EVER LOSING SIGHT
OF WHO HE IS. 
>> THIS IS YOUR 
CAMPAIGN. 
>> DECENCY. 
THE BELIEF THAT 
EVERYBODY COUNTS.
THAT IS WHO JOE 
IS. 
>> JOE WILL BE A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
TURNED THEIR 
CHALLENGES WHINTO 
PURPOSE. 
>> I HAVE WORKED 
ACROSS THE AISLE.
I CAN DO THAT 
AGAIN WITH YOUR 
HELP. 
>>> GOOD EVENING.
WELCOME TO NBC'S 
SPECIAL COVERAGE 
OF THE 2020 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION RIGHT 
HERE ON NBC NEWS 
NOW. 
WE ARE LESS THAN 
AN HOUR AWAY  ON 
THE START OF THE 
FINAL NIGHT OF 
WHAT HAS BEEN 
AND HISTORIC AND 
UNPRECEDENTED 
VIRTUAL 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
TONIGHT, JOE 
BIDEN OFFICIALLY 
ACCEPTS HIS ON
PARTY'S 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT IN A 
MOSTLY EMPTY 
ROOM DUE TO THE 
PANDEMIC. 
ALL THIS WEEK 
LEADING UP TO 
TONIGHT. 
DEMOCRATS HAVE IN 
USED THIS 
PLATFORM TO 
REPEATEDLY 
HAMMER HOME ONE 
MESSAGE, THAT 
THE PARTY MUST 
GET BEHIND BIDEN 
TO DEFEAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
IT WAS A 
SCATHING REBUKE 
OF THE SITTING 
PRESIDENT BY HIS 
IMMEDIATE 
PREDECESSOR, 
DESCRIBING 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
AS A DANGER TO 
THE COUNTRY. 
BIDEN IS 
EXPECTING TO LAY 
OUT HIS -- THIS 
IS A BATTLE FOR 
THE SOUL OF THE 
NATION. 
WHILE HE SPOKE 
ON THE NATIONAL 
STAGE MANY TIMES 
OVER THE COURSE 
OF HIS NEARLY 50 
YEARS IN 
AMERICAN 
POLITICS, THERE 
IS NO DOUBT 
TONIGHT ON 48 
YEARS IN THE 
MAKING MAY BE 
THE BIGGEST 
SPEECH OF JOE 
BIDEN'S 
COLLECTIVE 
POLITICAL LIFE. 
ONE THING 
POTENTIALLY 
HELPING HIM 
TONIGHT ARE THE 
RELATIVELY LOW 
EXPECTATIONS SET 
BY HIS RIVAL, DERECT
PRESIDENT TRUMP, UM
WHO REPEATEDLY 
QUESTIONED 
BIDEN'S MENTAL 
CAPABILITIES. 
JOINING ME NOW 
FROM WELLINGTON, 
DELAWARE, WHERE 
BIDEN WILL BE 
SPEAKING TONIGHT  
IS MY COLLEAGUE, 
MIKE. 
THIS IS A SPEECH 
THAT JOE BIDEN 
PROBABLY HAS 
GIVEN IN HIS 
HEAD A LOT. 
1987. 
SOME IN 2008. 
MAYBE AGAIN IN 
2015. 
NOW IT IS HERE. 
A SPEECH HE HAS 
DREAMED OF FOR 
YEARS. 
>> Reporter: 
SINCE THE VERY 
FIRST MOMENTS OF 
JOE BIDEN'S 
CANDIDACY THIS 
TIME AROUND, HE 
HAS SHOWN 
HIMSELF AS A 
BREAK GLASS IN 
CASE OF 
EMERGENCY 
CANDIDATE. 
HE WOULDN'T BE 
RUNNING IN GE%THIS 
ELECTION IF 
THERE WAS 
SOMEBODY ELSE 
WHO WOULD HAVE 
DONE IT. 
RAISING THE 
STAKES OF THE 
ELECTION WAS 
ALWAYS THE WAY, 
AT LEAST 
INITIALLY, THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
FELT THAT HE  %
WOULD WIN THE 
NOMINATION. WHEN 
YOU TALK ABOUT 
WHAT THEY HOPE 
TO ACCOMPLISH 
TONIGHT, THERE'S 
TWO WAYS OF 
RAISING H THE 
STAKES. 
YOU CAN DO THAT 
EXPLICITLY, 
WHICH IS WHAT WE 
HAVE HEARD 
YESTERDAY. 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
TALKING ABOUT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
IN WAY, SAYING 
NOT ONLY SHOULD 
HE NOT BE 
REELECTED, BUT 
SOMEBODY LIKE 
THIS SHOULD NOT 
EVEN BE GETTING 
TO THE 
PRESIDENCY AT ALL
. THE DEMOCRACY 
OF THIS COUNTRY 
IS AT STAKE. 
BUT THE 
BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IS SORT 
LAYING OUT, 
THEY WANT TO 
TAKE A MORE 
BIDEN-FOCUSED 
APPROACH. 
THEY HAVE MADE 
THE CASE IN A %
LOT OF WAYS 
AGAINST DONALD 
TRUMP ASKED 
PHYSICALLY. 
THEY CAN DO THAT T S
IMPLICITLY 
TONIGHT. 
YOU CAN PLFILL IN 
PIECES OF THE 
BIOGRAPHY THAT 
POLITICAL 
JUNKIES NO, BUT 
MAYBE THE VOTERS 
WHO WILL BE 
DECIDING DON'T 
KNOW. 
YOU WILL BE 
HEARING A LOT 
ABOUT HIS 
FAMILY, 
INCLUDING HIS 
SON HUNTER. 
BIDEN HIMSELF, 
HE IS GOING TO 
TALK ABOUT THIS 
AS THE BATTLE 
FOR THE SOUL OF 
AMERICA. 
HE ALSO WANTS FOTO 
MAKE THAT 
CONNECTION WITH 
MIDDLE-CLASS 
VOTERS WHO ARE 
CONSIDERED HIS 
BASE. 
HE WANTS TO TURN 
AWAY FROM THE SS 
NEGATIVE VIEW, 
THE PASSAGES AND 
THE COUNTRY 
IS A DESPITE IT 
ALL, HE REMAINS 
OPTIMISTIC THAT 
HE BELIEVES IN 
THE FUTURE OF HA
THIS COUNTRY. 
THAT IS WHAT WE 
ARE GOING TO 
HEAR FROM HIM 
TONIGHT. 
>> WHAT I DIDN'T 
HEAR FROM YOU, 
MIKE, IS THAT WE  F
ARE GOING TO, 
THAT SOMEHOW HE 
IS GOING TO DO A 
LAUNDRY LIST OF 
ISSUES AND 
POLICY PROPOSALS
. I ASSUME THE 
REASON FOR THAT 
IS, THIS WEEK 
HASN'T BEEN 
ABOUT THAT. 
THE MORE YOU 
TALK POLICIES, 
THE HARDER OUIT IS 
TO KEEP JOHN 
KASICH AND AOC 
IN THE SAME 
TENSE. 
RIGHT? 
 THE EEPING
VERY BIG TENT 
THAT THEY HAVE 
PITCHED IN 
WILMINGTON AND 
ACROSS THE VE
COUNTRY REQUIRES 
AVOIDING THOSE 
AREAS OF 
CONFLICT. 
WE KNOW NGTHAT 
PROGRESSIVES ARE 
BEHIND JOE BIDEN 
RIGHT NOW. 
THEY ARE READY 
TO BEGIN 
FIGHTING HIM 
AGAIN ON 
NOVEMBER 5 IN 
INTO THE 
TRANSITION AND 
BE ON. 
WHAT'S ALSO 
INTERESTING, AS 
YOU PROBABLY 
HEARD THE 
HAWKING BEHIND 
ME. 
-- 
>> I WAS %GOING TO
ASK ABOUT THAT. 
>> Reporter: 
DELIVERING THE 
SPEECH IN HIS IT 
FOR YEARS. HE 
HAS ALSO BEEN 
DELIVERING IT 
AND REHEARSING 
IT FOR TWO T 
WEEKS. 
I HAVE BEEN TOLD 
BY THOSE CLOSE 
TO THE PROCESS 
THAT SOMETHING 
VERY UNUSUAL, 
ALMOST UNHEARD 
OF, THE SPEECH 
WAS LARGELY  
LOCKED IN WEEKS 
AGO IN PART 
BECAUSE HE KNOWS 
THE STAKES OF 
THE DELIVERY, 
THE LOBAR THAT 
HAS BEEN SET. 
THE VIEW OF A 
LOT OF AMERICANS 
JUST WANT TO SEE 
THIS GUY CAN DO 
THE JOB. 
HE HAS BEEN 
REHEARSING THIS. 
HE IS WORKING 
WITH A SPEECH 
COACH HE HAS 
WORKED WITH IN 
THE PAST, 
SOMEBODY WHO 
HIMSELF OVERCAME 
THE CENTER. 
DESPITE ALL THE 
THEORIES THAT WE 
ARE GOING TO 
SEE, AS YOU SEE 
BEHIND ME, A 
FULLER PARKING 
LOT BEHIND US 
FINALLY AS %THEY 
HOPE TO HAVE A 
LITTLE BIT OF 
THE CELEBRATION 
AT THE END. 
MAYBE NOT N THE 
BALLOON DROP IS 
SOMETHING CLOSE. 
>> THE HORN 
HAWKS ARE THE 
EQUIVALENT OF 
APPLAUSE THAT 
YOU MIGHT BE 
HAVING OR THE 
FUNNY HATS THAT 
YOU MIGHT BE 
WEARING. 
THAT IS WHAT MI
THEY ARE TRYING 
TO RE-CREATE 
BEHIND YOU. 
CORRECT? 
>> Reporter: 
DELAWARE IS A 
SMALL STATE. 
THESE ARE 
FRIENDS AND 
EXTENDED FAMILY. 
THERE'S A LOT OF %
THAT IN DELAWARE.
THE ESSENCE OF 
AN AUDIENCE IN 
THE ROOM. 
YOU CAN SEE 
SLIGHTLY 
RECONFIGURED, ONE
BENEFIT OF 
HAVING KAMALA 
HARRIS IN 
WILMINGTON LAST 
NIGHT, THEY GOT 
TO SEE HOW THE 
ROOM FELT ALL 
REALLY. 
HAVING THE LACK 
OF AN AUDIENCE 
IS NOT GOING TO 
BE EASY FOR HIM. 
HE LOOKS FOR 
THAT. 
IT IS ONLY GOING 
TO BE FOLKS LIKE 
ME IS TOAHEAD IN 
THEIR AND A 
LITTLE BIT. 
>> MIKE GETTING 
A STARTED WITH A 
21-CAR SALUTE. 
THANK YOU. 
JOINING ME NOW 
IS MY COLLEAGUE 
KASIE HUNT. 
SHE IS HOST OF 
"KCDC" AND 
MICHAEL. OUR NBC 
NEWS 
PRESIDENTIAL 
HISTORIAN. 
MICHAEL, SINCE 
THIS ISN'T ONE 
OF THESE BIG 
MARKER NIGHTS, 
LET'S START WITH 
THE HISTORIAN. 
PUT THIS IN SOME 
PERSPECTIVE FOR 
US. 
>> Reporter: 
THIS IS A NIGHT 
THAT A LOT OF 
PEOPLE LOOKING AT
JOE BIDEN, 
BELIEVE IT OR 
NOT, FOR THE 
FIRST TIME, EVEN 
THOUGH HE HAS 
BEEN IN PUBLIC 
LIFE FOR HALF A 
CENTURY. 
VERY DIFFERENT 
GROUPS LOOK AT 
SOMEONE AS  A 
POTENTIAL VICE 
PRESIDENT VERSUS 
A PRESIDENT. 
I THINK THE 
DEMOCRATS HAVE 
ANOTHER MODEL 
TONIGHT. 
1932, RUNNING AT 
THE TIME OF THE 
GREAT 
DEPRESSION. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WONDERING WHERE 
THE COUNTRY WAS 
GOING TO GO, 
EXTREMELY 
WORRIED. 
THOMAS, THE 
SOCIALIST 
CAMPBELL IT, GOT 
6 MILLION VOTES. 
HE HAD TO SAY HE 
WAS NOT HERBERT 
HOOVER BUT HE 
COULD BE A 
LEADER WHO WAS 
UP TO THE JOB. 
>> Reporter: 
KASIE HUNT, 
PETER HART WHO 
IS PART OF NTOUR 
POLLING TEAM, HE 
MADE THIS, AS HE 
ALWAYS DOES, 
THIS GREAT TURN 
OF PHRASE. 
HE SAYS JOE 
BIDEN IS WELL 
KNOWN, BUT HE'S 
NOT KNOWN WELL. 
I WANT TO PUT UP 
A WORD THAT WE 
HAVE OUR LAST 
POLL. 
THIS IS AMONG 
BIDEN SUPPORTERS 
WHO STILL HAVE 
DOUBTS ABOUT HIM.
WERE NOT 100% 
COMFORTABLE. 
WE ASKED WHAT IS 
SOMETHING YOU 
WANT TO HEAR 
FROM HIM. 
THE NUMBER ONE 
THING THEY WANT 
TO HEAR, CASEY, 
IS TELL US HOW 
YOU ARE GOING TO 
HANDLE THIS 
VIRUS. 
WHAT'S 
INTERESTING, NDVI%
THEY WANT MEET. 
IT DOESN'T SEEM 
LIKE WE ARE 
GOING TO GET 
ISSUE MEET. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
HAVE A G DIFFERENT 
TONE, STYLE, AND 
RESTORATION. 
THAT'S WHAT THIS 
CAMPAIGN IS 
ABOUT. 
POUR BACK IN'S 
>> Reporter: IT 
GOES BACK TO 
THAT QUOTE, HE'S 
NOT KNOWN WELL. 
THE WAY TO MOVE 
FORWARD IS 
TRYING TO GIVE 
AMERICANS THE 
BETTER SENSE OF 
A MAN, THE 
PERSON THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS. 
AT THE END OF 
IS  DAY, THAT 
A HUGE PART T OF 
THE A POLICY 
ARGUMENT FOR ALL 
OF THOSE WORDS 
THAT WE JUST SAW 
IN THAT CLOUD 
THAT YOU PUT UP, 
INCLUDING 
HANDLING THE 
VIRUS. 
A BIG PART OF 
JOE BIDEN'S 
ARGUMENT ON RTTHE 
VIRUS, IS IT 
SENT JUST ABOUT 
THE POLICIES 
THAT WILL BE 
IMPLEMENTED OR 
CHANGED. 
IT WILL CI D BE ABO 
EMPATHY AND 
CARING. IS IT 
SAYING THINGS 
LIKE IT IS WHAT 
IT IS WHEN ASKED 
ABOUT THE DEATH 
TOLL IN THE 
NUMBER OF 
AMERICANS WHO 
DIED, IT'S 
INSTEAD ABOUT 
REACHING OUT TO 
THOSE PEOPLE, 
TALKING TO THEM 
IN A DIFFERENT 
WAY. 
OF COURSE, THE 
POLICY FOLLOWS 
WITH HIM MORE 
THE SCIENTIST 
WHO IS URGING 
POLICIES THAT 
ARE POLITICALLY 
DIFFICULT, AND 
CENTER. 
I THINK GOOGLE 
HAS ENDS TO 
UNITE ALL . THOSE 
THINGS TO SHOW 
THAT JOE BIDEN, 
BY VIRTUE OF 
BEING THE MAN 
THAT HE IS, IS 
GOING TO 
IMPLEMENT A 
DIFFERENT SET OF 
POLICIES THAT 
MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE IN ER
PEOPLE'S LIVES. 
>> IS THIS 
CAMPAIGN AS 
SIMPLE? 
THE MESSAGE THIS 
WEEK SEEMS TO 
HAVE IN THIS. 
TRUMP IS 
DANGEROUS. 
BIDEN IS DECENT. 
IS THAT ENOUGH? 
>> Reporter: 
NOT ENOUGH. 
THE CAMPAIGN 
KNOWS THAT. 
I THINK THAT'S 
ONE OF THE . 
REASONS WHY WHEN 
YOU SAW THE 
OUTLAY WHEN HE 
FIRST STARTED 
UNPACKING WHAT 
HAPPENED IN THE 
LAST YEAR, LAST 
NIGHT, WHAT WE 
SAW WAS 
UNPACKING THE 
REAL ISSUES OF 
GUN VIOLENCE. 
THE SOLVENT 
TALKING ABOUT 
TRADE WITH 
CHINA, 
IMMIGRATION. T AD 
THEY GET THE 
HOPE. 
I HAD TO SHARE 
THIS WITH YOU. 
TWO ISAND HALF 
WEEKS AGO, I WAS 
FORTUNATE ENOUGH 
TO HAVE A 
CONVERSATION 
WITH BIDEN. 
ONE OF THE 
ENINGS HE TOLD 
ME WAS THAT IT 
WAS TIME FOR US 
TO THINK 
AUDACIOUSLY. 
LET'S BE CLEAR, 
I AM USUALLY THE 
ONE SAYING THAT. 
HE RECOGNIZES 
THERE'S A MOMENT 
RIGHT NOW TO 
WHAT MICHAEL WAS 
POINTING TO, 
THAT HE COULD BE 
THE FDR. 
WHAT COVID HAS 
BROKEN OPEN IS 
NOT JUST A MESS 
INEQUALITY. 
ALSO WE NEED 
MASSIVE REFORM. 
HAVING BIDEN 
RECOGNIZE THAT 2 
1/2 WEEKS AGO, 
AROUND THE SAME 
TIME WE LEARNED 
THE TIMELINE HE 
IS TALKING ABOUT 
WRITING A SPEECH,
I BELIEVE WE ARE 
GOING TO SEE 
THAT REFLECTION, 
THAT HE 
RECOGNIZES THAT 
VERY FEW MOMENTS 
IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY DO WE 
HAVE A CAPTAIN 
AMERICAN 
AUDIENCE WHO IS 
WILLING TO 
COURSE CORRECT 
AT A MASSIVE TO
LEVEL. 
IT'S E NOT JUST 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
LEADERS MARTY. 
IT IS EVERY 
SINGLE AMERICAN. TS
THAT IS WHAT 
THIS  
SPEECH SO UNIQUE 
WHAT I AM 
LOOKING FORWARD 
TO. 
>> MICHAEL, SHE 
ALSO MADE A NOD 
TO FDR. IS 
ANOTHER THING I 
HAVE BEEN 
THINKING ABOUT I 
WITH BIDEN. 
IF BIDEN DOES 
GET THIS 
PRESIDENCY, HE 
IS GOING TO HAVE 
OBAMA TO THINK  G
TO GET THERE. 
AND YET HE MAY 
END UP HAVING A 
LEGISLATIVE 
LEGACY THAT IS 
FAR GREATER THAN 
OBAMA. 
I'M E 
THTHINKING, 
WHAT A VICE 
PRESIDENT AND 
VICE PRESIDENT 
PAIR IN RECENT 
HISTORY D %WHERE 
THAT WOULD COME 
UP. 
TO BE THINKING 
OF? 
JFK, LBJ. RIGHT? 
>> Reporter: 
THAT IS WHAT JOE 
BIDEN HAS TO BE. 
HOWEVER THIS 
ENDS, THIS YEAR 
IS ONE OF THE 
WORST YEARS IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY
, ONE OF THE 
MOST CRISIS 
RIDDEN YEARS IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE KNOW THAT 
NOW. 
WE DON'T HAVE TO 
WAIT 50 YEARS. 
THE HORRIBLE 
PANDEMIC, WORST 
IN 100 YEARS. 
TO ECONOMIC 
SUFFERING TO 
RACIAL RECKONING MI
THAT IS CAUSING 
SUFFERING AND 
HOPE THAT WE CAN 
FINALLY DEAL 
WITH SOME ISSUES 
THAT SHOULD HAVE 
BEEN DEALT WITH 
100 YEARS AGO. 
INTO THE SAME 
TIME, PRESIDENT, 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
WAS LIGHTLY 
SAYING LAST 
NIGHT, WHO 
THREATENS OUR 
VERY DEMOCRACY. 
WHEN IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY HAVE WE 
BEEN IN AN 
ELECTION WHEN A 
LOT OF THE 
PEOPLE GOING OUT 
TO VOTE WE 
REALLY ARE 
WORRIED THAT A 
YEAR FROM NOW, 
WE MAY NOT BE 
LIVING IN 
DEMOCRATIC 
SYSTEM WITH 
DONALD TRUMP. 
>> TERESA, LAST 
NIGHT WAS REALLY 
DOWN. 
PESSIMISTIC IN A 
LOT %OF WAYS. 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
LEFT A MARK. 
I KNEW IT WAS 
INTENTIONAL. 
THERE IS NO 
DOUBT. 
HE WANTED, I 
THINK, HIS 
AUDIENCE TO HAVE UB,
A FEAR, A PIT IN 
THEIR STOMACH. 
DID BIDEN HAVE 
TO BE OPTIMISTIC 
TONIGHT? 
>> Reporter: HE 
HAVE TO BE 
OPTIMISTIC. 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
WAS THE 
PRESIDENT OF 
HOPE. 
FOR THE LAST SIX 
MONTHS, I HAVE 
BEEN SITTING ON 
THE NATIONAL 
ELECTION CRISIS 
TASK FORCE. 
I HAVE TO SAY YOU
WHAT HE WAS 
SOUNDING THE 
ALARM WAS 
SOMETHING VERY 
REAL. 
EVEN BEFORE 
COVID HIT, THE 
FACT THAT WE SEE 
A PRESIDENT WHO 
ACTIVELY IS 
TRYING TO 
SABOTAGE OUR 
VOTES, REGARDLESS
OF COVID, GOING 
AFTER THE POSTAL 
SERVICE, SHOULD 
SPEAK TO EACH 
ONE OF US THAT 
THINGS ARE NOT 
NORMAL. 
FOR A SITTING 
PRESIDENT TO 
ATTACK A SITTING 
PRESIDENT, THIS 
IS NOT PARTISAN. 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
HAD A STRONG 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH PRESIDENT 
BUSH. 
THEY WERE 
BUDDIES. 
YOU CAN COUNT ON 
THEM. 
IS SAYING, 
THIS HAS NOTHING 
TO DO WITH THE 
PARTY. 
THE PERSON THAT 
IN AUGUST OFFICE 
IS UNFIT. 
>> KASIE, IT'S 
ALMOST LIKE FEAR 
IS THE 
MOTIVATOR.  
>> Reporter: 
FEAR IS A 
POWERFUL 
MOTIVATOR, 
CHUCK. 
FRANKLY, THE 
OPPOSITION TO 
DONALD TRUMP IS 
SOMETHING THAT'S 
MOTIVATING A LOT 
OF DEMOCRATIC 
VOTERS. 
THAT IS PART OF MOK.
WHAT IS AT STAKE 
TONIGHT. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
ARE BACKING JOE 
BIDEN SIMPLY 
BECAUSE HE IS G 
NOT DONALD 
TRUMP. 
THAT IS LESS T 
TRUE BEFORE 
TRUMP, PEOPLE 
BACKING TRUMP 
ARE DOING IT FOR 
A VARIETY OF 
REASONS, NOT 
BECAUSE HE IS 
NOT JOE BIDEN BY 
AND LARGE. 
THEY HAVE TO 
FIND A WAY TO 
HARNESS BOTH OF 
THOSE THINGS TO 
UNDERSCORE THAT 
THERE ARE VERY 
REAL REASONS. I 
THINK IT IS 
TRYING TO 
REFLECT THEIR 
THINKING THAT 
THERE ARE 
REASONS WHY YOU 
SHOULD BE AFRAID 
OF DONALD TRUMP, 
BUT ALSO, WE ARE 
OFFERING 
SOMETHING THAT 
SHOULD BE 
HOPEFUL  AND 
OPTIMISTIC AND 
THAT IS 
AFFIRMATIVE. 
THEY HAVE TO DO 
BOTH OF THOSE 
THINGS. 
>> STICK AROUND. 
UP AHEAD, WHAT 
BLACK VOTERS IN 
THE PURPLE STATE 
OF GEORGIA ARE 
SAYING ABOUT THE 
NEW DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET. TURNING 
OUT TO VOTE IN 
THE FALL. 
FIRST, HERE IS A 
MEMORABLE MOMENT
. THIS IS 1964 AS
LYNDON BAINES 
JOHNSON EXCEPT 
HIS PARTY'S 
NOMINATION. 
>>> ONE OF OUR 
GREATEST 
RESPONSIBILITIES  
IS TO ENSURE 
FAIR PLAY FOR 
ALL OF OUR 
PEOPLE. 
EVERY AMERICAN 
HAS THE RIGHT TO 
BE TREATED AS A 
PERSON. THE 
GROWING FORCES 
IN THIS COUNTRY 
ARE THE FORCES 
OF COMMON HUMAN 
DECENCY AND NOT 
FORCES OF 
BIGOTRY AND FEAR.
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
IN SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY. 
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE CAN 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A SURGE OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIOUS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD OF 
THE MOST 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY.  
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE.
>> ARE YOU 
CONCERNED THAT 
THE KIDS WHO 
WERE TOLD THEY 
WOULD BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
AREN'T GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS" WITH 
LESTER HOLT.  
>>> A COUNTRY 
REELING FROM A 
PANDEMIC AND 
RACIAL INJUSTICE.
THE STORY 
CHANGES HOURLY. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK 
INTO SCHOOL IS 
SINKING IN AMONG 
FAMILIES WHO ARE 
DEBATING THE 
SAFETY OF ITS. 
>> IT'S THE 11th 
HOUR. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND ITS 
TESTING 
CAPABILITY.>> 
PROTESTERS FEEL 
LIKE THEY NEED 
TO COME OUT IN 
FULL FORCE AND 
SUPPORT THEIR 
COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> A SURGE OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIOUS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS.  
>> THE STORY.
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD OF 
THE MOST 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY.  
>> FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT IS YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THATTHE KIDS WHO 
WERE TOLD THEY 
WOULD BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
AREN'T GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS" WITH 
LESTER HOLT.  
>>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS 
DIFFERENT. 
>> WE HAVE A 
BOATING SEASON. 
>> POLLING CAN 
OPEN WEEKS 
BEFORE ELECTION 
DAY. 
>> HOW YOU VOTE 
IS JUST AS 
IMPORTANT AS WHO 
YOU VOTE FOR. 
>> HOW, WHEN, 
AND CASTOR 
BALLOT DEPENDS 
ON YOUR STATE. 
>> IS THE SEASON 
TO BE PREPARED. 
,
>> ♪ 
,
>>> SOMETIMES 
YOU JUST FIND A 
FUN PIECE OF 
TAPE AND YOU 
HAVE TO FIND A 
WAY TO USE IT. 
THE WAY BACK 
MACHINE TAKES US 
BACK TO 1996 
WHEN THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION IN 
CHICAGO WAS ON 
THE CUTTING EDGE 
OF POP-CULTURE. 
EVERYBODY WAS 
DOING THE 
MACARENA. 
ONCE AND FOR ALL,
POLITICS REALLY 
IS ALL THAT AND 
A BAG OF CHICKS. 
THIS YEAR, WE 
KNOW THERE WILL 
BE NO SCENES 
LIKE THAT. 
WHAT WE DON'T 
KNOW IS HOW 
THESE VIRTUAL 
CONVENTIONS 
MIGHT IMPACT ANY 
POSSIBLE 
CONVENTION IN 
THE POLLS. 
JOINING ME NOW 
IS STEVE 
KORNACKI. 
STEVE, TAKE US 
THROUGH THE 
HISTORY OF 
CONVENTION 
BOUNCES, WHETHER 
THIS IS REALLY 
STILL A THING. 
WE WILL BE 
FINDING OUT SOON 
ENOUGH. 
>> Reporter: 
BASICALLY, WE 
SET THE CUTOFF 
DATE, 1980. 
A SICKLY THAT'S 
AROUND WHEN 
CONVENTIONS 
STARTED HAVING 
SUSPENSE ABOUT 
WHO THE NOMINEE 
WOULD BE AN TO 
START TO BE 
ABOUT THE 
BOUNCE. 
WE THOUGHT WE 
WOULD TAKE YOU 
THROUGH THE TWO 
BIGGEST BOUNCES 
OF OUR TIME IN 
THE TWO SMALLS. 
WE WILL DO THIS 
AS A BIT OF A 
MYSTERY. 
LET ME REVEAL 
THIS SLOWLY. 
THIS IS THE 
BIGGEST ONE. 
GOING INTO THE 
CONVENTION, THE 
NOMINEES WERE 
DOWN THREE POINTS
. COMING OUT OF 
THE CONVENTION, 
THEY WERE AHEAD 
BY 24. 
WHAT CONVENTION 
CANNOT BE 
TALKING ABOUT? 
I WILL GIVE YOU 
A SECOND TO 
GUESS. 
THE ANSWER IS -- 
1992. 
BILL CLINTON AND 
AL GORE. 
YOU GOT TO SAY. 
>> A LOT OF 
THINGS HAPPENED 
THAT WEEK. 
>> THAT'S THE 
BIGGEST ONE WE 
COULD FIND SINCE 
80. 
THAT IS A 27-
POINT BOUNCE. 
I WILL GIVE YOU 
NUMBER TWO. 
THE CANDIDATES 
CAME IN 14 
POINTS DOWN, 
ENDED UP 5 
POINTS AHEAD. 
A 19-POINT 
BOUNCE. 
WANT TO TAKE A 
GUESS? 
>> I'M GOING TO 
GO 88. 
LET'S SEE. 
>> Reporter: 
SURVEY SAYS -- 
1988. 
THESE ARE THE 
TWO BIGGEST 
CONVENTION 
BOUNCES. 
LET'S GO TO THE 
SMALL. 
COMING INTO THE 
INVENTION DOWN 1 
POINT. 
COMING OUT OF 
THE CONVENTION 
TIED. 
>> LOGO 2000. 
>> Reporter: 
SURVEY SAYS -- 
2012. 
THAT WAS ROMNEY-
RYAN. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
MIGHT BE 
APPLICABLE, AS 
SOON AS THE 
CONVENTION 
ENDED, THE 
DEMOCRATS 
STARTED. 
THERE WASN'T A 
LOT OF TIME. 
THAT'S BEEN A 
HUGE THING. 
THAT HAS ALL 
HAPPENED, IT 
STARTED AT THE 
EARLY PART OF 
THE CENTURY. 
IT USED TO BE 
CONVENTIONS WERE 
A MONTH APART. 
YOU HAVE THE 
OXYGEN TO SEE 
BOUNCES UP AND 
DOWN. 
THE MINUTE THEY 
STARTED 
SQUEEZING THEM 
TOGETHER, IT 
REALLY SORT OF 
DISRUPTED ALL OF 
THIS BOUNCE 
BUSINESS. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
MUCH SMALLER 
BOUNCES. 
I WILL GIVE YOU 
THE SMALLEST WE 
HAVE, ALTHOUGH I 
HAVE TO SAY, 
IT'S NOT ONE OF 
THOSE WHERE THEY 
WERE RIGHT NEXT 
TO EACH OTHER. 
THEY CAME INTO 
THE CONVENTION A 
POINT AHEAD, 
LEFT THE 
CONVENTION A 
POINT AHEAD. 
THIS IS THE 
CONVENTION WITH 
NO BOUNDS. 
IT IS NOT 
MEMORABLE. 
CANNOT BE HARD 
TO GUESS. 
>> OH, I GUESS 
AT THIS POINT, 
MY BEST GUESS 
WOULD BE BUSH 04?
>> Reporter: IT 
WAS OVER, BUT IT 
WAS 
KERRY/EDWARDS. 
THAT WAS A MONTH 
BEFORE. 
ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT 
MIGHT HAVE BEEN 
AT PLAY WAS 
KERRY ANNOUNCED 
THAT EDWARDS, 
THE VP., THREE 
WEEKS BEFORE THE 
CONVENTION. 
THAT MIGHT'VE 
TAKEN WIND OUT 
OF HIS SAILS. 
I THINK THE THE 
IS 2000 THEY 
HAVE BEEN 
SMALLER BEFORE 
2000. 
YOU DON'T HAVE 
ANY DOUBLE-DIGIT 
BOUNCES SINCE 
2000. 
>> IT DOES FEEL 
AS IF THE BEST 
EXPLANATION IS 
THIS GAP THAT 
HAS DISAPPEARED 
TO THE 
CONVENTIONS. 
WE MIGHT HAVE 
HAD ONE THIS 
YEAR BECAUSE IT 
WAS ORIGINALLY 
GOING TO BE ONE 
MONTH APART. 
AND OF COURSE, 
WE ENDED UP 
GETTING SMASHED 
TOGETHER. 
STEVE KORNACKI, 
A LOT OF FUN. 
I HOPE YOU ENJOY 
THE MACARENA 
FINGER LEAD IN 
MUSIC. 
>> Reporter: I 
REMEMBER THAT 
ONE. 
>> YOU GET YOUR 
GAME POINT BACK. 
>> I NEED A 
JACKET. 
>>> JOINING ME 
FROM ATLANTA, 
ALEXANDER HAS 
BEEN TALKING TO 
BLACK VOTERS 
ABOUT THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET A BAN 
WHETHER THIS 
WILL REQUIRE A 
LARGER VOTER 
TURNOUT. 
>> Reporter: A 
LOT OF EYES ON 
THE STATE OF 
GEORGIA LEADING 
UP TO NOVEMBER. 
THERE ARE TWO 
SENATE SEATS UP 
FOR GRABS THIS 
YEAR. 
DEMOCRATS ARE 
CERTAINLY EYEING 
THE STATE VERY 
CLOSELY. THEY 
ARE FIGHTING TO 
TURN IT BLUE, 
BUT THEY CANNOT 
DO THAT WITHOUT 
THE CRUCIAL 
VOTING BLOC, 
SPECIFICALLY 
BLACK WOMEN. 
I SPENT TIME 
TODAY ACTUALLY 
TALKING TO THREE 
BLACK WOMEN WHO 
SPENT THREE 
DIFFERENT 
GENERATIONS. 
THE YOUNGEST IS 
A 20 ROLLED 
JUNIOR AT A BY 
COLLEGE IN 
ATLANTA. 
THE OLDEST IS A 
70-YEAR-OLD 
GRANDMOTHER. 
I ASKED ABOUT 
HARRIS BEING ON 
THE TICKET. 
>> WE ALL WANTED 
TO HAPPEN. 
I NEVER THOUGHT 
IT WOULD HAPPEN. 
THAT HE WHICH IS 
A BLACK WOMAN AS 
HIS VICE 
PRESIDENT, IT 
HAD NEVER 
HAPPENED BEFORE. 
WHEN IT HAPPENED,
I TEARED UP 
BECAUSE I 
THOUGHT, THIS IS 
ANOTHER AMAZING 
FIRST FOR US. 
WE ARE HITTING 
THE PAVEMENT. 
WE ARE 
ORGANIZING VOTER 
REGISTRATION 
CAMPAIGNS. 
WE ARE KNOCKING 
DOOR-TO-DOOR. 
>> TO THINK 
ABOUT CASTING MY 
VOTE. 
THE FIRST IS 
HAVING 
LEADERSHIP IN 
AMERICA THAT IS 
GOING TO GET A 
HANDLE ON THIS 
PANDEMIC. 
THE SECOND MOST 
IMPORTANT THING 
TO ME IS THE 
LEADERSHIP 
CONTINUE TO 
ENGAGE TYPE OF 
SITUATIONS WE 
HAVE BEEN 
HAVING, BLACK 
LIVES MATTER AND 
POLICE BRUTALITY.
>> Reporter: THE 
LAST YOUNG LADY 
WE HEARD FROM IS 
A 20-YEAR-OLD 
JUNIOR. 
SHE WAS EIGHT 
YEARS OLD WHEN 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
WAS ELECTED. 
THIS WILL BE HER 
VERY FIRST TIME 
VOTING IN A 
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION. 
I TALKED TO HER, 
I WAS STRUCK BY 
HOW CLOSELY SHE 
IS PAYING 
ATTENTION TO ALL 
OF THIS. 
SHE AND ALL OF 
HER CLASSMATES 
ARE PAYING 
ATTENTION. 
TWO THINGS STICK 
OUT FROM TALKING 
TO THEM. 
REPRESENTATION 
ABSOLUTELY 
MATTERS. 
YOU HEARD THE 
MOTION FROM ALL 
OF THEM WHEN 
THEY TALKED 
ABOUT THE FACT 
THAT THE VICE 
PRESIDENT LOOKS 
LIKE THEM. 
ALSO HOW THE 
POLICY IS VERY 
IMPORTANT. 
THEY WANT TO 
HEAR SOME VERY 
SPECIFIC THINGS 
FROM THE 
BIDEN/HARRIS 
CAMPAIGN LEADING 
UP TO NOVEMBER. 
CHUCK? 
>> VERY 
INTERESTING. 
THE ONLY WAY I 
THINK GEORGIA IS 
IN THAT CATEGORY 
IS IF TURNOUT 
DOES SEE A SPIKE 
IN THE STATE OF 
GEORGIA, 
PARTICULARLY 
AMONG AFRICAN-
AMERICANS. 
WE WILL BE 
WATCHING. 
THANK YOU. 
>>> JOINING ME 
NOW IS 
CONGRESSMAN, THE 
DEMOCRAT FROM 
CALIFORNIA. 
ONE OF THE 
NATIONAL 
COCHAIRS OF 
BERNIE SANDERS' 
CAMPAIGN. 
YOU REPRESENTS 
SILICON VALLEY. 
ARGOSY, THESE 
DAYS, THE MOST 
WEALTHY. 
IT IS GOOD TO 
SEE YOU. I WANT 
TO ASK THIS. 
THERE'S NOT BEEN 
A LOT OF POLICY 
THIS WEEK. 
I HAVE A FEELING 
IT HAS BOTHERED 
YOU AND SOME 
OTHERS. 
I AM GUESSING 
THERE WAS A BIG 
DEBATE IN BIDEN 
WORLD. 
THE MORE YOU 
TALK ABOUT 
POLICY, THE 
HARDER IT IS TO 
CREATE A TENT 
THAT INCLUDES 
AOC AND JOHN 
KASICH. 
THE MORE YOU 
TALK POLICY, IT 
BECOMES SUDDENLY 
THAT BIG TENT 
MIGHT HAVE A 
HOLE IN IT. 
DO YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT THE LIMIT 
AT THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN FACES? 
>> I DO. 
I AGREE THAT THE 
MESSAGE HAS BEEN 
INSPIRATIONAL 
AND THIS IS WHAT 
WE NEED FOR 
DEMOCRACY. 
I HOPE THE VICE 
PRESIDENT 
TONIGHT WILL 
LAYOUT A 
CONCRETE 
ECONOMIC VISION. 
HE HAS KNOWLEDGE 
IN PLACES LIKE 
PENNSYLVANIA, 
THAT JOBS HAVE 
LEFT BECAUSE 
WAGES HAVE 
STAGNATED. 
COMMUNITIES HAVE 
SEEN PLANTS 
CLOSE. 
PEOPLE DON'T 
WANT THEIR KIDS 
TO LEAVE FOR 
WHAT IS OUR 
VISION TO BRING 
PROSPERITY 
BEHIND 
GLOBALIZATION? 
I THINK THE 
PARTY THAT HAS 
THE BETTER 
ECONOMIC MESSAGE 
IS GOING TO WIN. 
>> DO YOU THINK, 
AT LEAST WHAT 
YOU HAVE SEEN, 
IT SEEMS AS IF A 
CONCERTED EFFORT 
FROM THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN TO HAVE 
A WORKING GROUP 
ON ECONOMIC 
POLICY WITH THE 
PROGRESSIVE WING 
OF THE PARTY. 
ELIZABETH 
WARREN'S TEAM, 
BERNIE SANDERS' 
TEAM BOTH SEEM 
TO HAVE A LOT OF 
SAY IN HIS 
ECONOMIC 
PROPOSALS. 
IS THAT ENOUGH 
FOR YOU? 
ARE YOU WORRIED 
THAT BY NOT 
CAMPAIGNING ON 
THEM, HE'S NOT 
REALLY OWNING 
THEM? 
>> I THINK WE 
HAVE TO LEAD 
WITH IT. 
THERE'S A LOT OF 
COMMON GROUND. 
WE CAN ALL AGREE 
THAT WORKER 
PRODUCTIVITY HAS 
INCREASED OVER 
THE LAST 30 
YEARS, BUT WAGES 
HAVE STAGNATED. 
A LOT OF RURAL 
AMERICA HAS BEEN 
HARD-HIT. 
THEY HAVEN'T 
BENEFITED FROM 
THE SILICON 
VALLEY 
GLOBALIZATION. 
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 
UPSET WITH THE 
STATUS QUO FOR 
THE LAST 20 
YEARS. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
VOTING FOR 
CHANGE. 
WE CAN'T GO TO 
THEM AND SAY, WE 
ARE GOING TO 
MAKE THINGS BACK 
TO HOW THEY USED 
TO BE. 
WE HAVE TO SAY 
WE UNDERSTAND 
YOUR 
FRUSTRATION. 
WE UNDERSTAND 
WHY YOU VOTED 
FOR CHANGE. 
BUT DONALD TRUMP 
DIDN'T DELIVER. 
WE WILL. 
HERE IS OUR 
PLAN. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
SOME OF THESE, 
SOME OF YOUR 
CONCERNS, THE 
CONCERNS OF THE 
PROGRESSIVE RAIN 
WOULD BE SERVED 
UP MORE AND 
MAYBE THERE 
WOULD BE TENSION 
ON THE PLATFORM? 
>> WE ARE A 
PARTY THAT 
WELCOMES 
DISSENT. 
LET'S TAKE A 
CONCRETE 
EXAMPLE, 
MEDICARE FOR 
ALL. 
I KNOW YOU ARE A 
STUDENT. 
MEDICARE FOR ALL 
WAS PART OF THE 
PLATFORM UNTIL 
1980. 
MANY 
PROGRESSIVES ARE 
SAYING, MAKE IT 
PART OF THE 
PLATFORM. 
AT A TIME WHERE 
MILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE HAVE LOST 
THEIR JOBS, 
DON'T HAVE THEM 
LOSE THEIR 
HEALTHCARE. 
LET'S MAKE THIS 
THE ASPIRATION 
OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
>> DO YOU EXPECT 
MEDICARE FOR ALL 
AND THE FIGHT TO 
BE AMONG THE 
FIRST BIG, SORT 
OF, INTELLECTUAL 
BATTLES WITH THE 
BIDEN 
DEMONSTRATION IF 
THERE IS ONE? 
>> I DO. 
BERNIE SANDERS' 
PLAN, MEDICARE 
FOR ALL, THERE 
COULD BE A WAY 
WE START BY 
EXTENDING 
MEDICARE. 
IS AN IDEA. 
WHY NOT EXTEND 
MEDICARE TO 
EVERYONE 
CURRENTLY WHO IS 
UNEMPLOYED? 
LET'S HAVE 
MEDICARE FOR 
THEM. 
I THINK THERE 
ARE STEPS WE CAN 
DO. 
I BELIEVE WE 
HAVE TO HAVE A 
MESSAGE OF HOW 
WE ARE GOING TO 
INCLUDE PEOPLE. 
ASPIRATION IS 
IMPORTANT. 
VIRTUE AND 
DEMOCRACY IN 
STANDING UP FOR 
THAT. 
BUT THERE ARE 
PEOPLE, CHUCK, 
WHO ARE HURTING 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
THEY HAVEN'T 
SEEN THEIR WAGES 
INCREASE. 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
THE DIGNITY OF A 
GOOD JOB. 
THEY DON'T HAVE 
HEALTHCARE. 
THEY ARE NOT 
ABLE TO PAY 
THEIR RENT. 
WE HAVE TO SPEAK 
TO THOSE NEEDS. 
HOW ARE WE GOING 
TO HELP THEIR 
LIVES? 
IT STILL ABOUT 
THE ECONOMY. 
>> THIS 
CONVENTION HAS 
BEEN ABOUT, WE 
SUMMED IT UP IN 
FOUR WORDS. 
IT WOULD BE TRUMP
DANGEROUS, BIDEN 
DECENT. 
US OUT LIKE YOU 
THINK THAT'S NOT 
ENOUGH. 
>> I THINK 
THAT'S A 
PREREQUISITE. 
I THINK BIDEN IS 
EMPATHETIC. 
ULTIMATELY, WHEN 
PEOPLE GO TO THE 
POLLS, THEY ASK A
SIMPLE QUESTION. 
HOW ARE YOU 
GOING TO HELP 
OUR LIFE? 
HOW ARE YOU 
GOING TO MAKE 
OUR LIFE BETTER? 
YOU UNDERSTAND 
OUR FRUSTRATION? 
WHEN THEY PULLED 
THE LEVER FOR 
DONALD TRUMP, 
DONALD TRUMP HAD 
NO CONCRETE PLAN 
OR VISION, BUT 
HE CONVEYED THAT 
HE UNDERSTOOD 
THEIR 
FRUSTRATION. 
WE NEED TO DO 
ONE BETTER. 
WE NEED TO SAY 
WE UNDERSTAND 
YOUR 
FRUSTRATION, BUT 
WE ACTUALLY HAVE 
A REAL PLAN TO 
SOLVE IT. 
WE ARE NOT JUST 
SETTLING. 
>> CONGRESSMAN 
RO KHANNA FROM 
CALIFORNIA. 
YOU REPRESENT  
SILICON VALLEY. 
YOU ARE BERNIE 
SANDERS' 
INTERNATIONAL 
COCHAIR. 
THANKS FOR 
SHARING WITH US. 
>>> UP AHEAD, 
PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN 
IN BIDEN'S 
HOMETOWN. 
WE WERE THERE 
TALKING TO 
POACHERS. 
BUT FIRST, HERE 
THEY LOOK BACK 
TO 1960. 
LOS ANGELES. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY 
TOOK THE MANTLE 
OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
WITH WORDS THAT 
STILL RING TRUE 
TODAY. 
>>> MY CALL IS 
TO THE YOUNG AT 
HEART. 
REGARDLESS OF 
AGE. 
REGARDLESS OF 
PARTY. TO ALL 
WHO RESPOND, BE 
STRONG AND OF 
GOOD COURAGE. 
BE NOT AFRAID, 
NEITHER BE 
DISMAYED. 
COURAGE, NOT 
COMPLACENCY, IS 
OUR NEED TODAY. 
LEADERSHIP. THE 
ONLY VALID TEST 
OF LEADERSHIP IS 
THE ABILITY TO 
LEAD AND LEAD 
BIG. 
,
>>> THIS MORNING 
ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY, WHAT 
THE NEW NORMAL 
IN SCHOOLS WILL 
LOOK LIKE. 
>> MANY TEACHERS 
LEFT MAKING 
TOUGH CHOICES 
BETWEEN THE JOB 
THEY LOVE AND 
THEIR FAMILY.  
>> HOW AM I 
GOING TO DECIDE 
TO TAKE CARE MY 
CHILDREN OR HAVE 
A JOB?
>> YOU ARE 
CREATING A 
LITTLE COMMUNITY 
SCHOOL. 
THIS IS 
SOMETHING WE CAN 
DEVELOP 
OURSELVES. 
>> LET'S TURN IT 
OVER TO 
STUDENTS. 
HOW DO THEY 
REALLY FEEL 
ABOUT RETURNING 
TO SCHOOL? 
>> WHAT I MISS 
IS MY TEACHERS. 
>> THEY ARE 
RESILIENT. 
>>> YOU'RE 
WATCHING NBC 
NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT SOME 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> WE ACTUALLY 
SAW A LARGE 
CONVOY OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD 
COME THROUGH 
HERE. 
>> IT'S NEWS 
MADE FOR YOUR 
STREAMING WORLD. 
LIVE WEEKDAYS 
STARTING AT 6:00 
A.M. 
EASTERN. 
>>> A SURGE OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIOUS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS. 
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD OF 
THE MOST 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY. 
>> ARE YOU 
CONCERNED THAT 
THE KIDS WHO 
WERE TOLD THEY 
WOULD BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
AREN'T GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS" WITH 
LESTER HOLT.  
>>> A CAN 
COUNTRY REELING 
FROM A PANDEMIC 
AND RACIAL 
INJUSTICE. 
THE STORY 
CHANGING HOURLY. 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUSH TO GET 
CHILDREN BACK IN 
SCHOOL IS 
THINKING AMONG 
FAMILIES THAT 
ARE DEBATING THE 
SAFETY OF IT. 
>> AS THE 11th 
HOUR. 
>>> THIS IS A 
SITUATION WHERE 
THE STATE 
CONTINUES TO 
STRUGGLE TO 
EXPAND HIS 
TASTING 
CAPABILITY.
>> PROTESTERS 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
NEED TO COME OUT 
IN FULL FORCE 
AND SUPPORT 
THEIR COMMUNITY 
BECAUSE THEY 
FEEL LIKE THEY 
ARE NOT GETTING 
THAT SUPPORT 
FROM THE POLICE. 
>> ANOTHER 
ELECTION DAY 
COMING UP 
AGAINST THE 
BACKDROP OF HOW 
TO KEEP VOTERS 
SAFE AMID A 
PANDEMIC. 
>> THE MOMENT TO 
TRULY UNDERSTAND 
WHO WE ARE AND 
WHO WE SAY WE 
ARE IS RIGHT 
HERE AT OUR 
FEET. 
>>> A SURGE OF 
CORONAVIRUS 
INFECTIOUS. 
>> NEW 
DEVELOPMENTS ON 
SEVERAL FRONTS.  
>>  THE STORY.
>> TONIGHT, THE 
U.S. SHATTERING 
THE RECORD OF 
THE MOST 
CORONAVIRUS 
CASES IN A 
SINGLE DAY.  
>>  FROM EVERY 
ANGLE. 
>> WHAT YOUR 
LEVEL OF CONCERN 
THATTHE KIDS WHO 
WERE TOLD THEY 
WOULD BE HOME 
INDEFINITELY 
AREN'T GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO CATCH 
UP? 
>> ON THE 
GROUND. 
>> DO YOU HAVE 
FAITH THAT THIS 
IS GOING TO 
BRING ABOUT 
CHANGE SOON? 
>> AND IN DEPTH. 
>> HERE IN 
PORTLAND, MORE 
PROTESTS 
EXPECTED 
TONIGHT. 
>> DO YOU THINK 
POLICE IN THIS 
COUNTRY ARE 
UNDER ATTACK? 
>> "NBC NIGHTLY 
NEWS" WITH 
LESTER HOLT.  
>>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS 
GOING TO BE A 
LITTLE 
DIFFERENT. 
>> INSTEAD OF 
ONE ELECTION 
DAY, WE ARE 
HAVING A SEASON. 
>> WHEN HOW YOU 
VOTE IS JUST AS 
A PART OF WHO 
YOU VOTE FOR. 
>> HOW, WHEN, 
AND WHERE TO 
CAST THEIR 
BALLOT DEPENDS 
ON YOUR STATE. 
>> BE PREPARED. 
THIS YEAR, PLAN 
FOR YOUR VOTE. 
>>> SLOW JOE 
WILL SPEAK AT 
THE DEMOCRAT HE 
SAYS I WAS BORN 
IN SCRANTON. 
YET, FOR A FEW 
YEARS, AND THEN 
HE LEFT FOR 
ANOTHER STATE. 
HE LEFT. 
HE ABANDONED 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
HE ABANDONED 
SCRANTON. 
>>> WELCOME BACK 
TO NBC NEWS NOW  
SPECIAL COVERAGE 
OF THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION. 
THAT WAS 
PRESIDENT TRUMP 
SPEAKING EARLY 
THIS AFTERNOON 
NEAR JOE BIDEN'S 
HOMETOWN OF 
SCRANTON, 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
JOE BIDEN IS 
GOING TO WIN 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
THE COUNTY WENT 
BIG FOR 
PRESIDENT OBAMA. 
HILLARY CLINTON 
WON BY JUST 3 
POINTS IN 2016. 
JOINING ME LIVE 
FROM SCRANTON IS 
DASHA BURNS. 
YOU HAVE BEEN 
TALKING WITH 
VOTERS TODAY IN 
THE SCRANTON 
AREA. 
IS THERE ANY 
HOMETOWN PRIDE 
FOR JOE BIDEN OR 
NOT? 
>> Reporter: 
CHUCK, 16 WAS A 
BIG SURPRISE, 
ESPECIALLY AFTER 
OBAMA PUT UP 
NUMBERS LIKE 
62%. 
THIS HAS BEEN A 
CAUTIONARY TALE 
FOR DEMOCRATS. 
WHAT HAPPENED 
HERE IS WHAT 
HAPPENED IN MANY 
PLACES ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY LIKE 
THIS, WHICH IS 
THAT SOME 
WORKING-CLASS 
VOTERS THAT USED 
TO BE RELIABLE 
DEMOCRATS VOTED 
FOR TRUMP, AND 
OTHERS JUST 
DIDN'T SHOW UP 
FOR HILLARY 
CLINTON. 
ONE OF THE 
VOTERS I HAVE 
BEEN TALKING TO 
HAS BEEN A 
STAUNCH DEMOCRAT 
ALL OF HIS LIFE. 
IN 2016, HE 
DIDN'T VOTE. 
HE SAID HE 
THOUGHT OF 
DONALD TRUMP 
WON, THINGS 
COULD BE THAT 
BAD. 
HE NOW REGRETS 
THE DECISION AND 
PLANS TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENT ONE IN 
NOVEMBER. 
BUT IF YOU ARE 
GOING TO DO 
THINGS THAT I'VE 
HEARD FROM BOTH 
JOE AND OTHER 
VOTERS, THE BIDEN
-SCRANTON 
CONNECTION NEED 
SOMETHING BUT 
NOT AS MUCH AS 
THE BIDEN TEAM 
HOPES THAT IT 
DOES. 
THERE ARE A 
COUPLE OF OTHER 
FACTORS AT PLAY 
THAT COULD GIVE 
BIDEN A BOOST 
HERE. 
TAKE A LISTEN. 
HOW STRONG DO 
YOU THINK 
BIDEN'S 
CONNECTION TO 
SCRANTON IS? 
DO YOU THINK 
THAT'S GOING TO 
IMPACT VOTERS 
HERE? 
>> SURE. 
IT WILL IMPACT 
SOME. 
I JUST THINK 
THAT AFTER FOUR 
YEARS OF TRUMP, 
PEOPLE NOT GOING 
TO MAKE THE SAME 
MISTAKE, AND YOU 
ARE THE ONES WHO 
VOTED FOR TRUMP, 
THE STAUNCH 
SUPPORTERS WILL 
VOTE FOR TRUMP 
AGAIN. 
THERE WILL BE A 
LOT OF PEOPLE 
WHO VOTED FOR 
TRUMP WHO ARE 
GOING TO VOTE 
FOR BIDEN IN 
THIS ELECTION. 
>> Reporter: 
HERE'S THE THING.
HE DOES PLAN TO 
VOTE FOR BIDEN, 
BUT HE SAYS IT 
IS MORE AN ANTI-
TRUMP BOAT THEN 
IT IS A PRO BIDEN
. I HAVE HEARD 
THAT FOR MORE 
THAN A FEW 
VOTERS TODAY. 
I HAVE HEARD 
FROM SOME VOTERS 
WHO ARE NOT 
CONVINCED THEY 
WANT TO VOTE IN 
NOVEMBER IF THIS 
IS A SIGNIFICANT 
THING FOR THE 
BIDEN TEAM 
BECAUSE IT SHOWS 
THEY DO NEED TO 
PUT IN SERIOUS 
WORK IF THEY 
WANT WORKING-
CLASS VOTERS AS 
PART OF THEIR 
COALITION. 
CHUCK? 
>> YOU HAVE 
SPENT A LOT OF 
TIME IN A COUPLE 
OF KEY COUNTY TO 
COUNTY, WESTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND 
BEAVER COUNTY. 
AND IN GRAND 
RAPIDS IN 
MICHIGAN. DO YOU 
FEEL LIKE YOU 
WERE TALKING TO 
MORE OF THE 
BEAVER COUNTY 
TYPE OF VOTER OR 
SOMEBODY CLOSER 
TO CANTON? 
>> Reporter: 
MAKING THE 
COUNTY TO COUNTY 
CONNECTIONS. 
THIS HAD A 
BEAVER VIBE, 
SORT OF THAT 
ROUGH BUILT AREA 
WHERE PEOPLE 
HAVE STRUGGLED, 
EVEN BEFORE THE 
PANDEMIC. THEY 
HAVE SEEN 
INDUSTRY GO. 
THEY HAVE SEEN 
JOB LOSS. 
FOLKS HERE AND 
IN BEAVER COUNTY 
IN PENNSYLVANIA, 
THE WESTERN SIDE 
OF PENNSYLVANIA, 
THEY ARE REALLY 
LOOKING FOR SOME 
SERIOUS SOLUTIONS
. WHAT I HAVE 
HEARD FROM 
PEOPLE BOTH IN 
BEAVER AND HERE 
IS A RIGHT NOW 
AT THE DNC, THEY 
ARE HEARING A LOT
OF GREAT, 
POWERFUL SPEECHES
, BUT THEY ARE 
NOT NECESSARILY 
HEARING ABOUT 
POLICY. 
THEY ARE LOOKING 
TO SEE SOME OF 
THOSE SERIOUS 
PLATFORMS BECAUSE
PEOPLE HERE CARE 
ABOUT PENSIONS. 
THEY CARE ABOUT 
SOCIAL SECURITY. 
THEY CARE ABOUT 
INFRASTRUCTURE, 
WHICH AGAIN, WAS 
A PROBLEM BEFORE 
THE PANDEMIC AND 
IS NOW 
UNDERSCORED ALL 
THE MORE OF WHAT 
WE ARE SEEING 
HERE. 
WE ARE HOPING 
THAT MAYBE AFTER 
THE FANFARE IS 
OVER, THEY WILL 
GET TO SOME OF 
THOSE ISSUES AND 
START LAYING 
THEM OUT. 
CHUCK? 
>> DASHA BURNS, 
I GUESS YOU ARE 
BECOMING AN 
EXPERT ON THE 
PENNSYLVANIA 
TURNPIKE. 
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>>> STAY WITH US.
I'M KASIE, IT'S 
INTERESTING TO 
ME , THE BOY 
FROM SCRANTON, 
JOE BIDEN, YOU 
KNOW IN HIS OWN 
MIND, SORT OF 
THE SAME WAY 
BILL CLINTON WAS 
FRUSTRATED THAT 
HILLARY CLINTON 
COULDN'T WIN 
OVER THOSE 
WORKING-CLASS 
VOTERS. 
IS JOE BIDEN 
GOING TO FIGHT 
HIS OWN 
CAMPAIGN. 
YOU KNOW IN HIS 
OWN MIND HE'S 
LIKE, JUST GIVE 
ME TIME WITH 
THEM. 
I CAN SPEAK TO 
THESE WORKING-
CLASS VOTERS 
THAT VOTED FOR 
TRUMP. 
WHAT I'M 
GUESSING THE 
CAMPAIGN 
STRATEGY IS, NO, 
STICK TO THE 
SUBURBS, BUDDY. 
>> Reporter: 
SURE. 
BUT AT THE SAME 
TIME, THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN IS HAS 
SO MUCH TROUBLE 
WITH JOE BIDEN 
BECAUSE HE HAS 
BEEN SPEAKING TO 
THOSE VOTERS YOU 
WERE REFERENCING 
LITERALLY HIS 
ENTIRE POLITICAL 
CAREER. 
HE HAS 
CULTIVATED AN 
IMAGE OF BEING 
ONE OF THEM. 
IF THEY HAVE 
STRUGGLED TO PUT 
A DENT IN THAT. 
THE OTHER DAY, 
HE WAS DRIVING 
HIS OLD SCHOOL 
MANUAL CORVETTE 
WHICH THOSE OF 
US CORVETTE 
OWNERS IS HARD 
NOT TO THINK 
THAT SCHOOL. 
NOT QUITE A 
TRANS AM,. 
,
MINAS IN 1989. 
>> YOU CAN'T 
TAKE THE 
MICHIGAN OUT OF 
THE GIRL. 
>> YOU 
DEFINITELY 
CANNOT. 
REGARDLESS, 
CHUCK, THIS IS 
ANOTHER AREAS. 
THE TRUMP 
CAMPAIGN HAS 
TRIED TO 
QUESTION JOE 
BIDEN'S 
INTEGRITY, THE 
INTEGRITY OF HIS 
FAMILY. 
IT IS HARD TO 
MAKE THOSE 
THINGS STICK 
WHEN YOU HAVE 
SOMEBODY WHO HAS 
-- HE MAY NOT BE 
AS WELL KNOWN, 
BUT HE HAS A 
TRACK RECORD. 
PEOPLE SAY JOE 
BIDEN? 
HE SEEMS LIKE A 
NORMAL GUY. 
>> I HAVE TALKED 
TO SOME 
DEMOCRATS WHO 
SAY OUTREACH TO 
THE WHITE WHALE 
OF THE WORKING-
CLASS DEMOCRATS, 
IT'S GONE, 
STOPPED. 
GO TALK TO 
MODERATE, 
SUBURBAN 
REPUBLICANS. 
SPEND YOUR TIME 
THERE. 
WHAT SAY YOU? 
>> Reporter: THE 
WORKING-CLASS IS 
THE BACKBONE OF 
THE AMERICAN 
SYSTEM AND THE 
BACKBONE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY. 
WE ARE 
INCREDIBLY 
DIVERSE. 
WHAT I WOULD SAY 
IS THAT JOE 
BIDEN HAS HAD 
THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO REALLY 
CONNECT HIS 
WHOLE LIFE WITH 
HIS SCRANTON 
ROOTS. 
ULTIMATELY, HE 
IS FROM 
DELAWARE. 
HE IS NOT FROM 
SAN FRANCISCO. 
HE IS NOT FROM 
NEW YORK CITY. 
HE DECIDED TO 
LIVE HIS LIFE IN 
DELAWARE, WHICH 
IS SENSIBILITY. 
LET'S BE CLEAR. 
I THINK ONE OF 
THE BIGGEST 
CHALLENGES WE 
HAVE IN THE 
CAMPAIGN IS WHEN 
WE TALK ABOUT 
WORKING-CLASS 
AMERICANS, IT IS 
A CODE WORD FOR 
WHITE WORKING-
CLASS. 
WHAT WE ARE 
SEEING RIGHT NOW 
AT LEAST AT THE 
FRONT LINE OF 
ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS IS 
DISPERSED 
PROPORTIONATELY 
BLACK AMERICAN, 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
LATINOS, 
DISPROPORTIONATELY 
WOMEN REGARDLESS 
OF SHADE OF 
SKIN. 
THAT IS WHO HE 
NEEDS TO CONNECT 
WITH. 
>> MICHAEL, I 
HAVE ABOUT 30 
SECONDS LEFT. 
IF THERE'S 
SOMETHING ABOUT 
JOE BIDEN 
TONIGHT THAT YOU 
THINK WILL BE 
NEW TO PEOPLE? 
>> I THINK THEY 
SEE THEM AS A 
LEADER. 
THEY HAVE SEEN 
HIM A COMMITTEE 
CHAIRMAN OR A 
VICE PRESIDENT. 
THIS IS SOMEONE 
WHO I THINK HAS 
AMAZING 
POTENTIAL. 
AS YOU KNOW, MY 
POLITICAL 
CAMPAIGN 
FANATICS, 
RICHARD NIXON 
SAID IT'S 
EXPERIENCE THAT 
COUNTS. 
THAT WOULDN'T 
HAVE BEEN 
POPULAR IN 
RECENT YEARS. 
IT MAY BE VERY 
POSITIVE THIS 
YEAR. 
>> IT IS 
AMAZING, THERE 
ARE SO MANY 
CAMPAIGN TROPES 
ABOUT JOE BIDEN 
THAT WOULD FIT, 
HE IS TOO OLD, 
TOO THIS, TOO 
THAT. 
THANK YOU WALL. 
IT LOOKS LIKE 
THEY ARE DELAYED 
FOR THE START OF 
THE FOURTH 
NIGHT. 
THEY WANTED TO 
START 15 MINUTES 
EARLY. 
PERHAPS THEY ARE 
GOING TO START 
14 MINUTES 
EARLY. 
WE ARE GOING TO 
SIT HERE FOR A 
SECOND. 
LET ME GO BACK 
TO MICHAEL 
BESCHLOSS . TO 
FINISH YOUR 
THOUGHT. 
>> Reporter: I 
THOUGHT YOU WERE 
GOING TO GET ME 
ONE OF STEVE 
KORNACKI'S 
QUIZZES. 
>> Reporter: I 
WANT TO DO THE 
MACARENA. 
>> I COULD GO 
GET SOME 
CONFETTI AND WE 
CAN POP THAT. 
I GUESS THE 
QUESTION IS, 
WILL THIS 
PERSONA JOE BIDEN
, SORT OF THE 
EVERYMAN, IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT 
WILL BE ENOUGH. 
IS THAT GOING TO 
BE ENOUGH? 
>> Reporter: I 
THINK IT'S GOING 
TO BE ENOUGH. 
THIS IS NOT A 
YEAR WHEN YOU 
NEED A BIG 
CHARISMATIC 
COMPELLING 
PERSONALITY. 
WE AMERICANS 
HAVE FOUR 
NATIONAL 
EMERGENCIES AT 
ONCE. 
AS LONG AS WE 
FEEL LIKE WE 
HAVE A COMPETENT 
LEADER WITH 
POTENTIAL FOR 
GROWTH. 
>>> THAT WILL DO 
IT FOR US. 
HERE IS NIGHT 
FOUR OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>>> WELCOME TO 
THIS IS SHORT, 
MEMORABLE 
CONVENTION. 
>>> THE 48th 
QUADRENNIAL 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION. 
>> EVERY FOUR 
YEARS WE COME 
TOGETHER TO 
REFORM OUR 
DEMOCRACY. 
THIS YEAR, WE 
HAVE COME TO 
SAVE IT. 
>> WE FIGHT FOR 
A MORE PERFECT 
UNION BECAUSE WE 
ARE FIGHTING FOR 
THE SOUL OF THIS 
COUNTRY. 
AND FOR OUR 
LIVES. 
AND RIGHT NOW, 
THAT FIGHT IS 
REAL. 
>> WE MUST COME 
TOGETHER TO BEAT 
DONALD TRUMP 
INTELLECT JOE 
BIDEN IN KAMALA 
HARRIS AS OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> DONALD TRUMP 
IS A 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 SIMPLY CANNOT 
BE WHO WE NEED 
HIM TO BE FOR US.
>> IT IS WHAT IT 
IS. 
>> MY DAD WAS A 
HEALTHY 65-YEAR-
OLD. 
HIS ONLY PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITION WAS 
TRUSTING DONALD 
TRUMP, AND FOR 
THAT, HE PAID 
WITH HIS LIFE. 
>> IT'S UP TO US 
TO CARRY ON THE 
FIGHT. OUR 
ACTIONS WILL BE 
THE LEGACY. 
>> WE JUST NEED 
LEADERSHIP TO 
BRING US BACK 
TOGETHER, TO 
RECOVER FROM 
THIS PANDEMIC 
AND PREPARE FOR 
WHATEVER ELSE. 
LEADERSHIP TO 
REIMAGINE WHAT 
OUR NATION WILL 
BE. THAT'S JOE. 
>> THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT, RIGHT 
HERE. 
>> HE WAS THERE 
FOR ME. 
HE WILL BE THERE 
FOR YOU, TOO. 
>>  FACING A 
PRESIDENT OF 
COWARDICE, JOE 
BIDEN IS A MAN OF
PROVEN COURAGE. 
>> FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, THE 
ROLLCALL IS 
HEADING OUT TO 
ALL 57 STATES 
AND TERRITORIES. 
>> I AM PLEASED 
TO ANNOUNCE THAT 
VICE PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
OFFICIALLY BEEN 
NOMINATED BY THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
IS OUR CANDIDATE 
FOR PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> I WILL SEE 
YOU ON THURSDAY. 
>> OUR MISSION 
IS TO THE IDEALS 
FOR OUR 
FAMILIES, THE 
HOPES OF OUR 
CHILDREN AND THE 
SACRIFICES OF 
OUR VETERANS, 
ARE GREAT MEN 
AND WOMEN IN 
UNIFORM AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
>> PEOPLE ARE 
FOREVER INDEBTED 
TO YOU FOR ALL 
OF THE WORK YOU 
DO ON THE FRONT 
LINES. 
>> WE NEED 
LEADERS EQUAL TO 
THIS MOMENT OF 
SACRIFICE AND 
SERVICE. 
WHEN HE JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
>> TONIGHT, I'M 
ASKING YOU TO 
BELIEVE IN JOE 
AND KAMALA'S  
ABILITY TO LEAD 
THE COUNTRY OUT 
OF DARK TIMES. 
>> IN THIS 
ELECTION, WE 
HAVE A CHANCE TO 
CHANGE THE 
COURSE OF 
HISTORY. 
WE ARE ALL IN 
THE FIGHT 
TOGETHER. 
WHAT AN AWESOME 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
WHAT AN AWESOME 
PRIVILEGE. 
I ACCEPT YOUR 
NOMINATION AS 
VICE PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
,
>>> I'M TOM 
PEREZ. 
THIS HAS BEEN AN 
INCREDIBLE WEEK. 
IT HASN'T BEEN A 
KIND OF 
CONVICTION YOU 
MIGHT HAVE BEEN 
EXPECTING, AND 
TO BE HONEST, IT 
WASN'T THE KIND 
OF CONVENTION WE 
HAD PLANNED FOR. 
BUT IN A WAY, 
WHAT WE HAVE 
SEEN OVER THE 
LAST THREE 
NIGHTS AND WHAT 
WE WILL SEE 
TONIGHT IS A 
MORE ACCURATE 
REFLECTION OF 
WHERE OUR 
COUNTRY IS THAN 
ANY TRADITIONAL 
COMMISSION COULD 
HAVE BEEN. 
WE HAVE TALKED A 
LOT ABOUT OUR 
NEXT PRESIDENT 
AND VICE 
PRESIDENT, JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
WE HAVE TALKED 
ABOUT HOW THEY 
WILL TACKLE THE 
CHALLENGES WE 
FACE AND LEAD 
OUR COUNTRY TO A 
BRIGHTER FUTURE. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
THAT OUR PARTY 
IS READY TO 
LEAD, NOT JUST 
NOW, BUT IN THE 
NEXT GENERATION. 
BUT WE HAVE ALSO 
HEARD A LOT FROM 
PEOPLE WHO ARE 
RUNNING FOR 
ANYTHING THIS 
YEAR, PEOPLE WHO 
MIGHT NOT THINK 
OF THEMSELVES AS 
POLITICAL. 
AUTOWORKERS IN 
COLLEGE STUDENTS
, FARMERS AND 
IMMIGRANTS, 
TEACHERS, NURSES
, AND IF, THE 
OCCASIONAL 
CALAMARI CHEF. 
IF THE LITERAL 
MEANING OF THE 
WORD CONVENTION 
HAS TO DO WITH 
COMING TOGETHER, 
THEN WHAT HAS 
BROUGHT US 
TOGETHER THIS 
YEAR ISN'T 
PARTISANSHIP. 
ITS PURPOSE 
THAT'S WHAT HAS 
ALLOWED US TO 
BRING BOTH 
DIEHARD 
PROGRESSIVES AND 
EX-REPUBLICANS 
UNDER THE SAME 
10. 
THAT HAS ALLOWED 
US TO BUILD A 
CAMPAIGN WERE NO 
STATE, NO 
PRECINCT, NO 
VOTE IS TAKEN 
FOR GRANTED. 
THAT IS HOW WE 
BUILD OUR 
MOVEMENT. 
THAT IS HOW WE 
WIN UP AND DOWN 
THE BALLOT. 
THAT IS HOW WE 
MAKE CHANGE. 
WHEN WE CAN 
BRING THAT KIND 
OF ENERGY TO THE 
CHALLENGES OUR 
NATION FACES, 
THERE IS NOTHING 
WE CAN'T 
ACCOMPLISH. 
JUST ASKED JOE 
BIDEN, WHO SET 
HIS SIGHTS ON A 
MISSION THAT 
COULD CHANGE THE 
WORLD FOREVER, 
CONQUERING 
CANCER. 
,
>>> MAKE SURE TO 
GO TO THE POLLS, 
NOT BECAUSE THEY 
ARE EASY, BUT 
BECAUSE THEY ARE 
HARD. 
>>> VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
SAID THAT WE 
HAVE A NEW MOON 
SHOT, AMERICA CAN
CURE CANCER. 
>> I'M PUTTING 
JOE AND IN 
>> HE SUCCUMBED 
TO CANCER AT THE 
AGE OF 46. 
>> HE IS THE ONE 
THAT WANTED ME 
TO STAY ENGAGED. 
HE IS WORRIED 
THAT I WOULD NOT 
CONTINUE TO 
FIGHT FOR THE 
THINGS I AM 
PASSIONATE 
ABOUT. 
>> PRESIDENT 
OBAMA FRIDAY THE 
21st CENTURY 
CURE INCLUDING 
THE MOON SHOT. 
>> THE MOON SHOT 
IS A SYMBOL OF 
AMERICAN 
ACHIEVEMENT. 
VICE PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
LEAD A SIMILAR 
EFFORT TO CURE 
CANCER. 
>> IT WILL BE 
LED BY JOE BIDEN 
AND IS AIMED AT 
ENDING THE 
DISEASE THAT 
KILLED AND VICE 
PRESIDENT'S SON 
AND 600,000 
OTHER AMERICANS 
EVERY YEAR. 
>> I THINK OF 
ALL PEOPLE HAVE 
GONE THROUGH, 
THE HELP THAT I 
HAVE HAD. 
>> WE DO HAVE A 
SON OR DAUGHTER, 
HUSBAND, WIFE, 
SOMEONE YOU 
ADORE, YOU 
BECOME AS 
EDUCATED AS YOU 
CAN AS QUICKLY 
AS YOU CAN, 
PARTICULARLY 
WHEN YOU KNOW IT 
IS VERY SERIOUS. 
I LEARNED A LOT 
ABOUT MECHANICS 
OF CANCER AND 
THE DELIVERY 
SYSTEMS. 
THERE SO MANY 
CHANGES JUST ON 
THE CUSP. I HAVE 
MET WITH OVER 
200 ONCOLOGISTS 
AND CANCER 
RESEARCH 
CENTERS. 
I AM ASKING 
THEM, WHAT DO 
YOU WANT ME TO 
CLEAR THE WAY 
FOR? 
WHERE ARE WE IN 
AND PEDIMENTS? 
>> HE IS TO 
DETERMINE. 
HE IS NOT GOING 
TO  WALK AWAY 
UNTIL THERE IS 
NO CHANGE. 
>>> THIS IS A 
TRULY BIPARTISAN 
ISSUE. 
THE LEADERS IN 
THIS EFFORT IN 
THE HOUSE AND 
SENATE ARE 
REPUBLICANS AS 
WELL AS 
DEMOCRATS. 
>> HE HAS BEEN 
PUSHED TO THE 
EDGE OF WHAT 
ANYONE SHOULD BE 
EXPECTED TO 
BEAR. 
>> YOU ARE A MAN 
OF SUBSTANCE. 
YOU HAVE 
EXPERIENCED 
TRAGEDY IN YOUR 
LIFE. 
WE ARE INSPIRED 
BY THE WAY THAT 
YOU HAVE 
RESPONDED TO 
THOSE. 
>> EVERYTHING 
MARY IN AMERICA 
HAS BEEN 
AFFECTED BY 
CANCER. 
WE ARE SO CLOSE. 
>> FOR THE LOVED 
ONES WE HAVE ALL 
LOST, LET'S MAKE 
AMERICA THE 
COUNTRY THAT 
CURES CANCER 
ONCE AND FOR ALL.
>> I BELIEVE WE 
NEED A MOONSHOT 
IN THIS COUNTRY 
TO CURE CANCER. 
IT'S PERSONAL. 
BUT I KNOW WE 
CAN DO THIS. 
THERE ARE SO 
MANY 
BREAKTHROUGHS 
JUST ON THE 
HORIZON. WE CAN 
MAKE THEM REAL. 
A NATIONAL 
COMMITMENT. 
DEMOCRATS AND 
REPUBLICANS ON 
THE HILL SHARE 
OUR PASSION TO 
SILENCE THIS 
DEADLY DISEASE. 
IF I COULD BE 
ANYTHING, I 
WOULD WANTED TO 
BE THE PRESIDENT 
THAT ENDED 
CANCER BECAUSE 
IT IS POSSIBLE. 
,
>>> I'M AMANDA. 
HIM TO FIND HER 
AND EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR. 
I WAS INVITED TO 
JOIN A SMALL 
MEETING IN DC 
WITH A HANDFUL 
OF OTHER 
ORGANIZATION 
LEADERS. 
THE VP CAME 
OVER, AND I 
TRIED TO STAY 
COOL. 
MY GRANNY WOULD 
BE FURIOUS IF 
SHE KNEW I WAS 
AT A MEETING 
WITH YOU AND 
DIDN'T GET A 
PHOTO. 
REALLY? 
HE PERKED UP. 
HE POST FOR THE 
PHOTO YOU CAN 
SEE HERE. 
I TOLD HER, HE 
WANTS TO TALK TO 
HER. 
HIGH, GRAMMY, 
THIS IS JOE 
BIDEN. 
SHE WAS REALLY 
SICK. 
THE VP'S POSTURE 
CHANGED 
IMMEDIATELY. 
I'M SO SORRY. 
MY SON, BEAU, 
DIED OF  CANCER. 
AS A PARENT, YOU 
SHOULD NEVER 
HAVE TO THINK OF 
BURYING A CHILD. 
HE STEPPED AWAY, 
SPEAKING WITH 
HER ABOUT SETTING
IN A HOSPITAL 
ROOM WITH A SICK 
CHILD. 
I'M GIVING 
AMANDA MY MY 
PERSONAL PHONE 
NUMBER. 
IF YOU NEED 
ANYTHING, YOU 
CALL ME. 
I WILL COME TO 
THE HOSPITAL AND 
SIT WITH YOU. 
ANYTHING. 
GRAMMY STILL 
TALKS ABOUT THAT 
CALL. 
HE IS A 
GENUINELY NICE 
MAN, SHE SAID. 
MY FAMILY'S 
GRIEF MATTERED 
TO HIM. 
OUR ENTIRE 
COUNTRY IS 
GRIEVING. 
WE ARE GOING 
THROUGH TRAUMA. 
OUR NEXT 
PRESIDENT NEEDS 
TO BE THE ONE 
HELPING US HEAL. 
I AM GLAD AND 
EXCITED TO VOTE 
THIS FALL, NOT 
JUST AGAINST 
TRUMP, BUT 
GENUINELY FOR 
JOE BIDEN. 
>>> BEFORE WE 
CONTINUE WITH 
TONIGHT'S 
PROGRAM, I WANT 
TO THINK 
EVERYONE WHO HAS 
MADE THIS 
UNPRECEDENTED 
DIVISION 
POSSIBLE, FROM 
OUR DELEGATES 
AND SPEAKERS TO 
OUR PARTY STAFF 
AND PRODUCTION 
TEAM. 
NEXT WEEK, IT 
WILL BE THE 
REPUBLICAN 
PARTY'S TIME TO 
VOTE THEIR 
CONVICTION. 
ON BEHALF OF 
THEIR SPEAKERS 
AND STUFF MY 
HOPE THAT 
ORGANIZERS WILL 
TAKE SAFETY AS 
SERIOUSLY AS WE 
HAVE. 
THEN IT WILL BE 
UP TO YOU, 
AMERICA. 
YOU WILL HAVE 
HEARD FROM TWO 
VERY DIFFERENT 
CANDIDATES FOR 
PRESIDENT. YOU 
WILL BE ABLE TO 
DIG INTO THE 
DETAILS OF THEIR 
RESPECTED PLANS 
FOR SOLVING THE 
CHALLENGES WE 
FACE AND DECIDE 
WHICH PLAN YOU 
THINK WILL WORK 
FOR YOU AND YOUR 
FAMILY. WITH 
CHOICES HERE IS 
DEEPER THAN THAT
. NO MATTER WHAT 
YOU THINK ABOUT 
DONALD TRUMP OR 
JOE BIDEN, NO 
MATTER WHICH 
PARTY YOU BELONG 
TO, OR WHETHER 
YOU BELONG TO 
ANY PARTY AT 
ALL, YOUR JOB IN 
THIS ELECTION IS 
TO DECIDE WHAT 
KIND OF MOVEMENT 
IS CAPABLE OF 
BEING THE VEHICLE
FOR THE CHANGE 
WE NEED. CANADA 
MOVEMENT THAT 
DEMANDS LOYALTY 
TO ONE MAN AND 
HIS PERSONAL 
AGENDA REALLY 
EVER MAKE THIS 
COUNTRY GREATER? 
OR WE DO BETTER 
WHEN WE JOIN 
TOGETHER IN A 
MOVEMENT OF 
SHARED VALUES, 
ONE THAT 
AMPLIFIES OUR 
DIVERSE VOICES? 
WE HAVE GOT ONE 
MORE NIGHT TO 
SHOW AMERICA 
WHAT OUR PATH 
FORWARD LOOKS 
LIKE. NOT ONE 
MAN BOASTING 
THAT HE ALONE 
CAN FIX IT, BUT 
EVERY DAY PEOPLE 
COMING TOGETHER 
TO FACE OUR 
CHALLENGES WITH 
UNITY AND 
DETERMINATION. 
NOW WE TURN TO 
ONE EXAMPLE, 
CALIFORNIA'S 
FIGHT AGAINST 
THE DANGEROUS 
WILDFIRES RAGING 
THROUGHOUT THE 
STATE. 
PLEASE WELCOME 
GOVERNOR GAVIN 
NEWSOM. 
>> I CONFESS, 
THIS IS NOT 
WHERE I EXPECTED 
TO BE SPEAKING 
TONIGHT. 
I'M ABOUT A MILE 
OR SO AWAY FROM 
ONE OF OVER 370 
WHILE FAILURES 
WE ARE BATTLING 
IN THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA. 
WE ARE JUST 
COMING OFF A 
RECORD HEAT WAVE 
THAT LED TO 130-
DEGREE 
TEMPERATURES, 
THE HIGHEST 
TEMPERATURE EVER 
RECORDED IN 
CALIFORNIA, 
ARGUABLY WORLD 
HISTORY AND ARE 
STATE. 
THE HOTS ARE 
GETTING HARDER. 
DRY IS GETTING 
DRIER.  
CLIMATE CHANGE 
IS REAL. 
IF YOU ARE IN 
GMAIL, COME TO 
CALIFORNIA. 
11,000 DRY 
LIGHTNING STRIKES
WE HAD OVER A 
SEVEN JUNE-HOUR 
PERIOD. THIS IS 
AN EXTRA MARY 
MOMENT IN OUR 
HISTORY. 
MOTHER NATURE 
HAS NOW JOINS 
THIS CONVERSATION
AROUND CLIMATE 
CHANGE. 
WE, TOO, NEED TO 
ADVANCE THAT 
CONVERSATION A 
NEW. 
JUST TODAY, THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
THREATENED THE 
STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA. 40 
MILLION 
AMERICANS LIVE 
IN THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA, TO 
DEFINE OUR 
EFFORTS ON WALL 
FIRE SUPPRESSION 
BECAUSE HE SAID 
WE HAD GREAT 
ENOUGH LEAVES. 
YOU CAN'T MAKE 
THAT UP. 
NOR CAN YOU MAKE 
UP THE FACT WE 
ARE INVOLVED IN 
OTHER 90 
LAWSUITS WITH 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
ON CLEAN AIR, 
CLEAN WATER, 
ENDANGERED 
SPECIES, 
PESTICIDES. 
SO MUCH AT STAKE 
IN THIS 
ELECTION, NONE 
MORE IMPORTANT 
THAN THE WORK 
JOE BIDEN DID 
WITH BARACK 
OBAMA ON THE 
VEHICLE 
EMISSIONS 
STANDARDS, THE 
FUEL EFFICIENCY 
STANDARDS. 
WE WILL SAVE 
BILLIONS OF 
BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS AND 
REDUCE 
GREENHOUSE GASES.
SO MUCH AT STAKE 
IN THIS 
ELECTION. 
I COULDN'T HELP 
MYSELF ON THE 
WAY TO ONE OF 
OUR RELIEF 
CENTERS, ONE OF 
OUR EVACUATION 
CENTER'S, JUST 
TO JUMP OUT OF 
THE CAR AND 
EXPRESS MY DEEP 
REVERENCE, MY 
ADMIRATION TO 
JOE BIDEN, TO 
KAMALA HARRIS, 
CALIFORNIA'S OWN
, TO THEIR 
FAITH, THEIR 
DEVOTION, THEIR 
CONSTANCY, THEIR 
COMMITMENT. AND 
NOT JUST TO THE 
ENVIRONMENT, BUT 
TO THE 
COMMONWEALTH. TO 
OUR KIDS, OUR 
KIDS' KIDS, OUR 
GRANDKIDS. 
OUR LEGACY. 
TO OUR LEGACY. 
THERE IS SO MUCH 
AT STAKE IN THIS 
ELECTION AND I 
WANT TO CLOSE BY 
REMINDING EACH 
AND EVERY ONE OF 
YOU THAT THE 
FUTURE IS NOT 
SOMETHING TO 
EXPERIENCE, IT 
IS SOMETHING TO 
MANIFEST. 
IT IS OUR 
DECISION, NOT 
HER CONDITIONS 
THAT WILL 
DETERMINE OUR 
FATE AND FUTURE, 
SO LET US 
RESOLVE THAT 
AFTER THIS 
HISTORIC NIGHT, 
THIS INCREDIBLE 
WEEKEND 
REMARKABLE 
CONVENTION, WE 
DO EVERYTHING IN 
OUR POWER TO GET 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
INTO THE WHITE 
HOUSE IN JANUARY 
2021. 
,
>>> AMERICA IS 
AN IDEA. 
AN IDEA BIGGER 
THAN ANY OCEAN. 
MORE POWERFUL 
THAN ANY 
DICTATOR OR 
TYRANT. 
IT GIVES HOPE. 
IN THIS NATION, 
WE BELIEVE IN 
HONESTY, 
DECENCY, 
TREATING 
EVERYONE WITH 
RESPECT. 
GIVING EVERYONE 
A FAIR SHOT. 
LEAVING NO ONE 
BEHIND. 
GIVING HATE NO 
SAFE HARBOR. 
LEADING BY THE 
POWER OF OUR 
EXAMPLE, NOT THE 
EXAMPLE OF OUR 
POWER. 
THAT IS THE 
STANDARD FOR THE 
BEACON OF THE 
WORLD. 
BEING PART OF 
SOMETHING BIGGER 
THAN OURSELVES. 
IT IS THE CODE. 
IT IS A UNIQUELY 
AMERICAN CODE. 
THE MOST 
POWERFUL IDEA IN 
THE HISTORY OF 
THE WORLD. 
THE AMERICAN 
CREED THAT WE 
ARE ALL CREATED 
THE WILL. 
I THINK IT BEATS 
IN THE HEART OF 
THE PEOPLE OF 
THIS COUNTRY. 
,
>>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR, I HOPE
THE VIRUS IS IN 
CHECK AND THE 
AMERICAN SPIRIT 
IS UNLEASHED AND 
THAT WE ARE NOT 
FEARING, BUT 
HOPING AGAIN. 
>> THIS IS WHAT 
I HOPE TO SEE 
NEXT YEAR. 
>> I HOPE WE 
HAVE CHOSEN 
COMMUNITY OVER 
CHAOS. 
CHOSEN UNITY 
OVER DIVISION. 
AND WE HAVE 
CHOSEN LOVE OVER 
HATE. 
>> I BELIEVE 
THAT AMERICA 
WILL HAVE FACED 
ITS DARKEST 
MOMENT AND WILL 
HAVE COME OUT 
BETTER. 
>> AMERICA WILL 
BE COMING 
TOGETHER, NOT 
SPLINTERING 
APART. 
>> NO MORE, NO 
MORE HATE. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR, I 
HOPE WE HAVE A 
GOVERNMENT THAT 
IS ACCOUNTABLE 
TO US, THE 
GUARANTY SELF-
CARE IS A TRUE 
RIGHT. 
>> THE PROMISE 
OF AMERICA WILL 
BE RESTORED FOR 
ALL OUR 
COMMUNITIES, ALL 
OF OUR FAMILIES, 
FOR ALL OF US. 
>> I AM 
CONFIDENT THAT 
THIS TIME NEXT 
YEAR WE WILL 
HAVE A PRESIDENT 
WHO PROVIDES THE 
COUNTRY WITH 
REAL LEADERSHIP, 
NOT JUST TWEETS. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR, I 
HOPE WE ARE 
LISTENING LESS 
TO THE RUSSIANS 
AND MORE TO DR. 
FAUCI. 
>> I HOPE WE ALL 
GET BACK TO 
WORK. 
>> THERE WILL BE 
TWO AMERICANS 
THAT I WILL BE 
HAPPY THEY ARE 
UNEMPLOYED. 
MITCH McCONNELL 
AND DONALD 
TRUMP. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR, I 
HOPE ALL 
AMERICANS, 
WHETHER 
DEMOCRATS OR 
INDEPENDENTS OR 
REPUBLICANS, 
WILL BE PROUD OF 
THEIR PRESIDENT. 
WILL BE PROUD OF 
THEIR VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> THAT IS TRULY 
PEOPLE UP, 
FAMILIES UP, AND 
COMMUNITIES UP. 
>> OF PEOPLE 
BELIEVE THEY 
HAVE A 
GOVERNMENT THAT 
IS WORKING FOR 
THEM, WITHOUT 
EVERYDAY DOING 
THEIR BEST FOR 
THEM. 
>> I WANT A 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
WHO CAN TELL HER 
HER RIGHTS ARE 
WORTH 
PROTECTING. 
>> I HOPE THAT 
WE HAVE A 
PRESIDENT THE 
CHAMPIONS THE 
RIGHTS OF ALL 
WOMEN AND GIRLS. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR I WANT 
A PRESIDENT WHO 
UNDERSTANDS WHAT 
MILITARY 
FAMILIES NEED. 
WHO CARES ABOUT 
THE RIGHTS AND 
LIVES OF THE 
PEOPLE. 
>> WE WILL CARE 
ABOUT OUR 
ENVIRONMENT 
AGAIN. 
>> WE WILL PASS 
COMPREHENSIVE 
IMMIGRATION 
REFORM. 
>> I WANT A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
HONORS TREATY 
RIGHTS AND 
TRIBAL 
SOVEREIGNTY. 
>> I WANT TO SEE 
THE KIDS PLAYING 
ON THE 
PLAYGROUND. 
>> I TAKE PRIDE 
IN MY JOB AND 
HELPING OUR 
CUSTOMERS, BUT 
NEXT YEAR I WANT 
TO DO IT WITHOUT 
WEARING A MASK 
OR GLOVES. 
>> WE ARE ALL 
CELEBRATING 
LANDMARK 
LEGISLATION THAT 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS SHEPHERDED 
THROUGH CONGRESS 
AND SIGNED INTO 
LAW. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR, WE 
WILL BE ABLE TO 
LOOK FORWARD TO 
THE DAY WHERE WE 
CAN SEND OUR 
CHILDREN TO 
SCHOOL WITHOUT 
FEAR OF GUN 
VIOLENCE. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR I HOPE 
WE STAND BACK 
AND RECLAIM 
STOLEN AMERICA. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR I HOPE 
AND PRAY THAT 
AMERICA WILL 
HAVE RESTORED 
DEMOCRACY IN THE 
WORLD. 
>> BELIEVING IN 
OURSELVES TO 
COME TOGETHER. 
ONE NATION, 
UNDER GOD. 
>> ONE NATION, 
UNDER GOD, 
INDIVISIBLE WITH 
LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
>> THIS TIME 
NEXT YEAR, I 
WANT TO SEE JOE 
BIDEN IN THE 
OVAL OFFICE. 
,
>>> HELLO 
AMERICA. 
I AM ANDREW 
YANG. 
YOU MIGHT KNOW 
ME AS A GUY WHO 
RAN FOR 
PRESIDENT, 
TALKING ABOUT 
MATH AND THE 
FUTURE. 
UNFORTUNATELY 
FOR ALL OF US, 
THE FUTURE IS 
NOW. 
THE PANDEMIC HAS 
ACCELERATED 
EVERYTHING. 
IF YOU'RE LIKE 
ME AND MY WIFE, 
YOU DON'T KNOW 
IF YOUR CHILD 
SCHOOL WILL 
REOPEN THIS 
FALL. 
72% OF AMERICANS 
BELIEVE THAT 
THIS IS THE 
WORST TIME WE 
HAVE EVER 
EXPERIENCED AND 
42% OF THE JOBS 
THAT HAVE BEEN 
LOST, MILLIONS 
OF JOBS WILL 
NEVER RETURN. 
WE ARE IN A 
DEEP, DARK HOLE 
AND WE NEED 
LEADERS WILL 
HELP US DIG OUT. 
I KNOW MANY 
POLITICIANS 
PROMISE AND THEN 
FAIL TO DELIVER. 
IF YOU VOTED FOR 
TRUMP OR DIDN'T 
VOTE IT ALL BACK 
IN 2016, I GET 
IT. 
MANY OF US HAVE 
GOTTEN TIRED OF 
OUR LEADERS 
BEING FAR 
REMOVED FROM OUR 
EVERY DAIRY DAY 
LIVES. 
WE DESPAIR THAT 
THE GOVERNMENT 
WILL NEVER RISE 
TO THE 
CHALLENGES OF 
OUR TIME. 
BUT WE MUST GIVE 
THIS COUNTRY, 
OUR COUNTRY, A 
CHANCE TO 
RECOVER AND 
RECOVERY IS ONLY 
AVAILABLE WITH 
NEW LEADERSHIP 
AND IDEAS. 
BOLD AND 
INNOVATIVE 
POLICIES THAT 
WILL GET HELP IN 
YOUR HANDS IN 
THE MIDST OF 
THIS CRISIS ARE 
NOW POSSIBLE, 
BUT WE NEED YOUR 
HELP TO TURN THE 
PAGE FOR OUR 
COUNTRY IN 75 
DAYS. 
WE ARE HERE 
TONIGHT TO 
CELEBRATE JOE 
BIDEN'S 
NOMINATION AS 
THE DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATE FOR 
PRESIDENT. 
I HAVE GOTTEN TO 
KNOW BOTH JOE 
AND KAMALA ON 
THE TRAIL OVER 
THE LAST YEAR. 
THE WAY YOU 
REALLY GET TO 
KNOW A PERSON 
WHEN THE CAMERAS 
ARE OFF, THE 
CROWDS ARE GONE, 
JUST YOU AND 
THEM. 
THEY ARE REAL 
PEOPLE. 
THEY UNDERSTAND 
THE PROBLEMS WE 
FACE. 
THEY ARE PARENTS 
AND PATRIOTS 
WANT THE BEST 
FOR US AND IF WE 
GIVE THEM THE 
CHANCE, THEY 
WILL FIGHT FOR 
US AND OUR 
FAMILIES, EVERY 
SINGLE DAY. 
OUR FUTURE IS 
NOW AND IT IS 
DAUNTING. 
BUT I ASK YOU TO 
JOIN ME TO HELP 
JOE AND KAMALA 
FIGHT FOR THE 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA.  
TURN THE PAGE 
FOR OUR COUNTRY 
AND LEAD US 
FORWARD TO A 
FUTURE WE WILL 
BE PROUD TO LEAVE
TO OUR CHILDREN. 
AND NOW I WOULD 
LIKE TO TURN IT 
OVER TO A GREAT 
DEMOCRAT WHO 
WILL BE WITH US 
THROUGHOUT THE 
EVENING. 
BETWEEN THE TWO 
OF US WE HAVE 11 
EMMYS. 
HOW IS THAT FOR 
MATH? 
ONE OF MY 
FAVORITE 
ACTRESSES, JULIA 
LOUIS DREYFUS. 
>> SO GLAD TO 
SEE YOU. 
WHAT DID YOU 
THINK ABOUT 
KAMALA HARRIS' 
SPEECH LAST 
NIGHT? 
>> IT WAS 
TREMENDOUS. 
I WAS SO HAPPY 
FOR HER. 
>> SHE'S 
FABULOUS. 
I CAN'T WAIT TO 
SEE HER DEBATE 
OUR CURRENT VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
IS IT PAINTS? 
>> IT IS PONCE, 
I BELIEVE. 
>> OH, SOME KIND 
OF WEIRD FOREIGN 
NAME. 
>> YEAH, NOT 
VERY AMERICAN 
SOUNDING. 
>> YEAH, THAT IS 
WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING, 
STRONGLY. 
THANK YOU AND 
PLEASE, GIVE MY 
REGARDS TO THE 
YANG'S. 
>> I WILL, THEY 
ARE RIGHT IN THE 
NEXT ROOM. 
HAVE A GOOD 
NIGHT, JULIA. 
>> GOOD EVENING 
AMERICA AND 
WELCOME TO THE 
FOURTH NIGHT OF 
THE 2020 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, 
UNITING AMERICA. 
OKAY, THESE LAST 
FEW NIGHTS OF 
BEEN GOING SO 
WELL, WE DECIDED 
TO ADD A FIFTH 
NIGHT WHERE WE 
WILL JUST PLAY 
MICHELLE OBAMA'S 
SPEECH ON A LOOP.
I FIRST MET JOE 
BIDEN WHEN I WAS 
DOING MY SHOW, 
"VEEP". 
I WAS PLAYING 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT AND HE 
WAS THE VICE 
PRESIDENT  AND 
WE HIT IT OFF 
IMMEDIATELY. 
SOON AFTER I WAS 
ASKED TO BE ON 
THE COVER OF A 
MAGAZINE. 
REMEMBER THOSE? 
I WAS SO EXCITED.
WHAT WILL IT BE? 
PEOPLE OR VOGUE 
OR ROLLING 
STONE? 
WELL, IT TURNS 
OUT IT WAS FOR 
THE OFFICIAL 
ONBOARD MAGAZINE 
OF AMTRAK. 
WHICH NOBODY 
EVER READS, EVEN 
THOUGH IT IS 
FREE. 
AND THE DAY IT 
CAME OUT, MY 
PHONE RANG AND 
IT WAS THE VICE 
PRESIDENT, 
TELLING ME HE 
LOVED THE COVER 
AND THE WHOLE 
ARTICLE AND THAT 
IT WAS ONE OF 
THE BEST ISSUES 
HE HAD EVER READ.
AND THAT IS JUST 
ONE OF THE MANY 
REASONS THAT I 
WANTED TO BE 
HERE TONIGHT FOR 
JOE. 
AND TO REMIND 
YOU THAT JOE 
BIDEN NOT ONLY 
KNOWS HOW TO 
READ, BUT ALSO 
HE READS 
EVERYTHING. 
YOU KNOW, I AM 
NO POLICY EXPERT 
AND I CERTAINLY 
DON'T PRETEND TO 
BE ONE, BUT I 
HAVE A GUT 
FEELING ABOUT 
FAIRNESS AND 
WHAT IS RIGHT 
AND THAT IS WHY 
I AM SO EXCITED 
THAT JUSTIN A 
LITTLE WHILE WE 
ARE GOING TO 
HEAR FROM JOE 
BIDEN ABOUT HIS 
PLAN FOR 
AMERICA. 
PLANS FOR A 
STRONG ECONOMY 
THAT HELPS 
WORKING PEOPLE 
AND SMALL 
BUSINESSES, NOT 
JUST 
BILLIONAIRES. 
AND PLANS TO 
RAISE THE WAGES 
FOR NURSES AND 
TEACHERS AND 
GROCERY WORKERS 
THAT ARE GETTING 
US THROUGH THIS 
CRISIS, GOD LOVE 
THEM. 
SO, HOW CAN YOU 
HELP JOE? 
IT IS SUPER 
SIMPLE. 
VOTE. 
RIGHT NOW YOU 
CAN TEXT VOTE 
230330 TO LEARN 
ABOUT ALL OF 
YOUR VOTING 
OPTIONS AND MAKE 
THE BEST PLANS 
TO VOTE IN YOUR 
COMMUNITY, 
WHEREVER YOU 
ARE. 
AN EASY WAY TO 
REMEMBER 30330 
IS THAT AS THE 
YEAR DONALD 
TRUMP WILL 
FINALLY RELEASE 
HIS TAX RETURNS. 
IF WE ALL VOTE 
THERE IS NOTHING 
FACEBOOK, FOX 
NEWS, AND 
VLADIMIR PUTIN 
CAN DO TO STOP 
US. 
FIRST, LET'S 
REAFFIRM THE ALL 
AMERICAN VALUES 
THAT OUR PARTY 
AND JOE BIDEN 
STAND FOR. 
,
>> READY AND 
ACTION. 
>> I PLEDGE 
ALLEGIANCE TO 
THE FLAG OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
AND TO THE 
REPUBLIC FOR 
WHICH IT STANDS. 
ONE NATION, 
UNDER GOD, 
INDIVISIBLE, 
WITH LIBERTY AND 
JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
,
♪OH, SAY, CAN 
YOU SEE, BY THE 
DAWN'S EARLY 
LIGHT, WHAT SO 
PROUDLY WE 
HAIL'D AT THE 
TWILIGHT'S LAST 
GLEAMING? 
WHOSE BROAD 
STRIPES AND 
BRIGHT STARS, 
THRO' THE 
PERILOUS FIGHT, 
O'ER THE 
RAMPARTS WE 
WATCH'D, WERE SO 
GALLANTLY 
STREAMING? 
AND THE ROCKETS' 
RED GLARE, THE 
BOMBS BURSTING 
IN AIR, GAVE 
PROOF THRO' THE 
NIGHT THAT OUR 
FLAG WAS STILL 
THERE. 
O SAY, DOES THAT 
STAR-SPANGLED 
BANNER YET WAVE 
O'ER THE LAND OF 
THE FREE AND THE 
HOME OF THE 
BRAVE?  
♪ ♪ STRIKE 
THAT EVENING. 
I AM EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR OF 
NETWORK AND 
LEADER OF NUNS 
ON THE BUS. 
TONIGHT MARKS AN 
IMPORTANT NEXT 
CHAPTER IN OUR 
STORY OF WHO WE 
WILL BECOME AS A 
NATION. 
I SPEAK TO YOU 
WITH A SENSE OF 
URGENCY AND 
HOPE. 
KNOWING THE 
DIFFICULT WORK 
AHEAD, BUT 
GROUNDED IN MY 
FAITH. 
THE VERY FIRST 
PARAGRAPH OF THE 
STRICTURE THAT 
INFORMS THE 
THREE TRADITIONS 
TELLS US THAT 
THE DIVINE 
SPIRIT BREATHED 
OVER THE WATERS 
OF CHAOS AND 
BROUGHT FORTH A 
NEW CREATION. 
ENCOURAGED BY 
THIS PROMISE 
THAT A NEW 
CREATION CAN 
COME FROM CHAOS, 
LET US PRAY. 
O DIVINE SPIRIT, 
DURING THE WEEKS 
AND MONTHS AHEAD,
STIR OUR MONTHS 
HEARTS AND MINDS 
THAT WE MIGHT 
FIGHT FOR A 
VISION WORTHY OF 
YOU AND YOUR 
CALL TO DIGNITY 
FOR ALL YOUR 
CREATION. 
A VISION OF WHO 
WE ARE AS A 
PEOPLE GROUNDED 
IN COMMUNITY AND 
CARE FOR ALL, 
ESPECIALLY THE 
MOST 
MARGINALIZED. 
A VISION THAT 
CARES FOR OUR 
EARTH AND HEALS 
THE PLANET. 
A VISION THAT 
ENDS STRUCTURAL 
RACISM, BIGOTRY 
AND SEXISM, SO 
RIGHT NOW IN OUR 
NATION AND IN 
OUR HISTORY. 
A VISION THAT 
ENSURES HUNGRY 
PEOPLE ARE FED, 
CHILDREN ARE 
NOURISHED, 
IMMIGRANTS ARE 
WELCOMED. 
OH SPIRIT, 
BREATHE IN US 
AND OUR LEADERS 
A NEW RESOLVE 
THAT COMMITTED 
TO THIS NEW 
AMERICAN 
PROMISE, WE WILL 
WORK TOGETHER TO 
BUILD A NATIONAL 
COMMUNITY 
GROUNDED IN 
HEALING. 
FEARLESSLY BASED 
ON TRUTH AND 
LIVING OUT FROM 
A SENSE OF 
SHARED 
RESPONSIBILITY. 
IN THE NAME OF 
ALL THAT IS HOLY,
OH SPIRIT, BRING 
OUT IN THIS TIME 
OF GLOBAL AND 
NATIONAL CHAOS A 
NEW CREATION. 
A NEW COMMUNITY 
THAT CAN, WITH 
YOUR HELP, 
REALIZED THIS 
NEW PROMISE THAT 
WE AFFIRM 
TONIGHT. 
AND SO WITH 
PROFOUND HOPE, 
LET WE THE 
PEOPLE SAY AMEN. 
,
>> THANK YOU, 
SISTER SIMONE. 
PEOPLE OF FAITH 
HAVE LONG LED 
CHANGE. 
FROM ABOLITION 
AND WOMEN'S 
SUFFRAGE TO THE 
LABOR MOVEMENT 
AND STRUGGLE FOR 
CIVIL RIGHTS. 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
CONTINUE THAT 
PROGRESSIVE 
MARKED FOR 
JUSTICE. 
INSPIRED BY 
RESPECT AND 
DIGNITY FOR ALL 
PEOPLE, PEOPLE 
JOE BELIEVES 
WERE MADE IN THE 
IMAGE OF GOD. 
JOE LEARNED THAT 
FROM HIS 
PARENTS, THE 
NUNS AND PRIESTS 
RIGHT HERE IN 
DELAWARE WHO 
TAUGHT HIM AND 
INSPIRED IN HIM 
A PASSION FOR 
JUSTICE. 
I AM SENATOR 
CHRIS AND I WANT 
TO TELL YOU 
ABOUT MY FRIEND, 
JOE BIDEN. 
FOR JOE,  FAITH 
ISN'T A 
POLITICAL TOOL. 
I HAVE KNOWN JOE 
ABOUT 30 YEARS 
AND I HAVE SEEN 
HIS FAITH IN 
ACTION. 
JOE KNOWS THE 
POWER OF PRAYER 
AND I HAVE SEEN 
IT IN MOMENTS OF 
JOY AND TRIUMPH. 
OF LOSS AND FEAR.
JOE HAS 
COMFORTED ME IN 
MY TOUGHEST 
MOMENT, AS HE HAS
SO MANY OTHERS. 
I WILL NEVER 
FORGET HOW HE 
TOOK THE TIME TO 
OFFER ME WORDS 
OF COMFORT AS MY 
FATHER LAY IN 
HOSPICE. 
TIME AND AGAIN I 
HAVE SEEN HIM 
STOP EVERYTHING 
AND LISTEN, 
REALLY LISTEN TO 
SOMEONE WHO NEEDS
A SHOULDER TO 
CRY ON OR A 
PARTNER IN 
PRAYER. 
THAT COMPASSION, 
THAT EMPATHY, IS 
PART OF HIS 
CHARACTER. 
MORE THAN 
ANYTHING, JOE IS 
A MAN OF FAITH 
AND CONSCIENCE. 
HE WILL BE A 
PRESIDENT FOR 
AMERICANS OF ALL 
FAITHS, AS WELL 
AS PEOPLE OF 
CONSCIENCE WHO 
PRACTICE NO 
PARTICULAR FAITH.
JOE'S FAITH IS 
REALLY ABOUT OUR 
FUTURE. 
ABOUT A WORLD 
WITH LESS 
SUFFERING AND 
MORE JUSTICE. 
BETTER STEWARDS 
OF CREATION, 
WHERE WE HAVE A 
MORE JUST 
IMMIGRATION 
POLICY AND WHERE 
WE CALLOUT AND 
CONFRONT THE 
ORIGINAL SENSE 
OF THIS NATION. 
THE SINS OF 
SLAVERY AND 
RACISM. 
JOE KNOWS THESE 
ARE CENTRAL 
ISSUES IN THE 
ELECTION AND FOR 
HIM, THEY ARE 
ROOTED IN FAITH. 
JOE KNOWS THAT 
FAITH HAS 
SUSTAINED SO 
MANY ORDINARY 
AMERICANS WHO DO 
EXTRAORDINARY 
THINGS. 
NURSES WHO BRAVE 
INFECTION. 
FIREFIGHTERS WHO 
RUN INTO 
BUILDING 
BUILDINGS. 
TEACHERS WORKING 
OVERTIME, 
ESPECIALLY NOW. 
THEY ALL DESERVE 
A LEADER WHO 
KNOWS THE 
DIGNITY OF WORK. 
WHO SEES THEM, 
RESPECTS THEM, 
FIGHTS FOR THEM. 
WE NEED A 
PRESIDENT WHO 
BRINGS PEOPLE OF 
ALL FAITHS 
TOGETHER TO 
TACKLE OUR 
CHALLENGES. 
REBUILD OUR 
COUNTRY AND 
RESTORE OUR 
HUMANITY. 
SOMEONE WHO 
KNOWS WE ARE 
CALLED TO DO 
JUSTICE, LOVE 
MERCY AND WALK 
HUMBLY WITH OUR 
GOD. 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
BE THAT 
PRESIDENT. 
JOE HAS ALWAYS 
KNOWN THIS RACE 
IS ABOUT THE 
SOUL OF OUR 
COUNTRY AND HE 
IS RIGHT. 
JOE BELIEVES. 
HE BELIEVES IN 
GREATNESS AND 
GOODNESS FOR 
THIS COUNTRY. 
HE BELIEVES IN 
US AND WHAT WE 
COULD DO 
TOGETHER. 
>> MY QUESTION 
IS, WHAT IS YOUR 
FAITH AND HOW 
WOULD YOU USE 
YOUR FAITH AND 
MAKING DECISIONS 
FOR OUR NATION? 
>> REVEREND, I 
KIND OF KNOW 
WHAT IT IS LIKE 
TO LOSE FAMILY. 
AND MY HEART 
GOES OUT TO YOU. 
YOU MAY 
REMEMBER, AFTER 
BARACK AND 
MICHELLE AND I 
WERE THERE, MY 
FAMILY, I CAME 
BACK ON THAT 
SUNDAY TO 
REGULAR SERVICE. 
BECAUSE I HAD 
JUST LOST MY SON.
AND I WANTED 
SOME HOPE, 
BECAUSE WHAT YOU 
ALL DID IS A 
STANDING. 
I DON'T KNOW IF 
YOU KNOW THIS. 
ALL THOSE WHO 
DIED OR WERE 
KILLED BY THIS 
WHITE 
SUPREMACIST, 
THEY FORGAVE HIM.
THEY FORGAVE 
HIM. 
THE ULTIMATE ACT 
OF CHRISTIAN 
CHARITY. 
THEY FORGAVE HIM.
AND YOU KNOW, 
REVEREND, I 
HAPPEN TO BE A 
PRACTICING 
CATHOLIC. 
BUT I WENT BACK 
TO THE CHURCH 
BECAUSE I FOUND, 
PARTICULARLY THE 
BLACK CHURCH, IT 
WAS NOT AN 
EPISCOPAL 
CHURCH. 
I FOUND THAT 
THERE IS THAT 
FAMOUS PHRASE 
FROM KIERKEGAARD.
FAITH SEES BEST 
IN THE DARK. 
I AM NOT TRYING 
TO CONVINCE YOU 
TO SHARE MY 
RELIGIOUS VIEWS. 
BUT FOR ME IT IS 
IMPORTANT, 
BECAUSE IT GIVES 
ME SOME REASON 
TO HAVE HOPE. 
AND PURPOSE. 
>> JUST 
REMEMBER, JOE 
BIDEN GOES TO 
CHURCH SO 
REGULARLY, THAT 
HE DOESN'T EVEN 
NEED TEAR GAS 
AND A BUNCH OF 
FEDERALIZED 
TROOPS TO HELP 
HIM GET THERE. 
NO ONE FOUGHT 
HARDER FOR YOUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE 
THEN JOHN LEWIS. 
HERE TO SPEAK 
ABOUT HIM AND 
HIS LEGACY, WE 
HAVE ONE OF OUR 
GREAT MAYORS, 
ATLANTA'S KEISHA 
LANCE BOTTOMS. 
HELLO, I KNOW 
THAT YOU ARE 
RECOVERING FROM 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
HOW ARE YOU 
FEELING? 
>> WELL, GOOD 
EVENING. 
I FEEL REALLY 
GOOD, THANK YOU 
FOR ASKING. 
MY HUSBAND, ON 
THE OTHER HAND, 
IS STILL HAVING 
LINGERING SIDE 
EFFECTS THAT 
PEOPLE TALK 
ABOUT, BUT ALL 
IN ALL, OUR 
FAMILY IS DOING 
GREAT. 
>> I AM GLAD TO 
HEAR IT, BUT I 
THINK A LOT OF 
AMERICANS ARE 
GOING TO BE 
DEALING WITH 
THAT FOR A LONG 
TIME. 
I WANTED TO ASK 
YOU SOMETHING. 
IS ATLANTA READY 
FOR ELECTION DAY?
>> WE WILL BE 
READY. 
AND WE ARE GOING 
TO DO EVERYTHING 
THAT WE CAN TO 
MAKE SURE THAT 
VOTING GOES 
SMOOTHLY, BUT WE 
ARE ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE, IF YOU 
CAN VOTE EARLY 
IN YOUR STATE, 
TO PLEASE DO SO. 
EARLY VOTE, 
DURING THE EARLY 
VOTE. 
>> PERFECT. 
EXCELLENT 
ADVICE. 
OVER 40 STATES 
NOW ALLOW SOME 
FORM OF EARLY 
VOTING. 
ALL RIGHT, STAY 
SAFE, MAYOR, AND 
I TURN IT OVER 
TO YOU. 
>> WELL, THANK 
YOU, JULIA. 
GOOD EVENING. 
I AM KEISHA 
LANCE BOTTOMS, A 
MOTHER OF FOUR 
AND MAYOR OF 
ATLANTA, 
GEORGIA. 
CRADLE OF THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT. 
LIKE SO MANY 
OTHER CITIES, A 
PLACE WHERE THE 
STRUGGLE FOR 
HUMAN DIGNITY 
CONTINUES. 
I AM PROUD TO 
HAVE GROWN UP IN 
THIS CITY. 
EDUCATED IN ITS 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
AND BLESSED TO 
HAVE KNOWN OUR 
HOMETOWN HEROES, 
LIKE DOCTOR 
JOSEPH LOWERY. 
AND OUR TEACHER, 
OUR FRIEND, OUR 
CONSCIENCE, OUR 
CONGRESSMEN, 
JOHN LEWIS. 
HE WALKED GENTLY 
AMONGST US, NOT 
AS A DISTANT 
ICON, BUT AS A 
GOD-FEARING MAN 
WHO DID WHAT HE 
COULD TO FULFILL 
THE AS YET 
UNFULFILLED 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA. 
PEOPLE OFTEN 
THINK THAT THEY 
CAN'T MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE, LIKE 
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS 
ICONS. 
BUT EVERY PERSON 
IN THE MOVEMENT 
MATTERED. 
THOSE WHO MADE 
THE SANDWICHES, 
SWEPT THE CHURCH 
FLOORS, STUFFED 
THE ENVELOPES. 
THEY, TOO, 
CHANGED AMERICA 
AND SO CAN WE. 
THE BATON HAS 
NOW BEEN PASSED 
TO EACH OF US. 
WE CRIED OUT FOR 
JUSTICE. 
WE HAVE GATHERED 
IN OUR STREETS 
TO DEMAND CHANGE 
AND NOW WE MUST 
PASS ON THE GIFT 
JOHN LEWIS 
SACRIFICED TO 
GIVE US. 
WE MUST REGISTER 
AND WE MUST VOTE.
IN HIS PARTING 
ESSAY WRITTEN TO 
US, CONGRESSMAN 
LEWIS EXPRESSED 
HIS PRIDE IN THE 
ACTIVISM  THAT 
HAS SWEPT OUR 
COUNTRY AND HE 
REMINDED US THAT 
IF WE FAILED TO 
EXERCISE OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE, 
WE CAN LOSE IT. 
THERE ARE THOSE 
WHO ARE 
DISGRACEFULLY 
USING THIS 
PANDEMIC TO 
SPREAD 
MISINFORMATION 
AND INTERFERE 
WITH VOTING. 
FORCING MANY IN 
2020 TO STILL 
RISK THEIR LIVES 
TO EXERCISE 
THEIR SACRED 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
A RIGHT THAT HAS 
BEEN PAID FOR 
WITH THE BLOOD, 
SWEAT, TEARS, 
AND LIVES OF SO 
MANY. 
SO LET'S STAND UP
FOR OUR 
CHILDREN. 
OUR CHILDREN'S 
CHILDREN AND FOR 
THIS GREAT 
DEMOCRACY THAT 
OUR ANCESTORS 
WORKED TO BUILD 
AND LET'S VOTE. 
AND LET'S 
ORGANIZE TO GET 
OTHERS TO VOTE 
WITH US. 
YOU CAN HELP 
MAKE THIS HAPPEN 
BY TEXTING VOTE 
TO 30330.  
WE KNOW HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS 
THAT WE ELECT 
REAL LEADERS. 
LIKE JOE BIDEN 
AND KAMALA 
HARRIS. 
PEOPLE OF HONOR 
AND INTEGRITY 
WHO HOLD JUSTICE 
CLOSE TO THEIR 
HEARTS AND 
BELIEVE THAT THE 
LIVES OF MY FOUR 
BLACK CHILDREN 
MATTER. 
IN THE WORDS OF 
POET AUDREY LORD,
IT WILL NOT 
PROTECT YOU. 
CONGRESSMAN 
LEWIS WOULD NOT 
BE SILENT AND 
NEITHER CAN WE. 
WE CANNOT WAIT 
FOR SOME OTHER 
TIME, SOME OTHER 
PLACE, SOME 
OTHER HEROES. 
WE MUST BE THE 
HEROES OF OUR 
GENERATION. 
BECAUSE WE, TOO, 
ARE AMERICA. 
OUR VOTE CAN BE 
OUR VOICE. 
,
>> IT IS 
SOMETHING DEEP 
DOWN WITHIN ME, 
MOVING ME. 
THAT I COULD NO 
LONGER BE 
SATISFIED OR GO 
ALONG WITH. 
LIFE WAS 
EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS. 
WHEN WE WERE 
GROWING UP. 
JOHN LEWIS HAD 
THE RESPECT OF 
EVERYBODY, 
BECAUSE HE WAS 
THE ONE WHO 
DEMONSTRATED THE 
MOST COURAGE. 
HE HAD BEEN 
BEATEN AND 
KNOCKED DOWN AND 
WOULD GET UP AND 
GO FIND ANOTHER 
BATTLE. 
JOHN WAS FOCUSED 
ON ENDING VOTER 
SUPPRESSION AND 
IT WASN'T THAT 
HE WAS A GREAT 
ORATOR, IT WAS 
THAT HE WAS A 
GREAT SPIRIT. 
THE POWER OF 
SPIRITUALITY AND 
HUMILITY AND THE 
WILLINGNESS TO 
SUFFER, RATHER 
THAN TO INFLICT 
SUFFERING. 
>> ONE OF THE 
THINGS THAT JOHN 
HAS TAUGHT US IS 
THAT YOU MAY 
HAVE TO 
SACRIFICE, BUT 
IF YOU SACRIFICE 
FOR A CAUSE, 
SOMETHING BIGGER 
THAN YOU, BIGGER 
THAN YOU THAT 
YOU REALLY 
BELIEVE IN, THAT 
YOU HAVE PEOPLE 
FOLLOWING IT. 
>> WE WILL MARCH 
THROUGH THE 
STREETS OF 
JACKSON, THROUGH 
THE STREETS OF 
DANVILLE, 
THROUGH THE 
STREETS OF 
CAMBRIDGE. 
,
>> I THINK HE IS 
THE SINGULAR 
FIGURE THAT IS 
TRYING TO CARRY 
OUT THE WORK OF 
OUR NONVIOLENT 
CAMPAIGNS INTO 
THE HALLS OF 
CONGRESS. 
>> FROM DAY ONE, 
JOHN LEWIS WAS A 
ROLE MODEL FOR 
THE MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS. 
BECAUSE HE 
BROUGHT WITH HIM 
A KIND OF HEFT 
OF WEIGHTINESS 
OF PURPOSE. 
>> I GOT 
ARRESTED A FEW 
TIMES. 
40 TIMES. 
AND SINCE I'VE 
BEEN IN CONGRESS,
ANOTHER FIVE 
TIMES. 
>> THE STRUGGLE 
MUST BE 
CONSISTENT WITH 
THE END WE SEEK. 
>> SOMEONE WHO 
NAVIGATED THORNY 
ISSUES OF 
POLICY, NOT BY 
CASTIGATING 
ALONE, BUT BY 
ALSO ENCOURAGING 
PEOPLE TO BE 
BETTER THAN THEY 
THINK THEY CAN 
BE. 
>> TODAY WE 
CONSIDER A FAIR 
HOUSING 
INITIATIVE THAT 
NOT ONLY 
PROTECTS OUR 
NATION'S 
MINORITIES, BUT 
PROTECTS THOSE 
WITH 
DISABILITIES AND 
FAMILIES WITH 
CHILDREN. 
HOW LONG DO WE 
HAVE TO WAIT TO 
BAN ASSAULT 
WEAPONS? 
WE HAVE ANOTHER 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
BRING MORE OF 
OUR CITIZENS 
INTO POLITICAL 
PARTICIPATION. 
I HAVE ON MY 
MARCHING SHOES. 
I AM FIRED UP. 
>> AND ALL OF 
THESE DECADES 
LATER, WHILE HE 
AND OTHERS HAVE 
ACHIEVED MUCH, 
WE ARE STILL 
FIGHTING AGAINST 
POLICE BRUTALITY 
AND FIGHTING FOR 
OUR VOTING 
RIGHTS. 
SO WE BEST HONOR 
HIM BY 
CONTINUING TO 
FIGHT THE GOOD 
FIGHT THAT HE 
THOUGHT. 
BY STAYING IN 
GOOD TROUBLE. 
,
♪♪
♪TOGETHER 
THROUGH THE RAIN 
♪ 
♪CAN'T YOU SEE 
WE ARE ALL THE 
SAME ♪ 
,
♪FIGHT FOR 
WHAT'S RIGHT ♪ 
,
♪NO MATTER HOW 
LONG ♪ 
>> WE WILL 
CREATE A BELOVED 
COMMUNITY. 
WE WILL REDEEM 
THE SOUL OF 
AMERICA. 
AS A NATION AND 
AS A PEOPLE. 
WE WILL GET 
THERE. 
,
♪ONE DAY WE 
WILL BE TOGETHER 
♪ 
,
♪ONE DAY WHEN 
THE GLORY CALLS 
HE WILL BE HOURS 
♪ 
♪OH ONE DAY, 
WHEN THE WAR IS 
ONE. 
♪ 
,
♪OLD GLORY ♪ 
,
♪GLORY ♪ ♪ 
EVERY DAY WOMEN 
AND MEN BECOME 
LEGENDS ♪ 
♪SINCE THEY GO 
AGAINST HER SKIN 
BECOME BLESSINGS 
♪ 
%
♪ ,
♪THE MOVEMENT 
IS A RHYTHM TO 
US FREEDOM IS 
LIKE RELIGION TO 
US ♪ 
,
♪THAT'S WHY 
ROSA SAT ON THE 
BUS THAT'S WHY 
WE WALK THROUGH 
AMERICA WITH OUR 
HANDS UP ♪ 
,
♪WHEN IT GO DOWN
WE STAND UP. 
THEY SAY STAND 
DOWN AND WE 
STAND UP ♪ 
,
♪ONE DAY WHEN 
THE GLORY COMES 
IT WILL BE OURS, 
IT WILL BE HOURS 
♪ 
,
♪ONE DAY WHEN 
THE WAR IS ONE 
WE WILL BE SURE, 
WE WILL BE SURE 
♪ 
,
♪OLD GLORY, OLD 
GLORY ♪ 
,
♪NOW THE WAR IS 
NOT OVER, 
VICTORY ISN'T 
ONE ♪ 
♪AND WILL FIGHT 
ON TO THE FINISH 
♪ ♪ OH GLORY ♪
,
♪GLORY ♪ 
,
♪GLORY ♪ ♪ 
SOMAS NOW FOR 
EVERY MAN WOMAN 
AND CHILD ♪ 
♪EVEN JESUS GOT 
HIS CROWN IN 
FRONT OF A CROWD 
♪ 
%
♪ ,
♪FACING THE 
LEAGUE OF 
JUSTICE HIS 
POWER WAS THE 
PEOPLE ♪ 
♪ENEMY IS 
LETHAL LIKING 
BECAME REGAL ♪ 
BECAME REGAL ♪ ,
♪WE SING, OUR 
MUSIC IS THE 
CUTS THAT WE 
BLEED THROUGH ♪ 
,
♪NOW WE RIGHT 
THE WRONGS IN 
HISTORY ♪ 
,
♪THE COMING OF 
THE LORD, MY 
EYES HAVE SEEN 
THE GLORY ♪ 
♪ONE DAY WHEN 
THE GLORY COMES 
IT WILL BE HOURS 
♪ 
,
♪ONE DAY WHEN 
THE WAR IS ONE, 
WE WILL BE SURE, 
WE WILL BE SURE 
♪ 
,
♪OH GLORY ♪ 
,
♪OH GLORY ♪ 
,
♪OH GLORY ♪ 
,
♪WHEN THE WAR 
IS ONE ♪ 
♪WHEN IT'S ALL 
SAID AND DONE ♪ 
,
♪WHEEL CRY 
GLORY ♪ 
,
♪OH GLORY ♪ ♪ 
>> WOW, THAT WAS 
SO BEAUTIFUL. 
JOHN AND KOMEN, 
WOW. 
JOE BIDEN SHARES 
JOHN LEWIS'S 
BELIEF THAT 
EVERY VOTE 
MATTERS. 
PERSONALLY I 
PLAN TO FOLLOW 
THE EXAMPLE OF 
SIX CURRENT 
CABINET MEMBERS, 
VICE PRESIDENT 
AND RESIDENT 
TRUMP HIMSELF 
AND VOTE BY 
MAIL. 
TO FIND OUT 
EVERYTHING YOU 
NEED TO KNOW 
ABOUT MAIL-IN 
BALLOTS, YOUR 
POLLING PLACE OR 
EVEN JUST AM I 
REGISTERED, TEXT 
VOTE TO 30330. 
30330.  
THAT WOULD BE 
THE PRESIDENT'S 
GOLF SCORE IF HE 
DID NOT CHEAT. 
OKAY, LOOK. 
I WILL ADMIT 
THAT WAS A 
LITTLE NASTY, 
BUT WE ALL KNOW 
HE IS A CHEATER. 
AND I AM PROUD 
TO BE A NASTY, 
NASTY WOMAN. 
YOU KNOW, WHEN 
DONALD TRUMP 
SPOKE AT HIS 
INAUGURATION 
ABOUT AMERICAN 
CARNAGE, I 
ASSUMED THAT WAS 
SOMETHING HE WAS 
AGAINST, NOT A 
CAMPAIGN 
PROMISE. 
WHAT WE NEED NOW 
IS GREAT 
LEADERSHIP. 
SOMEONE 
EXPERIENCED AND 
HARD-WORKING AND 
INTELLIGENT. 
SOMEONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
SOUL OF THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
>> I AM HISTORIAN
JOHN MEACHAM. 
IN HIS FINAL 
SUNDAY SERMON, 
DAYS BEFORE HIS 
DEATH, MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. 
SAID WE ARE TIED 
TOGETHER IN THE 
SINGLE GARMENT 
OF DESTINY. 
THIS IS THE WAY 
GOD'S UNIVERSE 
IS MADE. 
THIS IS THE WAY 
IT IS STRUCTURED.
A SINGLE GARMENT 
OF DESTINY. 
WE THE PEOPLE 
CANNOT ESCAPE 
THAT REALITY. 
NOR, AS LINCOLN 
TAUGHT US, CAN 
YOU OR I ESCAPE 
HISTORY AND WE 
SHOULD NOT WANT 
TO. 
FOR MANY OF US 
HAVE BEEN GIVEN 
MUCH. 
LIBERTY, 
OPPORTUNITY, A 
SENSE OF 
POSSIBILITY. 
THE TASK OF OUR 
TIME IS TO MAKE 
SURE THOSE GIFTS 
ARE AVAILABLE 
NOT JUST OF 
FOLKS WHO LOOK 
LIKE ME, BUT TO 
ALL OF US. 
THIS IS A GRAVE 
MOMENT IN 
AMERICA. 
A DEADLY VIRUS 
IS RAVAGING US. 
OUR JOBS ARE 
EVAPORATING. 
OUR FAITH IN THE 
THINGS THAT BIND 
US TOGETHER IS 
FADING, FOR OUR 
DEMOCRACY IS 
UNDER ASSAULT BY 
AN INCUMBENT 
MORE INTERESTED 
IN HIMSELF THAN 
THE REST OF US. 
EXTREMISM, 
ISOLATIONISM AND 
A LACK OF 
ECONOMIC 
OPPORTUNITY FOR 
WORKING PEOPLE 
ARE ALL 
PREVENTING US 
FROM REALIZING 
OUR NATION'S 
PROMISE. 
AND SO WE MUST 
DECIDE WHETHER 
WE WILL CONTINUE 
TO BE PRISONERS 
OF THE DARKEST 
OF AMERICAN 
FORCES OR WILL 
WE FREE OURSELVES
TO WRITE A 
BRIGHTER, 
BETTER, MORE 
NOBLE STORY. 
THAT IS THE 
ISSUE OF THE 
SELECTION. 
A CHOICE THAT 
GOES STRAIGHT TO 
THE NATURE OF 
THE SOUL OF 
AMERICA. 
HUMANKIND HAS 
LONG VIEWED THE 
SOUL AS THE 
VITAL CENTER, 
THE CORE, THE 
ESSENCE OF 
EXISTENCE. 
THE SOUL IS WHAT 
MAKES US, US. 
IN ITS FINEST 
HOURS, AMERICA'S 
SOUL HAS BEEN 
EMANATED 
ANIMATED BY THE 
PROPOSITION THAT 
WE ARE ALL 
CREATED EQUAL 
AND THE 
IMPERATIVE TO 
ENSURE WE ARE 
TREATED EQUAL. 
YET AMERICA IS A 
MIX OF LIGHT AND 
SHADOW. 
WALLS DWELL IN 
THE AMERICAN 
SOUL, BUT SO DO 
THE IMPULSES 
THAT HAVE GIVEN 
US SLAVERY, 
SEGREGATION, AND 
SYSTEMIC 
DISCRIMINATION. 
OFTENTIMES WE 
HEAR THE 
TRUMPETS, RATHER 
THAN FACE 
TRAGEDIES. 
BUT AN HONEST 
ACCOUNTING OF 
WHO WE HAVE BEEN 
CAN ENABLE US TO 
SEE WHO WE 
SHOULD BE. 
A COUNTRY DRIVEN 
BY THE BEST 
PARTS OF OUR 
SOUL, NOT THE 
WORST. 
A COUNTRY 
INFORMED BY 
REASON AND 
CANDOR, NOT EGO 
AND LIES. 
A COUNTRY THAT IS
BIGHEARTED, NOT 
NARROWMINDED. 
THE STRUGGLE TO 
BE WHO WE OUGHT 
TO BE IS 
DIFFICULT, 
DEMANDING, AND 
ONGOING. 
JUSTICE CAN BE 
ELUSIVE AND 
CHANGE IN 
AMERICA HAS BEEN 
PAINFUL AND 
PROVISIONAL. 
THE CIVIL WAR 
LED TO 
SEGREGATION. 
THE NEW DEAL, TO 
RIGHT-WING 
REACTION. 
CIVIL RIGHTS TO 
WHITE BACKLASH. 
YET HISTORY, 
WHICH WILL 
SURELY BE OUR 
JUDGE, CAN ALSO 
BE OUR GUIDE. 
FROM HARRIET 
TUBMAN TO ALICE 
PAUL TO JOHN 
LEWIS. 
FROM THE BEACHES 
OF NORMANDY TO 
THE RENDING OF 
THE IRON CURTAIN.
OUR STORY HAS 
SOARED AND WE 
HAVE BUILT 
BRIDGES NOT 
WALLS. 
WHEN WE HAVE 
LENT A HAND, NOT 
WHEN WE HAVE 
POINTED FINGERS. 
WHEN WE HAVE 
HOPED, NOT 
FEARED. 
IF WE LIVE IN 
HOPE, WE OPEN 
OUR SOULS TO THE 
POWER OF LOVE. 
WE HAVE BEEN 
TAUGHT TO LOVE 
OUR NEIGHBORS AS 
OURSELVES. 
AS INDIVIDUALS 
AND AS A NATION, 
HOWEVER, WE 
FAILED AT 
FOLLOWING THAT 
COMMANDMENT MORE 
OFTEN THAN WE 
SUCCEED. 
BUT WHEN WE FAIL,
WE MUST TRY 
AGAIN AND AGAIN 
AND AGAIN. 
FOR ONLY IN 
TRIAL IS 
PROGRESS 
POSSIBLE. 
OUR STORY HAS 
BECOME FULLER 
AND FAIRER 
BECAUSE OF 
PEOPLE WHO SHARE 
OUR CONVICTION 
THAT DOCTOR KING 
ARTICULATED ON 
THAT SUNDAY HALF 
A CENTURY AGO. 
THE ARC OF THE 
MORAL UNIVERSE 
IS LONG, BUT IT 
BENDS TOWARD 
JUSTICE. 
BENDING THAT ARC 
REQUIRES ALL OF 
US. 
IT REQUIRES WE 
THE PEOPLE AND 
IT REQUIRES A 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
WITH EMPATHY, 
GRACE, A BIG 
HEART, AND AN 
OPEN MIND. 
JOE BIDEN WILL 
BE SUCH A 
PRESIDENT. 
WITH OUR VOICES 
AND OUR VOTES, 
LET US WRITE THE 
NEXT CHAPTER OF 
THE AMERICAN 
STORY. 
ONE OF HOPE, OF 
LOVE, OF 
JUSTICE. 
IF WE DO SO, WE 
MIGHT JUST SAVE 
OUR COUNTRY AND 
OUR SOULS. 
>> GOOD EVENING, 
I AM 
CONGRESSWOMAN 
DEB HAALAND.  
I AM GRATEFUL TO 
BE WITH YOU HERE 
ON INDIGENOUS 
LAND. 
THE PROMISE OF 
THIS COUNTRY IS 
OLDER THAN OUR 
CONSTITUTION. 
OVER 500 YEARS 
AGO, THOUSANDS 
OF INDIAN TRIBES 
WERE VIBRANT 
DEMOCRATIC 
SOCIETIES, WITH 
RICH CULTURES 
AND TRADITIONS 
AND COMMUNITIES 
THAT HAD 
SUSTAINED THEM 
FOR MILLENNIA ON 
LANDS THEY LOVED 
AND RESPECTED. 
MY PEOPLE, THE 
PUEBLO INDIANS, 
MIGRATED TO THE 
RIO GRANDE 
VALLEY IN THE 
LATE 1200S TO 
ESCAPE DROUGHT. 
WE WERE LED TO 
THE RIVER AND 
ITS TRIBUTARIES 
WHERE WE 
ESTABLISHED AN 
AGRICULTURAL 
TRADITION THAT 
CONTINUES TO 
THIS DAY. 
MY PEOPLE 
SURVIVED 
CENTURIES OF 
SLAVERY, 
GENOCIDE, AND 
BRUTAL 
ASSIMILATION 
POLICIES. 
BUT THROUGHOUT 
OUR PAST, TRIBAL 
NATIONS HAVE 
FOUGHT FOR AND 
HELPED TO BUILD 
THIS COUNTRY. 
THERE WERE THOSE 
LIKE MY 
GRANDPARENTS WHO 
WORKED ON OUR 
COUNTRY'S 
GRANDPARENTS AND 
THOSE LIKE MY 
MOTHER, A NAVY 
VETERAN, WHO 
SERVED THIS 
COUNTRY WITH 
HONOR. 
I STAND HERE 
TODAY, A PROUD 
35th GENERATION 
NEW MEXICAN AND 
ONE OF THE FIRST 
NATIVE AMERICAN 
WOMEN EVER 
ELECTED TO 
CONGRESS. 
I AM A SYMBOL OF 
OUR RESILIENCE 
AND THE 
EMBODIMENT OF 
AMERICA'S 
PROGRESS AS A 
NATION. 
I KNOW WE CAN'T 
TAKE OUR 
DEMOCRACY FOR 
GRANTED, 
ESPECIALLY NOW 
AS PEOPLE ARE 
DYING. 
AS OUR LAND IS 
ABUSED. 
AS OUR 
CONSTITUTION IS 
UNDER ATTACK. 
WE MUST WORK FOR 
IT BY GETTING 
INVOLVED, BY 
REGISTERING 
VOTERS, BY 
VOTING. 
VOTING IS 
SACRED. 
MY PEOPLE KNOW 
THAT. 
WE WEREN'T 
UNIVERSALLY 
GRANTED THE 
RIGHT TO VOTE 
UNTIL 1962 AND 
THAT FUNDAMENTAL 
RIGHT IS MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN 
EVER. 
WHETHER YOUR 
ANCESTORS HAVE 
BEEN HERE FOR 
HUNDREDS OF 
YEARS OR YOU ARE 
A NEW CITIZEN, 
KNOW THIS. 
WHETHER WE VOTE 
AND HOW WE VOTE 
WILL DETERMINE 
IF OUR NATION'S 
PROMISE OF 
SOCIAL, RACIAL, 
AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
JUSTICE WILL 
OUTLAST US. 
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
RESPECT OUR PAST 
AND UNDERSTAND 
OUR PRESENT. 
THEY WILL SEE US 
THROUGH THIS 
CRISIS OF 
LEADERSHIP THAT 
IS PLAGUING OUR 
COUNTRY AND THEY 
WILL HELP US 
BUILD A BETTER 
FUTURE. 
THANK YOU. 
,
>>> THE FIRST 
YEAR THAT I 
VOTED WAS 1974. 
>> 1967. 
>> I HAVE NOT 
MISSED A GENERAL 
OR PRIMARY 
ELECTION IN MY 
61 YEAR VOTING 
HISTORY. 
>> NOW WE ARE 
SEEING THE 
CURRENT 
PRESIDENT 
SABOTAGE OUR 
RIGHT TO VOTE. 
SABOTAGE 
DEMOCRACY, BY 
TRYING TO UNDO 
THE POSTAL 
SYSTEM. 
>> MY FATHER 
WORKS FOR THE 
POSTAL SERVICE 
FOR 30 YEARS. 
>> MY MOTHER 
WORKED FOR THE 
LOCAL POST 
OFFICE FOR 10 
YEARS. 
THAT JOB ENABLED 
HER TO FEED HER 
FAMILY. 
>> I AM APPALLED 
AT WHAT THE 
REPUBLICANS AND 
THE PRESIDENT 
ARE TRYING TO DO 
TO SUPPRESS THE 
VOTE. 
>> NOTHING OR NO 
ONE WILL STOP ME 
FROM VOTING IN 
THIS ELECTION. 
>> WE NEED JOE 
BIDEN. 
,
>>> WHERE ARE 
THEY GOING? 
WHERE ARE THEY 
GOING? 
WHO IS GETTING 
THEM? 
WHO IS NOT 
GETTING THEM? 
WE HAVE A 
SECTION THAT IS 
REPUBLICAN. 
WILL THEY BE 
STOLEN FROM 
MAILBOXES THAT 
THEY GET PUT IN 
BY THE MAILMAN? 
WILL THEY BE 
TAKEN BY THE 
MAILMAN AND MAIL 
WOMEN? 
WILL THEY BE 
FORGED? 
WHO IS SIGNING 
THEM? 
WHO IS SIGNING 
THEM? 
WHAT ARE THEY 
SIGNED AT A 
KITCHEN TABLE 
AND SENT IN? 
WILL THEY BE 
COUNTERFEITED BY 
GROUPS INSIDE 
OUR NATION? 
WILL THEY BE 
COUNTERFEITED, 
MAYBE BY THE 
MILLIONS BY 
FOREIGN POWERS? 
>> I HEARD 
DONALD TRUMP SAY 
SOME PRETTY 
UNHINGED THINGS. 
I HEARD THEM 
OVER AND OVER 
AGAIN. 
BUT NOTHING IS 
MORE DANGEROUS 
FOR OUR 
DEMOCRACY THAN 
HIS ATTACKS ON 
MAIL-IN VOTING, 
DURING A 
PANDEMIC. 
HERE IS THE 
TRUTH. 
DONALD TRUMP 
DOESN'T WANT ANY 
OF US TO VOTE, 
BECAUSE HE KNOWS 
WE CAN'T WIN 
FAIR AND SQUARE. 
WHETHER YOU PLAN 
TO VOTE BY MAIL 
OR IN PERSON, 
WEARING YOUR 
MASK, IT IS YOUR 
VOTE AND IT IS 
YOU ARE RIGHT. 
DON'T LET DONALD 
TRUMP TAKE THAT 
AWAY FROM YOU. 
FOR ACCURATE, UP-
TO-DATE VOTING 
INFORMATION YOU 
CAN TRUST, TEXT 
"VOTE" TO 30330. 
ONE MORE TIME,  
TEXT "VOTE" TO 
30330.  
>>> I AM ALEX 
PADILLA,  
CALIFORNIA 
SECRETARY OF 
STATE. 
>> AND I AM 
JOCELYN BENSON, 
THE SECRETARY OF 
STATE OF 
MICHIGAN. 
>> VOTING IS THE 
OXYGEN OF OUR 
DEMOCRACY. 
IT DECIDES 
ELECTIONS  AND 
ELECTIONS CHANGE 
LIVES. 
THAT IS WHY WE 
HAVE SEEN SO 
MANY ATTACKS ON 
OUR RIGHT TO 
VOTE, INCLUDING 
TARGETING 
WORKING FAMILIES,
YOUNG PEOPLE, 
AND COMMUNITIES 
OF COLOR. 
>> SECRETARIES 
OF STATE ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
RUNNING FAIR, 
ACCESSIBLE, 
SECURE ELECTIONS 
WHERE EVERY VOTE 
IS COUNTED AND 
EVERY VOICES 
HEARD. 
WE SERVE ON THE 
FRONT LINES, 
DEFENDING OUR 
DEMOCRACY 
AGAINST ANY AND 
ALL ATTACKS, 
FOREIGN AND 
DOMESTIC. 
>> SO LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THIS 
ELECTION. 
DESPITE WHAT HE 
SAYS, DONALD 
TRUMP CAN'T 
CANCEL IT. 
BUT HE AND 
REPUBLICANS ARE 
MAKING IT TOO 
HARD FOR SO MANY 
TO CAST THEIR 
BALLOTS. 
NOW HE IS 
DISTRACTING AND 
CONFUSING 
VOTERS. 
>> LET'S BE 
CLEAR. 
THERE IS ZERO 
DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN VOTING 
BY MAIL AND 
VOTING ABSENTEE. 
MILLIONS OF 
AMERICANS HAVE 
BEEN VOTING 
ABSENTEE FOR 
DECADES. 
DONALD TRUMP, 
HIS FAMILY, HIS 
STAFF, THEY ALL 
VOTE BY MAIL. 
IN STATES LIKE 
CALIFORNIA, 
COLORADO, UTAH, 
AND OREGON, 
VOTERS HAVE BEEN 
VOTING BY MAIL 
FOR YEARS. 
REPUBLICANS AND 
DEMOCRATS AGREE 
IT IS SAFE. 
>> NOW TRUMP HAS 
ADMITTED HE IS 
TRYING TO 
SABOTAGE THE 
POST OFFICE TO 
UNDERMINE VOTING 
BY MAIL AND WE 
ARE NOT GOING TO 
LET HIM DO THAT. 
OUR JOB IS TO 
MAKE SURE 
EVERYONE CAN 
VOTE SAFELY, 
WHETHER IN 
PERSON OR BY 
MAIL. 
YOUR JOB IS TO 
MAKE SURE YOU 
VOTE. 
>> AND THERE IS 
MORE. 
ONCE YOU HAVE 
DONE THAT, TALK 
TO HER FRIENDS 
AND NEIGHBORS. 
SPREAD THE WORD. 
TELL EVERYONE 
YOU KNOW TO TEXT 
"VOTE" TO 30330  
FOR MORE VOTING 
OPTIONS. 
IF YOU PLAN TO 
VOTE FROM HOME, 
REQUEST AND 
RETURN YOUR 
VALID EARLY AND 
REMIND EVERYONE 
YOU KNOW TO MAKE 
A PLAN TO VOTE. 
>> DON'T LET 
ANYONE KEEP YOU 
FROM EXERCISING 
YOUR MOST SACRED 
RIGHT. 
MAKE YOUR PLAN 
TO VOTE. 
GRAB YOUR MASK 
AND HEAD TO THE 
POLLS THE FIRST 
DAY THEY ARE 
OPEN. 
REQUEST YOUR 
BALLOT AND SEND 
IT IN RIGHT AWAY.
ELECTION RESULTS 
MAY TAKE A 
LITTLE LONGER 
THIS YEAR, BUT 
DEMOCRATS WILL 
FIGHT TO MAKE 
SURE YOUR BALLOT 
IS COUNTED. 
>> BECAUSE AT 
THE END OF THE 
DAY, THE BIGGEST 
ROLE IN 
PRESERVING OUR 
DEMOCRACY ISN'T 
OURS, IT IS 
YOURS. 
,
>> WE HAVE A 
CRAZY HISTORY 
WITH AMERICA 
THAT ALL STARTED 
WITH BEING A 
BEACON FOR 
IMMIGRANTS. 
IT IS REALLY 
COOL BEING PART 
POLISH AND PART 
PUERTO RICAN AND 
ALSO PART BLACK, 
BECAUSE FOR ME, 
PERSONALLY, I 
GET TO BE LIKE 
THIS MELTING POT 
OF AMERICA. 
>> IF YOU WERE 
AN IMMIGRANT 
BACK THEN, YOU 
COME FROM AN 
IMMIGRANT FAMILY,
THE DEMOCRATS 
BROUGHT YOU IN. 
WE ARE IN DANGER 
OF LOSING THE 
MEANING OF THIS 
COUNTRY. 
>> EVERY 
GENERATION 
BEFORE US HAS 
HAD TO FIGHT FOR 
WHAT THEY 
BELIEVE IN AND 
THIS IS OUR 
CHANCE NOW. 
>> I WAS SO PROUD
WHEN I SAW THE 
DEMONSTRATIONS 
GOING ON ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY. 
>> THIS ELECTION 
MEANS A LOT TO 
ME, BECAUSE I 
FEEL LIKE OUR 
GENERATION IS SO 
MOTIVATED RIGHT 
NOW TO MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE. 
THERE ARE LOTS 
OF CHANGES THAT 
WE HAVE TO MAKE 
AND I AM 
COUNTING ON JOE 
BIDEN AND I 
BELIEVE IN HIM. 
,
>>> I AM HERE 
BECAUSE A UNION 
JOB LIFTED MY 
FAMILY OUT OF 
POVERTY AND INTO 
THE MIDDLE CLASS.
MY GRANDFATHER 
LEFT THE JIM 
CROW SOUTH FOR 
DETROIT, JOINED 
THE UAW AND GOT 
A JOB ON THE 
ASSEMBLY LINES 
DURING WORLD WAR 
II. 
THAT UNION JOB 
ENABLED HIM TO 
SUPPORT HIS 
FAMILY, RAISE MY 
MOM, AND SEND 
HER TO 
UNIVERSITY. 
THAT IS THE 
AMERICAN DREAM. 
TOGETHER WE 
WORK. 
TOGETHER WE RISE.
JOE BIDEN AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
KNOW THE DIGNITY 
OF ALL WORKING 
AMERICANS. 
THEY BELIEVE 
URGENCY AND A 
DEMAND OF OUR 
DREAM. 
WORKING PEOPLE 
ARE UNDER 
ATTACK. 
THE WEALTH GAP 
GROWS. 
OUR MIDDLE CLASS 
SHRINKS AND 
POVERTY PERSISTS.
LAST WEEK DONALD 
TRUMP SAID, AND 
I QUOTE, OUR 
ECONOMY IS DOING 
GOOD. 
WHILE 40 MILLION 
AMERICANS ARE AT 
RISK OF LOSING 
THEIR HOMES. 
30 MILLION 
AREN'T GETTING 
ENOUGH TO EAT 
AND 5.4 MILLION 
PEOPLE HAVE LOST 
THEIR HEALTHCARE 
BECAUSE OF THIS 
CRISIS. 
HE HAS FAILED US.
BUT STILL, I 
BELIEVE IN THE 
DREAM OF OUR 
ANCESTORS. 
TOGETHER, WITH 
JOE AND KAMALA 
IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE, WE WILL 
RAISE THE 
MINIMUM WAGE SO 
NO ONE WHO WORKS 
A FULL-TIME JOB 
IN AMERICA  
LIVES IN 
POVERTY. 
TOGETHER WE WILL 
FIGHT FOR THOSE 
WHO KEEP US 
HEALTHY. 
WHO KEEP US SAFE.
WHO TEACH OUR 
CHILDREN. 
WE WILL STAND 
FOR THOSE WHO 
COOK AND SERVE 
AND CLEAN. 
WHO PLANT AND 
HARVEST. 
WHO PACK AND 
ALWAYS, THOSE 
WHO DELIVER. 
WHOSE HANDS ARE 
THICK WITH 
CALLUSES. 
LIKE MY 
GRANDDAD'S WORD. 
HE LIFTED ME HI. 
HE HELD MINE 
WHEN I WAS A 
BOY. 
IF HE WAS ALIVE, 
JOE AND KAMALA, 
HE WOULD BE SO 
PROUD  OF YOU. 
AND HE WOULD 
TELL US, TAKE 
ANOTHER BY THE 
HAND AND ANOTHER 
AND LET'S GET TO 
WORK. 
THIS AIN'T FREE, 
YOU'VE GOT TO 
WORK FOR IT. 
LIKE HIS 
GENERATION, UP 
AND OUT OF THE 
DEPRESSION, 
LET'S NOW WORK 
TOGETHER AND 
STAND TOGETHER 
AND AMERICA 
TOGETHER WE WILL 
RISE. 
>> THIS IS MY 
TEAM. 
NOT WALL STREET, 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
BUILD AMERICA. 
>> AMERICANS 
JUST WANT TO 
LIVE MEEKLY 
COMFORTABLE. 
I HAVE A WIFE 
THAT WORKS, AS 
WELL. 
I HAVE A 17 AND 
7-YEAR-OLD AT 
HOME AND WE ARE 
STILL WORKING. 
THANKS TO OUR 
INTERNATIONAL 
EXECUTIVE BOARD 
FORGETTING WITH 
GENERAL MOTORS 
AND MAKING SURE 
IT IS SAFE TO 
RETURN BACK TO 
WEIRD WORK AFTER 
EIGHT WEEKS LAID 
OFF. 
NOW HERE WE ARE, 
FULL-BLOWN. 
>> I TELL YOU 
WHAT, THE FUTURE 
OF THE AUTO 
WORKERS OF 
AMERICA, AND I 
REALLY BELIEVE 
THIS, CAN BE AS 
GREAT AS IT WAS 
IN THE LATE 40s. 
50s. 
>> YES. 
>> SIMPLE 
REASON, IT IS AN 
ICONIC INDUSTRY. 
AN AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY. 
WE MADE IT. 
>> YES, THANK 
YOU. 
>> IT HAS BEEN A 
VERY INTERESTING 
2020. 
I HAVE BEEN IN 
THE FOREST 
SERVICE FOR 16 
YEARS AND NEVER 
EXPERIENCED 
ANYTHING LIKE 
COVID. 
WE HAD TO CHANGE 
OUR WHOLE 
TACTICS. 
NOW A HURRICANE 
THAT CAME A FEW 
MINUTES AGO AND 
WE WERE DOING 
THINGS WE NEVER 
THOUGHT WE WOULD 
BE DOING. 
AND WORRYING 
ABOUT COVID. 
>> HOW IS YOUR 
FAMILY DOING? 
>> I HAVE AN 
ALMOST 5-YEAR-
OLD WHO IS MY 
WORLD AND I AM 
VERY LUCKY THAT 
MY PARENTS 
RETIRED. 
MY MOM RETIRED 
AFTER MY 
DAUGHTER WAS 
BORN, TO HELP US.
UNFORTUNATELY 
COVID CAME IN 
AND NOW IT IS 
GOING TO BE 
ONLINE SCHOOLING.
I KNOW A LOT OF 
GUYS THAT ARE 
SINGLE INCOME 
FAMILIES AND 
JUST TRYING TO 
FIGURE OUT HOW 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO DO IT WITH 
THEIR KIDS. 
WHAT 
ARRANGEMENTS 
THEY WILL HAVE 
TO MAKE. 
AND THEY WON'T 
EVEN BE GOING TO 
SCHOOL, IT WILL 
BE ONLINE. 
>> IT IS TO 
PEOPLE IN THE 
HOUSEHOLD. 
I HAVE A FAMILY 
OF TWO AND WE 
HAVE KIDS THAT 
ARE NO LONGER IN 
THE HOUSEHOLD, 
BUT IT TAKES TWO 
PEOPLE TO BUILD. 
WE HAVE AN 
ONGOING GOAL, A 
FIVE-YEAR GOAL 
FOR THE NEXT 
FIVE YEARS. 
HOPEFULLY WE 
WILL SAVE, SAVE, 
SAVE. 
>> LOOK, 
EVERYBODY TALKS 
ABOUT THE MIDDLE 
CLASS. 
THE FACT IS, THE 
WAY MIDDLE-CLASS 
PEOPLE GENERATE 
WEALTH 
OVERWHELMINGLY 
IS AT THEIR 
HOME. 
THAT GETS PASSED 
ON FROM ONE 
GENERATION TO 
THE NEXT, THE 
EQUITY IN A HOME.
>> THIS CRISIS 
IS CONTINUOUS, 
TAKING HITS. 
ONE OF THE 
REASONS WE ARE 
ON THIS CALL IS 
BECAUSE WE 
REALIZE HOW 
IMPORTANT IT IS 
TO HAVE YOU IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE. 
WE NEED A 
COMPREHENSIVE 
POLICY, WHICH I 
KNOW YOU HAVE 
ONE. 
IF WE ARE GOING 
TO BUILD THE 
MIDDLE CLASS, IT 
IS ABOUT THE 
JOBS. 
>> THE FUTURE 
REALLY RESTS ON 
INVESTMENT. 
WE WILL INVEST 
$2 TRILLION IN 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
TOWARDS BRIDGES, 
HIGHWAYS, MAKING 
SURE WE HAVE 
ACCESS TO DO 
THINGS THAT 
REALLY MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE, LIKE 
WHAT YOU'RE 
DOING AT THAT 
SOLAR FACILITY. 
I AM A SCRANTON 
BOY. 
CENTRAL 
PENNSYLVANIA IS 
OKAY, BUT YOU 
KNOW, NORTHEAST 
-- KEEP THE 
FAITH, GUYS. 
>> THANK YOU, 
SIR. 
,
>>> I KNOW IT IS 
NOT TYPICAL FOR 
A FORMER SURGEON 
GENERAL TO SPEAK 
AT A CONVENTION. 
SURGEONS GENERAL 
ARE APPOINTED BY 
PRESIDENTS, BUT 
OUR WORK ISN'T 
ABOUT POLITICS. 
OUR HIGHEST DUTY 
IS TO THE 
PUBLIC. 
OUR TRUE GUIDE 
IS SCIENCE AND 
OUR JOB IS TO 
SPEAK THE TRUTH 
ABOUT PUBLIC 
HEALTH, EVEN 
WHEN IT IS 
CONTROVERSIAL OR 
PERCEIVED AS 
POLITICAL. 
SO HERE IS THE 
TRUTH. 
OUR NATION 
ABSOLUTELY HAS 
WHAT IT TAKES TO 
OVERCOME THE 
COVID-19 
PANDEMIC THAT IS 
CLAIMED TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF OUR 
LOVED ONES. 
WE HAVE THE 
TALENT, 
RESOURCES, AND 
TECHNOLOGY. 
WHAT WE ARE 
MISSING IS 
LEADERSHIP. 
WE NEED A LEADER 
WHO WORKS WITH 
STATES TO ENSURE 
THAT EVERYONE 
WHO NEEDS A TEST 
GETS ONE AND 
GETS RESULTS 
QUICKLY. 
A LEADER WHO 
SECURES A SAFE, 
EFFECTIVE VACCINE
AND DISTRIBUTES 
IT QUICKLY AND 
FAIRLY. 
A LEADER WHO 
INSPIRES US TO 
PRACTICE 
DISTANCING AND 
WEAR MASKS. 
NOT AS A 
POLITICAL 
STATEMENT, BUT 
AS A PATRIOTIC 
DUTY. 
A COMMITMENT WE 
MAKE TO ONE 
ANOTHER. 
THAT IS WHY I AM 
HERE TONIGHT, 
NOT BECAUSE OF 
POLITICS OR 
PARTY, BUT 
BECAUSE I KNOW 
JOE BIDEN CAN BE 
THAT LEADER. 
I HAVE WORKED 
WITH JOE BIDEN. 
I HAVE SEEN WHO 
HE IS WITH NO 
CAMERAS AROUND. 
HOW HE SITS WITH 
PEOPLE IN THEIR 
PAIN AND HOLDS 
THEM IN HIS 
HEART. 
HOW HE POURS 
OVER COVID 
BRIEFINGS, 
ASKING SMART 
QUESTIONS, 
LETTING SCIENCE 
GUIDE HIS WAY, 
JUST AS HE DID 
WHEN MANAGING 
THE EBOLA 
CRISIS. 
SIX YEARS AGO, 
WHEN JOE BIDEN 
MET MY FAMILY, 
MANY OF THEM 
IMMIGRANTS, 
HONORED TO BE IN 
THE NATION'S 
CAPITAL, I SAW 
HOW HE KNEELED 
BY MY 
GRANDMOTHER'S 
WHEELCHAIR. 
TOOK HER HANDS 
IN HIS AND SAID, 
THANK YOU FOR 
CHOOSING US. 
THE UNITED 
STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
AS THE PLACE TO 
TRUST WITH YOUR 
FAMILY. 
TONIGHT, AS A 
FATHER, SON, AND 
GRANDSON. 
AS A DOCTOR WHO 
SWORE A OATH. 
AND AS AN 
AMERICAN WHO 
LOVES MY COUNTRY.
I CAN TELL YOU 
THAT JOE BIDEN 
IS THE MAN I 
TRUST THE 
LOOKOUT FOR MY 
FAMILY AND THE 
LEADER I KNOW 
WILL HEAL THIS 
NATION. 
,
>> HI, I AM 
SENATOR TAMMY 
BALDWIN. 
WHEN I WAS NINE 
YEARS OLD, I GOT 
SICK. 
REALLY SICK. 
I WAS 
HOSPITALIZED. 
SINCE MY 
GRANDPARENTS 
WERE THE ONES 
RAISING ME AND 
OUR FAMILIES 
HEALTH PLAN 
DIDN'T COVER 
GRANDKIDS, WE 
WERE FORCED TO 
PAY OUT-OF-
POCKET FOR MY 
THREE MONTH 
HOSPITAL STAY. 
I GOT BETTER, 
BUT THE 
INSURANCE 
COMPANIES DIDN'T.
THEY REFUSED TO 
COVER ME AT ANY 
COST, BECAUSE I 
WAS MARKED CHILD 
WITH A PRE-
EXISTING 
CONDITION. 
WE ALL HAVE 
STORIES LIKE 
THIS. 
STORIES ABOUT A 
TIME WHEN THE 
SYSTEM WAS 
RIGGED AGAINST 
US. 
WHEN WE WERE 
COUNTED OUT, 
LEFT OUT, PUSHED 
OUT. 
TO THINK OF WHAT 
WE'VE HEARD 
THESE PAST FOUR 
DAYS. 
HEALTHCARE 
PROFESSIONALS 
WHO DON'T HAVE 
THE PROTECTIVE 
GEAR THEY NEED. 
YOUNG PEOPLE 
WHOSE ASTHMA 
WILL GET WORSE, 
AS OUR AIR 
QUALITY DOES. 
WORKERS WHO ARE 
AFRAID OF LOSING 
THEIR JOB. 
EACH STORY BEGS 
THE SIMPLE, 
FUNDAMENTAL 
QUESTION THAT 
GETS TO THE 
HEART OF THE 
CHOICE IN THIS 
ELECTION. 
WHAT KIND OF 
COUNTRY DO WE 
WANT TO BE? 
DO WE WANT TO BE 
A COUNTRY WHERE 
MILLIONAIRES GET 
TO DODGE TAXES 
OR ONE WHERE 
WORKING FAMILIES 
GET A BREAK? 
DO WE WANT TO BE 
A COUNTRY WHERE 
MEDICAL BILLS 
BURY PEOPLE IN 
DEBT OR ONE 
WHERE HEALTHCARE 
IS AFFORDABLE 
FOR ALL? 
OR WHERE TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
PEOPLE DIE FROM 
A VIRUS, OR 
WHERE THE 
AMERICAN DREAM 
LIVES? 
I THINK WE KNOW 
THE ANSWER TO 
THAT FUNDAMENTAL 
QUESTION. 
BECAUSE MOST OF 
US WANT THE SAME 
THINGS. 
GOOD SCHOOLS IN 
OUR 
NEIGHBORHOODS. 
RACIAL JUSTICE. 
THE FREEDOM TO 
LOVE WHO WE WANT.
DIGNITY IN OUR 
WORK AND AN 
ECONOMY WHERE 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
AND WORKING 
FAMILIES THRIVE. 
OVER THE PAST 
MONTH, WE HAVE 
ADDED ANOTHER TO 
THAT LIST. 
A NATION FREE 
FROM COVID. 
THAT IS WHY JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS ARE THE 
ONLY ANSWER IN 
THE SELECTION. 
TRUST ME, THEY 
ARE. 
YOU SEE THERE IS 
ANOTHER PART OF 
MY STORY. 
THE PART WHERE I 
RAN FOR OFFICE. 
THE PART WHERE I 
SERVED IN 
CONGRESS. 
THE PART WHERE I 
WORKED WITH JOE 
BIDEN AND BARACK 
OBAMA TO MAKE 
SURE KIDS AND 
GRANDKIDS, IF 
THEY ARE 
DEPENDENCE, CAN 
STAY ON THEIR 
PARENTS HEALTH 
INSURANCE UNTIL 
THEY ARE 26. 
WE GOT THAT DONE.
AND YES, IT WAS 
A BIG DEAL. 
THAT IS THE 
AMERICA I KNOW. 
THAT IS THE 
AMERICA I LOVE 
AND THAT IS THE 
AMERICA WE WILL 
BE WITH JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
A NATION THAT 
PLANS. 
A NATION THAT 
BUILDS. 
A NATION THAT 
BUILDS BACK. 
SAY IT WITH ME 
AT HOME. 
A NATION THAT 
BUILDS BACK 
BETTER. 
HERE IN 
WISCONSIN, OUR 
STATE MOTTO IS 
JUST ONE WORD. 
FORWARD. 
THIS NOVEMBER, 
LET'S MOVE 
FORWARD AND 
NEVER LOOK BACK. 
THANK YOU. 
,
>> NO NATION. 
NO NATION CAN 
MATCHUP EVERY 
STEP UP. 
RELIEVED BY THE 
POWER OF OUR 
EXAMPLE, MY BY 
THE NOT BY THE 
EXAMPLE OF OUR 
POWER. 
>> IF YOU WANT 
TO HELP JOE, LET 
MAKE SURE AND 
KAMALA HARRIS 
MAKE SURE 
AMERICA STAYS 
STRONG PLEASE GO 
TO JOE BIDEN.COM 
AND CONTRIBUTE 
ANYTHING YOU CAN 
. TONIGHT  I 
COULDN'T BE 
PROUDER TO BE A 
LOYAL UNION 
MEMBER, A 
PASSIONATE 
COMMON ACTIVIST 
AND A PATRIOTIC 
DEMOCRAT OR AS 
DONALD TRUMP 
WILL CALL ME IN 
A TWEET TOMORROW,
"A WASHED UP 
HORSE FACED NO 
TALENT -- WITH 
NO RATINGS.
" WITH ALL DUE 
RESPECT, SIR, IT 
TAKES ONE TO 
KNOW ONE. 
NOW I WOULD LIKE 
TO INTRODUCE YOU 
TO A REAL 
AMERICAN HERO, 
WORLD WAR II 
VETERAN, AND 
GOOD. 
>> I'M EDWARD 
GOOD, 95 YEARS 
OLD, VETERAN OF 
WORLD WAR II AND 
OF KOREA. 
WHAT I WEAR A 
UNIFORM? 
I WERE ONLY TWO 
BADGES, MY 
PARACHUTE WINGS 
AND THE COMBAT 
INFANTRY BADGE. 
I DID MAKE ONE 
COMBAT TRUMP 
OVER THE LINE IN 
GERMANY AND I'M 
PROUD OF WHAT I 
HAVE BEEN. I 
HAVE BEEN A 
REPUBLICAN SINCE 
THE 1960s. 
I AM A MEMBER OF 
THE NRA AND I 
VOTED FOR TRUMP 
AND I THINK 
TRUMP HAS BEEN 
THE WORST 
PRESIDENT WE 
HAVE EVER HAD SO 
I WILL BE GLAD 
TO SEE HIM GO I 
THINK JOE BIDEN 
WILL BE A GREAT 
LEADER FOR THE 
UNITED STATES. 
LIKE ME, ON MY 
JUMP INTO 
GERMANY, I SAY 
JOE BIDEN CARES 
ABOUT DOING HIS 
PROPER DUTY 
TOWARD THE %S 
UNITED STATES 
AND IF SELECTED 
THAT IS WHAT HE 
WILL DO. 
>> ♪ 
>> THIS YEAR'S 
ELECTION IS VERY 
IMPORTANT. 
PROBABLY THE 
MOST IMPORTANT 
ELECTION WE HAVE 
HAD IN YEARS. HE%
I RECOMMEND SONG 
STRONGLY TO TAKE 
DOWN THE 
DIVISION CREATED 
BY OUR CURRENT 
PRESIDENT, 
DONALD TRUMP IF 
WE NEED TO  NTPUT 
SOMEBODY ELSE IN 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
THAT IS GOING TO 
BRING US  
TOGETHER. 
NOW, LET ME JUST 
EXPLAIN 
SOMETHING. 
I HAVE BEEN A PL
LONG-STANDING 
REPUBLICAN FOR A 
LONG TIME AND 
I'M TELLING %YOU, 
TO 'VE GOT 
VOTE FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
YOU HAVE TO. 
I DON'T THINK WE 
CAN DEAL WITH 
THE TYPE OF 
PERSON WE HAVE 
IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE ANY 
LONGER. 
SO IT IS UP TO 
YOU, AMERICA AND 
ME BECAUSE IN 
THIS ELECTION, 
I'M VOTING FOR 
JOE. 
I'M SURE. 
I'M ABSOLUTELY 
SURE HE IS GOING TI
TO HELP US BRING 
THIS COUNTRY 
TOGETHER ONCE 
AGAIN. 
>> ♪ 
>> ♪ ,
>>> MY NAME IS 
LETICIA COLE. 
I MET MY HUSBAND 
20 YEARS AGO. 
WE STARTED 
DATING WHILE I 
WAS IN COLLEGE. 
ONCE I GRADUATED 
FROM COLLEGE, WE 
ELOPED. TWO 
WEEKS AFTER 
THAT, HE DEPLOYED
. 
>> THIS IS WHAT 
I WANTED TO DO. 
YOU LOVE THIS 
COUNTRY. 
ARE YOU WILLING 
TO DO THE HARD 
WORK IT TAKES TO 
MAINTAIN IT? 
>> ♪ 
>> WHAT WAS 
SUPPOSED TO BE A 
SIX MONTH 
DEPLOYMENT 
TURNED INTO 11 
MONTHS. THERE 
WAS NOTHING 
REALLY TO 
PREPARE ME AS A 
NEW MILITARY 
SPOUSE ON HOW TO 
DEAL WITH THE 
STRESS. 
>> WHEN PEOPLE 
GET MARRIED THEY 
EXPECT TO GROW 
OLD WITH EACH 
OTHER. 
WITH MULTIPLE 
COMBAT TOURS 
THERE IS NO 
GUARANTEE OF ANY 
OF THAT. 
>> THEY ARE JUST 
A LONG LAUNDRY 
LIST OF 
UNCERTAINTIES WE 
HAVE TO JUGGLE. 
YOU KNOW, JOE 
HAS ALWAYS CARED 
ABOUT MILITARY 
FAMILIES. 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
THROUGH SO MUCH. 
WHEN I WENT TO 
IRAQ, ONE OF THE 
GENERALS SAID, 
YOU KNOW, I WANT 
TO SHARE THIS 
STORY WITH YOU 
AND HIS 
DAUGHTER'S 
CLASS, A 
CHRISTMAS 
PROGRAM AND THEY 
WERE PLAYING THE 
"OF A MARIA" AND 
ONE OF THE 
LITTLE GIRLS 
BURST INTO TEARS 
AND THE TEACHER 
RAN OVER AND 
SAID "WHAT'S THE 
MATTER, WHAT'S 
THE MATTER?" 
SHE SAID THAT'S 
THE SONG THEY 
PLAYED AT MY 
DADDY'S FUNERAL. 
HE DIED IN THE 
WAR. 
THE TEACHER HAD 
NO IDEA THAT 
THAT LITTLE 
GIRL'S FATHER 
HAD FOUGHT IN 
THE WAR AND HAD 
DIED. 
THAT NIGHT, I 
SAID TO MY 
STAFF, I'M A 
TEACHER. 
WE CAN DO 
BETTER. 
WE HAVE GOT TO 
DO BETTER TO 
HELP OUR 
MILITARY KITS. 
>> THE BIDENS 
HAVE A TRACK 
RECORD OF 
HELPING MILITARY 
FAMILIES. 
WE HAVE SEEN 
WITH THE WORK 
THEY HAVE DONE 
WITH JOINING 
FORCES AND HOW 
THEY WERE ABLE 
TO RALLY A 
COUNTRY BEHIND 
US. 
>> THAT IS WHAT 
WE DO TO DEFEND 
OUR NATION'S. 
CARE FOR THEM 
AND THEIR 
FAMILIES WHEN 
THEY ARE GONE 
AND CARE FOR 
THEM AND THEIR 
FAMILIES WHEN 
THEY COME HOME. 
>> IT WAS THE 
VERY FIRST TIME 
THAT I AS A 
MILITARY SPOUSE 
FELT LIKE 
SOMEBODY WAS 
LISTENING TO US 
AND SOMEONE 
CARED. 
IT IS NOT JUST 
THE SERVICE 
MEMBER WHO 
SERVES. 
THE ENTIRE 
FAMILY SERVES AS 
WELL. 
JOE SAID, "WE 
HAVE ONE 
OBLIGATION: TO 
TAKE CARE OF OUR 
MILITARY 
MEMBERS." 
DURING THIS 
PANDEMIC FOR 
SURE, SO MANY 
PEOPLE VETERANS 
HAVE LOST THEIR 
JOBS. 
SO MANY MILITARY 
SPOUSES HAVE 
LOST THEIR JOBS. 
THAT IS ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT 
WILL BE A 
PRIORITY IN A 
BIDEN 
ADMINISTRATION. 
WE WILL MAKE 
SURE THAT ALL 
AMERICANS HAVE 
HEALTH CARE, 
EMPLOYMENT, THE 
THINGS THAT 
FAMILIES NEED TO 
THRIVE. 
SOME PEOPLE SO 
YOU WHERE THEY 
ARE AND WE KNOW 
EXACTLY WHO JOE 
IS. 
HE IS THE BEST 
CANDIDATE FOR 
AMERICA, NOT 
JUST FOR OUR 
FAMILIES BUT FOR 
ALL FAMILIES. 
,
>>> GOOD 
EVENING. 
I'M TAMMY 
DUCKWORTH. 
WHEN I FIRST 
ENLISTED IN THE 
ARMY I WAS EAGER 
TO SERVE MY 
COUNTRY AND 
ANXIOUS ABOUT 
WHETHER I WOULD 
BE ABLE TO EARN 
MY WAY INTO THE 
RANKS BUT I 
EARNED MY WINGS 
AND LATER 
COMMANDED MY OWN 
AIR ASSAULT UNIT 
LEARNING THAT 
SERVING AND 
LEADING IN THE 
MILITARY IS BOTH 
A PRIVILEGE AND 
A SACRIFICE. 
TO BE A 
COMMANDER, YOU 
MUST ALWAYS PUT 
YOUR TRIPS FIRST 
BECAUSE ONE DAY, 
YOU MAY ORDER 
THEM TO 
SACRIFICE 
EVERYTHING FOR 
OUR GREAT 
NATION. 
TO DO THAT, 
LEADERS MUST 
COMMAND THEIR 
TRUE'S RESPECT 
AND BE WORTHY OF 
THEIR PLEDGE TO 
PROTECT AND 
DEFEND OUR 
CONSTITUTION NO 
MATTER THE COST. 
BUT MILITARY 
SERVICE DOESN'T 
JUST TAKE 
SACRIFICE FOR 
THOSE IN 
UNIFORM. 
IS REQUIRED FROM 
THEIR FAMILIES, 
TOO. 
MY HUSBAND, 
BRIAN WAS THE 
ONE WHO WASHED 
RUSHED TO WALTER 
REED AFTER I WAS 
WOUNDED IN IRAQ, 
THE ONE HOLDING 
MY HAND WAITING 
FOR ME TO WAKE 
UP AND WHEN I 
DID HE WAS MY 
ROCK, GETTING ME 
THROUGH THOSE 
HOURS, WEEKS, 
MONTHS OF 
UNSPEAKABLE PAIN 
AND UNENDING 
SURGERIES. 
HE WAS MY ANGER 
AS I RELEARNED 
TO WALK, HELPING 
ME THROUGH EVERY 
STEP AND EVERY 
STUMBLE. 
OUR MILITARY 
SPOUSES HOLD 
THEIR FAMILIES 
TOGETHER. 
PRAYING FOR 
THEIR LOVED ONES 
SAFETY WHEREVER 
THERE DEPLOYED 
AND SERVING AS 
CAREGIVERS TO 
OUR DISABLED 
SERVICE MEMBERS 
AND PICKING UP 
THE PIECES AND 
STARTING AGAIN 
WHENEVER THE 
NEXT TOUR OF THE 
NEXT WAR ARISES. 
JOE BIDEN 
UNDERSTANDS 
THESE SACRIFICES 
BECAUSE HE HAS 
MADE THEM 
HIMSELF. 
WHEN HIS SON, 
BEAU DEPLOYED TO 
IRAQ, HIS BURDEN 
WAS ALSO 
SHOULDERED BY 
HIS FAMILY. 
JOE KNOWS THE 
FEAR MILITARY 
FAMILIES LIVE 
BECAUSE HE HAS 
FELT THAT THREAT 
OF NEVER KNOWING 
IF YOUR DEPLOYED 
LOVE ONE IS 
SAFE. 
HE UNDERSTANDS 
THEIR BRAVERY 
BECAUSE HE HAS 
HAD TO MUSTER 
THE SAME 
STRENGTH EVERY 
HOUR OF EVERY 
DAY BEAU WAS 
OVERSEAS. 
THAT'S THE KIND 
OF LEADER OUR 
SERVICE MEMBERS 
DESERVE, ONE WHO 
UNDERSTANDS THE 
RISKS THEY FACE 
AND WOULD 
ACTUALLY PROTECT 
THEM BY DOING 
HIS JOB AS 
COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF. 
INSTEAD, THEY 
HAVE A COWARD IN 
CHIEF WHO WILL 
NOT STAND UP TO 
VLADIMIR PUTIN, 
READ HIS DAILY 
INTELLIGENCE 
BRIEFINGS OR 
EVEN PUBLICLY 
ADMONISHED 
ADVERSARIES FOR 
REPORTEDLY 
PUTTING BOUNTIES 
ON OUR TROOPS 
HEADS. 
AS PRESIDENT, 
JOE BIDEN WOULD 
NEVER LET 
TYRANTS 
MANIPULATE HIM 
LIKE A PUPPET. 
HE WOULD NEVER 
PERVERT OUR 
MILITARY TO 
STROKE HIS OWN 
EGO. 
HE WOULD NEVER 
TURN HIS BACK ON 
OUR TROOPS OR 
THREATEN THEM 
AGAINST AMERICAN 
PEOPLES, 
PEACEFULLY 
EXECUTED 
EXERCISING THEIR 
CONSTITUTIONAL 
RIGHTS. 
JOE BIDEN WAS 
STAND FOR WHAT'S 
RIGHT, STAN TALL 
FOR OUR TROOP 
AND STAND STRONG 
AGAINST OUR 
ENEMIES BECAUSE, 
UNLIKE TRUMP, 
JOE BIDEN HAS 
COMMON DECENCY, 
HE HAS COMMON 
SENSE, HE CAN 
COMMAND BOTH 
FROM EXPERIENCE 
AND FROM 
STRENGTH. 
DONALD TRUMP 
DOESN'T DESERVE 
TO CALL HIMSELF 
COMMANDER IN 
CHIEF FOR 
ANOTHER FOUR 
MINUTES LET 
ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS. 
OUR TROOPS 
DESERVE BETTER. 
OUR COUNTRY 
DESERVES BETTER. 
IF YOU AGREE, 
TEXT "MORE" TO 
30330 TO ELECT 
JOE BIDEN, A 
LEADER WHO 
ACTUALLY CARES 
ENOUGH ABOUT 
AMERICA TO LEAD. 
>>> IT EVEN. 
I'M JOE BIDEN AND
-- I'M BEAU 
BIDEN AND JOE 
BIDEN IS MY DAD. 
>> SOME VOICES, 
SOME WORK NEVER 
CEASE TO CHANGE 
LIVES. 
SOME PEOPLE 
NEVER STOP 
INSPIRING, EVEN 
AFTER THEY ARE 
GONE. 
BEAU BIDEN WAS A 
HUSBAND, FATHER, 
BROTHER, SON, 
SOLDIER, 
ATTORNEY GENERAL
. HE WAS GIVEN 
JUST 46 YEARS ON 
THIS EARTH. 
>> EVEN IN 46 
YEARS, HE DID 
MORE THAN WHAT 
SOME PEOPLE DO 
IN 100 46. 
THINK ABOUT THE 
CHILDREN THAT 
ARE SAFER 
BECAUSE OF HIM. 
WHOSE LIVES ARE 
WHOLE BECAUSE OF 
THEM. 
THINK ABOUT THAT 
DAY THAT 
FAMILIES WERE 
FREER BECAUSE OF 
HIM. 
FOLKS MAY NEVER 
KNOW THAT THEIR 
LIVES ARE BETTER 
BECAUSE OF BEAU 
BIDEN BUT THAT'S 
OKAY. 
THAT WAS NEVER 
THE POINT OF HIS 
PUBLIC SERVICE. 
>> IF YOU NEW 
BEAU YOU KNEW HE 
LIVED BY THE 
STRICTEST CODE 
OF HONOR, DUTY, 
SERVICE, 
COUNTRY. 
YOU NEVER HAD TO 
ASK IF HE WOULD 
DO SOMETHING THE 
RIGHT WAY. 
HE DIDN'T KNOW 
ANY OTHER WAY. 
>> BOWDEN CUT 
CORNERS. 
HE TURNED DOWN 
AN APPOINTMENT 
TO BE DELAWARE'S 
ATTORNEY GENERAL 
SO HE COULD WIN 
FAIR AND SQUARE. 
WHEN THE FIELD 
WAS CLEAR FOR 
HIM TO RUN FOR 
THE SENATE, HE 
CHOSE TO FINISH 
HIS JOB -- AFTER 
9/11, HE JOINED 
THE NATIONAL 
GUARD. 
HE FELT IT WAS 
HIS OBLIGATION. 
HE DID HIS DUTY 
TO HIS COUNTRY, 
DEPLOYED TO IRAQ.
>> BEAU BIDEN 
SERVED HIS 
COUNTRY IN 
BATTLE. 
HE PROSECUTOR 
ONE OF THE WORST 
CHILD PREDATORS 
IN AMERICAN 
HISTORY AND EVEN 
THOUGH HE IS NO 
LONGER WITH US, 
EVERY DAY, HE 
STILL INSPIRES 
THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
>> IT WON'T BE 
POSSIBLE FOR ME 
TO BE HERE THIS 
FALL SO I HAVE 
SOMETHING TO ASK 
OF YOU. 
BE THERE FOR MY 
DAD LIKE HE WAS 
FOR ME. 
,
>>> A COUPLE OF 
YEARS AGO, I WAS 
DIAGNOSED WITH 
CANCER. 
AND I WAS 
ABSOLUTELY 
TERRIFIED. 
ONE OF THE FIRST 
PEOPLE WHO 
CALLED ME WAS 
JOE.
'S REAL WARMTH 
AND KINDNESS ON 
THE CALL, IT 
MADE ME CRY. 
OUR CURRENT 
PRESIDENT HAS 
MADE ME CRY, TOO 
BUT IT HAS NEVER 
HAD ANYTHING TO 
DO WITH HIS 
WARMTH OR 
KINDNESS. 
JOE BIDEN'S 
EMPATHY IS 
GENUINE. 
YOU CAN FEEL IT. 
THAT IS WHY 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
ASKED JOE TO 
HEAD UP THE 
CANCER MOONSHOT. 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
KNOWS WHAT WE 
ALL KNOW. 
JOE BIDEN 
UNDERSTANDS 
SUFFERING AND 
LOSS AND 
SACRIFICE. 
MAYOR PETE 
BUTIGIEG ALSO 
KNOWS SOMETHING 
ABOUT SACRIFICE. 
HE VOLUNTEERED 
AND WAS DEPLOYED 
TO AFGHANISTAN, 
THEN RETURNED 
HOME TO INDIANA 
TO BECOME A 
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE 
PUBLIC SERVANT. 
SAY HELLO TO 
MAYOR PETE. 
>> GOOD EVENING. 
BEAU BIDEN LIVED 
A LIFE OF SERVICE
IN OFFICE AND IN 
UNIFORM. 
WHEN YOU PUT 
YOUR LIFE ON THE 
LINE FOR THIS 
COUNTRY, YOU DO 
IT NOT BECAUSE 
IT IS THE 
COUNTRY YOU LIVE 
IN BUT BECAUSE 
IT IS A COUNTRY 
YOU BELIEVE IN. 
I BELIEVE IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
BECAUSE AMERICA 
UNIQUELY HOLDS 
THE PROMISE OF A 
PLACE WHERE 
EVERYONE CAN BE 
LONG. 
WE NOW THAT FOR 
TOO MANY AND FOR 
TOO LONG, THAT 
PROMISE HAS BEEN 
DENIED. 
BUT WE ALSO KNOW 
AMERICA IS AT 
ITS BEST WHEN WE 
MAKE THAT CIRCLE 
OF BELONGING 
WIDER. JUST OVER 
10 YEARS AGO, I 
JOINED THE 
MILITARY WHERE 
BECAUSE OF WHO I 
AM, IT WAS 
POLICY. 
NOW AND 2020 IT 
IS UNLAWFUL IN 
AMERICA TO FIRE 
SOMEONE BECAUSE 
OF WHO THEY ARE 
OR WHO THEY LOVE.
THE VERY RING ON 
MY FINGER, A 
WEDDING WE 
CELEBRATED HERE 
WHERE I AM 
STANDING 
REFLECTS HOW 
THIS COUNTRY CAN 
CHANGE. 
LOVE MAKES MY 
MARRIAGE REAL. 
BUT POLITICAL 
COURAGE MADE IT 
POSSIBLE. 
INCLUDING THAT 
OF JOE BIDEN WHO 
STEPPED OUT AHEAD
EVEN OF THIS 
PARTY WHEN HE 
SAID, THAT 
MARRIAGE 
EQUALITY OUGHT 
TO BE THE LAW OF 
THE LAND. 
THERE IS A LONG 
WAY TO GO. 
BUT IF THIS MUCH 
CAN CHANGE 
BETWEEN 2010 AND 
2020, IMAGINE 
WHAT COULD 
CHANGE BETWEEN 
NOW AND 2030. 
IMAGINE WHAT WE 
COULD ACHIEVE, 
THIS COALITION 
WE ARE BUILDING, 
THIS VERY 
SEASON, 
GATHERING 
PROGRESSIVES AND 
MODERATES, 
INDEPENDENTS AND 
EVEN WHAT I LIKE 
TO CALL FUTURE 
FORMER 
REPUBLICANS, 
STANDING FOR AN 
AMERICA WHERE 
EVERYONE 
BELONGS. 
JOE BIDEN IS 
RIGHT. 
THIS IS A 
CONTEST FOR THE 
SOUL OF THE 
NATION. 
TO ME, THAT 
CONTEST IS NOT 
BETWEEN GOOD 
AMERICANS AND 
EVIL AMERICANS. 
IT IS THE 
STRUGGLE TO CALL 
OUT WHAT IS GOOD 
IN EVERY 
AMERICAN. 
IT IS UP TO US. 
WILL AMERICA BE 
A PLACE WHERE 
FAITH IS ABOUT 
HEALING AND NOT 
EXCLUSION? CAN 
WE BECOME A 
COUNTRY THAT 
LIVES UP TO THE 
TRUTH THAT BLACK 
LIVES MATTER? 
WILL WE HANDLE 
QUESTIONS OF 
SCIENCE AND 
MEDICINE BY 
TURNING TO 
SCIENTISTS AND 
DOCTORS? 
WILL WE SEE TO 
IT THAT NO ONE 
WHO WORKS FULL-
TIME CAN LIVE IN 
POVERTY? 
I TRUST JOE 
BIDEN AND KAMALA 
HARRIS TO BUT 
GUIDE US TOWARD 
THAT BETTER 
FUTURE BECAUSE I 
HAVE SEEN UP 
CLOSE THEIR 
EMPATHY AND 
THEIR CAPACITY. 
JUST AS I HAVE 
SEEN MY FELLOW 
AMERICANS' 
CAPACITY TO 
SUPPORT AND 
INCLUDE ONE 
ANOTHER IN NEW 
WAYS AND DO 
BETTER BY THE 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA. 
THE DAY I WAS 
BORN, THE IDEA 
OF AN OUT 
CANDIDATE 
SEEKING ANY 
FEDERAL OFFICE 
AT ALL WAS 
LAUGHABLE BUT 
EARLIER THIS 
YEAR I CAMPAIGN 
FOR THE 
PRESIDENCY, 
OFTEN WITH MY 
HUSBAND AT MY 
SIDE, WINNING 
DELEGATES TO 
THIS VERY 
CONVENTION. 
NOW, I COME TO 
THIS CONVENTION 
PROBABLY 
SUPPORTING JOE 
BIDEN AND, LEE 
HARRIS. 
JOINING FELLOW 
DEMOCRATS WHO 
WERE SQUARING 
OFF IN 
COMPETITION JUST 
A FEW MONTHS AGO
. A NUMBER OF US 
RECENTLY GOT 
TOGETHER TO TALK 
ABOUT THE JOE WE 
KNOW. 
,
>>> HI, I'M CORY 
BOOKER. 
WELCOME TO 
EVERYBODY AT 
HOME. 
I'M VERY EXCITED 
TO PRESENT TO 
YOU A GROUP OF 
PEOPLE THAT RAN 
IN THE 2020 
DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARY AGAINST 
JOE BIDEN. 
YOU COULD THINK 
OF THIS SORT OF 
LIKE SURVIVOR ON 
THE OUT 
INTERVIEWS OF 
ALL THE PEOPLE 
THAT GOT VOTED 
OFF THE ISLAND. 
BERNIE, DON'T 
YOU LAUGH 
BECAUSE I HAVE A 
QUESTION FOR YOU 
LIKE WHY DID MY 
GIRLFRIEND LIKE 
YOU MORE THAN 
SHE LIKES ME? 
BUT -- 
>> LET MAKE A 
CORRECTIVE. 
THAT IS THE 
OBVIOUS ANSWER, 
RIGHT? 
>> HEY I'M 
CURIOUS BECAUSE, 
SENATOR SANDERS 
AND SENATOR 
KLOBUCHAR YOU 
ACTUALLY SERVED 
WITH JOE BIDEN 
IN THE SENATE. 
I'M WONDERING IF 
YOU HAVE ANY 
MEMORIES OF WHAT 
HE WAS LIKE AS A 
COLLEAGUE IN THE 
SENATE? 
>> I REMEMBER 
ONE NIGHT WHEN I 
WAS GIVING ONE 
OF THOSE FLOOR 
SPEECHES AND 
COREY, YOU KNOW 
WHAT THIS IS 
LIKE. 
NO ONE WAS 
THERE. 
NO ONE WAS 
WATCHING. 
I WAS ALL AND I 
GAVE MY SPEECH 
WHICH WAS MUCH 
BIGGER TO A 
COMPLETELY EMPTY 
CHANGER AND I 
WALKED OUT OF 
THERE AND I 
THOUGHT, I 
WONDER IF MY MOM 
WAS EVEN 
WATCHING THIS ON 
C-SPAN. 
AND AT THAT 
MOMENT THE CELL 
PHONE RAIN AND I 
ACTUALLY THOUGHT 
MAYBE MY MOM WAS 
WATCHING ON C-
SPAN AND YOU 
KNOW WHO IT WAS? 
IT WAS JOE 
BIDEN. 
AND THAT KIND OF 
GOES TO NOT ONLY 
HIS KINDNESS FOR 
CALLING ME AND 
BEING A MENTOR 
BUT IT ALSO GOES 
TO HOW MUCH HE 
CARES ABOUT OUR 
GOVERNMENT AND 
WHAT PEOPLE ARE 
SAYING AND THAT 
EVEN WHEN HE IS 
AT HOME AT 
NIGHT, HE IS 
WATCHING AND HE 
CARES. 
>> AMY, WE ALL 
WANT TO KNOW, 
DID YOUR MOTHER 
WATCH? 
>> NOW. 
NO, SHE DIDN'T. 
>> REMEMBER WHEN 
IT WAS A STEAK 
FRY WHERE WE 
WERE WAITING TO 
GO ON. 
IT WORKED OUT TO 
WHERE I WAS 
THERE AT THE 
SAME TIME WITH 
HIM AND HE 
POINTED AT 
SOMEBODY WE BOTH 
KNEW WHO WAS 
WORKING ON MY 
CAMPAIGN BUT HE 
HAD KNOWN FROM 
BEFORE AND LET 
ME KNOW THAT 
THAT WAS 
SOMEBODY WHO HAD 
GONE THROUGH A 
FAMILY TRAGEDY 
THAT JOE SOMEHOW 
KNEW ABOUT AND 
JUST THOUGHT IT 
WAS IMPORTANT 
FOR ME TO KNOW 
THAT ABOUT 
SOMEONE WHO IS 
WORKING WITH ME. 
I THOUGHT, OVER 
TIME I REALIZED 
THAT WAS JUST 
BASIC TO WHO HE 
IS BUT THAT 
ALWAYS STUCK 
WITH ME. 
>> ELIZABETH DO 
YOU HAVE ANY 
REMEMBRANCES, AS 
WELL? 
>> I THINK I SAW 
JOE THE CLEAREST 
ON A DAY WHEN IT 
WAS THE ONE-YEAR 
ANNIVERSARY OF 
THE BOSTON 
MARATHON BOMBING 
AND EVERYONE OF 
COURSE WAS 
ENORMOUSLY 
HONORED TO HAVE 
THE VICE 
PRESIDENT HERE 
BUT AT SOME 
POINT IN THAT 
SPEECH, HE 
SHIFTED TO THE 
PARENTS WHO HAD 
LOST A CHILD, TO 
THE MAN WHO HAD 
LOST LIFE, TO 
SOMEONE WHO HAD 
EXPERIENCED LOSS 
VERY PERSONALLY 
AND HE SPOKE TO 
EACH OF THE 
FAMILIES FROM 
THE HEART. 
>> THAT'S 
PHENOMENAL. 
I WANT TO ASK, 
WHAT GETS YOU 
EXCITED ABOUT 
THIS IDEA OF THE 
INCLUSION OF BIG 
IDEAS FROM ALL 
OVER THE PARTY 
INTO THE FUTURE 
AND INTO THE 
NEXT 
ADMINISTRATION? 
>> THE MOUNTAIN 
OF MAGIC OF JOE 
BIDEN IS EVERY 
MEETING HE DOES 
COMES WITH NEW 
MEANING. 
IF HE COMES WITH 
AN AMBITIOUS 
DESIRE TO 
ADDRESS CLIMATE 
CHANGE EVERYBODY 
FOLLOWS HIS 
LEAD. 
HE WANTS TO GO 
WITH THE BEST 
TEAM AND DO IT 
TOGETHER. 
THAT'S HOW HE 
WILL REBUILD THIS
COUNTRY. 
>> I'M SO 
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 
OUR COUNTRY 
RIGHT NOW 
DESPITE SOME 
VERY DARK DAYS 
FOR A LOT OF OUR 
BELT FELLOW 
AMERICANS IN 
LARGE PART 
BECAUSE OF WHAT 
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 
DOING RIGHT NOW. 
AFTER THE MURDER 
OF AHMAUD ARBERY 
AND BREONNA 
TAYLOR AND 
GEORGE FLOYD, 
YOUNG PEOPLE BY 
AND LARGE LED 
THE PROTESTS AND 
DID SO IN THE 
ABSOLUTE BEST 
TRADITIONS OF 
THIS COUNTRY, 
THE TRADITIONAL 
JOHN LEWIS. 
BY OPTIMISM AND 
MY FAITH IN THIS 
COUNTRY IS 
REFLECTED IN 
THOSE YOUNG 
PEOPLE AND THE 
WAY THAT JOE 
AND, LOCK, LEE 
HARRIS ARE 
LISTENING TO 
THEM AND THEIR 
URGENCY IN THE 
CAMPAIGN THEY 
ARE RUNNING AND 
THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
THEY ARE GOING 
TO LEAVE. 
AND PEOPLE WHO 
ARE NOT SURE IF 
THEY WILL VOTE 
ARE SEEING A 
POINT OF 
PRIVILEGE A LOT 
OF AMERICANS 
DON'T HAVE. 
THERE ARE SOME 
REFERRALS THAT 
LIVE LIFE ON THE 
MARGINS THAT 
THIS ELECTION 
WILL DECIDE AND 
MAYBE IT'S NOT 
LIFE OR DEATH 
ISSUES FOR YOU 
BUT WE ALL ARE 
IN THIS 
TOGETHER, 
ABSOLUTELY. 
>> COREY, WHAT I 
WOULD SAY IS THAT
THIS IS CLEARLY 
THE MOST 
IMPORTANT 
ELECTION IN THE 
MODERN HISTORY 
OF THIS COUNTRY 
AND JOE BIDEN, 
YOU HAVE A HUMAN 
BEING WHO IS 
EMPATHETIC, 
HONEST, DECENT 
AND AT THIS 
PARTICULAR 
MOMENT, IN 
AMERICAN 
HISTORY, MY GOD, 
THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT 
THIS COUNTRY 
ABSOLUTELY 
NEEDS. 
AND ALL OF US 
WHETHER YOU ARE 
PROGRESSIVES, 
MODERATES, OR 
CONSERVATIVES, 
HAVE GOT TO COME 
TOGETHER TO 
DEFEAT THIS 
PRESIDENT. 
>> THANKS FOR 
THAT, BERNIE. 
I WANT TO THANK 
YOU FOR JOINING 
ME FOR THIS 
SEGMENT. 
I MEAN IT 
SINCERELY, IT 
WAS AN HONOR TO 
RUN AGAINST YOU 
AND IT WAS AN 
EVEN GREATER 
HONOR TO STAND 
WITH YOU IN 
SUPPORT OF JOE 
BIDEN AND, LEE 
HARRIS. 
>>> GOOD 
EVENING. 
I HAVE NEVER 
BEEN MUCH FOR 
PARTISAN 
POLITICS. 
I HAVE SUPPORTED 
DEMOCRATS, 
REPUBLICANS AND 
INDEPENDENTS. 
I HAVE BEEN A 
DEMOCRAT, 
REPUBLICAN AND 
INDEPENDENT. 
THIS IS ABOUT 
PEOPLE AND THE 
TWO PEOPLE 
RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT COULD 
NOT BE MORE 
DIFFERENT. 
ONE BELIEVES IN 
FACTS. 
ONE DOES NOT. 
ONE LISTENS TO 
EXPERTS. 
THE OTHER THINGS 
HE KNOWS 
EVERYTHING. 
ONE LOOKS 
FORWARD AND SEES 
STRENGTH AT 
AMERICA'S 
DIVERSITY AND 
THE OTHER LOOKS 
BACKWARDS AND 
SEES IMMIGRANTS 
AS ENEMIES AND 
WHITE 
SUPREMACISTS AS 
ALLIES. 
HERE IS ANOTHER 
DIFFERENCE. 
ONE HAS PROVEN 
HE KNOWS HOW TO 
HANDLE A CRISIS 
BY HELPING TO 
LEAVE LEAD THE 
ECONOMIC 
TURNAROUND AFTER 
THE 2008 
RECESSION WHILE 
THE OTHER HAS 
NOT ONLY FAILED 
TO LEAVE IT HAS 
TO LEAD BUT 
HAZLE MADE THE 
CRISIS WORSE. 
DONALD TRUMP 
SPENT THE YEAR 
DOWNPLAYING THE 
THREAT, IGNORING 
SCIENCE AND 
RECOMMENDING 
QUACK CURES 
WHICH LED COVID-
19 TO SPREAD 
MUCH FASTER THAN 
IT SHOULD'VE 
LEAVING HUNDREDS 
OF THOUSANDS 
NEEDLESSLY SICK 
OR DEAD. 
HE HAS FAILED 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE 
CATASTROPHICALLY.
FOUR YEARS AGO I 
CAME BEFORE THIS 
VERY CONVENTION 
AND SAID, NEW 
YORKERS NOW A 
CON WHEN WE SEE 
ONE. 
BUT TONIGHT, I'M 
NOT ASKING YOU 
TO VOTE AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP 
BECAUSE HE IS A 
BAD GUY. 
I'M URGING YOU 
TO VOTE AGAINST 
HIM BECAUSE HE 
HAS DONE A BAD 
JOB. 
TODAY, 
UNEMPLOYMENT IS 
AT HISTORIC HIGHS
AND SMALL 
BUSINESSES ARE 
STRUGGLING JUST 
TO SURVIVE. 
IT DID NOT HAVE 
TO BE THIS WAY. 
BEFORE I RAN FOR 
MAYOR'S I SPENT 
20 YEARS RUNNING 
A BUSINESS I 
STARTED FROM 
SCRATCH SO I 
WANT TO ASK 
SMALL BUSINESS 
OWNERS AND THEIR 
EMPLOYEES ONE 
QUESTION: IT IS 
A QUESTION FOR 
EVERYONE. 
WOULD YOU REHIRE 
OR WORK FOR 
SOMEONE WHO RAN 
YOUR BUSINESS 
INTO THE GROUND? 
AND WHO ALWAYS 
DOES WHAT IS 
BEST FOR HIM OR 
HER EVEN WHEN IT 
HURTS THE 
COMPANY? 
AND WHOSE 
RECKLESS 
DECISIONS PUT 
YOU IN DANGER? 
AND WHO SPENDS 
MORE TIME 
TWEETING THAN 
WORKING? 
IF THE ANSWER IS 
NO, WHY WOULD WE 
EVER REHIRE 
DONALD TRUMP FOR 
ANOTHER FOUR 
YEARS? 
TRUMP SAYS WE 
SHOULD VOTE FOR 
HIM BECAUSE HE 
IS A GREAT 
BUSINESSMAN. 
REALLY? 
HE DROVE HIS 
COMPANIES INTO 
BANKRUPTCY SIX 
TIMES. 
ALWAYS LEAVING 
BEHIND CUSTOMERS 
AND CONTRACTORS 
WHO WERE 
CHEATED, 
SWINDLED AND 
STOPPED DOING 
BUSINESS WITH 
HIM. 
THIS TIME, ALL 
OF US ARE PAYING 
THE PRICE. 
AND WE CAN'T LET 
HIM GET AWAY 
WITH IT AGAIN. 
DONALD SAYS WE 
SHOULD VOTE FOR 
HIM BECAUSE THE 
ECONOMY WAS 
GREAT BEFORE THE 
VIRUS. 
WHAT? 
BIDEN AND OBAMA 
CREATED MORE 
JOBS OF THE LAST 
THREE YEARS THAN 
THE TRUMP 
ADMINISTRATION 
DID OVER THEIR 
FIRST THREE. 
AND ECONOMIC 
GROWTH WAS 
HIGHER UNDER 
BIDEN AND OBAMA 
THAN UNDER 
TRUMP. 
IN FACT, WHILE 
BIDEN HELPED 
SAVED 1 MILLION 
AUTO INDUSTRY 
JOBS, TRUMP HAS 
LOST 250,000 
MANUFACTURING 
JOBS. SO WHEN 
TRUMP SAYS HE 
WANTS TO MAKE 
AMERICA GREAT 
AGAIN, HE IS 
MAKING A PRETTY 
GOOD CASE FOR 
JOE BIDEN. 
LOOK, OUR GOAL 
SHOULD NOT BE TO 
BRING BACK THE 
PANDEMIC 
ECONOMY. 
IT SHOULD BE AT, 
AS JOE SAYS, TO 
BUILD IT BACK 
BETTER. 
JOE'S ECONOMIC 
PLAN WILL CREATE 
CLEAN ENERGY 
JOBS THAT FIGHT 
ANOTHER CRISIS 
TRUMP IS 
IGNORING:, 
CHANGE. 
JOE WILL REBUILD 
OUR CRUMBLING 
ROADS AND 
BUSINESS, 
BRIDGES, 
SOMETHING HAVE 
BEEN TALK ABOUT 
BY TRUMP. IN THE 
LAST THREE AND 
HALF YEARS HE 
HAS NOT DONE 
ANYTHING . WHAT 
A JOKE! 
LET ME TELL YOU 
A LITTLE SECRET. 
DONALD TRUMP'S 
ECONOMIC PLAN 
WAS TO GIVE A 
HUGE TAX CUT TO 
GUYS LIKE ME WHO 
DIDN'T NEED IT. 
AND THEN LIE 
ABOUT IT TO 
EVERYONE ELSE. 
WELL, JOE WILL 
ROLLBACK THAT 
TAX CUT THAT I 
GOT SO WE CAN 
FUND THINGS OUR 
WHOLE COUNTRY 
NEEDS. 
LIKE TRAINING 
FOR ADULTS WHO 
HAVE LOST JOBS 
AND MAKING 
COLLEGE MORE 
AFFORDABLE. 
AND INVESTING IN 
AMERICAN 
RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT SO 
THAT THE 
PRODUCTS OF 
TOMORROW ARE 
MADE TODAY BY 
AMERICAN WORKERS.
YOU KNOW, 
GROWING UP, I 
WAS TAUGHT TO 
BELIEVE THAT 
AMERICA IS THE 
GREATEST COUNTRY 
IN THE WORLD. 
NOT BECAUSE WE 
WANT WON A 
SECOND WORLD WAR 
BUT BECAUSE OF 
WHY WE'S WE 
STARTED IT FOR 
FREEDOM, 
DEMOCRACY AND 
EQUALITY. 
MY FAVORITE 
CHILDHOOD BOOK 
WAS CALLED 
"JOHNNY 
TREMAINE" ABOUT 
OF BOSTON BOY 
WHO JOINED THE 
REVOLUTION. 
JOHNNY STANDS ON 
WASHINGTON 
COMMONS AND SEES 
A NATION THAT IS 
"GREEN WITH 
SPRING, DREAMING 
OF THE FUTURE. 
A PLOT THAT IS 
THE AMERICA I 
KNOW AND LOVE. 
THAT IS THE 
AMERICA WE ARE 
IN DANGER OF 
LOSING UNDER 
THIS PRESIDENT. 
LET'S PUT AN END 
TO THIS WHOLE 
SORRY CHAPTER IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY 
AND ELECT 
LEADERS WHO WILL 
BRING INTEGRITY 
AND STABILITY, 
SANITY AND 
COMPETENCE BACK 
TO THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
JOE AND KAMALA, 
GO GET HIM  FOR 
ALL OF US. 
>>> WE CAN HELP 
YOU FIND THE 
BEST AND SAFEST 
WAY TO VOTE IN 
YOUR STATE. 
SIMPLY TEXT 
"VOTE" TO 30330 .
30330. 
IT IS NOT THAT 
HARD TO REMEMBER.
PERSON, WOMAN, 
MAN, CAMERA, TV, 
30330. 
ANYONE CAN DO 
IT. 
I WANT TO 
INTRODUCE YOU 
NOT TO A YOUNG 
MAN WHO VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN 
MET EARLIER THIS 
YEAR IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE AND 
HELPED TO FIND 
HIS VOICE. 
SAY HELLO TO 
BRADEN 
HARRINGTON. 
>> HI, MY NAME 
IS BRADEN 
HARRINGTON AND 
WITHOUT JOE BIDEN
, I WOULDN'T BE 
TALKING TO YOU 
TODAY. 
A FEW MONTHS AGO 
I MET HIM IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE VICKI 
TOLD ME THAT WE 
WERE MEMBERS OF 
THE SAME CLUB. 
WE -- SORRY, IT 
WAS REALLY 
AMAZING TO HEAR 
THAT SOMEONE 
LIKE ME -- VICE 
PRESIDENT. 
HE TOLD ME ABOUT 
A BOOK OF POEMS 
BY YATES. HE 
SHOWED ME HOW 
AND SO I DID THE 
SAME THING TODAY.
NOW I AM HERE 
TALKING TO YOU 
TODAY -- ABOUT 
THE FUTURE. 
ABOUT OUR FUTURE.
MY FAMILY OFTEN 
SAYS WHEN THE 
WORLD FEELS 
BETTER BEFORE 
TALKING ABOUT 
SOMETHING NORMAL 
LIKE GOING TO 
THE MOVIES. 
WE ALL WANT THE 
WORLD TO FEEL 
BETTER. 
WE NEED THE 
WORLD TO FEEL 
BETTER. 
I'M JUST A 
REGULAR KID AND 
IN THIS SHORT 
AMOUNT OF TIME, 
JOE BIDEN MADE 
ME FEEL REALLY 
CONFIDENT ABOUT 
SOMETHING I HAVE 
STRUGGLED WITH 
MY WHOLE LIFE. 
JOE BIDEN CARED. 
IMAGINE WHAT HE 
COULD DO FOR ALL 
OF US. 
JUST LIKE ME, 
I'M COUNTING ON 
YOU TO ELECT 
SOMEONE WE CAN 
ALL LOOK UP TO. 
SOMEONE WHO 
CARES. 
SOMEONE WHO WILL 
MAKE OUR COUNTRY 
AND THE WORLD 
FEEL BETTER. 
WE ARE COUNTING 
ON YOU TO ELECT 
JOE BIDEN. 
>> ♪ 
,
>>> THE FIRST 
TIME I MET JOE I 
WAS AT MY 
SYNAGOGUE AND I 
HAD TO DO A 
FUNERAL SERVICE 
AND BEFORE THE 
SERVICE THE DOOR 
OPENED UP AND 
THERE WAS A MUCH 
YOUNGER THAN THE 
OXYGEN AREA THERE
WALKING INTO THE 
ROOM AND IT WAS 
OUR U.S. 
SENATOR, JOE 
BIDEN. 
HE STAYED IN THE 
BACK AND HIS 
HEAD WOULD BE 
ABOUT IN 
REFERENCE. 
AT THE END, I 
SAID -- WHY ARE 
YOU HERE? 
BECAUSE I 
THOUGHT HE WAS 
CATHOLIC. 
HE SAID THE 
CEREMONY IS 
LOVELY. 
THIS DEAR LADY 
GAVE $18 TO MY 
CAMPAIGN TO THE 
VERY FIRST TIME 
I STARTED IN THE 
1970s SO HE 
WANTED TO SHOW 
HIS RESPECT BY 
SAYING, "THANK 
YOU." 
THAT IS JUST, IT 
BLEW ME AWAY. 
>> ♪ 
>> WHAT DO I 
KNOW ABOUT YOUR 
GRANDFATHER? 
>> HE IS ALWAYS 
EATING ICE CREAM.
USUALLY IT'S 
LIKE VANILLA. 
>> OR CHOCOLATE. 
WITH CHOCOLATE 
SPRINKLES. 
>> VANILLA ON A 
REGULAR. 
>> NOW, 
CHOCOLATE, THE 
BREYERS THAT HAD 
HALF CHOCOLATE, 
HALF VANILLA. 
>> HE LIKED ICE 
CREAM IN 10 
DIFFERENT WAYS. 
>> YEAH. 
>> EATING IT 
LIKE IN THE 
FREEZER. 
>> HE HIDES IT? 
>> HOW OFTEN 
DOES HE COME 
OVER? 
>> LIKE, EVERY 
DAY. 
>> LIKE IF WE 
DON'T TALK TO 
HIM FOR A DAY HE 
WILL ASK WHAT'S 
WRONG. 
>> HE ALWAYS 
CALLS WITH THE 
SAME ENERGY EVEN 
AFTER HE HAS 
JUST DONE 15 
INTERVIEWS IN A 
ROW. 
HIGH, POP. 
I WAS JUST 
TALKING ABOUT 
YOU. 
I DON'T 
NECESSARILY PICK 
UP EVERY DAY BUT 
I HAVE A LOT OF 
VOICEMAILS. 
>> WE WILL PICK 
UP OUR CALLS NO 
MATTER WHERE HE 
HITS. 
HE WOULD BE LIKE 
ON STAGE GIVING 
A SPEECH AND WE 
WOULD CALL HIM 
AND HE WOULD BE 
LIKE, "WHAT'S 
WRONG?!" 
>> WHAT DOES THE 
WORD FAMILY MEAN 
TO YOU? 
>> IT'S A LOT OF 
TIME TOGETHER. 
>> YES. 
>> WE HAVE GROWN 
UP TOGETHER AND 
HE HAS MADE SURE 
EVERY SINGLE 
TRADITION, EVERY 
HOLIDAY, WE ARE 
ALL TOGETHER. 
I DON'T THINK 
THAT THERE HAS 
BEEN ANY 
DECISION NO 
MATTER HOW BIG 
OR SMALL THAT WE 
HAVEN'T DECIDED 
AS A FAMILY. 
>> POP TOLD US 
THAT THIS 
ELECTION WOULD 
BE TOTALLY 
DIFFERENT FROM 
ANY OTHER 
ELECTION EVER. 
HE WAS WORRIED 
HOW IT WOULD 
AFFECT HIS KIDS, 
WHETHER OR NOT 
WE WANTED TO GO 
THROUGH ANOTHER 
CAMPAIGN AND BE 
SCRUTINIZED BY 
THE PRESS. 
THERE HAD BEEN 
TALKS OF A BIG 
MEETING COMING. 
>> IT IS 
NORMALLY CALLED 
BY THE PARENTS 
BUT THIS TIME IT 
WAS CALLED BY 
ME. 
I CAME DOWN FROM 
PENN AND MY 
COUSINS FROM DC 
AND HE THOUGHT 
WE WERE CALLING 
AND MEETING HIM 
TO DISCUSS 
WHETHER OR NOT 
WE WANTED HIM TO 
BUT REALLY WE 
WERE CALLING HIM 
TO BE LIKE, "GET 
IN THAT RACE!". 
>> WE JUST KNEW 
HE HAD TO RUN. 
AND WE WERE NOT 
GOING TO TAKE NO 
AS AN ANSWER. 
>> AT THE END OF 
THE DAY WE ARE 
ALL VERY HAPPY 
WE HAD THAT 
MEETING. 
>> ALL RIGHT, 
WELL, LET ME 
GIVE YOU A CALL 
AND TELL ME HOW 
THE WHOLE THING 
WENT, OKAY? 
>> OKAY, I WILL. 
>> I LOVE YOU, 
BABY. 
>> I LOVE YOU, 
TOO. 
>> WE WANTED TO 
SHARE THAT OUR 
KIDS LIVE IN A 
NATION THAT IS 
SAFE, HAPPY, 
HEALTHY AND FAIR 
AND FOR THIS 
ELECTION -- 
>> WE ARE VOTING 
FOR JOE BIDEN. 
WE ARE HAVING 
CONVERSATIONS -- 
>> WHAT DOES 
JUMP IN MEAN? 
NO, I CAN'T BE 
QUIET. 
>> WHY. 
>> I DON'T WANT 
YOU TO BE QUIET. 
YOU DESERVE TO 
SAY WHATEVER IT 
IS THAT COMES TO 
YOUR MIND. 
>> EVERY 
ELECTION IS 
IMPORTANT. 
THIS UPCOMING 
ELECTION IS 
ESPECIALLY 
IMPORTANT, ONE, 
BECAUSE THE 
SOCIAL 
INJUSTICES RIGHT 
NOW, RACIAL 
INEQUALITY BUT 
ALSO BECAUSE WE 
HAVE CHILDREN. 
>> EXCUSE ME, 
MOMMY? 
>> YES. 
>> I NEED TO GO 
TO THE BATHROOM. 
>> GO AHEAD. 
>> YOU WANT TO 
GO RIGHT NOW? 
DO YOU KNOW 
WHERE THE 
PRESIDENT LIVES? 
>> AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE? 
WASHINGTON, DC. 
>> DO YOU KNOW 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT'S JOB 
IS? 
>> TO TELL WHAT 
HAPPENS TO THE 
WORLD? 
>> THAT'S A GOOD 
ONE. 
>> KEEP THE 
ENVIRONMENT 
SAFE? 
>> THAT IS 
CORRECT. 
HOW DO WE SAY 
THAT? 
>> -- 
>> IF YOU COULD 
CREATE THE IDEAL 
PERFECT PERSON 
TO LEAD THIS 
COUNTRY WHAT 
CHARACTERISTICS 
WOULD THAT 
PERSON HAVE? A 
VERY KIND 
PERSONALITY. 
>> WHAT WOULD 
YOU LIKE TO BE 
TAKEN CARE OF? 
>> I WOULD LIKE 
TO TAKE CARE OF 
PEOPLE. 
>> SO, GIRLS, 
420 20 AND THE 
ELECTION COMING 
UP IN NOVEMBER, 
DO YOU KNOW WHO 
IS RUNNING FOR 
PRESIDENT? 
>> JOE BIDEN! 
>> YES. 
>> AND 
>> EXACTLY, 
THAT'S IT. 
>> WHAT WOULD 
YOU SAY IF YOU 
KNEW THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS GOING 
TO HAVE A WOMAN 
AS VICE 
PRESIDENT? 
>> I WOULD BE 
LIKE HAPPY. 
>> WHY? 
>> IT WOULD BE A 
LOT LIKE HAVING 
A WOMAN 
ALONGSIDE THE 
PRESIDENT. 
>> HOW IMPORTANT 
DO YOU THINK 
YOUR FAITH IS IN 
THE WAY THAT YOU 
LIVE YOUR LIFE? 
>> VERY BIG 
BECAUSE I'M 
GRATEFUL FOR ALL 
THE THINGS I 
HAVE AND I LOVE 
MY FAMILY. 
>> WITH THAT 
SAID, EVERYONE, 
WE REALLY THANK 
YOU, ONE, FOR 
LISTENING TO 
THIS VERY CANDID 
CONVERSATION 
WITH OUR 
DAUGHTER AND WE 
JUST WANT TO 
ENCOURAGE YOU TO 
TRULY DO YOUR 
RESEARCH, THINK 
ABOUT YOUR OWN 
HOME AND WHAT 
YOU WOULD LIKE 
TO SEE PROJECTED 
OUT INTO THE 
WORLD IN THE 
RIGHT DIRECTION 
AND MAKE SURE 
YOUR VOTE THIS 
ELECTION FOR JOE 
BIDEN. 
,
>>> WHATEVER YOU 
DO, PLEASE, VOTE.
EVERY VOTE 
COUNTS. 
REMEMBER THAT. 
>> HERE IS THE 
BIG QUESTION. 
HOW MUCH OF YOUR 
TIME AND ENERGY 
ARE YOU WILLING 
TO DEVOTE TO 
ELECT JOE BIDEN? 
HERE IS MY 
ANSWER: I'M 
GOING ALL IN. 
LOOK, ELECTIONS 
CAN BREAK YOUR 
HEART. 
AND SOMETIMES, 
THEY CAN MAKE 
YOU SING FROM 
THE MOUNTAIN 
TOPS AND THIS 
YEAR, WE ARE 
GOING TO SING. 
THIS YEAR, WE 
ARE GOING TO 
ELECT A 
PRESIDENT WHO IS 
HONEST, 
EXPERIENCED, AND 
INTELLIGENT. 
A PRESIDENT WHO 
ACTUALLY 
BELIEVES IN THE 
RULE OF LAW WHO 
WILL RESTORE 
DIGNITY AND 
NORMALCY TO THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND 
THE SOUL OF THIS 
NATION. 
AND, BOY, WON'T 
THAT BE 
SOMETHING? 
ONE OF MY 
FAVORITE THINGS 
JOE BIDEN SAYS 
IS THAT YOU CAN 
SUCCEED IN LIFE 
WITHOUT 
SACRIFICING YOUR 
IDEALS OR YOUR 
COMMITMENT TO 
FAMILY. 
SO, WHO BETTER 
TO INTRODUCE OUR 
NOMINEE, JOE 
BIDEN, THEN HIS 
CHILDREN? 
>> I'M HUNTER 
BIDEN. 
>> I'M ASHLEY 
BIDEN. 
>> JOE BIDEN IS 
OUR DAD. 
>> AND BEAU IS 
OUR BROTHER. 
>> WE WANT TO 
TELL YOU WHAT 
KIND OF 
PRESIDENT OUR 
DAD WILL BE. 
>> YOU WILL BE 
TOUGH. 
>> AND ON US. 
>> CARING AND 
PRINCIPLED. 
>> HE WILL 
LISTEN. 
HE WILL BE THERE 
WHEN YOU NEED 
HIM. 
>> HE WILL TELL 
YOU THE TRUTH 
EVEN WHEN YOU 
DON'T WANT TO 
HEAR IT. 
>> HE WILL NEVER 
LET YOU DOWN. 
>> HE WILL BE 
ROCKSTEADY. 
>> THE STRONGEST 
SHOULDER YOU CAN 
EVER LEAN ON. 
>> HE WILL BEAM 
WITH PRIDE EVERY 
TIME HE 
SUCCEEDS. 
>> HE WILL MAKE 
YOUR GRANT 
FILLED GRANDKIDS 
FEEL WHAT THEY 
HAVE GOTTEN THAT 
IS. 
>> YOU WOULD 
TREAT EVERYONE 
WITH RESPECT TO 
MATTER WHO YOU 
ARE. 
>> HE WILL GET 
UP NO MATTER HOW 
MANY TIMES HE 
HAS BEEN KNOCKED 
DOWN. 
>> HE WILL BE 
THE WORST ENEMY 
ANY BULLY EVER 
SAW. 
>> HE WILL BE 
THE BEST FRIEND 
YOU EVER HAD. 
>> HE WILL LOVE 
YOU WITH ALL OF 
HIS HEART. 
>> AND IF YOU 
GIVE HIM YOUR 
CELL PHONE 
NUMBER, 
>> IS GOING TO 
CALL IT. 
>> HOW DO WE 
KNOW? 
>> BECAUSE HE 
HAS BEEN THAT 
WAY OUR WHOLE 
LIVES. 
>> HE HAS BEEN A 
GREAT FATHER. 
>> AND WE THINK 
HE WILL BE A 
GREAT PRESIDENT. 
>> BEAU IS NOT 
WITH US ANY 
LONGER. 
>> BUT HE IS 
STILL VERY MUCH 
ALIVE IN OUR 
HEARTS. 
AND WE CAN STILL 
HEAR HIM, HIS 
STRONG VOICE. 
>> JUST LIKE IT 
WAS YESTERDAY. 
>> JUST LIKE IT 
WAS YESTERDAY. 
>> IN 2008 AND 
2012, HE 
INTRODUCED OUR 
DAD AT THOSE 
CONVENTIONS. 
>> AND IF HE WAS 
HERE, WE ARE 
PRETTY SURE WE 
KNOW WHAT HE 
WOULD SAY. 
>> SO BEFORE WE 
SHOW YOU A FILM 
ABOUT OUR DAD'S 
JERNIGAN WE 
WANTED TO GIVE 
BEAU THE LAST 
WORD. 
BEAU? 
>> BEAU, TAKE IT 
AWAY. 
>> -- 
,
>>> JOE WAS THE 
FIRST. AND THEN 
HIS SISTER 
MALLORY. 
>> FROM THE 
MOMENT I OPENED 
MY EYES, MY BIG 
BROTHER WAS 
THERE. 
THE THING THAT 
WAS MOST 
IMPORTANT WAS 
FAMILY AND FAMILY
AND FAMILY. 
>> AS THE 
POSTWAR MOVE 
FADED, JOE 
FESTIVUS THE WAS 
NO'S FATHER 
STRUGGLED TO 
FIND WORK IN 
SCRANTON BUT 100 
MILES FURTHER 
SOUTH THERE WAS 
A JOB. 
>> IT WAS A LONG 
STAIRWAY UP TO 
THE SECOND 
FLOOR. 
DAD WENT UP TO 
JOEY AND IN OUR 
BEDROOM AND SAID 
JOEY, YOU'VE GOT 
TO BE A BIG BOY 
FOR THE FIRST 
TIME. 
>> FOR THE FIRST 
TIME, JOE SAW 
THE HEAVY BURDEN 
AND IT WAS 
SOMETHING HE 
WOULD NEVER 
FORGET. 
>> THE JOB IS A 
LOT MORE THAN 
TEACHING PICKETS 
ABOUT DIGNITY. 
>> THE COUNTRY 
WILL LOOSEN 
LOSING TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
JOBS A DAY. 
AND THEY NEEDED 
THREE VOTES TO 
PASS THE ECONOMIC
PACKAGE. 
>> JOE BIDEN WAS 
HANDED THE HEAD 
OF GETTING THOSE 
THROUGH. 
>> TO RETURNED 
TO THE PLACE 
WHERE HE HAD 
BEEN SO 
AFFECTED. 
>> PASSIONATE 
ARGUMENTS, 
SYMPATHETIC 
LISTENING . A 
WILLINGNESS TO 
MAKE ADJUSTMENTS 
AND 
ACCOMMODATIONS 
TO BRING PEOPLE 
ON BOARD. 
>> WHEN THE LAW 
FINALLY PASSED, 
THE PRESIDENT 
ASKED HIS 
PARTNER TO RUN 
THE PROGRAM. 
JOE TRACKED 
EVERY DOLLAR, 
CALLING MAYORS 
AND GOVERNORS. 
>> TALKING TO 
THEM ON THE 
PHONE ONE ON 
ONE. 
HE GAVE ALL OF 
THEM HIS CELL 
PHONE. 
>> I WATCHED HIM 
BRING HIS HEART 
TO THAT JOB. 
IT MATTERS THAT 
YOU HAVE, IN 
YOUR MIND, THE 
FAMILY THAT YOU 
ARE TRYING TO 
REACH, THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD YOU 
ARE TRYING TO 
REACH, THE 
PEOPLE WHOSE 
LIVES ARE 
AFFECTED BY WHAT 
YOU DO. THE 
SKILLS THAT HAVE 
MADE HIM SO 
EFFECTIVE DID 
NOT COME EASY. 
WHEN HE ENTERED 
SCHOOL, THERE 
WAS A PROBLEM. 
JOE HAD A STUTTER
. 
>> AND IT IS 
MORTIFYING. 
IT ALLOWS THE 
CHILD TO BECOME 
AN OBJECT OF 
RIDICULE. 
>> WHEN HIS 
TEACHER MIMICKED 
HIM, JOE RAN 
HOME FROM 
SCHOOL. 
HIS MOTHER DROVE 
HIM BACK. 
>> DID YOU SAY 
TO MY SON, MR. 
BUBBA BEAU 
BIDEN? 
>> MY MOTHER 
STOOD UP AND 
SAID IF YOU EVER 
TALK TO MY SON 
AGAIN, I WILL 
COME BACK AND 
RIP THAT OFF 
YOUR HEAD, DO 
YOU UNDERSTAND 
ME? 
JOEY, GO BACK TO 
CLASS. 
>> JOE RESOLVED 
TO OVERCOME HIS 
STUTTER. 
>> SOME ARE 
HARDER THAN 
OTHERS AND I 
USED TO STAND UP 
AT NIGHT AND 
STAND IN FRONT 
OF THE MIRROR 
WITH A 
FLASHLIGHT AND 
PRACTICE. 
SHE WOULD MAKE 
ME LOOK HER IN 
THE EYE, LOOK AT 
ME. 
REMEMBER, JOEY. 
YOU ARE THE 
SMARTEST BOY IN 
THE CLASS. 
NOBODY IS BETTER 
THAN YOU, JOEY. 
FROM HAVING TO 
DEAL WITH 
STUTTERING, IT 
HAD GIVEN ME 
INSIGHT INTO 
OTHER PEOPLE'S 
PAIN. 
HOW THE PEOPLE 
SUFFERED. 
>> AT 19, JOE 
SOUGHT OUT THE 
SUMMER JOB FEW 
OF HIS PEERS 
WOULD TAKE. 
>> THAT IS MY 
FIRST THING. 
>> IT WAS ONE OF 
THE BEST THINGS 
I HAVE EVER DONE 
BECAUSE IT GAVE 
ME A SENSE THAT 
WE REALLY DIDN'T 
KNOW ONE 
ANOTHER. 
>> AFTER MARTIN 
LUTHER KING JR. 
WAS 
ASSASSINATED, 
RIOTS BROKE OUT 
IN THE NATIONAL 
GUARD STAYED FOR 
ALMOST A YEAR. 
>> I QUIT THE 
LAW FIRM AND 
ASKED FOR A JOB 
TO BECOME A 
PUBLIC DEFENDER. 
THAT IS WHAT 
SORT OF GOT ME 
INVOLVED IN 
POLITICS. 
>> J KAYLA BOX 
WAS A POPULAR 
WAR HERO. 
IN A SOLIDLY 
REPUBLICAN STATE.
FUTURE JOE'S 
CAMPAIGN 
SERIOUSLY. 
IN DELAWARE, THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
WAS 
NONFUNCTIONAL. 
WHEN I GOT TIME 
TO PUT UP A 
CANDIDATE, THEY 
DIDN'T WANT TO 
TOUCH IT. 
THIS YOUNG 
UPSTART, JOE 
BIDEN WHO HAD A 
LOT OF IDEAS AND 
NO MONEY, NO 
INFLUENCE THE 
PARTY SAID, 
OKAY, GO AHEAD, 
BIDEN, GIVE IT A 
WHIRL. 
>> WE HAD COFFEE 
AND AFTER THAT 
WE HAD FIVE MORE.
>> HE WAS VERY 
ARTICULATE ON 
THE ISSUES. 
HE WOULD SAY, 
WHAT CAN I DO TO 
HELP. 
>> DELAWARE WAS 
THE FIRST STATE 
THE BUT AS 
JOSEPH BIDEN IS 
A DEMOCRAT 29 
YEARS OF AGE. 
,
>>> BUT 
EXHILARATION 
SOON TURNED TO 
TRAGEDY. 
>> IT WAS CLEAR 
HE HAD DECIDED 
I'M NOT GOING TO 
BE A SENATOR. 
MY EMPLOYEES 
NAMING TOO MUCH 
>> I WAS 
PREPARED TO WALK 
AWAY. 
IN 1973. 
AND THEN, LIKE 
TED KENNEDY AND 
HUBERT HUMPHREY 
AND FRITZ 
HOLLINGS, I 
CONVINCED -- 
THEY CONVINCED ME
TO STAY, JUST 
SIT STAY SIX 
MONTHS, JOEY. 
JUST STAY SIX 
MONTHS. 
>> HE COULD NOT 
ALLOW SOMETHING 
TO DEBILITATE 
HIM JUST LIKE HE 
COULD NOT ALLOW 
THE STUTTERING 
TO DEFINE HIM. 
THAT'S THE 
BACKBONE. 
THERE IS 
SOMETHING BIGGER 
THAN JOE'S 
SUFFERING. 
>> THE SENATE 
TURNED OUT TO BE 
A WONDERFUL 
PLACE FOR HIM. 
HE HAD A REAL 
GIFT FOR 
BRINGING PEOPLE 
TOGETHER. 
,
>> ♪ 
>> THE THREE OF 
THEM HAD A BOND 
THAT WAS FORGED 
IN SORROW AND 
EXPANDED INTO JOY
WHEN JILL 
ENTERED. 
THEY HAD BUILT 
THIS BEAUTIFUL 
FAMILY, THIS 
CIRCLE OF TRUST. 
>> AND THEN THE 
EXTRA GIFT OF 
ASHLEY. 
>> GOING UP IT 
WAS FULL OF 
ADVENTURE, 
LAUGHTER. 
>> WE KNEW 
EVERYTHING AND 
WE HAVE ALWAYS 
DONE EVERYTHING 
AS A FAMILY. 
>> HE WAS A 
GOOD, LOVING 
FATHER AND THERE 
WAS NOTHING MORE 
IMPORTANT TO JOE 
THAN HIS 
CHILDREN. 
>> IT IS HARD TO 
EXPLAIN HOW EVER 
PRESENT HE WAS 
IN OUR LIVES. 
>> YOU DON'T 
HAVE TO GUESS 
WHAT MY DAD'S 
POLICE ARE. 
THE GREAT 
BENEFIT OF BEING 
MY FATHER IS THAT
HE DIDN'T 
COMPORT HIMSELF 
IS DIFFERENT 
PEOPLE AT 
DIFFERENT TIMES. 
>> HE HAD IT 
ALL. 
THEN HE GOT SICK.
THE WHOLE WORLD 
FELT IT IT 
TILTED AND IT 
FELT LIKE WE 
WERE FALLING 
OFF. 
ONCE AGAIN, JOE 
FACED THE 
UNIMAGINABLE. 
>> MY MOTHER, 
SHE SAID, 
BRAVERY RESIDES 
IN EVERY HEART 
AND SOMEDAY, IT 
WILL BE SUMMONED.
>> THE WAY HE 
SURVIVED WITH 
LOSING MY MOM 
AND MY SISTER 
AND THEN BEAU, 
MY BROTHER IS 
UNDERSTANDING 
THAT YOU HAVE TO 
HAVE PURPOSE. 
>> EVERY DAY I 
GET UP I ASK 
MYSELF, I HOPE 
HE IS PROUD OF 
ME. 
BECAUSE THAT IS 
WHAT MAKES ME 
MOVE ON. 
>> FROM HIS TIME 
IN THE SENATE 
AND THEN THE 
WHITE HOUSE, JOE 
ALWAYS FOUND A 
WAY FORWARD. 
FORGING UNLIKELY 
FRIENDSHIPS AND 
ALLIANCES. 
IS TIME AFTER 
TIME, HE ALWAYS 
HELD IN HIS 
HEART THE 
STRUGGLE. ALWAYS 
TRYING TO 
MAINTAIN THE 
TRIO. 
>> IT IS A VERY 
RARE QUALITY TO 
BRING YOUR 
EMPATHY SKILLS 
TO THE PROCESS 
OF GOVERNING. 
JOE BIDEN NEVER 
SKIP THAT POINT 
. 
>> HE WILL KEEP 
HIS WORD. 
HE WILL REACH OUT
AND HEAR WHAT 
OTHER PEOPLE 
HAVE TO SAY. 
TO HAVE SOMEBODY 
WHO BELIEVES IN 
LIFE THAT'S 
ENOUGH. 
SOMEBODY LIKE 
JOE BIDEN, THE 
AMERICAN IDEA, 
THAT IS THE KIND 
OF PERSON I WANT 
IN THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
,
>>> GOOD EVENING.
ELLA BAKER, A 
GIANT OF THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS 
MOVEMENT, LEFT 
US WITH THIS 
WISDOM. 
GIVE PEOPLE 
LIGHT AND THEY 
WILL FIND A WAY. 
GIVE PEOPLE 
LIGHT. 
THOSE ARE WORDS 
FOR OUR TIME. 
THE CURRENT 
PRESIDENT'S 
CALLED AMERICAN 
DARKNESS FOR 
MUCH TOO LONG, 
TOO MUCH ANGER. 
TOO MUCH FEAR, 
TOO MUCH 
DIVISION. 
HERE AND NOW, I 
GIVE YOU MY WORD
, IF YOU AND 
TRUST ME WITH 
THE PRESIDENCY, 
I WILL DRAW ON 
THE BEST OF US, 
NOT THE WORST. 
I WILL BE AN ALLY
OF THE LIGHT, 
NOT THE 
DARKNESS. 
IT IS TIME FOR US
, FOR WE THE 
PEOPLE, TO COME 
TOGETHER. 
AND MAKE NO 
MISTAKE, UNITED 
WE CAN AND WILL 
OVERCOME THIS 
SEASON OF 
DARKNESS IN 
AMERICA. 
WE WILL CHOOSE 
HOPE OVER FEAR. 
FAX OVER FICTION.
FAIRNESS OVER 
PRIVILEGE. 
I'M A PROUD 
DEMOCRAT AND I 
WILL BE PROUD TO 
CARRY THE BRENNER
OF OUR PRIORITY 
TO THE GENERAL 
ELECTION SO IT 
IS A GREAT HONOR 
AND HUMILITY I 
ACCEPT HIS 
NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA. 
BUT WHILE I WILL 
BE A DEMOCRATIC 
CANDIDATE, I 
WILL BE AN 
AMERICAN 
PRESIDENT. 
I WILL WORK HARD 
FOR THOSE WHO 
DID NOT SUPPORT 
ME AS HARD FOR 
THEM AS I DID 
FOR THOSE WHO 
DID VOTE FOR ME. 
THAT'S THE JOB 
OF THE 
PRESIDENT. 
TO REPRESENT ALL 
OF US, NOT JUST 
OUR BASE OR OUR 
PARTY. THIS IS 
NOT A PARTISAN 
MOMENT. 
THIS MUST BE AN 
AMERICAN MOMENT. 
IT IS ONE THAT 
CALLS FOR HOPE, 
LIGHT AND LOVE. 
HOPE FOR OUR 
FUTURE, LIGHT TO 
SEE OUR WAY 
FORWARD, AND 
LOVE FOR ONE 
ANOTHER. 
AMERICA ISN'T 
JUST A 
COLLECTION OF 
CLASHING 
INTERESTS OF RED 
STATES OR BLUE 
STATES. 
WE ARE SO MUCH 
BIGGER THAN 
THAT. 
WE ARE SO MUCH 
BETTER THAN THAT.
NOW, NEARLY A 
CENTURY AGO, 
FRANKLIN 
ROOSEVELT 
PLEDGED A NEW 
DEAL IN A TIME OF
MASSIVE 
UNEMPLOYMENT, 
UNCERTAINTY AND 
FEAR. 
STRICKEN BY 
DISEASE, 
STRICKEN BY A 
VIRUS, FDR 
INSISTED HE 
WOULD RECOVER 
AND PREVAIL AND 
HE BELIEVED 
AMERICA COULD, 
AS WELL AND HE 
DID AND WE CAN 
AS WELL. 
THIS CAMPAIGN 
ISN'T JUST ABOUT 
WINNING VOTES. 
IT'S ABOUT 
WINNING THE 
HEART AND YES, 
THE SOUL OF 
AMERICA. 
WINNING IT FOR 
THE GENEROUS 
AMONG US, NOT 
THE SELFISH. 
WINNING IT FOR 
WORKERS WHO KEEP 
THIS COUNTRY 
GOING, NOT JUST 
THE PRIVILEGED 
FEW AT THE TOP. 
WINNING IT FOR 
THOSE 
COMMUNITIES WHO 
HAVE KNOWN THESE 
INJUSTICES OF A 
KNEE ON THE 
NECK. 
FOR ALL OF THE 
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO 
HAVE KNOWN ONLY 
AMERICA BEING 
RISING INEQUITY 
AND SHRINKING IN 
OPPORTUNITY, 
THEY DESERVE THE 
EXPERIENCE OF 
AMERICA'S 
PROMISE. 
THEY DESERVE TO 
EXPERIENCE IT IN 
FULL. 
YOU KNOW, NOR 
GENERATION EVER 
KNOWS WHAT 
HISTORY WILL ASK 
OF IT. 
ALL WE CAN EVER 
KNOW IS WHETHER 
WE ARE READY 
WHEN THAT MOMENT 
ARRIVES. 
AND NOW HISTORY 
HAS DELIVERED US 
TO ONE OF THE 
MOST DIFFICULT 
MOMENTS AMERICA 
HAS EVER FACED. 
FOUR HISTORIC 
CRISES ALL AT 
THE SAME TIME. 
A PERFECT STORM, 
THE WORST 
PANDEMIC IN OVER 
100 YEARS, THE 
WORST ECONOMIC 
CRISIS SINCE THE 
GREAT 
DEPRESSION, THE 
MOST COMPELLING 
CALL FOR RACIAL 
JUSTICE SINCE 
THE 60s AND THE 
UNDENIABLY 
ACCELERATING 
THREATS OF 
CLIMATE CHANGE. 
SO THE QUESTIONS 
FOR US ARE 
SIMPLE. 
ARE WE READY? 
I BELIEVE WE 
ARE. 
WE MUST BE. 
YOU KNOW, ALL 
ELECTIONS ARE 
IMPORTANT. 
WE KNOW IN OUR 
BONES THIS ONE 
IS MORE 
CONSEQUENTIAL. 
AS MANY HAVE 
SAID, AMERICA IS 
AT AN INFLECTION 
POINT, A TIME OF 
REAL PERIL BUT 
ALSO 
EXTRAORDINARY 
POSSIBILITIES. 
WE CAN CHOOSE A 
PATH AND BECOME 
ANGRIER, LESS 
HOPEFUL, MORE 
DIVIDED, A PATH 
OF SHADOW AND 
SUSPICION OR, OR 
WE CAN CHOOSE A 
DIFFERENT PATH 
AND TOGETHER, 
TAKE THIS CHANCE 
TO HEAL, TO 
REFORM, TO UNITE
, A PATH OF HOPE 
AND LIGHT. 
THIS IS A LIFE-
CHANGING ELECTION
. THIS WILL 
DETERMINE WHAT 
AMERICA IS GOING 
TO LOOK LIKE FOR 
A LONG, LONG 
TIME. 
CHARACTER IS ON 
THE BALANCE. 
COMPASSION IS ON 
THE BALLOT. 
DECENCY, 
SCIENCE, 
DEMOCRACY. 
THEY ARE ALL ON 
THE BALLOT. 
WHO WE ARE AS A 
NATION, WHAT WE 
STAND FOR AND 
MOST IMPORTANT, 
WHO WE WANT TO 
BE. 
THAT IS ALL ON 
THE BALLOT. 
AND THE CHOICE 
COULD NOT BE 
MORE CLEAR. 
NO RHETORIC IS 
NEEDED . JUST 
JUDGE THIS 
PRESIDENT ON THE 
FACTS. 
5 MILLION 
AMERICANS 
INFECTED BY 
COVID-19. 
MORE THAN 
170,000 
AMERICANS HAVE 
DIED. 
BY FAR, THE 
WORST 
PERFORMANCE OF 
ANY NATION ON 
EARTH. 
MORE THAN 50 
MILLION PEOPLE 
HAVE FILED FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
THIS YEAR. 
MORE THAN 10 
MILLION PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO 
LOSE THEIR 
HEALTH INSURANCE 
THIS YEAR. 
NEARLY ONE IN 
SIX SMALL 
BUSINESSES HAVE 
CLOSED THIS 
YEAR. 
AND THIS 
PRESIDENT, IF HE 
IS REELECTED, 
YOU KNOW WHAT 
WILL HAPPEN. 
CASES AND DEATHS 
WILL REMAIN FAR 
TOO HIGH. 
MORE MOM AND POP 
BUSINESSES WILL 
CLOSE THEIR 
DOORS AND THIS 
TIME, FOR GOOD. 
WORKING FAMILIES 
WILL STRUGGLE TO 
GET BY. 
AND YET, THE 
WEALTHIEST 1% 
WILL GET TENS OF 
BILLIONS OF 
DOLLARS IN NEW 
TAX BREAKS AND 
THE ASSAULT ON 
THE AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT WILL 
CONTINUE UNTIL 
IT IS DESTROYED. 
TAKING INSURANCE 
AWAY FROM MORE 
THAN 20 MILLION 
PEOPLE, 
INCLUDING MORE 
THAN 15 MILLION 
PEOPLE ON 
MEDICAID. 
AND GETTING RID 
OF THE 
PROTECTIONS THAT 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
WORKED SO HARD 
TO GET PAST FOR 
PEOPLE AND 100 
MILLION PEOPLE 
WITH PREVIOUSLY 
EXISTING 
CONDITIONS. 
SPEAKING OF 
PRESIDENT OBAMA, 
A MAN I WAS 
PROUD TO SERVE 
ALONGSIDE FOR 
EIGHT YEARS AS 
VICE PRESIDENT, 
LET ME TAKE THIS 
MOMENT TO SAY 
SOMETHING WE 
DON'T SAY NEARLY 
ENOUGH. 
THANK YOU, MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
YOU WERE A GREAT 
PRESIDENT. 
A PRESIDENT OUR 
CHILDREN COULD 
AND DID LOOK UP 
TO. 
NO ONE IS GOING 
TO SAY THAT 
ABOUT THE 
CURRENT OCCUPANT 
OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
WE KNOW ABOUT 
THIS PRESIDENT 
THAT HE HAS 
GIVEN UP FOUR 
MORE YEARS, HE 
WILL BE WHAT HE 
HAS BEEN FOR THE 
LAST FOUR YEARS. 
THE PRESIDENT 
TAKES NO 
RESPONSIBILITY, 
REFUSES TO 
LEAVE, BLAMES 
OTHERS, COZIES 
UP TO DICTATORS 
AND FANS THE 
FLAMES OF HATE 
AND DIVISION. 
HE WILL WAKE UP 
EVERY DAY 
BELIEVING THE 
JOB IS ALL ABOUT 
HIM, NEVER ABOUT 
YOU. 
IS THAT THE 
AMERICAN YOU 
WANT? 
FOR YOU, YOUR 
FAMILY AND YOUR 
CHILDREN? 
I SEE A 
DIFFERENT 
AMERICA. 
WHEN THAT IS 
GENEROUS AND 
STRONG. 
SELFLESS AND 
HUMBLE. 
IT IS AN AMERICA 
WE CAN REBUILD 
TOGETHER AS 
PRESIDENT. 
THE FIRST ECHO 
THE FIRST STEP I 
WILL TAKE IS TO 
GET CONTROL OF 
THE VIRUS THAT 
HAS RUINED SO 
MANY LIVES. 
WE WILL NEVER GET
OUR ECONOMY BACK 
ON TRACK, WE 
WILL NEVER GET 
OUR KIDS SAFELY 
BACK IN SCHOOL, 
WE WILL NEVER 
HAVE OUR LIVES 
BACK UNTIL WE 
DEAL WITH THIS 
VIRUS. 
THE TRAGEDY OF 
WHERE WE ARE 
TODAY IS IT DID 
NOT HAVE TO BE 
THIS BAD. JUST 
LOOK AROUND. 
IT'S NOT THIS 
BAD IN CANADA, 
EUROPE OR JAPAN 
OR ALMOST 
ANYWHERE ELSE IN 
THE WORLD. 
AND THE 
PRESIDENT KEEPS 
TELLING US, THE 
VIRUS IS GOING 
TO DISAPPEAR. 
HE KEEPS WAITING 
FOR A MIRACLE. 
OH, I HAVE NEWS 
FOR HIM, NO 
MIRACLE IS 
COMING. 
WE NEED THE WORLD
WILL LEAD THE 
WORLD IN 
CONFIRMED CASES 
IN DEATH, OUR 
ECONOMY IN 
TATTERS, WITH 
BLACK, LATINO, 
ASIAN-AMERICAN 
AND NATIVE 
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITIES 
BEARING THE 
BRUNT OF IT. 
AND AFTER ALL OF 
THIS TIME, THE 
PRESIDENT STILL 
DOES NOT HAVE A 
PLAN. 
WILL, I DO. 
IF I'M YOUR 
PRESIDENT, ON 
DAY ONE, WE WILL 
IMPLEMENT THE 
NATIONAL 
STRATEGY I HAVE 
BEEN LAYING OUT 
SINCE MARCH. 
WE WILL DEVELOP 
AND DEPLOY RAPID 
TESTS WITH THE 
RESULTS 
AVAILABLE 
IMMEDIATELY. 
WE WILL MAKE THE 
MEDICAL SUPPLIES 
AND PROTECTIVE 
EQUIPMENT OUR 
COUNTRY NEEDS. 
WE WILL MAKE 
THEM HERE IN 
AMERICA SO WE 
WILL NEVER AGAIN 
BE AT THE MERCY 
OF CHINA OR 
OTHER FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES IN 
ORDER TO PROTECT 
OUR OWN PEOPLE. 
WE WILL MAKE 
SURE OUR SCHOOLS 
HAVE THE 
RESOURCES THEY 
NEED TO BE OPEN, 
SAFE AND 
EFFECTIVE. 
WE WILL PUT 
POLITICS ASIDE, 
TAKE THE MUZZLE 
OF OUR EXPERTS 
SO THE PUBLIC 
GETS THE 
INFORMATION THEY 
NEED AND DESERVE
, HONEST, 
UNVARNISHED 
TRUTH. 
THEY CAN HANDLE 
IT. 
WE WILL HAVE A 
NATIONAL MANDATE 
TO WEAR A MASK, 
NOT AS A BURDEN 
BUT AS A PATRIOT 
DUTY TO PROTECT 
ONE ANOTHER. 
IN SHORT, WE 
WILL DO WHAT WE 
SHOULD HAVE DONE 
FROM THE VERY 
BEGINNING. 
OUR CURRENT 
PRESIDENT HAS 
FAILED. 
IN HIS MOST 
BASIC DUTY TO 
THE NATION, HE 
FAILED TO 
PROTECT US. 
HE HAS FAILED TO 
PROTECT AMERICA. 
AND MY FELLOW 
AMERICANS, THAT 
IS UNFORGIVABLE. 
AS PRESIDENT, I 
WILL MAKE YOU A 
PROMISE. 
I WILL PROTECT 
AMERICA. I WILL 
DEFEND US FROM 
EVERY ATTACK, 
SEEN AND UNSEEN, 
ALWAYS, WITHOUT 
EXCEPTION, EVERY 
TIME. 
LOOK, I 
UNDERSTAND. 
I UNDERSTAND HOW 
HARD IT IS TO 
HAVE ANY HOPE 
RIGHT NOW. 
ON THIS SUMMER 
NIGHT, LET ME 
TAKE A MOMENT TO 
SPEAK TO THOSE 
OF YOU WHO HAVE 
LOST THE MOST. I 
HAVE SOME IDEA 
HOW IT FEELS TO 
LOSE SOMEONE YOU 
LOVE. 
I KNOW THAT DEEP 
BLACK HOLE THAT 
OPENS UP IN THE 
MIDDLE OF YOUR 
CHEST AND YOU 
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 
BEING SUCKED 
INTO IT. 
I KNOW HOW MEAN 
AND CRUEL AND 
UNFAIR LIFE CAN 
BE SOMETIMES. 
BUT I HAVE 
LEARNED TWO 
THINGS. 
FIRST, YOUR 
LOVED ONE MAY 
HAVE LEFT THIS 
EARTH BUT THEY 
WILL NEVER LEAVE 
YOUR HEART. THEY 
WILL ALWAYS BE 
WITH YOU. 
YOU WILL ALWAYS 
HEAR THEM AND 
SECOND, I FOUND 
THE BEST WAY 
THROUGH PAIN, 
LOSS AND GRIEF 
IS TO FIND 
PURPOSE. 
IS GOD'S 
CHILDREN, EACH 
OF US HAVE A 
PURPOSE IN OUR 
LIVES. 
WE HAVE A GREAT 
PURPOSE AS A 
NATION. 
TO OPEN THE 
DOORS OF 
OPPORTUNITY TO 
ALL AMERICANS, 
TO SAVOR OUR 
DEMOCRACY, TO BE 
A LIGHT TO THE 
WORLD ONCE AGAINONC 
AGAIN, LIVE UP 
TO AND MAKE 
REAL, THE SICKER 
DOCUMENTS OF 
FUND OF THE 
NATION, ALL MEN 
AND WOMEN ARE 
CREATED EQUAL, 
ENDOWED BY THEIR 
CREATOR WITH 
CERTAIN AND 
NOBLE RIGHTS, 
LIFE, LIBERTY 
AND THE PURSUIT 
OF HAPPINESS.>>> 
MY DAD WAS AN 
HONORABLE DECENT 
MAN, HE GOT 
KNOCKED DOWN A 
FEW TIMES BE 
HARD, HE GOT 
BACK UP, THE 
RETURN ABLE TO 
GREAT MIDDLE-
CLASS LIFE OR A 
FAMILY. 
JESUS A JOEY CUT 
I DON'T EXPECT 
THE GOVERNMENT 
TO SOLVE MY 
PROBLEMS BUT I 
EXPECT THEM TO 
UNDERSTAND THEM. 
JOEY, A JOB IS A 
LOT MORE THAN 
YOUR PAYCHECK, 
IT'S ABOUT 
DIGNITY AND 
RESPECT, YOUR 
PLACE THE 
COMMUNITY, LOOK 
THEM IN THE EYES 
AND SAY HONEY, 
IT'S GOING TO BE 
OKAY AND MEAN 
IT. 
I'VE NEVER 
FORGOTTEN THOSE 
LESSONS. 
THAT'S WHY MY 
ECONOMIC PLAN IS 
ALL ABOUT JOBS, 
DIGNITY, RESPECT 
AND 
COMMUNITY.>>> 
TOGETHER WE CAN 
REBUILD CANON 
WILL REBUILD THE 
ECONOMY, WE WILL 
BUILD BACK, 
BUILD BACK 
BETTER, MODERN 
ROADS, BRIDGES, 
HIGHWAYS, 
BROADBAND, PORTS 
AND AIRPORTS IS 
NEW FOUNDATION 
FOR ECONOMIC 
GROWTH, PIPES 
THAT TRANSPORT 
CLEAN WATER TO 
EVERY COMMUNITY, 
5 MILLION NEW 
MANUFACTURING 
AND TECHNOLOGY 
JOB SO THE 
FUTURE IS MADE 
IN AMERICA. 
A HEALTHCARE 
SYSTEM THAT 
LOWERS PREMIUMS 
AND DEDUCTIBLES, 
DRUG PRICES, 
BUILDING ON THE 
AFFORDABLE CARE 
ACT THAT HE IS 
TRYING TO RIP 
AWAY. 
AN EDUCATION 
SYSTEM THAT 
TRAINS OR PEOPLE 
FOR THE BEST 
JOBS OF THE 21st 
CENTURY, THERE'S 
NOT A SINGLE 
THING THAT 
AMERICAN WORKERS 
CANNOT DO, AND 
WHERE COST 
DOESN'T PREVENT 
YOUNG PEOPLE 
FROM GOING TO 
COLLEGE, AND 
STUDENT DEBT 
DOESN'T CRUSH 
THEM. 
WHEN THEY GET 
OUT. 
CHILDCARE AND 
ELDERCARE 
SYSTEM, THE 
MAKES IT 
POSSIBLE FOR 
PARENTS TO GO TO 
WORK FOR THE 
ELDERLY TO STAY 
IN THEIR HOMES 
WITH DIGNITY. 
AND WITH AN 
IMMIGRATION 
SYSTEM THAT 
POWERS OUR 
ECONOMY AND 
REFLECT OUR 
VALUES. 
AND WITH NEWLY 
EMPOWERED LABOR 
UNIONS, THEY ARE 
THE ONES WHO 
BUILT THE MIDDLE 
CLASS, EQUAL PAY 
FOR WOMEN, 
RISING WAGES, 
YOU CAN RAISE A 
CHILD ON, A 
FAMILY ON, AND 
YES, WERE GOING 
TO DO MORE THAN 
PRAISE ARE 
ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS, WE ARE 
GOING TO PAY 
THEM. 
WE CAN AND WILL 
DEAL WITH 
CLIMATE CHANGE, 
NOT ON THE 
CRISIS, IT'S AN 
ENORMOUS 
OPPORTUNITY. 
AN OPPORTUNITY 
FOR AMERICA TO 
LEAD THE WORLD 
IN CLEAN ENERGY, 
AND CREATE 
MILLIONS OF GOOD 
NEW PAINT JOBS 
THE PROCESS. 
PAYING JOBS. 
WE CAN PAY FOR 
THEM BY ENDING 
UNNECESSARY 
LOOPHOLES, AND 
THE PRESIDENTS 
NUMBER 1.3 
BILLION -- 
TRILLION DOLLAR 
GIVEAWAY, TO THE 
WEALTHIEST 1%, 
AND THE MOST 
PROFITABLE 
CORPORATIONS, 
SOME OF WHICH 
DON'T PAY ANY 
TAX AT ALL. 
BECAUSE WE DON'T 
NEED A TAX CODE 
THAT REWARDS 
WEALTH MORE THAN 
IT REWARDS WORK. 
I'M NOT LOOKING 
TO PUNISH 
ANYONE, FAR FROM 
IT, BUT IT IS 
LONG PAST TIME 
THE WEALTHIEST 
PEOPLE IN THE 
BIGGEST 
CORPORATION OF 
THIS COUNTRY PAY 
THEIR FAIR 
SHARE.>>> FOR 
OUR SENIORS, 
SOCIAL SECURITY 
IS A SACRED 
OBLIGATION AND 
PROMISE MADE, 
THEY PAID FOR. 
THE CURRENT 
PRESIDENT IS 
THREATENING TO 
BREAK THAT 
PROMISE, 
PROPOSING TO 
ELIMINATE A TAX 
THAT PAYS FOR 
ALMOST HALF OF 
SOCIAL SECURITY. 
WITHOUT ANY WAY 
OF MAKING UP FOR 
THE LOST 
REVENUE. 
RESULTING IN 
CUTS. 
I WILL NOT LET 
THAT HAPPEN.>>> 
DEFINE YOUR 
PRESIDENT, WE 
WILL PROTECT 
SOCIAL SECURITY 
AND MEDICARE, 
YOU HAVE MY 
WORD. 
ONE OF THE MOST 
POWERFUL VOICES 
WE HEAR IN THE 
COUNTRY TODAY 
WAS FROM OUR 
YOUNG PEOPLE. 
THEY'RE SPEAKING 
TO THE INEQUITY 
AND JUSTICE, 
ECONOMIC 
JUSTICE, RACIAL 
JUSTICE, 
ENVIRONMENT OF 
JUSTICE. 
I HEAR THEIR 
VOICES AND IF 
YOU LISTEN YOU 
CAN HEAR THEM, 
TOO. 
THE EXISTENTIAL 
THREAT POSED BY 
CLIMATE CHANGE, 
THE DAILY FEAR 
OF BEING GUNNED 
DOWN IN SCHOOL 
OR THE INABILITY 
TO GET STARTED 
IN THE FIRST 
JOB. 
WILL BE THE WORK 
OF THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT TO 
RESTORE THE 
PROMISE OF 
AMERICA, TO 
EVERYONE. 
AND MARKET HAVE 
TO DO IT ALONE 
BECAUSE I WILL 
HAVE A GREAT 
VICE PRESIDENT 
AT MY SIDE,  
SENATOR KAMALA 
HARRIS, SHE IS A 
POWERFUL VOICE  
FOR THIS NATION, 
HER STORY IS THE 
AMERICAN STORY. 
SHE KNOWS ABOUT 
THE OBSTACLES 
THROWN IN THE 
WAY OF SO MANY 
IN OUR COUNTRY, 
WOMEN, BLACK 
WOMEN, BLACK 
AMERICANS, SOUTH 
ASIAN AMERICANS 
GOT IMMIGRANTS, 
LEFT OUT AND 
LEFT BEHIND, BUT 
SHE HAS OVERCOME 
EVERY OBSTACLE 
SHE'S EVER 
FACED. 
NO ONE HAS BEEN 
TOUGHER THE BIG 
BANKS AND THE 
GUN LOBBY, NO 
ONE HAS BEEN 
TOUGHER ON 
CALLING OUT THE 
CURRENT 
ADMINISTRATION 
FOR ITS 
EXTREMISM, ITS 
FAILURE TO 
FOLLOW THE LAW, 
ITS FAILURE TO 
SIMPLY TELL THE 
TRUTH. 
KAMALA AND I  
BOTH DRAW FROM 
OUR FAMILIES, 
THAT IS WHERE WE 
GET OUR STRENGTH 
WE FOR KAMALA IT 
IS DOUG AND 
THEIR FAMILIES, 
FOR ME IT IS 
JILL AND HOURS,  
AND I'VE SAID 
MANY TIMES, NO 
GREAT MAN 
DESERVES ONE 
GREAT LOVE IN 
HIS LIFE LET 
ALONE TWO, FIVE 
NO 2, JILL CAME 
INTO MY LIFE 
AFTER LOSING MY 
FIRST WIFE, AND 
SHE PUT OUR 
FAMILY BACK 
TOGETHER, SHE'S 
AN EDUCATOR, A 
MILITARY MOM, 
AND UNSTOPPABLE 
FORCE, IF SHE 
PUTS HER MIND TO 
A GUY GET OUT OF 
THE WAY, SHE'S 
GOING TO GET IT 
DONE. 
SHE WAS A GREAT 
SECOND LADY, AND 
I KNOW SHE WILL 
MAKE A GREAT 
FIRST LADY FOR 
THIS NATION, SHE 
LOVES THIS 
COUNTRY SO MUCH. 
AND I WILL 
ALWAYS HAVE THE 
STRENGTH THAT 
CAN ONLY COME 
FROM FAMILY. 
HUNTER, ASHLEY, 
OUR 
GRANDCHILDREN, 
MY BROTHERS AND 
SISTER GIVE ME 
COURAGE, THEY 
LIFT ME UP, AND 
IS NO LONGER 
WITH US, BEAU 
INSPIRES ME 
EVERY DAY, HE 
SERVED OUR 
NATION IN YOUR 
FARM -- IN 
UNIFORM, I TAKE 
VERY PERSONALLY 
THE PROFOUND 
RESPONSIBILITY 
OF SERVING AS 
COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF, I WILL 
STAND WITH 
ALLIES AND 
FRIENDS AND MAKE 
IT CLEAR TO HER 
ADVERSARIES, THE 
DAYS OF CLOSING 
IS OVER. 
AMERICA WILL NOT 
TURN A BLIND EYE 
TO RUSSIAN 
BOUNTIES ON THE 
HEADS OF 
AMERICAN 
SOLDIERS, OR PUT 
UP WITH FOREIGN 
INTERFERENCE IN 
OUR MOST SACRED 
DEMOCRATIC 
EXERCISE, 
VOTING. 
I WILL ALWAYS 
STAND FOR OUR 
VALUES OF HUMAN 
RIGHTS AND 
DIGNITY, OUR 
WORK WITH COMMON 
PURPOSE FOR MORE 
SECURE, PEACEFUL 
AND A PROSPEROUS 
WORLD . 
>>> HISTORY HAS 
THRUST ONE MORE 
URGENT TASK ON 
US. 
WILL WE BE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
FINALLY WIPES 
OUT THE STAIN OF 
RACISM FROM OUR 
NATIONAL 
CHARACTER? 
I BELIEVE WE ARE 
UP TO IT, I 
BELIEVE WE ARE 
READY. 
JUST A WEEK AGO 
YESTERDAY, THE 
THIRD 
ANNIVERSARY OF 
THE EVENTS IN 
CHARLOTTESVILLE. 
CLOSE YOUR EYES 
COVERED WHAT YOU 
SAW, REIMBURSING 
THOSE NEO-NAZIS 
AND CLANSMEN AND 
WHITE 
SUPREMACIST 
COMING OUT OF 
FIELDS WITH 
LIGHTED TORCHES, 
VEINS BULGING, 
SPEWING THE SAME 
ANTI-SEMITIC 
BILE HEARD 
ACROSS EUROPE IN 
THE 30s. 
REMEMBER THE 
VIOLENT CLASH 
THAT ENSUED 
BETWEEN THOSE 
SPREADING HATE, 
AND THOSE WITH 
THE COURAGE TO 
STAND AGAINST 
IT. 
AND REMEMBER 
WHAT THE 
PRESIDENT SAID 
WHEN ASKED? 
HE SAID THEY 
WERE QUOTE, 
THREE FINE 
PEOPLE ON BOTH 
SIDES. 
IS A WAKE-UP 
CALL FOR US AS A 
COUNTRY. 
AND FOR ME, A 
CALL TO ACTION. 
AT THAT MOMENT, 
I KNEW I WOULD 
HAVE TO RUN, AS 
MY FATHER TAUGHT 
US, SILENCE WAS 
COMPLICITY. 
AND I CAN NEVER 
REMAIN SILENT OR 
COMPLICIT.>>> OF 
THE TIME, I SAID 
WE ARE IN THE 
BATTLE OF THE 
SOUL THIS 
NATION. 
AND WE ARE. 
ONE OF THE MOST 
IMPORTANT 
CONVERSATIONS 
I'VE HAD THIS 
ENTIRE CAMPAIGN, 
SOMEONE WAS MUCH 
TOO YOUNG TO 
VOTE, I MET WITH 
SIX-YEAR-OLD 
GIANNA FLOYD THE 
DAY BEFORE HER 
DADDY, GEORGE 
FLOYD, WAS LAID 
TO REST, SHE'S 
INCREDIBLY BRAVE 
LITTLE GIRL, AND 
I'LL NEVER 
FORGET, WHEN I 
LEANED DOWN TO 
SPEAK TO HER, 
SHE LOOKED IN MY 
EYES AND SAID, I 
QUOTE, THAT HE 
CHANGED THE 
WORLD. 
DADDY CHANGE THE 
WORLD. 
HER WORDS 
BURROWED DEEP 
INTO MY HEART, 
MAYBE HIS MURDER 
WAS A BREAKING 
POINT, JOHN 
LEWIS IS PASSING 
THE INSPIRATION, 
HOWEVER IT HAS 
HAPPENED, 
AMERICA IS 
READY, IN JOHN'S 
WORDS, TO LAY 
DOWN THE HEAVY 
BURDEN THAT 
LAST. 
AND THEN THE 
HARD WORK OF 
ROOTING OUT OUR 
SYSTEMIC RACISM. 
AMERICAN HISTORY 
TELLS US THAT IT 
HAS BEEN IN OUR 
DARKEST MOMENTS 
THAT WE MADE OUR 
GREATEST 
PROGRESS. 
THAT WE FOUND 
THE LIGHT. 
AND THE START 
MOMENT, I 
BELIEVE WE ARE 
POSED -- POISED 
TO MAKE GREAT 
PROGRESS AGAIN, 
SO WE CAN FIND 
THE LIGHT.>>> 
YOU KNOW, MANY 
PEOPLE HAVE 
HEARD ME SAY 
THIS, BUT I'VE 
ALWAYS THOUGHT 
YOU CAN DEFINE 
AMERICA IN ONE 
WORD, 
POSSIBILITIES, 
EVERYTHING IS 
POSSIBLE. 
THE DEFINING 
FEATURE OF 
AMERICA, 
EVERYONE, AND I 
MEAN EVERYONE, 
SHOULD BE GIVEN 
AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO GO AS FAR AS 
THEIR DREAMS AND 
GOD-GIVEN 
ABILITY WILL 
TAKE THEM. 
WE CAN NEVER 
LOSE THAT. 
AND TIMES AS 
CHALLENGING AS 
THESE, I BELIEVE 
THERE IS ONLY 
ONE WAY FORWARD, 
A UNITED 
AMERICA, UNITED 
IN OUR PURSUIT 
OF A MORE 
PERFECT UNION, 
UNITED IN OUR 
DREAMS OF A 
BETTER FUTURE 
FOR US AND OUR 
CHILDREN. 
UNITED IN OUR 
DETERMINATION TO 
MAKE THE COMING 
YEARS BRIGHT. 
ARE YOU READY? 
I BELIEVE WE ARE.
THIS IS THE 
UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA THERE 
HASN'T BEEN 
ANYTHING WE 
HAVEN'T BEEN 
ABLE TO 
ACCOMPLISH, 
HISTORY SAYS, 
DON'T HOPE ON 
THE SIDE OF THE 
GRAVE, BUT ONCE 
IN A LIFETIME, 
THE TIDAL WAVE 
OF JUSTICE CAN 
RISE UP, AND 
HOPE IN HISTORY 
RHINE. 
THIS IS OUR 
MOMENT TO MAKE 
HOPING HISTORY 
RHINE, RHYME, 
WITH PASSION AND 
PURPOSE, ONE 
NATION, UNDER ,, 
UNITED IN OUR 
LOVE FOR AMERICA 
AND EACH OTHER. 
LOVE IS MORE 
POWERFUL THAN 
HATE, HOPE IS 
MORE POWERFUL 
THAN FEAR, LIGHT 
IS MORE POWERFUL 
THAN DARK, THIS 
IS OUR MOMENT IN 
THIS IS OUR 
MISSION. 
MAY HISTORY BE 
ABLE TO SAY AT 
THE END OF THIS 
CHAPTER OF 
AMERICAN 
DARKNESS, IT 
BEGAN HERE 
TONIGHT, AS LOVE 
AND LIGHT 
JOINING THE 
BATTLE FOR THE 
SOUL THE NATION, 
AND THIS IS A 
BATTLE THAT WE 
WILL WIN AND WE 
WILL DO IT 
TOGETHER. 
I PROMISE YOU. 
THANK YOU, AND 
MAY , BLESS YOU, 
AND MAY , 
PROTECT OUR 
TROOPS, GOOD 
NIGHT.>> 
FORMALLY 
ACCEPTING HIS 
PARTY'S 
NOMINATION 
SPEECH, I WILL 
BORROW YOUR 
WORDS, HE WAS 
MUCH MORE LIKE A 
FIRESIDE CHAT. 
>> AND THE TONE 
AT THE END, 
ALMOST A 
PREACHER AT THE 
PULPIT, A DEEPLY 
OPTIMISTIC 
SPEECH, HE DID 
NOT SPEND A LOT 
OF TIME TALKING 
ABOUT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, INTIMATE, 
AND VERY SUITED 
TO A VIRTUAL 
CONVENTION. 
IT FELT LIKE HE 
WAS TALKING 
INDIVIDUALLY. 
IT WASN'T THE 
SOARING 
RHETORIC, IT WAS 
PLAINSPOKEN, AND 
WE SEE HIM WITH 
KAMALA HARRIS. 
>>  IT SEEMED 
LIKE HE WAS 
TRYING TO BUCK 
UP A NATION THAT 
HAS BEEN THROUGH 
A LOT, WIDE 
STROKES AND MANY 
MAJOR ISSUES, 
TALKING ABOUT 
HIS PLAN WITH 
DEALING WITH 
COVID AND THE 
ECONOMIC 
FALLOUT, THIS IS 
A MORE PERSONAL 
TALK WITH THE 
AMERICAN 
PEOPLE.>>> LET'S 
BRING IN ANDREA 
MITCHELL, AS WE 
WATCH THE 2 
COUPLES SURE THE 
MOMENT IN THAT 
VIRTUAL WORLD 
WORLD. 
>> HAVING 
WATCHED JOE 
BIDEN SINCE THE 
70s WHEN HE 
FIRST RAN FOR 
THE SENATE, I 
HAVE NEVER SEEN 
HIM DELIVER A 
BETTER SPEECH. 
HE TALKED SO 
OPTIMISTICALLY, 
ARE WE THE 
GENERATION THAT 
CAN WIPE THE 
STAIN OF RACISM 
FROM OUR 
NATIONAL 
CHARACTER, I 
THINK WE CAN. 
HOPEFUL, UPBEAT 
AND OPTIMISTIC. 
IT SOUNDED LIKE 
A PRESIDENTIAL 
ADDRESS, RATHER 
THAN TO THE 
DEMOCRATIC 
CONVENTION, HE 
TALKED ABOUT 
BRIDGING THE 
DIVIDE, AND IT 
WAS A POWERFUL 
MOMENT FOR HIM. 
>> HE DIDN'T 
SPARE DONALD 
TRUMP, BUT IT 
WAS A MUCH MORE 
ASPIRATIONAL AND 
MORE UPLIFTING. 
>> IT WAS 
IMPORTANT THAT 
HE WENT AFTER 
HIM ON COVID, 
THE RECORD ON 
COVID, THAT IS 
WHAT THEY'RE 
PULLING IS 
TELLING THEM, HE 
PUT IT IN STARK 
TERMS, A TIME OF 
PERIL BUT ALSO A 
TIME OF 
POSSIBILITY. 
WE WILL TAKE A 
QUICK BREAK AND 
BE BACK WITH OUR 
FINAL THOUGHTS 
AFTER THIS. 
,
>>> FIREWORKS 
ABOVE THE CHASE 
CENTER IN 
WILMINGTON, 
DELAWARE, 
FOLLOWING THE 
ACCEPTANCE 
SPEECH BY JOE 
BIDEN, THE 
FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT AND 
HIS WIFE HAVE 
STEPPED OUT WITH 
KAMALA HARRIS 
AND HER HUSBAND 
DOUG,  THE 
CLOSEST WE'VE 
COME TO SEE ANY 
KIND OF A CROWD, 
PEOPLE SHOWING 
UP IN THEIR CARS 
AND MAINTAINING 
DISTANCE AS THEY 
TAKEN THIS 
MOMENT OF 
CELEBRATION. 
>> AND WE WRAP 
UP OUR COVERAGE 
WITH CHUCK, THE 
CAMPAIGN IS ON, 
THE OFFICIAL 
GENERAL 
ELECTION, AND 
THE NEXT BIG 
TEST. 
ARE THE DEBATES. 
>> HAVE TO SAY 
THE DEMOCRATS OF 
LAY DOWN A 
MARKER, JOE 
BIDEN CLOSED IT 
VERY WELL, THIS 
IS A UNIFIED 
DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY, MORE 
UNIFIED THAN 
ANYONE THOUGHT 
IT WOULD BE SIX 
MONTHS AGO, WAS 
A REALLY WELL-
RUN CONVENTION, 
THEY STRETCHED 
THE TENT OUT 
WITHOUT RIPPING 
HOLES IN THE 
MIDDLE, AND JOE 
BIDEN OUGHT TO 
THINK TRUMP FOR 
CREATING A 
CARICATURE, 
ANYBODY WHO 
WATCHED IT, WAS 
DONALD TRUMP 
TALKING ABOUT. 
I KNOW THAT JOE 
BIDEN. 
THE HIGHLY 
SUCCESSFUL 
CONVENTION AND 
IT LAYS DOWN A 
MARKER FOR 
DONALD TRUMP 
NEXT WEEK, I 
DON'T KNOW IF 
THEY CAN MATCH 
IT. 
>> 320 20 
DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL 
CONVENTION, A 
VERY DIFFERENT 
PRESENTATION 
THINGS TO THE 
PANDEMIC, BUT 
WATCHING THE 
ARMING OF THE 
BIDEN AND HARRIS 
TICKET. 
>> NEXT WEEK IT 
IS THE 
REPUBLICANS 
CHANCE TO MAKE A 
CASE FOR FOUR 
MORE YEARS, WE 
WILL BE HERE 
WITH CHUCK AND 
ANDREA AND THE 
ENTIRE NBC NEWS 
TEAM. 
>> WE WILL SEE 
YOU THEN, GOOD 
NIGHT EVERYONE 
AND THANKS FOR 
WATCHING.>> [ 
CHEERING ] 
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WE APPRECIATE IT.
>>> WELCOME 
>>> THIS 
HISTORIC AND 
MEMORABLE 
CONVENTION. 
BRINGING A 
CLOSE.>> THE 
40th -- 
QUADRENNIAL 
CELEBRATIO
