02:03:54,133
and it hit us like a 
wave. We saw an increase 
in human trafficking,

1522
02:03:55,866 --> 02:03:59,200
narcotics, and guns. Let 
it be clear to anyone 
who would menace this

1523
02:04:01,000 --> 02:04:04,366
state with violence to 
those who prey on the 
weak and the vulnerable

1524
02:04:06,033 --> 02:04:08,900
justice will be swift 
and certain in the 
state of California.

1525
02:04:10,600 --> 02:04:14,066
She was always hunting 
the kingpins, but we 
didn't have partnerships

1526
02:04:14,066 --> 02:04:19,066
with DOJ or FBI or DEA 
or any of those law 
enforcement agencies now

1527
02:04:20,733 --> 02:04:25,033
we all work collaboratively 
to help all the 
counties in California.

1528
02:04:26,800 --> 02:04:30,666
Because of her, we 
destabilized organized 
crime, disrupt these flows

1529
02:04:30,666 --> 02:04:35,100
of guns, human beings, 
and narcotics. We are 
here this afternoon

1530
02:04:35,100 --> 02:04:40,100
to announce the shutting 
down of one of the 
biggest and most organized

1531
02:04:41,866 --> 02:04:45,000
threats to the safety 
of the Central Valley. 
I really think of her

1532
02:04:45,000 --> 02:04:50,000
as fearless, as a 
fighter. Kamala just 
perseveres and mommy would

1533
02:04:51,666 --> 02:04:55,700
say it's too hard is 
never an excuse. Making 
excuses is a failure

1534
02:04:55,700 --> 02:04:58,800
to not only take responsibility 
but to take action.

1535
02:05:00,600 --> 02:05:04,333
If you have the will, 
the desire, the passion, 
the commitment. There

1536
02:05:05,500 --> 02:05:08,100
is no challenge that 
is insurmountable.

1537
02:05:13,533 --> 02:05:18,166
Please welcome the 
Democratic nominee for 
Senate in Maryland, Angela

1538
02:05:18,166 --> 02:05:21,166
also Brooks.

1539
02:05:26,066 --> 02:05:29,733
Good evening America. And he

1540
02:05:31,566 --> 02:05:32,066
And

1541
02:05:35,166 --> 02:05:36,166
Like me

1542
02:05:37,966 --> 02:05:41,400
Thank you. People like me.

1543
02:05:43,133 --> 02:05:47,533
Stories Like mine. Don't 
usually make it to the 
United States Senate.

1544
02:05:49,400 --> 02:05:54,300
But they should. I'm 
the proud Granddaughter

1545
02:05:55,200 --> 02:05:57,933
Of a housekeeper. Sarah Daisy.

1546
02:05:59,433 --> 02:06:03,033
Who raised her three children 
in a one bedroom apartment.

1547
02:06:04,466 --> 02:06:08,566
It was her dream to work in 
government. To help people

1548
02:06:10,033 --> 02:06:14,333
That meant taking a typing test. 
But she didn't know how to type.

1549
02:06:16,000 --> 02:06:20,066
And she couldn't afford 
a typewriter. So She 
put a white piece of

1550
02:06:21,500 --> 02:06:25,600
paper. On the refrigerator. 
And drew a keyboard on it.

1551
02:06:27,300 --> 02:06:31,266
And every night she 
stood in front of that 
refrigerator and taught

1552
02:06:32,300 --> 02:06:36,866
herself to type. 
She took the test.

1553
02:06:37,800 --> 02:06:38,766
Passed it

1554
02:06:40,133 --> 02:06:44,300
And got the job she dreamed 
of. I And her legacy.

1555
02:06:48,966 --> 02:06:49,866
And tonight

1556
02:06:51,533 --> 02:06:55,433
I am a candidate for 
United States Senate 
from the great state of

1557
02:06:56,000 --> 02:06:58,600
Maryland.

1558
02:07:02,800 --> 02:07:07,800
Always been inspired by 
women like my grandmother. 
Women who imagine

1559
02:07:09,300 --> 02:07:12,633
a better future and then have 
the grit. To make it a reality.

1560
02:07:14,366 --> 02:07:18,533
One of those women is a 
friend. A mentor And a 
role model. That woman

1561
02:07:21,166 --> 02:07:24,166
is Kamala Harris.

1562
02:07:26,266 --> 02:07:31,266
Let me tell you. About 
the Kamala I've known 
for 14 years. I first

1563
02:07:32,733 --> 02:07:36,566
heard about her in 2009. When I 
was running for state's attorney

1564
02:07:36,566 --> 02:07:41,566
in Prince George's 
County, Maryland. To

1565
02:07:43,200 --> 02:07:47,533
In Essence magazine 
about a district 
attorney in San Francisco

1566
02:07:48,733 --> 02:07:51,833
using new ideas to keep 
her community safe.

1567
02:07:53,500 --> 02:07:57,566
Few had a better record 
prosecuting violent 
crime. She put rapists,

1568
02:07:58,800 --> 02:08:01,366
child molesters and 
murderers behind bars.

1569
02:08:03,133 --> 02:08:06,900
But what she knew was 
that violent crime 
accounts for about 30% of

1570
02:08:06,900 --> 02:08:11,900
all crimes. For the 
70% that are nonviolent 
she created a first of

1571
02:08:13,500 --> 02:08:17,100
its kind program 
called Back on Track.

1572
02:08:18,833 --> 02:08:23,366
After serving time and 
pleading guilty. These 
low level of Fenders

1573
02:08:25,133 --> 02:08:29,100
will get the job 
training. GED health. And 
apprenticeships they needed

1574
02:08:29,933 --> 02:08:34,166
to find a job. The result

1575
02:08:35,833 --> 02:08:40,233
The recidivism rate 
plummeted. Now after 
reading about this super

1576
02:08:42,000 --> 02:08:45,733
bad district attorney. 
Talk nonstop about her 
on the campaign trail.

1577
02:08:47,666 --> 02:08:52,666
Two days after I won 
the election, my phone 
rings. It's Kamala Harris

1578
02:08:54,100 --> 02:08:57,966
calling to congratulate me 
and ask how she could help.

1579
02:09:00,333 --> 02:09:04,233
She helped me bring. Back 
on track to Maryland.

1580
02:09:05,966 --> 02:09:09,266
And wouldn't you know 
a crime went down. And 
economic growth went

1581
02:09:09,266 --> 02:09:14,033
up. Back on track is 
now a national model.

1582
02:09:16,300 --> 02:09:16,833
Now

1583
02:09:18,533 --> 02:09:22,600
Now Donald Trump says. 
If Kamala Harris is 
elected tough guys will

1584
02:09:24,100 --> 02:09:28,733
treat her like a play toy. Do 
you know Who else thought that?

1585
02:09:30,700 --> 02:09:35,600
The drug cartels she busted. The 
big oil company she may pay for

1586
02:09:35,600 --> 02:09:40,600
polluting. The big banks 
that she may pay $20 
billion to homeowners

1587
02:09:42,866 --> 02:09:47,400
they ripped off. Getting 
justice for others.

1588
02:09:48,766 --> 02:09:51,933
Isn't a power trip for 
her. It's a sacred calling.

1589
02:09:53,666 --> 02:09:57,866
And hear me Kamala 
Harris knows how to keep 
criminals off the streets.

1590
02:10:02,600 --> 02:10:07,600
And come November. With 
your help She'll keep 
one out of the Oval

1591
02:10:08,866 --> 02:10:11,866
Office.

1592
02:10:15,100 --> 02:10:15,266
It

1593
02:10:16,066 --> 02:10:17,133
Donald Trump

1594
02:10:18,966 --> 02:10:22,733
Rode down that ridiculous 
escalator. We as a 
nation have felt trapped.

1595
02:10:25,333 --> 02:10:30,333
Every national decision 
has been made in 
reaction to this one man.

1596
02:10:31,733 --> 02:10:36,066
And his extremist maga 
movement. We are still frozen.

1597
02:10:37,566 --> 02:10:42,000
By the fear That Donald Trump 
might once again come to power.

1598
02:10:43,900 --> 02:10:48,633
And it's not just our 
politics that have been 
trapped. It's our imagination.

1599
02:10:50,400 --> 02:10:54,733
And then Kamala came 
along. Kamala Has 
reminded us. That we don't

1600
02:10:56,933 --> 02:10:59,166
need to fear. Anything

1601
02:11:00,433 --> 02:11:04,000
Not the future. And 
certainly not that man.

1602
02:11:04,933 --> 02:11:05,566
This

1603
02:11:07,333 --> 02:11:11,200
is our Moment To leave 
Donald Trump where he 
belongs. In America's

1604
02:11:13,700 --> 02:11:18,700
past. We stand with 
Kamala Harris because we.

1605
02:11:21,166 --> 02:11:25,066
As a country are 
not. Going back.

1606
02:11:30,933 --> 02:11:35,300
Who sat at lunch counters 
and made sure that 
we all had the right

1607
02:11:35,300 --> 02:11:38,866
to vote. We are not. Going back

1608
02:11:40,600 --> 02:11:44,900
But the and grandmamas 
who marched to make 
sure that women could

1609
02:11:44,900 --> 02:11:49,900
control our own bodies 
we. are not Going

1610
02:11:51,633 --> 02:11:56,100
For the parents who 
work from can't see in 
the morning until can't

1611
02:11:56,100 --> 02:12:01,033
see at night, not so 
that they will have a 
better future, but so

1612
02:12:01,033 --> 02:12:06,033
that their children will have 
a better life we are not. Going

1613
02:12:09,800 --> 02:12:14,700
When facing an obstacle. My 
father has often said to me,

1614
02:12:15,800 --> 02:12:19,566
Your faith Is stronger 
than your fears.

1615
02:12:20,566 --> 02:12:21,366
Tonight

1616
02:12:22,466 --> 02:12:26,000
Our faith Is stronger 
than our fears.

1617
02:12:27,700 --> 02:12:31,866
Faith and the promise 
of America faith in the 
American idea in the

1618
02:12:33,333 --> 02:12:37,500
American American values that we 
share, faith that we the people

1619
02:12:37,500 --> 02:12:42,500
can choose a new leader, a 
better future for The people.

1620
02:12:45,966 --> 02:12:50,966
It's dark as our days 
and challenges have 
sometimes felt. It's always

1621
02:12:52,433 --> 02:12:57,266
darkest before the dawn. We know 
that we can endure for at night

1622
02:12:59,033 --> 02:13:02,133
because joy cometh 
in the morning.

1623
02:13:04,000 --> 02:13:04,600
Morning

1624
02:13:05,933 --> 02:13:10,566
It's coming. Morning is 
coming. And that joy will be

1625
02:13:12,700 --> 02:13:16,833
led. Kamala Harris, 
thank you so much.

1626
02:13:29,900 --> 02:13:34,200
Please welcome Mesa 
Arizona Mayor John Giles.

1627
02:13:35,866 --> 02:13:37,733
Angela Albrooks, who's 
running for the Maryland 
Senate seat. Let's

1628
02:13:37,733 --> 02:13:42,166
head down to the floor 
where our La Baron Lopez 
is. Laura, you with

1629
02:13:42,166 --> 02:13:45,833
us? Yes, I'm here with 
you, Jeff. So one of 
the things we've been

1630
02:13:45,833 --> 02:13:49,300
talking about up here 
is that all of the 
energy and enthusiasm in

1631
02:13:49,300 --> 02:13:52,466
this room, the momentum 
that the Harris campaign 
has really across

1632
02:13:52,466 --> 02:13:55,766
the country, it risks 
masking the fact that this 
is still a competitive

1633
02:13:55,766 --> 02:13:58,000
race. It's still a tight race. 
I know you've been talking

1634
02:13:59,733 --> 02:14:01,666
to Democratic operatives 
about that very thing. 
What are they telling

1635
02:14:01,666 --> 02:14:05,266
you? Yeah, it is definitely 
a tight race. I was 
just talking to Ken

1636
02:14:05,266 --> 02:14:10,266
Martin. He is the head 
of the Democratic State 
Party chairs coalition.

1637
02:14:12,000 --> 02:14:13,833
He's also the chair 
of the Minnesota State 
Democrats, and he was

1638
02:14:13,833 --> 02:14:17,500
telling me that Democrats 
need to make sure that 
they don't do what

1639
02:14:17,500 --> 02:14:20,700
they did in 2016, which was that 
when they left the convention in

1640
02:14:20,700 --> 02:14:24,200
2016 after nominating 
Hillary Clinton, he 
said they just started

1641
02:14:24,200 --> 02:14:27,500
measuring the drapes 
for the Oval Office and 
that they can't do that

1642
02:14:27,500 --> 02:14:32,500
this time around. He 
also told me that he 
feels as though this the

1643
02:14:34,300 --> 02:14:36,600
way the energy that he 
is feeling from Democrats 
and the electrification

1644
02:14:36,600 --> 02:14:39,200
that he is feeling from 
Democrats and motivation 
across the board,

1645
02:14:40,900 --> 02:14:43,766
he said that it's bigger 
than 2008 with Obama, 
but Jeff, if I could

1646
02:14:43,766 --> 02:14:47,166
bring in, I do have a 
Delegate here with me 
from the swing state

1647
02:14:47,166 --> 02:14:50,333
of Georgia. If you could come in 
here with me and tell me what's

1648
02:14:50,333 --> 02:14:53,033
your name again? My 
name is Parker Short. 
I'm the chairman of the

1649
02:14:53,033 --> 02:14:56,200
Young Democrats of Georgia 
and a delegate from 
Georgia's 4th congressional

1650
02:14:56,200 --> 02:15:00,133
district. And could you 
just tell me, I mean, 
do you, how has the

1651
02:15:00,133 --> 02:15:02,800
energy changed on the 
ground in Georgia? 
Look, I've been involved

1652
02:15:02,800 --> 02:15:06,000
in Georgia politics 
since I was 15. My first 
job was as an intern

1653
02:15:06,000 --> 02:15:09,533
for John Ossoff's 
congressional campaign, 
so I think I know Georgia

1654
02:15:09,533 --> 02:15:12,833
politics even though 
I'm a young man. I have 
seen a lot, and I will

1655
02:15:12,833 --> 02:15:16,900
tell you the energy on 
the ground is absolutely 
incomparable Georgia

1656
02:15:16,900 --> 02:15:20,933
Democrats are fired up. 
And ready to go. We know 
how much is at stake

1657
02:15:20,933 --> 02:15:23,733
in abortion rights 
are on the ballot and 
we're ready to make the

1658
02:15:23,733 --> 02:15:28,400
change, can you just tell 
me, I mean, do you feel 
as though was Georgia

1659
02:15:28,400 --> 02:15:31,366
slipping away when 
President Biden was still 
at the top of the ticket

1660
02:15:31,366 --> 02:15:33,966
because there was some 
concern from Democrats 
that they were going

1661
02:15:33,966 --> 02:15:38,266
to potentially lose 
Georgia. Do you think 
that now it's winnable.

1662
02:15:39,933 --> 02:15:41,466
Oh, I think it's more 
than winnable. I'm 
ready to put in the work

1663
02:15:41,466 --> 02:15:44,700
and we've got more than 20 field 
offices open across the state of

1664
02:15:44,700 --> 02:15:48,300
Georgia for the Harris 
campaign, and I know 
the organizers, I know.

1665
02:15:50,033 --> 02:15:51,833
running this party and 
we're going to put the 
work in. We're going

1666
02:15:51,833 --> 02:15:53,833
to knock these doors, 
we're going to talk to 
these voters, and we're

1667
02:15:53,833 --> 02:15:57,800
going to make it very 
clear that Georgia, as 
we did in 2020, saving

1668
02:15:57,800 --> 02:16:01,333
democracy, supporting President 
Biden's agenda. We want a better

1669
02:16:01,333 --> 02:16:04,233
future for Georgia, and 
I know we're going to 
realize it on November

1670
02:16:04,233 --> 02:16:08,466
5th. So as you heard 
there, Jeff, I mean 
they're pretty energized

1671
02:16:08,466 --> 02:16:12,700
in Georgia as well as 
Democrats are trying to 
really make sure that

1672
02:16:12,700 --> 02:16:16,966
they're expanding the pathway 
of 270 with Harris. Laura,

1673
02:16:18,433 --> 02:16:19,966
thank you to Parker for Joining 
you there we can let him go back

1674
02:16:19,966 --> 02:16:22,766
and enjoy the festivity. Sounds 
like he's losing his voice maybe

1675
02:16:22,766 --> 02:16:26,800
from participating in 
some of the cheering 
out here say Parker is

1676
02:16:26,800 --> 02:16:31,800
a is a viral star. He 
became famous for a 
few days, uh, for, for

1677
02:16:33,266 --> 02:16:35,300
dancing in the, in the stands of 
a Harris rally that was captured

1678
02:16:35,300 --> 02:16:38,966
on PBS News stream. Turned 
out he was the chair 
of the Young Democrats

1679
02:16:38,966 --> 02:16:41,700
of Georgia. I'm sorry, 
I'm gonna go ahead. 
No, not at all. In case

1680
02:16:41,700 --> 02:16:44,766
he's familiar to many of you, 
uh, viewers back at home.

1681
02:16:46,466 --> 02:16:48,233
Laura, what else stands 
out to you from some 
of the speakers we've

1682
02:16:48,233 --> 02:16:51,133
heard on the stage 
tonight there's been a 
range of voices there,

1683
02:16:52,766 --> 02:16:55,366
of course, a progressive 
leader and Senator 
Bernie Sanders as well.

1684
02:16:57,100 --> 02:16:58,933
Have you been hearing 
from your Democratic 
sources about how many

1685
02:16:58,933 --> 02:17:03,100
of those more progressive 
policies they feel 
like the Harris Walls

1686
02:17:03,100 --> 02:17:07,400
ticket can take on or 
whether they need to run 
a more centrist moderate

1687
02:17:07,400 --> 02:17:10,233
campaign to appeal to 
some of the independent 
voters they need as

1688
02:17:10,233 --> 02:17:12,900
well. Well, the thing 
that I've been hearing 
from the Democrats I've

1689
02:17:12,900 --> 02:17:16,633
been talking to, whether 
it was Ken Martin of 
Minnesota or a state

1690
02:17:16,633 --> 02:17:19,766
representative from Georgia, Sam 
Park, or as well as Tom Swazi,

1691
02:17:21,433 --> 02:17:22,866
congressman from New York, 
who won a competitive 
district there.

1692
02:17:24,600 --> 02:17:27,900
They think that Harris 
essentially build upon 
what President Biden

1693
02:17:29,633 --> 02:17:33,466
was able to do during 
his time in office that 
she should just expand

1694
02:17:33,466 --> 02:17:37,833
more when it comes to 
elder care, when it 
comes to childcare. And

1695
02:17:37,833 --> 02:17:41,766
I think that we have 
Tammy Duckworth coming 
on the stage, so I'm

1696
02:17:41,766 --> 02:17:45,133
going to toss it back 
to you, Jeff phenomenon. 
She is indeed Senator

1697
02:17:45,133 --> 02:17:48,566
Tammy Duckworth from Illinois 
now speaking. Let's listen in.

1698
02:17:57,266 --> 02:17:57,800
You know

1699
02:18:02,300 --> 02:18:03,200
You know

1700
02:18:05,133 --> 02:18:09,600
I went to war to protect 
America's rights and freedoms.

1701
02:18:11,366 --> 02:18:15,566
So I take it personally 
when a 5 time draft 
dodging coward like Donald

1702
02:18:17,666 --> 02:18:19,500
Trump tries to take. way

1703
02:18:24,700 --> 02:18:29,400
To take away my rights 
and freedoms in return. 
Especially when it

1704
02:18:29,400 --> 02:18:34,400
concerns my daughters. My 
girls Gamer girl Abigail.

1705
02:18:35,800 --> 02:18:39,133
And queen of the 
monkey bars Miley. Our

1706
02:18:40,866 --> 02:18:44,700
everything to me. But 
they would never have 
been born without access

1707
02:18:45,466 --> 02:18:48,466
to reproductive care.

1708
02:18:51,700 --> 02:18:52,466
Because

1709
02:18:54,200 --> 02:18:58,666
After 10 years of 
struggling with infertility. 
I was only able to

1710
02:19:00,300 --> 02:19:04,166
have them through 
the miracle of IVF.

1711
02:19:08,133 --> 02:19:08,933
But now

1712
02:19:10,600 --> 02:19:15,133
Trump's anti-woman 
crusade has put other 
Americans right to have

1713
02:19:16,466 --> 02:19:20,100
their own families at 
risk. Because if they win.

1714
02:19:21,400 --> 02:19:24,033
Republicans will not 
stop at banning abortion.

1715
02:19:24,900 --> 02:19:27,866
They will come for IVF next.

1716
02:19:29,333 --> 02:19:33,533
They'll prosecute doctors. They 
all shame and spy on women.

1717
02:19:36,833 --> 02:19:41,566
And if you think. 
That's farfetched. Just 
looked up what happened

1718
02:19:41,566 --> 02:19:46,566
in Alabama last year. So let me 
say to every would-be parent.

1719
02:19:48,700 --> 02:19:52,166
I see you. I'm with you.

1720
02:19:53,866 --> 02:19:58,066
And together In November 
We'll send a message to 
old Cadet Bone spurs.

1721
02:20:07,566 --> 02:20:12,566
Stay Of our doctor's 
offices and where you 
are at it out of the Oval

1722
02:20:13,166 --> 02:20:16,066
Office too.

1723
02:20:19,900 --> 02:20:20,400
Look

1724
02:20:22,200 --> 02:20:26,200
My struggle with infertility 
was more painful than 
any wound I earned

1725
02:20:27,900 --> 02:20:32,400
on the battlefield. So 
how dare a convicted 
felon like Donald Trump

1726
02:20:34,100 --> 02:20:37,600
treat women seeking 
health care like they're 
the ones breaking the

1727
02:20:37,600 --> 02:20:40,166
law. How dare

1728
02:20:41,666 --> 02:20:45,966
JD Vance criticized childless 
women on cable news then.

1729
02:20:47,866 --> 02:20:52,300
Then vote against 
legislation that would have 
actually helped Americans

1730
02:20:53,033 --> 02:20:55,333
to start families.

1731
02:20:58,000 --> 02:21:02,966
Dare the GOP endangered 
the dreams of countless 
veterans whose combat

1732
02:21:04,266 --> 02:21:07,833
wounds prevent them from 
having kids without IVF.

1733
02:21:09,166 --> 02:21:12,533
Punishing our heroes for 
their willingness to serve.

1734
02:21:14,200 --> 02:21:18,666
It's simple. Every 
American deserves the 
right to be called mommy

1735
02:21:20,966 --> 02:21:24,633
or daddy without being 
treated like a criminal.

1736
02:21:29,000 --> 02:21:29,133
I'm

1737
02:21:30,800 --> 02:21:34,666
Harris believes that. 
So let's make some 
history and elect her in

1738
02:21:35,533 --> 02:21:38,366
November. God bless America.

1739
02:21:43,566 --> 02:21:46,566
They'll come to us.

1740
02:21:54,000 --> 02:21:58,966
Senator Tammy Duckworth. 
of Illinois wrapping 
up her remarks there.

1741
02:22:00,733 --> 02:22:03,600
Course retired from the 
Army National Guard as 
a lieutenant colonel

1742
02:22:03,600 --> 02:22:08,300
and has been a vocal 
advocate for the Harris 
Walls campaign and we're

1743
02:22:08,300 --> 02:22:12,966
about to hear from 
what I would say easily 
billed as the headliners

1744
02:22:12,966 --> 02:22:16,133
for the evening. The 
second gentleman, Doug 
Emhoff, will be speaking

1745
02:22:16,133 --> 02:22:20,366
shortly. We'll bring 
you his remarks in just 
a moment, but we're

1746
02:22:20,366 --> 02:22:24,366
still here with our 
panel. Amy Walter, Judy 
Woodruff, David Brooks,

1747
02:22:26,133 --> 02:22:28,366
and Jonathan Capehart. 
Guys, this program is 
moving along, I'd say

1748
02:22:28,366 --> 02:22:32,600
at a faster clip than last 
night's. Fact check true,

1749
02:22:34,266 --> 02:22:36,600
but we've heard from a 
range of voices. David, 
just reflect for a

1750
02:22:36,600 --> 02:22:38,700
moment on what we've 
been hearing so far, 
some of these messages,

1751
02:22:40,333 --> 02:22:42,200
a mix of both Republicans 
and Democrats, speaking 
on behalf of the

1752
02:22:42,200 --> 02:22:46,000
ticket tonight. Well, 
I mean the goal tonight 
is to fill in the vision

1753
02:22:46,000 --> 02:22:48,533
for the future, the vision 
for growth, and I've 
especially been paying

1754
02:22:48,533 --> 02:22:51,566
attention to economic 
policy and there hasn't 
been much of it. There's

1755
02:22:51,566 --> 02:22:54,733
been a lot of abortion 
rights, but there was 
one video up there,

1756
02:22:56,466 --> 02:22:58,833
well, it wasn't even a 
speech, it was a video 
of her domestic it

1757
02:22:58,833 --> 02:23:02,333
was claimed to be the 
economic. Policy part 
of the speech, but it

1758
02:23:02,333 --> 02:23:06,300
had the prescription 
drugs, housing subsidies, 
child tax credit.

1759
02:23:07,966 --> 02:23:09,733
Those are good policies 
or bad policies, but 
they're not economic

1760
02:23:09,733 --> 02:23:13,633
policies. Conference 
board says the economy 
is going to slow to 0.6%

1761
02:23:13,633 --> 02:23:18,466
growth in quarter 3 and flatline 
in Q4, which could mean a pretty

1762
02:23:18,466 --> 02:23:19,800
sour economic environment

1763
02:23:21,466 --> 02:23:24,066
for the incumbent 
party in the fall. She 
better have an economic

1764
02:23:24,066 --> 02:23:27,366
policy to talk about, 
and so far that's a gap. 
She's got 2 more days

1765
02:23:27,366 --> 02:23:30,733
obviously to do that and 
then a whole campaign, 
but There's got to

1766
02:23:30,733 --> 02:23:34,900
be something about jobs, 
about growth, about inflation, 
about productivity,

1767
02:23:36,600 --> 02:23:38,966
the normal economic 
issue. What about that 
Jonathan? Yeah, because

1768
02:23:38,966 --> 02:23:42,666
President Biden is part 
of his social spending 
plan, spent trillions

1769
02:23:42,666 --> 02:23:45,300
of dollars. You can argue 
the merits of whether 
or not those policies

1770
02:23:45,300 --> 02:23:48,666
were, were necessary, 
but it, it, where does 
Kamala Harris go after

1771
02:23:48,666 --> 02:23:51,133
that? How do you spend trillions 
more potentially without making

1772
02:23:51,133 --> 02:23:54,266
inflation worse just 
as Democrats are trying 
to get a handle on it.

1773
02:23:56,000 --> 02:23:59,733
This is where I will 
agree with David up to 
a point. We do need to

1774
02:24:01,266 --> 02:24:03,700
know we need we do need the vice 
president to fill in these gaps

1775
02:24:03,700 --> 02:24:07,900
to tell us what her 
economic policy is. I 
don't think she, I mean,

1776
02:24:09,700 --> 02:24:12,366
if she doesn't do it by 
Thursday. I'm glad you 
said she has the campaign

1777
02:24:12,366 --> 02:24:17,200
to do it. There's a lot 
of gaps and policy holes 
that the vice president

1778
02:24:17,200 --> 02:24:21,133
will have to fill so 
that the American people 
know where she wants

1779
02:24:21,133 --> 02:24:25,000
to take the country beyond 
what we already know,

1780
02:24:26,766 --> 02:24:29,933
but I'm not clear. I'm 
not an economist. Clearly 
I'm not as worried

1781
02:24:29,933 --> 02:24:33,000
about her economic 
policy as David is.

1782
02:24:34,733 --> 02:24:37,166
I have a little more 
faith and trust in her 
and the people around

1783
02:24:37,166 --> 02:24:41,300
her, but David is right, we need 
to know what it is. Amy, to that

1784
02:24:41,300 --> 02:24:44,733
point, we know the 
economy remains the number 
one issue for voters.

1785
02:24:46,400 --> 02:24:48,233
There's only so much 
they can control. I 
should note we're going

1786
02:24:48,233 --> 02:24:50,266
to keep an eye on the 
stage here and have to 
go to the Amha family

1787
02:24:50,266 --> 02:24:53,100
when they come up, but 
what's your view on 
how people are feeling

1788
02:24:53,100 --> 02:24:56,900
about that right now? 
Yeah, I mean what we're 
seeing is voters aren't

1789
02:24:56,900 --> 02:25:01,333
any more optimistic 
today about the economy, 
even though inflation

1790
02:25:01,333 --> 02:25:05,166
continues to tick down, they're 
basing it on how prices looked.

1791
02:25:06,833 --> 02:25:10,033
4 years ago, more so 
than what it is now, 
and here we go, here we

1792
02:25:10,033 --> 02:25:14,933
go indeed back to the 
stage now we believe Cole 
Mhoff, Kamala Harris's

1793
02:25:14,933 --> 02:25:19,400
stepson is now top 
the stage. Doug Emhoff

1794
02:25:48,666 --> 02:25:48,800
You

1795
02:25:54,333 --> 02:25:57,566
I guess he didn't want me to 
give this speech. He just.

1796
02:25:59,266 --> 02:26:02,566
Thank you, thank 
you so much. Hello.

1797
02:26:03,833 --> 02:26:04,666
Thank you

1798
02:26:08,800 --> 02:26:13,800
Hello to my big, beautiful 
blended family up there.

1799
02:26:17,266 --> 02:26:20,366
So Aren't you 
proud of Cole? Wow.

1800
02:26:22,766 --> 02:26:27,100
Special shout out to 
my mother. I see you.

1801
02:26:28,800 --> 02:26:32,766
My mother is the only 
person in the whole 
world who thinks Kamala

1802
02:26:32,766 --> 02:26:37,766
is the lucky one for 
marrying me. Yeah

1803
02:26:39,466 --> 02:26:43,800
And to Kamala who, well, 
we just saw where she 
is. She's out on the

1804
02:26:43,800 --> 02:26:48,800
trail listening to and 
talking with voters. 
Jaime I can't wait for

1805
02:26:50,600 --> 02:26:53,666
you to come back to 
Chicago because we're 
having a great time here.

1806
02:26:58,666 --> 02:27:03,666
I love you so much. I'm 
so proud of how you're 
stepping up for all

1807
02:27:05,466 --> 02:27:10,466
of us. But that's who 
she is. Wherever she's 
needed, however she's

1808
02:27:12,200 --> 02:27:16,500
needed, Kamala rises to 
the occasion. And she 
did it for me and our

1809
02:27:18,233 --> 02:27:21,666
family. And now that 
the country needs her, 
she's showing you what

1810
02:27:21,666 --> 02:27:25,800
we already know. 
She's ready to lead.

1811
02:27:29,000 --> 02:27:33,966
She brings both joy 
and toughness to this 
task, and she will be a

1812
02:27:33,966 --> 02:27:37,500
great president. We 
will all be proud of.

1813
02:27:41,800 --> 02:27:46,100
Now I'm the son of two 
Brooklynites. Mike and Barb

1814
02:27:47,566 --> 02:27:52,033
They've been together almost 70 
years. My dad worked in the shoe

1815
02:27:53,700 --> 02:27:57,766
business in Manhattan. 
And he moved our family 
out to New Jersey.

1816
02:27:58,633 --> 02:28:01,666
Where's New Jersey? See you

1817
02:28:03,166 --> 02:28:06,966
When I was a little kid. 
And in a lot of ways.

1818
02:28:08,200 --> 02:28:11,066
I had a typical Jersey 
suburban childhood.

1819
02:28:12,533 --> 02:28:16,033
I biked around the neighborhood. 
I took the bus to Hebrew school.

1820
02:28:17,766 --> 02:28:21,333
And I rode to Little 
League practice in the 
way back of my coaches

1821
02:28:21,333 --> 02:28:26,333
wood paneled station wagon. And 
if we did well, we got to have a

1822
02:28:28,066 --> 02:28:31,966
slurpee after. In my 
neighborhood, everyone 
left their garage door

1823
02:28:33,633 --> 02:28:37,300
open. Wherever you 
ended up at dinner time, 
that's the family that

1824
02:28:37,300 --> 02:28:41,200
fed you. Everyone took 
care of everyone else.

1825
02:28:42,633 --> 02:28:45,766
And the guys I grew up with 
are still my best friends.

1826
02:28:47,500 --> 02:28:50,566
The group chat is active 
every day and it's 
probably blowing up right

1827
02:28:50,566 --> 02:28:53,566
now guys.

1828
02:28:55,300 --> 02:28:58,200
Well my dad had to get 
a new job, we moved 
across the country to

1829
02:28:58,200 --> 02:29:01,866
LA. Money was tight. 
hey California.

1830
02:29:04,000 --> 02:29:04,133
My

1831
02:29:07,300 --> 02:29:11,400
Money was tight, so I 
worked at McDonald's 
in high school for some

1832
02:29:11,400 --> 02:29:16,033
extra cash. Not only was 
I employee of the month.

1833
02:29:17,700 --> 02:29:21,000
But I still have the 
frame picture which 
you just saw. And there

1834
02:29:21,000 --> 02:29:26,000
was a ring, golden arches 
and all. And then I 
waited tables, parked

1835
02:29:27,466 --> 02:29:31,333
cars. I was working full time so 
I could afford to go to college

1836
02:29:31,333 --> 02:29:36,333
part-time. And thanks to. Thanks 
to partial scholarships, student

1837
02:29:38,100 --> 02:29:40,933
loans, and a little 
help from my dad. I got 
myself through law school

1838
02:29:41,966 --> 02:29:44,200
and I got my first 
job as a lawyer.

1839
02:29:47,733 --> 02:29:52,166
Which is also where 
I met the guys in my 
fantasy football league.

1840
02:29:53,833 --> 02:29:58,166
And uh A lot has changed 
in our lives since 
the early 90s, but my

1841
02:29:59,533 --> 02:30:03,200
team name is still Nirvana. 
Um Yes, after the ban.

1842
02:30:04,933 --> 02:30:09,866
Uh, I worked hard and 
I love being a lawyer, 
and by the way, I still

1843
02:30:11,633 --> 02:30:14,000
get to be part of the 
profession by teaching 
students at Georgetown

1844
02:30:14,000 --> 02:30:19,000
Law School. I got married. 
Became a dad to Colin Ella.

1845
02:30:22,066 --> 02:30:26,466
Unfortunately, I went 
through a divorce. But 
eventually started worrying

1846
02:30:26,466 --> 02:30:31,466
about how I would make 
it all work. And that's 
when something unexpected

1847
02:30:32,966 --> 02:30:36,866
happened. In 2013, I walked into 
a contentious client meeting.

1848
02:30:39,066 --> 02:30:42,300
We work through the issue and by 
the end of the meeting, the now

1849
02:30:42,300 --> 02:30:46,633
happy client. Offered to 
set me up on a blind date.

1850
02:30:48,233 --> 02:30:52,800
Which is how I ended up with 
Kamala Harris's phone number.

1851
02:30:55,800 --> 02:31:00,800
Now For generations. People have 
debated when to call the person

1852
02:31:02,566 --> 02:31:07,366
you're being set up with. 
And never in history 
has anyone suggested

1853
02:31:09,266 --> 02:31:10,566
8:30 a.m.

1854
02:31:13,533 --> 02:31:14,333
And yet

1855
02:31:16,033 --> 02:31:20,166
That's when I dialed. I 
got Kamala's voicemail 
and I just started.

1856
02:31:22,966 --> 02:31:23,633
Rambling

1857
02:31:25,266 --> 02:31:30,266
Hey, it's Doug. I'm on my 
way to an early meeting.

1858
02:31:33,266 --> 02:31:38,266
Again, it's Doug. I 
remember I was trying 
to grab the words out of

1859
02:31:39,966 --> 02:31:43,266
the air and just put 
them back in my mouth. 
And for what seemed like

1860
02:31:43,266 --> 02:31:48,266
far too many minutes I 
hung up. By the way, Kamala 
saved that voicemail.

1861
02:31:51,166 --> 02:31:54,700
And she makes me listen to 
it on every anniversary.

1862
02:31:59,100 --> 02:32:03,533
But that message wasn't the only 
unusual thing about that day.

1863
02:32:05,200 --> 02:32:07,766
Now Kamala, who normally 
would have been working 
hard at her office,

1864
02:32:09,466 --> 02:32:11,266
I just happened to be 
waiting at her apartment 
for a contractor to

1865
02:32:11,266 --> 02:32:15,700
do some work on her 
kitchen. I was eating at 
my desk, which was not

1866
02:32:15,700 --> 02:32:19,766
a regular occurrence for a busy 
lawyer like me who appreciated a

1867
02:32:19,766 --> 02:32:24,366
good business lunch. But 
that's when she called me back.

1868
02:32:25,866 --> 02:32:29,700
And we talked for an hour and 
we laughed. You know that laugh?

1869
02:32:30,400 --> 02:32:33,233
I love that laugh.

1870
02:32:37,233 --> 02:32:41,933
And Maybe. That counted 
as our first date.

1871
02:32:43,666 --> 02:32:46,866
Or maybe it was that 
Saturday night when I 
picked her up and told

1872
02:32:46,866 --> 02:32:51,866
her. Buckle up, I'm a 
really bad driver. Because 
you can't hide anything

1873
02:32:53,333 --> 02:32:57,700
from Kamala Harris, so you might 
as well own it. And as I got to

1874
02:32:58,933 --> 02:33:02,266
know her better. And 
just fell in love fast.

1875
02:33:04,033 --> 02:33:08,800
I learned what drives 
Kamala. And it's what 
you've seen over these

1876
02:33:10,133 --> 02:33:13,200
past 4 years and especially 
these past 4 weeks.

1877
02:33:14,466 --> 02:33:18,166
She finds joy in 
pursuing justice.

1878
02:33:19,700 --> 02:33:22,300
She stands up to bullies just 
like my parents taught me to.

1879
02:33:24,066 --> 02:33:26,900
And she likes to see 
people do well. But hates 
when they're treated

1880
02:33:26,900 --> 02:33:31,900
unfairly. She believes 
this work requires a 
basic curiosity and just

1881
02:33:33,200 --> 02:33:36,866
how people are doing. Her 
empathy is her strength.

1882
02:33:41,666 --> 02:33:46,666
Over the past decade, 
Kama has connected me 
more deeply to my faith.

1883
02:33:48,366 --> 02:33:51,066
Even though it's not 
the same as hers. She 
comes to synagogue with

1884
02:33:51,066 --> 02:33:55,566
me for high holiday 
services and I go to 
church with her for Easter.

1885
02:33:57,233 --> 02:34:01,266
I get to enjoy her mom's 
chili relleno recipe 
every Christmas and

1886
02:34:01,266 --> 02:34:06,266
she makes a mean 
brisket for Passover. It 
brings me right back to

1887
02:34:07,933 --> 02:34:10,233
my grandmother's 
apartment in Brooklyn, you 
know, the one with the

1888
02:34:10,233 --> 02:34:15,233
plastic covered couches. 
McCammala has fought 
against anti-Semitism

1889
02:34:17,300 --> 02:34:22,300
and all forms of hate 
her whole career. She is 
the one who encouraged

1890
02:34:24,033 --> 02:34:28,133
me as second gentleman 
to take up that fight, 
which is so personal

1891
02:34:28,133 --> 02:34:33,133
to me. And those of you 
who belong to blended 
families know that

1892
02:34:34,800 --> 02:34:38,700
they can be a little 
complicated. But as 
soon as our kids started

1893
02:34:39,866 --> 02:34:42,400
calling her Mamala. 
I knew we'd be OK.

1894
02:34:43,733 --> 02:34:47,833
Ella Ella calls us a 
three-headed parenting machine.

1895
02:34:49,133 --> 02:34:53,500
Kala and Kirsten. Thank 
you both. Thank you both.

1896
02:34:55,466 --> 02:34:59,166
We're always In your 
family and the kids first.

1897
02:35:01,000 --> 02:35:04,733
Now Colin Ellis's friends 
knew that when they 
come over for Sunday

1898
02:35:04,733 --> 02:35:09,400
dinner with Mamala, it was gonna 
be real talk. In between taking

1899
02:35:09,400 --> 02:35:13,066
cooking instructions 
they'd have to answer 
questions about what problem

1900
02:35:13,066 --> 02:35:17,166
they wanted to solve in 
the world. They learned 
that you've always

1901
02:35:17,166 --> 02:35:21,300
got to be prepared because Kama 
is going to prosecute the case.

1902
02:35:23,466 --> 02:35:27,566
And in the same breath 
that Colin Greenley 
told us that they were

1903
02:35:27,566 --> 02:35:32,033
engaged. They ask Kamala 
to officiate their wedding.

1904
02:35:33,533 --> 02:35:37,633
And in the same way that she 
always steps up when it matters.

1905
02:35:38,833 --> 02:35:41,600
Kamala puts so much 
time into those remarks.

1906
02:35:43,100 --> 02:35:46,300
And she bound them in a book. 
That matched her dark red dress.

1907
02:35:47,700 --> 02:35:50,266
And then turn that into a 
gift for the happy couple.

1908
02:35:53,400 --> 02:35:58,233
A few days ago. During 
this incredible time 
we're going through,

1909
02:35:59,933 --> 02:36:03,100
there was a brief window 
when Kama was back at 
home. And I saw her

1910
02:36:03,100 --> 02:36:06,533
sitting on her favorite 
chair. And in the 
middle of a wild month,

1911
02:36:08,333 --> 02:36:11,466
I just hoped that she 
was having a quiet moment 
to herself. But then

1912
02:36:11,466 --> 02:36:15,600
I realized she was on the phone 
and of course my my mind went to

1913
02:36:15,600 --> 02:36:19,066
all the potential crises 
that the vice president 
could be dealing

1914
02:36:19,066 --> 02:36:24,066
with was it domestic? 
Was it foreign? Was it 
campaign. I could see

1915
02:36:25,733 --> 02:36:29,766
she was focused and all 
I knew was that it must 
be something important.

1916
02:36:30,966 --> 02:36:33,933
And it turns out it was. 
Ella had called her.

1917
02:36:35,733 --> 02:36:39,300
That's Kamala. That's Kamala.

1918
02:36:41,100 --> 02:36:46,100
Those kids are hard priorities, 
and that scene was a perfect map

1919
02:36:47,800 --> 02:36:51,600
of her heart. She's 
always been there for 
our children, and I know

1920
02:36:52,666 --> 02:36:54,800
she'll always be 
there for yours too.

1921
02:36:58,766 --> 02:37:03,766
Hama is a joyful warrior. 
It's doing for her 
country what she has

1922
02:37:05,466 --> 02:37:09,566
always done for the 
people that she loves 
her passion will benefit

1923
02:37:09,566 --> 02:37:12,566
all of us when 
she's our president.

1924
02:37:15,400 --> 02:37:20,400
And here's the thing 
about joyful warriors. 
There's still warriors

1925
02:37:22,233 --> 02:37:25,600
and Kamala is as tough 
as it comes. Just ask 
the criminals, the global

1926
02:37:27,366 --> 02:37:29,733
gangsters, and the 
witnesses before the Senate 
Judiciary Committee.

1927
02:37:31,466 --> 02:37:35,766
She never runs from a 
fight. And she knows the 
best way to deal with

1928
02:37:35,766 --> 02:37:40,766
a coward is to take him 
head on because we all 
know cowards are weak

1929
02:37:42,466 --> 02:37:46,300
and Kamala Harris can 
smell weakness. She 
doesn't tolerate any BS.

1930
02:37:48,000 --> 02:37:51,833
You've all seen that 
look and you know that 
look I'm talking about.

1931
02:37:53,566 --> 02:37:56,433
That look is not just 
a meme, it reflects our 
true belief in honest

1932
02:37:56,433 --> 02:38:01,033
and direct leadership 
and it's also why she 
will not be distracted

1933
02:38:01,033 --> 02:38:06,033
by nonsense. Pamela knows 
that in order to win 
we cannot lose focus.

1934
02:38:08,133 --> 02:38:13,133
America In this election 
you have to decide 
who to trust with your

1935
02:38:14,566 --> 02:38:17,300
family's future. I trusted 
Kamala with our family's future.

1936
02:38:19,033 --> 02:38:22,800
It was the best decision 
I ever made. This 
Thursday will be our 10th

1937
02:38:24,266 --> 02:38:27,900
wedding anniversary. Which I 
know, I know it means I'm about

1938
02:38:29,900 --> 02:38:34,866
to hear that embarrassing 
voicemail again, 
however, That's not all

1939
02:38:34,866 --> 02:38:39,866
I'll be hearing. That 
same night I'll be hearing 
my wife Kamala Harris,

1940
02:38:41,166 --> 02:38:44,266
except your nomination for 
President of the United.

1941
02:38:44,933 --> 02:38:45,066
S

1942
02:38:47,400 --> 02:38:47,700
Your

1943
02:38:48,466 --> 02:38:49,033
She will

1944
02:38:50,700 --> 02:38:54,533
Joy Toughness with that 
laugh and that. Look 
with compassion and

1945
02:38:56,233 --> 02:38:59,733
conviction, she'll lead 
from the belief that 
wherever we come from,

1946
02:39:01,600 --> 02:39:04,100
whatever we look like 
we're strongest when we 
fight for what we believe

1947
02:39:04,100 --> 02:39:07,133
in, not just against 
what we fear.

1948
02:39:08,800 --> 02:39:12,833
Pamela Harris was 
exactly the right person 
for me at an important

1949
02:39:14,600 --> 02:39:17,733
moment in my life. And 
at this moment in our 
nation's history, she

1950
02:39:17,733 --> 02:39:21,900
is exactly the right 
president. Thank you so much.

1951
02:39:58,433 --> 02:40:02,066
Please welcome former 
First Lady Michelle Obama.

1952
02:41:22,233 --> 02:41:26,966
Something wonderfully magical 
is in the air, isn't it?

1953
02:41:30,333 --> 02:41:34,533
And now we're feeling 
here in this arena, 
but it's spreading all

1954
02:41:34,533 --> 02:41:39,533
across this country we 
love. A familiar feeling 
that's been buried

1955
02:41:41,033 --> 02:41:45,366
too deep for far too long. You 
know what I'm talking about.

1956
02:41:48,466 --> 02:41:51,666
The contagious power of hope.

1957
02:41:56,333 --> 02:42:01,300
The anticipation. The 
energy, the exhilaration 
of once again being

1958
02:42:02,966 --> 02:42:07,366
on the cusp. Of a 
brighter day. The chance 
To vanquish the demons

1959
02:42:09,533 --> 02:42:14,533
of fear, division and 
hate that have consumed 
us and continue pursuing

1960
02:42:16,400 --> 02:42:21,400
the unfinished promise 
of this great nation. The 
dream that our parents

1961
02:42:22,733 --> 02:42:26,433
and grandparents fought and 
died and sacrificed for.

1962
02:42:27,500 --> 02:42:30,533
America Hope is 
making a comeback.

1963
02:42:44,766 --> 02:42:49,766
To be honest. I am realizing 
that until recently,

1964
02:42:51,500 --> 02:42:54,566
I have mourned the 
dimming of that hope.

1965
02:42:56,033 --> 02:43:00,700
And maybe you've experienced the 
same feelings? Is that deep pit

1966
02:43:02,133 --> 02:43:05,800
in my stomach. A palpable sense 
of dread about the future.

1967
02:43:08,600 --> 02:43:13,600
And for me that morning has also 
been mixed with my own personal

1968
02:43:15,266 --> 02:43:19,333
grief. The last time I 
was here in my hometown 
was to memorialize

1969
02:43:21,300 --> 02:43:26,300
my mother. The woman who 
showed me the meaning of 
hard work and humility

1970
02:43:28,000 --> 02:43:33,000
and decency. The 
woman who set my moral 
compass high. And showed

1971
02:43:34,333 --> 02:43:38,933
me the power of my 
own voice. Folks

1972
02:43:44,200 --> 02:43:48,600
I still feel her 
loss so profoundly.

1973
02:43:50,400 --> 02:43:53,433
I wasn't even sure if 
I'd be steady enough to 
stand before you tonight.

1974
02:43:55,166 --> 02:43:59,333
But my heart compelled 
me to be here because 
of the sense of duty

1975
02:43:59,333 --> 02:44:04,333
that I feel to honor her memory. 
And and to remind us all.

1976
02:44:06,466 --> 02:44:11,466
Not to squander the 
sacrifices our elders 
made to give us a better

1977
02:44:12,366 --> 02:44:15,366
future.

1978
02:44:17,366 --> 02:44:18,333
You see

1979
02:44:19,633 --> 02:44:20,633
My mom

1980
02:44:22,300 --> 02:44:26,433
In her steady, quiet way 
lived out that striving 
sense of hope, every

1981
02:44:28,100 --> 02:44:32,433
single day of her life. 
She believed that all 
children, all, all

1982
02:44:34,166 --> 02:44:37,733
people have value. That 
anyone can succeed if 
given the opportunity.

1983
02:44:40,933 --> 02:44:45,766
She and my father. didn't 
aspire to be wealthy. 
In fact, they were

1984
02:44:45,766 --> 02:44:49,666
suspicious of folks who 
took more than they needed.

1985
02:44:51,366 --> 02:44:55,266
They understood. That 
it wasn't enough for 
their kids to thrive if

1986
02:44:56,600 --> 02:45:01,366
everyone else around us 
was drowning. So my mother.

1987
02:45:03,000 --> 02:45:07,100
Volunteered at the local 
school. She, she always 
looked out for the

1988
02:45:07,100 --> 02:45:12,100
other kids on the block. 
She was glad to do the 
thankless unglamorous

1989
02:45:13,900 --> 02:45:18,433
work that for generations 
has strengthened the 
fabric of this nation.

1990
02:45:20,166 --> 02:45:24,866
The belief that if you 
do unto others if you 
love thy neighbor if

1991
02:45:26,566 --> 02:45:30,200
you work and scrape 
and sacrifice, it will 
pay off if not for you,

1992
02:45:31,566 --> 02:45:33,966
then maybe for your children 
or your grandchildren.

1993
02:45:35,400 --> 02:45:40,400
You see those. Values. 
have been passed on.

1994
02:45:41,866 --> 02:45:46,166
Through family farms and factory 
towns through tree-lined streets

1995
02:45:46,166 --> 02:45:50,700
and crowded tenements 
through prayer groups 
and National Guard units

1996
02:45:50,700 --> 02:45:55,700
and social studies 
classrooms. Those were the 
values my mother poured

1997
02:45:56,833 --> 02:45:59,033
into me until her 
very last breath.

1998
02:46:01,100 --> 02:46:06,100
Kamala Harris and I built 
our lives on the same 
foundational values.

1999
02:46:07,500 --> 02:46:10,566
Even though our mothers 
grew up in ocean apart.

2000
02:46:12,066 --> 02:46:15,633
They shared the same belief in 
the promise of this country.

2001
02:46:16,866 --> 02:46:17,633
That's why

2002
02:46:18,833 --> 02:46:22,233
Her mother moved here 
from India at 19.

2003
02:46:23,466 --> 02:46:26,400
It's why she taught 
Kamala about justice,

2004
02:46:28,066 --> 02:46:32,000
about the obligation to 
lift others up. About 
our responsibility

2005
02:46:33,700 --> 02:46:37,366
to give more than we 
take. She'd often tell 
her daughter. Don't sit

2006
02:46:38,700 --> 02:46:42,033
around and complain about 
things, do something.

2007
02:46:44,066 --> 02:46:44,733
So

2008
02:46:46,433 --> 02:46:50,666
With that voice. In 
her head. Kamela went 
out and she worked hard

2009
02:46:51,766 --> 02:46:54,600
in school graduating 
from an HBCU.

2010
02:46:57,966 --> 02:47:02,966
State school. And then 
she went on to work 
for the people fighting

2011
02:47:04,833 --> 02:47:08,766
to hold lawbreakers 
accountable, strengthening 
the rule of law, fighting

2012
02:47:08,766 --> 02:47:13,766
to get folks better wages, 
cheaper prescription 
drugs, a good education,

2013
02:47:15,533 --> 02:47:19,366
decent health care, child 
care, elder care from a 
middle class household,

2014
02:47:21,033 --> 02:47:24,800
Kamala worked her way up 
to become vice president 
of the United States

2015
02:47:24,800 --> 02:47:27,800
of America.

2016
02:47:32,866 --> 02:47:37,866
is more Then ready for 
this moment. She is one 
of the most qualified

2017
02:47:39,400 --> 02:47:42,966
people ever to seek the 
office of the presidency.

2018
02:47:46,200 --> 02:47:46,800
And

2019
02:47:48,500 --> 02:47:51,766
She is one of the 
most dignified.

2020
02:47:53,266 --> 02:47:56,633
A tribute to her mother, to my 
mother, and to your mother too.

2021
02:47:58,433 --> 02:48:03,033
The embodiment. Of the 
stories we tell ourselves 
about this country,

2022
02:48:04,733 --> 02:48:09,200
her story is your story. 
It's my story. It's 
the story of the vast

2023
02:48:10,533 --> 02:48:13,366
majority of Americans trying 
to build a better life.

2024
02:48:15,066 --> 02:48:18,866
Look, Kamala knows like 
we do that regardless 
of where you come from,

2025
02:48:20,666 --> 02:48:22,400
what you look like, 
who you love, how you 
worship, or what's in your

2026
02:48:22,400 --> 02:48:27,000
bank account we all 
deserve the opportunity 
to build a decent life.

2027
02:48:28,200 --> 02:48:31,333
All of our contributions 
deserve to be

2028
02:48:32,033 --> 02:48:35,000
accepted. valued.

2029
02:48:38,466 --> 02:48:39,033
Because

2030
02:48:40,500 --> 02:48:44,566
No one has a monopoly on what it 
means to be an American no one.

2031
02:48:53,333 --> 02:48:58,300
Has shown her allegiance to this 
nation, not by spewing anger and

2032
02:48:58,300 --> 02:49:03,300
bitterness. But by 
living a life of service 
and always pushing the

2033
02:49:04,966 --> 02:49:08,933
doors of opportunity 
open to others. She 
understands that most of

2034
02:49:10,400 --> 02:49:14,000
us will never be afforded 
the grace of failing forward.

2035
02:49:15,733 --> 02:49:19,766
We will never benefit 
from the affirmative 
action of generational

2036
02:49:19,766 --> 02:49:22,766
wealth.

2037
02:49:29,966 --> 02:49:30,600
If we

2038
02:49:31,366 --> 02:49:32,366
the business

2039
02:49:33,833 --> 02:49:38,666
If we bankrupt a business. choke 
in a crisis we don't get a 2nd,

2040
02:49:39,700 --> 02:49:44,000
3rd or 4th chance. 
Don't go our We

2041
02:49:45,733 --> 02:49:49,533
We don't have the luxury 
of whining or cheating 
others to get further

2042
02:49:49,533 --> 02:49:52,533
ahead, no.

2043
02:49:54,266 --> 02:49:58,600
Change the rules so we 
always win if we see 
a mountain in front of

2044
02:50:00,300 --> 02:50:02,333
us, we don't expect 
there to be an escalator 
waiting to take us to

2045
02:50:02,333 --> 02:50:05,333
the top.

2046
02:50:09,566 --> 02:50:10,133
Oh

2047
02:50:11,300 --> 02:50:16,100
We get to work. In 
America We do something.

2048
02:50:19,500 --> 02:50:24,500
Entire life. That's What 
we've seen from Kamala Harris.

2049
02:50:26,200 --> 02:50:31,133
The steel of her spine. 
The steadiness of her 
upbringing, the honesty

2050
02:50:32,600 --> 02:50:36,433
of her example and yes, the joy 
of her laughter and her lights.

2051
02:50:41,266 --> 02:50:42,000
Yes

2052
02:50:43,566 --> 02:50:47,666
Of the two major 
candidates in this race. 
Only Kamala Harris truly

2053
02:50:49,500 --> 02:50:53,066
understands the unseen 
labor and unwavering 
commitment that has always

2054
02:50:53,833 --> 02:50:56,100
made America great.

2055
02:51:01,400 --> 02:51:06,233
Now unfortunately, We 
know what comes next.

2056
02:51:07,900 --> 02:51:10,966
We know folks are going 
to do everything they 
can to distort her

2057
02:51:10,966 --> 02:51:15,966
truth. My husband and 
I sadly know a little 
something about this.

2058
02:51:18,966 --> 02:51:23,233
For years Donald Trump 
did everything in his 
power to try to make

2059
02:51:23,233 --> 02:51:28,233
people fear us. See 
his his limited narrow 
view of the world made

2060
02:51:30,666 --> 02:51:34,933
him feel threatened by the 
existence of two hardwork 
and highly educated,

2061
02:51:36,166 --> 02:51:38,166
successful people who 
happen to be black.

2062
02:51:54,966 --> 02:51:55,366
Oh

2063
02:51:56,966 --> 02:51:57,366
Oh

2064
02:51:58,733 --> 02:51:59,633
To tell him

2065
02:52:01,166 --> 02:52:03,200
Gonna tell him that the job he's 
currently seeking might just be

2066
02:52:03,200 --> 02:52:06,200
one of those black jobs.

2067
02:52:24,466 --> 02:52:24,866
The same

2068
02:52:25,400 --> 02:52:25,533
One

2069
02:52:27,266 --> 02:52:31,300
Doubling down On ugly 
misogynistic, racist 
lives as a substitute

2070
02:52:33,066 --> 02:52:35,866
for real ideas and 
solutions that will actually 
make people's lives

2071
02:52:35,866 --> 02:52:40,433
better. Look, because 
cutting. Health care

2072
02:52:42,166 --> 02:52:45,700
Taking away our freedom 
to control our bodies, 
the freedom to become

2073
02:52:45,700 --> 02:52:50,700
a mother through IVF 
like I did. Those things 
are not going to improve

2074
02:52:52,166 --> 02:52:55,866
the health outcomes of our 
wives, mothers and daughters.

2075
02:52:57,533 --> 02:53:01,366
Shutting down the 
Department of Education 
banning our books, none

2076
02:53:03,033 --> 02:53:06,600
of that will prepare 
our kids for the future 
demonizing our children

2077
02:53:06,600 --> 02:53:11,333
for being who they are 
and loving who they 
love. Look that. Doesn't

2078
02:53:11,333 --> 02:53:13,100
make Everybody's life better

2079
02:53:17,000 --> 02:53:17,466
In

2080
02:53:19,100 --> 02:53:20,066
Instead

2081
02:53:21,533 --> 02:53:26,333
It only makes us small. And let 
me tell you this, going small is

2082
02:53:28,100 --> 02:53:33,100
never the answer. Going 
small is the opposite 
of what we teach our

2083
02:53:34,566 --> 02:53:39,033
kids. Going small is petty. It's 
unhealthy and quite frankly it's

2084
02:53:40,266 --> 02:53:43,266
unpresidential.

2085
02:53:47,666 --> 02:53:48,200
No

2086
02:53:50,866 --> 02:53:55,866
Would any of us. Except 
this from anyone seeking 
our highest office.

2087
02:53:57,300 --> 02:54:00,366
Why will we normalize that 
type of backward leadership.

2088
02:54:02,200 --> 02:54:07,200
Doing so only demeans and 
cheapens our politics. 
It only serves to

2089
02:54:08,866 --> 02:54:12,500
further discourage good 
big-hearted people from 
wanting to get involved

2090
02:54:12,500 --> 02:54:17,500
at all. America. Parents 
taught us better than that.

2091
02:54:19,033 --> 02:54:23,833
We deserve so much better than 
that. We must do everything in

2092
02:54:25,966 --> 02:54:30,966
our power to elect two 
of those good big-hearted 
people. There is

2093
02:54:32,666 --> 02:54:36,000
no other choice than 
Kamala Harris and Tim 
Walsh, no other choice.

2094
02:54:44,933 --> 02:54:45,333
But

2095
02:54:47,333 --> 02:54:48,200
As we

2096
02:54:49,933 --> 02:54:54,033
Embrace this renewed 
sense of hope. Let us 
not forget the despair

2097
02:54:55,466 --> 02:55:00,233
we have felt. Let us not 
forget what we are up against.

2098
02:55:01,900 --> 02:55:04,533
Yes, Kamala and Tim 
are doing great now. 
We're loving it. They're

2099
02:55:04,533 --> 02:55:08,700
packing arenas across 
the country, folks are 
energized. We are feeling

2100
02:55:08,700 --> 02:55:10,933
good. But

2101
02:55:12,733 --> 02:55:17,400
Remember there are still 
so many people who are 
desperate for a different

2102
02:55:17,400 --> 02:55:22,400
outcome. Who are ready 
to question and criticize 
every move Kamala

2103
02:55:24,166 --> 02:55:27,766
makes who are eager to 
spread those lies who 
don't want to vote for

2104
02:55:29,533 --> 02:55:33,100
a woman who will continue 
to prioritize building 
their wealth over

2105
02:55:33,100 --> 02:55:38,100
ensuring that everyone 
has enough. So no 
matter how good we feel

2106
02:55:39,866 --> 02:55:44,566
tonight or tomorrow or 
the next day. This is 
going to be an uphill

2107
02:55:46,000 --> 02:55:49,866
battle. So folks. We cannot 
be our own worst enemies.

2108
02:55:52,033 --> 02:55:57,033
No. Because the minute 
Something goes wrong.

2109
02:55:58,733 --> 02:56:01,733
The minute a lie takes 
hold, folks, we cannot 
start wringing our

2110
02:56:01,733 --> 02:56:06,733
hands. We cannot get 
a Goldilocks complex 
about whether everything

2111
02:56:07,366 --> 02:56:10,266
is just right.

2112
02:56:13,800 --> 02:56:18,800
We cannot Indulge 
Anxieties about whether 
this country will elect

2113
02:56:20,633 --> 02:56:25,066
someone like Kamala 
instead of doing everything 
we can to get someone

2114
02:56:25,800 --> 02:56:28,366
like Kamala elected.

2115
02:56:34,300 --> 02:56:35,200
And Tim

2116
02:56:36,833 --> 02:56:41,600
They have lived amazing 
lives. And I, I am 
confident that they will

2117
02:56:43,633 --> 02:56:48,633
lead with compassion, 
inclusion, and grace, but.

2118
02:56:50,133 --> 02:56:55,133
They are still only human. 
They are not perfect.

2119
02:56:56,800 --> 02:57:01,333
And like all of us, 
they will make mistakes. 
But luckily y'all, this

2120
02:57:03,066 --> 02:57:06,733
is not just on them. 
No, uh uh, this is up 
to us, all of us to be

2121
02:57:08,766 --> 02:57:13,766
the solution that we 
seek. It's up to all of 
us to be the anecdote

2122
02:57:15,466 --> 02:57:19,533
to the darkness and 
division. Look, I don't 
care how You identify

2123
02:57:21,200 --> 02:57:24,700
politically whether you're 
Democrat, Republican, 
Independent, or

2124
02:57:24,700 --> 02:57:29,533
none of the above. This 
is our time to stand 
up for what we know

2125
02:57:29,533 --> 02:57:32,533
in our hearts is right.

2126
02:57:37,000 --> 02:57:41,400
To stand up Not just 
for our basic freedoms.

2127
02:57:43,233 --> 02:57:47,033
But for decency and 
humanity. For basic respect, 
dignity, and empathy.

2128
02:57:50,066 --> 02:57:54,533
For the values at the very 
foundation of this democracy.

2129
02:57:56,300 --> 02:57:59,733
It's up to us to remember 
what Kamala's mother 
told her, Don't just

2130
02:57:59,733 --> 02:58:02,766
sit around and 
complain, do something

2131
02:58:04,266 --> 02:58:08,333
so if they lie about. And they 
will, we've got to do something.

2132
02:58:10,066 --> 02:58:13,266
If we see a bad poll, 
and we will, we got 
to put down that phone

2133
02:58:13,266 --> 02:58:18,266
and do something. Start 
feeling tired if we 
start feeling that dread

2134
02:58:19,733 --> 02:58:22,466
creeping back in. We gotta pick 
ourselves up, throw water on our

2135
02:58:22,466 --> 02:58:27,466
face, and what? We only 
have 2.5 months, y'all.

2136
02:58:29,500 --> 02:58:34,500
To get this done. Only 11 weeks 
to make sure every single person

2137
02:58:36,366 --> 02:58:40,933
we know is registered 
and has a voting plan.

2138
02:58:42,066 --> 02:58:42,766
So

2139
02:58:44,500 --> 02:58:48,966
We cannot afford. For 
anyone, anyone, anyone 
America to sit on their

2140
02:58:50,733 --> 02:58:54,500
hands and wait to be 
called. Don't complain if 
no one from the campaign

2141
02:58:55,966 --> 02:58:59,433
has specifically reached out to 
you to ask you for your support.

2142
02:59:00,933 --> 02:59:04,600
There is simply no time for 
that kind of foolishness.

2143
02:59:07,100 --> 02:59:09,333
No You need to do Oh

2144
02:59:15,033 --> 02:59:17,533
Consider Yes To be

2145
02:59:19,166 --> 02:59:23,133
Your official ask. 
Michelle Obama is asking 
you, no, I'm telling

2146
02:59:23,900 --> 02:59:26,166
y'all to do something.

2147
02:59:32,266 --> 02:59:32,833
Because

2148
02:59:45,566 --> 02:59:50,566
This election It's 
gonna be close. In some 
states just a handful,

2149
02:59:52,300 --> 02:59:55,200
listen to me, a handful 
of votes in every 
precinct could decide the

2150
02:59:55,200 --> 03:00:00,200
winner. So we need to 
vote in numbers that 
have raised any doubt.

2151
03:00:01,666 --> 03:00:05,833
We need to overwhelm any 
effort to suppress us.

2152
03:00:08,000 --> 03:00:13,000
fate is in our hands 
in 77 days we have the 
power to turn our country

2153
03:00:15,266 --> 03:00:18,900
away from the fear, division, 
and smallness of the past.

2154
03:00:20,333 --> 03:00:24,900
We have the power. To marry 
our hope with our action.

2155
03:00:26,866 --> 03:00:31,866
We have the power. To 
pay forward the love. 
Sweat and sacrifice of

2156
03:00:33,766 --> 03:00:37,900
our mothers and fathers and 
all those who came before us.

2157
03:00:39,566 --> 03:00:43,233
We did it before y'all. 
And we sure can do 
it again. Let us work

2158
03:00:43,233 --> 03:00:46,000
like I've lived. 
depend on it. And

2159
03:00:46,733 --> 03:00:47,133
moving

2160
03:00:48,400 --> 03:00:48,533
For

2161
03:00:49,433 --> 03:00:49,666
Go

2162
03:00:51,400 --> 03:00:55,800
Yes, always higher than 
we've ever gone before 
as we elect the next

2163
03:00:55,800 --> 03:00:59,633
president and vice president of 
the United States, Kamala Harris

2164
03:00:59,633 --> 03:01:02,600
and Tim Walsh, thank 
you all. God bless.

2165
03:01:19,866 --> 03:01:20,300
Before

2166
03:01:21,333 --> 03:01:21,566
Go

2167
03:01:24,633 --> 03:01:27,633
One more job tonight.

2168
03:01:34,833 --> 03:01:35,833
One more job

2169
03:01:37,533 --> 03:01:41,933
You all, thank you for all the 
love. But it is now my honor.

2170
03:01:42,533 --> 03:01:43,700
To introduce

2171
03:01:46,500 --> 03:01:51,500
A whole lot about hope. 
Someone who has. spent

2172
03:01:53,566 --> 03:01:57,833
his life strengthening 
our democracy and let 
me tell you as someone

2173
03:01:57,833 --> 03:02:02,400
who lives with him. 
He wakes up every day.

2174
03:02:03,900 --> 03:02:07,600
Every day. And thinks about 
what's best for this country.

2175
03:02:09,233 --> 03:02:12,866
Please welcome America's 
44th president and 
the love of my life.

2176
03:02:48,500 --> 03:02:49,666
Hello Chicago

2177
03:03:14,700 --> 03:03:17,700
Thank you, thank you.

2178
03:03:19,400 --> 03:03:19,733
Thank

2179
03:03:31,266 --> 03:03:31,400
them

2180
03:03:32,533 --> 03:03:35,966
Thank you, thank you. Chicago

2181
03:03:38,500 --> 03:03:39,500
It's good to be Yeah

2182
03:03:44,166 --> 03:03:45,133
Go and

2183
03:03:45,900 --> 03:03:46,200
Ah

2184
03:03:47,500 --> 03:03:50,333
I don't know about you, 
but. I'm feeling fired up.

2185
03:03:57,533 --> 03:04:01,200
Ah I, I am feeling ready to go.

2186
03:04:06,200 --> 03:04:07,100
Even if

2187
03:04:07,800 --> 03:04:08,266
Even if

2188
03:04:10,000 --> 03:04:12,500
I am the only person 
stupid enough to speak 
after Michelle Obama.

2189
03:04:19,633 --> 03:04:24,633
I am feeling hopeful. 
Because this convention

2190
03:04:26,300 --> 03:04:30,433
has always been pretty 
good to kids with funny 
names who believe.

2191
03:04:31,633 --> 03:04:33,933
In a country where 
anything is possible.

2192
03:04:37,766 --> 03:04:41,766
Because we have a chance to 
elect someone who has spent

2193
03:04:43,466 --> 03:04:47,300
Her entire life trying 
to give people the same 
chances America gave

2194
03:04:48,533 --> 03:04:52,733
her. Someone who sees 
you. And here's you

2195
03:04:54,133 --> 03:04:57,333
And we'll get up every 
single day and fight for you.

2196
03:04:59,033 --> 03:05:03,266
The next president of 
the United States of 
America, Kamala Harris.

2197
03:05:11,933 --> 03:05:13,833
It's been 16 years

2198
03:05:15,633 --> 03:05:19,833
since I had the honor of 
accepting this party's 
nomination for president.

2199
03:05:21,000 --> 03:05:21,800
And

2200
03:05:23,333 --> 03:05:26,933
I know that's hard to believe 
because I have not aged a bit.

2201
03:05:30,300 --> 03:05:31,166
But it's true

2202
03:05:33,733 --> 03:05:38,733
And, and looking back. I 
can say without question.

2203
03:05:40,400 --> 03:05:44,366
That my first big 
decision as your nominee 
turned out to be one of

2204
03:05:44,366 --> 03:05:48,433
my best. And I was 
asking Joe Biden to serve

2205
03:05:49,333 --> 03:05:51,966
by my side as vice president.

2206
03:05:58,600 --> 03:05:59,366
Oh

2207
03:06:00,666 --> 03:06:03,866
other, other than some 
common Irish blood.

2208
03:06:05,900 --> 03:06:06,966
Joe and I

2209
03:06:08,300 --> 03:06:11,533
Come from different backgrounds. 
When we became brothers.

2210
03:06:12,900 --> 03:06:15,666
And as we work together for a

2211
03:06:17,433 --> 03:06:21,200
Sometimes pretty tough 
years. When I came to 
admire most about Joe

2212
03:06:21,200 --> 03:06:24,633
wasn't just as smart, 
his experience.

2213
03:06:26,066 --> 03:06:29,666
It was his empathy. 
And his decency.

2214
03:06:30,833 --> 03:06:32,033
And it's hard

2215
03:06:33,766 --> 03:06:37,866
earned resilience. His 
unshakable belief that 
everyone in this country

2216
03:06:38,633 --> 03:06:40,966
deserves a fair shot.

2217
03:06:45,400 --> 03:06:49,266
And over the last 4 years, 
those are the values.

2218
03:06:50,966 --> 03:06:55,166
America has needed most. 
At a time when millions 
of our fellow citizens

2219
03:06:56,633 --> 03:07:00,933
were sick and dying. We needed a 
leader with the character to put

2220
03:07:02,666 --> 03:07:05,866
politics aside and do 
what was right. At a 
time when our economy

2221
03:07:05,866 --> 03:07:10,866
was reeling. We needed 
a leader with the 
determination to drive what

2222
03:07:12,566 --> 03:07:15,500
would become the world's 
strongest recovery, 15 
million jobs, higher

2223
03:07:15,500 --> 03:07:20,500
wages, lower health care costs. 
At a time when the other party

2224
03:07:23,433 --> 03:07:28,433
had turned into a cult 
of personality. We 
needed a leader who was

2225
03:07:29,500 --> 03:07:32,200
steady. And brought 
people together.

2226
03:07:33,933 --> 03:07:38,133
And was selfless enough 
to do the rarest thing 
there is in politics.

2227
03:07:39,633 --> 03:07:42,766
Putting his own ambition aside 
for the sake of the country.

2228
03:07:49,200 --> 03:07:54,200
History We'll remember Joe Biden 
as an outstanding president.

2229
03:07:55,600 --> 03:07:59,966
Who defended democracy. At 
a moment of great danger.

2230
03:08:01,766 --> 03:08:06,133
And I am proud to call 
him my president, but 
I am even prouder to

2231
03:08:06,133 --> 03:08:09,133
call him my friend.

2232
03:08:25,000 --> 03:08:25,566
No

2233
03:08:28,133 --> 03:08:33,133
The torch has been passed. 
Now it is up to all of us.

2234
03:08:35,800 --> 03:08:36,533
To fight

2235
03:08:38,200 --> 03:08:41,900
For the America we 
believe in. And make no 
mistake, it will be a

2236
03:08:41,900 --> 03:08:46,900
fight. For all the 
incredible energy we've 
been able to generate

2237
03:08:48,400 --> 03:08:50,600
over the last few weeks for 
all the rallies and the memes.

2238
03:08:53,800 --> 03:08:58,800
This will still be a tight race. 
In a closely divided country.

2239
03:09:01,733 --> 03:09:05,133
A country where too many 
Americans are still struggling.

2240
03:09:07,266 --> 03:09:07,966
Where

2241
03:09:09,700 --> 03:09:13,700
A lot of Americans don't 
believe government can 
help. And as we gather

2242
03:09:15,133 --> 03:09:18,166
here tonight, the people who 
will decide this election.

2243
03:09:19,500 --> 03:09:24,466
are asking a very simple 
question. Who will fight for me?

2244
03:09:26,300 --> 03:09:31,300
Who's thinking about 
my future, about my 
children's future, about

2245
03:09:32,033 --> 03:09:34,600
our future together.

2246
03:09:36,700 --> 03:09:41,700
One thing is for certain. 
Donald Trump is not 
losing sleep over that

2247
03:09:43,300 --> 03:09:46,300
question.

2248
03:09:50,533 --> 03:09:55,533
Here's a 78 year old 
billionaire. Who has not 
stopped whining about

2249
03:09:57,300 --> 03:10:01,900
his problems. Since he 
wrote down his golden 
escalator 9 years ago.

2250
03:10:03,366 --> 03:10:08,000
It has been a constant stream 
of gripes and grievances.

2251
03:10:09,833 --> 03:10:11,900
That that's actually been 
getting worse now that 
he's afraid of losing

2252
03:10:11,900 --> 03:10:14,900
the common.

2253
03:10:16,866 --> 03:10:21,866
There's the childish nicknames. 
The crazy conspiracy theories.

2254
03:10:23,900 --> 03:10:26,900
This weird obsession 
with crowd sizes.

2255
03:10:37,700 --> 03:10:41,133
It just goes and on and on.

2256
03:10:44,400 --> 03:10:48,833
The other day I heard 
someone compare Trump. 
To the neighbor who

2257
03:10:48,833 --> 03:10:52,900
keeps running his leaf 
blower outside your 
window every minute of

2258
03:10:52,900 --> 03:10:55,866
every day.

2259
03:10:58,500 --> 03:11:00,400
Now From a neighbor

2260
03:11:01,500 --> 03:11:05,500
That's exhausting. 
From a president

2261
03:11:07,500 --> 03:11:12,500
It's just dangerous. The, the, 
the truth is Donald Trump seized

2262
03:11:14,666 --> 03:11:18,166
power as nothing more 
than it means to his ends.

2263
03:11:19,866 --> 03:11:22,900
He wants the middle 
class to pay the price 
for another huge tax cut

2264
03:11:22,900 --> 03:11:27,300
that would mostly help 
him. And his rich friends.

2265
03:11:28,500 --> 03:11:31,866
He killed a bipartisan 
immigration deal.

2266
03:11:33,566 --> 03:11:36,566
Written in part by one 
of the most conservative 
Republicans in Congress.

2267
03:11:38,066 --> 03:11:40,700
That would have helped secure 
our southern border because

2268
03:11:42,033 --> 03:11:44,300
He thought Trying to 
actually solve the problem.

2269
03:11:45,400 --> 03:11:49,200
Would hurt his 
campaign. He doesn't

2270
03:11:51,000 --> 03:11:52,100
Do not vote

2271
03:11:53,266 --> 03:11:53,533
Boat

2272
03:12:01,800 --> 03:12:06,800
He doesn't seem to care 
if more Women lose their 
reproductive freedom

2273
03:12:08,300 --> 03:12:12,100
since it won't affect his life. 
And most of all, Donald Trump

2274
03:12:14,166 --> 03:12:17,700
wants us to think that this 
country is hopelessly divided.

2275
03:12:18,566 --> 03:12:23,000
Between us and them. Between

2276
03:12:24,233 --> 03:12:26,933
The real Americans, who 
of course support him.

2277
03:12:28,633 --> 03:12:32,200
And the outsiders who 
don't. And he wants you 
to think that you'll

2278
03:12:32,200 --> 03:12:37,200
be richer and safer. If 
you will just give him 
the power to put those

2279
03:12:38,900 --> 03:12:43,533
other people back in 
their place. It is one 
of the oldest tricks

2280
03:12:45,233 --> 03:12:49,633
in politics. From a guy 
whose act has, let's 
face it, gotten pretty

2281
03:12:49,633 --> 03:12:54,633
stale. We do not need 
4 more years. A bluster

2282
03:12:57,633 --> 03:13:02,633
And bumbling and chaos 
we have seen that 
movie before and we all

2283
03:13:03,800 --> 03:13:06,633
know that the sequel 
is usually worse.

2284
03:13:12,866 --> 03:13:17,866
America's ready for a 
new chapter. America's 
ready for a better story.

2285
03:13:19,500 --> 03:13:23,233
We are ready for a 
president, Kamala Harris.

2286
03:13:33,233 --> 03:13:36,233
And Kamala Harris is 
ready for the job.

2287
03:13:38,766 --> 03:13:42,300
This is a person who 
has spent her life.

2288
03:13:43,766 --> 03:13:46,033
Fighting on behalf of people 
who need a voice and a champion.

2289
03:13:47,666 --> 03:13:50,833
As you heard from 
Michelle, Kamelo was 
not born into privilege.

2290
03:13:52,533 --> 03:13:56,833
She had to work for 
what she's got. And she 
actually cares about.

2291
03:13:58,533 --> 03:14:01,066
What other people are 
going through. She's 
not the neighbor running

2292
03:14:01,066 --> 03:14:03,466
the leaf blower. She's 
the neighbor rushing 
over to help when you

2293
03:14:03,466 --> 03:14:06,466
need a hand.

2294
03:14:08,166 --> 03:14:12,400
As a prosecutor. Kamala 
stood up for children 
who had been victims

2295
03:14:12,400 --> 03:14:17,400
of sexual abuse. As 
an attorney general of 
the most populous state

2296
03:14:18,900 --> 03:14:22,533
in the country. She fought big 
banks. And for-profit colleges.

2297
03:14:25,333 --> 03:14:30,333
Securing billions of dollars. 
For the people they had scammed.

2298
03:14:32,066 --> 03:14:35,500
After the home mortgage 
crisis, she pushed me 
and my administration

2299
03:14:35,500 --> 03:14:39,066
hard. To make sure homeowners 
got a fair settlement.

2300
03:14:40,766 --> 03:14:42,700
Didn't matter that I was 
a Democrat. It didn't 
matter that you had

2301
03:14:42,700 --> 03:14:46,000
knocked on doors for 
my campaign in Iowa she 
was going to fight to

2302
03:14:46,000 --> 03:14:50,133
get as much relief 
as possible for the 
families who deserved it.

2303
03:14:55,166 --> 03:15:00,133
As vice president. She 
helped take on the drug 
companies to cap the

2304
03:15:00,133 --> 03:15:04,700
cost of insulin. Lower 
the cost of health 
care. Get families with

2305
03:15:04,700 --> 03:15:09,700
kids a tax cut. And 
she is running for 
president with real plans

2306
03:15:11,400 --> 03:15:14,100
to lower costs even more 
and protect Medicare 
and Medicaid and sign

2307
03:15:15,800 --> 03:15:19,200
a law to guarantee every 
woman's right to make 
her own health care

2308
03:15:19,200 --> 03:15:22,200
decisions.

2309
03:15:30,800 --> 03:15:35,800
In other words, Kamala 
Harris Won't be focused 
on her problems.

2310
03:15:37,733 --> 03:15:42,733
She'll be focused on yours. As 
President, she won't just cater.

2311
03:15:45,566 --> 03:15:49,733
To her own supporters 
and Punish those who 
refuse to kiss the ring

2312
03:15:49,733 --> 03:15:54,733
or bend the knee. She'll work on 
behalf of every American. That's

2313
03:15:56,433 --> 03:16:00,700
who Kamala is. And in 
the White House she 
will have an outstanding

2314
03:16:02,166 --> 03:16:05,166
partner. And governor Tim Wals.

2315
03:16:10,300 --> 03:16:11,866
Let, let, let me 
Tell you something

2316
03:16:13,900 --> 03:16:17,166
Let me, let, let, let, 
let, let me tell you 
something. I love this

2317
03:16:17,166 --> 03:16:20,166
guy.

2318
03:16:21,566 --> 03:16:24,066
Tim is the kind of person 
who should be in politics.

2319
03:16:25,866 --> 03:16:30,700
Born in a small town. 
served his country taught 
kids, coached football.

2320
03:16:32,866 --> 03:16:37,866
took care of his neighbors. 
He knows who he is.

2321
03:16:39,633 --> 03:16:43,633
And he knows what's 
important. You can tell 
those those flannel shirts

2322
03:16:43,633 --> 03:16:47,000
he wears don't come 
from some political 
consultant. They come from

2323
03:16:47,000 --> 03:16:50,400
his closet. And they have 
been Through some stuff.

2324
03:16:58,333 --> 03:17:00,566
I Through some stuff Right

2325
03:17:07,500 --> 03:17:12,500
Together Kamala and Tim. 
have kept faith with 
America's central story.

2326
03:17:14,600 --> 03:17:18,133
A story that says we 
are all created equal.

2327
03:17:20,600 --> 03:17:25,066
All of us endowed with 
certain inalienable rights 
that everyone deserves

2328
03:17:25,066 --> 03:17:29,266
a chance that Even when we 
don't agree with each other.

2329
03:17:30,966 --> 03:17:35,266
We can find a way To 
live with each other. 
That's Kamala's vision.

2330
03:17:37,833 --> 03:17:42,833
That's Tim's vision. 
That's the Democratic 
Party's vision. And our

2331
03:17:44,500 --> 03:17:49,000
job over the next 11 
weeks is to convince as 
many people as possible.

2332
03:17:50,366 --> 03:17:53,366
To vote for that vision.

2333
03:17:55,800 --> 03:18:00,600
Now it won't be easy. 
The other side knows.

2334
03:18:02,400 --> 03:18:05,666
It's easier to play 
on people's fears and 
cynicism, always has been.

2335
03:18:07,300 --> 03:18:10,800
They will tell you that. 
Government is inherently 
corrupt that that

2336
03:18:10,800 --> 03:18:15,500
sacrifice and generosity 
are for suckers. And

2337
03:18:17,166 --> 03:18:19,566
Since the game is 
rigged, it's OK to take 
what you want and just

2338
03:18:19,566 --> 03:18:23,966
look after your own. 
That's the easy path.

2339
03:18:25,966 --> 03:18:30,566
We have a different task. 
Our job is to convince 
people that democracy

2340
03:18:30,566 --> 03:18:35,566
can actually deliver. 
And, and in doing that 
we can't just point

2341
03:18:37,333 --> 03:18:41,833
to what we've already 
accomplished. We can't 
just rely on the ideas

2342
03:18:41,833 --> 03:18:45,233
of the past. We need to 
chart. A new way forward

2343
03:18:46,700 --> 03:18:50,366
To meet the challenges of today. 
And Kamala understands this.

2344
03:18:52,000 --> 03:18:54,200
She knows, for example, 
that if we want to 
make it easier for more

2345
03:18:54,200 --> 03:18:58,666
young people to buy a 
home. We need to build 
more units and clear

2346
03:18:58,666 --> 03:19:02,500
away some of the outdated 
laws and regulations 
that made it harder

2347
03:19:02,500 --> 03:19:07,300
to build homes for working 
people in this country. 
That is a priority,

2348
03:19:08,600 --> 03:19:10,466
and she's put out a bold 
new plan to do just that.

2349
03:19:15,400 --> 03:19:19,600
On health care, we should all be 
Proud of the enormous progress.

2350
03:19:21,266 --> 03:19:25,100
That we've made through 
the Affordable Care 
Act. Providing millions

2351
03:19:26,766 --> 03:19:30,966
of people access to 
affordable coverage 
protecting millions more

2352
03:19:30,966 --> 03:19:34,533
from unscrupulous 
insurance practices.

2353
03:19:36,333 --> 03:19:38,666
And I noticed, by the 
way, that since it's 
become popular, they don't

2354
03:19:38,666 --> 03:19:41,666
call it Obamacare no more.

2355
03:19:45,200 --> 03:19:45,800
But

2356
03:19:47,666 --> 03:19:52,100
Kamala knows we can't 
stop there. Which is 
why I shall keep working

2357
03:19:52,100 --> 03:19:57,100
to limit out of pocket 
costs. Kala knows that 
if we want to help

2358
03:19:58,566 --> 03:20:03,200
people get ahead. We need to put 
a college degree within reach of

2359
03:20:04,400 --> 03:20:08,600
more Americans. But, 
but she also knows.

2360
03:20:10,366 --> 03:20:13,633
College shouldn't be the only 
ticket to the middle class.

2361
03:20:16,000 --> 03:20:19,666
We need to follow the 
lead of governors like 
Tim Walls who said if

2362
03:20:19,666 --> 03:20:23,700
you've got the skills 
and the drive. You 
shouldn't need a degree

2363
03:20:23,700 --> 03:20:28,566
to work for state government. 
And in this new economy,

2364
03:20:30,266 --> 03:20:35,200
We need a president who 
actually cares about 
the millions of people

2365
03:20:36,866 --> 03:20:40,266
all across this country 
who wake up every single 
day to do the essential

2366
03:20:42,033 --> 03:20:46,200
often thankless work. 
To care for our sick, 
to clean our streets,

2367
03:20:47,933 --> 03:20:51,333
to deliver our packages. 
We need a president 
who will stand up for

2368
03:20:51,333 --> 03:20:53,566
their right. To 
bargain for better

2369
03:20:54,533 --> 03:20:58,066
and working conditions. Pamela

2370
03:20:58,733 --> 03:20:59,400
President

2371
03:21:09,100 --> 03:21:10,100
Yes, she can

2372
03:21:22,400 --> 03:21:23,233
Yes you can

2373
03:21:26,300 --> 03:21:31,300
Harris Wals administration. 
Can help us move past 
some of the tired

2374
03:21:33,066 --> 03:21:37,033
old debates. That keeps 
stifling progress.

2375
03:21:38,833 --> 03:21:42,700
Because of their core. 
Kamala and Tim understand 
that when everybody

2376
03:21:42,700 --> 03:21:46,033
gets a fair shot. We 
are all better off.

2377
03:21:47,566 --> 03:21:51,266
They understand that when every 
child gets a good education, the

2378
03:21:51,266 --> 03:21:56,266
whole economy gets 
stronger. When women 
are paid the same as men

2379
03:21:57,566 --> 03:22:00,666
for doing the same job 
all families benefit.

2380
03:22:06,066 --> 03:22:10,800
They understand that we 
can secure our borders 
without tearing kids

2381
03:22:10,800 --> 03:22:15,800
away from their parents. 
Just like we can keep 
our streets safe while

2382
03:22:17,466 --> 03:22:20,700
also building trust 
between law enforcement 
and the communities they

2383
03:22:20,700 --> 03:22:25,700
serve and eliminating 
bias that will make it 
better for everybody.

2384
03:22:33,100 --> 03:22:36,900
Donald Trump and his well-heeled 
donors, they don't see the world

2385
03:22:36,900 --> 03:22:41,900
that way. For them, One group's 
gains. is necessarily another

2386
03:22:44,133 --> 03:22:49,133
group's loss. For them 
Freedom means that the 
powerful can do pretty

2387
03:22:51,066 --> 03:22:55,266
much what they please. 
Whether it's fireworkers 
trying to organize

2388
03:22:55,266 --> 03:22:56,566
a union or

2389
03:22:59,000 --> 03:23:02,633
Poison in our rivers 
or avoid paying taxes 
like everybody else has

2390
03:23:02,633 --> 03:23:07,633
to do. Well, we have a 
broader idea of freedom.

2391
03:23:09,666 --> 03:23:14,066
We believe in the freedom 
to provide for your 
family if you're willing

2392
03:23:14,066 --> 03:23:18,533
to work hard. The freedom 
to breathe clean air 
and drink clean water

2393
03:23:18,533 --> 03:23:22,466
and send your kids to 
school without worrying 
if they'll come home.

2394
03:23:26,700 --> 03:23:31,700
We believe that true 
freedom Gives each of us 
the right to make decisions

2395
03:23:33,400 --> 03:23:37,500
about our own life. 
How we worship what our 
family looks like, how

2396
03:23:37,500 --> 03:23:42,500
many kids we have, who we 
married. And we believe 
that freedom requires

2397
03:23:44,233 --> 03:23:48,766
us. To recognize that 
other people have the 
freedom to make choices

2398
03:23:49,966 --> 03:23:52,033
that are different 
than ours. That's OK.

2399
03:23:59,433 --> 03:24:03,400
That's the America Kamala 
Harrison Tim Walls believe in.

2400
03:24:05,500 --> 03:24:09,300
An America where we, the 
people Includes everyone.

2401
03:24:11,533 --> 03:24:12,166
Because

2402
03:24:13,466 --> 03:24:16,266
that's the only way this 
American experiment works.

2403
03:24:18,266 --> 03:24:23,266
And despite what our 
politics might suggest, 
I think most Americans

2404
03:24:25,066 --> 03:24:29,200
understand that. Democracy 
isn't just a bunch of 
abstract principles

2405
03:24:30,800 --> 03:24:34,366
and and and dusty laws and 
and some books somewhere.

2406
03:24:35,866 --> 03:24:40,633
It's the values we live by. It's 
the way we treat each other.

2407
03:24:42,333 --> 03:24:46,400
Including those who 
don't look like us. Or 
pray like us or see the

2408
03:24:47,233 --> 03:24:49,466
world exactly like we do.

2409
03:24:58,066 --> 03:24:58,500
That

2410
03:25:00,100 --> 03:25:04,300
That sense of mutual respect. 
Has to be part of our message.

2411
03:25:06,000 --> 03:25:10,900
Our politics have become 
so polarized these days 
that all of us across

2412
03:25:12,566 --> 03:25:16,266
the political spectrum. 
Seem so quick to assume 
the worst in others

2413
03:25:17,933 --> 03:25:21,866
unless they agree with 
us on every single 
issue. We start thinking

2414
03:25:23,600 --> 03:25:26,000
that the only way to win 
is to scold and shame 
and out yell the other

2415
03:25:26,000 --> 03:25:30,200
side. And after a while, 
regular folks just tune out.

2416
03:25:31,833 --> 03:25:36,600
Or they don't bother to 
vote. Now that approach 
may work. For the

2417
03:25:38,266 --> 03:25:42,966
politicians who just 
want attention. And 
thrive on division.

2418
03:25:44,700 --> 03:25:49,366
But it won't work for 
us. To make progress 
on the things we care

2419
03:25:50,766 --> 03:25:54,000
about. The things that 
really affect people's lives.

2420
03:25:55,800 --> 03:26:00,666
We We need to remember that 
we've all got our blind 
spots and contradictions

2421
03:26:02,400 --> 03:26:05,933
and prejudices. And 
that if we want to win 
over those who Aren't

2422
03:26:07,733 --> 03:26:10,733
yet ready to support our 
candidates. We need to 
listen to their concerns.

2423
03:26:12,166 --> 03:26:16,866
And maybe learn something in 
the process. Uh After all,

2424
03:26:20,866 --> 03:26:24,166
If a parent or grandparent 
occasionally says 
something that makes

2425
03:26:24,166 --> 03:26:27,166
us cringe.

2426
03:26:28,900 --> 03:26:33,366
We, we don't automatically 
assume they're bad 
people. We recognize

2427
03:26:33,366 --> 03:26:37,900
that the world is moving 
fast. That they need 
time and maybe a little

2428
03:26:37,900 --> 03:26:42,900
encouragement to catch 
up. Our fellow citizens 
deserve the same grace

2429
03:26:45,700 --> 03:26:48,700
we hope they'll extend to us.

2430
03:26:56,866 --> 03:27:00,533
That's how we can build a 
true democratic majority.

2431
03:27:02,300 --> 03:27:06,666
One that can get things 
done. And by the way 
That does not just matter

2432
03:27:08,400 --> 03:27:12,000
to the people in this 
country. The rest of 
the world is watching

2433
03:27:13,066 --> 03:27:15,200
to see if we can 
actually pull this off.

2434
03:27:20,000 --> 03:27:25,000
No nation. No society 
has ever tried to build

2435
03:27:27,133 --> 03:27:31,866
a democracy as big. And 
as diverse as ours before.

2436
03:27:33,666 --> 03:27:38,433
One that includes people 
that Over decades. 
They come from every

2437
03:27:38,433 --> 03:27:43,066
corner of the globe. One 
where our allegiances 
and our community

2438
03:27:44,533 --> 03:27:47,333
are defined not by race or 
blood. But by a common creed.

2439
03:27:49,166 --> 03:27:53,000
And that's why when we 
uphold our values, the 
world's a little brighter.

2440
03:27:54,466 --> 03:27:57,566
When we don't, The 
world's a little dimmer.

2441
03:27:59,366 --> 03:28:03,466
And dictators and autocrats 
feel emboldened. And 
over time we become

2442
03:28:03,466 --> 03:28:08,466
less safe. We shouldn't 
be the world's policemen. 
And we can't eradicate

2443
03:28:10,133 --> 03:28:14,566
every cruelty and 
injustice in the world. 
But America can be and

2444
03:28:14,566 --> 03:28:19,566
must be a force for good. 
Discouraging conflict.

2445
03:28:20,733 --> 03:28:23,366
Fighting disease, 
promoting human rights.

2446
03:28:25,033 --> 03:28:27,900
Protecting the planet 
from climate change, 
defending freedom.

2447
03:28:29,533 --> 03:28:33,533
Brokering peace. That's 
what Kamala Harris 
believes, and so do most

2448
03:28:33,533 --> 03:28:36,533
Americans.

2449
03:28:43,333 --> 03:28:43,533
Yeah

2450
03:28:49,566 --> 03:28:49,800
I

2451
03:28:52,000 --> 03:28:52,766
I

2452
03:28:54,233 --> 03:28:59,200
I, I, I, I know these ideas. 
can feel pretty naive right now.

2453
03:29:02,300 --> 03:29:05,300
We live in a time of such.

2454
03:29:08,566 --> 03:29:12,766
With a culture that 
puts a premium. On 
things that don't last.

2455
03:29:13,966 --> 03:29:18,900
Money, fame, status. Likes

2456
03:29:20,800 --> 03:29:25,800
We chased the approval of 
strangers on our phones. 
We build all manner

2457
03:29:27,600 --> 03:29:30,266
of walls and fences 
around ourselves, and 
then we wonder why we feel

2458
03:29:30,266 --> 03:29:35,266
so alone. We don't 
trust each other as much 
because we don't take

2459
03:29:37,133 --> 03:29:41,500
the time to know each other. 
And in that space between us.

2460
03:29:42,966 --> 03:29:46,366
Politicians and algorithms teach 
us to caricature each other.

2461
03:29:47,600 --> 03:29:51,100
And troll each other. 
And fear each other.

2462
03:29:55,500 --> 03:29:59,600
But here's the good news, 
Chicago. All across America.

2463
03:30:00,966 --> 03:30:05,066
In big cities and small towns. 
Away from all the noise.

2464
03:30:06,900 --> 03:30:11,900
The ties that bind us 
together are still there. 
We still coach Little

2465
03:30:13,133 --> 03:30:15,300
League and look out for 
our elderly neighbors.

2466
03:30:16,933 --> 03:30:20,766
We still feed the hungry 
in churches and mosques 
and synagogues and

2467
03:30:20,766 --> 03:30:25,766
temples. We share the 
same pride when our 
Olympic athletes compete

2468
03:30:26,533 --> 03:30:28,466
for the gold. Because

2469
03:30:31,100 --> 03:30:36,100
Because the vast majority of us 
do not want to live in a country

2470
03:30:36,100 --> 03:30:39,100
that's bitter and divided.

2471
03:30:41,533 --> 03:30:45,966
We want something better. 
We want to be better.

2472
03:30:47,566 --> 03:30:48,533
And the joy

2473
03:30:50,266 --> 03:30:52,866
And the excitement that 
we're seeing around 
this campaign tells us

2474
03:30:52,866 --> 03:30:55,833
we're not alone.

2475
03:30:58,366 --> 03:31:01,866
You know, I've spent 
A lot of time thinking 
about this these past

2476
03:31:01,866 --> 03:31:03,066
few months because

2477
03:31:04,866 --> 03:31:08,300
As Michelle mentioned, 
this summer we lost her 
mom. Ms. Marian Robinson.

2478
03:31:10,633 --> 03:31:15,633
And I don't know that 
anybody. has ever loved. 
The mother-in-law.

2479
03:31:17,300 --> 03:31:22,233
Any more than I love 
mine. Mostly it's 
because she was funny.

2480
03:31:23,533 --> 03:31:28,066
And wise. And the least 
pretentious person I knew.

2481
03:31:30,566 --> 03:31:33,900
That and she always defended me 
with Michelle when I messed up.

2482
03:31:37,833 --> 03:31:40,833
I'd hide behind her.

2483
03:31:46,966 --> 03:31:49,233
But I also think 
one of the reasons

2484
03:31:50,966 --> 03:31:55,133
Mary and I became so 
close was she reminded 
me of my grandmother.

2485
03:31:56,633 --> 03:32:00,733
The woman who helped raise me as 
a child. And on the surface, the

2486
03:32:02,466 --> 03:32:06,600
two of them did not 
have a lot in common. 
One was a black woman.

2487
03:32:08,100 --> 03:32:10,233
From right here, south side of 
Chicago, right down the way.

2488
03:32:13,466 --> 03:32:18,466
Went to Englewood High 
School. The other was 
a little old white lady

2489
03:32:20,166 --> 03:32:23,566
born in a tiny town 
called Peroo, Kansas. I 
know there aren't that

2490
03:32:24,366 --> 03:32:27,366
many people from Peru.

2491
03:32:30,300 --> 03:32:35,300
And yet they shared. A 
basic outlook on life.

2492
03:32:37,366 --> 03:32:40,466
There were strong, 
smart, resourceful women.

2493
03:32:42,300 --> 03:32:45,966
Full of common sense. 
Who regardless of The 
barriers they encountered

2494
03:32:46,800 --> 03:32:47,400
and

2495
03:32:49,133 --> 03:32:52,733
Women growing up in 
the 40s and 50s and 6, 
they, they encountered

2496
03:32:52,733 --> 03:32:57,433
various. They still went 
about their business 
without fuss or complaint.

2497
03:32:59,133 --> 03:33:02,466
And provided an unshakable 
foundation of love 
for their children

2498
03:33:02,466 --> 03:33:05,466
and their grandchildren.

2499
03:33:07,533 --> 03:33:09,533
In that sense, they 
both represented

2500
03:33:10,733 --> 03:33:13,633
An entire generation. 
of working people

2501
03:33:15,400 --> 03:33:19,733
who through war and 
depression, Discrimination 
and limited opportunity

2502
03:33:21,500 --> 03:33:25,400
helped build this 
country. A lot of them 
toiled every day at jobs.

2503
03:33:28,333 --> 03:33:31,933
that were often too small for 
them. And didn't pay a lot

2504
03:33:34,266 --> 03:33:39,266
They willingly went 
without. Just to

2505
03:33:41,066 --> 03:33:43,700
Keep a roof over the 
family's heads just to give 
their children something

2506
03:33:43,700 --> 03:33:46,700
better.

2507
03:33:48,033 --> 03:33:52,733
But they knew what was true. 
They knew what mattered.

2508
03:33:54,833 --> 03:33:59,833
Things like honesty 
and integrity. 
Kindness and hard work.

2509
03:34:03,700 --> 03:34:04,466
They were

2510
03:34:05,833 --> 03:34:08,733
They weren't impressed 
with Braggart's or bullies.

2511
03:34:10,466 --> 03:34:13,966
They they didn't think 
putting other people 
down, lifted you up or

2512
03:34:13,966 --> 03:34:16,766
made you strong. They didn't

2513
03:34:18,266 --> 03:34:20,800
Spend a lot of time obsessing 
about what they didn't have.

2514
03:34:22,500 --> 03:34:26,833
Instead They appreciated 
what they did. They, 
they, they, they, they

2515
03:34:26,833 --> 03:34:31,666
found pleasure in simple things. 
A card game with friends.

2516
03:34:32,966 --> 03:34:36,100
A good meal And laughter 
around the kitchen table.

2517
03:34:38,166 --> 03:34:43,166
Helping others. And most of 
all, seeing their children.

2518
03:34:44,933 --> 03:34:48,666
Do things and go places 
that they would have never 
imagined for themselves.

2519
03:34:55,400 --> 03:34:59,700
Whether you are a Democrat 
or a Republican or

2520
03:35:01,500 --> 03:35:05,500
Somewhere in between. 
We have all had people 
like that in our lives.

2521
03:35:07,866 --> 03:35:12,000
People like Kamala's 
parents who crossed oceans 
because they believed

2522
03:35:13,766 --> 03:35:17,133
in the promise of 
America. People like Tim's 
parents who taught Him

2523
03:35:18,566 --> 03:35:23,433
about the importance of service. 
Good, hardworking people.

2524
03:35:25,200 --> 03:35:29,900
who weren't famous or 
powerful. But who managed 
in countless ways.

2525
03:35:31,600 --> 03:35:35,200
To lead this country. 
Just a little bit better 
than they found it.

2526
03:35:37,866 --> 03:35:38,900
As much

2527
03:35:40,500 --> 03:35:44,700
As any policy or 
program. I believe that's 
what we yearn for.

2528
03:35:47,433 --> 03:35:51,866
A return to an America 
where we work together. 
And look out for each

2529
03:35:51,866 --> 03:35:55,000
other. A restoration.

2530
03:35:56,266 --> 03:35:57,066
Of what

2531
03:35:58,266 --> 03:36:01,566
Lincoln called on 
the eve of civil war.

2532
03:36:04,033 --> 03:36:09,033
are bonds of affection. 
An America of the 
taps what he called

2533
03:36:10,900 --> 03:36:15,900
The better angels of 
our nature. That is what 
this election is about.

2534
03:36:19,433 --> 03:36:24,000
And I believe that's 
why if we each do our 
part over the next 77

2535
03:36:24,000 --> 03:36:29,000
days. If we knock on 
doors, if we make phone 
calls, if we talk to

2536
03:36:30,166 --> 03:36:33,066
our friends. If we 
listen to our neighbors.

2537
03:36:34,733 --> 03:36:38,800
If we work like we've 
never worked before.

2538
03:36:40,100 --> 03:36:43,366
If we Hold firm to 
our convictions.

2539
03:36:46,333 --> 03:36:50,433
We will elect Kamala Harris 
as the next President 
of the United States.

2540
03:36:51,633 --> 03:36:51,800
T

2541
03:36:54,100 --> 03:36:58,366
President of the 
United States. Leads up

2542
03:37:00,166 --> 03:37:05,100
Who will fight For the 
hopeful. Forward looking 
America we all believe

2543
03:37:06,800 --> 03:37:10,633
in and together we too 
will build a country 
that is more secure and

2544
03:37:11,700 --> 03:37:15,600
more just. More 
equal And more free

2545
03:37:17,066 --> 03:37:21,566
So let's get to work. God bless 
you. God bless the United States

2546
03:37:21,566 --> 03:37:24,566
of America.

2547
03:37:27,966 --> 03:37:31,700
Michelle and Barack 
Obama returning to center 
stage here in Chicago,

2548
03:37:33,400 --> 03:37:35,133
the city where they 
launched their history 
making political ascent

2549
03:37:35,133 --> 03:37:39,433
some 30 years ago. 
Michelle Obama speaking 
first with a rousing.

2550
03:37:41,133 --> 03:37:43,966
Unvarnished takedown 
of Donald Trump, which 
electrified this crowd,

2551
03:37:45,766 --> 03:37:47,733
Barack Obama with a 
full-throated endorsement 
of Kamala Harris, the

2552
03:37:47,733 --> 03:37:51,466
former president saying 
America is ready for a 
new chapter. America

2553
03:37:51,466 --> 03:37:56,133
is ready for a better 
story. Let's bring in 
our panel here. Judy

2554
03:37:56,133 --> 03:37:59,733
Woodruff, Amy Walter, 
Jonathan Capehart, David 
Brooks. David, we'll

2555
03:37:59,733 --> 03:38:02,866
start with you. Reflecting 
on you've heard this 
evening. Yeah, I

2556
03:38:02,866 --> 03:38:05,933
thought the half hour 45 minutes 
between Doug Amhoff and Michelle

2557
03:38:05,933 --> 03:38:09,766
Obama was one of the 
most gripping 45 minutes 
of convention rhetoric

2558
03:38:09,766 --> 03:38:13,566
that I've ever encountered. 
I thought Doug Eamhof 
was funny. He was

2559
03:38:13,566 --> 03:38:17,800
just a tremendous 
advertisement for his 
wife. So as a personality

2560
03:38:17,800 --> 03:38:21,266
witness, I thought he 
was just sensational. 
Uh, Michelle Obama, touch

2561
03:38:21,266 --> 03:38:25,633
of magic. It's rare that you get 
a speech that is so filled with

2562
03:38:25,633 --> 03:38:29,900
moral uplift that 
politics is politics, it's 
fine, but I think she

2563
03:38:29,900 --> 03:38:33,233
took us beneath politics to talk 
about what really matters, that

2564
03:38:33,233 --> 03:38:37,466
story of the generations and not 
just uh you know, a nice person

2565
03:38:37,466 --> 03:38:40,466
hoping your kid does 
well, but sitting at 
the kitchen table doing

2566
03:38:40,466 --> 03:38:44,533
all the sacrificial 
work that goes in the 
Jews have a concept of

2567
03:38:44,533 --> 03:38:47,633
the door the door from 
generation to generation, 
and that was just

2568
03:38:47,633 --> 03:38:51,500
a moral theme she tied 
through it. And as I 
say, it wasn't explicitly

2569
03:38:51,500 --> 03:38:56,000
political, but under a 
style of politics that at 
its best the Democratic

2570
03:38:56,000 --> 03:39:00,100
Party represents, so I 
thought those two speeches 
were just sensational.

2571
03:39:01,333 --> 03:39:05,366
Jonathan, what stood out 
to you? Can I go last

2572
03:39:09,800 --> 03:39:14,100
Amy. You know, you were the one, 
Jeff, who said, I hope we don't

2573
03:39:14,100 --> 03:39:18,933
mangle the passing the 
torch theme. So I'll do 
it for you. I'm gonna

2574
03:39:18,933 --> 03:39:23,933
mangle it, but it was 
a throwback, especially 
President Obama's,

2575
03:39:25,400 --> 03:39:29,166
he talked about hope and change. 
He he's used his don't boo vote,

2576
03:39:30,800 --> 03:39:34,500
you know, for anybody who 
followed the 2008, 2012

2577
03:39:35,933 --> 03:39:39,933
campaigns. This was Obama 
basically saying I'm giving

2578
03:39:41,600 --> 03:39:45,566
over to the next 
generation we can pass 
that on, but both of them

2579
03:39:47,100 --> 03:39:50,900
were saying is don't take what 
we're feeling right now. To be

2580
03:39:52,600 --> 03:39:57,066
everything. This is fun 
right now. It's going 
to get really hard.

2581
03:39:58,833 --> 03:40:02,200
This was both of their 
speeches were directed 
at the party faithful.

2582
03:40:03,933 --> 03:40:07,533
Um, I thought Michelle 
Obama giving a speech 
about Donald Trump.

2583
03:40:09,266 --> 03:40:13,166
That the folks in this 
hall and Democrats who 
are watching have wanted

2584
03:40:13,166 --> 03:40:13,966
to hear

2585
03:40:15,733 --> 03:40:17,966
someone like Michelle 
Obama give for a long 
time, so she gave them

2586
03:40:17,966 --> 03:40:19,800
that, but also

2587
03:40:21,600 --> 03:40:25,333
gave them this marching 
orders. This isn't now 
about everything Democrats

2588
03:40:27,066 --> 03:40:31,066
did in 2016 and 2020. 
Trump so bad. Oh, we're 
not going to win. Oh,

2589
03:40:32,766 --> 03:40:34,900
how are we going to 
make it? It's you got 
to get out there and you

2590
03:40:34,900 --> 03:40:39,900
got to do the work and. 
President Obama also 
saying you can win if

2591
03:40:41,366 --> 03:40:45,866
you don't. Also take for granted 
the people that may not be with

2592
03:40:47,600 --> 03:40:51,700
us right now. Judy, 
what stood out to you 
from what you just heard

2593
03:40:51,700 --> 03:40:56,666
so much, uh, so much a 
reminder of Barack Obama's 
amazing uh oratorical

2594
03:40:58,733 --> 03:41:02,266
skills just holding this room in 
the palm of his hand, but so did

2595
03:41:02,266 --> 03:41:06,433
his wife. So did Michelle Obama 
between the two of them, I don't

2596
03:41:06,433 --> 03:41:10,300
think we've heard a 
more effective takedown 
of Donald Trump, the

2597
03:41:10,300 --> 03:41:15,300
billionaire, bully who 
only cares about himself. 
Her line about um

2598
03:41:17,000 --> 03:41:20,066
he did all in his power 
to make people fear. 
I wrote this. Down to

2599
03:41:20,066 --> 03:41:25,066
highly educated successful. 
People who happened 
to be black, he said,

2600
03:41:26,100 --> 03:41:27,166
she said, who's 
going to tell him

2601
03:41:28,866 --> 03:41:32,100
that he's the job he's 
seeking is a black 
job, of course, a play

2602
03:41:32,100 --> 03:41:32,766
on what

2603
03:41:34,566 --> 03:41:39,433
President Trump has 
said, I thought what Amy, 
I agree with Amy, you

2604
03:41:39,433 --> 03:41:43,833
from both of them 
this urgent plea just 
because this has been an

2605
03:41:43,833 --> 03:41:48,300
uplifting week. You've got a lot 
of work to do, 78 days, 77 days,

2606
03:41:50,033 --> 03:41:52,266
whatever it is, go out 
there and work and the 
other thing that struck

2607
03:41:52,266 --> 03:41:57,266
me. Coming from President 
Obama. Is his as someone 
who's been covering

2608
03:41:58,966 --> 03:42:01,466
going around the country 
covering our division 
how focused he is

2609
03:42:01,466 --> 03:42:05,700
on how divided we are, 
how that's hurting us as 
a country. It's hurting

2610
03:42:05,700 --> 03:42:10,666
us as Americans, and 
he painted it and he 
portrayed it as something

2611
03:42:12,033 --> 03:42:14,366
that for Democrats it's 
something they need to work on

2612
03:42:16,133 --> 03:42:18,666
that can that can not 
only bring the country 
together, it can bring

2613
03:42:18,666 --> 03:42:22,300
people back to the 
values that really that 
really matter. Jonathan

2614
03:42:22,300 --> 03:42:27,300
Capehart, final word, 
friend. Um, so I agree 
with everything that

2615
03:42:27,300 --> 03:42:32,300
everyone said. Um, the political 
analysis, um, I can't find fault

2616
03:42:32,300 --> 03:42:36,100
with with anything. I 
agree 100%. I'm going 
to speak personally.

2617
03:42:37,333 --> 03:42:41,500
Um, As an American. 
And as a black person.

2618
03:42:43,400 --> 03:42:46,800
Michelle Obama's speech and 
I'm trying not to look at Amna

2619
03:42:48,633 --> 03:42:51,866
because I'm I have my 
handkerchief that Omni 
gave me for the holidays,

2620
03:42:53,200 --> 03:42:57,700
um. Yesterday I said in 
politics people want to be seen.

2621
03:42:59,433 --> 03:43:03,100
They, they want to be 
seen. In the way that 
politicians talk to them

2622
03:43:03,100 --> 03:43:08,100
and talk about them. 
And when I pulled out 
my I the hanky. It was

2623
03:43:09,300 --> 03:43:12,333
when Michelle Obama 
said that Kamala Harris,

2624
03:43:14,033 --> 03:43:17,600
you know, we never have 
the grace of failing 
forward. We never have

2625
03:43:17,600 --> 03:43:22,600
the benefit of generational 
wealth. Um, if things 
don't go our way,

2626
03:43:24,266 --> 03:43:28,800
we, we don't get to 
complain. That's how 
Michelle Obama lived her

2627
03:43:30,533 --> 03:43:33,566
life, lives her life. 
That's how Barack Obama 
lives her life. That's

2628
03:43:33,566 --> 03:43:38,566
how I live my life. 
And to hear that coming 
from the former First

2629
03:43:39,633 --> 03:43:43,333
Lady. It's just 
too. And I'm sorry.

2630
03:43:44,800 --> 03:43:48,700
But I feel seen. And I think 
people in this hall feel scene.

2631
03:43:49,900 --> 03:43:53,600
And I'm certain millions 
of Americans feel seen.

2632
03:43:55,266 --> 03:43:59,566
I needed it there. 
Jonathan Capehart, don't 
apologize. Can't think

2633
03:43:59,566 --> 03:44:03,066
of a better note to end 
this conversation on. 
A lot to reflect on.

2634
03:44:04,866 --> 03:44:06,966
We will have much more 
coverage and conversations 
in the hours ahead.

2635
03:44:08,666 --> 03:44:10,833
For now, just a big 
thank you to everyone 
here, Judy Woodruff, Amy

2636
03:44:10,833 --> 03:44:14,200
Walter, David Brooks, 
Jonathan Capehart, of 
course, my friend Jeff

2637
03:44:14,200 --> 03:44:18,100
Bennett, that concludes 
our broadcast coverage 
of the 2nd night of

2638
03:44:18,100 --> 03:44:21,566
the Democratic National 
Convention. If you're 
watching on YouTube,

2639
03:44:23,233 --> 03:44:25,033
don't go anywhere. 
Our coverage continues 
with Laura Barone Lopez

2640
03:44:25,033 --> 03:44:28,700
and Ardema Zain reviewing 
the. Highlights of 
the night and we'll

2641
03:44:28,700 --> 03:44:31,933
have full analysis of 
the convention and the 
day's other news on

2642
03:44:31,933 --> 03:44:35,400
tomorrow's PBS Newshour, 
and we'll be right back 
here tomorrow night

2643
03:44:35,400 --> 03:44:39,400
for the 3rd day of the 
convention when Tim Walls 
will speak and formally

2644
03:44:39,400 --> 03:44:43,200
accept the vice 
presidential nomination. 
I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm

2645
03:44:43,200 --> 03:44:47,133
Ana Navaz for all of us 
here at PBS News. Thank 
you so much for joining

2646
03:44:47,133 --> 03:44:52,133
us. This program was 
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2647
03:44:53,833 --> 03:44:57,200
Broadcasting and by 
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2648
03:44:57,200 --> 03:44:58,766
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