 
NEW FRONTIER. 
THE FRONTIER OF 
THE 1960s. 
>> NEITHER MOB 
VIOLENCE OR 
POLICE BRUTALITY 
HAVE ANY PLACE 
IN AMERICA. 
>> I EXCEPT YOUR 
NOMINATION. 
>> I STILL 
BELIEVE IN A 
PLACE OF HOPE. 
>>  BARACK KNOWS 
THE AMERICAN 
DREAM BECAUSE HE 
HAS LIVED IT. 
>> %THE FIRST 
TIME THERE IS A 
WOMAN NOMINATED 
FOR PRESIDENT. 
>> THE D 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION THAT MO
WILL BE ENTIRELY 
VIRTUAL EVENT. 
>> WE ARE IN THE 
BATTLEFIELD FOR 
THE SOUL OF THE 
NATION. 
I WILL HAVE 
SENATOR HARRIS 
AT MY SIDE. 
>> WELCOME TO 
NBC'S SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF DETHE 
2020 DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
RIGHT NOW ONLY 
ON NBC NEWS. 
I'M CHUCK TODD. 
LESS THAN AN EM%
HOUR AWAY FROM 
THE START OF THE 
FIRST EVER 
VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION AS 
DEMOCRATS BEGIN 
THE HISTORIC 
PROCESS OF 
OFFICIALLY 
NOMINATING JOE 
BIDEN AS THEIR 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE AND 
KAMALA HEHARRIS AS 
THEIR VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE. 
TAKING PLACE TI
AMID THE 
UPHEAVAL OF A 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC 
THIS IS A 
CONVENTION THE 
LIKES OF WHICH 
WE HAVE NEVER 
SEEN IN AMERICAN 
POLITICS. 
LET'S BE FRANK. 
WE DON'T KNOW 
HOW EFFECTIVE 
THIS CONVENTION 
WILL BE AND GRAB 
YOUR ATTENTION AB
BUT LET'S TAKE A 
LOOK. 
IT COULD. 
THE PRIMETIME 
CONVENTION WILL 
SHOWCASE THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
AND HEADLINES 
INCLUDE SENATOR 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND FORMER FIRST 
LADY MICHELLE 
OBAMA AND BOTH 
SPOKE ON THE 
OPENING NIGHT OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION FOUR 
YEARS AGO. 
JOE BIDEN SPEAKS 
TOMORROW AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WILL SHARE. 
THE NEXT NIGHT 
WITH JOE BIDEN. 
THERE WIARE ISSUES 
THAT THE 
DEMOCRATS WILL 
TRY TO ADDRESS 
WITH THE HE 
NUMEROUS CRISIS 
AND THE 
IDEOLOGICAL 
DIVISION IN THE 
PARTY AND THEY 
HOPE TO DO THAT 
AND WITHOUT LIVE 
DELEGATES AND 
PULL THAT OFF. 
AS WE GEAR OFF 
THE BIGGEST 
QUESTION OVER 
THIS CONVENTION 
IS QUITE SIMPLY 
HOW IT WILL 
HAPPEN. 
FOR THIS OPENING 
NIGHT THE 
DEMOCRATS . WILL 
FOCUS ON THE 
PANDEMIC. 
THE ECONOMY AND 
RACIAL JUSTICE 
AND ONE MIGHT 
ARGUE WE WILL 
HEAR THOSE% 
TOPICS EVERY 
NIGHT THIS WEEK. 
THE PARTY SAYS 
THEY WILL TRY TO 
PULL OFF LIVE 
AND PRERECORDED 
PRIMETIME. 
WHILE NAVIGATING 
THOUSANDS OF 
FEET FROM OR
%ALL 
OVER THE COUNTRY 
IN AN ATTEMPT TO 
CREATE SOME 
SPONTANEITY. 
UNCONTESTED OM
FORMAT ON A 
NATIONAL STAGE. 
A LOT OF 
DEMOCRATS 
HOLDING THE 
COLLECTIVE 
BREATHS AND THIS 
WEEK AS THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
FIRST AND 
FOREMOST TRIES 
TO DO NO D HARM 
WITH WEEKS TO GO 
BEFORE THE FIRST 
VOTES. 
TO GET A PREVIEW 
OF WHERE THE 
TICKET THINKS CK
THINGS ARE LET'S 
GO TO WILMINGTON 
DELAWARE. 
THE UNOFFICIAL 
HEADQUARTERS OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY AND THAT 
IS WHERE WE FIND 
KRISTEN WALKER. 
MILWAUKEE IS THE 
HOST CITY BUT 
WILMINGTON HAS 
ALL OF THE BUACT. 
,  CHUCK, KAMALA 
HARRIS AND JOE 
BIDEN ARE GOING 
TO BE SPEAKING 
IN THIS G 
CONVENTION HALL 
BEHIND ME. 
NOW YOU ARE NOT 
GOING TO HAVE 
PACKED HOUSES 
BECAUSE IT IS 
COVID AND FOR 
THESE SPEECHES 
TO BE BROADCAST 
VIRTUALLY. 
THE PARTY OAWILL 
CAPTURE THE SAME 
ENERGY BY 
HOLDING VIRTUAL 
WATCH PARTIES 
AND GETTING 
REALTIME 
REACTION. 
CHUCK. 
THEY WILL HOLD A RE
ROLE CALL 
TOMORROW  NIGHT. 
YOUR RIGHT IN 
TERMS OF THE 
HIGH STAKES FOR 
THE TECHNOLOGY. 
I HAVE BEEN 
SPEAKING TO 
OFFICIALS 
INVOLVED IN THE 
PLANNING. 
ONE TELLING ME A 
SUCCESSFUL 
CONVENTION WILL 
MEAN THAT NO 
ONE'S SATELLITE 
WENT DOWN. 
IN TERMS OF 
TONIGHT WHAT ARE 
WE EXPECTING TO 
WEAR FORMER 
FIRST LADY 
MICHELLE OBAMA 
WILL DELIVER THE 
KEYNOTE OR%ADDRESS 
AND MAKE THE 
CASE FOR JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS AND 
AGAINST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SHE IS GOING TO 
CAST THIS AS A 
FAILURE OF 
LEADERSHIP BASED 
ON PRERECORDED 
REMARKS. 
PART OF WHICH 
WILL RELEASE 
EARLIER THIS 
EVENING AND SHE 
IS GOING EDCO%
TO 
ARGUE THAT SHE 
KNOWS FIRST HAND 
THAT JOE BIDEN 
WAS NDA GOOD VICE 
PRESIDENT AND 
HAS ALL OF THE 
TOOLS AND SKILLS 
IN ORDER TO BE A 
FIRM PRESIDENT 
IN THE AGE OF 
COVID. 
CHUCK, WE EXPECT 
HER TO SPEAK 
PERSONALLY ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN AS 
WELL AS THE 
LESSONS HE HAS 
ENDURED 
INCLUDING BEAU 
BIDEN AND THAT 
MAKES HIM 
SOMEONE THAT CAN 
UNDERSTAND THE 
STRUGGLE OF 
OTHERS. 
THE REAL COUNTER 
POINT TO %
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS BEEN TRYING 
TO COUNTER THE 
PROGRAM AND HE 
HELD A CAMPAIGN 
EVENT AND 
ESSENTIALLY SAID D 
WHO WANT TO LOOK 
INTO MICHELLE 
OBAMA DELIVER A 
PRERECORDED 
ADDRESS. 
THE ANSWER TO EC
THAT IS IF YOU 
LOOK AT THE 
POLLS MICHELLE 
OBAMA IS ONE OF 
THE MOST POPULAR 
POLITICAL 
FIGURES IN THE 
ENTIRE COUNTRY. 
I HAVE HAD NT
CONVERSATIONS 
WITH CAMPAIGN 
AND WHITE HOUSE 
OFFICIALS THAT 
SAY SHE WHIS QUITE 
A POWERFUL 
FORCE. 
YOU TALK ABOUT 
UNIFYING THE 
PARTY, SHE WILL WEET
BE THERE TO TRY 
TO DO THAT AND 
ALSO TO REACH 
ACROSS THE AISLE 
TO REACH SOME OF 
THOSE PEOPLE 
THAT VOTED FOR 
CANDIDATE TRUMP 
BACK IN 2016 AND 
TO HELP HER WITH 
THAT SENATOR 
BERNIE SANDERS 
WILL SEND A 
STRONG MESSAGE 
TO HIS 
PROGRESSIVE BASE  M
AND ENERGIZE 
BEHIND JOE BIDEN 
AND KAMALA 
HARRIS AND YOU 
HAVE REPUBLICANS 
SPEAKING TONIGHT 
AS WELL 
INCLUDING OHIO 
GOVERNOR JOHN 
KAISCH AND THERE 
IS  %N NO DOUBT 
FORMER FIRST 
LADY MICHELLE 
OBAMA WILL UBBE 
THE CENTERPIECE 
OF THE FIRST 
NIGHT HERE, 
CHUCK. 
>> NO DOUBT. 
MICHELLE OBAMA K.I 
THINK WAS MORE 
REQUESTED THAN 
BARACK OBAMA 
DURING THE BIG 
MIDTERM 
ELECTIONS IN THE 
SUBURBAN 
DISTRICTS. 
VERY QUICKLY. 
WE KNOW THAT 
DONALD TRUMP S RB%I 
GOING TO SHOW UP 
EVERY NIGHT OF 
HIS CONVENTION 
IN SOME FORM. 
CONSIDERING THIS 
IS A VIRTUAL 
EVENT AND THEY 
COULD POP JOE 
BIDEN IN TIME 
THEY WANT SHOULD 
WE EXPECT TO SEE 
JOE BIDEN 
TONIGHT? 
>> WE COULD SEE 
JOE BIDEN. 
GETTING 
INDICATIONS THAT 
SEE HIM  SE
IN SOME KIND OF 
TOWN HALL FORMAT 
AND ANOTHER 
ASPECT OF THE 
CONVENTION THAT 
WILL BE SO 
INCREDIBLY 
UNIQUE. 
TYPICALLY YOU 
WOULD SEE THE 
CANDIDATE ON THE 
FINAL NIGHT, THE 
BIG REVEAL. 
THAT'S NOT GOING 
TO BE THE CASE. 
AGAIN OFFICIALS 
SAY THAT WE WILL 
LIKELY SEE JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS 
THROUGHOUT THE 
ENTIRE 
CONVENTION AND 
THAT IS ANOTHER 
WAY THAT THEY 
WILL TRY TO D DRUM 
UP AND % TENERGIZE 
THEIR BASE. 
NOT GOING TO 
HAVE A BALLOON 
DROP. 
ICONIC MOMENT 
THAT PEOPLE LOOK 
FORWARD TO AND 
SO THE PARTIES 
REALLY TRY TO 
GET CREATIVE 
ABOUT WAYS IN 
WHICH TO 
ENERGIZE THE 
PARTY. 
>> HERE AT NBC 
NEWS WE WILL 
HAVE A BALLOON 
DROP AT ANDREA'S 
STUDIO. 
WE HAVE TO HAVE 
THAT BALLOON 
DROP AND WE WILL 
FIGURE IT OUT. 
KRISTEN, GUTHANK 
YOU FOR GETTING 
US STARTED. 
LIKE I SAID 
BEING IN 
WILMINGTON 
DELAWARE  YOU ARE 
IN THE CENTER OF 
THE POLITICAL 
UNIVERSE RIGHT 
NOW IN AMERICAN 
POLITICS. 
THANK YOU BEFORE 
ANY OF THE 
SPEECHES AND 
DIGITAL 
PAGEANTRY FROM 
THIS UNIQUE 
CONVENTION 
SEASON WHERE  U
DOES THIS RACE 
STAND? 
OUR POLL SHOWS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WITH WHAT WE 
CALL A 50% 
NUMBER. 
OF ALL OF THE 
NUMBERS BACKING 
THE NOMINEE JOE 
BIDEN OVER 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
AND STICK  WITH 
US ON THIS 
NUMBER. 
WHEN IT COMES TO 
PEOPLINGS 
TOWARDS THE 
PRESIDENT. 
52% AND 44% S OF 
ALL VOTERS THAT 
HAVE A NEGATIVE 
VIEW. 
THE JOB APPROVAL 
UNDER WATER. 
53%. 
ANOTHER 
MAJORITY. 
DISAPPROVE OF R.
THE PRESIDENT'S 
OVERALL JOB 
INCLUDING  4 7% 
THAT STRONGLY 
DISPROVE AND THE 
HANDLING OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THE REASON WE 
ARE ALL OUT IN 
PERSON AND IN 
MILWAUKEE. 
58% OF THOSE WE 
SURVEYED 
DISAPPROVED OF 
PRESIDENT ED
TRUMP'S HANDLING 
OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
ON THE ISSUES 
THE PRESIDENT 
DOES HOLD SOME 
ADVANTAGES OVER 
JOE BIDEN. 
ON ISSUES LIKE 
THE ECONOMY AND 
CRIME, HE IS 
AHEAD. 
ON MENTAL AND 
PHYSICAL FITNESS 
THEY ARE TIED, A 
TWO POINT 
DIFFERENCE. 
WELL IN THEIR 
70s FOR BOTH OF 
THEM. 
YOU CAN HEAR THE 
THEMES IN EVERY 
SPEECH. 
HE KNOWS THEY 
ARE TWO OF THREE 
ADVANTAGES AND 
WANTS TO BELIEVE 
THE FITNESS 
ISSUE. 
AND THE ISSUES E 
WHERE BIDEN 
LEANS THE 
PRESIDENT ON 
RACE RELATIONS 
BRINGING THE 
COUNTRY TOGETHER 
AND HEALTH CARE 
CORONAVIRUS 
ISSUES AND 
STRONG 
LEADERSHIP. 
BIG NUMBERS FOR 
BIDEN AHEAD OF 
THESE CONVENTION 
WEEKS AND DON'T 
EXPECT A  BIG 
CONVENTION 
BOUNCE. 
HE IS ALREADY 
CLOSE TO HIS 
FEELING JOINING 
ME NOW IS CASEY 
HUNT IS HERE. 
MSNBC ANCHOR 
JOSHUA JOHNSON 
AND NARRA 
CANDICE. 
THE REASON I 
LAID OUT THE 
POLLS THE ANE. WAY  
DID THIS IS NOT 
GOING TO BE -- 
IT IS A UNIQUE 
CONVENTION AND I 
DO THINK THAT 
FOLKS NEED TO 
REALIZE THIS IS 
A CONVENTION IN 
SOME WAYS THAT 
JOE BIDEN DOES 
NOT -- HE JUST 
NEEDS TO DO NO 
HARM. 
IT IS DONALD 
TRUMP THAT HANEEDS 
A GOOD 
CONVENTION NEXT 
WEEK. 
SO IN THE DO NO 
HARM CATEGORY 
HOW DO YOU HAVE 
A DO NO HARM 
CONVENTION THAT 
ALSO EXCITES 
YOUR BASE? 
>> WELL, FIRST 
OF ALL, CHUCK, 
IDEALLY NONE  OF 
THE ZOOMS CUT 
OUT AND THE 
FEEDS DON'T GO 
DOWN. 
THAT IS NUMBER 
ONE. 
AS SIMPLISTIC AS AT
IT SOUNDS A LOT 
OF PLANNING. 
YOU DON'T WANT 
TO END UP ON THE 
LATE NIGHT 
SHOWS. 
INTE THE BIG 
PICTURE YOU ARE 
SEEING THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN SET THE 
STAGE TO TRY AND 
BE THAT 50% PLUS 
PARTY. 
THEY HAVE 
INVITED 
REPUBLICANS IN 
JOHN KAISCH AND T %
PROGRESSIVES IN 
BERNIE SANDERS HN
TO KICK OFF THE 
NIGHT AND TAP IT 
WITH MICHELLE 
OBAMA ONE OF THE 
MORE UNIFYING 
AND POPULAR 
FIGURES IN THE 
BOARD WITH 
DEMOCRATS AND 
ALL AMERICANS 
AND I THINK THAT 
SETS UP KIND OF 
WHAT 
THEY ARE 
GOING FOR HERE. 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO SAY TO 
EVERYONE THAT 
WHAT MATTERS IS 
CHARACTER. 
WHAT MATTERS HOW 
YOU LEAD THAN 
THE ISSUES THAT 
MAY DIVIDE THE 
PEOPLE FROM 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND ISSUES LIKE 
SPENDING TO SAY 
WHAT IS GOING ON M 
IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE IS SO BAD 
THAT WE ALL CAN 
GET ON THE SAME 
PAGE AND ADDRESS 
IT AND I THINK 
THAT WE WILL 
LOOK TO THE 
TENOR OF THE 
SPEECHES TONIGHT 
AND SEE IF THAT 
MESSAGE DOES 
RESONATE FROM 
THOSE CORNERS 
AND PEOPLE DO 
SEEM TO BE 
GENEROUS AND 
WELCOMING. 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
HAS A GRACIOUS 
TONE TOWARDS HIS 
FORMER RIVAL AND 
 
PEOPLE IN THE 
OPPOSITE PARTY. 
THAT HASN'T BEEN 
SOMETHING THAT 
AMERICANS SEEM 
TO REALLY WANT 
TO EMBRACE IN 
OUR HYPER 
PARTISAN 
POLITICS AND 
THAT ANWIDE MIDDLE 
OF THE COUNTRY 
IS READY FOR 
THAT AFTER SO 
MUCH AND 
TERRIBLE 
DIFFICULT MONTHS 
IN THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
>> JOSHUA 
JOHNSON, THIS 
ISSUE OF UNITY. 
IN SOME WAYS I 
WORRY ABOUT THE 
POLITICAL PRESS PR
ROLLING THEIR 
EYES IN THE FACT 
THAT BERNIE 
SANDERS AND JOHN E 
KAISCH ARE 
SPEAKING IN 
SUPPORT OF JOE 
BIDEN TONIGHT. 
WHEN YOU THINK 
ABOUT IT T.FOUR 
YEARS AGO KAISCH 
WAS LOOKING AND 
TRYING 
DESPERATELY TO 
WIN THE 
REPUBLICAN 
NOMINATION. 
IT WAS IN HIS 
HOME STATE OF 
CLEVELAND, OHIO. 
HERE HE IS O NOW 
AT THE OPPOSITE 
PARTY'S 
CONVENTION. 
AND I THINK 
SOMETIMES AGAIN 
I HAVE A FEELING 
THAT MIGHT BE A 
MORE IMPACTFUL 
NIGHT THAN WE 
POLITICAL 
REPORTERS COVER. 
THIS WILL MEAN 
SOMETHING TO 
JUST AVERAGE 
AMERICANS I 
THINK. 
>> I THINK IT IC
WILL AND THIS IS 
THE NIGHT TO 
PAINT THE S 50 
PLUS ONE PICTURE 
BECAUSE YOU ARE 
RIGHT THERE ARE 
A NUMBER OF 
REPUBLICAN 
POLITICOS ON THE 
AGENDA %IN 
ADDITION TO 
GOVERNOR KAISCH 
AND CHRISTINE ST
TODD WHITMAN AND 
MEG WIDMAN. 
KRISTEN 
WHATKEYSA WHOSE 
FATHER VOTED FOR 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
HAVE SINCE DIED 
OF COVID-19. 
HER MESSAGE WILL 
BE AMONG THE 
MESSAGES FROM 
PEOPLE THAT FEEL 
BETRAYED OR LET 
DOWN OR MAYBE 
EMBARRASSED OF 
WHAT DONALD 
TRUMP HAS MEANT 
FOR THE 
REPUBLICAN 
PARTY. 
I E PUTHINK THAT TH 
DEMOCRATS 
REMEMBER THE 
LESSON OF 2016. 
SO TONIGHT CRIS AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
PAINT A  PICTURE 
OF A BROAD 
COALITION OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
UNITED BY THEIR 
DESIRE TO GET 
RID OF DONALD 
TRUMP. 
OUR WALL STREET 
POLL SHOWS THAT 
PEOPLE THAT 
SUPPORT JOE T 
BIDEN ARE MORE 
LIKELY TO 
SUPPORT HIM NOT 
BECAUSE THEY 
LIKE HIM BUT 
BECAUSE THEY 
DISLIKE THE 
OTHER GUY. 
AND TONIGHT, THY.
FEELS LIKE IT 
WILL BE THAT 
NIGHT FOR 
EVERYBODY THAT 
DISLIKES THE 
OTHER GUY. 
SO WHETHER OR 
NOT YOU ARE 
CRAZY ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN BY THE END 
OF THE WEEK IF 
THEY DO THEIR 
WORK CORRECTLY 
AND HIT THE 51 
PLUS ONE MARK IT 
MAY NOT MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
>> IT MAY NOT 
BUT I WOULD 
ARGUE THAT THEY 
WOULD LIKE MORE 
PEOPLE TO SAY I 
AM VOTING FOR 
JOE BIDEN. 
I GET YOUR 
POINT. 
I THINK TONIGHT 
IS WE KNOW YOU 
DON'T LIKE T  Y
DONALD TRUMP AND 
HERE ARE THE 
PEOPLE THAT 
DON'T LIKE HIM 
EITHER. 
IT IS 
INTERESTING MARK 
MURRAY REMINDED 
ME THIS MORNING 
BECAUSE YOU KNOW 
WHO SPOKE FOUR 
YEARS AGO? 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND MICHELLE 
OBAMA. 
WOW FOR TWO 
NIGHTS THAT LOOK 
ALIKE OH MY O?RSCH
GOODNESS A BIG 
DIFFERENCE FROM 
FOUR YEARS AGO. 
THIS PARTY IS %
UNITED IN A WAY 
THAT IT WAS NOT 
UNITED FOUR 
YEARS AGO. 
>> EDYEAH. 
BECAUSE DONALD 
TRUMP IS NOW OUR 
EVERY DAY NIGHT 
MARE. 
DEMOCRATS EVERY 
DAY NIGHTMARE 
AND I THINK FOUR 
YEARS 
AGO HE WAS 
A POSSIBILITY 
AND A LOT OF 
DEMOCRATS 
THOUGHT HE WAS D 
NOT GOING TO WIN 
AND A LOT OF 
DEMOCRATS WOULD 
HAVE TAKEN IT 
FOR HAGRANTED THAT 
HILLARY CLINTON 
WOULD WIN. 
PEOPLE 
N WERE 
ANXIOUS AND THE 
PRIMARY SETTLED 
QUICKLY IN PART 
I THINK BECAUSE 
PEOPLE WANTED TO 
GET TO THE 
GENERAL ELECTION 
AND I THINK THAT 
HAS BEEN 
OPERATIONAL 
THROUGH THE LAST 
SEVERAL MONTHS 
AND %%I GIVE A LOT 
OF CREDIT TO 
SENATOR SANDERS. 
WHO WORKED HARD 
TO UNIFY THE 
PARTY THAT HAS 
SENT CONSISTENT 
MESSAGES TO HIS 
VOTERS FOR NOT 
JUST A WEEK 
BEFORE THE 
CONVENTION BUT 
MONTHS BEFORE 
THE CONVENTION 
THAT E HE IS 
SUPPORTING JOE 
BIDEN AND I 
EXPECT HIM TO 
ACTUALLY SPEAK 
PERSONALLY 
TONIGHT ABOUT PE
JOE BIDEN AND 
WHAT KIND OF 
PRESIDENT HE 
WILL BE. 
HE WILL TALK 
ABOUT I'M E.SURE 
PROGRESSIVE 
AGENDA THAT I 
THINK HE WILL 
ALSO MAKE A 
FERVENT CASE ON 
BEHALF OF JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> CASEY, YOU 
HAVE BEEN 
DETECTING A 
LITTLE BIT OF I 
DON'T WANT TO 
CALL IT 
PROGRESSIVE OR 
UPSET, I WOULD 
SAY THEY ARE 
DISAPPOINTED 
THAT JOHN KAISCH 
SEEMS TO HAVE 
MORE SPEAKING 
TIME THAN OCASIO-
CORTEZ. 
>> OCASIO-CORTEZ 
SHE TWEETED 
ABOUT SOME OF %
JOHN KAISCH'S 
SIGNIFICANT 
POLICY 
DIFFERENCES WITH 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PLATFORM MOST 
NOTABLY ON GN
ABORTION RIGHTS 
WHICH OF COURSE 
NORMALLY WOULD 
HAVE DIVIDED 
JOHN KAISCH E  FROM 
THE PARTY THAT 
HE IS JOINING 
THIS EVENING. 
BUT I DO THINK 
THAT IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO 
UNDERSCORE THAT 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
RELATIVELY MUTED 
COMPARED TO WHAT HA%
THEY COULD BE OR 
PERHAPS WOULD 
HAVE BEEN IN THE 
PAST. 
IT SEEMS LIKE 
THE PUSH AND THE 
DRIVE AND 
FRANKLY EVERYONE 
IS PRETTY TIRED 
OF HOW NASTY 
EVERYTHING HAS 
BEEN FOR SO 
LONG. 
PEOPLE ARE OVER 
IT AND THIS IS 
AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO SAY OKAY. 
YOU KNOW WHAT. 
IT AYIS KIND OF PE 
BIZARRE THAT YOU 
ARE SHOWING UP %
BUT PEOPLE LIKE 
YOU VOTE FOR JOE 
BIDEN AND WE 
WILL GO ALONG 
WIT AND I THINK 
IT SPEAKS TO THE 
NEAREST POINT 
THAT DONALD 
TRUMP IS SUCH A 
FORCE THAT 
GENERATES SUCH 
STRONG FEELINGS 
AND FRANKLY WHAT 
WE HAVE SEEN 
OVER THE PAST 
SEVERAL MONTHS 
IS DEMORALIZING 
FOR SO MANY 
FAMILIES. 
WE ARE IN A AN 
DIFFERENT 
SPACE 
AND THAT MAKE 
MORE SPACE FOR A 
WIDER RANGE OF 
VIEWS. 
>> SPEAKING OF 
THE VIRUS. 
I FIND IT 
INTERESTING THAT 
PRESIDENT IN AN 
ATTEMPT TO 
CONTROL THE 
CONVENTION, 
BIDEN AND THE D 
NC DECIDED TO 
TROLL RIGHT 
BACK. 
HERE IS TRUMP IN 
MINNESOTA AND 
WISCONSIN AND A 
DNC AD PUSHING 
HIM BACK. 
>> THAT IS WHAT 
THE TULSA 
DEPARTMENT SAID 
AFTER THERE WAS 
A RALLY IN THE 
CITY. 
A RALLY THAT 
CONTRIBUTED TO 
RECORD HIGH 
COVID-19 NUMBERS 
IN TULSA. 
TRUMP IS TURNING 
TO WISCONSIN 
THAT PUTS YOU AT 
RISK. 
>> IT SEEMS LIKE %
-- I FIND IT 
INTERESTING THAT 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN 
IS HAPPY TO BE GN
CAMPAIGNING AND 
THE PRESIDENT 
WANTS TO BE OUT 
THERE AND THE 
BIDEN %CAMPAIGN 
IS HAPPY TO BE 
DOING IT THIS 
WAY. 
>> YEAH. 
THINK THAT 
CONTRAST IS 
GOING TO BE 
CLEARER AND 
CLEARER AS WE EA
GET CLOSER TO 
NOVEMBER. 
THE PRESIDENT 
BEEN TRYING 
TO HIT JOE BIDEN 
FOR KIND OF 
HIDING AND NOT 
DOING REAL BIG 
PUBLIC EVENTS TO 
BE FAIR. 
THERE ARE VE
MEMBERS OF THE 
PRESS THAT WOULD 
LIKE TO HAVE 
MORE ACCESS TO 
MR. BIDEN RIGHT 
NOW. 
HE SEEMS TO BE 
QUITE CONTENT 
SAYING NO. 
THE NTPANDEMIC IN 
THE 70s AND I AM 
STAYING IN 
WILMINGTON AND 
YOU STAY ON THE 
ROAD. 
THE CONTRAST 
WILL GET LARGER. 
THE THEME %OF THE 
AD SPEAKS TO 
SOMETHING TO 
CASEY'S POINT 
ABOUT EVERYONE 
TIRED. 
I FEEL WOULD BE TOER
A THEME IN THE 
NEXT FEW MONTHS 
THAT IS OUR 
MUTUALITY. 
WE S HAVE THREE 
GIGANTIC ISSUES 
THAT AFFECT 
EVERY SINGLE 
AMERICAN. 
ONE IS COVID-19 
AND TWO IS 
RACIAL JUSTICE 
AND THREE IS 
POST OFFICE. 
SO RIGHT NOW YOU 
HAVE EVERY VOTER 
OF EVERY STRIPE 
WORRIED ABOUT 
THE SAME THREE 
THINGS. 
DONALD TRUMP'S GS
MESSAGE HAS 
MOSTLY BEEN VOTE 
FOR ME OR S ELSE 
BAT THINGS WILL 
HAPPEN. 
WE WILL HEAR A 
MESSAGE TONIGHT 
AND OVER THE 
NEXT FOUR NIGHTS 
ABOUT UNITY AND 
GETTING THE 
COUNTRY BACK 
TOGETHER AND 
FINDING WAYS TO 
WORK OUR WAY 
THROUGH OUR 
DIFFERENCES AND 
OUR PROBLEMS AND 
WITH THE 
BACKDROP OF 
THESE THREE 
PROBLEMS IT 
MIGHT DEPEND ON 
WHO CAN CONVINCE 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE LOOK, WE 
KNOW YOU ARE A 
REPUBLICAN. 
WE KNOW YOU ARE 
A DEMOCRAT. 
ANY OF US COULD 
DIE OF COVID-19. 
ALL OF US NEED 
LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TO WORK AND WE 
WOULD ALL LIKE 
TO GET THE MAIL 
SOMETIME THIS 
YEAR. 
SO LET'S JUST 
FIND THE PERSON 
THAT CAN FIX 
THIS. 
>> I JUMP IN 
BEFORE -- I WILL 
GIVE YOU 15 
SECONDS BEFORE I 
JUMP TO BREAK. 
>> THE I THING 
THAT IT IS NOT 
JUST THAT PEOPLE 
ARE TIRED. 
I THINK 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
REALLY OPEN. 
THEY ARE 
STRATEGICALLY 
THINKING WHO LYCAN 
BRING IN 
INDEPENDENTS. 
THEY THINK 
DONALD TRUMP 
WILL CHEAT AND 
YOU WIN TO NOT 
WIN BY A TS%
LITTLE 
BUT A LOT AND 
THAT IS DRIVING 
THE EXPECTANT OF 
KAISCH AT A 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION AND 
SHOWS STRENGTH. 
NOT A WEAKNESS. 
>> CASEY AND . 
JOSHUA AND NERRA 
STICK AROUND. 
YOU WILL BE 
BACK. 
A LOT MORE TO 
COME IN THIS 
HOUR. 
HOW DO DEMOCRATS 
PLAN TO OPEN? 
PROGRESSIVES AND 
NEVER TRUMP 
REPUBLICANS. 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
COMMITTEE 
CHAIRMAN. 
AND MEMORABLE IC
MOMENTS FROM CR
PAST CONVENTIONS 
BECAUSE I AM 
NOSTALGIC THAT IO
SOME PEOPLE SAY 
IT IS BAD BUT I 
DON'T MIND 
NOSTALGIA. 
HERE IS T SENATOR 
BERNIE SANDERS 
SPEAKING IN 2016 
OFFERING HIS 
OLIVE BRANCH. 
>> LET ME BE AS 
CLEAR AS I CAN 
BE. 
THIS ELECTION IS 
NOT ABOUT AND 
HAS NEVER BEEN 
ABOUT HILLARY 
RODHAM CLINTON 
OR DONALD TRUMP 
OR BERNIE 
SANDERS OR ANY 
OTHER CANDIDATES 
WHO SOUGHT THE 
PRESIDENCY. 
THIS ELECTION IS ES
ABOUT AND MUST 
BE ABOUT THE 
NEEDS OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
AND THE KIND  OF 
FUTURE WE CREATE 
FOR OUR CHILDREN 
AND OUR 
GRANDCHILDREN. 
>> AMONG THE 
CHAOS AND OUR 
FOUNDING FATHERS 
TRYING TO TEACH 
OUR SON ABOUT 
PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T 
RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER. 
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WITH LOVE. 
THAT IS ALWAYS 
ANOTHER WAY. 
SO THAT IS ALL I 
WANT TO SEE. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
BRUTAL HONESTY. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS, FIRST 
THING IN THE 
MORNING. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> YOU NEED TO 
GO DEEP INSIDE 
THE STORY. 
>> WHAT BIG 
POLICY CHANGE 
AND POLICING 
THAT YOU WOULD 
LIKE TO SEE 
ENACTED. 
>> HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE THAT HAS 
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>> WHO IS 
TELLING THE 
TRUTH AND WHO IS 
LYING EVERY DAY? 
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TO HEAR. 
>> REPORTING JOE 
ONLY ON MSNBC. 
>> POST RACIAL 
AMERICA. 
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>> I REACHED OUT 
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AND YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
COMING HOME 
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LIKE THE WHITE 
GIRLS. 
>> IT IS OKAY TO 
NOTICE YOU ARE 
DIFFERENT AND 
NOT JUST FEEL 
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>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
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TALKING ABOUT 
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GUYS. 
>> YOU ARE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
A REAL 
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HAPPENING IN 
BRAZIL BEFORE 
OUR VERY EYES. 
>> OUR GLOBAL 
FIGHT THAT 
UNITES US. 
>> THE PEOPLE I 
SPOKE TO SAY IF 
THEY DON'T WORK 
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THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> OUR NBC NEWS 
AND SKY TEAMS 
LEARNING FROM 
WHERE IT HAS 
BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT IS 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK 
OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>> HOW IT WILL 
IMPACT US HERE. 
>> LIFE IN ITALY 
IS BACK TO 
NORMAL BUT NOT 
LIKE THE SAME 
NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
FIRST. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE FAINT 
HEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
A GREAT PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN MOVED 
TO DEFEND A 
GREAT NATION. 
ALL OF US CAN 
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>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
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AS JUSTICE IN 
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>> DID YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THIS 
IS AN ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART FROM ONE 
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MOST PART. 
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WELCOME BACK TO 
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DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION RIGHT MO
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NOW. 
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HOW WIDE THE 
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ATTEMPTING TO 
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ELECTION WITH 
FORMER GOVERNOR 
JOHN KAISCH. 
AND BERNIE 
SANDERS. 
NEITHER AIBEARE 
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BUT SPEAKING AT 
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CONVENTION. 
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LOOK AT Y 
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DIFFERENT GROUPS 
ON OPPOSITE END 
OF THE COALITION 
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IS HOPING TO 
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JEFF VE
WEBER IN A 
SECOND BUT FIRST 
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COUNTY BLUE. 
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>> WELL, TYCHUCK 
THE DEMOCRATS IN 
THIS COUNTY ARE 
CAUTIOUSLY 
OPTIMISTIC TO 
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FIRST TIME IN 
MORE THAN HALF A 
CENTURY. 
AND IT DOES 
HELP. 
THE LAST TIME IT 
HAPPENED THAT 
JOE BIDEN WAS ON 
THE TICKET IN 
2008 WITH BARACK 
OBAMA. 
THEY WILL HAVE 
TO CHIP AWAY AT 
THAT MODERATE 
REPUBLICAN VOTE 
HERE THAT IS 
SIGNIFICANT. 
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AND THIS IS AN 
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KENT COUNTY 
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PRIORITY IS. 
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GOING TO R REACH 
ACROSS THE AISLE 
AND HOW THEY ARE 
GOING TO BRIDGE 
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IN THE 
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PROBLEM SOLVING 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
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HALLS OF 
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FOR DEMOCRATS IS 
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2018 WHERE THIS 
COUNTY DID SEE A 
SHIFT TO BLUE. 
SEVERAL 
DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATES WON 
THIS COUNTY 
INCLUDING 
DEMOCRATIC 
GOVERNOR 
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AND CYNTHIA DID ICIN
VOTE FOR HER AND 
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THE TICKET IN 
2020, NOVEMBER 
OF 2020. 
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IN KENT COUNTY. 
GRAND RAPIDS AND 
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DECENCY AND THAT 
IS WHAT I HEARD 
FROM THAT VOTER 
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WAS LOOKING FOR. 
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REASON WHY 
GERALD FORD IS 
THE AVATAR FOR 
MITCHs. 
JEFF WEAVER 
FORMER ADVISOR 
TO BERNIE 
SANDERS 
CAMPAIGN. 
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BELIEVE BERNIE 
SANDERS CAN DO 
BEST FOR JOE 
BIDEN? 
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AND THE YOUNG 
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STRONG VOTE 
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VOTERS AND STILL 
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AMONG BLUE-
COLLAR WORKERS 
IN THE COUNTRY 
AND UE HE WILL 
SPEAK TO THEM 
ABOUT THE DANGER 
OF TRUMP AND 
ALSO ABABOUT THE 
PATH THAT JOE 
BIDEN WILL HELP 
CHARTER THAT 
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WORKING FAMILIES 
OF ALL RACES IN 
THE COUNTRY AS 
YOU MOVE 
FORWARD. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
HAVEAR BERNIE 
SANDERS SHARING 
WITH JOHN 
KAISCH. 
I TALKED WITH 
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I DON'T SENSE HE 
IS ENTHUSIASTIC 
ABOUT THAT BUT C 
AT THE SAME TIME 
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FEEL AS IF HE IS 
GOING LIKE LOOK 
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WHATEVER IT 
TAKES AND THAT 
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DO. 
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COMMITTED THAT 
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EXTENT THAT JOE 
BIDEN AND HIS 
CAMPAIGN DESERVE 
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IN TERMS OF 
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REACH OUT TO 
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FRONT. 
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DON'T 
NECESSARILY 
AGREE ON 
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ARE JOINED 
TOGETHER IN AN 
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AND 
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PERSON OF DONALD %
TRUMP. 
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VERY GOOD SIGN. 
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OF GOVERNMENT 
ONCE JOE BIDEN 
IS ELECTED AND 
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THAT OBVIOUSLY 
THE DEMOCRATS  H
AND INDEPENDENTS 
ARE GOVERNING 
AND WE ARE HAPPY 
TO G HAVE THEM IN 
THE FIGHT 
AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP. 
>> WHEN YOU 
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DEMOCRAT 
PLATFORM THERE  
WAS ONE 
REFERENCE TO 
MEDICARE. 
WE KNOW PEOPLE 
LIKE IT S . AND THE 
ARE IN THE 
COALITION AND 
MAKING THE 
AFFORDABLE 
HEALTH CARE 
STRONGER. 
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SAY THIS 
PLATFORM LOOKS 
TODAY? 
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>> HOW WOULD YOU 
SAY THIS 
PLATFORM LOOKS 
TO PROGRESSIVES 
TODAY. 
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MORE PROGRESSIVE 
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HAD FOUR YEARS 
AGO THAT WAS THE 
MOST DEPRESSIVE 
PLATFORM TO THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
AROUND WAGES AND 
A UNITIZATION 
AND IF YOU LOOK 
AROUND CHILD 
CARE AND AROUND 
PAID FAMILY 
LEAVE AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE. 
A WHOLE HOST OF 
ISSUES HEAD AND 
SHOULDERS 
AGAINST WHAT THE 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
HELD BEFORE AND 
THE PARTY 
EVOLVES OVER OV
TIME. 
SENATOR SANDERS 
MOVING THIS 
PARTY IN A MORE 
PROGRESSIVE 
DIRECTION. 
>> WHAT IS THE SS
LITMUS TEST FOR 
YOU TO KNOW THAT 
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ARE HEARING NOW 
AND REACHING 
ACROSS THE W WAY 
THAT THEY HAVE 
REACHED ACROSS 
TO YOUR CAMPAIGN 
QUITE A BIT. 
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LITMUS TEST THAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
WILL MAKE YOU 
THINK AKTHIS WAS 
REAL? 
>> WELL, A 
COUPLE OF 
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I THINK YOU KNOW 
HE IS GOING TO 
TO APPOINT 
PROGRESSIVES TO 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
AT VARIOUS 
LEVELS. 
IT IS IMPORTANT 
TO HAVE PEOPLE 
INSIDE THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
THAT SHARE 
PROGRESSIVE 
VALUES AND 
BEYOND THAT WHAT PE 
COMES OUT OF HIS 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND THE 
PRIORITIES HAVE 
TO BE PRIORITIES 
THAT UPLIFT 
PEOPLE AND 
MARGINALIZED 
COMMUNITIES. 
HE WON'T BE EDABLE 
TO DO EVERYTHING 
HE WANTS. 
BERNIE SANDERS 
COULD NOT . DO 
EVERYTHING HE 
WANTS BUT WHERE 
DO YOU PUT YOUR 
EMPHASIS ON 
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PEOPLE IN 
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COMMUNITIES AND 
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ARE  YOU G N 
DOING THE RIGHT 
THING. 
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BIGGEST CONCERN 
ABOUT BIDEN, 
ABOUT THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN. 
NOT NECESSARILY 
WHERE THINGS 
STAND. 
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BIGGEST WORRY 
ABOUT THE 
CAMPAIGN? 
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IS THAT GETTING 
YOUR COMPETITORS 
AND G YESTERDAY IT 
SHOWED THE 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATE CLOSE  TAND 
SHOWING IT 
FURTHER APART IN 
THE LAST TWO-
CYCLES HAVING 
DIFFICULTY WITH 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND CONCERNED 
THAT WE DO NOT IT
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WHERE PEOPLE ARE 
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>> AYE THINK 
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IS HELPING YOU 
OUT THE MORE HE 
TALKS ABOUT MAIL 
YIP VOTING AND 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE. 
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FACETIOUS. 
I HAVE TO THINK 
IT MUST DEFEAT 
COMPLACENCY. 
>> I THINK IT 
HELPS. 
I THINK TRUMP 
EVERY DAY HELPS. 
HE IS DOING -- 
CAUSING HARM TO 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE AND THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
IN THIS ELECTION 
WILL S BE THE 
VOTING BOOTH AND 
THEY ARE 
DISMANTELING THE 
VOTING BOOTH OF 
MANY PEOPLE AND 
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PREDICT IT RIGHT 
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CRY WOLF ABOUT 
HOW THE ELECTION 
IS AND 
FRAUDULENT VOTES HO%
WERE CAST EVEN 
THOUGH NO 
EVIDENCE AND 
PROBLEMS GETTING 
VOTES TO THE 
VOTING LOCATIONS 
ON TIME BECAUSE 
THE POSTAL 
SERVICE IS BEING 
DESTROYED BY 
THIS PRESIDENT. 
>> JEFF WEAVER, 
WHO WAS 
BASICALLY THE 
CHIEF STRATEGIST 
FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS IN %THE 
LAST COUPLE OF 
CAMPAIGN CYCLES. 
GOOD  TO SEE YOU. 
>> TAKE CARE. 
ALWAYS A 
PLEASURE. 
>> UP AHEAD. 
ONE STATE SUIN 
PARTICULAR TO 
MAKE A HUGE 
DIFFERENCE THIS 
NOVEMBER. 
HINT. 
WE ARE NOT THERE 
TONIGHT. 
AS WE GO TO 
BREAK THIS 
MOMENT FROM THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION IN 
1984 WHEN NEW 
YORK GOVERNOR 
MARIO CUOMO 
ARGUED THAT 
RONALD REAGAN 
SHINING ON A 
HILL AND A FAIR 
BIT OF HITARNISH. 
>> IN MANY WAYS 
WE ARE A SHINING 
CITY ON A HILL. 
AND THE HARD 
TRUTH IS THAT 
NOT EVERYONE IS 
SHARING IN THIS 
CITY'S SPLENDOR IN
AND GLORY. 
MR. PRESIDENT 
YOU OUGHT TO 
KNOW THAT THAT 
NATION IS A TALE 
OF TWO CITIES 
THAN IT IS A 
SHINING CITY ON 
A HILL. 
>> 
AMONG THE CHAOS 
A FATHER TRYING 
TO TEACH HIS SON 
ABOUT PEACE. 
>> WE DON'T HAVE 
TO RETALIATE 
WITH ANGER. 
WE RETALIATE 
WITH LOVE. 
>> THERE IS 
ALWAYS ANOTHER 
WAY. 
THAT IS ALL I 
WANT TO SEE. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
BRUTAL HONESTY. 
>> THIS IS NOT 
ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
400 YEARS OF 
RACISM. 
>> WHEN YOU NEED 
ANSWERS. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO 
BE DONE TO MAKE 
BALLOTS READY TO 
GO FOR THE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> YOU NEED TO 
GO DEEP IN THE 
STORY. 
>> WHAT BIG 
POLICY CHANGE 
THAT YOU WOULD 
LIKE TO SEE 
ENACTED. 
>> HEAR FROM 
SOMEONE THAT HAS 
BEEN THERE. 
>> WHO IS 
TELLING THE 
TRUTH AND WHO IS 
LYING EVERY DAY? 
>> THAT IS THE 
STORY AMERICANS 
WANT TO HEAR. 
>> ONLY ON NBC 
NEWS. 
>> POST RACIAL 
AMERICA. 
WE ARE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HIS SON AND 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
>> I REMEMBER 
COMING HOME 
SAYING WHY DON'T 
I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS. 
IT IS OKAY TO 
FEEL DIFFERENT 
BUT NOT LESS 
THAN. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE 
COULD HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS. 
>>  YOUR 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVOY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD. 
>> NEWS MADE FOR 
YOUR STREAMING 
WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
6:00 A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING IN 
BRAZIL. 
>> A GLOBAL 
FIGHT UNITES US. 
>> THE PEOPLE IN 
MEXICO CITY SAY 
IF THEY DON'T 
WORK THEY WON'T 
BE ABLE TO FEED 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> OUR NBC NEWS 
AND SKY TEAMS ON 
THE GROUND 
LEARNING FROM 
WHERE IT HAS 
BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT 
BRINGING STUDENT 
BACK IN THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF WEEKS 
IN STAGES. 
>> SO YOU CAN 
BETTER 
UNDERSTAND HOW 
IT WILL IMPACT 
US HERE. 
>> LIFE IN ITALY 
IS BACK TO 
NORMAL AND 
DOESN'T LOOK 
LIKE THE SAME 
NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE. 
WITH A UNITED 
FIRST. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE FAINT 
HEARTED. 
IT BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
>> A GREAT 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND 
A GREAT NATION. 
ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEED TO BE 
FIXED AND WOULD 
COUNT AS JUSTICE 
IN THIS CASE. 
>> DID YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THIS 
IS AN ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART. 
FOR THE MOST 
PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT THEY MAY 
DOVETAIL IN THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION ON 
THE ONGOING 
PROTEST? 
>> WELCOME BACK. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IS IN ROUTE TO 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
AND THE  AND 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS 
ABOUT TO KICK 
OFF THEIR 
CONVENTION. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN SEVERAL 
BATTLE GROUND 
STATES. 
MILWAUKEE AS THE 
HOST CITY TO 
ENERGIZE VOTERS 
IN THE STATE OF 
SIPs BECAUSE IT 
WAS DONALD TRUMP 
THAT NEARLILY 
WON THE STATE IN 
2016. 
WISCONSIN WITH 
MICHIGAN AND 
PENNSYLVANIA ARE 
SWING STATES 
THAT THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
LOOKING TO FLIP 
BACK TO BLUE. 
AS YOU CAN SEE 
THERE ARE 
NARROWLY FOR 
TRUMP IN 2016 
AND NOW FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN IS UP 
BY AT LEAST SIX 
POINTS IN EACH 
OF THOSE STATES 
AND IT APPEARS 
MICHIGAN IS THE 
FURTHEST REACH 
FOR HIM IN 
MICHIGAN AND 
PENs STILL LOOK 
LIKE THEY ARE 
VERY MUCH IN 
PLAY WITH THE 
SCALED DOWN 
VERSION OF THEIR 
CONVENTION. 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
HOPING TO STILL 
ENERGIZE PARTS 
OF WISCONSIN 
PARTICULARLY 
MILWAUKEE THAT 
COULD BE KEY IN 
DECIDING WHO 
CARRIES 
WISCONSIN. 
GARRETTHAGUE IS 
ON THE GROUND. 
DO THEY FEEL 
LIKE THEY ARE 
THE HOST CITY? 
>> THEY ARE 
PLAYING BIG 
LOCALLY. 
WATCHING THE 
LOCAL NEWS LAST 
NIGHT. 
THE FIRST 15 
MINUTES. 
THE LATE LOCAL 
NEWS ABOUT THE 
CONVENTION AND 
SOME OF IT IS 
THE CONVENTION 
THAT WASN'T. 
THE MISSING OUT 
ON THE LOCAL 
BUSINESS 
SPENDING AND THE 
DOLLARS THAT 
COME IN. 
BUT THERE IS 
CERTAINLY A 
SENSE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
AND STILL A BIT 
OF THE PAYOFF 
GETTING 
ORGANIZED 
BRINGING STAFF 
IN HERE AND FOR 
TRYING TO MAKE 
THIS CITY FEEL 
SPECIAL. 
FEEL LIKE IT IS 
A PART OF THE 
COALITION. 
SO I GUESS PART 
OF TURNING THIS 
STATE BACK BLUE. 
I THINK THE 
CONVENTION PLAYS 
LARGE FOR AN 
EVENT THAT IS 
NOT HAPPENING 
HERE. 
>> ABOUT THE 
TICKET ITSELF, 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
IS THIS GOING TO 
BE -- IS SHE 
GOING TO PROVIDE 
THE BOOST TO 
HELP GET THE 
VOTES OUT IN 
MILWAUKEE COUNTY 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
THE SORT OF 
ANALYSIS OF 2016 
YOU CAN PINPOINT 
THE LOSS IN ONE 
COUNTY AND 
THAT'S 
MILWAUKEE. 
>> I SPENT ALL 
DAY TALKING TO 
BLACK VOTERS IN 
MILWAUKEE COUNTY 
ABOUT THE RACE 
AND KAMALA 
HARRIS LOOMED 
LARGE FOR A 
NUMBER OF THEM. 
OLDER VOTERS SEE 
HER AS PROMISE. 
THE IDEA THAT 
BLACK VOTERS AND 
BLACK WOMEN WERE 
SO INSTRUMENTAL 
WITH JOE BIDEN 
BEING THE 
NOMINEE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
AND THE 
SELECTION OF 
HARRIS. 
YOU WILL BE 
LOYAL TO ME AND 
I WILL BE LOYAL 
TO YOU. 
THERE IS THIS 
ELEMENT OF 
VOTERS FEELING 
LIKE SHE HEARS 
THIS MESSAGE AND 
REFLECTS 
POSITIVELY ON 
BIDEN AND MUST 
BE LISTENING TO 
THE VOTES OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITIES. 
I WANT TO PLAY 
YOU SOUND FROM A 
WOMAN I 
INTERVIEWED WHEN 
SHE WATCHED 
KAMALA HARRIS 
WALK ACROSS THE 
STAGE SHE 
DECIDED TO 
VOLUNTEER FOR 
THE CAMPAIGN. 
FROM A VOTER TO 
AN ACTIVIST. 
TAKE A LISTEN. 
>> I THINK HE IS 
DOING AMAZING 
THINGS THAT ARE 
IMPORTANT TO 
PEOPLE IN 
MILWAUKEE. 
WE HAVE A HIGHER 
NORTH AMERICA 
RATE AMONGST 
AFRICAN-
AMERICANS THAN 
AMONGST WHITES 
AND HE IS 
TALKING ABOUT 
CREATING AND 
BRINGING JOBS 
BACK TO THIS 
COUNTRY. 
HE IS TALKING 
ABOUT AFFORDABLE 
HEALTH CARE. 
A HUGE ISSUE IN 
THIS COMMUNITY. 
HE IS ALSO 
TAKING A LOOK AT 
WAY EDUCATION 
CAN BE IMPROVED 
AND FOR A LOT OF 
PEOPLE HE IS 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE ENVIRONMENT 
AND THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT TO 
FOLKS. 
YOU CAN SEE HOW 
ENVIRONMENT IS 
CHANGING AND HOW 
CLIMATE CHANGE 
IS IMPACTING US. 
>> EVERYBODY I 
TALKED TO IN 
POST PARTIES 
THINK THE STATE 
WILL BE CLOSE 
AND FOR THE 
DEMOCRATS ANY 
MOVEMENT ON THE 
MARGIN WHETHER 
THEY WILL BE 
ABLE TO BRING UP 
THE NUMBERS AS 
VOLUNTEERS AND 
ACTIVISTS AND 
ACTIVATE MORE OF 
THE COMMUNITY. 
ALL OF THAT 
MOMENT COULD 
MATTER HERE. 
>> IT ABSOLUTELY 
CAN. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
WISCONSIN IN THE 
LAST DECADE IT 
FEELS LIKE IT IS 
THE MOST 
ORGANIZED STATE 
IN THE COUNTRY. 
EVERYBODY KNOWS 
HOW EVERYBODY 
WILL VOTE AND 
WHO SHOWS UP ON 
ANY GIVEN 
ELECTION DAY 
WHETHER ONE SIDE 
WINS BY TWO OR 
THE OTHER SIDE 
WINS BY TWO. 
GARRETT HAGUE. 
LET ME TURN TO 
PETER ISLAND. 
AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE ON 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AND PETER FOUR 
YEARS AGO THIS 
WEEK DONALD 
TRUMP HAD 
FINISHED HIS 
CONVENTION AND 
BUSY THIS WEEK. 
AT THE TIME HE 
CLAIMED HE WAS 
BEING FANTASTIC 
LOOKING FOR 
RUSSIAN HELP 
WITH THIS SO-
CALLED EMAIL AND 
NOW TRYING TO 
CONTROL THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ON A 
NUMBER OF FRONTS 
INCLUDING MAIL-
IN BALLOTING AND 
WANTS TO SAVE 
THE POST OFFICE. 
IS THE PRESIDENT 
STARTING TO HAVE 
A CHANGE OF 
HEART ON THIS 
POSTAL BUSINESS? 
>> WELL, I THINK 
THE PRESIDENT IS 
TRYING TO BE 
MORE SPECIFIC 
HOPING TO KIND 
OF CLEAN UP THE 
CONFUSION THAT 
IS CREATED BY 
HIS COMMENTS 
BECAUSE 
OBVIOUSLY THEY 
HAVE BEEN RICED 
WITH FALSEHOODS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
REPEATEDLY 
CLAIMLING THAT 
MAIL-IN BALLOT 
IS FRAUDULENT. 
SO TONIGHT, 
CHUCK ONE OF THE 
THINGS THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
DURING THE 
EVENTS HE HELD 
IN WISCONSIN AND 
MINNESOTA AS YOU 
NOTED IN YOUR 
CONVERSATION AND 
WITH GARRETT IN 
WISCONSIN HE IS 
TRYING TO 
CONTROL THE 
DEMOCRATS SAYING 
YOU GUYS 
ABANDONED THE 
CITY AND I WILL 
GO TO THE STATE 
OF WISCONSIN 
TODAY. 
TODAY HE SAID 
SPECIFICALLY THE 
ONLY WAY WE LOSE 
THIS ELECTION IS 
IF IT IS RIGGED 
WHICH IS A 
TELLING 
STATEMENT. 
IT IS AN 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
THAT HE COULD 
LOSE THIS THING 
AND ALSO SORT OF 
A WARNING SHOT 
THAT IF HE DOES 
END UP LOSING HE 
MAY NOT ACCEPT 
THE RESULTS. 
SO THIS WAS A 
SIGNIFICANT 
STATEMENT WE 
HEARD FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ON THIS TOPIC. 
ON THE ISSUE OF 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
TODAY WE HEARD 
THE PRESIDENT 
REPEATEDLY 
COMPLAINING AND 
FRUSTRATED THAT 
THE HOUSE 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
SCHEDULED THE 
HEARING WITH 
LEWIS DEJOY. 
THE POSTMASTER 
GENERAL TO TAKE 
PLACE ON MONDAY 
AND PRESIDENT 
TRUMP SAYING 
MONDAY IS THE 
BEGINNING OF OUR 
CONVENTION AND I 
SEE WHAT THEY 
ARE TRYING TO 
DO. 
THE PRESIDENT 
RECOGNIZES THAT 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
HAVE YOU HEARD 
IN YOUR 
CONVERSATION 
EARLIER WITH 
JEFF WEAVER THEY 
ARE THE POLLING 
PLACE FOR 80 
MILLION 
AMERICANS BY 
SOME ACCOUNTS 
EXPECTED TO VOTE 
THIS GO AROUND. 
>> AND PETER, WE 
KNOW THIS IS ALL 
BECAUSE OF ONE 
ANECDOTAL STAT 
THAT HE DID 
BETTER ON 
ELECTION DAY 
VOTING AND 
DEMOCRATS ON THE 
MAIL-IN VOTING 
AND TAKING THAT 
ONE PIECE OF 
FACT AND TURNED 
IT INTO THIS 
DENIGRATING OF 
OUR ENTIRE 
ELECTORAL SYSTEM 
THAT IS A BIT OF 
AN EMERGENCY. 
PETER ALEXANDER 
AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
THANK YOU. 
WE WILL SPEAK TO 
THE CHAIRMAN OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION TOM 
PER EZ AS HE 
GETS READY FOR 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ABOUT 
TO BEGIN IN 14 
MINUTES. 
WE'LL BE RIGHT 
BACK. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE SAW A 
LARGE CONVEY OF 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD COME 
THROUGH HERE. 
>> IT IS NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>> A VIRUS THAT 
KNOWS NO 
BORDERS. 
>> A REAL 
CATASTROPHE 
HAPPENING IN 
BRAZIL. 
>> IN MEXICO 
CITY THE PEOPLE 
SAID IF THEY 
DON'T WORK THEY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
FEED THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> OUR NBC NEWS 
TEAM LEARNING 
FROM WHERE IT 
HAS BEEN. 
>> THE SOUTH 
KOREAN 
GOVERNMENT 
BRINGING 
STUDENTS BACK IN 
STAGES. 
>> SO THAT YOU 
CAN BETTERRENS 
HOW IT WILL 
IMPACT US HERE. 
>> LIFE IN ITALY 
IS BACK TO 
NORMAL BUT JUST 
DOESN'T LOOK 
LIKE THE SAME 
NORMAL AS 
BEFORE. 
>> THE ONLY 
THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR 
ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE 
UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE 
WITH A UNITED 
FIRST. 
>> THE FUTURE 
DOESN'T BELONG 
TO THE FAINT 
HEARTED. 
IT BE BELONGS TO 
THE BRAVE. 
A GREAT PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN MOVED 
TO DEFEND A 
GREAT NATION. 
ALL OF US CAN 
EXTEND A HAND TO 
THOSE IN NEED. 
>> WHAT DO YOU 
THINK NEEDS TO 
BE FIXED AND 
WHAT WOULD COUNT 
AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
>> DID YOU HAVE 
CLARITY ON WHAT 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK 
WHETHER THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
CAN TURN THIS 
AROUND SO THAT 
THIS IS AN 
ENGINE FOR 
PROGRESSIVE 
POLITICAL 
CHANGE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
NOT SIX FEET 
APART FROM ONE 
ANOTHER FOR THE 
MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THEY WILL 
DOVETAIL FOR THE 
RISK OF 
TRANSMISSION ON 
THE ONGOING 
PROTEST. 
>> WELCOME BACK. 
WE ARE MOMENTS 
AWAY FROM THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
THIS IS 
LITERALLY 
SOMETHING THAT 
HAS NEVER BEEN 
TRIED BEFORE. 
JOINING ME IS 
TOM PEREZ, THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CHAIRMAN. 
MR. CHAIRMAN I 
KNOW MILWAUKEE 
WAS YOUR BABY 
HERE. 
YOU FOUGHT HARD 
FOR MILWAUKEE. 
UP AGAINST MY 
HOMETOWN OF 
MIAMI. 
WE KNEW HOW MUCH 
THIS MANE TO 
YOU. 
I KNOW YOU GOT 
FAMILY IN 
MILWAUKEE. 
IT HAS GOT TO BE 
BITTERSWEET. 
ON ONE HAND THE 
START OF A 
CONVENTION BUT 
NOT IN MILWAUKEE 
IT IS NOT THE 
WAY YOU WANTED 
TO BE. 
>> I AM IN 
MILWAUKEE AND IT 
IS NOT ABOUT TOM 
PER EZ'S FEELING 
BUT ABOUT MAKING 
SURE WE WIN THIS 
ELECTION AND 
PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
LOST LOVED ONES 
BECAUSE OF THE 
COVID-19 AND 
PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
LOST JOBS AND 
ABOUT THIS 
PRESIDENT AND 
ABOUT MAKING 
SURE THAT JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS GET TO 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
BECAUSE THIS 
DEMOCRACY IS ON 
FIRE AND A FIVE 
ALARM BLAZE AND 
I AM PROUD OF 
THE TICKET AND 
WHAT I WILL SEE 
STARTING IN TEN 
MINUTES IS OUR 
UNITY IN ACTION. 
THE BIG TEN OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
WE WELCOME ALL 
OF AMERICA. 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
TO BE A DEMOCRAT 
TO WATCH THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
WE WELCOME 
EVERYONE. 
OUR VALUES ARE 
ON DISPLAY. 
MILWAUKEE IS A 
GREAT HOST AND 
RESILIENT AND 
THE CHALLENGES 
THAT WE 
CONFRONTED HERE 
ARE CHALLENGES 
THAT EVERYONE IS 
CONFRONTING AND 
I'M PROUD OF HOW 
WE HAVE HANDLED 
IT. 
WE HAVE FOLLOWED 
THE SCIENCE AND 
WE WILL HAVE 
UNCONVENTIONAL 
AND REMARKABLE 
FOUR NIGHTS. 
>> I ASSUME THAT 
YOU ARE NERVOUS 
ABOUT SOMETHING. 
WHAT ARE YOU 
NERVOUS ABOUT 
THAT YOU WILL 
SHARE? 
>> I AM NERVOUS 
ABOUT THE PEOPLE 
THAT ARE HELPING 
RIGHT NOW. 
I WANT TO MAKE 
SURE WE ARE ABLE 
TO HELP THEM. 
THIS PRESIDENT 
CONTINUES TO 
UNDERMINE OUR 
INSTITUTIONS OF 
DEMOCRACY. 
WE WERE JUST 
REPORTING ON 
MORE OF THE 
ATTACKS ON BOTH 
BY MAIL AND EVEN 
THOUGH WE KNOW 
VOTE BY MAIL IS 
SAFE. 
IT IS EASY. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
STATEMENTS ABOUT 
VOTE BY MAIL, 
WHAT THEY ARE 
DOING FOR US, 
CHUCK IS AS THEY 
ARE MAKING OUR 
CASE IN OUR 
LITIGATION, WE 
HAVE A CASE HERE 
IN SINs AND IT 
IS THE DNC AND 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY OF 
WISCONSIN. 
WE ARE TRYING TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
JUDGE FOR THIS 
NOVEMBER ALLOWED 
ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
TO COUNT AS LONG 
AS THEY ARE 
POSTMARKED BY 
ELECTION DAY 
THAT IS NOT THE 
LAW BUT WHICH 
THE COURT 
GRANTED THAT 
RELIEF IN THE 
APRIL PRIMARY. 
EVERY TIME THE 
PRESIDENT OPENS 
HIS MOUTH HE 
MAKES OUR CASE 
STRONGER BECAUSE 
HE IS CLEAR THAT 
THE POST OFFICE 
WILL NOT BE YOUR 
FRIEND. 
SO WHEN YOU 
ASKED ME ABOUT 
WHAT I THINK 
ABOUT? 
I AM THINKING 
ABOUT HOW WE WIN 
IN NOVEMBER. 
I THINK WE WILL 
HAVE A GREAT 
CONVENTION. 
AN A TEAM OF 
PEOPLE AND IT 
WILL BE 
DIFFERENT. 
AND YOU WILL 
HEAR FROM THE 
STARS OF THE 
PARTIES AND THE 
UNSUNG HEROES. 
PEOPLE WHOSE 
NAMES YOU NEVER 
HEARD OF AND 
PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
INSPIRED YOU AND 
MAKING SURE THAT 
EVERYBODY CAN 
EXERCISE THEIR 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
WE OWE IT TO 
ELIJAH CUMMINGS 
AND JOHN LEWIS 
TO MAKE SURE 
THAT RIGHT TO 
VOTE THAT IS SO 
CRITICAL IS 
EXERCISED BY 
EVERYBODY. 
>> DAVID FLUFF 
SAID TO ME THAT 
HE HOPES IN 
ADDITION TO 
USING THE 
CONVENTION TO 
CERTAINLY 
PRESENT A UNITED 
FRONT TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
AND HAVE JOE 
BIDEN USE HIS 
SPEECH AS A WAY 
TO START MAKING 
PEOPLE VISUALIZE 
WHAT A PRESIDENT 
BIDEN WOULD LOOK 
LIKE ONE OF THE 
OTHER THINGS HE 
SAID HE HOPES 
YOU GUYS SPEND 
THE WEEKLY 
TEACHING PEOPLE 
HOW TO PLAN FOR 
THEIR VOTE. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
AND HERE IS THE 
MOST IMPORTANT 
THING WE SAY 
WHEN WE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT 
VOTING IS MAKE A 
PLAN. 
AND STEP ONE IN 
MAKING A PLAN IS 
GO TO 
IOWAVOTE.COM. 
DEEP MATTER 
WHERE YOU LIVE. 
TYPE YOUR NAME 
AND ZIP CODE AND 
IT WILL GIVE YOU 
YOUR INFORMATION 
AND TELL YOU IF 
YOU ARE 
REGISTERED TO 
VOTE AND IF NOT 
IT WILL TELL YOU 
HOW TO DO IT. 
MAKE A PLAN AND 
GO EARLY. 
IF YOU CAN GET 
YOUR BALLOT ON 
SEPTEMBER 15th, 
THEN GET YOUR 
BALLOT THEN. 
VOTING STARTS -- 
VOTING END ON 
NOVEMBER 3rd, 
NOT STARTING 
THEN. 
IN ARIZONA IT 
STARTS ON 
SEPTEMBER 14th 
AND WE KNOW 
THAT. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
ORGANIZING EARLY 
AND MAKING SURE 
THAT PEOPLE KNOW 
WHAT THEY ARE 
DOING AND SO 
WHEN PEOPLE MAKE 
A PLAN AND WHEN 
THEY MAKE THE 
PLAN EARLY AND 
WHEN THEY GIVE 
THEMSELVES TIME 
TO EXERCISE 
THEIR RIGHT TO 
VOTE AND IF THEY 
WANT TO VOTE IN 
PERSON THEY 
SHOULD HAVE THAT 
CHOICE. 
IF THEY WANT TO 
VOTE EARLY IN 
PERSON WE SHOULD 
MAKE SURE WE 
HAVE THE MAXIMUM 
NUMBER OF DAYS 
SO THAT WE CAN 
PRACTICE SOCIAL 
DISTANCING AND 
NOT VERY LONG 
LINES. 
IF THEY WANT TO 
VOTE BY MAIL 
LIKE DONALD 
TRUMP WE SHOULD 
MAKE SURE THEY 
CAN DO THAT. 
WE HAVE THE MOST 
ROBUST VOTING 
OPERATION THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
BECAUSE THE 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
DEMAND IT AND 
THE ECO SYSTEM. 
WE WILL FIGHT 
LIKE HELL SO 
EVERYONE THAT 
WANTS TO VOTE 
CAN EXERCISE 
THAT VOTE. 
>> TOM PEREZ 
DOES THE 
DEMOCRATIC MAKE 
GOOD? 
>> THAT WILL BE 
TO MY SUCCESSOR. 
I WON'T BE THE 
DNC CHAIR. 
AS SOON AS 
MILWAUKEE IS A 
SPECTACULAR 
PARTNER AND THE 
STATE OF 
WISCONSIN AND 
HONOR TO WORK 
WITH THEM AND 
CONTINUES TO BE 
THAT HONOR. 
WE HAVE A LOT OF 
WORK TO DO AND 
STARTS IN TWO 
MINUTES. 
>> TOM PEREZ YOU 
HAVE TO BE CHAIR 
AND EXECUTIVE 
PRODUCER AND A 
SHOW RUNNER AND 
ALL OF THESE 
OTHER THINGS SO 
I WILL LET YOU 
GO. 
CHAIRMAN TOM PER 
EZ THANK YOU. 
AS WE GET READY 
JOSHUA JOHNSON 
NERRA TANDEM AND 
CASEY. 
THIS LOOK AGAIN 
THE LOGISTICS OF 
THIS MAY BE JUST 
AS INTRIGUING AS 
FIRST TO PEOPLE 
THEN THE 
SUBSTANCE BUT I 
HAVE A FEELING 
AS LONG AS THE 
LOGISTICS DON'T 
GET IN THE WAY, 
WE COULD HAVE A 
LOT MORE PEOPLE 
TURRING INTO 
THIS. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
INTEREST IN THE 
ELECTION AND OUR 
POLL. 
THERE IS 
PREDICTIONS ALL 
OVER THE MAP 
ABOUT HOW MUCH 
THESE 
CONVENTIONS WILL 
GET. 
I THINK IT WILL 
BE HIGHER THAN 
WHAT WE ARE 
THINKING. 
>> AS YOU 
POINTED OUT, 
THESE NUMBERS 
ARE CLOSER TO 
WHERE PEOPLE ARE 
NORMALLY ENGAGED 
IN OCTOBER. 
JUST WEEKS 
BEFORE THEY 
EXPECT TO GO TO 
THE POLLS AND 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF REASONS FOR 
THAT. 
SUDDENLY THE 
POLITICAL SYSTEM 
OF GOVERNMENT 
AND WHO IS IN 
CHARGE IS MAKING 
A DIFFERENCE IN 
PEOPLE'S  LIVES 
THAT THEY CAN 
SEE AND FEEL. 
IT IS UNUSUAL 
AND VERY ACUTE 
NOW. 
ALSO HAVING YOU 
ALL READY BINGED 
WATCH ALL OF 
YOUR SHOWS ON 
NETFLIX. 
WHAT ARE PEOPLE 
DOING STUCK AT 
HOME? 
I MIGHT TURN IT 
HOME IF I DIDN'T 
DO IT IN THE 
COURSE OF MY JOB 
ANY WAY. 
BUT I THINK 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF DYNAMICS THAT 
WILL MAKE THIS 
POTENTIALLY 
DIFFERENT AND 
YOU KNOW AS 
TELEVISION 
PROFESSIONAL 
THAT HALF THE 
BATTLE IN TERMS 
OF TV IS 
ELIMINATING 
DISTRACTIONS AND 
THAT IS WHAT 
THEY WILL HAVE 
TO BE GOING FOR 
HERE. 
THE ONE QUESTION 
I DO HAVE IS THE 
SECURITY AND I 
TALKED TO TOM 
EARLIER AND HE 
WAS QUICK TO SAY 
YES, EXACTLY. 
CYBER SECURITY. 
QUICK TO SAY WE 
HAVE GOT THAT. 
IT IS ALL GOOD 
AND AS WE KNOW 
THE PARTY 
COMMITTEE HAS 
BEEN TARGETS IN 
THE PAST. 
SO JUST 
SOMETHING TO 
KEEP AN EYE ON. 
>> JOSHUA WHAT 
IS THE SPEECH 
YOU ARE LOOKING 
FORWARD TO 
TONIGHT THAT YOU 
HAVEN'T TALKED 
ABOUT? 
>> THE SPEECH 
I'M LOOKING 
FORWARD TO IS 
MICHELLE OBAMA. 
I AM NOT SURE 
WHY YOU WANT ME 
TO GET IN 
TROUBLE OTHER 
THAN SAYING 
MICHELLE OBAMA. 
>> OTHER THAN 
MICHELLE OBAMA. 
YOU DIDN'T GIVE 
ME THAT PROVISO. 
>> I AM 
INTERESTED IN 
THE SPEECHES 
FROM THE 
REPUBLICANS THAT 
ARE AT THE 
CONVENTION. 
I THINK THAT THE 
GOP AND THE 
CONVENTION OF 
2016 TRIED TO DO 
A VERSION OF 
WHAT THE 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
GOING TO DO 
TONIGHT WITH 
HAVING LIKE 
PETER TALE SPEAK 
AND MICHAEL 
BLOOMBURG AND 
PEOPLE THAT ARE 
MEMBERS OF THE 
GOP COALITION 
SAYING I'M FOR 
DONALD TRUMP 
TOO. 
THAT WILL BE 
INTERESTING THE 
WAY THAT THEY 
PAINT THAT 
PICTURE. 
TOM PER EZ HAS 
BEEN WORKING FOR 
THE LAST FEW 
YEARS TO PREP 
FOR THIS MOMENT 
IN TERMS OF 
DOING MORE 
COALITION 
BUILDING AND TO 
HAVE THE EVERY 
DAY ISSUE OF 
EVERY DAY 
AMERICANS MAKE 
THE HEADLINES IN 
TERMS OF THE DNC 
IS ABOUT AND THE 
LARGER COALITION 
THAT JOHN KAISCH 
AND BERNIE 
SANDERS TOGETHER 
IS FASCINATING. 
IF YOU LOOK AT 
THE DRAFT OF THE 
PARTY PLATFORM 
SAYING THAT WE 
MUST GUARANTEE 
HEALTH CARE NOT 
AS A PRIVILEGE 
BUT A RIGHT FOR 
EVERY SINGLE 
AMERICAN. 
THAT IS OUT OF 
BERNIE SANDERS 
MOUTH AND HIS 
INFLUENCE. 
I AM INTERESTED 
TO SEE HOW YOU 
KNIT THE PEOPLE 
TOGETHER TO MAKE 
ONE COHESIVE 
MOMENT FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
I AM NOT SOLD IT 
WILL HAPPEN BUT 
IT MIGHT. 
>> MAYOR CANNON 
WHAT IS 
TOMORROW'S 
HEADLINES IN 
YOUR PERFECT 
WORLD IF IT GOES 
WELL? 
>> WELL, I KNOW 
WHAT IT WILL BE. 
IT WILL BE WHAT 
MICHELLE OBAMA 
SAYS. 
IT COULD WELL 
BE. 
THE ISSUES WHICH 
IS THAT DONALD 
TRUMP IS SO 
POLEAR RISING 
THAT HE HAS 
BROUGHT TOGETHER 
JOHN KAISCH AND 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND THE JOINT 
POLITICAL 
PROCESS OF 
ELECTING JOE 
BIDEN AND I 
THINK THAT YOU 
WILL SEE 
REPUBLICANS THAT 
WILL MAKE THE 
LEADERSHIP CLAIM 
AND THE ARGUMENT 
THAT JOE BIDEN 
IS THE BEST 
LEADER. 
>> WELL, WE WILL 
FIND OUT A REAL 
TEST FOR THE DNC 
IN A FEW SECONDS 
BECAUSE I'M 
SAYING GOODBYE 
OFFICIALLY. 
THANK YOU ALL. 
THANKS FOR BEING 
HERE THIS HOUR. 
NIGHT ONE OF THE 
DNC IS SUPPOSED 
TO START IN TEN 
SECONDS. 
SO WHEN IT DOES, I  
HERE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT 
AT 10:00. 
IF NOT, I WILL SEE YOU IN A FEW 
MINUTES.
[ MUSIC ]  
>>> GOOD EVENING. 
I'M EVA LONGORIA, WELCOME TO 
THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, UNITING AMERICA. 
EVERY FOUR YEARS WE COME 
TOGETHER TO REAFFIRM OUR 
DEMOCRACY, THIS YEAR WE HAVE 
COME TO SAVE IT. 
AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF 
US. 
TONIGHT WE STAND UNITED BY THE 
VALUES THAT WE CHERISH. 
DECENCY, RESPECT, JUSTICE, AND 
THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RISE UP.  
WE ALWAYS HEAR THAT LINE ABOUT 
THIS BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIME. 
THIS YEAR IT REALLY IS. 
THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE TESTED 
US ALL. 
WE'VE LOST MORE THAN 170,000 
FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO 
COVID-19. 
THIS STRATEGY IS COMPOUNDED THE 
LOSS OF JOBS AND INCOME. 
IT IS NOT JUST THE PAST FEW 
MONTHS, THE PAST FOUR YEARS 
HAVE LEFT US AS A NATION 
DIMINISHED AND DIVIDED.  
AND YET, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
FEAR AND SORROW, AND UNCERTAIN, 
PEOPLE HAVE COME TOGETHER, 
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE 
BETTER THAN THIS. 
WE CHOOSE TO ACT INSPIRED BY 
THREE SACRED WORDS THAT BREATHE 
LIFE INTO OUR NATION, WE THE 
PEOPLE.  
MS.
MAC     
MS.%
MAC     ,
,
[ MUSIC ] 
>>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]   
IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT 
UNION. 
WE ESTABLISH JUSTICE. 
>> PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON 
DEFENSE. 
>> PROMOTE THE GENERAL FULL 
GENERAL WELFARE AND SECURE 
LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND 
POSTERITY ESTABLISHED THE 
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
WE THE PEOPLE. 
MS. MAC    
[ MUSIC ] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE 
REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, 
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
[ MUSIC ]   
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[ MUSIC ]   ,
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[ SINGING ]     
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[ SINGING ]     ,
,
>>> OH SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE 
DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT WHAT SO 
PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE 
TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING.  
THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT OF 
THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO 
GALLANTLY STREAMING. AND THE 
ROCKETS RED GLARE, THE BOMBS 
BURSTING IN AIR GAVE PROOF 
THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG 
WAS STILL THERE.  
OH SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED 
BANNER YET WAVE OVER THE LAND 
OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE 
BRAVE? 
[ SINGING ] [ MUSIC ]  
>>> HELLO.  LET US PRAY.  
ALMIGHTY GOD, WE CONFESS THAT 
OUR NATION NEEDS YOU AND HAS 
ALWAYS NEEDED YOU. 
WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON 
ALL OF US, REPUBLICANS, 
INDEPENDENTS AND DEMOCRATS AS 
WE STRIVE TO FORM A MORE 
PERFECT UNION, WE PRAY FOR YOUR 
STRENGTH, GUIDANCE AND WISDOM. 
WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE LIVING 
IN CHALLENGING TIMES THAT CALL 
US TO LIVE UP TO OUR NATIONAL 
CHARACTER. 
AS WE LIVE IN CIVIL DISCORD AND 
ECONOMIC DISPARITY, MAY YOUR 
HAND LEAD US TO LOVE, JUSTICE, 
AND CIVILITY. 
HELP US TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF 
THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND TO OUR 
VETERANS, FROM OUR HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS TO OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS, 
GIVE US YOUR COMPASSION AND 
GRACE.  THIS
NATION FROM MIAMI TO 
MINNEAPOLIS, FROM PORTLAND TO 
EL PASO, WE ASK YOU TO SHEPHERD 
US TO A VISION THAT DOES 
JUSTICE. 
I WALK HUMBLY BEFORE YOU, I 
PRAY THIS IN THE MATCHLESS NAME 
OF JESUS, AMEN.
>> WELCOME TO OUR CONVENTION 
ACROSS AMERICA. 
WE
HOPE TOGETHER AND ONE PLACE, 
INSTEAD WE FOUND A SAFE AND 
RESPONSIBLE WAY TO COME TOGETHER
AND SHARE OUR IDEAS AND TALK 
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR 
COUNTRY. 
THAT IS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP 
THAT WE NEED. 
THAT
IS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS WILL
BRING TO THE WHITE HOUSE. 
WE WILL
GATHER SAFELY FROM OUR HOMES TO 
LISTEN AND LEARN, TO BE 
INSPIRED TO ACT, AND TO BUILD A 
MORE PERFECT UNION.  
I AM HONORED TO BE WITH YOU THIS
EVENING. 
I AM A NINTH GENERATION TEXAN, 
DAUGHTER OF A VETERAN AT A 
TEACHER, A MOTHER, A BOATER, A 
PATRIOT. 
I
SHARE JOE BIDEN'S BELIEF THAT 
THIS AMERICA IS ONE OF ORDINARY 
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO DO 
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. 
AT OUR BEST, THE COUNTRY 
REWARDS HARD WORK, CELEBRATES 
DIVERSITY, WE LIFT ONE ANOTHER 
UP. 
TONIGHT WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE 
SIMPLE KINDNESS THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN EXTENDING TO EACH OTHER A 
LOT LATELY. 
AND WE ARE GOING TO CHECK IN 
WITH FOLKS AROUND THE COUNTRY 
AND ASKED HOW ARE YOU DOING? 
MANY SMALL BUSINESSES EMPLOY 
HALF OF ALL US WORKERS. 
SCOTT, YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNER FROM PENNSYLVANIA. 
SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN HIT. 
HOW
ARE YOU DOING? 
HOW ARE YOU MANAGING? 
>> IT HAS BEEN ROUGH. 
THAT IS A NICE WAY TO SAY IT. 
MY WIFE AND I BEGAN OUR 
BUSINESS 31 YEARS AGO. 
OVER ALL THESE YEARS, WE HAVE 
RAISED SOME ADVERSITY AND 
CHALLENGES.  
BUT NOTHING LIKE WE ARE TODAY. 
WE HAVE LITERALLY HAD TO 
REINVENT OUR BUSINESS SEVERAL 
TIMES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 
THE YEAR. 
JUST TO STAY AFLOAT. 
AND WE HAVE SEEN OUR REVENUE GO 
OFF ABOUT 40%. 
WE HAVE HALF OF THE EMPLOYEES 
THAT WE HAD BEFORE COVID-19. 
AND OUR CUSTOMERS ARE A LITTLE 
SCARED. 
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SOMETIMES 
AFRAID TO COME TO WORK BECAUSE 
OF COVID-19.  TO BE HONEST WITH 
YOU, I AM FRUSTRATED. 
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT 
HERE. 
WE ARE THE GREATEST NATION IN 
THE WORLD. 
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MAYBE 
IF WE JUST CAME TOGETHER, ON 
THIS ONE ISSUE ALONE, MAYBE AS 
AMERICANS, BEING UNITED WE 
COULD OVERCOME IT. 
>> THANK YOU,  , FOR SHARING
YOUR STORY.
I'M SURE
THAT MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS 
FEEL THE SAME THAT YOU ARE RIGHT
NOW. 
WE WISH YOU THE BEST FOR YOUR 
BUSINESS AND YOUR FAMILY. 
AND I WANT TO TURN TO MARLEY 
DIAZ, SHE IS A LITERARY 
ACTIVIST AND AUTHOR. 
SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF THOUSAND 
BLACK GIRLS BOOK.  SO MANY 
PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE 
CHANGES DUE TO COVID-19.  
HOW ARE YOU DOING? 
>> I'M DOING ALL RIGHT, I'M 
DOING BETTER EVERY DAY. 
I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE JUST A 
FEW WEEKS WITHOUT MY FRIENDS 
AND I WOULD STICK IT OUT. 
NOW AS IT GOES
LONGER, I WANT TO BE AN ACTIVIST
AND INSTILL THE IMPORTANT 
MESSAGES, AND IT IS SO FUN 
GETTING TO INTERACT AND MEET 
NEW KIDS, AND COURAGE THE JOY 
THAT WE CAN FIND IN LEARNING.  
IT IS ALWAYS SUPER FUN TO HAVE 
TEENAGERS LIKE MYSELF TALKING 
ABOUT SOCIALIST ISSUES AND 
JUSTICE THAT THEY CARE ABOUT. 
A YEAR FROM NOW, WE CAN LOOK 
BACK AND BE SAFE, BE PROTECTED. 
AND STILL HAVE A NEW POSSIBILITY
FOR A NEW WORLD. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU ARE 
SUCH AN INSPIRATION. 
I LOVE SEEING HOW BRAVE AND 
CREATIVE YOUR INDURATION IS, 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
WORK. 
AND RICK, YOU ARE A FARMER FROM 
PENNSYLVANIA, YOUR FARM HAS 
BEEN IN YOUR FAMILY FOR 
GENERATIONS.  
WHAT ABOUT THE TRADE WARS AND 
THE PANDEMIC, WHAT HAVE THEY 
DONE TO YOUR FAMILY'S LIFE 
WORK? 
>> FIRST OF ALL WE WOULD LIKE 
TO OFFER CONDOLENCES, AND 
GETTING BACK TO THE BUSINESS 
SIDE OF IT, THE TRADE WAR WAS 
REALLY STRESSFUL AND TRULY 
DEVASTATING.  AND COMPOUNDING 
THE EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS
, NO ONE COULD HAVE PREVENTED 
THAT. 
IT IS A SHAME THAT OUR 
LEADERSHIP MISINFORMED PEOPLE ON
WHAT WAS COMING DOWN THE ROAD. 
MY BIGGEST CONCERN, IT MAY BE 
THE LAST ITERATION OF FARMING. 
>> I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS.  
AND PAST EXPERIENCE, IF 
SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU, 
IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE, THAT 
IS WHY I AM SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN
THE WHOLE WAY. 
>> RICK, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH 
YOU MORE. 
WE NEED
MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP 
TO SUPPORT FAMILY FARMS LIKE 
YOURSELVES LIKE YOURS.  AND 
FINALLY, MICHELLE IS HERE FROM 
MY HOME STATE OF TEXAS. 
A
SCHOOL NURSE AND A MOTHER IN EL 
PASO. 
HOW ARE YOU
PREPARING FOR THE NEW SCHOOL 
YEAR? 
>> WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED 
SCHOOL. 
BUT IT IS CHALLENGING.  WE 
START ONE DAY AND CHANGE THE 
NEXT. 
IT IS KIND OF SAD TO NOT SEE 
THE KIDS COME BACK. 
I KNOW THAT WILL CHANGE. 
WE WILL HAVE TO ADAPT AND 
PERSEVERE. 
I WANT TO KEEP MY KIDS SAFE. 
BACK IN MARCH WE HAD BEEN AT 
HOME, AND THEY WERE CLEARLY 
OKAY BUT NOW THEY WANT TO GO 
BACK TO SCHOOL AND IT IS SCARY 
WITH THE RISE IN COVID-19 
CASES. 
I AM COMMITTED TO TAKING CARE 
OF MY FAMILY, MY STUDENTS, AND 
THE STAFF AT MY SCHOOL. 
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 
ALL READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL 
SAFE AND HEALTHY. 
I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MOVING 
FORWARD.  
AND JOE BIDEN WILL BE THE ONE 
TO TAKE US THERE. 
I WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER TO 
WASH THEIR HANDS AND WEAR 
MASKS, WE ARE ALL IN THIS 
TOGETHER. 
>> THANK YOU, MICHELLE.  
THERE IS NOTHING MORE DIFFICULT 
AS MOTHERS THAN TO SEE OUR 
CHILDREN SUFFER.  THANK YOU FOR 
THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS A 
NURSE. 
IT IS TRULY HEROIC.  I THINK I 
HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. 
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CHANGE IS 
COMING AND BETTER DAYS ARE 
AHEAD? 
>> YES 
>> YES. 
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE 
TIME TO SPEAK WITH US
AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS. 
YOU ARE THE WE AND WE THE 
PEOPLE. 
YOU ARE WHO THIS CONVENTION IS 
ABOUT.
>> THE DECLARATION OF 
INDEPENDENCE. 
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-
EVIDENT.  EQUALITY, EQUITY, 
FAIRNESS AND DECENCY. 
AMERICANS CAN LIVE UP TO THAT 
PROCESS THAT PROMISE.  EVERY 
SINGLE SOLITARY PERSON SHOULD 
HAVE A CHANCE, NO MATTER WHERE 
THEY ARE FROM. 
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE THING 
THAT THEY CANNOT DO IF THEY WORK
AT IT.
>> WE HOPE TO HAVE OUR 
CONVENTION IN THE CITY OF 
FESTIVALS THIS YEAR.  
OF COURSE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO 
THAT. 
WE WILL BE HEARING FROM SEVERAL 
LEADERS FROM WISCONSIN, STARTING
WITH ONE MORE.   
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>> HI, I AM WHEN MORE. 
IT IS MY HONOR TO REPRESENT 
MILWAUKEE IN CONGRESS AND TOOK 
OFF THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION.  THE CITY OF 
MILWAUKEE TINGS TAKES ITS NAME 
FROM THE FIRST PEOPLE, 
INTERPRETED AS GOOD LAND AND 
GATHERING PLACE, THIS IS A CITY 
WHERE BLOOD WAS SHED FOR LABOR 
RIGHTS.  
FUGITIVE SLAVES WERE FREED FROM 
PRISON. 
WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE WAS FIRST 
RATIFIED.  TODAY WE GATHER
VIRTUALLY AND UNIFIED IN 
SPIRIT, UNIFIED IN VALUE AND 
PURPOSE TO HEAL DIVISION AND TWO
TOGETHER MOVE THE NATION 
CONFIDENT CONFIDENTLY INTO A 
PROSPEROUS FUTURE. 
WHAT BETTER WAY TO GATHER, TO 
NOMINATE MY BELOVED FRIEND JOE 
BIDEN TO BE THE 46TH PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA? 
WITH MY VIP VP NOMINEE, SISTER 
KAMALA HARRIS BY HIS SIDEKICK 
TONIGHT WE ARE GATHERED RECLAIM 
THE SOUL OF AMERICA. 
IF YOU ARE READY TO COME 
TOGETHER, AMERICA, TEXT JOIN TO 
303'S 30330. 
I LOVE YOU ALL, THANK YOU, GOD 
BLESS YOU.    
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>>> WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
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THERE IS NOT A SINGLE THING 
THAT WE CANNOT DO IF WE JOIN 
TOGETHER.    
,
>> THE IDEA OF US CALLING US OF 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IT 
FEELS WRONG RIGHT NOW. 
>> I CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK 
ABOUT WHAT MADE YOU VOTE FOR 
DONALD TRUMP IN 2016.
>> I REGISTERED AS A DEMOCRAT 
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. 
I DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS 
ELECTION IS EAGER THAN ANY 
POLITICAL PARTY.  WE NEED MORE 
THAN ANYTHING A PROVEN LEADER. 
DONALD TRUMP'S RHETORIC IS 
DIVISIVE, IT IS DANGEROUS, IT 
IS ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO VOTE 
FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS NO PLATFORM 
RIGHT NOW. 
JOE BIDEN HAS A VERY DETAILED 
PLAN. 
UNITY, EDUCATION, RACIAL 
INEQUALITY, EVEN HEALTHCARE. 
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK 
OURSELVES IN THE MIRROR AND 
VOTE FOR A PROVEN LEADER WITH A 
HISTORY OF CARING ABOUT OTHERS 
AND TRULY PUTTING ALL
AMERICANS FIRST. 
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>> THE NATION IS FACING A LOT 
RIGHT NOW.  AND OVER
THE NEXT FOUR NIGHTS WE ARE 
GOING TO COVER IT ALL. 
AND WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 
PANDEMIC, ECONOMIC RETURN, AND 
ONGOING SYSTEMIC RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
WE ARE NOT JUST GOING TO FOCUS 
ON WHAT IS WRONG, WE ARE GOING 
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS MADE IT 
RIGHT. 
WHEN PEACEFUL PROTESTERS WERE 
TEAR GAS ACROSS FROM THE WHITE 
HOUSE, OUR NEXT SPEAKER STOOD UP
AND STOOD STRONG AND STOOD UP IN
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA
PLEASE WELCOME MURIEL BOWSER.  
HELLO, I AM MURIEL BOWSER, 
MAYOR OF WASHINGTON DC. 
THE STORY OF OUR NATION'S 
CAPITAL WAS A STORY OF RECKONING
.  HERE
DOCTOR KING SPOKE ON THE STEPS 
OF THE CAPITAL. 
MILLIONS OF WOMEN AND MED MEN 
FLOODED THE STREETS FOR THE 
MARCH. 
JUST WEEKS AGO, AMERICANS 
DONNED FACEMASKS AND SAFELY, 
PEACEFULLY PROTESTED THE DEATH 
OF GEORGE FLOYD. 
WHILE WE WERE PEACEFULLY 
PROTESTING, DONALD TRUMP WAS 
PLOTTING AND STOOD UPON WANT TO 
MOVE ONE OF THE MOST TREASURED 
HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND HELD A 
BIBLE FOR A PHOTO OP. 
HE SENT
TEAR GAS INTO THE AIR AND 
FEDERAL HELICOPTERS ASWELL.  
I KNEW THAT IF HE DID THIS TO 
DC, HE WOULD DO IT TO YOUR CITY 
OR TOWN. 
THAT IS WHEN I SAID ENOUGH FOR 
EVERY BLACK OR BROWN AMERICAN 
WHO HAS EXPERIENCED IN DEBT 
INJUSTICE, ENOUGH FOR ANY 
AMERICAN WHO BELIEVES IN THIS 
INJUSTICE.  AND I HAVE A 2-YEAR-
OLD DAUGHTER AND I WON'T HAVE 
HER GROW IN AMERICA WHERE SHE 
IS SCARED TO WALK TO THE STORE, 
AND AMERICA WHERE THE PRESIDENT 
LET FANS THE FLAMES OF RACISM. 
I CREATED BLACK LIVES MATTER 
PLAZA BEHIND ME, TO SAY ENOUGH 
IS ENOUGH. 
AND BY COMING TOGETHER TO ELECT 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS, WE 
WILL SAY NEXT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T 
JUST PAINT THOSE WORDS BEHIND 
ME. 
WE CAN'T JUST SAY THOSE WORDS, 
WE HAVE TO LIVE THOSE WORDS. 
WE HAVE TO UNDO THE LAWS AND 
SYSTEMS THAT HAVE CODIFIED 
RACISM FOR FAR TOO LONG. 
AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US 
HAS TO CHALLENGE OUR OWN 
BIASES. 
IF WE SEE SOMETHING, DO 
SOMETHING TOGETHER WE CAN TURN 
A RECKONING INTO THE IMAGINING 
OF A NATION.  WHERE WE THE 
PEOPLE MEANS ALL THE PEOPLE. 
THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE WHO 
STOOD ON THESE BALCONIES, 
THOUSANDS PEACEFULLY PROTESTED 
IN THE CITY. 
AND MY SISTER, KAMALA HARRIS 
WAS ONE OF THE OTHERS WERE 
MEMBERS OF GEORGE FLOYD'S 
FAMILY, WHO I AM HONORED TO 
INTRODUCE NOW.
>> MY BROTHER GEORGE WAS 
SELFLESS. 
HE ALWAYS MADE SACRIFICES FOR 
HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, AND 
EVEN COMPLETE STRANGERS. 
GEORGE HAD A KINDRED SPIRIT 
THAT HAS SHOWN UP ON THE 
STREETS AROUND OUR NATION AND 
AROUND THE WORLD. 
PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, AGES, 
GENDERS, BACKGROUNDS, 
PEACEFULLY PROTESTING IN THE 
NAME OF LOVE AND UNITY. 
IT IS A FITTING LEGACY FOR OUR 
BROTHER. 
BUT GEORGE ALIVE TODAY, BREONNA 
TAYLOR SHOULD BE ALIVE TODAY, 
AHMAUD ARBERY SHOULD BE ALIVE 
TODAY.  STEFON CLARK, TATIANA 
JEFFERSON, SANDRA BLAND, THEY 
SHOULD ALL BE ALIVE TODAY IT IS 
UP TO US TO CARRY ON THE FIGHT 
FOR JUSTICE. 
OUR ACTIONS WILL LEAD OUR 
LEGACIES.  
WE MUST ALWAYS FIND OURSELVES 
IN GOOD TROUBLE, FOR THE NAMES 
WE DO NOT KNOW AND THE FACES WE 
WILL NEVER SEE.  THOSE WHO 
CANNOT MOURN, BECAUSE THEIR 
MURDERS DID NOT GO VIRAL. 
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF 
SILENCE TO HONOR GEORGE FLOYD 
AND THE MANY OTHER SOULS WE HAVE
LOST TO HATE AND INJUSTICE. 
WHEN THIS MOMENT ENDS, MAKE 
SURE WE NEVER STOP SAYING THEIR 
NAME SPIRIT   
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>>> LEON RIDGES, FEATURING 
HARASSMENT, A SONG WRITTEN 
AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER. 
HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES HOW WE 
THE PEOPLE TAKE THE PROTESTS 
AND TURN THEM TO PROGRESS? 
HOW DO WE TAKE THE CHANGES WE 
ARE SEEING IN THE HEARTS AND 
MINDS OF PEOPLE AND TRANSLATE 
IT INTO REAL AND LASTING CHANGE 
PEOPLE'S LIVES? 
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC 
INEQUALITIES THAT THE VIRUS IS 
EXPOSED AND WORSENED. 
WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE TESTING 
AND HEALTHCARE DISPARITY THAT 
HAS LED TO PEOPLE OF COLOR DYING
AT HIGHER RATES THAN OTHERS. 
AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT EASIER 
FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE. 
WE NEED COMMUNITY ACTION. 
WE NEED CONGRESS TO HAVE POWER 
TO DO IT.  
AND WE NEED A PRESIDENT THAT 
UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS THE 
MOMENT.  THE MOMENT HAS COME 
FOR OUR NATION TO DEAL WITH 
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND TO DEAL 
WITH THE ISSUE, TO DEAL WITH 
THE DENIAL OF THE PROMISE OF 
THIS NATION, SO MANY HAVE SAID 
FROM THE OUTSET OF THIS ELECTION
THAT WE ARE IN A BATTLE FOR THE 
SOUL OF THIS NATION. 
WE ARE IN A
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THIS 
NATION. 
WE BELIEVE MAY BE MOST LADY, 
WHO WE WANT TO BE, IS ALL AT 
STAKE. 
IS TRUER TODAY THAN IT HAS EVER 
BEEN IN AT LEAST IN MY 
LIFETIME. 
THIS URGENCY, WE CAN FIND A 
PATH FORWARD. 
>> HOW ARE YOU? 
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 
YOU. 
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR 
BACKGROUND. 
>> I DECIDED TO GET INTO 
ACTIVISM AT 15. 
IT WAS THE
INTERSECTION OF KNOWING A 
PERPETRATOR AND THE VICTIM.  
MY FRIEND WAS SHOT AND KILLED 
IN PHILADELPHIA AND IT MADE ME 
REALIZE I HAD A COLLECTIVE 
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 
TO OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE. 
AND IN
AMERICA IT IS OUR COLLECTIVE 
RESPONSE ABILITY TO ONE 
ANOTHER, TO REALIZE AND REALIZE 
THAT PEOPLE DOWN THE STREET, 
AROUND THE CORNER, ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WE ALL HAVE A 
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND HAVE 
ACCESS TO EDUCATION, AND IN 
ALL, THAT WE ARE FEEDING A 
WORLD IN WHICH DIFFERENCES ARE 
CELEBRATED AND PROTECTED UNDER 
THE LAW. 
>> HOW ARE YOU PRIORITIZING THE 
MANY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO 
AS WE TRY TO TACKLE SYSTEMIC 
RACISM IN
THE CITY? 
>> IT IS ABOUT ECONOMIC 
EMPOWERMENT. 
IF PEOPLE ARE LIFTED OUT OF 
POVERTY AND ARE GIVEN A CHANCE 
TO FILE STAKE IN THEIR OWN 
FUTURE, THAT GOES A LONG WAY. 
WE ARE ALSO CHALLENGING ALL 
KINDS OF INSTITUTIONS, FROM 
CORPORATIONS TO COMMUNITY 
RELATIONSHIPS AND INKING ABOUT 
WHAT THEY CAN DO BETTER TO 
BRING AN END TO SYSTEMIC RACISM 
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL 
LOOKING AT EQUALITY AND THE 
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE THAT 
ADDITIONALLY DON'T HAVE A SEAT 
AT THE TABLE. 
>> THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING 
ABOUT DEFUNDING THE POST OFFICE 
AND MAIL IN VOTING. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE 
DOING? 
>> FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE TO 
CHANGE PUBLIC SCORES AROUND 
VOTING.  SHOULD BE SEEN AS A 
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE, THE MOST 
PATRIOTIC THING THAT WE CAN DO. 
AND BETHANY, HOW DO WE OPEN UP 
ACCESS TO VOTING? 
NOT ONLY SHOULD WE REAUTHORIZE 
THIS, VOTING MOST IMPORTANT 
SHOULD BE SEEN AS A 
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, A 
GUARANTEE, AND THAT ALL 
CITIZENS SHOULD BE INSURED THAT 
THEY CAN HAVE UNFETTERED ACCESS 
WITHOUT BEING
SUPPRESSED. 
>> WE CANNOT LOSE THIS MOMENT. 
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE
ACTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. 
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE 
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION. 
WE CANNOT HAVE 18,000 AS OF 
DEPARTMENT STILL ALLOWING THE 
USE OF A KNEE ON A MAN'S NECK, 
A LOT OF US WERE SHOCKED.  
I THINK WHAT GIVES ME HOPE IS 
THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE 
SPOKEN OUT. 
WE HAVE SOME NATIONAL STANDARDS 
AS IT RELATES TO THE USE OF 
FORCE, A NATIONAL DATABASE, THE 
ABOLISHMENT OF PROHIBITION, THE 
NATIONAL STANDARD OF CHOKE 
HOLDS, WE ACTUALLY USED THE 
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND 
OTHERS TO MAKE POLICING GO TO 
THE NEXT LEVEL, WHICH IS WHAT 
EVERYONE WANTS, INCLUDING ALL 
OF THE GOOD COPS THAT ARE OUT 
THERE, 
>> MOST COPS ARE GOOD. 
BUT THE BAD ONES HAVE TO BE 
IDENTIFIED AND PROSECUTED, AND 
KEPT OUT, PERIOD.
>> I'M SURE THE WORD THE WORDS 
OF GEORGE FLOYD SAYING I CAN'T 
BREATHE, THEY ARE NOT YOU. 
SIX YEARS AGO, WHEN YOUR SON 
DIED, WE CAN'T LET THIS KEEP 
HAPPENING. 
WHAT IS THE NEXT THING THAT WE 
HAVE TO DO? 
>> FIRST OF ALL, WHEN MY SON 
WAS MURDERED, THERE WAS A BIG 
UPRISING. 
BUT THEN IT SETTLED DOWN.  HAVE
TO GO TO THE POLITICIANS. 
WE HAVE TO HOLD THEIR FEET TO 
THE FIRE. 
OTHERWISE THE BIG UPRISING IS
NOT GOING TO MEAN A LOT. 
I'M JUST ASKING THAT IF YOU 
BECOME THE PRESIDENT, THAT YOU 
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAW, 
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO 
POLICE BRUTALITY. 
THAT HAS BEEN AN AGE OLD PROBLEM
>> I MAY BE KIDDING MYSELF. 
BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE READY, 
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO KEEP 
PUSHING. 
YOU CAN'T LET UP. 
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE 
DOING, THANK YOU FOR JOINING 
ME, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> RACISM, STRUCTURALLY, 
INDIVIDUALLY, SYSTEMATICALLY, 
IT IS REAL. 
>> MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, 
YOU SHOULD NOT EVER BE FEARFUL 
OF YOUR LIFE DUE TO THE COLOR 
OF YOUR SKIN CARE
>> WHAT I WANT TO SEE IN THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES IS SOMEONE IS FAIR AND 
READY TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS 
REVOLUTION THAT WE ARE 
EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW 
>> JOE BIDEN IS A UNIFIER AND 
HE WILL FIGHT FOR THE BLACK 
LIVES MATTER MEANT
>> TEAR DOWN THE REMNANTS OF 
STRUCTURAL, SYSTEMATIC RACISM IN
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> SYSTEMIC JUSTICE, THINGS 
THAT OUR NATION HAS OVERLOOKED. 
>> WE NEED TO INTRODUCE 
LEGISLATION THAT HELPS WITH 
THIS FROM COAST-TO-COAST. 
>> I HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD SON.  
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE 
IS A WORLD THAT IS LEFT BETTER 
FOR HIM.
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>> SIX MONTHS AGO, NOT FAR FROM 
HERE, JOE BIDEN WAS ENDORSED TO 
BE OUR 46TH RESIDENT. 
IT WAS A DECISION THAT I MADE 
WITH MY FEET FIRMLY PLANTED IN 
THISCOMMUNITY, WHERE 80% OF 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THIS 
COUNTRY, THOSE WHO ARRIVED ON 
THESE CHORES AND BONDED.  THIS
COMMUNITY IS STILL HEALING FROM 
THE WOUNDS WE HAVE RECEIVED 
FROM WHITE SUPREMACISTS. 
A WHITE SUPREMACIST MURDERED 
NINE BLACK PARISHIONERS AS THEY 
STUDY THE BIBLE TOGETHER.  THIS
PAIN IS BOTH OLD AND NEW.  FROM
THAT SOIL, WE HAVE ALWAYS FOUND 
A WAY TO GROW TOGETHER. 
EARLIER THIS SUMMER, THE CITY OF
CHARLESTON REMOVED A STATUE OF 
JOHN C CALHOUN, AND HONORED 
ADVOCATE OF SLAVERY.  
AND CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON 
THE INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN-
AMERICAN MUSEUM. 
MUCH LIKE THIS COUNTRY AS A 
WHOLE, WE ARE STEPPING OUT FROM 
THE SHADOWS OF OUR PAST. 
WE ARE BEGINNING TO LAY THE 
GROUNDWORK FOR A MORE JUST
FUTURE.  
IT WILL NOT BE EASY. 
WE CAN ONLY SUCCEED IF WE MOVE 
FORWARD TOGETHER.  WE WILL NEED
A PRESIDENT WHO SEES UNIFIED 
PEOPLE UNIFYING PEOPLE AS A 
REQUIREMENT OF THE JOB. 
A PRESIDENT WHO
UNDERSTANDS THE TRUE MEANING OF 
COMMUNITY. 
AND HAS THE ABILITY TO TRUST IN 
HUMILITY. 
AND WITH SO MANYLOST IN THIS 
PANDEMIC, LOST JOBS, LOST LOVED 
ONES, LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE 
PRESIDENT TO KEEP US SAFE, WE 
NEED A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS
OUR LOSS AND WHAT IT TAKES TO 
BOUNCE BACK. 
MORE IMPORTANT, THIS LOSS, THIS 
HARDSHIP, THE ABILITY TO 
TRANSLATE THAT PERSPECTIVE INTO 
POLICY AND SOLUTION.  AND TO 
PRIORITIZE HARD-WORKING PEOPLE, 
OVER PUNISHING POLITICS OR 
PERSONAL GAIN.  THAT IS WHY I 
STAND WITH JOE BIDEN, AND WHY HE
WILL ALWAYS BE AN ADOPTED SON 
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
JOE BIDEN IS A GOOD MAN AND 
LEADER.  
MY HAVE SAID BEFORE AND WISH TO 
REITERATE TONIGHT THAT WE KNOW 
JOE, MORE IMPORTANTLY, JOE KNOWS
US.  I AM KEVIN.  I DO A LOT IN 
LIFE AND I AMA TERRY MENTOR. 
THAT IS HOW I SPEND THE 
MAJORITY OF MY TIME POST MARINE 
CORPS. 
BUILDING MEMORIES LIKE THE ONES 
THAT WE BUILT TOGETHER IS THE 
SINGLE BEST THING THAT I DO 
WITH MY TIME.  THANK YOU FOR 
ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF YOUR 
LIVES AND SHARING JOURNEY FOR 
THE PAST DECADE. 
WE HAVE 500 KIDS, FAMILY 
MEMBERS, MENTORS ALL PACKED 
INTO THIS VERY LARGE BALLROOM. 
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BACK DOOR 
OPENS UP.  AND IN WALKS JOE 
BIDEN. 
HE SURPRISED US ALL. 
AND I SPENT TIME AS A MARINE IN 
THE MARINE CORPS, I SPENT TIME 
STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY.  HE WAS
BEING REAL,
YOU CANNOT FAKE THAT SMILE, HE 
WAS GENUINELY HAPPY TO SEE THESE
KIDS AND SPEND TIME WITH THEM. 
IT IS EASY TO LOSE FACE FAITH 
IN HUMANITY. 
THERE IS A LOT OF POLARIZATION. 
IT IS HARD TO ARTICULATE REAL 
CHARACTER WHEN YOU SEE IT. 
SOUND POLICIES ARE GREAT, WE 
NEED THEM AS WELL. 
HE HAS THOSE.  
BUT IT IS ALMOST LIKE NONE OF 
THAT MATTERS IF YOU DON'T HAVE 
THE CHARACTER.  
THIS IS A VERY UNPRECEDENTED 
AND CHALLENGING TIME THAT 
REQUIRES AN UNPRECEDENTED AND 
COURAGEOUS LEADER. 
WE NEED SOMEONE TO DO THE 
COURAGE WE NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS 
THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS 
RIGHT. 
HE CARES ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE 
BEFORE HIMSELF. 
>> YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE JOE 
KNOWS? 
HE KNOWS ABOUT PANDEMICS.  
IN 2014 HE HELPED STOP THE 
SPREAD OF EBOLA.  AND HE 
BROUGHT THE WORLD TOGETHER TO 
HELP KEEP IT CONTAINED.  VICE
PRESIDENT
BIDEN AND PRESIDENT OBAMA 
ASSEMBLED A PANDEMIC
PLAYBOOK TO MAKE SURE AMERICA 
WAS PREPARED AND PROTECTED.  
MENSTRUATION DISBANDED THE 
PANDEMIC RESPONSE TEAM THAT WAS 
GIVEN TO THEM. 
AMERICANS HAVE DIED AND LOST 
THEIR LIVELIHOODS BECAUSE OF 
IT. 
WE THE PEOPLE DESERVE A 
PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES IN 
SCIENCE AND RECOGNIZES THE 
THREAT OF COVID-19 AND HAS A 
LAND TO GET US THROUGH IT. 
THAT IS JOE BIDEN. 
WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY THERE ARE RESPONSIBLE 
LEADERS STEPPING UP. 
ONE OF THEM
PROVIDED CLEAR DIRECTION AND 
MEMORABLE POWER POINTS, NEW 
YORK'S GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO.  
HELLO.  TODAY IS MONDAY, DAY 
170. 
NEW YORKERS WERE GROUND ZERO 
FOR THE VIRUS AND HAVE GONE 
FROM ONE OF THE HIGHEST 
INFECTION RATES IN THAT GLOBE 
TO ONE OF THE LOWEST. 
WE CLIMBED AN IMPOSSIBLE 
MOUNTAIN AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE 
ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE DID IT 
WITH THE KINDNESS AND 
ASSISTANCE OF SO MANY. 
NEW YORKERS WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR 
AID. 
30,000 AMERICANS ONTO YOUR TO 
COME HELP IN OUR HOUR OF NEED. 
YOU GAVE US THE STRENGTH TO
CARRY ON. 
WE
WENT THROUGH HELL, BUT WE HAVE 
LEARNED MUCH.  
WE
KNOW THAT OUR PROBLEMS GO 
BEYOND THE VIRUS. 
COVID-19 IS THE SYMPTOM, NOT 
THE ILLNESS. 
OUR
NATION'S CRISIS.  
IN MANY WAYS, IT IS JUST A 
METAPHOR. 
THEY VIRUS ATTACKS WHEN THE BODY
IS WEAK. 
AND WHEN THE BODY CANNOT DEFEND 
ITSELF. 
AMERICAN POLITICS HAVE BEEN 
WEAKENED AND DIVISIONS HAVE 
GROWN DEEPER.  
ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-IMMIGRANT 
FERVOR, THE RACISM IN 
CHARLOTTESVILLE, THE KKK DID 
NOT EVEN BOTHER TO WEAR THEIR 
HOODS. 
IN MINNESOTA, THE LIFE WAS 
SQUEEZED FROM ESTHER GEORGE 
FLOYD.  DONALD TRUMP DID NOT 
CREATE THE INITIAL DIVISION. 
THE DIVISION CREATED TRUMP.  HE
ONLY MADE IT WORSE. 
OUR
COLLECTIVE STRENGTH IS EVAN 
EMPHASIZED GOVERNMENT. 
OUR CURRENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
IS DYSFUNCTIONAL AND INCOMPETENT
.  HE COULD NOT FIGHT OFF THE 
VIRUS, IN FACT HE DID NOT EVEN 
SEE IT COMING THE EUROPEAN 
VIRUS-INFECTED THE NORTHEAST 
WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE WAS STILL 
EXCEEDED ON CHINA. 
VIRUS HAD BEEN ATTACKING US FOR 
SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THEY EVEN 
KNEW THAT IT WAS HERE. 
WE SAW THE FAILURE OF A 
GOVERNMENT THAT TRIED TO DENY 
THE VIRUS AND TRY TO ORDER IT. 
AND THEN THEY TRY TO POLITICIZE 
IT. 
THE
FIELD FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT 
WATCHED NEW YORK GET AMBUSHED 
BY THEIR NEGLIGENCE AND THEN 
WATCHED NEW YORK SUFFER. 
AND ALL THROUGH IT, THEY 
LEARNED ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.  SO
TODAY, SIX MONTHS AFTER IT 
BEGAN, THE NATION IS STILL 
UNPREPARED. 
WE NOW FACE A SECOND THREAT. 
BUT THIS TIME NOT FROM MOTHER 
NATURE. 
THIS IS A MAN-MADE THREAT BY OUR
OWN SPIRIT WE NOW SEE THE VIRUS 
IS STARTING TO RICOCHET FROM 
ONE STATE TO ANOTHER ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
TODAY WE TRAIL THE WORLD IN 
DEFEATING COVID-19. 
WE HAVE OVER 5 MILLION CASES. 
AND HOW VULNERABLE WE ARE WHEN 
WE ARE DIVIDED. 
AND HOW MANY LIVES CAN BE LOST 
WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT IS 
INCOMPETENT. 
WE HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING ELSE, 
MY FRIEND. 
WE SAW THE NEGATIVE. 
WE ALSO SAW THE POSITIVE. 
THEY PROVED THAT AIRWAY FAILED. 
WE PROVED THAT OUR WAY 
SUCCEEDED. 
AMERICA CAN STILL RISE TO THE 
OCCASION, PUT OUR DIFFERENCES 
ASIDE, GOVERNMENTS CAN BUILD 
TRUTH AND TRUST.  WECAN BE 
JUDGED BY CONTENT OF CHARACTER 
RATHER THAN COLOR OF SKIN.  
WE CAN CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
AMERICANS CAN WORK TOGETHER AND 
FORGE COMMUNITY. 
AND A COMPETENT GOVERNMENT. 
OF COURSE WE WILL WEAR MASKS. 
BECAUSE WE ARE SMART. 
AND BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU 
AND YOU CARE ABOUT ME. 
OF COURSE WE WERE SOCIALLY 
DISTANT, BECAUSE STAYING AWAY 
SHOWS HOW CLOSE WE ACTUALLY 
OURS ARE HERE WE WILL DO 
TESTING AND TRACING AND 
WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, TO 
MOBILIZE THIS BATTLE.  
WE ARE AMERICA. 
WE WIN WARS AND WE ARE THE 
GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE GLOBE 
AND THROUGH ALL OF THE PAIN AND 
TEARS, OUR WAY WORKED.  AND IT 
WAS BEAUTIFUL.  
AND WE SHOWED THAT OUR VETERANS 
ARE STRONG AND AMERICANS COULD 
WOULD RISE TO THE CALL. 
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVEN 
IF IT IS A LONG DAY, LOVE WINS, 
AMERICAN EYES HAVE BEEN OPENED, 
WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS CRISIS THE 
TRUTH THAT GOVERNMENT MATTERS 
AND LEADERSHIP MATTERS.  
AND IT DETERMINES WHETHER WE 
DRIVE AND GROW OR WHETHER WE 
LIVE AND DIE.  NOW WE NEED A 
LEADER AS GOOD AS OUR PEOPLE, A 
LEADER WHO GIVES TO THE BEST IN 
US, NOT THE WORST. 
A LEADER WHO CAN UNIFY, NOT 
DIVIDE, A LEADER WHO CAN BRING 
US TOGETHER AND NOT TEAR US 
DOWN.  
I KNOW THAT MAN, I HAVE WORKED 
WITH THAT MAN.  I SEE HIS 
TALENT, HIS STRENGTH, HIS PAIN, 
HIS HEART.  
THAT MAN IS JOE BIDEN. 
JOE BIDEN IS WHAT I CALL 
AMERICAN TOUGH, IN THE BEST 
WAY, TOUGH, SMART, UNITED, 
DISCIPLINED, AND LOVING. 
JOE BIDEN CAN RESTORE THE SOUL 
OF AMERICA. 
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR COUNTRY
NEEDS TODAY. 
THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM 
KRISTIN ORTIZ AT. 
>> HELLO, I AM KRISTIN, I AM 
ONE OF THE MANY WHO HAS LOST A 
LOVED ONE TO COVID-19. 
MY DAD, MARK ANTHONY SHOULD BE 
HERE TODAY. 
BUT HE IS NOT. 
HE HAD FAITH IN DONALD TRUMP. 
HE VOTED FOR HIM. 
HE LISTENS TO HIM. 
HE BELIEVED HIM AND HIS 
MOUTHPIECES WHEN THEY SAID THAT 
CORONAVIRUS WAS UNDER CONTROL 
AND GOING TO DISAPPEAR. 
THAT IT WAS OKAY TO END SOCIAL 
DISTANCING, AND IF YOU HAD NO 
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS, 
YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE FINE. 
IN LATE MAY AFTER THE STAY-AT-
HOME ORDER WAS LISTED, MY WHEN 
IT WAS LIFTED, MY DAD WENT TO A 
KARAOKE BAR. 
HE WAS PUT ON A VENTILATOR.  
AFTER FIVE DAYS, HE DIED ALONE 
IN THE ICU, WITH A NURSE 
HOLDING HIS HAND. 
MY DAD WAS A HEALTHY 65-YEAR-
OLD.  
ONLY PRE-EXISTING CONDITION WAS 
TRUSTING DONALD TRUMP.  AND FOR
THAT HE PAID WITH HIS LIFE. 
I AM NOT ALONE.  WHEN I TOLD MY 
STORY, A LOT OF PEOPLE REACHED 
OUT TO ME TO SHARE THEIR OWN 
PEER THEY ASKED ME TO HELP THEM 
TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITIES SAFE, 
ESPECIALLY IMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED. 
THEY ASKED ME, A NORMAL PERSON, 
TO HELP. 
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP WILL NOT. 
THAT CORONAVIRUS HAS MADE IT 
CLEAR THAT THERE ARE TWO 
AMERICAS, THE AMERICA THAT 
DONALD TRUMP LIVES IN, AND THE 
AMERICA THAT MY FATHER DIED IN. 
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.  
DONALD TRUMP MAY NOT HAVE 
CAUSED THE CORONAVIRUS, BUT HIS 
DISHONESTY AND IRRESPONSIBLE 
ACTION MADE IT SO MUCH WORSE. 
WE NEED A LEADER WHO HAS A 
NATIONAL, COORDINATED, DATA 
DRIVEN RESPONSE TO STOP THE 
PANDEMIC AND SAFELY REOPEN THE 
COUNTRY. 
WE NEED A LEADER WHO WILL STEP 
IN ON DAY ONE AND DO HIS JOB, TO
CARE.  ONE OF THE
LAST THINGS THAT MY FATHER SAID 
TO ME WAS THAT HE FELT THE 
TRADE BY THE LIKES OF DONALD 
TRUMP AND SO WHEN I CAST MY 
VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN, I WILL DO IT
FOR MY DAD.
>> THANK YOU, KRISTIN, FOR 
SHARING YOUR STORY. 
OUR NATION GRIEVES FOR YOUR 
FATHER AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE 
BEEN LOST THIS VIRUS. 
IT IS A TOLL THAT HAS NOT FULLY 
FALLEN ON ICE. 
PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE BEEN DYING 
AT GREATER RATES THAN WHITE 
AMERICANS.  
WE NEED TO HONOR ALL THOSE 
WE'VE LOST BY GIVING JOE BIDEN 
AND KAMALA HARRIS THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN PLACE A 
REAL NATIONAL LAND THAT MAKE 
SURE THAT ACCESS TO A VACCINE 
WILL BE FAIR, AND TO TURN THE 
FULL POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT 
TOWARD MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE 
THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, PEOPLE,
CONTACT TRACERS, WE NEED TO STOP
THIS. 
RIGHT NOW, LET US HEAR FROM A 
CHAMPION FOR OUR FRONT-LINE 
WORKERS, ALSO HAPPENS TO BE 
ANNALYNNE IN, A WORLD CUP 
CHAMPION, AND RUBINO.  MEGAN 
RUFFINO. 
>> I AM HONORED TO HAVE THE 
CONVERSATION WITH FOUR OF OUR 
FRONT-LINE WORKERS HERE IN 
AMERICA,
ABSOLUTELY. 
>> CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU ARE 
DOING THIS TIME? 
>> EARLY ON, WHEN THE 
GOVERNMENT WAS STILL TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT PROPER CALLS TO 
PROTECT WORKERS IN THE FRONT-
LINE, I HAD UNFORTUNATELY 
CONTACTED CONTRACTED COVID-19 
AND WAS ISOLATED FOR OVER TWO 
WEEKS. 
SELF ISOLATION WITH NO CONTACT. 
I WAS WATCHING PEOPLE DIE 
ALONE, NO VISITORS WERE 
ALLOWED, EVERYONE WAS TOTALLY 
ISOLATED.  
AND THAT WAS ME IN JUST A FEW 
WEEKS. 
NOT KNOWING IF I WAS GOING TO 
MAKE IT, NOT KNOWING IF I WAS 
GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY 
GOODBYE. 
I SAW MOMS, DADS, BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS, SONS AND DAUGHTERS DIE 
ALONE.  MENTALLY, PHYSICAL, AND 
EMOTIONALLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW 
MANY OF US ARE GOING TO SURVIVE 
ANOTHER ROUND. 
>> DOCTOR BRADLEY, WHAT EFFECT 
ARE YOU SEEING FROM THE ACTION 
OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 
>> I LEFT THE DEPARTMENT IN 
TEARS. 
SO DID MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
PEOPLE WERE EXHAUSTED.  AND WE
ARE WORRIED ABOUT WINTER WITH 
INFLUENZA. 
HOW IS OUR SYSTEM GOING TO BE 
ABLE TO HANDLE THIS? 
PEOPLE COME IN WITH BROKEN 
ARMS. 
THEY COME IN WITH
HEART ATTACKS, STROKES, 
APPENDICITIS. 
WE ARE NOT
GOING TO BE THERE. 
>> WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE 
FRONT LINES, THAT YOU KNEW 
WOULD NOT MAGICALLY DISAPPEAR? 
>> WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS NOT A 
HOAX, ABSOLUTELY. 
ALL OF US KNEW FROM EXPERIENCE. 
WE KNEW WHAT A PANDEMIC WOULD 
LOOK LIKE. 
WE KNEW THAT NEEDED TO HAVE THE 
TOOLS, THE RESEARCH, THE PLANS 
IN PLACE. 
BUT WE SAW THE LACK OF 
LEADERSHIP FROM THE 
ADMINISTRATION.  
WE HAVE TO ANSWER THOUSANDS OF 
CALLS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK. 
AND PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING.
>> MICHELLE, TELL US HOW IT HAS 
BEEN FOR YOU ON THE FRONT LINES 
OF THIS TELL US ABOUT YOUR 
SPECIFIC ROLE. 
>> I HAVE BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT 
OF ADVOCATING THAT OUR 
HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND PATIENT 
GET THE SUPPORT AND PDE THAT 
THEY NEED.  I RESPONDED TO THE 
DISASTER IN HAITI. 
WE WERE WORKING AT A HOSPITAL 
AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.  
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD 
FEARED FOR MY LIFE WALKING INTO 
WORK. 
IN MY OWN COUNTRY. 
WE HAVE THE MONEY. 
WE HAVE THE MEANS.  
WE HAVE THE RESOURCES IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
WE ARE DEEPLY LACKING 
LEADERSHIP AND SOMEBODY WHO 
CARES. 
TRUMP HAS MADE IT PERFECTLY 
CLEAR THAT HE DOES NOT. 
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO CARES. 
THAT IS JOE BIDEN.
>> I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FOREVER 
INDEBTED TO YOU, YOUR WORK, 
YOUR SACRIFICE, AND YOU SHOWING 
UP EVERY DAY TO GIVE WHAT YOU 
HAVE.  
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE 
WORK THAT YOU DO ON THE FRONT 
LINES. 
THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN 
REPAY YOU. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH.    
,
>> MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND 
VETERANS, SENIOR CITIZENS, THEY 
RELY ON THE POSTAL SYSTEM FOR 
PRESCRIPTIONS. 
FOR CHAT
>> WITH DONALD TRUMP, AND HIS 
INTENT TO UNDERMINE THE UNITED 
STATES POSTAL SERVICE, WE ARE 
EXTREMELY CONCERNED. 
>> THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION
NOT TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY 
FUNDING. 
>> I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ULTIMO 
MY WANT MYELOMA.
>>> I'M RUNNING TO REPRESENT 
MAIN IN THE U.S. SENATE. 
EVERY DAY, I SEE THAT CARING 
AND RESILIENT SPIRITS THAT WILL 
GET US THROUGH THIS CRISIS. 
AMERICANS ARE LOOKING OUT FOR 
ONE ANOTHER. 
IT IS
TIME THAT WE HAVE LEADERSHIP IN 
WASHINGTON THAT DID THE SAME. 
WITH JOE BIDEN IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND A DEMOCRATIC SENATE, 
I KNOW THAT WE CAN ILL BACK OUR
ECONOMY AND COMMUNITIES TO BE 
EVEN STRONGER. 
TONIGHT I AM HERE TO WELCOME 
SOMEONE WHO HAS STRONG TIES TO 
THE STATE.  
SHE IS REMINDING ALL OF US TO 
KEEP FIGHTING, WITH THE SONG 
THAT SHE IS PERFORMING, BACK IN 
MY BODY. 
PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME AND 
INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US. 
AND MY FAVORITE ARTIST, MAGGIE 
ROGERS. 
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>> I WAS STOPPED IN LONDON WHEN 
I FELT IT COMING DOWN.
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>>> A CONVENTION UNLIKE ANY WE 
HAVE EVER SEEN. 
>> THIS IS A BATTLE FOR THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> IN THE MIDST OF THE 
PANDEMIC, AMERICANS TAKE ON 
DONALD TRUMP AND MAKE THEIR 
CASE FOR WINNING BACK THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
>> WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. 
>> WE WILL HEAR FROM BARACK 
OBAMA, BILL AND HILLARY 
CLINTON, JOE BIDEN, AND THE 
CANDIDATES THEMSELVES. 
>> WE HAD A CHANCE TO CHOOSE A 
BETTER FUTURE. 
>> FROM NBC NEWS, THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
HERE ARE LESTER HOLT AND 
SAVANNA GUTHRIE. 
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 
NBC NEWS LIVE, COVERAGE OF THE 
NATIONAL CONVENTION.  THE 
DEMOCRAT'S ARE UP FIRST AND 
THEY ARE GOING ALL VIRTUAL 
TONIGHT. 
WE HAVE SEEN SPEAKERS SHARE 
REMARKS FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS, 
MANY OF THEM FROM THEIR OWN 
HOMES, MANY SPEECHES ARE COMING 
IN AS WELL, LIVE OR ON TAPE. 
RIGHT NOW YOU ARE SEEING THAT 
FEED. 
WE'VE SEEN MUSIC AND TRIBUTES, 
AND THAT SORT OF THING THAT WE 
WOULD SEE IT A REGULAR 
CONVENTION. 
>> SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WILL 
BE TAKING THE MICROPHONE IN 
JUST MOMENTS FROM NOW, AND THE 
HEADLINER OF THE EVENING, FIRM 
FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE 
OBAMA TAPED HER REMARKS BEFORE 
THE EVENTS TONIGHT. 
WE WILL ALSO REVIEW SOME 
ANALYSIS ABOUT THIS INVENTION 
CONVENTION AND WHAT YOU NEED TO 
KNOW AHEAD OF THE CONVENTION.  
THE FIRST LIVE SPEAKER IS
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN 
WITMER, SHE IS EXPECTED TO 
APPEAR ANY MOMENT NOW. 
>> OVER THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT 
DEMOCRATS WILL ALSO
TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS 
ARE UNEMPLOYED, RACIAL INJUSTICE
HAS RIPPED OUR COUNTRY, AND 
BEFORE GRETCHEN TAKES THE 
MICROPHONE, LET'S CHECK IN WITH
CHUCK TODD.  
CHUCK, WHAT SHOULD WE BE 
LISTENING TO AND LOOKING FOR 
THIS WEEK? 
>> LOOK, JOE BIDEN HAS A LEAD 
POWERED BY ANTI- TRUMP FOREVER. 
THIS WEEK IT IS A CHANCE FOR JOE
BIDEN,
KAMALA HARRIS, AND PEOPLE CAN 
VOTE FOR THEIR AGENDA, THEY ARE 
HEARING A LOT OF ANTI- TRUMP 
FREDERICK, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE 
TO START LOOKING AT BEING FOR 
JOE BIDEN. 
>> NOW WE WILL HEAR GRETCHEN 
ADDRESS THE CONVENTION. 
LET'S WATCH.
>> HELLO, AMERICA.  
I AM GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WITMER. 
OR IS DONALD TRUMP CALLS ME, 
THAT WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN.  
AUTOMOTIVE WORKERS IN THIS 
UNION AND ACROSS OUR STATE 
COULD HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS IF 
NOT FOR BARACK OBAMA AND JOE 
BIDEN. 
IN 2009, THE OBAMA
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION INHERITED 
THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE 
THE GREAT DEPRESSION. 
THE AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY WAS ON THE BRINK OF 
COLLAPSE. 
A MILLION JOBS WERE AT STAKE. 
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DID NOT 
WASTE TIME BLAMING ANYONE OR 
SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY. 
THEY GOT TO WORK AND BROUGHT 
TOGETHER UNION MEMBERS, 
COMPANIES AND LAWMAKERS ON BOTH 
SIDES OF THE AISLE. 
AND THEY SAVED THE AUTOMOTIVE 
INDUSTRY.  
JUST MONTHS AGO, AS THE NATION 
BEGAN BATTLING COVID-19, 
AUTOMOTIVE WORKERS STARTED TO 
SPRING INTO ACTION. 
THEY STARTED MAKING PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT FOR DOCTORS AND 
NURSES ON THE FRONT LINES. 
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAVED THEIR 
LIVELIHOODS.  THESE WORKERS 
THEN DID THEIR PART TO SAVE 
AMERICAN LIVES. 
THAT IS THE STORY OF THIS RATE 
NATION. 
ACTION BEGETS ACTION, PROGRESS 
BEGETS PROGRESS.  WHEN WE WORK 
TOGETHER, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH 
ANYTHING. 
DEMOCRACY IS A TEAM SPORT. 
ESPECIALLY NOW.  
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE RALLY TO 
FIGHT THIS VIRUS AND BUILD BACK 
BETTER.  WE TOOK THIS PANDEMIC 
SERIOUSLY IN MICHIGAN. 
WE LISTENED TO MEDICAL EXPERTS. 
WITH TOO LITTLE HELP FROM THE 
WHITE HOUSE, WE EXECUTE OUR 
PLAN, WE SAVED THOUSANDS OF 
LIVES. 
JUST IMAGINE IF WE HAD A 
NATIONAL STRATEGY. 
SO EVERYONE WHO NEEDS A TEST 
WILL GET ONE FOR FREE. 
SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS
TO A VACCINE.  
SO KIDS AND EDUCATORS HAVE THE 
RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO 
SAFELY GET BACK TO SCHOOL.  
WITH JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WE 
WILL.  THEY WILL LEAD BY
EXAMPLE.
IT WILL BE SCIENCE, NOT 
POLITICS OR EGO THAT WILL DRIVE 
THEIR DECISIONS.  
THE HELP OF OUR PEOPLE GOES 
HAND IN HAND WITH THE STRENGTH 
OF THE ECONOMY. 
THEY KNOW THAT ACTION BEGETS 
ACTION. 
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE 
HAVE LEARNED WHAT IS ESSENTIAL. 
RISING TO THE TENT CHALLENGE, 
NOT DENYING IT. 
WE HAVE LEARNED WHO IS 
ESSENTIAL, NOT JUST THE 
WEALTHIEST AMONG US, NOT JUST A 
PRESIDENT THAT FIGHTS AMERICANS 
RATHER THAN FIGHTS THE VIRUS 
THAT IS KILLING US AND THE 
ECONOMY. 
IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR 
OWN HEALTH AT RISK TO CARE FOR 
THE REST OF US. 
THEY ARE THE MVPS. 
THE NURSES AND DOCTORS, UTILITY
WORKERS AND TRUCK DRIVERS, 
GROCERY CLERKS, CHILDCARE 
WORKERS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS. 
THE MAIL CARRIERS AND 
AUTOMOTIVE WORKERS. 
SO MANY ESSENTIAL WORKERS HAVE 
LOST THEIR LIVES TO COVID-19.  
NEARLY 1000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS. 
MORE THAN 170,000 PEOPLE ACROSS 
AMERICA, INCLUDING A 5-YEAR-OLD 
GIRL NAMED SKYLER, FROM DETROIT
.  HER MOM IS A POLICE OFFICER. 
HER DAD IS A FIREFIGHTER. 
GENERATION AFTER GENERATION,
DEFINED BY WHAT WE DO, OR BY 
WHAT WE FAIL TO DO. 
FOR SKYLER, FOR HER PARENTS, 
AND IN THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE 
THAT WE HAVE LOST, LET US ACT. 
LET US HEAL AS ONE NATION.  
LET US FIND STRENGTH TO DO THE 
WORK. 
>> GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WITMER IS 
THE FIRST SPEAKER OF THE HOUR. 
SHE HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF 
ATTENTION FOR HER FAMILY 
HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC AND 
ALSO SOME CRITICISM. 
JOINING OUR COVERAGE IS ANDREA 
MITCHELL. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO 
LEAVE MICHIGAN EVEN THOUGH HER 
NAME APPEARED ON THE VP LIST.
>> JOE BIDEN REALLY LOVED HER, 
SHE HAS A GREAT FUTURE IN THE 
PARTY. 
HE WAS EXCITED TO GO WITH HER 
AS A RUNNING MATE.  
SHE HAS A LOT OF CREDIBILITY 
FOR THE WAY THAT SHE HANDLED 
THE PANDEMIC IN MICHIGAN. 
THAT IS WHAT SHE WAS REALLY 
AIMING AT TODAY. 
THAT AND ALSO, TRYING TO REACH 
OUT TO AUTOMOTIVE WORKERS. 
AND THIS IS A CRITICAL STATE TO 
RECLAIM.  THAT'S WHY
SHE WAS GIVEN SUCH A GREAT 
PLATFORM TONIGHT. 
AND MICHELLE OBAMA, SHE IS THE 
CENTRAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER 
TONIGHT.  
AND WE WILL HEAR FROM THE 
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF OHIO, 
JOHN KASICH. 
THAT IS NEXT.
AND WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT 
FEED. 
AND WE WANT TO TURN TO SENATOR 
KAREN MCCASKILL, AND THE EDITOR 
OF THE NATIONAL REVIEW, WHICH 
VALERIE.  YOU ARE SET UP TO GO 
FIRST TONIGHT. 
AND IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT 
DEMOCRATS ARE LAUNCHING IN 
MICHIGAN WITH THE GOVERNOR OF 
MICHIGAN, A MUST WIN STATE. 
DEMOCRATS
HAVE TO RECLAIM THE MIDWEST 
TERRITORY THAT YOU KNOW SO 
WELL.  
OH
>> I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE 
PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, 
WISCONSIN, OVER AND OVER AGAIN 
IN THIS CONVENTION. 
I AM STRUCK WITH HOW THIS 
CONVENTION IS DOMINATED BY WOMEN
.  ANCHORED BY MICHELLE OBAMA, 
JOE BIDEN IS GETTING A HUGE 
LEAD AMONG WOMEN RIGHT NOW AND 
HE'S NOT A TO THE FACT THAT HIS 
PATH TO THE WHITE HOUSE IS 
PAVED WITH WOMEN'S VOTES.
>> I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS 
AS FAR AS THE PRODUCTION OF 
THIS.  
NOBODY KNEW IN THE END WHAT A 
VIRTUAL CONTENTION COULD LOOK 
LIKE. 
>> I THINK IT IS HARD. 
THE SUBSTANCE, THE ENERGY,
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO BLOW THE 
ROOF OFF THE JOINT. 
THE CROWD IS NOT GOING TO BE 
THERE. 
IT WILL NOT BE THERE FOR 
DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS. 
>> WILL BE VERY INTERESTING. 
SPEAKING OF
REPUBLICANS, WE ARE HEARING 
FROM THEM RIGHT NOW. 
REPUBLICANS THAT SAY THAT THEY 
WILL VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN. 
AND WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM JOHN 
KASICH, WHO RAN AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP.  
HE HAS BEEN A FREQUENT CRITIC. 
NOW HE IS MAKING A DIRECT 
APPEAL TO DISAFFECTED 
REPUBLICANS, SAYING IT IS TIME 
TO PUT COUNTRY OVER PARTY. 
>> IT'S A CHOICE THAT WE MAKE 
AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A NATION 
ABOUT WHAT PATH WE WANT TO 
TAKE, AMERICA IS AT THE 
CROSSROADS TODAY.  THE STAKES IN
THIS
ELECTION ARE GREATER THAN ANY 
IN MODERN TIMES. 
MANY OF US HAVE BEEN CONCERNED 
ABOUT THE CURRENT PATH
THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR 
THE PAST FEW YEARS. 
DIVISION, FUNCTION FUNCTION, 
IRRESPONSIBLY AND GROWING 
VITRIOL BETWEEN OUR CITIZENS, 
TO FOLLOW THAT PATH WILL HAVE 
TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE 
SOUL OF AMERICA. 
BECAUSE WE ARE BEING TAKEN DOWN 
THE WRONG ROAD BY A PRESIDENT 
WHO HAS PITTED ONE AGAINST THE 
OTHER. 
HE IS UNLIKE ALL OF THE BEST 
LEADERS BEFORE HIM.  
WE HAVE SEEN THEM WORK TO UNITE 
US AND BRIDGE OUR DIFFERENCES 
AND LEAD US.  I AM A LIFELONG 
REPUBLICAN, BUT THAT ATTACHMENT 
DOES NOT TAKE THE RESPONSE THE 
PLACE OF THE RESPONSE ABILITY TO
MY COUNTRY. 
THAT IS WHY I HAVE CHOSEN TO 
APPEAR AT THIS CONVENTION. 
IN NORMAL TIMES SOME THING LIKE 
THIS WOULD DOUBLY NEVER HAPPEN, 
BUT THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES. 
I AM PROUD OF MY REPUBLICAN 
HERITAGE, THE PARTY OF LINCOLN 
REFLECTED FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF
UNITY AT HIGHER PURPOSE. 
BUT WHAT I HAVE WITNESSED IN 
THE PAST FOUR YEARS BELIED 
THOSE PRINCIPLES. 
MANY OF US CANNOT IMAGINE FOUR
MORE YEARS GOING DOWN THIS 
PATH. 
THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING YOU TO 
JOIN WITH ME IN CHOOSING A 
BETTER WAY FORWARD. 
I BELIEVE THE BEST OF AMERICA 
LIES AHEAD. 
BUT ONLY WHEN WE REDISCOVER OUR 
SHARED BELIEF IN A UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE, WHICH
CAN BE RIGHT, HOPEFUL, AND 
INSPIRED IF WE CHOOSE TO MAKE 
IT SO. 
I HAVE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR 30 
YEARS. 
I KNOW HIS STORY OF PROFOUND 
BRIEF THAT HAS SO DEEPLY 
AFFECTED HIS CHARACTER. 
I KNOW THAT
JOE IS A GOOD MAN, A MAN OF 
FAITH, A UNIFIER, SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THE HOPES AND 
DREAMS OF THE COMMON MAN AND 
WOMAN. 
AND A MAN WHO CAN HELP US SEE
THE HUMANITY IN EACH OTHER.  
HE KNOWS THAT THE PATH LIES IN 
UNITY AND A COMMON PURPOSE FOR 
EVERYONE. 
YES, THERE ARE AREAS JOE AND I 
ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE UPON. 
THAT IS OKAY, THAT IS AMERICA. 
WHATEVER OUR
DIFFERENCES, WE RESPECT ONE 
ANOTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS. 
EACH OF US IS SEARCHING FOR 
JUSTICE AND PURPOSE. 
WE
CAN ALL SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN 
THE COUNTRY TODAY. 
AND WE CAN ALL SEE ALL OF THE 
QUESTIONS THAT ARE FACING US. 
NO ONE PERSON OR PARTY HAS ALL 
OF THE ANSWERS. 
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE 
CAN DO BETTER. 
AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN TODAY, 
FOR SURE.  
I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN, WITH HIS 
EXPERIENCE, WISDOM, DECENCY, HE 
CAN BRING US TOGETHER AND HELP 
US TO FIND THAT BETTER WAY. 
I'M SURE THERE ARE REPUBLICANS 
AND INDEPENDENCE WHO COULD NOT 
IMAGINE CROSSING OVER TO 
SUPPORT A DEMOCRAT. 
THEY FEAR THAT
JOE MAY TURN A SHARP LEFT AND 
LEAVE THEM BEHIND. 
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT, BECAUSE I
BELIEVE IN THE MEASURE OF A MAN 
THAT IS REASONABLE, RESPECTFUL, 
NO ONE PUSHES JOE AROUND, HE IS 
THE MAN FOR OUR TIME, AND TIMES 
HAVE CALLED FOR ALL OF US TO 
TAKE OFF OUR ARTISAN HATS AND 
INSTEAD LOOK TO OURSELVES AND 
OUR CHILDREN WHEN AMERICA, WE 
COULD DREAM A DREAM, WE COULD 
SEE THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AS 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
WITH A SOUL THAT IS A BEACON OF 
FREEDOM TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. 
>> FOR THE TIME BEING HE IS 
PUTTING HIS REPUBLICAN POLICIES 
ASIDE, HE HAS BEEN A FREQUENT 
AND LONG CRITIC OF DONALD TRUMP
.  BUT SOME MAY HAVE TAKEN A 
DOUBLE TAKE 
>> THIS IS A NIGHT WHERE WE 
WILL SEE THE ENTIRE IDEOLOGICAL 
SPECTRUM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
.  WE HAVE SEEN REPUBLICANS, WE 
WILL ALSO HEAR FROM BERNIE 
SANDERS WHO REPRESENTS THE LEFT 
WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, 
ALL BASES ARE COVERED TONIGHT. 
>> JARED HAS BEEN TALKING TO 
VOTERS IN MILWAUKEE ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY. 
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING? 
>> I WAS TALKING TO VOTERS 
TODAY, PRIMARILY AFRICAN-
AMERICAN VOTERS. 
I HEARD ABOUT THE LACK OF 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PREDATING 
THE PANDEMIC.  
AND IS BEING EXACERBATED, SOME 
LOOKING TO SUPPORT HIM, HOPING 
HE WOULD BRING INDUSTRIAL JOBS 
BACK TO SOME OF THESE CITIES IN 
THE MIDWEST WHO WERE LEFT 
DISAPPOINTED.  
AND THE KILLING OF GEORGE 
FLOYD, AND THE MOVEMENTS THAT 
CAME OUT OF IT. 
A LOT OF THOSE PARTICIPATE IN 
THOSE PROTESTS FIND THEIR VOICES
FOR THE FIRST TIME, 
POLITICALLY, AND CHOOSE TO 
ENGAGE IN THIS MOMENT, AND 
REACHING OUT FOR MORE ECONOMIC 
OPPORTUNITY.  
AND MANY WERE WILLING TO SIT ON 
THE SIDELINES. 
>> WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE 
POSTING A FOUR DAY EVENT, IT 
WAS IMPORTANT FOR DEMOCRATS TO 
TRY TO MAKE A MOVE IN WISCONSIN,
AS THE HOST HAD SAID THIS 
EVENING, THEY WANTED TO BE 
RESPONSIBLE AND HAVE A VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION. 
>> NOW REPLICANTS AND DEMOCRATS 
ARE MEETING LARGELY
VIRTUALLY. 
NOW, LET'S GO TO JEFF BENNETT, 
WHO HAS BEEN REPORTING ON THE 
CONTROVERSY OVER THE CUTBACKS 
CUTBACKS IN SERVICE TO THE POST 
OFFICE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN AGAINST MAIL-IN VOTING
.  WHAT CAN YOU TELL US, JEFF? 
>> IN THE FACE OF AN 
UNPRECEDENTED AND UNFOUNDED 
ATTACK ON THE SERVICE AND MAIL 
IN VOTING, TOP DEMOCRAT ARE 
FIGHTING BACK.  SOME MEMBERS 
WERE SUMMONED BACK TO THE HILL, 
WHERE THEY WILL HAVE A RARE 
WEEKEND SATURDAY SESSION CHECK 
THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THE 
POSTAL SERVICE WITH A CASH 
INFUSION, AND THE NEW POSTMASTER
GENERAL, LOUIS DEJOY, A 
REPUBLICAN MEGA DONOR PUT IN 
PLACE THESE CHANGES THAT ERODE 
MAIL DELIVERY. 
POSTAL SERVICE HAS WARNED IN 46 
STATES THAT MAIL-IN BALLOTS MAY 
NOT BE RECEIVED IN TIME.  
AND ON OUR WEBSITE, MOST OF THE 
COUNTRY, YOU CAN VOTE ABSENTEE 
WITHOUT AN EXCUSE. 
ANOTHER POINT THAT IS 
IMPORTANT, THERE IS SO MUCH 
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE POST 
OFFICE IS PREPARED TO DO, CAN 
THEY CAN CAN THEY HANDLE IT? 
ARE THEY UP TO THE JOB? 
POSTAL SERVICE AND POST OFFICE 
WORKERS SAY THEY ARE 100% UP TO 
THE JOB, THEY HAVE CAPACITY AND 
HANDLE BILLIONS OF GREETING 
CARDS, I'M TOLD THEY CAN HANDLE 
A FEW HUNDRED MILLION MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS.  
IT NOT A QUESTION OF CAPACITY,.
>> CHUCK TODD HAS BEEN LOOKING 
AT HIS OWN MAP, STUDYING THE 
ELECTORAL LANDSCAPE.
>> TONIGHT YOU ARE GETTING AN 
EDUCATION ON WHAT MATTERS 
TONIGHT. 
THERE ARE TWO GROUPS OF SWING 
STATES.  AND IN THE NORTHERN 
TIER OF SWING STATES IT IS NOT 
AN ACCIDENT TONIGHT. 
THE FIRST PERSON THAT WE HEARD 
FROM WAS THE GOVERNOR OF 
MICHIGAN. 
AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE 
TAKING PLACE IN WISCONSIN. 
WHO IS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN THAT
THEY GOT TO SWITCH OVER AND 
TALK? 
THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF OHIO. 
YOU CAN SEE A PATTERN, 
PARTICULARLY TONIGHT, EVEN WITH 
MICHELLE OBAMA, WHO SPEAKS VERY 
WELL TO THE OBAMA TRUMP VOTERS. 
OR
BERNIE SANDERS WHO SPEAKS WELL 
TO WORKING CLASS WHITE VOTERS, 
THERE IS A TARGETING TONIGHT.  
AND THE INDUSTRIAL MIDWEST, THEY
WANT TO TALK TO THOSE VOTERS 
MORE THAN ANY.  
AND TONIGHT IN PARTICULAR, I 
SEE A REALLY CONCENTRATED 
EFFORT ABOUT THOSE THREE STATES 
THAT WE LOST IN 2016 THAT HE 
DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD LOSE, 
MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
>> AND WE HAVE A ANOTHER WE HAVE
ANOTHER MIDWESTERNER COMING IN. 
>> THE MIDWEST IS WHERE THE 
ACTION IS IN TERMS OF THE 
BATTLEGROUND, FOR REPUBLICANS 
AS WELL.  
THE
MARQUEE EVENT ENDS IN A SPEECH 
FOR MICHELLE OBAMA. 
AND JUDGING BY WHAT HAS BEEN 
RELEASED, WE ARE SEEING A SIDE 
OF MICHELLE OBAMA THAT WE HAVE 
NOT REALLY SEEN BEFORE. 
>> THAT IS RIGHT, SUSANNA. 
THIS WOULD BE CAST AS A 
REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
SHE WILL CHARACTERIZE THIS AS 
THE STATE OF LEADERSHIP ON THE 
ISSUE OF COVID-19 AND ON THE 
ISSUE OF THE ECONOMY, AS WELL AS
RACE RELATIONS.  
SHE IS GOING TO MAKE THE CASE 
FOR JOE BIDEN. 
SHE WILL SAY THAT HE WAS A 
FANTASTIC VICE PRESIDENT, HE 
KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE 
ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK. 
AND NATIONAL POLLS, JOE BIDEN 
IS LEADING. 
PRESIDENT TRUMP GET HIGHER 
MARKS ON THAT CRITICAL ISSUE OF 
THE ECONOMY, NO MISTAKE THAT 
THE FORMER FIRST LADY IS 
RAISING THAT ISSUE.  
SHE HAS BEEN SPEAKING IN VERY 
PERSONAL TERMS. 
SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE THE CASE 
THAT JOE BIDEN IS SOMEONE WHO 
KNOWS HOW TO LISTEN, HE HAS 
EXPERIENCED LOSS IN HIS OWN 
LIFE. 
EARLIER TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TRIED TO ENGAGE IN POWER 
PROGRAMMING AND DISMISSED THE 
SPEECH AND SAID WHO WANTS TO 
HEAR A SPEECH BY THE FORMER 
FIRST LADY? 
THE REALITY IS, IF YOU LOOK AT 
THE POLLS, SHE IS ONE OF THE 
MOST POPULAR POLITICAL FIGURES 
IN THE COUNTRY.  
AND I SPOKE WHITEHOUSE AND 
CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS. 
THEY BELIEVE SHE HAS A VERY 
POWERFUL VOICE. 
THEY ALSO BELIEVE SHE IS 
SOMEWHAT WHO HAS THE POTENTIAL 
TO UNIFY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
AND REACH ACROSS THE AISLE TO 
THOSE VOTERS.
>> WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM AMY 
KLOBUCHAR, ONE OF THE MANY 
PRIMARY CONTENDERS IN THIS 
PRIMARY CAMPAIGN. 
AND ACTRESS EVA LONGORIA WAS ON 
THE SCREEN, SHE WAS A MODERATOR 
FOR THE EVENTS TONIGHT.  
AND THE PRESIDENT DID SOME OF 
HIS COUNTER PROGRAMMING THAT 
KRISTIN TALKED ABOUT, IN 
MINNESOTA. 
>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT IT 
IS A LITTLE BUSY ON THE UPPER 
RIGHT, THAT IS THE RUNNING FEET 
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.  WE WILL GO TO AMY 
KLOBUCHAR, WHO IS NOW GIVING 
SOME REMARKS. 
>> I BELIEVE THAT THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE IS FUNDAMENTAL AND THE 
POST OFFICE IS ESSENTIAL. 
THE PRESIDENT MAY HATE THE POST 
OFFICE, BUT HE WILL STILL HAVE 
TO SEND THEM A CHANGE OF 
ADDRESS CARD COME JANUARY. 
DONALD
TRUMP JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN MY 
STATE TODAY TRYING TO DIVIDE 
PEOPLE INSTEAD OF RESPONDING TO 
THE ENDEMIC AND SIGNIFICANT 
NEEDS OF OUR ECONOMY.  
DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, AND 
REPUBLIK AND HAVE HAD ENOUGH. 
TONIGHT, IN CONTRAST, WE HAVE 
HEARD A LOT ABOUT HOW WE CAN 
UNITE AS AMERICANS, ABOUT OUR 
SHARED DREAMS, AND HOW WE CAN 
COME TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF A 
CRISIS. 
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE IS 
NOT ABOUT SETTLING, IT IS ABOUT 
STRIVING FOR SOMETHING MORE. 
IT IS ABOUT HOW WE GET STUFF 
DONE. 
UNITY IS ABOUT REACHING OUT FOR 
A HIGHER PURPOSE, A BETTER 
FUTURE FOR ALL OF US. 
OUT OF MANY, ONE.
IT IS MORE THAN A MOTTO, IT IS 
THE NORTHSTAR FOR OUR 
DEMOCRACY. 
NOW
MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED A 
PRESIDENT WHO WILL UNITE THIS 
COUNTRY. 
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL NOT
USE
THE BIBLE AS A PROPHET, AND 
INSTEAD WILL HEED ITS WORDS, TO 
ACT JUSTLY.  WE NEED A PRESIDENT
FOR THE WORKERS WHO HAVE LOST 
THEIR JOBS. 
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS SELLING 
AMERICAN WORKERS OUT, WHEN YOU 
NEED TO BUY AMERICAN. 
FOR THE FARMERS, MANUFACTURERS, 
THE PEOPLE OF RURAL AMERICA, WHO
ARE SICK SICK AND TIRED, WE 
NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL LOOK 
OUT FOR THE SENIORS LIKE MY 
DAD. 
LOOKING
THROUGH LAST WINDOWS, NOT 
KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL 
BE THE LAST TIME THEY SEE THEM 
WE NEED A PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF 
AMERICA. 
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS COUNTRY 
WE BELIEVE IN PEOPLE JOINING 
TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. 
WE SEEK A COMMON GROUND TO 
REACH HIGHER GROUND, THAT HAS 
BEEN JOE BIDEN'S LIFE WORK. 
HE IS A WORKING CLASS MAN, 
WHOSE OWN HARDSHIPS HAVE ONLY 
MADE HIM MORE DETERMINED TO LIFT
UP THOSE WHO WERE LEFT OUT. 
HE KNOWS RESILIENCE.  JOE BIDEN
IS A MAN OF DEEP EXPERIENCE. 
BARACK OBAMA, MICHELLE'S HUSBAND
, LEANED ON JOE FOR STRENGTH, 
DECENCY, AND YOU CAN AS WELL. 
MOST CANDIDATES, WHEN THEY AND 
THEIR CAMPAIGN, THAT DAY IT IS 
A HARD ONE. 
FOR ME IT WAS A DAY FULL OF 
GREAT JOY.  TODAY I ENDED MY 
RESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WAS ALSO 
THE DAY THAT I ENDORSED JOE 
BIDEN, WHO RAN FOR THE SAME 
REASONS I DID. 
I ANNOUNCED MY CAMPAIGN IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A BLIZZARD ON THE 
BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 
TO CROSS THE DIVIDE AND BRING 
THIS NATION TOGETHER, TO SEE A 
PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF AMERICA. 
AS I END THE
DAY, I ENDORSED HIM. 
IF YOU FEEL STUCK, TIRED OF THE 
NOISE AND NONSENSE, YOU HAVE A 
HOME WITH ME AND A HOME WITH JOE
BIDEN.  THAT IS WHY I WAS SO 
PROUD TO STAND WITH HIM THEN, 
AT ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY. 
THAT IS WHY WE ARE ALL NOW 
STANDING UNITED BEHIND JOE 
BIDEN AND MY FRIEND KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
OUR NATION'S MODEL MOTTO, AS 
YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE, IT IS 
ALSO THE STORY OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC OR MARY. 
THANK YOU, AMERICA.    
,
[ MUSIC ] ,    
,
>> 
>> WE ALL FEEL MOTIVATED. 
>> I TO MYSELF WHAT ARE YOU 
WILLING TO DO? 
>> YOU HAVE THE MOST 
INSTRUCTIVE, HATEFUL, RACIST 
PRESIDENT, WHO IS LITERALLY 
TEARING APART THE FABRIC OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> HE DESPERATELY IS FAILING AS 
A PRESIDENT AND FAILED AMERICA. 
>> IT IS URGENT THAT WE HEAL 
THE DIVISION IN THIS NATION 
>> WE STILL ARE TAKING CONTROL 
OF OUR OWN FUTURE. 
>> WE NEED TO PROVIDE MILLIONS 
OF AMERICANS A REAL PATH FORWARD
. 
>> A GREEN JOBS GRAHAM, RAISING 
MINIMUM WAGE. 
LOWERING STUDENT LOAN HEALTH.  
REPRODUCTIVE.JUSTICE, ECONOMIC 
JUSTICE, RACIAL JUSTICE. 
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT A NEW 
PRESIDENT CAN DO TO BRING US 
TOGETHER. 
>> STARTING A RESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN IS DAUNTING. 
YOU
HAVE TO REACH HUNDREDS OF 
BILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 
>> YOU HAVE INCREDIBLY LONG 
DAYS OFTEN CAPPED OFF BY THESE 
EVENING EVENTS THAT GO OFF FOR 
HOURS AND HOURS. 
>> YOUR JOB AS A CANDIDATE IS 
TO BE TRUE TO YOURSELF AND WHY 
YOU RAN IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT I REALLY ADMIRE 
ABOUT JOE BIDEN.  
HE REALLY IS HIS OWN MAN, HE 
KNOWS WHO HE IS. 
>> JOE BIDEN DEEPLY CARES ABOUT 
PEOPLE. 
PEOPLE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED. 
PEOPLE BEING LEFT BEHIND.
PEOPLE BEING IGNORED. 
>> I OWE YOU EVERYTHING. 
>> HE HAS HAD SOME HARD TIMES 
IN HIS LIFE. 
HE HAD SOME LOSSES IN HIS LIFE. 
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT 
PEOPLE RELATE TO. 
>> IT HAS BEEN CLOSE TO 15 
YEARS, CANCER FREE. 
>> I SAW THE FAMILY'S WHO WERE 
SO COMFORTED BY JOE BIDEN. 
SOMEONE CARED FOR THEM. 
SOMEONE COULD
RELATE TO THEIR OWN PAIN. 
WE NEED THAT IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
>> I REMEMBER STANDING SIDE-BY-
SIDE ON THAT DEBATE STAYED WITH 
HIM.  WE WERE HAVING A GO OF 
IT. 
AND ON THE COMMERCIAL BREAK HE 
PUT HIS ARM AROUND ME AND 
STARTED TO TELL ME HOW GOOD MY 
IDEAS ARE. 
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE IS 
GIVING ME A PEP TALK AND 
TELLING ME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, 
HOW REALLY IMPORTANT IT IS. 
AND I AM ON THAT STAGE. 
>> JOE WAS EXTRAORDINARILY 
GRACIOUS AND COMFORTING. 
HE TOLD ME I SHOULD BE PROUD OF 
MYSELF. 
HE SAID I DID MYSELF AND MY 
FAMILY A REAL SERVICE, AND MY 
COUNTRY A SERVICE. 
>> IT IS NOT EASY TO UNITE THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS PULLED IT OFF. 
>> HE WANTS TO GET THE BEST 
IDEAS ON THE TABLE SO WE CAN 
MOVE FORWARD IN THE BEST WAY 
POSSIBLE. 
>> HE HAS INCLUDED THE BILL OF 
RIGHTS. 
>> HE HAS UNIFIED OUR GROUP 
AROUND THE GREEN ENERGY
STRATEGY. 
>> HE IS A LEADER THAT BRINGS 
OTHER LEADERS. 
>> HE'S GOING TO WALK INTO THE 
OVAL OFFICE AND FIND A WAY 
AROUND.  
AND HE WILL HAVE ALREADY HONED 
THE INSTINCTS THAT HE NEEDS TO 
LEAD THROUGH THE CRISIS. 
>> DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT 
UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AS 
AMERICANS, HE REALLY DOESN'T. 
THIS IS A GUY WHO BLAMES 
EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING. 
HE BLAMES THE CITY OF 
BALTIMORE. 
HE BLAMES THE COUNTRY OF 
DENMARK. 
HE
BLAMES THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA FOR CUTTING HIM OUT OF 
THE CANADIAN VERSION OF HOME 
ALONE TOO, WHO DOES THAT? 
>> NO SIDELINES.  
NO SITTING THIS ONE OUT. 
NO HOPING THAT SOMEONE ELSE 
WILL COME IN AND SAVE THE DAY. 
THERE IS NO CAVALRY, WE ARE THE 
CALVARY. 
THE MOMENT HAS FOUND A PERSON. 
>> JOE HAS MY VOTE BECAUSE HE 
WILL RING DECENCY AND DIGNITY 
BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>> WE HAVE ONE SHOT TO MCDONALD 
TRUMP A ONE TERM PRESIDENT AND 
THAT SHOT IS RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT OF COURSE IS FROM THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
THOSE ARE THE CANDIDATE WHO 
FACED OFF. 
>> I REMEMBER THE FIRST DEBATE 
DATE DEBATE IN MIAMI. 
I REMEMBER THE NAMES AND FACES 
LAID OUT IN FRONT OF ME.  
THERE WERE SO MANY. 
>> IT IS HIS CONVENTION. 
IT IS HIS PARTY. 
IT IS
HIS NIGHT. 
AND WE WILL STILL HEAR FROM 
BERNIE SANDERS. 
HE WAS NOT PART OF THAT VIDEO. 
HE IS ABOUT TO HAVE HIS SAY. 
WE WILL HAVE COVERAGE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, 
NIGHT NUMBER ONE CONTINUES.    
>>> WE DON'T RETALIATE WITH 
ANGER, WE RETALIATE WITH LOVE.  
>> THIS ISN'T ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP, THIS IS ABOUT 400 YEARS 
OF RACISM. 
>> WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO 
MAKE BALLOTS READY TO GO FOR 
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER? 
>> GOING DEEP INTO THE STORY. 
>> WHAT POLICY CHANGES NEED TO 
BE CONNECTED? 
>> WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH AND 
WHO IS LYING EVERY DAY? THAT IS 
THE STORY THAT AMERICANS WANT 
TO HEAR. 
>> WE LIKE TO THINK THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME SORT OF POST- 
RACIAL AMERICA. 
WE ARE REMINDED TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO NOT.
>> I THINK ABOUT YOU YOUR KIDS. 
I REMEMBER US HER SAYING WHY 
DON'T I HAVE A PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT IS OKAY THAT YOU ARE 
DIFFERENT, IT IS NOT OKAY TO 
THINK THAT YOU ARE LESS THAN.   
>>> YOU ARE WATCHING NBC NEWS 
NOW KOMO NEWS FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD, LIVE WEEKDAYS, 
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EASTERN. 
>> A REAL CATASTROPHE IS 
HAPPENING IN ZILLAH BEFORE OUR 
VERY EYES. 
>> THE SPEED THE PEOPLE THAT I 
SPOKE TO SAID IF THEY DON'T 
WORK, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO 
FEED THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT 
IS BRINGING THINGS BACK IN 
STAGES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
WEEKS.
>> LIFE ACROSS ITALY IS BACK TO 
NORMAL. 
IT JUST
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE SAME 
NORMAL AS BEFORE. 
[ MUSIC ]  
>> THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO 
FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF. 
>> THESE ARE THE UNITED STATES. 
A UNITED PEOPLE, WITH A UNITED 
PURPOSE.
>> A GREAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
MOVED TO DEFEND. 
>> ALL OF US CAN EXTEND A HAND 
TO THOSE IN NEED. 
[ MUSIC ]     
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE
FIXED? 
WHAT WOULD COUNT AS JUSTICE IN 
THIS CASE? 
DO YOU HAVE CLARITY ON WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT IS HAS ACTUALLY 
ORDERED? 
I HAVE TO ASK WHETHER OR NOT 
THE PARTY CAN TURN THIS AROUND. 
>> PEOPLE ARE NOT 6 FEET APART 
FOR THE MOST PART. 
ARE YOU WORRIED THAT THE CRISIS 
MAY DOVETAIL IN TERMS OF 
TRANSMISSION IN THESE ONGOING 
PROTESTS? 
>> MORE AMERICANS WATCH NBC 
NEWS THAN ANY OTHER NEWS 
ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD.    
,
>>> BEFORE THE BREAK WE SAW THAT
VIDEO OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
CHALLENGERS AND THE MOMENT OF 
UNITY, WE DID NOT HEAR FROM 
BERNIE SANDERS. 
WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM HIM 
IN A SPEECH. 
P1 A QUARTER OF THE VOTES CAST 
IN THE PRIMARY AND SINCE THEN HE
HAS ENDORSED JOE BIDEN. 
IT WILL BE INTERESTING, HE 
REALLY EXPRESSED HIS 
DISAPPOINTMENT.
>> BERNIE SANDERS INCREDIBLY 
INFLUENTIAL. 
AND HE HAD A HARVARD FRAUD HE 
HAD A HARD-FOUGHT PRIMARY. 
TONIGHT WE EXPECT HIM TO STRIKE 
THE NOTE OF UNITY, EXPECTING A 
DIRECT APPEAL TO HIS 
SUPPORTERS. 
HE
WILL BE SPEAKING FROM HIS HOME 
STATE OF VERMONT IN WILMINGTON. 
PEOPLE WILL BE LISTENING VERY 
CLOSELY TO HOW HE REACHES OUT 
TO PROGRESSIVES IN THE PARTY. 
>> WE SEEN THE BIG DIFFERENCES. 
THE PROGRESSIVE AND MODERATE 
WING OF THE PARTY. 
THIS IS A NIGHT OF UNITY. 
THE THEME IS WE THE PEOPLE. 
WE WOULD EXPECT HIM TO OFFER A 
CALMER TONE AND LENT HIS VOICE 
TO THIS GROUP.
>> GOOD EVENING. 
OUR GREAT NATION IS NOW BEING 
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT. 
WE ARE FACING THE WORST PUBLIC 
HEALTH CRISIS IN 100 YEARS AND 
THE WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE 
SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. 
WE HAVE BEEN CONFRONTING 
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND THE 
ENORMOUS THREAT OF CLIMATE 
CHANGE. 
IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS, WE 
HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS 
INCAPABLE OF ADDRESSING THESE 
CRISES, AND IS LEADING US DOWN 
THE PATH OF AUTHORITARIANISM. 
THIS ELECTION IS THE MOST 
IMPORTANT IN THE MODERN HISTORY 
OF THIS COUNTRY. 
IN RESPONSE TO THE 
UNPRECEDENTED CRISES WE FACE, 
WE NEED AND WE NEED AN 
UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE, A 
MOVEMENT LIKE NEVER BEFORE OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO 
STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
ANDDECENCY, AND AGAINST GREED, 
OLIGARCHY, AND BIGOTRY. 
AND WE NEED JOE BIDEN AS OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT.  LET ME TAKE 
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A WORD 
TO THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO 
SUPPORTED MY CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR 
AND IN 2015. 
MY FRIEND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
TRUST, SUPPORT, AND THE LOVE 
THAT YOU SHOWED JANE, ME, AND 
OUR FAMILY. 
TOGETHER WE HAVE MOVED THIS 
COUNTRY IN A BOLD NEW 
DIRECTION. 
SHOWING THAT ALL OF US, BLACK 
AND WHITE, LATINO, NATIVE 
AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, GAY 
AND STRAIGHT, NATIVE BORN AND 
IMMIGRANT, WE YEARN FOR A 
NATION USED ON THE PRINCIPLES 
OF JUSTICE, LOVE, AND COMPASSION
.  OUR CAMPAIGN ENDED SEVERAL 
MONTHS AGO. 
BUT OUR MOVEMENT CONTINUES, AND 
IS GETTING STRONGER EVERY DAY. 
MANY OF THE IDEAS THAT WE 
FOUGHT FOR OUR JUST A FEW YEARS 
AGO IDEAS THAT WERE CONSIDERED 
RADICAL AND NOW OUR MAINSTREAM. 
LET US BE CLEAR. 
IF DONALD TRUMP IS REELECTED, 
ALL OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE 
MADE WILL BE IN JEOPARDY. 
AND MOST BASIC, THIS ELECTION 
IS ABOUT PRESERVING OUR 
DEMOCRACY.  THE UNTHINKABLE HAS 
BECOME NORMAL. 
HE HAS TRIED TO PREVENT PEOPLE 
FROM VOTING, HE HAS UNDERMINED 
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, HE HAS 
TO CLOSE HE HAS DEPLOYED THE 
MILITARY AND MILITARY AGENTS 
AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.  
HE HAS THREATENED TO DELAY THE 
ELECTION AND SUGGESTED THAT HE 
WILL NOT LEAVE OFFICE IF HE 
LOSES.  
THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND WE MUST 
NEVER TREAT IT LIKE IT IS. 
UNDER THIS MINISTRATION, 
AUTHORITARIANISM HAS TAKEN ROOT 
IN OUR COUNTRY.  I AND MY 
FAMILY, AND MANY OF YOURS KNOW 
THE INSIDIOUS WAY 
AUTHORITARIANISM DESTROYS 
DEMOCRACY, DECENCY, AND 
HUMANITY. 
AS LONG AS I AM HERE, I WILL 
WORK WITH PROGRESSIVES. 
I WILL WORK WITH MODERATES. 
AND WITH CONSERVATIVES, TO 
PRESERVE
THIS NATION FROM A THREAT THAT 
SO MANY OF OUR HEROES FOUGHT AND
DIED TO DEFEAT. 
THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT JUST A 
THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.  
BY REJECTING SCIENCE, HE HAS PUT
LIVES AND HEALTH IN JEOPARDY. 
HE ATTACKED DOCTORS AND 
SCIENTISTS TRYING TO PROTECT US 
FROM THE PANDEMIC, WHILE 
REFUSING TO TAKE STRONG ACTION 
TO PRODUCE MASKS, GOWNS AND 
GLOVES THAT OUR HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS DESPERATELY NEED.  WHILE
ROME BURNS, TRUMP GULFS. 
HIS ACTIONS RESULTED IN OVER 
170,000 DEATHS AND A NATION 
STILL UNPREPARED TO PROTECT THE 
PEOPLE. 
FURTHERMORE, HIS NEGLIGENCE HAS 
EXACERBATED THE ECONOMIC CRISIS 
THAT WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING. 
SINCE THIS PANDEMIC BEGAN OVER 
30 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE LOST 
THEIR JOBS, MANY HAVE LOST 
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. 
MILLIONS OF WORKING FAMILIES ARE
WONDERING HOW THEY WILL FEED 
THEIR KIDS.  AND THEY ARE
WORRIED THAT THEY WILL BE 
EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES.  
HOW HAS TRUMP RESPONDED? 
INSTEAD OF MAINTAINING THE $600 
PER WEEK OF UNEMPLOYMENT 
SUPPLEMENTS THAT WORKERS WERE 
RECEIVING AND THE $1200 IN 
EMERGENCY CHECKS THAT MANY OF 
YOU HAVE RECEIVED, INSTEAD OF 
HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES, TRUMP 
CONCOCTED EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT 
DO VIRTUALLY NOTHING TO ADDRESS 
THE CRISIS, WHILE THREATENING 
THE VERY FUTURE OF SOCIAL 
SECURITY AND MEDICARE DEAR BUT 
THE TRUTH IS, EVEN WITH THIS 
NEGLIGENT RESPONSE, TOO MANY 
HARD-WORKING FAMILIES HAVE BEEN 
CAUGHT ON AN ECONOMIC TREADMILL 
WITH NO HOPE OF EVER GETTING 
AHEAD.  
TOGETHER, WE MUST BUILD A 
NATION THAT IS MORE EQUITABLE, 
MORE COMPASSIONATE, MORE 
INCLUSIVE. 
I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN WILL 
BEGIN THE FIGHT ON DAY ONE. 
LET ME OFFER YOU A FEW EXAMPLES 
OF HOW JOE WILL MOVE US 
FORWARD. 
JOE SUPPORTS RAISING THE 
MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 PER HOUR. 
THIS WILL GIVE 40 MILLION 
WORKERS A PAY RAISE AND PUSH 
THE WAGE SCALE UP.  JOE WILL 
ALSO MAKE IT EASIER FOR WORKERS 
TO JOIN UNIONS, CREATE PAID 
FAMILY LEAVE, FUND UNIVERSAL 
PRE-K, FOR THREE AND FOUR 
-YEAR-OLDS, AND MAKE CHILDCARE 
AFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS OF 
FAMILIES. 
JOE WILL REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING 
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FIGHT THE 
THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE BY 
TRANSITIONINGUS TO 100% CLEAN 
ELECTRICITY OVER THE NEXT 15 
YEARS. 
THESE INITIATIVES WILL CREATE 
MILLIONS OF GOOD PAYING JOBS ALL
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. 
AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE ONLY 
INDUSTRIALIZED NATION NOT TO 
GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL 
PEOPLE. 
WHILE JOE AND I DISAGREE ON THE 
BEST PATH TO GET UNIVERSAL 
COVERAGE, HE HAS A PLAN THAT 
WILL GREATLY EXPAND HEALTHCARE 
AND CUT COSTS OF PRESCRIPTION 
DRUGS. 
YOU WILL LOWER THE ELIGIBILITY 
AGE OF MEDICARE, DOWN TO 60. 
TO HELP REFORM THE BROKEN 
JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND PRIVATE 
PRISONS AND DETENTION CENTERS, 
AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON 
PIPELINE. 
AND TO HEAL THE SOUL OF OUR 
NATION, JOE BIDEN WILL END THE 
HATE AND DIVISION THAT TRUMP HAS
CREATED.  
HE WILL STOP THE DEMONIZATION OF
IMMIGRANTS AND THE CODDLING OF 
WHITE NATIONALISTS, THE RACIST 
DOG WHISTLING, THE BIGOTRY AND 
THE UGLY ATTACKS ON WOMEN.  MY
FRIENDS, I SAY TO YOU AND 
EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OTHER 
CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARY, AND 
TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE VOTED FOR 
DONALD TRUMP IN THE LAST 
ELECTION, THE FUTURE OF OUR 
DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE HERE THE 
FUTURE OF OUR ECONOMY IS AT 
STAKE. 
THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET IS AT 
STAKE. 
WE MUST COME TOGETHER TO BEAT 
DONALD TRUMP AND TO ELECT JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS AS OUR 
NEXT RESIDENT AND VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
MY FRIENDS, THE PRICE OF FAILURE
IS JUST TOO GREAT TO IMAGINE.'S 
NEW 91 OF THE NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, A SEARING 
INDICTMENT OF DONALD TRUMP, AND 
A CALL FOR UNITY ACROSS THE 
IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM FOR 
DEMOCRATS.  WE WILL HAVE A 
MOMENT TO PAUSE BEFORE THAT 
STARTS. 
AND WE WILL HEAR FROM 
CORRESPONDENCE ANDREA MITCHELL 
WITH MORE ON WHAT WE ARE 
EXPECTING FROM THE FIRST LADY 
TONIGHT.
>> WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR 
FROM HER. 
SHE'S GOING TO BE POLITICAL 
TONIGHT, TAKING DOWN TRUMP, AND 
ALSO TELLING THE COUNTRY AND 
DEMOCRATS THAT SHE KNOWS JOE 
BIDEN, SHE CAN VALIDATE AND 
ENDORSE HIM IN A VERY PERSONAL 
WAY. 
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> SHE WAS FAMOUS FOR THE LINE 
WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO HI, HOW 
SHALL HOW WILL SHE WORK WITH 
THOSE REMARKS? 
>> SHE SAID GOING HI MEANS 
GETTING INVOLVED. 
CALLING THEM TO ACTION. 
>> DO YOU THINK IT WAS 
DIFFICULT? 
>> I THINK SHE WAS IN THIS TO 
WIN AT. 
SHE TALKED
ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS AND GETTING 
PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE, SHE HAS 
BEEN VERY UPFRONT AND DEFENDING 
KAMALA HARRIS AGAINST RACIST 
ATTACKS IN THE LAST WEEK. 
>> EVA LONGORIA IS THE CELEBRITY
HOST TONIGHT, AND EVERY NIGHT 
THIS WEEK THAT SHE IS PREPARING 
THE INTRODUCTION FOR. 
MICHELLE OBAMA, AS ANDREA 
POINTED OUT, IS DRAMATICALLY 
POPULAR IN THIS PARTY AND A 
VOICE THAT PEOPLE OFTEN WANT TO 
HEAR. 
WE WILL SEE
WHAT SHE WILL BRING IN THIS 
NIGHT IN WHICH DEMOCRATS HAVE 
GONE WITH THE TITLE OF WE THE 
PEOPLE. 
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
IT IS A HARD TIME AND
EVERYONE IS FEELING IT IN 
DIFFERENT WAYS.  
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE RELUCTANT TO 
TUNE IN TO A POLITICAL 
CONVENTION RIGHT NOW.  I AM 
HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I LOVE THIS
COUNTRY WITH ALL MY HEART. 
IT PAINS ME TO SEE SO MANY 
PEOPLE HURTING, I'VE MET SO 
MANY OF YOU AND I'VE HEARD YOUR 
STORIES.  THROUGH YOU I HAVE 
SEEN THIS COUNTRY'S PROMISE. 
THANKS TO SO MANY WHO CAME 
BEFORE ME, THANKS TO THEIR TOIL 
AND SWEAT, AND BLOOD, I HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO LIVE THAT PROMISE 
MYSELF. 
THAT IS THE STORY OF AMERICA. 
ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO SACRIFICED 
AND OVERCAME SO MUCH IN THEIR 
OWN TIMES BECAUSE THEY WANTED 
SOMETHING MORE. 
THEY WANTED SOMETHING BETTER 
FOR THEIR KIDS. 
THEY HAVE A LOT OF BEAUTY IN 
THAT STORY. 
THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN ENDED AS 
WELL.  
STRUGGLE, INJUSTICE, AND THERE 
IS WORK
LEFT TO DO. 
WHO WE CHOOSE AS OUR PRESIDENT 
IN THIS ELECTION WILL DETERMINE 
WHETHER OR NOT WE HONOR THAT 
STRUGGLE AND CHIP AWAY AT THAT 
INJUSTICE.  AND WHETHER OR NOT 
WE KEEP ALIVE THE VERY 
POSSIBILITY OF FINISHING THAT 
WORK.  I 
AM ONE OF THE HANDFUL OF PEOPLE 
LIVING TODAY WHO HAVE SEEN 
FIRSTHAND THE IMMENSE WEIGHT AND
AWESOME POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY
. 
LET ME ONCE AGAIN TELL YOU THIS
.  THE JOB IS HARD. 
IT REQUIRES CLEARHEADED 
JUDGMENT. 
IT REQUIRES A MASTERY OF 
CONFLICT AND COMPETING ISSUES, A
DEVOTION
TO FACTS AND HISTORY, A MORAL 
COMPASS AND THE ABILITY TO 
LISTEN.  AND IT REQUIRES A 
BELIEF, AND ABIDING BELIEF THAT 
EACH OF THE 330 MILLION LIVES 
IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE MEANING AND
WORTH.  A PRESIDENTS WORDS HAVE 
THE POWER TO MOVE MARKETS, STAR 
WARS, BROKER PEACE. 
THEY CAN SUMMON A BETTER ANGEL, 
OR AWAKEN A WORSE INSTINCT.  YOU
CANNOT FAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH 
THIS JOB DEREK BEING PRESIDENT 
DOES NOT CHANGE WHO YOU ARE, IT 
REVEALS WHO YOU ARE.  A
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAN REVEAL
WHO WE ARE AS WELL. 
TOO MANY PEOPLE CHOSE TO 
BELIEVE THAT THEIR VOTES DIDN'T 
MATTER.  
MAYBE THEY WERE FED UP. 
MAYBE THEY
THOUGHT THE OUTCOME WOULD NOT 
BE CLOSE. 
MAY BE THE BARRIER FELT TOO 
STEEP.  WHATEVER THE REASON, IN 
THE
END, THOSE CHOICES SEND SOMEONE 
TO THE OVAL OFFICE WHO LOST THE 
NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE BY NEARLY
3 MILLION VOTES. 
IN ONE OF THE STATES THAT 
DETERMINED THE OUTCOME, THE 
WINNING MARGIN AVERAGED OUT TO 
JUST TWO VOTES PER PRECINCT.  
JUST TWO VOTES. 
WE HAVE ALL BEEN LIVING WITH THE
CONSEQUENCES. 
WHEN
MY HUSBAND LEFT OFFICE WITH JOE 
BIDEN AT HIS SIDE, HE HAD A 
RECORD RAKING STRETCH OF JOB 
CREATION. 
WE SECURED THE RIGHT TO 
HEALTHCARE FOR 20 MILLION 
PEOPLE. 
WE WERE RESPECTED AROUND THE 
WORLD AND WE WERE RALLYING OUR 
ALLIES TO CONFRONT CLIMATE 
CHANGE. 
OUR LEADERS HAD WORKED HAND IN 
HAND WITH SCIENTISTS TO HELP 
PREVENT AN EBOLA OUTBREAK FROM 
COMING A GLOBAL CAP PANDEMIC. 
FOUR YEARS LATER, THE STATE OF 
THIS NATION IS VERY DIFFERENT. 
MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED. 
OUR ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES 
BECAUSE OF A VIRUS THAT THIS 
PRESIDENT DOWNPLAYED FOR TOO 
LONG. 
IT HAS LEFT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 
WITHOUT JOBS. 
TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST 
HEALTHCARE. 
TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING 
TO TAKE CARE OF BASIC 
NECESSITIES LIKE FOOD, RENT, 
TOO MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN 
LEFT IN THE LURCH TO GRAPPLE 
WITH THE WHETHER AND HOW TO 
OPEN OUR SCHOOLS SAFELY. 
INTERNATIONALLY WE HAVE TURNED 
OUR BACKS, NOT JUST ON 
AGREEMENTS FORGED BY MY HUSBAND 
JACK BUT ON ALLIANCES CHAMPIONED
BY RESIDENTS LIKE RONALD REAGAN 
AND DWIGHT EISENHOWER.  HERE AT
HOME, AS GEORGE FLOYD, BREONNA 
TAYLOR, AND A NEVER ENDING LIST 
OF INNOCENT PEOPLE OF COLOR 
CONTINUE TO BE MURDERED, 
STATING THE SIMPLE FACT THAT 
THERE IS STILL DERISION FROM 
THE NATION'S HIGHEST OFFICE. 
BECAUSE WHENEVER
WE LOOK TO THIS WHITE HOUSE FOR 
SOME LEADERSHIP OR CONSOLATION, 
OR ANY SEMBLANCE OF STEADINESS, 
WHAT WE GET INSTEAD IS CHAOS, 
DIVISION, AND A TOTAL AND
UTTER LACK OF EMPATHY.  
EMPATHY, THAT IS SOMETHING I'VE 
BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT 
LATELY. 
THE ABILITY TO WALK IN SOMEONE 
ELSE'S SHOES. 
THE RECOGNITION THAT SOMEONE 
ELSE'S EXPERIENCE HAS VALUE AS 
WELL. 
MOST OF US PRACTICE THIS 
WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. 
IF WE SEE SOMEONE SUFFERING OR 
STRUGGLING, WE DON'T STAND IN 
JUDGMENT. 
WE REACH OUT, BECAUSE
THERE BEFORE THE GRACE OF GOD 
GO I, IT IS NOT A HARD CONCEPT 
TO GRASP. 
IT IS WHAT WE TEACH OUR 
CHILDREN. 
AND WE HAVE TRIED OUR BEST TO 
INSTILL IN OUR GIRLS A STRONG 
MORAL FOUNDATION TO CARRY 
FORWARD THE VALUES THAT OUR 
PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS POURED 
INTO US. 
RIGHT NOW, KIDS IN THIS COUNTRY 
ARE SEEING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE 
STOP REQUIRING EMPATHY OF ONE 
ANOTHER.  THEY ARE LOOKING 
AROUND AND WONDERING IF WE HAVE 
BEEN LYING TO THEM ABOUT WHO WE 
ARE AND WHAT WE TRULY VALUE. 
THEY SEE PEOPLE SHOUTING IN 
TERTIARY STORES, UNWILLING TO 
WEAR A MASK TO KEEP US ALL 
SAFE. 
THEY SEE PEOPLE CALLING THE 
POLICE ON FOLKS MINDING THEIR 
OWN BUSINESS, JUST BECAUSE OF 
THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. 
THEY SEE AN ENTITLEMENT THAT 
ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE BELONG HERE
.  WINNING IS GOOD, WINNING IS 
EVERYTHING, AS LONG AS YOU COME 
OUT ON TOP, IT DOESN'T MATTER 
WHAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE ELSE. 
THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH LACK 
OF EMPATHY. 
THEY SEE OUR LEADERS LABELING 
FELLOW CITIZENS AS ENEMIES OF 
THE STATE WHILE EMBOLDENING 
TORCH BEARING WHITES PREMISES. 
THEY WATCH IN HORROR AS 
CHILDREN ARE TORN FROM FAMILIES 
AND THROWN INTO CAGES, PEPPER 
SPRAYED, AND RUBBER BULLETS ARE 
USED ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS FOR 
A PHOTO OP. 
SADLY, THIS IS THE
AMERICA ON DISPLAY FOR THE NEXT 
GENERATION. 
A NATION THAT IS 
UNDERPERFORMING NOT SIMPLY ON 
MATTERS OF POLICY, BUT ON 
MATTERS OF CHARACTER. 
THAT IS NOT JUST DISAPPOINTING. 
IT IS DOWNRIGHT INFURIATING. 
BECAUSE I KNOW THE GOODNESS AND 
GRACE THAT IS OUT THERE IN 
HOUSEHOLDS AND NEIGHBORHOODS 
ALL ACROSS THIS NATION.  AND I
KNOW THAT REGARDLESS OF RACE, 
AGE, RELIGION, OR POLITICS, 
WHERE WE CLOSE OUT THE NOISE 
AND THE FEAR AND TRULY OPEN OUR 
HEARTS, WE KNOW THAT WHAT IS 
GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY IS 
JUST NOT RIGHT. 
THIS IS NOT WHO WE WANT TO BE. 
SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW? 
WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY? 
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, A LOT 
OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WHEN 
OTHERS ARE GOING SOLO, DOES 
GOING HI STILL REALLY WORK? MY 
ANSWER? GOING HI IS THE ONLY 
THING THAT WORKS. 
WHEN WE GO THE, WHEN WE USE THE 
SAME TACTICS OF DEGRADING AND 
DEHUMANIZING OTHERS, WE JUST 
BECOME PART OF THE UGLY NOISE 
THAT IS DROWNING OUT EVERYTHING 
ELSE.  
WE GREAT OURSELVES.  
WE GRADE THE VERY CAUSES FOR 
WHICH WE FIGHT. 
LET US BE CLEAR, GOING HI DOES 
NOT MEAN PUTTING ON A SMILE AND 
SAYING NICE THINGS WHEN 
CONFRONTED BY VICIOUSNESS AND 
CRUELTY. 
GOING HI MEANS TAKING THE HARDER
PATH.  
IT MEANS SCRAPING AND CRAWLING 
OUR WAY TO THAT MOUNTAINTOP. 
GOING HI
MEANS STANDING FIERCE AGAINST 
HATRED. 
WHILE REMEMBERING THAT WE ARE 
ONE NATION UNDER GOD. 
IF WE WOULD LIKE TO SURVIVE, WE 
HAVE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO LIVE 
TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER 
ACROSS OUR DIFFERENCES.  
GOING HI MEANS UNLOCKING THE 
SHACKLES OF LIVES AND MISTRUST 
WITH THE ONLY THING THAT CAN 
TRULY SET US FREE. 
THE COLD, HARD TRUTH.  LET ME 
BE AS HONEST AND AS CLEAR AS I 
CAN POSSIBLY BE.  
DONALD
TRUMP IS THE WRONG PRESIDENT 
FOR OUR COUNTRY. 
HE HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME
TO PROVE THAT HE CAN DO THE JOB 
THAT HE IS CLEARLY OVER HIS HEAD
.  HE
CANNOT MEET THIS MOMENT.  
HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE WANT 
HIM TO BE FOR US.  
IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
UNDERSTAND THAT MY MESSAGE WILL 
NOT BE HEARD BY SOME.  WE LIVE
IN A NATION THAT IS DEEPLY 
DIVIDED. 
I AM A BLACK WOMAN, SPEAKING AT 
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 
ENOUGH OF YOU KNOW ME BY NOW. 
YOU KNOW THAT I TELL YOU 
EXACTLY WHAT I AM FEELING. 
YOU KNOW THAT I HATE POLITICS. 
YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I CARE ABOUT 
THIS NATION.  YOU KNOW HOW MUCH
I CARE ABOUT ALL OF OUR 
CHILDREN. 
SO IF YOU TAKE ONE THING FROM 
MY WORDS TONIGHT, IT IS THIS. 
IF YOU THINK THINGS CANNOT 
POSSIBLY GET WORSE, TRUST ME 
THEY CAN AND THEY WILL, IF WE 
DON'T MAKE A CHANGE THIS 
ELECTION. 
IF WE HAVE ANY HOPE OF ENDING 
THIS CHAOS, WE HAVE GOT TO VOTE 
FOR JOE BIDEN LIKE OUR LIVES 
DEPEND ON IT. 
I KNOW JOE.  HE IS A PROFOUNDLY 
DECENT MAN GUIDED BY FAITH.  HE
WAS A TERRIFIC VICE PRESIDENT. 
HE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO 
RESCUE AN ECONOMY BEATEN BACK, 
AND TO BEAT BACK THE PANDEMIC 
AND LEAD OUR COUNTRY.  AND HE 
LISTENS. 
HE WILL TELL THE TRUTH, HE WILL 
TRUST SCIENCE, HE WILL MAKE 
SMART PLANS, HE WILL MAN YOU 
WILL MANAGE A GOOD TEAM AND HE 
WILL GOVERN AS SOMEONE WHO HAS 
LIVED A LIFE THAT THE REST OF 
US CAN RECOGNIZE. 
WHEN HE WAS A KID, JO'S FATHER 
LOST HIS JOB. 
WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG SENATOR, 
JOE LOST HIS WIFE AND HIS BABY 
DAUGHTER.  
WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT, HE 
LOST HIS BELOVED SON.  JOE KNOWS
THE
ANGUISH OF SITTING AT A TABLE 
WITH AN CHAIR.  IT IS
WHY HE GIVES HIS TIME SO FREELY 
TO GREETING PARENTS. 
JOE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIFE LIKE 
TO STRUGGLE. 
HE HAS GIVEN HIS PERSONAL PHONE 
NUMBER TWO KIDS OVERCOME 
OVERCOMING A STUTTER OF THEIR 
OWN. 
HIS LIFE IS A TESTAMENT TO 
GETTING BACK UP. 
HE IS GOING TO CHANNEL THE SAME 
GRID AND PASSION TO PICK US ALL 
UP AND HELP US HEAL, AND GUIDE 
US FORWARD.  
JOE IS NOT PERFECT. 
HE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO TELL 
YOU THAT. 
BUT THERE IS NO PERFECT 
CANDIDATE, NO PERFECT 
PRESIDENT, AND HIS ABILITY TO 
LEARN AND GROW, WE FIND IN THAT 
THE KIND OF HUMILITY AND 
MATURITY THAT SO MANY OF US ARE 
YEARNING FOR RIGHT NOW. 
JOE BIDEN HAS SERVED THIS 
NATION HIS ENTIRE LIFE WITHOUT 
EVER LOSING SIGHT OF WHO HE IS. 
MORE THAN THAT, HE HAS NEVER 
LOST SIGHT OF WHO WE ARE.  JOE
BIDEN ONCE ALL
OF OUR KIDS TO GO TO A GOOD 
SCHOOL AND SEE A DOCTOR WHEN 
THEY ARE SICK, LIVE ON A 
HEALTHY PLANET.  
HE'S GOT PLANS TO MAKE ALL OF 
THAT HAPPEN.   
%
THAT HAPPEN.   ,
,
IF WE WANT A 
CHANCE TO PURSUE 
ANY OF THESE 
GOALS, ANY OF 
THESE 
MOST BASIC 
REQUIREMENTS FOR 
A FUNCTIONING 
SOCIETY, WE HAVE 
TO VOTE FOR JOE 
BIDEN IN NUMBERS 
THAT CANNOT BE 
IGNORED BECAUSE 
RIGHT NOW, FOLKS 
WHO KNOW THEY 
CANNOT BE 
VICTORIOUS FAIR 
AND SQUARE AT 
THE BALLOT BOX 
ARE DOING 
EVERYTHING THEY 
CAN TO STOP US 
FROM VOTING. 
THEY ARE CLOSING 
VOTING PLACES IN 
MINORITY 
NEIGHBORHOODS, 
THEY ARE SENDING  
PEOPLE OUT TO 
INTIMIDATE 
VOTERS AND THEY 
ARE LYING ABOUT %
THE SECURITY OF 
OUR PALLETS. 
THESE TACTICS 
ARE NOT NEW. W.
THIS IS NOT THE 
TIME TO WITHHOLD 
OUR VOTES IN 
PROTEST OR 
PLAY 
GAMES WITH 
CANDIDATES WHO 
HAVE NO CHANCE 
OF WINNING.  
WE HAVE %TO VOTE 
LIKE WE DID IN 
2008 AND 2012. E 
WE HAVE TO SHOW 
UP WITH THE SAME 
LEVEL OF PASSION 
AND HOPE FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
WE HAVE TO VOTE 
EARLY, IN PERSON 
IF WE CAN, WE 
HAVE TO REQUEST 
IN  MAIL 
BALLOTS RIGHT 
NOW, TONIGHT AND 
SEND THEM BACK 
IMMEDIATELY AND 
FOLLOW UP TO 
ENSURE THEY Y WERE 
RECEIVED AND 
MAKE SURE OUR 
FAMILIES DO THE 
SAME. 
WE HAVE TO GRAB 
OUR COMFORTABLE 
SHOES, PUT ON A 
MASK, AND PACK 
FOOD BECAUSE WE 
HAVE TO 
BE 
WILLING TO STAND 
IN LINE ALL 
NIGHT IF WE HAVE 
TO. 
WE HAVE ALREADY 
SACRIFICED SO 
MUCH THIS YEAR. 
SO MANY OF YOU 
ARE ALREADY 
GOING THE EXTRA 
MILE. 
EVEN WHEN YOU 
ARE EXHAUSTED, 
YOU ARE 
MUSTERING UP 
UNIMAGINABLE 
COURAGE TO PUT 
ON THE SCRUBS 
AND GIVE OUR 
LOVED ONES A 
FIGHTING CHANCE. 
EVEN WHEN YOU 
ARE ANXIOUS, YOU 
ARE DELIVENG 
PACKAGES, 
STOCKING SHELVES 
AND DOING THE 
ESSENTIAL WORK 
SO ALL OF US CAN 
KEEP MOVING 
FORWARD. 
EVEN WHEN IT ALL 
FEELS SO 
OVERWHELMING, 
WORKING PARENTS 
ARE SOMEHOW 
PIECING IT ALL 
TOGETHER WITHOUT 
CHILDCARE, 
TEACHERS ARE 
GETTING CREATIVE 
SO OUR KIDS CAN 
STILL LEARN AND 
GROW. 
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE 
ARE DESPERATELY 
FIGHTING TO 
PURSUE THEIR 
DREAMS. 
WHEN THE HORRORS 
OF SYSTEMIC 
RACISM SHOOK ROTHE 
COUNTRY AND OUR 
CONSCIENCE, 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS OF 
EVERY AGE, NSAND 
BACKGROUND ROSE 
UP TO MARCH FOR 
EACH OTHER. 
CRYING OUT FOR 
JUSTICE AND 
PROGRESS. 
THIS IS WHO WE 
STILL ARE. 
COMPASSIONATE. 
RESILIENT. 
DECENT PEOPLE. 
WHOSE FORTUNES 
ARE BOUND WITH 
ONE ANOTHER. 
IT IS WELL PAST 
TIME FOR OUR WE
LEADERS TO ONCE 
AGAIN REFLECT 
OUR TRUTH. 
SO IT IS UP TO 
US, TO  ADD OUR 
VOICES AND OUR 
VOTES TO THE 
COURSE OF 
HISTORY, ECHOING 
HEROES LIKE JOHN 
LEWIS WHO SAID 
WHEN YOU SEE 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS NOT RIGHT, 
YOU MUST SAY 
SOMETHING. 
YOU MUST DO 
SOMETHING. 
THAT IS THE 
TRUEST FORM OF 
EMPATHY. 
NOT JUST FEELING 
BUT DOING. 
NOT JUST FOR 
OURSELVES OR OUR 
KIDS, BUT FOR 
EVERYONE. 
FOR ALL OF OUR 
KIDS. 
IF WE WANT TO 
KEEP THE 
POSSIBILITY OF 
PROGRESS ALIVE 
IN OUR TIME. 
AND WE WANT TO 
BE ABLE  TO LOOK 
OUR CHILDREN IN LE
THE EYE AFTER R 
THIS SELECTION, 
WE HAVE GOT TO 
REASSERT OUR 
PLACE IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY 
AND WE UR%HAVE GOT 
TO DO EVERYTHING 
WE CAN TO  ELECT 
MY FRIEND JOE 
BIDEN AS THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT 
OF THE U.S. 
THANK YOU ALL. 
GOD BLESS. 
>> MICHELLE 
OBAMA WITH A 
PASSIONATE 
ENDORSEMENT OF 
JOE BIDEN AND 
SHE WAS  CRITICAL 
OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP AS WE 
THOUGHT, SHE SAID
DONALD TRUMP IS 
THE WRONG LD
PRESIDENT FOR 
THE COUNTRY BUT 
TO ME IT WAS A 
IMPERATIVE TO 
VOTE, YOU HAVE 
TO VOTE LIKE 
YOUR LIFE 
DEPENDED ON IT. 
>> IT WAS VERY 
PRACTICAL, YES A 
ENDORSEMENT ON 
JOE BIDEN BUT IT 
WAS PRACTICAL IN 
TERMS OF PRGETTING 
OUT TO VOTE. 
TO  IT TONIGHT, 
GET YOUR BALLOT 
AND SEND IT 
RIGHT BACK. 
LET'S GO TO OUR 
CONTRIBUTORS. 
FOR THE 
REPUBLICAN SIDE 
OF THINGS. 
THIS ISSUE OF 
VOTING IN A 
PANDEMIC, HOW 
BIG OF A CONCERN 
IS IT? 
>> IT IS A BIG 
CONCERN AND SHE 
STATED CLEARLY 
THAT PEOPLE NEED 
TO BE AWARE OF 
SOME OF THE 
SHENANIGANS THAT 
ARE GOING ON. 
WHEN SHE TOLD 
PEOPLE THEY MAY 
HAVE TO PACK A 
BREAKFAST AND 
DINNER AND WAIT %
ALL DAY AND DO 
NOT LEAVE THE 
LINE, SHE IS 
SPEAKING 
DIRECTLY TO A 
LOT OF VOTERS 
LIKE EEL 
WHAT DONALD 
TRUMP HAS BEEN 
DOING IS SENDING 
A SIGNAL THAT HE 
WANTS TO FIGURE 
OUT WAYS FOR 
VOTES NOT TO 
COUNT. 
SHE WAS POWERFUL 
AND I THINK SHE 
DID A GREAT JOB 
CONTRASTING THE 
CHARACTER AND 
PERSONALITY OF 
JOE BIDEN WITH 
THAT OF OFTHE 
CURRENT 
PRESIDENT. 
>> SPEAK TO THIS 
IDEA OF GETTING 
OUT TO VOTE, HOW 
IMPORTANT IS IT? 
>> AS A MAJOR 
THEME OF TONIGHT 
AND MICHELLE'S 
SPEECH, IT GIVES IV
ME NO PLEASURE 
TO SAY THIS BUT 
SHE HAS BECOME A 
FIRST-CLASS 
SPEAKER. 
YOU HAVE SEEN 
HER GROWING IN 
THIS WAY. 
IT WAS A 
EFFECTIVE PIECE 
OF RHETORIC. 
I WILL SAY ECTHE 
EMOTION PUNCH 
WAS MORE ANTI-
TRUMP THEN PRO 
BIDEN. 
BOTH OF THE 
SPEECHES IN MY 
MIND REFLECTED 
THE CURRENT 
DYNAMIC OF THE 
RACE WHICH IS 
ALL  WABOUT TRUMP, 
MORE REFERENDUM 
ON THE PRESIDENT 
THAN IT IS ABOUT 
THE BIDEN PER 
SE. 
EVEN THOUGH THEY 
BOTH SAID NICE 
THINGS ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN, CLEARLY 
IT WAS CRAWL 
OVER BROKEN 
GLASS TO VOTE 
AGAINST TRUMP. 
>> THERE IS 
ENTHUSIASM IN 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
IT IS MORE FOR N CR
UNSEATING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
THAN ELECTING 
JOE BIDEN BUT 
WHATEVER THE 
REASON THEY WANT 
PEOPLE AT THE 
POLLS AND THAT 
WAS THE EMPHASIS 
OF THE SPEECH. 
>> WE WILL BE 
BACK WITH SOME 
FINAL THOUGHTS 
AND A QUICK LOOK 
AHEAD AT THE 
REST OF THE WEEK 
WHEN WE CONTINUE 
IN JUST A 
MOMENT. 
>>> IT IS SAID 
THERE'S NOTHING 
MORE POWERFUL 
THAN AN IDEA 
WHOSE TIME HAS 
COME. 
PERHAPS THE TIME 
HAS COME TO 
FULLY REALIZE 
THE DREAM UPON 
WHICH THIS GREAT 
COUNTRY WAS 
FOUNDED, EQUAL 
JUSTICE UNDER 
THE LAW.  
>>> INTRODUCING 
PEACOCK. 
WHAT'S PEACOCK? 
THIS IS PEACOCK. 
>> LET'S GO! 
>> IT'S 
STREAMING, 
LAUNCHING, 
PREMIERING. 
IT'S TV, MOVIES, 
EXCLUSIVE 
ORIGINALS, 
ORIGINAL 
CHARACTERS. 
>> DUH. 
>> IT'S SPORTS. 
>> BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> DOCS, TOONS. 
>> WAIT, THERE'S 
MORE! 
>> MORE? 
>> YES, YES, 
MORE. 
>> TONS. 
IT'S QUICK 
STUFF, BINGE 
STUFF, TOUGH 
STUFF, LOVE 
STUFF. 
IT'S TRENDING, 
MIND-BENDING. 
IT'S LATE NIGHT, 
EARLY MORNING. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
>> IT'S, "DID 
YOU SEE THIS? 
DO YOU REMEMBER 
THAT? 
YOU WATCHED 
EVERY SINGLE ONE 
OF THOSE?" 
IT'S FOR YOU, 
FOR "EW," FOR 
"AWW." 
IT'S CHRISLEY, 
PAWNEE, MONKEY, 
E.T. 
>> OH? 
>> OH! 
>> AND IT'S 
FREE. 
>> FREE. 
>> FREE. 
>> FREE. 
>> FREE. 
>> FREE! 
>> WHO'S WITH 
ME?>> THAT'S 
PEACOCK. 
>> GUESS WHO. 
>> THAT'S WHO. 
>> ME? 
>> THAT'S WHAT. 
THAT'S WHY. 
>> COME ON. 
>> BOOM. 
MIC DROP. 
>> YOU CAN'T NOT 
WATCH.  
>>> WE'D LIKE TO 
THINK THAT WE 
LIVE IN SOME 
SORT OF POST-
RACIAL AMERICA. 
WE'RE REMINDED 
TIME AND TIME 
AGAIN THAT WE DO 
NOT. 
>> SO I REACHED 
OUT TO YOU AFTER 
I WATCHED THE 
MAYOR OF ATLANTA 
ACT AS A MOM 
TRYING TO RAISE 
HER SON, AND I 
THINK ABOUT YOU 
AND YOUR KIDS. 
I REMEMBER HER 
COMING HOME 
SAYING, WHY 
DON'T I HAVE A 
PONYTAIL LIKE 
THE WHITE GIRLS? 
IT'S OKAY TO 
NOTICE THAT 
YOU'RE 
DIFFERENT. 
YOU JUST HAVE TO 
NOT FEEL LESS 
THAN. 
THAT'S MY THING. 
>> I CHERISH THE 
FACT THAT WE CAN 
HAVE THESE 
DISCUSSIONS. 
I FEEL SAFE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THIS WITH YOU 
GUYS.  
>>> MORE 
AMERICANS WATCH 
NBC NEWS NOW 
THAN ANY OTHER 
NEWS 
ORGANIZATION IN 
THE WORLD.  
,
>>> WE NOW KNOW 
WHAT DAY 
UNCONVENTIONAL 
CONVENTION LOOKS 
LIKE. 
TO MAKE THE 
FIRST EVER 
VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION, WE 
ARE ALLOWED TO 
SAY THIS. 
THERE IS A LOT 
MORE TO COME 
THIS WEEK. 
>> THAT 
CONCLUDES OUR 
COVERAGE FOR NOW 
OF NIGHT ONE OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, 
STILL TO COME, 
DOCTOR JILL 
BIDEN, AND 
HARRIS. 
>> I WILL SEE 
YOU BRIGHT AND 
EARLY TOMORROW 
MORNING ON THE 
TODAY SHOW AND 
WE WILL BE BACK 
HERE TOMORROW 
NIGHT AT 10 PM 
EASTERN. 
>>> THANK YOU 
FOR JOINING US 
EVERYONE, HAVE A 
GOOD NIGHT. 
