PBS NewsHour; August 19, 2020, 5:00pm-6:00pm PDT

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE - POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR - PUBLIC BROADCASTING. - AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - COLORADO, KENTUCKY, - MASSACHUSETTS. - >> Woodruff: ROLL CALL FROM - ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - >> THE GREAT STATE OF ALABAMA. - >> AS AN ARIZONA LATINA. - >> NEW MEXICO -- - >> 161 VOTES. - >> 34 VOTES. - >> FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. - >> Woodruff: THE DEMOCRATS - OFFICIALLY HAVE THEIR NOMINEE. - >> JOE BIDEN. - >> JOE BIDEN. - >> IT'S JOE TIME. - >> Woodruff: MORE COME - FORWARD TO TELL HIS STORY. - >> HIS GRACE OF WIL IS - UNSTOPPABLE AND HIS FACE IS - UNSHAKEABLE. - >> Woodruff: AND TO DENOUNCE

- PRESIDENT TRUMP. - >> TODAY WE ARE A COUNTRY - DIVIDED AND WE HAVE A PRESIDENT - DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO - MAKE IT THAT WAY. - >> AT THE TIME LIKE THIS THE - OVAL OFFICE SHOULD BE A COMMAND - CENTER. - >> Woodruff: TONIGHT FORMER - SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY - CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK - OBAMA AND THIS YEAR'S VICE - PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE KAMALA - HARRIS. - DAY THREE OF THE DEMOCRATIC - NATIONAL CONVENTION. - >> Woodruff: AGAIN, I'M JUDY - WOODRUFF AND WELCOME TO OUR - SPECIAL PBS NEWSHOUR LIVE - COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC - NATIONAL CONVENTION. - WE'RE NOW ON NIGHT THREE OF THIS - VIRTUAL EVENT. - TONIGHT, WE WILL HEAR FROM - HILLARY CLINTON, THE PARTY'S - NOMINEE FOUR YEARS AGO. - WE'LL HEAR FROM FORMER PRESIDENT - BARACK OBAMA AND THEN WE WILL - HEAR FROM KAMALA HARRIS, A - HISTORY-MAKING VICE PRESIDENTIAL

- NOMINEE. - I'M HERE IN OUR STUDIO WITH - POLITICAL ANALYST AMY WALTER AND - RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER OUR - SENIOR CORRESPONDENCE AMNA - NAWAZ. - BOTH SOCIALLY DISTANCED. - AND WE HAVE REPORTED AND GUESTS - ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - FOR OUR PART DESPITE THE VIRTUAL - NATURE OF THIS TIME AND SOCIAL - DISTANCING, WE WILL CONTINUE TO - BRING YOU THE SAME DEPTH OF - COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS DURING - THIS HISTORIC ELECTION YEAR. - SO LET'S TURN FIRST TO OUR - NEWSHOUR REPORTERS. - AMNA IS HERE TO HELP GIVE US A - SENSE WHAT TO EXPECT TONIGHT AND - SOME KEY MOMENTS TO LOOK OUT - HERE. - AMNA. - >> HI JUDY. - ALL THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT ARE - MAKING REMARKS UNDER THE THEME - OF A MORE PERFECT UNION. - THERE'S A LOT OF ANTICIPATION IN - PARTICULAR AROUND WHAT SENATOR - KAMALA HARRIS WILL SAY TONIGHT. - SHE'LL BE MAKING HISTORY AS THE - FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR NOMINATED - FOR VICE PRESIDENT BY A MAJOR - POLITICAL PARTY. - AMONG THE SPEAKERS WE'RE GOING - TO BE HEARING FROM TONIGHT WILL - BE OTHER HISTORY MAKING WOMEN. - WHO ARE THEY? - AMONG THEM NANCY PELOSI, THE - FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS SPEAKER - OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF

- REPRESENTATIVES. - FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE - HILLARY CLINTON AS YOU MENTIONED - WHO IN 2016 BECAME THE FIRST - FEMALE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE BY A - MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY. - ELIZABETH WARREN FORMER - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND ALSO - THE FIRST FEMALE SENATOR FROM - MASSACHUSETTS. - CALIFORNIA SENATOR KAMALA - HARRIS, OF COURSE, WILL BE - SPEAKING LATER TO ACCEPT THAT VN - NOMINATIONND THERE'S ALSO SOME - MEN YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE. - AMONG THEM TONIGHT'S KEYNOTE - FROM FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK - OBAMA WHO OF COURSE ALSO MADE - HISTORY AS THIS NION'S FIRST - BLACK PRESIDENT. - THE CONVENTION OFFICIALS ARE - TELLING US THAT WOMEN'S - LEADERSHIP WILL BE A THEME WE - HEAR A LOT ABOUT TONIGHT BUT - THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE REMARKS - AND SEGMENTS BUILT AROUND SOME - MAJOR POLICY ISSUES SO EXPECT TO - HEAR SPEAKERS TONIGHT TALKING - MUCH MORE ABOUT THE ECONOMY, GUN - CONTROL, IMMIGRATIO AND CLIMATE - CHANGE. - JUDY. - >> Woodruff: WE LOOK FORWARD - TO HEARING ALL OF THAT AND WE'LL - BE COMING BACK TO YOU AMNA - THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. - IN THE MEANTIME OUR LISA - DESJARDINS IS AGAIN IN - WILMINGTON, DELAWARE WHERE SHE - WILL BE IN THE ROOM WITH KAMALA - HARRIS' SPEECH TONIGHT

- SO LISA, WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING - ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK - FORWARD TO? - >> RIGHT. - WELL FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE SOME - INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HARRIS IS - GOING TO SAY. - STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORK FOR - HARRIS WORK FOR THAT PART OF - THEIR CAMPAIGN. - SHE WANTS TO CONVEY AN IMAGE OF - HERSELF, TELL HER STORY IN A WAY - THAT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE - SEE THEMSELVES IN HER. - SHE'S BRINGING THAT TO THE WHITE - HOUSE. - SHE'S 55 YEARS OLD AS MANY OF - OUR VIEWERS NOTE. - SHE WOULD BE THE YOUNGEST VICE - PRESIDENT THIS CENTURY IN THE - WHITE HOUSE. - NOT THAT MANY, SHE WILL BE THE - FOURTH AND THAT'S STILL A NOTE - IN THIS CAMPAIGN WHEN RUNNING - WITH 77 YEAR OLD JOE BIDEN. - WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM KAMALA - HARRIS ARE SORT OF THOSE THEMES - OF IMMIGRATION, THE THEME OF - JUSTICE. - AND WE DO HAVE SOME EXERTS FROM - HER SPEECH. - ONE OF THEM ABOUT THIS THEME OF - INCLUSION. - SHE IS GOING TO SAY THAT WE MAY - DISAGREE ON THE DETAILS AS A - NATION BUT WE ARE UNITED BY THE - FUNDAMENTAL BEREEF THAT EVERY - HUMAN BEING IS OF INFINITE - VALUE.

- ANOTHER QUICK THING JUDY, YOU'RE - GOING TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE - INSIDE THE ROOM. - I WILL BE ONE OF A COUPLE DOZEN - REPORTERS IN THERE. - WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS WHAT IT - LOOKS LIKE. - THE SCENE IS BOTH FAMILIAR AND - STRANGE. - WE UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE SORT - OF THOSE MARKERS FOR EACH STATE - YET NO DELEGATES FOR EACH STATE. - AND THEN A STAGE THAT WILL LOOK - REMINISCENT OF A DEBATE STAGE OR - BRIGHTLY LIT CONVENTION STAGE - WITH ONE PODIUM ON IT JUST FOR - HAIRS. - >> Woodruff: KIND OF A MINI - CONVENTION BUT AS YOU SAY OF THE - THOUSANDS AND HOUSES OF THE - PEOPLE NORMALLY THERE. - LISA DESJARDINS IN WILMINGTON - WHERE YOU THEREBY THROUGHOUT - THIS NIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. - LISA THANK YOU AND I KNOW WE'RE - COMING BACK TO YOU SEVERAL - TIMES TONIGHT. - TO HELP MAKE SENSE OF THIS - MOMENT WE WILL CONTINUE TO - THUNDER THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND - ALL THIS NIGHT WITH A WGBH RANGE - OF ANALYSTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS. - LET'S START WITH OUR COURT GROOM - MARK SHIELDS, "NEW YORK TIMES" - COLUMNIST DAVID BROOKS. - MICHAEL NUTTER OF PHILADELPHIA, - CHRIS BUSKIRK THE EDITOR OF THE

- AMERICAN JOURNAL GREATNESS AND - AT THE DESK WITH ME HERE AMY - WALTER WITH THE COOK POLITICAL - REPORT. - IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU - TO HAVE YOU WITH US AGAIN ON - THIS THIRD NIGHT. - AMY LET'S TALK FIRST ABOUT HOW - IT'S GONE SO FAR. - IS THERE A SENSE THAT THE - DEMOCRATS ARE DOING WHAT THEY - NEEDED TO DO THIS WEEK? - >> IT SEEMS THIS LAST COUPLE - DAYS IS MAKING PEOPLE - COMFORTABLE WITH JOE BIDEN, - SPRUCE HIM AND GET TO THE - MEAT -- INTRODUCE HIM AND GET TO - THE MEAT OF THE BONES. - JOE BIDEN THE MOST PERSONAL OF - THAT. - BUT ALSO SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF - VOTERS THAT SINCE TRUMP WAS - ELECTED HAVE BEEN MOVING TOWARD - THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. - THE SUBURBAN VOTERS AND FORMERLY - PRODUCT STRONG HOLD. - WE TALK BOARD OF DIRECTOR THAT - LAST NIGHT, LIKE CALIFORNIA AND - PLACES AROUND ATLANTA AND - DALLAS. - I'M SPEAKING WITH A REPUBLICAN - TODAY WHO WAS TALKING, WHOSE - DONE A LOT OF FOCUS GROUPS WITH - THESE SUBURBAN VOTERS WHO SAID - WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR, THE

- THREE WORDS THAT COME UP - CONSISTENTLY, NORMAL, - PRESIDENTIAL, BEHAVIOR. - AND THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING - FOR AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE SHOW - THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON THESE LAST - COUPLE NIGHTS ESPECIALLY PUTTING - COLIN POWELL, THE STORY OF HIS - FRIENDSHIP WITH JOHN MCCAIN, - HAVING LEADERS FROM BOTH SIDES - COMING UP AND TALKING ABOUT THE - FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET A - PRESIDENT WHO WILL EXHIBIT - NORMAL PRESIDENTIAL BEHAVIOR. - >> Woodruff: ISN'T IT - INTERESTING THAT IT'S THAT BASE. - THAT IT'S NORMAL BEHAVIOR THAT - EY SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. - DAVID BROOKS, WHAT ARE YOU - HEARING FROM PEOPLE AND WHAT ARE - YOU BEEN THINKING TNIGHT AS WE - ARE AT THE HALFWAY POINT ABOUT - THTO START THE SECOND HALF. - >> SPEAKING OF PRESIDENTIAL - BEHAVIOR. - TODAY DONALD TRUMP PRAISED HE - PRAISED THE HATE MONGER AND MARK - AND PATRICIA MCCLUSKY THE GN - WIELDING ARE GOING TO SPEAK

- ABOUT THE CONVENTION. - THERE'S NOTHING NORMAL ABOUT ANY - OF THIS. - DONALD TRUMP IS HAVING A MELT - DOWN IN THE FACE OFONVENTION. - THAT'S THE DYNAMIC THAT'S - DRIVING PEOPLE LIKE COLIN POWELL - AND OTHER PEOPLE TO THE - DEMOCRATIC PARTY. - IT'S JUST MIND-BOGGLING THAT - WE'RE USED TO IT NOW BUT IT'S - JUST INSANE, IT'S INSANE WHAT IS - HAPPENING TO DONALD TRUMP AND - THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. - AND SO THAT'S ONE DYNAMIC YEAR. - THE SECOND DYNAMIC IS JOE - BIDEN'S DESENSEY. - WHAT LEADS ME IS JOE BIDEN AND - THE VIDEO ABOUT THE BIDEN FAMILY - AND WHAT A GOOD FAMILY THEY ARE. - WITH JUST BASIC DECENCY. - I'M OPENED WITH THE PROFOUND - QUESTION IS WHEN HE BECOMES - PRESIDENT WILL IT CALM THE - OTHERS OR IS AMERICA SO ROIL AND - CONVUL SHIFT HE WILL BE - SWALLOWED UP. - I DON'T KNOW. - I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF - SOCIETY WE ARE. - FINALLY AFTER LAST NIGHT I WAS - REFLECTING A MEL CONCOLLIE - THOUGHT -- MELANCHOLY, WHY DID - HE HAVE TO SPEAK LAST NIGHT.

- TO ME TAKE SOME TIME OUT, DO - SOME PENANCE. - TO ME THAT LEFT STAIN ON THE - GHT THAT WHAT HAPPENED - WITH EPSTEIN AND WHAT HAPPENED - ALLEGEDLY WITH CLINTON THAT'S - NOT MINOR STUFF AND NOT THE - STUFF THE PARTY SHOULD BE - ASSOCIATED WITH. - THAT'S A SAD NOTE BUT IT'S A - NOTE THAT REALLY LEFT ME LAST - NIGHT. - >> Woodruff: MARK, A LOT - PACKED INTO WHAT DAVIDUST HAD - TO SAY. - WHAT ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT WHERE - YOU THINK WE ARE TWO NIGHTS IN. - >> WELL, I FIRST OF ALL, JUDY, I - THINK THE FIRST TWO NIGHTS HAVE - BEEN ABOUT WHO JOE BIDEN IS. - IS TO SAY IS A MAN WHO RUNS FOR - THE PRESIDENCY OVER HIS 32 - YEARS. - AND 32 YEARS AND THREE RUNS INTO - IT FEBRUARY 29, 2020 BEFORE HE - WON A SINGLE PRIMARY AND THEN HE - WON 11 IN THE NEXT FOUR DAYS. - EVEN THOUGH HE HAD BEEN AROUND - FOR A LONG TIME, IT WAS FILLING

- OUT THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAD. - OBVIOUSLY DEVOTED AND SELFLESS - FATHER, GOOD HUSBAND, A GREAT - FRIEND. - SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T POLARIZE OR - DEMONIZE THOSE ON THE OTHER - SIDE. - HAS BEEN CRITICIZED BY PARTISANS - FROM HIS OWN PARTY, REACHING - ACROSS THE AISLE BEING PERSONAL - FRIENDS WITH JOHN MCCAIN AND SO - MANY OTHER REPUBLICANS. - SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S - WORKABLE. - BUT IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS EVERY - PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT - THE FUTURE. - AND VOTERS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW - WHERE A PRESIDENT WANTS TO TAKE - THE COUNTRY. - NOT A 23 POINT PROGRAM BUT TWO - OR THREE THINGS THAT JOE BIDEN - WANTS TO DO. - I THINK THAT HAS TO BEGIN - TONIGHT WITH KAMALA HARRIS. - I THINK IT'S JOE - BIDEN'S RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL - BUT IT'S ALSO THE OTHER SPEAKER, - TO GIVE A SENSE WHERE JOE BIDEN - REALLY WANTS AMERICA TO GO AND - WHERE HE WANTS TO LEAD AMERICA - AND WHAT HE WANTS TO BE DOING. - I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING.

- OBVIOUSLY TALKING TO REPUBLICANS - IT'S MISSING IN DONALD TRUMPS. - THERE I NO FUTURE AGENDA IN - DONALD TRUMP. - AS DAVID POINTED OUT FROM ISSUE - TO ISSUE TO TOPIC TO TOPIC, THE - NEWS CYLE TO NEWS CYCLE EVERY - DAY IN MORE BIZARRE FASHION. - THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN HEALTH - PLAN. - THERE NEVER HAS BEEN. - THERE NEVER HAS BEEN AS JOHN - BOEHNER SAID IN 25 YEARS. - SO JOE BIDEN INSTEAD OF LIMITING - HIMSELF TO 23 PROGRAMS, 23 - IDEAS, WHERE THE TWO OR THREE - HAS TO EMERGE IN THE NEXT TWO - NIGHTS. - WE KNOW WHO HE IS NOW WE HAVE TO - FIND OUT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. - >> Woodruff: LET'S TALK ABOUT - THAT CHRIS BUSKIRK. - ARE YOU SENSING A NEED TO HEAR - ABOUT THE FUTURE FROM JOE BIDEN - AND IN THIS CAMPAIGN OVERALL. - >> A HUNDRED PERCENT. - I THINK THAT REALLY IS GOING TO - BE THE ESSENTIAL THEME THAT - NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED TO ANYBODY - WHOSE WATCHING WHO HASN'T - ALREADY DECIDED WHO THEY WANT TO - VOTE FOR.

- WE KNOW THE DEMOCRATIC BASE IS - VERY EXCITED TO VOTE AGAINST - DONALD TRUMP. - ALMOST FOR ANYBODY AND THAT'S - NOT A KNOCK ON JOE BIDEN. - PEOPLE DON'T LIKE PRESIDENT - TRUMP I GET IT. - FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE - PERSUADABLE AND HAVEN'T MADE UP - THEIR MIND YET, WHAT IS IT IN - THIS FOR ME, WHY DOES THIS - PERSON WANT TO BE PRESIDENT AND - WHAT ARE THEY OFFERING. - I WAS STRUCK BY WHAT AMY SAID - SOME OF THE POLLING ABOUT THE - DESIRE FOR SORT OF A RETURN TO - NORMALCY. - AND THAT'S TERM THAT CAN MEAN - A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF - PEOP BUT I THINK IT JUST MEANS - IT'S A REFLECTION TO THE FACT - THINGS AREN'T NORMAL IN THIS - COUNTRY FOR A LOT OF REASONS. - AND DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN - BEING SOME OF THE OLDEST - CANDIDATES ARE YOU REFLECTIVE OF - THAT BUT NOT IN THE WAY PEOPLE - DON'T THINK OF. - WE HAVE MILLENNIALS AREN'T - MAKING ENOUGH MONEY, THEY CAN'T - BUY HOUSES. - EACH GENERATION SEEMS TO BE - MAKING LESS MONEY OWNING A - SMALLER SHARE OF THE NATIONAL - WEALTH AT ANY GIVEN AGE THAN THE - GENERATION ABOVE THEM.

- THAT'S WHAT'S ROILING UNDERNEATH - THIS AND THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE - ANSWERED BY THE POLITICAL CLAN - IN GENERAL. - SOMEHOW THAT NEEDS TO BE - ADDRESSED TO MILLENNIALS AND - GEN Z WILL BE VOTING IN NUMBERS - THIS TIME. - IT WILL AFFECT THEIR LIVES FOR - SOME TIME TO COME AND WILL BE ON - THEIR MINDS EITHER IMPLICITLY OR - EXPLICITLY WHEN THEY DECIDE. - >> MICHAE MICHAEL NUTTER. - DO YOU THINK THE MENIAL COMING - FROM THIS CONVENTION ARE - TOUCHING ON THE THINGS MOST - PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR RIGHT NOW? - >> I DO, JUDY AND AGAIN FROM WE - THE PEOPLE TO LEADERSHIP MATTERS - TO A MORE PERFECT UNION. - THESE THEMES ARE COMING THROUGH. - THE WORD THE ROILING WATER HAS - BEEN MENTIONED A NUMBER OF - TIMES. - I THINK WHAT JOE BIDEN AND - KAMALA HARRIS ARE TRYING TO DO - IS CALM THOSE WATERS. - YOU KNOW, FOR THE YOUNGER PEOPLE

- I THINK AS CHRIS MENTIONED, THEY - MAY NOT NECESSARILY KNOW EXACTLY - WHAT NORMAL HAS BEEN FOR MANY OF - US ON THIS PANEL. - THEY'VE HAD AN ECONOMIC MELT - DOWN IN 2008. - WE'RE NOW IN A PANDEMIC AND - ANOTHER ECONOMIC MELTDOWN AND - CIVIL UNREST. - AND SO WHAT IS NORMAL. - AND SOME SENSE OF DECENCY I - THINK IS THE FIRST PART OF WHAT - JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO BRING. - I'M REMINDED I GUESS GEORGE - HERBERT WALKER BUSH HE TALKED - ABOUT THE THOUSAND POINTS OF - LIVE. - HIS SON TALKED ABOUT COMPASSION - OF CONSERVATISM WHERE - CONSERVATIVE IS COMPASSION. - NORMAL SANE BEHAVIOR THAT THE - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - OF AMERICA SHOULD NOT - NECESSARILY BE THE NEWS EACH AND - EVERY DAY. - I REMEMBER, I MEAN THERE WERE - CERTAINLY A FEW CONTROVERSIES IN - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION - BUT ONE OF THEM THAT REALLY PUT - PEOPLE OUT IS THAT HE WORE A TAN

- SUIT TO A PRESS CONFERENCE ONE - DAY. - YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE THAT. - I CAN DEAL WITH THAT. - BUT NOT SOME OF THE INSANITY - THAT GOES ON, AS DAVID - MENTIONED. - IT'S EVERY DAY. - AMERICANS ARE TIRED OF DONALD - TRUMP AND THE NONSENSE AND THE - FEAR THAT GOES ON ON A DAILY - BASIS. - >> Woodruff: IT'S A LOT TO - CONSIDER AS WE START A NIGHT - THREE OF THIS CONVENTION. - I'M GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO - ALL OF YOU TO CONTINUE THIS - CONVERSATION AS WE PREPARE TO - WATCH THE STAROF TONIGHT'S - DEMOCRATIC PARTY STORY. - BUT FOR NOW, WHEN JOE BIDEN - SELECTED CALIFORNIA SENATOR - KAMALA HARRIS TO BE HIS RUNNING - MATE MANY VIEWED HIS HISTORIC - PICK AS TO THE FUTURE OF THE - DEMOCRATIC PARTY. - ONE THAT IS YOUNGER AND AS WE'VE - BEEN DISCUSSING MORE DIVERSE. - HAKIM JEFF RUIZ IS ONE OF THE - YOUNGEST MECHANICS OF THE - PARTY'S LEADERSHIP TEAM AND HE

- JOINS ME NOW. - CONGRESSMAN JEFFREYS IT'S GOOD - TO HAVE YO BACK WITH US. - THANK YOVERY MUCH. - WHAT IS YOUR SENSE. - I THINK YOU'RE JOINING US FROM - CALIFORNIA. - TELL US WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM - PEOPLE YOU TALKED TO ABOUT THIS - CONVENTION SO FAR. - >> I'M IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK. - >> Woodruff: I'M SORRY, I WAS - FLINCHING THE COUNTRY. - NEW YORK. - >> THAT'S OKAY. - I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT - AS WE TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE - AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO TO FORM - A MORE IMPORTANT UNION. - WE CERTAINLY HAVE COME A LONG - WAY IN AMERICA. - WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO AS IT - RELATES TO ENSURING PROSPERITY - AND EQUALITY IN EVERY SINGLE ZIP - CODE. - BUT THAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE - DEMOCRATIC PARTY. - THAT IS IN THE DNA OF JOE BIDEN - AND KAMALA HARRIS. - AND I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING - FORWARD TO HER REMARKS WHICH - WILL BEGIN TO SET FORTH A VISION - FOR THE FUTURE AS IT RELATES TO - A BETTER AMERICA. - >> Woodruff: AND YOU THINK

- THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET? - >> WELL I THINK IT HAS BEEN DONE - IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. - BUT AS YOUR PANELISTS HAVE - INDICATED, THE FIRST TWO NIGHTS - OF THE CONVENTION HAVE REALLY - BEEN DEDICATED TO GETTING TO - KNOW JOE BIDEN THROUGH HIS - HUMANITY I HIS DECENCY AND HIS - AUTHENTICITY. - I THINK HE COULDN'T HAVE TOO - BETTER VALIDATERS IN THAT RECORD - IN FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE - OBAMA AND JILL BIDEN. - >> Woodruff: I WANT TO TURN - YOU TO AN ISSUE THAT'S GETTING A - GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION RIGHT - NOW BOTH AROUND THE CONVENTION - AND OUTSIDE AND THAT'S THE - POSTAL SERVICE. - IT HAS TO DO WITH MAIL-IN - VOTING, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE - INTEGRITY OF THIS ELECTION. - AS WE KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS - BEEN CRITICAL OF MAIL-IN VOTING, - TALKED A LOT ABOUT FRAUD. - IN THE LAST DAY OR SO THE POST - MASTER GENERAL HAS SAID HE'S NOT - GOING TO ALLOW SOME OF THE - CUTBACKS THAT THERE WAS, THERE - WERE BEGINNING TO BE IN THE

- POSTAL SERVICE. - YOU'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN - THIS ISSUE IN THE CONGRESS. - YOU'VE CALLED FOR AN - INVESTIGATION. - WHERE DOES IT STAND RIGHT NOW? - >> WELL, THE POST MASTER GENERAL - TOOK A MODEST BUT INSUFFICIENT - STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BY - BACKG AWAY FROM THE FUTURE - CHANGES THAT HE WAS PLANNING TO - MAKE TO AMERICA MINE THE - ABILITY -- TO AMERICA MINE THE - ABILITY OF THE POSTAL SERVICE TO - BE THERE FOR THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE. - THE POST OFFICE IS AS AMERICAN - AS BASEBALL, MOTHERHOOD AND - APPLE PIE. - ONE OF THE FEW INSTITUTIONS THAT - ACTUALLY IN THE UNITED STATES - CONSTITUTION. - THE FIRST POST MASTER GENERAL OF - COURSE WAS DR. BEN FRANKLIN ONE - OF THE FRAMERS OF THE UNITED - STATES CONSTITUTION THAT'S HOW - CENTRAL IT IS AND CONTINUES TO - BE SO TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. - THE FACT DONALD TRUMP WOULD - ENDEAVOR TO UNDERMIND IT SO - MANICALLY BECAUSE HE APPARENTLY - DOES NOT WANT AMERICANS TO HAVE - THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE SAFELY - AND BY MAIL BECAUSE HE CONCLUDES - THAT IF THEY DO SO IN LARGE

- NUMBERS, HE WILL LOSE. - THAT IS SHAMEFUL. - NOW THE POST MASTER HAS AGREED - TO COME BEFORE THE HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES ON MONDAY TO - ANSWER QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES - TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND HOW DO - WE REVERSE THEAMAGES ALREADY - BEEN DONE TO THE POSTAL - SERVICES. - AND ON SATURDAY WE WILL BE BACK - IN WASHINGTON TO PASS LAST THAT - DOES REVERSE THE DAMAGE THAT HAS - BEEN DONE DESIGNED TO ENSURE - THAT POST OFFICE BOXES ARE - BROUGHT BACK THAT SORTING - EQUIPMENT IS BROUGHT BACK. - IF THE CHANGES ARE TO UNDERMIND - THE DELIVERY OF THE MAIL ARE - REVERSE. - >> Woodruff: AT THIS POINT - HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THIS IS - GOING TO GET RESOLVED IN A WAY - THAT YOU AND OTHERS FEEL THAT - THE BALLOTING PROCESS THAT THE - MOSPOSTAL SURI WAS IS SERVICE I. - >> IT HAS RISEN UP IN A - PHENOMENAL WAY.

- DRIEKS, INDEPENDENTS, PEOPLE IN - SUBURBAN AMERICA AND RURAL - AMERICA, EVERY DAY CITIZENS, - VETERANS, SENIOR CITIZENS ALL OF - WHOM RELY ON THE POSTAL SERVICE - FOR THINGS LIKE THEIR SOCIAL - SECURITY CHECK OR THEIR MEDICINE - IN THE CASE OF VETERANS AND - OTHERS. - OR THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE - CHECKS IN THE FACE OF A DEADLY - PANDEMIC WITH MORE THAN 55 - MILLION AMERICANS HAVE LOST - EMPLOYMENT DURING THE COURSE OF - THE YEAR IN LARGE MEASURE - BECAUSE THE PRESIDENTIAL - RESPONSE OUT OF THIS WHITE HOUSE - HAS BEEN UNMITIGATED DISASTER. - THAT IS WHAT HAS FORCED IN MY - VIEW THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO - RESOURCE COURSE. - WE'RE GOING TO TRUST BUT VERIFY - AND ENSURE WE CAN ARRIVE IN - COMMON GROUND WITH MY REPUBLICAN - COLLEAGUES. - I DO EXPECT REPUBLICAN VOTES FOR - OUR LEGISLATION THIS WEEKEND. - >> Woodruff: VERY QUICKLY. - I CAN'T LET YOU GET AAY WITHOUT - ASKING YOU ABOUT THE STATUS OF - COVID RELIEF FOR THE CORONAVIRUS - AND WHAT IT'S DONE TO THE - ECONOMY.

- RIGHT NOW CONGRESS AT A COMPLETE - STALEMATE ON THIS ISSUE. - PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE WONDERING - IF ANYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. - WHAT DO YOU SEE RIGHT NOW? - >> IT DOES REQUIRE ACTION. - MONEY 1010,000 AMERICANS HAVE - DIED, MORE THAN 1000,000 SMALL - BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED MORE THAN - FIVE MILLION ARICANS HAVE BEEN - AFFECTED BY E CORONAVIRUS AND - COUNTING AND MORE THAN 55 - MILLION AMERICANS HAVE LOST - THEIR JOBS DURING THE COURSE OF - THIS PANDEMIC. - IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT AND - IT REQUIRES AN EXTRAORDINARY - INTERVENTION. - THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN - FIGHTING FOR. - WE PASSED THE HERO'S ACT AND THE - REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE NOTHING - FOR THREE MONTHS. - THAT'S OU OUTRAGEOUS AND WE NEED - THE REPUBLICANS TO RISE TO THE - OCCASION IN EMERGING THE - AMERICAN PEOPLE KEEP THE - PRESSURE ON UNTIL THEY COME TO

- THE NEGOTIATING TABLE TO ARRIVE - AT SOMETHING THAT IS - COMPREHENSIVE, TRANSFORMATIONAL - AND SIGNIFICANT. - >> Woodruff: REPRESENTATIVE - HAKIM JEFFRIES JOINING US ONE OF - THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DEMOCRATIC - PARTY OF THE HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES JOINING US - TONIGHT FROM HIS DISTRICT IN - BROOKLYN NEW YORK. - CONGRESSMAN VERY GOOD TO HAVE - YOU WITH US. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU JUDY, GREAT TO BE - WITH YOU AS ALWAYS. - >> Woodruff: TAKE CARE. - AND LAST NIGHT FORMER VICE - TY'S - NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, A LONG - AWAITED MOMENT FOR THE - POLITICIAN. - LISA DESJARDINS HAS THE FIRST OF - TWO LOOKS AT THE JOE BIDEN WE - KNOW. - THE MAN. - THE SENATOR. - AND HIS MANY DECADES IN POLITIC - THAT BROUGHT HIM TO THIS POINT. - >> DESJARDINS: JOSEPH ROBINETTE - BIDEN, JUNIOR WAS BORN IN - SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, THE - FIRST CHILD IN A VIVACIOUS, - TIGHT-KNIT CATHOLIC FAMILY. - >> EVERY SINGLE PERSON, MY DAD - USED TO SAY, 'NO MATTER WHO THEY - ARE, IS ENTITLED TO BE TREATED - WITH DIGNITY.' - A WORD I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY - USED MORE HERE IN SCRANTON, AT

- LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE, THAN - ANYWHERE ELSE. - >> DESJARDINS: SOON, TOUGH - TIMES. - HIS DAD'S BUSINESS FAILED, AND - HE ULTIMATELY MOVED THE FAMILY - TO DELAWARE FOR A JOB. - TONY ALLEN, PRESIDENOF - DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY, WAS A - SPEECHWRITER FOR BIDEN IN THE - '90'S. - >> HE TELLS THE STORY, AS YOU - KNOW, OF HIS FATHER LOSING HIS - JOB AND THE FAMILY HAVING TO - MOVE TO WILMINGTON. - >> MY DAD, WHO FELL ON HARD - TIMES, ALWAYS TOLD ME, THOUGH: - 'CHAMP, WHEN YOU GET KNOCKED - DOWN, GET UP. - GET UP.' - >> DESJARDINS: IN HIGH SCHOOL, - BIDEN THRIVED AS AN ATHLETE. - BUT CLASSMATES CALLED HIM "DASH" - FOR HIS STUTTER. - AUTHOR STEVEN LEAVENSON. - >> HE WAS SUBJECTED TO A LOT OF - BULLYING AND HE DIDN'T WANT THAT - TO DEFINE HIM. - SO HE WORKED REALLY HARD, - STARING IN THE MIRROR AND - WORKING HIS LIPS AND TRYING TO - MAKE SURE THAT HE COULD SPEAK. - >> DESJARDINS: HE STAYED IN - DELAWARE FOR COLLEGE. - AND ON A SPRING BREAK TRIP, HE - MET ASPIRING TEACHER NEILIA - HUNTER. - THEY MARRIED TWO YEARS LATER. - BIDEN GOT A LAW DEGREE AND - ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, JUMPED INTO

- LOCAL POLITICS IN THE STATE'S - LARGEST COUNTY. - >> JOE BIDEN STARTED HIS - POLITICAL CAREER AS A NEWCASTLE - COUNTY COUNCILMAN. - >> DESJARDINS: THE 20-SOMETHING - COUNCILMAN SOON HAD THREE SMALL - CHILDREN. - HE ALSO HAD GROWING AMBITION. - AND IN 1972, HE RAN FOR U.S. - SENATE, AN UTTER LONGSHOT. - >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF - THE VERY CLOSE SENATE RACES. - DELAWARE IS THE FIRST STATE. - J CALEB BOGGS IS THE INCUMBENT, - REPUBLICAN, BEING CHALLENGED BY - JOSEPH BIDEN. - >> DESJARDINS: BY JUST 3000 - VOTES, IN THE END, HE WON. - HE WAS AN INSTANT NATIONAL - HEADLINE. - >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR. - >> DESJARDINS: DAYS AFTER THE - ELECTION, HE TURNED 30, AND - CELEBRATED WITH HIS WIFE. - BUT ONE MONTH AFTER THAT, - TRAGEDY. - A CAR CRASH TOOK THE LIVES OF - WIFE NEILIA AND THEIR - ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER NAOMI. - THEIR SONS, HUNTER AND BEAU WERE - INJURED, AND BIDEN, WHO - INITIALLY CONSIDERED RESIGNING,

- WAS SWORN INTO THE SENATE FROM - BESIDE BEAU'S HOSPITAL BED. - >> SO HELP YOU GOD? - >> I DO. - >> CONGRATULATIONS, SENATOR. - >> IF IN SIX MONTHS OR SO - THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN MY - BEING A GOOD FATHER AND BEING A - GOOD SENATOR WHICH HOPE WILL - NOT OCCUR, I THOUGHT WOULD, BU - >> DESJARDINS: NINA TOTENBERG IS - THE JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT FOR - NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO. - >> I HAVE A DIM RECOLLECTION OF - HIM BEING SORT OF A ZOMBIE FOR A - LITTLE WHILE. - JUST SORT OF WALKING THROUGH - THE, THE THE STEPS THAT YOTAKE - TO SURVIVE. - >> DESJARDINS: BIDEN COMMUTED ON - AMTRAK, SOME FOUR HOURS A DAY, - TO BE HOME WITH HIS KIDS AT - NIGHT. - >> JOE BIDEN WAS A COMPLETE - NEWBIE. - HE WAS CLOSE TO COLLEGE AGE AND - THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY HAD POWER - IN THE SENATE IN THOSE DAYS WERE - THE DIXIECRATS, THE OLD BULLS, - AND HE QUICKLY DISCOVERED, I - THINK THAT IF YOU WANTED TO GET - ANYTHING DONE, YOU HAD TO GO - THROUGH THEM.

- WAS VERY EFFECTIVE AT IT. - >> DESJARDINS: THINGS STARTED - MOVING QUICKLY. - IN 1975 BIDEN WAS PLACED ON THE - POWERFUL FOREIGN RELATIONS - COMMITTEE AND A FEW YEARS LATER, - ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. - HE MET TEACHER JILL TRACY - JACOBS, AND SPITE SOME - PROPOSAL REJECTIONS, THEY - MARRIED TWO YEARS LATER, WITH - THE BLESSING OF YOUNG HUNTER AND - BEAU. - >> I'M ASHAD OF THE LACK OF - MORAL BACKBONE TO THIS POLICY. - STILL MMUTING TO WASHINGTON BY - TRAIN, IN THE 1980S, BIDEN'S - LIFE AND PROFILE GREW. - DAUGHTER ASHLEY WAS BORN AND - 1987 MARKED HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN - FOR PRESIDENT. - >> IT IS THE OBLIGATION OF THIS - GENERATION TO CARE FOR AND - PROTECT THE FUTURE OF OUR - CHILDREN. - >> DESJARDINS: ALMOST - IMMEDIATELY, BIDEN RAN INTO - TROUBLE. - HE HAD TAKEN TO QUOTING A - BRITISH LABOUR PARTY LEADER IN - HIS SPEECHES. - BUT AT AN AUGUST 23 DEBATE IN - IOWA, BIDEN DID NOT ATTRIBUTE - THE FOLLOWING QUOTE. - >> WHY IS IT THAT JOE BIDEN IS - THE FIRST IN HIS FAMILY EVER TO

- GO TO A UNIVERSITY? - WHY IS IT THAT MY WIFE, WHO IS - SITTING OUT THERE IN THE - AUDIENCE, IS THE FIRST IN HER - FAMILY TO EVER GO TO COLLEGE? - >> DESJARDINS: BACK ON CAPITOL - HILL BIDEN FACED QUESTIONS ABOUT - THE ALLEGED PLAGIARISM. - >> I SAW THAT AND IT WAS A - CONNECT. - I MEAN, I COULD TELL HOW THAT - MAN FELT. - >> DESJARDINS: WITHIN ONWEEK, - HE WOULD DROP OUT OF THE RACE. - JUST AS HE FACED ANOTHER TEST... - >> THERE WILL BE OTHER - OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO CAMPAIGN - FOR PRESIDENT. - BUT THERE WILL NOT BE MANY - OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO - INFLUENCE PRESIDENT REAGAN'S - CHOICE FOR THE SUPREME COURT. - >> DESJARDINS: BIDEN, NOW - CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDICIARY - COMMITTEE, OVERSAW THE - CONFIRMATION HEARING OF JUDGE - ROBERT H. BORK TO THE SUPREME - COURT. - IT WAS SHARP FROM THE BEGINNING. - >> I HAVE TO SAY, HAVING WATCHED - THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - OVER THE YEARS, THIS IS THE ONE - TIME WHERE SENATORS WHO WERE ON - OFFENSE ACTUALLY WERE PREPARED. - THEY ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS. - THEY KNEW A LOT ABOUT BORK. - AND JOE BIDEN LED THE CHARGE. - >> DESJARDINS: BORK FAILED HIS - CONFIRMATION VOTE. - >> THE NOMINATION IS NOT

- CONFIRMED. - >> DESJARDINS: JUST A FEW MONTHS - LATER, IN 1988, A HEALTH CRISIS. - BIDEN SUFFERED TWO - LIFE-THREATENING ANEURYSMS. - A FULL SEVEN MONTHS OF RECOVERY - LATER, HE RETURNED TO THE SENATE - FLOOR. - >> I WILL NOT FORGET THE - SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED, THE - SUPPORT GIVEN, IT MEANS A LOT. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> DESJARDINS: HE GOT BACK TO - WORK AND AS THE '90S OPENED, A - NEW TEST: THE NOMINATION OF - CLARENCE THOMAS TO THE SUPREME - COURT. - >> CLARENCE THOMAS, SEASONED NOW - BY MORE EXPERIENCE ON THE BENCH, - FITS MY DESCRIPTION OF THE BEST - MAN AT THE RIGHT TIME. - >> DESJARDINS: BIDEN WAS STILL - JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN. - THE COMMITTEE LEARNED ABOUT - CHARGES OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT - AGAINST THOMAS FROM HIS FORMER - ASSISTANT, ANITA HILL. - >> TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND - NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP - YOU GOD? - >> I DO. - >> Woodruff: OTHERS KIM - FORWARD TO TESTIFY BUT BIDEN - LIMITED THE TESTIMONY TO THE - HILL ALONE. - THE TERRIFYING HEARINGS GRIPPED - THE NATION.

- >> HIS CONVERSATIONS WERE VERY - VIVID. - HE SPOKE ABOUT ACTS THAT HE HAD - SEEN IN PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS - INVOLVING SUCH MATTERS AS WOMEN - HAVING SEX WITH ANIMALS AND - FILMS SHOWING GROUP SEX OR RAPE - SCENES. - >> DESJARDINS: IT ALL WOULD MAKE - A SEARING IMPRESSION ON SOME - WOMEN WATCHING, LIKE AIMEE - ALLISSON, THE FOUNDER OF THE - PRO-WOMEN GROUP SHE THE PEOPLE. - >> I WAS AN UNDERGRADUATE AND I - WENT TO THE COMMON ROOM IN OUR - DORM TO WATCH THE HEARINGS. - I SAW THE WAY SHE WAS BEING - TREAT BY THE WHITE MEN ON THE - JUDICIARY COMMITTEE BOTH - DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. - JOE BIDEN WAS AMONG THEM. - >> DESJARDINS: BIDEN STRESSED HE - WOULD RUN A FAIR HEARING. - >> JUDGE, I HAVE NOT MADE MY - JUDGMENT BASED ON THIS - PROCEEDING, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT - HEARD ALL THE EVIDENCE. - >> DESJARDINS: BUT HIS HANDLING - OF IT AND THE FACT THAT OTHER - CORROBORATING WITNESSES WERE - NEVER CALLED, HAS RAISED SHARP - SCRUTINY. - >> JUST AS THE REPUBLICANS WERE - REALLY UNPREPARED FOR THE BORK - HEARINGS, THE DEMOCRATS WERE

- UNPREPARED FOR THE FURY AND THE - DETERMINATION OF THE REPUBLICANS - AND THAT THEY WOULD USE TACTICS, - ANY TACTIC TO DESTROY THE MAIN - WITNESS AGAINST THOMAS. - BIDEN THOUGHT, MY JOB IS TO BE - FAIR. - HIS FAIRNESS IN THE END WAS IN - MANY WAYS UNFAIR TO ANITA HILL. - >> THIS ENTIRE PROCEEDING HAS - ENDED. - >> DESJARDINS: BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT - THE HEARINGS LAST YEAR. - >> AS THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, I - TAKE RESPONSIBILITY THAT SHE DID - NOT GET TREATED WELL. - I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. - >> DESJARDINS: LATER, BIDEN USED - THE JUDICIARY CHAIRMANSHIP FOR - BIG POLICY PUSHES, INCLUDING, IN - 1994THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - ACT, WHICH CREATED A NATIONAL - STRATEGY FOR COMBATING AND - PROSECUTING DOMESTIC ABUSE AND - SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. - HE ALSO LED ON A MORE - CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT WAS - ATTACHED, THE 1994 CRIME BILL - THAT IMPOSED LONGER SENTENCES - FOR DRUG CRIMES AND OTHER - OFFENSES. - >> IT MAY HAVE SEEMED AND DID

- SEEM ENTIRELY REASONABLE IN THE - MIDDLE OF A CRIME EPIDIC. - BUT IN HINDSIGHT, IT RULTED IN - LOCKING UP A GENERATION OF BLACK - AND BROWN AND POOR WHITE - PEOPLE. - >> DESJARDINS: AS THE NEW - CENTURY OPENED, WITH GEORGE W. - BUSH ELECTED TWICE, BIDEN AGAIN - THOUGHT IT WAS HIS TIME. - AND STARTED DROPPING HINTS THAT - HE WANTED ANOTHER SHOT AT THE - WHITE HOUSE HIMSELF. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M LISA - DESJARDINS. - >> Woodruff: WE WILL HAVE - PART TWO OF THE BIDEN BIOGRAPHY - TOMORROW NIGHT ON OUR SPECIAL - COVERAGE. - NOW I WANT TO BRING OTHER VOICES - THAT ARE WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS - WEAK. - GARY ABERNATHY IS A COLUMNIST - FOR "THE WASHINGTON POST." - HE'S BASED IN OH. - JOHNATHAN CAPEHART A PULITZER - PRIZE WINNING COLUMNIST ALSO - WITH THE WASHINGTON POST. - ERRIN HAINES WITH THE NEWLY - LAUNCHED NEWS WEBSITE THE 19TH. - SARAH SMARSH IS A KANSAS-BASED - JOURNALIST AND CYNTHIA TUCKER A - PULITZER PRIZE WINNING SYNDICATE

- COLUMNIST BASED IN ALABAMA. - IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU - AGAIN. - THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. - I WANT TO ASK YOU BOTH WHAT'S - GOING ON AT THE CONVENTION BUT - THINKING ABOUT WITH A WE JUST - HEARD FROM LISA IN TERMS OF THE - LIFE STORY OF JOE BIDEN, - JONATHAN CAPEHART, HOW IMPORTANT - IS IT IN THIS ELECTION THAT THE - STORY OF WHO HE IS, A STORY OF - HIS LIFE IS OUT THERE FOR VOTERS - TO CONSIDER AS MUCH AS THE - ISSUES AND THE CONTROVERSIES - AROUND PRESIDENT TRUMP. - >> JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN IN - POLITICS FOR 50 YEARS. - PEOPLE KNOW HIS NAME AND - RECOGNIZE HIS FACE. - WHAT THIS CONVENTION DOES IS IT - GIVES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AN - OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT - HIM. - THEY MIGHT KNOW ABOUT THE - TRAGEDIES IN HIS LIFE FROM THE - LOSS OF HIS FIRST WIFE AND FIRST - DAUGHTER TO THE LOSS OF HIS SON - BEAU, THE FORMER ATTORNEY - GENERAL OF DELAWARE A FEW YEARS

- AGO. - BUT THERE'S MORE TO JOE BIDEN. - AND I LOVED LISA'S PART ONE OF - HIS BIOGRAPHY. - IT WAS GRIPPING. - THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN THERE - I DIDN'T KNOW AND I THINK THERE - ARE A LOT OF THINGS THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE WILL FIND OUT ABOUT JOE - BIDEN THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW. - OR MIGHT BE LEARNING FOR THEM - FOR THE FIRST TIME. - THE ONE THING, THE ONE THROUGH - LINE IN JIMM VICE PRESIDENT BIDN - BOGGITY IS ONE OF TRAUMA AND - TRAGEDY -- BIOGRAPHY IS ONE OF - TRAUMA AND TRAGEDIES BUT HOW - THOSE TRAUMAS AND TRAWDGES - FORMED AND SHAPED THIS MAN AND - HOW THE EMPATHY AND BIG HEART - COME THROUGH WHEN, THROUGH JOE - BIDEN HIMSELF AND WHEN PEOPLE - TALK ABOUT HIM THAT THERE'S A - GROUNDING THERE. - THERE IS A CORE THERE AND HIS - BIOGRAPHY, PEOPLE SOMETIMES WILL - THROUGH BGRAPHIES YOU'RE JUST - TRYING TO HUMANIZE.

- I THINK NOW 2020 GIVEN WHO THE - MATCH UP IS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND - FORMER VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, - THAT HUMANIZATION, THAT CORE OF - BIDEN, HIS EMPATHY IS THE WORD - I'M LOOKING FOR, THE EMPATHY - THAT COMES THROUGH, THROUGH THE - SCREEN AND THROUGH HIS STORY, IS - SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AN - INCREDIBLE CONTRAST TO THE - CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED - STATES. - >> Woodruff: AIR AWE SMARSH - HOW MUCH OF THE JOE BIDEN STORY - COMES THROUGH TO THE VOTERS. - I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO SPOKE FOR - KANSAS BUT HOW MUCH DOES IT COME - THROUGH WHO DON'T PAY CLOSE - ATTENTION TO WASHINGTON EVERY - DAY. - >> SURE. - I THINK THE ELEMENTS OF HIS - STORY THAT EVEN APART FROM - MATTERS OF CHARACTER ARE EASILY - CONTRASTED WITH THAT OF THE - CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS TO DO WITH - MATTERS OF CLASS AND PLACE - ORIGINS. - HE DIDN'T GROW UP IN POVERTY BUT - THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS OF HIS - STORY THAT CERTAINLY CORRELATE - WITH THE PRIZED AMERICAN IDEA OF

- PULLING ONE SELF UP BY ONE'S - BOOT STRAPS. - I NOTICED DURING THE CONVENTION - LAST NIGHT THEY EMPHASIZE STORY - LINES THAT HAD TO DO WITH - RESILIENCE, HARD WORK. - THESE ARE IDEAS THAT CERTAINLY - TRANSLATE TO WHAT WE MIGHT CALL - THE COMMON PERSON REGARDLESS OF - THEIR POLITICS. - >> Woodruff: ERRIN HAINES, I - WANT TO ASK YOU TO PICK UP ON - THAT. - I'M THINKING TONIGHT AGAIN, WE - KNOW THAT, SOME OF US KNOW THE - JOE BIDEN STORY, WE'VE BEEN - COVERING HIM FOR MANY YEARS AND - HE HAS BEEN AN AMERICAN PUBLIC - LIFE FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY. - BUT HOW MUCH OF THAT IS COMING - THROUGH AND HOW MUCH DOES IT - MATTER IN THIS YEAR IN - PARTICULAR, GIVEN WHAT'S GOING - ON, WHO HE'S RUNNING AGAINST. - >> NOW IS THE TIME FOR JOE BIDEN - TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THOSE - PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY WHO DON'T - KNOW HIM. - WE ARE 11 WEEKS OUT FROM THIS

- ELECTION AND THIS IS REALLY THE - TIME WHEN VOTERS ARE STARTING TO - PAY ATTENTION. - I KNOW THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN - COVERING THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN - PRETTY MUCH PAYING ATTENTION TO - ALL THINGS ABOUT THE MANY PEOPLE - WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT LAST YEAR. - BUT NOW THE REST OF THE COUNTRY - IS STARTING TO DO THAT TOO. - EVEN IN THE MITT OF A PANDEMIC. - BECAUSE HE'S BEEN IN PUBLIC LIFE - FOR HALF A CENTURY I DID HEAR A - LOT OF VOTERS IN THE PRIMARY - THING JUST WHAT YOU HEARD FROM A - CONSERVATIVE SAYING THIS WEEK - THEY FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW JOE - BIDEN AND THEY FEEL LIKE JOE - BIDEN KNOWS THEM. - JOE BIDEN IS SOMEBODY WHO CAME - INTO SHARPER FOCUS BEYOND BEING - THAT SENATOR FROM DELAWARE WHEN - HE WAS BARACK OBAMA'S NUMBER - TWO. - AND SO SEEING HIM IN THE VICE - PRESIDENT SEE FOR EIGHT YEARS - CERTAINLY GAVE HIM THE HIGHEST - NAME OF ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO - RAN IN TH - BUT BEYOND THAT IT'S HIS LIFE - STORY, THE COMPELLING CONNECTION

- YOU NEED TO HAVE WITH VOTERS - THAT'S PART OF WHAT IS THE - POTENTIALLY WINNING FORMULAS I - THINK IS THE CASE THAT HE AND - OTHERS ARE MAKING ON HIS BEHALF - NIGHT. - >> Woodruff: SO GARY - ABERNATHY GIVEN WHAT SOME OF - YOUR FELLOW PANELISTS ARE SAYING - ABOUT HIM, HOW DOES THAT JOE - BIDEN STORY STAND UP TO WHAT - WE'RE HEARING FROM PRESIDENT - TRUMP THAT THIS IS SLEEPY JOE, - THAT THIS IS SLEAZY JOE, THAT - THIS IS SOCIALIST JOE. - HOW DOES THAT HOLD UP? - >> NO MATTER WHAT PRESIDENT - TRUMP SAYS ABOUT JOE BIDEN, - AMERICANS WILL MAKE THEIR OWN - DECISION BASED ON WATCHING JOE - BIDEN. - A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW - POLITICS AS HAS BEEN POINTED - OUT, ALREADY FEEL THEY KNOW HIM - PRETTY WELL. - JOE BIDEN IS A MODERATE. - HE'S NOT A LEFT-WING LIBERAL. - KAMALA HARRIS IS MORE ENGLISH - RULE. - SHE'S NOT QUITE THE MODERATE A - LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO - PAINT HER OUT TO BE. - BIDEN HAS A VERY COMPELLING - STORY AND IT'S PART OF WHAT THE - CONVENTION HAS REALLY TRIED HARD

- THIS WEEK TO CONVEY WHICH IS WE - AS A PARTY, WE'RE NOT SCARED. - THEY'RE ALMOST SCREAMING AT YOU. - WE'RE NOT THE SCARY LIBERALS. - DON'T WORRY. - IT REMINDS ME OF REAGAN IN THE - 1980'S ASSURING PEOPLE HE - WAS THE SCARY RIGHT WING - CONSELFIVE THAT THE CARTER - CAMPAIGN AND RIGHT WING MADE HIM - OUT TO BE. - THEY'RE TO GO GOOD WITH THAT. - IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD - HORRIBLE KILLING, THAT HORRIBLE - TRAGEDY, AMERICA UNITED AROUND - THE IDEA WE NEED TO DO MORE ON - SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MOSTLY ON - POLICE REFORM AND TAT TYPE OF - THING. - PEOPLE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO - THINK THAT'S A MANDATE FOR - UPHEAVAL FROM THE LEFT. - AND I THINK THE DEMOCRATS - REALIZE THAT AND THEY ARE TRYING - TO RUN A CONVENTION THAT SAYS - HEY WE GET IT, WE KNOW WHAT LANE - WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN, IT'S A - CENTER-RIGHT COUNTRY AND WE - RECOGNIZE THAT. - >> Woodruff: CINCT KNOW - TUCKER ALABAMA WHAT GARY - ABERNATHY JUST DESCRIBE IS THAT - SUCCESSFULLY WHAT'S COMING - ACROSS IF THAT'S WHAT THE

- DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO CONVEY. - >> YES, IT IS. - I THINK HUMANIZING JOE BIDEN HAS - BEEN VERY IMPORTANT. - AFTER ALL, THIS HAS BEEN A - TRUNCATED CAMPAIGN. - HE HASN'T BEEN OUT THERE AS - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES - GENERALLY ARE BECAUSE HE COULD - NOT BE. - AND THE OTHER THING I THINK IS - IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHILE MANY - OF US ARE WAITING FOR POLICY - STATEMENT FROM JOE BIDEN, WHAT - HE PLANS TO DO IF HE'S ELECTED. - THE SIMPLE FACT OF TH MATTER IS - THAT'S NOT THE WAY MANY VOTERS - MAKE THEIR VOICES. - YES THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HIS - PLAN FOR CURBING THE PNDEMIC, - THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT - HEALTHCARE. - BUT MANY VOTERS ALSO WANT TO BE - COMFORTABLE WITH THE CANDIDATE. - THEY MAKE THEIR CHOICES BASED ON - PERSONALITY. - AND THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF - YOUNGER VOTERS OUT THERE WHO - DON'T KNOW JOE BIDEN WELL AT - ALL, AND WHAT THEY DO KNOW IS - THAT HE'S A MODERATE AND FOR

- PROGRESSIVES THAT HASN'T - NECESSARILY BEEN A GOOD THING.VS - VERY SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO - HUMANIZE JOE BIDEN, TO INTRODUCE - HIM TO VOTERS, TO HAVE VOTERS - GET TO KNOW HIM BETTER HAS BEEN - VERY SUCCESSFUL. - AND LOOKING BACK OVER HIS LONG - CAREER, IT IS INTERESTING NOW TO - THINK THAT SOME OF THE THINGS - THAT WERE CONTROVERSIAL 20, 30 - YEARS AGO, WERE STILL - CONTROVERSIAL. - HE DROVE OUT OF HIS FIRST - PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OVER - ALLEGATIONS OF PLAGIARIZING A - SPEECH. - BOY, THAT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT - TIME. - WE NOW HAVE A MAN IN THE WHITE - HOUSE WHO HAS SAID THAT HE COULD - SHOOT SOMEBODY ON FIFTH AVENUE - AND NOT LOSE ANY VOTERS. - SO WE'RE IN A VERY DIFFERENT - TIME NOW, I TINK. - AND IT IS A VERY GOOD TIME FOR

- JOE BIDEN TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF - TO VOTERS WHO DON'T KNOW HIM - WELL. - >> Woodruff: SO IN JUST THE - FEW MINUTES WE HAVE LEFT OF THIS - ROUND, JONATHAN CAPEHART, I WANT - TO GO AROUND AND TRY TO HEAR - FROM EACH ONE OF YOU. - THERE'S GOING TO BE A MESSAGE - THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GOING TO - CONVEY TONIGHT ABOUT JOE BIDEN. - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM - HIM? - >> I WANT TO HEAR FROM PRESIDENT - BIDEN WHAT JOE BIDEN WAS LIKE AS - VICE PRESIDENT. - WHY DID HE WANT BIDEN TO BE THE - LAST PERSON IN THE ROOM WITH HIM - WHEN HE MADE A BIG DECISION. - WHAT DID IT MEAN TO HIM. - WHAT KIND OF JUDGMENT DID BIDEN - DISPLAY. - WHAT KIND OF ADVICE DID HE GIVE. - AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL - ACTUALLY DO THIS BUT HOW OFTEN - WAS JOE RIGHT. - >> Woodruff: SARAH SMARSH - WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM - PRESIDENT OBAMA OR OTHER - SPEAKERS TONIGHT. - >> I WANT TO HEAR FROM PRESIDENT - OBAMA WILL LIKELY MAKE REFERENCE - ABOUT THE FORMER VICE

- PRESIDENT'S ABILITY TO WORK - ACROSS THE AISLE. - THAT WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF - PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT HE I THINK - FEELS PROUD ABOUT HIS OWN - CHARACTER. - BUT NOT ONLY TO FRAME THAT AS - SORT OF OPENING A FLANY SIGNALST - ALSO TO THE LEFT. - THERE IS A FUTURE PARTY, THE - YOUNGER NEW GENERATION TENDS TO - BE MORE PROGRESSIVE IN ITS VIEW - THAN POLICY IDEAS. - AND SOME SORT OF SIGNAL AS TO - PEOPLE'S TRUST THAT THEY MIGHT - HAVE IN A PRESIDENT BIDEN'S - WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO NEW - IDEAS AND IN BOTH DIRECTIONS I - THINK WOULD BE INTERESTING. - >> Woodruff: ERRIN HAINES IN - JUST A FEW WORDS, WHAT ARE YOU - LOOKING FOR IN PRESIDENT OBAMA. - >> WELL AS MUCH AS WHAT - PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS TONIGHT IS - HOW AND WHERE HE'S SAYING IT. - I'M IN PHILADELPHIA WHERE - PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GOING TO GIVE - HIS SPEECH AT THE MUSEUM OF THE

- AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHICH I URGE - EVERYBODY TO SEE IF THEY HAVEN'T - BECAUSE IT TELLS A VERY - DIFFERENT STORY. - THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO - THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE - MIDST OF A THIRD REVOLUTION. - HE MADE THE CASE FOR HILLARY - CLINTOHERE IN 2016 ON THE EVE - OF THE ELECTION. - AND PHILADELPHIA IS A PLACE - CONSIDERED BY MANY AMERICANS AS - THE CRADLE OF THIS DEMOCRACY. - SO NOT ONLY WILL HE BE TALKING - ABOUT WHO JOE BIDEN IS BUT - TALKING ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND - WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY IN - MAKING A CASE FOR THIS - DEMOCRACY. - >> Woodruff: WE'VE GOT LESS - THAN A MINUTE. - GARY ABERNATHY IN 20 SECONDS - WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN - PRESIDENT OBAMA. - >> WELL I HOPE WHAT I HEAR FROM - PRESIDENT OBAMA IS A LITTLE BIT - OF THE DISCUSSION ON CLAW KAMALA - HARRIS AND HOW HE MADE HISTORY - HOW SHE WILL FOLLOW IN HIS FOOT - STEPS. - I HEARD HIM SAYING KAMALA HARRIS - SHOULD BE TRUMP'S OPPONENT AT - THE TOP OF THE TICKET. - I THINK SHE COULD BE STRONG IN - THAT POSITION TOO.

- >> Woodruff: CYNTHIA TUCKER. - >> I AM CERTAINLY LOOKING FORD - TO COLLAGES -- FORD TO KAMALA - HARRIS STEELING HER OWN STO. - BUT I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE - JIMMY'S COMPETENCE. - SO MANY AMERICANS WANT TO SEE - RESTORED TO THE WHITE HOUSE. - I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR PRESIDENT - OBAMA TALK ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S - COMPETENCE AS HIS VICE - PRESIDENT. - >> Woodruff: TALL ORDER. - YOU'VE ALL LAID IT OUT THERE FOR - HIM. - WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. - THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. - CYNTHIA TRK, SARAH SMARSH, GARY - ABERNATHY THANK YOU. - I WANT TO GO TO AMNA NAWAZ - TALKING TO SOMEBODY FROMOE - BIDEN'S HOME STATE. - >> WHEN KAMALA HARRIS ACCEPTS - THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL KNOW - NATION TONIGHT THERE ARE A LOT - OF EYES ON HER FROM CALIFORNIA. - START SHAFER IS HERE TO TALK - OUT THAT A REPORTER FROM - TELEVISION KQED IN SAN - FRANCISCO. - WELCOME AND THANKS FOR BEING

- WITH US. - IT'S WORTH REMINDING PEOPLE BACK - IN MARCH WHICH NOW FEELS LIKE A - FULL LIFETIME AGO THAT IT WAS - BERNIE SANDERS WHO ACTUALLY WON - THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY. - WHEN YOU TALK TO VOTERS IN - CALIFORNIA TODAY, HOW DO THEY - FEEL ABOUT THIS MORE CENTRIST - TICKET AND ALSO ABOUT WHAT - THEY'RE HEARING FROM THE - CONVENTION. - >> WELL YOU KNOW, BERNIE SANDERS - DID WIN THE PRIMARY BUT THERE'S - A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR JOE BIDEN - IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. - HE FINISHED BEHIND SANRS IN - MARCH BUT WASN'T THAT FAR - BEHIND. - IT'S INTERESTING I THINK - PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO - EXPECT FROM THIS CONVENTION. - IT'S SO UNCONVIRTUALCONVENTIONV. - PEOPLE EVEN KAMALA HARRIS, THEY - WILL SEE AND KNOW SOMEBODY IN - KAMALA HARRIS. - THERE WAS GROWING EXCITEMENT. - THERE WAS DISAPPOINTMENT FOR - SURE AMONG THE BERNIE SANDERS

- SUPPORTS IN THE DELEGATION. - I THINK THEY ARE HOPING TO BE IN - MILWAUKEE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL - PRESENCE AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON - THE PLATFORM AND THAT SORT OF - THING. - I THINK WE SAW FROM THE ROLL - CALL LAST NIGHT THERE'S A LOT OF - UNITY IN THIS DELEGATION RIGHT - NOW. - >> LEFT ME TALK ABOHARRIS BECAUE - FOR YEARS. - WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM HER - RECORD OR LEADERSHIP HOW SHE'S - AWE APPROACHING THIS NEW ROLE. - >> SHE WAS ELECTED A U.S. - ATTORNEY IN 2003. - SHE NEVER RAN FOR OFFICE. - SHE RAN AGAINST THE INCUMBENT, A - MAN WHO WAS QUITE LIBERAL. - SHE RAN A LITTLE BIT TO HIS - RIGHT. - SHE WAS IN THE CENTER AND SHE - HAD A TRIAL BY FIRE BECAUSE SHE - RAN WHERE SHE WOULD NEVER SEEK - THE DEATH PENALTY AND WITHIN - FOUR MONTHS OF HER TAKING OFFICE - SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICER WAS - SHOTND KILLED. - SHE KEPT HER PROMISE SHE DID NOT - SEEK THE DEATH PANELLITY AND - THAT ASSAILANT -- PENALTY AND - THAT AWE SILLAN ASSAILANT WAS NE - DEATH PANELLITY AND IT SHOOK HER

- I THINK. - SHE SPENT THE NEXT DECADE OR - MORE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE - AMENDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. - SHE RAN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IN - 2010. - SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY - ENDORSEMENTS FROM LAW - ENFORCEMENT. - SHE VERY NARROWLY WON JUST - SQUEAKING PAST A MORE - TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE - FROM LOS ANGELES. - I THINK SHE'S SOMEBODY WHO IS - PRAGMATIC, IT'S EVOLUTION NOT - REVOLUTION WHEN IT CAN COMES TO - POLITICS. - >> WE'LL BE HEARING MORE IN HER - OWN WORDS. - THAT IS SCOTT SHAFER FROM KQED - IN SAN FRANCISCO. - THANKS, SCOTT. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: WE'VE HEARD FROM - A NUMBER OF JOE BIDEN'S RIVAL - WHO CAME TO SUPPORT HIS BID FOR - THE WHITE HOUSE. - SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR JOINS US - FROM MINNEAPOLIS COMING FROM - PROTESTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE - AFTER THE MUER OF GEORGE

- FLOYD. - SENATOR KLOBUCHAR THANK YOU FOR - BEING WITH US TONIGHT. - IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, THIS - CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT. - YOU WERE OUT ON THE TRAIL - YOURSELF FOR MANY MONTHS. - WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO YOU AT - THIS POINT? - WE ARE TWO NIGHTS INTO THIS - CONVENTION. - IS IT DOING WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT - SHOULD DO? - >> IT IS AND MORE. - WE ALL KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE TO - BE VIRTUAL, WE DON'T HAVE THE - AFTER PARTIES AND THAT FEELING - OF CAMARADERIE BUT IT HAS - ALLOWED AMERICANS TO SEE THE - STORY OF JOE BIDEN, THE STORY - THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR OF - KAMALA HARRIS IN A DIFFERENT - WAY. - ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS IS - ACTUALLY THE ROLL CALL LAST - NIGHT WHERE YOU HAD EVERYTHING - FROM HEART FELT THOUGHTS FROM - PEOPLE WHO HAD LOTS OF TRIALS OF - GUN VIOLENCE TO OUR FAVORITE DUO - TRYING TO SELL CAL CALAMARI FROM - RHODE ISLAND. - THIS IS THE AMERICA AS WE KNOW

- IT AND NOT THE AMERICA THAT - DONALD TRUMP TRIES TALKING - ABOUT. - IT IS AN AMERICA WHERE PEOPLE - ARE DIFFERENT BUT THEY DON'T - WANT TO BE DIVIDED, THEY WANT TO - COME TOGETHER AND YOU'VE SEEN - THAT IN COLIN POWELL AND HEARING - FROM GOVERNOR KASICH THE NIGHT - BEFORE. - THERE ARE SO MANY REPUBLICANS - ANI DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE - LOST HERE, MODERATE REPUBLICANS - WHO HAVE COME FORWARD. - SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UNITY IT'S - BERNIE SANDERS HEART SPOKE PITCH - TO BRING HIS SUPPORTERS WITH - HIM. - IT IS ALL THESE REPUBLICANS WHO - HAVE COME FORWARD AND - COURAGEOUSLY CINDY MCCAIN - ANYWHERE EIGHTINNARRATING THE V. - >> Woodruff: THERE'S SOME - WHERE IT'S NOT ENOUGH ON THE - PERSONAL AND TOO MUCH ON - SUBSTANCE. - >> I SEE THE PERSONAL FROM THE - WOMAN FROM ARIZONA WHO SAID HER - DAD'S ONLY PREEXISTING CONDITION - WAS TRUSTING DONALD TRUMP AND HE - PAID WITH HIS LIFE. - YES, THAT'S PERSONAL. - BUT THIS IS A PERSONAL ELECTION, - JUDY.

- PEOPLE ARE ISOLATED. - I HAD TO SEE MY DAD WITH COVID - THROUGH A WINDOW IN A NURSING - HOME NOT KNOWING IF IT WAS THE - LAST TIME I WOULD SEE HIM AND HE - MADE IT THROUGH. - THERE ARE STORIES LIKE THAT ALL - OVER OUR LAND. - JOE BIDEN'S ABILITY TO ALLAY TO - PEOPLE FROM THE WOMAN IN THE - ELEVATOR AS TO HIS COMPETENCE AS - SOME OF YOUR LAST MANNISTS RE - TALKING ABOUT, THE -- PANELISTS - WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE - CONFIDENCE HE BRINGS TO THE JOB. - I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT KAMALA - TONIGHT. - WE GREW CLOSER IN THE CAMPAIGN - TRAIL. - I TEXTED HER HUSBAND JOKINGLY - WHAT HE IS WEARING TONIGHT - BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU ASK THE - SPOUSE. - I WON'T REVEAL. - >> Woodruff: WE DON'T ASK - THOSE QUESTIONS, BY THE WAY, - SENATOR KLOBUCHAR. - OTHERS MAY. - >> BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS ASK THE - WOMAN WHAT THEY'RE WEARING, THE - SPOUSE. - ANYWAY. - SO THE POINT IS, IS THAT THIS IS - GOING TO BE A MOMENT WHERE EVERY - LITTLE GIRL AND BOY IN AMERICA,

- ESPECIALLY IN OUR AFRICAN - AMERICAN COMMUNITY, - INDIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS - GOING TO KNOW THAT ANYTHING AND - EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. - >> Woodruff: SPEAKING OF - COVID WE KNOW YOUR OWN HUSBAND, - JOHN, WENT THROUGH THE - EXPERIENCE OF THE CORONAVIRUS - AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WHEN YOU - HAD TO BE IN WASHINGTON AND WE - KNOW THAT WAS A TOUGH TIME. - WE'RE GLB HE RECOVERED. - I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT - MINNESOTA. - FOUR YEARS AGO HILLARY CLINTON - WON BUT IT WAS BY THE THE - NARROWEST OF MARGINS. - YOU SAID OUT IN THE CAMPAIGN - TRAIL YOU AMY KLOBUCHAR IF YOU - WERE THE PARTY NOMINEE YOU WOULD - KEEP MINNESOTA BLUE BUT MY - QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT HAPPENS - NOW. - THE POLLS ARE CLOSED. - THERE WAS ONE THAT CAME OUT THE - ALEXANDER POLL I THINK THREE -- - ANDERSON POLL I THINK THREE - POINTS UP FOR JOE BIDEN. - IS MINNESOTA IN PLAY THIS YEAR? - >> JOE BIDEN'S GOING TO WIN - MINNESOTA. - AND I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING - TO MAKE SURE HE DOES. - AND TO MENTION HELPING WISCONSIN - AND IOWA AND ACROSS THE CAN - COUNTRY AS I SAID IN MY CAMPAIGN

- WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A BLUE WALL - OF DEMOCRATIC VOTES IN THESE - STATES AND MAKE DONALD TRUMP PAY - FOR IT. - A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN THIS - INCREDIBLE MOMENTUM. - IN MINNESOTA THERE WAS ONE POLL, - THERE ARE OTHERS SHOWING HIM - MUCH MORE AHEAD. - THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM. - THEY LIKE HIM HERE. - HE'S BEEN UP IN NORTHERN - MINNESOTA A NUMBER OF TIMES. - HE'S CAN COME TO OUR STATE OVER - AND OVER AND OVER BECAUSE WE - LIKE JOE BIDEN. - SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE - WIN BIG. - NOT JUST IN MY STATE BUT ACROSS - THE COUNTRY. - AS YOU KNOW HE'S TRYING AS MUCH - AS HE CAN TO LIMIT VOTES AND TO - STOP PEOPLE FROM VOTING AND - STAIR THEM ABOUT VOTING BY - MAIL -- SCARE THEM ABOUT VOTING - BY MAIL. - >> Woodruff: YOU MEAN THE - PRESIDENT. - >> YES, THE PRESIDENT. - HE'S DOING THAT TO STOP PEOPLE. - I DON'T THINK THEY'RE LISTENING. - THEY'RE SHOWING UP IN RECORD - NUMBERS BY MAIL AND IN PERSON - AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO THAT. - SO WE EXPECT THIS IN EVERY - SINGLE STATE. - AND THE KEY IS THIS WEEK IS OUR - WEEK TO SHOW THE COUNTRY WHAT - WE'RE ALL ABOUT. - NOT ONLY WHY PEOPLE SHOULDN'T - VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP BUT WHY - THEY SHOULD FOR JOE BIDEN. - >> Woodruff: BUT IN JUST LESS

- THAN A MINUTE, HOW WORRIED ARE - YOU ABOUT HAVING AN EFFECTIVE - CAMPAIGN WHEN YOUR CANDIDATE - CAN'T GET OUT ON THE TRAIL, - CAN'T GO OUT AND CONNECT WITH - PEOPLE. - CAN'T SHAKE THEIR HANDS, LOOK - THEM IN THE EYE. - >> AND HE'S SOMEONE THAT LOVES - DOING THAT WE KNOW THAT. - IT'S ESPECIALLY HARD IN JOE - BIDEN BUT THE TRUTH IS WE'RE IN - A PANDEMIC EVERYONE HAS TO BE - SAFE. - THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE THINGS - WE'VE SEEN THAT INCREDIBLE VIDEO - WITH BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN, - THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD - AND BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN - THIS CONVENTION LIKE THEY - COULDN'T DO BECAUSE - THEY WOULDN'T HAVE FLOWN OUT - THERE. - IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEWIND - OF CAMPAIGNING WE'RE GOING TO - SEE. - AGAIN IT HAS NOT SUPPRESSED - TURNOUT IN THE DEMOCRATIC - PRIMARIES. - IT'S AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. - PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE STAKES ARE. - TO END WITH KE YOUR LIFE - DEPENDS ON IT BECAUSE IT DOES. - >> Woodruff: WE'LL LEAVE IT - THERE. - SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR JOINING US - FROM MINNESOTA. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

- AND WE'LL SEE WHAT KAMALA - HARRIS' HUSBAND IS WEARING BUT - WE WILL NOT COMMENT ON IT. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> YOU CAN. - THANKS. - >> Woodruff: ALL RIGHT. - AND NOW BACK TO OUR OWN LISA - DESJARDINS. - HE'S IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AND - TO OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT - YAMICHE ALCINDOR. - LISA, YOU ARE NOT OUTDOORS, YOU - ARE IN DOORS. - THIS IS THE ROOM WHERE KAMALA - HARRIS WILL BE SPEAKING, IS THAT - RIGHT? - >> NO, JUDY THIS IS A HOLDING - ROOM FOR REPORTERS WHO ARE - GETTING READY TO GO INTO THAT - AUDITORIUM. - I WANT TO CAST THE SCENE BECAUSE - PEOPLE MAY BE HEARING A LAYOUT - OF NOISE AS IF THERE WERE A - CONVENTION BUT THIS IS A FEW - DOZEN REPORTERS WHO WILL BE - GOING INSIDE. - WHAT WE' LISTENING TO YOU SEE - BEHIND ME, THERE YOU GO, IS THE - ACTUAL FEED FROM I THINK THE - DEMOCRAT'S CONVENTION SEAT. - EVERYONE WHO MADE IT INTO THIS - ROOM AND IS GOING INTO THIS - SPEECH WITH THIS GROUP HAS THE - PAST TWO DAYS OF COVID TESTS, - NEGATIVE TESTS. - WE JUST HAD OUR TEMPERATURES - CHECK. - WE HAD A SECRET SERVICE SWEEP

- THROUGH ALL OF OUR ITEMS AND WE - ALSO HAD TO GO THROUGH SORT OF A - HEALTH SURVEY TO GET INTO THIS - ROOM. - BUT WE MAY BE THE ONLY AMERICANS - WHO SEE THIS SPEECH IN PERSON. - SO HISTORY, YOU CAN'T PREDICT - BUT WE'RE THE ONES WHO WILL GO - IN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. - >> Woodruff: WE ARE GLAD THAT - YOU ARE THERE AND WE'RE GLAD - THAT YOU'RE STAYING SAFE AND - KEEPING SOCIALLY DISTANT. - LISA, THANK YOU. - AND NOW TO YAMICHE WHO IS IN - TOUCH WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, - IN TOUCH WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. - YAMICHE, I WANT TO ASK YOU AGAIN - HOW, AS I HAVE EVERY NIGHT, HOW - THEY ARE FOLLOWING WHAT'S GOING - ON AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. - AND ALSO ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S - COMMENT TODAY ABOUT Q-ANON AND - THE REMARKABLE STATEMENT HE MADE - AGAIN ABOUT THIS CONSPIRACY - THEORY. - >> THAT'S RIGHT. - WELL THE WHITE HOUSE AND - PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE TROUBLE - CAMPAIGN ARE WATCHING VERY - CLOSELY THE DEMOCRATIC - CONVENTION. - THEY ARE RED YING THEMSELVES FOR - ANY ATTACKS THAT MAY COME THE - PRESIDENT'S WAY READY TO DEFEND - HIM.

- WHAT WAS INTERESTING TODAY AS - YOU SAID THE PRESIDENT POSED A - QUESTION ABOUT Q-ANON-THA ANON. - INSTEAD OF DENOUNCING THE FBI - HAS SAID IS A POSSIBLE DOMESTIC - TERRORISTS THREAT HE SAYS THESE - ARE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THE COUNTRY - AND APPRECIATE ME VERY MUCH. - ALTHOUGH IT'S UNTRADITIONAL FOR - THE PRESIDENT TO TALK LIKE THAT - WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAS - TRAFFICKED IN CONSPIRACY - THEORIES FOR A LONG TIME. - WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE - PRESIDENT IS GOING TO LOOK AT - SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HE'S - TALKED ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES - ABOUT AT A DEMOCRATIC - CONVENTION. - WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BARACK - OBAMA AND HOW HE QUESTIONED HIS - BIRTH PLACE FOR A LONG TIME. - HOCKEY HIHILLARY CLINTON HIS FOL - AND KAMALA HARRIS OPENLY NOT - SAYING SHE WAS BORN IN - CALIFORNIA AND CLEARLY ELIGIBLE - TO BE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE - UNITED STATES. - THIS IS ALL INTERESTING AND THE - PRESIDENT IS READY WHEN THE

- ATTACKS COME HIS WAY. - >> Woodruff: IN JUST A FEW - SECONDS WE HAVE LEFT, YAMICHE, - THIS TELLS US, DOES IT SUGGEST - THAT THE PEOPLE AROUND THE - PRESIDENT THINK THIS IS AN - EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR HIM. - >> IT DOES SUGGEST THAT. - THE PRESIDENT IS IS IN SOME WAY - TRYING TO THROW RED MEAT TO HIS - BASE AS HE DOES EVERY DAY AND - G THIS ISNG TO ALIENATE THE - HIS SUPPORT IN 2020. - THE ESIDENT IS UNDERSTANDING - HIS WIN WAS VERY NARROW IN 2016 - AND MIGHT BE NARROW AGAIN IN - 2020. - >> Woodruff: YAMICHE ALCINDOR - FOLLOWING ITLL VERY CLOSELY. - THANK YOU, YAMICHE. - WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT - BREAK FOR OUR PBS STATIONS. - OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE IN - ONE MINUTE. - STAY WITH US. - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING, - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF AND WELCOME

- BACK TO OUR PBS NEWSHOUR SPECIAL - COVERAGE OF THIS YEAR'S - DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. - THIS IS A BIG NIGHT. - WE WILL HEAR FROM FORMER - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, FORMER - SECRETARY OF STATE, AND OF - COURSE THE PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL - NOMINEE HILLARY CLINTON. - AND THEN THE HSTORY MAKING PICK - FOR VICE PRESIDENT, SENATOR - KAMALA HARRIS. - AND WE MAY ALSO BY THE WAY GET A - PEEK AT KAMALA HARRIS EARLY ON - IN THE EVENING. - THE MC TONIGHT IS ACTRESS CARRY - WASHINGTON. - THE THEME -- KERRY WASHINGTON. - THE THEME IS CLIMATE CHANGE TO - IMMIGRATION STARTS WITH GUN - VIOLENCE. - HERE WE GO. - >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE - IMPORTANCE OF VOTING. - I KNOW MANY OF YOU PLAN TO VOTE - THIS YEAR BUT AW AMIDST OF - EXCITEMENT YOU MAY HAVE - MISINFORMATION AND MAKING IT - HARDER FOR YOU TO ST YOUR - BALLOTS. - I THINK WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES - WHY DON'T THEY WANT US TO VOTE.

- WHY IS THERE SO MUCH EFFORT TO - SILENCE OUR VOICES? - AND THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WHEN - WE VOTE, THINGS CHANGE. - WHEN WE VOTE, THINGS GET BETTER. - WHEN WE VOTE, WE ADDRESS THE - NEED FOR ALL PEOPLE TO BE - TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT - IN OUR COUNTRY. - SO EACH OF US NEEDS A PLAN, A - VOTING PLAN. - JOE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE - YOU'RE PRESENTED. - IF YOU TEXT VOTE TO 30330, WE'LL - HELP YOU COME UP WITH YOUR PLAN. - AND REMEMBER DEADLINES AND GET - READY TO VOTE IN ENCOURAGE - YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO SEND - ONE TOO. - NOW LET'S ENJOY ANOTHER NIGHT OF - INSPIRATION FROM AROUND OUR - COUNTRY. - I'LL SEE YOU A LITTLE LATER - TONIGHT AND UNTIL THEN I TURN IT - OVER TO MY DEAR FRIEND AND - TONIGHT'S MODERATOR, KERRY - WASHINGTON. - >> WELCOME TO NIGHT THREE OF THE

- DEMOATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. - I'M HONORED TO BE JOINING YOU AS - WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE THIS - UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION. - WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT - MORE FROM SENATOR HARRIS LATER A - PROMISE BUT FIRST WHEN I WAS IN - SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE WE - MEMOZED THE PREAMBLE THE - CONSTITUTION AND I NEVER R - GOTTEN IT. - THE FIRST 15 WORDS OF OUR - CONSTITUTION ARE, WE THE PEOPLE - OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO - FORM A MORE IMPORTANT UNION. - WE SAY MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE - OUR UNION IS NOT WITHOUT FLAWS. - WHEN OUR CONSTITUTION WAS - WRITTEN, WOMEN COULDN'T VOTE. - BLACK PEOPLE WERE CONSIDERED - THREE FIFTH OF A HUMAN BEING, - BUT THEREIN LIES THE WORK. - NO ONE IS PERFECT. - NOTHING IS. - BUT IT IS THE STRIVING TOWARD - JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND TRUTH THAT - DISTINGUISHES US. - WE FIGHT FOR A MORE PERFECT - UNION BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING - FOR THE SOUL OF THIS COUNTRY AND

- FOR OUR LIVES. - AND RIGHT NOW, THAT FIGHT IS - REAL. - TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR - FROM SO MANY PHENOMENAL WOMEN - WHO ARE WORKING TO HELP US BUILD - THAT MORE PERFECT UNION. - SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, SECT - HILLARY CLINTON, SENATOR - ELIZABETH WARREN, SENATOR - MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM. - WE'LL SEE FROM JENNIFER HUDSON - AND A PERFORMANCE FROM - BILLIE EILISH LOOKING TO BUILD A - MORE EQUAL AND MORE JUST FUTURE. - WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR - 44TH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. - THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING THIS - IS GOINGO BE AN UNFORT - GETTABLE NIGHT -- UNFORGETTABLE - NIGHT FILLED WITH UNFORGETTABLE - VOICES. - BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT VOICE - WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM TONIGHT - IS THE ONE WE NEED TO HEAR FROM - MOST. - IT'S YOURS. - BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO - REPAIR THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN - DONE, IF WE ARE GOING TO FINALLY

- REALIZE THE DREAM, WE THE PEOPLE - HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. - EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IS THE - WE. - YOU ARE THE WE. - IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR VOICE, - YOUR SERVICE, YOUR ACTION THAT - HELPS US CREATE THAT MORE - PERFECT UNION. - TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TALK - ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE - WE'RE GOING ON SO MANY ISSUES - IMPORTANT TO OUR FUTURE. - 90% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT COMMON - SENSE GUN LAWS BECAUSE WE NEED - TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS THE - EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE. - LET'S START THERE. - >> PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY GUN - VIOLENCE HAS TO WALK BY THE - STREET CORNER WHERE THEIR BEST - FRIENDS, BROTHERS OR MOTHERS OR - NEVADA NEWS WHEN THEY THEMSELVES - WERE SHOT. - IF WE HADN'T JUST LOST A LOVED - ONE DIKE JUST PUT IN THE GRAVE. - THE WHOLE POINT OF WHAT I'M - SAYING HERE IS UNTIL ONE OF US

- OR ALL OF US STAND UP AND SAY I - CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE, I CAN'T - SIT BY AND WATCH THE NEWS AND - SHOOTINGS LIKE ACTS OF GOD. - GUN VIOLENCE ISN'T JUST GOING TO - STOP UNTIL THERE'S A SOURCE - FIGHTING HARDER AGAINST IT - AND I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO - PREVENT IT. - >> THEY SAY THAT GUN LAWS DO NOT - DECREASE GUN VIOLENCE. - A GOOD GUY WITH A GUN STOPS A - BAD GUY WITH A GUN. - THEY SAY GUNS ARE JUST TOOLS - LIKE KNIVES. - THEY SAY THAT NO LAWS COULD HAVE - BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT SOMEONE IN - A SENSESLESS TRAGEDY. - THAT US KIDS DON'T KNOW WHAT - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WE'RE

- TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE - GOVERNMENT WORKS. - >> WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR WILL - HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'RE FIGHTING SO - STRONGLY FOR IT. - WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. - >> LONG BEFORE THIS PANDEMI - OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN SUFFERING - FROM THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN - VIOLENCE. - >> GUN VIOLENCE IS THE PUBLIC - HEALTH CRISES. - ONE THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY - AFFECTS THE BLACK AND BROWN BRON - COMMUNITIES. - FIRST IT WAS MY BELOVED FIANCE. - >> THE SHOOTING IN O ORLANDO. - >> SEVEN YEARS LATER IT WOULD BE - MY SON. - >> I KNOW EXACTLY THE PAIN, THE - TOLL, THE HEART BREAK OF GUN - LIFE. - >> MY FRESHMAN YEAR MY HIGH - SCHOOL WENT INTO LOCK DOWN - BECAUSE A KID BROUGHT A TBAWN TO - SCHOOL. - >> WE'VE HAD TO ENDORP SHOOTING - DRILLS IN OUR SCHOOLS. - >> WE HAVE ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH.

- WE SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR - KEEPING THEMSELVES SAFE AT - SCHOOL. - THAT'S THE JOB OF THE - GOVERNMENT. - >> WE HAVE TO INVEST IN MENTAL - HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES RATHER - THAN MAKING OUR SCHOOLS MAXIMUM - SECURITY PROMISE INSTANCES. - >> I WANT A PRESIDENT THAT WILL - MAKE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION A - TOP PRIORITY AND I BELIEVE JOE - BIDEN IS THAT PERSON. - >> NOW MOTHER AND ACTIVIST. - >> IN A SPLIT SECOND A STRAY - BULLET SHATTERED MY FAMILY'S - LIFE. - MY SON DION DRY WAS 13 YEARS - OLD. - HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A GIFTED - AND TALENTED STUDENT. - POSSIBILITIES. - HE WAS DANCING AT A BIRTHDAY - PARTY WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN THE - BACK LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD - SHATTERING HIS SKULL. - ONE SHOT CHANGED OUR LIVES - FOREVER.

- TODAY - ROOM. - BUT I'M UNSURE IF HE KNOWS A - GUNSHOT HAS CHANGED HIS LIFE. - SINCE MARCH I'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE - TO SEE MY SON THREE TIMES. - I CAN'T TOUCH OR HUG HIM DUE TO - COVID 19. - PEOPLE TELL ME THAT I'M LUCKY. - I TELL THEM WE ARE BLESSED. - I REMIND THEM THAT MY SON IS IN - A WHEELCHAIR AND UNABLE TO FEED - HIMSELF. - I DON'T THINK DID H DEANDRE IS O - LUCKY. - HE GETS MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS. - I AM IN FAITH OF GRATITUDE. - YES I CAN TOUCH HIM AND HOLD HIS - HAND BUTHE CHILD I BIRTHED IS - NOT ABLE TO LIVE HIS DREAM. - AND THAT HURTS. - EVERY DAY WE'RE REMINDED THAT HE - MAY NEVER BE THE SAME. - WE ARE NOT ALONE.

- IN EVERY TOWN ACROSS AMERICA, - THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO KNOW WHAT - A BULLET CAN DO. - THAT'S WHY I'M A MOM WHO - VOLUNTEERS TO STOP THIS. - PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE DOESN'T - CARE. - HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE VICTIMS - AFTER PARKLAND, LAS VEGAS OR EL - PASO. - I WANT A PRESIDENT WHO CARES - ABOUT OUR PAIN AND GRIEF, A - PRESIDENT WHO WILL TAKE ON THE - GUN LOBBY TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS - AND CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES TO KEEP - GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF - CRIMINALS. - JOE BIDEN HAS TAKEN ON THE NRA - TWICE AND WONAIN AS - PRESIDENT. - >> I LOOKED IN THE EYES OF TOO - MANY PARENTS AND I MEAN - LITERALLY SCORES OF THEM WHO - HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO GUN - VIOLENCE. - I LOOKED IN THE EYES OF BRAVE - YOUNG PEOPLE SURVIVE SCHOOL - SHOOTINGS. - I MADE EA OF THEM A PROMISE

- AND MADE MYSELF A PROMISE. - I PROMISED THEM AND I PROMISE - ALL OF YOU, I WILL MAKE THIS - PROMISE TODAY, THOSE FAMILIES - HURTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I - WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER - GIVE UP THIS FIGHT. - >> OUT OF PAIN, WE CHOOSE TO - FIND MEANS. - A GLIMMER OF LIGHT THAT LANDS ON - A PROMISE. - FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY - GIFFORDS SHOT IN THE HEAD FROM - LESS THAN THREE FEET AWAY. - BUT SHE SURVIVED. - WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES WE SEE - COMFORT IN KNOWING WE AREN'T - ALONE. - >> JOIN US IN THIS FIGHT. - >> WE SEEK STRENGTH TO KEEP - FIGHTI, TO KEEP MOVING - FORWARD. - WE TURN TO LEADERS WHO SHARE OUR - PAIN. - >> THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES IS

- WHEN WE STAND CLOSEST TOGETHER. - IT'S OUT OF TRAGEDY THAT YOU - GROW STRONGER. - >> HE WAS THERE FOR ME. - HE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU TOO. - >> WE ARE A NATION READY TO END - GUN VIOLENCE. - A SAFER AMERICA IS POSSIBLE. - BUT FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, WE - MUST CHOOSE COURAGE. - >> I'VE KNOWN THE DARKEST OF - DAYS, DAYS OF PAIN AND UNCERTAIN - RECOVERY. - BUT CONFRONTED BY DESPAIR I'VE - SUMMONED HOPE. - CONFRONTED BY PARALYSIS AND - APHASIA. - I RESPONDED WITH GOOD AND - DETERMINATION. - I PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE - OTHER. - I FOUND ONE WORD AND THEN I - FOUND ANOTHER. - MY RECOVERY IS A DAILY FIGHT BUT - IT MAKES ME STRONGER. - WORDS ONCE CAME EASILY. - TODAY I STRUGGLE TO SPEAK BUT I

- HAVE NOT LOST MY VOICE. - AMERICA NEEDS ALL OF US TO SPEAK - OUT EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT - TO FIND THE WORDS. - WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS. - WE CAN LET THIS CONTINUE OR WE - CAN ACT. - WE CAN PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, OUR - FUTURE. - WE CAN VOTE. - WE CAN BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF - HISTORY. - WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN. - HE WAS THERE FOR ME, HE'LL BE - THERE FOR YOU TOO. - JOIN US IN THIS FIGHT. - VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> Woodruff: JUST A - REMARKABLE STATEMENT BY FORMER - ARIZONA CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY - GIFFORDS WHO OF COURSE WAS SHOT - IN 2011. - TERRIBLY TERRIBLY WOUNDED AND IS

- STILL FIGHTING TO BE ABLE TO - COMMUNICATE. - BUT WHAT A POWERFUL POWERFUL - STATEMENT. - AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M HAVING A - HARD TIME HOLDING IT TOGETHER - AFTER WATCHING THIS. - I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE TOO. - WE RETURN NOW TO OUR CORE GROUP - WATCHING WITH US TONIGHT. - MARK SHIELDS, DAVID BROOKS, - NICKEL FURTHER, CHRIS -- MICHAEL - NUTTER CHRIS BUSKIRK AND HERE AT - THE ABLE AMY WALTER. - AMY HELP ME OUT. - I'M TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. - I CAN'T WATCH GABBY GIFFORDS - WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT HER AND - THINKING ABOUT THE MOTHER YOU - HEARD A MOMENT AGO WHO DESCRIBED - WHAT HAPPENED TO HER SON 13 - YEARS OLD. - >> THAT'S RIGHT. - >> Woodruff: WE WERE SAYING - EARLIER TONIGHT WE HAVEN'T BEEN - HEARING MUCH ABOUT ISSUES IN - THIS CONVENTION. - A LOT OFT'S BEEN ABOUT WHO IS - JOE BIDEN BUT NOW WE ARE - STARTING TO HEAR. - AND THEY ARE COMING AT US, THEY - ARE PRESENTING THEM IN A WAY - THAT'S TOUCHING OUR HEARTS. - >> THAT'S RIGHT. - AND IN A WAY THAT'S HARD TO DO - IN A CONVENTION HALL.

- YOU CAN'T CONVEY THIS LEVEL OF - INTIMACY THAT WAY. - AND I THINK IT OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS - INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND - EFFECTIVE. - WE'VE ALSO SEEN IN THESE LAST - FEW YEARS JUST THE POWER OF - YOUNG PEOPLE AND TAKING THIS - MOVEMENT FROM AN IDEA TO THE - STREETS WHICH WE HAVE SEEN MORE - AND MORE OF IN THESE LAST FEW - YEARS. - IT'S ALSO INTERESTING TO NET - THAT GABBY GIFFORDS, I REMEMBER - MEETING HER WHEN SHE WAS A - CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS AND I - THOUGHT THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO I - ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE IN THE - LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OR I - DON'T KNOW HOW FAR SHE'S GOING - TO GO. - BECAUSE THIS IS A SUPER STAR. - YOU CAN TELL WHEN I FIRST SAT - DOWN WITH HER. - IT'S HER HUSBAND NOW WHO IS - RUNNING FOR UNITED STATES - SENATE. - SO SHE IS STILL ENGAGED IN - POLITICS FROM THE OTHER SIDE NOW - AS THE SPOUSE, BUT STILL MAKES - FOR A POWERFUL SPOKESPERSON. - >> Woodruff: CHRIS BUSKIRK,

- YOU ARE IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA - THAT'S WHERE GABBY GIFFORDS MARK - KELLY IS RUNNING FOR THE SENATE - AGAINST MARTHA MCSALLY A - REPUBLICAN. - GUN CRAW CONTROL IS AN ISSUE, PE - FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT FROM BOTH - SIDES. - HOW DO YOU SEE IT PLAYING OUT IN - THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. - >> I WAS WATCHING THOSE VIDEOS, - AND OF COURSE REPRESENTATIVE - GIFFORDS WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL - AND IT'S AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE HERE - IN ARIZONA BECAUSE EVEN PEOPLE - WHO DISAGREED WITH HER DIDN'T - VOTE FOR HER, DIDN'T SUPPORT HER - POLITICALLY, LIKED HER - PERSONALLY. - WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE - POLITICAL ASPECT OF IT, THIS IS - A BIG HOT BUTTON ISSUE IN - ARIZONA IT'S A BIG ISSUE IN A - LOT OF STATES THAT'S GOING TO BE - IMPORTANT IN THIS ELECTION. - ARIZONA I THINK PROBABLY, I - GUESS I'LL REPHRASE IT, IS - PROBABLY OUT OF REACH FOR BIDEN - RIGHT NOW BUT IF THERE'S A - THEORY OF THE SENATE RACE. - MARK KELLY IS RUNNING VERY MUCH

- AS A STRONG ADVOCATE OF GUN - CONTROL. - IF THERE'S ONE THING ALONE THAT - WILL MAKE HIS CANDIDATE SEE VERY - CHALLENGE IS THAT. - I LOOK AT PLACES LIKE MICHIGAN - AND OHIO AND WISCONSIN. - GUNS ARE AN ISSUE THERE AND - WHILE THIS IS A VERY POPULAR - ISSUE AMONG THE DEMOCRATIC BASE - IT IS A MUCH TOUCHIER POLITICAL - ISSUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE - COUNTRY AND THE YOU WERE MID - WEST. - TO THE EXTENT DEMOCRATS WANT TO - EMBRACE THAT THEY DO THAT AT - THEIR OWN PERIL IF THEY WANT TO - WIN. - >> Woodruff: I WANT TO GO - BACK TO THE CONVENTION PROGRAM. - COMING UP IS THE GOVERNOR OF NEW - MEXICO, MICHELLE LUJAN GIRISH G. - WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HER AND - COME BACK TO ALL OF YOU. - >> GOOD EVENING, AMERICA. - I'M MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, - GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF - NEW MEICO. - I'M PROUD OF MY HOME STATE EVERY - SINGLE DAY.

- ESPECIALLY HOW WE HAVE PUNCHED - ABOVE OUR WEIGHT IN OUR - SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO SCREEN. - I'M PROUD -- COVID 19. - I'M PROUD OF THOSE WHO HAVE - STEPPED UP IN SO MANY INCREDIBLE - WAYS THIS PAST YEAR. - I'M PROUD HOW WE EMBRACE OUR - MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY AS OUR - GREATEST STRENGTH. - I'M PROUD THAT NEW MEXICO HAS - SHOWN WHAT CLIMATE LEADERSHIP - LOOKS LIKE. - WHILE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION - HAS BEEN ELIMINATING - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS WE'VE - EXPANDED THEM. - WHILE THEY'VE BEEN ROLLING BACK - REGULATIONS ON OIL AND GAS WE'VE - TAKEN ON PLOITERS ND HELD THEM - ACCOUNT -- POLLUTERS AND HELD - THEM ACCOUNTABLE. - WE HAVE ENERGY FUTURES FOR - EXCITING CAREERS FOR WORKERS - ACROSS OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE - INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN THE - HEART OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. - WE ARE LAKE A ROADMAP HERE FOR - WHAT AMERICA CAN AND SHOULD LOOK - LIKE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. - AN AMERICA WHERE WE LEAD AGAIN, - WHERE WE BUILD SAFER, CLEANER - AND MORE AFFORDABLE CITIES AND - COMMUNITIES. - WHERE WE PROVIDE MEANINGFUL

- OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS AND - FAMILIES TO THRIVE AND BUILD - BETTER LIVES. - AS PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN WILL - REJOIN THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE - AGREEMENT AND THE UNITED STATES - WILL ONCE AGAIN LEAD ON THIS - CRITICAL ISSUE. - AT HOME, HE'LL INVEST IN ENERGY - WORKERS AND HE WILL DELIVER FOR - WORKING FAMILIES ACROSS THE - U.S., HELPING THEM BUILD - MEANINGFUL CAREERS WHILE - ACCELERATING OUR NATION AND - WORLD INTO A CLEAN GREEN 21ST - CENTURY AND WELL BEYOND. - WE KNOW TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO - SAFE OUR PLANET. - WE HAVE THE CHANCE THIS NOVEMBER - TO END TWO EXISTENTIAL CRISES. - THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND THE - ENVIRONMENTAL AWE INDEMNIFY - LATION HE -- ANNIHILATION HE - REPRESENTS. - WE HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTACK THE - CLIMATE CRISES, JOBS AND EMBRACE - THE CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION OUR - COUNTRY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE - TRYING OUT FOR AND THE - LEADERSHIP THE REST OF THE WORLD - IS WAITING FOR. - THE CHOICE IS CLOSER. - THE CHOICE IS JOE BIDEN. - THANK YOU AMERICA.

- >> HARD WORK RISING TO A - CHALLENGE THE AMERICAN WAY. - GOING TO THE MOON WAS ALL THREE. - ASTRONAUTS RETURNED HOME AND - REPORTED A SHIFT IN THEIR - AWARENESS. - THE VIEW THEY SAW OF EARTH FROM - SPACE WAS PROFOUND. - THE WORLD LOOKED BEAUTIFUL, - TINY, FRAGILE. - OUR ATMOSPHERE IS ALL THAT - ADMINISTRATES US FM OBLIVION. - WE KNOW CALL WHAT THEY - EXPERIENCED THE OVERVIEW EFFECT. - >> OUR COMMUNITY FOR SUCH A LONG - TIME HAVE NAILED THE BURDEN OF - POLLUTION AND I -- FAILED THE - BURDEN OF POLLUTION AND WE HAVE - A CHANCE TO CORRECT SOME OF - THOSE WRONGS AND INVEST IN THE - GOALS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. - >> PATIENT YOU READ SOME OF THE - MILLIONS OF PAGES OF SCIENTIFIC - EVIDENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE OR - MAYBE YOU FELT IT AS YOU WALKED

- THE NEIGHBORHOODS. - FOR MOST PEOPLE IT'S - OVERWHENNING. - >> WITH THE GLOBAL WARMING, A - LOT OF IT'S A HOAX. - IT'S A HOAX. - >> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION - STARTED TO REMOVE ANY AMERICANS - MENTIONED CLIMATE CHANGE. - >> I WROTE INDEMNIFY LETTER SIX - MONTHS INTO THE ADMINISTRATION. - THEY WERE HANDING THE KEYS OF - PUBLIC LANDS OVER TO PRIVATE - INTERESTS. - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS - GONE ALL OUT NOT JUST AFFECTING - CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AND LAWS - BUT TO REVERSE THEM. - >> WE HAVE ABOUT A DECADE BEFORE - IT'S TOO LATE. - >> I'M A KID AND WE'RE WATCHING - THIS RIG NOW. - WHY DON'T YOU GET UP AND DO - SOMETHING. - >> SOME OF THE FIRST CLIMATE - CHANGE LEGISLATION EVER WRITTEN - WAS BY A SENATOR FROM DELAWARE. - >> WHEN DONALD TRUMP THINKS - ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE THE ONLY - WORD HE CAN MUSTER IS HOAX. - >> AMERICA FACES A CHALLENGE - BULB IF WE FACE IT -- BUT IF WE

- FACE IT TOGETHER WE WILL RISE TO - THE OCCASION AND BUILD BACK - BETTER. - >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT CLIMATE - CHANGE, THE WORD I THINK OF ON - IS JOBS. - >> THAT'S JOE'S PLAN TO CREATE - MILLIONS OF NEW GOOD PAYING - JOBS, MANY OF THEM UNION LIKE - MINE INVEST IN CRITICAL - INFRASTRUCTURE, INVEST IN MICRO - MOBILITY AND PRECISION - AGRICULTURE. - A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE THAT - ACHIEVES NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY - 2050 BECAUSE WE CAN'T POWER THE - ECONOMY THAT FUTURE WITHOUT - INVESTING IN THE TECHNOLOGIES OF - THE FUTURE. - >> I THINK WHAT'S REALLY - IMPORTANT ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S PLAN - IS THAT 40% OF THE INVESTMENT - WILL GO TO VULNERABLE - COMMUNITIES. - >> WE KNOW HOW TO DO THS. - WE'LL DOT AGAIN BUT THIS TIME - BICKER AND FASTER AND SMARTER -- - BIGGER AND FASTER AND SMARTER. - >> JOE WON'T IGNORE THE CRISES, - HE'S SEEING WHOOPS. - HE WON'T SURRENDER TO THE FIGHT.

- JOE'S AMERICA WILL LEAD THE - WORLD ON CLEAN ENERGY, WILL LEAD - ON JO CREATION AND AMERICA WILL - LEAD THE WORLD AGAIN ON CLIMATE. - >> I WAS 13 WHEN THE CAM FIRE, - THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILD FIRE - IN CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY BROKE - OUT. - WE WERE VISITING FAMILY NEARLY A - HUNDRED MILES AWAY BUT MY ASTHMA - FLARED BADLY I COULD HARDLY - BLEAT. - I'VE BEEN ORGAZING YOUNG - PEOPLE AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE - SINCE 2018. - CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPACTING US - NOW AND IT'S ROBBING MY - GENERATION OF A FUTURE. - FOR YOUNG PEOPLE MY AGE, EVERY - ASPECT OF OUR LIVES FROM WHERE - WE GO TO SCHOOL, WHAT KIND OF - CAREERS WE'LL HAVE, TO WHETHER - OR NOT WE CAN RAISE A FAMILY. - DEPENDS ON US TAKING CLIMATE - CHANGE SERIOUSLY RIGHT NOW. - JOE BIDEN WON'T SOLVE THIS - CRISES IN FOUR YEARS. - NO ONE CAN. - BUT HE WILL PUT US BACK ON TRACK - SO THAT MY GENERATION CAN HAVE A - FIGHTING CHANCE. - I'M ASKING YOU TO JOIN US.

- DON'T LET OUR FUTURES GO UP IN - FLAMES. - >> THE CORN GROWERS ON MY - PARENTED'S FARM HAVE A SAYING - KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY. - JULY. - I STUDIED AT NORTHERN - UNIVERSITY. - WE CAN SEE THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE - CHANGE HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT - OF US. - WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO OUR - PART. - WE'RE ADAPTING SUSTAINABLE - SOLUTIONS ON MY FAMILY'S FARM - SEARCHING COMMUNITY MODELS USING - LESS LAND AND USING RESOURCES TO - GROW OUR FOOD. - WE ARE ELIMINATING CARBON. - THIS CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION - INSTEAD OF THE PROBLEM. - TODAY WE CAN ALL GROW OUR OWN - FUTURE BUT WE NEED OUR LEADERS - TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AS - WELLEN INSTEAD OF PART OF THE - PROBLEM. - WE NED THEM TO COMMIT TO THE - PROBLEM NOT IGNORE IT. - WE NEED TO GO FORWARD RATHER - THAN HOLD BACK. - THAT'S WHAT JOE BIDEN IS DOING - WITH CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION. - WITHOUT BEING LEFT BEHIND WE CAN - LEAD THE WORLD AGAIN.

- >> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING - ABOUT IBT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH - DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES HERE IN - NEVADA THE ONE QUESTION I GET - ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS - WHAT ARE YOU DOING HEAR. - NOT A LOT OF CLIMATE ACTIVISTS - ARE LIKE ME. - MY NAME IS CATHERINE, I'M A - LATIN LATINA AND AN ACTIVIST. - I GROW UP IN A LOW NEIGHBOR - WHERE A LOT OF KIDS HAVE AS ME. - RENEWABLE ENERGY WOULD MEAN - CLEANER AIR IN NEIGHBORHOODS - LIKE MINE. - BECAUSE THESE ARE SOME OF THE - FASTEST GROWING JOBS IN THE - COUNTRY AND JOE BIDEN'S PLAN IS - TRANSFORMATIVE. - HE KNOWS THAT SAVING THE PLANET - ISN'T JUST A CHALLENGE TO - OVERCOME IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR - A BETTER WAY OF LIFE. - >> IT'S GOING TO BE AMERICA. - >> ARE YOU READY TO VOTE FOR JOE - BIDEN. - >> ARE YOU READY TO SOLVE THE - CLIMATE CRISES. - >> BECAUSE OUR FUTURES DEPEND ON - IT. - >>AND FROM GUN VIOLENCE TO - CLIMATE CHANGE, TWO ISSUES THAT - MATTER OF COURSE TO MANY

- AMERICANS AND ESPECIALLY TO THE - YOUNGER GENERATION. - SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THE BIDEN - CAMPAIGN, THE DEMOCRATIC - NATIONAL COMMITTEE WOULD - HIGHLIGHT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, - THESE VOICES WE'VE JUST HEARD. - A 15 YEAR OLD YOUNG WOMAN WHO - GOT SICK FROM THE SMOKE CLOUD - FROM A CAMP FIRE IN CALIFORNIA - TO THE OTHER VOICES. - RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR - FROM A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WON AT - THIS YEAR'S GRAMMY'S BEST NEW - ARTIST ALBUM OF THE YEAR, BEST - POP VOCAL ALBUM ANDECORD OF - THE YEAR AND SONG OF THE YEAR. - SHE'S BILLIE EILISH. - >> YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU - THINGS ARE A MESS. - DONALD TRUMP IS DESTROYING OUR - COUNTRY AND EVERYTHING WE CARE - ABOUT. - WE NEED LEADERS WHO WILL SOLVE - PROBLEMS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND - COVID NOT DENY THEM. - LEADERS WHO WILL FIGHT AGAINST - RACISM AND INEQUALITY. - THAT STARTS BY VOTING FOR - SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW MUCH - IS AT STAKE. - SOMEONE WHO IS VOTING FOR A TEAM - THAT SHARES OUR VALUES.

- IT STARTS WITH VOTING AGAINST - DONALD TRUMP AND FOR JOE BIDEN. - THIS IS NOT AN OPTION AND WE - CANNOT SIT THIS ONE OUT. - WE ALL HAVE TO VOTE LIKE OUR - LIVES AND THE WORLD DEPEND OF IT - BECAUSE THEY DO. - THE ONLY WAY TO BE CERTAIN OF - THE FUTURE IS TO MAKE IT - OURSELVES. - PLEASE REGISTER. - PLEASE VOTE. - ♪ - CAN'T YOU HEAR ME ♪ - ♪

- >> Woodruff: AS YOUNG POP - SENSATION BILLIE EILISH PERFORMS

- BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL - CONVENTION YOU HEARD HER MAKE A - PLEA, A PITCH TO VOTE FOR JOE - BIDEN AND OUR - LOOK FROM ANOTHER REPORT FROM - ONE OF OUR PUBLIC MEDIA. - AMNA NAWAZ TAKES IT FROM THERE. - >> ONE OF THE HEADLINERS IS OF - COURSE, FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK - OBAMA. - HE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR - FIGURES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY - AND HE'S GOING TO BE MAKING THE - CASE FOR HIS FORMER VICE - PRESIDENT. - A POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT AT PBS - STATION IN CHICAGO, WHICH IS OF - COURSE THE CITY THAT LAUNCHED - OBAMA'S CAREER. - WELCOME TO YOU, THANKS FOR BEING - WITH US. - LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD - BE EXPECTING FROM THE FORMER - PRESIDENT. - HIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN OPTIMISM - AND HOPE. - HE IS SPEAKING TO A COUNTRY MORE - DIVIDED THAN EVER DO WE EXPECT - MORE THAT HAVE HOPE OR HARDER - LINE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP? - >> REMEMBETHE SPEECH THAT - LAUNED HIS CAREER NATIONAL LOO - IN 2004 IT WAS A DIVIDED TIME.

- PERHAPS LESS DIVIDED THAN IT IS - NOW THAT SPEECH WAS ALL ABOUT - HOW WE'RE NOT THE RED STATE, - WE'RE NOT THE BLUE STATE WE'RE - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. - THIS SPEECH BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN - EXCERPTS IS A FAR CRY FROM THAT. - HE'S SHEDDING THE TRADITIONAL - DECORUM OF NOT COMMENTING ON - THEIR SUCCESS OR EARRING ARE - HE'S CALLING OUT DONALD TRUMP BY - NAME BLASTING THE PRESIDENTCY I - HOPE HE WOULD TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, - CLEAR REHE'S NOT CAPABLE OF - DOING THAT. - ALSO CONTRAST WITH THE LAST - SPEECH THAT OBAMA GAVE AS - PRESIDENT, HE WAS IN CHICAGO, - McCORMICK PLACE, HE WAS TRYING - TO ASSUAGE HIS SUPPORTERS WHO - WERE VERY WRONG HUSBAND ABOUT - THE ONCOMING TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION. - LOOK, I'M OPTIMISTIC, I'M - CONFIDENT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE - OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS. - HE'S NOT AS OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE - IS HIS SPEECH HOW SEVERE HE - THINKS THE SITUATION IS RIGHT - NOW. - >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS

- TICKET BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A - PRESENTATION OF JOE BIDEN AS - SOMEONE WHO WAS PART OF HISTORY - IN THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY NOW - MAKING HISTORY PERSON WHO - POSSIBLY COULD BE THE FIRST - BLACK VICE PRESIDENT. - HOW ARE VOTERS LOOKING AT THIS. - DO THEY SEE IT AS CONTINUATION - OF THE OBAMA LEGACY OR SOMETHING - SEPARATE? - >> I'LL SPEAK FOR VOTERS IN - ILLINOIS. - TIS IS A SOLID BLUE STATE. - I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE - CONTESTED. - BIDEN BELIEVES THAT THIS STATE - IS IN THEIR POCKET. - I THINK OBAMA IS AN EFFECTIVE - COMMUNICATOR. - SO HIS ROLE IS GOING TO BE - COMMUNICATING JOE BIDEN HIS - EMPATHY, HIS DECENCY AS A - PERSON. - 'TRACT THAT MIDWESTERN VOTER. - TERS THAT THEY LOST IN 2016, - ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE - WISCONSIN, PLACES LIKE MICHIGAN.

- WISCONSIN I'M TOLD BY THE - CAMPAIGN IS GROUND ZERO THAT IS - THE STATE THAT THEY REALLY WANT. - -- I THINK A LOT OF THEIR - PROGRAMMING OVER THESE FOUR - NIGHTS IS AIMED MOSTLY AT THAT - CORE CONSTITUENCY. - >> WE'LL BE WAITING TO SEE WHAT - FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA - SAYS. - THAT IS PARIS FROM WTTW IN - CHICAGO. - THANKS TO YOU. - >> Woodruff: WAR R WE'RE - GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK TO OUR - CORE GROUP OF ANALYSTS WHO I HAD - TO" RUNT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO - GET BACK TO THE CONVENTION - PROGRAMMING. - LET ME PICK UP WITH THE - DISCUSSION THAT DAVID BROOKS, - WITH WHAT IS COMING FROM THE - CONVENTION RIGHT NOW. - THAT IS THEY'RE SPENDING A FEW - MINUTES ON SERIES OF ISSUES. - THEY STARTED OUT WITH GUN

- VIOLENCE, THEN CLIMATE CHANGE - THEY'RE JUST BEE GIVEN NOW TO - TACKLE IMMIGRATION. - >> AMONG WOMEN, AT THIS TIME - FOUR YEARS AGO HILLARY CLINTON - HAD 13% POINT AVANTAGE OVER - DONALD TRUMP. - JOE BIDEN NOW HAS 1 POINT - ADVANTAGE AMONG WOMEN. - THE GROUP THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT - IS THE SANDERS-TRUMP VOTERS. - HI VOTED FOR BERNIE SAND WAS IN - THE PRIMARY THEN DONALD TRUMP IN - THE GENERAL. - AND FROM ARE ARE A SIGNIFICANT - NUMBER IN PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIG - MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, TRUMP'S - MARGIN IS SMALLER THAN THE - NUMBER OF SANDERS-TRUMP VOTERS.

- THOSE STEPPED TO BE HIGH SCHOOL - EDUCATED WHITE MEN. - BIDEN'S ECONOMIC POLICY IS - TARGETED DIRECTLY TO THEM. - A POPULOUS ECONOMIC POLICY THAT - WOULD GIVE INDUSTRIAL UNION JOBS - PROPORTIONATELY TO AFRICAN - AMERICANS AND HIGH SCHOOL - EDUCATED WHITE MEN WHO ARE IN - THESE PLACES OF HIGH INDUSTRIA - INDUSTRIALIZATION. - >> Woodruff: WE'RE WATCHING - TO THIS. - AS I SAID THEY'RE LOOKING AT - IMMIGRATION IN A MOMENT WE'LL BE - HEARING FROM AN IMMIGRANT FAMI - FAMILY. - VERY QUICKLY TO YOU, MARK - SHIELDS, IS THIS -- IN PAST - CONVENTIONS WE'VE SEEN ENTIRE - NIGHTS DEVOTED TO WHETHER IT'S - THE ECONOMY OR SOMETHING LIKE - THAT. - THIS IS A DIFFERENT APPROACH. - IS THIS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN - THE AGE OF SHORT ATTENTION SPAN? - >> I THINK IT IS, JUDY. - AND I THINK CLIMATE CHANGE I - THINK EMERGING AS REALLY A - CENTRAL ISSUE TO AMERICAN

- POLITICS. - AND NOT SIMPLY AS A HEALTH ISSUE - AND CLIMATE ISSUE IN ITSELF. - BUT IT'S A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC - JUSTICE ISSUE. - TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATE OF - MICHIGAN. - 14% OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN IS - AFRICAN AMERICAN. - AND YET IN THE MOST POLLUTED ZIP - CODE IN THE STATE IT'S 84% - AFRICAN AMERICAN. - PEOPLE OF LOWER INCOME, LATINOS, - AFRICAN AMERICANS - DISPROPORTIONATELY BEAR THE - BURDEN OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND AIR - POLLUTION AND I THINK IT CAN BE - AN ORGANIZING AND GALVANIZING - ISSUE ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG - VOTERS. - ONE OF THE MYSTERIES OF THIS - CAMPAIGN TO ME IS, DONALD TRUMP - CONTINUES TO BERATE BARACK OBAMA - AND YET IN THE LAST FOX NEWS - POLL WHICH COMPARED THE TWO, - BARACK OBAMA WAS AT 63% - FAVORABLE. - FOX NEWS LET IT BE KNOWN WHILE - DONALD TRUMP WAS AT 43 FAVORABLE - AND 55% UNFAVORABLE.

- AGAINST SOMEBODY WHO IS SO MUCH - POPULAR THAN HE IS, JUST IS A - MYSTERY. - >> Woodruff: VERY GOOD POINT. - I'M KEEPING ONE EYE ON WHAT THE - CONVENTION IS DOING. - THEY WENT AHEAD AND AIREDTHIS - CONVERSATION WITH A FAMILY THAT - WE WERE PLANNING TO DIP INTO BUT - TURNED OUT TO BE SHORTER THAN - WHAT BEE EXPECTED. - I THINK -- DO WANT WANT TO SHOW - A LITTLE OF THE VIDEO. - THEY'RE ON SUBJECT OF - IMMIGRATION, OF COURSE, THIS IS - FOUNDING OF AMERICA, LEGALS - LISTEN. - >> ALL OF OUR FAMILIES COME FROM - SOME PCE ELSE. - ♪ THESE NEW AMERICANS -- WE - SEE OUR OWN AMERICAN STORIES. - LIFE IN AMERICA WAS NOT ALWAYS - EASY. - THERE WAS DISCRIMINATION AND - HARDSHIP AND POVERTY. - BUT LIKE YOU THEY NO DOUBT FOUND - INSPIRATION IN ALL THOSE WHO HAD

- COME BEFORE THEM AND ABLE TO - MUSTER FAITH THAT HERE IN - AMERICA THEY MIGHT BUILD A - BETTER LIFE. - GIVE THEIR CHILDREN SOMETHING - MORE. - ATTENTION THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY - BETWEEN WELCOMING THE STRANGER - IT'S ABOUT THE MEANING OF - AMERICA. - WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY DO WE - WANTED TO BE? - IMMIGRANTS ARE THE TEACHERS WHO - INSPIRE OUR CHILDREN. - THEY'RE THE DOCTORS WHO KEEP US - HEALTHY. - THEY'RE THE ENGINEERS WHO DESIGN - OUR SKY LINES AND ARTISTS AND - ENTERTAINERS WHO TOUCH OUR - HEARTS. - IMMIGRANTS ARE SOLDIERS, SAILO - SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES, COAST - GUARDMEN WHO PROTECT US. - WE CAN NEVER SAY IT OFTEN OR - LOUDLY ENOUGH. - IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES - REVITALIZE AND RENEW AMERICA. - IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO TAKE FOR

- GRANTED. - IT'S SOMETHING TO CHERISH AND - FIGHT FOR. - GOD BLESS YOU. - MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES - OF AMERICA. - >> Woodruff: I THINK WE - RECOGNIZE WHOSE VOICE THAT WAS, - VOICING OVER THAT COMMENTARY ON - WHERE WE ARE WITH IMMIGRATION IN - THIS COUNTRY. - WITH THAT -- OKAY. - WE'RE NOT GOING TO OUR ANALYSTS - GO TO OUR OWN REPORTERS, LISA - DESJARDINS IS IN WILMINGTON, - DELAWARE. - YAMICHEAL CINDER IS AT THE WHITE - HOUSE. - TELL US WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT - NOW. - WHERE YOU ARE. - >> WELL, JUDY, THE DEMOCRATS - REALLY HAVE BEEN MAKING A PRETTY - EMOTIONAL PITCH AS TO WHY PEOPLE - SHOULD BE BACKING JOE BIDEN. - THEY PUT ON FORMER - REPRESENTATIVE GABBY GIRD, - SOMEONE WHO WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD

- NEARLY A DECADE. - SHE STRUNG TOGETHER PERFECTS - WORDS, HARD FOR HER TO SAY. - SOURCES SAY THAT SHE REALLY - PRACTICED TO BE ABLE TO STREAM - THOSE WORDS TOGETHER. - SHE'S SOMEONE WHO SKILL RECOVE - RECOVERING FROM A SEVERE BRAIN - INJURY. - ALSO PUT ON A YOUNG WOMAN WHOSE - FATHER VOTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP - AND WHOSE MOTHER WAS DEPORTED - BACK TO MEXICO. - HER FATHER SAYS HE'S NO LONGER - SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP. - WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING - HERE NOT JUST MAKING A CASEAGA G - BRINGING IN THE HUMAN ASPECTS. - SAYING HE'S NOT AEDES PERSON AND - SOMEONE IS DANGEROUS TO ORDINARY - AMERICANS. - THE REPUBLICANS OF COURSE ARE - GOING TO MAKE THEIR OWN - EMOTIONAL PITCH BRINGING ON - FAMILIES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY - UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS APRIL - NEGATIVE WAY. - DEMOCRATS ARE REALLY MAKING - THEIR DAYS CASE ON AN EMOTIONAL - LEVEL. - >> Woodruff: AS YOU SAY ON AN - ISSUE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE - CENTRAL TO HIS PRESIDENCY AND TO - HIS RE-ELECTION. - LISA, WHAT ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE - IN WILMINGTON. - WHERE THE BIDE CAMPAIGN, - DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS PREPARING TO

- CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM. - >> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO FEEL - WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE. - THIS IS PRINCE ROYCE PERFORMING - BEHIND ME. - I'LL TALK A LITTLE LOUDER - BECAUSE THE ROOM IS SO LOUD. - THIS IS A MOMENT WHEN I THINK WE - WOULD SEE DELEGATES DANCING ON - THE CONVENTION FLOOR. - INSTEAD THE ONLY GUEST AT THIS - CONVENTION ARE MYSELF AND 25 - OTHER JOURNALISTS WAITING TO GO - IN TO ATTEND THE SPEECH. - ALL OF THAT SAID, WHAT YAMICHE - SAID, THEY ARE TRYING TO HIT AN - EMOTION. - THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE REACHING - PEOPLE WHERE THEY LIVE. - THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BIDEN CAM - PAN STAIRS HAVE BEEN TALKING TO - ME BOUGHT BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE - MORE INTIMATE CONNECTION FROM - THIS CONVENTION BECAUSE IT IS IN - PEOPLE'S LIVING ROOMS. - NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE - MAYBE AMY KLOBUCHAR IS WATCHING - IT THAN WHERE ANY OF THE VOTERS - IN HER STATE ARE WATCHING IT. - WE'LL SEE IF THAT BEARS OUT.

- BUT THEY ARE GOING R THAT - EMOTION TONIGHT, HOWEVER, KAMALA - HARRIS IS GOING FOR A BIGGER - MESSAGE, GOING TO SAY VOTE AS - YOU HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN. - >> Woodruff: VERY INTERESTING - YOU MAKE THAT POINT. - BECAUSE IT'S THE OPPOSITE I - THINK OF WHAT SOME PEOPLE - EXPECTED AND I'LL COME TO - YAMICHE ON THIS. - A LOT OF P PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS - IS A VIRTUAL CONVENTION YOU CAN - WATCH IT ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN - IN BOXES OR RECTANGLES OR - WHATEVER. - BUT THEY ARE CLEARLY TOUCHING - SOME EMOTIONAL CHORDS, - HEARTSTRINGS, IF YOU WILL. - AND YET THEY HAVE VERY REAL - POINTS TO MAKE ABOUT THE - DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND - DONALD TRUMP. - ON THESE ISSUES THAT AFFECT - LIVES. - WHETHER IT IS IMMIGRATION, - WHETHER IT IS GUN VIOLENCE OR - CLIMATE CHANGE. - YAMICHE. - >> THAT'S RIGHT. - THEY'RE MAKING THE KATES IN A - POINTED WAY AGAINST PRESIDENT - TRUMP BUT IN A VERY HUMAN WAY. - I SAID LAST NIGHT, I'LL SAY IT - AGAIN I THINK WE'RE START - TOPPING SEE THE REAL ASPTS OF

- THIS CONVENTION THAT SEEM ALMOST - BETTER THAN THE TRADITIONAL - CONVENTION, BECAUSE I THINK - THERE WAS A MOMENT IT WAS VERY - BUMPY, VIDEO QUALITY VARIED. - I'VE BEEN TALKING TO VOTERS WHO - SAID THEY WERE CRYING WATCHING - GABBY GIFFORDS AND YOUNG - CHILDREN TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT - TRUMP SEPARATING FAMILIES. - THESE ARE THINGS THAT HE DID - WELL BUT DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING - THERE'S REAL DAMAGE BEING DONE - IN THE COUNTRY AND MEET THE - PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING DAMAGED BY - THE P: I THINK IT'S A POWERFUL - WAY TO PUT IT BUT WE CAN EXPECT - THAT THE REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A - VERY STERN ANSWER FOR THE IMAGES - THAT WE'RE SEEING TONIGHT. - >> Woodruff: NO QUESTION THEY - ARE GOING TO WANT TO ANSWER FOR - SURE ON THE SUBJECT OF - IMMIGRATION. - AND NO DOUBT THEY WILL HAVE - THINGS TO SAY ABOUT GUNS AND - ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. - ALTHOUGH THEY WILL FRAME THEM - VERY DIFFERENTLY, NO DOUBT. - YAMICHE, LISA, THANK YOU BOTH - WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AS THE - NIGHT GOES ON. - IF WE SEEM TO BE JUMPING AROD - A LITTLE BIT, WE ARE. - BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW IN - GENERAL WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, - THERE STILL SOME ARE SURPRISES

- HERE. - THE LENGTH OF PROGRAM PIECES OF - THE PROGRAM AND THE ELEMENTS. - WE WANT TO BRING YOU AS MUCH AS - WE CAN OF THIS CONVENTION. - WITH THAT IN MIND, IN 2016, - HILLARY CLINTON WAS THE NOMINEE. - HER LOSS IS A MOTIVAT MOTIVATINR - FOR A NUMBER OF DEMOCRATIC - VOTERS. - WE NOW HEAR FROM -- I'M SORRY. - WE ARE NOT GOING TO HEAR FROM - HILLARY CLINTON TONIGHT. - BUT WE ARE GOING TO PICK UP I - THINK RIGHT NOW ON A VIDEO -- - WE'LL KEEP ROLLING. - ALL OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING ARE - GOING TO BEAR WITH US. - I'M GOING RIGHT NOW BACK TO MY - COLLEAGUE AMNA NEXT DOOR IN THE - STUDIO. - >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON - TONIGHT WE'RE WATCHING THAT - PROGRAM ALONG TH THE REST OF - AMERICA. - BUT DID WANTED TO UPDATE ON THAT - VIDEO THAT WENT BY WITHOUT US - BEING ABLE TO DIP INTO IT. - IT WAS ON THE ISSUE MUCH

- IMMIGRATION. - IT WAS FEATURING THE STORY OF - THE SANCHEZ FAMILY. - AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO - POINT OUT WE'RE SEEING AGAIN AND - AGAIN THIS GS TO THE POINTS - THAT BOTH LISA AND YAMICHE JUST - MADE, WAS THIS HUMANITY BEING - HIGHLIGHTED IN EACH OF THE - ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTING - TONIGHT. - AMONG THE STORY OF IMMIGRATION - IN AMERICA IT WAS PRESENTED NOT - ONLY AS SORT OF THE FOUNDATIONAL - PART OF AMERICA STORY BUT - LEANING HEAVILY INTO THE ISSUES - ON WHICH THERE IS BROAD B - BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. - FEATURING THE SUPPORTS OF DACA - RECIPIENTS, DREAMERS, OF COURSE. - THEY'RE TOUCHING ON AN ISSUE - THAT HAS BROAD BIPARTISAN - SUPPORT. - THERE'S NO DIVIDE BETWEEN - REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHEN - IT COMES TO WISHING FOR A - PERMANENT STATUS FOR THOSE DRE - DREAMERS. - SIMILARLY WITH GUN VIOLENCE AS - WE KNOW THERE IS BROAD B - BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR SOME - BASIC BACKGROUND CHECKS AND - THOSE KINDS OF STEPS. - EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW DEMOCRATS - ARE AT THIS POINT LEANING MORE - HEAVILY INTO THE POLICIES, INTO - THE ISSUES, THEY'RE DOING IT IN - A WAY THAT HAS BROAD APPEAL. - THIS FOLLOWS WITH THE PATTERN - WE'VE SEEN IN THE DAYS PREVIOUS.

- THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE - SURE THEY MESSAGE, THIS IS A BIG - TENT, ALL ARE WELCOME. - DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND - EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. - SO JUDY, PATTERN THAT WE'RE - SEEING TONIGHT IT'S ONE WE - SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT TO SEE - AND WE'LL FOLLOW OF COURSE THE - POLICIES ISSUES AS THEY CONTINUE - TO TALK ABOUT THEM TONIGHT. - >> Woodruff: FOR SURE. - WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH - US ON THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT. - BECAUSE IT IS ONE YOU HAVE - COVERED FOR THE LAST SEVERAL - YEARS, YOU'VE COVERED IT VERY - CLOSELY FOR THE "NEWSHOUR" AND - IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE - YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR INPUT AT - THIS MOMENT. - THANK YOU. - >> THANKS, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: WHILE WE WAIT. - AMY WALTER WHO IS HERE WITH ME - AT THE TABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT - THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING. - THE SIGNAL COMPLETELY WENT DOWN. - WE WERE LOOKING AT A DARK SCREEN - FROM -- COMING FROM WHEREVER - IT'S COMING FROM. - WE DON'T EVEN KNOW. - IT'S NOT -- PARTLY WILMINGTON - BUT NEW YORK CITY WE WERE TOLD, - LOS ANGELES, NUMBER OF DIFFERENT - PLACES WHERE THIS PROGRAM IS - BEING PUT TOGETHER LIKE NOTHING - WE HAVE EVER SEEN. - >> IT'S REMARKABLE THAT WE'VE - MADE IT THREE DAYS AND THIS IS

- THE FIRST REAL TECHNICAL - PROBLEM. - >> Woodruff: WHAT HAPPENED A - FEW MINUTES AGO WE WERE THROWING - TO HILLARY CLINTON THEY PUSHED - BACK, SECRETARY CLINTON'S - PERFORMANCE OR PRESENTATION. - AND IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEY'RE - ABOUT TO GO TO HER AGAIN. - WE'RE NOW SEEING A VIDEO THAT - REMINDS US OF HER CANDIDACY. - SHE HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO - PLAY, AMY, AT THIS CONVENTION. - SHE WAS THE NOMINEE FOUR YEARS - AGO. - BUT SHE DIDN'T GO THE DISTANCE. - >> THAT'S RIGHT. - YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE CHALLENGE - FOR HILLARY CLNTON GOES FIRST - WOMAN TO EVER BE NOMINEE FOR - MAJOR PARTY AT THE SAME TIME A - LOT OF DEMOCRATS WHO THINK THAT, - BOY, IF WE HAD HAD ANOTHER - NOMINEE, DONALD TRUMP MIGHT NOT - HAVE WON. - >> Woodruff: THERE WAS SOME - RESENTMENT ON THE PART OF JOE - BIDEN AND HIS FAMY. - NOT E FACT THAT SHE WAS CHOSEN - AND THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT - OBAMA DIDN'T ENCOURAGE HIM TO - RUN. - ALL RIGHT.

- LOT TO TALK ABOUT. - LET'S GO NOW TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY - PROGRAMMING AND HILLARY CLINTON - IS COMING RIGHT UP. - >> THE MORNING AFTER THE LAST - ELECTION, I SAID WE OWE DONALD - TRUMP AN OPEN MIND AND THE - CHANCE TO LEAD. - I MEANT IT. - EVERY PRESIDENT DESERVES THAT. - AND TRUMP CAME IN WITH SO MUCH - SET UP FOR HIM, A STRONG - ECONOMY, PLANS FOR MANAGING - CRISES INCLUDING A PANDEMIC. - YES, WE DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE D - DISAGREED WITH HIM ON MANY - THINGS. - BUT IF HE HAD PUT HIS OWN - INTERESTS AND EGO ASIDE, SEEN - THE HUMANITY IN A CHILD RIPPED - IF HER PARENTS AT THE BORDER OR - A PROTESTER CALLING FOR JUSTICE - OR FAMILY WIPED OUT BY NATURAL - DISASTER, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A - GOOD THING FOR AMERICA AND THE - WORLD. - I WISH DONALD TRUMP KNEW HOW TO - BE A PRESIDENT. - BECAUSE AMERICA NEEDS A - PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.

- THROUGHOUT THIS TIME OF CRISIS, - AMERICANS KEEP GOING, CHECKING - ON NEIGHBORS, SHOWING UP TO JOBS - AS FIRST RESPONDERS, HOSPITALS, - GROCERY STORES, NURSING HOMES. - YES, IT STILL TAKES A VILLAGE. - WE NEED LEADERS EQUAL TO THIS - MOMENT OF SACRIFICE AND SERVICE. - WE NEED JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA - HARRIS. - EVERYONE HAS A STORY ABOUT JOE'S - CARING A EMPATHY. - I REMEMBER HIM CALLING AFTER MY - MOTHER, DOROTHY, DIED AND WE - TALKED ABOUT BEING RAISED BY - STRONG WOMEN. - THE BEST TESTAMENT TO JOE IS HOW - HE'S CARED FOR HIS FAMILY. - AND HOW GREAT IS IT THAT - DR. JILL BIDEN PLANS TO KEEP - TEACHING AS FIRST LADY. - AND JOE PICKED THE RIGHT PARTNER - IN KAMALA. - SHE'S RELENTLESS IN THE PURSUIT - OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND SHE'S - KIND. - WHEN HER PRESS SECRETARY, TYRONE - GALE WAS DYING OF CANCER SHE - DROPPED EVERYTHING TO BE WITH - HIM IN HIS FINAL MOMENTS. - I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE SLI - SLINGS AND ARROWS SHE'LL FACE,

- AND BELIEVE ME THIS FORMER - DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY - GENERAL CAN HANDLE THEM ALL. - SO THIS IS THE TEAM TO PULL OUR - NATION BACK FROM THE BRINK. - BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT US. - FOR FOUR YEARS PEOPLE HAVE TOLD - ME, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW - DANGEROUS HE WAS. - I WISH I COULD DO IT ALL OVER. - OR WORSE. - I SHOE HAVE VOTED. - LOOK, THIS CAN'T BE ANOTHER - WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA ELECTI - ELECTION. - IF YOU VOTE BY MAIL REQUEST YOUR - BALLOT NOW AND SEND IT BACK - RIGHT AWAY. - IF YOU VOTE IN PERSON, DO IT - EARLY. - BECOME A POLL WORKER. - MOST OF ALL NO MATTER WHAT, VO - VOTE. - AS MICHELLE OBAMA AND BERNIE - SANDERS WARNED US, IF TRUMP IS - RE-ELECTED THINGS WILL GET EVEN - WORSE. - THAT'S WHY WE NEED UNITY NOW - MORE THAN EVER. - REMEMBER BACK I 2016 WHEN TRUMP - ASKED, WHAT DO YOU VE TO LOSE? - WELL NOW WE KNOW.

- OUR HEALTH CARE, OUR JOBS, OUR - LOVED ONES. - OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD AND - EVEN OUR POST OFFICE. - BUT LET'S SET OUR SIGHTS HIGHER - THAN GETTING ONE MAN OUT OF THE - WHITE HOUSE. - JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE - GOING TO GIVE US SO MUCH TO VOTE - FOR. - LET'S VOTE FOR THE JOBS THAT J - JOE'S PLAN LL CREATE, CLEAN - ENERGY JOBS TO FIGHT CLIMATE - CHANGE. - CAREGIVING JOBS WITH LIVING - WAGES. - VOTE FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF THAT - LIFTS SMALL BUSINESSES AND SAVES - HARD WORKING PEOPLE FROM - FORECLOSURES AND EVICTIONS. - IT'S WRONG THAT BILLIONAIRES GOT - $400 BILLION RICHER DURING THE - PANDEMIC WHILE MILLIONS LOST - THEIR $600 A WEEK IN EXTRA U - UNEMPLOYMENT. - VOTE FOR THE PARENTS AND - TEACHERS STRUGGLING TO BALANCE - CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND SAFETY. - AND FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS, - FIGHTING COVID-19 WITH LITTLE - HELP FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

- VOTE FOR PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND - HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE. - FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE - AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD. - VOTE FOR DREAMERS AND THEIR - FAMILIES. - VOTE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, PURGED - 6 RACIAL BIAS THAT KEEPS ALL OUR - STREETS SAFE. - VOTE FOR JUSTICE, FOR GEORGE - FLOYD, BRIONNA TAYLOR AND AHMAD - ARVERY BECAUSE BLACK LIVES - MATTER. - VOTE FOR HONEST ELECTION SO WE, - NOT A FOREIGN ADVERSARY CHOOSE - OUR PRESIDENT. - VOTE FOR THE DIVERSE HOPEFUL - AMERICA WE SAW IN LAST NIGHT'S - ROLL CALL. - AND DON'T FORGET, JOE AND KAMALA - CAN WIN BY THREE MILLION VOTES - AND STILL LOSE. - TAKE IT FROM ME. - SO WE NEED NUMBERS OVERWHELMING - SO TRUMP CAN'T SNEAK OR STEAL - HIS WAY TO VICTORY. - TEXT VOTE 30330 TO GET STARTED. - A HUNDRED YEARS AGO YESTERDAY,

- THE 19th AMENDMENT TO THE - CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED. - ITOOK SEVEN DECADES OF - SUFFRAGISTS MARCHING, PICKETING - AND GOING TO JAIL TO PUSH US - CLOSER TO A MORE PERFECT UNION. - 55 YEARS AGO JOHN LEWIS MR.ED - AND BLED IN SELMA. - AMERICA'S FUTURE BECAUSE OF - KAMALA HARRIS, A BLACK WOMAN, - DAUGHTER OF JAMAICAN AND INDIAN - IMMIGRANTS AND OUR NOMINEE FOR - VICE PRESIDENT. - THIS IS OUR COUNTRY'S STORY - BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS AND - EXPANDING THE CIRCLE OF - PSSIBILITY. - AND TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WATCHI - WATCHING. - DON'T GIVE UP ON AMERICA DESPITE - OUR FLAWS AND PROBLEMS WE HAVE - COME SO FAR. - GENERATIONS COULD NEVER HAVE - IMAGINED.

- THERE'S A LOT OF HEARTBREAK IN - AMERICA NOW. - AND THE TRUTH IS MANY THINGS - WERE BROKEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. - BUT AS THE SAYING GOES, THE - WORLD BREAKS EVERYONE AND - AFTERWARD, MANY ARE STRONG AT - THE BROKEN PLACES. - THAT'S JOE BIDEN. - HE KNOWS HOW TO KEEP GOING, - UNIFY AND LEAD BECAUSE HE'S DONE - THAT FOR HIS FAMILY AND COUNTRY. - SO COME NOVEMBER, IF WE'RE - STRONG TOGETHER, WE'LL HEAL - TOGETHER. - WE'LL REDEEM THE SOUL AND THE - PROMISE OF OUR COUNTRY LED BY - PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND VICE - PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. - >> TONIGHT IS A NIGHT STEEPED IN - WOMEN WHO HAVE STEPPED IN TO - SERVICE AND ADVOCACY AND WHO ARE - CRUISING THEIR POWER FOR GOOD. - THE POWER OF WOMEN IS UNDENIABL - UNDENIABLE. - WHETHER IT'S IN THE OFFICE, IN - THE HOME OR IN THE HOUSE OF - REPRESENTATIVES. - IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE

- SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY - PELOSI. - >> I WAS NEVER RAISED IN A WAY - THAT I WOULD BE RUNNING FOR - PUBLIC OFFICE. - IT DIDN'T INTEREST ME. - WHEN I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE I - GOT MARRIED, HAD FIVE CHILDREN - IN SIX YEARS. - SO THAT WAS MY LIFE. - WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE GROWN, - THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR - CONGRESS CAME ALONG. - >> SHE RAN BECAUSE ANOTHER WOMAN - SAID, RUN. - AND SHE WON. - STARTING ON A PATH THAT WOULD - MAKE HISTORY. - THE FIRST WOMAN SPEAKER OF THE - HOUSE. - >> FOR OUR DAUGHTERS AND OUR - GRAND DAUGHTERS, TODAY WE HAVE - BROKEN THE THE MARBLE CEILING. - >> IN HER, SO MANY SAW - THEMSELVES. - >> IID FEEL A REAL - RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHER WOMEN AS - I STOOD ON THE SHOULDERS OF - THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE. - >> NOW IT WAS HER TURN TO SAY, - RUN.

- AND RUN THEY DID. - WINNING AND MAKING HER SPEAKER - ONCE AGAIN. - >> WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPEAKER WHO - WOULD BRING A DREAMERS ISSUE TO - THE FLOOR. - WE DO NOW. - >> AND THAT'S GOOD FOR EVERY - AMERICAN. - BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD. - >> NANCY PELOSI -- PELOSI -- - I'M A MOTHER OF FIVE - GRANDMOTHER OF NINE. - I KNOW A TEMPER TANTRUM WHEN I - SEE ONE. - >> THE POWER OF THE SPEAKER IS - AWESOME. - AWESOME. - >> YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO - TAKE A PUNCH. - ALSO TO THROW A PUNCH. - FOR THE CHILDREN. - >> THROW A PUNCH FOR THE CHIRP. - >> FROM RUNNING THE HOUSE.

- TO SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. - TAKING ON THE -- - >> MADAM SPEAKERRER. - >> CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM - SPEAKER. - >> MADAM SPEAKER. - >> MADAM SPEAKER. - >> AND NOW PLEASE WELCOME. - LGBTQ. - OUR DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH. - OUR UNITY IS OUR POWER. - THIS MONTH AS AMERICA MARKS THE - SEN TEN I CAN'T BELIEVE OF WOMEN - FINALLY WINNING THE RIGHT TO - VOTE WE DO SO WITH 105 WOMEN IN - THE HOUSE. - PROUDLY 90 ARE DEMOCRATS. - TO WIN THE VOTE, WOMEN MARCH AND - FOUGHT NEVER GAVE IN. - WE STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS - CHARGED WITH CARRYING FORWARD - THE UNFINISHED WORK OF OUR

- NATION ADVANCED BY NATION. - FROM SENECA FALLS TO SELMA TO - STONEWALL. - FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN PRESIDENT - OBAMA AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN - WERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY - MADE US PROUD. - AND THEIR LEADERSHIP MADE OUR - COUNTRY GREAT. - IN THAT SPIRIT WE COME TOGETHER - NOW, NOT TO DECRY THE DARKNESS - BUT LIGHT A WAY FORWARD FOR OUR - COUNTRY. - THAT IS THE GUIDING PURPOSE OF - HOUSE DEMOCRATS FIGHTING FOR THE - PEOPLE. - WE HAVE SENT THE SENATE BILL FOR - LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS, FOR - BIGGER PAYCHECKS, FOR CLEANER - GOVERNMENT PROTECTING JOHN LEW - LEWIS' VOTING RIGHTS AND ENAC - ENACTING GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE - AND POLICING ACT. - WE SET THE SENATE BILLS TO - PROTECT OUR DREAMERS, LGBT, - PROTECT GUN VIOLENCE TO PRESERVE - OUR PLANET FOR FUTURE - GENERATIONS. - AND EVEN MORE. - ALL OF THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR - AMERICA. - WHO WAS STANDING IN THE WAY? - MITCH McCONNELL AND DONALD - TRUMP. - OUR NATION FACES THE WORST

- HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE - IN OUR HISTORY. - MORE THAN FIVE MILLION AMERICANS - ARE INFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS. - OVER 170,000 HAVE DIED. - THE SCIENCE-BASED ACTION AND - HEROES ACT WE ENACTED THREE - MONTHS IS AGO IS AUTO SECHAL TO - SAFEGUARD LIVES, LIVELY HOOD AND - THE LIFE OF OUR DEMOCRACY. - AND WHO IS STANDING IN THE WAY. - MITCH McCONNELL AND DONALD - TRUMP. - INSTEAD OF CRUSHING THE VIRUS - THEY'RE TRYING TO CRUSH THE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND PR - PREEXISTING CONDITIONS BENEFIT. - AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE I'VE - SEEN FIRSTHAND DONALD TRUMP'S - DISRESPECT FOR FACTS, FOR WOR - WORKING FAMILIES AND FOR WOMEN - IN PARTICULAR. - DISRESPECT WRITTEN INTO HIS - POLICIES TOWARD OUR HEALTH AND - OUR RIGHTS. - NOT JUST HIS CONDUCT. - BUT WE KNOW WHAT HE DOESN'T. - THAT WHEN WOMEN SUCCEED, AMERICA - SUCCEEDS. - AND SO WE ARE UNLEASHING THE - POWER OF WOMEN TO TAKE OUR RIG - RIGHTFUL PLACE IN OUR NATIONAL - LIFE.

- BY CHAMPIONING A WOMAN'S RIGHT - TO CHOOSE AND DEFENDING ROE V. - WADE. - SECURING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE - CHILD CARE. - PRESERVI SOCIAL SECURITY AND - PASSING EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL - WORK. - WHO IS STAND KNOWLEDGE IN THE - WAY, MITCH McCONNELL AND - DONALD TRUMP. - HERE IS OUR ANSWER. - WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER. - WHEN WE WILL ELECT JOE BIDEN - PRESIDENT WHOSE HEART IS FULL OF - LOVE FOR AMERICA AND RID THE - COUNTRY OF TRIM L'S HEARTLESS - DISREGARD FOR AMERICA'S GOODNE - GOODNESS. - HIS FAITH IN GOD GIVES HIM THE - COURAGE TO LEAD. - JOE BIDEN'S LOVE GIVES HIM THE - STRENGTH TO PERSEVERE. - JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT E - NEED RIGHT NOW, BATTLE TESTED, - FORWARD LOOKING, HONEST AND - AUTHENTIC. - HE HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN WHO HE IS - FIGHTING FOR. - KAMALA HARRIS IS THE VICE - PRESIDENT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. - COMMITTED TO OUR CONSTITUTION. - BRILLIANT IN DEFENDIG IT AND A - WITNESS TO THE WOMEN OF THIS - NATION THAT OUR VOICES WILL BE - HEARD.

- OUR MISSION TO FIGHT FOR FUTURE - EQUAL TO THE IDEALS OF OUR - FOUNDERS. - OUR HOPES FOR OUR CHILDREN AND - THE SACRIFICES OF OUR VETERANS, - OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN - UNIFORM AND THEIR FAMILIES. - WE'LL INCREASE OUR MAJORITY IN - THE HOUSE, WE WILL WIN A - DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE - SENATE, WE WILL ELECT KAMALA - HARRIS AND ELECT JOE BIDEN - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - OF AMERICA. - GOD BLESS YOU. - AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. - >> TO ENSURE THE HOUSE STAYS - THAT WAY WE NEED EVERYONE TO - FUND OUR WORK TO ELECT JOE BIDEN - AND DECRATS UP AND DOWN THE - BALLOT. - IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE GO TO - JOEBIDEN.COM RIGHT NOW AND CHIP - IN WHATEVER YOU CAN TO SUPPORT - THIS CAMPAIGN. - LAST YEAR UNDER SPEAKER PELOSI'S - LEADERSHIP THE HOUSE - REAUTHORIZED THE VIOLENCE - AGAINST WOMEN ACT.

- JOE BIDEN WROTE THAT LANDMARK - LAW NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO. - SINCE THEN HE AND OTHER LEADERS - HAVE BUILT ON IT. - BUT FOR ALL OF THIS WORK, WOMEN - ARE STILL NOT TIRELY SAFE. - SO THE WORK MUST CONTINUE. - JOE BIDEN KNOWS THAT AND HE IS - COMMITTED TO DOING THAT WORK. - TO MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN ARE - SAFE. - >> AND NO NATIONAL HOTLINE TO - CALL. - LOCAL SHELTERS WERE FULL. - I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME FOR - WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME THEN. - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. - W WORKING TO END DOMESTIC - VIOLENCE IS MY LIFE'S WORK. - >> WHEN I STARTED DOING RESEARCH - TO PLAY DETECTIVE OLIVIA BENSON

- ON "LAW AND ORDER: SU" I WAS - SHOCKED TO FIND OUT HOW MANY - PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN - EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL - ABUSE. - THE STATISTICS FUELED MY RESOLVE - AND I COMMITTED MYSELF TO THE - MOVEMENT TO END THIS VIOLENCE. - >> MY NAME IS CARLY, MY SMALL - HOMETOWN I DIDN'T FEEL KE I - COULD SPEAK OUT ABOUT MY - EXPERIENCE WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT. - BUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET - SOUND, I MET AN INCREDIBLE FORCE - OF PEOPLE WORKING TO END THE - CULTURE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. - I WENT FROM SURVIVOR TO ARC R - ADVOCATE. - >> AS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF - THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I'VE SEEN JOE - BIDEN'S PASSIONATE LEADERSHIP IN - PASSING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST - WOMEN ACT. - NOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RATES ARE - RISING DUE TO THIS PANDEMIC. - WE NEED CONGRESS TO REAUTHORIZE - AND ENHANCE THAT LAW. - WE NEED LEADERS WHO BELIEVE THAT - A WOMAN'S LIFE IS WORTH FIGHTING

- FOR. - >> JOE BIDEN IS THAT KIND OF - LEADER. - I CREATED THE JOYY HEART - FOUNDATION TO HELP SURVIVORS - HEAL AND TO CHANGE THE WAY OUR - SOCIETY RESPONDS TO SEXUAL - VIOLENCE. - THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS WORKED - TIRELESSLY BY OUR SIDE TO END - THE BACKLOG OF HUNDREDS OF - THOUSANDS OF UNTESTED RAPE KITS. - AND OUR WORK WILL CONTINUE. - BECAUSE TESTING KITS NOT ONLY - MAKES OUR COUNTRY SAFER. - BUT IT SENDS A VITAL MESS TAHJ - SURVIVORS. - THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM - MATTERS. - >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU - CAN SAY TO A SURVIVOR IS, I HEAR - YOU. - THAT'S WHY I BECAME LEADER AND - IT'S ON US. - IT'S A PROGRAM STARTED BY VICE - PRESIDENT BIDEN TO ELIMINATE - SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE - CAMPUSES AND SUPPORT A NEW - GENERATION OF ADVOCATES - INCLUDING MEN AND BOYS. - BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SILENT, YOU'RE - COMPLICIT. - D WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. - >> I AM VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN ON - BEHALF OF ALL VICTIMS AND

- SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. - >> I'M VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN - BECAUSE IT'S ON MY GENERATION TO - MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER GO BACK. - >> I AM VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN FOR - MY DAUGHTER. - FOR MY SONS. - FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. - >> FIRST EPISODE WAS A SLAP TO - THE FACE AND HE BROCK MY EAR - DRUM. - >> PUNCHING, KICKING, CHOKING, - THREATENING WITH A KNIFE OR A - GUN. - >> HE HAD ALWAYS THREATENED ME - IF I HAD EVER CALLED THE POLICE - ON HIM THAT HE WOULD KILL ME. - >> YOU DIDN'T HEAR VOICES LIKE - THESE IN THE HALLS OF THE U.S. - CAPITOL. - >> MY HUSBAND'S DAD MADE 13 - TIMES AND BROKE MY NECK WHILE - POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE. - I NEARLY DIED AND I AM - PERMANENTLY PARALYZED. - >> SENATOR JOE BIDEN INVITED - THEM TO SPEAK.

- >> BATTERED WOMEN NEED TO BE - TAKEN SERIOUSLY, PROPER POLICE - RESPONSE CAN PREVENT WHAT - HAPPENED TO ME FROM HAPPENING TO - SOMEONE ELSE. - THANK YOU. - >> THANK YOU. - >> AT THE TIME THE POLICE - CONSIDERED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT A CRIME. - IN THE HOME IT'S A PRIVATE - MATTER. - SO WOMEN WERE RESPONSIBL RESPONR - THEIR OWN INJURIES. - >> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, I KNOW -- - BUT I DON'T KNOW. - I CAN ONLY GUESS HOW PAIN HALF - IS. - >> GROWING UP OUR FATHER SAID - THAT THE GREATEST OF ALL SINS - WAS THE ABUSE OF POWER. - HE TOLD US A BULLY WHEN SOMEONE - BIGGER OR STRONGER TAKES - ADVANTAGE OF YOU, THAT IS A - REALLY GRAVE SIN. - THE EXPECTATION WAS FOR ALL FOUR - OF US, BE A PERSON OF CHARACTER.

- YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, WE WERE - THEN EXPECTED TO STAND UP AND DO - SOMETHING ABOUT IT. - >> WHEN E INTRODUCED THE - LEGISLATION, FEW BELIEVED IT - COULD PASS. - >> IT IS A FIRST ATTEMPT TO - ADDRESS VIOLENT CRIMES AINST - WOMEN. - >> IT WAS HARD TO GET THE VOTES - BECAUSE YOU HAD SOME TRADITION - TRADITIONALISTS WHO JUST DIDN'T - BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE - LAWS ABOUT THIS. - >> BUT JOE DOESN'T GIVE UP HE'S - TENACIOUS. - JOE PERSEVERED AND HE VERY GOOD - AT PERSUASION. - >> DOING NOTHING TO HELP HIM. - >> HE BROUGHT TOGETHER LAW - ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTORS, - ADVOCATES AND SURVIVORS. - >> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE - OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK. - >> IN 1994, THE VIOLENCE BEGINS - WOMEN ACT BECAME LAW AND - PROTECTED MILLIONS OF AMERICAN - WOMEN.

- >> A LOT OF THE CHANGE IN THE - ATTITUDES WE HAVE ABOUT DOMESTIC - VIOLENCE WERE SHAPED BY HIS - LEADERSHIP ON THIS. - >> IF YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, - WE WERE THEN EXPECTED TO STAND - UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. - JUDAS YOU CAN SEE FOCUS RIGHT - NOW AT THIS CONVENTION ON AN - ISSUE THAT JOE BIDEN HAS SPENT A - NUMBER OYEARS WORKING ON, - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, HE WAS - ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE SPONSORS OF - THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. - YOU SAW ONE OF THESE HEARINGS - JUST A MOMENT AGO. - THEY ARE TAKING A FEW MINUTES - NOW AS THEY TRANSITION TO LOO - AT THE ECONOMY. - WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE - CONVENTION WHEN THEY DO THAT. - BUT RIGHT NOW FOR JUST NEXT FEW - MINUTES I WANT TO GO TO OUR - ANALYSTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE - ARE HEARING. - MICHAEL NUTTER, FORMER MAYOR OF - PHILADELPHIA. - CHRIS BUS KIRK JOINING US - ANALYST JOIN US FROM PHOENIX, - ARIZONA. - MICHAEL NUTTER, THE FOCUS RIGHT - NOW AT THIS CONVENTION IS ON - WOMEN. - BUT BROADLY WE'VE BEEN HEARING

- ABOUT ISSUES, WE'VE BEEN HEARING - ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, ABOUT - CLIMATE CHANGE. - WE'VE HEARD FROM POWERFUL WOMEN - LIKE NANCY PELOSI, HILLARY - CLINTON, HOW MUCH AS SOMEBODY - YOU KNOW AMERICAN POLITICS HOW - MUCH DOES THE WOMEN'S VOTE AND - REACHING WOMEN THIS YEAR, HOW - MUCH IS THAT GOING TO MATTER? - >> WELL JUDY, IT ALWAYS MATTERS. - CERTAINLY. - I KNOW A NIGHT OR SO AGO THERE - WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN ARE WE - GOING TO GET TO THE ISSUES? - WELL WE'RE IN THE ISSUES. - AND WE'RE IN THE ISSUES THAT THE - AMERICAN PUBLIC REALLY CARE - ABOUT. - IMMIGRATION, CLIMATE CHANGE AND - CERTAINLY VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE - AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. - THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES. - THEY DON'T JUST AFFECT WOMEN, - THEY AFFECT THE ENTIRE FAMILY, - THEY AFFECT AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. - AND THEY ARE ALSO VERY EMOTIONAL - ISSUES. - IT WAS EMOTIONALLY PAINFUL TO - HEAR SOME OF THE TESTIMONY AND - COMMENTS.

- EMMA GONZALES AND CONGRESSWOMAN - GIRD. - THE WOMEN THAT WE JUST SAW ON - THE VIDEO. - THESE ARE ISSUES THAT JOE BIDEN - CARES DEEPLY ABOUT I THINK MOST - AMERICANS ACTUALLY CARE DEEPLY - ABOUT. - SANDY HOOK, PULSE NIGHTCLUB. - THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IN AMERICA - DAY-TO-DAY ON OUR STREETS, THESE - SHOULD NOT BE TURNOVER ISSUES. - NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAE A - MILITARY STYLE WEAPON. - THERE'S NO LEGITIMATE ARGUMENT - ABOUT THAT. - AND JOE BIDEN FOUGHT THE NRA AND - WON ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE - BACK AT THAT TIME IN THE '90s. - SO THIS IS A PARTY, THESE ARE - ELECTED, THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE - WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW REAL - ISSUES IN THE MIDDLE OF A - PANDEMIC. - >> Woodruff: IN JUST ABOUT 30 - SECONDS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, - CHRIS, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY - OBVIOUSLY HA DIFFERENT POINT OF - VIEW ON THESE THINGS. - WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF - THAT NEXT WEEK. - BUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT HOW

- MUCH DOES IT MATTER DO YOU THINK - THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE STRESSING - THESE ISSUES AROUND GUN VIOLEN - VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST - WOMEN. - >> WELL, THE VIOLENCE AGAINST - WOMEN IN FACT THAT VIDEO I - THOUGHT WAS REALLY WELL DONE AT - A LOT OF LVELS. - MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE BEST THING - I'VE SEEN SO FAR IT WAS -- I - FOUND IT EXTREMELY POWERFUL. - ON THE OTHER HD, I THINK - THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL EVERYBODY - IS AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST - WOMEN. - OR PLACES LIKE UPPER - MIDWEST. - YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT - I POINT TO IS THAT IF YOU LOOK - AT, FOR INSTANCE, GUN VIOLENCE, - MURDERS WITH BEEN GUN IN 1980, - THE RATE AT WHICH THAT WAS

- OCCURRING IN THIS COUNTRY IS - ABOUT HALF OR MAYBE LESS THAN - HALF OF WHAT IT WAS IN 2018 - DESPITE THE FAT THAT THERE'S - SOMETHING LIKE TWO OR TWO AND A - HALF TIMES MORE GUNS IN PRIVATE - HANDS IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY THAN - 40 YEARS AGO. - AND SO WE'VE SEEN THE LEVEL OF - VIOLENCE ACTUALLY DECREASING. - WE SHOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. - AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO DEMONIZE - GUNS OR LAWFUL GUN OWNERS. - WHEN WE LOOK AT PLACES THAT HAV. - >> Woodruff: THERE'S STRONG, - STRONG VIEWS ON BOTH SIDES. - I SEE MICHAEL NUTTER SHAKING HIS - HEAD. - I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT - TEY ARE AT THE CONVENTION RIGHT - NOW TURNING TO THE ECONOMY, TO - THE VOICES OF REAL AMERICANS AND - WE'RE GOING TO CULT IN TO THAT. - WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU A LITTLE - LATER. - >> WE COULD USE A LITTLE HELP - RIGHT NOW AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE - WE GET ONE STEP FORWARD AND THEN - TWO STEPS BACK. - >> THIS IS THE STORY OF JERNAY - GREEN WHO JUST STARTED A - CLOTHING STORE THEN COVID HIT. - >> FASHION HAS BEEN A LOVE OF

- MINE SINCE I WAS A KID. - I WORKED REALLY HARD TO SAVE - MONEY TO OPEN THIS STORE. - DID MY RIBBON CUTTING DECEMBER - 14. - IT WAS BOOMING. - THEN, BAM. - HERE'S COVID. - IT WAS SRY. - TO ONE WAS BUYING ANYTHING. - MY EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE GONE. - I REACHED TUT TO MY BANK BUT - THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD NO IV - MONEY. - IT'S GONE TO A LOT OF THE BIGGER - BUSINESSES, THE MILLION DOLLAR - BUSINESSES WHO GET -- A SMALL - BUSINESS LIKE MYSELF LEFT TO - STRUGGLE. - BEING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMA - FEMALE, BUSINESS OWNER UNDER - PRESIDENT TRUMP I FEEL, HOW CAN - I SAY, I'M ALONE. - I'M ALONE. - >> THIS IS THE STORY OF LYNN - AND TWO RESTAURANTS. - >> IT'S ALWAYS REALLY HARD FOR - RESTAURANTS TO BEGIN, IT WOULD - BE CROWDED IN HERE WITH BABIES - AND FAMILIES AND CROWDS OUTSIDE

- WAITING TO GET IN. - IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING. - ON THE DAY OF THE SHUT DOWN WE - WERE ACTUALLY REVIEWED IN THE - "LOS ANGELES TIMES" ON THAT DAY - THE VIRUS WAS ANNOUNCED AS A - GLOBAL PANDEMIC. - >> IT'S SAD TO SEE. - IF WE DON'T TURN THIS AROUND - SOON WE'RE GOING TO SEE NOT JUST - THIS YEAR BUT GHOST TOWN. - >> THE FIRST DECISION THAT I HAD - TO MAKE BECAUSE A HUNDRED PEOPLE - ARE LOOKING AT YOU, U - UNFORTUNATELY THE CALL WAS TO - FURLOUGH EVERYBODY. - AT THIS POINT I DON'T EVEN SEE - MYSELF IN BUSINESS NEXT MONTH. - >> - >> WE DON'T ASK FOR MUCH. - FROM GOVERNMENT. - BUT CATCH US WHEN WE'RE FALLING - AND I KNOW THAT IT MUST FEEL - LIKE YOU'RE FALLING RIGHT NOW - WITHOUT A NET. - >> RESTAURANTS ARE AMONG THE - HARDEST BUSINESSES TO SUCCEED - AT. - BUT I WAS GOING TO DO IT IN A - WAY THAT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE A - SUCCESSFUL CAREER FOR NOT ONLY - MYSELF BUT A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES.

- >> THIS IS THE STORY OF DAN, - HE'S A FIFTH GENERATION FARMER - STRUGGLING TO KEEP HIS BUSINESS - ALIVE. - >> I'M NOT SO SURE THAT - PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN - HE THINKS ABOUT BUSINESS, I - DON'T THINK HE THINKS ABOUT - FARMERS. - >> NO. - >> AS A BUSINESS. - >> NO. - HE HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THIS STUFF. - >> DAN, TELL ME ABOUT THE FARM. - >> WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1864. - TRADE TARIFFS WITH CHINA HAVE - BEEN HORRIBLE. - PART OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE - TRADE DEAL SAID THAT CHINA DOES - NOT HAVE TO BUY UNLESS THE PRICE - IS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. - WHAT KIND OF TRADE DEAL IS THAT? - THAT'S NO DEAL. - >> WHEN COVID HIT THEN - EVERYTHING JUST PLUMMETED. - GETTING THROUGH NOW THAT'S THE - PROBLEM. - THAT'S THE DAY-TO-DAY BATTLE. - >> I BELIEVE THAT JOE BIDEN WILL - BE A CLEAR VOICE FOR US, - SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD. - >> JOE BIDEN HAS AN UNDERSTAN - UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE - AVERAGE AMERICAN IS EXPERIENCI - EXPERIENCING. - >> I THINK HE'S WITH ME.

- >> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, IT'S TIME - TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES. - MANAGE THEIR WAY THOUGH A - PANDEMIC. - >> I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN - JOE BIDEN. - HE'S A FIGHTER AND HE'S THE REAL - DEAL. - >> WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF KNOCK - DOWNS AND WE KNOW THAT AT THE - END OF THE DAY WE WILL ENDURE. - >> WE WILL RISE AGAIN. - >> EVERY TIME I GET KNOCKED UP I - GOT TO GET UP AND KEEP RUNNING. - KEEP GOING. - KEEP GOING. - >> TONIGHT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE - PEOPLE THAT MAKE AMERICA WORK. - PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR LIVES ON THE - LINE AND SINCE COVID-19 HIT, - THEY HAVE TAKEN ONE GUT PUNCH - AFTER ANOTHER. - AND WHAT IS THE COVID FALLOUT - DONE TO OUR BABIES? - WELL I'M HERE AT THE EARLY - CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER IN - SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. - WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR MONT - MONTHS. - CHILD CARE WAS ALREADY HARD TO - FIND BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND NOW - RENTS ARE STUCK. - NO IDEA WHEN SCHOOLS CAN SAFELY - REOPEN AND EVEN FEWER CHILD CARE - OPTIONS.

- THE DEVASTATION IS ENORMOUS. - AND THE WAY I SEE IT, BIG - PROBLEMS DEMAND BIG SOLUTIONS. - NOW, I LOVE A GOOD PLAN. - AND JOE BIDEN HAS SOME REALLY - GOOD PLANS. - PLANS TO BRING BACK UNION JOBS - IN MANUFACTURING AND CREATE NEW - UNION JOBS IN CLEAN ENERGY. - PLANS TO INCREASE SOCIAL - SECURITY BENEFITS, CANCEL - BILLIONS IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT - AND MAKE OUR BANKRUPTCY LAWS - WORK FOR FAMILIES INSTEAD OF THE - CREDITORS WHO CHEAP THEM. - THESE PLANS REFLECT THE CENTRAL - TRUTH. - OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM HAS BEEN - RIGGED TO GIVE BAIL OUTS TO - BILLIONAIRES AND KICK DIRT IN - THE FACE OF EVERYONE ELSE. - BUT WE CAN BUILD A THRIVING - ECONOMY BY INVESTING IN FAMILIES - AND FIXING WHAT'S BROKEN. - JOE'S PLAN TO BUILD BACK BETTER - INCLUDES MAKING THE WEALTHY PAY - THEIR FAIR SHARE. - HOLDING CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTAB - ACCOUNTABLE, REPAIRING RACIAL G - CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON.

- LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF - JOE'S PLAN THAT'S ESPECIALLY - CLOSE TO MY HEART. - CHILD CARE. - AS A LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP IN - OKLAHOMA, WHAT I WANTED MOST IN - THE WORLD WAS TO BE A TEACHER. - I LOVED TEACHING. - AND WHEN I HAD BABIES AND WAS - JUGGLING MY FIRST BIG TEACHING - JOB IN TEXAS IT WAS HARD. - BUT I LIKE TO DO HARD. - THE THING THAT ALMOST SANK ME, - CHILD CARE. - ONE NIGHT MY AUNT BEE CALLED - JUST TO CHECK IN. - AND I THOUGHT WAS FINE. - BUT THEN I JUST BROKE DOWN AND - STARTED TO CRY. - I HAD TRIED HOLDING IT ALL - TOGETHER BUT WITHOUT RELIABLE - CHILD CARE, WORKING WAS NEARLY - IMPOSSIBLE. - WHEN I TOLD AUNT BEE I WAS GOING - TO QUIT MY JOB I THOUGHT MY - HEART WOULD BREAK. - AND THEN SHE SAID THE WORDS THAT - CHANGED MY LIFE. - I CAN'T GET THERE TOMORROW BUT - I'LL COME ON THURSDAY. - SHE ARRIVED WITH SEVEN SUITCASES

- AND A PEKINESE NAMED BUDDY AND - STAYED FOR 16 YEARS. - I GET TO BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE - OF MY AUNT BEE. - I LEARNED A FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH, - NOBODY MAKES IT ON THEIR OWN. - AND YET HERE WE ARE, TWO - GENERATIONS OF WORKING PARENTS - LATER AND IF YOU HAVE A BABY AND - DON'T HAVE AN AUNT BEE, YOU'RE - ON YOUR OWN. - AND HERE IS WHY THAT IS WRONG. - WE BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE - ROADS AND BRIDGES AND - COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS SO THAT - PEOPLE CAN WORK. - THAT INFRASTRUCTURE HELP US ALL - BECAUSE IT KEEPS OUR ECONOMY - GOING. - IT'S TIME TO RECOGNIZE THAT - CHILD CARE IS PART OF THE BASIC - INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS NATION. - IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FAMILI - FAMILIES. - JOE AND KAMALA WILL MAKE HIGH - QUALITY CHILD CARE AFFORDABLE - FOR EVERY FAMILY. - MAKE PRESCHOOL UNIVERSAL AND - RAISE THE WAGES OF EVERY CHILD - CARE WORKER. - NOW, THAT'S JUST ONE PLAN BUT IT

- GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE GET - THIS COUNTRY WORKING FOR - EVERYONE. - DONALD TRUMP'S IGNORANCE AND I - INCOMPETENCE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A - DANGER TO OUR COUNTRY. - COVID-19 WAS TRUMP'S BIGGEST - TEST. - HE FAILED MISERABLY. - TODAY, AMERICA HAS THE MOST - COVID DEATHS IN THE WORLD AND AN - ECONOMIC COLLAPSE AND BOTH - CRISES ARE FALLING HARDEST ON - BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES. - MILLIONS OUT OF WORK, MILLIONS - MORE TRAPPED IN CYCLES OF - POVERTY. - MILLIONS ON THE BRINK OF LOSING - THEIR HOMES, MILLIONS EVER - RESTAURANTS AND STORES HANGING - BY A THREAD. - THIS CRISIS IS BAD. - AND IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS - WAY. - THIS CRISIS IS ON DONALD TRUMP - AND THE REPUBLICANS WHO ENABLE - HIM. - ON NOVEMBER 3rd, WE WILL HOLD - THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE. - SO, WHETHER YOU'RE PLANNING TO - VOTE, WEARING A MASK FOR VOTE BY - MAIL, PLEASE TAKE OUT YOUR PHO

- PHONE, RIGHT NOW AND TEXT VOTE - TO 30330. - WE ALL NEED TO BE IN THE FIGHT - TO GET JOE AND KAMALA ELECTED. - AND AFTER NOVEMBER, WE ALL NEED - TO STAY IN THE FIGHT TO GET BIG - THINGS DONE. - WE STAY IN THIS FIGHT SO THAT - WHEN OUR CHILDREN AND OUR - GRANDCHILDREN ASK WHAT WE DID - DURING THIS DARK CHAPTER IN OUR - NATION'S HISTORY, WE WILL BE - ALE TO LOOK THEM SQUARELY IN - THE EYE AND SAY, WE ORGANIZED, - WE PERSISTED AND WE CHANGED - AMERICA. - >> FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA - HAS SAID THAT CHOOSING JOE BIDEN - TO BE HIS VICE PRESIDENT WAS ONE - OF THE BEST DECISIONS HE EVER - MADE. - AND THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS MADE A - LOT OF GOOD DECISIONS. - MAKING HEALTH CARE MORE - AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. - RESCUING OUR ECONOMY.

- PROTECTING AMERICAN JOBS. - MARRYING MICHELLE OBAMA. - AND THROUGH IT ALL, JOE BIDEN - WAS BY HIS SIDE. - EXCEPT FOR MAYBE MARRYING - MICHELLE. - YOU CAN WITNESS THEIR MUTUAL - RESPECT AND AFFECTION IN THIS - CLIP. - TAKE A LOOK. - >> SO, JOE, FOR YOUR FAITH IN - YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS, FOR YOUR - LOVE OF COUNTRY AND FOR YOUR - LIFETIME OF SERVICE THAT WILL - ENDURE THROUGH THE GENERATIONS, - D LIKE TO ASK THE MILITARY - AIDE TO JOIN US ON STAGE. - FOR THE FINAL TIME AS PRESIDENT, - I AM PLEASED TO 'CARD OUR - NATION'S CIVILIAN HONOR THE - PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. - [ APPLAUSE ] - AND FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME - IN MY PRESENCE I WILL BESTOW

- THIS MEDAL WITH AN ADDITIONAL - LEVEL OF ADORATION, HONOR MY - THREE MOST RECENT SUCCESSORS - POPE JOHN PAUL II, PRESIDENT - RONALD REAGAN AND GENERAL COHILL - POWELL. - LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M PROUD - TO AWARD THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL - OF FREEDOM WITH DISTINCTION TO - MY BROTHER, JOSEPH ROBINETTE - BIDEN JUNIOR. - WILL THE AIDE PLEASE READ THE - CITATION. - >> VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDE - JUNIOR IN CAREER OF PUBLIC - SERVICE SPANNING NEARLY HALF A - CENTURY VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. - BIDEN JUNIOR HAS LEFT HIS MARK - ON ALMOST EVERY PART OF OUR - NATION. - FIGHTING FOR ATRONGER MIDDLE - CLASS, A FAIRER JUDICIAL SYSTEM - AND A SMARTER FOREIGN POLICY. - PROVIDING UNYIELDING SUPPORT FOR - OUR TROOPS, COMBATING CRIME AND - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, LEADING - OUR QUEST TO CURE CANCER AND - SAFEGUARDING THE LANDMARK - AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVES

- REINVESTMENT ACT FROM CORRUPTI - CORRUPTION. - WITH HIS CHARM, CANDOOR UNABASHD - OPTIMISM AND DEEP AND ABIDING - PATRIOTISM, JOE BIDEN HAS - GARNERED THE RESPECT AND ESTEEM - OF COLLEAGUES OF BOTH PARTIES - AND FRIENDSHIP OF PEOPLE ACROSS - THE NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD. - WHILE SUMMONING THE STRENGTH, - FAITH AND GRACE TO OVERCOME - GREAT PERSONAL TRAGEDY, THIS SON - OF STANTON, CLAMONT AND - WILMINGTON HAS BECOME ONE OF THE - CONSEQUENTIAL VICE PRESIDENT EBB - HIS TORE. - ACCOLADE THAT NONETHELESS RESTS - FIRMLY BEHIND HIS LEGACY AS A - HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. - A GRATEFUL NATION THANKS VICE - PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN JUNIOR - FOR HIS LIFETIME OF SERVICE ON - BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF - AMERICA. - [ Applause ] - >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

- AS YOU HAVE SEEN BY NOW THIS - ISN'T A NORMAL CONVENTION. - IT'S NOT A NORMAL TIME. - SO, TONIGHT I WANT TO TALK AS - PLAINLY AS I CAN ABOUT THE - STAKES IN THIS ELECTION. - BECAUSE WHAT WE DO THESE NEXT 76 - DAYS WILL ECHO THROUGH - GENERATIONS TO COME. - I'M IN PHILADELPHIA WHERE OUR - CONSTITUTION WAS DRAFTED AND - SIGNED. - IT WASN'T A PERFECT DOCUMENT. - IT ALLOWED FOR THE INHUMANITY OF - SLAVERY. - AND FAILED TO GUARANTEE WOMEN - AND EVEN MEN WHO DIDN'T OWN - PROPERTY THE RIGHT TO - PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL - PROCESS. - BUT EMBEDDED IN THIS DOCUMENT - WAS A NORTH STAR THAT WOULD - GUIDE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

- A SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE - GOVERNMENT. - A DEMOCRACY. - TO WHICH WE COULD BETTER REALIZE - OUR HIGHEST IDEALS. - THROUGH CIVIL WAR AND BITTER - STRUGGLES WE IMPROVE THIS - CONSTITUTION TO INCLUDE THE - VOICES OF THOSE WHO ONCE BEEN - LEFT OUT. - AND GRADUALLY WE MADE THIS - COUNTRY MORE JUST. - AND MORE FREE. - THE ONE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE - ELECTED BY ALL OF THE PEOPLE IS - THE PRESIDENCY. - SO AT A MINIMUM WE SHOULD EXPECT - A PRESIDENT TO FEEL A SENSE OF - RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY - AND WELFARE OF ALL 330 MILLION - OF US REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE LOOK - LIKE, HOW WE WORSHIP, WHO WE - LOVE. - HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE. - OR WHO WE VOTED FOR. - WE SHOULD ALSO EXPECT A - PRESIDENT TO BE THE CUSTODIAN OF - THIS DEMOCRACY. - WE SHOULD EXPECT THAT REGARDLE S

- OF EGO, AMBITION OR POLITICAL - BELIEFS, THE PRESIDENT WILL - PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE - FREEDOMS AND IDEALS THAT SO MANY - AMERICANS MARCHED FOR, WENT TO - JAIL FOR, FOUGHT FOR AND DIED - FOR. - I HAVE SAT IN THE OVAL OFFICE - WITH BOTH OF THE MEN WHO ARE - RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. - I NEVER EXPECTED THAT MY SUCCE - SUCCESSOR WOULD EMBRACE MY - VISION OR CONTINUE MY POLICIES. - I DID HOPE FOR THE SAKE OF OUR - COUNTRY THAT DONALD TRUMP MIGHT - SHOW SOME INTEREST IN TAKING THE - JOB SERIOUSLY. - THAT HE MIGHT COME TO FEEL THE - WEIGHT OF THE OFFICE AND - DISCOVER SOME REVERANCE FOR THE - DEMOCRACDEMOCRACY THAT HAD BEEND - IN HIS CARE. - BUT HE NEVER DID. - FOR CLOSE TO FOUR YEARS NOW HE - HAS SHOWN NO INTEREST IN PUTTING

- IN THE WORK. - NO INTEREST IN FINDING COMMON - GROUND, NO INTEREST IN USING THE - AWESOME POWER OF HIS OFFICE TO - HELP ANYONE BUT HIMSELF AND HIS - FRIENDS. - NO INTEREST IN TREATING THE - PRESIDENCY AS ANYTHING BUT ONE - MORE REALITY SHOW THAT HE CAN - USE TO GET THE ATTENTION HE - CRAVES. - DONALD TRUMP HASN'T GROWN INTO - THE JOB. - BECAUSE HE CAN'T. - AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT - FAILURE ARE SEVERE. - 170,000 AMERICANS DEAD, MILLIONS - OF JOBS GONE. - WHILE THOSE AT THE TOP TAKE IN - MORE THAN EVER. - OUR WORST IMPULSES UNLEASHED, - OUR PROUD REPUTATION AROUND THE - WORLD BADLY DIMINISHED. - AND OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS - THREATENED LIKE NEVER BEFORE. - NOW, I KNOW THAT IN TIMES AS - POLARIZED AS THESE, MOST OF YOU

- HAVE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND. - BUT MAYBE YOU'RE STILL NOT SURE - WHICH CANDIDATE YOU'LL VOTE FOR. - OR WHETHER YOU'LL VOTE AT ALL. - MAYBE YOU'RE TIRED OF THE - DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED BUT YOU - CAN'T SEE A BETTER PATH YET. - OR YOU JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH - ABOUT THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO - LEAD US THERE. - SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY - FRIEND, JOE BIDEN. - 1 YEARS AGO WHEN I BEGAN MY - SEARCH FOR A VICE PRESIDENT, I - DIDN'T KNOW I'D END UP FINDING A - BROTHER. - JOE AND I COME FROM DIFFERENT - PLACES, DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, - BUT WHAT I QUICKLY CAME TO - ADMIRE ABOUT JOE BIDEN IS HIS - RESILIENCE, BORN OF TOO MUCH - STRUGGLE. - HIS EMPATHY, BORN OF TOO MUCH - GRIEF. - JOE IS A MAN WHO LEARNED EARLY - ON TO TREAT EVERY PERSON HE - MEETS WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY,

- LIVING BY THE WORDS HIS PARENTS - TAUGHT HIM. - NO ONE'S BETTER THAN YOU, JOE. - BUT YOU'RE BETTER THAN NOBODY. - THAT EMPATHY, THAT DECENCY, THE - BELIEF THAT EVERYBODY COUNTS, - THAT'S WHO JOE IS. - WHEN HE TALKS WITH SOMEONE WHO - HAS LOST THEIR JOB, HE REMEMBERS - THE NIGHT THAT HIS FATHER SAT - HIM DOWN TO TELL HIM HE LOST HI. - WHEN HE LISTENS TO A PARENT WHO - IS TRYING TO HOLD IT ALL - TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, HE DOES IT - AS A SINGLE DAD WHO TOOK THE - TRAIN BACK TO WILMINGTON EACH - AND EVERY NIGHT SO HE COULD TUCK - HIS KIDS INTO BED. - WHEN HE MEETS WITH MILITARY - FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR - HERO, HE DOES IT A AS A KINDRED - SPIRIT, THE PARENT OF AN - AMERICAN SOLDIER. - SOMEBODY WHOSE FAITH HAS ENDURED - THE HARDEST LOSS THERE IS.

- FOR EIGHT YEARS JOE WAS THE LAST - ONE IN THE ROOM WHENEVER I FACED - A BIG DECISION. - HE MADE ME A BETTER PRESIDENT - AND HE'S GOT THE CHARACTER AND - THEXPERIENCE TO MAKE US A - BETTER COUNTRY. - AND IN MY FRIEND, KAMALA HARRIS, - HE'S CHOSEN IDEAL PARTNER. - WHO IS MORE THAN PREPARED FOR - THE JOB. - SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE - TO OVERCOME BARRIERS AND WHO HAS - MADE A CAREER FIGHTING TO HELP - OTHERS LIVE OUT THEIR AMERICAN - DREAM. - ALONG WITH THE EXPERIENCE NEEDED - TO GET THINGS DONE, JOE AND - KAMALA HAVE CONCRETE POLICIES - THAT WILL TURN THEIR VISION OF A - BETTER, FAIRER, STRONGER COUNTRY - INTO REALITY. - THEY WILL GET THIS PANDEMIC - UNDER CONTROL LIKE JOE DID WHEN - HE HELPED ME MANAGE H1N1 AND - PREVENT AN EBOLA FROM REACHING - OUR SHORES. - THEY WILL EXPAND HEALTH CARE TO

- MORE EXPERIENCE LIKE JOE AND DID - I TEN YEARS AGO WHEN HE HELPED - CRAFT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT - AND NAIL DOWN THE VOTES TO MAKE - IT THE LAW. - THEY WILL RESCUE THE ECONOMY - LIKE JOE HELPED ME DO AFTER THE - GREAT RESECTION. - I ASKED HIM TO MANAGE THE - RECOVERY ACT, WHICH JUMP STARTED - THE LONGEST STRETCH OF JOB - GROWTH. - HE SEES THIS MOMENT NOW NOT AS - CHANCE TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE - WERE, BUT TO MAKE LONG OVERDUE - CHANGES SO THAT OUR ECONOMY - ACTUALLY MAKES LIFE A LITTLE - EASIER FOR EVERYBODY. - WHETHER IT'S THE WAITRESS TRYING - TO RAISE A KID ON HER OWN OR THE - SHIFT WORKER ALWAYS ON THE EDGE - OF GETTING LAID OFF. - OR THE STUDENT FIGURING OUT HOW - TO PAY FOR NEXT SEMESTER'S - CLASSES. - JOE AND KALA WILL RESTORE OUR - STANDING IN THE WORLD AND AS - WE'VE LEARNED FROM THIS PANDEM - PANDEMIC, THAT MATTERS. - JOE KNOWS THE WORLD AND THE - WORLD KNOWS HIM. - HE KNOWS THAT OUR TRUE STRENGTH

- COMES FROM SETTING AN EXAMPLE - THAT THE WORLD WANTS TO FOLLOW. - A NATION THAT STANDS WITH - DEMOCRACY, NOT DICTATORS, A - NATION THAT CAN INSPIRE AND - MOBILIZE OTHERS TO OVERCOME - THREATS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND - TERRORISM. - POVERTY AND DISEASE. - BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WHAT I - KNOW ABOUT JOE, WHAT I KNOW - ABOUT KAMALA IS THAT THEY - ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT EVERY - AMERICAN. - AND THAT THEY CARE DEEPLY ABOUT - THIS DEMOCRACY. - THEY BELIEVE THAT IN A DEMOCRACY - THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS SACRED AND - WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT EASIER - FOR PEOPLE TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS - NOT HARDER. - THEY BELIEVE THAT NO ONE - INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT IS ABOVE - THE LAW AND THAT NO PUBLIC - OFFICIAL, INCLUDING THE

- PRESIDENT, SHOULD USE THEIR - OFFICE TO ENRICH THEMSELVES OR - THEIR SUPPORTERS. - THEY UNDERSTAND IN THIS - DEMOCRACY THE DEMANDER IN CHIEF - DOES NOT USE THE MEN AND WOMEN - OF OUR MILITARY WHO ARE WILLING - TO RISK EVERYTHING TO PROTECT - OUR NATION AS POLITICAL PROPS TO - DEPLOY AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTES - PROTESTERS ON OUR OWN SOIL. - THEY UNDERSTAND THAT POLITICAL - OPPONENTS AREN'T UNAMERICAN JUST - BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE WITH YOU. - FREE PRESS ISN'T THE ENEMY, - BUILT THE WAY WE HOLD OFFICIALS - ACCOUNTABLE. - THAT OUR ABILITY TO WORK - TOGETHER TO SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS - LIKE A PANDEMIC DEPEND ON A - FIDELITY OF FACTS AND SCIENCE - AND LOGIC. - NOT JUST MAKING STUFF UP. - NONE OF THIS SHOULD BE - CONTROVERSIAL. - THESE SHOULDN'T BE REPUBLICAN

- PRINCIPLES OR DEMOCRATIC - PRINCIPLES THEY ARE AMERICAN - PRINCIPLES. - AT THIS MOMENT, THIS PRESIDENT - AND THOSE WHO ENABLE HIM, HAVE - SHOWN THEY DN'T BELIEVE IN - THESE THINGS. - TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU TO - BELIEVE IN JOE AND KAMALA'S - ABILITY TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY OUT - OF THESE DARK TIMES AND BUILD IT - BACK BETTER. - BUT HERE'S THE THING. - NO SINGLE AMERICAN CAN FIX THIS - COUNTRY ALONE. - NOT EVEN A PRESIDENT. - DEMOCRACY WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE - TRANSACTIONABLE, YOU GIVE ME - YOUR VOTE I MAKE EVERYTHING - BETTER. - IT REQUIRES AN ACTIVE AND I - INFORMED CITIZENRY. - SO I'M ALSO ASKING YOU TO - BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN ABILITY TO - EMBRACE YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY - AS CITIZENS. - TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BASIC - TENANTS OF OUR DEMOCRACY ENTOUR - BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE

- RIGHT NOW. - OUR DEMOCRACY. - LOOK, I UNDERSTAND WHY A LOT OF - AMERICANS ARE DOWN ON GOVERNME - GOVERNMENT. - THE WAY THE RULES HAVE BEEN SET - UP AND ABUSED IN CONGRESS MAKE - IT EASIER FOR SPECIAL INTEREST - IS TO STOP PROGRESS THAN TO MAKE - PROGRESS, BELIEVE ME I KNOW IT. - I UNDERSTAND WHY A WHITE FACTORY - WORKER WHO HAS SEEN HIS WAGES - CUT OR JOB SHIPPED OVERSEAS, IT - LOOK LIKE THE GOVERNMENT NO - LONGER LOOKS OUT ON HIM. - WHY A BLACK MOM MIGHT FEEL LIKE - IT NEVER LOOKED OUT FOR HER AT - ALL. - I UNDERSTAND WHY A NEW IMMIGRANT - MIGHT LOOK AROUND THIS COUNTRY - WNDER WHETHER THERE'S STILL A - PLACE FOR HIM HERE. - Y A YOUNG OPINION MIGHT LOOK - AT POLITICS RIGHT NOW, THE - CIRCUS OF IT ALL, THE MEANNESS - AND THE LIES AND CONSPIRACY - THEORIES AND THINK, WHAT IS THE - POINT?

- WELL HERE'S THE POINT. - THIS PRESIDENT AND THOSE IN - POWER, THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM - KEEPING THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE, - THEY ARE COUNTING ON YOUR - CYNICISM. - THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T WIN YOU - OVER WITH THEIR POLICIES SO - THEY'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT AS - HARD AS POSSIBLE FO YOU TO VOTE - AND TO CONVINCE YOU THAT YOUR - VOTE DOES NOT MATTER. - THAT IS HOW THEY WIN. - THAT IS HOW THEY GET TO KEEP - MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT - YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF THE - PEOPLE YOU LOVE. - THAT'S HOW THE ECONOMY WILL KEEP - GETTING SKEWED TO THE WEALTHY - AND WELL CONNECTED. - HOW OUR HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL LET - MORE PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THE - CRACKS. - THAT'S HOW A DEMOCRACY WITHERS - UNTIL IT'S NO DEMOCRACY AT ALL. - AND WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN. - DO NOT LET THEM TAKE AWAY YOUR - POWER.

- DO THOUGHT LET THEM TAKE AWAY - YOUR DEMOCRACY. - MAKE A PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR HOW - YOU ARE GOING TO GET INVOLVED - AND VOTE. - DO IT AS EARLY AS YOU CAN AND - TELL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS HOW - THEY CAN VOTE, TOO. - DO WHAT AMERICANS HAVE DONE FOR - OVER TWO CENTURIES WHEN FACED - WITH EVEN TOUGHER TIMES THAN - THIS. - ALL THOSE QUIET HEROES WHO FOUND - THE COURAGE TO KEEP MARCHING, - KEEP PUSHING IN THE FACE OF - HARDSHIP AND IN JUSTICE. - LAST MONTH WE LOST AIANT OF - AMICAN DEMOCRACY IN JOHN LEWIS - LEWIS. - AND SOME YEARS AGO I SAT DOWN - WITH JOHN AND A FEW REMAINING - LEADERS OF THE EARLY CIVIL - RIGHTS MOVEMENT. - ONE OF THEM TOLD ME HE'D NEVER - IMAGINED HE'S WALK INTO THE - WHITE HOUSE AND SEE A PRESIDENT - WHO LOOKED LIKE HIS GRANDSON. - AND THEN HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD

- LOOKED IT UP. - AND IT TURNED OUT THAT ON THE - VERY DAY THAT I WAS BORN, HE WAS - MARCHING IN TO A JAIL CELL - TRYING TO END JIM CROW'S - SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH. - WHAT WE DO ECHOS THROUGH - GENERATIONS, WHATEVER OUR - BACKGROUNDS, WE ARE ALL THE - CHILDREN OF AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT - THE GOOD FIGHT, GREAT - GRANDPARENTS WORKING IN SWEAT - SHOPS WITHOUT RIGHTS OR - REPRESENTATION. - FARMERS LOSI THEIR DREAMS TO - DUST. - IRISH AND ITALIANS AND ASIANS - AND LATINOS, GO BACK TO WHERE - YOU COME FROM. - JEWS AND CATHOLICS, MUSLIMS AND - SIKHS MADE TO FEEL SUSPECT FOR - THE WAY THEY WORSHIPPED. - BLACK AMERICANS CHAINED AND - WHIPPED AND HANGED, SPIT ON FOR

- TRYING TO SIT AT LUNCH COUNTERS. - BEATEN FOR TRYING TO VOTE. - IF ANYONE HAD A RIGHT TO BELIEF - THAT THIS DEMOCRACY DID NOT WORK - AND COULD NOT WORK, IT WAS THOSE - AMERICANS. - OUR ANCESTORS, THEY WERE ON THE - RECEIVING END OF A DEMOCRACY - THAT HAD FALLEN SHORT ALL THEIR - LIVES. - THEY KNEW HOW FAR THE DAILY - REALITY OF AMERICA STRAYED FROM - THE MIDDLE. - AND YET INSTEAD OF GIVING UP, - THEY JOINED TOGETHER AND THEY - SAID, SOMEHOW SOME WAY WE ARE - GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK. - WE ARE GOING TO BRING THOSE - WORDS IN OUR FOUNDING CUMENTS - TO LIFE. - I HAVE SEEN THAT SAME SPIRIT - RISING THESE PAST FEW YEARS.

- FOLKS OF EVERY AGE AND - BACKGROUND WHO PACKED CITY - CENTERS AND AIRPORTS AND RURAL - ROADS SO THAT FAMILIES WOULDN'T - BE SEPARATED SO THAT ANOTHER - CLASSROOM WOULDN'T GET SHOT UP. - SO THAT OUR KIDS WON'T GROW UP - ON AN UNINHABITABLE PLANET. - AMERICANS OF ALL RACES JOINING - TOGETHER TO DECLARE IN THE FACE - OF INJUSTICE AND BRUTALITY AT - THE HANDS OF THE STATE, THAT - BLK LIVES MATTER. - NO MORE BUT NO LESS SO THAT NO - CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY FEELS THE - CONTINUING STING OF RACISM. - TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LED US - THIS SUMMER, TELLING US WE NEED - TO BE BETTER, IN SO MANY WAYS - YOU ARE THIS COUNTRY'S DREAMS - FULFILLED. - EARLIER GENERATIONS HAD TO BE

- PERSUADED THAT EVERYONE HAS - EQUAL WORTH, FOR YOU IT'S A - GIVEN, A CONVICTION. - AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS - THAT FOR ALL ITS MESSINESS AND - FRUSTRATIONS, YOUR SYSTEM OF - SELF GOVERNMENT CAN BE HARN - MASSED TO HELP YOU REALIZE THOSE - CONVICTIONS. - FOR ALL OF US. - YOU CAN GIVE OUR DEMOCRACY NEW - MEANING. - YOU CAN TAKE IT TO A BETTER - PLACE. - YOU'RE THE MISSING INGREDIENT. - THE ONES WHO WILL DECIDE WHETHER - OR NOT AMERICA BECOMES THE - COUNTRY THAT FULLY LIVES UP TO - ITS CREED. - THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE LONG - AFTER THIS ELECTION. - BUT ANY CHANCE OF SUCCESS - DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE OUTCOME

- OF THIS ELECTION. - THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS SHOWN IT - WILL TEAR OUR DEMOCRACY DOWN. - IF THAT'S WH IT TAKES FOR THEM - TO WIN. - WE HAVE TO GET BUSY BUILDING IT - UP BY POURING ALL OF OUR EFFORTS - INTO THESE 76 DAYS AND BY VOTING - LIKE NEVER BEFORE FOR JOE AND - KAMALA AND CANDIDATES UP AND - DOWN THE TICKET SO THAT WE LEAVE - NO DOUBT ABOUT WHAT THIS COUNTRY - THAT WE LOVE STANDS FOR. - TODAY AND FOR ALL OUR DAYS TO - COME. - STAY SAFE. - GOD BLESS. - >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT OBAMA - FOR YOUR -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR - BRILLIANT LEADERSHIP.

- JOE BIDEN HAS CHOSEN AN - EXTRAORDINARY WOMATO BE HIS - RUNNING MATE. - KAMALA HARRIS IS A FIGHTER AND A - TRAILBLAZER USING HER GROUND - BREAKING IDEAS TO PROTECT - FAMILIES AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER - BY REDUCING RECIDIVISM. - I AM SO THRILLED FOR HER TO - BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE - UNITED STATES. - NOW PLEASE WELCOME OUR - CONVENTION CHAIR -- - >> Woodruff: THIS IS THE LIVE - FEED YOU'RE SEEING ON YOUR - SCREEN RIGHT NOW. - WE'RE HEARING FROM PRESIDENT - OBAMA IN A REMARKABLY STRONG - ADDRESS SOLO WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE - SAYING ESSENTIALLY THIS - ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO TAKE

- AWAY YOUR DEMOCRACY. - I WAS WRITING DOWN, AMY WALTER, - SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM - PRESIDENT OBAMA. - WE WERE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT - TYPICAL FOR AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, - AT LEAST IN THE MODERN ERA TO - COME AFTER THEIR SUCCESSORS EVEN - DIFFERENT PARTY, DIFFERENT - POLICIES. - BUT WE HEARD HIM SAY DO NOT LET - THEM TAKE AWAY YOUR DEMOCRACY. - THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS SHOWN IT - WILL TEAR OUR DEMOCRACY DOWN IF - THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES. - >> IT DOES NOT GET ANY TOUGHER - THAT THAT. - YOU COULD SEE THE EMOTION IN HIM - AS WELL AS HE WAS SPEAKING. - EVEN AS HE CONCLUDED IT WAS WITH - A LOOK TAT SAID, WE'RE NOT - FOOLING AROUND ANY MORE, THIS IS - VERY SERIOUS TO GET FROM THE - SIDELINES. - LOT DEMOCRATS WHEN IS BARACK - OBAMA GOING TO GET INVOLVED AND - STABBED UP AND SAY SOMETHING - ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT. - THIS WAS THE TIME THAT HE - DECIDED TO DO THAT. - HERE WE ARE ABOUT 80 DAYS AWAY - FROM THIS ELECTION. - A LITTLE LESS THAN 80 DAYS. - >> Woodruff: RAW APPEAL FOR

- PEOPLE TO GE INVOLVED. - THAT IS VIDEO LEADING UP TO - KAMALA HARRIS. - LET'S WATCH. - >> THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC - SERVICE AND MADE SURE I GREW UP - SURROUNDED BY SMART, STRONG, - AMBITIOUS WOMEN EVERY DAY. - >> GROWING UP, HEAVEN HELP THE - POOR KID WHO PICKED ON ME - BECAUSE MY BIG SISTER WOULD BE - THERE IN A FLASH READY TO HAVE - MY BACK. - WELL NOW, WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK. - AS YOU AND JOE FIGHT TO PROTECT - OUR DEMOCRY. - >> THERE'S NO UNION MORE PERFECT - THAN THE ONE THAT BRINGS US ALL - TO YOUR KITCHEN TABLE EVERY - SUNDAY NIGHT FOR STIR FRY, OR - SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALL FAMILY - DINNERS. - >> NOW THAT I'M A MOM YOUR - SHOWING MY DAUGHTERS AND SO MANY - GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD WHO LOOK - LIKE THEM WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND - WHAT IT'S LIKE TO MOVE THROUGH - THE WORLD AS FIERCE, FORMIDABLE - PHENOMENAL WOMEN IN THEIR OWN - UNIQUE WAY. - >> I LOVE YOU. - I ADMIRE YOU. - I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. - AND EVEN THOUGH MOMMY IS NOT

- HERE TO SEE HER FIRST DAUGHTER - STEP INTO HISTORY, THE ENTIRE - NATION WILL SEE IN YOUR STRENG - STRENGTH, YOUR INTEGRITY, YOUR - INTELLIGENCE AND YOUR OPTIMISM - THE VALUES THAT SHE RAISED US - WITH. - >> WE LOVE YOU, MAMALA. - >> WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU, ANTAE. - >> YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO US, - KAMALA. - >> WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITE - EXCITED -- - >> TO SHARE YOU WITH THE WORLD - AS THE NEXT -- - >> AS THE NEXT -- - VICE PRESIDENT -- - OF THE UNITED - STATES! - >> JOE BIDEN HAS SELECTED KAMALA - HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING MATE. - >> SHE IS FIRST BLACK WOMAN, - FIRST SOUTH ASIAN WOMAN TO BE - NAMED ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. - >> HISTORIC PICK -- - SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE US ON - A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET THAT'S - CRAZY. - >> KAMALA HARRIS IS US. - SHE WAS BORN IN OAKLAND. - >> A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS. - >> THE DAUGHTER OF -- - BIG SISTER AND PROTECTOR.

- >> SHE IS AN HBCU GRAD. - >> SHE A WOMAN OF MANY - FIRSTS. - >> SHE'S A HARD WORKER. - >> A REALLY HARD WORKER. - >> SHE'S BRIL CALIFORNIA SHE'S - SMART. - SHE'S TOUGH. - GOT A BIG FUTURE. - >> PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ROLE - MODELS. - >> KAMALA HARRIS IS LIKE A DREAM - TO ME. - >> SENATOR HARRIS CARES ABOUT - PEOPLE. - THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. - >> WHEN SHE SAYS FOR THE PEOPLE, - IT IS EVERY OUNCE OF WHO SHE IS. - SHE'S FOR US. - SHE'S FOR US. - >> SHE FIGHTS FOR WOMEN'S RIGH - RIGHTS. - SHE FIGHTS TO END MASS - INCARCERATION. - >> SHE IS A FEARLESS ADVOCATE - FOR THE VOICELESS. - >> THE LITMUS TEST FOR AMERICA - IS HOW WE ARE TREATING BLACK - WOMEN. - >> I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO - CAN FIGHT FOR BLACK PEOPLE, - BROWN PEOPLE, UNDOCUMENTED - PEOPLE, LGBT PEOPLE, DISABLED - PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE, OLD

- PEOPLE, ALL OF AMERICA. - >> IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US KNOWING - OUR POWER TO LIFT PEOPLE UP. - TO REMIND THEM THAT WE SEE THEM - AND WE HEAR THEM AND THIS THEY - MATTER. - ♪ - >> YOU'RE GOING TO BE VICE - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! - >> GREETINGS, AMERICA. - IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE SPE - SPEAKING WITH YOU TONIGHT. - THAT I AM HERE TONIGHT IS A

- TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION OF - GENERATIONS BEFORE ME. - WOMEN AND MEN WHO BELIEVED SO - FIERCELY IN THE PROMISE OF - EQUALITY, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE - FOR ALL. - THIS WEEK MARKS THE 100th - ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF - THE 19th AMENDMENT. - AND WE CELEBRATE THE WOMEN WHO - FOUGHT FOR THAT RIGHT. - YET SO MANY OF THE BLACK WOMEN - WHO HELPED SECURE THAT VICTORY - WERE STILL PROHIBITED FROM - VOTING LONG AFTER ITS - RATIFICATION. - BUT THEY WERE UNDETERRED. - WITHOUT FANFARE OR RECOGNITION - THEY ORGANIZED AND TESTIFIED AND - RALLIED AND MARCHED AND FOUGHT - NOT JUST FOR THEIR VOTE, BUT FOR - A SEAT AT THE TABLE. - THESE WOMEN AND THE GENERATION, - IS THAT FOLLOWED WORKED TO MAKE - DEMOCRACY AND OPPORTUNITY REAL - IN THE LIVES OF ALL OF US WHO - FOLLOWED.

- THEY PAVED THE WAY FOR THE TRAIL - BLAZING LEADERSHIP OF BARACK - OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON. - AND THESE WOMEN INSPIRED US TO - PICK UP THE TORCH AND FIGHT ON. - WOMEN LIKE MARY CHURCH TURRELL, - FANNIE LOU HAMMER AND DIANE NA - NASH, CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY AND - GREAT SHIRLEY CHISM. - WE'RE NOT OFTEN TAUGHT THEIR - STORIES BUT AS AMERICANS, WE ALL - STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS. - AND THERE'S ANOTHER WOMAN WHOSE - NAME ISN'T KNOWN, WHOSE STORY - ISN'T SHARED, ANOTHER WOMAN - WHOSE SHOULDERS I STAND ON. - AND THAT'S MY MOTHER. - SHAMALA HARRIS. - SHE CAME HERE FROM INDIA AT AGE - 19 TO PURSUE HER DREAM OF CURING - CANCER.

- AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNI - CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY SHE MET MY - FATHER DONALD HARRIS WHO HAD - COME FROM JAMAICA TO STUDY - ECONOMICS. - THEY FELL IN LOVE THAT MOST - AMERICAN WAY WHILE MARCHING - TOGETHER FOR JUSTICE IN THE - CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1 - 1960s. - IN THE STREETS OF OAKLAND AND - BERKELEY, I GOT A STROLLER'S EYE - VIEW OF PEOPLE GETTING INTO WHAT - THE GREAT JOHN LEWIS CALLED, - GOOD TROUBLE. - WHEN I WAS FIVE, MY PARENTS - SPLIT AND MY MOTHER RAISED US - MOSTLY ON HER OWN. - LIKE SO MANY MOTHERS, SHE WORKED - AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE IT WO - WORK, PACKING LUNCHES BEFORE WE - WOKE UP AND PAYING BILLS AFTER - WE WENT TO BED. - HELPING US WITH HOMEWORK AT THE - KITCHEN TABLE AND SHUTTLING US - TO CHURCH FOR CHOIR PRACTICE. - SHE MADE IT LOOK EASY, THOUGH IT - NVER WAS. - MY MOTHER INSTILLED IN MY SISTER - MAYA AND ME THE VALUES THAT - WOULD CHART THE COURSE OF OUR

- LIVES. - SHE RAISED US TO BE PROUD, - STRONG BLACK WOMEN. - AND SHE RAISED US TO KNOW AND BE - PROUD OF OUR INDIAN HERITAGE. - SHE TAUGHT US TO PUT FAMILY - FIRST, THE FAMILY YOU'RE BORN IN - TO AND THE FAMILY YOU CHOOSE. - FAMILY IS MY HUSBAND, DOUG, WHO - I MET ON A BLIND DATE SET UP BY - MY BEST FRIEND. - FAMILY IS OUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDR - CHILDREN, COLE AND ELLA WHO CALL - ME MAALA, FAMILY IS MY SISTER. - FAMILY IS MY BEST FRIEND, MY - NIECES AND MY GOD CHILDREN. - FAMILY IS MY UNCLES, MY AUNTS - AND MY -- FAMILY IS MRS. SHELT - MRS. SHELTON, MY SECOND MOTHER - WHO LIVED TWO DOORS DOWN AND - HELPED RAISE ME. - FAMILY IS MY BELOVED ALPHA KAPPA - ALPHA, OUR DIVINE NINE AND MY

- HBCU BROTHERS AND SISTERS. - FAMILY IS THE FRIENDS I TURN TO - WHEN MY MOTHER, THE MOST - IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE, - PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER. - AND EVEN AS SHE TAUGHT US TO - KEEP OUR FAMILY AT THE CENTER OF - OUR WORLD. - SHE ALSO PUSHED US TO SEE A - WORLD BEYOND OURSELVES. - SHE TAUGHT US TO BE CONSCIOUS - AND COMPASSIONATE ABOUT THE - STRUGGLES OF ALL PEOPLE. - TO BELIEVE PUBLIC SERVICE IS A - NOBLE CAUSE. - AND THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IS A - SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. - THAT LED ME TO BECOME A LAWYER, - A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY - GENERAL AND A UNITED STATES - SENATOR. - AND AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, - I'VE BEEN GUIDED BY THEORDS I - SPOKE FROM THE FIRST TIME I - STOOD IN A COURTROOM.

- KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE. - I HAVE FOUGHT FOR CHILDREN AND - SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. - I FOUGHT AGAINST TRANS-NATIONAL - CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. - I TOOK ON THE BIGGEST BANKS AND - HELPED TAKE DOWN ONE OF THE - BIGGEST FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES. - I KNOW A PREDATOR WHEN I SEE O - ONE. - MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME THAT SERVICE - TO OTHERS GIVES LIFE PURPOSE AND - MOONING. - AND OH, HOW I WISH SHE WERE HERE - TONIGHT BUT I KNOW SHE'S LOOKING - DOWN ON ME FROM ABOVE. - I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT 2 - 25-YEAR-OLD INDIAN WOMAN, ALL OF - FIVE FEET TALL WHO GAVE BIRTH TO - ME AT KAISER HOSPITAL IN OAKLA - OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. - ON THAT DAY SHE PROBABLY COULD - HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT I WOULD - BE STANDING BEFORE YOU NOW AND - SPEAKING THESE WORDS. - I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR

- VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED - STATES OF AMERICA. - I DO SO COMMITTED TO THE VALUES - SHE TAUGHT ME, TO THE WORD THAT - TEACHES ME TO WALK BY FAITH AND - NOT BY SIGHT. - AND TO A VISION PASSED ON - THROUGH GENERATIONS OF AMERICA - AMERICANS, ONE THAT JOE BIDEN - SHARES. - A VISION OF OUR NATION AS A - BELOVED COMMUNITY, WHERE ALL ARE - WELCOME NO MATTER WHAT WE LOOK - LIKE, NO MATTER WHERE WE COME - FROM, OR WHO WE LOVE. - A COUNTRY WHERE WE MAY NOT AGREE - ON EVERY DETAIL. - BUT WE ARE UNITED BY THE - FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF THAT EVERY - HUMAN BEING IS OF INFINITE WOR - WORTH, DESERVING OF COMPASSION, - DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

- A COUNTRY WHERE WE LOOK OUT FOR - ONE ANOTHER, WHERE WE RISE AND - FALL AS ONE. - WHERE WE FACE OUR CHALLENGES AND - CELEBRATE OUR TRIUMPHS TOGETHER. - TODAY THAT COUNTRY FEELS - DISTANT. - DONALD TRUMP'S FAILURE OF LEAD - ARE SHIP HAS COST LIVES AND - LIVELIHOODS. - IF YOU'RE A PARENT STRUGGLING - WITH YOUR CHILD'S REMOTE LEAR - LEARNING, OR YOU'RE A TEACHER - STRUGGLING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF - THAT SCREEN, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE - DOING RIGHT NOW IS NOT WORKING. - AND WE ARE A NATION THAT IS - GRIEVING. - GRIEVING THE LOSS OF LIFE. - THE LOSS OF JOBS. - THE LOSS OF OPPORTUNITIES. - THE LOSS OF NORMALCY AND, YES,

- THE LOSS OF CERTAINTY. - AND W÷ CERTAINTY.HILE THIS VIRUS - ALL, WE GOT TO BE HONEST. - IT IS NOT AN EQUALPPORTUNITY - OFFENDER. - BLACK, LATINO AND INDIGITS - PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND DYING - DISPROPORTIONATELY. - AND THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. - IT IS THE EFFECT OF STRUCTURAL - RACISM OF INEQUITS AND - EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY, - HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING, JOB - SECURITY AND TRANSPORTATION. - THE INJUSTICE IN REPRODUCTIVE - AND MATERNAL HEALTHCARE. - IN THE EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE BY - POLICE. - AND IN OUR BROADER CRIMINAL - JUSTICE