 
TEMPERAMENT, HIS ABILITY TO 
HEAL THE NATION AT A TIME OF 
INTENSE CRISIS. 
I THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ALSO 
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 
EXPERIENCE HE HAD WITH JOE 
BIDEN BY HIS SIDE. 
WHEN THE TWO OF THEM GOT 
TOGETHER IN 2000 NINE THEY 
CREATED A COUNTRY THAT WAS 
HEMORRHAGING $8000 A MONTH AND 
THEY TURNED THAT AROUND AND 
ENDED UP CREATING THE LONGEST 
JOB GROWTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 
HELPING TO LEAD THE COUNTRY 
DURING THAT TIME IS ESPECIALLY 
PERTINENT IN TERMS OF 
EXPERIENCE THAT WE NEED IN THE 
OVAL OFFICE TODAY. 
ALSO IMPORTANTLY WE WILL BE 
HEARING FROM HILLARY CLINTON. 
>> THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ASK 
YOU ABOUT, THE LAST TIME CLINTON
SPOKE AT A CONVENTION SHE WAS 
THE PARTY NOMINEE. 
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 
SIGNIFICANCE OF HER SPEAKING 
TONIGHT 
>> WE ALL REMEMBER HOW IT 
PLAYED OUT IN 2016 AND CAN 
IMAGINE THAT WAS A PAINFUL 
EXPERIENCE FOR HILLARY CLINTON, 
NOW WATCHING SOME OF THE 
CONCERNS AND FLAGS THAT SHE 
RAISED PLAYING OUT IN REAL 
LIFE. 
SHE SAID AT THE TIME SHE DIDN'T 
BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP COULD GROW 
INTO THE JOB THAT HE DIDN'T 
HAVE THE TEMPERAMENT OR THE 
EXPERIENCE TO LEAD THE NATION 
EITHER IN GOOD TIMES OR BAD 
TIMES. 
TONIGHT SHE'S GOING TO DELIVER 
A STRONG REBUKE AND ALSO TO SAY 
AND APPEAL TO VOTERS WATCHING 
BACK HOME LET'S NOT MAKE THIS 
ANOTHER SHOULD HAVE THE ELECTION
, WHETHER THEY SUPPORTED HER 
CHOSE NOT TO SUPPORT AT ALL 
SHE'S GOING TO SAY THIS TIME 
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN IT HAS 
EVER BEEN AND PEOPLE WILL 
DEFINITELY NEED TO TURN OUT. 
>> MATT WE HAVE SEEN THE NUMBER 
OF OF PUBLICANS? 
PRESS THEIR REPORT FOR JOE 
BIDEN INCLUDING JOHN KASICH AND 
CINDY McCAIN AND INCLUDING: 
POWELL.  
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS 
AND HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT WILL 
THIS HAVE ON REPUBLICAN AND 
INDEPENDENT VOTERS? 
>> FIRST OF ALL WITH: POWELL 
IT'S NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE THE 
LAST TIME HE SUPPORTED A 
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IT WAS 2004, 
MORE SHOCKING TO ME, CINDY 
McCAIN AND JOHN KASICH HAVE 
BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN AGAINST 
TRUMP, NOT JUST THIS MONTH OR 
THIS YEAR  THEY HAVE BEEN GOING 
BACK SEVERAL YEARS. 
JOHN KASICH RAN AGAINST HIM. 
WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IS  
A SURPRISE, SOMEBODY CAME OUT 
OF NOWHERE, I THINK THAT A LOT 
OF THE OPINIONS FOR THE BETTER 
OR WORSE ARE SOLIDIFIED AGAINST 
TRUMP. 
THERE ARE NOT MANY REPUBLICANS 
THAT HAVE YET TO FORM AN 
OPINION ON TRUMP THAT'S WHY 
COMES DOWN TO WITH HIM IN THE 
FALL NOT MAKING THIS A 
REFERENDUM ON HIMSELF. 
THAT'S HOW HE WAS ABLE TO WIN 
HE MADE A CHOICE BETWEEN 
HILLARY AND HIM, NOT A JUDGMENT 
ON WHO HE WAS. 
>> TO YOUR POINT ALSO, NOT ONLY 
HAVE THEY CRITICIZED DONALD 
TRUMP BUT TRUMP IS CRITICIZED 
BOTH OF THOSE. 
I WAS CAREFUL TO SAY SUPPORT 
RATHER THAN INDOORS. 
IS THERE REASON THAT SOME 
CONSERVATIVES ARE MAKING THIS 
DISTINCTION? 
>> I DON'T THINK SO. 
I THINK IT SAID DISTINCTION 
WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE. 
IF YOU ARE SUPPORTING SOMEONE I 
THINK YOU ARE ENDORSING THEM. 
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TALKING 
ABOUT THEM ON NATIONAL 
TELEVISION AT THE PARTIES 
CONVENTION IT IS REALLY HARD TO 
SAY I'M NOT GOING FULLY IN THAT 
PERSONS CAMP. 
I THINK IT SAID DISTINCTION AND 
THERE'S NO DISCERNIBLE 
DIFFERENCE. 
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL 
THAT WAY. 
LYNDA, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS 
APPEAR TO BE THE ROLLCALL 
ACROSS AMERICA , THEY ARE 
REALLY INTO RHODE ISLAND, MARY. 
YOU THINK IT ENERGIZED VOTERS 
IN THIS VIRTUAL CLIMATE AND YOU 
THINK REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO 
TAKE THEIR CUES FROM WHAT WE 
SAW THE DEMOCRATS ROLL OUT? 
>> I HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE 
FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT ROLLCALL. 
MANY CALLS FOR FUTURE ROLE 
CALLS TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE 
SAME FASHION EVEN WHEN WE ARE 
ABLE TO BE BACK TOGETHER IN A 
BIG AUDITORIUM. 
I THINK IT WAS REFRESHING AND A 
GREAT LOOK AT HIGH DIVERSE A 
COUNTRY WE ARE. 
HOW MANY FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT 
WALKS OF LIFE I THINK IT IS 
DEFINITELY A CINEMATIC AND 
TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT 
GIVING ALL THE DIFFICULTIES WE 
úHAVE EXPERIENCED DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
LYNDA, YOUR FAVORITE STATE? 
>> I REALLY TOOK NOTICE WHEN I 
SAW  AMERICAN SOME ALLAH. 
MY FAVORITE STATE IS PROBABLY 
MY OWN AND THAT WOULD BE 
VIRGINIA. 
>> MATT, DID YOU HAVE A 
FAVORITE STATE LAST NIGHT AND 
WHAT ABOUT THAT QUESTION THAT I 
PREFACED ALL THIS WITH? 
HOW DO YOU THINK REPUBLICANS 
ARE WATCHING THE DNC THIS YEAR 
AND TAKING NOTES? 
>> I AM A BIG CALAMARI GUY ALSO 
SO RIGHT ALLEN WAS REALLY GOOD 
BUT MY HOME STATE OF 
CONNECTICUT I LIKE THAT ALSO. 
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. 
CONVENTIONS ARE VERY OUTDATED 
IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE. 
SO THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ALMOST A 
WAY TO RETHINK IT. 
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO 
VIRTUALLY. 
I'VE BEEN TO CONVENTIONS PAST 
THAT'S A LOT OF AWKWARDNESS AND 
PARTIES THE PARTIES CAN 
STREAMLINE THIS THEY HAVE TO 
RETHINK HOW THEY ARE DONE, NOT 
ONLY CAN YOU ATTRACT MORE 
VIEWERS AT YOU CAN GET YOUR 
MESSAGE ACROSS IN DIFFERENT 
WAYS. 
NORMALLY ONE PERSON DELIVERS A 
40 MINUTE STEM WINDER IN THIS 
WAY THEY WERE OF THE SHOWCASE 
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT 
TIMES. 
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 
DIFFERENT POSITIVES. 
REPUBLICANS CAN TAKE THAT FROM 
THIS CONVENTION, MAYBE NOT THE 
AWKWARD SCHOOLHOUSE BIRTHDAY 
PARTY WITH JOE BIDEN AND JILL. 
THAT WAS A LITTLE AWKWARD BUT 
THE REST LAST NIGHT WAS PRETTY 
INTERESTING. 
>> THERE WERE DEFINITELY SOME 
AWKWARD MOMENTS. 
OVERALL AN INTERESTING SINGLE 
MEETING AS FAR AS THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 
GO. 
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING 
TO YOU GUYS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 
THE REPUBLICANS. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> THE LATEST BATTLEGROUND 
TRACKERS SHOWS JOE BIDEN 
LEADING ADMITS HISPANIC VOTERS. 
THE POLL FOUND A MOTIVATING 
FACTOR WAS THE VIEW THAT HE 
CARED MORE ABOUT THE PANDEMICS 
RISK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
FORMER 2020 CANDIDATE WILLIAM 
CASTRO IS WARNING THE PARTY MAY 
WIN IN NOVEMBER BUT COULD SEE A 
POTENTIAL SLIDE OF LATINO 
SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE. 
HE MADE THOSE COMMENTS IN HER 
RECENT INTERVIEW ON HBO. 
>> I SAW THIS VERY CLEARLY, THE 
LATINO COMMUNITY OFTENTIMES IS 
INVISIBLE. 
IT IS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. EVEN 
THOUGH IT IS GOING TO BE THE 
LARGEST NONWHITE VOTING GROUP 
IN 2020 IN EVERY WAY OF 
AMERICAN SOCIETY. 
THE MEDIA, HOLLYWOOD, MANY 
PROFESSIONS. THERE IS THIS 
IMAGE OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY 
AS IF EVERYBODY GOT HERE FIVE 
MINUTES AGO. 
>> FORMER SECRETARY OF HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, WILLIAM 
CASTRO. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. FOR 
THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY THEY 
WILL BE THE LARGEST NONWHITE 
DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE 2020 
ELECTION. 
WE KNOW ALL HISPANICS DON'T 
VOTE THE SAME WAY WE SHOULD 
NEVER CONSIDER ONE VOTING BLOCK 
OR ONE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP A 
VOTING BLOC BUT WHAT IS THE 
MESSAGE THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY 
NEEDS TO HEAR FROM DEMOCRATS 
DURING THIS NATIONAL 
CONVENTION? 
>> THE MESSAGES AFTER A FOUR-
YEAR A PRESIDENT WHO ONLY 
BELIEVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 
PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE HIM AND 
HAVE A WALLET AS BIG AS HIS, 
JOE BIDEN IS SOMEONE WHO 
CHAMPIONS OPPORTUNITY FOR 
EVERYBODY, HE HAS A TRACK 
RECORD FOR EXPANDING 
OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY SINGLE 
PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY AND HAS 
THE GOODS TO PROVE IT. 
EXPANDING HEALTH CARE, 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, 4 MILLION 
HISPANICS WERE ABLE TO BENEFIT 
FROM THE CHAMPION HOUSING 
OPPORTUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL 
OPPORTUNITY. 
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE IF HE 
IS ELECTED. 
ALL OF THESE THINGS I THINK 
RESONATE DEEPLY ALONG WITH 
TURNING AWAY FROM THE CRUELTY 
OF DONALD TRUMP'S TREATMENT OF 
IMMIGRANTS TO A COMMONSENSE, 
REASONABLE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM 
AND ONE THAT HAS COMPASSION IN 
IT. 
>> SEVERAL PROMINENT VOICES ARE 
CRITICIZING THE LACK OF 
REPRESENTATION DURING THIS 
YEAR'S DNC. 
ONLY THREE PROMINENT HISPANIC 
SPEAKERS, YOU DELIVER THE 
KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE 2012 
CONVENTION OF THE SURE YOU WILL 
BE SPEAKING ON A PANEL WITH 
OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. 
SOME OTHER PRESIDENTIAL 
CONTENDERS WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING
DURING THE PRIMETIME EVENT IN 
THE REALLY HAS BEEN A FAIR 
AMOUNT OF CRITICISM. 
DO YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE 
DOING ENOUGH TO INCLUDE 
LATINOS? 
>> LAST WEEK THEY ANNOUNCED TO 
WAS GOING TO BE SPEAKING IN 
PRIME TIME. 
AT THAT TIME THERE WERE 35 
SPEAKERS AND ONLY THREE OF THEM 
WERE LATINO NON-MUSLIM 
AMERICANS, NO NATIVE AMERICANS. 
I SAID THIS DOESN'T REFLECT THE 
DIVERSE COALITION THE DEMOCRATS 
HAVE LONG LIVED WITH OVER THE 
LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 
ESPECIALLY IN 2018. 
THE BIG WINS THAT WE HAVE 
POWERED BY THIS COALITION. 
THEY DID AT SOME PARTICIPANTS. 
WE SAW THAT THE FIRST TWO 
NIGHTS. 
I WOULD BE LYING IF I SAID I 
DON'T THINK THERE'S PROGRESS TO 
BE MADE BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE 
MORE DIVERSE VOICES THERE BUT 
WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT 
JOE BIDEN AND SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS,  WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE A STRONG TRACK RECORD WITH 
THE LATINO COMMUNITY. 
THEY HAVE DELIVERED ON 
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY 
IMPROVING HEALTHCARE AND 
IMMIGRATION. 
IT IS NIGHT AND DAY COMPARED TO 
DONALD TRUMP WHO IS BEEN THE 
MOST CRUEL HEARTED AND ILL 
INTENTIONED WHEN IT COMES TO 
THE LATINO COMMUNITY OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> AS YOU BROUGHT UP, SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS, I WANT TO ASK 
YOU ABOUT HER, YOU'VE BEEN WITH 
HER ON THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE 
STAGE.  
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF JOE BIDEN'S 
PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT AND 
GIVEN THAT SHE IS THE DAUGHTER 
OF IMMIGRANTS, IS THERE 
COMMONALITY THAT COULD HELP 
BOOST HER APPEAL AMONG LATINO 
VOTERS? 
>> I AM EXCITED TO HEAR FROM 
SENATOR HARRIS TONIGHT. 
I THINK SHE'S GOING TO KNOCK IT 
OUT OF THE PARK. 
HER STORY IS A IMMIGRANT 
AMERICAN DREAM STORY THE PEOPLE 
FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS 
IN THIS COUNTRY UNDERSTAND THAT 
THEY CAN RELATE TO, THINK IS 
GOING TO RESONATE TREMENDOUSLY 
TONIGHT, JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, 
SHE HAS A TRACK RECORD OF 
GETTING THINGS DONE AND SHE IS 
BEEN WORKING ON THE SENATE AND 
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR 
EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY. 
I THINK SHE WILL HAVE A GREAT 
CHANCE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE 
HERSELF TO A LOT OF FOLKS WHO 
MAY NOT KNOW HER AS WELL. 
THE KAMALA HARRIS I SAW ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS A BRILLIANT, 
DYNAMIC, PERSONABLE INDIVIDUAL 
WHO AMERICA, I KNOW IS GOING TO 
LOVE THE MORE AND MORE THEY GET 
TO KNOW HER. 
>> EARLY I WAS TALKING ABOUT 
THE ROLLCALL IN EVERYBODY'S 
FAVORITE STATE I'M GOING TO 
GUESS WHAT YOUR FAVORITE STATE 
WAS BUT YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT 
SUSPICION FOR ME. 
>> I AM A TEXAN BY BIRTH AND BY 
CHOICE. 
I MOVED BACK AFTER COLLEGE AND 
LOST LAW SCHOOL. 
TEXAS, HAS REALLY HAPPENED 
HAPPY TO SEE OUT OF EL PASO TO 
DO THE ROLLCALL FOR US. 
THIS IS ONE PORTION OF THE 
CONVENTION THAT WAS ACTUALLY 
BETTER IN THIS VIRTUAL VERSION 
OF IT THAN IT IS WHEN YOU ARE 
ON THE FLOOR OF THE CONVENTION. 
PEOPLE ARE ALL CROWDED ON THE 
FLOOR OF THE CONVENTION YOU CAN 
HARDLY HEAR ANYBODY. 
THIS GAVE FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO SHOWCASE THE CHARACTER AND 
THE BEAUTY OF THE STATE THEY 
ARE FROM AND EVERYBODY LOVED 
THE RHODE ISLAND IN THE COLUMN 
MARI. 
AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE BEEN TO 
POLARIZED AND THIS PRESIDENT 
HAS DONE EVERYTHING HE CAN TO 
BE DIVISIVE AND CHAOTIC. 
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE 
DIVERSITY ACTUALLY CAN BE OUR 
STRENGTH AND SOMETHING THAT 
MAKES THIS NATION SPECIAL. 
TAT MOMENT WAS GREAT. 
>> IT WAS GREAT. 
I FELT LIKE TEXAS, YOU HAVE A 
LOT OF GOOD CULINARY OFFERINGS. 
YOU COULD'VE CHALLENGED WITH 
SOME RIBS OR TEX-MEX. 
BUT SPEAKING OF TEXAS, JOE 
BIDEN HAS SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN 
YOUR STATE WHICH MAY BE 
CONSIDERED A SWING STATE IN 
2020. 
STILL OBVIOUSLY LEANING TOWARDS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
THIS IS SURPRISING FOR A LOT OF 
FOLKS. 
THE LAST TIME THEY BACKED A 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WAS IN 
1976. 
WHAT ARE YOUR PREDICTIONS FOR 
TEXAS AND HOW WOULD YOU ADVISE 
BIDEN-HARRIS IN TERMS OF HOW 
THEY COULD ACTUALLY WIN THE 
STATE IN NOVEMBER ? 
>> TEXAS IS A SWING STATE, IT 
IS TOTALLY UP FOR GRABS. 
OFTEN TIMES THE CANDIDATES ARE 
TIED, WITHIN THE MARGIN OF 
ERROR. 
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR AN 
INCUMBENT FOR DONALD TRUMP, HE 
REALLY COULD BE IN TROUBLE AND 
TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING, 
NUMBER ONE, DURING THE DONALD 
TRUMP ERA, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE 
SUBURBS OF TEXAS AND OTHER 
PLACES ARE TURNING AWAY FROM 
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 
IN 2018 DEMOCRATS TOOK BACK TO 
CONGRESSIONAL SEATS IN SUBURBAN 
DALLAS-FORT WORTH IN THE 
HOUSTON AREA APPEARED TO STATES 
WHEN IT SENATE SEATS USED TO BE 
REPUBLICAN. 
THAT PROGRESS CONTINUES. 
MY ADVICE TO VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN AND THE DNC IS TO INVEST 
IN TEXAS. 38 ELECTORAL VOTES 
RIGHT THERE ON THE CUSP AND 
THOSE NUMBERS ARE REFLECTED IN 
OTHER POLLS AS WELL. 
IT IS VERY REAL. 
IF HE GETS TEXAS IT IS GAME 
OVER FOR THE REPUBLICANS, THEY 
HAVE GOT NOWHERE TO GO. 
>> SECRETARY CASTRO, THANK YOU 
FOR JOINING US. 
>>> THERE IS STILL A LOT OF 
NEWS AHEAD SO STICK WITH US. 
YOU ARE STREAMING CBSN, CBS 
NEWS, ALWAYS ON. 
>>> A MASSIVE SINKHOLE SWALLOWED
21 CARS IN SOUTHWEST CHINA ON 
WEDNESDAY. 
IT HAPPENED AT A SHOPPING MALL. 
YOU CAN SEE THE MOMENT THAT A 
ROAD CAVED IN. 
CREWS WERE ABLE TO RECOVER MORE 
THAN A DOZEN CARS. 
FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES WERE 
REPORTED. AUTHORITIES ARE 
INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. 
NEW CONCERN HAS BEEN RAISED 
ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT. 
AT LEAST HALF OF AMERICAN KIDS 
UNDER THE AGE OF 16 USE IT. 
SOME GAMES REPORTEDLY FEATURE 
NAKED FIGURE LETTERS, SIMULATED 
SEX ACTS AND CRUDE LANGUAGE. 
>> THIS IS ROADBLOCK, IN AN 
ONLINE GAMING PROGRAM WHERE 
KIDS CAN RE-CREATE THEMSELVES 
AS CHARACTERS AND EXPLORE 
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. 
PRETEND THEY ARE SUPERHEROES, 
RAISE THEIR OWN VIRTUAL PETS 
ARE GONE TOP-SECRET MISSIONS. 
>> ANYONE CAN CREATE ANYTHING 
AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. 
>> Reporter: A 19-YEAR-OLD 
UNDERSTANDS THAT BETTER THAN 
MOST. 
HE LOOKS AT A LESSER-KNOWN SIDE 
CALLED CONDO GAMES OR CONDO 
VIDEOS. 
>> THEY ARE BASICALLY THE DARK 
SIDE. 
>> PLAYERS CREATE THAT BY 
WRITING COMPUTER CODE ALLOWING 
THEM TO BYPASS CHILD SAFETY 
FILTERS RESULTING IN IMAGES 
LIKE THESE. 
CRUDE LANGUAGE AND SEX ACTS. 
>> THEY HAVE MADE A WORLD WHERE 
KIDS CAN BUILD WHATEVER THEY 
WANT AND WITH CONDO GAMES WHAT 
THEY WANT IS TO BE MUCH MORE 
GROWN-UP THAN I THINK ANYONE 
IMAGINED THEY WOULD TRY. 
>> Reporter: AND EDITOR AT LARGE
HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THE CONDO 
GAMES PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL 
MONTHS. 
>> I ALMOST COMPARE IT TO A 
HOUSE WHERE THE PARENTS ARE OUT 
OF TOWN AND THERE'S A PARTY 
GOING ON HERE THE MOST SHOCKING 
THING IS YOU SEE CHARACTERS 
THAT ARE NAKED AND KIDS HAVE 
FIGURED OUT WAY FOR CHARACTERS 
TO HAVE SEX. 
>> THIS TEENAGER WHO TOLD US 
THAT HE'S BEEN BUILDING THE 
GAMES WITH COMPUTER CODE FOR 
ABOUT A YEAR. 
>> THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY 
WANT TO BYPASS THE GAME FROM 
GETTING REPORT APPEARED 
>> Reporter: NOT ONLY THAT THEY 
FOUND SOME USERS TRYING TO GET 
KIDS TO START SEPARATE PRIVATE 
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ON A 
DIFFERENT APP. 
>> YOU DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE IS 
AN ADULT PRETENDING TO BE A 
CHILD OR. 
>> THEY DECLINED TO DO AN ON 
CAMERA INTERVIEW BUT SAYS IT 
HAS NOTE TOLERANCE FOR 
INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT OR 
BEHAVIOR. 
THE COMPANY SAID IT HAS A 
STRINGENT SAFETY SYSTEM IN 
PLACE INCLUDING MONITORING 
CONTENT CREATED BY USERS, 
ACTING QUICKLY AND CONTINUALLY 
EVOLVING ITS DEFENSE SYSTEMS. 
BUT CONDO GAMES MAY NOT BE ALL 
ONE MOM SAID SHE WAS PLAYING A 
REGULAR ROAD BLOCK GAME CALLED 
ADOPT ME WHEN SOMEONE GRABBED 
THE MOM'S CHARACTER AND TOOK IT 
TO A BED TO SIMULATE A SEX ACT. 
>> SHE ME BACK UP AND NOW SHE'S 
DOING STUFF TO ME. 
RETRO REPTILE HER FIANCC TAPED 
WHAT HAPPENED. 
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE BROUGHT 
ME TO THIS OTHER ROOM AND TOOK 
HER CLOTHES OFF AND WAS ASKING 
ME TO TAKE MY CLOTHING OFF 
JUST ALL KIND OF ADULT STAFF 
THAT SHOULDN'T BE FOR KIDS. 
>> IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR 
KIDS. 
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE 
GAME. 
>> Reporter: THEY ARE 
INVESTIGATING THAT LAST 
INCIDENT. 
THE DEVELOPERS TELL US THEY 
TAKE THE SAFETY OF PLAYERS 
SERIOUSLY AND ADHERE TO THE SET 
OF STRINGENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS. 
THEY TAKE SWIFT ACTION ON ANY 
PLAYER WHO BREAKS THE RULES. 
MEANWHILE THEY HAD MANY VIDEOS 
TAKEN OFF YOUTUBE THEY WOULD 
NOT COMMENT ON HIS SITUATION 
BUT TOLD US IT REPORTS ANY 
SUSPECTED CHILD EXPLOITATION TO 
AUTHORITIES. 
>>> COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HOUR 
IT IS RED AND BLUE. 
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS IS MAKING 
HISTORY BY ACCEPTING THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.  
WHAT ARE REPORTERS ON THE 
GROUND ARE WATCHING FOR ON THE 
THIRD NIGHT OF THE DNC. 
ALL OF THAT COMING UP NEXT ON 
RED AND BLUE. 
>>> I AM ELAINE QUIJANO.  
THANKS FOR JOINING US. 
IN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR THE 
THIRD NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL BEGIN. 
PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JOE BIDEN 
WAS OFFICIALLY NOMINATED FOR 
PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT. 
NOW WITNESSES RUNNING MATES 
TURN TO TAKE CENTER STAGE. 
THE CONVENTION RELEASED A CLIP 
OF HER INTRODUCTION. 
>> THE LITMUS TEST FOR 
AMERICA'S HOW WE TREAT BLACK 
WOMEN. 
>> I AM TRYING TO FIGHT FOR 
BLACK PEOPLE, BROWN PEOPLE, 
LGBTQ, ALL OF AMERICA. 
>>  IT'S ABOUT OUR POWER TO 
LIFT PEOPLE UP AND TO REMIND 
THAT WE SEE THEM. 
>> SENATOR HARRISES HISTORIC 
NIGHT WILL BE PRECEDED BY TWO 
HISTORY MAKERS BEFORE HER. 
THE FIRST COUNTRIES BLACK 
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND THE 
FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD A MAJOR 
PARTY TICKET, HILLARY CLINTON. 
THIS IS WHERE SENATOR HARRIS 
WILL BE DELIVERING HER SPEECH 
AT THE WILMINGTON DELAWARE 
CONVENTION CENTER. 
IT IS NORMALLY USED FOR HIGH 
SCHOOL PROMS THEN AUTO SHOWS. 
IT IS A SHARP CONTRAST TO THE 
20,000 SEAT ARENA WHERE HILLARY 
CLINTON ACCEPTED THE 2016 
NOMINATION. 
JOHN DICKERSON REPORTED FOR 
SUNDAY MORNING, IT IS THE 
LATEST STEP IN THE CONVENTION'S 
EVOLUTION. 
>> Reporter: POLITICAL 
CONVENTIONS USED TO BE GAUDY 
AND IMPORTANT AFFAIRS, 
POWERBROKERS JOSTLED, THRILL 
SEEKERS GAWKED THOSE FOR THE 
FONDNESS OF BUTTONS AND PINS 
AND HATS. 
THE STATES WERE HIGH, 
CONVENTIONS WERE PARTIES 
ACTUALLY PICK THEIR NOMINEES. 
SOMETIMES THAT LED TO PUSHING 
AND SHOVING. 
ALMOST ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. 
>> I'M BEING TOLD THE CHOICES 
BUSH. 
>> IS A 1980 REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION WITH THE QUESTION OF 
WHO RONALD RAGAN WOULD PICK IS 
A MYSTERY. 
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE THAT 
YEAR, SENATOR TED KENNEDY CAME 
CLOSE TO UNSEATING INCUMBENT 
JIMMY CARTER. 
>> JOHN DICKINSON JOINS ME NOW 
FROM WASHINGTON. 
EVERYONE HAS BEEN MENTIONING 
THIS CONVENTION IS UNIQUE BUT 
CONVENTIONS HAVE BEEN EVOLVING 
FOR YEARS. 
IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT 
THE NOMINEE WAS DECIDED THERE. 
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER SIGNIFICANT 
WAYS THEY HAVE CHANGED? 
>> THEY HAVE CHANGED IN THE 
SENSE THAT THEY HAVE BECOME 
EVERMORE INFOMERCIALS FOR THE 
CANDIDATE. 
IT IS NOT SO MUCH OF CENTRAL 
PARTY BUSINESS, OFTEN THEY TRY 
TO GET IT OFF THE STAGE SO THEY 
CAN FOCUS ON USING THESE FOUR 
OR THREE DAYS AS AN INFOMERCIAL 
FOR THE CANDIDATE AND A WAY TO 
DEFINE THE OPPOSITION. 
THE DRAMA HAS BEEN LARGELY 
SQUEEZED OUT OF IT. 
IF THERE'S A FUSSY PERSON WHO 
LOST TO THE NOMINEE IN THE 
PRIMARY THEY ARE GIVEN A LITTLE 
BIT OF TIME ON STAGE BUT 
USUALLY NOT IN PRIME TIME AND 
THEN THEY ARE USHERED OFF IT 
QUICKLY. 
>> WAS ONLY FEBRUARY WHEN THERE 
WERE CONCERNS ABOUT A CONTESTED 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. 
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR A PARTY 
TO UNIFY? 
DO YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATS 
ACCOMPLISH THAT? 
>> WHEN THEY USED TO PICK 
NOMINEES AT THE CONVENTION 
SOMETIMES THE PRESIDENTS WOULD 
HURRY UP AND FIGURE OUT WHO 
THEIR VICE PRESIDENT WAS GOING 
TO BE TO MOLLIFY WHATEVER 
PORTION THEY DIDN'T REPRESENT 
WHICH IS WHY EISENHOWER PICKED 
NIXON. 
AND IN 1972 WHEN McGOVERN 
PICKED EAGLETON. 
HE ULTIMATELY LEFT THE TICKET. 
IT'S MUCH MORE PLACID NOW AT 
THOSE CONVENTIONS. 
THE SECOND PICK IS NOT ALWAYS 
USED TO MOLLIFY PARTS OF THE 
BASE. 
THERE WAS SOME CONCERN, JOE 
BIDEN DID A LOT OF WORK LONG 
BEFORE HE GOT TO THE CONVENTION 
AND YOU SAW THAT IN BERNIE 
SANDERS REMARKS ON MONDAY NIGHT.
WHICH SHOWED NOT ONLY, A LOT OF 
THAT WORK THAT JOE BIDEN HAD 
DONE IN TREATING SANDERS WITH 
RESPECT AND WORKING ON THE 
ISSUES THAT HE CARED ABOUT 
PUTTING TOGETHER THAT UNITY 
DOCUMENT. 
THAT'LL PAID OFF SO YOU DIDN'T 
HAVE ANY RUCKUS DURING THE 
CONVENTION. 
THE FACT THAT IT IS ALL VIRTUAL 
HELPS A LOT SO YOU DON'T HAVE A 
LOT OF DELICATES DELEGATES 
RUNNING AROUND WHO WOULD PREFER 
SOMEONE ELSE TO BE THE NOMINEE. 
>> KAMALA HARRIS IS 
REINTRODUCING HERSELF TONIGHT. 
WE JUST LEARNED FROM DNC 
OFFICIAL SHE WILL BE MAKING 
SOME BRIEF REMARKS AT THE VERY 
TOP OF THE BEGINNING OF THE 
PROGRAM TONIGHT IN A ADDITION, 
THERE IS THE SPEECH LATER, SHE 
IS MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR ON A MAJOR PARTY 
TICKET. 
A WASHINGTON POST POLL SHOWS 
ONE IN FOUR REPUBLICANS APPROVE 
OF JOE BIDEN'S CHOICE. 
HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT IN SUCH 
A DIVISIVE POLITICAL TIME LIKE 
THIS ONE. 
>> TO GET ONE AND FOUR MEMBERS 
OF THE OTHER PARTY TO AGREE TO 
ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR 
PARTY IS A PRETTY GOOD STARTING 
PLACE. 
WE HAVE SEEN PART OF THE 
MESSAGE SO FAR ON THIS 
CONVENTION HAS BEEN THAT JOE 
BIDEN APPEALS TO AND IS LIKED 
BY LIBERALS LIKE BERNIE SANDERS 
ALL THE WAY OVER TO REPUBLICANS 
ARE PARTS OF THE REPUBLICAN 
ADMINISTRATION,  JOHN KASICH 
AND COLIN POWELL. 
THE FACT THAT HIS PICK ALSO HAS 
SOME PURCHASE WITH SOME NUMBER 
OF REPUBLICANS IS IN KEEPING 
WITH THAT THEME. 
THE QUESTION WILL BE WHEN 
KAMALA HARRIS GIVES HER SPEECH, 
HOW MUCH WILL SHE GO AFTER 
DONALD TRUMP? 
EVERYBODY AT THIS CONVENTION 
SEEMS TO BE. 
NORMALLY IS THE VICE PRESIDENT 
WHO PLAYS THAT ATTACK DOG ROLE 
SHE'S GOT OTHER BUSINESS TO DO. 
SHE'S GOT TO REACH OUT TO THE 
PARTY. 
SHE'S GOING TO SPEECH FOR JOE 
BIDEN, SHE TOOK IT TO HIM IN 
THE PRIMARIES. 
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
HOW MUCH SHE GOES AFTER DONALD 
TRUMP AND HOW MUCH HE TRIES TO 
TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THAT OTHER 
BUSINESS THAT THE DEMOCRATS 
NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IN THIS 
CONVENTION TO USE IT TO ITS 
MAXIMUM EFFECT. 
>> I HAVE TO SAY I APPRECIATE 
YOUR GENTEEL POLITICAL 
ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH YOUR WORDS 
LIKE PLACID AND RUCKUS. 
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 
>>> CBSN POLITICAL REPORTER  
JOINS US NOW FROM WILMINGTON 
DELAWARE. 
HI THERE CAITLIN. 
THE PARTY AIMS TO SHOW A BRIDGE 
BETWEEN GENERATIONS HAVING 
SPEAKERS FROM FORMER PRESIDENT 
BILL CLINTON TO REP. 
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ. 
WHAT IS TONIGHT'S MESSAGE?  
>> Reporter: TONIGHT YOU HAVE 
THREE BIG FIGURES OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. HILLARY 
CLINTON, THE FIRST WOMAN TO 
HEAD A MAJOR PARTY TICKET, YOU 
WILL HEAR FROM FORMER PRESIDENT 
BARACK OBAMA SPEAKING TONIGHT 
ABOUT 92% DEMOCRATIC VOTERS 
WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING 
FROM HIM, COMPARE THAT ABOUT 
56% OF DEMOCRATS WANTED TO HEAR 
FROM BILL CLINTON. 
IT SHOWS HOW POPULAR PRESIDENT 
OBAMA STILL IS IN THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND HOW HE CAN 
PROVIDE A LOT OF MOMENTUM FOR 
THIS CONVENTION. 
OF COURSE WE WILL ALSO HEAR 
FROM KAMALA HARRIS. 
THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. 
AFTER SHE IS NOMINATED SHE WILL 
OFFICIALLY BECOME THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE APPEARED 
WHAT WE WILL HEAR TONIGHT, SUCH 
A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR KAMALA 
HARRIS, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN 
NAMED FOR A MAJOR PARTY IN THE 
FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN. 
YOU'LL ALSO HEAR FROM HILLARY 
CLINTON SPEAKING TO THE 
HISTORIC NATURE OF THIS MOMENT 
WHICH IS COMMEMORATING THIS 
WEEK, THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY 
OF THE RATIFICATION OF WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE. 
YOU WILL LIKELY HEAR FROM THESE 
SPEAKERS THE IMPORTANCE OF 
VOTING AND URGING DEMOCRATS TO 
GET OUT THERE AND VOTE 
ESPECIALLY AS THERE ARE 
PRESSURES AND BARRIERS PUT ON 
TO VOTING THIS TIME AROUND. 
>> WE HEAR DEMOCRATS TALK A LOT 
ABOUT HEALTHCARE DURING THIS 
CONVENTION. WHAT ARE OTHER 
ISSUES THE PARTY PLANS TO 
ADDRESS? WHAT OTHER MAJOR 
ISSUES HAVE WE NOT HEARD A LOT 
ABOUT YET? 
>> WE HEARD ABOUT HEALTHCARE 
WHICH IS A HUGE DRIVER IN THE 
SELECTION. 
WE SAW THAT IN 2018 AND WERE 
CONTINUING TO SEE THAT NOW 
ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE BACKDROP 
OF THE PANDEMIC. 
HEALTHCARE HAS BECOME A 
ECONOMIC AND A PERSONAL ISSUE. 
SHOWS A LOT OF SOCIAL INEQUITY 
AND INJUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY. 
WE ALSO HEARD FROM JOHN KERRY 
AND COLIN POWELL SPEAKING LAST 
NIGHT. 
TALKING ABOUT THE THREATS 
ACROSS THE WORLD AND THE FALL 
FOREIGN-POLICY ELEMENTS THAT 
FACE THE INCOMING 
ADMINISTRATION IF THEY ARE 
ELECTED. 
THIS IS BEEN A CONVENTION 
LARGELY GEARED AT DOING TWO 
THINGS. 
NUMBER ONE, SHOWING THE UNITED 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, NOT ONLY 
UNITED BUT THE PROGRESSIVE WING 
OF THE PARTY AND THE JOE BIDEN 
WING OF THE PARTY BUT ALSO 
PRESENTING A PARTY THAT THEY 
BELIEVE CAN BE INCLUSIVE TO 
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE 
DISENCHANTED BY DONALD TRUMP. 
WE HAVE ALSO HEARD A MESSAGE 
COMING FROM THE SPEAKERS THAT 
THEY WANT TO SHOW JOE BIDEN AS 
A EMPATHETIC FIGURE AND REALLY 
TALKING ABOUT HIS PERSONAL 
NARRATIVE WHICH WE HEARD FROM 
JILL BIDEN LAST NIGHT. 
WE HAVE NOT SEEN YET THE BIG 
OUTLINE WITH THE JOE BIDEN 
AGENDA WILL LOOK LIKE. 
EARLIER IN THE WEEK WHEN BERNIE 
SANDERS SPOKE AND TALKING ABOUT 
THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY HAVE 
TEAMED UP ON SOME PROPOSALS, WE 
HAVEN'T YET SEEN WHAT THE 
VISION LOOKS LIKE. 
THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN 
POLLING HEADING INTO TONIGHT WE 
HAVE SEEN THAT THE MAJORITY OF 
SUPPORTERS ARE BACKING HIM 
BECAUSE HE IS RUNNING AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP AND THEY WANT TO 
DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP. 
TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE SUPPORTING 
HIM BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT DONALD 
TRUMP. THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE 
PARTY TO MAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE 
CASE FOR THEIR TICKET AND LAY 
OUT A POSITIVE AGENDA, NOT 
NECESSARILY ONE THAT IS JUST 
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. 
IT IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE BUT 
IT COULD ALSO BE A SITUATION 
WHERE GOING AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP IS ENOUGH. 
I HAVE BEEN COUNTING HOW MANY 
TIMES JOE BIDEN'S NAME IS 
MENTIONED, WE'RE HEARING 
TRUMP'S NAME A LOT AT THE DNC. 
>> TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE 
BIT MORE, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW,
WHAT ARE IMPORTANT THEMES FOR 
HILLARY CLINTON AND BROCK OBAMA 
TO ADDRESS? 
>> I THINK THE ISSUE OF VOTING 
RIGHTS IS GOING TO BE CENTER 
STAGE STAGE. 
ACCORDING TO SOME PREPARED 
REMARKS WE'RE HEARING FROM 
HILLARY CLINTON, SHE IS GOING 
TO ADDRESS THE IDEA AND THE 
FACT THAT A LOT OF DEMOCRATIC 
BASE VOTERS DID NOT SHOW UP IN 
2016. 
SHE IS GOING TO BE TALKING 
ABOUT THAT IN REFERENCING THAT 
ELECTION IN WHICH SHE WON THE 
POPULAR VOTE BUT DID NOT WIN 
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND LOST 
VOTES IN THOSE KEY STATES OF 
MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN AND 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
YOU WILL SEE THIS URGING FROM 
HER TO SHOW UP AND VOTE THIS 
TIME AROUND. 
THEN I'M CURIOUS TO SEE FROM 
PRESIDENT OBAMA HOW MUCH HE 
TALKS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF VOTING 
RIGHTS. IT IS NOT JUST GETTING 
PEOPLE OUT AND MOTIVATED BUT 
REMOVING BARRIERS THAT ARE IN 
PLACE THAT WOULD PREVENT PEOPLE 
FROM VOTING. 
THOSE BARRIERS HAVE BEEN IN 
PLACE FOR A WHILE AND THEY ARE 
EXACERBATED ARE MORE PRONOUNCED 
DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN LOTS 
OF STATES ARE SCALING UP THE 
VOTE BY MAIL OPERATIONS AND 
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO 
GIVE VOTERS OPTIONS IF THEY 
DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO 
THE POLLS. AND OF COURSE WE SEE 
THE PRESIDENT CONTINUING TO 
DISPARAGE VOTE BY MAIL AND 
EARLIER, EFFORTS ON THE 
PRESIDENTS PART TO HOLD UP 
FUNDING FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE. 
ALTHOUGH THEY ANNOUNCED THIS 
WEEK THEY WILL SUSPEND ANY 
FURTHER CHANGES UNTIL AFTER THE 
ELECTION. 
>> A POLITICAL LANDSCAPE UNLIKE 
ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER SEEN 
BEFORE. 
CAITLIN, THANK YOU. 
>>> COMING UP, KAMALA HARRIS IS 
SET TO MAKE HISTORY TONIGHT, WE 
WILL BREAK DOWN THE PATH THAT 
LED TO HER POLITICAL RISE WHEN 
WE COME BACK. 
STAY WITH US, YOU ARE STREAMING 
RED AND BLUE. 
>> I REMEMBER WHEN MY MOTHER 
BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOME. 
I WAS 13 YEARS OLD. 
SHE WAS SO PROUD AND MY SISTER 
AND I WERE SO EXCITED. 
MILLIONS OF FAMILIES AND 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS KNOW THAT 
FEELING OF WALKING THROUGH THE 
FRONT DOOR OF THEIR OWN HOME 
FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
THE FEELING OF REACHING FOR 
OPPORTUNITY AND FINDING IT, 
THAT IS THE CHOICE IN THE 
SELECTION. 
IT IS A CHOICE BETWEEN AMERICA 
WHERE OPPORTUNITY IS OPEN TO 
EVERYONE, EVERYONE PLAYS BY THE 
SAME SET OF RULES OR A 
PHILOSOPHY THAT TILTS THE 
PLAYING FIELD TO HELP THE 
WEALTHIEST FEW. 
>>> IT WILL BE AN HISTORIC 
NIGHT FOR SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS 
IN THE NATION.  
WE ARE JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM 
CALIFORNIA'S JUNIOR SENATOR 
TAKEN THE STATE TO OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPT THE PARTY'S NOMINATION 
FOR VICE PRESIDENT. 
IT IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST 
IMPORTANT SPEECHES OF HER 
CAREER. 
>> Reporter: THE STAKES ARE 
MUCH HIGHER THAN KAMALA 
HARRIS'S LAST APPEARANCE IN 
2012. 
CAMPAIGN AIDES SAY THE 
CALIFORNIA SENATORS ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH WILL DELIVER A VISION 
FOR MORE INCLUSIVE NATION BY 
SHARING HER PERSONAL STORY. 
>> MY MOTHER WHO RAISED ME AND 
MY SISTER WAS A PROUD WOMAN. 
>> Reporter: THE STORY OF THE 
DAUGHTER WHOSE NAME MEANS 
GODDESS. 
HER MOTHER WAS A CANCER 
RESEARCHER AND HER FATHER WAS A 
ECONOMIST. 
BOTH OF THEM OUT LOUD HER TO 
JOIN INTEGRATED BERKELEY PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS. 
>> WE GREW UP IN A SEGREGATED 
NEIGHBORHOOD. 
WE LIVE FOR CHALLENGES THE KIDS 
FOR COLOR LIVE AND SHE HAS BEEN 
ABLE TO REALLY TAKE THAT TO 
HEART. 
>> Reporter: A LESSON SHE 
CARRIED TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
>> DAY ONE SHE WAS NOT I PLAN 
TO RUN FOR OFFICE BUT SHE WAS 
VERY INTERESTED IN JUSTICE. 
>> Reporter: THAT INTEREST WITH 
LEAD HER TO BEAT SAN 
FRANCISCO'S DA WITH THE TOUGH 
ON CRIME AGENDA TO CALIFORNIA'S 
TTORNEY GENERAL WHERE SHE TOOK 
ON THE BANKING INDUSTRY AND THE 
U.S. SENATE. 
THE PROSECUTOR BACKGROUND HAS 
RAISED SOME CONCERN WITH 
PROGRESSIVES. 
TONIGHT SHE GETS TO CHANGE 
MINDS. 
>> NICOLE, WHAT ARE YOU 
EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM SENATOR 
HARRIS? 
>> Reporter: WE KNOW THIS WILL 
BE A VERY PERSONAL STORY FOR 
KAMALA HARRIS, SHE WILL REALLY 
TALK ABOUT HER UP BRINGING MORE 
SPECIFICALLY THE ROLE HER 
MOTHER PLAYED IN INSTILLING 
VALUES. 
YOU HEARD IN THAT VIDEO CLIP IN 
OUR PIECE. 
YOU ALSO HEAR HER TALK ABOUT A 
LOT OF DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN HER 
RECORD AND JOE BIDEN'S RECORD 
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHE WILL 
NOT MINCE WORDS. 
YOU KNOW SHE WILL CALL OUT HIS 
INCOMPETENCE, HIS CALLOUSNESS 
ACCORDING TO EXCERPTS WE HAVE 
SEEN, OF HER SPEECH. 
OF COURSE SHE HAS BEEN VERY 
TOUGH ON HIM IN THE PAST AND 
WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AGAIN 
TONIGHT. 
>> THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS 
LIMITED THE CANDIDATES EXPOSURE 
TO THE MEDIA. 
DO YOU THINK WE MIGHT SEE 
SENATOR HARRIS ACTIVELY 
CAMPAIGNING AND TAKING 
QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS? 
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN AS FAR 
AS ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING, THE 
CAMPAIGN HAS SUGGESTED IT WILL 
CONTINUE TO PLAY IT SAFE 
APPROACH AND FOLLOW THE 
GUIDANCE OF HEALTH EXPERTS AND 
BOTH SENATOR HARRIS AND JOE 
BIDEN HAVE HAD AN INTERVIEW 
WITH PEOPLE MAGAZINE AND THEY 
WERE ASKING HOW IS IS GOING TO 
WORK IN THE MIDST OF A 
PANDEMIC? 
HOW DO YOU STAY IN TOUCH? 
CALLS, EMAILS, THEY SAID ALL OF 
THE ABOVE WE SPOKE TO DR. JILL 
BIDEN EARLIER TODAY, SHE WAS ON 
CBS THIS MORNING. 
SHE WAS ASKED, HOW DO YOU 
CAMPAIGN IN THIS VIRTUAL WORLD? 
WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE AN 
IMPACT, DR. BIDEN SAID THEY ARE 
REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE ALL THE 
TIME IS BEST THEY CAN. 
MORE OR LESS THEY ARE WORKING 
IN THE CONFINES OF THIS CURRENT 
ENVIRONMENT. 
I WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM TO BE 
OUT ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING AS 
MUCH AS WE WOULD IN A REGULAR 
CAMPAIGN SEASON. 
BUT THAT BEING SAID IT DOES 
RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT 
ACCESS THE MEDIA WILL GET TO 
THE CAMPAIGN? 
THEY HAVE DONE INTERVIEWS HERE 
AND THERE. 
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM HOLD A LOT 
OF REGULAR PRESS BRIEFINGS. 
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL SEE 
WITH REGARD TO THE PRESIDENT IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
THAT IS SOMETHING THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN DRAWS A LOT OF 
ATTENTION TO AS WELL. 
WILL HAVE TO SEE ONCE THIS 
COMES OUT OF CONVENTION IF 
THERE IS CHANGE IN STRATEGY 
THERE. 
>> AFTER 2016 WOMEN MOBILIZED 
AND MADE SIGNIFICANT GAINS. 
HOW IMPORTANT WAS THAT MOMENTUM 
IN JOE BIDEN'S CHOICE OF A 
RUNNING MATE? 
>> Reporter: I THINK IT 
CERTAINLY HAD SOME INFLUENCE. 
IF YOU LOOK TO 2020. 
WE ARE SET FOR ANOTHER RECORD-
BREAKING YEAR, PARTICULARLY FOR 
WOMEN OF COLOR. 
FROM THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN 
WOMEN IN POLITICS, AT LEAST 266 
WOMEN OF COLOR ARE RUNNING FOR 
A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT ON A MAJOR 
PARTY TICKET. 
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOSE ARE 
HUGE NUMBERS AND CERTAINLY THIS 
TRAJECTORY THAT WE HAVE SEEN OF 
MORE WOMEN OF COLOR COMING INTO 
POLITICS CERTAINLY PLAYS A 
ROLE. 
ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A 
HUGE LOBBYING CAMPAIGN FOR 
WOMEN OF COLOR TO BE ON THIS 
TICKET AND IN LARGE PART 
BECAUSE SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE 
TALK ABOUT BLACK WOMEN, THERE 
HAS BEEN THIS SENSE, YOU HAVE 
HEARD IT SAID OFTEN, BLACK 
WOMEN ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND QUITE 
FRANKLY MANY DID FEEL LIKE THEY 
WERE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. 
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE PASSED 
OVER THIS TIME SO THEY WROTE 
OPEN LETTERS AND PETITION THE 
CAMPAIGN TO REALLY PRESS FOR 
THIS ELECTION IF NOT KAMALA 
HARRIS BUT ANOTHER WOMAN OF 
COLOR TO BE ON THIS TICKET. 
ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE 
ENVIRONMENT BUT NOT ONLY THE 
PANDEMIC. 
THAT'S WHY MANY PEOPLE FEEL 
LIKE IT WAS CRITICAL, REALLY 
IMPERATIVE, FOR A WOMAN OF 
COLOR TO BE CHOSEN IN THIS 
MOMENT. 
>> NICOLE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL 
FOR US. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>>> WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO 
THE START OF NIGHT THREE FROM 
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
COMMITTEES VIRTUAL CONVENTION. 
FOR NOW WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A 
QUICK BREAK. 
STAY WITH US. 
YOU ARE STREAMING CBSN.  
>>> IN JUST A FEW MINUTES NIGHT 
THREE OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL GET 
UNDERWAY.  AS WE HAVE MENTIONED 
SOME OF THE MOST AND TIP AS 
ANTICIPATED SPEECHES WILL BE 
MADE TONIGHT. 
WE WILL HEAR FROM SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS AS SHE IS SET TO 
MAKE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WOMAN 
OF COLOR.  
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES LAST 
PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA AND 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, HILLARY 
CLINTON ARE ALSO AID TO SPEAK. 
OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR JOINS 
FROM WASHINGTON. 
FOR ALL THE ANTICIPATION DO YOU 
EXPECT THAT VOTERS WILL HEAR OR 
LEARN ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S MESSAGE 
YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT? 
>> I THINK THE MAIN DIFFERENCE 
TONIGHT IS KAMALA HARRIS IS 
SPEAKING. 
THIS IS HER FIRST, BEST 
OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE 
HERSELF TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
WE PAY ATTENTION TO POLITICS, 
FOLLOWED HER A LOT OF THE 
PRIMARY. 
BUT THEY ARE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE 
IN AMERICA MAY BE TUNING IN FOR 
THE FIRST TIME WHO DO NOT KNOW 
TOO MUCH ABOUT HER. 
SHE IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON 
A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, FIRST 
ASIAN-AMERICAN PERSON, A 
DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS AND HAS 
TIES TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND 
SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE 
KNOW HER STORY AND THEY CAN SEE 
THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN HER. 
SECONDLY PART OF THE 
TRADITIONAL ROLE OF THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DURING 
THE GENERAL ELECTION IS TO GO 
ON THE ATTACK. 
WE CAN EXPECT HER TO REALLY 
PAINT A CONTRAST OF WHAT SHE 
SAYS IS DONALD TRUMP'S FAILED 
LEADERSHIP ON THE BIG ISSUES 
THAT WE FACE TODAY FROM 
CORONAVIRUS AND HEALTH TO THE 
EONOMY, RACIAL INEQUALITY AND 
SAY WHY IT IS TIME FOR JOE 
BIDEN TO TAKE OVER BECAUSE HE 
IS BETTER TO EQUIPPED TO LEAD 
ON THOSE ISSUES. 
>> I KNOW THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 
BUSY TIME FOR YOU AND YOUR 
TEAM. 
THANKS AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR 
INSIGHT. 
>>> NIGHT THREE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 
IS NOW UNDERWAY. 
LET'S WATCH. 
>> EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T BE WITH 
EACH OTHER I KNOW WE HAVE A 
SHARED SENSE OF PURPOSE. 
THAT IS TO ELECT JOE 
EMPATHY, AND STABILITY BACK TO 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
AND THAT IS WHO JOE AND KAMALA 
HARRIS ARE. 
BECAUSE THEY KNOW, ESPECIALLY 
DURING TIMES LIKE THESE, THE 
PROBLEMS WE FACE CAN ONLY BE 
SOLVED BY ALL OF US, TOGETHER. 
HOLY MACKEREL, LET'S GET TO 
WORK. 
>>
HELLO, MY NAME IS TERRY 
WILLIAMS AND I HAVE BEEN A 
REPUBLICAN ALL MY LIFE. 
>> A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN. 
>> REPUBLICAN. 
>> REPUBLICAN. 
>> A LONG-STANDING REPUBLICAN. 
I AM TELLING YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO 
VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN. 
>> I HAVE VOTED FOR A CAMPAIGN 
FOR A REPUBLICAN SINCE THE 
REAGAN YEARS BUT I WILL NOT BE 
VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> I AM SUBVERTING JOE BIDEN 
FOR PRESIDENT. 
>> WE NEED A POSITIVE LEADER, 
SOMEONE WHO CAN WORK FOR BOTH 
SIDES, REPUBLICANS AND 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> I DON'T THINK WE CAN DEAL 
WITH THE TYPE OF PERSON WE HAVE 
IN THE WHITE HOUSE ANY LONGER. 
>> VOTE, AMERICA. 
THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT 
OF THIS. 
AND, JOE BIDEN IS JUST THE 
PERSON TO ENSURE WE GET OUR 
LIVES BACK TO NORMAL. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS A DECENT MAN 
WITH A LONG HISTORY OF PUBLIC 
SERVICE TO AMERICA. 
>> YOU WILL RESTORE ORDER AND 
INTEGRITY TO THE EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH. 
>> I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE 
ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER. 
>> AND HOPEFULLY RETURN OUR  
COUNTRY'S POLITICAL DISCOURSE 
TO SOME MEASURE OF NORMALCY AND 
DECENCY. 
>> I AM ABSOLUTELY SURE HE IS 
úGOING TO HELP US. 
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE -- 
>> TO THE FLAG -- 
>> OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA -- 
>> ONE NATION -- 
>> UNDER GOD -- 
>> INDIVISIBLE -- 
>> INDIVISIBLE AND JUSTICE -- 
>> FOR ALL. 
>> HEY EVERYBODY IT IS ME, 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 
IMPORTANCE OF VOTING. 
I KNOW MANY OF YOU PLANT ABOUT 
THIS YEAR, BUT A  IN THE MIDST 
OF THE EXCITEMENT, IT  IS 
MAKING IT HARDER FOR YOU TO 
CAST YOUR BALLOT. 
WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES WHY 
DON'T THEY WANT US TO VOTE? 
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH EFFORT TO 
SILENCE OUR VOICES. 
AND THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WHEN 
WE VOTE THINGS CHANGE. 
WHEN WE VOTE, THINGS GET 
BETTER. 
WHEN WE VOTE, WE ADDRESS THE 
NEED FOR ALL PEOPLE TO BE 
TREATED WITH DIGNITY, AND 
RESPECT IN OUR COUNTRY. 
SO EACH OF US NEEDS A PLAN. 
A VOTING PLAN. 
JOE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR
PREPARED. 
IF YOU TEXT VOTE TO 30330 WE 
WILL HELP YOU TO COME UP WITH 
THE PLANNED EVERY MEMBER TO GET 
READY TO VOTE IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY. 
AND THAT TEXT AND ENCOURAGE HER 
FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO SEND ONE 
TOO. 
NOW, LET'S ENJOY ANOTHER NIGHT 
OF INSPIRAION FROM AROUND OUR 
COUNTRY. 
I WILL SEE YOU A LITTLE LATER 
TONIGHT AD UNTIL THEN, I TURN 
IT OVER TO MY DEAR FRIEND, AND 
TONIGHT PLUS MODERATOR, KERRY 
WASHINGTON. 
>> I WELCOME. 
TO NIGHT THREE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
I AM HONORED TO BE JOINING YOU 
AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE 
THIS UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION. 
WE ARE GOING TO BE HEARING A 
LOT MORE FROM SENATOR HARRIS, 
LATER, I PROMISE. 
BUT FIRST, WHEN I WAS IN 
SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE, WE 
MEMORIZED THE PREAMBLE OF THE 
CONSTITUTION AND I HAVE NEVER 
FORGOTTEN IT. 
THE FIRST 15 WORDS OF OUR 
CONSTITUTION ARE, WE THE PEOPLE 
OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ORDER 
TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION, 
WE SAY MORE PERFECT BECAUSE OUR 
UNION IS NOT WITHOUT FLAWS. 
WHEN OUR CONSTITUTION WAS 
WRITTEN, WOMEN COULD NOT VOTE. 
BLACK PEOPLE WERE CONSIDERED 
3/5 OF A HUMAN  BEING BUT 
THEREIN LIES THE WORK. 
NO ONE IS PERFECT, NOTHING IS. 
BUT IT IS THE STRIVING TOWARDS 
JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND TRUTH 
THAT DISTINGUISHES US. 
WE FIGHT FOR A MORE PERFECT 
UNION BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING 
FOR THE SOUL OF THIS COUNTRY. 
AND FOR OUR LIVES. 
AND RIGHT NOW, THAT FIGHT 
ISRAEL. 
TONIGHT WE WILL HEAR FROM SO 
MANY PHENOMENAL WOMEN WHO ARE 
úWORKING TO HELP US BUILD THAT 
MORE PERFECT UNION. 
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, SECRETARY 
HILLARY CLINTON, SENATOR 
ELIZABETH WARREN, GOVERNOR 
GRISHAM, WE ARE GOING TO SEE AN 
INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE FROM 
JENNIFER HUDSON AND A WORLD 
PREMIERE PERFORMANCE FOR BILLIE 
EILISH. 
WE WILL MEET SO MANY OF THE 
ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS 
WORKING TO BUILD A MORE EQUAL, 
MORE JUST FUTURE AND WE WILL 
HEAR FROM OUR 44th PRESIDENT, 
BARACK OBAMA. 
THAT IS A LONG WAY OF SAYING 
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN 
UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT, FILLED 
WITH IMPORTANT VOICES. 
BUT, THE MOST IMPORTANT VOICE 
WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM TONIGHT IS 
THE ONE WE NEED TO HEAR FROM 
THE MOST. 
IT IS YOURS. 
BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO 
REPAIR THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN 
DONE, IF WE ARE GOING TO 
FINALLY REALIZE THE DREAM, WE 
THE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET INVOLVED.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IS THE 
, YOU ARE THE WE. 
IT IS GOING TO BE YOUR VOICE, 
YOUR SERVICE, YOUR ACTION THAT 
HELPS US CREATE THAT MORE 
PERFECT UNION . TONIGHT, WE ARE 
GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE 
ARE, AND WHERE WE ARE GOING. 
ON SO MANY ISSUES, IMPORTANT TO 
OUR FUTURE. 
90% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT COMMON 
SENSE GUN LAWS, BECAUSE WE NEED 
TO DO MORE TO ADDRESS THE 
EPIDEMIC OF GUN VIOLENCE. 
LET'S START THERE. 
>> PEOPLE AFFECTED BY EVERY DAY 
GUN VIOLENCE HAVE TO WALK BY 
THE STREET CORNER WHERE THEIR 
BEST FRIEND, BROTHER, MOTHER, 
NEPHEW, WHERE THEY THEMSELVES 
WAS SHOT LIFE GOES ON AND ON IF 
WE HAVE NOT JUST WATCHED A 
LOVED ONE DYING AND PUT INTO 
THE GRAVE . THE WHOLE POINT IS 
UNTIL ONE OF US ARE ALL OF US 
GO STAND UP AND SAY I CAN'T DO 
THIS ANYMORE, I CAN'T SIT BY 
AND WATCH THE NEWS TREAT THESE 
SHOOTINGS LIKE ACTS OF GOD , 
GUN VIOLENCE IS NOT JUST GOING 
TO STOP. 
UNTIL THERE IS A FORCE FIGHTING 
HARDER AGAINST IT. 
AND I AM GOING TO DO SOMETHING 
TO PREVENT IT. 
>> THEY SAY THAT TOUGHER GUN 
LAWS DO NOT DECREASE GUN 
VIOLENCE. 
THEY SAY A GOOD GUY WITH A GUN 
STOPS A BAD GUY WITH A GUN. 
WE CALL BS. 
THEY SAY GUNS ARE JUST TOOLS 
LIKE KNIVES. 
WE CALL BS. 
THEY SAY THAT NO LAWS COULD 
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT THE 
HUNDREDS OF SENSELESS TRAGEDIES 
THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING. 
WE CALL BS. 
THAT US KIDS DON'T KNOW WHAT WE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WE ARE 
TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND. 
HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS. 
WE CALL BS. 
>> WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR 
WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE WE ARE 
FIGHTING SO STRONGLY FOR IT. 
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS 
CHANGE. 
>> LONG BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC, 
OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN SUFFERING 
FROM THE EPIDEMIC OF GUN 
VIOLENCE. 
GUN VIOLENCE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH 
CRISIS. 
ONE THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY 
AFFECTS THE BLACK AND BROWN 
COMMUNITIES. 
FIRST IT WAS MY BELOVED FIANCEE.
>> MY SON, JERRY, AT THE PULSE 
SHOOTING IN ORLANDO. 
>> SEVEN YEARS LATER IT WOULD 
BE MY SON. 
>> I KNOW EXACTLY THE PAIN, THE 
TOLL, THE HEARTBREAK, OF GUN 
VIOLENCE. 
>> MY FRESHMAN YEAR MY HIGH 
SCHOOL WENT INTO LOCKDOWN 
BECAUSE A KID BROUGHT A GUN TO 
SCHOOL. 
>> WE HAD TO ENDURE LIFE 
SHOOTER TRAINING DRILLS. 
>> HIGH SCHOOLERS HAVE ENOUGH 
TO DEAL WITH .  
>> WE  HAVE TO END CORPORATE  
LOBBYING BY THE NRA. 
>> I BELIEVE JOE BIDEN IS THAT 
PERSON. 
[ MUSIC ] RISE UP  [ MUSIC ]  
>> AND NOW, MOTHER AND ACTIVIST
. 
>> IN A SPLIT SECOND A STRAY 
BULLET SHATTERED MY FAMILY'S 
LIFE. MY SON WAS ONLY 13 YEARS 
OLD. 
HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A GIFTED 
AND TALENTED STUDENT. 
HIS POSSIBILITIES WERE ENDLESS. 
HE WAS DANCING AT A BIRTHDAY 
PARTY, WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN THE 
BACK, LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. 
SHATTERING HIS SKULL. 
ONE SHOT CHANGED OUR LIVES 
FOREVER. 
TODAY, HE DOES NOT TALK, HE 
DOES NOT WALK. 
I KNOW HE KNOWS ME, BY THE 
SMILE HE SHOWS. 
WHEN I WALK IN HIS ROOM. 
SINCE MARCH, I HAVE ONLY BEEN 
ABLE TO SEE MY SON THREE TIMES 
BUT I CANNOT TOUCH OR HUG HIM 
DUE TO COVID-19. 
PEOPLE TELL ME THAT I AM LUCKY. 
I TELL THEM WE ARE BLESSED, I 
REMIND THEM THAT MY SON IS IN A 
WHEELCHAIR. 
AND, UNABLE TO FEED HIMSELF. 
I DON'T THINK HE FEELS LUCKY 
WHEN HE HAS TO BE BATH FROM 
HEAD TO TOE OR GET INJECTION 
FOR MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS. 
I AM IN A SPACE OF GRATITUDE. 
YES, I CAN TOUCH HIM,  I CAN 
HOLD HIS HAND, BUT THE CHILD 
THAT I BURST IS NOT ABLE TO 
LIVE HIS DREAMS. 
AND, THAT HURTS. 
EVERY DAY, WE ARE REMINDED THAT 
HE MAY NEVER BE THE SAME. 
WE ARE NOT ALONE. 
EVERY TOWN ACROSS AMERICA, 
THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO KNOW 
WHAT A BULLET CAN DO. 
THAT IS WHY MY MOM, WHO 
VOLUNTEERS TO STOP THIS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HE DOES NOT 
CARE. 
HE DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE 
VICTIMS AFTER PARKLAND, LAS 
VEGAS, OR EL PASO. 
I WANT A PRESIDENT WHO CARES 
ABOUT OUR PAIN AND GRIEF.
A PRESIDENT WHO WILL TAKE ON 
THE GUN LOBBY TO BAN ASSAULT 
WEAPONS AND CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES 
TO KEEP THE GUNS OUT OF THE 
HANDS OF CRIMINALS. 
JOE BIDEN HAS TAKEN ON THE NRA 
TWICE AND WON. 
AND HE WILL DO IT AGAIN AS 
PRESIDENT.  
>> I LOOKED IN THE EYES OF TOO 
MANY PARENTS, AND LITERALLY, 
SCORES OF THEM, HAVE LOST THEIR 
CHILDREN TO GUN VIOLENCE. 
I HAVE LOOKED IN THE EYES OF 
BRAVE, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO 
SURVIVED SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. 
AND I MEAN EACH OF THEM A 
PROMISE. 
 MADE MYSELF A PROMISE. 
I PROMISED THEM AND I PROMISED 
ALL OF YOU, I WILL MAKE THIS 
PROMISE TODAY. 
THOSE FAMILIES HURTING ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY. 
I WILL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, 
NEVER GIVE UP THIS FIGHT. 
>> OUT OF PAIN WE CHOOSE TO 
FIND MEETING. A GLIMMER OF LIGHT
THAT LANDS ON PROMISE, FORMER 
CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS, 
SHOT IN THE HEAD FROM LESS THAN 
3 FEET AWAY. 
BUT SHE SURVIVED. 
WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES WE SEE 
COMFORT IN KNOWING WE ARE NOT 
ALONE. 
>> JOIN US IN THIS FIGHT. 
>> WE SEEK STRENGTH TO KEEP 
FIGHTING, TO KEEP MOVING 
FORWARD. 
WE TURN TO LEADERS WHO SHARE 
OUR PAIN. 
>> THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES ARE 
WHEN WE STAND CLOSEST TOGETHER. 
IT IS TRAGEDY THAT WE GO AND 
GROW STRONGER. 
>> HE WAS THERE FOR ME. 
HE WILL BE FOR THE 
YOU TOO. 
>> WE ARE A NATION TO END GUN 
VIOLENCE. 
SAFER AMERICA IS POSSIBLE. 
FROM THIS POINT FORWARD WE MUST 
CHOOSE COURAGE. 
>> I HAVE KNOWN THE DARKEST OF 
DAYS. 
DAYS OF PAIN AND RECOVERY. 
BUT, CONFRONTED BY THIS DESPAIR 
I HAVE SUMMONED HOPE, 
CONFRONTED BY PARALYSIS AND 
APHASIA, I WILL RESPONDED WITH 
DETERMINATION. 
I PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE 
OTHER. 
I FOUND ONE WORD, AND THEN I 
FOUND ANOTHER. 
MY RECOVERY IS A DAILY FIGHT, 
BUT FIGHTING MAKES ME STRONGER. 
WORDS ONCE CAME EASILY, TODAY I 
STRUGGLED TO SPEAK. 
BUT, I HAVE NOT LOST MY VOICE. 
AMERICA NEEDS ALL OF US TO 
SPEAK OUT, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE 
TO FIGHT TO FIND THE WORDS. 
WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS. 
WE CAN LET THE SHOOTING CONTINUE
OR WE CAN ACT. 
WE CAN PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, 
OUR FUTURE. 
WE CAN VOTE, WE CAN BE ON THE 
RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. 
WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN, HE WAS 
THERE FOR ME. 
HE WILL BE THERE FOR YOU TOO. 
JOIN US IN THIS FIGHT, VOTE, 
VOTE, VOTE. 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>> TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO 
HEAR FROM MANY CHANGE MAKERS 
WHO ARE USING THEIR POWERS FOR 
GOOD. 
WHO ARE WORKING TO CONFRONT THE 
OTHER EPIDEMICS WE ARE FACING. 
COVID-19. 
STRUCTURAL RACISM. 
POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK 
BODIES. 
VIOLENCE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE 
TRANS COMMUNITY. 
WE ARE FACING SIMILAR 
CHALLENGES, TO MEET THESE 
CHALLENGES WE WILL NEED 
SYSTEMATIC SOLUTIONS. 
WE NEED LEADERS WHO CAN SEE US, 
HEAR US, REPRESENT US, ALL OF 
THIS. 
TO JOE BIDEN, NOTHING IS MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN TAKING THE TIME 
TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE  ARE 
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS, HEARD, AND 
BELIEVED IN. 
>> I WAS INTERNING IN D.C. AND  
I REMEMBER I CALLED MY 
GRANDMOTHER AND I SAID, JOE 
BIDEN IS WALKING BY PEER SHE 
GOES, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD. 
I SEE HIS STAFF ARE GOING NO, 
DON'T TAKE THE CALL, WHAT ARE 
YOU DOING? 
HE POINTS TO HIS STAFFER AND IS 
LIKE, GO THAT WAY. 
HE SENT HIS STAFF ARE AWAY. 
>> HOW COULD I NOT BE ENDEARED 
TO HIM, INSTANTLY? 
HE TALKED TO ME FOR THE NEXT 
HALF HOUR. 
>> I SEE DANA BASH FROM CNN, 
SHE IS LIKE SENATOR BIDEN IS 
BUSY. 
AND HE SENDS HER AWAY. 
>>HE ASKED ME ABOUT MY SON, HE 
ASKED ME ABOUT WHAT HE DID. 
I KNOW IS IT WAS ALL ABOUT ME. 
NOT ABOUT HIM. 
>> HE COMES BACK AND GOES IT 
WAS LOVELY TALKING TO YOUR 
GRANDMOTHER. 
AND HE STARTS THE INTERVIEW. 
>> I MUST INTERJECT AT THE VERY 
END OF THIS CHAT WITH ME HE SAID
COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? 
I SAID SURE, WHAT IS IT? 
HE SAID, TELL ME HOW I CAN GET 
YOUR GRANDSON'S HAIR. 
[ LAUGHTER ] HE WAS GOOD-
HUMORED, HE WAS SENSITIVE, AND 
HERE IT IS, ALL THESE YEARS 
LATER, AND IT IS VIVID. 
IN MY MIND. 
>> AS MUCH AS I FEEL LIKE I GOT 
TO KNOW HIM IN THAT MOMENT, IT 
FEELS LIKE HE KNOWS US. 
I KNOW JOE BECAUSE HE LISTENS. 
AND WHETHER HE HAS HEARD YOUR 
STORY OR SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY, 
HE CARES ABOUT EVERYONE. 
>> HE WILL CARE MORE ABOUT YOU 
THAN HE WILL CARE ABOUT HIMSELF.
>> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL STORY.
OKAY. 
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER 
IMPORTANT ISSUE. 
THE CLIMATE CRISIS. 
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN 
ON JOE BIDEN'S MIND FOR MANY 
DECADES. 
IN 1986 WHILE WORKING AS A 
SENATOR JOE BIDEN INTRODUCED 
ONE OF THE FIRST CLIMATE BILL 
IN CONGRESS. 
AND HE HAS CONTINUED TO LISTEN 
TO AND WORK WITH CLIMATE 
ADVOCATES AND ACTIVISTS. 
PUTTING FORWARD A PLAN TO 
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND 
CREATE A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY. 
[ MUSIC ] RISE UP, COME ON, 
RISE UP. 
[ MUSIC ] 
>> THERE ARE BATTLES WE NEED TO 
FIGHT AND WIN TO SECURE OUR 
FUTURE IN THIS COUNTRY BUT 
THERE IS ONE ISSUE  THAT IS AN 
EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO ALL OF US 
AND THAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE. 
>> THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS HERE, 
AND WE MUST ACT. 
>> IT HAS THE MOST PRESSING 
ISSUE OF OUR TIME AND IT 
DESERVES TO BE TREATED AS SUCH. 
>> WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY TIME 
TO WAIT. 
>> OUR GENERATION WILL BEAR THE 
BURDEN OF PAST MISTAKES BUT WE 
STAND TO BENEFIT MOST FROM 
CHANGING COURSE, NOW. 
>> WE KNOW IN A COUPLE OF YEARS 
IT WILL BE TOO LATE. 
>> WE NEED TO CHANGE THE 
PARADIGM AND THAT HAPPENED 
HERE, WITH US. 
>> WE SHOULD INVEST MASSIVELY 
IN WIND, SOLAR, GREEN 
INFRASTRUTURE. 
>> MOVING AWAY FROM FOSSIL 
FUELS, BEING HIGHLY COMPETITIVE 
IN RENEWABLES. 
>> WE NEED TO LAY OUT SPECIFIC 
POLICIES SO WE CAN GIVE OUR 
CHILDREN, MY CHILDREN, YOUR 
CHILDREN, A PLANET THAT CAN 
SUSTAIN AND. 
>> THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW. 
>> WE NEED IT NOW. 
>> THE MOMENT DEMANDS IT, WE 
CAN AFFORD NOTHING LESS. 
[ MUSIC ] RISE UP  [ MUSIC ]  
>>> GOOD EVENING, AMERICA. 
I AM MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, 
GOVERNOR OF THE  GREAT STATE OF 
NEW MEXICO. 
I AM PROUD OF MY HOME STATE 
EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY HAVE WE 
ARE PUNCHED ABOVE OUR WAY IN 
OUR SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO 
COVID-19 I AM PROUD OF NEW 
MEXICANS FROM TAOS WHO HAVE 
STEPPED UP AND SACRIFICED IN SO 
MANY INCREDIBLE WAYS, THIS PAST 
HALF YEAR. 
I AM PROUD HOW WE EMBRACE OUR 
MULTICULTURAL IDENTITY AS OUR 
GREATEST STRENGTH. 
AND, I AM PROUD THAT NEW MEXICO 
HAS SHOWN WHAT CLIMATE 
LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. 
WHILE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 
HAS BEEN ELIMINATING 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, WE 
HAVE EXPENDED THEM. 
WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN ROLLING 
BACK REGULATIONS ON OIL AND 
GAS, WE HAVE TAKEN ON POLLUTERS 
AND HELP THEM ACCOUNTABLE. 
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO A 
RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE WITH 
EXCITING AND FULFILLING CAREERS 
FOR WORKERS ALL ACROSS OUR 
BEAUTIFUL STATE. 
INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN THE 
HEART OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. 
WE ARE LAYING A ROAD MAP HERE 
FOR WHAT AMERICA CAN AND SHOULD 
LOOK LIKE IN THE 21st CENTURY. 
IN AMERICA, IT WILL BE WHERE WE 
LEAD AGAIN, WHERE WE BUILD 
SAFER, CLEANER, AND MORE 
AFFORDABLE CITIES AND 
COMMUNITIES. 
WHERE WE PROVIDE MEANINGFUL 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKERS AND 
FAMILIES TO THRIVE AND BUILD 
BETTER LIVES. 
AS PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN WILL 
REJOIN THE INTERNATIONAL 
CLIMATE AGREEMENT. 
AND, THE UNITED STATES WILL 
ONCE AGAIN LEAD ON THIS 
CRITICAL ISSUE. 
AT HOME, HE WILL INVEST IN 
ENERGY WORKERS AND HE WILL 
DELIVER FOR WORKING FAMILIES 
ACROSS THE U.S., HELPING THEM 
BUILD MEANINGFUL CAREERS WHILE 
ACCELERATING OUR NATION AND 
WORLD INTO A CLEAN, GREEN 21st 
CENTURY, AND WELL BEYOND. 
WE KNOW TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO 
SAVE OUR PLANET. 
WE HAVE THE CHANCE THIS 
NOVEMBER TO END TWO ASKED 
ESSENTIAL CRISES. 
THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, AND THE 
ENVIRONMENTAL ANNIHILATION HE 
REPRESENTS. 
WE HAVE THE CHANCE THIS 
NOVEMBER TO ATTACK THE CLIMATE 
CRISIS, INVEST IN GREEN, 21st 
CENTURY JOBS, AND EMBRACE THE 
CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION OUR 
COUNTRY, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 
CRYING OUT FOR, AND THE 
LEADERSHIP THE REST OF THE 
WORLD IS WAITING FOR. 
THE CHOICE IS CLEAR, THE CHOICE 
IS JOE BIDEN. 
THANK YOU, AMERICA. 
>>> HARD WORK, RISING TO THE 
CHALLENGE. 
THE AMERICAN WAY. 
GOING TO THE MOON WAS ALL THREE
. MANY ASTRONAUTS RETURN HOME, 
AND REPORT A SHIFT IN THEIR 
AWARENESS. 
VIEW THEY SAW THE EARTH FROM 
SPACE, WAS PROFOUND. 
THE WORLD LOOKED BEAUTIFUL, 
TINY, FRAGILE, OUR ATMOSPHERE 
IS ALL THAT SEPARATES US FROM 
OBLIVION. 
WE NOW CALL WITH THEY 
EXPERIENCED THE OVERVIEW EFFECT.
>> HERE IN DETROIT, OUR 
COMMUNITIES FOR SUCH A LONG 
TIME HAVE FACED THE BURDEN OF 
POLLUTION. 
I THINK ADDRESSING CLIMATE 
CHANGE WILL GIVE US AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THE 
WRONGS AND INVEST IN VULNERABLE 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> MAYBE YOU HAVE HEARD SOME OF 
THE MILLIONS OF PAGES OF 
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE ON CLIMATE 
CHANGE. 
>> A STORM SURGE -- 
>> OR MAYBE YOU FELT IT AS YOU 
WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
>> THE TRUCK IS SINKING -- 
>> FOR MOST PEOPLE IT IS 
OVERWHELMING. 
>>  ALL OF THIS WITH THE GLOBAL 
WARMING. 
IT IS A HOAX. 
>> I SPENT FIVE YEARS, THE 
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STARTED TO 
REMOVE ANY MENTION THAT CLIMATE 
CHANGE WAS CAUSING IT. 
>> I WROTE MY RESIGNATION 
LETTER SIX MONTHS INTO THE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
THEY WERE HANDING KEYS OVER TO 
PRIVATE INTEREST. 
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS 
GONE ALL OUT, NOT JUST ON 
CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES, BUT TO 
REVERSE THEM. 
> WE HAVE ABOUT A DECADE 
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. 
>> I AM A KID AND I WANT TO SAY 
ALL THOSE ADULTS WERE WATCHING 
THIS RIGHT NOW, WHY DON'T YOU 
GET UP AND DO SOMETHING? 
>> SOME OF THE FIRST CLIMATE 
CHANGE LEGISLATIONS EVER 
WRITTEN WAS BY A SENATOR FROM 
DELAWARE. 
>> DONALD TRUMP THINKS ABOUT 
CLIMATE CHANGE, THE ONLY WORD 
HE CAN MUSTER IS HOAX. 
>> AMERICA FACES A CHALLENGE 
BUT IF WE FACE IT TOGETHER WE 
WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION AND 
BUILD BACK, BETTER. 
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT CLIMATE 
CHANGE, WHAT I THINK OF IS JOBS.
>> THAT IS JOE'S PLAN, CREATE 
MILLIONS OF NEW, GOOD PAYING 
JOBS. 
MANY OF THEM, UNION, LIKE MINE. 
INVEST IN CRITICAL 
INFRASTRUCTURE, UPGRADE MILLIONS
, INVEST IN MICRO MOBILITY AND 
PRECISION AGRICULTURE. 
A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE THAT 
ACHIEVES NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 
2050. 
BECAUSE WE CAN'T POWER THE 
ECONOMIES OF THE FUTURE WITHOUT 
INVESTING IN THE TECHNOLOGIES 
OF THE FUTURE. 
>> I THINK WHAT IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT ABOUT HIS PLAN IS 
THAT 40% OF THE INVESTMENT WILL 
GO TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 
>> WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. 
WE WILL DO IT AGAIN, BUT THIS 
TIME, BIGGER AND FASTER. 
AND, SMARTER. 
>> JOE WON'T IGNORE THE CRISIS. 
WE ARE SEEING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 
WE DO THAT. 
HE WON'T SURRENDER TO THE FIGHT
. JOE'S AMERICA WILL LEAD THE 
WORLD ON CLEAN ENERGY. 
WE WILL LEAD ON JOB CREATION. 
AND, AMERICA WILL LEAD THE 
WORLD AGAIN. 
ON CLIMATE. 
>> I WAS 13 WHEN THE CAMP FIRE, 
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE 
IN CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY BROKE 
OUT. 
WE WERE VISITING FAMILY NEARLY 
100 MILES AWAY BUT MY ASTHMA 
FLARED BADLY. 
I COULD HARDLY BREATHE.  
I AM ALEXANDRA AND I HAVE BEEN 
ORGANIZING YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND 
úCLIMATE CHANGE SINCE 2018. 
CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPACTING US 
NOW, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE MY AGE 
EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES FROM 
WHERE WE GO TO SCHOOL TO WHAT 
KIND OF CAREERS WE WILL HAVE, 
TO WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN RAISE 
A FAMILY, DEPENDS ON US TAKING 
CLIMATE CHANGE SERIOUSLY, RIGHT 
NOW. 
JOE BIDEN WON'T SOLVE THIS 
CRISIS IN FOUR YEARS, NO ONE 
CAN. 
BUT HE WILL PUT US BACK ON 
TRACK SO MY GENERATION CAN HAVE 
A FIGHTING CHANCE. 
I AM ASKING YOU TO JOIN US. 
DON'T LET OUR FUTURES GO UP IN 
FLAMES. 
>> THE CORN GROWERS NEAR MY 
PARENTS FARM HAVE A THING, KNEE-
HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY. 
I AM ANDREW, I STARTED MY 
CAREER AT NORTHERN MICHIGAN 
UNIVERSITY. 
AS FARMERS CAN SEE THE EFFECTS 
OF CLIMATE CHANGE HAPPENING IN 
FRONT OF THIS. 
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO OUR 
PART, WE ARE ADOPTING 
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS ON THE 
FAMILY FARM, SEARCHING FOR A 
COMMUNITY MODEL, USING LESS 
LAND AND REUSING RESOURCES TO 
GROW FOOD. 
WE ARE ELIMINATING TONS OF 
CARBON POLLUTION EVERY YEAR BY 
MAKING NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS. 
FARMERS CAN BE A PART OF THE 
CLIMATE SOLUTION INSTEAD OF THE 
PROBLEM.
TODAY WE CAN GROW OUR OWN 
FUTURE BUT WE NEED OUR LEADERS 
TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AS 
WELL INSTEAD OF PART OF THE 
PROBLEM. 
WE NEED THEM TO COMMIT TO THE 
SCIENCE, NOT IGNORE IT. 
WE NEED THEM TO PUT REAL PLANS 
ON THE TABLE RATHER THAN ROLL 
THEM BACK. 
THAT IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS DOING 
WITH HIS CLEAN ENERGY 
REVOLUTION . INSTEAD OF BEING 
LEFT BEHIND WE COULD LEAD THE 
WORLD AGAIN. 
>> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME 
TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE 
WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES HERE 
. THE ONE QUESTION I GET ASKED 
OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS, WHAT 
ARE YOU DOING HERE? 
NOT A LOT OF CLIMATE ACTIVISTS 
LOOK LIKE ME. 
I AM A CLIMATE ACTIVIST. 
I GREW UP IN A LOW INCOME 
NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE POLLUTION 
RATES ARE OFTEN HIGHER THAN 
WEALTHIER AREAS. 
AND A LOT OF KIDS HAVE ASTHMA. 
SWITCHING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY 
WOULD MEAN CLEANER AIR, BETTER 
HEALTH, AND A STEADIER INCOME 
FOR FOLKS IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE 
MINE. 
BECAUSE SOLAR PV INSTALLERS AND 
WIND TURBINE TECHNICIANS ARE 
SOME OF THE FASTEST GROWING 
JOBS IN THE COUNTRY. 
JOE BIDEN'S PLAN IS 
TRANSFORMATIVE, HE KNOWS SAVING 
A PLANET IS NOT JUST A 
CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME, IT IS AN 
OPPORTUNITY FOR A BETTER WAY OF 
LIFE. 
>> WHAT IS IT  GOING TO BE, 
AMERICA? 
>> ARE YOU READY TO SOLVE THE 
CLIMATE CRISIS? 
>> BECAUSE OUR FUTURES DEPEND 
ON IT. 
>> LIKE THE FOLKS WE JUST HEARD 
FROM, NEXT UP IS ANOTHER 
ACTIVIST AND ENVIRONMENTALIST, 
NOT TO MENTION AN IMMENSELY 
TALENTED ARTIST. 
SHE WORKED TO ENSURE THAT HER 
MOST RECENT CONCERT TOUR WAS 
GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE. 
URGING HER FANS TO TAKE SIMILAR 
ACTIONS IN THEIR DAILY LIVES 
AND EVEN BEFORE SHE HERSELF WAS 
OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE, SHE HELD 
REGISTRATION DRIVES BEFORE HER 
SHOWS, SIGNING UP THOUSANDS OF 
VOTERS. 
SHE IS A VOICE FOR HER 
GENERATION IN BOTH HER MUSIC AND
ACTIVISM. 
HERE TO PERFORM, "MY FUTURE" 
PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, 
BILLIE EILISH. 
>> YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL 
YOU THAT THINGS ARE A MESS. 
DONALD TRUMP IS DESTROYING OUR 
COUNTRY AND EVERYTHING WE CARE 
ABOUT. 
WE NEED LEADERS WHO WILL SOLVE 
PROBLEMS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE 
AND COVID, NOT 20 THEM. 
LEADERS WHO WILL FIGHT AGAINST 
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND INEQUALITY, 
AND THAT STARTS BY VOTING FOR 
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW 
MUCH IS AT STAKE. 
SOMEONE WHO IS BUILDING A TEAM 
THAT SHARES OUR VALUES. 
IT STARTS WITH VOTING AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP, AND FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION AND WE 
CANNOT SIT THIS ONE OUT. 
WE ALL HAVE TO VOTE LIKE OUR 
LIVES AND THE WORLD DEPEND ON 
IT BECAUSE THEY DO. 
THE ONLY WAY TO BE CERTAIN OF 
THE FUTURE IS TO MAKE IT 
OURSELVES. 
PLEASE REGISTER, PLEASE VOTE. 
[ MUSIC ] I CAN'T SEEM TO FOCUS 
AND YOU DON'T SEEM TO NOTICE 
I'M NOT HERE I'M JUST AbMIRROR 
YOUbCHECK YOUR COMPLEXION 
TObFIND YOUR REFLECTION'S ALL 
ALONE I HAD TO GO CAN'T YOU 
HEAR ME?  
[ MUSIC ] I'M NOT COMIN' HOME 
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? 
I'VEb
] 'CAUSE I, I'Mb
MY FUTURE [ MUSIC ]  CAN'T WAIT 
TO MEET HER AND I, I'M IN LOVE 
[ MUSIC ]  BUT NOT WITH ANYBODY 
ELSE, JUST WANT TO GET TO KNOW 
MYSELF [ MUSIC ]  I KNOW 
SUPPOSEDLY I'M LONELY NOW I'M 
SUPPOSED TO BE UNHAPPY [ MUSIC 
] WITHOUT SOMEONE  BUT AREN'T I 
SOMEONE? 
[ MUSIC ]  I'D LIKE TO BE YOUR 
ANSWER [ MUSIC ]  BECAUSE 
YOU'RE SO HANDSOME [ MUSIC ]  
BUT I KNOW BETTER 
THAN TO DRIVE YOU HOME 'CAUSE 
YOU'D INVITE ME IN  [ MUSIC ] 
AND I'D BE YOURS AGAIN BUT I, 
I'M IN LOVE  [ MUSIC ] WITH MY 
FUTURE AND YOU DON'T KNOW HER  
[ MUSIC ] AND I, I'M IN LOVE 
BUT NOT WITH ANYBODY HERE  [ 
MUSIC ] I'LL SEE YOU IN A 
COUPLE YEARS  
[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]  
>> BILLIE EILISH, THANK YOU. 
OKAY, NOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK 
ABOUT SOMETHING CLOSE TO MY 
HEART. 
THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THIS 
COUNTRY IS HUGELY DIVERSE. 
ON MY FATHER'S SIDE I AM 
DESCENDED FROM AFRICAN-
AMERICANS WHO CAME FROM SLAVE 
SHIPS THAT LANDED IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA AND WHO WERE PART OF 
THE GREAT MIGRATION NORTH, THAT 
HAS PLAYED SUCH A DEFINING ROLE 
IN WHO WE ARE AS A NATION. 
ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE, MY 
GRANDPARENTS CAME HERE AS 
IMMIGRANTS, PART OF A RICH 
HISTORY THAT HAS ALSO DEFINED 
AMERICA. 
THEY IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY 
FROM THE WEST INDIES, THROUGH 
ELLIS ISLAND, IN THE 1920S. 
I OFTEN THINK ABOUT HOW MY 
GRANDMOTHER MUST HAVE FELT WHEN 
SHE FIRST SAW THE STATUE OF 
LIBERTY IN  THE BAY WITH HER 
RAISED TORCH MY FAMILY IS NOT 
UNIQUE, UNLESS YOU ARE NATIVE 
AMERICAN  YOUR FAMILY LIKELY 
CAME HERE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
THE VERY IDEA IS THOUGH YOU MAY 
BE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU CAN 
FIND YOUR HOME HERE. 
BUT, THAT IDEA IS IN DANGER. 
NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. 
>> IT IS AMAZING. 
>> TELL ME WHEN I START 
READING. 
DEAR DONALD TRUMP. 
MY NAME IS ESTELLA, I AM 11 
YEARS OLD. 
MY MOM IS MY BEST FRIEND. 
SHE CAME TO AMERICA AS A 
TEENAGER, OVER 20 YEARS AGO, 
WITHOUT PAPERS IN SEARCH OF A 
BETTER LIFE. 
SHE MARRIED MY DAD WHO SERVED 
OUR COUNTRY AS A MARINE IN 
SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, AND 
IRAQ. 
MY MOM WORKED HARD, AND PAID 
TAXES AND THE OBAMA 
ADMINISTRATION TOLD HER SHE 
COULD STAY. 
MY DAD THOUGHT YOU WOULD 
PROTECT MILITARY FAMILIES SO HE 
VOTED FORYOU IN 2016, MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
HE SAYS HE WON'T VOTE FOR YOU 
AGAIN AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO OUR 
FAMILY. 
>> THE WIFE OF THE U.S. MARINE 
VETERAN WAS DEPORTED TO MEXICO 
-- 
>> INSTEAD OF PROTECTING US, 
YOU TORE OUR FAMILY APART. 
>> MY FAMILY IS A GOOD FAMILY, 
MY MOM IS NOT A CRIMINAL. 
>> NOW, MY MOM IS GONE AND SHE 
HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM US FOR NO 
REASON AT ALL. 
EVERY DAY THAT PASSES, YOU 
DEPORT MORE MOMS AND DADS, AND 
TAKE THEM AWAY FROM KIDS LIKE 
ME. 
>> WE WILL BEGIN MOVING THEM OUT
. DAY ONE. 
>> YOU SEPARATED THOUSANDS OF 
CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS AND 
YOU PUT THEM IN CAGES. 
SOME OF THOSE KIDS ARE NOW 
ORPHANS BECAUSE OF YOU. 
>> THESE ARE PEOPLE. 
I DON'T WANT THEM IN OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> THEY ARE ANIMALS. 
>> MR. PRESIDENT, MY MOM IS THE 
WIFE OF A PROUD AMERICAN MARINE 
AND A MOTHER OF TWO AMERICAN 
CHILDREN. 
WE ARE AMERICAN FAMILIES. 
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL 
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. 
NOT TEAR THEM APART. 
SINCERELY, ESTELLA. 
>> I AM LUCY SANCHEZ AND THIS 
IS MY MOTHER, SYLVIA, AND MY 
SISTER, JESSICA. 
WE WORK HARD TO BUILD A GOOD 
LIFE. 
>> I WAS BORN WITH SPINA 
BIFIDA, THAT MEANS MY SPINAL 
CORD DID NOT FORM LIKE IT 
SHOULD. 
AND THE DOCTORS IN MY TOWN SAID 
I WOULD NOT SURVIVE. THEY GAVE 
MY MOTHER NO HOPE FOR MY 
FUTURE. 
>> I AM A U.S. CITIZENS BUT MY 
MOTHER IS UNDOCUMENTED. 
>> I AM A DREAMER. 
>> MY MOTHER DID WHAT ANY 
MOTHER WOULD DO TO SAVE HER 
BABIES LIVES. 
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 
>> SHE SAVED MY LIFE. 
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
].  
>> MY MOTHER HAD NO CHOICE, 
THERE WAS NO TIME TO SAVE MY 
SISTER, SHE CAME HERE LOOKING 
FOR A MIRACLE. 
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 
>> WE WERE AFRAID THEY WOULD 
FIND US AND DETAIN US, BUT SHE 
HAD TO SAVE HER DAUGHTER. 
>> HER HOME IS HERE, NORTH 
CAROLINA IS ALL I KNOW. 
I QUALIFIED FOR DACA BUT DONALD 
TRUMP TOOK AWAY MY ABILITY TO 
APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM. 
>> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 
>> WE WORK HARD, WE CONTRIBUTE 
TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PAY OUR 
TAXES. 
I HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL AND BUILD 
A GOOD LIFE FOR ME AND MY TWO 
DAUGHTERS. 
>> I WANT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL, 
I WANT TO HELP MY COMMUNITY BUT 
EVER SINCE DONALD TRUMP WAS 
ELECTED, ALL OUR FEARS HAVE 
RETURNED. 
>> WE DON'T KNOW IF OUR FAMILY 
WIL BE SEPARATED, WILL MY MOM 
AND SISTER BE DETAINED? 
WILL MY SISTER GET THE 
HEALTHCARE SHE NEEDS AND 
DESERVES? 
>> I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT I.D. 
SO I CANNOT GET HEALTH 
INSURANCE THROUGH THE EXCHANGE. 
I NEED HEALTH INSURANCE. 
I DESERVE IT, RIGHT? 
>> [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
]  
>> IT BREAKS OUR HEARTS TO SEE 
CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM THEIR 
FAMILIES AT THE BORDER. 
THAT IS RUN. 
THOSE CHILDREN NEED THEIR 
PARENTS. 
ON NOVEMBER 3rd I AM GOING TO 
VOTE FOR MY MOTHER, MY SISTER, 
AND MY DAUGHTER'S. 
I WILL VOTE FOR A FUTURE WILL 
ALL OF OUR LIVES HAVE DIGNITY 
AND RESPECT. 
>> WE NEED A LEADER WHO WILL 
FIX THE BROKEN IMMIGRATION 
SYSTEM AND COMMIT TO KEEPING 
FAMILIES TOGETHER. 
>> I AM VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN 
AND KAMALA HARRIS. 
THE DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT. 
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR? 
>>  
>>> THERE IS SOMETHING UNIQUE 
ABOUT AMERICA. 
WE DON'T SIMPLY WELCOME NEW 
IMMIGRANTS. 
WE ARE BORN OF IMMIGRANTS. 
THAT IS WHO WE ARE. 
IMMIGRATION IS OUR ORIGIN STORY.
UNLESS YOUR FAMILY IS NATIVE 
AMERICAN, ALL OF OUR FAMILIES 
COME FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE. 
THESE NEW AMERICANS, WE SEE OUR 
OWN AMERICAN STORIES. 
LIFE IN AMERICA WAS NOT ALWAYS 
EASY. 
THERE WAS DISCRIMINATION, AND 
HARDSHIP, AND POVERTY. 
LIKE YOU, THEY'D FIND 
INSPIRATION IN ALL OF THOSE WHO 
COME BEFORE THEM, AND THEY WERE 
ABLE TO MUSTER FAITH THAT HERE 
IN AMERICA, THEY MIGHT BUILD A 
BETTER LIFE. 
AND GIVE THEIR CHILDREN 
SOMETHING MORE.
TENSION THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY 
BETWEEN WELCOMING OR REJECTING 
THE STRANGERS, IT IS ABOUT MORE 
THAN JUST IMMIGRATION. 
IT IS ABOUT THE MEANING OF 
AMERICA. 
WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY DO WE WANT 
TO BE? 
IMMIGRANTS ARE THE TEACHERS WHO 
INSPIRE OUR CHILDREN, THEY ARE 
THE DOCTORS WHO KEEP US HEALTHY
, THEY ARE THE ENGINEERS WHO 
DESIGNED OUR SKYLINES AND THE 
ARTISTS AND ENTERTAINERS WHO 
TOUCHED OUR HEARTS. 
IMMIGRANTS ARE OUR SOLDIERS, 
SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES, COAST 
GUARD, TO PROTECT US. 
WE CAN NEVER SAY IT OFTEN OR 
LOUDLY ENOUGH. 
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 
REVITALIZE AND RENEW AMERICA. 
IT IS NOT SOMETHING TO TAKE FOR 
GRANTED. 
IT IS SOMETHING TO CHERISH AND 
FIGHT FOR. 
GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ]  WHEN THE 
NIGHT HAS COME AND THE LAND IS 
DARK [ SPEAKING FOREIGN 
LANGUAGE ]  
[ MUSIC ] AND DARLING, DARLING 
STAND BY ME, OH STAND BY ME OH 
STAND, STAND BY ME, STAND BY ME 
POR QUE SE, QUE TU ESTAS JUNTO 
A MI NO LLORARE, NO LLORARE OH, 
I  [ MUSIC ] WON'T SHARE A TEAR 
POR QUE SE, QUE TU ESTAS A MI  
[ MUSIC ] AND DARLING, DARLING 
STAND BY ME, OH STAND BY ME OH 
STAND DARLING, STAND BY ME, 
STAND BY ME  [ MUSIC ]  
[ MUSIC ] AND DARLING, DARLING 
STAND BY ME, OH STAND BY ME OH 
STAND DARLING, STAND BY ME, 
STAND BY ME AND DARLING, 
DARLING STAND BY ME, OH BABY 
WON'T YOU STAND BY ME OH STAND, 
JUNTO A MI, JUNTO A MI  
>> WHERE MY LATINOS AT? 
COME ON. 
[ MUSIC ] WHENEVER YOU ARE IN 
TROUBLE WON'T YOU STAND BY ME, 
BABY WANT YOU STAND BY ME, OH 
STAND DARLING, JUNTO A MI, 
JUNTO A MI  [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] 
>> WE HAVE TO STAND BY EACH 
OTHER, WE HAVE TO VOTE THIS 
NOVEMBER. 
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE. 
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]  
LET'S GO! 
>> THAT WAS PRINCE ROYCE, 
AMAZING SHOT OUT TO THE BOOGIE 
DOWN BRONX. 
IN THIS NEXT PIECE YOU WILL 
HEAR ABOUT THE VITAL ROLE THAT 
WOMEN HAVE PLAYED IN MOVING US 
TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT UNION 
AND BREAKING THROUGH THAT 
PROVERBIAL LAST CEILING. 
AFTER THAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM 
SECRETARY HILLARY RODHAM 
CLINTON, THE WOMAN WHO PUT OVER 
65 MILLION CRACKS IN IT. 
[ MUSIC ] GOT TO UNDERSTAND 
WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE IS IN 
OUR HANDS.  
[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] 
>> SHE WAS  CALLED AN 
INSTIGATOR, A RABBLE-ROUSER, 
SHE IS CALLED THE PUSHY ONE, 
THE ONE WITH ATTITUDE. 
>> FOR ALL OF US TO STAND UP 
AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 
[ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] RISE UP, 
RISE UP, RISE UP  [ MUSIC ] [ 
MUSIC ] 
>> FROM THE BALLOT BOX TO THE 
FACTORY FLOOR, FROM HER LIVING 
ROOM TO THE ER . SHE MAKES 
TROUBLE. 
THE GOOD KINDS. 
SHE IS THE MOTHER WHO CRIES OUT 
FOR SENSIBLE GUN LAWS. 
>> THERE IS RIGHT AND WRONG -- 
>> THE DAUGHTER THAT BELIEVES 
EQUAL JUSTICE MEANS JUSTICE FOR 
ALL. 
>> WE ARE AMERICA. 
>> THE CHILD WHO KNOWS THAT 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. 
>> SHE IS OUR WARRIOR ON THE 
FRONTLINES. 
CHALLENGING AUTHORITY TO MAKE 
THE WORLD A SAFE, -- 
>> NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW. 
>> REFUSING TO BE TOLD WHO 
MAKES DECISION ABOUT HER BODY 
OR ANYONE ELSE'S. 
>> THESE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL  
AGES, RACES, DON'T PLAN TO COME 
TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD TO MAKE A 
POLITICAL STATEMENT. 
[ MUSIC ]  RISE UP, RISE UP [ 
MUSIC ] 
>> THIS IS THE TIME! 
>> AND, SHE KNOWS THAT TO 
CHANGE THE WORLD YOU NEED TO 
CHANGE THE IDEA  OF POWER. 
>> EXCUSE ME -- THIS IS MY TIME 
AND I CONTROL IT. 
>> WE ARE FIGHTING FOR YOU EACH 
AND EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
>> AND SHE KNOWS HER VOICE IS 
HEARD, AND AMPLIFIED BY THE 
WOMEN SHE ELECTS TO PUBLIC 
OFFICE. 
>> IF WE WANT FAMILIES TO 
SUCCEED, WE START BY EMPOWERING 
WOMEN. 
>> WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED I 
CAME TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO 
FIGHT FOR THE ISSUES THAT WERE 
SO IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING 
SURE THIS DISTRICT IS FINALLY 
WELL REPRESENTED. 
>> THE THINGS WE RAN ON IN 
NOVEMBER, WE ARE DOING THAT. 
>> WOMEN JUST DON'T FIGHT FOR 
WOMEN, THEY FIGHT FOR FAMILIES, 
THEY FIGHT FOR FAIRNESS. 
INCLUSION. 
JUSTICE. 
>> TO MAKE OUR NATION A MORE 
PERFECT UNION, ESPECIALLY FOR 
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST 
MARGINAL. 
>> IF WE ARE GOING TO JUMPSTART 
THE MIDDLE-CLASS WE'VE GOT TO 
ENSURE THAT COLLEGES ARE 
AFFORDABLE. 
>> SEPARATIONS OF FAMILIES AND 
CHILDREN ARE DETRIMENTAL TO 
THEIR HEALTH. 
>> GIVE THE VICTIMS A GENDER 
BIAS IN THE WORKPLACE, THE 
TOOLS TO SEEK JUSTICE. 
>> WE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT 
POLITICAL FORCE IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> SHE REPRESENTS INCLUSION. 
>> WE'VE GOT TO PAY EDUCATORS 
MORE AND WE HAVE TO HIRE MORE 
EDUCATORS. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO RAISE UP THE 
PROFILE OF TEACHERS AND 
CELEBRATE WHO THEY ARE AND GIVE 
THEM BETTER PAY. 
>> SHE REPRESENTS HER CONCERNS 
ABOUT HEALTHCARE. 
>> HEALTHCARE IS THE NUMBER ONE 
ISSUE IN THIS ELECTION, EVERY 
DAY. 
EVERY DAY. 
>> SHE SPEAKS OUT ON EQUAL PAY. 
>> IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING FOR 
WOMEN EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THEY 
ARE NOT FEELING LIKE THEY ARE 
GETTING PAID WHAT THEY SHOULD 
BE. 
>> AND FOCUS'S ON PROTECTING 
OUR CHILDREN. 
>> LET'S GIVE PARENTS THE PEACE 
OF MIND THAT THEIR KIDS ARE 
SAFE AND BEING SET UP FOR 
SUCCESS. 
>> CARING FOR OUR SENIORS AND 
THE PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEM. 
>> SHE KEEPS THIS NATION GOING, 
EVEN IN CHALLENGING TIMES. 
AND WHILE RUNNING FOR OFFICE IS 
NOT EASY, -- 
>> WHAT IS WRONG FOR RUNNING 
FOR PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY? 
>> NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTS. 
>> WE LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO, 
YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU DON'T 
FIGHT FOR. 
>> AND PERSEVERES. 
>> THIS IS OUR TIME. 
>> YES, PREVAILS. 
>> ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT ABLE TO 
SHATTER THAT HIGHEST, HARDEST 
GLASS CEILING THIS TIME, IT'S 
GOT ABOUT 18 MILLION CRACKS IN 
IT. 
>> A RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF 
WOMEN RAN IN THE MIDTERMS AND 
WON. 
>> SHE BUILT COALITIONS, AND 
SHE KNOWS WHO OUR ALLIES ARE. 
FROM THE FIGHT FOR HEALTHCARE 
TO AUTHORING THE VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN ACT, TO BUILDING 
A SOCIETY WHERE FAIRNESS AND 
EUALITY AND OPPORTUNITY 
APPLIES TO EVERYONE. 
JOE BIDEN KNOWS A STRONGER 
AMERICA IS ONE THAT WORKS FOR 
WOMEN. 
SO, GO AHEAD AND CELEBRATE, YOU 
RABBLE-ROUSER. 
YOU RULE BREAKER. 
YOU FORCE OF  NATURE. 
OUR COUNTRY, OUR WORLD NEEDS 
YOU. 
KEEP RISING AND VOTE. 
>> THE MORNING AFTER THE LAST 
ELECTION, I SAID, WE OWE DONALD 
TRUMP AN OPEN MIND AND THE 
CHANCE TO LEAD. 
I MEANT IT. 
EVERY PRESIDENT DESERVES THAT. 
AND, TRUMP CAME IN WITH SO MUCH 
SET UP FOR HIM. 
A STRONG ECONOMY, PLANS FOR 
MANAGING CRISES INCLUDING A 
PANDEMIC. 
YES, WE DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE 
DISAGREED WITH HIM ON MANY 
THINGS, BUT IF HE HAD PUT HIS 
OWN INTERESTS AND EGO ASIDE, 
SEEN THE HUMANITY IN A CHILD, 
RIPPED FROM HER PARENTS AT THE 
BORDER, OR A PROTESTER, CALLING 
FOR JUSTICE, OR A FAMILY, WIPED 
OUT BY NATURAL DISASTER, THAT 
WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING 
FOR AMERICA AND THE WORLD. 
I WISH DONALD TRUMP KNEW HOW TO 
BE A PRESIDENT. 
BECAUSE AMERICA NEEDS A 
PRESIDENT, RIGHT NOW. 
THROUGHOUT THIS TIME OF CRISIS, 
AMERICANS KEEP GOING, CHECKING 
ON NEIGHBORS, SHOWING UP TO 
JOBS AS FIRST RESPONDERS, úHOSP 
NURSING HOMES. 
YES, IT STILL TAKES A VILLAGE. 
AND, WE NEED LEADERS EQUAL TO 
THIS MOMENT OF SACRIFICE AND 
SERVICE. 
WE NEED JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
EVERYONE HAS A STORY ABOUT 
JOE'S CARING AND EMPATHY. 
I REMEMBER HIM CALLING AFTER MY 
MOTHER, DOROTHY, DIED. 
AND, WE TALKED ABOUT BEING 
RAISED BY STRONG WOMEN. 
THE BEST TESTAMENT TO JOE IS 
HOW HE HAS CARED FOR HIS FAMILY 
AND HOW GREAT IS IT THAT DR. JOE
JILL BIDEN PLANS TO KEEP 
TEACHING AS FIRST LADY. 
AND JOE PICKED THE RIGHT 
PARTNER IN KAMALA. 
SHE IS KIND,  WHEN HER PRESS 
SECRETARY WAS DYING OF CANCER, 
SHE DROPPED EVERYTHING TO BE 
WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN HIS 
FINAL MOMENTS. 
I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE 
SLINGS AND ARROWS SHE WILL 
FACE, AND BELIEVE ME, THIS 
FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND 
ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN HANDLE 
THEM ALL. 
SO, THIS IS THE TEAM. 
TO POOL OUR NATION BACK FROM 
THE BRINK. 
BUT, THEY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT 
US. 
FOR FOUR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE 
TOLD ME I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW 
DANGEROUS HE WAS. 
I WISH I COULD DO IT ALL OVER, 
OR WORSE, I SHOULD HAVE VOTED. 
LOOK, THIS CAN'T BE ANOTHER 
WOULDA COULDA SHOULDA ELECTION. 
IF YOU VOTE BY MAIL, VOTE NOW 
AND SEND IT BACK RIGHT AWAY. 
IF YOU VOTE IN PERSON, DO IT 
EARLY. 
BECOME A POLL WORKER. 
MOST OF ALL, NO MATTER WHAT, 
VOTE.  
AS MICHELLE OBAMA AND BERNIE 
SANDERS WARNED US, IF TRUMP IS 
RE-ELECTED, THINGS WILL GET 
EVEN WORSE. 
THAT IS WHY WE NEED UNITY NOW 
MORE THAN EVER. 
REMEMBER BACK IN 2016, WHEN 
TRUMP ASKED, WHAT DO YOU HAVE 
TO LOSE? 
WELL, NOW WE KNOW. 
OUR HEALTHCARE, OUR JOBS, OUR 
LOVED ONES. 
OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD, 
AND EVEN OUR POST OFFICE. 
BUT, LET'S SET OUR SIGHTS 
HIGHER THAN GETTING ONE MAN OUT 
OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE 
GOING TO GIVE US SO MUCH TO 
VOTE FOR. 
LET'S VOTE FOR THE JOBS THAT 
JOE'S PLAN WILL CREATE. 
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS TO FIGHT 
CLIMATE CHANGE. 
CAREGIVING JOBS WITH LIVING 
WAGES. 
VOTE FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF THAT 
LIFTS SMALL BUSINESSES AND 
SAVES HARD-WORKING PEOPLE FROM 
FORECLOSURES AND EVICTIONS. 
IT IS WRONG THAT BILLIONAIRES 
GOT $400 BILLION RICHER DURING 
THE PANDEMIC WHILE MILLIONS 
LOST THEIR $600 A WEEK IN EXTRA 
UNEMPLOYMENT. 
VOTE FOR THE PARENTS AND 
TEACHERS STRUGGLING TO BALANCE 
CHILDREN PLUS EDUCATION AND 
SAFETY, AND FOR HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS FIGHTING COVID-19 WITH 
LITTLE HELP FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
VOTE FOR PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND 
HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONE. 
FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, 
AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD. 
VOTE FOR DREAMERS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
VOTE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
PURGED OF RACIAL BIAS THAT 
KEEPS ALL OUR STREETS SAFE. 
VOTE FOR JUSTICE. 
FOR GEORGE FLOYD, BREONNA 
TAYLOR, AND AHMAUD ARBERY. 
BECAUSE BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
VOTE FOR HONEST ELECTIONS SO WE
, NOT A FOREIGN ADVERSARY, 
CHOOSE OUR PRESIDENT. 
VOTE FOR THE DIVERSE, HOPEFUL 
AMERICA WE SAW IN LAST NIGHT'S 
ROLL CALL. 
AND DON'T FORGET, JOE AND 
KAMALA CAN WIN BY 3 MILLION 
VOTES AND STILL LOSE. 
TAKE IT FROM ME . SO, WE NEED 
NUMBERS OVERWHELMING, SO TRUMP 
CAN'T SNEAK OR STEAL HIS WAY TO 
VICTORY. 
TEXT "VOTE" 30330 TO GET 
STARTED. 
100 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY THE 
19th AMENDMENT TO THE 
CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED. 
IT TOOK SEVEN DECADES OF 
SUFFRAGISTS MARCHING, 
PICKETING, AND GOING TO JAIL, 
TO PUSH US CLOSER TO A MORE 
PERFECT UNION. 
55 YEARS AGO, JOHN LEWIS 
MARCHED AND BLED IN SELMA 
BECAUSE THAT WORK WAS 
UNFINISHED. 
TONIGHT, I AM THINKING OF THE 
GIRLS AND BOYS WHO SEE 
THEMSELVES IN AMERICA'S FUTURE 
BECAUSE OF KAMALA HARRIS. 
A BLACK WOMAN, THE DAUGHTER OF 
JAMAICAN AND INDIAN IMMIGRANTS, 
AND OUR NOMINEE FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY'S STORY, 
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS, AND 
EXPANDING A CIRCLE OF 
POSSIBILITY. 
AND, TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE 
WATCHING, DON'T GIVE UP ON 
AMERICA. 
DESPITE OUR FLAWS AND PROBLEMS 
WE HAVE COME SO FAR. 
WE CAN STILL BE A MORE JUST, 
EQUAL COUNTRY WITH 
OPPORTUNITIES, PREVIOUS 
GENERATIONS COULD NEVER HAVE 
IMAGINED. 
THERE IS A LOT OF HEARTBREAK IN 
AMERICA, NOW. 
AND, THE TRUTH IS MANY THINGS 
WERE BROKEN BEFORE THE 
PANDEMIC. 
BUT, AS THE SAYING GOES, THE 
WORLD BREAKS EVERYONE AND 
AFTERWARD, MANY ARE STRONG AT 
THE BROKEN PLACES. 
THAT IS JOE BIDEN. 
HE KNOWS HOW TO KEEP GOING, 
UNIFY, AND LEAD. 
BECAUSE HE HAS DONE THAT FOR 
HIS FAMILY AND COUNTRY. 
SO, COME NOVEMBER, IF WE ARE 
STRONG TOGETHER, WE WILL HEAL 
TOGETHER. 
WE WILL REDEEM THE SOUL AND THE 
PROMISE OF OUR COUNTRY, LED BY 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, AND VICE 
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. 
>> TONIGHT IS A NIGHT STEEPED 
IN WOMEN WHO HAVE STEPPED INTO 
SERVICE, AND ADVOCACY. 
AND, WHO ARE USING THEIR POWER 
FOR GOOD. 
THE POWER OF WOMEN IS 
UNDENIABLE. 
WHETHER IT IS IN THE OFFICE, IN 
THE HOME, OR IN THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES. 
IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE 
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY 
PELOSI. 
>> I WAS NEVER RAISED IN A WAY 
THAT I WOULD BE RUNNING FOR 
PUBLIC OFFICE. 
IT DID NOT INTEREST ME, WHEN I 
GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND 
MARRIED AND HAD FIVE CHILDREN 
IN SIX YEARS. 
THAT WAS MY LIFE. 
THE CHILDREN WERE GROWN, THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR CONGRESS 
CAME ALONG. 
>> SHEERAN BECAUSE ANOTHER 
WOMAN SAID RUN. 
AND SHE WON. 
STARTING ON A PATH THAT COULD 
MAKE HISTORY. 
THE FIRST WOMAN SPEAKER OF THE 
HOUSE. 
>> FOR OUR DAUGHTERS AND OUR 
GRANDDAUGHTERS, TODAY WE HAVE 
BROKEN THE MARBLE CEILING. 
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] 
>> IN HER, SO MANY SAW 
THEMSELVES. 
>> I DID FEEL A REAL 
RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHER WOMEN, 
AS I STOOD ON  THE SHOULDERS OF 
THOSE WHO STOOD BEFORE. 
>> NOW, IT WAS HER TURN, AND 
SHE DID. 
>> WE DID NOT HAVE A SPEAKER 
WHO WOULD BRING A DREAMERS 
ISSUE TO THE FLOOR. 
WE DO NOW. 
>> YES, THAT IS GOOD FOR EVERY 
AMERICAN. 
BUT, NOT EVERYONE WAS ON BOARD. 
>> NANCY PELOSI -- 
>> I AM A MOTHER OF FIVE, 
GRANDMOTHER OF NINE. 
>> THE POWER OF THE SPEAKER IS 
AWESOME. 
AWESOME. 
>> IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE 
ARENA, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED 
TO TAKE A PUNCH. 
YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO 
THROW A PUNCH. 
FOR THE CHILDREN. 
>> THROW A PUNCH. FOR THE 
CHILDREN. 
>> FOR THE CHILDREN. 
>> FROM RUNNING THE HOUSE TO 
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, AND 
TAKING ON THE WHITE HOUSE, 
UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNAFRAID. 
>> MADAM SPEAKER. 
>> CONGRATULATIONS MADAM 
SPEAKER. 
>> MADAM SPEAKER. 
>> MADAM SPEAKER. 
>> MADAM SPEAKER. 
>> AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE 
SPEAKER OF THE UNITED STATES, 
NANCY PELOSI. 
>> THE MOST DIVERSE MAJORITY IN 
HISTORY, MORE THAN 60% WOMEN, 
PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND LGBTQ, OUR 
DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH, OUR 
UNITY IS OUR POWER. 
THIS MONTH, AS AMERICA MARKS 
THE CENTENNIAL OF WOMEN FINDING 
THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WE DO SO 
WITH 105 WOMEN IN THE HOUSE. 
PROUDLY, 90 ARE DEMOCRATS. 
TO WIN THE VOTE, WOMEN MARCHED 
AND FOUGHT AND NEVER GAVE IN. 
WE STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS, 
CHARGED WITH CARRYING FORTH THE 
UNFINISHED WORK OF OUR NATION, 
ADVANCED BY HEROES. 
FROM SENECA FALLS TO SELMA, TO 
STONEWALL. 
FOUR YEARS AGO, PRESIDENT OBAMA 
AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WERE 
IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY 
MADE US PROUD. 
AND, THEIR LEADERSHIP MADE OUR 
COUNTRY GREAT. 
IN THAT SPIRIT, WE COME 
TOGETHER NOW, NOT TO DECRY THE 
DARKNESS, BUT TO LIGHT A WAY 
FORWARD FOR OUR COUNTRY. 
THAT IS THE GUIDING PURPOSE OF 
HOUSE DEMOCRATS, FIGHTING FOR 
THE PEOPLE. WE HAVE SENT THE 
SENATE BILLS FOR LOWER 
HEALTHCARE COSTS, BIGGER 
PAYCHECKS, FOR CLEANER 
GOVERNMENT, PROTECTING JOHN 
LEWIS' VOTING RIGHTS AND 
ENACTING GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE 
IN POLICING EXPERT WE SENT THE 
SENATE BILLS TO PROTECT OUR 
DREAMERS, LGBTQ, EQUALITY, 
PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE AND TO 
PRESERVE OUR PLANET FOR FUTURE 
GENERATIONS. 
AND EVEN MORE. 
ALL OF THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR 
AMERICA, WHO IS STANDING IN THE 
WAY? 
MITCH McCONNELL AND DONALD 
TRUMP. 
OUR NATION FACES THE WORST 
HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE 
IN OUR HISTORY. 
MORE THAN 5 MILLION AMERICANS 
ARE INFECTED BY THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
OVER 170,000 HAVE DIED. 
THE SCIENCE-BASED ACTION, THE 
H.E.R.O.E.S. 
ACT WE ENACTED THREE MONTHS 
AGO, IS ESSENTIAL TO SAFEGUARD 
LIVES, LIVELIHOOD, AND THE LIFE 
OF OUR DEMOCRACY. 
AND WHO IS STANDING IN THE WAY? 
MITCH McCONNELLAND DONALD 
TRUMP. 
INSTEAD OF CRUSHING THE VIRUS, 
THEY ARE TRYING TO CRUSH THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 
AND ITS PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS 
BENEFIT. 
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, HAS 
SEEN DISRESPECT FOR FACTS, FOR 
WORKING FAMILIES, AND FOR WOMEN 
IN PARTICULAR. 
DISRESPECT WRITTEN INTO HIS 
POLICIES
-- SECURING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE 
CHILDCARE, PRESERVING SOCIAL 
SECURITY AND PASSING EQUAL PAY 
FOR EQUAL WORK. 
WHO IS STANDING IN THE WAY? 
MITCH MCCONNELL AND DONALD 
TRUMP. 
SO HERE IS OUR ANSWER. 
WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER. 
WHEN WE WILL ELECT JOE BIDEN 
PRESIDENT, WHOSE HEART IS FULL 
OF LOVE FOR AMERICA AND READ 
THE COUNTRY HAVE HEARTS 
DISREGARD FOR AMERICA'S 
GOODNESS. 
JOE BIDEN'S FAITH IN GOD GIVES 
HIM THE COURAGE TO LEAD. 
JOE BIDEN'S LOVE GIVES HIM THE 
STRENGTH TO PERSEVERE. 
JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT WE 
NEED RIGHT NOW, BATTLE TESTED, 
FORWARD-LOOKING, HONEST AND 
AUTHENTIC. 
HE HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN WHO HE 
IS FIGHTING FOR. 
AND KAMALA HARRIS AS THE VICE 
PRESIDENT WE NEED RIGHT, NOW 
COMMITTED TO THE CONSTITUTION, 
BRILLIANT AT DEFENDING, IT AND 
A WITNESS THAT OUR VOICES WILL 
BE HEARD. 
OUR MISSION IS TO FIGHT FOR A 
FUTURE EQUAL TO THE IDEALS OF 
OUR FOUNDERS. 
OUR HOPES FOR OUR CHILDREN AND 
THE SACRIFICES OF OUR VETERANS, 
THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN 
UNIFORM AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
WE WILL INCREASE OUR MAJORITY 
IN THE HOUSE, WHEN A DEMOCRATIC 
MAJORITY IN THE SENATE, ELECT 
KAMALA HARRIS VICE PRESIDENT, 
AND ELECT JOE BIDEN PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS 
AMERICA. 
>> THANK, YOU SPEAKER PELOSI. 
THE HOUSE IS THE PEOPLES HOUSE. 
AND TO ENSURE IT STAYS THAT 
WAY, WE NEED EVERYONE TO HELP 
FUND OUR WORK TO ELECT JOE 
BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN 
THE BALLOT. 
IF YOU ARE ABLE, PLEASE GO TO 
JOE BIDEN .COM AND CHIP IN 
WHATEVER YOU CAN TO SUPPORT 
THIS CAMPAIGN. 
LAST, YEAR UNDER SPEAKING 
PELOSI'S LEADERSHIP THE HOUSE 
REAUTHORIZE THE VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN ACT. 
JOE BIDEN WROTE THAT LANDMARK 
LAW NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO. 
SINCE THEN, HE AND OTHER 
LEADERS HAVE BUILT ON IT. 
BUT FOR ALL OF THIS WORK, WOMEN 
ARE STILL NOT ENTIRELY SAFE. 
SO THE WORK MUST CONTINUE. 
JOE BIDEN KNOWS THAT AND HE IS 
COMMITTED TO DOING THAT WORK, 
TO MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN ARE 
SAFE AND TO MAKE SURE OUR 
VOICES ARE HEARD. 
LET'S LISTEN. 
>> MY NAME IS RUTH GÜLEN. 
IN 1992, MY HUSBAND SHOT AND 
LEFT ME FOR. 
THAT FOR 13 YEARS, MY SON AND I 
HAD BEEN ABUSED BY HIM. 
WE FINALLY ESCAPED, BUT HE 
TRACKED US DOWN. 
BACK THEN, THERE WAS LIMITED 
HELP AVAILABLE AND NO NATIONAL 
HOTLINE TO CALL. 
LOCAL SHELTERS WERE FULL. 
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE NAME FOR 
WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME THAN, 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
NOW WORKING TO END DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE IS MY LIFE'S WORK. 
>> I AM RICHARD DETAIL. 
WHEN I STARTED DOING RESEARCH 
TO PLAY DETECTIVE OLIVIA BENSON 
ON LAW AND ORDER, AS VALUE, 
OVER 20 YEARS AGO, I WAS 
SHOCKED TO FIND OUT HOW MANY 
PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, 
EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL 
ABUSE. 
THESE STATISTICS FUELED MY 
RESOLVE, AND I COMMITTED MYSELF 
TO THE MOVEMENT TO END THIS 
VIOLENCE. 
>> MY NAME IS CARLY DRYDEN. 
IN MY SMALL HOMETOWN, I DIDN'T 
FEEL LIKE I COULD SPEAK OUT 
ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH SEXUAL 
ASSAULT. 
BUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET 
SOUND, I'M AT AN INCREDIBLE 
FORCE OF PEOPLE WORKING TO END 
THE CULTURE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
I WENT FROM SURVIVOR TO 
ADVOCATE. 
>> AS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF 
THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I HAVE SEEN 
JOE BIDEN'S PASSIONATE 
LEADERSHIP IN PASSING THE 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'S ACT. 
NOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RATES 
ARE RISING DUE TO THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
WE NEED CONGRESS TO REAUTHORIZE 
AND ENHANCED THAT LAW. 
WE NEED LEADERS WHO BELIEVE 
THAT A WOMAN'S LIFE IS WORTH 
FIGHTING FOR. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS THAT KIND OF 
LEADER. 
I CREATED THE JOYFUL HEART 
FOUNDATION TO HELP SURVIVORS 
HEAL, AND TO CHANGE THE WAY OUR 
SOCIETY RESPONDS TO SEXUAL 
VIOLENCE. 
THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS WORKED 
TIRELESSLY BY OUR SIDE TO END 
THE BACKLOG OF HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF UNTESTED RAPE 
KITS. 
AND OUR WORK WILL CONTINUE, 
BECAUSE TESTING KITS NOT ONLY 
MAKES OUR COUNTRY SAFER BUT 
SENDS A VITAL MESSAGE TO 
SURVIVORS THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO 
THEM MATTERS. 
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU 
CAN SAY TO A SURVIVOR IS I HEAR 
YOU. 
THAT'S WHY I BECAME A LEADER 
WITH ITS HONESTY. 
IT'S A PROGRAM STARTED BY VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN TO ELIMINATE 
SEXUAL ASSAULT ON COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES AND SUPPORT A NEW 
GENERATION OF ADVOCATES, 
INCLUDING MEN AND BOYS. 
BECAUSE IF YOU ARE SILENT, YOU 
ARE COMPLICIT, AND WE ARE JUST 
GETTING STARTED. 
I AM VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN ON 
BEHALF OF ALL VICTIMS AND 
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
>> I AM VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN 
BECAUSE IT'S ON MY GENERATION 
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER GO 
BACK. 
>> I AM VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN 
FOR MY DAUGHTER FOR MY SONS, 
FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. 
>> FIRST EPISODE WAS A SLAP TO 
THE FACE WHERE HE BROKE MY 
EARDRUM. 
PUNCHING, KICKING, CHOKING, 
THREATENING WITH A KNIFE OR A 
GUN. 
>> HE HAD ALWAYS THREATENED ME. 
IF I HAD EVER CALLED THE POLICE 
ON HIM, HE WOULD KILL ME. 
>> YOU DIDN'T HEAR VOICES LIKE 
THESE IN THE HALLS OF THE U.S. 
CAPITAL. 
>> MY HUSBAND STABBED ME 13 
TIMES AND BROKE MY NECK WHILE 
THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE. 
I NEARLY DIED AND I AM 
PERMANENTLY PARALYZED. 
>> SENATOR JOE BIDEN INVITED 
THEM TO SPEAK. 
>> WOMEN NEED TO BE TAKEN 
SERIOUSLY. 
PROPER POLICE RESPONSE CAN 
PREVENT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME 
FROM HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ELSE. 
THANK YOU. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> AT THE TIME, THE POLICE 
CONSIDERED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT A CRIME. 
IN THE HOME, IT'S A PRIVATE 
MATTER. 
AND SO WOMEN WERE RESPONSIBLE 
FOR THEIR OWN INJURIES. 
>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY I KNOW. 
BUT I DON'T KNOW. 
I CAN ONLY GUESS HOW PAINFUL 
THAT IS. 
>> GROWING UP, HER FATHER SAID 
THAT THE GREATEST OF ALL SINS 
WAS THE ABUSE OF POWER. 
HE TOLD US WHEN A BOY, WHEN 
SOMEONE BIGGER OR STRONGER 
TAKES ADVANTAGE OF YOU, THAT IS 
A REALLY GRAVE SIN. 
THE EXPECTATION WAS FOR ALL 4 
OF US TO BE A PERSON OF 
CHARACTER. 
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, WE 
WERE THAN EXPECTED TO STAND UP 
AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
>> WHEN JOE INTRODUCED THE 
LEGISLATION, FEW BELIEVED IT 
COULD PASS. 
>> OUR BILL IS AN AMBITIOUS 
UNDERTAKING. 
IT IS A FIRST ATTEMPT TO 
ADDRESS VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST 
WOMEN. 
>> IT WAS HARD TO GET THE 
VOTES, BECAUSE YOU HAD SOME 
TRADITIONALIST TO JUST DIDN'T 
BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE 
LAWS ABOUT THIS. 
>> BUT JOE DOESN'T GIVE UP. 
HE IS TENACIOUS. 
JOE PERSEVERED AND HE IS VERY 
GOOD AT PERSUASION. 
>> THEY ARE DOING NOTHING TO 
HELP THEM. 
NOTHING. 
>> HE BROUGHT TOGETHER LAW 
ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTORS, 
ADVOCATES, AND SURVIVORS. 
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK. 
>> IN 1994, THE VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN ACT BECAME LAW 
AND PROTECTED MILLIONS OF 
AMERICAN WOMEN. 
>> A LOT OF THE CHANGE IN THE 
ATTITUDES WE HAVE ABOUT 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SHAPED BY 
HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS. 
>> IF YOU SEE SOMETHING WRONG, 
WE WERE THAN EXPECTED TO STAND 
UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, 
WELCOME. 
COMING UP, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR 
FROM PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND 
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS, WHO WILL 
TALK ABOUT THE BIDEN HARRIS 
VISION FOR THE FUTURE. 
BUT IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT 
MORE PERFECT UNION, WE HAVE TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE WE ARE. 
TODAY IN AMERICA, WE ARE 
STRUGGLING. 
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS SKYROCKETED 
AND FAMILIES ARE FIGHTING TO 
KEEP THEIR JOBS. 
AS JOE BIDEN SAYS, WE NEED TO 
BUILD BACK BETTER. 
TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN JOIN 
THAT EFFORT PLEASE TEXT JOIN 
TOO 30,330 TO GET FLAGGED INTO 
THIS CAMPAIGN AND GET MORE 
INFORMATION ON HOW TO VOTE AND 
HOW TO VOLUNTEER. 
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO HELP 
WORKING FAMILIES AND SMALL 
BUSINESSES. 
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WORKED 
ALONGSIDE HIM AS SECRETARY OF 
LABOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE 
WERE GOOD AMERICAN JOBS AND 
THAT AMERICANS WERE SAFE ON THE 
JOB. 
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE BIDEN 
HARRIS ECONOMIC PLAN, PLEASE 
WELCOME HILDA SULLIES. 
>> HELLO. 
I AM HILDA SULLIES. 
THE DAY VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN 
SWORE ME IN AS SECRETARY OF 
LABOR WAS ONE OF THE PROUDEST 
MOMENTS OF MY LIFE. 
MY PARENTS REALIZED THEY HAD 
ACHIEVED THEIR AMERICAN DREAM, 
BECAUSE THE DAUGHTER O 2 BLUE-
COLLAR IMMIGRANTS WOULD MAKE 
HISTORY AND GIVE VOICE TO úPEOP 
AMERICAN WORKERS NEED A FIGHTER 
NOW MORE THAN EVER, AND JOE 
BIDEN IS THAT PERSON, BECAUSE 
HE HAS DONE IT BEFORE AND I 
HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. 
HE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE IT 
EASIER FOR HOME CARE WORKERS TO 
ORGANIZE. 
THEY EXTENDED OVERTIME PAY TO 
MORE THAN 4 MILLION WORKERS. 
THEY SAVED THE AUTOMOBILE 
INDUSTRY AND A WHOLE LOT OF 
GOOD UNION JOBS WITH IT. 
AND WHEN MILLIONS OF FAMILIES 
LOST THEIR HOMES, MY FRIEND 
FROM CALIFORNIA, SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS, TOOK ON THE BIG BANKS 
AND ONE. 
BUT BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP'S 
FAILURES, WE MUST ONCE AGAIN 
RESCUE A SINKING ECONOMY. 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE OUT 
OF WORK AND COMMUNITIES OF 
COLOR ARE THE HARDEST HIT. 
MILLIONS OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS 
ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT 
RISK, WITH LITTLE PROTECTIONS, 
AND MILLIONS MORE ARE JUST 
PLAIN TIRED. 
THAT'S WHY JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN NOT 
ONLY TO RECOVER WILL BE LOST, 
BUT TO IMPROVE UPON IT, TO 
BUILD BACK BETTER, CREATING 5 
MILLION GOOD UNION JOBS BY 
BRINGING BACK SUPPLY CHAINS TO 
AMERICA. 
THAT'S BUILDING BACK BETTER. 
CREATING MILLIONS OF JOBS BY 
INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY. 
THAT IS BUILDING BACK BETTER. 
AND MAKING SURE THAT WORKING 
FAMILIES CAN AFFORD CHILDCARE. 
THAT IS HOW WE BUILD BACK 
BETTER. 
SO LET ME BORROW AND SLIGHTLY 
ADDED SOMETHING JOE BIDEN SAID 
AT MY SWEARING IN. 
WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING THE 
ECONOMY, WE ARE ALL PEOPLE. 
NO ONE, NO ONE IS GOING TO BE A 
STRONGER VOICE THAN OUR NEXT 
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
THE CONVERSATION YOU ARE ABOUT 
TO SEE PROVES IT. 
>> BEHIND EVERY BUSINESS, THERE 
IS A STORY. 
>> SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND THE 
COUNTRY ARE BEARING THE 
ECONOMIC BRUNT OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 
>> BEHIND EVERY BUSINESS, THERE 
IS A FAMILY. 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE CLEARLY ARE 
IN PAIN RIGHT NOW. 
>> FOR EVERY FARM, THERE IS A 
FIGHT TO STAY HOLE. 
>> THERE IS HARD WORK. 
>> AND THERE IS HEARTBREAK. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO LOSE 20 TO 
30% OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF KEVIN 
AND MOLLY JOHNSTON. 
A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS AND 
LAKE COUNTY, OHIO. 
>> WE HAVE 10 TO 12 EMPLOYEES 
ON A GIVEN DAY. 
WHEN COVID-19 HIT, IT WAS A LOT 
OF CONFUSION. 
>> I REMEMBER BEING SCARED AND 
BEING ON CERTAIN. 
>> WE WERE SHUT DOWN LAST WEEK 
BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF WORK, AND 
WE HAD ENOUGH TO COME IN FOR 
ANOTHER WEEK. 
IF WE DON'T GET ADDITIONAL 
ORDERS IN, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 
TO LOOK AT ANOTHER SHUTDOWN. 
>> YOU CAN'T MAKE A BIG 
PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT. 
YOU CAN'T PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. 
>> WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN 
COVER PAYROLL. 
>> WHEN THIS ISN'T GOING WELL, 
IT IS SCARY. 
>> YOU ARE KIND OF FORGOTTEN. 
THE PRESIDENT IS ALWAYS 
BRAGGING ABOUT THE STOCK 
MARKET. 
IT LEAVES A LOT OF SMALL 
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES BEHIND. 
>> WE COULD USE A LITTLE HELP %
RIGHT NOW AND IT JUST SEEMS 
LIKE WE GET ONE STEP FORWARD 
AND 2 STEPS BACK. 
JERMAINE GREEN, WHO JUST 
STARTED A CLOTHING STORE AND 
THEN COVID HIT. 
>> IT HAS BEEN A LOVE OF MINE 
FOR SINCE I WAS A KID. 
I WORKED HARD TO SAVE MONEY TO 
OPEN THIS STORE. 
I HAD MY RIBBON CUTTING ON 
DECEMBER 14TH, 2019. 
IT WAS BOOMING AND THEN BAM. 
HERE IS COVID. 
IT WAS SCARY. 
NO ONE WAS BUYING ANYTHING. 
MY EMPLOYEES, THEY ARE GONE. 
I REACHED OUT TO MY BANK, BUT 
THEY SAID THEY HAD NO MORE 
MONEY. 
IT HAS GONE TO BIGGER 
BUSINESSES, MILLION DOLLAR 
BUSINESSES TO GET THE BAILOUT. 
A SMALL BUSINESS LIKE MYSELF 
HAS JUST LEFT TO STRUGGLE. 
>> BEING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN 
FEMALE BUSINESS OWNER UNDER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, I FEEL, HOW 
CAN I SAY, ALONE. 
I AM ALONE. 
>> THIS IS THE STORY OF LYNN 
AND HER TO RESTAURANTS. 
ONE CLOSED AND ONE IS STILL 
OPEN. 
>> IT'S ALWAYS REALLY HARD FOR 
RESTAURANTS TO BEGIN. 
IT WOULD BE CROWDED IN HERE 
WITH BABIES AND FAMILIES AND 
CROWDS OUTSIDE WAITING TO GET 
IN. 
IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING. 
AND ON THE DAY OF THE SHUTDOWN, 
WE WERE ACTUALLY REVIEWED IN 
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES. 
ON THAT DAY, THE VIRUS WAS 
ANNOUNCED AS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
>> IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE, AND 
IF WE DON'T TURN THIS AROUND 
SOON, WE WILL SEE A GHOST TOWN 
FOR MOST OF THE USA. 
>> THE FIRST DECISION I HAD TO 
MAKE BECAUSE 100 PEOPLE ARE 
LOOKING AT YOU, AND 
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CALL WAS TO 
FURLOUGH EVERYBODY. 
AT THIS POINT, I DON'T EVEN SEE 
MYSELF IN BUSINESS NEXT MONTH 
>> (SPEAKING SPANISH) 
>> WE DON'T ASK FOR MUCH IN THE 
GOVERNMENT, THAT CATCH US WHEN
WE ARE FOLLOWING, AND I KNOW IT 
MUST FEEL LIKE YOU ARE FALLING 
RIGHT NOW WITHOUT A NET. 
>> RESTAURANTS ARE AMONG THE 
úHARDEST BUSINESSES TO SUCCEED 
AT, BUT I WAS GOING TO DO IT IN 
A WAY THAT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE 
A SUCCESSFUL CAREER FOR NOT 
ONLY MYSELF, BUT 100 EMPLOYEES. 
>> THIS IS A STORY OF DAN, WHO 
IS A 5TH GENERATION FARMER 
STRUGGLING, TO KEEP HIS 
BUSINESS ALIVE. 
>> I'M NOT SO SURE THAT THE 
PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN 
HE THINKS ABOUT BUSINESS, I 
DON'T THINK HE THINKS ABOUT 
FARMERS AS A BUSINESS. 
>> HE HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THIS 
STUFF. 
>> DAN TOLD ME A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT THE FARM. 
>> WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1864, 
TRADE TARIFFS WITH CHINA HAVE 
BEEN HORRIBLE. 
PART OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE 
TRADE DEAL SAID THAT CHINA DOES 
NOT HAVE TO BUY UNLESS THE 
PRICE IS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. 
WHAT KIND OF TRADE DEAL IS 
THAT? 
THAT'S NO DEAL. 
>> THEN, WHEN COVID, HIT 
EVERYTHING JUST PLUMMETED. 
GETTING THROUGH NOW, THAT'S THE 
PROBLEM. 
THAT'S THE DAY TODAY BATTLE. 
>> I BELIEVE THAT JOE BIDEN 
WILL BE A CLEAR VOICE FOR US, 
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD. 
>> JOE BIDEN HAS AN 
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE 
AVERAGE AMERICAN IS 
EXPERIENCING. 
>> I THINK -- 
>> ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, IT'S TIME 
TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES, NO 
CLASS FOLKS MANAGE THAT WITH 
YOUR PANDEMIC. 
>> I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE 
IN JOE BIDEN. 
HE'S A FIGHTER, HE'S THE REAL 
DEAL. 
>> WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF 
KNOCKDOWNS AND WE KNOW THAT AT 
THE END OF THE DAY, WE WILL 
ENDURE -- WE 
>> WILL RISE AGAIN. 
>> EVERY TIME I GET KNOCKED 
DOWN, I GET UP AND KEEP 
RUNNING. 
KEEP GOING. 
KEEP GOING. 
>> TONIGHT, WE'VE HEARD FROM 
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE AMERICA 
WORK. 
PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON 
THE LINE TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY 
GOING, AND SINCE COVID-19 HEAD, 
THEY'VE TAKEN ONE GUT PUNCH 
AFTER ANOTHER. 
AND WHAT IS THE COVID FALLOUT 
DOING TO OUR BABIES? 
I'M HERE AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD 
EDUCATION CENTER IN 
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 
WHERE IT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR 
MONTHS. 
CHILDCARE WAS ALREADY HARD TO 
FIND BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND 
NOW PARENTS ARE STUCK. 
NO IDEA WHEN SCHOOLS COULD 
SAFELY REOPEN, AND EVEN FEWER 
CHILDCARE OPTIONS. 
THE DEVASTATION IS ENORMOUS, 
AND THE WAY I SEE IT, BIG 
PROBLEMS DEMAND BIG SOLUTIONS. 
NOW, I LOVE A GOOD PLAN, AND 
JOE BIDEN HAS SOME REALLY GOOD 
PLANS. 
PLANS TO BRING BACK UNION JOBS 
AND MANUFACTURING, AND CREATING 
NEW UNIONS AND CLEAN ENERGY. 
PLANS TO INCREASE SOCIAL 
SECURITY BENEFITS, CANCEL 
BILLIONS AND STUDENT LOAN DEBT, 
AND MAKE OUR BANKRUPTCY LAWS 
WORK FOR FAMILIES INSTEAD OF 
THE CREDITORS WHO CHEAT THEM. 
THESE PLANS REFLECT ESSENTIAL 
TRUTH, OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM HAS 
BEEN RIGGED TO GIVE BAILOUTS TO 
BILLIONAIRES, AND KICK DIRT IN 
THE FACE OF EVERYONE ELSE. 
BUT WE CAN BUILD A THRIVING 
ECONOMY BY INVESTING IN 
FAMILIES AND FIXING WHAT'S 
BROKEN. 
JOE'S PLAN TO BUILD BACK BETTER 
INCLUDES MAKING THE WEALTHY PAY 
THEIR FAIR SHARE, HOLD AND 
CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE. 
REPAIRING RACIAL INEQUITIES, 
AND FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN 
WASHINGTON. 
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF 
JOE'S PLANS, THAT'S ESPECIALLY 
CLOSE TO MY HEART. 
CHILDCARE. 
AS A LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP IN 
OKLAHOMA, WHAT I WANTED MOST IN 
THE WORLD WAS TO BE A TEACHER. 
I LOVED TEACHING. 
AND WHEN I HAD BABIES AND WAS 
JUGGLING MY FIRST BIG TEACHING 
JOB IN TEXAS, IT WAS HARD. 
BUT I COULD DO HARD. 
THE THING THAT ALMOST SENT ME, 
CHILDCARE. 
ONE NIGHT, MY AUNT CALLED JUST 
TO CHECK IN, AND I THOUGHT I 
WAS FINE. 
BUT THEN I JUST BROKE DOWN AND 
STARTED TO CRY. 
I HAD TRIED HOLDING IT ALL 
TOGETHER, BUT WITHOUT RELIABLE 
CHILDCARE, WORKING WAS NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE. 
AND WHEN I TOLD MY AND I WAS 
GOING TO QUIT MY JOB, I THOUGHT 
MY HEART WOULD BREAK. 
AND THEN SHE SAID THE WORDS 
THAT CHANGED MY LIFE -- I CAN'T 
GET THERE TOMORROW, BUT I WILL 
COME ON THURSDAY. 
AND SHE ARRIVED WITH 7 
SUITCASES AND STAYED FOR 16 
YEARS. 
I GOT TO BE HERE TONIGHT 
BECAUSE OF MY AUNT. 
I LEARNED A FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH, 
NOBODY MAKES IT ON THEIR OWN, 
AND YET, HERE WE ARE, 2 
GENERATIONS OF WORKING PARENTS 
LATER, AND IF YOU HAVE A BABY 
AND DON'T HAVE AN AUNT, YOU ARE 
ON YOUR OWN. 
HERE IS WHY THAT IS WRONG -- WE 
BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE ROADS 
AND BRIDGES AND COMMUNICATION 
SYSTEMS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN 
WORK. 
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS US 
ALL BECAUSE IT KEEPS OUR 
ECONOMY GOING. 
IT'S TIME TO RECOGNIZE THAT 
CHILD CARE IS PART OF THE BASIC 
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS NATION. 
ITS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR 
FAMILIES. 
JOE AND KAMALA WILL MAKE HIGH 
QUALITY CHILDCARE AFFORDABLE 
FOR EVERY FAMILY, MAKE 
PRESCHOOL UNIVERSAL AND RAISE 
THE WAGES OF EVERY CHILD CARE 
WORKER. 
NOW, THAT'S JUST ONE PLAN, BUT 
IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE 
GET THIS COUNTRY WORKING FOR 
EVERYONE. 
DONALD TRUMP'S IGNORANCE AND 
INCOMPETENCE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A 
DANGER TO OUR COUNTRY. 
COVID-19 WAS TRUMP'S BIGGEST 
TEST. 
HE FAILED MISERABLY. 
TODAY, AMERICA HAS THE MOST 
COVID DEATHS IN THE WORLD, AND 
AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. 
AND BOTH PRICES ARE FALLING 
HARDEST ON BLACK AND BROWN 
FAMILIES. 
MILLIONS OUT OF WORK, MILLIONS 
MORE TRAPPED IN CYCLES OF 
POVERTY. 
MILLIONS ON THE BRINK OF LOSING 
THEIR HOMES, MILLIONS OF 
RESTAURANTS AND STORES HANGING 
BY A THREAD. 
THIS CRISIS IS BAD, AND IT 
DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. 
THIS CRISIS IS ON DONALD TRUMP 
AND THE REPUBLICANS WHO ENABLED 
HIM. 
ON NOVEMBER 3RD, WE WILL HOLD 
THEM ALL ACCOUNTABLE. 
SO, WHETHER YOU ARE PLANNING TO 
VOTE, WEARING A MASK, OR VOTE 
BY MAIL, PLEASE TAKE OUT YOUR 
PHONE RIGHT NOW AND TEXT "VOTE" 
TO 30330. 
WE ALL NEED TO BE IN THE FIGHT 
TO GET JOE UNCOMMON ELECTED. 
AND AFTER NOVEMBER, WE ALL NEED 
TO STAY IN THE FIGHT, TO GET 
BIG THINGS DONE. 
WE STAY IN THIS FIGHT SO THAT 
WHEN OUR CHILDREN AND OUR 
GRANDCHILDREN ASKED WHAT WE DID 
DURING THIS DARK CHAPTER IN OUR 
NATION'S HISTORY, WE WILL BE 
ABLE TO LOOK THEM SQUARELY IN 
THE EYE AND SAY WE ORGANIZED, 
WE PERSISTED, AND WE CHANGED 
AMERICA. 
WE
>> FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK 
OBAMA HAS SAID THAT CHOOSING 
JOE BIDEN TODAY BECAUSE VICE 
PRESIDENT WAS ONE OF THE BEST 
DECISIONS HE EVER MADE. 
THIS IS A MAN WHO MADE A LOT OF 
GOOD DECISIONS, MAKING HEALTH 
CARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND 
ACCESSIBLE, RESCUING OUR 
ECONOMY. 
PROTECTING AMERICAN JOBS. 
MARY MICHELLE OBAMA. 
AND THROUGHOUT ALL, JOE BIDEN 
WAS BY HIS SIDE, EXCEPT FOR 
MAYBE MARY MICHELLE. 
YOU CAN WITNESS THEIR MUTUAL 
RESPECT AND AFFECTION IN THIS 
CLIP. 
TAKE A LOOK. 
>> SO, JOE. 
FOR YOUR FAITH IN YOUR FELLOW 
AMERICANS, FOR YOUR LOVE OF 
COUNTRY, AND FOR YOUR LIFETIME 
OF SERVICE THAT WILL ENDURE IT 
THROUGH THE GENERATIONS, I'D 
LIKE TO ASK THE MILITARY TO 
JOIN US ON STAGE, FOR THE FINAL 
TIME AS PRESIDENT, I AM PLEASED 
TO AWARD OUR NATION'S HIGHEST 
CIVILIAN HONOR. 
THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF 
FREEDOM. 
(APPLAUSE)
>> AND 4 THE FIRST TIME IN MY 
PRESIDENCY, ELBA STARDUST METAL 
WITH AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF 
VENERATION, AN HONOR MY 3 MOST 
RECENT SUCCESSORS RESERVED FOR 
ONLY 3 OTHERS. 
POPE JOHN PAUL THE 2ND, 
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, AND 
GENERAL COLIN POWELL. 
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M PROUD 
TO AWARD THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL 
OF FREEDOM WITH DISTINCTION, TO 
MY BROTHER, JOSEPH BIDEN 
JUNIOR. 
WILL THE AID PLEASE READ THE 
CITATION. 
>> VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN 
JR., AND A CAREER OF PUBLIC 
SERVICE, SPENDING NEARLY HALF A 
CENTURY, VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH 
BIDEN JUNIOR HAS LEFT HIS MARK 
ON ALMOST EVERY PART OF OUR 
NATION. 
FIGHTING FOR A STRONGER MIDDLE 
CLASS, A FAIR JUDICIAL SYSTEM 
AND A SMARTER FOREIGN POLICY. 
PROVIDING UNYIELDING SUPPORT 
FOR OUR TROOPS, AND FIGHTING 
CRIME AND VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN, LEAVING OUR QUEST TO 
CURE CANCER AND SAFEGUARDING 
THE LANDMARK AMERICAN RECOVERY 
AND REINVESTMENT ACT FROM 
CORRUPTION. 
WITH HIS CHARM, CANDOR, 
UNABASHED OPTIMISM, AND DEEP 
AND ABIDING PATRIOTISM, JOE 
BIDEN HAS GARNERED THE RESPECT 
AND ESTEEM OF COLLEAGUES OF 
BOTH PARTIES, AND THE 
FRIENDSHIP OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE 
NATION AND AROUND THE WORLD. 
WHILE SOMETHING THE STRENGTH, 
FAITH, AND GRACE TO OVERCOME 
GREAT PERSONAL TRAGEDY, THIS 
SON OF SCRANTON, CLAIMANT, AND 
WILMINGTON HAS BECOME ONE OF 
THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL VICE 
PRESIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 
AN ACCOLADE THAT NONETHELESS 
RESTS FIRMLY BEYOND HIS LEGACY 
AS HUSBAND, FATHER, AND 
GRANDFATHER. 
A GRATEFUL NATION THANKS VICE 
PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN JR. FOR 
HIS LIFETIME OF SERVICE ON 
BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
(APPLAUSE)
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 
AS YOU'VE SEEN BY NOW, THIS IS 
NOT A NORMAL CONVENTION. 
IT'S NOT A NORMAL TIME. 
SO, TONIGHT, I WANT TO TALK AS 
PLAINLY AS I CAN ABOUT THE 
STAKES IN THIS ELECTION. 
BECAUSE WHAT WE DO, THESE NEXT 
76 DAYS, WELL I GO THROUGH 
GENERATIONS TO COME. 
I'M IN PHILADELPHIA, WHERE OUR 
CONSTITUTION WAS DRAFTED AND 
SIGNED. 
IT WASN'T A PERFECT DOCUMENT, 
IT ALLOWED FOR THE IN HUMANITY 
OF SLAVERY. 
AND FAILED TO GUARANTEE WOMEN, 
AND EVEN MAN WHO DIDN'T OWN 
PROPERTY, THE RIGHT TO 
PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL 
PROCESS. 
BUT EMBEDDED IN THIS DOCUMENT 
WAS A NORTH STAR THAT WOULD 
GUIDE FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
A SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE 
GOVERNMENT, A DEMOCRACY, TO 
WHICH WE COULD BETTER REALIZE 
OUR HIGHEST IDEALS. 
THROUGH CIVIL WAR, AND BETTER 
STRUGGLES, WE IMPROVE THIS 
CONSTITUTION TO INCLUDE THE 
VOICES OF THOSE WHO ONCE HAVE 
BEEN LEFT OUT. 
AND GRADUALLY, WE MADE THIS 
COUNTRY MORE JUST. 
AND MORE EQUAL. 
AND MORE FREE. 
THE ONE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE 
ELECTED BY ALL OF THE PEOPLE IS 
THE PRESIDENCY. 
SO, TO MINIMUM, WE SHOULD 
EXPECT A PRESIDENT TO FEEL A 
SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 
SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL 330 
MILLION OF US, REGARDLESS OF 
WHAT WE LOOK LIKE, AND HOW WE 
WORSHIP, WHO WE LOVE, HOW MUCH 
MONEY WE HAVE, OR WHO WE VOTED 
FOR. 
WE SHOULD ALSO EXPECT A 
PRESIDENT TO BE THE CUSTODIAN 
OF THIS DEMOCRACY. 
WE SHOULD EXPECT THAT, úREGARDL 
POLITICAL BELIEFS, THE 
PRESIDENT WILL PRESERVE, 
PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE 
FREEDOMS AND IDEALS THAT SO 
MANY AMERICANS MARCHED FOR, 
WENT TO JAIL FOR, FOUGHT FOR, 
AND DIED FOR. 
I HAVE SAT IN THE OVAL OFFICE 
WITH BOTH OF THE MEN WHO ARE 
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. 
I NEVER EXPECTED THAT MY 
SUCCESSOR WOULD EMBRACE MY 
VISION, OR CONTINUE MY 
POLICIES. 
I DID HOPE, FOR THE SICK OF OUR 
COUNTRY, THAT DONALD TRUMP 
MIGHT SHOW SOME INTEREST IN 
TAKING THE JOB SERIOUSLY. 
THAT HE MIGHT COME TO FEEL THE 
WEIGHT OF THE OFFICE, AND TO 
DISCOVER SOME REVERENCE FOR THE 
DEMOCRACY THAT HAD BEEN PLACED 
IN HIS CARE. 
BUT HE NEVER DID. 
FOR CLOSE TO 4 YEARS NOW, HE 
HAS SHOWN NO INTEREST IN 
PUTTING IN THE WORK. 
NO INTEREST IN FINDING COMMON 
GROUND, NO INTEREST IN USING 
THE AWESOME POWER OF HIS OFFICE 
TO HELP ANYONE BUT HIMSELF AND 
HIS FRIENDS. 
NO INTEREST IN TREATING THE 
PRESIDENCY AS ANYTHING BUT ONE 
MORE REALITY SHOW THAT HE CAN 
USE TO GET THE ATTENTION HE 
CRAVES. 
WE DONALD TRUMP HASN'T GROWN 
INTO THE JOB BECAUSE HE CAN'T. 
AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT 
FAILURE ARE SEVERE. 
170,000 AMERICANS DEAD. 
MILLIONS OF JOBS, GONE. 
WHILE THOSE ARE THE TOP HAVE 
TAKEN MORE THAN EVER. 
OUR WORST IMPULSES UNLEASHED, A 
PROUD REPUTATION AROUND THE 
WORLD BADLY DIMINISHED, AND OUR 
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS 
THREATENED LIKE NEVER BEFORE. 
NOW, I KNOW THAT IN TIMES AS 
POLARIZED AS THESE, MOST OF YOU 
HAVE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND. 
BUT MAYBE, YOU ARE STILL NOT 
SURE WHICH CANDIDATE TO VOTE 
FOR, OR WHETHER YOU WILL VOTE 
AT ALL. 
MAYBE YOU ARE TIRED OF THE 
DIRECTION WE ARE HEADED, BUT 
YOU CAN'T SEE A BETTER PATH 
YET, OR YOU JUST DON'T KNOW 
ENOUGH ABOUT THE PERSON WHO 
WANTS TO LEAD US THERE. 
SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY 
FRIEND, JOE BIDEN. 
12 YEARS AGO, WHEN I BEGAN MY 
SEARCH FOR A VICE PRESIDENT, I 
DIDN'T KNOW I WOULD END UP 
FINDING A BROTHER. 
JOE AND I COME FROM DIFFERENT 
PLACES, DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, 
BUT WHAT I QUICKLY CAME TO 
ADMIRE ABOUT JOE BIDEN IS HIS 
RESILIENCE BORNE OF TOO MUCH 
STRUGGLE. 
HIS EMPATHY, BOARD OF TOO MUCH 
GRIEF. 
JOE IS A MAN WHO LEARNED EARLY 
ON TO TREAT EVERY PERSON HE 
MEETS WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. 
HE LIVES BY THE WORDS HIS 
PARENTS TAUGHT HIM. 
NO ONE IS BETTER THAN YOU, JOE. 
BUT YOU ARE BETTER THAN NOBODY. 
THAT EMPATHY, THAT DECENCY, THE 
BELIEF THAT EVERYBODY COUNTS, 
THAT IS WHO JOE IS. 
WHEN HE TALKS WITH SOMEONE WHO 
HAS LOST THEIR JOB, JOE 
REMEMBERS THE NIGHT HIS FATHER 
SAT HIM DOWN TO SAY HE HAD LOST 
HIS. 
WHEN JOE LISTENS TO A PARENT 
WHO IS TRYING TO HOLD IT 
ALTOGETHER RIGHT NOW, HE DOES 
IT AS A SINGLE DAD WHO TOOK THE 
TRAIN BACK TO WILMINGTON EACH 
AND EVERY NIGHT SO HE COULD 
TUCK HIS KIDS INTO BED. 
WHEN HE MEETS WITH MILITARY 
FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR 
HERO, HE DOES IT AS A KINDRED 
SPIRIT, THE PARENT OF AN 
AMERICAN SOLDIER. 
SOMEONE WHOSE FAITH HAS ENDURED 
THE HARDEST LOSS THERE IS. 
FOR 8 YEARS, JOE WAS THE LAST 
ONE IN THE ROOM WHENEVER I 
FACED A BIG DECISION. 
HE MADE ME A BETTER PRESIDENT, 
AND HE HAS GOT THE CHARACTER 
AND THE EXPERIENCE TO MAKE US A 
BETTER COUNTRY. 
AND IN MY FRIEND KAMALA HARRIS, 
HE HAS CHOSEN AN IDEAL PARTNER 
WHO IS MORE THAN PREPARED FOR 
THE JOB. 
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S 
LIKE TO OVERCOME BARRIERS, AND 
WHO HAS MADE A CAREER FIGHTING 
TO HELP OTHERS LIVE UP THEIR 
OWN AMERICAN DREAM. 
ALONG WITH THE EXPERIENCE 
NEEDED TO GET THINGS DONE, JOE 
AND KAMALA HAVE CONCRETE 
POLICIES THAT WILL TURN THEIR 
VISION OF A, BETTER FAIRER, 
STRONGER COUNTRY INTO REALITY. 
THEY WILL GET THIS PANDEMIC 
UNDER CONTROL, LIKE JOE DID 
WHEN HE HELPED ME MANAGE H1N1, 
AND PREVENT AN EBOLA OUTBREAK 
FROM REACHING OUR SHORES. 
THEY WILL EXPAND HEALTH CARE TO 
MORE AMERICANS, LIKE JOE AND I 
DID 10 YEARS AGO, WHEN HE 
HELPED CRAFT THE AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT AND NAIL DOWN THE 
VOTES TO MAKE IT THE LAW. 
THEY WILL RESCUE THE ECONOMY, 
LIKE JOE HELPED ME DO AFTER THE 
GREAT RECESSION. 
I ASKED HIM TO MANAGE THE 
RECOVERY ACT, WHICH JUMP-
STARTED THE LONGEST STRETCH OF 
JOB GROWTH IN HISTORY. 
AND HE SEES THIS MOMENT NOW NOT 
AS A CHANCE TO GET BACK TO 
WHERE WE WERE, BUT TO MAKE LONG 
OVERDUE CHANGES SO THAT OUR 
ECONOMY ACTUALLY MAKES LIFE A 
LITTLE EASIER FOR EVERYBODY, 
WHETHER IT'S THE WAITRESS 
TRYING TO RAISE A KID ON HER 
OWN, OR THE SHIFT WORKER ALWAYS 
ON THE EDGE OF GETTING LAID 
OFF, OR THE STUDENT FIGURING 
OUT HOW TO PAY FOR NEXT 
SEMESTERS CLASSES. 
JOE AND KAMALA WILL RESTORE OUR 
STANDING IN THE WORLD. 
AND AS WE HAVE LEARNED FROM 
THIS PANDEMIC, THAT MATTERS. 
JOE KNOWS THE WORLD AND THE 
WORLD KNOWS HIM. 
HE KNOWS THAT OUR TRUE STRENGTH 
COMES FROM SETTING AN EXAMPLE 
THAT THE WORLD WANTS TO FOLLOW, 
A NATION THAT STANDS WITH 
DEMOCRACY, NOT DICTATORS. 
THE NATION THAT CAN INSPIRE AND 
MOBILIZE OTHERS TO OVERCOME 
THREATS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND 
TERRORISM AND POVERTY, AND 
DISEASE. 
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, WHAT I 
KNOW ABOUT JOE, WHAT I KNOW 
ABOUT KAMALA IS THAT THEY 
ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT EVERY 
AMERICAN. 
AND THAT THEY CARE DEEPLY ABOUT 
THIS DEMOCRACY. 
THEY BELIEVE THAT IN A 
DEMOCRACY, THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS 
SACRED AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING 
IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO CAST 
BALLOTS, NOT HARDER. 
>> THEY BELIEVE THAT NO ONE, 
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT, IS 
ABOVE THE LAW, AND THAT NO 
PUBLIC OFFICIAL, INCLUDING THE 
PRESIDENT, SHOULD USE THEIR 
OFFICE TO ENRICH THEMSELVES OR 
THEIR SUPPORTERS. 
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS 
DEMOCRACY, THE COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF DOES NOT USE THE MEN AND 
WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY, WHO ARE 
WILLING TO RISK EVERYTHING TO 
PROTECT OUR NATION, AS 
POLITICAL PROPS TO DEPLOY 
AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTERS ON 
OUR OWN SOIL. 
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT POLITICAL 
OPPONENTS ARE NOT UN-AMERICAN 
JUST BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE WITH 
YOU. 
A FREE PRESS IS NOT THE ENEMY. 
BUT THE WAY WE HOLD OFFICIALS 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
OUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO 
SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS LIKE A 
PANDEMIC DEPENDS ON A FIDELITY 
TO FACTS AND SCIENCE AND LOGIC, 
AND NOT JUST MAKING STUFF UP. 
NONE OF THIS SHOULD BE 
CONTROVERSIAL. 
THESE SHOULD NOT BE REPUBLICAN 
PRINCIPLES ARE DEMOCRATIC 
PRINCIPLES. 
THEY ARE AMERICAN PRINCIPLES. 
BUT AT THIS MOMENT, THIS 
PRESIDENT AND THOSE WHO ENABLE 
HIM HAVE SHOWN THEY DON'T 
BELIEVE IN THESE THINGS. 
TONIGHT, I AM ASKING YOU TO 
BELIEVE IN JOE AND KAMALA'S 
ABILITY TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY 
OUT OF THESE DARK TIMES AND 
BUILD BACK BETTER. 
BUT HERE IS THE THING. 
NO SINGLE AMERICAN CAN FIX THIS 
COUNTRY ALONE, NOT EVEN A 
PRESIDENT. 
DEMOCRACY WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE 
TRANSACTIONAL. 
YOU GIVE ME YOUR VOTE, I MAKE 
EVERYTHING BETTER. 
IT REQUIRES AN ACTIVE AND 
INFORMED CITIZENRY. 
SO I'M ALSO ASKING YOU TO 
BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN ABILITY, TO 
EMBRACE YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY 
AS CITIZENS, TO MAKE SURE THAT 
THE BASIC TENETS OF OUR 
DEMOCRACY ENDURE, BECAUSE 
THAT'S WHAT IT IS AT STAKE 
RIGHT NOW. 
OUR DEMOCRACY. 
LOOK, I UNDERSTAND WHY A LOT OF 
AMERICANS ARE DOWN ON 
GOVERNMENT. 
THE WAY THE RULES HAVE BEEN SET 
UP AND ABUSED IN CONGRESS MAKE 
IT EASIER FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS 
TO STOP PROGRESS AND TO MAKE 
PROGRESS. 
BELIEVE, ME I KNOW IT. 
I UNDERSTAND WHY A WEIGHT 
FACTORY WORKER HAS SEEN HIS 
WAGES CUT, OR HIS JOB SHIFT 
OVERSEAS, AND MIGHT FEEL LIKE 
THE GOVERNMENT NO LONGER LOOKS 
OUT FOR HIM, AND WHY A BLACK 
MOM MIGHT FEEL LIKE IT NEVER 
LOOKED OUT FOR HER AT ALL. 
I UNDERSTAND WHY A NEW 
IMMIGRANT MIGHT LOOK AROUND 
THIS COUNTRY AND WONDER WHETHER 
THERE IS STILL A PLACE FOR HIM 
HERE, WHY A YOUNG PERSON MIGHT 
LOOK AT POLITICS RIGHT NOW, THE 
CIRCUS OF IT, ALL THE MEANNESS, 
AND THE LIES, AND CONSPIRACY 
THEORIES, AND THINK WHAT IS THE 
POINT. 
WELL, HERE IS THE POINT. 
THIS PRESIDENT, AND THOSE IN 
POWER, THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM 
KEEPING THINGS THE WAY THEY 
ARE, THEY ARE COUNTING ON YOUR 
CYNICISM. 
THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T WIN YOU 
OVER WITH THEIR POLICIES, SO 
THEY ARE HOPING TO MAKE IT AS 
HARD AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO 
VOTE, AND TO CONVINCE YOU THAT 
YOUR VOTE DOES NOT MATTER. 
THAT IS HOW THEY WIN. 
THAT IS HOW THEY GET TO KEEP 
MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT 
YOUR LIFE, AND THE LIVES OF THE 
PEOPLE YOU LOVE. 
THAT'S HOW THE ECONOMY WILL 
KEEP GETTING SKEWED TO THE 
WEALTHY AND WELL CONNECTED, HOW 
OUR HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL LET 
MORE PEOPLE FALL THROUGH THE 
CRACKS, AND HOW A DEMOCRACY 
WEATHERS, UNTIL IT IS NO 
DEMOCRACY AT ALL. 
AND WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN. 
DO NOT LET THEM TAKE AWAY YOUR 
POWER. 
DO NOT LET THEM TAKE AWAY YOUR 
DEMOCRACY. 
MAKE A PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR HOW 
YOU ARE GOING TO GET INVOLVED, 
AND VOTE. 
DO IT AS EARLY AS YOU CAN, AND 
TELL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS 
HOW THEY CAN VOTE AS WELL. 
DO WHAT AMERICANS HAVE DONE FOR 
OVER 2 CENTURIES WHEN FACED 
WITH EVEN TOUGHER TIME THAN 
THIS. 
ALL OF THOSE QUIET HEROES WHO 
FOUND THE COURAGE TO KEEP 
MARCHING, KEEP PUSHING, IN THE 
FACE OF HARDSHIP AND INJUSTICE. 
LAST MONTH, WE LOST A GIANT OF 
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN JOHN 
LEWIS. 
AND SOME YEARS AGO, I SAT DOWN 
WITH JOHN AND A FEW REMAINING 
LEADERS OF THE EARLY CIVIL 
RIGHTS MOVEMENT. 
ONE OF THEM TOLD ME HE NEVER 
IMAGINED HE WOULD WALK INTO THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND SEE A PRESIDENT 
WHO LOOKED LIKE HIS GRANDSON. 
AND THEN, HE TOLD ME THAT HE 
LOOKED IT UP, AND IT TURNED OUT 
THAT ON THE VERY DAY THAT I WAS 
BORN, HE WAS MARCHING INTO A 
JAIL CELL TRYING TO END JIM 
CROW SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH. 
WHAT WE DO ECHOES THROUGH 
GENERATIONS. 
WHATEVER OUR BACKGROUNDS, WE 
ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF 
AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT THE GOOD 
FIGHT. 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS, WORKING IN 
FIRE TRAPS AND SWEATSHOPS 
WITHOUT RIGHTS OR 
REPRESENTATION, FARMERS, LOSING 
THEIR DREAMS TO DUST, IRISH AND 
ITALIANS AND ASIANS AND LATINOS 
TOLD, GO BACK WHERE YOU COME 
FROM, JEWS AND CATHOLICS, 
MUSLIMS AND SEEKS, MADE TO FEEL 
SUSPECT FOR THE WAY THEY 
WORSHIPED. 
BLACK AMERICANS CHAINED AND 
WHIPPED AND A HANGING. 
SPIT ON, FOR TRYING TO SIT AT 
LUNCH COUNTERS. 
BEATEN FOR TRYING TO VOTE. 
IF ANYONE HAD A RIGHT TO 
BELIEVE THAT THIS DEMOCRACY DID 
NOT WORK AND COULD NOT WORK, IT 
WAS THOSE AMERICANS. 
OUR ANCESTORS WERE ON THE 
RECEIVING END OF A DEMOCRACY 
THAT HAD FALLEN SHORT ALL THEIR 
LIVES. 
THEY KNEW HOW FAR THE DAILY 
REALITY OF AMERICA STRAYED FROM 
THE MID. 
AND YET, INSTEAD OF GIVING UP, 
THEY JOINED TOGETHER AND THEY 
SAID SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, WE ARE 
GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK. 
WE ARE GOING TO BRING THOSE 
WORDS AND OUR FOUNDING 
DOCUMENTS TO LIFE. I HAVE SEEN 
THAT SAME SPIRIT RISING THESE 
PAST FEW YEARS. 
FOLKS OF EVERY AGE AND 
BACKGROUND TO PACK CITY CENTERS 
AND AIRPORTS AND RURAL ROADS SO 
THAT FAMILIES WOULDN'T BE 
SEPARATED, SO THAT ANOTHER 
CLASSROOM WOULDN'T GET SHOT UP, 
SO THAT OUR KIDS WON'T GROW UP 
ON AN UNINHABITABLE PLANET. 
AMERICANS OF ALL RACES JOINED 
TOGETHER TO DECLARE IN THE FACE 
OF INJUSTICE, AND BRUTALITY, AT 
THE HANDS OF THE STATE, THAT 
BLACK LIVES MATTER. 
NO MORE, BUT NO LESS. 
NO CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY FEELS 
THE CONTINUING STING OF RACISM. 
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LET US 
THIS SUMMER, TELLING US THAT WE 
NEED TO BE BETTER, IN SO MANY 
WAYS, YOU ARE THIS COUNTRY'S 
DREAMS FULFILLED. 
EARLIER GENERATIONS HAD TO BE 
PERSUADED THAT EVERYONE HAS 
EQUAL WORTH. 
FOR YOU, IT'S A GIVEN, A 
CONVICTION. 
AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS 
THAT FOR ALL ITS MESSINESS AND 
FRUSTRATIONS, YOUR SYSTEM OF 
SELF GOVERNMENT CAN BE 
HARNESSED TO HELP YOU REALIZE 
THOSE CONVICTIONS FOR ALL OF 
US. 
YOU CAN GIVE OUR DEMOCRACY NEW 
MEANING. 
YOU CAN TAKE IT TO A BETTER 
PLACE. 
YOU ARE THE MISSING INGREDIENT, 
THE ONES WHO WILL DECIDE 
WHETHER OR NOT AMERICA BUT 
COMES THE COUNTRY THAT FULLY 
LIVES UP TO ITS CREED. 
THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE LONG 
AFTER THIS ELECTION, BUT ANY 
CHANCE OF SUCCESS DEPENDS 
ENTIRELY ON THE OUTCOME OF THIS 
ELECTION. 
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS SHOWN 
IT WILL TEAR OUR DEMOCRACY 
DOWN, IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES 
FOR THEM TO WIN. 
SO WE HAVE TO GET BUSY BUILDING 
IT UP, BY POURING ALL OF OUR 
EFFORTS INTO THESE 76 DAYS, AND 
BY VOTING LIKE NEVER BEFORE, 
FOR JOE AND KAMALA, AND 
CANDIDATES UP AND DOWN THE 
TICKET, SO THAT WE LEAVE NO 
DOUBT ABOUT WHAT THIS COUNTRY, 
THAT WE LOVE, STANDS FOR. 
TODAY, AND FOR ALL OUR DAYS TO 
COME. 
STAY SAFE, GODLESS. 
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT OBAMA, 
FOR YOUR BRILLIANT LEADERSHIP. 
JOE BIDEN HAS CHOSEN AN 
EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN TO BE HIS 
RUNNING MATE. 
KAMALA HARRIS IS A FIGHTER, AND 
A TRAIL BLAZER. 
USING HER GROUNDBREAKING IDEAS 
TO PROTECT FAMILIES AND KEEP 
THEM TOGETHER. 
I AM SO THRILLED FOR HER TO 
BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES. 
PLEASE WELCOME OUR CONVENTION 
CHAIR, CONGRESSMAN -- 
>> WE ARE WAITING FOR THE FEED 
TO RESUME HERE, THE PROGRAM AS 
WE JUST SAW HAD JUST SEEN 
PRESIDENT OBAMA FINISHES 
REMARKS FROM PHILADELPHIA, AND 
WE SAW THIS SHOT CHANGE TO THIS 
ONE HERE. 
WE ARE ANTICIPATING SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
WE WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW THIS 
IS THE FEET WE ARE GETTING FROM 
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME, LOOKING 
TO SEE IN MY EMAIL HERE, IF 
THERE'S ANY GUIDANCE ON WHAT 
MAY BE HAPPENING HERE BEHIND 
THE SCENES. 
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN CONTROL 
ROOM, WE HAVE NO WORD YET ON 
WHAT MAY BE GOING, ON IS THAT 
RIGHT? 
WE ARE GOING TO STAY WITH THIS, 
HERE, BUT WHAT WE HEARD A 
MOMENT AGO, A VERY DIRECT 
REBUKE FROM FORMER PRESIDENT 
OBAMA ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S 
LEADERSHIP AS COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF. 
THIS WAS PERHAPS THE MOST 
FORCEFUL CONDEMNATION OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP BY PRESIDENT 
OBAMA. 
SINCE THE PRESIDENT TOOK 
OFFICE, SINCE TRUMP TOOK 
OFFICE. 
WE ARE, OF COURSE, STANDING BY 
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE. 
THERE HAD BEEN A QUESTION GOING 
INTO THIS VIRTUAL CONVENTION, 
WHETHER OR NOT THINGS WOULD GO 
OFF FLAWLESSLY FROM A TECHNICAL 
STANDPOINT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 
IT IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE. 
WE'VE SEEN THIS TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN IN VARIOUS OTHER SETTINGS 
TO MAKE THE TECHNOLOGY ALL COME 
TOGETHER EXACTLY RIGHT, AND 
THERE, YOU SEE FEED RESUMING. 
LET'S LISTEN IN. 
>> SENATOR HARRIS CARES ABOUT 
PEOPLE. 
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 
>> -- EVERY OUNCE OF WHO SHE 
IS. 
SHE IS FOR US, SHE'S FOR US. 
>> SHE FIGHTS FOR WOMEN'S 
RIGHTS. 
SHE FIGHTS TO ADD MASS 
INCARCERATION. 
>> SHE IS A FEARLESS ADVOCATE 
FOR THE VOICELESS. 
THE NEMESIS FOR MARCUS HOW WE 
TREAT BLACK WOMEN. 
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE 
WHO COULD FIGHT FOR BLACK 
PEOPLE, BROWN PEOPLE, 
UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE, LGBT 
PEOPLE, DISABLED PEOPLE, YOUNG 
PEOPLE, ALL PEOPLE, ALL OF 
AMERICA. 
>> IT'S ABOUT ALL OF US KNOWING 
OUR POWER IN EACH OF US, TO 
LIFT PEOPLE UP, RIGHT? 
AND TO REMIND THEM THAT WE SEE 
THEM AND HEAR THEM, THAT THEY 
MATTER. 
>> YOU ARE GOING TO BE VICE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 
>> GREETINGS, AMERICA. 
IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE 
SPEAKING WITH YOU TONIGHT. 
I AM HERE TONIGHT AS A 
TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION OF 
GENERATIONS BEFORE ME. 
WOMEN AND MEN WHO BELIEVED, SO 
FIERCELY, AND THE PROMISE OF 
EQUALITY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE 
FOR ALL. 
THIS WEEK MARKS THE 100TH 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF 
THE 19TH AMENDMENT, AND WE 
CELEBRATE THE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT 
FOR THAT RIGHT. 
YET, SO MANY OF THE BLACK WOMEN 
WHO HELPED SECURE THAT VICTORY 
WERE STILL PROHIBITED FROM 
VOTING LONG AFTER ITS 
RAMIFICATION. 
BUT THEY WERE UNDETERRED, 
WITHOUT FANFARE OR RECOGNITION. 
THEY ORGANIZED AND TESTIFIED 
AND RALLIED AND MARCHED AND 
FOUGHT, NOT JUST FOR THEIR 
VOTE, BUT FOR A SEAT AT THE 
TABLE. 
THESE WOMEN AND THE GENERATIONS 
THAT FOLLOWED WORKED TO MAKE 
DEMOCRACY AND OPPORTUNITY REAL. 
AND THE LIVES OF ALL OF US WHO 
FOLLOWED. 
THEY PAVED THE WAY FOR THE 
TRAIL BLAZING LEADERSHIP OF 
BARACK OBAMA, AND HILLARY 
CLINTON. 
AND THESE WOMEN, THEY INSPIRED 
US TO PICK UP THE TORCH, AND 
FIGHT ON. 
WOMEN LIKE MARY CHURCH TERRELL, 
DANNY LU HAMMER, AND DIANE 
NASH. 
CONSTANTS BAKER MOTLEY, AND THE 
GREAT SURELY CHISHOLM. 
WE ARE NOT OFTEN TAUGHT THEIR 
STORIES, BUT AS AMERICANS, WE 
ALL STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS. 
AND THERE'S ANOTHER WOMAN WHOSE 
NAME ISN'T KNOWN, WHOSE STORY 
ISN'T SHARED. 
ANOTHER WOMAN WHOSE SHOULDERS I 
STAND ON. 
AND THAT'S MY MOTHER SHYAMALA 
GOPALAN HARRIS. 
SHE CAME HERE AT 19 TO PURSUE 
HER DREAM OF CURING CANCER. 
AT UC BERKELEY, SHOOT MY 
FATHER, DONALD HARRIS, WHO CAME 
FROM JAMAICA TO CITY ECONOMICS. 
THEY FELL IN LOVE IN THAT MOST 
AMERICAN WAY. 
WHILE MARCHING TOGETHER FOR 
JUSTICE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S. 
IN THE STREETS OF OAKLAND AND 
BERKELEY, I'VE GOT A STROLL I 
VIEW OF PEOPLE GETTING INTO 
WHAT THE GREAT JOHN THAT WAS 
CALLED GOOD TROUBLE. 
WHEN I WAS 5, MY PARENTS SPLIT, 
AND MY MOTHER RAISED US MOSTLY 
ON HER OWN. 
LIKE SO MANY MOTHERS, SHE 
WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE 
IT WORK. 
PACKING LUNCHES BEFORE WE WOKE 
UP, AND PAYING BILLS AFTER WE 
WENT TO BED, HELPING US WITH 
HOMEWORK AT THE KITCHEN TABLE, 
AND SHUTTLING US TO CHURCH FOR 
CHOIR PRACTICE. 
SHE MADE IT LOOK EASY, THOUGH 
IT NEVER WAS. 
MY MOTHER INSTILLED AND MY 
SISTER MAYA AND ME THE VALUES 
THAT WOULD CHARGE THE COURSE OF 
OUR LIVES. 
SHE RAISED US TO BE PROUD, 
STRONG BLACK WOMEN, AND SHE 
RAISED US TO KNOW AND BE PROUD 
OF OUR INDIAN HERITAGE. 
SHE TAUGHT US TO PUT FAMILY 
FIRST, THE FAMILY YOU ARE BORN 
INTO, AND THE FAMILY YOU 
CHOOSE. 
FAMILY IS MY HUSBAND, DOUG, WHO 
I MET ON A BLIND DATE, SET UP 
BY MY BEST FRIEND. 
FAMILY IS OUR BEAUTIFUL 
CHILDREN, COAL AND ELLA WHO 
CALL ME MAMALA, FAMILY IS MY 
SISTER, FAMILY IS MY BEST 
FRIEND, MY NIECES, AND MY GOD 
CHILDREN. 
FAMILY IS MY UNCLE, MY AUNTS, 
AND MY GREAT RELATIVES. 
FAMILY IS DUMB HULA TO DIVERSE 
DOWN AND RAISED ME. 
OUR DIVINE 9, AND MY HBCU 
BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
FAMILY IS THE FRIENDS I TURN TO 
WHEN MY MOTHER, THE MOST 
IMPORTANT PERSON IN MY LIFE, 
PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER. 
AND EVEN AS SHE TAUGHT US TO 
KEEP OUR FAMILY AT THE CENTER 
OF OUR WORLD, SHE ALSO PUSHED 
JUST TO SEE A WORLD BEYOND 
OURSELVES. 
SHE TAUGHT US TO BE CONSCIOUS, 
AND COMPASSIONATE ABOUT THE 
STRUGGLES OF ALL PEOPLE, TO 
BELIEVE PUBLIC SERVICE IS A 
NOBLE CAUSE, AND THE FIGHT FOR 
JUSTICE IS A SHARED 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
THAT LED ME TO BECOME A LAWYER, 
A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, AND A UNITED STATES 
SENATOR. 
AND AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, 
I'VE BEEN GUIDED BY THE WORDS I 
SPOKE FROM THE FIRST TIME I 
STOOD IN A COURTROOM. 
KAMALA HARRIS, FOR THE PEOPLE. 
I HAVE FOUGHT FOR CHILDREN, AND 
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
I HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST 
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 
ORGANIZATIONS, I TOOK ON THE 
BIGGEST BANKS, AND HELPED TAKE 
ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST FOR 
PROFIT COLLEGES. 
I KNOW A PREDATOR WHEN I SEE 
ONE. 
MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME THAT 
SERVICE TO OTHERS GIVES LIFE 
PURPOSE AND MEANING. 
AND OH, HOW I WISH SHE WERE 
HERE TONIGHT, BUT I KNOW SHE IS 
LOOKING DOWN ON ME FROM ABOVE. 
I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT 25-
YEAR-OLD INDIAN WOMAN, ALL OF 5 
FEET TALL, WHO GAVE BIRTH TO ME 
AT KAISER HOSPITAL IN OAKLAND, 
CALIFORNIA. 
ON THAT DAY, SHE PROBABLY COULD 
HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT I 
WOULD BE STANDING BEFORE YOU 
NOW, AND SPEAKING THESE WORDS. 
I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR 
VICE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA. I 
DO SO, COMMITTED TO THE VALUES 
SHE TALKED ME, TO THE WORD THAT 
TEACHES ME TO WALK BY FAITH, 
AND NOT BY SITE. 
AND TO A VISION PASSED ON 
THROUGH GENERATIONS OF 
AMERICANS, ONE THAT JOE BIDEN 
SHARES. 
THAT VISION OF OUR NATION AS A 
BELOVED COMMUNITY, WHERE ALL 
OUR WELCOME, NO MATTER WHAT WE 
LOOK LIKE, NO MATTER WHERE WE 
COME FROM, OR WHO WE LOVE. 
A COUNTRY WHERE WE MAY NOT 
AGREE ON EVERY DETAIL, BUT WE 
ARE UNITED BY THE FUNDAMENTAL 
BELIEF THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING 
IS OF INFINITE WORTH, DESERVING 
OF COMPASSION, DIGNITY, AND 
RESPECT. 
A COUNTRY WHERE WE LOOK OUT FOR 
ONE ANOTHER, WHERE WE RISE AND 
FALL AS ONE. 
WHERE WE FACE OUR CHALLENGES, 
AND CELEBRATE OUR TRIUMPHS 
TOGETHER. 
BACK TODAY, THAT COUNTRY FEELS 
TESTED. 
DONALD TRUMP'S FAILURE OF 
LEADERSHIP HAS COST LIVES, AND 
LIVELIHOODS. 
IF YOU ARE A PARENT, STRUGGLING 
WITH YOUR CHILD'S REMOTE 
LEARNING, OR YOU ARE A TEACHER, 
STRUGGLING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 
THAT SCREEN, YOU KNOW WHAT WE 
ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS NOT 
WORKING. 
AND, WE ARE A NATION THAT IS 
GRIEVING. 
GRIEVING THE LOSS OF LIFE. 
THE LOSS OF JOBS, THE LOSS OF 
OPPORTUNITIES, THE LOSS OF 
NORMALCY. 
AND YES, THE LOSS OF CERTAINTY. 
AND WHILE THIS VIRUS TOUCHES US 
ALL, WE HAVE GOT TO BE HONEST. 
IT IS NOT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
OFFENDER. 
BLACK, LATINO, AND INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND DYING 
DISPROPORTIONATELY. 
THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. 
IT IS THE EFFECT OF STRUCTURAL 
RACISM, OF INEQUITIES IN 
EDUCATION AND TECHNOLGY, 
HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING, JOB 
SECURITY AND TRANSPORTATION. 
THE INJUSTICE IN REPRODUCTIVE 
AND MATERNAL HEALTH CARE, IN 
THE EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE BY 
POLICE, AND IN OUR BROADER 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
THIS VIRUS, IT HAS NO EYES. 
AND YET, IT KNOWS EXACTLY HOW 
WE SEE EACH OTHER, AND HOW WE 
TREAT EACH OTHER. 
AND LET'S BE CLEAR, THERE IS NO 
VACCINE FOR RACISM. 
WE HAVE GOT TO DO THE WORK, FOR 
GEORGE FLOYD, FOR BREONNA 
TAYLOR, FOR THE LIVES OF TOO 
MANY OTHERS TO NAME, FOR OUR 
CHILDREN, AND FOR ALL OF US. 
WE HAVE GOT TO DO THE WORK TO 
FULFILL THAT PROMISE OF EQUAL 
JUSTICE UNDER LAW. 
BECAUSE HERE IS THE THING, NONE 
OF US ARE FREE UNTIL ALL OF US 
ARE FREE. 
SO WE ARE AT AN INFLECTION 
POINT, THE CONSTANT CHAOS 
LEAVES US ADRIFT. 
THE INCOMPETENCE MAKES US FEEL 
AFRAID. 
THE CALLOUSNESS MAKES US FEEL 
ALONE. 
IT IS A LOT. 
AND HERE'S THE THING. 
WE CAN DO BETTER AND DESERVE SO 
MUCH MORE. 
WE MUST ELECT A PRESIDENT WHO 
WILL BRING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, 
SOMETHING BETTER, AND DO THE 
IMPORTANT WORK. 
A PRESIDENT WHO WILL BRING ALL 
OF US TOGETHER, BLACK, WHITE, 
LATINO, ASIAN, INDIGENOUS, TO 
ACHIEVE THE FUTURE WE 
COLLECTIVELY WANT. 
WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN. 
AND I WILL TELL YOU, I KNEW JOE 
AS VICE PRESIDENT. 
I KNEW JOE ON THE CAMPAIGN 
TRAIL. 
AND I FIRST GOT TO KNOW JOE AS 
THE FATHER OF MY FRIEND. 
SO JOE'S SON BEAU AND I SERVED 
AS ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF OUR 
STATES, DELAWARE AND 
CALIFORNIA. 
DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, HE 
AND I SPOKE ON THE PHONE NEARLY 
EVERY DAY, WORKING TOGETHER TO 
WIN BACK BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
FOR HOMEOWNERS, FROM THE BIG 
BANKS THAT FORECLOSED ON 
PEOPLE'S HOMES. 
AND BO AND I WOULD TALK ABOUT 
HIS FAMILY, HOW AS A SINGLE 
FATHER JOE WOULD SPENT 4 HOURS 
EVERY DAY RIDING THE TRAIN BACK 
AND FORTH FROM WILMINGTON TO 
WASHINGTON. 
BO AND HUNTER GOT TO HAVE 
BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING WITH 
THEIR DAD. 
THEY WENT TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT 
WITH THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE 
READING BEDTIME SORIES. 
AND WHILE THEY ENDURED AN 
UNSPEAKABLE LOSS, THOSE 2 
LITTLE BOYS ALWAYS KNEW THAT 
THEY WERE DEEPLY, 
UNCONDITIONALLY LOVED. 
WHAT ALSO MOVED ME ABOUT JOE IS 
THE WORK THAT HE DID AS HE WAS 
GOING BACK AND FORTH. 
THIS IS THE LEADER WHO WROTE 
THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, 
AND ENACTED THE ASSAULT WEAPONS 
BAN. 
AS VICE PRESIDENT, HE 
IMPLEMENTED THE RECOVERY ACT, 
WHICH BROUGHT OUR COUNTRY BACK 
FROM THE GREAT RECESSIONS. 
HE CHAMPIONED THE AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT, PROTECTING MILLIONS 
OF AMERICANS WITH PRE-EXISTING 
CONDITIONS, WHO SPENT DECADES 
PROMOTING AMERICAN VALUES AND 
INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD. 
JOE, HE BELIEVES WE STAND WITH 
OUR ALLIES AND STAND UP TO OUR 
ADVERSARIES. 
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT 
TO TURNS OUR TRAGEDIES INTO 
POLITICAL WEAPONS. 
JOE WILL BE A PRESIDENT TO 
TURNS OUR CHALLENGES INTO 
PURPOSE. 
JOE WILL BRING US TOGETHER TO 
BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT DOESN'T 
LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND, WHERE A 
GOOD PAYING JOB IS THE FLOOR, 
NOT THE CEILING. 
JOE WILL BRING US TOGETHER TO 
END THIS PANDEMIC AND MAKE SURE 
THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE 
NEXT ONE. 
JOE WILL BRING US TOGETHER TO 
SQUARELY FACE AND DISMANTLE 
RACIAL INJUSTICE, FURTHERING 
THE WORK OF GENERATIONS. 
JOE AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN 
BUILD THAT BELOVED COMMUNITY, 
ONE THAT IS STRONG AND DECENT, 
JUST UNKIND. 
ONE IN WHICH WE CAN ALL SEE 
OURSELVES. 
THAT IS THE VISION THAT OUR 
PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS FOUGHT 
FOR, THE VISION THAT MADE MY 
OWN LIFE POSSIBLE, THE VISION 
THAT MAKES THE AMERICAN 
PROMISE, FOR ALL OF ITS 
COMPLEXITIES AND IMPERFECTIONS, 
A PROMISE WORTH FIGHTING FOR. 
SO MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE ROAD 
AHEAD IS NOT EASY. 
WE MAY STUMBLE. 
WE MAY FALL SHORT. 
BUT I PLEDGE TO YOU THAT WE 
WILL ACT BOLDLY AND DEAL WITH 
OUR CHALLENGES HONESTLY. 
WE WILL SPEAK TRUTH, AND WE 
WILL ACT WITH THE SAME FATE YOU 
THAT WE ASK YOU TO PLACE AN US. 
WE BELIEVE THAT OUR COUNTRY, 
ALL OF US, WILL STAND TOGETHER 
FOR A BETTER FUTURE. 
AND WE ALREADY ARE. 
WE SEE IT IN THE DOCTORS, THE 
NURSES, THE HOME HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS, AND FRONTLINE WORKERS 
WHO ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO 
SAVE PEOPLE THEY HAVE NEVER 
MET. 
WE SEE IT IN THE TEACHERS AND 
TRUCK DRIVERS, THE FACTORY 
WORKERS AND FARMERS, THE POSTAL 
WORKERS, AND POLL WORKERS, ALL 
PUTTING THEIR OWN SAFETY ON THE 
LINE TO HELP US GET THROUGH 
THIS PANDEMIC. 
AND WE SEE IT IN SO MANY OF YOU 
WHO ARE WORKING, NOT JUST TO 
GET US THROUGH OUR CURRENT 
CRISIS, BUT TO SOMEWHERE 
BETTER. 
THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING 
ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. 
IT'S NOT ABOUT JOE OR ME. 
IT'S ABOUT YOU. 
AND IT'S ABOUT US. 
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND COLORS 
AND CREEDS, WHO ARE YES, TAKING 
TO THE STREETS, AND ALSO 
PERSUADING OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, 
RALLYING OUR FRIENDS, 
ORGANIZING OUR NEIGHBORS AND 
GETTING OUT THE VOTE. 
AND WE HAVE SHOWN THAT WHEN WE 
VOTE, WE EXPAND ACCESS TO 
HEALTH CARE AND EXPAND ACCESS 
TO THE BALLOT BOX, AND ENSURE 
THAT MORE WORKING FAMILIES CAN 
MAKE A DECENT LIVING. 
AND I AM SO INSPIRED BY A NEW 
GENERATION. 
YOU, YOU ARE PUSHING US TO 
REALIZE THE IDEALS OF OUR 
NATION, PUSHING US TO LIVE THE 
VALUES WE SHARE, DECENCY AND 
FAIRNESS, JUSTICE AND LOVE. 
YOU ARE PATRIOTS WHO REMIND US 
THAT YOU LOVE OUR COUNTRY IS TO 
FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
IN THIS ELECTION, WE HAVE A 
CHANCE TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF 
HISTORY. 
WE ARE ALL IN THIS FIGHT, YOU, 
ME, AND JOE, TOGETHER. 
WHAT AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY. 
WHAT AN AWESOME PRIVILEGE. 
SO LET'S FIGHT WITH CONVICTION. 
LET'S FIGHT WITH HOPE. 
LET'S FIGHT WITH CONFIDENCE IN 
OURSELVES AND A COMMITMENT TO 
EACH OTHER. 
TO THE AMERICA WE KNOW IS 
POSSIBLE, THE AMERICA WE LOVE. 
AND YEARS FROM NOW, THIS MOMENT 
WILL HAVE PASSED, AND OUR 
CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN 
WILL LOOK IN OUR EYES, AND THEY 
WILL ASK US, WHERE WERE YOU 
WHEN THE STAKES WERE SO HIGH. 
THEY WILL ASK US WHAT WAS IT 
LIKE, AND WE WILL TELL THEM. 
WE WILL TELL THEM NOT JUST HOW 
WE FELT. 
WE WILL TELL THEM WHAT WE DID. 
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, AND 
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
THANK YOU, SENATOR HARRIS. 
SO POWERFUL. 
TO CLOSE OUT TONIGHT, WE HAVE 
GOT SOME AMAZING MUSIC FROM THE 
INCOMPARABLE JENNIFER HUDSON, 
AS WELL AS SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM 
TONIGHT. 
TOMORROW, WE WILL HEAR FROM 
MORE AMERICANS FIGHTING FOR A 
MORE PERFECT UNION, FIGHTING 
FOR ALL OF US, AND FINALLY JOE 
BIDEN WILL OFFICIALLY ACCEPT 
THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. 
I WILL BE TUNING. 
AND I HOPE YOU WILL TO. 
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A 
PART OF YOUR NIGHT. 
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING DAY 3 OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
WE WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO OUR 
VIEWERS FOR THAT TECHNICAL 
ERROR. 
WE HAD THE WRONG DNC FEET 
COMING IN. 
WE JUST HEARD FROM SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
BEFORE THAT, FORMER PRESIDENT 
OBAMA. 
WE WILL DISCUSS THE COMMENTS 
AND THE REST OF THE EVENING 
RIGHT AFTER A QUICK BREAK. 
STAY WITH US. 
YOU ARE STREAMING CBSN. 
HI EVERYONE. 
I'M ELAINE QUIJANO. 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR 
OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF DAY 3 
OF THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
THE 3RD NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION 
WRAPPED UP WEDNESDAY EVENING 
WITH KAMALA HARRIS MAKING 
HISTORY. 
THE CALIFORNIA SENATOR 
OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. 
SHE BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN OF 
COLOR EVER TO APPEAR ON A MAJOR 
PARTIES TICKET. 
HARRIS BEGAN HER ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH PAYING TRIBUTE TO HER 
MOTHER, AND SAID HER NOMINATIN 
WAS A TESTAMENT TO THE 
DEDICATION OF GENERATIONS THAT 
CAME BEFORE HER. 
THE VIRTUAL NIGHT ALSO INCLUDED 
MOMENTS FROM 2 OTHER FORMER 
GROUNDBREAKING CANDIDATES, 
HILLARY CLINTON AND PRESIDENT 
BARACK OBAMA, WHO RECOUNTED 
SELECTING JOE BIDEN FOR THE TOP 
OF THE TICKET IN 2008. 
MEANWHILE, HILLARY CLINTON USED 
HER SPOT TO REFLECT ON THE 2016 
ELECTION AND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO 
GO UP AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
SHE URGED DEMOCRATIC VOTERS NOT 
TO SIT THIS YEAR OUT. 
HERE IS SOME OF WHAT YOU MAY 
HAVE MISSED. 
>> I NEVER EXPECTED THAT MY 
SUCCESSOR WOULD EMBRACE MY 
VISION, OR CONTINUE MY 
POLICIES. 
I DID HOPE, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR 
COUNTRY, THAT DONALD TRUMP 
MIGHT SHOW SOME INTEREST IN 
TAKING THE JOB SERIOUSLY. 
FOR CLOSE TO 4 YEARS NOW, HE 
HAS SHOWN NO INTEREST IN 
PUTTING IN THE WORK, NO 
INTEREST IN FINDING COMMON 
GROUND, NO INTEREST IN USING 
THE AWESOME POWER OF HIS OFFICE 
TO HELP ANYONE BUT HIMSELF AND 
HIS FRIENDS. 
NO INTEREST IN TREATING THE 
PRESIDENCY AS ANYTHING BUT ONE 
MORE REALITY SHOW THAT HE CAN 
USE TO GET THE ATTENTION HE 
CRAVES. 
DONALD TRUMP HASN'T GROWN INTO 
THE JOB, BECAUSE HE CAN'T. 
>> THE MORNING AFTER THE LAST 
ELECTION, I SAID WE OWE DONALD 
TRUMP AN OPEN MIND AND THE 
CHANCE TO LEAD. 
I MEANT IT. 
EVERY PRESIDENT DESERVES THAT. 
I WISH DONALD TRUMP KNEW HOW TO 
BE A PRESIDENT, BECAUSE AMERICA 
NEEDS A PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW. 
>> AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, I 
HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND DONALD 
TRUMP'S DISRESPECT FOR FACTS, 
FOR WORKING FAMILIES, AND FOR 
WOMEN IN PARTICULAR. 
DISRESPECT WRITTEN INTO HIS 
POLICIES TOWARD OUR HEALTH AND 
OUR RIGHTS, NOT JUST HIS 
CONDUCT. 
BUT WE KNOW WHAT HE DOESN'T, 
THAT WHEN WOMEN SUCCEED, 
AMERICA SUCCEEDS. 
>> THIS CRISIS IS BAD, AND IT 
DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. 
THIS CRISIS IS ON DONALD TRUMP 
AND THE REPUBLICANS WHO ENABLE 
HIM. 
DONALD TRUMP'S IGNORANCE AND 
INCOMPETENCE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A 
DANGER TO OUR COUNTRY. 
COVID-19 WAS TRUMP'S BIGGEST 
TEST. 
HE FAILED MISERABLY. 
>> THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS 
SHOWN IT WILL TEAR OUR 
DEMOCRACY DOWN IF THAT IS WHAT 
IT TAKES FOR THEM TO WIN. 
SO WE HAVE TO GET BUSY BUILDING 
IT UP. 
TONIGHT, I AM ASKING YOU TO 
BELIEVE IN JOE AND KAMALA'S 
ABILITY TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY 
OUT OF THESE DARK TIMES AND 
BUILD BACK BETTER. 
>> AS PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN WILL 
REJOIN THE INTERNATIONAL 
CLIMATE AGREEMENT AND THE 
UNITED STATES WILL ONCE AGAIN 
LEAD ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE. 
WE HAVE THE CHANCE THIS 
NOVEMBER TO END 2 EXISTENTIAL 
CRISES, THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY 
AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL 
ANNIHILATION HE REPRESENTS. 
>> FOR 4 YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE 
TOLD ME I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW 
DANGEROUS HE WAS. 
I WISH I COULD DO IT ALL OVER. 
OR WORSE, I SHOULD HAVE VOTED. 
LOOK, THIS CANNOT BE ANOTHER 
WOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE, SHOULD 
HAVE ELECTION. 
>> WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS. 
WE CAN LET THE SHOOTINGS 
CONTINUE, OR WE CAN ACT. 
WE CAN PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, 
OUR FUTURE. 
WE CAN VOTE. 
WE CAN BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF 
HISTORY. 
WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN. 
>> LET'S BRING IN THE COAL 
KILLION, CAITLIN HUEY-BURNS, 
MAJOR GARRETT, LESLIE SANCHEZ, 
AND JOEL PAYNE. 
THE COAL IS A CBS NEWS 
CORRESPONDENT. 
CAITLIN IS OUR CBSN POLITICAL 
REPORTER. 
MAJOR IS CBS NEWS CHIEF 
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT. 
LESLIE IS A CBS NEWS POLITICAL 
ANALYST. 
AND JOEL IS A CBS NEWS 
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR AND 
DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST. 
ONCE AGAIN, HOW LUCKY AM I? MY 
JOURNALISTIC AND ANALYSIS CUP 
RUNNETH OVER. 
WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU. 
I WANT TO START OFF BY GOING 
AROUND AND GETTING REACTION TO 
THE SPEECHES THAT WE HEARD 
TONIGHT FROM SENATOR HARRIS, 
PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND FROM 
HILLARY CLINTON. 
LET ME START WITH YOU, MAJOR. 
>> KAMALA HARRIS'S'S SPEECH WAS 
IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE, AND, FORM 
PURE HISTORY. 
BUT IT IS PURE HISTORY IN THE 
CONTEXT OF A PANDEMIC. 
AND IF THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I 
KNOW DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES WOULD 
HAVE ROARED AT THE TOP OF THEIR 
LUNGS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR 
THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. 
I THINK THIS SPEECH AND THE 
ABSENCE OF A CROWD, AND THE 
PANDEMIC LIMITATIONS OF A 
VIRTUAL CONVENTION ARE VERY 
REAL, BECAUSE THIS IS A MOMENT, 
AND I KNOW FROM SOME EXPERIENCE 
WITH MOMENTS LIKE THIS ARE LIKE 
ON A CONVENTION FLOOR, BECAUSE 
I REMEMBER BEING ON THE 
CONVENTION FLOOR IN 2008 WHEN 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OFFICIALLY 
NOMINATED BARACK OBAMA AS THE 
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO LEAD 
A MAJOR PARTY TICKET IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
AND THE SENSE OF A MOTION, 
ALLAY SHUN, TEARS, LONG 
JOURNEY, ARC OF HISTORY, ALL OF 
THAT WAS IN EVERY SINGLE FIBER 
OF THE CARPET BENEATH 
EVERYONE'S FEET AND IN THE ROAR 
OF THEIR VOICE. 
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD 
NOT HAPPEN TONIGHT. 
THAT'S THE CONTEXT AROUND THIS. 
YES, IT WAS A SPEECH OF THE 
KIND EVERY RUNNING MATE WOULD 
GIVE, A LITTLE BIT OF 
BIOGRAPHY, HARD HITS ON THE 
INCUMBENT ADMINISTRATION, AND 
AN EMBRACE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE. 
IN THAT RESPECT, IT WAS VERY 
STANDARD. 
BUT THE HISTORY AROUND IT IS 
NOT. 
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WENT 
THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENING 
TONIGHT. 
I WILL COME BACK WITH SOME 
OTHER OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THINGS 
THAT CAUGHT MY EYE, BUT YOU 
CANNOT TALK ABOUT THIS NIGHT 
WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT KAMALA 
HARRIS AND THAT MOMENT. 
>> WITH THAT FRAMEWORK, NIKOLE 
KILLION, LET ME ASK YOU. 
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A 
GREAT DEAL OF REPORTING ON THE 
REACTION, ESPECIALLY AMONG 
BLACK WOMEN, TO THIS CHOICE OF 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW IN 
THAT SPEECH BY HER TONIGHT. 
>> I THINK TO MAJOR'S POINT, 
WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE SEEN 
EVERYBODY GATHERED ON A 
CONVENTION FLOOR TONIGHT, YOU 
CAN ALL BUT GUARANTEE THAT 
THERE WERE WOMEN ACROSS THIS 
COUNTRY CRYING IN THEIR LIVING 
ROOMS AS THEY WATCH THAT 
SPEECH, AND I CAN SAY THAT FROM 
THE STANDPOINT OF TALKING TO 
PEOPLE WHO GREW UP WITH HER, 
TALKING TO SOME OF HER SORORITY 
SISTERS, AND TALKING TO 
STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN 
WORKING FOR YEARS TO GET MORE 
WOMEN OF COLOR IN ELECTED 
OFFICE, AND SO TO FINALLY SEE 
THIS MOMENT, A MOMENT LIKE THIS 
COME TO FRUITION IS 
SIGNIFICANT, BUT ALSO THE 
PEOPLE WHO KNOW HER BEST, ONE 
THING I HEARD TIME AND AGAIN, 
WHETHER IT WAS HER 
CONGRESSIONAL COLLEAGUES OR 
AGAIN, PEOPLE SHE GREW UP WITH, 
WAS JUST HOW AUTHENTIC SHE IS. 
AND BECAUSE OF HER DIVERSE 
BACKGROUND, HOW THAT MAKES HER 
UNIQUELY POSITIONED FOR THIS 
MOMENT, AND UNIQUELY POSITIONED 
TO GRASP A RANGE OF ISSUES THAT 
THIS COUNTRY IS FACING RIGHT 
NOW. 
AND I THINK YOU HEARD AND SAW 
ALL OF THAT IN HER SPEECH 
TONIGHT. 
>> CAITLIN, LET ME TURN TO YOU. 
YOU ARE ALSO OUT THERE ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 
I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON 
WHAT WE HEARD FROM SENATOR 
HARRIS TONIGHT AND ALSOFROM 
PRESIDENT OBAMA. 
IT WAS A VERY FORCEFUL REBUKE 
BY PRESIDENT OBAMA OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP. 
>> WHAT I FOUND STRIKING IN 
THESE 2 SPEECHES AND IN THE 
SPEECH FROM HILLARY CLINTON WAS 
THE FOCUS ON VOTING AND VOTING 
RIGHTS. 
YOU HEARD FROM THE SPEAKERS 
TONIGHT AND URGING TO GET OUT 
THERE AND VOTE, BUT ALSO NOTING 
THE ROADBLOCKS AND BARRIERS 
THAT THERE ARE TO VOTING, 
ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. 
AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT 
NOT WHO PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR, 
BUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CAST 
THEIR BALLOT BY MAIL OR IN 
PERSON WITH MASKS, AS ELIZABETH 
WARREN TALKED ABOUT. 
AND THAT HAS BEEN A THEME 
THROUGHOUT THIS CONVENTION AND 
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE 
4TH DAY. 
TODAY, ALSO, KAMALA HARRIS 
NOTED THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF 
THE RATIFICATION OF WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE, BUT SHE ALSO NOTED 
THE WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT 
OUT OF OUR ACCOUNTING OF THAT 
HISTORY, BLACK WOMEN 
SUFFRAGETTES WHO DID NOT SEE 
THOSE FULL RIGHTS RECOGNIZED 
FOR SEVERAL DECADES LATER. 
AND THOSE RIGHTS AGAIN COMING 
UNDER BARRIERS OR FACING 
BARRIERS. 3
SO VOTING RIGHTS AT THE CENTER 
OF THIS CONVENTION, AND THE 
THREAT THROUGHOUT BOTH OF THESE 
SPEECHES TONIGHT. 
>> JOEL PAYNE, LET ME TURN TO 
YOU. 
THIS WAS A MOMENT IN HISTORY. 
WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ON SEEING 
NOT JUST THE SPEECH BY SENATOR 
HARRIS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA, BUT 
AS CAITLIN WAS TALKING ABOUT, 
HEARING FROM HILLARY CLINTON AS 
WELL AT THIS TIME 
>> A REALLY REMARKABLE NIGHT, 
AND I THINK YOU ARE FRAMING IT 
RIGHT ELAINE. 
IT WAS SENATOR HARRIS, 
PRESIDENT OBAMA, HILLARY 
CLINTON, ALSO SPEAKER PELOSI. 
DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO 
EMPHASIZE THAT HISTORY IS MADE 
WHEN WOMEN ARE IN POWER YOU 
BRING UP THE FIRST FEMALE 
SPEAKER IN SPEAKER PELOSI 
OBVIOUSLY HILLARY CLINTON, AND 
NOW KAMALA HARRIS I WANT TO 
TAKE A MOMENT TO FOCUS ON 
PRESIDENT OBAMA. 
ALL DUE RESPECT TO SENATOR 
HARRIS, I THINK SHE GAVE A 
FANTASTIC SPEECH. 
MAJORS ANALYSIS, I AGREE WITH. 
IT WAS THE APPROPRIATE BALANCE 
OF TELLING PERSONAL NARRATIVE 
WHILE ALSO PUNCHING AT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND LAYING OUT 
THAT ARGUMENT. 
BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH 
WAS PHENOMENAL AND REMARKABLE, 
AND I'VE CONSISTENTLY STILL 
CALLED HIM THE MOST GIFTED 
MESSENGER IN A DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
AND HE PROVED THAT TONIGHT. 
I TWEETED EARLIER, IT'S LIKE 
WATCHING MICHELANGELO PAINT THE 
16 CHAPEL. 
AND ONE OTHER THING. 
BARACK OBAMA IS SOMEONE THAT WE 
THINK OF IS HAVING THIS 
CONNECTION WITH AFRICAN 
AMERICANS, AND HE CERTAINLY 
DOES. 
THERE WAS A SURGE OF AFRICAN 
AMERICAN VOTERS IN 2008 AND 
2012. 
BUT LET'S NOT FORGET, BARACK 
OBAMA ALSO APPEALS TO PEOPLE IN 
THE MIDDLE. 
I WORKED THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN, AND I REMEMBER WHEN 
BARACK OBAMA, ONE OF THE FIRST 
THINGS HE ASSOCIATED HIMSELF 
WITH, WAS REACHING OUT TO THOSE 
RIGGING DEMOCRATS. 
HE CALLED THEM OBAMA CRAFTS. 
I HEARD A LOT OF THESE SAME 
NOTES THAT HE CAST IN 2008. 
I HEARD THEM TONIGHT IN 
APPEALING TO THE MIDDLE, 
APPEALING TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT 
HAVE VOTED FOR TRUMP LAST TIME 
AROUND, WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN 
HIM, EVEN PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE 
WANTED TO GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT 
OF THE DOUBT. 
I THINK OBAMA'S SPEECH WAS 
REALLY JUST A REMARKABLE FEAT 
IN RECENT POLITICAL HISTORY, 
ONE OF THE BETTER EX PRESIDENTS 
BEACHES I HAVE HEARD. 
AND I ACTUALLY THINK IT 
PROBABLY MADE KAMALA HARRIS'S 
WORK A LITTLE DIFFICULT. 
I THINK SHE MADE A VERY FINE 
SPEECH AND DID WHAT SHE NEEDED 
TO DO, AND I THINK IT WILL FIRE 
UP DEMOCRATS, BUT BARACK OBAMA 
IN MY OPINION WAS THE STAR 
TONIGHT. 
>> LESLIE, IT'S INTERESTING TO 
HEAR JOEL SAY THAT THIS WAS A 
PITCH BY PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR 
THOSE IN THE MIDDLE. 
YET AT THE SAME TIME, BY GOING 
AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SO 
DIRECTLY, SO FORCEFULLY, IT WAS 
CLEARLY A BREAK WITH WHAT HAD 
BEEN A PRECEDENT THAT HAS 
FORMER PRESIDENTS NOT 
NECESSARILY GOING AFTER SITTING 
PRESIDENTS. 
>> BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA 
DIPPED HIS TOE IN THAT AREA 
BEFORE, WHETHER IT'S A MESSAGE 
ON FACEBOOK OR A TWEET, GOING 
OUT THERE AND SAYING THAT HE 
WILL PRESENT A VOICE WEN HE 
FEELS IT'S NECESSARY. 
BUT TO JOEL AND MAJOR'S POINTS, 
WHAT WE HEARD WITH BARACK 
OBAMA, IT REMINDS YOU WHY MANY 
PEOPLE MISS BARRACUDA. 
HE WAS TRANSFORMATIVE FOR A 
GENERATION. 
A CANDIDATE AND A PRESIDENT 
THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD, AND 
THE COUNTRY NEVER IMAGINED. 
I REMEMBER HIS ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH. 
IT WAS LIKE A SNOW GLOBE IN 
THERE. 
PRIOR TO THAT, DURING THE 
PRIMARY, THE HILLARY CAMPAIGN 
HAD A REALLY TOUGH TIME 
UNDERSTANDING WHY WOMEN 
WOULDN'T VOTE FOR A FIRST 
FEMALE PRESIDENT AND WHY WOMEN 
WOULD SUPPORT THEIR GENDER AND 
WOULD SUPPORT BARACK OBAMA 
INSTEAD. 
AND WHAT YOU SAW TONIGHT, THE 
DISTINCTION OBAMA CAN DO IS HE 
DOESN'T TALK ABOUT IDENTITY 
POLITICS IN THE SAME WAY YOU 
HEARD IN ALL THE OTHER 
SPEECHES. 
HE BROUGHT A BIGGER FEELING TO 
THE NIGHTS SPEECHES. 
AND THAT IS WHAT IS SO 
COMPELLING ABOUT HIM. 
CAMILO IS VERY VERY STRONG. 
AND IT ILLUSTRATED ONE OF THE 
IMPORTANT POINTS, THAT AGAIN, 
JOE BIDEN IS THE SUPPORTING 
CHARACTER. 
HE WAS THE SUPPORT UNDER BARACK 
OBAMA, AND AGAIN, HE IS OUT 
SHINED BY HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
PICK. 
AND THAT IS SOMETHING, I WILL 
SAY, REPUBLICANS WHO ARE 
THINKING OF BANNING TRUMP WERE 
REALLY STRUGGLING WITH. 
WHAT ARE THEY BUYING INTO? 
THAT FUTURE TICKET IS NOT 
NECESSARILY WHAT THEY ARE READY 
TO ACCEPT. 
THEY WANT SECURITY AND 
STABILITY NOW. 
>> CAITLIN, IT WAS INTERESTING 
TO SEE SENATOR ELIZABETH 
WARREN, TO SEE THE ECONOMY 
FOCUSED ON IN THAT PRIME TIME 
OUR. 
I KNOW YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO, I 
THOUGHT OF YOU WHEN I SAW HER 
COME UP, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU 
HAVE FOLLOWED HER PRIMARY 
CAMPAIGN. 
I WONDER, CAITLIN, WHAT WAS THE 
AFFIRMATIVE CASE FROM YOUR 
PERSPECTIVE THAT WAS MADE FOR 
JOE BIDEN TONIGHT WITH RESPECT 
TO THE ECONOMY, BECAUSE WE 
HEARD ELIZABETH WARREN TALK A 
LOT ABOUT THIS ISSUE OF 
CHILDCARE. 
WHAT DID YOU HEAR IN THAT 
ARGUMENT? 
WHAT WAS THAT AFFIRMATIVE CASE 
FOR JOE BIDEN? 
>> ELAINE, IN LISTENING TO 
ELIZABETH WARREN TONIGHT, I WAS 
THINKING ABOUT WHEN I WAS ON 
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH HER 
ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN SHE WAS 
CAMPAIGNING IN PLACES LIKE 
IOWA, GIVING THAT SAME TYPE OF 
SPEECH, MATCHING IT TO THE 
MOMENT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
THAT SHE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
CHILDCARE FOR OVER A YEAR, 
REFERENCING HER AND BE AND HOW 
SHE CAME TO HELP HER OUT AND 
HOW MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT 
OPPORTUNITY. 
THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT IS EVEN 
MORE PRONOUNCED IN A PANDEMIC. 
YOU HAVE WOMEN REALLY BEARING 
WOMEN BEING MOST OF THE 
COUNTRY'S BREADWINNERS AND 
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET 
THEIR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL, GET 
CHILD CARE FOR THEIR KIDS SO 
THAT THEY CAN GET BACK TO WORK. 
THAT HAS BEEN A THEME THROUGH 
HER CAMPAIGN AND VERY PRESENT 
TONIGHT. 
WE KNOW THAT ELIZABETH WARREN 
HAS BEEN ADVISING THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN, ESPECIALLY ON 
ECONOMIC POLICY, AND SHE WAS ON 
THE SHORT LIST TO BE HIS 
RUNNING MATE, AND HAS BEEN 
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE 
CAMPAIGN ON THESE ISSUES. 
BUT A LOT OF WHAT SHE HAS BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT AN UNFAIR 
ECONOMY, ABOUT HOW TO TALK 
ABOUT RACIAL INJUSTICE, CAN'T 
JUST BE DONE IN A CONVERSATION 
ABOUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. 
IT EXTENDS TO HOUSING, TO 
HEALTH CARE, TO YOUR BASIC 
ECONOMIC BOTTOM LINE AND 
OPPORTUNITIES, HOUSING. 
THOSE ARE ALL SHOWING NOW WITH 
THE PANDEMIC, THOSE INEQUITIES. 
TONIGHT, SHE WAS ABLE TO TALK 
ABOUT HER OWN POLICIES AS IF 
THEY WERE ALSO JOE BIDENS, AND 
WE KNOW SHE HAS BEEN ADVISING 
HIM. 
>> ON THIS QUESTION OF RACIAL 
JUSTICE, NICOLE, IT IS 
INTERESTING. 
THERE HAD BEEN, OF COURSE, SOME 
SKEPTICS WITH RESPECT TO KAMALA 
HARRIS'S RECORD AS A 
PROSECUTOR. 
I WONDER IF THAT IS SOMETHING 
YOU HEARD ABOUT IN YOUR 
CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE 
REGARDING HER PICK. 
WHERE THEIR PEOPLE WHO WANTED 
TO HEAR MORE SPECIFICS AND YOU 
WANT TO HEAR MORE SPECIFICS 
ABOUT HER EVOLUTION ON THIS %
TOPIC OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM? 
>> I THINK THAT CERTAINLY WAS 
AN ISSUE IN HER PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARY CAMPAIGN, AND I THINK 
IT WILL BE AN ISSUE THAT SHE 
WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN FURTHER AS 
SHE PROCEEDS NOW, AS THE VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATE. 
BUT LOOK, I THINK FROM THE 
STANDPOINT OF RACIAL JUSTICE, 
CERTAINLY THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC 
ALONE, SHE HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL. 
WE HAVE HEARD HER TALK ABOUT 
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING 
STRIDES IN THE NAME OF PEOPLE 
LIKE GEORGE FLOYD AND BREONNA 
TAYLOR. 
SO SHE HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE 
ON THAT FRONT. 
BUT AS FAR AS HER RECORD, SOME 
PROGRESSIVES DO FEEL SHE WAS 
TOO SOFT DURING HER TIME AS 
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL, 
WHEN SHE WAS A LOCAL DA IN SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
SHE KIND OF WAFFLED AND SHE 
DIDN'T TAKE STRONG STANCES AND 
DO ENOUGH TO FIGHT AGAINST 
ISSUES OF POLICE BRUTALITY. 
I THINK THAT IS A SPACE AND AN 
ISSUE TO WATCH AN ISSUE WHERE 
SHE DOES NEED TO EXPLAIN 
HERSELF MORE. 
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I 
THINK PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO LOOK 
AT THE TOTALITY OF THE RECORD 
AND WHAT SHE HAS DONE SENSE, 
AND MAKE A DECISION FOR 
THEMSELVES. 
>> MAJOR, THIS TIME YESTERDAY 
ON THIS PROGRAM, YOU HAD RAISED 
THIS ISSUE OF HOW THE NOTION OF 
JOE BIDE'S UNDERSTANDING 
FIRSTHAND OF GRIEF AND LOSS WAS 
SOMETHING THAT SEEMED UNUSUAL 
TO YOU IN THE PRESENTATION OF 
IT FRONT AND CENTER LAST NIGHT. 
AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR 
PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY KIND OF 
PICK UP ON THIS EMPATHY IDEA 
THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT. 
I WONDER WHAT YOU MADE OF THAT 
PART IN PARTICULAR OF PRESIDENT 
OBAMA'S REMARKS, BECAUSE WE ARE 
LIVING IN A TIME WHERE THE DATA 
SHOW THERE IS AN INCREASED 
NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO ARE 
REPORTING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES 
IN THE MIDST OF THIS COVID-19 
PANDEMIC. 
AND SO THIS NOTION OF SUFFERING 
MIGHT BE PARTICULARLY RESONANT 
NOW. 
>> RIGHT, AND TO BE CLEAR, I 
WASN'T CRITICIZING THIS 
EMPHASIS. 
I WAS SAYING BASED ON MY 
EXPERIENCE, IT WAS NOT 
SOMETHING YOU WOULD EXPECT TO 
SEE AS A BIOGRAPHICAL COMPONENT 
OF THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE OF 
A MAJOR PARTY, THAT IT WOULD 
BE, UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, 
REGARDED AS KIND OF OVERWROUGHT 
AND OVEREMOTIONAL, AND MAYBE 
TOO MUCH OF A DOWNER. 
BUT IN THIS TIME, TO YOUR EXACT 
POINT ELAINE, WE ARE A COUNTRY 
FEELING ANXIETY, UNCERTAINTY, 
AND IN MANY INSTANCES, 
DOWNRIGHT TRAUMA. 
AND TO HAVE A SENSE THAT 
SOMEONE WHO YOU MIGHT VOTE FOR, 
MIGHT CONSIDER VOTING FOR, HAS 
A DEMONSTRATED HISTORY OF 
LIVING, THAT EXPERIENCING THAT, 
AND ACTING IN A WAY THAT YOU 
MIGHT FIND MOST REASSURING, IS 
SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 
AND THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS 
CONVENTION SAW AS A NET PLUS 
LAST NIGHT. 
AND PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTED TO 
REEMPHASIZE THAT POINT. 
LET ME MAKE A COUPLE QUICK 
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT TOMORROW, 
AND WHAT I ALSO SAW TONIGHT. 
TOMORROW, JOE BIDEN CANNOT BE 
THE LESSER OF ALL OF HIS 
PREVIOUS SUPPORTERS. 
HE HAS GOT TO BE THERE EQUAL, 
AND POSSIBLY BE BETTER. 
BUT HE HAS CERTAINLY GOT TO BE 
THERE EQUAL. 
LINDA'S POINT IS VERY VALID. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE 
WATCHING VERY CLOSELY TOMORROW 
NIGHT TO SEE HOW ON, IT HOW 
WITH IT, HOW GOOD JOE BIDEN IS, 
IN THE MOMENT, IN THE HISTORY, 
AND IN THE DELIVERY IN THE 
SENSE THAT THIS IS HIS TIME AND 
HE IS AWARE THAT THIS IS HIS 
TIME, THAT HE IS READY FOR IT 
NOT IN TERMS OF BELIEVING IT, 
BUT CONVEYING IT. 
WE LEARNED IN 2016 THAT YOU CAN 
HAVE A LOT OF CONCERTS. 
HILLARY HAD A LOT OF CONCERTS 
AND A LOT OF CELEBRITY 
SUPPORTERS, BUT ULTIMATELY THE 
CHOICE IS THE PERSON AT THE TOP 
OF THE TICKET, AND JOE BIDEN 
WILL BE THAT PERSON. 
TOMORROW NIGHT, HE HAS GOT TO 
MEET THAT THRESHOLD. 
BE AS GOOD AS KAMALA HARRIS. 
IF HE CAN, BP AS GOOD AS BARACK 
OBAMA. 
HE HAS GOT TO BE VERY GOOD. 
ONE OTHER POINT ABOUT TONIGHT. 
OFTENTIMES IN PRESIDENTIAL 
POLITICS, THE MAJOR PARTIES 
REVERT TO THEIR BASIC ISSUES 
AND BASIC CONSTITUENCIES. 
BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THAT 
SORT OF WROTE REFERENCE TO 
BASIC CONSTITUENCIES AND BASIC 
ISSUES TAKE ON A LARGER 
THEMATIC FRAMING. 
HISTORICALLY, THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, I HAVE BEEN TO MANY 
CONVENTIONS, I HAVE HEARD THESE 
GOOD SPEECHES IN MANY PREVIOUS 
CONVENTIONS, REFERENCES TO 
NURSES, SCHOOL TEACHERS, 
FRONTLINE WORKERS OF SOME KIND, 
GROCERS, PEOPLE WHO WORK IN 
GROCERY STORES, PEOPLE WHO WORK 
IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, HEALTH 
CARE WORKERS, THOSE ARE CORE 
CONSTITUENCIES AND LONG-
STANDING PRIORITIES. 
BUT NOW, IN THE TERMS OF THIS 
PANDEMIC AND HOW IT HAS PLAYED 
OUT, AND HOW THOSE 
VULNERABILITIES AND THE VALUE 
OF THOSE WORKERS HAS BECOME A 
UNIVERSALLY UNDERSTOOD, AND IN 
MANY CASES UNIVERSALLY 
APPRECIATED, COMPONENT, PART OF 
OUR WORKFORCE, THAT TAKES ON A 
DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTIC, A 
DIFFERENT RESIDENCE, IT SEEMS 
TO ME. 
IT'S NO LONGER A BOUTIQUE 
RECITATION OF PARTY PRIORITIES 
IN PARTY CONSTITUENCIES. 
IT'S ABOUT SOMETHING LARGER. 
LAST POINT. 
IT SEEMED TO ME TONIGHT, MORE 
THAN THE PREVIOUS 2 NIGHTS, 
THAT THE 2ND NOMINEE FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WASN'T KAMALA 
HARRIS, IT WAS VOTE. 
VOTE. 
VOTE. 
VOTE. 
VOTE. 
HAVE A PLAN. 
HERE IS THE WAY. 
A REPETITIVE RECITATION ABOUT 
THIS NECESSITY. 
DO NOT JUST HAVE A PASSION 
ABOUT THIS, BUT HAVE A PURPOSE 
AND A MECHANISM TO EXPRESS IT 
THROUGH THE BALLOT BOX. 
THAT ALSO STRUCK ME IN A WAY 
THAT I HAD NOT SEEN AT PREVIOUS 
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTIONS, THIS REPEATED 
MESSAGE ABOUT EMPHASIZING, 
UNDERSCORE, AND DRAMATIZE 
VOTING. 
>> AND JOEL, I JUST WANT TO 
PICK UP ON THAT POINT FROM YOU 
BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS FIRSTHAND WHAT WAS 
AT STAKE IN 2016, AND HOW 
DEMOCRATS HAVE OBVIOUSLY 
EXAMINED WHAT HAPPENED IN 2016 
AND ARE LOOKING AT 2020 AS IT 
HAS BEEN REPORTED, OBVIOUSLY 
WITH A LOT OF TREPIDATION, AS 
WE HAVE HEARD OTHERS SAY, WHAT 
DID YOU MAKE IN PARTICULAR OF 
HILLARY CLINTON'S PORTION OF 
HER REMARKS WHERE SHE DID URGE 
PEOPLE TO VOTE? 
I AM CURIOUS TO GET YOUR 
THOUGHTS ON THAT. 
>> IT ACTUALLY SEEMS LIKE WHAT 
SECRETARY CLINTON WAS SERVING 
TO DO IS BEING THE CAUTIONARY 
TALE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU 
DON'T VOTE. 
I THINK SHE IS TALKING TO THOSE 
POPULATIONS IN MICHIGAN, 
PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN, NORTH 
CAROLINA THAT FRANKLY DIDN'T 
SHOW UP. 
RIGHT IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN 
MILWAUKEE AND IN PHILADELPHIA 
AND DETROIT AND CHARLOTTE THAT 
DIDN'T SHOW UP, NOT JUST THOSE 
FOLKS, BUT YOU GET WHAT I'M 
SAYING. 
THE PEOPLE AROUND THE MARGINS 
THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED THE 
DEMOCRATIC OVER THE TOP IN 2016 
IN THOSE KEY STATES. 
AND SHE WAS REALLY THE 
CAUTIONARY TALE, SAYING YOU 
CAN, I THINK SHE EVEN MADE A 
SARCASTIC COMMENT, AND IRONIC 
COMMENT. 
YOU CAN EVEN WIN BY 3 MILLION 
VOTES AND STILL LOSE. 
SHE SAID THAT IN HER REMARKS AS 
WELL. 
SO I THINK THAT WAS HER ALL. 
HILLARY CLINTON ALWAYS HAS A 
TOUGH JOB, BECAUSE SHE HAS GOT 
TO SERVE MULTIPLE MASTERS. 
RIGHT? 
SHE CANNOT SEEM BITTER, BUT SHE 
HAS TO KIND OF REFLECT WHAT 
HAPPENED. 
SHE ALSO NEEDS TO REFLECT THE 
HISTORY OF HER MOMENT AND ALSO 
KIND OF LOOK FORWARD. 
SHE IS ASKED TO DO SO MUCH. 
I THINK SHE DID A REALLY 
CAPABLE JOB OF THAT AS 
SECRETARY CLINTON ALWAYS DOES. 
AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS A 
GOOD FEET FOR HER THIS EVENING. 
ONE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD 
HERE, I THINK THAT KAMALA 
HARRIS REALLY DID A REALLY 
GREAT JOB OF LAYING OUT THE 
CASE FOR HOW DEMOCRATS ARE 
GOING TO PUSH BACK AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP. 
AND SHE STARTED AT LAST WEEK 
WHEN SHE WAS NOMINATED, AND SHE 
CONTINUED, SHE EXPANDED UPON 
IT. 
I TALKED TO PEOPLE NEAR SENATOR 
HARRIS'S CAMP, AND WHAT THEY 
TOLD ME WAS THAT SHE WAS GOING 
TO GO IN ON DONALD TRUMP. 
IN FACT, WE NOTED ALL OF THESE 
SPEAKERS DID. 
IN THE PAST, YOU MIGHT HAVE 
SEEN DEMOCRATS BE VERY HESITANT 
TO GO SUPER NEGATIVE OR WHAT 
MIGHT BE PERCEIVED AS NEGATIVE. 
KAMALA HARRIS WAS NOT CONCERNED 
ABOUT DOING THAT. 
HILLARY CLINTON WASN'T 
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
BARACK OBAMA WASN'T CONCERNED 
ABOUT THAT. 
THEY WERE ALL VERY SHARP. 
MICHELLE OBAMA EARLIER THIS 
WEEK, ALL VERY SHARP IN THEIR 
CRITICISMS OF DONALD TRUMP. 
NOBODY WANTS TO BE ACCUSED OF 
LEAVING ANY TOOL AND USE THIS 
TIME AROUND. 
>> LESLIE, I WANT TO ASK YOU, 
GIVEN THAT WE ARE IN A MOMENT 
WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME 
HEIGHTENED AWARENESS, AT LEAST 
IN SOME CORNERS, OF GENDERED 
LANGUAGE, OF SOME MIGHT SAY 
RACIALLY CODED LANGUAGE OR 
INSENSITIVE LANGUAGE. 
WHAT MIGHT BE THE REPUBLICAN 
LINES OF ATTACK? 
WILL THAT MATTER AT ALL IN THE 
WAY IN WHICH, NOT JUST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT 
REPUBLICANS GO AFTER THIS TAKE 
IT? 
>> ELAINE, THAT IS REALLY THE 
MOST PIVOTAL, AND FASCINATING 
PART BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHERE 
REPUBLICANS STAND. 
IT IS THE CASE OF 2 CAMPAIGNS. 
IT'S THE WHITE HOUSE CAMPAIGN, 
THE POPULIST CAMPAIGN OF THE 
PRESIDENT, WHO IS GOING TO SAY 
HERE IS HILLARY CLINTON. 
I THINK WE WILL HEAR A LOT 
ABOUT THAT AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT 
THE REALITY THAT SHE HAD 
EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH NEGATIVES, 
WHICH REALLY FOLDED IN. 
2016, IN MANY CASES, TOWARD THE 
END FROM THE NOMINATION WAS 
LIKE A CORONATION. 
IT WAS ASSUMED THAT DONALD 
TRUMP WOULD NEVER WIN, AND THAT 
SHE WAS GOING TO BE THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT. 
THAT'S WHY THERE IS SO MUCH 
BITTERNESS THERE. 
I'M SURE THE CAMPAIGN WILL TALK 
ABOUT THAT, TALK ABOUT THE 
FAILURE. 
HE HAS ALREADY STARTED THE NAME-
CALLING AGAIN, AND THE PARTS 
THAT MAKE ESTABLISHMENT 
REPUBLICANS REALLY CRINGE. 
I THINK IF YOU ARE GOING TO 
LOOK AT THE POLICY, THERE WAS A 
BALANCE ACT HERE THAT THEY 
DIDN'T HAVE IN THE PREVIOUS 
SPEECHES ABOUT, OKAY, IT'S NOT 
JUST A VOTE OF OPPOSITION. 
THIS IS WHAT WE STAND FOR. 
WE ARE GOING TO DO ALL THESE 
PROMISES ON EVERYTHING FROM 
IMMIGRATION TO CLIMATE CONTROL. 
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXECUTION 
OF THOSE, IT IS A DISMAL 
RECORD, AND A RECORD WITH A LOT 
OF HOLES. 
PRESIDENTIAL BOMBERS SAID HE 
WOULD HAVE IMMIGRATION REFORM. 
NORAH O'DONNELL TALKED ABOUT 
THAT EARLIER THIS EVENING. 
THEY JUST PUSH THAT DOWN THE 
LINE AND NEVER GOT IT DONE, AND 
HE WAS KNOWN AS THE DEPORTER IN 
CHIEF. 
HERE IS BIDEN TALKING ABOUT HE 
WANTS TO LOOK AT CLIMATE AND 
ENERGY, GROWTH IN THAT AREA. 
BUT HE HAS TO ADDRESS FOSSIL 
FUELS, AND HE IS ALSO THE 
PERSON THAT TOLD COAL MINERS 
CONCERNED ABOUT JOB SECURITY 
THEY NEED TO LEARN TO CODE. 
WE CAN GO ON AND ON IN TERMS OF 
THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE IDEA 
OF THESE POLICIES AND HOW IT 
MEETS OUR ECONOMY AND PEOPLE 
THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH JOBS 
AND HEALTH CARE. 
AND THAT'S WHERE THE ARGUMENT 
SHOULD PROBABLY GO, POLICY TO 
POLICY. 
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL SEE 
THAT. 
>> ONE MORE NIGHT FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. 
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NIKOLE KILLION, CAITLIN HUEY-
BURNS, MAJOR GARRETT, LESLIE 
SANCHEZ, AND JOEL PAYNE. 
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VOTERS. 
MORE THAN 70% OF LATIN EX 
VOTERS NATIONWIDE INTEND TO 
VOTE FOR HIM. 
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FACTOR WAS THE VIEW THAT BIDEN 
CARES MORE ABOUT THE PANDEMICS 
RISK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
HOWEVER, FORMER 2020 DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATE JULIÁN CASTRO IS 
WARNING THE PARTY MAY WIN IN 
NOVEMBER, BUT COULD SEE A QUOTE 
POTENTIAL SLIDE OF LATINO 
SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE. 
HE MADE THOSE COMMENTS IN A 
RECENT AXIOS INTERVIEW ON HBO. 
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