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>> SPEAKERS MAKE THEIR CASE VIRTUALLY FOR CHANGE.
>> I'M A LIFE LONG REPUBLICAN BUT THAT ATTACHMENT HOLDS SECOND PLACE BY RESPONSIBILITY TO MY COUNTRY.
>> NOW WE NEED A LEADER AS GOOD AS OUR PEOPLE.
>> YOU HAVE A HOME WITH JOE BIDEN.
>> AND TAKE VERY REAL AIM AT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> HE CANNOT MEET THIS MOMENT.
HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE NEED HIM TO BE FOR US.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> Woodruff: TONIGHT, RISING STARS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND THE ROLL CALL ACROSS THE NATION AS THE PARTY OFFICIALLY NOMINATES JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS.
DAY TWO OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
>> Woodruff: AGAIN, I'M JUDY WOODRUFF AND WELCOME TO OUR SPECIAL PBS NEWSHOUR LIVE COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
WE'RE NOW ON NIGHT TWO IN THIS VIRTUAL EVENT.
AGAIN, ONE HOUR FROM NOW, WE WILL SEE THE DEMOCRATS CONSTRUCT THE NIGHT OF SPEECHES UNLIKE ANY WE'VE SEEN.
WE ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAD PLANNED TO BE IN MILWAUKEE THIS WEEK BUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE GATHERING WILL BE ALMOST ENTIRELY VIRTUAL.
OUR ANALYSTS AND THE SPEAKERS FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
I'M HERE IN OUR STUDIO WITH AMY WALTER AND RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AMNA NAWAZ, BOTH SOCIALLY DISTANT.
AND WE HAVE REPORTERS AND GUESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
TODAY IS ALSO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN EARNING THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
THIS YEAR MARKS THE FIRST TIME A WOMAN OF COLOR IS ON A MAJOR NATIONAL PARTY TICKET.
FOR OUR PART, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THE SAME GUEST COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME IN AN HISTORIC ELECTION YEAR.
SO LET'S TURN FIRST TO OUR NEWSHOUR REPORTERS.
AMNA NAWAZ IS IN THE STUDIO RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HELP GUIDE US ON WHAT TO EXPECT, KEY MOMENTS TO LOOK OUT FOR.
AMNA, WHAT DO YOU SEE.
>> JUDY GOOD EVENING TO YOU FROM A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY.
THE TEACH TONIGHT IS LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
WE'LL BE HEARING FROM DEMOCRATIC LEADERS MOST AND PRESENT MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY JOE BIDEN SHOULD BE AMERICA'S NEXT PRESIDENT.
NOW, AMONG THE SPEAKERS TAKING TO THE VIRTUAL STAGE TONIGHT, NEW YORK CONGRESSWOMAN DROARKZ DROARKZ -- ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ CLEARLY SEEN AS THE RISING LEADER AMONG THE RANKS.
ALSO SPEAKING TONIGHT FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY WHO WAS THE PARTY NOMINEE IN 2004.
HE WILL SPEAK OF COURSE OF LEADING THE WAY OF FOREIGN POLICY UNDER PRESIDENT I DON'T KNOW AND -- I DON'T OBAMA AND HE WELL MAKE THE CASE HE ONCE HELD AND JIMMY CARTER WILL MAKE HIS FIRST CONVENTION APPEARANCE IN EIGHT YEARS.
DR. JOE BIDEN, COLLEGE PROFESSOR, FORMER SECOND LADY AND WIFE OF THE NOMINEE WILL SPEAK TO THE NATION ON BEHALF OF HER HUSBAND JOE BIDEN AS WELL.
JUDY IS MENTIONING THE HISTORIC ROLL CALL VOTE, AND RATHER THAN ONE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM 17.
IT'S A KEYNOTE PULLING TOGETHER REMARKS FROM SEVERAL RISING DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS.
JUDY.
>> Woodruff: 17 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AMNA AND COUNTING.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LISTENING TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
IN THE MEANTIME OUR LISA DESJARDINS IS IN WILMINGTON DELAWARE FROM ON THURSDAY JOE BIDEN WILL DELIVER HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
LISA, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING THERE?
HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT LAST NIGHT AND WHAT DO THEY LOOK FORWARD FOR TONIGHT.
>> I CESAREAN BIDEN OFFICIALS DOING A BIT OF A WALK THROUGH.
ANITA DU IN.
N ONE OF HIS SENIOR ADVISORS.
THEY PUT UP A GIANT VIDEO SCREEN AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD, I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT THAT THIS PARKING LOT BEHIND ME ON THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE TURNED INTO A DRIVE-IN THEATRE WHERE SUPPORTERS OF MR. BIDEN CAN DRIVE UP, WATCH HIS SPEECH ON THE SCREEN OUTSIDE AS HE GIVES IT INSIDE.
SO THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND SOME KIND OF WAY OF HAVING ENGAGING EVENTS.
I CAN ALSO SPEAK TO THAT IN TERMS OF CONVENTION ITSELF.
CONVENTIONS ARE USUALLY FULL OF SIDE EVENTS.
ON TV YOU SEE THE ROLL CALL AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTS WE'LL SEE TONIGHT.
BUT ALSO THESE STATE DELEGATIONS.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR THEM, THEY HAVE FUND RAISERS AND DINNERS.
TODAY VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WENT TO TWO VIRTUAL FUND RAISERS, I'M SORRY RECEPTIONS I SHOULD SAY.
ONE WITH DELEGATES FROM THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND DELEGATES FROM THE FLATE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THOSE ARE TWO BATTLEGROUND STATES.
JUDY WHAT THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT SAID IN ONE OF THESE.
HE SAID HAD THIS CONVENTION NOTING HOW UNPRECEDENTED IT IS, HE SAID I DON'T THINK WE WILL EVER GO BACK TO THE EXACT WAY WE USED TO DO CONVENTIONS EVER AGAIN.
EVEN AFTER THIS PANDEMIC IS OVER.
>> Woodruff: REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE WONDERING THAT VERY QUESTION.
LISA DESJARDINS, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOU THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING AND ON THROUGH THE WEEK.
MEANTIME TO HELP US MAKE SENSE OF THIS MOMENT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TURN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK TO A WIDE RANGE OF ANALYSTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS BUT LET'S START WITH OUR CORE GROUP.
THAT IS SYNDICATED COLUMNIST MARK SHIELDS, "NEW YORK TIMES" COLUMNIST DAVID BROOKS, MICHAEL NUTTER.
HE'S THE FORMER MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA AND CHRIS BUSKIRK EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN GREAT.
AMY WALTER IS WITH ME FROM THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT.
WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOUR SMILING FACES ON NIGHT TWO OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
SO AMY, WHAT'S THE VIBE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING AND SEEING IN TERMS OF HERE WE ARE THE DAY AFTER IT ALL BEGAN AND WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR.
>> JUDY, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE WENT ON AIR.
NORMALLY I WOULD SAY JUDY I SPENT THE DAY TALKING TO A WHOLE HOST OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE IN THE CITY THAT WE'RE THIS FOR THIS -- WE'RE IN FOR THIS CONVENTION.
HERE'S THE BUZZ AND AFTER I WENT OUT THERE I WOULD GO SEE THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL WITH AND PROBABLY EAT TOO MUCH FRENCH FRIES LATE AT NIGHT.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FEEL.
TO ME WHAT'S REALLY STRIKING ABOUT THIS MOMENT ESPECIALLY FROM JOE BIDEN HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN HIM, HOW MANY TIMES HE'S TRIED TO FINALLY GET TO HEAR HIS NAME BEING CALLED AS THE NOMINEE FOR DEMOCRATS FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> Woodruff: HE WAS RUNNING IN 1988, ENDED UP DROPPING OUT OF THAT CAMPAIGN, OF HIS CAMPAIGN THAT YEAR.
MARK SHEADZ, I DON'T KNOW SHIELDS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FRENCH FRIES BUT TELL ME WHAT ARE YOU THINKING TONIGHT AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND CHANCE FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO MAKE THEIR CASE?
>> WELL, I THINK, JUDY, THAT YOU CAN SEE ALMOST IMPLICITLY IN THE MESSAGE LAST NIGHT THE OLD POLITICAL MAXUM DO WHAT YOUR OPPONENT CAN'T DO.
THE AMTRAK TRAIN THAT JOE BIDEN RODE OVER DAY BACK AND FORTH WHEN HE WAS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE AS A SINGLE FATHER OF TWO SONS.
RATHER REMARKABLY THE RELATIONSHIP HE ESTABLISHED WITH REAL PEOPLE.
AND THEY SPOKE OF HIM AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THEM.
AND I THINK THAT, PROBABLY BEST CHARACTERIZE ME BY THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN, WITHOUT FANFARE GAVE A CHRISTMAS PARTY EVERY YEAR FOR AMTRAK EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THERE WAS NO POLITICAL DONATIONS INVOLVED, NO DINNER TICKETS BOUGHT.
JUST BECAUSE HE DID IT.
IT WAS KIND OF THE THING, CAN YOU IMAGINE HIS OPPONENT DOING THIS AND THE ANSWER I THINK FOR MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE NO.
TO ME, TONIGHT, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORDS OF BILL CLINTON.
HE GAVE THE SINGLE BEST SPEECH IN 2012 ON BEHALF OF BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN, BETTER THAN EITHER OF THEM GAVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN IN 2012 IN THE RE-ELECTION AGAINST MITT ROMNEY.
HE'S WENT 25 MINUTES BUT HE'S THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT OF THE POST WAR PERIOD AND CERTAINLY CREATED MORE JOBS CREATED IN HIS ADMINISTRATION THAN THOSE OF RONALD REAGAN AND BOTH GEORGE BUSHES CAMPAIGNED.
THE ONLY THREE BALANCED BUDGETS IN THE PAST HALF CENTURY AND BILL CLINTON.
SO HE SPEAKS WITH SOME OBVIOUS FLAWS IN THE METOO MOVEMENT BUT SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN THERE AND KNOWS THAT JOB WELL.
>> FIVE MINUTES THAT'S ABOUT AN HOUR LESS DIVED BRAKES THAN SOME OF THEOTHER BILL CLINTON SPEECHES AT THESE CONVENTIONS.
DAVID, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT?
>> TOO MANY BAD CLINTON JOKES UP THERE.
YOU KNOW, THE DEMOCRATS FAR SURPASS EXPECTATIONS ON NIGHT ONE.
I EXPECT THEY'LL DO THE SAME.
IT TURNS OUT DOING IT VIRTUAL IS A DEDEMOCRATTIZING FORCE.
IN SOME WAYS PEOPLE TOOK IT OVER LAST NIGHT AND MAYBE THEY'LL DO IT AGAIN WITH OUR KEYNOTERS.
WHAT STRUCK ME MOST IS PEOPLE RISING TO THE OCCASION.
WE COULD BE AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISES IF OUR DEMOCRACY'S AT RISK IF THIS ELECTION TURNS OUT TO BE SOME FRAUD AND UNDEAR SIDED AFFAIR.
I'M NOT SURE JOE BIDEN IS BERNIE SANDERS CUP OF TEA BUT HE UNDERSTANDS THE MOMENT AND GAVE IT HEROICALLY AND GAVE IT TO JOE BIDEN.
I'M NOT SURE JOE BIDEN IS KASICH'S CUP OF TEA BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THIS COUNTRY.
THERE'S A LOT OF SOLID DARITY I SAW LAST NIGHT AND EXPECT TONE.
THE ONE THING I WORRY ABOUT IS TOO MANY HASBEENS JIMMY CARTER WAS PRESIDENT A LONG TIME AGO AND SECOND JOE BIDEN'S POPULARITY.
HIS APPROVAL RATING, LIKABILITY RATING IS ONLY 33 AND HIS UNLIKABILITY IS 45.
HE'S A VERY LIKEABLE GUY.
SOMEHOW THEY NEED TO GET THAT STORY OUT ABOUT HIM.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT JOE BIDEN BUT FRIENDLINESS AND LIKABILITY IS REALLY NOT ONE OF THEM.
THEY TALKED IN GENERALITIES ABOUT JOE BIDEN LAST NIGHT.
I WANT TO SEE THE ACTUAL STORY OF THE GUY BEING AT THE HEART OF THIS WHOLE DEAL.
>> Woodruff: WHAT ABOUT THAT MICHAEL NUTTER.
WE HEARD FROM THE SPECTRUM, WE HEARD FROM BERNIE SANDERS, WE HEARD FROM JOHN KASICH.
BUT ARE WE HEARING ENOUGH ABOUT JOE BIDEN HIMSELF YET?
>> I THINK THAT HAPPENS IN THE COURSE OF THE WEEK.
LAST NIGHT WAS WE THE PEOPLE.
TONIGHT IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY LAID OUT THE ARRAY OF AN INCREDIBLE LISTING OF PEOPLE WHO WE'LL HEAR FROM.
AGAIN, AS I SAY JUDY AND TO DAVID'S POINT, IF YOU DON'T TELL YOUR STORY, NO ONE ELSE WILL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT JOE BIDEN BUT IN THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK, OF COURSE VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN DOES GET TO TELL HIS STORY.
I THINK THE THEME FOR TONIGHT WILL AGAIN HIGHLIGHT WHAT HIS STORY IS, WHO HE IS, WHAT, WHY LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
AND WHEN IT'S MENTIONED ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISES IS CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN CITIES, IN THE SUBURBS, IN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND THE HEARTLAND, LEADERSHIP HAS FAILED US.
IN 2020, JUST 2020, LET ALONE THE LAST THREE YEARS OR SO.
SO I THINK ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT FOR DEMOCRATS AND AN ARRAY OF LEADERSHIP.
I APPRECIATE DAVID'S COMMENT.
I DID, I VOTED FOR JIMMY CARTER IN 64 WAS MY FIRST PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.
AND THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO DO REMEMBER HIM VERY FONDLY.
SO I THINK IT JUST SHOWS THE DEPTH AND BREADTH AND THE CHRONOLOGY OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR 45 YEARS.
>> YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE, I COVERED THAT CAMPAIGN TOO, DAVID BROOKS BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
>> ALL RIGHT, JUDY.
>> Woodruff: CHRIS BUSKIRK, LEADERSHIP TONIGHT.
DO YOU THINK, WHEN YOU THINK OF JOE BIDEN AND YOU THINK OF LEADERSHIP, WHAT COMES TO MIND?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THOSE TWO THINGS DON'T GO HAND IN HAND IN MY MIND AND I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THEY DO IN THE MINDS OF A LOT OF VOTERS.
THAT'S THE CASE THAT VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE DIRECTLY AND GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IT FOR HIMSELF.
I WAS REALLY STRUCK LAST NIGHT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK OBVIOUSLY ABOUT THE PROSPECTIVE NOMINEE AND YET I KEEP THINKING THE SAME THING, THIS GOES FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEY REALLY HAVE TO COME AND MAKE THE CASE FOR THEMSELVES.
AND IN A WAY THAT IS UNDERSCORED BY THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF THESE SPEECHES ARE VIRTUAL.
JUST THE AESTHETICS OF IT, THE APPEARANCE TO ME MADE IT ALL THE MOREURGENT TO COME OUT AND SHOW HE CAN LEAD.
BEING SOCIALLY DISOPPORTUNITIES DOESN'T HELP HIM BUT HE HAS TO COME OUT AND MAKE THE CASE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SHOW THAT HE'S SOMEBODY AT 78 NOW, HE WILL BE 80 IF HE'S ELECTED PRESIDENT DURING HIS FIRST TERM.
HE HAS TO SHOW HE'S A GUY THAT CAN CARRY THIS COUNTRY FORWARD AND HE CAN LEAD AND IT CAN'T BE OTHER PEOPLE SAYING IT FOR HIM.
HE HAS TO DO IT HIMSELF.
>> Woodruff: AMY WALTER, HOW MUCH OF A CONCERN SHOULD THAT BE FOR THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN?
THAT HE WAS RESTRICTED IN HOW HE TELLS HIS STORY THIS YEAR.
>> THIS IS WHY YOU BRING ON YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY AND THEY HELP TO MAKE THE CASE THAT DAVID OUTLINED ABOUT YOUR LIKABILITY.
WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON, HEARING FROM THESE INDIVIDUAL STORIES.
REMEMBER, MITT ROMNEY HIS CAMPAIGN WAS CRITICIZED FOR NOT DOING ENOUGH AT HIS CONVENTION REALLY FLUSHING IT OUT.
THERE WERE GREAT VIDEOS.
THESE PEOPLE HAD THESE AMAZING STORIES TO TELL HOW MITT ROMNEY HAD IMPACTED THEIR LIVES AND THE KIND OF WORK HE DID WITH INDIVIDUALS.
AND THAT NEVER REALLY GOT OUT THERE BECAUSE THE CAMPAIGN WAS SO FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMY, THE ECONOMY, THE ECONOMY YOU NEVER GOT THE MITT ROMNEY STORY AND IT WAS EASIER FOR THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN TO MAKE HIM OUT TO BE THIS HEARTLESS COOPERATE CAPITAL ES.
FOR JOE BIDEN, ONLY HE CAN MAKE THE CASE TO CHRIS' POINT ABOUT LEADERSHIP.
THE TERM CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN SPENDING WEEKS AND MOST RECENTLY WENT UP WITH DIGITAL ED TODAY UNDER CUTTING THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ON HIS MENTAL ACUITY, HE'S NOT ALL THERE I THINK HE SAID.
HE'S NOT ABLE TO DO THIS JOB.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THE STAMINA FOR THIS JOB.
ONLY JOE BIDEN CAN PROVE THAT AND THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THURSDAY WHEN HE'S UP THERE MAKING HIS CASE.
>> Woodruff: WE CAN EXPECT, I MEAN THAT'S A CASE THE TRUMP PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE AND WE CAN EXPECT NEXT WEEK AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION THEY'RE GOING TO HAMMER THAT HOME AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO ALL OF YOU THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO SOME PROMINENT DEMOCRATS.
AL FRANKEN WAS A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MINNESOTA.
IT'S A STATE AS WE KNOW HAS BEEN A FLASH POINT AS THE NATION'S RECKONING OF RACE WITH THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.
FRANKEN'S DEPARTURE FROM OFFICE IS PART OF THE METOO MOMENT.
HE HOLESSED ON PODCAST -- HOSTED ON PODCAST AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE HIM JOIN US.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW JOE BIDEN AND WHY IS HE THE RIGHT MAN FOR THIS MOMENT?
>> A NUMBER OF REASONS.
ONE, WE RIGHT NOW HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO DID NOT HAVE A CRISES UNTIL THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND HIS JOB WAS TO STEP UP AND HANDLE THAT AND HE DIDN'T.
AND WE'RE ALL PAYING THE PRICE.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOUTH KOREA, ONE 100TH OF THE DEATHS PER CAPITA THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS.
THIS GUY SPECTACULARLY BLEW THIS.
I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RE-ELECTED A PRESIDENT WHO HANDLED THIS PROPERLY BUT I DON'T THINK HE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE DONE THIS WORSE.
AMERICA WANTS SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE, SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO HIRE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T CRONNIES, SOMEONE WHO HAS EMPATHY FOR PEOPLE WHO IS GOING TO UNITE PEOPLE.
JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO LAY OUT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO ON THURSDAY.
AMERICA WILL BE LISTENING AND WHEN THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH CAMPAIGN.
BUT THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE FAILURE.
AND I THINK MICHELLE OBAMA LAID THAT OUT PRETTY THOROUGHLY LAST NIGHT.
>> Woodruff: YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT HOLDING PEOPLE'S INTEREST.
YOU COME FROM A WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT BEFORE YOU WENT INTO POLITICS.
HOW DO YOU THINK, HOW DO YOU, JUST BASED ON LAST NIGHT AND WHAT YOU SEE COMING THIS WEEK, DO YOU THINK THIS CONVENTION IS GOING TO TELL THE BIDEN STORY THAT YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE TOLD?
>> I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH LAST NIGHT.
AND I AGREE WITH MARK SHIELDS, THAT VIDEO ABOUT HIM ON AMTRAK AND THE CONDUCTOR HE WAS SUCH CLOSE FRIENDS WITH.
I MEAN, THAT IS SUCH, THAT'S JOE BIDEN.
THAT'S JUST HIM.
THIS IS, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JOE BIDEN THIS WEEK AND I THINK THE MORE AMERICA GETS TO KNOW, REALLY GETS TO KNOW HIM, THE MORE THEY'RE GOING TO LIKE HIM.
>> Woodruff: YOU SAID HE HAS CHALLENGES, IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH CAMPAIGN.
ONE OF THOSE IS THE ECONOMY.
WE'RE SEEING IN POLLS THAT DESPITE JOE BIDEN'S LEAD OVERALL IN THE POLLS WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY, THEY GIVE PRESIDENT TRUMP THE ADVANTAGE.
YESTERDAY THE NASDAQ FINANCIAL MARKET HIT A NEW RECORD HIGH.
TODAY THE S&P 500 HIT ITS OWN RECORD HIGH.
WHAT'S THAT GOING TO SAY?
>> I THINK EVERY AMERICAN KNOWS THAT THE STOCK MARKET IS NOT THE ECONOMY.
AND THIS PANDEMIC HAS LAID BARE THE AWFUL DISPARITIES AND INCOME AND WEALTH.
ACTUALLY PEOPLE HIGH PAYING WHITE COLLAR JOBS ARE DOING JUST AS WELL.
WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE WHO OF COLOR PAYING THE PRICE.
LOW INCOME PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING NOW.
AND THIS ECONOMY, TRUMP HAS TO OWN THIS.
THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
GERMANY IS OPEN.
SOUTH KOREA IS OPEN.
GERMANY PER CAPITA ONE 10TH OF THE FATALITIES.
THAT'S BECAUSE EVERY OTHER LEADER IN THE DEVELOP WORLD, ALMOST ALL OF THEM, UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS VERY SERIOUS.
AND BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T WANT THE STOCK MARKET TO TANK THAT WEEK, HE TOLD EVERYONE THAT THIS IS JUST GOING TO GO AWAY, IT WAS TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL.
HE HAS TO OWN THE COLLAPSE OF THIS ECONOMY.
HE HAS TO OWN THAT BECAUSE IT IS HIS FAULT.
THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
HE COULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY, HE COULD HAVE RELIED ON SCIENCE INSTEAD OF HIS SON-IN-LAW.
>> Woodruff: YOU'RE SOMEBODY FROM THE MID WEST, YOU REPRESENTED THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
WHAT ABOUT THOSE VOTERS IN THE HEARTLAND OF THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE STILL LOOKING AT THIS THOUGH AND AREN'T SURE THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE RIGHT MOMENT.
MAYBE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT HIS AGE.
MAYBE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE KIND OF THING AMY MENTIONED THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS BRINGING UP.
WHAT DOES JOE BIDEN NEED TO DO TO REASSURE THEM.
>> THEY ARE DOING AN AD ON HIS MENTAL ACUITY.
DONALD TRUMP BRAGGED ABOUT PASSING A DEMENTIA TEST.
NOW NORMALLY, YOU DON'T TAKE A DEMENTIA TEST IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS, OKAY.
THEY GO UP TO HIM AND SAY MR. PRESIDENT, YOU'VE BEEN JUST SHARP AS ATTACK LATELY A TACK LATELY BUT LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY AN ELEPHANT.
I THINK BIDEN WINS THIS ONE FRANKLY.
MINNESOTAIANS, THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT COMPETENCE AND IT'S ABOUT LEADERSHIP.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT LED THE GREATEST CRISES WE'VE HAD SINCE WORLD WAR II.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT.
JOE BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT FOR BARACK OBAMA.
BARACK OBAMA INHERITED AN ECONOMY THAT WAS TANKING.
IT WAS THE WORST ECONOMY SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
HE LEFT A RECORD STRING OF GROWTH A MONTH OF JOB GROWTH IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
THIS PRESIDENT IS NOW GOING TO LEAVE JOE BIDEN A CRATERING ECONOMY.
>> Woodruff: YOU LEFT THE SENATE IN 2015.
THERE WAS ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
SOME OF THAT LATER THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, IS THERE WAS CREDIBILITY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CREDIBILITY OF IT.
YOU'VE SINCE SAID THAT IF YOU DID ANYTHING THAT OFFENDED SOMEONE, YOU'RE SORRY.
KAMALA HARRIS THOUGH WAS ONE OF THE 13 WOMEN SENATORS WHO CALLED ON YOU TO RESIGN.
SHE HAS SAID SHE STICKS BY THAT VIEW.
HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO KAMALA HARRIS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HER SELECTION AS JOE BIDEN'S RUNNING MATE?
>> WELL, OF COURSE I TOOK ISSUE WITH THAT, MY COLLEAGUES WHO SAID THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE DUE PROCESS.
I THINK THAT WAS WRONG ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE LAWYERS, ETCETERA.
AND I'VE HAD EIGHT OF MY COLLEAGUES APOLOGIZE FOR IT.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, JANE MAYER DID AN INVESTIGATIVE PIECE IN THE NEW YORKER AND SHOWED THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
I WILL SAY THIS, THOUGH.
I THINK THAT THIS EDITION OF THE TICKET IS VERY GOOD.
THIS IS HISTORIC.
THIS IS WHO OUR PARTY IS.
THIS REPRESENTS OUR PARTY.
THIS REPRESENTS THE COUNTRY.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK SHE'S HELPING THE TICKET TREMENDOUSLY.
AND WHAT'S REALLY AT STAKE HERE IS IF WE HAVE DONALD TRUMP SOMEHOW RE-ELECTED, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SUPPRESSING VOTES AND TAMPERING WITH THE MAIL OR WHATEVER IT IS HE DOES, OR HE WINS FAIRLY THAT COULD, I SUPPOSE HAPPEN.
THAT HAPPENED I THINK LAST TIME KIND OLWE FOUND OUT ArRUSSIANS TODAY.
BUT THIS IS GOOD.
WHO IS WHO, AND I THINK MINNESOTANS.
I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MINNESOTA.
GEORGE FLOYD'S BRUTAL MURDER IN MY HOME TOWN WAS A MOMENT AND I THINK AMERICA RESPONDED AND IT CHANGED THINGS.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS NOW AGREE THAT WE'VE HAD SYSTEMIC RACISM THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE HISTORY.
AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
MISSMINNESOTANS KNOW THAT.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE NOTHING.
NOTHING BUT SEW DIVISION AND APPEAL TO THE WORST INSTINCTS IN PEOPLE.
AND WE NEED TO GET RID OF HIM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT KAMALA HARRIS' ADDITION TO THE TICKET IS A GOOD THING.
>> Woodruff: SENATOR AL FRANKEN OF MINNESOTA.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, JUDY.
>> Woodruff: APPRECIATE IT.
WE KNOW WANT TO BRING IN SOME OTHER VOICES WHO WILL BE WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK.
GARY ASH NEWT IS A -- ABERNATHY IS A COLUMNIST FOR "THE WASHINGTON POST."
AND ALSO WITH "THE WASHINGTON POST."
SARAH IS A BASED JOURNALIST AND NEWS HOUR REGULAR MICHAEL BESCHLOSS AND ERRIN HAINES WITH THE NEWLY LAUNCHED NEWS WEBSITE THE 19TH.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU TONIGHT.
GARY ABERNATHY I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU.
WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING WITH SOMEONE FROM THE HEARTLAND AL FRANKEN, YOU HEARD HIM SPEAK OF HIS HOME STATE OF MINNESOTA.
WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT JOE BIDEN NEEDS TO DO TO, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE LAST NIGHT.
WHAT DOES HE NEED TO DO TO BE HEARD AND TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND ACCEPTED IN YOUR PART OF THIS COUNTRY?
>> HIS CONVENTION I THINK IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO BE THE MODERATE PARTY TO COME ACROSS THAT WAY WHEN YOU HAVE THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, FORMER GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH SPEAKING.
THAT'S KIND OF MORE OF AN ODDITY THAN ANYTHING REALLY EFFECTIVE BUT IT SETS THAT TONE WHEN HE GETS MORE TIME APPARENTLY THAN AOC'S GOING TO GET TO SPEAK WHO REPRESENTS OF COURSE THE LEFT WING OF THE PARTY.
BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING JUDY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF A RUNNING THEME BUT WHERE I'M FROM, WHERE I LIVE, IT DOESN'T REALLY RESONATE.
AND THAT'S ALL THE TALK ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS DONALD TRUMP IS AND HOW MUCH HE MIGHT BE A DANGER TO THE CONSTITUTION OR MIGHT, AL FRANKEN JUST TALKED ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOMETHING TO UPSET THE ELECTION.
THERE WAS A WRITER SELENA WRITING FOR THE ATLANTIC BACK IN 2016 WHO PUT IT VERY WELL.
SHE SAID THE PRESS TAKES TRUMP LITERALLY BUT NOT SERIOUSLY AND HIS SUPPORTERS TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY BUT NOT LITERALLY.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I THINK THIS TALK ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS TRUMP IS.
TRUMP SENDS OUT THESE TWEETS AND SOMETIMES I THINK THE PRESIDENT JUST SITS BACK AND IS AMAZED AT HOW THEY'LL SPEND AN HOUR TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
ONE THING I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT JUDY IS BILL CLINTON.
HE DOES HAVE AN ABILITY TO SPEAK TO THE HEARTLAND.
THEY'RE NOT GIVING HIM MUCH TIME BUT HE RELATES TO THEM VERY WELL SO THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH FORMER PRESIDENT PRUDENT AND WHAT HE -- PRESIDENT DRUNT AND WHAT HE -- CLINTON AND WHAT HE HAS TO SAY TONIGHT.
>> Woodruff: I WANT TO PICK UP ON WHAT GARY ABERNATHY SAID ABOUT WHETHER TRUMP IS OR NOT, WHAT HE IS AS A DINGER OR THREAT TO THE COUNTRY.
HOW DO YOU SEE THAT AS AN ISSUE IN THIS ELECTION.
>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN ISSUE IN THIS ELECTION.
IT IS THE ANIMATING FORCE BEHIND THE ENERGY THAT IS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND PARTICULARLY AMONG THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
TO SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT ISN'T A DANGER AND IT'S NOT GOOD TO POINT THAT OUT I THINK IT'S SORT OF MISSING THE BOAT ON WHAT THIS ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT.
WE HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS PRESIDENT IS DANGEROUS.
NOT LETHALLY DANGEROUS.
I'LL TAKE THAT BACK.
YES, DANGEROUS.
WHETHER IT'S HIS FAILED CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC RESPONSE OR EVEN TODAY WE SEE FROM THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE DOCUMENT THAT WAS, REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED TODAY, A DANGER TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
WORKING WITH A FOREIGN POWER TO INTERFERE WITH AN AMERICAN ELECTION.
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE DANGER THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP POSES TO THIS COUNTRY, IT IS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE STAND FOR CULTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY BUT ALSO WHO WE STAND FOR AS A DEMOCRACY.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ISN'T THE ONLY THING THAT IS AT RISK HERE.
IT IS ALSO SMALL DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL VALUES AROUND THE WORLD.
COUNTRIES LOOK TO THE UNITED STATES TO BE THE EXEMPT PLAYER TO DEMOCRACY.
IF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY CRUMBLES WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE OTHER DEMOCRACIES AROUND THE WORLD.
SO THAT IS WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SEEN AS DANGEROUS AT HOME AND ABROAD AND THAT IS WHY PEOPLE ARE SO ANIMATED AND ANGRY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION.
AND TO USE A DOMESTIC EXAMPLE LEAVE ASIDE THE HORRIFIC CORONAVIRUS RESPONSES.
THE POST OFFICE.
THERE'S A REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING REQUESTWITH THE POST OFFICE.
NOT ONLY IS THE PRESIDENT TWEETING THINGS ABOUT MAIL-IN VOTING AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS BUT HE HAS A POST MASTER GENERAL WHO IS TAKING CONCRETE ACTION THAT WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE VIEW PRESIDENT TRUMP AS DANGEROUS.
>> Woodruff: I HEAR YOU.
AND TODAY WE HEARD FROM THE POST MASTER GENERAL, MR. DEJOY SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO CUT BACK ON SOME OF WHAT THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT BUT THAT'S BEING REPORTED ON.
SARAH, I WANT TO COME TO YOU ON THIS POINT BECAUSE HOW MUCH DOES IT HELP JOE BIDEN TO PUSH THAT DONALD TRUMP IS A DANGER IN ORDER TO WIN THIS ELECTION.
HOW MUCH DOES JOE BIDEN NEED TO TALK ABOUT HIMSELF AND LESS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP OR NOT?
>> WELL, THERE ARE A COUPLE WAYS IN WHICH I WOULD CAUTION ABOUT THAT BEING THE SOLE APPROACH THIS SORT OF I'M NOT DONALD TRUMP.
AND THE FIRST IS KIND OF PICKING UP ON GARY ABERNATHY'S POINT THAT FOLKS DON'T PERCEIVE TRUMP AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN A CHARACTERIZATION HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS COUNTRY IS SHARPLY DIVIDED IN ITS INFORMATION SOURCES.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PROBABLY PSYCHOLOGICALLY RATIONAL WHO ARE RECEIVING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MISINFORMATION AND ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING THE SAME THINGS THAT THE FOLKS WHO READILY APPRECIATE HIS DANGER IMMINENT.
INNER JUST SORT OF EXPERIENCING A DIFFERENT REALITY TRULY.
AND SO I DON'T SEE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAKING ANY EFFORTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DIRECTLY.
I THINK THAT SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF MISINFORMATION AND EVEN LIKE A QUICK MEDIA LITERACY POINT WHILE IT'S DOUBTFUL THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN AT A NATIONAL CONVENTION MIGHT BE IN ORDER.
AND THEN SECOND, AND THIS IS JUST SORT OF I THINK TIME LIST POINT WOULD BE THAT YOU CAN'T JUST BE AGAINST BUT ALSO HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT YOU ARE FOR.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY DISCUSSION OF POLICY OR AN ACTUAL GAME PLAN OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDABLY UNITE AGAINST FASCISM.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD RALLYING CRY BUT ULTIMATELY OVER THE REST OF THE COURSE OF THE CONVENTION I DO HOPE THAT EVERYONE THAT'S ON STAGE AND SPEAKING MAKES AN EFFORT TO GIVE A POSITIVE EXCITING ELEMENT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE MOVING TOWARD IF YOU JOIN THAT TEAM.
TEAM.
>> Woodruff: ERRIN HAINES, DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE THAT TONIGHT AND THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS?
>> WELL, A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT TONIGHT WHICH I'M STRUCK BY.
YOU KNOW, JUDY, IF WE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN IN A CONVENTURA RE KNOW ON THIS MIGHT, THE CENTENNIAL OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISPLAY OF SYMBOLISM.
WE MIGHT HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF WOMEN IN ALL WHITE TONIGHT IN THAT ARENA.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND SO I HAVE TO SAY I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR HOW THIS CENTENNIAL IS GOING TO BE REPRESENTED IN THIS LINE-UP.
I LOOKED AT THE AGENDA.
THE KEYNOTE IS OBVIOUSLY JOE BIDEN BUT I'M SEEING A LOT OF WHITE MEN IN THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT.
AND SO I WONDER HOW THEY ARE GOING TO MARK THE CENTENNIAL CONSIDERING THE MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORATE IS WOMEN AND MOST WOMEN ARE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS ELECTION.
THEY ARE VOTERS THAT ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE STATE OF THIS ELECTION THAT'S BEEN RAISED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BUT I THINK ALSO JOE BIDEN BEING THE KEYNOTE -- JILL BIDEN BEING THE KEYNOTE THIS IS HER CHANCE AND SHE'S DOING THAT FROM THE CLASSROOM HE SHE TAUGHT THREE AND FOUR AND WOMEN IS A HUGE POINT.
THEY ARE REALLY ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS PANDEMIC AS WELL.
CONTINUING ON THE THEME YOU SAW LAST NIGHT OF THE STATE OF THIS ELECTION IN THE MIST OF THIS PANDEMIC IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
I HAVE TO SAY SEEING JOHN KERRY, BILL CLINTON, JIMMY CARTER THAT IS A REMINDER THAT JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN IN PUBLIC LIFE FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.
>> YES, IT IS AND MICHAEL BECKER LOSS IS SOMEBODY -- BESCHLOSS LOOKED AT SOMEBODY GOING HALF A CENTURY AND FARTHER ALAN THAT.
HOW DO YOU WEIGH THE JOB THEY ARE DOING.
SO FAR WE'RE ONLY ONE NIGHT INTO THIS AND BEGIN NIGHT TWO BUT HOW DO YOU THINK THEY ARE DOING IN TERMS OF GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS TELLING US WHO JOE BIDEN IS?
>> WELL, WITH THIS VIRTUAL CONVENTION THEY ARE INVENTING AN ART FORM BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO GO BY.
I AGREE WITH WHAT JOE BIDEN SAID TODAY WHICH IS IT'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE WE'VE SEEN THE LAST OF THOSE OLD CONVENTIONS JUDY WITH THESE BALLOONS AND PEOPLE JAMMED INTO A BIG ODD TOAMPLE.
SO -- AUDITORIUMS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK WILL SAY WHAT WE DO IN THE FUTURE.
THIS WHOLE QUESTION ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND DEMOCRACY, I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO PARTISAN TO SAY THIS.
I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE COULD HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE LAST THREE AND-A-HALF YEARS AND SAY THERE IS NO CHANCE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS A DANGER TO DEMOCRACY.
I WAS WONDERING WHY LAST NIGHT SEEMED SO SURREAL AND ONE OF THE REASONS WAS THERE WAS AN INTENSITY.
IT WAS A SENSE OF DANGER, A SENSE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST RUNNING AGAINST SOMEONE WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE BUT SOMEONE WHO IF HE WINS A SECOND TERM MAY TAKE AWAY OUR SYSTEM.
DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT.
I THINK IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH MORE IN COMMON WITH THE CONVENTIONS OF 1860 WHEN WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THIS INFORMATION WOULD SURVIVE HALF SLAVE OR HALF FREE OR 1940 WHEN WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THE UNITED STATES WOULD SURVIVE IN A WORLD DOMINATED BY FASCISM.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN AND THIS ELECTION IN SUCH AN APOCALYPTIC WAY.
11 WEEKS FROM NOW WILL BE ELECTION DAY.
THERE IS EVERY HINT WE WILL SEE THINGS IN THESE NEXT 11 WEEKS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF CLINICAL CAMPAIGNS.
THERE'S EVERY SIGNAL THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY HAVE AN ELECTION THAT MAY TURN OUT TO BE INDEFINITE AND THERE MAY BE A CONFLICT OR THE RESULTS THAT COULD LAST FOR WEEKS OR AS THE PRESIDENT SAYS EVEN YEARS.
BUT I THINK IF YOU LISTEN TO THE TWO BIG SPEECHES LAST NIGHT, MICHELLE OBAMA, BERNIE SANDERS AND GET TO THE NUT OF WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, THEY WERE NOT SAYING ELECT JOE BIDEN BECAUSE HE HAS BETTER POLICIES THAN DONALD TRUMP.
THEY WERE SAYING THE COUNTRY IS AT STAKE.
WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A DEMOCRACY A YEAR FROM NOW UNLESS JOE BIDEN IS ELECTED.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE RARELY SEE AT ANY POLITICAL CONVENTION.
>> Woodruff: GARY ABERNATHY YOU'VE BEEN SHAKING YOUR HEAD THROUGH MUCH OF THE COMMENTS OF YOUR FELLOW PANELISTS JUST NOW.
SPEAK.
>> WELL, NO DISRESPECT.
I MEAN THIS IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
IT'S THE KIND OF CONVERSATION THAT AMERICA'S ALL ABOUT, ISN'T IT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TALK, WHEN SOMEONE, I HEAR THIS A LOT.
WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR INFORMATION FROM.
YOU'RE GETTING BAD INFORMATION.
EVERYBODY I KNOW WHERE I LIVE HAS A SMART PHONE.
THEY GET ALL THE NEWS FEEDS, THEY GET EVERYTHING FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST" TO "NEW YORK TIMES" TO FOX NEWS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY GET ALL THE SAME INFORMATION.
THEY WEIGH IT, THEY JUST CAME OUT WITH A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.
AFTER TAKING IN ALL THE INFORMATION, THEY ARE VERY SMART PEOPLE.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES.
THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT UNWASHED WHO CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT OR BEING MISLED OR HAVING THE WOOL PULLED OVER THEIR EYES.
THEY JUST COME TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS RESPECT EACH OTHER, JUDY WE STILL NEED TO RESPECT EACH OTHER.
I WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
IT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU THANK YOU ABOUT THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION SOURCES I WAS TELLING SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN PBS WAS THE EVIL WHIPPING BOY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR BEING SO LEFT WING.
BUT NOW WHEN YOU'VE GOT CNN, MSNBC ON THE LEFT FOX ON THE RIGHT, THESE DAYS PBS SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THAT KIND OF COMES UP THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
SO GOOD JOB IN DOING THAT.
>> Woodruff: WE TRY VERY HARD TO STICK TO THE FACTS AND THAT'S THE THING THAT MATTERS THE MOST TO US.
BUT I JUST HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU VERY QUICKLY GARY ABERNATHY BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY IS IF IT TURNS OUT MAIL-IN BLAST AFTER THIS ELECTION ARE -- BALLOTS AFTER THIS ELECTION IS DETERMINING THE OUTCOME HE'S GOING TO CALL FOR IT TO BE REDONE.
I MEAN HOW DO YOU INTERPRET THAT?
>> I DON'T, I DON'T, I REALLY DO THINK.
LET ME SAY THIS.
I DON'T THINK HE SHOULD SAY THOSE THINGS TO UPSET PEOPLE.
BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK HE WOULD DO SUCH A THING.
AGAIN, THE PRESS TAKES HIM LITERALLY AND NOT SERIOUSLY.
NOW THEY ARE KIND OF TAKING HIM LITERALLY AND SERIOUSLY, MAYBE IT'S DIFFERENT.
BUT TRUMP HAS, IF WE WENT BACK OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS JUDY AND LOOKED AT EVERYTHING THE GUY HAS SAID, EVERYTHING HE'S KIND OF THREATENED MIGHT HAPPEN AND THEN THE THINGS THAT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT HE JUST MOVED ON TO THE NEXT HOT THING, IT WOULD BE A GOOD LIST TO COMPILE.
IN FACT, WE SHOULD, SOMEONE SHOULD DO THAT.
I'M SURE SOMEONE WILL NOW.
>> Woodruff: SARAH SMARSH I SEE YOU SAYING SOMETHING.
>> WELL, I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF OBJECTIVE STUDIES THAT HAVE CONFIRMED THAT MISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA AS WELL AS MORE JUST TRADITIONAL SLANT BEING RECEIVED BY WAY OF SOCIAL MEDIA SILOS IS INCREASINGLY FRACTURING OUR SOCIETY INTO CAMPS OF FOLKS WHO IF YOU LIKE SPLIT IT EASILY DOWN THE MIDDLE, PERCEIVE WHAT'S GOING ON DIFFERENTLY.
I HAVE TO SAY AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN A MOPPED RESULTLY CONSERVATIVE -- MOPPED MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE CHILDHOOD IN THE CLINTON YEARS WHEN I LEFT THE FAMILY FARM AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS A CONSERVATIVE.
MY INFORMATION SOURCE CHANGED AND MY VIEWS DRAMATICALLY CHANGED.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND THIS DIGITAL MEDIA MOMENT THAT FOLKS THAT ARE CALLING THEMSELVES LIBERALS FOR THAT MATTER, IF THEY HAD BEEN BORN TO A DIFFERENT SPACE AND DIFFERENT PEER GROUP AND DIFFERENT INFLUENCES THEY WOULD SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S RADICAL TO MAKE THIS ASSERTION.
>> Woodruff: WELL IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING AND AS GARY ABERNATHY SAID IT'S A GOOD THING WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS IN A CIVIL WAY, WE CAN LISTEN TO EACH OTHER AND KEEP TALKING.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU.
WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU THROUGH THIS NIGHT AND THROUGH THIS WEEK.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GO BACK TO MY COLLEAGUE AMNA NAWAZ.
AMNA.
>> HI JUDY.
WE WANT TO KOBI KEEP PEOPLE POINTED TO THE PROCEEDINGS.
LAST NIGHT WE WILL BE SEEING AGAIN TONIGHT IS HOW MANY REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TAKING TO THE STAGE, THIS VENTIONAL STAGE AT THE -- VIRTUAL STAGE AT THIS DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
LAST NIGHT WE SAW FORMER OHIO GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH, WHITMAN, SUSAN.
TONIGHT CONVENTION OFFICIALS TOLD US WE WILL BE HEARING FROM FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL.
HE WILL BE MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY HE BELIEVES JOE BIDEN IS THE NEXT BEST LEADER FOR THIS COUNTRY.
YOU REMEMBER OF COURSE COLIN POWELL HIMSELF STILL RESPECTED AMONG HIS REPUBLICAN PARTY HE WAS RECRUITED TO POSSIBLY RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
SO HE WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHY HE BELIEVES THE COUNTRY SHOULD BACK JOE BIDEN.
HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THOUGH, JUDY.
WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT CINDY MCCAIN WILL BE AMONG THOSE E WE HEAR FROM TONIGHT WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
SHE'S GOING TO BE LENDING HER VOICE TO A TAPED PIECE THAT EXPLORES THE LONG CLOSE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN HER LATE HUSBAND, REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN AND JOE BIDEN.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THIS IS SUCH A REMARKABLE PHONE IS THAT CINDY MCCAIN HAS GONE OUT OF HER WAY TO SAY SHE DOES NOT WISH TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS OR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
AND REMEMBER THAT JOE BIDEN WAS ON THE TICKET THAT DEFEATED HER HUSBAND BACK IN 2008.
THIS IS THE THEME WE SAW LAST NIGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL SEE AGAIN TONIGHT AND SOME CONVENTION OFFICIALS TELL US IT COULD BE SOMETHING WE SEE FOR THE OTHER TWO NIGHTS FOR CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS AS WELL.
REMARK MOMENT FOR THIS YEAR'S CONVENTION.
JUDY.
>> Woodruff: WE'RE START TOOK SEE A PATTERN.
AMNA NAWAZ, THANKS SO MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP NOW AND GO BACK TO OUR MAIN PANEL, MARK SHIELDS, DAVID BROOKS AND AMY WALTER HERE WITH ME.
AMY, YOU WERE LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR ANALYSTS AND WE DO KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE AND MORE FROM REPUBLICANS.
I GUESS I KEEP COMING BACK TO THEY ARE SAYING WE'RE REPUBLICANS BUT WE DON'T WANT THIS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
IN FACT WE DON'T EVEN THINK HE'S A REPUBLICAN AND I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW DOES THAT RESONATE WITH THE VOTERS.
>> IT'S REALLY FASCINATING ESPECIALLY THE CINDY MCCAIN PIECE OF IT.
IT ISN'T AS MUCH AS WHO THE PEOPLE ARE.
AS I SAID LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY EVEN MORE POWERFUL TO HEAR FROM THE RECOLLECT VOTERS THAT THEY HAD AFTER GOVERNOR KASICH PEOPLE WHO SAID I'M A REPUBLICAN AND NOW I'M VOLTING FOR JOE -- VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN.
BUT REALLY WHAT CINDY MCCAIN REPRESENTS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SO MANY OF THESE SWING BATTLEGROUND STATES.
ARIZONA IS A STATE NOT LONG AGO MOST DEMOCRATS WOULDN'T THINK ABOUT COMPETING THERE.
IT IS NOW AN ABSOLUTE TOSS UP STATE.
IT'S A STATE THAT A DEMOCRATIC WON IN 2018 FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
WHAT SHE REPRESENTS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING REALLY SINCE 2016, THE HEMORRHAGING OF FORMER REPUBLICANS SUBURBAN STRONGHOLDS AND THEY MOVED IN 2018 TO PLACES IN ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA FOR EXAMPLE WENT ALL DEMOCRATIC.
THEY CONTINUED TO STAY WITH DEMOCRATS.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT JOE BIDEN IS BASICALLY MAKING THIS CASE, THEY HAVE BEEN COMING TO JOE BIDEN SINCE, I'M SORRY TO DEMOCRATS SINCE 2016 TO KEEP THEM THERE.
AND HONESTLY THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF THIS IS ONE REASON THEY ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO STAY WITH DEMOCRATS IS THAT DEMOCRATS NOMINATED JOE BIDEN.
REPUBLICANS WERE DESPERATELY HOPING THAT BERNIE SANDERS WAS GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE.
AND THE CASE TO MAKE THOSE VOTERS HAVE BEEN LEAVING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS WAS YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE DONALD TRUMP, YOU MIGHT BE COURSE, HE MIGHT BE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES BUT DO YOU REALLY WANT A SOCIALIST.
THEY CAN'T MAKE THAT CASE NOW.
THEY ARE TRYING TO TIE JOE BIDEN IN THERE BUT IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO DO.
>> Woodruff: MARK SHIELDS, IT IS A CASE, NOT ONLY THAT ARIZONA BUT AS AMY SAYS IT'S THE KIND OF VOTER WHO MAY BE DOMINANT IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.
IT'S A STATE THAT DEMOCRATS WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT TARGETING A FEW YEARS AGO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
BILL CLINTON IS THE ONLY DEMOCRAT TO CARRY ARIZONA.
HE DID IT IN A THREE-WAY RACE IN 1996 IN A FREE ELECTION.
THERE'S NO QUESTION OF THE CHANGE.
I THINK AGAIN JUDY, WHAT WE SEE IS WHAT IS SEEN AS A LIABILITY OR PERHAPS A FAULT, SHORTCOMING IN THE PRIMARY AND THAT WAS JOE BIDEN'S FRIENDSHIP RELATIONSHIP, PERSONAL FEELINGS WITH REPUBLICANS.
HIS ABILITY TO GET ALONG WITH THEM WAS SEEN BY SOME DEMOCRATS AS MORE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AS SOMEHOW AN INDICATION HE WASN'T A TRUE BELIEVER.
IN THE GENERAL ELECTION, THE FACT THAT CINDY MCCAIN, THE WIDOW OF JOHN MCCAIN ENORMOUSLY RESPECTED FIGURE AND OTHER REPUBLICANS SPEAKING TO AND FOR HIM.
AND THAT OTHER REPUBLICANS, THE SAME THING.
THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN ASKED TO GIVE Y'ALL GIVE EULOGIES AT PEOPLE'S FUNERAL IS A MORE PERSONAL HONOR OBLIGATION TO SOMEBODY AND THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE PERSON THAT WAS CHOSEN BY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND I THINK THAT BECOMES A PLUS RATHER THAN, IN THE GENERAL ELECTION, RATHER THAN A LIABILITY.
>> Woodruff: THERE ARE THESE RELATIONSHIPS THAT JOE BIDEN HAS BUILT UP OVER TIME.
YES WITH DEMOCRATS BUT WITH A LOT OF REPUBLICANS.
SENATORS AND OTHERS, PEOPLE WHO SERVED IN CONGRESS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS WHO SAY THEY WOULD WALK OVER HOT COALS FOR HIM.
>> ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO I SPINTD A YEAR WORKING ON JOE BIDEN AND JOHN MCCAIN.
WHAT WAS CLEAR WAS BIDEN WAS A CREATURE OF THE SENATE.
WHEN HE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE SENATE, HE HAD OLDER SENATORS TAKE HIM UNDER THEIR WING.
HE WAS RAISED IN THE SENATE.
HE'S A CREATURE OF COALITION.
HE'S A CREATURE OF ALL THOSE FRIENDSHIPS.
IN SOME WAYS HE HARKENS BACK TO A DAY THAT SEEMS NORMAL.
I THINK THIS CAMPAIGN AND THIS CONVENTION SO FAR IS ABOUT A RETURN TO NORMALCY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT'S TRUE.
I SOMETIMES WONDER, THERE WAS THAT LINE IN ANDREW CUOMO'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT THAT HAUNTS ME AND IT WAS THAT TRUMP DIDN'T CAUSE DIVISION, DIVISION DIDN'T CAUSE CAN DONALD TRUMP, DIVISION CAUSED DONALD TRUMP.
I WONDER IF WE'RE A COUNTRY THAT CAN RETURN TO NORMAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FUNCTIONING COUNTRY, WE CAN BE CANADA.
BUT I THINK WHAT JOE BIDEN FACES IS A COUNTRY THAT IS NOT ONLY CIRCUMSTANCE OF POLITICS BUT SOCIALLY, INCLUDING BEATING COVID.
FACING THAT CRISES AND ANSWERING THIS MOMENT ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNGER WHO HAVEN'T KNOWN ANYTHING ELSE BUT DISILLUSION ANSWERING THE DARKNESS OF THIS MOMENT TAKES MORE THAN A RETURN TO NORMALCY TO BE HONEST.
>> Woodruff: SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US TO THINK ABOUT.
DAVID BROOKS, MARK SHIELDS, AMY WALTER, STAY CLOSE BY.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU.
WE WANT TO GO NOW TO A MAN WHO WAS ONCE A RIVAL TO JOE BIDEN.
HE WAS INFLUENCED IN TEXAS AND WAS A YOUNGER MEMBER OF OBAMA'S CABINET SERVING AS THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
SECOND CASTRO, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
YOU RAN VERY HARD AGAINST JOE BIDEN IN THE PRIMARIES.
YOU WORKED WITH HIM AS VICE PRESIDENT.
WHY ARE YOU SUPPORTING HIM RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL BECAUSE HE'S A MAN WHO I THINK CAN BRING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER.
HE'S SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY.
WE'VE HAD FOUR YEARS OF A PRESIDENT WHO BELIEVES IN OPPORTUNITY ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE HIM ANA WALLET AS BIG AS HIS.
JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN WORKING HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO EX PAND OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT'S ALSO TRUE AS MICHELLE OBAMA POINTED OUT BEAUTIFULLY LOOSE NIGHT THAT JOE BIDEN IS A -- LAST NIGHT THAT JOE BIDEN IS A MAN OF CHARACTER AND SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW TO MAKE OUR GOVERNMENT WORK.
WE DESPERATELY NEED THAT RIGHT NOW.
OVER 170,000 DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY TO COVID 19 WHEN YOU COMPARE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE UNITED STATES VERSUS OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, IT IS SHAMEFUL HOW BADLY MISMANAGED THIS COVID RESPONSE HAS BEEN BY THIS ADMINISTRATION.
JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT.
I THINK WHETHER YOU'RE LEFT OR RIGHT, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT.
>> Woodruff: IT WAS WRITTEN IN SOME OF THE COMMENTARY I WAS READING TODAY THAT THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY LATINO SPEAKERS AT THE CONVENTION LAST NIGHT.
DID THAT STRIKE YOU?
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT?
IS THIS CHAIN CAMPAIGN PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY.
>> I THINK JOE BIDEN AND HARMS HAVE VERY STRONG TRACK RECORDS WHEN IT COMES TO LATINA COMMUNITIES.
STARTING WITH THE FACT THAT BIDEN OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IMPLED THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
THERE WERE LATINOS ABLE TO GET HEALTH CARE BECAUSE OF THAT AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN GREAT ON THAT.
IN THE CAMPAIGN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THERE WAS A LATINO AGENDA FOR AMERICA THAT LOOKED VERY PROMISING.
I COMMENTED LIKE OTHER PEOPLE DID THAT WHEN THE PRIME TIME LINE UP WAS RELEASED, ONLY THREE OUT OF 35 SPEAKERS WERE LATINO.
THERE WERE NO NATIVE AMERICANS, NO MUSLIM AMERICANS AND I SAID THAT I DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT NECESSARILY REFLECTED THE BEAUTIFUL DIVERSE COALITION THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE RUN WITH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND THAT WE NEEDED TO SEND BETTER SIGNALS TO EVERYBODY INCLUDING LATINOS IF WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYBODY OFF THE SIDELINES AND INTO THE VOTING BOOTH TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP.
FORTUNATELY THEY ADDED SOME PARTICIPANTS OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPROVEMENT.
I TO THINK WE WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO GIVE GREAT STARS LIKE CONGRESSWOMAN OWE OCASIO ---CORTEZ AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TURN OUT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AND ELECT JOE BIDEN AND CLAWRMS INKAMALA HAIRS.
>>HAIRS -- HARRIS.
>> Woodruff: THEY PLAN TO VOTE FOR OR LEAN IN FAVOR OF JOE BIDEN BUT A QUARTER OF THEM SAY THEY PLAN TO VOTE FOR OR LEAN IN FAVOR OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY GET AS MUCH AS A FOURTH OF THE LATINO VOTES.
>> THIS WAS A VERY POWERFUL REMIESHED THAT IN OTHER POLLING WE CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED.
JOE BIDEN REPS NATAL WITH THE LATINO COMMUNITY.
HE'S GOING TO WIN THE LATINO COMMUNITY BIG.
I ALSO KNOW DONALD TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY TO SUPPRESS THE VOTE FROM SOMEBODY TALKING SABOTAGING THE POSTAL SERVICE AND BEING SO ANTI-IMMIGRANT AND RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO VOTE.
SO WE CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRAND.
IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST UNUSUAL ELECTION THAT WE'VE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME JUST IN TERMS OF MECHANICS BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
THAT MEANS THAT THE USUAL CAMPAIGN METHODS ARE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.
DIGITAL EFFORTS, TELEPHONIC EFFORTS ARE GOING TO BE THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.
AND THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ON OUR GAME BECAUSE THE LATINOS OFTEN TIMES ARE USED TO PEOPLE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND YOU KNOW TELLING THEM WHY THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE AND PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR VILLAGE BEFORE ELECTION DAY -- VISITS BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADAPT.
FORTUNATE LEAVE THE BIDEN CAMPAIGNS GET THIS AND I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE TURNOUT IS MET.
>> Woodruff: YOU MENTIONED IMMIGRATION.
HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU CAN JOE BIDEN'S POSITION OIL GRAWTION.
I'M ASKING BECAUSE DURING THE PRIMARIES WE HEARD YOU DURING THE DEBATES.
YOU ACCUSED HIM AT ONE POINT WANTING TO TAKE CREDIT TALKING ABOUT DEPORTATIONS, WANTING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE OBAMA/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BUT ANYTHING THAT'S QUESTIONABLE YOU SAY PASSED OFF AS A DECISION OF PRESIDENT OBAMA.
WHERE ARE YOU ON THAT RIGHT NOW?
>> I'M PLEASED THAT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS CAMPAIGN, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS RELEASED GOOD IMMIGRATION POLICY.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIDEN AND TRUMP IS JUST, YOU KNOW, NIGHT AND DAY.
I MEAN DONALD TRUMP IS THE CRUELEST MOST DARK HEARTED PRESIDENT WHEN IT COMES TO MIGRANTS, IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE SEEKING A BETTER LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY.
HE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.
AND LATINOS UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF REPLACING THIS PRESIDENT WITH A MAN LIKE JOE BIDEN WHO WILL SHOW COMMON SENSE AND SHOW COMPASSION, HAS A TRACK RECORD OF WORKING WITH GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.
AND HAVE THE VISION TO REFORMS THAT SYSTEM AND HAS PROMISED TO MAKE THAT REAL.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
>> AND JUST QUICKLY, YOU HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT NO CORRECTAL ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND IT WAS SOMETHING HE DISAGREED WITH YOU ON BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
>> LOOK, YOU KNOW OF COURSE I DON'T EXPECT EVERYBODY THAT I SUPPORT TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING I PUT OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT CAPPED DATES.
BUT WHAT CANDIDATES.
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION JOE BIDEN WOULD BE A FAR SUPERIOR PRESIDENT IN TERMS OF PUTTING A REASONABLE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IN PLACE VERSUS THE CRUEL SYSTEM THAT TRUMP HAS CREATED.
>> Woodruff: FORMER SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT JULIAN CASTRO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANKS, JUDY.
>> Woodruff: NOW WE WANT TO GO BACK TO OUR OWN LISA DESJARDINS.
SHE'S IN WILMINGTON AND TO OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT YAMICHE ALCINDOR.
SO LISA WE SEE YOU THERE IN FRONT OF THAT BASE PAUL FIELD BUT WE'RE PRETENDING IT'S LIKE A BIG CONVENTION CENTER EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT.
BUT HERE WE ARE, JUST MOMENTS AWAY NOW FROM THE KICK OFF OF NIGHT TWO.
WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
>> WELL, I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT COME UP OTHERWISE.
TONIGHT IS PARTY BUSINESS NIGHT.
OF COURSE WE'LL SEE THE ROLL CALL, THE ACTUAL NOMINATION OF JOE BIDEN AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
BUT JUDY, THE PLATFORM'S BEEN UNDER WAY.
I WANT TO MAKE ONE MENTION THAT BERNIE SANDERS GROUP IS TOUTING A VICTORY IN THAT PLATFORM.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE CHANGED THE PLATFORM TO RULES THE POWER OF SO-CALLED SUPER DELEGATES.
THOSE PARTY OFFICIALS NOT JUST THIS YEAR BUT ALSO IN 2024 AND THAT IS BECAUSE BERNIE SANDERS HAS A THOUSAND DELEGATES, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PLEDGED DELEGATES TONIGHT.
>> Woodruff: HIS NAME WILL GO UP WE KNOW IN NOMINATION.
YAMICHE ALCINDOR JUST QUICKLY TO YOU.
THE PRESIDENT AS WE DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT HAS NOT BEEN QUIET HE'S OUT THERE WATCHING THIS CONVENTION VERY CLOSELY.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM HIM HAD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE?
>> WELL THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY ANGRY ABOUT MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT.
OF COURSE SHE SAID THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT READY TO DO THIS JOB AND WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT.
HE WASN'T A DECENT MAN, THAT WAS THE POINT HE WAS MAKING AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT WAS THE DIVISIVE SPEECH AND GOING AFTER HER.
GOING AFTER HER AND OBAMA.
THEY ARE THE SAME PEOPLE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TRIED TO MAKE HIS CASE FOR BEING RE-ELECTED.
I'M WATCHING SPECIFICALLY AOC AND BILL CLINTON.
OF COURSE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD A BIG ONE WITH HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016.
SO THE PRESIDENT WILL LIKELY BE GOING AFTER ALL OF THESE DEMOCRATS AS THEY MAKE THEIR CASE.
>> Woodruff: ALL RIGHT.
YAMICHE ALCINDOR, KEEPING AN EYE ON THE WHITE HOUSE.
LISA DESJARDINS THERE FOR US IN WILMINGTON.
THANK YOU BOTH AS WE GET READY FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVENTION, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK FOR SOME OF OUR LOCAL PBS STATION.
OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE IN ONE MINUTE.
STAY WITH US.
>> 1956 ADELAID STEVENSON WAS NOMINATED AND SAID WHY DON'T I LET THE DELEGATES SELECT WHO THEY WANT FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
AND THERE WAS THIS AMAZING CONFRONTATION ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN JOHN ENNEDY, THE LITTLE KNOWN SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS AGAINST THE RETURN UP TO STEVENSON WHO WAS VERY CLOSE A LOT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE KENNEDY.
>> GOOD EVENING, I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.
WELCOME BACK TO OUR PBS NEWSHOUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THIS YEAR'S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF PROCESS.
THE PARTY WILL BE CONDUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
THE PLATFORM, THE RULES.
BUT MOST IMPORTANT THE ROLL CALL VOTE USUALLY COUNTED IN A FULL HALL AND WE WILL AGAIN HEAR FROM PARTY LEADERS MOST AND PRESENT INCLUDING FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER AND CLINTON.
WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM DR. JILL BIDEN MAKING A PERSONAL PLEA FOR HER HUSBAND TO BE COMMANDER WHICH CHIEF.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE FULL ANALYSIS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT BUT RIGHT NOW LET'S TURN RIGHT TO THE DEMOCRATS' CONVENTION.
THE MC TONIGHT IS ACTRESS TRACEE ELLIS ROSS.
>> THIS IS MY COUNTRY.
OF US FOUGHT HARD FOR THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT.
ARE STRUGGLING TODAY INTO THE NIGHT SO THEY SAY IT WITH CONVICTION, THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.
>> WE ARE A PEOPLE IN SUNDRY ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
WE ARE A PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF OUR FUTURE.
>> WE MUST MAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HEAR OUR TALE OF TWO CITIES.
WE MUST CONVINCE THEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SETTLE FOR TWO CITIES, THAT WE CAN HAVE ONE CITY, INDIVISIBLE SHINING FOR ALL OF ITS PEOPLE T. >> IF YOU GIVE US A CHANCE, WE CAN PERFORM.
AFTER GINGER ROGERS DID EVERYTHING THAT FRED ASTAIR SHE JUST DID IT BACKWARDS AND IN HIGH HEELS.
>> THERE IS NOT A LIBERAL AMERICA AND A CONSERVATIVE AMERICA.
THERE IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THERE IS NOT A BLACK AMERICA AND A WHITE AMERICA AND LATINO AMERICA AN ASIAN AMERICA, THERE'S THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT A SPRINT OR EVEN A MARATHON.
OUR FAMILIES DON'T ALWAYS CROSS THE FINISH LINE IN THE SPAN OF ONE GENERATION BUT EACH GENERATION PASSES ON TO THE NEXT THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR.
>> WE ARE ONE PEOPLE, ALL OF US PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH THE STARS AND STRIPS, ALL OF US DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME TO THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONVENTION.
>> LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND SMILE.
>> AND THIS IS.
>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF KEYNOTE.
>> A DIFFERENT KIND OF KEYNOTE.
>> THIS YEAR WE HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
>> LET'S GET REAL.
>> THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THIS ELECTION.
>> WE'RE FACING THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC AND HEALTH CRISES IN GENERATIONS BECAUSE OUR PRESIDENT DIDN'T AND STILL DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN.
>> WHEN DOCTORS, NURSES AND HOME HEALTHCARE AIDS IN PHILADELPHIA HAVE TO RISK THEIR OWN LIVES TO PROTECT OTHERS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
>> WHEN FACTORY WORKERS IN OHIO ARE FACED WITH DANGEROUS CONDITIONS BECAUSE THIS ADMINISTRATION HASN'T GIVEN CLEAR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE.
>> WHEN TEACHERS IN GEORGIA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BEING ASKED TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM WITHOUT A PLAN TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
AND PARENTS ARE EXHAUSTED STRUGGLING FULL TIME WORK AND FULL TIME CHILD CARE.
>> VISITING OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A NURSING HOME WORRYING ALL THE TIME THEY'LL GET SICK.
>> WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND NORTH CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA A CITY I REPRESENT HAS RISEN NEARLY FOUR FOLD.
EVICTIONS ARE PUTTING FAMILIES OUT IN THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
>> MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS BAD.
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE VIRUS, DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T LISTEN TO IS EXPERTS.
THEN HE SAID SOMETHING THAT A PRESIDENT SHOULD NEVER SAY.
HE SAID, I DON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL.
>> NO RESPONSIBILITY.
>> NO LEADERSHIP.
>> NO PLANS.
>> HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN.
>> DONALD TRUMP JUST DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
WE CAN'T FIX OUR ECONOMY UNTIL WE GET A HOLD OF THE VIRUS.
>> WHILE WORKING FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING, HE'S LOOKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY DOING JUST FINE, THE WEALTHY, THE BIG CORPORATIONS, THE DONORS FOR HIS CAMPAIGN.
>> HE'S LOOKING OUT FOR HIMSELF.
>> THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO IS LOOKING OUT FOR US.
>> ALL OF US.
>> AND THAT'S JOE BIDEN.
>> JOE CALLS IT.
WE ARE IN A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF OUR NATION.
>> BUT JOE KNOWS WE CAN NEVER LET HARD TIMES TURN US AGAINST EACH OTHER.
>> WE CAN NEVER STOP DOING THE HARD WORK TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
>> THAT'S WHY WE RAN FOR OFFICE.
>> EVEN WHEN THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A LATINA IN THE NEVADA STATE SENATE.
>> OR DEMOCRAT ELECTED BOARD OF COMMISSIONER'S AGRICULTURE IN NEARLY THREE DECADES.
>> FOR AN OPENLY GAY MAN IN THE GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE.
>> WHEN BIRMINGHAM HADN'T A MAYOR THIS YOUNG IN 120 YEARS.
>> WE RAN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE WE KNOW THE STRUGGLES AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE FACING, BECAUSE WE'VE LIVED THEM.
>> WE LIVED THE INSECURITY AND THE INDIGNITY OF AN EVICTION NOTICE.
>> MANY OF YOU HAVE LIVED THE FRUSTRATION OF PAYING OFF STUDENT LOANS.
>> WE HAVE LIVED THE GRIEF OF LOSING LOVED ONES TO GUN VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT UNFAIRLY TARGETS OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WE HAVE LIVED THAT FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE IS VERY SICK AND ACTS THAT HEALTHCARE IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.
>> BY THE WAY, JOE BIDEN HAS LIVED A LOT OF THIS TOO.
>> HE WAS RAISED IN A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY IN SCANTON, PENNSYLVANIA AND CLAYMONT DELAWARE.
>> HE WATCHED HIS DAD LOOK FOR WORK AND LEARNED THAT A JOB IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A PAYCHECK.
IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
>> HE WAS BORN INTO OFFICE IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM OF HIS TWO YOUNG SONS.
AFTER A CAR CRASH KILLED HIS WIFE AND HIS DAUGHTER.
>> HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO THANK GOD YOU HAVE HEALTH CARE.
>> HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK HARD FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT.
>> HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SEND A CHILD OFF TO WAR.
>> HE'LL NEVER FORGET WHO HE'S FIGHTING FOR.
>> I LOOKED AROUND MY DISTRICT IN NORTH TEXAS.
I SEE THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY, THE EDUCATORS LIKE THE SINGLE MOMS WHO RAISED ME.
THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
YOU BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
>> SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, LET THE ONES WHO SHOP IN RESTAURANTS LINE THE STREETS OF BIRMINGHAM MICHIGAN.
>> AUSTIN SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> OF TRIBAL NATIONS.
>> LINING THE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA AND BRING OUR COMMUNITY TO LIFE.
YOU BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
>> THE NURSES IN MEMPHIS WHO CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO TREAT PATIENTS DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
YOU BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
>> AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU DESERVE MORE THAN THE CONSTANT CHAOS THAN DONALD TRUMP DELIVERS.
>> YOU DESERVE HEALTHCARE YOU CAN AWE FORWARD.
A JOB THAT PAYS YOU FAIRLY.
YOU DESERVE CHILD CARE AND PAID SICK LEAVE WHEN YOU WORK.
WHEN YOU PAY INTO SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE, YOU DESERVE TO KNOW IT WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU RETIRE.
>> AND THANKS TO THE VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IN BOTH RED STATES AND BLUE STATES.
>> WE WANTS.
>> A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS.
>> IT'S RISING UP.
>> WITH JOE BIDEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE THERE'S NO LIMITS TO WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> IN NEVADA, WE'REHMAKING DRUG PRICES MORE TRANSPARENT.
SO PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES WON'T GO BROKE WHILE DRUG COMPANIES GET RICH.
>> JOE'S WORKING TO PROTECT AND EX PANELED THE AFFORDABLE CARE -- EXPAND THE AFFORD CARE ACT SO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KEEN THEIR COVERAGE AND NO ONE CAN BE DENIED FOR PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF HEALTHCARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TOO, GIVING TAX CREDITS TO WORKING FAMILIES AND ALLOWING MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE DRUG PRICES.
>> THAT'S A BIG F-ING DEAL.
>> BECAUSE JOE KNOWS WE CAN'T HAVE A WEALTHY ECONOMY IF PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD HEALTHCARE.
>> LET'S REMEMBER.
DONALD TRUMP IS SUING TO TAKE HEALTHCARE COVERAGE AWAY FROM MORE THAN 20 MILLION AMERICANS.
AND ELIMINATE PROTECTIONS FOR OVER 100 MILLION WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
>> IN TEXAS, WE'RE STANDING UP FOR FIERCE WOMEN LIKE MY MOM AND MY TIAS WHO RAISED ME TO NEVER BACK DOWN FROM A TOUGH FIGHT.
SO WE'RE FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THAT MOTHERS HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR SAFE PREGNANCIES AND CHILDBIRTH.
AND WE'RE BRINGING LONG OVERDUE JUSTICE TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR WOMEN HIS ENTIRE CAREER.
AS SENATOR, HE OFFERS THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'S ACT AND AS PRESIDENT HE'LL RESTORE FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
HE WILL CODIFY ROE V. WADE AND MORTALITY FOR WOMEN OF COLOR AS A PRIORITY.
>> IN FLORIDA IN THE FRONT LINES OF OUR CLIMATE CRISES WE'RE WORKING TO PRODUCE MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SHRINK OUR CARBON FOOT FOOTPRINT.
>> JOE HAS A MAJOR PLAN FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND JOBS OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> IN THE HOUSE OF RENTIVES WE'RE CLOSING LOOPHOLES TO ENSURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT USING AMERICAN MADE MATERIAL AND LOCAL LABOR AND SUPPORT AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS.
>> UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, JOE BIDEN WILL ACTUALLY ENFORCE BUY AMERICAN RULES, INVESTING IN CLEAN ENERGY, BILLING MATERIALS, HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT AND R&D ALL CREATING MORE GOOD JOBS.
>> IN MICHIGAN WE'RE BANNING BUSINESS PRACTICES HAT HAVE EXPLOITED WORKERS AND COST THEM HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST WAGES.
>> WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT IS THE HIGHEST RATE SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHEN OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THEIR HOURS AND PAY FLATS.
JOE BIDEN KNOWS IT'S NOT A WAY TO REVEAL THE ECONOMY THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE.
WE'VE GOT TO BUILD IT BACK BETTER.
>> HE'LL BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT REWARDS WORK NOT WEALTH AND GET RID OF THE TRUMP TAX CUTS THAT ONLY BENEFIT BIG CORPORATIONS AND THE RICH.
AND THEN HE'LL INVEST IN HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN GETTING SMALL BUSINESSES UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.
>> TAKE IT FROM ME.
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE TRENCHES, YOU WANT JOE BIDEN RIGHT THERE NEXT TO YOU.
>> WHEN I WANT TO MARRY THE MAN I LOVE JOE BIDEN WAS THE FIRST NATIONAL FIGURE TO SUPPORT ME AND MY FAMILY.
I APPRECIATE YOU, MAN.
>> WHEN OUR INDUSTRY WAS GOING UNDER JOE STUCK HIS NECK OUT TO PROTECT IT AND HELPED SAVE ONE AND-A-HALF MILLION AUTO JOBS.
>> WHEN OUR ECONOMY WAS ON THE DRINKING JOE LED THE RECOVERY EFFORT THAT CREATED MILLIONS OF JOBS INCLUDING HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP AMERICA BOUNCED BACK WITH THE LONGEST ECONOMIC EXPANSION IN HISTORY.
>> YOU KNOW THE ONE TRUMP DRAGS ABOUT CREATING.
>> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN JOE BIDEN IS IN YOUR CORNER.
WORKING FAMILIES GET A FAIR SHOT.
>> HE UNDERSTANDS THAT LEADERSHIP MEANS FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
ALL OF YOU.
>> ALL OF US.
>> THIS NATION BELONGS TO ALL OF US AND IN EVERY ELECTION WE CHOSE HOW WE WILL CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION.
NOT BY TAKING SIDES BUT BY TAKING STOCK OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE NEED.
THIS YEAR'S CHOICE COULD NOT BE MORE CLEAR.
AMERICA FACES A TRIPLE THREAT, A PUBLIC HEALTH CAST FEE, AN ECONOMIC -- CATASTROPHE, AN COLLECT COLLAPSE AND DEALING WITH RACIAL INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY.
SO OUR CHOICE IS CLEAR, A STUDY EXPERIENCED PUBLIC SERVANT WHO CAN LEAD US OUT OF THE CRISES JUST LIKE HE'S DONE BEFORE OR A MAN WHO ONLY KNOWS HOW TO DENY AND DISTRACT.
A LEADER WHO CARES ABOUT OUR FAMILIES OR A PRESIDENT THAT ONLY CARES ABOUT HIMSELF.
WE KNOW JOE BIDEN.
AMERICA, WE NEED JOE BIDEN TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TEXT VOTE TO 30330.
IN A DEMOCRACY, WE DO NOT ELECT E OUR SAVIORS WE PLEDGE OUR DREAMS TO MAKE THEM REAL TO DEFEND OUR WAY OF LIFE BY PROTECTING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
FACED WITH A PRESIDENT OF COWARDICE, JOE BIDEN IS A MAN OF PROOFERPROVEN COURAGE.
HE WILL CONFRONT OUR DHIDGES NOT BY HIDING FROM THEM OR UNDERMINDING OUR ELECTIONS TO KEEP HIS JOB.
IN A TIME OF VOTER SUPPRESSION AT HOME AND AUTHORITARIANS ABROAD, JOE BIDEN WILL BE A CHAMPION FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM THAT KEEPS US SAFE, FOR AN ECONOMY THAT WE BUILD BACK BETTER THAN BEFORE.
AND FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTEGRITY IN OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.
WE STAND WITH JOE BIDEN BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP.
WE ARE IN THIS TO WIN FOR AMERICA.
SO LET'S GET IT DONE.
>> Woodruff: THAT WAS STATION OWE ABRAMS -- STACY ABRAMS WHO RAN FOR GOVERNOR IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA THE FIRST AFRICAN FEMALE TO BE A MAJOR PARTY NOMINEE.
WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
TRACEE ELLIS ACTRESS IS AT MC BUT WE'RE GOING TO QUICKLY RETURN TO OUR CORE GROUP.
WATCHING WITH US TONIGHT MARK SHIELDS, DAVID BROOKS, MICHAEL NUTTER, CHRIS BUSKIRK AND HERE WITH ME AT THE TABLE AMY WALTERS.
I WANT TO QUICKLY GO AROUND AND GET YOUR REACTION AMY TO THE MOST UNUSUAL KEYNOTE WE'VE SEEN 17 AMERICANS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> WHEN THEY STARTED THIS WHOLE PROCESS BY SHOWING KEY MOMENTS FROM KEY NOTE ADDRESSES LIKE THE ONE QUOTE THAT YOU COULD PULL FROM EACH OF THOSE BEARING THAT FAMOUS DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE OF THOSE QUOTES YOU WOULD PULL OUT FROM THIS.
THE MESSAGE I THINK THAT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS HOPING TO SEND IS, THERE'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON IN TERMS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS, IT'S A SORT O PANOPLY OF PEOPLE FROM ALL KINDS OF STATES, ALL KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS.
>> Woodruff: WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY, DAVID BROOKS?
>> WELL, IT WAS OBVIOUS LEANNA PEEL TO YOUNG VOTERS AND PRETTY EFFECTIVE TO THAT.
IT SHOWS WHAT AMERICA LOOKS LIKE NOW AND INCREASINGLY LOOK LIKE IN YEARS AHEAD THAT REPUBLICANS CAN'T MATCH THAT.
I HAVE TO CONFESS I WAS A LITTLE UNDER WHELMED.
THEY HAD THESE PARTIES PUT TOGETHER AND THEY WRITE A LOT OF THE SPEECHES AND THIS READ LIKE ONE OF THOSE SHOPS, SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD A MILLION TIMES AND OBVIOUS POINTS WITHOUT MUCH IMAGINATION OR GRANDEURER THEME SO CONSIDER ME UNDER WHELM.
>> MARK SHIELDS, OVERWHELMED UNDER WHELMED, WHICH.
>> JUDY, I THOUGHT THE PEOPLE SPEAKING WERE MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN WHAT THEY SAID.
IT SEEMED AT ONE POINT TELL US ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING BUT THEN THEY STARTED TO TEST ALL OF THE ZONES OF POLITICS AND EVERY POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC ISSUE AND I THOUGHT IT BECAME LESS EFFECTIVE AT THAT POINT.
>> Woodruff: CHRIS BUS WORK.
>>WORK -- BUS WORK.
>> I THINK I'M JUST WHELMED.
NOT OVER OR UNDER.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS PRODUCED.
LET'S A CERTAIN POINT AT WHICH I THOUGHT AT THE BEGINNING WELL THIS COULD BE SORT OF INTERESTING AND THEN IT JUST SORT OF STARTED TO SOUND AND LOOK AND FEEL LIKE A VERIZON COMMERCIAL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES I THINK OF DOING THIS VIRTUALLY LIKE THAT, IT'S UNKNOWN TRT.
IT'STERRITORY.
IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT WORKS.
>> Woodruff: WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE CLOSELY ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE CONVENTION WHAT THEY ARE FEEDING.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE JOE BIDEN SPEAK.
MICHAEL NUTTER I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE WITHOUT HEARING YOUR TAKE ON THIS MOST UNUSUAL KEYNOTE.
>> SURE.
IT'S PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE.
WE KNOW WE'RE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION.
IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AGAIN, I THINK THIS CONTINUED THEME OF IT'S A REALLY BIG COUNTRY, IT'S A DIVERSE COUNTRY AND IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REAL PEOPLE BUT THE NIGHT IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP MATTERS.
AND THAT WAS THE PART OF THE THEME OF WHAT EVERYONE REALLY TOUCHED ON.
IT'S JUST PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE.
>> IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF THING.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME OLD THING.
>> Woodruff: SPEAKING OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO THE PROGRAMMING.
THIS IS SALLY YATES WHO SERVED AS THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> AS A YOUNG LAWYER I JOINED OUR NATION'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS THROUGH DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS I WORKED ALONGSIDE MY DOJ COLLEAGUES TO ADVANCE OUR NATION'S PROMISE OF EQUAL JUSTICE.
I SERVED AS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE OBAMA/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND STAYED ON AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE TRUMP TRANSITION.
THEN 10 DAYS IN, I WAS FIRED FOR REFUSING TO DEFEND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SHAMEFUL AND UNLAWFUL MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN.
THAT WAS THE START OF HIS RELENTLESS ATTACKS ON OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND COUNTLESS DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS.
LIKE ME, THESE OFFICIALS DIDN'T SWEAR AN OATH TO A PERSON OR A PARTY, PUBLIC SERVICE PROMISED TO DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION, UPHOLD OUR LAWS AND WORK ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
FROM THE MOMENT PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, HE'S USED HIS POSITION TO BENEFIT HIMSELF RATHER THAN OUR COUNTRY.
HE'S TRAMPLED THE RULE OF LAW TRYING TO WEAPONNIZE OUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO ATTACK HIS ENEMIES AND PROTECT HIS FRIENDS.
RATHER THAN STANDING UP TO VLADIMIR PUTIN, HE FAWNS OVER A DICTATOR STILL TRYING TO INTERFERE IN OUR ELECTIONS.
ESSENCE TRYING TO SABOTAGE OUR POSTAL SERVICE TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO VOTE.
HAD HIS CONSTANT ATTACKS ON THE FBI, THE FREE PRESS, INSPECTORS GENERAL, FEDERAL JUDGES.
THEY ALL HAVE ONE PURPOSE, TO REMOVE ANY CHECK ON HIS ABUSE OF POWER.
PUT SIMPLY, HE TREATS OUR COUNTRY LIKE IT'S HIS FAMILY BUSINESS.
THIS TIME OUR MORAL AUTHORITY AT HOME AND ABROAD.
BUT OUR COUNTRY DOESN'T BELONG TO HIM, IT PLAWNGZ TO ALL BELONGS TO ALL OF US.
JOE BIDEN EMBRISES EMBRACES THAT.
HE'S LED HIS ENTIRE LIFE PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST.
HE NEVER LAID DOWN FROM A CHALLENGE OR A BULLET.
HE SUMMONS THE BEST IN US AND LIVES BY THE VALUES THAT DEFINE US AS AMERICANS.
SERVICE, INTEGRITY, COURAGE, COMPASSION.
THERE ARE COUNTLESS STORIES OF JOE BIDEN REACHING OUT TO SOMEONE IN THEIR MOMENT OF NEED.
WELL THIS IS OUR COUNTRY'S MOMENT OF NEED.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO RESPECTS OUR LAWS AND THE PRIVILEGE OF PUBLIC SERVICE WHO REFLECTS OUR VALUES AND CARES ABOUT OUR PEOPLE.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL RESTORE THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN.
>> OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED FAILED LEADERSHIP UNDER DONALD J. TRUMP.
WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS INSANITY.
>> WE'VE WATCHED OUR COUNTRY DETERIORATE.
>> THE COVER UPS, THE LYING, THE FAVORITISM.
>> THE DISREGARD FOR THE CONSTITUTION.
>> DONALD TRUMP HAS FAILED AMERICA.
>> IT IS TIME FOR US TO RECLAIM OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES.
>> WE NEED TO PROVE TO THE WORLD AND MOST IMPORTANTLY PROVE TO OURSELVES THAT WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS.
>> WE NEED AN EXPERIENCED LEADER.
>> A LEADER THAT HAS MASS, INTEGRITY AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND HIS NAME IS JOE BIDEN.
>> JOE BIDEN I JOE BIDEN IS OUR LEADER.
>> I REALLY WANTED THE BEST FOR THIS COUNTRY.
>> HE UNDERSTANDS THE RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
>> HE WILL MOVE TOWARD CREATING A MORE PERFECT UNION.
>> HI, THIS IS SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER DEMOCRATIC LEADER FROM MY HOME TOWN, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
BEHIND ME IS A SEEFT I SIGHT I SEE OUT OF MY WINDOW EVERY NIGHT, THE STATUTE OF LIBERTY THE SAME SIGHT THAT GREETED HOPEFUL IMMIGRANTS LIKE MY PARENTS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND BEACON OF HOPE TO THE WORLD.
TODAY DONALD TRUMP HAS DIVIDED OUR COUNTRY DOB MINISHED OUR GREATNESS AND DEMEANED EVERYTHING THAT THIS STATUTE REPRESENTS.
HE EVEN HID IN A BANKER BUNKER AS AMERICANS WERE BEAT.
HUNDREDS OF OF AMERICANS HAVE DIED FROM COVID AND DONALD TRUMP SAYS IT IS WHAT IT IS.
A PRESIDENT SHOULD NEVER SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN HARSHING THE GREAT SACRIFICE -- HONORING THE GREAT SACRIFICE AT GETTYSBURG DIDN'T SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS.
SEEING A THIRD OF THE NATION IMCLASS AND ILL NEUROISSUED DIDN'T SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP HAS QUIT ON YOU.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WITH DIGNITY, INTEGRITY AND THE EXPERIENCE TO LEAD US OUT OF THIS CRISES.
A MAN WITH A STEADY HAND AND A BIG HEART WHO WILL NEVER EVER QUIT ON AMERICA.
THAT MAN IS MY FRIEND, JOE BIDEN.
HE WILL BE A GREAT PRESIDENT BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF OUR NATION, JOE CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
DEMOCRATS MUST TAKE BACK THE SENATE.
WE WILL STAY UNITED FROM SANDERS AND WARREN TO MANSION AND WARNER AND WITH OUR UNITY WE WILL BRING BOLD AND DRAMATIC CHANGE TO OUR COUNTRY.
>> LEFT ME TELL YOU SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO.
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, WE WILL MAKE HEALTHCARE AFFORDABLE FOR ALL.
WE'LL UNDO THE VICIOUS INEQUITY OF INCOME AND WEALTH THAT HAS PLAGUED AMERICA FOR FAR TOO LONG AND WILL TAKE STRONG DECISIVE ACTION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND SAVE THE PLANET.
WE WILL PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS, FIGHT SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND IN OUR ECONOMY AND RESTORE A SUPREME COURT THAT LOOKS OUT FOR PEOPLE NOT CORPORATIONS.
WE'LL REBUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKE SURE EVERY HOME FROM CENTER CITY TO RURAL AMERICA HAS BROAD BAND.
WE WILL SAVE THE POST OFFICE AND ONCE AND FOR ALL DEFEAT COVID 19 THIS EVIL DISEASE.
AND THE LADY BEHIND US, WE WILL REFORM OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM SO THAT IMMIGRANTS YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE WILL AT LAST BECOME AMERICAN CITIZENS.
TOGETHER, WE CAN REIGNITE THE HOPE ONCE FELT BY MILLIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN.
HUDDLED MASSES ON CREAKING SHIPS TO GLIMPSED THIS MIGHTY WOMEN WITH THEIR TORCH KNOWING THEY COULD BUILD A BETTER LIFE HERE IN AMERICA.
AND OUT OF THIS LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE, AMERICA WILL FINALLY AWAKEN TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE AND A NEW DAY.
>> Woodruff: FROM THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL SALLY YATES TO SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER AND HAD HIS BELOVED BROOKLYN, WE NOW TRANSITION TO A SECTION OF THE PROGRAM BEST DESCRIBED AS FORMER PRESIDENTS.
FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO HEAR FROM THE DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, CAROLINE KENNEDY AND HER SON JACK SCHLOSSBERG.
>> MY FATHER ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.
HE CHALLENGED FOR AMERICANS TO LOOK FOR THE FUTURE AND JOIN HIM ON A JOURNEY TOWARD A NEW FRONTIER.
>> IT WAS A CALL TO THE YOUNG AT HEART REGARDLESS OF AGE OR PARTY.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED BUT THE THEMES OF MY GRANDFATHER'S SPEECH, COURAGE, UNITY AND PATRIOTISM ARE AS IMPORTANT TODAY AS THEY WERE IN 1960.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE NEED A LEADER WHO BELIEVES AMERICA'S BEST DAYS ARE YET TO COME.
WE NEED JOE BIDEN.
>> I'VE ADMIRED JOE BIDEN SINCE I WAS A SENATE INTERN IN 1964.
HE SHARED MY UNCLE TEDDY'S COMMITMENT, THE CIVIL RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WORKING FAMILIES.
HE WAS A SENATOR WHO CARED, WHO LEAD, WHO INSPIRED.
THAT'S WHY I WILL CHOOSE HIM TO BE BARACK OBAMA'S RUNNING MATE.
I GOT TO SEE HIM IN ACTION.
I SAW HIM WALK OFF AIR FORCE TWO RADIATING A BIG SMILE WITH OPTIMISM AND GENEROSITY.
I SAW A LEADER WHO WAS TOUGH BUT FAIR.
WHO COMMANDED THE TRUST AND RESPECT OF OTHER NATIONS AND WHO ALWAYS PUT AMERICA'S INTERESTS FIRST.
JOE BIDEN'S LIFETIME OF PUBLIC SERVICE REFLECT HIS UNWAIVERRING COMMITMENT TO TO HIGHER IDEALS.
>> FOR MY GENERATION IT WILL DEFINE THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
WE NEED TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE AND END SYSTEMIC RACIAL INJUSTICE.
WE NEED TO MAKE HEALTHCARE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY AND WE NEED TO REBUILD A ECONOMY THAT HELPS WORKING FAMILIES.
WE CAN DO THIS.
WE CAN REACH THESE NEW FRONTIERS BUT ONLY WITH A PRESIDENT WHO ASKS WHAT HE CAN DO FOR OUR COUNTRY AND WHAT TOGETHER WE CAN DO TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD.
IT'S UP TO US.
LET'S GET IT DONE.
LET'S ELECT JOE BIDEN AS NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE FOR JIMMY AND ME TO JOIN YOU IN CELEBRATING OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
WE'VE KNOWN AND ADMIRED JOE FOR MANY YEARS AND MOST RECENTLY I'VE WORKED WITH HIM ON CONTACT LING THE BY MORE THAN 53 MILLION UNPAID CARE GIVERS IN OUR COUNTRY WHO ARE JUGGLING WORK AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND PUTTING THEIR OWN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING AT RISK.
JOE KNOWS WELL, TOO WELL OF SORROWS AND STRUGGLES BEING A FAMILY CARE-GIVER.
FROM JOE'S TIME AS A YOUNG WIDOWER THRUST INTO PARENT HOOD WITH A DEMANDING JOB TO HE AND JOE CARING FOR HIS OWN PARENTS TO THE END OF THEIR LIVES.
HE KNOWS CARE GIVING IS HARD EVEN ON THE GOOD DAYS.
JOE AND I ALSO KNOW THE CHALLENGES OF CARE GIVING FOR THOSE WHO SERVED THE MILITARY AND RETURNED WITH VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE WOUNDS.
AND WE KNOW THOSE CARE GIVERS WERE DELIVERIES IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
JIMMY AND I ARE VOTING FOR JOE BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZES THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR FAMILIES AND HAS THEIR HEARTS TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ALL AMERICANS.
>> I RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1976 JOE BIDEN WAS MY FIRST AND FOREMOST 130ER9ER.
FOR DECADES BEES BEEN A LOYAL AND DEDICATE FRIEND.
HE HAS EXPERIENCE AND DECENCY TO RESTORE AMERICA'S GREATNESS.
WE DESERVE A PERSON WITH INTEGRITY AND JUDGMENT.
SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, SOMEONE WHO IS COMMITTED TO WHAT IS BASED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
JOE IS THAT KIND OF LEADER AND HE IS THE RIGHT PORN FOR THIS MOMENT IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY.
HE UNDERSTANDS DIGNITY, RACE AND CAN DETERMINE NOT ONLY OUR VISIONS BUT OUR ACTIONS.
IN THESE UNTERRITORY TIMES NOBODY REALIZES MANY AMERICAN LIVES CAN BE SAVED ETCH DAY USING MASK AND TESTING.
JOE BIDEN MUST BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
>> GOOD EVENING, A PRESIDENT IS ELECTION IS THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT JOB INIVE OUR KIDS BETTER TOMORROWS.
IT'S A TALL ORDER THIS YEAR.
WITH THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK ON PATH TO KILLING 200,000 PEOPLE, AND DESTROYING BILLIONS OF JOBS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
HOW DID DONALD TRUMP RESPOND?
AT FIRST HE SAID THE VIRUS WAS UNDER CONTROL.
AND WOULD SOON DISAPPEAR.
WHEN IT DIDN'T, HE WAS ON TV EVERY DAY BRAGGING ON WHAT A GREAT JOB WAS DOING.
WHEN-SCIENTISTS WAITED TO GIVE US VITAL INFORMATION.
WHEN HE DIDN'T LIKE THE EXPERT ADVICE HE WAS GIVEN, HE IGNORED IT.
ONLY WHEN COVID EXPLODED EVEN MORE STATES DID HE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS.
BY THEN MANY MORE WERE DYING.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE SURGE IN DEATHS HE SHRUGGED SAID, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT DID IT HAVE FOR THIS WAY?
NO.
COVID HIT US MUCH HARDER THAN IT HAD TO.
WE HAVE JUST 4% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, BUT 25% OF THE WORLD'S COVID CASES.
MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS SOUTH KOREA, TWO AND A HALF TIMES UNITED KINGDOM MORE THAN THREE TIMES JAPAN'S.
DONALD TRUMP SAYS WE'RE LEADING THE WORLD.
WELL, WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY TO HAVE ITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TRIPLE.
AT A TIME LIKE THIS, THE OVAL OFFICE SHOULD BE A COMMAND CENTER.
INSTEAD IT'S A STORM CENTER.
ONLY CHAOS.
JUST ONE THING NEVER CHANGES.
HIS DETERMINATION TO DENY RESPONSIBILITY AND SHIFT THE BLAME.
THE BUCK NEVER STOPS THERE.
NOW YOU HAVE TO DECIDE, WHETHER TO RENEW HIS CONTRACT OR HIRE SOMEONE ELSE.
IF YOU WANT A PRESIDENT WHO DEFINES THE JOB AS SPENDING HOURS A DAY WATCHING TV AND ZAPPING PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HE'S YOUR MAN.
DENYING, DISTRACTING, DEMEANING WORKS GREAT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ENTERTAIN OR INFLAME.
BUT IN A REAL CRISIS, IT COLLAPSES LIKE A HOUSE OF CARDS.
COVID JUST DOESN'T RESPOND TO ANY OF THAT.
TO BEAT IT, YOU'VE GOT TO ACTUALLY GO TO WORK AND DEAL WITH THE FACTS.
OUR PARTY IS UNITED AND OFFERING YOU A VERY DIFFERENT CHOICE.
A GO TO WORK PRESIDENT.
A DOWN TO EARTH, GET THE JOB DONE GUY.
A MAN WITH A MISSION TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY NOT SHIFT THE BLAME.
CONCENTRATE NOT DISTRACT, UNITE NOT DIVIDE.
OUR CHOICE IS JOE BIDEN.
JOE HELPED BRING US BACK FROM A RECESSION BEFORE AND HE CAN DO IT AGAIN.
IN 2009, BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN STARTED WITH THE WORST ECONOMY SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
WHEN THEY WERE DONE, THEY DELIVERED MORE THAN SIX STRAIGHT YEARS OF JOB GROWTH.
WHAT DID JOE DO?
HE ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTING THE RECOVERY ACT.
HIS WORK CREATED A LOT OF NEW JOBS AND STARTED MANY NEW COMPANIES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
NOW JOE'S COMMITTED TO BUILDING AMERICA BACK AGAIN.
HOW?
HE'S GIVEN US SMART, DETAILED PLANS TO INVEST IN AREAS VITAL TO OUR FUTURE.
INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR MODERN FACTORIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
GOOD JOBS AND GREEN ENERGY IN CONSERVATION TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BRINGS SMALL TOWN AND RURAL AMERICA THE CONNEGATIVITY AND VESTMENT OTHER STATES OR GRANTED GRANTED.
PLAN TO ENSURE THAT BLACK AMERICANS, LATINO AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, WOMEN, IMMIGRANTS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES LEFT BEHIND ARE FULL PARTICIPANTS.
AND OUR ECONOMY AND OUR SOCIETY.
JOE BIDEN WANTS TO BUILD AN ECONOMY FAR BETTER SUITED TO OUR CHANGING WORLD.
BETTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
BETTER FOR FAMILIES WORKING AND RAISING THEIR KIDS.
BETTER FOR PEOPLE WHO LOST JOBS AND MADE NEW ONES.
BETTER FOR FARMER, TIRED OF BEING CAN R COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN TRADE WARS.
BETTER BECAUSE OF A LIVING WAGE AND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HIRE EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
AND TO CHILD CARE, A SECURE RETIREMENT AND FIRST TIME, PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.
JOE WON'T JUST PUT A SIGNATURE ON A CHECK AND TRY TO FOOL YOU IT CAME FROM HIM.
HE'LL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PAYCHECK REFLECTS YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO AND YOUR STAKE IN A GROWING ECONOMY.
AND THIS JOB INTERVIEW, THE DIFFERENCE IS STARK.
YOU KNOW WHAT DONALD TRUMP WILL DO WITH FOUR MORE YEARS.
BLAME, BULLY AND BELITTLE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT JOE BIDEN WILL DO, BUILD BACK BETTER.
IT'S TRUMP'S US VERSUS THEM AMERICA AGAINST JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA.
WHERE WE ALL LIVE AND WORK TOGETHER.
IT'S A CLEAR CHOICE.
THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY IS RIDING ON IT.
THANK YOU.
>> Woodruff: WE ARE HEARING FROM THREE FORMER PRESIDENTS THE DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY, OF COURSE JIMMY CARTER AND HIS WIFE JUST NOW, BILL CLINTON.
WITH A TOUGH MESSAGE ABOUT THE BUCK NEVER STOPPING HERE TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
RIGHT NOW AMNA THAT WAS IS CHECK IN WITH A REPORTER IN A STATE THAT JOE MUST WIN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, EVEN AS DEMOCRATS MEET VIRTUALLY TODAY IT WAS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY IN SEVERAL STATES.
INCLUDING THE BATTLEGROUND OF FLORIDA.
BOTH JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP ARE TRYING TO MOTIVATE VOTERS THERE AHEAD OF NOVEMBER.
TOM IS HUDSON IS A CORRESPONDENT THE PUBLIC MEDIA STATION IN MIAMI HE JOINS US NOW, TOM, WELCOME TO YOU AND THANKS FOR MAKING THE TIME.
SPEAKING OF VIRTUAL MEETING WE KNOW TAT JOE BIDEN MET WITH THIS DELEGATES FROM FLORIDA EARLIER TODAY, VIRTUALLY OF COURSE.
YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF THEM AND VOTERS ON THE GROUND, TELL US WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THEM HOW THIS WHOLE VIRTUAL CONVENTION IS GOING OVER WITH THEM?
>> PRETTY WELL, ACTUALLY.
SO FAR IN THE EARLY STAGES.
BUILDING VIRTUAL EXCITEMENT, BUILDING THE BIG TENT, BUILDING THE PARTY OF UNITY ARE THE THEMES THAT THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION DELEGATES WANT TO HEAR AND ARE HEARING IN THIS VIRTUAL SPACE.
THEY ARE EXCITED, THEY WANT A SENSE OF URGENCY TO COME FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
SOMETHING THEY DID NOT FEEL NECESSARILY IN 2016.
AND THEY WANT THAT TO RESULT, OF COURSE, IN A LARGE DEMOCRATIC TURN OUT PARTICULARLY DRIVEN HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA WHERE I'M TALKING FROM TONIGHT.
WE SAW SOME EVIDENCE OF THAT BUILDING EXCITEMENT IN THE PRIMARY TODAY IN FLORIDA.
JUST LOCAL ELECTIONS BUT WE DID SEE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, DEMOCRATIC SIDE ALL SURVIVE CHALLENGES FROM THEIR LEFT IN THEIR PRIMARY CHALLENGES TONIGHT AND THEY SURVIVED THEM WITH PLENTY OF HEAD SPACE.
SO THAT KIND OF EXCITEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE EVEN SAW PLAY OUT TODAY.
AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS HERE IN FLORIDA.
>> YOU MENTIONED VOTE BY MAIL WHEN YOU LOOK AHEAD TO NOVEMBER WE ARE ANTICIPATING INFLUX OF PEOPLE VOTING BY MAIL.
TODAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION YOU JUST MENTIONED WAS A BIT OF A TEST RUN.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW VOTING BY MAIL WENT OVER HOW SMOOTHLY PROCEEDINGS ARE GOING WITH TODAY TODAY'S ELECTIONS?
>> PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING FOR FLORIDA, OF COURSE.
THE SUBPOENA SHAPE STATE HAS A REPUTATION WHEN IT COURSE TO ELECTION NIGHTS.
2000 THEN 2018 MOST RECENTLY STATEWIDE ELECTIONS, SEVERAL RACES MOVING IN TO RECOUNT BACK THEN.
BUT THOSE WERE REALLY PRIMARILY PROBLEMS ON ELECTION NIGHT AND VOTES THAT WERE CAST DURING ELECTION DAY.
VOTE BY MAIL FOR THIS ELECTION AN ENORMOUS INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VOTERS.
TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE NUMBER OF VOTERS IN THIS PRIMARY ELECTION REQUESTED VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS COMPARED TO THE AUGUST PRIMARY ELECTION IN 2016.
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THEM HAVE NOT PICKED UP ON ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEM.
>> GOOD TO HEAR NO PROBLEMS.
A LOT OF EYES WILL BE ON FLORIDA IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD.
THAT IS TOM HUDSON FROM WLRN IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
THANKS SO MUCH TO YOU, TOM.
>> Woodruff: IT'S GREAT TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE FLORIDA DELEGATES ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS CONVENTION.
RIGHT NOW WEAR MOVING INTO THE BUSINESS OF THIS CONVENTION, ROLL CALL WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE ACTUAL NOMINATION OF JOE BIDEN.
IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THIS CONVENTION IS NOT ONLY GOING TO NOMINATE JOE BIDEN IT'S ALSO GOING TO NOMINATE BERNIE SANDERS.
WE HAVE CONGRESSMAN BENNY THOMPSON OF MISSISSIPPI HE HAS JUST INTRODUCED THE FORMER UAW PRESIDENT, BOB KING FOR THE FIRST NOMINATING SPEECH.
LET'S LISTEN.
>> FOR DECADES, BERNIE HAS LED THE FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
FIGHTING FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE UNIONS AND COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN.
IN A TIME OF ENORMOUS INEQUALITY INEQUALITY.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE MUST CONFRONT LARGE CORPORATIONS WHICH HAVE FAR TOO MUCH CONTROL OVER OUR ECONOMY AND OUR POLITICS.
BERNIE BELIEVES HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONTINGENT ON A JOB.
HE KNOWS WE CAN REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE BY CREATING MILLIONS OF GOOD PAYING UNION JOBS WHILE COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE.
BERNIE'S MORAL CLARITY HAS EMBOLDENED THE DEMOCRATIC'S PARTY FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, THE GRASSROOTS ENERGY OF HIS SUPPORTERS HAS CEMENTED IMPORTANT ADVANCES IN OUR PLATFORM.
BERNIE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE A MOVEMENT THAT HELPS DEFEAT TRUMP AND DELIVERS TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE.
I'M EXCITED TO PLACE INTO NOMINATION THE NAME OF A GREAT CHAMPION OF THE WORKING CLASS, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY ENDEAVORING TOWARDS A BETTER, MORE JUST FUTURE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND OUR WORLD.
IN FIDELITY AND GRATITUDE TO AMASS PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT WORKING TO ESTABLISH 21st CENTURY SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS INCLUDING GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE, HIGHER EDUCATION, LIVING WAGES AND LABOR RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
A MOVEMENT STRIVING TO RECOGNIZE AND REPAIR THE WOUNDS OF RACIAL INJUSTICE, COLONIZATION, MISOGYNY AND HOMOPHOBIA.
TO PROPOSE AND BUILD REIMAGINED SYSTEMS OF IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN POLICY THAT TURN AWAY FROM THE VIOLENCE AND XENOPHOBIA I CAN'T OF OUR PAST, A MOVEMENT THAT REALLIZES THE UNSUSTAINABLE BRUTALITY OF AN ECONOMY THAT RE REWARDS EXPLOSIVE INEQUALITIES OF WEALTH FOR THE FEW.
AT THE EXPENSE OF LONG TERM STABILITY FOR THE MANY.
AND WHO ORGANIZED A HISTORIC GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN TO RECLAIM OUR DEMOCRACY.
IN A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE LOOKING FOR DEEP, SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS TO OUR CRISES OF MASS EVICTIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT AND LACK OF HEALTH CARE AND OUT OF A LOVE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
I HERE BY SECOND THE NOMINATION OF SENATOR BERNARD SANDERS OF VERMONT.
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. KING AND REPRESENTATIVE ONS WE NOW TURN TO -- REPRESENTATIVE BE OCASIO-CORTEZ.
IN A MOMENT WE'LL HEAR FROM SENATOR CHRIS CONNS ONCE HELD BY VICE PRESIDENT AND LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER, MY COLLEAGUE IN THE HOUSE.
BUT FIRST, WE'LL HEAR FROM JACQUELINE, A WORKING AMERICAN WHO MET JOE BIDEN IN A MOST UN UNEXPECTED PLACE, THE ELEVATOR WHERE SHE WORKED.
>> POWERFUL PEOPLE UP ON MY ELEVATOR ALL THE TIME.
WHEN THEY GET OFF, THEY GO TO THEIR IMPORTANT MEETINGS.
ME, I JUST HEAD BACK TO THE LOBBY.
BUT IN THE SHORT TIME I SPENT WITH JOE BIDEN, I COULD TELL HE REALLY SAW ME.
THAT HE ACTUALLY CARED THAT MY LIFE MEANT SOMETHING TO HIM.
AND I KNEW EVEN WHEN HE WENT INTO HIS IMPORTANT MEETING, HE'D TAKE MY STORY IN THERE WITH HIM THAT'S BECAUSE JOE BIDEN HAS ROOM IN HIS HEART FOR MORE THAN JUST HIMSELF.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND WE HAVE TOUGH DAYS AHEAD.
BUT NOMINATING SOMEONE LIKE THAT TO BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.
THAT'S WHY I NOMINATE MY FRIEND, JOE BIDEN, AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> I'M SENATOR CHRIS KOONV DELAWARE.
A SMALL STATE WHERE PEOPLE EXPECT TO SEE THEIR SENATORS AND EVEN SOMETIMES THEIR VICE PRESIDENT AT THE SUPERMARKET, AT A CHURCH FESTIVAL, OUT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
JOE FIGHTS FOR US BECAUSE HE KNOWS OUR STRUGGLES AND HOPES.
HE KNOWS THE PAIN OF LOSS AND WORRIES OF WORKING PARENTS.
AND HE'S ALWAYS BROUGHT THAT SAME PERSONAL CONCERN HE SHOWED FOR JACQUELINE TO GETTING THINGS DONE, AS OUR SENATOR THEN AS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VICE PRESIDENT.
JOE'S TACKLED GUN VIOLENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE, HE STOOD UP TO DICTATORS AND SUPPORTED OUR TROOPS.
HE LED THE RECOVERY EFFORT AFTER THE LAST RECESSION AND DELIVERED ON A PROMISE TO MAKE OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FAIRER AND STRONGER.
THROUGH IT ALL JOE BIDEN'S NEVER FORGOTTEN WHERE HE'S FROM.
HE'S BEEN SUSTAINED BY HIS FAITH AND HIS FAMILY THROUGH THE TOUGHEST OF TIMES.
AND HE HAS THE HEART AND COMPASSION FOR THIS MOMENT.
FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS AND MORE, IT'S MY HONOR TO SECOND THE NOMINATION OF MY -- >> ME BOUT OUR GOVERNMENT AND INTEGRITY TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT HOW WE BONK ORED A PANDEMIC, STOOD UNITED FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND BUILT OUR ECONOMY BACK BETTER THAN BEFORE.
THEY'RE LEARNING 'OUT HIGHWAY HIS LEADERSHIP GAVE THEIR GENERATION A FIGHTING CHANCE.
THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT US, TOO.
ABOUT THE RESOLVE AND UNITY WE SHOWED AGAINST THE FORCES OF HATRED AND DIVISION.
ABOUT THE WORK WE WILL DO OVER THE NEXT 11 WEEKS.
ABOUT THE NIGHT WHENMIGHT OUR DISTANCE WE CAME TOGETHER TO NOMINATE JOE BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
A NOMINATION I'M HONORED TO SECOND.
>> THANK I ALL.
PURSUANT TO OUR CONVENTION RULES WE'LL OUT PROCEED TO A ROLL CALL BY STATES ON THE SELECTION OF OUR PARTY'S CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
SECRETARY.
>> COMING TO YOU FLUFF THE WISCONSIN CENTER IT'S TIME TO BEGIN OUR VERSE WALTRIP AROUND AMERICA.
OUR JOURNEY BEGINS AT THE SITE LET'S GO TO ALABAMA.
>> JOHN LEWIS MARCHED ACROSS THIS BRIDGE IN 1965 TO DEMAND THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
A LIFETIME LATER, CIVIL RIGHTS AND VOTING RIGHTS REMAIN AMERICA AMERICA'S GREAT, UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
FOR THOSE WHO WALKED THIS PATH BEFORE US, SHOWED US THE WAY FORWARD.
IF WE WANT TO HONOR JOHN LEWIS' INCREDIBLE LIFE LET'S RESTORE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND ENSURE THAT OUR DEMOCRACY BELONGS TO ALL AMERICANS.
EIGHT VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 52 VOTES FAR OUR NEXT POSITIVE OF THESE UNITED STATES.
JOE BIDEN.
>> ALASKA.
>> >> DONALD TRUMP TOOK IT AWAY.
WE MUST ELECT A PRESIDENT WHO RESPECT OUR VOICES, PROTECT OUR WATERS AND ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.
ALASKA CAST SEVEN VOTES FOR BERNIE STANDS AND 12 FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDENMENT.
>> AMERICAN SAMOA I CAN'T.
>> JOE BIDEN HONORS OUR SERVICE AND SUPPORTS OUR COMMUNITY.
AS VICE PRESIDENT HE HELPED EXPAND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS.
OUR ECONOMY AND CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT HE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN RURAL AMERICA FROM NEW ENGLAND TO THE PACIFIC.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE AMERICAN SAMOA DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WE PROUDLY CAST 11 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JOE BIDEN!
>> I KNOW THAT PUBLIC EDUCATORS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCES THIS FALL.
AS A MOTHER OF A HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN I KNOW THAT IT'S FAR FROM PERFECT.
AS NAU ORGANIZERS I'LL FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SCIENTISTS, PARENTS AND EDUCATORS THAT DECIDE WHEN IT'S SAFE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL NOT POLITICIANS.
AS ARIZONA LATINA I PROUDLY CAST OUR VOTE, 29 FOR BERNIE SANDERS 51 FOR OUR NEXT MA, JOE BIDEN.
>> WE ALL CAN USE A LITTLE EXTRA LOVE THESE DAYS WE TOOK OUR FOOD TRUCKS TO DELIVER MEALS MADE RIGHT HERE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED.
AMERICA KEPT LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
ARKANSAS PASSED NINE VOTES FOR BERNIE STANDERS AND 27 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN!
>> CALIFORNIA.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT -- IT'S REAL AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE BEEN BEAR BEARING THE BRUNT OF THIS FOR GENERATIONS.
JOE BIDEN PLAN TO CRACKDOWN ON POLLUTEERS TO PROTECT OUR AIR AND WATER IS -- KAMALA HARRIS, 2331 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 263 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN!
>> COLORADO.
>> WE GREW UP IN POVERTY AS IMMIGRANTS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A DECENT LIVING.
WE'RE EXTREMELY LUCKY.
BUT NOW WE HAVE THREE FAMILIES MEMBERS THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID JUST DOESN'T FEEL TO PUT THEM BACK TO SCHOOL.
I TRUST HIM 20 FIGHT FOR US.
COLORADO WILL CAST 36 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 42 FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> CONNECTICUT.
>> FIREFIGHTERS ARE PROUD TO PUT OUR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY TO PROTECT OUR NATION.
IT'S A BADGE OF COURAGE.
BUT WHILE WE ARE PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY, WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO IS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING OURS.
THAT'S JOE BIDEN.
HE HAS COURAGE WE RESPECT AND COMMITMENT TO WORKING AMERICANS WE NEED NOW.
ON BEHALF OF OUR GOVERNOR I AM HONORED TO CAST CONNECTICUT'S 75 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> DELAWARE.
DEMOCRATS ABROAD.
>> WE REPRESENT THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND VOTE BACK HOME HOME.
AMERICANS ABROAD CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE STATES THAT WILL DECIDE THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ELECT A PRESIDENT WHO WILL RESTORE OUR STANDING AROUND THE WORLD.
GO TO VOTEFORABROAD TO LOOK MORE MORE.
TEN VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 7 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
>> WELCOME TO MY HOMETOWN AND BEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
WASHINGTON D.C. IS 706,000 RESIDENTS STRONG WE RAISE FAMILIES, PAY TAXES AND SERVE THE UNITED STATES MILITARY JUST LIKE EVERY AMERICAN IN THE 50 STATES.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUST PASSED AN HISTORIC PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO MAKE WASHINGTON, D.C.
THE 51st STATE FROM BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROUDLY CASTS ONE VOTE FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 43 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> FLORIDA.
>> WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS MURDERED IN PARK LAND, JOE BIDEN CALLED TO SHARE AN OUR FAMILY'S GRIEF.
I QUICKLY LEARNED ABOUT HIS DECENCY AND CIVILITY BUT ALSO LEARNED ABOUT HIS TOUGHNESS HOW HE'S BEATEN THE NRA TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER VIC TESTIMONIES OF GUN VIOLENCE AND OUR NATION'S YOUTH, JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS WILL TAKE ON THE NRA AGAIN AND WIN.
LET'S WIN BACK OUR FREEDOM TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR.
FLORIDA CAST 57 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 192 VOGTLE FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN!
>> GEORGIA.
>> MY MENTOR, CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS, KNEW THAT THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS SACRED.
GEORGIANS KNOW THAT OUR ABILITY TO VOTE IS UNDER ATTACK, LONG LINES, VOTER SUPPRESSION, DONALD TRUMP IS EVEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN THE MAIL AND FORCE US TO RISK OUR LIVES TO CAST A BALLOT.
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.
TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE AND TEXT VOTE TO 30330 MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD IN THIS ELECTION.
FROM THE CRADLE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND IN THE SPIRIT OF GOOD TROUBLE, GEORGIA CAST OUR 117 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> GUAM.
>> SEVEN YEARS AGO THIS SUMMER BECAME U.S. CITIZENS, WE'RE PROUD OF OUR RESILIENCE, PROUD OF OUR INDIGENOUS HERITAGE, AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OUR PARTY AND OUR NATION.
FROM THE LAND WHERE AMERICA'S DAY BEGINS, GUAM CAST TWO VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 11 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> HAWAII.
>> I CAME FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO HAWAII.
THE LAND OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE HAWAIIANS TODAY I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY FELLOW IMMIGRANTS TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS ON THE FRONT LINE TO THE SERVICE MEMBERS WHO WEAR OUR FLAG, TO THE PARENTS WHO HAVE BIG DREAMS FOR THEIR CHILDREN NO MATTER WHERE WE CAME FROM IMMIGRANTS RELY ON OUR COUNTRY'S LONG FIGHT FOR JUSTICE JUSTICE, WE BELONG IN THE AMERICA BEER BUILDING TOGETHER.
HAWAII, BIRTH PLACE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA, CAST NINE VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 23 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> IDAHO.
>> WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR WASHINGTON TO ACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
HERE IN BOISE, WE KNOW THAT CLEAN ENERGY DOESN'T JUST MEAN A HEALTHIER PLANET IT MEANS GOOD PAYING JOBS.
IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO WITH A PRESIDENT THAT LISTENS TO SCIENCE AND LEADS WITH COURAGE.
IDAHO CAST NINE VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 16 FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN!
>> ILLINOIS.
>> DISCRIMINATION HAS DENIED TOO MANY BLACK AMERICANS THE CHANCE TO OWN A HOME AND BUILD WEALTH.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO END RACIST LENDING PRACTICES AND HELP MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM OF OWNING A HOME.
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT RACIAL JUSTICE, IT'S ABOUT STRONGER COMMUNITIES.
AND MORE ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
ILLINOIS CAST 59 VOTES FO BERNIE SANDERS AND 122 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> INDIANA.
>> HERE IN SOUTH BEND, WE ONCE FEARED THAT OUR BEST DAYS WERE BEHIND US.
BUT THEN WE REIMAGINED OUR ECONOMY WITH NEW JOBS AND NEW INDUSTRIES.
THE HOOSIER STATE IS READY TO LEAD AMERICA'S RECOVERY.
WITH OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, OUR TALENTED WORKERS AND OUR BEST IN THE WORLD AGRICULTURAL.
JOE BIDEN'S PLAN GIVES US A BLUEPRINT TO REVITALIZE RURAL AREAS ALIKE.
INDIANA CASTS TWO VOTES FOR MY FRIEND, BERNIE SANDERS AND 86 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> IOWA.
>> WE WERE GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT BIOFUELS.
BUT THE POWERFUL STORM THAT SWEPT THROUGH IOWA LAST WEEK HAS TAKEN A TERRIBLE TOLL ON OUR FARMERS, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES WHO ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER.
>> WHILE WE HAVE THE HONOR OF CASTING IOWA'S VOTES, 11 FOR BERNIE SANDERS, 38 FOR JOE BIDEN WE ALSO WANTED TO ASK KEEP IOWA IN YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> KANSAS.
>> I'M A FOURTH GENERATION FAMILY FARMER.
BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION.
MANY OF OUR YOUNG FOLKS END UP MOVING FROM A RURAL COMMUNITY TO FIND JOBS.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO HELP NEW FARMERS GET A GOOD START AND BY FUNDING SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CARE, HE'LL MAKE SURE THAT RURAL COMMUNITIES REMAIN GREAT PLACES TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE A FAMILY FAMILY.
KANSAS PROUDLY CASTS TEN VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS, 35 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> KENTUCKY.
>> ONE DAY WHEN I WAS 14 MY MOM WOULDN'T WAKE UP.
CALLING 911, I WAS SCARED NOT ONLY BECAUSE SHE WAS SICK BUT BECAUSE I KNEW WE COULDN'T AFFORD THE BILL.
THANK GOD SHE SURVIVED.
WHEN I TOLD JOE BIDEN THAT STORY IN 2008, HE PROMISED TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR FOLKS LIKE US AND GOT BUSY PASSING OBAMACARE.
TWO YEARS AGO WHEN MOM HAD A HEART ATTACK, WE ONLY HAD TO WORRY ABOUT HER GETTING BETTER BECAUSE JOE KEPT HIS PROMISE.
COMMONWEALTH OF CONDITION CONDITION CAST ALL 60 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> LOUISIANA,.
>> THIS USED TO BE AN ABANDONED BUILDING, NOW IT'S A THRIVING ART STUDIO, A COMMUNITY HUB, A PLACE WHERE INDEPENDENT ARTISTS CAN MAKE THEIR NAME AND PARENTS CAN BRING THEIR KIDS DURING THESE DIFFICULT DAYS OF REMOTE LEARNING.
>> OUR CITIES ARE STRONG BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE MAKE THEM STRONG.
AND OUR ECONOMY WILL.
COME BACK BECAUSE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WILL BRING IT BACK.
>> LOUISIANA CASTS ALL 60 OF OUR VOTES FOR MY FRIEND AND NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MAINE,.
>> MY AMERICAN DREAM, I'M LIVING IT.
A 5 ACRE ORGANIC FARM ON THE LAKE, A ROADSIDE FARM STAND AND BED AND BREAKFAST.
MY HUSBAND AND I AREN'T CORPORATE TYCOONS WE JUST WANT TO MAKE AN HONEST LIVING AND FEED OUR COMMUNITY.
SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE OURS ARE THE BACKBONE OF RURAL ECONOMIES ACROSS AMERICA.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO HELP MORE AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
MAINE CASTS NINE VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 2 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MARYLAND.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER, WHEN IT COMES TO RACIAL JUSTICE, BLACK OPPORTUNITY MATTERS.
>> WHEN JOE BIDEN REBUILT OUR MIDDLE CLASS HE WON'T LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND.
>> MORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HBCUS AND PAYING EVERY WORKER.
>> MARYLAND.
>> THE HOME OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
>> CAST ONE VOTE FOR BERNIE SAND SANDERS AND 119 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MASSACHUSETTS.
>> WE NEED A PLAN TO GET THE ECONOMY GOING AGAIN.
JOE BIDEN WILL GET THE PANDEMIC UNDER CONTROL, CREATE NEW JOBS AND MANUFACTURING AND CLEAN ENERGY.
HELP SMALL BUSINESSES AND OUR RESTAURANTS RECOVER.
AND BUILDS BACK BETTER SO THAT OUR ECONOMY IS STRONGER AND FAIRER THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
MASSACHUSETTS CASTS 30 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS, AND 83 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MICHIGAN AUTO WORKERS ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
BUT WE'D BE NO WHERE WITHOUT JOE BIDEN.
A LOT OF FOLKS WANT TO LET DETROIT GO BANKRUPT BUT JOE BIDEN BELIEVED IN US TOGETHER WE FOUGHT TO SAVE OUR AUTO INDUSTRY INDUSTRY.
>> NOW HE'S GOT PLAN TO CREATE A MILLION NEW AUTO JOBS.
JOE BIDEN BELIEVES IN AMERICAN WORKERS.
HE'S GOT OUR BACK AND WE'VE GOT HIS.
>> MICHIGAN CASTS 53 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 9 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MINNESOTA.
>> I'M HEREIN MINNESOTA, THE HOME OF THE HEAD WATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WE KNOW THAT A BRIDGE SHOULDN'T FALL DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AMERICA.
BUT IT DID.
AND WE CAME TOGETHER TO REBUILD IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN AMERICA.
THAT'S WHAT JOE BIDEN WILL DO AS PRESIDENT.
HE'LL BUILD BACK BETTER.
HE'LL CROSS THE RIVER OF OUR DIVIDES AND UNITE THIS COUNTRY FROM OUR CITIES TO OUR SUBURBS TO OUR RURAL AREAS.
AND NOW WE WILL VIRTUALLY CROSS THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI TO ST. ST. PAUL TO HEAR FROM MY FRIEND, MAYOR MELVIN CARTER.
>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.
AS 46th MAYOR OF A CITY THAT IS MORE THAN READY FOR OUR 46 46th PRESIDENT, I'M PROUD TO CAST MINNESOTA'S 31 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 60 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MISSISSIPPI.
>> THE COLLEGE REFLECTS PROGRESSION OF THE PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY TO CITIZENSHIP TO SCHOLARSHIP AND LEADERSHIP.
CONTRIBUTING TO MISSISSIPPI AND THE WORLD.
OUR ALUMNI ARE LEADERS LIKE CONVENTION CHAIRMAN.
JOE BIDEN WANTS TO INVEST 70 BILLION IN HBCUs.
-- IMPACT THAT CAN HAVE ON HBCU IMAGINE WHAT IMPACT HBCUs CAN HAVE ON AMERICA.
MISSISSIPPI CAST TWO VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 38 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MISSOURI.
>> AS A MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BRICK LAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFT WORKERS, LOCAL ONE ST. LOUIS, I LOVE WALKING AROUND THE CITY AND SEEING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTER HAVE MADE.
BUILDING BACK BETTER.
MISSOURI CAST 28 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
AND 50 VOTED FOR OUT NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> MONTANA.
>> WHEN COVID SHUT DOWN MY COLLEGE I CAME HOME TO MY PARENTS RANCH TO FINISH ONLINE.
SOME DAYS I CAN'T EVEN GET VIDEO TO LOAD MUCH RURAL PROJECTS -- JOE BIDEN HAS PLAN TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
MONTANA CAST ONE VOTE FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 18 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> NEBRASKA.
>> I WORK AT MEAT PACKING PLANT.
LOT OF US DON'T HAVE PAID SICK LEAVE OR QUALITY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS, NOT ROBOTS, NOT DISPOSABLE.
WE WANT TO KEEP HELPING YOU FEED YOUR FAMILY WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL HAVE OUR BACKS.
NEBRASKA CASTS 33 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> NEVADA.
>> WORKING PEOPLE ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY AND KEY TO OUR RECOVERY.
JOE BIDEN KNOWS IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PRAISE THEM WE HAVE TO REWARD THEM.
LET'S RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR, EMPOWER WORKERS TO NEGOTIATE FOR BETTER BENEFITS AND SAFER WORKPLACES AND MAKE IT EASIER TO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE HEALTH CARE AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
I AM PROUD TO CAST 24 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 25 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> HELLO FROM THE GRANITE STATE.
WE TRUST JOE BIDEN.
JOE HAS A PLAN TO ATTACK GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ONCE AND FOR ALL.
JOEL WILL RESTORE HONESTLY TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
REUNITE ALL AMERICANS BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL.
THE GREAT STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AWARDS NINE DELEGATES TO OUR FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR, BERNIE SANDERS.
AND 4 DELEGATES TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> NEW JERSEY.
>> WE'VE BEEN HIT HARD BY COVID BUT WE'RE COMING BACK.
WE HAVE TO BE SMART.
WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS A PLAN.
THAT'S WHY IN MEMORY ALL THOSE WE'VE LOST, IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR STRUGGLING AND ETERNAL GRATITUDE FOR OUR HEROIC FRONT LINE WORKERS, NEW JERSEY CAST FIVE VOTES FOR SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, AND 139 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> NEW MEXICO.
>> GREETINGS AND GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS DERRICK, STATE REPRESENTATIVE COMING TO YOU FROM THE HOMELAND OF MY ANCESTORS HERE AT THE BEAUTIFUL PUEBLO SANDIA.
HOME TO 23 INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGN NATIONS.
WITH A RICH MULTI-CULTURAL HIS HISTORY.
WE'RE ALL UNITED BY LOVE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE OWE IT TO THE NEXT GENERATION TO PROTECT THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES THAT ARE THEIR INHERITANCE.
TO THAT END, ALSO RESPECT TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY.
NEW MEXICO PROUDLY CASTS FOUR VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 42 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JOE BIDEN.
>> NEW YORK.
>> AS AN IMMIGRANT FROM ST. ST. VINCENT AND THE GREN DEANS AND 1199 REGISTERED NURSE I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF AMERICA'S FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19.
BUT MANY HEALTH CARE WORKERS DON'T GET PAID SICK LEAVE OR HAVE ENOUGH PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA AND A MOTHER WHO IS HIGH RISK.
I WORRY EVERY DAY ABOUT BRINGING THIS VIRUS HOME TO THEM.
JOE BIDEN'S PLAN WILL HELP US TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOUR LOVED ONES AS WELL AS OUR OWN.
ALONG WITH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, KATHY HOCKEL I CAST NEW YORK'S VOTES.
44 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
AND 277 FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
IT'S JOE TIME!
>> NORTH CAROLINA.
>> I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME SO LET ME JUST BE PLAIN.
BLACK PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BLACK WOMEN ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS PARTY AND IF WE DON'T SHOW UP, DEMOCRATS DON'T GET ELECTED.
I'M PUTTING ALL MY MATH AND WE'RE GOING TO EVERY CORNER IN NORTH CAROLINA TO HELP ORGANIZE.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE SHOWS UP FOR JOE BIDEN.
OF HE WOULD SHOW UP FOR US.
NORTH CAROLINA CASTS 39 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 83 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> NORTH DAKOTA.
WELCOME TO THE HOMELANDS OF THE PEOPLE.
I GRADUATED FROM A CLASS OF JUST 44 STUDENTS I HAD TO DRIVE THREE HOURS JUST TO SAY THE S.A.T.s BUT GROWING UP I KNEW THAT COLLEGE WAS A LADDER THAT COULD TAKE YOU ANYWHERE.
JOE BIDEN KNOWS THAT EVERYONE DESERVES CHANCE TO CLIMB THAT LADDER.
SO AS PROUD TRIBAL MEMBER AS A MEXICAN-AMERICAN AS A HARVARD GRADUATE I AM PROUD TO CAST IN OTHER WORDS' VOTE TEN FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND EIGHT FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> HELLO FROM PARADISE.
THE NORTHERN MARION THAT ISLANDS ISLANDS.
WE MAY BE FAR AWAY BUT EAR AMERICAN CITIZENS, THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, WE FINALLY HAVE A DEMOCRATIC SLATE.
BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE EVERYWHERE.
BUT WE DON'T GET TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
SO PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOURS.
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS PROUD TO CAST TWO VOTES FOR SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND NINE VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOSEPH BIDEN.
>> OHIO.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WORK WORKING PEOPLE BELIEVE IN A DONALD TRUMP PROMISE THEY WIND UP GETTING SCREWED.
WELL JOE BIDEN HAS MORE THAN JUST A PROMISE HE ACTUALLY HAS A PLAN TO BRING JOBS BACK TO AMERICA.
>> LIKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE A NATIONAL NETWORK OF VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL CREATE GOOD PAYING JOBS FOR SKILLED UNION WORKERS LIKE JOSH.
AND THE FUTURE WILL BE MADE IN AMERICA.
OHIO CASTS 20 VOTES FOR SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 134 VOTES FOR NEXT POSITIVE, JOE BIDEN.
OH!
>> IO!
>> OKLAHOMA.
>> 99 YEARS AGO RACIAL VIOLENCE DEVASTATEING A THRIVING BLACK COMMUNITY IN TULSA.
HATRED STILL LIVES IN OUR NATION NATION.
BUT SO DOS RESOLVE.
OKLAHOMA REFUSED TO LET OURSELVES BE DEFINED BY DIVISION THEN AND OUR NATION MUST TURN BACK THE TIDE OF VIOLENCE AGAIN NOW.
OKLAHOMA CAST 13 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 24 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> OREGON.
>> AS BLACK AMERICANS STANDING ON NATIVE LAND WE PROUDLY REPRESENT OREGON.
COVID-19 AND RACISM PLAY FAIR, UNEQUAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING TO BRIDGE DIVIDES AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE AS EQUAL ACCESS TO LOWER, NO COST, QUALITY CARE.
TODAY OREGON CASTS 16 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
>> AND WITH SENATORS SUPPORT CAST 57 VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN!
>> PENNSYLVANIA,.
>> WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS YOUNG, HIS FATHER CAME TO THIS HOUSE IN SCRANTON, SAT DOWN ON JOE'S BED AND TOLD HIM HE LOST HIS JOB.
A MOMENT THIS STAYED WITH JOE HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
RIGHT NOW ALL ACROSS AMERICA WORKING FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING THAT SAME FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY.
BUT JOE BIDEN HAS PLAN TO HELP THEM.
AND TO HELP OUR COUNTRY BUILD BACK BETTER.
CREATING BILLIONS OFFED GOOD PAY PAYING JOBS SO MORE PARENTS CAN TELL THEIR KIDS WHO JOE'S DAD SAID TO HIM ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.
IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
PENNSYLVANIA CASTS 34 VOTES FOR SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 175 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SCRANTON'S OWN, JOE BIDEN.
[ Cheering and Applause ] >> PUERTO RICO.
>> >> RHODE ISLAND.
>> RHODE ISLAND, THE OCEAN STATE STATE.
WHERE OUR RESTAURANT AND FISHING INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN DECIMATED BY THIS PANDEMIC.
ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A GOVERNOR, WHOSE PROGRAM LET'S FISHERMEN SELL THEIR CATCHS TO THE PUBLIC AND STATE APPETIZER, CALAMARI IS AVAILABLE IN ALL 50 STATES.
THE CALAMARI COME-BACK STATE OF RHODE ISLAND CAST ONE VOTE FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 34 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
>> SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM JAINE HARRISON, CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATE SPEAKING FROM THE CAMPUS OF SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY.
THE ALMA MATER MAJORITY WHIP AND LATE DR. -- WHOSE HONORS COLLEGE IS NAMED.
THIS PROUD HBCU HAS CONTRIBUTED 22 GENERAL OFFICERS TO OUR ARMED SERVICES.
AND TONIGHT I PROUDLY CAST SOUTH CAROLINA 64 VOTES AS FOLLOWS: 15 FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
AND 49 FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> SOUTH DAKOTA.
>> RELATIVES, AS A FIRST AMERICAN AND CITIZEN OF THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE I WELCOME YOU TO THE BLACK HILLS.
SITE OF MY CREATION STORY AND HOME TO THE GREAT SIOUK NATION.
WE OFTEN SAY -- WE ARE ALL RELATED.
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT MUST LEAD BY THIS PHILOSOPHY FOR BETTERMENT OF OUR NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS.
WE CAST THREE VOTES FOR SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 17 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> TENNESSEE.
>> 100 YEARS AGO TONIGHT, SUFFRAGEISTS BASED HERE AT THE HOTEL IN NASHVILLE CHEERED AS TENNESSEE BECAME 36th AND DECIDING STATE TO RATIFY THE 19 19th STATE GRANTING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
THAT YEAR I'M CASTING MY VERY FIRST PRESIDENTIAL VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.
WOMEN WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION AND REPLACE DONALD TRUMP WITH A PRESIDENT WHO RESPECTS US.
TENNESSEE CAST 23 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 50 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, MR. JOSEPH R. BIDEN!
>> TEXAS.
>> A YEAR AGO, MY SAFE COMMUNITY OF EL PASO WAS TARGETED BY A DOMESTIC TERRORIST WHO MURDERED 23 INNOCENT PEOPLE, INJURED 23 MORE AND DEVASTATED ALL OF US.
HIS MOTIVE WAS RACE I HAVE AND XENOPHOBIA IN THE FACE OF HATE, WE CHOOSE LOVE.
IN THE FACE OF CONTINUED GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA, WE DEMAND CHANGE.
THE TIME HAS COME TO ACT.
WITH ONE AB TENSION THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS CAST 98 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 161 FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> UTAH.
>> HERE IN UTAH WE'VE HAD MAIL- MAIL-IN VOTING FOR YEARS.
IF YOU'RE REGISTERED TO VOTE YOU AUTOMATICALLY GET SENT A BALLOT.
IT'S FAST, IT'S RELIABLE AND IT'S EASY FOR EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE.
IN 2016 WE HAD TURN OUT WELL OVER 80%.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE EXPECTING EVEN HIGHER.
THAT'S WHY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HERE IN UTAH AGREE, MAIL-IN VOTING STRENGTHENS OUR DEMOCRACY.
UTAH CASTS 17 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS, AND 16 VOTES FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> VERMONT.
>> THE STATE OF VERMONT STRONGLY BELIEVING IN ECONOMIC JUSTICE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, RACIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROUDLY SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THE AUTHORITARIANISM AND RACISM OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PROUD TO CAST 15 VOTES FOR VERMONT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND NINE VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
>> IN RECOGNITION OF GOVERNOR, OUR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS WE BRING YOU GREETING FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES.
VACATION HOME OF -- WITH WHITE SAND BEACHES AND FRIENDLY BEACHES WE CAST 13 VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> VIRGINIA.
THREE YEARS AGO, MY BELOVED CITY CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, WAS ATTACKED BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND A YOUNG WOMAN WAS KILLED.
WE WERE ATTACKED AGAIN WHEN DONALD TRUMP PRAISED THOSE RACISTS, TURNING HIS BACK ON A COMMUNITY THAT JUST WANTED PEACE PEACE, THAT WAS THE DAY JOE BIDEN DECIDED TO JOIN THIS BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
OVER TIME HIGH WIFE AND I HAVE COME TO KNOW HIS SOUL, HE'S A DECENT, COMPASSIONATE MAN, HE WILL BRING THIS NATION TOGETHER VIRGINIA CAST 32 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 91 VOTES FOR OUR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> WASHINGTON.
>> AS 15-YEAR-OLD REFUGEE FROM VIETNAM I KNEW THAT EDUCATION WAS THE KEY TO FINDING OPPORTUNITIES IN MY NEW HOME.
WHEN HAVING CHILDREN OF MY OWN, I BECAME AN ADVOCATE TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT GAVE ME CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR AMERICA.
DEMOCRATS INVEST IN EDUCATION BECAUSE WE'RE COMMITTED TO FIGHT FIGHTING FOR ALL KIDS.
WASHINGTON CASTS 43 VOTES TO SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
AND 66 VOTED TO OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> WEST VIRGINIA.
>> WEST VIRGINIANS HAVE CHANGED THE NARRATIVE ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
PARENTS, TEACHERS AND SERVICE PERSONNEL HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR SAFE AND WELCOMING SCHOOLS.
SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT AND FAIR WAGES FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SERVICE PERSONNEL.
ELECTIONS MATTER, BUT SO DOES ACTIVISM.
LET'S KEEP FIGHTING TO GUARANTEE A QUALITY OF CANADA FOR ALL OUR CHILDREN AND LET'S ELECT A PRESIDENT WHO WILL FIGHT ALONGSIDE US.
WEST VIRGINIA CASTS 34 VOTES FOR-NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN.
>> WYOMING.
>> AFTER OUR SON MATTHEW'S DEATH IN WYOMING, JOE BIDEN HELPED PASS LEDGE SAKES TO PROTECT LGBT LGBTQ AMERICANS.
HE UNDERSTANDS OUR BRIEF.
BUT WE SEE IN JOE SO MUCH MUCH OF WHAT MADE MATT'S LIFE SPECIAL SPECIAL.
HIS COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY, HIS PACKS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EXAMINATION FOR OTHERS.
>> WITH THREE ABSTENTIONS, FOUR VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 11 VOTES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> WISCONSIN.
>> WELCOME BACK TO MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.
A GREAT CITY ON NATIVE LAND ON A GREAT LAKE, THE PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF 53206 ZIP CODE.
MACED WITH SOME CHALLENGES THE WHAT MANY DON'T SEE IS JOY, RESILIENCE THAT LIES WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND SO MANY OTHERS ACROSS AMERICA JUST LIKE IT.
HARD WORK CAN PEOPLE.
FIGHTING TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND BUILD A BETTER FUTURE WE KNOW THAT WE BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR NATION BY CHANNELING WISCONSIN'S LEGACY AS THE BIRTH PLACE OF THE LABOR AND PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
UNITING AROUND A BOLD INCLUSIVE 'AGENDA THAT UP LIFTS EVERY ECONOMY.
IN THE PURSUIT OF MORE JUST FUTURE, ONE THAT RECOGNIZES HEALTH CARE AS HUMAN RIGHT, ONE THAT TACKLES THE CLIMATE CRISIS TAKES ON RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, WISCONSIN CASTS 30 VOTES FOR BERNIE SANDERS, AND 67 FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAH JOSEPH R. BIDEN.
>> DELAWARE.
>> LONG BEFORE THIS TRAIN STATION WAS NAMED YOU'D SEE JOE BIDEN UP HERE ON THE FLAT NORM WITH THE REST OF THE CROWD.
ON HIS WAY TO WORK OR GOING HOME TO HIS FAMILY.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN HIS NORTH STAR, DELIVERING FOR FAMILIES LIKE HIS OWN.
WORKING PEOPLE WHO STRUGGLE AND SACRIFICE TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE LIFE.
NOBODY HAS EVER HAD TO WONDER WHO JOE BIDEN IS IN IT FOR.
>> OUR NATION FACES DAUNTING CHALLENGES BUT I'VE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR 40 YEARS, NOBODY I TRUST MORE TO UNITE OUR COUNTRY AND RESTORE OUR STANDING IN THE WORLD.
HE'S HUMBLE, HE TELLS THE TRUTH.
HE TREATS EVERYBODY HE ENCOUNTER WITH RESPECT AND BUILDS BRIDGES NOT WALLS.
HE IS A LEADER MADE FOR THIS MOMENT IN THE FINEST PUBLIC SERVANT I'VE EVER KNOWN.
>> DELAWARE IS PROUD TO CAST ITS 32 VOTES FOR OUR FAVORITE SON AND OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
>> OUR FRIEND, JOE BIDEN.
[ Applause ] ♪♪ SELL GREAT GOOD TIMES ♪ -- SELL GREAT GOOD TIMES.
♪ THERE'S A PARTY GOING ON RIGHT HERE ♪ A ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DELEGATIONS, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN NOMINATED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS OUR CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS HERE BY INVITED TO DELIVER AND AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
>> THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU ALL.
IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND MY FAMILY.
AND I'LL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[ Applause ] ♪♪ >> Woodruff: AS THE NOMINEE PUT THEIR MASKS BACK ON.
AFTER A MOST UNUSUAL ROLL CALL.
FROM ALL THE 50 STACEY AND I THINK SEVEN TERRITORIES.
DELEGATES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY STANDING IN FRONT OF STANDARD WITH THE NAME OF THE STATE ON IT.
A ROLL CALL AS WE SAID LIKE NO OTHER.
BUT JOE BIDEN IS NOW THE OFFICIALLY NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
YES, BERNIE SANDERS GOT SOME VOTES BUT PRETTY CLEAR, JOE BIDEN HAS COME OUT ON TOP.
LET'S USE THIS MOMENT TO TURN ONCE AGAIN TO LISA DESJARDINS IN WILMINGTON NOT TOO FAR FROM WHERE THE BIDEN FAMILY IS.
AND WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, YAMICHE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR THE CELEBRATION FROM WHERE YOU ARE.
THEY WERE CHEERING AND THROWING?
CONFETTI AROUND IN THE -- IN THE SCHOOL HOUSE WHEREVER THEY ARE.
>> Reporter: RIGHT.
JUDY, HERE IS THE SOUND OF CONSTRUCTION, PUTTING UP FENCING IN PREPARATION OF THE BIG CELEBRATION THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE LIGHTING BEHIND ME.
THAT IS THE BUILDING WHERE JOE BIDEN WILL MAKE HIS SPEECH.
ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION BUT IT IS JUST A FEW MILES FROM HERE, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I WAS TALKING WITH OUR SMALL CREW HERE IN WILMINGTON AND OUR PRODUCER HAD A REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT WHAT WE JUST SAW IN THAT ROLL CALL VOTE.
FIRST THAT WAS A TOUGH PRODUCTION TO PULL OFF ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY AS WE KNOW FROM "NEWSHOUR"."
THEN SECOND OF ALL, IN KAY'S WORDS IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE SCALE OF A POLITICAL PARTY.
BECAUSE IT'S EASY WHEN YOU SEE THOSE DELEGATES WHO SHOW UP AT A CONVENTION WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF POLITICS ALL THEIR LIVES THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT THIS VIDEO WE SAW PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, SOME WERE ACTIVE IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SOME MAY NOT HAVE BEEN.
SO IT REALLY WAS I THINK DEMOCRATS TRYING TO SHOW NOT JUST A BROAD PARTY BUT A BROAD OUTREACH TO VOTERS IN GENERAL.
>> NO QUESTION.
THERE WAS A CHALLENGE THAT DEMOCRATS HAD, BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAD TO SHOW SOMETHING.
THEY WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE THOUSANDS OF DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES INSIDE A HUGE ARENA IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT YOU SEE THE MASKS, YOU LOOKED AT THE DELEGATES, ROLL CALL IN EACH ONE OF THOSE STATES.
YOU SAID WE KNOW, I'M GOING TO TURN TO YAMICHE FOR THIS.
WE KNOW AT THE "NEWSHOUR" WHAT IS INVOLVED.
WE HAVE A LITTLE SENSE OF WHAT IS INVOLVED IN PUTTING TOGETHER SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S A TALL ORDER.
BUT YAMICHE, THE REPUBLICANS NO DOUBT ARE WATCHING THIS VERY CLOSELY, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING THEIR OWN VERSION OF THIS NEXT WEEK.
SURELY WON'T LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS.
BUT THEY HAVE TO BE WATCHING IT CLOSELY.
>> THEY ARE, DEMOCRATS THEY WERE ONES SORT OF TEST CASE FOR VIRTUAL CONVENTION.
I HAVE BEEN TESTING WITH SOME DEMOCRATIC SOURCES AND SOURCES, THIS IS WHAT WE WITNESSED SHOWING THE GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES, CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF AMERICA THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER AS A VIRTUAL CONVENTION THAN IN THE TRADITIONAL CONVENTION.
PROBABLY FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD SOMETHING ABUT THIS CONVENTION THAT MIGHT BE BETTER THAN TRADITIONAL ONE.
ONE PERSON TOLD ME, I DON'T THINK I WANT TO SEE IT ANY OTHER WAY NOW BECAUSE WHAT YOU GET FROM THAT VIDEO REALLY WAS, THIS BREADTH OF WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN AN ELECTION.
BREADTH OF WHAT IT TAKES ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO REACH OUT TO.
ALSO SOME PEOPLE THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS HAD REAL ISSUES WITH INCLUDING THAT GOLD STAR FAMILY, I REMEMBER THAT FATHER, KAHN FAMILY THE PRESIDENT ATTACK ATTACKING THEM.
I REMEMBER LAST CONVENTION THAT SAME FATHER BROUGHT CONSTITUTION WITH HIM SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT, ESSENTIALLY PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS WRONG.
NOW HE'S BACK MAKING THAT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS OUT IN ARIZONA, TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
IT WAS JOE BIDEN FAILED IMMIGRATION POLICY, HE WAS MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A CAMPAIGN STYLE SPEECH.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SPIN WAYS HAVING SMALL CROWDS, THERE WERE STILL HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT AND STOOD IN LINE TO HEAR TRUMP AS HE CONTINUES HIS COUNTER PROGRAMMING AS DNC CONTINUES.
>> Woodruff: NO QUESTION.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WE SAW IN SOME OF THOSE STATE ACCEPT ANSWERS OR STATE DELEGATIONS CASTING THEIR VOTES WHO BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF PARENTS.
PARENTS OF MATTHEW SHEPARD WHO WAS MURDERED IN WYOMING BECAUSE HE WAS GAY.
AND IT WAS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AGO.
BUT WE ARE -- HERE WE ARE TODAY THEY ARE INVOLVED AND THEY'RE SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN HIMSELF, ALONG WITH SOME ORDINARY AMERICANS TALKING ABOUT HEALTH CARE WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO THIS FOR A MOMENT.
>> WE PUT OFF GOING TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE HEALTH INSURANCE.
WHEN WE FINALLY GOT INFO SOMEBODY THAT COULD TAKE A LOOK AT MY THROAT THEY SAID, WELL, YOU'VE GOT CANCER.
IT WAS STAGE FOUR, WORST KIND OF CANCER YOU CAN HAVE.
MY WIFE APPLIED FOR -- THROUGH AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND MY COVERAGE BEGAN ON APRIL 1st IN 2012.
AND THAT SAME DAY THEY STARTED MY CHEMO AND RADIATION AND IT SAVED MY LIFE.
I'M HERE TODAY.
>> GENERALLY SPEAKING AS A CHURCH, YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY BUT ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER AREAS OF YOUR LIFE.
AND THAT INCLUDES PHYSICAL OR PHYSIOLOGICAL WELL BEING.
BECAUSE BIBLE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT IN OUR COUNTRY IN FACT PEOPLE IN MY CHURCH THAT CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GOOD HEALTH CARE, THAT IS PRETTY DISCOURAGEING TO ME AND PRETTY DISCOURAGING TO THEM.
>> BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION AND FACT THAT IT'S A VERY RARE DISEASE A LOT OF OUR MEDICATIONS WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR.
AND BEFORE THE ACA WE WORRIED ABOUT OUR MEDICATIONS.
WE WORRIED ABOUT THE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WE WORRIED ABOUT AGE AND THE CAP CAP.
BECAUSE HAVING THAT COST OF THE MEDICATIONS WE WOULD HAVE REACHED THAT MILLION DOLLAR CAP IN NO TIME.
BUT ONCE ACA PASSED, BEE NO LONGER HAD THAT CAP OF THE MILLION DOLLARS.
>> THE FEAR THAT YOU ALL LIVE IN UNDERSTANDABLY IF SOMEHOW TOMORROW THEY SAID, NO INSURANCE INSURANCE.
YOU ARE NOT COVERED.
IS JUST DEVASTATING.
LAURA, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
WELL, YOU BEAT HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA, GOD LOVE YOU.
DURING THAT TIME TRUMP WAS TRYING TO RIP AWAY YOUR COVERAGE COVERAGE.
REPUBLICANS VOTED TO GUT THE ACA ACA.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT WONDERING WHAT TO DO.
>> EVER SINCE I WAS DIAGNOSED EVERY NIGHT I GO TO BED CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT NEWS I WOULD GET IN THE MORNING.
EVEN STILL, EVEN TODAY THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO TAKE AWAY OUR HEALTH CARE, EVEN DURING A PAN KELP GLICK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE THAT ACA ACA.
WE'LL PROVIDE MEDICARE-LIKE OPTION AS A PUBLIC OPTION.
ANY STATE WHERE THERE IS, IF YOU QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID AND STATE HASN'T PROVIDED IT YOU AUTOMATICALLY WOULD BE ENROLLED.
I'M GOING TO PROTECT YOU LIKE I TRIED TO PROTECT MY OWN FAMILY.
MY OWN FAMILY.
I PROMISE YOU THAT.
♪ RISE UP, COME ON, RISE UP ♪ >> I MET JOE LAST YEAR AT CAMPAIGN EVENT TO THANK HIM FOR BEING SO INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE TO CURE CANCER.
INDEED I HAVE WHAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS TERMINAL CANCER.
THE INSPIRATION AND EMPATHY AND HUMAN LOVE THAT HE SHARED WITH ME AS KEPT ME GOING.
>> I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR MY WELLNESS CHECK UP PROVIDED FOR BY THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD OVARIAN CANCER.
I FINISHED MY COURSE OF TREATMENT.
AND SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN CANCER FREE AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
>> I CHOSE TO BECOME A JOE BIDEN DELEGATE AS I WATCHED WITH OUR NATION AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SOUGHT TO DISMANTLE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
>> MY PURPOSE IN LIFE RIGHT NOW IS TO DEVOTE ALL MY ENERGY TO GETTING JOEY COLLECTED.
>> I ANXIOUSLY JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO BECOME A BIDEN DELEGATE.
>> HE'LL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SO THAT DISEASES LIKE CANCER DON'T GO UNDETECTED.
♪ RISE UP ♪ >> IT'S ME, DAD.
BY THE TIME YOU ARE WATCHING THIS YOU WILL HAVE GROWN UP TO BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I'LL BE AROUND FOR YOU.
>> I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS TODAY.
WHICH IS A DEADLY, DEBILITATING DISEASE.
>> AFTER I WAS DIAGNOSED THE PRESIDENT PASSED A TAX BILL THAT PUT MY HEALTH CARE AT RISK.
SO I WENT TO WASHINGTON D.C. >> MY NEXT GUEST MADE HEADLINES WHEN HE CONFRONTED A REPUBLICAN SENATOR ON AN AIRPLANE.
>> I WANTED TO HELP CREATE A BETTER COUNTRY FOR YOU TO LIVE IN.
>> DEMOCRACY IS BEAUTIFUL.
ALL THAT HATTERS TO ME IS TO MAKE YOU PROUD.
BECAUSE I'M ALREADY SO PROUD OF YOU.
>> HELLO AMERICA.
MY NAME IS ABY BARKAN I AM SPEAK SPEAKING TO YOU THROUGH THIS COMPUTER VOICE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN PARALYZED BY A MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS LIKE ALS.
LIKE SO MANY OF YOU I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WAY OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN.
ENORMOUS COSTS DENIED CLAIMS, DEHUMANIZEING TREATMENT.
SINCE MY SHOCKING DIAGNOSIS I HAVE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY MEET MEETING COUNTLESS PATIENTS LIKE ME DEMANDING MORE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR DEMOCRACY.
TODAY, WE ARE WITNESSING THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF OUR FAILING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC NEARLY 100 MILLION AMERICANS DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT HEALTH INSURANCE.
AND EVEN GOOD INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER ESSENTIAL NEEDS LIKE LONG-TERM CARE.
OUR LOVED ONES ARE DYING IN UN UNSAFE NURSING HOMES, OUR NURSES ARE OVERWHELMED AND UNPROTECTED AND OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE TREATED AS DISPENSEABLE.
WE LIVE IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN HISTORY YET WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THIS MOST BASIC HUMAN RIGHT.
EVERYONE LIVING IN AMERICA SHOULD GET THE HEALTH CARE THEY NEED.
REGARDLESS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS OR ABILITY TO PAY.
EVEN DURING THIS TERRIBLE CRISIS, DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE'S HEALTH INSURANCE.
WITH THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF THIS PRESIDENT WE HAVE A PROFOUND OBLIGATION TO ACT.
NOT ONLY TO VOTE, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS VOTE AS WELL.
WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN.
EACH OF US MUST BE A HERO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THEN WITH THE COMPASSIONATE AND INTELLIGENT PRESIDENT, WE MUST ACT TOGETHER AND PUT ON HIS DESK A BILL THAT GUARANTEES US ALL THE HEALTH CARE WE DESERVE.
TEXT VOTE TO 3033020 LEARN HOW TO VOTE SAFELY BECAUSE OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
>> POLITICS AND ELECTIONS CAN SEEM LIKE THESE FAR AWAY THINGS THAT ONE PERSON DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW MAKES IT CLEAR HOW PERSONAL POLITICS ARE.
I'VE DISCOVERED THAT WHEN I GET INFORMED AND PARTICIPATE, MY FEAR GETS SMALLER.
VOTING IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
SO KNOWING THE CHANGE YOU WANT, VOTE FOR THE LEADERS YOU THINK WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND IF YOU'RE ABLE, IF YOU CAN, HELP FUND THIS CAMPAIGN.
PLEASE GO TO JOEBIDEN.COM AND CHIP IN WHATEVER YOU CAN.
WITH LEADERS LIKE JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS WE CAN BUILD BACK BETTER HERE AT HOME AND ONCE AGAIN STRENGTHEN OUR NATION'S SECURITY AND STANDING IN THE WORLD.
♪ RISE UP.
COME ON, RISE UP.
>> MY NAME IS DEMARCUS, I AM 34 YEARS OLD I CURRENTLY LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA I'M 2009 GRADUATE OF THE U.S.
NAVAL ACADEMY IN ANNAPOLIS I SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE MARINE CORPS AS OFFICER FOR SIX YEARS.
I TOOK AN OATH TO SUPPORT, UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN IN HIS YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE TOOK A SIMILAR OATH AND HE UNDERSTANDS THE SACRIFICE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM WHO ARE OVERSEAS RIGHT NOW FIGHTING FOR THE IDEALS OF THIS NATION, THAT LIBERTY AND JUSTICE CAN BE EXTENDED TO ALL PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN UNDERSTANDS THAT AT HIS CORE.
I TRUST HIM TO LEAD US ON DAY ONE IN TO A GREATER FUTURE.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME RIGHT NOW IN MAKING SURE THAT WE RESTORE THE SOUL OF OUR NATION.
AND I THINK THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE BEST PERSON TO DO THAT.
THANKS, JOE.
♪ >> HI, I'M JOHN KERRY.
FOR THE EIGHT YEARS OF THE OBAMA OBAMA-BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WE LED BY EXAMPLE.
WE ELIMINATED THE THREAT OF AN IRAN WITH A NUCLEAR.
WE BUILT A 68 FAKES COALITION TO DESTROY ISIS.
BEE FORGED 195 NATION AGREEMENT TO ATTACK CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE STOPPED EBOLA BEFORE IT BECAME A PANDEMIC.
DONALD TRUMP EBB HATED A GROWING ECONOMY AND MORE PEACEFUL WORLD.
AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE HE INHERITED, HE BANKRUPTED IT.
WHEN THIS PRESIDENT GOES OVERSEAS IT ISN'T A GOODWILL MISSION, IT'S A BLOOPER REEL.
HE BREAKS UP WITH OUR ALLIES AND WRITES LOVE LETTERS TO DICTATORS DICTATORS.
AMERICA DESERVES A PRESIDENT WHO IS LOOKED UP TO NOT LAUGHED AT.
DONALD TRUMP PRETENDS RUSSIA DIDN'T ATTACK OUR ELECTIONS.
AND NOW HE DOES NOTHING ABOUT RUSSIA PUTTING A BOUNTY ON OUR TROOPS.
SO HE WON'T DEFEND OUR COUNTRY, HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DEFEND OUR TROOPS, ONLY PERSON HE'S INTERESTED IN DEFENDING IS HIMSELF.
THIS IS THE BOTTOM LINE.
OUR INTERESTS, OUR IDEALS AND OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM CAN'T AFFORD FOUR MORE YEARS OF DONALD TRUMP.
OUR TROOPS CAN'T GET OUT OF HARM HARM'S WAY BY HIDING IN THE WHITE HOUSE BUNKER.
THEY NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL STAND UP FOR THEM AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL.
JOE'S MORAL COMPASS IS ALWAYS POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FROM THE FIGHT TO BREAK THE BACK OF APARTHEID TO THE STRUGGLE TO WAKE UP THE WORLD TO GENOCIDE IN THE BALKANS.
JOE UNDERSTANDS THAT NONE OF THE ISSUES OF THIS WORLD, NOT NUCLEAR WEAPONS NOT THE CHALLENGE OF BUILDING BACK BETTER AFTER COVID, NOT TERRORISM AND CERTAINLY NOT THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
NONE CAN BE RESOLVED WITHOUT BRINGING NATIONS TOGETHER WITH STRENGTH AND HUMILITY.
JOE UNDERSTANDS OUR VALUES DON'T LIMIT OUR POWER, THEY MAGNIFIED IT.
HE KNOWS YOU CAN'T SPREAD DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD IF YOU DON'T PRACTICE IT AT HOME.
HE KNOWS THAT EVEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NEEDS FRIENDS ON THIS PLANET.
BEFORE DONALD TRUMP, WE USED TO TALK ABOUT AMERICAN EXCEPTION EXCEPTIONALISM.
THE ONLY THING EXCEPTIONAL ABOUT THE INCOHERENT TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY IT MADE OUR NATION MORE ISOLATED THAN EVER BEFORE.
JOE BIDEN KNOWS WE AREN'T EXCEPTIONAL BECAUSE WE BLUSTER THAT WE ARE, WE ARE EXCEPTIONAL BECAUSE WE DO EXCEPTIONAL THINGS THINGS.
ON JUNE 6th, 1944, YOUNG AMERICANS GAVE THEIR LIVES ON THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY TO LIBERATE THE WORLD FROM TYRANNY.
OUT OF THE ASHES OF THAT WAR WE MADE PEACE AND REBUILT THE WORLD WORLD.
THAT WAS AND REMAINS EXCEPTIONAL.
IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING DONALD TRUMP STANDS FOR.
THIS MOMENT IS A FIGHT FOR THE SECURITY OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD.
ONLY JOB CAN MAKE AMERICA LEAD LIKE AMERICA AGAIN.
IF YOU AGREE, TEXT JOIN TO 30330 30330, THANK YOU.
>> Woodruff: THAT'S FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, JOHN KERRY, WHO OF COURSE SERVED IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
AMY WALTER HERE WITH ME.
AMY WE'RE ONLY HEARING AT THIS CONVENTION FOR A FEW MINUTES ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY.
BUT THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF JOE BIDEN'S STRENGTHS, CERTAINLY A GREAT AREA OF INTEREST ON HIS PART.
IT'S A SUBJECT THAT HE SPENT MANY YEARS, HE'S TRAVELED THE WORLD AND IT'S SOMETHING HE'S COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK IF WE WERE IN ANOTHER TIME WE MIGHT HEAR MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS.
IF WE WEREN'T IN THE MIDDLE OF COURSE A PANDEMIC AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS.
I THINK IT WAS INTERESTING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS SPENT IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION ON HEALTH CARE.
AND THE PRIMARY DEBATES OF COURSE, JUDY, WERE A LOT OF IT, DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY DEBATES WERE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF HEALTH CARE THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING TO PROVIDE.
WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO BE MEDICARE FOR ALL.
CONTINUATION OF OBAMACARE NOW JOE BIDEN'S ENDED UP SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE WITH CONTINUING OBAMACARE BUT HAVING AN ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN TO MEDICARE AT A YOUNGER AGE, AT AGE 60.
AND A PUBLIC OPTION WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT DIDN'T DO.
JUST INTERESTING, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT'S APPROVAL RATING IN AUGUST OF 2016.
WAS 42%.
TODAY IT'S 51%.
AND SO THERE'S A REASON THAT DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT HEALTH CARE.
IT'S A POSITIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME REALLY IN AN ELECTION.
AND BECAUSE ON THIS ISSUE DEMOCRATS HAVE VERY SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE OVER REPUBLICANS.
>> IT BECAME A REALLY A FLASH POINT IN THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATES.
THERE WAS ALMOST A DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THOSE WHO WERE FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL.
KAMALA HARRIS WAS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
BECAUSE ONE POINT SHE WASN'T THEN SHE SAID SHE WAS.
THEN SHE SAID, WELL, NOT EXACTLY EXACTLY.
BUT IT TOOK HER A WHILE TO GET BACK TO THE POINT WHERE SHE SAID NOT EXACTLY.
MAYBE A PUBLIC OPTION.
WE'RE THROWING THESE TERMS AROUND NOW.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE HAVE -- >> IT WAS THE FOCAL POINT OF THAT PRIMARY.
>> BUT IT IS RIGHT NOW FOREIGN POLICY.
WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM JOHN KERRY KERRY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT VIDEO THAT IS COMING IN FROM THE CONVENTION OF PEOPLE WHO SERVED IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, BRETT McGURK WHO WAS THERE FOR A SPECIAL ENVOY TO IRAN.
CHUCK HAGLE A DEFENSE SECRETARY.
THE AMBASSADOR WHO OF COURSE TESTIFIED DURING THE UKRAINE UKRAINE-RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
ALL OF THIS LEADING UP TO A FORMER REPUBLICAN, THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE STATE, COLYNN POWELL.
WHO WAS A SUPPORTER OF HILLARY CLINTON AND THIS YEAR HE'S CLEARLY SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN.
>> HI, I'M FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL.
100 YEARS AGO A YOUNG IMMIGRANT LEFT A DIRT FARM IN JAMAICA SET OUT FOR AMERICA.
THREE YEARS LATER A SHIP PULLED INTO NEW YORK HARBOR AND A YOUNG JAMAICAN WOMAN GAZEED UP AT THE STATUTE OF LIBERTY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THEY BECAME MY PARENTS.
AND THEY INSPIRED ME TO FINISH COLLEGE AND JOIN THE ARMY.
THIS BEGAN A JOURNEY OF SERVICE FROM BASIC TRAINING TO COMBAT IN VIETNAM TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.
THE VALUES I LEARNED GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH BRONX AND SERVING IN UFORM WERE THE SAME VALUES THAT JOE BIDEN'S PARENTS IN INSTILLED IN HIM IN SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.
I SUPPORT JOE BIDEN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE THOSE VALUES STILL DEFINE HIM AND WE NEED TO RESTORE THOSE VALUES TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
OUR COUNTRY NEEDS A COMMANDER IN CHIEF WHO TAKES CARE OF OUR TROOPS.
IN THE SAME WAY HE WOULD HIS OWN FAMILY.
FOR JOE BIDEN, THAT DOESN'T NEED TEACHING, IT COMES FROM THE EXPERIENCE HE SHARES WITH MILLIONS OF MILITARY FAMILIES SENDING HIS BELOVED SON OFF TO WAR.
AND PRAYING TO GOD HE WOULD COME HOME SAFE.
JOE BIDEN WILL BE A PRESIDENT WE WILL ALL BE PROUD TO SALUTE.
WITH JOE BIDEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE YOU WILL NEVER DOUBT THAT HE WILL STAND WITH OUR FRIENDS AND STAND UP TO OUR ADVERSARIES NEVER THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
HE WILL TRUST OUR DIPLOMAT AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY NOT THE FLATTERY OF DICTATORS.
HE WILL MAKE IT HIS JOB TO KNOW WHEN ANYONE DARES TO THREATEN US US.
HE WILL STAND UP TO OUR ADVERSARIES WITH STRENGTH AND EXPERIENCE.
THEY WILL KNOW HE MEANS BUSINESS.
I SUPPORT JOE BIDEN BECAUSE BEGINNING ON DAY ONE, HE WILL RESTORE AMERICANS WITH LEADERSHIP AND OUR MORAL AUTHORITY.
HE'LL BE A PRESIDENT WHO KNOWS THAT AMERICA IS STRONGEST WHEN AS HE HAS SAID, WE LEAD BOTH BY THE POWER OF OUR EXAMPLE AND EXAMPLE OF OUR POWER.
HE WILL RESTORE AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD AND RESTORE THE ALLIANCES WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE DANGERS THAT THREATEN OUR NATION.
FROM CLIMATE CHANGE TO NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION.
TODAY WE ARE A COUNTRY DIVIDED.
AND WE HAVE A PRESIDENT DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO MAKE IT THAT WAY.
AND KEEP US THAT WAY.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT IN OUR HEARTS, WE ARE THE SAME AMERICA THAT BROUGHT MY PARENTS TO OUR SHORES, AN AMERICAN THAT INSPIRES FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD THAT'S THE AMERICA JOE BIDEN WILL LEAD AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
>> IT WAS A FRIENDSHIP THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE WORKED.
JOHN A FORMER NAVY PILOT JUST RELEASE FRED NORTH VIETNAMESE PRISON.
JOE A YOUNG SENATOR FROM DELAWARE.
BUT IN THE 1970s, JOE WAS ASSIGNED A MILITARY AIDE FOR A TRIP OVERSEAS.
>> I WAS A NAVY SENATE LIAISON AND USED TO CARRY YOUR BAGS ON OVERSEAS TRIPS.
>> THE SON OF A GUN NEVER CARRIED MY BAGS.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO CARRY MY BAGS BAGS, DAMN IT BUT HE NEVER CARRIED MY BAGS.
>> THEY TRAVELED THOUSANDS OF MILES, THE FAMILIES GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER GATHERING FOR PICNICS IN THE BIDENS' BACK YARD.
>> THEY WOULD JUST SIT AND JOKE LIKE COMEDY SHOW SOMETIMES TO WATCH THE TWO OF THEM.
>> BUT WHEN JOHN WAS ELECTED TO THE SENATE AS A REPUBLICAN FROM ARIZONA, THEY FOUND THEMSELVES ON OPPOSING SIDES.
>> THESE GUYS MUST REALLY, REALLY DISLIKE EACH OTHER.
MAYBE HAVING DINNER THAT NIGHT TOGETHER.
>> HE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE CORD I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WERE PERSONAL.
>> WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING WE THOUGHT THE OTHER GUY WAS RIGHT, CROSS THE AISLE AND LOCK ARMS.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY.
IT TAKES TRUST TO GET THINGS DONE IN A DIVIDED GOVERNMENT.
I THINK WITH JOE BIDEN, HIS COLLEAGUES KNEW THAT YOUR POINTS WERE EQUALLY VALID TO HIM.
>> IT WAS ALWAYS JOE WHO TRIED TO CROSS THE AISLE.
>> HE WAS LIKE A NATURAL FOR THAT.
OWE JUST HAD AN ABILITY TO FIND COMMON GROUND BUT NEVER GIVE UP YOUR PRINCIPLES.
>> FOR THREE DECADES, JOE WAS ABLE TO MOVE HIS COLLEAGUES AND FIND A WAY FORWARD.
ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, BANNING CHEMICAL WEAPONS, ASSAULT WEAPONS AND CONTROLLING NUCLEAR ARMS.
>> WAS A STYLE OF LEGISLATEING AND LEADERSHIP THAT YOU DON'T FIND MUCH ANY MORE.
>> AND WHEN MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WERE FACED WITH LOSING THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, IT WAS JOE'S FRIEND WHO SAVED OBAMACARE OBAMACARE.
BY CROSSING THE AISLE.
>> McCAIN HAS HIS VOTE WITH A THUMBS DOWN.
>> JOHN AND I HAVE BEEN SEVERAL AWARDS ABOUT BIPARTISANSHIP, DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE SHOULD GET AN AWARD FOR BIPARTISANSHIP.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE OF HOW TO REMAIN THE SAME GOOD GUY THAT YOU WERE WHEN YOU FIRST GOT HERE.
MOST OF ALL, FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP FRIENDSHIP, MY LIFE, THE LIVES OF MANY HAVE BEEN ENRICHED BY IT.
♪ GOOD DAY, SUNSHINE ♪ GOOD DAY, SUNSHINE ♪ >> I HAVE A RULE THAT I NEVER THINK OF ANYTHING NEGATIVE WHEN I'M RUNNING.
♪ NEED TO LAUGH AND WHEN THE SUN IS OUT ♪ >> WHEN I SET MY MIND TO SOMETHING I FIND A WAY TO GET IT DONE ♪ >> SHE IS SO DAMN TOUGH AND LOYAL.
WHEN I MET JILL I KNEW.
MY BROTHER SAID, WHO IS THIS WOMAN, YOU REALLY LIKE HER, JOE.
I CAVE HER A CALL.
>> YOU SAID, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD BREAK YOUR DATE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> WELL I CALLED AND TOLD THE GUY THAT I HAD A FRIEND IN FROM OUT OF TOWN AND WENT OUT WITH JOE.
>> I WAS 30.
I WAS A SENATOR.
I WAS A WIDOWER.
SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER, A TRACTOR TRAILER BROADSIDED MY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN.
MY WIFE WAS KILLED AND MY DAUGHTER WAS KILLED.
I WASN'T BIG ON THE WHOLE DATE SCENE THING.
BUT WHEN I MET JILL, I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER WHEN I SAW HER.
♪ I'VE GOT SUNSHINE ♪♪ ON A CLOUDY DAY.
>> HE SAID I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
HE'S LOOKING AT HIS CALENDAR AND OH, THURSDAY, NO, I'M BUSY.
I'M BUSY FRIDAY.
HOW ABOUT TOMORROW.
I THOUGHT, BUDDY, YOU JUST BLUE YOUR COVER.
>> SHE'S OWNED ME SINCE THEN.
>> THE BOYS FELL IN LOVE WITH JILL, TOO.
I'M BRUSHING MY TEETH ONE AMERICAN THEY CAME, BEAU, DAD, WE THINK IT'S TIME WE MARRIED JILL.
SWEAR TO GOD.
>> IT WASN'T JUST MY HEART THAT WAS ON THE LINE.
I LOVED THE BOYS SO MUCH.
I HAD TO BE SURE THAT IT HAD TO BE FOREVER.
>> NOW I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ONE MORE TIME.
WILL YOU MARRY ME.
SHE GOES LIKE THIS.
OKAY.
[ Laughter ] ♪ SOME DAY.
PUT IT TOGETHER AND WE'LL GET IT -- >> SHE PUT US BACK TOGETHER.
SHE GAVE ME BACK MY LIFE.
SHE GAVE US BACK A FAMILY.
WE WERE RAYED WITH THE SAME VALUES.
>> I GREW UP IN WILLOW GROVE PENNSYLVANIA RIGHT OUTSIDE OF PHILLY.
MY MOM WAS ENGLISH-SCOTTISH.
MY DAD WAS ITALIAN.
MY GRANDMOTHER MADE THE HOMEMADE NOODLE, IS THAT WOULD HANG, SHE'D BE DRYING HER NOODLES.
>> THEY'RE VERY CLOSE FAMILY.
>> SHE'S LIKE THE GODMOTHER OF ALL OF US.
>> I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THE FEISTYINESSFEISTYINESS IN HEN E HER.
THERE WAS A BULLY IN MY SCHOOL I PUNCHED HIM RIGHT IN THE FACE.
MY FATHER FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II II, HE WAS A SIGNALMAN.
HE WAS VERY PRAY TREE ANOTHER I CAN.
WE TAKE US TO WATCH THE BLUE ANGELS.
HE WAS SO PROUD.
WE WORSHIPPED OUR MOTHER.
I CAN PICTURE HER READING FOR HOURS.
JUST LOVED TO READ.
I WENT TO COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE THEN I TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I GOT UP EVERY SINGLE DAY SO EXCITED TO GO TEACH.
WHEN I MARRIED JOE I TOOK OFF TIME TO ESTABLISH MYSELF AS THE BOYS' MOM.
WE DON'T USE THE TERM STEPMOTHER STEPMOTHER.
>> WE HAVE A MOM AND A MOMMY.
OUR MOMMY DIED.
THIS IS OUR MOM.
THEN ALONG CAME ASHLEE.
>> OUR FAMILY WAS COMPLETE.
>> AND I WAS GROWING UP MOM WAS FUN.
STARTED WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER.
IT WAS COMPLEX.
SHE DEALT WITH IT BY TAKING UP RUNNING.
♪ >> SHE STARTED TO BASIC LEAGUE RUN MARATHONS.
>> I NEVER, EVER DOUBTED THAT ANYTHING SHE SET HER MIND TO SHE COULD DO.
>> I GOT TO PIN HER HER DOCTORAT DOCTORATE DEGREE IN EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DELL CARE.
>> NOT YOUR AVERAGE GRANDMOTHER.
>> SHE'S THE GRANDMOTHER WHO WAKES YOU UP AT LIKE, WHAT WAS IT LIKE 5:00 A.M. ON CHRISTMAS EVE TO GO SOUL CYCLING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STORIES.
SHE'S A PRANKSTER, SHE'S VERY MISCHIEVOUS.
WHEN SHE GOES ON A RUN SHE'LL FIND LIKE A DEAD SNAKE AND PICK IT UP AND PUT IN IN HER BAG AND USE IT TO SCARE SOMEONE.
>> THAT'S A CLASSIC JILL.
SHE WASN'T REALLY A WASHINGTON PERSON.
I DON'T THINK EVER IMAGINED HERSELF BEING PART OF THAT.
>> WHEN JILL WAS EYE -- JOE WAS ELECTED TO VICE PRESIDENT I JUST THOUGHT, HEY, I GOT TO STEP IT UP HERE.
BECAUSE THERE ARE THING THAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT.
HAVING HAD A FATHER IN THE MILITARY, HAVING A SON DEPLOYED IN IRAQ.
I SAW THE NEED TO SUPPORT MILITARY FAMILIES.
>> DR. BIDEN COULD BRING ANYONE IN.
THIS IS ONE OF HER SUPER POWERS.
>> WHEN SHE WAS SEC LADY JILL DOLED ME THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TEACHING AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND I SAID, THAT'S INSANE.
YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY DO THAT.
>> I SAID I KNOW I CAN DO BOTH JOBS.
I NEVER SAW HER ON ANY DAY OF THE WEEK WHERE SHE WASN'T CARRY CARRYING A HUGE STACK OF PAPERS TO GRADE.
>> AS SECOND LADY SHE WAS TEACH TEACHING FULL TIME.
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
15 CREDITS A SEMESTER.
>> THESE WERE STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO BE IN YOUR CLASSROOM.
AND I SAW THEIR TENACITY AND THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN, JUST LIKE I HAD DONE.
>> TO GIVE 100% FROM HER, THE ENERGY TO THE STUDENTS SHE'S A GREAT TEACHER.
>> TEACHING IS NOT WHO JILL DOES DOES, IT'S WHO SHE IS.
JILL JUST SIMPLY CARES.
SHE CARES ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
>> WHEN BEAU WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER.
NO ONE KNEW WHAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH.
THE SECRET SERVICE, YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REACT TO YOUR LIFE OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THINK WOULD WHISPER, I'M PRAYING FOR YOU.
>> MOM, WITH YOUR STRENGTH THAT HOLDS THIS FAMILY TOGETHER.
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL MAKE US WHOLE AGAIN.
>> YOU NEVER STOP GRIEVING, EVER.
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO FIND PURPOSE.
>> PLEASE WELCOME, MY HUSBAND, JOE BIDEN!
>> RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IS TOO TOUGH TO NOT BE TOGETHER.
>> FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> IF DR. BIDEN IS OUR FIRST LADY, THE COUNTRY WILL BE GETTING ONE OF THE BEST HUMANS THAT WE HAVE.
>> SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH SOME REALLY TOUGH THINGS IN HER OWN LIFE AND SHE KNOWS HOW HARD IT CAN BE.
>> AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR HEART KNOW THAT SHE'D FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THEM.
>> WE ALL NEED COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO DEPEND ON OTHERS FOR OUR STRENGTH.
ALL AMERICAN FAMILIES.
WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER.
♪ I RUN FOR LIFE ♪ >> AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME, DR. DR. JILL BIDEN.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE SOUNDS OF A CLASSROOM.
THE QUIET THAT SPARKS WITH POSSIBILITY JUST BEFORE STUDENTS SHUFFLE IN.
THE MURMUR OF UNDERSTANDS BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH AS WE EXPLORE THE WORLD TOGETHER.
THE LAUGHTER AND TINY MOMENTS OF SURPRISE YOU FIND IN MATERIALS YOU'VE TAUGHT A MILLION TIMES.
WHEN I TAUGHT ENGLISH HERE AT BRANDYWINE HIGH SCHOOL, I WOULD SPEND MY SUMMER PREPARING FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ABOUT TO START FILLED WITH ANTICIPATION.
BUT THIS QUIET IS HEAVY.
YOU CAN HEAR THE ANXIETY THAT ECHOES DOWN EMPTY HALLWAYS.
THERE'S NO SCENT OF NEW NOTEBOOKS OR FRESHLY WAXED FLOORS.
THE ROOMS ARE DARK AS THE BRIGHT YOUNG FACES THAT SHOULD FILL THEM ARE NOW CONFINED TO BOXES ON A COMPUTER SCREEN.
I HEAR IT FROM SO MANY OF YOU.
THE FRUSTRATION OF PARENTS JUGGLING WORK WHILE THEY SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN'S LEARNING.
ARE AFRAID THAT THEIR KIDS MIGHT GET SICK FROM SCHOOL.
THE CONCERN OF EVERY PERSON WORK WORKING WITHOUT ENOUGH PROTECTION.
THE DESPAIR IN THE LINES THAT STRETCH OUT BEFORE FOOD BANKS.
AND THE INDESCRIBEABLE SORROW THAT FOLLOWS EVERY LONELY LAST BREATH WHEN THE VENTILATORS TURN OFF.
AS A MOTHER AND A GRANDMOTHER, AS AN AMERICAN, I AM HEARTBROKEN BY THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS LOSS.
BY THE FAILURE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES, BY EVERY PRECIOUS AND IRREPLACEABLE LIFE GONE.
LIKE SO MANY OF YOU, I AM LEFT ASKING, HOW DO I KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE.
YOU KNOW, MOTHERHOOD CAME TO ME IN A WAY I NEVER EXPECTED.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MAN AND TWO LITTLE BOYS STANDING IN THE WRECKAGE OF UNTHINKABLE LOSS.
MOURNING A WIFE AND MOTHER, A DAUGHTER AND SISTER.
I NEVER IMAGINED AT THE AGE OF 26 I WOULD BE ASKING MYSELF, HOW DO YOU MAKE A BROKEN FAMILY WHOLE.
STILL, JOE ALWAYS TOLD THE BOYS, MOMMY SENT JILL TO US.
AND HOW COULD I ARGUE WITH HER.
AND SO WE FIGURED IT OUT TOGETHER IN THOSE BIG MOMENTS THAT WOULD GO BY TOO FAST, THANKSGIVINGS AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, BIRTHDAYS AND WEDDINGS.
IN THE MUNDANE ONES THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WERE SHAPING OUR LIVES, READING STORIES, PILED ON THE COUCH.
ROWDY SUNDAY DINNERS AND SILLY ARGUMENTS.
LISTENING TO THE FAINT SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER THAT WOULD FLOAT DOWNSTAIRS AS JOE PUT THE KIDS TO BED EVERY NIGHT WHILE I STUDIED FOR GRAD SCHOOL OR GRADED PAPERS UNDER THE PALE YELLOW KITCHEN LAMP.
THE DINNER DISHES WAITING IN THE SINK.
WE FOUND THAT LOVE HOLDS A FAMILY TOGETHER.
LOVE MAKES US FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT.
IT ALLOWS US TO BECOME MORE THAN OURSELVES TOGETHER.
AND THOUGH IT CAN'T PROTECT US FROM THE SORROWS OF LIFE, IT GIVES US REFUGE, A HOME.
HOW DO YOU MAKE A BROKEN FAMILY WHOLE?
THE SAME WAY YOU MAKE A NATION WHOLE.
WITH LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING AND WITH SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS.
WITH BRAVERY, WITH UNWAVERING FAITH.
YOU SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER IN BIG WEIGHS AND SMALL ONES.
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
IT'S WHAT SO MANY OF YOU DOING RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR LOVED ONES, FOR COMPLETE STRANGERS, FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT TO TELL US THAT OUR COUNTRY IS HOPE HOPELESSLY DIVIDED THAT OUR DIFFERENCES ARE IRRECONCILABLE.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'VE SEEN OVER THESE LAST FEW MONTHS.
WE'RE COMING TOGETHER AND HOLDING ON TO EACH OTHER.
WE'RE FINDING MERCY AND GRACE IN THE MOMENTS WE MIGHT HAVE ONCE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
WE'RE SEEING THAT OUR DIFFERENCES ARE PRECIOUS.
AND OUR SIMILARITIES INFINITE.
WE HAVE SHOWN THAT THE HEART OF THIS NATION STILL BEATS WITH KINDNESS AND COURAGE.
THAT'S THE SOUL OF AMERICA JOE BIDEN IS FIGHTING FOR NOW.
AFTER OUR SON BEAU DIED OF CANCER, I WONDERED IF I WOULD EVER SMILE OR FEEL JOY AGAIN.
IT WAS SUMMER, BUT THERE WAS NO WARMTH LEFT FOR ME.
FOUR DAYS AFTER BEAU'S FUNERAL I WATCHED JOE SHAVE AND PUT ON HIS SUIT.
I SAW HIM STEEL HIMSELF IN THE MIRROR, TAKE A BREATH, PUT HIS SHOULDERS BACK AND WALK OUT INTO A WORLD EMPTY OF OUR SON.
HE WENT BACK TO WORK, THAT'S JUST WHO HE IS.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW HE DID IT.
HOW HE PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AND KEPT GOING.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD WHY HE DID IT.
NOR THE DAUGHTER WHO CONVINCES HER MOM TO FINALLY GET A BREAST CANCER SCREENING AND MISSES WORK TO DRIVE HER TO THE CLINIC.
FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT WHO IS FACED HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS AND SURVIVED ABUSE BUT FINDS THE GRIT TO FINISH HER DEGREE AND MAKE A GOOD LIFE FOR HER KIDS.
AND MAKE A GOOD LIFE FOR FOR THE LITTLE BOY WHOSE MOM IS SERVING AS A MARINE IN IRAQ, WHO PUTS ON A BRAVE FACE IN HIS VIDEO CALL AND DOESN'T CAMPAIGN WHEN THE ONLY THING HE WANTS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY IS TO BE WITH HER.
FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE JOE GIVES HIS PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER TO AT ROPE LINES AND EVENTS.
THE ONE HE TALKS TO FOUR HOURS AFTER DINNER, HELPING THEM SMILE THROUGH THEIR LOSS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY AREN'T ALONE.
HE DOES IT FOR YOU.
JOE'S PURPOSE HAS ALWAYS DRIVEN HIM FORWARD.
HIS STRENGTH OF WILL IS UNSTOPPABLE AND HIS FAITH IS UNSHAKEABLE.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT POLITICIANS OR POLITICAL PARTIES OR EVEN IN HIMSELF.
IT'S IN THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD.
HIS FACE IS IN YOU, IN US.
YES, SO MANY CLASSROOMS ARE QUIET RIGHT NOW.
THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE STILL.
BUT IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY, YOU CAN HEAR THE SPARKS OF CHANGE IN THE AIR, ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, EDUCATORS, PARENTS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AMERICANS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE ARE PUTTING THEIR SHOULDERS BACK FIGHTING FOR EACH OTHER.
WE HAVEN'T GIVEN UP.
WE JUST NEED LEADERSHIP WORTHY OF OUR NATION, WORTHY OF YOU, HONEST LEADERSHIP TO BRING US BACK TOGETHER TO RECOVER FROM THIS PANDEMIC AND PREPARE FOR WHATEVER ELSE IS NEXT.
LEADERSHIP, TO REIMAGINE WHAT OUR NATION WILL BE, THAT'S JOE.
HE AND KAMALA WILL WORK AS HARD AS YOU DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE THIS NATION BETTER.
AND IF I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS YOUR FIRST LADY, I WILL TOO.
AND WITH JOE AS PRESIDENT, THESE CLASSROOMS WILL RING OUT WITH LAUGHTER AND POSSIBILITY ONCE AGAIN.
THE BURDENS WE CARRY ARE HEAVY AND WE NEED SOMEONE WITH STRONG SHOULDERS.
I KNOW THAT IF WE ENTRUST THIS NATION TO JOE, HE WILL DO FOR YOUR FAMILY WHAT HE DID FOR OURS.
BRING US TOGETHER AND MAKE US WHOLE.
CARRY US FORWARD IN OUR TIME OF NEED.
KEEP THE PROMISE OF AMERICA FOR ALL OF US.
>> HEY EVERYONE, JILL BIDEN'S US BUND.
YOU CAN SEE WHY SHE'S THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND ROCK OF OUR FAMILY.
THEYSHE NEVER GIVES HERSELF MUCH CREDIT.
SHE HAS A BACKBONE LIKE A RAM ROD, SHE SETS HER MIND TO GETTING SOMETHING RIGHT.
FOR ALL OF YOU ON OUT THERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, JUST THINK OF YOUR FAVORITE EDUCATOR WHO GAVE YOU THE CONFIDENCE TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF THE THAT'S THE KIND OF FIRST LADY, LADY, LADY THIS JILL BIDEN WILL BE.
>> SO GO TO JOE BIDEN.COM TO JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR WATCHING.
I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
THANK YOU.
>> AND THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION NIGHT NUMBER TWO COMES TO A CLOSE WITH THE NOMINEE HIMSELF FRESHLY NOMINATED JUST MOMENTS, MAYBE AN HOUR AGO, DELEGATES FROM ALL OVER AMERICA AND BY A PERSONAL SPEECH BY HIS WIFE DR. JILL BIDEN WHO HAS MADE A CAREER AS A TEACHER AND WHO TAUGHT AS THE WIFE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.
JOINING ME NOW IN OUR FINAL MINUTES, WE RETURN AGAIN TO MARK SHIELDS, DAVID BROOKS, MICHAEL NUTTER, CHRIS BUSKIRK AND HERE WITH ME AT THIS TABLE AMY WALTER.
SO JILL BIDEN PULLING IT TOGETHER IN A PERSONAL WAY.
AMY PUNCTUATING A NIGHT WHERE WE WERE INTRODUCED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO JOE BIDEN, HURT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT POLICY BUT AGAIN IT WAS A UNIFYING SCENE.
>> YES, A HUMANIZING SCENE.
WE ALL OF US AT THE TABLE KNOW JOE BIDEN'S STORY.
A LOT OF AMERICANS DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S STORY.
THERE'S A LOT ABOUT THIS NIGHT THAT STRUCK ME.
IT WAS VERY NOSTALGIC.
THERE'S THE NOSTALGIA JOE BIDEN WAS REFLECTING ON THE WAY THEIR FAMILY CAME TOGETHER BUT REALLY OF A DIFFERENT AIR AWE.
THE JOHN MCCAIN TAPE THAT WE SAW THERE REALLY WAS THAT AS WELL.
A TIME WHEN DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, THEY CAN ARGUE ON THE FLOOR BUT WORK TOGETHER BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT PROGRESSIVES WERE BRIDALLING AGAINST DURING THE PRIMARY PROCESS.
SAYING JOE BIDEN HE'S THINKING OF SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.
THERE ARE NO MORE OF THOUGH REPUBLICANS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT THAT WELL.
I CAN ALSO HEAR TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS SAYING DO YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN HAVE THOSE ELITES.
YOU CAN HAVE COLIN POWELL AND YOU CAN HAVE JOHN KASICH AND YOU CAN HAVE JOHN MCCAIN.
THAT'S NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ANYMORE.
WE'RE WITH THE REAL PEOPLE, THE REGULAR PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GET US INTO THIS MESS.
IT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING SORT OF MIX OF VOICES AND JOE BIDEN FOUND HIMSELF IN THE PLACE WHERE HE'S MOST COMFORTABLE.
>> Woodruff: IN JUST THE FEW MINUTES WE HAVE LEFT I WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR FOUR ANALYSTS.
DAVID BROOKS, WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS NIGHT.
>> -- BORING AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE -- MOST OF THE EVENTS THAT INVOLVED NON-POLITICIANS WERE I THOUGHT OUTSTANDING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING.
I'M GOING BACK TO THE COME BACK STATE AFTER WE RAMP UP IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
THE HEALTH SEQUENCE WAS VERY GOOD AND FINALLY IN THE JILL BIDEN VIDEO THEY GAVE US A SENSE OF JOE BIDEN AND JILL BIDEN.
THEY ARE REGULAR PEOPLE AND AMY SAYS THERE'S NOSTALGIA AND I AGREE.
THERE'S A LOT OF NORMALNESS, JUST A LOT OF NORMAL PEOPLE AND THEY ARE NORMAL PEOPLE.
AFTER A FEW TRANSGRESSIVE YEARS NORMAL MAY BE GOOD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
CERTAINLY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SWING VOTERS.
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE NORMAL THING PLAYS OUT BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAY BE ON THE FENCE WOULD BE EXTREMELY COMFORTING TO SEE THE BIDEN FAMILY.
I HOPE FOR THEIR SAKE THEY DO A LOT MORE.
>> Woodruff: MARK SHIELDS NORMALNESS OR FORM NORMYNESS, WHATEVER HE JUST CALLED IT.
>> NOW HE WANTS TO RETURN TO NORMALCY BOTH OF WHICH ARE FINE.
THIS IS MY 23RD NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THE FIRST TIME I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE FLOOR.
I MISS THE TRADITIONAL ROLL CALL OF NEW MEXICO, THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THE COME BACK STATE RANKS AS THE HALL OF FAME OF STRIVING RHODE ISLAND.
I'LL SAY THIS, JUDY, THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING TO ME WAS A MOMENT WHEN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" ELEVATOR OPERATOR JACQUELINE ESBY TALKED ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE UP, OBVIOUSLY TO BRING UP THE EDITORIAL BOARD AT THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND HOW THEY BEHAVED.
CHARACTER IS HOW SOMEBODY BEHAVES AND ACTS WHEN NOBODY'S LOOKING.
JOE BIDEN ESTABLISHED PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT ELEVATOR OPERATOR, TOOK A GENUINE INTEREST IN HER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A PEEK INTO HIS CHARACTER.
THE SECOND POINT I'D SAY IS THAT I THOUGHT THEY DID REMARKABLY WELL GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY WHAT THEY COULD DO WITHOUT A REAL CONVENTION.
I THOUGHT WE SAW IN BILL CLINTON, THE HALL OF FAME PERFORMANCE OF A NATURAL.
HE'S THE WILLIE MAYS OF POLITICS.
HE COULD HIT AND RUN.
WHEN HE SAID THE OVAL OFFICE SHOULD BE A COMMAND CENTER INSTEAD OF A DONALD TRUMP STORM CENTER A CENTER OF CHAOS, THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, WHO DOESN'T ACCEPT THE BUCK, WHO PASSES THE BUCK.
I THOUGHT HE CAPTURED IT COMPLETELY.
AND SO I THOUGHT THE EVENING, I THOUGHT THE EVENING WORKED AND I GUESS THE TIME IS SHORT.
>> Woodruff: AND MARK, I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT.
I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE AND INTERRUPT BECAUSE WE'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE WE HAVE TO SAY GOOD NIGHT.
BUT CHRIS BUSKIRK, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, WHAT ARE YOU FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW?
>> I'M FOCUSED, MY SENSE OF THE NIGHT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE SIMILAR TO AMY'S.
WITH A COUPLE DISTINCTIONS.
THERE'S THIS SENSE OF NOSTALGIA BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING WAS A THROW BACK OR A RETHREAD.
IT WAS THIS THING I KEEP NOTICING WHICH IS BABYBOOMER CAN'T SEEM TO LET GO AND YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE EVEN THE MUSIC THAT WAS GETTING PLAYED, IT'S THE BEATLES, LAST NIGHT IT WAS BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD.
IT'S ALWAYS 1968 FOR BOOMERS.
I UNDERSTAND JOE BIDEN'S ACTUALLY A SILENT GENERATION.
BUT WHAT DOES THIS HAD HAVE TO DO WITH MILLENNIALS OR GEN Z.
THEY NEED MILLENNIALS TO TERM OUT FOR JOE BIDEN AND PRETENDING IT'S CAMELOT ALL OVER AGAIN ISN'T GOING TO DO IT.
>> Woodruff: THAT HURT MANY OF US BUT SOME WILL GET IT.
MIKE OF MICHAELUTTER YOU GET THE LAST WORD.
>> MANY OF US MIGHT TAKE FOR GRAND.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT TONIGHT, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT FEELING GOOD.
FOR SO MANY OF US AND I WOULD SAY FOR CERTAINLY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND MANY OTHERS THOSE IN THE FIELD, AGENTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN TRAUMATIC THE LAST THREE AND-A-HALF YEARS.
AND SO IT ACTUALLY FEELS GOOD TO FEEL GOOD.
AND THAT REGULAR PEOPLE, THAT ROLL CALL WAS SPECTACULAR IN SO MANY PLACES.
I'VE BEEN TO A FEW PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THERE ARE SOAP PLACES THAT WE ACTUALLY SAW THE REAL PLACE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT IN A CONVENTION HALL.
SO YOU KNOW, LET JUST ENJOY THE NORMALCY OF IT.
LET'S ENJOY A PERSON WHO IS SHOWING LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP MATTERS THAT YOU CAN TAKE BOTH SERIOUSLY AND LITERALLY.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO A CALL THAT WAS MADE EARLY ON IN THE EVENING.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BOTH LITERALLY AND SERIOUSLY.
IT'S A SERIOUS JOB AND IT REQUIRES SERIOUS LEADERSHIP.
THE CURRENT OCCUPANT OF THE WHITE HOUSE HAS FAILED ON BOTH OF THOSE TESTS.
I'LL TAKE NORMALCY ANY TIME.
>> Woodruff: ON THAT NOTE, WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WEIGH IN TOMORROW NIGHT ON NIGHT THREE OF THIS CONVENTION.
MICHAEL NUTTER, CHRIS BUSKIRK, MARK SHIELDS, DAVID BROOKS AND THE ONE AND ONLY AMY WALTER.
THANK YOU ALL.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SPEND THIS NIGHT WITH YOU.
RIGHT NOW LET'S GO TO AMNA NAWAZ, SHE'S GOING TO LET US KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> THERE'S HARD HITTING LANGUAGE WE HEARD THERE BUT ALSO A LOT OF HEART WE SHOULD MENTION FROM FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WHO JUST TWEETED CONGRATS, JOE, I'M PRINTOUT OF YOU.
BUT TOMORROW'S THEME JUDY IS A MORE PERFECT UNION.
THERE IS A SLATE OF BIG SPEAKERS SO WE LOOK TO HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI WILL DELIVER REMARKS AND ALSO FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON, ELIZABETH WARREN AND FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL BE SPEAKING AS WELL.
AND WE WILL HEAR FROM THE DEMOCRAT PARTIES VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE KAMALA HARRIS DELIVERING HER REMARKS.
THAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW NIGHT THE THIRD NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION RIGHT HERE.
>> Woodruff: A STAR-STUDDED LINE UP.
AMNA NAWAZ BRINGING IT TO US FROM RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IN OUR STUDIO.
THANK YOU, AMNA SO MUCH.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US FOR OUR LIVE COVERAGE ON THIS SECOND NIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
PLEASE STAY WITH US ALL WEEK ON-LINE ON THE NEWSHOUR AND FOR THIS SPECIAL COVERAGE.
I'M JUDY WOODRUFF FOR ALL OF US AT THE NEWSHOUR TO WORK SO HARD TO PULL THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER.
PLEASE STAY SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
>> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING.
AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU.
VO: This election season,