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>>> AMERICA'S COVID CRISIS, FIVE
STATES SHATTERING DEATH TOLL 
RECORDS, CASES SURGING ON 
COLLEGE CAMPUSES WHILE THE CDC 
IS OUT WITH AN ALARMING NEW 
STUDY ABOUT THE ADULTS THAT 
GREATER RISK.
FEELING THE HEAT, AT LEAST 94 
WILDFIRES BURNING IN THE WEST 
WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES.
NATION ON THE BRINK.
OR ON THE GROUND.
AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 
PROTESTERS CALL FOR NEW 
ELECTIONS IN BELARUS.
>>> AND WHILE MANY EXPECTED HAVE
JOE BIDEN TO PICK KAMALA HARRIS 
AS HIS RUNNING MAIL -- 
>> MILWAUKEE NOT EXACTLY HAVING 
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION PARTY IT
THOUGHT IT WOULD THE VOTERS IN 
THAT SWING STATE ARE BEING HEARD
NONETHELESS. 
>>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I'M 
LINSEY DAVIS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING 
WITH US.
2020 HAS BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED 
YEAR TO SAY THE LEAST.
IT LIKELY COMES AS NO SURPRISE 
THE START OF THE PAERJ PARTY 
CONVENTIONS WILL BE UNLIKE 
ANYTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY IN RECENT
MONTHS ARE ALLOWING AMERICANS TO
CONNECT BY VIDEO FASTER THAN 
EVER, SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PUT
TO THE TEST TONIGHT IN THE 
NATION'S FIRST DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS THE GOAL 
OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE DNC WILL 
BE TO TRY TO PRESENT A UNIFIED 
FRONT IN A CONVINCING CASE 
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY CONCERNS 
CONTINUE TO MOUNT ABOUT THE 
ELECTION ITSELF.
AND HOW OUR VOTES WILL BE CAST 
WITH THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE AT 
THE CENTER OF A GROWING NATIONAL
DEBATE OVER MAIL-IN VOTING.
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI IS 
OFFICIALLY CALLING LAWMAKERS 
BACK FROM THEIR AUGUST RECESS 
LATER THIS WEEK TO ADDRESS 
SERVICE CUTBACKS AND SLOWDOWNS 
THAT ARE RAISING ALARMS.
LOTS TO GET TO TONIGHT, BUT WE 
BEGIN WITH DEVIN DWYER AND THE 
PROBLEMS AT THE POSTAL SERVICE 
AS AMERICANS PREPARE TO VOTE BY 
MAIL IN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT THE 
POLITICAL BATTLE OVER THE POSTAL
SERVICE IS RAISING ANXIETY ON 
THE FRONT LINES. 
>> I'M PRETTY NERVOUS.
PEOPLE RELY ON US TO GET THEM 
THEIR BALLOTS AND IF WE'RE NOT 
GETTING OUR BALLOTS BECAUSE 
THEY'RE NOT SENT FROM THE PLANT 
THAT'S -- THAT REFLECTS POORLY 
ON US. 
>> Reporter: AS MANY AS 100 
MILLION MAIL BALLOTS COULD FLOOD
THE POSTAL SYSTEM STARTING NEXT 
MONTH, AN ALL-TIME RECORD AND 
THREE TIMES AS MANY AS 2016. 
>> WE ARE IN THE ILL EQUIPPED 
FOR THIS, WE HANDLE CHRISTMAS 
VOLUMES, WE'VE HANDLED THE COVID
VOLUMES, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH
THE ADDITIONAL LETTER MAIL FOR 
BALLOTS, WE CAN DO THIS. 
>> GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT 
DELIVERY DELAYS SNOWBALLING 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
>> IT SEEMS TO BE THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE POSAL SYSTEM. 
>> BEHIND THE SLOWDOWNS AN 
OVERHAUL OF POST OFFICE 
OPERATIONS SET INTO MOTION THIS 
SUMMER BY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PICK
TO RUN THE AGENCY. 
>> OUR FINANCIAL POSITION IS 
DIRE, IF WE WANT TO BE VIABLE IN
THE LONG TERM IT'S IMPERATIVE 
FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE TO 
OPERATE EFFICIENTLY AND 
EFFECTIVELY. 
>> LOUIS DEJOY IS A MAJOR 
REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISER WITH NO 
EXPERIENCE.
HE RESAY SIGNED NEARLY TWO DOZEN
TOP LEADERS, IMPOSED A HIRING 
FREEZE AND ELIMINATING OVERTIME 
PAY AND SECOND TRIPS BY 
CARRIERS, THAT MAKE SURE 
DELIVERIES STAY ON SCHEDULE. 
>> THANKS FOR DRIVING DOWN -- 
>> Reporter: CRITICS SAY THE 
MOVES AMOUNT TO POLITICAL 
SABOTAGE. 
>> THE TIMING OF ALL OF THIS 
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
WE ARE LITERALLY WEEKS AWAY FROM
THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 
AND WE HAVE AN AGENCY THAT IS 
PLAYING AN OUTSIZED ROLE IN THIS
ELECTION UNDERGOING TREMENDOUS 
CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION.
THAT IS DISRUPTING MAIL DELIVERY
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
FROM BOTH PARTIES ARE DEMANDING 
ANSWERS.
AND THAT DEJOY PUT HIS POSTAL 
SERVICE OVERHAUL ON HOLD. 
>> THERE'S NO DOUBT THE POSTAL 
SERVICE HAS LONG-TERM FINANCIAL 
CHALLENGES.
AND THOSE DO NEED TO BE DEALT 
WITH.
BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE 
CUTTING BACK SERVICES.
>> Reporter: TOP DEMOCRATS 
BREAKING FROM THEIR AUGUST 
RECESS, WANT DEJOY TO TESTIFY 
PUBLICLY BEFORE CONGRESS NEXT 
WEEK.
SAYING IN A LETTER, YOUR 
TESTIMONY IS PARTICULARLY 
URGENT. 
>> HE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL IF AFTER 
ALL THIS DESTRUCTION HE CAN'T 
ANSWER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 
WHAT HE IS DOING.
>> Reporter: DEJOY DENIES ANY 
POLITICAL MOTIVES SAYING THIS 
MONTH THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS 
AMPLE CAPACITY TO DELIVER ALL 
ELECTION MAIL SECURELY AND ON 
TIME, AND WE WILL DO SO.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
UNRELENTING AND BASELESS ATTACKS
ARE FUELING CONCERNS. 
>> HE WANTS TO MAKE THE POST 
OFFICE GREAT AGAIN.
THE POST OFFICE IS A 
CATASTROPHE.
THEY HAVE OLD EQUIPMENT, VERY 
OLD EQUIPMENT.
AND I DON'T THINK THE POST 
OFFICE IS PREPARED FOR A THING 
LIKE THIS.
THE POSTAL SERVICE IS A JOKE.
>> Reporter: THE POSTAL SERVICE 
REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED 
INSTITUTIONS IN AMERICA, UNION 
LEADERS ACCUSE THE PRESIDENT OF 
TRYING TO CHANGE THAT. 
>> THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF 
CAPACITY.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF ANY 
FRAUD.
IT'S A QUESTION OF HOW FAST THE 
MAIL MOVES THROUGH THE SYSTEM. 
>> Reporter: COMPOUNDING THE 
PROBLEM, SOME STATE ELECTION 
OFFICES HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY
THE SURGE IN BALLOT 
APPLICATIONS, LEADING TO 
PROCESSING DELAYS.
PRIMARY VOTERS IN SEVERAL STATES
THIS SPRING COMPLAIN THEY NEVER 
GOT A MAIL BALLOT IN TIME. 
>> NOBODY IN WISCONSIN, OR FOR 
THAT MATTER IN THE COUNTRY 
SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 
THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE AND THEIR --
>> Reporter: THE POSTAL SERVICE 
SENT LETTERS TO 46 STATES LAST 
MONTH WARNING THAT THEIR 
DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING AND 
CASTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE TOO 
TIGHT AND SOME MIGHT NOT GET 
COUNTED.
FOR MOST AMERICANS RETURNING A 
COMPLETED MAIL BALLOT BEFORE 
NOVEMBER 3rd IS CRITICAL.
32 STATES DISQUALIFY BALLOTS 
RECEIVED AFTER ELECTION DAY.
EVEN IF THEY WERE POSTMARKED 
BEFORE. 
>> THE POSTAL SERVICE RECOMMENDS
YOU MAIL YOUR BALLOT BACK AT 
LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE 
DEADLINE, BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
AND WE KNOW THAT ALMOST HALF THE
STATES ALLOW YOU TO REQUEST A 
BALLOT.
AFTER THAT TIME.
IN FACT, THERE'S SEVEN STATES 
THAT ALLOW YOU TO REQUEST IT ON 
MONDAY.
FOR TUESDAY'S ELECTION.
AND THAT'S JUST NOT PRACTICAL.
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL 
A DEADLINE DOESN'T MEAN YOU 
SHOULD.
>> Reporter: ELECTION ADVOCATES 
SAY EVEN ISOLATED PROCESSING OR 
DELIVERY DELAYS INVOLVING MAIL 
BALLOTS THIS FALL COULD HAVE A 
BIG IMPACT. 
>> ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WE'RE 
SEEING ELECTIONS THAT ARE VERY 
CLOSE AND HOTLY CONTESTED.
AND ELECTIONS THAT ARE OFTEN 
DECIDED BY VERY SMALL MARGINS.
SO EVERY VOTE HAS GOT TO COUNT. 
>> AND WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE THE
PANDEMIC ISN'T MAKING THINGS ANY
EASIER FOR CARRIERS. 
>> THEY'RE WORKING IN EXTREME 
HEAT.
THEY'RE WORKING AT A 
DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE
OF STAFF. 
>> Reporter: CHELSEA KATCART IS 
ONE OF THREE CARRIERS IN FRY, 
BURG, MAINE, WONDERING HOW THE 
CHANGES WILL IMPACT HER JOB. 
>> IT'S BEEN GOING SINCE THE 
1700s.
I'M JUST HERE KA CARRIER, WE 
TEND TO RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY 
THAN LESS EFFICIENTLY.
THERE'S NO POINT IN MAKING MAJOR
CHANGES WHEN PEOPLE ARE RELYING 
US TO DO THE SAME THING EVERY 
DAY FROM HERE TILL NOVEMBER. 
>> Reporter: HER MESSAGE, THOSE 
MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE IN GOOD 
HANDS. 
>> EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I'M OUT CARRYING PEOPLE'S 
MEDICATION, I'M DELIVERING THE 
CHECKS FOR WHEN THE PANDEMIC 
FIRST STARTED.
THEY TRUSTED US TO DO THAT, THEY
SHOULD TRUST US TO UPHOLD 
ELECTION INTEGRITY. 
>> DEVIN DWYER JOINS US NOW.
LATE TODAY WE GOT WORD WE'RE 
GOING TO HEAR FROM THE 
POSTMASTER GENERAL PUBLICLY ON 
ALL THIS. 
>> WE SURE ARE, GENERAL LOUIS 
DEJOY SAID LATE TODAY HE HAS 
AGREED TO DEMOCRATS' DEMANDS TO 
TESTIFY NEXT WEEK, LAWMAKERS ON 
THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE 
WILL GRILL HIM ON THOSE SERVICE 
CHANGES.
AND DELIVERY DELAYS AND HOUSE 
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAYS 
DEMOCRATS WILL GO EVEN FURTHER 
THIS WEEKEND CONVENING TO VOTE 
ON A BILL THAT WOULD ORDER THE 
POSTAL SERVICE TO ROLL BACK 
THOSE CHANGES AT LEAST THROUGH 
THE ELECTION. 
>> AND WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT 
THOSE IMAGES, TRUCKLOADS OF 
REMOVED BLUE MAILBOXES THAT 
POPPED UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN 
RECENT DAYS, SO MANY SAW THEM AS
A SIGN THAT THE SERVICE WAS 
TRYING TO NEFARIOUSLY REMOVE 
COLLECTION POINTS, WHAT'S THE 
POSTAL SERVICE SAYING ABOUT 
THAT?
>> IT WAS JARRING TO SEE THOSE 
IMAGES OF THE ICONIC BLUE 
MAILBOXES BEING TRUCKED AWAY IN 
MANY SPOTS, SOME THOUGHT PERHAPS
IT WAS PART OF A PLOT TO MAKE 
DELIVERING THE BALLOTS EVEN 
HARDER.
THE SERVICE TELLS ME THIS IS 
ROUTINE.
EVERY YEAR THEY WEED OUT 
UNDERUSED AND UNDERPERFORMING 
COLLECTION BOXES.
IN LIGHT OF THE CORONAVNTROVERS 
THEY'VE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL 
CEASE REMOVAL OF THOSE BLUE 
MAILBOXES. 
>> THANKS FOR YOUR REPORTING, 
DEVIN DWYER. 
>>> A SHORT TIME AWAY FROM THE 
KICKOFF TO THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION, TONIGHT THE
DEMOCRATS HOPING TO MAKE THE 
CASE THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE RIGHT
PERSON TO LEAD THE COUNTRY 
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND THE 
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE FOR MOVEMENT 
THROUGH RACIAL JUSTICE.
HE'LL BE JOINED WITH KEY 
SPEECHES FROM FORMER FIRST LADY 
MICHELLE OBAMA, 2020 RIVAL 
BERNIE SANDERS AND WE'LL HEAR 
FROM SEVERAL REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS
NOW BACKING BIDEN.
MAY MARY BRUCE HAS THE LATEST AS
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION GETS 
UNDER WAY. 
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS HOURS 
AWAY FROM A CONVENTION LIKE NONE
OTHER, A FIRST GLIMPSE AT THE 
NIGHT'S HEADLINER. 
>> I KNOW JOE.
HE IS A PROFOUNDLY DECENT MAN, 
GUIDED BY FAITH.
>> Reporter: THE DNC RELEASING 
PART OF MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
PRE-RECORDED ADDRESS, THE FORMER
FIRST LADY SAYING JOE BIDEN HAS 
WHAT IT TAKES TO LEAD. 
>> HE WILL TELL THE TRUTH.
AND TRUST SCIENCE.
HE WILL MAKE SMART PLANS AND 
MANAGE A GOOD TEAM.
AND HE WILL GOVERN AS SOMEONE 
WHO'S LIVED A LIFE THAT THE REST
OF US CAN RECOGNIZE.
>> Reporter: FOUR YEARS AGO THE 
PARTY WAS BITTERLY DIVIDED.
NOW THEY'RE EAGER TO SHOW A 
UNITED FRONT. 
>> I THINK THERE IS OVERWHELMING
UNDERSTANDING THAT DONALD TRUMP 
MUST BE DEFEATED, BIDEN MUST BE 
ELECTED. 
>> Reporter: BERNIE SANDERS WILL
SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT SO WILL 
SEVERAL PROMINENT REPUBLICANS, 
INCLUDING FORMER OHIO GORN JOHN 
KASICH, THE GOAL, TO SHOW THAT 
BIDEN CAN SPEAK TO ALL 
AMERICANS, NOT JUST DEMOCRATS.
THE PRESIDENT IS 
COUNTERPROGRAMMING.
THOUGH DEMOCRATS ARE NOT IN 
WISCONSIN AS PLANNED, TRUMP IS. 
>> THEY'RE MAKING SPEECHES THAT 
ARE -- WHO WANTS TO LISTEN TO 
MICHELLE OBAMA DO A TAPED 
SPEECH.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE HER GET UP 
THERE. 
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS BELIEVE 
VOTERS WILL CONNECT WITH 
MESSAGES LIKE THIS. 
>> JOE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO 
STRUGGLE WHY HE GIVES HIS 
PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER FOR KIDS 
OVERCOMING A STUTTER OF THEIR 
OWN.
HIS LIFE IS A TESTAMENT TO 
GETTING BACK UP.
AND HE IS GOING TO CHANNEL THAT 
SAME GRIT AND PASSION TO PICK US
ALL UP. 
>> WE'LL BE HEARING LOTS MORE 
FROM MICHELLE OBAMA TONIGHT AS 
WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER PROMINENT 
VOICES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
UR THANKS TO MARY BRUCE FOR 
THAT. 
>>> AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT'S 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 
INS TO BRING IN FLORIDA 
CONGRESSWOMAN VALDEMINGS, ON 
JOE BIDEN'S SHORT LIST OF 
POTENTIAL RUNNING MATES, AND 
PLAYED A ROLE IN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AND 
THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD 
ORLANDO'S POLICE DEPARTMENT, 
THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, 
CONGRESSWOMAN. 
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. 
>> SO THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE A 
CONVENTION UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
WHAT DO DEMOCRATS NEED TO DO IN 
ORDER TO SPEAK TO ALL AMERICANS 
AND NOT JUST THEIR OWN PARTY?
>> THIS IS A NIGHT WE HAVE ALL 
BEEN WAITING FOR.
WE KNOW THAT OUR NATION IS 
BROKEN.
I JUST DON'T THINK THE CURRENT 
OCCUPANT OF THE WHITE HOUSE GETS
THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH REAL 
PEOPLE, REAL FAMILIES, REAL 
ISSUES, AND REAL CONSEQUENCES.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE QUITE 
FRANKLY TIRED OF THE PRESIDENT'S
UNJUST AND INHUMANE POLICIES, 
AND, YOU KNOW, HE SOLD -- 
DIVISION, AND SO MANY THINGS 
GOING ON IN OUR NATION RIGHT 
NOW, PUBLIC HEALTH PANDEMIC, 
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK 
AND TONIGHT'S THEME IS ABOUT 
UNITY, WE THE PEOPLE.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE 
LINEUP OF SPEAKERS TONIGHT 
STARTING WITH OUR FORMER FIRST 
LADY MICHELLE OBAMA, IT IS ABOUT
BRINGING OUR NATION TOGETHER AND
OUR PARTY TOGETHER, FOLLOWED BY 
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, MAJORITY
WHIP CLYBURN.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT MESSAGE AND WE
HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM WITH JOE 
BIDEN AND SENATOR HARRIS, I'M 
EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT BUT MORE 
EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE 
HOLDS FOR OUR NATION. 
>> I SEE THAT YOU ARE ALREADY IN
YOUR BLUE, DRESSED UP IN THE 
BLUE FOR TONIGHT.
THERE'S BEEN BACKLASH AS YOU 
KNOW OVER THE DECISION TO INVITE
PROMINENT REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS, 
NAMELY FORMER OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN
KASICH AND CHRISTINE TODD 
WHITMAN.
WHAT WILL THESE REPUBLICAN 
VOICES ADD TO THE PROGRAM AND IN
YOUR ESTIMATION ARE THERE 
DOWNSIDES TO INCLUDING THEM?
>> WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
AS YOU WELL KNOW I SERVED AS ONE
OF THE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS AND 
AS I THINK BACK TO THE 
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL I DO BELIEVE 
THAT WE PRESENTED AN 
OVERWHELMING CASE THAT WAS CLEAR
AND CONVINCING AGAINST THE 
PRESIDENT.
WE KNOW HOW THAT TRIAL TURNED 
OUT.
BUT WE DID HAVE ONE REPUBLICAN 
WHO STOOD UP, I BELIEVE, AND DID
THE RIGHT THING.
I BELIEVE TONIGHT IS JUST A 
DEMONSTRATION OF HOW BROKEN OUR 
NATION IS UNDER THIS PRESIDENT'S
FAILED POLICIES.
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER A FEW 
MONTHS AGO WHEN WE WERE DEALING 
WITH CIVIL UNREST IN ALL 50 
STATES AND AMERICA WAS ON FIRE.
AS I WATCHED THE PRESIDENT AND 
LISTENED TO HIM I FELT LIKE HE 
WAS WALKING AROUND WITH A 
GASOLINE CAN AND JUST CONTINUING
TO SOW DISCORD AS OPPOSED TO 
UNIFYING OUR NATION.
SO I BELIEVE TONIGHT, NUMBER 
ONE, THAT WE HAVE REPUBLICANS 
WHO I THINK ARE DEMONSTRATING 
THAT THEY LOVE THIS COUNTRY 
ENOUGH TO STEP UP AND STAND UP 
FOR THE MAN AND THE TEAM THAT 
THEY BELIEVE CAN UNIFY OR 
COUNTRY AND DEAL WITH SOME OF 
THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUES THAT WE
ARE FACING.
SO QUITE FRANKLY THIS IS WHAT 
AMERICA LOOKS LIKE.
IT IS TIME TO BRING OUR NATION 
TOGETHER AND TONIGHT WOULD BE A 
NICE KICKOFF OF DOING JUST THAT.
>> OF COURSE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS
TONIGHT, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THAT HE'LL
BE ABLE TO HELP MOBILIZE THE 
PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE PARTY IN
ORDER TO SUPPORT THE 
BIDEN/HARRIS TICKET?
>> I AM EXCITED ABOUT SENATOR 
SANDERS SPEAKING TONIGHT AND, 
YOU KNOW, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW
HE AND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MET,
SENATOR SANDERS PUT HIS SUPPORT 
BEHIND VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.
SO I THINK IT'S YET A GREAT SIGN
OF HOW OUR PARTY IS UNIFYING.
WHILE WE COME FROM DIFFERENT 
PLACES AND DIFFERENT SPACES, AND
SOMETIMES DIFFERENT OPINIONS 
ABOUT CERTAIN LEGISLATION AND 
POLICIES, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE 
ALL SUPPORT AN AGENDA -- THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
BASICALLY, EVERY BOY, GIRL, MAN 
AND WOMAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED, 
SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH 
CARE, QUALITY EDUCATION, 
HOUSING, WE'RE DEALING WITH A 
PUBLIC HEALTH PANDEMIC SO THERE 
ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE 
GOING ON.
I BELIEVE EVERY PERSON ON THIS 
STAGE TONIGHT, OF COURSE 
INCLUDING BERNIE SANDERS, 
SUPPORTS THAT AGENDA AND I'M 
EXCITED ABOUT HEARING WHAT HE 
HAS TO SAY. 
>> YOU, OF COURSE, HAD A LONG 
CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AS DID
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS, A FORMER 
PROSECUTOR.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT MORE 
AMERICANS FAVOR TRUMP OVER BIDEN
WHEN IT COMES TO STOPPING CRIME 
ACCORDING TO A NEW ABC NEWS 
"WASHINGTON POST" POLL AND HOW 
CAN A BIDEN CAMPAIGN INSPIRE 
MORE CONFIDENCE ON THIS ISSUE IS
THIS. 
>> WELL, I THINK WE KNOW, IF WE 
HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO 
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, YOU KNOW, 
MY HUSBAND LIKES TO SAY THE BEST
INDICATOR OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE 
IS TO LOOK AT PAST PERFORMANCE 
AND WE KNOW VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN'S WORK AS IT DEALS WITH 
KEEPING ALL COMMUNITIES SAFE.
AS A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICER ONE THING I CLEARLY 
UNDERSTAND IS THAT EVERY 
COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF THE 
COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, THEIR 
ETHNIC BACKGROUND, THEIR 
ECONOMIC BASE, WANTS TO LIVE IN 
A SAFE COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW THAT AGENDA THAT VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN CARES ABOUT AND 
I'M EXCITED, AS A FORMER LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND A POLICE
CHIEF OF SUPPORTING THIS TEAM, 
AND HELPING TO GO AROUND THE 
COUNTRY AND DO WHAT I CAN TO 
TALK ABOUT WHAT SAFE 
COMMUNITIES, WHAT SAFE 
NEIGHBORHOODS, WHAT SAFE CITIES 
LOOKS LIKE IN THIS COUNTRY. 
>> CONGRESSWOMAN, LAST QUESTION,
JUST WANT TO GET A SENSE FROM 
YOU, HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO YOU
THAT BIDEN ACTUALLY PICK A BLACK
WOMAN FOR THE TICKET?
>> WHEN I WAS ASKED THIS 
QUESTION EARLIER I WAS SUPER 
EXCITED ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN MAKING THE COMMITMENT TO 
SELECT A WOMAN, NO QUESTIONS 
ASKED, BECAUSE SURELY I DO 
BELIEVE IT'S TIME.
BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, YOU 
KNOW, EVERY ELECTION WE ALWAYS 
SAY THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE THE 
BACKBONE OF THE PARTY.
WE'VE SEEN THE LONG LINES, 
CERTAINLY, IN ALABAMA WITH 
THE -- DOUG JONES AND OTHERS, 
WE'VE SEEN BLACK WOMEN AS THE 
MOST RELIABLE VOTING BLOC IN OUR
PARTY.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 
COMMITMENT, THE DEDICATION, THE 
OVERWHELMING SUPPORT, I DO 
BELIEVE IT WAS TIME TO ADD A 
BLACK WOMAN TO THE TICKET AND 
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SENATOR
HARRIS.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE 
WITH THIS TEAM. 
>> CONGRESSWOMAN DEMINGS WE 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
>> THANK YOU.
>>> TURNING NOW TO THE FIGHT TO 
CONTAIN COVID-19 AND THE DEBATE 
OVER REOPENING SCHOOLS.
TONIGHT A MAJOR REVERSAL AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT 
CHAPEL HILL, JUST ONE WEEK INTO 
CLASSES.
THIS AS THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED 
CASES TOPS 5.4 MILLION AND NOW 
MORE THAN 170,000 AMERICAN LIVES
HAVE BEEN LOST.
OUR TOM YAMAS REPORTS. 
>>> A STUNNING REVERSAL AT ONE 
OF THE COUNTRY'S TOP 
UNIVERSITIES, UNC CHAPEL HILL 
ANNOUNCES AFTER JUST ONE WEEK OF
SCHOOL A COVID OUTBREAK IS 
FORCING THEM TO CANCEL IN-PERSON
CLASSES, THE APPARENT CHALLENGE 
FACING SOME UNIVERSITIES WHEN 
STUDENTS RETURN TO CAMPUS SO DO 
THE PARTIES, LIKE THIS CROWDED 
OFFCAMPUS GATHERING NEAR NORTH 
CAROLINA STATE IN RALEIGH.
THE UNIVERSITY LOOKING INTO THE 
SITUATION.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA 
WARNING STUDENTS, AFTER SCENES 
LIKE THIS NEAR CAMPUS.
AND NOW AN ENTIRE OKLAHOMA STATE
UNIVERSITY SORORITY HOUSE IN 
QUARANTINE, AFTER NEARLY TWO 
DOZEN MEMBERS TESTED POSITIVE.
IT'S A WAKEUP CALL AMID THE 
DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER TO REOPEN 
SCHOOLS.
ABC NEWS GETTING A FIRSTHAND 
LOOK AT HOW NEW YORK CITY PLANS 
TO SAFELY TEACH CHILDREN IN THE 
PANDEMIC.
FROM THESE ELECTROSTATIC 
SPRAYERS TO REDESIGNED 
CLASSROOMS.
WHEN SCHOOL STARTS FOR NEW YORK 
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS 
THEY'RE GOING TO NOTICE TWO 
THINGS THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT 
FROM THE MOMENT THEY GET INTO 
THEIR CLASSROOMS, THE FIRST, 
LESS DESKS, JUST 11 IN THIS ONE 
ALONE AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 
THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST TWO
WINDOWS OPEN, THIS IS ACROSS THE
CITY AND EVEN IN THE WINTER.
IT'S ONE EASY AND NATURAL WAY 
THEY SAY THAT CAN CIRCULATE 
FRESH AIR.
NEW YORK CITY IS OPENING ITS 
SCHOOLS DESPITE PROTESTS FROM 
THE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS 
UNION.
AT PS-532 PRINCIPAL KEVIN WOL 
SAYS THEY'LL BE READY. 
>> WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT?
>> I TAKE THE SAFETY OF 
EVERYBODY IN MY COMMUNITY REALLY
SERIOUSLY AND IN SPITE OF MY 
CONFIDENCE IN THIS PLAN THERE 
IS, OF COURSE, THE REALITY THAT 
THIS IS A SCARY AND UNKNOWN 
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: NEW YORK STATE HAS 
SEEN A COVID-19 INFECTION RATE 
BELOW 1% FOR THE TENTH STRAIGHT 
DAY BUT IN CALIFORNIA THEY'RE 
STILL SEEING AN INCREASING RATE 
IN POSITIVITY AND A RISE IN 
CASES.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN LOS ANGELES 
GOING ALL REMOTE FOR NOW AND 
OFFICIALS ANNOUNCING A PLAN TO 
REGULARLY TEST ALL STUDENTS AND 
STAFF AS WELL AS FOR FAMILY 
MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO TEST 
POSITIVE OR HAVE SYMPTOMS.
THE PROGRAM COSTING THE SECOND 
LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE 
COUNTRY NEARLY $240 MILLION. 
>> WE CAN ISOLATE JUST A FEW 
CASES AND KEEP OTHERS FROM THE 
HARM, THE VIRUS CAUSES, IT WILL 
BE WORTH IT. 
>> THESE EFFORTS AS THE NATION'S
TOP PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS 
WARNING NOW IS THE TIME TO GET 
THE PANDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
DR. DEBORAH BIRX SAYING SHE 
WISHES THE COUNTRY LOCKDOWN LIKE
ITALY DID EARLIER IN THE 
PANDEMIC. 
>> WE'VE LEARNED WHAT AMERICANS 
WERE WILLING TO DO IN COMBATTING
THE VIRUS.
AMERICANS DON'T REACT WELL TO 
THAT KIND OF PROHIBITION. 
>> SUCH A NEVER RACKING TIME FOR
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES RIGHT NOW.
TOM JOINS US, AND TONIGHT 
THERE'S NEW INFORMATION FROM THE
CDC ABOUT JUST HOW MANY 
AMERICANS WITH ACTUALLY AT 
GREATER RISK. 
>> Reporter: IT'S REALLY A SAD 
REALITY ABOUT AMERICANS, THE CDC
PUBLISHING THE STUDY SAYING THAT
NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS SUFFER 
FROM THOSE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS
THAT MAKE COVID-19 SO DEADLY, 
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEART 
DISEASE, LUNG DISEASE, OBESITY, 
DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND 
CANCER.
WE KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT AND YOU
GET COVID-19 THE SITUATION 
BECOMES SO MUCH MORE DIRE. 
>> TOM, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
REPORTING. 
>>> NOW TO THE EXTREME HEAT IN 
THE WEST, FUELING TWO WILDFIRES 
TONIGHT, THE NEW HENNESSY FIRE 
THREATENING PARTS OF WINE 
COUNTRY IN NAPA COUNTY, IN DEATH
VALLEY TEMPERATURES SAILING TO 
130 DEGREES.
THAT'S THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE 
ON EARTH IN NEARLY A CENTURY.
OUR WILL CARR IS IN THE FIRE 
ZONE TONIGHT IN LAKE HUGHES, 
CALIFORNIA WITH MORE ON THE 
FIGHT TO SLOW THE FLAMES.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT NEW 
WILDFIRES IN THE WEST INCLUDING 
THE HENNESY FIRE NORTH OF SAN 
FRANCISCO. 
>> LIGHTEN STRIKES IN THE AREA 
PAST FEW MINUTES. 
>> SPARKING THE DEER COMPLEX 
FIRE SUNDAY, FAMILIES THERE TOLD
TO GET OUT. 
>> IT'S A SCARY PROCESS, YOU 
KNOW, AND THEN DID YOU BRING 
ENOUGH STUFF, DID YOU GET THE 
IMPORTANT STUFF, YOU KNOW, AND 
THEN OF COURSE THE PETS. 
>> NEAR LAKE TAHOE THE LOYALTON 
FIRE JUMPING THIS HIGHWAY 
SATURDAY, THIS FIRE CREW BARELY 
ABLE TO ESCAPE.
SPAWNING ITS OWN THUNDERSTORMS, 
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CAUSE AN 
ACTUAL TORNADO TO FORM IN THE 
FLAMES.
NORTH OF LOS ANGELES THE LAKE 
FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 18,000
ACRES SINCE WEDNESDAY. 
>> THIS ONE'S ESPECIALLY 
CHALLENGING GIVEN THE HOT, DRY 
CONDITIONS AND THE RUG ED 
ROADLESS AREAS WE'RE DEALING 
WITH. 
>> EAST OF LOS ANGELES 
AUTHORITIES SAY THE RANCH FIRE 
WAS CAUSED BY AN ALLEGED 
ARSONIST, WHO TURNED HIMSELF IN 
TO POLICE.
FIRE AND STORMS ACROSS THE STATE
FUELED BY RECORD MELTING 
TEMPERATURES. 
>> 130 DEGREE HEAT IN DEATH 
VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. 
>> CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR 
ANNOUNCING TODAY PLANS FOR MORE 
ROLLING BLACKOUTS AFTER SOME 
NEIGHBORHOODS HAD THEIR POWER 
CUT THIS WEEKEND DUE TO THE 
HEAT. 
>> WE FAILED TO PREDICT AND PLAN
THE SHORTAGES AND THAT'S SIMPLY 
UNACCEPTABLE. 
>> SMOKE IS SMOTHERING THIS 
AREA, NOTHOSE FLAMES ARE RACING 
THROUGH BRUSH.
MORE THAN 100 DEGREES RIGHT NOW 
AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS, AT 
LEAST IN THIS AREA THROUGH 
THURSDAY.
LINSEY. 
>> OUR THANKS TO WILL.
AND THE RESIDENTS IN IOWA ARE 
STILL REELING AFTER LAST WEEK'S 
POWERFUL STORMS LEFT A TRAIL OF 
DESTRUCTION THERE.
A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION HAS
BEEN AUTHORIZED AFTER THAT STORM
PACKED 100 MILE PER HOUR WINDS, 
MORE THAN 8,000 HOMES WERE 
DAMAGED, FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED
AND ROUGHLY 40% OF THE CORN AND 
SOYBEAN CROPS IN IOWA WERE 
DESTROYED. 
>>> HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS NOW 
CALLING FOR A NEW ELECTION IN 
BELARUS SAYS A LEADER WHO ONCE 
FLOATED THAT VODKA COULD 
POSSIBLY CURE COVID REFUSES TO 
STEP DOWN.
WILL THERE BE REVOLUTION OR WILL
RUSSIA INTERVENE?
>>> HERE AT HOME THE 16-HOUR 
STANDOFF, THE MOTHER, BROTHER 
AND SISTER ALL HELD HOSTAGE.
WE'LL TELL YOU HOW IT ENDED. 
>>> A MAJOR UPDATE IN THE 2020 
COLD CASE MURDER OF RAP PIONEER 
JAM MASTER JAY, NEWS ON ARRESTS 
MADE.SUBSCRIBERS RIGHT NOW. 
>>> NEXT, WHAT COULD BE A 
BUDDING REVOLUTION AS WE'VE BEEN
REPORTING THE CRISIS IN BELARUS 
IS NOW NEAR A BREAKING POINT.
THIS WEEKEND HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOOK TO THE 
STREETS DEMANDING THE OUSTING OF
THE COUNTRY'S LONGTIME DICTATOR,
ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO, CALLED 
EUROPE'S LAST DICTATOR, RULING 
THIS NATION FOR 26 YEARS.
WHEN COVID HIT HE ENCOURAGED 
CITIZENS THERE TO CARRY ON AS 
NORMAL, EVEN SUGGESTED THAT 
VODKA COULD POSSIBLY BE A COVID 
CURE.
HE FACED AN UNPRECEDENTED 
CHALLENGE FROM A FORMER TEACHER 
AND STAY AT HOME MOM WHO 
RELUCTANTLY ENTERED THE RACE AND
MANY SAY WAS ROBBED OF IT.
SHE'S NOW OUTSIDE OF BELARUS FOR
HER SAFETY AND HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS ARE IN THE STREETS 
BRINGING THE COUNTRY TO THE 
BREAKING POINT.
PATRICK ROOEFL IS ON THE GROUND 
IN MINSK. 
>> Reporter: AMAZING SCENES HERE
IN MINSK OVER THE WEEKEND, A 
HUGE CROWD ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 
100,000 PEOPLE, FLOODING INTO 
THE CITY AND ALL THE PEOPLE 
DEMANDING THAT ALEXANDER 
LUKASHENKO STEP DOWN AND THAT 
NEW ELECTIONS BE HELD, THE 
BIGGEST POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION,
EUPHORIA OVERNIGHT WITH PEOPLE 
BELIEVING THEY MAY BE CLOSE TO 
TOPPLING ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO 
WHO'S BEEN IN POWER FOR 25 YEARS
NOW, THE QUESTION TODAY HAS BEEN
WHETHER THAT PRESSURE CAN BE 
KEPT UP.
AND IT'S VERY LATE HERE ALREADY 
IN MINSK AND PEOPLE ARE STILL 
PROTESTING, WE'RE HERE OUTSIDE A
PRISON, ON THE EDGE OF MINSK AND
THE REASON THAT PEOPLE HAVE 
GATHERED HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE 
BRUTAL TREATMENT THAT WAS 
REPORTED AGAINST DEMONSTRATORS 
IN PRISONS, IN BELARUS, DURING 
THAT CRACKDOWN THAT WE SAW AT 
THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE 
SPOKEN TO PEOPLE HERE AND THEY 
HAVE TOLD US REALLY APPALLING 
STORIES OF BEING BEATEN, OF 
BEING DEPRIVED OF FOOD, OF BEING
FORCED INTO STRESS POSITIONS FOR
HOURS AT A TIME.
AND SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE
DEMANDING THAT PEOPLE BE 
RELEASED FROM THESE PRISONS.
THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE DETAINED.
NOW THE REAL QUESTION, ALSO, 
THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING HERE IS 
WHAT COMES NEXT, IS IT GOING TO 
BE ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO REALLY 
IS GOING TO BE SWEPT AWAY OR DO 
WE EXPECT A CRACKDOWN THAT'S 
COMING.
WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE THEY'RE 
SAYING THERE'S A GENUINE 
DISQUIET ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN 
WITH RUSSIA.
THERE'S A REAL FEAR THAT 
INTERVENTION IS POSSIBLE. 
>> PATRICK, THANKS SO MUCH FOR 
STAYING ON TOP OF THIS STORY FOR
US. 
>>> AND STILL LOTS TO GET TO 
HERE ON PRIME.
WHAT HAS YOUR SPOUSE DONE FOR 
YOU LATELY?
WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT ONE HUSBAND
WHO SAVED HIS WIFE FROM A SHARK 
BY ATTACKING IT, FIGHTING IT 
WITH HIS BARE HANDS.
>>> AFTER DECADES OF CONTROVERSY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL 
ALLOW OIL AND GAS DRILLING IN 
THE PRISTINE ARCTIC NATIONAL 
WILDLIFE REFUGE.
THE REACTION TONIGHT. 
>>> BUT UP NEXT CHILD CARE COSTS
WERE ALREADY SURGING 
PRE-PANDEMIC AND NOW REMOTE 
LEARNING, DAY CARE CLOSURES ARE 
CAUSING REAL PAIN FOR MANY 
FAMILIES, POCKETBOOKS.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK BY THE 
NUMBERS.
BUT FIRST, OUR TWEET OF THE DAY.
IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE 
NBA PLAYOFFS BEGINNING?
START HERE, FREE ON APPLE POD 
KAS.
>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, 
WITH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
MOVING TOWARD REMOTE LEARNING WE
LOOK AT HOW THIS WILL RAISE THE 
ALREADY PUNISHING COSTS OF CHILD
CARE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICAN 
FAMILIES BY THE NUMBERS.
CHILD CARE COSTS HAVE BEEN 
INCREASING NEARLY TWO TIMES THE 
RATE OF INFLATION SINCE 2000.
PARENTS SPEND BETWEEN 10% AND 
29% OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME ON
CHILD CARE ACCORDING TO THE 
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE BUT 
WITH KIDS AT HOME EXPERTS SAY 
THOSE COSTS WILL ONLY RISE.
THIS COMES AS CHILD CARE 
PROVIDERS FACE THEIR OWN CRISIS 
WITH 40% SAYING THEY'LL HAVE TO 
CLOSE PERMANENTLY.
60% OF PARENTS SAID THEY HAD NOT
FOUND ALTERNATIVE CHILD CARE 
WHEN SCHOOLS AND DAY CARE 
CENTERS SHUT DOWN.
AND PARENTS HAVE SAID THEIR 
ABILITY TO PERFORM AT WORK HAS 
DROPPED SINCE THE PANDEMIC 
ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE 
BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP.
NOW 73% OF PARENTS WITH CHILDREN
UNDER THE AGE OF 15 SAY THEY 
PLAN TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES AT 
WORK IF SCHOOLS AND DAY CARE 
CENTERS CAN'T OPEN, AND 15% SAY 
THEY'RE CONSIDERING DROPPING OUT
OF THE WORKFORCE ALL TOGETHER 
ACCORDING TO AN ONLINE SURVEY BY
CARE.COM.
LOTS TO GET TO HERE ON PRIME.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS REVEALING 
HOW LONG THEY WANT ACTRESS LORI 
LOUGHLIN TO SERVE BEHIND BARS.
WITH THE DNC BEGINNING IN LESS 
THAN 90 MINUTES, WE HEAR FROM 
WISCONSIN VOTERS, HILLARY 
CLINTON SKIPPED THAT STATE IN 
2016.
PRESIDENT TRUMP BARELY WON IT.
WHAT'S ON THE MIND OF THESE 
CRITICAL SWING STATE VOTERS.
OUR CONVERSATION WITH TOM PEREZ,
IS THE PARTY REALLY UNIFIED?
BUT FIRST, HERE'S SOME OF THE 
TRENDING STORIES ON ABCNEWS.COM.
>>> AT LEAST 21 STATES IN THE 
U.S. ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN 
COVID-19 CASES, AS FIVE STATES 
SURPASS THEIR PREVIOUS WEEKLY 
DEATH TOLL RECORDS.
INCLUDING TEXAS, WHICH NOW HAS 
TOPPED 10,000 DEATHS. 
>> THIS IS THE MOMENT TO GET IT 
UNDER CONTROL.
WEAR A MASK.
CLOSE BARS, DECREASE INDOOR 
DINING, INCREASE OUTDOOR DINING.
>> A POSSIBLE NEW DEVELOPMENT 
VIRUS TESTING COULD ALSO HELP 
MOVE US FORWARD, THE FDA GIVING 
EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION FOR A 
NEW KIND OF SALIVA BASED TEST, 
DEVELOPED BY YALE'S SCHOOL OF 
PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH COULD BE 
CHEAPER, FASTER AND SAFER.
THIS, AS PARENTS AND TEACHERS 
COAST-TO-COAST STRUGGLE WITH 
SCHOOLS REOPENING. 
>> A 16-HOUR STANDOFF IN CEDAR 
PARK, TEXAS. 
>> PROBABLY THE MOST COMPLEX 
SITUATION THAT I'VE BEEN 
INVOLVED IN. 
>> THREE POLICE OFFICERS WERE 
WOUNDED RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC
DISTURBANCE. 
>> THEY HAVE BEEN TO THIS HOUSE 
A COUPLE TIMES ON PRIOR 
INCIDENTS. 
>> THE GUNMAN BARRICADED HIMSELF
INSIDE HIS HOME HOLDING HIS 
FAMILY HOSTAGE, AFTER RELEASING 
HIS BROTHER AND SISTER THE 
SUSPECTS SURRENDERED PEACEFULLY 
WALKING OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH 
HIS MOTHER.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNSOLVED
MURDER OF RUN DNC'S JAM MASTER 
JAY, TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
2002 KILLING OF JASON MIZELL, 
SHOT IN THE HEAD IN A RECORDING 
STUDIO IN NEW YORK.
CARL JORDAN AND RONALD 
WASHINGTON CHARGED WITH MURDER 
AND DRUG TASKING.
JORDAN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. 
>> AND THEY WALKED HIM AND 
MURDERED HIM IN COLD BLOOD. 
>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS CHEATING 
SCANDAL, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS 
RECOMMENDING THE JUDGE SENTENCE 
LORI LOUGHLIN TO TWO MONTHS IN 
PRISON AND FIVE MONTHS FOR HER 
HUSBAND AS WELL AS A $400,000 
FINE.
THE COUPLE PLEADED GUILTY TO 
PAYING $500,000 TO HELP BOTH 
DAUGHTERS LIE THEIR WAY INTO 
USC.
SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR 
FRIDAY.
>>> THE U.S. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
HAS APPROVED A PLAN TO ISSUE OIL
AND GAS LEASES IN ALASKA'S 
ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE,
OPENING 800,000 ACRES -- A LEASE
AUCTION COULD TAKE PLACE BY THE 
END OF THE YEAR.
CONGRESS APPROVED THE PROGRAM 
AND THE TAX REFORM BILL IN 2017.
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SAY THEY'LL
CONTINUE TO FIGHT IT.
>> 35-YEAR-OLD DOYLE ATTACKED BY
A TEN FOOT GREAT WHITE SHARK.
THE SHARK LATCHING ONTO HER LEG,
REFUSING TO LET HER GO.
BUT HER HUSBAND MARK SURFING 
NEARBY SAW IT. 
>> IT HIT LIKE WITH A FORCE. 
>> THREW HER OFF THE BOARD. 
>> SO YOU GET THIS KIND OF PUNCH
OR SOMETHING. 
>> SO MARK CLAMBERED ON TOP OF 
HIS WIFE, COMING FACE TO FACE 
WITH THAT SHARK, AND 
INSTINCTIVELY MARK STARTED 
PUNCHING. 
>> I START THINKING BASICALLY 
WHERE TO PUNCH.
YOU'RE LIKE, JUST ATTACK THE EYE
OR YOU START THINKING 
DIFFERENTLY. 
>> THE TACTIC DOESN'T REALLY 
HURT THE SHARK BUT IT IS ENOUGH 
TO REPEL -- AND IN HER CASE IT 
SAVED>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THE 
ELECTION IN LARGE PART DUE TO 
RAZOR TIGHT WINS IN CRITICAL 
BATTLEGROUND STATES, ONE OF THEM
WISCONSIN.
HILLARY CLINTON NEVER CAMPAIGNED
THERE, BUT IN 2020 THE DEMOCRATS
PLAN TO HOLD AN ENTIRE 
CONVENTION THERE, UNTIL COVID 
CHANGED ALL THAT.
YET, THE FACT REMAINS, THIS 
ELECTION WILL BE FOUGHT AND WON 
BY HOW THESE SWING STATE VOTERS 
FEEL ABOUT THE PRESIDENT, OR JOE
BIDEN.
MARY BRUCE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF
THEM TO HEAR WHAT'S ON THEIR 
MIND.
>> Reporter: IN A STATE TRUMP 
WON BY LESS THAN A POINT IN 2016
THE RANGE OF OPINIONS OVER 
BRUNCH AT FRANK'S DINER IN 
DOWNTOWN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 
COULD AGAIN BE A BATTLEGROUND. 
>> I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO VOTE 
FOR BIDEN. 
>> PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO SAY
TRUMP. 
>> NEITHER THE REPUBLICAN OR 
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES REALLY 
APPEAL TO ME. 
>> IN 2016 TRUMP TOOK KENOSHA BY
238 VOTES, SWING COUNTIES LIKE 
THIS PROPELLED HIM TO TAKE 
WISCONSIN BY A RAZOR THIN MARGIN
BUT NOT ALL VOTERS ARE STANDING 
BY THEIR PREVIOUS DECISION. 
>> I THINK THE BALLOT WASN'T 
EVEN COLD IN THE BOX AND I'D 
ALREADY REGRETTED IT. 
>> LORI TELLS US IN 2016 SHE WAS
DRAWN TO TRUMP'S HARDLINER 
STANCE OF IMMIGRATION. 
>> I THOUGHT MAYBE HE COULD DO 
BETTER IN WASHINGTON NOT BEING A
CAREER POLITICIAN. 
>> I CAN TELL THAT YOU SEEM 
PAINED BY THIS. 
>> I AM.
I FEEL THAT HE IS CHIPPING AWAY 
AT OUR DEMOCRACY, AND HE'S DOING
IT IN PLAIN SIGHT.
AND I REALLY AM -- I'M VERY 
FEARFUL THAT IF HE'S ELECTED 
AGAIN I DON'T KNOW IF THIS 
COUNTRY WILL EVER RECOVER.
FROM ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF HIM. 
>> YOU SAID THAT IN HINDSIGHT 
YOU WISH YOU HAD JUST LEFT YOUR 
BALLOT BLANK FOUR YEARS AGO.
IS THAT YOUR INTENTION IN 
NOVEMBER, OR WILL YOU BE VOTING 
FOR JOE BIDEN?
>> E OH, NO, I'M VOTING FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
I HAVE VOTED ON REPUBLICAN FOR 
MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL EVER VOTE
REPUBLICAN AGAIN. 
>> TRUMP IS ALSO HAVING TO 
DEFEND HIS STRONGHOLD WITH RURAL
VOTERS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 
7,000 DAIRY FARMERS WHO HAVE 
BEEN HIT HARD BY FALLING MILK 
PRICES AND THE TRADE WAR WITH 
CHINA.
LYNN HICKS HAS A SMALL FAMILY 
FARM. 
>> I'M A SMALL GUY, JUST A DRIP 
IN THE PAIL. 
>> YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE 
WASHINGTON IS LISTENING. 
>> I'M NOT A HUGE FARM OR A HUGE
BUSINESS OR ANYTHING, BUT YET 
I'M HERE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T FEEL THAT 
THAT'S NECESSARILY APPRECIATED. 
>> SHE TELLS US COME NOVEMBER 
SHE MAY SIT OUT ENTIRELY, THOUGH
SHE IS A FAN OF THE PRESIDENT'S 
TOUGH TALK. 
>> HE'S GOT GOING TO TAKE ANY 
CRAP.
HE'S GOING TO SAY, NOPE, THIS IS
THE WAY IT IS, THIS IS WHAT WE 
NEED TO DO. 
>> DO YOU THINK JOE BIDEN IS 
CAPABLE OF THAT SAME KIND OF 
TOUGH TALK. 
>> NOT NECESSARILY, NO.
>> Reporter: THE KYLE FAMILY IS 
CONCERNED ABOUT ECONOMIC 
UNCERTAINTY FOR THEIR DAIRY 
FARM. 
>> THIS IS A JOB BUT IT'S ALSO, 
YOU KNOW, OUR LIVELIHOOD.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF
MONEY, SWEAT AND TEARS INTO WHAT
WE DO. 
>> BUT THEY'RE STANDING BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND HOW HE'S 
HANDLING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS. 
>> THERE'S SOME THINGS ABOUT 
TRUMP I ABSOLUTELY LOVE, AND 
OTHER THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M
NOT CRAZY ABOUT.
BUT I THINK BIDEN'S A NICE 
ENOUGH GUY AND EVERYTHING, BUT 
IT'S -- IT'S KIND OF HARD TO NOT
SEE THAT HE'S MOVING HIS 
POLICIES MORE RADICALLY LEFT. 
>> OF COURSE WISCONSIN ISN'T ALL
FARMLAND AND TURNOUT IN ITS 
MAJOR CITIES AND AMONG YOUNG 
DIVERSE VOTERS COULD HELP 
DETERMINE WHO WINS THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, 
YOU KNOW, REALIZE WISCONSIN IS 
KIND OF A POWER HOUSE.
WE CAN GO ONE OR OTHER WAY. 
>> THESE ARE YOUNG ACTIVISTS IN 
MILWAUKEE. 
>> BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HAVE 
BEEN TARGETED FOR YEARS.
YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
JUSTICE. 
>> THEY PLAN TO VOTE DEMOCRAT IN
NOVEMBER, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT 
THAT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE 
BIDEN/HARRIS TICKET. 
>> BIDEN IS A MEANS TO AN END 
FOR SOME PEOPLE.
I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE, YOU 
KNOW, GETTING TRUMP OUT OF 
OFFICE IS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
>> ONE RECENT POLL SHOWS BIDEN 
UP IN WISCONSIN BY FIVE POINTS.
BUT EXPERTS SAY THE STATE COULD 
GO EITHER WAY. 
>> MY SENSE IS THAT WISCONSIN 
WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY, VERY 
CLOSE. 
>> PROMINENT WISCONSIN 
COMMENTATOR CHARLIE SIKES SAYS 
THIS ELECTION COULD COME DOWN TO
DEMOCRATS' ABILITY TO TURN OUT 
THE VOTE AS TRUMP RAMPS UP HIS 
BASELESS ATTACKS ON MAIL-IN 
VOTING, IN APRIL'S PRIMARY 
IN-PERSON VOTERS WERE MET WITH 
LONG LINES LIKE THESE, NEARLY 
1.3 MILLION ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
WERE DELIVERED TO VOTERS, 90% OF
THEM RETURNED AND COUNTED. 
>> IS THERE A DANGER, YOU THINK,
THAT THE PRESIDENT'S CONCERNS 
ABOUT MAIL-IN VOTING MAY 
ACTUALLY BACKFIRE ON HIM?
>> I'M HEARING THAT FROM 
REPUBLICANS THAT THEY'RE 
CONCERNED THAT DONALD TRUMP'S 
ATTACK ON MAIL-IN VOTING MIGHT 
SUPPRESS HIS OWN BASE.
REPUBLICANS IN WISCONSIN HAVE 
BEEN USING MAIL-IN VOTING FOR 
MANY YEARS. 
>> ONE OF THOSE TRUMP SUPPORTERS
WHO HAS BEEN VOTING BY MAIL, 
ERIN DECKER, THE GOP CHAIR IN 
KENOSHA COUNTY. 
>> I ACTUALLY ABSENTEE VOTE ALL 
THE TIME. 
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THE 
WAY THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING 
ABOUT MAIL-IN VOTING THAT IT MAY
DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM VOTING BY
MAIL. 
>> I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE 
NATURALLY ARE LEARY OF IT.
THERE'S JUST PEOPLE OUT THERE 
THAT THEY WANT TO STICK THAT 
BALLOT IN THAT MACHINE AND MAKE 
SURE THAT THEY HEAR IT BEEP. 
>> MEANWHILE DEMOCRATS ARE 
TRYING TO DEFEND BIDEN'S LEAD 
WITHOUT DIRECTLY CONNECTING WITH
VOTERS ON THE GROUND.
A CHALLENGE NOW THAT BIDEN'S 
CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE HAS GONE
VIRTUAL. 
>> WE'RE DISAPPOINTED OBVIOUSLY 
THAT JOE BIDEN IS NOT GOING TO 
BE IN MILWAUKEE NEXT WEEK TO 
ACCEPT THE NOMINATION.
I'VE HEARD NOBODY UPSET OR ANGRY
ABOUT IT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS ARE GOING TO BE 
ABLE TO COME TO WISCONSIN. 
>> LORI HAWKINS, THE DEMOCRATIC 
CHAIR SAYS SHE BELIEVES THE 
CORONAVIRUS WILL BE THE KEY 
FACTOR FOR MOST VOTERS. 
>> IT'S AFFECTING PRETTY MUCH 
EVERY ASPECT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT 
THEY ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE 
RESPONSE THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS 
BROUGHT TO THE PANDEMIC.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, 
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO GET THIS BAD. 
>> MARY BRUCE, ABC NEWS, 
WASHINGTON. 
>> OUR THANKS TO MARY BRUCE, AND
JOINING US NOW IS DNC CHAIR TOM 
PEREZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
ON THIS BIG NIGHT AND AS YOU 
CALLED IT, WHAT, AN 
UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION. 
>> IT WILL BE AN UNCONVENTIONAL 
CONVENTION AND IT WILL BE AN 
EXCITING CONVENTION AS WELL. 
>> AND SO GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW
THE FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE 
COMING AND ALSO WHEN YOU'RE 
TALKING ABOUT NEARLY A THOUSAND 
CROWD SOURCE VIDEOS THAT HAVE 
BEEN SENT IN, DOZENS OF SPEAKERS
WHO HAVE BEEN MAILED IN, 
PRODUCTION VIDEO KITS YOU 
CONFIDENT THAT THE LOGISTICS, 
ALL IS GOING TO RUN SMOOTHLY?
>> WE HAVE AN "A" TEAM OF 
PRODUCERS, OUR LEAD PERSON HAS 
PRODUCED THE ACADEMY AWARDS, THE
SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, 
MULTIPLE TIMES, THE DNC 
CONVENTION MULTIPLE TIMES, THEY 
NOW HOW TO HIT CURVE BALLS AND 
HOW TO WORK UNDER PRESSURE.
I'M CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO 
HAVE A REALLY EXCITING SHOW.
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, NO 
DOUBT ABOUT IT.
IT'S A CONVENTION HERE, ANCHORED
IN MILWAUKEE, BUT IT'S A 
CONVENTION ACROSS AMERICA AND IT
WILL FEATURE THOSE RECOGNIZABLE 
FIGURES, BARACK OBAMA, MICHELLE 
OBAMA, SENATOR SANDERS, 
OBVIOUSLY KAMALA HARRIS, AND JOE
BIDEN.
AND IT WILL ALSO FEATURE 
ORDINARY AMERICANS WHO HAVE DONE
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THE PARAMEDIC IN 
FLORIDA WHO'S SAVING LIVES WHO'S
A DREAMER.
THE FAMILY FARMER WHO VOTED FOR 
DONALD TRUMP IN PENNSYLVANIA 
BECAUSE HE TRUSTED HIM TO SAVE 
FARMING.
AND NOW HE'S GOING FOR JOE BIDEN
BECAUSE HE REALIZED THAT HIS 
TRUST WAS MISPLACED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY 
QUICK PACED PROGRAM WITH A LOT 
OF INTERESTING CONTENT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE JOE BIDEN 
EVERY NIGHT, NOT JUST THURSDAY 
NIGHT, BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE 
ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION WITH 
REAL PEOPLE ABOUT CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE REFORM, ABOUT THE 
CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC, ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO 
MOVING FORWARD. 
>> AND WITH THE PANDEMIC 
LIMITING CAMPAIGN EVENTS, OF 
COURSE THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE 
OF THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES TO 
REACH VOTERS.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN THAT SOME 
OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT 
MIGHT BE LOST WITHOUT A REAL 
AUDIENCE, A LIVE AUDIENCE AND OF
COURSE ALL THE TRAPPINGS OF A 
TRADITIONAL CONVENTION?
>> WELL, I THINK WE'VE LEARNED 
TO COMPENSATE VERY EFFECTIVELY 
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE 
CAMPAIGN, WITH OUR VIRTUAL 
CLIPBOARDS.
I LOOK AT APRIL IN WISCONSIN, WE
WEREN'T ABLE TO KNOCK ON DOORS 
BUT WE WON STATE SUPREME COURT 
RACE HERE BY A WIDE MARGIN 
BECAUSE WE OUTHUSTLED THE OTHER 
SIDE.
WE USED ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF 
TALKING TO PEOPLE AND WE'RE 
DOING THE SAME THING THIS WEEK.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY 
EXCITED BY NOT ONLY THE LEADERS 
THAT THEY KNOW AND TRUST, BUT BY
THE ORDINARY AMERICANS WITH WHOM
THEY CAN TOTALLY RELATE AND 
THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A VERY, 
VERY CLEAR THEME OF UNITING 
AMERICA AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE 
IMPRESSED BY THE FACT THAT WE 
HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL IDEOLOGICAL 
STRIPES UNITED BY THE FACT THAT 
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS NEED
TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY, AND BUILD 
BACK A BETTER AMERICA. 
>> LET'S ALSO TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE TENSIONS THAT HAVE BUBBLED 
UP FROM THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF 
THE PARTY, THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT 
THE NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN 
SPEAKERS SET FOR TONIGHT, 
INCLUDING A PRIMETIME SPEAKING 
SPOT FOR REPUBLICAN JOHN KASICH,
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA 
OCASIO-CORTEZ TWEETED WE CAN 
BUILD BRIDGES AND NOT LOSE SIGHT
OF OUR VALUES, KASICH IS AN 
ANTI-CHOICE EXTREMIST AND ADDING
HE'S NOT A FRIEND TO WORKERS, 
MAKING IT CLEAR SHE UNDERSTOOD 
THE NEED TO REACH OUT TO 
REPUBLICAN VOTERS.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO HER 
SPECIFIC CONCERNS AND ANY 
CRITICS WHO SAY THAT YOU'RE 
OVERLY PANDERING TO REPUBLICAN 
VOTERS?
>> I THINK WE'RE UNITING 
AMERICA.
WE'RE VERY UNITED AS A PARTY.
I AGREE WITH CONGRESSWOMAN 
OCASIO-CORTEZ ON GOVERNOR 
KASICH'S POSITIONS ON CHOICE AND
ORGANIZING.
AND I AGREE WITH GOVERNOR 
KASICH.
AND SO MANY REPUBLICANS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY WHO UNDERSTAND THAT 
THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN IT IS NOT
ABOUT PARTY, IT'S ABOUT COUNTRY.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 
MOMENTS.
DONALD TRUMP HAS OBLITERATED THE
GUARD RAILS OF DEMOCRACY, HIS 
CHRONIC INCOMPETENCE HAS COST 
LIVES NEEDLESSLY, ECONOMIC 
COLLAPSE UNSEEN SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION.
AND HIS MISHANDLING OF THE 
AFTERMATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, HE 
JUST THREW GASOLINE ON THE FIRE.
AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING TO 
EVERYONE, THIS IS NOT A 
CONVENTION FOR DEMOCRATS.
THIS IS A CONVENTION FOR ALL 
PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT AN AMERICA
WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER.
AND THIS IS ABOUT THE POLITICS 
OF ARITHMETIC.
ADDITION BEATS SUBTRACTION ANY 
DAY OF THE WEEK.
AND JOE BIDEN EXPANDS THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE 
FOR HIM THIS NOVEMBER, AND WITH 
KAMALA HARRIS ON THE TICKET AN 
ADDED AMOUNT OF ENERGY.
AND THAT IS WHY I THINK WE HAVE 
REAL WIND AT OUR BACK AND WE'VE 
GOT TO SUSTAIN THAT MOMENTUM FOR
THE REMAINING 78 DAYS. 
>> WHAT DOES JOE BIDEN NEED TO 
DO IN ORDER TO BASICALLY GET IT 
DONE, TO SEAL THE DEAL, TO GET 
MORE VOTERS TO BE FOR HIM 
INSTEAD OF JUST AGAINST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, OR IS IT A WIN 
EITHER WAY?
>> OH, I THINK JOE BIDEN'S 
WORKING HARD TO EARN THE VOTES 
OF EVERYONE.
AND OUR PLATFORM, OUR OUTREACH, 
WE'RE ALL ABOUT TELLING PEOPLE 
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR.
WE DON'T TAKE ANYONE FOR 
GRANTED.
WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO EARN 
VOTES AND JOE BIDEN'S VERY, VERY
BOLD PLAN TO BUILD BACK BETTER, 
TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS CLIMATE 
CHANGE, TO MAKE SURE WE BUILD A 
MIDDLE CLASS ECONOMY THAT 
ENABLES EVERYBODY TO PUNCH THEIR
TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS, THAT
MAKES SURE WE INVEST IN HUMAN 
CAPITAL, PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO 
MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE ON 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM WHOLE 
CLAW.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT 
JOE BIDEN'S FIGHTING FOR AND 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS 
HE'S HAD IN THE PAST, WHETHER 
IT'S THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, 
THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, 
I PROSECUTED POLICE MISCONDUCT 
CASES FOR ROUGHLY A DECADE, JOE 
BIDEN GAVE US THE MOST IMPORTANT
TOOL WE USED TO USE AT THE 
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT.
SO JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS THE 
MOMENT, AND HE UNDERSTANDS, WE 
SAW THROUGH HIS APPOINTMENT OF 
SENATOR HARRIS ON THE TICKET 
THROUGH HIS COMMITMENT TO 
APPOINT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
WOMAN TO THE SUPREME COURT, HE 
UNDERSTANDS THAT AMERICA IS AT 
ITS BEST WHEN WE HAVE TALENTED, 
DIVERSE LEADERS ACROSS 
GOVERNMENT. 
>> DNC CHAIR TOM PEREZ WE KNOW 
IT'S A BUSY NIGHT, BUSY WEEK FOR
YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING 
SOME TIME WITH US. 
>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE, TAKE CARE,
LINSEY. 
>>> STILL TO COME, ONE OF THE 
MOST CRUCIAL VOTING BLOCS FOR 
DEMOCRATS AND MANY DEMANDED JOE 
BIDEN PICK ONE OF THEIR OWN, A 
LOOK AT THE POWER OF THE BLACK 
FEMALE VOTE.
the world may feel out of your
control but your happiness
DETERMINED GROUP OF WOMEN BEGAN 
PUSHING TO SEE A BLACK WOMAN 
WOULD BE ON THE TICKET.
BLACK WOMEN OFTEN MAKE UP A 
CRUCIAL PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
BASE BUT THEIR RISE OF INFLUENCE
WAS NOT SO EASY.
JANAI NORMAN EXPLAINS. 
>> Reporter: STARTED A HALF 
CENTURY AGO WITH SHIRLEY 
CHISHOLM, FIRST BLACK WOMAN 
ELECTED TO CONGRESS AND THEN 
MAKING A RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY,
FIRST BLACK MAJOR PARTY 
CANDIDATE AND THE FIRST BLACK 
WOMAN TO RUN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
THOUGH NOTABLY WITHOUT THE 
BACKING OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
ESTABLISHMENT. 
>> AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO 
RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE I AM NOT 
WHITE, AND BECAUSE I'M NOT A 
MALE, THAT I AM NOT GOING TO GET
THE BLESSINGS OF THE POWER 
STRUCTURE IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: THE 2020 ELECTION 
MARKING A MONUMENTAL SHIFT IN 
POWER 48 YEARS IN THE MAKING AND
AN END OF SORTS TO THE JOURNEY 
CHISHOLM STARTED, A BLACK 
WOMAN -- 
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME THE VICE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
>> I AM READY TO GET TO WORK. 
>> Reporter: HER ASCENSION TO 
JOE BIDEN'S RUNNING MATE IS NOT 
ONLY HISTORIC IN ITS OWN RIGHT 
AS HARRIS BECOMES THE FIRST 
WOMAN OF COLOR TO RUN FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT BUT FOR MANY HARRIS'S 
SELECTION FEELS LIKE VALIDATION.
>> FOR US TO SEE OURSELVES AT 
THE TOP OF THE TICKET IS AN 
AFFIRMATION THAT OUR TIME HAS 
COME. 
>> IN MARCH BIDEN MADE A PUBLIC 
PLEDGE TO PICK A WOMAN TO JOIN 
HIM ON THE TICKET. 
>> I WILL PICK A WOMAN TO BE 
VICE PRESIDENT. 
>> THAT SPARKED A COLLECTIVE OF 
BLACK WOMEN COMING TOGETHER, 
POLITICAL STRATEGISTS, ACTIVISTS
AND ADVISERS IN MORE THAN 700 
BLACK WOMEN LEADERS IN APRIL 
SIGNING AN OPEN LETTER, ALL 
LOBBYING FOR BIDEN'S RUNNING 
MATE TO BE A BLACK WOMAN.
A GROUP EVEN COMPILING A LIST OF
ACCOMPLISHED, EXPERIENCED 
POTENTIAL CANDIDATES, SAID TO 
INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES VAL 
DEMINGS AND KAREN BASS AND 
FORMER GEORGIA GUBERNATORIAL 
CANDIDATE STACY ABRAMS. 
>> WE ARE CALLING FOR THE -- FOR
BIDEN TO PUT A BLACK WOMAN ON 
THE TICKET BECAUSE IT IS NOT 
ONLY STRATEGIC, BUT IT'S A NOD 
TO OUR TREMENDOUS ABILITY TO 
LEAD. 
>> BLACK WOMEN HAVE LONG BEEN A 
DOMINANT AND DEPENDABLE BLOC OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WITH A 
WHOPPING 92% VOTING DEMOCRAT AT 
THE POLLS IN 2016.
THE VOTES OF BLACK WOMEN CAN 
MAKE OR BREAK A CANDIDATE. 
>> WE HAVE ELECTED EVERYTHING 
KNOWN TO MAN.
WE'VE ELECTED WHITE MEN.
WE'VE ELECTED BLACK MEN.
WE HAVE COVERED THE GAMUT.
AND I THINK FINALLY WE SAID TO 
OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME 
FOR US TO LOOK AT OURSELVES. 
>> BLACK WOMEN ARE DEMANDING A 
RETURN ON VOTE INVESTMENT, IN 
THE FORM OF POLICIES THAT 
DIRECTLY CENTER BLACK WOMEN, OUR
FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND
WE ARE CERTAINLY CLAIMING SEATS 
AT DECISION-MAKING TABLES. 
>> HER TRACK RECORD IS 
PROBLEMATIC FOR SOME.
SHE'S CHANGED ISSUES LIKE 
LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA AND 
OUTSIDE INVESTIGATIONS OF POLICE
SHOOTINGS AND AS SAN FRANCISCO'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS 
INSTRUMENTAL IN PROSECUTING 
BLACK AND BROWN BODIES IN WHAT 
MANY AGREE IS A BROKEN JUSTICE 
SYSTEM. 
>> THIS IS HISTORIC, IT'S A BIG 
DEAL, PEOPLE ARE EXCITED.
BUT HOW OVERALL CAN SHE GET THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY TO BUY IN TO HER
AND WANT TO GET OUT AND VOTE FOR
HER?
THE WAY THEY DID FOR PRESIDENT 
OBAMA, IF THEY ALREADY FEEL LIKE
SHE HAS LET DOWN THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY IN THE PAST.
IN TERMS OF HER RECORD IN 
CALIFORNIA AND PUTTING SO MANY 
BLACK AND BROWN MEN BEHIND BARS.
>> WELL, I THINK FIRST AND 
FOREMOST THE THING THAT SHE 
NEEDS TO STRESS IS HER 
QUALIFICATIONS.
YOU DON'T WANT -- WHETHER YOU'RE
A VOTER OR A CANDIDATE, YOU 
DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO VOTE FOR 
YOU JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR GENDER 
OR YOUR RACE.
YOU WANT THEM TO VOTE FOR YOU 
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE BEST PERSON 
FOR THE JOB. 
>> DURING HER RUN FOR PRESIDENT 
LAST YEAR SENATOR HARRIS 
RELEASED A CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM PLAN, AND THIS SUMMER 
TEAMED UP WITH SENATOR CORY 
BOOKER TO INTRODUCE THE GEORGE 
FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT, 
WITH 77 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION 
AND MORE POLICY PROPOSALS TO BE 
ANNOUNCED, ALREADY MANY SEE 
HARRIS'S NOMINATION AS A 
REFLECTION OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC 
OFTEN CALLED THE BACKBONE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
SHOWING LITTLE BLACK AND BROWN 
GIRLS WHAT THEY CAN ASPIRE TO 
DO. 
>> I HAVE DAUGHTERS AND WHEN 
THEY SEE HER PICTURE AS, YOU 
KNOW, VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE AND VICE PRESIDENT IT 
GIVES THEM HOPE AND INSPIRATION 
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE THOUGHT 
OF, IF SHE CAN DO IT, I CAN DO 
IT. 
>> YOU HAD SOMEONE -- 
>> AND ALL THOSE YEARS AFTER 
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM'S RACE FOR THE 
WHITE HOUSE, IT'S VINDICATION. 
>> IT INDICATES WE ARE NOT IN 
THE BACK, WE'RE NO LONGER 
IGNORED.
OUR HARD WORK HAS BEEN 
RECOGNIZED.
AS BEING VALUABLE. 
>> SHE IS THE LEGACY OF SHIRLEY 
CHISHOLM, THAT SHE HAS CREATED A
LEGACY THAT WILL LAST 
GENERATIONS, BLACK WOMEN WON, 
BUT AMERICA WON, RIGHT. 
>> OUR THANKS TO JANAI NORMAN. 
>>> BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, OUR 
IMAGE OF THE DAY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT CORN MAZE 
DESIGN IS?
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, IT'S AN 
IMAGE OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY, 
UNVEILED AT WICKHAM FARMS IN 
UPSTATE NEW YORK, MARKING THE 
PIONEER'S 200th BIRTH DAY.
AS WE KNOW IT WOULD TAKE A FEW 
DECADES BEFORE ALL WOMEN COULD 
PEACEFULLY TAKE PART IN THAT 
SACRED RIGHT THAT BEGAN WITH THE
EFFORTS OF ANTHONY AND SO MANY 
OTHERS WHO STOOD UP TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE.
THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT, 
I'M ABOUT TO SWITCH SETS AND BE 
JOINED BY TOM YAMAS IN OUR POWER
HOUSE POLITICAL TEAM.
STAY TUNED TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR 
MORE CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS.
AS OUR COVERAGE OF THE DNC 
CONVENTION KICKS OFF.
I'M LINSEY DAVIS.
THANKS SO MUCH FROM STREAMING 
WITH US.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
another week in America a
country facing the new test now
the one airport almost no one
here hello slight out of right
this is the nursing home just
outside Seattle
people
>> ANOTHER WEEK IN AMERICA. 
A COUNTRY FACING A NEW TEST NOW.
>> THE WUHAN AIRPORT, ALMOST NO 
ONE HERE. 
>> THE LAST FLIGHT OUT OF ROME.
>> THIS IS THE NURSING HOME 
OUTSIDE SEATTLE. 
>> DOZENS OF PEOPLE RUSHED OFF 
THIS CRUISE SHIP. 
>> THIS IS GROUND ZERO.
>> IT IS SHUT DOWN. 
>> ANOTHER AMBULANCE JUST PULLED
OUT.
>> NOW THEY'RE HEADED TO THE 
HOSPITAL. 
>> TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. 
>> YOU CAN SEE THE SHIP BEHIND 
ME. 
>> THE FIRST TIME TESTS HAVE 
BEEN DONE HERE. 
>> MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING, 
LATE NIGHT, 24/7, ABC NEWS, 
THE
. 
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL.
>> WE ARE IN A BATTLE FOR THE 
SOUL OF THIS NATION.
>> AMERICA IS CRYING OUT FOR 
LEADERSHIP.
>> IN THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES,
THE DEMOCRATS MEET VIRTUALLY.
WITH MILLIONS OUT OF WORK, 
UNREST IN AMERICA, AND 
CORONAVIRUS STILL SURGING, 
TONIGHT, LIGHT ON THE FANFARE 
AND BIG ON THE ISSUES.
PLUS, BERNIE SANDERS AND FORMER 
FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA LIVE 
FROM NEW YORK CITY AND ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY, HERE NOW, LINSEY 
DAVIS, TOM GIANNIS AND THE ABC 
NEWS POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM. 
>> GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 
US.
I'M LINSEY ZBLINZ AND I'M AT ALL
YAMS.
WE'RE ONE HOUR AWAY FROM AN 
UNPRECEDENTED CHAPTER IN OUR 
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, THE FIRST 
EVER VIRTUAL CONVENTION. 
>> THANKS TO THE SAME TECHNOLOGY
THAT'S BEEN A LIFELINE FOR ALL 
OF US DURING THIS PANDEMIC, 
DEMOCRATS FROM ALL 50 STATES 
PLUS THE TERRITORIES WILL 
UNEMPLOYMENT JOE BIDEN FOR 
PRESIDENT.
>> OUR LINEUP WILL PRESENT THE 
PARTY'S PLATFORM.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE 
VIRTUAL EVENT AND YOU WILL HEAR 
FROM LOCAL LEADERS ON THE FRONT 
LINES OF THE FIGHT AGAINST 
COVID, REPRESENTATIVE JIM 
CLYBURN, THE MAN WHO SOME SAY 
TIPPED THE SCALES IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWARDS BIDEN, 
RESURRECTING HIS CAMPAIGN.
HIS LAZARUS MOMENT AND FORMER 
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF OHIO, 
JOHN KASICH, ONE OF THOSE KEY 
SWING STATES.
HEADLINING TONIGHT, SENATOR 
BERNIE SANDERS WHO AT ONE POINT 
YOU WILL REMEMBER WAS THE 
DEMOCRATIC FRONT-RUNNER AND 
FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE 
OBAMA. 
>> THOSE BIG NAMES AND THE USUAL
FESTIVITIES OF THE NIGHT 
OVERSHADOWED BY THE COVID 
CATASTROPHE NOW GRIPPING OUR 
NATION.
MORE THAN 5 MILLION AMERICANS 
INFECTED SO FAR, 170,000 AND 
COUNTING KILLED BY THE VIRUS.
MORE THAN 28 MILLION AMERICANS 
RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
AS OF LAST WEEK.
NOW AS THE NATION COLLECTIVELY 
STRUGGLES TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 
GIVE TO GET BACK TO WORK AND 
BACK TO SCHOOL, WORRIES ABOUT 
HOW THE POSTAL SERVICE WILL 
HANDLE THE CRUSH OF MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS AND THE PRESIDENT'S 
WORDS ARE DRAWING CONCERNS ABOUT
THE SANCTITY OF THE VOTE ITSELF.
>> OUR POLITICIZE TEAM IN HERE 
IN NEW YORK, IN WASHINGTON, AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING 
RIGHT THERE IN MILWAUKEE, 
WISCONSIN, WHERE THIS DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS SUPPOSED
TO TAKE PLACE, BUT NOW, OF 
COURSE, IT IS VIRTUAL.
WE HAVE A REPORTER, RACHEL 
SCOTT, WHO IS THERE TONIGHT.
SHE'S THERE FOR AN IMPORTANT 
REASON HAVE THAT IS WHERE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TONIGHT 
TRYING TO UPSTAGE THE DEMOCRATS,
STEAL SOME OF THEIR THUNDER.
RACHEL, OF COURSE, THAT STATE 
WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HIS VICTORY 
FOUR YEARS AGO. 
>> YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, 
TOM.
THIS IS A STATE THE PRESIDENT 
WON BY FEWER THAN 23,000 VOTES, 
LESS THAN 1%.
SO THE PRESIDENT IS BACK ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL TRYING TO UPSTAGE
HIS RIVAL, JOE BIDEN, BY HOLDING
EVENTS IN FIVE BATTLEGROUND 
STATES THIS WEEK.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE STATES 
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS VISITING 
THIS WEEK, HE'S EITHER TRAILING 
JOE BIDEN IN THE POLLS, 
INCLUDING HERE IN WISCONSIN BY 
FIVE POINTS OR NECK AND NECK.
IT'S ABOUT PLAYING A LITTLE 
DEFENSE.
THE PRESIDENT TODAY STOPPING IN 
ONE OF THE 22 COUNTIES THAT HE 
FLIPPED IN 2016 TRYING TO HOLD 
ON TO THOSE VOTERS, GUYS.
>> RACHEL, PUTTING THE 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN 
MILWAUKEE WAS A STRATEGIC MOVE 
BY THE DEMOCRATS AFTER CLINTON 
IGNORED THE VOTERS THERE AND 
DIDN'T MAKE A SINGLE CAMPAIGN 
STOP THERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
WHAT'S BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
TO REACH OUT TO THE VOTERS 
THERE?
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, LINSEY.
THIS IS THE STATE THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN WANTS TO WIN BACK.
PART OF STRATEGY OF HAVING THE 
CONVENTION HERE IN WISCONSIN WAS
TO ENERGIZE THE BASE, WAS TO 
BRING IN VOTERS.
IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN 2016, 
THIS STATE SAW ONE OF ITS LOWEST
VOTER TURNOUTS IN TWO DECADES, 
ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC DROPS 
WAS AMONG BLACK VOTERS WHO DID 
NOT FEEL ENERGIZE TO TURN OUT 
FOR HILLARY CLINTON.
THIS TIME THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
TRYING TO NOT MAKE THAT SAME 
MISTAKE.
BUT THEIR CAMPAIGN IS SIDELINED.
THEY ARE COMPLETELY VIRTUAL.
THE ONLY CAMPAIGN THAT IS 
HOLDING IN-PERSON EVENTS AND 
DOOR-KNOCKING HERE IS THE 
PRESIDENT'S. 
>> YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE 
PRESIDENT ALL DAY TODAY.
HE MADE A BOLD CLAIM EARLIER 
TODAY AND IT REMINDED ME OF THE 
2016 CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT'S ONE 
OF THE PHRASES HE LOVED TO USE. 
>> YEAH, TOM.
YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE.
THE PRESIDENT FLAT-OUT SAYING 
TODAY THAT IF HE LOSES THE 
ELECTION, IT IS BECAUSE IT IS 
RIGGED.
THIS COMES AS THE PRESIDENT IS 
STEPPING UP HIS ATTACKS ON 
MAIL-IN VOTING, CALLING IT 
DISGRACEFUL, SAYING THIS 
ELECTION IS GOING TO BE 
CATASTROPHIC.
WHAT REALLY ECHOED WHAT I HEARD 
FROM HIS SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE HIS 
EVENT.
I ASKED IF THEY PLANNED TO VOTE 
BY MAIL DURING THE PANDEMIC, 
THEY TOLD ME NO, THEY SAID THEY 
WANT TO DO IT FOR PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
>> RACHEL SCOTT REPORTING FROM 
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, FOR US 
TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
HOVERING OVER ALL THIS AND ALL 
OVER THE COUNTRY IS COVID-19.
LINSEY, IT'S CHANGED EVERYTHING 
IN THIS RACE, INCLUDING THE WAY 
JOE BIDEN CAMPAIGNS.
HE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY BUILT
HIS ENTIRE POLITICAL CAREER ON 
REALLY PRESSING THE FLESH, 
SHAKING THOSE HANDS, GETTING TO 
KNOW VOTERS UP CLOSE.
AND THIS THING REALLY HAS 
SIDELINED HIS CAMPAIGN. 
>> AND TAKING THE CAMPAIGN 
VIRTUAL HAS NOT ELIMINATED THE 
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT'S 
ACHILLES' HEEL, A RECORD OF 
THOSE GAFFES THAT STEAL 
HEADLINES AND TEND TO DETRACT 
FROM HIS MESSAGE.
>> A FIGHTER HIS ENTIRE LIFE, 
JOE BIDEN NOW GEARING UP FOR A 
FAR DIFFERENT SHOWDOWN THAN 
ANYONE WAS EXPECTING. 
>> WE CAN'T CONTINUE HALF 
WEARING MASKS AND HALF REJECTING
SCIENCE. 
>> A CAMPAIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC, PRESENTING UNIQUE 
CHALLENGES.
BUT THIS MOMENT FOR A MAN IN HIS
THIRD RUN FOR PRESIDENT ALMOST 
NEVER HAPPENED.
>> ELIZABETH WARREN AND JOE 
BIDEN, THEY ARE LIKELY TO LEAVE 
THE STATE WITH ZERO DELEGATES 
TONIGHT.
>> IT'S DO OR DIE FOR JOE BIDEN 
IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR TWO WEEKS.
>> FIRST, SECOND, FIFTH, NINTH, 
YOU KNOW, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT 
WHERE WE'RE GOING.
LET'S SEE WHERE IT TAKES US.
>> A WIN IN SOUTH CAROLINA 
RESURRECTING THE CAMPAIGN ON THE
BRINK, A BLACK VOTE INSTRUMENTAL
TO HIS VICTORY. 
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 
YOU, SOUTH CAROLINA!
[ CHEERS ]
MY BUDDY JIM CLYBURN, YOU 
BROUGHT ME BACK!
>> A FAILURE OF KEY 
ENDORSEMENTS, HELPING THIS 
POLITICAL HEAVYWEIGHT TURNED 
UNDERDOG DELIVER A SUPER TUESDAY
KNOCKOUT. 
>> FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN 
KNOCKED DOWN, COUNTED OUT, LEFT 
BEHIND, THIS IS YOUR CAMPAIGN!
[ CHEERS ]
>> WON SEVEN STATES SO FAR, 
TONIGHT SOMETHING YOU COULDN'T 
HAVE IMAGINED A WEEK AGO. 
>> JUST IN TIME BEFORE THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC PUT THE 
COUNTRY ON LOCKDOWN. 
>> AMERICA SHUT DOWN, THE 
CORONAVIRUS SOARING IN THE U.S. 
>> IT IS BEING COMPARED TO PEARL
HARBOR, D-DAY, AND 9/11. 
>> BIDEN LISTENING TO PUBLIC 
HEALTH OFFICIALS AND HALTING ALL
IN-PERSON CAMPAIGN EVENTS.
INSTEAD OF PACKED RALLIES IN AN 
ELECTION YEAR, THE SPRING AND 
SUMMER GIVING WAY TO NATIONWIDE 
PROTESTS.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER!
>> THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AT 
THE HANDS OF POLICE SENDING 
AMERICANS YOUNG AND OLD INTO THE
STREETS, CALLING FOR CHANGE.
>> WE ALL COME TOGETHER AS 
MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AND STAND 
UP.
OUR GENERATION WILL CHANGE THE 
WORLD. 
>> BIDEN VISITING THE SITE OF A 
PROTEST BUT STAYING LARGELY OUT 
OF PUBLIC AT HIS HOME IN 
DELAWARE.
THE HAND SHAKES, THE HUGS ON 
HOLD.
THE RETAIL POLITICS THE FORMER 
VP RELIED ON FOR DECADES NO 
LONGER POSSIBLE. 
>> AND I CAN GET IT DONE AND I 
CAN GET IT DONE QUICKLY. 
>> THOSE VIRTUAL EVENTS HAVEN'T 
COME WITHOUT HICCUPS.
>> ARE YOU THERE?
I'M SORRY THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A 
DISJOINTED EFFORT BECAUSE OF THE
CONNECTIONS. 
>> SEVERAL STUMBLES OVER RACE, 
FORCING BIDEN TO PLAY DEFENSE. 
>> IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM 
FIGURING OUT WHETHER YOU'RE FOR 
ME OR TRUMP THEN YOU AIN'T 
BLACK. 
>> AS PRESIDENT TRUMP FLOODED 
THE NEWS CYCLE AND TAKING AIM AT
THE FORMER VP MAKING BASELESS 
ATTACKS ABOUT BIDEN'S MENTAL 
STATE. 
>> JOE DOESN'T -- JOE DOESN'T --
JOE DOESN'T KNOW TOO MUCH. 
>> DO YOU NOTICE BIDEN OFTEN 
GETS THE STATE WRONG?
>> SLEEPY JOE OR SLOW JOE, TELL 
ME?
WHAT IS IT?
>> WE'LL DEFEAT THE VIRUS, BUT 
NOT BY HIDING IN OUR BASEMENTS.
HE'S GOT TO COME OUT OF HIS 
BASEMENT. 
>> BIDEN SPREADING A MESSAGE HE 
BELIEVES THE WHITE HOUSE HASN'T 
DELIVERED. 
>> EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN SHOULD 
BE WEARING A MASK.
BE A PATRIOT.
PROTECT YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
>> A CALL FOR PATRIOTS TO MASK 
UP, PARTS OF A FIGHT FOR THE 
FUTURE BIDEN HAS SAID IS ON THE 
LINE SINCE THE MOMENT HE 
LAUNCHED HIS CAMPAIGN. 
>> EVERYTHING THAT'S MADE 
AMERICA AMERICA IS AT STAKE. 
>> CAN HIS HISTORIC-MAKING VP 
SELECTION, SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS, GET PEOPLE EXCITED AND 
TO THE POLLS.
FOR HIS NEW RUNNING MATE, THE 
STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER. 
>> THIS IS A MOMENT OF REAL 
CONSEQUENCE FOR AMERICA.
EVERYTHING WE CARE ABOUT, OUR 
ECONOMY, OUR HEALTH, OUR 
CHILDREN, THE KIND OF COUNTRY WE
LIVE IN, IT'S ALL ON THE LINE.
>> THE CHOICE WE MAKE THIS 
NOVEMBER IS GOING TO DECIDE THE 
FUTURE OF AMERICA FOR A VERY, 
VERY LONG TIME.
>> THAT CHOICE FOR VOTERS IN A. 
>>> THE THUNDER DOME, WE START 
WITH YVETTE BROWN TONIGHT.
YVETTE -- SORRY, YVETTE SIMPSON.
YOU'RE IN THE PROGRESSIVE WING 
OF THE PARTY.
MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A SPLIT 
BETWEEN THE MODERATES AND THE 
PROGRESSIVES IN THIS PARTY AND 
NOW EVERYONE HAS TO COME 
TOGETHER.
IT'S CONVENTION TIME, BUT WE'RE 
NOT REALLY SEEING THAT WITH 
EVERYONE.
WE SEE RASHIDA TLAIB VOTING 
AGAINST THE PARTY PLATFORM, THE 
MICHIGAN CONGRESSWOMAN, PART OF 
THE SQUAD.
AND THEN ALEXANDRIA 
OCASIO-CORTEZ AT ONE POINT THE 
FACE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS 
ONLY GETTING ONE MINUTE TONIGHT.
THAT HAS TO BOTHER YOU. 
>> I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE 
90 DAYS OUT.
SO PROGRESSIVES ARE USED TO 
FIGHTING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO 
HAVE OUR FIGHT AFTER JOE BIDEN 
WINS.
SO AT THIS POINT THERE ARE FOLKS
WHO ARE RIGHTLY SO SAYING THIS 
PARTY NEEDS TO RALLY AROUND 
MEDICARE FOR ALL BECAUSE MOST 
AMERICANS NEED IT IN THE MIDDLE 
OF A PANDEMIC.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR 
VOICES HEARD, NOBODY SURPRISED 
THAT TLAIB SAYING WHAT SHE 
BELIEVES, SHE ALWAYS HAS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY SHE'S 
GOING TO BRING MICHIGAN HOME FOR
JOE BIDEN.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR FAMILY
FIGHT ONCE WE GET RID OF DONALD 
TRUMP, AND THAT IS THE 
EXPECTATION.
MOST PROGRESSIVES ARE NOT ONLY 
OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTING JOE 
BIDEN, BUT THEY'RE WORKING THEIR
BUTTS OFF.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF 
GRASSROOTS FOLKS OUT THERE 
MAKING SURE WE OVERCOME THE MINI
CHALLENGES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 
WITH VOTER SUPPRESSION, WITH THE
TEARING DOWN OF THE POSTAL 
SERVICE, WITH ALL THE EFFORTS 
TRUMP IS TRYING TO DO TO 
UNDERMINE.
THAT PLATFORM IS NOT A 
PROGRESSIVE PLATFORM, WE DON'T 
THINK IT'S IN STEP WITH MOST 
AMERICANS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO 
WIN THIS ELECTION AND WE'LL HAVE
THAT FIGHT ONCE WE GET BIDEN IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>> YVETTE SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE 
GOING TO COME TOGETHER.
I WANT TO BRING IN MATT DOWD, I 
HAVE TO ASK YOU, WHAT DOES JOE 
BIDEN HA TO DO OR CAN HE DO TO 
REALLY MOTIVATE PROGRESSIVES TO 
GET BEHIND HIS CAMPAIGN?
HE'S A WHITE 77-YEAR-OLD CAREER 
POLITICIAN.
HOW DOES HE EXCITE THAT PART OF 
THE PARTY?
>> RUNNING AGAINST DONALD TRUMP 
FOR PRESIDENT.
THAT'S A MAIN MOTIVATOR OF THE 
PROGRESSIVES AND DEMOCRATS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS, IT'S
NOT AN OVERWHELMING SAYING WE'RE
GOING TO THE POLLS TO VOTE FOR 
JOE BIDEN.
IT'S AN OVERWHELMING VOTE OF 
WE'RE VOTING AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO 
BE ANY PROBLEM WITH ENTHUSIASM 
AND ENGAGEMENT OF VOTE AMONG THE
DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUENCIES THIS 
TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO SET A RECORD, I 
THINK, IN THE GENERAL ELECTION, 
OVER 150 MILLION PEOPLE WILL 
LIKELY VOTE IN THIS ELECTION.
I THINK DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS 
ARE VERY ENGAGED AND VERY 
ENTHUSIASTIC.
I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE VERY 
ENGAGED AND VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING 
TO BE A PROBLEM.
I ALSO THINK JOE BIDEN AND THE 
DNC IS GIVEN ENOUGH VOICE.
JOE BIDEN IS A PROGRESSIVE.
HIS VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE 
SENATOR HARRIS IS A PROGRESSIVE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO 
BE ANY PROBLEM AS LONG AS HE'S 
RUNNING AGAINST DONALD TRUMP FOR
MOTIVATION OF DEMOCRATS IN THIS 
ELECTION. 
>> LET'S NOW BRING IN AMANDA 
RENTERIA, NATIONAL POLITICAL 
DIRECTOR FOR THE CLINTON 
CAMPAIGN.
DO YOU THINK BIDEN HAS MADE 
BETTER INROADS WITH PROGRESSIVES
DESPITE NOT BEING ABLE TO HOLD 
RALLIES?
HOW ABOUT HIS OUTREACH TO 
HISPANICS, THE LARGEST MINORITY 
GROUP?
>> I THINK HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC
JOB IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT 
IN THIS CONVENTION IN THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF DAYS WITH ALL THE 
LEADERS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD.
BUT LISTEN, PEOPLE KNOW JOE 
BIDEN.
THE LATINO COMMUNITY KNOWS JOE 
BIDEN, AND I THINK THAT GOES A 
LONG WAY IN THE TIME WE'RE IN 
RIGHT NOW AND THIS CRISIS PEOPLE
ARE IN AND THIS ECONOMY PEOPLE 
ARE IN.
FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR STEADY 
LEADERSHIP, AND I THINK THAT'S 
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR 
TONIGHT ALONG WITH A 
BARRIER-BREAKING VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ALONGSIDE
HIM. 
>> FORMER DEMOCRATIC SENATOR 
FROM NORTH DAKOTA, HEIDI 
HEITKAMP JOINS US NOW.
HOW IMPORTANT ARE RALLIES OR 
WOULD YOU SAY THIS YEAR IS 
DIFFERENT?
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PANDEMIC
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO DONALD 
TRUMP WHO BUILT HIS WHOLE 
REPUTATION ON RALLIES, HE 
COULDN'T FILL AN AUDITORIUM IN 
TULSA.
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GO OUT IN 
BIG GROUPS.
THEY'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S 
DANGEROUS, AND SO I THINK BIDEN 
IS VERY, VERY SMART.
BUT IT IS ALWAYS A BIG DEAL TO 
HAVE A RALLY WHERE YOU CAN WALK 
AROUND WITH A CLIPBOARD AND SAY 
WILL YOU HELP US?
WILL YOU VOLUNTEER?
WILL YOU HELP US GET OUT THE 
VOTE?
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE 
OUT HOW TO DO THAT WITHOUT THE 
CLIPBOARD AND WITHOUT THE RALLY.
BUT I THINK IF THERE'S A 
CAMPAIGN THAT'S BEEN HURT BY NOT
DOING RALLIES, IT'S DONALD 
TRUMP'S. 
>> I WANT TO BRING IN SARAH 
FADINGEN, OUR LONE REPUBLICAN 
OUT THERE ON HER ISLAND.
SARAH, YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN 
STRATEGIST.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, IS PRESIDENT 
TRUMP DOING ENOUGH TO MAYBE 
CAPITALIZE ON WHAT MAY BE AND 
SOME POLLS ARE SHOWING THIS, A 
LACK OF ENTHUSIASM FOR JOE BIDEN
RIGHT NOW?
>> YEAH, I THINK DONALD TRUMP 
TODAY HAS, YOU KNOW, A TWO TO 
FIVE-POINT ENTHUSIASM GAP 
DEPENDING ON THE TARGET STATE.
I DO AGREE WITH MATT DOWD IN THE
FINAL ANALYSES I DON'T THINK 
THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY GAP.
TRUMP VOTERS ARE MOTIVATED, 
PROGRESSIVES ARE MOTIVATED, 
THEY'RE NOT THRILLED WITH THEIR 
NOMINEE.
THEY'RE NOT THRILLED WITH THEIR 
VP SELECTION.
BUT AS MATT POINTED OUT, THEY'RE
NOT DONALD TRUMP, AND SO THEY'RE
GOOD ENOUGH.
AND THAT'S REALLY -- THAT'S 
REALLY HOW I THINK THE LANDSCAPE
IS GOING TO SHAKE OUT.
IN TERMS OF TRUMP, YOU KNOW, HE 
CONTINUES TO MAKE UNENFORCED 
ERRORS.
WE SPENT ALL WEEKEND TALKING 
ABOUT THE POSTAL SERVICE AS 
OPPOSED TO THIS HISTORIC ISRAELI
UAE DEAL, WHICH REALLY -- IF YOU
TALK TO DEMOCRATS, THEY WOULD 
SAY THAT IS A VERY BIG DEAL AND 
HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT BUT THAT'S 
NOWHERE IN THE POLITICAL 
CONVERSATION BECAUSE HE'S 
STEPPED ON A MESSAGE RELATIVE TO
THE POST OFFICE.
I DO THINK HE'S NOT TAKING AS 
MUCH ADVANTAGE AS HE COULD BE, 
BUT HIS SUPPORTERS LOVE HIM AND 
THEY LOVE HIS STYLE, AND IT'S 
WORKING IN TERMS OF MOEGT HIS 
BASE. 
>> YVETTE, 2004, ABB, ANYBODY 
BUT BURKS IT DIDN'T WORK FOR 
SENATOR JOHN KERRY.
WHY BE ABT WORK FOR JOE BIDEN. 
>> BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE 
BEEN WORKING IN OUR ORGANIZATION
AND OTHER PROGRESSIVE 
ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY GET 
PEOPLE TO REALIZE HOW CRITICAL 
THIS IS.
AND YES, THERE ARE FOLKS WHO'VE 
BEEN WITH US WHO HAVE HELPED US 
WIN EVERY ELECTION UP UNTIL THIS
POINT WHO ARE SAYING, YES, I'M 
HOLDING MY NOSE TO VOTE, BUT I'M
GOING TO MAKE SURE I SHOW UP AND
MOBILIZE.
HERE'S WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS 
DOING FOR US, TO SARAH'S POINT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 
WERE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC AFTER THE 
KAMALA HARRIS DECISION.
I ACTUALLY WAS ONE THAT WAS.
BUT LET HIM COME OUT TO THE POST
OFFICE.
THERE WERE FOLKS SAYING I WILL 
FIRE UP MY CAR AND DRIVE TO 
EVERYONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO 
GET THEIR BALLOT AND DELIVER 
THAT BALLOT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TON OF 
DEPUTY PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO 
BE OUT THERE AND MAKING SURE.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, DONALD TRUMP IS
GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED BECAUSE 
NOBODY WANTS HIM TO STEAL THIS 
ELECTION.
NOBODY LIKES A CHEATER.
AND SO DONALD TRUMP IS ACTUALLY 
HELPING MOTIVATE AND RILE UP OUR
FOLKS MORE THAN JOE BIDEN IS 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> THANK YOU, YVETTE. 
>>> COMING UP, WE'LL SPEAK WITH 
THE CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL 
BLACK CAUCUS AND FORMER MEMBER 
OF THE VP SHORT LIST ABOUT HOW 
THE DEMOCRATS CAN COME TOGETHER,
>>> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY THE 
CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK
CAUCUS, CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN 
BASS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME,
CONGRESSWOMAN.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> WELL, TONIGHT, OF COURSE, 
WE'LL START A CONVENTION UNLIKE 
ANY WE'VE SEEN.
THIS IS IN MANY WAYS THE START 
OF THE GENERAL ELECTION, GIVEN 
THAT WE'VE HAD VIRTUALLY NO 
CAMPAIGN EVENTS UP TO THIS 
POINT.
HOW WILL YOUR PARTY PRESENT ITS 
CASE AS TO WHY JOE BIDEN SHOULD 
REPLACE DONALD TRUMP?
>> OH, I THINK THAT THE CONTRAST
IS GOING TO BEGIN TONIGHT.
I THINK THAT CHARACTER IS GOING 
TO BE A HUGE ISSUE, AND THEN I 
THINK THE EXAMPLE IS GOING TO BE
THE FACT THAT, WHAT, THERE ARE 
170,000 AMERICANS THAT HAVE 
PASSED AWAY BECAUSE OF LACK OF 
LEADERSHIP.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CONTRAST, 
THE DIVISION, AND OUR PARTY 
OFFERING UNITY, PEOPLE COMING 
TOGETHER, HEALING OF OUR NATION,
AND ELIMINATING ALL OF THE 
DIVISIVE POLITICS THAT HAVE 
HAPPENED OVER THE LAST THREE AND
A HALF YEARS. 
>> CONGRESSWOMAN, KAMALA HARRIS 
IS RUNNING WITH JOE BIDEN.
SHE GOT PICKED.
YOU WERE ON THE SHORT LIST AS 
WELL.
WE SHOULD MENTION.
WHY WAS SHE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE 
DEMOCRATS MARCHING IN THE 
STREETS WHO ARE STILL MARCHING 
IN THE STREETS AND NOW HAVE A 
PROSECUTOR AND SOME WILL SAY A 
FORMER PROSECUTOR, A TOP OF 
PROSECUTOR ON THE TICKET WITH 
JOE BIDEN?
>> WELL, I ABSOLUTELY THINK SHE 
IS A GREAT CHOICE, AND I WILL 
TELL YOU THAT THROUGH THE 
CAMPAIGN, ONE, HER PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN AND ALSO DURING THE 
TIME OF THE VP SELECTION THAT A 
LOT OF HER RECORD HAS BEEN 
DISTORTED.
I CAN TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY THAT
I WORKED WITH HER WHEN I WAS 
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN 
CALIFORNIA.
WE WORKED ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
REFORM TOGETHER.
WE WORKED ON JUVENILE JUSTICE 
ISSUES.
SO HER RECORD NEEDS TO BE SET 
STRAIGHT BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE 
THAT IT WAS DISTORTED.
BUT I ALSO KNOW WHAT SHE HAS 
DONE SINCE SHE'S BEEN IN THE 
SENATE.
I JUST FINISHED WORKING WITH HER
ON THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN 
POLICING ACT.
WE PASSED THE BILL IN THE HOUSE.
IT STALLED IN THE SENATE, BUT IT
CERTAINLY WASN'T BECAUSE OF HER 
THAT IT STALLED. 
>> WE SAW THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE
MODERATE AND PROGRESSIVE WING 
EXPLODE WITH THE COMPLAINTS OF 
THE NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN 
SPEAKERS BEING FEATURED TONIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR FELLOW 
PROGRESSIVES WHO FEEL THE PARTY 
IS MINIMIZING THEIR VOICES WHILE
MAKING THIS OUTREACH TO 
DISAFFECTED REPUBLICANS?
>> WELL, I DON'T THINK THE PARTY
IS MINIMIZING THE VOICES OF 
PROGRESSIVES.
LET ME TELL YOU VERY 
SPECIFICALLY WHY.
I COCHAIRED THE BIDEN/SANDERS 
TASK FORCE ON E ECONOMY, AND 
THERE WERE UNITY TASK FORCES ON 
SEVERAL DIFFERENT ISSUES, AND I 
KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE BIDEN 
TEAM INCORPORATED A TREMENDOUS 
NUMBER OF THE PROPOSALS THAT THE
SANDERS TEAM PUT FORWARD.
AND SO I WOULD SAY LOOK AT THE 
PLATFORM AND ALSO IN THIS 
CAMPAIGN AND WHAT THE 
ADMINISTRATION WILL BE.
SO I THINK THERE IS PLENTY OF 
ROOM FOR ALL OF US IN THIS BIG 
TENT. 
>> WOULD YOU ALSO SUGGEST THEY 
MIGHT NEED TO SWALLOW THEIR 
CONCERNS SLIGHTLY AT LEAST FOR 
THE SAKE OF THE PARTY UNITY AND 
TRYING TO DRAW MORE VOTERS TO 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK ANYONE 
SHOULD SWALLOW THEIR CONCERNS.
I THINK THEIR CONCERNS NEED TO 
BE THERE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME 
WE CAN FIGHT FOR THIS TICKET TO 
WIN WHILE YOU HAVE CONCERNS, 
WHILE YOU VOICE THOSE CONCERNS.
THAT CAN STILL BE EXPRESSED.
I WOULD NEVER WANT TO TELL 
SOMEONE TO SQUASH THEIR CONCERNS
OR THEIR ACTIVISM. 
>> CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN BASS, 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY HAVING ME ON. 
>>> STILL AHEAD ON REST IN 
AMERICA, WILL THE UPRISINGS IN 
OUR STREETS MAKE AN IMPACT AT 
THE BALLOT BOX?
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. BOMBER, 
NOW STREAMING ON HULU.
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>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS 
LIVE.
WE ARE COVERING THE OPENING 
NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
AGAIN, THE FIRST VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION IN THE HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
IF THE CORONAVIRUS AND THE 
ECONOMIC FALLOUT THAT FOLLOWED 
AFTERWARDS WAS NOT ROUGH ENOUGH 
FOR THIS COUNTRY, SO MUCH HAS 
HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS 
THAT WE WILL NEVER EVER FORGET 
2020.
NAMES AND FACES THAT WILL BE 
WITH US FOR THE REST OF OUR 
LIVES.
OF COURSE WHAT WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT HERE, WHAT HAPPENS TO 
SEVERAL BLACK MEN AND A BLACK 
WOMAN AS THEY WERE ACCOSTED BY 
POLICE AND EVERYTHING THAT 
HAPPENED AFTER THAT, THE ANGER 
THAT SENT PEOPLE OUT INTO THE 
STREETS IN WAYS WE'VE NOT SEEN 
SINCE THE EARLY '90s AND THE 
'60s. 
>> AHMAUD ARBERY, BREONNA 
TAYLOR, GEORGE FLOYD AND 
RAYSHARD BROOKS BROUGHT THE 
ISSUE OF RACE BACK TO THE 
FOREFRONT OF AMERICAN 
CONSCIOUSNESS.
STRONG TURNOUT FROM THE BLACK 
VOTE WILL BE KEY IF BIDEN IS TO 
WIN THE PRESIDENCY, BUT DESPITE 
CORRECT MANY BLAKS BLACK VOTERS 
WITH SAVING HIS CAMPAIGN, HE'S 
NOT CONSOLIDATED THAT KEY BLOC. 
>> IF RACISM IS AMERICA'S 
ORIGINAL SIN, THEN THESE EVENTS 
THAT ARE FRAMING NOVEMBER'S 
ELECTION ARE IN NO WAY 
REPENTFUL. 
>> I'M NOT HERE TO -- IS A BLACK
MALE, RUNNING DOWN THE STREET. 
>> WHERE AT. 
>> I DON'T KNOW.
STOP, STOP. 
>> IS IT "T" STHOOGT DEATH OF 
AHMAUD ARBERY IN SOUTH GEORGIA 
WAS A REMINDER TO MANY THAT 
BEING BLACK OR BROWN IN AMERICA 
CAN GET YOU KILLED FOR THAT 
REASON ALONE.
THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE SEEN 
VISITING THE SAME CONSTRUCTION 
SITE WHO NO ONE FELT WAS 
SUSPICIOUS AND ARE NOT DEAD.
BUT IT WAS THE AGONIZING DEATH 
OF GEORGE FLOYD THAT WAS ONE TOO
MANY WHERE, TO MANY AMERICANS, 
THE WHITE POLICE OFFICER SEEN 
KILLING HIM APPEARED TO ENJOY 
THE MOMENT. 
>> I CAN'T BREATHE. 
>> BREONNA TAYLOR!
>> SAYING HER NAME, BREONNA 
TAYLOR, IN KENTUCKY, ELIJAH 
McCLAIN IN COLORADO. 
>> SAY HIS NAME!
>> RAYSHARD BROOKS IN ATLANTA.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 
1960s, AMERICANS OF EVERY COLOR 
FILLED THE STREETS DEMANDING 
RACIAL JUSTICE.
THEIR PRESIDENT, WHO ONCE 
DEFENDED WHITE SUPREMACISTS IN 
VIRGINIA, TOLD THEM THAT THE 
WORDS BLACK LIVES MATTER PAINTED
IN FRONT OF HIS FORMER NEW YORK 
RESIDENCE IS A SYMBOL OF HATE. 
>> THEY WANT TO SILENCE US, BUT 
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.
[ CHEERS ]
>> SO ON THE ISSUE OF RACE, IT 
SHOULD BE EASY POINTS FOR FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WHO 
WORKED ALONGSIDE THE NATION'S 
FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT AND HAS 
SELECTED A BLACK WOMAN AS HIS 
RUNNING MATE.
BUT THIS IS JOE BIDEN.
>> UNLIKE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY WITH NOTABLE 
EXCEPTIONS, THE LATINO COMMUNITY
IS AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> AND IN THIS INTERVIEW WITH A 
NEW YORK CITY RADIO STATION, HE 
REACHED A LITTLE FAR, 
QUESTIONING THE BLACKNESS OF ANY
BLACK AMERICAN WHO WOULDN'T VOTE
FOR HIM. 
>> IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM 
FIGURING OUT WHETHER YOU'RE FOR 
ME OR TRUMP, THEN YOU AIN'T 
BLACK. 
>> EVEN THE SENATOR GAVE HIM NO 
END OF GRIEF FOR OPPOSING SCHOOL
INTEGRATION EFFORTS IN THE 
1970s. 
>> DO YOU AGREE TODAY THAT YOU 
WERE WRONG TO OPPOSITE BUSSING 
IN AMERICA?
>> NO.
>> DO YOU AGREE?
>> I DID NOT OPPOSITE BUSSING IN
AMERICA.
WHAT I OPPOSED IS BUSSING 
ORDERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
EDUCATION. 
>> BUT AMONG OLDER BLACK 
AMERICANS WHO ARE ARGUABLY THE 
MOST PRAGMATIC IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AND RESCUED HIS CAMPAIGN 
BY GIVING HIM AN OVERWHELMING 
VICTORY IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA 
PRIMARY, HE'S STILL THEIR 
CHAMPION.
AMONG YOUNGER BLACK VOTERS, NOT 
SOME OF WHICH. 
>> SO THE QUESTION IS, AM I 
EXCITED FOR JOE BIDEN.
THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO.
HOWEVER, I AM EAGER TO GET TRUMP
OUT OF OFFICE, AND RIGHT NOW 
BIDEN IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY 
REALISTIC WAY WE HAVE OF DOING 
THAT, SO I WILL BE VOTING FOR 
HIM. 
>> I'M NOT EXCITED FOR JOE BIDEN
BEING PRESIDENT, ANSWER IS NO.
BIDEN WILL GET MY VOTE BY 
DEFAULT. 
>> I AM NOT HAPPY OR EXCITED TO 
VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN, HOWEVER, I 
AM WILLING TO SETTLE FOR JOE 
BIDEN OVER THE CURRENT 
ADMINISTRATION. 
>> IT'S TIME FOR US TO HOLD OUR 
ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE. 
>> MARY HECTOR GRADUATED FROM A 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE.
WHEN WE TALKED WITH HER, SHE WAS
ON HER WAY TO KENTUCKY TO 
PROTEST THE POLICE SHOOTING 
DEATH OF BREONNA TAYLOR. 
>> WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE FOR JOE 
BIDEN, THE CANDIDATE, FROM HERE 
ON OUT?
>> I THINK MY ADVICE FOR JOE 
BIDEN IS TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK TO
THOSE AT THE MARGINS.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO 
SHOW UP TO THE POLLS, THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE WITHOUT A 
SHADOW OF A DOUBT.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO 
DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN A 
COUNTRY WHERE WE ARE AFRAID TO 
LIVE. 
>> LaTOSHA BROWN IS ONE OF MANY 
WHO HAS REMINDED BIDEN HOW HIS 
BREAD IS BUTTER, ENCOURAGING HIM
IN THIS EDITORIAL TO MILK A 
BLACK VP.
SHE SAYS BLACK VOTERS NEED TO 
LOOK AT THIS AS AN ELECTION 
ABOUT REDUCING HARM. 
>> THERE IS A DANGER IN HAVING A
PRESIDENT THAT IS OPENLY RACIST.
THIS IS NOT A NORMAL ELECTION.
WE DON'T NEED TO TREAT IT LIKE 
IT IS A NORMAL ELECTION. 
>> IN ATLANTA, GEORGE LEARNED 
FIRSTHAND THE ANGER IN THE 
STREETS.
HE WENT DOWN TO THAT BURNEDDOWN 
RESTAURANT WHERE RAYSHARD BROOKS
WAS KILLED TO HEAR WHAT YOUNG 
PEOPLE WERE THINKING. 
>> I GOT SMACKED AROUND A LITTLE
BIT.
>> HE SAYS WHILE OLDER BLACK 
VOTERS WOULD, QUOTE, CHOOSE A 
FIRE HYDRANT OVER PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, HE BELIEVES YOUNGER 
VOTERS ARE DEMANDING MORE. 
>> JOE BIDEN NEEDS TO REMIND 
PEOPLE THAT HE HAS A LONG 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY.
LIKE, THE DMEEMOCRATIC PARTY HAA
LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BLACK
COMMUNITY, THAT THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY DOES NOT WIN WITHOUT BLACK
VOTERS, AND SO THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY OWES YOU.
LOOK AT WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAYS 
EVERY THIRD DAY FOR THE LAST 
1,000 DAYS.
DONALD TRUMP WAS TALKING ABOUT, 
LIKE, SUBURBAN HOUSEWIVES TRYING
TO KEEP -- YOU CAN HEAR THE AIR 
QUOTES AROUND IT.
WHO ARE PEOPLE OUT OF YOUR 
NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE LOW-INCOME --
IT'S NOT A DOG WHISTLE.
IT'S FOGHORN. 
>> THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT 2008 
WHERE HOPE HAD BLACK AMERICANS 
VOTINGS FOR SOMETHING.
THIS TIME THE VOTE ON THE LEFT 
IS MORE INSPIRED BY WHAT IT'S 
AGAINST.
>> LIKE, WHATEVER ELSE IS GOING 
ON, JOE BIDEN GOT TO BE PRETTY 
BORING, LIKE, AND WE WANT THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE 
BORING. 
>> WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR 
THE PERFECT CANDIDATE TO COME IN
ON A HORSE AND SAVE US ALL.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE THAT 
DELUSIONAL ANYMORE. 
>> FOR ABC NEWS LIVE IN ATLANTA.
>> THANKS TO STEVE FOR THAT 
REPORT.
>>> LET'S BRING BACK OUR 
POWERHOUSE ROUNDTABLE, THE 
THUNDER DOME?
OKAY.
THUNDER DOME RETURNS.
YVETTE, AND SARAH FADINGEN JOIN 
US AGAIN.
THIS TIME ALONG WITH 
CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN CARL.
LET'S START WITH YOU.
DESPITE BIDEN'S GAFFES, THE 
PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN BIDEN QUITE 
THE OPENING WITH HIS HANDLING OF
THE RACIAL UNREST AND ANGER THAT
HAS SWEPT THE COUNTRY, WOULDN'T 
YOU SAY?
>> THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, TRUMP 
HIMSELF HAS SIGNALED THAT 
THEY'RE GOING TO TRYING TO MAKE 
UNREST, UNREST IN THE CITY, 
VIOLENCE AROUND THE COUNTRY AS A
STR
CENTERPIECE OF HIS LAW AND ORDER
CAMPAIGN.
BUT IT'S A TOUGHER ARGUMENT TO 
MAKE, LINSEY, WHEN YOU ARE THE 
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS ALL HAPPENING ON DONALD 
TRUMP'S WATCH.
DONALD TRUMP, WE SAW IN HIS 
FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, HAD WHAT I
WOULD ARGUE THE LOW POINT OF HIS
PRESIDENT BEFORE 2020, HIS 
REACTION TO THE SITUATION IN 
CHARLOTTESVILLE WHERE THE NATION
SAW WHITE SUPREMACISTS WITH TIKI
TORCHES MARCHING SAYING "JEWS 
WILL NOT REPLACE US" AND WHERE 
WE SAW A PROTEST LED BY THOSE 
VERY WHITE SUPREMACISTS TURN 
VIOLENT AS ONE OF THEM DROVE A 
CAR INTO A GROUP OF 
COUNTERPROTESTERS AND KILLED ONE
OF THEM.
AND THE PRESIDENT'S REACTION TO 
THAT PROTEST, TO THAT MOMENT IN 
TIME WAS TO SAY THAT THERE WERE 
VERY FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT 
RESONATED WITH MOST OF THE 
COUNTRY.
MUCH OF THE COUNTRY WAS 
HORRIFIED BY THIS.
MANY OF THE REPUBLICANS WHO 
SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT WERE 
HORRIFIED BY THAT.
FAST FORWARD TO THIS MOMENT IN 
TIME AND WE'VE SEEN THE 
PRESIDENT MAKE IMPASSIONED 
DEFENSE OF STATUES OF 
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS, DEFENDING 
THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, AND NOT 
DOING REALLY ANYTHING TO COME 
OUT TO HEAL THE NATION, TO BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER IN THE WAKE OF 
SOMETHING THAT HORRIFIED, AGAIN,
VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, 
THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD.
SO YES, I THINK THIS WILL BE A 
MAJOR VULNERABILITY FOR THE 
PRESIDENT AND A BIG ISSUE FOR 
DEMOCRATS GOING FORWARD. 
>> YVETTE, I WANT TO BRING YOU 
BACK IN.
AS WE JUST SAW IN STEVE'S PIECE,
HE TALKED ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL 
GENERATIONAL SPLIT BETWEEN THE 
BLACK ENTHUSIASM.
I'M STRUCK BY THIS POLL THAT ABC
NEWS DID WITH "THE WASHINGTON 
POST" THIS PAST SUMMER THAT HAD 
BIDEN 41% OF BLACK SUPPORT, 11% 
FOR KAMALA HARRIS.
SO IS SHE ENOUGH, ADDING HER TO 
THE TICKET TO ENERGIZE BOTH 
YOUNG AND OLD BLACK VOTERS?
>> I THINK KAMALA HARRIS IS 
GOING TO BRING FORWARD BLACK 
WOMEN AND BROWN WOMEN WHO ARE 
THE MOBILIZERS, TYPICALLY BLACK 
AND BROWN WOMEN BRING THEIR 
FAMILIES WITH THEM AND THEIR 
CHURCHES WITH THEM SKPBLTS AND 
THEIR COMMUNITIES WITH THEM, BUT
THEY STILL HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH
YOUNG BLACK MEN.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE 1994 CRIME 
BILL WHICH WAS BIDEN'S 
RESPONSIBILITY, PEOPLE STILL SEE
KAMALA AS A PROSECUTOR, THE FACT
THAT THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE IS 
NOT SUPPORTING THE LEGALIZATION 
OF MARIJUANA, AND THE FACT THAT 
BIDEN WAS SO QUICK TO NOT 
SUPPORT DEFUND THE POLICE IN THE
MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
PROTESTS IN OUR COUNTRY AROUND 
POLICE BRUTALITY.
AND SO IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE.
HERE'S THE THING THE PARTY HAS 
TO DO.
YES, WE WANT TO RALLY AND DEFEAT
TRUMP, BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE 
YOUNG BLACK VOTERS SOMETHING TO 
SUPPORT.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING.
AND THE CONTINUING TALK ABOUT 
SUBURBAN WHITE VOTERS, TALKING 
ABOUT BRINGING OVER REPUBLICANS,
YOU GET WHAT YOU ORGANIZE FOR.
ORGANIZE AND ENGAGE YOUNG BLACK 
MALE VOTERS AND THEY WILL SHOW 
UP.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN JUST 
BECAUSE TRUMP IS A DISASTER. 
>> HOW DOES KANYE WEST 
COMPLICATE THE SITUATION 
ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG BLACK MALE 
VOTERS. 
>> WITH AN ELECTION THIS TIGHT, 
EVERYTHING MATTERS.
HE IS A DISTRACTION BUT CHANCE 
THE RAPPER CAME OUT AND FAVOR OF
HIM.
THE KARDASHIANS ARE AN EMPIRE 
AMONG YOUNG BLACK AND WHITE 
VOTERS, MESSAGES WORK TOGETHER 
AND STICK TOGETHER.
SO I WOULD NOT UNDERSTATEMENT 
THE KANYE EFFECT ON BILLING B.C.
A SPOILER.
WE NEED EVERY VOTE WE CAN GET.
SO JOE BIDEN REALLY HAS TO MAKE 
SURE HE'S ENGAGING THOSE YOUNG 
BLACK VOTERS AND GIVE THEM 
SOMETHING TO VOTE FOR. 
>> A NIGHT WE'RE ALREADY TALKING
ABO
ABO
ABOUT --IES ZEE.
COULD THIS BE A DANGER FOR SOME 
DEMOCRATS?
I ASK BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS, 
THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICE 
OFFICERS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY 
THAT ARE DEMOCRATS.
>> AND A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY 
GREAT POLICE OFFICERS WHO DO 
EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN TO KEEP
THEIR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
AND SO IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT 
YOU NOT PAINT WITH A BROAD BRUSH
STROKE.
BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT YOU
UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE WHERE THE
PASSION COMES FROM AND WHERE THE
FEAR COMES FROM.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION JUST FOR A
MINUTE.
WE'RE HEARING REPORTS NOW THAT 
THE ST. LOUIS COUPLE WHO 
LITERALLY WERE NEVER THREATENED 
WENT OUT ON THEIR YARD WITH GUNS
AND POINTED THEM AT 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN WALKING ON 
A SIDEWALK WHO WEREN'T 
THREATENING THEM AT ALL.
THAT'S A HUGE MOTIVATION TO 
YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO SAY, 
LOOK, THAT'S THE PARTY WHO 
THINKS THIS IS HOW PEOPLE SHOULD
BEHAVE, AND WE'RE THE PARTY WHO 
BELIEVES WE NEED TO FIX THESE 
PROBLEMS.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE 
LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL BE SAD.
THE OTHER THING IS ABOUT YOUNG 
VOTERS IN GENERAL, NOT JUST 
YOUNG VOTERS OF COLOR.
THERE'S AN OLD ADAGE IN 
POLITICS.
YOU DON'T RELY ON YOUNG VOTERS.
THOSE OLDER AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
VOTERS WHO GAVE JOE BIDEN THE 
NOMINATION ESSENTIALLY, THOSE 
OLDER AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS 
WHO ARE GOING TO TELL THEIR 
GRANDCHILDREN, THEY'RE TIRED OF 
JOE BIDEN AND THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY THAT'S NOT LISTENING.
AND THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS 
TICKET.
AND SO BECAUSE THE TICKET'S 
THEIRS.
THEY PICKED JOE BIDEN, AND SO I 
THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO NOT 
IGNORE THE OLDER VOTES WHO ALSO 
RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
FLORIDA, LOOK AT FLORIDA AND 
THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING 
RIGHT NOW WITH COVID AND HOW 
DISPOSABLE REPUBLICANS SEEM TO 
THINK OLDER PEOPLE ARE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO TALK 
ABOUT.
BUT CLEARLY WE HAVE TO BRING 
THIS COUNTRY BACK TOGETHER AND 
THAT MEANS JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE 
AND I THINK JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA
HARRIS ARE GOING TO BRING THAT 
MESSAGE OVER AND OVER AND OVER 
AGAIN IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
>> I WANT TO BRING IN SARAH 
FADINGEN NOW.
HOW BIG OF AN OPPORTUNITY DID 
THE PRESIDENT MISS WHEN IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 
HE HAS THIS SOCIAL UNREST?
AND THE COUNTRY NEEDS A HEALER 
IN CHIEF.
EVEN THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS 
WILL TELL YOU HE DOESN'T 
NECESSARILY FIT THAT ROLE IF 
EVER AT ALL.
BUT AT A TIME WHEN WE NEEDED A 
STEADY HAND WITH TWEETS, HE WAS 
SEEMING TO ADD GASOLINE TO THE 
FIRE. 
>> LOOK, IF YOU CONSIDER TRUMP, 
WORKING FOR HIM IN THE 2016 
CAMPAIGN, THE OFF THE CUFF, 
NONPOLITICIAN, IT DOESN'T WORK 
WELL IN A CRISIS.
THE RACE HAS TIGHTENED A LITTLE 
BIT BUT, YOU KNOW, POST-THE 
UNREST, YOU KNOW, AT THE HEIGHT 
OF THE COVID CRISIS, YOU KNOW, 
HE WAS DOWN TEN POINTS IN THIS 
RACE AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF 
EXACTLY THE POINT YOU JUST MADE.
HE DOES APPEAR TO ME LIKE HE'S 
TARGET TO COURSE CORRECT TO THE 
DEGREE THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE WITH
HIM AND HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT.
HE'S TRYING TO FOCUS MORE ON 
POLICY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THIS 
FOR FOUR YEARS, IS HE HAS A GOOD
DAY, HE HAS A GOOD MOMENT, HE 
HAS A GREAT POLICY OUTCOME.
HE'S HAD A LOT OF GOOD POLICY 
OUTCOMES AND THEN THERE'S A 
TWITTER OR TWITTER ACCOUNT 
ATTACK, A TWEET, AN EMAIL, A 
STATEMENT AT A PODIUM, AN ATTACK
ON A REPORTER, AND IT JUST FALLS
APART.
THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT 
HE JUST HASN'T LEARNED TO STOP 
DOING.
>> YVETTE, BOIL IT DOWN OFFICERS
WHEN IT COMES TO THESE 
CONVENTIONS, IS THERE SOMETHING 
THAT JOE BIDEN CAN SAY OR HIS 
SURROGATES CAN SAY THAT WILL 
ENTICE PEOPLE TO WANT TO VOTE 
FOR HIM RATHER THAN AGAINST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
>> I THINK SET THE VISION AND 
MAKE IT PLAIN.
I THINK THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY INSIDERS THAT THE STRATEGY
IS TO BE AGAINST TRUMP, THAT 
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE 
NEGATIVES ABOUT TRUMP AND NOT 
NECESSARILY TALK ABOUT WHAT 
WE'RE GOING TO DO.
PEOPLE WANT TO VOTE FOR 
SOMETHING.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO 2008.
I WAS A POLL WORKER IN OHIO, A 
BATTLEGROUND STATE.
MY NEPHEWS, YOUNG BLACK MEN, 
WAITING IN LINE FOR HOURS.
I WATCHED PEOPLE WRAP AROUND THE
BUILDING WAITING IN LINE BECAUSE
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A 
BETTER COUNTRY.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SPEAKING 
FOR AND REPRESENTING ALL OF OUR 
COUNTRY, THE BEST OF US.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR MORE
OF THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE 
ENOUGH FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
TRUMP IS NOT.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE 
ARE AND WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT 
EVERY SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION.
WE HAVE TO TALK TO YOUNG VOTERS.
THEY ARE THE KEY TO CLENCHING 
THIS BECAUSE THIS HAS TO BE 
OVERWHELMING TURNOUT, OTHERWISE,
AS YOU HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP, 
HE'S GOING TO TRIED TO 
INVALIDATE IT AND PUT UP ROAD 
BLOCKS.
HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
SABOTAGE THIS ELECTIONS.
I WANT TO HEAR MORE HOPE AND 
HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR 
YOU.
I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS 
PARTY REPRESENTS ALL OF US AND 
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGE FOR 
YOU, WHERE YOU ARE, IN YOUR 
LIVING ROOM.
IF WE GET THAT, I THINK WE CAN 
GET THERE.
BUT I'M VERY, VERY WORRIED THAT 
WE'RE RELYING TOO MUCH ON PEOPLE
BEING DISENCHANTED, UPSET ABOUT 
TRUMP AND PEOPLE NEED SOMETHING 
TO VOTE FOR. 
>> I WANT TO BRING IN MATT DOWD 
RIGHT NOW.
YOU JUST HEARD YVETTE THERE.
IF YOU'RE WHISPERING IN JOE 
BIDEN'S EAR RIGHT NOW, WHAT DUTY
HIM?
HE CAN'T GO OUT THERE DOING WHAT
HE DOES BEST, WHICH IS GET IN 
VOTERS' FACES, LET THEM KNOW HE 
CARES, PRESS THAT FLESH.
HE'S DOING ZOOM CALLS AND A 
VIRTUAL CONVENTION.
AT THE SAME TIME PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS NOW RUNNING ADS IN 
BATTLEGROUND STATES THAT SAY 
WHERE IS JOE?
>> WELL, I MEAN, EVERYBODY IN 
AMERICA HAS GOTTEN USED TO IT, 
AS WAS DISCUSSED.
PEOPLE ARE DOING ZOOM 
CLASSROOMS, WE'RE ALL HAVING 
MEETINGS.
YOU'RE DOING IT REMOTE.
EVERYBODY IS DOING IT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S 
NECESSARILY A PROBLEM THAT WE 
HAVE A VIRTUAL CONVENTION.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WATCHED BY 
AS MANY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S 
NECESSARILY GOING TO HAVE SOME 
TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON JOE BIDEN 
OR EVEN ON DONALD TRUMP IN THIS 
ELECTION.
TO ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT
FOR JOE BIDEN COMES THURSDAY 
NIGHT.
TONIGHT IS A BUILDUP TO TOMORROW
NIGHT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT OF ALL
OF THIS CONVENTION PROCESS IS 
THE SPEECH HE GIVES.
AND THE SPEECH HE GIVES IS GOING
TO BE A COMBINATION OF LOOKING 
FORWARD, POLICY, WHAT HE WANTS 
TO DO IN AMERICA, BUT IT'S ALSO 
GOING TO BE LOOKING BACKWARD.
AS HE SAYS, WE'RE IN THE FIGHT 
FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA THIS 
TIME.
IF I WERE ADVISING JOE BIDEN, I 
WOULD SAY GIVE THE SPEECH OF 
YOUR LIFE ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
YOU WILL GIVE IT REMOTELY, IT 
WILL BE VIRTUAL, BUT IT CAN 
STILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT 
IF HE COMBINES THOSE ELEMENTS. 
>> LET'S BRING IN JONATHAN KARL.
WE TALKED TO RACHEL SCOTT 
EARLIER TODAY.
SHE WAS IN WISCONSIN.
OF COURSE THAT'S WHERE THIS 
CONVENTION WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE 
PLACE.
INSTEAD OF MANY DEMOCRATS ARE 
SCATTERED ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
GIVING VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS 
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN WISCONSIN.
GIVE US A SENSE OF HIS PLAYBOOK 
FOR THIS WEEK AND IF HE'S GOING 
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR OPINION
AS FAR AS UPSTAGING THE 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO 
COUNTERPROGRAM JOE BIDEN.
THE TRADITION HAS BEEN IN 
PREVIOUS YEARS, PREVIOUS 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS THAT THE 
PARTY THAT HAS THE CONVENTION 
HAS THE STAGE FOR THAT WEEK.
THE OTHER PARTY TAKES OFF.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE DOCUMENT.
SO WE SAW HIM OUT IN MINNESOTA, 
WISCONSIN, HE'S GOING TO 
ARIZONA.
HE WANTS TO HAVE A CONTRAST 
SHOWING HE'S OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL WHILE JOE BIDEN EVEN 
DURING HIS CONVENTION IS BACK 
HOME IN DELAWARE.
BUT THEN HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO 
FIGURE OUT WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO
WITH HIS CONVENTION NEXT WEEK.
LET ME TELL YOU, THE DEMOCRATS 
HAVE BEEN PLANNING A VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION FOR MONTHS.
THE REPUBLICANS REALLY ONLY 
STARTED WORKING ON THIS A FEW 
WEEKS AGO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT WILL MAKE FOR SOME 
INTERESTING VIEWING EITHER WAY.
JOHN KARL, FULL TIME WORD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE 
CONVENTION KICKING OFF.
STILL TO COME, SENATOR BERNIE 
SANDERS, FORMER FIRST LADY 
MICHELLE OBAMA, GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS, DAVID MUIR, 
CRAZIES, RAHM EMANUEL, YVETTE IS
HERE, SARAH'S HERE, LINSEY IS 
HERE.
>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, DEMOCRATS
BEGIN MAKING THEIR PITCH TO 
AMERICAN VOTERS.
FIRST UP, YOU'LL HEAR FROM LOS 
ANGELES MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI, 
NEW YORK GOVERNOR COMB COMB AND 
GRETCHEN WHITMER.
FORMER OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH
AMONG MANY OTHERS.
A LITTLE BIT LATER, SENATOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AND FORMER FIRST 
LADY MICHELLE OBAMA.
LET'S DO A QUICK LIGHTNING ROUND
AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE WATCHING 
FOR TONIGHT.
YVETTE, LET'S START WITH YOU. 
>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 
HEARING ALL THE DIFFERENT 
PERSPECTIVES OF THE PARTY.
I THINK HAVING BERNIE ON THE 
FIRST NIGHT IS GOING TO BE 
REALLY GREAT.
ALSO HEARING FROM THE FIRST 
LADY, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT.
I WANT TO HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT 
WHAT THE PARTY IS GOING TO DO 
AND NOT TALK ABOUT TRUMP FOR THE
WHOLE LIGHT.
WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS 
MOMENT WHEN EVERYBODY'S PAYING 
ATTENTION TO INSPIRE OUR PARTY 
TO VICTORY.
I WANT TO
 I DO NOT WANT A REPEAT OF 2016 
AND WIN THIS THING.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE PARTY 
TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 
DO AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE 
GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER. 
>> YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT.
DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO 
HEAR THAT?
>> I'M HOPEFUL TODAY.
I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK THAT THE PARTY HAS 
REALLY, REALLY BEEN PUSHING THIS
ANTI-TRUMP MESSAGE.
I THINK WE GET IT, WE ALL KNOW 
TRUMP IS A DISASTER, NOW TELL ME
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR ME. 
>> SARAH, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING 
FOR TONIGHT?
>> I'M CURIOUS HOW MUCH OF THE 
DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS GOING TO 
BE ON THESE PROGRESSIVE CAUSES.
YOU HAVE CONGRESSWOMAN 
OCASIO-CORTEZ WITH ONE-MINUTE 
AND THEN BERNIE SANDERS.
HOW AGGRESSIVE IS HE GOING TO BE
IN PUSHING MEDICARE FOR ALL, 
WHICH IS NOT WHERE JOE BIDEN IS.
I'M GOING TO WATCH THAT TONIGHT 
AND THEN I'M REALLY INTERESTED 
TO SEE DOES IT CARRY FORWARD 
TOMORROW OR DOES THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY?
>> SENATOR, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF
TIME BUT YOUR QUICK RESPONSE 
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 
>> I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 
HEAR IS ABOUT CHARACTER AND 
ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S CHARACTER AND 
EMPATHY AND WHY HE SHOULD BE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> MATT DOWD?
>> I'M INTERESTED IN THE MOST 
POPULAR POLITICAL LEADER, WHAT 
SHE HAS TO SAY, MICHELLE OBAMA.
MICHELLE OBAMA IS MORE POPULAR 
THAN THE HUSBAND, THE FORMER 
PRESIDENT, AND I THINK HER 
SPEECH TONIGHT WILL PROBABLY 
HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT COMING 
OUT OF THIS CONVENTION. 
>> THANK YOU TO OUR POWERHOUSE 
POLITICAL TEAM.
THE COUNTDOWN IS ON, THE 
CONVENTION BEGINS IN JUST 
MINUTES WHEN WE RETURN.
DAVID MUIR AND GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS JOIN US AND THE 
ACTION GETS UN
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A ROAD TO 
THE CONVENTION LIKE THIS BEFORE 
IN THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
THE DEMOCRATS COME TOGETHER 
VIRTUALLY ACROSS OUR NATION WITH
SO MUCH ON THE LINE.
TONIGHT, BERNIE SANDERS AND 
FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA
TAKE CENTER STAGE.
LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVEION 
NOW REPORTING CHIEF ANCHOR 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 
OUR COVERAGE OF THIS YEAR'S 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING, IT'S 
NOTHING LIKE ANY CONVENTION ANY 
OF US HAS SEEN.
PARTIES AREN'T GATHERED IN ANY 
ONE PLACE.
SCATTERED ALL ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
AN EPIC FEED OF SOCIAL 
DISTANCING DURING THIS PANDEMIC 
THAT TRANSFORMED DAILY LIFE 
ACROSS AMERICA.
WE'LL HAVE COVERAGE ALL WEEK 
LONG JOINING THE NETWORK EACH 
NIGHT AT 10:00 AND THE OFFICIAL 
FIRST FROM THE CHAIR, BENNY 
THOMPSON, EVA LONGORIA IS THE 
MODERATOR COMING FROM LOS 
ANGELES.
CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON THE CHAIR 
OF THIS CONVENTION WILL BE 
COMING FROM JACKSON, 
MISSISSIPPI.
LET'S LISTEN IN TO EVA LONGORIA.
>> DIMINISHED AND DIVIDED AND 
YET, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FEAR 
AND SORROW AND THE UNCERTAINTY, 
PEOPLE HAVE COME TOGETHER 
BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE ARE BETTER 
THAN THIS.
AMERICA IS BETTER THAN THIS AND 
SO WE CHOOSE TO ACT INSPIRED BY 
THREE SACRED WORDS THAT BREATHE 
LIFE INTO OUR NATION, WE THE 
PEOPLE.
♪ 
♪ 
>> OKAY.
I'M READREADY. 
>> LET GO. 
>> WE READY?
>> I THINK I WORE THIS IN MIDDLE
SCHOOL. 
>> SIXTH GRADE. 
>> CAN I SAY THIS IN SPANISH?
>> SHOULD I READ JUST THIS LINE 
OR THE WHOLE THING?
>> TRENDS. 
>> CRUELTY. 
>> LIBERTY. 
>> LIBERTY. 
>> LET'S DO THIS. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE ARE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED 
STATES.
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]. 
>> IN ORDER TO FORM THE MORE 
PERFECT UNION. 
>> ESTABLISH JUSTICE. 
>> TRANQUILITY. 
>> PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON. 
>> GENERAL WELFARE. 
>> SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF 
LIBERTY. 
>> TO OURSELVES. 
>> TO ORDAIN AND ACCOMPLISH THIS
CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE OF THE QUITE. 
>> WE THE PEOPLE CALL THE 48th 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 
TO ORDER. 
>> I PLEDGE ALLIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD 
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
♪ 
♪ 
♪ BEAUTIFUL SKIES FOR AMBER 
WHEYS OF GRAIN ♪
♪ O SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DA
DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT WHAT SO 
PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TIE 
LIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING.
WHOSE BRIGHT STRIPES AND BRIGHT 
STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS 
FIGHT ♪
♪ OR THE RAM PITS WE WATCHED 
WERE SO GAL LENTLY STREAMING ♪
♪ AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE, 
THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪
♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT 
THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪
♪ O SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED 
BANNER YET WAVE ♪
♪ FOR THE LAND OF THE FREE AND 
THE HOME BRAVE ♪
>> HELLO.
LET US PRAY.
OH MIGHTY GOD WE CONFESS THAT 
OUR NATION NEEDS YOU AND HAS 
ALWAYS NEEDED YOU.
WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON 
ALL OF US, REPUBLICANS, 
INDEPENDENTS AND DEMOCRATS AS WE
STRIVE TO FORM A MORE PERFECT 
UNION, WE PRAY FOR YOUR 
STRENGTH, GUIDANCE AND WISDOM.
LORD, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE 
LIVING IN CHALLENGING TIMES THAT
CALL US TO LIVE UP TO THE 
HIGHIST ANGELS OF OUR NATIONAL 
CHARACTER AS WE CONFRONT THE 
TURBULENT WINGS OF THE GLOBAL 
PANDEMIC, ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY 
AND CIVIL DISCORD, MAY YOUR 
GRACIOUS HANDS LEAD US TO THE 
PEACEFUL SHORE OF LOVE AND 
CIVILITY.
HELP US, OH, LARD TO BE MINDFUL 
OF THE HOST VULNERABLE AMONG US 
FROM THE GOLDEN GENERATION TO 
THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN.
[SPEAKING FORE
[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]. 
>> FROM OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS 
TO TEACHER, GIVE US COMPASSION 
AND GRACE THIS NATION FROM MIAMI
TO MINU
TO MINNEAPOLIS A VISION THAT 
DOES JUSTICE.
AND WALK HUMBLY BEFORE YOU.
I PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF 
JESUS, AMEN. 
>> OPENING CEREMONIES FOR THIS 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE GRAVEL, THE PLEDGE OF 
ALLEGIANCE FROM JOE BIDEN'S FIVE
OF EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN YOU SAW 
TEAM SINGERS AND YOUTH SINGERS 
FROM 57 STATES AND TERRITORIES 
SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM THERE.
I'M JOINED BY OUR WHOLE 
POLITICAL TEAM TO BRING YOU THE 
GRAVEL TO GRAVEL COVERAGE.
IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT IT WAS 
DONE AWAY IN THE FIRST THREE OR 
FOUR MINUTES, THIS IS A 
TELEVISION CONVENTION. 
>> COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
WE'VE DONE MANY CONVENTIONS 
TOGETHER AND I'M STRUCK BY THE 
FACT WE'RE SITTING SOCIALLY 
DISTANT FROM ONE ANOTHER NEW 
YORK IN THE STUDIOS INSTEAD OF 
WISCONSIN AND QUITE FRANKLY, AS 
WE HEARD FROM THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGNS IN THE RECENT DAYS, 
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE WALKING 
INTO AND THE CHALLENGE THEY FACE
OVER THE NEXT ADDITIONAL THREE 
NIGHTS AFTER TONIGHT ABOUT 
PRODUCING A CONVENTION THAT 
STILL HAS ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY 
BUT WON'T HAVE BALLOONS AND 
FLOOR FIGHTS AND WHAT WE 
NORMALLY GET IN THE CONVENTION 
HALLS AND THEY HAVE BEEN HONEST 
HOPING IT REFLECTS THE MOMENT 
WE'RE IN AS AMERICANS.
THEY WILL COMMUNICATE THE WAY 
AMERICAN FAMILIES HAVE, OVER 
ZOOM AND MANY SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN
SENT VIDEO PRODUCTION KITS, 
LIGHTS, AUDIO EQUIPMENT.
IT WILL BE A PRODUCTION FEAT 
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE NIGHTS BUT 
I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO SHAY 
AWAY FROM HOW STARK THIS MOMENT 
IS.
THIS PANDEMIC 30 MILLION 
AMERICANS OUT OF WORK AND THIS 
LONG OVER DUE FIGHT.
THEY WILL TAKE ON THESE HARD 
ISSUES AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE 
ISSUES IN FACT RIGHT HERE ON 
NIGHT ONE. 
>> THAT IS SO CLEAR.
LY
LINSEY DAVIS FROM ABC NEWS.
THE CRY SIS AND RACE ACROSS 
AMERICA. 
>> THE OVERALL WE THE PEOPLE I 
WAS STRUCK BY THE INITIAL 
PRODUCTION CAPTURED THAT WITH 
THIS PATCH WORK OF AMERICANS AND
LOOKED LIKE UNITED COLORS AD IF 
YOU WILL.
IT WAS INTERESTING THERE WAS A 
BIDEN ADVISOR THAT SAID WHAT 
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM IS
A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THEY WANT THIS TO BE ABOUT 
ORDINARY PEOPLE.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE FRONT LINE 
WORKERS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE IN 
THE PAST PERHAPS VOTED FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP DECIDING THEY 
WILL HAVE A BETTER FUTURE WITH 
JO
JOE BIDEN AND CONVINCING TO COME
OVER AND LOOK AT THIS OTHER 
SIDE.
AGAIN, I DO THINK AS MUCH AS 
THEY SAID THEY WILL LIMIT THE 
AMOUNT WITH THE OCHO EELECTED 
OFFICIALS, I'M INTERESTED TO 
HEAR FROM JIM CLAYBURN.
YOU CAN CALL HIM A GOD FATHER OR
KING MAKER BUT MANY CREDITED HIM
WITH MAKING THIS WEEK 
POTENTIALLY POSSIBLE FOR JOE 
BIDEN WITH THE LANDSLIDE IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE HAD NOT WON A PRIMARY FOR 
CAUCUS UNTIL SOUTH CAROLINA.
BLACK VOTERS SHOWED OUT FOR 24% 
SAID THAT NIGHT IT WAS BECAUSE 
OF JIM CLYBURN'S WORDS WHEN HE 
SAID I KNOW JOE, WE KNOW JOE BUT
HE KNOWS US.
PEOPLE SAID THAT MATTERED. 
>> EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR JOE 
BIDEN THAT WEEK.
CLYBURN HAD COME OUT THE 
BEGINNING OF THE WEEK BEFORE THE
PRIMARY WANT TO DIG IN THE 
POLITICAL ANALYST ROB EMANUEL.
YOU'VE BEEN GOING BACK TO 
CONVENTION SINCE 1984. 
>> I STAYED -- 
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WHAT IS THE BIG CHALLENGE?
HOW DOES THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
BREAKTHROUGH THIS FORMAT?
CAN THEY GET THE BALANCE?
>> ONE THING I WANT TO ADD IS I 
THOUGHT THE BIGGEST THING FROM 
THE FIRST WAS A LITTLE JOY, A 
LITTLE REASSURANCE GIVEN THE 
DARK TIMES.
I THOUGHT ONE THING THAT CAME 
ACROSS WAS A HAPPINESS AND 
CERTAIN SENSE OF THAT WAS 
REASSURING ACTUALLY.
THIS IS NORMALLY YOU KNOW FROM 
EVERY DEBATE, EVERY CONVENTION 
AT THE END YOU GET A 15 AVERAGE 
12 HIGH 17-POINT BOUNCE.
THE MEASURE IS CAN YOU DO THIS 
IN A VIRTUAL WORLD?
THE TRUTH IS, I WOULD BE 
GUESSING.
THERE IS A LINEUP AT THE EFFORT.
THEY GOT THE RIGHT THEMES DOWN 
BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS CAN YOU
PRODUCE A REAL POLITICAL BOUNCE 
WHEN YOU'RE READY AT 10 POINTS, 
NINE, WHATEVER THE NUMBER, NO 
PERSON GOING INTO THIS NIGHT HAS
BEEN THIS HIGH UP AS A 
CHALLENGER AND SO THAT'S AN 
UNNATURAL MEASURE BECAUSE NOBODY
HAS GONE IN NIECHBNE OR 11.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL GET THE 
NORMAL BOUNCE.
IT HARD IN THE SLIR TWUL WORLD 
WHEN YOU'RE THIS HIGH UP.
IF HE SOLIDIFIES THOSE NUMBERS 
AND PUTS DOWN ROOTS WITH THOSE 
NUMBERS, THAT WILL BE THE 
MEASURE, NOT THE LENGTH BUT THE 
DEPTH OF IT. 
>> SARAH, YOU WORKED FOR 
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH.
ONE OF THE OTHER FACTORS IS IT'S
NOT JUST THIS IS VIRTUAL BUT 
WE'RE IN A POLARIZED TIME.
ARE A LOT OF UNDECIDED VOTERS 
OUT THERE?
>> THERE ARE NOT.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYWAY 
THAT EITHER CANDIDATE WILL MATCH
THE BOUNCE YOU'VE SEEN IN 
HISTORY.
THERE -- VOTERS ARE SO DUG IN 
RIGHT NOW IN MANY WAYS FOR JOE 
BIDEN WHO HAS A REALLY HARD 40% 
THERE WITH HIM, THEY'RE VOTING 
FOR HIM AND LOCKED IN, YOU NO, 
HE HAS LESS ROOM TO GROW.
DONALD TRUMP HAS A STRONG NUMBER
AGAINST HIM AND THEY'RE NOT 
MOVING, EITHER.
SO WE SHOULD SEE SOME BOUNCES 
BUT I THINK THERE WILL BE MUCH 
MORE MEASURED, THREE, FOUR 
POINTS AND LIKELY DISSIPATE 
QUICKLY. 
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP NOT TAKING THIS ON IN A 
TRADITIONAL MANNER.
HE'S IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN 
TODAY, JOE BIDEN ISN'T. 
>> YEAH, NOT SHOCKED AT ALL 
ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IF YOU WATCH THE 
PRESIDENT OVER TIME, THIS IS HIS
STYLE.
HE'S GOT A VERY MUCH DIRECT AND 
CONFRONTATIONAL TYPE OF STYLE 
AND I THINK HE WANTED TO BE IN 
WISCONSIN AND LET'S FACE IT, 
WISCONSIN IS A REALLY IMPORTANT 
STATE.
SEVEN OR EIGHT WILL DECIDE THIS 
ELECTION, WISCONSIN IS ONE OF 
THEM.
YOU'LL SEE HIM THERE A LOT.
YOU'LL SEE HIM IN MINNESOTA, 
PENNSYLVANIA, FLORIDA, NORTH 
CAROLINA, ARIZONA, THOSE STATES 
INSIDE OF THIS ELECTION WITH 
OHIO.
SO I THINK THAT THE -- BUT I 
KNOW THIS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
HE'LL BE WATCHING.
HE'LL SAY HE'S NOT.
BUT HE'LL BE WATCHING.
HE'LL WATCH EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
HE'LL GETTING A VATED BY EVERY 
MINUTE.
HE'LL WANT TO RESPOND -- 
>> HE'LL BE IN THE NEWS EVERY 
DAY. 
>> MORE THAN EVERY DAY, GEORGE, 
HE'LL BE ON THESE TONIGHT.
I'M WILLING TO BET YOU WE'LL SEE
TWEETING THAT WILL GO ON FROM 
HIM IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE 
THINGS HE'S HEARING.
THAT'S JUST WHO HE IS AND I 
DON'T THINK HE'LL CHANGE THAT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF THIS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A HUGE 
BOUNCE.
I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL 
LOCK INTO IT WITHOUT THE HUMAN 
ELEMENT TO THIS, YOU'RE -- ALL 
OF US ARE GETTING TIRED OF VIDEO
CALLS AND ALL THE REST OF THE 
THINGS THAT CONSUME OUR LIFE.
DO WE WANT ANOTHER TWO HOURS OF 
VIDEO CALLS? 
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DECLINING
ZOOM CALLS.
JOE BIDEN IS SUFFERING A BIT OF 
LACK OF ENTHUSIASM AMONG VOTERS 
AND PROGRESSIVES AND THE PARTY 
YOUNG, YOUNG BLACK VOTERS. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU GOT 
BERNIE SANDERS, AOC SPEAKING 
ONLY FOR 60 SECONDS ON THIS 
CONVENTION WILL BE REALLY BIG 
AND I THINK IF ANYBODY CAN DO 
SOMETHING WITH 60 SECONDS, I 
BELIEVE AOC CAN.
YOU GOT MICHELLE OCHOBAMA LEADI 
OUT TODAY.
SHE'S A UNIFIER.
I CAN TELL YOU AS SOMEONE WHO IS
ON THAT CONVENTION FLOOR BEFORE 
COMING FROM OHIO WHICH AT THE 
TIME WAS THE BIG STATE, WE HAVE 
FRONT ROW SEATS.
THE BIG ENERGY IS FOLKS WHO LEAD
THAT CONVENTION FIRED UP TO GO 
BACK AND MOBILIZE EVERYBODY AND 
YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO
THAT TO BE RIGHT THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKED ABOUT 
THE OPENING SEGMENT WAS THE 
UNITED COLORS IF YOU WILL 
BECAUSE IN OUR CONVENTION WHAT I
LOVE ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION IS YOU SEE AMERICA.
YOU LOOK AT THE RNC, YOU DON'T 
NECESSARILY SEE THAT TIME OF 
REPRESENTATION.
I'M GLAD THEY TRIED THEIR BEST 
TO REPLICATE THAT. 
>> YOU TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF ORGANIZING IN THE CONVENTION.
THAT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR 
DEMOCRATS GIVEN THE FACT THERE 
IS WIDE SPREAD MAIL IN VOTING 
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND VOTE 
EARLY. 
>> YES.
IT GOING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE 
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE 
EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO VOTE.
EVERY STATE HAS A DIFFERENT 
PROCESS.
EVERY STATE HAS DIFFERENT 
MECHANISMS FOR DOING THAT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 
AREN'T CONNECTED DIGITALLY.
IT WILL BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT 
FOR THEM. 
>> LET'S GO BACK TO FLORIDA.
THIS IS CONGRESSWOMAN GLEN 
MOORE. 
>> TO KICK OFF THE 2020 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
I SURE WISH YOU-ALL WERE HERE IN
THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE WHICH 
TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE 
LANGUAGES OF THE FIRST PEOPLES 
INTERPRETED AS GOOD LAND AND 
GATHERING PLACE BY THE WATERS.
THIS IS A CITY WHERE BLOOD WAS 
SHED FOR LABOR RIGHTS, WHERE 
FUGITIVE SLAVE WAS FREED FROM 
PRISON, WHERE WOMEN'S RIGHT TO 
VOTE WAS FIRST RATIFIED.
BUT TODAY WE GATHER VIRTUALLY 
HOWEVER WE GATHER UNIFY IN 
SPIRIT, UNIFIED IN OUR VALUES 
AND PURPOSE TO HEAL DIVISIONS 
AND TOGETHER MOVE THE NATION 
CONFIDENTLY INTO A PROSPEROUS 
INCLUSIVE FUTURE.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO GATHER THAN 
ALL ACROSS AMERICA TO NOMINATE 
MY BELOVED FRIEND JOE BIDEN TO 
BE THE 46th PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH MY
VIP, VP NOMINEE SISTER KAMALA 
HARRIS BY HIS SIDE.
TONIGHT, WE ARE GATHERED TO 
RECLAIM THE SOUL OF AMERICA SO 
IF YOU'RE READY TO COME 
TOGETHER, AMERICA, TEXT JOIN TO 
30330.
THANK YOU.
I LOVE YOU-ALL AND GOD BLESS 
YOU.
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>>> WE HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW WHO
WE ARE, WHO WE STAND FOR.
TRUTH OVER LIES AND YES, UNITY 
OVER DIVISION.
TIME FOR US TO LIFT OUR HEADS 
UP, OPEN OUR HEARTS AND REMEMBER
WHO WE ARE.
WE'RE THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA.
THERE IS NOT A SINGLE THING WE 
CANNOT DO IF WE DO IT TOGETHER. 
>> BRUCE SPRING STEIN, JOE BIDEN
"RISE UP" TO FOCUS ON THE ISSUE 
OF RACIAL JUSTICE.
I WANT TO BRING IN PIERRE THOMAS
FOR MORE.
WE'VE SEEN THIS THROUGH THE 
SUMMER AND JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS ARE WALKING A FINE LINE 
IN THIS ISSUE OF POLICE REFORM. 
>> THEY ARE INDEED.
YOU HEARD FOR CALLS TO DEFUND 
THE POLICE.
THERE IS AN ANSWER FOR MANY 
DEMOCRATS THAT SAY THEY WANT TO 
REJIGGER, REMOVE SOME OF THE 
RESOURCES FROM POLICE AND GIVE 
THEM TO SOCIAL SERVICES BUT AT 
THE SAME TIME JOE BIDEN KNOWS HE
CAN'T EMBRACE THE NOTION 
COMPLETELY DEFUNDING THE POLICE 
BUT THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN A STARK
ONE.
WE HAD THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD
AND DRAMATIC TEARFUL WAY WE'VE 
SEEN SOMEBODY DIE ON TELEVISION,
CAUGHT OF TAPE MOVED THE ENTIRE 
COUNTRY IN A WAY TO CONSIDER THE
ISSUES OF RACE AND POLICING BUT 
YOU HAD A PRESIDENT WITH A 
DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT POINT OF 
VIEW PREACHING LAW AND ORDERS.
JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN TALKING IN 
THE NOTION OF UNITY BUT THIS IS 
A VERY DELICATE TOPIC THAT MUST 
BE ADDRESSED, GEORGE. 
>> THANK DOWN.
I WANT TO BRING IN PROFESSOR OF 
POLITICS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
FOR MORE.
THE GEORGE FLOYD KILLING DID 
SPARK A DIFFERENT KIND OF 
MOVEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE SAW MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, 
THE BIGGEST MASS MOVEMENT THIS 
COUNTRY HAS SEEN.
THIS IS A HUGE MOMENT BUT IT 
ALSO A HUGE MOMENT THAT IS 
DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE 2020 
ELECTION AND WE SAW THAT BECAUSE
WE SAW THINGS LIKE VOTER 
REGISTRATION SKYROCKET IN THE 
AFTERMATH OF MANY PROTESTS.
VOTERS ARE CONNECTING THE 
PROTESTS TO THE ACTUAL ELECTION 
BUT THE QUESTION IS WILL THAT 
ACTUALLY TRANSLATE INTO VOTES 
FOR JOE BIDEN?
THAT'S WHY THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL
SELECTION WAS SO IMPORTANT.
PEOPLE WERE LOOKING TO SAY IS 
THIS GOING TO BE THE CANDIDATE, 
THE KIND OF VICE PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATE THAT WILL SPEAK TO 
ISSUES OF RACE JUSTICE AND 
ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND HEALTH 
JUSTICE, AS WELL.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT AND 
WANT TO SEE BIDEN TAP INTO THAT,
AS WELL. 
>> THANK YOU.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MAYOR BOUSER 
OF WASHINGTON D.C. 
>> THE WOMEN'S MARCH HERE WAS 
JUST WEEKS AGO AMERICANS HAD 
FACE MASKS AND SAFELY AND 
PEACEFULLY PROTESTED THE DEATH 
OF GEORGE FLOYD BUT WHILE WE 
WERE PEACEFULLY PROTESTING, 
DONALD TRUMP WAS PLOTTING.
HE HELD A BIBLE FOR A PHOTO OP.
HE SENT TEAR GAS INTO THE AIR 
AND FEDERAL HELICOPTERS, TOO.
I KNEW IF HE DID THIS TO D.C. HE
WOULD DO IT TO YOUR CITY OR TOWN
AND THAT'S WHEN I SAID ENOUGH.
ENOUGH FOR EVERY BLACK AND BROWN
AMERICAN WHO EXPERIENCED 
INJUSTICE, ENOUGH FOR EVERY 
AMERICAN WHO BELIEVES IN JUSTICE
BUT I SAID ENOUGH FOR ANOTHER 
REASON, TOO.
I HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND
I WANT HER TO GROW UP IN AMERICA
WHERE HE'
WHERE SHE'S NOT SCARED TO WALK 
TO THE DOOR AND WHERE THE 
PRESIDENT DOESN'T FAN THE FLAMES
OF RIS SAACISM AND LOOKS OUT FO 
OF US.
I CREATED BLACK LIVES MATTER 
PLAZA AS A PLACE TO COME 
TOGETHER TO SAY ENOUGH AND BY 
COMING TOGETHER THIS NOVEMBER TO
ELECT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS, WE WILL SAY NEXT BECAUSE
WE CAN'T JUST PAINT THOSE WORDS 
BEHIND ME, WE CAN'T JUST SAY 
THOSE WORDS.
WE HAVE TO LIVE THOSE WORDS.
WE HAVE TO UNDO THE LAWS AND 
SYSTEMS THAT HAVE CAUGHTFIED 
RACISM FOR TOO LONG BUT WE HAVE 
TO DO SOMETHING.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US 
CHALLENGE OUR OWN BIASES, SAY 
SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING AND TURN
IT INTO A REIMAGINATIONING OF A 
NATION WHERE WE THE PEOPLE MEANS
ALL THE PEOPLE.
THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE AS 
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PEACEFULLY 
PROTESTED IN THIS CITY.
MY SISTER KAMALA HARRIS, THE 
OTHERS WERE MEMBERS OF GEORGE 
FLOYD'S FAMILY I'M HONORED TO 
INTRODUCE NOW. 
>> MY BROTHER GEORGE WAS 
SELFLESS.
HE ALWAYS MADE SACRIFICES FOR 
HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND EVEN 
COMPLETE STRANGERS.
GEORGE HAD A GIVEN SPIRIT A 
SPIRIT THAT'S SHOWN UP ON 
STREETS AROUND OUR NATION AND 
AROUND THE WORLD.
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, RACES, 
GENDERS, PEACEFULLY PROTESTING 
IN THE NAME OF LOVE AND UNITY.
IT A FITTING LEGACY FOR OUR 
BROTHER FOR GEORGE SHOULD BE 
ALIVE TODAY.
BREONNA TAYLOR SHOULD BE ALIVE 
TODAY, A MAD ARBERY SHOULD BE 
ALOVE TODAY.
STEPHON CRACK, JEFFERSON, SANDRA
BLAND, THEY SHOULD ALL BE ALIVE 
TODAY.
SO IT UP TO US TO CARRY ON THE 
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.
OUR ACTIONS WILL BE THEIR 
LEGACIES.
WE MUST ALWAYS FIND OURSELVES IN
WHAT JOHN LEWIS CALLED GOOD 
TROUBLE FOR THE NAMES WE DO NOT 
KNOW THE FACES WE'LL NEVER SEE.
THOSE WHO CAN'T MOURN BECAUSE 
THEIR MURDERS DIDN'T GO VIRAL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF 
SILENCE TO HONOR GEORGE AND THE 
MANY OTHER SOULS W WE LOST TO H 
AND INJUSTICE AND WHEN THIS 
MOMENT ENDS, LET'S MAKE SURE WE 
NEVER STOP SAYING THEIR NAMES.
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AND I WISH I HAD ANOTHER DAY. 
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE
OVERTHIS DE-- OF THIS DEMOCRATI 
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
WE'LL SEE MORE OF JOE BIDEN THAN
YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE ON 
THURSDAY.
HE'S JUST TWEETED HE WISHES HE 
COULD BE IN MILWAUKEE RIGHT NOW 
FOR THIS VIRTUAL COMING TOGETHER
AND NOW ON THE FLOOR TO THE 
EXTENT THERE IS A FLOOR, A TAPED
CONVERSATION WITH ELECTED 
OFFICIALS AND POLICE OFFICIALS 
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
>> THEY HAVE ACCESS TO EDUCATION
AND DIFFERENCES ARE CELEBRATED 
AS WELL AS PROTECTED IN THE LAW.
>> MAYOR, HOW ARE YOU 
PRIORITIZING THINGS YOU HAVE TO 
DO TO TACKLE IN A WAY WE HAVEN'T
BEFORE SYSTEMIC RACISM?
>> IT'S ABOUT ECONOMIC 
EMPOWERMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE 
LIFTED OUT OF POVERTY AND GIVEN 
AN OPPORTUNITY, THAT GOES A LONG
WAY.
WE'RE ALSO CHALLENGING, YOU 
KNOW, ALL KINDS OF INSTITUTIONS 
FROM CORPORATIONS TO 
ORGANIZATIONS AND THINK ABOUT 
WHAT THEY CAN DO BETTER TO END 
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND MAKE SURE 
WE'RE OFF LIFTING QUALITY OF 
LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO 
THE VOICES OF PEOPLE THAT 
TRADITIONALLY DON'T HAVE A SEAT 
AT THE TABLE. 
>> TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING 
VOT
VOTING. 
>> DISCOURSE AS THE THING TO DO.
A LOT ACCESS TO VOTING.
SO WE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE 
SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS NOT ONLY 
SHOULD WE REAUTHORIZE THE VOTING
RIGHTS ACT BUT WE HAVE TO GO 
FURTHER.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, VOTING SHOULD 
BE SEEN AS A CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHT THAT'S GUARANTEED WITH THE
NOVEL OF ALL CITIZENS
SUPPRESSED. 
>> THIS IS A WATERSHED MOMENT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE ACTION AT THE 
NATIONAL LEVEL.
WE HAVE TO HAVE CONGRESSIONAL 
LEVEL WE CAN'T HAVE IN 2020 
USING THE NEUSE OF A KNEE ON A 
MAN'S NECK ON GEORGE FLOYD.
A LOT OF US WERE SHOCKED.
I HOPE POLICE OFFICERS WERE 
SHOCKED.
POLICE OFFICERS HAVE SPOKEN OUT 
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL WE'LL HAVE 
NATIONAL STANDARDS AS IT RELATES
TO POLICING AND FORCE A NATIONAL
DATABASE, APOLOGIZE 
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PROHIBITION 
AND STANDARD IN TERMS OF CHOKE 
HOLDS WE ACTUALLY USED IN THE 
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHERS
TO MAKE POLICING TAKE IT TO THE 
NEXT LEVEL, WHICH IS WHAT 
EVERYONE WANTS INCLUDING THE 
GOOD COPS OUT THERE THAT 
THANKFULLY ARE MORE OF THEM THAN
THERE ARE BAD COPS.
>> MOST COPS ARE GOOD BUT THE 
BAD ONES HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED 
AND PROSECUTED AND OUT PERIOD.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M DOING PRETTY WELL.
AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED. 
>> YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT THE 
WORDS OF GEORGE FLOYD I CAN'T 
BREATHE WERE NOT NEW TO YOU AND 
ECHO IN YOUR MIND EVERY SINGLE 
DAY.
SIX YEARS AGO WHEN YOUR SON 
DIED, WE CAN'T LET THIS KEEP 
HAPPENING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NEXT THING
WE HAVE TO DO?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW WHEN MY 
SON WAS MURDERED, THERE WAS A 
BIG UPRISING BUT THEN IT SETTLES
DOWN.
YOU CAN'T LET THINGS SETTLE 
DOWN.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE POLITICIANS
AND WE HAVE TO HOLD THEIR FEET 
TO THE FIRE BECAUSE OTHERWISE 
THE BIG UPRISE IS NOT GOING TO 
MEAN A LOT SO I'M JUST ASKING 
THAT IF YOU BECOME THE PRESIDENT
THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE GET 
NATIONAL LAW AS WELL AS STATE 
AND LOCAL LAW ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO POLICE BRUTALITY 
BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN AGE OLD 
PROBLEM. 
>> WELL, MAYBE KIDDING MYSELF 
BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE 
READY.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE READY.
WE GOT TO KEEP PUSHING.
WE CAN'T LET UP BUT THANK YOU 
FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS FOR JOINING ME. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> BYE, BYE. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> JOE BIDEN'S FIRST 
CONVERSATION OF THE CONVENTION 
VOTING RIGHTS, POLICE REFORM 
COMES BEFORE AS LINDSEY TALKED 
ABOUT THE MAN IS CALLED A KING 
MAKER FOR BIDEN.
JIM CLYBURN, IT'S HARD TO OVER 
STATEMENT WHAT HE MEANT TO THIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> WITHOUT JIM CLYBURN, THIS 
WOULD NOT BE JOE BIDEN'S WEEK 
PERIOD FULL STOP.
NOT ONLY DID HE SAVE HIM, HE 
SAVED HIS CAMPAIGN AND THE 
ARGUMENT CAN BE MADE HE'S ONE OF
THE MOST RESPECTED FIGURES IN 
CONGRESS, ONE OF THE MOST 
RESPECTED BLACK POLITICIANS IN 
THE COUNTRY AND ALSO, I CAN'T 
THINK OF ANY BLACK POLITICIAN IN
THE SOUTH WHO HAS A BETTER RO
ROLODEX THAN JIM CLYBURN.
HE'S SOMEONE THAT CAN DELIVER IN
THAT SPACE AND THAT'S IMPORTANT 
TO JOE BIDEN. 
>> IT SEEMED LIKE HE LEVERAGED 
THAT INFLUENCE AS BIDEN WAS 
CONSIDERING HIS PICK FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> OH, WITHOUT QUESTION.
YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT WHEN 
THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS PICKING 
HIS RUNNING MATE, ONE OF THE 
VOICES HE LISTENED TO EARLY AND 
OFTEN WAS JIM CLYBURN.
HE HAS A RESPECTIVE VOICE WHO 
KNOWS WHERE PEOPLE ARE, THE 
HEARTS OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY 
BLACK VOTERS ACROSS THE SOUTH 
AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. 
>> LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH 
CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN. 
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN HERE
IN HISTORIC.
GOOD EVENING, I'M CONGRESSMAN 
JIM CLYBURN HERE IN HISTORIC 
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
SIX MONTHS AGO, I STOOD NOT FAR 
FROM HERE AND ENDORSED JOE BIDEN
TO BE OUR 46th PRESIDENT.
IT WAS A DECISION I MADE WITH MY
FEET FIRMLY PLANTED IN THIS 
COMMUNITY.
THIS COMMUNITY.
FOR 80% OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN 
THIS COUNTRY CAN CLAIM A STAR TO
ARRIVE ON THESE SHORES.
A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE OVER TO 
THE WARF.
AND STUDIED IT.
THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET IS 
SEEDED WITH PAIN THAT IS BOTH 
OLD AND NEW.
BUT THAT SOIL WE ALWAYS FIND A 
WAY TO GROW TOGETHER.
EARLIER THIS SUMMER, THE CITY OF
CHARLESTON REMOVE HIS STATUTE 
HONORING JOHN C. CALHOUN AND 
ADVOCATE OF SLAVERY AND 
CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON THE 
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN
MUSEUM.
MUCH LIKE THE COUNTRY AS A 
WHOLE, WE ARE STEPPING OUT FROM 
THE CENTERS OF OUR PAST AND 
BEGIN TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR 
A MORE JUST FUTURE.
IT WON'T BE EASY.
WE CAN ONLY SUCCEED IF WE MOVE 
FORWARD TOGETHER.
WE WILL SEE UNIFYING PEOPLE OF 
THE JOB.
THE PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS 
TRUE MEANING OF COMMUNITY AND 
BUILD IT THROUGH TRUST AND
 -- HUMILITY, LOST JOBS, LOST 
LOVED ONES AND LOST CONFIDENCE 
IN THE PRESIDENT TO KEEP US SAFE
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO 
UNDERSTANDS BOTH PROFOUND LOSS 
AND WHAT IT TAKES TO BOUNCE 
BACK.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS 
FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH LOSS 
AND HARDSHIP, IS HIS ABILITY TO 
TRANSLATE THAT PERSPECTIVE INTO 
POLICY AND SOLUTION AND PRIOR 
TIES HARD WORK ING PEOPLE OVER 
PARTISAN POLITICS OR PERSONAL 
GAIN.
THAT'S WHY I STAND WITH JOE AND 
WHY HE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ADOPTED 
SON OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
JOE BIDEN IS AS GOOD A MAN AS A 
LEADER.
I'VE SAID BEFORE AND WISH TO 
REIT LATE TONIGHT WE KNOW JOE 
AND JOE KNOWS US. 
>> THOSE ICONIC WORDS, THAT'S 
WHAT HE SAID THE WEEK JOE BIDEN 
WON IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
BASICALLY A CHARACTER WITNESS.
SWEEPING ACOST AM
ROSS AMER 
THEME.
WE WANT TO BRING IN MATTHEW AND 
IN SO MANY WAYS, THE DEMOCRATS 
ARE TRYING TO MAKE THIS A 
REFERENDUM HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP 
HANDLED THIS CRISIS. 
>> THEY WANT TO MAKE A REV 
REMEMBER DUMB FOR EVERYTHING IN 
EVERY CLASSROOM AND KITCHEN AND 
PLACE AFFECTED IN THIS.
YES, THEY WANT TO EMPHASIZE 
THINGS ABOUT POSITIVE ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN, THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS A 
REFERENDUM ON DONALD TRUMP AND 
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT EVERY 
NIGHT OF THIS CONVENTION WITH 
HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ISSUES BUT 
CORONAVIRUS WE'LL BE DEALING 
WITH THIS EVERY DAY STATISTICS 
WILL GET WORSE AND WORSE EACH 
DAY UNTIL NOVEMBER.
DONALD TRUMP HASN'T HANDLED IT 
WELL THUS FAR AND JOE BIDEN WILL
MAKE IT A REFERENDUM. 
>> SEEMS LIKE THE PRESIDENT 
TRIED TO SHIFT GEAR IN RECENT 
DAYS TO GOING BACK. 
>> SEVERAL WEEKS WHERE HE WAS 
TRYING TO BASICALLY IGNORE THE 
ISSUE.
DAY AFTER DAY HE DIDN'T MENTION 
THE PANDEMIC AND DURING THAT 
TIME WE STARTED TO SEE CASES 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY SPIKE AND 
WHENEVER THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE 
ASKED ABOUT THAT, HE WOULD 
WRONGLY SAY THIS WAS BECAUSE 
THERE WAS MORE TESTING GOING ON.
BUT EVENTUALLY, HE CAME TO SEE 
THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING AWAY, 
NOT ANY TIME SOON AND AT THE 
URGING OF MANY OF HIS ADVISORS, 
HE STARTED DOING THESE 
BRIEFINGS.
I GOT TO TELL YOU, GEORGE, NOT 
LIKE THE CORONAVIRUS BRIEFINGS 
THAT WE SAW IN THE EARLY DAYS OF
THE PANDEMIC.
THESE BRIEFINGS HE OFTEN DOES 
ALONE.
HE DOESN'T HAVE MEDICAL EXPERTS 
WITH HIM AND OFTEN QUICKLY MOVES
ON TO ANOTHER SUBJECT. 
>> ONE GOVERNOR THANK YOU, JOHN,
ONE GOVERNOR BECAME FAMOUS FOR 
THESE BRIEFINGS, GOVERNOR ANDREW
CUOMO.
THE EPICENTER OF THE COVID 
CRISIS IN THE EARLY DAYS GAVE 
DAILY BRIEFINGS WHERE HE TALKED 
NO SOBER TERMS HOW HE WAS 
HANDLING THE CRY SAUCE AND 
EXPECTATIONS FOR ACROSS NEW YORK
AND HE'S THE NEXT SPEAKER AT THE
CONVENTION.
LET'S LISTEN IN. 
>> MEMORABLE POWER POINTS, NEW 
YORK'S GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO. 
>> HELLO.
TODAY IS MONDAY, DAY 170.
NEW YORKERS WERE GROUND ZERO FOR
THE COVID VIRUS AND HAVE GONE 
FROM ONE OF THE HIGHEST 
INFECTION RATES ON THE GLOBE TO 
ONE OF THE LOWEST.
WE CLIMBED THE IMPOSSIBLE 
MOUNTAIN AND RIGHT NOW ON THE 
OTHER SIDE WITH THE KINDNESS AND
ASSISTANCE OF SO MANY.
NEW YORKERS WANT TO THANK 
EVERYONE WHO CAME TO OUR AID, 
30,000 AMERICANS VOLUNTEERED TO 
COME HERE TO HELP IN OUR HOUR OF
NEED.
YOUR LOVE GAVE US THE STRENGTH 
TO CARRY ON.
WE WENT THROUGH HELL BUT WE'VE 
LEARNED MUCH.
WE KNOW OUR PROBLEMS GO BEYOND 
THE COVID VIRUS.
COVID IS THE SYMPTOM, NOT THE 
ILLNESS.
OUR NATION IS IN CRISIS AND IN 
MANY WAYS, COVID IS JUST A 
METAPHOR.
A VIRUS ATTACKS WHEN THE BODY IS
WEAK AND WHEN IT CANNOT DEFEND 
ITSELF.
OVER THESE PAST FEW YEARS, 
AMERICA'S BODY POLITIC IS 
WEAKENED.
THE DIVISIONS ARE GROWING DEEPER
AND ANTI-SEMITISM AND ANTI 
LATINO AND RACISM IN 
CHARLOTTESVILLE WHERE THE KKK 
DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO WEAR THEIR
HOODS AND IN MINNESOTA WHERE THE
LIFE WAS SQUEEZED FROM MR. 
FLOYD.
ONLY A STRONG BODY CAN FIGHT OFF
THE VIRUS AND AMERICANS DIVISION
WEAKENED IT.
DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T CREATE THE 
INITIAL DIVISION.
THE DIVISION CREATED TRUMP.
HE ONLY MADE IT WORSE.
OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH IS 
EXERCISED THROUGH GOVERNMENT.
IT IS IN EFFECT OUR IMMUNE 
SYSTEM AND OUR CURRENT FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT IS DYSFUNCTIONAL AND 
INCOMPETENT.
IT COULDN'T FIGHT OFF THE VIRUS.
IN FACT, IT DIDN'T SEE IT 
COMING.
THE EUROPEAN VIRUS INFECTED THE 
NORTHEAST WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE 
WAS FIXATED ON CHINA.
THE VIRUS WAS ATTACKING US FOR 
MONTHS BEFORE THEY KNEW IT WAS 
HERE.
WE SAW THE FAILURE OF A 
GOVERNMENT THAT TRIED TO DENY 
THE VIRUS AND IGNORE IT AND THEN
TRIED TO POLITICIZE IT.
THE FAILED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
THAT WATCHED NEW YORK GET 
AMBUSHED BY THEIR NEGLIGENCE AND
THEN WATCHED NEW YORK SUFFER BUT
ALL THROUGH IT LEARNED 
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
SO TODAY SIX MONTHS AFTER IT 
BEGAN, THE NATION IS STILL 
UNPREPARED.
AND WE NOW FACE A SECOND THREAT 
BUT THIS TIME NOT FROM MOTHER 
NATURE, THIS IS A MAN-MADE 
THREAT BY OUR OWN NEGLIGENCE.
WE NOW SEE THE VIRUS 
RICOCHETTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER.
TODAY WE TRAIL THE WORLD IN 
DEFEATING COVID.
WE HAVE OVER 5 MILLION CASES.
AMERICANS LEARNED A CRITICAL 
LESSON, HOW VULNERABLE WE ARE 
WHEN DIVIDED AND HOW MANY LIVES 
CAN BE LOST WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT 
IS INCOMPETENT BUT WE LEARNED 
SOMETHING ELSE, MY FRIENDS.
WE SAW THE NEGATIVE AND 
POSITIVE.
AS THEY PROVED THEIR WAY FAILED,
WE PROVED THAT OUR WAY 
SUCCEEDED.
THAT AMERICA CAN STILL RISE TO 
THE OCCASION AND PUT DIFFERENCES
ASIDE AND FIND COMMONALITY.
GOVERNMENT CAN TELL TRUTH AND 
BUILD TRUST.
WE CAN JUDGE BY CONTENT OF 
CHARACTER RATHER THAN COLOR OF 
SKIN AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER 
THAT AMERICANS CAN WORK TOGETHER
AND FORGE COMMUNITY AND A 
COMPETENT GOVERNMENT.
THAT OF COURSE, WE WILL WEAR 
MASKS BECAUSE WE ARE SMART AND 
BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU AND 
BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT ME.
OF COURSE WE WILL SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE BECAUSE STAYING AWAY 
SHOWS HOW CLOSE WE ARE.
WE WILL SET UP TESTING AND 
TRACING AND DO WHATEVER WE NEED 
TO DO TO MOBILIZE TO WIN THIS 
BATTLE BECAUSE WE'RE AMERICA.
WE WIN WARS AND WE ARE THE 
GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE GLOBE.
AND FOR ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE
TEARS, OUR WAY WORKED.
AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
WE SHOWED THAT OUR BETTER ANGELS
ARE STRONG AND THAT AMERICANS 
WILL RISE TO THEIR CALL.
AT THE END OF A DAY, THAT LOVE 
WINS.
AMERICANS' EYES HAVE BEEN OPENED
AND WE ARE SEEING IN THIS CRISIS
THE TRUTH THAT GOVERNMENT 
MATTERS.
AND LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
AND IT DETERMINES WHETHER WE 
THRIVE AND GROW OR WHETHER WE 
LIVE OR DIE.
NOW WE NEED A LEADER AS GOOD AS 
OUR PEOPLE, A LEADER WHO APPEALS
TO THE BEST WITHIN US, NOT THE 
WORST.
A LEADER WHO CAN UNIFY NOT 
DIVIDE, A LEADER WHO CAN BRING 
US UP, NOT TEAR US DOWN.
I KNOW THAT MAN.
I'VE WORKED WITH THAT MAN.
I'VE SEEN HIS TALENT.
I'VE SEEN HIS STRENGTH.
I'VE SEEN HIS PAIN.
AND I'VE SEEN HIS HEART.
THAT MAN IS JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN IS WHAT I CALL AMERICA
TOUGH, TOUGH IN THE BEST WAY.
TOUGH THAT ARE SMART, UNITED, 
DISCIPLINED AND LOVING.
JOE BIDEN CAN RESTORE THE SOUL 
OF AMERICA.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR 
COUNTRY NEEDS TODAY.
THANK YOU. 
>> AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM 
KRISTEN. 
>> HI, I'M KRISTEN.
I'M ONE OF THE MANY WHO HAS LOST
A LOVED ONE TO COVID.
MY DAD MARC ANTHONY SHOULD BE 
HERE TODAY.
BUT HE ISN'T.
HE HAD FAITH IN DONALD TRUMP.
HE VOTED FOR HIM, LISTENED TO 
HIM, BELIEVED HIM AND HIS 
MOUTHPIECES WHEN THEY SAID THAT 
CORONAVIRUS WAS UNDER CONTROL 
AND GOING TO DISAPPEAR.
THAT IT WAS OKAY TO END SOCIAL 
DISTANCING RULES BEFORE IT WAS 
SAFE, THAT IF YOU HAD NO 
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS, 
YOU'D PROBABLY BE FINE.
SO IN LATE MAY, AFTER THE 
STAY-AT-HOME ORDER WAS LIFTED IN
ARIZONA, MY DAD WENT TO A 
KARAOKE BAR WITH HIS FRIENDS.
A FEW WEEKS LATER, HE WAS PUT ON
A VENTILATOR AND AFTER FIVE 
AGONIZING DAYS, HE DIED ALONE IN
THE ICU WITH A NURSE HOLDING HIS
HAND.
MY DAD WAS A HEALTHY 
65-YEAR-OLD.
HIS ONLY PREEXISTING CONDITION 
WAS TRUSTING DONALD TRUMP AND 
FOR THAT, HE PAID WITH HIS LIFE.
I AM NOT ALONE.
ONCE I TOLD MY STORY, A LOT OF 
PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO ME TO 
SHARE THEIRS.
THEY ASKED ME TO THEN THEM KEEP 
THEIR COMMUNITY SAFE ESPECIALLY 
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHICH HAVE 
BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY 
AFFECTED.
THEY ASKED ME, A NORMAL PERSON 
TO HELP BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP 
WON'T.
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS MADE IT 
CLEAR THERE ARE TWO AMERICAS.
THE AMERICA THAT DONALD TRUMP 
LIVES IN AND THE AMERICA THAT MY
FATHER DIED IN.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
DONALD TRUMP MAY NOT HAVE CAUSED
THE CORONAVIRUS BUT HIS DISHON 
FESTY AND IRRESPONSIBILITY 
ACTIONS MADE IT SO MUCH WORSE.
WE NEED A LEADER WHO HAS A 
NATIONAL COORDINATED DATA DRIVEN
RESPONSE TO STOP THIS PANDEMIC 
FROM CLAIMING MORE LIVES AND TO 
SAFELY REOPEN THE COUNTRY.
WE NEED A LEADER WHO WILL STEP 
IN ON DAY ONE AND DO HIS JOB TO 
CARE.
ONE OF THE LAST THINGS MY FATHER
SAID TO ME WAS THAT HE FELT 
BETRAYED BY THE LIKES OF DONALD 
TRUMP.
AND SO WHEN I CAST MY VOTE FOR 
JOE BIDEN, I WILL DO IT FOR MY 
DAD. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> MOST DIRECT ATTACK YET ON 
PRESIDENT AT THIS DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION, THE FIRST HOUR OF 
THIS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
SHE LOST HER FATHER TO COVID 
BACK IN MAY.
I WANT TO BRING IN TERRY MORAN 
FOR MORE.
IT WAS REMARKABLE IN THE FIRST 
HOUR.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP FROM THE OTHER 
SPEAKERS BUT WHAT A STATEMENT 
THERE.
HER FATHER'S ONLY PREEXISTING 
CONDITION SHE SAID WAS TRUSTING 
DONALD TRUMP. 
>> THAT WAS FIERCE, GEORGE.
AND DONALD TRUMP LIKE EVERY I
INCUMBENT PRESIDENT MUST FACE A 
FACT, PART OF THE ELECTION IS A 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW.
HE'S HAD THE JOB.
HOW HAS HE DONE?
THE MAJOR CHALLENGE HE'S FACED 
IS THE PANDEMIC.
AND FOR SO MANY PEOPLE HE HAS 
FAILED.
THIS IS COMBINED WITH ONE OF THE
THEMES EMERGING IN THE ATTACK 
LINES THAT DEMOCRATS ARE USING 
AGAINST TRUMP IS THAT THIS IS A 
CHAR ACRE TER CONTEST, AS WELL.
IN PART DONALD TRUMP WAS ONE THE
PRESIDENCY AND FORCED WHO WOULD 
FIGHT THOSE ELITES WHO HAD 
FAILED VOTERS WITHOUT FAVOR OR 
MERCY OR QUARTER.
AND THE CHAR ACREACTER AND YOU  
IN THE SPEECH OF GOVERNOR QUECU,
THE WORD LOVE COMES OUT AND HERE
IN DEFENSE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
LOST LOVED ONES, PEOPLE ARE 
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS VIRUS.
IT IS AN ATTACK NOT JUST ON HIS 
PERFORMANCE BUT CHARACTER HE 
BROUGHT TO IT. 
>> NO ACCIDENT THIS ATTACK CAME 
FROM A SYMPATHETIC VICTIM OF 
THIS COVID CRISIS.
REMINDS ME OF THE MOMENT FOUR 
YEARS AGO THE PARENTS OF THE 
GOLD STAR SOLDIER WHO HAD LOST 
HIS LIFE CAME OUT AND TOOK ON 
DONALD TRUMP.
THE PRESIDENT WASN'T ABLE TO 
RESIST GOING AFTER MR. KHAN. 
>> THAT WILL BE THE TEST.
IF DONALD TRUMP IS WATCHING 
TONIGHT, THAT WILL BE THE MOMENT
HE KNOWS TELEVISION.
HE ALSO RECOGNIZES MOMENTS THAT 
LAND AND THAT WAS EXTRAORDINARY 
POWERFUL, WHETHER YOU'RE A 
DEFENDER OF DONALD TRUMP OR YOU 
BELIEVE THIS ELECTION SHOULD BE 
A REFERENDUM ON DONALD TRUMP'S 
HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC.
THAT WAS A DIRECT PLEA FROM 
SOMEONE THAT LOST HER FATHER WHO
BELIEVED WHAT HE WAS HEARING 
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE 
CORONAVIRUS AND RETURNED.
YOU MENTIONED THE KHAN FAMILY, 
THE FATHER APPEARED IN THE FIRST
HOUR BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, DONALD 
TRUMP COULDN'T HELP HIMSELF 
THEN.
I BELIEVE HE FINDS HIMSELF IN A 
MUCH DIFFERENT SITUATION NOW, 
THOUGH, GEORGE BECAUSE AS TERRY 
POINTS OUT, THIS IS A REFERENDUM
ON HIS HANDING OF THE PANDEMIC 
AND IT WOULD BE DICEY TO SAY THE
LEAST. 
>> I DOUBT IT ON THIS ONE.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE 
SEEN THE PRESIDENT BE REALLY 
MOVED BY THE LOSS OF LIFE AND 
MET WITH A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO 
LOST LOVED ONES. 
>> HE'S TALKING ABOUT SOLDIERS 
AND THAT DOES SEEM LIKE IT.
LINSEY DAVIS. 
>> THE REFERENCES, MOST PROBABLY
ANDREW CUOMO SAID COVID IS THE 
SYMPTOM, NOT THE ILLNESS.
STILL VERY MUCH COMMENTARY ON 
TRUMP AND HIS LEADERSHIP OR 
FAILED LEADERSHIP.
AND THE IDEA THAT WE HEARD FROM 
BIDEN IN ONE OF THE VIDEOS WHERE
E 
HE SAID WE CHOOSE OPEN OVER FEAR
IS A THROWBACK TO OBAMA'S 
CAMPAIGN OF HOPE AND THAT 
MESSAGE IS AN UPLIFTING MESSAGE 
IN THE OVERALL PRODUCTION OF 
AMERICA AT IT FINEST. 
>> LINDSSEY DAVIS THANKS. 
>>> THE FIRST HOUR WRAPPED UP.
WE'LL JOIN THE NETWORK FOR THE 
SECOND HOUR OF PRIME TIME 
COVERAGE.
BERNIE SANDERS, MICHELLE OBAMA 
WILL BE THERE.
FOR YOU.
ABC NEWS, STRAIGHT FORWARD.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL.
FOUR YEARS AGO, THE CONVENTION 
LOOKED LIKE THIS.
TONIGHT, THE DEMOCRATS MEET 
VIRTUALLY WITH MILLIONS OUT OF 
WORK.
UNREST IN AMERICA.
AND CORONAVIRUS STILL SURGING.
THE STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER.
MOMENTS FROM NOW, SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS AND FORMER FIRST LADY 
MICHELLE OBAMA.
MAKING THE CASE THAT IT'S TIME 
FOR JOE BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS.
LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
NOW REPORTING, CHIEF ANCHOR 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 
OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, A 
CONVENTION UNLIKE ANY BEFORE IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY.
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS THAT HAS 
UPENDED OUR COUNTRY CLAIMED MORE
THAN 170,000 AMERICAN LIVES, HAS
COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED THIS 
CAMPAIGN TRADITION WE'VE ALL 
COME TO KNOW.
WE'RE NOT COMING TO YOU FROM A 
PACKED CONVENTION HALL.
THAT CONVENTION IS CANCELED.
THAT SINGLE STAGE IS ALL THAT 
REMAINS IN MILWAUKEE.
THE HEADLINE SPEAKERS, INCLUDING
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS, 
WON'T APPEAR THERE.
THE REAL NERVE CENTER, A 
HIGH-TECH CONTROL ROOM THAT WILL
DRAW ON VIDEO FEEDS FROM ALL 
OVER THE COUNTRY, THE SPEECHES 
AND LIVE REACTION, CROWD SOURCE 
VIDEOS FROM DELEGATES AND 
EVERYDAY AMERICANS.
IT IS TRULY A VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION.
THE BOTTOM LINE HAS NOT CHANGED.
CONVENTIONS ARE ABOUT UNIFYING 
PARTIES AND ELECTING PRESIDENTS.
AND AS WE COME ON THE AIR 
TONIGHT, OUR BRAND-NEW POLL 
SHOWS JOE BIDEN AND RUNNING MATE
KAMALA HARRIS HOLDING A 
DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD OVER PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
BUT DEMOCRATS KNOW THIS ELECTION
IS NOT ABOUT THE POPULAR VOTE.
HILLARY CLINTON WON THE POPULAR 
VOTE IN 2016 BUT LOST THE 
ELECTION.
SO THE REAL FOCUS OF BOTH 
CAMPAIGNS, THOSE KEY 
BATTLEGROUND STATES AND THE 
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
GROUND ZERO, THE STATE OF 
MICHIGAN.
TRUMP WON BY LESS THAN 1% LAST 
TIME, 11,000 VOTES.
IT'S A MUST-WIN FOR DEMOCRATS 
THIS TIME.
THAT'S WHY MICHIGAN GOVERNOR 
GRETCHEN WHITMER WILL KICK OFF 
THIS PRIMETIME COVERAGE.
STILL IN HER FIRST TERM, SHE 
GAVE THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE TO 
THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE 
UNION.
HE WAS A FINALIST IN JOE BIDEN'S
SEARCH FOR A RUNNING MATE.
SHE'S TAKEN A TOUGH STAND 
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP AND 
LOCKDOWN PROTESTERS DURING THIS 
COVID CRISIS.
FROM A UAW HALL IN LANSING, 
MICHIGAN, A KEY STATE, SHE IS A 
KEY GOVERNOR.
NOW SPEAKING, GRETCHEN E
 G,
WHITMER, THE GOVERNOR OF 
MICHIGAN.
>> HELLO, AMERICA.
I'M GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER, 
OR AS DONALD TRUMP CALLS ME, 
"THAT WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN."
TONIGHT I'M AT UAW LOCAL 652 IN 
LANSING, MICHIGAN.
AUTO WORKERS IN THIS UNION AND 
ACROSS OUR STATE COULD HAVE LOST
THEIR JOBS IF NOT FOR BARACK 
OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN.
IN 2009, THE OBAMA-BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION INHERITED THE 
WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE 
GREAT DEPRESSION.
THE AUTO INDUSTRY ON THE BRINK 
OF COLLAPSE.
1 MILLION JOBS AT STAKE.
BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN DIDN'T WASTE 
TIME BLAMING ANYONE ELSE OR 
SHIRKING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY GOT TO WORK.
THEY BROUGHT TOGETHER UNION 
MEMBERS, COMPANIES, AND 
LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 
AISLE.
AND THEY SAVED THE AUTO 
INDUSTRY.
AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, JUST A 
FEW MONTHS AGO AS OUR NATION 
BEGAN BATTLING COVID-19, AUTO 
WORKERS ACROSS MICHIGAN SPRANG 
INTO ACTION.
THEY STARTED MAKING PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT FOR DOCTORS AND NURSED
ON THE FRONT LINES.
LET ME BREAK IT DOWN.
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAVED THESE AUTO
WORKERS' LIVELIHOODS.
THEN THESE WORKERS DID THEIR 
PART TO SAVE AMERICAN LIVES.
THAT'S THE STORY OF THIS GREAT 
NATION.
ACTION BEGETS ACTION.
PROGRESS BEGETS PROGRESS.
AND WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, WE 
CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
AFTER ALL, DEMOCRACY IS A TEAM 
SPORT.
ESPECIALLY NOW.
IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE RALLY 
TOGETHER TO FIGHT THIS VIRUS AND
BUILD OUR ECONOMY BACK BETTER.
FROM THE JUMP, WE TOOK THIS 
PANDEMIC SERIOUSLY IN MICHIGAN.
WE LISTENED TO MEDICAL EXPERTS.
WE PLANNED.
AND WITH A LOT OF WORK FROM THE 
AUTO WORKERS, AND TOO LITTLE 
HELP FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, WE 
EXECUTED OUR PLAN.
WE SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES.
JUST IMAGINE IF WE HAD A 
NATIONAL STRATEGY.
SO EVERYONE WHO NEEDS A TEST 
GETS ONE FOR FREE.
SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO A SAFE
VACCINE.
SO OUR KIDS AND EDUCATORS HAVE 
THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO 
SAFELY GET BACK TO SKILL.
SCHOOL.
WITH JANE AND KAMALA HARRIS IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE, WE WILL.
JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS WILL
LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
IT WILL BE SCIENCE, NOT POLITICS
OR EGO, THAT WILL DRIVE THEIR 
DECISIONS.
THEY KNOW THE HEALTH OF OUR 
PEOPLE GOES HAND IN HAND WITH 
THE STRENGTH OF OUR ECONOMY.
THEY KNOW ACTION BEGETS ACTION.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE 
LEARNED WHAT'S ESSENTIAL.
RISING TO THE CHALLENGE, NOT 
DENYING IT.
WE'VE LEARNED WHO IS ESSENTIAL, 
TOO.
NOT JUST THE WEALTHIEST AMONG 
US.
NOT A PRESIDENT WHO FIGHTS HIS 
FELLOW AMERICANS RATHER THAN 
FIGHT THE VIRUS THAT'S KILLING 
US AND OUR ECONOMY.
IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR 
OWN HEALTH AT RISK TO CARE FOR 
THE REST OF US.
THEY ARE THE MVPs.
THE NURSES AND THE DOCTORS, THE 
UTILITY WORKERS, TRUCK DRIVERS, 
AND GROCERY CLERKS, THE CHILD 
CARE WORKERS, THE PARENTS, THE 
TEACHERS, THE MAIL CARRIERS, AND
THE AUTO WORKERS.
SO MANY OF THESE ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO
COVID.
NEARLY 1,000 HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS.
MORE THAN 170,000 PEOPLE ACROSS 
AMERICA.
INCLUDING A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL 
NAMED SKYLER FROM DETROIT, WHOSE
MOM IS A POLICE OFFICER AND DAD 
IS A FIREFIGHTER.
GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, OUR
NATION HAS BEEN DEFINED BY WHAT 
WE DO, OR WHAT WE FAIL TO DO.
SO FOR SKYLER, FOR HER PARENTS, 
AND IN THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE 
WE'VE LOST, LET US ACT.
LET US HEAL AS ONE NATION.
LET US FIND STRENGTH TO DO THE 
WORK.
>> GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER OF 
MICHIGAN HAILING ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS SHE SAYS HAS WELCBECOME 
HEROES IN THIS CRISIS 
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS FRONT AND 
CENTER IN THAT FIRST SPEECH OF 
PRIMETIME.
IT HAS TRANSFORMED THE COUNTRY, 
IT HAS TRANSFORMED THIS 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> NO QUESTION, AND IT SPEAKS 
VOLUMES ABOUT WHAT THE DNC AND 
THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN WANTS 
TO DO, THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS A 
REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND TO LEAD OFF THEIR PRIMETIME 
10:00 HOUR ON NIGHT ONE WITH 
THAT WOMAN FROM MICHIGAN, WHICH 
WAS WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID WHEN
HE TOLD VICE PRESIDENT PENCE, 
DON'T CALL THAT WOMAN FROM 
MICHIGAN, SAYING, I DON'T WANT 
TO TALK TO THE GOVERNORS WHO 
AREN'T SUPPORTING ME.
SHE TWEETED RIGHT AWAY, I'M 
WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYONE AS 
LONG AS WE GET THE PERSONAL 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS 
WOULD BEGIN WITH GRETCHEN 
WHITMER ON THIS MOST IMPORTANT 
OF NIGHTS SIGNALS THAT THEY WANT
THIS TO BE A REFERENDUM, AND 
GEORGE, WHEN I ASKED THE 
PRESIDENT IN MAY, ARE YOU 
COMFORTABLE WITH THIS BEING A 
REFERENDUM ON YOUR HANDLING THE 
PANDEMIC?
HE SAID, YES AND NO.
YOU KNEW HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE 
WITH WHERE THIS ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN WAS HEADED. 
>> THAT WAS THOUSANDS OF LIVES 
LOST AGO.
ABC NEWS ANCHOR LINSEY DAVIS AS 
WELL.
THE STORY OF SKYLER FROM THE 
GOVERNOR, A REMINDER OF HOW HARD
THIS CRISIS HAS HIT MINORITIES 
IN AMERICA. 
>> RIGHT.
DETROIT IN PARTICULAR.
SHE WAS THERE AT THAT UAW IN 
LANSING.
SHE HAD SOME SHARP ELBOWS FOR 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, BASICALLY 
SAYING THAT JOE BIDEN WILL NOT 
HAVE THE EXCUSES AND HEARKENING 
BACK TO JOE BIDEN AND OBAMA AND 
HOW THEY HANDLED THE AUTO 
INDUSTRY.
SO IT JUST IS REALLY FASCINATING
AS FAR AS WE'RE NOW STARTING TO 
SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE
BEHAVIOR, SPECIFICALLY TALKING 
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> LINSEY DAVIS, THANKS.
DEMOCRATS MAKING ANOTHER CHOICE,
LEADING WITH REPUBLICANS FOR JOE
BIDEN AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO TUNE IN NOW. 
>> WORKING WITH EVERYONE, 
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, TO 
GET THINGS DONE.
DONALD TRUMP ISN'T THAT PERSON, 
JOE BIDEN IS.
>> I'M MEG WHITMAN, LONG-TIME 
REPUBLICAN, LONG-TIME CEO.
LET ME TELL YOU, DONALD TRUMP 
HAS NO CLUE HOW TO RUN A 
BUSINESS, LET ALONE AN ECONOMY.
JOE BIDEN, ON THE OTHER HAND, 
HAS A PLAN THAT WILL STRENGTHEN 
OUR ECONOMY FOR WORKING PEOPLE 
AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
FOR ME, THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE.
I'M WITH JOE.
>> HI, I'M SUSAN MOLINARI, 
FORMER REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF 
CONGRESS FROM NEW YORK CITY.
I'VE KNOWN DONALD TRUMP FOR MOST
OF MY POLITICAL CAREER.
SO DISAPPOINTING.
AND LATELY SO DISTURBING.
I'VE ALSO GOT TON KNOW AND WORK 
WITH JOE BIDEN ON ISSUES RELATED
TO WOMEN THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT 
TO ALL OF US.
WOMEN IN BUSINESS, VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN.
THAT'S WHY I'M SO PROUD TO CALL 
HIM MY FRIEND AND HONORED TO 
JOIN AND SUPPORT IN HIS 
CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT.
HE'S A REALLY GOOD MAN AND HE'S 
EXACTLY WHAT THIS NATION NEEDS 
AT THIS TIME.
NOW I'M DELIGHTED AND HONORED TO
INTRODUCE A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF 
MINE.
THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN FROM 
OHIO, THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF 
OHIO, JOHN KASICH.
>> AMERICA IS AT A CROSSROADS.
SOMETIMES ELECTIONS REPRESENT A 
REAL CHOICE, A CHOICE WE MAKE AS
INDIVIDUALS AND AS A NATION, 
ABOUT WHICH PATH WE WANT TO TAKE
WHEN WE'VE COME TO CHALLENGING 
TIMES.
AMERICA IS AT THAT CROSSROADS 
TODAY.
THE STAKES IN THIS ELECTION ARE 
GREATER THAN ANY IN MODERN 
TIMES.
MANY OF US HAVE BEEN DEEPLY 
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CURRENT PATH
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR THE 
PAST FOUR YEARS.
IT'S A PATH THAT'S LED TO 
DIVISION, DYSFUNCTION, 
IRRESPONSIBILITY, AND GROWING 
VITRIOL BETWEEN OUR CITIZENS.
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THAT PATH 
WILL HAVE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES 
FOR AMERICA'S SOUL BECAUSE WE'RE
BEING TAKEN DOWN THE WRONG ROAD 
BY A PRESIDENT WHO HAS PITTED 
ONE AGAINST THE OTHER.
HE'S UNLIKE ALL OF OUR BEST 
LEADERS BEFORE HIM WHO WORKED TO
UNITE US, TO BRIDGE OUR 
DIFFERENCES, AND LEAD TO US A 
UNITED AMERICA.
I'M A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN.
BUT THAT ATTACHMENT HOLDS SECOND
PLACE TO MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MY
COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY I'VE CHOSEN TO APPEAR
AT THIS CONVENTION.
IN NORMAL TIMES, SOMETHING LIKE 
THIS WOULD PROBABLY NEVER 
HAPPEN.
BUT THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES.
I'M PROUD OF MY REPUBLICAN 
HERITAGE.
IT'S THE PARTY OF LINCOLN, WHO 
REFLECTED ITS FOUNDING 
PRINCIPLES OF UNITY AND A HIGHER
PURPOSE.
BUT WHAT I HAVE WITNESSED THESE 
PAST FOUR YEARS BELIES THOSE 
PRINCIPLES.
MANY OF US CAN'T IMAGINE FOUR 
MORE YEARS GOING DOWN THIS PATH.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO
JOIN WITH ME IN CHOOSING A 
BETTER WAY FORWARD.
I BELIEVE THE BEST OF AMERICA 
LIES AHEAD.
BUT ONLY WHEN WE REDISCOVER OUR 
SHARED BELIEF IN THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA FOR OUR 
CHILDREN'S FUTURE, WHICH CAN BE 
BRIGHT, HOPEFUL, AND INSPIRED IF
WE CHOOSE TO MAKE IT SO.
I'VE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR 30 
YEARS.
I KNOW HIS STORY OF PROFOUND 
GRIEF THAT HAS SO DEEPLY 
AFFECTED HIS CHARACTER.
I KNOW JOE IS A GOOD MAN, A MAN 
OF FAITH, A UNIFIER.
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE 
HOPES AND DREAMS OF THE COMMON 
MAN AND THE COMMON WOMAN.
A MAN WHO CAN HELP US TO SEE THE
HUMANITY IN EACH OTHER.
HE KNOWS THAT THE PATH TO A 
RESTORED AND REJUVENATED AMERICA
LIES IN RESPECT AND UNITY AND A 
COMMON PURPOSE FOR EVERYONE.
YES, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE JOE 
AND I ABSOLUTELY DISAGREE.
BUT THAT'S OKAY.
BECAUSE THAT'S AMERICA.
BECAUSE WHATEVER OUR 
DIFFERENCES, WE RESPECT ONE 
ANOTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS.
EACH OF US SEARCHING FOR JUSTICE
AND FOR PURPOSE.
WE CAN ALL SEE WHAT'S GOING ON 
IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY AND ALL THE
QUESTIONS THAT ARE FACING US, 
AND NO ONE PERSON OR PARTY HAS 
ALL THE ANSWERS.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE 
CAN DO BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE 
BEEN SEEING TODAY FOR SURE.
AND I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN, WITH 
HIS EXPERIENCE AND HIS WISDOM 
AND HIS DECENCY, CAN BRING US 
TOGETHER TO HELP US FIND THAT 
BETTER WAY.
I'M SURE THERE ARE REPUBLICANS 
AND 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.
HE'S REASONABLE, FAITHFUL, 
RESPECTFUL, AND YOU KNOW, NO ONE
PUSHES JOE AROUND.
JOE BIDEN IS A MAN FOR OUR 
TIMES.
TIMES THAT CALL FOR ALL OF US TO
TAKE OFF OUR PARTISAN HATS AND 
PUT OUR NATION FIRST FOR 
OURSELVES, AND OF COURSE FOR OUR
CHILDREN.
WHEN AMERICA CHOOSES THE RIGHT 
PATH AND PULLS TOGETHER, LIKE 
WE'VE DONE SO MANY TIMES BEFORE,
WE CAN DREAM BIG DREAMS.
WE CAN SEE THE TOP OF THE 
MOUNTAIN.
AS A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WITH THE SOUL THAT IS A BEACON 
OF FREEDOM TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
>> FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF
OHIO, JOHN KASICH, TALKING ABOUT
WHY HE IS ENDORSING JOE BIDEN, 
FORMER PRESIDENT, FOLLOWING 
OTHER REPUBLICANS ENDORSING THE 
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT.
RAHM EMANUEL, YOU WROTE A PIECE 
IN THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" 
SAYING THE GOAL OF THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IS TO CREATE BIDEN 
REPUBLICANS IN THE WAY RONALD 
REAGAN CREATED REAGAN DEMOCRATS 
IN 1980. 
>> IN 1980, THERE WERE REAGAN 
DEMOCRATS.
THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE ALLOWED 
THAT BREAK WITH THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, PARTICULARLY 
WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES.
I BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP'S CREATED
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, BIDEN 
REPUBLICANS.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, 
BECAUSE OF THE CULTURAL 
LANDSCAPE, ANTITHESIS TO 
SCIENCE, DISRESPECT FOR 
DIVERSITY, EMPATHY, ALL THE 
QUALITIES THAT COME OUT OF JOE 
BIDEN, THERE'S A UNIQUE 
POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS 
ELECTION COULD EITHER BE PURELY 
TRANSACTIONAL WITH THOSE VOTERS 
OR IT COULD BE TRANSFORMATIVE 
WITH THOSE VOTERS.
REAGAN DEMOCRATS REDEFINED 20 
YEARS OF THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL
LANDSCAPE.
I THINK THAT OPPORTUNITY EXISTS 
TODAY BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY, EVEN IN THE ORGANIZING 
PRINCIPLE TODAY, IS DONALD 
TRUMP.
THE QUESTION FOR THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN AND I THINK THE BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION WILL BE, CAN THEY
ACTUALLY BUILD SOMETHING AROUND 
THAT THAT'S MORE LONG-LASTING 
AND REALLY PUTS SOME ROOTS DOWN 
INTO THAT, SO WE DON'T JUST RENT
THESE VOTERS, WE END UP 
OWNING -- WE OWN THEM, AND THEY 
FEEL A PART IN A NEW HOME IN 
THIS EFFORT.
I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE 
CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT'S A BROAD 
COALITION, UNLIKE WHAT DONALD 
TRUMP HAS. 
>> SARAH, SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAW FROM 
JOHN KASICH WAS ANSWERING THIS 
CHARGE FROM JOE BIDEN'S GOING TO
GO HARD LEFT.
WE HEARD TRUMP SAY HE'S A TROJAN
HORSE FOR SOCIALISM. 
>> THAT'S THE POINT TONIGHT IS 
WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THE 
LEFTIST VIEWS OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY.
SO I THINK RAHM'S STRATEGY IS 
RIGHT, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING 
TO PLAY OUT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE 
TRANSACTIONAL, IF IN FACT JOE 
BIDEN IS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH 
ANY OF THESE REPUBLICANS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A 
GREEN NEW DEAL.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HIGHER
TAXES.
THOSE BIDEN REPUBLICANS AREN'T 
GOING TO EXIST AT THE END OF 
THIS ELECTION. 
>> CAN I SAY ONE THING?
THE GREEN NEW DEAL, MEDICARE FOR
ALL, NOT EVEN IN THE PLATFORM, 
SHOWING BIDEN HAS CONTROLLED THE
PARTY'S CORRECTION. 
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE, FOUR YEARS 
AGO MEG WHITMAN ENDORSED HILLARY
CLINTON.
HOW BIG A THREAT OF THESE 
REPUBLICAN ENDORSEMENTS TONIGHT?
>> ZERO.
I MEAN, THEY'RE MEANINGLESS.
THEY WERE WITH HER FOUR YEARS 
AGO, NOW THEY'RE WITH BIDEN, NO 
SURPRISE.
JOHN KASICH, TO SHOW YOU WHERE 
JOHN KASICH'S STANDING IS IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHEN HE WAS 
THE ONLY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR 
LEFT ON THE STAGE IN 2016, 
DONALD TRUMP, TED CRUZ, AND JOHN
KASICH, THE THREE CANDIDATES 
LEFT, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY 
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS, HIS 
SITTING COLLEAGUES AT THE TIME, 
ENDORSED JOHN KASICH?
ZERO.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE HE'S A 
BACK-STABBER, AND HE'S AN 
UNTRUTHFUL GUY.
SO TONIGHT REPUBLICANS ARE GOING
TO GO, YOU CAN HAVE HIM.
GIVE US A BREAK, GET HIM OUT OF 
OUR PARTY, YOU TAKE HIM FOR A 
LITTLE WHILE.
ON TOP OF THAT, I'VE WORKED WITH
JOHN, HE'S EXHAUSTING.
JOE BIDEN'S GOING TO BE GETTING 
CALLS FROM JOHN KASICH.
HE'S GOING TO WANT TO CHANGE HIS
PHONE NUMBER. 
>> NOT ALL DEMOCRATS ARE HAPPY 
WITH THE CHOICE OF JOHN KASICH 
GETTING FOUR MINUTES.
A LOT OF GRUMBLING FROM 
PROGRESSIVES, HE GETS FOUR 
MINUTES, ALEXANDRIA 
OCASIO-CORTEZ GETS ONE. 
>> I AGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR, WE
DON'T WANT HIM EITHER.
I'M FROM OHIO AND I KNOW THE 
DAMAGE HE DID TO OUR STATE.
LABOR, SB-5.
WHAT HE DID TO CHOICE WHAT HE 
DID TO TEACHERS AND PUBLIC 
EDUCATION, WHAT HE DID TO GUNS 
AND VIOLENCE.
THIS IS NOT THE STORY WE WANT TO
TELL.
IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN WHO LIKE
DONALD TRUMP, VOTE FOR HIM, BUT 
WE SHOULD NOT BE TAKING THE 
TIME -- PROGRESSIVES ARE WITH 
OUR PARTY, AND IF THEY ENGAGE 
THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT VOTE IN 
'16 WHO DID IN '08, WE CAN WIN 
THIS THING. 
>> BERNIE SANDERS AND MICHELLE 
OBAMA COMING UP.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪
♪
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE
OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES WE'RE 
SEEING THIS YEAR, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP GOING TO CAMPAIGN STRAIGHT
THROUGH THIS CONVENTION.
HE WAS IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
TODAY.
JOE BIDEN WAS NOT.
RACHEL SCOTT WAS WITH HIM.
WHAT DID HE SAY, RACHEL?
>> YEAH, GEORGE, THE PRESIDENT 
CONTINUED TO PAINT HIMSELF AS 
THE LAW AND ORDER CANDIDATE.
THIS IS A CRITICAL STATE FOR 
PRESIDENT.
HE WON HERE BY FEWER THAN 23,000
VOTES, LESS THAN 1%.
THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO UPSTAGE 
HIS RIVAL, JOE BIDEN IN THE 
STATE WHERE THE NATIONAL 
CONVENTION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 
HELD IN PERSON.
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE HITTING 
FIVE BATTLEGROUND STATES THIS 
WEEK, AND MOST OF THOSE STATES 
HE IS TRAILING JOE BIDEN, 
INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN 
WISCONSIN, BY 5 POINTS.
>> RACHEL, THANKS VERY MUCH.
MARY BRUCE, WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR 
FROM SEVERAL OF THE CANDIDATES 
WHO RAN AGAINST JOE BIDEN DURING
THESE PRIMARIES.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS JUST
A YEAR AGO, WHEN YOU HAVE MORE 
THAN 20 DEMOCRATS IN THIS RACE.
IT WAS NOT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION
THAT BIDEN WOULD BE THE NOMINEE.
>> NO, GEORGE.
THIS WAS A HARD-FOUGHT PRIMARY.
DEMOCRATS ARE NOW EAGER TO SHOW 
THAT THEY ARE UNITED.
I REMEMBER FOUR YEARS AGO, BEING
ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR, HEARING
THOSE BOOS AT THE TIME.
THE PARTY WAS BITTERLY DIVIDED.
NOW THEY ARE EAGER TO SHOW THAT 
SIMPLY IS NOT THE CASE.
YES, IT WAS NOT LONG AGO, 28 
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WERE 
RUNNING.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO SEE MANY OF 
THOSE FORMER RIVALS COMING 
TOGETHER.
JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN REACHING OUT 
HIMSELF TO MANY OF THESE FORMER 
OPPONENTS TO TRY AND BRING THEM 
INTO THE FOLD NOW.
ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE MORE 
PROGRESSIVE RIVALS LIKE BERNIE 
SANDERS, WHO WE'LL HEAR FROM 
LATER TONIGHT, TO MAKE SURE 
THEIR CONCERNS ARE BEING HEARD.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT 
CIRCUMSTANCE THAN FOUR YEARS 
AGO, OF COURSE.
THESE FORMER RIVALS KNOW THE 
STAKES ARE SIMPLY TOO HIGH.
THEY HAVE TO COME TOGETHER, THEY
FEEL, IN ORDER TO BEAT DONALD 
TRUMP.
THE CHALLENGE NOW GOING FORWARD 
IS CAN THEY COME TOGETHER AND 
NOT ONLY ARGUE THAT DONALD TRUMP
HAS TO BE DEFEATED BUT THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO DO 
THAT. 
>> MARY BRUCE, THANKS VERY MUCH.
SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR OF 
MINNESOTA, LET'S LISTEN IN. 
>> -- DECENCY AND YOU CAN TOO.
MOST CANDIDATES, WHEN THEY END 
THEIR CAMPAIGN, THAT DAY IS A 
HARD ONE.
FOR ME IT WAS A MOMENT FILLED 
WITH GREAT JOY, BECAUSE THE DAY 
I ENDED MY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
WAS ALSO THE DAY I ENDORSED JOE 
BIDEN.
JOE RAN FOR THE SAME REASONS I 
DID WHEN I ANNOUNCED MY CAMPAIGN
IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BLIZZARD 
ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER.
TO CROSS THE RIVER OF OUR 
DIVIDES, TO BRING THIS NATION 
TOGETHER, TO BE A PRESIDENT FOR 
ALL OF AMERICA.
AS I SAID THE DAY I ENDORSED 
HIM, IF YOU FEEL STUCK IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE EXTREMES IN OUR 
POLITICS, IF YOU ARE TIRED OF 
THE NOISE AND THE NONSENSE, YOU 
HAVE A HOME WITH ME, AND YOU 
HAVE A HOME WITH JOE BIDEN.
THAT'S WHY I WAS SO PROUD TO 
STAND WITH HIM THEN AND ACROSS 
THIS GREAT COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALL NOW 
STANDING UNITED BEHIND JOE AND 
MY FRIEND KAMALA.
OUR NATION'S MOTTO IS "OUT OF 
MANY, ONE."
AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, IT'S 
ALSO THE STORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY.
THANK YOU, AMERICA.
>>> WE ALL RAN FOR PRESIDENT 
MOTIVATED BY THE SAME REASONS. 
>> AS I WATCHED PRESIDENT TRUMP 
DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY MORE AND 
MORE, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHAT 
ARE YOU WILLING TO DO TO STOP 
HIM?
>> YOU HAVE THE MOST 
DESTRUCTIVE, HATEFUL, RACIST 
PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THIS
COUNTRY WHO IS LITERALLY TEARING
APART THE FABRIC OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA. 
>> DONALD TRUMP IS A FAILED 
BUSINESSPERSON.
AND DESPERATELY FAILED AS A 
PRESIDENT. 
>> WE WILL RISE!
>> I RAN FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S URGENT THAT WE HEAL 
THE DIVISIONS IN THIS NATION. 
>> WE ARE STILL IN CONTROL OF 
OUR OWN FUTURE. 
>> WE NEED TO PROVIDE MILLIONS 
OF AMERICANS A REAL PATH 
FORWARD. 
>> A GREEN JOBS PROGRAM --
>> INCREASING THE MINIMUM 
WAGE --
>> PASSING A NATIONAL PAID LEAVE
BILL --
>> STUDENT LOAN DEBT --
>> MENTAL HEALTH. 
>> HE PRODUCTIVE JUSTICE. 
>> ECONOMIC JUSTICE. 
>> RACIAL JUSTICE. 
>> THERE IS SO MUCH A NEW 
PRESIDENT CAN DO TO BRING US 
TOGETHER. 
>> IT'S TIME TO GET UP.
>> STARTING A PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGN IS DAUNTING.
YOU HAVE TO REACH HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 
>> YOU HAVE THESE INCREDIBLY 
LONG DAYS, OFTEN CAPPED OFF BY 
EVENING EVENTS THAT GO ON FOR 
HOURS AND HOURS. 
>> YOUR CHALLENGE AS A CANDIDATE
IS TO BE TRUE TO YOURSELF AND 
TRUE TO WHY YOU RAN IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
THAT IS SOMETHING, BY THE WAY, 
THAT I REALLY ADMIRE ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN.
HE REALLY IS HIS OWN MAN.
HE KNOWS WHO HE IS. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS SOMEBODY WHO 
DEEPLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED, WHO
ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND, WHO ARE 
BEING IGNORED. 
>> I OWE YOU EVERYTHING. 
>> I KNOW YOU, AND YOU'RE 
STAYING, MAN. 
>> HE'S HAD HARD TIMES IN HIS 
LIFE.
HE'S HAD LOSSES IN HIS LIFE.
AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING 
THAT PEOPLE RELATE TO. 
>> YOU DOING OKAY?
>> YEP.
CLOSE TO 15 YEARS CANCER FREE. 
>> GOD LOVE YOU. 
>> I WAS A THE A SERVICE FOR 
FALLEN AFGHANISTAN SOLDIERS.
I SAW THOSE FAMILIES WHO WERE SO
CONFRONTED.
THEY KNEW SOMEONE COULD CARE FOR
THEM, SOMEONE COULD RELIT TO 
THEIR OWN PAIN.
WE NEED THAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> STANDING SIDE BY SIDE WITH 
HIM ON THE DEBATE STAGE, WE WERE
HAVING A GO AT IT.
BUT WHAT WAS REMARKABLE TO ME 
WAS IN THE COMMERCIAL BREAK, HE 
PUTS HIS ARM AROUND ME AND 
STARTS TELLING ME HOW GOOD MY 
IDEAS ARE.
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW I FEEL 
LIKE HE'S GIVING ME A PEP TALK.
LITERALLY TELLING ME HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS, HOW REALLY 
IMPORTANT IT IS THAT I'M ON THAT
STAGE.
>> JOE CALLED ME THE NIGHT I 
SUSPENDED AND WAS 
EXTRAORDINARILY GRACIOUS AND 
COMFORTING, AND HE TOLD ME I 
SHOULD BE PROUD OF MYSELF.
SAID THAT I DID MYSELF AND MY 
FAMILY A REAL SERVICE, AND THE 
COUNTRY A SERVICE.
THAT MEANT A LOT COMING FROM 
JOE. 
>> LOOK, IT'S NOT EASY TO UNITE 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WE'RE A RAMBUNCTIOUS GROUP.
JOE BIDEN HAS PULLED IT OFF. 
>> HE WANTS TO GET THE BEST 
IDEAS ON THE TABLE SO WE CAN 
MOVE FORWARD IN THE BEST WAY 
POSSIBLE. 
>> HE'S INCLUDED MY FAMILY BILL 
OF RIGHTS. 
>> HE'S UNIFIED OUR GROUP AROUND
A CLEAN ENERGY STRATEGY. 
>> THE DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF 
RIGHTS, VERY EXCITED THAT'S IN 
THERE. 
>> HE'S THE KIND OF LEADER THAT 
BRINGS OTHER LEADERS IN. 
>> THIS IS A GUY THAT'S GOING TO
WALK INTO THE OVAL OFFICE AND 
NOT HAVE TO FIND HIS WAY AROUND.
WILL ACTUALLY WALK IN AND WILL 
HAVE ALREADY SORT OF HONED THE 
INSTINCTS YOU NEED TO LEAD THE 
MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH 
THROUGH A CRISIS. 
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, DONALD 
TRUMP DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHO WE
ARE AS AMERICANS.
HE REALLY DOESN'T.
>> THIS IS A GUY THAT BLAMES 
EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING.
HE BLAMES THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.
HE BLAMES THE COUNTRY OF 
DENMARK.
HE BLAMES THE PRIME MINISTER OF 
CANADA FOR CUTTING HIM OUT OF 
THE CANADIAN VERSION OF "HOME 
ALONE 2."
WHO DOES THAT?
>> THERE ARE NO SIDELINES.
THERE'S NO SITTING THIS ONE OUT.
THERE'S NO HOPING THAT SOMEONE 
ELSE IS GOING TO COME IN AND 
SAVE THE DAY. 
>> THERE IS NO CAVALRY, WE ARE 
THE CAVALRY. 
>> THE MOMENT HAS FOUND THE 
PERSON.
THAT PERSON IS JOE BIDEN. 
>> JOE HAS MY VOTE BECAUSE HE 
WILL BRING DECENCY AND DIGNITY 
BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> WE'VE GOT ONE SHOT TO MAKE 
DONALD TRUMP A ONE-TERM 
PRESIDENT.
AND THAT SHOT IS RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S JOE TIME, IT'S JOE TIME!
>> NEXT PRESIDENT, RIGHT HERE.
>> THAT WAS JUST ABOUT HALF THE 
FIELD THAT TOOK ON JOE BIDEN 
LAST YEAR.
COMING UP, THE RUNNER-UP TWO 
TIMES IN A ROW, BERNIE SANDERS, 
AND HEADLINER, MICHELLE OBAMA.
>>> THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
HERE AGAIN, GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS.
>> WELCOME BACK.
BERNIE SANDERS IS UP NEXT.
WE WANT TO BRING IN CHIEF WHITE 
HOUSE CORRESPONDENT JON KARL ON 
THIS.
I REMEMBER FIVE YEARS AGO, THE 
DAY BERNIE SANDERS ANNOUNCED, 
BASICALLY WALKED ONTO THE LAWN 
OF THE CAPITOL.
YOU WERE THERE.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE HE HAS MADE TO
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OVER FIVE 
YEARS AND TWO MONTHS. 
>> HE ELECTRIFIED THE BASE OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, GEORGE.
HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO CAME FROM 
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, THE LONGEST 
OF LONG SHOTS, TO DURING THIS 
CAMPAIGN HE DID NOT WIN, BUT HE 
HAD THE MOST FERVENT SUPPORTERS,
THE BIGGEST CROWDS.
AND OF COURSE DONALD TRUMP MADE 
NO SECRET OF THE FACT THAT 
BERNIE SANDERS WAS THE CANDIDATE
HE WOULD MOST LIKE TO RUN 
AGAINST.
HE ALSO TRIED TO DRIVE A WEDGE 
BETWEEN SANDERS AND BIDEN BY 
SAYING THAT THIS NOMINATION HAD 
BEEN STOLEN FROM HIM.
BUT NOW YOU WILL SEE BERNIE 
SANDERS COME OUT HERE AND 
TOTALLY, WITHOUT HESITATION, 
ENDORSE JOE BIDEN, DESPITE THE 
FACT THAT BIDEN'S VERY 
DIFFERENT.
HE OPPOSED MEDICARE FOR ALL.
HE OPPOSED -- DID NOT ENDORSE 
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THIS IS NOT THE BERNIE SANDERS 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY TONIGHT, THIS 
IS THE JOE BIDEN DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
>> SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS READY 
TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING.
OUR GREAT NATION IS NOW LIVING 
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT.
WE'RE FACING THE WORST PUBLIC 
HEALTH CRISIS IN 100 YEARS, AND 
THE WORST ECONOMIC COLLAPSE 
SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
WE ARE CONFRONTING SYSTEMIC 
RACISM AND ENORMOUS THREAT TO 
OUR PLANET OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS,
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT 
ONLY INCAPABLE OF ADDRESSING 
THESE CRISES, BUT IS LEADING US 
DOWN THE PATH OF 
AUTHORITARIANISM.
THIS ELECTION IS THE MOST 
IMPORTANT IN THE MODERN HISTORY 
OF THIS COUNTRY.
IN RESPONSE TO THE UNPRECEDENTED
CRISES WE FACE, WE NEED AN 
UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE, A 
MOVEMENT LIKE NEVER BEFORE OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED TO STAND
UP AND FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND 
DECENCY.
AND AGAINST GREED, OLIGARCHY, 
AND BIGOTRY.
AND WE NEED JOE BIDEN AS OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT.
LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 
SAY A WORD TO THE MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED MY CAMPAIGN
THIS YEAR AND IN 2016.
MY FRIENDS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
TRUST, YOUR SUPPORT, AND THE 
LOVE YOU SHOWED JANE, ME, AND 
OUR FAMILY.
TOGETHER, WE HAVE MOVED THIS 
COUNTRY IN A BOLD NEW DIRECTION,
SHOWING THAT ALL OF US -- BLACK 
AND WHITE, LATINO, NATIVE 
AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, GAY 
AND STRAIGHT, NATIVE BORN AND 
IMMIGRANT -- YEARN FOR A NATION 
BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF 
JUSTICE, LOVE, AND COMPASSION.
OUR CAMPAIGN ENDED SEVERAL 
MONTHS AGO.
BUT OUR MOVEMENT CONTINUES AND 
IS GETTING STRONGER EVERY DAY.
MANY OF THE IDEAS WE FOUGHT FOR,
THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO WERE 
CONSIDERED RADICAL, ARE NOW 
MAINSTREAM.
BUT LET US BE CLEAR.
IF DONALD TRUMP IS RE-ELECTED, 
ALL THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE 
WILL BE IN JEOPARDY.
AT ITS MOST BAKE, THIS ELECTION 
IS ABOUT PRESERVING OUR 
DEMOCRACY.
DURING THIS PRESIDENT'S TERM, 
THE UNTHINKABLE HAS BECOME 
NORMAL.
HE HAS TRIED TO PREVENT PEOPLE 
FROM VOTING.
UNDERMINED THE U.S. POSTAL 
SERVICE.
DEPLOYED THE MILITARY AND 
FEDERAL AGENTS AGAINST PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS.
THREATENED TO DELAY THE 
ELECTION.
AND SUGGESTED THAT HE WILL NOT 
LEAVE OFFICE IF HE LOSES.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL, AND WE MUST 
NEVER TREAT IT LIKE IT IS.
UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION, 
AUTHORITARIANISM HAS TAKEN ROOT 
IN OUR COUNTRY.
I AND MY FAMILY AND MANY OF 
YOURS KNOW THE INSIDIOUS WAY 
AUTHORITARIANISM DESTROYS 
DEMOCRACY, DECENCY, AND 
HUMANITY.
AS LONG AS I AM HERE, I WILL 
WORK WITH PROGRESSIVES, WITH 
MODERATES, AND YES, WITH 
CONSERVATIVES, TO PRESERVE THIS 
NATION FROM A THREAT THAT SO 
MANY OF OUR HEROES FOUGHT AND 
DIED TO DEFEAT.
THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT JUST A 
THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY, BUT BY 
REJECTING SCIENCE, HE HAS PUT 
OUR LIVES AND HEALTH IN 
JEOPARDY.
TRUMP HAS ATTACKED DOCTORS AND 
SCIENTIST S TRYING TO PROTECT U 
FROM THE PANDEMIC, WHILE 
REFUSING TO TAKE STRONG ACTION 
TO PRODUCE THE MASKS, GOWNS, AND
GLOVES OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS 
DESPERATELY NEED.
NERO FIDDLED WHILE ROME BURNED, 
TRUMP GOLFS.
HIS ACTIONS FAN THIS PANDEMIC, 
RESULTING IN OVER 170,000 DEATHS
AND A NATION STILL UNPREPARED TO
PROTECT ITS PEOPLE.
FURTHERMORE, TRUMP'S NEGLIGENCE 
HAS EXACERBATED THE ECONOMIC 
CRISIS WE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING.
SINCE THIS PANDEMIC BEGAN, OVER 
30 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE LOST 
THEIR JOBS, AND MANY HAVE LOST 
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE.
MILLIONS OF WORKING FAMILIES ARE
WONDERING HOW THEY WILL FEED 
THEIR KIDS.
AND THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THEY 
WILL BE EVICTED FROM THEIR 
HOMES.
AND HOW HAS TRUMP RESPONDED?
INSTEAD OF MAINTAINING THE $600 
A WEEK UNEMPLOYMENT SUPPLEMENT 
THAT WORKERS WERE RECEIVING, AND
THE $1,200 EMERGENCY CHECKS THAT
MANY OF YOU RECEIVED, INSTEAD OF
HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES, TRUMP 
CONCOCTED FRAUDULENT EXECUTIVE 
ORDERS THAT DO VIRTUALLY NOTHING
TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS, WHILE 
THREATENING THE VERY FUTURE OF 
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT EVEN 
BEFORE TRUMP'S NEGLIGENT 
RESPONSE TO THIS PANDEMIC, TOO 
MANY HARD-WORKING FAMILIES HAVE 
BEEN CAUGHT ON AN ECONOMIC 
TREADMILL WITH NO HOPE OF EVER 
GETTING AHEAD.
TOGETHER, WE MUST BUILD A NATION
THAT IS MORE EQUITABLE, MORE 
COMPASSIONATE, AND MORE 
INCLUSIVE.
I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN WILL BEGIN
THAT FIGHT ON DAY ONE.
LET ME OFFER YOU JUST A FEW 
EXAMPLES OF HOW JOE WILL MOVE US
FORWARD.
JOE SUPPORTS RAISING THE MINIMUM
WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR.
THIS WILL GIVE 40 MILLION 
WORKERS A PAY RAISE AND PUSH THE
WAGE SCALE UP FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
JOE WILL ALSO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
WORKERS TO JOIN UNIONS, CREATE 
12 WEEKS OF PAID FAMILY LEAVE, 
FUND UNIVERSAL PRE-K FOR 3 AND 
4-YEAR-OLDS, AND MAKE CHILD CARE
AFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS OF 
FAMILIES.
JOE WILL REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING 
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FIGHT THE 
THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE BY 
TRANSITIONING US TO 100% CLEAN 
ELECTRICITY OVER THE NEXT 15 
YEARS.
THESE INITIATIVES WILL CREATE 
MILLIONS OF GOOD-PAYING JOBS ALL
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE ONLY 
INDUSTRIALIZED NATION NOT TO 
GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL 
PEOPLE.
WHILE JOE AND I DISAGREE ON THE 
BEST PATH TO GET UNIVERSAL 
COVERAGE, HE HAS A PLAN THAT 
WILL GREATLY EXPAND HEALTH CARE 
AND CUT THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.
FURTHER, HE WILL LOWER THE 
ELIGIBILITY AGE OF MEDICARE FROM
65 DOWN TO 60.
TO HELP REFORM OUR BROKEN 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, JOE 
WILL END PRIVATE PRISONS AND 
DETENTION CENTERS, CASH BAIL, 
AND THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON 
PIPELINE.
AND TO HEAL THE SOUL OF OUR 
NATION, JOE BIDEN WILL END THE 
HATE AND DIVISION TRUMP HAS 
CREATED.
HE WILL STOP THE DEMONIZATION OF
IMMIGRANTS, THE CODDLING OF 
WHITE NATIONALISTS, THE RACIST 
DOG WHISTLING, THE RELIGIOUS 
BIGOTRY, AND THE UGLY ATTACKS ON
WOMEN.
MY FRIENDS, I SAY TO YOU, TO 
EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED OTHER 
CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARY, AND 
TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE VOTED FOR 
DONALD TRUMP IN THE LAST 
ELECTION, THE FUTURE OF OUR 
DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE.
THE TUT OF OUR ECONOMY IS AT 
STAKE.
THE FUTURE OF OUR PLANET IS AT 
STAKE.
WE MUST COME TOGETHER, DEFEAT 
DONALD TRUMP, AND ELECT JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS AS OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT AND VICE 
PRESIDENT.
MY FRIENDS, THE PRICE OF FAILURE
IS JUST TOO GREAT TO IMAGINE.
THANK YOU.
>> QUITE A DIFFERENT FEEL FROM 
BERNIE SANDERS FROM FOUR YEARS 
AGO.
HARD EDGE TO BE SURE, BUT ALSO 
HE HAS SUCH A WARMER PERSONAL 
RELATIONSHIP WITH JOE BIDEN THAN
HE HAD WITH HILLARY CLINTON.
THAT CAME THROUGH IN THE SPEECH 
AS WELL.
NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE HEADLINER
OF THE NIGHT, MICHELLE OBAMA.
I WANT TO BRING IN "NIGHTLINE" 
ANCHOR BYRON PITTS FOR MORE.
MICHELLE OBAMA CLAIMS NOT TO 
LIKE POLITICS THAT MUCH, BUT BY 
SOME MEASURES SHE'S THE MOST 
POPULAR POLITICIAN IN AMERICA. 
>> WITHOUT QUESTION.
I THINK THIS IS THE MOST 
IMPORTANT SPEECH TONIGHT, LIKELY
THE THIRD MOST IMPORTANT SPEECH 
OF THE WEEK.
SHE'S THE MOST POPULAR DEMOCRAT 
IN THE COUNTRY.
I CALL THIS THE FAVORITE AUNTIE 
SPEECH, THE COOL AUNT, THE SMART
AUNT, THE KIND AUNT.
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC FAMILY, SHE 
IS THAT.
I THINK TONIGHT SHE SPEAKS 
SPECIFICALLY IN MANY WAYS TO 
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN, TO SUBURBAN 
WOMEN, TO WOMEN OF COLOR, AND TO
YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SHE CAN SAY, LOOK, BIDEN/HARRIS 
MAY NOT BE EVERYTHING THAT YOU 
WANT, BUT TRUST ME, THEY WILL 
GET US WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
PEOPLE FORGET, SHE WAS BARACK 
OBAMA'S NOT SO SECRET WEAPON 
WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT, AND I
THINK SHE CAN BE THAT, WILL BE 
THAT, FOR THE BIDEN/HARRIS 
TICKET. 
>> SHE HAD THAT ICONIC PHRASE, 
WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO HIGH.
TONIGHT SHE WILL SERVE AS A 
CHARACTER WITNESS FOR FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
LET'S LISTEN IN TO THE 
INTRODUCTION OF MICHELLE OBAMA.
>> THE VOICES WE LONG TO HEAR 
RIGHT NOW ARE THE ONES THAT 
SPEAK WITH COURAGE AND KINDNESS,
STRENGTH AND WISDOM, LOVE AND 
COMPASSION.
THEY'RE UNAFRAID TO SPEAK THE 
TRUTH AND TALK ABOUT THEIR OWN 
UNCERTAINTIES AND STRUGGLES.
THEY MAKE US FEEL SEEN AND 
INSPIRE US TO BECOME THE BEST 
VERSIONS OF OURSELVES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THAT FOR ALL
OF US.
IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO 
INTRODUCE THE FORMER FIRST LADY,
MICHELLE OBAMA.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
IT'S A HARD TIME.
AND EVERYONE'S FEELING IT IN 
DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE 
RELUCTANT TO TUNE IN TO A 
POLITICAL CONVENTION RIGHT NOW, 
OR TO POLITICS IN GENERAL.
BELIEVE ME, I GET THAT.
BUT I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I 
LOVE THIS COUNTRY WITH ALL MY 
HEART.
AND IT PAINS ME TO SEE SO MANY 
PEOPLE HURTING.
I'VE MET SO MANY OF YOU.
I'VE HEARD YOUR STORIES.
AND THROUGH YOU, I HAVE SEEN 
THIS COUNTRY'S PROMISE.
AND THANKS TO SO MANY WHO CAME 
BEFORE ME, THANKS TO THEIR TOIL 
AND SWEAT AND BLOOD, I'VE BEEN 
ABLE TO LIVE THAT PROMISE 
MYSELF.
THAT'S THE STORY OF AMERICA.
ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO SACRIFICED 
AND OVERCAME SO MUCH IN THEIR 
OWN TIMES BECAUSE THEY WANTED 
SOMETHING MORE, SOMETHING BETTER
FOR THEIR KIDS.
THERE'S A LOT OF BEAUTY IN THAT 
STORY.
THERE'S A LOT OF PAIN IN IT, 
TOO.
A LOT OF STRUGGLE AND INJUSTICE 
AND WORK LEFT TO DO.
AND WHO WE CHOOSE AS OUR 
PRESIDENT IN THIS ELECTION WILL 
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE 
HONOR THAT STRUGGLE AND CHIP 
AWAY AT THAT INJUSTICE AND KEEP 
ALIVE THE VERY POSSIBILITY OF 
FINISHING THAT WORK.
I AM ONE OF THE HANDFUL OF 
PEOPLE LIVING TODAY WHO HAVE 
SEEN FIRSTHAND THE IMMENSE 
WEIGHT AND AWESOME POWER OF THE 
PRESIDENCY.
AND LET ME ONCE AGAIN TELL YOU 
THIS.
THE JOB IS HARD.
IT REQUIRES CLEAR-HEADED 
JUDGMENT, A MASTERY OF COMPLEX 
AND COMPETING ISSUES, A DEVOTION
TO FACTS AND HISTORY, A MORAL 
COMPASS, AND AN ABILITY TO 
LISTEN.
AND AN ABIDING BELIEF THAT EACH 
OF THE 330 MILLION LIVES IN THIS
COUNTRY HAS MEANING AND WORTH.
A PRESIDENT'S WORDS HAVE THE 
POWER TO MOVE MARKETS.
THEY CAN START WARS OR BROKER 
PEACE.
THEY CAN SUMMON OUR BETTER 
ANGELS OR AWAKEN OUR WORST 
INSTINCTS.
YOU SIMPLY CANNOT FAKE YOUR WAY 
THROUGH THIS JOB.
AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, BEING 
PRESIDENT DOESN'T CHANGE WHO YOU
ARE, IT REVEALS WHO YOU ARE.
WELL, A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 
CAN REVEAL WHO WE ARE, TOO.
AND FOUR YEARS AGO, TOO MANY 
PEOPLE CHOSE TO BELIEVE THAT 
THEIR VOTES DIDN'T MATTER.
MAYBE THEY WERE FED UP, MAYBE 
THEY THOUGHT THE OUTCOME 
WOULDN'T BE CLOSE, MAYBE THE 
BARRIERS FELT TOO STEEP.
WHATEVER THE REASON, IN THE END,
THOSE CHOICES SENT SOMEONE TO 
THE OVAL OFFICE WHO LOST THE 
NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE BY NEARLY 
3 MILLION VOTES.
IN ONE OF THE STATES THAT 
DETERMINED THE OUTCOME, THE 
WINNING MARGIN AVERAGED OUT TO 
JUST TWO VOTES PER PRECINCT.
TWO VOTES.
AND WE'VE ALL BEEN LIVING WITH 
THE CONSEQUENCES.
WHEN MY HUSBAND LEFT OFFICE, 
WITH JOE BIDEN AT HIS SIDE, WE 
HAD A RECORD-BREAKING STRETCH OF
JOB CREATION.
WE'D SECURED THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
CARE FOR 20 MILLION PEOPLE.
WE WERE RESPECTED AROUND THE 
WORLD, RALLYING OUR ALLIES TO 
CONFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND OUR LEADERS HAD WORKED HAND 
IN HAND WITH SCIENTISTS TO HELP 
PREVENT AN EBOLA OUTBREAK FROM 
BECOMING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
FOUR YEARS LATER, THE STATE OF 
THIS NATION IS VERY DIFFERENT.
MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE HAVE 
DIED, AND OUR ECONOMY IS IN 
SHAMBLES, BECAUSE OF A VIRUS 
THAT THIS PRESIDENT DNPLAYED 
FOR TOO LONG.
IT HAS LEFT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 
JOBLESS.
TOO MANY HAVE LOST THEIR HEALTH 
CARE.
TOO MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO TAKE 
CARE OF BASIC NECESSITIES LIKE 
FOOD AND RENT.
TOO MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN 
LEFT IN THE LURCH TO GRAPPLE 
WITH WHETHER AND HOW TO OPEN OUR
SCHOOLS SAFELY.
INTERNATIONALLY, WE'VE TURNED 
OUR BACK NOT JUST ON AGREEMENTS 
FORGED BY MY HUSBAND, BUT ON 
ALLIANCES CHAMPIONED BY 
PRESIDENTS LIKE REAGAN AND 
EISENHOWER.
AND HERE AT HOME, AS GEORGE 
FLOYD, BREONNA TAYLOR, AND A 
NEVER-ENDING LIST OF INNOCENT 
PEOPLE OF COLOR CONTINUE TO BE 
MURDERED, STATING THE SIMPLE 
FACT THAT A BLACK LIFE MATTERS, 
IS STILL MET WITH DERISION FROM 
THE NATION'S HIGHEST OFFICE.
BECAUSE WHENEVER WE LOOK TO THIS
WHITE HOUSE FOR SOME LEADERSHIP 
OR CONSOLATION OR ANY SEMBLANCE 
OF STEADINESS, WHAT WE GET 
INSTEAD IS CHAOS, DIVISION, AND 
A TOTAL AND UTTER LACK OF 
EMPATHY.
EMPATHY.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN 
THINKING A LOT ABOUT LATELY.
THE ABILITY TO WALK IN SOMEONE 
ELSE'S SHOES.
THE RECOGNITION THAT SOMEONE 
ELSE'S EXPERIENCE HAS VALUE, 
TOO.
MOST OF US PRACTICE THIS WITHOUT
A SECOND THOUGHT.
IF WE SEE SOMEONE SUFFERING OR 
STRUGGLING, WE DON'T STAND IN 
JUDGMENT, WE REACH OUT.
BECAUSE THERE, BUT FOR THE GRACE
OF GOD, GO I.
IT IS NOT A HARD CONCEPT TO 
GRASP.
IT'S WHAT WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
AND LIKE SO MANY OF YOU, BARACK 
AND I HAVE TRIED OUR BEST TO 
INSTILL IN OUR GIRLS A STRONG 
MORAL FOUNDATION, TO CARRY 
FORWARD THE VALUES THAT OUR 
PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS POURED 
INTO US.
BUT RIGHT NOW, KIDS IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE SEEING WHAT HAPPENS 
WHEN WE STOP REQUIRING EMPATHY 
OF ONE ANOTHER.
THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND WONDERING
IF WE'VE BEEN LYING TO THEM THIS
WHOLE TIME ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND 
WHAT WE TRULY VALUE.
THEY SEE PEOPLE SHOUTING IN 
GROCERY STORES, UNWILLING TO 
WEAR A MASK TO KEEP US ALL SAFE.
THEY SEE PEOPLE CALLING THE 
POLICE ON FOLKS MINDING THEIR 
OWN BUSINESS, JUST BECAUSE OF 
THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
THEY SEE AN ENTITLEMENT THAT 
SAYS, ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE BELONG
HERE.
THAT GREED IS GOOD, AND WINNING 
IS EVERYTHING, BECAUSE AS LONG 
AS YOU COME OUT ON TOP IT 
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO 
EVERYONE ELSE.
AND THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 
THAT LACK OF EMPATHY IS GINNED 
UP INTO OUTRIGHT DISDAIN.
THEY SEE OUR LEADERS LABELING 
FELLOW CITIZENS ENEMIES OF THE 
STATE, WHILE EMBOLDENING 
TORCH-WEARING WHITE 
SUPREMACISTS.
THEY WATCH IN HORROR AS CHILDREN
ARE TORN FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND
THROWN INTO CAGES AND PEPPER 
SPRAY AND RUBBER BULLETS ARE 
USED ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS FOR 
A PHOTO OP.
SADLY, THIS IS THE AMERICA THAT 
IS ON DISPLAY FOR THE NEXT 
GENERATION.
A NATION THAT'S UNDERPERFORMING 
NOT SIMPLY ON MATTERS OF POLICY,
BUT ON MATTERS OF CHARACTER.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST 
DISAPPOINTING, IT'S DOWNRIGHT 
INFURIATING.
BECAUSE I KNOW THE GOODNESS AND 
THE GRACE THAT IS OUT THERE IN 
HOUSEHOLDS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALL
ACROSS THIS NATION.
AND I KNOW THAT REGARDLESS OF 
OUR RACE, AGE, RELIGION, OUR 
POLITICS, WHEN WE CLOSE OUT THE 
NOISE AND THE FEAR AND TRULY 
OPEN OUR HEARTS, WE KNOW THAT 
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY 
IS JUST NOT RIGHT.
THIS IS NOT WHO WE WANT TO BE.
SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
WHAT'S OUR STRATEGY?
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, A LOT 
OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, WHEN 
OTHERS ARE GOING SO LOW, DOES 
GOING HIGH STILL REALLY WORK?
MY ANSWER?
GOING HIGH IS THE ONLY THING 
THAT WORKS.
BECAUSE WHEN WE GO LOW, WHEN WE 
USE THOSE SAME TACTICS OF 
DEGRADING AND DEHUMANIZING 
OTHERS, WE JUST BECOME PART OF 
THE UGLY NOISE THAT'S DROWNING 
OUT EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE DEGRADE OURSELVES.
WE DEGRADE THE VERY CAUSES FOR 
WHICH WE FIGHT.
BUT LET'S BE CLEAR.
GOING HIGH DOES NOT MEAN PUTTING
ON A SMILE AND SAYING NICE 
THINGS WHEN CONFRONTED BY 
VICIOUSNESS AND CRUELTY.
GOING HIGH MEANS TAKING THE 
HARDER PATH.
IT MEANS SCRAPING AND CLAWING 
OUR WAY TO THAT MOUNTAINTOP.
GOING HIGH MEANS STANDING FIERCE
AGAINST HATRED, WHILE 
REMEMBERING THAT WE ARE ONE 
NATION UNDER GOD.
AND IF WE WANT TO SURVIVE, WE'VE
GOT TO FIND A WAY TO LIVE 
TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER 
ACROSS OUR DIFFERENCES.
AND GOING HIGH MEANS UNLOCKING 
THE SHACKLES OF LIES AND 
MISTRUST WITH THE ONLY THING 
THAT CAN TRULY SET US FREE, THE 
COLD, HARD TRUTH.
SO LET ME BE AS HONEST AND CLEAR
AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
DONALD TRUMP IS THE WRONG 
PRESIDENT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
HE HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME
TO PROVE THAT HE CAN DO THE JOB,
BUT HE IS CLEARLY IN OVER HIS 
HEAD.
HE CANNOT MEET THIS MOMENT.
HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE NEED 
HIM TO BE FOR US.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MY MESSAGE 
WON'T BE HEARD BY SOME PEOPLE.
WE LIVE IN A NATION THAT IS 
DEEPLY DIVIDED, AND I AM A BLACK
WOMAN SPEAKING AT THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
BUT ENOUGH OF YOU KNOW ME BY 
NOW.
YOU KNOW THAT I TELL YOU EXACTLY
WHAT I'M FEELING.
YOU KNOW I HATE POLITICS.
BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I CARE 
ABOUT THIS NATION.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT 
ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
SO IF YOU TAKE ONE THING FROM MY
WORDS TONIGHT, IT IS THIS.
IF YOU THINK THINGS CANNOT 
POSSIBLY GET WORSE, TRUST ME, 
THEY CAN, AND THEY WILL, IF WE 
DON'T MAKE A CHANGE IN THIS 
ELECTION.
IF WE HAVE ANY HOPE OF ENDING 
THIS CHAOS, WE HAVE GOT TO VOTE 
FOR JOE BIDEN LIKE OUR LIVES 
DEPEND ON IT.
I KNOW JOE.
HE IS A PROFOUNDLY DECENT MAN, 
GUIDED BY FAITH.
HE WAS A TERRIFIC VICE 
PRESIDENT.
HE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO RESCUE
AN ECONOMY, BEAT BACK A 
PANDEMIC, AND LEAD OUR COUNTRY.
AND HE LISTENS.
HE WILL TELL THE TRUTH AND TRUST
SCIENCE.
HE WILL MAKE SMART PLANS AND 
MANAGE A GOOD TEAM.
AND HE WILL GOVERN AS SOMEONE 
WHO'S LIVED A LIFE THAT THE REST
OF US CAN RECOGNIZE.
WHEN HE WAS A KID, JOE'S FATHER 
LOST HIS JOB.
WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG SENATOR, JOE
LOST HIS WIFE AND HIS BABY 
DAUGHTER.
AND WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT, 
HE LOVED HIS BELOVED SON.
SO JOE KNOWS THE ANGUISH OF 
SITTING AT A TABLE WITH AN EMPTY
CHAIR.
WHICH IS WHY HE GIVES HIS TIME 
SO FREELY TO GRIEVING PARENTS.
JOE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO 
STRUGGLE, WHICH IS WHY HE GIVES 
HIS PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER TO 
KIDS OVERCOMING A STUTTER OF 
THEIR OWN.
HIS LIFE IS A TESTAMENT TO 
GETTING BACK UP.
AND HE IS GOING TO CHANNEL THAT 
SAME GRIT AND PASSION TO PICK US
ALL UP, TO HELP US HEAL AND 
GUIDE US FORWARD.
NOW JOE IS NOT PERFECT, AND HE'D
BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THAT.
BUT THERE IS NO PERFECT 
CANDIDATE, NO PERFECT PRESIDENT.
AND HIS ABILITY TO LEARN AND 
GROW, WE FIND IN THAT THE KIND 
OF HUMILITY AND MATURITY THAT SO
MANY OF US YEARN FOR RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE JOE BIDEN HAS SERVED 
THIS NATION HIS ENTIRE LIFE 
WITHOUT EVER LOSING SIGHT OF WHO
HE IS.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, HE HAS NEVER
LOST SIGHT OF WHO WE ARE.
ALL OF US.
JOE BIDEN WANTS ALL OF OUR KIDS 
TO GO TO A GOOD SCHOOL, SEE A 
DOCTOR WHEN THEY'RE SICK, LIVE 
ON A HEALTHY PLANET.
AND HE'S GOT PLANS TO MAKE ALL 
OF THAT HAPPEN.
JOE BIDEN WANTS ALL OF OUR KIDS,
NO MATTER WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, 
TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUT THE DOOR 
WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT BEING 
HARASSED OR ARRESTED OR KILLED.
HE WANTS ALL OF OUR KIDS TO BE 
ABLE TO GO TO A MOVIE OR A MATH 
CLASS WITHOUT BEING AFRAID OF 
GETTING SHOT.
HE WANTS ALL OUR KIDS TO GROW UP
WITH LEADERS WHO WON'T JUST 
SERVE THEMSELVES AND THEIR 
WEALTHY PEERS, BUT WILL PROVIDE 
A SAFETY NET FOR PEOPLE FACING 
HARD TIMES.
AND IF WE WANT A CHANCE TO 
PURSUE ANY OF THESE GOALS, ANY 
OF THESE MOST BASIC REQUIREMENTS
FOR A FUNCTIONING SOCIETY, WE 
HAVE TO VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN IN 
NUMBERS THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, FOLKS WHO 
KNOW THEY CANNOT WIN FAIR AND 
SQUARE AT THE BALLOT BOX ARE 
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO 
STOP US FROM VOTING.
THEY'RE CLOSING DOWN POLLING 
PLACES IN MINORITY 
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY'RE PURGING VOTER ROLLS.
THEY'RE SENDING PEOPLE OUT TO 
INTIMIDATE VOTERS.
AND THEY'RE LYING ABOUT THE 
SECURITY OF OUR BALLOTS.
THESE TACTICS ARE NOT NEW.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO 
WITHHOLD OUR VOTES IN PROTEST OR
PLAY GAMES WITH CANDIDATES WHO 
HAVE NO CHANCE OF WINNING.
WE HAVE GOT TO VOTE LIKE WE DID 
IN 2008 AND 2012.
WE'VE GOT TO SHOW UP WITH THE 
SAME LEVEL OF PASSION AND HOPE 
FOR JOE BIDEN.
WE'VE GOT TO VOTE EARLY, IN 
PERSON IF WE CAN.
WE'VE GOT TO REQUEST OUR MAIL-IN
BALLOTS RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT, AND 
SEND THEM BACK IMMEDIATELY.
AND FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE 
THEY'RE RECEIVED.
AND THEN MAKE SURE OUR FRIENDS 
AND FAMILIES DO THE SAME.
WE HAVE GOT TO GRAB OUR 
COMFORTABLE SHOES, PUT ON OUR 
MASKS, PACK A BROWN BAG DINNER, 
AND MAYBE BREAKFAST TOO.
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO BE WILLING 
TO STAND IN LINE ALL NIGHT IF WE
HAVE TO.
LOOK, WE HAVE ALREADY SACRIFICED
SO MUCH THIS YEAR.
SO MANY OF YOU ARE ALREADY GOING
THAT EXTRA MILE.
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE EXHAUSTED, 
YOU'RE MUSTERING UP UNIMAGINABLE
COURAGE TO PUT ON THOSE SCRUBS 
AND GIVE OUR LOVED ONES A 
FIGHTING CHANCE.
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE ANXIOUS, YOU'RE
DELIVERING THOSE PACKAGES, 
STOCKING THOSE SHELVES, AND 
DOING THAT ESSENTIAL WORK SO ALL
OF US CAN KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
EVEN WHEN IT ALL FEELS SO 
OVERWHELMING, WORKING PARENTS 
ARE SOMEHOW PIECING IT ALL 
TOGETHER, WITHOUT CHILD CARE.
TEACHERS ARE GETTING CREATIVE SO
THAT OUR KIDS CAN STILL LEARN 
AND GROW.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DESPERATELY
FIGHTING TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS.
AND WHEN THE HORRORS OF SYSTEMIC
RACISM SHOOK OUR COUNTRY AND OUR
CONSCIENCES, MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS OF EVERY AGE, EVERY 
BACKGROUND, ROSE UP TO MARCH FOR
EACH OTHER, CRYING OUT FOR 
JUSTICE AND PROGRESS.
THIS IS WHO WE STILL ARE.
COMPASSIONATE.
RESILIENT.
DECENT PEOPLE WHOSE FORTUNES ARE
BOUND UP WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND IT IS WELL PAST TIME FOR OUR
LEADERS TO ONCE AGAIN REFLECT 
OUR TRUTH.
SO IT IS UP TO US TO ADD OUR 
VOICES AND OUR VOTES TO THE 
CHORUS OF HISTORY, ECHOING 
HEROES LIKE JOHN LEWIS WHO SAID,
WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS 
NOT RIGHT, YOU MUST SAY 
SOMETHING.
YOU MUST DO SOMETHING.
THAT IS THE TRUEST FORM OF 
EMPATHY.
NOT JUST FEELING, BUT DOING.
NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES OR OUR 
KIDS, BUT FOR EVERYONE.
FOR ALL OUR KIDS.
AND IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE 
POSSIBILITY OF PROGRESS ALIVE IN
OUR TIME, IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE 
TO LOOK OUR CHILDREN IN THE EYE 
AFTER THIS ELECTION, WE HAVE GOT
TO REASSERT OUR PLACE IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND WE HAVE GOT TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO ELECT MY FRIEND, JOE 
BIDEN, AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES.
THANK YOU ALL.
GOD BLESS.
>> A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIERCE 
THERE FROM MICHELLE OBAMA, 
EXPLAINING WHAT SHE MEANS BY 
GOING HIGH IN THESE TIMES, IN 
THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY.
KIND OF A SERMON ON EMPATHY.
BUT SHE ALSO WIELDED A 
SLEDGEHAMMER AGAINST PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IN THAT SPEECH, DIRECT AND
FORCEFUL.
HER CLEAR MESSAGE, IT IS TIME TO
VOTE, VOTE EARLY IF YOU CAN, 
UNDERSCORED BY THAT NECKLACE 
V-O-T-E.
THAT WRAPS UP THE FIRST NIGHT, 
JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO BE THE 
HEADLINER TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO REGULAR
PROGRAMMING.
WE'LL HAVE "NIGHTLINE" LATER.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW ON "GMA."
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>>> WELCOME BACK.
I'M JOINED BY CHRIS CHRISTIE, 
FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY.
RAHM EMANUEL, FORMER MAYOR OF 
CHICAGO.
B.E
 BET SIMPSON AND SARA FAGEN.
MICHELLE OBAMA, CURIOUS TO GET 
YOUR TAKE, RAHM EMANUEL.
SHE TALKED ABOUT WHO HE WAS AS A
PERSON.
BERNIE SANDERS, HE TALKED ABOUT 
POLICY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SHE WAS KIND OF A CHARACTER 
WITNESS.
WAS SHE EFFECTIVE?
>> SHE CAME WITH SOMETHING TO 
SAY.
SHE PROBABLY HAS THE STATURE, 
GIVEN WHAT SHE SAID UP FRONT, 
POWERFUL POINT, YOU KNOW I DON'T
LIKE POLITICS.
SHE CAME AND SHE DID A MOST 
EFFECTIVE TAKEDOWN OF THIS 
PRESIDENT.
AND THE CONSEQUENCES TO ALL OF 
US.
THEN A BUILDUP TO WHAT JOE BIDEN
CAN BE AS A PRESIDENT AND THE 
COUNTRY WE ALL KNOW, WE ALL 
REMEMBER, AND RESTORE THAT 
COUNTRY.
SHE DID IT ON THE CHARACTER 
SIDE.
I THINK -- WE WERE JOKING A 
LITTLE EARLIER.
SHE'S BEEN HOLDING THIS FOR 
3 1/2 YEARS, AND SHE CAME WITH 
SOMETHING TO SAY.
AND DID IT IN A WAY THAT I DON'T
THINK -- I ACTUALLY THINK WAS 
QUITE EFFECTIVE.
BECAUSE IT WAS VERY PERSONAL.
THERE WAS AN AUTHENTICITY THAT 
CAME WITH HER VOICE, THAT IT 
WASN'T JUST A POLITICAL SPEECH 
FROM ANOTHER PERSON.
SHE'S NOT -- SOME PEOPLE 
INTRODUCED HER AS A POLITICIAN.
SHE'S NOT A POLITICIAN, SHE'S 
VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK THERE WAS AN 
AUTHENTICITY OF THE KIND OF 
FRUSTRATION AND ANGER OF WHAT 
WE'VE SEEN, NOT ONLY OUT OF THE 
OVAL OFFICE, BUT WHAT -- IT'S 
IMPACTED PEOPLE'S LIVES.
SHE KNOWS JOE BIDEN HAS THE KIND
OF JUDGMENT, THE CHARACTER, THE 
EMPATHY, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR 
THAT WORD CONSTANTLY, THAT CAN 
DRIVE US TOWARD A BETTER 
AMERICA, THE AMERICA WE ALL KNOW
AND WE ALL KNOW IS WAITING TO BE
AWAKENED AGAIN. 
>> YVETTE, WE HEARD FROM BERNIE 
SANDERS, BASICALLY GIVING FULL 
SUPPORT TO JOE BIDEN.
IS THAT ENOUGH TO TRY TO UNIFY 
PROGRESSIVE?
S. 
>> BERNIE CARRIES WEIGHT.
HE PUT IT OUT THERE, RIGHT OUT 
FRONT.
AUTHORITARIANISM.
DO YOU WANT AN AUTHORITARIAN 
PRESIDENT?
BERNIE CAN SAY IT LIKE NO ONE 
ELSE.
HE ALSO, AS YOU SAID, GAVE THE 
POLICIES.
WE'VE NOT HEARD THIS, OKAY, WHO 
ARE WE VOTING FOR, WHAT IS HE 
SUPPORTING?
I THINK HE DID ANYTIME A GREAT 
WAY.
HE SAID, WE DON'T AGREE BUT I'M 
PUTTING SUPPORT BEHIND HIM 
BECAUSE IT'S THAT IMPORTANT.
I THINK BERNIE SANDERS CAN DO 
THAT LIKE NEBRASKA ELSE.
I THINK A LOT OF PROGRESSIVES 
WILL FOLLOW HIM.
HE CAMPAIGNED ON BEHALF OF 
HILLARY CLINTON.
I THINK THIS TIME PROGRESSIVES 
ARE LOOKING FOR HIM TO SAY, HERE
ARE THE POLICIES BY DON'T 
NECESSARILY AGREE ON, I'M GOING 
TO WORK WITH JOE TO MAKE SURE WE
GET THERE ONCE HE'S ELECTED. 
>> GOVERNOR, YOUR RESPONSE TO 
KASICH, BASICALLY, SAYING 
COUNTRY OVER PARTY?
THREE OTHER REPUBLICANS DID THE 
SAME.
DOES THAT HELP TO SWAY ANYBODY, 
TO BRING THEM OVER?
>> NO.
NO.
I MEAN, LISTEN.
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR 
GOVERNOR WHITMAN AND FOR WEG 
WITTMAN, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHO 
THEY ARE ANYMORE, NO ONE REALLY 
CARES.
AS FOR JOHN KASICH, I SPOKE 
EARLIER ABOUT THIS, JOHN DOESN'T
HAVE CREDIBILITY LEFT IN THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY SO I DON'T 
THINK HE'S SWAYING ANYBODY 
THERE.
I DON'T THINK INDEPENDENTS ARE 
TUNED INTO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 
JOHN KASICH A NUMBER OF YEARS 
AFTER HE'S LEFT OFFICE.
I THINK THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING
TONIGHT, AND WE MAKE LOOK BACK 
AND SAY THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING
OF THE WEEK WAS MICHELLE OBAMA'S
SPEECH.
RAHM AND I WERE SPEAKING DURING 
THE COMMERCIAL.
SHE'S WAITED FOUR YEARS TO SAY 
THIS.
THIS WAS EMOTION BEHIND HER 
SPEECH TONIGHT THAT DIDN'T SEEM 
ANGRY, BUT WAS PASSIONATE.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 
LOOK BACK ON AFTER THIS WEEK IS 
AT THE HIGH POINT OF THIS 
CONVENTION MAY TURN OUT BEING 
THIS SPEECH ON THE FIRST NIGHT, 
BECAUSE OF WHO SHE IS AND HOW 
SHE DELIVERED.
IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO WRITE 
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT TO DELIVER IT THE WAY SHE 
DELIVERED IT?
THAT WAS INCREDIBLY WELL DONE.
>> YOU KNOW THAT SCENE IN THE 
MOVIE, WHEN I DON'T OPEN UP THE 
WINDOW AND SCREAM "I CAN'T TAKE 
THIS ANYMORE"?
THAT WAS THAT SCENE.
>> CURIOUS TO GET YOUR RESPONSE 
TO THE IDEA THAT -- A NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE CRITICIZED PRESIDENT 
TRUMP FOR HIS HANDLING OF COVID.
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE MOST 
DAMNING STATEMENTS OF THE NIGHT 
WAS FROM THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO 
LOST HER DAD AND SAID SOMETHING 
TO THE EFFECT OF, HIS ONLY 
UNDERLYING CONDITION WAS THAT HE
TRUSTED PRESIDENT TRUMP.
DO YOU THINK THAT PERHAPS THIS 
ELECTION COULD BECOME A 
REFERENDUM ON THE WAY PRESIDENT 
TRUMP HAS HANDLED CORONAVIRUS?
>> I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY GOING 
TO BE THE DEFINING FACTOR IN THE
RACE.
BUT THERE'S STILL MANY MONTHS TO
GO.
AND THE OUTCOME OF COVID TODAY 
COULD BE DIFFERENT TOMORROW.
AND SO I THINK WHEN YOU GET TO 
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, WE'RE
GOING TO SEE DONALD TRUMP TALK 
ABOUT THE MANY THINGS THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE TO 
COMBAT THIS.
I THINK HE'S HAD SOME REAL 
STRUGGLES AT THE PODIUM ON THIS 
TOPIC, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT
TALKING TODAY ABOUT PEOPLE NOT 
GETTING VENTILATORS.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 
RECORD-BREAKING VACCINE 
RESEARCH.
PEOPLE HAVE PPE.
PEOPLE HAVE MASKS.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS THE 
TOOLS THEY NEED TO COMBAT IT.
NOT EVERYBODY IS USING THEM.
BUT HE DESERVES CREDIT FOR HOW 
QUICKLY THAT HAS GOTTEN DONE. 
>> GO AHEAD. 
>> THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL 
THING.
I MEAN, GIVEN PEOPLE ARE LOSING 
THEIR LIVES.
WHAT'S INTERESTING, THIS IS 
GOING TO SOUND WEIRD, BUT IN A 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE 
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE IS THE 
ECONOMY.
BECAUSE OF COVID, BECAUSE OF THE
DISRUPTION, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL 
THE DATA COMING IN ABOUT HOW 
PEOPLE MAKING A DECISION BETWEEN
BIDEN AND TRUMP, COVID IS THE 
KIND OF GROUNDING PRINCIPLE, 
WHETHER YOU THINK -- AS I 
ARTIC
ARTICULATED, I DON'T THINK 
PEOPLE SHARE THAT VIEW.
BUT WHETHER THEY THINK HE'S DONE
THE BEST HE CAN OR WHETHER 
THEY'RE VERY NEGATIVE.
COVID IS PUSHING YOUR VIEW OF 
THE ECONOMY TO THE SIDELINE.
THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCE IS AROUND 
YOUR VIEW OF COVID.
THAT'S WHY EMPATHY AND COVID ARE
BECOMING THE DOMINANCE THEMES, 
THOSE ARE THE TWO QUALITIES AND 
ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE 
THIS ELECTION AND PEOPLE'S 
DECISIONS. 
>> THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE WE 
WRAP, HOW DOES JOE BIDEN 
EFFECTIVELY CONNECT WITH VOTERS 
WHEN HE'S NOT OUT ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL?
BASED ON WHAT YOU SAW TONIGHT, 
IS THIS A WAY TO DO IT?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS 
IS -- FRAIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE GOG
TO GET A LOT OF SURROGATES AND 
YOU'RE GOING TO DOCUMENT THAT.
I THINK THERE IS A PART OF HIM 
THAT IS GOING TO BE HINDERED IN 
THE SAME WAY THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP CAN'T DO RALLIES, THIS IS 
GOING TO AFFECT JOE BIDEN.
THERE IS THAT EMPATHY AND 
AUTHENTICITY TO HIM THAT COMES 
THROUGH.
I KNOW IT PERSONALLY, HAVING 
SEEN IT UP CLOSE, BEING A 
RECIPIENT OF HIS EMPATHY. 
>> OUR POWERHOUSE POLITICAL 
TEAM, AS TOM LLAMAS CALLS YOU, 
THE THUNDER DOME.
THAT'S ALL FOR US TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR JOINING OUTSIDE FIRST
NIGHT OF COVERAGE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW STARTING 
AT 7:00.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
