CONVENTION ON 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
THOSE ARE SOME 
OF THE 
HIGHLIGHTS OF 
NIGHT ONE OF THE 
FIRST EVER 
VIRTUAL 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION .'S 
FORMER FIRST 
LADY, MICHELLE 
OBAMA,RT%% UNITING 
THE VARIOUS 
FACTIONS OVER 
THE SAME GOAL, 
DEBATING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
DEMOCRATS WILL 
FOCUS ON FUTURE   
LEADERS, LIKE 
RISING STARS, AOC
. MEMBERS OF THE 
OLD GUARD, 
INCLUDING A 
COUPLE OF FORMER 
PRESIDENT, JIMMY 
CARTER AND BILL 
CLINTON. 
CLOSING OUT MY 
TWO,  AND ADDRESS 
FROM THE FORMER 
SECOND LADY, JILL
BIDEN. 
WITH LEARNED 
THAT DEMOCRATS 
PLAN TO SHOWCASE 
MORE SUPPORT FOR 
BIDEN. 
TWO PEOPLE 
FINALLY PART OF 
REPUBLICAN 
PARTY, CINDY OF
McCAIN AND 
COLLIN POWELL. 
ONCE AGAIN, 
SHAPING UP TO BE 
A POLITICALLY 
INTERESTING NIGHT
IN AMERICA'S 
POLITICS. 
SET TO BEGUN IN 
AN HOUR. 
PERHAPS THE 
BIGGEST QUESTION 
CONTINUES TO BE, 
IS THIS GOING TO 
WORK? 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
WANT TO TRY 
SOMETHING A BIT 
OF SOMETHING 
UNUSUAL. 
INSTEAD OF ONE 
KEYNOTE SPEAKER, 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO FEATURE 17. 
STACEY ABRAMS IS 
GOING TO KICK IT 
OFF. 
THERE IS A  SLEW 
OF RISING STARS 
IN THE PARTY 
THAT ARE GOING 
TO SHARE ONE 
SPACE. 
THERE ALSO GOING HA
TO ATTEMPT A 
VIRTUAL ROLL, 
TAKING VIEWERS 
TO ALL 57 STATES 
AND TERRITORIES 
THAT HAVE 
DELEGATES. 
WE ACTUALLY 
EXPECT TO HEAR 
FROM JOE E BIDEN A 
COUPLE OF TIMES 
TONIGHT. 
THE SINGLE 
BIGGEST THING TO 
LOOK GH FOR TONIGHT,
JUST JOE BIDEN'S 
ADDRESS MARK A 
TURNING POINT 
FOR THIS 
CONVENTION? 
BECAUSE LAST 
NIGHT FOCUSED 
LARGELY ON WHY INON
VIEWERS SHOULD 
VOTE AGAINST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
DOES JILL BIDEN 
TRANSITION HER 
MESSAGE TO START 
FOCUSING ON 
REASONS TO VOTE  
FOR JOE BIDEN? 
IT IS A 
CRITICALLY 
IMPORTANT 
QUESTION FOR THE 
PARTY. 
IT LOOKS TO 
SHORE UP ONE OF 
THE CAMPAIGN'S 
BIGGEST  
WEAKNESSES, 
ENTHUSIASM FOR 
THEIR OWN 
CANDIDATE. 
JOIN ESOWME FROM 
WILLINGTON, 
DELAWARE. 
CRYSTAL, WE 
ASKED THIS 
QUESTION LAST 
NIGHT. WHAT 
WOULD NIGHT ONE 
FEEL LIKE, ANTI-
TRUMP OR MAKING 
THE CASE FOR JOE 
BIDEN? 
LAST NIGHT, 
OBVIOUSLY, AN 
EXCLAMATION ON 
THE ANTI-TRUMP 
MESSAGING, OF 
COURSE, 
FEATURING 
MICHELLE OBAMA. 
TONIGHT, LOOKS 
LIKE WE ARE 
GOING TO HAVE %A 
LOT MORE ANTI-
TRUMP AS WELL. 
THINK OF McCAIN 
OR 
COLLIN POWELL.
>> Reporter: I 
THINK YOU ARE 
RIGHT. 
I THINK IT'S 
GOING TO BE A 
MIX. 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
HAVE THOSE 
MESSAGES OF 
SUPPORT FROM 
COLLIN POWELL, 
FROM CITY McCAIN
, THE WIDOW OF 
THE LATE SENATOR 
JOHN McCAIN IS 
GOING TO TALK 
ABOUT THEIR 
UNLIKELY 
FRIENDSHIP 
BETWEEN SENATOR 
McCAIN AND JOE 
BIDEN WHEN HE 
WAS IN THE 
SENATE AS WELL. 
THAT IS 
SIGNIFICANT 
BECAUSE THIS IS 
A CLEAR ATTEMPT 
TO REACH ACROSS 
THE AISLE, TO 
TRY TO WIN OVER 
MODERATE VOTERS, 
SOME OF THE 
VOTERS IN THE 
SUBURBS, SOME OF 
THOSE DEVOTED TO 
TRUMP IN 2016. 
THERE WILL BE ME 
MORE THE FOCUS 
ON NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
THAT IS 
STRATEGICALLY 
SIGNIFICANT. 
I DO THINK LLTHAT 
IN DR. JILL 
BIDEN, YOU'RE 
GOING TO GET THE 
OTHER PIECE OF 
THIS, WHICH IS 
GOING TO BE THE 
CASE FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
THIS IS HIS  F
CLOSEST 
CONFIDENT. 
SHE IS SOMEONE 
WHO HAS BEEN BY OS
HIS SIDE FOR 
MORE THAN 43 
YEARS. 
THEY HAVE 
ENDURED A LOT 
TOGETHER 
INCLUDING THE 
LOSS OF JOE 
BIDEN'S SON, 
BEAU.  
SHE IS GOING TO 
SPEAK TO THE 
STRENGTH OF HIS 
CHARACTER. 
SHE IS GOING TO 
DO 
IT AT THIS 
HIGH SCHOOL 
BEHIND ME. 
THIS IS WHERE 
SHE TAUGHT IN 
THE 1990s, AND 
SHE IS GOING TO 
REALLY FOCUS ON 
LEADERSHIP AS IT 
RELATES TO 
EDUCATION, 
PARTICULARLY IO
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF THAT 
AGE OF COVID. 
SHE'S GOING TO 
TALK ABOUT THE 
LEADERSHIP THAT 
IS NEEDED TO GET 
KIDS BACK TO THE 
CLASSROOM 
SAFELY. 
SHE WILL ARGUE 
THAT HER HUSBAND 
IS THE RIGHT 
PERSON TO DO 
THAT. 
SHE IS GOING TO 
SPEAK IN DEEPLY 
PERSONAL TERMS. 
SHE'S GOING TO 
TALK ABOUT HER 
HUSBAND AS 
SOMEONE WHO HAS 
EXPERIENCED DEEP 
LOSS, NOT ONLY 
THE LOSS OF ONE 
CHILD, BUT TWO 
AS WELL AS HIS 
FIRST WIFE. 
SHE WILL TALK 
ABOUT THE . 
RESILIENCE THAT 
COMES WITH THAT. 
SHE WILL TALK 
ABOUT, I AM 
TOLD, JOE BIDEN, 
THE HUSBAND, THE 
FATHER, AND THE 
MAN. ER
I THINK YOU ARE 
GOING TO GET 
BOTH PIECES OF 
THOSE. 
FORMER PRESIDENT 
BILL CLINTON IS 
GOING TO GIVE 
YET ANOTHER 
SHARP REBUKE OF 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> VERY QUICKLY, 
DO WE EXPECT -- 
HOW MUCH DO 
EXPECT TO SEE 
JOE BIDEN 
TONIGHT? 
I KNOW WE HAD JOA 
LITTLE CAMEO 
LAST NIGHT. 
HE DOES 
OFFICIALLY GET 
THE OENOMINATION 
TONIGHT. HE WILL 
ACCEPT IT LATER. 
WE KNOW THAT IS 
THURSDAY. 
IN PAST 
CONVENTIONS, THE 
NOMINEE DOES THE,
THANK YOU, 
DELEGATES. 
I THINK ARE WE 
ARE GOING TO GET 
SOMETHING LIKE 
THAT. 
>> Reporter: I 
THINK WE WILL 
GET ATSOMETHING 
LIKE THAT. 
AS YOU POINT 
OUT, WE SAW HIM 
LAST NIGHT. 
HE HAD THAT 
TOWNHALL. 
I THINK WE CAN 
EXPECT TO SEE 
HIM AT SOME 
POINT TONIGHT AS 
WELL. 
AND AGAIN, THIS 
IS A CONDITION 
UNLIKE ANY 
OTHER. 
BECAUSE OF THAT 
REASON YOU JUST 
TALKED ABOUT, 
JOE BIDEN, AND 
WE EXPECT 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS AS WELL, 
NOT GOING TO BE 
THERE ON ONE 
NIGHT. 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO BE MAKING 
APPEARANCES 
THROUGHOUT THE 
CONVENTION. 
WE WILL BE ON%
ANTICIPATING THAT
AS WE ANTICIPATE 
THE SPEECH THE 
BIG SPEECH OF 
THE NIGHT FROM 
DR. E JILL BIDEN. 
>> CHRISTIAN 
WALKER GETTING 
US STARTED. 
WILMINGTON, 
DELAWARE. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> JOINING ME LA
NOW IS KASIE 
HUNT. 
SHE IS ALSO HOST 
SUNDAYS ON MSN 
TV. 
DANIELA IS 
EXECUTIVE VICE 
PRESIDENT AT THE 
CENTER FOR 
AMERICAN 
PROGRESS. 
KASIE, IT'S 
INTERESTING, 
NIGHT TWO. 
LAST NIGHT WAS 
AN ANTI-TRUMP 
NIGHT. 
PURE AND SIMPLE. 
THEY MADE A 
STRONG CASE, 
WHETHER IT WAS 
COMING FROM JOHN 
KASICH, MICHELLE 
OBAMA. 
YOU HAD THAT 
MESSAGE OF, SET SE
ASIDE YOUR 
DISTANCES. 
THIS IS TOO 
IMPORTANT. 
TONIGHT, WE ARE 
GOING TO GET A 
LOT MORE ANTI-
TRUMP? 
ARE WE GOING TO 
GET MORE % JOE 
BIDEN? 
>> I THINK WHAT 
YOU HAD TO SAY 
WITH KRISTEN WAS 
RIGHT. 
THE PUSH TONIGHT 
WAS GOING  TO BE 
MORE EXPLAINING 
TO PEOPLE WHY 
JOE BIDEN IS THE 
RIGHT PERSON FOR 
THIS JOB, THE 
RIGHT PERSON TO 
TAKE THAT MANTLE 
AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP ARE 
POLLING HAS 
SHOWN VERY 
CLEARLY THAT A 
LOT OF PEOPLE 
ARE SAYING THAT 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO VOTE FOR JOE 
BIDEN SIBLEY 
BECAUSE HE IS 
NOT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
FARMER PEOPLE 
FAR MORE PEOPLE 
ARE SAYING THAT 
THAT THEY ARE 
SAYING DONALD 
TRUMP BECAUSE HE 
IS NOT JOE 
BIDEN. 
IT IS AN 
INEVITABLE TO A 
CERTAIN EXTENT. 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
HEAR FROM DR. 
JILL BIDEN. 
SHE IS A TRUE 
CHARACTER WITH 
US. 
I ALSO THINK 
IT'S HARD TO 
COMPLETELY PULL 
THEM APART 
BECAUSE THEY ARE  P
ESSENTIALLY 
MAKING -- AND 
REPUBLICANS AND 
PROGRESSIVES 
YESTERDAY AT THE AN
CONVENTION SAYING
, THEY ARE 
MAKING A 
CHARACTER 
ARGUMENT HERE. 
SAYING,  
WE ARE SETTING 
OUR ISSUE 
DISTANCES ASIDE. 
WE ARE FOCUSING 
ON THE CHARACTER 
OF THIS MAN, JOE 
BIDEN, AND THIS 
IS WHY WE SHOULD 
CHOOSE HIM TO BE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
I THINK IT IS A 
LITTLE HARD TO 
COMPLETELY PULL 
IT APART. 
THEY NEED TO 
MAKE AN 
AFFIRMATIVE CASE 
FOR JOE BIDEN. 
>> DANIELA, I AM 
CURIOUS. 
I WANT TO PLAY A 
SOUNDBITE FROM 
JOHN KASICH. 
THE SATELLITE 
THAT MANY 
PROGRESSIVES 
QUOTED WAS 
SIMPLY, HE PUTS 
COUNTRY OVER 
PARTY. 
BUT I WANT TO SS
PLAY S OVTHE 
SOUNDBITE THAT 
SOME REPUBLICANS 
KEPT QUOTING IN 
MAKING THE CASE 
OF WHY THEY ARE 
AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP. 
TAKE A NSLISTEN. 
>> THERE ARE 
REPUBLICANS, 
INDEPENDENTS, 
WHO COULDN'T 
IMAGINE CROSSING 
OVER TO SUPPORT 
A DEMOCRAT. 
THEY FEAR JOE 
MAY TURN SHARP 
LEFT AND LEAVE 
THEM BEHIND. 
I DON'T BELIEVE 
THAT BECAUSE I 
KNOW THE MEASURE 
OF THE MAN. 
>> DANIELA, 
RIGHT AFTER 
THAT, BERNIE 
SANDERS IS 
MAKING A CASE TETO E
HIS SUPPORTERS, 
WE ARE WINNING. 
WE UP THIS 
AGENDA. 
HAVE WE RIPPED 
THE TENT? 
WHAT SAY YOU? 
>> Reporter: NO, 
I DON'T THINK 
THERE IS A HOLE 
IN THE TENT. 
WE HAVE TO GET 
DONALD TRUMP OUT 
OF OFFICE. 
ALL THE 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
ARE SUPPORTING, 
A LOT OF 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
ARE SUPPORTING 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
ACKNOWLEDGE 
THERE ARE POLICY 
DIFFERENCES. 
I THINK WE % ARE AT
AN INFLECTION 
POINT IN THIS 
COUNTRY WHERE WE 
REALLY HAVE TO 
BE CONCERNED 
ABOUT WHAT 
AMERICA WILL %BE 
LEFT IT ON TOP 
IS REELECTED. 
THAT IS NOT 
HYPERBOLE. 
I THINK IT IS A 
PLACE FOR JOHN 
KASICH TO SAY 
THAT. 
IT IS ALSO OKAY 
FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS TO SAY 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
BE THE MOST 
PROGRESSIVE 
PRESIDENT WE 
HAVE EVER HAD. 
IT IS 2020. 
>> I DO SEE, 
WHEN YOU ARE 
RUNNING A 
GENERAL 
ELECTION, THIS 
IS A GOOD RA
PROBLEM TO HAVE. 
YOU HAVE 
PROGRESSIVES 
THAT WANT TO 
BELIEVE YOU ARE 
THERE FOR THEM. 
YOU HAVE 
DISENFRANCHISED 
REPUBLICANS THAT 
WANT TO BELIEVE. 
HOW COULD I GO 
WRONG? 
WHAT DO THEY 
HAVE TO BE ON
CAREFUL OF? 
THIS IS THE 
SECOND NIGHT IN 
A ROW FEATURING 
QUITE A FEW 
REPUBLICANS. 
>> Reporter: 
MAYBE SOME OF 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN AN
ADVERTISING 
SUGGESTING JOE 
BIDEN IS 
MENTALLY 
DEFICIENT OR 
BASICALLY 
SITTING IN THE 
OVAL OFFICE 
SLOBBERING ON 
HIMSELF. 
ON THE OTHER 
HAND, THERE WILLBE 
BE A F.COLOSSUS 
LIGHT DESTROYING 
OUR COUNTRY AND 
DOING 
PROGRESSIVE 
THINGS. 
SOME OF WHAT IS 
DRIVING TRUMP -- 
BIDEN'S LEAD IS 
SUBURBAN VOTERS, 
COLLEGE-EDUCATED 
MEN WHO THINK 
BIDEN IS A SAFE 
ALTERNATIVE. 
HE ALSO STILL 
NEEDS TO 
GENERATE, O 
PARTICULARLY 
WITH THE 
PANDEMIC AND ALL 
THE CHALLENGES, , I%
EXTRA NEARLY 
STRONG TURNOUT 
IN ACTIVISM. 
THERE NOIS A 
BALANCE HE HAS 
TO WALK. 
I THINK THERE'S 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
OUT THERE, 52%, 
MAYBE 54% OF 
PEOPLE WILL VOTE 
TO ALL THINGS 
EQUAL SAY THEY 
DON'T WANT TO 
REHIRE DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THEY ARE GOING DO
TO REBE LOOKING 
FOR JOE %BIDEN 
HIMSELF, 
SOMETHING THEY 
CAN LATCH ON TO 
THIS IS OKAY, 
THIS IS THE GUY 
I CAN FEEL 
COMFORTABLE WITH.
THEY WILL HAVE 
TO WATCH THAT 
THE REST %OF THIS 
WEEK AND THE 
REST OF THE'S 
CAMPAIGN. 
I AGREE WITH GN
YOU. 
I THINK EVERY 
NIGHT, AND 
GENERALLY THAT 
WOULD HAPPEN. 
YOU TAKE YOUR 
OPPONENT EV%TO THE 
WOODSHED THE 
FIRST COUPLE OF 
NICE. 
I THINK JOE 
BIDEN'S SPEECH 
WILL BE STRONG 
AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP. 
YOU HAVE TO FILL 
IN FOR THE 
COUNTRY WHO JOE 
BIDEN IS, WHAT 
HE WANTS TO DO. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
WHAT HE HAS DONE 
IN THE LAST 40 
YEARS AND WHAT 
HE IS GOING TO 
DO IN THE NEXT 
FOUR. IN
>> KASIE HUNT, 
CINDY McCAIN HAS 
TWEETED, AND SHE 
EXPLAINED WHAT 
SHE DID WITH 
THIS VIDEO, 
BETWEEN MY 
HUSBAND AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
ENJOYED A 30-YEAR
FRIENDSHIP. 
I WAS HONORED TO 
ACCEPT THE 
INVITATION FROM 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN TO 
PARTICIPATE IN A 
VIDEO 
CELEBRATING 
THEIR 
RELATIONSHIP. 
I AM CURIOUS, 
WHAT KIND OF 
RESONANCE DO YOU 
THINK CINDY 
McCAIN MIGHT 
HAVE ON CAPITOL 
HILL AMONG SOME 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
STILL LONG FOR 
JOHN McCAIN? 
>> Reporter: I 
THINK MOST OF 
THEM HAVE BEEN 
SILENT AND 
FRANKLY. 
I'M NOT SURE 
THIS WILL DRAW 
THEM OUT OR NOT. 
IT'S GOING TO 
BE, I THINK, I 
REALLY TALLY AND 
PERHAPS TRYING 
PERIOD FOR SOME 
OF THESE 
REPUBLICANS OVER 
THE NEXT COUPLE %
OF MONTHS AS 
THIS CAMPAIGN 
UNFOLDS IN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
CONTINUES TO USE 
THESE TACTICS TO 
BE ASKED OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN, 
ARE YOU STILL 
WITH THIS GUY? 
I THINK SIDNEY 
McCAIN'S 
TESTIMONY TO JOE 
BIDEN'S CHARACTER
SAYS A LOT ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN, SAYS 
A LOT ABOUT JOHN 
McCAIN. 
IT ALSO SAYS A 
LOT ABOUT THE 
CURRENT STATE OF 
OUR POLITICS 
TODAY COMPARED CU
TO WHEN, THE WAY 
IT HAS BEEN IN 
THE PAST. 
BEASLEY, WE HAVE 
SEEN PARTISAN, 
DIVIDED BITTER 
TIMES IN OUR 
COUNTRY FOR SURE.
IN MODERN TIMES, 
IN THE LAST 30 
OR SO YEARS, WE 
HAVE REALLY 
DEVIATED FROM 
ALL OF THE 
GENERAL 
GOVERNING NORMS 
THAT WE 
CHRONICLE ABOUT 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
DONE, BUT ALSO 
IN TERMS, IN 
PERSONAL TERMS, 
THE WAY PEOPLE 
RELATE TO EACH 
OTHER IN THE 
HALLWAYS. 
THE REPUBLICANS 
HAVE HAD TO FACE 
THIS DECISION 
EVERY DAY OF THE 
TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION. 
ME AND OTHERS 
WITH MICROPHONES 
IN THE HALLWAYS 
ASKING THEM 
ABOUT THE LATEST 
TWEET. 
THIS IS GOING TO 
BE A PARTICULAR 
DIFFICULT TIME I 
THINK, CHUCK. 
>> MANY OF THEM 
THINK IT IS 
GOING TO BE A 
THING. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WORRY IT WILL BE 
TOUGH. 
IT'S A WOLOT EASIER
TO GET RID OF A 
TATTOO. 
I AM NOT SAYING 
THAT FROM 
PERSONAL 
EXPERIENCE. 
STICK AROUND. 
UP AHEAD, THE 
CHAIRMAN OF THE 
CONVENTION JOINS 
US. 
,
>>> A YOUNG 
ILLINOIS SENATOR 
NAMED BARACK 
OBAMA MADE A 
SPLASH 
DELIVERING THE 
KEYNOTE ADDRESS. 
>> THAT'S WHAT 
THIS AD ELECTION 
IS ABOUT. 
TO PARTICIPATE 
IN THE POLITICS 
OF CYNICISM? 
OR DO WE 
PARTICIPATE IN 
THE POLITICS OF 
HOPE? 
THE HOPE OF 
IMMIGRANTS 
SETTING OUT FOR 
DISTANT SHORES. 
THE HOPE OF THE 
YOUNG NAVAL 
LIEUTENANT. 
THE HOPE OF A 
SIGN THAT DARED 
TO DEFY THE ODDS.
THE HOPE OF A 
SKINNY KID THAT 
BELIEVES AMERICA 
HAS A PLACE FOR 
HIM. 
OPEN THE FACE OF 
UNCERTAINTY. 
THE AUDACITY OF 
HOPE. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
WILL SCHOOLS 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> TEACHERS WENT 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE IN THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE CAN 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW THEY REALLY 
FEEL ABOUT 
RETURNING TO 
SCHOOL? 
>> I MISS MY 
GREAT TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>>> A SURGE OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIOUS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENT ON 
SEVERAL POINTS. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD OF 
THE MOST 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO HAVE FAITH 
THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>>  NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> A COUNTRY 
REELING FROM A 
PANDEMIC AND 
RACIAL INJUSTICE
. THE STORY 
CHANGES HOURLY. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO SCHOOL IS 
THINKING IN 
AMONG FAMILIES 
WHO ARE DEBATING 
THE SAFETY OF 
ITS. 
>> IT'S THE 11th 
HOUR. 
>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE IN 
SUPPORT THE 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP AGAINST
THE BACKDROP OF 
HOW TO KEEP 
BOATERS SAFE 
AGAINST A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE HIS RIGHT 
HERE. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
DEVELOPMENT. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENT ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO HAVE FAITH 
THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE 
SOON? 
>> IN PORTLAND, 
MORE PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> YOU THINK THE 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS  WITH 
LESTER HOLT. 
>>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE 
DIFFERENT. 
INSTEAD OF ONE 
ELECTION DAY, WE 
HAVE A ROLLING 
TIME. 
THIS IS THE TIME 
OF YEAR WHEN 
POLLING CAN OPEN 
WEEKS BEFORE 
ELECTION DAY. 
>> WHAT HOW YOU 
VOTE IS JUST AS 
IMPORTANT AS WHO 
YOU VOTE FOR. 
>> HOW OR WHEN, 
AND WHERE TO 
CAST YOUR BALLOT.
>> THIS YEAR. 
>>> A LOT OF 
YEARS PAST SINCE 
1832. 
DURING THAT TIME,
IT WOULD HAVE 
BEEN MOST 
UNUSUAL FOR ANY 
NATIONAL, 
POLITICAL PARTY 
TO ASK BARBARA 
JORDAN TO 
DELIVER A 
KEYNOTE EVENT. 
BUT SHOULD NOT, 
HERE I AM. 
AND I FEEL -- I 
FEEL THAT 
NOTWITHSTANDING 
THE PAST, MY 
PRESENCE HERE IS 
ONE ADDITIONAL 
BIT OF EVIDENCE 
THAT THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
NEEDS NOT 
FOREVER BE 
DEFERRED. 
>> WELCOME BACK. 
THAT WAS 1976 
WHEN TEXAS 
CONGRESSWOMAN 
JORDAN MAKE 
HISTORY, THE 
FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN TO MAKE A 
SPEECH AT A 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
WHY OLDER WHITE 
VOTERS MIGHT BE 
THE SECRET TO 
JOE BIDEN'S 
SUCCESS IN 
NOVEMBER. 
WHAT IT LEADS TO 
IS PERHAPS BIDEN 
CAN WIN IN A LOW 
TURNOUT 
SCENARIO. 
THAT'S THE BIG 
DEAL HERE. I'M 
STEVE KORNACKI. 
SHOW US THIS 
INTERESTING PATH 
THAT IS DIFFERENT
FROM HILLARY 
CLINTON. 
>> Reporter: 
LET'S TAKE A 
LOOK. 
LET'S COMPARE 
HOW THINGS WENT 
AND 26 TEAM 
VERSUS HOW THEY 
LOOK IN OUR MOST 
RECENT MP3 WALL 
STREET JOURNAL 
POLL. 
BLACK VOTERS, 
HISPANIC VOTE BY 
VOTERS, TAKE A 
LOOK AT 2016. 
YOU SOLD HILLARY 
CLINTON 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
WINNING THE 
BLACK VOTE, 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
WINNING THE 
HISPANIC VOTE. 
TRUMP WITH A 20% 
MARGIN WITH 
WHITE VOTERS. 
TAKE A LOOK AT 
THE MOST RECENT 
POLL. 
AMONG AFRICAN 
AMERICAN VOTERS, 
JOE BIDEN IS A 
SICKLY LEVEL. 
ACTUALLY A POINT 
OFF. HISPANIC, 
THERE HAS BEEN 
SOME GROWTH ON 
THE TRUMP SIDE, 
BUT NOT AS MUCH 
AS A MARGIN. 
HERE IS THE 
BIGGEST JUMP. 
THIS IS THE 
BIGGEST SINGLE 
GROUP. 
WHITE VOTERS IN 
TERMS OF SIZE. 
20-POINT TRUMP 
HAS BEEN CUT 
DOWN TO 7. TRUMP 
LISA JUST 7 
POINTS IN THE 
POLL. 
LET'S TAKE A 
LOOK AT THE 
WHITE VOTE. 
WE ARE ALWAYS 
SAYING THERE ARE 
TWO GROUPS OF 
WHITE VOTERS. 
WHITE VOTERS 
WITH A COLLEGE 
DEGREE AND 
WITHOUT A 
COLLEGE DEGREE. 
LET'S TAKE A 
LOOK. 
IN 2016, TRUMP 
ROLLED UP A HUGE 
MARGIN AMONG 
NONCOLLEGE 
WHITES. 
AND EXIT POLL, HE
WON COLLEGE-
EDUCATED VOTE BY 
3%. 
THERE WAS SOME 
DISPUTE ABOUT 
THAT. 
TRUMP HELD HIS 
OWN, AND QUITE 
COLLEGE-EDUCATED 
VOTERS. 
LOOK AT THIS. 
ARE NOT POLL, 23-
POINT ADVANTAGE 
FOR JOE BIDEN. 
THAT WERE TO 
HOLD UP, THAT'S 
JUST AN 
TERRITORY IN 
MODERN TIMES. 
TRUMP STILL 
CLEANING UP AMONG
NONCOLLEGE 
WHITES, BUT NOT 
AS MUCH. 
THEN YOU 
MENTIONED THE 
OTHER, AGE 
STANDPOINT. 
2016, BIG 
ADVANTAGE FOR 
DONALD TRUMP, 
SENIOR CITIZENS. 
HE WON BY SEVEN 
POINTS. 
TAKE A LOOK AT 
WHAT A RECENT 
POLL SAYS. 
A LOT OF POLLS 
ARE FINDING 
THIS. 
JOE BIDEN AHEAD 
BY 7 AMONG 
SENIORS. A 
DOUBLE-DIGIT 
SWITCH FROM 
WHERE IT WAS IN 
2016. 
BIG VOTING 
BLOCK. 
HIGH TURNOUT 
VOTING BLOCK. 
USUALLY 
SIGNIFICANT. 
THIS IS THE BIG 
DEAL. 
YOU CAN HAVE A 
LOW OVERALL 
TURNOUT IF THIS 
IS WHAT BIDEN IS 
DOING. 
YOU CAN HAVE A 
LOW OVERALL 
TURNOUT WE GOT 
IN WISCONSIN AND 
MICHIGAN AND 
PENNSYLVANIA IN 
2016. WE SPLIT 
LIKE THAT AMONG 
OLDER WHITE 
VOTERS, BIDEN 
CARRIES ALL 
THREE STATES. 
>> AT ANOTHER ONE
POTENTIALLY, 
FLORIDA. 
BIDEN HAS BEEN 
DOING SO WELL IN 
FLORIDA POLLING. 
IF YOU CAN WIN 
SENIOR CITIZENS 
BY 7, YOU WILL 
PROBABLY WIN 
FLORIDA. 
>> YOU CAN'T 
HELP BUT WONDER 
IF THAT HAS 
SOMETHING TO DO 
WITH COVID-19. 
STEVE KORNACKI 
AT THE BIG BOARD 
WITH A 
TREMENDOUS STATS.
THANK YOU. 
>>> WITH ME ON 
THE PHONE IS 
CONGRESSMAN 
BETTY THOMPSON OF
MISSISSIPPI. 
THE CHAIR OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
LET'S STEP BACK. 
BEING ABLE TO 
CHAIR A NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, IT'S 
A GREAT HONOR. 
IT COMES WITH A 
LOT OF HEADACHES 
I IMAGINE. 
THIS WAS UNLIKE 
ANY OTHER. 
WALK ME THROUGH, 
HAS THIS BOAT 
BEEN AN HONOR, 
STRESSFUL? IT 
COULD BE EASY 
WHAT IS NORMALLY 
AN HONORARY 
THING. 
>> Reporter: 
CHUCK, IT HAS 
BEEN ALL OF THE 
ABOVE. 
AS YOU KNOW, WE 
STARTED OUT 
GOING TO 
MILWAUKEE, WHAT 
WE CONSIDERED A 
MAJOR CONVENTION 
ACTIVITY THERE. 
WE STARTED 
SCALING IT BACK 
BASED ON A 
PANDEMIC. 
WE EVENTUALLY HAD
A SIT DOWN WITH 
THE HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS. 
THEY SAID LOOK, 
YOU SHOULDN'T DO 
IT. 
VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN SAID WE 
WANT. 
AT THAT POINT, 
WE PUT EVERY 
THING IN HIGH 
GEAR TO COME 
WITH A VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION. 
THAT IS WHERE WE 
ARE. EVERYONE 
HAS COOPERATED. 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
WHAT THIS 
PANDEMIC IS 
DOING TO THIS 
COUNTRY. WE DO 
NOT WANT TO PUT 
ANYONE'S LIFE AT 
RISK FOR A 
POLITICAL 
CONVENTION. 
HERE WE ARE. WE 
ARE MOVING 
FORWARD. WE ARE 
MAKING HISTORY. 
THIS IS THE 
FIRST VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION THAT 
WE HAVE DONE. 
I'M EXCITED 
ABOUT IT. 
COOPERATION IS 
TREMENDOUS. 
STATE PARTIES, 
ELECTED 
OFFICIALS, 
EVERYONE IS SO 
GOOD. 
>> LET'S TALK 
ABOUT, HAS IT 
BEEN, EVERYBODY 
HAS BEEN 
COOPERATIVE, 
WHICH IS REALLY 
UNUSUAL FOR A 
CONVENTION 
BECAUSE 
NORMALLY, YOU DO 
-- PEOPLE HAVE 
THEIR OWN ISSUES 
THEY WANT TO 
BRING UP. 
HOW HAVE YOU 
BEEN ABLE TO 
SORT OF SMOOTH 
OUT HARD 
FEELINGS? 
I'M SURE THERE 
ARE SOME 
PROGRESSIVES 
THAT WISH THEY 
HAD MORE SAY, 
MAYBE SOME 
ESTABLISHMENT 
FOLKS. HOW DO 
YOU SMOOTH OVER 
FEELINGS WHICH 
I'M SURE HAS NOT 
BEEN EASY? 
>> WE HAVE 
INCLUDED AS MANY 
AS THOSE 
INDIVIDUALS THAT 
HAVE CONCERNS ON 
OUR SPEAKER 
PROGRAMS. 
YOU WILL BE 
SEEING THEM ALL 
FOR THE 
CONVENTION. WE 
HAVE A PLATFORM 
COMMITTEE. 
THAT PLATFORM 
COMMITTEE WORKED.
IT WILL PRESENT 
THE PLATFORM 
SHORTLY. 
WE HAVE A BIG 
TENT AS DEMOCRATS
. DEMOCRATS ARE 
KNOWN TO BE 
BOISTEROUS. 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
KNOWN TO BE 
STRONG ON 
PROMOTING THEIR 
IDEAS. BUT AT 
THE END OF THE 
DAY, IT'S ABOUT 
FEEDING DONALD 
TRUMP. 
I'M CONVINCED 
THAT WE CAN DO 
THAT. 
>> QUITE A FEW 
PEOPLE 
ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY HAVE BEEN 
INVOLVED IN BOTH 
NIGHT ONE OF THE 
CONVENTION AND 
NOW MY TWO. THIS 
TENT, I HAVE 
USED THIS 
METAPHOR BEFORE, 
CAN YOU KEEP 
STRETCHING IT? 
>> IT'S A BIG 
TENT. 
PART OF THE 
REASON, YOU HAVE 
SEEN THE HOUSE 
OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
GO DEMOCRATIC IS 
BECAUSE WE ARE 
GROWING THE PARTY
. WE ARE 
INCLUDING 
EVERYONE WHO 
WANTS TO SUPPORT 
THE DEMOCRACY AT 
WORK. SO NOW, 
WHAT YOU WILL 
SEE TONIGHT IS 
THE LEADERSHIP 
OF HOW WE 
INCLUDE THE 
YOUNG, THE 
ELECTED, FORMER 
PRESIDENT, 
EVERYONE. 
AT THE END OF 
TONIGHT, YOU 
WILL SEE, BASED 
ON A ROLL CALL 
VOTE, AS WELL AS 
THE PEOPLE WHO 
PARTICIPATE, A 
UNITED 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
THAT'S WHAT IT'S 
ALL ABOUT. 
GOING INTO THIS 
ELECTION, WE 
HAVE TO BE 
UNITED. 
I'M CONVINCED, 
BASED ON LAST 
NIGHT AND WHAT 
YOU HERE TONIGHT
, WE ARE UNITED 
AS DEMOCRATS. 
>> VERY QUICKLY, 
WE HAVE SEEN A 
RESURGENCE OF 
DEMOCRATS DOING 
PRETTY WELL IN A 
LOT OF SOUTHERN 
STATES. 
YOU GET ELECTED 
AS SENATOR IN 
ALABAMA. 
GEORGE IS 
COMPETITIVE. 
SOUTH CAROLINA 
IS MORE 
COMPETITIVE. 
TELL ME ABOUT 
MISSISSIPPI. 
WE'VE NOT SEEN 
THAT SAME SURGE 
YET FOR THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
WHAT WOULD BE 
YOUR 
EXPLANATION? 
>> I WILL PREDICT
MIKE WILL BE THE 
FIRST SENATOR OF 
COLOR SINCE 
RECONSTRUCTION 
HERE IN THE 
STATE OF 
MISSISSIPPI. 
HE IS RUNNING A 
TREMENDOUS RACE. 
HE IS RAISING 
MONEY. 
HE IS ON THE 
GROUND, TALKING 
TO PEOPLE, DOING 
WHAT'S REQUIRED 
TO WIN. 
AS WE GO FOR JOE 
BIDEN, SO GOES 
MIKE FOR THE 
UNITED STATES 
SENATE. 
>> WE WILL BE 
WATCHING. 
CONGRESSMAN 
BETTY THOMPSON, 
LONG TERM MEMBER 
OF CONGRESS FROM 
MISSISSIPPI. 
CHAIRMAN OF THIS 
UNUSUAL AND 
HISTORIC FIRST 
IT WILL VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION. 
>>> DAVID AND 
DANIELA ARE BACK 
WITH ME NOW. 
LET'S LOOK A 
LITTLE BIT AT 
NIGHT TWO. 
DAVID, YOU 
WORKED VERY 
CLOSELY WITH JOE 
BIDEN. HOW WOULD 
YOU MAKE THE 
CASE TO PEOPLE 
TO SAY YOU 
SHOULD BE FOR 
JOE BIDEN? 
WHAT IS THE CASE 
FOR JOE BIDEN 
WHEN YOU TAKE 
DONALD TRUMP OUT 
OF THE EQUATION? 
>> IT'S HARD TO 
TAKE HIM OUT OF 
THE EQUATION 
BECAUSE I DO 
THINK WE ARE 
GOING TO SEE 
NEXT WEEK IN THE 
REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION, THE 
SUGGESTION THAT 
JOE BIDEN IS 
DANGEROUS. HE IS 
MENTALLY 
INCAPACITATED. 
FIRST OF ALL, 
STEVE KORNACKI 
JUST WENT 
THROUGH THE 
NUMBERS. 
JOE BIDEN FIRST 
HOUSE, COMING 
OUT OF THIS 
WEEKEND EVERY 
DAY FOR THE REST 
OF THE CAMPAIGN, 
TO TRY TO HOLD 
THE NUMBERS AS 
WELL AS THEY ARE 
NOW. 
SENIORS, COLLEGE-
EDUCATED WHITE 
VOTERS. 
HE IS A GOOD 
MAN. 
HE IS SMART. 
HE HAS GOOD 
CHARACTER. 
HE HAS IDEAS 
THAT THE 
MAJORITY OF 
AMERICANS 
SUPPORT. 
THAT IS TASK 
ONE. 
THAT HELPS BOTH 
THOSE VOTING 
AGAINST TRUMP. 
YOU HAVE TO GIVE 
PEOPLE HOPE. 
I THINK THERE IS 
DESPONDENCY, 
UNDERSTANDABLY, 
BUT WHERE WE ARE 
GOING TO GET OUT 
FROM UNDER THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
YOU HAVE CLIMATE 
CHANGE WHICH 
PARTICULARLY FOR 
YOUNGER VOTERS 
IS SUCH A BIG 
DRIVER. 
WE SEE WE MAY 
NOT HAVE EYES IN 
THE SHELF AND 
ANOTHER FEW 
YEARS. 
YOU HAVE ECONOMIC
THE PEOPLE IN 
THEIR 30s, THINK 
ABOUT BOTH, THE 
GREAT RECESSION 
AND NOW THIS. 
YOU HAVE TO GIVE 
CONFIDENCE THAT 
THIS IS SOMEONE 
WHO IS GOING TO 
BE ON, RESTORE 
OUR ALLIANCES, 
FOCUS ON THE 
MIDDLE CLASS, 
FOCUS ON 
ECONOMIC 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
YOUNG PEOPLE. 
I DO THINK THAT 
IS COMPLICATED. 
HE HAS TO SAY I 
WILL HANDLE THE 
PANDEMIC BETTER 
THAN TRUMP. THEY 
CARE ABOUT 
HEALTHCARE. 
THEY CARE ABOUT 
EDUCATION. 
THIS IS WHY 
CAMPAIGNS ARE 
DIFFICULT. 
VOTERS ARE NOT 
MONOLITHIC. 
YOU HAVE TO DO A 
LOT OF BUSINESS 
THIS WEEK. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS I'M 
EXCITED ABOUT IS 
ALL THESE 
SPEECHES ARE 
SURE. 
YOU HAVE A LOT 
OF GREAT BITE-
SIZE CONTENT 
THAT YOU CAN 
FEEDTHROUGH 
ADVERTISING AND 
ORGANIC 
CONCEPTION TO 
REACH THOSE 
VOTERS WHO CARE 
ABOUT ISSUES. 
AOC'S SPEECHES 
MAY FEEL A 
MINUTE, BUT IT 
WILL REACH A LOT 
OF PEOPLE. 
>> WHEN YOU LOOK 
AT THIS 
CONVENTION 
ORGANIZATION 
FROM A DIGITAL 
STANDPOINT, I 
SEE WHAT THEY 
ARE DOING. 
AS MUCH IS MY 
BUSINESS, THEY 
CARE ABOUT TV 
RATINGS, I GET 
WHAT THEY DON'T. 
DANIELA, WHEN 
YOU SEE THAT 
STATISTICS ABOUT 
BIDEN DOING SO 
WELL WITH OLDER 
VOTERS, AND YET 
WE HAVE BEEN 
THIS FOCUSED ON 
HE NEEDS TO 
EXCITE YOUNGER 
VOTERS, 
PARTICULARLY 
YOUNGER VOTERS 
OF COLOR, HOW 
WOULD YOU DO THAT
WITH THE JOE 
BIDEN YOU KNOW? 
HOW WOULD YOU 
GET JOE BIDEN TO 
GET MORE FOLKS 
EXCITED ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN 
ALTOGETHER PART 
OF THIS 
ELECTRIC, AND 
AGAIN, AND MAYBE 
IT'S HARD TO 
SEPARATE DONALD 
TRUMP FROM THAT 
EQUATION, BUT 
HOW WOULD YOU DO 
IT? 
>> I DO AGREE 
WITH DAVID THAT 
IT'S NEARLY 
IMPOSSIBLE TO 
TAKE DONALD 
TRUMP OUT OF 
THAT EQUATION. 
THERE ARE MANY 
THINGS THAT JOE 
BIDEN CAN DO TO 
CONTINUE TO 
EXCITE YOUNGER 
VOTERS. 
THE FIRST ONE 
WAS PICKING 
KAMALA HARRIS AS 
HIS VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
RUNNING MATE. 
SHE BRINGS 
EXCITEMENT AND 
ENERGY TO THE 
TICKET. 
FIGURING OUT HOW 
TO USE HER. 
ODYSSEY, THIS A 
VERY DIFFERENT 
CAMPAIGN THAT 
HAS EVER BEEN 
RUN BEFORE. 
BUT FIGURING OUT 
HOW TO USE HER, 
SHOWING HER MORE 
ON A TICKET AND 
NOT JUST SENDING 
HER OFF. 
WE CAN DO 
CAMPAIGN EVENTS. 
PEOPLE CAN GET 
EXCITED ABOUT 
THE MOST OF 
THEM. 
I WANT TO 
EMPHASIZE, WE 
SHOULDN'T 
OVERLOOK THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
HOPE. 
IT MAY SEEM 
HOKEY TO SAY 
THAT, BUT I 
TALKED TO MY 
FRIENDS WHO 
AREN'T SUPER 
POLITICAL. 
THEY ARE LOOKING 
TO JOE BIDEN TO 
GIVE THEM A SENSE
THAT THINGS WILL 
BE BETTER. 
IT'S BEEN A 
REALLY ROUGH 
COUPLE OF 
MONTHS. 
WE CAN'T 
UNDERESTIMATE 
HOW MUCH THAT 
HAS MESSED WITH 
THE PSYCHE OF 
THIS COUNTRY. I 
THINK ONE WAY 
YOU GET PEOPLE 
EXCITED ABOUT 
YOUR CAMPAIGN IS 
THAT YOU GET 
THEM EXCITED 
ABOUT THE FUTURE 
THAT WILL BE 
BETTER THAN 
WHERE WE ARE 
RIGHT NOW. 
THAT'S REALLY, 
REALLY 
IMPORTANT. 
>> KASIE,  ONE 
OF THE THINGS I 
THOUGHT -- I'VE 
ALWAYS BEEN -- 
IT ALWAYS 
STRIKES ME AS 
ODD WHEN I READ 
IT. 
THIS IDEA THAT 
JOE BIDEN KNOWS 
HE'S A 
TRANSITIONAL 
LEADER. 
HIS PRESIDENCY 
WILL BE A 
TRANSITIONAL 
PRESIDENCY. 
YOU DON'T RUN TO 
BE A 
TRANSITIONAL 
PRESIDENT. 
I DON'T THINK 
JOE BIDEN 
BELIEVES HIS 
PRESIDENCY WOULD 
BE THAT. 
IF YOU LIKE THEY 
HAVE TO GET OUT 
OF THAT MODE. 
THESE ARE PEOPLE 
THAT TALK WHICH 
IS KEY TO SEE IN 
A WAY THAT THEY 
THINK IS BEING 
HELPFUL. 
I DON'T KNOW IF 
THAT'S HELPFUL. 
>> I'M NOT SURE 
IT IS, CHUCK. 
I DO THINK 
PERHAPS IT'S 
CHANGED WITH THE 
PANDEMIC. 
REMEMBER, JOE 
BIDEN HAS BEEN 
RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT FOR A 
LONG TIME. 
ALL THESE PEOPLE 
HE RAN AGAINST 
HAVE BEEN 
RUNNING FOR A 
LONG TIME, SINCE 
WELL BEFORE HE 
KNEW THAT WE 
WERE GOING TO BE 
CONFRONTED WITH 
A GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC THAT 
WAS GOING TO 
CLAIM 170,000 
AMERICAN LIVES 
AND CHANGE THE 
WAY WE LIVE 
EVERY DAY, THAT 
WOULD SEND ALL 
OF US INTO OUR 
HOMES TO ANCHOR 
COVERAGE OF A 
DIGITAL-ONLY 
CONVENTION THAT 
NORMALLY WE 
WOULD ALL BE 
GATHERED FOR IN 
MILWAUKEE. 
ONE OF THE THINGS
I FEEL LIKE 
SOURCES HAVE 
EMPHASIZED TO 
ME, SURE, THEY 
HAVE TO PLAY THE 
LONG GAME IN 
TERMS OF THE 
PARTY, AND JOE 
BIDEN IS WILLING 
TO BE THE 
GRACIOUS PERSON 
WHO REALIZES 
THAT HE HAS 
SPENT A LOT OF 
TIME ON THE 
NATIONAL STAGE, 
AND HE WANTS TO 
ENCOURAGE THE 
NEXT GENERATION 
TO STEP UP AS HE 
CONTINUES TO 
LEAD. 
HOWEVER, THEY 
HAVE A HUGE 
UNDERTAKING 
AHEAD OF THEM IF 
THEY WIN. 
THE DAY THEY GET 
INTO OFFICE, IF 
HE WINS THE 
WHITE HOUSE, THE 
TO DO LIST IS 
LONGER THAN 
PERHAPS ANY 
OTHER PRESIDENT 
IN RECENT MEMORY 
IN TERMS OF 
TRYING TO REPAIR 
THINGS THAT ARE 
CLEARLY FAILING. 
WE ARE STILL 
TESTING ENOUGH 
AMERICANS JUST 
FROM AN 
OBJECTIVE 
PERSPECTIVE. 
THERE'S A LOT TO 
DO. 
FROM THAT 
PERSPECTIVE, 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
TIME TO BE 
TRANSITIONAL. 
>> BY THE WAY, 
REMEMBER, AND 
DAVID PLOUFFE 
WILL PROBABLY 
SECOND OF THIS,  
BARACK OBAMA HAD 
A HUGE TO DO 
LIST. 
HE HAD START 
WORKING BEFORE 
HE TOOK THE 
OATH. 
HE HAD AN 
OUTGOING 
ADMINISTRATION 
COOPERATING WITH 
HIM. 
IMAGINE HAVING 
TO DO WITH THIS 
TO DO WITH LIST 
WITHOUT THE 
OUTGOING 
ADMINISTRATION 
COOPERATING. 
THAT IS AMONG 
THE SCENARIOS TO 
KEEP THOSE OF US 
UP AT NIGHT. 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S PUSH TO 
COUNTER PROGRAM 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
WE WILL TAKE YOU 
INTO ARIZONA. 
BUT FIRST, LET'S 
GO BACK TO 1988 
WHEN JESSE 
JACKSON BROUGHT 
HIS CASE TO THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION FLOOR 
THAT HE, AND NOT 
MICHAEL DUKAKIS, 
SHOULD BE THERE 
NOMINEE. 
TAKE A LISTEN. 
>> IN THE END, 
YOU MUST NOT 
SURRENDER. 
IF YOU ARE 
QUALIFIED, YOU 
HOLD ON AND HOLD 
OUT. 
WE MUST NEVER 
SURRENDER. 
AMERICA WILL GET 
BETTER. 
AND BETTER. 
KEEP HOPE ALIVE. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOVE AND THEIR 
FAMILY. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS WHAT WE 
DEVELOPED 
OURSELVES. 
>> WAS TURNED 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISSES 
MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIOUS. 
>> DEVELOPMENT 
ON SEVERAL 
POINTS. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
RECORDS FOR THE 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> THE KIDS WERE 
TOLD THEY WILL 
BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY. 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO HAVE FAITH 
THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE? 
>> AND IN DEPTH 
. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTEST EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
IS WITH LESS 
ROLE.  
>>> A COUNTRY 
REELING FROM THE 
PANDEMIC AND 
RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
THE STORY 
CHANGES HOURLY. 
THE PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO SCHOOL. 
>> IT'S THE 11th 
HOUR. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATES 
CONTINUE TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY  
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AGAINST THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
NOW. 
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIOUS. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
THE MOST COVID 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
AKIN TO ARE TOLD 
THEY WILL BE HOME
INDEFINITELY? 
>>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS 
DIFFERENT. 
>> INSTEAD OF 
ELECTION DAY, WE 
HAVE BOATING 
SEASON. 
>> POLLS CAN OPEN
WEEKS BEFORE 
ELECTION DAY. 
>> HOW YOU FOCUS 
JUST AS 
IMPORTANT AS WHO 
YOU VOTE FOR. 
>> HOW, WHEN, 
AND WHERE TO 
CAST A BALLOT 
DEPENDS ON YOUR 
STATE. 
>> THIS YEAR, 
PLAN YOUR VOTE. 
>>> I AM ONE OF 
THE MANY WHO 
HAVE LOST A 
LOVED ONE TO 
COVID. 
MY DAD SHOULD BE 
HERE TODAY. 
HE ISN'T. 
MY DAD WAS A 
HEALTHY 65-YEAR-
OLD. 
IS ONLY PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITION WAS 
TRUSTING DONALD 
TRUMP. 
FOR THAT, HE 
PAID WITH HIS 
LIFE. 
>>> WELCOME BACK 
TO NBC'S SPECIAL 
COVERAGE OF THE 
2020 DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION ON 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
YOU HEARD 
PERHAPS ONE OF 
THE MOST 
POWERFUL MOMENTS 
FROM LAST NIGHT, 
AND SOMETHING 
THAT WILL GET 
SHARED A LOT ON 
SOCIAL MEDIA. 
KRISTIN BLAMING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DIRECTLY FOR HER 
FATHER'S DEATH. 
TODAY, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CAMPAIGNED 
IN HER HOME 
STATE OF 
ARIZONA. 
IT IS IMPORTANT 
TO NOTE THAT THE 
DISCLAIMER YOU 
SEE ON YOUR 
SCREEN RIGHT NOW 
IS WHAT 
ATTENDEES TO 
THIS EVENT 
AGREED TO BY 
REGISTERING FOR 
TODAY'S CAMPAIGN 
EVENT WITH 
DONALD TRUMP 
THIS IS A SHORT, 
QUOTE, IN 
ATTENDING THE 
EVENT, YOU AND 
ANY GUEST 
VOLUNTARILY 
ASSUME ALL RISKS 
RELATED TO 
EXPOSURE TO 
COVID-19. 
JOINING ME NOW 
FROM YUMA, 
ARIZONA, OUR OWN 
POLITICAL 
REPORTER VAUGHN 
HILLYARD. 
THE PRESIDENT 
WITH THIS 
CONVENTION TOUR 
OF SORTS, 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES, IN 
ARIZONA. WHAT'S 
THE RECEPTION? 
>> Reporter: THE 
RALLY BACK ON 
FOR THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN FOR ALL 
INTENTS AND 
PURPOSES. 
BETWEEN 
MINNESOTA AND 
WISCONSIN, HERE 
IN YUMA TODAY. 
HE WILL BE IN 
SCRANTON, JOE 
BIDEN'S 
HOMETOWN, ON 
THURSDAY, HEAD 
OF THE DEMOCRAT 
EXPECTING HIS 
PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
WHAT YOU SAW IN 
YUMA WAS NEARLY 
1000 FOLKS IN 
SON OF AN 
AIRPORT HANGAR. 
IT WAS HOT. 
MORE THAN 110 
DEGREES. 
THE PRESIDENT 
GAVE A SPEECH 
THAT WENT UP AND 
DOWN THE MARKET. 
LIKE NORMAL FOR 
DONALD TRUMP. 
THIS IS A 
REALITY IN WHICH 
THE PRESIDENT 
FEELS LIKE HE 
NEEDS TO BE HERE 
IN ARIZONA. HE 
FLEW ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY FROM 
WASHINGTON, DC 
TO BE HERE 
TODAY. 
IS BECAUSE JUST 
FOUR YEARS AGO, 
CHUCK CAUGHT HE 
WON BY THREE 
PERCENTAGE 
POINTS. 
YOU AND STEVE 
ARE JUST GOING 
THROUGH THE 
NUMBERS. 
THERE MAY BE NO 
BETTER PLACE TO 
LOOK THAN 
ARIZONA. 
WITH A JOE BIDEN 
IS ABLE TO TAKE 
BACK MICHIGAN 
AND 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
ARIZONA IS WHERE 
IT IS AN 
INTERESTING PART 
IS THAT YUMA HAS 
BEEN VISITED 
TWICE BY THIS 
PRESIDENT IN 
LESS THAN TWO 
MONTHS. 
>> WOULD YOU 
CALL YUMA A 
SWING PART OF 
MARICOPA? 
>> THE COUNTY IS 
ONLY ABOUT 
200,000 PEOPLE. 
IT MAKES UP 
ABOUT 4% OF THE 
OVERALL ARIZONA 
ELECTRIC. 
I THINK WHAT HE 
IS USING THIS AS 
-- I WAS TALKING 
TO AN INDIVIDUAL 
WITH THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN. 
HE SAYS THIS IS 
THE KEY 
BACKDROP. 
THIS CAMPAIGN 
HAS TRIED TO RUN 
ON THE MONITOR, 
PROMISES MADE, 
PROMISES KEPT. 
THAT IS WHY HE 
IS VISITING THE 
BORDER WALL 
COUNTING 300 
MILES OF NEWBORN 
WALL 
CONSTRUCTION. 
MAKING THE CASE 
THAT HIS 
STANDOFF ON THE 
TRADE FRONT HAS 
BEEN WORTH IT. 
IS MAKING THE 
CASE THAT THIS 
IS A MILITARY 
COMMUNITY. 
HE IS MAKING A 
CASE THAT HE HAS 
DEFENDED THE 
MILITARY. 
THERE IS A 
MARINE CORPS 
AIRBASE HERE 
WITH MORE THAN 
10,000 MILITARY 
AND FAMILY 
MEMBERS. 
YOU CAN HEAR A 
COUPLE OF F-35S 
ABOVE ME RIGHT 
NOW. 
THIS IS THE 
BACKDROP. 
WHEN YOU LOOK UP 
MARICOPA COUNTY, 
A SUBURBAN REACH 
IN ARIZONA. 
THEY ARE 
EXPECTING TO 
TAKE A DROP OFF 
IN SUPPORT THAT 
COULD COST HIM 
THE STATE. 
THAT IS WHY THEY 
NEED TO JUICE UP 
SUPPORT IN SOME 
OF THESE RURAL 
TOWNS LIKE YUMA. 
>> YOU WORK 
REALLY HARD TO 
MAKE YOUR LIFE 
SHOT. 
YOU ORCHESTRATED 
A FLYOVER JUST 
WHEN YOU WERE 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE MILITARY. 
EVEN KERRY 
SANDERS WOULDN'T 
HAVE BEEN ABLE 
TO PULL AT ALL. 
VAUGHN HILLYARD 
REPORTING IN 
YUMA, ARIZONA. 
GOOD WORK. 
STAY COOL IF YOU 
CAN. 
BACK UP AHEAD, 
WE ARE GOING TO 
TALK WITH 
ALEXANDER -- 
ALABAMA SENATOR 
DOUG JONES IS 
DAY TWO OF THE 
CONVENTION IS 
ABOUT TO GET 
UNDERWAY. 
THE FIRST, HERE 
IS A MOMENT WHEN 
TED KENNEDY 
ENDED HIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> FOR ME, A FEW 
HOURS AGO, THIS 
CAMPAIGN CAME TO 
AN END. 
FOR ALL THOSE 
WHOSE CARES HAVE 
BEEN OUR CONCERN
, THE WORK GOES 
ON, THE CAUSE 
INDOORS, THE HOPE
STILL LIVES, AND 
THE DREAM SHALL 
NEVER DIE. 
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
FOR SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
MAKING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOB THEY 
LOST IN THE 
FAMILY. 
>> DO I TAKE 
CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN ARE 
HAVE A JOB? 
>> WE ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE  
COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> THIS IS MY 
TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT.
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN.  
>>> A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIOUS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD FOR 
MOST COVID CASES 
IN A SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR 
LEVEL OF 
CONCERNS THAT 
KIDS WHO ARE 
BEEN TOLD THEY 
WILL BE HOME AND 
DEFINITELY NOT 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
UP? 
>>  DO YOU 
BELIEVE THIS IS 
GOING TO BRING 
ABOUT CHANGE? 
>> AND PORTLAND, 
MORE PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT.  
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>>  NBC NEWS 
WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> A COUNTRY 
REELING FROM A 
PANDEMIC AND 
RACIAL INJUSTICE.
THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO SCHOOLS 
SINKING IN AMONG 
FAMILIES 
DEBATING THE 
SAFETY OF IT. 
>> IS THE 11th 
HOUR. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE TRIES 
TO EXPAND HIS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP AGAINST
THE BACKDROP OF 
HOW TO KEEP 
BOATER SAFE AMID 
A PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE. 
A SURGE IN 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIOUS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE U.S. 
SHATTERING THE 
RECORD. 
>> WHAT IS THE 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WILL BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE? 
>> IN PORTLAND, 
MORE PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> Reporter: NBC 
NIGHTLY NEWS 
WITH LESTER HOLT.
>>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE A 
LITTLE 
DIFFERENT. 
AND SET UP ONE 
ELECTION DAY, WE 
NOW HAVE A 
VOTING SEASON. 
THIS SPECIAL 
TIME OF YEAR 
WHEN POLLS CAN 
OPEN WEEKS 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY. 
>> WHEN HOW YOU 
VOTE IS JUST AS 
IMPORTANT AS WHO 
YOU VOTE FOR. 
>> HOW, WHEN, 
WHERE TO CAST 
YOUR BALLOT 
DEPENDS ON YOUR 
STATE. 
>> THIS YEAR, 
PLAN YOUR VOTE. 
>>> WELCOME 
BACK. 
WE ARE MOMENTS 
AWAY OF THE 
START OF NIGHT 
TWO OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
IT MAY START A 
LITTLE EARLIER 
TONIGHT WITH 
CONVENTION 
BUSINESS, THINGS 
LIKE RULES, 
COMMITTEE REPORT,
AND PLATFORM 
REPORT OUT-OF-
THE-WAY BEFORE 
THE 9:00 P.M. 
OFFICIAL START 
TIME. 
AS WE SAID, 
NIGHT ONE 
DOMINATED BY 
SPEECHES THAT 
TORE DOWN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
THERE IS ONE 
EXCEPTION, AND 
THAT WAS A 
SPEECH FROM 
ALABAMA 
DEMOCRATIC 
SENATOR DOUG 
JONES. 
HE IS FACING A 
TOUGH REELECTION 
FIGHT. 
HIS REMARKS ON 
CIVIL RIGHTS AND 
HIS PERSONAL 
SUPPORT FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
>>> I'VE KNOWN 
JOE FOR MORE 
THAN 40 YEARS. I 
MET HIM AS A 
WIDE-EYED LAW 
STUDENT. HE HAS 
BEEN MY FRIEND 
AND CHAMPION 
SENSE. 
THE JOE I KNOW 
IS EXACTLY THE 
LEADER OUR 
COUNTRY NEEDS 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> CENSURE DOUG 
JONES JOINS ME 
NOW. 
I'M GUESSING YOU 
HAD A LOT OF 
SMART PEOPLE WHO 
THOUGHT THEY 
WERE GIVING YOU 
GOOD ADVICE AND 
SAID, YOU 
SHOULDN'T DO 
THIS. 
DON'T GO TO THE 
CONVENTION. 
YOU ARE IN A RED 
STATE. 
I CAN GIVE YOU A 
LIST OF 
DEMOCRATIC 
SENATORS THAT 
DECIDED TO SKIP 
THE PARTY'S 
CONVENTION IN AN 
ELECTION YEAR. 
YOU DIDN'T. 
IT'S NOT EVEN 
POLITICS FOR 
YOU, IS IT? 
>> FOR ME, 
CHUCK, IT IS. 
THIS IS WHO I AM.
I BEEN WAITING 
40 YEARS FOR JOE 
BIDEN TO GET THE 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
I WASN'T GOING 
TO MISS THIS 
OPPORTUNITY. 
I DO BELIEVE HE 
IS A PRESENT FOR 
OUR TIMES. 
I TRULY BELIEVE 
HE REPRESENTS SO 
MUCH THAT IS 
GOOD IN AMERICA 
AND CAN UNIFY 
THIS COUNTRY. 
FOR ME, IT 
WASN'T EASY 
CALL. 
WHEN I GOT 
ASKED, I WAS 
HONORED TO DO 
IT. 
I THINK IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO 
HAVE VOICE LIKE 
MINE, COMING 
FROM THE SOUTH, 
COMING FROM THE 
STATE THAT IS 
VERY DIVERSE, TO 
TRY TO UNIFY 
AMERICA. 
>> YOU HAD NO 
PROBLEM BRINGING 
JOE BIDEN DOWN 
TO YOUR CAMPAIGN 
THE FIRST TIME. 
WHAT IS IT ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN THAT 
YOU THINK 
DOESN'T SCARE 
VOTERS IN 
ALABAMA? 
>> HE RELATES TO 
PEOPLE. 
HE IS 
EMPATHETIC. 
WHEN YOU TALK TO 
JOE BIDEN, YOU 
ARE TALKING TO 
YOUR NEXT-DOOR 
NEIGHBOR. 
YOU ARE TALKING 
TO A RELATIVE. 
YOU ARE TALKING 
TO SOMEBODY WHO 
EMPATHIZES WITH 
YOU, WHO LISTENS 
TO YOU. 
THAT IS REALLY 
IMPORTANT. 
JOE LISTENS TO 
PEOPLE. 
HE CAN TRY TO 
FIND A COMMON 
GROUND. 
IT IS IMPORTANT 
THAT PEOPLE 
UNDERSTAND THAT. 
JOE HAS BEEN IN 
ALABAMA A LOT 
OVER THE YEARS. 
I FEEL LIKE JIM 
CLYBURN STOLE MY 
LINE. 
WE KNOW JOE, AND 
JOE KNOWS US. 
HE IS THAT KIND 
OF EVERY DAY JOE 
THAT PEOPLE CAN 
RELATE TO. 
>> YOU HAVE BEEN 
VERY CLEAR IN 
BOTH OF YOUR 
CAMPAIGNS. 
YOU ARE NOT 
GOING TO BE -- 
YOU ARE WILLING 
TO WORK WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
WHEN YOU THINK 
IT'S GOOD FOR 
ALABAMA. 
IS IT GETTING 
HARDER AND 
HARDER TO SAY 
THAT? 
>> IT HAPPENED 
DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC FOR 
SURE BECAUSE I 
HAVEN'T SEEN 
VERY MUCH. IN 
THE MIDDLE OF 
THIS PANDEMIC, 
WE'VE PASSED THE 
NATIONAL DEFENSE 
AUTHORIZATION. 
THERE ARE A LOT 
OF THINGS IN 
THERE THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
ADVOCATED FOR 
THAT I AGREED 
WITH AND WE 
SUPPORTED. 
IN THE MIDDLE OF 
THIS PANDEMIC, 
WITH REGARD TO 
THE HEALTHCARE 
CRISIS AND THE 
WAY IT HAS BEEN 
HANDLED THE 
ECONOMIC CRISIS, 
AND CERTAINLY 
THE EQUALITY 
CRISIS, THE 
RACIAL 
INEQUALITY 
CRISIS WE HAVE 
SEEN, IS HARDER 
FOR THOSE AREAS 
FOR SURE. 
WE WILL GO BACK. 
WE CAN FIND 
THINGS, WE CAN 
ALWAYS FIND A 
COMMON GROUND. 
>> WHAT YOU TELL 
A CHILD 
SUPPORTER RIGHT 
NOW THAT SAYS 
THIS ISSUE OF 
SUPPORTING TRUMP 
MEANS TOO MUCH 
TO ME. 
I LIKE YOU, 
DOUG, BUT.  WHAT 
DO YOU SAY TO 
THAT? 
>>  I TELL THEM 
THAT I'M NOT 
TRYING TO GET 
THEM TO NOT 
SUPPORT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
ALL IT JOE BIDEN 
MAKE THAT CASE. 
THAT'S NOT MY 
JOB. 
MY JOB IS TO LET 
THEM KNOW THAT 
I'M THE ONE THIS 
GOT THERE BACK. 
IF YOU LOOK AT A 
LOT OF THE 
THINGS THAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS 
DONE, IT HAS NOT 
BEEN IN THE BEST 
INTEREST OF 
ALABAMA, WHETHER 
IT IS THIS 
PANDEMIC OR A 
NUMBER OF 
THINGS. 
I WANT FOLKS TO 
KNOW THAT 
REGARDLESS OF 
WHO THE 
PRESIDENT IS, 
WHETHER IT IS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
OR PRESIDENT 
BIDEN, MY 
LOYALTY IS TO 
THEM. 
I GOT THERE BACK.
THAT'S WHO I'M 
GOING TO BE 
LOOKING FOR. 
THAT'S WHAT I 
HAVE DONE IN THE 
LAST 2 1/2 YEARS 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES SENATE. 
NOT EVERYBODY IS 
GOING TO AGREE 
WITH ME ON 
EVERYTHING. 
I ENLARGE, 
AGRICULTURE, 
FARMERS, 
HEALTHCARE 
WORKERS, TEACHERS
, BUSINESSES, 
IT'S HARD TO 
ARGUE WHEN YOU 
GET THE CHAMBER 
OF COMMERCE AWARD
, THAT SOCIALISM 
THING WITH THE 
CHAMBER OF 
COMMERCE GIVES 
YOU THOSE AWARDS.
>> DO YOU LIKE 
YOU ARE GETTING 
ENOUGH HELP FROM 
THE NATIONAL 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY? 
IS THAT A TRICKY 
THING FOR YOU 
AND THE PARTY? 
YOU WANT SOME 
DISTANCE? 
>> LOOK, I THINK 
WE ARE GOING TO 
GET THE HELP 
THAT WE NEED. 
WE HAVE SAID ALL 
ALONG, I WANT TO 
EARN MY RAYS. 
ADDED THAT IN 
2017. 
I WANT TO 
CONTROL OUR 
MISSES. 
WE CAN'T CONTROL 
INDEPENDENT 
EXPENDITURES, AS 
YOU KNOW. 
I'M GETTING HIT 
WITH $5 MILLION 
OR $6 MILLION OF 
TV ADS ARE 
COMING IN, 
SLAMMING ME. 
DISINGENUOUS AT, 
SOME COMPLETELY 
FALSE. 
WE ARE GETTING A 
RECORD OUT 
THERE. 
PEOPLE HAVE 
WATCHED ME, SEE 
ME. 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
THAT I GOT THERE 
BACK, AND THAT'S 
THE MOST 
IMPORTANT THING 
REGARDLESS OF 
WHAT MONEY COMES 
IN TO HELP ME ON 
THE SIDE. 
>> HE WISHED 
THAT DEMOCRATIC 
SUPER PAC FOR 
COMING IN TO 
HELP YOU? 
>> YOU KNOW, 
HERE'S WHAT I 
WISH FOR AND 
WHAT I SAW LAST 
NIGHT. 
THE DEMOCRATS 
HAVE VOICES FROM 
ALL ACROSS 
AMERICA, FROM 
ALL ENDS OF THE 
POLITICAL 
SPECTRUM. 
YOU HAD ON THE 
ONE HAND, BERNIE 
SANDERS, AND ON 
THE OTHER HAND, 
GOVERNOR K SICK. 
YOU HAD ME, 
GRETCHEN WHITMER,
AMY KLOBUCHAR, 
ANDREW CUOMO 
SWAM REACHED IN 
BETWEEN. 
MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
ROCKSTAR INTO 
HER OWN. THAT 
THE VOICES THAT 
I THINK ARE 
IMPORTANT. 
THAT'S IMPORTANT 
TO THE PEOPLE OF 
ALABAMA. 
THE GOVERNOR 
SAID IT, THEY 
ARE NOT GOING TO 
LET ALABAMA BE 
PUSHED TOO FAR 
TO THE LEFT. 
HE IS NOT GOING 
TO PUSH PEOPLE. 
HE IS GOING TO 
UNIFY PEOPLE. 
I BELIEVE THAT. 
>> I SEE YOU ARE 
HAVING A HARD 
TIME GETTING YOUR
OPPONENT TO 
AGREE TO A 
DEBATE. 
>> IT'S KIND OF 
INTERESTING. 
HE IS NOT TALK 
ABOUT ANY 
ISSUES. 
AS A FORMER 
FOOTBALL COACH, 
HE WON'T EVEN 
COME OUT OF THE 
LOCKER ROOM TO 
PLAY THE GAME. 
WE SAID WE WOULD 
DEBATE. 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
THROW DOWN THE 
GAUNTLET LIKE 
JEFF SESSIONS 
DID. 
PEOPLE KNOW WHO 
I AM. 
WILLING TO  AM 
DEBATE AND TALK 
ABOUT ISSUES IN 
THINGS THAT 
MATTER THAT TWO 
PEOPLE OF 
AMERICA AND 
ALABAMA. 
>> WE WILL HOST. 
WE WILL DO IT 
VIRTUALLY. 
WE LIKE TO SEE 
DEBATES. 
SENATOR DOUG 
JONES, SENATOR 
FROM ALABAMA. 
THANK YOU FOR 
COMING ON AND 
SHARING YOUR 
VIEWS. 
>>> STILL WITH 
US, AS WE GET 
CLOSER TO 9:00, 
KASIE HUNT, DATED
PLOUFFE,  
SAVANNAH.  
IT IS A POLITICAL
RISK FOR DOUG 
JONES TO 
PARTICIPATE. 
YOU AND I BOTH 
KNOW THERE'S 
PLENTY OF SMART 
GUYS, SMART 
WOMEN THAT WOULD 
HAVE SAID NOT DO 
IT. 
THERE IS A 
PERSONAL 
CONNECTION 
BETWEEN HIM AND 
JOE BIDEN. 
>> THAT'S THE 
DIFFERENCE THAT 
JOE BIDEN 
HIMSELF MAKES. 
WE HAVE TALKED A 
LOT ABOUT THE 
IDEOLOGY AND ALL 
THE REASONS WHY 
PEOPLE WANT TO 
SET ASIDE WALLABY
BOMBS ABOUT 
APPEARING, WHY 
BERNIE SANDERS 
SUDDENLY SEEMS 
MUCH HAPPIER 
THAN HE SEEMED 
FOUR YEARS AGO 
WHEN HE WAS 
GOING THROUGH 
THIS SAME 
PROCESS WITH 
HILLARY CLINTON. 
WHAT THE 
CONNECTIVE 
TISSUE? 
IT'S JOE BIDEN 
HIMSELF. IT'S A 
PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIPS HE 
BUILDS WITH 
PEOPLE 
REGARDLESS OF 
POLITICAL PARTY. 
EVERYBODY THAT 
HAS WORKED WITH 
HIM THAT COVERS 
HIM AT LENGTH, 
THAT RUNS INTO 
HIM IN THE 
HALLWAYS IN 
COMMERCE, HE 
TREATS EVERYONE 
THE SAME WAY. 
HE TREATS PEOPLE 
LIKE THEY ARE 
FAMILY. 
IT'S SOMETHING 
THAT CROSSES 
PARTY LINES. 
IT'S ABOUT WHO 
HE IS HIMSELF. 
IT'S HARD TO 
FIND PEOPLE -- 
THERE ARE PLENTY 
OF PEOPLE WHO 
CRITICIZE JOE 
BIDEN'S POLICIES 
IN WASHINGTON. 
IT IS HARD TO 
FIND PEOPLE THAT 
WILL CRITICIZE 
THE MAN HIMSELF. 
I HAVE SAID IN 
DOUG JONES' 
OFFICE AND HEARD 
HIM TELL STORIES 
ABOUT BEING A 
YOUNG LAWYER, 
WORKING ON THE 
JUDICIARY 
COMMITTEE WHEN 
BIDEN WAS A 
YOUNG SENATOR 
AND THE FACT 
THAT THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
SUSTAINED FOR SO 
MANY YEARS 
SPEAKS TO 
BIDEN'S 
CHARACTER. 
THE REALITY IS, 
THAT IS WHAT 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO SELL TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
AS DAVID PLOUFFE 
KNOWS , IT IS 
EASIER TO SELL 
SOMETHING THAT 
IS THE REAL DEAL 
THAN TO TRY TO 
CONVINCE PEOPLE 
OF SOMETHING 
THAT IS MAYBE A 
DIFFERENT 
VERSION OF THE 
TRUTH. 
>> DAVID, I WAS 
GOING TO SAY, I 
THINK YOU SAW IT 
FIRSTHAND IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
IF HE FINDS OUT 
SOMEBODY DOESN'T 
LIKE HIM, HE IS 
OBSESSED WITH 
MAKING THAT 
PERSON LIKE HIM. 
>> HE HAS. 
HE IS ONE OF THE 
MOST EMPATHETIC 
PEOPLE IN THE 
WORLD, NOT JUST 
IN POLITICS. 
THAT IS ONE OF 
THE REASONS HIS 
RELATIONSHIPS 
ARE SO STRONG, 
BY YOU SEE MORE 
AND MORE 
REPUBLICANS 
WILLING TO COME 
OUT AND SPEAK. 
THE DOUG JONES 
QUESTION, MY 
BELIEF HAS 
ALWAYS BEEN, THE 
COWARDLY WAY IS 
TO SAY I'M NOT 
GOING TO APPEAR 
AT MY PARTY'S 
CONVENTION. I 
THINK YOU LOSE A 
LOT MORE. 
YOU GAIN 
SOMETHING BY 
STANDING UP AND 
SAYING, I DON'T 
AGREE WITH 
EVERYTHING THIS 
PERSON SAYS, BUT 
LET ME TELL YOU 
WHERE I STAND. 
I HAVE NEVER 
AGREED WITH THE 
I AM GOING TO 
DUCK IT. 
YOU LOSE ALL THE 
VOTES. 
HE NEEDS A 
POWERFUL AFRICAN-
AMERICAN 
TURNOUT. 
I THINK IT IS 
MORE. 
JOE BIDEN'S 
EMPATHY, HE IS A 
RETAIL 
POLITICIAN. 
HE WANTS TO 
CONVINCE YOU 
THAT YOU SHOULD 
LIKE HIM. YOU 
SHOULD HAVE A 
CUP OF COFFEE 
AFTERWARD. 
HE COMES TO IT 
NATURALLY. 
WHEN MY FATHER 
PASSED AWAY, I 
REMEMBER TALKING 
TO MY MOTHER 10 
DAYS AFTER THAT. 
HE SAID YOU NEED 
TO CALL JOE 
BIDEN AGAIN. 
HE HADN'T EVEN 
TOLD ME THAT HE 
CALLED MY 
MOTHER. 
HE DIDN'T KNOW 
MY MOTHER. 
THERE'S MILLIONS 
OF STORIES LIKE 
THAT. 
I DON'T KNOW HOW 
HE FINDS THE 
TIME. 
HE'S A SPECIAL 
HUMAN BEING. 
>> DANIELA, DOUG 
JONES IS NOT 
SOMEBODY THAT 
COMPLAINS. 
I DID HEAR HIM 
TALK ABOUT ALL 
THESE ADS 
RUNNING AGAINST 
HIM. 
IT DOES SOUND 
LIKE HE WOULD 
LIKE SOME HELP 
BUT THAT THE 
NATIONAL PARTY, 
THEY ARE 
PRAETORIAN 
PRIORITIZING 
OTHER SENATE 
RACES. 
>> I READ A 
LITTLE BIT 
BETWEEN THE 
LINES AS WELL. 
I CAN UNDERSTAND 
WHY IT MIGHT BE 
A LITTLE BIT OF 
A DOUBLE-EDGED 
SWORD FOR HIM TO 
HAVE NATIONAL 
MONEY COMING IN. 
LOOK, I'VE 
ALWAYS BEEN A 
BIG DOUG JONES 
FAN. 
I THINK IT MAKES 
PERFECT SENSE 
WHY HE SPOKE 
YESTERDAY, 
ESPECIALLY WHEN 
YOU CONSIDER THE 
SUPPORT THAT HE 
GOT FROM PEOPLE 
WHO ARE 
SUPPORTING JOE 
BIDEN, WHICH ARE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
WOMEN. 
WHO KNOWS? 
MAYBE AFTER 
YESTERDAY, SO 
MORE FOLKS WILL 
START SUPPORTING 
JOE. I FIND IT 
VERY IRONIC THAT 
HE IS RUNNING 
AGAINST A 
FOOTBALL COACH 
THAT IS AFRAID 
TO TAKE THE 
FIELD. 
>> KASIE HUNT, 
I'M CURIOUS. I 
ONLY HAVE ABOUT 
40 SECONDS. 
DO YOU GET THE 
SENSE, WHAT IS 
THE SENSE OF 
FORLORN ON THE 
REPUBLICAN SIDE 
OF THE AISLE 
ABOUT NOVEMBER? 
DO THEY THINK 
THEY STILL HAVE 
A CHANCE? 
OR DO THEY ALL 
ASSUME, LET'S 
JUST HOPE IT'S 
NOT A BLOWOUT? 
>> I THINK IT'S 
PRETTY BLEAK. 
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO FIGURE OUT A 
WAY TO HOLD OUT 
HOPE. THE 
REALITY IS, THE 
CANDIDATES ARE 
RUNNING BEHIND 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BY AND LARGE. 
NOT TRUE IN 
EVERY SINGLE 
CASE. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
THE POLLS IN THE 
INTERNAL NUMBERS 
THEY ARE 
READING, THE 
PRESIDENT, 
DESPITE HIS 
DIFFICULT 
NUMBERS, IS 
AHEAD OF HIM. 
THAT EXPLAINS 
THEIR ACTIONS 
WHEN THEY ARE 
ASKED ABOUT THE 
PRESIDENT'S 
POLICIES. 
THEY DON'T WANT 
TO CRITICIZE YOU 
BECAUSE THEY 
BEEN ALIENATE 
THESE 
REPUBLICANS WHO 
ARE APPARENTLY 
-- ARE VOTERS, 
REPUBLICANS OR 
NOT, ARE GOING 
TO PULL FOR 
TRUMPET NOT FOR 
THEM. 
>> WE SHALL SEE. 
THANK YOU ALL. 
YOU GUYS ARE 
GREAT. 
THANKS FOR BEING 
WITH US THIS 
ENTIRE HOUR. 
NIGHT TWO OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IS 
ABOUT TO BEGIN. 
JUST LIKE LAST 
NIGHT, WE ARE 
HANDING OVER TO 
THE PRERECORDED 
PROGRAM. ARE ENDING 
OVER TO THEM FOR THE 
PRERECORDED PROGRAM. 
IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WE WILL 
HELP YOU TO NAVIGATE IT.  
ENJOY.
>> YOU TOO, THANK YOU.
[ MUSIC ]                  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE 
STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE 
REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, 
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, 
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>>> MY FELLOW AMERICANS. 
THIS IS MY COUNTRY.  WE HAVE
FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO SAY 
THAT. 
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY. 
>> WE ARE A PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF 
OUR FUTURE. 
>> WE MUST MAKE THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE
HEAR OUR TALE OF TWO CITIES, WE 
MUST CONVINCE THEM THAT WE DON'T
HAVE TO SETTLE. 
WE CAN HAVE ONE CITY, 
INDIVISIBLE, WORKING FOR ALL OF 
ITS PEOPLE. 
[ MUSIC ]                 .    
>> IF YOU GIVE US A CHANCE, WE 
CAN PERFORM.
>> THERE IS NOT A LIBERAL 
AMERICA, A CONSERVATIVE 
AMERICA, THERE IS A UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
THERE IS NOT A BLACK AMERICA 
AND A WHITE AMERICA, A LATINO 
AMERICA, THERE IS THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT A 
SPRINT, OR EVEN A MARATHON. 
OUR FAMILIES DO NOT ALWAYS CROSS
THE FINISH LINE IN THE SPAN OF 
ONE GENERATION CHECK EACH 
GENERATION SEES THE FRUITS OF 
THEIR LABOR. 
>> PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE, ALL OF 
US DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA.
>> WELCOME TO THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
>> LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND 
SMILED. 
>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF 
KEYNOTE. 
>> WE ALL HAVE A STAGE AND WE 
HAVE A LOT TO SAY. 
>> LET'S GET REAL. 
THERE IS A LOT RIDING ON THIS 
ELECTION. 
>> WE ARE FACING A HEALTH 
CRISIS BECAUSE OUR PRESIDENT 
DID NOT AND STILL DOES NOT HAVE 
A PLAN.                
>> DOCTORS, NURSES, THEY HAD TO 
RISK THEIR OWN LIVES TO PROTECT 
OTHERS. 
BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH 
PROTECTIVE AGREEMENT. 
>> AND FACTORY WORKERS IN OHIO 
ARE FACED WITH DANGEROUS 
CONDITIONS, BECAUSE THIS 
ADMINISTRATION IS NOT GIVEN 
CLEAR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO 
PROTECT OUR PEOPLE. 
>> WHEN TEACHERS IN GEORGIA AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BEING 
ASKED TO RETURN TO THE 
CLASSROOM WITHOUT A PLAN TO KEEP
YOU SAFE.  AND PARENTS ARE 
EXHAUSTED WITH FULL-TIME WORK 
AND CHILDCARE. 
>> PEOPLE ARE WORTH ALL THE TIME
THAT
THEY WILL GET SICK. 
>> SOUTH CAROLINA LIMIT HAS 
RISEN FOURFOLD CONVICTION AND 
EVICTIONS ARE PUTTING FAMILIES 
ON THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE IN 
THE DAYS OF THE VIRUS, DONALD 
DID NOT LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS. 
THEN HE SAID THAT A PERSON 
SHOULD NEVER.  
HE SAID I DON'T TAKE THIS ONE'S 
ABILITY ALL. 
>> NO NO RESPONSE ABILITY, 
NEWLY PLANTED STILL PLAN 
DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN TO OUR 
ECONOMY UNTIL WE GET A HOLD OF 
THE VIRUS. 
>> WORKING FAMILIES ARE 
STRUGGLING. 
THE ONES THAT ARE DOING JUST 
FINE? 
THE WEALTHY. 
THE BIG OPERATIONS. 
THE DONORS TO HIS CAMPAIGN. 
HE'S LOOKING OUT FOR
HIMSELF. 
THERE IS ONE PERSON LOOKING OUT 
FOR ALL OF US, THAT IS JOE BIDEN
.                
>> THIS IS A BATTLE FOR THE 
SOUL OF OUR NATION. 
WE CAN NEVER TURN AGAINST EACH 
OTHER, WE CAN NEVER STOP DOING 
THE HARD WORK. 
THAT IS WHY
WE'VE RAN FOR OFFICE. 
>> EVEN WHEN THERE HAD NEVER 
BEEN A LATINA IN THE STATE 
SENATE.  
OR A FEMALE COMMISSIONER OF 
AIRCRAFT. 
OR AN OPENLY GAY MAN AND THE 
GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE. 
WHEN BIRMINGHAM HASN'T HAD A 
MAYOR THIS YOUNG AND 120 YEARS.
>> WE RAN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE WE 
KNOW THE STRUGGLES AMERICAN 
FAMILIES ARE FACING, BECAUSE WE 
HAVE LIVED THEM. 
WE HAVE LIVED THE THROUGH THE 
INSECURITY AND INDIGNITY. 
>> WE'VE LIVED THROUGH THE 
FRUSTRATION OF NOT BEING ABLE TO
PAY OFF LOANS. 
WE
HAVE LIVED THE FRUSTRATION OF 
GUN VIOLENCE AND A CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT UNFAIRLY 
TARGETS THE COMMUNITY. 
WE FELT THAT HELPLESSNESS.  
WHEN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IS A 
MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. 
JOE BIDEN HAS FACED THIS AS 
WELL.  
HE WAS RAISED IN A MIDDLE-CLASS 
FAMILY IN DELAWARE. 
>> IT IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE 
THAN A PAYCHECK.  
IS ABOUT DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
>> A CAR CRASH KILLED HIS WIFE 
AND DAUGHTER. 
>> HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE.  
TO THANK GOD FOR HEALTHCARE. 
>> HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO 
SEND A CHILD OFF TO WAR. 
>> HE WILL NEVER FORGET WHO HE 
IS FIGHTING FOR.                
>> I LOOK AROUND MY DISTRICT. 
I SEE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS 
COUNTRY. 
THE EDUCATORS. 
A SINGLE MOTHER RAISED ME. 
I SEE THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE 
FRONT LINES OF THIS HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEM CHECK THE YOUTH OF THIS 
COUNTRY. 
THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. 
THE ONES THAT LINE THE STREETS 
OF TRIBAL NATIONS. 
THEY LINE THE STREETS OF 
PHILADELPHIA.  BRINGING OUR 
COMMUNITIES TO LIFE.
>> YOU BUILD THIS COUNTRY.  AND
YOU DESERVE MORE THAN THE 
CONSTANT CHAOS THAT DONALD TRUMP
DELIVERS. 
>> YOU DESERVE HEALTHCARE YOU 
CAN AFFORD. 
A JOB THAT PAYS YOU FAIRLY. 
CHILDCARE AND PAID SICK LEAVE 
WHILE YOU WORK. 
WHEN YOU PAY INTO
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE, 
YOU DESERVE TO KNOW IT WILL BE 
THERE WHEN YOU RETIRE.  AND
THANKS TO THE VOTERS IN RED AND 
BLUE STATES, WE WANT A NEW 
GENERATION OF LEADERS RISING UP 
WITH JOE BIDEN IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE, THERE IS NO LIMITS TO 
WHAT WE ARE DOING. 
>> IN NEVADA WE ARE MAKING DRUG 
PRICES MORE TRANSPARENT SO 
PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES 
WILL GO BROKE WHILE DRUG 
COMPANIES GET RICH. 
>> JOE BIDEN WILL EXPAND THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND MAKE 
SURE MILLIONS KEEP THEIR 
COVERAGE, AND NO ONE WILL BE 
DENIED FOR PRE-EXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
THE COST OF HEALTHCARE DRUGS. 
HE WILL ALLOW MEDICARE TO 
NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICES
>> THAT IS A BIG DEAL.  HE KNOWS
WE CAN'T HAVE A HEALTHY ECONOMY 
IF WE DON'T HAVE HEALTHCARE. 
DONALD TRUMP IS SUING TO TAKE 
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE AWAY FROM 
MORE THAN 20 MILLION AMERICANS 
AND M&A PROTECTIONS FOR 100 
MILLION PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
.                
>> IN TEXAS WE ARE STANDING UP 
FOR FEARS WOMEN LIKE MY MOM, 
WHO RAISED ME TO NEVER BACK 
DOWN FROM A TOUGH FIGHT. 
WE ARE FIGHTING TO MAKE
SURE THAT MOTHERS HAVE ACCESS 
TO HEALTH SCREENINGS, SAFE 
MENTEES AND CHILDBIRTH, AND WE 
ARE BRINGING YOU LONG OVERDUE 
JUSTICE FOR THE SURVIVORS OF 
SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
>> JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN FIGHTING 
FOR WOMEN HIS ENTIRE CAREER.  HE
AUTHORED THE VIOLENCE AGAINST 
WOMEN ACT AS SENATOR AND HE 
WILL RESTORE FUNDING FOR PLANNED
PARENTHOOD. 
HE WILL CODIFY ROE VERSUS WADE 
AND MAKE ESTABLISHING 
PROTECTIONS FOR WOMEN OF COLOR 
A TOP PRIORITY. 
>> WE ARE WORKING TO SHRINK OUR 
CARBON FOOTPRINT. 
>> JOE HAS A MAJOR PLAN TO 
INVEST IN CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
>> WE ARE CLOSING LOOPHOLES TO 
ENSURE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS USE AMERICAN-MADE LABOR
AND MANUFACTURING. 
>> UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, JOE 
BIDEN WILL ACTUALLY ENFORCE 
AMERICAN RULES AND INVEST IN 
AMERICAN-MADE CLEAN ENERGY, 
BILLING MATERIALS, HIGH-TECH 
EQUIPMENT, AND R&D, ALL 
CREATING MORE GOOD JOBS. 
>> IN MICHIGAN WE ARE BANNING 
THE PRACTICES THAT EXPLOITED 
WORKERS AND CAUSED HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST 
WAGES. 
NEW UN-
IMPLEMENT IS AT THE HIGHEST 
RATE SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION.  
MILLIONS HAVE SEEN THEIR HOURS 
AND PAY FLESH.  WE'VE GOT TO 
BUILD THIS BACK BETTER. 
>> WE ARE BUILDING AN ECONOMY 
THAT REWARDS WORK, NOT WEALTH. 
AND GETTING RID OF THE TEXT 
CUTS THAT ONLY BENEFIT BIG 
CORPORATIONS AND THE RITZ AND 
THE RICH. 
THEN WE WILL BUILD 
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND GET SMALL 
BUSINESSES UP AND RUNNING AGAIN
.                
>> TAKE IT FROM ME. 
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE TRENCHES, 
YOU WANT JOE BIDEN NEXT TO YOU. 
>> WHAT I WANTED TO MARRY THE 
MAN I LOVED, JOE BIDEN WAS THE 
FIRST NATIONAL FIGURE TO 
SUPPORT ME AND MY FAMILY. 
I APPRECIATE YOU, MAN. 
>> JOE STUCK HIS NECK OUT TO 
HELP SAVE ONE AT A HALF-MILLION 
AUTOMOTIVE JOBS. 
>> OUR COMPANY WAS ON THE 
BRINK.  
JOE LED RECOVERY EFFORTS. 
AMERICA BOUNCED BACK WITH THE 
LONGEST ECONOMIC EXPANSION IN 
HISTORY. 
YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT TRUMP 
BRAGGED ABOUT CREATING? 
>> THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED HAPPENS
WHEN JOE BIDEN IS IN YOUR 
CORNER. 
>> HE UNDERSTANDS LEADERSHIP 
NEEDS FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE 
WHO THIS COUNTRY.  
ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF US. 
>> THIS NATION BELONGS TO ALL 
OF US. 
AND EVERY ELECTION WE CHOOSE 
HOW WE WILL CREATE A MORE 
PERFECT UNION. 
NOT BY TAKING SIDES, BY TAKING 
STOCK OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT 
WE NEED.  THIS YEAR'S CHOICE 
COULD NOT BE MORE CLEAR. 
AMERICA FACES A TRIPLE THREAT. 
A PUBLIC HEALTH CATASTROPHE. 
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. 
AND A RECKONING WITH RACIAL 
JUSTICE AND INEQUALITY. 
OUR CHOICE IS CLEAR. 
A STUDY, EXPERIENCED PUBLIC 
SERVANT WHO CAN LEAD US OUT OF 
THIS CRISIS JUST LIKE BEFORE. 
OR A MAN WHO
ONLY KNOWS HOW TO DENY AND 
DISTRACT. 
A LEADER WHO CARES ABOUT OUR 
FAMILIES, OR A PRESIDENT ONLY 
CARES
ABOUT HIMSELF. 
WE KNOW JOE BIDEN.
AMERICA, WE NEED TO JOE BIDEN, 
TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD, TEXT 
VOTE TO
30330. 
IN A DEMOCRACY, WE DO NOT ELECT 
SAVIORS, WE CAST A BALLOT FOR 
THOSE WHO SEE OUR STRUGGLE AND 
PLEDGE TO SERVE FOR THOSE WHO 
HEAR OUR DREAMS AND WORK TO 
MAKE THEM REAL. 
WHO DEFEND OUR WAY OF RIGHT LIFE
BY PROTECTING OUR RIGHT TO 
VOTE.  
FACED WITH A PRESIDENT OF 
COWARDICE, JOE BIDEN IS A MAN OF
PROVEN COURAGE WHO WILL 
CONFRONT OUR CHALLENGES, NOT 
HIDE FROM THEM OR UNDERMINE OUR 
ELECTION TO KEEP HIS JOB. 
IN A TIME OF VOTER SUPPRESSION 
AT HOME, AND AUTHORITARIANISM 
ABROAD, JOE BIDEN WILL BE A 
CHAMPION FOR FREE AND FAIR 
ELECTIONS, FOR A SYSTEM THAT 
KEEPS US SAFE, FOR AND ABOUT AN 
ECONOMY THAT WE BUILD BACK 
BETTER THAN BEFORE.  FOR ACCOUNT
ABILITY,
FOR INTEGRITY IN OUR SYSTEM OF 
JUSTICE. 
WE STAND WITH JOE BIDEN. 
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT 
DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP. 
WE ARE IN THIS TO WIN FOR 
AMERICA. 
SO LET'S GET IT DONE.    
,
>> HELLO DEREK I AM TRACY 
ALYSSA ROSS.  
HOW EXCITING TO HEAR FROM YOUNG 
ELECTED LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY. 
THE PERFECT WAY TO BEGIN THE 
SECOND NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION, YOU 
REUNITING AMERICA, TONIGHT IS 
ALL
ABOUT LEADERSHIP. 
THIS UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT CALLS 
FOR LEADERSHIP, STEADY AND 
INCLUSIVE WORSHIP DRIVEN BY 
PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND OUR 
DEMOCRACY IS BASED ON THE VALUE 
OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US 
BEING TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND 
RESPECT. 
LEADERS WHO RESPOND TO THE 
NEEDS OF HARD-WORKING 
AMERICANS, WHO RIGHT THIS 
MINUTE ARE UNABLE TO PAY RENT OR
PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, OR KEEP 
THEIR KEEP THEIR LOVED ONES 
SAFE. 
AS
A BLACK WOMAN, I FIND MYSELF AT 
A CRUCIAL INTERSECTION IN 
AMERICAN POLITICS.  
FOR FAR TOO LONG, LEFT FEMALE 
LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY HAS 
BEEN UTILIZED WITHOUT BEING 
ACKNOWLEDGED OR VALUED. 
BUT WE ARE TURNING THE TIDES. 
HELLO KAMALA HARRIS. 
HER NOMINATION IS HISTORIC. 
FOR ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN WE 
THE PEOPLE. 
LIKE SENATOR HARRIS AND MANY WE 
SAW IN THE KEYNOTE, LEADERS 
EMERGED FROM A COMMUNITY THAT 
HAS BEEN LONG AND 
UNDERREPRESENTED.  SHIRLEY 
CHISHOLM. 
CHARLOTTA BASS. 
JOHN LEWIS.  THEY GET INCLUDE 
TROUBLE. 
NECESSARY TROUBLE.
THEY CALL THINGS OUT THAT ARE 
OTHERWISE IGNORED. 
THEY ELEVATE OUR NATION AND 
CHANGE THE COURSE OF OUR LIVES 
FOR THE BETTER. 
WITH EVERY VOTE THAT WE CAST 
FOR FORWARD THINKING, HONEST 
LEADERS CHIP AWAY AT SYSTEMS OF 
INEQUITY.  TRUE LEADERS MAKE 
SURE THAT POLICY, SAFE, 
EQUITABLE, JOYFUL FUTURE. 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE 
THE BRIDGE, EATING VOICES FROM 
WITHIN THE MOVEMENT FOR RACIAL 
JUSTICE.  LISTENING TO THE 
PEOPLE, ACTING WITH APATHY AND 
COMPASSION TO REFLECT SHARED 
HUMANITY.  YOUR HEARING FROM A 
NUMBER OF LEADERS PUTTING SALLY 
WHO REFUSED TO STOP. 
>> HE IS SOWING FEAR, 
UNDERCUTTING EVERY INSTITUTION 
DESIGNED TO CHECK THE ABUSE OF 
POWER BY THE PRESIDENT OR 
ANYONE ELSE. 
ALL OF THIS, FOR WHAT REASON? 
ALL OF THIS TO SOLIDIFY HIS 
BASE AND EXPAND HIS POWER.
>> GOOD EVENING.  I 
AM SALLY YATES. 
SPEAKING AT A POLITICAL 
CONVENTION IS SOMETHING I NEVER 
EXPECTED TO BE DOING. 
BUT THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY 
IS AT STAKE. 
I AM HERE IN MY HOMETOWN OF 
ATLANTA. 
AS A YOUNG LAWYER, I JOINED THE 
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.  
I WORKED ALONGSIDE MY 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COLLEAGUES
TO EXPAND EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER 
THE LAW. 
I SERVED AS DEPUTY ATTORNEY 
GENERAL.  I STAYED ON AS ACTING 
ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE TRUMP 
TRANSITION. 
I WAS FIRED FOR REFUSING TO 
DEFEND PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS 
SHAMEFUL AND UNLAWFUL MUSLIM 
TRAVEL BAN. 
THAT WAS THE START OF HIS 
ATTACK ON OUR CREDIT 
INSTITUTIONS AND COUNTLESS 
DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS.  
THESE OFFICIALS DID NOT SWEAR 
AN OATH TO A PERSON OR PARTY. 
PUBLIC SERVANTS PUBLIC SERVANTS
PROMISED TO DEFEND THE 
CONSTITUTION, UPHOLD OUR LAWS, 
WORK ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
BUT FROM THE MOMENT RESIDENT 
TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, HE USED HIS 
POSITION TO BENEFIT HIMSELF 
RATHER THAN OUR COUNTRY. 
HAS TRAMPLED THE RULE OF LAW, 
AND HAS WEAPON IS THE JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT TO ATTACK HIS ENEMIES
AND PROTECT HIS FRIEND SPIRIT 
RATHER THAN STANDING UP TO 
VLADIMIR PUTIN, HAS FALLEN FOR 
A DICTATOR STILL TRYING TO 
INTERFERE WITH OUR ELECTIONS. 
HE IS EVEN TRYING TO SABOTAGE 
THE POSTAL SERVICE AND KEEP 
PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE. 
IS CONSTANT IS CONSTANT ATTACKS 
ON THE FBI AND FREE PRESS, AND 
SPECTRAL INSPECTOR GENERALS AND 
FEDERAL JUDGES, THEY ALL HAVE 
ONE PURPOSE. 
TO REMOVE ANY CHECK ON HIS 
ABUSE OF POWER. 
PUT SIMPLY HE TREATS OUR 
COUNTRY LIKE IT IS HIS FAMILY 
BUSINESS.  
THIS TIME, BANKRUPTING MORAL 
AUTHORITY AT HOME AND ABROAD. 
OUR COUNTRY DOES NOT BELONG TO 
HIM. 
IT BELONGS TO ALL OF US.  
JOE BIDEN IS THE VOICE OF THAT. 
HE HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE 
PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST. 
HE HAS NEVER BACKED DOWN FROM A 
CHALLENGE OR A BELIEF. 
HE SUMMONS THE BEST IN US AND 
LIVES BY THE VALUES THAT DEFINE 
US AS AMERICANS. 
SERVICE.  
INTEGRITY.  
COURAGE.  
COMPASSION.  
THERE ARE COUNTLESS STORIES OF 
JOE BIDEN REACHING OUT TO 
SOMEONE IN A MOMENT OF NEED. 
THIS IS A MOMENT OF NEED FOR 
THE COUNTRY. 
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO
RESPECTS OUR LAW AND THE 
PRIVILEGE OF PUBLIC SERVICE. 
WHO REFLECT OUR VALUES AND CARES
ABOUT OUR PEOPLE.  WE NEED A
PRESIDENT WHO WILL RESTORE THE 
SOUL OF AMERICA. 
WE NEED JOE BIDEN.
>> OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE 
HAVE EXPERIENCED FATAL 
LEADERSHIP UNDER DONALD J TRUMP
.                
>> THE COVERUPS. 
THE LION, THE FAVORITISM.  
DONALD TRUMP HAS FAILED 
AMERICA. 
IT IS
TIME FOR US TO RECLAIM OUR 
DEMOCRACY. 
WE NEED AN EXPERIENCED LEADER 
WHO HAS PASSION, INTEGRITY, 
LEADERSHIP SKILLS, HIS NAME IS 
JOE BIDEN. 
JOE BIDEN IS THAT LEADER. 
HE REALLY WANTS THE BEST FOR 
THIS COUNTRY. 
HE UNDERSTANDS THE RESPECT OF 
DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW. 
AND THE COMPETENT AND THE 
CONSTITUTION.    
,
>>> HELLO, THIS IS SENATOR 
CHUCK SCHUMER IN MY HOMETOWN OF 
OAKLAND, NEW YORK. 
BEHIND ME IS A SITE THAT I SEE 
OUT OF MY WINDOW EVERY NIGHT. 
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. 
THE SAME SITE THAT WAS A SYMBOL 
OF FREEDOM AND A BEACON OF HOPE 
TO THE WORLD.  
TODAY DONALD TRUMP HAS DIVIDED 
OUR COUNTRY AND DIMINISHED OUR 
GREATNESS, AND DEMEANED 
EVERYTHING THAT THIS STATUE 
REPRESENTS.  EVEN HID IN A 
BUNKER AS AMERICANS WERE TEAR 
GASSED AND BEATEN. 
MILLIONS JOBLESS, 170,000 
AMERICAN DIED FROM COVID-19 AND 
DONALD TRUMP SAYS WHAT IT THAT 
IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
A PRESIDENT SHOULD NEVER SAYS 
IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
PRESIDENT LINCOLN HONORED THE 
GREAT SACRIFICE OF GETTYSBURG 
DIDN'T SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
ROOSEVELT DIDN'T SAY IT IS WHAT 
IT IS.  
AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP HAS QUIT 
ON YOU.  WE NEED A PRESIDENT 
WITH DIGNITY, INTEGRITY, AND 
THE EXPERIENCE TO LEAD US OUT OF
THIS CRISIS. 
A MAN WITH A STEADY HAND AND A 
BIG HEART, WHO WILL NEVER, EVER 
QUIT ON AMERICA. 
THAT MAN IS MY FRIEND JOE 
BIDEN. 
HE WILL BE A GREAT PRESIDENT.  
IF WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS 
BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF OUR 
NATION, JOE CANNOT DO IT ALONE. 
DEMOCRATS MUST TAKE BACK THE 
SENATE AND STAY UNITED. 
WITH OUR UNITY, WE WILL BRING 
BOLD AND DRAMATIC CHANGE TO OUR 
COUNTRY. 
LET ME TELL YOU SOME OF THE 
THINGS THAT WE DO. 
WITH BIDEN AND HARRIS IN A 
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, WILL MAKE 
HEALTH CARE AFFORDABLE FOR ALL. 
WE WILL UNDO THE VICIOUS 
INEQUALITY OF INCOME AND WEALTH 
THAT HAS PLAGUED AMERICA FOR 
FAR TOO LONG. 
WE WILL TAKE STRONG AND 
DECISIVE ACTION TO COMBAT 
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SAVE THE 
PLANET. 
WE WILL FIGHT SYSTEMIC RACISM 
IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 
AND IN OUR ECONOMY, WE WILL 
RESTORE A SUPREME COURT THAT 
LOOKS OUT FOR PEOPLE, NOT 
CORPORATIONS. 
WE WILL REBUILD OUR 
INFRASTRUCTURE.  WE WILL SAVE 
THE POST OFFICE AND WINCED AT 
ONCE AND FOR ALL DEFEAT COVID-19
.  AND WE WILL REFORM OUR 
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM SO THAT 
IMMIGRANTS YEARNING TO BREATHE 
FREE WILL LAST BECOME AMERICAN 
CITIZENS. 
TOGETHER WE CAN REUNITE. 
HUDDLED MASSES ON SHIPS 
WITNESSED THIS WOMAN, KNOWING 
THAT THEY COULD DO A BETTER 
LIFE IN AMERICA. 
AFTER THIS LONG NATIONAL 
NIGHTMARE, AMERICA WILL FINALLY 
AWAKEN TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE AND 
A NEW DAY.
>> SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER 
REMINDING US THAT LEADERSHIP 
REQUIRES INTEGRITY AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
REAL LEADERS DO NOT ASK WHAT WE 
CAN DO FOR THEM. 
THEY ASK WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR 
US. 
IN
A MINUTE WE WILL HEAR FROM 
FORMER PRESIDENTS WHO WILL 
SPEAK TO THAT. 
FIRST HERE ARE CAROLINE KENNEDY 
AND HER SON JACK. 
>> 60 YEARS AGO, IN A CROWDED 
LOS ANGELES STADIUM, MY FATHER 
ACCEPTED THE DEMOCRAT 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT AND 
CHALLENGE AMERICANS TO LOOK TO 
THE FUTURE AND JOIN IN ON A 
JOURNEY TOWARD A NEW FRONTIER. 
IT WAS A CALL TO THE YOUNG AT 
HEART REGARDLESS OF AGE OR 
PARTY. 
TIMES HAVE CHANGED. BUT THE 
THEME OF HIS SPEECH, COURAGE, 
UNITY, PAY
TREASON, THEY ARE AS IMPORTANT 
TODAY AS THEY WERE IN 1960. 
WE NEED A LEADER WHO BELIEVES 
AMERICA'S YET THAT BEST DAYS ARE
YET TO COME. 
WE NEED JOE BIDEN. 
>> HE SHARED MY UNCLES 
COMMITMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS, 
WORKING RIGHTS, HE WAS A SENATOR
WHO CARED, LEAD, AND INSPIRED. 
THAT'S WHY I HELPED CHOOSE HIM 
TO BE RUNNING MADE FOR BARACK 
OBAMA IN 2008. 
WHEN I WAS US AMBASSADOR TO 
JAPAN, I GOT TO SEE HIM IN 
ACTION, HE STEPPED OFF WITH A 
BIG SMILE AND HIS AVIATOR 
GLASSES. 
I SAW A LEADER WHO WAS TOUGH 
BUT FAIR, RADIATING FAIRNESS AND
GENEROSITY, WHO COMMITTED THE 
RESPECT OF OTHER NATIONS AND 
PUT AMERICAN INTERESTS FIRST. 
JOE BIDEN'S LIFETIME OF SERVICE 
REFLECTS HIS UNWAVERING 
COMMITMENT TO OUR HIGHEST 
IDEAL. 
>> IN THIS ELECTION, OUR FUTURE 
IS ON THE BALLOT. 
FOR MY GENERATION ABLE TO FIND 
THE REST OF OUR LIVES.  
WE NEED TO TACKLE CLIMATE 
CHANGE AND WE NEED TO BRING AN 
END TO SYSTEMIC RACIAL 
INJUSTICE, WE NEED TO MAKE 
HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE FOR 
EVERYBODY AND REBUILD AN 
ECONOMY THAT HELPS WORKING 
FAMILIES. 
WE CAN DO THIS.
WE CAN REACH THESE NEW 
FRONTIERS, BUT ONLY WITH A 
PRESIDENT WHO ASKS WHAT HE CAN 
DO FOR OUR COUNTRY AND WHAT WE 
CAN DO TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD. 
LET'S GET IT DONE, LET'S ELECT 
JOE BIDEN AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
>> IT IS GREAT TO JOIN YOU IN 
CELEBRATING THE NEXT PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN
.  WE HAVE KNOWN JOE FOR MANY 
YEARS. 
MOST RECENTLY I HAVE WORKED WITH
HIM TO TACKLE THE DEMANDS FACED 
BY UNPAID CAREGIVERS WHO HAVE 
BEEN PUTTING THEIR OWN PHYSICAL 
AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND WELL-
BEING AT RISK. 
JOE KNOWS SO WELL THE STRUGGLES 
OF BEING A FAMILY CAREGIVER.  
HE AND JILL WERE CARING FOR 
THEIR OWN PARENTS AT THE END OF 
THEIR LIVES. 
HE KNOWS THAT CAREGIVING IS 
HARD, EVEN IN
THE GOOD DAYS. 
HE KNOWS THE CHALLENGE FOR 
THOSE IN THE MILITARY. 
HE KNOWS THAT IT IS DIFFICULT. 
WE KNOW THOSE CAREGIVERS NEED 
THIS. 
WE ARE VOTING FOR JOE BECAUSE 
HE RECOGNIZES THE CHALLENGES 
THAT FACE OUR FAMILIES, AND HE 
HAS THE POWER TO MAKE LIFE 
BETTER FOR ALL AMERICANS.
>> JOE BIDEN WAS MY BIGGEST 
SUPPORTER IN THE SENATE AND HE 
HAS BEEN MY LOYAL AND DEDICATE 
IT FRIEND FOR DECADES. 
HE HAS EXPERIENCE AND CHARACTER 
TO BRING US TOGETHER.  HE 
UNDERSTANDS INTEGRITY JUSTICE, 
AND IS COMMITTED TO AMERICAN 
PEACE. 
HE UNDERSTANDS DIGNITY.  IN 
THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, JOE BIDEN
REALIZES THE NEED FOR MASKS AND 
TESTING AS RECOGNIZED OUR 
MEDICAL EXPERTS.
>> GOOD EVENING. 
A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS THE 
MOST IMPORTANT JOB INTERVIEW.  
AT THE END WE HIRE A LEADER TO 
HELP US SOLVE PROBLEMS AND 
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES ABIGAIL OUR
KIDS A BETTER TOMORROW. 
WITH COVID-19 ON THE PATH OF 
KILLING 200,000 PEOPLE, STRING 
JOBS AND BUSINESSES, HOW DID 
DONALD TRUMP'S RESPOND? 
AT FIRST HE SAID THAT THE VIRUS 
WAS UNDER CONTROL AND WOULD 
SOON DISAPPEAR. 
WHEN HE
DIDN'T, HE WAS ON TV EVERY DAY 
BRAGGING ABOUT WHAT AGREAT JOB 
HE WAS DOING WHILE WE WERE 
WAITING FOR VITAL INFORMATION. 
HE DID NOT LIKE EXPERT ADVICE 
HE WAS GIVEN, HE IGNORED IT. 
ONLY WHEN COVID-19
EXPLORER EXPLODED EVEN EVEN 
MORE STATES, DID HE ENCOURAGE 
PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS, AND THEN 
MANY MORE WOULD STILL DIE. 
AND THEN HE SAID IT IS WHAT IT 
IS YOUR LIFE? 
NO.  COVID-19 HIT US MUCH HARDER
THAN IT HAD TO.  
AND 25% OF THE WORLDS COVID-19 
CASES, OUR EMPLOYMENT RATE IS 
TWICE AS HIGH AS SOUTH KOREA, 
TO HAVE TIME AS HIGH AS THE 
UNITED KINGDOM, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SAID THAT WE DIVORCE WE ARE THE 
ONLY ECONOMY TO HAVE OUR 
UNEMPLOYMENT TRIPLE. 
THE UNITED
THE WHITE HOUSE SHOULD BE A 
COMMAND CENTER, NOT A STORMS. 
AND THE ONLY THING THAT NEVER 
CHANGES IS HIS INABILITY TO 
ACCEPT RESPONSE ABILITY AND 
CONTINUING TO DENY BLAME. 
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO 
RENEW HIS CONTRACT AND HIRE 
SOMEONE ELSE. 
IF YOU WANT A PRESIDENT WHO 
SPENDS HIS HOURS ON TV AND 
DISPARAGING PEOPLE IN SOCIAL 
MEDIA, THEN HE IS YOUR MAN. 
IF YOU'D RATHER HIM TRY TO 
ENTERTAIN OR INFLAME, IN A REAL 
CRISIS, IT COLLAPSES LIKE A 
HOUSE OF CARDS.  
COVID IS NOT AS FUN TO ANY OF 
THAT. 
TO
BEAT IT, YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK 
AND DEAL WITH THE FACTS. 
OUR PARTY IS UNITED IN OFFERING 
YOU A VERY DIFFERENT CHOICE, A 
GO TO WORK PRESIDENT, A AND WHO 
UNDERSTANDS RESPONSIBILITY 
INSTEAD OF SHIFTING THE BLAME, 
CONCENTRATE AND NOT DISTRACT OR 
DENY.  HE HAS
DONE IT BEFORE.  
HE CAN DO IT AGAIN. 
IN 2009, BARACK OBAMA AND JOE 
BIDEN STRUGGLED WITH THE WORST 
ECONOMY SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION. 
WHEN THEY WERE
DONE, THEY DELIVERED MORE THAN 
SIX STRAIGHT YEARS OF JOB 
GROWTH.  
WHAT DID JOE DO? 
HE ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY.  HIS
WORK CREATED A LOT OF NEW JOBS 
AND STARTED MANY NEW
COMPANIES IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS 
OUR COUNTRY. 
NOW
JOE IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING 
AMERICA BACK.  HELLO?
BY GIVING US A SMART AND 
DETAILED PLAN.  CREATING
INNOVATIVE FINANCING. 
GOOD JOBS, GREEN ENERGY, 
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE, AND 
BRINGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 
WAS TAKEN FOR GRANTED. 
AND
MAKING SURE THAT LACK 
AMERICANS, LATINO AMERICANS, 
IMMIGRANTS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES
LEFT BEHIND OUR FULL 
PARTICIPANTS. 
IN OUR, ECONOMY, AND OUR 
SOCIETY. 
JOE BIDEN WANTS TO KNOW ECONOMY 
THAT IS FAR BETTER SUITED TO OUR
CHANGING WORLD. 
THAT ARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
BETTER FOR FAMILIES WORKING AND 
RAISING THEIR KIDS. 
BETTER FOR FARMERS TIRED OF 
BEING COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN TRADE
WARS. 
BETTER FOR
WORKERS CARING FOR THE SICK, THE
ELDERLY, AND PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES. 
WITH A LIVING WAGE AND ACCESS 
TO A FORMAL EDUCATION AND 
HEALTHCARE, INCLUDING 
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.  AND FOR 
THE FIRST TIME, PAID FAMILY AND 
MEDICAL LEAVE.  HE WILL PUT HIS 
SIGNATURE ON THE CHECK, AND WORK
TO MAKE SURE YOUR PAYCHECK WILL 
FLEX YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO A 
GROWING ECONOMY. 
THE DIFFERENCE IS A START. 
YOU KNOW WHAT DONALD TROUBLE DO 
IN FOUR MORE YEARS. 
BLAME, BULLY, BELITTLE. 
YOU KNOW WHAT JOE BIDEN WILL 
DO. 
BUILD
BACK BETTER. 
IT IS US VERSUS THEM AMERICA 
VERSUS JOE BIDEN'S IN AMERICA, 
WHERE WE ALL LIVE AND WORK 
TOGETHER. 
IT IS A CLEAR CHOICE. 
AND THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY 
RIDES ON IT. 
THANK YOU.                
>> THAT IS TIME TO OFFICIALLY 
NOMINATE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE 
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES.  
AND THE ROLL CALL IS HEADING 
OUT TO ALL 57 STATES AND 
TERRITORIES.  
SHOWCASING THE NATURAL BEAUTY 
OF OUR NATION, PLACES PEOPLE 
ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO SECURE 
A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR COUNTRY 
IN CASES THAT ARE WORKING TO 
REBUILD AND RECOVER. 
LIKE IOWA, WHERE THOUSANDS 
WITHOUT POWER,
TONIGHT WE COME TOGETHER TO 
NOMINATE A CANDIDATE WHO WILL 
FIGHT FOR ALL OF US. 
THE CONVENTION DELEGATES WILL 
BE OFFICIALLY NOMINATED, YOU 
CAN JOIN AND SUPPORT.  
TEXT JOIN TO GET INVOLVED. 
AND NOW, THE CHAIR OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, 
TOM PRICE.
>> IT IS GREAT HERE TO BE IN 
MILWAUKEE, A PROUD UNIONTOWN 
AFFLICTING THE RESILIENCE OF 
OUR PARTY AND COUNTRY. 
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE LAST 
FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN TOUGH. 
GOOD LEADERSHIP MEANS BEING ABLE
TO ADAPT TO ANY SITUATION. 
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE 
PEOPLE OF MILWAUKEE FOR BEING 
RIGHTEOUS ADVISABLE HOSTS. 
IS ALSO RATED TO BE BACK IN 
WISCONSIN, WHERE I WAS LUCKY 
ENOUGH TO MEET AND MARRY MY 
WIFE MORE THAN THREE DECADES AGO
.  THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT HAS 
DEEP HISTORY HERE. 
SHOULD POINT OUT THAT WISCONSIN 
WAS THE FIRST STATE TO RATIFY.  
AND A ONE WORD MOTTO, FORWARD. 
WISCONSIN CAPTURES SOMETHING SO 
AMAZING ABOUT AMERICA, NO 
MATTER WHAT CHALLENGESTODAY 
BRINGS, WE ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT 
A BETTER FUTURE IS POSSIBLE. 
THAT IS WHAT MY PARENTS 
BELIEVED WHEN THEY IMMIGRATED 
TO THIS COUNTRY NEARLY A 
CENTURY AGO, FLEEING THE IRON 
FIST OF A BRUTAL DICTATOR IN THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.  THIS NATION
WELCOMED THEM WITH COMPASSION. 
THERE HARD WORK WAS SHARED BY 
GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS. 
INDEED EVERY AMERICAN
STORY IS A STORY OF HOPE AND 
SENSE OF POSSIBILITY. 
IT IS WHAT UNITES US AND 
DEFINES US, AND IT SUSTAINS US 
NOW. 
WE WILL WORK TO MEET 
EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES BECAUSE
PROGRESS IS MADE BY THE HOME 
THE BY THE HOPEFUL, NOT THE 
CYNICAL. 
WILL DO THAT WORK TOGETHER 
BECAUSE MOVEMENTS ARE BUILT 
BUILT BY THE MANY, NOT THE FEW. 
AS YOU WATCH A DECIDEDLY 
UNCONVENTIONAL ROLL CALL AND 
REFLECT ON THE DIVERSITY OF OUR 
NATION, REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE 
ALSO A PART OF THE AMERICAN 
STORY.  MATTER WHERE YOU
COME FROM AND WHERE YOU ARE 
WATCHING FROM TONIGHT, YOU HAVE 
A PLACE IN JOE BIDEN'S 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> DISTINGUISHED GUESTS UNDER 
OUR RULES, DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES 
SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS TO THE 
OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, AS SUCH, 
EACH CANDIDATE HAS PROVIDED THE 
NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL 
MAKE NOMINATING SPEECHES ON
THEIR BEHALF.  
WE WILL BEGIN WITH SPEECHES, 
SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF WILL BE 
PROGRESSIVE CHAMPIONS BOB KING 
AND REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA 
CONSEIL CORTEZ. 
ALEXANDRIA CONSEIL CORTEZ.
>> I AM HONORED TO NOMINATE JOE 
BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT.
>> ORGANIZING UNIONS TO 
COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN IN A TIME 
OF ENORMOUS INEQUALITY, JOE 
BIDEN UNDERSTANDS THAT WE MUST 
CONFRONT LARGE CORPORATIONS 
WHICH HAVE FAR TOO MUCH CONTROL 
OVER THE ECONOMY AND POLITICS. 
HE BELIEVES HEALTHCARE IS A 
HUMAN RIGHT AND SHOULD NOT BE 
CONTINGENT ON A JOB HE KNOWS WE 
CAN REBUILD CRUMBLING INFO 
STRUCTURE BY CREATING MILLIONS 
OF GOOD PAYING UNION JOBS.  HE 
HAS EMBOLDENED THE FIGHT FOR 
JUSTICE. 
THE GRASSROOTS ENERGY OF HIS 
SUPPORTERS. 
AND HE HAS CEMENTED IMPORTANT 
ADVANCES IN OUR PLATFORM. 
HE WILL CONTINUE A MOVEMENT TO 
HELP DEFEAT TRUMP AND DELIVER 
INFORMATIONAL CHANGE. 
I AM EXCITED TO JOIN IN THE 
NOMINATION OF A CHAMPION OF THE 
WORKING CLASS, SENATOR BERNIE 
SANDERS. 
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]  
>> THAT EVENING AND THANK YOU 
TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY IN AN 
ENDEAVOR TO A BETTER AND MORE 
JUST FUTURE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND 
OUR WORLD.  
IN FIDELITY AND GRATITUDE TO A 
MASKED PEOPLE'S UNION WORKING TO
PROMOTE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC HUMAN 
RIGHTS,
GUARANTEED HEALTHCARE, HIGHER 
EDUCATION, LIVING WAGES AND 
LABOR RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
EIGHT MOVEMENT STRIVING TO 
RECOGNIZE AND REPAIR THE WOUNDS 
OF RACIAL INJUSTICE, 
COLONIZATION, MISOGYNY AND 
HOMOPHOBIA, AND TO PROPOSE A 
BILL TO REIMAGINE SYSTEMS OF 
IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN POLICY 
THAT TURNED AWAY FROM THE 
VIOLENCE AND XENOPHOBIA OF OUR 
PAST. 
A MOVEMENT THAT REALIZES THE 
EXPLOSIVE WEALTH OF THE FEW AT 
THE EXPENSE OF THE LONG-TERM 
STABILITY OF THE MANY.  
RECOGNIZING A HISTORIC CAMPAIGN 
TO RECLAIM OUR DEMOCRACY.  THE 
LACK OF HEALTHCARE, AND PULLING 
UP ALL PEOPLE, I SECOND THE 
NOMINATION OF BERNARD SANDERS 
OF VERMONT FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNIT STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> THANK YOU, MR. KING AND 
REPRESENTATIVE CORTEZ. 
WE KNOW TURNED TO NOMINATING AND
SICKENING SPEECHES FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT BITE.  YOU WILL ALSO 
HEAR FROM KATE SCHOON, WHO HELD 
A SENATE SEAT ONCE HELD BY THE 
VICE PRESIDENT.  A WORKING 
AMERICAN WHO MET JOE BIDEN IN 
THE MOST UNEXPECTED PLACE, THE 
ELEVATOR IN WHICH SHE WORKED. 
>> I NEED POWERFUL PEOPLE IN MY 
ELEVATOR ALL THE TIME.  
HI JUST HEAD BACK TO THE LOBBY. 
I COULD TELL JOE BIDEN REALLY 
SAW ME.  MY LIFE MEANT 
SOMETHING TO HIM.  HE TOOK MY 
STORY IN THERE WITH HIM.  JOE
BIDEN HAS ROOM IN HIS HEART FOR 
MORE THAN JUST HIMSELF. 
BUT WE HAVE TOUGH DAYS AHEAD, 
NOMINATING SOMEONE LIKE THAT TO 
BE WHITE HOUSE IS A GOOD PLACE 
TO START. 
THAT IS WHY I NOMINATE MY 
FRIEND JOE BIDEN AS THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> I AM SENATOR CHRIS FROM 
ELSEWHERE. 
A SMALL STATE WHERE PEOPLE 
EXPECT TO SEE THEIR SENATORS AND
SOMETIMES THERE VICE PRESIDENT 
AT THE SUPERMARKET, AT A CHURCH 
FESTIVAL, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
JOE FIGHTS FOR US BECAUSE HE 
KNOWS OUR STRUGGLE AND HOPE, HE 
KNOWS THE PAIN OF LOSS AND THE 
WORRIES OF WORKING PARENTS. 
HE IS ALREADY BROUGHT THE SAME 
PERSONAL CONCERN THAT HE SHOWED 
FOR JACQUELINE, GETTING THINGS 
DONE IS OUR SENATOR AND AS 
SENATOR OBAMA'S VICE PRESIDENT. 
HE TACKLED
VIOLENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE.  
HE STOOD UP TO DICTATORS, 
SUPPORTED OUR TROOPS, AND 
RECOVERY EFFORTS AND DELIVERED 
ON A PROCESS PROMISE, THROUGH 
IT ALL, HE HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN 
WHERE HE IS FROM.  
HE HAS BEEN SUSTAINED BY HIS 
FAITH AND FAMILY THROUGH THE 
TOUGHEST OF TIMES AND HE HAS 
THE HEART AND COMPASSION FOR 
THIS MOMENT. 
FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS AND 
MORE IT IS MY HONOR TO SECOND 
THE NOMINATION OF MY GOOD FRIEND
JOE BIDEN TO BE THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> I AM CONGRESSWOMAN LISA 
ROCHESTER. 
CHILDREN ARE LEARNING ABOUT 
THIS MOMENT IN A CLASSROOM IN 
THE FUTURE. 
THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT
OUR PAIN AND GRIEF, OUR WORRY, 
THEY ARE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT A 
MAN NAMED JOE BIDEN ABOUT HOW HE
RESTORED DECENCY TO THE 
GOVERNMENT AND INTEGRITY TO OUR 
DEMOCRACY. 
THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT HOW WE 
CONQUERED A PANDEMIC AND STOOD 
UNITED FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE, AND BUILD OUR ECONOMY 
BACK BETTER THAN BEFORE.  
THEY ARE LEARNING HOW HE HOW 
THEY WILL HAVE A FIGHTING 
CHANCE, THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT 
US, AND
WORK THAT WE WILL DO OVER THE 
NEXT 11 WEEKS.  
AND ABOUT DESPITE OUR DISTANCE, 
WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER TO
NOMINATE JOE BIDEN FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 
A NOMINATION THAT I AM HONORED 
TO SECOND.                
>> THANK YOU ALL. 
PURSUANT TO CONVENTION RULES, 
WE WILL PROCEED TO A ROLL CALL 
ON THE SELECTION OF OUR PARTIES 
FOR THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, COMING LIVE 
FROM THE WISCONSIN CENTER, IT 
IS TIME TO BEGIN A VIRTUAL TRIP 
AROUND AMERICA. 
OUR JOURNEY BEGINS AT THE SITE 
OF A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN OUR 
NATIONAL JOURNEY TOWARD 
JUSTICE. 
WE WILL GO TO ALABAMA.
>> JOHN LEWIS MARCHED ACROSS 
THIS BRIDGE IN 1965, TO DEMAND 
A RIGHT TO VOTE, AND A LIFETIME 
LATER, CIVIL AND VOTING RIGHTS 
MANNED AMERICA'S GREAT 
UNFINISHED BUSINESS. 
FOR THOSE WHO WALKED THE PATH 
BEFORE US, SHOWING THE WAY 
FORWARD, IF WE WANT TO HONOR 
THE INCREDIBLE LIFE OF JOHN 
LEWIS, RESTORE THE VOTING 
RIGHTS ACT AND MAKE SURE
DEMOCRACY BELONGS TO ALL 
AMERICANS.  
THE GREAT STATE OF ALABAMA HAS 
52 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT 
OF THESE UNITED STATES, JOE 
BIDEN.
>> WE RELY ON THESE WATERS TO 
FEED OUR FAMILIES.  
JOE BIDEN MAKE SURE THAT THESE 
WATERS WERE MANAGED.  
DONALD TRUMP TOOK IT AWAY. 
WE NEED A
PRESIDENT WHO WILL RESPECT OUR 
VOICES, OUR WATERS, AND ADDRESS 
CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> AMERICAN SAMOA. 
>> WE TRUST JOE BIDEN TO 
SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. 
AS VICE PRESIDENT HE HELPED TO 
EXTEND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR 
COMMITTEES LIKE OURS.  AS 
PRESIDENT, HE WILL CONTINUE TO 
STRENGTHEN AMERICA FROM NEW 
ENGLAND TO THE PACIFIC. 
>> ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN 
SAMOA DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WE 
PROUDLY CAST 11 VOTES FOR OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA, JOE BIDEN!
>> AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, 
I KNOW THAT PUBLIC EDUCATORS 
ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY 
CAN TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS 
HAVE BODY LEARNING EXPERIENCES 
THIS FALL. 
AS THE MOTHER OF A HIGH SCHOOL 
FRESHMAN, I KNOW THAT IT IS FAR 
FROM PERFECT. 
I WILL FIGHT TO MAKE SURE IT IS 
SCIENTISTS, PARENTS AND 
EDUCATORS THAT DECIDE WHEN THE 
STATES GO BACK TO SCHOOL, NOT 
POLITICIANS. 
AS AN ARIZONA LATINA, I PROUDLY 
CAST ANY 94 BERNIE SANDERS AND 
51 FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> I THINK WE CAN ALL USE A 
LITTLE EXTRA LOVE THESE DAYS.  
SO WE TOOK TRUCKS OUT TO THE 
COMMUNITY TO DELIVER MEALS MADE 
RIGHT HERE AT THE PRESIDENTIAL 
CENTER FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN 
NEED. 
AMERICANS KEEP LOOKING OUT FOR 
EACH OTHER. 
ARKANSAS
CAST NINE VOTES FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS AND 27 VOTES FOR OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A 
VOTE. 
IT
IS REAL, AND COMMITTEES OF 
COLORS HAVE BEEN BEARING THE 
BRUNT OF THIS REALITY FOR 
ITERATIONS.  
JOE BIDEN PLANS TO CRACK DOWN ON
POLLUTERS, IT IS ABOUT 
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. 
BRING NEW CLEAN ENERGY JOBS TO 
BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS, 
BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE BUILD 
BACK BETTER.
>> 231 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS 
AND
263 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT RESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN!                
>> COLORADO. 
>> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A 
DECENT LIVING. 
WE ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY. 
NOW WE HAVE THREE
FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE TESTED 
POSITIVE FOR COVID AND FEEL 
SAFE TO PUT EVAN AND EMMA BACK 
IN SCHOOL. 
THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD ON 
THEM AND US. 
MILLIONS
OF WORKING FAMILIES WILL HAVE 
IT MUCH HARDER. 
I KNOW JOE BIDEN CARES ABOUT 
THE STRUGGLES, THAT'S WHY I 
TRUST HIM TO FIGHT FOR US. 
THIRTY-SIX VOTES FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS AT 42 FOR OUR NEXT 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
>> CONNECTICUT. 
>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE PROUD TO 
PUT OUR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY 
DAY TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS. 
IS A BADGE OF COURAGE. 
WHILE WE ARE PROTECTING YOUR 
FAMILIES, WE NEED A PRESIDENT 
WHO IS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING 
OURS. 
THAT IS JOE BIDEN. 
HE HAS THE COURAGE WE RESPECT 
AND THE COMMITMENT TO WORKING 
AMERICANS. 
ON BEHALF OF OUR GOVERNOR, I AM 
HONORED TO CAST 75 VOTES FOR 
NEXT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. 
>> DELAWARE PASSES. 
>> DELAWARE PASSES.  
DEMOCRATS HAVE LOST. 
>> WE WERE SENT MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS. 
AMERICANS ABROAD CAN MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IN ESTATE THAT WILL 
DECIDE THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS. 
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO LET A 
PRESIDENT.  DEMOCRATS ABROAD IS 
PROUD TO CAST TEMPLATES FOR 
SANDERS AND SEVEN VOTES FOR OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.       
>> WELCOME TO THE CITY IN THE 
WORLD. 
706,000 RESIDENT STRONG, THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUST 
PASSED A HISTORIC PIECE OF 
LEGISLATION TO MAKE WASHINGTON 
EC THE 51ST STATE. 
FROM LACK LEFT MATTER PLAZA, 
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PROUDLY CAST ONE VOTE FOR BRAIN 
CENTERS AND 43 VOTES FOR THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES, JOE BIDEN. 
>> FLORIDA.                
>> WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS 
MURDERED, JOE BIDEN CALLED TO 
SHARE OUR BRIEF. 
I LEARNED ABOUT HIS DECENCY, 
STABILITY, HIS TOUGHNESS, AND 
HOW HE HAS WORKED TOGETHER WITH 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TO 
TAKE ON THE NRA AND WHEN. 
LET US WIN BACK OUR FREEDOM. 
PHOTIC HAS 57 VOTES FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS AND 192 VOTES FOR OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> MY MENTOR, CONGRESSMAN JOHN 
LEWIS. 
LONG LINES, VOTER SUPPRESSION, 
DONALD TRUMP IS EVEN TRYING TO 
SLOW DOWN THE MAIL AND FORCE US 
TO RISK OUR LIVES.  
TEXT BOAT 230333 30330. 
IN THE CRADLE
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF CASTING 
VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN. 
>> WE ARE PROUD OF OUR 
RESILIENCE. 
WE ARE PROUD OF INDIGENOUS 
HERITAGE AND VALID TO BE PART 
OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OUR 
PARTY AND NATION. 
FROM THE LAND WHERE AMERICAN 
BEGIN, WE CAN SERVE VOTES FOR 
JOE BIDEN.                
>> THE LAND INDIGENOUS NATIVE 
HAWAIIANS, TODAY I WANT TO 
SPEAK TO MY FELLOW IMMIGRANTS, 
CENTRAL WORKERS IN THE FRONT 
LINE, SERVICEMEMBERS WHO WEAR 
OUR FLAG, THE PARENTS, AND THE 
CHILDREN.  IMMIGRANTS ALONG IN 
THE LONG FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.  
WE BELONG IN THE AMERICAN WAY 
OF VOTING TOGETHER.  
HAWAII CASS NINE VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AND 23 VOTES FOR 
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. 
>> WE ARE NOT WAITING FOR 
WASHINGTON TO ACT ON CLIMATE 
CHANGE. 
WE KNOW THAT CLEAN ENERGY DOES 
NOT JUST MEAN A HEALTHIER 
PLANET.  
IT MEANS GOOD PAYING JOBS. 
IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO WITH A 
PRESIDENT THAT LISTENS TO 
SCIENCE AND LEADS WITH COURAGE? 
IDAHO CAST NINE VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AT 16 FOR OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> DINS DISCRIMINATION HAS 
DENIED TOO MANY BLACK AMERICANS 
THE CHANCE TO OWN A HOME AND 
LIVE WELL. 
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO END 
RACIST BUILDING PRACTICES AND 
HELP MORE AMERICANS OF COLOR TO 
ACHIEVE THE DREAM OF OWNING A 
HOME.                
>> IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, 
ECONOMIC SECURITY, I CAST 59 
VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AT 122 
VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, 
JOE BIDEN.                
>> OUR BEST DAYS WERE BEHIND 
US. 
THEN WE REIMAGINED OUR ECONOMY 
WITH NEW JOBS AND NEW INDUSTRIES
.  THE HOOSIER STATE IS READY 
TO LEAD AMERICAN RECOVERY, WITH 
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, TALENTED 
WORKERS AND BEST IN THE WORLD 
AGRICULTURE. COPING INDUSTRIAL 
CITIES AND RURAL AREAS ALIKE.  
TWO VOTES FOR MY FRIEND BERNIE 
SANDERS, 86 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT 
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> WE WERE GOING TO TALK TO YOU 
TONIGHT ABOUT BIOFUELS.  
THE STORMS THAT SWEPT THROUGH 
LAST WEEK ARE TAKING A TERRIBLE 
TOOL TOLL ON OUR BUSINESSES, 
STILL WITHOUT POWER.  
ELEVEN VOTES FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS, 38 FOR JOE BIDEN, AND 
WE ALSO ASK YOU TO KEEP IOWA IN 
YOUR THOUGHTS IN THIS DIFFICULT 
TIME. 
>> I AM A FOURTH GENERATION 
FAMILY FARMER WORRIED ABOUT THE 
NEXT GENERATION.  
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO HELP 
NEW FARMERS TO GET A GOOD 
START, AND FUNDING SCHOOLS AND 
HEALTHCARE.  JOE MAKE SURE RURAL
COMMUNITIES WILL REMAIN GREAT 
PLACES TO WORK, LIVE, AND RAISE 
A FAMILY.  
AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.  
WE PROUDLY PASS TEN VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AND 35 FOR OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. 
>> ONE DAY WHEN I WAS 14, MY 
MOM WOULDN'T WAKE UP. 
I WAS SCARED BECAUSE SHE WAS 
SICK, BECAUSE I NEEDED COULD 
NOT AFFORD THE BILL. 
THANK GOD SHE SURVIVED. 
WHEN I TOLD JOE BIDEN STORY IN 
2008, HE PROMISED TO CONTINUE 
TO FIGHT FOR FOLKS LIKE US WHEN 
HE PASSED OBAMA CARE.  
AND WHEN MOM HAD A HEART 
ATTACK, WE ONLY HAD TO WORRY 
ABOUT HER GETTING HER BECAUSE 
JOE KEPT HIS PROMISE. 
ALL 60
VOTES GO TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> THIS USED TO BE BUILDING 
HERE IN LOUISIANA. 
NOW IT IS A THRIVING ART 
STUDIO, A COMMUNITY HUB WHERE 
ARTISTS CAN MAKE A NAME AND 
PARENTS CAN BRING THEIR KIDS ON 
THESE DIFFICULT DAYS OF REMOTE 
LEARNING. 
>> OUR CITIES ARE STRONG 
BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE MAKE THEM 
STRONG. 
OUR ECONOMY WILL COME BACK 
BECAUSE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES 
WILL BRING IT BACK. 
>> LOUISIANA CASTLE 60 VOTES 
FOR MY FRIEND AND THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> MY VERY DREAM, I AM LIVING 
IT. 
A 5-ACRE ORGANIC FARM ON THE 
LAKE, A BED-AND-BREAKFAST FIST 
AND A ROADSIDE STAND. 
MY HUSBAND AND I DON'T
WANT TO BE RICH, WE JUST WANT 
TO MAKE A LIVING. 
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO HELP 
AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF 
COLOR TO START THEIR OWN 
BUSINESSES. 
MAIN
CAST NINE VOTES FOR REFERRING 
SANDERS AT 22 VOTES FOR OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>>> OPPORTUNITY MATTERS.  
JOE BIDEN WILL LEAVE BEHIND. 
>> MORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS. 
LEASES AND RAISE RACIAL 
DETERMINATION AND HOUSING 
MARKET.  
MARYLAND THE HOME OF FREDERICK 
DOUGLASS CAST ONE VOTE CENTERS 
AND 119 VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN. 
>> WE NEED A PLAN TO GET THE 
ECONOMY GOING AGAIN.  
JOE BIDEN WILL GET THE PANDEMIC 
UNDER CONTROL, CREATE NEW JOBS, 
AND MANUFACTURING AND CLEAN 
ENERGY, HE WILL HELP SMALL 
BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS TO 
RECOVER, AND BUILD BACK BETTER, 
SO THE ECONOMY IS STRONGER AND 
FAIRER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. 
MASSACHUSETTS CAST 30 VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AND 83 VOTES FOR 
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> MICHIGAN AUTOWORKERS ARE THE 
BEST IN THE WORLD, BUT WE WOULD 
BE NOWHERE WITHOUT JOE BIDEN. 
A LOT OF FOLKS WANTED TO LET 
DETROIT GO BANKRUPT. 
BUT JOE BIDEN BELIEVED IN US. 
TOGETHER
WE FOUGHT TO SAVE OUR INDUSTRY. 
AND NOW THERE'S A PLAN TO 
CREATE 1 MILLION NEW JOBS. 
JOE BIDEN HAS GOT OUR BACK, AND 
WE HAVE GOT HIS. 
MICHIGAN CASTS 53 VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AT 92 VOTES FOR 
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> I'M HERE IN MINNESOTA, THE 
HOME OF THE HEADWATERS OF THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  
WE KNOW THAT A BREAK SHOULD NOT 
FALL DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF 
AMERICA, BUT IT DID. 
WE CAME TOGETHER TO REBUILD IT. 
THAT IS WHAT WE DO IN AMERICA, 
THAT IS WHAT JOE BIDEN WILL DO 
AS PRESIDENT. 
BUILD BACK BETTER DEREK CRACKED 
THE RIVER OF DO NOT DIVIDE, AND 
UNITE THIS
COUNTRY, AND NOW WE WILL 
VIRTUALLY CROSS THE GREAT 
MISSISSIPPI TO ST. PAUL TO HEAR 
FROM MAYOR MELVIN CARTER. 
>> AS THE 46TH MAYOR MORE THAN 
READY FOR OUR 46 RESIDENT, I AM 
PROUD TO CAST 31 VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AND 60 VOTES FOR 
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> THE PEOPLE, SCHOLARSHIP, 
LEADERSHIP, CONTRIBUTING TO 
MISSISSIPPI IN THE WORLD, OUR 
ALUMNI, CONGRESSMAN . 
JOE BIDEN WANTS 
TO INVEST $70 
BILLION IN HBCU 
LIKE TO BELOW. 
IMAGINE WHAT 
IMPACTS THAT 
COULD HAVE ON 
HBCUS. 
>>> GOOD 
EVENING, 
EVERYONE. 
WELCOME TO DAY 
TWO OF NBC NEWS 
LIVE COVERAGE OF 
THE 2020 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION AS WE 
COME ON THE AIR, 
THE ROLL CALL 
VOTES TO 
NOMINATE JOE 
BIDEN FOR 
PRESIDENT IS 
UNDERWAY. 
IT DOES NOT LOOK 
FAMILIAR BUT 
THEY FOUND A 
DIFFERENT WAY. 
>> THIS IS THE 
BUSINESS OF THE 
CONVENTION TO 
NOMINATE 
CANDIDATES. 
LIKE THE 
CONVENTION 
ITSELF, THE ROLL 
CALL IS VIRTUAL 
IN ITS AGE OF 
COVID-19. 
ALL 57 U.S. 
STATES AND 
TERRITORIES ARE 
CASTING THEIR 
BALLOTS 
REMOTELY. 
SOME OUR LIFE. 
IT HAPPENS OVER 
SEVERAL MINUTES. 
A LOT OF STATES 
WANT TO BE 
COUNTED. 
YOU SEE THE 
TALLIES UP ON 
THE BLUE SCREEN. 
WE WILL BRING 
YOUR HIGHLIGHTS 
AS WE GO THROUGH 
THE EVENING AND 
WE WILL OF 
COURSE GO TO THE 
BIG MOMENT WHEN 
JOE BIDEN 
OFFICIALLY 
CLINCHES THE 
NOMINATION WITH 
2374 VOTES 
NEEDED. 
>> WE CAN DIP IN 
IF YOU WANT. 
THERE IS 
MONTANA. 
>> JOE BIDEN HAS 
THE PLANS TO 
MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
MONTANA CASTS 
ONE VOTE FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND 18 VOTES FOR 
OUR NEXT 
PRESIDENT, JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> NEBRASKA. 
-- 
>> THAT IS THE 
WAY IT HAS BEEN 
PLAYING UP. 
THIS IS A 
NOMINATION ON 
LOCATION. 
THERE A BIG 
SPEAKERS LIKE 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE FORMER, 
JOE KERRY, 
FORMER SECRETARY 
OF STATE, COLIN 
POWELL, A 
REPUBLICAN AND 
TONIGHT'S 
ATLANTA, JOE 
BIDEN'S WIFE, 
DR. JILL BIDEN. 
>> IT HAS BEEN A 
BUSY NIGHT. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
ON THE AIR OVER 
OUR NOW. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
NETWORKING 
SPEAKERS 
INCLUDING FORMER 
PRESIDENT BILL 
CLINTON. 
AS THE ROLLCALL 
CONTINUES LET'S 
TAKE A LISTEN TO 
SOME OF THE 
EARLIER 
SPEECHES. 
>> IN A TIME OF 
VOTER 
SUPPRESSION AT 
HOME AND ABROAD, 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
BE A CHAMPION 
FOR FREE AND 
FAIR ELECTIONS. 
>> OUR PARTY IS 
UNITED IN 
OFFERING YOU A 
DIFFERENT 
CHOICE, A GO TO 
WORK PRESIDENT, 
A DOWN TO WORK, 
GET THE JOB DONE 
GUY, A NIGHT A 
MAN WITH A 
MISSION TO TAKE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
NOT AVOIDED. 
TO UNITE AND NOT 
DIVIDE. 
OUR CHOICES JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> GOOD EVENING 
AND THANK YOU TO 
EVERYONE HERE 
TODAY 
ENDEAVORING 
TOWARD A BETTER, 
MORE JUST FUTURE 
FOR OUR COUNTRY 
AND OUR WORLD. 
INFIDELITY AND 
THAT IS IN 
FIDELITY AND 
GRATITUDE 
TOWARDS SOCIAL 
AND ECONOMIC 
RIGHTS INCLUDING 
GUARANTEED 
HEALTHCARE, 
HIGHER 
EDUCATION, 
LIVING WAGES AND 
WAIVER RIGHTS 
FOR ALL PEOPLE 
IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> THOSE ARE 
SOME OF THE 
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 
SPEECHES WE HAVE 
SEEN SO FAR 
TONIGHT AS WE 
CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR THE ROLL 
CALL VOTE IN 
PROCESS. 
WE WANT TO TURN 
TO NBC NEWS 
POLITICAL 
DIRECTOR AND 
MODERATOR OF 
MEET THE PRESS, 
CHUCK TODD. 
IT IS NIGHT TWO 
OF THE VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION. 
ARE THEY FINDING 
A WAY TO MAKE 
THE CASE? 
>> IT IS 
INTERESTING. 
I WOULD ARGUE IN 
THE FIRST HOUR 
AND I HAVE 
NOTICED IT BOTH 
DURING THE 
KEYNOTE AND EVEN 
DURING THE ROLL 
CALL. 
TONIGHT WE ARE 
SEEING A LITTLE 
BIT OF THE PRO-
JOE BIDEN 
ARGUMENT. 
ONE OF THE MORE 
INTERESTING 
FINDINGS IN OUR 
NBC NEWS WALL 
STREET JOURNAL 
POLE THAT CAME 
OUT THIS WEEK 
WAS THE 
BREAKDOWN OF JOE 
BIDEN'S SUPPORT. 
A LARGE 
MAJORITY, 58% OF 
BIDEN VOTERS 
TELL US THEY ARE 
PRIMARILY VOTING 
FOR HIM BECAUSE 
IT IS A VOTE 
AGAINST TRUMP. 
JUST 36% OF HIS 
VOTERS SAY 
THEY'RE VOTING 
FOR JOE BIDEN. 
I HAVE HEARD 
MORE OF THE FOR 
JOE BIDEN CASE 
TONIGHT MUCH 
MORE THAN LAST 
NIGHT. 
PLENTY OF FOLKS, 
IT IS HARD TO 
SEPARATE THE TWO 
ISSUES. 
IT IS NOT, YOU 
KNOW, YOU CAN'T 
REALLY SAY LET'S 
TALK ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN WITHOUT 
THE CONTEXT OF 
DONALD TRUMP. 
HE IS ALL-
CONSUMING WHEN 
IT COMES TO THIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
BUT I DO THINK 
THAT, UNLIKE 
LAST NIGHT WHICH 
WAS A TOTALLY 
ANTI-TRUMP 
AFFAIR, I DO 
THINK WE ARE 
STARTING TO HEAR 
SOME OF THE CASE 
FOR JOE BIDEN 
AND A LITTLE BIT 
OF THE PERSONAL 
BIOGRAPHY OF JOE 
BIDEN. 
I'M GETTING MORE 
OF THAT TONIGHT 
THAN LAST NIGHT. 
>> THAT IS KIND 
OF BY DESIGN. 
ISN'T THAT ALL 
ABOUT 
LEADERSHIP? 
WHAT YOU WOULD 
ASSUME WITH JOE 
BIDEN BEING SORT 
OF THE PREMIER 
SPEAKER OF THE 
NIGHT, THAT YES, 
AND THAT THIS IS 
-- IF THE BEST 
CONTRAST THEY 
BELIEVE THEY 
HAVE WITH DONALD 
TRUMP'S JOE 
BIDEN'S 
CHARACTER VERSUS 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
CHARACTER THAN 
IT DOES BEHOOVE 
THEM TO TALK A 
LOT ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN'S 
CHARACTER. 
>> THEY WILL 
ALSO PUT AN 
EMPHASIS ON 
FOREIGN POLICY, 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY AND 
THAT WILL GIVE 
US A GOOD CHANCE 
TO CHECK IN WITH 
ANDREA MITCHELL, 
OUR SENIOR 
WASHINGTON 
CORRESPONDENT. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
GET WITH TWO 
FORMER SECRETARY 
OF STATE, ONE 
WHO HAS WORKED 
WITH DEMOCRATS 
AND ONE WITH 
REPUBLICANS. 
WHAT DO YOU 
EXPECT? 
>> WE WILL BE 
TALKING ABOUT 
LEADERSHIP IN 
THEIR VIEW THAT 
DONALD TRUMP HAS 
ABANDONED OUR 
ALLIES, CODDLED 
DICTATORS LIKE 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
AND KIM JONG-UN 
AND HAS REALLY 
ABANDONED 
AMERICA'S 
LEADERSHIP 
AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
HEAR FROM COLIN 
POWER. 
COLIN POWELL. 
HE HAS ENDORSED 
DEMOCRATS 
BEFORE, 
HELLICKSON, 
BARACK OBAMA BUT 
HAS NEVER 
APPEARED AT A 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
HE HAS APPEARED 
AT A REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTION, 
SEVERAL OF THEM, 
ONE I SAW IN 
2000 WHERE HE 
WAS BOOED OFF 
THE FLOOR FOR 
ENDORSING 
AFFIRMATIVE 
ACTION. THAT WAS 
THE BEGINNING OF 
HIS DEPARTURE 
FROM THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY 
OVER RACE ISSUES.
>> THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH PEOPLE 
WANT TO DIP BACK 
INTO THE ROLL 
CALL. 
THIS IS THE 
BASIS OF THE 
CONVENTION AND 
THEY ARE ABOUT 
TO HIT THE MAGIC 
NUMBER THAT WILL 
MAKE JOE BIDEN 
OFFICIALLY THE 
NOMINEE FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
>> THERE IS THE 
CHECKMARK BE HE 
JUST WENT OVER. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
KNOWS EVERYONE 
DESERVES A CHANCE
IS THE PROUD 
TRIBAL MEMBER OF 
A MEXICAN-
AMERICAN, A 
HARVARD GRADUATE 
I'M PROUD TO CAST
NORTH DAKOTA'S 
VOTE, 10 FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND EIGHT FOR 
JOE BIDEN. 
>> NORTHERN 
MARIANA ISLANDS. 
>> HELLO FROM 
PARADISE, THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA 
ISLANDS. 
WE MAY BE FAR 
AWAY BUT WE ARE 
AMERICAN 
CITIZENS AND 
THIS YEAR FOR 
THE FIRST TIME 
IN DECADES, WE 
FINALLY HAVE A 
DEMOCRATIC SLATE 
BECAUSE 
DEMOCRATS 
ORGANIZED 
EVERYWHERE BUT 
WE DON'T GET TO 
VOTE FOR 
PRESIDENT SO 
PLEASE DON'T 
WASTE YOURS. 
THE NORTHERN 
MARIANA ISLANDS 
IS PROUD TO CAST 
TWO VOTES FOR 
SENATOR BERNIE 
SANDERS AND NINE 
VOTES --. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
WELL OVER 2374 
GOUT DELEGATES 
NEEDED TO CLINCH 
THE NOMINATION 
AND HE WILL GO 
FROM PRESUMPTIVE 
NOMINEE TO 
NOMINEE OF HIS 
PARTY. 
NORMALLY WE 
WOULD EXPECT 
SOME BIG 
DEMONSTRATION OF 
APPLAUSE BUT OF 
COURSE WE ARE 
NOT LIVING IN 
THAT KIND OF 
ENVIRONMENT 
ANYMORE. 
NBC'S KRISTEN 
WELKER IS IN 
DELAWARE TONIGHT 
ACROSS THE 
STREET FOR JILL 
BIDEN WILL BE 
SPEAKING. 
WE HAVE SOME 
SENSE OF WHAT 
SHE WILL SAY, 
WHAT HER MESSAGE 
WILL BE FOR THE 
CROWD TONIGHT? 
>> WE DO, 
LESTER. 
DR. JOE BIDEN IS 
JOE BIDEN'S 
CLOSEST 
CONFIDENT, HIS 
WIFE OF MORE 
THAN 40 YEARS SO 
SHE IS GOING TO 
SPEAK ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN IN DEEPLY 
PERSONAL TERMS. 
SHE IS GOING TO 
DO IT AT THIS 
HIGH SCHOOL 
BEHIND ME. 
THIS IS WHERE 
SHE TAUGHT 
ENGLISH YEARS 
AGO AND SHE IS 
GOING TO MAKE 
THIS ABOUT 
LEADERSHIP AND 
SHE WILL MAKE 
EDUCATION REALLY 
THE CENTERPIECE 
OF THIS. 
SHE IS GOING TO 
ARGUE THAT IN 
ORDER TO SEND 
CHILDREN BACK TO 
SCHOOL IN A SAFE 
ENVIRONMENT, THE 
UNITED STATES 
NEEDS NEW 
LEADERSHIP AND 
NEEDS HER 
HUSBAND, JOE 
BIDEN. 
SHE IS GOING TO 
SPEAK ABOUT HIM 
AS A FATHER, AS 
A HUSBAND, AS A 
MAN. 
AND ALSO SOMEONE 
WHO HAS ENDURED 
GREAT LOSS. 
A PART OF HER 
EXCERPTS SAY HOW 
DO YOU MAKE A 
BROKEN FAMILY 
WHOLE? 
THE SAME WAY YOU 
MAKE A NATION 
HOLD, WITH LOVE 
AND 
UNDERSTANDING SO 
THAT REALLY 
FRAMES I THINK 
THE MESSAGING 
THAT WE WILL 
HEAR FROM DR. 
JOE BIDEN AND AS 
TRUMP WAS SAYING 
LAST NIGHT WE 
HEARD FROM A 
NUMBER OF 
SPEAKERS 
INCLUDING FORMER 
FIRST LADY, 
MICHELE OBAMA 
WHO REALLY 
UNLEASHED A 
SEARING 
INDICTMENT OF 
DONALD TRUMP. 
THIS IS GOING TO 
BE THE PERSONAL 
PACE FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
JOE BIDEN IS NO 
STRANGER TO 
DEFENDING HER 
HUSBAND. 
WE OUR MEMBER ON 
SUPER TUESDAY 
SHE WAS ON STAGE 
WITH HIM AND 
EVEN BLOCKED A 
PROTESTER WHO 
WAS COMING UP ON 
THE STAGE AND SO 
THIS IS A ROLE 
WHICH WHICH SHE 
IS QUITE 
COMFORTABLE AND 
QUITE FAMILIAR. 
YOU CAN EXPECT A 
FULL THROATED 
BUT VERY 
PERSONAL DEFENSE 
OF HER HUSBAND. 
>> KRISTIN, 
THANKS. 
ABOUT SEVEN 
MINUTES LEFT IN 
THE ROLL CALL 
RIGHT NOW. 
WE CONTINUE TO 
WATCH THAT IN 
THE UPPER RIGHT 
CAN CORNER OF 
YOUR SCREEN. 
DEMOCRATS 
CONTINUE TO SHOW 
A UNITED FRONT 
THIS WEEK BUT 
THERE HAS BEEN 
DAYLIGHT BETWEEN 
THE PARTY'S 
PROGRESSIVES AND 
MODERATE WINGS. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
WATCHING THAT 
PLAY OUT. 
CASEY, GOOD 
EVENING. 
>> Reporter: 
GOOD EVENING, 
LESTER. 
THAT IS RIGHT. 
YOU HAVE SEEN 
UNITY BE AT THE 
ABSOLUTE 
FOREFRONT FOR 
THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN BUT 
THERE HAS BEEN 
SOME SMALL 
CRACKS OVER THE 
COURSE OF THE 
LAST DAY AND A 
HALF. 
ALEXANDRIA 
OCASIO-CORTEZ 
HAS BEEN AT THE 
CENTER OF THOSE 
CRACKS WE SAW 
HER SPEAK 
BRIEFLY EARLIER 
TONIGHT, 
NOMINATING 
ACTUALLY, 
SECONDING THE 
NOMINATION FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS. 
THAT PART OF THE 
FORMAL UNFOLDING 
OF THE 
CONVENTION THAT 
WE ARE NOW 
SEEING PLAY OUT 
IN PRIME TIME 
BECAUSE THIS IS 
ALL VIRTUAL. 
SHE ACTUALLY 
DIDN'T MENTION 
BIDEN'S NAME BUT 
TALKED ABOUT THE 
MOVEMENT THAT 
SENT MANY VOTES 
AND SOME 
DELEGATES HERE 
AT THIS 
CONVENTION TO 
BERNIE SANDERS. 
SHE IS OF COURSE 
PROBABLY THE 
HIGHEST PROFILED 
NEW YOUNG MEMBER 
OF CONGRESS. 
SHE HAS, IN MANY 
WAYS A CELEBRITY 
FOLLOWING THAT 
OTHER YOUNG 
PROGRESSIVE 
MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS DON'T 
HAVE THE WAY 
THAT SHE DOES. 
SHE WAS 
CRITICIZED BY 
JOHN KASICH, THE 
REPUBLICAN 
FORMER GOVERNOR 
FOR SPOKE LAST 
NIGHT FOR BEING 
TOO EXTREME WAS 
WHAT HE SAID. 
AND SHE HIT BACK 
AT HIM ON 
TWITTER SAYING 
THAT HIS VIEWS 
ON ISSUES LIKE 
ABORTION FOR 
EXAMPLE DON'T 
LINE UP WITH 
WHERE DEMOCRATS 
ARE SO THAT OF 
COURSE, WHAT THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
HAVE BEEN TRYING 
TO AVOID THROUGH 
ALL OF THIS, 
THAT ALSO IN A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
TENSION WITH THE 
MORE MODERATE 
WING OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
THAT LOOKS TO 
INCLUDE PEOPLE 
LIKE ALABAMA 
SENATOR, DOUG 
JONES FOR 
EXAMPLE WHO IS 
RUNNING FOR 
REELECTION IN A 
RED STATE BUT BY 
AND LARGE, 
LESTER, 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
MANAGED TO HOLD 
IT TOGETHER AND 
PRESENT A MOSTLY 
UNITED FRONT 
WITH A FEW 
EXCEPTIONS HERE. 
>> CASEY, 
THANKS. 
>> WE CONTINUE 
TO WATCH THIS 
ROLL CALL. 
INSTEAD OF BEING 
AT THE 
CONVENTION, THIS 
IS FROM 57 
STATES. 
IN SPANISH WITH 
SUBTITLES, WE 
SEE THAT ONE OF 
THE KEYS TO THE 
JUAN DOMINGUEZ 
ELECTION FOR 
DEMOCRATS IS THE 
BLOCK OF LATINO 
VOTERS THAT MAKE 
UP MORE THAN 13% 
OF ALL ELIGIBLE 
VOTERS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.  
AND THEY ARE 
CONCENTRATED IN 
KEY BATTLE, 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES. 
JOSI PILAR, 
ANCHOR OF 
TELEMUNDO AND 
THERE IS A LOT 
TO THE LATINO 
VOTE, FAR MORE 
THAN IMMIGRATION 
I WOULD SAY AND 
LATINOS DO NOT 
WANT TO BE 
OVERLOOKED BY 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
GREAT SEEING 
YOU. 
ABSOLUTELY WE 
JUST CONCLUDED A 
POLE  AT 
TELEMUNDO AND 
BUZZFEED ON 
YOUNG LATINO 
VOTERS . 
INTERESTING 
NUMBERS. 
64% OF YOUNG 
LATINO VOTERS 
SAID THEY WILL 
DEFINITELY BE 
VOTING THIS 
COMING NOVEMBER 
3. 60% SAY THEY 
ARE GOING TO 
VOTE FOR BIDEN. 
19% FOR TRUMP. 
60% FOR BIDEN IS 
PRETTY MUCH WHAT 
HILLARY CLINTON 
GOT FROM LATINO 
VOTERS LAST TIME 
AROUND. 
MUCH LESS THAN 
THE 71% THAT 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
RECEIVED FROM 
LATINOS IN HIS 
REELECTION 
CAMPAIGN. 
INTERESTINGLY, 
ISSUES, COVID-19 
AND MANY OTHERS 
BUT IMMIGRATION 
STILL IS AN 
IMPORTANT PLACE 
WHERE JOE BIDEN 
AND DONALD TRUMP 
ARE FAR 
DIFFERENT. 
11th OF JULY, I 
INTERVIEWED 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN AN EXCLUSIVE 
FOR TELEMUNDO 
AND HE SAID HE 
WOULD HAVE AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
THIS WAS JULY 
11, ON DREAMERS. 
ON DACA. 
LEGALIZING 
DREAMERS, HE 
SAID HE WOULD DO 
THAT WITHIN FOUR 
WEEKS WERE US 
AUGUST 18, AND 
STILL NOTHING AS 
FAR AS 
IMMIGRATION FROM 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
THAT IS THE 
DIFFERENCE FROM 
THE POLICIES OF 
JOE BIDEN. 
AND WRAPPING IT 
UP, AND 
INTERESTING 
NUMBER CAME OUT 
OF THAT POLE. 
33%  OF LATINOS 
THAT WERE PULLED 
SAID SOMEONE WHO 
SHOWED UP AND 
HAS SHOWN UP FOR 
THE LATINO 
COMMUNITY IN THE 
UNITED STATES, 
33% SAID NOBODY. 
SO BIDEN AND 
SENATOR SANDERS, 
6% AND DONALD 
TRUMP AT 3% SO A 
LOT NEEDS TO BE 
DONE STILL. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
JOSI, THANK YOU 
VERY MUCH. 
AS WE WATCH THE 
ROLL CALL AS IT 
UNFOLDS, WE TURN 
TO CHECK TODD 
WHO ACTUALLY 
DOES HAVE A 
PODCAST. 
ANYWAY BREAK IT 
DOWN FOR US. 
I KNOW YOU ARE 
AT YOUR MAP SO 
SHOW US WHERE 
THE 
BATTLEGROUNDS 
ARE. 
WHAT IS THE ROAD 
TO 270 ELECTORAL 
VOTES FOR EITHER 
CANDIDATE? 
>> BY THE WAY IT 
IS THE CHUCK 
TODD CAST. 
>> YES, THAT IS 
RIGHT. 
I HAVE MISSED 
THIS. 
WE DON'T HAVE 
THIS IN THE TODD 
HOUSEHOLD IN MY 
HOME STUDIO. 
IT IS NICE TO 
HAVE THE 
INTERACTIVE MAP 
BACK BUT HERE IS 
OUR ROAD TO 270. 
THIS IS THE NBC 
NEWS POLITICAL 
UNIT, HOUR. 
COMPETITIVE 
BATTLEGROUND 
MAP, ALL THE 
GRAY STATES ARE 
WERE BOTH 
CAMPAIGNS ARE 
SPENDING MONEY 
ACTIVELY TRYING 
TO WIN SO THIS 
IS THE PLAYING 
FIELD. 
THESE GRAY 
STATES FROM 
NEVADA IN THE 
WEST END ARIZONA 
UP TO MAINE'S 
SECOND 
CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICT, EVEN 
THE NEBRASKA 
SECOND 
CONGRESSIONAL 
DISTRICTS, THE 
MIDWESTERN 
STATES IS WHERE 
WE BELIEVE THE 
RACE BEGINS AND 
THIS IS WHERE WE 
HAVE IT RIGHT 
NOW. 
RIGHT NOW, WE 
WOULD HAVE BIDEN 
ALREADY WITH THE 
WIN. 
WE HAVE THE 
STATES, A 10 
POINT LEAD 
NATIONALLY AND 
WE HAVE SOME OF 
THESE BIG 
BATTLEGROUND 
STATES FROM 
NEVADA TO 
ARIZONA TO 
FLORIDA TO NORTH 
CAROLINA, 
MINNESOTA 
WISCONSIN AND 
MICHIGAN ALREADY 
"LIEN" BIDEN 
WHICH MEANS WE 
THINK BIDEN HAS 
A LEAD OF FIVE 
POINTS OR MORE. 
WHAT IS 
INTERESTING, 
SAVANNAH IS THE 
STATES WE HAVE 
NOT ASSIGNED, 
IOWA, OHIO, 
GEORGIA AND 
TEXAS ARE 
"TOSSUP" STATES. 
HE WOULD NOT 
HAVE TO WIN ANY 
OF THEM AND HE 
WOULD STILL WIN 
THE PRESIDENCY 
WITH BARACK 
OBAMA -LIKE 
ELECTORAL 
NUMBERS . 
>> YOUR TALK 
MORE JOE BIDEN 
BUT REMEMBER 
THIS MOVIE FROM 
2061 FOLKS LIKE 
YOU AND ALL OF 
US PUT A POLES 
AND MAPS THAT 
SAID THAT 
HILLARY CLINTON 
WOULD  WIN AND 
NOW YOU ARE 
SHOWING A 
SIMILAR MAP AND 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ARE PROBABLY 
SKEPTICAL . 
>> I WILL GIVE 
YOU THE TRUMP 
PATH, THAT'S 
OKAY. 
IT EXISTS AND IT 
IS LEGIT. 
THERE IS A WAY 
FOR HIM TO DO 
THIS. 
IT'S VERY NARROW 
BUT WHEN YOU ARE 
TRAILING IN THE 
NATIONAL POPULAR 
VOTE BY THE 
NUMBERS HE IS 
TRAILING, IN 
ORDER FOR THE 
PRESIDENT TO GET 
TO THIS PATH, HE 
NEEDS TO GET A 
JOB APPROVAL 
RATING NORTH OF 
46%. 
HE HAS NOT BEEN 
NORTH OF 45 IN 
OUR POLE FOR 
YEAR AND HE HAS 
TO GET HIS 
POPULAR VOTE 
NUMBER  AT 47 
AND HE CAN WIN 
THAT WAY BUT IT 
IS VERY, IT IS A 
VERY, VERY 
DIFFICULT PATH 
AS THINGS STAND 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> BUT PART OF 
THIS MODEL IS 
FROM A PRE-
PANDEMIC MODEL. 
BIDEN HAS TO 
DEFEND THOSE 
STATES BUT HOW 
DOES HE DO IT 
WITHOUT 
TRAVELING ON THE 
GROUND? 
HOW DOES HE PULL 
IT OFF AND 
DEFEND THESE 
PLACES WITHOUT 
GETTING SOME 
FLESH ON THE 
GROUND? 
I THINK THIS IS 
RIGHT NOW, THE 
ISSUE. 
FOR THE 
DEMOCRATS, THEY 
KNOW THERE IS 
SOME CONCERN THAT
WHEN IT COMES TO 
GETTING OUT THE 
VOTE, WHEN YOU 
NEED TO GET OUT 
THE VOTE IN 
PLACES LIKE 
GEORGIA, PLACES 
LIKE MILWAUKEE, 
YOU DO NEED 
PEOPLE ON THE 
GROUND. 
YOU NEED PEOPLE 
DRAGGING PEOPLE 
TO COME ON, YOU 
HAVE TO VOTE. 
I WILL DRIVE YOU 
TO VOTE AND THAT 
IS A CONCERN. 
THIS IS WHY THIS 
CONVENTION LOOKS 
THE WAY IT 
LOOKS. 
THIS IS WHY THIS 
CONVENTION HAS A 
LOT OF YOU HAVE 
TO GET OUT THERE 
AND VOTE BECAUSE 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO DO THIS 
VIRTUALLY, 
LESTER AND YOU 
KNOW WHAT? 
THAT IS HARDER 
AND I THINK 
THERE ARE SOME 
NERVOUS FEEL 
PEOPLE ON TEAM 
BIDEN. 
>> AND MICHELE 
OBAMA, WHAT WAS 
HER POINT, 
TRYING TO GET 
OUT THE VOTE AND 
DEMOCRATS 
CLEARLY SEE IN A 
TO GET ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> GET THE 
COMFORTABLE 
SHOES AND STAND 
IN LINE. 
>> WE ARE ALMOST 
AT THE END OF 
ALPHABETICAL 
ORDER BUT TWO 
STATES THAT GO 
LAST, WISCONSIN 
BECAUSE IT WAS 
SUPPOSED TO BE 
THE SITE OF THE 
REAL PANDEMIC 
BECAUSE OF THE 
THE CONVENTION 
BECAUSE OF THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> NATIVE LAND 
ON THE GREAT 
LAKES IS THE 
PLACE WHERE I 
WAS BORN AND 
RAISED IN THE 
HEART OF 53206 
ZIP CODE. 
THIS IS A 
COMMUNITY THAT 
HAS BEEN FACED 
WITH SIGNIFICANT 
CHALLENGES DUE 
TO HISTORICAL 
INJUSTICE BUT 
WHAT MANY DON'T 
SEE IS THE JOY, 
RESILIENCE AND 
OPPORTUNITY 
WITHIN THIS 
COMMUNITY AND SO 
MANY OTHERS 
ACROSS AMERICA 
JUST LIKE IT. 
WE ARE HARD-
WORKING PEOPLE. 
WE ARE FIGHTING 
TO PROVIDE FOR 
OUR FAMILIES AND 
BUILD A BETTER 
FUTURE FOR WE 
KNOW THAT WE 
BUILD A BETTER 
FUTURE FOR OUR 
NATION BIKE 
CHALLENGING 
CONSTANT LEGACY 
AS THE 
BIRTHPLACE OF 
THE LABOR MINUTE 
MOVEMENT. AND 
THE PURSUIT OF 
JUSTICE, ONE 
THAT RECOGNIZES 
HEALTHCARE, 
TACKLES THE 
CLIMATE CRISIS 
AND TAKES ON 
ECONOMIC 
JUSTICE. 
WISCONSIN CASTS 
30 VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS 
AND 67 FOR THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF 
AMERICA, JOE 
BIDEN. 
>>> DELAWARE. 
>> LONG BEFORE 
THIS TRAIN 
STATION FOR HIS 
NAME, YOU WOULD 
SEE JOE BIDEN 
APPEAR ON THE 
PLATFORM WITH 
THE REST OF THE 
CROWD ON HIS WAY 
TO WORK OR GOING 
HOME TO HIS 
FAMILY. 
THAT IS ALWAYS 
HIS NORTH STAR, 
DELIVERING FOR 
FAMILIES LIKE 
HIS OWN, WORKING 
PEOPLE WHO 
STRUGGLE AND 
SACRIFICE TO 
BUILD A BETTER 
LIFE. 
NOBODY HAS EVER 
HAD TO WONDER 
WHO JOE BIDEN IS 
IN IT FOR. 
>>> OUR NATION 
FACES DAUNTING 
CHALLENGES BUT I 
HAVE KNOWN JOE 
BIDEN FOR 40 
YEARS AND THERE 
IS NOBODY 
ADDRESS MORE TO 
LEAD OUR PARTY, 
UNITE OUR 
COUNTRY AND 
RESTORE OUR 
STANDING IN THE 
WORLD. 
WHAT'S MORE, HE 
TREATS EVERYBODY 
HE ENCOUNTERS 
WITH RESPECT AND 
BUILDS BRIDGES, 
NOT WALLS, HE IS 
A LEADER MADE 
FOR THIS MOMENT 
AND THE FINEST 
PUBLIC SERVANT I 
HAVE EVER KNOWN. 
>> DELAWARE IS 
PROUD TO CAST 
ITS 32 VOTES FOR 
OUR FAVORITE SON 
AT OUR NEXT 
PRESIDENT. 
JOE BIDEN. 
,
>> ♪ 
>> ALIVE LOOK AT 
JOE BIDEN 
REACTING TO THE 
ZUMA CROWD 
CELEBRATING HIS 
NOMINATION. 
>> IT IS A CALL 
THAT IS 
STRETCHING 
ACROSS THE U.S. 
COUNTRY. 
A FIRST GLIMPSE 
OF JOE BIDEN 
LIVE DIRECT AND 
JOE BIDEN RIGHT 
THERE AT THE 
CELEBRATION. 
THIS IS WHAT A 
VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION, THIS 
IS THE BALLOON 
DROP. 
ANDREA MITCHELL 
NORMALLY YOU 
WOULD BE ON THE 
FLOOR BUT THIS 
IS WHAT IT LOOKS 
LIKE IN 2020 AND 
HERE WE GO. 
DEMOCRATS TRYING 
TO REALLY GET 
THE ENTHUSIASM 
UP VIRTUALLY BUT 
ALSO 
>> BRINGING 
BALLOONS. 
>> YOU SHOULD 
BRING BALLOONS. 
AND DON'T FORGET 
THE CONFETTI AND 
GLITTER AS WELL. 
>> -- IT'S GOING 
TO BE NOTHING 
BUT CONFETTI. 
>> I CAN 
GUARANTEE THE 
BIDEN'S ARE 
EXCITED BEING 
THERE. 
YOU CAN SEE 
THEIR CHILDREN, 
GRANDCHILDREN. 
JOE AND JOE BIDEN
ARE THRILLED TO 
BE THERE AS THEY 
WOULD BE TO BE 
ON THE FLOOR. 
HERE WE GO. 
>> HAS 
OFFICIALLY BEEN 
NOMINATED BY 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
AS OUR CANDIDATE 
FOR PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN IS HEREBY 
INVITED TO -- 
SPEECH. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
THE BOTTOM OF MY 
HEART. 
THANK YOU ALL. 
IT MEANS THE 
WORLD TO ME AND 
MY FAMILY AND I 
WILL SEE YOU ON 
THURSDAY. 
THANK YOU, THANK 
YOU, THANK YOU. 
>> WOO HOO! 
>> VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
HAS A BIG ONE 
COMING UP ON 
THURSDAY NIGHT. 
>> SO DOES HIS 
WIFE, DR. JILL 
BIDEN WHO WE 
WILL HEAR FROM 
SHORTLY. 
CHECK, LET'S 
WALK BACK FOR 
MINUTE. 
SOUTH CAROLINA, 
BEFORE SOUTH 
CAROLINA IT WAS 
FIGHTING FOR HIS 
POLITICAL LIFE, 
HIS LAST CHANCE, 
HIS LAST SHOT 
AND TONIGHT, HE 
ACCEPTS THE 
NOMINATION. 
>> LESTER, I'M 
OLD ENOUGH TO 
REMEMBER WHEN WE 
THOUGHT WE WERE 
GOING TO BE 
COVERING A 
CONTESTED 
CONVENTION IN 
MILWAUKEE. 
>> OH, YEAH. 
>> REMEMBER 
THAT? 
THERE WAS NO WAY 
THIS WAS ALL 
GOING TO HAPPEN 
BUT CAN WE STEP 
BACK? 
JOE BIDEN, THIS 
IS A REMARKABLE 
JOURNEY FOR THIS 
NOMINATION. 
THIS WAS NEVER 
THE JOE BIDEN 
YEAR. 1988 WAS A 
JOE BIDEN YEAR. 
1992 WAS A BOOK 
JOE BIDEN YOUR. 
MAYBE 2008 WAS A 
JOE BIDEN YEAR. 
HE WAS NEVER 
SUPPOSED BE NOW 
AND YET YOU 
NEVER KNOW WHEN 
YOU'RE MOMENT 
COMES SO YOU 
HAVE TO SAY IT'S 
A REMARKABLE 
JOURNEY AND HE 
HAS HAD AN 
EXTRAORDINARY 
CAREER THAT 
SUDDENLY HAS 
GOTTEN A LITTLE 
MORE 
EXTRAORDINARY. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
EVERYBODY 
STANDBY. 
WE ARE JUST 
GETTING STARTED. 
WE HAVE HAD THE 
OFFICIAL 
BUSINESS, JOE 
BIDEN IS NOW THE 
OFFICIAL NOMINEE 
OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
MORE SPEECHES, 
WE ARE WAITING 
TO HEAR FROM 
JOHN KERRY, 
FORMER 
SECRETARIES OF 
STATE AND JOE 
BIDEN. 
JUST AHEAD. 
WE WILL TAKE A 
QUICK BREAK AND 
WE ARE BACK 
AFTER THIS. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> A SURGEON 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
CIVIL FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT 
SHATTERING COVID-
19 CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT THE KIDS 
WERE TOLD THEY 
WOULD BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH FAITH THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> A COUNTRY 
REELING FROM A 
PANDEMIC AND 
RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
THE STORY 
CHANGES HOURLY. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO SCHOOL IS 
SINKING AND 
AMONG FAMILIES 
WHO ARE DEBATING 
THE SAFETY OF 
IT. 
>> IT IS THE 
11th HOUR. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATES 
CONTINUE TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE PRESENT 
POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE MINUTE BY 
MINUTE. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE HIS RIGHT 
HERE. 
>>> A SURGEON 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS:
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT THE 
MOST COVID-19 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE WHAT IS 
YOUR LEVEL OF 
CONCERN THAT THE 
KIDS WERE TOLD 
THEY WOULD BE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH IT? 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
WILL BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN-DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DUDE INK 
POLICE AN HOUR 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION WILL BE 
DIFFERENT. 
INSTEAD OF ONE 
ELECTION DAY WE 
NOW HAVE VOTING. 
>> THAT SPECIAL 
TIME OF YEAR 
WHEN POLLING CAN 
OPEN WEEKS 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY. 
>> WHEN YOUR 
MAILBOX CAN 
BECOME A VOTING 
BOOTH. 
>> HOW YOU VOTE 
IS JUST AS 
IMPORTANT AS WHO 
YOU VOTE FOR. 
>> HOW, WHEN AND 
WHERE TO CAST 
YOUR BALLOT 
DEPENDS ON YOUR 
STATE. 
>> 
>> IS THE SEASON 
TO BE PREPARED. 
THIS YEAR, PLAN 
TO CAST YOUR 
VOTE. 
>>> FOR BREAKING 
NEWS IN OUR 
CHANGING WELL, 
DOWNLOAD THE NBC 
NEWS UP. 
>>> IN A TIME OF 
VOTER 
SUPPRESSION AT 
HOME AND 
AUTHORITARIAN 
ABROAD, JOE 
BIDEN WILL BE A 
CHAMPION FOR 
FREE AND FAIR 
ELECTIONS. 
FOR A PUBLIC 
HEALTH SYSTEM 
THAT KEEPS US 
SICK, SAFE, FOR 
AN ECONOMY AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
AND INTEGRITY IN 
OUR SYSTEM OF 
JUSTICE. 
WE STAND WITH 
JOE BIDEN. 
>> THAT IS 
VOTING RIGHTS 
ADVOCATE, STACEY 
ABRAMS SPEAKING 
EARLIER THIS 
EVENING AND THAT 
BRINGS US TO A 
MAJOR MOMENT IN 
HISTORY BEING 
CELEBRATED 
TODAY. 
THE RATIFICATION 
100 YEARS AGO 
TODAY OF THE 
19th AMENDMENT 
TO THE 
CONSTITUTION 
GRANTING WOMEN 
THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE. 
ANDREA MITCHELL 
HAS MORE ON THIS 
FOR US. 
ANDREA, YOU HAD 
A FAST-MOVING 
STORY ON NIGHTLY 
NEWS TONIGHT. 
>> WHAT WE HAVE 
LEARNED SO MUCH 
FROM THIS 
ANNIVERSARY 
CELEBRATION. 
IT IS SOMETHING 
TO CELEBRATE 100 
YEARS OF 
EMANCIPATION FOR 
WOMEN TO HAVE 
THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE BUT THE 
TRUE STORY, THE 
UNTOLD STORY IS 
THAT BLACK WOMEN 
WERE 
MARGINALIZED IN 
THE SEGREGATION 
UNIT AND IT LED 
TO THIS 
ANNIVERSARY WHEN 
A FINALLY GOT 
THROUGH CONGRESS 
AND HAD TO GET 
THROUGH THE 
STATES. 
IT WAS FINALLY, 
TODAY, 100 YEARS 
AGO VOTED WITH 
ONE VOTE IN 
NASHVILLE 
TENNESSEE. 
TENNESSEE WAS 
THE LAST VOTE 
AND IT WAS 
BECAUSE A YOUNG 
24-YEAR-OLD 
FRESHMAN 
LEGISLATOR GOT A 
LETTER FROM HIS 
MOTHER THE NIGHT 
BEFORE WRITTEN 
IN PENCIL. 
WE HAVE A COPY 
OF THE LETTER 
SAYING, DO THE 
RIGHT THING. 
BE A GOOD BOY 
AND VOTE FOR 
BASICALLY 
RATIFICATION AND 
HE SWITCHED HIS 
VOTE AND THEY 
WON THE VOTE. 
BLACK WOMEN 
STILL AFTER THIS 
ANNIVERSARY 100 
YEARS AGO IN 1920
THEY STILL COULD 
NOT VOTE BECAUSE 
MOST OF THEM, 
MOST BLACK WOMEN 
LIVED IN THE 
SOUTH AND IN THE 
SOUTH IT WAS A 
FIGHT FOR THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE 
AND IT WENT ALL 
THE WAY WITH 
GREAT WOMEN 
LEADERS ON THE 
EDMUND PETTIS 
BRIDGE, AMANDA 
BOYD AND THE 
VOTING RIGHTS 
BACK IN 1965 AND 
OF COURSE THE 
FIGHT STILL GOES 
ON TODAY WITH 
PEOPLE LIKE 
STACEY ABRAMS. 
STILL FIGHTING 
AGAINST VOTER 
SUPPRESSION AND 
THESE ARE ALL 
GREAT WOMEN 
LEADERS WHO 
STARTED OF THE 
SUFFRAGE 
MOVEMENT AND 
BECAME CIVIL 
RIGHTS LEADERS 
IN THE EMERGING 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT AND 
THEY DEFENDED 
STILL TODAY. 
>> LET'S BRING 
KRISTIN WALKER, 
OUR COLLEAGUE AT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
IN ON THIS 
CONVERSATION. 
KRISTIN, YOU 
STUDY POLITICS 
PRETTY MUCH 24 
HOURS A DAY. 
THE FEMALE VOTE 
FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
ABSOLUTELY IS 
ESSENTIAL. 
>> IT IS 
ESSENTIAL. 
IT COULD NOT BE 
MORE CRITICAL TO 
THEM AND THAT 
WAS UNDERSCORED 
WHEN JOE BIDEN 
SAID THAT HE WAS 
GOING TO PICK A 
WOMAN VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE AND TRUE 
TO HIS WORD, HE 
DID IN FACT DO 
THAT AND HE 
PICKED SENATOR 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
SHE IS THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR 
TO SERVE AS A 
PRESS PRESENT IN 
NOMINEE ON A 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
NOMINEE ON A 
MAJOR PARTY 
TICKET. 
DEMOCRATS FEEL 
AS THOUGH THAT 
WILL HELP THEM. 
THE TICKET ITSELF
REACHES OUT TO 
WOMEN VOTERS AND 
WE SAW THAT LAST 
NIGHT WHEN WE 
HEARD FROM 
FORMER FIRST 
LADY, MICHELE 
OBAMA. 
HER FORCEFUL 
INDICTMENT 
AGAINST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
SPEAKING NOT 
ONLY ON BEHALF OF
ALL AMERICANS 
BUT ON BEHALF OF 
WOMEN AND OF 
COURSE THEY HAVE 
TAKEN AIM AT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE FOR SOME 
OF WHAT THEY 
ARGUED IS A 
DIVISIVE 
RHETORIC AND 
RHETORIC THAT IS 
OFFENSIVE TO 
WOMEN, TWEETING 
ABOUT HOUSEWIVES 
AND I CAN TELL 
YOU BASED ON 
SOME 
CONVERSATIONS 
WITH OFFICIALS 
INSIDE THE WHITE 
HOUSE, THEY ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT 
THAT TYPE OF 
RHETORIC THAT IT 
COULD BACKFIRE 
SO DEMOCRATS 
HAVE THAT FRONT 
AND CENTER AS 
THEY HEAD TOWARD 
NOVEMBER. 
>> KRISTIN, 
THANK YOU. 
WE ARE AWAITING 
A SPEECH THIS 
MORNING FROM 
SOMEONE QUITE 
REMARKABLE. 
HIS NAME IS ANDY 
BARKETT. 
IN 2016 HE WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
ALS AND 
NEURODEGENERATIVE 
DISEASE AND 
INSTEAD OF 
SURRENDERING TO 
THE AILMENT HE 
BECAME 
POLITICALLY 
ACTIVE, AN 
ADVOCATE FOR 
HEALTHCARE 
REFORM AND HE 
HAS TRAVELED THE 
COUNTRY. 
HIS VOICE HAS 
CHANGED, THOUGH 
OVER THESE YEARS 
AND KASIE HUNT 
JOINS US WITH 
MORE ABOUT HIS 
STORY AND WHAT 
WE ARE ABOUT TO 
HERE IN A FEW 
MOMENTS. 
>> IT IS REALLY 
SUCH A 
REMARKABLE 
STORY, SAVANNA 
AND EVERYONE IS 
GOING TO HEAR 
HOW THE DISEASE 
HAS CHANGED HIS 
VOICE WHEN HE 
SPEAKS HERE BUT 
THIS IS A MAN 
WHO AFTER HE WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
ALS, LOU 
GEHRIG'S 
DISEASE, DECIDED 
HE COULD NOT 
STAY SILENT. 
HE BECAME AN 
ADVOCATE FOR 
MEDICARE FOR 
ALL, ENDORSED 
PROGRESSIVE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATES, 
INTERVIEWED MANY 
OF THEM OVER THE 
COURSE OF THE 
LAST FEW MONTHS 
BUT TONIGHT, 
HE'S GOING TO BE 
ENJOYING 
ENDORSING JOE 
BIDEN AND SAYING 
HE REALLY IS THE 
PERSON WHO IS 
GOING TO PROTECT 
PEOPLE'S 
HEALTHCARE 
AGAINST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BUT REALLY, THE 
FOCUS HERE ON 
HIS INSPIRING 
PERSONAL STORY. 
>> HE IS 36 
YEARS OLD, HE 
HAS TWO 
CHILDREN. 
HE IS FROM 
CALIFORNIA AND 
HE WAS DIAGNOSED 
FOUR YEARS AGO 
AND TONIGHT HE 
ADDRESSES THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION AS AN 
ADVOCATE AND 
ACTIVIST AND 
SOMEBODY 
SPEAKING ON 
BEHALF OF THOSE 
SUFFERING WITH 
THIS CONDITION. 
LET'S LISTEN. 
>> ♪ 
>> IT IS REALLY 
SAD. 
-- YOU WOULD'VE 
GROWN UP TO BE 
STRONG AND 
COURAGEOUS BUT I 
DON'T KNOW HOW 
MUCH LONGER I 
WILL BE AROUND 
FOR YOU. 
>> I WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
ALS TODAY. 
WHICH IS A DEADLY
DEBILITATING 
DISEASE. 
>> AFTER I WAS 
DIAGNOSED, THE 
PRESIDENT HAD 
THE TAX BILL 
THAT PUT MY 
HEALTHCARE AT 
RISK. 
SO I WENT TO 
WASHINGTON, DC. 
>> MY NEXT GUEST 
MADE HEADLINES 
WHEN HE 
CONFRONTED A 
REPUBLICAN 
SENATOR ON AN 
AIRLINE. 
>> I WANTED TO 
HELP CREATE A 
BETTER COUNTRY 
FOR YOU TO LIVE 
IN. 
>> ALL THAT 
MATTERS TO ME IS 
TO MAKE YOU 
PROUD BECAUSE 
I'M ALREADY SO 
PROUD OF YOU. 
,
>> HELLO, 
AMERICA. 
MY NAME IS AUDI 
BARKIN AND I AM 
SPEAKING TO YOU 
THROUGH THIS 
COMPUTER VOICE 
BECAUSE I HAVE 
BEEN PARALYZED 
BY A MYSTERIOUS 
ILLNESS CALLED 
ALS. 
LIKE SO MANY OF 
YOU, I HAVE 
EXPERIENCED THE 
WAYS OUR 
HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEM IS 
FUNDAMENTALLY 
BROKEN. 
ENORMOUS COSTS, 
DENIED CLAIMS, 
DEHUMANIZING 
TREATMENT WHEN 
WE ARE MOST IN 
NEED. 
SINCE MY 
SHOCKING 
DIAGNOSIS, I 
HAVE TRAVELED 
THE COUNTRY 
MEETING 
COUNTLESS 
PATIENTS LIKE 
ME, DEMANDING 
MORE OF OUR 
REPRESENTATIVES 
AND OUR DEMOCRACY
. TODAY, WE ARE 
WITNESSING THE 
TRAGIC 
CONSEQUENCES OF 
OUR FAILING 
HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEM. 
IN THE MIDST OF 
A PANDEMIC, 
NEARLY 100 
MILLION 
AMERICANS DO NOT 
HAVE SUFFICIENT 
HEALTH INSURANCE.
AND EVEN GOOD 
INSURANCE DOES 
NOT COVER 
ESSENTIAL NEEDS 
LIKE LONG-TERM-
CARE. 
OUR LOVED ONES 
ARE DYING IN 
UNSAFE NURSING 
HOMES. OUR 
NURSES ARE 
OVERWHELMED AND 
UNPROTECTED AND 
OUR ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS ARE 
TREATED AS 
DISPENSABLE. 
WE LIVE IN THE 
RICHEST COUNTRY 
IN HISTORY AND 
YET WE DO NOT 
GUARANTEE THIS 
MOST BASIC HUMAN 
RIGHT. 
EVERYONE LIVING 
IN AMERICA 
SHOULD GET THE 
HEALTHCARE THEY 
NEED. 
REGARDLESS OF 
THEIR EMPLOYMENT 
STATUS OR 
ABILITY TO PAY. 
EVEN DURING THIS 
TERRIBLE CRISIS, 
DONALD TRUMP AND 
REPUBLICAN 
POLITICIANS ARE 
TRYING TO TAKE 
AWAY MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE'S HEALTH 
INSURANCE. 
WITH THE 
EXISTENTIAL 
THREAT OF 
ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS OF THIS 
PRESIDENT, WE 
ALL HAVE A 
PROFOUND 
OBLIGATION TO 
ACT, NOT ONLY TO 
VOTE BUT TO MAKE 
SURE THAT OUR 
FRIENDS, FAMILY 
AND NEIGHBORS 
VOTE AS WELL. 
WE MUST ELECT 
JOE BIDEN. 
EACH OF US MUST 
BE A HERO FOR 
OUR COMMUNITIES, 
FOR OUR COUNTRY 
AND THEN, WITH 
THE 
COMPASSIONATE 
AND INTELLIGENT 
PRESIDENT, WE 
MUST ACT 
TOGETHER AND PUT 
ON HIS DESK A 
BILL THAT 
GUARANTEES US 
ALL THE 
HEALTHCARE THAT 
WE DESERVE. 
TEXT "VOTE TO 
30330 TO LEARN 
HOW TO VOTE 
SAFELY BECAUSE 
OUR LIVES DEPEND 
ON IT. 
>> EDDIE BARKIN 
I CANNOT IMAGINE 
ANYONE WHO CAN 
DELIVER IT 
DELIVER THAT 
MESSAGE WITH 
MORE IMPACT THAN 
HIM. 
>> DEMOCRATS 
LOOKING TO PUT A 
HUMAN FACE AND 
VOICE TO WHAT IS 
NEEDED IN THIS 
COUNTRY AS FAR 
AS HEALTHCARE 
PERFORMANCE 
CONCERNS SO 
OBVIOUSLY THEY 
ARE HOPING TO 
PACK UP A 
POWERFUL 
EMOTIONAL PUNCH 
TONIGHT. 
>> AS WE 
MENTIONED 
EARLIER, A KEEP 
FOCUS ON TO 
MIKE'S DIMENSION 
CONVENTION IS 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
FORMER SENATOR, 
U.S. SECRETARY 
OF STATE UNDER 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
JOHN KERRY. 
>> JOHN KERRY 
WILL BE FOLLOWED 
BY ANOTHER 
FORMER SECRETARY 
OF STATE, A FOUR 
STAR GENERAL WHO 
SERVED THREE 
REPUBLICAN 
PENITENTS, COLIN 
POWELL WHO LATER 
VOTED FOR 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
AND CANDIDATE 
CLINTON. 
LET'S TURN TO 
ANDREA MITCHELL. 
HE HAS SERVED AS 
PRESIDENT 
OBAMA'S CIA AND 
DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT. 
ANDREA BRIEFLY, 
THE SIGNIFICANCE 
FOR COLIN POWELL 
TO ADDRESS A 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION, AS 
MENTIONED HE HAS 
VOTED DEMOCRATIC 
IN THE LAST FEW 
ELECTIONS BUT 
THIS IS, THIS 
TAKES IT ANOTHER 
STEP? 
>> AND HE SEES 
THIS AS A REAL 
ISSUE OF 
LEADERSHIP. 
HE IS A GENERAL 
FIRST, SECRETARY 
OF STATE AND 
DIPLOMAT SECOND. 
HE IS A MILITARY 
MAN AND THE 
CHILD OF 
IMMIGRANTS AND 
HE SEES THAT 
DONALD TRUMP 
DOES NOT MEET 
THE LEADERSHIP 
NEEDS OF THIS 
COUNTRY AND HE 
IS THAT 
FORCEFULLY 
COMPELLED. 
TO SPEAK UP FOR 
JOE BIDEN AS A 
FORMAL FORMER 
REPUBLICAN 
SPEAKING AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
THE FIRST TIME 
HE HAS DONE 
THIS. 
IT IS PRETTY 
REMARKABLE. 
>> AND IN THE 
32nd BEFORE WE 
HEAR FROM HIM, 
HOW WOULD HE USE 
THE MILITARY? 
>> I THINK HE 
WOULD DO SO TO 
DEFEND AMERICA'S 
CORE NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
INTERESTS, 
LESTER. 
I THINK THE 
BIDEN TEAM LIKES 
THIS CONTRAST 
BECAUSE BIDEN IS 
EXPERIENCED, 
STEADY AND TRUMP 
HAS BEEN ERRATIC 
ON THE NATIONAL 
STAGE. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
JEREMY. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
NOW HERE FROM 
THIS GROUP OF 
SPEAKERS ON 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
SECURITY. ,
>> I'M JOHN 
KERRY. 
FOR THE EIGHT 
YEARS OF THE 
OBAMA-BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION 
WE LEAD BY 
EXAMPLE. 
WE ELIMINATED 
THE THREAT OF AN 
IRAN WITH A 
NUCLEAR WEAPON. 
WE FULFILLED THE 
68 NATION 
COALITION TO 
DESTROY ISIS, 
FORGED 195 
NATION AGREEMENT 
TO ATTACK 
CLIMATE CHANGE, 
STOP EBOLA, 
BEFORE IT BECAME 
A PANDEMIC, 
DONALD TRUMP 
INHERITED A 
GROWING ECONOMY 
AND MORE 
PEACEFUL WORLD 
AND LIKE 
EVERYTHING ELSE 
HE INHERITED, HE 
BANKRUPTED IT. 
WHEN THIS 
PRESIDENT GOES 
OVERSEAS, IT 
ISN'T A GOODWILL 
MISSION. 
IT IS A BLOOPER 
REAL. 
HE BREAKS UP 
WITH OUR ALLIES 
AND WRITES LOVE 
LETTERS TO 
DICTATORS. 
AMERICA DESERVES 
A PRESIDENT WHO 
HAS LOOKED UP -- 
IS LOOKED UP TO 
AND NOT LEFT AT. 
DONALD TRUMP 
PRETENSE RUSSIA 
DID NOT ATTACK 
OUR ELECTIONS 
AND NOW HE DOES 
NOTHING ABOUT 
RUSSIA PUTTING A 
BOUNTY ON OUR 
TROOPS SO HE 
WON'T DEFEND OUR 
COUNTRY, HE 
DOESN'T KNOW HOW 
TO DEFEND OUR 
TROOPS, THE ONLY 
PERSON HE IS 
INTERESTED IN 
DEFENDING HIS 
HIMSELF. 
THIS IS THE 
BOTTOM LINE. 
OUR INTERESTS, 
OUR IDEALS AND 
OUR BRAVE MEN 
AND WOMEN IN 
UNIFORM CANNOT 
AFFORD FOUR MORE 
YEARS OF DONALD 
TRUMP. 
OUR TROOPS 
CANNOT GET OUT 
OF HARMS WAY BY 
HIDING IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE 
BUNKER. 
THEY NEED A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
WILL STAND UP 
FOR THEM AND 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
WILL. 
JOE'S MORAL 
COMPASS HAS 
ALWAYS POINTED 
IN THE RIGHT 
DIRECTION FROM 
THE FIGHT TO 
BREAK THE BACK 
OF APARTHEID TO 
THE STRUGGLE TO 
WAKE UP THE 
WORLD TO 
GENOCIDE IN THE 
BALKANS. 
JOE UNDERSTANDS 
THAT NONE OF THE 
ISSUES OF THIS 
WORLD, NOT 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS, 
NOT THE 
CHALLENGE OF 
BUILDING BACK 
BETTER AFTER 
COVID-19, NOT 
TERRORISM AND 
CERTAINLY NOT 
THE CLIMATE 
PRICES, NONE CAN 
BE RESOLVED 
WITHOUT BRINGING 
NATIONS TOGETHER 
WITH STRENGTH 
AND HUMILITY. 
JOE UNDERSTANDS 
OUR VALUES DON'T 
LIMIT OUR POWER. 
THEY MAGNIFY IT. 
HE KNOWS YOU 
CAN'T SPREAD 
DEMOCRACY AROUND 
THE WORLD IF YOU 
DON'T PRACTICE 
IT AT HOME. 
AND HE KNOWS 
THAT EVEN THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA NEEDS 
FRIENDS ON THIS 
PLANET. 
BEFORE DONALD 
TRUMP, WE USED 
TO TALK ABOUT 
AMERICAN 
EXCEPTIONALISM. 
THE ONLY THING 
EXCEPTIONAL 
ABOUT THE 
INCOHERENT TRUMP 
FOREIGN POLICY 
IS THAT IT HAS 
MADE OUR NATION 
MORE ISOLATED 
THAN EVER 
BEFORE. 
JOE BIDEN KNOWS 
WE ARE NOT 
EXCEPTIONAL 
BECAUSE WE 
BLUSTER THAT WE 
ARE . WE ARE 
EXCEPTIONAL 
BECAUSE WE DO 
EXCEPTIONAL 
THINGS. 
ON JUNE 6, 1944, 
YOUNG AMERICANS 
GAVE THEIR LIVES 
ON THE BEACHES 
OF NORMANDY. 
THEY LIBERATED 
THE WORLD FROM 
TYRANNY. 
OUT OF THE ASHES 
OF THAT WAR, WE 
MADE PEACE AND 
REBUILT THE 
WORLD. 
THAT WAS AND 
REMAINS 
EXCEPTIONAL. 
IT IS THE 
OPPOSITE OF 
EVERYTHING 
DONALD TRUMP 
STANDS FOR. 
THIS MOMENT IS A 
FIGHT FOR THE 
SECURITY OF 
AMERICA AND THE 
WORLD. 
ONLY JOE BIDEN 
CAN MAKE AMERICA 
LEAD LIKE 
AMERICA AGAIN. 
IF YOU AGREE, 
TEXT "JOIN 
230330. 
THANK YOU. 
>> IN THE 
SITUATION WHERE 
PRESIDENTS MADE 
DECISIONS OF WAR 
AND PEACE WHEN 
JOE BIDEN WALKS 
IN THE SITUATION 
ROOM, FIRST AND 
FOREMOST IN HIS 
MIND IS HOW WILL 
MY DECISION 
IMPACT THE LIVES 
OF THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
>> HE IS 
EXPERIENCED. 
HE HAS MADE THE 
TOUGH CALLS. 
>> HE HAS 
COURAGE, 
TREMENDOUS 
COURAGE. 
CHARACTER, 
JUDGMENT. 
>> AND HE CAN BE 
TOUGH. 
I WITNESSED IT 
CLOSE UP. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
DECISIVE AND 
WELL-PREPARED FOR
MANY ISSUES. 
>> THERE'S NO 
ONE MORE 
QUALIFIED THAN 
JOE BIDEN. 
HE IS SITTING AT 
THE HEAD OF THE 
TABLE IN THE 
SITUATION MAKING 
DECISIONS FOR 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> HAVING SENT 
HIS SON TO WAR I 
DON'T THINK 
ANYONE CAN BE 
MORE READY THAN 
VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN. 
>> HE KNOWS 
EXACTLY WHAT IS 
AT STAKE, WHEN 
HE SENDS OUR 
TROOPS OVERSEAS. 
>> BIDEN 
UNDERSTANDS HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS 
TO HAVE ALLIES 
STANDING 
TOGETHER WITH US.
THEY ARE FORCE 
MULTIPLIERS. 
>> JOE BIDEN HAS 
THE UNIQUE 
ABILITY WITH 
MEETING WITH 
PEOPLE. 
HE HAS SAT WITH 
LEADERS FOR 
YEARS. 
HE KNOWS WHAT 
MAKES THEM TICK. 
>> THEY TRUST 
HIM. 
THEY TRUST HIS 
JUDGMENT AND 
THEY KNOW HIS 
WORD IS GOOD. 
>> I KNOW WITH 
BIDEN'S 
DIPLOMACY WE 
WILL BUILD 
AMERICAN LIVES. 
>> TO BUILD 
AMERICA TAKES 
DECADES AND TO 
TEAR DOWN ALL IT 
TAKES IS A TWEET.
>> THANKS TO 
DONALD TRUMP, 
OUR ADVERSARIES 
ARE STRONGER AND 
BOLDER . 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
HAS HAD -- WITH 
DICTATORS. 
>> I SERVE THE 
AMERICAN AIR 
FORCE FOR 36 
YEARS. 
I HAVE LED SPACE 
QUADRANTS, 
NUCLEAR MISSILE 
SQUADRONS AND I 
NEVER THOUGHT I 
WOULD HAVE A 
PRESIDENT WAS A 
DANGER TO 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS 
DEGRADED AND 
DEBASED THE 
PRESIDENT AND 
THIS COUNTRY IN 
THE OH OF THE 
WORLD. 
>> THE RUSSIANS 
OFFERED BOUNTIES 
ON U.S. 
SHOULDERS. 
I WAS SHOCKED 
WHEN I READ 
THIS. 
>> THE PRESIDENT 
DIDN'T EVEN ASK 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
ABOUT IT. 
THAT IS AN 
AMERICAN. 
>> THAT IS A 
DERELICTION OF 
DUTY. 
YOU ARE FAILING 
THE TROOPS. 
FAILING THIS 
COUNTRY. 
>> THE FIRST 
THING THE 
PRESIDENT NEEDS 
TO DO IS FIND 
OUT WHAT THE 
FACTS ARE. 
THIS PRESIDENT 
DOESN'T CARE 
ABOUT FAX. 
>> BIDEN CARES 
ABOUT THE SAFETY 
AND WELFARE OF 
AMERICAN 
SERVICEMEN AND 
WOMEN. 
>> FOR MILITARY 
POLICY. 
>> TO MAINTAIN 
OUR PRESENCE IN 
SYRIA . 
>> WE STOP THE 
ADVANCE OF ICES. 
>> PRESIDENT 
TRUMP TOLD US TO 
ABANDON THE 
KURDS. 
THAT IS 
SHAMEFUL. 
>> JOE BIDEN 
WILL BE STRONG 
AGAINST 
DICTATORS. 
>> I HAVE HEARD 
HIM ON THE PHONE 
WITH STUFF 
CHARACTERS. 
YOU TALK ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN AND 
HIS DECENCY BUT 
HIS -- EVERYBODY 
KNOWS IT. 
>> HE WOULD DO 
THE RIGHT THING 
NO MATTER THE 
POLITICAL COST. 
>> I HAVE STOOD 
WITH TWO 
REPUBLICAN 
PRESIDENTS AND 
ONE DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENT. 
I HAVE SEEN THE 
CURRENT 
ADMINISTRATION 
MAKE DECISIONS 
WITHOUT THOUGHT 
OR PREPARATION. 
THEY HAVE 
MASSIVE LIFE-AND-
DEATH 
CONSEQUENCES. 
>> ONE OF THE 
MOST DEFINING 
TIMES IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE 
WORLD, JOE 
BIDEN'S UNIQUELY 
QUALIFIED TO BE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> IF YOU WANT A 
STRONG AMERICA, 
YOU WANT JOE 
BIDEN. 
>>> I'M FORMER 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE, COLIN 
POWELL. 
100 YEARS AGO A 
YOUNG IMMIGRANT 
LEFT A DIRT FARM 
IN JAMAICA AND 
SET OUT FOR 
AMERICA. 
THREE YEARS 
LATER A SHIP 
PULLED INTO NEW 
YORK HARBOR, A 
YOUNG JAMAICAN 
WOMAN ASAP AT 
THE STATUE OF 
LIBERTY FOR THE 
FIRST TIME. 
THEY BECAME MY 
PARENTS. 
AND THEY 
INSPIRED ME TO 
FINISH COLLEGE 
AND JOIN THE 
ARMY. 
THIS BEGAN A 
JOURNEY OF 
SERVICE THAT 
WOULD TAKE ME 
FROM BASIC 
TRAINING TO 
COMBAT IN 
VIETNAM UP THE 
RANKS TO SERVE 
AS CHAIRMAN OF 
THE JOINT CHIEFS 
OF STAFF AND 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE. 
THE VALUES I 
LEARNED GROWING 
UP IN THE SOUTH 
BRONX AND 
SERVING IN 
UNIFORM WERE THE 
SAME VALUES THAT 
JOE BIDEN'S 
PARENTS 
INSTILLED IN HIM 
IN SCRANTON, 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
I SUPPORT JOE 
BIDEN FOR THE 
PRESIDENCY OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES BECAUSE 
THOSE VALUES 
STILL DEFINE 
HIM. 
WE NEED TO 
RESTORE THOSE 
VALUES TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
OUR COUNTRY 
NEEDS A 
COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF THAT TAKES 
CARE OF OUR 
TROOPS IN THE 
SAME WAY HE 
WOULD HIS OWN 
FAMILY. 
FOR JOE BIDEN, 
THAT DOESN'T 
MEAN TEACHING. 
IT COMES FROM 
THE EXPERIENCE 
HE SHARES WITH 
MILLIONS OF 
MILITARY 
FAMILIES. 
SENDING HIS 
BELOVED SON OFF 
TO WAR AND 
PRAYING TO GOD 
HE WOULD COME 
HOME SAFE. 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
BE A PRESIDENT 
WE WILL ALL BE 
PROUD TO SALUTE. 
WITH JOE BIDEN 
IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE, YOU WILL 
NEVER DOUBT THAT 
HE WILL STAND 
WITH OUR FRIENDS 
AND STAND UP TO 
OUR ADVERSARIES, 
NEVER THE OTHER 
WAY AROUND. 
HE WILL TRUST 
OUR DIPLOMATS 
AND OUR 
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEE, NOT 
THE FLATTERY OF 
DICTATORS AND 
DESPOTS. YOU 
WILL MAKE IT HIS 
JOB TO KNOW 
ANYBODY DARES TO 
THREATEN US. 
YOU WILL STAND 
UP TO OUR 
ADVERSARIES WITH 
STRENGTH AND 
EXPERIENCE. 
THEY WILL KNOW 
HE MEANS 
BUSINESS. 
I SUPPORT JOE 
BIDEN BECAUSE 
BEGINNING ON DAY 
ONE, HE WILL 
RESTORE 
AMERICAN'S 
LEADERSHIP AND 
OUR MORAL 
AUTHORITY. 
HE WILL BE A 
PRESIDENT THAT 
KNOWS THAT 
AMERICA'S 
STRONGEST WIN AS 
HE HAS SAID WE 
LEAD BOTH BY THE 
POWER OF EXAMPLE 
AND THE EXAMPLE 
OF OUR POWER. 
HE WILL RESTORE 
AMERICA'S 
LEADERSHIP IN 
THE WORLD AND 
RESTORE THE 
ALLIANCES WE 
NEED TO ADDRESS 
THE DANGERS THAT 
THREATEN OUR 
NATION. 
FROM CLIMATE 
CHANGE TO 
NUCLEAR 
POLYGRAPHER 
ASIAN -- 
PROLIFERATION WE 
ARE A COUNTRY 
DIVIDED AND WE 
HAVE A PRESIDENT 
DOING EVERYTHING 
IN HIS POWER TO 
MAKE IT THAT WAY 
AND KEEP US OUT 
THAT WAY. 
WHAT A 
DIFFERENCE TO 
HAVE A PRESIDENT 
WHO UNITES US 
AND RESTORES OUR 
STRENGTH AND 
SOUL. 
I BELIEVE IN OUR 
HEARTS WHERE THE 
SAME AMERICA 
THAT BROUGHT MY 
PARENTS TO OUR 
SHORES. 
AN AMERICA THAT 
INSPIRES FREEDOM 
AROUND THE 
WORLD. 
THAT IS THE 
AMERICA JOE 
BIDEN WILL LEAD 
AS OUR NEXT 
PRESIDENT. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
>>> IT WAS A 
FRIENDSHIP THAT 
SHOULD NOT HAVE 
WORKED. 
JOHN, A FORMER 
NAVY PILOT JUST 
RELEASED FROM AN 
NORTH VIETNAMESE 
DETERMINED. 
JOE, A YOUNG 
SENATOR FROM 
DELAWARE. 
BUT IN THE 
1970s, JOE WAS A 
MILITARY AID FOR 
A TRIP OVERSEAS. 
>> I WAS THE 
MILITARY LIAISON 
AND I USED TO 
CARRY YOUR BAGS 
ON OVERSEAS 
TRIPS 
>> THIS SON OF A 
GUN NEVER CARED 
MY BAGS. 
HE WAS SUPPOSED 
TO BUT HE NEVER 
DID. 
DID. ,
>> JOHN AND JOE 
TRAVEL THOUSANDS 
OF MILES 
TOGETHER. 
THE FAMILIES GOT 
TO KNOW EACH 
OTHER. 
GATHERING FOR 
PICNICS IN 
BIDEN'S 
BACKYARD. 
>> THEY WOULD 
JUST SIT AND JOE
, IT WAS LIKE A 
COMEDY SHOW 
SOMETIMES TO 
WATCH THE TWO OF 
THEM. 
>> Reporter: BUT 
WHEN JOHN WAS 
ELECTED TO THE 
SENATE AS A 
REPUBLICAN FROM 
ARIZONA, THEY 
FOUND THEMSELVES 
ON OPPOSING 
SIDES. 
>> WE ARE IN 
DIFFERENT 
PARTIES. 
WE HOLD 
DIFFERENT VIEWS 
ON MANY ISSUES. 
MAYBE GOING OUT 
ON THE FLOOR AND 
YOU THINK THESE 
GUYS MUST REALLY 
REALLY DISLIKE 
EACH OTHER. 
AND THEY WOULD 
BE HAVING DINNER 
THAT NIGHT 
TOGETHER. 
,
>>> AND THE 
MUELLER REPORT 
NEVER EVEN SENT 
AND THAT CAME 
OUT TODAY FROM A 
COMMITTEE LED BY 
MARCO RUBIO. 
>> I WANT TO GO 
TO KRISTEN 
WELKER. 
KRISTIN, I WOULD 
LIKE TO GET A 
PREVIEW OF WHAT 
WE THINK WE WILL 
HEAR FROM JOE 
BIDEN BUT BEFORE 
WE DO THAT I 
UNDERSTAND YOU 
HAVE A LITTLE 
INTELLIGENCE ON 
WHAT WE WILL 
HEAR FROM 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
TOMORROW NIGHT? 
>> THAT IS 
RIGHT. 
I THINK IT'S 
GOING TO BE A 
BIG MOMENT, 
LESTER. 
TOMORROW NIGHT I 
THINK WILL BE 
THE FIRST NIGHT 
WHEN WE REALLY 
START TO SEE THE 
ARGUMENTS COMING 
TOGETHER FOR THE 
BIDEN-HARRIS 
TICKET AS A 
WHOLE. 
FORMER PRESIDENT 
OBAMA IS GOING 
TO TALK ABOUT 
WHY THE TICKET 
IS THE RIGHT ONE 
TO LEAD THE 
COUNTRY SOON 
THROUGH THIS 
ECONOMIC CRISIS 
AND HEALTH 
CRISIS AND THEN 
AN EGG CLOSE TO 
OBAMA TELLS ME 
HE IS GOING TO 
TALK ABOUT 
SEEING BIDEN'S 
LEADERSHIP 
FIRSTHAND. 
PART OF WHAT 
JEREMY WAS JUST 
TALKING ABOUT 
THE BUT THE WAYS 
IN WHICH THEY 
WORKED TOGETHER 
TO RECOVER THE 
ECONOMY WHEN IT 
WAS IN A DEEP 
RECESSION, TO 
PASS HEALTHCARE 
AND NAVIGATE ALL 
OF THOSE VERY 
COMPLICATED 
FOREIGN-POLICY 
ISSUES AND THEN 
I AM TOLD FORMER 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
IS GOING TO CAST 
THIS AS A FIGHT 
FOR OUR VERY 
DEMOCRACY 
ITSELF. 
HE WILL 
REITERATE 
SOMETHING WE 
HEARD FROM THE 
FORMER FIRST 
LADY WHICH IS 
THE NEED TO GET 
OUT AND VOTE. 
THEN WE WILL OF 
COURSE HEAR FROM 
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS TOMORROW 
EVENING AND SHE 
WILL REINTRODUCE 
HERSELF TO THE 
COUNTRY 
ESSENTIALLY 
TALKING ABOUT 
HER BACKGROUND 
AS A FORMER 
PROSECUTOR, A 
FORMER ATTORNEY 
GENERAL OF 
CALIFORNIA AND 
OF COURSE THE 
TITLE THAT MEANS 
THE MOST TO HER, 
MOM AND IT ALL 
CULMINATES ON 
THURSDAY NIGHT 
WITH THE BIG 
SPEECH BY JOE 
BIDEN. 
HE WILL ACCEPT 
THE PARTY'S 
DOMINATION. 
>> KRISTIN, 
TONIGHT BELONGS 
TO JOE BIDEN IN 
A FEW MOMENTS. 
SHE WILL BE 
ADDRESSING THE 
CONVENTION ABOUT 
HER HUSBAND OF 
43 YEARS. 
WATCHING THIS 
CONVENTION, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HAS BEEN PRETTY 
VOCAL ABOUT IT. 
WILL HE SAY WHAT 
HE THINKS OF THE 
SPEAKER, HE IS 
ON THE ROAD 
TONIGHT DOING 
COUNTERPROGRAMMING. 
LET'S GO TO 
NBC'S KELLY 
JACKSON, OUR 
WHITE HOUSE 
CORRESPONDENT 
RETURNING TO 
DUTY ONE DAY 
EARLY. 
WELCOME BACK 
FROM MATERNITY 
LEAVE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS BEEN PAYING 
ATTENTION TO 
WHAT HAS BEEN 
GOING ON THE 
LAST COUPLE OF 
NIGHTS. 
>> THANK YOU FOR 
THE WARM WELCOME 
BACK. 
I JUST GOT OFF 
THE PHONE WITH A 
SENIOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICIAL AND HE 
SAID PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS ENGAGED 
WITH WHAT IS 
HAPPENING WITH 
THIS DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
AS WE TALKED 
ABOUT FOR A 
NUMBER OF YEARS, 
YOU CAN CALL 1 
MILLION SOURCES 
BUT THE 
PRESIDENT ENDS 
UP JUST READING 
IT AND THAT IS 
WHAT WE HAVE 
SEEN TONIGHT. 
NOT JUST 
COUNTERPROGRAMMING 
BUT 
COUNTERPUNCHING 
AS WELL, 
DEFENDING 
HIMSELF IN A 
SERIES OF 
RETREATS AND 
TWEETS AS WELL 
AGAINST 
DEMOCRATIC 
ATTACKS 
PARTICULARLY AS 
IT RELATES TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS 
TONIGHT. 
WE SAW FROM THE 
PROGRAM EARLIER 
TODAY WE SLAMMED 
NIGHT ONE'S 
HEADLINE 
SPEAKER, MICHELE 
OBAMA ACCUSED OF 
MAKING WHAT HE 
DESCRIBED AS A 
DIVISIVE SPEECH 
FOR THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE. 
THE PRESIDENT 
HAS BEEN 
TRAVELING AS 
PART OF THIS 
PROGRAMMING 
EFFORT ON HIS 
OWN CAMPAIGN 
SWING, JUST IN 
ARIZONA, A PLACE 
THAT WILL BE 
CRITICAL FOR JOE 
BIDEN AND DONALD 
TRUMP COMING UP 
THIS FALL. 
HE IS SITTING 
HEADING BACK TO 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
AND WE WILL HEAR 
MORE FROM HIM IN 
THE HOURS TO 
COME. 
>> WE ARE 
MOMENTS WAY FROM 
HEARING JOE 
BIDEN. 
YOU HAVE MET 
HER. 
SHE DOESN'T COME 
ACROSS AS A 
PERSON WHO 
EMBRACES 
POLITICS PER SE. 
>> NO BUT SHE IS 
A EXPERIENCED 
VETERAN, HER 
HUSBAND HAVING 
BEEN ELECTED TO 
THE SENATE IN 
THE 70s, SHE 
MARRIED HIM OF 
YOURS AFTER THAT 
AND THE PERSONAL 
STORY ABOUT HOW 
SHE CAME IN AND 
AS THE LATE BEAU 
BIDEN ONCE SAID, 
HIS MOM REBUILD 
THE FAMILY JUST 
AS MUCH AS HIS 
DAD AFTER THE 
DEATH OF JOE 
BIDEN'S FIRST 
WIFE. 
SO WE ARE GOING 
TO HEAR FROM DR. 
JOE BIDEN. 
DR. JOE BIDEN. 
SHE WILL BE 
SPEAKING FROM A 
HIGH SCHOOL. 
SHE IS NOT A 
MEDICAL DOCTOR 
BUT A DOCTRINE 
EDUCATION. 
>> SHE WAS A 
COMMUNITY 
COLLEGE 
PROFESSOR. 
>> YES AND DID 
THAT ALL THROUGH 
HER TIME AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE WHEN 
SHE WAS SECOND 
LADY AND SO THAT 
IS THE PLACE SHE 
HAS CHOSEN TO 
MAKE HER DRESS 
TONIGHT. 
>> LET'S GO 
QUICKLY TO THAT. 
WE ARE WAITING 
FOR HER TO 
BEGIN. 
LET'S GO BACK TO 
CHUCK TODD. 
CHECK, IS SHE 
ANXIOUS TO GET 
BACK AND 
OBVIOUSLY SHE IS 
SOMEWHAT ANXIOUS 
TO GET BACK INTO 
THIS GAME? 
>> IT IS 
INTERESTING THAT 
SHE HAS BEEN, IN 
SOME WAYS, YOU 
HAVE HEARD THIS 
ABOUT JOE BIDEN, 
MUCH MORE 
INVOLVED IN THIS 
CAMPAIGN, NOT AS 
IF SHE WASN'T 
INVOLVED IN 
PREVIOUS 
CAMPAIGNS BUT 
THIS ONE, A LOT 
MORE INVOLVED 
WHETHER IT WAS 
IN THE RUNNING 
MATE PROCESS OR 
IN SOME OF THE 
STRATEGIC 
DECISIONS. 
SHE HAS BEEN A 
MUCH BIGGER 
PLAYER THIS TIME 
IN THIS CAMPAIGN 
THEN SHE HAS 
BEEN IN THE 
PREVIOUS ONE. 
>> ALL RIGHT. 
WE ARE ABOUT 15 
SECONDS AWAY 
FROM THE FORMER 
SECOND LADY WHO 
HOPES TO BECOME 
THE FIRST LADY 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES AGAIN 
SPEAKING FROM 
THAT SCHOOL IN 
WILMINGTON. 
AND TO TELL 
LITTLE BIT OF 
THEIR STORY 
TOGETHER AND TO 
KIND OF SET THE 
STAGE FOR A 
NIGHT IN WHICH 
IT WAS ABOUT 
LEADERSHIP AND 
ABOUT PROMOTING 
THIS IDEA OF JOE 
BIDEN AS A GUY 
WHO IS READY ON 
DAY ONE. 
>> PERHAPS THERE 
IS NO BETTER 
CHARACTER 
WITNESS THAN 
SOMEBODY WHO HAS 
SPENT FOUR 
DECADES WITH HIM 
SO LET'S LISTEN 
IN AS DR. JOE 
BIDEN ADDRESSES 
THE CONVENTION. 
>> I HAVE ALWAYS 
LOVED THE SOUNDS 
OF THE 
CLASSROOM. 
THE QUIET THAT 
SPARKS WITH 
POSSIBILITY JUST 
BEFORE STUDENTS 
SHUFFLE IN. 
THE MURMUR OF 
IDEAS BOUNCING 
BACK AND FORTH 
AS WE EXPLORE 
THE WORLD 
TOGETHER. THE 
LAUGHTER AND 
TINY MOMENTS 
THAT SURPRISE YOU
IN THE MATERIALS 
YOU HAVE TAUGHT 
1 MILLION TIMES. 
WHEN I TAUGHT 
ENGLISH HERE AT 
BRANDYWINE HIGH 
SCHOOL, I WOULD 
SPEND MY SUMMER 
PREPARING FOR 
THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
I WAS FILLED 
WITH 
ANTICIPATION BUT 
THIS CLIENT IS 
HEAVY. 
YOU CAN HEAR THE 
ANXIETY THAT 
ECHOES DOWN 
EMPTY HALLWAYS. 
THERE IS NO 
SCENT OF NEW 
NOTEBOOKS OR 
FRESHLY WAXED 
FLOORS. 
-- 
-- ,
THEY ARE NOW 
CONFINED TO 
BOXES ON A 
COMPUTER SCREEN. 
I HEAR IT FROM 
SO MANY OF YOU. 
THE FRUSTRATION 
PARENTS JUGGLING 
WORK WHILE THEY 
SUPPORT THEIR 
CHILDREN'S 
LEARNING, AFRAID 
THEIR KIDS MIGHT 
GET SICK FROM 
SCHOOL. 
THE CONCERN OF 
EVERY PERSON 
WORKING WITHOUT 
ENOUGH 
PROTECTION. 
THE DESPAIR IN 
THE LINES THAT 
STRETCH OUT 
BEFORE FOOD 
BANKS. 
AND THE 
INDESCRIBABLE 
SORROW THAT 
FOLLOWS EVERY 
MOMENT, LAST 
BREATH WHEN THE 
VENTILATOR IS 
TURNED OFF. 
AS A MOTHER AND 
GRANDMOTHER, 
EVERY AMERICAN, 
I AM HEARTBROKEN 
BY THE MAGNITUDE 
OF THIS LOSS, BY 
THE FAILURE TO 
PROTECT OUR 
COMMUNITIES, BY 
EVERY PRECIOUS 
AND 
IRREPLACEABLE 
LIFE GONE. 
LIKE SO MANY OF 
YOU, I AM LEFT 
ASKING, HOW DO I 
KEEP MY FAMILY 
SAFE? 
YOU KNOW, 
MOTHERHOOD CAME 
TO ME IN A WAY I 
NEVER EXPECTED. 
I FELL IN LOVE 
WITH A MAN AND 
TWO LITTLE BOYS 
STANDING IN THE 
WRECKAGE OF 
UNTHINKABLE LOSS.
IN MOURNING OVER 
A WIFE, MOTHER, 
DAUGHTER AND 
SISTER. 
I NEVER IMAGINED 
AT THE AGE OF 26 
I WOULD BE 
ASKING MYSELF, 
HOW DO YOU MAKE 
A BROKEN FAMILY 
WHOLE? STILL, 
JOE ALWAYS TOLD 
THE BOYS, MOMMY 
SENT JILL TO US 
AND HOW COULD I 
ARGUE WITH HER? 
SO WE FIGURED IT 
OUT TOGETHER. 
IN THOSE BIG 
MOMENTS THAT 
WOULD GO BY TOO 
FAST, 
THANKSGIVINGS 
AND STATE 
CHAMPIONSHIPS, 
BIRTHDAYS AND 
WEDDINGS, IN THE 
MUNDANE ONES 
THAT WE DIDN'T 
EVEN KNOW WERE 
SHAPING OUR LIVES
, READING 
STORIES, PILED 
ON THE COUCH, 
ROWDY SUNDAY 
DINNERS AND 
SILLY ARGUMENTS. 
LISTENING TO THE 
SAFE SOUNDS OF 
LAUGHTER THAT 
WOULD FLOW 
DOWNSTAIRS IS 
JOE PUT THE KIDS 
TO BED EVERY 
NIGHT WHILE I 
STUDY FOR GRAD 
SCHOOL OR GRADED 
PAPERS UNDER THE 
PALE YELLOW 
KITCHEN LAMP. 
THE DINNER 
DISHES, WAITING 
IN THE SINK. 
WE FOUND THAT 
LOVE HOLDS A 
FAMILY TOGETHER. 
LOVE MAKES US 
FLEXIBLE AND 
RESILIENT. 
IT ALLOWS US TO 
BECOME MORE THAN 
OURSELVES, 
TOGETHER. 
AND THOUGH IT 
CAN'T PROTECT US 
FROM THE SORROWS 
OF LIFE, IT 
GIVES US REFUGE, 
A HOME. HOW DO 
YOU MAKE A 
BROKEN FAMILY 
WHOLE? 
THE SAME WAY YOU 
MAKE A NATION 
WHOLE. WITH LOVE 
AND UNDERSTANDING
AND WITH SMALL 
ACTS OF KINDNESS
, WITH BRAVERY, 
WITH UNWAVERING 
FAITH. 
YOU SHOW UP FOR 
EACH OTHER IN 
BIG WAYS AND 
SMALL ONES AGAIN 
AND AGAIN. 
IT IS WHAT SO 
MANY OF YOU ARE 
DOING RIGHT NOW 
FOR YOUR LOVED 
ONES, FOR 
COMPLETE 
STRANGERS, FOR 
YOUR COMMUNITIES.
THERE ARE THOSE 
WHO WANT TO TELL 
US THAT OUR 
COUNTRY IS 
HOPELESSLY 
DIVIDED, THAT 
OUR DIFFERENCES 
ARE 
IRRECONCILABLE. 
BUT THAT IS NOT 
WHAT I HAVE SEEN 
OVER THESE LAST 
FEW MONTHS. 
WE ARE COMING 
TOGETHER AND 
HOLDING ONTO 
EACH OTHER. WE 
ARE FINDING 
MERCY AND GRACE 
IN THE MOMENTS 
WE MIGHT HAVE 
ONCE TAKEN FOR 
GRANTED. 
WE ARE SEEING 
THAT OUR 
DIFFERENCES ARE 
PRECIOUS AND OUR 
SIMILARITIES 
INTIMATE. WE 
HAVE SHOWN THAT 
THE HEART OF 
THIS NATION 
STILL BEATS WITH 
KINDNESS AND 
COURAGE. 
THAT IS THE SOUL 
OF AMERICA JOE 
BIDEN IS 
FIGHTING FOR NOW.
AFTER OUR SON, 
BEAU DIED OF 
CANCER, I 
WONDERED IF I 
WOULD EVER SMILE 
OR FEEL JOY 
AGAIN. 
IT WAS SUMMER 
BUT THERE WAS NO 
WARMTH LEFT FOR 
ME. 
FOUR DAYS AFTER 
BEAU'S FUNERAL, 
I WATCHED JOE 
SHAVE AND PUT ON 
HIS SUIT. 
I SAW HIM STILL 
HIMSELF IN THE 
MIRROR, TAKE A 
BREATH, PUT HIS 
SHOULDERS BACK 
AND WALK OUT 
INTO A WORLD 
EMPTY OF OUR SON.
HE WENT BACK TO 
WORK. 
THAT IS JUST WHO 
HE IS. 
THERE ARE TIMES 
WHEN I COULDN'T 
EVEN IMAGINE HOW 
HE DID IT. 
HOW HE PUT ONE 
FOOT IN FRONT OF 
THE OTHER AND 
KEPT GOING. 
BUT I HAVE 
ALWAYS 
UNDERSTOOD WHY 
HE DID IT. 
FOR THE DAUGHTER 
WHO CONVINCES 
HER MOM TO 
FINALLY GET A 
CANCER SCREENING 
AND MISSES WORK 
TO DRIVE HER TO 
THE CLINIC. 
FOR THE 
COMMUNITY 
COLLEGE STUDENT 
WHO IS FACED 
HOMELESSNESS AND 
SURVIVED ABUSE 
BUT FINDS THE 
GRIT TO FINISH 
HER DEGREE AND 
MAKE A GOOD LIFE 
FOR KIDS. 
FOR THE LITTLE 
BOY WHOSE MOM IS 
SERVING AS A 
MARINE IN IRAQ 
WHO PUTS ON A 
BRAVE FACE IN 
HIS VIDEO CALL 
AND DOESN'T 
COMPLAIN WHEN 
THE ONLY THING 
HE WANTS FOR HIS 
BIRTHDAY IS TO 
BE WITH HER. 
FOR ALL THOSE 
PEOPLE, JOE 
GIVES HIS 
PERSONAL PHONE 
NUMBER TWO, AND 
EVENTS. 
THE ONES HE 
TALKS TO FOUR 
HOURS AFTER 
DINNER, HELPING 
THEM SMILE 
THROUGH THEIR 
LOSS. 
LETTING THEM 
KNOW, THAT THEY 
ARE NOT ALONE. 
HE DOES IT FOR 
YOU. 
JOE'S PURPOSE 
HAS ALWAYS 
DRIVEN HIM 
FORWARD. 
HIS STRENGTH OF 
WILL IS 
UNSTOPPABLE AND 
HIS FAITH IS 
UNSHAKABLE. 
BECAUSE IT IS 
NOT HIS 
POLITICIANS OR 
POLITICAL 
PARTIES OR EVEN 
IN HIMSELF. 
IT IS IN THE 
PROVIDENCE OF GOD
, HIS FAITH IS 
IN YOU. 
IN US. 
YES, SO MANY 
CLASSROOMS ARE 
QUIET RIGHT NOW. 
THE PLAYGROUNDS 
ARE STILL. 
BUT IF YOU 
LISTEN CLOSELY, 
YOU CAN HEAR THE 
SPARKS OF CHANGE 
IN THE AIR, 
ACROSS THIS 
COUNTRY, 
EDUCATORS, 
PARENTS, FIRST 
RESPONDERS, 
AMERICANS OF ALL 
WALKS OF LIFE 
ARE PUTTING 
THEIR SHOULDERS 
BACK, FIGHTING 
FOR EACH OTHER, 
WE HAVE NOT 
GIVEN UP. 
WE JUST NEED 
LEADERSHIP 
WORTHY OF OUR 
NATION. 
WORTHY OF YOU. 
HONEST 
LEADERSHIP TO 
BRING US BACK 
TOGETHER, TO 
RECOVER FROM 
THIS PANDEMIC 
AND PREPARE FOR 
WHATEVER ELSE IS 
NEXT. 
LEADERSHIP TO 
REIMAGINE WHAT 
OUR NATION WILL 
BE. THAT IS JOE. 
HE AND, 
LARRAZABAL WORK 
AS HARD AS YOU 
DO, EVERYDAY TO 
MAKE THIS NATION 
BETTER. 
AND IF I HAVE 
THE HONOR OF 
SERVING AS YOUR 
FIRST LADY, I 
WILL, TOO. 
AND WITH JOE AS 
PRESIDENT, THESE 
CLASSROOMS WILL 
RING OUT WITH 
LAUGHTER AND 
POSSIBILITY ONCE 
AGAIN. THE 
BURDENS WE CARRY 
ARE HEAVY. 
AND WE NEED 
SOMEONE WITH 
STRONG 
SHOULDERS. 
I KNOW THAT IF WE
ENTRUST THIS 
NATION TO JOE, 
HE WILL DO FOR 
YOUR FAMILY WHAT 
HE DID FOR HOURS.
BRING US TOGETHER
AND MAKE US 
WHOLE. 
CARRY US FORWARD 
IN OUR TIME OF 
NEED, KEEP THE 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA FOR ALL 
OF US. 
>> HEY, 
EVERYONE. 
I'M JOE BIDEN'S 
HAS BEEN. 
DOUGLAS JOE 
BIDEN'S HAS 
BEEN. 
YOU CAN SEE WHY 
SHE IS THE LOVE 
OF MY LIFE, THE 
ROCK OF OUR 
FAMILY. 
SHE NEVER GIVES 
HERSELF MUCH 
CREDIT BUT THE 
TRUTH IS, SHE IS 
THE STRONGEST 
PERSON I KNOW. 
SHE HAS A 
BACKGROUND 
BACKBONE LIKE A 
REMERON. 
SHE LOVES DEEPLY 
AND CARES DEEPLY 
AND NOTHING 
STOPS HER WHEN 
SHE SETS HER 
MIND INTO 
GETTING 
SOMETHING RIGHT. 
FOR ALL OF YOU 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY JUST 
THINK OF YOUR 
FAVORITE 
EDUCATOR WHO 
GAVE YOU THE 
CONFIDENCE TO 
BELIEVE IN 
YOURSELF. 
THAT IS THE KIND 
OF FIRST LADY, 
LADY, LADY THIS 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
BE. 
GODMOTHER THE 
GOD LOVE YOU. 
>> THANK YOU ALL 
FOR WATCHING. 
I WILL SEE YOU 
SOON. 
THANK YOU. 
>> JOE BIDEN HAD 
ONLY A FEW WORDS 
TO SAY TO THE 
NATION TONIGHT. 
>> HE SAID IT 
THREE TIMES, 
LADY, LADY, LADY.
PLENTY OF WORDS 
TO CONGRATULATE 
HIS WIFE, JILL 
BIDEN ON HER 
REMARKS, VERY 
DEEPLY PERSONAL 
REMARKS ABOUT 
THEIR JOURNEY 
TOGETHER. 
>> SHE WAS A 
CHARACTER 
WITNESS AND TOLD 
ABOUT THE 
HEARTBREAK THAT 
THEIR FAMILY HAS 
BEEN THROUGH NOT 
ONCE BUT TWICE 
AND TALKED ABOUT 
IT AND MADE THAT 
A METAPHOR FOR 
WHAT SHE SAYS 
THE COUNTRY IS 
GOING THROUGH 
AND HOW YOU PUT 
A COUNTRY BACK 
TOGETHER SO DR. 
JILL BIDEN 
MAKING HER 
ADDRESS TO THE 
CONVENTION 
TONIGHT, A CAMEO 
FROM HER 
HUSBAND, JOE 
BIDEN AND 
NOMINEE WILL 
MAKE HIS SPEECH, 
OF COURSE, 
THURSDAY NIGHT. 
>>> A QUICK 
BREAK AND WE 
WILL BAKE -- BE 
BACK WITH SOME 
THOUGHTS AND A 
LOOK AHEAD FOR 
WHAT YOU CAN 
EXPECT. 
>>> THIS 
MORNING, ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, 
WHAT THE NEW 
NORMAL FOR 
SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
ARE FACING TOUGH 
CHOICES BETWEEN 
THE JOBS ARE 
LOST AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
>> DO I TAKE 
CARE OF MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB? 
MAKE YOUR 
CREATING A 
COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
>>> THIS IS A 
MOMENT WE CAN 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES AND 
DEVELOP OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISSES 
MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY 
>>> YOU'RE ARE 
RESILIENT.WATCHING 
NBC NEWS NOW. 
>> WE'VE GOT 
SOME BREAKING 
NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE, WEEKDAYS, 
STARTING AT 6 AM 
EASTERN. 
>>> A SURGEON 
INFECTIONS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> THE STORY. 
>> TONIGHT U.S. 
SHARING THE 
RECORD FOR THE 
MOST COVID-19 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THAT KIDS WHO 
HAVE BEEN TOLD 
THEY WOULD BE 
HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
WON'T BE ABLE TO 
CATCH UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THIS WILL 
BRING UP CHANGE? 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTEST 
EXPECTED. 
>>> DO YOU THINK 
THAT THE ELITE 
IN THIS COUNTRY 
ARE UNDER ATTACK?
>> NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS WITH LESTER 
HOLT. 
>> A COUNTRY 
REELING FROM A 
PANDEMIC AND 
RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
THE STORY 
CHANGES OUR 
HOURLY. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO SCHOOL IS 
SINKING IN AMONG 
FAMILIES 
DEBATING THE 
SAFETY OF IT. 
>> IT IS THE 
11th HOUR. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND TESTING 
CAPABILITIES. 
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE PRESENT 
POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>>> THE MOMENT 
TO TRULY 
UNDERSTAND WHO 
WE ARE AND WHO 
WE SAY WE ARE 
HIS RIGHT HERE 
ON OUR FEET. 
>>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE A 
LITTLE 
DIFFERENT. 
>> INSTEAD OF 
ONE ELECTION 
DAY, WE NOW HAVE 
POLLING. 
>> THAT SPECIAL 
TIME OF YEAR WHEN
ELECTIONS CAN 
BEGIN WEEKS 
BEFORE. 
>> HOW, WHEN AND 
WHERE TO CAST 
YOUR BALLOT 
DEPENDS ON YOUR 
STATE. 
>> BE PREPARED. 
THIS YEAR, PLAN 
YOUR VOTE. 
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>>> THAT IS A 
REP FOR NIGHT 
TWO OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
LET'S GO TO 
CHUCK TODD. 
WHAT IS YOUR 
TAKE? 
>> TONIGHT WE 
WERE SAYING IS 
THIS GOING TO BE 
THE NIGHT THAT 
MAKE THE CASE 
FOR JOE BIDEN? 
TODAY WAS, WILL 
USE YOUR WORDS, 
SHE WAS A 
CHARACTERISTIC 
THIS, JOE BIDEN, 
SO WAS CHUCK 
ENGEL, COLE 
McCULLOUGH, 
CINDY McCAIN, 
JOHN McCAIN, 
LATE ON FILM, 
THEY DID WHAT 
THEY WANTED TO 
DO WHICH WAS PUT 
SOME CHARACTER 
ON JOE BIDEN. 
>> HIS 
APPEARANCES 
TONIGHT, HOW DID 
THEY GO OVER? 
MIGHT I THINK 
THOSE TO ME WERE 
JUST LIKE IN 
SOME WAYS WHAT 
YOU WOULD 
EXPECT, RIGHT? 
ENOUGH TO SORT 
OF TEASE AND BE 
A PRESENCE BUT 
NOT ENOUGH TO 
TAKE AWAY FROM 
THURSDAY NIGHT. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
CHUCK, WE WILL 
SEE YOU TOMORROW 
NIGHT. 
THAT IS GOING TO 
DO IT FOR DAY 
TWO OF THIS 
CONVENTION LIKE 
NEVER BEFORE, 
HAS COME TO AN 
END. 
TOMORROW NIGHT, 
DEMOCRATS 
RATIFIED JOE 
BIDEN'S CHOICE 
OF KAMALA HARRIS 
AS HIS RUNNING 
MATE AS SHE HAS 
HER BIG MOMENT 
WITH A PRIMETIME 
SPEECH AND WE 
WILL HEAR FROM 
THE MAN WHO 
CHOSE BIDEN AS 
HIS VICE 
PRESIDENT, 
FORMER PRESIDENT 
BARACK OBAMA AND 
THEN ON THURSDAY 
NIGHT, THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE FOR 
PRESIDENT, JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> WE ARE GOING 
TO BE HERE EVERY 
NIGHT COVERING 
IT. 
JOIN ME TOMORROW 
BRIGHT AND 
EARLY. 
TODAY'S SHOW WE 
HAVE A LIVE 
INTERVIEW WITH 
TONIGHT'S 
HEADLINER, DR. 
JILL BIDEN. 
LESTER AND I 
WILL SEE YOU 
TOMORROW NIGHT 
BUT FOR RIGHT 
NOW FROM ALL OF 
US AT NBC NEWS, 
THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US 
TONIGHT. 
WE ARE GLAD 
YOU'RE WITH US. 
TONIGHT. 
