GMA seven
THOUSANDS SOAKING IN SUMMER IN 
WUHAN, CHINA.
A MASSIVE POOL PARTY IN WHAT WAS
ONCE GROUND ZERO OF THE 
PANDEMIC.
THE CITY, LARGER THAN NEW YORK, 
HAS NOT REPORTED A LOCAL CASE 
SINCE MID MAY.
A STARK CONTRAST HERE IN THE 
U.S.
DR. DEBORAH BIRX SAYING TODAY WE
CAN'T HAVE PARTIES AND LARGE 
GATHERINGS IF WE WANT SCHOOLS TO
REOPEN.
TONIGHT JILL BIDEN SPEAKING FROM
HER OLD CLASSROOM WILL MAKE THE 
CASE FOR WHY HER HUSBAND IS THE 
BEST PERSON TO MOVE THIS COUNTRY
FORWARD.
NIGHT TWO OF THE VIRTUAL 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION SET TO GET
UNDER WAY.
WHAT VULNERABLE DEMOCRAT SENATOR
DOUG JONES SAYS THE PARTY MUST 
DO IN ORDER TO WIN THE DEEP RED 
SOUTH.
>>> BACKING DOWN THE U.S. POST 
MASTER GIVING IN TO INTENSE 
PRESSURE.
THE MOVE HE MADE AS 20 STATES 
ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SUE THE 
POSTAL SERVICE AHEAD OF THE 
ELECTION.
TRACKING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
MISLEADING STATEMENTS 
>> I GUESS IT WAS THE BIGGEST 
ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN SINCE 
RONALD REAGAN. 
>> OUR IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE 
PRESIDENT'S WORDS AND HOW 
DEMOCRATS PLAN TO USE THEM 
AGAINST HIM.
>> THE WHITE COUPLE ACCUSED OF 
HARASSING A BLACK NEIGHBOR FOR 
YEARS.
HAVE AN OLD CAR SITTING AROUND?
WHY NOW MIGHT BE THE TIME TO 
SELL IT.
AND MARKING 100 YEARS SINCE 
WOMEN WERE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO 
VOTE.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I'M LINSEY
DAVIS.
THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US.
THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
THE FIRST NIGHT EVER OF A 
VIRTUAL CONVENTION MEANT TO BE A
GIANT SHOW OF UNITY AMONG 
DEMOCRATS AND EVEN SOME 
REPUBLICANS.
FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA
TAKING THE FIGHT DIRECTLY TO THE
MAN WHO REPLACED HER HUSBAND AS 
PRESIDENT SAYING DONALD TRUMP 
WAS CLEARLY IN OVER HIS HEAD.
TONIGHT WE'LL HEAR FROM FORMER 
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 
REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO
CORTEZ AND DR. JILL BIDEN AMONG 
OTHERS.
BY THE END OF THE NIGHT 
DELEGATES ARE EXPECTED TO 
FORMALLY NOMINATE JIBED -- JOE 
BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT DEMOCRATS 
WILL ARGUE JOE BIDEN IS THE 
LEADER AMERICA NEEDS AFTER 
MICHELLE OBAMA SET THE TONE WITH
A FIERCE TAKE DOWN OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
>> LET ME BE AS HONEST AND CLEAR
AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
DONALD TRUMP IS THE WRONG 
PRESIDENT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
HE HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME
TO PROVE THAT HE CAN DO THE JOB,
BUT HE IS CLEARLY IN OVER HIS 
HEAD.
HE CANNOT MEET THIS MOMENT.
HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE NEED 
HIM TO BE FOR US.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER FIRST 
LADY REINVENTING HER FAMOUS 
MOTTO, WHEN THEY GO LOW WE GO 
HIGH. 
>> BUT LET'S BE CLEAR.
GOING HIGH DOES NOT MEAN PUTTING
ON A SMILE AND SAYING NICE 
THINGS WHEN CONFRONTED BY 
VICIOUSNESS AND CRUELTY. 
>> Reporter: SHE HAD A BLUNT 
WARNING FOR VOTERS. 
>> IF YOU THINK THINGS CANNOT 
POSSIBLY GET WORSE, TRUST ME, 
THEY CAN AND THEY WILL IF WE 
DON'T MAKE A CHANGE IN THIS 
ELECTION.
IF WE HAVE ANY HOPE OF ENDING 
THIS CHAOS, WE HAVE GOT TO VOTE 
FOR JOE BIDEN LIKE OUR LIVES 
DEPEND ON IT.
>> Reporter: WATCHING CLOSELY, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO 
MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT WHERE SHE SAID YOU ARE IN 
OVER YOUR HEAD AND THE WRONG 
PRESIDENT?
>> YEAH.
SHE'S OVER HER HEAD AND FRANKLY 
SHE SHOULD HAVE MADE THE SPEECH 
LIVE WHICH SHE DIDN'T DO.
SHE TAPED IT.
IT WAS NOT ONLY TAPED IT WAS 
TAPED A LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE 
SHE HAD THE WRONG DEATHS.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN MENTION THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE 
SPEECH.
>> Reporter: MICHELLE OBAMA 
TAPED HER SPEECH BEFORE BIDEN 
ANNOUNCED KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS 
RUNNING MATE WHEN THE 
CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL WAS 
150,000.
SINCE, IT HAS JUMPED TO OVER 
170,000.
>> SHE GETS THESE FAWNING 
REVIEWS.
IF YOU GAVE A REAL REVIEW IT 
WOULDN'T BE SO FAWNING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY DIVISIVE
SPEECH EXTREMELY DIVISIVE.
FRANKLY I WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE 
IF IT WEREN'T FOR BARACK OBAMA. 
>> LATER TODAY BIDEN TAKING AIM 
AT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T SEEM 
CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING BEYOND 
HIS OWN EGO.
I THINK HE JUST LACKS THE 
CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT THE CASE 
FOR TRUSTING BIDEN WILL BE MADE 
BY THE WOMAN WHO KNOWS HIM BEST,
HIS WIFE.
SHE'LL BE GIVING HER SPEECH FROM
THE DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE 
SHE USED TO TEACH ENGLISH.
>> MICHELLE OBAMA MAKING HER 
MARK LAST NIGHT, JOE BIDEN 
SPEAKING TONIGHT.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HER 
REMARKS?
>> Reporter: WELL, SHE WILL BE 
SPEAKING FROM THE DELAWARE HIGH 
SCHOOL WHERE SHE TAUGHT FOR SO 
MANY YEARS TEACHING ENGLISH AND 
WILL SPEAK ABOUT HER PERSONAL 
EXPERIENCE AND ALSO TOUCH ON THE
MOMENT THIS COUNTRY IS IN.
WE KNOW FROM EXCERPTS SHE WILL 
SAY YOU CAN HEAR THE ANXIETY 
DOWN EMPTY HALLWAYS, NO SCENT OF
NEW NOTEBOOKS OR FRESHLY WAXED 
FLOORS, THAT THE ROOMS ARE DARK 
THAT THE BRIGHT YOUNG FACES THAT
SHOULD FILL THEM ARE CONFINED TO
BOXES ON A COMPUTER SCREEN.
SHE WILL ALSO GO ON TO SPEAK 
ABOUT HER HUSBAND, HIS 
BIOGRAPHY, THE CHALLENGES HE HAS
OVERCOME IN HIS LIFE ESPECIALLY 
WHEN HE LOST HIS FIRST WIFE AND 
HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER IN THAT 
TRAGIC ACCIDENT JUST AS HIS 
POLITICAL CAREER WAS GETTING 
STARTED.
SHE WILL REFLECT ON THE FACT 
THAT THERE ARE TIMES JOE BIDEN 
WILL SAY I COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW 
HE DID IT, HOW HE PUT ONE FOOT 
IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AND KEPT 
GOING.
SHE'LL SAY I'VE ALWAYS 
UNDERSTOOD WHY HE DID IT.
HE DOES IT FOR YOU.
LINSEY?
>> WE'LL HEAR FROM THE ONE WHO 
KNOWS HIM BEST, HIS WIFE AND 
ALSO LEARNED THE CONVENTION WILL
HONOR FORMER CONGRESSMAN JOHN 
LEWIS IN A UNIQUE WAY TONIGHT. 
>> Reporter: THIS ROLL CALL VOTE
WILL BE KICKED OFF IN QUITE A 
UNIQUE WAY.
INSTEAD OF THE USUAL COMMOTION 
ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR IT WILL 
BE KICKED OFF FROM SELMA, 
ALABAMA FROM THE EDMUND PETTUS 
BRIDGE BY CONGRESSWOMAN TERRY 
SEWELL PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE 
LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS WE 
JUST LOST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
A CHANCE TO NOT ONLY PAY TRIBUTE
TO HUSBAND LIFE AND THE 
SACRIFICE HE MADE, THE BLOOD HE 
SHED ON THAT BRIDGE DURING 
BLOODY SUNDAY THAT LED TO THE 
PASSAGE OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
IN 1965 BUT OF COURSE ALSO A 
CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE THIS MOMENT 
WE ARE IN AS A COUNTRY.
THE NATIONAL RECKONING ON 
RACISM, THE URGENT CALLS FOR 
RACIAL JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY.
LINSEY, IT SHOULD BE QUITE A 
MOMENT.
>> INDEED.
MARY BRUCE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR 
YOUR REPORTING.
>>> FOR MORE ON THE CONVENTION 
TONIGHT LET'S BRING IN OUR ABC 
NEWS SENIOR WASHINGTON REPORTER.
ANOTHER PACKED NIGHT OF SPEAKERS
TONIGHT.
WE WANTED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK 
AT THE NEW GENERATION OF VOICES 
IN THE PARTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO
BE HEARING FROM.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE ACTUALLY 
TRYING SOMETHING NEW IN 
TONIGHT'S KEYNOTE ADDRESS AS FAR
AS THOSE UP AND COMERS.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: LIKE THIS 
CONVENTION ITSELF, LINSEY, AS 
YOU KNOW, THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS 
TONIGHT ANYTHING BUT 
TRADITIONAL.
NORMALLY THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WILL HAND PICK A SINGLE 
KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THEIR 
CONVENTION SOMEBODY THEY WANT TO
SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON.
AS THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY.
IN 2004 THAT WAS A LITTLE KNOWN 
ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR AT THE 
TIME BARACK OBAMA.
WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
TONIGHT DEMOCRATS WILL HEAR FROM
17 RISING STARS OF THE PARTY 
SOMETHING DEMOCRATS CALL THE 
NEXT GENERATION OF PARTY LEADERS
PEOPLE LIKE STACEY ABRAMS OF 
GEORGIA, CONNOR LAMB OF 
PENNSYLVANIA AND ALSO FROM 
NAVAJO NATION PRESIDENT JONATHAN
NEZ.
THEY WILL SPEAK NOT IN A KEYNOTE
SINGLE ADDRESS BUT IN A VIDEO 
MONTAGE.
SHOULD BE INTERESTING. 
>> INDEED.
THIS CONVENTION ISN'T JUST ABOUT
THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON 
CONGRESS.
WHAT ARE THEY HOPING FOR IN 
RACES IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE?
>> Reporter: IT IS CERTAINLY 
EASIER TO GOVERN AS YOU KNOW 
LINSEY IF YOU HAVE FULL CONTROL 
OF THE HOUSE, THE SENATE, AND 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T DONE THAT 
IN THIS TOWN SINCE 2008.
THAT WAS WHEN BARACK OBAMA SWEPT
IN AND HAD DEMOCRATIC 
MAJORITIES.
HERE IS WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT
NOW ACCORDING TO OUR FRIENDS AT 
538.
CAN THEY REPEAT A SWEEP IN 
NOVEMBER?
WELL, TO START WITH THE WHITE 
HOUSE HERE TAKE A LOOK AT THE 
PRESIDENTIAL FORECAST.
IF THE ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY 
538 SAYS JOE BIDEN IS FAVORED TO
WIN 72% OF THE TIME IN THEIR 
MODELS.
DONALD TRUMP WOULD WIN 27% OF 
THE TIMES.
NOT A ZERO PERCENT CHANCE FOR 
DONALD TRUMP.
OVER IN THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS 
RIGHT NOW AS YOU KNOW HAVE A 
STRONG MAJORITY.
THEY'RE LIKELY TO KEEP THAT 
STRONG MAJORITY IN NOVEMBER, 
LINSEY, BUT THE BIG BATTLE IS 
GOING TO BE FOR THE SENATE.
REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE SENATE 
RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE A THREE-SEAT MAJORITY 
THERE.
IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG FIGHT TO
SEE IF DEMOCRATS CAN FLIP THOSE 
THREE SEATS AND 538 SAYS THAT 
POSSIBILITY IS A TOSS UP RIGHT 
NOW.
>> DEVIN, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN 
SOME PRIMARY RESULTS THAT WILL 
CHANGE HOW CONGRESS LOOKS IN 
2020.
WHO ARE SOME OF THE NEW FACES 
COMING TO WASHINGTON?
>> Reporter: THE CHANGING FACE 
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS GOING
TO BE ON FULL DISPLAY TONIGHT.
ANOTHER NEW WAVE OF FRESH FACES 
IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
OF COURSE REMEMBER IN 2018 WE 
SAW THE SQUAD COME IN.
THE FOUR PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC 
CONGRESSWOMEN.
ALREADY WE'RE SEEING MORE YOUNG 
AND PROGRESSIVE AND DIVERSE 
CANDIDATES WINNING THESE 
PRIMARIES.
SOME OF THEM IN SAFE SEATS WHICH
MEANS THEY ARE LIKELY BOUND FOR 
WASHINGTON NEXT WINTER.
PEOPLE LIKE CORY BUSCH THE 
PROGRESSIVE ACTIVIST IN 
MISSOURI, SOMEONE LIKE JAMAL 
BROWN A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN
NEW YORK CITY UNSEATED ELLIOTT 
ENGEL A LONG TIME DEMOCRATIC 
FIXTURE IN THIS TOWN.
THEN THERE ARE TWO OTHER NEW 
YORKERS, MONDARE JONES AND 
RICHIE TORRES LIKELY TO BECOME 
THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK MEN 
IN CONGRESS COMING FROM SAFE 
DEMOCRATIC SEATS SO THE CHANGING
FACE OF THE PARTY CONTINUES AND 
THEY WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THAT 
TONIGHT.
>> QUITE A SHIFT.
THANKS TO YOU, DEVIN, AND WE'LL 
HAVE MORE OF HIS REPORTING IN 
OUR LIVE CONVENTION COVERAGE IN 
THE NEXT HOUR.
>>> STAYING IN WASHINGTON, AFTER
INTENSE SCRUTINY OVER THE 
MANAGEMENT OF THE POST OFFICE 
TONIGHT THE MAJOR MOVE FROM THE 
POST MASTER GENERAL REVERSING 
COURSE.
OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE 
CORRESPONDENT HAS THE VERY 
LATEST.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT UNDER 
PRESSURE FROM DEMOCRATS POST 
MASTER GENERAL LOUIS DEJOY IS 
BACKING DOWN.
A TRUMP MEGADONOR, HE IS ACCUSED
OF TRYING TO SABOTAGE THE 
ELECTION BY MAKING CHANGES TO 
SLOW DOWN MAIL DELIVERY.
JUST AS MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE 
EXPECTED TO SURGE.
TO AVOID EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF 
ANY IMPACT ON ELECTION MAIL HE 
SAID IN A STATEMENT TODAY, I AM 
SUSPENDING THESE INITIATIVES 
UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI LEARNED THE
NEWS WHILE SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF AN INTERVIEW.
>> IF SOMEBODY HANDED ME A NOTE,
REUTERS REPORTING POST MASTER 
GENERAL PAUSED ALL OPERATIONAL 
REFORMS AFTER OUTCRY.
WELL, HE SHOULD.
THEY FELT THE HEAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING 
TO DO IS MAKE IT TOO HOT FOR 
THEM TO HANDLE.
>> Reporter: THE POST MASTER 
GENERAL IS NOW PLEDGING ALL MAIL
PROCESSING MACHINES AND 
COLLECTION BOXES WILL REMAIN IN 
PLACE THROUGH THE ELECTION AND 
POSTAL WORKERS WILL STILL BE 
ABLE TO WORK OVERTIME.
BUT SPEAKER PELOSI SAYS THAT'S 
NOT ENOUGH SAYING THE MOVE, 
QUOTE, DOES NOT REVERSE THE 
DAMAGE ALREADY DONE.
>> THE POST OFFICE IS RUNNING AS
WELL AS IT HAS IN A LONG TIME.
>> Reporter: REPORTS OF SLOWED 
DOWN MAIL DELIVERY HAVE MADE 
HEADLINES ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
WITH CONCERNS ABOUT MORE THAN 
VOTING.
MICHAEL MILLER, WHO HAS BEEN 
DELIVERING MAIL IN RURAL OHIO 
FOR 30 YEARS, SAYS HIS ELDERLY 
CUSTOMERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT 
THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS, TELLING THE
COLUMBUS DIS-PATCHES SPECIALLY 
WITH THE PANDEMIC GOING ON THEY 
DON'T WANT TO GO OUT.
IN THE TOWN OF HUMBOLDT, TEXAS, 
DON WHITE TELLS US THE MEDICINE 
HE TAKES TO TREAT HIS HEART 
DISEASE TOOK TWO WEEKS TO 
ARRIVE.
>> I WENT ALMOST A WEEK WITHOUT 
MEDICATION AFTER I FINISHED UP 
MY DOSES I HAD AND THE THREE DAY
EXTRAS I HAD FOR EMERGENCY.
IT WAS ALMOST A WEEK THAT I 
DIDN'T HAVE THAT HEART 
MEDICATION.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
MADE BASELESS CHARGES ABOUT MAIL
FRAUD IN THE ELECTION, BUT HE 
INSISTS HE IS NOT TRYING TO SLOW
DOWN MAIL DELIVERY.
>> THE PRESIDENT REMAINING 
RESOLUTE THAT WAS NOT HIS 
INTENTION.
SO THE POST OFFICE IS CHANGING 
COURSE BUT CONGRESS WILL STILL 
HEAR FROM THE POST MASTER 
GENERAL.
WHAT IS THE LATEST FOR PLANS ON 
THE HEARING?
>> Reporter: HE'LL BE TESTIFYING
ACTUALLY IN TWO HEARINGS.
ON MONDAY HE'LL BE BEFORE A 
COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE BUT ON 
FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY, HE WILL BE 
BEFORE THE SENATE HOMELAND 
SECURITY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 
COMMITTEE.
LINSEY, WHAT IS INTERESTING 
ABOUT THAT IS THAT KAMALA HARRIS
IS ON THAT COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE ASKED HER STAFF WHETHER 
SHE INTENDS TO TAKE PART IN THE 
HEARING AND TO DIRECTLY QUESTION
THE POST MASTER GENERAL ABOUT 
HIS ACTIONS THAT MIGHT AFFECT AN
ELECTION SHE IS VERY MUCH FRONT 
AND CENTER IN.
HER STAFF HAS TOLD US THAT HAS 
NOT BEEN DECIDED.
THAT WOULD OF COURSE BE DAY 
AFTER JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS FORMALLY ACCEPT THE 
NOMINATION ON THE DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET.
>> INTERESTING TO SEE IF SHE 
RECUSES HERSELF THERE.
BEYOND THE IMPACT OF BALLOTS 
COULD THE FUNCTIONING OF THE 
POST OFFICE BECOME AN ELECTION 
ISSUE ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS 
LIKE YOU SHOWED US WHO FEEL THE 
IMPACT OF THE MAIL DELAYS?
>> Reporter: I THINK THERE IS NO
QUESTION WE ARE ALREADY SEEING 
THAT.
THE POST OFFICE OF COURSE 
AFFECTS EVERYBODY IN THIS 
COUNTRY BUT ARGUABLY ESPECIALLY 
SOME OF THE VERY GROUPS THAT 
VOTED OVERWHELMING FOR DONALD 
TRUMP IN THE LAST ELECTION.
SENIORS BUT ALSO RURAL VOTERS 
WHO RELY ON THE POST OFFICE AS A
LIFE LINE FOR THINGS LIKE 
MEDICINES AND OTHER THINGS.
SO I THINK THAT THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT THE PRESIDENT, 
HIMSELF, HAS REALIZED IN THE 
LAST COUPLE DAYS WHERE HE WENT 
FROM ESSENTIALLY ATTACKING THE 
POST OFFICE TO NOW IN SOME OF 
HIS LATEST TWEETS, ONE, HE SAID 
WE MUST SAVE THE POST OFFICE.
I THINK THEY REALIZED 
WITHHOLDING MONEY FROM THE POST 
OFFICE WHICH WAS SOMETHING HE 
WAS THREATENING JUST A WEEK AGO 
IS NOT A GOOD CAMPAIGN MOVE. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
JONATHAN KARL, THANKS SO MUCH.
>>> WITH DEMOCRATS MAKING 
LEADERSHIP THE THEME OF THEIR 
PROGRAM IN THE DNC TONIGHT A NEW
REPORT FROM THE SENATE IS ONLY 
ADDING FUEL TO THEIR PUSH TO 
VOTERS THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
BE VOTED OUT.
TODAY A REPUBLICAN LED COMMITTEE
CONFIRMED THE FINDINGS IN THE 
MUELLER REPORT THAT RUSSIA TRIED
TO SABOTAGE THE 2016 ELECTION 
AND THAT THE PRESIDENT'S 
CAMPAIGN HAD EXTENSIVE CONTACTS 
WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT THE 
REPUBLICAN LED SENATE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE RELEASING
ITS FINAL REPORT DECLARING THE 
2016 TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAD REPEATED
CONTACTS WITH RUSSIAN 
OPERATIVES.
AMONG THE NEW FINDINGS, REPORTS 
SAYING PAUL MANAFORT TRUMP'S 
CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN WAS DETERMINED
TO HAVE GIVEN POLLING 
INFORMATION TO ONE WHO THE 
COMMITTEE DESCRIBES AS A RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER.
>> POLLING DATA IS A ROAD MAP OF
THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN.
IT WOULD BE A GUIDE FOR THEM 
JUST LIKE FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
>> Reporter: SENATE 
INVESTIGATORS ALSO CONCERNED 
MANAFORT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED 
IN THE RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO HACK 
E-MAILS FROM THE DEMOCRATS '2016
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS, E-MAILS 
LATER PUBLISHED BY WIKILEAKS.
DESPITE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLAIM 
HE DIDN'T REMEMBER SPEAKING TO 
HIS THEN ADVISER ROGER STONE 
ABOUT WIKILEAKS, THE COMMITTEE 
IS SAYING THEY BELIEVE HE DID.
THE PRESIDENT RECENTLY COMMUTED 
STONE'S SENTENCE PROMPTING 
CRITICS TO CLAIM IT WAS A REWARD
FOR STONE'S SILENCE.
LINSEY, MULTIPLE SOURCES TELL 
ABC NEWS THE SENATE COMMITTEE 
ALERTED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT A
YEAR AGO TO CONCERNS THAT 
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE INCLUDING 
DON JR. AND JARED KUSHNER MISLED
THEIR INVESTIGATORS.
THEY HAVE LONG MAINTAINED THAT 
THEY TOLD THE TRUTH.
LINSEY?
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS TO YOU.
>>> NEXT TO THE GROWING CONCERNS
OF COVID SPREADING THROUGH 
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 
NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL WENT 
HOME JUST ONE DAY AFTER 
OUTBREAKS FORCED THE SCHOOL TO 
SWITCH TO REMOTE LEARNING.
ANOTHER 2,000 STUDENTS, 
TEACHERS, AND STAFF WERE 
QUARANTINED IN ONE SCHOOL 
DISTRICT BUT THERE IS A GLIMMER 
OF HOPE TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: AT NOTRE DAME 
TONIGHT THE SCHOOL IS BLAMING 
OFF CAMPUS PARTIES FOR THE 89 
NEW CASES OF COVID-19 COUNTED ON
MONDAY ALONE.
THE FIGHTING IRISH ARE NOW UNDER
TWO WEEKS OF NEW RESTRICTIONS, 
REMOTE INSTRUCTION FOR UNDER 
GRADS, CLOSED PUBLIC SPACES, AND
OFF CAMPUS STUDENTS HAVE TO STAY
OFF CAMPUS.
>> IF THESE STEPS ARE NOT 
SUCCESSFUL WE HAVE TO SEND 
STUDENTS HOME AS WE DID LAST 
SPRING.
>> I THINK WE'RE ALL 
DISAPPOINTED.
>> Reporter: IT IS A STRANGE 
MOVE-IN DAY AT UT AUSTIN AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT 
BOULDER WHERE THEY ARE ALREADY 
WORRIED THEY COULD BE SENT BACK 
HOME BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
>> I HAVE AN IN-PERSON CLASS, SO
I DO HAVE TO GO TO CLASS.
I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST AND 
PRACTICE SAFETY AND WEAR MY MASK
AND WASH MY HANDS OFTEN BUT I 
FEEL LIKE IT IS SPREADING PRETTY
FAST. 
>> Reporter: SCHOOL 
ADMINISTRATORS AT UNC CHAPEL 
HILL ALREADY HAD TO CHANGE 
PLANS.
MOST IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION WAS 
CANCELED MONDAY AND THEY ARE 
ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO LEAVE 
CAMPUS.
>> I THINK THAT IS THE PLAN FOR 
NOW. 
>> Reporter: STUDENTS LIKE TO 
PARTY AND HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN 
THAT PARTIES LIKE THIS ONE AT 
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA 
OVER THE WEEKEND ARE NOT 
HELPFUL.
>> WE CAN'T HAVE THE LARGE 
PARTIES BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF 
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD.
>> Reporter: AT ITHICA COLLEGE 
IN NEW YORK THIS FRESHMAN GOT 
THE E-MAIL FROM HER UNIVERSITY 
PRESIDENT TODAY.
SCHOOL WILL BE ONLINE THIS 
SEMESTER.
>> JUST FOR GENERAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS, IT 
MAKES SENSE FOR ALL OF US TO 
STAY HOME. 
>> Reporter: ACROSS THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI MORE THAN 2,000 
STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO 
QUARANTINE AT HOME.
IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA 
ALONE AT LEAST THAT MANY 
STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO 
QUARANTINE IN AT LEAST ONE 
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHAT IS TOUGH IS IT IS TOUGH FOR
STUDENTS OF ALL AGES TO BE IN 
SCHOOL BUT NOT THE SAFEST 
DECISION IN CITIES WITH 
INCREASING RATES OF INFECTION.
WHEN YOU'RE IN A RED ZONE THAT 
HAS GREATER THAN A HUNDRED FOR A
HUNDRED THOUSAND OR GREATER THAN
TEN TEST POSITIVITY YOU BETTER 
THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
>> Reporter: STEVE, SUCH A 
DIFFICULT ORDEAL FOR SO MANY 
PARENTS WE'VE HEARD FROM DR. 
FAUCI.
WHAT ELSE DID HE SAY ABOUT THE 
NATION'S RESPONSE?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID IS 
THAT THERE IS A -- IF THERE WAS 
A MORE CONSISTENT MESSAGE FROM 
THE ADMINISTRATION THINGS MIGHT 
BE A LITTLE BETTER.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY EXPECT THE 
WHITE HOUSE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO
SAY ABOUT THAT.
AS YOU POINT OUT THIS IS A 
DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR PARENTS,
SCHOOL SYSTEMS, EVERYONE 
INVOLVED HERE AT THIS SCHOOL 
SYSTEM ONE OTHER PROBLEM THEY 
HAVE IN ADDITION TO HAVING TO 
DEAL WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THE 
VIRUS AS THEY'RE TRYING TO 
PURSUE THIS REMOTE LEARNING 
PROGRAM THERE'S NOW A SHORTAGE 
ON THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED TO 
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THEY ARE SHORT THOUSANDS OF LAP 
TOPS THEY NEED TO TEACH THESE 
CHILDREN AT HOME.
>> SO UNFORTUNATE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR 
REPORTING.
IMAGINE LIVING NEXT TO A 
NEIGHBOR WHO IS ALLEGEDLY 
BRANDISHING GUNS AT YOU, LEAVING
DEAD SQUIRRELS IN YOUR YARD, AND
POLICE SAYING THEY CAN ONLY HELP
YOU IF YOU ARE PHYSICALLY 
HARMED?
ONE BLACK WOMAN IN NEW YORK 
CLAIMS THIS WAS HER REALITY AND 
SHE SAYS SHE HAS BEEN VOCAL FOR 
YEARS EVEN AT ONE POINT LISTING 
A SIGN WITH ALL OF THE 
ALLEGATIONS.
THE WHITE COUPLE ACCUSED OF 
HARASSING THEIR NEIGHBOR FOR 
THREE YEARS HAS NOW BEEN 
CHARGED.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT THIS MOTHER
AND REGISTERED NURSE AFRAID TO 
GO HOME SAYS SHE IS THE VICTIM 
OF YEARS OF RACIALLY MOTIVATED 
TERROR, ACCUSING HER WHITE NEXT 
DOOR NEIGHBORS OF THROWING FECES
AND DEAD ANIMALS IN HER YARD.
>> THE LAST STRAW WAS THE DEAD 
SQUIRRELS FOR ME.
ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH AT THIS POINT.
>> Reporter: MONDAY THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARGED THE COUPLE WITH
HARASSING THEIR NEIGHBOR, SAYING
IT BEGAN IN APRIL, 2017, WHEN 
SHE WAS PREGNANT AND MOVED INTO 
HER HOME ON NEW YORK'S LONG 
ISLAND.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE HARASSMENT 
INCLUDED THE COUPLE THROWING 
FECES ON THEIR NEIGHBOR'S LAWN 
AND SHOOTING A PELLET GUN 
REPEATEDLY ACROSS HER PROPERTY, 
CAUSING HER TO LIVE IN FEAR FOR 
YEARS.
>> IN THIS CASE ALL OF US HAVE 
TO DEAL SOMETIMES WITH BAD 
NEIGHBORS BUT THIS CROSSED INTO 
THE REALM OF CRIMINALITY.
>> IN JULY OUT OF FEAR FOR HER 
LIFE SHE POSTED THIS NOW VIRAL 
SIGN ON HER DOOR DETAILING THE 
HARASSMENT 
>> I PUT UP THE SIGN IN CASE 
SOMETHING HAPPENED SOMEONE WOULD
SEE THERE IS A BABY INSIDE AND 
KIND OF AT LEAST CALL MY MOM.
>> SUPPORTERS RALLYING BEHIND 
HER EVEN STANDING GUARD OUTSIDE 
HER HOME.
THE COUPLE NOW CHARGED WITH 
CRIMINAL TAMPERING, CRIMINAL 
MISCHIEF, AND HARASSMENT.
>> WHAT IS THE COUPLE SAYING 
TONIGHT IN THEIR DEFENSE?
>> Reporter: HER LAWYER TOLD US 
TODAY HIS CLIENT DOESN'T HAVE A 
RACIST BONE IN HER BODY AND SAYS
THE TWO FAMILIES HAVE HAD 
SQUABBLES LIKE NEIGHBORS BUT, 
LINSEY, THEY AREN'T STAYING HERE
TONIGHT IN THEIR OWN HOME 
BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT 
REPORT.
>>> YOU'VE LIKELY HEARD OF THEM 
AND THEIR NAME OF COURSE JUST 
TERRIFYING, MURDER HORNETS, AN 
INVASIVE INSECT FIVE TIMES 
BIGGER THAN YOUR AVERAGE HONEY 
BEE AND HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO KILL 
HUMANS.
THEY WERE FIRST SPOTTED IN THE 
NORTHWEST LAST YEA
ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE BEEN 
TRYING TO CONTAIN THEM. 
>> Reporter: TONIGHT A MAJOR 
STEP IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THE 
FEARED MURDER HORNET INVASION IN
WASHINGTON STATE. 
>> THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A 
SURPRISE FOR US. 
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS 
ANNOUNCING THEY'VE TRAPPED THE 
FIRST MALE ASIAN GIANT HORNET 
NEAR CUSTER, WASHINGTON.
THAT IS NOT FAR FROM WHERE THEY 
FOUND A QUEEN IN A TRAP IN MID 
JULY.
FIVE OTHER MURDER HORNETS HAVE 
BEEN COLLECTED IN THE WILD AND 
FIRST STARTED APPEARING IN THE 
PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAST YEAR.
THEY ARE UP TO FIVE TIMES BIGGER
THAN A HONEY BEE AND EVEN BEE 
KEEPER SUITS ARE NO MATCH FOR 
THEIR STINGERS.
THEY REPORTEDLY KILL AS MANY AS 
50 PEOPLE A YEAR IN THEIR NATIVE
JAPAN AND NOW THEY THREATEN THE 
U.S. HONEY BEE POPULATION.
>> THE MANDIBLES ARE PRETTY 
LARGE, VERY, VERY SHARP.
THAT IS WHAT THEY USE TO 
DECAPITATE BEES. 
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS RACING TO
TRACK AND ERADICATE THE HORNETS 
BEFORE THEY START MATING.
>> ONCE A LIVE HORNET IS 
CAPTURED WE'LL BE AFFIXING A 
RADIO TAG AND ATTEMPTING TO 
FOLLOW IT BACK TO ITS NEST.
>> LOOK AT THESE BEES.
THIS IS WHY EVERYBODY IS SO 
WORRIED.
BEES POLLINATE 75% OF OUR FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES SO EXPERTS SAY IF
WE DON'T WORK NOW TO ERADICATE 
THESE MURDER HORNETS THEY COULD 
DECIMATE OUR BEE POPULATION AND 
THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY.
LINSEY?
>> NOT GOOD AT ALL.
OUR THANKS TO YOU.
>>> IT'S STILL EARLY BUT WE WANT
TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF TWO 
TROPICAL STORM THREATS IN THE 
ATLANTIC.
THE FIRST STORM IS MOVING ACROSS
THE CARIBBEAN BUT IS NOT 
EXPECTED TO REACH THE U.S.
THE SECOND STORM WE NEED TO KEEP
AN EYE ON DOES HAVE A HIGHER 
CHANCE OF GAINING STRENGTH AND 
COULD REACH PARTS OF THE 
CARIBBEAN BY THIS WEEKEND.
AND MAKE A MOVE SOMEWHERE ON OUR
COAST LINE NEXT WEEK.
WHEN WE COME BACK THE 
PRESIDENT'S CRITICS OFTEN ACCUSE
HIM OF BEING UNABLE TO TELL THE 
TRUTH.
TONIGHT WE DECIDED TO TAKE A 
CLOSER LOOK AT HIS WORDS AND HOW
HE HAS USED THEM.
THE HOME OWNER INSIDE WHEN 
SUDDENLY A PLANE COMES DOWN ON 
HIS ROOF.
WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED, 
NEXT.
>>> AND USED CARS ARE FLYING OFF
THE SHELVES DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC.
IF YOU HAVE A CAR YOU'VE BEEN 
THINKING ABOUT SELLING YOU'LL 
WANT TO HEAR THIS REPORT. GOING?
>>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS 
TERRIFYING SCENE.
A SMALL PLANE CRASHES INTO A 
HOME'S ROOF IN CONNECTICUT.
FORTUNATELY, THE HOME OWNER WHO 
WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME WAS NOT 
HURT.
THE TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD WERE 
TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES.
THE PLANE WENT DOWN ABOUT A MILE
FROM THE AIRPORT AND THE 
INCIDENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER 
INVESTIGATION.
THE DEMAND FOR USED CARS IS 
SOARING.
AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC 
USED CARS OR AS DEALERS LIKE TO 
SAY PREOWNED VEHICLES WERE 
ALMOST UNTOUCHED BY PROSPECTIVE 
BUYERS.
NOW AS OUR TRANSPORTATION EXPERT
REPORTS THEY'RE PRACTICALLY 
FLYING OFF DEALER LOTS.
>> Reporter: AS SO MANY ARE 
STRUGGLING FOR CASH THERE IS 
GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE 
LOOKING TO SELL, BUY, OR DOWN 
SIZE THEIR CARS.
THE PANDEMIC HAS ACTUALLY 
HELPED.
USED VEHICLE PRICES ARE RISING 
WHILE TRADE-IN VALUES ARE 
INCREASING DRAMATICALLY LEADING 
TO A SELLER'S MARKET.
>> PEOPLE WANT AFFORDABLE 
TRANSPORTATION.
PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE BOUGHT NEW 
BEFORE WANT TO BE A BIT MORE 
FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AS ANY 
LOOK TO THEIR NEXT CAR PURCHASE.
>> Reporter: DATA SHOWS THE 
AVERAGE VALUE FOR ALL VEHICLES 
TRADED IN DURING THE MONTH OF 
JULY CLIMBED TO MORE THAN 
$14,000 COMPARED TO ABOUT 
$12,000 IN JUNE.
THIS MARKS A MORE THAN 16% 
INCREASE JUST SHY OF $2,000.
THIS IS A TREND WE ARE SEEING 
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT SOME 
VEHICLES ARE MORE POPULAR THAN 
OTHERS.
>> WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF SPIKES 
AND DEMAND FOR THINGS LIKE 
PICKUP TRUCKS, LARGE SUVs, 
SPORTS CARS.
>> Reporter: USED CARS ARE 
ACTUALLY APPRECIATING IN VALUE.
>> EVEN THOUGH YOUR CAR IS 
TECHNICALLY WORTH LESS BECAUSE 
IT HAS MORE MILES AND WEAR AND 
TEAR BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS SO 
HOT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY 
MORE MONEY FOR THAT SAME USED 
VEHICLE. 
>> Reporter: AS FOR ADVICE ON 
SELLING YOUR CAR, DO YOUR 
RESEARCH AND KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR 
VEHICLE IS WORTH.
BE HONEST ABOUT ITS CONDITION.
NEXT, GET AN OFFER ON YOUR CAR 
EITHER AT A USED CAR DEALERSHIP 
OR ONLINE AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO
NEGOTIATE.
>> ALWAYS NEGOTIATE.
WE STILL HAVE LOTS TO GET TO 
HERE ON PRIME.
>>> THE HIKER LOST IN THE WOODS 
FOR TWO WEEKS AND HIS GEAR 
STOLEN.
HOW HE SURVIVED AND WAS RESCUED.
>>> THE FORMER POLICE OFFICER 
TURNED MASS MURDERER CONFRONTED 
IN A COURTROOM TODAY BY 
SURVIVORS WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING 
DECADES TO HAVE THEIR SAY.
>>> TODAY MARKS 100 YEARS SINCE 
WOMEN WERE GRANTED THE 
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE.
MORE ON THAT WHEN WE RETURN.
>>> FIRST OUR TWEET OF THE DAY.
THE FIRST FEMALE SECRETARY OF 
STATE SAYING THE FIGHT MUIR 
SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8/7 CENTRAL ON 
ABC.
>>> WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.
TODAY MARKS THE CENTENNIAL 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHT
TO VOTE IN THIS COUNTRY.
ON THIS HISTORIC DAY PRESIDENT 
TRUMP ANNOUNCED THE POSTHUMOUS 
PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR THE 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE LEADER SUSAN B.
ANTHONY CONVICTED IN 1872 OF 
VOTING ILLEGALLY BECAUSE SHE WAS
A WOMAN.
TONIGHT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE 
WOMEN'S VOTE BY THE NUMBERS.
EXACTLY 100 YEARS AGO TODAY THE 
19th AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED IN 
TENNESSEE, THE 36th STATE TO 
RATIFY AND GAVE THE 
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THE 
NEEDED THREE-FOURTHS OF STATES' 
APPROVAL.
SOME STATES HAD ALREADY ALLOWED 
WOMEN TO VOTE.
WOMEN WON FULL OR PARTIAL VOTING
RIGHTS IN 20 STATES.
DURING THAT PERIOD IN MARCH OF 
1913, THOUSANDS OF SUFFRAGETTES 
PARADED THROUGH WASHINGTON, D.C.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED WERE 
HOSPITALIZED WHEN VIOLENCE BROKE
OUT.
FOR DECADES EVEN AFTER THE 19th 
AMENDMENT WAS PASSED MANY WOMEN,
PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE STILL 
DENIED THE RIGHT TO VOTE UNTIL 
THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT 
OUTLAWED RACIST POLL TAXES AND 
OTHER VOTING RESTRICTIONS.
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY.
IN EVERY U.S. PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION SINCE 1964, MORE WOMEN 
HAVE VOTED THAN MEN.
WE STILL HAVE LOTS TO GET TO 
HERE ON PRIME.
POLITICIANS ON BOTH SIDES ARE 
KNOWN TO SPIN OR STRAIGHT UP 
LIE.
PERHAPS NO ONE HAS KEPT FACT 
CHECKERS BUSIER THAN PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
OUR IN DEPTH LOOK AT HIS 
STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 
TRUTH.
AND OUR CONVERSATION WITH 
ALABAMA SENATOR DOUG JONES 
FIGHTING TO HOLD ON TO HIS 
SENATE SEAT WHICH COULD BE 
CRITICAL AS DEMOCRATS TRY TO 
TAKE THE SENATE.
WHAT HE IS LOOKING FOR AS WE 
NEAR NIGHT TWO OF THE DNC.
BUT FIRST A LOOK AT OUR TOP 
TRENDING STORIES ON ABC BEAUTIFL
SKY.
>>> THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION CONTINUES FOR A 
SECOND NIGHT WITH VIRTUAL 
SPEECHES FROM FORMER PRESIDENT 
BILL CLINTON, CONGRESSWOMAN 
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ.
>> THE DECISION TO ONLY GIVE THE
30-YEAR-OLD CONGRESSIONAL 
FRESHMAN 60 SECONDS HAS IRKED 
SOME WITHIN THE PROGRESSIVE WING
OF THE PARTY BUT ON A MORE 
PERSONAL LEVEL JOE BIDEN'S WIFE 
JILL WILL GUFF IVE HER ADDRESS  
A DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE
ONCE TAUGHT.
THEY FOLLOW FORMER FIRST LADY 
MICHELLE OBAMA'S REBUKE OF 
DONALD TRUMP ON THE DNC OPENING 
NIGHT. 
>> DONALD TRUMP IS THE WRONG 
PRESIDENT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
>> THE PRESIDENT FIRING BACK 
>> I THOUGHT HER SPEECH WAS VERY
DIVISIVE AND FRANKLY I WOULDN'T 
EVEN BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR 
BARACK OBAMA.
SEE?
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE 
CONVENTION ITSELF TRUMP SPENDING
TIME COUNTERING THE DEMOCRATS' 
BIG EVENT BY STUMPING IN SWING 
STATES LIKE MINNESOTA AND 
WISCONSIN. 
>> CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE STILL 
EMERGING IN STATES ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS 
COORDINATOR DR. DEBORAH BIRX 
SAYS ALL AMERICANS NEED TO BE ON
THE SAME PAGE TO STOP THE VIRUS.
>> I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO BELIEVE
OUR FAMILY MEMBERS OR NEIGHBORS 
COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE COVID.
I CAN TELL YOU ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES THAT THEY DO.
>> Reporter: THE RACE FOR A 
VACCINE PRESSES ON.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
URGING COUNTRIES TO WORK 
TOGETHER AND SHARE RESOURCES.
>> NO ONE IS SAFE UNTIL EVERYONE
IS SAFE.
>> FORMER HOMELAND SECURITY 
CHIEF OF STAFF MYLES TAYLOR IS 
SO FAR THE HIGHEST RANKING 
FORMER MEMBER OF THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION TO BREAK RANKS 
AND SAY THAT HE IS ENDORSING JOE
BIDEN.
HE SAYS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS 
IS THE WAY CHILDREN WERE 
SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS AT 
THE BORDER. 
>> IT WAS STUNNING TO ME.
FRANKLY ONE OF THE MOST 
DISHEARTENING AND DISGUSTING 
THINGS I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED IN 
PUBLIC SERVICE AND SIGNIFICANTLY
CONTRIBUTED TO ME WANTING TO 
LEAVE THIS ADMINISTRATION.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS OTHERS WILL
BE COMING FORWARD TO DENOUNCE 
THE PRESIDENT BETWEEN NOW AND 
ELECTION DAY.
THE WHITE HOUSE CALLS MYLES A 
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE TRYING TO 
CASH IN ON HIS TIME IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
>> MYLES WAS A NICE KID.
REALLY HE WASN'T UP TO THE TASK.
>>> POWERFUL STATEMENTS FROM 
SURVIVORS CONFRONTING THE GOLDEN
STATE KILLER IN COURT.
SENTENCING IS UNDER WAY.
THE FORMER POLICE OFFICER CON 
FEPSING TO 13 MURDERS AND MORE 
THAN 50 RAPES IN THE 1970s AND 
1980s SURVIVORS UNLEASHING THE 
PAIN THEY'VE CARRIED FOR 
DECADES. 
>> YOUR SECRETS ARE EXPOSED.
YOUR DOUBLE LIFE IS OVER.
THE WORLD AND I MEAN THE ENTIRE 
WORLD KNOWS WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT
YOU DID.
YOU WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS A 
REPULSIVE COWARD WHO HID BEHIND 
A MASK OF EVIL.
>> Reporter: VICTIMS' STATEMENTS
ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THREE DAYS 
AND HE IS EXPECTED TO BE 
SENTENCED ON FRIDAY. 
>>> A HIKER LUCKY TO BE ALIVE 
TONIGHT AFTER BEING STRANDED IN 
A FOREST IN NEW MEXICO FOR 14 
DAYS.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE MAN WHO 
SUFFERS FROM CHRONIC BACK PAIN 
INJURED HIS BACK WHILE HIKING IN
THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST.
HE COULDN'T WALK OR STAND AND 
HIS GEAR HAD BEEN STOLEN.
A FATHER AND TWO KIDS HEARD HIM 
CRYING OUT FOR HELP AND GAVE HIM
FOOD AND WATER AND THEN WALKED 
MILES TO CALL 911.
RESCUERS FOUND THE MAN.
HIS BODY TEMPERATURE WAS SO LOW 
THEY LIT A FIRE AND WRAPPED HIM 
IN BLANKETS.
THE MAN IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL 
BUT IS RECOVERING.
>>> THE DEMOCRATS PRESENTED 
THEIR CASE TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE THIS WEEK.
THERE IS WUONE PERSON WHO MANY 
ARGUE IS HELPING GARNER VOTES 
MORE THAN ANY OTHER.
A REPUBLICAN EVEN.
AND HIS NAME IS DONALD TRUMP.
THE PRESIDENT'S DIVISIVE 
RHETORIC IS MOTIVATING VOTERS 
AND HIS COMMUNICATION STYLE HAS 
LED TO THE SHARING OF THOUSANDS 
OF MISLEADING STATEMENTS, 
INCORRECT INFORMATION, UNFOUNDED
CLAIMS, OR OUTRIGHT LIES.
DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN 
POLITIFACT FOUND 70% OF TRUMP'S 
STATEMENTS THEY CHECKED WERE 
FALSE.
THAT TREND CERTAINLY DID NOT END
ONCE HE TOOK OFFICE.
HOW WILL DEMOCRATS PLAY TRUMP'S 
MISSED TRUTHS TO THEIR 
ADVANTAGE?
>> Reporter: POLITICIANS 
INCLUDING PRESIDENTS HAVE LONG 
HAD A STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE TRUTH.
>> PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW WHETHER 
OR NOT THEIR PRESIDENT IS A 
CROOK.
WELL I'M NOT A CROOK.
>> IT DEPENDS UPON WHAT THE 
MEANING OF THE WORD IS.
>> WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 
ARE CONTROLLED BY A MURDEROUS 
TYRANT. 
>> Reporter: NOBODY HAS KEPT THE
FACT CHECKERS BUSIER THAN 
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. 
>> BELIEVE ME.
BELIEVE ME.
BELIEVE ME.
>> Reporter: AMONG RALLY 
SPEECHES. 
>> WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE 
WALL?
>> Reporter: BROADCAST 
INTERVIEWS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO RELEASE YOUR
TAX RETURNS?
>> AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
RIGHT NOW I AM UNDER ROUTINE 
AUDIT.
NOBODY CARES.
>> Reporter: RAMBLING IN FRONT 
OF REPORTERS 
>> I GUESS IT WAS THE BIGGEST 
ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN SINCE 
RONALD REAGAN. 
>> Reporter: AND HIS DAILY 
TWITTER. 
>> YOU ARE ABLE TO GET THE WORD 
OUT IN AN HONEST WAY. 
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
MADE MORE THAN 20,000 FALSE OR 
MISLEADING CLAIMS SINCE HE'S 
TAKEN OFFICE ACCORDING TO "THE 
WASHINGTON POST" TALLY.
THAT MEANS HE IS AVERAGING 12 
FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS 
EVERY DAY.
>> WE'VE SIGNED MORE BILLS, 
TALKING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE,
THAN ANY PRESIDENT EVER.
>> Reporter: TROUBLE WITH THE 
TRUTH HAS HAMPERED HIS 
PRESIDENCY.
>> YOU DIDN'T ANSWER 
QUESTIONS -- 
>> I DID ANSWER.
I ANSWERED IN QUESTIONS.
I ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
THEY GAVE ME QUESTIONS.
I ANSWERED THEM IN WRITING. 
>> Reporter: NOT AN OBSTRUCTION?
>> LOOK, GEORGE.
YOU'RE BEING A LITTLE WISE GUY.
>> Reporter: NOW THE PANDEMIC 
HAS PUT MORE WEIGHT ON TRUMP'S 
WORDS. 
>> WE HAVE IT TOTALLY UNDER 
CONTROL.
ONE PERSON COMING IN FROM CHINA.
WE HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL.
IT IS GOING TO BE JUST FINE. 
>> Reporter: AT A TIME WHEN 
LEADERSHIP CAN SAVE LIVES THE 
PRESIDENT OFTEN SHOWING MORE 
CONCERN FOR SAVING FACE.
ONE EXAMPLE THE PRESIDENT'S 
CLAIM BEFORE THE SPRING THAT 
WARMER TEMPERATURES WOULD HELP 
THE OUTBREAK.
FIRST REFERENCED IN A TWEET 
AFTER SPEAKING WITH CHINA'S 
LEADER.
THEN AT A CAMPAIGN STOP -- 
>> BY THE WAY, THE VIRUS.
THEY'RE WORKING HARD.
LOOKS LIKE BY APRIL -- YOU KNOW 
IN THEORY WHEN IT FWETS A LITTLE
WARMER IT AMERICASLY GOES AWAY.
I HOPE THAT'S TRUE.
DURING APRIL SUPPOSEDLY WITH THE
HOTTER WEATHER AND THAT IS A 
BEAUTIFUL DAY TO LOOK FORWARD 
TO. 
>> Reporter: MONTHS LATE WER 
CASES SKYROCKETING ACROSS THE 
U.S. SPRING TURNED TO SUMMER AND
THE DEATH TOLL SOARING AND THE 
VIRUS SPREADING THE PRESIDENT 
FLIPPING THE SCRIPT SAYING -- 
>> EVERYBODY THOUGHT THE SUMMER 
IT WOULD GO AWAY AND WOULD COME 
BACK IN THE FALL.
WELL IN THE SUMMER IT CAME.
THEY USED TO SAY THE HEAT WAS 
GOOD FOR IT AND IT REALLY KNOCKS
IT OUT.
REMEMBER?
THEN IT MIGHT COME BACK IN THE 
FALL.
SO THEY GOT THAT ONE WRONG.
THEY GOT A LOT WRONG.
>> Reporter: IN FACT, THIS IS 
WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE 
SAID BACK THEN. 
>> WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS GOING
TO -- IF IT IS GOING TO BE 
IMPACTED BY HUMIDITY AND HEAT.
I THINK IT IS PRUDENT TO ASSUME 
THIS PATHOGEN WILL BE WITH US 
FOR SOMETIME. 
>> THE HEAT WILL ACTUALLY 
DIMINISH ITS IMPACT IF IT ACTS 
LIKE INFLUENZA BUT WE HAVE NO 
WAY OF KNOWING HOW IT WILL ACT. 
>> Reporter: NOW WITH SAGGING 
POLL NUMBERS THE PRESIDENT 
CASTING DOUBT IN THE ELECTION 
INTEGRITY SPREADING FALSE CLAIMS
ABOUT MAIL-IN VOTING.
>> YOU LOOK AT ARIZONA, AS YOU 
KNOW THEY HAVE A PROVISION WHERE
THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHECK 
SIGNATURES.
SO YOU SIGN IT AND YOU COULD 
HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT 
SIGNATURE.
IT'S OKAY.
IT WON'T BE APPROVED.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO SEVEN 
DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION.
>> I WANT TO POINT OUT WE CALLED
THE NEVADA ELECTION COMMISSION 
AND A SPOKESWOMAN THERE SAID 
THAT SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE MR. 
PRESIDENT AND NEVADA WILL 
CONTINUE TO CHECK BALLOT 
SIGNATURES AGAINST VOTER 
REGISTRATION CARDS.
>> Reporter: WHEN TRUMP'S 
OPPONENT CHOSE HIS RUNNING MATE 
KAMALA HARRIS WHOSE PARENTS 
EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. BEFORE SHE
WAS BORN THE PRESIDENT FANNING 
SPECULATION AS HE DID WITH 
BARACK OBAMA THAT HARRIS COULD 
BE INELIGIBLE FOR OFFICE.
>> I HEARD IT TODAY THAT SHE 
DOESN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
I HAVE NO IDEA THAT IS RIGHT.
I WOULD ASSUME THE DEMOCRATS 
WOULD HAVE CHECKED THAT OUT.
THERE IS SOMETHING ON THAT BIRTH
CERTIFICATE HE DOESN'T LIKE.
>> EVEN MORE, 77% DISAPPROVE OF 
CONGRESS.
THE SAME INSTITUTION WHERE BIDEN
AND HARRIS HAIL FROM.
>> THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
>> Reporter: WHEN BIDEN DIPPED 
HIS TOES INTO THE PRESIDENTIAL 
PRIMARY POOL IN 1987 HE WAS 
CALLED OUT FOR BORROWING HIS 
SPEECH FROM A BRITISH POLITICIAN
>> I DON'T REMEMBER BUT IF YOU 
NOTICE AFTER THAT I THINK THERE 
WERE SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THAT I 
ATTRIBUTED IT TO EITHER A FAMOUS
PERSON OR I, TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I HONEST TO GOD DON'T KNOW.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING TRUMP HAS
BEEN REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT.
EVEN THOUGH HIS CAMPAIGN HAS 
CERTAINLY BORROWED FROM OTHERS.
>> WE'LL RESTORE HOPE AND 
WELCOME THEM INTO A GREAT 
NATIONAL CRUSADE TO MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN.
>> MEANWHILE, BIDEN'S CAMP USING
THE PRESIDENT'S OWN WORDS 
AGAINST HIM.
>> Reporter: TODAY IS PROBABLY 
IF YOU THINK OF IT THE GREATEST 
COMEBACK IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> TRUMP'S BOTCHED HANDLING OF 
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC COST 
JOBS.
AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 
STILL AT HISTORIC LEVELS.
>> Reporter: WHEN ASKED POINT 
BLANK ABOUT HIS MISTRUTHS THE 
PRESIDENT IN A RARE MOMENT 
APPEARED TO BE AT A LOSS FOR 
WORDS.
>> AFTER THREE AND A HALF YEARS 
DO YOU REGRET AT ALL, ALL THE 
LYING YOU'VE DONE TO THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
>> ALL THE WHAT?
>> ALL THE LYING AND DISHONESTY.
>> WHO HAS DONE?
>> YOU HAVE DONE. 
>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
PLEASE.
GO AHEAD.
>> I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
PAYROLL TAX.
>>> WITH THE NUMBER OF NEWS 
CONFERENCES MORE THAN ANY 
PRESIDENT IN HISTORY ALONG WITH 
HIS TWEETS AND SPEECHES THIS 
PRESIDENT WILL BE GIVING FACT 
CHECKERS PLENTY TO DO FOR MONTHS
IF NOT YEARS TO COME.
ABC NEWS, THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> OUR THANKS TO KIRA PHILIPS.
NOW BACK TO THE DEMOCRATS MAKING
THEIR CASE TO THE AMERICAN 
VOTERS THIS WEEK JOINED BY 
ALABAMA SENATOR DOUG JONES ONE 
OF THE DNC SPEAKERS AND THE 
FIRST DEMOCRAT TO REPRESENT 
ALABAMA IN THE SENATE IN MORE 
THAN TWO DECADES.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> IT IS MY PLEASURE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
>> YOU ARE FACING PERHAPS ONE OF
THE TOUGHEST RE-ELECTION BATTLES
IN THE COUNTRY AND YOU WON YOUR 
RACE WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS 
NOT ON THE BALLOT.
HOW DO YOU CONVINCE VOTERS IN 
YOUR DEEP RED STATE WHO WILL 
LIKELY VOTE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AGAIN TO STICK WITH YOU IN THE 
SENATE?
>> I DON'T THINK IT IS AS DEEP 
RED AS EVERYBODY SAYS.
WE DID WIN IN 2017.
WE HAD A GREAT SHOWING IN 2018 
FOR DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN THE 
BALLOT.
IT IS NOT AS DEEP RED AS PEOPLE 
THINK BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER
IS FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF 
YEARS I HAVE SPENT MY WAKING 
HOURS WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE OF 
ALABAMA.
YOU SEE THIS LOGO.
IT IS ONE ALABAMA.
THAT IS WHAT, WHO WE 
REPRESENTED.
WE REPRESENTED EVERY PERSON IN 
EVERY ZIP CODE REGARDLESS OF 
WHETHER THEY VOTED FOR ME OR NOT
AND THE POINT IS WE'VE WORKED 
FOR FARMERS, EDUCATORS, WORKED 
FOR MY SEAT ON THE ARMED 
SERVICES COMMITTEE TO BUILD OUR 
NATION'S DEFENSE.
WE'VE WORKED TO BRING BACK RURAL
HOSPITALS AND HAVE A VOICE FOR 
RURAL HEALTH CARE IN THE STATE 
OF ALABAMA SO THE POINT IS WE'RE
MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS AND 
DOING THINGS FOR PEOPLE IN 
ALABAMA.
I'VE GOT THEIR BACK.
I'VE SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT ON 
MANY OCCASIONS BUT ALSO OPPOSED 
HIM WHEN HE DID THINGS I DON'T 
THINK ARE IN ALABAMA'S BEST 
INTERESTS.
PEOPLE OF ALABAMA WANT SOMEBODY 
THAT'S GOT THEIR BACK REGARDLESS
OF WHO THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR FOR
PRESIDENT AND WHO THEY WILL VOTE
FOR FOR PRESIDENT BUT I THINK MY
RECORD WILL SPEAK TO THAT AND 
THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE WE'LL WIN 
IN NOVEMBER.
>> LAST NIGHT YOU SPOKE ABOUT 
UNITY.
JUST HOW UNIFIED ARE DEMOCRATS 
RIGHT NOW?
WAS THERE A POTENTIAL DOWN SIDE 
IN SPEAKING AT THE CONVENTION?
>> I THINK DEMOCRATS ARE QUITE 
UNIFIED.
YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT 
OCCURRED LAST NIGHT WHEN YOU SAW
A BROAD SPECTRUM OF VOICES FROM 
BERNIE SANDERS TO GOVERNOR 
KASICH WHO IS NOT EVEN A 
DEMOCRAT SPEAKING.
AND I THINK THOSE VOICES CAPTURE
WHAT IS GOING ON IN AMERICA AND 
THEY CAPTURE WHAT IS GOING ON IN
ALABAMA. 
>> LIKELY FAIR TO SAY JOE BIDEN 
WON'T WIN ALABAMA BUT HOW DO YOU
MAKE THE CASE FOR HIM AS YOU'RE 
RUNNING YOUR OWN RACE?
WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD HE MIGHT 
BE ABLE TO WIN OVER SOME OF THE 
DISAFFECTED REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN
YOUR STATE WHO HAVE SOURED ON 
THE PRESIDENT?
>> I THINK HE WILL CERTAINLY DO 
THAT.
I THINK HE WILL WIN OVER SOME OF
THOSE.
I THINK HE IS GOING TO WIN A 
MAJORITY OF THE INDEPENDENT 
VOTES.
WE'VE STILL GOT A HUGE SWATH OF 
VOTERS IN ALABAMA THAT ARE 
INDEPENDENTS AND THE FACT IS 
THAT IN STATE RACES WITH RARE 
EXCEPTIONS THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 
GIVEN A LOT OF CHOICES.
ALABAMA'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS 
NOT BEEN THE PARTY OF PUTTING 
FORTH THE BEST CANDIDATES THAT 
ARE FUNDED.
WE'VE HAD SOME VERY GOOD 
CANDIDATES BUT NONE THAT HAD THE
MONEY TO GET THEIR MESSAGES OUT 
THERE.
SO THAT INDEPENDENT VOTE IS 
ALWAYS MORE FAVORABLE TO 
REPUBLICANS THAN DEMOCRATS BUT 
IT CHANGED IN 2017 AND I THINK 
IT IS CONTINUING TO CHANGE AS 
PEOPLE LOOK AT ISSUES, PEOPLE 
ARE LOOKING AT WHAT AFFECTS 
THEIR KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES.
YOUR JOBS, ECONOMY, AND THEIR 
HEALTH.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THOSE ISSUES 
AS OPPOSED TO JUST R & B.
I DOUBT HE'LL TAKE ALABAMA.
THAT WOULD BE A REAL SHOCK IF 
THAT'S THE CASE.
I THINK HE'LL WIN OVER A LOT OF 
FOLKS.
HE IS GOING TO DO WELL IN 
ALABAMA.
HE IS GOING TO DO VERY WELL.
PEOPLE IN ALABAMA KNOW JOE.
JUST LIKE JIM CLYBURN SAYS.
WE KNOW JOE AND JOE KNOWS US.
THAT IS WHY HE DID SO WELL IN 
THE ALABAMA PRIMARY THIS LAST 
SPRING.
PEOPLE KNOW HIM AND LIKE HIM.
HE CAMPAIGNED FOR ME.
WE HAD 1200 PEOPLE OUT AT THE 
BIRMINGHAM CIVIC CENTER AND 200 
MORE WAITING IN LINE AND OUTSIDE
TO GET IN LINE.
I THINK HE'LL DO VERY WELL. 
>> SENATOR, MANY HAVE SAID BLACK
WOMEN LARGELY FOR GETTING YOU 
ELECTED.
KAMALA HARRIS WILL SPEAK 
TOMORROW AND HAS THE HISTORIC 
ROLE AS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE 
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR VOTERS IN 
ALABAMA?
>> THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT 
POINT.
IT IS IMPORTANT IN GENERAL 
ANYWAY.
NOW WE ARE IN THIS HISTORIC 
MOMENT IN HISTORY AFTER THE 
GEORGE FLOYD DEATH THAT IT MAKES
IT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
THOSE VOICES ARE GOING TO BE 
HEARD THIS ELECTION.
NO QUESTION IN MY MIND.
CERTAINLY HEARD FROM ME IN 2017.
THEY ARE STILL MOBILIZED AND 
WERE MOBILIZED BEFORE THE 
ELECTION: MY FRIEND KAMALA 
HARRIS.
BUT NOW THEY ARE MORE ENERGIZED 
THAN EVER.
IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE PROSPECTS
THAT JOE WAS LOOKING AT, KAMALA 
WAS THE TOP PICK FOR MOST OF THE
DEMOCRATS IN ALABAMA, FOR THE 
BLACK WOMEN IN ALABAMA WHO WORK 
SO HARD AND ARE THE BACK BONE OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THIS 
STATE AND SO MANY OTHER STATES 
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>>> FINALLY ON THE FALLOUT FROM 
THE PANDEMIC YOUR OPPONENT IN 
YOUR SENATE RACE IS A FORMER 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH AND HE 
HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN ON THE SEASON
STARTING THIS FALL.
DO YOU THINK THE S.E.C. HOME TO 
BOTH ALABAMA AND AUBURN FOOTBALL
SHOULD BE PLAYING THIS FALL?
CAN THEY DO SO SAFELY?
>> I'M NOT SURE.
I KNOW THOSE UNIVERSITIES 
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH 
THEM ARE DOING A MAGNIFICENT JOB
OF KEEPING THEIR PLAYERS AND 
COACHES SAFE RIGHT NOW AS 
PRACTICE STARTS UP.
THE DIFFERENCE IS WE'VE GOT KIDS
COMING BACK.
WE SAW PICTURES IN TUSCALOOSA AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA WHERE 
FOLKS WERE AT THE BARS, THE 
RESTAURANTS, UP AND DOWN WHAT 
THEY CALL THE STRIP.
NOT WEARING MASKS NOT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING.
IF WE SEE PROBLEMS IN THE NEXT 
THREE OR FOUR WEEKS IN 
TUSCALOOSA OR SOME OF THE OTHER 
COLLEGES LIKE THEY SAW AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, 
AND CHAPEL HILL THIS WEEK HAD TO
GO VIRTUAL THEN THEY'LL RETHINK.
THEY'LL FOLLOW THE SCIENCE.
>> SENATOR DOUG JONES THANK YOU 
SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND 
JOINING US TONIGHT. 
>> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>>> STILL AHEAD THE DNC IS ABOUT
AN HOUR AND CHANGE AWAY.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND EXPECT 
TONIGHT.
STAY WITH US.
>>> WELCOME TO DISNEY PLUS.
ARE YOU READY?
DROP IN AND EXPLORE.
REACTION.
THE ADVENTURE.
AND THE ORIGINALS.
THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU'LL
FIND.
THESE ARE YOUR WORKS.
SO COME ON.
DIVE DEEPER INTO THE UNIVERSES 
YOU LOVE.
WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT 
THEM.
YOU'LL FIND THEM ALL HERE ON 
DISNEY PLUS.
>>> THEY SAY MONTANA IS LIKE NO 
PLACE ON EARTH.
PEOPLE COME HERE TO RELAX AND 
UNWIND.
OR EVEN JUST DISAPPEAR.
>> I AM READY.
>> WELCOME BACK.
WE ARE COMING UP ON NIGHT TWO OF
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND 
WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COMPLETE 
COVERAGE WITH OUR POWER HOUSE 
POLITICAL TEAM RIGHT HERE ON ABC
NEWS.
FOR A PREVIEW OF WHAT YOU CAN 
EXPECT TONIGHT LET'S BRING IN 
ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK
KLEIN.
YOU HAVE THREE SPEECHES YOU ARE 
FOCUSED ON TONIGHT.
WHICH ONES AND WHAT ARE YOU 
EXPECTING IN THE REMARKS?
>> Reporter: THE DEMOCRATS DOING
A LOT OF BUSINESS WITH THE GAMUT
OF SPEAKERS THEY ARE UNVEILING 
TONIGHT.
THE BIGGEST SPEECH PROBABLY 
BELONGS TO JILL BIDEN OF COURSE 
THE SECOND LADY OF THE UNITED 
STATES FOR EIGHT YEARS BUT A 
LARGE SWATH OF THE PUBLIC ISN'T 
REALLY FAMILIAR WITH HER.
SHE'LL TALK ABOUT HER 
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER HUSBAND, 
HIS COMMITMENT TO LEADERSHIP AND
SHE'LL BE SPEAKING FROM THE 
SCHOOL SHE TAUGHT AT IN THE 
1990s IN DELAWARE.
THE OTHER SPEECH, BILL CLINTON.
HE HAS BEEN A MAJOR FORCE AT 
EVERY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FOR 
40 YEARS AND HAS GIVEN SOME OF 
THE MOST MEMORABLE SPEECHES IN 
HISTORY.
HE HAS A PENCHANT FOR GOING LONG
AND HE'LL BE ON TAPE TONIGHT.
THEN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ.
SHE WAS STILL A CAMPAIGN 
VOLUNTEER FOUR YEARS AGO SO THIS
IS HER FIRST CONVENTION 
APPEARANCE.
SHE IS BEING ALLOTTED BARELY 60 
SECONDS TO MAKE THE CASE AS SHE 
SEES IT FOR SENATOR SANDERS BUT 
THOSE WORDS WILL BE CAREFULLY 
ANALYZED ABOUT HER COALITION AND
THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP SHE HOPES
TO SEE IN THIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> WE'LL ALSO SEE THE PROCESS OF
THE BALLOTING TONIGHT TO MAKE 
JOE BIDEN THE DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINEE.
WHY DOES THAT PROCESS MATTER AND
HOW WILL IT BE DIFFERENT FROM 
PAST CONVENTIONS GIVEN THE 
VIRTUAL FORMAT?
>> THIS IS THE ACTUAL BUSINESS 
OF THE CONVENTION.
ZOOM CALLS, TV PRODUCTION IS ONE
THING BUT THE ACTUAL NOMINATING 
PROCESS, THAT ROLL CALL VOTE, 
CARRIES THE FORCE OF LAW.
THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE 
FLOWERY LANGUAGE, THE GREAT 
STATE OF GEORGIA AND ITS PEACHES
SELECT, THAT SORT OF THING.
THIS IS A LOT MORE STREAMLINED 
BUT BECAUSE IT IS VIRTUAL WE'LL 
SEE A TOUR OF THE NATION 
STARTING AT THE EDMUND PETTUS 
BRIDGE IN ALABAMA THE SITE OF 
THE BLOODY SUNDAY MASSACRE WHERE
THE LATE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS 
WAS ALMOST KILLED IN THE CIVIL 
RIGHTS ERA AND EXTENDING THROUGH
LANDMARKS AROUND THE COUNTRY 
CULMINATING WITH THE CELEBRATION
ALTHOUGH A VIRTUAL ONE OF JOE 
BIDEN BEING SELECTED AS THE 
NOMINEE.
>> FINALLY, DEBATING AND 
FINALIZING THE PARTY PLATFORM IS
USUALLY A BIG PART OF THE 
CONVENTIONS.
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THAT THIS
YEAR?
>> DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE AS MUCH 
AS THEY CAN TO TAKE THE DRAMA 
AWAY FROM THAT.
THE VOTING HAPPENED VIRTUALLY 
OVER A COUPLE WEEKS, IT HAPPENED
ONLINE, AND NOW WE ASSUME THAT 
THE PLATFORM HAS ALREADY BEEN 
APPROVED BUT IT WILL BE 
ANNOUNCED.
WE ARE ALSO EXPECTING A COUPLE 
HUNDRED DELEGATES PROBABLY TO 
VOTE AGAINST IT.
MANY OF THEM BERNIE SANDERS 
DELEGATES UPSET THE PLATFORM 
DOESN'T INCLUDE A CALL FOR 
MEDICARE FOR ALL OR THINGS LIKE 
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
IT AS SYMBOLIC VOTE BUT DOES 
REMIND YOU THAT THE DEMOCRATS 
FOR ALL THE UNITY THEY'RE 
SHOWING THIS WEEK STILL HAVE 
SOME PRETTY DEEP POLICY 
DIVISIONS.
>> OUR THANKS TO YOU.
WE'LL OF COURSE HAVE MUCH MORE 
CONVENTION COVERAGE COMING UP.
>>> AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, 
TODAY MARKS 100 YEARS SINCE 
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE WAS RATIFIED 
MAKING IT THE OFFICIAL LAUGH THE
LAND THAT WOMEN CAN VOTE THOUGH 
IT WOULDN'T BE UNTIL 1965 THAT 
ALL WOMEN REGARDLESS OF RACE 
COULD ACTUALLY CAST BALLOTS IN 
OUR NATION'S ELECTIONS.
TODAY WE CELEBRATE A MAJOR FIRST
STEP IN SECURING VOTING RIGHTS 
FOR ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE CELEBRATING THIS 
MILESTONE IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE 
WAY.
IN TENNESSEE THE STATE WHOSE 
VOTE LED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE 
19th AMENDMENT THEY RECREATED 
THE CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE 
STATE'S CAPITAL.
>> THE SOUTHERN SUMMER HEAT WAS 
MERCILESS. 
>> A MOMENT IN HISTORY BROUGHT 
BACK TO LIFE. 
>> CELEBRATING THIS MONUMENTAL 
ACHIEVEMENT NOT ONLY OF 
TENNESSEE BUT OF OUR NATION.
>> Reporter: TENNESSEE'S 111th 
CONGRESS RE-ENACTING THE CRUCIAL
VOTE THAT SECURED WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE ON THE SAME DAY AND THE
SAME CHAMBER IT HAPPENED 100 
YEARS AGO.
>> McMURRAY.
>> REPRESENTATIVE McMURRAY VOTES
NO.
>> THE EVENT ALSO RECOGNIZED THE
PIVOTAL ROLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
WOMEN AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE 
FIGHT FOR A WOMEN'S RIGHT TO 
VOTE.
>> WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE SAME
MORAL UPLIFT OF THE COMMUNITY IN
WHICH WE LIVE AS YOU ARE.
WE ARE ASKING ONLY ONE THING.
A SQUARE DEAL.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A CLOSE VOTE
AND TENSE DEBATE.
TENNESSEE, THE FINAL STATE 
NEEDED TO REACH THE 36 STATE 
THRESHOLD TO RATIFY THE 19th 
AMENDMENT AND MAKE IT LAW.
>> ONCE AGAIN I VOTE AGAINST THE
MOTION TO TABLE.
>> MR. CLERK, CONTINUE THE ROLL.
>> MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS OF THE 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, I WANT TO TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STATE THAT I
CHANGED MY VOTE IN FAVOR OF 
RATIFICATION.
>> Reporter: IN THE END, THAT 
TIE-BREAKING VOTE CAST BY HARRY 
T. BURN JUST 24 YEARS OLD AT THE
TIME CLINCHING THE HISTORIC 
RIGHT FOR A WOMEN'S RIGHT TO 
VOTE 
>> I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT AN
OPPORTUNITY SUCH AS SELDOM COMES
TO MORTAL MAN TO FREE 27 MILLION
WOMEN FROM POLITICAL SLAVERY WAS
MINE.
>>> FOR MORE STORIES ON WOMEN 
EMPOWERMENT ON THIS DAY WE 
ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT GOOD 
MORNING.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A GROUP OF 
PEOPLE SITTING INSIDE A HOT TUB 
VOTE WHILE SAILING ON THE RIVER 
THAMES IN LONDON.
NO MASKS, NO CARES IN THE WORLD.
THE SURREALNESS OF 2020 
CONTINUES.
THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.
I'M ABOUT TO SWITCH SETS AND BE 
JOINED BY OUR POWERHOUSE 
POLITICAL ROUND TABLE.
STAY TUNED TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR 
NIGHT 2 OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. LLA
. 
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL.
TONIGHT, JOE BIDEN OFFICIALLY 
BECOMES THE PARTY'S NOMINEE FOR 
PRESIDENT.
AOC AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF 
PROGRESSIVE LEADERS FRONT AND 
CENTER AS THE DEMOCRATS MAKE THE
CASE THEY CAN CHART A NEW COURSE
AND END THE GRIDLOCK IN 
WASHINGTON.
THE PARTY'S OLD GUARD GETS THEIR
SAY TOO.
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SPEAKS 
TONIGHT.
PLUS JOE BIDEN'S CLOSEST 
ADVISER, HIS WIFE, DR. JILL 
BIDEN.
LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HERE NOW, 
LINSEY DAVIS, TOM LLAMAS, AND 
THE ABC NEWS POWERHOUSE 
POLITICAL TEAM.
>> GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING 
ABC NEWS LIVE.
WE'RE JUST ONE HOUR AWAY FROM 
THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. 
>> TONIGHT THE DEMOCRATS' THEME 
IS LEADERSHIP MATTERS, A JAB AT 
THE PRESIDENT AS THEY TRY TO 
MAKE THE CASE THAT A 
BIDEN/HARRIS TICKET IS THE ANT 
DOTE TO FOUR MORE YEARS OF A 
TRUMP PRESIDENCY. 
>> THEY WILL DOUBLE DOWN ON THE 
PRESIDENT'S WORTSDS AND ACTIONS 
AGAINST HIM, TONIGHT BENEDICTION
WILL BE DELIVERED BY THE BISHOP 
WHO BLASTED THE PRESIDENT AFTER 
FEDERAL FORCES CLEARED PEACEFUL 
PROTESTERS FROM OUTSIDE OF ST. 
JOHN'S CHURCH AHEAD OF TIME 
PRESIDENT'S PHOTO OP.
THESE ARE THE IMAGES YOU'RE 
SEEING HERE HOLDING UP THE 
BIBLE.
ON THE PRIOR NIGHT PART OF THE 
CHURCH'S BASEMENT WAS SET ON 
FIREPOWER BY PROTESTERS. 
>> TONIGHT AOC JUST CONFIRMED, 
COLIN POWELL WILL SPEAK TONIGHT.
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM FORMER 
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, BILL 
CLINTON, AND MANY MORE BEFORE 
DR. JILL BIDEN DELIVERS HER 
MESSAGE.
OUR POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM IS
HERE WITH US ONCE AGAIN IN 
NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT WE START OFF WITH MARY 
BRUCE.
MARY, HOW DOES THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN FEEL GOING INTO THE 
SECOND NIGHT NOW OF THIS 
CONVENTION?
DO THEY THINK THEY'VE STARTED TO
BRING THE PARTY TOGETHER, 
ESPECIALLY THOSE PROGRESSIVES 
WHO ARE WARY OF A BIDEN/HARRIS 
TICKET?
>> LOOK, THE BIDEN TEAM IS QUITE
HAPPY WITH THE WAY THIS WAS 
KICKED OFF IN NIGHT ONE.
MICHELLE OBAMA SETTING QUITE THE
TONE WITH THAT COMPASSIONATE 
TAKEDOWN OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND 
THE THEME OVERARCHING LAST 
NIGHT, TONIGHT, AND THE TWO 
NIGHTS TO COME IS TRYING TOITE 
AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY GOING 
FORWARD.
SO MUCH OF THAT IS HOW 
PROGRESSIVES FEEL THEY'RE BEING 
BROUGHT INTO THE FOLD.
WE HEARD FROM PROMINENT 
PROGRESSIVES.
LAST NIGHT THAT WILL CONTINUE 
TONIGHT.
WE WILL HEAR FROM 17 DIFFERENT 
RISING DEMOCRATIC STARS INSTEAD 
OF WHAT IS USUALLY A SPEECH 
TRADITIONALLY GIVEN BY JUST ONE 
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN.
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT BY THE BIDEN 
TEAM TO TRY TO REALLY CONTINUE 
TO SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH MANY
DIFFERENT THOUGHTS FROM ACROSS 
THE PARTY AND TO SEND A MESSAGE 
THEY ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR 
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE 
DISAGREEMENTS, FIERCE 
DISAGREEMENTS WITHIN THE PARTY 
ON MANY ISSUES, ESPECIALLY OVER 
HEALTH CARE, WHICH WILL BE A KEY
TOPIC TONIGHT, THAT THEY SHARE 
THE MAIN COMMON GOAL, DESPITE 
THOSE DIFFERENCES, OF DEFEATING 
DONALD TRUMP, THE ARGUMENT BEING
THEY CAN SET ASIDE THE 
DIFFERENCES AS LONG AS THEY CAN 
GET JOE BIDEN ELECTED AND GET 
DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE, LINSEY. 
>> OF COURSE DR. JILL BIDEN ONE 
OF THE KEY SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
SHE'S OF COURSE A FORMER SCHOOL 
TEACHER, THE ISSUE OF SCHOOL 
SAFETY DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS 
BEEN FRONT AND CENTER, SO MANY 
MINDS AND MANY VOTERS.
WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM 
HER?
>> JILL BIDEN WILL BE BACK AT 
BRE
BRANDYWINE HIGH SCHOOL, HER OLD 
SCHOOL.
SHE WILL SPEND A LOT OF TIME 
DISCUSSING THE CONCERNS THAT SO 
MANY PARENTS ARE FACING RIGHT 
NOW AS THEY DECIDE AND WHEN 
WHETHER TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN 
BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE KNOW THAT SHE WILL DISCUSS 
THAT ANXIETY THAT IS BEING FELT 
IN SCHOOL HALLWAYS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY AND, OF COURSE, GO ON TO
DISCUSS HOW SHE THINKS JOE BIDEN
IS THE BEST LEADER TO TAKE THE 
COUNTRY INTO THE FUTURE AND LEAD
OUT OF THESE CRISES.
JILL BIDEN WILL OBVIOUSLY 
CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT HER 
HUSBAND'S HISTORY, HIS 
EXPERIENCES, BECAUSE, LINSEY, 
SHE KNOWS HIM LIKE NO ONE ELSE 
DOES.
THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THEM TO 
HIGHLIGHT THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND
WHY HE'S UNIQUELY QUALIFIED FOR 
THIS ROLE. 
>> THE ISSUE OF COVID-19.
MARY, BUREAUCRACY THANK YOU SO 
MUCH.
I WANT TO BRING IN TERRY MORAN.
YOU'RE COVERING THE PRESIDENT 
FOR US AND THE WHITE HOUSE.
THERE WAS A TIME IN THE 
PRE-TRUMP ERA WHERE DURING THE 
OTHER PARTY'S CONVENTION, YOU 
KNOW, THE PARTY THAT DIDN'T HAVE
THE CONVENTION, THEY WOULD TAKE 
THE WEEK OFF, SORT OF LET THEM 
HAVE THEIR TIME IN THE 
SPOTLIGHT.
THEN DONALD TRUMP CAME IN FOUR 
YEARS AGO AND DECIDED HE WASN'T 
GOING TO GET HILLARY CLINTON DO 
THAT.
HE'S NOT LETTING JOE BIDEN DO 
THAT RIGHT NOW.
HE WAS IN WISCONSIN YESTERDAY, 
IN ARIZONA TODAY.
TERRY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
TOM, THIS IS AN OLD TRADITION 
YOU'RE DESCRIBING, LONG GONE.
THAT TRADITION HAD BEEN ERODING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST BLASTING IT
AWAY.
HE IS CAMPAIGNING THIS WEEKEND.
HE'S COUNTERPUNCHING, AS HE 
DOES, FEROCIOUSLY.
HE WENT AFTER MICHELLE OBAMA, 
HER SPEECH CLOSING LAST NIGHT'S 
PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH HE SAID SHE
WAS OVER HER HEAD.
HE SAID SHE WAS CLEARLY OVER HER
HEAD, WENT ON THE TO SAY HE'S 
ONLY PRESIDENT OTHE OF BARACK 
OBAMA, HER HUSBAND.
AND THEN HE WENT TO YUMA, 
ARIZONA, TO USE THE YARDSTICK HE
USES IN METRIC SUCCESS, 
TELEVISION RATINGS.
AND HE WAS IN YUMA AND HE SAID 
THE TV RATINGS WERE BAD.
IT WAS TERRIBLE AND BORING AND 
HE DOESN'T LIKE IT.
HE SAID ONE OTHER THING IN 
ARIZONA THAT JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS WILL ABOLISH 
BORDER SECURITY.
HE SAID IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION IN OUR LIFETIME.
AND HE SAID THAT FOR 
REPUBLICANS, ALL IS ON THE LINE.
BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE 
SEEN BEFORE, ESPECIALLY WITH 
INCUMBENT PRESIDENTS.
THEY STAND ASIDE, GENTLEMANLY, 
THOSE DAYS ARE CLEARLY DONE. 
>> I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE SPEECH
IN YUMA, ARIZONA.
IT TOOK ME BACK TO FOUR YEARS 
AGO, THE READ MEAT FOR PEOPLE 
AGAINST IMMIGRATION, USING THE 
RACIST LANGUAGE, THE STLOUR 
DESCRIBE THE CHILDREN OF 
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.
IT REMINDED ME OF FOUR YEARS AGO
AND IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S AMPING IT
UP.
HE STATED THE FALSE CLAIM THAT 
THE WALL WAS ESSENTIALLY DONE 
AND MEXICO WAS GOING TO PAY FOR 
IT.
>> HE'S BACK TO TALKING ABOUT 
HOW MEXICO'S GOING TO PAY FOR 
IT, WHICH, FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE 
IS A BAD IDEA BECAUSE IT SHOWS 
THAT PROMISE REMAINS 
UNFULFILLED.
HE'S BEEN CLAIMING IN SIX 
DIFFERENT WAYS THAT MEXICO IS 
SOMEHOW PAYING FOR IT.
HE SAYS MAYBE THERE WILL BE A 
TOLL AT THE BORDER AND MEXICO 
WILL PAY FOR IT THAT WAY.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT HASN'T.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS GOING 
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT 
THAT HE BEGAN HIS CAMPAIGN W. 
THEY'RE SENDING THEIR WORST, 
RAPISTS, AND CRIMINALS ACROSS 
THE BORDER, AND SOME GOOD 
PEOPLE, HE EXPOSED.
THAT DID STRIKE MANY, MANY 
PEOPLE AS RACIST.
THE 2016 CAMPAIGN -- THERE'S A 
DEBATE ABOUT IT.
WERE PEOPLE TURNING TO TRUMP 
BECAUSE OF RESENTMENT AGAINST 
THE ELITES OR CLASS RESENTMENT, 
OR DID HE CRYSTALLIZE A WHITE 
CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, GIVING WHITE PEOPLE 
PERMISSION TO SAY I'M AN 
INTEREST GROUP TOO AND HE'S MY 
GUY?
WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT THIS 
YEAR GIVEN THE WAY DONALD TRUMP 
IS PUSHING ALL OF HIS CHIPS TO 
THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE, 
EMBRACING PEOPLE WHO FLY THE 
CONFEDERATE FLAG, DEFENDING THE 
STATUES OF THE GENERALS OF THE 
CONFEDERACY WHO TUNING ARMS 
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES TO 
DEFEND RACIST HUMAN SLAVERY A 
WHOLE LITANY OF DOG WHISTLES AND
COMMENTS THAT HE IS CLEARLY 
TRYING TO SIGNAL TO WHITE VOTERS
WHERE HE WON BIG TIME THAT THEY 
NEED TO COME BACK IN EVEN BIGGER
NUMBERS THIS TIME.
THIS IS THAT KIND OF RACE, NO 
QUESTION. 
>> SOME DOG WHISTLES AND SOME A 
LITTLE LOUDER.
STICK WITH US FOR A MOMENT.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN JUST A
MOMENT.
>>> WE WANT TO PIVOT HEADING 
INTO THE CONVENTION WAS A BIT 
AFTER AN UPROAR WHEN IT WAS 
REVEALED THAT LAWMAKER 
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ WOULD 
HAVE LIMITED SPEAKING TIME, JUST
60 SECONDS TO BE EXACT.
WE'LL HEAR FROM HER TONIGHT.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
WHO FOR YEARS WAS THE BIGGEST 
STAR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
TONIGHT WILL ONLY HAVE A SHORT 
SPEECH, FIVE MINUTES.
SO LET'S BRING THE CONVERSATION 
TO OUR POLITICAL POWERHOUSE 
HERE.
THE POLITICAL TEAM.
WE ENTER THE THUNDER DOME ONCE 
AGAIN TONIGHT.
I WANT TO START WITH TERRY.
TERRY'S GETTING A LOT OF AIR 
TIME.
WHEN I RED THIS NEWS BILL 
CLINTON WAS GETTING FIVE 
MINUTES, IT STRUCK ME, RIGHT?
I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL 
CONVENTIONS, I'VE BEEN IN THE 
HALL, THEY CRANK UP THE 
FLEETWOOD MAC, PEOPLE LIFT UP 
OUT OF THEIR CHAIRS AND THE 
PLACE GOES NUTS.
MANY TIMES HE SOMETIMES 
DELIVERED THE SPEECH BETTER THAN
THE CANDIDATE WHO WAS ON THE 
TICKET.
AND YET HERE WE ARE NOW AT THIS 
TIME IN 2020, AND BILL CLINTON 
HAS FIVE MINUTES.
IS IT THE END OF THE CLINTON 
ERA?
>> IT HAS TO BE.
HE WAS, AS YOU SAY, THE 
POLITICAL TALENT OF A 
GENERATION.
HE WAS A MESMERIZING SPEAKER, 
EVEN UP UNTIL 2012 WHEN HE GAVE 
STEM WINDER AT THE CONVENTION 
THAT RENOMINATED OBAMA.
BACK HOME SAID I'M GOING TO MAKE
HIM SPLARN IN CHIEF.
HE MADE A BETTER CASE FOR OBAMA 
THAN OBAMA WAS MAKING.
BUT HE IS A VERY CHECKERED 
FIGURE IN THIS ERA OF ME TOO, 
WOMEN STANDING UP AND TALKING 
ABOUT THE WAYS THAT MEN IN POWER
HAVE ABUSED THEM.
YOU THINK OF NOT JUST PAULINE 
JONES, BUT PEOPLE LIKE WAY KNEE 
AT A BRODERICK WHO TOLD TWO 
PEOPLE AT THE TIME THAT CLINTON 
RAPED HER.
THAT IS TO SAY THE LEAST A VERY 
PROBLEMATIC MOMENT AND VERY 
PROBLEMATIC PIECE OF EVIDENCE 
FOR A SPEAKER AT THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THAT SAID, HE BUILT THE MODERN 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE ONE THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP BEAT, FRANKLY.
BUT HE IS STILL TIED INTO THE IF
YOU EVER SEE FUNDRAISERS.
JOE BIDEN IS RIDING IT IN PART.
SO YOU CAN'T KEEP HIM OUT, BUT 
IT IS ON AWKWARD FIT IN THIS DAY
AND AGE FOR THIS VERY DYNAMIC, 
VERY SUCCESSFUL POLITICAL FIGURE
FROM A BYGONE ERA WITH A VERY 
DIFFICULT PAST TO EXPLAIN AND TO
PRESENT TO APPEAR TONIGHT.
>> ON THAT POINT, TERRY, I WANT 
TO BRING IN AMANDA RENTEE RA.
YOU WORKED ON THE CLINTON 
CAMPAIGN.
TO BE FRANK, THE BIDEN/HILLARY 
CLINTON RELATIONSHIP IS A LITTLE
COMPLICATED.
I MEAN, I REMEMBER FOUR YEARS 
AGO THERE WERE TOP DEMOCRATIC 
DONORS THAT WERE BEGGING JOE 
BIDEN TO GET IN THE RACE.
IT WAS UNCLEAR IF HE WAS GOING 
TO GET IN OR NOT.
FINALLY HE DECIDED NOT TO.
BUT THAT HAD TO COMPLICATE THE 
RELATIONSHIP. 
>> YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SERVED 
TOGETHER, THEY WORKED TOGETHER, 
AND I HAVE TO SAY IT'S FANTASTIC
TO SEE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO CONNECT
IN THE SAME WAY THAT BILL 
CLINTON HAS CONNECTED OVER TIME 
TO REALLY LEARN HOW TO BE ON 
THAT STAGE, MANAGE AN AUDIENCE, 
AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WITH A IT 
IS TO BE A DEMOCRAT, WHAT THE 
VALUES ARE OF THE PARTY.
AND I THINK THAT ALWAYS IS 
IMPORTANT FOR OUR PARTY TO DO 
AND BILL HAS DONE IT OVER TIME.
BUT HECK, WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF
LEADERS TODAY THAT WE'RE GOING 
TO SEE IN THAT KEYNOTE SPEECH 
THAT IS USUALLY LEFT FOR ONE 
PERSON.
WE NOW CAN SEE THE RICHES OF OUR
PARTY TO SEE ALL KINDS OF NEW 
LEADERS COME FORWARD, CONNECT 
WITH AN AUDIENCE, SHARE THE 
VISION AND THE VALUES OF WHAT WE
HAVE IN THIS PARTY. 
>> A VERY DIPLOMATIC ANSWER, BUT
WE'LL TAKE IT.
SENIOR WHITE HOUSE 
CORRESPONDENT, OF COURSE, YOU 
COVERED THE CLINT CAMPAIGN FOUR 
YEARS AGO.
YOU SPENT TIME WITH BILL CLINTON
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AS WELL.
WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE WHEN YOU 
HEARD HE WAS ONLY GETTING FIVE 
MINUTES.
IS THE CLINTON BRAND OFF BRAND?
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS 
THE PARTY IS HAVING TO RECKON 
WITH.
THIS WAS CERTAINLY BILL 
CLINTON'S PARTY.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
WE ARE IN A ME TOO ERA, SO 
THEY'RE CERTAINLY HAVING TO 
RECKON WITH THAT, BUT PEOPLE 
CLOSE TO BILL CLINTON IN THE 
LEAD-UP TO THIS SPEECH CONCEDED 
THE PARTY HAS CHANGED.
THIS IS NOT BILL CLINTON'S PARTY
ANYMORE.
THERE WAS A POLL THAT SAID ONLY 
56% OF DEMOCRATS WANTED TO HEAR 
BILL CLINTON TONIGHT.
SO I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT 
RECKONING HAPPENING IN REAL 
TIME.
REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT THE 
CAMPAIGN WHERE HE'S GOT A 
PERSONAL INVESTMENT.
THIS IS NOT HILLARY CLINTON'S 
CAMPAIGN.
BUT EVEN THEN WHEN WE COVERED 
HILLARY CLINTON FOUR YEARS AGO, 
THE CAMPAIGN STRUGGLED WITH HOW 
MUCH TO HAVE BILL CLINTON 
INVOLVED TOO.
YOU'LL REMEMBER, TERRY MENTIONED
SOME OF THE NAMES IN THAT DEBATE
THAT WAS AMONG THE MORE AWKWARD 
I'VE EVER COVERED IN MY ENTIRE 
CAREER WHERE DONALD TRUMP 
PENETRATED OUT A NUMBER OF BILL 
CLINTON'S ACCUSERS.
SO CERTAINLY THERE ARE RED FLAGS
THERE FOR THE PARTY, BUT I THINK
THE REALITY IS THE PARTY HAS 
CHANGED FROM THE BILL CLINTON 
DAYS OF THE DEMOCRATS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ENTIRELY 
DIFFERENT CULTURE RIGHT NOW. 
>> MAYBE THIS IS OUT WITH THE 
OLD BUT CERTAINLY NOT QUITE IN 
WITH THE NEW.
AOC GIVEN ONLY A SHORT SPEAKING 
WINDOW TONIGHT, PROGRESSIVES 
CRYING FOUL ON THAT.
YVETTE SIMPSON, CEO FOR 
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA PROVISION 
DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION, WOULD 
YOU SAY THAT THIS WAS A 
PERCEIVED SLIGHT THAT MIGHT HAVE
IMPLICATIONS DOWN THE ROAD FOR 
BIDEN?
ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE 
PROGRESSIVES CRYING FOUL ABOUT 
IT?
>> I THINK 60 SECONDS IS NOT A 
LOT.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE 17 
RISING STARS WE'RE GOING TO SEE,
YEAH, THERE ARE A FEW 
PROVISIONS, BUT THERE'S NO 
AYANNA PRESSLEY OR RASHIDA TLAIB
OR DEB HAALAND, THE FIRST NATIVE
PROGRESSIVE TO BE IN CONGRESS.
THIS DAY DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A DAY
WHERE PROGRESSIVES ARE INCLUDED 
AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD, FRANKLY.
AOC HAS A LOT OF POWER AND SHE 
IS THE FUTURE OF THIS PARTY.
THE FACT THAT THEY RELEGATED HER
TO 60 SECONDS WHEN WE KNOW THAT 
A CERTAIN REPUBLICAN SPOKE FOR 
ALMOST FOUR MINUTES YESTERDAY IS
A SLAP IN THE FACE.
BUT IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE COME
TO EXPECT THIS YEAR, RIGHT?
THIS IS A REFERENDUM ON TRUMP.
DEMOCRATS ARE PLAYING IT VERY 
CAREFUL, THEY'RE FEEDING INTO 
THE RHETORIC THAT GOING TOO LEFT
OR SIDING WITH PROGRESSIVES IS 
GOING TO BRING US DOWN, WHICH WE
KNOW ISN'T TRUE.
SO I THINK SHE'S GOING TO DO A 
LOT WITH THAT 60 SECONDS, AND I 
THINK THE FUTURE OF THIS PARTY 
RESTS WITH AOC.
AND WE'LL SEE MUCH MORE FROM HER
IN THE CONVENTIONS FOUR YEARS 
FROM NOW. 
>> MATTHEW DOWD, DO YOU THINK 
THAT WAS A MISCALCULATION ON THE
BIDEN CAMP'S PART?
IS THE CONCERN NOT JUST TURNING 
OFF REPUBLICANS ON THE FENCE?
>> NO.
I THINK SHE'S ONE OF 240 MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS.
SHE'S GOTTEN A LOT OF PUBLIC 
PLAY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
REPUBLICANS HAVE TRIED TO USE 
HER AS A FOIL AND CRITICISM, BUT
SHE IS NOT -- SHE'S ONE OF THE 
PART OF THE FUTURE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
KAMALA HARRIS IS REALLY MUCH 
BIGGER PART OF THE FUTURE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAN AOC IS IN 
THIS.
BUT SHE'S A CONGRESSWOMAN WHO 
WAS JUST ELECTED IN A DIE-HARD 
DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT.
SHE HAS NOT HAD TO GET SWING 
VOTES IN THIS COUNTRY, SO I 
THINK IT'S VERY, VERY 
UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THEY DO 
THAT.
ONE THING I SAID LAST NIGHT, THE
MAIN DRIVER OF THE DEMOCRATS IS 
DONALD TRUMP IN THIS ELECTION.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COLOR THE
KNIGHT IS WEARING, WHAT CLOTHES 
HE'S WEARING, AS LONG AS THE 
KNIGHT SLAYS THE DRAGON, AND 
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SLEIGH 
THE DRAGON, AND IT DOESN'T 
MATTER IN MOST OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CONSTITUENCIES ALL OF THE BITS 
AND PIECES OF THIS.
DONALD TRUMP IS THE DRIVER IN 
THIS ELECTION FOR DEMOCRATS AND 
INTERESTINGLY HE'S THE DRIVER IN
THIS ELECTION FOR REPUBLICANS.
THIS ELECTION IS FUNDAMENTALLY 
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
>> CECILIA, IT IS ABOUT DONALD 
TRUMP AND THE PRESIDENT GAVE 
DEMOCRATS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE 
AGAINST HIM A LOT OF AMMUNITION 
TODAY IN THAT SPEECH IN YUMA.
YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT 
THIS BECAUSE IT REMINDED US OF 
FOUR YEARS AGO LIKE WE SPOKE 
WITH TERRY ABOUT, A LITTLE WHILE
AGO.
DID IT REMIND YOU OF SORT OF THE
FINAL DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN WHEN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEN DONALD 
TRUMP, DIDN'T STOP CAMPAIGNING, 
HE WAS RELENTLESS AND ACTUALLY 
THE DEMOCRATS WERE CRITICIZING 
HIM FOR GOING TO PLACES LIKE 
MINNESOTA.
HE ENDS UP ING WITH WITH THAT 
HARD STRAIT IN THE MIDWEST.
IT'S A BLAST FROM THE PAST, BUT 
IT WORKED FOR HIM FOUR YEARS 
AGO. 
>> IT WORKED FOR HIM FOUR YEARS 
AGO AND HE'S DIPPING BACK INTO 
THIS PLAYBOOK.
I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS 
THAT HE USED TODAY WERE DOWN 
THERE RACIST AND VERY UGLY.
HE'S DIPPING INTO THAT RED MEAT 
PLAYBOOK, SO TO SPEAK, BUT 
PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH HIM ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TOLD HIM YOU HAVE TO 
BROADEN YOUR BASE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN IF YOU 
KEEP THROWING RED MEAT TO THE 
BASE AND THEY'VE BEEN BEGGING 
HIM TO GET OFF THE UGLINESS.
BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 
RE-ELECT CANDIDATE WHO SAID HE 
COULD WALK OUT TO 5th AVENUE AND
SHOOT SOMEONE AND GET AWAY WITH 
IT.
THE SAME QUESTION DEMOCRATS HAVE
BEEN STRUGGLING WITH FOR FOUR 
YEARS NOW BECAUSE THE HILLARY 
CLINTON TEAM HAD STRUGGLED WITH 
IT FOUR YEARS AGO WAS HOW UGLY 
DO YOU GET?
DO YOU GET IN THE MUD AND FIGHT 
WITH DONALD TRUMP OR DO YOU, AS 
MICHELLE OBAMA SAID, WHEN THEY 
GO LOW, WE GO HIGH?
SHE WENT SO HIGH THAT SHE HIT 
THE JUGULAR, AND KAMALA HARRIS 
HAS SAID THIS IS GOING TO GET 
DOWNRIGHT UGLY, A KNOCKDOWN, 
DRAG-OUT FIGHT.
EVEN FOUR YEARS LATER WE'RE 
STILL SEEING DEMOCRATS 
STRUGGLING WITH HOW TO CAMPAIGN 
AGAINST A MAN LIKE DONALD TRUMP 
WHERE OFTENTIMES THERE SEEMS TO 
BE NO LIMIT TO HOW LOW HE'S 
WILLING TO GO TO WIN A RACE. 
>> CONTRIBUTOR SARAH FADINGEN IS
ALSO JOIN US NOW.
THE CLINTON COMPANY FAMOUSLY 
IGNORED HIM.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT HE 
ACTUALLY IN THE MIDST OF THE 
PANDEMIC, INTERACTING WITH 
VOTERS. 
>> HE FEEDS OFF IT.
IT'S A REALLY TRICKY PROPOSITION
FOR A POLITICIAN BECAUSE YOU 
CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO DO 
ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE AN 
OUTBREAK.
WHEN A PRESIDENT PARTICULARLY 
LANDS SOMEWHERE, LOTS OF PEOPLE 
GO BEFORE HIM.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IF THEY DO
NOT IT SMART AND SAFE AND THE 
CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE 
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, YEAH, I 
THINK IT'S SMART.
HE IS ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE BASE.
REPUBLICANS ARE OUT 
DOOR-KNOCKING AND DOING SOME OF 
THE GRASSROOTS ACTIVITIES.
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE FINAL
ANALYSIS OF THE RACE?
IF IT'S CLOSE, IT COULD HAVE A 
REAL IMPACT. 
>> I WANT TO BRING IN MATT DOWD 
ON ONE POINT.
I KNOW NUMBERS MATTER SO MUCH TO
YOU AND YOU'RE USUALLY THE MAN 
WHO CRUNCHES NUMBERS FOR US.
ON THE RATINGS ISSUE LAST NIGHT,
DOUBLE DIGIT LOSSES IN BOTH 
CABLE AND NETWORK, A LOT OF 
PEOPLE WEREN'T WATCHING THE 
CONVENTION AS MUCH AS THEY WERE 
FOUR YEARS AGO.
IT'S A VIRTUAL CONVENTION.
IT'S THE PANDEMIC.
THAT BEING SAID, A LOT MORE 
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING TV.
WHAT WAS YOUR READ ON THAT?
>> I EXPECTED THE NUMBERS TO BE 
DOWN, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE'RE 
AN "N" AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT 
CIRCUMSTANCE, THE NBA AND NHL 
RATINGS ARE DOWN, THE BASEBALL 
RATINGS ARE DOWN, ALL OF THIS IS
DOWN.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I'M UP HERE IN MICHIGAN RIGHT 
NOW.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE 
CONVENTIONS AND MICHELLE OBAMA'S
SPEECH IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE NUMBER OF 
EYEBALLS, IT'S HOW MUCH PEOPLE 
ARE TALKING ABOUT IT TO THEIR 
NEIGHBORS WHO MAY NOT HAVE 
WATCHED IT OR CAUGHT BITS AND 
PIECES ON ABC NEWS LATER ON OR 
SOME OTHER PLACE LATER ON.
IT'S HOW MUCH THEY TALK ABOUT 
IT.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WAS 
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF MOVEMENT 
UNTIL MICHELLE OBAMA GOT ON, AND
THEN EVERYBODY THIS MORNING AND 
THIS AFTERNOON WAS TALKING ABOUT
MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH AND 
ACTING
ACTING AS IF THEY SAW IT BUT 
THEY HEARD FRIT NEIGHBORS.
IT'S HOW MUCH OF THE THAT 
REPUBLICANLY CATER VALUE YOU 
GET.
EYEBALLS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT HOW 
MUCH PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT
AFTER IT'S OVER. 
>> MATT DOWD, THANK YOU SO MUCH 
OF OUR POWERHOUSE WILL BE RIGHT 
BACK.
BUT WE WANT TO TAKE A DEEPER 
DIVE INTO THE MAKEUP OF CONGRESS
AND WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE 
AFTER NOVEMBER. 
>> NO ONE IS MEASURING THE 
DRAPES QUITE JUST YET, BUT THE 
PROSPECT OF A DEMOCRATIC SWEEP 
IN NOVEMBER HAS MANY PEOPLE 
WONDERING ABOUT WHAT COULD BE IN
STORE IF THE PARTY TWINS WHITE 
HOUSE AND MAJORITIES IN BOTH 
CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS, IT WOULD 
BE THE FOURTH TIME IN HISTORY 
THEY HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER 
WASHINGTON.
HOW TO DOES A BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION GOVERN AND CAN 
THEY UNITE THEIR PARTY?
>> THIS WEEK DEMOCRATS ARE 
DREAMING BIG ABOUT A NEW ERA IN 
WASHINGTON. 
>> GREEN NEW DEAL.
>> I BELIEVE IN MEDICARE FOR 
ALL. 
>> A BOLD AGENDA THAT COULD 
QUICKLY GAIN MOMENTUM IN 2021 IF
DEMOCRATS SWEEP THE WHITE HOUSE 
AND CONGRESS THIS FALL. 
>> DEMOCRATS IN THAT CASE WOULD 
HAVE WHAT WE CALL A GOVERNMENT 
TRIFECTA, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS 
CONTROL OF THE PRESIDENCY, THE 
SENATE, AND THE HOUSE, WHICH 
ALLOWS THEM TO MAKE LAWS 
UNFETTERED. 
>> THE FORECAST HAS JOE BIDEN 
FAVORED TO WIN IF THE ELECTION 
WERE HELD TODAY, COMING OUT ON 
TOP 73% OF THE TIME.
ANALYSTS SAY DEMOCRATS ARE 
LIKELY TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE 
U.S. HOUSE.
TAKING BACK THE SENATE FROM 
REPUBLICANS APPEARS TOUGH, BUT 
POSSIBLE.
>> I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT AS A 
TOSSUP.
DEMOCRATS NEEDS TO WIN THREE OR 
FOUR SEATS, DEPENDING ON WHO 
WINS THE PRESIDENCY, THEY HAVE A
CLEAR PATH TO THAT RIGHT NOW. 
>> THE LAST TIME DEMOCRATS HELD 
A TRIFECTA WAS 2009 WHEN THE NEW
OBAMA/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TOOK 
OVER IN THE MIDST OF THE GREAT 
RECESSION.
DEMOCRATS DUG IN ON HEALTH CARE,
PASSING THE HISTORIC AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT IN 2010, BUT LATER WITH
AN ECONOMY STILL STRUGGLING, 
TOOK A MAJOR POLITICAL HIT.
>> OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE
MADE PROGRESS, BUT CLEARLY TOO 
MANY AMERICANS HAVEN'T FELT THAT
PROGRESS YET.
AND THEY TOLD US THAT YESTERDAY.
>> THE 2010 MIDTERMS WERE THE 
WORST ELECTORAL DEFEAT IN 
DECADES.
THE PARTY DOESN'T WANT TO REPEAT
HISTORY. 
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE 
HYPERFOCUSED ON RESPONDING TO 
THE CHALLENGES OF BRINGING 
GOVERNMENT BACK INTO COMPETENCY.
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE 
A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION COULD 
FACE IS THE DIVIDE WITHIN THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY ITSELF. 
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE REAL 
DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT ARE THE 
DIFFERENCES ON HEALTH CARE 
POLICY, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES
ON CLIMATE POLICY, WHAT DO WE 
NEED TO DO WITH TAXES?
I THINK THE MORE PROGRESSIVE 
WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
WOULD BE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE ON
ALL THESE ISSUES.
AND SO IT WILL RAISE THE -- IT 
WILL ELEVATE THE DISAGREEMENTS, 
I THINK, WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
>> SO YOU DON'T THINK IF 
DEMOCRATS TAKE FULL CONTROL 
WE'RE GOING TO SEE MEDICARE FOR 
ALL, GREEN NEW DEAL RIGHT AWAY?
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE 
MORE MODEST KIND OF STEPS. 
>> THE TENSION BETWEEN MODERATES
AND PROGRESSIVES, OLDER 
GENERATIONS VERSUS A IN YOUR, 
YOUNGER ONE WAS ON FULL DISPLAY 
IN THE PRIMARY. 
>> ARE YOU FORGETTING WHAT YOU 
SAID TWO MINUTES AGO?
>> ON MONDAY NIGHT, 13 FORMER 
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATES APPEARED IN A SHOW OF
UNITY.
TWO OF THE RISING STARS FROM 
DIFFERENT WINGS OF THE PARTY 
WILL ADDRESS DELEGATES.
CONGRESSWOMAN LISA BLUNT 
ROCHESTER OF DELAWARE, A 
MODERATE AND THE STATE'S FIRST 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELECTED TO 
CONGRESS.
AND CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA 
OCASIO-CORTEZ OF NEW YORK A 
PROGRESSIVE SUPER STAR, SHE'LL 
GET ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK IN PRIME
TIME. 
>> I THINK THAT IS A NOD TO THE 
ENERGY IS THAT THAT SHE BRINGS 
AND THE YOUTHFULNESS THAT THEY 
BRINGS AND THE IDEAS SHE BRINGS.
BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY IDEA. 
>> THAT DEBATE WILL LIKELY 
INTENSIFY IF DEMOCRATS WIN 
CONTROL OF WASHINGTON.
SOME PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISTS 
TALKING A FRESH FIGHT. 
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUT 
TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON BIDEN AND
SISTER HARRIS BECAUSE THEY'RE 
GOING TO FALL RIGHT BACK INTO 
THEIR CENTRIST WAYS AGAIN. 
>> WHILE 2018 BROUGHT THE SQUAD 
TO CONGRESS, 2020 WILL LIKELY
BRING EVEN MORE YOUNG AND 
DIVERSE MEMBERS TO THE 
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE. 
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL 
IDEOLOGICAL STRIPES UNITED BY 
THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS NEED TO LEAD OUR 
COUNTRY AND BUILD BACK A BETTER 
AMERICA. 
>> A PROGRESSIVE ACTIVIST CORY 
BUSH WHO WON YOUR PRIMARY OVER A
20-YEAR INCUMBENT IN ST. LOUIS.
JAMAAL BOWMAN A MIDDLE SCHOOL 
PRINCIPAL WHO UPSET ELIOT ENGEL,
A PILLAR OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
ESTABLISHMENT SELECTED TO THE 
HOUSE IN 1988.
AND JONES AND RICHIE TORRES WILL
LIKELY BECOME THE FIRST OPENLY 
GAY PERSON IN CONGRESS ALL 
VOICES COULD PULL THE PARTY TO 
THE LEFT AND PUT PRESSURE ON A 
AN INCOMING BIDEN/HARRIS WHITE 
HOUSE.
DEMOCRATS SAY THEY'RE FOCUSED ON
PULLING TOGETHER LIKE FAMILY.
RIVAL BERNIE SANDERS MAKING THAT
CASE LAST NIGHT. 
>> FOR EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED 
OTHER CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARY 
AND TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE VOTED 
FOR DONALD TRUMP IN THE LAST 
ELECTION, THE FUTURE OF OUR 
DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE.
WE MUST COME TOGETHER, DEFEAT 
DONALD TRUMP, AND ELECT JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS AS OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT AND VICE 
PRESIDENT.
>> A CALL FOR UNITY EVEN AS DEEP
DIVISIONS AMONG DEMOCRATS LOOM 
LARGE.
I'M DEVIN DWYER IN WASHINGTON. 
>> WE THANK DEVIN FOR THAT 
IN-DEPTH REPORT.
AS THE DEMOCRATS USHER IN A NEW 
GENERATION OF LEADERS, THE 
ESTABLISHMENT IS ALSO COURTING 
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE 
DISENFRANCHISED WITH THEIR OWN 
PARTY AND THE PRESIDENT. 
>> ONE OF THOSE REPUBLICANS, 
FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN SUSAN 
MOLINARI GAVE THE KEYNOTE 
ADDRESS AT THE 1996 GOP 
CONVENTION BUT LAST NIGHT WAS 
ONE OF FOUR REPUBLICANS WHO 
ENDORSED JOE BIDEN AT THE 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 
US.
>> WITH PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
>> YOU ONLY SPOKE FOR ABOUT 30 
SECONDS LAST NIGHT.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A BIT MORE TIME 
TONIGHT.
JUST EXPLAIN WHY YOU DECIDED TO 
TAKE THIS STEP PUBLICLY TO 
ENDORSE JOE BIDEN IN SUCH A 
HIGH-PROFILE WAY. 
>> I'M GLAD I HAVE AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
I THINK YOU KNOW MY BACKGROUND.
I'M A REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF 
CONGRESS, MARRIED TO A FORMER 
REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER WERE 
REPUBLICANS, SO I DON'T DO THIS 
LIGHTLY.
I STILL CHERISH MUCH OF THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY BUT I DID IT 
FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE I AM 
DISAPPOINTED AND DISTURBED BY SO
MANY OF THE THINGS YOU DISCUSSED
WITH REGARD TO THE PRESIDENT'S 
LEADERSHIP DURING SUCH TROUBLING
TIMES BUT IT'S NOT JUST 
ANTI-TRUMP.
I ALSO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GREAT
HONOR OF WORKING WITH AND 
GETTING TO KNOW JOE BIDEN, AND I
THINK, YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE WITH
THE PRESIDENT ON THIS ONE.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS WITH 
REGARD TO COVID THIS IS WAR, 
HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AND I NEVER SERVED IN THE 
MILITARY, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND 
THAT WHEN YOU'RE AT WAR, IF YOU 
DON'T JOIN TOGETHER, YOU'RE NOT 
GOING TO WIN THAT WAR.
AND I THINK THERE ARE A FEW 
PEOPLE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE 
THAT CAN BRING US TOGETHER AS A 
COUNTRY AND HELP US START TO 
HEAL SOME OF THESE WOUNDS.
EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND 
PHYSICALLY. 
>> YOU MENTIONED LAST NIGHT AND 
SAID IT JUST AGAIN IN YOUR 
REMARKS THAT YOU'VE KNOWN DONALD
TRUMP AND YOU HAVE HAD HIS 
PRESIDENCY SO DISAPPOINTING, SO 
DISTURBING.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> I MEAN CROSSING LAFAYETTE 
SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A 
PROTEST WHERE PEOPLE WERE 
FEELING HURT AND DISENFRANCHISED
AND SCARED.
I MEAN, A RALLY IN TULSA WHEN 
YOU'RE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER 
INSIDE AND NOT SOCIAL 
DISTANCING.
I MEAN, DIVIDING THE COUNTRY AT 
THAT TIME WHERE I'M AFRAID WE'RE
GETTING DESENSITIZED TO 1,000 
DEATHS A DAY.
HE DOESN'T WEAR A MASK.
THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MORE
RECENT ISSUES AND EFFORTS THAT 
WE SEE AT THAT TIME WHEN WE ARE 
IN NEED OF PEOPLE BRINGING US 
TOGETHER.
JOE BIDEN DID THAT WHEN HE WAS 
IN THE SENATE.
HE WORKED ACROSS THE AISLE.
HE'S TOUGH, HE'S GOT THE 
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND I 
JUST THINK THIS COUNTRY IS 
HURTING SO MUCH THAT MAYBE 
SOMEBODY WHO HAS THAT SORT OF 
GRIT AND EMPATHY AND LEADERSHIP 
THAT JOE BIDEN HAS.
IF I CAN GIVE ONE EXAMPLE, I 
WOULD DO A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH
HIM S
HIM, THERE WERE A BUNCH OF US 
INTRODUCING A BILL ABOUT RAPE 
SURVIVOR KITS.
ONCE THE PRESS LEAVES, MOST OF 
THE ELECTED OFFICIALS LEAVE.
I TURN AROUND AND THERE WAS 
SENATOR BIDEN WHO STAYED TO TALK
TO EVERY WOMAN THAT WAS THERE 
AND DIDN'T LEAVE BECAUSE THE 
PRESS WAS THERE, BUT BECAUSE HE 
KNEW THEY HAD TO TELL THEIR 
STORY.
THAT'S THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP 
THIS COUNTRY NEEDS RIGHT NOW, 
AND THAT'S NOT REPUBLICAN, 
DEMOCRAT, LIBERAL, CONSERVATIVE.
THAT'S JUST COMPASSIONATE AND 
GOOD LEADERSHIP. 
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU, "THE NEW 
YORK TIMES" REPORTS THAT YOU 
WERE ON THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION'S TRANSITION 
CONTRIBUTOR LIST.
I WANT TO ASK YOU, AT WHAT 
MOMENT DID YOU DECIDE TO BREAK 
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP?
WHAT WAS IT FOR YOU?
>> I DIDN'T CAMPAIGN FOR HIM, 
BUT AT THE POINT THAT HE WON, I 
THOUGHT LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN SAY
THINGS IN CAMPAIGNS AND THEY CAN
DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO, 
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL THAT -- I THINK
THERE WAS A HOPE THAT WOULD RISE
TO THE OFFICE.
AS I SAID, CONTINUOUSLY WATCHING
THIS LACK OF -- THE GOAL OF 
DIVIDING, DEALING WITH THE 
CRISIS OF COVID, DEALING WITH 
THE CRISIS OF CRIMINAL -- RACIAL
INEQUALITY AND THE HURT THAT'S 
GOING ON, THE FACT THAT WE ARE 
NOW AT A POINT WHERE MOTHERS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT SENDING THEIR 
KIDS TO SCHOOL OR IF THEY HAVE A
JOB TO GO BACK TO OR IF MY 
DAUGHTER'S LEAVING TOMORROW TO 
GO BACK TO MADISON, WISCONSIN, 
AND I'M NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.
AND I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M 
GETTING THE LEADERSHIP AND THE 
UNDERSTANDING FROM THIS 
ADMINISTRATION WITH REGARD TO 
THE CONCERNS WE WAKE UP TO EVERY
DAY.
AND HE NEED THAT MORAL 
LEADERSHIP RIGHT NOW, IF WE EVER
HAVE.
LOOK, I THINK THERE ALSO IS THAT
MOMENT WHEN HE SAID JOE BIDEN 
WASN'T A RELIGIOUS MAN.
I'VE SEEN JOE BIDEN IN CHURCH.
WE GO TO THE SAME CHURCH FROM 
TIME TO TIME IN GEORGETOWN.
WE JUST DON'T GO THERE.
IN POLITICS, NO MATTER HOW BAD, 
NO MATTER HOW ROUGH, SOMETIMES 
YOU JUST DON'T GO PLACES.
AND IT JUST KEEPS ADDING UP FOR 
ME. 
>> SUSAN MOLINARI, THANK YOU SO 
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I WANT TO BRING IN OUR POLITICAL
ROUNDTABLE AGAIN.
YVETTE SIMPSON, SARAH FADINGEN, 
TERRY MORAN JOIN US AGAIN.
JOINING US ALSO IS ABC 
CONTRIBUTOR AND SENATOR HEIDI 
HEITKAMP.
HEIDI, IN THE TRUMP ERA, IT 
MIGHT HAVE STARTED BEFORE THAT 
BECAUSE WE SAW THIS SORT OF WITH
THE EMERGENCE OF THE TEA PARTY, 
THE WORD BIPARTISAN BECAME A BAD
WORD IN WASHINGTON.
DO YOU THINK JOE BIDEN, IF HE'S 
ELECTED, WILL USHER IN A NEW ERA
OF BIPARTISAN AND CAN THAT STILL
EXIST THE WAY WASHINGTON WORKS 
RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK HE'S UNIQUELY 
POSITIONED TO DO IT GIVEN THAT 
HE HAS INCREDIBLE RELATIONSHIPS 
STILL IN THE SENATE.
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THAT HE HAS 
COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE WORKED WITH 
HIM ON ISSUES FOR YEARS.
HE WAS THE DEAL-MAKER FOR OBAMA 
WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT 
CHANGING THE TAX LAWS.
AND SO PEOPLE HAVE WORKED WITH 
HIM.
I THINK JOE BIDEN IS WELL 
POSITIONED TO BE THAT BRIDGE, TO
BRING THOSE NEW IDEAS INTO AN 
OLD INSTITUTION AND START MOVING
US FORWARD IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND I THINK PEOPLE TRUST HIM.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT YOU TALK 
ABOUT BIPARTISANSHIP BEING A 
DIRTY WORD.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE IN 
WASHINGTON IS TRUST BECAUSE YOU 
CAN'T RELY ON SOMEONE'S WORD 
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT MAY TWEET 
SOMETHING YESTERDAY AND THAT'S 
GOING TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THE 
DYNAMIC TODAY.
AND SO I THINK BIDEN IS WELL 
POSITIONED TO BRING NEW IDEAS, 
TO BRING A NEW CONCEPT.
I WANT TO SAY THIS.
IT'S SOMETHING IN THE BACKDROP.
IF WE DID NOT HAVE A PANDEMIC 
AND A RECESSION, THIS WOULD BE A
DIFFERENT DISCUSSION ABOUT 
WHAT'S GOING TO BE THOSE FIRST 
THINGS THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
TO ME, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT TO 
GET THE ECONOMY BACK WORKING.
WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM WORKING FOR EVERYONE SO 
THAT EVERYBODY CAN FEEL SAFE.
WE GOT TO GET OUR KIDS BACK TO 
SCHOOL.
AND SO ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS 
THAT WE MAY OTHERWISE BE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY, WE'RE NOT TALKING 
ABOUT BECAUSE WE ARE IN CRISIS, 
AND JOE BIDEN IS THE PERSON TO 
TAKE US OUT OF THAT CRISIS, 
CREATE THE COMPROMISES AND THE 
SOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE 
THIS COUNTRY FORWARD.
>> I WANT TO BRING IN MATT DOWD.
MATT, THE PRESIDENT'S RATINGS 
AMONG REPUBLICAN VOTERS IS SKY 
HIGH.
THERE WERE REPUBLICAN SENATORS 
AND CONGRESSMEN THAT DIDN'T 
SUPPORT HIM IN THE BEGINNING BUT
FOUR YEARS LATER ARE LOCK IN 
STEP WITH DONALD TRUMP.
IF DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T WIN ON 
ELECTION DAY AND JOE BIDEN 
USHERS IN, DO YOU ACTUALLY SEE A
NEW ERA IN WASHINGTON?
IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE THE WAY 
POLITICS IS PLAYED RIGHT NOW 
WITH TWITTER AND VIRAL WORDS AND
ALL TYPES OF THINGS, EVERYONE 
SETTLING SCORES EVERY SINGLE DAY
IN THE CAPITOL?
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY 
SOMETHING AND NOT GIVE AN EXCUSE
FOR DONALD TRUMP.
BUT DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T CAUSE 
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
DONALD TRUMP IS AN EFFECT OF 
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
THIS LACK OF BIPARTISANSHIP HAS 
BEEN GROWING FOR THE LAST 25 
YEARS.
BARACK OBAMA, WHO GOT ELECTED, 
VERY POPULAR IN AN HISTORIC WAY,
HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME WITH 
IT.
GEORGE W. BUSH HAD A VERY 
DIFFICULT TIME WITH IT.
I WILL JUST DISAGREE WITH ONE 
THING.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET TO AN 
ERA OF BIPARTISANSHIP BECAUSE SO
MANY ARE LOCKED INTO THEIR PARTY
LABELS.
JOE BIDEN HAS TO GET INTO AN ERA
OF NONPARTISANSHIP.
MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS FED UP 
WITH BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.
THEY'RE TIRED OF THE BACK AND 
FORTH.
THEY WANT TO GET STUFF DONE.
THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT THIS.
THEY DON'T LIKE DONALD TRUMP.
THEY THINK HE'S EXACERBATED THE 
DIVIDE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS, 
HE HAS EXACERBATED THE DIVIDE.
BUT I DON'T THINK BECAUSE OF HOW
LOCKED, IF YOU STAND UP AND SAY 
BIPARTISANSHIP, YOU HAVE TO SAY 
COUNTRY OVER PARTY, 
NONPARTISANSHIP. 
>> EVEN SENATOR HARRIS ENDORSED 
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
WOULD YOU SAY THE COUNTRY IS 
LEANING AS LEFT AS SOME 
DEMOCRATS?
>> I THINK PROGRESSIVES HAVE 
ALWAYS BEEN WHERE THE PEOPLE 
ARE.
UNFORTUNATELY OUR PARTY IS 
MOVING A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU DO POLLING AROUND 
MEDICARE FOR ALL, GREEN NEW 
DEAL, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
HEALTH CARE AND OUR CLIMATE, AND
THEY SUPPORT THOSE IDEALS.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE -- WE CAN 
CALL IT MONEY IN POLITICS.
THAT'S THE ONE THING WE DON'T 
TALK ABOUT ENOUGH.
IT'S CAUSED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
NOT SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE 
PEOPLE IS WHY THE PROGRESSIVE 
VOICES HAVE GOTTEN LOUDER.
MAKE SURE WE GET MONEY OUT OF 
POLITICS.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO 
BIPARTISANSHIP.
THE REALITY IS WHEN REPUBLICANS 
SERVE, THEY SERVE THEIR BASE.
THEY MAKE SURE MILLIONAIRES AND 
BILLIONAIRES HAVE WHAT THEY 
NEED.
THEY TALK TO WALL STREET.
THEY HAVE A FRONT SEAT.
WHEN DEMOCRATS SERVE, THE FIRST 
THING WE SAY IS LET'S WORK WITH 
REPUBLICANS, NOT LET'S SERVE OUR
BASE.
LET'S SERVE BLACK AND BROWN 
PEOPLE AND MSHLARGINALIZED PEOP.
LET'S INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE 
FOR WORKERS.
THAT'S THE DEBATE WE NEED TO 
HAVE ONCE JOE BIDEN IS IN 
BECAUSE OUR FEAR IS BECAUSE HE 
IS CALLING FOR BIPARTISANSHIP, 
THAT MEANS HE'S GOING TO LEAVE 
MOST AMERICANS OUT AND WE'RE NOT
GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. 
>> SARAH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS 
A LITTLE BIT MORE NEXT WEEK WHEN
WE HAVE THE RNC CONVENTION.
BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF 
REPUBLICANS LEANING MORE TO THE 
RIGHT.
IS THERE A CENTER ANYMORE?
>> THERE IS A CENTER, AND THE 
CENTER IS ACTUALLY PRETTY MUCH 
THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN FOR THE 
LAST 20 YEARS ABOUT 73% OF THE 
COUNTRY CONSIDERS ITSELF 
MODERATE OR CONSERVATIVE.
IT'S A CENTER-RIGHT COUNTRY.
THE REASON CONGRESSWOMAN CORTEZ 
HAS ONE MINUTE TONIGHT IS 
DEMOCRATS DON'T WANT HER 
SPEAKING IN PRIME TIME TO THE 
MODERATE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA.
THEY WOULD PREFER HER NOT TO BE 
ON THE STAGE, MANY OF THE PEOPLE
RUNNING THE DNC. 
>> LEA, AS FAR AS THE 
PORLIZATION OF THE COUNTRY, WHAT
HAS HISTORY TAUGHT US, 
ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE 
TRUMP PRESIDENCY SORT OF A 
PRESIDENT WHO LIKELY WILL HAVE A
VERY LONG CHAPTER IN HISTORY?
>> SO WE DO KNOW THAT DONALD 
TRUMP IS A SYMPTOM.
HE'S NOT THE CAUSE, RIGHT?
POLARIZATION AND PARTNERSHIP HAS
BEEN INCREASING SINCE THE 1990s.
IT'S BEEN GROWING AT AN SPOE
EXPONENTIAL RATE.
CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY AND 
THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE BEEN 
GROWING BECAUSE AMERICANS DON'T 
LIKE GRIDLOCK.
SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS REALLY 
THE EFFECTS OF THAT, YOU KNOW, 
DECADES-LONG INTENSIFICATION OF 
POLARIZATION AND PARTISANSHIP.
EVEN LONG AFTER TRUMP IS GONE, 
THOSE EFFECTS ARE STILL GOING TO
BE THERE.
THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN SEE, 
HOWEVER, THIS IS ALREADY TAKING 
PLACE.
I THINK THE DECISION DESK JUST 
ANNOUNCED THAT LAUREN LOOMER WON
HER PRIMARY IN FLORIDA, WHICH IS
ONE OF THESE EFFECTS.
WE CAN SEE THAT THE REPUBLICAN 
PARTY IS GROWING IN INTENSITY 
AND MOVING FURTHER AND FURTHER 
TO THE RIGHT.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IS GROWING AND MOVING MORE
AND MORE TOWARDS THE LEFT, 
PARTICULARLY AMONGST THE 
PROGRESSIVE BASE.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HISTORY
TEACHES US ARE REALLY IMPORTANT 
BUT ARE ALSO GOING TO MATTER FOR
THE FUTURE AND ARE GOING TO 
MATTER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR 
NOT TRUMP LOSES OR JOE BIDEN 
WINS.
>> TERRY MORAN, A HISTORIAN IN 
YOUR OWN RIGHT, REALLY.
HOW DOES AMERICA FIND A MIDDLE 
GROUND?
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE
THE POINT OF POLITICS IS TO GET 
STUFF DONE, TO MAKE LIFE BETTER 
FOR PEOPLE.
THAT'S ONE THING AMERICANS HAVE 
BEEN GOOD AT, AMERICANS ARE 
PRAGMATISTS, WE LIKE WHAT WORKS.
HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME WE AREN'T 
ASKING EACH OTHER WHAT SHOULD WE
DO?
WE'RE ASKING WHO ARE WE?
IT'S AN IDENTITY QUESTION.
DONALD TRUMP HAS ONE ANSWER.
YES, HE CAME OUT OF CERTAIN 
FORCES, BUT HE CRYSTALIZED 
SOMETHING NEW IN POLITICS, HE'S 
A NATIONALIST OF A CERTAIN KIND.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
THE AMERICANS WHO COUNT ARE 
AMERICANS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN 
ALWAYS.
HE WANTS TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION.
HE WANTS TO THWART CULTURAL 
CHANGES AND STOP THEM AND PEOPLE
ARE FLOCKING TO THAT.
THE DEMOCRATS OFFER A DIFFERENT 
IDEA.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY HAVE 
HAPPENED, MY PARENTS ARE PART OF
THAT GREATEST GENERATION.
THEY WENT THROUGH THE DEPRESSION
AND WORLD WAR II TOGETHER.
THEY WENT THROUGH COMMON 
EXPERIENCES.
CEOs DIDN'T PAY THEMSELVES 300 
TO 400 TIMES THE AVERAGE WAGE OF
THEIR WORKERS BECAUSE THEY 
SERVED IN THE SAME ARMED FORCES.
THE QUESTION IS, IS THE PANDEMIC
THAT?
RIGHT NOW THE DEBATE WE'RE 
HAVING ON WHO WE ARE SEEMS LIKE 
IT WON'T BE. 
>> TERRY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING 
FROM DEMOCRATS THIS WEEK IS 
FOCUSED ON TWO INTERTWINED 
ISSUES, THE PANDEMIC AND THE 
HAVOC IT'S HAVING ON OUR 
ECONOMY. 
>> 171,000 KILLED BY THE VIRUS 
AND 28.5 MILLION AMERICANS 
RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
AS OF LAST WEEK.
LEADERS IN WASHINGTON ARE 
DIVIDED ON HOW TO REVIVE THE 
ECONOMY, PROTECT THE VULNERABLE,
AND GET AMERICANS BACK TO WORK 
AND BACK TO SCHOOL.
REBECCA JARVIS DIVES INTO WHAT 
AMERICA'S ECONOMY COULD LOOK 
LIKE AS WE TRY TO NAVIGATE THE 
PANDEMIC AND RECOVER FROM IT. 
>> THEY ARE THE IMAGES OF OUR 
NEW REALITY.
ONCE-THRIVING BUSINESSES PERMLY 
SHUTTERED, BARS, RESTAURANTS, 
HOTELS, A SHELL OF THEIR FORMER 
SHELVES.
NEW YORK, CHICAGO, AND LOS 
ANGELES NOT SO LONG AGO TOP 
TOURIST DESTINATIONS SEEING A 
SURGE IN VACANCIES AND 
STAGGERING JOBLESSNESS FEEDING 
INTO LONG LINES AT FOOD BANKS.
THE SPEED AND SCALE OF THE 
PANDEMIC-FUELED ECONOMIC 
MELTDOWN, A LESSON FOR 
GENERATIONS TO COME.
BUT NOW SIX MONTHS AFTER THE 
COVID SHUTDOWN DROVE 
UNEMPLOYMENT TO ITS HIGHEST 
LEVEL SINCE THE GREAT 
DEPRESSION, CREATING CHAOS FOR 
EMPLOYERS AND UNCERTAINTY FOR 
AMERICAN FAMILIES, REOPENINGS 
HAVE BROUGHT SIGNS OF RECOVERY. 
>> I THINK THE REAL STORY IS THE
BIG DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT TO 
10.2.
IT'S DOWN ALMOST A POINT. 
>> MANY AMERICANS RETURNING TO 
WORK.
CONSUMERS SPENDING AGAIN.
JUST TODAY, THE STOCK MARKET 
CLOSING AT NEW RECORD HIGHS BACK
ABOVE WHERE IT WAS IN FEBRUARY 
PRE-PANDEMIC.
BUT OF THE ROUGHLY 22 MILLION 
JOBS LOST IN THE PANDEMIC, THE 
U.S. HAS RECOVERED ONLY ABOUT 
9.3 MILLION, AND LAYOFFS 
CONTINUE TO PERSIST, WITH NEARLY
A MILLION AMERICANS A WEEK 
FILING NEW CLAIMS FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, NEARLY 
FIVE TIMES THEIR PRE-PANDEMIC 
LEVELS.
AND SINCE MARCH, MORE THAN 
150,000 BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED.
NEARLY 100,000 OF THOSE 
PERMANENTLY ACCORDING TO YELP. 
>> THE STOCK MARKET IS NOT THE 
ECONOMY.
AND IF YOU ARE INVESTED IN THE 
STOCK MARKET AND THAT'S HALF OR 
SO OF AMERICANS, CERTAINLY YOU 
HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE 
SOME MONEY.
IF YOU'RE INVESTED IN AMAZON, 
YOU'RE PROBABLY SITTING PRETTY 
RIGHT NOW.
WHEN FOOTBALL SEASONS ARE 
CANCELED OR OTHER GATHERINGS ARE
CANCELED AND THAT CAN PRODUCE 
THIS WAVE OF DEPRESSED ECONOMIC 
ACTIVITY. 
>> AND NOW WITH THE EXPIRATION 
OF C.A.R.E.S. ACT BENEFITS LIKE 
THE ADDITIONAL $600 WEEKLY 
UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS, THE FEDERAL
MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS, AN 
EMERGENCY PPP LOANS FOR SMALL 
BUSINESSES, ECONOMISTS 
QUESTIONING IF THE MOMENTUM CAN 
CONTINUE AND HOW FAR IT REALLY 
EXTENDS.
>> I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE 
BANKRUPTCIES THAT ARE JUST 
BUILDING UP, IMPLICIT 
BANKRUPTCIES THAT ARE BUILDING 
UP, MORTGAGE DEFAULTS.
MANY RENTERS HAVE DELAYED 
PAYMENTS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT 
THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF
EXTENSION.
SO WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN A 
VERY PRECARIOUS POSITION. 
>> DESPITE ALL OF THIS AND 
CORONAVIRUS STILL RISING IN MANY
STATES, DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS LEFT WASHINGTON 
WITHOUT A DEAL AND ARE NOW ON 
RECESS. 
>> THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE 
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS HAVE 
NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE GRAVITY OF 
THE SITUATION. 
>> REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN WAITING
AND TRYING TO PASS BIPARTISAN 
RELIEF, LITERALLY, FOR WEEKS.
I WOULD HOPE OUR DEMOCRATIC 
COLLEAGUES WOULD LET THE SENATE 
ACT SOMETIME SOON.
>> AFTER CONGRESS' DEADLOCK, THE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING FOUR 
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS A STOPGAP EVEN
SOMEONE HIS OWN PARTY ARE 
CRITICIZING.
SENATOR BEN SASSE CALLING THEM 
UNCONSTITUTIONAL SLOP IN A 
STATEMENT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING FOR MORE
STIMULUS CHECKS, $3,400 FOR A 
FAMILY OF FOUR.
AND ANOTHER ROUND OF PPP 
PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
IS MAKING A SEPARATE PITCH. 
>> WHEN WE SPEND TAXPAYERS' 
MONEY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SPENDS TAXPAYERS' MONEY, WE 
SHOULD USE IT TO BUY AMERICAN 
PRODUCTS AND SUPPORT AMERICAN 
JOBS.
MY PLAN WOULD TIGHTEN THE RULES 
TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. 
>> CALLING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 
$2 TRILLION CENTERED AROUND 
BATTLING CLIMATE CHANGE. 
>> DURING MY FIRST TERM ALONE, 
WE'LL INVEST $400 BILLION IN 
PURCHASING PRODUCTS AND 
MATERIALS OUR COUNTRY NEEDS TO 
MODERNIZE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, 
REPLENISH OUR CRITICAL 
STOCKPILES, AND ENHANCE NATIONAL
SECURITY. 
>> AS IT IS, THE $3 TRILLION IN 
RELIEF SPENT EARLIER THIS YEAR 
SENT OUR TOTAL NATIONAL DEBT 
CLIMBING BEFORE THE CRISIS 
SURGING TO A RECORD 
$26.5 TRILLION.
THAT'S MORE THAN $80,000 FOR 
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE U.S.
IS THERE A POINT OF NO RETURN?
>> SO I WOULD SAY THAT MOST OF 
THE ECONOMISTS BELIEVE THAT THIS
ISN'T THE TIME TO CONSIDER DEBT 
AND DEFICIT.
WE HAVE TO CONTAIN THIS VIRUS.
IT SHOULD TAKE EVERYTHING WE 
GOT. 
>> WITH A TOTAL NATIONAL DEBT 
NOW LARGER THAN THE ECONOMY 
ITSELF, THE MOST CRITICAL NEED 
FOR THE U.S. TODAY, SAY 
ECONOMISTS, IS GROWTH.
>> SO IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR 
NATION'S FINANCES ARE IN SERIOUS
TROUBLE.
WASHINGTON'S GRIDLOCK CONTINUES.
HOW DOES ANY ADMINISTRATION 
REALLY FIX THIS?
JOINING US NOW IS CHIEF 
CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT MARY
BRUCE AND CHIEF BUSINESS 
CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS.
EXPERTS SAY IT'S OKAY TO KEEP 
SPENDING IN ORDER TO CREATE 
GROWTH, BUT OUR DEFICIT IS IN 
UNPRECEDENTED BAD SHAPE. 
>> WELL, IT IS, LINSEY.
THIS WAS THE SAME CONVERSATION 
WE WERE HAVING BACK IN THE GREAT
RECESSION IN THE FINANCIAL 
CRISIS AROUND THE DEFICIT.
IT WAS SMALLER THEN, IT'S BIGGER
NOW.
BUT WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT 
TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS MORE.
AND THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE TODAY
IS THE SPEED OF THIS CRISIS.
JOB LOSSES WE'VE SEEN IN THIS 
COUNTRY, THE 22 MILLION JOBS 
LOST, THE 9.3 MILLION JOBS THAT 
HAVE BEEN REHIRED.
BUT THE REOPENINGS AS WE 
CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THEM, WE 
NEED TO SEE SUBSTANTIAL REHIRING
TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO MAKE UP 
FOR THIS GIGANTIC HOLE THAT 
WE'VE SEEN EXPOSED HERE IN THE 
UNITED STATES, AND THERE'S A LOT
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW QUICKLY 
THAT MOMENTUM CAN CONTINUE WHEN 
YOU DO HAVE THIS EXPIRATION OF 
THE C.A.R.E.S. ACT BENEFITS AND 
YOU DO HAVE THIS GRIDLOCK NOW IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND THE ECONOMY ITSELF, YOU 
KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE STOCK 
MARKET AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL 
LOOK AT THE STOCK MARKET AND 
FEEL VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE 
FACT THAT IT'S NOW BACK WHERE IT
WAS IN FEBRUARY.
THINK ABOUT THIS.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BACK THEN,
3.5%.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TODAY, 
10.2%.
WE'RE NOW NEARLY THREE TIMES 
PLUS WHAT WE WERE AT THAT TIME 
IN TERMS OF JOBLESSNESS IN THIS 
COUNTRY.
THERE IS A BIG DISCONNECT 
BECAUSE THE STOCK MARKET IS NOT 
THE ECONOMY.
IT'S TRYING TO FORECAST WHAT THE
ECONOMY COULD BE 12 MONTHS FROM 
NOW.
BUT RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU THINK 
ABOUT THAT MARKET AND THE FACT 
THAT ONLY HALF OF AMERICANS HAVE
ANY MONEY IN THE MARKET, IT'S A 
VERY DIFFERENT FEELING IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A JOB IN AMERICA 
REMINDED. 
>> A BIG DISCONNECT BETWEEN WALL
STREET AND MAIN STREET.
MARY BRUCE, CONGRESS MAY BE 
TRYING FOR ANOTHER STIMULUS 
BILL.
THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS 
REMAIN FAR APART, BUT THE PRICE 
TAG FOR BOTH PLANS IS REALLY 
TREMENDOUS.
>> THESE ARE GIGANTIC PLANS, 
LINSEY.
WE ARE TALKING NORTH OF 
$2 TRILLION, $3 TRILLION.
AND THE TWO PARTIES SIMPLY 
CANNOT GET ON THE SAME PAGE 
HERE.
THIS HAS BEEN WEEKS, MONTHS OF 
NEGOTIATING.
LET'S BE HONEST.
THIS IS WHY A LOT OF AMERICANS 
ARE REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH 
WASHINGTON.
YOU HAVE MORE THAN 30 MILLION 
AMERICANS WHO'VE BEEN RELYING ON
THOSE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, 
THOSE WEEKLY $600 CHECKS THAT 
HAVE NOW EXPIRED.
AND THERE SIMPLY IS NO IMMEDIATE
RELIEF IN SIGHT FROM WASHINGTON.
NOW, AS REBECCA MENTIONED, THE 
PRESIDENT DID SIGN THIS 
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS 
PROMISING $400 A WEEK, BUT A BIG
PART OF THAT, $100 WAS EXPECTED 
TO BE FOOTED BY CASH-STRAPPED 
STATES, AND MANY GOVERNORS SAY 
THEY SIMPLY WON'T BE ABLE TO 
PULL THIS OFF.
YOU ARE ALSO HEARING A LOT OF 
FRUSTRATION FROM LAWMAKERS ON 
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND
THEM BECAUSE CONGRESS CONTROLS 
THE POWER OF THE PURSE.
THEY DON'T TAKE KINDLY TO THE 
PRESIDENT SIDE STEPPING THEM, 
CAPITOL HILL IS LARGELY EMPTY 
RIGHT NOW.
LAWMAKERS ARE PLANNING TO 
RESTART THESE NEGOTIATIONS AFTER
THE LABOR DAY RECESS, BUT IT IS 
LIKELY TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS FOR
THEM TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE, 
THEN EVEN MORE TIME TO RESTART 
ANY BENEFITS THAT HAVE LAPSED.
I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU 
HAVE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO 
ARE REALLY SUFFERING.
THEY'RE SIMPLY IS NOT AN ANSWER 
TO WIN OR IF THEY ARE GOING TO 
SEE THIS RELIEF FINALLY HIT 
THEIR WALLETS, HIT THEIR 
PAYCHECKS, AND BEGIN TO MAKE 
THEM FEEL THEY ARE STARTING TO 
REBOUND IN SOME KIND OF WAY. 
>> SAY, ON THESE POINTS, WE KNOW
THE PRESIDENT'S SCOREBOARD IS 
THE STOCK MARKET AND THE STOCK 
MARKET IS GOOD.
BUT WE HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS OUT OF WORK RIGHT NOW.
WILL WE HIT THE POINT WE WERE IN
MARCH AND APRIL, CATASTROPHIC 
ECONOMY?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT ANY LITTLE PROGRESS WE'RE 
HEARING PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKING 
ABOUT MORE AND MORE.
IF YOU WERE ADVISING HIM RIGHT 
UP, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HIM TO 
DO?
IT IS SO COMPLICATED WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE ECONOMY. 
>> IT IS.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 
THAT HE CAN DO IS TO GET THE 
PANDEMIC UNDER CONTROL BECAUSE A
LESSENING OF COVID, PEOPLE CAN 
GO BACK INTO RESTAURANTS AND 
BARS.
SO THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT 
THING HE CAN DO FOR THE ECONOMY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN IN A 
LITTLE BIT.
THEY'RE ABOUT TO CALL THE 
CONVENTION TO ORDER FOR THE 
SECOND NIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN IN.
I THINK 
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
I'M AT ALL BARRETT, THE PROUD 
MAYOR OF MILWAUKEE.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE WELCOMING YOU
TO MY HOME CITY RIGHT NOW.
GOOD PEOPLE OF MILWAUKEE AND I 
WERE SO EXCITED WHEN WE LEARNED 
THAT OUR REMINISCCITY WAS CHOSET
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
BUT THESE ARE NOT CONVENTIONAL 
TIMES.
AND AS A RESULT, AS WE ALL KNOW,
THIS IS NOT A CONVENTIONAL 
CONVENTION.
AS MUCH AS WE WOULD HAVE LOVED 
TO HOST YOU IN PERSON, I AM 
PROUD THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
AND THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE HAVE 
MADE THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS
OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT, WE'VE 
NEVER CALLED COVID-19 A HOAX.
UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT, WE'VE 
NEVER MADE FUN OF FACE MASKS.
AND UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT, WE'VE 
NEVER BELITTLED OUR PUBLIC 
HEALTH EXPERTS.
WE UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T BE 
TOGETHER THIS WEEK, AND I HOPE 
YOU DO TOO.
AS OUR PARTY COMES TOGETHER 
VIRTUALLY TO NOMINATE JOE BIDEN 
TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, WE'RE 
SHOWING THE COUNTRY WE'RE 
NOMINATE ING A LEADER WHO ISN'T 
AFRAID TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES, OR
TO WORK WITH HEALTH EXPERTS, NOT
AGAINST THEM, TO ADDRESS THIS 
PANDEMIC.
MILWAUKEE IS A VERY SPECIAL 
PLACE ON AMERICA'S FRESH COAST.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN 
YOU ARE ALL ABLE TO COME 
EXPERIENCE OUR BEAUTIFUL 
LAKEFRONT, OUR HISTORIC 
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND, ABOVE ALL, 
OUR DIVERSE, HARD-WORKING, AND 
FRIENDLY RESIDENTS.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IT IS MY 
HONOR TO CALL THE SECOND SESSION
OF THE 48th QUAD RENNIAL 
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO ORDER.
>> THE MAYOR OF MILWAUKEE RIGHT 
THERE, TOM BARRETT, GAVELING IN 
THE SECOND NIGHT OF THE 
CONVENTION.
STILL. 
>>> STILL HEAD, DR. JILL BIDEN, 
WHAT SHE NEEDS TO ACCOMPLISH 
TONIGHT.
OUR CHIEF ANCHOR GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS JOINS OUR 
COVERAGE AND THE POWERHOUSE 
POLITICAL TEAM..
>>> ONE PERSON WE'RE GOING TO 
HEAR IN TONIGHT, HIS LIFETIME, 
LIFE-LONG RUNNING MATE, DR. JILL
BIDEN.
WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR 
TONIGHT FROM DR. BIDEN?
>> LIKE ALWAYS, THE WOMAN IN THE
RELATIONSHIP SOUTHWESTERLY GOING
TO OUTSTAGE THE MAN, SO WE LOVE 
DR. JILL BIDEN.
SHE'S A TEACHER.
FOR THOSE OF US THAT LOVE PUBLIC
SCHOOL AND PUBLIC TEACHERS, WE 
EXPECT SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT
EDUCATION AND THE ISSUES THAT 
MATTER AND, OF COURSE, CHEER ON 
HER HUSBAND.
IF SHE WAS ON THE TOP OF THE 
TICKET, WE'D BE CLOSER TOGETHER 
AS A PARTY RIGHT NOW. 
>> SARAH, DO YOU THINK THERE'S 
ANY CHANCE SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO 
GET SOME OF THOSE SWING VOTERS 
TO VOTE FOR HER HUSBAND?
>> CERTAINLY.
SHE'S A LOVELY PERSON.
SHE'S VERY ACCOMPLISHED.
SHE'S THOUGHTFUL.
HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT I'M 
WATCHING FOR TONIGHT, IS SHE 
GOING TO GO AFTER DONALD TRUMP?
BECAUSE WHAT MICHELLE OBAMA DID 
LAST NIGHT WAS HIGHLY UNUSUAL IN
AMERICAN POLITICS WHERE A FIRST 
LADY OR SECOND LADY WOULD ATTACK
THE OPPOSITION.
>> THANK YOU, LADIES.
WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY FROM NIGHT 
TWO OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
AFTER THE BREAK, MY COLLEAGUES 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS AND DAVID 
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NOW REPORTING, ACHIEVE ANCHOR, 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 
DAY TWO OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION.
TONIGHT KICKS OFF WITH A KEYNOTE
SPEECH.
IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM 
WHAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.
NO FOCUS ON A SINGLE RISING STAR
LIKE BARACK OBAMA.
HE WASN'T EVEN A SENATOR IN 
TO THE WHITE HOUSE JUST FOUR 
YEARS LATER.
TONIGHT, NOT ONE BUT 17 
KEYNOTERS TAKE THE TALKS 
THEMSELVES AT HOME WITH A DIY 
VIDEO KIT EDITED INTO A SINGLE 
LOOK WHAT THEY HOPE IS THE 
FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 
>> THIS IS MY COUNTRY.
MANY OF US FOUGHT HARD FOR THE 
RIGHT TO SAY THAT MANY ARE 
STRUGGLING SO LET ME SAY THIS 
WITH CONVICTION, THIS IS OUR 
COUNTRY. 
>> WE ARE A PEOPLE ABOUT THE 
PRESENT WE ARE A PEOPLE IN 
SEARCH OF THE FUTURE. 
>> WE MUST MAKE THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE HEAR OUR TALE OF TWO 
CITIES.
WE MUST CONVINCE THEM WE DON'T 
HAVE TO SETTLE FOR TWO CITIES, 
THAT WE CAN HAVE ONE CITY 
INDIVISIBLE SHINING FOR ALL OF 
ITS PEOPLE. 
>> IF YOU GIVE US A CHANCE, WE 
CAN PERFORM, AFTER ALL GINGER 
ROGERS DID EVERYTHING BUT SHE 
DID IT BACKWARDS AND IN HIGH 
HEE
HEELS. 
>> THERE IS NOT A LIBERAL 
AMERICA AND CONSERVATIVE 
AMERICA.
THERE IS THE UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA.
THERE IS NOT A BLACK AMERICA AND
A WHITE AMERICA AND LA DTINO 
AMERICA AND ASIA AMERICA, THERE 
IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT A 
SPRINT OR EVEN A MARATHON.
IT A RELAY.
OUR FAMILIES DON'T ALWAYS CROSS 
THE FINISH LINE IN THE SPAN OF 
ONE GENERATION BUT EACH 
GENERATION PASSES ONTO THE NEXT 
THE FRUITS OF THEIR NEIGHBOR. 
>> WE ARE ONE PEOPLE PLEDGING 
ALLEGIANCE FOR STARS AND STRIPES
AND DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA. 
>> WELCOME TO THE SECOND NIGHT 
OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF 
CONVENTION. 
>> LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND SMILE.
>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF 
KEYNOTE. 
>> IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF 
KEYNOTE. 
>> THIS YEAR ALL OF US AREN'T ON
STAGE AND WE HAVE LOTS TO SAY. 
>> LET'S GET REAL THERE IS A LOT
FACING US. 
>> WHEN WE'RE FACING CRISISE 
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T AND
DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN. 
>> WHEN DOCTORS AND NURSES HAVE 
TO RISK THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT 
OTHERS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT 
ENOUGH PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. 
>> WHEN FACTORY WORKERS IN OHIO 
ARE FACED WITH DANGEROUS 
CONDITIONS BECAUSE THIS 
ADMINISTRATION HASN'T GIVEN 
CLEAR GUIDANCE HOW TO PROTECT 
OUR PEOPLE. 
>> WHEN TEACHERS ARE BEING ASKED
TO RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM 
WITHOUT A PLAN TO KEEP THEM SAFE
AND PARENTS ARE EXHAUSTED 
JUGGLING FULL-TIME WORK AND 
FULL-TIME CHILD CARE. 
>> VISITING OUR PARENTS AND 
GRAND PARENTS THROUGH THE WINDOW
OF A NURSING HOME WORRYING ALL 
THE TIME THEY WILL GET SICK. 
>> WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT IN NORTH 
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA A 
CITY I REPRESENT HAS RISEN 
NEARLY FOUR FOLD AND EVICTIONS 
ARE PUTTING FAMILIES OUT ON 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 
THE EXPERTS AND THEN HE SAID 
SOMETHING THAT A PRESIDENT 
SHOULD NEVER SAY.
HE SAID I DON'T TAKE 
RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL. 
>> NO RESPONSIBILITY. 
>> NO LEADERSHIP. 
>> NO PLAN. 
>> 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 DOING JUST FINE.
THE WEALTHY.
THE BIG  DONORS TO HIS CAMPAIGN 
>> THERE IS ONE PERSON LOOKING 
OUT FOR US. 
>> ALL OF US. 
>> THAT'S JOE BIDEN. 
>> JOE CALLED IT.
WE'RE IN A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL 
OF OUR NATION. 
>> 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 WAS NEVER A 
LATIN THAT. 
>> OR OPENLY GAY MAN IN THE 
GEORGIA STATE LEGISLATURE. 
>> WE RAN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE WE 
KNOW THE STRUGGLES.
>> WE'VE LIVED THE INSECURITY 
AND DIGNITY OF AN IFECTION 
NOTICE. 
>> I LIVED THE FRUSTRATION OF 
PAYING OFF STUDENT LOANS AND THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT 
UNFAIRLY TARGETS OUR 
COMMUNITIES. 
>> WE HAVE LIVED THAT FEELING OF
HOPELESSNESS WHEN SOMEONE YOU 
LOVE IS VERY SICK AND ACCESS TO 
HEALTH CARE IS A MATTER OF LIFE 
AND DEATH. 
>> BY THE WAY, JOE BIDEN LIVED A
LOT OF THIS TOO. 
>> HE WAS RAISED IN A MIDDLE 
CLASS FAMILY IN SCRANTON, 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
>> HE WATCHED HIS DAD LOOK FOR 
WORK AND LEARN A JOB IS SO MUCH 
MORE THAN A PAYCHECK.
IT'S ABOUT DIGNITY AND RESPECT. 
>> SHE WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE 
AFTER A CAR CRASH KILLED HIS 
WIFE AND DAUGHTER. 
>> 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. 
>> AND HE'LL NEVER FORGET WHO 
HE'S FIGHTING FOR. 
>> I LOOK AROUND MY DISTRICT IN 
NORTH TEXAS AND I SEE THE PEOPLE
WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY.
THE EDUCATORS LIKE THE SINGLE 
MOM WHO RAISED ME AND MEN AND 
WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, YOU BUILT 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE 
THE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS LINE 
THE STREETS OF BEEIRMINGHAM, 
MICHIGAN. 
>> LINING THE STREETS OF 
PHILADELPHIA AND BRING OUR 
COMMUNITIES 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 YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU DESERVE MORE THAN THE 
CONSTANT CHAOS THAT DONALD TRUMP
DELIVERS. 
>> YOU DESERVE HEALTH CARE YOU 
CAN AFFORD AND A JOB THAT PAYS 
YOU FAIRLY.
YOU DESERVE CHILD CARE AND PAID 
SICK LEAVE WHILE YOU WORK.
AND WHEN YOU PAY INTO SOCIAL 
SECURITY AND MEDICARE, YOU 
DESERVE TO KNOW IT WILL BE THERE
WHEN YOU RETIRE. 
>> AND THAT'S WHY WE RAN. 
>> THANKS TO THE VOTERS ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY IN BOTH RED STATES 
AND BLUE STATES. 
>> WE WON. 
>> WE WON. 
>> A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS 
IS RISING UP. 
>> WITH JOE BIDEN IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE, THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT
WE CAN DO. 
>> IN NEVADA, WE'RE MAKING DRUG 
PRICES MORE TRANSPARENT SO 
PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESSES 
WON'T GO BROKE WHILE DRUG 
COMPANIES GET RICH. 
>> JOE IS LOOKING TO EXPAND THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
HE'LL MAKE SURE NO ONE CAN BE 
DENIED FOR A PREEXISTING 
CONDITION.
HE'LL GIVE TAX CREDITS TO 
WORKING FAMILIES AND ALLOWING 
MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE DRUG 
PRICES. 
>> THAT'S A BIG F-ING DEAL. 
>> THAT'S A BIG F-ING DEAL. 
>> BECAUSE JOE KNOWS WE CAN'T 
HAVE A HEALTHY ECONOMY IF PEOPLE
CAN'T AFFORD HEALTH CARE. 
>> LET'S REMEMBER, DONALD TRUMP 
IS SUING TO TAKE HEALTH CARE 
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
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 BRINGING LONG
OVER DUE JUSTICE TO SURVIVORS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
>> JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN FIGHTING 
FOR WOMEN HIS ENTIRE CAREER.
AS SENATOR, HE OFFERED THE 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT AND 
AS PRESIDENT HE'LL RESTORE 
FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD 
AND MAKE REDUCING MATERNAL 
MORTALITY FOR WOMEN OF COLOR A 
TOP PRIORITY. 
>> IN FLORIDA, ON THE FRONT 
LINES OF OUR CLIMATE CRISIS, 
WE'RE WORKING TO PRODUCE MORE 
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SHRINK OUR 
CARBON FOOTPRINT. 
>> JOE HAS A MAJOR PLAN TO 
INVEST IN CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
>> AND THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES, WE'RE CLOSING 
LOOPHOLES TO ENSURE LOCAL 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS USE 
AMERICAN MADE MATERIALS AND 
LOCAL LABOR AND SUPPORT AMERICAN
MANUFACTURING. 
>> UNLIKE DONALD TRUMP, JOE 
BIDEN WILL ACTUALLY ENFORCE BY 
AMERICAN RULES INVESTING IN 
AMERICAN MADE CLEAN ENERGY 
BUILDING MATERIALS, HIGH TECH 
EQUIPMENT AND RND ALL CREATING 
MORE GOOD JOBS. 
>> IN MICHIGAN, WE'RE BANNING 
BUSINESS PRACTICES THAT 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 MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THEIR HOURS AND
PAY SLASH, JOE KNOWS IT'S NOT 
ENOUGH TO REBUILD 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 INVEST IN 
HEALTH CARE, 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 WANTED TO MARRY THE 
MAN I LOVED, JOE BIDEN WAS THE 
FIRST NATIONAL FIGURE TO SUPPORT
ME AND MY FAMILY.
APPRECIATE YOU, MAN. 
>> WHEN THE AUTO INDUSTRY WAS 
GOING UNDER, JOE STUCK HIS NECK 
OUT TO PROTECT IT. 
>> WHEN OUR ECONOMY WAS ON THE 
BRINK, 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 BRAGS
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 CHOOSE
HOW WE WILL CREATE A MORE 
PERFECT UNION.
NOT BY TAKING SIDES BUT BY 
TAKING STOCK OF WHERE WE ARE AND
WHAT WE NEED.
AMERICA FACES A TRIPLE THREAT, A
PUBLIC HEALTH CATASTROPHE, AN 
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, AND A 
RECKONING WITH RACIAL JUSTICE 
AND INEQUALITY.
OUR CHOICE IS CLEAR.
A STEADY EXPERIENCED PUBLIC 
SERVANT THAT CAN LEAD US OUT OF 
THIS CRISIS LIKE HE'S DONE 
BEFORE OR A MAN THAT ONLY KNOWS 
HOWDISTRICT.
WE KNOW JOE B BIDEN, AMERICA WE 
NEED JOE BIDEN TO MAKE YOUR 
VOICE HEART TEXT VOTE TO 30330.
IN A DEMOCRACY, WE DO NOT ELECT 
SAVIORS.
WE CAST BALLOTS FOR THOSE WHO 
SEE OUR STRUGGLES AND PLEDGE TO 
SERVE.
WHO HEAR OUR DREAMS AND WORK TO 
MAKE THEM REAL, WHO DID FEND OUR
WAY OF LIFE BY PROTECTING OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE.
FACED WITH A PRESIDENT OF 
CROWDEDNESS, JOE BIDEN IS A MAN 
OF PROVEN COURAGE.
HE WILL RESTORE THE MORAL 
COMPASS, NOT BY HIDING FROM THEM
OR UNDERMINING 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 A 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'RE IN THIS TO WIN FOR 
AMERICA.
SO LET'S GET IT DONE. 
>> STACY ADRAMS CAPPING UP THE 
KEYNOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS 
TONIGHT ON THIS SECOND DAY OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
DAVID HERE WITH WORLD NEWS 
TONIGHT ANCHOR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE KEYNOTE, 
THEY ARE EMBRACING CHANGE. 
>> NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
VERY CLEAR WITH THE DNC AND 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS TRYING TO 
ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS VIDEO HERE.
DIRECT COMPARISONS OF BARACK 
OBAMA 16 YEARS AGO HE STOOD UP 
THERE AND SAID MY STORY IS ABOUT
OF THE AMERICAN STORY THE PATH 
TO THE PRESIDENCY FOR HIM.
RIGHT NOW, HE SAW 17 YOUNG 
ELECTED OFFICIALS, I THINK THE 
AGES RANGE FROM 21 TO 52, THE 
AVERAGE AGE 38 YEARS OLD.
THIS WAS A MESSAGE AND WE'VE 
HEARD IT FROM JOE BIDEN BEFORE.
HE'S CALLED HIMSELF A BRIDGE TO 
THE NEXT GENERATION AND TALKED 
AS RECENTLY AS MARCH IN DETROIT 
SAYING THE NEXT GENERATION OF 
LEADERS YOU SEE STANDING HERE 
BEHIND ME IS LITERALLY WHAT THEY
DID HERE TONIGHT. 
>> LINSEY DAVIS, THE CONTRAST 
BETWEEN THE LEADERS IN THE 
PHOTOGRAPHS OF JOE BIDEN AS A 
YOUNG MAN. 
>> IT'S INTERESTING WHEN 
PRESIDENT OBAMA LEFT OFFICE HE 
SAID ONE GOLFS TO START GROOMING
NEW TALENT.
WE SAW IT RIGHT THERE IN THOSE 
17 FACES.
I THINK IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY 
FOR THE PARTY TO SHOWCASE 
DIVERSITY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 
21-YEAR-OLD WHO IS A MEMBER OF 
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A 
COLLEGE STUDENT IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE.
YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
NATION, STACEY ABRAMS, MAYBES OF
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
IN CONTRAST TO PRESIDENT OBAMA 
AND BOSTON DNC IN 2004 HE WAS 
ABLE TO MAKE, HAVE THAT MAJOR 
BREAKTHROUGH.
I DON'T KNOW YOU WOULD BE ABLE 
TO DO THAT VIRTUALLY.
HOW DO YOU ELECTFY A CROWD WHEN 
THERE IS NO CROWD?
MANY WOULD SAY MICHELLE OBAMA IS
THAT WAY BUT A KNOWN ENTITY AND 
GIVEN FOUR SPEECHES AT D IN, C 
CONVENTION DATING BACK TO 2008.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN AND WILL 
BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THESE
17 PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO AND HOW
THEY ARE ABLE TO BREAKTHROUGH.
ALL EYES TONIGHT WILL BE ON AOC 
MANY SEE AS A FACE OF THE PARTY.
SHE TWEETED OUT THE FAMOUS POEM 
I ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE, 60 
SECONDS FORCED UPON ME.
DID NOT CHOOSE IT.
I MUST USE IT EVERY SECOND WE 
CAN BE SURE. 
>> SHE IS NOT SHY AT ALL.
ONE OF THE WRAPS ON BARACK OBAMA
IS HE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH TO BRING 
UP THIS NEXT GENERATION. 
>> I THINK THAT HE DID OF 
USUALLY I THINK THE BIGGEST WAY 
WAS NOT SO MUCH PARTICULAR 
CANDIDATES BUT THE IDEA OF 
RETURNING THE IDEA OF PUBLIC 
SERVICE AS AN HONORABLE 
PROFESSION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS 
ADMINISTRATION, VERY FEW 
SCANDALS AND THE NOTION OF 
PUBLIC SERVICE IS WHERE YOU DO 
GOOD AND IT'S A NOBLE PROFESSION
SO IT INSPIRED PEOPLE TO GET 
INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY, NOT
JUST RUN FOR OFFICE BUT I'M A BY
PRODUCT OF THAT AS MUCH AS BILL 
CLINTON BUT ALSO THAT WE HAD A 
ROLE TO PLAY IN THE COMMUNITIES,
NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAY LEAD TO 
RUNNING FOR ELECTED OFFICE.
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE DID 
SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE THEY RAN 
FOR OFFICE AND THE BIGGEST 
INSPIRATION WAS TO ONCE AGAIN 
SEE THAT PUBLIC SERVICE THAT WE 
OWE SOMETHING TO THE PEOPLE AND 
THE COMMUNITY THAT MADE US WHO 
WE ARE. 
>> LOOKING AHEAD NEXT WEEK TO 
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, YOU 
WORKED ON REPUBLICAN 
CONVENTIONS, WHAT SHOULD THEY 
TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT THEY'VE SEEN
SO FAR THIS WEEK?
>> THEY HAVE A GREAT BENEFIT 
SEEING WHO WORKS AND DOESN'T.
THEY HAVE AN 5D VANTAGE THAT 
WAY.
I THINK WITH REPUBLICANS NEED TO
DO IS SHOWCASE ALSO SOME OF OUR 
YOUNGER MORE DIVERSE TALENT AND 
IN 2018 THE MOST WOMEN RAN FOR 
REPUBLICAN OFFICE IN 2020 THAT 
NUMBER IS EVEN HIGHER.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE ATTRACTING 
DIFFERENT FACES AND VOICES.
WE NEED TO DO MORE AND BETTER.
I THINK THE DEMOCRATS DESERVE 
CREDIT AND THIS WAS A CLEVER WAY
TO SHOWCASE THEIR YOUNG TALENT 
BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT THIS 
KEYNOTE DIDN'T HAVE ONE PERSON 
BECAUSE THE STARS OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY COULDN'T GIVE A
KEYNOTE BECAUSE THEY ARE TO THE 
LEFT OF JOE BIDEN AND TO THE 
LEFT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND 
JOE BIDEN DIDN'T WANT THAT AT 
THE DNC CONVENTION. 
>> HE DID HAVE BERNIE SANDERS 
LAST NIGHT AND HAD RUNNER UP 
EVENTS.
I HEARD YOU TALKS AS STACY EY 
ABRAMS CAPPED OFF.
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATEMENT 
RAN FOR SENATE AND CAME CLOSE IN
THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
SHE WAS NOT SHY AT ALL ABOUT 
PUTTING HERSELF FORWARD.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR HER?
>> WHATEVER SHE WANTS TO BE NEXT
FOR HER.
SHE MADE SURE THAT THIS YEAR WAS
ABOUT PROTECTING THE VOTE AND 
WHO KNEW HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS 
GOING TO BE.
I THINK SHE DID AND SO WHATEVER 
SHE DECIDES TO DO NEXT I THINK 
SHE WILL.
SHE IS BELOVED IN THE PROGROSS 
SIE
 -- PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AND I 
KNOW IS A ROLE AND ACTUALLY WITH
A COUPLE THERE IS AN ELECTION 
AND OVER ELECTION IN THIS. 
>> WHAT ABOUT OBAMA LAST NIGHT 
OUT THERE?
>> THERE WAS ONE STOLEN FROM 
HER.
SHE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPACT WHEN 
VOTERS AREN'T ENGAGED AND IN 
GEORGIA OF ALL PLACES, GEORGIA 
IS ON THE MAP. 
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OVER THE 
FIRST 24 HOURS OR SO AND WHAT DO
THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO DO IN 
THEIR OWN VIRTUAL CONVENTION 
NEXT WEEK?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT SARAH MADE
GOOD POINTS IN HER REMARKS BUT 
IN THE END, THIS IS DONALD 
TRUMP'S PARTY RIGHT NOW AND I 
THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 
NEXT WEEK WHETHER IT'S THE BEST 
THING OR NOT, I'M NOT SURE BUT 
WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO 
SEE, WHICH IS YOU'RE GOING TO 
SEE THE PRESIDENT EVERY NIGHT, 
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE EACH OF HIS 
CHILDREN.
THIS IS GOING TO BE HOW MIKE 
PENCE WILL WEDGE IN THERE ON 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT I THINK THIS
IS GOING TO BE THE TRUMP SHOW 
FOR FOUR NIGHTS.
I THINK THIS IS THE WAY THE 
PRESIDENCYS HIS BEST OPPORTUNITY
TO WIN.
HE HAS NOT PUT A LOT OF 
SPOTLIGHT ON OTHER FOLKS IN THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY DURING HIS TIME
IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 
>> YOU SEE THE DEMOCRATS WITH 
DIVERSITY WITH THIS -- 
>> TELL HIM NOT TO BE SHY.
GO FOR IT. 
>> IF THERE IS ANYONE TO ADVICE 
HIM NOT TO BE SHY WOULD BE YOU.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I'M ALL FOR HIM DOING IT. 
>> HOW DOES HE ADDRESS IF YOU 
LOOK AT OUR RECENT POLL, THE 
BIGGEST DEFICIT HE'S FACING 
RIGHT NOW, HE'S HOLDING HIS OWN 
WITH REPUBLICANS AND GETTING 
KILLED BY DEMOCRATS BUT FALLEN 
FAR BEHIND WITH THOSE 
INDEPENDENT VOTERS THAT HE WON 
LAST TIME. 
>> WHAT HE HAS TO DO NEXT WEEK I
THINK IS TWO THINGS 
SUBTANTIVELY.
ONE, HE HAS TO LAYOUT THE PLAN 
FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WHICH 
HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET.
HE MUST DO IT.
BECAUSE THAT LEADS TO POINT TWO.
WHICH IS A CONTRAST WITH JOE 
BIDEN'S VISION FOR THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS AND THE VISION OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THAT'S WHERE HE CAN GET SOME 
INDEPENDENTS BACK BY SAYING YOU 
MAY NOT LOVE ME, YOU MAY NOT 
LOVE MY STYLE BUT I'LL TELL YOU 
WHAT, YOU DO NOT WANT THIS 
COUNTRY TO GO AS FAR LEFT AS 
IT'S GOING TO GO IF JOE BIDEN AT
78 YEARS OLD IS GOING TO BE THE 
PERSON THAT WILL REIGN IN AOC 
AND THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT.
THAT'S WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS 
GOING TO HAVE TO SCORE POINTS 
AND BRING BACK INDEPENDENCE AND 
SAY YOU'RE RIGHT, I DON'T LIKE 
HIM BUT I DON'T WANT A 4 
TRILLION TAX INCREASE AND I 
DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHERE HE HAS TO DO IT.
IF HE DOESN'T DO IT THERE, HE 
WON'T DO IT ON PERSONALITY. 
>> THAT WILL BE A BIG QUESTION 
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
RIGHT NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE 
VIRTUAL FLOOR.
CHUCK SCHUMER, THE DEMOCRATIC 
LEADER OF THE SENATE. 
>> HI, THIS IS SENATOR CHUCK 
SCHUMER, DEMOCRATIC LEADER FROM 
MY HOMETOWN BROOKLYN NEW YORK.
BEHIND ME IS A SIGHT I SEE EVERY
NIGHT, THE STATUTE OF LIB R ELI 
THE SAME SITE THAT GREETED 
HOPEFUL IMMIGRANTS LIKE MY 
PARENTS.
A BEACON OF HOPE TO THE WORLD.
TODAY, DONALD TRUMP HAS DIVIDED 
OUR COUNTRY, DIMINISHED OUR 
GREATNESS AND DEMEANED 
EVERYTHING THAT THIS STATUTE 
REPRESENTS.
HE EVEN HID IN A BUNKER AS 
AMERICANS WERE TEAR GASSED AND 
BEATEN.
MILLIONS ARE JOBLESS.
170,000 AMERICAN HAVES DIED FROM
COVID AND DONALD TRUMP SAYS IT 
IS WHAT IT IS.
PRESIDENT SHOULD NEVER SAY IT IS
WHAT IT IS, ILL HOUSED, ILL CLAD
AND ILL NUMBER SOURISHED.
AMERICA, DONALD TRUMP HAS QUIT 
ON YOU.
WE NEED A PRESIDENT WITH 
DIGNITY, INTEGRITY AND 
EXPERIENCE TO LEAD US OUT OF 
THIS CRISIS.
A MAN WITH A STEADY HAND AND BIG
HEART WHO WILL NEVER EVER QUIT 
ON AMERICA THAT MAN IS MY FRIEND
JOE BIDEN.
HE WILL BE A GREAT PRESIDENT.
BUT MANY 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.
AND STANDARDS TO MANSION AND 
WARNER AND WE WILL BRING BOLD 
AND DRAMATIC CLANG TO OUR 
COUNTRY.
LET ME TELL YOU, PRESIDENT BIDEN
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, WE'LL 
MAKE HEALTH CARE AFFORDABLE AND 
UNDO THE VICIOUS INEQUALITY OF 
INCOME AND WEALTH AND AND WE'LL 
TAKE STRONG DECISIVE ACTION TO 
CHANGE AND SAVE THE PLANET AND 
PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS, FIGHT 
SYSTEMIC RACISM IN OUREN -- 
WE'LL REBUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
AND MAKE SURE EVERY HOME FROM 
INNER CITY TO RURAL AMERICA HAS 
BROADBAND.
WE'LL SAVE THE POST OFFICE AND 
ONCE AND FOR ALL DEFEAT COVID-19
THIS EVIL DISEASE AND THE LADY 
BEHIND US, WE'LL WE FORM THE 
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM SO IMMIGRANTS
URNING TO BREATHE FREE WILL AT 
LEAST BECOME AMERICAN CITIZENS.
TOGETHER, WE CAN REIGNITE THE 
HOPE ONCE FELT BY MILLIONS OF 
MEN AND WOMEN, HUDDLED MASSES ON
SHIPS WHO GLIMPSE THIS MIGHTY 
WOMAN WITH HER TORCH KNOWING 
THEY CAN BUILT 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. 
>> SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER HOPING 
THAT FUTURE INCLUDE AS 
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY.
NOW A LOOK BACK AT THE PAST OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THEIR 
PRESENCE.
I'LL START WITH CAROLINE KENNEDY
AND THEN FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY 
CARTER AND BILL CLINTON.
LET'S LISTEN TO TRACY ROSS. 
>> HERE ARE CAROLINE KENNEDY AND
HER SON. 
>> 60 YEARS AGO IN A CROWDED 
L.A. STADIUM, MY FATHER ACCEPTED
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT.
HE CHALLENGED TO LOOK TO THE 
FUTURE AND JOIN HIM ON A JOURNAL
TEE FOR A NEW FRONTIER. 
>> IT WAS A CALL TO THE YOUNG AT
HEART.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
BUT THE SCENES OF MY 
GRANDFATHER'S SPEECH, COURAGE, 
UNITY AND PATRIOTISM ARE AS 
IMPORTANT TODAY AS 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 1974.
HE SHARED MY UNCLE TEDDY'S 
COMMITMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS, 
WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WORKING 
FAMILIES AND A SENATOR WHO 
CARED, LED AND INSPIRED.
THAT'S WHY I HELPED CHOOSE HIM 
TO BE BARACK OBAMA'S RUNNING 
MADE IN 2008.
WHEN I WAS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO 
JAPAN, I GOT TO SEE VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN IN ACTION.
HE STEPPED OFF AIR FORCE TWO 
WEARING THE AVIATOR GLASSES AND 
A BIG SMILE RATUATE UAT
 RADIA 
OF TPTIMISM AND COMMANDED TRUSTD
RESPECT OF OTHER NATIONS AND 
ALWAYS PUT AMERICA'S INTEREST 
FIRST.
JOE BIDEN'S LIFETIME OF PUBLIC 
SERVICE REFLECTS HIS UNWAIVING 
COMMENTMENT TO OUR HIGHEST 
IDEAS. 
>> IN THIS ELECTION, OUR FUTURE 
IS ON THE BALLOT.
FOR MY GENERATION, IT WILL 
DEFINE THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
WE NEED TO TACKLE CLIMATE 
CHANGE.
WE NEED TO END SYSTEM MAIC RACI 
INJUSTICE AND MAKE HEALTH CARE 
AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY AND 
REBUILD AN ECONOMY THAT HELPS 
WORKING FAMILIES.
WE CAN DO THIS.
WE CAN REACH THESE NEW FROON 
TE 
FRONTIERS AND WHAT TOGETHER WE 
CAN DO TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD.
LET GET IT DONE.
LET ELECT JOE BIDEN THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT OF THE QUITE. 
>> 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 AND 
JILL FOR MANY YEARS AND MOST 
RECENTLY I'VE WORKED WITH THEM 
ON TACKLING THE DEMANDS FACED BY
THE MORE THAN 53 MILLION UNPAID 
CAREGIVERS IN OUR COUNTRY WHO 
ARE JUGGLING WORK AND 
RESPONSIBILITIES AND PUTTING 
THEIR OWN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL 
AND WELL BEING AT RISK.
JOE KNOWS WELL, TOO WELL THE 
SORROWS AND STRUGGLES OF BEING A
FAMILY CAREGIVER FROM JOE'S TIME
AS A YOUNG WIDOWER FIRST AND 
THROUGH SINGLE PARENTHOOD WITH A
DEMANDING JOB, HE AND JILL 
CARING FOR THEIR OWN PARENTS AND
THEIR SON BEAU AT THE END OF 
THEIR LIVES.
HE KNOWS CARE GIVING IS HARD 
EVEN ON A GOOD DAY.
JILL ALSO KNOWS THE CHALLENGE OF
CARE GIVING FOR THOSE WHO SERVE 
IN THE MILITARY AND RETURN WITH 
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE WOUNDS AND
WE KNOW THOSE CAREGIVERS IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE.
JIMMY AND I ARE VOTING FOR JOE 
BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZES THE 
CHALLENGES FACING OUR FAMILIES 
AND HAS THE HEART AND THE TALENT
TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ALL 
AMERI
AMERICANS. 
>> WHEN I RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 
1976 JILL WAS MY SUPPORTER IN 
THE SENATE.
FOR DECADES SHE'S BEEN MY LOYAL 
AND DEDICATED FRIEND.
SHE HAS EXPERIENCE TO BRING UGH 
TOGETHER AND RESTORE AMERICA'S 
GREATNESS.
IT'S WITH INTEGRITY AND JUDGMENT
TO UNDERSTAND AND SOMEONE WHO IS
COMMITTED TO THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE.
JOE IS THAT KIND OF LEADER AND 
THE RIGHT PERSON TO VOTE FOR IN 
OUR NATION'S HISTORY.
HE UNDERSTANDS DIGNITY, AND' 
VISION AND ACTIONS AND THAT'S 
WHAT WE NEED.
MANY AMERICAN LIVES CAN BE 
SAV
SAVED. 
>> THE PRESIDENT'S ELECTION HELP
US SOLVE PROBLEMS AND GIVE OUR 
KIDS BETTER TOMORROWS.
WITH THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK ON A 
PATH TO KILLING AND DESTROYING 
MILLIONS OF JOBS IN 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 HE WAS DOING.
OUR 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 IN MORE
STATES DID HE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 
TO WEAR MASKS.
BY THEN, MANY MORE WERE DYING.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE SURGE IN 
DEATHS, HE STRUGHRUGGED AND SAI 
IS WHAT IT IS.
DID IT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY?
NO.
COVID HIT US MUCH HARDER THAN WE
HAD TO.
WE HAD 4% OF THE WORLD'S 
POPULATION BUT 25% OF THE 
WORLD'S COVID CASES.
OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS HIGHER 
THAN SOUTH CORE KOREA AND JAPAN.
DONALD TRUMP SAYS WE'RE LEADING 
THE WORLD.
WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR INDUSTRIAL
ECONOMY TO HAVE THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE TRIPLE.
AT A TIME LIKE THIS, THE OVAL 
OFFICE SHOULD BE A COMMAND 
CENTER.
INSTEAD, IT'S A STORM CENTER 
WITH CHAOS.
JUST ONE THING NEVER CHANGES.
HIS DETERMINATION TO DENY 
RESPONSIBILITY AND SHIFT THE 
BLAME.
THE BUCK NEVER STOPS THERE.
YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO 
RENEW HIS CONTRACT OR HIRE 
SOMEONE ELSE AND IF YOU LIKE 
SOMEONE ZAPPING PEOPLE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, HE'S YOUR MAN.
IT WORKS GREAT IF YOU'RE TRYING 
TO ENTERTAIN OR INFLAME BUT IN A
KRA
REAL CRISIS, IT COLLAPSES LIKE A
HOUSE OF CARDS.
TO BEAT IT, YOU GOT TO GO TO 
WORK AND DEAL WITH THE FACTS.
OUR PRIORITY IS OFFERING A VERY 
DIFFERENT CHOICE OF 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 DISTRICT.
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 AND WHEN THEY WERE 
DONE, THEY DELIVERED MORE THAN 
SIX STRAIGHT YEARS OF JOB 
GROELT.
WHAT DID JOE DO?
HE ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY FOR 
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOVERY ACT.
HISS WORK CREATED A LOT OF NEW 
JOBS AND STARTED MANY NEW 
COMPANIES IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS 
OUR COUNTRY.
NOW JOE IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING
AMERICA BACK AGAIN.
HOW?
HE'S GIVEN A SMART DETAIL PLAN 
TO INVEST IN AREAS VITAL TO OUR 
FUTURE AND INTEGRATED FINANCING 
FOR MODERN FACT TOORIES AND SMA 
BUSINESSES AND MODERN 
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE CONNECTIVITY
AND INVESTMENT OTHERS TAKE FOR 
GRANTED.
A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT BLACK 
AMERICANS, LATINO AMERICANS, 
NATIVE AMERICANS, WOMEN, 
IMMIGRANTS LEFT BEHIND ARE FULL 
PARTICIPANTS IN OUR ECONOMY AND 
SOCIETY.
JOE BIDEN WANTS TO BUILD AN 
ECONOMY FAR BETTER SUITED TO OUR
CHANGING WORLD.
BETTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND 
FAMILIES TO WORK AND RAISE OUR 
KIDS, BETTER FOR PEOPLE THAT 
LOST JOBS AND MADE NEW ONES, 
BETTER FOR FARMERS IN TLAD WARS.
BETTER FOR WORKERS CARING FOR 
THE SICK, ELDERLY AND PEOPLE 
WITH DISABILITIEDISABILITIES.
BETTER BECAUSE OF THE LIVING 
WAGE AND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE 
HIGHER EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE
INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND
TO CHILD CARE, SECURE RETIREMENT
AND THE FIRST TIME PAID FAMILY 
AND MEDICAL LEAVE.
JOE WON'T JUST PUT A SIGNATURE 
ON A CHECK AND TRY TO FOOL YOU 
INTO THINKING IT CAME FROM HIM.
HE'LL MAKE SURE YOUR PAYCHECK 
REFLECTS YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND 
YOUR STAKE IN A GROWING ECONOMY.
THIS JOB INTERVIEW THE 
DIFFERENCE IS STARK.
YOU KNOW WHAT DONALD TRUMP WILL 
DO WITH FOUR MORE YEARS, BLAME, 
BULLY AND BELITTLE.
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 LIVE AND WORK 
TOGETHER.
IT'S A CLEAR CHOICE.
THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY IS 
RIDING ON IT.
THANK YOU. 
>> BILL CLINTON IS ADAPTING ONE 
OF HIS FAVORITE THEMES TO JOE 
BIDEN IN THIS VERY DIFFERENT 
YEAR OF A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
I WANT TO BRING IN TERRY MORAN 
FOR MORE ON THIS.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE FROM THAT 
SPEECH IN 2012 WHERE BILL 
CLINTON ELECTED WITH HIS 
ENDORSEMENT OF BARACK OBAMA.
HE'S NOW SPEAKING TO A VERY 
DIFFERENT DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 
>> VERY DIFFERENT AMERICA.
HE IS AN AWKWARD PRESENCE AT 
THIS CONVENTION.
HE WAS THE POLITICAL TALENT OF 
HIS GENERATION, A MUCH OLDER MAN
NOW.
HE HELPED BUILD THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY AND THERE IS RESENTMENT 
AGAINST THE GLOBALIST CORPORATE 
HE REPRESENTS AND IT'S NOT JUST 
HIS PUBLIC LIFE BUT PRIVATE LIFE
IN THE ME TOO ERA AND THE NAMES 
AND HERE IS BILL CLINTON THAT 
CARRIES WITH HIM THE NAMES OF 
PAUL IT WAS A VERY AWKWARD 
MOMENT DESPITE THE HISTORY.
IT ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE 
SEEING HIM IN THIS HOUR, NOT THE
NEXT. 
>> THE DNC PEREZ. 
>> THERE IS NO DOUBT THE LAST 
FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN TOUGH BUT 
GOOD LEADERSHIP MEANS BEING ABLE
TO ADOPT TO ANY SITUATION AND I 
WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE IN 
MILWAUKEE FOR BEING GRACIOUS AND
FLEXI
FLEXIBLE HOSTS AND IT'S GREAT TO
BE BACK IN WISCONSIN WHERE I 
MARRIED MY WIFE THREE DECADES 
AGO.
SINCE TODAY IS THE 100th 
ANNIVERSARY, WE SHOULD POINT OUT
WISCONSIN IS THE FIRST STATE TO 
RATIFY IT.
WHAT'S MORE, IN IT ONE-WORD 
MOTTO, FORWARD THE WAY THAT NO 
MATTER WHAT CHALLENGES TODAY 
BRINGS, WE ALWAYS BELIEVE A 
BETTER FUTURE IS POSSIBLE THAT'S
WHAT MY PARENTS BELIEVE.
IN NATION WELCOMED THEM WITH 
COMPASSION AND THEIR HOPE INDEED
EVERY AMERICAN STORY IS A STORY 
ABOUT THAT HOPE, THAT SENSE OF 
POSSIBILITY.
IT'S WHAT UNITES US, DEFINES US 
AND SUSTAINS US NOW.
WE WILL WORK TO MEET OUR 
EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES BECAUSE
BR
PROGRESS IS MADE BY HOPEFUL, NOT
SCENICAL AND WE'LL DO THAT WORK 
TOGETHER BECAUSE MOVEMENT THE 
ARE BUILT BY MANY, NOT THE FEW 
AND AS YOU WATCH TONIGHT'S 
DECIDEDLY UNCONVENTIONAL ROLE 
CALL AND REFLECT ON THE 
DIVERSITY OF OUR NATION, 
REMEMBER YOU, TOO, ARE PART OF 
THE AMERICAN STORY AND NO MATTER
WHERE YOU COME FROM OR WATCHING 
FROM TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A PLACE 
IN JOE BIDEN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> DELEGATES AND DISTINGUISHED 
GUESTS, UNDER MRPROCEDURAL RULE 
TWO CANDIDATES SUBMITTED FOR 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
IC
UNITED STATES.
BERNIE SANDERS AND JOE BIDEN.
AS SUCH, EACH CANDIDATE HAS 
PROVIDED NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS 
WHO WILL MAKE NOMINATING AND 
SECONDING SPEECHES ON THEIR 
BEHALF.
WE'LL BE GIN GIN FOR SENATOR SA.
SPEAKING ON HIS HALF ARE TWO 
PROGRESSIVE CHAMPIONS, BOB KING 
AND ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ. 
>> I'M BOB KING AS A PROUD UNION
MEMBER AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF A
GREAT AMERICAN UNION, I'M 
HONORED TO NOMINATE BERNIE 
SANDERS FOR PRESIDENT.
BERNIE LED THE FIGHT FOR WORKING
FAMILIES FIGHTING FOR WORKERS 
RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE UNIONS AND 
COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN IN A TIME 
OF ENORMOUS INEQUALITY, HE 
UNDERSTANDS THAT WE MUST 
CONFRONT LARGE CORPORATIONS 
WHICH HAVE FAR TOO MUCH CONTROL 
OVER OUR ECONOMY AND POLITICS.
BERNIE BELIEVES HEALTH CARE IS A
HUMAN RIGHT AND SHOULD NOT BE 
CONTIN 
CONTINGENT ON OUR JOB.
BERNIE'S MORAL CHARITY 
EMBOLDENED THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY'S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, THE 
GRASS ROOTS ENERGY OF HIS 
SUPPORTERS 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 THE NAME OF
A GREAT CHAMPION OF THE WORKING 
PLAC
CLASS, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. 
>> GOOD EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU 
TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY 
ENDEAVORING TOWARDS A BETTER 
MORE JUST FUTURE FOR OUR COUNTRY
AND OUR WORLD.
GRATITUDE TO PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT 
WORKING TO ESTABLISH 21st SE
CENTURY 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 
COLINIZATION AND HOME PHOBIA AND
TO PROPOSE AND BUILD REIMAGINE 
SYSTEMS OF IMMIGRATION AND 
FOREIGN POLICY A MOVEMENT THAT 
REALIZES THE UNSUSTAINABILITY 
BRUTALITY OF AN ECONOMY THAT 
REWARDS EXPLOSIVE INEQUALITIES 
OF WEALTH FOR THE FEW AT THE 
EXTENSION OF LONG TERM STABILITY
FOR THE MANY AND WHO ORGANIZED A
HISTORIC GRASS ROOTS CAMPAIGN.
AT A TIME PEOPLE IN THE UNITED 
STATES ARE LOOKING FOR DEEP 
SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS FOR MASS 
EVICTIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT AND LACK
OF HEALTH CARE AND OUT OF A LOVE
FOR ALL PEOPLE, I HEAR BY SECOND
THE NOMINATION OF SENATOR 
BERNARD SANDERS OF VERMONT FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA. 
>> THANK YOU, MR. KING AND 
REPRESENTATIVE OCASIO-CORTEZ, WE
TURN TO SPEECHES FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
WE'LL HEAR FROM CHRIS COONS AND 
REPRESENTED TO LISA RODCHESTER 
MY COLLEAGUE IN THE HOUSE BUZZ 
FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM JACKELYN A
WORKING AMERICAN WHO MET JOE 
BIDEN IN A MOST UNEXPECTED 
PLACE, THE ELEVATOR WHERE SHE 
WOR
WORKED. 
>> I TAKE POWERFUL PEOPLE UP ON 
MY ELEVATOR ALL THE TIME.
WHEN THEY GET OFF, THEY GO TO 
IMPORTANT MEETINGS.
ME, I HEAD BACK TO THE LOBBY.
IN THE SHORT TIME I SPENT WITH 
JOE BIDEN, HE REALLY SAW ME AND 
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 BECAUSE 
JOE BIDEN HAS ROOM IN HIS HEART 
FOR MORE THAN HIMSELF.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND 
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 COONS FROM 
DELAWARE WHERE PEOPLE EXPECT TO 
SEE SENATORS AND 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 THE WORRIES OF WORKING 
PARENTS.
AND HE'S ALWAYS BROUGHT THAT 
SAME PERSONAL CONCERN HE SHOWED 
FOR JACKELYN TO GETTING THINGS 
DONE AS OUR SENATOR AND AS 
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VICE 
PRESIDENT.
HE TACKLED CLIMATE CHANGE AND 
SUPPORTED TROOPS AND LEAD THE E 
FORT AGAINST THE LAST RECESSION 
AND MADE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 
FAIRER AND STRONGER.
JOE BIDEN HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN 
WHERE HE'S FROM AND BEEN 
SUSTAINED BY FAITH AND FAMILY 
THROUGH THE TOUGHEST OF TIMES 
AND HAS THE HEART AND COMPASSION
FOR THIS MOMENT.
FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS AND 
MORE, IT'S MY HONOR TO SECOND 
THE NOMINATION OF JOE BIDEN TO 
BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THESE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> I'M CONGRESSWOMAN LISA BLUNT 
RODCHESTER.
IN SOME HISTORY CLASS IN THE 
FUTURE, CHILDREN ARE LEARNING 
ABOUT THIS MOMENT.
THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT OUR 
PAIN, OUR GRIEF, OUR WORRY.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT 
A MAN NAMED JOE BIDEN, ABOUT HOW
HE RESTORED
CONQUERED A PANDEMIC AND BUILT 
OUR ECONOMY BACK BETTER THAN 
BEFORE THEY ARE LEARNING HOW HIS
LEADERSHIP GAVE THEIR GENERATION
A FIGHTING CHANCE.
THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT US, TOO,
ABOUT THE RESOLVE AND UNITY 
AGAINST HATRED AND DIVISION AND 
ABOUT THE WORK WE WILL DO OVER 
THE NEXT 11 WEEKS AND ABOUT THE 
NIGHT DESPITE OUR DISTANCE, WE 
CAME TOGETHER TO NOMINATE JOE 
BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, A NOMINATION I'M 
HONORED TO SECOND. 
>> THANK YOU-ALL.
PURSUANT TO OUR CONVENTION 
RULES, WE'LL PROCEED TOO A ROLL 
CALL ON THE SELECTION OF THE 
PARTY'S CANDIDATE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
SECRETARY RAY?
>> MR. CHAIRMAN COMING TO YOU 
LIVE FROM THE WISCONSIN CENTER, 
IT'S TIME TO BEGIN THE VIR TWUL 
TRIP AROUND AMERICA.
OUR JOURNEY BEGINS AT THE SITE 
OF A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN OUR 
NATIONAL JOURNEY TOWARDS 
JUSTICE.
LET'S GO TO  MARCHED ACROSS 
THIS BRIDGE IN 1965.
A LIFETIME LATER CIVIL RIGHTS 
AND VOTING RIGHTS REMAIN 
AMERICA'S GREAT UNFURNISHED 
BUSINESS BUT THOSE WHO WALK THE 
PATH BEFORE US, SHOW US THE WAY 
FORWARD.
IF WE WANT TO HONOR JOHN LEWIS' 
INCREDIBLE LIFE, LET'S RESTORE 
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND ENSURE
OUR DEMOCRACY BELONGS TO ALL 
AMERICANS.
ALABAMA CAST EIGHT VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AND THE GREAT 
STATE OF ALABAMA CAST 52 VOTES 
FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THESE 
UNITED STATES JOE BIDEN. 
>> ALASKA. 
>> FEEDING OUR FAMILIES ARE 
THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS VICE 
PRESIDENT, HE AND PRESIDENT 
OBAMA MADE SURE ALASKA'S TRIBES 
SAW HOW THE WATERS WERE MANAGED.
DONALD TRUMP TOOK IT AWAY.
WE MUST ELECT THE PRESIDENT TO 
PROTECT WATERS IN THAT CLIMATE 
CHANGE.
ALASKA CAST SEVEN VOTES WITH 
BERNIE SANDERS AND FOR THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. 
>> AMERICAN SAMOA. 
>> AS VICE PRESIDENT HE HELPED 
EXPAND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO 
COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS WITH OUR 
CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT HE'LL 
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. 
>> ARIZONA. 
>> AS A MIDDLE SCHOOLTEACHER, I 
KNOW PUBLIC EDUCATORS ARE DOING 
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE
OUR STUDENTS HAVE QUALITY 
LEARNING EXPERIENCES THIS FALL.
AS A MASTER OF A HIGH SCHOOL 
FRESHMAN, I KNOW IT FAR FROM 
PERFECT.
AS A UNION ORGANIZER, I'LL FIGHT
TO MAKE SURE IT SCIENTISTS, 
PARENTS AND EDUCATORS THAT 
DECIDE WHEN IT'S SAFE TO GO BACK
TO SCHOOL, NOT POLITICIANS.
AS AN ARIZONA LATINO, I CAST OUR
VOTES 29 FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 
51 FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT JOE 
BIDEN. 
>> ARIZONA ONE OF THE SIX KEY 
BATTLE GROUND STATES AND WILL BE
CAPPED WHEN DEATH DELL SECURES 
THE NOMINATION FOR JOE BIDEN 
LATER THIS EVENING.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. WHEN MY DA 
MURDERED, JOE BIDEN CALLED TO 
SHARE MY FAMILY'S GRIEF.
I LEARNED ABOUT HIS DECENCY AND 
STABILITY AND TOUGHNESS AND HOW 
HE'S BEATEN THE NRA.
TOGETHER WITH THE VICTIMS OF GUN
VIOLENCE, JOE BIDEN, KAMALA 
HARRIS WILL TAKE ON THE NRA 
AGAIN AND WIN.
LET WIN BACK OUR FREEDOM TO LIVE
WITHOUT FEAR.
FLORIDA CAST 57 VOTES FOR OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> HIS CHILD WAS KILLED IN THE 
PARKLAND SHOOTINGS AND FLORIDA 
KEY BATTLE GROUND.
THAT'S THE ROLE CALL CONTINUING.
IT DOES APPEAR THAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS WATCHING A BIT OF THIS 
CONVE
CONVENTION. 
>> BILL CLINTON AND PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS DEFENDING HIS RESPONSE 
TO THE PANDEMIC ON TWITTER NOW 
SAYING HE'S REPEATING A FALSE 
CLAIM SAYING THE QUITE HAS MORE 
CASES BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE 
TESTING AND THAT'S A GO-TO LINE 
FOR HIM.
I GOT TO SAY IT NOT JUST HIS 
TWEETS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION 
RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONE OF HIS 
POLITICAL AIDS ON THE TEAM 
GEORGE WHO JUST TWEETED ABOUT 
FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON 
ABOUT HOW THE OVAL OFFICE SHOULD
BE USED, I ALSO WANT TO BRING 
ATTENTION TO SOMETHING THE 
PRESIDENT SAID TODAY ON TWITTER 
BUT REPEATED IT IN FRONT OF THE 
CAMERAS, WENT AFTER MICHELLE 
OBAMA PRETTY HARD AND SAID SHE 
INFORMS OVER HER HEAD IN THE 
SPEECH SHE GAVE LAST NIGHT AND 
SHOULD HAVE MADE THE SPEECH LIVE
AND WOULDN'T BE IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE JOB 
HER HUSBAND AND THE VICE 
PRESIDENT HAD MADE AT THE TIME. 
>> EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT THIS 
YEAR.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
WANT TO BRING IN MATTHEW FOR 
MORE ON THIS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HEADING INTO THE PRIME 
TIME HOUR AND WE'LL HEAR FROM 
JOE BIDEN LATER THIS EVERYONE.
HOW ARE THE DEMOCRATS DOING SO 
FAR.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORGOING 
FORWARD?
>> I JUDGE THESE CONVENTIONS AS 
A FOUR-PART PLAY.
THEY DID WELL BECAUSE OF 
MICHELLE OBAMA WHO IS ONE OF THE
MOST POPULAR.
THE QUESTION COMES WILL THEY BE 
ABLE TO BUMP UP A LEAD JOE BIDEN
HAS?
I DOUBT IT.
I THINK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE A 
MUCH BIGGER JOB TO DO NEXT WEEK 
THAN DEMOCRATS AND THAT'S A HUGE
ORDER THEY HAVE TO FULFILL 
BECAUSE IT BEEN
41% FOR A LONG TIME. 
>> HOW MUCH MATTERS THIS YEAR?
>> A LOT.
AMERICA IS DIVIDED AND THERE IS 
A SMALL SMEGMEGMENT IN THE COUN.
IT MATTERS TO PARTISANS MUCH 
MORE SO.
JOE BIDEN'S SPEECH ON THURSDAY 
NIGHT WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT
MOMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO AFFECT THIS RACE 
DRAMATICALLY.
WE'LL GET TO THE DEBATES THAT 
AR
WILL MATTER.
IT WILL MATTER IN TERMS OF 
BUMPING THE POLL NUMBERS THE 
LEAST THEY EVER MATTERED. 
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PRIME TIME HOUR COMING UP.
WE'LL JOIN THE NETWORK AT 10:00.
COLIN POWELL WILL SPEAK IN PRIME
TIME AND DR. JILL BIDEN AND 
FOCUS ON NATIONAL SECURITY WITH 
SENATOR JOHN KERRY.
GETTING READY FOR PRIME TIME, 
LET'S TUNE BACK TO THE ROLL CALL
AND KEY STATE OF IOWA. 
>> I WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT 
GENERATION, MANY FOLKS FROM A 
RURAL COMMUNITY TO FIND JOBS.
JOE BIDEN HAS A PLAN TO HELP NEW
FORMERS GET A GOOD START AND BY 
FUNDING SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CARE,
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT RURAL 
COMMUNITIES REMAIN GREAT PLACES 
TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE A FAMILY
FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
KANSAS, THE STATE CASTS VOTERS 
FOR SANDERS AND THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. 
>> KENTUCKY. 
>> ONE DAY WHEN I WAS 14, MY MOM
WOULD WAKE UP CALLING
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DNC AND ALL EYES ARE ONLINE.
ALSO, TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT 
BILL CLINTON.
THEN, JOE BIDEN'S CLOSEST 
ADVISER.
THE WOMAN WHO WANTS TO BE THE 
NEXT FIRST LADY, DR. JILL BIDEN.
LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
NOW REPORTING, CHIEF ANCHOR, 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 
DAY TWO OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION.
COMING UP, MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
FIERCE CALL TO ACTION LAST 
NIGHT.
DR. JILL BIDEN WILL INTRODUCE 
HERSELF TO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY 
TONIGHT.
WE HAVE SEEN THE 17 RISING STARS
WHO KICKED OFF TONIGHT WITH THE 
KEYNOTE.
PLUS, TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS, 
JIMMY CARTER AND BILL CLINTON.
AND ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST 
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS, GENERAL 
COLIN POWELL.
AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THIS 
YEAR, IT'S BEING DONE IN A BRAND
NEW WAY.
THE ROLLCALL OF THE STATES FROM 
THE STATES.
STARTING WITH ALABAMA.
THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE IN 
SELMA.
LET'S CHECK IN, NOW, WITH THE 
STATE OF NEBRASKA. 
>> A LOT OF US DON'T HAVE PAID 
SICK LEAVE, OR EVEN QUALITY, 
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS, NOT ROBOTS,
NOT DISPOSABLE.
WE WANT TO KEEP HELPING YOU FEED
YOUR FAMILY.
BUT WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO HAS 
OUR BACKS.
NEBRASKA CASTS 33 VOTES FOR OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> WORKING PEOPLE RE BACKBONE OF
OUR ECONOMY AND THE KEY TO OUR 
RECOVERY.
JOE BIDEN KNOWS IT'S NOT ENOUGH 
TO PRAISE THEM.
WE HAVE TO REWARD THEM.
SO, LET'S RAISE THE MINIMUM 
WAGE.
EMPOWER WORKERS TO NEGOTIATE FOR
BETTER BENEFITS AND SAY FOR 
WORKPLACES AND MAKE IT EASIER TO
PAY FOR THINGS LIKE HEALTHCARE 
AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
I AM PROUD TO CAST 24 VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AND 25 VOTES FOR 
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN. 
>> NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
>> FROM THE GRANITE STATE, WE 
TRUST JOE BIDEN.
JOE WILL PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP 
NECESSARY TO BRING US BACK FROM 
THIS AWFUL PANDEMIC.
JOE HAS A PLAN TO ATTACK CLIMATE
CHANGE, ONCE AND FOR ALL.
AND JOE WILL RESTORE HONESTY, 
DECENCY, FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE GREAT STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
AWARDS NINE DELEGATES TO OUR 
FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR, BERNIE 
SANDERS, AND 24 DELEGATES TO THE
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES, JOE BIDEN. 
>> HE DID NOT WIN NEW HAMPSHIRE 
BUT HE GOT THE DELEGATES TONIGHT
THERE IN THE STATE OF THE 
ROLLCALL CONTINUES.
MUCH MORE TO COME.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE 
ABOUT TONIGHT.
WORLD NEWS TONIGHT ANCHOR DAVID 
MUIR IS HERE. 
>> MICHELLE OBAMA, LAST NIGHT, 
24 HOURS AGO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS 
THE BIG TEST.
THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT.
THIS ALL-VIRTUAL CONVENTION, 
GEORGE, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO 
PULL IT OFF?
A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE PAUSES 
WITH THE LIVE SHOTS.
SOME OF THAT'S CHARMING.
THE MOMENT WE'RE ALL IN WITH OUR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND 
CO-WORKERS.
BUT IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTION 
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A TAPED 
SPEECH, A TAPED MESSAGE COULD 
LAND, MICHELLE OBAMA PUT THAT TO
REST, 24 HOURS AGO.
SHE TALKED ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
SHE DID NOT HOLD BACK.
SHE SAID HE CANNOT MEET THIS 
MOMENT.
HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE NEED 
HIM TO BE FOR US.
SHE TALKED ABOUT EMPATHY.
THE HEADLINER THIS HOUR, GEORGE,
ALL EYES WILL BE ON DR. JILL 
BIDEN.
SHE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THE 
CASE.
SHE'LL BE LIVE, TALKING ABOUT 
HER HUSBAND AND THE EMPATHY THAT
MICHELLE OBAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT
LAST NIGHT.
THAT HER HUSBAND, SHE BELIEVES, 
POSSESSES THE EMPATHY NEEDED IN 
THIS MOMENT TO HMM BRING THIS 
COUNTRY BACK TOGETHER.
AND WE ALL REMEMBER SHE WAS THE 
FIRST SECOND LADY TO KEEP HER 
JOB.
SHE WAS TEACHING AT A COLLEGE.
MICHELLE OBAMA, THE FIRST TO 
SORT OF ENDORSE TONIGHT.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR JILL 
BIDEN'S SPEECH TONIGHT.
SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST GROUNDED 
PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER MEET.
WE KNOW THEY WERE SORT OF 
PARTNERS IN CRIME, AS MICHELLE 
OBAMA AS OFTEN SAID.
DEAR FRIENDS.
IN MANY WAYS, SHE TEED UP JILL 
BIDEN HE'
BIDEN'S SPEECH TONIGHT. 
>> WE SAW SOME FACE OF THE 
FUTURE IN THE 9:00 HOUR.
17 KEYNOTERS. 
>> AND AMONG THOSE, NOT ONE OF 
THE 17 BUT ONE OF THE FUTURES OF
THE AOC.
SHE IS NOW TRENDING ON TWITTER.
JILL BIDEN, AGAIN, SOMEBODY THAT
I THINK MANY FEMPEOPLE WANT TO R
FROM BECAUSE SHE IS HIS LIFELONG
RUNNING MATE.
MARRIED MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
FIVE TIMES FOR HIM TO KEEP 
ASKING TO MARRY HIM, UNTIL SHE 
FINAL H
FINA
FINALLY SAID YES.
I AGREE WITH DAVID.
EMPATHY.
SOMETHING WE KEEP HEARING, 
SOMETHING WE KEEP SEEING, IS 
DIVERSITY.
I THINK THAT'S EMERGED NOT JUST 
COMING FROM THE CONVENTION, A 
THEME.
BUT ALSO, A TIME THATHEME THAT' 
CONSISTENTLY USED TO DESCRIBE 
JOE BIDEN.
THERE IS A BOOK "WHO YOU ARE 
WHEN NO ONE'S LOOKING."
AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST 
POWERFUL CHARACTER WITNESSES 
TONIGHT WAS THE ELEVATOR 
OPERATOR WHO SAID THAT HE SAW 
ME.
AND I THINK THAT REALLY 
RESONATES AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE 
ARE FEELING IN THIS COUNTRY, 
ESPECIALLY THAT THEY NEED TO 
FEEL SEEN AND FEEL HEARD.
AND I THINK, ADDITIONALLY, CHUCK
SCHUMER, ANOTHER MESSAGE.
ANOTHER TAKEAWAY THAT THEY'RE 
HOPING YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS 
CONVENTION IS, AMERICA, DONALD 
TRUMP HAS QUIT ON YOU. 
>> LINDSEY DAVIS, THANK YOU.
JIMMY CARTER AND BILL CLINTON 
NOW. 
>> I RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1976.
JOE BIDEN WAS MY FIRST AND MOST 
EFFECTIVE SUPPORTER IN THE 
SENATE.
FOR DECADES, HE HAS BEEN MY 
LOYAL AND DEDICATED FRIEND.
JOE HAS THE EXPERIENCE, 
CHARACTER, AND DECENCY, TO BRING
US TOGETHER AND RESTORE 
AMERICA'S GREATNESS.
WE DESERVE A PERSON WITH 
INTEGRITY AND JUDGMENT.
SOMEONE WHO IS HONEST AND FAIR.
SOMEONE WHO IS COMMITTED TO WHAT
IS BEST FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
JOE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS
MOMENT IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY.
HE UNDERSTANDS THAT -- 
UNDERSTAND DIGNITY, ESSENTIAL 
TRAITS.
DETERMINE NOT ONLY OUR VISION 
BUT OUR ACTIONS.
MORE THAN EVER, THAT IS HE'S WH 
NEED.
IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, JOE 
BIDEN REALIZES THAT MANY 
AMERICAN LIVES -- JOE BIDEN MUST
BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
>> GOOD EVENING.
A PRESIDENT ELECTION IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT JOB INTERVIEW.
AT THE END, WE HELP SOLVE 
PROBLEMS, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES, 
AND GIVE OUR KIDS BETTER 
TOMORROWS.
IT'S A TALL ORDER THIS YEAR.
WITH THE COVID-19 OURT BREAK ON 
A PATH TO KILLING 200,000 PEOPLE
AND DESTROYING MILLIONS 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 HE WAS DOING.
WHILE OUR 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 IN 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 AND SAID, IT
IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT DID IT HAVE TO BE 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.
OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS MORE 
THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS SOUTH 
KOREA'S.
TWO AND A HALF-TIMES THE UNITED 
KINGDOMS.
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 TRIPLED.
AT A TIME LIKE THIS, THE OVAL 
OFFICE SHOULD BE A COMMAND 
CENTER.
INSTEAD, IT'S A STORM CENTER.
IT'S 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 
SPENDS HOURS A DAY WATCHING TV 
AND ZAPPING PEOPLE ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA, HE'S YOUR MAN.
DENYING, DESTRUCTING, AND 
DEMEANING IS GREAT IF YOU ARE 
TRYING TO INFLAME.
BUT IT COLLAPSES LIKE A HOUSE OF
CARDS.
COVID JUST DOESN'T RESPOND TO 
ANY OF THAT.
TO BEAT IT, YOU HAVE 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 TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, 
NOT SHIFT THE BLAME.
CONCENTRATE, NOT DISTRACT.
UNITE, NOT DIVIDE.
OUR CHOICE IS JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN 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 
IMPLE
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOVERY ACT.
HIS WORK CREATED A LOT OF NEW 
JOBS, AND STARTED MANY, NEW 
COMPANIES IN 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 AND 
CONSERVATION TO COMBAT CLIMATE 
CHANGE.
A MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 
BRINGS SMALL TOWN AND RURAL 
AMERICA THAT OTHERS TAKE FOR 
GRANTED.
AND A PLAN TO ENSURE BLACK 
AMERICANS, LATINO AMERICANS, 
NATIVE AMERICANS, IMMIGRANTS, 
AND OTHER COMMUNITIES LEFT 
BEHIND, ARE FULL PARTICIPANTS IN
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 THAT LOST JOBS
AND NEED NEW ONES.
BETTER FOR FARMERS TIRED OF 
BEING COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN TLARE
WARS.
BETTER FOR WORKERS, FOR THE 
SICK, ELDERLY, AND PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES.
BETTER BECAUSE OF A LIVING WAGE 
AND ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION 
AND HEALTHCARE, INCLUDING 
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
AND TO CHILDCARE, SECURE 
RETIREMENT, AND FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL 
LEAVE.
JOE WON'T JUST PUT US -- A CHECK
AND TRY TO FOOL YOU IN THINKING 
IT CAME FROM HIM.
HE'LL MAKE SURE YOUR PAYCHECK 
REFLECTS YOUR CONTRIBUTION, TOO.
IN 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.
>> BILL CLINTON RAPPING UP HIS 
11th DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 
SPEECH.
SPOKEN AT EVERY DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION SINCE 1980.
YOU AND I WORKED WITH HIM THE 
1992 CAMPAIGN.
IN MANY WAYS, THIS WAS A VINTAGE
CLINTON SPEECH BUT A VERY SMALL 
SCREEN AND A VERY SMALL STAGE. 
>> THAT'S THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF 
THE YEAR.
I MEAN, IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT 
POINT.
I WENT BACK TODAY AND LOOKED AT 
WHAT HE SAID IN 1992.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT 
WORK HARD, PAY TAXES TRYING TO 
RAISE THEIR KIDS RIGHT, AND KNOW
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND
WRONG.
HE ACTUALLY SPOKE, AT THAT 
POINT, AFTER DEMOCRATS HAVING 
LOST FIVE OF THE LAST SIX 
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, HE WAS 
THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO WIN SINCE 
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT.
NOT ONLY THE ELECTION BUT MORE 
IMPORTANTLY, THE RE-ELECTION.
HE IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT THAT 
ACTUALLY, THEN, ALSO SHIFTED THE
PARTY TO A NEW DIRECTION AND 
TALKE
TALKED ABOUT A BRIDGE IN THE 
21st CENTURY.
BOTH TALKED ACBOUT EMPATHY AND 
JOE BIDEN.
I WOULD ADD TWO Es IN THE NEXT 
FEW DAYS.
EXPERIENCE AND ENDURANCE.
WE GOT THE EMPATHY POINT.
BUT I WOULD START TO FILL OUT 
JOE BIDEN BECAUSE IT'S CONTRAST 
PERFECTLY, LIKE THE PRESIDENT 
JUST SAID, THE CHOICE THAT'S 
HERE.
THE EXPERIENCE TO GOVERN.
AND THE ENDURANCE TO DO THIS.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WE HAVE
A LONG HAUL HERE AND HIS OWN, 
PERSONAL STORY OF WHAT HE'S 
PERSEVERED OVER, JOE BIDEN.
THAT ENDURANCE, THAT EXPERIENCE,
COMPLEMENTED BY EMPATHY.
EMPATHY'S COME THROUGH.
WE NOW GOT TO FILL OUT THE WHOLE
PICTURE.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT GDID A 
GREAT JOB STARTING THAT PROCESS.
>> ONE OF THE PITFALLS OF 
EXPERIENCES, SOMETHING THAT JOE 
BIDEN FACED DURING THE CAMPAIGN 
FROM PROGRESSIVES IN THE PARTY.
VOTING FOR THE CLINTON ERA 1994 
CRIME BILL.
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW HE HANDLED 
ANITA HILL.
HE'S FACED QUESTIONS ABOUT VOTES
ON THE IRAQ WAR AS WELL.
SO EXPERIENCE CAN BE A 
DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ESPECIALLY, THIS DYNAMIC WHEN WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT PAST VERSUS 
THE FUTURE.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER THING I WANT 
TO JUST BRING FORWARD, GEORGE.
I THINK, AT THIS TIME, WE KNOW 
DEMOCRATS ARE SETTING UP THIS NO
TRUMP, TRUMP'S A DISASTER.
BUT THIS IS A GREAT AND 
IMPORTANT TIME TO TALK TO THE 
50-SOME MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE 
ON UNEMPLOYMENT OR WHO HAVE 
GOTTEN UNEMPLOYMENT.
OR THE FAMILIES OF THE 200,000 
PEOPLE.
WE KNOW TRUMP MESSED IT UP.
WHAT WE'RE NOT HEARING IS, WHAT 
ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
THIS PANDEMIC WILL STILL BE WITH
US, PARTICULARLY IN JANUARY.
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 
WORRIED ABOUT PAYING RENT IN THE
NEXT MONTH, WHAT ARE YOU GOING 
TO DO?
AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE OF
THAT. 
>> LET'S DIP BACK INTO THE 
ROLLCALL.
COMING UP ON THE STATE OF 
VIRGINIA. 
>> THREE YEARS AGO, MY BELOVED 
CITY, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA,
WAS ATTACKED BY WHITE SPR
SUPREMACISTS AND A WOMAN WAS 
KILLED.
WE WERE ATTACKED AGAIN WHEN 
DONALD TRUMP PRAISED THOSE 
RACISTS, TURNING HIS BACK ON A 
COMMUNITY THAT JUST WANTED 
PEACE.
THAT WAS THE DAY JOE BIDEN 
DECIDED TO JOIN THIS BATTLE FOR 
THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
OVER TIME, MY WIFE AND I HAVE 
COME TO KNOW HIS SOUL.
HE IS 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.
>> GOLD STAR FATHER SPOKE AT THE
2016 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
ALSO, THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION.
HE WENT BACK TO THE MOMENT JOE 
BIDEN CHOSE TO START HIS 
CAMPAIGN WITH CHARLOTTESVILLE.
SOMETHING THAT STILL HAUNTS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> YEAH.
THAT WASN'T A GREAT MOMENT FOR 
THE PRESIDENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAS TO FIGURE 
OUT HOW TO UNITE THIS COUNTRY.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS I THINK CHRIS 
WOULD SAY IF HE WAS JUMPING IN, 
HE'D SAY IT'S JUST NOT TRUMP.
BUT THE REALITY IS, FOR THE 
PRESIDENT, HE HAS TO FOCUS ON 
THE PANDEMIC AND GETTING THAT 
UNDER CONTROL.
AND GETTING BACK TO THE ECONOMY.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY, DONALD TRUMP IS 
WINNING. 
>> STILL, WHERE HE LEADS IN THE 
POLLING, ON HANDLING THE 
ECONOMY. 
>> HE DOES LEAD.
HE STILL HAS ALMOST A 50% JOB 
APPROVAL ON HANDLING THE 
ECONOMY. 
>> WE HAD A GREAT ECONOMY, 
BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC.
IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST.
GREAT PROGRESS FOR 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HISPANICS, 
WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
HE HAS THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
HE'S GOT TO GET BACK TO THAT 
PLACE.
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE, PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, OF COURSE, WENT AFTER, 
AFTER THE 2016 CONVENTION.
ALREADY TWEETING TONIGHT, 
RESPONDING TO BILL CLINTON. 
>> WELL, THAT'S WHO HE IS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I FIND IT, 
ALWAYS, INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE 
ARE SURPRISED BY THIS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO 
GET.
HE -- I TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT.
HE'LL BE WATCHING THE ENTIRE 
TIME.
AND HE'LL BE REACTING.
THIS IS WHO THE PRESIDENT IS.
AND THIS IS WHO WE VOTED FOR, 
FOUR YEARS AGO, WHO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ELECTED, FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND SO, OF COURSE, HE'S GOING TO
RESPOND TO BILL CLINTON.
HE'LL RESPOND TO EVERYBODY WHO 
SPEAKS TONIGHT. 
>> I GUESS, THE QUESTION IS DOES
BEING A DISRUPTOR WORK FOR AN 
INCUMBENT THE WAY IT WORKS FOR A
CHALLENGER?
>> IT WORKS FOR HIM BECAUSE IT'S
WHO HE IS.
IF, ALL OF A SUDDEN, GEORGE, HE 
WERE TO GO AWOL ON THIS STUFF, 
PEOPLE WOULD BE ASKING WHERE THE
HELL IS HE?
AND THE QUESTION AROUND THIS 
TABLE WOULD BE WHAT HAPPENED TO 
THE PRESIDENT?
THEY HAVE HIM IN CAPTIVITY?
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS 
WHO HE IS. 
>> THE ROLLCALL IS RAPPING UP.
LET'S CHECK IN. 
>> OUR FIGHT FOR FAMILIES TO 
BUILD A BETTER FUTURE.
WE KNOW WE BUILD A BETTER FUTURE
FOR OUR NATION BY CHANNELING 
WISCONSIN'S LEGACY AS THE 
BIRTHPLACE OF THE LABOR AND 
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
AND UNITING AROUND A BOLD AND 
INCLUSIVE, ONE THAT TACKLES THE 
CLIMATE CRISIS AND TAKES ON 
RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
WISCONSIN CAST 30 VOTES FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS AND 67 FOR THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA, JOSEPH BIDEN.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN. 
>> DELAWARE.
>> LONG BEFORE THIS TRAIN 
STATION BORE HIS NAME, YOU'D SEE
JOE BIDEN UP HERE ON THE 
PLATFORM 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.
NOBODY HAS EVER HAD TO WONDER 
WHO JOE BIDEN'S IN IT FOR.
>> OUR NATION FACES CHALLENGES 
BUT I HAVE KNOWN JOE BIDEN FOR 
40 YEARS, AND THERE'S NOBODY I 
TRUST MORE TO LEAD OUR PARTY, 
UNITE OUR COUNTRY, AND RESTORE 
OUR STANDING IN THE WORLD.
WHAT'S MORE, HE'S HUMBLE.
HE TELLS THE TRUTH.
HE TREATS EVERYBODY HE 
ENCOUNTERS WITH RESPECT, AND 
BUILDS BRIDGES, NOT WALLS.
THE FINEST PUBLIC SERVANT I HAVE
EVER KNOWN. 
>> DELAWARE IS PROUD TO CAST ITS
32 VOTES FOR OUR FAVORITE SON 
AND OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, OUR 
FRIEND, JOE BIDEN.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> AMERICA CELEBRATING JOE BIDEN
AS THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC 
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
THESE ARE LIVE STREAMS COMING IN
FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND WE HAVE SOME STATIONARY 
BALLOONS.
HIS SUPPORTERS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
NOT DWIQUITE THE SAME.
THINK OF ALL THE ZOOM GATHERINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THIS
COUNTRY SINCE THE PANDEMIC 
BEGAN. 
>> 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, HEREBY,
INVITED TO DELIVER AN ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH.
>> WELL, 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.
>> JOE BIDEN AND HIS FAMILY, 
SUPPORTERS, CELEBRATING HIS 
NOMINATION.
PUTTING ON THAT MASK.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
HERE, AGAIN, GEORGE ST
STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> THIS JOB IS NOT ABOUT ME.
IT'S ABOUT YOU.
IT'S ABOUT US.
>> YOU HANDSOME BOY.
>> OUR CORRESPONDENTS FOR MORE 
ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
AND HEALTHCARE WAS ONE OF THE 
MAJOR DIVIDING LINES DURING 
PRIMARIES IN THESE DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARIES.
JOE BIDEN STOOD AGAINST IT.
>> GEORGE, HE IS FACING GROWING 
PRESSURE.
INSTEAD, JOE BIDEN'S PLAN IS TO 
EXPAND UPON OBAMA CARE AND TO 
CREATE A PUBLIC OPTION THAT 
AMERICANS CAN CHOOSE FROM.
WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR, LATER THIS
EVENING, A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR 
MEDICARE FOR ALL AND A CHAMPION 
OF THIS.
AND THE FACT THAT HE'S GIVEN 
THIS PRIMETIME SLOT REALLY 
SPEAKS TO HOW MUCH SUPPORT FOR 
THIS MOVEMENT HAS GROWN.
THE ARGUMENT, THOUGH, THAT WE 
ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM HIM AND 
WHICH WE HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER 
PROGRESSIVES THROUGHOUT THIS 
CONVENTION IS, DESPITE THEIR 
DIFFERENCES, THE RISK, HERE, IS 
SIMPLY TOO GREAT.
THAT, IF DONALD TRUMP IS 
RE-ELECTED, THEY ARGUE THAT 
HEALTHCARE FOR MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS COULD BE ON THE LINE.
SO THEY HAVE TO PUT THOSE 
DIFFERENCES ASIDE.
AND AS YOU MENTION HEALTHCARE, 
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WAS 
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR VOTERS.
NOW, AS WE HAVE SEEN MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS LOSE THEIR JOB, LOSE 
THEIR HEALTHCARE COVERAGE, THIS 
ISSUE IS EVEN MORE URGENT.
AND JOE BIDEN IS EAGER TO REMIND
VOTERS OF THE ROLE HE PLAYED IN 
CREATING OBAMACARE AND HIS PLAN,
GOING FORWARD, TO TRY AND 
PRESERVE HEALTHCARE FOR SO MANY 
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. 
>> AND JON CARL, THE PRESIDENT 
WAS CERTAINLY HOPING BERNIE 
SANDERS AND MEDICARE FOR ALL 
PLAN WOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF 
THIS CAMPAIGN.
HE WANTED TO CALL IT THE 
SOCIALIST HEALTHCARE PLAN.
HE COULD BE A BIT ON THE 
OFFENSIVE BECAUSE HIS 
ADMINISTRATION HAS SUPPORTED 
THIS LAWSUIT TO DO AWAY WITH 
OBAMACARE WHICH IS VERY POPULAR.
>> DONALD TRUMP'S VERY FIRST DAY
AS PRESIDENT, HE SIGNED AN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER VOWING TO BEGIN 
THE PROCESS OF DISMANTLING 
OBAMACARE.
HE HAS, LARGELY, SUCCEEDED IN 
GUTTING MUCH OF WHAT WAS 
OBAMACARE.
BUT HE'S REPLACED IT WITH 
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIDTERM 
ELECTIONS, 2018, REPUBLICANS 
LOST 37 SEATS AND THE CENTRAL 
POLICY ISSUE FOR DEMOCRATS IN 
THAT CAMPAIGN WAS HEALTHCARE.
SO NOW, THEY'RE CLEARLY WORRIED 
ABOUT IT AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
PRESIDENT -- PRESIDENT TRUMP.
A MONTH AGO, YESTERDAY, PROMISED
THAT, WITHIN TWO WEEKS, HE WOULD
SIGN -- SIGN -- A FULL AND 
COMPLETE HEALTHCARE PLAN INTO 
LAW.
WHEN THE TWO WEEKS CAME AND WENT
WITH NOTHING, HE SAID HE'D 
HAVING SOMETHING BIEY THE END O 
THIS MONTH.
BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU.
I'VE TALKED, REGULARLY, WITH 
SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS 
ABOUT THIS.
THERE IS NOTHING COMING IN TERMS
OF A SPECIFIC HEALTHCARE PLAN 
FROM DONALD TRUMP.
AND I EXPECT DEMOCRATS WILL, 
AGA
AGAIN, MAKE THAT A TOP-POLICY 
ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN. 
>> AND A MORE PRESSING ISSUE, 
THE PANDEMIC. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS A MOMENT IN HISTORY, A 
CRISIS, THAT HAS BROUGHT 
EVERYONE FACE TO FACE WITH THE 
PROSPECT OF NEEDING LOTS OF 
HEALTHCARE.
LOVED ONES NEEDING HEALTHCARE.
AND AS JON JUST POINTED OURT, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS COMING TO 
THIS FIGHT OVER THIS ISSUE, 
WITHOUT A PLAN.
WITHOUT ANYTHING AT HAND.
AND THAT IS POLITICAL SUICIDE, 
YOU WOULD THINK.
IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.
OBAMACARE WAS VERY UNPOPULAR, 
FOR YEARS, UNTIL DONALD TRUMP 
STARTED THREATENING TO TAKE IT 
AWAY.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, PEOPLE 
REALIZED, WELL, IT'S WORKING TO 
SOME EXTENT.
AND AT LEAST, THERE IS A PLAN 
THERE.
WHAT THEY HEAR FROM PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS A LOT OF RHETORIC, NO 
PLAN. 
>> HEALTHCARE, CENTRAL ISSUE IN 
THIS CAMPAIGN.
WE WILL BE HEARING FROM EDDIE 
BARKIN, WHO HAS ALS, AND HE'S 
BECOME ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT
HEALTHCARE ADVOCATES IN THE 
ENTIRE COUNTRY.
YVETTE, WE HEARD MARY TALK ABOUT
THIS A LITTLE BIT.
HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST FIERCE 
PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISTS IN THE 
PRIMARY.
AND WAS ACTUALLY QUITE TOUGH ON 
JOE BIDEN DURING THE PRIMARIES. 
>> YES, HE WAS.
AND HE IS CERTAINLY I THINK A 
CENTRAL FIGURE FOR US IN THE 
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
HE HAS ALSO PUT HIS MONEY WHERE 
HIS MOUTH IS.
THIS IS SOMETHING HE IS A 
SPOKESPERSON FOR.
AND YOU KNOW, IT IS 
HEARTBREAKING TO WATCH WHAT 
HAPPENED WITH HIM AND NOT 
REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT HEALTHCARE
IS IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND SO, I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE
SOMEBODY THAT CAN BRING THE 
MESSAGE BECAUSE HE'S BEEN ABOUT 
THIS FOR A WHILE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 
REALLY HITS HOME FOR HIM.
AND SO, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO 
HEAR FROM HIM. 
>> WE ARE GOING TO HEAR RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> TO STRENGTHEN THE AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT SO DISEASES, LIKE 
CANCER, DON'T GO UNDETECTED.
>> BY THE TIME YOU'RE 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 HEALTHCARE 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.
ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME IS TO 
MAKE YOU PROUD BECAUSE I'M 
ALREADY SO PROUD OF YOU.
>> HELLO, AMERICA.
MY NAME IS AUDI BARKIN, AND I AM
SPEAKING TO YOU THROUGH THIS 
COMPUTER VOICE BECAUSE I HAVE 
BEEN PARALYZED BY A MYSTERIOUS 
ILLNESS CALLED ALS.
LIKE SO MANY OF YOU, I HAVE 
EXPERIENCED THE WAYS OUR 
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS 
FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN.
ENORMOUS COSTS, DENIED CLAIMS, 
DEHUMANIZING TREATMENT WHEN WE 
ARE MOST IN NEED.
SINCE MY SHOCKING DIAGNOSIS, I 
HAVE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY, 
MEETING COUNTLESS PATIENTS LIKE 
ME, DEMANDING MORE OF OUR 
REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR 
DEMOCRACY.
TODAY, WE ARE WITNESSING THE 
TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF OUR 
FAILING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, 
NEARLY 100 MILLION AMERICANS DO 
NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT HEALTH 
INSURANCE.
AND EVEN GOOD INSURANCE DOES NOT
COVER ESSENTIAL NEEDS, LIKE 
LONG-TERM CARE.
OUR LOVED ONES ARE DYING IN 
UNSAFE NURSING HOMES.
OUR NURSES ARE OVERWHELMED AND 
UNPROTECTED, AND OUR ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS ARE TREATED AS 
DISPENSABLE.
WE LIVE IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY, 
IN HISTORY, AND, YET, WE DO NOT 
GUARANTEE THIS MOST BASIC HUMAN 
RIGHT.
EVERYONE LIVING IN AMERICA 
SHOULD GET THE HEALTHCARE THEY 
NEED, REGARDLESS OF THEIR 
EMPLOYMENT STATUS OR ABILITY TO 
PAY.
EVEN DURING THIS TERRIBLE 
CRISIS, DONALD TRUMP AND 
REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS ARE 
TRYING TO TAKE AWAY MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE'S HEALTH INSURANCE.
WITH THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF 
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF THIS 
PRESIDENT, WE ALL HAVE A 
PROFOUND OBLIGATION TO ACT.
NOT ONLY TO VOTE BUT, TO MAKE 
SURE THAT OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, 
AND NEIGHBORS VOTE, AS WELL.
WE MUST ELECT JOE BIDEN.
EACH OF US MUST BE A HERO FOR 
OUR COMMUNITIES, FOR OUR 
COUNTRY.
AND THEN, WITH A COMPASSIONATE 
AND INTELLIGENT PRESIDENT, WE 
MUST ACT TOGETHER AND PUT ON HIS
DESK A BILL THAT GUARANTEES ALL 
OF US THE HEALTHCARE WE DESERVE.
BECAUSE OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT. 
>> AUDI BARKEN.
NOW, THE FOCUS IS GOING TO 
SWITCH TO NATIONAL SECURITY AND 
JOE BIDEN'S. 
>> I WANT TO BRING IN MARTHA FOR
MORE ON THAT.
MARTHA. 
>> GEORGE, I THINK WHAT WE ARE 
GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT IS AMERICA
SAFER TODAY.
AND OF COURSE, AT THE CENTER OF 
THAT IS THE PANDEMIC.
BUT IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT.
WHAT IS AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE 
WORLD?
WHAT HAS DONALD TRUMP DONE TO 
FOREIGN POLICY?
AND I'M SURE YOU'LL HEAR A LOT 
ABOUT IRAN.
I'M SURE YOU WILL HEAR A LOT 
ABOUT NORTH KOREA.
NORTH KOREA.
HE MADE HISTORY WITH DONALD 
TRUMP BY MEETING WITH KIM JONG 
UN BUT NOTHING HAS COME OF THAT,
IN TERMS OF DENUCLEARIZATION.
AND IRAN.
WE HAVE JOHN KERRY'S SIGNATURE 
DEAL.
THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP RIPPED UP.
AND AGAIN, NO PROGRESS THERE.
IRAN IS NOW VIOLATING CERTAIN 
PARTS OF THAT AGREEMENT.
AND OF COURSE, OTHER COUNTRIES 
ARE STILL INVOLVED WITH THAT.
FRANCE, GERMANY, CHINA, RUSSIA.
BUT I'M SURE THEY WILL BRING UP 
THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE.
BUT THIS IS A WEAK SPOT FOR JOE 
BIDEN, AND THAT IS IRAQ.
HE VOTED FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ.
HE, ALSO, WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, 
PULLED OUT ALL OF THE AMERICAN 
TROOPS IN 2011.
AND THAT WAS THE RISE OF ISIS 
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN, 
CERTAINLY, TAKE CREDIT FOR 
HELPING TO GET RID OF ISIS. 
>> HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT'S GOING 
TO COME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF 
THESE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES S, 
S
MARTHA. 
>> I HAVE TO IMAGINE IT WILL.
AND I'M SURE WE'LL ALL GO BACK 
AND SEE WHAT JOE BIDEN HAS SAID 
ABOUT THAT BEFORE AND IRAQ.
IN FACT, I LOOKED AT THE 2012 
DEBATE TODAY, BETWEEN JOE BIDEN 
AND PAUL RYAN.
JOE BIDEN, ALSO, TALKED ABOUT 
GETTING OUT OF AFGHANISTAN.
GETTING ALL THE TROOPS OUT OF 
AFGHANISTAN.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN HE WAS 
VICE PRESIDENT, AND IT STILL 
HASN'T HAPPENED. 
>> OKAY.
MARTHA, THANKS VERY MUCH.
UP NOW, FORMER SENATOR, FORMER 
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR 
PRESIDENT, AND SECRETARY OF 
STATE, JOHN KERRY.
>> HI, I'M JOHN KERRY.
FOR THE EIGHT YEARS OF THE 
OBAMA/BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, WE 
LED BY EXAMPLE.
WE ELIMINATED THE THREAT OF AN 
IRAN WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
WE BUILT A 68-NATION COALITION 
TO DESTROY ISIS.
WE FORGED A NATION AGREEMENT TO 
ATTACK CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE STOPPED EBOLA BEFORE IT 
BECAME A PANDEMIC.
DONALD TRUMP INHERITED A GROWING
ECONOMY AND A MORE PEACEFUL 
WORLD.
AND, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE HE 
INHERITED, HE BANKRUPTED IT.
WHEN THIS PRESIDENT GOES 
OVERSEAS, IT ISN'T A GOOD-WILL 
MISSION, IT'S A BLOOD PRESPER R.
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.
THE ONLY PERSON HE IS 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'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 HAS ALWAYS 
POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
FROM THE FIGHT TO BREAK THE BACK
OF -- TO THE STRUGGLE TO WAKE UP
THE WORLD TO GENOCIDE IN THE -- 
NOT TERRORISM, AND CERTAINLY NOT
CLIMATE CRISIS.
NONE CAN BE RESOLVED WITHOUT 
BRINGING NATIONS TOGETHER WITH 
STRENGTH AND HUMILITY.
JOE UNDERSTANDS OUR VALUES DON'T
LIMIT OUR POWER.
THEY MAGNIFY IT.
HE KNOWS YOU CAN'T SPREAD 
DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD IF 
YOU DON'T PRACTICE IT, AT HOME.
AND HE KNOWS THAT, EVEN THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NEEDS 
FRIENDS ON THIS PLANET.
BEFORE DONALD TRUMP, WE USED TO 
TALK ABOUT AMERICAN 
EXCEPTIONALISM.
THE ONLY THING EXCEPTIONAL IS 
THAT IT HAS 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.
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.
THAT WAS, AND REMAINS, 
EXCEPTIONAL.
IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING
DONALD TRUMP STANDS FOR.
THIS MOMENT IS A FIGHT FOR THE 
SECURITY OF AMERICA AND THE 
WORLD.
ONLY JOE BIDEN CAN MAKE AMERICA 
LEAD, LIKE AMERICA AGAIN.
IF YOU AGREE, TEXT JOIN TO 
30330.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT TEXT COME UP AGAIN AND 
AGAIN.
JOHN KERRY THERE SPEAKING ON JOE
BIDEN AND FOREIGN POLICY.
WANT TO BRING IN OUR CHIEF 
JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT FOR MORE 
ON THIS.
HE MENTIONED, WHERE HE SAID THAT
DONALD TRUMP PRETENDS RUSSIA DID
NOT INTERFERE IN OUR ELECTION.
COMES ON THE DAY THE SENATE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RELEASED 
A VOLUMINOUS REPORT SAYING 
DETAILS NUMEROUS CONTACTS 
BETWEEN TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND 
RUSSIA AND ALSO REAFFIRMS 
RUSSIA, CLEARLY, SBROINTERFERED 
THE 2016 CAMPAIGN. 
>> THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT 
THIS REPORT IS THAT IT'S 
BIPARTISAN.
THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEE IS LED BY REPUBLICANS.
AND DESPITE WHATEVER MISTAKES 
MADE BY THE FBI, THIS COMMITTEE 
ESSENTIALLY BLOW UP THE NOTION 
THAT THE RUSSIA PROBE WAS A HOAX
AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN 
LAUNCHED.
THE REPORT CONCLUDES THE 
RUSSIANS DID TRY TO HELP THE 
CAMPAIGN AND ASSOCIATES OF THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN DID TRY TO 
BENEFIT FROM THAT HELP.
GEORGE, THEY DID NOT FIND 
EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION OR 
CONSPIRACY WITH THE RUSSIANS.
BUT SOME REALLY DAMNING THINGS.
THE MOST SPECIFIC ONE, TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN MANAGER AND CHAIR, PAUL
MANAFORT, LEAKED INFORMATION TO 
AN OFFICER.
DETERMINED THAT MANAFORT WAS, 
QUOTE, A GRAVE INTELLIGENCE 
THREAT.
GEORGE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 
FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER. 
>> RIGHT.
AND THERE IS THE SUGGESTION THAT
THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE 
OPERATIVE WAS ALSO ABLE TO USE 
THAT TARGETING INFORMATION AFTER
THE HACKS OF THE E-MAILS AS 
WELL.
MARY BRUCE HAS MORE AS WELL.
MARY, IT WAS A BIPARTISAN 
REPORT.
BUT ON THIS ISSUE OF HOW THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN ENGAGED WITH THE 
RUSSIANS, VERY DIFFERENT CON 
CHU
 
CONCLUSIONS. 
>> REPUBLICANS ARE SEIZING ON 
THIS, SAYING IT FOUND NO DIRECT 
CONCLUSION OF -- OF COLLUSION 
HERE.
DEMOCRATS SAYING THE EXACT 
OPPOSITE.
IN FACT, THEY DECLARE THAT THIS 
IS WHAT COLLUSION LOOKS LINE.
LIKE.
POINTING, SPECIFICALLY, TO THE 
ACTIONS OF TRUMP'S FORMER 
CAMPAIGN MANAGER, PAUL MANAFORT,
WHO IS DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT 
AS A GRAVE INTELLIGENCE THREAT.
THIS REPORT IS EXHAUSTIVE.
IT IS NEARLY A THOUSAND PAGES 
FROM THIS BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE.
AND IT DOES DETAIL, IN MUCH MORE
EXTENSIVE DETAIL ACTUALLY THAN 
THE MUELLER REPORT, THE EXTENT 
OF THE CONTACTS AND LINKS 
BETWEEN THOSE CLOSE TO THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA.
AND RUSSIA'S ATTEMPTS TO MEDDLE 
IN THE 2016 ELECTION.
AGAIN, THE TWO PARTIES WALKING 
AWAY WITH VERY DIFFERENT 
CONCLUSIONS HERE.
BUT OF COURSE, IT COMES AS WE 
ARE BARRELLING TOWARDS ELECTION 
DAY AND AS THERE ARE CONTINUED 
CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ELECTION 
SECURITY.
AND OF COURSE, AS JOE BIDEN'S 
TEAM IS EAGER TO SHOW THAT HE IS
THE ONE WHO CAN LEAD THIS 
COUNTRY ON A GLOBAL STAGE GOING 
FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. 
>> MARY BRUCE, THANKS VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ANOTHER FORMER SECRETARY OF 
STATE.
THIS ONE, A REPUBLICAN.
GENERAL COLIN POWELL.
HE ENDORSED HILLARY CLINTON.
HE IS ENDORSING JOE BIDEN AS 
WELL.
BUT HE REMAINS A REPUBLICAN.
WE ARE HEARING NOW FROM GENERAL 
COLIN POWELL. 
>> I'M FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE
COLIN POWELL.
100 YEARS AGO, A YOUNG IMMIGRANT
LEFT A DIRT FARM IN JAMAICA AND 
SE
SET OUT FOR AMERICA.
THREE YEARS LATER, A SHIP PULLED
INTO NEW YORK HARBOR.
UP THE RANKS TO SERVE AS 
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF 
STAFF AND SECRETARY OF STATE.
THE VALUES I LEARNED GROWING UP 
IN THE SOUTH BRONX AND SERVING 
IN UNIFORM WERE THE SAME VALUES 
THAT JOE BIDEN'S PARENTS 
INSTILLED IN HIM IN SCRANTON, 
PENNSYLVANIA.
I SUPPORT JOE BIDEN FOR THE 
PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES 
BECAUSE THOSE VALUES STILL 
DEFINE HIM.
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 DIPLOMATS AND 
OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
NOT THE FLATTERY OF DICTATORS 
AND DESPOTS.
HE WILL MAKE IT HIS JOB TO KNOW 
WHEN ANYONE DARES TO THREATEN 
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 AMERICAN'S LEADERSHIP 
AND OUR MORAL AUTHORITY.
HE WILL BE A PRESIDENT THAT 
KNOWS AMERICA IS STRONGEST WHEN,
AS HE HAS SAID, WE LEAD BOTH BY 
THE POWER OF EXAMPLE AND THE 
EXAMPLE OF OUR POWER.
HE WILL RESTORE AMERICA'S 
LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD, AND 
RESTORE THE ALLIANCES WE NEED TO
ADDRESS THE DANGERS THAT 
THREATEN OUR NATION.
FROM CLIMATE CHANGE TO NUCLEAR 
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.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT WILL MAKE 
TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO UNITES 
US, WHO RESTORES OUR STRENGTH 
AND OUR SOUL.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT, IN OUR 
HEARTS, WE ARE THE SAME AMERICA 
THAT BROUGHT MY PARENTS TO OUR 
SHORES.
AN AMERICA THAT INSPIRES 
FREEDOM, AROUND THE WORLD.
THAT'S THE AMERICA JOE BIDEN 
WILL LEAD AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IT WAS A FRIENDSHIP THAT 
SHOULDN'T HAVE WORKED.
JOHN, A FORMER NAVY PILOT JUST 
RELEASED FROM A A NORTH 
VIETNAMESE PRISON.
JOE.
A YOUNG SENATOR FROM DELAWARE.
BUT IN THE 1970s, JOE WAS 
ASSIGNED A MILITARY AIDE. 
>> I WAS THE 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, DAMN IT, BUT HE NEVER 
CARRIED MY BAGS.
>> JOHN AND JOE TRAVELED 
THOUSANDS OF MILES TOGETHER.
THE FAMILIES GOT TO KNOW EACH 
OTHER.
GATHERING FOR PICK APPRONICS IN 
BIDENS' BACKYARD. 
>> THEY WOULD JUST SIT AND JOKE.
IT WAS LIKE A 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.
>> WE'RE IN DIFFERENT PARTIES.
WE HOLD DIFFERENT VIEWS, ON MANY
ISSUES.
>> THEY'D BE GOING AT IT ON THE 
FLOOR.
AND YOU'D THINK, OH, THESE GUYS 
MUST REALLY, REALLY, REALLY 
DISLIKE EACH OTHER.
AND THEY'D BE HAVING DINNER THAT
NIGHT TOGETHER.
>> SENATOR BIDEN HAD GREAT 
RESPECT FOR THE INSTITUTION OF 
THE SENATE.
HE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE
CORDIAL, THAT WERE PERSONAL.
>> WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING -- 
LOCK ARMS.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY. 
>> IT TAKES TRUST TO GET THINGS 
DONE IN A DIVIDED GOVERNMENT.
AND I THINK, WITH JOE BIDEN, HIS
COLLEAGUES KNEW THAT YOUR POINTS
ARE EQUALLY VALID, TO HIM.
>> EVEN IF A DEAL SEEMED OUT OF 
REACH, IT WAS ALWAYS JOE WHO 
TRIED TO CROSS THE AISLE.
>> HE WAS LIKE A NATURAL FOR 
THAT.
HE JUST HAD AN ABILITY TO FIND 
THE 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.
>> IT WAS A STYLE OF LEGISLATING
AND LEADERSHIP THAT YOU DON'T 
FIND MUCH ANYMORE. 
>> AND WHEN MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS WERE FACED WITH LOSING
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, IT WAS 
JOE'S FRIEND WHO SAVED OBAMACARE
BY CROSSING THE AISLE. 
>> McCAIN PASSED HIS VOTE WITH A
THUMBS DOWN. 
>> JOHN AND I HAVE BEEN GIVEN 
SEVERAL AWARDS ABOUT 
BIPARTISANSHIP.
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE 
SHOULD GET AN AWARD FOR 
BIPARTISANSHIP. 
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE IN
HOW TO REMAIN THE SAME, GOOD GUY
THAT YOU WERE WHEN YOU FIRST GOT
HERE.
MOST OF ALL, FOR YOUR 
FRIENDSHIP.
MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF MANY 
HAVE BEEN ENRICHED BY IT. 
>> JOHN McCAIN ON HIS FRIENDSHIP
WITH JOE BIDEN.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM HIS WIFE, 
CINDY McCAIN, AND WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH DR. JILL BIDEN YOU 
SIGH HER RIGHT THERE.
>>> BACK NOW, WITH DAY TWO OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
DR. JILL BIDEN IS COMING UP IN 
JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
FIRST, I WANT TO CHECK IN WITH 
OUR CHIEF NATIONAL 
CORRESPONDENT.
TOM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE 
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK.
TODAY, IN THE KEY BATTLEGROUND 
STATE OF ARIZONA, TALKING ABOUT 
ONE OF HIS FAVORITE ISSUES. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IMMIGRATION.
ARIZONA, A A BORDER STATE AS YOU
MENTIONED.
A BATTLEGROUND STATE.
AND TODAY, DONALD TRUMP, TOOK A 
TRIP BACK USING THE SAME TYPE OF
LANGUAGE, SAME TYPE OF PICTURES 
OF IMMIGRANTS HE USED.
PHRASES LIKE ALIENS WITH 
CRIMINAL RECORDS.
SAYING IF DEMOCRATS WERE 
ELECTED, THEY WOULD RUN RAMPANT 
IN THE U.S. SAYING IMMIGRANTS 
WOULD BE STEALING JOBS.
HE ALSO USED A SLUR TO DESCRIBE 
CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED 
IMMIGRANTS.
AND HE ALSO SAID THE WALL, HIS 
MAIN PROMISE FROM 2016, HAS BEEN
BUILT.
NOW, 300 MILES OF THE WALL HAS 
BEEN REINFORCED.
BUT ONLY SIX MILES OF NEW WALL 
HAS ACTUALLY BEEN BUILT.
THAT, ACCORDING TO THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
HE ALSO SAYS HE MAY CHARGE 
MEXICO A TOLL TO HELP PAY FOR 
THE NEW PART OF THE WALL.
IN WE WANT TO KNOW HOW THE 
CAMPAIGN'S GOING TO RUN IN 2020.
HE IS SHOWING US RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ALMOST IDENTICAL.
THE LANGUAGE IS ALMOST 
IDENTICAL.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS.
HE IS OUT THERE.
HE IS CAMPAIGNING HARD.
IT DOES REMIND ME WHAT HAPPENED 
IN THE CAMPAIGN FOUR YEARS AGO. 
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT.
YOU SAID WHAT YOU SAW TODAY, 
REMINDED YOU SO MUCH OF THOSE 
MOMENTS.
EVEN HIS DEMEANOR, AS HE WAS 
TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS. 
>> GEORGE, IT'S TRIPLE-DIGIT 
HEAT THERE IN ARIZONA.
AIR FORCE ONE IS IN THE 
BACKGROUND OF HANGAR.
HE IS HITTING THESE CAMPAIGN 
STOPS AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR 
TWO.
HE WAS IN WISCONSIN YESTERDAY.
HE IS IN ARIZONA TODAY.
HE'S GOING TO KEEP DOING THIS.
HE'S BROKEN THAT RECORD OF SORT 
OF THAT UNSPOKEN RULE OF NOT 
CAMPAIGNING WHEN THE OTHER PARTY
HAS THEIR CONVENTION.
AND DEMOCRATS DO HAVE TO BE 
CAREFUL BECAUSE I REMEMBER THIS,
FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN THE CLINTON
CAMPAIGN WAS SAYING THEY DON'T 
KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NO IDEA 
WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
WELL, THEY WERE GOING TO PLACES 
LIKE MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA.
IT WORKED OUT FOR THEM, 
EVENTUALLY. 
>> THANK YOU, TOM. 
>> SOME OTHER MAJOR NEWS OUT OF 
WASHINGTON TODAY.
POSTAL SERVICE HAS BEEN AT ISSUE
WITH ALL THE MAIL-IN VOTING 
COMING DURING THE PANDEMIC AND 
THE REFORMS IN THE POSTAL 
SERVICE.
NOW, THEY HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD.
>> THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, 
GEORGE, MAKING THIS HUGE 
REVERSAL TODAY.
SAYING SOME OF THESE CHANGES HE 
WANTED IMPLEMENTED WILL NOW BE 
PUSHED BACK PAST THE ELECTION.
THINGS LIKE REMOVING, FROM 
STREETS, THOSE BLUE MAILBOXES WE
SEE ON SO MANY STREET CORNERS.
20 ATTORNEYS GENERAL, DEMOCRAT 
ATTORNEYS GENERAL, FROM AROUND 
THE COUNTRY HAVE THREATENED TO 
SUE OVER THIS SAYING SERVICE HAS
BEEN DISRUPTED.
BUT TRYING TO SOW DOUBT OVER THE
ELECTION AND THE QUALITY OF 
VOTES CAST IF MAIL-IN BALLOTS 
ARE USED AS MUCH AS WE EXPECT 
THEM TO BE USED DURING THIS 
CYCLE.
BUT, GEORGE, RIGHT NOW, THE 
CRITICS OF THIS PRESIDENT ARE 
SAYING THE REVERSAL BY THE 
POSTMASTER GENERAL MAY BE TOO 
LITTLE, TOO LATE.
BECAUSE SOME OF THESE CHANGES 
HAD ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 
>> STILL, GOING TO CALL THE 
POSTMASTER GENERAL THIS WEEK AND
THE HOUSE WILL STILL VOTE FOR 
FUNDING FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE.
NOW, IT IS TIME FOR DR. JILL 
BIDEN.
SHE IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING FROM
BRANDY WINE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE TAUGHT THERE IN THE 1990s.
SHE IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING FROM
ROOM 232.
THAT'S HER OLD CLASSROOM.
LET'S CHECK IN. 
>> FUTURE 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. 
>> WE ALL NEED COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO DEPEND ON OTHERS FOR 
OUR STRENGTH.
ALL AMERICAN FAMILIES, WE ALL 
NEED EACH OTHER.
>> AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME 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 IDEAS, 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.
HERE, AT BRANDY WINE 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, OR 
AFRAID THEIR KIDS MIGHT GET SICK
FROM SCHOOL.
THE CONCERN OF EVERY PERSON 
WORKING WITHOUT ENOUGH 
PROTECTION.
THE DESPAIR IN THE LINES THAT 
STRETCH OUT BEFORE FOOD BANKS.
AND THE INDESCRIBABLE SORROW 
THAT FOLLOWS EVERY 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'M LEFT 
ASKING HOW WILL 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.
BR
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 
PAIL, YELLOW KITCHEN LAMP.
THE DINNER DISHES WAITING IN THE
SINK.
WE FOUND THAT LOVE HOLDS A 
FAMILY TOGETHER.
LOVE IS 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.
WE SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER, IN 
BIG WAYS AND SMALL ONES, AGAIN 
AND AGAIN.
IT'S WHAT SO MANY OF YOU ARE 
DOING RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR LOVED 
ONES, FOR COMPLETE STRANGERS, 
FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES.
THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT TO TELL
US THAT OUR COUNTRY IS 
HOPELESSLY DIVIDED.
THAT OUR DIFFERENCES ARE 
IRRECONCILABLE.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'VE SEEN.
WE'RE FINDING MERCY AND GRACE IN
THE MOMENTS WE MIGHT HAVE, ONCE,
TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
WE ARE SEEING THAT OUR 
DIFFERENCES ARE PRECIOUS AND OUR
SIMILARITIES, 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 BO DIED, 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 BO'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 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.
FOR 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 FINDS THE GRIT TO FINISH
HER DEGREE, AND MAKE A GOOD LIFE
FOR HER KIDS.
FOR THE LITTLE BOY, WHOSE MOM IS
SERVING AS A MARINE IN IRAQ.
WHO PUTS ON A BRAVE FACE IN HIS 
VIDEO CALL AND DOESN'T COMPLAIN 
WHEN THE ONLY THING HE WANTS FOR
HIS BIRTHDAY IS TO BE WITH HER.
FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE JOE GIVES 
HIS PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER TO.
AT ROPE LINES AND EVENTS.
THE ONES HE TALKS TO, FOR 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 IN POLITICIANS 
OR POLITICAL PARTIES OR, EVEN IN
HIMSELF, IT'S IN THE PROVIDENCE 
OF GOD.
HIS FAITH IS IN YOU, IN US.
YES, SO MANY CLASSROOMS ARE 
QUIET RIGHT NOW.
THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE STILL.
BUT IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY, YOU 
CAN HEAR THE SPARKS OF CHANGE IN
THE AIR.
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, EDUCATORS, 
PARENTS, FIRST RESPONDERS, 
AMERICANS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE, 
ARE PUTTING THEIR SHOULDERS 
BACK.
FIGHTING FOR EACH OTHER.
WE 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 
WHAT EVER 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.
>> DR. JILL BIDEN.
>> WITH A HUG FROM HER HUSBAND 
IN THE CLASSROOM SHE TAUGHT IN 
THE 1990s. 
>> I'M JILL BIDEN'S HUSBAND.
AS YOU HEARD, YOU CAN SEE WHY 
SHE'S THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND 
THE ROCK OF OUR FAMILY.
SHE NEVER GIVES HERSELF MUCH 
CREDIT.
BU
BUT THE TRUTH IS, SHE'S THE 
STRONGEST PERSON I KNOW.
SHE'S A BACKBONE.
SHE LOVES FIERCELY, CARES 
DEEPLY.
NOTHING STOPS HER, WHEN SHE SETS
HER MIND TO GETTING SOMETHING 
RIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF YOU 
OUT THERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
JUST THINK OF YOUR FAVORITE 
EDUCATOR WHO GAVE YOU THE 
CONFIDENCE TO BELIEVE IN 
YOURSELF.
THAT'S THE KIND OF FIRST LADY, 
LADY, LADY, THIS JILL BIDEN WILL
BE.
LOVE YOU. 
>> SO GO TO JOEBIDEN.COM TO JOIN
OUR CAMPAIGN. 
>> THANKS FOR WATCHING.
I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
THANK YOU. 
>> TALKING ABOUT MAKING A FAMILY
WHOLE.
SAYING THEY CAN DO FOR THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT THEY DID FOR THEIR
OWN FAMILY.
THAT DOES IT FOR US TONIGHT.
TOMORROW NIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA.
WE'LL RETURN NOW TO OUR REGULAR 
PROGRAMMING.
LATE, LOCAL NEWS.
NIGHTLINE IS COMING UP AND DR. 
JILL BIDEN.
>>> WE ARE JOINED NOW BY CHRIS 
CHRISTIE, FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW
JERSEY.
AND REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST SARAH 
FAGAN.
JOE BIDEN OFFICIALLY BECAME THE 
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE TONIGHT AND 
HIS WIFE DR. JILL BIDEN, TALKED 
ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S CHARACTER.
CERTAINLY, A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW
AFTER MICHELLE OBAMA LAST NIGHT.
HOW'D SHE DO?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE DID 
WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
SHE TALKED ABOUT HER HUSBAND.
SHE TALKED ABOUT HER 
RELATIONSHIP.
ALL THINGS LOVE TO HEAR FROM A 
FIRST LADY.
SHE TALKED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO 
FILL THOSE CLASSROOMS AGAIN.
I THINK THE BIG THING THAT WAS 
MISSING FOR ME TODAY, STILL, HOW
ARE WE GOING TO DO IT?
IF YOU ARE ASKING THE QUESTION 
DONALD TRUMP, IS HE A DISASTER?
WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT 
QUESTION.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS JOE 
BIDEN GOING TO DO, ABOVE AND 
BEYOND, THE FACT THAT DONALD 
TRUMP IS A DISASTER?
>> GOVERNOR CHRISTY, YOUR 
RESPONSE?
>> LISTEN, I THOUGHT DR. BIDEN 
DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE 
DIFFICULT TO COMPARE PEOPLE TO 
MICHELLE OBAMA.
IT'S NOT A FAIR THING TO DO.
JILL BIDEN HAD A DIFFERENT JOB, 
AS MICHELLE OBAMA HAD A 
DIFFERENT JOB WHEN SHE WAS 
CAMPAIGNING FOR HER HUSBAND.
I THOUGHT THE ENTIRE SPEECH 
TONIGHT WAS THE END WHEN VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN WALKED IN AND 
PUT HIS ARM AROUND HIS WIFE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE GENUINE 
AFFECTION BETWEEN THE TWO OF 
THEM.
AND THAT THAT'S REALLY A 
PARTNERSHIP.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS 
AMERICA WANTS IN A CHALLENGING 
TIME LIKE IN,THIS, IN A CRISIS, 
THEY WANT PEOPLE THEY BELIEVE 
THEY CAN TRUST TO LEAD THEM.
AND THEY SAW A COUPLE THERE 
TONIGHT, THAT CLEARLY TRUST AND 
LOVE EACH OTHER.
THAT'S A VERY, VERY POWERFUL 
SYMBOL.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK MORE 
POWERFUL THAN ANYTHING SHE SAID 
IN HER SPEECH WAS THAT MOMENT 
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FAKE THAT.
AND YOU COULD TELL, BETWEEN THE 
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IT'S 
REAL. 
>> YOU HAD FORMER PRESIDENTS 
JIMMY CARTER AND BILL CLINTON, 
ALONG WITH KERRY TALKING ABOUT 
BIDEN'S LEADERSHIP.
THEN, YOU HAVE 30-YEAR-OLD 
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ.
WHERE DOES AOC FIT IN ALL THIS?
>> I THINK TONIGHT IS BOTH ABOUT
PAST AND FUTURE.
YOU HAVE A LEGACY.
AND I THINK THE BIGGER PIECE IS 
US AS A PARTY.
AND JILL TOUCHED ON THAT.
THAT HE WILL THREATREAT YOUR FA 
THE WAY HE TREATS OUR FAMILY.
AND REMEMBERING, AMERICA IS ONE,
GIANT FAMILY THAT WE CARE FOR 
EACH OTHER.
I THINK SHE IS PART OF THE 
FUTURE.
THERE WAS A DIVERSITY THERE.
BUT ALSO, THE COMMON FOUNDATION 
AND VALUE SYSTEM THAT WE HOLD 
THAT EMANATE THE POLICIES WE 
PROPOSE, FROM FAMILY LEAVE TO 
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, TO ANY 
ONE OF THOSE POLICIES I THINK 
DOES THAT.
I WANT TO PICK UP, THOUGH, ON 
WHAT THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAID 
BECAUSE I THINK THE MOST 
IMPORTANT ROLE OF FIRST LADY OR 
A HUSBAND PLAYS OR A PARTNER 
PLAYS IS A CHARACTER REFERENCE.
THEY ARE THERE TO SAY I KNOW 
THIS PERSON.
I KNOW THEM, PERSONALLY, 
INTIMATELY.
AND SHE DID EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS
SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND ALSO, TOUCHED IT NOT JUST TO
THEIR RELATIONSHIP BUT, HOW HE 
WILL TREAT YOUR FAMILY AND 
AMERICA.
AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY 
IMPORTANT STEP.
AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'VE 
GOT THE EMPATHY PART.
GIVEN WHAT HE'S DONE, THE 
ENDURANCE PART.
AND NOW, ALSO, WHAT HE DID WITH 
JOHN McCAIN.
THE EXPERIENCE PART TO LEAD THE 
COUNTRY, IN A TIME WHERE PEOPLE 
ARE NOT ONLY ANGRY.
BUT ALSO, EXHAUSTED BY DONALD 
TRUMP.
AND THAT EXHAUSTION IS GOING TO 
FIT PERFECT WITH THE TEMPERAMENT
OF JOE BIDEN. 
>> WANT TO GO BACK TO AOC JUST A
MOMENT.
SHE BARELY GOT A MINUTE OF AIR 
TIME TONIGHT.
PLEDGING SUPPORT FOR HER FELLOW 
PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE, BERNIE 
SANDERS.
YVETTE, DO YOU THINK 
PROGRESSIVES LIKE AOC ARE GOING 
TO BE ABLE TO BURY THE HATCHET 
AND UNIFY THE PARTY?
>> I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE.
THE MOST, ALMOST 100% OF 
PROGRESSIVES SUPPORT JOE BIDEN 
ARE GOING TO WORK AND ARE 
ALREADY WORKING TOGETHER WITH 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, TO MAKE SURE
WE DELIVER VICTORY.
I THINK THE BIG QUESTION AND 
WHAT PEOPLE DON'T GET ABOUT 
PROGRESSIVES IS THAT WE'RE 
ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR A BETTER 
FUTURE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROGRESSIVES.
AND SO, AS MUCH AS WE ARE 
EXCITED ABOUT GETTING RID OF 
DONALD TRUMP, WE KNOW THERE IS 
MORE WORK TO DO.
WE ARE A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED BY 
THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF RACIAL 
UNREST, AND WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT 
HEALTHCARE IN THE WAY WE KNOW 
PEOPLE NEED US TO TALK ABOUT 
HEALTHCARE.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF RACIAL 
UNREST, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT WHAT
WE NEED TO DO TO END THE PRISON 
PIPELINE.
TO TALK ABOUT THE CRIME BILL AND
HOW WE NEED TO DECARCERATE OUR 
PRISONS.
BUT WE'RE NOT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE DONALD
TRUMP IS, OR IS NOT.
WHICH IS A VERY BIGD DIG 
APPOIN
DISAPPOINTMENT. 
>> DONALD TRUMP IS THE 
SINGLE-GREATEST ISSUE AND WE 
WANT TO MAKE THIS A REFERENCDUM 
ON HIM. 
>> WE DISAGREE ON THAT.
WE ALREADY KNOW DONALD TRUMP IS 
A DISASTER.
WE DON'T NEED FOUR DAYS OF THAT.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE 
GOING TO DO TO MAKE PEOPLE 
WHOLE. 
>> I'M FOR FOUR DAYS OF MAKING 
SURE THEY KNOW HE'S A DISASTER 
AND WE HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT 
PROBLEM. 
>> SPEAKING OF WINNING, SARAH, 
DO YOU THINK JOE BIDEN WAS ABLE 
TO WIN OVER ANY REPUBLICANS 
TONIGHT?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT THE -- THE
SPEECH BY COLIN POWELL AND THEN,
THE VIDEO WITH MRS. McCAIN 
NARRATING IT.
I THINK THAT WAS MORE POWERFUL 
THAN LAST NIGHT.
THESE ARE WELL-KNOWN FIGURE.
IT'S WORTH NOTING COLIN POWELL 
HAS VOTED DEMOCRATIC IN THE 
LAST, AT LEAST TWO, MAYBE THREE,
ELECTIONS.
HE CALLS HIMSELF REPUBLICAN BUT 
HE DOESN'T BEHAVE LIKE ONE.
LOOK, THERE IS ABOUT 12% OF THIS
COUNTRY THAT ARE SOFT 
REPUBLICANS.
THEY AGREE WITH DONALD TRUMP'S 
POLICIES.
THEY DON'T LIKE HIS PERSONA.
THAT POINT TONIGHT, THAT PIECE 
OF THE CONVENTION TONIGHT, WAS 
REALLY ABOUT SAYING TO THOSE 
SOFT REPUBLICANS, HEY, YOU KNOW,
GO WITH JOE BIDEN.
IT'S OKAY TO VOTE AGAINST TRUMP,
EVEN THOUGH YOU REALLY LIKE WHAT
HE IS DOING ON THE ECONOMY AND 
OTHER THINGS. 
>> LINDSEY, THAT'S WHY I SAID, 
EARLIER TONIGHT, THAT HE'S GOT 
TO GET BACK TO TALKING ABOUT HIS
POLICIES.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO DO 
NEXT WEEK IS TALK ABOUT HIS 
POLICIES.
THAT'S THE WAY HE WINS THOSE 
PEOPLE BACK, THAT SARAH'S 
TALKING ABOUT.
IF THE TRUMP SHOW, NEXT WEEK, IS
THE TRUMP CIRCUS, AND ALL ABOUT 
PERSONA.
THAT'S A LOSER FOR HIM.
IF HE TALKS ABOUT THE THINGS HE 
WANTS TO DO WITH FOUR MORE 
YEARS, I THINK THAT'S THE CHANCE
HE HAS TO DRAW THOSE SOFT 
REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS 
BACK INTO HIS CAMP BY SETTING 
THAT CONTRAST.
I THINK ROB'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IF THIS IS A REFERENDUM ON 
DONALD TRUMP.
THEN, DONALD TRUMP IS HEADING TO
A LOSS.
IF IT'S A BINARY CHOICE BETWEEN 
JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP, 
THEN, I THINK WE HAVE A REAL 
RACE. 
>> INTERESTING.
BOTH, BARACK OBAMA, BILL 
CLINTON, AND GEORGE BUSH, 43, 
ALWAYS MADE IT A CHOICE ON THE 
RE-ELECT.
A RE-ELECT -- WHAT DONALD 
TRUMP'S PROBLEM IS RIGHT NOW IS 
HE'S RUNNING 2016 IN 2020.
HE HAS NOT UPDATED HIS STRATEGY 
FOR THE 2020 ELECTION WHICH IS A
CHOICE.
ALL HE HAD TO DO LAST TIME WAS 
SAY WHAT WAS WRONG -- WHAT WAS 
WRONG WITH HILLARY CLINTON.
WHEN HE WENT AFTER KAMALA 
HARRIS, HE WAS RUNNING 2016 AND 
2020.
BILL CLINTON, GEORGE BUSH, AND 
BILL -- AND BARACK OBAMA -- MADE
HIM CLEAR ON THE RE-ELECT.
BINARY CHOICES.
AND DONALD TRUMP HAS, STILL, NOT
FIGURED OUT HIS HANDLE ON EITHER
BIDEN OR KAMALA HARRIS. 
>> LAST WORD AND THEN WE GOT TO 
WRAP. 
>> WE HAVE HAD VERY LITTLE 
POLICY IN THIS CONVENTION, SO 
FAR.
YVETTE IS RIGHT.
SO IT'S HARD TO MAKE IT A CHOICE
WHEN THE DEMOCRATS ONLY TALK 
ABOUT THE INCUMBENT.
I THINK IT'S A SMART STRATEGY.
IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.
THERE WILL BE A KMOIS IN THE 
END. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SO SORRY, ROB EMANUEL.
WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US 
TONIGHT.
NIGHT TWO, NOW IN THE BOOKS.
WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE 
TOMORROW NIGHT STARTING AT 
7:00 P.M. FOR COVERAGE OF NIGHT 
THREE OF THE DIGITAL DNC.
GOOD NIGHT, EVE
