LIVE: DNC Day 4: Kamala Harris accepts nomination at Democratic convention

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> IT IS THE FOURTH QUARTER. WE ARE DOWN A FIELD GOAL, BUT WE ARE ON OFFENSE AND WE HAVE GOT THE BALL, WE ARE DRIVING DOWN THE FIELD. AND, BOY, DO AFTER A TEN-POINT >> AFTER NIGHT THAT FEATURED A BARN STORM OF HIS. CHANCE OF COACH RINGING OUT. IMAGES OF FAMILY. TONIGHT IT IS ALL ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS. HER TIME AS PROSECUTOR. HER VISION FOR FUTURE. IF YOU'VE DEFAMED STILL BE ON FULL DISPLAY TONIGHT DISPLAYED TONIGHT AS DONALD TRUMP HOLDS HIS OWN DUELING EVENT. NOT WAITING TILL THE END OF THE CONVENTION -- FINAL PHASE. PREPARING TO TAKE THE STAGE TONIGHT. COULD ELIZABETH WARREN, GRETCHEN WHICH MURDERED, GABBY WHITMORE,, AND A FEW SURPRISES WE WILL HAVE THAT AND MUCH MORE AS WE REPORT FROM CHICAGO AND THE SPECIAL EDITION OF "ABC NEWS." HE HAD THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM LINSEY DAVIS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE ARE COMING TO LIFE FROM CHICAGO UNDER THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. AND JUST A LITTLE WHILE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL EXCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK AND SALVATION WOMAN TO BE AT THE TOP OF ANY PARTY'S TICKET. HARRIS IS OFTEN REPEATED THE ADVICE FROM HER LATE MOTHER. YOU DON'T LET PEOPLE TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE. YOU TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE. TONIGHT WE CAN EXPECT SHE WILL BE TELLING AMERICA JUST THAT. WHO SHE IS. WE ARE NOW LEARNING ABOUT HOW SHE HAS BEEN SPENDING HER DAY TODAY WITH THE LAST-MINUTE PREPS FOR THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE. A FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S COUNTER PROGRAMMING THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION WITH A TRIP TO THE SEVEN BORDER TO DRAW ATTENTION TO AN ISSUE. POLLS SHOW MORE AMERICANS TRUST HIM TO MANAGE. BEHIND ME THE HALL IS PACKED IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, WITH SOME AS POSSIBLE SURPRISES. BACK HERE IN OUR BROADCAST BOOTH. WE ARE SET TO TALK WITH ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN POLITICS NANCY PELOSI. OUR FULL POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM IS STANDING BY. OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE LEADS US OFF. >> TONIGHT, DEMO McCONNELL HARRIS HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR HER ENTIRE POLITICAL LIFE. HARRIS IN THE SPAN OF JUST ONE MONTH CAPITAL FROM VICE PRESIDENT TO THE TOP OF THE TICKET. TONIGHT SHE WILL STEP OUT OF THE CONVENTION STAGE AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMEN AND ASIAN AMERICAN TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION OF A MAJOR PARTY. REINTRODUCING HERSELF TO AMERICA ON HER OWN TERMS. >> GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. ♪ ♪ >> COMES 24 HOURS AFTER HER RUNNING MATE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SHARED HER OWN DEEPLY PERSONAL STORY WITH THE NATION. HIS FAMILY EMOTIONAL LOOKING ON. >> IF YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE HALLIDAY'S INFERTILITY, I GUARANTEE YOU YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS. IT HAS TOOK GWEN AND I YEARS. WE HAD ACCESS TO FERTILITY TREATMENTS. WHEN OUR DAUGHTER WAS BORN WE NAMED HER HOPE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HOPE, GUS, AND GWEN, YOU ARE MY ENTIRE WORLD, AND I LOVE YOU. >> 17-YEAR-OLD GUS WALLS PROUD OF HER FATHER. THE MOMENT MOVING MILLIONS. THE WALZ HAVE TALKED OPENING ABOUT SUN'S LEARNING DISABILITY. CALLING HIM BRILLIANT. THE GOVERNOR, FORMER HIGH SCHOOL SOCIALS TEACHERS AND THE FOOTBALL COACH. >> IT IS THE FOURTH QUARTER. WE ARE DOWN A FIELD GOAL. WE ARE ON OFFENSE AND WE GOT THE BALL. WE ARE DRIVING DOWN THE FIELD." AND BOY DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM. KAMALA HARRIS IS TOUGH. KAMALA HARRIS IS EXPERIENCED AND KAMALA HARRIS IS READY. AND AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ALWAYS SAYS, WHEN WE FIGHT. WHEN WE FIGHT. WHEN WE FIGHT. THANK YOU. FORMER TEAM. SCARLETT SURPRISING THEM ON THE CONVENTION STAGE. AFTERWARDS. THIS REUNION. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] EARLIER, A PEP TALK OF A DIFFERENT KIND. OPRAH WINFREY TAKING NOTE OF DONALD TRUMP'S MESSAGE TO HIS SUPPORTERS. THE ONLY HAVE TO VOTE ONE MORE TIME. >> YOU'RE LOOKING AT A REGISTERED INDEPENDENT WHO IS PROUD TO VOTE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN BECAUSE UN-AMERICAN AND THAT IS WHAT AMERICANS DO. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> OPERA WITH THIS PLEA. LET US CHOOSE COMMON SENSE OVER NONSENSE. URGING AMERICANS TO VOTE THEIR VALUES. >> I'M CALLING ON ALL OF YOU INDEPENDENCE AND ALL OF YOU UNDECIDEDS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW THIS IS TRUE. YOU KNOW I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH THAT VALUES AND CHARACTER MATTER MOST OF ALL. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MARY BRUCE JOINS US NOW FROM INSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL. MARY, WE ARE STARTING TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS PREPARING FOR HER EVENING. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? >> I'M TOLD THAT, HARRIS SPENT THE DAY REVIEWING AND TWEAKING HER REMARKS BY HAND. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE DEEPLY PERSONAL FOR HER. SHE'S GOING TO SHARE HER AMERICAN STORY AS A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT. SHE WILL TALK ABOUT HER TIME AS A PROSECUTOR. NOT PRESSING THE CASE AGAINST ON TRUNK. SHE IS GOING TO OUTLINE HER VISION OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE WHICH IS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A DEEP SENSE OF PATRIOTISM. LINSEY? >> AS SOON AS THE CONVENTION CONCLUDES WHICH IS TONIGHT WHERE CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ? >> IT IS VERY GOOD QUESTION. THEY HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED YET WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT EVERYWHERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A 75 DAY ABSOLUTE SPRINT ACROSS THE BATTLEGROUND AND AS KEY STATES. AS TIM WALZ SAID, YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN WE ARE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE EVERYWHERE. THAT NEXT BIG MOMENT IN THE RACE. WITH THE RACE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH ON "ABC NEWS." >> MARY BRUCE, OUR THANKS TO YOU. I SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL RACHEL SCOTT. IT JOINS US FROM THE FLOOR. WE CAN EXPECT -- TO -- TOO MUCH PLAY UNTIL NOW. TELL US ABOUT THOSE ISSUES. >> IT FELT LIKE THE FIRST DAY WAS FOCUSED ON PRESIDENT BIDEN CELEBRATING HIS VICTORIES. LOVE LETTER TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. THE NEW DEMOCRATIC TICKET AND TRYING TO OUTLINE HARRIS' VISION TO THE NATION. THAT IS FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIORITIES. CLIMATE CHANGE, STUDENT LOAN DEBT, GUN VIOLENCE. MARK KELLY IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK AS WELL AS GABBY GIFFORD. A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE HER HERSELF. WE KNOW THAT CONGRESS PASSED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION IN DECADES AND IT DID NOT GO AS FAR AS DEMOCRATS WANTED. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, DATE NEED THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TOO. >> CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN ON THE STAGE. I WANT TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT. RACHEL, FOUR OF THE FIVE PART FIVE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE. TWO OF THEM WILL SPEAK. TO REMIND VOTERS. -- THEY SERVED MORE A DECADE BEFORE THEIR CONVICTIONS WERE VACATED. WHY RAISE THAT CASE TONIGHT? >> THESE ARE MEN THAT WERE WRONGLY CONVICTED. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAFTED UP. CALLED FOR THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE. THE COTTON NUMBER NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS. HE HAS NOT APOLOGIZED FOR THAT OR WALKED THAT BACK AT ALL. WE ARE TOLD TO NIGHTS EXPECT THEM TO MAKE A FORCEFUL CASE AGAINST A FORMER PRESIDENT. THIS IS NOTABLE BECAUSE AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. FORMER PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN TRYING TO MAKE INROADS AND SPECIFICALLY WITH BLACK MEN. EXPECT THIS MESSAGE TO BE -- FROM THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE AS TO WHY DO BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP IS THE WRONG CHOICE. >> RACHEL SCOTT. WE CHECKED IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTS. ONE SIDE OF THE CONVENTION FLOOR TO ANOTHER. REPORTERS AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. I WANT TO BRING IN RJ O'BRIEN WHO IS WITH DELEGATES ON THE FLOOR. JAY, IT IS NIGHT FOUR. KAMALA HARRIS BIG MOMENTOUS, HISTORIC NIGHT AFTER TIM WALZ GAVE NETWORK'S SPEECH OF HIS OWN. WHERE DELEGATES TELL ME ABOUT HOW FEELING TONIGHT? LINSEY IT, WHY DID THINGS WE HEAR FROM DELEGATES IS THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY EXCITED FOR WHAT GOING TO BE A HISTORIC NOMINATION OF KAMALA HARRIS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE DOWN HERE. THE PEOPLE WEARING WHITE IN HONOR OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MISDIRECTION. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FROM NEW YORK AND OHIO. FORGIVE MY INTERRUPTION. WE ARE LIFE ON "ABC NEWS." I WANT TO ASK. EVERYONE IS WEARING WHITE. IN HONOR OF THIS HISTORIC NOMINATION. WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU SEE THIS AND THE HISTORY MAKING CANDIDACY OF KAMALA HARRIS? >> I MEAN, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I SEE MYSELF REPRESENTED ON THE TOP DEMOCRATIC TICKET FOR PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. A WOMAN OF COLOR. A WOMAN OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS. SOMEBODY WHO IS WORKING CLASS AND WHO IS TO THE TOPIC FOR FIRST TIME I SEE MYSELF THERE. I THINK SO MANY WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS CAN SIT AS WELL. >> HOW ABOUT YOU TO YOU YOU ARE NODDING ALONG. WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND. WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM HER TONIGHT WHEN SHE INTRODUCES HERSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? >> THIS IS BEEN INCREDIBLY MOVING EXPENSE AS A MOTHER OF THREE YOUNG DAUGHTERS WHO ARE WATCHING ALONG AT HOME TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE POSSIBILITY. THEY SEE POSSIBILITIES IN THE FUTURE IN FRONT OF THEM RIGHT HERE. >> THERE IS A SENSE OF DEMOCRATS GETTING -- YOU ARE NODDING ALONG. I'M GOING TO COME WITH WITH YOU THIS QUESTION. DO YOU WORRY ABOUT DEMOCRATS GETTING COMPLACENT BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER, IT MAY BE TRYING TO RIDE THIS MOMENTUM AND NOT BUILD ON ITS? >> I THINK WHAT WE HAVE SEEN HERE FROM THE YOUNGEST GENESEE TO REPUBLICANS FOR HARRIS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE ARE GOING TO NEGATE THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE GAINED. WE ARE ONLY GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS ROOM IS FILLED TO THE BRIM. I THINK OUR SUPPORT IS ONLY GROWING THAT WAY. WHAT'S HARRIS AND WALZ HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IS AGGREGATE THE MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY TRULY ASKING TO BRING BACK OUR TRUE AMERICAN VALUES. >> IT'S, HARRIS TAKES THE STAGE, SHE WILL LOOK OUT ON A PEOPLE WEARING WHITES IN HONOR OF THIS MOMENT. >> JAY O'BRIEN, OUR THANKS TO YOU. CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM. OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED CENTER PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN GATHERING EVERY DAY, INCLUDING OVERNIGHT STUDENT CALLING FOR THE END OF THE WAR IN GAZA. OUR MATT GUTMAN HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND JOINS US NOW. MATT, GIVE US A TEMPERATURE CHECK OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING? >> LAST NIGHT OF THE CENTER ON THE FINAL LAST OF THE PROTESTERS OUT HERE. THEY HAVE BEEN OUT HERE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE A FEW THOUSAND HERE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. THESE ARE THE DIEHARDS AND THERE IS NO DOUBT -- >>, THAT KAMALA HARRIS IS NOMINATION IS TAKING SOME OF THE WIND OUWIND OUT OF THE SAILS OFS MOVEMENT. ORGANIZERS HAVE SAID THAT -- THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TURN OUT. IT HAS NOT BEEN AS TESTY AND AS FEROCIOUS AS SOME PEOPLE EXPECTED. THERE BEEN A FAIR BIT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN -- HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS ON FOOT, ON BICYCLES -- AND THE ORGANIZERS HERE. THESE PROTESTS HAVE LARGELY GONE WITHOUT INCIDENT. YOU PROBABLY SEE SOME OF THE POSTERS HERE. THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR. A END TO THE U.S. MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL. THE POSITION OF AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE. YOU CAN HEAR THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE A SINGLE-ISSUE VOTERS AT THIS POINT AND WHAT MATTERS TO THESE FOLKS MOST RIGHT NOW -- >> UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES HAVE BEEN DEMANDING THE DNC. PAL STILL THE AMERICANS TO ADDRESS THE CONVENTION. THAT IS NOT HAPPEN. FINAL NIGHT. WHERE THIS THING WILL HAPPEN NEXT. >> DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY WERE SITTING OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE. FEET AWAY, WAITING, TRYING TO TALK TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE DNC, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN STRUCK DOWN. THEY ARE SAYING THAT IF THE FAMILY OF A HOSTAGE. PARENTS RACHEL AND JOHN SO MOSTLY ADDRESS THE CONVENTION LAST NIGHT AND SPOKE TO YOU RIGHT AFTER. IF THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK, THERE SHOULD BE CLARITY, A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE DNC. PEOPLE LIKE RACHEL AND JOHN HAVE SAID YES, ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS NOT BINARY, WHY NOT. THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU CAN HEAR THE ENTHUSIASM HERE. THEIR SUPPORTERS ARE SAYING, IT IS A MESS FOR THE DNC. A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW SOME SORT OF CLARITY AND CHANGED THE TONE FROM WHAT WE SEEN FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO THE HARRIS ADMINISTRATION. LINSEY? >> MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH MATCH. WE CAN HEAR A LOT OF ANGST OUT THERE AND THE PROTESTERS VOICE. I DO WANT TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE STAGE THERE. WE HAVE MINORITY WHIP CAPITAL AND CLARK ADDRESSING THE DELEGATES. WE DID EARLIER CATCH UP WITH PETE BUTTIGIEG, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY ABOUT EVERYTHING HE HAS SEEN THIS WEEK AND WHAT'S HE IS WATCHING'S NIGHT SPEECH. AND 75 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION. >> SECRETARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY A BIG NIGHT. KRIS JENNER IS HERE WITH, HARRIS ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION AS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WHY ARE YOU EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM HER TONIGHT? >> I THINK SHE'S GOING TO LAY OUT A FISH IN THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY. SHE'S GOING TO REMIND AMERICANS DIFFERENCE ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN A PRESIDENT LIKE HER WHO IS FOCUSED ON ALL OF US VERSUS GOING BACKWARDS IN TIME TO A PRESIDENT LIKE DONALD TRUMP WHO IS FOCUSED ONLY ON HIMSELF. I ALSO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ENORMOUS AIRED ENTRY HERE IN THE HALL AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND I'M HOPING THAT ENERGY WILL BE SOMETHING WE CAN BOTTLE UP BECAUSE SHE WILL LIKELY REMIND US THAT THIS IS A UNDERDOG CAMPAIGN IN MANY WAYS THAT IT IS A RACE AGAINST TIME. THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EARN EVERY VOTE AND EVERY INCH OF GROUND. I IMAGINE BASED ON HOW SHE HAS BEEN PROVIDING PARTY TO THINK ABOUT THAT THAT SHE'S GOING TO CALL ON US THE BOTTLE THAT ENERGY, TAKE IT WITH US, AND DO HARD WORK. >> TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, YOU HAVE WORKED WELL FOR CLOSELY FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS. WHAT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TELL ABOUT HER LEADERSHIP STYLE? >> I CANNOT SPEAK IN THE CAPACITY OF MY FEDERAL JOB. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT I'VE COME TO KNOW HER PERSONALLY. WORKING WITH HER AND SING ON THE TRAIL. SHE WAS SMART, SHE IS FOCUSED. I THINK THOSE SAME ATTRIBUTES THAT MADE HER A VERY EFFECTIVE PROSECUTOR AND A VERY EFFECTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ARE GOING TO MAKE HER A VERY EFFECTIVE PRESIDENT. I THINK BACK TO THE PRIVILEGE OF PARTICIPATING IN THEIR DEBATE PREPARATION TO GET READY TO DEBATE MIKE PENCE. ALWAYS CHARGING US WE WERE KICKING AROUND IDEAS, STATISTICS, THAT SHE WON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DEBATE. IT CHALLENGING US TO TAKE IT BACK TO HOW EVERYDAY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY IT. THAT IS THE KIND OF FOCUS THAT I THINK WE NEED IN THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY OF EVERYTHING AMERICANS ARE STILL UP AGAINST. A STRUGGLE AGAINST RISING COSTS. THE QUESTIONS I WIRE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE LIKE. WE NEED THAT KIND OF DISCIPLINE AS WELL OF HER REMARKABLE INTELLECT. >> PART OF THIS CONVENTION HAS BEEN ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW HER AS A PERSON, NOT THE POLITICIAN. DO YOU HAVE A ANTIDOTE THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT SPEAKS TO A PERSONAL SIDE OF KAMALA HARRIS? >> ONE OF THE MOST MOVING MOMENTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE WAS WHEN WE WERE SWORN IN TO MY CURRENT POSITION. SHE DID THE HONORS. SHE SWORE US IN AND AS WE WERE ABOUT TO GO -- WHO KNOWS HOW MAY PEOPLE SHE WAS WEARING AND THAT DAY. MIDDLE OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE HUMAN NUTRITION. THINGS ARE MOVING SO QUICKLY. SHE PULLED US BOTH INSIDE AND SAID, "REMEMBER THE MOMENTS HERE." TAKE A SECOND TO BE PRESENT FOR THIS OTHERWISE IT WILL GO BY VERY QUICKLY. I'M SO GLAD SHE DID. IT ALLOWED ME TO TAKE A MENTAL SNAPSHOT OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHAT WAS AN ENORMOUS MOMENT IN OUR LIVES, AND HAD A HISTORIC VOLUME TO IT AS WELL, AND I THINK THAT REFLECTS EVEN IN THE MIDST OF GOING THROUGH ALL KINDS OF OFFICIAL EMOTIONS AND GOING THROUGH VERY INTENSE DAYS AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE WANTED TO ENGAGE PEOPLE AS HUMANS. >> SOMETHING SIMILAR WE HEARD HER SHARE WITH TIM WALZ LAST NIGHT AND THE VIDEO, ENJOY THIS MOMENT. WHEN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF LAST NIGHT, HE SAID I'M PETE BUTTIGIEG, YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME FROM FOX NEWS. AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CRITICISM THAT IN HER AN OUT MONTH RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT THAT SHE HAS NOT DONE ANY INTERVIEWS, THAT SHE HAS NOT HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE, DO YOU TAKE THAT IS FAIR? SPEAK I THINK SHE'S GOING TO GAUGE THE MEDIA A GREAT DEAL. IN RECENT DAYS AND WEEKS SHE HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON CONSOLIDATING THE PARTY AND PREPARING FOR THE CONVENTION. SHE IS COMMITTED THAT SHE WILL HAVE THOSE ENGAGEMENTS. AND I THINK WHEN WE DO, THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE IS THAT IN THOSE INTERVIEWS SHE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO TELL THE TRUTH. DONALD TRUMP TELLS SO MANY LIES AND FALSEHOODS IN A GIVEN INTERVIEW OR MEDIA AVAILABILITY THAT IT IS NOT EVEN NEWSWORTHY ANYMORE. AND I THINK PEOPLE AT HOME HAVE GOTTEN USED TO IT WHICH IS NOT HEALTHY. THE FACT THAT HE CLAIMED HE WAS IN A HELICOPTER CRASH. THAT WAS NOT EVEN SOMETHING THAT GAVE MOST PEOPLE PAUSE. TELLS YOU WHAT WE ARE AT IN TERMS OF EXPECTATIONS ON HIS SIZE. I THINK WHEN SHE ENGAGES WITH REPORTERS MORE THAN THE INDIVIDUAL ONE-OFF QUESTIONS SHE IS VOCATIONALLY BEEN ANSWERING ON THE TRAIL AND HOLD SOME OF THOSE UNDER ENGAGEMENTS THAT SHE IS COMMITTED TO DO. THAT WOULD BE THE BIG DIFFERENCE. HURT WILL BE TELLING THE TRUTH. >> QUESTIONING. A LONG TIME AT THE INDIANA RESIDENT. BATTLEGROUND STATE OF MICHIGAN. KNOWING THE VOTERS AND HEARING WHAT IS TOP OF MIND CONCERN FOR THEM. WHAT YOU THINK A HARRIS/WALZ THE CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO SWAY SOME OF THOSE UNDECIDEDS. >> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR HER TO DEMONSTRATE THE DIFFERENCE IN ECONOMIC FOCUS. REMIND PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT THE ONLY ECONOMIC POLICY PROMISED THAT DONALD TRUMP KEPT WAS THE ONE ABOUT CUTTING TAXES FOR RICH. HE DID NOT BOTHER TO KEEP OTHER PROMISES HE MADE LIKE 6% ECONOMIC GROWTH OR HIS PROMISE TO PASS BIG INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. DONALD TRUMP FAILED TO DO THAT. THERE IS A ECONOMIC MESSAGE. THERE IS THIS FREEDOM MESSAGE THAT IS RELATED TO ECONOMIC FREEDOMS. ALSO RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THE ONLY OTHER PROMISED A DONALD TRUMP KEPT WAS HIS PROMISE TO DEMOLISH THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE IN THIS COUNTRY. SHE IS OF COURSE A DEFENDER OF A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE. THOSE ISSUES ARE GOING TO ACTIVATE ALLOW PEOPLE IN MICHIGAN JUST AFTER SHE BECAME OUR CANDIDATE. WE WENT DOWN TO THE FIELD OFFICE NEAR OUR HOME IN MICHIGAN. WE FELT AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF ENERGY. 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Donald Trump we will soon be a great nation again constituents historic the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David Muir and Lindsey Davis Tuesday, September 10th live on ABC and streaming on ABC News live Kulu and Disney plus the ABC News presidential debate. >> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. I WANT TO TAKE IT DOWN TO THE MISTAKES WE WERE HEARING FROM MAYOR LEONHARD OR WILLIAMS FROM DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. >> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE DID. WE EMPTIED OUR SAVINGS AND IN 2008 WE LAUNCHED KITCHEN. AMERICA'S FIRST ZIMBABWE RESTAURANT. THE BIDEN AND HARRISON ADMINISTRATION HELP TO MAKE THAT REALITY. THEY HELPED MAKE THAT DREAM COME TRUE FOR ENTREPRENEURS LIKE US. THEY TOOK SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND ALL THE HELP THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THEM. WE NOW HAVE THREE LOCATIONS. WE EMPLOY 30 EMPLOYEES WITH A LIVING WAGE. WE ARE NOT ALONE. UNDER JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS, MORE THAN A HALF-MILLION BUSINESS APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN FILED IN NORTH CAROLINA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] KAMALA HARRIS IS FIGHTING TO CREATE A OPPORTUNITY IN TIME. >> AS MAYOR SPOKE ABOUT. IT MAY BE ABOUT, HERE TONIGHT. FOR MANY VOTERS IT IS ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMY. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR VOTERS TIME AND TIME AGAIN. ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE NOT ALWAYS A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SOLUTION. ELIZABETH SCHAUS VISITED TWO FAMILIES IN THE KEY STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, ARE YOU FINANCIALLY BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO? ♪ ♪ >> WE ARE JUST A SMALL FAMILY OF THREE. WE HAVE PROBABLY SEEN A 30% INCREASE ON GROCERY BILL IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. >> HERE IN A DEEP RED PART OF PENNSYLVANIA BEN McDUFFIE WALKS US THROUGH FAMILY MONTHLY BUDGET. >> AT THIS IS REALLY DOWN TO THE DOLLAR. >> EVERY DOLLAR IS METICULOUSLY MONITORED. >> JUST UNDER $500 IS WHAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET LEFT TO SPEND EVERY MONTH. >> YEAH PERRY >> LATE LAST YEAR BENNETT LOST HIS JOB WORKING IN FINANCING FOR THE AUTO INDUSTRY. YET >> HE SPENT THREE MONTHS UNEMPLOYED. >> ANY SENSE OF HOW MANY JOBS YOU APPLIED FOR DURING THOSE THREE MONTHS? >> ABOUT 200 PERRY >> THE JOB HE LANDED AT A LOCAL CREDIT UNION IN MARCH WAS A $30,000 PAY CUT. >> MY WAGE AS A FULL-TIME CAPACITY IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT A BASIC LEVEL OF LIFE THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE ABLE TO DO RIGHT NOW. >> FRUSTRATING. >> REALLY FESTERING. >> AND CALLS HIMSELF A DEMOCRAT, BUT NOT AFRAID TO CROSS PARTY LINE. >> -- I WAS EXCITED ABOUT HIM. >> AND THE SELECTION. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT HIS BILLS TO UNDERSTAND. THE ECONOMY IS DEMOCRATS BIGGEST LIABILITY. >> YOU'RE NOT LIVING OUTSIDE OF YOUR MEANS. YOU AND YOUR WIFE HAVE TWO JOBS. >> WE BOTH WORK FULL TIME. WE ARE NOT OUT WASTING MONEY. IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS TYPE FOR HOW HARD WE WORK. >> LATEST "ABC NEWS" POLL SHOWS 85% OF ADULTS RANK THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION AS HIGHLY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. BY FAR, THE TWO HIGHEST RANKING ISSUES. WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING THE ECONOMY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP LEADS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BY NINE POINTS. IT IS A PERCEPTION HARRIS KNOW SHE WILL NEED TO REVERSE TO WIN OVER VOTERS AND KEEP CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATES LIKE PENNSYLVANIA THAT CAN WIN HER. >> COSTS ARE STILL TOO HIGH. ON A DEEPER LEVEL, FOR TOO MANY PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY WORK, I FEEL SO HARD TO BE ABLE TO GET AHEAD. >> A HANDFUL OF BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION POLICIES HAVE AIMED TO LOWER COST. FROM BRINGING INSOLENT PRICES DOWN TO ELIMINATING JUNK FEES. A CAMPAIGN ADMINISTRATION HAS TOLD HIM TO AN ATTEMPT EASE AMERICAN STRESS ABOUT HIGH PRICES. >> WAS WANT THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE. I WILL NEVER FORGET AND ITS >> 33 HOURS SOUTHEAST IN PHILADELPHIA. CATHERINE GILMORE RICHARDSON SAYS, ONE SINGLE POLICY CHANGED THE FINANCIAL CALCULUS OVERNIGHT FOR HER FAMILY OF FIVE. >> WE ARE PACKING UP TO GO TO SCHOOL. >> IN OCTOBER, HER $102,000 IN STUDENT LOANS -- DISAPPEARED. YOU SIGN INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. YOU SEE THE BALANCE IS ZERO. >> I SAW THE BALANCE WAS ZERO AND I SAID, LET ME REFRESH. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. >> AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. -- AFTER PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE MAJOR REFORMS. >> THINKS TWO REFORMS. MORE THAN 700,000 BORROWERS HAVE DEPTH FORGIVEN. >> FOR CATHERINE -- DID NOT JUST GET HER ACCOUNT PROCESS. HER HUSBAND AND SISTER WHO ALSO WORK IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR HAD THEIR DEPTH FORGIVEN TOO APPEARED >> .23 OF US WE HAVE ABOUT $270,000 IN STUDENT LOANS THAT WERE FORGIVEN WIPED AWAY. MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS. >> KEFFER KNOWS HER EXPERIENCES RARE. ONLY ABOUT ONE AND TEN STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS HAVE SEEN THEIR DEBTS CANCELED. >> CRITICS WILL SAY I HAD TO PAY MY OWN DEPTH, WHY SHOULD YOU HAVE YOURS FORGIVEN YOU. >> I DID NOT COME OM A RICH FAMILY AND WE HAD TO WORK HARD TO MAKE OUR WAY IN ORDER TO TRY TO OBTAIN THAT DREAM AND RECEIVE A EDUCATION THAT WOULD HELP US MOVE ON IN OUR LIVES, AND SO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE MANKATO EIGHT HAS BEEN FORGIVEN. BUT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE >> FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN TO VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WILL HELP DEMOCRATS SELL ECONOMIC SUCCESS STORIES LIKE HERS. >> THANK YOU. >> HARRIS FACES A STEEP CHALLENGE -- $905 MORE PER MONTH NOW COMPARED TO THREE YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF INFLATION. ON AVERAGE, WAGES ARE UP ONE -- DURING THAT TIME. >> WAGES HAVE GROWN FASTER THAN INFLATION, BUT AVERAGES. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY PREFER IT IS NOT TRUE. >> IF I CAN START WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> HEIDI SHAREHOLDERS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NONPARTISAN ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE. SHE SAYS PEOPLE NOTICED A CHANGE IN DAILY PRICES MORE THAN A CHANGE IN THEIR PAYCHECK. SHE POINTS TO HOW INFLATION HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED FROM ITS 9% PEAK IN JUNE 2022. THAT DOES NOT MEAN PRICES ARE GOING DOWN. THEY'RE JUST GOING UP AT A SLOWER PACE. >> EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE'S WAGES HAVE RISEN MORE THAN PRICES HAVE RISEN. YOU STILL GET STICKER SHOCK WHEN YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. >> FOR FIRST TIME CATHERINE SAYS SHE CAN AFFORD ONE ON ONE READING CAMP FOR HER TWO YOUNGER KIDS THIS SUMMER. AND SENDING OFF HER OLDER GET TO COLLEGE WITH EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS. >> WE ASK IN POLL. ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO. >> I AM. IT'S. I AM BETTER OFF THAN I WAS FOUR YEARS AGO. >> YOUR ANSWER. ARE YOU BETTER OFF COMPARED TO FOUR YEARS AGO TO MAKE >> NO, I'M NOT. >> A AND A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIE. HE SAID HE IS NOT FEELING ANY OF THE MINISTRATIONS ECONOMIC POLICIES. HE WILL STILL VOTE FOR HARRIS, BUT HE KNOWS MANY VOTERS LIKE HIM AT WHAT WE HAVE THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS AND MIND COME NOVEMBER. >> THE ONLY THING I THINK A LOT OF CONSUMERS FEEL THIS WHEN THEY SWIPE THEIR CARD AT GAS PALM, GROCERY STORE, BUYING BACK TO SCHOOL CLOTHES. ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THEY WERE FOUR YEARS AGO AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT RESONATES. >> IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. OUR THANKS TO ELIZABETH SHOW SHEET FOR THAT. I WANT TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE STAGE WHERE SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN JUST BROUGHT TO TEARS BY THE CHEERS THAT HAVE ERUPTED FOR QUITE A BIT OF TIME NOW. SHE IS NOT EVEN STARTED YET. SHE'S ABOUT TO START TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY TONIGHT. TO TURN SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS WHO DID RUN FOR PRESIDENT HERSELF BACK IN 2020. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE BEST ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS? KAMALA HARRIS CANNOT BE BOUGHT, AND SHE CANNOT BE BOSSED AROUND. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW, I FIRST MET KAMALA IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRASH. THE BANKS HAVE FLAT OUT, BROKEN LAWS, CHEATED PEOPLE, AND STOLEN HOMES. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, THEIR SAVINGS, THEIR HOMES. NOW -- KAMALA WAS PROTECTING FAMILIES AS CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL. YOU BET. AND DONALD, WAS SKIMMING STUDENTS AT TRUMP UNIVERSITY, AND TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OFF PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES. KAMALA HARRIS STEPPED UP. SHE ENFORCED THE LAW. SHE FOUGHT THE GIANT BANKS AND SHE DELIVERED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF HELP FOR FAMILIES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CRIMINAL AND A PROSECUTOR. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I LOVE ABOUT KAMALA IT? SHE GETS IT. WE NEED TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR WORKING PEOPLE. AT YEAH. DONALD TRUMP, THE FELON HAS NO PLANS TO LOWER COST FOR FAMILIES. HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW AND BASICALLY, HE DOES NOT REALLY CARE. WHEN DID HE EVER FILL UP A GAS TANK OR WORRY ABOUT A GROCERY BILL. THE ONLY BILLS HE WORRIES ABOUT ARE FROM HIS CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS. AT [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BUT KAMALA IT, SHE CARES DEEP DOWN, AND SHE WILL TAKE ON THE GIANT CORPORATIONS THAT ARE SQUEEZING AMERICAN FAMILIES. IN FACT, IT IS SOMETHING SHE HAS DONE BEFORE. DURING THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES, SHE WOULD AFTER THE GAUCHER'S. DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WORK TOGETHER IN THE SENATE TO STOP PRICE GOUGING. AND AS PRESIDENT, AND SHE WILL LOWER COST FOR YOUR FAMILY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SHE WILL TAKE ON WALL STREET FIRMS THAT BUY UP MILLIONS OF HOUSES AND APARTMENTS, AND THEN JACK UP THE RENT. SHE WOULD TAKE ON DRUG COMPANIES THAT CHARGE A ARM AND A LEG FOR PRESCRIPTIONS. SHE WILL TAKE ON CORPORATE MONOPOLIES THAT RIP-OFF CONSUMERS AND BILLIONAIRES WHO DO NOT PAY PAY TAXES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND SHE WILL TAKE ON RIGHT WING EXTREMISTS WHO THINK THEY SHOULD DECIDE WHO HAS ACCESS TO ABORTION OR IVF. KAMALA WILL PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS NATIONWIDE. AT [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND DAIRY DAYS GROCERIES, GAS, HEALTH CARE, TAXES, ABORTION. TRUST DONALD TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE TO LOOK OUT FOR YOUR FAMILY? I WOULD NOT LET THOSE GUYS, I WOULD NOT TRUST THEM TO MOVE MY COUCH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE NEED TO KAMALA HARRIS. THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FUTURE. I'VE SEEN KAMALA HARRIS FIGHTS. I HAVE SEEN HER WIN. AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR FUTURES KAMALA HARRIS IS SOMEONE WE CAN TRUST. SO, HERE IT IS, WITH JOY IN OUR HEARTS LET'S ELECT KAMALA KAMALA HARRIS, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN WITH A RAUCOUS APPLAUSE FROM THE CROWD HERE IN THE UNITED CENTER. LATER TODAY, NORTH CAROLINA ROY COOPER IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE CROWD. EARLIER THIS YEAR -- WHAT CAN LEAD HARRIS TO VICTORY IN THE SWING STATE THIS NOVEMBER. >> GOVERNOR, IS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND JOINING US TONIGHT. AS YOU KNOW, BARACK OBAMA IS THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE WHO WON SUCCESSFULLY AS A DEMOCRAT IN NORTH CAROLINA SINCE JIMMY CARTER IN 1976. WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO DIFFICULT FOR DEMOCRATS IN YOUR ESTATE? >> FIRST, I HAVE GOT TO DEATH AND A FEELING FOR US RIGHT NOW. NORTH CAROLINA WAS A PART OF HISTORY IN ELECTING BARAC BARACK OBAMA. I THINK THE SAME THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE ARE VERY PURPLE STATE AND IN 2020, NORTH CAROLINA WAS BIDEN-HARRIS CLOSEST LOSS. ONLY 1.3%. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS TIME THE THIRD FASTEST GROWING STATE IN THE COUNTRY. DEMOGRAPHICS ARE CHANGING. THE MESSAGE THAT KAMALA HARRIS HOLT HAS FOR WORKING FAMILIES VERSUS THE DARK VISION OF DONALD TRUMP IS A REAL CONTRAST. WE THINK THAT THIS TIME, THIS TIME WE COULD DO IT. WE HAD 12,000 VOLUNTEERS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN 90% OF THEM WERE FIRST-TIME VOLUNTEERS. WE KNOW THAT KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGN HAS EXCITED A LOT OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE KEY TO THIS RACE. WE HAVE A LOT OF STATEWIDE RACES IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT MEAN A LOT. WE HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT GOVERNOR RACE IN THE COUNTRY. MY TERM WILL BE ENDING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND JOSH STEIN WILL BE RUNNING AGAINST EXTREME RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN MARK ROBINSON. WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER RACES WITH REPUBLICANS NOMINATED EXTREME CANDIDATES. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF UNDERCURRENT THAT CAN HELP THE KAMALA HARRIS RACE AS WELL AS KAMALA HARRIS COMING DOWN TO HELP SOME OF THE DOWN BALLOT RACES. IT WILL BE A VERY INTERESTING STATE TO WATCH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND I'M VERY POSITIVE RIGHT NOW. >> YOU ARE THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR. 16-0 RECORD IN NORTH CAROLINA. BASED ON THAT. WHAT KIND OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO HARRIS WALLACE TAKE IT AND WHAT IN PARTICULAR ARE NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS LOOKING FOR? BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE, I THINK, THE SECRET SAUCE. MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE WHO CAN BREAK THROUGH THIS PARTISAN DIVIDE THAT SEEMS TO BE PERVASIVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ABOVE, HARRIS AND TIM WALZ UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET MAJOR LEGISLATION THROUGH CONGRESS IN A BIPARTISAN WAY. NORTH CAROLINA IS ALREADY BENEFITING FROM HIGH-SPEED INTERNET FROM ROADS AND BRIDGES BEING BUILT, FROM MEDICAID EXPANSIONS THAT CAME FROM A BOOST THAT THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED FOR US FOR MENTAL HEALTH. ALL OF THOSE THINGS, I THINK, WILL BE VERY POSITIVE IN THEIR CAMPAIGN. I THINK THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP MORE RURAL VOTERS THAN NORMAL BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. >> , HARRIS UNVEILED HER ECONOMIC PLAN JUST LAST WEEK. PART OF THAT IS A BAN ON PRICE GOUGES LIKE SUPERMARKET. A NUMBER OF -- DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED IT OUTRIGHT COMMUNIST SAYING IT IS GOING TO LEAD TO HUNGER AND PRICE GOUGING. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT CRITICISM? BECAUSE SHE CHOSE NORTH CAROLINA TO UNVEIL THIS ECONOMIC PLAN LAST FRIDAY. BOTH KAMALA HARRIS AND I SERVED AS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S. WE SERVED AT THE SAME TIME. WE HAVE PRICE GOUGING LAWS IN PLACE DURING DISASTERS AND ONE THING THEY DID IS THEY SERVE AS A DETERRENT FOR PRICE GOUGING. I THINK THE VERY IDEA THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS BEING PROPOSED WILL MAKE THE CORPORATIONS THAT SOMETIMES ARE PUTTING MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS AND PASSING SAVINGS ON TO CONSUMERS WILL PAY ATTENTION TO IT. I THINK SHE IS ALSO SHOWING WORKING FAMILIES THAT SHE IS FOR THEM, THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS THEY ARE FACING HIGHER COST AT THE GROCERY STORES, AND FOR CHILD CARE. SHE IS A PERSON THAT HAS ALWAYS LOOKED AFTER WORKING FAMILIES. DONALD TRUMP IS A GUY WHO HAS RIPPED THEM OFF. AND I THINK THAT IS A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT IS GOING TO BE SENT DURING THESE NEXT TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE SELECTION. >> SIMILAR ANTIDOTE. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN TO VICE PRESIDENT FOR NOT A DECADE OR SO SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN ATTORNEY GENERAL. WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT HER AS A PERSON BEYOND THE PROSECUTOR POLITICIAN? >> WE WORK TOGETHER ON THE LARGEST CONSUMER FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT IN U.S. HISTORY, RIGHT DURING THE RECESSION. THE RIGGED HOME FULL COURSE OF THE EPIDEMIC FORECLOSURES THAT LEFT SO MANY FAMILIES WITHOUT A HOME. THIS BRIGHT LIGHT. THEIR FUTURE WAS REALLY BY THIS BROKEN SYSTEM. SHE HAD, SHE KEPT US OUT FRONT, WORKED VERY HARD, PUSHED IT, SHE ALSO KNEW THAT SHE HAD TO STRIKE A DEAL IN ORDER TO GET MONEY BACK FOR PEOPLE AND BEHIND THE SCENES SHE WAS WORKING ON THAT. NOW ALL HE KNOWS HOW TO BE UP FRONT, BEING FORCEFUL, BUT UNDERSTANDS THE DETAILS, UNDERSTANDS THE LAW, AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO GET THINGS DONE AS SHE AND JOE BIDEN HAVE DONE SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF BACKGROUND. HER EXPERIENCE IN THE U.S. SENATE, TIM WALZ EXPERIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAN HELP THEM GET THINGS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE. >> GOVERNOR COOPER. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH TERRY AT JOINING US NOW IS FORMER SENATOR AND DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIES HEIDI HEITKAMP AND FORMER CONGRESSMAN REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST JOHN KATKO. JOHN, LET'S START WITH YOU. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SENATOR J.D. VANCE TRY TO DELIVER A TAG TEAM FOR ATTACKING HARRIS ON CRIME AND IMMIGRATION TODAY. TALK ABOUT THAT COORDINATED APPROACH AND IF THAT MESSAGE IS A WINNING MESSAGE FOR CAMPAIGN? >> I THINK DURING ON THE INTACT AND DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING POSITIVITY. WE WILL SEE WHAT RESOUNDS WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE DEMOCRATS ARE HITTING MORE HOPEFUL MESSAGE RIGHT NOW. I THINK TRUMP WILL BE WELL TO DO THE SAME. HE HAS GOT A LOT OF ARGUMENTS TO MAKE ON THE SIDE OF THE AISLE AS TO WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND HE SEEMS TO BE STARK IN ATTACK MODE INSTEAD OF PROSECUTING THE CASE. WOULD DO BETTER TO DO THAT. I'M NOT SURE HE ASKED A DISCIPLINE TO DO THAT. >> HEIDI, CONSIDERING THAT AT THAT AT TRUMPS URGENCY, BASICALLY TO KILL THAT BIPARTISAN BORDER BUILT THAT REPUBLICANS WERE SUGGESTING, WE ARE NOT GOING TO PASS IT POINT IT SO THEY DID IT. HOW WOULD THAT MESSAGE RESONATE? >> I THINK IT WILL WORK. WHEN DEMOCRATS TALK ABOUT POISONING A SOLUTION. -- WELL-KNOWN AND VERY RELIGIOUS, VERY CONSERVATIVE CARES A LOT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL OF TRUST THAT HE WOULD NOT GIVE AWAY THE SOURCE AND THE ONLY REASON TRUMP, THE ONLY REASON IT DID NOT PASS OR MOVE FORWARD WAS BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP SAID NO, THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO THE CAMPAIGN. IF HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BORDER HE WOULD HAVE SAID, GO AHEAD, LET'S GET IT DONE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS POLITICS, AND WHETHER THEY CAN TELL THAT STORY TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IN A WAY OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BELIEVES THAT WE HAVE A SOLUTION AT DONALD TRUMP IS THE REASON WHY THIS PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED. >> JOHN, WE HAVE A TALK ABOUT THE ENERGY BUILDING HERE, THE DNC, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE POLLING OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER THAT MIGHT POINT TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE HARRIS-WALZ -- FAVORABLE RATING OF HARRIS JUMPED 13 PERCENTAGE POINTS SINCE JUNE. THE VICE PRESIDENT JOB APPROVAL RATING IS AT 47%. WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT GROWTH AND ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THEY NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS, AT LEAST IN THE RNC HAD SAID, THEY THOUGHT KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE EASIER TO BEAT THAN JOE BIDEN? >> LET'S NOT FORGET, THE POLLING SUGGESTS THAT THE NEGATIVES ARE ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH. TWO-THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE VOTING FOR TRUMP ARE ANTI-BIDEN AND VICE VERSA. YOU TAKE ONE OUT OF THE EQUATION AND WHAT YOU HAVE. YOU HAVE A WHOLE NEW DYNAMIC. SOMEONE WHO IS A GENERATION YOUNGER. [INDISTINCT] SHE'S ENJOYING A TREMENDOUS BUMP. THE QUESTION IS CAN SHE SUSTAINED A GOING FORWARD. CHANGE OF DYNAMIC FROM BIDEN AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO TRUMP CAMPAIGN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE RIGHT NOW. >> MICHIGAN CONGRESSWOMAN ON THE STAGE. HEIDI, YOUR REACTION TO THAT GROWTH YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE POLL? >> I THINK YOU HAVE GOT TEMPERATE. VERY CLOSE. EVEN RACE. SHE GOT A BOUNCE. SHE GOT A CHANCE TO REINTRODUCE HERSELF FROM A CAMPAIGN THAT DID NOT WORK WELL WHEN SHE RAN FOR PRESIDENT AND IN SOME VICE PRESIDENTIAL RATINGS THAT WERE FAIRLY LOW. NOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AND SAYING, I SEE, I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER. THEY ARE OPENING IT UP. I WANT TO SAY THIS. THE FIRST MAJOR DECISION SHE IS MADE IS BRINGING TIM WALZ TO THIS CAMPAIGN. TIM WALZ. OUT OF THE FOUR MAJOR CANDIDATES HAS THE HIGHEST FAVORABILITY RATING. >> TALK TO US ABOUT HIS APPEAL AND THE SPECIAL IN THE ROYAL MIDWEST AREAS. >> DOES HER TOUGH AREAS AND CAMPAIGNING FOR DEMOCRATS. YOU KNOW WHAT, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY ARE TOUGH IS BECAUSE IT THINK IT DEMOCRATS COASTAL ELITES, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND US. NOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO BE IN THE SEAT OF THE WHITE HOUSE WHO IS FROM RURAL AMERICA IN IT. FROM A TOWN OF 400. SO IF THAT IDENTITY IS A SIGNAL THAT VOTE MATTERS, ROWBOAT, IT IS GOING TO ENERGIZE ROYAL DEMOCRATS. >> HEIDI HEITKAMP, JOHN, WE THINK YOU BOTH. 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WE WERE ALL DEPRESSED. WE WERE ALL SUFFERING. WE WERE ALL PULLING OUT OUR HAIR. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEN WHAT HAPPEN. BOOM. GOD SAID, I HAVE GOTTEN A NEW PLAN FOR YOU, AND HERE IT IS. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE IN. I AM HOPEFUL. >> CHARLIE, "ABC NEWS" CONTRIBUTOR. MAKE NEWS THE HOUSE. TO TALK MORE ABOUT CULTURE AND DIVERSITY WE ARE SEEING HERE. WE HEAR THE SONGS. THERE IS A LOT OF SPECULATION ONLY THAT TAYLOR SWIFT MAY BE IN CHICAGO, THAT BEYONCE MAY BE IN CHICAGO. YOU HAVE YOUR SOURCES. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? >> WE ARE CRACKING UP BECAUSE THEY'RE SO MUCH ENERGY IN THIS ARENA RIGHT NOW. THE RUMOR MILL IS A BUZZ. THAT IS HOW MUCH ETCH WE ARE ON RIGHT NOW. WE ARE TEXTING OUR SOURCES. ARE YOU HERE. I'M WAITING FOR THE WINK. >> WHAT IS IT MEAN TO HAVE THE STAR POWER IF THE LIKES OF BEYONCE OR TAYLOR SWIFT WERE TO COME OUT TONIGHT. COULD THAT POTENTIALLY BACKFIRE ON THE DEMOCRATS? >> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BACKFIRE TO DEMOCRATS. WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT TAYLOR BEYONCE IS, CALL IT THE FOURTH QUARTER GET OUT THE VOTE TEAM. THEY USUALLY COME IN BEFORE ELECTION REMINDING PEOPLE THAT ELECTION IS COMING. PLEASE EMPHASIZE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. THE COMMON THIS EARLY AND THE PATTERN OF THEM. DON'T THINK IT WILL BACKFIRE ANY NEGATIVITY. IT WILL CURRENT RATE MOMENTUM THAT IS NATURAL. IF YOU'RE COMING OUT AND YOU HAVE TAYLOR OR BEYONCE. YOU'LL GET THE PUMP AND ENERGY AND MOMENTUM. TRANSLATE THE VOLUNTEERS, PEOPLE SIGNING UP TO REGISTER TO VOTE, AND DONATIONS. >> AL SHARPTON THERE ON THE STAGE. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID, THEY HAVE THE ENTERTAINERS, THEY HAVE THE ELITES, DO YOU HAVE GOT A LOT OF SMOKE AND MIRROR, BUT HE THINK THAT THERE IS A WAY TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS SO MUCH -- WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENERGY. IF SOMEBODY WERE TO COME OF A BIG-NAME STATUS TO AN EVENT LIKE THIS WHERE THEY ARE CLEARLY NOT JUST SAYING, GO OUT AND VOTE, THEY ARE SAYING, I'M SUPPORTING HER, OR I'M SUPPORTING HIM, DOES THAT HAVE TO POTENTIAL TO MOVE THE NEEDLE? >> IT DOES BECAUSE IT IS THE WEIGHT THEY ARE BEING STRATEGICALLY USED. THERE ARE ABOUT CREATING ENERGY AND DYNAMICS. I DON'T THINK THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT POLICY -- THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT HOW TO DO CANDIDATES MAKE ME FEEL. DO I WANT TO LEAD WITH INSPIRATION OR DO I WANT TO LEAD OUT OF FEAR. THAT IS THE CHOICE THAT IS BEING ASKED. >> I'VE GOT 30 SECONDS. IT CANNOT LET YOU GO ABOUT ASKING YOU, BLACK WOMEN ON THE TICKETS, BLACK AND SOUTH ASIAN, WHAT DOES THIS MOMENT MEAN? >> IT IS HISTORIC. HISTORIC BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY FIRSTS WITH DIVERSE BLACK PRESIDENT WILL BARACK OBAMA. FIRST WOMEN. SECRETARY HARRY CLINTON. FIRST BLACK WOMAN NOMINEE. IT IS LIVING HISTORY. 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We're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight. We've been riot gear arresting dozens of protesters. What's happening today escalating tensions in the Middle East what people are talking about the migrant crisis fast straightforward with some fun in between check out the gator on the 17th hole the buzzkill and baseball first thing in the morning America this morning America's number one early morning news on ABC News live. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I AM LINSEY DAVIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE ARE COMING TO LIFE IN CHICAGO ON THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE IMPAIRED AND JUST A LITTLE WHILE VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS WALKS UP THE NATIONAL NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK AND SALVATION WOMAN TO BE ON THE TOP OF ANY PARTY'S TI TICKET. HARRIS HAS REPEATED THE ADVICE FROM HER LATE MOTHER. YOU DO NOT LET PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE. TONIGHT WE CAN EXPECT SHE WILL BE DOING JUST THAT. TELLING PEOPLE THAT MIKE AMERICA WHO SHE IS. HERE IS BECOMING THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TONIGHT. NOW WE ARE JOINED BY A VERY POWERFUL WOMAN HERSELF. SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POWER HERE. BOTH A FEW REALLY STUNNING POLITICAL CAREER IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. NOW ARGUABLY TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN AMERICA POLITICS. WAS IT IT BOUTS CALMLY HARRIS THAT YOU THINK MAKES HER RIGHT FOR THIS TIME? >> I LOVE THE FACT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A WOMEN OF COLOR TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PERSON TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IT IS ICING ON THE CAKE THAT SHE HAS THAT BEAUTIFUL DIVERSITY. I KNOW HORT WELL FOR A LONG T TIME. KAMALA HARRIS IS A PERSON OF DEEP FAITH. REFLECTED IN HER COMMUNITY, CARE, AND ACTION. THAT IS PERSONALLY. OFFICIALLY, SHE IS STRONG IN TERMS OF HER KNOWLEDGE OF POLICY, AND HER STRATEGIC THINKING, AND HER ELOQUENCE IN EXPRESSING IT AS WE SEE WITH SO MANY ISSUES. POLITICALLY, SHE IS VERY ASTUTE. SHE HAS ONE MAKE DIFFICULT RACES TO GET TO WHERE SHE IS NOW. PERSONALLY, OFFICIALLY, POLICY WISE, POLITICALLY, SHE WILL BE ABLE TO LEAD US TO VICTORY. >> AND I SAID A MOMENT AGO THAT IT IS ABOUT THE RIGHT PERSON, BUT AS A WOMAN, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU TO SEE A WOMAN AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET ONCE AGAIN? >> I GET EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO AMERICA'S WORKING FAMILIES. ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT THE FUTURE AND I THINK AMERICA IS READY FOR A WOMAN PRESIDENT AND ESPECIALLY ONE WHO IS THE BEST QUALIFIED PERSON TO BE PRESIDENT. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE KITCHEN TABLE. WHAT IT MEANS TO PEOPLE'S LIVES. WHETHER IT IS AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, SECURITY OF THE JOBS AND PENSIONS. EDUCATIONAL AND CHILD CARE FOR CHILDREN. I THINK IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR WHAT SHE IS GOING TO DO ABOUT IT IN THE FIRST THING THAT HERE IS THAT SHE IS HERE FOR THEM. >> MANY PEOPLE STATE THAT YOU ARE THE KEY TO LEADING TO THE EVENTS THAT CAUSED THIS MOMENT TO HAPPEN. YOU SAID IN REGARDS TO PRESIDENT BIDEN, THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A CAMPAIGN THAT WAS ON THE PATH TO VICTORY. MEMBERS KNEW THAT IN THEIR DISTRICTS. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A SHORT AMERICANS WERE -- ONCE HE DID DECIDE TO STEP ASIDE. WHAT MADE YOU WITHIN 24 HOURS ENDORSE KAMALA HARRIS? >> FROM WHAT I SAID BEFORE, SHE IS POLITICALLY ASTUTE. SHE IS REALLY READY TO LEAD. THE PRESIDENT MADE THAT, HE MADE HIS DECISION. NO ONE KNEW. HE MADE THE DECISION. HE ENDORSED, KAMALA, AND RIGHT AWAY POLITICALLY ASTUTE PERSON THAT SHE IS, SHE RAFTED UP. WHEN SHE WRAPPED IT UP, I ENDORSED HER. >> CENTRAL PARK FIVE ON THE STAGE RIGHT NOW TALKING TO THE DELEGATES RIGHT HERE. YOU HAVE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. PEOPLE OF LONG SAID THAT YOU ALL HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP. WAS THERE AT ANY POINT WHEN SHE STARTED SEEING THE MOMENTUM POTENTIALLY SWING AWAY FROM HIM AFTER THE DEBATE WHERE YOU FELT PERSONALLY LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN YOUR COUNTRY AND FRIENDSHIP? >> WELL, I THINK HE MADE THE DECISION FOR COUNTRY. HE SAID, I LOVE BEING PRESIDENT, BUT I LOVE MY COUNTRY MORE. AND HE MADE THAT DECISION. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF A POSSIBLE PRESIDENCY OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT. DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR CIVIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC LIFE. AND DAMAGE TO OUR DEMOCRACY. AND THAT WAS THE DECISION. >> CAN YOU SHARE OF US THE LAST TIME YOU TALKED WITH THE PRESIDENT? >> NO. >> DO YOU THINK THE RELATIONSHIP WILL BE ABLE TO BE HEALED? >> I HOPE SO. WHAT IS IMPORTANT NOW IS THAT WE GO FORWARD. THERE IS A BIG SACRIFICE HERE. A PERSONAL NO SELFLESSNESS ON THE PART OF THE PRESIDENT. IT BEHOOVES US TO WIN THE SELECTION. TO UNIFY AND A MESSAGE. IF YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET THE JOB DONE. NOT WASTE ANY TIME OR ANYTHING, AND NOT HAVE ANY REGRETS THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING MORE. SO, NOW IT IS ONWARD TO THE FUTURE AND A SUCCESS. I GET EMOTIONAL THINKING OF A WOMAN BEING THERE. I GET VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE PROSPECT FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO AMERICA'S WORKING FAMILIES. MY WHOLE POLITICS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND I AM HAPPY FOR IT THE CHILDREN. >> IN YOUR BOOK, "YOU ARE A POWER." HE TALKED ABOUT OF HILLARY HILLARY CLINTON HAD WON 2016 YOU HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM CONGRESS. >> TO HAVE A MAJORITY 40 HOUSE DEMOCRATS WE HAVE TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE, WIN THE HOUSE, WIN THE SENATE, AND BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ON THE PATH TO DO BEFORE. JOE BIDEN HAS A RECORD THAT IS SO PRESTIGIOUS AND SO SUCCESSFUL FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE FIRST TWO YEARS GETTING MOST OF IT LEGISLATED, BUT EXECUTING AND THE NEXT TWO. WE WANT TO SAVE HIS LEGACY WHICH IS A VALUABLE ONE, BUT PART OF HIS LEGACY IS WHAT WE DO NEXT FOR IT THE CHILDREN, FAMILIES, KITCHEN TABLE, AMERICA'S WORKING FAMILY. >> I DON'TNOW IF YOU GOT A CHANCE TO HEAR IT DURING YOUR INTRODUCTION LAST NIGHT. THEY REFER TO YOU AS THE MOTHER OF DRAGONS. A NOD TO A VERY POWERFUL WOMAN IN "GAME OF THRONES." FITTING DESCRIPTION? >> I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO NOTE THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE SAID TO ME, YOU ARE THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN AMERICAN POLITICS. AND I SAY NOW, I'M SO HAPPY TO BE RUDE LIKE IN THE SHOOTING THAT TITLE VERY SOON. >> NANCY PELOSI WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND JOINING US ONCE AGAIN A SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT. RACHEL, WE SAW A REVEREND AUCH SHARPTON ALONG WITH FOUR OF THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE AT THE PODIUM TO REMIND VIEWERS FIVE WERE CONVICTED OF RAPING A WOMAN IN CENTRAL PARK IN 1999. THEY SERVED A DECADE BEFORE THEIR CONVICTIONS WERE VACATED. EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE HEARING FROM THEM AGAIN TONIGHT? >> YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD RIGHT NOW. THEY WERE CHANTING, CS. IT IS VERY NOTABLE -- TRYING TO MAKE INROADS WITH BLACK MALE VOTERS. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE IS A WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. DONALD TRUMP TOOK ADS OUT OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES" CALLING FOR THEM TO BE EXECUTED. THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SEND THE COUNTRY ON THE WRONG PATH. THEY HEAR MAKING THAT PLEA TO THIS CROWD, THE NATION TO STAND WITH THEM AND MARCH WITH THEM TO VOTE FOR VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS. >> AND RACHEL, A SHORT TIME AGO, THE CONVENTION HAD A LARGE GRAPHIC THAT SAID, CHOOSE SECURITY. IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE PROJECT 2025 PLAN DONALD TRUMP OFTEN SAID REPUBLICANS ARTIE PARTY OF PEACE AND SECURITY. EXPLAIN HOW DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO PUSH BACK ON THAT? BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE. DONALD TRUMP IN THIS CAMPAIGN HAVE TRIED TO CREATE A LOT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND PROJECT 2025, BUT DEMOCRATS HERE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION KEEP TRUMP ON THAT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY POINT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY. REPUBLICANS SAY THEY ARTIE PARTY OF LAW IN ALREADY. TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR AN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU HEAR IS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE IMPACTED BY JANUARY 6. BROTHER OF RYAN WHO WAS KILLED AFTER JANUARY 6. ADAM KING'S FINGER WHO A REPUBLICAN WHO CAME OUT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIONS ON JANUARY 6. FURTHER NOTABLE FOR HIM. HE BUT IT WAS FROM ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME WHILE HE WAS IN CONGRESS. HE BELIEVES THAT DONALD TRUMP POSES A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. >> RACHEL, THIS CONVENTION IS NOT MERELY ABOUT TRUMP AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, IT IS ABOUT WINNING THOSE DOWN BALLOT RACES. GETTING CONTROL OF CONGRESS. HOW'S THE CONVENTION TRYING TO ACHIEVE THIS. >> A VERY NOTABLE FIGURES FROM THOSE KEY STATES. YOU HAVE GOVERNOR COOPER FROM NORTH CAROLINA. A STATE THAT DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES HE REALLY NEEDS TO WIN IN ORDER TO CLINCH THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU ARE ALSO GOING TO HEAR FROM MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN AT GRIPPER AS WELL AND SENATOR MARK KELLER FROM THE CREDIBLE STATE OF ARIZONA WHERE -- IN THIS BATTLEGROUND IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY PIVOTAL FOR VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS THAT WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. AT >> LATER TONIGHT, WE WILL HEAR FROM POLITICIANS WHO ARE UNDER RUNNING RUNNING TO BE HARRIS VP PICK. >> DO GOAL HERE IS UNITY. THEY WANT TO UNITE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY GOING FORWARD. VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS DOES NOT A LECTURE OF TIME HERE. PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE. SHE HAS BEEN A CANDIDATE FOR LITTLE OVER A MONTH. 75 DAYS TO GO UNTIL THE ELECTION. THIS IS NOT A MARATHON, THIS IS A FULL BLOWN SPRINTS. NOW IT IS TIME TO PUT ALL OF THAT PERSONAL FEELINGS ASIDE ABOUT WHO WAS ELECTED TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE IN THIS RACE AND ULTIMATELY UNITE KID THAT IS THE GOAL. THAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. >> WE CERTAINLY DO. RACHEL SCOTT, OUR THANKS TO YOU AS ALWAYS. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED CENTER. HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS ARE GOING TO THE END OF THE WAR IN GAZA. DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE CONTINUED. HE JOINS US NOW. WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? >> THERE IS BEEN A CHOREOGRAPHY TO THE SMARTEST DAY AFTER DAY. SEVERAL THOUSANDS PRO-PALESTINIAN MARCHERS. MARSHALL'S LINK ARM IN ARM. THEY ARE HERE TO ENSURE THAT DOES NOT GET OUT OF HAND. AND BEHIND THEM, COUPLE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. YOU CAN SEE THE BANNERS. SO MUCH TALK ABOUT HOPE IN THAT HALL. 300 YARDS TO MY LEFT. THIS GROUP TELLS ME THAT THEY HAVE LOST HOPE IN KAMALA HARRIS. THEY MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO HERE. THEY ARE EAGER TO HEAR WHAT SHE MIGHT SAY ABOUT THE ISRAEL AND GAZA CONFLICT TONIGHT. A LOT OF OPEN EARS DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED. THIS IS THAT THEY CONTINUE FOR A WHILE. I'M GOING TO TURN IT AROUND AND MAKE ONE MORE KNOW IF THE CHOREOGRAPHY. EVERY SINGLE PROTEST THAT WE HAVE SEEN IS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CHICAGO POLICE -- HAS BEEN PRESENT. LEADING THE PACK OF HIS OFFICERS. YOU CAN SEE AT THE FAR END, A VERY THICK LINE OF RIOT POLICE ARE FLANKING US TO OUR LEFT. PREVENTING THE PROTESTERS FROM GETTING INTO THIS PART. THIS IS THE LAST NIGHT OF IT. THEY HOPE THAT THEY CAN BE HEARD. THEY ARE NOT SURE THAT THEY WILL BE HEARD IN THE CONVENTION HALL WHERE YOU ARE. >> YEAH, STILL UNCLEAR. OUR THANKS TO YOU. THIS NIGHT CERTAINLY IS ABOUT, HARRIS TO ACCEPT A NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. MEANWHILE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WITH A TRIP TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER TO TRY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IMMIGRATION. >> WE WILL SEAL THE BORDER, STOP THE INVASION, AND LAUNCHED THE LARGEST DEPORTATION EVER IN AMERICAN HISTORY. >> HAS MORE FROM ARIZONA? >> IT WAS A HOT ONE HERE ALONGSIDE THE ARIZONA AND MEXICO BORDER. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPOKE FOR OVER A HOUR. WHILE WE STARTED ON IMMIGRATION HE SHIFTED TO TALK ABOUT JOBS, GAS AND OIL, ABOUT THE DNC, AND ALSO ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS AND HER RECORD. HE EXPECTED TO SEE HER TONIGHT. HE SAID, LYING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND ABOUT HIM. THEN HE TOOK QUESTIONS FROM US IN THE PRESS. WE WERE ABLE TO GET A QUESTION IN ABOUT BORDER SECURITY DARED WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT IS THE PLAN IF THE FORMER PRESIDENT WERE TO GET ELECTED IN NOVEMBER. WE ARE NOT HER DETAILS. TODAY HE LAID A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION OUT. HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PUNISHMENT PHASE. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU'RE CAUGHT COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES AND OUT THROUGH LEGAL PORTS OF ENTRY. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU'RE CAUGHT CHILD TRAFFICKING. YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE IN PRISON. WE ASKED HOW EXACTLY ARE YOU GOING TO GET THAT PASS, WHAT WOULD BE THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD AND CAME TO THE TABLE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS. WE ALSO REFERENCED REPORTERS SECURITY BOARD THAT WAS KILLED BACK IN THE TIME FRAME. AND WHILE HE DID NOT SUPPORT THAT. HE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT BIDEN DID NOT NEED THE SECURITY BILL. HE COULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD. HE GOT SHUT DOWN THE BORDER WITHOUT THAT KIND OF A COMPROMISE. THAT IS EXACTLY HOW HE WOULD GET THINGS DONE. IF HE IS ELECTED. LATER ON TONIGHT HE IS GOING TO LAS VEGAS AND IN TOMORROW HE WILL BE IN GLENDALE, ARIZONA, MORE THAN LIKELY TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS TOMORROW AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MUCH MORE TO GET TO ON THE SPECIAL EDITION OF "ABC NEWS" LIVE PRIDE. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AS DEMOCRATS HAVE DISPLAYED THEIR PLATFORM. A GROUP OF UNDECIDED VOTERS HAVE BEEN WATCHING. WE WILL TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM THIS UPCOMING ELECTION. THAT IS COMING UP NEXT AS WAS MORE ANALYSIS AND COVERAGE ON NIGHT FOUR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND HERE IN CHICAGO Hey, good morning. America. Good Morning. America Good Morning America covering the biggest events in the country right now. You don't just see it. You feel it. I'm in I'm in to Michael towards where. If you were coming of age in the 1980s, the brat pack was here the center of your cultural awareness, but for those of us experiencing it from the inside the brat pack was something very different. If you have Brat Pack may not exist. Would you I hated the breadth of what a disaster. Why did we take it as an offense to say we were the Beatles? Well, we didn't fail Shea Stadium 1985. 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You're streaming ABC News live. >> WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF DAY FOUR AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WE INTERVIEWED A GROUP OF UNDECIDED VOTERS. TALKED AGAIN TO SOME OF THEM ALONG WITH NEW FACES ABOUT WHERE THEY STAND NOW. >> I WANT TO THINK A PANEL FOR JOINING US VIRTUALLY. NOW, WHETHER YOU'RE LEANING REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, YOU ARE ALL FROM KEY STATES AND YOU REPRESENT REPRESENT CRUCIAL UNDECIDED SWING VOTERS. THE CALCULUS OF THIS RACE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY WHEN KAMALA HARRIS BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU WILL, IF THAT CHANGING CANDIDATE CHANGED YOUR DECISION? NO HANDS RAISED. A LITTLE BIT OF A HAND RACE. ZACH. YOU WANT TO GIVE US A SENSE OF WHY? >> FOR ME, I HAVE BEEN LEANING TOWARDS TRUMP FOR A WHILE BASED ON WHAT I HAVE SEEN POST THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AND ALSO BASED UPON SOME OF MY INITIAL READINGS. I LEAN A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE TO BEGIN WITH. AS WE MOVE TOWARD THE CONVENTION I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH BIDEN AS A NOMINEE. I FELT LIKE HE WAS TOO OLD FOR THE POSITION. WHEN HARRIS TOOK OVER I FEEL LIKE I SORT OF MOVED TOWARD THAT DIRECTION. NOT TO SAY THAT I'M NOT STILL UNDECIDED. I'M KIND OF MOVING THAT DIRECTION. >> INTERESTING. I WAS WATCHING YOU UPON YOU. YOU'RE FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. A SINGLE MOM RAISING TWO KIDS. I KNOW THE ECONOMY -- ONE KID. YOU THINK YOUR MOWER MOVED ON TO ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND/OR ASK OPRAH WINFREY SET FROM THE PODIUM. A MATTER OF CHARACTER AND DECENCY BEING ON THE BALLOT? >> I DEFINITELY LEAN ON THE ECONOMIC SIDE AND WHAT CAN WE SEE DONE IN TERMS OF GROCERY PRICES, RENT PRICES, HOME PRICES. I'M 28 YEARS OLD AND THERE IS LITERALLY, FOR ME I DO NOT SEE THIS SITE THAT WE ARE HAVING NOW THAT THAT WILL BE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE A HOMEOWNER IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IF THINGS KEEP RAISING. >> REBECCA, LET ME DRAW YOU IN. YOU ARE A NURSE FROM GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN. HAS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION JUNE THE ORDER ANY DRASTIC REDUCTION IN ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSING IMPACTED YOUR THOUGHTS ON IMMIGRATION. I SAW YOU NODDING ABOUT THE DNC AS WELL. HAS THAT MOVED YOU? >> IT IS NOT REALLY MOVED ME. I FEEL KAMALA HARRIS WAS PART OF THAT ADMINISTRATION MOVE WHERE THE BORDER JUST FELL APART. THAT BEING SAID, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TOTALLY JUST BANDED, AND DISASSOCIATED THEMSELVES WITH TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. I THINK THEY SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES GO CONCERT HAND-IN-HAND WITH A LEADER WHO DOES HAVE CHARACTER AND DOES HAVE INTEGRITY, AND HAS DECENCY IN THE OFFICE BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO INSTILL TRUST IN THE CONSTITUENTS, AND THAT WILL BUILD A STRONGER ECONOMY. IT WILL BUILD A STRONGER BORDER PRACTICE. >> I WANT TO DRAW HIM IN FROM ATLANTA. KAMALA HARRIS AS YOU KNOW IT HAS PROMISED IF ELECTED ADMINISTRATION WILL OFFER FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS $25,000 AND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. THERE IS LOTS OF OTHER ECONOMIC POLICIES AIMED AT THE MIDDLE CLASS OR DOSE REACHING F FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. DO ANY OF THOSE ISSUES RESONATE WITH YOU? I'M NOT WATCHING SO MUCH THE DNC. AND LINED WITH THE LAW IF AMERICANS TOO. >> RIGHT. I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I DON'T WATCH IT SO MUCH IS BECAUSE I WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON CORNELL, ROBERT, AND JILL TO MAKE SURE I ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY SAMPLE WITH THEIR PARTY. AND ALSO WITH ME BEING A FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER AS WELL IN THE NEW FEATURE DOES DO RESONATE WITH ME. THEY SOUND A LOT LESS APPETIZING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERY SINGLE PRESIDENT THAT RUNS FOR PRESIDENT HAS A AN INITIATIVE THAT THEY DON'T FOLLOW UP TO AND THAT LEADS TO A DISDAIN WITH EVERYBODY WHEN IT COMES ABOUT. >> YOU'RE REFERRING TO CORNEL WEST AND BOBBY KENNEDY JR., AND JILL STEIN, YEAH? BOBBY, YURI Mc McLEAN, VIRGINIA. YOU'RE ALSO A FORMER WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR TO SEVERAL REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS. YOU ARE NOT A TRUMP SUPPORTER, YOU SAID. THERE'VE BEEN PLENTY OF REPUBLICANS SPEAKING FROM THE STAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION THIS WEEK. HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE OFFERED THIS WEEK THAT MOVE YOU CLOSER THIS WEEK AS A REPUBLICAN? >> VOTING FOR HARRIS ARE CONCERNING MY OPPOSITIONAL OF TRUMP? NO, NOT YET. OTHER THAN THE EXUBERANCE AND THE OBVIOUS ENERGY. I DO THINK THAT THE SPEECH THAT HIT ME THE MOST WAS OPRAH WINFREY SPEECH AND THAT VALUES AND CHARACTER IT WILL MATTER MOST TO UNDECIDED VOTERS, DECENCY AND RESPECT TO THE RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY ARE KEY. WE ARE NOT A NATION OF DARK GRIEVANCES, CONSTANT GRUDGES, AND RETRIBUTION, THAT IS NOT US. WE ARE A NATION. I AM STILL VERY MUCH A UNDECIDED VOTER. >> WE HAVE SHORT TIME LEFT. I WANT TO HEAR ONE LAST TIME FROM EACH OF YOU. WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM NOW AND NOVEMBER THAT MIGHT SWAY YOUR VOTE TO BACK, LET'S START WITH YOU. >> A CENTRIST ECONOMIC POLICY. A ROBUST FOREIGN POLICY. STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. AND EMPATHY. APPEALING TO PEOPLE. THAT SOMEBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT ALL OF US, NOT JUST ABOUT HIMSELF. >> WHAT WILL GET YOU OFF THE FENCE. ONE THING. >> ONE THING I THINK THAT WILL MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FOR ME IS TO STAND -- ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE ARE WITNESSING A RIGHT NOW IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND THAT THE SUPPORT -- IN THE PAST TWO YEARS UKRAINE AND RUSSIA AND ISRAEL AND GAZA. I FEEL LIKE IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TWO AND COMPARING THEM THAT THERE IS NO ACTUAL SENSE BEING MADE OF WHY WE WOULD SUPPORT UKRAINE, BUT NOT SUPPORT PALESTINE. >> AND ZACH? ONE THING. >> ONE THING. THE TRUMP ADVANCE TICKET, ONE HAPPY TO SEE THERE IS THAT LESS OF THE INSULTS. MORE FOR FOCUS ON WHAT POLICIES ARE REALLY GOING TO IMPACT AMERICA'S AND MAKE LIVES BETTER FOR AMERICA. FOR HARRIS AND WALZ TICKET. I THINK THEY NEED TO SHOW ME THAT THEY CAN MOVE TOWARD THE CENTER. AND NOT SUPPORT TOO MANY POLICIES THAT ARE FAR TO THE LEFT. I NEED TO SEE A MOVEMENT TO THE CENTER FROM THEM. >> VERY INTERESTING. MARCUS, BRING US HOME. ONE THING. >> I LIKE HIS APPROACH TO COMING IN AS A POLITICIAN FROM NOT BEING A POLITICIAN. THAT WAS TO STOP THE MUDSLINGING AND BE MORE FOCUSED ON ISSUES AND ACTUALLY BE A DOER AND SET OF A TALKING. >> THEY ALL AGREE. STOP THE MUDSLINGING. THERE IS A LOT OF NODDING OF HEADS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHTS. THANK YOU, GUYS. >> WE THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION. I WANT TO GO BACK LIVES TO THE STAGE WHERE YOU HAVE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR HOLLAND. >> KAMALA HARRIS. I KNOW HER RECORD. SHE HELD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR SPILLING OIL SHE DEFENDED PRESIDE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S POWER PLAN IN COURT. AND AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE CAST A TIE-BREAKING VOTE FOR THE MOST AMBITIOUS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ WILL FIGHT FOR A FUTURE WHERE WE ALL HAVE CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. AT LET ME GO BACK TO THE LESSON I LEARNED IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. WE ALL HAVE A ROLE IN PROTECTING OUR EARTH FOR FUTURE GENER GENERATIONS. SO LET'S ALL BE FIERCE AND LET'S MAKE KAMALA HARRIS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> SECRETARY YOU. THE EMPHASIS OF THIS PORTION OF THE EVENING AT THIS POINT AND CLIMATE CHANGE. MUCH MORE TO GET TO ON THE SPECIAL EDITION OF "ABC NEWS" LIVE PRIME. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS WALKS UP THE NOMINATION TONIGHT. HISTORIC MOMENTS AND MANY WAYS, INCLUDING ONLY THE SECOND TIME A WOMAN HAS EVER DONE IT. WE HAD TO BREAK AND WE WILL LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST NIGHT HILLARY CLINTON ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION IN 2016. >> STRONGER TOGETHER IS NOT JUST A LESSON FROM OUR HISTORY. IT IS NOT JUST A SLOGAN FOR OUR CAMPAIGN. IT IS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR THE COUNTRY WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE FUTURE WE ARE GOING TO BUILD. 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I'm really sorry that article had to come out. I just remember seeing that cover and thinking oh, I thought it might be interesting to try and contact everyone who is in the background. Not interested in talking about the brat pack. I turn everything down. How can I tell him to me? Because it was time that we clearly earn a couple of things. I hated the red peppers decade. What a disaster why did we take it as an offense where parade we were brushed Andrew? I'm not gonna say we were the Beatles or anything. We didn't feel Shea Stadium. They were very good 1985. I think we could >> WELCOME BACK TO THIS THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THE ECONOMY, GUNS, AND CLIMATE CHANGE, MUCH MORE, ON FOCUS FOR DEMOCRATS TONIGHT. BIG MOMENT WILL, HARRIS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. NOT TOO FAR FROM NOW. TERRY MORAN IS ON THE NEWS ON MY FLOOR. IT FEELS LIKE ANOTHER ELECTRIC NIGHT DOWN THERE ON THE FLOOR. WHAT ARE DELICATE THING ABOUT TONIGHT'S. REMARKABLE 31 DAYS SINCE JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS STEPPING ASIDE. >> THE WORLD HAS CHANGED IN JUST 31 DAYS. SO AS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IT IS ELECTRIC DOWN HERE. ALL OF THIS THAT YOU SEE. PEOPLE ALMOST ON EDGE. THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS ON THE LAST NIGH OF THE CONVENTION. IT IS THE BIG NIGHT. THE NIGHT THEIR NOMINEE GETS TO SPEAK. THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON HERE. THOSE 31 DAYS. A LOT OF THE DELEGATES DON'T KNOW, HERE IS THAT WELL. THE VICE PRESIDENT DOES NOT GET A LOT OF PUBLICITY. THERE IS THIS ANTICIPATION AND THIS HOPE THAT SHE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR THEM. TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS PARTY AND WHAT HAVE DONE. I THINK THEY'RE SO SHOCKED BY THE FACT THAT THEY TURN ON A DIME, COMPLETELY CHANGED NOMINEES, A FEW WEEKS LEFT IN THE CAMPAIGN. UNITED AROUND THE NEW NOMINEE. SEARCH OF EMOTION AND ENTHUSIASM. AND HOPING SHE COULD STICK THE LINEN. >> IT IS STILL NIGHT FOUR OF THIS CONVENTION. IS THERE ANY SENSE NATIONAL DEMOCRAT SUCCESSFULLY CONTRASTED WITH DONALD TRUMP AS WE GET INTO THIS OF ELECTION DATE. >> OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A NATURAL CONTRAST BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND ANY DEMOCRAT. I THINK THEY ARE REALLY HAPPY HERE. I KNOW THEY ARE HAPPY HERE BECAUSE I HEAR IT. WITH THE CONTRAST THAT THE YOUNGER, FRESHER FACE, HARRIS. SHE IS NATURALLY LOAN. COMPARE WITH TRUMP AND BIDEN. SHE IS TOMORROW. THEY HOPE THAT VOTERS WILL SENSE THAT. PART OF THE MESSAGE HERE. THAT NEW WAY FORWARD SLOGAN THAT YOU WILL HEAR IT IN THEIR SPEECH QUITE A BIT TONIGHT. IT IS ABOUT INVITING AMERICA TO TURN THE PAGE ON A DECADE OF POLITICS THAT SEEM TO MAKE ALMOST EVERYONE UNHAPPY. THAT IS THE JOYFUL THEME YOU WILL HEAR AS WELL. THEY ARE HOPING THAT THE COUNTRY WILL GET THAT. A LOT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR A LOT MORE SPECIFICS FROM HER. I AM HEARING, GOING TO INTRODUCE WHO SHE IS AND TRIED TO EMPHASIZE THAT CONTRAST BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW. >> I HAVE TO SAY, JUST LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM, YOU DO SEE A LOT OF WHITE. WE HEARD FROM JAY O'BRIEN ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY. A NOD TO WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. I AM SORRY. ACTUALLY. HANG OUT WITH US. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE STAGE FOR CONGRESSMAN FROST. ONLY 25 YEARS OLD. JUST MEETING THE CONSTITUTIONAL AGENT REQUIREMENTS WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO FLORIDA. >> FLORIDA MAN. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS NOT SOME FAR OFF THREATS. IT IS HERE. DONALD TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE THINK THEY CAN DIVIDE US BY SAYING THIS COP CRISIS IS SOME TYPE OF HOAX, BUT I WALKED THE STREETS OF COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO REBUILD AFTER HURRICANE FLOODED DESTROYED THEIR HOMES. I HEARD THE STORIES OF IMMIGRANT FARMWORKERS MADE TO WORK IN HORRID CONDITIONS, EXACERBATED BY THIS CRISIS. I FELT THE SCORCHING RECORD HEAT AND NO DEBT CLIMATE CAN CHANGE CAN SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE, BUT WITH ART MOVEMENT, AND WITH ORGANIZING, AND AN INITIATION THAT CARES WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] , HARRIS AND JOE BIDEN HAVE PROVEN THAT TACKLING THIS CRISIS CREATES JOBS. THAT INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY PROTECTS OUR HEALTH, AND THAT INVESTING IN MASS PUBLIC TRANSIT BUILDS STRONG COMMUNITIES. AND WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT PEACE IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR CLIMATE AND WAR DESTROYS OUR ENVIRONMENT. THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT EVERY DROP OF WATER THAT WE CONSUME, AND EVERY BREATH WE BELIEVE, FIGHTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS PATRIOTIC, AND UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, OUR PATRIOTISM IS MORE THAN SOME SLOGAN ON A HAT. IT IS ABOUT ACTUALLY GIVING A DAMN ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE CLEAN AIR. WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE SAFE DRINKING WATER. AND WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE A DIGNIFIED JOB PERRY AT AND SO, AMERICA, IT IS SIMPLE, LET'S GET TO WORK AND ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ FOR OUR PLANET, FOR OUR FUTURE, FOR OUR PRESIDENT, AND FOR OUR PEOPLE. GOD BLESS PERRY ADD >> ONLY 25 YEARS OLD. CONGRESSMAN MAXWELL FROST BRINGING THE THE CROWD HERE TO DEFEAT. THE EXCITEMENT CERTAINLY PALPABLE. IN THE BUILDING TONIGHT AS VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS PREPARES FOR THIS HISTORIC MOMENT AS THE FIRST BLACK AND SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION OF ANY MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY. JOINTS US ONCE AGAIN. LET'S BEGIN. TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO THE GRAVITY OF THIS MOMENT. WHAT WILL BE A MOMENT FOR MANY SUPPORTERS HERE. >> EMOTIONAL. VERY LOUD BEHIND ME. NO WOMAN HAS EVER SHATTERED THE HIGHEST AND HARDEST GLASS CEILING AND, HARRIS POTENTIALLY WILL DO SO. SHE WOULD MAKE THIS NOVEMBER. ASIDE FROM WINNING. JUST THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO BLACK WOMAN EVER WHO HAVE BEEN DID NOMINEE FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY, NO SALVATION PERSON WHO HAS EVER BEEN THE NOMINEE, AND YOU HEARD REVEREND AUCH SHARPTON TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, HAD A FIGHT SO HARD TO GET WOMEN OUT OF THE KITCHEN. WHEN NOW HE SAYS, IT WOMEN COULD BE HEADED TO THE OVAL OFFICE. AND YOU SAW THE MOTION WHEN YOU SAW ALYSSA BEFORE AND OUT THERE TONIGHT, AND SHE CAME OUT WITH STANDING OVATION LASTED 4 MINUTES POINT PEOPLE WERE SO EMOTIONAL. SHE BECAME SO EMOTIONAL TOO. PERHAPS THIS IS A HISTORY THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE A FEW YEARS AGO. SHE DID NOT SEE THAT HAPPEN, BUT SHE TALKED ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS, AND THE POTENTIAL HISTORY THAT SHE MIGHT MAKE TONIGHT. >> TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT HOW SHE PLANS TO APPROACH AND WHAT OUR DEVICE YOU ARE HEARING FROM STAFFERS? >> WE HAVE EXPERTS OF HER SPEECH. I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. WE SAID, OF COURSE SHE'S GOING TO MENTION HER MOTHER, MENTIONS HER MOTHER IN NEARLY EVERY SINGLE MAJOR SPEECH. SHE WILL BE MENTIONING HER MOTHER TONIGHT AND HOW SHE WORKED HARD AFTER SO MANY YEARS. FINALLY BOUGHT A HOME. SHE HAS BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS LATELY. SHE WILL TALK ABOUT WHY SHE BECAME A PROSECUTOR. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER STORY AND THE REASON SHE BECAME A PROSECUTOR SHE SAID, SHE HAD A FRIEND AND HIGH SCHOOL, WANDA. SHE IS ACTUALLY IN CHICAGO TONIGHT. SHE WILL BE LISTENING TO THAT SPEECH. HARRIS SAYS THAT WANDA WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER STEPDAD. HARRIS INVITED HER TO COME TO HER HOUSE TO STAY WITH THEM. MOTHER AGREED AT THAT POINT. SHE WILL TELL ABOUT BACK STORY AS WELL. TRUMP AS WELL. PROJECT 25. WE WILL SEE WHAT ELSE SHE SAYS. A FEW OF THOSE EXCERPTS ALREADY. >> FINALLY, WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT SOME PEOPLE VERY CLOSE TO HARRIS WHO ARE EXPECTED ON THE STATES LATER? >> THERE WERE THREE WOMEN WHO CAME ON STAGE HE SAID HOW HE SAW, HARRIS REALLY CONCERNED AND DID NOT KNOW IF IT WAS A GLOBAL CRISIS OR SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CAMPAIGN. THEN HE REALIZED HE WAS TALKING TO HIS DAUGHTER ABOUT A PROBLEM THAT SHE HAD. THE THIRD PERSON THAT WE WILL SEE ON STAGE TONIGHT IS HER GODDAUGHTER. SELENA HOGLUND. YOU YOU SAW HER MOTHER ON VIDEO JUST A BIT TO GO TALK ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS. RESPONSIBLE -- GODDAUGHTER WORKED ON THIS IN THE CAMPAIGN. IT HELPED HARRIS WITH THAT AND WE WILL SING THOSE THREE WOMEN ON STAGE NIGHT. >> THANKS SO MUCH. I DO WANT TO POINT TEXAS CONGRESSMEN. ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR SENATE. CALL AND ALL RIGHT OLD RUT. ADDRESSING THE DELEGATES HERE. FROM TERRY ON THE FLOOR. I WANT TO BRING BACK RJ BRYANT WHO IS STILL WITH THE DELEGATES ON THE FLOOR. JAY, WERE OUR DELEGATES TELL YOU ABOUT HOW THEY'RE FEELING TONIGHT, TALK TO US ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WHITE ATTIRE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WEARING? >> LINDSAY, WE TOOK A BREAK ON THE FLOOR, WE ARE UP IN THE STANDS BECAUSE WE FOUND -- UP HERE IN THIS SECTION WILL BE SOME OF HER FORMER SORORITY SISTERS. THEY'RE STILL HERE IN THE SECOND YEAR. THEY ARE ALL WEARING WHITE. LOOK AT THEM THERE. I WANT TO BRING INTO A FIRST SORORITY SISTERS WHO WENT TO SCHOOL OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. YOUR NAME, MA'AM, WHAT YOU REMEMBER ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS FROM SCHOOL. WOULD YOU EVER IMAGINED THAT SHE WOULD TAKE THE STATES AND I? >> I ABSOLUTELY SEE HER BEYOND THE STATES NIGHT. >> WHAT MADE YOU SOCIAL? >> SHE CAME TO THE UNIVERSITY, SHE WAS FOCUSED, SHE WAS ACADEMIC, SHE WAS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE WOMAN. SHE WAS THE AMERICAN DREAM. >> INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OUR AUDIENCE AND ALSO THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TONIGHT. THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF KAMALA HARRIS' CANON IN C. WHAT IS THE MEAN TO YOU? >> MY NAME IS CHIEF HAMILTON. I WAS AT THE TIME PRESIDENT OF OUR CHAPTER IN HOWARD UNIVERSITY. THIS IS EXTREMELY HISTORICAL FOR US. IT IS VERY SPECIAL. SHE IS A WOMAN OF EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS, TALENTS, LEADERSHIP. SHE OWNED THEIR SKILLS AND TALENTS AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND THROUGHOUT HER LIFE AND HER CAREER. WE ARE SO HAPPY AND PROUD OF HER TONIGHT, SO, WE ARE ELATED. >> ANY MEMORY OF HER THAT STICK OUT TO YOU? >> SHE WAS A LEADER. SHE WAS ALSO A STRATEGIC THINKER, STRATEGIC PLANNER. SHE WAS A PERSON THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER. THE NEGOTIATOR. A NATURAL NEGOTIATOR. SHE FOUND SOLUTIONS AMONG THE CHALLENGES. AND SHE WAS ALSO COMMITTED. SHE WAS COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY. IN TERMS OF OUR SERVICE PROJECTS AS WELL AS PROJECTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE LOVE HER. >> PEOPLE THAT KNEW, HARRIS AND WATCHING HER TAKE THAT STATES THE NIGHT IN THE HISTORIC MO MOMENT. >> MEMBER OF SORORITY. AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. JIA O'BRIEN, I THINK STUPID SO MUCH MORE TO GET TO ON SPECIAL EDITION OF "ABC NEWS" LIVE PRIME. THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. TONIGHT'S THEME. IT'S "FOR FUTURE." -- AS WE HAD TO BREAK, I LOOK BACK AT BIDEN ACCEPTING DENOMINATION AND 2020. >> UNITED, WE CAN, AND WILL OVERCOME THIS SEASON OF DARKNESS IN AMERICA. WE WILL CHOOSE HOPE OVER FEAR. FAX OVER FICTION. I'M A PROUD DEMOCRAT. I WILL BE PROUD TO CARRIED THE BANNER OF OUR PARTY INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION. SO IT IS A GREAT HONOR AND HUMILITY -- EXCEPT THIS NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA was responsible. I did not kill that. I've never forgotten my interview with Anthony. Why have you decided to talk about this? It was still an unsolved murder 2020 Friday night on ABC Monday morning, what's better than starting your week off with GMA. How about waking up with GMA? Selena Steve and Martin great. Great idea Monday only on Good Morning America. Hi, I'm Andy and I'm Sabrina and we're mom juggling tons of stuff every day like all you moms out there and you know what? We love really love Pop Culture. So what happens when being obsessed with pop culture Collide isn't being a mom you get us. So listen now to our new podcast pop culture mom's wherever you get your podcasts. The countdown is on Tuesday September 3rd the views on the move into a new big Cecil. You never know. What's going to happen here right here on ABC. They both want to be your next president now finally Donald Trump. We will soon be a great nation. Again, Kamala Harris historic the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David Muir and Lindsey Davis Tuesday, September 10th live on ABC and streaming on ABC News live Pulu and Disney plus the ABC News presidential debate. >> WELCOME BACK TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF "ABC NEWS" LIVE PRIME AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE COMPARED DENY ALL EYES ARE ON VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WHO WOULD TAKE THE STAGE NOT TOO LONG FROM NOW. HOW IS A DNC IMPACTING POLLING NUMBERS AND WERE IN THE RACE OUT? FOR THAT LET'S BRING IN 538 POLITICAL PODCAST HOST DREW GALAN. VP HARRIS IS NATIONAL BY 3.4 PERCENTAGE POINTS. BREAK DOWN THE BATTLEGROUND STATES FOR US AND WHERE IT STANDS. >> I WANT TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE AT THIS TIME DURING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION BIDEN WAS TRAILING TRUMP BY TWO AND A HALF POINTS. AND ACROSS KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES HE WAS TRAILING TRUMP IN EVERY SINGLE ONE. TODAY, HARRIS LEADS TRUMP AND EVERY BATTLEGROUND STATES IN 538 POLLING AVERAGE, SPARE ONE, AND THAT IS GEORGIA. SO ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST IN STATES LIKE PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN, AND MICHIGAN HARRIS LEADS BY BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR POINTS. ENDO'S SOVEREIGN BOUT STATES IN THE SUN BELT, IT IS PRETTY CL CLOSE. POINT OR SO IN STATES LIKE ARIZONA AND NEVADA. IT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO EVEN IN NORTH CAROLINA WITH TRUMP LEADING JUST SLIGHTLY IN GEORGIA. THIS RACE HAS REALLY BEEN TURNED ON ITS HEAD SINCE THAT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> AND HOW ABOUT HER FAVORABILITY VERSUS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S? >> TO REMARKABLE CHANGE IN THIS RACE HAS NOT BEEN IN HEAD-TO-HEAD POLLING BETWEEN HARRIS AND TRUMP. HAS BEEN AN HARRIS OWN FAVORABILITY. WHEN BIDEN DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE ABOUT A MONTH AGO HARRIS WAS NEGATIVE 16 FAVORABILITY. AMERICANS HAD A MORE NEGATIVE VIEW OF HARRIS THAT A POSITIVE. TODAY, SHE IS ABOUT EVEN, AND THAT MAY NOT SEEM ALL THAT COOL THAT THEM I COULD FOR A POLITICIAN, BUT COMPARED THAT TO DONALD TRUMP WHO IS NEGATIVE TEN WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. POLITICIANS IN GENERAL THESE DAYS ARE NOT ALL THAT POPULAR. TO SEE HARRIS GO FROM PLENTY DOWN AND FAVORABILITY RATING AMONGST THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO NOW ABOUT EVEN, AND TO PUT DANCERS PERSPECTIVE OF 2020. BY THEN IT WAS ABOUT EVEN WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ON FAVORABILITY WHEN HE WON IN 2020. WHAT THAT TELLS US IS THAT THE PERCEPTION OF HARRIS. WHILE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE PREVIOUSLY WERE NOT ALL THAT DUG IN. THEY WERE RELATIVELY VALUABLE. SHE HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK. SHE AND HER CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT HER. THEY PIVOTED ON A LOT OF ISSUES. THEY BROUGHT UP THEMES LIKE JOY AND FREEDOM THAT HAVE PULLED WELL WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND THOSE PERCEPTIONS HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED. >> AND HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THIS WEEK'S CONVENTION WILL ACTUALLY IMPACT THE NUMBERS FOR BOTH CAMPAIGN? >> THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION, ULTIMATELY. THIS IS A BIG SHOW, BUT WILL ACTUALLY CHANGE VOTERS PERCEPTION. HISTORICALLY, WE DO SEE A CONVENTION BOUNCE FOR CANDIDATES. IT IS ABOUT TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS AND THE POLLS NATIONALLY. THAT CAN MADE RELATIVELY QUICKLY WHILE THE NEWS CYCLE MOVES ON TO OTHER STORES AND OF COURSE THERE WILL BE OTHER STORIES. I THINK THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THIS CONVENTION. LIKE WE MENTIONED. VIEWS OF PARIS WERE LESS DUG IN IT BECAUSE SHE HAS NOT BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SCENE LIKE BIDEN OR TRUMP HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST DECADE. SO MAYBE THERE IS A POSSIBLE MORE MOVEMENT, UPSIDE FOR HARRIS. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE DO HAVE REPORTING THAT WE EXPECT OUR FAKE A JUNIOR TO DROP OFF THE RACE TOMORROW. IF HE DOES ENDORSE FOR HARRIS. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE. >> WE CERTAINLY WILL. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR FRIENDS AT 538 FOR THE LATEST ELECTION DATA AND NOL ASSISTS IN THE COMING DAYS AFTER WEBSITE FiveThirtyEight.com OR BY SIMPLY SCANNING THE QR CODE BELOW. REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST AND DONNA BRAZILE ARE JOINING US N NOW. DONNA, THIS IS THE BIG NIGHT. GOT TO START RIGHT OFF WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE MOMENT. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT EARLIER TODAY AND STARTED GOING BACK 60 YEARS AGO TO HER WHO FOUGHT TO GACY AT THIS DEMOCRATIC TABLE. THEN I WENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THAT MOMENT IN 1920, SUFFRAGE WHEN WOMEN DECIDED TO MARCH FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE. I ENDED UP THINKING ABOUT MY NIECES. THINK ABOUT MY STUDENTS. I SAID, GOD, THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE WITNESSED THIS MOMENT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR SO MANY HEROES, SO MANY WOMEN WHO WERE INCREDIBLE LEADERS WHO TOLD THEIR STORIES WHEN NOBODY PAID ATTENTION TO THEIR LEADERSHIP. THIS IS THE MOMENT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. >> WHAT WILL REPUBLICANS BE LOOKING TO HEAR FROM HARRIS AND WHAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXTEND ANY OLIVE BRANCHES? >> WE WILL SEE. I DO NOT EXPECT A LAW OF ALL OF BRANCHES TONIGHT. IT WILL BE A LOT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. THAT IS BEEN THE THEME ALL WEEK. WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IS WHAT SHE BELIEVES IN. SHE ROLLED OUT ONE POLICY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON PRICE CONTROL. >> OKAY, WE JUST LOST HIS MIC. DONNA, I WANT TO GET A SENSE FROM YOU. WE KEEP HEARING LOTS OF ERUPTION AND THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. THERE ARE SOME EXPECTATIONS OF SOME SPECIAL SURPRISES. ANYTHING YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL US ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE PERFORMING TONIGHT? >> AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SO MANY GREAT PERFORMANCES, TONIGHT BELONGS TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. KAMALA HARRIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LEADER. SHE HAS BROUGHT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TOGETHER. INDEPENDENCE AND OPRAH WINFREY. WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME TERRIFIC ENTERTAINERS TONIGHT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES NOT ONLY ACCEPT THE NOMINATION, BOW LINE HER VISION FOR COUNTRY. >> SHE HAS NOT GIVEN US ANY SECRETS. I APPRECIATE IT, DONNA. WE RESPECT IT. I THINK WE HAVE GOT YOUR MIC BACK. WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. YOUR TALK ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS UNVEILING HER ECONOMIC POLICY. >> SO FAR THE CONVENTION HAS BEEN ABOUT VIBE. VIBE WORKS IN POLITICS. AND HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL. EVENTUALLY THIS RACE IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO HOW DO VOTERS FEEL ABOUT THEIR FUTURES. THAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO INFLATION, GAS, AND GROCERIES. YOU HAD HIM TALKING ABOUT THE POLLING. THE REALITY IS THAT COPPOLA IS DOING BETTER THAN JOE BIDEN. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. YOU LOOK AT THE STATE BY STATE POLLING, YOUR TIDE. TIDE IN WISCONSIN. TIED TO NORTH CAROLINA. TRUMP IS SLIGHTLY AHEAD IN NEVADA. MADE UP GRAD AND OTHER BATTLEGROUND STATES. NO DOUBT. THIS IS A JUMP-OFF. AS GOOD AS THE DEMOCRATS FEEL THIS WEEK. THEY ARE STILL DEALING A TIGHT RACE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY. GRAVITY WILL SET IN AND THIS WILL GO DOWN TO THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> DONNA, SWITCHING GEARS, DURUM AND THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS HERE. THERE IS A SIT IN OUTSIDE THE UNITED CENTER LAST NIGHT. PEOPLE WERE DEMANDING TO HAVE A PALESTINIAN SPEAKER. DO YOU THINK THIS IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO NOT BE MORE APPEAR MORE INCLUSIVE? >> COMING INTO THIS CONVENTION TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD OVER 800 UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES. MANY OF THEM WHO BELIEVED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A MORE BALANCED POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHERE THE UNITED STATES CAN AND TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE GET THE HOSTAGES HOME, MAKING SURE THAT WE COME UP WITH A CEASE-FIRE DEAL THAT PUMPS ARE A DEGREE TOO. WE RESPECT THE RIGHT TO EVERY AMERICAN APPROACH, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN THIS CONVENTION WE ARE ALL GOING TO STAND FIRM NO MATTER WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST LOOKS LIKE. I WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING. THE ECONOMY IS NOT WHERE IT WANTED TO BE, BUT IT IS BETTER THAN WHERE IT WAS WHEN DONALD TRUMP LEFT OFFICE. BILL CLINTON SAID IT LAST NIGHT. CREATED BY DEMOCRATS. ONLY 2 MILLION BY REPUBLICANS. THE MIDDLE CLASS. LOWER COST. INSURANCE. BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. >> I WANT TO GIVE YOU A OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. NOW WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FEEL. WHO IS BETTER IN THE ECONOMY. HARRIS OR DONALD TRUMP. DONALD TRUMP IS STILL WINNING BY 20 POINTS OR MORE. THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING ANY RELIEF AT THE GAS PUMP OR THE GROCERY STORE. DONNA CAN KEEP TALKING ALL DAY LONG ABOUT HOW GREAT THE ECONOMY IS, BUT IT IS NOT. WHEN DONALD TRUMP LEFT OFFICE AND IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID. PEOPLE ARE JUDGING THE TRUMP ECONOMY VERSUS THE BIDEN, KAMALA HARRIS ECONOMY. IT IS THE BIDEN KAMALA HARRIS ECONOMY. HE DOES NOT WANT TO SAY THAT. KAMALA DOES NOT WANT TO SAY THAT. JOE BIDEN WAS LOSING ON THE ECONOMY, LOSING ON THE BORDER, LOSING ALMOST ACROSS THE BOARD, AND NOW KAMALA HARRIS WANTS TO ACT LIKE SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THIS. >> THAT'S NOT TRUE. KAMALA HARRIS UNDERSTANDS THAT WE HAVE GOT TO CREATE JOBS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. WE HAVE TO RAISE WAGES. LOWER PRESCRIPTION PRICES. I WANT TO SAY THIS. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR WONDERFUL SHOW AIRED I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON IN WASHINGTON. >> WE THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AS WE CONTINUE. IT IS QUITE A PARTY HERE IN CHICAGO. SO MUCH MORE TO GET TO ON THE SPECIAL EDITION OF "ABC NEWS" LIVE PRIME. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. VICE PRESIDENT, HARRIS WILL ACCEPT A NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. OUR TEAM WILL BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US. WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK, WHAT IS HAPPENING TONIGHT, AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT LATER TONIGHT. ♪ ♪ If you were coming of age in the 1980s, the brat pack was here the center of your cultural awareness, but for those of us experiencing it from the inside the brat pack was something very different. If you have Brat Pack may not exist. Would you I hated the breadth of what a disaster. Why did we take it as an offense to say we were the Beatles? Well, we didn't fail Shea Stadium 1985. I think we could The stories that shape your world that shape your life dramatic stunning empowering genre the most powerful stories of our time Nightline on right after Kimball and streaming on Hulu. What does it take to be the most watched news cast in America? We are part of an operation. This is our combat Operation Center. 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I think we could They both want to be your next president now, finally Kamala Harris. Donald Trump we will soon be a great nation again constituents historic the ABC News presidential debate moderated by David Muir and Lindsey Davis Tuesday, September 10th live on ABC and streaming on ABC News live Kulu and Disney plus the ABC News presidential debate. First thing in the morning. There's a lot going on. We're still in a flash flood warning to catch you up with what happened overnight. We've been riot gear arresting dozens of protesters. What's happening today escalating tensions in the Middle East what people are talking about the migrant crisis fast straightforward with some fun in between check out the gator on the 17th hole the buzzkill and baseball first thing in the morning America this morning America's number one early morning news on ABC News live. America's number one source >> TONIGHT, THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS MAKING HISTORY. A SHORT TIME FROM NOW, FORMALLY ACCEPTING HER PARTY NOMINATION, DELIVERING WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SPEECH OF HER POLITICAL CAREER, MAKING THE CASE TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HER MESSAGE EXPECTED TO LEAN IN ON HER OPTIMISM AND JOYFUL VIEW OF THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. ELECTION DAY, TO 75 DAYS OUT. OUR COVERAGE OF THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS AN "ABC NEWS" SPECIAL. TONIGHT -- >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> KAMALA HARRIS! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND JUST MOMENTS FROM NOW, THE VICE PRESIDENT STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT, AND MAKES HISTORY. >> TOGETHER WE WILL CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD! >> KAMALA HARRIS, THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE. HER VISION, HER PLANS FOR HER PRESIDENCY. >> WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. >> IT IS HER BIG NIGHT. THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, LIVE FROM CHICAGO, NOW REPORTING. DAVID MUIR. >> YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIVE PICTURES OF THE UNITED CENTER HERE IN CHICAGO. YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY ON THE FLOOR ON THIS NIGHT FOUR OF THE CONVENTION. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT, THE FOURTH AND FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONTENTION IN CHICAGO. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS READY TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINATION, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN TO BECOME A MAJOR PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TAKING THE STAGE AT THE UNITED CENTER A SHORT TIME FROM NOW. THE WEIGHT OF THIS MOMENT CERTAINLY NOT LOST ON HER. PRESIDENT BIDEN MAKING IT POSSIBLE WHEN HE WITHDREW FROM THE RACE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP JUST ONE MONTH AGO NOW, UP-ENDING THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. REENERGIZING DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND AWAY WAY MANY DID NOT SEE COMING. KAMALA HARRIS AND RUNNING MATE TIM WALZ CLOSING THE GAP WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE IN ONE MONTH'S TIME. POLLS NOW SHOWING THE HARRIS-WALZ TICKET LEADING IN SEVERAL KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES, THOUGH THIS RACE IS STILL VERY CLOSE IN A DIVIDED AMERICA. JUST 24 HOURS AGO, GOVERNOR WALZ INTRODUCING HIMSELF TO AMERICA, SHARING HIS PERSONAL STORY WITH THE NATION. PART OF THAT STORY, HIS FAMILY, HOW HE AND HIS WIFE ONCE STRUGGLED TO START THEIR OWN FAMILY, AND THE MOMENT THEN SEEN BY MILLIONS, HIS SON GUS ON HIS FEET WIPING AWAY TEARS, SAYING "THAT'S MY DAD." IN A PRESIDENTIAL RACE THAT'S ALREADY SEEN ITS SHARE OF MAJOR EVENTS, THERE COULD BE ANOTHER COMING TOMORROW. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. COULD POTENTIALLY DROP OUT OF THE RACE AND POSSIBLY ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN NOW TEASING A SPECIAL GUEST AT ITS RALLY IN ARIZONA TOMORROW. THEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HERE ON ABC AND JUST 19 DAYS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 9:00 P.M. LINSEY AND I WILL BE MODERATING. LET'S GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR NOW. THE CHICKS SET TO PERFORM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM HERE AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. WE ARE ALL GOING TO STAND HERE FOR THE ANTHEM AND THEN WE WILL JOIN YOU IN A MOMENT. >> ♪ O SAY, CAN YOU SEE, ♪ ♪ BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ ♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪ ♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS ♪ ♪ THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪ ♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED ♪ ♪ WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪ ♪ AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪ ♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ ♪ O SAY, DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪ ♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMED BY THE CHICKS, AS THEY ARE NOW CALLED, ONCE KNOWN AS THE DIXIE CHICKS. AFTER GEORGE FLOYD AND THE PROTESTS IN THIS COUNTRY, THEY DROPPED THAT PART OF THE NAME, SAID IT WAS ONLY APPROPRIATE. THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED POLITICALLY IN THE PAST, HAVE CAUSED SOME CONTROVERSY ALONG THE WAY, OR AT LEAST HAD FACED A BACKLASH OF BECOMING POLITICALLY INVOLVED. BUT THEY ARE HERE ON NIGHT FOUR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THE CHICKS KICKING THINGS OFF WITH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. HERE WITH OUR POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM ON THIS NIGHT FOUR, A HISTORY-MAKING NIGHT FOR SURE. LINSEY DAVIS, KAMALA HARRIS WILL STEP ONTO THAT STAGE. IRONICALLY, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S BEEN VICE PRESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS, SHE'S BEEN ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, SHE WILL REINTRODUCE HERSELF TO AMERICA NOW THAT SHE'S AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET. >> SHE SURE WILL. SHE HAS SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN HER LIFE HAS BEEN HER MOTHER, WHO OF COURSE NAMED HER KAMALA, WHICH MEANS LOTUS, SYMBOLIZING WISDOM. OF COURSE KAMALA HARRIS ALSO GREW UP WITH ANOTHER DONALD IN HER LIFE, DONALD HARRIS, A JAMAICAN IMMIGRANT, AND SHE TALKS OFTEN ABOUT A QUOTE HER MOTHER WOULD GIVE, WHICH IS DON'T TELL PEOPLE -- DON'T LET PEOPLE TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE. YOU TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE. AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE DOING THAT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TONIGHT. OF COURSE JOE BIDEN WOULD OFTEN SAY THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE THE FIRST PERSON AND THE LAST PERSON IN THE ROOM, AND SHE HAS SAID OF THAT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO OFFER THE PERSPECTIVE OF A WOMAN WHO GREW UP A BLACK CHILD IN AMERICA WHO WAS ALSO A PROSECUTOR, WHO ALSO HAD A MOTHER WHO ARRIVED HERE AT THE AGE OF 19 FROM IN INDIA, WHO ALSO LIKES HIP-HOP. I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU REALLY QUICKLY, DAVID, HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH NANCY PELOSI TODAY AND SHE SAID PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD OFTEN SAY, YOU'RE THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN AMERICAN POLITICS. AND SHE SAID, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE REALLY PUSHING THAT TITLE VERY SOON. >> THIS HAS BEEN A PASSING OF THE TORCH CONVENTION. WE'VE HEARD IT JUST ABOUT EVERY NIGHT HERE, FIGURES INCLUDING HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, PRESIDENT BIDEN HIMSELF HERE. EVERYONE CREATING THIS MOMENT FOR KAMALA HARRIS. SHE IS NOW THE STANDARD BEARER OF THIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SHE WILL BE UP THERE ON THE STAGE TONIGHT. MARY BRUCE, OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, YOU HAVE LEARNED SHE HAS CONTINUED TO TWEAK THIS SPEECH UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. >> I WAS TOLD SHE SPENT THE DAY REVIEWING AND MAKING REVISIONS TO THE SPEECH BY HAND. WE ARE TOLD TO EXPECT THIS TO BE DEEPLY PERSONAL REMARKS. THIS IS A CHANCE FOR HER TO COME OUT UNTIL HER AMERICAN STORY, TO TALK ABOUT THAT IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. SHE'S GOING TO SAY THE MIDDLE CLASS IS WHERE I COME FROM. THAT IS AN ARGUMENT SHE WANTS TO GET ACROSS. SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT BEING A PROSECUTOR. AND SHE IS GOING TO OUTLINE THAT VISION OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY WONDER, WHY THE NEED FOR THE REINTRODUCTION? SHE WAS VICE PRESIDENT, A CANDIDATE BEFORE. THIS IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. THIS IS HER CHANCE TO GET OUT THERE ON THAT STAGE AND DEFINE HERSELF, FOR HERSELF, TO DO THIS IN HER OWN VOICE. ONE MORE THING -- SO MUCH IS BEING MADE OF THE HISTORY HERE TONIGHT. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS IS THAT SHE HAS BEEN THE FIRST AT EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY IN HER CAREER. THAT WAS TRUE IN SAN FRANCISCO, TRUE WHEN SHE BECAME THE CALIFORNIA DISTRICT ATTORNEY, TRUE -- EXCUSE ME, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL -- AND TRUE OF COURSE WHEN SHE BECAME THE VICE PRESIDENT. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT DEFINES HER, YET SOMETHING THAT SHE HAS ACHIEVED THAT MILESTONE EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY. IN JUST A SHORT TIME, SHE'S GOING TO STEP OUT AND BECOME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND THE FIRST OF AFRICAN DESCENT. >> ONE THING, MARY, YOU TALK ABOUT, IS THIS LEANING IN ON MIDDLE-CLASS ROOTS. YOU ARE SEEING IT IN HER CAMPAIGNING AND CAMPAIGN ADS, AND YOU'VE HEARD KAMALA HARRIS TALK ABOUT HER RUNNING MATE, GOVERNOR TIM WALZ, WHO GOT UP HERE LAST NIGHT AND LEANED IN ON HIS MIDDLE-CLASS ROOTS. KAMALA HARRIS HAS SAID, I WAS RAISED BY A WORKING MOTHER, A SINGLE MOTHER, IN BERKELEY AND IN OAKLAND, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT, NOT THAT DIFFERENT FROM A KID WHO GREW UP IN NEBRASKA, IN THE PLAINS, WORKING IN FARMS. THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS BUT FROM MIDDLE-CLASS BACKGROUNDS, AND ONLY IN AMERICA, SHE MAKES THE ARGUMENT, WOULD KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ BE ABLE TO JOIN FROM HIS MIDDLE-CLASS ROOTS AND TRY TO MAKE IT TO THE WHITE HOUSE, JOHN. >> AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, WHAT THE TWO OF THEM HAVE DONE, IN AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE WAY IN THIS CONVENTION, DAVID, AS THEY HAVE UNIFIED A PARTY THAT HAS NOT BEEN UNIFIED. I HAVE BEEN COVERING DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS SINCE 1992. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CONVENTION OR UNIFIED. THE AMAZING THING, JUST FIVE WEEKS AGO, WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS STILL THE CANDIDATE, WE WERE EXPECTING TO SEE A CONVENTION THAT WAS GOING TO BE DEEPLY DIVIDED. SOME PEOPLE, MAJOR FIGURES IN THIS PARTY, WANTED BIDEN TO BE GONE BECAUSE OF AGE, OTHERS UPSET WITH THE ISRAEL POLICY. >> ON THE FLOOR, LET'S GO TO THE FLOOR AND SOME OF KAMALA HARRIS' FAMILY. >> TO TEACH YOU HOW TO SAY OUR AUNTIE'S NAME END. >> HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT? >> FIRST YOU SAY A COMMA LIKE A COMMA IN A SENTENCE. >> THEN YOU SAY LA LIKE "LA, LA, LA." >> PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT IS -- ONE, TWO, THREE -- KAMALA! LET'S PRACTICE. >> EVERYBODY OVER HERE SAY "COMMA!" BECAUSE COMMA! >> EVERYBODY OVER HERE SAY "LA!" >> LA! >> TOGETHER! >> KAMALA! KAMALA! >> FOR PRESIDENT! [APPLAUSE] 'S TO GO THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE RESOUNDING APPLAUSE WITH HELP FROM THE TWO BEAUTIFUL FACES, HER BABY NIECES, HER GREAT NIECES. THEY ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF THE YOUNGER SISTER TO KAMALA HARRIS, TRYING TO HELP THE NATION PRONOUNCE HER NAME. MOST OF US HAVE THAT DOWN, VICE PRESIDENT NOW FOR FOUR YEARS. HER OPPONENT LIKES TO PURPOSELY MISS PRONOUNCE THE NAME, BUT ARE MAKING POINT HERE TONIGHT. LET'S LISTEN TO THE CROWD FOR A SECOND. >> PLEASE WELCOME MINA HARRIS, ELLA EMHOFF, AND HELEN. >> SHE'S NOW TAKING THE STAGE WITH THE STEPDAUGHTER KAMALA HARRIS IS NOW HELPING TO RAISE. >> I'M MINA. >> I AM ELLA. >> AND I'M REALLY NOT. >> I GREW UP IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, IN A HOUSE FULL OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN. MY MOM, MY GRANDMA, AND MY AUNTIE, WHO SHOWED ME THE MEANING OF SERVICE. HELPING HER SISTER, 17 YEAR OLD SINGLE MOM, FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND STILL COOKING SUNDAY FAMILY DINNER. SHE GUIDED ME, NOW SHE'S GUIDING MY OWN CHILDREN, AND I KNOW SHE WILL GUIDE OUR COUNTRY FORWARD. >> KAMALA CAME INTO MY LIFE WHEN I WAS 14. FAMOUSLY A VERY EASY TIME FOR A TEENAGER. [LAUGHTER] LIKE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, I DIDN'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS FEELING, THAT NO MATTER WHAT, KAMALA WAS THERE FOR ME. SHE WAS PATIENT, CARING, AND ALWAYS TOOK ME SERIOUSLY. SHE HAS NEVER STOPPED LISTENING TO ME, AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO STOP LISTENING TO ALL OF US. [APPLAUSE] >> KAMALA HARRIS IS MY GODMOTHER. TO ME, HER ADVICE MEANS EVERYTHING. WHETHER IT IS PURSUING MY PASSIONS, MAKING AN IMPACT, OR FINDING HELP WHEN THE WORLD DOESN'T FEEL SO HOPEFUL, SHE TAUGHT ME THAT MAKING A DIFFERENCE MEANS GIVING YOUR WHOLE HEART AND TAKING ACTION. >> SHE IS FIGHTING FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, LGBTQ+ E QUALITY, AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. >> SHE IS FIGHTING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, HEALTH JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND SHE ISN'T ALONE. WE ARE ALL IN THIS FIGHT TOGETHER. >> SO LET'S KEEP UP THE FIGHT, LET'S KEEP UP THE JOY. >> AND LET'S ELECT THIS EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE FAMILY MAKING THE CASE AGAIN TONIGHT. WE HAVE SEEN THIS, LINSEY, THE THREAD, THE THROUGH LINE OF THE WHOLE WEEK, TRYING TO INTRODUCE THE NATION TO THE PERSONAL SIDE OF KAMALA HARRIS. THAT'S HER NIECE WHO SHE HELPED RAISE AND WAS PIVOTAL IN HER LIFE. HER STEPDAUGHTER PUSHING OUT COPARENTS WITH THE SECOND GENTLEMAN AND HIS FIRST WIFE, AND OF COURSE HER GODDAUGHTER, S WELL. >> AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED HERE MANY TIMES BEFORE, THEY CALL HER "MAMALA. "THERE IS A SOFTER SIDE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONVEY THIS WHOLE TIME. >> LET'S LISTEN NOW TO D.L. HUGHLEY, COMEDIAN WHO ALWAYS HAS QUITE AN OPINION ON POLITICS. LET'S LISTEN. >> YOU KNOW WHAT? IN THREE MONTHS, AIN'T GON' BE NO LIVING WITH Y'ALL. [LAUGHTER] I CAN TELL YOU THIS, I DON'T BLAME DONALD TRUMP FOR NOT WANTING TO DATE KAMALA. I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO HIM FOR 40 YEARS. I AM ZERO IN 93,000. OF COURSE TRUMP IS SAYING KAMALA ISN'T BLACK. I GUARANTEE YOU THIS, KAMALA HAS BEEN BLACK A LOT LONGER THAN TRUMP HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. [APPLAUSE] AND, IF YOU KEEP SLIDING IN THE POLLS THE WAY HE IS, THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP KAMALA OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE AS IF HE BUYS IT AND REFUSES TO RENT IT TO HER. [LAUGHTER] OF COURSE, KAMALA IS GETTING BROAD SUPPORT. THEY'VE GOT BLACK MEN FOR KAMALA, WHITE MEN FOR KAMALA, LATINOS AND ASIANS FOR KAMALA. THEY EVEN HAVE REPUBLICANS FOR KAMALA. REPUBLICANS FOR KAMALA. I GUESS DONALD TRUMP WILL FINALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GET LEFT FOR A YOUNGER WOMAN. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] BUT, SERIOUSLY, KAMALA IS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM, THAT HARD WORK IS NOT -- HARD WORK ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO SUCCEED. THAT YOU NEED ACCESS AND INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITY. AND SHE KNOWS THAT SOME FOLKS ARE OFTEN DENIED THOSE VERY THINGS. AS PRESIDENT, SHE WILL GIVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US A FAIR SHOT IN LIFE. [APPLAUSE] BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DIDN'T ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT. I MEAN, IF YOU TOLD ME AT 15 THAT I WOULD BE ON STAGE SUPPORTING A PROSECUTOR AND A TEACHER? [LAUGHTER] THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED YOU. BUT, BECAUSE OF THAT, I MADE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT KAMALA'S RECORD, AND I OFTEN REPEATED THEM TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THEN, ONE DAY, KAMALA INVITED ME TO HER HOUSE, PUT HER HANDS ON MY SHOULDER, AND ASKED ME TO DO SOME RESEARCH, SOMETHING I HAD NEVER DONE, SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. IMAGINE ATTACKING SOMEONE'S CHARACTER WITHOUT A SINGLE GOOGLE SEARCH. SO I DID WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I LEARNED THAT SHE HAD DONE FOR US EXACTLY WHAT SHE PROMISED TO. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR APOLOGIES SHOULD BE AS LOUD AS YOUR ACCUSATIONS, AND I'M HERE APOLOGIZING IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE DAMN WORLD. [APPLAUSE] I WAS WRONG, AND I AM SO VERY GLAD I WAS WRONG, BECAUSE, KAMALA, YOU GIVE ME HOPE FOR A FUTURE, A FUTURE WHERE I GRANDCHILDREN, NOLAN AND STEVIE, HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CONTROL THEIR OWN BODIES. WHERE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AS FAR AS THEIR WITS AND TALENT WILL TAKE THEM. THAT FUTURE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT ONLY IF WE ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AS THE 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [APPLAUSE] I WILL SAY THIS TO YOU -- THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE I'VE EVER GOTTEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE IS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU WILL DO, JUST KNOW WHAT YOU WON'T, AND WE WON'T GO BACK! [APPLAUSE] >> COMEDIAN D.L. HUGHLEY SPEAKING TO THE CROWD, ACKNOWLEDGING HE HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF KAMALA HARRIS IN THE PAST. >> THE ENERGY IN THIS ROOM IS ELECTRIC. AND YOU CAN FEEL IT EVERYWHERE. >> AS WE LISTEN TO THE HALL PREPARE FOR ITS NEXT GUEST. MARTHA, WE JUST LEARNED THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FIRST LADY JILL BIDENAVE JUST CALLED KAMALA HARRIS. THEY SPOKE TO HER AND SAID, WE CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH YOU ACCEPT THIS HISTORIC NOMINATION, AND THEIR MESSAGE TO AMERICA, WATCHING TONIGHT, KAMALA AND TIM WILL INSPIRE A GENERATION TO LEAD US INTO THE FUTURE. THE COMEDIAN TALKS ABOUT THE CRITICISM OF KAMALA HARRIS FOR YEARS. HE WAS LOOKING TO HER PROSECUTORIAL RECORD, ACTUALLY, IN SOME OF HIS WORDS IN THE PAST. BUT SOME OF THE CRITIQUE HAS BEEN ABOUT TRIVIAL THINGS, LIKE THE LAUGHTER. HER LAUGHTER. IT IS SO FASCINATING THIS WEEK THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE FLIPPED THE SCRIPT ON THAT. THEY HAVE LEANED INTO THE JOY AND OPTIMISM, AND WE BELIEVE IN HER SPEECH TONIGHT -- WE HAVE BEEN TOLD SHE WAS LEANING ON THE OPTIMISM FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA, AS WELL. >> THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HEARD ALL WEEK, AND SHE IS LEANING INTO HER LAUGHTER. THINGS OFTEN DIRECTED TO WOMEN, BY THE WAY, THEY'LL CRITICIZE LAUGHTER OR HOW SHE TALKS, OR IF SHE IS TOO NASAL, THINGS LIKE THAT. SHE HAS EMBRACED THAT, THEY HAVE EMBRACED THAT. ON THE ROAD I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LIKED HER AS A PERSONALITY. BUT, IN MANY WAYS, DAVID, THIS IS STILL KIND OF A BLIND DATE FOR AMERICA. IT'S YOUR ANNIVERSARY TODAY, BUT IT IS KIND OF A BLIND DATE. >> MY JOB IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE, ALL PEOPLE. IN 2020, RIGHTEOUS ANGER SPILLED OVER INTO THE STREETS OF FLINT, MICHIGAN. ONE BAD DECISION FROM EITHER SIDE, AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOODSHED. BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. WE LAID DOWN OUR RIOT GEAR, AND WE EMBRACED THE COMMUNITY. INSTEAD OF HATE, WE CHOSE HOPE. [APPLAUSE] ON JANUARY 6TH, THE OPPOSITE OCCURRED. THAT DAY WAS PAVED WITH DIVISION, DECEIT, AND DENIGRATION. POLICE OFFICERS WERE ATTACKED THAT DAY. IT COULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED. WE NEED A LEADER WHO WILL EMBODY WHAT HAS A FIXED ALL THREE SIDES OF MY SHARE PATROL CARS -- PROTECT, SERVE, AND UNIFY. [APPLAUSE] KAMALA HARRIS IS THAT LEADER. AS A PROSECUTOR, KAMALA HARRIS PROTECTED US BY PUTTING VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND SEX OFFENDERS BEHIND BARS. IF I WAS IN A COURTROOM, SHE IS EXACTLY THE TOUGH PROSECUTOR THAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE. AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE SERVED AMERICA BY KEEPING US SAFER, AND I CAN TESTIFY FIRSTHAND. WHERE I COME FROM, CRIME IS DOWN AND POLICE FUNDING IS UP. [APPLAUSE] AS PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS WILL UNIFY OUR COUNTRY. SHE WILL BRING US TOGETHER, BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY NEEDS A LEADER WHO WILL GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH DRUG CARTELS AND BULLIES. [APPLAUSE] ONE WHO HAS ALREADY TAKEN THE OATH, RAISED HER RIGHT HAND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE. I CAN TELL YOU, IN 2020, WE WERE ABLE TO TURN A PROTEST INTO A PEACEFUL MOVEMENT BY WALKING TOGETHER. ONE CITY, ONE COMMUNITY, AND ONE COUNTRY. [APPLAUSE] AMERICA, LET'S WALK! LET'S WALK. LET'S WALK TOGETHER, AND LET'S ELECT KAMALA HARRIS, AND TURN HATE INTO HOPE YET AGAIN. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THERE YOU HAVE THE MESSAGE ON THE FLOOR. IT ECHOES WHAT WE HAVE HEARD THESE LAST FOUR NIGHTS. LET'S TURN HATE INTO HOPE. THAT IS SHERIFF CHRIS SWANSON OF GENESEE COUNTY MICHIGAN. RACHEL SCOTT ON THE FLOOR FOR US TONIGHT. JUST THE ENERGY IN THE CROWD ON THIS NIGHT OF HISTORY, KNOWING THAT THIS WILL BE KAMALA HARRIS' NIGHT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE NATION. >> YES, DAVID. THE HISTORY AND THE WEIGHT OF THIS MOMENT IS NOT LOST ON ANYONE IN THIS ROOM. IT'S GETTING HARDER TO MOVE AROUND HERE ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR, PARTLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, BUT ALSO PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE ENERGY THAT IS IN THIS CONVENTION, AS WELL. PEOPLE DANCING, PEOPLE READY TO SEE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. WHAT STARTED INITIALLY DURING THIS CONVENTION HAS A LOVE LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN, FOCUSED ON DEMOCRACY, THE PAGE HAS NOW TURNED. THE TORCH HAS NOW BEEN PASSED TO VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. TWO WORDS WE ARE GOING TO HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN TONIGHT, FREEDOM AND JOY, DAVID. >> RACHEL, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL WEEK LONG. LET'S BRING TERRY MORAN DOWN ON THE FLOOR. WE ARE PREPARING TO HEAR FROM VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. AMONG THEM, CONGRESSMAN LUCY MCBATH. SHE'S NOW INTO POLITICS BECAUSE SHE LOST HER 17-YEAR-OLD SON. SHE WILL HELP BRING A GROUP WHO WILL SPEAK TO THIS ON THE FLOOR, AND WE TOOK NOTE THAT LAST NIGHT GOVERNOR WALZ TALKED ABOUT BEING A PROUD HUNTER. HE SAID "I HAVE THE TROPHIES TO PROVE IT, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN." >> THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, POLLS SHOW THEY ARE WITH THEM. THEY WANT THE END TO CARNAGE IN SCHOOLS AND STORIES IN THE RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO PUSH IT, THEY NEED A CHAMPION. THEY BELIEVE KAMALA HARRIS CAN ARTICULATE THAT. THE PROBLEM IS CONGRESS CAN'T GET THAT DONE, AND IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT WHEN PRESIDENT IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT. >> TERRY MORAN DOWN ON THE FLOOR WITH RACHEL SCOTT ACROSS THE CONVENTION HALL. OUR THANKS TO YOU. LET'S LOOK AT THE STAGE NOW. THERE IS A VIDEO PRESENTATION ON THE EFFECTS OF MASS SHOOTINGS AND THE GUN VIOLENCE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. IT'S JUST WRAPPING UP. AGAIN, CONGRESSWOMAN LUCY MCBATH FROM THE ATLANTA SUBURBS SET TO LEAD THIS MOMENT. >> WHEN I WORKED -- >> PLEASE WELCOME GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE LUCY MCBATH. [APPLAUSE] >> WHEN I WORKED FOR EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY AND MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA -- [APPLAUSE] I SAW FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF TELLING OUR STORIES. YOU HAVE JUST HEARD MINE. BUT THERE ARE MANY MORE TO TELL. >> ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2012, I WALKED INTO SANDY HOOK SCHOOL. I STOPPED AT THE OFFICE, CHATTED WITH MY PRINCIPAL, AND THEN STARTED MY DAY WITH MY SECOND GRADERS. SUDDENLY, A LOUD CRASH, LIKE METAL FOLDING CHAIRS FALLING. 154 GUNSHOTS BLARING. HIDING IN THE COATS, TRYING TO SING WITH MY STUDENTS, TRYING TO READ TO THEM, TRYING TO DROWN OUT THE SOUNDS. TERROR, CRYING, RUNNING. I CARRY THAT HORRIFIC DAY WITH ME. 20 BEAUTIFUL FIRST GRADE CHILDREN AND SIX OF MY BEAUTIFUL COLLEAGUES WERE KILLED. THEY SHOULD STILL BE HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> 10:30 A.M. AT ROBB ELEMENTARY IN UVALDE. THE SCHOOL IS RECOGNIZING MY 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, LEXI, FOR RECEIVING ALL As. SHE RECEIVES A GOOD CITIZEN AWARD AND WE POSED FOR PHOTOS. SHE WEARS A SAINT MARY'S SWEATSHIRT AND A SMILE THAT LIGHTS UP THE ROOM. [VOICE BREAKING] 30 MINUTES LATER, A GUNMAN MURDERED TERRY 18 CLASSMATES, AND TWO TEACHERS. WE ARE TAKEN TO A PRIVATE ROOM WHERE POLICE TELL US SHE ISN'T COMING HOME. UVALDE IS NATIONAL NEWS. PARENTS EVERYWHERE REACH FOR THEIR CHILDREN. I REACH OUT FOR THE DAUGHTER I WILL NEVER HOLD AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] >> MY NIECE, SANDY PATRICE, WAS 22. SHE DROVE TO MYRTLE BEACH FOR SUN AND FUN AND MOTORCYCLE PARADES. HOURS LATER, MY PHONE RANG. SHOOTING ON THE BEACH. NO ONE CAN FIND SANDY. I STAYED CALM. YOU SEE, MY MOTHER, PATRICIA ANN, HAD BEEN SHOT AND KILLED BY AN ABUSIVE PARTNER. I WAS CALM THEN, TOO. I GOT TO HANDLING BUSINESS. I CALLED RELATIVES, THE POLICE, HOSPITALS, AND I KEPT CALLING. VOICE STEADY, HEARTBEAT PULSING. THEN I WAS CONNECTED, TO THE CORONER. TEN YEARS OF WAITING, AND SANDY'S MURDER IS STILL UNSOLVED. I WILL KEEP CALLING, AND I WILL KEEP FIGHTING. [APPLAUSE] >> I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MY CLASSMATE GOT SHOT. IT CHANGED MY STORY. INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT TAKING TESTS, I STARTED WORRYING ABOUT LIVING TO TAKE ANOTHER TEST. THEY SAY SCHOOLS ARE FOR LEARNING, AND I DID LEARN A LOT THAT DAY. I LEARNED HOW TO RUN, HOW TO HIDE AND DROP. THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEWS CAN HAPPEN TO ME. BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE, TOO. THAT WE CAN WRITE AND MUST WRITE A NEW STORY IF WE CHOOSE TO. [APPLAUSE] >> HOURS ARE STORIES OF LOSS, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, OUR LOSSES DO NOT WEAKEN US. THEY STRENGTHEN OUR RESOLVE. [APPLAUSE] WE WILL SECURE A SAFER THAT WE ALL DESERVE. WE WILL ORGANIZE. WE WILL ADVOCATE. WE WILL RUN FOR OFFICE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> CONGRESSWOMAN LUCY MCBATH, REPRESENTING THE ATLANTA SUBURBS. >> AND WE WILL JOIN WITH AMERICANS FROM SMALL TOWNS AND BIG CITIES TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. [APPLAUSE] AND WE WILL ELECT LEADERS LIKE KAMALA HARRIS, WHO WON'T JUST EMPATHIZE, BUT WILL ACT. [APPLAUSE] >> SHE LOST HER 17-YEAR-OLD SON, RAN FOR CONGRESS. WE HEARD FROM FAMILIES FROM SANDY HOOK TO UVALDE. AND NOW A MOMENT IN FRONT OF THIS HALL, SOMEONE YOU WILL RECOGNIZE WHO WAS ALSO AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE. >> PLEASE WELCOME ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVE GABBY GIFFORDS. >> FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS, NOW 54 YEARS OLD, ON THE STAGE THERE WITH HER HUSBAND, SENATOR MARK KELLY OF ARIZONA. AS WE KNOW, SHE WAS DOING A MEET AND GREET BACK IN 2011 IN TUCSON, HAVING BEEN REELECTED TO CONGRESS, WHEN A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE. HER RECOVERY HAS BEEN WELL-DOCUMENTED. IT HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. [CROWD CHANTING "GABBY"] >> HELLO, FELLOW AMERICANS! I'M GABBY GIFFORDS. I WAS BORN IN THE GREAT STATE OF ARIZONA! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I WAS BORN WITH GRIT. I GREW UP RACING MOTORCYCLES, MUCKING STALLS, AND EXPLORING THE BEAUTIFUL DESERT. I FELL FOR AN ASTRONAUT. [APPLAUSE] FOR FIVE YEARS, I SERVED IN CONGRESS FROM A SWING DISTRICT. EVERYBODY CALLED ME A RISING STAR. THEN, ON JANUARY 8TH, 2011, A MAN TRIED TO ASSASSINATE ME. HE SHOT 19 PEOPLE. HE KILLED SIX. TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE DAY. I ALMOST DIED, BUT I THOUGHT FOR MY LIFE, AND I SURVIVED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I LEARNED TO WALK AGAIN, ONE STEP AT A TIME. I LEARNED TO TALK WITH ONE WORD AT A TIME. SO MANY PEOPLE HELPED ME AS I WORKED HARD TO RECOVER, INCLUDING A DECENT MAN FROM DELAWARE WHO ALWAYS CHECKED IN, AND HE STILL DOES! [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, JOE BIDEN. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. JOE IS A GREAT PRESIDENT. MY FRIEND KAMALA WILL BE A GREAT PRESIDENT. SHE IS TOUGH, SHE HAS GRIT. KAMALA CAN BEAT THE GUN LOBBY. SHE CAN FIGHT GUN TRAFFICKING. KAMALA STOOD UP TO COMPANIES. SHE WILL PROTECT ABORTION AC ACCESS. SHE WILL DEFEND AND SAVE LIVES. JOIN ME IN VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS! THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MARY BRUCE, KAMALA HARRIS AND HER CAMPAIGN LEANING IN ON THE LEGISLATION THAT SHE PASSED WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THESE PAST FOUR YEARS. AND GABBY GIFFORDS, STANDING WITH SOMEBODY WHO WAS VETTED TO BE A POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE FOR KAMALA HARRIS, BY THE WAY. GABBY GIFFORDS SAYING KAMALA HARRIS WILL CONTINUE THE SITE. >> THE ISSUE OF GUN REFORM IS ONE WHERE KAMALA HARRIS' CAMPAIGN IS VERY EAGER TO SHOW THE WORK THAT SHE DID WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION, WORKING TO PASS THE SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT, WORKING TO BREAK THAT 30-YOUR LOGJAM WITH GUN REFORM IN WASHINGTON. THEY PUT HER IN CHARGE OF THE OFFICE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND WITH THE PICK OF TIM WALZ, THEY ARE EAGER TO SHOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO BALANCE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY. TIM WALZ, AN AVID HUNTER, HE WENT ON TO ENACT IN HIS STATE STRONGER GUN LAWS INCLUDING EXPANDING BACKGROUND CHECKS. SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THEY ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS TONIGHT. >> AND JON KARL, BACK TO THAT CONVERSATION, HOW EFFECTIVE WAS HE IN TRYING TO BRIDGE THAT DIVIDE? TALKING ABOUT HOW PROUD HE IS TO BE A HUNTER, BUT AS GOVERNOR HE BELIEVES IT IS THEIR JOB TO ALSO PROTECT THE CHILDREN. >> HE'S PROUD TO BE A HUNTER, HE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS OWNED GUNS HIS ENTIRE LIFE, SOMEBODY WHO GOT ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN A CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE NRA, SOMEBODY WHO IN CONGRESS EARNED AN A RATING FROM THE NRA. HE WAS PROUD OF THAT AND THEN HE BECAME PROUDER OF GETTING AN F FROM THE NRA AFTER THE PARKLAND SHOOTING AFTER HE BECAME AN ADVOCATE FOR WHAT HE CONSIDERS COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM. >> LET'S GO TO THE STAGE. THREE-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING PINK, AS THE ANNOUNCER JUST SAID. SHE WAS PART OF A 160000-WOMEN-ATTENDED ZOOM CALL FOR 90 MINUTES, MAKING THE CASE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. >> ♪ WE ARE SEARCHLIGHTS, WE CAN SEE IN THE DARK MAMA ♪ WE ARE ROCKETS POINTED UP AT THE STARS ♪ ♪ WE ARE BILLIONS OF BEAUTIFUL HEARTS ♪ ♪ AND YOU SOLD US DOWN THE RIVER TOO FAR ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY EVER AFTER'S ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT LOVE ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT TRUST ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US ♪ ♪ ♪ WE ARE PROBLEMS THAT WANT TO BE SOLVED ♪ ♪ WE ARE CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE LOVED ♪ ♪ WE WERE WILLIN', WE CAME WHEN YOU CALLED ♪ ♪ BUT MAN, YOU FOOLED US ♪ ♪ ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, OH ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY EVER AFTERS? ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT ABOUT LOVE? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT TRUST? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ STICKS AND STONES, THEY MAY BREAK THESE BONES ♪ ♪ BUT THEN, I'LL BE READY, ARE YOU READY? ♪ ♪ I DON'T WANT CONTROL, I WANT TO LET GO ♪ ♪ ARE YOU READY? I'LL BE READY ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE NOW IT'S TIME TO LET THEM KNOW ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TIMES YOU SAID YOU HAD THE ANSWERS? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN HAPPY EVER AFTERS? ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PLANS THAT ENDED IN DISASTER? ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT ABOUT LOVE? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT TRUST? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ ♪ WHAT ABOUT US? ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THAT IS PINK WITH HER DAUGHTER, WILLOW, TO HER RIGHT, OUR LEFT, AS WE LOOK ON. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A HINT OF A PROUD MOTHER LOOKING AT HER DAUGHTER, AND WHAT A VOICE SHE HAS, WILLOW, AS WELL. PART OF THAT ZOOM BECAUSE SHE DID, 160,000 WOMEN WERE ON THAT CALL, AS I MENTIONED. PINK SAID ON THE CALL, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHICH CANDIDATE IS PERFECT, IT'S ABOUT WHICH CANDIDATE IS HUMAN AND WANT TO KEEP US ALL HUMAN. >> THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY OF THOSE ZOOM CALLS STARTING WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS THAT SHE WAS INITIALLY ENDORSED TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT, AT LEAST THE NOMINEE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. BLACK WOMEN WAS THE FIRST NIGHT, THEN AFTER A WHILE IT WAS WHITE WOMEN, THEN IT WAS WHITE DUDES FOR KAMALA HARRIS, THEN IT WAS LGBTQ FIRST KAMALA, LATINOS. THAT FIRST CALL, DAVID, WITHIN THAT FIRST CALL, MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS RAISED, AND IT JUST SPIRALED FROM THERE. >> IT HAS BEEN SORT OF A GRASSROOTS ASPECT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. I HAVE TO SAY, WE ALL GOT USED TO THESE ZOOMS DURING COVID AND IT'S BECOME QUITE A POWERFUL POLITICAL WEAPON. >> NOT JUST EVERYDAY PEOPLE. SHE WOULD HAVE A NUMBER OF POLITICAL PEOPLE, A NUMBER OF ENTERTAINERS WHO WERE KIND OF STUMPING FOR HER, IN A WAY, BUT IT WAS A WAY TO REACH OUT AND SAY, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP EXPAND THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY? >> A CALL TO ACTION, AS WE HEARD. SEVERAL NIGHTS DURING THIS CONVENTION. SENATOR MARK KELLY BACK ON THE STAGE AFTER ASSISTING HIS WIFE. AS YOU KNOW, HE WAS A POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE. HE HAS AS A SUPPORTER IN THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE OF ARIZONA. >> HELLO, DEMOCRATS. [CROWD CHANTING] SO, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD TO FOLLOW MICHELLE. I HAD TO FOLLOW GABBY AND PINK. [LAUGHTER] GABBY AMAZES ME EVERY SINGLE DAY. [APPLAUSE] SHE WAS ABLE TO WALK OUT AND ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE IS A FIGHTER. AND, THANKS TO A TEAM OF DOCTORS, NURSES, AND ESPECIALLY HER SPEECH THERAPIST. [APPLAUSE] WE ALL NEED A TEAM. I HAVE FLOWN INTO SPACE FOUR TIMES. I HAVE FLOWN INTO COMBAT NEARLY 40 TIMES. NOT ONCE DID I DO THAT BY MYSELF. IT TOOK A TEAM TO ACCOMPLISH A MISSION. IT ALWAYS DOES. I FLEW IN THE NAVY DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. AMERICA RALLIED OUR ALLIES TO KICK OUT A TYRANT WHO INVADED A NEIGHBOR. TODAY, VLADIMIR PUTIN IS TESTING WHETHER WE ARE STILL THAT STRONG. IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND ESPECIALLY CHINA WATCH CLOSELY. WHAT IS TRUMP'S ANSWER? HE INVITED RUSSIA TO DO -- AND THESE ARE HIS WORDS, NOT MINE -- "WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT." [BOOS] VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS ALWAYS CHAMPIONED AMERICA'S SUPPORT FOR NATO, FOR UKRAINE, AND FOR THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. [APPLAUSE] ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, SHE INVESTIGATED RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTION. SHE DEFENDS FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS EVERYWHERE. YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TRUMP FEELS ABOUT THOSE. DONALD TRUMP SKIPPED HIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS. HE WAS TOO BUSY SUCKING UP TO DICTATORS AND DREAMING OF BECOMING ONE HIMSELF. [BOOS] TRUMP THINKS THAT AMERICANS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ARE SUCKERS AND LOSERS. [BOOS] IF WE FALL FOR THAT AGAIN AND MAKE HIM THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, THE ONLY SUCKERS WOULD BE US. [APPLAUSE] KAMALA HARRIS KNOWS THAT STANDING WITH OUR ALLIES MEANS STANDING UP FOR AMERICANS. SHE'LL KEEP MODERNIZING OUR MILITARY TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, AND TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS LIKE OUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT, TIM WALZ. [APPLAUSE] THE WORLD LAUGHS AT TRUMP, LITERALLY. BUT, FOLKS, IT IS NOT FUNNY. WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, THAT MEANT THE WORLD WAS LAUGHING AT US. THE THREATS WE HAVE FACED ARE TOO SERIOUS. THE SACRIFICES OUR SERVICE MEMBERS MAKE ARE TOO SACRED. THE ALLIANCES WE HAVE SPENT DECADES BUILDING ARE TOO CRITICAL. THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE NOW, AND THE CHOICE, THE CHOICE ISN'T EVEN CLOSE. BUT, IN ARIZONA, AND NATIONWIDE, THIS ELECTION WILL BE. [APPLAUSE] WHEEL WIN IN THE SAME WAY WE LAUNCH ROCKETS INTO SPACE AND LAND FIGHTER JETS ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER: AS ONE TEAM, ON ONE MISSION. STATE-BY-STATE, VOTER BY VOTER, COMING TOGETHER. NO COUNTRY IS BETTER THAN OURS AT SOLVING BIG PROBLEMS. SO, ON NOVEMBER 5TH, LET'S PROVE THAT AMERICA IS STILL THE LEADER THE WORLD NEEDS TODAY, BY ELECTING THE LEADER WE NEED RIGHT NOW, KAMALA HARRIS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. [APPLAUSE] >> SENATOR MARK KELLY OF ARIZONA. OF NOTE HERE, WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY DURING THIS CONVENTION BUT NOT DURING PRIME TIME. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR PIVOT TO FOREIGN POLICY AND DEFENDING THIS COUNTRY. >> AND AN IMPORTANT PIVOT, BECAUSE SHE HAS TO TALK ABOUT THAT. SHE HAS TO DEFEND HER RECORD, THE RECORD WITH THE BIDEN-HARRIS TEAM. SHE IS VERY MUCH LIKE JOE BIDEN IN TERMS OF FOREIGN POLICY, BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES. >> FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON PANETTA CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION ON THIS POINT. >> I AM PROUD TO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMY, THE CONGRESS, THE WHITE HOUSE, CHIEF OF STAFF, CIA DIRECTOR, AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. [APPLAUSE] I HAVE LOOKED INTO THE EYES OF OUR WARRIORS AND DEPLOYED THEM INTO BATTLE. I GAVE THE ORDER DIRECTING OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES TO FLY TWO HELICOPTERS 150 MILES INTO ABBOTTABAD AT NIGHT. AND BY THE TIME THE SUN ROSE, USAMA BIN LADEN WAS DEAD. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BECAUSE NOBODY ATTACKS OUR COUNTRY AND GETS AWAY WITH IT. NOBODY. THAT IS WHAT OUR WARRIORS DO. THAT IS WHAT OUR WARRIORS DO. OUR WARRIORS NEED A TOUGH, COOL-HEADED COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY FROM TYRANTS AND TERRORISTS. WE NEED KAMALA HARRIS BEHIND THE RESOLUTE DESK. [APPLAUSE] SHE KNOWS. SHE KNOWS A TYRANT WHEN SHE SEES ONE, AND OUR ALLIES KNOW A LEADER WHEN THEY SEE ONE. ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, AND AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE WORKED WITH MORE THAN 150 WORLD LEADERS. SHE HAS LOOKED OUR ALLIES IN THE EYE AND SAID, "AMERICA HAS YOUR BACK." TRUMP WOULD ABANDON OUR ALLIES AND ISOLATE AMERICA. WE TRIED THAT IN THE 1930s. IT WAS FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS THEN, AND IT IS FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS NOW. [APPLAUSE] LISTEN TO PRESIDENT REAGAN. PRESIDENT REAGAN. ISOLATIONISM NEVER WAS AND NEVER WILL BE AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TO TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENTS. NEVER. TRUMP TELLS TYRANTS LIKE PUTIN THAT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. KAMALA HARRIS TELLS TYRANTS, "THE HELL YOU CAN. NOT ON MY WATCH." [APPLAUSE] SHE HAS WORKED WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST RUSSIA. SHE KNOWS THAT PROTECTING THEIR DEMOCRACY PROTECTS OUR DEMOCRACY, AS WELL. LOOK -- DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORLD, AND HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR MILITARY. OUR FALLEN VETERANS ARE NOT SUCKERS. THEY ARE NOT LOSERS. THEY ARE OUR HEROES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] KAMALA HARRIS WILL HONOR OUR VETERANS, AND IN TIM WALZ WE WILL HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAS SERVED IN UNIFORM HONORABLY FOR 24 YEARS. [APPLAUSE] KAMALA HARRIS UNDERSTANDS THIS MOMENT. IT IS A MOMENT OF DANGER AND A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY. SHE WILL KEEP AMERICA'S MILITARY THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD, THE STRONGEST EVER KNOWN. AND SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR MILITARY IS FOR. THE ROLE OF OUR MILITARY IS TO DEFEND US FROM FOREIGN ENEMIES. IT IS NOT TO THREATEN AMERICANS, AND IT SURE AS HELL ISN'T TO PUT IMMIGRANTS IN CAMPS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] EVERY PRESIDENT, EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE WORLD WAR II, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, HAS SHARED THE BELIEF THAT AMERICA MUST PROTECT DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD. EVERY PRESIDENT HAS HONORED OUR VETERANS AND THEIR SACRIFICES. EVERY PRESIDENT, BUT ONE. BUT ONE. SO WE FACE A CRITICAL CHOICE, TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE WHO STANDS WITH OUR MILITARY AND STANDS UP FOR DEMOCRACY, OR SOMEONE WHO WILL DISRESPECT OUR HEROES AND UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY. MY FELLOW AMERICANS, THERE IS ONLY ONE CHOICE. ONE CHOICE. [APPLAUSE] AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING -- WHEN SHE TAKES HER OATH OF OFFICE, AS SHE WILL THIS JANUARY, OUR ALLIES WILL CHEER, OUR ENEMIES WILL FEAR, AND WE WILL HAVE A COMMANDER IN CHIEF THAT WE CAN TRUST. GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS, AND GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY. [APPLAUSE] >> HE IS 86 YEARS OLD NOW, LEON PANETTA, THE FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. ALSO CIA DIRECTOR DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL. AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY, CONTINUING ON THAT VEIN. CONNIE'S BEEN RUBEN GALLEGO IS RUNNING FOR SENATE IN ARIZONA UP AGAINST KERRY LAKE. >> THE PROUDEST ARIZONA AND WILL EVER MEET, BUT I AM EVEN PROUDER TO BE A MARINE. OORAH! [APPLAUSE] MY MOM RAISED US ALONE ON A SECRETARY 'S SALARY. I SLEPT ON THE FLOOR. I WORKED EVERY JOB I COULD. MEAT PACKING, CONSTRUCTION, MAKING PIZZAS. I MADE IT TO HARVARD WITH NO MONEY OR CONNECTIONS. OTHER KIDS WERE HAPPY, BECAUSE THEY WERE AT HARVARD. I WAS HAPPY BECAUSE I FINALLY HAD A MATTRESS. THEN I ENLISTED, FOUGHT ALONGSIDE MY BROTHERS WITH LIMA 325 IN IRAQ. THEY CALLED US "LUCKY LIMA," BUT OUR LUCK RAN OUT. WE SAW SOME OF THE HEAVIEST COMBAT OF THE WAR. WHEN WE GOT HOME, THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO HELP US READJUST. WE HAVE A DUTY TO CARE FOR OUR PATRIOTS WHO SERVE OUR NATION. [APPLAUSE] FOR THE VIETNAM VETERAN AND BUCKEYE WHO RELIES ON THE VA FOR HIS MEDICATION, FOR THE AFGHAN VETERAN IN PITTSBURGH WHO FINALLY GOT TREATMENT FOR HIS PTSD, FOR THE MARINE IN MILWAUKEE WHO RELIES ON THE BENEFITS SHE EARNED. FOR MY NAVAJO BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SERVED IN THE MARINES WITH ME. I REMEMBER YOU, TOO. KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ ARE FIGHTING FOR THEM. KAMALA HARRIS HAS DELIVERED MORE BENEFITS TO MORE VETERANS -- >> CONGRESSMAN RUBEN GALLEGO, A SENATE CANDIDATE IN ARIZONA. SECOND-GENERATION AMERICAN, HIS MOTHER, FATHER BORN IN MEXICO, HIS MOTHER IN COLOMBIA. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, GRETCHEN WHITMER, ALSO CONSIDERED A RISING STAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 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Let's go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. It doesn't get any more Cutting Edge and this The countdown is on Tuesday September 3rd the views on the move into a new big season and get this moving into a fabulous new home and Studio to you. Never know. What's going to happen here the view new season right here on ABC. What does it take to be the most watched news cast in America? We are part of an operation. This is our combat Operation Center. We're approaching the gate militants came in from hi David Dave PCS World News Tonight with David Muir is America's most watched news cast. >> KAMALA HARRIS MAKING HER CASE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THE SPLINT TO NOVEMBER 5TH BEGINS, THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN HARRIS AND TRUMP. FIRST THINGS FIRST, OUR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT AND THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION STARTS NOW. >> TONIGHT. >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> KAMALA HARRIS. >> JUST MOMENTS FROM NOW, THE VICE PRESIDENT STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AND MAKES HISTORY. >> TOGETHER, WE WILL CHARGE A NEW WAY FORWARD. >> KAMALA HARRIS, THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE, HER VISION, HER PLANS FOR HER PRESIDENCY. >> HER BIG NIGHT, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION LIVE FROM CHICAGO. NOW REPORTING, DAVID MIR. >> 10:00 IN THE EAST. LET'S GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR. GRETCHEN WITMER HAS JUST TAKEN THE PODIUM. >> AT 29, I JOINED THE SANDWICH GENERATION. BETWEEN WORKING AND RAISING MY NEWBORN AND CARING FOR MY MOM, WHO WAS DYING FROM BRAIN CANCER. IT WAS HARD. NOT EXTRAORDINARY. IT IS LIFE. THOSE NIGHTS REMINDED ME WHO I WAS FIGHTING FOR. PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT. KAMALA HARRIS KNOWS WHO SHE IS FIGHTING FOR. SHE TOOK CARE OF HER MOM, WHO ALSO BATTLED CANCER. AS PRESIDENT, SHE WILL FIGHT TO LOWER THE COST OF HEALTH CARE AND ELDERCARE FOR EVERY FAMILY. SHE HAS LIVED A LIFE LIKE OURS. SHE KNOWS US. DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT KNOW YOU AT ALL. YOU THINK HE UNDERSTANDS WHEN YOUR CAR BREAKS DOWN, YOU CAN'T GET TO WORK? NO. HIS FIRST WORD WAS PROBABLY CHAUFFEUR. YOU THINK HE HAS EVER HAD TO TAKE ITEMS OUT OF THE CART BEFORE CHECKING OUT? YOU THINK HE HAS EVER BEEN TO A GROCERY STORE? THAT IS WHAT THE CHAUFFEUR IS FOR. KAMALA HARRIS, SHE GETS US. SHE SEES US. SHE IS US. WE HAVE ALL LIVED THROUGH A LOT OF HISTORY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. FLOODS AND FIRES, AND ATTEMPTED TO, A PLOT AND A PANDEMIC. IT IS EXHAUSTING. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WILL BRING, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THIS. THROUGH IT ALL, YOUR LIFE WON'T STOP. YOU WILL HAVE TO GET TO WORK, PICK UP THE KIDS AND PAY YOUR BILLS. ONE DAY, WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET EVERYONE OUT THE DOOR, A NEWS ALERT GOES OFF, SOMETHING HAPPENED. SOMETHING HIT THE FAN. HE WILL ASK IF MY FAMILY IS GOING TO BE OKAY. THEN, YOU WILL ASK, WHO IS IN CHARGE? WHAT IF IT IS HIM? WHAT IF IT IS THAT MAN. I KNOW, IN A CRISIS, WE NEED SOMEONE STRONG ENOUGH TO COME UP WITH A PLAN, TO TELL THE TRUTH. TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. RIGHT NOW, BEFORE THE CRISIS IS WHEN WE GET TO CHOOSE. WHY WOULDN'T WE CHOOSE THE LEADER WHO IS TOUGH, TESTED, AND, A TOTAL BAD ASS? I KNOW WHO I WANT IS MY COMMANDER IN CHIEF. >> LARGELY CONSIDERED A RISING STAR. >> ACTRESS EVA LONGORIA TAKING THE STAGE. >> HELLO, CHICAGO. I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WHAT AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT AND YOU ARE PART OF IT. I HAVE KNOWN KAMALA HARRIS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY A LOT LIKE YOURS. WE WERE RAISED KNOWING NO ONE WAS GOING TO HAND US ANYTHING. WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD. SHE WORKED AT McDONALD'S, BUT I WORKED AT WENDY'S. LOOK AT US NOW. SHE AND I WERE ABLE TO SEE BEYOND THE HORIZON BECAUSE OUR FAMILY SUPPORTED OUR BIG DREAMS. AS AMERICANS, WE ARE ALL PART OF ONE BIG FAMILY. FAMILY, WE HAVE TO HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK. WE HAVE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER'S DREAMS BECAUSE HER SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS. SHE SUPPORTS US TO DREAM BIG. IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A SAYING. IT MEANS, YES. YES, WE CAN. TONIGHT, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, YES, SHE CAN. WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU IF SHE IS READY TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO SAY YES. WHEN THEY SAY IS SHE QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB, WE ARE GOING TO SAY SHE IS. WHEN SOMEONE ASKED IF SHE IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WE ARE GOING TO SAY SHE IS. OUR VOICES, OUR VOTE. WE ARE GOING TO DECIDE THIS ELECTION. THE ENERGY TONIGHT IS NOT JUST HERE IN CHICAGO. IT IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE ARE GATHERED AT WATCH PARTIES EVERYWHERE TO CELEBRATE KAMALA HARRIS. SAY HELLO. WE KNOW HOW TO WORK, SO LET'S GET TO WORK. LET'S TURN THIS ENTHUSIASM AND JOY INTO ACTION BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 5TH. LET'S GO. >> EVA LONGORIA ON THE STAGE, THE WATCH PARTIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON THE BIG SCREEN BEHIND HER. I'M GOING TO RECLINE. YOU ARE NEXT TO THE STAGE AND WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR TEA LEAVES, BUT THERE IS A CURTAIN UP? >> ALL WEEK LONG, REPORTERS HERE BEING ABLE TO PEAK BACKSTAGE. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE OPRAH AND WE SAW TWO MALTS GET HAIR SPRAY. RIGHT NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR DAYS, THERE IS A CURTAIN BLOCKING OUR VIEW. THERE HAS BEEN BUZZ ABOUT A SPECIAL GUEST AND IT IS ONLY ADDING TO THE SPECULATION. >> THERE MIGHT BE A SPECIAL GUEST. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. LET'S GO BACK TO THE STAGE. IT CONTINUES WITH THE THEME HERE OF REPUBLICAN SPEAKING AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. ADAM KEN'S ANGER. HE BECAME A FIGURE DURING THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF DONALD TRUMP. >> I WAS A REPUBLICAN FOR 12 YEARS IN CONGRESS AND I HOLD ONTO THE LABEL. YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD SEE ME, DID YOU? I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I WANT TO LET MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS IN ON THE SECRET. THE DEMOCRATS ARE AS PATRIOTIC AS US. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THEY LOVE THIS COUNTRY IS MUCH AS WE DO. AND THEY ARE AS EAGER TO DEFEND AMERICAN VALUES AT HOME AND ABROAD AS WE CONSERVATIVES HAVE EVER BEEN. I WAS RELIEVED TO DISCOVER THAT. I LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT MY PARTY, SOMETHING I COULD NOT IGNORE. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NO LONGER CONSERVATIVE. IT HAS SWITCHED ITS ALLEGIANCE FROM THE PRINCIPLES THAT GAVE A PURPOSE TO A MAN WHOSE ONLY PURPOSE IS HIMSELF. DONALD TRUMP IS A WEAK MAN PRETENDING TO BE STRONG. HE IS A SMALL MAN PRETENDING TO BE BIG. HE IS A FAITHLESS MAN PRETENDING TO BE RIGHTEOUS. HE IS A PERPETRATOR WHO CAN'T STOP PLAYING THE VICTIM. HE PUTS ON QUITE A SHOW BUT THERE IS NO REAL STRENGTH THERE. AS A CONSERVATIVE AND A VETERAN I BELIEVE TRUE STRENGTH LIES IN DEFENDING THE VULNERABLE. IT IS IN PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY, IN STANDING UP FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR DEMOCRACY. THAT IS THE SOUL OF BEING A CONSERVATIVE. IT USED TO BE THE SOUL OF BEING A REPUBLICAN, BUT DONALD TRUMP HAS SUFFOCATED THE SOUL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. HIS FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESS HAS COURSED THROUGH MY PARTY LIKE AN ILLNESS. SAPPING OUR STRENGTH, SOFTENING OUR SPINE, WHIPPING US INTO A FEVER. UNTETHERED FROM OUR VALUES. HIS DECEIT AND DISHONOR LEAD TO A SIEGE ON THE CAPITAL. THAT DAY I STOOD WITNESS TO A PROFOUND SORROW. THE DESECRATION OF OUR SACRED TRADITION OF PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER, TARNISHED BY A MAN TO FRAGILE, TOO VAIN INTO WEEK TWO ACCEPT DEFEAT. IN A PARTY CLAIM TO BE PATRIOTIC IF IT IDOLIZES A MAN WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION. IF IT SEES AN ATTACK FITTING TYRANNY AGAINST DEMOCRACY, A CHALLENGE TO EVERYTHING OUR NATION CLAIMS TO BE. IT RETREATS, IT IS EQUIVOCATE'S, AND NOMINATES A MAN WHO IS WEIRDLY OBSESSED WITH POLLUTANT. HIS RUNNING MATE WHO SAID, I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS IN UKRAINE. AND HE WANTS TO BE VICE PRESIDENT. IT TARNISHES THE GIFTS OUR FOREBEARS FOUGHT FOR, MEN LIKE OUR GRANDFATHER WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II, WHO BELIEVED IN A CAUSE BIGGER THAN HIMSELF AND RISKED HIS LIFE FOR IT BEHIND ENEMY LINES, TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY. HIS GENERATION FOUND THE COURAGE TO FACE DOWN ARMIES. ALL WE ARE ASKED TO DO IS TO SUMMON THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO ONE WEEK MAN. SOME HAVE QUESTIONED WHY I HAVE TAKEN THE STAND I HAVE. THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. WE MUST PUT COUNTRY FIRST. AND TONIGHT, TONIGHT, I AM PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST. THE FACT IS, I BELONG HERE. SHE IS DEDICATED TO UPHOLDING ALL THREE IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WHATEVER POLICIES WE DISAGREE ON PALE IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE FUNDAMENTAL MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE, OF DECENCY OF FIDELITY TO THIS NATION. TO MY FELLOW REPUBLICANS, IF YOU PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THOSE PRINCIPLES, I SUSPECT YOU BELONG HERE TOO. DEMOCRACY KNOWS NO PARTY. IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING IDEAL. IT IS THE BEDROCK THAT SEPARATES US FROM TYRANNY AND WHEN THAT IS FRACTURED, WE MUST STAND TOGETHER, UNITED, TO STRENGTHEN IT. IF YOU THINK THOSE PRINCIPLES ARE WORTH DEFENDING, I URGE YOU, MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE. VOTE FOR OUR BEDROCK VALUES AND VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS. GOD BLESS YOU. >> ADDING CLEANSING OR MAKING A PLEA TO REPUBLICANS WATCHING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SAYING WHATEVER POLICIES WE DISAGREE ON, THEY PALE IN COMPARISON TO DECENCY, FIDELITY. >> MY HARRIS IS UP NEXT. THE YOUNGER SISTER OF KAMALA HARRIS. HER DAUGHTER, WHO YOU SAW IT EARLIER TONIGHT. >> IN 1958, A 19-YEAR-OLD FROM INDIA LED THE ONLY COUNTRIES YOU HAVE EVER KNOWN TO CHART HER OWN PATH IN AMERICA. SHE CAME HERE TO PURSUE AN EDUCATION. HER NAME WAS DR. HARRIS. WE CALLED HER MOMMY. SHE WAS SO MANY THINGS TO SO MANY PEOPLE. MOST OF ALL, SHE WAS A TRAILBLAZER WHO DEFIED THE ODDS AND DEFINE HERSELF. WHEN IT CAME TO US, SHE HAD GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR US BUT SHE HAD EVEN GREATER EXPECTATIONS OF US. SHE RAISED US TO BELIEVE WE COULD BE AND DO ANYTHING. WE BELIEVED HER. YOU SEE, SHE UNDERSTOOD THE POWER AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH KNOWING AND SHOWING WHO YOU TRULY ARE. SHE KNEW WE COULD BE THE AUTHORS OF OUR OWN STORIES, JUST AS SHE WAS THE AUTHOR OF HER OWN. HER JOURNEY AND THE OPPORTUNITY SHE WANTED FOR, AND ME, THAT IS A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN STORY. WE MAY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT HISTORIES. DIFFERENT STRUGGLES, OR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT WHAT BINDS US TOGETHER IS THE DESIRE TO BE FREE, TO FULFILL OUR POTENTIAL. HER ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT FIGHTING FOR EACH OF US TO HAVE THAT FREEDOM. LIKE SO MANY AMERICANS, SHE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE UNDERESTIMATED AND BE COUNTED OUT. SHE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE THE UNDERDOG AND STILL BEAT THE ODDS AND NOW, SHE HAS CREATED SO MUCH ELECTRICITY, SO MUCH OPTIMISM, SO MUCH JOY THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND IT IS WHY WE NEED HER LEADERSHIP IN THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN SOME ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE US. TO SEPARATE US IN WAYS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO COME TOGETHER. MY SISTER REJECTS THAT VIEW. WHERE OTHERS PUSH DARKNESS, SHE SEES PROMISE. WHERE OTHERS WANT TO DRAG US BACK TO THE PAST. MY SISTER SAID HOLD UP. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. SHE UNDERSTANDS. WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US. SHE KNOWS THE MEASURE OF OUR SUCCESS ISN'T JUST WINNING AN ELECTION. IT'S ABOUT WHO WE BRING ALONG AND LIFT UP IN THE PROCESS. AS I LOOKED OUT AT YOU TODAY, AND TAKE IN THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT, I WISH THAT MOMMY COULD BE HERE TONIGHT. I CAN JUST SEE HER SMILING, SAYING HOW PROUD SHE IS OF KAMALA AND WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT, SHE WOULD SAY THAT IS ENOUGH, YOU HAVE WORK TO DO. SHE WOULD TELL ALL OF US TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET TO WORK. A LEADER WHO CARES FOR ALL OF. A LEADER WHO FIGHTS FOR EVERY ONE OF US. OUR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, MY BIG SISTER, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, KAMALA HARRIS. >> THEY ARE EXTREMELY CLOSE. MY HARRIS CONTINUES TO BE AN ADVISOR TODAY. I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING ALONG. THE MOTORCADE ARRIVED 30 MINUTES AGO. IMAGINE HOW IT MUST FEEL. >> SHE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUPPORTER OF HER BIG SISTER. IN MORE WAYS THAN EVER THEY LOVE WHAT THEY ARE DOING, WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. SHE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS JOB DONE WITH HER SISTER. >> ROY COOPER, ALSO CONSIDERED A RUNNING MATE. >> I WANT TO TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES. 2011 WAS A TOUGH TIME FOR HOMEOWNERS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WERE LOSING THEIR HOMES TO ILLEGAL FORECLOSURES. I WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN NORTH CAROLINA WHEN KAMALA HAD JUST BECOME CALIFORNIA'S. IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD DEAL. WOULD HAVE MET $4 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES WHO HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT SHE SAID, HANG ON. I HAVE MET THESE FAMILIES. I KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH, AND THEY DESERVE MORE. THIS WAS A HUGE RISK BUT SHE KNEW IT WAS A RISK WORTH TAKING. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THE BANKS CAVED. THAT 4 BILLION FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES BECAME 20 BILLION. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WITNESSED HER IN ACTION. AND WHAT I SAW WAS A LEADER WHO DOES EXACTLY WHAT SHE SAYS SHE IS GOING TO DO. WHO NEVER WILL SETTLE FOR LESS. AMERICA, WE HAVE BIG FIGHTS AHEAD OF US. WE HAVE ONE FIGHTER READY TO TAKE THEM ON. I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW HER. TONIGHT, I WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW, EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH HER ON EVERYTHING, SHE WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. TO THE VERY END. , FOR FAMILIES WHO NEED BETTER HEALTH CARE OR A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE. SHE WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. FOR PARENTS WHO WANT BETTER SCHOOLS FOR THEIR KIDS, FOR WORKERS WORRIED ABOUT A SECURE RETIREMENT FOR THEMSELVES. SHE WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. FOR ANY ONE OF OUR ALLIES, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WONDERING IF AMERICA STILL HAS YOUR BACK, REMEMBER THIS. SHE WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. AND WHEN SHE FIGHTS, WE WIN. SHE IS READY. SHE IS READY. THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE? ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR HER LIKE SHE WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR US? ALL RIGHT. IF YOU ARE READY, MY HOME STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, STAND UP. STAND UP, PENNSYLVANIA. STAND UP, MICHIGAN. STAND UP, WISCONSIN. STAND UP, GEORGIA. STAND UP, NEVADA. STAND UP, ARIZONA. STAND UP, AMERICA. ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP? ARE WE GOING TO FIGHT? ARE WE GOING TO VOTE? ARE WE GOING TO WIN? YOU BET WE ARE. LET'S GO GET THEM. >> HE IS NOT A CONTINUOUS GOVERNOR. HE WAS CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL RUNNING MATE. HERE IS THE BIO VIDEO. >> IT IS WHERE SHE LEARNED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MIDDLE CLASS. MAKING EVERY PAYCHECK COUNT. SHE WAS RAISED BY A WORKING MOM WHO TAUGHT HER ABOUT STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND PROTECTING THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. >> SHE CARRIES THE LESSONS OF OUR MOTHER, THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF OUR MOTHER, THE COMPASSION. >> SHE WAS 5 FEET TALL. IF YOU MET HER, YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SHE WAS 7 FEET TALL. IF I CAME HOME COMPLAINING, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE IT. SHE WOULD SAY STOP THE COMPLAINING AND TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. >> SHE HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES, LIKE THE ONE SHE GREW UP WITH. >> SHE CANNOT HELP HERSELF FROM STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT SHE THINKS IS RIGHT. SHE HAS BEEN THAT WAY OUR WHOLE LIVES, BEING A PROTECTOR IS WHAT LED HER TO BECOME A PROSECUTOR. LOOKING BACK NOW, IT WAS HER CALLING. >> SHE WENT AFTER PREDATORS WHO TARGETED WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND FRAUDSTERS WHO RIPPED OFF WORKING FAMILIES AND SHE PUT DANGERS GANG MEMBERS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKERS BEHIND BARS. >> WE DIDN'T HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ANY OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. NOW, WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY. SHE BUILT A FOUNDATION AND HOW WE DO CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA. >> AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, SHE HELD THE BIG WALL STREET BANKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR FRAUD. SHE TOOK ON ONE OF THE LARGEST FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES SCAMMING STUDENTS AND FOUGHT FOR HER CONSTITUENTS WITH THE DETERMINATION TO PROSECUTE, STANDING UP FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. >> CAN YOU THINK OF LAWS THAT GIVES THE GOVERNMENT POWER TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE FEMALE BODY? >> I AM NOT THINKING OF ANY RIGHT NOW. >> SHE FOUGHT TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. >> HOW MANY HAD TO HAVE A DRILL WHERE YOU HAD TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO HIDE? >> SHE DEFENDED OUR NATION AGAINST FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. IN 2020, SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES. SHE CAST THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE. SHE BEAT BIG PHARMA TO LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS AND CAP THE COST OF INSULIN AND LED THE FIGHT TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AFTER ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED. >> WE HAVE WORKED TOO HARD AND FOUGHT TOO HARD TO SEE OUR DAUGHTERS GROW UP IN A WORLD WITH FEWER RIGHTS THAN OUR MOTHERS. >> SHE HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO STAND UP TO POWERFUL INTERESTS. >> SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR YOU AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T. AND YOU NEED TO KICK THAT DOOR DOWN. EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE. >> SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, STILL FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES, LIKE THE ONE SHE GREW UP WITH. >> OUR CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT SAYING WE TRUST THE PEOPLE. WE WANT FAIRNESS AND DIGNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE. WE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE HAVEN'T REACHED THOSE IDEALS. WE WILL DIE TRYING BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY, WE BELIEVE IN OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE NOT FALLING FOR THESE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE US AND PULL US APART. WE KNOW WHAT WE STAND FOR AND WE STAND FOR THE PEOPLE AND WE STAND FOR THE DIGNITY OF WORK AND FOR FREEDOM, FOR JUSTICE. WE STAND FOR EQUALITY. WE WILL FIGHT FOR ALL OF IT. >> THAT IS WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS, THAT IS WHAT SHE WILL FIGHT FOR EVERY DAY. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> PLEASE WELCOME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KAMALA HARRIS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> HERE WE HAVE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. THE FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN TO ACCEPT HER PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SHE WILL MAKE THE CASE TONIGHT. WHY SHE BELIEVES THIS IS THE RIGHT MOMENT FOR HER TO BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. YOU CAN SEE HER FAMILY, HER STEPCHILDREN, HER HUSBAND, HER HUSBAND, WHO MAKES HISTORY WITH HER BECOMING THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IF SHE IS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> GOOD EVENING. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ALL. WE HAVE TO GET TO SOME BUSINESS. OKAY. THANK YOU, ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PLEASE THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. LET'S GET TO BUSINESS. LET ME START BY THANKING MY MOST INCREDIBLE HUSBAND DOUG. FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO ME, AND INCREDIBLE FATHER AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DOUGIE. I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH. TO OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. , WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PATH WE HAVE TRAVELED TOGETHER, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE. YOUR RECORD IS EXTRAORDINARY AS HISTORY WILL SHOW AND YOUR CHARACTER IS INSPIRING AND DOUG AND I LOVE YOU AND JILL AND ARE FOREVER THANKFUL TO YOU BOTH. AND TO COACH TIM WALZ. YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE VICE PRESIDENT. AND TO THE DELEGATES AND EVERYONE. THE PATH THAT LED ME HERE WAS NO DOUBT UNEXPECTED. I AM NO STRANGER TO UNLIKELY JOURNEYS. OUR MOTHER HAD ONE OF HER OWN. I MISS HER EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. I KNOW SHE IS LOOKING DOWN SMILING. I KNOW THAT. MY MOTHER WAS 19 WHEN SHE CROSSED THE WORLD ALONE, TRAVELING FROM INDIA TO CALIFORNIA WITH AN UNSHAKABLE DREAM TO BE THE SCIENTIST WHO WOULD CURE BREAST CANCER. WHEN SHE FINISHED SCHOOL, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN HOME TO A TRADITIONAL ARRANGED MARRIAGE BUT AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, SHE MET MY FATHER, DONALD HARRIS, A STUDENT FROM JAMAICA, THEY FELL IN LOVE AND GOT MARRIED AND THAT ACT OF SELF DETERMINATION MADE MY SISTER AND ME. GROWING UP, WE MOVED A LOT. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE BIG MAYFLOWER TRUCK PACKED WITH OUR BELONGINGS, READY TO GO, TO ILLINOIS, TO WISCONSIN. AND WHEREVER OUR PARENTS JOBS TOOK US. MY EARLIEST MEMORIES OF OUR PARENTS TOGETHER ARE JOYFUL. A HOME FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND MUSIC, ARETHA, COLTRANE, MILES. AT THE PARK, MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, STAY CLOSE. MY FATHER WOULD SAY, AS HE SMILED, RUN, DON'T BE AFRAID, DON'T LET ANYTHING STOP YOU. FROM MY EARLIEST YEARS, HE TAUGHT ME TO BE FEARLESS. THE HARMONY BETWEEN MY PARENTS DID NOT LAST. WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY SPLIT UP AND IT WAS MOSTLY MY MOTHER WHO RAISED US. BEFORE SHE COULD AFFORD TO BUY A HOME, SHE RENTED A SMALL APARTMENT IN THE EAST BAY. IN THE BAY, YOU EITHER LIVED IN THE HILLS OR THE FLATLANDS. WE LIVED IN THE FLATS. A BEAUTIFUL, WORKING-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD OF FIREFIGHTERS, NURSES, AND CONSTRUCTION WOR WORKERS. ALL, WHO TENDED THEIR LAWNS WITH PRIDE. MY MOTHER WORKED LONG HOURS. SHE LEANED ON A TRUSTED CIRCLE TO HELP RAISE US. MRS. SHELTON, WHO RAN THE DAY CARE BELOW US AND BECAME A SECOND MOTHER. UNCLE SHERMAN, AUNT MARY, CHRIS, NONE OF THEM FAMILY BY BLOOD AND ALL OF THEM FAMILY BY LOVE. FAMILY WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE GUMBO AND PLAY CHESS AND SOMETIMES LET US WIN. FAMILIES LOVED US. BELIEVED IN US. TOLD US WE COULD BE ANYTHING AND DO ANYTHING. THEY INSTILLED US THE VALUES THEY PERSONIFIED, COMMUNITY, FAITH, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TREATING OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED. WITH KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND COMPASSION. MY MOTHER WAS A BRILLIANT, 5-FOOT TALL BROWN WOMAN WITH AN ACCENT. AS THE ELDEST CHILD, I SAW HOW THE WORLD WOULD SOMETIMES TREAT HER. MY MOTHER NEVER LOST HER COOL. SHE WAS TOUGH, COURAGEOUS, A TRAILBLAZER IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND SHE TAUGHT US A LESSON MICHELLE MENTIONED THE OTHER NIGHT. SHE TAUGHT US TO NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT INJUSTICE, BUT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THAT WAS MY MOTHER. AND SHE TAUGHT US, SHE ALSO TAUGHT US NEVER DO ANYTHING H HALF. THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE. A DIRECT QUOTE. I GREW UP IMMERSED IN THE IDEALS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. MY PARENTS MET AT A CIVIL RIGHTS GATHERING AND THEY MADE SURE WE LEARNED ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, INCLUDING THE LAWYERS LIKE THURGOOD MARSHALL AND CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY. THOSE WHO BATTLED IN THE COURTROOM TO MAKE REAL THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. AT A YOUNG AGE, I DECIDED I WANTED TO DO THAT WORK. I WANTED TO BE A LAWYER. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO CHOOSE THE TYPE OF LAW I WOULD PURSUE, I REFLECTED ON A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN MY LIFE. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I STARTED TO NOTICE SOMETHING ABOUT MY BEST FRIEND WANDA. SHE WAS SAD AT SCHOOL. THERE WERE TIMES SHE DID NOT WANT TO GO HOME. ONE DAY I ASKED IF EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT. SHE CONFIDED IN ME THAT SHE WAS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HER STEPFATHER. I TOLD HER SHE HAD TO COME STAY WITH US AND SHE DID. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I BECAME A PROSECUTOR. TO PROTECT PEOPLE LIKE WANDA BECAUSE I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO SAFETY, TO DIGNITY, AND TO JUSTICE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AS A PROSECUTOR, WHEN I HAD A CASE, I CHARGED IT NOT IN THE NAME OF THE VICTIM, BUT IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE. FOR A SIMPLE REASON. IN OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE, A HARM AGAINST ANY ONE OF US IS A HARM AGAINST ALL OF US. I WOULD OFTEN EXPLAIN THIS TO CONSOLE SURVIVORS OF CRIME, TO REMIND THEM NO ONE SHOULD BE MADE TO FIGHT ALONE. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND EVERY DAY, IN A COURTROOM, I STOOD PROUDLY BEFORE A JUDGE AND I SAID FIVE WORDS. KAMALA HARRIS FOR THE PEOPLE. AND TO BE CLEAR, TO BE CLEAR, MY ENTIRE CAREER I HAVE ONLY HAD ONE CLIENT. THE PEOPLE. AND, SO, ON BEHALF OF THE PE PEOPLE, ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, RACE, GENDER, OR THE LANGUAGE OR GRANDMOTHER SPEAKS, ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER AND EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER SET OUT ON THEIR OWN, UNLIKELY JOURNEY, ON BEHALF OF AMERICANS, LIKE THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH, PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD, CHASE THEIR DREAMS, AND LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHOSE STORY COULD ONLY BE WRITTEN IN THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH. I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WITH THIS ELECTION [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND WITH THIS ELECTION, OUR NATION, WITH THIS ELECTION, HAS A PRECIOUS, FLEETING OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE PAST THE BITTERNESS, CYNICISM, AND DIVISIVE BATTLES OF THE PAST, A CHANCE TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD. NOT AS MEMBERS OF ANY ONE PARTY OR FACTION, BUT AS AMERICANS. AND LET ME SAY, I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS POLITICAL VIEWS WATCHING TONIGHT. I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I PROMISE TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMER AMERICANS. YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST ME TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY AND SELF. TO HOLD SACRED AMERICA'S FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES, FROM THE RULE OF LAW TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. I WILL BE A PRESIDENT WHO UNITES US AROUND OUR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS, A PRESIDENT WHO LEADS AND LISTENS, WHO IS REALISTIC, PRACTICAL, AND HAS COMMON SENSE. AND ALWAYS FIGHTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT HAS BEEN MY LIFE'S WORK. AS A YOUNG, COURTROOM PROSECUTOR IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, I STOOD UP FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AGAINST PREDATORS WHO ABUSE THEM. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, I TOOK ON THE BIG BANKS, DELIVERED $20 BILLION FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES WHO FACED FORECLOSURE AND HELPED PASS A HOMEOWNER BILL OF RIGHTS, ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION. I STOOD UP FOR VETERANS AND STUDENTS BEING SCANNED BY BIG FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES. FOR WORKERS WHO WERE BEING CHEATED OUT OF THEIR WAGES, THE WAGES THEY WERE DUE. FOR SENIORS FACING ELDER ABUSE. I FOUGHT AGAINST THE CARTELS WHO TRAFFIC IN GUNS AND DRUGS AND HUMAN BEINGS, WHO THREATEN THE SECURITY OF OUR BORDER AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I WILL TELL YOU, THESE FIGHTS WERE NOT EASY. AND NEITHER WERE THE ELECTIONS THAT PUT ME IN THOSE OFFICES. WE WERE UNDERESTIMATED AT PRACTICALLY EVERY TURN. BUT WE NEVER GAVE UP. THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS WORTH FIGHTING FOR. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THAT IS THE FIGHT WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW, A FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE. FELLOW AMERICANS, THIS ELECTION IS NOT ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF OUR LIVES, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE LIFE OF OUR NATION. IN MANY WAYS, DONALD TRUMP IS AN UNSERIOUS MAN. THE CONSEQUENCES, BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING DONALD TRUMP BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS. CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE CHAOS AND CALAMITY WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE, BUT ALSO THE GRAVITY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE HE LOST THE LAST ELECTION. DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO THROW AWAY YOUR VOTES. WHEN HE FAILED, HE SENT AN ARMED MOB TO THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL, WHERE THEY ASSAULTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHEN POLITICIANS IN HIS OWN PARTY BEGGED HIM TO CALL OFF THE MOB AND SEND HELP, HE DID THE OPPOSITE. HE FANNED THE FLAMES. AND, NOW, FOR A DIFFERENT SET OF CRIMES, HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD BY A JURY OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS AND SEPARATELY FOUND LIABLE FOR COMMITTING SEXUAL ABUSE. CONSIDER WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO IF WE GIVE HIM POWER AGAIN. CONSIDER HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO SET FREE VIOLENT EXTREMISTS WHO ASSAULTED THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE CAPITAL. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO JAIL JOURNALISTS POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND ANYONE HE SEES AS THE ENEMY. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO DEPLOY OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AGAINST OUR OWN CITIZENS. CONSIDER THE POWER HE WILL HAVE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT JUST RULED HE WOULD BE IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. JUST IMAGINE. DONALD TRUMP WITH NO GUARD R RAILS. AND HOW HE WILL USE THE IMMENSE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. NOT TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE. NOT TO STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT TO SERVE THE ONLY CLIENT HE HAS EVER HAD. HIMSELF. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND WE KNOW WHAT A SECOND TRUMP TERM WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT IS LAID OUT AND PROJECT 2025, WRITTEN BY HIS CLOSEST ADVISORS AND IT IS TO PULL OUR COUNTRY BACK TO THE PAST. AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. TO WIN DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO WHEN HE TRIED TO GET RID OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WHEN INSURANCE COMPANIES TO DENY PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT FUNDS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET HIM END PROGRAMS LIKE HEADSTART THAT PROVIDES PRESCHOOL AND CHILD CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND, WE ARE CHARTING A NEW WAY FORWARD. FORWARD. TO A FUTURE WITH A STRONG AND GROWING MIDDLE CLASS BECAUSE WE KNOW A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL TO AMERICA'S SUCCESS AND BUILDING THAT MIDDLE-CLASS WILL BE A DEFINING GOAL OF MY PRESIDENCY. THIS IS PERSONAL FOR ME. THE MIDDLE CLASSES WHERE I CAME FROM. WE HAD A BUDGET, WE WANTED FOR LITTLE AND SHE EXPECTED US TO MAKE THE MOST OF OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO US AND BE GRATEFUL TO THEM BECAUSE, AS SHE TAUGHT US, OPPORTUNITY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. THAT IS WHY WE WILL CREATE WHAT I CALL AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY, AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE CHANCE TO COMPETE AND A CHANCE TO SUCCEED. WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A RURAL AREA, SMALL TOWN, OR BIG CITY. AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING TOGETHER LABOR, WORKERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS, AMERICAN COMPANIES TO CREATE JOBS, TO GROW OUR ECONOMY, AND TO LOWER THE COST OF EVERY DAY NEEDS LIKE HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING AND GROCERIES. WE WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS AND FOUNDERS. AND WE WILL END THE HOUSING SHORTAGE. AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. COMPARE THAT TO DONALD TRUMP. EVERYONE HERE KNOWS HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY FIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. INSTEAD, HE FIGHTS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS. HE WILL GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF TAX BREAKS THAT WILL ADD UP TO $5 TRILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. ALL THE WHILE, HE INTENDS TO ENACT WHAT IN EFFECT IS A NATIONAL SALES TAX, CALL IT A TRUMP TAX, THAT WOULD RAISE PRICES ON MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES BY ALMOST $4,000 A YEAR. INSTEAD OF A TRUMP TAX HIKE, WE WILL PASS A MIDDLE-CLASS TAX CUT THAT WILL BENEFIT MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] FRIENDS, I BELIEVE AMERICA CANNOT TRULY BE PROSPEROUS UNLESS AMERICANS ARE FULLY ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES, ESPECIALLY ON MATTERS OF HEART AND HOME. TONIGHT'S, IN AMERICA, TOO MANY WOMEN ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. DONALD TRUMP HANDPICKED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. NOW, HE BRAGS ABOUT IT. IN HIS WORDS, I DID IT AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE DONE IT. I WILL TELL YOU, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE TRAVELED ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND WOMEN HAVE TOLD ME THEIR STORIES. HUSBANDS AND FATHERS HAVE SHARED THEIRS. STORIES OF WOMEN MISCARRYING IN A PARKING LOTS. DEVELOPING SEPSIS, LOSING THE ABILITY TO EVER AGAIN HAVE CHILDREN, BECAUSE DOCTORS ARE AFRAID THEY MAY GO TO JAIL FOR CARING FOR THEIR PATIENTS. COUPLES JUST TRYING TO GROW THEIR FAMILY. CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TREATMENTS. CHILDREN, WHO HAVE SURVIVED SEXUAL ASSAULT, POTENTIALLY BEING FORCED TO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO TERM. THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. UNDERSTAND, HE IS NOT DONE. AS PART OF HIS AGENDA, HE AND HIS ALLIES WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL, BAND MEDICATION ABORTION AND ENACT A NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN WITH OR WITHOUT CONGRESS. AND, GET THIS. HE PLANS TO CREATE A NATIONAL ANTIABORTION COORDINATOR. AND FOR STATES TO REPORT ON WOMEN'S MISCARRIAGES AND ABORTIONS. SIMPLY PUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND ONE MUST ASK, ONE MUST ASK. WHY IS IT THAT THEY DON'T TRUST WOMEN? WE TRUST WOMEN. WE TRUST WOMEN. AND WHEN CONGRESS PASSES THE BILL TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WILL PROUDLY SIGN IT INTO LAW. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IN THIS ELECTION, MANY OTHER FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ARE AT STAKE. THE FREEDOM TO LIVE SAFE FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, PLACES OF WORSHIP. THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO YOU LOVE OPENLY AND WITH PRIDE. THE FREEDOM TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND DRINK CLEAN WATER AND LIVE FREE FROM THE POLLUTION THAT FUELS THE CRIME AT CRISIS. AND THE FREEDOM THAT UNLOCKS ALL THE OTHERS, THE FREEDOM TO. WITH THIS ELECTION, WE FINALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND LET ME BE CLEAR -- LET ME BE CLEAR: AFTER DECADES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, ESPECIALLY AT OUR BORDER. LAST YEAR, JOE AND I BROUGHT TOGETHER DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS TO WRITE THE STRONGEST BORDER BILL IN DECADES, THE BORDER PATROL ENDORSED IT. BUT DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES A BORDER DEAL WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN, SO HE ORDERED HIS ALLIES IN CONGRESS TO KILL THE DEAL. WELL, I REFUSED TO PLAY POLITICS WITH OUR SECURITY, AND HERE'S MY PLEDGE TO YOU: AS PRESIDENT, I WILL BRING BACK THE BIPARTISAN BORDER SECURITY BILL THAT HE KILLED, AND I WILL SIGN IT INTO LAW! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN LIVE UP TO OUR PROUD HERITAGE AS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFORM OUR BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WE CAN CREATE AN EARNED PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP AND SECURE OUR BORDER! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND, AMERICA, WE MUST ALSO BE STEADFAST IN ADVANCING OUR SECURITY AND VALUES ABROAD. AS VICE PRESIDENT, I HAVE CONFRONTED THREATS TO OUR SECURITY, NEGOTIATED WITH FOREIGN LEADERS, STRENGTHENED OUR ALLIANCES, AND ENGAGED WITH OUR BRAVE TROOPS OVERSEAS. AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, I WILL ENSURE AMERICA ALWAYS HAS THE STRONGEST, MOST LETHAL FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD, AND I WILL FULFILL OUR SACRED OBLIGATION TO CARE FOR OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND I WILL ALWAYS HONOR, AND NEVER DISPARAGE, THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR SACRIFICE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAVE THE WORLD -- LEAD THE WORLD INTO THE FUTURE ON SPACE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT AMERICA, NOT CHINA, WINS THE COMPETITION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY AND THAT WE STRENGTHEN, NOT ABDICATE, OUR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND, THREATENED TO ABANDON NATO. HE ENCOURAGED PUTIN TO INVADE OUR ALLIES, SAID RUSSIA COULD "DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT." FIVE DAYS BEFORE RUSSIA ATTACKED UKRAINE, I MET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO WARN HIM ABOUT RUSSIA'S PLAN TO INVADE. I HELPED MOBILIZE A GLOBAL RESPONSE, OVER 50 COUNTRIES, TO DEFEND AGAINST PUTIN'S AGGRESSION. AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL STAND STRONG WITH UKRAINE AND OUR NATO ALLIES! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WITH RESPECT TO THE WAR IN GAZA, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME TO GET A HOSTAGE DEAL AND A CEASEFIRE DEAL DONE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND LET ME BE CLEAR. AND LET ME BE CLEAR: I WILL ALWAYS STAND UP FOR ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AND I WILL ALWAYS ENSURE ISRAEL HAS THE ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL MUST NEVER AGAIN FACE THE HORROR THAT A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CALLED THOMAS CALLED HAMAS COMMITTED ON OCTOBER 7TH INCLUDING COMMITTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE MASSACRE OF YOUNG PEOPLE AT A MUSICAL FESTIVAL. AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN GAZA OVER THE PAST TEN MONTHS IS DEVASTATING. SO MANY INNOCENT LIVES LOST. DESPERATE, HUNGRY PEOPLE FLEEING FOR SAFETY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE SCALE OF SUFFERING IS HEARTBREAKING. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND I ARE WORKING TO END THIS WAR, SUCH THAT ISRAEL IS SECURE, THE HOSTAGES ARE RELEASED, THE SUFFERING IN GAZA ENDS, AND THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CAN REALIZE THEIR RIGHT TO DIGNITY, SECURITY, FREEDOM, AND SELF-DETERMINATION! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND KNOW THIS: I WILL NEVER HESITATE TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS NECESSARY TO DEFEND OUR FORCES AND OUR INTERESTS AGAINST IRAN AND IRAN-BACKED TERRORIST. I WILL NOT COZY UP TO TYRANTS AND DICTATORS LIKE KIM JONG UN, WHO ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP! WHO ARE ROOTING FOR TRUMP! BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW. THEY KNOW HE IS EASY TO MANIPULATE WITH FLATTERY AND FAVORS. THEY KNOW TRUMP WON'T HOLD AUTOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE AN AUTOCRATS HIMSELF. AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER WAVER IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA'S SECURITY AND IDEALS, BECAUSE IN THE ENDURING STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND TYRANNY, I KNOW WHERE I STAND AND I KNOW WHERE THE UNITED STATES BELONGS! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CROWD CHANTING "USA"] FELLOW AMERICANS. FELLOW AMERICANS. I LOVE OUR COUNTRY WITH ALL MY HEART. EVERYWHERE I GO... EVERYWHERE I GO AND EVERYONE I MEET, I SEE A NATION THAT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD, READY FOR THE NEXT STEP IN THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT IS AMERICA. I SEE AN AMERICA WHERE WE HOLD FAST TO THE FEARLESS BELIEF THAT BUILT OUR NATION AND INSPIRED THE WORLD. ; THAT HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. THAT NOTHING IS OUT OF REACH. AND AMERICA, WHERE WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US! THAT NONE OF US, NONE OF US HAS TO FAIL FOR ALL OF US TO SUCCEED! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THAT IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH! YOU KNOW, OUR OPPONENTS IN THIS RACE ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY DENIGRATING AMERICA, TALKING ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE EVERYTHING IS. WELL, MY MOTHER HAD ANOTHER LESSON TO USE TO TEACH. NEVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE, YOU SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AMERICA... LET US SHOW EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD WHO WE ARE, AND WHAT WE STAND FOR! FREEDOM. OPPORTUNITY. COMPASSION. DIGNITY! FAIRNESS! AND ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES! [APPLAUSE] WE ARE THE HEIRS TO THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND ALL THOSE WHO SACRIFICED SO DEARLY FOR OUR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, WE MUST BE WORTHY OF THIS MOMENT. IT IS NOW OUR RETURN TO DO WHAT GENERATIONS BEFORE US HAVE DONE, GUIDED BY OPTIMISM AND FAITH, TO FIGHT WITH THIS COUNTRY WE LOVE, TO FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS WE CHERISH, AND TO UPHOLD THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE ON EARTH. THE PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE OF BEING AN AMERICAN! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S FIGHT FOR IT, LET'S GET OUT THERE, LET'S VOTE FOR IT, AND TOGETHER, LET US WRITE THE NEXT GREAT CHAPTER IN THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORY EVER TOLD! THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! THANK YOU! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS MAKING THE CASE BEFORE THIS CONVENTION HALL IN CHICAGO AND IN FRONT OF THE NATION. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WATCHING TONIGHT, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS. THE THIN SLICE OF UNDECIDED VOTERS THAT HAVE DIVIDED AMERICA. KAMALA HARRIS MAKING THE CASE AS TO WHY SHE BELIEVES SHE'S THE RIGHT PERSON AT THIS MOMENT, IN THE END THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS MOMENT SAYING WE MUST FIGHT FOR THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE ON EARTH. SHE SAYS THE PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE OF BEING AN AMERICAN. SECOND GENTLEMAN DOUG EMHOFF WALKING OUT ONTO THAT STAGE. THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEIR BOND, TEN YEARS MARRIED TODAY, THIS IS THEIR ANNIVERSARY. THAT'S HOW SHE STARTED THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER LIFE, BY WISHING HIM A HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY, SAID IT WOULD BE A PRIORITY TO HER. HERE IS HER RUNNING MATE, GOVERNOR WALZ AND HIS WIFE GWEN, AND BEHIND THEM, THE SONG "FREEDOM" BY BEYONCE. SHE TALKED ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY, OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD, FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL, AND HAMAS, SAYING THERE MUST BE A CEASEFIRE, THERE M WE MUST GET E HOSTAGES HOME AND AT THE SAME TIME SAYING WE MUST DO SOMETHING FOR THE PALESTINIANS, THE CIVILIANS WHO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CONFLICT. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE FREEDOMS AND THE RIGHTS OF AMERICANS, TALKED ABOUT THE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR WOMEN AND TALKING ABOUT HER OPPONENT AND HIS RUNNING MATES AND THE ARCHITECTS OF WHERE THEY HAVE HEADED WITH THE FALLING OF ROE VS. WADE. SHE SAID SIMPLY PUT, THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS. THAT'S A LINE THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED HIM TONIGHT, AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT DURING HER SPEECH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF TIMES WHERE THE CROWD BEGAN CHANTING "USA, USA." SORT OF LEANING IN ON PATRIOTISM, ON FAITH, ON FAMILY BONDS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT AS SORT OF A THROUGH LINE OF THIS CONVENTION AND AS THE BALLOONS FALL, LINSEY DAVIS, WE CANNOT OVERSTATE THE HISTORY BEING MADE HERE TONIGHT. >> HISTORY OF COURSE IS NOT RED OR BLUE AND I THINK REGARDLESS OF YOUR POLITICS, IT'S SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN KAMALA HARRIS WAS BORN IN 1964, THAT BLACK WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE, AND TODAY, AT 59 YEARS OLD, SHE ACCEPTED THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. REALLY A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT AS WELL. JIMMY CARTER WHEN HE WAS RUNNING IN 1976 TO BE PRESIDENT, IT WAS JOE BIDEN WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF HIS ADVISORS WHO RECOMMENDED AS A VICE PRESIDENT THAT HE CHOOSE CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA JORDAN OF TEXAS, A BLACK WOMAN, THOUGH JIMMY CALLED IT TO CARTER ULTIMATELY JUICER, BUT IT WAS "ABC NEWS" ANCHOR THAT INTERVIEWED HER THAT YEAR AND SAID DO YOU THINK THIS COUNTRY IS READY FOR A BLACK WOMAN TO BE ON THE NATIONAL TICKET, TO WHICH SHE SAID NO, BUT I'M GOING TO HELP THIS COUNTRY GET READY. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'VE WITNESSED REALLY, CULMINATING IN THIS MOMENT, A ROOM OF PEOPLE HOPING THAT IN 2024 THIS COUNTRY IS READY. >> WE CAN SEE HER FAMILY EMBRACING HER, THE FABRIC OF HER FAMILY THAT THEY HAVE DEFINED OVER THE COURSE OF THESE FOUR NIGHTS, IN MANY WAYS REFLECTIVE OF SO MANY FAMILIES IN THIS COUNTRY. DIVORCED PARENTS, NEW STEPPARENTS WHO HAVE HELPED COPARENT THE CHILDREN. THEY LEANED IN ON THAT, AND TONIGHT, KAMALA HARRIS MADE THE CASE FOR HERSELF. SHE'S BEEN THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS, OFTEN THE ROLE OF VICE PRESIDENT ISN'T A DEFINING ONE BUT SHE DEFINED WHY SHE BELIEVES SHE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS MOMENT. >> SHE SAID SHE IS NO STRANGER TO UNLIKELY JOURNEYS AND SHE HAS CARVED OUT HER OWN JOURNEY. SHE CAST HERSELF TONIGHT IS THAT CHANGE CANDIDATE. SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SHARED HER PERSONAL STORY BUT SHE ZEROED IN NOT NECESSARILY ON HER RECORD, SHE DID TALK ABOUT THAT A FAIR AMOUNT, BUT HER PLAN TO TAKE ON TRUMP. I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH SHE TALKED ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, TO BE HONEST, AND SIMPLE, BLUNT TERMS, WHAT SHE ARGUED ARE THE RISKS POSED BY ANOTHER TRUMP PRESIDENCY. IT FELT LIKE A SPEECH VERY MUCH AIMED AT THOSE KEY VOTERS, THOSE WHO MIGHT BE ON THE FENCE, MIGHT NOT BE SURE ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE CHANGE WE'VE SEEN IN THIS TICKET OVER JUST THE LAST MONTH. A MONTH AGO, SHE WAS THE RUNNING MATE AND THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO WILL DECIDE THIS RACE AND WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE TONE OF THIS SPEECH, REALLY REMARKABLE, AND I THINK THE POWER OF TELLING HER OWN STORY IN HER OWN VOICE AS VICE PRESIDENT, SHE'S BEEN CRITICIZED AS BEING STIFF, RELYING ON TALKING POINTS. I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH KAMALA HARRIS AS VICE PRESIDENT, IN THE SENATE, SHE CAN COME OFF AS A VERY DIFFERENT PERSON WHEN THE CAMERAS AREN'T ROLLING, TONIGHT I SAW THAT VERSION OF KAMALA HARRIS SHINE THROUGH AND IT FELT LIKE A LOT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DID. >> SHE SEEMED COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE IN THE MOMENT, SHE KNOWS THE HISTORY SHE'S MAKING TONIGHT BUT SHE LEANED IN ON THAT HISTORY. I'M ALSO TAKING NOTE HERE THAT WITH THE FAMILY SURROUNDING HER, THE SMILE ON HER FACE, SHE'S ALSO LEANED INTO THE LAUGHTER, THE JOY. THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT LAUGHTER TONIGHT DURING THE SPEECH AND SHE SAID IN THE ENDURING STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND TYRANNY, I KNOW WHERE I STAND AND WHERE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BELONGS TO CHAMPS OF "USA, USA." IN THIS INVENTION HOLE. >> THERE IS A RACE THAT IS ON. IT STARTED ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO, TO DEFINE WHO KAMALA HARRIS IS. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, DONALD TRUMP HAVE TRIED TO DESCRIBE HER AS A COMMUNIST LEFTIST, THEY CALL HER COMRADE KAMALA. MARY IS EXACTLY RIGHT IN MY VIEW, THIS WAS, IN A LARGE MEASURE, AIMED AT INDEPENDENT VOTERS AND EVEN DISAFFECTED REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS THE BASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. SHE KNOWS SHE HAS THEM ALREADY, SO SHE WENT OUT, TALKED ABOUT HERSELF AS BEING REALISTIC, PRACTICAL, SOMEBODY WHO HAS COMMON SENSE. THAT'S NOT A RADICAL, THAT'S NOT A LEFTIST, THAT'S NOT A HARD-CORE PROGRESSIVE. PRACTICAL AND HAS COMMON SENSE, AND THE SPECIFICS, SHE TALKED ABOUT A STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE FULL-THROATED DEFENSE OF ISRAEL, MAKE SURE THAT ISRAEL HAS WHAT IT HAS TO DEFEND ITSELF, NO ARMS EMBARGO, AND ENDORSING THAT BIPARTISAN SECURITY BILL THAT A LOT ON THE LEFT DON'T LIKE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO TOUGH. THIS WAS A KAMALA HARRIS THAT WAS EMBRACING A LOT OF WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THEY STAND FOR, AND SHE MADE THE CASE, DONALD TRUMP, WITH THE HELP OF SOME REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS, DON'T STAND FOR. >> WE ALL KNOW SITTING HERE IN COVERING THIS, THE HISTORY OF THE NIGHT, THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD A WOMAN WHO IS COMMANDER IN CHIEF. OF COURSE HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016, KAMALA HARRIS TONIGHT, TALKED ABOUT TYRANNY, SHE TALKED ABOUT AUTOCRATS, IRAN, RUSSIA, THE THREAT POSED BY CHINA. SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW UNDER HER PRESIDENCY, IF ELECTED SHE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AND SHE ALSO SAID WE MUST FIND A WAY FORWARD FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. >> SHE DID, AND SHE SAID THAT WITH STRENGTH, LOOKED DIRECTLY AT THIS CROWD AND TALKED ABOUT WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE DESERVE. SHE SAID THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DIGNITY, SECURITY, FREEDOM, AND SELF-DETERMINATION. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PIVOT TO NATIONAL SECURITY, SHE ENDED HER SPEECH WITH NATIONAL SECURITY, WITH FOREIGN POLICY. THEY'VE TRIED ALL WEEK TO HUMANIZE HER, SHOW THE JOY, THAT SIDE OF HER, BUT TONIGHT THEY WANTED TO SHOW HER TOUGHNESS. AS YOU SAID, SHE WOULD NOT ONLY BE THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT, SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST FEMALE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. AND THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT IS A PROFOUND RESPONSIBILITY, SENDING MEN AND WOMEN INTO WAR IF YOU HAVE TO. THERE HAS NEVER EVEN BEEN A FEMALE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. THERE IS CERTAINLY NEVER BEEN A FEMALE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. SO THAT WOULD BE A PROFOUND HISTORY, HAVING A WOMAN AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND PRESIDENT. >> SHE SAID SHE WOULD ALWAYS HONOR, ALWAYS RESPECT THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY, THAT SHE WOULD NEVER DISPARAGE THEM. >> AND SHE IS MAKING A DIRECT COMPARISON WITH THINGS DONALD TRUMP HAS RECENTLY SAID AND RECENTLY SAID IN THE PAST. HE HAS DISPARAGED VETERANS, HE'S DISPARAGED THE WOUNDED, AND LATELY THE MEDAL OF HONOR CONTROVERSY, SAYING IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM FOR CIVILIANS. GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM FOR THAT, INCLUDING VETERANS. >> LET'S GO DOWN TO THE CONVENTION FLOOR, RACHEL SCOTT, WHO IS COVERING THIS CAMPAIGN AS WELL, BOTH SIDES OF THE CAMPAIGN. WHAT WAS IT LIKE DOWN ON THE FLOOR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GATHERED HERE? >> IT WAS THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE AS SOON AS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WALKED OUT ON THE STAGE. THE BALLOON DROPPED, STILL ONGOING HERE. I WAS SHOCKED HOW MUCH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS REALLY EMBODIED THAT. NOT LETTING PEOPLE TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE, YOU SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE. THAT WAS A MESSAGE SHE TOOK TO HEART TONIGHT. YOU HAVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WHO HAS MOCKED HER LAUGH, SHE CAME OUT HERE AND TALKED ABOUT JOY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS HE DOESN'T CARE WHETHER OR NOT HE MISPRONOUNCED SURNAME. YOU HAVE HER GRAND NIECES UP IN FRONT OF THIS CONVENTION FLOOR REPEATING, TEACHING THE NATION HOW TO SAY THE WORDS "KAMALA HARRIS." AND THEN THAT WORD FREEDOM, THAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS KEPT GOING BACK TO, TAKING A WORD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS USED FOR SOME TIME NOW TO REALLY EXPLAIN HER VISION FOR HOW SHE BELIEVES THAT WOMEN IN THIS NATION SHOULD BE FREE TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES. SHE BELIEVES THIS NATION SHOULD BE FREE FROM EXTREMISM AND THAT SHE BELIEVES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS PUSHING. THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT TO BE WRITTEN HERE IN TERMS OF REVISION, SHE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO DO IT. >> RACHEL SCOTT ON THE FLOOR, TERRY MORAN ACROSS THE ROOM IN CHICAGO, THE UNITED CENTER. YOU HEARD ME MENTION THIS EARLIER, THE CHANCE OF "USA" MULTIPLE TIMES. THE PATRIOTISM ON FULL DISPLAY HERE. >> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THAT SPEECH WAS A CALL AND AN INVITATION TO AMERICAN VOTERS TO PUT THE POLITICS THE LAST TEN YEARS BEHIND US. BUT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, TO BEGIN TO TRUST ON THE GROUNDS OF PATRIOTISM AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE FEEL. WHETHER OR NOT SHE DID THAT, PEOPLE WILL MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS. BUT PART OF THAT IS TO SAY WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, IT'S THE GREATNESS NOT OF YESTERDAY, THE GREATNESS OF A TOMORROW AMERICA THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S THE VISION SHE'S OFFERING, THAT'S THE VISION THAT THEY HEARD. >> WE ARE VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR ORDINATION, YOU HAVE A FUTURE IN VOLLEYBALL DOWN THERE. VERY, VERY IMPRESSED. RICK KLEIN ALSO DOWN ON THE FLOOR. POLITICAL DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF. A NOTE ON FAVORABILITY, PATRIOTISM, AND ALSO JUST FOR VIEWERS WHO ARE WATCHING TONIGHT, JUST HOW CLOSE THIS RACE IS, OF COURSE WE'VE SEEN THE SHIFT OVER FOUR WEEKS FROM KAMALA HARRIS, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING HOW LONG DOES THE HONEYMOON LESS, ARE THESE NUMBERS REAL? >> THE NUMBERS ARE UNMISTAKABLE. KAMALA HARRIS IS TURNED THIS RACE UPSIDE DOWN AND DEMOCRATS KNOW THAT, DEMOCRATS KNOW SHE'S GOTTEN A BIG BOUNCE THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. THEY HOPE TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING. IT IS A GIANT PARTY ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR RIGHT NOW. WE TALKED ABOUT PATRIOTISM. IT IS RED, WHITE, AND BLUE EVERYWHERE, THE FLAGS, THE BALLOONS, IT'S NOT JUST TERRY WHO IS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL, I SAW DOUG EMHOFF HITTING THE BALL BACK AND FORTH. I SAW TIM WALZ GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH A BALLOON WITH SOME OF THE KIDS ON STAGE. PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND IF THAT EXCITEMENT THAT WE SEE PLAYING INTO THE DIFFERENCES IN THIS RACE. RIGHT NOW HARRIS WITH THIS VERY NARROW LEAD, IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE RACE, THE ENERGY IN THIS HALL IS WHAT DEMOCRATS LOOK TO BRING ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THEY LOOK TO REMAKE THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE WITH KAMALA HARRIS. >> PIERRE, YOU HAD OBSERVATIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS MOMENT MIGHT MEAN TO MANY MORE WATCHING TONIGHT. >> I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE CROWD ALL NIGHT AND MANY OF THE WOMEN HAVE BEEN CRYING TEARS OF JOY. MANY WOMEN WHO FOUGHT FOR EQUAL PAY AND FOR RESPECT. IN THE INDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, THE WOMEN I CAN SEE OUT THERE ALSO BEAMING WITH PRIDE, BUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN, THE DAUGHTERS AND DESCENDANTS OF SLAVERY. I WATCHED ONE WOMAN, DAVID, CRY JUST A MINUTE AFTER MINUTE AFTER MINUTE EMBRACING THIS MOMENT IN THE NOTION THAT A BLACK WOMAN OF INDIAN DESCENT MAY SOON POSSIBLY BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON ON THE PLANET, DAVID. >> Vice President Harris: PIERRE THOMAS, OUR THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS HERE. DONNA BRAZILE, LONGTIME PRESIDENTIAL CONSULTANT, "ABC NEWS" ANALYST. YOU SPOKE TO ALL OF THE READERS WHO SPOKE ON BEHALF OF HARRIS LEADING UP TO TONIGHT AND NOW KAMALA HARRIS HAD HER SPEECH TONIGHT, ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION, HOW DID SHE DO? >> IN A FEW MINUTES YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS OF THIS GENERATION. THEN-VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ASKED US WHO DO YOU WANT, THE LAST PERSON I TALKED TO WAS HER MINISTER. AND SHE COULD GO TO THIRD STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, SHE WOULD BE A GREAT LEADER. YOU HEARD A WOMAN INSPIRED BY HER MOTHER TO DREAM BIG AND BY HER FATHER TO BE FEARLESS. AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SHE'S GOING TO INSTILL THAT. MY HEART IS FULL, BUT I AM HAPPY TO GET TO WORK TO ELECT KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024. >> DONNA BRAZILE WITH US AS ALWAYS. THROUGH THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND HERE IN CHICAGO AS WELL. THANK YOU, DONNA. AND DONNA MAKES A GOOD POINT THAT WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT, MODERATE DEMOCRAT, MODERATE IN THE COUNTRY, CERTAINLY THAT PART OF THE STORY, TALKING ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF R MOTHER, WHO, WHEN SHE CAME HOME AND HAD A SUCCESS STORY, SHE WOULD SAY SHE COULD APPRECIATE IT AND NOW SAY GET TO WORK. IT WOULDN'T DWELL ON IT TOO LONG. SAID IF YOU HAVE SEEN INJUSTICE, GET TO WORK. THE FATHER WHO SAID THE PLAYGROUND OR THE PARK, STAY CLOSE, THE FATHER SAID RUN AS FAR AND AS FAST AS YOU CAN, BE BRAVE. THESE ARE ALL MESSAGES TO REMEMBER FROM OUR CHILDHOODS AND KAMALA HARRIS TONIGHT USING THE LESSONS FROM HER OWN CHILDHOOD TO TRY TO CORRECT TO RECONNECT WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND REINTRODUCE HERSELF NOW AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. FROM ALL OF US HERE ON THE POLITICAL TEAM, WE HAVE SO APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US ALL WEEK LONG HERE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WEEKS AGO. WE HAVE A DEBATE COMING UP ON ABC SEPTEMBER 10TH, IT'S A TUESDAY NIGHT. LINSEY DAVIS, IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR CALENDAR. >> [LAUGHS] I'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE I MARKET OFF. >> MARKET OFF, MARKET OFF, WE WILL BE COMODERATING THAT. I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT." FOR ALL OF US HERE AT ABC, GOOD NIGHT. ♪ ♪ near the center of your cultural awareness, but for those of us experiencing it from the inside to brought back was something very different. I'm really sorry that article had to come out. I just remember seeing that cover and thinking oh, I thought it might be interesting to try and contact everyone who is in the background. Not interested in talking about the brat pack. I turn everything down. How can I tell him to me? Because it was time that we clearly earn a couple of things. 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YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST ME TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY AND SELF, TO HOLD SACRED AMERICA'S FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES, FROM THE RULE OF LAW, TO FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, TO THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER! >> THE CONVENTION LIT UP 100,000 RED, WHITE, AND BLUE BALLOONS. PROCEEDING HER, SPEAKERS ARGUING ONE BY ONE THAT HER IDEAS AND TEMPERAMENT MAKE HER BETTER FIT TO SERVE THEN DONALD TRUMP. >> BUT KAMALA HARRIS, SHE GETS US. SHE SEES US, SHE IS US. >> TRUMP TELLS TYRANTS LIKE PUTIN THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. KAMALA HARRIS TELLS TYRANTS "THE HELL YOU CAN!" >> WE WILL HAVE REACTIONS FROM BOTH CAMPAIGNS TONIGHT. PLUS OUR POWERHOUSE POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE. BUT FIRST, SHAYLA BRYANT KICKS OFF OUR COVERAGE. >> NIGHT 4 OF THE DEMOCRATIC DEC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND HER MOMENT. >> THANK YOU ALL! >> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS TAKING THE STAGE, EXCEPTING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN TO LEAD A MAJOR PARTY TICKET. >> ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WHO'S STORY COULD ONLY BE WRITTEN IN THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH. I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ACKNOWLEDGING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HISTORIC DECISION TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE A MONTH AGO. >> TO OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN... [SCATTERED APPLAUSE] WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PATH THAT WE HAVE TRAVELED TOGETHER, JOE, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE. YOUR RECORD IS EXTRAORDINARY, AS HISTORY WILL SHOW, AND YOUR CHARACTER IS INSPIRING. >> LAYING OUT THE STAKES OF THIS ELECTION. >> THIS ELECTION IS NOT ONLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF OUR LIVES. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE LIFE OF OUR NATION. >> AND TRYING TO DRAW STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN HER AND HER CHALLENGER, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. >> WE KNOW WHAT A SECOND TRUMP TERM WOULD ALL LOOK LIKE, IT'S ALL LAID OUT IN PROJECT 2025, WRITTEN BY HIS CLOSEST ADVISORS AND IT'S SUM TOTAL IS TO PULL OUR COUNTRY BACK TO THE PAST. BUT, AMERICA, WE ARE NOT GOING BACK! >> HARRIS INTRODUCING HERSELF TO THE NATION, THE DAUGHTER OF A JAMAICAN FATHER AND INDIAN MOTHER, FORMER PROSECUTOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SENATOR. >> AND TO BE CLEAR, MY ENTIRE CAREER, I'VE ONLY HAD ONE CLIENT. THE PEOPLE. >> THE BIGGEST SPEECH OF HER POLITICAL CAREER FALLING ON THE SAME DAY AS HER TENTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO SECOND GENTLEMAN DOUG EMHOFF. THEIR FAMILY TAKING THE STAGE, A STAR-STUDDED NIGHT IN CLEMENT INCLUDING PERFORMANCES BY PINK. ♪ ♪ >> THURSDAYS CONVENTION MESSAGE CALLING FOR OUR FUTURE. SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE TAKING THE STAGE INCLUDING FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GADDY GIFFORDS. >> ON JANUARY 8TH, A MAN TRIED TO ASSASSINATE ME, HE SHOT 19 PEOPLE, I ALMOST DIED, BUT I THOUGHT FOR MY LIFE AND I SURVIVED! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AND RISING DEMOCRATIC PARTY STARS LIKE ARIZONA SENATOR MARK KELLY KELLY AND MICHIGAN SENATOR GRETCHEN WHITMER. >> DONALD TRUMP CALLED ME "THAT WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN." AS AN INSULT. IF BEING A WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN IS A BADGE OF HONOR! LIKE WOMEN ACROSS AMERICA, WE JUST GSD GET. STUFF. DONE. >> BUT ALL EYES ON HARRIS AND HER MESSAGE FOR THE FUTURE. >> OUR THANKS TO JAY O'BRIEN. MARTHA RADDATZ, JERRY BRUCE, JON KARL. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENING, THAT QUOTE THAT HER MOM WOULD ALWAYS TELL HER, DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLE TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE, YOU TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE. SHE EVEN REFERENCED THAT HERSELF IN THE SPEECH AND IT DID SEEM THAT TONIGHT SHE WAS DEFINING HERSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> AND THAT WAS THE GOAL, YES. SHE IS A KNOWN QUANTITY, CERTAINLY. SHE HAS RUN BEFORE, SHE'S BEEN A SENATOR, HAS THIS VERY IMPRESSIVE POLITICAL CAREER, BUT THIS WAS HER CHANCE TO STEP OUT THERE AND TELL HER STORY WITH HER OWN VOICE ON HER OWN TERMS, IN A WAY THAT MOST AMERICANS HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. SHE TOLD A PERSONAL STORY, TALKED A LOT ABOUT HER MOM AND HOW THAT REALLY SHAPED HER WORLDVIEW, INSPIRED HER TO ESSENTIALLY SPEND HER ENTIRE CAREER FIGHTING AGAINST INJUSTICE AND FIGHTING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED HOW MUCH SHE FOCUSED ON DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE AFTER EXPLAINING HER BIO, SHE GOT STRAIGHT TO BUSINESS. SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO DO THAT AT THE TOP BUT SHE DID CAST HERSELF AS THIS CHANGE CANDIDATE, THAT SHE IS GOING TO COME OUT HERE AND IN SIMPLE, REALLY BLUNT TERMS, SHE DID WHAT SHE PLANNED TO DO -- POSED BY WHAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD DO IF GIVEN ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING -- THAT IS A MESSAGE THAT IS AIMED SQUARELY AT THOSE CRITICAL INDEPENDENT VOTERS, THE REPUBLICANS THAT MIGHT BE UP FOR GRABS, THE PEOPLE THAT THEN WILL DETERMINE THIS ELECTION. AND SHE REALLY DID MAKE HER CASE. AND I THINK IT WAS A TONE YOU DON'T HEAR FROM HER OFTEN. THOSE OF US WHO SPENT TIME WITH HER'S IS THAT THE CAMERAS WERE NOT ROLLING, WE RECOGNIZE THAT KAMALA HARRIS. >> JOHN, I WAS SITTING ALONGSIDE YOU AS WE WERE WATCHING HER SPEECH AND YOU SAID "FASCINATING" SHE WAS REALLY STRIKING THE TONE OF A MODERATE. >> AND IT IS FASCINATING, BECAUSE ON ONE HAND, TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN HAVE TRIED TO PORTRAY HER AS A FAR LEFT PROGRESSIVE COMMUNIST, COMRADE KAMALA IS WHAT THEY CALL HER. AND SHE WAS NEVER THAT, OBVIOUSLY. WHEN SHE RAN FOR PRESIDENT FOUR YEARS AGO, CAMPAIGN DIDN'T GET VERY FAR, BUT SHE STRUCK OUT A VERY FAR LEFT AGENDA. THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE HEARD HERE. THIS WAS, IT SEEMED TO ME, A SPEECH THAT -- IF YOU JUST TOOK OUT THE PART ABOUT ABORTION. SHE EMBRACED THE IDEA THAT AMERICA HAS THE STRONGEST, MOST LETHAL FIGHTING FORCE IN THE WORLD. SHE HAD TOUGH TALK ON IRAN, A VERY FULL-THROATED DEFENSE OF ISRAEL AND ENSURING THAT IT HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF, SO IN OTHER WORDS, NONE OF THAT TALK OF THE ARMS EMBARGO THE LEFT IS CALLING FOR. SHE EMBRACED THAT IMMIGRATION BILL, WHICH OF COURSE BIDEN PROMISED TO SIGN BUT A LOT ON THE LEFT DON'T LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH IT HAS IN TERMS OF BORDER SECURITY AND CHANGING ASYLUM LAWS. THIS WAS A MODERATE AGENDA IN MANY WAYS AND A PRACTICAL ONE. THIS LINE STUCK OUT TO ME. IT SAYS SHE IS REALISTIC, PRACTICAL, AND HAS COMMON SENSE. THOSE ARE NOT THE WATCHWORDS OF SOMEONE WHO IS AN IDEOLOGUE, A FAR LEFT IDEOLOGUE, AND I THOUGHT THAT SHE IS TAKING ON THE WAY THEY ARE DEFINING HER HEAD ON AND SHE IS REALLY TRYING TO APPEAL TO INDEPENDENTS AND DISAFFECTED REPUBLICANS. >> MARK, WANT TO BRING YOU IN HERE BECAUSE SHE ALSO HAD THIS DELICATE DANCE OF REALLY BEING PRO-ISRAEL, AND AT THE SAME TIME PRO-PALESTINIAN. >> EXACTLY. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE AND A VULNERABILITY REALLY FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND NOW VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING, FAR, FAR FEWER THAN WERE EXPECTED AND FAR, FAR MORE PEACEFUL THAN COULD BE POSSIBLE, BUT WE TALKED TO SOME OF THOSE UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES, THOSE UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES WERE COMPLETELY AGAINST WHAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING AND WHAT THEY WANT, EXACTLY WHAT JOHN SAID. LOOK, WE WANT AN ARMS EMBARGO. SHE DID NOT PROMISE THAT TONIGHT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SHE TOOK THE MEASURE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. SHE SAID THE PEOPLE MUST HAVE A RIGHT TO DIGNITY, SECURITY, FREEDOM, AND SELF-DETERMINATION, AND I'M THINKING OF ONE OF THOSE UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES WHO SAID TO ME, WE JUST WANT HER TO LISTEN TO US. SO IS THIS ENOUGH? WILL THOSE UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES GIVE KAMALA HARRIS A BREAK? AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I FELT THAT WITH SOME OF THOSE I TALKED TO THAT IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM JOE BIDEN, THAT THEY JUST WANTED TO BE HEARD AND I THINK IN SO MANY WAYS SHE TOLD THEM SHE WAS LISTENING. SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE ON THE LEFT AND EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED, BUT SHE WAS LISTENING. >> MARTHA, MARY, JOHN, OUR THANKS TO YOU ALL WEEK LONG FOR YOUR INSIGHTS AND TIME, WE APPRECIATE IT. WE NOW WANT TO TURN TO OUR SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, WHO IS THERE WITH SENATOR CHRIS COONS OF DELAWARE, CERTAINLY A LONG TIME CLOSE FRIEND OF DOMINIC PRESIDENT BIDEN OF COURSE ALSO SERVED HIMSELF. 36 YEARS. >> I AM HERE WITH SENATOR CHRIS COONS. TALKING ABOUT YOUR FIRST CONVENTION, 1996. THIS ONE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN I'M SURE YOU EVEN IMAGINED A YEAR AGO, EXPECTING PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD BE ON THAT STAGE TONIGHT. >> SHE DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB TONIGHT. SPOKE ABOUT HER MIDDLE-CLASS ROOTS, HER LOVE FOR OUR NATION, AND HER VISION HOW TO KEEP US SAFER AND STRONGER AT HOME AND ABROAD. SHE APPEALED TO ALL AMERICANS AND SAID I WANT TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS. SHE FOLLOWED A SPEECH BY ADAM JENSEN -- ADAM KINZINGER, A REPUBLICAN FROM ILLINOIS, ENTHUSIASTICALLY AS SOMEONE WHO WILL DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW AND I THINK SHE LAID OUT A VERY CLEAR CASE WHY TO VOTE FOR HER AS OPPOSED TO HER OPPONENT. >> YOU ARE AN INTERN FOR JOE BIDEN WHEN HE WAS A SENATOR 35 YEARS AGO. HE HAS SINCE BECOME ONE OF YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS. YOU SPOKE ON THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION STAGE. HOW IS PRESIDENT BIDEN DOING IN THESE RECENT WEEKS SINCE HE DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE? >> I THINK TONIGHT HE'S EXCITED AND OPTIMISTIC. THIS EVENING, THIS CONVENTION, THIS EVENT DID THREE THINGS. ON MONDAY, WE THANKED JOE BIDEN, CELEBRATED HIM, WE TOLD HIM HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIM. ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WE HEARD FROM THE NEXT GENERATION OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AND SOME OF OUR SEASONED SAINTS WHO WERE PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP A GENERATION AGO. TONIGHT AND LAST NIGHT, GOVERNOR WALZ AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CARRY US AND OUR COUNTRY FORWARD. IT WAS A REMARKABLE EVENT. WONDERFUL EVENT, INSPIRING SPEAKERS AND ENERGIZED DEMOCRATS BOTH HERE IN CHICAGO AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AND PERSUADED SOME FOLKS TO COME OUR WAY WHO WEREN'T REALLY SURE WHAT THEY FELT ABOUT THIS TICKET AND ARE NOW EXCITED. >> SENATOR CHRIS COONS, THANK YOU. OF COURSE THE BIG QUESTION NOW, HOW MUCH CAN DEMOCRATS CARRY THIS MOMENTUM OR IS IT JUST A HONEYMOON PERIOD IS REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING? >> WE WILL SOON FIND OUT. OUR THANKS TO YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. NOW I WANT TO BRING IN TO MURTAUGH, TRUMP CAMPAIGN SENIOR ADVISOR. TIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON THE SHOW. KAMALA HARRIS SAID TONIGHT DONALD TRUMP IS AN UNSERIOUS MAN AND CLAIMED THIS. >> CONSIDER WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO IF WE GIVE HIM POWER AGAIN. CONSIDER HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO SET FREE VIOLENT EXTREMISTS WHO ASSAULTED THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE CAPITAL. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO JAIL JOURNALISTS, POLITICAL OPPONENTS, AND ANYONE HE SEES AS THE ENEMY. HIS EXPLICIT INTENT TO DEPLOY OUR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AGAINST OUR OWN CITIZENS. >> HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT, TIM? >> WELL, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S PRETTY RICH TO HEAR HER TALKING BUT THE THREAT OF SUMMARY PROSECUTING AND TRYING TO SEND TO JAIL OR POLITICAL OPPONENTS BECAUSE THAT'S EXEC DOMINIC CICELY WITH THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN DOING TO DONALD TRUMP. NEAR T END OF THE SPEECH SHE QUOTED HER MOTHER WHEN SHE SAID SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE, WHICH ACTUALLY MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD WHEN I WAS WATCHING THIS BECAUSE THE IRONY IN THAT, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS CONVENTION IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THAT. IT HAS BEEN -- YESTERDAY WAS ONE MONTH THEN SHE BECAME THE PRESUMED NOMINEE WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS FORCED OFF THE STAGE, AND IN THAT TIME SHE HASN'T HAD A SINGLE INTERVIEW, HASN'T SAT DOWN FOR A SINGLE INTERVIEW WITH YOU GUYS OR ANYBODY ELSE. SHE NEVER TALKS ABOUT POLICIES, IN FACT SHE DOESN'T HAVE A POLICY SECTION ON HER WEBSITE. THIS WAS AN OUTRAGEOUSLY UNIQUE CONVENTION BECAUSE WHAT THEY'VE DONE -- THEY DIDN'T JUST REPACKAGE AND WANT SOMEBODY LIKE A NORMAL CONVENTION USUALLY DOES, THEY INVENTED A WHOLE NEW PERSON. JON KARL WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, SHE STAKED OUT AND ALWAYS THROUGH HER CAREER HAS STAKED OUT THESE LEFT-WING POSITIONS, FAR LEFT-WING POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY THE 2019 AND 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES, SHE WILL NEVER OWN UP TO THOSE THINGS. SHE IS CONCEALING HER ENTIRE RECORD AND SHE'S BEING PRESENTED AS A LONELY PERSON, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS FOR KAMALA HARRIS AND STILL, IF THE ELECTION WERE TODAY, DONALD TRUMP WOULD RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. >> HARRIS SAYS SHE'S CALLING FOR MIDDLE-CLASS TAX CUT THAT WOULD BENEFIT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND THEN CONTRASTED THAT TO TRUMP CALLING FOR THE END OF NATIONAL SALES TAX THAT WOULD RAISE PRICES OF MIDDLE QUEST FAMILIES. IS THAT TRUE? >> WELL, HERE'S THE SITUATION. IF THIS CAMPAIGN, IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE THIS CAMPAIGN A CONTEST OVER WHO IS BETTER AT CUTTING TAXES, WE WILL WELCOME THAT, WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, AND TWICE ON SUNDAYS. THIS IS THE BENEFIT. SHE'S PART OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. IT'S THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALLED IT FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. SHE CAST THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE ON MANY OF THE MAJOR SPENDING PACKAGES THAT CAUSED INFLATION. ECONOMISTS, INCLUDING JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS' OWN SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY JANET YELLEN AGREED THAT THESE BILLS FUELED INFLATION. SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT WHO IS BETTER AT CUTTING TAXES, WE SAY BRING IT ON. SHE HAS ALREADY STOLEN ONE OF THE PRESIDENT -- PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IDEAS FOR NO TAX ON TIPS FOR SERVICE WORKERS. SHE WANTS TO TALK ON TAX CUTS, LET'S HAVE A WHOLE DEBATE JUST ABOUT THAT, WE THINK THAT'S GREAT. >> OF COURSE THE TOPIC OF ABORTION WAS PART OF HARRIS 'SPEECH TONIGHT. WANT TO TAKE A LISTEN TO PART OF WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. >> AS A PART OF HIS AGENDA, HE AND HIS ALLIES WOULD LIMIT ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL, AND MEDICATION ABORTION AND ENACT A NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN WITH OR WITHOUT CONGRESS. AND GET THIS -- [BOOS] GET THIS. HE PLANS TO CREATE A NATIONAL ANTIABORTION COORDINATOR AND FORCE STATES TO REPORT ON WOMEN'S MISCARRIAGES AND ABORTIONS. SIMPLY PUT: THEY ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO HARRIS AND HER CAMPAIGN TO MAKE. >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S SIMPLY NOT TRUE. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS STATED REPEATEDLY HE WOULD NOT SIGN A NATIONAL BAN ON ABORTION. AGAIN, IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THIS IS WHERE SHE WANTS TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HER OWN RECORD IS AS VICE PRESIDENT AND LEADING UP TO WHEN SHE BECAME VICE PRESIDENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FACT THAT SHE HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY WEAK ON CRIME. WHILE SHE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT XI POSTED ON TWITTER AND INVITED PEOPLE TO DONATE TOL THE PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL WHO HAD BURNED MINNEAPOLIS TO THE GROUND. SHE HAS FORMED THE DEFUND THE POLICE MOVEMENT. SHE SPONSORED A BILL IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO ENCOURAGE THE ENDING OF CASH BAIL, THEREBY RELEASING VIOLENT CRIMINALS ONTO THE STREETS. AS SHE TALKED ABOUT GUNS TONIGHT TOO, BUT WHEN SHE WAS A PROSECUTOR SHE WENT EASY ON CRIMINALS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO WERE ACCUSED OF COMMITTING GUN CRIMES. SO ALL OF THIS, EVERYTHING THAT SHE TALKS ABOUT IS A BRAND-NEW KAMALA HARRIS THAT NEVER EXISTED UNTIL 31 DAYS AGO. SHE HAS NOT YET SAT FOR AN INTERVIEW, SHE HAS NO POLICY SECTION ON HER WEBSITE, SHE DRASTICALLY DOES NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT SHE HAS EVER DONE IN HER CAREER, SHE KEEPS EVERYTHING FOCUSED ON DONALD TRUMP AND THIS IS, AGAIN, AN ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS OVER AND OVER DENIGRATED WHAT THEY CALL MEGA REPUBLICANS, WHICH MEANS DONALD TRUMP AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT HIM. >> TIM, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAYING UP LATE WITH US, APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT AND TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON. >> JOINING US NOW, QUITE A NIGHT TONIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US! OUR DEMOCRATS AND THE HARRIS CAMP FEELING ABOUT VICE PRESIDENTS SPEECH? >> WE ARE FEELING GREAT, A LOT OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT ON THE FLOOR, THE BALLOONS COMING DOWN, PEOPLE NEXT TO ME, YOUNG PEOPLE, FIRST-TIMERS WHO WERE JUST COMMENTING AND THEY WERE JUST SO ENERGIZED AND EXCITED, WE FEEL GOOD TONIGHT, THE VICE PRESIDENT LAID OUT NOT JUST HER BIOGRAPHY, REINTRODUCING HERSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SHE TALK ABOUT FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM'S AND LAID THOSE OUT AND TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE. AS A STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN THIS CAMPAIGN AND THE OTHER ONE. THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE. THIS IS A JOYFUL CAMPAIGN. THIS IS ABOUT FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE. THE OTHER ONE, VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, VERY DIFFERENT, VERY MONOTONE, BARRY DOWN, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, HOW THEY ARE GOING TO HARM PEOPLE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO AFTER AMERICAN CITIZENS WHEN THEY GO AFTER MIGRANTS. I MEAN, THIS IS SUCH A DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN. THE ENERGY HERE IS VERY POSITIVE, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE AND IT'S A JOYFUL ONE. >> AND THE ECONOMY WAS ONE MAJOR ISSUE FOCUSED ON STAGE TONIGHT. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SWING OR UNDECIDED VOTERS WHO BELIEVE THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD HANDLE THE ECONOMY BETTER, AN ISSUE THAT HE CURRENTLY IS PULLING ABOVE HARRIS ON? >> WELL, I THINK THE VICE PRESIDENT TONIGHT DID WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO ON THE ECONOMY. NUMBER ONE, TALKING ABOUT HER OWN UPBRINGING, BASICALLY SHOWING AND THEN TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT HER FAMILY, BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM, UNDERSTANDING THE STRUGGLES, UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO RAISE TWO KIDS FROM A SINGLE MOM, YOU KNOW, GETTING A JOB, WORKING HER WAY THROUGH SCHOOL. THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO MAKE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING, THOSE THAT ARE FEELING THE HARM, AND MAKE THAT HER TOP PRIORITY. LOOK, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE ECONOMY AND WHERE IT'S GONE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AFTER COVID, WE ARE DOING GREAT BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL SUFFERING IN THE VICE PRESIDENT KNOWS THAT. SHE TALKED ABOUT THINGS LIKE HOUSING. WE HEAR THAT ALL DAY LONG, THAT HOUSING IS TOO EXPENSIVE. OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BREAK THAT COST. TALK TO VOTERS, TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT HER PLAN AND SHE'S GOING TO MAKE THEM HER NUMBER ONE PRIORITY ON THIS ISSUE THAT WE CAN WIN THEM OVER. AND TONIGHT WE HAD REPUBLICANS STEP UP, AS WE HAVE ALL WEEK LONG MAKING THE CASE WHY KAMALA HARRIS IS THE BEST CHOICE TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. >> GOING INTO THE SUMMER IT WAS AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC VOTERS, PARTICULARLY MALE VOTERS WHO WERE LEANING TOWARDS DONALD TRUMP ACCORDING TO POLLS, DRIVING UP HIS POLL NUMBERS IN PARTICULAR IN SWING STATES, DEMOCRATS NOW HAVE 74 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY, IS THAT ENOUGH TIME TO GET THOSE VOTERS BACK? >> IT DEFINITELY IS ENOUGH TIME BUT WE'VE GOT TO GO DO THE WORK, WE GOT TO POUND THE PAVEMENT, MAKE THE CALLS, KNOCK ON DOORS, COMMUNICATE AND ENGAGE WITH THEM. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEAR FROM LATINO MEN IS THEY WANT TO BE ENGAGED. THEY WANT TO BE REACHED OUT TO. THAT HASN'T HAPPENED A LOT. ONE OF THE THING THE CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS HAS DONE IS GONE ON THE ROAD TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE. NOW WE ARE SEEING ON THE CAMPAIGN SIDE, THE VICE PRESIDENT ON THE TRAIL, WE ARE SEEING TIM WALZ ON THE TRAIL, TALKING TO FOLKS DIRECTLY. WE'VE GOT TIM WALZ NOW ALSO TALKING TO MIDWESTERNERS, TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF BEING A COACH, BEING A VETERAN, BEING A FOOTBALL COACH. ALL OF THAT RESONATES I THINK WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY MEN. WE HEAR NOW ALL THESE ANALOGIES TO FOOTBALL. WHAT BETTER WAY TO REACH AND CONNECT FOR SPORTS AS SOMEBODY WHO'S PLAYED ON THE CONGRESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM WITH TIM WALZ, THIS IS HIS WHEELHOUSE. IF SO I THERE'S A LOT TO DO IN THE NEXT 74 DAYS. YOU WILL SEE ME ON THE TRAIL, YOU WILL SEE OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE TRAIL, OR VICE PRESIDENT. AS TIM LIKES TO SAY, YOU WILL SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE DEAD. WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN EVERY MINUTE TO LAY OUT ON THE TABLE TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE DWAKE UP THE DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY WE HAVE NO REGRETS, AND THEY THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE STARTING TOMORROW. >> CONGRESSWOMAN LYNETTE OREGON -- ACTUALLY FROM THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN, WE THANK YOU. WE KNOW SHE HAD SOME SPECIFIC GOALS FOR SPEECH, L. DID SHE MEET THEM? >> THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO HAVE A SPEECH THAT WAS ROOTED IN HER SENSE OF PATRIOTISM. I THINK ABOUT ALL THE WAYS SHE COULD'VE TOOK TYPICAL REPUBLICAN LANGUAGE AND TRY TO FLIP THE SCRIPT, RIGHT? SHE TRIED TO SAY YOU DON'T GET TO BE THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE PATRIOTS, WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE STANDING UP FOR VOTING RIGHTS AND ELECTIONS. ON THE ISSUE OF FREEDOM, REPUBLICANS OFTEN TALK ABOUT FREEDOM. SHE PAINTED A PARTY THAT WAS ABOUT READ HIM TO BE WHO YOU ARE, A COUNTRY THAT WAS ABOUT FREEDOM TO BE WHO YOU ARE. LITERALLY WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE IMAGES OVER AND OVER. REFINING DOMINIC RECLAIMING THE FLAG, I THINK THAT IDEA OF WHAT IS A PATRIOT, SHE DEFINITELY HAMMER THAT HOME. >> A LOT OF FOCUS THIS WEEK ON KAMALA HARRIS' FAMILY AND HER LOVED ONES AND THE SAME FOR RUNNING MATE TIM WALZ, WHAT ARE THEY HOPING THAT WILL CONVEY TO VOTERS? >> THAT THEY ARE A PARTY OF DIVERSITY, THAT ALL FAMILIES COUNT, THERE'S NO ONE KIND OF FAMILY THAT IS MORE AMERICAN THAN ANOTHER. I MEAN, YOU HEARD TIM WALZ SAY THAT HIS FAMILY MIGHT BE UNIQUE. YOU HEARD DOUG EMHOFF SAY THEIR FAMILY MIGHT BE UNIQUE BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE STORY OF AMERICA. LOOK, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE HE HEARD, REPUBLICANS ALREADY ATTACKED DEMOCRATS ON, J.D. VANCE SAYING THEY OF THE PRO-DEMOCRATIC PARTY -- PRO-FAMILY PARTY WHILE THIS CONVENTION WAS REALLY ABOUT DEMOCRATS PUSHING BACK ON THAT IDEA, SAYING IT WAS SORT OF A CHALLENGE TO REPUBLICANS TO PUT FORWARD PRO-FAMILY POLICIES INTO NOT NOT HAVE A CLAIM ON THE IDEA OF WHAT COUNTS AS A FAMILY. >> MARYALICE PARKS, OUR THANKS TO YOU ALL WEEK LONG. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT! I'M LINSEY DAVIS. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ALL NIGHT WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT, AND ANALYSIS, YOU CAN FIND US ON HULU, ROKU, AND OF COURSE ON ABCNews.com. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US ALL WEEK LONG. WE WILL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH THE SCENE INSIDE UNITED CENTER HERE ON THE FLOOR. YOU SEE THE PEOPLE STILL LINGERING, SUPPORTING KAMALA HARRIS WITH THEIR FLAGS AND POSTERS THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMERICA, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. ♪ ♪ but the story was never consistent. All these fans were coming through his stuff.